Numbers 16:10

10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near to himself, yet now you want to be priests.

Numbers 16:10 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:10

And he hath brought thee near [to him]
To be in his courts, to watch in his house, and wait on his priests, for which an ample provision was made by tithes. Korah is there personally addressed:

and all thy brethren, the sons of Levi, with thee;
the whole tribe of them, excepting Aaron and his family, who were advanced to be priests:

and seek ye the priesthood also?
the high priesthood, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; this opens the true cause of their discontent and rebellion; they could not be satisfied with being the ministers of the priests, but wanted to be priests themselves, and Korah perhaps to be high priest.

Numbers 16:10 In-Context

8 Moses also said to Korah, "Listen, you Levites.
9 The God of Israel has sep-arated you from the rest of the Israelites. He brought you near to himself to do the work in the Lord's Holy Tent and to stand before all the Israelites and serve them. Isn't that enough?
10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near to himself, yet now you want to be priests.
11 You and your followers have joined together against the Lord. Your complaint is not against Aaron."
12 Then Moses called Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, "We will not come!
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