Numbers 16:8

8 Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites!

Numbers 16:8 in Other Translations

8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:

8 And Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi:

8 Then Moses spoke again to Korah: “Now listen, you Levites!

8 Moses continued with Korah, "Listen well now, sons of Levi.

8 Moses also told Korah, "Now listen, Levites!

Numbers 16:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 16:8

And Moses said unto Korah
Continued his discourse to him, as the head of the conspiracy, and the ringleader of it:

hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi;
to whom also he had been before speaking; though Aben Ezra thinks the first speech was made to Korah and his company, and what follows to the Levites.

Numbers 16:8 In-Context

6 You, Korah, and all your followers are to do this: Take censers

7 and tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them before the LORD. The man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!”

8 Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you Levites!

9 Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the LORD’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?

10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.