And the chief of the house of the father of the families
of
the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of
Uzziel.
] The same man, who, with his brother Mishael, carried Nadab and
Abihu out of the camp, and buried them, ( Leviticus
10:4 Leviticus
10:5 ) ; he descended from the last and youngest of the
families of the Kohathites; and some think this was one reason at
least of Korah's dissatisfaction, and of his entering into a
conspiracy against Moses and Aaron, because one of a younger
family of his house was preferred to this dignity before him.