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Numbers 16:3

Numbers 16:3
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they gathered themselves together against Moses, and against Aaron,.... They met together by appointment, and went up in a body to Moses and Aaron:

and said unto them, ye take too much upon you;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

All the congregation are holy - Compare the marginal reference. Korah’s object was not to abolish the distinction between the Levites and the people, but to win priestly dignity for himself and his…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 16:1-11

Here is, I. An account of the rebels, who and what they were, not, as formerly, the mixed multitude and the dregs of the people, who are therefore never named, but men of distinction and quality, that…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Ye take too much upon you lit. Enough for you! -Your overweening claims have gone far enough!"