Numbers 16:3 meaning and explanation

They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

Numbers 16:3, Berean Standard Bible

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Korah, a Levite, and Dathan and Abiram, Reubenites, gather 250 leaders and confront Moses and Aaron with the charge that they have taken too much authority. Their argument has a real basis: God had called the whole congregation holy and dwelt among them.

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