Teks -- Numbers 16:8 (NET)

16:8 Moses said to Korah, “Listen now, you sons of Levi!

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Wesley: Num 16:8 - Ye sons of Levi

They were of his own tribe, nay, they were of God's tribe. It was therefore the worse in them thus to mutiny against God and against him.

JFB: Num 16:5-11 - he spake unto Korah and unto all his company

They were first addressed, not only because they were a party headed by his own cousin and Moses might hope to have more influence in that quarter, but because they were stationed near the tabernacle; and especially because an expostulation was the more weighty coming from him who was a Levite himself, and who was excluded along with his family from the priesthood. But to bring the matter to an issue, he proposed a test which would afford a decisive evidence of the divine appointment.

JFB: Num 16:5-11 - Even to-morrow

Literally, "in the morning," the usual time of meeting in the East for the settlement of public affairs.

JFB: Num 16:5-11 - the Lord will show who are his, . . . even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him

That is, will bear attestation to his ministry by some visible or miraculous token of His approval.

Calvin: Num 16:8 - Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi

8.Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi He addresses the whole body, and yet it is said that his discourse was directed to Korah alone, and this was because he had corrupted others of the Levites, and therefore is first summoned to God’s tribunal, so that the whole party might be at the same time included. He was able to expostulate with the Levites at once, because their residence was close to the sanctuary.

He accuses them of ingratitude, because they were not satisfied with the honor with which God had already dignified them, but also sought the high-priesthood. In this they betrayed their despisal of His grace; for, if they had rightly valued the gifts of God, each of them would have quietly contented himself with his lot; especially since, in proportion as a person has been liberally dealt with, his ingratitude is more intolerable, if he aspires to anything higher. We are taught, therefore, that the higher the degree may be to which we have been elevated by God’s goodness, the greater is the punishment which our crime deserves, if our ambition still incites us to overleap the bounds of our calling. Nevertheless, such is the perversity of almost all men, that as soon as a person has attained some intermediate position, he uplifts, as it were, the standard of pride ⁹¹ and prescribes to himself no limit, until he shall have reached above the clouds. In a word, few are found who do not grow insolent in places of honor. Wherefore we ought to be all the more attentive to this admonition of Moses, that those are most ungrateful to God who despise their lot, which is already honorable, and aim at something higher.

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Poole: Num 16:8

Consider what I say before it be too late, and repent of your great wickedness.

Gill: Num 16:8 - And Moses said unto Korah // hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi

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.