Numbers 16:2-4

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Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Lead a Rebellion

16 ^1-2^(A)^(B) Korah son of Izhar was a Levite from the Kohathite clan. One day he called together Dathan, Abiram, and On^[a] from the Reuben tribe, and the four of them decided to rebel against Moses. So they asked 250 respected Israelite leaders for their support, and together they went to Moses ³and Aaron and said, “Why do you think you're so much better than everyone else? We're part of the Lord's holy people, and he's with all of us. What makes you think you're the only ones in charge?”

⁴When Moses heard this, he knelt down to pray.^[b]

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Footnotes

16.1,2 Dathan, Abiram, and On: Hebrew “Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth.”
16.4 he knelt down to pray: Or “he fell to his knees in sorrow.”