Having failed to go into the Promised Land some of the people try to blame Moses. People will always try and blame someone else for their own failings. This group of people were Kohathites, part of the Levi's. So they had significance responsibilities. However, they wanted more. This is reminiscent of Satan's rebellion in heaven. Indeed if we act in rebellion then we are acting in the same way as the devil, so we should be very careful when we sense rebelliousness within ourselves.
They accused Moses as setting himself up as better than the rest. In fact it was themselves they were concerned about, not the rest of the community.
The truth was that it was God who had chosen Moses. Moses reacts by entrusting the matter to God. This is always the way to react when we are falsely accused or attacked. Korah and his followers accused Moses of going too far, now Moses turns the tables on them.
Moses reminds them of the privileges they already have as Levites, and that it is actually God who they are rebelling against.
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