Sunday, October 27 Jehovah will make known who belongs to him.—Num. 16:5. Moses and Korah stand in sharp contrast when it comes to demonstrating respect for Jehovah’s arrangement and his decisions. Korah was a Kohathite Levite, and he enjoyed many privileges. (Ex. 32:26-29; Num. 3:30, 31) He had evidently been loyal to Jehovah for years and was looked up to by many in the camp of Isra- el. Nevertheless, Korah perceived what he imagined to be prob- lems in God’s arrangement. Then 250 other leading men in the nation sided with Korah in trying to make changes. Korah and the others must have felt secure about their relationship with Jehovah. They told Moses: “That is enough of you, because the whole assembly are all of them holy and Jehovah is in their midst.” (Num. 16:1-3) What an overconfident and prideful attitude! By the end of the next day, Korah and all those who had sided with him in rebellion were dead.—Num. 16:31-35. WHO WAS KORAH? Korah A member of the Levite tribe, who along with the brothers Dathan and Abiram of the tribe of Reuben, led a revolt agaist Moses and Aaron. Korah was a cousin of Moses and Aaron. Korah was jealous of the position of Aaron as the high priest, and the Reubenites being the descendants of Jacobs oldest son, thought that they should be leading Israel, and not the Levites. The ringleaders gathered 250 people, and faced Moses and Aaron with the charge of abusing their power
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