He has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.
Here is, I. An account of the rebels, who and what they were, not, as formerly, the mixed multitude and the dregs of the people, who are therefore never named, but men of distinction and quality, that made a figure. Korah was the ring-leader: he formed and headed the faction; therefore it is called the gainsaying of Korah, Jde 1:11.
Commenting on Numbers 16:1-11
And he hath brought thee near to him,.... To be in his courts, to watch in his house, and wait on his priests, for which an ample provision was made by tithes. Korah is there personally addressed: and all thy brethren, the sons of Levi, with thee; the whole tribe of them, excepting Aaron and his family, who were advanced to be priests: and seek ye the priesthood also?
And he hath brought thee near [to him], and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? (e) To serve in the congregation, as in the verse before.