8. Moses also said to Korah, “Listen now, sons of Levi!
9. Isn’t it enough that the God of Israel has set you apart from the community of Israel to bring you near to Him to do the work of the Tabernacle of Adonai and to stand before the community to minister to them?
10. So He brought you close, along with all your fellow sons of Levi. But you are seeking the priesthood, too!
11. Therefore you and all your following are banding together against Adonai! Who then is Aaron—that you are grumbling against him?”
12. Then Moses sent word to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab. But they said, “We will not come!
13. Isn’t it enough that you brought us from a land flowing with milk and honey, only to kill us in the wilderness? And now you would lord it over us?
14. What’s more, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you now gouge out the eyes of those men? We won’t come!”
15. Then Moses became very angry and said to Adonai, “Do not accept their offering. I haven’t taken from them a single donkey, nor have I wronged one of them!”
16. So Moses said to Korah, “You and your whole following are to appear before Adonai—you, they and Aaron—tomorrow!