Dathan and Abiram, the Two Quarreling Hebrews Moses Rebuked

"And behold, two Hebrew men were striving together" (Exodus 2:13). And who were they? These were Dathan and Abiram. And they were the ones who said, "Let us appoint a chief and let us return to Egypt" (Numbers 14:4). And they were the ones who rebelled at the Red Sea. And they were the ones who left over from the manna, as it is said, "But they did not hearken to Moses, and some men left of it until the morning" (Exodus 16:20). And they were in the dispute of Korah, as it is said, "This is that Dathan and Abiram, the called of the assembly, who strove" (Numbers 26:9) — for they persisted in their wickedness from beginning to end. "And he said to the wicked one, Why do you strike your fellow?" (Exodus 2:13). He answered and said, "A wicked one like yourself." "Who made you a man?" — And you are not yet a man, yet you wish to be a prince and a judge over us, and you are not a man. "Do you say to kill me?" — "Do you seek" is not written, but rather "do you say," that is to say, by speech. From here you learn that he uttered a [divine] name upon the Egyptian and killed him. "And he said, Surely the thing is known." He said to them: There is slander among you. And how are you fit for redemption?