Dathan and Abiram Mock Moses Over the Wilderness

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Korach 16:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

(Numbers 16:13:) "IS IT TOO LITTLE THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US UP, etc." (the same chapter, the same verse). On what basis do you exalt yourself over us? What good have you done for us? You brought us out from the land of Egypt, which is like the garden of the LORD (as in Genesis 13:10), but into the land of Canaan you have not brought us. Rather, behold, we are dying in the wilderness, and the plague is sent among us every day. (Numbers 16:14:) "WOULD YOU PUT OUT THE EYES OF THESE MEN? WE WILL NOT COME UP" (the same chapter, the same verse).

Themes

RebellionMosesExodusAdam EveEgypt

Biblical References

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