What happensPermalink
Some elders challenge Moses’s leadership. God opens the earth to swallow their leaders, burns the rest with fire, and sets a plague in the camp of Israel.
Why it mattersPermalink
The challengers thought they knew better than God and desired a higher station for themselves. Blasphemy, idolatry, greed, and pride; no wonder God was angry.
Key versePermalink
‘“Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?”’