(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Numbers 16:12–22, “And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?”
Moses was the supreme leader of Israel, under the Lord. He was called and appointed to this position Dathan and Abiram were rebelling. When Moses wanted to talk to them they refused to come and see him. Never the less, they were not rebelling against Moses but against the Lord and by refusing to do what Moses asked they were refusing to do what the Lord asked. They complained that Moses promised them a Land flowing with milk and honey but he didn’t deliver the Land to them. They forgot the important fact that Israel refused to go into the Land. Moses was completely innocent in this regard. He had not hurt anyone, in fact, the only thing that Moses had done was obey the Lord and deliver Israel from the land of slavery. Moses asked the Lord not to respect the offerings of the men who were rebelling against the Lord. Each of the rebels took a censer and they stood next to the Tabernacle with Moses and Aaron. The glory of the Lord appeared and the Lord told Moses and Aaron to move away from the rest of the people. Moses prayed that the Lord would not destroy the whole congregation because they were not all rebels.
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