11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
11 It is against the Lord that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?"
11 Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together. What is Aaron that you grumble against him?"
11 It's God you've ganged up against, not us. What do you have against Aaron that you're bad-mouthing him?"
11 Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord. And what is Aaron that you complain against him?"
11 The Lord is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 16:11
Commentary on Numbers 16:1-11
(Read Numbers 16:1-11)
Pride and ambition occasion a great deal of mischief both in churches and states. The rebels quarrel with the settlement of the priesthood upon Aaron and his family. Small reason they had to boast of the people's purity, or of God's favour, as the people had been so often and so lately polluted with sin, and were now under the marks of God's displeasure. They unjustly charge Moses and Aaron with taking honour to themselves; whereas they were called of God to it. See here, 1. What spirit levellers are of; those who resist the powers God has set over them. 2. What usage they have been serviceable. Moses sought instruction from God. The heart of the wise studies to answer, and asks counsel of God. Moses shows their privileges as Levites, and convicts them of the sin of undervaluing these privileges. It will help to keep us from envying those above us, duly to consider how many there are below us.