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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Numbers 16:27

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram--Korah being a Kohathite, his tent could not have been in the Reubenite camp, and it does not appear that he himself was on the spot where Dathan and Abiram stood with their families. Their attitude of defiance indicated their daring and impenitent character, equally regardless of God and man.
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