Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 16:1

1 NOW Korah the son of Izhar , the son of Kohath the son of Levi, and Dathan, and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben , took men :

The first and chief authour of this rebellion, ver. 21. Iude ver. 11.

Amrams brother, Exod. 6. 18. therefore Moses and he were cousen germans. Moreover, Izhar was the second son of Kohath, whereas Elizaphan, whom Moses had preferred before him and made prince or ruler of the Kohathites, Numb. 3. 30. was the son of Uzziel, the fourth son of Kohath. This, the Iewish writers say, made him malecontent, which at last broke forth into sedition.

These are drawn into confederacy with Korah, partly because they were his next neighbours, both being encamped on the south-side, and therefore could easily communicate counsels, partly in hopes to recover their rights of primogeniture, in which the Priesthood was comprehended, which was given away from their father.

To wit, those 250 mentioned ver. 2. In the Hebrew there is nothing but took, and the Hebrew words are placed and may well be rendred thus, Now Korah——took both Dathan and Abiram, &c. or, took Dathan, &c. the particle Vau being here superfluous, as it is Gen. 8. 6. and elsewhere.

Marginal references: chap. 27. 3. Jude 11.