Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 16:15

15 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 .

Not so much for his own sake, for he had learnt to bear indignities, Numb. 12. as for Gods sake, who was highly dishonoured, blasphemed and provoked, by these speeches and carriages, in which case he ought to be angry, as Christ was, Mark 3. 5.

(i. e.) Accept not their incense which they are now going to offer, but shew some eminent dislike of it. He calls it their offering, though it was offered by Korah and his companions, because it was offered in the name and by the consent of all the conspiratours, for the decision of the present controversie between them and Moses.

(i. e.) Not any thing of the smallest value, as an ass was. See 1 Sam. 12. 3.

I have never injured them, nor used my power to defraud or oppress them, as I might have done, but, which is here implied, I have done them many good offices, but no hurt: therefore their crime is inexcusable, because without any cause or provocation on my part.

Marginal references: Gen. 4. 4, 5.; Acts 20. 33.