(Numb. 16:23–24:) AND THE LORD SPOKE […:] SPEAK UNTO THE CONGREGATION, SAYING: GET AWAY FROM ABOUT THE DWELLINGS OF KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM. Although Moses heard it from the mouth of the Almighty,⁴⁴., Numb.5:8; Numb. R. 18:12. he did not tell them to get away until he had gone and warned them, as stated (in vs. 25): THEN MOSES AROSE AND WENT UNTO DATHAN AND ABIRAM. This serves to make their wickedness known, for although Moses went to them on foot, these wicked ones were too stubborn to make amends. What did they do? They were unwilling to come out of their tents to face him. When Moses saw this, he said: This much only it was incumbent upon me to do.

footnotes: ⁴⁴ Tanh