(Numb. 16:2:) AND THEY ROSE UP AGAINST MOSES, TOGETHER WITH MEN FROM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PRINCES OF THE CONGREGATION, ELECTED BY THE ASSEMBLY, because they knew how to intercalate years⁵⁶ and fix new moons.⁵⁷., Numb. 5:10, cont.; Numb. R. 18:20, cont.; Sanh. 110a. (Ibid., cont.:) MEN OF RENOWN, in that they had a name throughout the whole [world].

footnotes: ⁵⁶ I.e., add an extra month in order to keep the lunar year in line with the solar year. ⁵⁷ Tanh

(Numb. 16:4:) WHEN MOSES HEARD THIS. What news did he hear? That they suspected him of adultery with a married woman. Thus it is stated (in Ps. 106:16): AND THEY WERE JEALOUS (rt.: QN')⁵⁸ OF MOSES IN THE CAMP. Rav Samuel bar Isaac said that Rav said: This teaches that each and every one suspected (rt.: QN') his wife of adultery with Moses.

footnotes: ⁵⁸ Cf. Numb.5:14 where this word is used to denote suspicion of adultery.