Korach 16:10 · unit 1 — you seek the kehunah too

Parashas Korach · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 10

The Complete Passuk

וַיַּקְרֵב֙ אֹֽתְךָ֔ וְאֶת־כׇּל־אַחֶ֥יךָ בְנֵי־לֵוִ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם גַּם־כְּהֻנָּֽה׃

And He brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you — and you seek the kehunah as well?

Torah Temimah: Moshe names the real demand behind the rhetoric of equality.

Core Text

וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם גַּם כְּהֻנָּה.

English: And you seek the kehunah as well.

Diagnosis of the quarrel.

The claim “all the congregation are holy” masks a demand for the priesthood itself.