And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

Did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren the sons of Levi to approach unto him, that you should challenge to yourselves the priesthood also,

yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and ye have sought also the priesthood!

Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?

Was the reason that he caused you and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, to approach him, so that you would even claim for yourselves the priesthood too,

Et accedere fecit te, et omnes fratres tuos, filios Levi tecum: nisi quaeratis etiam sacerdotium?

And he hath brought thee near [to (e) him], and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
(e) To serve in the congregation, as in the verse before.

And he hath brought thee near to him,.... To be in his courts, to watch in his house, and wait on his priests, for which an ample provision was made by tithes. Korah is there personally addressed:
and all thy brethren, the sons of Levi, with thee; the whole tribe of them, excepting Aaron and his family, who were advanced to be priests:
and seek ye the priesthood also? the high priesthood, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; this opens the true cause of their discontent and rebellion; they could not be satisfied with being the ministers of the priests, but wanted to be priests themselves, and Korah perhaps to be high priest.