Psalms 106:16 - Exposition

They envied Moses also in the camp. The writer passes now to the sin of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, with their followers, which was "envy" or jealousy of the high position assigned by God himself ( Exodus 3:10 ; Exodus 4:1-17 ) to Moses and Aaron (comp. Numbers 16:1-3 ). These "gainsayers" ( Jude 1:11 ) maintained that they had as much right to be priests as Moses and Aaron, since "all the congregation was holy" ( Numbers 16:3 ). And Aaron the saint of the Lord; or, the holy one. It is rather Aaron's official sanctity (Le Psalms 8:2 -12) than his personal holiness that is intended. (Compare the use of the phrase "man of God" in 1 Kings 13:1 , 1 Kings 13:4 , 1 Kings 13:6 , etc.)