As Heard From Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L

“And Moshe said: By this you shall know that Hashem sent me to do all these things, But not from my (own) mind.” (16:28)

Here was the core of the dissension. Korach was loyal to Hashem (see 16:3) and he had not the slightest intention to disobey Hashem’s commandments. But he claimed that Moshe had initiated the entire plan of the Exodus from Egypt and the subsequent actions out of his own mind, including the elevation of his brother Aharon to the priesthood.

The fact that Hashem had assisted by miraculous deeds was explained by Korach as Hashem’s reluctant consent to the plans that His servant Moshe had concocted. Following this reasoning, Korach could invalidate the Torah teachings of Moshe as Moshe’s own inventions. Thus this dissension was of the gravest nature.

The spectacle that now ensued came to establish once and for all time. “Not from my (own) mind.” Whatever Moshe spoke was the word of Hashem. The Torah of Moshe is the Torah of Hashem.

Quoted from “Journey Into Greatness” by Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L

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