Quotes about Authority

Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.

They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”

You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers,

Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!

Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!

Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”

Then the LORD said to Moses,