Chasidut for Numbers 16:13
הַמְעַ֗ט כִּ֤י הֶֽעֱלִיתָ֙נוּ֙ מֵאֶ֨רֶץ זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ לַהֲמִיתֵ֖נוּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּֽי־תִשְׂתָּרֵ֥ר עָלֵ֖ינוּ גַּם־הִשְׂתָּרֵֽר׃
is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us?
Kedushat Levi
The reason why Datan and Aviram added a complaint against Moses that Korach had not mentioned, when they said: “you also did not bring us to a land of milk and honey,” (Numbers 16,13) was that Korach was a member of the tribe of Levi that had not been condemned to die in the desert. Korach therefore could not have leveled this accusation at Moses. [According to a view expressed in Baba batra 121. Ed.]
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