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tears it down with her hands She tears down her house. This is Korah’s wife.]

It is not surprising for Ibn Ezra to adopt this sort of approach, arguing Ein Mukdam UMeuchar BaTorah, that at times the Tanach presents events not in their chronological order. Ibn Ezra is renowned for his liberal application of this principle to solve problems in the text (see, for example, Ibn Ezra’s commentary to Shemot 18:1 and Bemidbar 16:1).

They asked Moses. The garments we are wearing are only made of tekhelet. Does one have to attach a string of tekhelet to these garments? Moses responded: yes, one needs to attach a separate string to the garment. Korah and his company laughed and mocked. They said: how is it that a whole garment of tekhelet still needs a string of tekhelet? Korah asked further. A house full of Pentateuchs and other sacred books, does one have to have a separate mezuzah on that house? Moses responded that one must have a separate mezuzah. Korah laughed and said. How appropriate is it that when a house is full of Pentateuchs and sacred books that it should need a separate mezuzah? Korah said: you, Moses, you thought up these commandments, and God did not command them. Bahya writes here. Korah’s intention was with two commandments to which he responded. That is to say, a garment that is completely made of tekhelet, or a house that is full of sacred books. This is holy by itself, why does one need more holiness? So too all of Israel is holy, and heard the words of God on Mount Sinai, just like Moses. How does Moses want to be a master over us? Therefore, it is written, “Korah took” [16:1]. That is to say, Korah took a garment made of tekhelet and brought it before Moses.²Bahya, Numbers, 16:1.

אל תחד כבודי MY GLORY BE NOT THOU UNITED — let my name not be associated there with them! (Genesis Rabbah 98:5) And so it was, for it is said (Numbers 16:1) “Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath. the son of Levi” — but it does not say “the son of Jacob”. In Chronicles, however, (1 Chronicles 6:22,23), where the genealogy of Korah is traced in connection with the “Duchan” (properly, the platform — the place on which the Levites were stationed for the service of song in the Temple) it is said, “the son of Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel (Genesis Rabbah 98:5).