² and rose up against Moses.^(A) With them were 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders who had been appointed members of the council.^{(B) 3} They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron^(C) and said to them, “You have gone too far! The whole community is holy,^(D) every one of them, and the Lord is with them.^(E) Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord’s assembly?”^(F)

⁴ When Moses heard this, he fell facedown.^(G)