Numbers 16:1

Numbers 16:1. and Dathan and Abiram These words are from the opening of the J E narrative, and the verb which belongs to them is -rose up" in Numbers 16:2.

and On, the son of Peleth The name On does not appear again in the narrative, or anywhere else in the O.T. In Numbers 26:8 f. Dathan and Abiram are called sons of Eliab the son of Pallu. If Peleth is a corruption of Pallu, -and On" (ואון)1 [Note: Before the final ן came into use the letter נ would be easily written for ב, and the letters י and ו are frequently interchanged.] may have arisen from an accidental repetition of יאב, the last three consonants of Eliab; in which case the words should run the sons of Eliab the son of Pallu, sons of Reuben.

tookmen] In the Heb. the object of the verb is absent, and it is unlikely that -men" is the right word to be supplied. Perhaps read ויקם for ויקח, -and Korah rose up," in which case the beginning of the Korah narrative corresponds to the beginning of the other narrative.