The Rebellion Not Cured After this terrible exhibition of God’s judgment the people returned to their tents. They were terrified, but not humbled. They had been deeply influenced by the spirit of rebellion and had been flattered by Korah and his company to believe that they were a very good people and that they had been wronged and abused by Moses. Their minds were so thoroughly imbued with the spirit of those who had perished that it was difficult to free themselves from their blind prejudice. If they should admit that Korah and his company were all wicked and Moses righteous, then they would be compelled to receive as the word of God that which they were unwilling to believe, that they should certainly all die in the wilderness. They were not willing to submit to this and tried to believe that it was all an imposture, that Moses had deceived them. The men who had perished had spoken pleasant words to them and had manifested special interest and love for them, and they thought Moses a designing man. They decided that they could not be wrong; that, after all, those men who had perished were good men, and Moses had by some means been the cause of their destruction. {3T 351.1}

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Efter denne frygtelige fremvisning af Guds domme vendte folk tilbage til deres telte. De var forfærdede, men ikke ydmyge. De havde været dybt påvirkede af den oprørske ånd og var blevet indbildt af Kora og hans følge til at tro at de var et meget godt folk og at de var blevet udnyttet og misbrugt af Moses. Deres sind var så stærkt præget af dem som var gået fortabt at det var svært for dem at befri sig for deres blinde fordom. Hvis de skulle indrømme at Kora og hans selskab var helt onde og Moses retfærdig, så ville de være tvunget til at tage imod det som Guds ord, som de ikke ville tro, at de alle med sikkerhed skulle dø i ørknen. De var ikke villige til at underkaste sig dette og prøvede at tro at det hele var svindel, som Moses havde bedraget dem med. Menneskerne som var gået fortabt havde sagt behagelige ord til dem og havde vist en særlig interesse og kærlighed for dem og de anså Moses for at være en lumsk mand. De tænkte at de ikke havde taget fejl; at, når alt kommer til alt, var de mennesker som var gået fortabt gode mennesker og Moses havde med nogle hjælpemidler været årsag til deres ødelæggelse.