Bilangan 16:21

16:21 “Separate yourselves ¹  from among this community, ²  that I may consume them in an instant.”

Bilangan 18:4

18:4 They must join ³  with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person ⁴  may approach you.

[16:21]  ¹ tn The verb is הִבָּדְלוּ (hibbadÿlu), the Niphal imperative of בָּדַל (badal). This is the same word that was just used when Moses reminded the Levites that they had been separated from the community to serve the Lord.

[16:21]  ² sn The group of people siding with Korah is meant, and not the entire community of the people of Israel. They are an assembly of rebels, their “community” consisting in their common plot.

[18:4]  ³ tn Now the sentence uses the Niphal perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive from the same root לָוָה (lavah).

[18:4]  ⁴ tn The word is “stranger, alien,” but it can also mean Israelites here.