Korah

Korah is identified here as a Levite who already served at the Tabernacle but organized 250 community leaders to challenge Moses and Aaron's exclusive divine appointment to leadership.

Korah's rebellion is invoked here as the reason these strict access boundaries exist — his unauthorized approach to the sanctuary is the cautionary example behind every 'or you will die' warning.

Korah's name here introduces the grace note in his story — his rebellion was fatal, but his sons were spared, a distinction that becomes part of the official census record.

Korah is flagged here as a significant figure precisely because his genealogical introduction is so understated — he descends from Levi but will later lead a rebellion that ends with the earth swallowing him.

Korah appears here as a glossary tag, distinguishing this Edomite Korah — son of Esau and Oholibamah — from the infamous Levite rebel Korah who opposed Moses.

Korah represents the third flavor of rebellion — direct defiance of God-appointed leadership — and Jude invokes his destruction as a warning that challenging divine authority carries catastrophic consequences.

The Sons of Korah are credited as the authors of this psalm — descendants of the rebel Korah who survived the judgment and went on to become some of Israel's most gifted temple musicians and poets.