Numbers 16:3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?
Korah and his cohorts continued to push the lies and as is always the case one lie often spawns many others, because it becomes necessary, to shore up the first lie with other falsehoods, in order to fill out the narrative. There is never one lie, just as there is never one cockroach.
This is what was developing in real time as the 3 amigos sought more reasons in favor of their first allegation. And since the father of lies is never in short supply, they were fed additional falsehoods to try and give structural integrity to the first one. Here are the additional allegations.
Now, they are referring to Egypt, the land of their former bondage, in which pharaoh’s officers beat them up on numerous occasions, and where they had to make bricks without straw; they are referring to it now as a land of milk and honey. That is how lies often morph over time, into something very far removed from the original script.
Numbers 16: 12 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up. 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!