Did the property sin? – Korach
The destruction of Korach, Datan & Aviram, by Gustave Dore, 1865
We understand that the human beings had done wrong and deserved punishment, but did their property commit a sin?
The Book of Proverbs says (18:23) that the poor speak beseechingly and the rich speak roughly. The rich think highly of themselves because they have money and it is really their money that is speaking.
In the Korach story the possessions of the rich cause them to sin. The sins that caused punishment were not only human wrongs but money and property.
