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1)

Having already warned them to separate from the congregation of Korach (in Pasuk 21), why did Hashem see fit to warn them again?

1.

Rashi (citing Targum Onkelos) and Targum Yonasan: Before Hashem ordered them to separate from the congregation of sinners, whereas now He ordered them to move away from their vicinity. 1

2.

Seforno: Before Hashem ordered them to leave the vicinity of Korach's congregation; now he added the vicinity of Dasan and Aviram.

3.

Targum Yonasan: Before he warned Moshe and Aharon to leave the vicinity of all the people; now, having accepted Moshe's Tefilah, we was warning all the people to leave the vicinity of Korach and his congregation. 2

1

Presumably, this is because now, Hashem added Dasan and Aviram (Refer to 16:24:1:3), they needed to move away, in order not to perish together with the sinners' possessions (See Pasuk 32). See also 16:25:3:1.

2

So that they should not automatically be destroyed together with their property, as it toppled into the hole. Refer to 16:26:2:1.

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