| 14You have not even brought us to a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Even if you gouge out the eyes of those men, we will not go up." |
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ידאַ֡ף לֹ֣א אֶל־אֶ֩רֶץ֩ זָבַ֨ת חָלָ֤ב וּדְבַשׁ֙ הֲבִ֣יאֹתָ֔נוּ וַתִּ֨תֶּן־לָ֔נוּ נַֽחֲלַ֖ת שָׂדֶ֣ה וָכָ֑רֶם הַֽעֵינֵ֞י הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֥ים הָהֵ֛ם תְּנַקֵּ֖ר לֹ֥א נַֽעֲלֶֽה: |
| nor have you given us: This statement refers to the word “not” stated above; meaning, You have not brought us up, and You have not given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. You said to us, “I will bring you up from the affliction of Egypt to a good land…” (Exod. 3:10). You did bring us out of there, but you have not brought us to a land flowing with milk and honey. Instead, you have decreed upon us to kill us in the desert, as you said to us, “your corpses shall fall in this desert” (14:29). |
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וַתִּתֶּן־לָנוּ:
הַדָּבָר מוּסָב עַל "לֹא" הָאָמוּר לְמַעְלָה, כְּלוֹמַר לֹא הֲבִיאוֹתָנוּ וְלֹא נָתַתָּ לָנוּ נַחֲלַת שָֹדֶה וָכֶרֶם; אָמַרְתָּ לָנוּ "אַעֲלֶה אֶתְכֶם מֵעֳנִי מִצְרַיִם אֶל אֶרֶץ טוֹבָה" וְגוֹ' (שמות ג'), מִשָּׁם הוֹצֵאתָנוּ, וְלֹא אֶל אֶרֶץ זָבָת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ הֲבִיאֹתָנוּ, אֶלָּא גָּזַרְתָּ עָלֵינוּ לַהֲמִיתֵנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר, שֶׁאָמַרְתָּ לָנוּ "בַּמִּדְבָּר הַזֶּה יִפְּלוּ פִגְרֵיכֶם" (במדבר י"ד):
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| Even if you gouge out the eyes of those men…: Even if you send [messengers] to gouge out our eyes if we do not go up to you, we will not go up. |
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הַֽעֵינֵי הָֽאֲנָשִׁים הָהֵם תְּנַקֵּר וגו':
אֲפִלּוּ אַתָּה שׁוֹלֵחַ לְנַקֵּר אֶת עֵינֵינוּ אִם לֹא נַעֲלֶה אֵלֶיךָ, לֹא נַעֲלֶה:
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| those men: Like a person who attributes his own curse to his fellow. |
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הָֽאֲנָשִׁים הָהֵם:
כְּאָדָם הַתּוֹלֶה קִלְלָתוֹ בַּחֲבֵרוֹ:
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| 15Moses was exceedingly distressed, and he said to the Lord, "Do not accept their offering. I have not taken a donkey from a single one of them, and I have not harmed a single one of them." |
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טווַיִּ֤חַר לְמשֶׁה֙ מְאֹ֔ד וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֔ה אַל־תֵּ֖פֶן אֶל־מִנְחָתָ֑ם לֹ֠א חֲמ֨וֹר אֶחָ֤ד מֵהֶם֙ נָשָׂ֔אתִי וְלֹ֥א הֲרֵעֹ֖תִי אֶת־אַחַ֥ד מֵהֶֽם: |
| Moses was exceedingly distressed: Heb. וַיִּחַר לְמשֶׁה מְאֹד, he was very grieved, [not that he was angry]. |
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וַיִּחַר לְמשֶׁה מְאֹד:
נִצְטַעֵר עַד לִמְאֹד:
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| Do not accept their offering: According to its simple meaning, [Moses said,] Do not accept the incense that they will sacrifice before You tomorrow. According to its Midrashic interpretation, he said: I know that they have a portion in the daily communal offerings. Let their portions not be accepted favorably before You. Let the fire leave it and not consume it. - [Midrash Tanchuma Korach 7, Num. Rabbah 10] |
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אַל־תֵּפֶן אֶל־מִנְחָתָם:
לְפִי פְשׁוּטוֹ הַקְּטֹרֶת שֶׁהֵם מַקְרִיבִין לְפָנֶיךָ מָחָר אַל תֵּפֶן אֲלֵיהֶם; וּמִדְרָשׁוֹ: אָמַר, יוֹדֵעַ אֲנִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶם חֵלֶק בִתְמִידֵי צִבּוּר, אַף חֶלְקָם לֹא יְקֻבַּל לְפָנֶיךָ לְרָצוֹן, תַּנִּיחֶנּוּ הָאֵשׁ וְלֹא תֹאכְלֶנּוּ (תנחומא):
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| I have not taken a donkey from a single one of them: I did not take a donkey from any one of them. Even when I went from Midian to Egypt, and I placed my wife and sons on a donkey to ride, and I should have taken that donkey from their property, I took only from my own property (Tanchuma Korach 7, Num. Rabbah 10). Onkelos renders it as שְׁחָרִית, ‘expropriated.’ In Aramaic, the king’s service is called שַׁחְוַור. |
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לֹא חֲמוֹר אֶחָד מֵהֶם נָשָׂאתִי:
לֹא חֲמוֹרוֹ שֶׁל אֶחָד מֵהֶם נָטַלְתִּי. אֲפִלּוּ כְּשֶׁהָלַכְתִּי מִמִּדְיָן לְמִצְרַיִם וְהִרְכַּבְתִּי אֶת אִשְׁתִּי וְאֶת בָּנַי עַל הַחֲמוֹר, וְהָיָה לִי לִטֹּל אוֹתוֹ הַחֲמוֹר מִשֶּׁלָּהֶם, לֹא נָטַלְתִּי אֶלָּא מִשֶּׁלִּי; וְתַּרְגּוּם אוֹנְקֵלוֹס"שְׁחָרִית", לְשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי כָּךְ נִקְרֵאת אַנְגַּרְיָא שֶׁל מֶלֶךְ "שַׁחֲוָר":
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| 16Moses said to Korah, "You and your entire congregation should be before the Lord you, they, and Aaron tomorrow. |
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טזוַיֹּ֤אמֶר משֶׁה֙ אֶל־קֹ֔רַח אַתָּה֙ וְכָל־עֲדָ֣תְךָ֔ הֱי֖וּ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה אַתָּ֥ה וָהֵ֛ם וְאַֽהֲרֹ֖ן מָחָֽר: |
| they: Your company. |
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וָהֵם:
עֲדָתְךָ:
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| 17Let each man take his censer and place incense upon it, and let each man present his censer before the Lord; [there will thus be] two hundred and fifty censers, and let you and Aaron each [take] his censer. |
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יזוּקְח֣וּ | אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ וּנְתַתֶּ֤ם עֲלֵיהֶם֙ קְטֹ֔רֶת וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֞ם לִפְנֵ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֔וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּמָאתַ֖יִם מַחְתֹּ֑ת וְאַתָּ֥ה וְאַֽהֲרֹ֖ן אִ֥ישׁ מַחְתָּתֽוֹ: |
| and let each man present his censer before the Lord…: The two hundred and fifty men among you. |
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וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִישׁ מַחְתָּתוֹ:
הַחֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתַיִם אִישׁ שֶׁבָּכֶם:
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| 18So each man took his censer, and they put fire upon it and placed incense upon it, and they stood at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron. |
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יחוַיִּקְח֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ מַחְתָּת֗וֹ וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֵ֔שׁ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם קְטֹ֑רֶת וַיַּֽעַמְד֗וּ פֶּ֛תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵ֖ד וּמשֶׁ֥ה וְאַֽהֲרֹֽן: |
| 19Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord appeared before the entire congregation. |
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יטוַיַּקְהֵ֨ל עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם קֹ֨רַח֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וַיֵּרָ֥א כְבֽוֹד־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־כָּל־הָֽעֵדָֽה: |
| Korah assembled… against them: with words of mockery. All that night, he went to the tribes and enticed them [saying,] “Do you think I care only for myself? I care for all of you. These [people] come and take all the high positions: the kingship for himself and the kehunah for his brother,” until they were all enticed. - [Midrash Tanchuma Korach 7, Num. Rabbah 10] |
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וַיַּקְהֵל עֲלֵיהֶם קֹרַח:
בְּדִבְרֵי לֵצָנוּת, כָּל הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא הָלַךְ אֵצֶל הַשְּׁבָטִים וּפִתָּה אוֹתָם — "כִּסְבוּרִין אַתֶּם שֶׁעָלַי לְבַדִּי אֲנִי מַקְפִּיד? אֵינִי מַקְפִּיד אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל כֻּלְּכֶם, אֵלּוּ בָאִין וְנוֹטְלִין כָּל הַגְּדֻלּוֹת, לוֹ הַמַּלְכוּת וּלְאָחִיו הַכְּהֻנָּה" עַד שֶׁנִּתְפַּתּוּ כֻלָּם (שם):
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| and the glory of the Lord appeared: He came in a pillar of cloud. |
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וַיֵּרָא כְבֽוֹד־ה':
בָּא בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן:
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