Parashas Ki Sisa · EXTRA (side-ring) · Passuk 32:35
Sefaria — Ramban on Ki Sisa 32:35
English: AND THE ETERNAL SMOTE THE PEOPLE. Scripture does not state how many died in this plague, as it stated the number of those that fell by the hand of the sons of Levi, 407 Above, Verse 28: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men . and as it mentioned in the case of the plague about the matter of Korah , 408 Numbers 17:14: Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred . and in connection with the Baal of Peor, 409 Ibid. , 25:9: And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand . the reason perhaps being that those here did not all die in one plague, but they were smitten and died prematurely, something like it said, but the Eternal
Commentary (Rishon) on a TT-silent passuk — EXTRA side-ring only.
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