TT #39 · Parshas Shemini · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 2
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Sifra (Toras Kohanim), Shemini, Mekhilta de-Miluim II 34.
Sefaria — Sifra, Shemini, Mekhilta DeMiluim II 34
English: “And they died before Hashem.” They died inside. Since Mishael and Elzaphan were Levites and could not enter, the teaching explains that they used an iron spear to draw the bodies outside.
Textual interpretation — the Chazal derives the teaching from the wording or structure of the verse.
The teaching explains that they died inside, and that Mishael and Elzaphan, who were Levites, used an iron spear to draw the bodies outside because they could not enter.