Derasha 2 on Behaalosecha 9:13

Parashas Behaalosecha · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 13

The Complete Passuk

וְהָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא טָה֗וֹר וּבְדֶ֙רֶךְ֙ לֹא־הָיָ֔ה וְחָדַל֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת הַפֶּ֔סַח וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵֽעַמֶּ֑יהָ כִּ֣י ׀ קׇרְבַּ֣ן יְהֹוָ֗ה לֹ֤א הִקְרִיב֙ בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ חֶטְא֥וֹ יִשָּׂ֖א הָאִ֥ישׁ הַהֽוּא׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah (Pesachim 93a): “כי קרבן ה׳ לא הקריב במועדו” supplies a second phrasing of the same liability.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אִי נָמֵי: ״קׇרְבַּן ה׳ לֹא הִקְרִיב בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ״, בַּשֵּׁנִי. … וּמִמַּאי (דְּהָא) ״חֶטְאוֹ יִשָּׂא״ כָּרֵת הוּא?

English: Or alternatively: “Hashem’s offering he did not offer at its appointed time” — on the second. … And from where [do we know] that “he shall bear his sin” means kares?

Type of Learning

Double language of liability — both “refrained” and “did not offer at its time” point to the same kares.

What Is Learned

The appointed time is not a suggestion; missing it when able is itself the sin.