Korach 16:29 · unit 1 — if they die as all men die

Parashas Korach · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 29

The Complete Passuk

אִם־כְּמ֤וֹת כׇּל־הָֽאָדָם֙ יְמֻת֣וּן אֵ֔לֶּה וּפְקֻדַּת֙ כׇּל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם יִפָּקֵ֖ד עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם לֹ֥א יְהֹוָ֖ה שְׁלָחָֽנִי׃

If these men die as all men die, and the visitation of all men is visited upon them, Hashem has not sent me.

Torah Temimah: Nedarim 39b — Resh Lakish: a hint from the Torah for the mitzvah of visiting the sick (bikkur cholim).

Core Text

אִם כְּמוֹת כׇּל הָאָדָם יְמֻתוּן אֵלֶּה — שֶׁהֵם חוֹלִים וּמוּטָלִים בַּעֲרִיסָתָן וּבְנֵי אָדָם מְבַקְּרִין אוֹתָן.

English: If these die as all men die — that they are sick and laid on their beds and people visit them.

Hint for bikkur cholim.

Ordinary death includes the visits of others to the sick; Moshe asks for a death that is not of that kind.