Korach 17:03 · unit 1 — censers of those who sinned with their lives

Parashas Korach · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

אֵת מַחְתּוֹת הַֽחַטָּאִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּנַפְשֹׁתָם וְעָשׂוּ אֹתָם רִקֻּעֵי פַחִים צִפּוּי לַמִּזְבֵּחַ כִּי־הִקְרִיבֻם לִפְנֵי־ה׳ וַיִּקְדָּשׁוּ וְיִהְיוּ לְאוֹת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

The censers of these who sinned at the cost of their lives — and they shall make them into flattened plates as an overlay for the altar, for they brought them before Hashem and they became sanctified; and they shall be a sign for the children of Israel.

Chabad.org — 17:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah / classic: the censers became sanctified by being brought before Hashem; made into a covering as a lasting sign.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֵת מַחְתּוֹת הַחַטָּאִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּנַפְשֹׁתָם — וְעָשׂוּ אֹתָם רִקֻּעֵי פַחִים צִפּוּי לַמִּזְבֵּחַ.

English: The censers of these who sinned at the cost of their lives — and they shall make them into flattened plates as an overlay for the altar.

Type of Learning

Sanctification of the censers.

What Is Learned

Those who offered unauthorized incense paid with their lives; their vessels remain holy and become a permanent warning on the altar.