Korach 17:12 · unit 2 — he put on the incense and atoned
Parashas Korach · Aliyah 4 · Passuk 12
The Complete Passuk
וַיִּקַּח אַהֲרֹן כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה וַיָּרָץ אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַקָּהָל וְהִנֵּה הֵחֵל הַנֶּגֶף בָּעָם וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־הַקְּטֹרֶת וַיְכַפֵּר עַל־הָעָם׃
And Aharon took as Moshe had spoken, and he ran into the midst of the assembly, and behold the plague had begun among the people; and he put on the incense and atoned for the people.
Chabad.org — 17:12
Source Citation
Classic: the atonement that stops the plague — incense in the hand of the authorized kohen.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
וַיִּתֵּן אֶת הַקְּטֹרֶת וַיְכַפֵּר עַל הָעָם.
English: And he put on the incense and atoned for the people.
Type of Learning Authorized ketores as kapparah.
What Is Learned Authorization turns the same substance from an instrument of death into an instrument of life.
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