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.