Korach 18:07 · unit 6

Parashas Korach · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 7

The Complete Passuk

וְאַתָּ֣ה וּבָנֶ֣יךָ אִ֠תְּךָ֠ תִּשְׁמְר֨וּ אֶת־כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֜ם לְכׇל־דְּבַ֧ר הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ וּלְמִבֵּ֥ית לַפָּרֹ֖כֶת וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֑ם עֲבֹדַ֣ת מַתָּנָ֗ה אֶתֵּן֙ אֶת־כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֔ם וְהַזָּ֥ר הַקָּרֵ֖ב יוּמָֽת׃

And you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar and for that within the veil, and you shall serve; I give your priesthood as a service of gift, and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.

Chabad.org — 18:7

Source Citation

Torah Temimah → סנהדרין פ״ד א׳ · R’ Yishmael

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר: נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״וְהַזָּר הַקָּרֵב יוּמָת״ וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן ״כָּל הַקָּרֵב… יָמוּת״ — מַה לְהַלָּן בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם אַף כָּאן בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם.

English: It was taught: R’ Yishmael says: It is said here “and the zar who comes near shall be put to death,” and it is said there “anyone who comes near… shall die” — just as there it is bi-yedei shamayim, so here bi-yedei shamayim.

Type of Learning

Gezeirah shavah — death bi-yedei shamayim.

What Is Learned

The death of a zar who serves is heavenly death, not court execution — by Gezeirah shavah to the earlier verse in the Korach narrative.