And the children of Yisrael, the whole congregation, came to the wilderness of Tzin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there.
English: It is written here “and Miriam died there,” and there “and they shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley”; just as the eglah arufah is forbidden in benefit, so the dead is forbidden in benefit.
Type of Learning
Gezeirah shavah of “sham.”
What Is Learned
A corpse is forbidden for benefit, parallel to the eglah arufah.