Pinchas 26:11 · unit 2 — Korach’s sons took a portion in the land by ancestral merit

Parashas Pinchas · Passuk 26:11

The Complete Passuk

וּבְנֵי־קֹרַח לֹא־מֵתוּ׃

And the sons of Korach did not die.

Chabad.org — 26:11

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Yerushalmi Bava Basra 8:2

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Bava Basra 8:2

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, בְּנֵי עֲדַת קֹרַח נָטְלוּ חֵלֶק בָּאָרֶץ בִּזְכוּת אֲבִי אֲבִיהֶם וַאֲבִי אִמּוֹתֵיהֶם, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִיב וּבְנֵי קֹרַח לֹא מֵתוּ.

English: It was taught: the sons of Korach’s congregation took a portion in the land by the merit of their father’s father and of their mothers’ fathers, as it is written “and the sons of Korach did not die.”

Type of Learning

Inheritance rights despite the father’s rebellion.

What Is Learned

Survival and land rights for Korach’s sons rest on earlier ancestral merit.