Shoftim 21:05 · unit 5

TT #374 · Parashas Shoftim · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 21:05

The Complete Passuk

וְנִגְּשׁ֣וּ הַכֹּהֲנִים֮ בְּנֵ֣י לֵוִי֒ כִּ֣י בָ֗ם בָּחַ֞ר יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וּלְבָרֵ֖ךְ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה וְעַל־פִּיהֶ֥ם יִהְיֶ֖ה כׇּל־רִ֥יב וְכׇל־נָֽגַע׃

And the kohanim, the sons of Levi, shall approach, for them the Eternal your God has chosen to serve Him and to bless in the name of the Eternal, and according to their word shall be every dispute and every plague.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 46b.

TT lemma: בְּנֵי לֵוִי.

Sefaria — Sotah 46b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בְּנֵי לֵוִי – לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַלְוִיִּם.

English: ‘The sons of Levi’ – to include the Leviim.

On the daf / in context: Some readings extend presence to Leviim as well.

Type of Learning

Derash expanding the participants (Bavli) — the phrase can be read to include the wider tribe.

What Is Learned

The language ‘sons of Levi’ is taken by some to include Leviim alongside the kohanim at the rite.