Tanach
Bamidbar 17:27-28 במדבר י״ז:כ״ז-כ״ח
Part of: KorachKorach, Aliyah 6Chapter 17
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וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹר הֵן גָּוַעְנוּ אָבַדְנוּ כֻּלָּנוּ אָבָֽדְנוּ׃
Bnei Yisroel said [the following] to Moshe: “Behold, we perish, we are lost—we are all lost.
Bnei Yisroel said [the following] to Moshe: “Behold, we perish, we are lost—we are all lost.
כֹּל הַקָּרֵב ׀ הַקָּרֵב אֶל־מִשְׁכַּן יְהֹוָה יָמוּת הַאִם תַּמְנוּ לִגְוֺֽעַ׃ {ס}
Anyone approaching, who comes close to the Mishkon of Adonoy will die—have we been consigned to die?”
Anyone approaching, who comes close to the Mishkon of Adonoy will die—have we been consigned to die?”
Rashi
האם תמנו לגוע. שֶׁמָּא הֻפְקַרְנוּ לְמִיתָה?:
Have we been consigned to death? Perhaps we have been abandoned to die?
כל הקרב הקרב וגו'. אֵין אָנוּ יְכוֹלִין לִהְיוֹת זְהִירִין בְּכָךְ, כֻּלָּנוּ רַשָּׁאִין לְהִכָּנֵס לַחֲצַר אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, וְאֶחָד שֶׁיַּקְרִיב עַצְמוֹ יוֹתֵר מֵחֲבֵרוֹ וְיִכָּנֵס לְתוֹךְ אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד יָמוּת:
Anyone approaching who comes close, etc. We cannot take precautions against this. We are all permitted to enter the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. And anyone who advances further than his fellows, and enters into the Tent of Meeting, will die.