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2:27

וַיָּבֹא אִישׁ־אֱלֹהִים אֶל־עֵלִי וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה הֲנִגְלֹה נִגְלֵיתִי אֶל־בֵּית אָבִיךָ בִּֽהְיוֹתָם בְּמִצְרַיִם לְבֵית פַּרְעֹֽה׃

Then a man of God came to Eili and said to him, "Thus said Adonoy, 'Have I not repeatedly revealed Myself to your ancestor's family when they were in Egypt, [enslaved] to the house of Pharaoh?

Then a man of God came to Eili and said to him, "Thus said Adonoy, 'Have I not repeatedly revealed Myself to your ancestor's family when they were in Egypt, [enslaved] to the house of Pharaoh?

Rashi

ויבא איש אלהים. זה אלקנה:

The man of God came. This was Elkonoh.

הנגלה נגליתי אל בית אביך. מכאן שנתנבא אהרן במצרים, ומה היא הנבואה, הוא שנאמר (שם כ ז): ואומר אליהם איש שקוצי עיניו השליכו ובגלולי מצרים אל תטמאו:

Have I not repeatedly revealed Myself to your ancestor's family. From here [our Sages concluded] that Aharon prophesied in Egypt. What was the prophecy? It is stated, "and I said to them, 'Every man, cast away the detestable idols of his eyes, do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt.'"18Ibid., 20:7.

הנגלה נגליתי. הידעתם כי הטובה הזאת והגדולה הזאת נתתי לאהרן:

Have I not repeatėdly revealed Myself. Did you know that this favor and greatness I gave to Aharon.19Ralbag interprets this phrase as an affirmative statement, i.e., “I did indeed reveal myself to the…”

2:28

וּבָחֹר אֹתוֹ מִכׇּל־שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִי לְכֹהֵן לַעֲלוֹת עַֽל־מִזְבְּחִי לְהַקְטִיר קְטֹרֶת לָשֵׂאת אֵפוֹד לְפָנָי וָֽאֶתְּנָה לְבֵית אָבִיךָ אֶת־כׇּל־אִשֵּׁי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

And chose him of all the tribes of Yisroel to be a kohein to Me, to offer up [sacrifices] on My altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me; and I did give your ancestor's family all the fire-offerings of the Bnei Yisroel.

And chose him of all the tribes of Yisroel to be a kohein to Me, to offer up [sacrifices] on My altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me; and I did give your ancestor's family all the fire-offerings of the Bnei Yisroel.

2:29

לָמָּה תִבְעֲטוּ בְּזִבְחִי וּבְמִנְחָתִי אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִי מָעוֹן וַתְּכַבֵּד אֶת־בָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי לְהַבְרִיאֲכֶם מֵרֵאשִׁית כׇּל־מִנְחַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְעַמִּֽי׃

Why do you scorn My sacrifice and My meal-offering which I have commanded you [to bring in My] Sanctuary? But you honor your sons more than Me, to feed yourselves from the choice parts of all the offerings of Yisroel, My people?'

Why do you scorn My sacrifice and My meal-offering which I have commanded you [to bring in My] Sanctuary? But you honor your sons more than Me, to feed yourselves from the choice parts of all the offerings of Yisroel, My people?'

Rashi

אשר צויתי מעון. אשר צויתי במעוני:

Which I commanded you [to bring in My] Sanctuary. Which I commanded in My dwelling place.

להבריאכם מראשית וגו'. הרי זה מקרא מסורס, ותכבד את בניך ממני לעמי, לעיני עמי כבדת את בניך ממני, ומהו הכבוד, להבריאכם מראשית כל מנחת ישראל, קדמה סעודתכם לסעודתי, כמה שנאמר (לעיל פסוק טו): גם בטרם יקטירון את החלב וגו':

To feed yourselves from the choice parts… This is an inverted sentence [meaning], "you honor your sons more than Me ," ]לְעַמִּי[ before My people, i.e., in the eyes of My people, you honor your sons more than Me. And what is the honor? To feed yourselves from the choice parts of all the offerings of Yisroel. Your meal preceded My meal, as it is stated, "even before they would burn the fat…"20Above verse 15.

להבריאכם. לשון סעודה, כמו (שמואל-ב יג ה): תבא נא תמר אחותי ותברני לחם:

To feed yourselves. [לְהַבְרִיאֲכֶם] is an expression of having a meal, as in, "Please let my sister Tamar come and serve [וְתַבְרֵנִי] me bread."21 II Shmuel 13:5.

לעמי. מוסב על 'ותכבד את בניך ממני', הראיתם לעמי שאתם נכבדים ממני, ובמה הראיתם, 'להבריאכם מראשית מנחתי':

My people. This reverts to, "you honor your sons more than Me." You showed My people that you are more honored than I. And how have you shown this? By feeding yourselves from the choice parts of My offerings.22It may also be interpreted as referring to the part of the sacrifice that belonged to the people who brought the offering, that Eili’s sons took for themselves.

2:30

לָכֵן נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָמוֹר אָמַרְתִּי בֵּֽיתְךָ וּבֵית אָבִיךָ יִתְהַלְּכוּ לְפָנַי עַד־עוֹלָם וְעַתָּה נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה חָלִילָה לִּי כִּֽי־מְכַבְּדַי אֲכַבֵּד וּבֹזַי יֵקָֽלּוּ׃

Therefore,' says Adonoy, God of Yisroel, 'I had indeed decreed that your family and your father's family would serve before Me forever.' 'But now,' says Adonoy, 'Far be it from Me [to do so]; for I honor those who honor Me, and those who dishonor Me will be cursed.

Therefore,' says Adonoy, God of Yisroel, 'I had indeed decreed that your family and your father's family would serve before Me forever.' 'But now,' says Adonoy, 'Far be it from Me [to do so]; for I honor those who honor Me, and those who dishonor Me will be cursed.

Rashi

אמור אמרתי. שני פעמים פסקתי גדולה לבני איתמר, בבני גרשון ובבני מררי נאמר (במדבר ד כח לג), ביד איתמר בן אהרן הכהן, ועלי מבני איתמר היה, זו ראיתי במדרש שמואל ולשון הגון מזה שמעתי: אמור אמרתי ביתך ובית אביך וגו' ; מתחלה נתתי כהונה גדולה לאלעזר הכהן, שנאמר (שם כ כו): והפשט את אהרן את בגדיו וגו', ובימי פלגש שפקרו ישראל ברוב המצות, ומי גרם להם, פנחס וכיוצא בו, שהיה להם לסבב מעיר אל עיר ולהוכיחם, נטלתי הכהונה גדולה מהם ונתתיה לך, שמבני איתמר אתה, ואמרתי יתהלכו לפני עד עולם, שכשפוסקין לו גדולה לאדם, פוסקין לו ולדורותיו עד עולם:

I had indeed decreed. Twice I assigned greatness to the sons of Isomor: Concerning the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merori, it is stated, "Under the direction of Isomor, the son of Aharon the kohein."23 Bamidbar 4:33. And Eili was one of the descendants of Isomor. This [explanation] I saw in Midrash Shmuel. I have, however, heard a more fitting explanation: "I had indeed decreed that your family and your father's family…" Originally I made Elozor the kohein to serve as kohein gadol, as it is stated, "remove Aharon's vestments, [and dress Elozor his son in them]."24Ibid., 20:26. However, at the time of the concubine,25 See Shoftim Chapters 19-21. Yisroel divested themselves of most mitzvos. And who was to blame [for this]? Pinchas and his associate kohanim, who should have gone around from city to city to reprove them. I therefore took the kehunah gedolah away from them, and gave it to you, for you are of Isomor's descendants, and I said, that they shall walk before Me forever; for when greatness is assigned to a person, it is assigned to him and to his generations forever.

כי מכבדי אכבד. את בני פנחס, שכבד אותי בשטים (שם פרק כה יא), וכן היתה בימי שלמה, כשנבנה בית המקדש, (מלכים-א ב כז): ויגרש שלמה את אביתר מהיות כהן לה' כדבר ה' אשר דבר אל בית עלי, ונעשה צדוק כהן גדול תחתיו, שהיה מבני פנחס, שכן נתייחסו בדברי הימים (א ו לח):

For I honor those who honor Me. Pinchas' descendants who honored Me at Shittim.26Bamidbar 25:7-8. And this happened in the days of Shlomo, that when the Temple was built, Shlomo dismissed Evyosor from being a kohein [gadol] to 'ה, fulfilling the word of 'ה which He had spoken concerning Eili's family.27 I Melochim 2:27. And Tzadok became the kohein gadol, because he was of Pinchas' descendants; he is so listed in the genealogical records in Divrei Hayomim.28I Divrei Hayomim 6:35-38.

ובוזי יקלו. מאליהם, משאסתלק מהם:

And those who dishonor Me will be cursed. By. themselves, when I will withdraw Myself from them.29Referring to Eili’s sons from whom the kehunah gedolah would be removed in the time of Shlomo Hamelech.

2:31

הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים וְגָֽדַעְתִּי אֶת־זְרֹעֲךָ וְאֶת־זְרֹעַ בֵּית אָבִיךָ מִֽהְיוֹת זָקֵן בְּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃

Behold, days are coming when I shall cut off your arm and the arm of your father's family, from there being an elder in your family.

Behold, days are coming when I shall cut off your arm and the arm of your father's family, from there being an elder in your family.

Rashi

וגדעתי את זרועך. החוזק שיש לכם בביתי, שאתם אומרים ואם לא לקחתי בחזקה:

I shall cut off your arm. I.e., the power which you exert in My House, for you say, "or else I will take it by force."

2:32

וְהִבַּטְתָּ צַר מָעוֹן בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יֵיטִיב אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא־יִֽהְיֶה זָקֵן בְּבֵיתְךָ כׇּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

And you will see a rival [in My] Sanctuary throughout all the good that He will bring upon Yisroel; but there will be no elder in your family for all time.

And you will see a rival [in My] Sanctuary throughout all the good that He will bring upon Yisroel; but there will be no elder in your family for all time.

Rashi

והבטת צר מעון. וראית צרתך בצדך בתוך מעוני, כאשה הרואה צרתה עמה בבית:

And you will see a rival [in My] Sanctuary. And you will see your rival at your side in My Sanctuary just as a woman who sees her rival with her in the house.

בכל אשר ייטיב את ישראל. כשיבנה בית עולמים בימי שלמה, ותהא טובתם של ישראל שלימה, כמה שנאמר שם (מלכים-א ח נו): לא נפל דבר אחד מכל דברו הטוב, (שם ה א) יהודה וישראל רבים כחול אשר על שפת הים וגו'. (שם שם ה) וישב יהודה וישראל לבטח איש תחת גפנו ואיש תחת תאנתו כל ימי שלמה (שם פסוק ה):

Throughout all the good that He will bring upon Yisroel. When the Temple will be built in the days of Shlomo, and the goodness promised to Yisroel will be complete, as it is said there, "Not one word has gone unfulfilled from His entire gracious promise.30I Melochim 8:56. Yehudah and Yisroel were numerous, like the sand that is by the sea.31Ibid. 4:20. And Yehudah and Yisroel dwelt in security, each man under his grapevine and under his fig tree… all the days of Shlomo."32Ibid. 5:5.

ולא יהיה זקן בביתך. מדה כנגד מדה, אתם אכלתם קדשים לפני זמנן, בטרם יקטירון את החלב, אף אתם תמותון בלא זמן:

But there will be no elder in your family. This is an appropriate punishment. You ate sacrifices before the [permitted] time, before they burnt the fat, so too, you will die before your time.

2:33

וְאִישׁ לֹֽא־אַכְרִית לְךָ מֵעִם מִזְבְּחִי לְכַלּוֹת אֶת־עֵינֶיךָ וְלַאֲדִיב אֶת־נַפְשֶׁךָ וְכׇל־מַרְבִּית בֵּיתְךָ יָמוּתוּ אֲנָשִֽׁים׃

Yet I will not cut [one last man] from My altar, to pine your eyes and sadden your soul, and all those raised in your house will die as [young] men.

Yet I will not cut [one last man] from My altar, to pine your eyes and sadden your soul, and all those raised in your house will die as [young] men.

Rashi

ולאדיב. כמו ולדאיב:

And sadden.וְלַאֲדִיב is the same as 33See Devorim 28:65.וְלַדְאִיב [disillusioned].

ימותו אנשים. בחורים, אינו דומה אבלו של בחור, לאבלו של תינוק:

Will die as [young] men. Young. There is no comparison between the mourning for a young man and the mourning for a child.34Whose loss though tragic, is less keenly felt than the loss of a young man.

2:34

וְזֶה־לְּךָ הָאוֹת אֲשֶׁר יָבֹא אֶל־שְׁנֵי בָנֶיךָ אֶל־חׇפְנִי וּפִֽינְחָס בְּיוֹם אֶחָד יָמוּתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

This is the sign for you, that which will happen to your two sons, Chofni and Pinchas: they will both die on the same day.

This is the sign for you, that which will happen to your two sons, Chofni and Pinchas: they will both die on the same day.

Rashi

וזה לך האות. שיתקיים הדבר, ביום אחד ימותו שני בניך, והיא תהיה לך אות שיתקיים כל הפורענות שנאמר לך, והבטת צר מעון, וכל מרבית ביתך ימותו אנשים:

This is the sign to you. That the prophecy will be fulfilled: In one day your two sons will die, and this will be the sign for you for the fulfillment35He needed a sign in the near future to authenticate the prophecy that all the punishments described will come true. of all the retribution that was said to you, "and you will see a rival in My Sanctuary," "and all those raised in your house will die as [young] men."36Above verses 32-33.

2:35

וַהֲקִימֹתִי לִי כֹּהֵן נֶאֱמָן כַּאֲשֶׁר בִּלְבָבִי וּבְנַפְשִׁי יַעֲשֶׂה וּבָנִיתִי לוֹ בַּיִת נֶאֱמָן וְהִתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵֽי־מְשִׁיחִי כׇּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

And I will appoint for Myself a faithful kohein, [one] who will do as is in My heart and in My desire; I will build for him an everlasting house, and he will serve before My anointed one all the days.

And I will appoint for Myself a faithful kohein, [one] who will do as is in My heart and in My desire; I will build for him an everlasting house, and he will serve before My anointed one all the days.

Rashi

כהן נאמן. הוא צדוק:

A faithful kohein. Tzadok.

2:36

וְהָיָה כׇּל־הַנּוֹתָר בְּבֵיתְךָ יָבוֹא לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לוֹ לַאֲגוֹרַת כֶּסֶף וְכִכַּר־לָחֶם וְאָמַר סְפָחֵנִי נָא אֶל־אַחַת הַכְּהֻנּוֹת לֶאֱכֹל פַּת־לָֽחֶם׃ {פ}

And everyone that will remain of your family will come to bow down to him for a silver coin or a loaf of bread, and will say, "Please let me be included among one of the priestly divisions, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"

And everyone that will remain of your family will come to bow down to him for a silver coin or a loaf of bread, and will say, "Please let me be included among one of the priestly divisions, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"

Rashi

לאגורת כסף. בשביל להשתכר מעה כסף:

For a silver coin. In order to earn a מָעָה silver coin.

לאגורת כסף. ממשקלות: עשרים גרה הוא (שמות ל יג):

Silver coin. with a weight of twenty gerah.37Shemos 30:13.

ספחני. אספני:

Let me be included. Let me to join.

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