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קרח 13

Midrash Tanchuma Buber · Korach, Chapter 13

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    ויאמר משה אל קרח שמעו נא בני לוי (שם טז ח). יש לך אדם שמדבר עם יוסף, ואומר לשמעון שמע, יש אומרים שהיה מבקש שיחזור בו ואמר לפניו דברים רכים, כיון שראה שלא שמע לו, אמר עד שלא ישתתפו אחרים עמו יחזרו בהן, התחיל לזרז בהם שמעו נא בני לוי, הקטון הוא הכבוד שבידכם, המעט מכם וגו' (שם שם ט), חזר על קרח, ויקרב אותך ואת כל אחיך בני לוי אתך (שם שם י), שהיה הגדול בשבט שנעשו אחיו טפילה לו.

    (Numb. 16:8:) SO MOSES SAID UNTO KORAH: PLEASE LISTEN, YOU CHILDREN OF LEVI. When you have someone speaking with Joseph, does he tell Simon to Listen?30Tanh., Numb. 5:6; Numb.R. 18:9. The midrash is concerned with the fact that Moses addresses the children of Levi when speaking to Korah. Some say that he wished him to reconsider. So he said gentle words to him. When he saw that he did not listen to him, he said (to himself): Before others associate themselves with him, they should reconsider. He began to urge them (in Numb. 16:8): PLEASE LISTEN, YOU CHILDREN OF LEVI. Is the honor that you have too little? (Vs. 9:) IS IT TOO SMALL A THING FOR YOU …? He turned again to Korah (in vs. 10): THAT HE HAS HAD YOU APPROACH HIM AND ALL YOUR BROTHER LEVITES ALONG WITH YOU? <It was> because he was the head person in the tribe, that his brothers had become an extension of himself.

Hebrew: Midrash Tanhuma haKadum veHaYashan, S. Buber, 1885 · Public Domain

English: Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989. · CC-BY

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