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Korach Summary KORACH Kamens 1

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KORACH
PARSHAT HASHAVUA: KORACH
BY RABBI SYLVAN KAMENS
The rebellious mood continued as Korach, the Levite, toether !ith "athan,
Aviram and On, all Reubenites, !ere #oined by $%& communal leaders in
revolt aainst 'oses and Aaron( Korach claimed e)ual riht to the Hih
*riesthood, !hile the others based their claim to leadershi+ on their descent
,rom -acob.s ,irst/born, Reuben(
'oses challened them to a++ear ne0t day at the sanctuary, carryin censers
,illed !ith lihted incense1 2od !ould sho! 3!ho are His and !ho is holy(3
"athan and Aviram re,used to com+ly, anrily declarin that 'oses had
brouht them out o, a land ,lo!in !ith mil4 and honey merely 3to 4ill us in
the !ilderness(3
Korach and his ,ollo!ers a++eared the ne0t day to undero the test, su++orted
by many sym+athi5ers( Anry at the +eo+le.s lac4 o, ,aith, 2od threatened to
destroy them all, but 'oses and Aaron arued that the nation should not be
+unished ,or one man.s !rondoin(
'oses then announced that i, the rebels died a natural death, he !ould be
+roved in the !ron( 6,, on the other hand, the earth s!allo!ed them alive,
they !ould be seen to have des+ised the Lord( 7o sooner had he s+o4en than
Korach, the other rebels and all their +ossessions +erished in an earth)ua4e
and the +eo+le ,led in terror( 6n addition, the $%& men !ho had o,,ered the
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incense !ere devoured by a heavenly ,ire( Their censers !ere collected by
8lea5ar, the +riest, and made into +lates to cover the altar(
9ut still, the +eo+le com+lained, blamin 'oses and Aaron ,or the loss o,
their leaders( They !ere +unished by a +laue !hich 4illed 1:,;&& 6sraelites
and !hich ceased only a,ter 'oses and Aaron had +rayed ,or ,oriveness ,or
the +eo+le( The rebellion !as used as a suitable occasion to recall the divine
choice o, the Levites and to de,ine the duties and emoluments o, them and
the +riests(

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