💾 Archived View for scholasticdiversity.us.to › scriptures › jewish › t › Sforno%20on%20Numbers%2018… captured on 2024-07-09 at 03:20:35. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
7 [1] תשמרו את כהונתכם. To ensure that a non-priest, such as King Uzziah, does not enter the domain reserved exclusively for the priests.
[2] ועבדתם, priestly functions are to be carried out only by you the priests;
[3] the very fact that this assignment is in the nature of a gift for you, עבודת מתנה, makes it likely that outsiders are jealous and want a share of this. This is why you have to be especially on guard (to prevent interlopers from being punished by death.)
Version: Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash
License: CC-BY