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10 โ[1] ** ืืจืื ืืชืื ืืขืื ืืืืช, "get up from amongst this congregation, etc."** G'd did not speak about Moses and Aaron but to all those who had not joined the ones who had accused Moses and Aaron. Proof of the fact that my interpretation is correct is the word ืืืืจ, which always means that others are to be informed. The word ืืืืช, "this," further indicates that only the people who had actively accused Moses of wrongdoing were slated to be destroyed. This also explains the need for G'd to have said ืืจืืื altogether. After all, G'd has no problem in killing the wicked in the very presence of the righteous as He had done when He killed the firstborn in Egypt and their family members did not have to leave their houses first. If you accept our interpretation, however, the instruction ืืจืื makes sense as even the people not guilty of accusing Moses **now** were under sentence of death already and unless they demonstrated that they were not involved in this sin the angel of death would execute them now. (I refer you to my commentary on Numbers 16,21).
Version: Or Hachayim, trans. Eliyahu Munk
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