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Aliya 7
Les fonctions d’Eléazar, fils d’Aaron le pontife, comprendront l’huile du luminaire, l’encens aromatique, l’oblation perpétuelle et l’huile d’onction, la surveillance du tabernacle entier et de tout ce qu’il renferme, du sanctuaire et de son appareil."
de peur qu’ils n’entrent pour regarder, fût-ce un instant, les choses saintes, et qu’ils ne meurent."
Parachat Nasso
Aliya 1
Aliya 2
D’après l’ordre de l’Éternel, on leur assigna, sous la direction de Moïse, à chacun son service et les objets à transporter ainsi que ses préposés, désignés par l’Éternel à Moïse.
Miqra according to the Masorah · Licence: CC BY-SA · Source
Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr] · Licence: Public Domain · Source
Nombres 4:20 dans toutes les traductions
English · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009
They shall not come in to see when the holy is being covered and [they will not] die.
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English · The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein
And they shall not come to see when the holy (things) are being covered [within their sheath (5)] and die.
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עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah
וְלֹא־יָבֹ֧אוּ לִרְא֛וֹת כְּבַלַּ֥ע אֶת־הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ וָמֵֽתוּ׃ {פ}
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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)
but they shall not go in to see the holy things as they are being covered, lest they die.’
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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra
וְלֹא־יָבֹ֧אוּ לִרְא֛וֹת כְּבַלַּ֥ע אֶת־הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ וָמֵֽתוּ׃ (פ)
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עברית · Tanach with Text Only
ולא יבאו לראות כבלע את הקדש ומתו
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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud
וְלֹא־יָבֹאוּ לִרְאוֹת כְּבַלַּע אֶת־הַקֹּדֶשׁ וָמֵתוּ׃
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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]
און זײ זאָלן ניט אַרײַנגײן זען װי מע צענעמט דאָס הײליקטום, און שטאַרבן.
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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]
de peur qu’ils n’entrent pour regarder, fût-ce un instant, les choses saintes, et qu’ils ne meurent."
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Polski · Bible in Polish, trans. Izaak Cylkow, 1841 - 1908 [pl]
Ale niechaj nie przyjdą, by przypatrywać się rozbiórce świątyni, aby nie pomarli."
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Deutsch · Die Heilige Schrift, trans. Dr. Simon Bernfeld, Berlin, 1902 - German [de]
Dass sie nicht hineingehen um zu schauen, wie man das Heiligtum verhüllt, und sterben.
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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]
sed ili ne aliru, por rigardi, kiel oni dismetas la sanktaĵojn, por ke ili ne mortu.
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Commentaires sur Nombres 4:20
Rashi
English
They shall not come in to see when the holy is being covered. [When placed] into its sheath, as specified above in this chapter, they shall spread over it a certain cloth, they shall cover it with a certain cover. Its “ בִּלּוּעַ “ refers to the covering of it.
Rashi Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Targum Jonathan
English
But they shall not go in to gaze, when the priests go in to cover the vessels of the sanctuary, that they die not by the flaming fire.
The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862 · Licence: Public Domain · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Ibn Ezra
עברית
ולא יבואו. הקהתים אל אהל מועד לראות כבלע את הקדש והטעם כאשר יוסר בנינו יוסר מסך הפרכת ונגלה הארון ויש אומרים כי כבלע כמו ככסות והטעם כאשר יכסו הארון לשאת אותו וזה טעם קרוב מהראשון והנה שתים אזהרות שלא יגעו בקדש כי אם בבדים ישאוהו ולא יראו הקדש:
On Your Way · Licence: Public Domain · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Ramban (Nachmanides)
English
AND THEY [i.e., the Kohathites] SHALL NOT GO IN TO SEE THE HOLY THING ‘K’VALA’ (AS THEY ARE BEING COVERED) — “as they [the priests] put each vessel into its wrapping, as I have explained above in this section: ‘and they shall spread upon it such-and-such a garment, and they shall cover it with such-and-such a cover,’ the [term] ‘k’vala’ referring to its ‘covering.’” This is Rashi’s language. It is also Onkelos’ opinion [who translated the verse as quoted above]. But our Rabbis have said in Tractate Sanhedrin that this verse constitutes a prohibition against stealing a sacred vessel, for which one suffers death [by the hand of Heaven], and zealous people have the right to strike such a thief, for stealing and robbing are referred to as b’liah (swallowing, devouring), as in the expressions: ‘bala’ (he hath swallowed down) riches, and he shall vomit them up again; and I will bring forth out of his mouth ‘eth bil’o’ (that which he hath swallowed up).
But Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra explained [the verse] in its plain sense: that [the Kohathites] should not come in to see when the screening Veil is removed and the ark becomes exposed; only afterwards when it is covered are they to come in to carry it. Accordingly, the expression k’vala eth hakodesh means [they shall not come in to see] “when the structure [i.e., the screening Veil] is being removed from the ark, which is hakodesh (the holiness),” [the word ‘k’vala’] being related to the expressions: ‘bila Hashem’ (the Eternal hath swallowed up) unsparingly [which means that He “destroyed the structure” of the habitations of Jacob mentioned further on in the verse]; Thy hands have framed me … together round about; yet ‘va’tval’eini’ (Thou dost destroy me).
Thus the Levites are warned not to touch the holy ark lest they die, and only by means of its staves are they to carry it. He furthermore warned them against coming in at all to see the dismantling of the structure, while Aaron is taking down the screening Veil, in a similar way to that which is said [of the people of Beth-shemesh that they were punished] because they had gazed upon the ark of the Eternal. He [i.e., Ibn Ezra] has explained it well [i.e., the simple meaning of the verse]. But the [true] intention of the verse is that since the Glory that resides upon the cherubim [on the cover of the ark] is there, the Levites were warned not to break through “to see the Eternal” until the priests take down the Veil, for then the Glory is seen in the hiding of His power, and it returns to its former place in “the Holy of Holies.” In this way the expression k’vala eth hakodesh is to be understood in its literal sense. The student learned in the mysteries of the Cabala will understand.
Naso
Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976 · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Rashbam
English
כבלע את הקודש, when the roof and walls of the Tabernacles were being dismantled these furnishings would suddenly be revealed to all. If people would look at these objects they would die. We know this from the inhabitants of Beyt Shemesh who had seen the ark with their own eyes. (Samuel I 6,19)
כבלע, similar to בלע ה' in Lamentations 2,2 or in Isaiah 3,12 ודרך אורחותיך בלעו, “they have swallowed up the way of Your paths.” [swallowing is a form of making something disappear, destroying it. The author quotes more examples of the verb בלע, which I have omitted. Ed.] We have noted from verse 5-15 that from the time the Tabernacle was being dismantled the Levites immediately proceeded to cover up its furnishings. Even the members of the family of Kehat withdrew at the time when Aaron and sons alone lowered the dividing curtain. The entire procedure of dismantling the Tabernacle was performed exclusively by Aaron and his sons.
Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Sforno
English
ולא יבאו לראות, by having a previously assigned roster of individual duties you will avoid that someone will see things forbidden to be seen by him, as a result of which he would have to die. He will avoid watching the priests covering the holy vessels, something which would cause their death.
Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria