Commentaire de citation sur Les Nombres 16:15

AND THEY TOOK FROM BEFORE MOSES ALL THE OFFERING. In one day they brought all this donation to the Tent of Meeting where Moses was,⁴⁵See above, 33:7. and the wise men took it from Moses on that very same day and on the following day, early in the morning. On the second day, too, the people still continued to bring the donation to Moses’ tent and he commanded them to bring it to the craftsmen, until they told him that the people bring much more;⁴⁶Verse 5. thus there was sufficient [for all the work to make it], and too much.⁴⁷Verse 7. The surplus, however, was not a sufficiently important amount to warrant Moses’ telling in the section of Eileh Pekudei what they did with it. Perhaps it remained in the tent to repair the breaches of the Tabernacle, or to make with it vessels used in the Tabernacle service, as they used to do with the surpluses in the Sanctuary.⁴⁸Shekalim 4:4. Scripture mentions, the people bring much more than enough,⁴⁶Verse 5. in order to praise the people who brought with such generosity, and to glorify the wise men for their honesty. The one who was in charge principally over them [namely Moses], also comes in for praise for having caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp⁴⁹Verse 6. that the people should stop bringing, telling us that he had no desire for their silver and gold, as do other rulers over peoples, in a similar way to that which it says, I have not taken one ass from them.⁵⁰Numbers 16:15.

V. 6. הרע ,וירעו אתנו jemandem wehe tun, ihn misshandeln, wird mit ל־, aber auch mit את konstruiert. So ולא הרעתי את אחד מהם (Bamidbar 16, 15). מנעני מהרע אותך (Sam. I. 25, 34).

חג הסוכות, “the festival of huts;” this has also been repeated on account of the words: “in the place that the Lord will choose, i.e. Jerusalem.” (verse 15)