Pemikiran Yahudi Bilangan 7:15: Derashot HaRan

פַּ֣ר אֶחָ֞ד בֶּן־בָּקָ֗ר אַ֧יִל אֶחָ֛ד כֶּֽבֶשׂ־אֶחָ֥ד בֶּן־שְׁנָת֖וֹ לְעֹלָֽה׃

satu ekor lembu jantan muda, satu ekor domba jantan, satu ekor anak domba jantan berumur setahun, sebagai korban bakaran;

Derashot HaRan

And I would be inclined to say that this is intimated in the verse (Deuteronomy 23:23): "When you make a vow to the L-rd your G-d, do not delay in paying it, for the L-rd your G-d will require it of you and you will be left with the transgression [alone]." That is, do not delay in paying it because of your love of money, thinking that you will make use of it in the interim or that the Temple treasurers will overlook your vow and the money will remain with you. For the L-rd will require it of you, and the only thing you will be left with is the transgression alone. And it goes without saying that he will not succeed in establishing his children in comfort by bequeathing to them the fruits of oppression and theft. Notwithstanding this, however, it is the nature of imagination to gravitate in this direction, so that most of a man's efforts in the acquisition of wealth are for his children. He does not really feel that he will depart from the world so long as he has children there and grandchildren after them, children being a part of their parents. Therefore, Moses exhorted them not to be victimized by their imagination in this regard, this, too, having no permanence. Did you not see what G-d did to Dathan and Aviram, smiting with the rod of His wrath their houses and their tents until not a trace was left of them? It is for this reason that he mentions them and not Korach, for the children of Korach did not die, as indicated there (Numbers 7:15). But Dathan and Aviram were swept away in a fury, nothing whatsoever remaining of them. It is your own eyes, then, that have seen all of the great things that the L-rd has done and there is no room for you to be enticed by the deceits of the imagination. And it is, therefore, easy for you to attain love and fear of the L-rd, for this is the natural inclination of your intellects and it is very easy for something to attain the object to which it is naturally attracted so long as there is no opposing force standing in its way. These are the words of Moses to Israel.
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