## Onkelos Numbers Chapter 17

###### Onkelos Numbers 17:1
[Onkelos Numbers 17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:1)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying;


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:2
[Onkelos Numbers 17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:2)

אֲמַר לְאֶלְעָזָר בַּר אַהֲרֹן כַּהֲנָא וְיַפְרֵשׁ יָת מַחְתְּיָתָא מִבֵּין יְקִידַיָּא וְיָת אֶשָּׁתָא יַרְחֵק לְהָלָא אֲרֵי אִתְקַדָּשׁוּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“Say to Elazar the son of Aharon, the *kohein* and have him lift up the firepans from the inferno, and you, scatter the fire yonder, for, they were sanctified;


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:3
[Onkelos Numbers 17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:3)

יָת מַחְתְּיַת חַיָּבַיָּא הָאִלֵּין דְּאִתְחַיָּבוּ בְּנַפְשָׁתֵיהוֹן וְיַעְבְּדוּן יָתְהֵן טַסִּין רַדִּידִין חוֹפָאָה לְמַדְבְּחָא אֲרֵי קָרֵבֻנּוּן קֳדָם יְיָ וְאִתְקַדָּשׁוּ וִיהֶוְיָן לְאָת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[These] firepans of these sinners [who paid] with their souls, and make them into hammered sheets to overlay the altar, for they were brought in offering before Adonoy and they were sanctified; and they shall be for a sign for Bnei Yisroel.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:4
[Onkelos Numbers 17:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:4)

וּנְסִיב אֶלְעָזָר כַּהֲנָא יָת מַחְתְּיָתָא דִנְחָשָׁא דְּקָרִיבוּ יוֹקִידַיָּא וְרַדִּידֻנּוּן חוֹפָאָה לְמַדְבְּחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Elazar the *kohein,* took the copper firepans, those that the fire victims brought and hammered them into a covering for the altar,


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:5
[Onkelos Numbers 17:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:5)

דָּכְרָנָא לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּדִיל דִּי לָא יִקְרַב גְּבַר חִלּוֹנַי דִּי לָא מִזַּרְעָא דְאַהֲרֹן הוּא לְאַסָּקָא קְטֹרֶת **בּוּסְמִין** קֳדָם יְיָ וְלָא יְהֵי כְקֹרַח וְכִכְנִשְׁתֵּיהּ כְּמָא דִי מַלִּיל יְיָ בִּידָא דְמשֶׁה לֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
to be a reminder for Bnei Yisroel so that a commoner shall never offer, one who is not a descendant of Aharon, to burn [**fragrant**] incense before Adonoy; so as not to be like Korach and his congregation; as Adonoy spoke to him, through Moshe.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:6
[Onkelos Numbers 17:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:6)

וְאִתְרַעֲמוּ כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא דִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיּוֹמָא דְבַתְרוֹהִי עַל משֶׁה וְעַל אַהֲרֹן לְמֵימָר אַתּוּן **גְּרַמְתּוּן דְּמִית** עַמָּא דַיְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
They complained—the entire congregation of Bnei Yisroel—on the next day against Moshe and Aharon, saying: “You have killed [**caused the death**] the people of Adonoy”


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:7
[Onkelos Numbers 17:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:7)

וַהֲוָה בְּאִתְכַּנָּשׁוּת כְּנִשְׁתָּא עַל משֶׁה וְעַל אַהֲרֹן וְאִתְפְּנִיאוּ לְמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וְהָא חֲפָהִי עֲנָנָא וְאִתְגְּלִי יְקָרָא דַיְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When the congregation assembled against Moshe and Aharon, they turned to the Tent of Meeting and behold! The cloud covered it, and the Glory of Adonoy appeared.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:8
[Onkelos Numbers 17:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:8)

וְעָל משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן לָקֳדָם מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe and Aharon came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:9
[Onkelos Numbers 17:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:9)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:10
[Onkelos Numbers 17:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:10)

**אִתְפְּרָשׁוּ** מִגּוֹ כְּנִשְׁתָּא הָדָא וְאֵשֵׁצֵי יָתְהוֹן כְּשָׁעָה וּנְפָלוּ עַל אַפֵּיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“Remove [**separate**] yourselves from this congregation and I shall annihalate them in an instant,” and they fell upon their faces.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:11
[Onkelos Numbers 17:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:11)

וַאֲמַר משֶׁה לְאַהֲרֹן סַב יָת מַחְתִּיתָא וְהַב עֲלַהּ אֶשָּׁתָא מֵעִלָּוֵי מַדְבְּחָא וְשַׁו קְטֹרֶת **בּוּסְמַיָּא** וְאוֹבִיל בִּפְרִיעַ לִכְנִשְׁתָּא וְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיהוֹן אֲרֵי נְפַק רָגְזָא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ שָׁרֵי מוֹתָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe said to Aharon: “Take the firepan and put fire from atop the altar on it and place [**fragrant**] incense on it, and go quickly to the congregation and atone for them, for anger has come forth from before Adonoy; the plague has commenced.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:12
[Onkelos Numbers 17:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:12)

וּנְסִיב אַהֲרֹן כְּמָא דִי מַלִּיל משֶׁה וּרְהַט לְגוֹ קְהָלָא וְהָא שָׁרֵי מוֹתָנָא בְּעַמָּא וִיהַב יָת קְטֹרֶת בּוּסְמַיָּא וְכַפַּר עַל עַמָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Aharon took, just as Moshe spoke, and he ran to the middle of the assembly and behold! The plague had commenced among the people. He put on incense and he atoned for the people.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:13
[Onkelos Numbers 17:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:13)

וְקָם בֵּין מֵתַיָּא וּבֵין חַיַּיָּא **וְאִתְכְּלִי** מוֹתָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He stood between the dead and between the living and the plague was halted [**ceased**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:14
[Onkelos Numbers 17:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:14)

וַהֲווֹ דְּמִיתוּ בְּמוֹתָנָא אַרְבְּעַת עֲשַׁר אַלְפִין וּשְׁבַע מְאָה בַּר מִדְּמִיתוּ עַל **פְּלֻגְתָּא** דְקֹרַח:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The dead in the plague totaled fourteen thousand seven hundred, excluding those who died due to Korach’s rebellion [**division**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:15
[Onkelos Numbers 17:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:15)

וְתָב אַהֲרֹן לְמשֶׁה לִתְרַע מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא וּמוֹתָנָא אִתְכְּלִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Aharon returned to Moshe to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and the plague was halted.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:16
[Onkelos Numbers 17:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:16)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:17
[Onkelos Numbers 17:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:17)

מַלֵּל עִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְסַב מִנְּהוֹן חֻטְרָא חֻטְרָא לְבֵית אַבָּא מִן כָּל רַבְרְבָנֵיהוֹן לְבֵית אֲבָהַתְהוֹן תְּרֵי עֲשַׂר חֻטְרִין גְּבַר יָת שְׁמֵיהּ תִּכְתּוֹב עַל חֻטְרֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
“Speak to Bnei Yisroel and take from among them a staff, a staff for each father’s [tribal] house, from all the leaders according to their fathers’ houses, twelve staffs; and you shall write each man’s name on his staff.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:18
[Onkelos Numbers 17:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:18)

וְיָת שְׁמָא דְאַהֲרֹן תִּכְתּוֹב עַל חֻטְרָא דְלֵוִי אֲרֵי חֻטְרָא חַד לְרֵישׁ בֵּית אֲבָהַתְהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall write the name of Aharon on the staff of Levi, for, [there is] one staff for the head of their fathers’ house.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:19
[Onkelos Numbers 17:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:19)

וְתַצְנְעִנּוּן בְּמַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא קֳדָם סַהֲדוּתָא דִּי אֲזַמֵּן **מֵימְרִי** לְכוֹן תַּמָּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall leave them inside the Tent of Meeting before the testimony where there I [**My word**] meet you.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:20
[Onkelos Numbers 17:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:20)

וִיהֵי גַּבְרָא דְּאִתְרְעֵי בֵיהּ חֻטְרֵיהּ יִנְעֵי וַאֲנִיחַ מִן **קֳדָמַי** יָת תּוּרְעֲמַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּי אִנּוּן מִתְרַעֲמִין עֲלֵיכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
It shall be that the man whom I choose, his staff shall blossom; and I will abate from Myself [**before Me**] the complaints of Bnei Yisroel that they complain against you.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:21
[Onkelos Numbers 17:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:21)

וּמַלִּיל משֶׁה עִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהָבוּ לֵיהּ כָּל רַבְרְבָנֵיהוֹן חֻטְרָא לְרַבָּא חַד חֻטְרָא לְרַבָּא חַד לְבֵית אֲבָהַתְהוֹן תְּרֵי עֲשַׂר חֻטְרִין וְחֻטְרָא דְאַהֲרֹן בְּגוֹ חֻטְרֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe spoke to Bnei Yisroel and all the leaders gave to him a staff for each leader; a staff for each leader, according to their fathers’ house, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aharon [was] among their staffs.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:22
[Onkelos Numbers 17:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:22)

וְאַצְנַע משֶׁה יָת חֻטְרַיָּא קֳדָם יְיָ בְּמַשְׁכְּנָא דְּסַהֲדוּתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe placed the staffs before Adonoy in the Tent of the Testimony.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:23
[Onkelos Numbers 17:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:23)

וַהֲוָה בְיוֹמָא דְבַתְרוֹהִי וְעַל משֶׁה לְמַשְׁכְּנָא דְסַהֲדוּתָא וְהָא נְעָא חֻטְרָא דְאַהֲרֹן לְבֵית לֵוִי וְאַפֵּק לַבְלְבִין וְאָנֵץ נֵץ וְכָפֵת שִׁגְדִּין

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
It was on the next day, Moshe came inside the Tent of the Testimony, and behold! The staff of Aharon blossomed for the house of Levi, a blossom came forth, and bloomed buds and bore ripe almonds.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:24
[Onkelos Numbers 17:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:24)

וְאַפֵּק משֶׁה יָת כָּל חֻטְרַיָּא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ לְוָת כָּל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל **וְאִשְׁתְּמוֹדָעוּ** וּנְסִיבוּ גְּבַר חֻטְרֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe then brought out all the staffs from before Adonoy to all Bnei Yisroel, and each (man) saw [**recognized**], and retrieved his staff.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:25
[Onkelos Numbers 17:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:25)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה אָתֵב יָת חֻטְרָא דְאַהֲרֹן לָקֳדָם סַהֲדוּתָא לְמַטְּרָא לְאָת לְעַמָּא סַרְבָּנָא וִיסוּפַן תּוּרְעֲמַתְהוֹן מִן **קֳדָמַי** וְלָא יְמוּתוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Return the staff of Aharon before the (Ark of) Testimony to be preserved as a symbol to the rebellious people, so that their complaint will end [**from before Me**] and they not die.”


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:26
[Onkelos Numbers 17:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:26)

וַעֲבַד משֶׁה כְּמָא דִּי פַקִּיד יְיָ יָתֵיהּ כֵּן עֲבָד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe did (this), as Adonoy commanded him—so he did.


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:27
[Onkelos Numbers 17:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:27)

וַאֲמָרוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמשֶׁה לְמֵימָר הָא מִנָּנָא **קְטָלַת חַרְבָּא הָא מִנָּנָא בְּלַעַת אַרְעָא וְהָא מִנָּנָא דְּמִיתוּ בְמוֹתָנָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Bnei Yisroel said [the following] to Moshe: “Behold, we perish, we are lost—we are all lost [**killed by sword, some of us swallowed by the earth, some of us perish by plague**].


###### Onkelos Numbers 17:28
[Onkelos Numbers 17:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Numbers/r/17:28)

כֹּל דְּקָרֵב מִקְרַב לְמַשְׁכְּנָא דַיְיָ מָאִית הָא אֲנַחְנָא סַיְפִין לִמְמָת:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Anyone approaching, who comes close to the Mishkon of Adonoy will die—have we been consigned to die?”