ד אמר אביי נקיטינן משורר ששיער בשל חבירו במיתה שנאמר (במדבר ג, לח) והחונים לפני המשכן קדמה לפני אהל מועד וגו' והזר הקרב יומת מאי זר אילימא זר ממש הכתיב חדא זימנא אלא לאו זר דאותה עבודה:
4 Abaye said: We have it on tradition that a singing Levite who did his colleague's work at the gate incurs the penalty of death,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Abaye does not appear satisfied with the distinction made just now, because he found a teaching much more severe,');"><sup>6</sup></span> as it is said: And those that were to pitch before the tabernacle eastward before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, were Moses and Aaron, etc. and the stranger that drew nigh was to be put to death.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. III, 38. The Torah would not state anything twice. In III, 10: The stranger that draweth nigh shall be put to death (i.e., by the hand of heaven) . Hence the statement involving a similar penalty to the stranger in verse 38 must refer to another 'stranger', a Levite who was a 'stranger' because unfit for that service allotted to another.');"><sup>7</sup></span> What 'stranger' is meant here? Would you say a real stranger [non-priest]? But that has been mentioned [by Scripture] already! Rather, must it mean a 'stranger' to this particular service. An objection was raised: Concerning a Levite chorister that attended to the Temple gates, or a gate-keeping Levite who sang, as to whether they are guilty of a transgression or incurring penalty of death, that is a matter of dispute among Tannaim, for it was taught: It happened that R'Joshua B'Hananyia went to assist R'Johanan B'Gudgeda in the fastening of the Temple doors,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Both Rabbis were Levites.');"><sup>8</sup></span>