Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 9

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Overview

This index is meant to help the reader explore Biblical parallels, be they two accounts of the same event or law, stories with similar motifs and themes, or units of text which are linguistically similar and perhaps alluding one to the other. The page includes links to tools that aid in comparison, primary sources that touch upon the parallels, and summaries of and links to articles which analyze them in depth.

Clouds, Fire, and Travel

Makbilot Bamikra demonstrates that both Shemot 40 and Bemidbar 9 discuss how the rising and descent of the cloud and pillar of fire served as a signal of when to camp and when to travel.

Articles

  • Listen to The Cloud and the Trumpets, by R. Jonathan Snowbell, for analysis of why the Torah repeats details in Bemidbar 9 about the cloud and fire that have already been described.  R. Snowbell suggests that the specific description in Bemidbar serves as a foreshadowing of the failures and challenges of the Jewish people in the desert. 
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