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| − | <p>While much of Torah is not dated at all, the introductory chapters of Sefer Bemidbar provide the reader with several explicit dates and time markers.  These dates, however, do not proceed chronologically, making the reader question the organization of the chapters. | + | <p>While much of Torah is not dated at all, the introductory chapters of Sefer Bemidbar provide the reader with several explicit dates and time markers.  These dates, however, do not proceed chronologically, making the reader question the organization of the chapters. The book opens on the first of the second month of the second year, with a command to count the nation:</p> |
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| − | <p> | + | <q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">(א) וַיְדַבֵּר י"י אֶל מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְבַּר סִינַי בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹר. (ב) שְׂאוּ אֶת רֹאשׁ כׇּל עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת כׇּל זָכָר לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם.</q> |
| + | <q xml:lang="en">(1) And the Lord spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after the were come out of the land of Egypt, saying: <br/>(2) 'Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their polls;</q> | ||
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| + | <p>This is followed by several undated chapters which speak of the set up of the camp (Chapter 2), the appointment and census of the Levites (Chapter 3-4), and several legal passages (Chapters 5-6). Chapter 7 then reverts back to the first month, discussing the dedication of the altar by the tribal princes, opening with a marker of time:</p> | ||
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| + | <q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">(א) וַיְהִי בְּיוֹם כַּלּוֹת מֹשֶׁה לְהָקִים אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן וַיִּמְשַׁח אֹתוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת כׇּל כֵּלָיו וְאֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת כׇּל כֵּלָיו וַיִּמְשָׁחֵם וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתָם. (ב) וַיַּקְרִיבוּ נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאשֵׁי בֵּית אֲבֹתָם הֵם נְשִׂיאֵי הַמַּטֹּת הֵם הָעֹמְדִים עַל הַפְּקֻדִים.</q> | ||
| + | <q xml:lang="en">(1) And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them; <br/>(2) that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered — these were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were num</q> | ||
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| + | <p>According to verse 1, the events of the chapter occurred when Moshe finished erecting the Tabernacle, which according to Shemot 40:17, took place in the first month, a full month before the events of Chapter 1.</p> | ||
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Version as of 13:18, 2 June 2016
Chronology of Bemidbar 1 – 10
Introduction
Mixed Up Dates
While much of Torah is not dated at all, the introductory chapters of Sefer Bemidbar provide the reader with several explicit dates and time markers. These dates, however, do not proceed chronologically, making the reader question the organization of the chapters. The book opens on the first of the second month of the second year, with a command to count the nation:
(א) וַיְדַבֵּר י"י אֶל מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְבַּר סִינַי בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹר. (ב) שְׂאוּ אֶת רֹאשׁ כׇּל עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת כׇּל זָכָר לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם.
(1) And the Lord spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after the were come out of the land of Egypt, saying:
(2) 'Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their polls;
This is followed by several undated chapters which speak of the set up of the camp (Chapter 2), the appointment and census of the Levites (Chapter 3-4), and several legal passages (Chapters 5-6). Chapter 7 then reverts back to the first month, discussing the dedication of the altar by the tribal princes, opening with a marker of time:
(א) וַיְהִי בְּיוֹם כַּלּוֹת מֹשֶׁה לְהָקִים אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן וַיִּמְשַׁח אֹתוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת כׇּל כֵּלָיו וְאֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וְאֶת כׇּל כֵּלָיו וַיִּמְשָׁחֵם וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתָם. (ב) וַיַּקְרִיבוּ נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל רָאשֵׁי בֵּית אֲבֹתָם הֵם נְשִׂיאֵי הַמַּטֹּת הֵם הָעֹמְדִים עַל הַפְּקֻדִים.
(1) And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them;
(2) that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered — these were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were num
According to verse 1, the events of the chapter occurred when Moshe finished erecting the Tabernacle, which according to Shemot 40:17, took place in the first month, a full month before the events of Chapter 1.
