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| + | <p>The census described in Bemidbar 1 was part of an extended process which began when the Tabernacle was being constructed and continued through the second month of the second year.  As such, the book of Bemidbar opens with events of the first year and continues in order.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="UCassutoShemot38-25" data-aht="source">U. Cassuto</a><a href="UCassutoShemot38-25" data-aht="source">Shemot 38:25</a><a href="Prof. Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About Prof. Umberto Cassuto</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
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<category>Not Chronological | <category>Not Chronological | ||
<opinion>Later Events Moved Forward | <opinion>Later Events Moved Forward | ||
| + | <p>The main storyline of Sefer Bemidbar begins in Chapter 9, in the ifrst month of the second year.  Chapters 1-8 form an appendix to Shemot and Vayikra, containing variously dated material all thematically related to the Mishkan.</p> | ||
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<opinion>Earlier Events Moved Back | <opinion>Earlier Events Moved Back | ||
Version as of 13:12, 29 May 2016
Chronology of Bemidbar 1 – 10
Exegetical Approaches
Chronological
All in second month
Though Chapters 7 and 9 refer to events of the first month their main focus is on second month. As such, all of the events of Bemidbar 1-10 occur in the second month of the second year.
Sources:Abarbanel
Census in first year
The census described in Bemidbar 1 was part of an extended process which began when the Tabernacle was being constructed and continued through the second month of the second year. As such, the book of Bemidbar opens with events of the first year and continues in order.
Sources:U. Cassuto
Not Chronological
Later Events Moved Forward
The main storyline of Sefer Bemidbar begins in Chapter 9, in the ifrst month of the second year. Chapters 1-8 form an appendix to Shemot and Vayikra, containing variously dated material all thematically related to the Mishkan.
