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| − | <p>The main storyline of Sefer Bemidbar begins in Chapter 9, in the | + | <p>The main storyline of Sefer Bemidbar begins in Chapter 9, in the first 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> |
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RambanBemidbar7-1" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBemidbar7-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 7:1</a><a href="RambanBemidbar9-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9:1</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
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| + | <p>Certain events are told out of order in order to show the nation in the best possible light.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RashiBemidbar7-1" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiBemidbar7-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 7:1</a><a href="RashiBemidbar7-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 7:2</a><a href="RashiBemidbar9-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9:1</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="SefornoBemidbar9-1" data-aht="source">Seforno</a><a href="SefornoBemidbar9-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9:1</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Seforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Seforno</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
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Version as of 12:15, 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 Told Earlier
The main storyline of Sefer Bemidbar begins in Chapter 9, in the first 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.
Sources:Ramban
