Difference between revisions of "Chronology of Bemidbar 1 – 10/2"
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<p>The events of Chapters 1-10 are told chronologically.</p> | <p>The events of Chapters 1-10 are told chronologically.</p> | ||
<opinion>All in second month | <opinion>All in second month | ||
| − | <p>Though Chapters 7 and 9 refer to events of the first month their main focus is | + | <p>Though Chapters 7 and 9 refer to events of the first month their main focus is events of the second month.  As such, Bemidbar 1-10 all takes place in one month, in the order written.</p> |
<mekorot><multilink><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar7-1" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar7-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 7:1</a><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar9-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9:1</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></mekorot> | <mekorot><multilink><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar7-1" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar7-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 7:1</a><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar9-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9:1</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
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<p>The events of Bemidbar 1-10 are not written in the order in which they occurred.</p> | <p>The events of Bemidbar 1-10 are not written in the order in which they occurred.</p> | ||
<opinion>Later Events Told Earlier | <opinion>Later Events Told Earlier | ||
| − | <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, | + | <p>The main storyline of Sefer Bemidbar begins in Chapter 9, in the first month of the second year.  Chapters 1-8 contain material dated later since they form an appendix to the Books of Shemot and Vayikra, and are 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> | <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> | ||
</opinion> | </opinion> | ||
Version as of 12:21, 29 May 2016
Chronology of Bemidbar 1 – 10
Exegetical Approaches
Chronological
The events of Chapters 1-10 are told chronologically.
All in second month
Though Chapters 7 and 9 refer to events of the first month their main focus is events of the second month. As such, Bemidbar 1-10 all takes place in one month, in the order written.
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.
Not Chronological
The events of Bemidbar 1-10 are not written in the order in which they occurred.
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 contain material dated later since they form an appendix to the Books of Shemot and Vayikra, and are thematically related to the Mishkan.
