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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 | + | <p>The main story-line of Sefer Bemidbar begins in Chapter 9, in the first month of the second year.  The earlier contain material dated later since they are thematically related to the Mishkan and simply form an appendix to the Books of Shemot and Vayikra.</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> | ||
<opinion>Earlier Events Told Later | <opinion>Earlier Events Told Later | ||
| − | <p>Certain events are told out of order in order to show the nation in the best possible light.</p> | + | <p>Certain events are told out of order, after they really occurred,  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> | <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> | ||
</opinion> | </opinion> | ||
Version as of 20:11, 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.
Sources:Abarbanel
Census in First Year
Though the censuses of Chapters 1-4 are dated to the second month, they were really part of an extended process which began when the Tabernacle was being constructed. As such, the book of Bemidbar really opens with events of the first year, and then continues in order.
Sources:U. Cassuto
Not Chronological
The events of Bemidbar 1-10 are not written in the order in which they occurred.
Later Events Told Earlier
The main story-line of Sefer Bemidbar begins in Chapter 9, in the first month of the second year. The earlier contain material dated later since they are thematically related to the Mishkan and simply form an appendix to the Books of Shemot and Vayikra.
Sources:Ramban
