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Version as of 10:33, 17 June 2024
Literary Devices – Bemidbar 32
Structure
Parallels and Contrasts
Key Words
פנים
- Tanakh Lab demonstrates that the word “פָּנִים” (always in the various forms of "לִפְנֵי" or "מִפְּנֵי") is the second most frequently-used word in this chapter, appearing 12 times. The members of Gad and Reuven initially declare that they will enter battle “לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל” (verse 17), focusing on the national significance of the conquest. Moshe changes this phraseology, instructing them four times that they will go to war “לִפְנֵי י״י” (verses 20-22), hinting to the religious import of the event. They apparently learn the lesson, for they then adopt his language in verse 27, stating that they will go to battle “לִפְנֵי י״י”.
- Articles – See N. Leibowitz, Iyyunim BeSefer Bemidbar (Jerusalem, 1996):356-359 who notes this point and discusses other points of comparison between the tribes' wording of their request and Moshe's reply.