Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 31/0

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 31

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The Request of Reuven, Gad, and Menashe

Moshe explicitly compares the tribes' request to stay on the other side of the Jordan to the sin of the spies, but the story also contains elements of other narratives, such as the stories of Lot and Esav, in which members of the nation distance themselves from the community and opt out of being part of Israel and its covenantal relationship with Hashem.

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