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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 12/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 12</h1> ...r other, seemingly more egregious sins.  R. Mishkin draws on Bemidbar 12’s theme of the uniqueness of Moshe’s prophecy to answer this question.

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Philosophy:Anthropomorphism/1
...roughout Tanakh), sees (throughout Tanakh), smells (Bereshit 8:21), hears (Bemidbar 11:1), sits (Yeshayhu 6:1), stands (Shemot 17:6), remembers (Bereshit 8:1), ...:3 it says that Hashem is a burning fire.<fn>However, see Melakhim I 19:11-12 where Hashem tells Eliyahu that he cannot be found in the fire.</fn></p>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 26/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 26</h1> ...farmed by two sets of censuses, those detailed in Bemidbar 1-4 and that of Bemidbar 26, earning the book its name ספר הפקודים (or in English: Numbers

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Literary Devices – Bemidbar 10/0
<h1>Literary Devices – Bemidbar 10</h1> <li>Bemidbar 1-10 is sandwiched by mention of the various tribal princes and their stand

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Literary Devices – Bemidbar 15/0
<h1>Literary Devices – Bemidbar 15</h1> ...these two texts, there is only one other occurrence of the root throughout Bemidbar).  This usage might indicate that the spies' sin lay in being led astr

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Literary Devices – Bemidbar 13-14/0
<h1>Literary Devices – Bemidbar 13-14</h1> ...s (see the various occurrences <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab/Bemidbar/13/1/14/45">here)</a>. This prevalence is not surprising given the word's c

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 15/0
<category>Songs in Tanakh <p>The Song of the Sea (שירת הים) is one of several songs in Tanakh. Others include the song of Ha'azinu, Devorah and Channah's songs, and Davi

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David's Counting of the Nation/1/en
...aht="source">Bemidbar 26</a>, <a href="Bemidbar31-48-54" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 31:48-54</a>, <a href="Shofetim20-15-17" data-aht="source">Shofetim 20:15-1 <p>Before the first census of Tanakh (<a href="Shemot30-11-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 30</a>), Hashem com

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 1-4/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 1–4</h1> ...chas describes an entire census, giving detail similar to that provided in Bemidbar 1.</p>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 11/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 11</h1> ...that there is a much harsher and more negative evaluation of the nation in Bemidbar than in Shemot.</p>

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Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Chukkat/0/en
...prophet really bring a miracle on his or her own?  What examples from Tanakh might suggest that they can? Are all prophets equal in this regard? </ ...Og in Bemidbar and Devarim" data-aht="page">Battles with Sichon and Og in Bemidbar and Devarim</a>.</p><ul>

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Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Vayetze/0/en
...sage for him in the present (<a href="BemidbarRabbah4-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar Rabbah</a>) or for the Nation of Israel in the future (<a href="TanchumaVay <category>In-laws or Outlaws in Tanakh

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Dictionary:חֹתֵן – חֹתֶנֶת/0
...-4" data-aht="source">Shofetim 19:4,7,9</a>. חֹתֶנֶת appears only once in Tanakh – <a href="Devarim27-23" data-aht="source">Devarim 27:23</a>.</li> <li>Etymology – "חֹתֵן" is used in Tanakh to refer to the father of the wife with whom the <a href="Dictionary:חָת

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 12/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 12</h1> <li><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Bereshit/12.1">Makbilot Bamikra</a> points out that Avraham’s claim that Sarah i

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Seeing Hashem/1
...Sinai‎<fn>See <a href="Shemot24-1-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 24:1-12</a> where we are told, "וַיִּרְאוּ אֵת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְ ...ng the ark might be fatal (see <a href="Bemidbar4-19-20" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 4:19-20</a> and <a href="ShemuelI6-19" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 6:19</a>

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Mei Merivah in Art/0
<p>Moshe's sin in striking the rock, as described in Bemidbar 20, has fascinated readers throughout the centuries. Both Tissot's paintin ...Bemidbar20-12" data-aht="source">editorial comment on the Biur Bemidbar 20:12</a><a href="Moses Mendelssohn" data-aht="parshan">About Moses Mendelssohn</

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 14/0
...erent commentators’ approaches to the hardening of human beings’ hearts in Tanakh. Some propose that, at times, Hashem removes an individual’s free choice, <li>See <a href="https://www.etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/torah/sefer-shemot/parashat-vaera/vaera-and-i-will-harden-heart-pharaoh">An

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Bilam/0/en
...tigator of the Sin of Baal Peor (<a href="Bemidbar31-16" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 31:16</a>).</p> ...gers bring "קְסָמִים" to Bilam, and <a href="Bemidbar24" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:1</a> mentions Bilam using "נְחָשִׁים".</p>

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Literary Devices – Bemidbar 12/0
<h1>Literary Devices – Bemidbar 12</h1> ...the <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab/Bemidbar/12/1/12/16">Tanakh Lab</a> that the root "דבר" is one of the most prevalent words in this s

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Ancient Near Eastern Index – Parashat Bo/0
...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div> ...aht="source">Shemot 12:12</a> and <a href="Bemidbar33-4" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 33:4</a> explicitly state that the Plague of the Firstborn executed a "judg

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Appointing Moshe's Assistants/2
Shemot 18, Bemidbar 11, and Devarim 1</h1> ...between the three accounts, the primary question is whether Shemot 18 and Bemidbar 11 speak of events which occurred at totally different times, or of simulta

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Miryam's Critique of Moshe in Art/0
<a href="Bemidbar12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 12</a> revolves around Miryam and Aharon's critique of Moshe and his Cush ...urce">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBemidbar12-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 12:1</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn

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Literary Devices – Bemidbar 11/0
<h1>Literary Devices – Bemidbar 11</h1> ...dicates the shift from the nation’s harmonious journey in the beginning of Bemidbar to the discontent and rebellion that ultimately derails their mission.</p>

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Commentators:R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)/0
<content>Commentaries on all 24 books of Tanakh ([[#Works|links]]), מוסר המלכים‎, שמחת הרגל</conten <li><b>Biblical commentaries</b> – Commentaries on all 24 books of Tanakh [Links: <a href="http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/tohen.asp?id=412">Torah and

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Revelation to the Elders at Sinai/1
<p><a href="Shemot24-1-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 24</a> describes the covenant at Sinai. Afte .... See, for instance, <a href="Bereshit22-12" data-aht="source">Bereshit 22:12</a>, <a href="Shemot3-20" data-aht="source">Shemot 3:20</a>, <a href="

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Dictionary:נָא/0
<p>The word נָא appears over 400 times in Tanakh. In almost all cases it means either please or now, and it is often ambigu ...-aht="source">11:2</a>, <a href="Bemidbar12-13" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 12:13</a>, 20:10, Eikhah 5:16, and many others. In each of these verses, the

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The Story of the Spies in Bemidbar and Devarim/2
<h1>The Story of the Spies in Bemidbar and Devarim</h1> ...ng that each is telling the story from a different perspective, with Sefer Bemidbar focusing on one aspect of the mission and Sefer Devarim on another.</p>

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Chronology – Shemot 18/1
...0;chronological place.<fn>For a full discussion of issues of chronology in Tanakh and many examples where commentators posit achronology, see <a href="Chrono <li>Yitro's sacrifices in <a href="Shemot18-12" data-aht="source">18:12</a></li>

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Encounters with Foreign Leaders/0
<p>There are a number of stories in Tanakh which describe friendly encounters with foreign dignitaries:</p> ...he king of Tyre (<a href="ShemuelII5-11" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 5:11-12</a>, <a href="MelakhimI5-15" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 5:15-32</a>).</li

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Dictionary:רְכוּשׁ/0
<p>The word appears 28 times in Tanakh, and in many of the cases it is difficult to determine whether it connotes ...ans before leaving Egypt. Alternatively, it refers to livestock, as Shemot 12:38 emphasizes the "צֹאן וּבָקָר מִקְנֶה כָּבֵד מְ

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 18/0
...bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you" (Bereshit 12:1-3).</li> <p>Though many of the interactions in Tanakh between Israel and its neighbors are hostile, there are several stories of

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Philosophy:Collective Punishment/1/en
...וְעַל כׇּל הָעֵדָה תִּקְצֹף" (<a href="Bemidbar16-20-26" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:22</a>).</p> <p>The above cases are by no means the only stories in Tanakh in which there seems to be collective punishment. From the Flood in the tim

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 16-17/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 16-17</h1> ...two<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Vayikra:10:1-10:5&c2=Bemidbar:16"> here</a>.</li>

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Service of the Levites/0
...scribe several of the tasks assigned to the Levites in the Wilderness, and Bemidbar 8 depicts their purification and consecration to Hashem. When and why were ...Y Bekhor Shor </a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBemidbar8-19" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 8:19</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Be

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 22-24/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 22-24</h1> ...ating "all the families of the land will be blessed through you".  In Bemidbar, Balak tells Bilam that he knows that all whom he blesses are blessed and a

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Dictionary:חַיִל/0
<p>The word חַיִל in its various forms appears 251 times in Tanakh.<fn>The word חֵל (a wall or fortress) occurs in another eight verses. I <li>Biblical verses – perhaps Mishlei 12:4, 31:10, Rut 3:11</li>

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Ancient Near Eastern Index – Parashat Vaera/0
...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div> ....il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/core-studies-tanakh/tanakh-and-archaeology-5">Tanakh and Archaeology (5)</a>, by R. Amnon Bazak, for a review of arguments that

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Akeidat Yitzchak and the Covenant at Sinai/0
...יו" (Bereshit 22:3,5,19), and Yitzchak is called "הַנַּעַר" (Bereshit 22:5,12). Similarly, the Israelite representatives who offer the sacrifice are refe ...l to not harm Yitzchak, using the term "אַל תִּשְׁלַח יָדְךָ" (Bereshit 22:12), while God is said to not have harmed certain Israelite representatives wi

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Realia:Midyan/0
<p>As Tanakh does not provide accompanying maps, we must piece together different textua ...gue for a similar placement of Midyan.<fn>Ramban Shemot 18:1 and Abarbanel Bemidbar 10 advocate for a Midyan close to Mt. Sinai. However, R. Avraham b. HaRamb

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In-laws/0
<h1>In-law Stories in Tanakh</h1> <p>In Tanakh there are four stories of in-law relationships in which the husband has a l

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Yitro's System – A Bloated Bureaucracy/2
<point><b>Usage in Tanakh</b> – In <a href="MelakhimII1-9" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 1:9-14</a> ...>Ibn Ezra's Exegesis</a> and Ibn Ezra Shemot 19:9 (cf. Ramban) and Devarim 12:8 (cf. Ramban).</fn> However, see <a href="Advice and Implementation" data-

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Commentators:Character Consolidation/1
...onatan)</a><a href="TargumYerushalmiYonatanBemidbar22-5" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:5</a><a href="Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)" data-aht="parshan">About Targ ...ta-aht="source">10:5</a><a href="Bemidbar Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bemidbar Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="MidrashShemuel1" data-aht="sour

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Grammar:Gender/0
<p>There are several words In Tanakh which are treated as both masculine and feminine, at times taking a masculi ...hemuel I 4:17</a><a href="RadakShemuelI6-12" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 6:12</a><a href="RadakYechezkel37-7" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 37:7</a><a href

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Half Shekels – For Census or Tabernacle/1/en
<q xml:lang="en">(11) And Hashem spoke to Moshe, saying: (12) When you take a census of the children of Israel according to their number ...ta-aht="source">Bemidbar 26</a>, <a href="Bemidbar31-48" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 31:48-54</a>, <a href="Shofetim20-15-17" data-aht="source">Shofetim 20:15-1

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Commentators:R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)/0
<li>Bemidbar – 23 Tevet 5098 (December 16, 1337)</li> ...tended to redo these commentaries later. See the end of his commentary to Bemidbar, where Ralbag writes that he finished it very quickly and without any books

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Philosophy:Collective Punishment/2
...idbar 14:29</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBemidbar16-1922" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:19, 22</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yos ...e punishment</b> – These commentators try to explain away all the cases in Tanakh where there seems to be collective punishment by suggesting that in each in

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Why Was Hashem Angry at Bilam/1/en
<p><a href="Bemidbar22" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22</a> describes how Balak, the King of Moav, asks Bilam to curse the ...ource">Bemidbar 22:7</a><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar22-22" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:22</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzch

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Purpose and Placement of the Incense Altar/1/en
...tion of the command is highlighted when one compares the Masoretic text of Tanakh with the Samaritan Pentateuch and one of the Qumran scrolls (4QpaleoEx) whi <li><a href="Vayikra16-12-13" data-aht="source">Vayikra 16:12-13</a> describes how as part of the day's service, the High Priest tak

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Calling for Peace in the Conquest of Canaan/1
..."source">Shemot 34:11-16</a>, <a href="Bemidbar33-51-56" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 33:51-53</a>, and <a href="Devarim7-1-6" data-aht="source">Devarim 7:1-2</a <p>Several other passages in Tanakh bear on our question:</p>

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Tzara'at/1/en
<p>There are several narratives in Tanakh which speak of someone who is plagued by <i>tzara'at</i>.  Examining t <li><a href="Bemidbar12-1-15" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 12</a> – After Miryam speaks against Moshe, Hashem punishes her with<i>

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Philosophy:Anthropomorphism/2
...nthropomorphic verses</b> – According to this approach it is expected that Tanakh should talk about Hashem as if he has a body.</point> ...HilkhotYesodeiHaTorah1-7-12" data-aht="source">Hilkhot Yesodei HaTorah 1:7-12</a><a href="RambamHilkhotYesodeiHaTorah2-4" data-aht="source">Hilkhot Yesod

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Why Worry About Bilam/2
...ss in R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYBSBemidbar22-7" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:7</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Be ...midbar 22:23</a><a href="RambanDevarim18-9" data-aht="source">Devarim 18:9-12</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">A

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Textual Variants – Shemot 18/0
...h parallels 18:13-16. The <a href="18:1-12_17-24" data-aht="subpage">18:1-12,17-24 Table</a> compares the Masoretic Text with 4Q14 and 4Q11.</p></fn> th ...lso does so in the reverse direction (inserting verses in Devarim based on Bemidbar) – see <a href="Variants:Samaritan" data-aht="page">Samaritan Pentateuch<

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Arei Miklat – Cities of Refuge or Exile/2
...ot 21:12-13</a><a href="ShadalBemidbar35-12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 35:12,25</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About ...ing of the purpose of the cities as a whole, see J. Milgrom, Olam HaTanakh Bemidbar (Tel Aviv, 1993): 205, and R. Elchanan Samet, "ערי מקלט – משמע

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Yitro's Visit – Purpose and Significance/2/en
...mphasis on family</b> – The highlighting of family related details in 18:1-12 supports this position. Yitro is referred to as <i>choten Moshe</i> or simp ...Moshe may have inspired him to convert and bring sacrifices (see Sforno 18:12),<fn>As opposed to the first report, the second does not seem to have any r

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Miryam's Critique of Moshe and his Cushite Marriage/2
...questioning of Moshe's worthiness to lead. According to them, the book of Bemidbar tells the tale of a Moshe besieged by serious challenges to his authority f ...nd a questioning of his worthiness to lead. According to them, the book of Bemidbar tells the tale of a Moshe besieged by challengers from within his own famil

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Chronology – Shemot 18/2
...sohn</a><a href="BiurBemidbar10-29" data-aht="source">Editorial note, Biur Bemidbar 10:29</a><a href="Moses Mendelssohn" data-aht="parshan">About Moses Mendels ...is a retelling, not of the story of Shemot 18, but rather of the story in Bemidbar 11. This appears to be the second option of Ibn Kaspi.<fn>The difficulty wi

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Urim VeTummim/1
...he function of the Urim. <a href="Bemidbar27-18-21" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 27:21 </a>states that before Yehoshua was to go to war, he was to consult t ...e Ephod.<fn>See <a href="ShemuelI23-9-12" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 23:9-12</a> and <a href="ShemuelI30-7-8" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 30:7-8</a>.&#1

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Yitro – Religious Identity/2
...-aht="source">Shemot</a><a href="IbnEzra18-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:12</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About Ibn Ezra</a></mul ...epending on the branch of Islam. R. Saadia uses it consistently throughout Tanakh when translating the word <i>kohen</i>.</fn></point>

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Literary:Indicators of Achronology/0
...text, as evidenced by dates, relative ages, or even geographical data.<fn>Tanakh often traces people's travels, so knowing where an event took place might a ...he first of the first month.  <a href="Bemidbar9-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9</a> similarly opens "בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְצֵא

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Korach's Rebellion/1/en
...the manna in Chapter 11, Aharon and Miryam's critique of Moshe in Chapter 12, and the nations' murmurings upon hearing the Spies' report in Chapters 13- ...ata-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBemidbar16" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn

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Prophetic Actions Without Explicit Divine Sanction/2
...ce">Bemidbar 16:4, 17</a><a href="NetzivBemidbar16-2830" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:28, 30</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="par ...at Hashem's command in <a href="Shemot16-4-34" data-aht="source">Shemot 16:12</a>, where He explicitly mentions meat, is achronological and actually prec

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Yitro – Names/2
...etation of 'Chovav ben Reuel' in <a href="Bemidbar10-29" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 10:29</a>. This phrase is usually rendered as 'Chovav the son of Reuel,' re ...asically the same message. Furthermore, no explanation is provided for why Tanakh would use different names in different places.</point>

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Who was Enslaved in Egypt/2
...-aht="source">Shemot 5:4</a><a href="RambanBemidbar3-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 3:14</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parsh ...ttributed to the fact that the tribe of Levi was not enslaved.<fn>Shemot 1:12 implies that the population growth corresponded to the extent of the enslav

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"עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן" – An Eye for an Eye/2
...urder – see Bereshit 9:6, Bemidbar 35:33, Shemuel I 15:33, Shemuel II 12:9-12 (murder and adultery), and Melakhim 21:19.</fn> A classic case of <i>lex ta ...Walsh, "'You Shall Cut off Her…Palm'? A Reexamination of Deuteronomy 25:11–12", JSS 49:1 (2004): 47-58. They differ fundamentally on whether "וְקַצ�

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Seeing Hashem/2
...ily form, physically seeing Hashem is impossible. Any visions of Hashem in Tanakh must be understood either to have taken place in a prophetic dream (where m ...="source">Bemidbar 14:10</a><a href="RashiBemidbar16-19" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:19</a><a href="RashiDevarim5-19" data-aht="source">Devarim 5:19</a><a hr

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Realia:Stones of the Choshen/0
...0137%3Abook%3D37%3Achapter%3D1"><i>Natural Histor</i>y</a> (Book 37).</fn> Bemidbar Rabbah provides further clues, as it lists the color of many of the stones, ...ata-aht="source">2:7</a><a href="Bemidbar Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bemidbar Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RBachyaShemot28-15" data-a

46 KB (6,818 words) - 04:06, 26 March 2024
Moshe's Misstep and Mei Merivah/2
...r 20:10-11</a><a href="RHirschBemidbar20-12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 20:12</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. S"R Hirsc ...rce">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalBemidbar20-12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 20:12</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R.

50 KB (7,994 words) - 11:36, 28 January 2023
Why Was Hashem Angry at Bilam/2
...="source">Bemidbar 24:1</a><a href="MalbimBemidbar24-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:14</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About <point><b>Bilam's character</b> – According to Rambam, at this point in Tanakh, Bilam is a positive character, loyal and obedient to Hashem's word, as evi

57 KB (8,487 words) - 12:51, 28 January 2023
Commentators:R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)/0
<content>Commentaries on Tanakh and Talmud, Sifrut Debei Rashi</content> <li><b>Biblical commentaries</b> – Rashi wrote commentaries on all of Tanakh.</li>

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Epilogue to the Manna Story/2
..."לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים" in <a href="Shemot18-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:12</a> where it appears in the context of sacrifices.  For more, see <a h ...by it.<fn>See their complaints, "וְנַפְשֵׁנוּ קָצָה בַּלֶּחֶם הַקְּלֹקֵל" (Bemidbar 21:5).</fn>  Announcing then that they should preserve the manna so as

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Literary Devices – Shemot 18/0
<p>Chapter 18 splits into two main scenes – The Reunion (18:1-12) and Yitro's Advice (18:13-27). For more on the structural units of the ch <category>Parallels & Contrasts – 18:1-12

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Chronological and Thematic Order/2
...or differing literary genres. Even when two units do not overlap in time, Tanakh might prefer to arrange certain units thematically, grouping together simil <p>Tanakh will often prefer thematic ordering over strict chronology, juxtaposing rel

118 KB (18,068 words) - 04:39, 27 November 2023
Selection of the Priests and Levites/2
...t="source">Tanchuma</a><a href="TanchumaKorach12" data-aht="source">Korach 12</a><a href="Tanchuma" data-aht="parshan">About the Tanchuma</a></multilink> ...the word Kohanim here refers to the same people as it does in the rest of Tanakh:  Aharon's sons who have already been appointed.<fn>Cf. the opinion of

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Grammar:Number/0
...יו פרושות השמים באמונה".</fn> <a href="Bemidbar9-6" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9:6</a> (וַיְהִי אֲנָשִׁים), <a href="Devarim22-23" da ...עַל בָּ<b>נֶיהָ</b> כִּי אֵינֶ<b>נּוּ</b>"),<fn>See Ibn Ezra on Shemot 17:12. Cf. Radak who explains that the word "איננו" is singular since it spe

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Philosophy:Miracles/2
<p>Rambam and Ralbag attempt to minimize the supernatural events of Tanakh, suggesting that Hashem attempts to preserve natural order as much as possi <p>The number of seemingly supernatural phenomena described in Tanakh is minimized, either by suggesting that the stories should not be read lite

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Grammar:Tenses in Tanakh/0
<h1>Tenses in Tanakh</h1> ...he subject ("וַיֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָם" or "וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה") . At times, though, Tanakh employs a form known as "עבר מהופך",  beginning with the subje

53 KB (7,018 words) - 11:28, 4 November 2023
Yehoshua/0
...th the Givonites (Yehoshua 9), this is understood to be an honest mistake. Tanakh blames the people for not asking Hashem before breaking bread with them ("� ...a-aht="source">21:14</a><a href="Bemidbar Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bemidbar Rabbah</a></multilink>, though, that Moshe actually had not actively groome

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David/0
...n>The word is difficult to define as it appears in only one other place in Tanakh, Tehillim 42:8.</fn> and what role did it play in David's plan?</p><ul> ...y's walls). This might be supported by the word's only other appearance in Tanakh, "תְּהוֹם אֶל תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּו

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Adding and Subtracting from Torah/2
...ism and atheism, but it is doubtful whether atheism existed in the time of Tanakh.</fn></li> ...ose who incite to idolatry. [Chizkuni only mentions the context of Devarim 12, likely viewing 13:1 as forming a conclusion to that chapter, rather than a

49 KB (7,564 words) - 11:34, 28 January 2023
Tzara'at/2/en
...ikra 13:2-3,5</a><a href="SfornoVayikra14-12" data-aht="source">Vayikra 14:12</a><a href="SfornoVayikra14-55" data-aht="source">Vayikra 14:55</a><a href= ...items. The various sources attempt to link each suggestion with a case in Tanakh where someone committed that sin and was afflicted.  However, in many

39 KB (6,116 words) - 11:46, 28 January 2023
Literary:Structural Devices/0
...Avraham narratives is bracketed by the command of "לֶךְ לְךָ". In Chapter 12, Hashem tells Avraham: "לֶךְ לְך...  אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲ ...are framed by the promise "עַל פְּנֵי כׇל אֶחָיו יִשְׁכֹּן" in Chapter 16:12  and the fulfillment of that promise in Bereshit 25: "עַל פְּנ�

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Purpose of the Trumpet Blowing/2
...rce">Bemidbar 10:5</a><a href="RSRHirschBemidbar10-8-10" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 10:8-10</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. S ...data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBemidbar10-6" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 10:6</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parsh

35 KB (5,030 words) - 11:37, 28 January 2023
Blessings and Curses – Over Which Commandments/2
...ht="source">Bemidbar 1:1</a><a href="RashbamBemidbar3-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 3:1</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. S ...About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink> on Shemot 12:1, Bemidbar 1:1, and Bemidbar 3:1 where he consistently points out that Hashem marks the location in whic

36 KB (5,284 words) - 12:29, 28 January 2023
Why Were Nadav and Avihu Killed/2
<point><b>Biblical parallels</b> – Several stories in Tanakh recount similar punishments for breaching boundaries:<br/> <li><b>Revelation at Sinai</b> – In <a href="Shemot19-12-1321-24" data-aht="source">Shemot 19</a>, Hashem repeatedly warns the natio

56 KB (8,616 words) - 06:50, 15 February 2024
Revelation to the Elders at Sinai/2
..."source">Shemot 24:10-11</a><a href="RashiBemidbar11-16" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 11:16</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. ...hat the elders died at Taverah (<a href="Bemidbar11-1-5" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 11:1-3</a>), together with the "מִתְאֹנְנִים".  The motiva

37 KB (5,448 words) - 11:23, 28 January 2023
Commentators:R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)/0
<content>Tanakh and Talmud commentaries</content> ...uestion in Loudun (<a href="RashbamBemidbar30-2" data-aht="source">Rashbam Bemidbar 30:2</a>).</fn></li>

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Annihilating Amalek/2
...>Shemot 17:14</a><a href="ShadalDevarim25-12" data-aht="source">Devarim 25:12</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. ...ce">Bemidbar 88</a><a href="Sifre Bemidbar" data-aht="parshan">About Sifre Bemidbar</a></multilink>, Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan), Targum Yerushalmi (Fragmentar

35 KB (5,387 words) - 22:35, 29 October 2020
Literary:Redundancy/0
<p>Tanakh, like many written works, is filled with repetitions. Sometimes verses repe <p>Some cases of repetition in Tanakh might be accounted for by the principle commonly known as a "כלל ופר�

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Moshe/0
<p><a href="Devarim34-10-12" data-aht="source">Devarim 34</a> declares Moshe's prophetic abilities unpa ...bout R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink> compares this phrase to Bemidbar 12's statement, "פֶּה אֶל פֶּה אֲדַבֶּר בּוֹ וּמַר

88 KB (13,049 words) - 05:58, 13 February 2024
Why Was the Ark Taken/2
...hing Israel's enemies and in <a href="Bemidbar31-6" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 31:6</a> Pinchas takes the "holy vessels" to war against Midyan.  Simi ...הָאָרוֹן".‎<fn>See also <a href="Bemidbar10-35-36" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 10:33-36</a> which also links the Ark and war and refers to it as simply "�

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MiMachorat HaShabbat/2
...verses.<fn>See, for example: Shemot 20:7,10, Shemot 31:14-15 and Devarim 5:12-15.  However, it should be noted that in many of its appearances in To ...of R. Yose in <a href="SifraEmor10-12-1-5" data-aht="source">Sifra Emor 10:12:1-5</a> and <a href="BavliMenachot65b-66a" data-aht="source">Bavli Menachot

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Nature of the Chatat/2
<point><b>Meaning of Chatat</b> – In many verses in Tanakh the word "חַטָּאת" means "sin".<fn>See, for example, <a href="Beresh ...data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBemidbar6-11" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 6:11</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parsh

35 KB (5,281 words) - 11:47, 28 January 2023
Petition of the Two and a Half Tribes/2
...midbar 32:16-23</a><a href="NetzivDevarim3-12" data-aht="source">Devarim 3:12</a><a href="NetzivDevarim3-16" data-aht="source">Devarim 3:16</a><a href="R ...data-aht="source">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimBemidbar32-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 32:2</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About

51 KB (7,205 words) - 11:52, 28 January 2023
Purpose and Placement of the Incense Altar/2
<point><b>Evidence of this atoning role</b> – Several passages in Tanakh support the notion that the Incense Altar and and the offering of incense h ...Aharon atoned for the nation (<a href="Bemidbar17-9-13" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 17:9-13</a>).</li>

20 KB (3,346 words) - 11:30, 28 January 2023
Purpose of the Plagues/2
...-5" data-aht="source">11:5</a><a href="ShemotRabbah12-3" data-aht="source">12:3</a><a href="ShemotRabbah13-6" data-aht="source">13:6</a><a href="ShemotRa ...ce">Shemot 9:29</a><a href="TzerorShemot12-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 12:12</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avr

47 KB (7,248 words) - 00:53, 7 August 2023
Dictionary:Changing Meanings/0
...ty with the contemporary usage of a word influences the way one interprets Tanakh, as one might not recognize that a word's definition might have evolved, be ...are several words whose meaning might have changed from one period within Tanakh to another:</p>

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Commentators:R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)/0
...of Iyyov. We also possess Ramban's interpretation of Yeshayahu 52:13 – 53:12, written in the aftermath of the Barcelona Disputation, and a lengthy sermo ...EM21-13" data-aht="page">21:18</a>, <a href="Commentators:Ramban's Updates/Bemidbar#BEM35-14" data-aht="page">35:14</a>, Devarim <a href="Commentators:Ramban's

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Dictionary:עָרֹב/0
<p>The word "עָרֹב" appears in only three places in Tanakh: <a href="Shemot8-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 8:16-28</a>, <a href="Tehill ...sei Hashem</a><a href="MaaseiHashem12" data-aht="source">Ma'asei Mitzrayim 12</a><a href="R. Eliezer Ashkenazi (Ma'asei Hashem)" data-aht="parshan">About

19 KB (2,760 words) - 12:50, 28 January 2023
Bizarre Prophetic Commands/2
...הִים" applies to the whole book.</fn> and not while awake.<fn>See Bemidbar 12:6, " וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְעוּ נָא דְבָרָי אִם יִ� ...hayahu 20:2</a><a href="RidYechezkel4-12-13" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 4:12-13</a><a href="RidHoshea1-2" data-aht="source">Hoshea 1:2</a><a href="R. Ye

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