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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 12</h1> ...r other, seemingly more egregious sins.&#160; R. Mishkin draws on Bemidbar 12’s theme of the uniqueness of Moshe’s prophecy to answer this question.
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  • ...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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  • <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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  • <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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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Bemidbar 15</h1> ...these two texts, there is only one other occurrence of the root throughout Bemidbar).&#160; This usage might indicate that the spies' sin lay in being led astr
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  • <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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  • <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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  • ...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>),&#160;Hashem com
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  • <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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  • <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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  • ...prophet really bring a miracle on his or her own?&#160; What examples from Tanakh might suggest that they can? Are all prophets equal in this regard?&#160;</ ...Og in Bemidbar and Devarim" data-aht="page">Battles with Sichon and Og in Bemidbar and Devarim</a>.</p><ul>
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  • ...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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  • ...-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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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 12</h1> <li><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Bereshit/12.1">Makbilot Bamikra</a>&#160;points out that Avraham’s claim that Sarah i
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  • ...Sinai&#8206;<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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Bemidbar 12</h1> ...the&#160;<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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • <a href="Bemidbar12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 12</a>&#160;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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  • <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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  • <content>Commentaries on all 24 books of Tanakh ([[#Works|links]]), מוסר המלכים&#8206;, 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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  • <p><a href="Shemot24-1-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 24</a>&#160;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>,&#160;<a href="
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  • <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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • <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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 16-17</h1> ...two<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Vayikra:10:1-10:5&amp;c2=Bemidbar:16"> here</a>.</li>
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  • ...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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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 22-24</h1> ...ating "all the families of the land will be blessed through you".&#160; In Bemidbar, Balak tells Bilam that he knows that all whom he blesses are blessed and a
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  • <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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • <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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  • <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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • <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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  • <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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • <p><a href="Bemidbar22" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22</a>&#160;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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  • ...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>&#160;describes how as part of the day's service, the High Priest tak
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  • ..."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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  • <p>There are several narratives in Tanakh which speak of someone who is plagued by <i>tzara'at</i>.&#160; Examining t <li><a href="Bemidbar12-1-15" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 12</a>&#160;– After Miryam speaks against Moshe, Hashem punishes her with<i>
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