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• Textual Variants – Shemot 18/0
  ...arallels 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> the r ...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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• Akeidat Yitzchak and the Covenant at Sinai/0
  ...while Hashem's glory is described as a consuming (אֹכֶלֶת) fire (Shemot 24:17).</li> ...s&#160;<a href="http://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/7812">175 times</a> in Tanakh; the term "from afar", even in the exact form "מֵרָחֹק" appears <a h
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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.&#160; <a href="Bemidbar9-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9</a> similarly opens "בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְצֵא
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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 ...data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBemidbar3-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 3:14</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parsh
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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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• Purpose of the Spies in Yehoshua 2/2
  ...data-aht="source">Netziv</a><a href="NetzivBemidbar13-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 13:2</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="parshan" ...unique in sending spies before a military invasion. Moshe does the same in Bemidbar 21:32 and Yehoshua repeats the action before fighting the Ai.&#160; [The sp
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• Selection of the Priests and Levites/2
  ...t="source">Shemot Rabbah</a><a href="ShemotRabbah3-17" data-aht="source">3:17</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></mult ...the word Kohanim here refers to the same people as it does in the rest of Tanakh:&#160; Aharon's sons who have already been appointed.<fn>Cf. the opinion of
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• Why is the Goat Sent to Azazel/1/en
  ...n the very next chapter of <a href="Vayikra17-1" data-aht="source">Vayikra 17</a>, the Torah specifically prohibits the offering of any sacrifice (and pe ...data-aht="source">9:3</a>, and <a href="Bemidbar15-2427" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 15:24,27</a>).&#160; However, see above that it is unclear whether the Azaz
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• Commentators:R. Avraham Rappo (Minchah Belulah)/0
  ...odern times in Benei Berak, 1989.</fn> His commentaries on other books of Tanakh and Avot remain in manuscript.<fn>The manuscript is now located in the Nati ...he authored to prove that demons exist.<fn>See Minchah Belulah Devarim 32:17. The work was intended to refute the view of the 'philosophers', and espec
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• Commentators:R. Avraham Porto (Minchah Belulah)/0
  ...odern times in Benei Berak, 1989.</fn> His commentaries on other books of Tanakh and Avot remain in manuscript.<fn>The manuscript is now located in the Nati ...he authored to prove that demons exist.<fn>See Minchah Belulah Devarim 32:17. The work was intended to refute the view of the 'philosophers', and espec
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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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
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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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• 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",&#160; beginning with the subje
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• Grammar:Number/0
  ...יו פרושות השמים באמונה".</fn>&#160;<a href="Bemidbar9-6" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9:6</a> (וַיְהִי אֲנָשִׁים),&#160;<a href="Devarim22-23" da <li><a href="Shemot17-2" data-aht="source">Shemot 17:2</a>&#160;("וַיָּרֶב הָעָם עִם מֹשֶׁה וַיֹּאמ
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• David/0
  ...armor and weight. See <a href="ShemuelI17-4-7" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 17:4-7</a>.</fn> while David had speed on his side, allowing him to kill Golya ...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>
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• 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's Misstep and Mei Merivah/2
  ...rce">Bemidbar 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 ...ata-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalBemidbar20-12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 20:12</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">Ab
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• Literary Devices – Shemot 18/0
  ...aht-lit> (the thing that you are doing) repeat several times in verses 14, 17 and 23, revealing how Yitro's critique was carefully considered. He first ...ee <a href="LIT$">here</a> for a general discussion of Character Titles in Tanakh.</p>
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• Tzara'at/2/en
  ...ata-aht="source">7:5</a><a href="Bemidbar Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bemidbar Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TanchumaTazria10" data-aht="sou ...items. The various sources attempt to link each suggestion with a case in Tanakh where someone committed that sin and was afflicted.&#160; However, in many
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• Literary:Structural Devices/0
  ...asing at the beginning and end frames the unit of festivals.<fn>See Ramban Bemidbar 30:1 who notes this.</fn></li> <li><b>Work of the Levites</b> – Bemidbar 4:24-28, which discusses the tasks of the Gershonites, both opens and close
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• 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&#160;Rambam, at this point in Tanakh, Bilam is a positive character, loyal and obedient to Hashem's word, as evi
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• Mizmor 145: Transcendence and Immanence/0
  ...pan style="color: #ff00ff;">Confirmation Call: </span>Hashem Cares (verses 17-20)</li> ...epeat four times in the psalm, twice referring to Hashem's deeds (v. 4 and 17), once in the context of Hashem's mercy on His creations (v. 9), and once t
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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> ...ource">Bemidbar 15:23</a><a href="HoilMosheBemidbar30-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 30:2</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parsha
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• Nature of the Chatat/2
  ...-aht="source">50:17</a>, <a href="Shemot10-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 10:17</a>,&#160;<a href="Shemot32-20" data-aht="source">32:20</a> or <a href="Vay ...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
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• "עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן" – An Eye for an Eye/2
  ...that many of these instances are with regard to murder – see Bereshit 9:6, Bemidbar 35:33, Shemuel I 15:33, Shemuel II 12:9-12 (murder and adultery), and Melak ...>Shemot 21:22-25</a><a href="PsJVayikra24-17" data-aht="source">Vayikra 24:17-21</a><a href="PsJDevarim19-15" data-aht="source">Devarim 19:15-21</a><a hr
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• Petition of the Two and a Half Tribes/2
  ...urce">Bemidbar 32:13</a><a href="NetzivBemidbar32-16-23" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 32:16-23</a><a href="NetzivDevarim3-12" data-aht="source">Devarim 3:12</a>< ...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
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• Why Was the Ark Taken/2
  ...hing Israel's enemies and in&#160;<a href="Bemidbar31-6" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 31:6</a> Pinchas takes the "holy vessels" to war against Midyan.&#160; Simi ...הָאָרוֹן".&#8206;<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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• 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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• 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 ...toned for the nation (<a href="Bemidbar17-9-13" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 17:9-13</a>).</li>
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• Why Were Nadav and Avihu Killed/2
  <point><b>Biblical parallels</b> – Several stories in Tanakh recount similar punishments for breaching boundaries:<br/> ...Vayikra 10:1-3</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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• 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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• Purpose of the Plagues/2
  ...e">Shemot 8:15</a><a href="LekachTovShemot8-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 8:17</a><a href="LekachTovShemot9-3" data-aht="source">Shemot 9:3</a><a href="Le ...ource">Shemot 7:5</a><a href="NetzivShemot7-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 7:17</a><a href="NetzivShemot8-6" data-aht="source">Shemot 8:6</a><a href="Netzi
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• Commentators:R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)/0
  ...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 ...data-aht="page">19:17</a>, Bemidbar <a href="Commentators:Ramban's Updates/Bemidbar#BEM21-13" data-aht="page">21:13-20</a>, Devarim <a href="Commentators:Ramba
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• Avraham's Guests – Angels or Men/2
  ...data-aht="source">Beiur Divrei HaParashah Bereshit 18:1,2-8,9-10,13-14,16,17-19,20-21,22,33</a><a href="RalbagBereshit19P27" data-aht="source">Beiur Div ...e in the second half of the chapter regarding the destruction of Sedom (18:17 and 20ff.).&#160; They, thus, contend that the verse is out of order<fn>See
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• Miracles and Mitzvot at Marah/2/en
  .... Yaacov Medan</a>, "איפה ואיפה – עיון בפרשיות נדודי ישראל במדבר", Megadim 17 (1992): 72-74 who argues that honoring of parents was essential for establi ...commentary regarding Marah is fully consistent with his interpretation in Bemidbar and with his interpretation of "חֻקָּיו" in Shemot 15:26.<br/>
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• Dictionary:Cognates and Loanwords/0
  ...such as Tehillim 50:10, "כִּי לִי כׇל חַיְתוֹ יָעַר" (meaning חית יער) or Bemidbar 24:3, "נְאֻם בִּלְעָם בְּ<b>נוֹ</b> בְעֹר" (meaning ...aton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2 (1977): 11-17.</fn> suggests a reading that does not entail adding or deleting letters/wo
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• Crossing of Yam Suf in Art/0/en
  ...ge illuminated manuscript is one of the earliest surviving translations of Tanakh into Castilian. It was commissioned by a prominent Churchman, Don Luis de G ...he list of encampments in&#160;<a href="Bemidbar33-8-11" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 33:8-11</a> which has the nation crossing the sea and then a few stops late
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• Yaakov's Parting Words to Shimon and Levi/2
  ...ress to Shimon and Levi, commentators mine the various episodes throughout Tanakh in which the two tribes play a part, searching for which stories best fit Y ...ssening of something. However, if one looks at the root's usage throughout Tanakh, it is not easy to find a case in which it clearly means "to diminish". Rad
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• Channah's Prayer/2
  ...er rather than songs of thanksgiving.<fn>See, for instance, Bereshit 20:7, Bemidbar 21:7 and Devarim 9:26. However, see also Shemuel II 7:27 where the root app ...apters describe the mockery of the idol of Michah<fn>See Shofetim Chapters 17-18 which depict a society which is so lost that its members enlist Levites
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• Moshe/0
  ...arshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink> compares this phrase to Bemidbar 12's statement, "פֶּה אֶל פֶּה אֲדַבֶּר בּוֹ וּמ� ...ata-aht="source">Sforno</a><a href="SfornoBemidbar16-22" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:22,24,26</a><a href="SfornoDevarim34-11-12" data-aht="source">Devarim 34
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• Commentators:R. Avraham ibn Ezra/0
  ...e first period his primary literary output was in the field of poetry. His Tanakh commentaries, grammatical treatises, and other works were written in the la ...muel II 12, and <a href="IbnEzraDevarim21-17" data-aht="source">Devarim 21:17</a> regarding Melakhim II 2:9. Radak also cites Ibn Ezra's explanation of S
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• Test/2/en
  ...es</a></multilink> who maintains that all visions of an angel described in Tanakh (including this story) occurred in a dream or prophecy. For more, see <a hr ...er Aram.<fn>See <a href="MelakhimII13-17" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 13:17</a>, and see&#160;<multilink><a href="RambanBereshit12-6" data-aht="source"
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• Test/2/he
  ...es</a></multilink> who maintains that all visions of an angel described in Tanakh (including this story) occurred in a dream or prophecy. For more, see <a hr ...er Aram.<fn>See <a href="MelakhimII13-17" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 13:17</a>, and see&#160;<multilink><a href="RambanBereshit12-6" data-aht="source"
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• Yosef/0
  ...f served the sons of the maidservants.<fn>As the word "נַעַר" elsewhere in Tanakh means servant, they assume that here the root is being used as a verb to me ...ereshit 42:9</a><a href="RadakBereshit42-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:17</a><a href="RadakBereshit42-27" data-aht="source">Bereshit 42:27</a><a href
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• Nature of the Asham/2
  ...mann</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannVayikra5-17" data-aht="source">Vayikra 5:17</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Ho ...ting to the word's usage in&#160;<a href="Bemidbar5-7-8" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 5:7-8</a> and&#160;<a href="ShemuelI6-3-8" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 6:3-
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• Purpose of the Pesach/2
  ...asei Hashem</a><a href="MaaseiHashem17" data-aht="source">Ma'asei Mizrayim 17</a><a href="R. Eliezer Ashkenazi (Ma'asei Hashem)" data-aht="parshan">About ...the year.<fn>Cf. A. Shemesh, "פסח זה על שום מה", AJS Review 21:2 (1996): 1-17, who attempts to show how several Tannaitic passages suggest that R. Elieze
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• Yaakov/0/en
  ...ape of Dinah.&#160; He adores Rachel, yet he is one of the few husbands in Tanakh to explicitly rebuke his wife. How are we to understand these contrasting t ...man of integrity.<fn>In about one third of the occurrences of the word in Tanakh, it is paired with the word "יָשָׁר", honest.</fn>&#160;&#160;<multil
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