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The first portion, sections 1–14 (on Torah portions Bamidbar and Naso) — almost three-quarters of the whole work — contains a late homiletic commentary upon Numbers 1–7. The second part, sections 15–33, reproduces the Midrash Tanchuma from Numbers 8 almost word for word. Midrash Tanchuma generally covered in each case only a few ...
The Book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi, lit. 'numbers'; Biblical Hebrew: בְּמִדְבַּר, Bəmīḏbar, lit. 'In [the] desert'; Latin: Liber Numeri) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. [1] The book has a long and complex history; its final form is possibly due to a ...
Stations of the Exodus. The Stations of the Exodus are the locations visited by the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt, according to the Hebrew Bible. In the itinerary given in Numbers 33, forty-two stations are listed, [1] although this list differs slightly from the narrative account of the journey found in Exodus and Deuteronomy.
Watercolour by James Tissot (c. 1900). Numbers 31 is the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch (Torah), the central part of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), a sacred text in Judaism and Christianity. Scholars such as Israel Knohl and Dennis T. Olson name this chapter the War against the Midianites. [1][2]
Masei. Masei, Mas'ei, or Masse (מַסְעֵי — Hebrew for "journeys," the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 43rd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the 10th and last in the Book of Numbers. The parashah comprises Numbers 33:1–36:13.
Vayishlach or Vayishlah ( וַיִּשְׁלַח — Hebrew for "and he sent," the first word of the parashah) is the eighth weekly Torah portion ( פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. In the parashah, Jacob reconciles with Esau after wrestling with a "man." The prince Shechem rapes Dinah, whose ...
Rabbinic literature. Genesis Rabbah (Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה, romanized: Bərēšīṯ Rabbā) is a religious text from Judaism 's classical period, probably written between 300 and 500 CE with some later additions. It is a midrash comprising a collection of ancient rabbinical homiletical interpretations of the Book of Genesis.
Ritual purity in Judaism. The water of lustration or water of purification (Hebrew: מי נדה, romanized: mê niddāh) was the water created with the ashes of the red heifer, according to the instructions given by God to Moses and Aaron in the Book of Numbers. [1]