Guiding Questions: Numbers 33

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Where, according to Numbers 33:2, did Moses write the record of this wilderness journey?
  2. Do Numbers 33:3-4 differ in synopsizing the Exodus from Egypt?
  3. Is there any reference to the Sea of Reeds disaster for the Egyptians?
  4. In this synopsis of the “itinerary”, are many of the signal events detailed in earlier text described or alluded to (Marah, Midbar Sinai, Kivrot Hataavah, for example)?
  5. Yet, in Numbers 33:37-39 there is recall of Aharon’s passing. What would (might) that indicate as to the author’s ranking of “importance?”
  6. The list of the wilderness travels ends where (Numbers 33:49)?
  7. What primary charge is Moses instructed to communicate to the Israelites on the “threshold” of Canaan?
  8. How is the land, when conquered, to be distributed (Numbers 33:54)?
  9. And, if B’ney Yisrael do not expel (conquer) the dwellers of Canaan—what then (Numbers 33:56)?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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