Naso 5782

This is Torah Talk for the week of June 5th, 2022

Num. 7:89    When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Him, he would hear the Voice addressing [מִדַּבֵּ֣ר] him from above the cover that was on top of the Ark of the Pact between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him.

Num 7:89 seems totally disconnected from either the previous or the subsequent verse.  What is it doing there, and why does this chapter tell a completely different story about the inauguration of the Tabernacle than Leviticus 9-10?

This week’s handout: 35 Naso 5782

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Tags: Abraham ibn Ezra, Baruch Levine, Benjamin Sommer, H, inauguration of the Tabernacle, Jacob Milgrom, Nili Fox, Num 7:88, Num 8:1, P, Priestly writings, Rashi, Tent of Meeting