From the mountain of YHWH to Israel’s מנוחה : the desert itinerary of Numbers 10:11-36
This essay argues that the post-Sinai itinerary narratives depicted in Numbers are organized into two clusters (Num 10:11-36 and 20:22-22:1), both of which depict the first generation of Israelites of the exodus, and that the first of these functions as the conclusion to Num 1:1-10:10. The first na...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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SA ePublications
2016
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 513-534 |
| Further subjects: | B
second generation / First
B Numbers B Rest B Itinerary |
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| Summary: | This essay argues that the post-Sinai itinerary narratives depicted in Numbers are organized into two clusters (Num 10:11-36 and 20:22-22:1), both of which depict the first generation of Israelites of the exodus, and that the first of these functions as the conclusion to Num 1:1-10:10. The first narrative depicts a generation fully instructed and compliant with divine instruction (Num 1:1-10:10) that resumes the march that began on Passover night, upon the Lord’s command given through Moses (10:13). The goal of the first itinerary cluster is the ark finding rest for the people ( מ? וחה , Num 10:33). Furthermore, this essay argues that the syntactical function of the itinerary verbs in Num 11:35 and 12:16 subordinate them to the theme of complaint and rebellion against authority, which begins in 11:1, and that therefore they do not depict the continuation of the journey that began in Num 10:12. It is within this narrative of complaint that the second itinerary cluster emerges, beginning in Num 20:22 and ending in 22:1, to depict the same generation as non-compliant and rebellious. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC-50e2cec06 |