moses 5-4-3 continued
session 3
numbers has many stories!
counted 1-3 the nation and levites and grouped the tribes. the work 4 of levites is defined who carries utensils curtains and wood frames. if a man is 5 jealous and suspects his wife, there is a test she drinks ceremonial water and when nothing happens- he should stop suspecting and they "live happily ever after". this is a solution for jealousy. if witnesses see her lay or him lay with a married woman, we will see in deuteronomy what happens josepus calls it a "capital crime" or we can watch "islamic state organization" broadcasts- it is the same. i hope the muslims at least require witnesses and suspicion not enuf. without witnesses, like the movie "intolerable cruelty" suspicion is nothing as "miles massey" explains and moses too provides a ceremony to calm the jealous men. what about jealous wives who see their husbands eyes looking at other woman? no need for a ceremony, woman must trust their husbands. if there are witnesses men are punished too with equal punishment but only if the woman is married in contrast to married women with any man.
recently israeli politicians tried to pass a law that included the idea that traditional jew-law should be a source for israeli law- considering the numerous death penalties for sins other than murder and physical beatings and cancelling ownership of sinners property [hoshen mishpat 2]- there is cause for rejoice that the law did not pass and scary to think politicians in israel want a system that includes these and the horrors that "islamic sate organization" sets an example to do. jew tradition has some scary stuff that seem in our culture unjust and out of proportion to the crime.
despite my criticism i am not claiming it is "the most horrible system" research pakistani rape laws and see for yourself i cannot forget how those men accused of laying with men were pushed off a roof. oh jew-mishna has that one too. yikes.
the vow 6 no fermented drink in the time-span of vow. the leaders 7 offered gifts to god at the worship tent josepus locates this with the inaugeration=start-ceremony of priests. the details of the gift are concise and once in josepus but to "make the teacing big" isaiah numbers-book repeats all the details of six long verses twelve times. it is easy reading for kids but to hear it twelve times? no comment.
sprinkle water on 8.7 levites. at night 9.15 a fire was over the tent of worship. moses 10 made 2 silver trumpets. then numbers 11 repeats exodus 16 bird meat in 11.31. moses is a "nearer to god" 12.8 prophet than other prophets.
israelites send spies to see canaan. one from each tribe. they return and say "impossible" to fight cnan. we cant do it. the nation lacked faith. josepus does not hide israels sins which causes the question why does exodus have a sin that josepus does not have? answer: it was not in the original holy-book. moses went up in 19.2 and came "down after 40" as josepus quotes in parallel to 34. nothing should be between 19.2 and the end of chapter 34. those days were uneventful days.
it never occurred but later the false-written-story was copied into the masoretic text.
this lack of faith followed the majority. sometimes follow god against majority as even talmud in brakot said: follow gamliel against majority. a majority is not always correct tho it is likely if they studied the issue. the spies 14.36 were struck by a plague and the next morning they repented and said we sinned and moses said 14.42 "do not go" but they disobeyed the prophet and 14.45 were struck "Then
the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who dwelt in that hill-country, came down, and
smote them and beat them down" next story the rebellion of korah.
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