Numbers 1 — Rabbi

Numbers 1:1

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר

dâbar

and — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue יְהוָ֧ה

Yᵉhôvâh

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God אֶל

ʼêl

near, with or among; often in general, to מֹשֶׁ֛ה

Môsheh

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר

midbâr

in/with/by — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) סִינַ֖י

Çîynay

Sinai, mountain of Arabia בְּאֹ֣הֶל

ʼôhel

in/with/by — a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) מוֹעֵ֑ד

môwʻêd

properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand) בְּאֶחָד֩

ʼechâd

in/with/by — properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first לַחֹ֨דֶשׁ

chôdesh

to/for — the new moon; by implication, a month הַשֵּׁנִ֜י

shênîy

the — properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה

shâneh

in/with/by — a year (as a revolution of time) הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית

shênîy

the — properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again לְצֵאתָ֛ם

yâtsâʼ

to/for — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim. מֵאֶ֥רֶץ

ʼerets

from — the earth (at large, or partitively a land) מִצְרַ֖יִם

Mitsrayim

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt לֵאמֹֽר

ʼâmar

to/for — to say (used with great latitude)

Numbers 1:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3

The Lord spoke [by special revelation] to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) on the first day of the

Cross-Book Pattern

The tabernacle was raised on the first day of the first month of this same second year (Exodus 40:17). This census is dated exactly one mont…second month

Cross-Book Pattern

The tabernacle was raised on the first day of the first month of this same second year (Exodus 40:17). This census is dated exactly one mont… in the second year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Rabbi's unlock

◆Numbers 1:1New

The book's own Hebrew name is Bamidbar - "in the wilderness" - not "Numbers." The English title comes from the census that opens it, but the Hebrew title names the setting that shapes everything in it: midbar, a land of scarcity and danger, the opposite of a garden.

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↔ Rabbi noticed a connection

The tabernacle's completion, dated one month earlier in the same second year - the census in Numbers 1 picks up the clock exactly where Exodus left it.

Numbers 1:1 · WEB

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Exodus 40:17 · WEB

In the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was raised up.

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“The Lord spoke [by special revelation] to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) on the first day of the second month in the second year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, saying,”

Numbers 1:1

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