Abarbanel on Torah, Numbers 11:1:20
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Work: Abarbanel on Torah
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Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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And the people were complaining, and it displeased the Lord, and the Lord said to Moses, 'Gather for Me seventy men. The Scripture states that even though the children of Israel stood at Sinai for one year and received there the Torah and commandments, along with divine teachings, rebukes, and admonitions, they did not completely separate from their previous false and deceitful beliefs that they had acquired in Egypt among the wicked Egyptians. They also did not refrain from the corrupt and impure practices regarding food and drink that they had in Egypt. Despite the divine Torah coming to rec…
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- Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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- Public domain
- Reading language
- eng
- Source language
- eng
- Completeness
- PARTIAL: all supplied nonempty community English leaves only; many Hebrew sections have no English counterpart.
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- Unverified edition; not Human Sealed
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