Abarbanel on Torah, Numbers 11:1:16
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Work: Abarbanel on Torah
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Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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The fifteenth question pertains to the statement, 'Would that all the people of the Lord were prophets.' Onkelos interprets this as a strong rebuke, indicating that they did not cease sinning, for we do not find any other prophecy among them, even though if they were prophets, how could they have sinned with the spies, and all of them perished in the wilderness due to that sin? And if we interpret 'and they did not add' according to Rashi's explanation (Numbers 11:26), the question still remains: why did the Lord withhold prophecy from them? And He, may He be blessed, does not withhold good fr…
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- Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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- eng
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- eng
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