#123 | Bamidbar ch.5 - Law and Narrative

from The Tanakh Podcast · host Alex Israel

We have been telling a story in ch.1-4 - the story of the organization of the camp and the assignment of roles to the nation and the Levites.Suddenly Bamidbar takes a surprising turn into five legal segments (parshiot). Why does Bamidbar lurch from narrative to law?Why these five laws?

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