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The beginning of Parashat Haazinu, Deuteronomy 32:1–4, as it appears in a Torah scroll. Haazinu, Ha'azinu, or Ha'Azinu (הַאֲזִינוּ —Hebrew for "listen" when directed to more than one person, the first word in the parashah) is the 53rd weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה , parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the 10th in the Book of Deuteronomy.
Exodus 7:7 Numbers 13:2–16 Deuteronomy 2:14 Joshua 14:6–13 Joshua 24:29: 1577 Ante C. 1491: Moses was 80 years old (1657–1577) when he was sent back to Egypt. Aaron was 83 years old. The Ten Plagues and the Passover. 1577. The Exodus – "And at the end of 430 years...all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt." Exodus 12:40.
The Deuteronomic Code is the name given by academics to the law code set out in chapters 12 to 26 of the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible. [1] The code outlines a special relationship between the Israelites and Yahweh [2] and provides instructions covering "a variety of topics including religious ceremonies and ritual purity, civil and criminal law, and the conduct of war". [1]
A baraita deduced from Deuteronomy 2:25 that just as the sun stood still for Joshua in Joshua 10:13, so the sun stood still for Moses, as well. The Gemara (or some say Rabbi Eleazar) explained that the identical circumstances could be derived from the use of the identical expression "I will begin" in Deuteronomy 2:25 and in Joshua 3:7.
The Sifre interpreted the "ways" of God referred to in Deuteronomy 30:16 (as well as Deuteronomy 5:30; 8:6; 10:12; 11:22; 19:9; 26:17; and 28:9) by making reference to Exodus 34:6–7, "The Lord, the Lord, God of mercy and grace, slow to wrath and abundant in mercy and truth, keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving transgression ...
Noting the similarity between the actions of Simeon and Levi in Genesis 34:25–29, on the one hand, and the instructions in Deuteronomy 20:13–14 for killing the men but taking the women and livestock captive, on the other hand, James Kugel observed that it is almost as if Simeon and Levi were obeying the Deteronomic law before it was given ...
There is no punishment prescribed in the Torah for sex acts between two women , but rabbinic law has prohibited it as an extension of the "activities of (ancient) Egypt" (see Leviticus 18:3). [45] Although the practice is not considered adultery in the formal sense, the Talmud ( Yevamot 76a), in the name of Rav Huna, suggests that women engaged ...
Joshua 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible or in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition, the book was attributed to Joshua, with additions by the high priests Eleazar and Phinehas, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to ...