who has inserted many harmonizing touches elsewhere. Obs. its cumbrous Heb., a that spirit is masc. here, but fem. in »,
‘UMBERS
is the chief actor, the former being the earlier view. —** Alters 45 by making the Levites begin work at the age of 25 instead of 30.—9'*, on the pass- over of the second year, is followed by an ordin- ance in *' introduced by a narrative of an illustrative case ὅδ, a type elsewhere found in P*, to which 1.16 may perhaps all belong.—"** is identi- fied as P* by its relation to Ex 40.—10'8 may well be P¥, and this ascription suits the view that P* had a briefer account of the camp, now replaced by 2.—-, with its scene in your land (ten parallels in P*) instead of on the march, is held to be an inserted fragment of ΡΒ", cf. Ly 17° 23” ete.
§ 2. The Wanderings: 10"-19.
A. Summary.
104-2 PeThe march from Sinai begun, ”*in due order of camps, 9:88 Jwith Hobab as guide and the ark in front; Jformula used at start and halt. 11-8 EMurmurers burnt up at Taberah ; * /manna and quails followed by a plague at Kibroth- Hattaavah; seventy elders endowed with spirit of
rophecy in aid of Moses ; jealousy of Joshua over
Idad and Medad. 12 Moses’ Cushite wife; jealousy of Aaron and Miriam, and leprosy of
liriam. 13 4&?The mission of the spies; 14 J2? the people turned back from Canaan in punish- ment for murmuring and unbelief; Jdefeated Ὁ
᾿
to be worn as a memorial on the hem of the gar- ments. 16 JERebellion Τοῦ On, ®of Dathan and
ment of murmuring stopped by the atonement of Aaron. 17 ’sAaron’srod that budded. 18 ’*Duties and revenue of priests and Levites. 19 ?Ordin- ances affecting those unclean by the dead.
17b to South 18b to weak 17c-18a to what ἐξ is 180
Canaan
27a to honey 28 808. rt meena dee 25-26 Paran
lo 4
26b Depart 270-31
18-l4a Aoney 15 1éb Ch _ A DN
τις AE πΠαρΩ haa aes
16f.
1 _
16™ houscholda 38 to them 34
ee Tis 2 See el Sadat
then We hdl
Ὑ ?
NUMBERS
570
C. Critical Notes. 10" contains the first stage of P®’s itinerary after leaving Sinai. It is followed by an account of the mode of marching, which can only be P* from its relation to 2, ἢ being probably its close. With *-* the JE thread is resumed from Ex with a fragment of J, whose opening may partly survive in Ex 184, its close being omitted in favour of the view of guidance given in 97 Both this para- sraph and 33: * are linguistically connected with J. ‘he poetical refrains in ** may well have come from the Book of the Wars of J”. Contrast the advance of the ark in J with its central place in P. 11" is hard to place, and is given to E, because it does not fit the J context, and follows E in speaking of Moses praying. Dillmann regards the incident as part of E’s manna story, now displaced by J and P; Bacon views it as a sequel to the perilous contest with Amalek Ex 17®1, which really comes in after the departure from Horeb. In * is found a story of the people’s discontent with the manna, their demand for flesh, the sending of the quails, and the resulting plague. The language (see below) connects this with J, and the description of the manna as a natural thing, though eave provided, is agreeable to his general treat- ment of such incidents. But the story is dislocated by a double set of insertions. (1) There is a series which tells of Moses’ burden of responsibility being relieved by the inspiration of seventy prophet- elders. (2) In 12-15 we find the language of J, but matter incongruous with this context, fitting in well, however, as Bacon suggests, between Ex 8385 and 15, a point in JE which must have been quite close to this before P was inserted. Accordingly (1) is ascribed to E, as the emphasis on prophecy and the phraseological features require, but not to its earliest stage. Rather it is a secondary (ΕΠ) parallel to the Jethro incident of Ex 18. (2) is regarded asa misplaced portion of J. See Exopus, aa, loc. (1) and (2) were probably already united in JE, and transferred hither together. Ch. 12 is given as a whole to E*. Bacon suggests that the Cushite woman is Jethro’s daughter, who is name- less in Ex 18*.
Minor clues.—J—mizxed multitude 4 ct. Ex 1258; Jthy servant Jfound favour 1.15; Jconceived 12; sanctify yourselves 18 Ex 19%; against to-morrow 18 Ex 810. ; presse, you 20 (Heb.); Jjlocks and herds ®; went forth a wind from J” 81 cf. Ex 1018 1421b; Jyet, ere 83 (Heb.); people journeyed . . . 51216; for
say unto me gee Ex 3313,
S—Eprayed2; bear ... alone 14.17; Eelderg 16.21.30; the tent of meeting 16 124 Ex 837, which was outside the camp 35 124f. Ex 337-1 ct. its central position in P; the cloud in connexion with the tent ® 125 Ex 339 ct. Ex 1821 1419; Eprophet, prophesy 35.) 126%; Joshua as the minister of Moses @ Ex 2418 3311; Miriam 12) Ex 15%; the man Moses 123 Ex 113; meek 123 ct. 11% ; speak against 121.8 215-7"; vision 126 Gn 151 462, Edream 126; Aeal 1213 Gn 2017 Ex 1538,