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[The judges] were still weeping [in indecision] at the Communion Tent entrance, when an Israelite brought forth a Midianite woman to his brethren before the eyes of Moses and the Israelite community.
Vehineh ish mibeney Yisra'el ba vayakrev el-echav et-haMidyanit le'eyney Moshe ule'eyney kol-adat beney-Yisra'el vehemah vochim petach Ohel Mo'ed. |
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Commentary:
in indecision
(cf. Ramban; Sanhedrin 82a). Or, 'the people were weeping in prayer' (Ibn Ezra), because the plague had begun (Bachya), or because they had been commanded to kill (Chizzkuni).
| an Israelite
See Numbers 25:14. The man, Zimri, publicly confronted Moses (Josephus,Antiquities 4:6:11), pointing out that Moses was vulnerable because Moses had married a Midianite woman (Exodus 2:16,21; Numbers 12:1; Sanhedrin 82a; Targum Yonathan; BeMidbar Rabbah 20:25).
| Midianite
See Numbers 25:1, 25:15.
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