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Tzvi Ben Roshel1:

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--- Quote from: Tzvi Ben Roshel on December 20, 2007, 08:17:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: Sarah on December 20, 2007, 04:25:03 PM ---The Torah was a revelation given to Moses was it not?

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The Torah was given in front of Millions of people.

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1.2 Million, acorrding to the Torah.

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no, 1.2 million families maybe. According to the Torah the only ones who were counted were men ages 20-60 (who qualify for the army) + double that for the women= 1.2 million + over 60 years old + children( which were many back then) I would estimate a minimum of 7 million Jews + the eruv rav (the egyptian's).

jdl4ever:

--- Quote from: DanBenNoah on December 23, 2007, 04:54:13 PM ---I've heard that Joshua wrote the last 8 verses of the Torah.

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According to some commentaries Moses wrote the last several verses in code format and Joshua decoded them but every other verse was written by Moses.  According to my memory the commentary Ibn Ezra differs and says that Joshua wrote the last several verses in the Torah himself as well as a few other verses in the Torah that say things like "and the Cannanites were then in the Land".  It is irrelevent if Joshua wrote a few verses to complete the Torah since he was also a great Prophet and did so at the instruction of G-d as did Moses.  The Torah is called the "Torah of Moses" since the whole Torah was written by Moses except for the last verses and perhaps a few others according to the Ibn Ezra which Joshua completed.  The reason why G-d did this is probably symbolic that the Torah can't be completed until one enters the land of Israel.  G-d revealed the entire Torah to Moses and he transmitted it to Israel and to Joshua, everything about the Torah that Joshua knew was transmitted from Moses.

Lubab:
There are two opinion in the Talmud that deal with Sarah's question.

One says that Joshua wrote those verses. Another says that Moses wrote them with tears (knowing he would later be punished and die before going into the holy land).

According to the first opinion the Torah was not given compeletely on Sinai and was completed as the events actually happened.

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