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Ephraim Ben Noach:
I can't find it right now, but someone from Jethros family let's someone from an army against Israel in for safety, and kills them. I think stabs them?
muman613:
I found this discussion of the descendents of Yitro...
--- Quote ---http://www.yutorah.org/_materials/summary224.html
The Gemarrah tells us that the descendents of Yitro were members of the Sanhedrin, the Supreme Court, whose job it was to be the “eyes of the congregation” through their just and wise judgment. It was this sense of gratitude and chessed, notes the Derash David along with a recognition of absolute truth both the God of the Jews and absolute right and wrong through which Yitro merited having such descendents. According to the Medrash, Pharaoh had sought advice on how to deal with the troubling explosion of the Jewish population. Of his three advisors, one, the prophet Balaam, told him to kill the Jewish babies. The second, Job, remained silent. The third, Yitro, ran away, for he understood what Pharaoh was up to, recognized the true God, and fled for his life from any association with Pharaoh. This combination of truth and chessed that he bequeathed to his descendents and that continued for generations as they sat in the halls of justice was the hallmark of Yitro’s character.
And so Moshe pleaded with Yitro. Come with us. We owe you so much. And we will continue to owe you as your descendents will open our eyes to further insights into the Torah.
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But now that I think about it I begin to believe you are talking about the great Pinchas. The portion of Pinchas is coming up soon (3 weeks from now, Chukat, Balak, and then Pinchas)... Pinchas was a zealot who killed Zimri and Cosbi. Pinchases Mothers Father was Yitro....
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/535208/jewish/Who-Was-Pinchas.htm
Ephraim Ben Noach:
--- Quote from: muman613 on June 10, 2013, 10:54:12 PM ---I found this discussion of the descendents of Yitro...
But now that I think about it I begin to believe you are talking about the great Pinchas. The portion of Pinchas is coming up soon (3 weeks from now, Chukat, Balak, and then Pinchas)... Pinchas was a zealot who killed Zimri and Cosbi. Pinchases Mothers Father was Yitro....
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/535208/jewish/Who-Was-Pinchas.htm
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I love the story of Pinchas! But I think I may of been mixing it with Ja'el...
Rubystars:
I'm really confused about the long lifespans of some of the people in the Bible. I just don't see how that would work with human biology. In the past people generally didn't live as long as they do today in modern societies with modern medicine, etc. so how could people way back then live for so long? Someone else had asked me about this and I told them I didn't know the answer.
It seems really strange to me that it would be Shem because if he really didn't live for hundreds of years and it was just a metaphor or something then Shem would've been dead already. However if he did literally have a long lifespan then it makes sense.
Ephraim Ben Noach:
I thought he lived a long life... There is a theory that before the flood the people of that time were far more advanced than we even are today.
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