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Save "Ibn Ezra on Numbers 31:26"
31:26
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שא את ראש. פירשתיו: TAKE THE SUM. I have already explained the meaning of sa et rosh (take the sum).39See I.E. on Ex. 30:12 (Vol. 2, p. 631). Also see I.E. on Gen. 40:13 (Vol. 1, p. 369).

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מלקוח. הבהמה: OF THE PREY. Malko’ach (the prey) refers to the cattle.

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השבי. האדם ותחסר מלת ו' כמו שמש ירח: THAT WAS TAKEN. Ha-shevi (that was taken) refers to humans. A vav is missing,40Our verse reads, malko’ach shevi (the prey that was taken). I.E. says that this should be read as if written malko’ach ve-ha-shevi (the cattle and human captives). as in shemesh yare’ach (sun moon)41Translated literally. This is to be read as if written, shemesh ve-yare’ach (the sun and the moon). (Hab. 3:11).

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וראשי אבות העדה. הם הנשיאים: AND THE HEADS OF THE FATHERS’ HOUSES OF THE CONGREGATION. The reference is to the princes.42Of the tribes.

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