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    The document discusses the 42 journeys of the Israelites in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt over a period of 40 years. It notes that 14 of the journeys took place in the first year, and 8 more occurred in the 40th year between Mount Hor and the steppes of Moab after Aaron's death. Subtracting these from the total of 42 leaves 20 journeys that occurred over the 38 years in between. However, one commentary notes there were actually only 19 journeys counted, and explains that one long journey from Moseroth back to Mount Hor that took 7 stages the first time but was made in one frenzied march the second time is considered a single journey, resolving the numbers.

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    The document discusses the 42 journeys of the Israelites in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt over a period of 40 years. It notes that 14 of the journeys took place in the first year, and 8 more occurred in the 40th year between Mount Hor and the steppes of Moab after Aaron's death. Subtracting these from the total of 42 leaves 20 journeys that occurred over the 38 years in between. However, one commentary notes there were actually only 19 journeys counted, and explains that one long journey from Moseroth back to Mount Hor that took 7 stages the first time but was made in one frenzied march the second time is considered a single journey, resolving the numbers.

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    The document discusses the 42 journeys of the Israelites in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt over a period of 40 years. It notes that 14 of the journeys took place in the first year, and 8 more occurred in the 40th year between Mount Hor and the steppes of Moab after Aaron's death. Subtracting these from the total of 42 leaves 20 journeys that occurred over the 38 years in between. However, one commentary notes there were actually only 19 journeys counted, and explains that one long journey from Moseroth back to Mount Hor that took 7 stages the first time but was made in one frenzied march the second time is considered a single journey, resolving the numbers.

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    The document discusses the 42 journeys of the Israelites in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt over a period of 40 years. It notes that 14 of the journeys took place in the first year, and 8 more occurred in the 40th year between Mount Hor and the steppes of Moab after Aaron's death. Subtracting these from the total of 42 leaves 20 journeys that occurred over the 38 years in between. However, one commentary notes there were actually only 19 journeys counted, and explains that one long journey from Moseroth back to Mount Hor that took 7 stages the first time but was made in one frenzied march the second time is considered a single journey, resolving the numbers.

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    ‫בס"ד‬

    ‫טבלאות לאפרים‬
    Creative views to understand ideas from Chumash, Tanach and Halacha
    THE TIME SPAN OF THE 42 JOURNEYS
    Year from Year after Number of Verse in
    Name of Station Notes
    Creation Exodus Station chapter 33

    The 11 marches
    1 Rameses from the Exodus 1-4
    until the Giving of
    Torah
    2 Succoth 5
    3 Etham 6
    4 Pi-Hahiroth 7
    2448 1 5 Marah 8
    6 Elim 9
    7 Sea of Reeds 10
    8 Wilderness of Sin 11
    9 Dophkah 12
    10 Aiush 13
    11 Rephidim 14
    12 Wildness of Sinai 15
    13 Kibroth-haTavah The 3 marches from 16
    2449 2 14 Hazeroth Sinai until the 17
    15 Rithmah return of the Spies 18
    16 Rimmon-Perez 19
    17 Libnah 20
    18 Rissah 21
    19 Kehelath 22
    20 Mount Shepher 23
    21 Haradah 24
    22 Makheloth 25
    23 Tahath 26
    The 19 marches in
    24 Terah 27
    the subsequent 38
    2449- 25 Mithkah 28
    2-39 years of wandering
    2487 26 Hashmonah
    in the wilderness
    29
    27 Moseroth 30
    28 Bene-Jaakan 31
    29 Hor-haggidgad 32
    30 Jotbath 33
    31 Abronah 34
    32 Ezion-geber 35
    33 Wilderness of Zin 36
    34 Mount Hor 37-40
    20th march see below

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    ‫בס"ד‬
    ‫טבלאות לאפרים‬
    Creative views to understand ideas from Chumash, Tanach and Halacha
    35 Zalmonah 41
    36 Punon 42
    37 Oboth 43
    The last 8 marches
    38 Iye-abarim 44
    2488 40 39 Dibon-Gad
    in the 40th year after
    45
    the Exodus
    40 Almon-Diblathaim 46
    41 Hills of Abarim 47
    42 Steppes of Moab 48

    The 20th March (in the 38 middle years)


    Rashi (B’midbar 33:1) There are only 42 marches of which 14 were during the first year
    before the punishment, when they marched from Ramses to Rithmah. From there the
    spies were sent, as it is written, “After the people set our from Nazeroth”, “Send men
    to spy”. And from here we read, “They set out from Hazeroth and encamped at
    Rithmah.” From this we learn that Rithmah is in the wilderness of Paran. If we also
    deduct the 8 marches which followed Aaron’s death, from Mount Hor to the steppes
    of Moab, in the 40th year, we will find that throughout the 38 years, them made only
    20 marches.

    Mizrahi (commenting on Rashi) If count each of the marches, from when the spies were
    sent, namely from when they left Rithmah, which is Kadesh Barnea, until they arrived
    at Har HaHor, we will only find 19 marches and not 20, and the total number of
    marches were only 20 marches.
    When they arrived at Har HaHor the Canaanites engaged the Jews in battle and
    aroused in them the desire to return to Egypt, and the Levites pursued them and
    brought them back (see Rashi 26:13). Thus, they turned back from Har HaHor to
    Moseroth, a distance of seven marches. This distance was not considered a march
    since they were moving away from their destination.
    The Jews then retraced their steps back to Har HaHor, which is called a march for
    they were now advancing towards their destination. The entire distance from
    Maseroth to Har HaHor the second time (which had taken seven marches and
    encampments the first time) they now repeated in a frenzy and at a run, without
    stopping.
    It is this latter march which Rashi, following the Midrash, considered a single march.
    Thus, Rashi counts eight marches from Moseroth to Har HaHor, the first seven
    together with the return march.

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