Barrick, The Authorship of Deuteronomy 34
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;h×ox"l sÛfn-)olºw
bÙf)Om tÛob:r×a(:B
{OÕy {yØi$ol:$
;h×e$om
lebÛ") yÙik:b yÛ"mºy Uêm:TéY×aw
Diagram 4: Deuteronomy 34:9
hêfm:kfx axUØr ü)"lfm }Uèn-}iB a(Øu$Ohy×iw 34.9
wyÙfdæy-te) hÖe$om |Ûamfs-y×iK
wyÕflf(
ül")fr:&éy-y×"n:B wyÜfl") Uí(:m:$éYáw
Uê&A(áY×aw
;h×e$om-te) hÙfwhºy hÛfUic rÖe$A)aK
[9]
Joshua the son of Nun was filled with a spirit of wisdom because Moses had
laid his hand upon him. Therefore the Israelites obeyed him and they did just as Yahweh
had commanded Moses.
hêfm:kfx axUØr ü)"lfm }Uèn-}iB a(Øu$Ohy×iw 34.9
wyÕflf(
ül")fr:&éy-y×"n:B wyÜfl") Uí(:m:$éYáw
Uê&A(áY×aw
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The phrase occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.
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Abraham had wept at the death of Sarah (Gen 23:2), Joseph wept over Jacob (50:1). All Israel wept at the
deaths of Nadab and Abihu (Lev 10:6). Just prior to Moses' death, the Israelites had wept at the death of
Aaron (
}orAha)-t×e) UK:béYáw, Num 20:29).
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The same period of mourning was observed for Aaron (Num 20:29).
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A period of mourning (
lebÛ") y"mºy) is already mentioned in Gen 27:41 (cf. 50:10, 11).
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hfm:kfx axUr )"lfm is a phrase found in Exod 28:3 concerning craftsmen for the Tabernacle. As for the
Spirit being upon Joshua, see Num 27:18 (cf. fn 61, below).
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Note the divine instruction given to Moses to perform this commissioning of Joshua in Num 27:18
(
Ù!:dæy-te) ÛfT:kamfsºw OÕB axUØr-re$A) $yÙi) }Uên-}iB a(Øu$Ohºy-te) ü!:l-xaq hèe$om-le) hðfwhºy rem)íoYáw
;wy×flf().
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he$om-te) hwhy hfUic re$A)aK U&A(áY×aw is familiar phraseology in the Pentateuch (Exod 38:22; Lev
16:34; 24:23). Driver noted similar phraseology also in Lev 8:4; Num 20:27; 27:22; and 31:31
(Deuteronomy, 417).