Midrash Aggadah

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Midrash Aggadah texts, a body of rabbinic literature devoted to the narrative, ethical, and homiletical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible. These works illuminate Scripture through stories, parables, and theological reflection.

Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 5

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 5

(Numb. 22:7:) “So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went with [the tools for] divination in their hand,” for they brought in their hands all kinds of divining instruments...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 6

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 6

(Numb. 22:12:) “Then God said unto Balaam, ‘You shall not go with them.’” He said to Him, “If so, I will curse them from where I am.”22Numb. R. 20:10. He said to him, (ibid., cont....

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Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 7

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 7

(Numb. 22:20:) “Then God came unto Balaam at night.” This text is related (to Job 33:15-17), “In a dream, a vision of the night […]; Then he uncovers a human ear […]; To turn a per...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 8

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 8

(Numb. 22:20:) “Then God came unto Balaam at night.” This text is related (to Exod. 12:42), “That was for the Lord a night of vigil.” All miracles which were done for Israel and wh...

Dreams

Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 9

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 9

(Numb. 22:28:) “Then the Lord opened the mouth of the she-ass,” in order to make known to him that the mouth and the tongue are under His (i.e., God's) control, so that if he desir...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 10

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 10

(Numb. 22:31:) “Then the Lord uncovered the eyes of Balaam and he saw [the angel of the Lord….].” Was he blind?34Numb. R. 20:15. [These words were] simply to inform him that even t...

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Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 11

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 11

(Numb. 22:39:) “Then Balaam went unto38The Masoretic text reads both this and the following UNTO as WITH. Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-Huzoth (literally: city of markets),” wh...

Sacrifice

Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 12

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 12

(Numb. 23:4:) “Then God encountered Balaam.” The Holy One, blessed be He, said to him, “You evil man! What are you doing?” (Ibid., cont.:) “And [Balaam] said unto him, ‘I have prep...

Death

Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 13

Midrash Aggadah Midrash Tanchuma, Balak 13

(Numb. 23:11-14:) “And Balak said to Balaam, ‘What have you done to me; to curse….’ And Balaam answered and said, ‘Is it not that that which God places into my mouth….’ And Balak s...

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