In perek 14, pasuk 1, Why does it say “and the sara’at was cured of the person suffering sara’at?” It seems backward.
Ibn Ezra Notes the confusion but also says that Hashem wouldn’t change the way He writes it because of our limited understanding.
This answer makes sense but I don’t like it so much since it’s pretty much a glorified way of saying he doesn’t know.
What are other reasons why the passuk is written in this order?
Are there other times in the Torah that seems seem to be in the wrong order? What are they?
What are other times that mepharshim point out a question in the text but don’t know the answer?
Another place in the Torah that seems like it is in the wrong order is when hashem says to moshe go and I will send you. According to the or hachaim, it is because moshe has to want to go before hashem can send him. Every person can choose the path they want to take. Moshe has to want to go before hashem sends this. I like this answer because I think it’s improtant not to force him upon going, rather learning to want it himself and then going.
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ReplyDeleteAnother time in the Torah where something seems out of order: In first pasuk of Bereishis Rashi asks the question: Why din’t the Torah start with pasuk about the first mitzvah in the Torah about Rosh Chodesh:"This month shall be [your first month]," But instead the Torah begins with "In the beginning"? What is the reason fo this? This is because should the nations of the world say to Bnei Yisroel, "You are robbers, for you have taken by force the lands of the Seven Nations," Then they ill say to them: "All the earth belongs to G-d. He created it and gave it to whomever He saw fit. It was His will to give it to them and it was His will to take it from them and give it to. us."