[Avodah] Since Moshe received the Torah, didn't he know that God would punish him

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From: Yaacov Shulman <yacovdavid at gmail.com>
Subject: Since  Moshe received the Torah, didn't he know that
God would punish  him for hitting the rock?

Since Moshe received the Torah, didn't he know  that God would punish him
for hitting the rock?

How would you answer  this question, please...?

-- 
Yaacov David  Shulman



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He didn't receive the whole Torah all at once.  The  narrative sections 
that occurred after Ma'amad Har Sinai were  written down piece by piece as they 
occurred. This also explains why he  didn't know what to answer the Bnos 
Tslafchad, what the meraglim would say  before he sent them out, etc.
 
According to Rashi there is a difference of opinion about the last few  
pesukim of the Torah, describing Moshe's death.  One opinion is that he  wrote 
those pesukim just before he died, with tears flowing down his face  as he 
wrote them (obviously, writing the words as Hashem dictated  them); the other 
opinion is that Yehoshua wrote them after Moshe  died.
 
 


--Toby Katz
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Romney -- good  values, good family, good  hair


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