Ibn Ezra: Spirit of Leadership (Pinchas)
Moses asks God who the next leader will be, using an unusual name: “God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the community” (Numbers 27:16).
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Ibn Ezra: Moses’ Mistake (Chukat)
God tells Moses to speak to a rock, which will then provide water. Instead, Moses strikes it twice with his rod. He and Aaron are punished. Why exactly?
Ibn Ezra: Cushite Woman (Beha’alotcha)
Seemingly out of nowhere, Miriam and Aaron gossip critically about Moses. They say, “He married a Cushite woman!” (Numbers 12:1). But what does that mean?
Ibn Ezra: And Women (Vayakhel)
Hebrew words often defaults to masculine. Abraham ibn Ezra clarifies that women generously and skililfully contributed to the Mishkan as well.
Ibn Ezra: Knowing God (Ki Tissa)
Moses stayed on Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights. God spoke, then gave Moses the tablets. What else did Moses begin to know?