Bamidbar 10: The Upside Down

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Feb 23, 2026 · 4m

The building drama of the first ten chapters has reached its zenith. The people are counted. The camp is organized. The Levites carry the Mishkan. The trumpets fashioned and ready to call out. The cloud lifts from the Mishkan and Moses asks his father-in-law to accompany the people for the homes stretch (he declines). And then the dramatic song:

“When the Ark was to set out, Moses would say: Advance, O God ! May Your enemies be scattered, and may Your foes flee before You!

וַיְהִי בִּנְסֹעַ הָאָרֹן וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה קוּמָה ה׳ וְיָפֻצוּ אֹיְבֶיךָ וְיָנֻסוּ מְשַׂנְאֶיךָ מִפָּנֶיךָ׃

And when it…