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Exodus 36: Who Knows Fifty?
“They made fifty copper clasps to couple the tent together so that it might become one whole.” (Exodus 36:18)
וַיַּעַשׂ קַרְסֵי נְחֹשֶׁת חֲמִשִּׁים לְחַבֵּר אֶת־הָאֹהֶל לִהְיוֹת אֶחָד׃
Why were there fifty rings? The number fifty does not appear often in the Torah—certainly not as often as some of the other repeated numbers like 3, 7, 10, and 40. The width of Noah’s Ark was fifty cubits (Genesis 6:15). When a man seduces a young woman and sleeps with her, he must pay her fifty shekels if the father will not consent to the couple getting married (Deuteronomy 22:29). There are also fifty days…
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