Leviticus 24 Curses!!

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Feb 4, 2026 · 2m

“There came out among the Israelites a man whose mother was Israelite and whose father was Egyptian. And a fight broke out in the camp between that son of an Israelite woman and a certain Israelite” (verse 10).

וַיֵּצֵא בֶּן־אִשָּׁה יִשְׂרְאֵלִית וְהוּא בֶן־אִישׁ מִצְרִי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּנָּצוּ בַּמַּחֲנֶה בֶּן הָאִשָּׁה הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית וְאִישׁ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִי.

This story comes out of nowhere and poses a lot of questions. Who is this person? Why is it important that he was the son of an Egyptian and an Israelite woman? What fight broke out? Why do we need to know his mother’s…