Monday, January 14, 2008

Erev Rav in the Chumash

The Erev Rav is mentioned only once explicitly in the Torah, in Shemot 12:38:

And also a Mixed Multitude went up with them...

Targum Yonatan translates this as:

And also many foreigners, and from them 240 myriads (2,400,000 men), went up with them...

We see from this that the Erev Rav was 80% of those that left Mitzraim, while B'nei Yisrael were just 20%.

Posted by גילוי at 1/14/2008 10:20:00 AM
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2008 at 4:18 PM

    There is a typo in the post: "when up"

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  2. גילויJanuary 15, 2008 at 4:25 PM

    Fixed. Thanks

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2008 at 11:11 PM

    And they continue to torment us to this very day. I guess Moshe should have never argued against haShem. But on the other hand, if it where not for Erev Rav, we may not have lasted this long.

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