Timeline for Why kill the young male children in Bamidbar 31:17?
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| Aug 22 at 17:27 | comment | added | Rardal | I appreciate the work put into the response, it was a fascinating read! I like how the answer goes hand-in-hand with both of my questions. | |
| Aug 22 at 17:24 | vote | accept | Rardal | ||
| Aug 22 at 12:34 | comment | added | Y DJ | Correct. Accusation. Either that they sinned or even were planning to sin as if they liked some of the women. | |
| Aug 22 at 12:31 | comment | added | Rabbi Kaii | @YDJ yes it couldn't have been from that incident but it could still be an accusation that "maybe they had sinned in the past" (they had been in the area and the midbar in general for a long time at this point) | |
| Aug 22 at 12:25 | comment | added | Y DJ | Satan is crazy True. However, Moshe himself said that every man who went after Baal Peor died. Also Aharon died on 1st of Av in the 40th year (counting from Pesach Mitzraim. Event with Baal Peor happened afterwards. Not enough time to get pregnant and give birth - 6 months unless it was a miracle. Moshe died on 7th of .Adar and spoke before for several days. | |
| Aug 22 at 11:55 | comment | added | Rabbi Kaii | @YDJ here's something you made me wonder. Maybe there could be an accusation that this was not the first time they had sinned, and some of the young males were their children? Never seen that in the sources | |
| Aug 22 at 9:21 | history | edited | Rabbi Kaii | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 22 at 4:15 | comment | added | Y DJ | For the 1st reason, indeed, killing the males would remove the suspicion. Otherwise, it does appear that some Jewish soldiers liked the women like Kli Yakar says, and sought to keep even their memory (men come from a seed of a woman (i.e. those boys), and women come from a seed of a man! - there's another gemara about it). I.e. boys in general look like their mothers. | |
| Aug 22 at 4:12 | comment | added | Y DJ | For the 2nd reason which you start with, perhaps, it was Midianite men who sent their women to sin with the Jews, even though the Jews did not threaten Midianites in any way, and that caused a plaque among the Jews with 24000 people dead. That could be the answer why Hashem willed that ALL Midianite men be killed, even the young males. Like a decree against ALL Egyptian first born. | |
| Aug 22 at 4:10 | comment | added | Y DJ | Very good point about leadership of Moshe! | |
| Aug 22 at 1:25 | history | answered | Rabbi Kaii | CC BY-SA 4.0 |