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If Moshe Rabbeinu was taught the entire Torah on Mt. Sinai (Rashi on Vayikra 25:1), how do we explain events such as the incident involving the Bnos Tzelafchad (Bamidbar 27:1-11), or the tamei people who wanted to bring the Korban Pesach (Bamidbar 9:1-14), where Moshe evidently did not know the end of the story as recorded in the Torah?

If Moshe Rabbeinu was taught the entire Torah on Mt. Sinai (Rashi on Vayikra 25:1, Rambam), how do we explain events such as the incident involving the Bnos Tzelafchad (Bamidbar 27:1-11), or the tamei people who wanted to bring the Korban Pesach (Bamidbar 9:1-14), where Moshe evidently did not know the end of the story as recorded in the Torah?