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interpretation of parts of Tanach by close reading, not derivation

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B'midbar 32:17 - Why did the tribes of Re'uven and Gad need to build fortified cities?

Divrei Hayamim I 5:10 and 5:19-22 mentions a war between the two and a half tribes and the "Hagarites" in the time of Shaul (and there's a Midrash - right now I don't remember the location - that says …
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Did the half tribe of Menashe have the same conditions as the tribe of Re'uven and Gad?

Sure. We see in Yehoshua 1:13-15 that he reminds all two and a half tribes of "what Moshe the servant of Hashem commanded you," and after it's all over he calls all of them (Yehoshua 22:1-3) and prais …
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Why separate verses for the camel, hare, and hyrax?

In Devarim they're listed the way you suggested, all in one posuk. Daas Sofrim says (http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=39783&st=&pgnum=169) that in Vayikra they're given each their own pos …
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