Thursday, February 2, 2017

time - Moshe's age and the timeline of the exodus



Moshe was 80 when he approached Par'o before the makos, and the makos lasted a year, so he turned 81 in the Adar before the Jews left Mitzrayim. As he turned 120 in the Adar before the Jews entered Israel, the Jews were in the desert only 39 years. What gives?




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periodic trends - Comparing radii in lithium, beryllium, magnesium, aluminium and sodium ions

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