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But, fortunately, the priests found unharmed ancient papyri. In these papyri were the chapter 17 of Exodus and the history of the Eastern campaign.
With the help of his scam, the priests discredited the history of the southern campaign, replacing it with his own composition.

Because of the sound similarity between the name Ohr and mountain Or, the nameless hill was identified with Mount Or. The character Ohr was forgotten. But if the Jews defeated the king of Edom , then why should they go around Edom? The narrators composed the history of the march through the territor...

Because of the similarity of episodes of water extraction and geographical names, the storytellers combined the stories into one. Desert and episodes of water extraction were identified. Since in 20 Numbers the Jews entered the desert, and in the 17th Exodus they left the desert in Rephidim, the seq...

The priests explained the evolution of the text to the people. In the period of wars and cataclysms, the story was damaged. Chapter 17 of Exodus was lost. Also, the continuation of chapter 20 of Numbers was destroyed. The story of the hike around the Dead Sea completely disappeared. These parts of h...

my opinion: Originally, Exodus did not have chapter 17. The end of chapter 20 Numbers was different. Amalek, king of Edom, attacked the Jews. He was defeated by Joshua. Moses led the battle from the top of Mount Or. The Jews passed through the territory of the defeated Edom to Judea. The editors wan...

Except those listed above there are two more similarities
1. military conflict (In the book of numbers was prevented)
2. mount Or - man Ohr - sound similarities

Why the 17 Exodus and the 20 numbers are very similar?

why?

Books of Genesis and Exodus were one narrative from the very beginning. The Torah had only one source. In the original story, Jacob and Israel were different persons. Jacob's wife Rachel gave birth to Joseph and Benjamin. Israel's wife Leah gave birth to the rest of the ancestors. Joseph punished co...

Unfortunately I do not know English well. I can not fully translate my articles into English. They are long. I will try to briefly describe them. Give final conclusions. This will take some time. The Jewish priests made a brilliant scam. Sage Wellhausen fell on their hook like a stupid carp. Of cour...