The medieval Spanish scholar Rambam said about “accounts in the Torah which many think serve no purpose: When we come across narratives in the Torah which have no connection with any of the commandments, we are inclined to think that they are superfluous, or too lengthy, or repetitious, but this is only because we do not see the particular details, which make those narratives noteworthy. Of this kind is the enumeration of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness. At first sight it appears to be entirely useless. To remove such a misconception, the Torah states
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The medieval Spanish scholar Rambam said about “accounts in the Torah which many think serve no purpose: When we come across narratives in the Torah which have no connection with any of the commandments, we are inclined to think that they are superfluous, or too lengthy, or repetitious, but this is only because we do not see the particular details, which make those narratives noteworthy. Of this kind is the enumeration of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness. At first sight it appears to be entirely useless. To remove such a misconception, the Torah states