TORAH-FAX BAMIDBAR TORAH STUDY

BAMD74JL
TORAH STUDY QUESTIONS
BY RABBI JORY LANG
1. Stone Chumash Pg. 738 739 (Bamidbar 3:17, 19)
In ordering the census of the Levites, the Torah refers to a son of Kohath named Amram
who was the father of Moses and Aaron !ince Aaron and his surviving sons are now
Kohanim, the reference to Levis descended from Amram can on"# mean Moses$ sons
%h# are Moses$ sons a"most invisi&"e in the Torah'
2. Stone Chumash Pg. 7! " 73 (Bamidbar 3:21 38)
The Levites are assigned s(ecific (osts )&# fami"# grou(s* around the south, north and
west of Ta&ernac"e The direction the# are to guard and their (ro+imit# to the Ta&ernac"e
is determined &# the fami"ies$ merit, strengths and wea,nesses Moses, Aaron and the
Kohanim are the on"# ones (ositioned to the east of the Ta&ernac"e This (rocedure ho"ds
true regard"ess of whether the Ta&ernac"e is stationar# or the -hi"dren of Israe" are &eing
moved %hat was the effect of this mode" was over time'
3. Stone Chumash Pg. 72 73# $!! " $!1 (Bamidbar 3:! $)
In this .arsha, /ashem instructs Moses to redeem each first&orn of the -hi"dren of Israe"
with a Levite )thus transferring the (rivi"eged status*, adding 0the Levites sha"" &e Mine, I
am /ashem1 %h# are the Levites &eing thus rewarded'
. Stone Chumash %g. 118! (&osea 2:1 22) &a'tarah Bamidbar
In this /aftarah /osea, having s(o,en i"" of Israe" and understanding his sin, &"esses them
instead, sa#ing, 0The num&er of the -hi"dren of Israe" sha"" &e "i,e the sand of the sea,
which cannot &e measured or counted1 %h# was critici2ing Israe" a sin this time' Isn$t
that what the (ro(hets did'