Parsha Bemidbar: Numbers 1:1-4:20

Parsha Bemidbar: Day 4 (Numbers 3:1-13) (Study Notes)

(Numbers 3:1)

In our previous daily parsha portion, we learned about the census that Hashem commanded Moshe to take of the fighting aged men who were 20 years and older from all of the 12 Tribes. The only Tribe that was not included in the census taken by Moshe was the Tribe of the Levites. We learned in our last daily study that the Levites were not included because their mission was not fight the physical warfare of the Israelites, but rather the mission of the Levites was to fight the spiritual battles of the Israelites.

Since the Levites had a separate mission, the members of their Tribe were accounted for in a separate (or set apart) census. This portion of Parsha Bamidbar begins to recount the separate census of the Levites. In the opening line we are reminded that the Levites…

Day 4: Numbers 3:1-13

Numbers Chapter 3

וְאֵ֛לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת אַהֲרֹ֖ן וּמֹשֶׁ֑ה בְּי֗וֹם דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּהַ֥ר סִינָֽי׃

1 Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai.

וְאֵ֛לֶּה שְׁמ֥וֹת בְּֽנֵי־אַהֲרֹ֖ן הַבְּכֹ֣ר ׀ נָדָ֑ב וַאֲבִיה֕וּא אֶלְעָזָ֖ר וְאִיתָמָֽר׃

2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.