Parsha Bemidbar: Numbers 1:1-4:20

Parsha: Bemidbar

Day 3: Numbers 2:1-34

(Study Notes)

In our last daily portion of Parsha Bamidbar, we learned that the Levites were to camp close to the Tabernacle, while the rest of the 12 Tribes (10 + 2 of Joseph) encamped in formation at a distance. Today’s portion provides the formation of the outer  Tribal encampments.

(Numbers 2:1-2)

We learn that the Israelite encampment was not random. The people did not haphazardly choose where to dwell. Rather, HaKadosh Baruch Hu instructs Moshe Rabbeinu and Aaron how and in what order the Tribes were to set up their dwellings. These dwellings were the sukkahs ordained by HaKadosh Baruch Hu.

Day 3: Numbers 2:1-34

Numbers Chapter 2

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

אִ֣ישׁ עַל־דִּגְל֤וֹ בְאֹתֹת֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם יַחֲנ֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִנֶּ֕גֶד סָבִ֥יב לְאֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵ֖ד יַחֲנֽוּ׃

2 ’The children of Israel shall pitch by their fathers’ houses; every man with his own standard, according to the ensigns; a good way off shall they pitch round about the tent of meeting.