Parsha Nasso: Numbers 4:21-Numbers 7:89

Parsha Nasso: Day #1 (Numbers 4:21-37) (Study Notes)

In the last section of Parsha Bemidbar, Hashem commanded Moshe to take a census of the Kohathites--one of the 3 sons of Levi--and the clans under him.

(Numbers 4:21-22)

This parsha opens with Hashem (the Holy One, Blessed be He) commanding Moshe Rabbeinu to take another census. This time, the census is to be of the Gershonites--the second son of Levi. As with the Kohathites, the census of the Gershonites was to record each individual Gershonite by their:

1. Ancestral house

2. Clan.

Parsha Nasso: Day 1: Numbers 4:21-37

Parsha Nasso

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

21 And the LORD spoke unto Moses saying:

נָשֹׂ֗א אֶת־רֹ֛אשׁ בְּנֵ֥י גֵרְשׁ֖וֹן גַּם־הֵ֑ם לְבֵ֥ית אֲבֹתָ֖ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃

22 ’Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’houses, by their families;