Bamidbar - 2nd Portion

Join me as we learnish for Monday the second Torah reading of parishes. Yesterday we learned as God commanded Moses and Aaron to count the Jewish people along with the 12 leaders of each tribe to help out. Today we go through the count and we see that found miraculously the tally of each tribe was exactly by a rounded number rounded by 50 as we'll go through the tallies and the counting of each one of the tribes. Verse 20 is and the tribe of Ruven the firstborn of Israel the firstborn told their descendants according to their families of according to their father's house according to the number of individual names by the headcount from 20 years and up whoever was fit to serve in the army the count the tally according to the tribe of Ruvane was shisha was 46,500. Verse 22n for the tally for the tribe of the descendants according to their families according to their father's houses their count according to their individual names of the headcount of every male from 20 years and up whoever was eligible for war for the army to serve in the army. Verse 23. The tally for the tribe of Shim was 59,300. Verse 24 according to the tribe of God, the people of God. Their descendants according to their families according to their father's houses numbers of individual names 20 years and older who were fit to serve in the army. The tally for the tribe of God was 45,650. Verse 26 according to the children the tally of the tribe of Yehud the descendants according to their families to their father's houses with their individual names 20 years and over those who were fit to serve in the army. The tally according to the tribe of Yehuda was 74,600 the tally for the tribe of their descendants according to their families and according to their father's houses of their numbers individual names of 20 years and over and all those who were fit to serve in the army of the tally for the tribe of was 54 4,400 verse 30 for the tribe of their descendants of their families according to their father's houses according to their names uh of the individual names of 20 years and over and those who were fit to serve in the army the tally for the tribe of was seven was um for the tribe of Zulen was 57,400 Verse 32. For the children of Yoseph for the children of Aph from Yoseph the children according to their families according to their father's houses was according to their names according those who were 20 years and over fit to serve in the army. account for the tribe of was 40,500 34 that the tally of the tribe of their descendants were counted according to their families to their father's houses according to the individual the number of individual names 20 years and over all those that were fit to serve all males who were who were fit to serve in the army manasha the tally that was according to the tribe of manasha was 32,200 for the tribe of the tribe of going according to the uh their descendants who were counted according to their families according to their father's houses according to the number of individual names 20 years and over who were eligible for the serve in the army the tally for the tribe of was 35,000 the tribe of Dun their descendants according to their families according to their father's houses individual names counted those over 20 years old eligible to serve in the army the count according to the tribe of was 62,700 usher the tribe of usher their individual their descendants according to their families and to their father's houses. by the number of individual names of 20 years old and over all those who were fit to serve in the army 41 the tally for the tribe of Usher was 41,500 and finally the 12th one of the tribes told their descendants according to their families and to according to their father's houses the number of individual names 20 years and over and all who were fit to serve in the armyali the count according to the tally for the tribe of was 53,400 this was the tallies counted together with the princes the 12 leaders of the Jewish people the 12 of them one her one representing each one of the tribes of to his father's house. They were verse 45 and was the entire count of the tally of all the Israelites according to their father's houses 20 years and over all those that were eligible to serve in the in Israel that were ser able to serve in the army and the final tally of everything that came in was 603,550. That was a tally of all the tribes. However, as the Torah tells us in verse 47, there was one tribe not counted. The the Levites according to their father's tribe were not counted amongst everybody else. Verse 48 and God spoke to Moshe saying, "Why wasn't the Levite count Levite tribe counted?" Because as God tells Moses here that the tribe of Ley will not be counted amongst everybody else. You must not count tally the tribe of Ley and you must not um you must not census them amongst the rest of the Jewish people. Why are they not counted amongst everybody else? Why are they different? And Rashi explains It is worthy that God's army that God's special army, special servants should be counted individually. Another reason why they were counted separately. God saw that there was going to be a terrible decree of for those that were 20 years and over that they were going to die in the desert which was the decree of the spies which we'll read about in a few Torah readings. Omar. So God said, "These mine should not be part of that terrible decree because they did not sin with the golden calf. Therefore, they should not be part of the terrible decree of those who will not make it into the land of Israel and die in the desert." Verse 50. So therefore, what are you going to do? You're going to put the Levites and what are they going to be in charge of? Alish. They're going to be rechar in charge of the tabernacle of testimony and all its vessels and furnishings and everything that's in it. They will be the ones to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels. They are going to be the ones to serve in the holy temple. They too will also be the ones to encamp around the tabernacle. Verse three. What does this mean? As the tarum explains that you will appoint you will make them in charge in giving them that they should be in charge of things somebody who's in charge of other things. For example the word halfgate doesn't mean count in this case in this case means to put them in charge give them uh responsibilities like we find in the migill the same terminology of that the king appointed people to go collect women to bring to the palace. Verse 51ish. When the tabernacle is to travel, the ones to take down the Mishk will be the Levites. Now, when they're going to be the one to dismantle it and when the Mishkan camps, when the tabernacle camps, the ones to erect it will be the Levites as well. And any non-levite who approaches and tries to help out with this will be put to death by an act of God. The word to mean take down the explain to dismantle it. When they come in the desert to travel from one journey to the next, when they would travel in the desert from place to place, from journey to journey, they would dismantle it from its uh standing, take it apart, carry it until the place that the cloud would stop. And when the cloud would stop, they would stop there, rest there, and erect the Mishkan from a new. What does it mean? A stranger that approaches, meaning a non- Levite that tries to help out with taking down, dismantling, or erecting the tabernacle of to this kind of horse, to this kind of work, that's not their job. And therefore, you must in an act of heaven. Verse 52. And the Jewish people will rest will encamp around the tabernacle around the tabernacle. And the Jewish people will encamp according to their troops and each man by the division. And each man by his banner they will rest. the way we're about to describe in the next Torah reading about how there were banners for each one of the tribes, each one of the camps, three uh tribes for every banner. And this is the way they should encamp around the the around the tabernacle as we see in verse 53. The Levites are going to be the ones that encamp around the actual tabernacle of testimony. of Israel. This way there will not be any anger, divine wrath directed against the Jewish people. The responsibility of the Levites is to protect to guard the tabernacle of the testimony. That was the purpose of them uh resting around and encamping around the tabernacle. Rashi 53, there will not be a divine wrath. If you will follow my commandments, there won't be a divine wrath. But if God forbid you will not you're going to allow non or Levites to enter then God forbid there will be a divine wrath. We see by the story of when other people who are not Levites try to interfere and intermingle within the service of the holy temple. The wrath of God came out on them and they were destroyed. Verse 54 and the Jewish people did like everything that God commanded Moshe that is what they did. This concludes the Torah reading for Monday, Pares Bameidbar.