Naso 5780
Question: Why are the roles of the בני לוי repeated in פרק ד, after having been mentioned in פרק ג?
Approach: it would seem that the main placing of this information is in פרק ד with the count of the serving לווים. However, the respective roles also have a bearing on where each family is located around the משכן and their neighboring tribes. So משה and the כהנים were linked with מחנה יהודה due to their having to take the most important parts of the משכן and take charge of the move. בני קהת, who took the vessels, were then placed next to מחנה ראובן who travelled second. בני גרשון, who took the inner skeleton were linked with מחנה אפרים who were third in line and finally בני מררי, who took the outer skeleton and did the heavy lifting, brought up the rear together with מחנה דן.
Approach: it would seem that the main placing of this information is in פרק ד with the count of the serving לווים. However, the respective roles also have a bearing on where each family is located around the משכן and their neighboring tribes. So משה and the כהנים were linked with מחנה יהודה due to their having to take the most important parts of the משכן and take charge of the move. בני קהת, who took the vessels, were then placed next to מחנה ראובן who travelled second. בני גרשון, who took the inner skeleton were linked with מחנה אפרים who were third in line and finally בני מררי, who took the outer skeleton and did the heavy lifting, brought up the rear together with מחנה דן.
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