- Hashem told Moshe to assemble the whole congregation of B'nai
Yisrael, present the Levites to Hashem, and B'nai Yisrael were to lay
their hands upon the Levites. What did laying-on-hands represent?
The Levites became a wave offering from B'nai Yisrael to Hashem so
that they were offered to the service of Hashem.
- At what age did the Levites begin to perform the service in the work
of the tent of meeting?
25
- At what age did they serve no more in that service?
- And what were they to do in their "retirement"?
- From the age of 50
- After 50 they ministered to their brethren in the
tent of meeting.
- If one were unclean by having come in contact with a dead body, or
they were away in a far off land at the appointed season of the Pesach,
what were they to do so that they would not have to forsake this
mitzvah?
- How did they learn what was to be done?
- They were to celebrate Pesach Sheni on the 14th day of the second
month;
- Moshe asked Hashem what they were to do.
- If a stranger sojourned amongst the people at the time of the Pesach,
what was their situation?
They were to celebrate according to the statute of the Passover and
according to its ordinance, as there was one ordinance for the stranger
and for those born in the land.
- Why does it seem strange that Hashem commanded the people to
celebrate the Passover in the desert?
In Exodus, Hashem had commanded them to celebrate the Passover once
they were in the land that he would give them as an inheritance.
- How did the people know when Hashem wanted them to travel and when to
stop?
When the cloud covered the tent, they camped; when it lifted, they
traveled.
- When the people were to be called together, how many silver trumpets
were blown and by whom?
2; the priests
- Which two families were to carry the tabernacle when it was moved?
The sons of Gershon and Merari
- Who were the bearers of the Sanctuary?
Kohathites
- When it became apparent that the complaints of the people were too
much for Moshe to handle alone, Hashem told him to gather how many
elders to teach them to judge with him?
70
- Some of the people lusted after the "good life of Egypt",
especially what?
- How did Hashem satisfy this lusting, and what was his attitude about it?
- Meat.
- He provided them with quail but while they were eating it, his
anger burned and he afflicted them with a deadly plague.
- What was Miriam's punishment for gossiping about Moshe to Aaron?
And for how long?
She was made leprous; for 7 days
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