Naso 7:3 · EXTRA 1 — six covered wagons EXTRA

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The Complete Passuk

וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ אֶת־קׇרְבָּנָ֜ם לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֗ה שֵׁשׁ־עֶגְלֹ֥ת צָב֙ וּשְׁנֵ֣י עָשָׂ֣ר בָּקָ֔ר עֲגָלָ֛ה עַל־שְׁנֵ֥י הַנְּשִׂאִ֖ים וְשׁ֣וֹר לְאֶחָ֑ד וַיַּקְרִ֥יבוּ אוֹתָ֖ם לִפְנֵ֥י הַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃

and brought their offering before GOD: six draught carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two chieftains and an ox for each one.When they had brought them before the Tabernacle,

Chabad.org — 7:3

Source Citation

Bamidbar Rabbah / classic — EXTRA.

Core Text of Chazal / Classic Source

Core Text

שש עגלת צב —\ldots שתים לגרשון וארבע למררי.

English: “Six covered wagons” — \ldots two for Gershon and four for Merari.

On the midrash / in context: The distribution matches the relative bulk of each clan’s charge; Kehas receives none because the holiest objects are borne on the shoulder.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal explain the 2-to-4 split of the wagons according to the loads of Gershon and Merari.