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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,
Bamidbar Rabbah / classic — EXTRA.
שש עגלת צב —\ldots שתים לגרשון וארבע למררי.
English: “Six covered wagons” — \ldots two for Gershon and four for Merari.
Custom
Chazal explain the 2-to-4 split of the wagons according to the loads of Gershon and Merari.