Bamidbar 3:44

Bamidbar 3:44

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Pasuk 46

Read the Hebrew and the English to answer the next questions.

וְאֵת֙ פְּדוּיֵ֣י הַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֔ה וְהַשִּׁבְעִ֖ים וְהַמָּאתָ֑יִם הָעֹֽדְפִים֙ עַל־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם מִבְּכ֖וֹר בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

And as for the redemption price of the 273 remaining first-born Jews over and above the number of the Levites

Multiple Choice

What does the word הָעֹֽדְפִים֙ mean?

• Less than

• equal to

• more than/remaining

• None of the above

Pasuk 47

וְלָקַחְתָּ֗ חֲמֵ֧שֶׁת חֲמֵ֛שֶׁת שְׁקָלִ֖ים לַגֻּלְגֹּ֑לֶת בְּשֶׁ֤קֶל הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ תִּקָּ֔ח עֶשְׂרִ֥ים גֵּרָ֖ה הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃

and you should take five shekels per head...

Multiple Choice

True or False: On the previous slide, I translated the entire pasuk

• True

• False

Explanation:

The end of the pasuk tells Moshe how much a shekel is worth. There was a coin called a Geirah, which was a silver coin and 20 gerahs is worth 1 shekel. According to this, how many Gerahs were spent if 5 shekalim were used? answer on the next question

Pasuk 48

וְנָתַתָּ֣ה הַכֶּ֔סֶף לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָ֑יו פְּדוּיֵ֕י הָעֹדְפִ֖ים בָּהֶֽם׃

and give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are in excess.

Multiple Choice

Who were the shekalim given to?

• The first borns

• The Kohanim

• The Jews divided it equally among themselves

• They gave it to Hashem

Pasuk 49

וַיִּקַּ֣ח מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵ֖ת כֶּ֣סֶף הַפִּדְי֑וֹם מֵאֵת֙ הָעֹ֣דְפִ֔ים עַ֖ל פְּדוּיֵ֥י הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

So Moshe _________ the redemption money from those over and above the ones redeemed by the Levites