Torah Reading for Naso

Numbers 4:21-7:89

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Chapter 4

38. The tally of the sons of Gershon, according to their families and their fathers' houses.		לח. וּפְקוּדֵי בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֹן לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָם וּלְבֵית אֲבֹתָם:
39. From the age of thirty years and upward, until the age of fifty years, all who come to the legion, forservice in the Tent of Meeting.		לט. מִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה וְעַד בֶּן חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה כָּל הַבָּא לַצָּבָא לַעֲבֹדָה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד:
40. Their total, according to their families and their fathers' houses: two thousand, six hundred and thirty.		מ. וַיִּהְיוּ פְּקֻדֵיהֶם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם אַלְפַּיִם וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת וּשְׁלֹשִׁים:
41. These are the numbers of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted as directed by the Lord.		מא. אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֹן כָּל הָעֹבֵד בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אֲשֶׁר פָּקַד מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן עַל פִּי יְ־הֹוָ־ה:
42. The tally of the families of the sons of Merari, according to their families and their fathers' houses.		מב. וּפְקוּדֵי מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי מְרָרִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם:
43. From the age of thirty years and upward, until the age of fifty years, all who come to the legion, for work in the Tent of Meeting.		מג. מִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה וְעַד בֶּן חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה כָּל הַבָּא לַצָּבָא לַעֲבֹדָה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד:
44. Their tally, according to their families: three thousand two hundred.		מד. וַיִּהְיוּ פְקֻדֵיהֶם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וּמָאתָיִם:
45. These are the numbers of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted as directed by the Lord to Moses.		מה. אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי מְרָרִי אֲשֶׁר פָּקַד מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן עַל פִּי יְ־הֹוָ־ה בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה:
46. All the numbers whom by Moses, Aaron, and the chieftains of Israel counted the Levites according to their families and their fathers' houses,		מו. כָּל הַפְּקֻדִים אֲשֶׁר פָּקַד מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן וּנְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת הַלְוִיִּם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם וּלְבֵית אֲבֹתָם:
47. from the age of thirty years and upward until the age of fifty years, who are fit to perform the service for the service and the work of carrying, in the Tent of Meeting.		מז. מִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה וְעַד בֶּן חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה כָּל הַבָּא לַעֲבֹד עֲבֹדַת עֲבֹדָה וַעֲבֹדַת מַשָּׂא בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד:
to perform the service for the service: This refers to the music with cymbals and harps, which is a service for another service [the sacrifices].		עבדת עבדה: הוא השיר במצלתים וכנורות, שהיא עבודה לעבודה אחרת:
and the work of carrying: As it [the phrase] means literally.		ועבודת משא: כמשמעו:

48. Their tally: eight thousand, five hundred and eighty.		מח. וַיִּהְיוּ פְּקֻדֵיהֶם שְׁמֹנַת אֲלָפִים וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וּשְׁמֹנִים:
49. As directed by the Lord, they were appointed by Moses, each man to his service and his burden; they were counted as the Lord had commanded Moses.		מט. עַל פִּי יְ־הֹוָ־ה פָּקַד אוֹתָם בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה אִישׁ אִישׁ עַל עֲבֹדָתוֹ וְעַל מַשָּׂאוֹ וּפְקֻדָיו אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְ־הֹוָ־ה אֶת מֹשֶׁה:
They were counted as the Lord had commanded Moses: Those that were counted were as commanded, from the age of thirty years until the age of fifty years.		ופקדיו אשר צוה ה' את משה: ואותן הפקודים היו במצוה מבן שלשים שנה ועד בן חמשים שנה:

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