Rabbi Gordon - Pinchas: 3rd Portion
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Rabbi Yehoshua Gordon directed Chabad of the Valley in Tarzana, CA until his passing in 2016.
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Anonymous
Flagstaff, AZ
July 10, 2015
70 Souls
Could it have been that "70" was a rounded number?
Was "400" [Gn 15:13] a rounded number for "430" [Ex 12:40], or was it just that there was a window of 30 years between when they entered Egypt and when the Egyptians began to enslave and afflict them [Ex 1:6-8]?
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July 3, 2018
in response to Anonymous:
It was already explained that 70 was an exact number. Reply
I'm confused. It says that Levi's 3 children are Gershon, K'hos and M'rori.
The very next posuk says Levi's children are Chevron, Machli, Mushi, Korchi.
Please 'splain this to me.
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The next verse is describing the children of Gershon, Kehas, and Merari. Each grandchild of Levi created their own clan. As Exodus 6 says: "The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their families. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi."