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Guiding Questions: Numbers 3

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This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

Does Numbers 3:1-3 specify that Aharon and Mosheh are of the tribe of Levi?
According to Numbers 3:6, whom are the Levites to serve (see also Numbers 3:9)?
What are “netunim?”
According to Numbers 3:12, to whom do the Leviim belong — to Aharon or to _________?
And, according to Numbers 3:12-13, why are the Leviim considered special?
In Numbers 3:14-39, in addition to a census of the Leviim, what else is specified for each “family?”
How does Numbers 3:40-44 affirm the purpose of selecting the Leviim?
How is Numbers 3:47-48 continued in our tradition to this day?

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