- How is the description of the lights and the candelabra continued as a tradition to this day?
- Having dedicated the Mishkan, what “dedication” follows?
- Should Numbers 8:12 immediately follow Numbers 8:10—and what does the symbolism convey?
- What is the relationship between Numbers 8:11-13?
- According to Numbers 8:14 to whom did the Leviim “belong?”
- Does Numbers 8:17 change the earlier reason for the selection of the Leviim?
- Why, were it not for the Leviim, might there be a “plague” amongst the Israelites approaching the “Kodesh?”
- How long do the Leviim serve, and what is their role following “retirement” (Numbers 8:24-26)?
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