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Recall that originally the First Born
served as priests. After the sin of the Golden calf the
first born were replaced by the Levites. The Bible at Nu03-39
tells us that there were 22,000 Levites. But if we subtotal all
the Levite tribes we find 22,300 Levites. Rashi explains that
there were in fact 22,000 non-first-born levites, since the 300
first born levites replaced themselves. There were 22,273 first born.
Hence the 22,000 Levites could replace all but 273 first born. These
273 first born had to be redeemed with five dollars per person.
These details are summarized in the spreadsheet below. This is a good
example of the spreadsheet method since Rashi literally uses a spreadsheet
structure to illuminate the verses. Note particularly the column labeled Source.
Here each comment is either a verse or some derived mathematical computation. These derived
mathematical computations are in fact the contents of the Rashi comments. The spreadsheet
below simply makes the Rashis clearer and more obvious.
Line Item
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Count of
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Verse
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Count
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Source
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Line 1
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Gershon
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Nu03-22
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7,600
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Verse
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Line 2
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Kehath
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Nu03-28
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5,600
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Verse
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Line 3
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Merari
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Nu03-33
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6,200
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Verse
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Line 4
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All Levites
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'
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22,300
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Total #1-#3
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Line 5
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All [Non 1stBorn] Levites: Verse Subtotal
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Nu03-39b
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22,000
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Verse
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Line 6
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1st Born Levites
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'
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300
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Inference: Line #4 - #5
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Line 7
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1st Born Israelites
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Nu03-43
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22,273
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Verse
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Line 8
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Unpaired 1st Born-Levite
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Nu03-46a
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273
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Verse: Line #7 - #5
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