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<p>Only Levites aged 30 and up were fully obligated to work in the Mishkan.  Those younger were either in training or simply volunteers.</p> | <p>Only Levites aged 30 and up were fully obligated to work in the Mishkan.  Those younger were either in training or simply volunteers.</p> | ||
| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href="ToseftaShekalim3-16" data-aht="source">Tosefta Shekalim</a><a href="ToseftaShekalim3-16" data-aht="source">Shekalim 3:16</a><a href="Tosefta" data-aht="parshan">About the Tosefta</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="SifreBemidbar8-24" data-aht="source">Sifre Bemidbar</a><a href="SifreBemidbar8-24" data-aht="source">8:24</a><a href="Sifre Bemidbar" data-aht="parshan">About Sifre Bemidbar</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliChulin24a" data-aht="source">Bavli Chulin</a><a href="BavliChulin24a" data-aht="source">Chulin 24a</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>,</mekorot> | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="ToseftaShekalim3-16" data-aht="source">Tosefta Shekalim</a><a href="ToseftaShekalim3-16" data-aht="source">Shekalim 3:16</a><a href="Tosefta" data-aht="parshan">About the Tosefta</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="SifreBemidbar8-24" data-aht="source">Sifre Bemidbar</a><a href="SifreBemidbar8-24" data-aht="source">8:24</a><a href="Sifre Bemidbar" data-aht="parshan">About Sifre Bemidbar</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliChulin24a" data-aht="source">Bavli Chulin</a><a href="BavliChulin24a" data-aht="source">Chulin 24a</a><a href="Talmud Bavli" data-aht="parshan">About the Bavli</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashiBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 8:24-26</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambanBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 8:24-26</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe b. Nachman</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahBemidbar8-24" data-aht="source">HaKetav VeHaKabbalah</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahBemidbar8-24" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 8:24</a><a href="R. Yaakov Mecklenburg (HaKetav VeHaKabbalah)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yaakov Mecklenburg</a></multilink></mekorot> |
| + | <point><b>Training or Volunteering</b></point> | ||
| + | <point><b>לִצְבֹא צָבָא בַּעֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד</b> – Ramban suggests that the contrast in formulation between Chapters 4 and 8 might support Rashi's reading. Throughout Chapter 4 the verses speak explicitly of the Levites doing work, "לִצְבֹא צָבָא <b>לַעֲבֹד</b> עֲבֹדָה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד" while in Bemidbar 8, instead, the verses write "לִצְבֹא צָבָא <b>בַּ</b>עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד", without including the verb "לַעֲבֹד".</point> | ||
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<category>Different Tasks | <category>Different Tasks | ||
Version as of 05:30, 24 May 2019
Ages of Levite Workers
Exegetical Approaches
Different Levels of Obligation
Only Levites aged 30 and up were fully obligated to work in the Mishkan. Those younger were either in training or simply volunteers.
Training or Volunteering
לִצְבֹא צָבָא בַּעֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד – Ramban suggests that the contrast in formulation between Chapters 4 and 8 might support Rashi's reading. Throughout Chapter 4 the verses speak explicitly of the Levites doing work, "לִצְבֹא צָבָא לַעֲבֹד עֲבֹדָה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד" while in Bemidbar 8, instead, the verses write "לִצְבֹא צָבָא בַּעֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד", without including the verb "לַעֲבֹד".
Different Tasks
The heavy work of carrying was assigned only to those thirty and above, but other tasks were given to those that were younger.
