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<p>The heavy work of carrying was assigned only to those thirty and above, but other tasks were given to those that were younger.</p> | <p>The heavy work of carrying was assigned only to those thirty and above, but other tasks were given to those that were younger.</p> | ||
| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RashbamBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 8:24-26</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>,</mekorot> | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RashbamBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 8:24-26</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBemidbar4-3" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 4:3</a><a href="IbnEzraBemidbar4-24" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 4:24</a><a href="IbnEzraBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 8:24-26</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBemidbar4-3" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBemidbar4-3" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 4:3</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBemidbar4-47" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 4:47</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBemidbar8-24-26" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 8:24-26</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink></mekorot> |
<point><b>What tasks?</b> These commentators disagree regarding which tasks were fuflilled by those under 30:<br/> | <point><b>What tasks?</b> These commentators disagree regarding which tasks were fuflilled by those under 30:<br/> | ||
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Version as of 07:19, 26 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 only "לִצְבֹא צָבָא בַּעֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד", without including the verb "לַעֲבֹד", since they are not actually obligated to work.
לִצְבֹא צָבָא
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.
What tasks? These commentators disagree regarding which tasks were fuflilled by those under 30:
- Guard duty - Rashbam assumes that the tasks of those above 50 and below 30 were identical, and therefore learns from Bemidbar 8:26 "וְשֵׁרֵת אֶת אֶחָיו בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לִשְׁמֹר מִשְׁמֶרֶת" that at these ages the Levites were assigned to guard the Mikdash.
- General work in the Mishkan - Ibn Ezra asserts that the Levites helped erect the Mishkan, make bread,
