One thing I really love about this parasha is the repetition of “בְּמִסְפַּ֤ר שֵׁמוֹת֙”—according to the number of names. The records were not merely numbers, but name by name, individual by individual. We aren’t just numbers to Hashem. Relational depth is there, even in the census! :)
One thing I really love about this parasha is the repetition of “בְּמִסְפַּ֤ר שֵׁמוֹת֙”—according to the number of names. The records were not merely numbers, but name by name, individual by individual. We aren’t just numbers to Hashem. Relational depth is there, even in the census! :)