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1)

What does "Hafked es ha'Levi'im" mean?

1.

Rashi (citing Targum Onkelos): It means 'appoint 1 the Levi'im'. 2 Seforno

1

Because the Mitzvah to count them appears later in chapter 3, Pasuk 15.

2

As in Esther, 2:3.

QUESTIONS ON RASHI

2)

Rashi writes that Onkelos explains that "Hafked" means 'appoint.' What is his source? Onkelos uses 'Mani' both for counting and appointing!

1.

Riva: Perhaps the text of Rashi should not say 'k'Targumo', rather, 'Targumo' (Rashi himself explains this; he is not citing Onkelos).

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