1)

What are the connotations of the word "va?Anachnu Nechaletz Chushim"?

1.

Rashi, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: It means 'speedily' or 'swiftly'. 1

1

Rashi: As in Yeshayah, 8:3 & 5:19.

2)

Why did Gad and Reuven offer to go at the head of the troops?

1.

Rashi: Because they were exceptionally strong. 1

1

Refer to 32:2:1:1.

3)

Did they expect the children to guard the towns against marauders, enemy invaders and robbers?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: "Taf" in the current context applies to up to the age of twenty, which means that youths up to the age of twenty and including those who had turned twenty after Rosh Hashanah of that year were deignatedd to guard the towns. 1

1

See Oznayim la'Torah, who elaborates further.

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