?Vayomer Hashem el Aharon be?Artzam Lo Sinchal?. Why here does the Torah use the Lashon ?Vayedaber ?, and in Pasuk 8, ?Vayedaber??
R. Bachye: Because, whereas in Pasuk 8, Hashem was teaching Aharon about Kohanim - whose Midah is Torah she?bi?Kesav, here, He is teaching him about the Levi?im, whose is Midah is Torah she?be?Al-Peh?. 1 2
See Chavel?s footnotes DH ?be?she?Kevar Yada?ata?.
Refer also to 18:8:1.1:1 and See R. Bachye foot of p. 128 and R. Chavel?s footnotes DH ?ve?Hu Midas Rachamim be?Makom ha?Zeh?.
What are the ramifications of "ve'Cheilek Lo Yih'yeh l'cha be'Socham"?
Rashi: It disqualifies the Kohanim from receiving a portion in the spoil that Yisrael capture from the enemy. 1
Ramban, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: It implies that, not only will the Kohanim not receive a full portion in the land, like any of the other tribes, but that they will not receive even a small one.
Refer to 18:20:151:1 and note.
Why are the forty-eight towns of refuge not counted in the Matnos Kehunah?
Ramban: Because they were predominantly intended for the benefit of Yisrael. 1
As their name suggests.
What are the implications of "Ani Chelk'cha ... "?
Rashi (on Devarim, 18:2): It explains why the the Kohanim do not receive a portion in Eretz Yisrael - because Hashem is their portion, and they receive all their needs directly from Him.
Ramban and R. Bachye (both citing the Sifri): It implies that the Kohanim will eat at Hashem's Table. 1
With reference to the Korbanos (Kodshei Kodshim), which are brought in Hashem's House and eaten there, and which are not heir personal property - with which to be Mekadesh a woman.
QUESTIONS ON RASHI
Rashi writes that the Kohanim have no portion in the spoils. But Elazar (and the Kohanim and Levi'im) received a Terumah of the spoils from Midyan?
Riva: "be'Artzam" earlier in the Pasuk extends to "ve'Cheilek Lo Yih'yeh l'cha," 1 implying that it is only in Eretz Yisrael that they have no portion.
Oznayim la'Torah: That was a Hora'as Sha'ah 2 - a momentary ruling issued by Hashem for that occasion only. Moreover, the spoils were given to them indirectly in the form of a tax.
