1)

?Vay?hi ha?Malko?ach Yeser he?Baz?. What is the definition of "Baz"?

1.

Rashi (on Pasuk 11): Spoil of Metalt?lin other than ornaments.

2.

Seforno: Spoil that they took from the houses of the Midyanim.

2)

?Vay?hi ha?Malko?ach Yeser he?Baz?. Why does the Torah mention the ?Baz? here?

1.

Rashi: Because the tax on the Sh'vi and the Malko'ach did not incorporate the Baz, 1 which the soldiers took for themselves, and which was not included in the tax. 2

1

See Pasuk 53.

2

Refer to 31:11:2:1.

3)

Bearing in mind that in Pasuk 26, the Torah mentions Adam before Beheimah (as one would expect), why does it switch the order here?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: Because, whereas Pasuk 26 lists them before they were counted, here it lists them after they were counted, and, since it lists them progressively, and the captives were the smallest in number, it mentions them last. 1

1

See Oznayim la'Torah. By the same token, in Pasuk 47 he explains that the Pasuk there mentions Adam first - because the Torah does mention the numbers there.

4)

?Tzon Sheish Me?os Elef ? ?.Why does the Torah need to tell us how many of each species they took spoil?

1.

R. Bachye: Because it was unheard of to capture so much spoil in war - and the Torah goes on to present the amount of the taxes that was given to Aharon and the Levi?im, because of the unusually high amounts involved. 1

1

See also R. Bachye on Pasuk 49.

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