1)

Why were the Levi'im commanded to reside specifically around the Mishkan?

1.

Ibn Ezra: To ensure that no Zar will enter it.

2)

What are the ramifications of the phrase "ve'Lo Yih'yeh Ketzef ... "?

1.

Rashi: If a Zar enters the Mishkan, it will evoke Hashem's anger, 1 and he will die.

1

Rashi: Like we find by the episode of Korach - See 17:11.

3)

?Veshamru ha?Levi?im ? ?. Why was it necessary to guard the Mishkan?

1.

Ramban: Refer to 3:6:2:1 & 3:6:2:2.

2.

Oznayim la'Torah (citing the Ra'avad and the Rosh, at the beginning of Tamid and Midos): It is out of Kavod for the Shechinah who dwells in the Mishkan. 1

1

See Oznayim la'Torah who elaborates.

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