1)

Why does the Torah insert the word "Vayikchu es Kol ha'Shalal ... "?

1.

Rashi: To teach us that they were all Tzadikim, who were not suspected of taking any of the spoil for themselves without permission 1 (No-one took for himself a single cow or donkey - Rashi in Shir Hashirim,4:2).


1

Rashi: And it is about them that the Pasuk writes in Shir ha'Shirim, 6:6 "Shinayich ke'Eider ha'Recheilim" ('Your teeth ? the soldiers ? are like a flock of lambs!').

2)

?Sh?vi? in Pasuk 12, refers to captives. What is the difference between "Shalal", "Baz" (in Pasuk 32) and "Malko'ach"?

1.

Rashi: "Shalal" is Metalt'lin (chattel - movable spoil) of clothes and ornaments; "Baz" is Metalt'lin spoil other than that of clothes or ornaments, and "Malko'ach" is spoil of animals and captives. 1

2.

Rashbam (in Pasuk 12): "Malko'ach" refers to animals and "Shalal" to Metalt'lim.


1

Rashi: When the Torah writes "Sh'vi" next to "Malko'ach" however, then "Sh'vi" refers to people, and "Malko'ach", ton b animals

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