40th of the Torah's 54 sedras; 7th of 10 in BaMidbar Written on 178 lines in a Sefer Torah (The MEM of Ma Tovu heads a column) 2 Parshiyot; 1 open, 1 closed (very long) 104 p'sukim (ranks 34th) 1455 words (ranks 33rd) 5357 letters (ranks 35th) Ranks 8th of 10 in BaMidbar in all 3 categories Balak is close to average for the Torah's sedras but is on the small side for Bamidbar Balak is one of 17 sedras in the Torah that contain none of the 613 mitzvot [The Balak Homepage]
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