34th of the Torah's 54 sedras; 1st of 10 in the book of BaMidbar Written on 252 lines in a Sefer Torah 30 Parshiyot; 23 open, 7 closed 159 p'sukim - ranks 3rd (3rd) 1823 words - ranks 13th (4th) 7393 letters - ranks 9th (3rd) Note the difference in rank between p'sukim and words. BaMidbar's p'sukim are among the shortest in the Torah - 11.5 words per pasuk. Compare: Vayelech: 18.4, Book of Bamidbar:12.7, The whole Torah: 13.7 Contains none of the 613 mitzvot (Largest of 17 sedras without mitzvot) The Book of BaMidbar contains the three largest sedras (in p'sukim) - Naso, Pinchas, BaMidbar. (The next 6 on the list are all in B'reishit) Bamidbar has 78 more p'sukim than Shmot, 305 fewer words, 1 letter more [The BaMidbar Homepage]
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