37th of the 54 sedras, 4th of 10 in Bamidbar Written on 198 lines in a Sefer Torah 10 Parshiyot; 7 open, 3 closed 119 p'sukim, ranks 21th (6th) 1540 words, ranks 27th (5rd) 5820 letters, ranks 27th (5th) Shorter than average p'sukim - hence the drop in ranking for words & letters MITZVOT - 3 of the 613 mitzvot, 2 positive, 1 prohibitions To illustrate how unevenly mitzvot are distributed among the sedras - there are 25 sedras with fewer mitzvot than Shlach. 26 with more. Only 3 mitzvot, but the median number. The average per sedra is 11.35 [The Sh'lach Homepage] |