34th of 54 sedras; 1st of 10 in Bamidbar

Written on 263 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 from p'sukim to 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

MITZVOT

Contains none of the 613 mitzvot (Largest of 17 sedras without mitzvot)

The Book of BaMidbar contains the three longest sedras (in number of p'sukim) - Naso, Pinchas, BaMidbar. The next 6 on the list are all in B'reishit.]

Bamidbar has 63,530 letters - one more than Sh'mot

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