SEDRA STATS Matot: 42nd sedra of 54; 9th of 10 in Bamidbar. Written on 190 lines in a Sefer Torah 9 Parshiyot, 4 open and 5 closed 112 p'sukim, ranks 24th in the Torah; 7th in Bamidbar 1484 words, ranks 29th in the Torah; 6th in Bamidbar 5652 letters, ranks 30th in the Torah; 7th in Bamidbar Mas'ei: 43nd sedra of 54; 10th of 10 in Bamidbar. Written on 189 lines in a Sefer Torah 8 Parshiyot, 6 open and 2 closed 132 p'sukim, ranks 12th in the Torah; 5th in Bamidbar 1461 words, ranks 32nd in the Torah; 7th in Bamidbar 5773 letters, ranks 28th in the Torah; 6th in Bamidbar Combined: 379 lines, 17 parshiyot, 10 open, 7 closed, 244 p'sukim, 2945 words, 11425 letters -- longest Torah portion by far! The drop in ranking from p'sukim to words & letters - noticeable for Matot, very severe for Mas'ei - is a result of these sedras having relatively short p'sukim. The p'sukim of Mas'ei are the shortest in the whole Torah Matot has 2 mitzvot, 1 positive and 1 prohibition Mas'ei has 6; 2 positive and 4 prohibitions For comparison: Bamidbar has 52 mitzvot; 29 positive and 23 prohibitions And the whole Torah, of course, has 248 + 365 = 613 [The Matot-Mas'ei
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