13th of the 54 sedras; 1st of 11 in Sh'mot Written on 215.2 lines in a Sefer Torah 7 parshiot; 6 open, 1 closed 124 p'sukim - 15th (tied with Emor) 1763 words - 14th (Emor is 22nd) 6762 letters - 16th (Emor is 23rd) Parshat Sh'mot ranks 2nd in the Book of Sh'mot in all three categories Its p'sukim are above average in length (number of words and letters) Contains none of the 613 mitzvot
The Book of Sh'mot has... 11 sedras, 1210 p'sukim, 16713 words, 63529 letters, 111 of the 613 mitzvot. Sh'mot is by far the most "statistically average" of the Five Books in number of sedras, p'sukim, mitzvot, and letters. It is slightly more wordy than average (Bamidbar is closer to the average). But it is closest to average in words and letters per sedra, p'sukim per sedra, and words per pasuk. Bamidbar, by the way has 63530 letters. [The Shmot Homepage] |