13th of the 54 sedras; 1st of 11 in Sh'mot The Book of Sh'mot has... 11 sedras, 1210 p'sukim, 16713 words, 63529 letters, 111 of the 613 mitzvot. It is written on 2130 lines in a Sefer Torah, just under 51 columns (or 245). There are 165 parshiyot in Sh'mot - more than any other Book. 70 open and 95 closed (for each type of Parsha it is in second place). 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 - one more than Sh'mot.) [The Sh'mot Homepage]
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