Sedra-Stats
Matot Mas'ei M&M
of 54 sedras 42nd 43rd —
of 10 in Bamidbar 9th 10th —
lines in a Torah 190 189 379
rank 29 30 1
Parshiyot 9 8 17
P'tuchot 4 6 10
S'tumot 5 2 7
P'sukim 112 132 244
rank (Torah/Bam.) 24/7 12/5 1/1
Words 1484 1461 2945
rank 29/6 32/7 1/1
Letters 5652 5773 11425
rank 30/7 28/6 1/1
As if to “confirm” the togetherness of Matot and Mas’ei (they are the most combined of the seven “double” sedras), it happens to be that the G’matiriya of the first pasuk of each of these two sedras is the same (3324).

MITZVOT 2 6 8
positive 1 2 3
prohibitions 1 4 5
Drop in rank - p'sukim to words & letters - noticeable for Matot, severe for Mas'ei - results from short p'sukim. P'sukim of Mas'ei are the shortest in the whole Torah.

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