תלמוד על במדבר 4:16

HALAKHAH: Rebbi Yose asked: This implies that if somebody took out the volume of a dried fig on his shoulder, he is liable. Is that the carrying of the Kehatites³⁶They carried great and important things; it seems impossible to conclude that anything small as a dried fig should have been carried with the Tabernacle.? But it is written³⁷Num. 4:16. Since there it is not reported that the other Kehatites would carry his charges, it follows that he himself had to carry everything during their wanderings in the desert. Cf. Rashi 92a on the Mishnah., the office of Eleazar, Aaron’s son, the priest: The oil for illumination, the spice incense, the permanent flour offering³⁸The daily offering brought by the High Priest, Lev. 6:12–16., and the anointing oil. The oil for illumination in his right hand, the spice incense in his left hand, the permanent flour offering of that day hanging on his arm. Where was the anointing oil? Rebbi Abun in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: a small flask he had on his money belt.