Komentarz do Liczb 7:19

קערת כסף — The numerical value of its letters (of the letters of these two words) is 930 corresponding to the years of Adam ha-Rishon (Numbers Rabbah 14:12).

הקריב את קרבנו, brought his offering, etc. These words are superfluous, seeing the Torah already wrote in verse 18 that Netanel brought an offering. The Torah may have intended to stress its regard for Nachshon's offering. The Torah did this by mentioning the fact that Nachshon brought his offering three times. It mentions Netanel as having brought his offering twice, and mentions all the other princes only once as having brought their respective offerings. They were not on the spiritual levels of either the kings of Yehudah or the tribe of Issachar [in the future Ed.].

930 corresponding to the years. Rashi brings these allusions in order to relate to the simple understanding of the verses. For if this were not so, what is the relevance detailing these utensils by their number and weight, and similarly in detailing the animals teaching that all the leaders agreed to them, neither subtracting or adding? This is even though it is not the manner of Rashi to bring interpretations such as this (Re’m). (Gur Aryeh) Rashi brought these numerical values here upon the offerings of Nesanel the son of Tzu’ar because he gave this advice and if there had not been an important symbolism with wisdom and appropriate reasoning they would not have listened to him, also they would not have needed this advice. You might ask: How are the ages of Adam and Noach relevant here? The answer is that the Mishkon was representative of the creation of the world, as is brought in Shemos Rabbah, Parshas Pekudei. Therefore their offerings were related to all of the foundations of the world — Adam, Noach and the seventy nations, the Torah, the Ten Commandments and the fathers of the world upon whom the world stands.

V. 19. ובבא משה וגו׳ (vergl. Schmot 25, 22 und das daselbst Bemerkte). Der vorangehenden durch die נשיאי ישראל bewirkten חנכת המזבח und der dadurch zum Ausdrucke gelangten Tatsache, dass die Stämme Jisraels in einmütiger Zusammenstimmung in dem Gesetzesheiligtume ihr Gesetzesheiligtum und in ihm die Führung, Leitung und Heilesförderung ihres ganzen nationalen Wesens erkennen, schließt sich damit korrespondierend der Bericht der Tatsache an, dass, wenn Mosche in das Heiligtum trat, לדבר אתו, weil Gott an ihn ein Wort richten wollte, וישמע וגו׳ מעל הכפרת אשר על ארן העדות מבין שני הכרובים er die an ihn sich aussprechende Stimme vernahm , von dem auf dem ארון העדות ruhenden כפרת herab zwischen den beiden כרובים hervor; denn, wie wir dort bemerkt, nicht in Folge einer besonderen individuellen Beziehung Mosche zu Gott, sondern nur in Folge der göttlichen Bundesnähe mit Israel, wie diese eben durch ארון und כפורת ausgedrückt ist, in Folge der göttlichen Gegenwart in Mitte des Sein Gesetz, bewahrenden Volkes, lässt Gott sein Wort an Mosche gelangen.

שלשים ומאה משקלה THE WEIGHT THEREOF WAS AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SHEKELS — in allusion to the fact that when he (Adam) first raised children to maintain the world in existence he was 130 years old, for it is said, (Genesis 5:3) “and Adam lived a hundred and thirty years and then begat [a son]” (Numbers Rabbah 14:12).

The reason the word hikriv is spelled here without the customary letter י is to enable us to use the exegetical approach of the sages of the Messorah who understood the word as an imperative. Traditionally, (Sifri item 52 on our verse) the tribe of Reuben had protested when informed that Issachar would be in line after Yehudah. G'd therefore gave specific instructions i.e. hakrev that Issachar was to be next. This is alluded to by the absence of the letter י in the written text, though the word is read in the past tense, i.e. hikriv.

מזרק אחד כסף — The numerical value of these words is 520, being an allusion to Noah who begot children at the age of 500 and also an allusion to the twenty years before his offspring were born when the decree regarding the flood was made (thus together 520 years) — just as I have set forth in my comment upon the verse (Genesis 6:3): “yet his days shall be 120 years”. — It is for this reason that it is here said, מזרק אחד כסף and it is not said, מזרק כסף אחד, the number being placed at the end of the phrase, as it is said of the charger (קערת כסף אחת), — to indicate that the letters of the word אחד, too, should be taken into account in this reckoning (Numbers Rabbah 14:12).

שבעים שקל SEVENTY SHEKELS — corresponding to the seventy nations that descended from his (Noah’s) sons (Numbers Rabbah 14:12).