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משך חכמה — כאשר יחנו כן יסעו

Why is "כאשר יחנו כן יסעו" placed mid-list alongside the verse about the אהל מועד traveling among the camps?

סדר הדגלים הוא לסדר חנייתם אצל אוהל מועד; הסדר הזה יהיה בעת המסעות גם כן, שאינו דומה לשאר דרכים שאין כבוד ואין סדר למעלה ולקדימה, משום שאוהל מועד נוסע בתוך המחנות ומלך הכבוד שרוי בתוכם.

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משך חכמה

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Meshekh Chokhmah, Bamidbar:5

Bamidbar

Q — Why is "כאשר יחנו כן יסעו" placed mid-list alongside the verse about the אהל מועד traveling among the camps?

A — Order and dignity belong only in the presence of an honored figure — roads ordinarily have no order. The reason the degalim traveled in such ordered fashion was that the אהל מועד traveled in their midst — מלך הכבוד was among them. This same point underlies the dispute in Menachot 95a: לחם הפנים is NOT disqualified during travel because the kedushah of the אהל מועד persists even while moving.

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