People
Who did G‑d tell to count the firstborn boys?
Who is Moshe?
How many extra firstborn boys were there?
What is 273?
What did the Kohanim do before the Kehot family carried the holy things?
They covered them with special cloths.
What is a shekel?
A kind of money.
What does “firstborn” mean?
The first baby born in a family.
Who helped carry the holy things from the Mishkan?
Who are the Levis from the Kehot family?
How many shekels did each extra firstborn give?
What is 5 shekels?
What is the name of the holy place that got taken down and moved?
What is the Mishkan?
How many shekels did each extra firstborn give?
Five!
Who told Moshe to count the people?
G-d
Who worked in the Mishkan and got the shekels?
Who are the Kohanim?
How old did the Levis have to be to carry the Mishkan things?
What is between 30 and 50 years old?
What did the Kehot family carry?
The covered holy things from the Mishkan.
Who did the extra firstborns give their shekels to?
The Kohanim.
What was special about the Kehot family?
They helped carry the holy things.
Who had to be counted from the Kehot family?
Only the Levis who were the right age.
What did Moshe count besides the firstborn boys?
What is the Levis from the Kehot family?
Why couldn’t the Kehot family touch the holy things?
Because only Kohanim could touch them uncovered.
Why did the firstborns give money?
To be "redeemed" because there weren’t enough Levis.
What did Moshe do a LOT of in this story?
He counted people!
Who covered the holy things before they were moved?
Who are the Kohanim?
Why did the extra firstborns have to give shekels?
🛎️ Because there were more firstborns than Levis, and that made it fair.
What made the job of the Kehot family so important?
They helped move G‑d’s holy things the right way.
What does "redeemed" mean in the story?
It means they gave money so everything would be fair and they didn’t have to do the special jobs.
Why was it important to follow G‑d’s rules for moving the Mishkan?
Because the Mishkan and the holy things were super special and had to be treated with care.