## Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Bamidbar

###### Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Bamidbar 26:1
[Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Bamidbar 26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Midrash%20Tanchuma%20Buber/s/Bamidbar/r/26:1)

[ד"א] פקוד כל בכור זכר. יש פקידה לבכורות, שנאמר פקוד כל בכור זכר, יש פקידה לבנים, כי פקד ה' את חנה ותהר ותלד שלשה בנים (ש"א ב כא), יש פקידה לשמירה, ופקודתך שמרה רוחי (איוב י יב), יש פקידה לשלום, ושמתי פקודתך שלום (ישעיה ס יז).

**Midrash Tanhuma, S. Buber Recension; trans. by John T. Townsend, 1989.:**
[Another interpretation] (of Numb. 3:40:) ENROLL (rt.: *PQD*) EVERY FIRST-BORN MALE. There is a use of the root *PQD* for the first born, as stated (ibid.): ENROLL (rt.: *PQD*) EVERY FIRST-BORN MALE.¹³⁵., Numb. 1:21, cont.; Numb. R. 4:4. There is a use of the root *PQD* for children (in I Sam. 2:21): FOR THE LORD VISITED (rt.: *PQD*) HANNAH; SO SHE CONCEIVED AND BORE THREE SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS. There is a use of the root *PQD* for watching over (in Job 10:12): AND YOUR PROVIDENCE (rt.: *PQD*) HAS WATCHED OVER MY SPIRIT. There is a use of the root *PQD* for peace (in Is. 60:17): AND I WILL APPOINT PEACE AS YOUR OVERSEER (rt.: *PQD*).

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¹³⁵ Tanh