TORAH SCROLL FRAGMENT MANUSCRIPT on VELLUM antique BIBLE BOOK OF NUMBERS 26-31

Size 21.5 by 57 1/2"BOOK OF NUMBERS 26:10 - 31:22-------------------- THE SECOND CENSUS OF THE ISRAELITES (26:1-51): God told Moses and Eleazar to take a census of the people while they were camped in the plains of Moab. It had been approximately 40 years since the census recorded in Numbers chapter 1. The census counted men 20 years and older who were capable of going to war.Chapter 30 of Numbers gives an elaborate system for determining the validity of promises, oaths and vows. The basic position, however, is simple: do what you say you will do. Elaborations are given to handle exceptions to the rule when someone makes a promise that exceeds their authority.Numbers 31 is the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch (Torah), the central part of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), a text in Judaism and Christianity. Scholars such as Israel Knohl and Dennis T. Olson name this chapter the War against the Midianites.================================== Please s