Tell me more ×  The census in Bamidbar 26 is directed thus:   In
reporting this census, the torah tells us about women three
times, where I would expect either zero (women don't go to war)
or many more (despite any gender disproportions). The three
cases are: the daughters of Tzelophehad; Serach bat Asher; and
Yocheved and Miriam. Rashi says nothing about the first, points
out that Serach is still alive (she also went into Egypt), and
talks about Yocheved's conception but says nothing about why she
and Miriam are mentioned here.  Are these women mentioned here
just because they're the only "named" women we know about, so
they're included out of a sense of completeness? Or did these
women have some role in the planned conquest that calls for
their mention here, in a pre-conquest census?  share|improve
this question +1. Just to point out that we don't have the
listing of 600K names, just the families. So we don't know that
they were personally included in the count. It could be they are
listed because they are