Bamidbar ז,יג: וְקָרְ ב ָנוֹ
Baal HaTurim offers a number of explanations to explain the extra "Vav" in ve'Korbano (which the Torah does not insert by any of the other princes) which has a numeric value of 6:
Firstly: Baal haTurim says, it hints at his six descendants, each of whom was destined to be blessed with six Berachos: Dovid, Moshiach, Daniel, and Chananyah, Misha'el and Azaryah (who were thrown into a furnace by Nevuchadnetzar and survived unscathed):
Dovid - "He knows how to play (the harp), he is a mighty warrior and a man of war; he understands a matter, he is handsome and G-d is with him" (Shmuel 1, 16,18) all of which Chaza”l interpret with reference to the realm of Torah-study: 1) He knows how to ask questions; 2) He knows how to answer questions; 3) He is able to fight the battles of Torah-study; 4) He can extrapolate one thing from another; 5) He is able to arrive at the Halachah; and 6) The Halachah is like him at all times.
Moshiach - "A spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and strength, a spirit of knowledge and fear of G-d" (Yeshayah 11,2).
Daniel and Chananyah, Misha'el and Azaryah - (When they were chosen to stand before King Nevuchadnetzar) - "Youths in whom there is no blemish, who are good-looking, skillful in all wisdom, discerning in knowledge, perceptive in learning and who have the stamina to stand (and serve) in the king's palace" (Daniel 1,4).
Secondly: The extra Vav hints at the six “firsts” that took place on that famous day (Rosh Chodesh Nisan of the second year after leaving Egypt), when the Mishkan was erected: It was the first time that ... 1) the Shechinah rested with Yisrael; 2) the Princes served in that capacity; 3) the Kohanim blessed Yisrael (Birchas Kohanim); 4) the demarcation of the Camp of the Shechinah took place; 5) the Bamos (private altars) were prohibited; and 6) the Heavenly fire descended and consumed the Korbanos.
Thirdly: It hints at the six things that were taken away from Adam haRishon after he sinned and that will be returned when the 'son of Nachshon' (Moshiach) arrives:
- His brightness, as the Pasuk writes in Iyov (14,20) " ... You changed his face and sent him away";
- His life ... "for you are dust, and you will return to dust" (Bereishis, 3,19);
- His height ... "and Adam hid" (Ibid. 3,8), to teach us that his height was shortened down to a hundred Amos;
- The fruit of the ground and the fruit of the trees... "The ground will be cursed because of you; with sadness will you eat from it ..." (Ibid. 3,17);
- The luminaries "... the moon will be embarrassed and the sun will be ashamed" (Yeshayah 24,23). And we know that G-d hid them, from the Pasuk in Iyov (38,15) "And he withheld their light from the wicked".
And from where do we know that all of the above are destined to be returned in the days of Mashi'ach?
- Adam haRishon's brightness as the Pasuk writes in Shoftim (5,31) "And His loved ones are like the rising sun in its might".
- His life ... "For the days of My people are like the days of the tree" (Yeshayah 65,22) - with reference to the trunk of a sycamore tree, which has a lifespan of five hundred years;
- His height ... "and I will lead you upright" (Bechukosai 26,13) - 'standing erect”
- The fruit of the ground and the fruit of the trees ... as the Pasuk writes in (Zecharyah 8,12) "The vine will give its fruit and the land will give its produce".
- The luminaries ... "The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times as strong ... " (Yeshayah 30,26).
Fourthly: 'Let the son of Nachshon (Dovid haMelech) come with six Midos (see above) and dig the foundation of the (first) Beis haMikdash (See Gemara Succah 53a), just as Nachshon initiated the inauguration of the Mishkan'.
