Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 Isra’el stayed at Sheetim, and there the people began whoring with the women of Mo’av. 2 These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, where the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 3 With Isra’el thus joined to Ba‘al-P‘or, the anger ofAdonaiblazed up against Isra’el. 4 Adonaisaid to Moshe, […]

1 Adonaisaid to Moshe and El‘azar, the son of Aharon thecohen, 2 “Take a census of the entire assembly of the people of Isra’el twenty years old and over, by their ancestral clans, all who are subject to military service in Isra’el.” 3 Moshe and El‘azar thecohenspoke with them on the plains of Mo’av by […]

1 Then the daughters of Tz’lof’chad the son of Hefer, the son of Gil‘ad, the son of Machir, the son of M’nasheh, of the families of M’nasheh, the son of Yosef, approached. These were the names of his daughters: Machlah, No‘ah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirtzah. 2 They stood in front of Moshe, El‘azar thecohen, the […]

1 (v)Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “Give an order to the people of Isra’el. Tell them, ‘You are to take care to offer me at the proper time the food presented to me as offerings made by fire, providing a fragrant aroma for me.’ 3 Tell them, ‘This is the offering made by fire that you […]

1 “‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you are to have a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work; it is a day of blowing theshofarfor you. 2 Prepare a burnt offering to make a fragrant aroma forAdonai— one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs […]

1 Moshe told the people of Isra’el everything, just asAdonaihad ordered Moshe. Haftarah Pinchas: M’lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 18:46–19:21 B’rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Pinchas: Mattityahu (Matthew) 26:1–30; Mark 14:1–26; Luke 22:1–20; Yochanan (John) 2:13–22; 7:1–13, 37–39; 11:55–12:1; 13:1; 18:28, 39; 19:14; Acts 2:1–21; 12:3–4; 20:5–6, 16; 27:9–11; 1 Corinthians 5:6 – 8; 16:8; […]

1 (LY: ii)Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “On behalf of the people of Isra’el, take vengeance on the Midyanim. After that, you will be gathered to your people.” 3 Moshe said to the people, “Equip men from among yourselves for war. They are to go and fight Midyan, in order to carry outAdonai’s vengeance on Midyan. […]

1 (RY: iii; LY: vi)The descendants of Re’uven and the descendants of Gad had vast quantities of livestock. When they saw that the land of Ya‘zer and the land of Gil‘ad were good for livestock, 2 the descendants of Gad and of Re’uven came and spoke to Moshe, El‘azar thecohenand the community leaders. They said, […]

1 These are the stages in the journey of the people of Isra’el as they left the land of Egypt divided into groups under the leadership of Moshe and Aharon. 2 Moshe recorded each of the stages of their journey by order ofAdonai; here are the starting-points of each stage: 3 They began their journey […]

1 Adonaitold Moshe 2 to give this order to the people of Isra’el: “When you enter the land of Kena‘an, it will become your land to pass on as an inheritance, the land of Kena‘an as defined by these borders. 3 “Your southern portion will extend from the Tzin Desert close to the border of […]