Numbers 4:21 And יהוה spoke to Moses saying, 22 Take אֶת־ a count of the sons of Gershon, also, by the houses אֲבֹתָם of their fathers; by their families; 23 From thirty years old to fifty years old count אֹותָם them; all who will enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. …
Bechukotai (by my decrees)
Leviticus 26:3 If you walk in My statutes וְאת־ and keep My commandments and do אתם them; 4 Then I will give you rain in its season and the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will yield their fruit. C-MATS Question: Why does it say throughout the Torah, “If you obey, you will receive such …
BEHAR (on Mount Sinai)/ Bechukotai(in My statutes)
Leviticus 25:5 אֵת That which grows of itself from the seeds of your previous harvest you will not reap, וְאֶת־ and neither gather the grapes of your untended vine: for it is a year of rest for the land. C-MATS Question: Why did יהוה set up the Sabbatical Year cycle? The land’s rest in the seventh year teaches that the …
Emor (Speak) to the Kohamin
Laws of the Kohanim This Torah portion gives the laws for the Kohanim, whose Divine service places upon them a particular responsibility to maintain higher standards of righteous behavior and purity. Leviticus 21:1 And יהוה said to Moses, speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron וְאָמַרְתָּ and you say to them, No priest will be defiled for the dead …
ACHAREI MOT (after the death of Aaron’s sons), KEDOSHIM (sacred ones)
Leviticus 16:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they offered sacrifices before יהוה and died; 2 And יהוה said to Moses, speak to Aaron your brother, so that he does not come at all times into the sacred place within the veil before the mercy seat which is upon the Ark, …