From the end of the Book of Genesis to the beginning of the Book of Exodus story when Moses is born, there is a span of hundreds of years. Jacob’s 12 sons and many of their descendants have all died in Egypt and the Children of Israel have become a multitude of approximately one million people in bondage (Exodus 1:14) …
CHUKAT (ordinance of)
In this Torah reading יהוה instructs Moses and Aaron regarding the red heifer; Miriam dies and her well dries up; Moses hits a rock to bring forth water rather than speaking to it and is denied entry to the Promised Land; Aaron dies, and venomous snakes attack the Israelite camp. Numbers 19:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses and to Aaron …
Behaalotecha (When You Raise)
Numbers 8:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses saying, 2 Speak to Aaron וְאמַרְת and you say to him, when you light את־ the lamps, the seven lamps will cast their light forward in front of the menorah. 3 And Aaron did so; he lit its lamps so as to give light in front of the menorah as commanded יהוה את־ …
CHUKAT (ordinance of)/ BALAK (Balak)
Numbers 19:1 And יהוה spoke to Moses and to Aaron saying, 2 זֹאת This is the ordinance from the Torah which יהוה has commanded: Tell the Children of Israel to bring you a Red Heifer without spot and blemish and has never been worked: 3 You will give אתָהּ it (her) to Eleazar the priest, so that he may bring …