Parshat Behaalotecha
Numbers 8 1 - 12 16
First Portion
Numbers Chapter 8
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying
Speak to Aaron and say to him When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall cast their light toward the face of the menorah
Aaron did so he lit the lamps toward the face of the menorah, as the Lord had commanded Moses
This was the form of the menorah hammered work of gold, from its base to its flower it was hammered work according to the
form that the Lord had shown Moses, so did he construct the menorah
The Lord spoke to Moses saying
Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them
This is what you shall do to them so as to cleanse them sprinkle them with cleansing water and pass a razor over all their flesh
then they shall wash their garments and cleanse themselves
Then they shall take a young bull with its meal offering of fine flour mingled with oil And you shall take a second young bull as a
sin offering
You shall bring the Levites in front of the Tent of Meeting, and you shall gather the entire congregation of the children of Israel
You shall bring the Levites before the Lord, and the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites
Then Aaron shall lift up the Levites as a waving before the Lord on behalf of the children of Israel, that they may serve in the Lord's
service
The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and make one as a sin offering and one as a burnt offering to the Lord,
to atone for the Levites
You shall present the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and lift them as a waving before the Lord
Thus shall you set apart the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall become Mine
Second Portion
Following this, the Levites shall come to serve in the Tent of Meeting You shall cleanse them and lift them as a waving
For they are wholly given over to Me from among the children of Israel instead of those that open the womb all the firstborn of
Israel I have taken them for Myself
For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are Mine whether man or beast since the day I smote all the firstborn in the land
of Egypt I have sanctified them for Myself
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel
I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to perform the service for the children of
Israel in the Tent of Meeting and to atone on behalf of the children of Israel,
so that the children of Israel will not be inflicted with plague when they approach the Sanctuary
So Moses, Aaron, and the entire congregation of Israel did this to the Levites the children of Israel did in accordance with all
that the Lord had instructed Moses regarding the Levites
The Levites cleansed themselves and washed their clothes Then Aaron lifted them as a waving before the Lord, and Aaron atoned
for them to cleanse them
After that, the Levites came to perform the service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons they did to them just
as the Lord had commanded Moses regarding the Levites
The Lord spoke to Moses saying
This is the rule concerning the Levites From the age of twenty five years and upwards, he shall enter the service to work in the
Tent of Meeting
From the age of fifty he shall retire from the work legion, and do no more work
He shall minister with his brethren in the Tent of Meeting to keep the charge, but he shall not perform the service thus shall you
do for the Levites regarding their charge
Third Portion
Numbers Chapter 9
The Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai Desert, in the second year of their exodus from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying
The children of Israel shall make the Passover sacrifice in its appointed time
On the afternoon of the fourteenth of this month, you shall make it in its appointed time in accordance with all its statutes and all
its ordinances you shall make it
Moses spoke to the children of Israel instructing them to make the Passover sacrifice
So they made the Passover sacrifice in the first month, on the afternoon fourteenth day of the month in the Sinai Desert according
to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel do
There were men who were ritually unclean because of contact with a dead person, and therefore could not make the Passover
sacrifice on that day So they approached Moses and Aaron on that day
Those men said to him, We are ritually unclean because of contact with a dead person but why should we be excluded so as
not to bring the offering of the Lord in its appointed time, with all the children of Israel
Moses said to them, Wait, and I will hear what the Lord instructs concerning you
The Lord spoke to Moses saying
Speak to the children of Israel saying, Any person who becomes unclean from contact with the dead, or is on a distant journey,
whether among you or in future generations, he shall make a Passover sacrifice for the Lord
In the second month, on the fourteenth day, in the afternoon, they shall make it they shall eat it with unleavened cakes and bitter
herbs
They shall not leave over anything from it until the next morning, and they shall not break any of its bones They shall make it in
accordance with all the statutes connected with the Passover sacrifice
But the man who was ritually clean and was not on a journey, yet refrained from making the Passover sacrifice, his soul shall be
cut off from his people,
for he did not bring the offering of the Lord in its appointed time that person shall bear his sin
If a proselyte dwells with you, and he makes a Passover sacrifice to the Lord, according to the statutes of the Passover sacrifice
and its ordinances he shall make it One statute shall apply to you, to the proselyte and to the native-born citizen
Fourth Portion
On the day the Mishkan was erected, the cloud covered the Mishkan, which was a tent for the Testimony, and at evening, there was
over the Mishkan like an appearance of fire, which remained until morning
So it was always, the cloud covered it and there was an appearance of fire at night
and according to the cloud's departure from over the Tent, and afterwards, the children of Israel would travel, and in the place
where the cloud settled, there the children of Israel would encamp
At the bidding of the Lord, the children of Israel traveled, and at the bidding of the Lord, they encamped As long as the cloud
hovered above the Mishkan, they encamped
When the cloud lingered over the Mishkan for many days, the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord and did not travel
Sometimes, the cloud remained for several days above the Mishkan at the Lord's bidding they traveled and at the Lord's bidding
they encamped
Sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning, and when the cloud departed in the morning, they traveled Or, the
cloud remained for a day and a night, and when the cloud departed, they traveled
Whether it was for two days, a month or a year, that the cloud lingered to hover over the Mishkan, the children of Israel would
encamp and not travel, and when it departed, they traveled
At the Lord's bidding they would encamp, and at the Lord's bidding they would travel they kept the charge of the Lord by the word
of the Lord through Moses
Numbers Chapter 10
The Lord spoke to Moses saying
Make yourself two silver trumpets you shall make them from a beaten form they shall be used by you to summon the
congregation and to announce the departure of the camps
When they blow on them, the entire congregation shall assemble to you, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting
If they blow one of them, the princes, the leaders of Israel's thousands, shall convene to you
When you blow a teruah a series of short blasts, the camps which are encamped to the east shall travel
When you blow a second teruah, the camps encamped to the south shall travel they shall blow a teruah for traveling
But when assembling the congregation, you shall blow a tekiah long blast but not a teruah
The descendants of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets this shall be an eternal statute for your generations
If you go to war in your land against an adversary that oppresses you, you shall blow a teruah with the trumpets and be
remembered before the Lord your God, and thus be saved from your enemies
On the days of your rejoicing, on your festivals and on your new-moon celebrations, you shall blow on the trumpets for your ascent-
offerings and your peace sacrifices, and it shall be a remembrance before your God I am the Lord your God
Fifth Portion
On the twentieth of the second month in the second year, the cloud rose up from over the Tabernacle of the Testimony
The children of Israel traveled on their journeys from the Sinai desert, and the cloud settled in the desert of Paran
This was the first journey at God's bidding through Moses
The banner of the camp of Judah's children traveled first according to their legions Heading the legion was Nahshon the son of
Amminadab
Heading the legion of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar
Heading the legion of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon
The Tabernacle was dismantled, and the sons of Gershon set out, together with the sons of Merari who carried the Tabernacle
Then the banner of the camp of Reuben set out according to their legions Heading its legion was Elitzur the son of Shdeur
Heading the legion of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai
Heading the legion of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Reuel
The Kohathithes, who carried the holy equipment set out, and they had erected the Tabernacle before they had arrived
Then the banner of the camp of Ephraim set out, according to its legions Heading its legion was Elishama the son of Amihud
Heading the legion of the tribe of the children of Menasseh was Gamliel the son of Pedahzur
Heading the legion of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gidoni
Then the banner of the camp of Dan set out, the collector for all the other camps, according to its legions Heading its legion was
Achiezer the son of Amishaddai
Heading the legion of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran
Heading the legion of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enon
These are the travels of the children of Israel according to their legions, and then they traveled
Then Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses's father-in-law, We are traveling to the place about which the Lord
said, I will give it to you
Come with us and we will be good to you, for the Lord has spoken of good fortune for Israel
He said to him, I won't go, for I will go to my land and my birthplace
He said, Please don't leave us, for because you are familiar with our encampments in the desert and you will be our guide
And if you go with us, then we will bestow on you the good which God grants us
They traveled a distance of three days from the mountain of the Lord, and the Ark of the Lord's covenant traveled three days ahead
of them to seek for them a place to settle
The cloud of the Lord was above them by day, when they traveled from the camp
Sixth Portion
So it was, whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, Arise, O Lord, may Your enemies be scattered and may those who hate You
flee from You
And when it came to rest he would say, Repose O Lord, among the myriads of thousands of Israel
Numbers Chapter 11
The people were looking to complain, and it was evil in the ears of the Lord The Lord heard and His anger flared, and a fire from
the Lord burned among them, consuming the extremes of the camp
The people cried out to Moses Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down
He named that place Tab'erah, for the fire of the Lord had burned among them there
But the multitude among them began to have strong cravings Then even the children of Israel once again began to cry, and they
said, Who will feed us meat
We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt free of charge, the cucumbers, the watermelons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic
But now, our bodies are dried out, for there is nothing at all we have nothing but manna to look at
Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance was like the appearance of crystal
The people walked about and gathered it Then they ground it in a mill or crushed it in a mortar, cooked it in a pot and made it into
cakes It had a taste like the taste of oil cake
When the dew descended on the camp at night, the manna would descend upon it
Moses heard the people weeping with their families,each one at the entrance to his tent The Lord became very angry, and Moses
considered it evil
Moses said to the Lord, Why have You treated Your servant so badly Why have I not found favor in Your eyes that You place the
burden of this entire people upon me
Did I conceive this entire people Did I give birth to them, that You say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom as the nurse carries the
suckling,' to the Land You promised their forefathers
Where can I get meat to give all these people For they are crying on me, saying, 'Give us meat to eat '
Alone I cannot carry this entire people for it is too hard for me
If this is the way You treat me, please kill me if I have found favor in Your eyes, so that I not see my misfortune
Then the Lord said to Moses, Assemble for Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the people's elders and
officers, and you shall take them to the Tent of Meeting, and they shall stand there with You
I will come down and speak with you there, and I will increase the spirit that is upon you and bestow it upon them Then they will
bear the burden of the people with you so that you need not bear it alone
And to the people, you shall say, 'Prepare yourselves for tomorrow and you shall eat meat, because you have cried in the ears of
the Lord saying, Who will feed us meat, for we had it better in Egypt
Therefore, the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat
You shall eat it not one day, not two days, not five days, not ten days, and not twenty days
But even for a full month until it comes out your nose and nauseates you Because you have despised the Lord Who is among you,
and you cried before Him, saying, Why did we ever leave Egypt '
Moses said, Six hundred thousand people on foot are the people in whose midst I am, and You say, 'I will give them meat, and they
will eat it for a full month'
If sheep and cattle were slaughtered for them, would it suffice for them If all the fish of the sea were gathered for them, would it
suffice for them
Then the Lord said to Moses, Is My power limited Now you will see if My word comes true for you or not
Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said, and he assembled seventy men of the elders of the people, and stood
them around the Tent
The Lord descended in a cloud and spoke to him, and He increased some of the spirit that was on him and bestowed it on the
seventy elders And when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did not continue
Now two men remained in the camp the name of one was Eldad and the name of the second was Medad, and the spirit rested upon
them They were among those written, but they did not go out to the tent, but prophesied in the camp
The lad ran and told Moses, saying, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp
Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant from his youth, answered and said, Moses, my master, imprison them
Moses said to him, Are you zealous for my sake If only all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would bestow His spirit
upon them
Seventh Portion
Then Moses entered the camp he and the elders of Israel
A wind went forth from the Lord and swept quails from the sea and spread them over the camp about one day's journey this way
and one day's journey that way, around the camp, about two cubits above the ground
The people rose up all that day and all night and the next day and gathered the quails Even the one who gathered the least
collected ten heaps They spread them around the camp in piles
The meat was still between their teeth it was not yet finished, and the anger of the Lord flared against the people, and the Lord
struck the people with a very mighty blow
He named that place Kivroth Hata'avah Graves of Craving , for there they buried the people who craved
From Kivroth Hata'avah the people traveled to Hazeroth, and they stayed in Hazeroth
Numbers Chapter 12
Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses regarding the Cushite woman he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman
They said, Has the Lord spoken only to Moses Hasn't He spoken to us too And the Lord heard
Now this man Moses was exceedingly humble, more so than any person on the face of the earth
The Lord suddenly said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, Go out, all three of you, to the Tent of Meeting And all three went out
The Lord descended in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tent He called to Aaron and Miriam, and they both went
out
He said, Please listen to My words If there be prophets among you, I the Lord will make Myself known to him in a vision I will
speak to him in a dream
Not so is My servant Moses he is faithful throughout My house
With him I speak mouth to mouth in a vision and not in riddles, and he beholds the image of the Lord So why were you not afraid
to speak against My servant Moses
The wrath of the Lord flared against them and He left
The cloud departed from above the Tent, and behold, Miriam was afflicted with tzara'ath, as white as snow Then Aaron turned to
Miriam and behold, she was afflicted with tzara'ath
Aaron said to Moses, Please, master, do not put sin upon us for acting foolishly and for sinning
Let her not be like the dead, which comes out of his mother's womb with half his flesh consumed
Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, I beseech you, God, please heal her
The Lord replied to Moses, If her father were to spit in her face, would she not be humiliated for seven days She shall be confined
for seven days outside the camp, and afterwards she may enter
So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not travel until Miriam had entered
Then the people departed from Hazeroth, and they camped in the desert of Paran
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