Parashat Chukat
Numbers 19:1 – 22:1
פָּרָשַׁת בָּלָק
Parashat Balak 2028
Numbers 22:2 – 25:9, with the haftarah Micah 5:6–6:8.
In 2028: Shabbat 8 July 2028.
The reading
How it opens
The first verses of the portion. Hebrew: the Miqra according to the Masorah, via Sefaria (CC BY-SA). English: JPS 1917.
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Numbers 22:2
וַיַּ֥רְא בָּלָ֖ק בֶּן־צִפּ֑וֹר אֵ֛ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לָֽאֱמֹרִֽי׃
And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
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Numbers 22:3
וַיָּ֨גׇר מוֹאָ֜ב מִפְּנֵ֥י הָעָ֛ם מְאֹ֖ד כִּ֣י רַב־ה֑וּא וַיָּ֣קׇץ מוֹאָ֔ב מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was overcome with dread because of the children of Israel.
The cycle
The weeks around it
The portions read the Shabbat before and the Shabbat after, in the Diaspora. Masorti and Reform read the whole portion each week, or a third of it over three years on the triennial cycle; the portion is the same.
Parashat Pinchas
Numbers 25:10 – 30:1
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