פָּרָשַׁת חֻקַּת־בָּלָק

Parashat Chukat-Balak 2027

Numbers 19:1 – 25:9, with the haftarah Micah 5:6–6:8.

In 2027: Shabbat 17 July 2027. Israel reads it on another Shabbat that year, where a festival moves the cycle.

Two portions read together, as the year’s Shabbatot require: Chukat and Balak.

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.

  1. Numbers 19:1

    וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃

    And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

  2. Numbers 19:2

    זֹ֚את חֻקַּ֣ת הַתּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר דַּבֵּ֣ר ׀ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְיִקְח֣וּ אֵלֶ֩יךָ֩ פָרָ֨ה אֲדֻמָּ֜ה תְּמִימָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵֽין־בָּהּ֙ מ֔וּם אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־עָלָ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ עֹֽל׃

    This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer, faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.

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.

The week before · Shabbat 10 July 2027

Parashat Korach

Numbers 16:1 – 18:32

Parashat Korach 2027

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Parashat Chukat-Balak in other years: 2026. Every portion of the year is on the Torah portions page, and every holy day on the calendar. Today’s Hebrew date.