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THIS WEEK'S PORTION #35

Nasso | נשא | "Lift up!-Take up" ውሰድ | w’ssed [wissed]
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1. TORAH READING

Numbers 4:21-7:89

1.1 First reading – Numbers 4:21–37

1.2 Second reading – Numbers 4:38–49

1.3 Third reading – Numbers 5:1–10

1.4 Fourth reading – Numbers 5:11–6:27

1.5 Fifth reading – Numbers 7:1–41

1.6 Sixth reading – Numbers 7:42–71

1.7 Seventh reading – Numbers 7:72–89

2. PROPHETS READING

Judges 13:2-25

3. NEW TESTAMENT READING

Acts 21:17-26

PORTION OUTLINE - TORAH

Numbers 4:21 | The Gershonites and Merarites

Numbers 4:34 | Census of the Levites

Numbers 5:1 | Unclean Persons

Numbers 5:5 | Confession and Restitution

Numbers 5:11 | Concerning an Unfaithful Wife

Numbers 6:1 | The Nazirites

Numbers 6:22 | The Priestly Benediction

Numbers 7:1 | Offerings of the Leaders

PORTION OUTLINE - PROPHETS

Judges 13:1 | The Birth of SamsonThe second reading from the book of Numbers and the thirty-fifth reading from the Torah is called Nasso (נשא), a word that literally means “lift up.” It comes from the first word of the second verse in Hebrew, which could literally be translated to say, “Lift up the heads of the sons of Gershon,” an idiomatic way of saying, “Make an accounting of the sons of Gershon.

COMMENTARY:

The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him. (Numbers 35:19)  Messiah is the redeemer of Israel.

For Commentary: https://www.lojs.org/this-weeks-portion