Pt2 RasTafari Sabbath Rss#39 | Chukat, March Of Israel | #BlackJews @LOJSociety

This Week's Portion #39

Pt2 RasTafari Sabbath Rss#39 | Chukat, Ordinance of Law | #BlackJews @LOJSociety

Chukat | "Ordinace, Statute" | yeH’ggu t’Izaz [y’h’new]
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1. Torah Reading

Numbers 19:1-22:1

• 1.1 First reading — Numbers 19:1–17
• 1.2 Second reading — Numbers 19:18–20:6
• 1.3 Third reading — Numbers 20:7–13
• 1.4 Fourth reading — Numbers 20:14–21
• 1.5 Fifth reading — Numbers 20:22–21:9
• 1.6 Sixth reading — Numbers 21:10–20
• 1.7 Seventh reading — Numbers 21:21–22:1

2. Prophets Reading

Judges 11:1-33

3. New Testament Reading

Hebrews 9:11-28; John 3:10-21

Portion Summary

Chukat is the thirty-ninth reading from the Torah. The word chukat (????) means “statute.” The name is derived from the second verse of the reading: “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded” (Numbers 19:2). Chukat presents the mysterious laws of the red-heifer ceremony for purification after contact with human death. This reading also contains the story of Moses striking the rock, the stories of the deaths of Aaron and Miriam and the wars with the Amorites. The portion concludes with the host of Israel encamping on the edge of the Promised Land.