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This Week's Portion #18

Mishpatim | משפטים | "Judgments" ሥርዓት | Sh’r‘At [Shirat]

1. Torah Reading

Exodus 21:1-24:18

2. Prophets Reading

Jeremiah 34:8-22; 33:25-26

3. New Testament Reading

Matt 5:33-42; Matt 17:1-11

Portion Outline - TORAH

Exodus 21:1 | The Law concerning Slaves
Exodus 21:12 | The Law concerning Violence
Exodus 21:28 | Laws concerning Property
Exodus 22:1 | Laws of Restitution
Exodus 22:16 | Social and Religious Laws
Exodus 23:1 | Justice for All
Exodus 23:10 | Sabbatical Year and Sabbath
Exodus 23:14 | The Annual Festivals
Exodus 23:20 | The Conquest of Canaan Promised
Exodus 24:1 | The Blood of the Covenant
Exodus 24:9 | On the Mountain with God

Portion Outline - PROPHETS

Jeremiah 34:8 | Treacherous Treatment of Slaves
Jeremiah 33:14 | The Righteous Branch and the Covenant with David

Portion Commentary

Grace vs. Law

Thought for the Week: Things get backward if we start to believe that we must keep God’s Law in order to be saved. Instead, we should keep God’s Law because we are saved.

Commentary: This week’s Torah portion contains a lot of laws. Exodus 21–23 reads like an ancient legal code. Of the 613 commandments that the sages traditionally derive from the