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THIS WEEK'S PORTION #39

Chukat | חוקת | #Decree of #Statute የሕጉ ትእዛዝ ይህ ነው | yeH’ggu t’Izaz [y’h’new]

1. TORAH READING

Numbers 19:1-22:1

2. PROPHETS READING

Judges 11:1-33

3. NEW TESTAMENT READING

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

PORTION OUTLINE - TORAH

Numbers 19:1 | Ceremony of the Red Heifer

Numbers 20:1 | The Waters of Meribah

Numbers 20:14 | Passage through Edom Refused

Numbers 20:22 | The Death of Aaron

Numbers 21:1 | The Bronze Serpent

Numbers 21:10 | The Journey to Moab

Numbers 21:21 | King Sihon Defeated

Numbers 21:33 | King Og Defeated

PORTION OUTLINE - PROPHETS

Judges 11:1 | Jephthah

Judges 11:29 | Jephthah's Vow

PORTION COMMENTARY

SNAKE BITE

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

The problem with complaining is that God is listening.

COMMENTARY:

The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. (Numbers 21:6)

God hears our words and weighs our hearts. As the Israelites complained about the daily provision of manna, God heard their words and sent a punishment of poisonous snakes. Why did God use snakes to punish Israel?

For Commentary: https://www.lojs.org/this-weeks-reading-ends-7-9-22/