Parashat Balak
“Balak”

10 Tamuz 5782
July 9, 2022

Alternate date outside Israel (why?):
17 Tamuz 5782
July 16, 2022

Torah Reading

• Numbers 22:2-25:9
Now Balak the son of Tzippor saw all that Isra’el had done to the Emori.
(Numbers 22:2 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Micah 5:6(7)-6:8

New Testament Reading

• Romans 11:25-32
• Jude 1-25

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 79
Then we, your people and the flock in your pasture,
will give you thanks forever.
From generation to generation
we will proclaim your praise.
(Psalm 79:13 CJB)

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah begin at these verses:

1. Numbers 22:2
2. Numbers 22:13
3. Numbers 22:21
4. Numbers 22:39
5. Numbers 23:13
6. Numbers 23:27
7. Numbers 24:14

Maftir: Numbers 25:7

Meditation

Yisra’el’s cumulative failings pile up sins, triggering God’s wrath. Hardening and partial blindness result (Leviticus 26:14-16; Deuteronomy 28:65; 32:28-29; Isaiah 6:9-13). In a response of sheer mercy, God pops the scales off the eyes of the elect (Acts 9:18). And one day… God promises to finish opening the eyes of “all Yisra’el!” (Romans 11:7-8,25).
– from Walk Numbers! by Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg, Ph.D., used by permission.

Torah Portion readings and the associated Haftarah readings generally follow the Stone Edition Chumash and/or the Complete Jewish Bible. Verse numbering generally follows the Hebrew tradition, and where modern Christian traditions differ those verse numbers are shown in parentheses (). Haftarah readings generally follow the Ashkenazi tradition. Where the Sephardic tradition differs, the Haftarah portions are designated as (A) and (S). Suggested New Testament readings are taken from various sources. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. The Key People, The Scenes, and The Main Events are taken from the Walk! series of Messianic Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Unless otherwise marked, Scripture quotations are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, Copyright © 1998 and 2016 by David H. Stern. Used by permission. All copyrights reserved worldwide.

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