Parashat Balak
“Balak”

Read with Parashat Chukat for 5783

12 Tamuz 5783
July 1, 2023

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

• 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)

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With the Torah Portions

This Week with Parashat Chukat and Parashat Balak combined:
• Numbers 19:1-25:9
• Jeremiah 7:17-18:23
• 1 Corinthians 15:20-16:24
• 2 Corinthians 1:1-4:18
• Psalm 102:1-104:35
• Ecclesiastes 5:1-7:15

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah for Chukat and Balak combined begin at these verses:

1. Numbers 19:1
2. Numbers 20:7
3. Numbers 20:22
4. Numbers 21:21
5. Numbers 22:13
6. Numbers 22:39
7. Numbers 23:27

Maftir: Numbers 25:7

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 including the Walk! series of Devotion Commentaries by Dr. Jeffrey Enoch Feinberg. Suggested Psalm readings are from the Messianic Siddur for Shabbat by Daniel Perek. Suggested Bible reading plan is from The Barking Fox. 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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