Parashat Beha’alotcha
“When You Set Up”

12 Sivan 5782
June 11, 2022

Alternate date outside Israel (why?):
19 Sivan 5782
June 18, 2022

Torah Reading

• Numbers 8:1-12:16
Adonai said to Moshe, “Tell Aharon, ‘When you set up the lamps…'”
(Numbers 8:1-2 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Zechariah 2:14-4:7

New Testament Reading

• Revelation 11:1-19

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 68
How awe-inspiring you are, God,
from your holy places,
the God of Isra’el, who gives strength
and power to the people.
Blessed be God!
(Psalm 68:36 CJB)

Aliyot

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

1. Numbers 8:1
2. Numbers 8:15
3. Numbers 9:1
4. Numbers 9:15
5. Numbers 10:11
6. Numbers 10:35(A) 10:29(S)
7. Numbers 11:30

Maftir: Numbers 12:14

Meditation

Believers cannot gossip or slander and still expect to behold God’s temple with the holy ark making its descent from heaven to earth. God calls us to join ourselves to His kingdom. How are you preparing for the coming of the Ark of the Covenant?
– 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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