Parashat Chukat
“Statute”

3 Tamuz 5782
July 2, 2022

Alternate date outside Israel (why?):
10 Tamuz 5782
July 9, 2022

Torah Reading

• Numbers 19:1-22:1
Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon, “This is the regulation from the Torah which Adonai has commanded.”
(Numbers 19:1-2 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Judges 11:1-33

New Testament Reading

• John 3:1-21

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 95
Come, let’s bow down and worship;
let’s kneel before Adonai who made us.
For he is our God, and we are the people
in his pasture, the sheep in his care.
(Psalm 95:6-7 CJB)

Aliyot

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

1. Numbers 19:1
2. Numbers 19:18
3. Numbers 20:7
4. Numbers 20:14
5. Numbers 20:22
6. Numbers 21:6
7. Numbers 21:21

Maftir: Numbers 21:34

Meditation

God sheds light on acts which glorify Him (Matthew 5:16). La’asot emet (to do the truth) corresponds in Greek to poiein ten (keep the faith). Thus, the ones who practice a life walk will come to the light and see the Son of Man being lifted up. Those who choose evil cannot see the truth.
– 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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