22 Adar 5781
March 6, 2021

Parashat Ki Tisa
“When You Elevate”

Here are the Torah, Haftarah and suggested Brit Chadasha (New Testament) and Tehillim (Psalms) readings for this week.

• Exodus 30:11-34:35
• 1 Kings 18:1-39 (A)
• 1 Kings 18:20-39 (S)
• Luke 11:14-20
• 2 Corinthians 3:1-18
• Psalm 75

For the music director: “Do not Destroy,” a psalm of Asaph, a song.
We praise You, we praise God, for Your Name is near.
People declare Your wonders.
“When I appoint a set time, I Myself will judge uprightly.”
(Psalm 75:1-3 TLV)

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

1. Exodus 30:11
2. Exodus 31:18
3. Exodus 33:12
4. Exodus 33:17
5. Exodus 34:1
6. Exodus 34:10
7. Exodus 34:27

Maftir: Exodus 34:33

In Ki Tisa

The Key People include Moshe (Moses), B’tsal’el (Bezalel),Oholi’av (Oholiab), people of Yisra’el (Israel), Aharon (Aaron), and Y’hoshua (Joshua).

The Scenes include Har Sinai (Mount Sinai) and the camp nearby.

The Main Events include instructions for census and atonement money; artisans filled with God’s Spirit; reminder to keep Shabbat; stone tablets, golden calf, Lord’s anger, Moshe pleading, tablets broken, people punished, Aharon’s excuses, Levites to Lord’s side, 3000 killed in camp; return to mountain, seeking forgiveness; plague, meeting God’s glory, cutting new tablets; God’s covenant to do marvels, warning against alliances, commanding pilgrimages, Moshe’s face shining, putting on veil.

Then Adonai descended in the cloud, stood with him there, as he called on the Name of Adonai. Then Adonai passed before him, and proclaimed, “Adonai, Adonai, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth, showing mercy to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, yet by no means leaving the guilty unpunished, but bringing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.” Then Moses quickly bowed his head down to the earth and worshipped.
(Exodus 34:5-8 TLV)

The Haftarah

Now it was at the time of offering up the evening sacrifice that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Adonai, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel, that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word. Answer me, Adonai, answer me, so that these people may know that You, Adonai, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again.” Then the fire of Adonai fell and consumed the burnt offering—and the wood, the stones and the dust—and licked up the water that was in the trench. When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces, and they said, “Adonai, He is God! Adonai, He is God!”
(1 Kings 18:36-39 TLV)

The Brit Chadasha

Now Yeshua was driving out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute one spoke and the crowds were amazed.
(Luke 11:14 TLV)

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. Scripture taken from the Tree of Life Version (TLV) © 2015 by the Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society. Used by permission of the Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society.