Parashat Naso
“Elevate”

5 Sivan 5782
June 4, 2022

Alternate date outside Israel (why?):
12 Sivan 5782
June 11, 2022

Torah Reading

• Numbers 4:21-7:89
Adonai said to Moshe, “Take a census…
(Numbers 4:21 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Judges 13:2-25

New Testament Reading

• John 12:20-36

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 67
Let the peoples give thanks to you, God;
let the peoples give thanks to you, all of them.
Let the nations be glad and shout for joy,
for you will judge the peoples fairly
and guide the nations on earth. (Selah)
(Psalm 67:4-5 CJB)

Aliyot

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

1. Numbers 4:21
2. Numbers 4:38(A) 4:34(S)
3. Numbers 5:1
4. Numbers 5:11(A) 7:1(S)
5. Numbers 7:1(A) 7:12(S)
6. Numbers 7:42
7. Numbers 7:72

Maftir: Numbers 7:87

Meditation

God the Father elevates Yeshua to the very throne of heaven itself (Psalm 89:37; Matthew 26:64). In this way, Yeshua’s “lifting up” conjoins his death and exaltation in a single word.
– 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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