Parashat Nitsavim
“You Are Standing”

Read with Parashat Vayelech for 5783

23 Elul 5783
September 9, 2023

Torah Reading

• Deuteronomy 29:9(10)-30:20
Today you are standing, all of you, before Adonai your God…
(Deuteronomy 29:9 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Isaiah 61:10-63:9

New Testament Reading

• John 15:1-11

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 81
[For the Leader. On the gittit. By Asaf:]
Sing for joy to God our strength!
Shout to the God of Ya`akov!
Start the music! Beat the drum!
Play the sweet lyre and the lute!
Sound the shofar at Rosh-Hodesh
and at full moon for the pilgrim feast,
because this is a law for Isra’el,
a ruling of the God of Ya`akov.
(Psalm 81:1-4 CJB)

Read the Entire Bible in One Year
With the Torah Portions

This Week with Parashat Nitsavim and Parashat Vayelech combined:
• Deuteronomy 29:9(10)-31:30
• Daniel 9:20-12:13
• Hosea 1:1-11:11
• James 3:1-5:20
• 1 Peter 1:1-4:19
• Psalms 131:1-136:26

Aliyot

The seven aliyot readings from the Torah for Nitsavim and Vayelech combined begin at these verses:

1. Deuteronomy 29:9(10)
2. Deuteronomy 30:1
3. Deuteronomy 30:7
4. Deuteronomy 30:15
5. Deuteronomy 31:7
6. Deuteronomy 31:14
7. Deuteronomy 31:20

Maftir: Deuteronomy 31:28

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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