25 Sivan 5781
June 5, 2021

Parashat Shelach L’cha
“Send for yourself”

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

• Numbers 13:1-15:41
• Joshua 2:1-24
• Luke 8:40-56
• Hebrews 3:7-4:11
• Psalm 64

For the music director, a psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint. Protect my life from terror of the enemy.
(Psalm 64:1-2 TLV)

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

1. Numbers 13:1
2. Numbers 13:21
3. Numbers 14:8
4. Numbers 14:26
5. Numbers 15:8
6. Numbers 15:17
7. Numbers 15:27

Maftir: Numbers 15:37

In Shelach L’cha

The Key People include Moshe (Moses); one spy from each tribe (Shammua, shafat, Kalev, Igal, Hoshea/Y’hoshua, Palti, Gaddiel, Gaddi, Ammiel, S’tur, Nachbi, G’uel): Amalek, haChitti (Hittites), haY’vusi (Jebusites), haEmori (Amorites), haC’na’ani (Canaanites): N’filim (Nephilim); the community, Aharon (Aaron); and a Shabbat woodgather.

The Scenes include the Desert of Paran, C’na’an (Canaan) from the Desert of Tsin (Zin) to R’chov (Rehab) by L’vo Chamat (Lebo Hamath), Chevron (Hebron), Valley of Eshcol, Kadesh, Tent of Meeting, and Chormah (Hormah).

The Main Events include sending  spies, a bad report, God’s desire to destroy the nation, Moshe interceding; 40 year delay, changing minds too late, defeat; laws about offerings; a man stoned for gathering wood on Shabbat; and tzitzit to remind us to follow the LORD‘s commands.

Adonai spoke to Moses saying, “Send some men on your behalf to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to Bnei-Yisrael. Each man you are to send will be a prince of the tribe of his fathers, a man from each tribe.”
(Numbers 13:1-2 TLV)

The Haftarah

Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent out two spies from Shittim saying: “Go, explore the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and came to the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.
(Joshua 2:1 TLV)

The Brit Chadasha

And there was a woman with a blood flow for twelve years, who could not be healed by anyone. She came up from behind and touched the tzitzit of Yeshua’s garment. Immediately, her blood flow stopped.
(Luke 8:43-44 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.