Parashat Shelach L’cha
“Send For Yourself”

19 Sivan 5782
June 18, 2022

Alternate date outside Israel (why?):
26 Sivan 5782
June 25, 2022

Torah Reading

• Numbers 13:1-15:41
Adonai said to Moshe, “Send men on your behalf to reconnoiter the land…”
(Numbers 13:1-2 CJB)

Haftarah Reading

• Joshua 2:1-24

New Testament Reading

• Luke 8:40-56
• Hebrews 3:7-4:11

Suggested Psalm

• Psalm 64
Everyone is awestruck –
they acknowledge that it is God at work,
they understand what he has done.
The righteous will rejoice in Adonai;
they will take refuge in him;
all the upright in heart will exult.
(Psalm 64:10-11 CJB)

Aliyot

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

Meditation

Trusting God sounds easy, but walking in that trust requires far more… Y’hoshua trusted that the spies’ report would enable him to discern the right timing. He knew he was appointed to cross over, but he didn’t know exactly when. Timing is controlled by God.
– 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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