Beha'alotcha בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ
Commandments in this portion: positive — 3 · negative — 2counted by Sefer HaChinuch
Which commandments
- 380The commandment of the second Pesach on the fourteenth of Iyarמצות פסח שני בארבעה עשר באירpos.
- 381The commandment that the second Pesach offering be eaten with matsot and marrorמצות פסח שני שיאכל על מצות ומרוריםpos.
- 382Not to leave any meat from the Pesach Sheni sacrifice to its morrowשלא להותיר כלום מבשר הפסח שני למחרתוneg.
- 383Not to break a bone from the bones of the Pesach Sheni sacrificeשלא לשבר עצם מעצמות פסח שניneg.
- 384The commandment of blowing the trumpets in the Temple and in warמצות תקיעת חצוצרות במקדש ובמלחמהpos.
Numbering, order and division follow Sefer HaChinuch; the number links to the text.
The lamps of the menorah, the Levites set apart, a second Pesach for those who were impure, the silver trumpets, and the cloud that lifts and settles to move the camp. Then the complaints: the craving for meat, the seventy elders, the quail—and Miriam's words about her brother.
Read next on 19 June 2027, 10 June 2028. By the Israeli reading cycle.
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Echoes in the Prophets and history
These events themselves live in other books and other centuries; each is tied to this portion by the verse shown beside it: the early ones the portion recalls, in the later ones its word resounds:
How it is read
| First | Bamidbar 8:1—8:14 | 14 verses |
|---|---|---|
| Second | Bamidbar 8:15—8:26 | 12 verses |
| Third | Bamidbar 9:1—9:14 | 14 verses |
| Fourth | Bamidbar 9:15—10:10 | 19 verses |
| Fifth | Bamidbar 10:11—10:34 | 24 verses |
| Sixth | Bamidbar 10:35—11:29 | 31 verses |
| Seventh | Bamidbar 11:30—12:16 | 22 verses |
| Maftir | Bamidbar 12:14—12:16 | 3 verses |
| Haftarah | Zechariah 2:14—4:7 on Sefaria | 21 verses |
The text
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