Devarim דְּבָרִים

Devarim 1:1—3:22 · 105 verses · 44 of 54

Commandments in this portion: negative — 2counted by Sefer HaChinuch

Which commandments

414Not to appoint a judge that does not know the laws of the Torahשלא למנות דין שאינו יודע בדיני התורהneg.
415That a judge not fear in judgmentשלא יירא הדין בדיןneg.

Numbering, order and division follow Sefer HaChinuch; the number links to the text.

Moshe begins to speak in the fortieth year, on the far side of the Jordan, and retells the way they came: the appointment of judges, the sending of the spies and the weeping that cost a generation, the forty years, and the victories over Sichon and Og that show what is now possible.

Read next on 7 August 2027, 29 July 2028. By the Israeli reading cycle.

People of the portion

Mosesprophet, leader of the Exodus, who received the Torah at Sinai2368–2488 AM · 120 years Abrahamthe first patriarch, who made the one God known to the world1948–2123 AM · 175 years Isaacthe second patriarch, the only one who never left the Land of Israel2048–2228 AM · 180 years JoshuaMoshe's disciple and successor, conqueror of the Land of Israel2406–2516 AM · 110 years Calebthe faithful spy; a leader of the tribe of Yehuda Jacobthe third patriarch, father of the twelve tribes, renamed Israel2108–2255 AM · 147 years Jair the Gileaditethirty sons on thirty donkeys, and thirty towns

Mount Nebo The Torah (Pentateuch) Deuteronomy Tefillin

Events of this portion

2488 AMThe Discourses of Deuteronomy and the Death of Moses

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:

The world at that time

The nearest event of world history known to us comes later, 14 years on:

2502The treaty of Ramesses II with the Hittites: the oldest peace treaty

How it is read

First	Devarim 1:1—1:10	10 verses
Second	Devarim 1:11—1:21	11 verses
Third	Devarim 1:22—1:38	17 verses
Fourth	Devarim 1:39—2:1	9 verses
Fifth	Devarim 2:2—2:30	29 verses
Sixth	Devarim 2:31—3:14	21 verses
Seventh	Devarim 3:15—3:22	8 verses
Maftir	Devarim 3:20—3:22	3 verses
Haftarah	Isaiah 1:1—1:27 on Sefaria	27 verses

The text

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