Ha'azinu הַאֲזִינוּ
The song of Moshe, laid out in two columns: heaven and earth are called as witnesses; God's work is perfect and His ways just; the people grew fat and forgot the Rock that bore them; the reckoning comes, and yet the end is consolation. Moshe is told to go up Mount Nevo and see the land.
Read next on 19 September 2026, 9 October 2027. By the Israeli reading cycle.
People of the portion
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 | Devarim 32:1—32:6 | 6 verses |
|---|---|---|
| Second | Devarim 32:7—32:12 | 6 verses |
| Third | Devarim 32:13—32:18 | 6 verses |
| Fourth | Devarim 32:19—32:28 | 10 verses |
| Fifth | Devarim 32:29—32:39 | 11 verses |
| Sixth | Devarim 32:40—32:43 | 4 verses |
| Seventh | Devarim 32:44—32:52 | 9 verses |
| Maftir | Devarim 32:48—32:52 | 5 verses |
| Haftarah | II Samuel 22:1—22:51 on Sefaria | 51 verses |
The text
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