Bullet Point Summary
– Pi’nechas is given the covenant of peace from YHWH for slaying Zimri and Kozbi
– YHWH commands Moshe to vex and smite the Midyanim
– Moshe is commanded to number Yisra’el for war
– The children of Yisra’el are numbered for war
– The number of men over 20 was 601,730
– The land shall be divided by lot and by size
– The families of the Levi’im were numbered
– Moshe numbers all the people and there was none from the numbering at Sinai except Kalev and Yahushua
– The daughters of Tzelochad pleaded to Moshe for an inheritance
– YHWH tells Moshe the laws of inheritance
– YHWH tells Moshe to see the promised land from mount Aviram then he shall die
– Moshe asked YHWH to set a man over Yisra’el to replace him
– YHWH told Moshe Yahushua shall replace him as leader of Yisra’el
– The law of the continual daily offering is given
– The law of the special offerings for the sabbath are given
– The law of the special offerings for the new moon are given
– The law for the special offerings for Pesach and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are given
– The law of the special offerings of Shavuot are given
– The law of the special offerings of Yom Teruah are given
– The law of the special offerings of Yom Kippur are given
– The law of special offerings for Sukkot are given
– Haftarah – Eliyahu fled for his life and YHWH fed him and instructed him to appoint 2 Kings and a prophet
Parashat Text with Readers and Daily Portions (Reader 1 Starts on Saturday Evening)
Pi’nechas “Mouth of Copper”
Num 25:10 – 29:40 , 1 Kings 18:46 – 19:21
Reader 1 (Saturday Evening Portion)
– Pi’nechas is given the covenant of peace from YHWH for slaying Zimri and Kozbi
Num 25:10 And YHWH spoke unto Moshe, saying,
Num 25:11 Pi’nechas, the son of El’azar, the son of Aharon the priest, has [turned away * my
wrath] from the children of Yisra’el, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I
consumed not * the children of Yisra’el in my jealousy.
Num 25:12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him * my covenant of peace:
Num 25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting
priesthood; because he was zealous for his Elohim, and made an atonement for the children
of Yisra’el.
Num 25:14 Now the name of the Yisra’eli that was slain, that was slain with the Midyani
woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Shim’oni.
Num 25:15 And the name of the Midyani woman that was slain was Kozbi, the daughter of
Tzur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midyan.
(Sunday Morning Portion)
– YHWH commands Moshe to vex and smite the Midyanim
Num 25:16 And YHWH spoke unto Moshe, saying,
Num 25:17 Vex * the Midyanim, and smite them:
Num 25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of
Pe’or, and in the matter of Kozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midyan, their sister, which was
slain in the day of the plague for Pe’or’s sake.
– Moshe is commanded to number Yisra’el for war
Num 26:1 And it came to pass after the plague, that YHWH spoke unto Moshe and unto El’azar
the son of Aharon the priest, saying,
Num 26:2 Take * the sum of all the congregation of the children of Yisra’el, from twenty years
old and upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are able to go to war in Yisra’el.
Num 26:3 And Moshe and El’azar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moav by Yarden
near Yericho, saying,
Num 26:4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as YHWH
commanded * Moshe and the children of Yisra’el, which went forth out of the land of
Mitzrayim.
Reader 2 (Sunday Evening Portion)
– The children of Yisra’el are numbered for war
Num 26:5 Re’uven, the eldest son of Yisra’el: the children of Re’uven; Chanokh, of whom comes
the family of the Chanokhi: of Pallu, the family of the Pallui:
Num 26:6 Of Chetzron, the family of the Chetzroni: of Karmi, the family of the Karmi.
Num 26:7 These are the families of the Re’uveni: and they that were numbered of them were
forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
Num 26:8 And the sons of Pallu; Eli’av.
Num 26:9 And the sons of Eli’av; Nemu’el, and Datan, and Avi’ram. This is that Datan and
Avi’ram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moshe and against
Aharon in the company of Korach, when they strove against YHWH:
Num 26:10 And the earth opened * her mouth, and swallowed them up together * with Korach,
when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and * fifty men: and they
became a sign.
Num 26:11 Notwithstanding the children of Korach died not.
Num 26:12 The sons of Shim’on after their families: of Nemu’el, the family of the Nemu’eli: of
Yamin, the family of the Yamini: of Yakhin, the family of the Yakhini:
Num 26:13 Of Zerach, the family of the Zarchi: of Sha’ul, the family of the Sha’uli.
Num 26:14 These are the families of the Shim’oni, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
Num 26:15 The children of Gad after their families: of Tzefon, the family of the Tzefoni: of
Chaggi, the family of the Chaggi: of Shuni, the family of the Shuni:
Num 26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Ozni: of Eri, the family of the Eri:
Num 26:17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodi: of Ar’eli, the family of the Ar’eli.
Num 26:18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were
numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
Num 26:19 The sons of Yahudah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of
Kena’an.
Num 26:20 And the sons of Yahudah after their families were; of Shelach, the family of the
Shelani: of Peretz, the family of the Partzi: of Zerach, the family of the Zarchi.
Num 26:21 And the sons of Peretz were; of Chetzron, the family of the Chetzroni: of Chamul,
the family of the Chamuli.
Num 26:22 These are the families of Yahudah according to those that were numbered of them,
six and seventy thousand and five hundred.
Num 26:23 Of the sons of Yissakhar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tola’i: of
Puvah, the family of the Puni:
Num 26:24 Of Yashuv, the family of the Yashuvi: of Shimron, the family of the Shimroni.
Num 26:25 These are the families of Yissakhar according to those that were numbered of them,
sixty and four thousand and three hundred.
Num 26:26 Of the sons of Zevulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardi: of Elon,
the family of the Eloni: of Yachle’el, the family of the Yachle’eli.
Num 26:27 These are the families of the Zevuloni according to those that were numbered of
them, sixty thousand and five hundred.
(Monday Morning Portion)
Num 26:28 The sons of Yosef after their families were Manasheh and Efrayim.
Num 26:29 Of the sons of Manasheh: of Makhir, the family of the Makhiri: and Makhir begat *
Gil’ad: of Gil’ad come the family of the Gil’adi.
Num 26:30 These are the sons of Gil’ad: of I’ezer, the family of the I’ezeri: of Chelek, the family
of the Chelki:
Num 26:31 And of Asri’el, the family of the Asri’eli: and of Shekhem, the family of the Shikhmi:
Num 26:32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemida’i: and of Chefer, the family of the Chefri.
Num 26:33 And Tzelohchad the son of Chefer had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the
daughters of Tzelohchad were Mahlach, and Noach, Choglah, Milcah, and Tirtzah.
Num 26:34 These are the families of Manasheh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty
and two thousand and seven hundred.
Num 26:35 These are the sons of Efrayim after their families: of Shutelach, the family of the
Shutelchi: of Bekher, the family of the Bakhri: of Tachan, the family of the Tachani.
Num 26:36 And these are the sons of Shutelach: of Eran, the family of the Erani.
Num 26:37 These are the families of the sons of Efrayim according to those that were
numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Yosef
after their families.
Num 26:38 The sons of Benyamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Bal’i: of Ashbel,
the family of the Ashbeli: of Achiram, the family of the Achirami:
Num 26:39 Of Shefufam, the family of the Shufami: of Chufam, the family of the Chufami.
Num 26:40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Na’aman: of Ard, the family of the Ardi: and of
Na’aman, the family of the Na’ami.
Num 26:41 These are the sons of Benyamin after their families: and they that were numbered
of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
Num 26:42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the
Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
Num 26:43 All the families of the Shuchami, according to those that were numbered of them,
were sixty and four thousand and four hundred.
Num 26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Yimna, the family of the Yimni: of
Yishvi, the family of the Yishvi: of Beri’ah, the family of the Beri’i.
Num 26:45 Of the sons of Beri’ah: of Chever, the family of the Chevri: of Malki’el, the family of
the Malki’eli.
Num 26:46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serach.
Num 26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered
of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Num 26:48 Of the sons of Naftali after their families: of Yachtze’el, the family of the Yachtze’eli:
of Guni, the family of the Guni:
Num 26:49 Of Yetzer, the family of the Yitzri: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemi.
Num 26:50 These are the families of Naftali according to their families: and they that were
numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
– The number of men over 20 was 601,730
Num 26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Yisrael, six hundred thousand and a
thousand seven hundred and thirty.
Reader 3 (Monday Evening Portion)
– The land shall be divided by lot and by size
Num 26:52 And YHWH spoke unto Moshe, saying,
Num 26:53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of
names.
Num 26:54 To many you shall give the more inheritance, and to few you shall give the less
inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were
numbered of him.
Num 26:55 Notwithstanding * the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the
tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
Num 26:56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
– The families of the Levi’im were numbered
Num 26:57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levi’im after their families: of
Gershon, the family of the Gershoni: of Kehat, the family of the Kehati: of Merari, the family
of the Merari.
Num 26:58 These are the families of the Levi’im: the family of the Livni, the family of the
Chevroni, the family of the Machli, the family of the Mushi, the family of the Korchi. And
Kehat begat * Amram.
Num 26:59 And the name of Amram’s wife was Yokheved, the daughter of Levi, whom her
mother bore to Levi in Mitzrayim: and she bore unto Amram * Aharon and Moshe, and
Miryam their sister.
Num 26:60 And unto Aharon was born * Nadav, and Avihu, * El’azar, and Itamar.
Num 26:61 And Nadav and Avihu died, when they offered strange fire before YHWH.
Num 26:62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males
from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Yisra’el,
because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Yisra’el.
(Tuesday Morning Portion)
– Moshe numbers all the people and there was none from the numbering at Sinai except Kalev and Yahushua
Num 26:63 These are they that were numbered by Moshe and El’azar the priest, who
numbered * the children of Yisra’el in the plains of Moav by Yarden near Yericho.
Num 26:64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moshe and Aharon the priest
numbered, when they numbered * the children of Yisra’el in the wilderness of Sinai.
Num 26:65 For YHWH had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was
not left a man of them, save Kalev the son of Yefunneh, and Yahushua the son of Nun.
– The daughters of Tzelochad pleaded to Moshe for an inheritance
Num 27:1 Then came the daughters of Tzelohchad, the son of Chefer, the son of Gil’ad, the son
of Makhir, the son of Menasheh, of the families of Menasheh the son of Yosef: and these are
the names of his daughters; Machlah, Noach, and Choglah, and Milcah, and Tirtzah.
Num 27:2 And they stood before Moshe, and before El’azar the priest, and before the princes
and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
Num 27:3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that
gathered themselves together against YHWH in the company of Korach; but died in his own
sin, and had no sons.
Num 27:4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he
had no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
Num 27:5 And Moshe brought * their cause before YHWH.
Reader 4 (Tuesday Evening Portion)
– YHWH tells Moshe the laws of inheritance
Num 27:6 And YHWH spoke unto Moshe, saying,
Num 27:7 The daughters of Tzelohchad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of
an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and you shall cause * the inheritance of their
father to pass unto them.
Num 27:8 And you shall speak unto the children of Yisra’el, saying, If a man die, and have no
son, then you shall cause * his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Num 27:9 And if he have no daughter, then you shall give * his inheritance unto his brethren.
Num 27:10 And if he have no brethren, then you shall give *his inheritance unto his father’s
brethren.
Num 27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then you shall give * his inheritance unto his
kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the
children of Yisra’el a statute of judgment, as YHWH commanded * Moshe.
– YHWH tells Moshe to see the promised land from mount Aviram then he shall die
Num 27:12 And YHWH said unto Moshe, Get you up into this mount Avarim, and see * the land
which I have given unto the children of Yisra’el.
Num 27:13 And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered unto your people, as Aharon
your brother was gathered.
Num 27:14 For you rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Tzin, in the strife of the
congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Merivah in
Kadesh in the wilderness of Tzin.
(Wednesday Morning Portion)
– Moshe asked YHWH to set a man over Yisra’el to replace him
Num 27:15 And Moshe spoke unto YHWH, saying,
Num 27:16 Let YHWH, the Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Num 27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may
lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of YHWH be not as
sheep which have no shepherd.
– YHWH told Moshe Yahushua shall replace him as leader of Yisra’el
Num 27:18 And YHWH said unto Moshe, Take you * Yahushua the son of Nun, a man in whom
is the spirit, and lay * your hand upon him;
Num 27:19 And set him before El’azar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him
a charge * in their sight.
Num 27:20 And you shall put some of your honor upon him, that all the congregation of the
children of Yisra’el may be obedient.
Num 27:21 And he shall stand before El’azar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the
judgment of Urim before YHWH: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall
come in, both he, and all the children of Yisra’el with him, even all the congregation.
Num 27:22 And Moshe did as YHWH commanded him: and he took * Yahushua, and set him
before El’azar the priest, and before all the congregation:
Num 27:23 And he laid * his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as YHWH commanded
by the hand of Moshe.
Reader 5 (Wednesday Evening Portion)
– The law of the continual daily offering is given
Num 28:1 And YHWH spoke unto Moshe, saying,
Num 28:2 Command * the children of Yisra’el, and say unto them, * My offering, and my bread
for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall you observe to offer unto me
in their due season.
Num 28:3 And you shall say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer
unto YHWH; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt
offering.
Num 28:4 * The one lamb shall you offer in the morning, and the other lamb shall you offer at
even;
Num 28:5 And a tenth of an ephah of flour for a minkha, mingled with the fourth of a hin of
beaten oil.
Num 28:6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet
savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto YHWH.
Num 28:7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth of a hin for the one lamb: in the
holy place shall you cause the strong wine to be poured unto YHWH for a drink offering.
Num 28:8 And the other lamb shall you offer at even: as the minkha of the morning, and as the
drink offering thereof, you shall offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
YHWH.
– The law of the special offerings for the sabbath are given
Num 28:9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals
of flour for a minkha, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
Num 28:10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and
his drink offering.
(Thursday Morning Portion)
– The law of the special offerings for the new moon are given
Num 28:11 And in the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering unto YHWH;
two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
Num 28:12 And three tenth deals of flour for a minkha, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and
two tenth deals of flour for a minkha, mingled with oil, for one ram;
Num 28:13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a minkha unto one lamb; for a
burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto YHWH.
Num 28:14 And their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third of
a hin unto a ram, and a fourth of a hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month
throughout the months of the year.
Num 28:15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto YHWH shall be offered, beside the
continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
Reader 6 (Thursday Evening Portion)
– The law for the special offerings for Pesach and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are given
Num 28:16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of YHWH.
Num 28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened
bread be eaten.
Num 28:18 In the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no manner of servile work
therein:
Num 28:19 But you shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto YHWH; two
young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you
without blemish:
Num 28:20 And their minkha shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall you offer
for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
Num 28:21 A several tenth deal shall you offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
Num 28:22 And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
Num 28:23 You shall offer * these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a
continual burnt offering.
Num 28:24 After this manner you shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the bread of the
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto YHWH: it shall be offered beside the continual
burnt offering, and his drink offering.
Num 28:25 And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile
work.
– The law of the special offerings of Shavuot are given
Num 28:26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when you bring a new minkha unto YHWH, after
your weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work:
Num 28:27 But you shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto YHWH; two young
bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
Num 28:28 And their minkha of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two
tenth deals unto one ram,
Num 28:29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
Num 28:30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
Num 28:31 You shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his minkha, (they shall
be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.
– The law of the special offerings of Yom Teruah are given
Num 29:1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy
convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
Num 29:2 And you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto YHWH; one young
bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
Num 29:3 And their minkha shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock,
and two tenth deals for a ram,
Num 29:4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
Num 29:5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
Num 29:6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his minkha, and the daily burnt offering,
and his minkha, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour,
a sacrifice made by fire unto YHWH.
– The law of the special offerings of Yom Kippur are given
Num 29:7 And you shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month a holy convocation; and
you shall afflict * your souls: you shall not do any work therein:
Num 29:8 But you shall offer a burnt offering unto YHWH for a sweet savour; one young
bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
Num 29:9 And their minkha shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock,
and two tenth deals to one ram,
Num 29:10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
Num 29:11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the
continual burnt offering, and the minkha of it, and their drink offerings.
Reader 7 (6th Day Friday Morning Double Portion)
– The law of special offerings for Sukkot are given
Num 29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation;
you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast unto YHWH seven days:
Num 29:13 And you shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto
YHWH; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall
be without blemish:
Num 29:14 And their minkha shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every
bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
Num 29:15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
Num 29:16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his
minkha, and his drink offering.
Num 29:17 And on the second day you shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen
lambs of the first year without spot:
Num 29:18 And their minkha and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for
the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Num 29:19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and
the minkha thereof, and their drink offerings.
Num 29:20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year
without blemish;
Num 29:21 And their minkha and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for
the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Num 29:22 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his minkha,
and his drink offering.
Num 29:23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year
without blemish:
Num 29:24 Their minkha and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the
lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Num 29:25 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his
minkha, and his drink offering.
Num 29:26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year
without spot:
Num 29:27 And their minkha and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for
the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Num 29:28 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his
minkha, and his drink offering.
Num 29:29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year
without blemish:
Num 29:30 And their minkha and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for
the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Num 29:31 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his minkha, and
his drink offering.
Num 29:32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first
year without blemish:
Num 29:33 And their minkha and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for
the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Num 29:34 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his minkha,
and his drink offering.
Num 29:35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work
therein:
Num 29:36 But you shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
YHWH: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
Num 29:37 Their minkha and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the
lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Num 29:38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his
minkha, and his drink offering.
Num 29:39 These things you shall do unto YHWH in your set feasts, beside your vows, and
your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your minkha, and for your drink
offerings, and for your peace offerings.
Num 29:40 And Moshe told the children of Yisra’el according to all that YHWH commanded *
Moshe.
Haftarah (Shabbat Evening Portion)
– Eliyahu fled for his life and YHWH fed him and instructed him to appoint 2 Kings and a prophet
1Ki 18:46 And the hand of YHWH was on Eliyahu; and he girded up his loins, and ran before
Ach’av to the entrance of Yizre’el.
1Ki 19:1 And Ach’av told Izevel * all that Eliyahu had done, and withal how he had slain * all the
prophets with the sword.
1Ki 19:2 Then Izevel sent a messenger unto Eliyahu, saying, So let the elohim do to me, and
more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
1Ki 19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Be’er-Sheva, which
belongs to Yahudah, and left * his servant there.
1Ki 19:4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under
a juniper tree: and he requested * for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now,
O YHWH, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
1Ki 19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and
said unto him, Arise and eat.
1Ki 19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water
at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
1Ki 19:7 And the angel of YHWH came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise
and eat; because the journey is too great for you.
1Ki 19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days
and forty nights unto Chorev the mount of Elohim.
1Ki 19:9 And he came there unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of YHWH
came to him, and He said unto him, What do you here, Eliyahu?
1Ki 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for YHWH Elohim Tsebeoath: for the children
of Yisra’el have forsaken your covenant, thrown down * your altars, and slain your prophets
with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek * my life, to take it away.
1Ki 19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before YHWH. And, behold, YHWH
passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks
before YHWH; but YHWH was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but
YHWH was not in the earthquake:
1Ki 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but YHWH was not in the fire: and after the fire a still
small voice.
1Ki 19:13 And it was so, when Eliyahu heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went
out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and
said, What do you here, Eliyahu?
1Ki 19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for YHWH Elohim Tsebeoath: because the
children of Yisra’el have forsaken your covenant, thrown down * your altars, and slain your
prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek * my life, to take it away.
1Ki 19:15 And YHWH said unto him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus:
and when you come, anoint * Chaza’el to be king over Syria:
1Ki 19:16 And Yehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Yisra’el: and Elisha the
son of Shafat of Avel-Mecholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your room.
1Ki 19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes the sword of Chaza’el shall Yehu slay:
and him that escapes from the sword of Yehu shall Elisha slay.
1Ki 19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Yisra’el, all the knees which have not bowed unto
Ba’al, and every mouth which has not kissed him.
1Ki 19:19 So he departed there, and found * Elisha the son of Shafat, who was plowing with
twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Eliyahu passed by him, and
cast his mantle upon him.
1Ki 19:20 And he left * the oxen, and ran after Eliyahu, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my
father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said unto him, Go back again: for
what have I done to you?
1Ki 19:21 And he returned back from him, and took * a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled
their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat.
Then he arose, and went after Eliyahu, and ministered unto him.
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