31 – Parashat Bemidbar (בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר) – “In The Wilderness” – October 26th thru November 1st

Bemidbar (Numbers) 1:1 – 4:20

Bemidbar (Numbers) 1

1. And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the assembly, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Mitsrayim, saying,
2. Take ye the sum of all the assembly of the children of Yashar’el, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
3. From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Yashar’el: thou and Aharon shall number them by their armies.
4. And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
5. And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Re’uven; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
6. Of Shim’on; Shelumiy’el the son of Zurishaddai.
7. Of Yahudah; Nachshon the son of Amminadav.
8. Of Yisshakar; Nethan’el the son of Zuar.
9. Of Zevulon; Eliy’av the son of Helon.
10. Of the children of Yoceph: of Ephrayim; Eliyshama the son of Ammihud: of Menashsheh; Gamaliy’el the son of Pedahzur.
11. Of Binyamiyn; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
12. Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
13. Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
14. Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
15. Of Naphtaliy; Ahira the son of Enan.
16. These were the renowned of the assembly, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Yashar’el.
17. And Mosheh and Aharon את took these men which are expressed by their names:
18. And they assembled all the assembly together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
19. As Yahuah commanded Mosheh, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20. And the children of Reuv’en, Yashar’el’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
21. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuv’en, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
22. Of the children of Shim’on, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
23. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Shim’on, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
24. Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
25. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26. Of the children of Yahudah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
27. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Yahudah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
28. Of the children of Yisshakar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
29. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Yisshakar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
30. Of the children of Zevulon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
31. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zevulon, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
32. Of the children of Yoceph, namely, of the children of Ephrayim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
33. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephrayim, were forty thousand and five hundred.
34. Of the children of Menashsheh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
35. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Menashsheh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
36. Of the children of Binyamiyn, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
37. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Binyamiyn, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
38. Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
39. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
40. Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
41. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
42. Of the children of Naphtaliy, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
43. Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtaliy, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
44. These are those that were numbered, which Mosheh and Aharon numbered, and the princes of Yashar’el, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.
45. So were all those that were numbered of the children of Yashar’el, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Yashar’el;
46. Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
47. But the Leviyiym after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.
48. For Yahuah had spoken unto Mosheh, saying,
49. Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Leviy, neither take the sum of them among the children of Yashar’el:
50. But thou shalt appoint the Leviyiym over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
51. And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Leviyiym shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Leviyiym shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
52. And the children of Yashar’el shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
53. But the Leviyiym shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the children of Yashar’el: and the Leviyiym shall guard the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
54. And the children of Yashar’el did according to all that Yahuah commanded Mosheh, so did they.

Bemidbar (Numbers) 2

1. And Yahuah spake unto El-Mosheh and unto El-Aharon, saying,
2. Every man of the children of Yashar’el shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the assembly shall they pitch.
3. And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Yahudah pitch throughout their armies: and Nachshon the son of Ammiynadav shall be captain of the children of Yahudah.
4. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
5. And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Yisshakar: and Nethan’el the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Yisshakar.
6. And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
7. Then the tribe of Zevulon: and Eliy’av the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zevulon.
8. And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
9. All that were numbered in the camp of Yahudah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
10. On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuv’en according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuv’en shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
11. And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
12. And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Shim’on: and the captain of the children of Shim’on shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
13. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
14. Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
15. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
16. All that were numbered in the camp of Reuv’en were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
17. Then the tabernacle of the assembly shall set forward with the camp of the Leviyiym in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
18. On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephrayim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephrayim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
19. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
20. And by him shall be the tribe of Menashsheh: and the captain of the children of Menashsheh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
21. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
22. Then the tribe of Binyamiyn: and the captain of the sons of Binyamiyn shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
23. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
24. All that were numbered of the camp of Ephrayim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
25. The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
27. And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
28. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
29. Then the tribe of Naphtaliy: and the captain of the children of Naphtaliy shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
30. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
31. All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
32. These are those which were numbered of the children of Yashar’el by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
33. But the Leviyiym were not numbered among the children of Yashar’el; as Yahuah commanded Mosheh.
34. And the children of Yashar’el did according to all that Yahuah commanded Mosheh: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

Bemidbar (Numbers) 3

1. These also are the generations of Aharon and Mosheh in the day that Yahuah spake with Mosheh in Mount Sinai.
2. And these are the names of the sons of Aharon; Nadav the firstborn, and Aviyhu, El’azar, and Iythamar.
3. These are the names of the sons of Aharon, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
4. And Nadav and Aviyhu died before Yahuah, when they offered strange fire before Yahuah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and El’azar and Iythamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aharon their father.
5. And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh, saying,
6. Bring the tribe of Leviy near, and present them before Aharon the priest, that they may minister unto him.
7. And they shall guard his charge, and the charge of the whole assembly before the tabernacle of the assembly, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8. And they shall guard all the instruments of the tabernacle of the assembly, and the charge of the children of Yashar’el, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9. And thou shalt give the Leviyiym unto Aharon and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Yashar’el.
10. And thou shalt appoint Aharon and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
11. And Yahuah spake unto El-Mosheh, saying,
12. And I, behold, I have taken the Leviyiym from among the children of Yashar’el instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Yashar’el: therefore the Leviyiym shall be Mine;
13. Because all the firstborn are Mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Mitsrayim I hallowed unto Me all the firstborn in Yashar’el, both man and beast: Mine shall they be: I am Yahuah.
14. And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15. Number the children of Leviy after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16. And Mosheh numbered them according to the word of Yahuah, as he was commanded.
17. And these were the sons of Leviy by their names; Gershon, and Qohath, and Merariy.
18. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Livniy, and Shimei.
19. And the sons of Qohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziy’el.
20. And the sons of Merariy by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Leviyiym according to the house of their fathers.
21. Of Gershon was the family of the Libniym, and the family of the Shimiym: these are the families of the Gershoniym.
22. Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23. The families of the Gershoniym shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24. And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershoniym shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25. And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the assembly shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the assembly,
26. And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27. And of Qohath was the family of the Amramiym, and the family of the Izehariym, and the family of the Hebroniym, and the family of the Uzzieliym: these are the families of the Qohathiym.
28. In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, guarding the charge of the sanctuary.
29. The families of the sons of Qohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30. And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Qohathiym shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31.  And their charge shall be the Ark, and the table, and the menorah, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
32. And El’azar the son of Aharon the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Leviyiym, and have the oversight of them that guard the charge of the sanctuary.
33. Of Merariy was the family of the Mahliym, and the family of the Mushiym: these are the families of Merariy.
34. And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
35. And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merariy was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
36. And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merariy shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
37. And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
38. But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the assembly eastward, shall be Mosheh, and Aharon and his sons, guarding the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Yashar’el; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
39. All that were numbered of the Leviyiym, which Mosheh and Aharon numbered at the commandment of Yahuah, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40. And Yahuah said unto Mosheh, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Yashar’el from a month old and upward, and take the את number of their names.
41. And thou shalt take the Leviyiym for Me (I am Yahuah) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Yashar’el; and the cattle of the Leviyiym instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Yashar’el.
42. And Mosheh numbered, as Yahuah commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Yashar’el.
43. And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44. And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh, saying,
45. Take the Leviyiym instead of all the firstborn among the children of Yashar’el, and the cattle of the Leviyiym instead of their cattle; and the Leviyiym shall be Mine: I am Yahuah.
46. And את for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Yashar’el, which are more than the Leviyiym;
47. Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
48. And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aharon and to his sons.
49. And Mosheh took את the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Leviyiym:
50. Of the firstborn of the children of Yashar’el took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
51. And Mosheh gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aharon and to his sons, according to the word of Yahuah, as Yahuah commanded Mosheh.

Bemidbar (Numbers) 4:1-20

1. And Yahuah spake unto El-Mosheh and unto El-Aharon, saying,
2. Take the sum of the sons of Qohath from among the sons of Leviy, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
3. From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the assembly.
4. This shall be the service of the sons of Qohath in the tabernacle of the assembly, about the most set-apart things:
5. And when the camp setteth forward, Aharon shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down את the covering vail, and cover את the Ark of testimony with it:
6. And shall put thereon the covering of antelope skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
7. And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and את covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
8. And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of antelope skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
9. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the menorah of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and את all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
10. And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of antelope skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
11. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of antelope skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
12. And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of antelope skins, and shall put them on a bar:
13. And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
14. And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of antelope skins, and put to the staves of it.
15. And when Aharon and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Qohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any set-apart thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Qohath in the tabernacle of the assembly.
16. And to the office of El’azar the son of Aharon the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily oblation, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
17. And Yahuah spake unto El-Mosheh and unto El-Aharon saying,
18. Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Qohathiym from among the Leviyiym:
19. But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most set-apart things: Aharon and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
20. But they shall not go in to see when the set-apart things are covered, lest they die.

Haftarah Bemidbar (בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר) – “In The Wilderness”

Husha (Hosea) 2:1-23

1. Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
2. Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
3. Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
4. And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
5. For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
6. Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
7. And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
8. For she did not know that I gave her grain, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Ba’al.
9. Therefore will I return, and take away My grain in the time thereof, and My wine in the season thereof, and will recover My wool and My flax given to cover her nakedness.
10. And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of Mine hand.
11. I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her Shabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
12. And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13. And I will visit upon her the days of Ba’alim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat Me, saith Yahuah.
14. Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
15. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Mitsrayim.
16. And it shall be at that day, saith Yahuah, that thou shalt call Me Ishiy; and shalt call Me no more Ba’aliy.
17. For I will take away the names of Ba’aliym out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
18. And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
19. And I will betroth thee unto Me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
20. I will even betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know Yahuah.
21. And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith Yahuah, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
22. And the earth shall hear the grain, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
23. And I will sow her unto Me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not My people, Thou art My people; and they shall say, Thou art my Elohiym.

Brit Ha’Dasha Bemidbar (בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר) – “In The Wilderness”

Romayim (Romans) 9:22-33

• 22. What if Elohiym, willing to shew His wrath, and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
• 23. And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had afore prepared unto glory,
• 24. Even us, whom He hath called, not of the Yahudiym only, but also of the other nations?
• 25. As He saith also in Osee, I will call them My people, which were not My people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
• 26. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not My people; there shall they be called the children of the living Elohiym.
• 27. Yesha’yahu also crieth concerning Yashar’el, Though the number of the children of Yashar’el be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
• 28. For He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will Yahuah make upon the earth.
• 29. And as Yesha’yahu said before, Except Yahuah of Tseva’oth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
• 30. What shall we say then? That the other nations, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
• 31. But Yashar’el, which followed after the Torah of righteousness, hath not attained to the Torah of righteousness.
• 32. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the Torah. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;
• 33. As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.