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בלק
Parashat Balak.
Numbers 22:2 to 25:9 · seventh portion of the book of Numbers
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Opening verses
וַיַּ֥רְא בָּלָ֖ק בֶּן־צִפּ֑וֹר אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לָֽאֱמֹרִֽי׃
22:2And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
וַיָּ֨גָר מוֹאָ֜ב מִפְּנֵ֥י הָעָ֛ם מְאֹ֖ד כִּ֣י רַב־ה֑וּא וַיָּ֣קָץ מוֹאָ֔ב מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
22:3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was overcome with dread because of the children of Israel.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מוֹאָ֜ב אֶל־זִקְנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן עַתָּ֞ה יְלַחֲכ֤וּ הַקָּהָל֙ אֶת־כָּל־סְבִ֣יבֹתֵ֔ינוּ כִּלְחֹ֣ךְ הַשּׁ֔וֹר אֵ֖ת יֶ֣רֶק הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּבָלָ֧ק בֶּן־צִפּ֛וֹר מֶ֥לֶךְ לְמוֹאָ֖ב בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִֽוא׃
22:4And Moab said unto the elders of Midian: ‘Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field.’—And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.—
Masoretic text and JPS 1917 translation.
The seven aliyot
| Aliyah | Verses | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Numbers 22:2 to 12 | And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. |
| 2 | Numbers 22:13 to 20 | And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak: ‘Get you into your land; for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.’ |
| 3 | Numbers 22:21 to 38 | And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. |
| 4 | Numbers 22:39 to 23:12 | And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth. |
| 5 | Numbers 23:13 to 26 | And Balak said unto him: ‘Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.’ |
| 6 | Numbers 23:27 to 24:13 | And Balak said unto Balaam: ‘Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.’ |
| 7 | Numbers 24:14 to 25:9 | And now, behold, I go unto my people; come, and I will announce to thee what this people shall do to thy people in the end of days.’ |
| Maftir | Numbers 25:7 to 9 | And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand. |
The Zohar on Balak
1 topics and 586 passages, from daf 184b to daf 212b, in Aramaic. The full Zohar is in Zion Torah+.
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