Parashat Bamidbar.
Numbers 1:1 to 4:20 · first portion of the book of Numbers
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Opening verses
וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֛ה בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר סִינַ֖י בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד בְּאֶחָד֩ לַחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֜י בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית לְצֵאתָ֛ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לֵאמֹֽר׃
1:1AND THE LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying:
שְׂא֗וּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙ כָּל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר שֵׁמ֔וֹת כָּל־זָכָ֖ר לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃
1:2’Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their polls;
מִבֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָמַ֔עְלָה כָּל־יֹצֵ֥א צָבָ֖א בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תִּפְקְד֥וּ אֹתָ֛ם לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם אַתָּ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃
1:3from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: ye shall number them by their hosts, even thou and Aaron.
Masoretic text and JPS 1917 translation.
The seven aliyot
| Aliyah | Verses | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Numbers 1:1 to 19 | AND THE LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying: |
| 2 | Numbers 1:20 to 54 | And the children of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the number of names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; |
| 3 | Numbers 2:1 to 34 | And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: |
| 4 | Numbers 3:1 to 13 | Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai. |
| 5 | Numbers 3:14 to 39 | And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying: |
| 6 | Numbers 3:40 to 51 | And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. |
| 7 | Numbers 4:1 to 20 | And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: |
| Maftir | Numbers 4:17 to 20 | And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: |
The Zohar on Bamidbar
1 topics and 69 passages, from daf 117a to daf 121a, in Aramaic. The full Zohar is in Zion Torah+.
- זהר117a
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