Parashat Matot.
Numbers 30:2 to 32:42 · ninth portion of the book of Numbers
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Opening verses
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־רָאשֵׁ֣י הַמַּטּ֔וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָֽה׃
30:2And Moses spoke unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying: This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
אִישׁ֩ כִּֽי־יִדֹּ֨ר נֶ֜דֶר לַֽיהוָ֗ה אֽוֹ־הִשָּׁ֤בַע שְׁבֻעָה֙ לֶאְסֹ֤ר אִסָּר֙ עַל־נַפְשׁ֔וֹ לֹ֥א יַחֵ֖ל דְּבָר֑וֹ כְּכָל־הַיֹּצֵ֥א מִפִּ֖יו יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃
30:3When a man voweth a vow unto the LORD, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
וְאִשָּׁ֕ה כִּֽי־תִדֹּ֥ר נֶ֖דֶר לַיהוָ֑ה וְאָסְרָ֥ה אִסָּ֛ר בְּבֵ֥ית אָבִ֖יהָ בִּנְעֻרֶֽיהָ׃
30:4Also when a woman voweth a vow unto the LORD, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,
Masoretic text and JPS 1917 translation.
The seven aliyot
| Aliyah | Verses | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Numbers 30:2 to 17 | And Moses spoke unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying: This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded. |
| 2 | Numbers 31:1 to 12 | And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: |
| 3 | Numbers 31:13 to 24 | And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. |
| 4 | Numbers 31:25 to 41 | And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: |
| 5 | Numbers 31:42 to 54 | And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred— |
| 6 | Numbers 32:1 to 19 | Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle, |
| 7 | Numbers 32:20 to 42 | And Moses said unto them: ‘If ye will do this thing: if ye will arm yourselves to go before the LORD to the war, |
| Maftir | Numbers 32:39 to 42 | And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein. |
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