Parsha 40 of 54NUM

Balak

בלק

June 26, 202616 Tamuz 5786

Portion overview

Balaam blesses Israel

Verse-level section headings for this Shabbat's Torah, Prophets, and Gospel readings.

Torah

NUM 22:2-25:9

NUM 22:1Balak's first message for Balaam is refused.
NUM 22:15His second message obtains him.
NUM 22:22An angel would have slain him, if he had not been saved by his ass.
NUM 22:36Balak entertains him.
NUM 23:1Balak's sacrifices.
NUM 23:7Balaam's parables.
NUM 23:13Balak's sacrifices.
NUM 23:18Balaam's parables.
NUM 23:25Balak's sacrifices.
NUM 24:1Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesies the happiness of Israel.
NUM 24:10Balak, in anger, dismisses him.
NUM 24:15He prophesies of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations.
NUM 25:1Israel's Sin with Moab

Chukat

Pinchas