Parashat Matot-Masei 5799 / פָּרָשַׁת מַּטּוֹת־מַסְעֵי
/ 2 Av 5799
Parashat Matot-Masei is the 42nd and 43rd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Numbers 30:2-36:13
Matot (“Tribes”) opens with laws about vows, and continues to describe the Israelites’ war against the Midianites and the allocation of spoils. The tribes of Reuben and Gad request to dwell outside of the Land of Israel, and Moses acquiesces on the condition that they help conquer it. Masei (“Travels”), the final Torah portion in the Book of Numbers, opens with a list of places that the Israelites traveled in the desert. God commands the Israelites to destroy idolatry in the Land of Israel, outlines Israel’s boundaries, and details the laws of cities of refuge for accidental killers. [1]
Full Kriyah
- 1: 30:2-31:12 · 28 p’sukim ·
- 2: 31:13-54 · 42 p’sukim ·
- 3: 32:1-19 · 19 p’sukim ·
- 4: 32:20-33:49 · 72 p’sukim ·
- 5: 33:50-34:15 · 22 p’sukim ·
- 6: 34:16-35:8 · 22 p’sukim ·
- 7: 35:9-36:13 · 39 p’sukim ·
- maf: 36:11-13 · 3 p’sukim ·
Triennial
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Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4 · 26 p’sukim
Weekday for Shabbat afternoon, Monday & Thursday
Commentary and Divrei Torah
List of Dates
Parashat Matot-Masei is read in Israel on:References
- The Chumash: The Stone Edition (Artscroll Series) (paid link)
- Nosson Scherman, Mesorah Publications, 1993
- Parashat Matot-Masei from Sefaria.org
- Sefaria, Inc.