Parsha Bamidbar

Tribes of Israel - Numbers Chapter 1
Tribes of Israel – Numbers Chapter 1

This week’s parsha is Bamidbar: Numbers 1:1-4:20

Bamidbar (1:1-4:20) – (In the Wilderness):
Haftorah: Hosea 2:1-22 (Ashkenazi); Hosea 2:1-22 (Sephardi)
1:1-3: Census in the Wilderness 3:1-4: The progeny of Moses and Aaron
1:4-43: The tribal leaders 3:5-10: Appointment of the Levites
1:44-46: The total 3:11-13: The Levites replace the firstborn
1:47-54: The Levites 3:14-20: Census of the Levites
2:1-2: The four formations 3:21-26: Gershon
2:3-9: Judah’s encampment—to the east 3:27-32: Kohath
2:10-17: Reuben’s encampment—to the south 3:33-39: Merari
2:18-24: Ephraim’s encampment—to the west 3:40-51: The Israelite firstborn are redeemed
2:25-31: and Dan’s encampment—to the north 4:1-16: The Kohathites’ responsibilities
2:32-34: The total 4:17-20: Special precautions for the Kohathites

D’var Torah: Becoming Midbar

Torah Pearls: Parsha Bamidbar

This week’s Haftarah is: Hosea 2:1-22

Chapter 2: Hosea divorces his wife in chapter two. This divorce is symbolic of the end of the covenant between God and the Northern Kingdom of Israel.