Scripture readings for 2 August/Av 1

Sidrah: Massei/Rosh Chodesh Av
Torah: Numbers 34:1-35:8 28:9-15
Haftarah: Isaiah 66:1-24

Numbers, chapter 34

1 : And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 : Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
3 : Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
4 : And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
5 : And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
6 : And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
7 : And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
8 : From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
9 : And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
10 : And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
11 : And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
12 : And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
13 : And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
14 : For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
15 : The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
16 : And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 : These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
18 : And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
19 : And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
20 : And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
21 : Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
22 : And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
23 : The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
24 : And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
25 : And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
26 : And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
27 : And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
28 : And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
29 : These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.


Numbers, chapter 35

1 : And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
2 : Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
3 : And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
4 : And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
5 : And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
6 : And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
7 : So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
8 : And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.


Numbers, chapter 28

9 : And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
10 : This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
11 : And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
12 : And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;
13 : And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
14 : And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
15 : And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.