Freeparsha 37 of 54 · Numbers
Sh'lach Numbers
Portion 37 of 54, from Numbers.
Sh'lach
שְׁלַח־לְךָ
Moses sends twelve spies to scout Canaan, and ten bring back a discouraging report that causes the people to despair and be sentenced to forty years of wandering. The parsha closes with laws of offerings, the sin of the wood-gatherer, and the commandment of tzitzit.
Next read
Saturday, June 26, 2027
Read on its own this year.
Ten key words
| Hebrew | Transliteration | English | |
|---|---|---|---|
| מְרַגְּלִים | meraglim | spies | |
| אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן | eretz kena'an | land of Canaan | |
| עֲנָקִים | anakim | giants | |
| דִּבָּה | dibah | slander, bad report | |
| כָּלֵב | kaleiv | Caleb | |
| יְהוֹשֻׁעַ | yehoshua | Joshua | |
| אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה | arba'im shanah | forty years | |
| מְקוֹשֵׁשׁ עֵצִים | mekosheish eitzim | wood-gatherer | |
| צִיצִית | tzitzit | fringes | |
| תְּכֵלֶת | techeilet | blue thread |
Torah reading and haftara
Torah reading
Numbers 13:1-15:41
Haftara
Joshua 2:1-24