Torah Classes

Chp. 22 verse 29 - Chp. 23 verse 17: Continues with the story of Bilaam and his donkey. The angel warns him to say only that which G-d wants his to say. He comes to Moav and Balak takes him to Bamoth-baal where he could see part of the people. Chp. 23, Bilaam tells Balak to build him seven alters and he sacrifices a bull and a ram on each. He then goes to speak to Hashem in the hope of cursing the Jews but instead Hashem tells him to bless them. Balak is not happy and so he takes him to another location in the hope of having better results. Balak builds another seven alters and offers another seven bulls and rams. Bilaam returns with the words of Hashem.

Chp. 22 verses 1 - 29: Introduction, Balak the king of Moav fears the Jewish Nation. He sends a delegation to hire Bilaam to curse them. On the way to Moav an angel stands in the road to kill him but only his donkey sees the angel. Miraculously the donkey speaks to Bilaam after he hits it three times.

Chp. 24 verse 20 - Chp. 25 verse 9: Continues with Bilaam's prophecy of the end of days. They both go their own way. Chp. 25, The Moabite women seduce the Jewish men in Shittim, and cause them to serve and bow down to their gods. Hashem tells Moshe to have the heads of the people judge those who served the Baal Peor and and execute them, and so they did. A man brought a Midianite women before Moshe while all the people wept. Pinchas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest took his spear and killed them both in the tent. This brought an end to the plague in the camp. Twenty four thousand men died by the plague.

Chp. 21 verses 20 - 35: Continues with the song of praise to Hashem. Moshe sends messengers to Sichon the king of the Amorites to allow them to pass through his land. He refuses and attacks them. He is defeated and all his lands are taken by the Jews. They then turn their attention to Og the king of Bashan and Hashem tells Moshe not to fear him. He too is defeated and his lands are possessed by the Jewish nation.

Chp. 20 verse 14 - Chp. 21 verse 20: Moshe sends messengers to the king of Edom asking for permission to pass through his land, he refuses. They travel to mount Hor and there Aaron dies and is succeeded by his son Elazar, and all the people mourn for him. Chp. 21, begins with the Amalekie attacking they defeat them. The people begin to complain about the conditions in the desert. Hashem punishes them with poisonous snakes and scorpions which kill many of the people. They repent and Hashem tells Moshe to make a copper snake and hang it on a pole and those that look at it will not die. They continue to travel in the wilderness. Hashem performs a miracle for them at the valley of

Arnon. When they become aware of this miracle they compose a song of praise to Hashem.

Chp. 19 verse 17 - Chp. 20 verse - 13: Continues with the laws of the Red Heifer. Chp. 20 begins with the death of Miriam. The people complain to Moshe and Aaron about the lack of water. Hashem tells Moshe to talk to the rock and it will bring forth water, but he hits the rock twice. Hashem then informs Moshe, that because he did not fulfill G-ds command properly he would not lead the people into the land.

Chp. 19 verses 1 - 16: Introduction, begins with the laws of the "Red Heifer" the ultimate statute.

Chp. 18 verses 15 - 32: Continues with the 24 gifts given to the priests. Then it tells us of the gifts given to the Levites for their service. Also that the Levites are obligated to give a portion of their first tithing to the priests.

Chp. 17 verse 9 - Chp. 18 verse 15: Hashem brings a plague on the people and Aaron stops it with his fire pan of incense. Continues with the test of the staffs to prove that the tribe of Levi was chosen by Hashem. Chp, 18, begins with warnings to the people about the Mishkan. Hashem defines the position of the Levites. Continues with the 24 gifts given to the priests.

Chp. 16 verse 15 - Chp. 17 verse 8: The two hundred and fifty men, Korach, and Aaron all gather with their fire pans filled with incense. Moshe warns the people to separate from the group. Hashem brings a fire that consumes the 250 men and the earth swallows Dasan, Aviram, Korach, their families and all their possessions. Chp. 17 begins with Elazar the son of Aaron collecting all the fire pans. They were to be used as a covering for the copper alter.