Parashat Bamidbar - פָּרָשַׁת בְּמִדְבַּר
Bamidbar (“In The Desert”) is the first Torah portion in the Book of Numbers. It describes God's command to take a census and details the camping formation of the Israelites in the desert. It also begins to enumerate the responsibilities of the Levites when transporting the Mishkan (Tabernacle).
Torah Portion: Numbers 1:1-4:20
Parashat Bamidbar is the 34th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Next read on May 31st, 2025 / 4 Sivan 5785
- Annual Reading
Read Annually
1:
1:1 - 1:19· 19 p’sukim
2:
1:20 - 1:54· 35 p’sukim
3:
2:1 - 2:34· 34 p’sukim
4:
3:1 - 3:13· 13 p’sukim
5:
3:14 - 3:39· 26 p’sukim
6:
3:40 - 3:51· 12 p’sukim
7:
4:1 - 4:20· 20 p’sukim
Maftir:
4:17 - 4:20· 4 p’sukim
Haftarah:
Hosea 2:1 - 2:22· 22 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 1
May 20th, 2023
1:
1:1 - 1:4· 4 p’sukim
2:
1:5 - 1:16· 12 p’sukim
3:
1:17 - 1:19· 3 p’sukim
4:
1:20 - 1:27· 8 p’sukim
5:
1:28 - 1:35· 8 p’sukim
6:
1:36 - 1:43· 8 p’sukim
7:
1:44 - 1:54· 11 p’sukim
Maftir:
1:52 - 1:54· 3 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 2
June 8th, 2024
1:
2:1 - 2:9· 9 p’sukim
2:
2:10 - 2:16· 7 p’sukim
3:
2:17 - 2:24· 8 p’sukim
4:
2:25 - 2:31· 7 p’sukim
5:
2:32 - 2:34· 3 p’sukim
6:
3:1 - 3:4· 4 p’sukim
7:
3:5 - 3:13· 9 p’sukim
Maftir:
3:11 - 3:13· 3 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah:
Isaiah 63:7 - 63:16· 10 p’sukim
- Triennial Year 3
May 31st, 2025
1:
3:14 - 3:20· 7 p’sukim
2:
3:21 - 3:26· 6 p’sukim
3:
3:27 - 3:39· 13 p’sukim
4:
3:40 - 3:43· 4 p’sukim
5:
3:44 - 3:51· 8 p’sukim
6:
4:1 - 4:10· 10 p’sukim
7:
4:11 - 4:20· 10 p’sukim
Maftir:
4:17 - 4:20· 4 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah Part 1:
Joshua 8:30 - 8:35· 6 p’sukim
Alternate Haftarah Part 2:
Joshua 8:33 - 8:33· 1 p’sukim