Torah: Nu 25:10 - 30:1 (29:40 KJV)Haftarah: 1 Kings 18:46-19:21Brit Chadesha: 1 Co 10:5-14; John 2:13-25 Psalms: 41, 95, 137 Gospels: Luke 19, 20, 21

Pinchas - פינחס : "Phineas"

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Fun Facts about Pinchas

• 41st of 54 portions

• 8th of 10th in B’midbar

• Written on 280 lines in a Torah

• 9th in length, it’s the 2nd in B’midbar

• Pinchas contains 6 of the 613 mitzvot; all positive

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How is the Haftarah like Pinchas?

• 1Ki 19:10, “So he said, ‘I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.’ ”

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Was Pinchas a vigilante?

• Nu 25:5, “So Moshe said to the judges of Israel, "Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.’”

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Why does YHVH grant a covenant of peace for a violent act?

• Nu 25:12, "Therefore say, 'Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace; 13and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'"

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Why does God want another census taken in this book of Torah?

• Nu 26:2, "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel from twenty years old and above, by their fathers' houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel."

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Tribe Chap 1 Chap 26 Tribe Chap 1 Chap 26

Reuben 46500 43730 Manasseh 32200 52700

Shimon 59300 22200 Benjamin 35400 45600

Gad 45650 40500 Dan 62700 64400

Judah 74600 76500 Asher 41500 53400

Issachar 54400 64300 Naphtali 53400 45400

Zebulun 57400 60500 Tribe Chap 2 Chap 26

Ephraim 40500 32500 Levi 22300 23000

What were the results?

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Why should we NOT contend or malign our Torah teacher?

• Nu 26:9, “The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, representatives of the congregation, who contended against Moshe and Aharon in the company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD;”

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How did the census relate to land allotment?

• Nu 26:52, “Then the LORD spoke to Moshe, saying: 53 ‘To these the land shall be divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names.’”

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It all depends on HOW you ask, doesn’t it?

• Nu 27:3-4, "Our father died in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the LORD, in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. 4Why should the name of our father be removed from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father's brothers."

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What is Moshe’s goal in these verses?

• Nu 27:16-17, "Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may NOT be like sheep which have no shepherd."

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Summary• Pinchas zealously deals with the immoral

behavior of Zimri and Cozbi• YHVH grants him a covenant of peace and

the priesthood• A census counts 601730 men of age• Moshe sets up the lottery for the land• Civil laws for the rights of survivors are set

up when Zelophehad questions Moshe • Moshe enables Joshua to succeed him• A detailed list of offerings are expounded

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