Matot/Massei | מטות/מסעי | "Tribes/Journeys "
TURE: BaMaDaBaR 30:2-36:13
NaBIAIM: IRaMIEU 1:1-2:3
MaSHICH-anic: MaTaTIEU 23:1-39/MaTaTIEU 24:1-25:46
Portion Outline
Matot-Masei (BaMaDaBaR 30:2-36:13)
Parashat Matot-Masei is read on Shabbat:
Av 2, 5772/July 21, 2012
*Matot, מַּטּוֹת Tribes 30:2-32:42
The name of the forty-second reading from the TURE is Mattot (מַּטּוֹת), which means “tribes.” The name is derived from the words of BaMaDaBaR 30:1, which says, “Then MaSHE spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Ishrael.” BaMaDaBaR 30 discusses the laws of vows and oaths. BaMaDaBaR 31 tells the story of Ishrael’s war with Midian. BaMaDaBaR 32 relates the story of how the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Mannaseh came to inherit the land east of the Jordan River. Except in biblical calendar leap years, Mattot is read together with the subsequent TURE portion, Massei, on the same Sabbath.
Massei מַסְעֵי Journeys of 33:1-36:13
The last reading from the book of BaMaDaBaR is called Massei (מַסְעֵי), a word that means “journeys.” It comes from the first verse of the reading, which begins with the words “These are the journeys of the sons of Ishrael” (BaMaDaBaR 33:1). Massei is the end of the continuous narrative of TURE that began in BaRaASHIT with the creation of the universe. The narrative does not resume until the end of DaBaRIM when MaSHE dies.
The final reading in BaMaDaBaR settles several last-minute details. In it we find a list of the encampments from Egypt to the plains of Moab. We also find instructions for apportioning the land, as well as the specifics regarding the borders of the land. While explaining the land and its borders, MaSHE introduces the laws of the cities of refuge and more inheritance laws. In most years, synagogues read Massei together with the preceding portion, Mattot, which accounts for the brevity of this portion’s commentary. Baal Imagery
Ira 1:11 Moreover the word of the Almighty came unto me, saying, Iraemiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Ira 1:12 Then said the Almighty unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Ira 1:13 And the word of the Almighty came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
Ich/Eze 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Ich 36:16 Moreover the word of the Almighty came unto me, saying,
Ich 36:17 Son of man, when the house of Ishrael dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
Ich 36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
Ich 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
Ich 36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Almighty, and are gone forth out of his land.
Ich 36:21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Ishrael had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
Ich 36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Ishrael, Thus saith the Almighty IEUE; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Ishrael, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
Ich 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Almighty, saith the Almighty IEUE, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
Ich 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Ich 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Ich 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Ich 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Ich 36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your G-d.
Ich. 44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean
Ira 1:12 Then said the Almighty unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Ira 1:13 And the word of the Almighty came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
Ich/Eze 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Ich 36:16 Moreover the word of the Almighty came unto me, saying,
Ich 36:17 Son of man, when the house of Ishrael dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
Ich 36:18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
Ich 36:19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
Ich 36:20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Almighty, and are gone forth out of his land.
Ich 36:21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Ishrael had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
Ich 36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Ishrael, Thus saith the Almighty IEUE; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Ishrael, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
Ich 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Almighty, saith the Almighty IEUE, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
Ich 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Ich 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Ich 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Ich 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Ich 36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your G-d.
Ich. 44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean
Qel 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Qel 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
Qel 12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
Qel 12:4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
Qel 12:5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Qel 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Qel 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto G-d who gave it.
Qel 12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Qel 12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Qel 12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
Qel 12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Qel 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Qel 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear G-d, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Qel 12:14 For G-d shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Qel 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
Qel 12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
Qel 12:4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
Qel 12:5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Qel 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Qel 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto G-d who gave it.
Qel 12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Qel 12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Qel 12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
Qel 12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Qel 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Qel 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear G-d, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Qel 12:14 For G-d shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Work Cited:
TorahPortion.org, eSword.net, eTeacherBiblical.com
Numbers (in wilderness) (H4057)/BaMaDaBaR [bamadah-bar] — Bam
Jeremiah (lifter of IEU) (H3414)/IRaMIEU [eeram-eeh-eh-ooh / eeram-yeh-ooh] — Ira
Matthew (gift of IEU) (H4993)/MaTaTIEU [matateeh-eh-ooh / matat-yeh-ooh] — Mat
Ecclesiates (assembler) (H6952)/QELaT [qeh-lat] — Qel
Ezekiel ("He strong, AL (God)" or "AL He [is] strong") (H3168, H2388)/ICHaZaQaAL [eechazaq-al] — Ich *Books of the Bible IEUE Research Centre
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