THIS WEEK'S PORTION #35 Nasso | נשא | "Lift up!-Take up" ውሰድ | w’ssed [wissed] TORAH READING Numbers 4:21-7:89 PROPHETS READING Judges 13:2-25 NEW TESTAMENT READING Acts 21:17-26 PORTION OUTLINE - TORAH Numbers 4:21 | The Gershonites and Merarites Numbers 4:34 | Census of the Levites Numbers 5:1 | Unclean Persons Numbers 5:5 | Confession and Restitution Numbers 5:11 | Concerning an Unfaithful Wife Numbers 6:1 | The Nazirites Numbers 6:22 | The Priestly Benediction Numbers 7:1 | Offerings of the Leaders PORTION OUTLINE - PROPHETS Judges 13:1 | The Birth of Samson PORTION COMMENTARY MESSIAH THE AVENGER THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Messiah is our redeemer. He has redeemed us from slavery, from sin, from condemnation and from death. He is our kinsmen redeemer, our brother in the house of God, who has ransomed us from the debt we could not pay. Therefore, we speak of Him as redeemer. He is also the national redeemer of Israel. Just as Moses, the first redeemer, redeemed all Israel from slavery, so too the second redeemer, Messiah, redeems the whole nation. And this great second redemption is not only a spiritual redemption, but it is the literal, physical redemption of Israel. He will gather the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob from the nations, and restore them to the land of Israel. Commentary https://www.lojs.org/this-weeks-reading-ends-6-11-22/