“Balak … sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor” Numbers 22:4
By Rina Wolfson
“Strip Aaron of his vestments and put them on his son Eleazar. There Aaron shall be gathered unto the dead” Numbers 20:26
"And Korah separated himself” Numbers 16:1
By Rabbi Dr Michael Harris
“It shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Eternal One” Numbers 15:39
“And Moses said to God, ‘Why have you afflicted your servant... that you lay the burden of this entire people upon me?’” Numbers 11:11
By Rabbi Dr Moshe Freedman
“God said to Moses, ‘One leader each day shall bring their offering for the dedication of the altar’” Numbers 7:12
When the "When the Tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the Tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up” Numbers 1:51
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“And I will remember My covenant... and I will remember the Land” Leviticus 26:42
“Do not reap to the very edges of your field” Leviticus 23:22
"And the goat on which the lot 'for Azazel' came up, shall be placed while still alive, before the Lord, to provide atonement" Leviticus 16:10
“If a woman conceives and gives birth to a male... she shall be remain unclean for 33 days... and if she gives birth to a female... she shall remain unclean for 66 days” Leviticus 12:2-5
“The whole community came forward and stood before the Lord” Leviticus 9:5
"And the meat of his thanksgiving peace offering shall be eaten on the day it is offered up; he shall not leave any of it over until morning" Leviticus 7:15
"On six days work may be done, on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord" Exodus 35.2