Weekly Torah readings in Tammuz (Hebrew month)

the 41st weekly Torah portion

right|thumb|300px|The hills of Gilead (current day Jal'ad, Jordan) Matot, Mattot, Mattoth, or Matos (—Hebrew for "tribes", the fifth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 42nd weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the Book of Numbers. It comprises Numbers 30:2–32:42. It discusses laws of vows, the destruction of Midianite towns, and negotiations of the Reubenites and Gadites to settle land outside of Israel.

thumb|400px|right|Moses Striking Water from the Rock (painting circa 1633–1635 by Nicolas Poussin) Chukat, HuQath , Hukath, or Chukkas (—Hebrew for "decree," the ninth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 39th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Numbers. The parashah sets out the laws of corpse contamination (tumat hamet) and purification with the water of lustration prepared with the Red Cow (, parah adumah, also called the "Red Heifer"). It also reports the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, the failure

portion of the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading

thumb|right|500px|Encampment of Israelites, Mount Sinai (1836 intaglio print after J. M. W. Turner from Landscape illustrations of the Bible)

parsha concerning Balak and the people of Israel found in the Torah