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Nasso נשא
Numbers 4:21-7:89
Naso (“Take A Census”), the longest portion in the Torah, opens by detailing the responsibilities of the Levites. It also describes the laws of a woman suspected of adultery (*sotah*), the [Nazirite](https://www.sefaria.org/topics/nazir?sort=Relevance&tab=notable-sources), and the [priestly blessing](https://www.sefaria.org/topics/priestly-blessing?tab=admin). The portion ends by listing the gifts that heads of tribes bring to the [Tabernacle](https://www.sefaria.org/topics/mishkan?tab=admin).
Summary: Sefaria
How it begins
וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃
4:21 And the LORD spoke unto Moses saying:
נָשֹׂא אֶת־רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֹן גַּם־הֵם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם׃
4:22 ’Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’houses, by their families;
מִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה עַד בֶּן־חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה תִּפְקֹד אוֹתָם כָּל־הַבָּא לִצְבֹא צָבָא לַעֲבֹד עֲבֹדָה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד׃
4:23 from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them: all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do service in the tent of meeting.
Numbers 4:21–23 · Hebrew: Tanach with Nikkud · English: JPS 1917 · public domain, via Sefaria
Seven daily readings
The portion is traditionally split into seven parts (aliyot), one for each day of the week.
- Part 1Numbers 4:21-4:37
- Part 2Numbers 4:38-4:49
- Part 3Numbers 5:1-5:10
- Part 4Numbers 5:11-6:27
- Part 5Numbers 7:1-7:41
- Part 6Numbers 7:42-7:71
- Part 7Numbers 7:72-7:89
When it’s read
- Diaspora: June 19, 2027, June 3, 2028
- Israel: June 12, 2027, June 3, 2028
Dates: Hebcal. Some years two portions are read together.