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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.

When it’s read

Dates: Hebcal. Some years two portions are read together.

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