Mas’ey (“These are the journeys of the Children of Israel”)

Numbers 33:1 –36:13

Moses’ face enflamed with spiritual energy, admonished the tribes to keep all the “mitzvoth” – the commandments – or their failings would be like pricks in their eyes.

Above the river Jordan is one of the cities of refuge where anyone who had unintentionally killed someone could escape revenge.

The idols of the Midyantes are destroyed and their people driven out from the land.