Torah: Nu 25: :1 (29:40 KJV) Haftarah: 1 Kings 18:46-19:21 Brit Chadesha: 1 Co 10:5-14; John 2:13-25 Psalms: 41, 95, 137 Gospels: Luke 19, 20, 21 Pinchas - פינחס : "Phineas"

. Fun Facts about Pinchas 41 st of 54 portions 8 th of 10 th in B’midbar Written on 280 lines in a Torah 9 th in length, it’s the 2 nd in B’midbar Pinchas contains 6 of the 613 mitzvot; all positive

. How is the Haftarah like Pinchas? 1Ki 19:10, “So he said, ‘I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.’ ”

. Was Pinchas a vigilante? Nu 25:5, “So Moshe said to the judges of Israel, "Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.’”

. Why does YHVH grant a covenant of peace for a violent act? Nu 25:12, "Therefore say, 'Behold, I give to him My covenant of peace; 13 and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'"

. Why does God want another census taken in this book of Torah? Nu 26:2, "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel from twenty years old and above, by their fathers' houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel."

. Tribe Chap 1Chap 26 Tribe Chap 1Chap 26 Reuben Manasseh Shimon Benjamin Gad Dan Judah Asher Issachar Naphtali Zebulun Tribe Chap 2Chap 26 Ephraim Levi What were the results?

. Why should we NOT contend or malign our Torah teacher? Nu 26:9, “The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, representatives of the congregation, who contended against Moshe and Aharon in the company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD;”

. How did the census relate to land allotment? Nu 26:52, “Then the LORD spoke to Moshe, saying: 53 ‘To these the land shall be divided as an inheritance, according to the number of names.’”

. It all depends on HOW you ask, doesn’t it? Nu 27:3-4, "Our father died in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against the LORD, in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be removed from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father's brothers."

. What is Moshe’s goal in these verses? Nu 27:16-17, "Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 17 who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may NOT be like sheep which have no shepherd."

. Summary Pinchas zealously deals with the immoral behavior of Zimri and Cozbi YHVH grants him a covenant of peace and the priesthood A census counts men of age Moshe sets up the lottery for the land Civil laws for the rights of survivors are set up when Zelophehad questions Moshe Moshe enables Joshua to succeed him A detailed list of offerings are expounded upon