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Parshat Matot begins with Moses teaching the people about promises – vows and oaths \u2013 how they should be kept and how they can be cancelled.<\/p>\n

Two tribes, Reuven and Gad, together with half the tribe of Menashe, then ask permission to dwell on the east side of the River Jordan where the land is ideal pasture for their cattle. Moses is disappointed that they are choosing to live outside of the Land of Israel, but eventually he says yes, as long as they first join in all the battles for the Promised Land, west of the Jordan, helping the rest of the Israelites.<\/p>\n

Parshat Masei gives us a list of the 42 stopping-points of the Israelites\u2019 forty-year journey through the wilderness. Their final stop is on the plains of Moab, where they will stay until the death of Moses. Then the parsha sets out the borders of the Promised Land, as well as highlighting which places will become cities of refuge (where people guilty of accidental murder can live safely, protected from the relatives of the person who has died).<\/p>\n

Matot and Masei, often read together, are the final parshiot in the book of Bamidbar. This book is full of the stories of what happened while the people lived in the desert, as well as the laws that the people were taught during this time. Moses taught them, (and us), about: the laws of purity, of the Mishkan, Lashon Hara, and future laws for the Land. Sometimes the people rebelled against Moses and against God Himself, sometimes they complained or broke the laws. Every time they made a mistake, God forgave them and Moses tried to show them a better way to behave.<\/p>\n

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