Devarim - דברים : "Words"
Torah : Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22
Haftarah : Isaiah 1:1-27
Gospel : Acts 1-2

Thought for the Week:

On the ninth day of the fifth biblical month, it is traditional to fast in memory of the destruction of the Temple. The Temple was destroyed on the ninth day of the fifth month in 586 BCE and again in 70 CE. According to Jewish tradition, the ninth day of the fifth month is also the anniversary of the day on which the spies delivered their evil report about the land of Israel and swayed the hearts of the generation. But according to the prophets, when the Kingdom of Messiah is established, the ninth day of the fifth month will be transformed into a day of joy and gladness. (Zechariah 8:19)

Commentary:

Then the LORD heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and took an oath, saying, "Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore to give your fathers, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his sons I will give the land on which he has set foot, because he has followed the LORD fully." (Deuteronomy 1:33-40)

After the incident with the spies, the LORD swore on oath that none of the generation (above the age of 20) except Caleb and Joshua would enter the land. For Moses, Aaron and Miriam, this was a bitter pill ...