 Devarim (parsha)

Devarim, D'varim, or Debarim ( — Hebrew for "things" or "words," the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 44th weekly Torah portion (, "parashah") in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Deuteronomy.It constitutes The parashah recounts how Moses appointed chiefs, the episode of the Twelve Spies, encounters with the Edomites and Ammonites, the conquest of Sihon and Og, and the assignment of land for the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh.