 The parashah tells how Moses asked to see the Land of Israel, made arguments to obey the law, recounted setting up the Cities of Refuge, recited the Ten Commandments and the "Shema", and gave instructions for the Israelites' conquest of the Land.The parashah is made up of 7,343 Hebrew letters, 1,878 Hebrew words, 122 verses, and 249 lines in a Torah Scroll (, "Sefer Torah").Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in late July or August.