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Zakhor
The Bible · 52/54

Vayelekh

The succession of Joshua, the writing of the book, public reading every seven years.

Hebrew name
וַיֵּלֶךְ
Book
Deuteronomy
Verses
Dt 31,1–30
Haftara
Is 55,6–56,8

Moses writes the Law, entrusts it to the Levites, and orders that it be read before all the people — men, women, children, and strangers — every seven years. A written deposit, a place of preservation, a periodic public reading: the archival apparatus is complete, and it explicitly includes those who will not yet understand.

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