Daily Bread for Kids

Today in History: During the First Temple Period, the Babylonian army broke through the walls of Jerusalem to destroy the city (see Jeremiah 39:2; 2 Kings 25:1). The 9th of Tamuz was originally a fast day, but was moved after the Romans later broke through Jerusalem's walls on the 17th of Tamuz. This week's portion is called Chukat (Statue) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 21:21–22:1 HAFTARAH: Judges 11:1–3...

This week's portion is called Chukat (Statue) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 21:10–20 GOSPEL PORTION: John 14:15–31 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study Go...

This week's portion is called Chukat (Statue) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 20:22–21:9 GOSPEL PORTION: John 14:1–14 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study G...

Today in History: Ezekiel the Prophet saw a vision of God's glory that looked like a chariot (see Ezekiel 1). “Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.” This week's portion is called Chukat (Statue) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 20:7–13 GOSPEL PORTION: John 13:18–30 Th...

This week's portion is called Chukat (Statue) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 19:18-20:6 GOSPEL PORTION: John 13:1-17 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study G...

Today in History: Joshua commanded the sun and moon to stand still during the battle with the Amorites (according to tradition, see Joshua 10:11–14). “There was no day like that before it or after it, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel.“ This week's portion is called Chukat (Statue) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 19:1-17 GOSPEL PORTION: John 12:37-50 Think about:...

This week's portion is called Korach (Korah) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 18:21–32 HAFTARAH: 1 Samuel 11:14–12:22 APOSTLES: Jude (Judah) 1:5–25 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping y...

The birth and death of the patriarch Joseph (according to tradition, see Genesis 30:23, 50:26). “So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.” This week's portion is called Korach (Korah) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 17:10[25]–18:20 GOSPEL PORTION: John 12:20–36 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn some...

Today in History: The memorial of Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson (of blessed memory), a Christian Zionist pioneer who died in 1947 CE (5707). Patterson was an Irish Christian, British soldier, hunter, and author. During World War I, he led the Jewish Legion, the first Jewish fighting force in almost 2,000 years. At his funeral in Israel, he was called “The Godfather of the IDF.” This week's portion...

Today in History: The twelve spies were sent to Canaan give a report about the land (according to tradition, see Numbers 13:2). “Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers’ tribes.” This week's portion is called Korach (Korah) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 17:44–50 [9-15] GOSPEL POR...

This week's portion is called Korach (Korah) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 16:20-43 GOSPEL PORTION: John 11:17–37 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God...

This week's portion is called Korach (Korah) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 16:14–19 GOSPEL PORTION: John 11:1–16 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’...

This week's portion is called Korach (Korah) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 16:1–13 GOSPEL PORTION: John 10:22–42 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’...

This week's portion is called Shlach (Send) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 15:27–41 HAFTARAH: Joshua 2 APOSTLES: Hebrews 3:7–17; 4:9–10 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible...

This week's portion is called Shlach (Send) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 15:17–26 GOSPEL PORTION: John 10:1–21 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s...

Today in History: Mordecai wrote to everyone in the Persian Empire about the king’s decree that Jews could defend themselves (see Esther 8:9). “It was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to Ethiopia.” This week's portion is called Shlach (Send) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 15:8–16 GOSPEL PORTI...

Today in History: Moses' sister Miriam was punished with “tzara’at,” biblical leprosy (according to tradition, see Numbers 12). “When the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow … Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, ‘O God, heal her, I pray!’” This week's portion is called Shlach (Send) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 14:26-o15:7 GOSPEL PORTION: John 9:1-23 Thi...

This week's portion is called Shlach (Send) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 14:8–25 GOSPEL PORTION: John 8:39–59 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s...

This week's portion is called Shlach (Send) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 13:21–14:7 GOSPEL PORTION: John 8:21–38 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God...

This week's portion is called Shlach (Send) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 13:1–20 GOSPEL PORTION: John 7:53–8:20 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’...

TORAH PORTION: Numbers 10:35–11:29 GOSPEL PORTION: John 7:32–52 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-readers to study God’s Word, while also discovering its Jewish...

This week's portion is called Beha’alotcha (When you set up) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 10:11–34 GOSPEL PORTION: John 7:10–31 Think about: What Scripture spoke to you most today and why? Did you learn something about God, or something you need to do in your life? Daily Bread for Kids is a daily Bible reading podcast where we read through the Torah and the Gospels in one year! Helping young Bible-reade...

The day the patriarch Judah was born and also the date he died (according to tradition, see Genesis 29:35; Exodus 1:6). “And she conceived again and bore a son and said, ‘This time I will praise the LORD.’ Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.” This week's portion is called Beha’alotcha (When you set up) TORAH PORTION: Numbers 9:15-10:10 GOSPEL PORTION: John 6:60-7:9 Think about...

Today in History: Today in History: In Temple-times, this was traditionally the last day holiday sacrifices could be brought after Shavout (Feast of Weeks). This was according to Deuteronomy 16:16, “Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses… and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.” This week's portion is called Beha’alo...

Today in History: In Temple-times, this was traditionally the last day holiday sacrifices could be brought after Shavout (Feast of Weeks). This was according to Deuteronomy 16:16, “Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses… and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.” This week's portion is called Beha’alotcha (When you set...