page_title: Ki Tavo
section_title: Fourth reading — Deuteronomy 27:1–10
hierarchical_section_title: Ki Tavo / Readings / Fourth reading — Deuteronomy 27:1–10
context_page_description: Ki Tavo, Ki Thavo, Ki Tabo, Ki Thabo, or Ki Savo is the 50th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of Deuteronomy. It constitutes Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8. The parashah tells of the ceremony of the first fruits, tithes, and the blessings from observance and curses from violation of the law.
  The parashah is made up of 6,811 Hebrew letters, 1,747 Hebrew words, 122 verses, and 261 lines in a Torah Scroll. Jews generally read it in September, or rarely in late August.
context_section_description: In the fourth reading (Hebrew: עליה‎, aliyah), Moses and the elders charged the people that as soon as they had crossed the Jordan River, they were to set up large stones on Mount Ebal, coat them with plaster, and inscribe on them all the words of the Torah. There they were also to build an altar to God made of stones on which no iron tool had struck, and they were to offer on it offerings to God and rejoice. A closed portion (Hebrew: סתומה‎, setumah) ends here with Deuteronomy 27:8.
  In the continuation of the reading, Moses and the priests told all Israel to hear: They had become the people of God, and should heed God and observe God's commandments. The fourth reading (Hebrew: עליה‎, aliyah) and a closed portion (Hebrew: סתומה‎, setumah) end here.
caption: panorama showing Mount Gerizim on the left, Mount Ebal on the right, and modern Nablus (ancient Shechem) between (photographed by and copyright Uwe A; for licensing information, double-click on the picture)
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