Balak (as it is in 2020, 2023, 2026, and 2027), the haftarah is the haftarah for Balak, For Shabbat Rosh Chodesh When parashah Chukat coincides with Shabbat Rosh Chodesh, the haftarah is Notes Further reading The parashah has parallels or is discussed in these sources: Ancient Ritual To Be Followed by the Kalu-Priest when Covering the Temple Kettle-Drum. In James B. Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, 334–38. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969. . Biblical 49–52 (cedar wood, hyssop, and red stuff). 2 Kings (bronze serpent). (purge with hyssop); 20, 35 (water from rock; they remembered that God was their Rock); (Meribah); (songs to God); (Meribah); (Sihon); (Sihon). Early nonrabbinic 1 Corinthians ("they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them"). Circa 53–57. Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 4:4:5–7, 5:1–3. Circa 93–94. In, e.g., The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition. Translated by William Whiston, pages 107–08. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 1987. . Hebrews (Red Cow); (scarlet wool and hyssop). Late 1st Century. John (serpent); (hyssop). Quran 2:67–73 (command to slaughter a cow). Classical rabbinic Mishnah: Shekalim 4:2; Yoma 4:2; 6:6; Rosh Hashanah 3:8; Megillah 3:4; Avot 5:6; Zevachim 14:1; Keritot 1:1; Middot 1:3; 2:4; Oholot 1:1–18:10; Parah 1:1–12:11; Yadayim 4:6. Land of Israel, circa 200 C.E. In, e.g., The Mishnah: A New Translation. Translated by Jacob Neusner, pages 256, 270–71, 275–76, 304–05, 320–21, 686, 729, 836, 876, 950–81, 1012–35, 1130. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. . Tosefta: Demai 1:14; Sukkah 3:11–12; Megillah 3:3; Chagigah 3:20; Sotah 4:2; 6:7; 11:1; Oholot 1:1–18:18; Parah 1:1–12:19; Makhshirin 3:15. Land of Israel, circa 250 CE. In, e.g., The Tosefta: Translated from the Hebrew, with a New Introduction. Translated by Jacob Neusner, volume 1, pages 81, 576, 644, 678, 844, 857, 877; volume 2, pages 1655–1707, 1745–77, 1886. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2002. . Jerusalem Talmud: Demai 31a; Kilayim 82a; Sheviit 47a; Terumot 58b; Pesachim 8b, 23b, 43a; Yoma 1b, 2b, 23a–b, 47a; Rosh Hashanah 22a; Taanit 29a; Megillah 25b; Moed Katan 23b; Chagigah 16a; Ketubot 71b; Nazir 39a, 40b, 42a; Sotah 8b, 46b; Gittin 42b; Bava Metzia 27b; Shevuot 4b, 14a. Tiberias, Land of Israel, circa 400 CE. In, e.g., Talmud Yerushalmi. Edited by Chaim Malinowitz, Yisroel Simcha Schorr, and Mordechai Marcus, volumes 4–6b, 8, 18, 21, 24–28, 32, 36–37, 39, 42, 46. Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 2006–2019. And in, e.g., The Jerusalem Talmud: A Translation