Chukat, Hukath, or Chukkas, is the 39th weekly Torah portion (, "parashah") in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Numbers, the parashah sets out the law of purification with the water of lustration prepared with the Red Cow, also called the “Red Heifer”, was a cow brought to the priests as a sacrifice according to what book?
Chukat Chukat, Hukath, or Chukkas ( — Hebrew for "decree," the ninth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 39th weekly Torah portion (, "parashah") in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Numbers. The parashah sets out the laws of corpse contamination ("tumat hamet") and purification with the water of lustration prepared with the Red Cow (, "parah adumah", also called the “Red Heifer”), and reports the deaths of Miriam and Aaron, the failure of Moses at the Waters of Meribah, and the conquest of Arad, the Amorites, and Bashan. The parashah constitutes . The parashah is the shortest weekly Torah portion in the Book of Numbers (although not the shortest in the Torah), and is made up of 4,670 Hebrew letters, 1,245 Hebrew words, and 87 verses, and can occupy about 159 lines in a Torah Scroll (, "Sefer Torah").
Book of Exodus The Book of Exodus or, simply, Exodus (from Ancient Greek: ἔξοδος , "éxodos", meaning "going out"; Hebrew: וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת‎ , "we'elleh shəmōṯ", "These are the names", the beginning words of the text: "These are the names of the sons of Israel" Hebrew: וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמֹות בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ), is the second book of the Torah and the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament).