Matos: haven

Masei: haven

Adolescence:  They leave Egypt.  They don't know where they are going.  They go to strange places - they walk across the  bed of the split Red Sea.  They don't know where they are going. Where to find water, where to find food. Where to find water,  Homeless, in the wilderness. 

The first job: They come to the proto- promised land, Midian, Sichon, Og. The formula for the partition of the land among the tribes ( lottery plus demographics) is defined.  The boundaries are set out according to the foreign, local names . The land is still a dream, but the apportionment formula  is vaguely understood. 

First apartment: An urban element is prescribed:  The Levite cities and suburbs ( Levittown?).  And theses cities will serve another function as well: they will be the cities of refuge. Non- violent places, where the law rules over passion, 

Where is the safe haven now?

 The missiles rain down;

 the precision  bombs plow through human shields. 

Their rockets pierce the soul-haven of kindness