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ISBN 0-939341-04-2 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America C O N T E N T S ...THE TRANSLATOR TO THE READER p. vii TORAH BERESHIS (GENESIS) [GN] p.1 SHEMOT (EXODUS) [EX] p. 52 VAYIKRA (LEVITICUS) [[LV] p.94 BAMIDBAR (NUMBERS) [NUM] p.127 DEVARIM (DEUTERONOMY) [DT] p.171 NEVI'IM YEHOSHUA (JOSHUA) [JOSH] p. 209 SHOFETIM (JUDGES) [JUDG] p. 233 SHMUEL ALEF (I SAMUEL) [1SM] p. 256 SHMUEL BAIS (II SAMUEL) [2SM] p. 291 MELACHIM ALEF (I KINGS) [1KGS] p. 317 MELACHIM BAIS (II KINGS) [2KGS] p. 349 YESHAYAH (ISAIAH) [ISA] p. 378 YIRMEYAH (JEREMIAH) [JER] p. 431 YECHEZKEL (EZEKIEL) [EZEK] p. 487 HOSHEA (HOSEA) [HOS] p. 538 YOEL (JOEL) p. 545 AMOS [AM] p. 548 OVADYAH (OBADIAH) [OB] p.553 YONAH (JONAH) [JON] p.554 MICHOH (MICAH) [MIC] p. 556 NACHUM [NAH] p.560 CHABAKUK (HABAKKUK) [HAB] p.562 TZEFANYAH (ZEPHANIAH) [ZEPH] p. 564 CHAGGAI (HAGGAI) [HAG] p. 567 ZECHARYAH (ZECHARIAH) [ZECH] p.568 MALACHI [MAL] p.577 KETUVIM TEHILLIM (PSALMS) [PS] p. 579 MISHLE (PROVERBS) [PROV] p. 644 IYOV (JOB) p. 668 SHIR HASHIRIM (SONG OF SONGS) [SONG] p. 695 RUTH [RUTH] p.700 EKHAH (LAMENTATIONS) [LAM] p.706 KOHELET (ECCLESIASTES) [KOH] p.712 ESTHER [ESTH] p.721 DANIEL [DAN] p.730 EZRA [EZRA] p.746 NECHEMYAH (NEHEMIAH) [NEH] p. 755 DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF (I CHRONICLES) [1CHR] p.769 DIVREY HAYAMIM BAIS (II CHRONICLES) [2CHR] p. 797 BRIT CHADASHA THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO MATTITYAHU [MT] p.833 THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO MARKOS [MK] p.870 THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO LUKAS [LK] p. 894 THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO YOCHANAN [YN] p. 935 GEVUROT MEYRUACH HAKODESH (ACTS) [AC] p. 966 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN ROME [RO] p. 1005 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN CORINTH (I) [1C] p. 1023 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN CORINTH (II) [2C] p. 1040 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN GALATIA [GA] p. 1051 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN EPHESUS [EP] p.1057 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN PHILIPPI [PP] p. 1063 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN COLOSSAE [CO] p. 1067 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN THESSALONIKA (I) [1TH] p. 1071 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN THESSALONIKA (II) [2TH] p. 1075 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO TIMOTIYOS (I) [1TI] p. 1077 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO TIMOTIYOS (II) [2TI] p. 1081 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO TITOS [TI] p. 1084 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHA'UL TO PHILEMON [PM] p. 1086 MOSHIACH'S LETTER TO THE MA'AMINIM HAMESHICHIYIM FROM AMONG THE YEHUDIM [MJ] p.1087 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH YA'AKOV TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH [YA] p. 1099 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHIMON KEFA TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH (I) [1K] p. 1104 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH SHIMON KEFA TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH (II) [2K] p. 1109 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH YOCHANAN TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH (I) [1Y] p. 1112 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH YOCHANAN TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH (II) [2Y] p. 1116 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH YOCHANAN TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH (III) [3Y] p. 1117 MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH YEHUDA,THE BROTHER OF THE SHLIACH YA'AKOV, TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH [YD] p. 1118 HISGALUS (REV) [RV] p. 1119 GLOSSARY p. 1141 NOTES ON THE TORAH OF THE OJB p. 1208 OJB INDEX p. 1221 SOME IMPORTANT RABBINIC QUOTATIONS AND SOURCES WHO IS MOSHIACH? THE JEWISH CALENDAR AND THE OJB MESSIANIC BAR MITZVAH ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS cf compare f and following i.e., [Latin] id est, that is T.N. Translator's Note sensus literalis (literal sense, i.e., this translation looks for a word-for-word, literal translation, leaving verb tenses, etc unvarnished, from the original language without the use of nonfrum idioms which are by no means necessary in any case, since the original is the fount of Orthodoxy, leaving all else sadly not "orthodox" enough-see Gevurot MeyRuach Hakodesh 21:19-26) vii THE TRANSLATOR TO THE READER This translation was begun during a time of Theological Doctoral studies in 1971, and was not completed until this year, 2002. Each key word in the original language is transliterated and translated so that the orthodox Jewish meaning will shine through. These key words are listed in a glossary for the benefit of the reader who will thereby be able to pour over every key word of the Hebrew Bible, even rather exhaustively through The Orthodox Jewish Bible. Those who read the Bible with Gentile spectacles need to take another look. It took a lifetime to do this translation because of the research involved. Moreover, the problem with Bibles translated by a committee is that usually none of the committee members actually studies every single word in the original languages. Being led by G-d to spend 31 years doing exactly that, always in Jewish communities, always in the midst of Chasidic Jews, and always surrounded by the finest array of scholarly and rabbinic books-this was a divinely provided, unique advantage. Consequently, part of the OJB is already being translated into Hebrew and Yiddish and Russian, and is available online even now in Spanish and Ladino. But why another translation? Why the OJB? To answer that question, let's look at the OJB rendering of Isaiah 7:14. "Therefore Hashem Himself shall give you an ot (sign); hinei (behold), Ha-Almah (The unmarried young Virgin) shall conceive, and bear Ben (Son), and shall call shmo (his name) Immanu-El (G-d is with us). From Isaiah's writings we learn that stubborn and unteachable people like the proud religious leaders in Isaiah chapter 28 and proud King Ahaz in chapter 7 don't lower themselves to "factor in" signs, but a sign of tongues will be given to the unbelievers in Isaiah chapter 28; and, to Ahaz and the House of David, a sign will be given of the unmarried young virgin conceiving (a potentially scandalous sign, wouldn't you say, when we think of teenage unwed mothers?). Furthermore, this sign will be given, whether Ahaz wants it or not. (Judging from their "young woman" rendering of Ha-Almah, apparently many "Ahaz" Bible translators have not wanted it). When we think of "the" virgin, the only other times in the entire Tanakh that we see the expression ha-Almah (the virgin), is that unmarried young virgin Rikvah (Rebekah) in Genesis 24:43 who is preparing in that passage to conceive the nation of Israel; and that young unmarried virgin Miryam, who is preparing to bring forth the Savior of the Exodus (Ex 2:8). So let's begin our discussion by pointing out that there are only three ha-Almah virgins in Scripture: the mother of Moshiach (Isa 7:14) and the mother of the Nation of Israel (Gn 24:43) and Miryam the virgin pointing us to the Savior of the Exodus (Ex 2:8). But in this passage, Isaiah 7:14, Moshiach is promised. What is at stake in this one word ha-Almah? The answer is: simply everything. If, according to the Hebrew Scriptures, Moshiach was not born of the Almah virgin, then he is not Ben HaElohim, he is not Moshiach, and we are not delivered from death's eternal judgment by the one who is "G-d with us." [See p. 1222 for a long list of places where the word almah occurs in the OJB Index]. So, to say the least, it is worth probing the Scriptures to study this and related words. A passage in Judges chapter 8, mentions royal bearing (verse 18) and also the word pilegesh (concubine, verse 31). See also Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs) chapter 6 verse 8, where that passage infers the royal bearing in the harem of the pilegesh as concubine and the royal bearing of malkah (queen) as legitimate royal wife and the royal bearing of almah (who in the harem has the royal bearing of betulah or virgin, not merely "young woman" since a merely young woman would throw a question on hereditary rights to the throne in that any young woman who was only that, only a woman, only young, and then introduced into the harem other than a virgin could destabilize the dynastic heirdom for the reason that in dynastic monarchy the child would normally be of the king's body begotten and there can be no question about this fact; so in this matter the three classes of women in the harem--[1] malkah, [2] pilegesh and [3] almah=betulah, Song of Songs 6:8---are crucial technical terms having to do with not only sexual matters vis-a-vis the king but political matters visa-vis the succession government of the dynastic monarchy. This matter of royal bearing of the almah as betulah or virgin is decisive in translating Isaiah 7:14 "ha-Almah" as "the virgin" particularly here since the context of "Bais Dovid" (verse 13) shows that a royal almah, not just any almah, is in view; see Shir Hashirim 6:8 "there are threescore melakhot (queens), and fourscore pilagshim (concubines), and-without number--alamot (virgins, singular=almah; alam=young man 1Sm 20:22; 17:56)." [Note: alamot is plural of almah, "virgin," alamot, "virgins."] See Shir Hashirim 1:3; Yeshayah 7:14; Bereshis 24:43; Shemot 2:8; Mishle 30:19 where the word means explicitly or implicitly "virgin" and where "young unmarried woman" is not an adequate rendering, in this case, since the king was hardly interested in only "young unmarried women" in his harem, but demanded "virgin unmarried maidens"; the older Jewish translations like Harkavy's in fact translated the word as "virgin" in Song of Songs 6:8 until it became "politically incorrect" to do so in later, more liberal Jewish translations into English. See Joel 1:8 where betulah is used of a married woman; almah is always a young unmarried betulah in Scripture. We have no word in English to differentiate an unmarried from a married virgin. One might say, we have no word in English to differentiate a young horse from a younger horse--so what? Not so, in English we have a very precise nomenclature for horses. We have "filly" (a young female horse), or "mare" (a fully mature female horse) or "foal" (a horse not yet one year old), or "yearling" (a horse one year old dating from January 1 of the year after the year of foaling). So "young horse" is crudely inadequate in the world of the stables, just as "young woman" is crudely inadequate in the world of the Bible. And just as modern racetrack enthusiasts require more precision in their "horse" vocabulary, so too the Hebrews did with their "woman" vocabulary. An almah is an unmarried, virginal, sexually ripening young woman (all these notions in the definition are crucial); a betulah is a virginal married or unmarried woman, and she may be old, she does not have to be young; a na'arah is a girl or young woman; a zonah is a non-virginal harlot or prostitute; a noefet is an adulteress; an agunah is a woman whose husband's whereabouts are unknown [see Ro 7:2 OJBC]; a pilegesh is a concubine; an isha is a woman/wife; a gerushah is a divorcee; a gevirah is a noble woman or queen mother; a malkah is a queen, etc. Notice all these terms for women are defined vis-a-vis the man, since, according to the opening chapters of Genesis, woman was made for man. "Young woman" is as crudely out of place in Hebrew nomenclature as "young horse" is in racetrack nomenclature; "young woman" is oddly and jarringly imprecise. There is a perfectly good Hebrew word for "young woman" which Boaz says twice in reference to Ruth- "na'arah" ("young woman"), which Boaz uses in Ruth 2:5 and again in Ruth 4:12. Here virginity is not implicit and in fact Ruth is a young widow who had been married before and for some time. Notice the precision of language: Song of Songs 6:8 does not say "ne'arot" without number (ne'arot=young women plural, na'arah = young woman singular); Song of Songs 6:8 says "alamot" without number (alamot=virginal young women, plural of almah). Proverbs speaks of the derech gever (way of a man) with an almah (Prov. 30:19), but when this is referenced in Scripture in Genesis 24:65, the derech (way) of the almah Rivkah (Rebekah) and the gever Yitzchak (Isaac) shows the young woman still a virgin (Gn 24:65). The virgin whose seed (Moshiach) crushes Satan's head (Genesis 3:15) is the almah whose supernatural conception of Moshiach is a sign to the House of David. One more point, in Genesis chapter 24, almah and betulah (in 24:43 and 24:16) are used nearly synonymously. Now, to illustrate, if we say the "lad" sat by the well and then if we say the "boy" walked around the well, and if we are talking about the same person, then obviously we ix are using "lad" and "boy" in some synonymous fashion and it is only our tendentious bias that would have us try to make some vast distinction between the terms. In Genesis chapter 24, Rivkah (Rebekah) is called an "almah" and in the same breath she is also called a "betulah," showing some kind of interchangeable connection between the words. In our illustration, the semantic freight which both "lad" and "boy" carry is youth and also maleness, making it possible to use the terms "lad" and "boy" of the same person interchangeably. One could not seriously, for example, use the term "geezer" (elderly eccentric man) and "lad" interchangeably of the same person, and one could not use the Biblical Hebrew word "zonah" (a non-virgin harlot, prostitute) and "betulah" of the same person interchangeably (the Hebrew Bible never uses zonah and almah regarding the same person); but the Hebrew Bible does in fact use "almah" and "betulah" in Genesis 24:43 and Genesis 24:16 of the same person (Rebekah) because both terms carry the common semantic freight of femaleness and virginity. In Genesis chapter 24, Rivkah is called an almah and she is also called a betulah, showing that, if not virginal, an almah would not be an almah. In Genesis chp 24 HaAlmah is used as a synonym for na'arah-betulah. Virginity is at least implicit in the term "almah" or an almah could not be called a betulah. It would never do in Hebrew, for example, to say that the pilegesh (concubine) approached the well and then say the betulah sat by the well and yet be talking about the same person. Virginity is definitely not implicit in the term pilegesh (concubine). Moreover, as a translation for "almah," "young woman" destroys the virginal conception of the Moshiach, without which he is not Ben HaElohim Moshi'a (Savior) of adam's rebellious, sin-blinded progeny. So we see the verse proves true that says "some twist the Scriptures to their own destruction (2K 3:16)." Those who delude themselves that there is no distinction between "na'arah" (young woman) and "almah" (young virgin) have Biblical useage and context arguing in concert against them. Finally, in Isaiah 7:14 the Jewish rabbis and scholars, who translated the Targum Hashivim [Septuagint Hebrew Bible Greek translation] in the Third Century B.C.E. for the Hellenistic synagogue, translated the Hebrew word "almah" as the Greek word "parthenos"--which Greek word can only mean, according to the standard lexicon, "female of marriageable age with focus on virginity" [see F.W.Danker Greek-Engish Lexicon, page 777]. Notice other times parthenos ("virgin") is used in the Greek NT: Mt 25:1,7,11; Lk 1:27; 1C 7:25; Ac 21:9. The Septuagint translators also translated "haalmah" in Genesis 24:43 as "parthenos" showing that both Rivkah the almah and the mother of the Moshiach, Moshiach who is G-d with us, are both "haalmah" and both "parthenos" and both "the virgin". Let it be said rather bitingly that perhaps these ancient rabbis understood the word "almah" somewhat better than we moderns do. J.A. Motyer writes, "In Song of Solomon 6:8, the alamot [plural of almah], contrasted with queens and concubines, are unmarried and virgin" (The Prophecy of Isaiah, Inter-Varsity Press, Leicester England, 1993). In conclusion, Isaiah was speaking of the unmarried young virgin. This translation is "orthodox" because it is both true to the Scriptures and it preserves the supernatural entrance (virgin) and exit (empty tomb) of the Ben Dovid Ben Elohim Moshiach, the Savior (Goel, Oisleizer) of the World. "G-d-with-us" cannot be Hezekiah because Hezekiah had already been born. Moshiach is called not only "G-d-with-us" but "mighty G-d" (compare Isaiah 9:5[6] and 10:21) and more than once is called Ben HaElohim. (see the OJB translation). Just as Moshiach had a real presence in the wilderness (Num 21:16-18; 1C10:4), Moshiach's real presence in the Bais Dovid forms an eschatological time line: his coming is in the future when the Bais Dovid will suffer subjugation indicated by the fact that desert food, thickened milk and honey, will be the future oppressive diet (see Isaiah 7:22) because of the capitulation of Ahaz to Assyria, with Assyria's imperial despotic evil having various future manifestations from Babylonian to Roman Imperial kingdoms, until the prophecy to the dynasty of the Bais Dovid is literally fulfilled in Moshiach. When this prophecy achieves its fulfillment, history would finally confirm that the time line here covers more than 700 years, with only a handful of years set apart to describe the brief time before Judah's enemies, Syria and the northern kingdom of Israel, will pose no more threat to Judah (see Isaiah 7:16). x The OJB translates Proverbs chapter 30:1-19 and should include a comment that helps to explain how, in spite of teenage unwed mothers, the Isaianic unmarried young virgin conceiving is not as scandalous a sign as may at first appear. The reason is that in conceiving she is still the unwed "virgin," (not an unwed zonah worthy of stoning), and the one conceived is called "G-d" or "El" in Hebrew, even "G-d with us," giving a clear derivative clue to his paternity. Let it be said as a further comment on Proverbs (Mishle) chapter 30 that the Devar Hashem, the Chochmah (Wisdom) that Hashem used to create the world (Psalm 33:6; Prov 8:30), is called here Ben HaElohim (Prov 30:4); thus this title "Ben HaElohim" used also of Moshiach (Psalm 2:7) introduces the revelation that Moshiach is the Chochmah of Hashem, even the very Ben HaElohim, the Seed of the Woman who will crush the head of the cunning Serpent Satan (Genesis 3:15). See verse Proverbs 30:4: "Who hath ascended into Shomayim, or descended? Who hath gathered ruach in the hollows of His hands? Who hath bound the mayim in a cloak? Who hath established all the afsei aretz (ends of the earth)? What is Shmo (His Name), and what is Shem Bno (the Name of His Son), if thou canst tell?" Then we move on to Prov 30:19, "The derech hanesher (way of the eagle) in the sky; the derech nachash (way of a snake) upon a tzur (rock); the derech oniyah (way of a sailing vessel) in the midst of the yam (sea); and the derech gever (way of a man) with an almah (unmarried young virgin-see Gn 24:16, 43, 63- 65)." In short, it would be hard to see these crucial teachings in the text of most other translations; thus the raison d'etre for the OJB version. Finally, a word needs to be said about the translation of the Messiah's name in the OJB. We know that at least one of the languages our Moshiach spoke was a dialect of Western Aramaic (note TALITHA CUMI, GOLGOTHA, MARANATHA). YESHUA is the Aramaic form of YEHOSHUA. Anyone who questions this should look at the Aramaic dictionary at the end of the standard Brown, Driver and Briggs Lexicon where the word YESHUA can be found listed as an Aramaic word. And YEHOSHUA (Hebrew for JOSHUA) is the Hebrew form of YESHUA (~~~~~~ in Greek). Parts of the Tanach are written in Aramaic (e.g. Ezra 4:8-6:18; 7:12-26; Dan 2:4-7:28; Jer 10:10-11; Gn 31:47). This is important because the infallible Bible settles all arguments. To the question "What is the Hebrew translation of the Aramaic word YESHUA?" the Bible tells us the infallible answer by translating the Aramaic word YESHUA in the Aramaic passage in Ezra 5:2 with the Hebrew word YEHOSHUA in the Hebrew passage in Zechariah 6:11-12, which also says that this Yehoshua is a "sign" man and his name is TZEMACH ("BRANCH" [of Dovid], a code name for the soon to come and sprout up [even suddenly, out of dry ground] Moshiach). So the Moshiach's name is YEHOSHUA/YESHUA (not an "either/or" but a "both/and") and in the OJB the decision was made to use the Hebrew form of Moshiach's name rather than the Aramaic form. In the Greek NT the very same Greek word Yoh-tah ee-tah seegh-mah oh-mee-krone eeps-ee-lone final seegh-mah is used for Yehoshua/Yeshua/Joshua Ben Nun in Acts 7:45 and for Yehoshua/Joshua/Yeshua Ben Elohim in Acts 7:55, showing that both Joshua and Yeshua are exactly the same as far as the Greek is concerned, meaning either translation (Yehoshua or Yeshua) is acceptable in faithfully rendering the Greek NT into English. Moshiach's half-brother Yehuda wrote of the emunah (faith) which was once for all time handed down and transmitted to the Kadoshim. The document Yehuda wrote [p. 1118] is one of the most important ever written. Why? Because it is written by one of the Zekenim (Elders, Leaders) of the Messianic Edat Bnei Yisroel in Yerushalayim and is early and authoritative, having been written by Yehuda, one of the brothers of Ya'akov the Shliach, himself one of the "Ammudei HaKehillah" (Pillars of the Kehillah) in the early period of pre-Churban Bayis Sheni Judaism of the Kehillah of Moshiach in Yerushalayim. Ya'akov died in 62 C.E. al kiddish ha-Shem for the sake of his Martyr's Eidus as an Emissary of the Zera Dovid Moshiach and as an eye-witness to the Techiyas Xi HaMoshiach. Both of these, Yehuda and Ya'akov, were half-brothers of Moshiach and, like Moshiach, could indeed claim King Dovid as their direct ancestor. In referring to "the faith which was once for all handed over and transmitted to the Kadoshim," Yehuda is speaking of the body of objective truth which has been handed down as Massorah (universally binding, authorized Jewish teaching of the Zekenim of Israel, that is, Messianic Massorah HaZekenim, Authoritative Jewish Teaching of the Elders of Israel to be passed down from generation to generation). As such, this requires Messianic Shomrim to guard the orthodox Jewish faith (orthos = right, doxa = belief) and contend for it and accurately transmit it through the generations inviolate. It is for the purpose of equipping such Shomrim that the OJB version was translated, a work which really began only four years after the Six Day War, when a revived Jewish interest in the Messiah began world-wide, because, prophetically, Jerusalem was no longer trodden down by Gentiles (Lk 21:24) and the Fig Tree, replanted in 1948, was beginning to blossom (Lk 21:29-31). Over two decades before, preparations had begun for the publication of the New English Bible, the first major new translation of the Bible into English since Tyndale. As Benson Bobrick has said, "Next to the Bible itself, the English Bible was (and is) the most influential book ever published" (Wide As the Waters, Penquin Books, p.11). Commenting on the uniqueness of the OJB, the Jewish, yeshiva-trained, Israeli scholar and author, Yosef Shulam wrote favorably, "It is like nothing I have seen before..." We lift up his favorable assessment to G-d and say to Hashem be the glory, and may the Hebrew shine forth in this English version to every believer on earth! On a more personal note, let me say that this translation reflects the Holy Bible as a well-worn treasure map that I have been studying nearly all my adult life. Without this infallible map, we sit in darkness, without hope and without G-d in the world (Mt 4:16; Ep 2:12). What is the treasure that the Bible maps us toward? Joseph had treasure put in the sacks of his brothers (Gn 43:23), treasure that did not bring them joy because they didn't know their Savior (Gn 43:18). There is a veil over the eyes when the unregenerate person gazes at Scripture (2C 3:14-16), an idol stands at the door of his "inner gate" (Ezek 8:3), and, as long as the "scales" of unregenerate uncircumcision (Ac 9:18) have not been removed, the Scriptures are unfathomed (1C 2:14), and there is no turning to the L-rd, no craving for the pure milk of the Word (1K 2:2), not even a taste for it (Jer 6:10). Some believers stop looking for treasure in their Bibles after a while. They don't stick to the map, don't rely on the Word to chart their course, and after a while they get detoured into a maze of selfhelp books, psychology, intellectual speculation, philosophy, materialism, educational titlemongering , mass media punditry, or motions of empty religiosity. In His mercy, from the ReadMore Bookstore in Hollywood, California, unto this present hour, G-d has been trying to keep me from blundering into any of those sad "rich young Ruler (Mt 19:22)" dead-end streets. Instead, He beckoned me to pursue after the true silver and gold (Prov.3:13-14), for the joy of which a man will go and sell all that he has to purchase that treasure (Mt 13:44; Lk 14:25-30, 33; Pp 3:8). So many times in a bookstore the Bible would cost all I had, and buying it would mean going without food for a time. But G-d was testing me: did I want Him and His Word more than anything in life? Was I willing to turn my back on the treasures of Egypt (MJ 11:26)? Sometimes I let Him down. Other times, trouble, not just poverty, would come in open-air preaching (Jon 3:4), because of the Word (Mt 13:21). Would I encourage myself in the treasure chest of Scripture (1Sm 30:6)? Will you? Dt 28:12 promises that the L-rd will "open up unto thee His good treasure." I know that is true for all who love the truth (2Th 2:10-11; I Yn 4:6)! Mere religion can be unmasked (see Lk 22:52-23:38); beyond mere religion, as one who has examined it, I can assure you the Bible is true to the core. Robert Lewis Stevenson started with an imaginary map and developed a novel called Treasure Island. However, there is a treasure map that is not imaginary, and that map I happened upon as a young professional film actor browsing in Read-More Bookstore on Hollywood Blvd in 1970. That bookstore no longer exists, buried in the sands of time. But the treasure map is still today in my xii hands, the map I happened upon in the mercy and ministry call of Hashem as a young man, the treasure map that is real, and eternal, and leads us to the buried Pearl of Great Price. Mt 13:44 is a parable about a treasure buried by someone in a field, then found by someone else, who immediately reburies or hides it in that field so he can go and sell everything he has in order to purchase that priceless field, the great worth of which he has just discovered. The treasure I found in 1970 I have not reburied but, in the mercy of G-d, the eternal treasure once found in the New English Bible in 1970, is now eternal treasure rediscovered in The Orthodox Jewish Bible in 2002. And what a treasure it is! It is worth more to me now than then, a treasure of such weight of glory, a priceless matmon (Hebrew for "treasure" in Genesis 43:23). Is it true that it costs you everything? Yes, I have known poverty as an open-air minister for 30 years; but I was being tested during that pre-publication "trial period" to see how priceless the Bible was to me before G-d would grant me the privilege and trust me with translating it. Trials can be tests before privileged promotion. And what a privilege! And how unworthy we are. As we prepare to publish, I have begun to go over every verse, making sure not one is missing from the OJB. And as my eyes and fingers go over ancient Bible manuscripts, I have the feeling a miser must have when he counts his gold coins. But we are not being miserly with the Word of G-d; we are making it available free-of-charge on the Internet at http://www.afii.org to enrich the whole world and you are helping us. G-d checked this Bible Society ministry into that afii.org Website on Labor Day weekend 1995, just as He checked me into the Wishing Well Motel in Boynton Beach Florida on Labor Day weekend 1978, even though I was homeless and had only 23 cents. After that, G-d checked this ministry into its first New York City office on Labor Day weekend 1981. Now this weekend, Labor Day weekend 2002, I am writing this as a Preface to the OJB as I send this Holy Bible manuscript in for publication! What Labor Day miracles! And what a privilege to labor for Hashem! And on our Website people all over the world are starting to print their own personal copy of the OJB. Baruch Hashem for meeting us just now, at the perfect time, with His rich store of technology that He has readied for His time! Little did I know what G-d was planning for my life when, as a young man in 1970, a very lost young prodigal son, my hand reached curiously for the brand new hard-bound copy of the New English Bible just published in England and gleaming at me with its bright red jacket cover and crisp clean pages! How blessed I have been in that one never-to-be-forgotten encounter in a Bookstore with the Bible, when G-d had humbled me to the point that I was willing and teachable at last to see what He might have to say to my contritely broken life. In Walter Elwell's definitive Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, (Second Edition, p.765-766), there is an article "Messianic Judaism," which refers to my book on the subject. Consequently, this translation, the OJB, when it appears, will be seen to arise out of the mainstream of believers and not the cult fringes or the heretical periphery. This too is the L-rd's doing. If you think not, visit my house in Oakland City, Indiana, sometime, and, while there, ask yourself just how such a translation as this could have ever come forth from such an unexpected place without an unspeakable amount of help from the L-rd (1C 1:27). But I also thank the L-rd for his unsung workers who helped me format this translation on computer, an extended list that space will not allow room for, but whose names are inscribed in the Sefer HaChayyim referred to in Moshiach's Letter through the Shliach Sha'ul to the Brit Chadasha Kehillah in Philippi, chapter 4, verse 3. May the Holy Name of Eloheinu be praised forever! And may you, standing there looking at this Bible in that "Read-More Bookstore" where you are, yes, may you also have a wonderful adventure just as I have had in my life with the Word of G-d. And may a great blessing overtake you, too, such that you also shall not be able to outrun it. And, most importantly, may Hashem bless you in Moshiach Tzidkeinu ad olam! Omein! Dr. Phillip E. Goble Brooklyn, New York Labor Day weekend, 2002 THE ORTHODOX JEWISH TANAKH TORAH NEVI'IM KETUVIM Baruch HaBah Melech HaMoshiach THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE BERESHIS PARASHAS BERESHIS|||1||| |1| In the beginning Elohim created hashomayim (the heavens, Himel) and haaretz (the earth). |2| And the earth was tohu vavohu (without form, and void); and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Ruach Elohim was hovering upon the face of the waters. |3| And Elohim said, Let there be light: and there was light [Tehillim 33:6,9]. |4| And Elohim saw the light, that it was tov (good); and Elohim divided the ohr (light) from the choshech (darkness). |5| And Elohim called the light Yom (Day), and the darkness He called Lailah (Night). And the erev (evening) and the boker (morning) were Yom Echad (Day One, the First Day, Mk 16:2). |6| And Elohim said, Let there be a raki'a (expanse, dome, firmament) in the midst of the mayim (waters), and let it divide the mayim from the mayim. |7| And Elohim made the raki'a, and divided the waters under the raki'a from the waters which were above the raki'a; and it was so. |8| And Elohim called the raki'a Shomayim (Heaven). And the erev and the boker were Yom Sheni (Day Two, the Second Day). |9| And Elohim said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the yabashah (dry land) appear; and it was so. |10| And Elohim called the yabashah Eretz (Earth); and the mikveh (gathering together of the waters) called He Seas; and Elohim saw that it was tov. |11| And Elohim said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the herb yielding zera (seed), and the fruit tree yielding pri (fruit) after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so. |12| And the earth brought forth vegetation, and herb yielding zera (seed) after its kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after its kind; and Elohim saw that it was tov (good). |13| And the erev and the boker were Yom Shlishi (Day Three, the Third Day).[T.N. Shemot 19:11,15-16; Yehoshua 1:11; Bamidbar 19:11-16; Yonah 1:17; Hoshea 6:2; Melachim Bais 20:5,8; Ezra 6:15; 1C 15:4,20; Notice on Yom HaShlishi (The Third Day, Gen.1:13) is Yom HaBikkurim of the Bria HaOlam, the Firstfruits of the Creation of the World; just as Hoshea 6:2 indicates Yom HaShlishi is the time marker of the Techiyas HaMesim (Resurrection of the Dead), so Yom HaBikkurim fell on Nisan 16, and became a time marker delineating the countdown from the Resurrection of Moshiach Nisan 16, 3793 (33 C.E.) to Shavuos, 3793 and the Matan HaTevilah BeRuach Hakodesh. Lv 23:11]. |14| And Elohim said, Let there be lights in the raki'a of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for otot (signs), and for mo'adim (seasons), and for yamim (days), and shanim (years); |15| And let them be for lights in the raki'a of the heaven to give light upon the earth; and it was so. |16| And Elohim made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; He made the kokhavim (stars) also. |17| And Elohim set them in the raki'a of the heaven to give light upon the earth, |18| And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and Elohim saw that it was tov. |19| And the erev and the boker were Yom Revi'i (Day Four, the Fourth Day). |20| And Elohim said, Let the waters bring forth an abundance of living creatures, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open raki'a of heaven. |21| And Elohim created great sea creatures, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth in abundance, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and Elohim saw that it was tov. |22| And Elohim blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. |23| And the erev and the boker were Yom Chamishi (Day Five, the Fifth Day). 24| And G-d said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind; and it was so. |25| And G-d made the beast of the earth after its kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind; and G-d saw that it was tov. |26| And G-d said, Let Us make man in Our tzelem, after Our demut: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon ha'aretz (the earth). |27| So G-d created humankind in His own tzelem, in the tzelem Elohim (image of G-d) created He him; zachar (male) and nekevah (female) created He them. |28| And G-d blessed them, and G-d said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. |29| And G-d said, Hinei, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of kol ha'aretz (all the earth), and every etz (tree), in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food. |30| And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food; and it was so. |31| And G-d saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was tov me'od (very good). And the erev and the boker were Yom Shishi (Day Six, the Sixth Day).T.N. BERESHIS ("in the beginning") begins the first fifth of the "book of the Law of Moses" (SEFER TORATMOSHE 2Kgs. 14:6). In view of the watchword "Sola Scriptura" (the Bible alone is authoritative for faith), we must allow inerrantly inspired Scriptural texts to give us our normative interpretation of Scripture. For example, Genesis chps 1-11 is about the creation of the inhabited world. And the book begins with Adam, who is told to govern the world as the son of G-d, being a type of "the one who is to come" (see Gn 5:1; 1Chr 1:1; Lk 3:38; Ro 5:14; Gn 3:15; 49:10), as expectation begins to build regarding a promised eschatological Redeemer- Ruler, a Moshi'a (Savior) from sin and death, a Great "Descendant" or "Seed" (ZERA). In Genesis we see the "fall," that is, "creation being subjected to futility" (Ro 8:20) and the whole human race being brought under the bondage of the law of sin and death (Ro 6:23). Ro 5:12 tells us how to exegete (interpret) Gn 3. Adam is an epochal figure whose failure and fall determines the character of all encompassed in his epoch; that is, all of Hashem-alienated humanity in need of the epoch of the second Adam, the New Man, the Moshiach, and especially in need of the new life that flows from the Kingdom of G-d and G-d's great King, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach. When we look at the first man lying on the ground dead (Gn. 5:5), the Bible is showing us the first sinner of a sinning/dying epoch which only the Moshiach's death brings to an end (2C 5:14). But the point here is that humankind in Gn 1:27 is "HaAdam" in Hebrew, and that verse shows Man as having both singularity and plurality (oto and otam, Gn 1:27), thus reflecting his Maker, Elohim, Who also has singularity and plurality in His complexity (compare echad in Gn 2:24 and Dt 6:4). Gn 1:26 uses a majestic plural but the Doctrine of Hashem's Kedushah Meshuleshet (Threefold Holiness) is seen in Elohim (Gn 1:1) and the Dvar Hashem (Gn 1:3) and the Ruach Elohim (Gn 1:2) engaged in the work of creation. When we look at the original language in Zohar Vol.3 Ha'azinu page 288b, we see the text which comments on Daniel 7:13, where the Son of Man Moshiach comes to the Ancient of Days. The Zohar says, "The Ancient One is described as being two (TAVRESH-YUD-FINAL NOON,Aramaic for "two")." G-d and the Moshiach, called by Daniel "the Ancient of Days" and "the Son of Man" are obviously a picture of G-d as "two" in the Bible, and the Zohar owns up to this fact, calling G-d "two." Two sentences prior to that on the same page, the original language of the text of the Zohar says, "The Ancient Holy One [i.e. G-d, Daniel 7:13] is found with three (TAV-LAMMED-TAV, Aramaic for "three") heads or chiefs (RESH-YUD-SHIN-YUD-FINAL NOON Aramaic for "heads"), which are united in One (CHET-DALET Aramaic for "one")." Here we have a picture in the Zohar of the raz (mystery) of G-d's unity, the distinct havayot (subsistences, modes of being) in Adonoi Echad. G-d is echad,one, but a complex one, not three g-ds, only Hashem, One, but with Hashem's Kedushah Meshuleshet (Threefold holiness, Isa 6:3. Granted, Genesis answers all kinds of questions that only get raised for the reader later in the Bible. So it is only when you read Obadiah and Malachi that you really start asking, "Who are the Edomites and when do we first hear of their patriarch Esau?" So Genesis should be read last as well as first. Similarly, when Gog and Magog are mentioned in Ezekiel, when Javan (Greece) is mentioned in Zecharyah (Zechariah), when Babylon (Shinar--Gn14:1) is mentioned in Isaiah, when the Canaanites and the Moabites and the Amorites (Noah's son Ham is the father of the Amorites) are discussed in the rest of the Scriptures, Genesis is the place to turn to get the Bible's theological introduction and overview of their significance and determinative character. Genesis introduces us theologically to all the major questions of life. What is mankind? What is marriage? What is work and rest from work in relation to G-d? In Proverbs it says that wine is a mocker (20:1). How does the Bible first introduce us to that fact? (Hint: see Gn. Chp 9. Read also Lv. 10:8-11; Nu. 6:l4; Lk 1:15; Ro. 14:2l.) How did the evil of polygamy begin? (Note Gn. 4:19 and Lamech's overweening desire for both women and violence--see Gn. 2:24 on monogamy.) What is sin? What is guilt? Does man have to sin? (See Gn. 4:7). How in the human heart did wickedness begin and proliferate over the earth? How did it happen that the lifeblood was set apart as holy in the beginning, when G-d began to institute blood sacrifice as a necessary aspect of the faith of Abraham? Where did Moshe Rabbeinu and Yosef and the Bnei Yisroel come from? How did bondage, especially bondage in Egypt, come about? How can spiritual bondage be circumcised and rolled away from the human heart so that we might be awakened to personal da'as of G-d and become his true sons? Adam, Abel, Seth, Enosh, Enoch, Noah, Shem, Arphachshad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah and Abraham show us sons of G-d, whereas the son the Serpent become a brood "Lamech's" swallowed in a flood of wrath. The coming "Descendant" is the "zera HaIsha (the seed of the woman)" and is also part of the promise given to Abraham. Ga 3:16 interprets in this Messianic sense Gn 12:7; 13:15; 17:7; 22:18 and 24:7. Gd promised many descendents but the fact that the word ZERA or SPERMA is singular Rav Sha'ul takes as a Messianic reference, not merely a reference to the nation. Rav Sha'ul sees the notion of promise, including a promised eschatological covenant (Gn 17:2), as central to the book of Genesis, because the Exodus from Egypt, the conquering of the land of Israel, the coming the King Moshiach, and his inheritance of the nations are all an unfolding of the promise that has its beginning in Genesis (the word "Genesis" is from a Greek word meaning "origin"). Since a gracious promise from a sovereign G-d who creates out of nothing negates any notion of salvation through meritorious works- righteousness, Rav Sha'ul relies on Moses and Habakkuk to say "amen" when Rav Sha'ul teaches that righteousness was credited to Abraham's faith when Abraham became the father of all (Jewish people and Gentiles alike) who believe (see Gn 15:6; Dt 7:7-8; 9:4-6; Habakkuk 2:4). This is the teaching of Moshiach in Yn 6:28-29. Although the book of Genesis tells us the origin of everything from marriage to polygamy and from the Edomites to the Sodomites, Rav Sha'ul shows us the most important doctrine that originates from Genesis, the doctrine of justification by faith alone (Ro 3:28). Important prophecies in Genesis are these: one descendent of Abraham will bless the nations (see Gn 12:1-4; Isa 49:5-6); Abraham's descendants will be slaves 400 years in a land not their own (Genesis 15:13); Abraham's descendants will be delivered in the fourth generation (Gn 15:14-16); the land of Canaan would be given to Abraham's descendants as an inheritance (Gn 15:16-21) and the promise would be given graciously and miraculously through Yitzchak (Isaac) (Gn 17:21; 21:12). |||2||| Thus HaShomayim and Ha'Aretz were finished, and all the tza'va of them. |2| And on Yom HaShevi'i Elohim finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the Yom HaShevi'i from all His work which He had made. |3| Vayevarech Elohim et Yom HaShevi'i, and set it apart as kadosh: because that in it shavat (He had rested) from all His work which bara Elohim (G-d created) and made. |4| These are the toldot of HaShomayim and of Ha'Aretz when they were created, in the Yom that Hashem Elohim made Eretz v'Shomayim, |5| And every plant of the sadeh was not yet in ha'aretz, and every herb of the sadeh had not yet yitzmach (sprung up, T.N. Moshiach is Tzemach [Zecharyah 3:8]); for Hashem Elohim had not caused it to rain upon ha'aretz, and there was not an adam (man) la'avod (to till, to work) haadamah (the ground). |6| But there went up a mist from ha'aretz, and watered the whole face of the adamah. |7| And Hashem Elohim formed the adam of the aphar min haadamah, and breathed into his nostrils the nishmat chayyim; and the adam became a nefesh chayyah. |8| And Hashem Elohim planted a gan (garden) eastward in Eden; and there He put the adam whom He had formed. |9| And out of the adamah made Hashem Elohim to spring up (T.N. see verse 5) kol etz (every tree) that is pleasing to the sight, and tov for food; the Etz HaChayyim (Tree of Life) also in the midst of the gan (garden), and the Etz HaDa'as Tov v'Rah (see 3:22, i.e., representing moral autonomy; contrast Exodus 9:20-21 where the Dvar Hashem is the guide of life, even for Gentiles). |10| And a nahar (river) flowed out of Eden to water the gan (garden); and from there it divided, and became four headwaters. |11| The shem of the first is Pishon; that is it which winds through the kol eretz Chavilah, where there is zahav;|12| And the zahav of that land is tov; there is [the gemstone] bedolach and the even (gemstone) hashoham [T.N.: this onyx gemstone is used in the construction of the Kohen Gadol's Bigdei HaKodesh] |13| And the shem of the second nahar is Gihon; the same is it that winds through kol eretz Cush. |14| And the shem of the third nahar is Chiddekel (Tigris [see Daniel 10:4]): that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth nahar is Euphrates. |15| And Hashem Elohim took the adam and put him in the Gan Eden la'avod (to till, to work) it and to be shomer over it. |16| And Hashem Elohim commanded the adam, saying, Of every etz of the gan thou mayest freely eat; |17| But of the Etz HaDa'as Tov v'Rah, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the yom that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. |18| And Hashem Elohim said, It is not tov that the adam should be alone; I will make him an ezer (a helper) suitable for him.|19| And out of the adamah Hashem Elohim formed every beast of the sadeh, and every oph HaShomayim; and brought them unto the adam to see what he would name them; and whatsoever the adam named kol nefesh chayyah, that was shmo. |20| And the adam gave shemot to all behemah, and to the oph HaShomayim, and to every beast of the sadeh; but for Adam there was not found an ezer for him. |21| And Hashem Elohim caused a tardemah (deep sleep) to fall upon the adam, and he slept; and He took from one of his tzalelot (sides, ribs), and closed up the basar in the place thereof; |22| And the tzela (rib), which Hashem Elohim had taken from the adam, made He an isha, and brought her unto the adam. |23| And the adam said, This is now etzem of my etzem, and basar of my basar; she shall be called Isha, because she was taken out of Ish. |24| Therefore shall an ish leave his av and his em, and shall cleave unto his isha: and they shall be basar echad. |25| And they were both arummim (naked ones), the adam and his isha, and were not ashamed. |||3||| Now the Nachash was more arum (cunning, crafty, wiley) than any beast of the sadeh which Hashem Elohim had made. And he said unto the isha, Really? Hath Elohim said, Ye shall not eat of kol etz hagan? |2| And the isha said unto the Nachash, We may eat of the p'ri etz hagan; |3| But of the p'ri haEtz which is in the middle of the gan (garden), Elohim hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. |4| And the Nachash said unto the isha, Ye shall not surely die; |5| For Elohim doth know that in the yom ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be like Elohim, knowing tov and rah. |6| And when the isha saw that HaEtz was tov for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and HaEtz to be desired to make one have seichel, she took of the p'ri thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her ish with her; and he did eat. |7| And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were eirummim (naked ones); and they sewed aleh te'enah (fig leaves) together, and made themselves khagorot (loin covering girdles). |8| And they heard the kol of Hashem Elohim walking in the gan in the cool of the day; and HaAdam and his isha hid from the presence of Hashem Elohim amongst the etz hagan. |9| And Hashem Elohim called unto HaAdam, and said unto him, Where art thou? |10| And he said, I heard Thy voice in the gan (garden), and I was afraid, because I was eirom (naked); and so I hid. |11| And He said, Who told thee that thou wast eirom (naked)? Hast thou eaten of HaEtz, which I commanded thee that thou not eat thereof? |12| And HaAdam said,The isha whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of HaEtz, and I did eat. |13| And Hashem Elohim said unto the isha, What is this that thou hast done? And the isha said, The Nachash beguiled me, and I did eat. |14| And Hashem Elohim said unto the Nachash, Because thou hast done this, thou art arur (cursed) above kol habehemah, and above every beast of the sadeh; upon thy gakhon (belly) shalt thou go, and aphar shalt thou eat all the days of thy life; |15| And I will put eivah (enmity,personal hostility [see Ezekiel 35:5]) between thee and HaIsha (see HaAlmah, Yeshayah 7:14), and between thy zera and her Zera; it shall bruise thy rosh, and thou shalt crush his akev (heel). |16| Unto HaIsha He said, I will greatly multiply thy itzavon ([labor] pain) and thy childbearing; in pain thou shalt bring forth banim; and thy teshukah (longing, desire) shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. |17| And unto Adam He said, Because thou paid heed unto the voice of thy isha, and hast eaten of HaEtz, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, arurah (cursed) is haadamah because of thee; in itzavon (pain,suffering, see verse 16) shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; |18| Kotz also and dardar shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the esev of the sadeh; |19| In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat lechem, till thou return unto haadamah; for out of it wast thou taken; for aphar thou art, and unto aphar shalt thou return. |20| And HaAdam called the shem of his isha Chavah (Eve); because she was the Em kol chai. |21| Unto Adam also and to his isha did Hashem Elohim make kesonos ohr, and clothed them. |22| And Hashem Elohim said, See, HaAdam is become like one of Us, knowing tov v'rah; and now, lest he put forth his yad, and take also of HaEtz HaChayyim, and eat, and chai l'olam (live forever); |23| Therefore Hashem Elohim sent him forth from the Gan Eden, to work haadamah from which place he was taken. |24| So He drove out HaAdam; and He placed miKedem (at the east) of the Gan Eden HaKeruvim, and a flaming cherev which was ever-turning, to be shomer over the Derech Etz HaChayyim (the Way of the Tree of Life, see Yn 14:6 on Derech). |||4||| And HaAdam knew Chavah (Eve) his isha; and she conceived, and bore Kayin (Cain), and said, Kaniti (I have acquired) ish with Hashem. |2| And again she bore his ach Hevel (Abel). And Hevel was a ro'eh tzon, but Kayin was an oved adamah (tiller of soil). |3| And in ketz yamim it came to pass, that Kayin brought of the p'ri haadamah a minchah unto Hashem. |4| And Hevel, he also brought of the bechorot of his tzon and of the chelev thereof. And Hashem regarded [with favor, respect] unto Hevel and to his minchah: |5| But unto Kayin and to his minchah He had not regard . And Kayin was very angry, and his countenance fell. |6| And Hashem said unto Kayin, Why art thou angry? And why is thy countenance fallen? |7| If thou doest right, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not right, chattat croucheth at the petach. And unto thee shall be its teshukah (desire), and thou must rule over it. |8| And Kayin talked with Hevel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the sadeh, that Kayin rose up against Hevel his brother, and killed him. |9| And Hashem said unto Kayin, Where is Hevel thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I shomer achi (my brother's keeper)? |10| And He said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's dahm crieth unto Me from haadamah. |11| And now art thou arur (cursed) from haadamah, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's dahm from thy hand; |12| When thou tillest haadamah, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her ko'ach (strength); na (restless fugitive) vanad (and a wanderer, nomad) shalt thou be in ha'aretz. |13| And Kayin said unto Hashem, My avon (iniquity, punishment for guilt) is greater than I can bear. |14| See, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the adamah; and from Thy face shall I be hidden and I shall be a na (restless fugitive) vanad (and a wanderer, nomad) in ha'aretz; and it shall come to pass, that whoever findeth me shall kill me. |15| And Hashem said unto him, Therefore whoever killeth Kayin, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Hashem placed an ot (mark) upon Kayin, so that none finding him should kill him. |16| And Kayin went out from the presence of Hashem, and dwelt in Eretz Nod, east of Eden. |17| And Kayin knew his isha; and she conceived, and bore Chanokh (Enoch); and he built an ir (city), and called the shem of the ir, after the shem beno, Chanokh (Enoch). |18| And unto Chanokh (Enoch) was born Irad; and Irad fathered Mechuyael; and Mechuyael fathered Metushael; and Metushael fathered Lamech. |19| And Lamech took unto him two nashim; the shem of the one was Adah, and the shem of the second Tzilah. |20| And Adah bore Yaval; he was the av of such as dwell in ohel, and have mikneh. |21| And his brother's shem was Yuval; he was the av of all such as play kinnor (harp) and ugav (flute). |22| And Tzilah, she also bore Tuval-Kayin, a forger of every cutting tool of nechoshet and barzel; and the achot of Tuval-Kayin was Naamah. |23| And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Tzilah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, give heed to my speech; for I have slain an ish for my wounding, and a yeled for my chabburah (see Ga.6:17). |24| If Kayin (Cain) shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and seven times over. |25| And Adam knew his isha again; and she bore a ben, and called shmo Shet; for Elohim, said she, hath appointed me another zera in place of Hevel, whom Kayin killed. |26| And to Shet, to him also there was born a ben; and he called shmo Enosh; then began men to call upon the Shem of Hashem. |||5||| This is the Sefer Toldot Adam. In the yom that barah Elohim Adam, in the demut Elohim He made him; |2| Zakhar and nekevah He created them; and blessed them, and called the shem of them "Adam," in the yom when they were created. |3| And Adam lived a hundred and thirty shanah and fathered in his own demut and after his tzelem (image) and called shmo Shet: |4| And the days of Adam after he had fathered Shet were shemoneh me'ot shanah; and he fathered banim and banot: |5| And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty shanah: and he died. |6| And Shet lived a hundred and five shanah, and fathered Enosh; |7| And Shet lived after he fathered Enosh eight hundred and seven shanah, and fathered banim and banot: |8| And all the days of Shet were nine hundred and twelve shanah; and he died. |9| And Enosh lived ninety shanah, and fathered Kenan; |10| And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan eight hundred and fifteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot; |11| And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five shanim; and he died. |12| And Kenan lived seventy shanah and fathered Mahalal'el; |13| And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalal'el eight hundred and forty shanah, and fathered banim and banot; |14| And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten shanim; and he died. |15| And Mahalal'el lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered Yered; |16| And Mahalal'el lived after he fathered Yered eight hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot; |17| And all the days of Mahalal'el were eight hundred ninety and five shanah; and he died. |18| And Yered lived a hundred sixty and two shanah, and he fathered Chanoch (Enoch): |19| And Yered lived after he fathered Chanoch (Enoch) eight hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot; |20| And all the days of Yered were nine hundred sixty and two shanah; and he died. |21| And Chanoch lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered Metushelach; |22| And Chanoch walked with HaElohim after he fathered Metushelach three hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot; |23| And all the days of Chanoch were three hundred sixty and five shanah; |24| And Chanoch walked with HaElohim; and he was not; for Elohim took him. |25| And Metushelach lived a hundred eighty and seven shanah, and fathered Lamech. |26| And Metushelach lived after he fathered Lamech seven hundred eighty and two shanah, and fathered banim and banot; |27| And all the days of Metushelach were nine hundred sixty and nine shanah; and he died. |28| And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two shanah and fathered ben; |29| And he called shmo Noach, saying, Zeh yenachamenu (this shall comfort us) in our work and toil of our hands, because of the adamah which Hashem hath cursed. |30| And Lamech lived after he fathered Noach five hundred ninety and five shanah, and fathered banim and banot; |31| And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven shanah; and he died. |32| And Noach was five hundred years old; and Noach fathered Shem, Cham, and Yephet. |||6||| And it came to pass, when HaAdam began to multiply on the face of ha'adamah, and banot were born unto them, |2| That the bnei HaElohim saw the banot HaAdam that they were tovot; and they took them nashim of all which they chose. |3| And Hashem said, My Ruach [Hakodesh] shall not always strive with Adam, for that he also is basar: yet his yamim shall be a hundred and twenty shanah. |4| HaNefilim were on ha'aretz in those yamim; and also after that, when the bnei HaElohim came in unto the banot HaAdam, and they bore children to them, the same became gibborim which were of old, men of renown. |5| And Hashem saw that the wickedness of HaAdam was great in ha'aretz and that every yetzer (inclination) of the machshevot (thoughts) of his lev was only rah (evil) continually. |6| And Hashem relented that He had made HaAdam on ha'aretz, and He was hurt in His lev. |7| And Hashem said, I will wipe out HaAdam whom I have created from the face of ha'adamah; both Adam, and Behemah, and the Remes and the Oph HaShomayim; for I relent that I have made them. |8| But Noach found chen (grace, unmerited favor) in the eyes of Hashem. [NOACH] |9| These are the toldot of Noach; Noach was an ish tzaddik and tamim among those of his time, and Noach's halachah was with HaElohim. |10| And Noach fathered three banim: Shem, Cham, and Yephet. |11| Ha'aretz also was corrupt before HaElohim, and ha'aretz was filled with chamas. |12| And Elohim looked upon ha'aretz, and, hinei, it was corrupt; for kol basar had corrupted his derech upon ha'aretz. |13| And Elohim said unto Noach, The ketz (end) of kol basar is come before Me; for ha'aretz is filled with chamas because of them; and, hineni, I will destroy them with ha'aretz. |14| Make thee a tevah (ark) of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the tevah (ark), and shalt coat it within and without with tar. |15| And this is how thou shalt build it: the length of the tevah (ark) shall be three hundred cubits, the width of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. |16| A roof shalt thou make to the tevah (ark), and thou shalt finish it to a cubit from the top; and the door of the tevah (ark) shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third decks shalt thou make it. |17| And, hineni, I, even I, do bring a mabbul of waters upon ha'aretz, to destroy kol basar, wherein is the ruach chayyim, from under Shomayim; and everything that is in ha'aretz shall perish. |18| But with thee will I establish My brit (covenant); and thou shalt come into the tevah (ark), thou, and thy banim, and thy isha, and the nashim of thy banim with thee. |19| And of every living thing of kol basar, two of every kind shalt thou bring into the tevah (ark), to keep them alive with thee; they shall be zachar and nekevah. |20| Of birds after their kind, and of behemah after their kind, of every remes of ha'adamah after its kind, two of every kind shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. |21| And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for ochel for thee, and for them. |22| Thus did Noach; according to all that Elohim commanded him, so did he. |||7||| And Hashem said unto Noach, Come thou and all thy bais into the tevah (ark); for thee have I found tzaddik before Me in dor hazeh. |2| Of every behemah hatehorah thou shalt take to thee by sevens; the male and his mate; and of behemah that are not tehorah by two, the male and his mate. |3| Of also Oph HaShomayim by sevens, the zachar and the nekevah; to keep zera alive upon the face of kol ha'aretz. |4| For shivah yamim from now, and I will cause it to rain upon ha'aretz arba'im yom and arba'im lailah; and every living creature that I have made will I wipe out from off the p'nei ha'adamah. |5| And Noach did according unto all that Hashem commanded him. |6| And Noach was shesh me'ot shanah when the mabbul waters were upon ha'aretz. |7| And Noach entered in, and his banim, and his isha, and nashim of his banim with him, into the tevah (ark), because of the waters of the mabbul. |8| Of behemah hatehorah, and of behemah that are not tehorah, and of haoph, and of every thing that creepeth upon ha'adamah, |9| There went in shnayim shnayim unto Noach into the tevah (ark), the zachar and the nekevah, as Elohim had commanded Noach. |10| And it came to pass after shivat hayamim, that the waters of the mabbul were upon ha'aretz. |11| In the six hundredth year of Noach's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of Shomayim were opened. |12| And the geshem was upon ha'aretz arba'im yom and arba'im lailah. |13| On that very yom entered Noach, and Shem, and Cham, and Yephet, the bnei Noach, and Noach's isha, and the three nashim of his banim with them, into the tevah (ark); |14| They, and every beast after its kind, and kol habehemah after their kind, and every remes that crawls upon ha'aretz after its kind, and kol haoph after its kind, every bird of every sort. |15| And they went in unto Noach into the tevah (ark), shnayim shnayim of kol habasar, wherein is the ruach chayyim. |16| And they that went in, went in zachar and nekevah of kol basar, as Elohim had commanded him; then Hashem shut him in. |17| And the mabbul was arba'im yom upon ha'aretz; and the waters increased, and lifted up the tevah (ark), and it rose above ha'aretz. |18| And the waters rose, and were increased greatly upon ha'aretz; and the tevah (ark) floated upon the face of the waters. |19| And the waters rose exceedingly upon ha'aretz; and all the high hills, that were under kol HaShomayim, were covered. |20| Fifteen cubits upward did the waters rise; and the harim were covered. |21| And kol basar perished that moved upon ha'aretz, both of Oph, and of Behemah, and of Beast, and of every Swarming Thing that swarms upon ha'aretz, and kol haadam; |22| All in whose nostrils was the ruach chayyim, of all that was in the dry land, perished. |23| And every living creature was wiped out which was upon the p'nei haadamah, both Adam, and Behemah, and the Remes, and the Oph HaShomayim; and they were wiped out from ha'aretz: and Noach only remained alive, and they that were with him in the tevah (ark). |24| And the waters flooded upon ha'aretz a hundred and fifty days. |||8||| And Elohim remembered Noach, and every living thing, and all the behemah that was with him in the tevah (ark); and Elohim made a ruach to pass over ha'aretz, and the waters subsided; |2| The ma'ayanot (springs) also of the tehom and the floodgates of Shomayim were stopped, and the geshem from Shomayim was restrained; |3| And the waters receded from on ha'aretz continually; and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. |4| And the tevah (ark) rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. |5| And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the rashei heharim seen. |6| And it came to pass at the end of arba'im yom, that Noach opened the chalon (window) of the tevah (ark) which he had made; |7| And he sent forth the orev (raven), which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off ha'aretz. |8| Also he sent forth a yonah (dove) from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the adamah; |9| But the yonah found no manoach (place of rest) for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the tevah, for the waters were on the p'nei kol ha'aretz; then he reached forth his yad, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the tevah (ark). |10| And he waited yet another shivat yamim; and again he sent forth the yonah out of the tevah (ark); |11| And the yonah returned to him in the erev; and, hinei, in her beak was a zayit (olive) leaf freshly plucked; so Noach had da'as that the mayim were abated from off ha'aretz. |12| And he waited yet another shivat yamim; and sent forth the yonah; which returned not unto him again. |13| And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the mayim were dried up from off ha'aretz; and Noach removed the mikhseh (covering) of the tevah (ark), and looked, and, hinei, the surface of the adamah was dry. |14| And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was ha'aretz dry. |15| And Elohim spoke unto Noach, saying, |16| Go forth of the tevah (ark), thou, and thy isha, and thy banim, and the nashim of thy banim with thee. |17| Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of kol basar, both of bird, and of behemah, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon ha'aretz; that they may multiply abundantly on ha'aretz, and be fruitful, and increase upon ha'aretz. |18| And Noach went forth, and his banim, and his isha, and the nashim of his banim with him; |19| Every animal, every remes, and every bird, and whatsoever creepeth upon ha'aretz, after their kinds, went forth out of the tevah (ark). |20| And Noach built a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem; and took of every behemah hatehorah, and of kol haoph hatahor, and offered olot (burnt offerings) on the Mizbe'ach. |21| And Hashem smelled a re'ach hannichoach; and Hashem said in His lev, I will not again curse the adamah any more ba'avur (because of) haAdam; for the yetzer of the lev haAdam is rah from his ne'urim (youth, childhood); neither will I again strike any more every thing living, as I have done. |22| While ha'aretz remaineth, zera (seedtime) and katzir (harvest), and kor (cold) and chom (heat), and kayitz (summer) and choref (winter), and yom and lailah shall not cease. |||9||| Vayevarech Elohim et Noach and his banim, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish ha'aretz. |2| And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of ha'aretz, and upon every bird of the air, upon all that moveth upon ha'adamah, and upon all the dagim of the yam; into your yad are they delivered. |3| Every remes that liveth shall be food for you; even as the yarok esev (green plant) have I given you all. |4| But basar with the nefesh thereof, which is the dahm thereof, shall ye not eat. |5| And surely your dahm of your nefeshot will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the yad haAdam; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the nefesh haAdam. |6| Shofech dahm (one who sheddeth man's blood), by man shall his dahm be shed; for in the tzelem Elohim made He man. |7| And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on ha'aretz, and multiply therein. |8| And Elohim spoke unto Noach, and to his banim with him, saying, |9| And I, hineni, I establish My brit (covenant) with you, and with your zera after you; |10| And with kol nefesh that is with you, of the bird, of the behemah, and of every animal of ha'aretz with you; from kol yotzei hatevah (all that go out of the ark), to every creature of ha'aretz. |11| And I will establish My brit (covenant) with you, neither shall kol basar yikaret (be cut off, violently killed) any more by the waters of the mabbul; neither shall there be any more mabbul l'shachat (to destroy) ha'aretz. |12| And Elohim said, This is the ot (sign) of the brit (covenant) which I make between Me and you and every nefesh chayyah (living creature) that is with you, for dorot olam (perpetual generations); |13| I do set My keshet (bow) in the anan (cloud), and it shall be for an ot brit between Me and ha'aretz. |14| And it shall come to pass, when I bring an anan over ha'aretz, that the keshet be'anan (rainbow) shall be seen; |15| And I will remember My brit, which is between Me and you and kol nefesh chayyah of kol basar; and the waters shall no more become a mabbul (flood) l'shachat (to destroy) kol basar. |16| And the keshet shall be in the anan; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the brit olam between Elohim and kol nefesh chayyah of kol basar that is upon ha'aretz. 17| And Elohim said unto Noach, This is the ot habrit, which I have established between Me and kol basar that is upon ha'aretz. |18| And the bnei Noach, that went forth of the tevah, were Shem, and Cham, and Yephet; and Cham is the av of Kena'an (Canaan). |19| Shloshah (Three) are the bnei Noach; and of them was the kol ha'aretz populated. |20| And Noach began to be an ish ha'adamah (a man of the soil), and he planted a kerem (vineyard); |21| And he drank of the yayin, and became shikker (intoxicated); and he lay uncovered inside his ohel. |22| And Cham, the av of Kena'an, saw the erom (nakedness) of his av, and told his two achim on the outside. |23| And Shem and Yephet took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked backward, and covered the erom of their av; and their faces were turned the other way, and they saw not the erom of their av. |24| And Noach awoke from his yayin, and had da'as of what his ben katan had done unto him. |25| And he said, Arur (cursed) be Kena'an; an eved of avadim shall he be unto his achim. |26| And he said, Baruch Hashem Elohei Shem; and Kena'an shall be his eved. |27| Elohim shall enlarge Yephet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Kena'an shall be his eved. |28| And Noach lived after the mabbul three hundred and fifty years. |29| And all the days of Noach were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died. |||10||| Now these are the toldot of the Bnei Noach: Shem, Cham, and Yephet; and unto them were banim born after the mabbul (flood). |2| The Bnei Yephet: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Yavan, and Tuval, and Meshech, and Tiras. |3| And the Bnei Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphat, and Togarmah. |4| And the Bnei Yavan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. |5| By these were the coastlands of the Goyim divided in their lands; every one after his leshon, after their mishpechot, in their Goyim. |6| And the Bnei Cham: Cush, and Mitzrayim, and Phut, and Kena'an. |7| And the Bnei Cush: Seva, and Chavilah, and Savtah, and Raamah, and Savtecha; and the Bnei Raamah: Sheva, and Dedan. |8| And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a gibbor in ha'aretz. |9| He was a gibbor, a hunter before Hashem; therefore it is said, like Nimrod the gibbor, the hunter before Hashem. |10| And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Akkad, and Calneh, in Eretz Shinar. |11| Out of that land he went forth to Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rechovot-Ir, and Kelach, |12| And Resen between Nineveh and Kelach; the same is haIr Hagedolah. |13| And Mitzrayim fathered Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehavim, and Naphtuchim, |14| And Patrusim, and Casluchim, out of whom came Pelishtim (Philistines), and Caphtorim. |15| And Kena'an fathered Tzidon his bechor, and Chet, |16| And the Yevusi, and the Emori, and the Girgashi, |17| And the Chivvi, and the Arki, and the Sini, |18| And the Arvadi, and the Tzemari, and the Chamati; and afterward were the mishpechot haKena'ani spread abroad. |19| And the boundary of the Kena'ani was from Tzidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Azah (Gaza); as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Amora (Gomorrah), and Admah, and Tzevoyim, even unto Lesha. |20| These are the Bnei Cham, after their mishpechot, after their leshonot, in their territories, and in their Goyim. |21| Also unto Shem avi kol Bnei Ever, and the older brother of Yephet, even to him were offspring born. |22| The Bnei Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. |23| And Bnei Aram: Uz, and Chul, and Geter, and Mash. |24| And Arpachshad fathered Shelach; and Shelach fathered Ever. |25| And unto Ever were born two banim: the shem of one was Peleg; for in his days was ha'aretz divided; and his brother's shem was Yoktan. |26| And Yoktan fathered Almodad, and Sheleph, and Chatzarmavet, and Yerach, |27| And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, |28| And Oval, and Avimael, and Sheva, |29| And Ophir, and Chavilah, and Yovav; all these were the Bnei Yoktan. |30| And their moshav (dwelling) was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar har hakedem. |31| These are the Bnei Shem, after their mishpechot, according to their leshonot, in their territories, after their Goyim. |32| These are the mishpechot of the Bnei Noach, after their toldot, in their Goyim; and by these were the Goyim divided/separated in ha'aretz after the mabbul. |||11|||And the kol HaAretz was of one language and of devarim achadim (common words). |2| And it came to pass, as they migrated from the east, that they found a plain in Eretz Shinar; and they dwelt there. |3| And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and bake them thoroughly. And they had brick for even (stone), and bitumen had they for mortar. |4| And they said, Come, let us build us an Ir and a Migdal, whose rosh (top) may reach unto Shomayim; and let us make us a shem, otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of kol HaAretz. |5| And Hashem came down to see the Ir and the Migdal, which Bnei HaAdam built. |6| And Hashem said, See, the Am is echad and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be impossible for them, which they have proposed to do. |7| Come, let Us go down, and there confuse their sefat, that they may not understand one another's language. |8| So Hashem scattered them abroad from there upon the face of kol Ha'Aretz; and they left off building the Ir. |9| Therefore is the shem of it called Babel; because Hashem did there confuse the language of kol Ha'Aretz; and from there did Hashem scatter them abroad upon the face of kol Ha'Aretz. |10| These are the toldot of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and fathered Arpachshad two years after the mabbul; |11| And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad five hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot. |12| And Arpachshad lived five and thirty shanah, and fathered Salah; |13| And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelach four hundred and three shanim, and fathered banim and banot. |14| And Shelach lived thirty shanah, and fathered Ever; |15| And Shelach lived after he fathered Ever four hundred and three shanah, and fathered banim and banot. |16| And Ever lived four and thirty shanah, and fathered Peleg; |17| And Ever lived after he fathered Peleg four hundred and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot. |18| And Peleg lived thirty shanah, and fathered Reu; |19| And Peleg lived after he fathered Reu two hundred and nine shanim, and fathered banim and banot. |20| And Reu lived two and thirty shanah, and fathered Serug; |21| And Reu lived after he fathered Serug two hundred and seven shanim, and fathered banim and banot. |22| And Serug lived thirty shanah, and fathered Nachor; |23| And Serug lived after he fathered Nachor two hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot. |24| And Nachor lived nine and twenty shanah, and fathered Terach; |25| And Nachor lived after he fathered Terach a hundred and nineteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot. |26| And Terach lived seventy shanah, and fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran. |27| Now these are the toldot Terach: Terach fathered Avram, Nachor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. |28| And Haran died before his av Terach in the land of his birth, in Ur Kasdim. |29| And Avram and Nachor took them nashim: the shem eshet Avram was Sarai; and the shem eshet Nachor was Milcah, the bat Haran Avi Milcah, and Avi Yiskah. |30| But Sarai was barren; she had no child. |31| And Terach took Avram bno, and ben bno Lot ben Haran, and Sarai his kallah, eshet Avram bno; and they went forth with them from Ur Kasdim, to go into Eretz Kena'an; and they came unto Charan (Haran), and dwelt there. |32| And the days of Terach were two hundred and five shanim; and Terach died in Charan (Haran). [LECH LECHA] |||12|||Now Hashem had said unto Avram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from the bais avicha, unto ha'aretz that I will show thee; |2| And I will make of thee a goy gadol (great nation), and I will bless thee, and make thy shem great; and thou shalt be a berakhah (blessing); |3| And I will bless the one blessing you, and curse him that curses you; and kol mishpochot haadamah shall be blessed through you.[T.N. There is a berakhah in this verse that many do not know but that every true follower of Moshiach should know.] |4| So Avram departed as Hashem had told him; and Lot went with him; and Avram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Charan. |5| And Avram took Sarai his isha, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had amassed, and the nefesh that they had gotten in Charan; and they went forth to go into the land of Kena'an; and they arrived in the land of Kena'an. |6| And Avram passed through the land unto the makom Shechem, unto Elon Moreh. And the Kena'ani was then in ha'aretz. |7| And Hashem appeared unto Avram, and said, Unto thy zera will I give ha'aretz hazot: and there built he a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem, Who appeared unto him. |8| And he removed from there unto the harah mikedem Beit-El, and pitched his tent, having Beit-El on the west, and Ai on the east; and there he built a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem,and called upon the Shem of Hashem. |9| And Avram journeyed, going on still toward the Negev. |10| And there was a ra'av in the land; and Avram went down into Mitzrayim to sojourn there; for the ra'av was severe in ha'aretz. |11| And it came to pass, when he was about to enter into Mitzrayim, that he said unto Sarai his isha, Hinei now, I know that thou art an isha yafeh to look upon; |12| Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his isha; and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. |13| Say, now, thou art my achot; that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my nefesh shall live on account of thee. |14| And it came to pass, that, when Avram was come into Mitzrayim, the Egyptians beheld the isha that she was yafeh me'od. |15| The sarim of Pharaoh also saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh; and the isha was taken into Bais Pharaoh. |16| And he treated Avram well for her sake: and he acquired sheep and oxen, and male donkeys, and avadim, and shfachot, and female donkeys, and camels. |17| And Hashem plagued Pharaoh and his Bais with nega'im gedolim because of Sarai eshet Avram. |18| And Pharaoh summoned Avram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy isha? |19| Why saidst thou, She is my achot? So I might have taken her to me to wife; now therefore, hinei, thy wife, take her, and go! |20| And Pharaoh commanded his anashim concerning him; and they sent him away, and his isha, and all that he had. |||13|||And Avram went up out of Mitzrayim, he, and his isha, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negev. |2| And Avram was very rich in cattle, in kesef, and in zahav. |3| And he went on his journeys from the Negev even to Beit-El, unto the makom where his ohel had been at the beginning, between Beit-El and Ai; |4| Unto the makom of the Mizbe'ach, which he had built there at the first; and there Avram called on the Shem of Hashem. |5| And Lot also, which walked with Avram, had tzon, and herds, and ohalim. |6| And ha'aretz was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their rechush was rav, so that they could not dwell together. |7| And there was a riv between the ro'im of the herd of Avram and the ro'im of the herd of Lot; and the Kena'ani and the Perizzi dwelt then in ha'aretz. |8| And Avram said unto Lot, Let there be no merivah now between me and thee, and between my ro'im and thy ro'im; for we are achim. |9| Is not the kol ha'aretz before thee? Separate thyself, now, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. |10| And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Yarden, that it was well watered everywhere, before Hashem destroyed Sodom and Amora, even as the Gan Hashem, like Eretz Mitzrayim, as you go to Tzoar. |11| Then Lot chose for him all the plain of Yarden; and Lot journeyed mikedem (east); and they separated themselves the one from his brother. |12| Avram dwelled in Eretz Kena'an, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his ohel toward Sodom. |13| But the men of Sodom were ra'im and chatta'im before Hashem exceedingly. |14| And Hashem said unto Avram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the makom where thou art northward, and southward and eastward, and westward: |15| For kol ha'aretz which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy zera ad olam (forever). |16| And I will make thy zera as the dust of ha'aretz; so that if a man can number the aphar of ha'aretz, then shall thy zera also be numbered. |17| Arise, walk through ha'aretz in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. |18| Then Avram moved his ohel, and came and dwelt in Elonei Mamre, which is in Chevron, and built there a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem. |||14|||And it came to pass in the yamim of Amraphel Melech Shinar (i.e., Babylon), Aryoch Melech Ellasar, Kedorlaomer Melech Elam, and Tidal Melech Goyim; |2| That these made milchamah with Bera Melech Sodom, and with Birsha Melech Amora (Gomorrah), Shinav Melech Admah, and Shemever Melech Tzevoyim, and the Melech Bela, which is Tzoar. |3| All these were joined together in the Valley of Siddim which is the Yam HaMelach (i.e., Dead Sea). |4| Twelve shanah they served Kedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. |5| And in the fourteenth year came Kedorlaomer, and the melachim that were with him, and they defeated the Rephaim in Ashterot Karnayim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-Kiryatayim, |6| And the Chori in their Mt Seir, as far as Eil-Paran, which is near the midbar. |7| And they turned, and came to En Mishpat, which is Kadesh, and conquered all the country of the Amaleki, and also the Emori, that dwelt in Chazezon-Tamar. |8| And there went out the Melech Sodom, and the Melech Amora (Gomorrah), and the Melech Admah, and the Melech Tzevoyim, and the Melech Bela (the same is Tzoar); and they joined in milchamah with them in the Valley of Siddim; |9| With Kedorlaomer Melech Elam, and with Tidal Melech Goyim, and Amraphel Melech Shinar, and Aryoch Melech Ellasar; four melachim against five. |10| And the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the Melech Sodom and Amora (Gomorrah) they fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. |11| And they took all the possessions of Sodom and Amora (Gomorrah), and all their ochel, and went their way. |12| And they took Lot, Avram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his possessions, and departed. |13| And there came one that had escaped, and told Avram HaIvri; for he dwelt in Elonei Mamre the Emori, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were Ba'alei Brit Avram. |14| And when Avram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained men, born in his own bais, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan. |15| And he divided himself against them, he and his avadim, by lailah, and routed them, and pursued them as far as Chovah, which is on the left hand (north) of Damascus. |16| And he recovered all the possessions, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his possessions, and the nashim also, and the people. |17| And the Melech Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the defeat of Kedorlaomer, and of the melachim that were with him, at the Valley of Shaveh, which is the Valley of the King. |18| And Malki-Tzedek Melech Shalem brought forth lechem and yayin and he was the kohen of El Elyon. |19| And he blessed him, and said, Baruch Avram by El Elyon, Creator of Shomayim v'Aretz; |20| And baruch El Elyon, Who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him ma'aser (tithe) of all. |21| And the Melech Sodom said unto Avram, Give me the nefesh and keep the possessions for thyself. |22| And Avram said to the Melech Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand unto Hashem, El Elyon Creator of Shomayim v'Aretz, |23| That I will not take from a thread even to the thong of a sandal, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Avram rich; |24| Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the chelek of the anashim which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their chelek. |||15|||After these things the Devar Hashem came unto Avram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Avram; I am thy mogen, and thy exceeding great sachar (reward). |2| And Avram said, Adonoi Hashem, what wilt Thou give me, since I go childless, and the Ben Meshek of my Bais is this Eliezer of Dameshek (Damascus)? |3| And Avram said, See, to me Thou hast given no zera; and, hinei, one born in my bais is my yoresh (heir). |4| And, hinei, the Devar Hashem came unto him saying, This shall not be thy yoresh; but he that shall come forth out of thine own body shall be thy yoresh. |5| And He brought him forth outside, and said, Look now toward Shomayim, and count the kokhavim, if thou be able to number them; and He said unto him, So shall thy zera be. |6| And he believed in Hashem; and He credited [emunah (faith)] to him as tzedakah (righteousness). |7| And He said unto him, I am Hashem Who brought thee out of Ur Kasdim, to give thee ha'aretz hazot to be the yoresh of it. |8| And he said, Adonoi Hashem, how can I have da'as that I will be its yoresh? |9| And He said unto him, Bring Me a heifer meshuleshet, and a she goat meshuleshet, and a ram meshulash, and a dove, and a pigeon. |10| And he brought unto Him all these, and divided them in two, and laid each half one opposite another; but the birds divided he not. |11| And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Avram drove them away. |12| And when the shemesh was going down, a tardemah fell upon Avram; and, hinei, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. |13| And Hashem said unto Avram, Know of a surety that thy zera shall be a ger in a land not their own, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them arba me'ot shanah; |14| And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with rechush gadol (great substance). |15| And thou shalt go to thy avot in shalom; thou shalt be buried at a good old age. |16| But in the fourth generation they shall come back here again; for the avon (iniquity) of the Emori (Amorite) is not yet full. |17| And it came to pass, that, when the shemesh went down, and it was dark, hinei a smoking fire-pot, and a blazing torch passed between those pieces. |18| On that day Hashem cut a brit (covenant) with Avram, saying, Unto thy zera have I given ha'aretz hazot, from the Wadi of Mitzrayim unto the great river, the river Euphrates: |19| [the land of] the Keni, and the Kenizzi, and the Kadmoni, |20| And the Chitti, and the Perizzi, and the Repha'im, |21| And the Emori, and the Kena'ani, and the Girgashi, and the Yevusi. |||16|||Now Sarai Avram's isha bore him no children; and she had a shifchah, an Egyptian, whose shem was Hagar. |2| And Sarai said unto Avram, Hinei now, Hashem hath restrained me from bearing; go now in unto my shifchah; it may be that I may build family by her. And Avram paid heed to the voice of Sarai. |3| And Sarai Avram's isha took Hagar her shifchah the Egyptian, after Avram had dwelt ten years in Eretz Kena'an, and gave her to her husband Avram to be his isha. |4| And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her gevirah was despised in her eyes. |5| And Sarai said unto Avram, My wrong be upon thee; I have given my shifchah unto thy kheyk; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes; Hashem judge between me and thee. |6| But Avram said unto Sarai, Hinei, thy shifchah is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her face. |7| And the Malach Hashem found her by a spring of mayim in the midbar, near the spring on the road to Shur. |8| And he said, Hagar, Sarai's shifchah, from where camest thou? And where wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my gevirah Sarai. |9| And the Malach Hashem said unto her, Return to thy gevirah, and submit thyself under her hands. |10| And the Malach Hashem said unto her, I will multiply thy zera exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. |11| And the Malach Hashem said unto her, See, thou art with child and shalt bear ben, and shalt call shmo Yishmael; because Hashem shema thy oni (misery). |12| And he will be a pere adam; his yad will be against kol, and kol yad against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. |13| And she called the Shem of Hashem Who spoke unto her, El Roi (G-d Who Sees); for she said, Have I also here seen after Him that seeth me? |14| Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; hinei, it is between Kadesh and Bered. |15| And Hagar bore Avram ben; and Avram called shem bno, which Hagar bore, Yishmael (Ishmael). |16| And Avram was fourscore and six shanah when Hagar bore Yishmael to Avram. |||17|||And when Avram was ninety and nine shanah, Hashem appeared to Avram, and said unto him, I am El Shaddai; walk before Me, and be thou tamim (blameless). |2| And I will confirm My brit (covenant) between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. |3| And Avram fell on his face; and Elohim talked with him, saying, |4| As for Me, hinei, My brit (covenant) is with thee, and thou shalt be an Av of many Goyim [see 18:18]. |5| Neither shall thy shem any more be called Avram, but thy shem shall be Avraham; for Av hamon Goyim (Father of a multitude of Goyim) have I made thee. [T.N. Ga 3:29 says "And if you belong to Moshiach (YESHAYAH 53:10), then you are of the ZERAH of Avraham Avinu, you are yoreshim (heirs) according to the havtachah (promise).] |6| And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make Goyim of thee, and Melechim shall come out of thee. |7| And I will establish My Brit (covenant) between Me and thee and thy zera after thee in their dorot for a Brit Olam, to be Elohim unto thee, and to thy zera after thee. |8| And I will give unto thee, and to thy zera after thee, the Eretz wherein thou art now a ger, kol Eretz Kena'an, for an Achuzzah (Possession) Olam (Everlasting); and I will be their Elohim. |9| And Elohim said unto Avraham, Thou shalt be shomer over My Brit therefore, thou, and thy zera after thee in the dorot. |10| This is My Brit (covenant), which ye shall be shomer over, between Me and you and thy zera after thee; every zachar among you shall be circumcised. |11| And ye shall circumcise the basar of your arelah; and it shall be an ot brit (sign of the covenant) between Me and you. |12| And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every zachar in your dorot, he that is born in the bais, or bought with kesef of any foreigner, which is not of thy zera. |13| He that is born in thy bais, and he that is bought with thy kesef, must be circumcised; and My Brit shall be in your basar for a Brit Olam. |14| And the arel (uncircumcised) zachar whose basar of his arelah (foreskin) is not circumcised, that nefesh shall be cut off from his people; My Brit hefer (he broke). |15| And Elohim said unto Avraham, As for Sarai thy isha, thou shalt not call her shem Sarai, but Sarah (Princess) shall her shem be. |16| And I will bless her, and give thee ben also of her; yes, will bless her, and she shall give rise to Goyim; melechim of peoples shall be from her. |17| Then Avraham fell upon his face, and yitzchak (laughed), and said in his lev, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred shanah? And shall Sarah, that is ninety shanah, bear? |18| And Avraham said unto HaElohim, O that Yishmael might live before Thee! |19| And Elohim said, Sarah thy isha shall bear thee ben indeed; and thou shalt call shmo Yitzchak; and I will establish My Brit (covenant) with him for a Brit Olam, and with his zera after him. |20| And as for Yishmael, I have heard thee; hinei, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve nasi'im (princes, rulers) shall he father, and I will make him a goy gadol (great nation). |21| But My Brit (covenant) will I establish with Yitzchak, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at mo'ed hazeh (this set time) next year. |22| And He left off speaking with him, and Elohim went up from Avraham. |23| And Avraham took Yishmael bno, and all that were born in his bais, and all that were bought with his kesef, every zachar among the men of Avraham's bais; and circumcised the basar of their arelah in the very same day, as Elohim had said unto him. |24| And Avraham was ninety shanah and nine, when he was circumcised in the basar of his arelah. |25| And Yishmael bno was thirteen shanah, when he was circumcised in the basar of his arelah (foreskin). |26| In the very same day was Avraham circumcised, and Yishmael bno. |27| And all the men of his bais, born in the bais, and bought with kesef of the foreigner, were circumcised with him. [VAYYERA] |||18|||And Hashem appeared unto him in the terebinth trees of Mamre; and he sat in the entrance of the ohel (tent) in the heat of the day; |2| And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, hinei, Shloshah Anashim (Three Men, [Yeshayah 6:3]) stood by him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the entrance of the ohel, and prostrated himself on the ground, |3| And said, Adonoi [Hashem, see v.13], if now I have found chen (favor) in Thy sight, pass not on by, please, from Thy servant; |4| Let a little water, please, be brought, and wash Thy feet, and rest under haetz (the tree); |5| And I will bring a morsel of bread, and refresh Ye Your hearts; after that Ye shall pass on; because for this purpose are Ye come to Your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. |6| And Avraham hastened into the ohel unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly shlosh measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes. |7| And Avraham ran unto the herd, and brought a calf tender and tov, and gave it unto a servant; and he hasted to prepare it. |8| And he took curds, and cholov (milk), and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under haetz, and they did eat. |9| And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Hinei, in the ohel. |10| And He said, I will certainly return unto thee at this time next year; and, hinei, Sarah thy wife shall have ben (son). And Sarah heard it in the entrance of the ohel, which was behind him. |11| Now Avraham and Sarah were zekenim (old ones) and well stricken in age; and [in childbearing] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. |12| Therefore Sarah laughed [titzchak, sounds like Yitzchak] within herself, saying, After I am grown old shall I have pleasure, adoni being old also? |13| And Hashem said unto Avraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I which am old of a surety bear a child? |14| Is any thing too hard for Hashem? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, in due season, and Sarah shall have ben (son). |15| Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And He said, Oh yes but thou didst laugh. |16| And the Anashim rose up from thence, and peered toward S'dom; and Avraham went with them to send them on the way. |17| And Hashem said, Shall I hide from Avraham that thing which I do; |18| Seeing that Avraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and kol goyei ha'aretz (all the nations of the earth) shall be blessed in him? |19| For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall be shomer over the Derech Hashem, to do tzedakah and mishpat; that Hashem may bring upon Avraham that which He hath spoken [promised] of him. |20| And Hashem said, Because the outcry of S'dom and Amora is great, and because their sin is very grievous; |21| I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the crying out [for punishment] of it, which is come unto Me; and if not, I will have da'as. |22| And the Men turned their faces from thence, and went toward S'dom; but Avraham stood yet before Hashem. |23| And Avraham drew near, and said, Wilt Thou also destroy the tzaddik with the rasha? |24| Suppose there be fifty tzaddikim within the city; wilt Thou also destroy and not nasa (spare [take away and bear the guilt of, Yeshayah 53:12]) the place lema'an (for the sake of) the fifty tzaddikim that are therein? [IK 3:18] |25| That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the tzaddik with the rasha; and that the tzaddik should be as the rasha, that be far from Thee: Shall not HaShofet Kol Ha'Aretz (the Judge of All the Earth) do mishpat (right)? |26| And Hashem said, If I find in S'dom fifty tzaddikim within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. |27| And Avraham answered and said, Hinei now, I, which am but aphar and ashes, have taken upon me to speak unto Hashem; |28| Suppose there shall lack five of the fifty tzaddikim; wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And He said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. |29| And he spoke unto Him yet again, and said, Suppose there shall be forty found there. And He said, I will not do it for forty's sake. |30| And he said unto Him, Oh let not Hashem be angry, and I will speak; suppose there shall thirty be found there. And He said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. |31| And he said, Hinei now, I have taken upon me to speak unto Hashem: suppose there shall be twenty found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. |32| And he said, Oh let not Hashem be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: suppose asarah (ten, i.e., a minyan) shall be found there. And He said, I will not destroy it for the sake of haasarah (the ten). |33| And Hashem went His way, as soon as He had left communing with Avraham; and Avraham returned unto his makom. |||19|||And there came two malachim to Sodom at erev; and Lot sat in the sha'ar Sodom; and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; |2| And he said, Hinei, adonai (my masters), turn in, now, into the bais avdechem, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Lo; but we will abide the night in the rekhov. |3| And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his bais; and he made them a mishteh (meal, feast), and did bake matzot, and they did eat. |4| But before they lay down, the men of the Ir, even the anshei Sodom, surrounded the bais, from na'ar to zeken, all the people from every quarter [of the city]; |5| And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the anashim which came in to thee halailah (this night)? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them [carnally]. |6| And Lot went outside unto them, and shut the delet after him, |7| And said, Now, achai (my brethren), do not so wickedly. |8| Hinei now, I have two banot which have not known man; now let me bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these anashim do nothing; for therefore came they under the tzel (shadow) of my korah (beam, roof). |9| And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn as a ger (alien), and he will now play the shofet; now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed strongly upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break down the delet. |10| But the anashim put forth their yad, and pulled Lot into the bais to them, and shut the delet. |11| And they struck the men that were at the petach of the bais with blindness, both katan and gadol; so that they wearied themselves to find the petach. |12| And the anashim said unto Lot, Hast thou here any one else? Choson (Son-in-law), and thy banim, and thy banot, and whatsoever thou hast in the Ir, bring them out of this makom (place); |13| For we are the mashchitim (ones destroying) this makom (place), because the cry of them is so gedolah before the face of Hashem; and Hashem hath sent us to destroy it. |14| And Lot went out, and spoke unto his chosonim, which were pledged to marry his banot, and said, Up, get you out of makom hazeh; for Hashem is mashchit (destroying) the Ir (City). But he seemed as one that metzachek (joked) unto his chosonim. |15| And when the shachar came, then the malachim urged Lot, saying, Arise, take thy isha, and thy two banot, which are here or thou be swept away in the avon haIr. |16| And while he lingered hesitating, the anashim laid hold upon his yad, and upon the yad of his isha, and upon the yad of his two banot; Hashem being merciful unto him; and they brought him out and set him outside the Ir. |17| And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth outside, that he said, Flee and escape for thy nefesh; look not back behind thee, neither stop thou anywhere in all the plain; flee and escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away. |18| And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, Adonoi (My L-rd): |19| Hinei now, thy eved hath found chen in Thy sight, and Thou hast magnified Thy chesed, which Thou hast showed unto me in sparing my nefesh; and I cannot flee to escape to the mountain, lest some ra'ah overtake me, and I die; |20| Hinei now, this Ir is near to run unto, and it is a little one; Oh, let me flee to escape there, (is it not mitzar [small]?) and my nefesh shall live. |21| And He said unto him, Hinei, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the Ir, for the which thou hast spoken. |22| Haste thee, flee to escape there; for I cannot do anything till thou arrive there. Therefore the shem of the Ir was called Tzoar [sounds like mitzar]. |23| The shemesh rose over ha'aretz when Lot entered Tzoar. |24| Then Hashem rained upon Sodom and upon Amora gofrit and eish from Hashem out of Shomayim; |25| And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and tzemach (what grew) upon haadamah. |26| But his isha, from behind him, looked back, and she became a netziv melach (pillar of salt). |27| And Avraham got up early in the boker to the makom where he stood there before Hashem; |28| And he looked down toward Sodom and Amora, and toward all the eretz of the plain, and hinei, he saw kitor (smoke, steam) of the eretz go up like kitor of a furnace. |29| And it came to pass, when Elohim destroyed the cities of the plain, that zikron Avraham came to Elohim, and He sent Lot out of the midst of the hafekhah (upheaval, destruction, overthrow), when He overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. |30| And Lot left Tzoar, and dwelt in the har, and his two banot with him; for he feared to dwell in Tzoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two banot. |31| And the bechirah said unto the younger, Avinu is old, and there is not an ish in ha'aretz to come in unto us after the derech of kol ha'aretz: |32| Come, let us make avinu drink yayin, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve zera by avinu. |33| And they made their av drink yayin balailah: and the bechirah went in, and lay with her av; and he had da'as not when she lay down, nor when she arose. |34| And it came to pass on the next day, that the bechirah said unto the younger, Hinei, I lay yesternight with avi. Let us make him drink yayin halailah also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve zera by avinu. |35| And they made their av drink yayin balailah also; and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he had da'as not when she lay down, nor when she arose. |36| Thus were both the banot of Lot with child by their av. |37| And the bechirah bore ben, and called shmo Moav; the same is the Avi Moav unto this day. |38| And the younger, she also bore ben, and called shmo Ben-Ammi; the same is the Avi Bnei Ammon unto this day. |||20|||And Avraham journeyed from there toward the Negev region, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. |2| And Avraham said of Sarah his isha, She is my achot; and Avimelech Melech Gerar sent, and took Sarah. |3| But Elohim came to Avimelech in a chalom halailah, and said to him, See, thou art met (dead), for the isha which thou hast taken; for she is be'ulat ba'al (married of a husband). |4| But Avimelech had not come near her; and he said, Adonoi, wilt Thou slay also a goy tzaddik? |5| Said he not unto me, She is my achot? and she, even she herself said, He is achi: in the tohm (integrity, guilelessness) of my lev and with clean hands of my innocency have I done this. |6| And HaElohim said unto him in a chalom, Yea, I have da'as that thou didst this in the tohm (integrity, guilelessness) of thy lev; for I also withheld thee from sinning against Me; therefore allowed I thee not to touch her. |7| Now therefore restore the ish his isha; for he is a navi, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. |8| Therefore Avimelech rose early in the boker, and called all his avadim, and told all these things in their ears; and the anashim were very afraid. |9| Then Avimelech called Avraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and how have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my mamlechah (kingdom) a chata'ah gedolah (great sin)? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. |10| And Avimelech said unto Avraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? |11| And Avraham said, Because I thought, Surely the yirat Elohim is not in this place; and they will slay me on account of my isha. |12| And yet indeed she is my achot; she is the bat avi, but not the bat immi; and she became my isha. |13| And it came to pass, when Elohim caused me to wander from my bais avi, that I said unto her, This is thy chesed which thou shalt show unto me; at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is achi. |14| And Avimelech took tzon, and oxen, and avadim, and shfachot, and gave them unto Avraham, and restored to him Sarah his isha. |15| And Avimelech said, Hinei, my land is before thee; dwell where it pleaseth thee. |16| And unto Sarah he said, Hinei, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of kesef; hinei, it is to thee a kesut einayim (covering of the eyes, exoneration), unto all that are with thee, and with all other; thus she was vindicated. |17| So Avraham davened unto Elohim: and Elohim healed Avimelech, and his isha, and his maidservants so that they bore children. |18| For Hashem had fast closed up kol rechem (every womb) of the bais Avimelech, on account of Sarah Avraham's isha. |||21|||And Hashem visited Sarah as He had said, and Hashem did unto Sarah just as He had spoken. |2| For Sarah conceived, and bore Avraham ben in his old age, at the mo'ed (set time) of which Elohim had given promise unto him. |3| And Avraham called the shem of bno that was born unto him, whom Sarah bore to him, Yitzchak. |4| And Avraham circumcised bno Yitzchak at age shemonat yamim, as Elohim had commanded him. |5| And Avraham was a hundred years old, when bno Yitzchak was born unto him. |6| And she said, Elohim hath brought me tzechok (laughter), so that all that hear yitzchak (will laugh) with me. |7| And she said, Who would have said unto Avraham, that Sarah should nurse banim? for I have borne him ben in his old age. |8| And the yeled grew, and was weaned; and Avraham made a mishteh gadol the same day that Yitzchak was weaned. |9| And Sarah saw the ben of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Avraham, metzachek (mocking, scoffing). |10| Therefore she said unto Avraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her ben: for the ben of this bondwoman shall not be heir with beni (my son), even with Yitzchak. |11| And the thing was very grievous in the eyes of Avraham because of bno. |12| And Elohim said unto Avraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the na'ar, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, shema (pay heed) unto her voice; for in Yitzchak shall thy zera be called. |13| And also of the ben haamah will I make a nation, because he is thy zera. |14| And Avraham rose up early in the boker, and took lechem, and a skin of mayim, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the yeled, and sent her away; and she departed, and wandered in the midbar of Beer- Sheva. |15| And the mayim in the skin was done, and she cast the yeled under one of the bushes. |16| And she went off, and sat down about a bowshot away: for she thought, Let me not see the mot hayeled. And she sat there nearby, and lifted up her voice, and wept. |17| And Elohim heard the voice of the na'ar; and the Malach Elohim called to Hagar out of Shomayim, and said unto her, Mah lach, Hagar? fear not; for Elohim hath heard the voice of the na'ar where he is. |18| Arise, lift up the na'ar, and hold him in thine yad; for I will make him a goy gadol. |19| And Elohim opened her eyes, and she saw a be'er of mayim; and she went, and filled the skin with mayim, and gave the na'ar drink. |20| And Elohim was with the na'ar; and he grew, and dwelt in the midbar, and became a roveh keshet (an archer). |21| And he dwelt in the midbar of Paran: and his em got him an isha out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |22| And it came to pass at that time, that Avimelech and Phichol the sar tz'va of his spoke unto Avraham, saying, Elohim is with thee in all that thou doest: |23| Now therefore swear unto me here before Elohim that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my child, nor with my descendant: but according to the chesed that I have showed thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the eretz wherein thou hast sojourned. |24| And Avraham said, I will swear. |25| And Avraham reproved Avimelech because of a be'er hamayim, which Avimelech's avadim had violently seized. |26| And Avimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today. |27| And Avraham took tzon and oxen, and gave them unto Avimelech; and both of them made a brit. |28| And Avraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the tzon by themselves. |29| And Avimelech said unto Avraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set apart by themselves? |30| And he said, For these sheva ewe lambs shalt thou accept of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have dug this well. |31| Therefore he called that place Beer-Sheva; because there they swore an oath both of them. |32| Thus they made a brit at Beer-Sheva: then Avimelech rose up, and Phichol the sar tzeva of his, and they returned into eretz Pelishtim. |33| And Avraham planted an eshel (tamarisk tree) in Beer-Sheva, and called there on the Shem of Hashem El Olam. |34| And Avraham sojourned in eretz Pelishtim yamim rabbim. |||22|||And it came to pass after these things, that G-d did test Avraham, and said unto him, Avraham: and he said, Hineini (Behold, here I am). |2| And He said, Take now thy son, thine ben yachid (only son) Yitzchak, whom thou lovest, and get thee into eretz Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. |3| And Avraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his servants with him, and Yitzchak his son, and cut the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which G-d had told him. |4| Then on Yom HaShlishi Avraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. [1C 15:3] |5| And Avraham said unto his servants, Abide ye here with the donkey; and I and the young man will go over there and nishtachaveh (we will worship) and we will come back again to you. |6| And Avraham took atzei haolah (the wood of the burnt offering), and laid it upon Yitzchak his son; and he took the eish (fire) in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. |7| And Yitzchak spoke unto Avraham his father, and said, Avi (My father): and he said, Hineini, beni (Here am I, my son). And he said, Hinei, the eish (fire) and the wood: but where is the seh (lamb) for a burnt offering? [YESHAYAH 53:7] |8| And Avraham said, My son, G-d will provide Himself a seh (lamb) for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. |9| And they came to the place which G-d had told him of; and Avraham built a mizbe'ach there, and laid the wood in order, and made the akedah (binding) of Yitzchak his son, and laid him on the mizbe'ach upon the wood. |10| And Avraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. |11| And the Malach Hashem called unto him out of Shomayim, and said, Avraham, Avraham: and he said, Hineini. |12| And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the young man, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest G-d, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine ben yachid from Me. |13| And Avraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and hinei behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Avraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. [YESHAYAH 53:8] |14| And Avraham called the name of that place Hashem yireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Hashem it shall be provided. |15| And the Malach Hashem called unto Avraham out of Shomayim the second time, |16| And said, By Myself have I sworn, saith Hashem, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine ben yachid: |17| That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy zera as the stars of the skies, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy zera shall possess the gate of his enemies; |18| And in thy zera shall kol goyei ha'aretz be blessed; because thou hast obeyed My voice. |19| So Avraham returned unto his servants, and they rose up and went together to Beer Sheva; and Avraham dwelt at Beer Sheva. |20| And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Avraham, saying, Hinei, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nachor; |21| Utz his bechor (firstborn), and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, |22| And Kesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Yidlaph, and Betuel. |23| And Betuel fathered Rivkah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nachor, Avraham's brother. |24| And his pilegesh, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tevach, and Gacham, and Tachash, and Maachah. [CHAYYE SARAH] |||23|||And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty shanah old: these were the shnei chayyai Sarah. |2| And Sarah died in KiryatArba; the same is Chevron in eretz Kena'an: and Avraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. |3| And Avraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke unto the bnei Chet, saying, |4| I am a ger and a sojourner with you: give me an achuzzah (possession) of a kever with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. |5| And the bnei Chet answered Avraham, saying unto him, |6| Hear us, adoni: thou art a nasi Elohim among us; in the choice of kevareinu bury thy dead; none of us shall with- hold from thee his kever, that thou mayest bury thy dead. |7| And Avraham stood up, and bowed himself to the am ha'aretz, even to the bnei Chet. |8| And he spoke to them, saying, If it be your nefesh (will) that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron ben Tzochar, |9| That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his sadeh; for the kesef maleh (full price) he shall give it me for an achuzzah (possession) of a kever amongst you. |10| And Ephron dwelt among the bnei Chet: and Ephron the Chitti answered Avraham in the hearing of the bnei Chet, even of all that went in at the sha'ar of his city, saying, |11| Lo, adoni, hear me; the sadeh give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the bnei ammi give I it thee; bury thy dead. |12| And Avraham bowed down himself before the am ha'aretz. |13| And he spoke unto Ephron in the hearing of the am ha'aretz, saying, But if thou wilt give it, now, hear me; I will give thee kesef for the sadeh; accept it from me, and I will bury my dead there. |14| And Ephron answered Avraham, saying unto him, |15| Pay heed, adoni, unto me; the land is worth four hundred shekels of kesef; what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. |16| And Avraham paid heed unto Ephron; and Avraham weighed to Ephron the kesef, which he had named in the hearing of the bnei Chet four hundred shekels of kesef, according to current merchant value. |17| And the sadeh of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was near Mamre, the sadeh, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the sadeh, that were in all the borders round about, were deeded |18| Unto Avraham for a property in the presence of the bnei Chet, before all that went in at the sha'ar of his city. |19| And after this, Avraham buried Sarah his isha in the cave of the sadeh of Machpelah near Mamre; the same is Chevron in the eretz Kena'an. |20| And the sadeh, and the cave that is therein, were deeded unto Avraham for an achuzzah of a kever by the bnei Chet. |||24|||And Avraham was zaken (old), and well stricken in age; and Hashem berach (had blessed) Avraham in all things. |2| And Avraham said unto his eved zekan of his bais, hamoshel (that ruled) over all that he had, Put, now, thy yad under my thigh; |3| And I will make thee swear by Hashem Elohei HaShomayim and Elohei Ha'Aretz, that thou shalt not take an isha unto beni of the Banot HaKena'ani, among whom I dwell: |4| But thou shalt go unto my eretz, and to my moledet, and take an isha unto beni Yitzchak. |5| And the eved said unto him, What if the isha will not be willing to follow me unto HaAretz Hazot: must I needs bring binecha back unto ha'aretz from where thou camest? |6| And Avraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not beni to there! |7| Hashem Elohei HaShomayim, which took me from bais avi,and from the eretz of my moledet, and which spoke unto me, and that swore unto me, saying, Unto thy zera will I give HaAretz Hazot; He shall send His Malach before thee, and thou shalt take an isha unto beni from there. |8| But if the isha will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be released from this my shevu'ah (oath): only do not bring back beni there. |9| And the eved put his yad under yerech Avraham adonav, and swore to him concerning this matter. |10| And the eved took asarah gemalim of the gemalei adonav, and departed; for all the goods of adonav were in his yad: and he arose, and went to Aram Naharayim, [Mesopotamia] unto the Ir Nachor. |11| And he made his gemalim to kneel down outside the Ir near a be'er hamayim at the time of erev, at the time that women go out to draw mayim. |12| And he said Hashem Elohei adoni Avraham, now, send me success this yom, and show chesed unto adoni Avraham. |13| Hinei, I stand here by the ayin hamayim; and the banot anshei haIr come out to draw mayim; |14| And let it come to pass, that the na'arah to whom I shall say, Let down thy jug, now, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy gemalim drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy eved Yitzchak; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast showed chesed unto adoni. |15| And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, hinei, Rivkah came out, who was born to Beituel Ben Milcah, eshet Nachor, achi Avraham, with her jug upon her shoulder. |16| And the na'arah was tovat mareh me'od, a betulah, neither had any ish known her: and she went down to haayenah (the spring), and filled her jug, and came up. |17| And the eved hurried to meet her, and said, Let me, now, drink a little mayim of thy jug. |18| And she said,Drink, adoni: and she hasted, and let down her jug upon her yad, and gave him drink |19| And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy gemalim also, until they have done drinking. |20| And she hasted, and emptied her jug into the trough, and ran back unto the be'er to draw, and drew for all his gemalim. |21| And the ish gazed at her and held his peace, so as to have da'as whether Hashem had made his derech prosperous or not. |22| And it came to pass, just as the gemalim had done drinking, that the ish took a nezem zahav (gold ring) by weight a beka, and two tzemidim (bracelets) by weight ten [shekels of] gold for her wrists; |23| And said, Whose bat art thou? Tell me, now: is there makom in the bais of thy av for us to spend the night? |24| And she said unto him, I am Bat Beituel Ben Milcah, the ben which she bore unto Nachor. |25| She said moreover unto him, We have both teven (straw) and mispo (fodder) enough, and makom (room) to spend the night. |26| And the ish bowed his head, worshiped Hashem. |27| And he said, Baruch Hashem Elohei adoni Avraham, who hath not left destitute of His chesed and His emes; I being on the derech, Hashem led me to the bais achei adoni. |28| And the na'arah ran, and told them of her bais em these things. |29| And Rivkah had an ach, shmo Lavan; Lavan ran out unto the ish, unto the ayin. |30| And it came to pass, when he saw the nezem and tzemidim upon the wrists of his achot, and when he heard the words of Rivkah his achot, saying, Thus spoke the ish unto me; that he came unto the ish; and, hinei, he stood by the gemalim at the ayin. |31| And he said, Come in, Baruch Hashem; why standest thou outside? for I have prepared the bais, and makom for the gemalim. |32| And the ish came into the bais; and he unloaded his gemalim, and gave teven (straw) and mispo (fodder) for the camels, and mayim to wash his raglayim, and the raglei haanashim that were with him. |33| And there was set ochel before him to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have stated my business. And he said, Speak on. |34| And he said, I am eved Avraham. |35| And Hashem hath blessed adoni me'od; and he is become prospered: and He hath given him tzon, and bakar, and kesef, and zahav, and avadim, and shefachot, and gemalim, and chamorim. |36| And Sarah eshet adoni bore ben to adoni when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. |37| And adoni made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take an isha for beni of the Banot HaKena'ani, in whose land I dwell; |38| But thou shalt go unto bais avi, to my mishpokhot, and take an isha unto beni. |39| And I said unto adoni, What if the isha will not follow me. |40| And he said unto me, Hashem, before Whom I walk, will send His Malach with thee, and prosper thy derech; and thou shalt take an isha for beni of my mishpokhot, and of my bais avi; |41| Then shalt thou be released from this my oath, when thou comest to my mishpokhot; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be released from my oath. |42| And I came this day unto the ayin, and said, Hashem Elohei adoni Avraham, if now Thou do prosper my derech which I go; |43| Hinei, I stand by the ayin hamayim; and it shall come to pass, that when haAlmah [haAlmah used here as synonym for na'arahbetulah, Genesis 24:16; see Isaiah 7:14, p.vii-xii] cometh forth to draw mayim, and I say to her, Give me, now, a little mayim of thy jar to drink; |44| And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy gemalim; let the same be the isha whom Hashem hath appointed for ben adoni. |45| And before I had done davening in mine lev, hinei, Rivkah came forth with her jar on her shoulder; and she went down unto ha'ayenah, and drew: and I said unto her, Let me drink, now. |46| And she made haste, and let down her jar from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy gemalim drink also: so I drank, and she made the gemalim drink also. |47| And I asked her, and said, Whose bat art thou? And she said, Bat Beituel Ben Nachor, the ben whom Milcah bore unto him: and I put the nezem upon her face, and the tzemidim upon her wrists. |48| And I bowed down my head, and worshiped Hashem, and I said a berakhah to Hashem Elohei adoni Avraham, which had led me on the derech emes to take bat achi adoni for bno. |49| And now if ye will do chesed and emes to adoni, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to yamin, or to smol. |50| Then Lavan and Beituel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Hashem; we cannot speak unto thee rah or tov. |51| Hinei, Rivkah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be isha for ben adonecha, just as Hashem hath spoken. |52| And it came to pass, that, when eved Avraham heard their words, he worshiped Hashem, bowing himself to the ground. |53| And the eved brought forth kelei kesef, and kelei zahav, and begadim, and gave them to Rivkah; he gave also to her ach and to her em migdanot (costly gifts). |54| And they did eat and drink, he and the anashim that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the boker, and he said, Send me away unto adoni. |55| And her ach and her em said, Let the na'arah abide with us ten days or so; after that she shall go. |56| And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing Hashem hath prospered my derech; send me away that I may go to adoni. |57| And they said, We will call the na'arah, and inquire at her mouth. |58| And they called Rivkah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this ish? And she said, I will go. |59| And they sent away Rivkah their achot, and her nurse, and eved Avraham, and his anashim. |60| And they said a berakhah over Rivkah, and said unto her, Thou art achoteinu, may thou be increased to thousands upon thousands and may thy zera possess the sha'ar of those which hate them. |61| And Rivkah arose, and her na'arot, and they rode upon the gemalim, and followed the ish: and the eved took Rivkah, and went his way. |62| And Yitzchak had come from Be'er Lachi Roi; for he dwelt in the eretz hanegev. |63| And Yitzchak went out to meditate in the sadeh at erev: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, hinei, the gemalim (camels) were coming. |64| And Rivkah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Yitzchak, she got down from the gamal. |65| For she had said unto the eved, Who is that ish that walketh in the sadeh to meet us? And the eved had said, He is adoni: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself. |66| And the eved told Yitzchak all things that he had done. |67| And Yitzchak brought her into the ohel of Sarah immo, and took Rivkah, and she became his isha; and he loved her: and Yitzchak was comforted after the [mot] immo. |||25|||Then again Avraham took an isha, and her shem was Keturah. |2| And she bore him Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midyan, and Yishbak, and Shuach. |3| And Yokshan fathered Sheva, and Dedan. And the bnei Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. |4| And the bnei Midyan; Ephah, and Epher, and Chanoch, and Avida, and Eldaah. All these were the bnei Keturah. |5| And Avraham gave all that he had unto Yitzchak. |6| But unto the bnei hapilageshim (sons of the concubines), which Avraham had, Avraham gave mattanot, and sent them away from Yitzchak bno, while he yet lived, eastward, unto eretz kedem. |7| And these are the days of the years of Avraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen shanim. |8| Then Avraham breathed his last, and died in a good old age, a zaken, full of years; and was gathered to his people. |9| And his banim Yitzchak and Yishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the sadeh of Ephron ben Tzochar the Chitti, which is near Mamre; |10| The sadeh which Avraham purchased of the bnei Chet, there was Avraham buried, and Sarah his wife. |11| And it came to pass after the mot Avraham, that Elohim blessed Yitzchak bno; and Yitzchak dwelt near Be'er Lachai Roi. |12| Now these are the toldot Yishmael ben Avraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, shifchat Sarah, bore unto Avraham: |13| And these are the shemot bnei Yishmael, by their shemot, according to their toldot: the bechor of Yishmael, Nevayot; and Kedar, and Adbe'el, and Mivsam, |14| And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, |15| Chadad, and Tema, Yetur, Naphish, and Kedmah: |16| These are the bnei Yishmael, and these are their shemot, by their settlement, and by their camps; twelve nasiim (princes, rulers) according to their tribes. |17| And these are the years of the life of Yishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven shanah; and he breathed his last and died; and was gathered unto his people. |18| And they dwelt from Chavilah unto Shur, that is near Mitzrayim, as thou goest toward Assyria; they took their place east of their brethren. [TOLDOS] |19| And these are the toldot of Yitzchak ben Avraham: Avraham fathered Yitzchak; |20| And Yitzchak was arba'im shanah when he took Rivkah as his wife, the bat Betuel the Aramean of Padan Aram, the achot Lavan the Aramean. |21| And Yitzchak davened to Hashem on behalf of his isha, because she was barren; and Hashem was entreated of him, and Rivkah his isha conceived. |22| And the banim struggled jostling within her; and she said, If it be well, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of Hashem. |23| And Hashem said unto her, Two goyim (nations) are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from within thee; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the older shall serve the younger. |24| And when her days were fulfilled to be delivered, hinei, there were twins in her womb. |25| And the first came out admoni (red) all over like a hairy garment; and they called shmo Esav. |26| And after that came out his brother, and his yad was grasping on akev Esav; and shmo was called Ya'akov; and Yitzchak was threescore shanah when she bore them. |27| And the nearim grew: and Esav was a skilled hunter, an ish sadeh; and Ya'akov was an ish tam (quiet man), dwelling in ohalim. |28| And Yitzchak loved Esav, because he did eat of his wild game; but Rivkah loved Ya'akov. |29| And Ya'akov cooked stew: and Esav came from the sadeh, and he was famished. |30| And Esav said to Ya'akov, Let me eat now some of the adom (red stew); for I am famished; therefore was shmo called Edom. |31| And Ya'akov said, First sell me today thy bechorah (birthright, right of the firstborn). |32| And Esav said, Hinei, I am at the point of death; and what profit shall this bechorah do to me? |33| And Ya'akov said, Swear to me this day; and he swore unto him; and he sold his bechorah unto Ya'akov. |34| Then Ya'akov gave Esav lechem and adashim (lentils) stew; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way; thus Esav despised his bechorah. |||26|||And there was a ra'av (famine) in ha'aretz, besides the ra'av harishon that was in the days of Avraham. And Yitzchak went unto Avimelech Melech Pelishtim (Philistines) unto Gerar. |2| And Hashem appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Mitzrayim; dwell in ha'aretz which I shall tell thee of; |3| Sojourn in ha'aretz hazot, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy zera, I will give all these lands, and I will perform the shevu'ah (oath) which I swore unto Avraham avichah; |4| And I will make thy zera to multiply as the kokhavim of Shomayim, and will give unto thy zera all these lands; and in thy zera shall kol Goyei Ha'Aretz be blessed; |5| Because Avraham obeyed My voice, and was shomer over My mishmeret (charge), My mitzvot, My chukkot, and My torot. |6| And Yitzchak dwelt in Gerar; |7| And the anshei hamakom asked him about his isha; and he said, She is my achot; for he feared to say, She is my isha; lest, said he, the anshei hamakom should kill me for Rivkah; because she was beautiful to look upon. |8| And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Avimelech Melech Pelishtim (Philistines) looked out at a chalon, and saw, and, hinei, Yitzchak metzachek (was caressing) Rivkah his isha. |9| And Avimelech called Yitzchak, and said, Hinei, of a surety she is thy isha; and why saidst thou, She is my achot? And Yitzchak said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her. |10| And Avimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have slept with thy isha, and thou shouldest have brought asham (guilt) upon us. |11| And Avimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his isha shall surely be put to death. |12| Then Yitzchak sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and Hashem blessed him. |13| And the man became very prosperous, and went forward, and grew until he became gadol me'od: |14| For he had possession of tzon, and possession of herds, and many avadim; and the Pelishtim envied him. |15| For all the wells which avdei aviv had dug in the days of Avraham aviv, the Pelishtim had stopped them up, and filled them with dirt. |16| And Avimelech said unto Yitzchak, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. |17| And Yitzchak departed from there, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. |18| And Yitzchak dug again the be'erot hamayim (wells of water), which they had dug in the days of Avraham aviv; for the Pelishtim had stopped them up after the mot Avraham; and he called their shemot after the shemot by which his av had called them. |19| And avdei Yitzchak dug in the valley, and found there a well of mayim chayyim. |20| And the herdmen of Gerar did quarrel with Yitzchak's herdmen, saying, The mayim is ours; and he called the shem of the well Esek (Contention); because they disputed with him. |21| And they dug another be'er, and feuded over that also; and he called the shem of it Sitnah (Enmity). |22| And he moved away from there, and dug another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the shem of it Rechovot (Broad Places); and he said, For now Hashem hath made rachav (room) for us, and we shall be fruitful in ha'aretz. |23| And he went up from there to Beer-Sheva. |24| And Hashem appeared unto him balailah hahu, and said, I am Elohei Avraham avichah; fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy zera for the sake of Avdi Avraham (My Servant Abraham). |25| And he built a Mizbe'ach there, and called upon the Shem of Hashem, and pitched his ohel there: and there avdei Yitzchak dug a well. |26| Then Avimelech went to him from Gerar, and Achuzzat his adviser, and Phichol the sar tz'va of his. |27| And Yitzchak said unto them, Why come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? |28| And they said, We saw certainly that Hashem was with thee; and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and thee, and let us cut a brit (covenant) with thee; |29| That thou wilt do us no ra'ah, just as we have not touched thee, and just as we have done unto thee nothing but tov, and have sent thee away in shalom; thou art now the Beruch Hashem (the blessed of Hashem). |30| And he made them a mishteh (feast), and they did eat and drink. |31| And they rose up early in the boker, and swore one to another: and Yitzchak sent them away, and they departed from him in shalom. |32| And it came to pass the same day, that the avdei Yitzchak came, and told him concerning the be'er which they had dug, and said unto him, We have found mayim. |33| And he called it Shevah (Seven, Oath): therefore the shem of the Ir is Beer-Sheva unto this day. |34| And Esav was arba'im shanah when he took to wife Yehudit the bat Beeri the Chitti, and Basemat the bat Elon the Chitti: |35| and they were a morat ruach (grief of mind) unto Yitzchak and Rivkah. |||27|||And it came to pass, that when Yitzchak was zaken (old),and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esav bno hagadol and said unto him, Beni: and he said unto him, Hineni. |2| And he said, Hinei now, I am old, I know not my yom mot: |3| Therefore take, now, thy kelim (weapons), thy quiver and thy keshet (bow), and go out to the sadeh, and hunt me some wild game; |4| And make me matamim (savory meat, tasty food), such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my nefesh may make a berakhah upon thee before I die. |5| And Rivkah heard when Yitzchak spoke to Esav bno. And Esav went to the sadeh to hunt for wild game, and to bring it |6| And Rivkah spoke unto Ya'akov her ben, saying, Hinei, I heard avicha speak unto Esav achicha, saying, |7| Bring me wild game, and make me matamim, that I may eat, and make a berakhah upon thee before Hashem before my mot. |8| Now therefore, beni (my son), obey my kol (voice) according to that which I command thee. |9| Go now to the tzon, and bring me from there two gedayei izzim tovim (good kids of goats); and I will make them matamim for avicha, such as he loveth: |10| And thou shalt bring it to avicha, that he may eat, and that he may make a berakhah upon thee before his mot. |11| And Ya'akov said to Rivkah immo, Look, Esav achi is an ish sa'ir (hairy man), and I am an ish chalak (smooth man) |12| What if avi will touch me, and I shall seem to him as a meta'te'a (mocker); and I shall bring a kelalah upon me, and not a berakhah. |13| And immo said unto him, Upon me be thy kelalah, beni; only obey my kol (voice), and go bring me them. |14| And he went, and got, and brought them to immo: and immo made matamim, such as aviv loved. |15| And Rivkah took begadim of Esav her ben hagadol, the chamudot (best ones) which were with her in the bais, and dressed Ya'akov her ben hakatan; |16| And with orot gedayei haizzim (skins of the kids of the goats) she dressed and covered his hands, and also upon the smooth of his tzavar (neck); |17| And she gave the matamim and the lechem, which she had prepared, into the yad Ya'akov her ben. |18| And he came unto aviv, and said, Avi; and he said, Hineni; who art thou, beni? |19| And Ya'akov said unto aviv, I am Esav thy bechor; I have done according as thou told me; arise, now, sit up and eat of my wild game, that thy nefesh may make a berakhah upon me. |20| And Yitzchak said unto bno, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, beni? And he said, Hashem Eloheicha worked it out for me. |21| And Yitzchak said unto Ya'akov, Come near, now, that I may touch thee, beni, indeed, whether thou be beni Esav or not. |22| And Ya'akov went near unto Yitzchak aviv; and he touched him, and said, The kol is kol Ya'akov, but the yadayim are the yedei Esav. |23| And he discerned him not, for his hands were se'irot, as yedei Esav achiv; so he made a berakhah upon him |24| And he said, Art thou indeed beni Esav? And he said, I am. |25| And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of the wild game of beni, that my nefesh may make a berakhah upon thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat; and he brought him yayin and he drank. |26| And aviv Yitzchak said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me beni. |27| And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the reiach (smell) of his begadim, and made a berakhah upon him, and said, See, the reiach of beni is as the reiach of a sadeh upon which Hashem hath made a berakhah; |28| Therefore HaElohim give thee of the tal haShomayim, and the fatness of ha'aretz, and plenty of dagan and tirosh; |29| Let people serve thee, and amim bow down to thee: be gevir over thy achim, and let bnei immecha bow down to thee: arur be every one that curseth thee, and baruch be he that blesseh thee. |30| And as soon as Yitzchak had completed making on Ya'akov a berakhah, and Ya'akov had hardly gone out from the presence of Yitzchak aviv, that Esav achiv came in from his hunt. |31| And he also had prepared matamim, and brought it unto aviv and said unto aviv, Let avi arise, and eat of the wild game of bno, that thy nefesh may make a berakhah upon me. |32| And Yitzchak aviv said unto him, Mi atah? (Who art thou?) And he said, I am binecha, thy bechor Esav. |33| And Yitzchak trembled with charadah gedolah ad me'od (exceedingly great trembling), and said, Who? Where is he that hath hunted wild game, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all of it before thou camest, and have made a berakhah upon him? And indeed he shall be baruch (blessed)! |34| And when Esav heard the words of aviv, he cried with tzeakah gedolah umarah ad me'od (a great and exceeding bitter cry), and said unto aviv, Make a berakhah on me, even me also, O avi. |35| And he said, Achicha came with mirmah (deceit), and hath taken away thy berakhah. |36| And he said, Is not he rightly called shmo Ya'akov? for vaya'keveni (now he deceived/outwitted me) these two times he took away my bechorah (birthright); and, hinei, now he hath taken away my berakhah (blessing). And he asked, Hast thou not reserved a berakhah for me? |37| And Yitzchak answered and said unto Esav, See, I have made him gevir over you, and all his achim have I given to him for avadim; and with dagan and tirosh have I sustained him; and what shall I do now unto thee, beni? |38| And Esav said unto aviv, Hast thou but one berakhah, avi? Make a berakhah on me, even me also, O avi. And Esav lifted up his kol (voice), and wept. |39| And Yitzchak aviv answered and said unto him, Hinei, thy moshav (dwelling) shall be the fatness of ha'aretz, and of the tal HaShomayim from above; |40| And by thy cherev shalt thou live, and shalt serve achicha; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt become restless, that thou shalt break his ol (yoke) from off thy tzavar (neck). |41| And Esav hated Ya'akov because of the berakhah wherewith aviv made a berakhah upon him: and Esav said in his lev, The yemei evel (days of mourning) for avi are at hand; then will I slay Ya'akov achi. |42| And these words of Esav her ben hagadol were told to Rivkah; and she sent and called Ya'akov her ben hakatan, and said unto him, Hinei, Esav achicha, as touching thee, doth console himself, purposing to kill thee. |43| Now therefore, beni, shema bekoli (listen to my voice)! Arise, flee thou to Lavan achi to Charan; |44| And tarry with him a few days, until chamat achicha subsides; |45| And when af achicha subsides from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him; then I will send, and get thee from there. Why should I be bereaved also of you both in yom echad (one day, the same day)? |46| And Rivkah said to Yitzchak, I am weary of my life because of the Banot Chet: if Ya'akov take an isha of the Banot Chet (Hittite women) such as these which are of the banot ha'aretz, what will chayyim to me be? |||28|||And Yitzchak called for Ya'akov, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take an isha of the Banot Kena'an. |2| Arise, go to Paddanah- Aram, to the bais Betuel avi immecha; and take thee an isha from there of the banot Lavan achi immecha. |3| And El Shaddai bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a kahal amim; |4| And give thee the birkat Avraham, to thee, and to thy zera with thee; that thou mayest inherit the eretz wherein thou art a ger, which Elohim gave unto Avraham. |5| And Yitzchak sent away Ya'akov; and he went to Padanah-Aram unto Lavan ben Betuel the Aramean, achi Rivkah, em Ya'akov and Esav. |6| When Esav saw that Yitzchak had blessed Ya'akov, and sent him away to Padanah-Aram, to take an isha for him from there; and that when he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take an isha of the Banot Kena'an; |7| And that Ya'akov obeyed his av and his em, and went to Padanah-Aram; |8| And Esav seeing that the Banot Kena'an pleased not Yitzchak his av; |9| Then went Esav unto Yishmael, and took unto the nashim which he had Machalat bat Yishmael ben Avraham, the achot of Nevayot, to be his wife. [VAYETZE] |10| And Ya'akov went out from Beer-Sheva, and went toward Charan. |11| And he reached a certain place, and tarried there, because the shemesh was set; and he took of the avanim of that place, and put them for his pillow, and lay down in that place to sleep. |12| And he had a chalom, and hinei a sullam (ladder, stairway) set up on the ground, and the top of it reached to Shomayim: and hinei the malachim of Elohim ascending and descending on it. |13| And, hinei, Hashem stood above it, and said, I am Hashem Elohei Avraham thy av, and Elohei Yitzchak; ha'aretz whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy zera; |14| And thy zera shall be as the dust of ha'aretz, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy zera shall kol hamishpochot haadamah be blessed. |15| And, hinei, I am with thee, and will be shomer over thee in all places where thou goest, and will bring thee back into haadamah hazot; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have promised thee. |16| And Ya'akov awoke out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Hashem is in this place! And I had no da'as of it. |17| And he was afraid, and said, How nora (awesome) is this place! This is none other than the Beis Elohim, and this is the Sha'ar HaShomayim. |18| And Ya'akov rose up early in the boker, and took haeven (the stone) that he had put for his pillow, and set it up for a matzevah (pillar), and poured shemen upon the top of it. |19| And he called the shem of that place Beit-El; but the shem of that ir was called Luz at the first. |20| And Ya'akov vowed a neder (vow), saying, If Elohim will be with me, and will be shomer over me in this derech (way, journey) that I go, and will give me lechem to eat, and beged (clothes) to put on, |21| So that I return to bais avi in shalom; then shall Hashem be for me Elohim (my G-d). |22| And this even (stone), which I have set for a matzevah (pillar), shall be Beis Elohim: and of all that Thou shalt give me I will surely give the aser (tenth) unto Thee. |||29|||Then Ya'akov went on his journey, and came into the eretz of the bnei kedem. |2| And he looked, and hinei a be'er in the sadeh, and, hinei, there were shloshah edrei tzon lying by it; for out of that be'er they watered the edarim: and a great even (stone) was upon the mouth of the be'er. |3| And to there were all the edarim gathered: and they rolled the even (stone) from the mouth of the be'er, and watered the tzon, and put the even (stone) again upon the mouth of the be'er in its place. |4| And Ya'akov said unto them, My brethren, where are you from? And they said, Of Charan are we. |5| And he said unto them, Know ye Lavan ben Nachor? And they said, We know him. |6| And he said unto them, Is the shalom with him? And they said, Shalom; and, hinei, Rachel his bat cometh with the tzon. |7| And he said, Look, the sun is still high, neither is it time that the flock should be gathered together; water ye the tzon, and go and feed them. |8| And they said, We cannot, until all the edarim be gathered together, and till they roll the even (stone) from the mouth of the be'er; then we water the tzon. |9| And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with the tzon of her av; for she was a ro'ah (shepherdess). |10| And it came to pass, when Ya'akov saw Rachel bat Lavan achi immo, and the tzon of Lavan achi immo, that Ya'akov went near, and rolled the even (stone) from the mouth of the be'er, and watered the tzon of Lavan achi immo. |11| And Ya'akov kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. |12| And Ya'akov told Rachel that he was the relative of her av, and that he was ben Rivkah; and she ran and told her av. |13| And it came to pass, when Lavan heard the news of Ya'akov ben achoto, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his bais. And he told Lavan all these things. |14| And Lavan said to him, Surely thou art my etzem (bone) and my basar. And he abode with him the space of a chodesh (month). |15| And Lavan said unto Ya'akov, Because thou art my relative, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall thy maskoret (wages) be? |16| And Lavan had two banot: the shem of the elder was Leah, and the shem of the younger was Rachel. |17| Leah had weak eyes; but Rachel was yafeh and lovely in form. |18| And Ya'akov loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee sheva shanim for Rachel thy bat haketannah (younger daughter). |19| And Lavan said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another ish; abide with me. |20| And Ya'akov served sheva shanim for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few yamim, because of the ahavah he had for her. |21| And Ya'akov said unto Lavan, Give me my isha, for my yamim are completed, that I may go in unto her. |22| And Lavan gathered together all the anshei hamakom, and made a mishteh (feast). |23| And it came to pass in the erev, that he took Leah his bat, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. |24| And Lavan gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah shifchato (his maid) for a shifchah. |25| And it came to pass, that in the boker, hinei, it was Leah! And he said to Lavan, What is this thou hast done unto me? Did not I serve with thee for Rachel? So why then hast thou deceived me? |26| And Lavan said, It must not be so done in our land, to give the younger before the bechirah. |27| Finish her shvu'a (week), and we will give thee this also for the avodah (service, work) which thou shalt do for me yet sheva shanim acherot. |28| And Ya'akov did so, and fulfilled her shvu'a; and he gave him Rachel his bat to be his isha also. |29| And Lavan gave to his bat Rachel Bilhah his shifchah to be her shifchah. |30| And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served him yet sheva shanim acherot. |31| And when Hashem saw that Leah was hated, He opened her womb but Rachel was barren. |32| And Leah conceived, and bore a ben, and she called shmo Reuven: for she said, Surely Hashem hath looked upon my misery; now therefore my ish will love me. |33| And she conceived again, and bore ben; and said, Because Hashem hath heard I was hated, He hath therefore given me this also; and she called shmo Shimon. |34| And she conceived again, and bore ben; and said, Now this time will my ish yillaveh (become attached) unto me, because I have born him shloshah banim: therefore was shmo called Levi. |35| And she conceived again, and bore ben; and she said, Now will odeh (I praise) Hashem; therefore she called shmo Yehudah; and stopped giving birth. |||30|||And when Rachel saw that she did not bear [banim] to Ya'akov, Rachel had kina toward her achot; and said unto Ya'akov, Give me banim, or else I die. |2| And af Ya'akov was kindled against Rachel; and he said, Am I in place of Elohim, Who hath withheld from thee p'ri beten? |3| And she said, Hinei my amah (maidservant) Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my birkayim, that I may also build up through her. |4| And she gave him Bilhah her shifchah (slave woman, maidservant) as isha; and Ya'akov went in unto her. |5| And Bilhah conceived, and bore Ya'akov ben. |6| And Rachel said, Elohim danani (G-d hath judged me), and hath also heard my voice, and hath given to me ben: therefore called she shmo Dan. |7| And Bilhah shifchat Rachel conceived again, and bore Ya'akov ben sheni. |8| And Rachel said, With naftulei Elohim niflalti (with wrestlings of G-d have I wrestled) with my achot, and I have prevailed: and she called shmo Naphtali. |9| When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took Zilpah her shifchah, and gave her to Ya'akov as isha. |10| And Zilpah shifchat Leah bore Ya'akov ben. |11| And Leah said, BaGad (What Good Fortune!) And she called shmo Gad. |12| And Zilpah shifchat Leah bore Ya'akov ben sheni. |13| And Leah said, B'Ashri (Happy am I), for the banot will call me asher (blessed): so she called shmo Asher. |14| And Reuven went in the yemei ketzir chittim, and found duda'im (mandrakes) in the sadeh, and brought them unto Leah immo. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, now, of the duda'im of thy ben. |15| And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my ish? And wouldest thou take away the duda'im of beni also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee halailah (tonight) for the duda'im of thy ben. |16| And Ya'akov came in from the sadeh ba'erev, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with duda'im of beni. And he lay with her that night. |17| And Elohim paid heed unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Ya'akov ben chamishi. |18| And Leah said, Elohim hath given me my hire, because I have given my shifchah to my ish; and she called shmo Yissakhar. |19| And Leah conceived again, and bore Ya'akov ben shishi. |20| And Leah said, Elohim hath endued me with a zeved tov (good endowment); now will my ish zabal (honor) me, because I have born him shisha banim; and she called shmo Zevulun. |21| And afterwards she bore a bat, and called her shem Dinah. |22| And Elohim remembered Rachel, and Elohim paid heed to her, and opened her rekhem (womb). |23| And she conceived, and bore ben; and said, Elohim hath taken away my cherpah (shame, disgrace, reproach); |24| And she called shmo Yosef; and said, yosef (may He add), may Hashem add me ben acher (another son). |25| And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Yosef, that Ya'akov said unto Lavan, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own makom (place, home) and to my eretz. |26| Give me my nashim and my yeladim, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my avodah which I have done thee. |27| And Lavan said unto him, Now, if I have found chen (favor, grace) in thine eyes, tarry; for I have learned by nachash (divination) that Hashem hath made a berakhah upon me for thy sake. |28| And he said, Specify thy sachar (wages, reward), and I will pay it. |29| And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy mikneh fared with me |30| For it was me'at (little) which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and Hashem hath made a berakhah upon thee since my coming; and now when shall I do for mine own bais also? |31| And he said, What shall I give thee? And Ya'akov said, Thou shalt not give me any thing; if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again tend and be shomer over thy tzon. |32| I will pass through all thy tzon today, removing from there speckled and spotted seh, and every dark seh among the kesavim, and the spotted and speckled among the izzim; and of such shall be my sachar. |33| So shall my tzedakah answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my sachar before thy face; every one that is not speckled and spotted among the izzim, and dark among the kesavim, that shall be counted a ganav's with me. |34| And Lavan said, Agreed, I would it might be according to thy davar. |35| And he removed that day the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the izzim that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some lavan in it, and all the dark among the kesavim, and gave them into the yad of his banim. |36| And he set a derech shloshet yamim between himself and Ya'akov; and Ya'akov tended the rest of the tzon Lavan. |37| And Ya'akov took him fresh cut makal (rod, branch) of poplar and of almond and plane tree; and peeled strips of bark in them, and made the lavan (white) appear which was in the maklot (rods, branches). |38| And he set the maklot which he had peeled before the flocks in the small channels of the shikatot mayim (watering troughs) when the tzon came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink, |39| And the flocks bred before the maklot, and brought forth tzon streaked, speckled, and spotted. |40| And Ya'akov did separate the kesavim, and set the faces of the tzon toward the streaked, and all the dark in the tzon Lavan; and he put his own adarim (flocks) by themselves, and put them not unto the tzon Lavan. |41| And it came to pass, whensoever tzon hamekusharot (the stronger flock) did breed, that Ya'akov set the maklot before the eyes of the tzon in the trough channels, that they might breed among the maklot. |42| But when the tzon were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler would belong to Lavan, and the stronger to Ya'akov. |43| And the ish increased exceedingly, and had much tzon, and shefachot, and avadim, and gemalim, and chamorim. |||31|||And he heard the divrei Bnei Lavan, saying, Ya'akov hath taken away all that belonged to avinu; and of that which belonged to avinu hath he gotten all this kavod. |2| And Ya'akov beheld the countenance of Lavan, and, hinei, it was not toward him as before. |3| And Hashem said unto Ya'akov, Shuv el Eretz Avoteicha! And to thy moledet; and I will be with thee. |4| And Ya'akov sent and called Rachel and Leah to the sadeh unto his tzon, |5| And said unto them, I see penei avichen, that it is not toward me as before; but Elohei Avi is with me. |6| And ye know that with all my koach I have served avichen. |7| And avichen hath deceived me, and changed my sachar aseret monim but Elohim allowed him not to harm me. |8| If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy sachar; then all the tzon bore speckled; and if he said thus, The streaked shall be thy sachar; then bore all the tzon streaked. |9| Thus Elohim hath taken away the mikneh of your av, and given them to me. |10| And it came to pass at the time that the tzon breed, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a chalom, and, hinei, the male goats mounting the tzon were streaked, speckled, and spotted. |11| And the Malach HaElohim spoke unto me in a chalom saying, Ya'akov: And I said, Hineni. |12| And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the male goats leaping upon the tzon are streaked, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Lavan doeth unto thee. |13| I am HaEl Beit-El, where thou anointedst a matzevah (pillar), and where thou vowedst a neder (vow) unto Me: now arise, get thee out from HaAretz Hazot, and return unto thy eretz moledet. |14| And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any chelek or nachalah for us in bais avinu? |15| Are we not regarded by him nokhriyyot (foreigners, strangers)? For he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our kesef. |16| For all the oisher Elohim hath taken from avinu, that belongs to us and baneinu; so then, whatsoever Elohim hath said unto thee, do. |17| Then Ya'akov rose up, and set his banim and his nashim upon the gemalim; |18| And he drove all his mikneh, and all his goods which he had gotten, the mikneh of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan Aram, for to go to Yitzchak aviv in Eretz Kena'an. |19| And Lavan went to shear his tzon; and Rachel had stolen the terafim that belong to her av. |20| Unawares to Lavan HaArami, Ya'akov stole away, in that he told him not that he was fleeing. |21| So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the Nahar [i.e. the Euphrates], and set his face toward Har Gil'ad. |22| And it was told Lavan on Yom HaShlishi that Ya'akov was fled. |23| And he took his achim with him, and pursued after him derech shivat yamim; and they overtook him at Har Gil`ad. |24| And Elohim came to Lavan HaArami in a chalom halailah, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Ya'akov either tov or rah. |25| Then Lavan overtook Ya'akov. Now Ya'akov had pitched his ohel on the har; and Lavan with his achim encamped in Har Gil`ad. |26| And Lavan said to Ya'akov, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my banot, like shevuyot (captives) taken with the cherev? |27| Why didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with simchah, and with shirim (songs), with tof (timbrel, tambourine) and with kinnor (harp)? |28| And hast not allowed me to kiss my banim (grandchildren) and my banot? Thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. |29| It is in the power of my yad to do you rah; but Elohei Avichem spoke unto me emesh (last night), saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Ya'akov either tov or rah. |30| And now, though thou had to go, because thou greatly longedst after bais avicha, yet why hast thou stolen elohai? |31| And Ya'akov answered and said to Lavan, Because I was afraid; for I said, Thou wouldest take by force thy banot from me. |32| With whomsoever thou findest eloheicha, let him not live; before acheinu discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Ya'akov knew not that Rachel had played the ganav with them. |33| And Lavan went into the ohel Ya'akov, and into the ohel Leah and into the ohel shtei ha'amahot; but he found them not. Then went he out of the ohel Leah, and entered into the ohel Rachel. |34| Now Rachel had taken the terafim, and put them in the saddle of the gamal, and sat upon them. And Lavan searched all the ohel, but found them not. |35| And she said to her av, Let it not displease adoni that I cannot rise up in thy presence; for the derech nashim is upon me. And he searched but found not the terafim. |36| And Ya'akov was in wrath, and upbraided Lavan: and Ya'akov answered and said to Lavan, What is my peysha? What is my chattat, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? |37| Whereas thou hast searched through all that I own, what hast thou found of all thy kelei bais? Set it here before my achim and thy achim, that they may judge between us both. |38| These esrim shanah have I been with thee; recheleicha (thy ewes) and thy female goats have not miscarried, and the rams of thy tzon have I not eaten. |39| That which was terefah (torn of beasts) I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my yad didst thou require it, whether stolen by yom, or stolen by lailah. |40| Thus I was; in the yom the chorev (heat) consumed me, and the kerach (cold) by lailah; and my sheynah (sleep) departed from mine eyes. |41| Thus have I been esrim shanah in thy bais; I served thee arba-esreh shanah for thy two banot, and shesh shanim for thy tzon: and thou hast changed my sachar aseret monim. |42| Except Elohei Avi, Elohei Avraham, and the Pachad of Yitzchak had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty handed. Elohim hath seen mine oni and the toil of my palms, and rebuked thee emesh (last night). |43| And Lavan answered and said unto Ya'akov, These banot are my banot, and these banim are my banim, and this tzon is my tzon, and all that thou seest is mine; yet what can I do today about these my banot, or about their banim which they have born? |44| Now therefore come thou, let us cut a brit, I and thou; and let it be for an ed between me and thee. |45| And Ya'akov took an even, and set it up for a matzevah (pillar). |46| And Ya'akov said unto his achim, Gather avanim; and they took avanim, and made a gal (heap, mound); and they did eat there upon the gal. |47| And Lavan called it Yegar Sahaduta; but Ya'akov called it Gale'ed ("Heap of Witness"). 48| And Lavan said, This gal (heap, mound) is an ed (witness) between me and thee this day. Therefore was shmo called Gale'ed; |49| And Mitzpah (Watch); for he said, Hashem watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. |50| If thou shalt afflict my banot, or if thou shalt take nashim besides my banot, no man is with us; see, Elohim ed beini uveinecha (Elohim is witness between me and you). |51| And Lavan said to Ya'akov, Hinei this gal (heap, mound), and hinei the matzevah (pillar), which I have cast between me and thee; |52| This gal (heap, mound) be ed (witness), and this matzevah (pillar) be edah (witness), that for ra'ah I will not pass over this gal to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this gal and this matzevah unto me. |53| The Elohei Avraham, and Elohei Nachor, Elohei Avihem judge between us. And Ya'akov swore by the Pachad Aviv Yitzchak. |54| Then Ya'akov offered zavach upon the har, and called his achim to eat lechem; and they did eat lechem, and tarried all night on the har. |55] And early in the boker (morning) Lavan rose up, and kissed his banim and his banot, and made on them a berakhah; and Lavan departed, and returned unto his makom. |||32|||And Ya'akov went on his derech, and the malachim of Elohim met him. |2(3)| And when Ya'akov saw them, he said, This is Mahaneh Elohim; and he called the shem of that makom (place) Machanayim. [VAYISHLAH] |3(4)| And Ya'akov sent malachim before him to Esav achiv unto Eretz Seir, the country of Edom. |4(5)| And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto adoni Esav; Thy eved Ya'akov saith thus, I have sojourned with Lavan, and stayed there until now; |5(6)| And I have shor (oxen), and chamor, tzon, and eved, and shifchah; and I have sent to tell adoni, that I may find chen (grace) in thy sight. |6(7)| And the malachim returned to Ya'akov, saying, We came to Esav achicha, and also he cometh to meet thee, and arba me'ot ish with him. |7(8)| Then Ya'akov was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided HaAm that was with him, and the tzon, and bakar, and the gemalim, into two machanot; |8(9)| And said, If Esav come to the one machaneh, and attack it, then the other machaneh which is left shall escape. |9(10)| And Ya'akov said, O Elohei Avi Avraham, and Elohei Avi Yitzchak, Hashem which saidst unto me, Shuv l'aretzecha and to thy moledet (kindred), and I will deal well with thee; |10(11)| I am not worthy of the least of all the chasadim, and of all the emes, which Thou hast showed unto Thy eved; for with my makal (rod, staff) I passed over this Yarden; and now I am become two machanot. |11(12)| Save me, now, from the yad achi, from the yad Esav; for I fear him, lest he will come and attack me, em with banim. |12(13)| But Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy zera as the chol of the yam, which cannot be numbered for multitude. |13(14)| And he spent there that same night; and took of that which came to his yad a minchah for Esav achiv; |14(15)| Two hundred female goats, and twenty male goats, two hundred rechelim (ewes), and twenty eilim (rams), |15(16)| Thirty nursing gemalim with their colts, forty parot (cows), and ten parim (bulls), twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys. |16(17)| And he delivered them into the yad of his avadim, every herd by itself; and said unto his avadim, Pass over before me, and keep a space between herd and herd. |17(18)| And he commanded the rishon, saying, When Esav achi meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? And to where goest thou? And whose are these [animals] before thee? |18(19)| Then thou shalt say, They are of thy eved Ya'akov; it is a minchah sent unto adoni Esav; and, hinei, also he is behind us. |19(20)| And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the adarim (herds), saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esav, when ye find him. |20(21)| And say ye moreover, Hinei, thy eved Ya'akov is behind us. For he said, Akhapperah (I will appease, pacify) his face with the minchah that goeth ahead of me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me. |21(22)| So went the minchah (present) over ahead of him; but he himself stayed balailah in the machaneh. |22(23)| And he rose up that night, and took his two nashim and his two shifchot, and his eleven yeladim, and passed over the ma'avar (ford) Yabbok. |23(24)| And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over [all] that he had. |24(25)| And Ya'akov was left by himself; and there wrestled an ish with him until the shachar (dawn, sunup). |25(26)| And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he struck his hip socket; so Ya'akov's hip socket dislocated while he wrestled with him. |26(27)| And he said, Let me go, for shachar breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, unless thou make a berakah upon me. |27(28)| And he said unto him, What is shemecha? And he said, Ya'akov. |28(29)| And he said, Shimcha shall be called no more Ya'akov, but Yisroel: for sarita im Elohim ([yisrah=to prevail + El=G-d = Yisroel] ye have striven with Elohim) and with anashim, and hast overcome. |29(30)| And Ya'akov asked him, and said, Tell me, now, shemecha. And he said, Why is it that thou dost ask after shmi? And he made a berakhah upon him there. |30(31)| And Ya'akov called the shem of the makom (place) Peniel [Face of G-d): for I have seen Elohim panim el panim, and my nefesh is saved. |31(32)| And as he passed over Penuel the shemesh rose upon him, and he limped upon his hip. |32(33)| Therefore the Bnei Yisroel eat not of the sinew of the thigh vein (sciatic nerve) which is upon the hip socket, unto this day; because he touched the hip socket of Ya'akov in the sinew of the thigh vein. |||33|||And Ya'akov lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, hinei, Esav came, and with him arba me'ot ish (four hundred men). And he divided the yeladim unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two shefachot. |2| And he put the shefachot and their yeladim rishonah, and Leah and her yeladim acharonim, and Rachel and Yosef acharonim. |3| And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground sheva pe'amim, until he came near to achiv (his brother). |4| And Esav ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his tzavar (neck), and kissed him; and they wept. |5| And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the nashim and the yeladim; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The yeladim which Elohim hath graciously given thy eved. |6| Then the shefachot came near, they and their yeladim, and they bowed themselves. |7| And Leah also with her yeladim came near, and bowed themselves; and after came Yosef near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. |8| And he said, What meanest thou by all this machaneh which I met? And he said, These are to find chen (grace) in the eyes of adoni. |9| And Esav said, I have enough, achi (my brother); keep that thou hast unto thyself. |10| And Ya'akov said, No, now, if I have found chen (grace) in thy sight, then receive my minchah at my yad inasmuch as I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the p'nei Elohim (the face of G-d) vatirtzeini (and thou wast pleased to accept me, thou wast appeased by me). |11| Accept, now, my berakhah that is brought to thee; because Elohim hath dealt graciously with me, and because yesh li khol (there is to me all, my needs are met). And he urged him, and he accepted. |12| And he said, Nise'ah (let us take our journey), and let us go, I will go next to thee. |13| And he said unto him, Adoni knoweth that the yeladim are tender and the nursing tzon and bakar are upon me; and if men should overdrive them yom echad, all the tzon will die. |14| Let now adoni, pass over before his eved; and I will lead on slowly, according to the pace of the drove that goeth before me and the pace the yeladim are able to endure, until I come unto adoni at Seir. |15| And Esav said, Let me now leave with thee some of HaAm that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? Let me find chen in the sight of adoni. |16| So Esav returned that day on his derech unto Seir. |17| And Ya'akov journeyed to Sukkot, and built him a bais, and made sukkot for his mikneh; therefore the shem of the makom is called Sukkot. |18| And Ya'akov came shalem to Ir Shechem, which is in eretz Kena'an, when he came from Padan Aram; and encamped before the Ir. |19| And he bought a chelkat hasadeh (piece of land), where he had pitched there his ohel, from the yad Bnei Chamor Avi Shechem, for a hundred pieces of kesitah (money). |20| And he erected there a Mizbe'ach, and called it El Elohei Yisroel. |||34|||And Dinah Bat Leah, which she bore unto Ya'akov, went out to see the Banot HaAretz. |2| And when Shechem Ben Chamor the Chivvi (Hivite), Nasi HaAretz, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and violated her. |3| And his nefesh had deveykus unto Dinah Bat Ya'akov, and he loved the na'arah, and spoke to the lev hanaarah. |4| And Shechem spoke unto Chamor aviv, saying, Get me this yaldah as isha. |5| And Ya'akov heard that he had made his bat Dinah tameh; now his banim were with his mikneh in the sadeh; and Ya'akov held his peace until they were come. |6| And Chamor avi Shechem went out unto Ya'akov to speak with him. |7| And the Bnei Ya'akov came from the sadeh when they heard it; and the anashim were grieved, and they were in wrath greatly, because he had wrought nevalah (folly, disgrace, outrage) against Yisroel in lying with Bat Ya'akov; which thing ought not to be done. |8| And Chamor spoke with them, saying, The nefesh of beni (my son) Shechem longeth for your bat; now give her him as isha. |9| So intermarry with us, and give your banot unto us, and take benoteinu (our banot) unto you. |10| And ye shall dwell with us; and HaAretz shall be before you; dwell and trade therein, and get you possessions therein. |11| And Shechem said unto her av and unto her achim, Let me find chen (grace) in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. |12| Ask me never so much mohar (bride price, dowry) and mattan (gift), and I will pay according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the na'arah as isha. |13| And the Bnei Ya'akov answered Shechem and Chamor aviv in mirmar (deceit) and spoke because he had made Dinah their achot tameh; |14| And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give achoteinu (our sister) to ish that is arelah (uncircumcised); for that would be a cherpah (reproach, disgrace) unto us; |15| But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will become like us, that every zachar of you be circumcised; |16| Then will we give benoteinu unto you, and we will take your banot to us, and we will dwell among you, and we will become as Am Echad. |17| But if ye will not pay heed unto us, to become circumcised; then will we take biteinu (our daughter), and we will go. |18| And their words pleased Chamor, and Shechem Ben Chamor. |19| And the na'ar deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Bat Ya'akov; and he was more respected than kol Bais Aviv. |20| And Chamor and Shechem bno came unto the Sha'ar of their city, and they spoke with the anashim of their city, saying, |21| These anashim are shlemim (peaceable) with us; therefore let them settle in HaAretz, and let them trade therein for HaAretz, hinei, it is plenty of room for them; let us take their banot to us as nashim, and let us give them benoteinu. |22| Only herein will the anashim consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be Am Echad, if every zachar among us be circumcised, just as they are nimolim (ones being circumcised). |23| Shall not their mikneh and their property and every behemah of theirs be ours? Only let us consent unto them, and they will settle among us. |24| And unto Chamor and unto Shechem bno paid heed all that went out of the Sha'ar of his city; and every zachar was circumcised, all that went out of the Sha'ar of his city. |25| And it came to pass on the Yom HaShlishi, when they were in pain, that two of the Bnei Ya'akov, Shimon and Levi, achei Dinah, took each ish his cherev, and came upon the Ir betach (boldly, confidently), and they slaughtered kol zachar. |26| And they slaughtered Chamor and Shechem bno with the edge of the cherev, and took Dinah from the Bais Shechem and left. |27| The Bnei Ya'akov came upon the chalalim (dead ones, slain ones), and plundered the Ir, because they had made their achot tameh. |28| They seized their tzon, and their bakar, and their chamorim, and that which was in the Ir, and that which was in the sadeh, |29| And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their nashim they carried off and plundered even all that was in the bais. |30| And Ya'akov said to Shimon and Levi, Ye have brought trouble on me to make me a stench among the inhabitants of HaAretz, among the Kena'ani and the Perizzi; and I being few in mispar, they shall gather themselves together against me, and attack me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my bais. |31| And they said, Should he deal with achoteinu like with zonah? |||35|||And Elohim said unto Ya'akov, Arise, go up to Beit-El, and settle there; and make there a Mizbe'ach unto El (G-d) that appeared unto thee when thou didst flee from the face of Esav achicha. |2| Then Ya'akov said unto his Bais, and to all that were with him, Put away the elohei hanekhar that are among you, and be tahor, and change your simlah (garments); |3| And let us arise, and go up to Beit-El; and I will build there a Mizbe'ach unto El (G-d) Who answered me in my yom tzoros, and was with me in the derech in which I went. |4| And they gave unto Ya'akov kol elohei hanekhar which were in their yad, and all their nezamim which were in their oznayim; and Ya'akov buried them under the elah (terebinth) which was at Shechem. |5| And they journeyed; and the chittat Elohim (terror of G-d) was upon the cities that were around them, and they did not pursue after the Bnei Ya'akov. |6| So Ya'akov came to Luz, which is in Eretz Kena'an, that is, Beit-El, he and kol haAm that were with him. |7| And he built there a Mizbe'ach, and called the makom (place) El Beit-El; because there HaElohim appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of achiv. |8| But Devorah meineket Rivkah died, and she was buried under an alon (oak) below Beit-El; and shmo was called Alon Bachut. |9| And Elohim appeared unto Ya'akov again, when he returned from Padan Aram, and made a berakhah upon him. |10| And Elohim said unto him, Shimcha is Ya'akov; shimcha shall not be called any more Ya'akov, but Yisroel shall be shemecha; and He called shmo Yisroel. |11| And Elohim said unto him, I am El Shaddai; be fruitful and multiply; a Goy (nation) and a Kehal Goyim shall be from thee, and Melechim shall come out of thy loins; |12| And HaAretz which I gave Avraham and Yitzchak, to thee I will give it, and to thy zera after thee will I give HaAretz. |13| And Elohim went up from him in the makom where He talked with him. |14| And Ya'akov set up a matzevah (pillar, monument) in the makom where He talked with him, even a matzevat even (pillar of stone); and he poured a nesech (drink offering) thereon, and he poured shemen (oil) thereon. |15| And Ya'akov called the shem of the makom where Elohim spoke with him, BeitEl. |16| And they journeyed from Beit-El; and there was still a space of ha'aretz to get to Ephratah; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. |17| And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the meyaledet (midwife) said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this ben also. |18| And it came to pass, as her nefesh was in departing, (for she died) that she called shmo Ben- Oni (Son of Affliction); but aviv called him Binyamin. |19| And Rachel died, and was buried on the derech to Ephratah, which is BeitLechem. |20| And Ya'akov set up a matzevah upon her kever; that is matzevet kevurat Rachel to this day. |21| And Yisroel journeyed, and pitched his ohel beyond Migdal-Eder. |22| And it came to pass, when Yisroel dwelt in that land, that Reuven went and lay with Bilhah pilegesh aviv and Yisroel heard it. Now the Bnei Ya'akov were Sheneym Asar (Twelve); |23| The Bnei Leah: Reuven bechor Ya'akov, and Shimon, and Levi, and Yehudah, and Yissakhar, and Zevulun; |24| The Bnei Rachel: Yosef, and Binyamin; |25| And the Bnei Bilhah shifchat Rachel: Dan, and Naphtali; |26| And the Bnei Zilpah shifchat Leah: Gad, and Asher; these are the Bnei Ya'akov, which were born to him in Padan Aram. |27| And Ya'akov came unto Yitzchak Aviv unto Mamre, unto Kiriat HaArba, which is Chevron, where Avraham and Yitzchak sojourned. |28| And the days of Yitzchak were me'at shanah u'shemonim shanah. |29| And Yitzchak expired, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being zaken (old) and full of yamim; and his banim Esav and Ya'akov buried him. |||36|||Now these are the toldot Esav, who is Edom. |2| Esav took his nashim of the Banot Kena'an: Adah Bat Elon the Chitti, and Oholivamah Bat Anah Bat Tziveon the Chivvi; |3| And Basemat Bat Yishma'el, achot Nevayot. |4| And Adah bore to Esav Eliphaz; and Basemat bore Reuel; |5| And Oholivamah bore Yeush, and Ya'alam, and Korach; these are the Bnei Esav, which were born unto him in Eretz Kena'an. |6| And Esav took his nashim, and his banim, and his banot, and kol nafshot of his bais, and his mikneh, and all his behemah, and all his possessions, which he had acquired in Eretz Kena'an; and went into the eretz from the face of Ya'akov achiv. |7| For their wealth was more than that they might dwell together; and the eretz of their sojourns could not support them because of their mikneh. |8| Thus dwelt Esav in har Seir; Esav is Edom. |9| And these are the toldot Esav avi Edom in har Seir: |10| These are the shemot Bnei Esav; Eliphaz Ben Adah eshet Esav, Reuel Ben Basemat eshet Esav. |11| And the Bnei Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Tzepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. |12| And Timna was pilegesh (concubine) to Eliphaz Ben Esav; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek; these were the Bnei Adah eshet Esav. |13| And these are the Bnei Reuel: Nachat, and Zerach, Shammah, and Mizzah; these were the Bnei Basemat eshet Esav. |14| And these were the Bnei Oholivamah Bat Anah Bat Tziveon, eshet Esav: and she bore to Esav Yeush, and Yaalam, and Korach. |15| These were alufei (chiefs) of the Bnei Esav: the Bnei Eliphaz the bechor Esav; aluf (chief) Teman, aluf Omar, aluf Tzepho, aluf Kenaz, |16| Aluf (chief) Korach, aluf (chief) Gatam, and aluf (chief) Amalek; these are the alufei Eliphaz in Eretz Edom; these were the Bnei Adah. |17| And these are the Bnei Reuel Ben Esav: aluf (chief) Nachat, aluf Zerach, aluf Shammah, aluf Mizzah; these are the alufei Reuel in Eretz Edom; these are the Bnei Basemat eshet Esav. |18| And these are the Bnei Oholivamah eshet Esav: aluf (chief) Yeush, aluf Yaalam, aluf Korach; these were the alufei Oholivamah Bat Anah eshet Esav. |19| These are the Bnei Esav, who is Edom, and these are their alufim (chiefs). |20| These are the Bnei Seir the Chori, who inhabited HaAretz: Lotan, and Shoval, and Tziveon, and Anah, |21| And Dishon, and Etzer, and Dishan; these are the alufei HaChori, the Bnei Seir in Eretz Edom. |22| And the Bnei Lotan were Chori and Hemam; and achot Lotan was Timna. |23| And the Bnei Shoval were these: Alvan, and Manachat, and Eval, Shepho, and Onam. |24| And these are the Bnei Tziveon: both Ayyah, and Anah; this was that Anah that found the mules in the midbar, as he pastured the chamorim of Tziveon aviv. |25| And the Bnei Anah were these: Dishon, and Oholivamah Bat Anah. |26| And these are the Bnei Dishon: Chemdan, and Eshban, and Yitran, and Keran. |27| The Bnei Etzer are these: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. |28| The Bnei Dishan are these: Uz, and Aran. |29| These are the alufei (chiefs) haChori: aluf (chief) Lotan, aluf Shoval, aluf Tziveon, aluf Anah, |30| Aluf Dishon, aluf Etzer, aluf (chief) Dishan; these are the alufei haChori by their alufim (chiefs) in Eretz Seir. |31| And these are the melechim that reigned in Eretz Edom, before there reigned any melech over the Bnei Yisroel. |32| And Bela Ben Be'or reigned in Edom; and the shem of his city was Dinhavah. |33| And Bela died, and Yovav Ben Zerach of Botzrah reigned in his place. |34| And Yovav died, and Chusham of Eretz Temani reigned in his place. |35| And Chusham died, and Hadad Ben Bedad, who defeated Midyan in the sadeh of Moav, reigned in his place; and the shem of his city was Avit. |36| And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. |37| And Samlah died, and Sha'ul of Rechovot-nahar reigned in his place. |38| And Sha'ul died, and Baal Chanan Ben Achbor reigned in his place. |39| And Baal Chanan Ben Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place; and the shem of his city was Pau; and the shem of his isha was Mehetavel Bat Matred Bat Mei Zahav. |40| And these are the shemot of the alufei Esav, according to their mishpechot, after their mekomot, by their shemot: aluf (chief) Timnah, aluf (chief) Alvah, aluf (chief) Yetet, |41| Aluf Oholivamah, aluf (chief) Elah, aluf (chief) Pinon, |42| Aluf (chief) Kenaz, aluf (chief) Teman, aluf (chief) Mivtzar, |43| Aluf (chief) Magdiel, aluf (chief) Iram; these are the alufei Edom, according to their moshavot in the eretz of their achuzzah; this is Esav Avi Edom. [VAYESHEV] |||37|||And Ya'akov dwelt in the eretz megurei Aviv (in the land wherein his father was a ger) in Eretz Canaan. |2| These are the toldot Ya'akov. Yosef, being seventeen years old, was ro'eh with his achim to the tzon; now the na'ar was with the bnei Bilhah, and with the bnei Zilpah, the ne'shei Aviv (the wives of his father); and Yosef brought unto Avihem (their father) dibbatam ra'ah (a bad, evil report of them). |3| Now Yisroel loved Yosef more than all his children, because he was the ben zekunim (the son of his old age); and he made him a kesones passim (ketonet [tunic] reaching to palms and soles, [see Messianic significance Yn 19:23 OJBC]). |4| And when his achim saw that Avihem loved him more than all his achim, they hated him, and could not speak with shalom unto him. |5| And Yosef dreamed a chalom (dream [see Mt 2:22 OJBC]), and he told it to his achim; and they hated him yet the more. |6| And he said unto them, Hear, now, this chalom which I have dreamed: |7| For, hinei, we were binding alummim (sheaves of wheat) out in the sadeh, and, hinei, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, hinei, your alummot (sheaves of wheat) gathered around it, and bowed down to my sheaf. |8| And his achim said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? Or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his chalomot (dreams), and for his devarim. |9| And he dreamed yet another chalom, and told it his achim, and said, Hinei, I have dreamed a chalom more; and, hinei, the shemesh and the yarei'ach and the eleven kokhavim bowed down to me. |10| And he told it to Aviv, and to his achim: and Aviv rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this chalom that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and Immecha and Achecha indeed come to bow down ourselves to the ground before thee? |11| And his achim had kina (jealousy, envy) toward him; but Aviv was shomer over the saying. |12| And his achim went for the purpose to be ro'eh tzon Avihem in the vicinity of Shechem. |13| And Yisroel said unto Yosef, Do not thy achim ro'im in Shechem? Come and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Hineni. |14| And he said to him, Go, now, see about the shalom achecha, and the shalom hatzon; and bring me devar. So he sent him out of the Emek Chevron, and he went to Shechem. |15| And a certain ish found him, and, hinei, he was wandering in the sadeh; and the ish asked him, saying, What seekest thou? |16| And he said, I seek my achim; tell me, now, where they ro'im (feed their flocks). |17| And the ish said, They are departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dotan. And Yosef went after his achim, and found them in Dotan. |18| And when they saw him merachok (afar off, in the distance), even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to kill him. |19| And they said one to another, Hinei, this ba'al hachalomot cometh. |20| Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and throw him into one of the borot (pits), and we will say, Some chayyah ra'ah (evil wild beast) hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his chalomot. |21| And Reuven heard it, and he saved him out of their yadayim; and said, Let us not take his nefesh. |22| And Reuven said unto them, Do no shefach dahm (shedding of blood), but throw him into this bor that is in the midbar, and lay no yad upon him; that he might rescue him out of their yadayim, to take him back to Aviv. |23| And it came to pass, when Yosef was come unto his achim, that they stripped Yosef of his kesones [see Yn 19:23 OJBC], his kesones hapassim that was on him; |24| And they took him, and threw him into the borah (pit); and the bor was empty, there was no mayim in it. |25| And they sat down to eat lechem; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, hinei, a caravan of Yishm'elim was coming from Gil`ad with their gemalim bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Mitzrayim. |26| And Yehudah said unto his achim, What betza (profit, gain) is it if we kill achinu (our brother), and conceal his dahm? |27| Come, and let us sell him to the Yishm'elim, and let not yadeinu (our hands) be upon him; for he is achinu (our brother) and besareinu (our flesh). And his achim agreed. |28| Then there passed by anashim Midyanim socharim (men of Midyan, traders); and they drew and lifted up Yosef out of the bor, and sold Yosef to the Yishm'elim for esrim kesef; and they took Yosef to Mitzrayim. |29| And Reuven returned unto the bor; and, hinei, Yosef was not in the bor; and he made the keriah of his clothes [compare Mk 14:63 OJBC]. |30| And he returned unto his achim, and said, The yeled is not; and I, where shall I turn? |31| And they took the kesones Yosef, and did shachat the se'ir izzim (slaughtered the kid of the goats), and dipped the kesones in the dahm; |32| And they sent the kesones hapassim, and they brought it to Avihem; and said, This have we found; examine for identification purposes now whether it be the kesones Binecha or no. |33| And he recognized it, and said, It is the kesones beni; a chayyah ra'ah hath devoured him; Yosef is without doubt torn in pieces. |34| And Ya'akov made the keriah of his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for beno yamim rabbim. |35| And all his banim and all his banot rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down to beni mourning to Sheol. Thus Aviv wept for him. |36| And the Midyanim sold him into Mitzrayim unto Potiphar, a seris Pharaoh (courtier of Pharaoh), a sar hatabbachim (a captain of the slaughterers, executioners, i.e., captain of the guard). |||38|||And it came to pass at that time, that Yehudah went down from his achim, and turned in to an ish Adulami shmo Chirah. |2| And Yehudah saw there a bat ish Kena'ani shmo Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her. |3|She conceived, and bore ben; and he called shmo Er. |4| And she conceived again, and bore ben; and she called shmo Onan. |5| And she yet again conceived, and bore ben; and called shmo Shelah; at Keziv, when she bore him. |6| And Yehudah took a wife for Er his bechor, whose shem was Tamar. |7| And Er, bechor Yehudah, was rah in the eyes of Hashem; and Hashem slaughtered him. |8| And Yehudah said unto Onan, Go in unto eshet achicha, and enter into levirate marriage with her, and raise up zera to achicha. |9| And Onan knew that the zera should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto eshet achiv, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give zera to achiv. |10| And the thing which he did was rah in the eyes of Hashem; therefore He slaughtered him also. |11| Then said Yehudah to Tamar his kallah, Remain an almanah at thy bais avi, till Shelah beni is grown; for he said, Lest he die also, as his achim did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her bais avi. |12| And in process of time the bat Shua, eshet Yehudah, died; and Yehudah was consoled, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his re'a Chirah the Adulami. |13| And it was told Tamar, saying, Hinei, thy kham (father-in-law) goeth up to Timnah to shear his tzon. |14| And she put off her widow's garments from her, and covered her with a tze'if (veil), and disguised herself, and sat at the crossroads which is on the derech to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him as isha. |15| When Yehudah saw her, he thought her to be a zonah; because she had covered her face. |16| And he turned unto her by the derech, and said, Come now, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his kallah [daughter-in-law]). And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? |17| And he said, I will send thee a gedi izzim (kid of the goats). And she said, Wilt thou give me an ervon (pledge), till thou send it? |18| And he said, What ervon shall I give thee? And she said, Thy chotam (signet), and thy [signet neck] cord, and thy staff that is in thine yad. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. |19| And she arose, and went away, and took off her tze'if from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. |20| And Yehudah sent the gedi izzim by the yad of his friend the Adulami, to get back his ervon from the yad haisha; but he found her not. |21| Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the kedesha (cult prostitute) that was on the crossroads by the derech? And they said, There was no kedesha in this place. |22| And he returned to Yehudah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said that there was no kedesha in this place. |23| And Yehudah said, Let her take for herself, lest we become buz (laughingstock); hinei, I sent this gedi, and thou hast not found her. |24| And it came to pass about shlosh chadashim (three months) later, that it was told Yehudah saying, Tamar thy kallah hath played the zonah; and also, hinei, she is with child by zenunim (whoredom). And Yehudah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burned. |25| When she was brought forth, she sent to her kham (father-in-law), saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child; and she said, Discern, now, whose are these, the chotam (signet), and the [signet neck] cord, and the staff. |26| And Yehudah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more tzadekah than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah beni. And he knew her again no more. |27| And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, hinei te'omim (twin boys) were in her beten. |28| And it came to pass, when she travailed in labor, that the one put out his yad; and the midwife took and bound upon his yad a scarlet thread, saying, This came out rishonah (first). |29| And it came to pass, as he drew back his yad, that, hinei, his brother came out; and she said, How hast paratzta (thou broken out)? This paretz (breach, breaking) be upon thee; therefore shmo was called Peretz [Breaking out]. |30| And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his yad; and shmo was called Zerach. |||39|||And Yosef was brought down to Mitzrayim; and Potiphar, a saris Pharaoh, Sar Hatabachim (captain of the bodyguard), a Mitzri, bought him of the hands of the Yishme'elim, which had brought him down to there. |2| And Hashem was with Yosef, and he was an ish matzliach (a man [G-d] makes prosper); and he was in the bais adonav haMitzri. |3| And adonav saw that Hashem was with him, and that Hashem caused all that he did matzliach in his yad. |4| And Yosef found chen in his eyes, and he ministered to him; and he made him mefake'ach (overseer) over his bais, and all that he had he entrusted into his yad. |5| And it came to pass from the time that he had made him mefake'ach (overseer) in his bais, and over all that he had, that Hashem put a berakhah on the bais haMitzri on account of Yosef; and the birkat Hashem was upon all that he had in the bais, and in the sadeh. |6| And he left all that he had in the yad Yosef; and he knew not ought he had, save the lechem which he did eat. And Yosef was yafeh to'ar (well built) and yafeh mareh (good looking). |7| And it came to pass after these things, that eshet adonav cast her eyes upon Yosef; and she said, Lie with me. |8| But he refused, and said unto eshet adonav, Look, with me [here], adoni knows not what is in the bais, and he hath entrusted all that he hath to my yad; |9| There is none gadol in this bais than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me except thee only, because thou art his isha; how then can I do hara'ah hagedolah hazot, and commit chattat against Elohim? |10| And it came to pass, as she spoke to Yosef yom yom, that he unto her lo shama (did not pay heed), to lie with her, or to be with her. |11| And it came to pass about this time, that Yosef went into the bais to do his melachah (work); and there was none of the anshei habayit there within. |12| And she caught him by his beged, saying, Lie with me; and he left his beged in her yad, and fled, and ran outside. |13| And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his beged in her yad, and had fled outside, |14| That she called unto her anshei habayit, and spoke unto them, saying, Look, he hath brought in unto us an ish Ivri to show disrespect and mock us. He came in unto me to lie with me, and I screamed with a kol gadol (loud voice); |15| And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and screamed, that he left his beged with me, and fled, and ran outside. |16| And she laid up his beged by her, until adonav came to his bais. |17| And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying, The eved HaIvri, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to show disrespect and mock me; |18| And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and screamed, that he left his beged with me, and fled outside. |19| And it came to pass, when adonav heard the words of his isha, which she spoke unto him, saying, After this manner did thy eved to me; that his wrath was kindled. |20| And adonei Yosef took him, and put him into the bais hasohar, a place where the asirei HaMelech were prisoners; and he was there in the bais hasohar. |21| But Hashem was with Yosef, and showed him chesed, and gave him chen in the eyes of the sar bais hasohar. |22| And the sar bais hasohar entrusted to the yad Yosef all the asirim (prisoners) that were in the bais hasohar; and whatsoever they did there, he was the accomplisher of it. |23| The sar bais hasohar looked not to anything that was under his [Yosef's] yad; because Hashem was with him, and that which he did, Hashem made it to prosper. |||40|||And it came to pass after these things, that the mashkeh (cupbearer) Melech Mitzrayim and his ofeh (baker) had offended adoneihem Melech Mitzrayim. |2| And Pharaoh was in wrath against two of his sarisim, against the sar hamashkim, and against the sar ha'ofim. |3| And he put them b'mishmar (under watch, in custody) in the bais sar hatabachim (house of the captain of the bodyguards), in the bais hasohar, in the makom (place) where Yosef was incarcerated. |4| And the sar hatabachim charged Yosef with them, and he ministered to them; and they continued a season b'mishmar (in custody, under watch). |5| And they dreamed a chalom both of them, each man his chalom in lailah echad (in one night, the same night), and each chalom with its own pitron (meaning, interpretation), the mashkeh and the ofeh of Melech Mitzrayim, which were prisoners in the bais hasohar. |6| And Yosef came in unto them in the boker, and looked upon them, and, hinei, they were zo'afim (troubled ones, sad ones). |7| And he asked the sarisim of Pharaoh that were with him b'mishmar (in the custody ward) of bais adonav, saying, Why look ye so ra'im (bad, downcast ones) hayom (today)? |8| And they said unto him, We have dreamed a chalom, and there is no poter (interpreter) of it. And Yosef said unto them, Do not pitronim (interpretations) belong to Elohim? Tell now to me. |9| And the sar hamashkim told his chalom to Yosef, and said to him, In my chalom, hinei, a gefen was before me; |10| And in the gefen were shloshah sarigim (three branches); and it was as soon as it budded, its blossom shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth anavim (ripe grapes); |11| And the kos Pharaoh was in my yad; and I took the anavim (grapes), and pressed them into kos Pharaoh, and I put the kos into the palm of Pharaoh. |12| And Yosef said unto him, This is the pitron (interpretation) of it; The shloshet hasarigim are shloshet yamim. |13| Within shloshet yamim shall Pharaoh lift up thine rosh, and restore thee unto thy ken (place, post); and thou shalt deliver kos Pharaoh into his yad, after the mishpat harishon (former practice) when thou wast his mashkeh. |14| But remember me [see Amos 6:6] when it shall be well with thee, and show chesed now unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this bais; |15| For indeed I was stolen away out of the Eretz HaIvrim; and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the bor (dungeon). |16| When the sar ha'ofim saw that he had done the pitron well, he said unto Yosef, I also was in my chalom, and, hinei, I had shloshah salei chori (three baskets of cakes) on my rosh; |17| And in the sal haelyon (uppermost basket) there was all manner of food for Pharaoh; and ha'oph (the birds) did eat them out of the sal (basket) upon my rosh. |18| And Yosef answered and said, This is the pitron (interpretation, meaning) thereof: The shloshet hasalim (three baskets) are shloshet yamim. |19| Yet within shloshet yamim shall Pharaoh lift off thy rosh from on thee, and shall hang thee on an etz; and ha'oph (the birds) shall eat thy basar from off thee. |20| And it came to pass on Yom HaShlishi, which was the yom huledet of Pharaoh, that he made a mishteh (feast) unto all his avadim; and he lifted up the rosh sar hamashkim and the rosh sar ha'ofim (head of the chief baker) in the midst of his avadim (officials). |21| He restored the sar hamashkim unto his mashkeh; and he gave the kos into the palm of Pharaoh; |22| But he hanged the sar ha'ofim: just as Yosef had made the pitron to them. |23| Yet did not the sar hamashkim remember Yosef [see Amos 6:6] but forgot him. [MIKETZ]|||41|||And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed a chalom: and, hinei, he stood by haye'or (the River, i.e., the Nile). |2| And, hinei, there came up out of haye'or (the River, i.e., the Nile) seven cows, fine in appearance and fat in basar; and they grazed on the riverbank. [3| And, hinei, seven other cows came up after them out of the Nile, ra'ot mareh (ugly in appearance) and dakot basar (gaunt ones in flesh, lean-fleshed); and stood by the other cows upon the bank of the Nile. |4| And the cows that were ra'ot hamareh and that were dakot habasar did devour the seven cows that were fine in appearance and fat. Then Pharaoh awoke. |5| And he slept and dreamed a chalom the second time; and, hinei, shivah heads of grain came up upon one stalk, beri'ot (fat ones) and tovot. |6| And, hinei, seven thin heads of grain scorched by the east wind tzomechot (sprung up) after them. |7| And the seven thin heads of grain devoured the seven fat and mele'ot (full) heads of grain. And Pharaoh awoke; and, hinei, it was a chalom! |8| And it came to pass in the boker that his ruach was troubled; and he sent and called for all the chartummei Mitzrayim (magicians of Egypt), and all the chachamim thereof; and Pharaoh told them his chalom; but there was no poter (interpreter) for Pharaoh. |9| Then the sar hamashkim spoke unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day. |10| Pharaoh was in wrath with his avadim, and put me b'mishmar (in custody) in the bais sar hatabbachim, both me and the sar ha'ofim; |11| And we dreamed a chalom in the same lailah, I and he; and each chalom we dreamed had its own pitron (interpretation). |12| And there was there with us a na'ar Ivri, eved to the sar hatabbachim; and we told him, and he interpreted to us chalomoteinu (our dreams); to each according to his chalom he did interpret. |13| And it was, just as he interpreted to us, so it came to pass; me he restored unto mine ken (post), and him he hanged. |14| Then Pharaoh sent and summoned Yosef, and they brought him hastily out of the bor (dungeon); and he shaved, and changed his clothes, and came in unto Pharaoh. |15| And Pharaoh said unto Yosef, I have dreamed a chalom, and there is no poter (interpreter) for it; and I have heard it said of thee, that thou canst understand a chalom to interpret it. |16| And Yosef answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me; Elohim shall give Pharaoh an answer of shalom. |17| And Pharaoh said unto Yosef, In my chalom, hineni, I stood upon the bank of the Nile; |18| And, hinei, there came up out of the Nile seven cows beri'ot basar (fat in body) and sleek of form; and they grazed by the riverbank. |19| And, hinei, seven other cows came up after them, dalot (poor, scrawny, thin) and ra'ot to'ar me'od (very ugly in appearance) and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in kol Eretz Mitzrayim, unacceptably bad; |20| And the lean and the ra'ot cows did eat up the first seven fat cows; |21| And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still rah in appearance, as at the beginning. So I awoke. |22| And I saw in my chalom, and, hinei, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, mele'ot (full) and tovot (good); |23| And, hinei, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and scorched with the east wind, tzomechot (sprung up) after them; |24| And the thin heads of grain devoured the seven tov heads of grain; and I told this unto the chartummi (magicians); but there was none that could explain it to me. |25| And Yosef said unto Pharaoh, The chalom of Pharaoh is echad: HaElohim hath revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do. |26| The seven good cows are seven shanim; and the seven good heads of grain are seven shanim. The chalom is echad. |27| And the seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are sheva shanim; and the seven empty heads of grain scorched by the east wind are sheva shnei ra'av (seven years of famine). |28| This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh; What HaElohim is about to do He showeth unto Pharaoh. |29| Hinei, there come sheva shanim of sava gadol (great fullness, plenty, abundance) throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |30| And there shall arise after them sheva shnei ra'av (seven years of famine) and kol hasava (all abundance) shall be forgotten in Eretz Mitzrayim; and the ra'av (famine) shall consume the land; |31| And the sava shall not be known in the land by reason of that ra'av (famine) following; for it shall be kaved me'od (very grievous). |32| And for that the chalom was doubled unto Pharaoh; it is because the thing is [decidedly] established by HaElohim, and HaElohim will shortly bring it to pass. |33| Now therefore let Pharaoh select an ish navon and chochom (a man discerning and wise) and set him over Eretz Mitzrayim. |34| Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint pekidim (officers, overseers, commissioners) over the land, and take up the fifth part [of the harvest] of Eretz Mitzrayim in the sheva shnei hasava. |35| And let them gather kol ochel of those shanim hatovot that come, and store up grain under the yad Pharaoh, and let them be shomer over ochel in the cities. |36| And that ochel shall be for reserves for the land against the sheva shnei hara'av, which shall be in Eretz Mitzrayim; that the land perish not through the ra'av. |37| And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his avadim. |38| And Pharaoh said unto his avadim, Can we find such an ish as this is, an ish in whom is the Ruach Elohim? |39| And Pharaoh said unto Yosef, Forasmuch as Elohim hath showed thee all this, there is none so navon (discerning) and chochom (wise) as thou art; |40| Thou shalt be over my bais (palace), and according unto thy mouth shall all my people order themselves; only with respect to the kisse will I be greater than thou. |41| And Pharaoh said unto Yosef, See, I have set thee over kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |42| And Pharaoh took off his taba'at (signet ring) from his yad, and put it upon yad Yosef, and arrayed him in garments of fine linen, and put a chain of zahav around his neck; |43| And he made him to ride in the second merkavah which he had; and they cried before him, Avrech! And he put him over kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |44| And Pharaoh said unto Yosef, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his yad or regel in kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |45| And Pharaoh called shem Yosef Zaphnat Pa'neach; and he gave him as isha Asenat Bat Poti Phera kohen of On. And Yosef went out over all Eretz Mitzrayim. |46| And Yosef was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim. And Yosef went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |47| And in the sheva shnei hasava the land brought forth by handfuls. |48| And he gathered up kol ochel of the sheva shanim, which were in Eretz Mitzrayim, and laid up the ochel in the cities; the ochel of the sadeh, which surrounded every city, laid he up in the same. |49| And Yosef gathered grain as the chol (sand) of the yam, very much, until he stopped counting; for it was without mispar (number). |50| And unto Yosef were born two banim before the shnat ra'av came, which Asenat Bat Poti Phera kohen of On bore unto him. |51| And Yosef called the shem of the bechor Menasheh: For Elohim, said he nashani, (hath made me forget) all my amal, and kol bais Avi. |52| And the shem of the second called he Ephrayim: For Elohim hifrani (hath caused me to be fruitful) in the eretz of my oni (suffering). |53| And the sheva shnei hasava that was in Eretz Mitzrayim were ended. |54| And the sheva shnei hara'av began to come, just as Yosef had said; and the ra'av was in all lands; but in kol Eretz Mitzrayim there was lechem. |55| And when kol Eretz Mitzrayim was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for lechem; and Pharaoh said unto kol Mitzrayim, Go unto Yosef; what he saith to you, do. |56| And the ra'av (famine) was over kol pnei ha'aretz; and Yosef opened all that was in them, and sold unto the Mitzrayim; and the ra'av (famine) became severe in Eretz Mitzrayim. |57| And kol HaAretz (all the world) came into Mitzrayim to Yosef to buy grain; because that the ra'av (famine) was so chazak in kol HaAretz. |||42|||Now when Ya'akov saw that there was shever (grain) in Mitzrayim, Ya'akov said unto his banim, Why do ye look one upon another? |2| And he said, Hinei, I have heard that there is shever (grain) in Mitzrayim; get you down to there, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die. |3| Achei Yosef asarah (Yosef's ten brothers) then went down to buy grain in Mitzrayim. |4| But Binyamin, achi Yosef, Ya'akov sent not with his achim; for he said, Lest ason (evil, harm) befall him. |5| And the Bnei Yisroel came to make purchase among those that were coming; for the ra'av (famine) was in Eretz Kena'an. |6| And Yosef was the Shalit Al HaAretz, and he it was that sold to kol Am HaAretz: and Achei Yosef came, and prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground. |7| And Yosef saw his achim, and he recognized them, but made himself a stranger unto them, and spoke roughly unto them; and he said unto them, From where come ye? And they said, From Eretz Kena'an to buy ochel. |8| And Yosef recognized his achim, but they recognized not him. |9| And Yosef remembered the chalomot which he dreamed about them, and said unto them, Ye are meragelim (spies); to see the ervat ha'aretz (nakedness of the land) ye came. |10| And they said unto him, Lo, adoni, but to buy okhel are thy avadim come. |11| We are all bnei ish echad; we are truthful ones, thy avadim are no meragelim. |12| And he said unto them, Lo, but to see the ervat ha'aretz ye came. |13| And they said, Thy avadim are Shneym Asar Achim, the bnei ish echad in Eretz Kena'an; and, hinei, the katon is today with Avinu, and one is not. |14| And Yosef said unto them, That is it just as I spoke unto you, Ye are meragelim; |15| Hereby ye shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth from here, except achichem hakaton (your youngest brother) come here. |16| Send one of you, and let him bring back achichem, and ye shall be kept prisoner, that your words may be tested, whether there be any emes in you; or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are meragelim (spies). |17| And he put them all together el-mishmar (in custody) shloshet yamim. |18| And Yosef said unto them on the Yom HaShlishi [see 1C 15:4 OJBC], This do, and live; for I fear HaElohim: |19| If ye be truthful ones, let one of your achim be bound in your bais mishmar; go ye, carry grain for the ra'avon (famine of) bateichem (your house); |20| But bring achichem hakaton unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. |21| And they said one to another, Surely we are ashemim (guilty ones) because of achinu (our brother), in that we saw the tzoros of his nefesh, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this tzoros come upon us. |22| And Reuven answered them, saying, Spoke I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the yeled; and ye would not hear? Therefore, hinei, the accounting for his dahm is required [of us (see Mt 27:25 OJBC)]. |23| And they had no da'as that Yosef understood them; for he spoke unto them by the melitz (go-between, interpreter). |24| And he turned himself away from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and spoke with them, and took from them Shimon, and bound him before their eyes. |25| Then Yosef commanded to fill their kelim with grain, and to restore every man's kesef into his sack, and to give them provision for the derech; and thus did he unto them. |26| And they loaded their chamorim with the grain, and departed from there. |27| And as one of them opened his sack to get feed for his chamor in the malon (inn), he saw his kesef; for, hinei, it was in the mouth of his sack. |28| And he said unto his achim, My kesef is restored; and, hinei, it is even in my sack; and their lev failed them, and they shook with fear, saying one to another, What is this that Elohim hath done unto us? |29| And they came unto Ya'akov Avihem in Eretz Kena'an, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, |30| The ish, who is adonei HaAretz, spoke roughly to us, and took us for meragelim HaAretz. |31| And we said unto him, We are truthful ones; we are no meragelim; |32| We are Shneym Asar Achim, Bnei Avinu; one is not, and the katon is today with Avinu in Eretz Kena'an. |33| And the ish, adonei HaAretz, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are truthful ones; leave one of your achim here with me, and that which is needful for the ra'avon bateichem (famine of your houses), take and be gone; |34| And bring achichem hakaton unto me; then shall I know that ye are not meragelim, but that ye are truthful ones: so will I restore you achichem, and ye shall freely trade in the land. |35| And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, hinei, every man's pouch of kesef was in his sack; and when both they and Avihem saw the pouches of kesef, they were afraid. |36| And Ya'akov Avihem said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children; Yosef is not, and Shimon is not, and ye will take Binyamin away; all these things are against me. |37| And Reuven spoke unto Aviv, saying, Slay my two banim, if I bring him not to thee; entrust him into my yad, and I will bring him to thee again. |38| And he said, Beni (my son) shall not go down with you; for achiv is dead, and he is left alone; if ason (harm, evil) befall him on the derech in which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hair in yagon (sorrow) to Sheol. |||43|||And the ra'av (famine) was kaved (heavy, severe) in the land. |2| And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the shever (grain) which they had brought out of Mitzrayim, then Avihem said unto them, Shuvu (return)! Buy for us a little ochel. |3| And Yehudah spoke unto him, saying, The ish did solemnly warn us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless achichem be with you. |4| If thou wilt send achinu (our brother) with us, we will go down and buy thee ochel; |5| But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down; for the ish said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, unless achichem be with you. |6| And Yisroel said, Why dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the ish whether ye had yet another ach (brother)? [7| And they said, The ish asked in detail about us and about our moledet (kindred), saying, Is Avichem yet alive? Have ye another ach? And we declared to him according to these words of [his inquiry]; could we certainly know that he would say, Bring down achichem? |8| And Yehudah said unto Yisroel Aviv, Send na'ar with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. |9| I will be surety for him; of my yad shalt thou require an accounting for him; if I bring him not back unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame kol hayamim; |10| For if we had not delayed, surely now we had returned zeh pa'amayim (this second time). |11| And Yisroel Avihem said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of mizimerat HaAretz (the best fruits of the land) in your kelim (vessels), and carry down to the ish a minchah (present), a little balm, and a little devash (honey), nekhot (spices), loht (myrrh), batenim (pistachio nuts), and shekedim (almonds): |12| And take kesef mishneh (double money) in your yad; and the kesef that was returned in the mouth of your sacks, carry it back in your yad; perhaps it was mishgeh (mistake); |13| Take also achichem, and arise, shuvu (return) unto the ish; |14| And El Shaddai give you rachamim before the ish, that he may send away achichem acher (your other brother), and Binyamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. |15| And the anashim took that minchah, and they took mishneh kesef (double money) in their yad and Binyamin; and rose up, and went down to Mitzrayim, and stood before Yosef. |16| And when Yosef saw Binyamin with them, he said to the ish over Bais Yosef, Bring these anashim home, and slaughter the tevach, and make ready; for these anashim shall dine with me at tzahorayim (noon). |17| And the ish did as Yosef said; and the ish brought the anashim to the house of Yosef. |18| And the anashim were afraid, because they were brought into Bais Yosef; and they said, Because of the kesef that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and seize us for avadim, and chamoreinu (our donkeys). |19| And they came near to the ish over Bais Yosef, and they spoke with him at the petach habayit, |20| And said, O adoni, we came indeed down at the first time to buy ochel: |21| And it came to pass, when we came to the malon, that we opened our sacks, and, hinei, kesef ish (every man's money) was in the mouth of his sack, our kesef in full weight; and we have brought it back again in our yad. |22| And kesef acher (other money) have we brought down in our hands to buy ochel; we cannot tell who put our kesef in our sacks. |23| And he said, Shalom lachem, fear not; Eloheichem, and Elohei Avichem, hath given you matmon (treasure) in your sacks; I had your kesef. And he brought Shimon out unto them. |24| And the ish brought the anashim into the house of Yosef, and gave them mayim, and they washed their raglayim; and he gave their chamorim mispo (fodder). |25| And they made ready the minchah for bo Yosef (coming of Yosef) at tzahorayim; for they heard that they would eat lechem there. |26| And when Yosef came home, they presented him the minchah which was in their yad in the house, and prostrated themselves to the ground before him. |27| And he asked them l'shalom (about their welfare), and said, Is there shalom with avichem, the zaken of whom ye spoke? Is he still alive? |28| And they answered, There is shalom with thy eved avinu; he is still alive. And they bowed their heads, and prostrated themselves. |29| And he lifted up his eyes, and saw achiv Binyamin, ben immo, and said, Is this achichem hakaton (your younger brother), of whom ye spoke unto me? And he said, Elohim be gracious unto thee, beni. |30| And Yosef made haste; for his compassion was stirred upon achiv (his brother); and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his cheder, and wept there. |31| And he washed his face, and went out, and controlled himself, and said, Serve lechem. |32| And they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Mitzrim (Egyptians), which did eat with him, by themselves; because Mitzrim could not eat lechem with the Ivrim; for that is a to'evah (abomination) unto the Mitzrim. |33| And they sat before him, the bechor according to his bechorah (birthright), and the youngest according to his youth; and the anashim marvelled one with another. |34| And he took and sent masot (portions) unto them from before him; but masat Binyamin was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and feasted with him. |||44|||And he commanded the ish over Bais Yosef, saying, Fill the sacks of the anashim with ochel, as much as they can carry, and put kesef ish in the mouth of his sack. |2| And put my cup, gevi'a hakesef (cup of silver), in the mouth of the sack of the katon, and his kesef for shever (grain). And he did according to the davar Yosef had spoken. |3| As soon as the boker ohr, the anashim were sent away, they and their chamorim. |4| And when they were gone out of the ir, and not yet far off, Yosef said unto the ish over Bais Yosef, Up, follow after the anashim; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded ra'ah for tovah? |5| Is not this it in which adoni drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? Ye have done ra'ah in so doing. |6| And he overtook them, and he spoke unto them these same devarim. |7| And they said unto him, Wherefore saith adoni these words? Chalilah (far be it) that thy avadim should do according to this thing; |8| Hinei, the kesef, which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we brought back unto thee out of Eretz Kena'an; how then should we be ganavim stealing kesef or zahav out of the bais adonecha? |9| With whomsoever of thy avadim it be found, both let him die, and we also will be avadim of adoni. |10| And he said, Now also let it be according unto your devarim; he with whom it is found shall be to me eved; and ye shall be nekiyim (blameless). |11| Then they speedily took down every ish his sack to the ground, and opened every ish his sack. |12| And he searched, and began at the gadol (eldest), and ended at the katon (youngest); and the gevi'a (cup, goblet) was found in the sack of Binyamin. |13| Then they tore their garments, and loaded every ish his chamor, and returned to the ir. |14| And Yehudah and his achim came to Bais Yosef; for he was yet there; and they fell before him on the ground. |15| And Yosef said unto them, What ma'aseh (deed) is this that ye have done? Know ye not that an ish like me can find things out as a menachesh (diviner)? |16| And Yehudah said, What shall we say unto adoni? What shall we speak? Or how hall we clear ourselves? HaElohim hath found out the avon (iniquity) of thy avadim; look at us, we are now avadim la'adoni, both we, and he also with whom the gevi'a (cup) is found. |17| And he [Yosef] said, Chalilah that I should do so; but the ish in whose yad the gevi'a is found, he shall be to me eved; and as for you, go back in shalom unto avichem. [VAYIGGASH] |18| Then Yehudah came near unto him, and said, Oh, adoni, let thy eved speak now a davar in oznei adoni, and let not thine anger burn against thy eved; for thou art even like Pharaoh. |19| Adoni asked his avadim, saying, Have ye an av, or an ach? |20| And we said unto adoni, We have an av, a zaken, and a yeled zekunim katan (child of his old age, a little one); and achiv is dead, and he alone is left of immo, and aviv loveth him. |21| And thou saidst unto thy avadim, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. |22| And we said unto adoni, The na'ar cannot leave aviv; for if he should leave aviv, aviv would die. |23| And thou saidst unto thy avadim, Except achichem hakaton (your youngest brother) come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. |24| And it came to pass when we came up unto thy eved Avi we told him the divrei adoni. |25| And avinu said, Shuvu, (go back, return) and buy us a little ochel. |26| And we said, We cannot go down; if achinu hakaton (our youngest brother) be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the face of HaIsh, except achinu hakaton be with us. |27| And thy eved Avi said unto us, Ye know that my wife bore me two banim; |28| And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces; and I saw him not ad-hennah (until now); |29| And if ye take this also from me, and ason (evil, harm) befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hair in ra'ah (misery) to Sheol. |30| Now therefore when I come to thy eved Avi, and the na'ar be not with us; seeing that his nefesh is bound up in the nefesh of the na'ar; |31| It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the na'ar is not with us, that he will die; and thy avadim shall bring down the gray hair of thy eved avinu with yagon (sorrow) to Sheol, |32| For thy eved became surety for the na'ar unto Avi, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame before Avi kol hayamim. |33| Therefore, let thy eved, now, abide instead of the na'ar, an eved to adoni; and let the na'ar go up with his achim. |34| For how shall I go up to Avi, and the na'ar be not with me? Lest I see the rah that would overtake Avi. |||45|||Then Yosef could not control himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause kol ish to go out from me. And there stood no ish with him, while Yosef made himself known unto his achim. |2| And he wept aloud; and the Mitzrayim and the Bais Pharaoh heard. |3| And Yosef said unto his achim (brethren), I am Yosef; doth Avi yet live? And his achim could not answer him; for they were shocked with dismay at his presence. |4| And Yosef said unto his achim, Come near to me, now. And they came near. And he said, I am Yosef achichem (your brother), whom ye sold into Mitzrayim. |5| Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me here; for Elohim did send me before you to save life. |6| For these two years hath the ra'av (famine) been in the land; and yet there are chamesh shanim (five years), in the which there shall neither be plowing nor harvest. |7| And Elohim sent me before you to save you a she'erit (remnant) in the earth, and to save life for you by a peletah gedolah (great deliverance, escape). |8| So now it was not you that sent me here, but HaElohim; and He hath made me as an Av to Pharaoh, and adon of all his Bais, and Moshel throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |9| Haste ye, and go up to Avi, and say unto him, Thus saith thy ben, Yosef, Elohim hath made me as adon kol Mitzrayim; come down unto me, tarry not; |10| And thou shalt dwell in Eretz Goshen, and thou shalt be karov (near) unto me, thou, and thy banim, and thy bnei banecha, and thy tzon, and thy bakar, and all that thou hast [see Yn 14:3 OJBC]: |11| And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are chamesh shanim of ra'av (famine); lest thou, and thy bais, and all that thou hast, come to destitution. |12| And, hinei, your eyes see, and the eyes of achi Binyamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. |13| And ye shall tell Avi of kol kevod b'Mitzrayim, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down Avi here. |14| And he fell upon the neck of Binyamin achiv, and wept; and Binyamin wept upon his neck. |15| Moreover he kissed all his achim, and wept upon them; and after that his achim talked with him. |16| And the news thereof was heard in Bais Pharaoh saying, Achei Yosef are come; and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his avadim. |17| And Pharaoh said unto Yosef, Say unto thy achim, This do ye; load your beasts, and go, get you unto Eretz Kena'an; |18| And take Avichem and your households, and come unto me; and I will give you the best of Eretz Mitzrayim, ye shall eat the chelev haaretz. |19| Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you agalot (wagons) out of Eretz Mitzrayim for your little ones, and for your nashim, and bring Avichem, and come. |20| Also regard not your kelim; for the best of kol Eretz Mitzrayim is yours. |21| And the Bnei Yisroel did so; and Yosef gave them agalot, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the derech. |22| To all of them he gave each man chalifot semalot; but to Binyamin he gave three hundred pieces of kesef, and chamesh chalifot semalot. |23| And to Aviv he sent after this manner; ten chamorim loaded with the best of Mitzrayim, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and lechem and provision for Aviv for the derech. |24| So he sent his achim away, and they departed; and he said unto them, See that ye not quarrel by the derech. |25| And they went up out of Mitzrayim, and came into Eretz Kena'an unto Ya'akov avihem, |26| And told him, saying, Yosef chai! Yosef is yet alive, and he is Moshel kol Eretz Mitzrayim. And Ya'akov's lev fainted, for he believed them not [see Lk 24:10-11 OJBC]. |27| And they told him kol divrei Yosef, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the agalot which Yosef had sent to carry him, the ruach Ya'akov avihem revived; |28| And Yisroel said, It is enough; Yosef Beni chai! Yosef Beni is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die. |||46|||And Yisroel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Be'erah Sheva, and offered zevakhim unto Elohei Aviv Yitzchak. |2| And Elohim spoke unto Yisroel in the marot halailah, and said, Ya'akov, Ya'akov. And he said, Hineni. |3| And He said, I am El Elohei Avicha; fear not to go down to Mitzrayim; for there I will make thee a Goy Gadol; |4| I will go down with thee to Mitzrayim; and I will also surely bring thee up again; and Yosef shall put his yad upon thine eyes. |5| And Ya'akov rose up from Be'er-Sheva; and the Bnei Yisroel carried Ya'akov Avichem, and their little ones, and their nashim, in the agalot which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. |6| And they took their mikneh, and their possessions, which they had acquired in Eretz Kena'an, and came to Mitzrayim, Ya'akov, and all his zera with him; |7| His banim, and his bnei banim with him, his banot, and his banot banim, and all his zera brought he with him to Mitzrayim. |8| And these are the shemot Bnei Yisroel, which came to Mitzrayim: Ya'akov and his banim: Reuven, bechor Ya'akov; |9| And the Bnei Reuven: Chanoch, and Phallu, and Chetzron, and Carmi. |10| And the Bnei Shimon: Yemuel, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yachin, and Tzochar, and Shaul Ben HaKena'anit. |11| And the Bnei Levi: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari. |12| And the Bnei Yehudah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Peretz, and Zarach; but Er and Onan died in Eretz Kena'an. And the Bnei Peretz were Chetzron and Chamul. |13| And the Bnei Yissakhar: Tola, and Phuvah, and Yov, and Shimron. |14| And the Bnei Zevulun: Sered, Elon, and Yachle'el. |15| These are the Bnei Leah, which she bore unto Ya'akov in Padan Aram, with his bat Dinah; kol nefesh of his banim and his banot were thirty and three. |16| And the Bnei Gad: Tziphyon, Chaggi, Shuni, Etzbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. |17| And the Bnei Asher: Yimnah, and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and Beriah, and Serach their achot; and the Bnei Beriah: Chever, and Malki'el. |18| These are the Bnei Zilpah, whom Lavan gave to Leah his bat, and these she bore unto Ya'akov, even sixteen nefesh. |19| The Bnei Rachel eshet Ya'akov: Yosef, and Binyamin. |20| And unto Yosef in Eretz Mitzrayim were born Menasheh and Ephrayim, which Asenat Bat Poti Phera kohen of On bore unto him. |21| And the Bnei Binyamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Echi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Chuppim, and Ard. |22| These are the Bnei Rachel, which were born to Ya'akov; kol nefesh were fourteen. |23| And the Bnei Dan: Chushim. |24| And the Bnei Naphtali: Yachtze'el, and Guni, and Yetzer, and Shillem. |25| These are the Bnei Bilhah, which Lavan gave unto Rachel his bat, and she bore these unto Ya'akov; kol nefesh were shivah. |26| Kol hanefesh that came with Ya'akov to Mitzrayim, which came out of his loins, apart from the nashim of the Bnei Ya'akov, kol nefesh were threescore and six; |27| And the Bnei Yosef, which were born to him in Mitzrayim, were two nefesh; kol hanefesh of Bais Ya'akov, which came into Mitzrayim, were shivim (seventy). |28| And he sent Yehudah before him unto Yosef, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into Eretz Goshen. |29| And Yosef made ready his merkavah, and went up to meet Yisroel Aviv, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a long time. |30| And Yisroel said unto Yosef, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. |31| And Yosef said unto his achim, and unto Bais Aviv, I will go up, and speak to Pharaoh, and say unto him, My achim and Bais Avi, which were in Eretz Kena'an, are come unto me; |32| And the anashim are roei tzon (shepherds), keepers of livestock; and they have brought their tzon, and their bakar, and all that they have. |33| And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is ma'aseichem (your occupation)? |34| That ye shall say, Thy avadim hath been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and also Avoteinu; that ye may dwell in Eretz Goshen; for every r'eh tzon is a toevat Mitzrayim. |||47|||Then Yosef came and told Pharaoh, and said, Avi and my achim, and their tzon, and their bakar, and all that they have, are come out of Eretz Kena'an; and they are now in Eretz Goshen. |2| And he took some of his achim, even five anashim, and presented them unto Pharaoh. |3| And Pharaoh said unto his achim, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy avadim are roeh tzon, both we, and also Avoteinu. |4| They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy avadim have no mireh (pasture) for their tzon; for the ra'av (famine) is heavy in Eretz Kena'an; now therefore, let now thy avadim dwell in Eretz Goshen. |5| And Pharaoh spoke unto Yosef, saying, Avicha and acheicha are come unto thee; |6| Eretz Mitzrayim is before thee; in the best of the land make avicha and acheicha to dwell; in Eretz Goshen let them dwell; and if thou knowest any anshei chayil among them, then make them sarei mikneh (royal overseers of livestock) of mine. |7| And Yosef brought in Ya'akov aviv, and set him before Pharaoh; and Ya'akov made on Pharaoh a berakhah. |8| And Pharaoh said unto Ya'akov, How old art thou? |9| And Ya'akov said unto Pharaoh, The days of the shanim of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty shanah; few and bad have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my avot in the days of their pilgrimage. |10| And Ya'akov made a berakhah on Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh. |11| And Yosef settled aviv and his achim, and gave them an achuzzah (possession) in Eretz Mitzrayim, in the best of the land, in Eretz Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded. |12| And Yosef provided for aviv, and his achim, and kol bais aviv, with lechem, according to the children. |13| And there was no lechem in kol ha'aretz; for the ra'av was very heavy, so that Eretz Mitzrayim and kol Eretz Kena'an fainted by reason of the ra'av (famine). |14| And Yosef gathered up all the kesef that was found in the Eretz Mitzrayim, and in Eretz Kena'an, for the shever (grain) which they bought; and Yosef brought the kesef into Bais Pharaoh (Pharaoh's palace). |15| And when kesef failed in Eretz Mitzrayim, and in Eretz Kena'an, kol Mitzrayim came unto Yosef, and said, Give us lechem; for why should we die in thy presence? For the kesef is gone. |16| And Yosef said, Give your mikneh; and I will give you for your mikneh, if kesef is gone. |17| And they brought their mikneh unto Yosef; and Yosef gave them lechem in exchange for susim, and for the tzon, and for the mikneh of the bakar, and for the chamorim; and he fed them lechem for all their mikneh for that year. |18| When that year was ended, they came unto him the shanah hashenit, and said unto him, We will not hide it from adoni, how that our kesef is spent; adoni also hath our mikneh of behemah; there is not ought left in the sight of adoni, but geviyyatenu (our bodies), and adematenu (our lands); |19| Why shall we die before thine eyes, both we and adematenu? Buy us and adematenu for lechem, and we and adematenu will be avadim unto Pharaoh; and give us zera, that we may live, and not die, that the adamah be not desolate. |20| And Yosef bought kol Admat Mitzrayim for Pharaoh; for the Mitzrayim sold every ish his sadeh, because the ra'av (famine) was chazak over them; so the land became Pharaoh's. |21| And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Mitzrayim even to the other end thereof. |22| Only the admat hakohanim bought he not; for the kohanim had a chok assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their chok which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they sold not their lands. |23| Then Yosef said unto the people, See, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is zera for you, and ye shall sow the adamah. |24| And it shall come to pass in the tevu'ot, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for zera of the sadeh, and for your ochel, and for them of your batim, and for food for your children. |25| And they said, Thou hast saved our lives; let us find chen (grace, favor) in the sight of adoni, and we will be avadim to Pharaoh. |26| And Yosef made it a chok over Eretz Mitzrayim unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the admat hakohanim only, which became not Pharaoh's. |27| And Yisroel settled in Eretz Mitzrayim, in Eretz Goshen; and they acquired property therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. [VAYAHI] |28| And Ya'akov lived in Eretz Mitzrayim seventeen shanah; so the whole age of Ya'akov was a hundred forty and seven shanah. |29| And the time drew near that Yisroel must die; and he called bno Yosef, and said unto him, If now I have found chen in thy sight, put, now, thy yad under my thigh, and do chesed and emes with me; bury me not, now, in Mitzrayim; |30| But I will lie with my avot, and thou shalt carry me out of Mitzrayim, and bury me in their kever. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. |31| And he said, Swear unto me. And he swore unto him. And Yisroel prostrated toward the rosh hamittah. |||48|||And it came to pass after these things, that one told Yosef, Hinei, Avicha is choleh (ill); and he took with him his two banim, Menasheh and Ephrayim. |2| And one told Ya'akov, and said, Hinei, the ben of thee Yosef cometh unto thee; and Yisroel strengthened himself, and sat up upon the mittah (bed). |3| And Ya'akov said unto Yosef, El Shaddai appeared unto me at Luz in Eretz Kena'an, and made on me a berakhah, |4| And said unto me, Hineni, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a kehal of ammim; and will give HaAretz Hazot to thy zera after thee for an achuzzat olam (everlasting possession). |5| And now thy two banim, Ephrayim and Menasheh, which were born unto thee in Eretz Mitzrayim before I came unto thee into Mitzrayim, are mine; like Reuven and Shimon, they shall be mine. |6| And thy moledet, which are born to thee after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the shem of their achim in their nachalah. |7| And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in Eretz Kena'an in the way, when there was yet but a space of land to go unto Ephratah; and I buried her there by the derech Ephrat; the same is Beit-Lechem. |8| And Yisroel beheld Bnei Yosef, and said, Who are these? |9| And Yosef said unto aviv, They are my banim, whom Elohim hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, now, unto me, and I will make upon them a berakhah. |10| Now the eyes of Yisroel were dim from age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. |11| And Yisroel said unto Yosef, I never expected to see thy face; and, hinei, Elohim hath showed me also thy zera. |12| And Yosef brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the ground. |13| And Yosef took them both, Ephrayim in his yamin toward smol Yisroel, and Menasheh on his smol toward yamin Yisroel, and brought them near unto him. |14| And Yisroel stretched out his yamin, and laid it upon rosh Ephraim, who was the younger, and his smol upon rosh Manasseh, guiding his hands intentionally; for Menasheh was the bechor. |15| And he made on Yosef a berakhah, and said, HaElohim, before whom my Avot Avraham and Yitzchak did walk, HaElohim Who was Roeh to me all my life long unto this day, |16| The Malach which redeemed me from kol rah, may he make a berakhah on the ne'arim, and let my shem be named on them, and the shem of my Avot Avraham and Yitzchak; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of ha'aretz. |17| And when Yosef saw that aviv laid his yamin upon the rosh Ephrayim, it displeased him; and he took hold of yad aviv, to remove it from rosh Ephrayim unto rosh Menasheh. |18| And Yosef said unto aviv, Not so, Avi; for this is the bechor; put thy yamin upon his rosh. |19| And aviv refused, and said, I know it, beni (my son), I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but truly achiv hakaton shall be greater than he, and his zera shall become a multitude of Goyim. |20| And he made a berakhah on them that day, saying, In thee shall Yisroel bless, saying, Elohim make thee like Ephrayim and like Menasheh; and he set Ephrayim before Menasheh. |21| And Yisroel said unto Yosef, Hinei I die; but Elohim shall be with you, and bring you back unto the Eretz Avoteichem. |22| Moreover, I have given to thee one portion above thy achim, which I took out of the yad HaEmori with my cherev and with my keshet. |||49|||And Ya'akov called unto his banim, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the acharit hayamim (last days). |2| Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye Bnei Ya'akov; and pay heed unto Yisroel Avichem. |3| Reuven, thou art my bechor, my koach, and the reshit of my strength, the excellency of honor, and excellency of oz (power): |4| Unstable as mayim, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to mishkevei avicha (thy father's bed, i.e. incest); then defiledst thou it; he went up to my couch. |5| Shimon and Levi are achim; kelei chamas (instruments of violence) are in their swords. |6| O my nefesh, enter not thou into their sod (secret, council); unto their kehal, mine kavod, be not thou united; for in their anger they slaughtered ish, and in their ratzon (self-will) they lamed shor (ox). |7| Arur (cursed) be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel; I will dispense them in Ya'akov, and scatter them in Yisroel. |8| Yehudah, thou art he whom thy achim yoducha (they will praise you); thy yad shall be in the oref (neck) of thine enemies; Bnei Avicha shall bow down before thee. |9| Yehudah is the cub of an aryeh (lion); from the prey, beni (my son), thou hast gone up; he stooped down, he couched like an aryeh, and like a lioness; who shall rouse him? |10| The shevet (sceptre) shall not depart from Yehudah, nor a Mekhokek (Lawgiver) from between his raglayim, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall be the obedience of the amim (peoples, nations). |11| He ties his foal unto the gefen (vine), and his donkey's colt unto the choice vine; he will wash his levush (garments) in yayin, and his robe in the dahm anavim (blood of grapes); |12| His eyes shall be darker with yayin, and his shinayim (teeth) whiter than cholov (milk). |13| Zevulun shall dwell at the seashore; and he shall be a haven for oniyyot (ships); and his border shall be unto Tzidon. |14| Yissakhar is a strong chamor (donkey) lying down between two saddlebags; |15| And he saw that a menuchah (resting place) was tov, and haaretz that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became oved (submitting, enslaved) at forced labor. |16| Dan yadin (shall judge) his people, as one of the Shivtei Yisroel. |17| Dan shall be a nachash beside the derech, a viper along the orach (path) that biteth the ikkvei sus (the horse heels), so that its rider shall fall backward. |18| I have waited for Thy Yeshuah (Salvation), Hashem. |19| Gad, gedud (raider) shall raid him; but he shall raid akev ([at] the heel). |20| Out of Asher his lechem shall be rich, and he shall yield royal dainties. |21| Naphtali is a doe let loose; he giveth goodly sayings. |22| Yosef is a ben of a fruittree, even ben of a fruit-tree near an ayin (spring, well); its daughters (i.e., branches) run over the wall; |23| The ba'alei khitzim (archers) provoke him, and shoot at him, and hate him; |24| But his keshet (bow) remained steady, and the arms of his hands remain strong, from the hands of the Avir Ya'akov, from there, from the Ro'eh, Even Yisroel; |25| And from El Avicha, who shall help thee; and Shaddai, who shall make berakhah over thee with Birkat Shomayim above, Birkat Tehom that lieth beneath, Birkat Shadayim and of Rekhem. |26| Birkat Avicha surpass the Birkat of my progenitors unto the utmost border of the giveot olam (everlasting hills); they shall come on the rosh Yosef, and on the brow of the Prince among his achim. |27| Binyamin--a ze'ev (wolf) which tears in pieces; in the boker he shall devour the prey, and at erev he shall divide the plunder. |28| All these are the Shivtei Yisroel; and this is it that Avichem spoke unto them, and made a berakhah on them; every one according to his berakhah he blessed them. |29| And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people; bury me with Avotai in the me'arah (cave) that is in the sadeh of Ephron the Chitti, |30| In the me'arah that is in the sadeh of Machpelah, which is near Mamre, in Eretz Kena'an, which Avraham bought with the sadeh of Ephron the Chitti for an achuzzat kever (burial estate). |31| There they buried Avraham and Sarah his isha; there they buried Yitzchak and Rivkah his isha; and there I buried Leah. |32| The purchase of the sadeh and of the me'arah (cave) that is therein was from the Bnei Chet (Heth). |33| And when Ya'akov had made an end of commanding his banim, he gathered up his raglayim into the mittah, and expired, and was gathered unto his people. |||50|||And Yosef fell upon the face of Aviv, and wept over him, and kissed him. |2| And Yosef commanded his avadim the rofe'im (physicians) to embalm Aviv; and the rofe'im embalmed Yisroel. |3| And arba'im yom were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed; and the Mitzra'im mourned for him shivim yom (seventy days). |4| And when the days of his mourning were past, Yosef spoke unto the Bais Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found chen in your eyes, speak, now, in the oznayim of Pharaoh, saying, |5| Avi made me swear, saying, Hinei, I die; in my kever which I dug for myself in Eretz Kana'an, there shalt thou bury me. Therefore let me go up, now, and bury Avi, and I will return. |6| And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury Avicha, according as he made thee swear. |7| And Yosef went up to bury Aviv; and with him went up all the avadim of Pharaoh, the zekenim of his Bais, and all the zekenim of Eretz Mitzrayim, |8| And kol Bais Yosef, and his achim, and Bais Aviv; only their little ones, and their tzon, and their bakar (cattle), they left in Eretz Goshen. |9| And there went up with him both merkavot and parashim; and it was a very great machaneh. |10| And they came to the goren (threshing floor) of Atad, which is beyond the Yarden, and there they mourned with a gadol and very bitter lamentation; and he made evel (mourning) for Aviv shivat yamim. |11| And when the inhabitants of HaAretz, the Kena'ani, saw the evel (mourning) in the goren Atad, they said, This is a grievous evel to the Mitzrayim; therefore the shem of it was called Evel Mitzrayim. It is beyond the Yarden. |12| And his [Ya'akov's] banim did unto him according as he commanded them; |13| For his banim carried him into Eretz Kena'an, and buried him in the me'arah (cave) of the sadeh of Machpelah, near Mamre, the sadeh which Avraham had bought for an achuzzat kever (burial estate) and made the purchase from Ephron the Chitti. |14| And, after burying Aviv, Yosef returned into Mitzrayim, he, and his achim, and all that went up with him to bury Aviv. |15| And when the Achei Yosef (the brothers of Yosef) saw that Avihem was dead, they said, What if Yosef will hate us, and will certainly requite us all the ra'ah which we did unto him. |16| And they sent word unto Yosef, saying, Avicha did command before he died, saying, |17| So shall ye say unto Yosef, Forgive, now, the peysha of thy achim, and their chattat; for they did unto thee ra'ah; and now, forgive the peysha of the Avdei Elohei Avicha. And Yosef wept when they spoke unto him. |18| And his achim also went and fell down before him; and they said, Behold us, we are thy avadim. |19| And Yosef said unto them, Fear not; for am I in the place of Elohim? |20| But as for you, ye intended ra'ah against me; but Elohim intended it for tovah, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save Am Rav (much people) alive. |21| Now therefore fear ye not; I will provide for you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly unto their hearts. |22| And Yosef dwelt in Mitzrayim, he, and Bais Aviv; and Yosef lived one hundred and ten shanim. |23| And Yosef saw Ephraim's bnei shileshim (children to the third generation); also the Bnei Machir Ben Menasheh were brought up upon the birkei Yosef (knees of Yosef). |24| And Yosef said unto his achim, I die; and Elohim will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto HaAretz which He promised by oath to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov. |25| And Yosef made the Bnei Yisroel take an oath, saying, Elohim will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my atzmot from hence. |26| So Yosef died, being in age one hundred and ten shanim; and they embalmed him, and he was placed in an aron in Mitzrayim. [SHEMOS] SHEMOT |||1|||Now these are the Shemot Bnei Yisroel, which came into Mitzrayim; every ish and his bais came with Ya'akov: |2| Reuven, Simeon, Levi, and Yehudah, |3| Yissakhar, Zevulun, and Binyamin, |4| Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. |5| And all the nefesh that came out of the loins of Ya'akov were seventy nefesh; for Yosef was in Mitzrayim already. |6| And Yosef died, and all his achim, and all that generation. |7| And the Bnei Yisroel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was filled with them. |8| Now there arose a melech chadash over Mitzrayim, which had no da'as of Yosef. |9| And he said unto his people, Hinei, the Am Bnei Yisroel are more and stronger than we. |10| Come, let us outsmart them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any milchamah, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. |11| Therefore they did set over them sarei missim (taskmasters) to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pitom and Raamses. |12| But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread out. And they were in dread because of the Bnei Yisroel. |13| And the Egyptians made the Bnei Yisroel to serve with rigor; |14| And they made their lives bitter with avodah kashah (hard bondage), in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of avodah in the sadeh; all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor. |15| And Melech Mitzrayim spoke to the meyalledot HaIvriyyot (Hebrew midwives), of which the shem of the one was Shiphrah, and of the other Puah; |16| And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to HaIvriyyot (the Hebrew women) and see them upon the delivery stool; if it be a ben, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a bat, then she shall live. |17| But the meyalledot feared HaElohim, and did not as Melech Mitzrayim commanded them, but saved the yeladim alive. |18| So Melech Mitzrayim called for the meyalledot, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the yeladim alive? |19| And the meyalledot said unto Pharaoh, Because HaIvriyyot are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and are delivered before the meyalledot come in unto them. |20| Therefore Elohim dealt well with the meyalledot; and the people multiplied, and grew very strong. |21| And it came to pass, because the meyalledot feared HaElohim, that He established them batim. |22| And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every ben that is born ye shall cast into the Nile, and every bat ye shall save alive. |||2|||And there went an ish of the Bais Levi, and took to wife a bat Levi. |2| And the isha conceived, and bore a ben; and when she saw him that he was tov, she hid him three months. |3| And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him a tevah (ark) of papyrus, and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and put the yeled therein; and she set it in the reeds by the bank of the Nile. |4| And his achot stood afar off, to see what would be done to him. |5| And the Bat Pharaoh came down to bathe herself at the Nile; and her na'arot walked along by the Nile's bank; and when she saw the tevah (ark) among the reeds, she sent her amah (maid servant) to fetch it. |6| And when she had opened it, she saw the yeled; and, hinei, the na'ar was crying. And she had compassion on him, and said, This one is of the yaldei HaIvrim (Hebrew children). |7| Then said his achot to Bat Pharaoh, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of HaIvriyyot, that she may nurse the yeled for thee? |8| And Bat Pharaoh said to her, Go. And haalmah [see Gn 24:43; Isa 7:14] went and called the em hayeled. |9| And Bat Pharaoh said unto her, Take this yeled away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the isha took the yeled, and nursed it. |10| And the yeled grew, and she brought him unto Bat Pharaoh, and he became her ben. And she called shmo Moshe: and she said, Because meshitihu (I drew him) out of the mayim. |11| And it came to pass in those days, when Moshe was grown, that he went out unto his achim, and looked on their sivlot: and he spied an Egyptian striking an ish Ivri, one of his achim. |12| And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no ish, he killed the Egyptian, and hid him in the chol (sand). |13| And when he went out the second day, hinei, two anashim Ivrim were fighting; he said to him in the wrong, Why strike thou thy re'a? |14| And he said, Who made thee a sar and a shofet over us? Intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moshe feared, and thought, Surely this thing is known. |15| Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moshe. But Moshe fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in Eretz Midyan; and he sat down by a well. |16| Now the kohen of Midyan had sheva banot; and they came and drew mayim, and filled the troughs to water the tzon of their av. |17| And the ro'im (shepherds) came and drove them away; but Moshe stood up and rescued them, and watered their tzon. |18| And when they came to Reuel their av, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today? |19| And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the yad of the ro'im (shepherds), and also drew enough for us, and watered the tzon. |20| And he said unto his banot, And where is he? Why is it that ye have left the ish? Call him, that he may eat lechem. |21| And Moshe was content to dwell with the ish; and he gave Moshe Tzipporah his bat. |22| And she bore him a ben, and he called shmo Gershom; for he said, I have been a ger in a foreign land. |23| And it came to pass in process of time, that Melech Mitzrayim died; and the Bnei Yisroel groaned by reason of haAvodah (the Bondage), and they cried out, and their cry came up unto HaElohim by reason of haAvodah. |24| And Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered His brit (covenant) with Avraham, with Yitzchak, and with Ya'akov. |25| And Elohim looked upon the Bnei Yisroel, and Elohim had da'as of them. |||3|||Now Moshe was ro'eh (shepherding) the tzon of Yitro his khoten (father in-law), the kohen Midyan; and he led the tzon to the backside of the midbar, and came to the Har HaElohim, even to Chorev. |2| And the Malach Hashem appeared unto him in a flame of eish out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, hinei, the bush burned with eish, and the bush was not consumed. |3| And Moshe thought, I will now turn aside, and see this mareh hagadol, why the bush is not burned up. |4| And when Hashem saw that he turned aside to see, Elohim called out unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moshe, Moshe. And he said, Hineni. |5| And He said, Draw not nearer here; put off thy na'alayim (sandals) from off thy raglayim, for hamakom whereon thou standest is admat kodesh. |6| Moreover He said, I am Elohei Avicha, Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, and Elohei Ya'akov. And Moshe hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon HaElohim. |7| And Hashem said, I have surely seen the oni ami (affliction of My people) which are in Mitzrayim, and have heard their cry by reason of their nogesim (taskmasters); for I know their makhovim (sufferings); |8| And I am come down to deliver them out of the yad Mitzrayim, and to bring them up out of that land unto an eretz tovah, a spacious eretz zavat cholov udevash; unto the place of the Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and the Yevusi. |9| Now therefore, hinei, the cry of the Bnei Yisroel is come unto Me; and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. |10| Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth My people the Bnei Yisroel out of Mitzrayim. |11| And Moshe said unto HaElohim, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the Bnei Yisroel out of Mitzrayim? |12| And He said, Certainly Eh-heh-yeh (I will be [see verse 14 below]) with thee; and this shall be haOt (the Sign) unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth HaAm out of Mitzrayim, ye shall serve HaElohim upon this Har. |13| And Moshe said unto HaElohim, Hinei, when I come unto the Bnei Yisroel, and shall say unto them, Elohei Avoteichem hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is Shmo? what shall I say unto them? |14| And Elohim said unto Moshe, Eh-heh-yeh ashair Ehheh-yeh (I AM WHO I AM); and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the Bnei Yisroel, EHHEH-YEH (I AM) hath sent me unto you. |15| And Elohim said moreover unto Moshe, Thus shalt thou say unto Bnei Yisroel: Hashem, Elohei Avoteichem, Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, and Elohei Ya'akov, hath sent me unto you: this is Shemi l'olam, and this is My remembrance unto all generations. |16| Go, and gather the Ziknei Yisroel together, and say unto them, Hashem Elohei Avoteichem, Elohei Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Mitzrayim; |17| And I have said, I will bring you up out of the Oni Mitzrayim unto the eretz Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and the Emori, and the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and the Yevusi unto eretz zavat cholov udevash. |18| And they shall pay heed to thy voice; and thou shalt go, thou and the Ziknei Yisroel, unto Melech Mitzrayim, and ye shall say unto him, Hashem Elohei HaIvriyim hath met with us; and let us go, now, derech shloshet yamim into the midbar, that we may sacrifice to Hashem Eloheinu. |19| And I have da'as that Melech Mitzrayim will not let you go, no, except by a yad chazakah. |20| And I will stretch out My yad, and strike Mitzrayim with all My nifle'ot which I will do in the midst thereof; and after that he will let you go. |21| And I will give this people chen in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty-handed. |22| But every isha shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her bais, jewels of kesef, and jewels of zahav, and clothing; and ye shall put them upon your banim, and upon your banot; so ye shall plunder the Egyptians. |||4|||And Moshe answered and said, But, what if they will not believe me, nor pay heed unto my voice but will say, Hashem hath not appeared unto thee. |2| And Hashem said unto him, What is that in thine yad? And he said, A matteh (a rod, staff). |3| And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a nachash; and Moshe fled from before it. |4| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Put forth thine yad, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his yad, and caught it, and it became a matteh in his yad; |5| That they may believe that Hashem Elohei Avotam, Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, and Elohei Ya'akov, hath appeared unto thee. |6| And Hashem said furthermore unto him, Put now thine yad into thy kheyk. And he put his yad into his kheyk; and when he took it out, hinei, his yad was leprous as snow. |7| And He said, Put thine yad into thy kheyk again. And he put his yad into his kheyk again; and plucked it out of his kheyk, and, hinei, it was turned again as his other basar. |8| And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither pay heed to the voice of haOt Harishon, that they will believe the voice of haOt haAcharon. |9| And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two otot, neither pay heed unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the mayim of the Nile, and pour it upon the yabashah (dry land); and the mayim which thou takest out of the Nile shall become dahm upon the yabashah. |10| And Moshe said unto Hashem, O Adonoi, I am not an ish devarim, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy eved; but I am slow of speech, and of a slow lashon. |11| And Hashem said unto him, Who hath made man's peh (mouth)? Or who maketh dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Hashem? |12| Now therefore go, and Eh-heh-yeh (I will be) with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. |13| And he said, O Adonoi, send, now, by the yad of him whom Thou wilt send. |14| And the Af Hashem was kindled against Moshe, and He said, Is there not Aharon thy ach the Levi? I know that he can speak well. And also, hinei, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his lev. |15| And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth; and Eh-heh-yeh (I will be) with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. |16| And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of Elohim. |17| And thou shalt take this matteh in thine yad, wherewith thou shalt do haOtot. |18| And Moshe went and returned to Yitro his khoten (father-in-law), and said unto him, Let me go, now, and return unto my achim which are in Mitzrayim, and see whether they be yet alive. And Yitro said to Moshe, Lech l'shalom (go in peace). |19| And Hashem said unto Moshe in Midyan, Go, shuv (return) into Mitzrayim; for all the anashim are dead which sought thy life. |20| And Moshe took his isha and his banim, and set them upon a donkey, and he returned to Eretz Mitzrayim; and matteh HaElohim in his yad. |21| And Hashem said unto Moshe, When thou goest to return into Mitzrayim, see that thou do all those mofetim before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine yad: but I will harden his lev, that he shall not let HaAm go. |22| And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem, Yisroel is beni (My son), even My bechor (first-born): |23| And I say unto thee, Let beni (My son) go, that he may serve Me: and if thou refuse to let him go, hinei, I will slay thy ben, even thy bechor. |24| And it came to pass on the derech at the malon, that Hashem met him, and sought to kill him. |25| Then Tzipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the arlat ben (foreskin of son) of her, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a choson damim (a bridegroom of blood) art thou to me. |26| So He let him go; then she said, A choson damim thou art, because of the circumcision (i.e., [bris] milah). |27| And Hashem said to Aharon, Go into the midbar to meet Moshe. And he went, and met him in the Har HaElohim, and kissed him. |28| And Moshe told Aharon kol divrei Hashem who had sent him, and all haOtot He had commanded him. |29| And Moshe and Aharon went and assembled together kol Ziknei Bnei Yisroel; |30| And Aharon spoke all hadevarim which Hashem had spoken unto Moshe; and he did haOtot before the eyes of HaAm. |31| And HaAm believed; and when they heard that Hashem had visited the Bnei Yisroel, and that He had looked upon their oni, then they bowed their heads and worshiped. |||5|||And afterward Moshe and Aharon went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Let My people go, that they may hold a chag (feast) unto Me in the midbar. |2| And Pharaoh said, Who is Hashem, that I should obey His voice to let Yisroel go? I know not Hashem, neither will I let Yisroel go. |3| And they said, Elohei HaIvrim hath met with us; let us go, now, derech shloshet yamim into the midbar, and sacrifice unto Hashem Eloheinu; lest He fall upon us with dever (cattle disease), or with the cherev. |4| And Melech Mitzrayim said unto them, Why do ye, Moshe and Aharon, disturb the people from their works? Get you back unto your own sivlot (burdens). |5| And Pharaoh said, Hinei, the Am HaAretz now are many, and ye make them rest from their sivlot. |6| And Pharaoh commanded the same day the nogesim of the people, and their foremen, saying, |7| Ye shall no more give HaAm straw to make brick, as heretofore; let them go and gather straw for themselves. |8| And the matkonet (quota) of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof; for they are idle; therefore they cry out, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to Eloheinu. |9| Let there more avodah be laid upon the anashim, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard divrei sheker. |10| And the nogesim of HaAm went out, and their foremen; they spoke to HaAm, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. |11| Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it; yet not ought of your avodah shall be diminished. |12| So HaAm were scattered abroad throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim to gather stubble instead of straw. |13| And the nogesim pressed them, saying, Fulfil your ma'asim, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. |14| And the foremen of the Bnei Yisroel, which Pharaoh's nogesim had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, Why have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and today, as heretofore? |15| Then the foremen of the Bnei Yisroel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy avadim? 16| There is no straw given unto thy avadim, and they say to us, Make brick. And, hinei, thy avadim are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. |17| But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to Hashem. |18| Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tokhen (full measure) of bricks. |19| And the foremen of the Bnei Yisroel did see that they were in rah (trouble), after it was said, Ye shall not reduce ought from your bricks of your daily task. |20| And they went to meet Moshe and Aharon, who stood waiting to meet them, as they came forth from Pharaoh: |21| And they said unto them, Hashem look upon you, and judge; because ye have made us stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his avadim, to put a cherev in their yad to slay us. |22| And Moshe returned unto Hashem, and said, Adonoi, why hast Thou brought evil upon this people? why is it that Thou hast sent me? |23| For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Thy Shem, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast Thou delivered Thy people at all. T.N. GENESIS OFFERS THE PROMISE OF LAND AND LIFE BUT ENDS WITH NEARLY EVERYONE BEING SWEPT INTO A TOMB (SEE GENESIS 49:2933), WITH THE BODY OF YOSEF GOING BACK TO THAT TOMB IN A 400 YEAR LONG TREK (GN 50:2426; EX 13:19). BUT A VICTORY OVER, AND A DEFEAT OF, THAT TOMB WILL OCCUR WHEN "THE 70" (EX 1:5) BURST FORTH FROM THE TOMB OF EGYPT IN A GREAT EXODUS OF "600,000". THIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF YISROEL WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MIDWIVES WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN ABORTION (1:17), WHO DID BELIEVE INSTEAD IN THE G-D OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB AS THE G-D OF THE LIVING. THIS AWESOME G-D COMMISSIONS MOSES WHILE HE IS A SHEPHERD IN MIDIAN ON MT. SINAI (CHOREV) TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE WITH THE MATTEH HAELOHIM (THE ROD OF G-D) PERFORMING SIGNS AND WONDERS (THIS WORD "WONDER," MOFET IN EX.7:3, WE WILL SEE AGAIN IN A KEY MESSIANIC PASSAGE IN ZEC 3:8 WHICH REFERENCES ZEC 6:11-12 WHERE THE MOSHIACH'S PERSONAL NAME IS REVEALED). THE G-D OF ISRAEL REVEALS TO MOSES HIS PERSONAL COVENANT NAME, THAT HE IS THE G-D WHO ALWAYS IS (EX. 3:14), THE ETERNALLY SELF-EXISTENT TRUE G-D. THIS ONE TRUE G-D IS THE AUTHOR OF SALVATION (EX. 6:1-8). |||6|||Then Hashem said unto Moshe, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for through a yad chazakah shall he let them go, and with a yad chazakah shall he drive them out of his land. [VAEIRA] |2| And Elohim spoke unto Moshe, and said unto him, I am Hashem; |3| And I appeared unto Avraham, unto Yitzchak, and unto Ya'akov, as El Shaddai, but by My Shem Hashem I did not make Myself known to them. |4| And I have also established My brit (covenant) with them, to give them Eretz Kena'an, the land of their sojourning, wherein they sojourned. |5| And I have also heard the groaning of the Bnei Yisroel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My brit (covenant). |6| Therefore say unto the Bnei Yisroel, I am Hashem, and I will bring you out from under the sivlot Mitzrayim, and I will free you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out zero'a, and with mishpatim gedolim: |7| And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you Elohim; and ye shall know that I am Hashem Eloheichem, which bringeth you out from under the sivlot Mitzrayim. |8| And I will bring you in unto HaAretz, concerning the which I did lift up My hand to swear to give it to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov; and I will give it to you for a morashah (heritage); I am Hashem. |9| And Moshe spoke so unto the Bnei Yisroel; but they did not listen unto Moshe because of their kotzer ruach (shortness of spirit, broken spirit), and for avodah kesheh (cruel bondage). |10| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |11| Go in, speak unto Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, that he let the Bnei Yisroel go out of his land. |12| And Moshe spoke before Hashem, saying, See, the Bnei Yisroel have not paid heed unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of aral sefatayim (uncircumcised lips, stumbling speech, sealed lips)? |13| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon, and gave them a charge unto the Bnei Yisroel, and unto Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, to bring the Bnei Yisroel out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |14| These are the Rashei Bais Avotam: The Bnei Reuven the bechor Yisroel; Chanoch, and Pallu, Chetzron, and Carmi: these are the mishpokhot of Reuven. |15| And the Bnei Simeon; Yemuel, and Yamin, and Ohad, and Yachin, and Tzochar, and Shaul ben of a Kena'anit: these are the mishpokhot of Simeon. |16| And these are the shemot Bnei Levi according to their toldot; Gershon, and Kehat, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven shanah. |17| The Bnei Gershon; Livni, and Shimi, according to their mishpokhot. |18| And the Bnei Kehat; Amram, and Yitzhar, and Hevron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kehat were a hundred thirty and three shanah. |19| And the Bnei Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the mishpokhot of Levi according to their toldot. |20| And Amram took him Yocheved his father's sister to wife; and she bore him Aharon and Moshe: and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven shanah. |21| And the Bnei Yitzhar; Korach, Nepheg, and Zichri. |22| And the Bnei Uzziel; Mishael, Eltzaphan, and Sitri. |23| And Aharon took him Elisheva, bat Amminadav, achot Nachshon, to wife; and she bore him Nadav, and Avihu, Eleaz and Itamar. |24| And the Bnei Korach; Assir, and Elkanah, and Aviasaph: these are the mishpokhot of the Korchi. |25| And Eleazar ben Aharon took him one of the banot Putiel to wife; and she bore him Pinchas: these are the Rashei Avot HaLevi'im according to their mishpokhot. |26| These are that Aharon and Moshe, to whom Hashem said, Bring out the Bnei Yisroel from Eretz Mitzrayim according to their tzve'os. |27| These are they which spoke to Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, to bring out the Bnei Yisroel from Mitzrayim: these are that Moshe and Aharon. |28| And it came to pass on the day when Hashem spoke unto Moshe in Eretz Mitzrayim, |29| That Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, I am Hashem: speak thou unto Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim all that I say unto thee. |30| And Moshe said before Hashem, See, I am of aral sefatayim,and why should Pharaoh pay heed unto me. |||7|||And Hashem said unto Moshe, See, I have made thee as Elohim to Pharaoh: and Aharon thy brother shall be thy navi. |2| Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aharon thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the Bnei Yisroel out of his land. |3| And I will harden the lev Pharaoh, and multiply My Otot and My Mofetim in Eretz Mitzrayim. |4| But Pharaoh shall not pay heed unto you, that I may lay My yad upon Mitzrayim, and bring forth Mine tzve'os, and My people the Bnei Yisroel, out of Eretz Mitzrayim by shefatim gedolim (great judgments). |5| And the Egyptians shall know that I am Hashem, when I stretch forth My yad upon Mitzrayim, bringing out Bnei Yisroel from among them. |6| And Moshe and Aharon did as Hashem commanded them, so did they. |7| And Moshe was fourscore years old, and Aharon fourscore three years, when they spoke unto Pharaoh. |8| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and Aharon, saying, |9| When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a mofet (miracle) for you: then thou shalt say unto Aharon, Take thy matteh, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. |10| And Moshe and Aharon went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as Hashem had commanded: and Aharon cast down his matteh before Pharaoh, and his avadim, and it became a serpent. |11| Then Pharaoh also called the chachamim and the mechashefim: now the kharetumei Mitzrayim, they also did in like manner with their secret lore. |12| For they cast down every man his matteh, and they became serpents: but the matteh Aharon swallowed up their mattot. |13| And He hardened lev Pharaoh, that he paid heed not unto them; as Hashem had said. |14| And Hashem said unto Moshe, the lev Pharaoh is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. |15| Get thee unto Pharaoh in the boker; hinei, he goeth out unto the mayim; and thou shalt stand by the bank of the Nile to meet him; and the matteh which was turned to a nachash shalt thou take in thine yad. |16| And thou shalt say unto him, Hashem Elohei HaIvrim hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the midbar: and, hinei, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. |17| Thus saith Hashem, In this thou shalt know that I am Hashem: hinei, I will strike with the matteh that is in Mine yad upon the mayim which are in the Nile, and they shall be turned to dahm. |18| And the dag (fish) that is in the Nile shall die, and the Nile shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the mayim of the Nile. |19| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, Say unto Aharon, Take thy matteh, and stretch out thine yad upon the mayim of Mitzrayim, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their mikveh of mayim, that they may become dahm; and that there may be dahm throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. |20| And Moshe and Aharon did so, as Hashem commanded; and he lifted up the matteh, and smote the waters that were in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his avadim; and all the mayim that were in the Nile were turned to dahm. |21| And the dag (fish) that was in the Nile died; and the Nile stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the mayim of the Nile; and there was dahm throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |22| And the kharetumei Mitzrayim did so with their secret lore: and lev Pharaoh was hardened, neither did he pay heed unto them; as Hashem had said. |23| And Pharaoh turned and went into his bais, neither did he set his mind to this also. |24| And all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for mayim to drink; they could not drink of the mayim of the Nile. |25| And seven days came and went, after Hashem had struck the Nile. |||8|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Hashem, Let My people go, that they may serve Me. |2 (7:27)| And if thou refuse to let them go, hinei, I will strike all thy borders with tzefardaya: |3 (7:28)| And the river shall bring forth tzefardaya abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine bais, and into thy cheder mishkav, and upon thy bed, and into the bais of thy avadim, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading bowls: |4 (7:29)| And the tzefardaya shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy avadim. |5 (8:1)| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, Say unto Aharon, Stretch forth thine yad with thy matteh over the streams, over the rivers, and ponds, and cause tzefardaya to come up upon Eretz Mitzrayim. |6 (8:2)| And Aharon stretched out his yad over the waters of Mitzrayim; and the tzefardaya came up, and covered Eretz Mitzrayim. |7 (8:3)| And the kharetumim did so with their secret lore, and brought up tzefardaya upon Eretz Mitzrayim. |8 (8:4)| Then Pharaoh called for Moshe and Aharon, and said, Entreat Hashem, that He may take away the tzefardaya from me, and from My people; and I will let HaAm go, that they may do sacrifice unto Hashem. |9 (8:5)| And Moshe said unto Pharaoh, Please thyself over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy avadim, and for thy people, to destroy the tzefardaya from thee and thy batim (houses), that they may remain in the Nile only? |10 (8:6)| And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Hashem Eloheinu. |11 (8:7)| And the tzefardaya shall depart from thee, from thy batim, from thy avadim, and from thy people; they shall remain in the Nile only. |12 (8:8)| And Moshe and Aharon went out from Pharaoh: and Moshe cried unto Hashem because of the tzefardaya which He had brought against Pharaoh. |13 (8:9)| And Hashem did according to the word of Moshe; and the tzefardaya died out of the batim (houses), out of the khatzerot, and out of the sadot. |14 (8:10)| And they gathered them together upon heaps; and the land stank. |15 (8:11)| But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his lev, and paid heed not unto them; as Hashem had said. |16 (8:12)| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Say unto Aharon, Stretch out thy matteh, and smite the aphar ha'aretz, that it may become kinim throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |17 (8:13)| And they did so; for Aharon stretched out his yad with his matteh, and smote the aphar ha'aretz, and it became kinim in adam, and in behemah; all the aphar ha'aretz became kinim throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |18 (8:14)| And the kharetumim did so with their secret lore to bring forth kinim, but they could not: so there were kinim upon adam, and upon behemah. |19 (8:15)| Then the kharetumim said unto Pharaoh, This is the Etzba Elohim (Finger of G-d): and the lev Pharaoh was hardened, and he paid heed not unto them; as Hashem had said. |20 (8:16)| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Rise up early in the boker, and stand before Pharaoh; hinei, he cometh forth to the mayim; and say unto him, Thus saith Hashem, Let My people go, that they may serve Me. |21 (8:17)| Else, if thou wilt not let My people go, hineni, I will send swarms of arov upon thee, and upon thy avadim, and upon thy people, and into thy batim (houses); and the batim (houses) of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of arov, and also the ground whereon they are. |22 (8:18)| And I will deal differently in that day with Eretz Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of arov shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am Hashem in the midst of the earth. |23 (8:19)| And I will put a distinction between My people and thy people; tomorrow shall this Ot be. |24 (8:20)| And Hashem did so; there came a grievous swarm of arov into the bais Pharaoh, into batim of his avadim, into kol Eretz Mitzrayim; the land was corrupted from the swarm of arov. |25 (8:21)| And Pharaoh called for Moshe, for Aharon, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to Eloheichem in the land. |26 (8:22)| And Moshe said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the to'avot Egyptians to Hashem Eloheinu; lo, shall we sacrifice the to'avot Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? |27 (8:23)| We will go derech shloshet yamim into the midbar, and sacrifice to Hashem Eloheinu, as He shall command us. |28 (8:24)| And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to Hashem Eloheichem in the midbar; only ye shall not go very far away; entreat for me. |29 (8:25)| And Moshe said, Hinei, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Hashem that the swarms of arov may depart from Pharaoh, from his avadim, and from his people, tomorrow; but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Hashem. |30 (8:26)| And Moshe went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Hashem. |31 (8:27)| And Hashem did according to the devar Moshe; and He removed the swarms of arov from Pharaoh, from his avadim, from his people; there remained not one. |32 (8:28)| And Pharaoh hardened his lev at this time also, neither would he let the people go. |||9|||Then Hashem said unto Moshe, Go in unto Pharaoh, tell him, Thus saith Hashem Elohei HaIvrim, Let My people go, that they may serve Me. |2| For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, |3| Hinei, the Yad Hashem is upon thy mikneh (livestock) which is in the sadeh, upon the susim, upon the donkeys, upon the camels, upon the herd, and upon the tzon; there shall be a very grievous dever. |4| And Hashem shall separate between the mikneh Yisroel and the mikneh Mitzrayim; and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to the Bnei Yisroel. |5| And Hashem appointed a mo'ed, saying, Tomorrow Hashem shall do this thing in the land. |6| And Hashem did that thing on the next day, and all the mikneh of Mitzrayim died; but of the mikneh of the Bnei Yisroel died not one. |7| And Pharaoh sent, and, hinei, there was not one of the mikneh Yisroel dead. And the lev Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let HaAm go. |8| And Hashem said unto Moshe and unto Aharon, Take to you handfuls of piach of the furnace, and let Moshe sprinkle it toward Shomayim in the sight of Pharaoh. |9| And it shall become fine dust in kol Eretz Mitzrayim, and shall be a sh'khin (boil) breaking forth with festers upon adam, and upon behemah, throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |10| And they took piach of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moshe sprinkled it up toward Shomayim; and it became a sh'khin breaking forth with festers upon adam, and upon behemah. |11| And the kharetumim could not stand before Moshe because of the sh'khin; for the sh'khin was upon the kharetumim, and upon kol Mitzrayim. |12| And Hashem hardened the lev Pharaoh, and he paid heed not unto them; as Hashem had spoken unto Moshe. |13| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Rise up early in the boker, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Hashem Elohei HaIvrim, Let My people go, that they may serve Me. |14| For I will at this time send all My maggefot upon thine lev, and upon thy avadim, and upon thy people; that thou mayest have da'as that there is none like Me in kol ha'aretz. |15| For now I will stretch out My Yad, that I may strike thee and thy people with dever; and thou shalt be cut off from ha'aretz. |16| In fact for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee My ko'ach; and that My Shem may be declared throughout kol ha'aretz. |17| Thou still are exalting thyself against My people, that thou wilt not let them go. |18| Hinei, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain very grievous barad (hail), such as hath not been in Mitzrayim since the foundation thereof even until now. |19| Send therefore now, and gather thy mikneh, and all that thou hast in the sadeh; for upon every adam (man) and behemah (beast) which shall be found in the sadeh, and shall not be brought into shelter, the barad shall come down upon them, and they shall die. |20| He that feared the Devar Hashem among the avadim of Pharaoh made his avadim and his mikneh flee into the shelters; |21| And he that took not to heart the Devar Hashem left his avadim and his mikneh in the sadeh. |22| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Stretch forth thine yad toward Shomayim, that there may be barad in kol Eretz Mitzrayim, upon adam, and upon behemah, and upon kol esev hasadeh, throughout Eretz Mitzrayim. |23| And Moshe stretched forth his matteh toward Shomayim; and Hashem sent thunder and barad, and the eish flashed down upon the ground; and Hashem rained barad upon Eretz Mitzrayim. |24| So there was barad, and eish mingled with the barad, very grievous, such as there was none like it in kol Eretz Mitzrayim since it became a nation. |25| And the barad struck throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim all that was in the sadeh, both adam and behemah; the barad struck kol esev hasadeh, and beat down kol etz of the sadeh. |26| Only in Eretz Goshen, where the Bnei Yisroel were, was there no barad. |27| And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moshe and Aharon, and said unto them, chatati (I have sinned) this time: Hashem HaTzaddik (is righteous), and I and my people are haresha'im (wicked, guilty, wrong). |28| Entreat Hashem for it is enough, that there be no more Elohim thunderings and barad; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. |29| And Moshe said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the Ir, I will spread out my palms [davening] unto Hashem; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more barad; that thou mayest have da'as that ha'aretz is Hashem's. |30| But as for thee and thy avadim, I know that ye will not yet fear Hashem Elohim. |31| And the flax and the barley was struck; for the barley was ripe, and the flax was in bud. |32| But the wheat and the spelt were not struck; for they were not yet come up. |33| And Moshe went out of the Ir from Pharaoh, and spread out his palms [davening] unto Hashem; and the thunders and barad ceased, and the rain was not poured upon ha'aretz. |34| And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the barad and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his lev, he and his avadim. |35| And the lev Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the Bnei Yisroel go; as Hashem had spoken by Moshe. [BO] |||10|||And Hashem said unto Moshe, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his lev, and the lev of his avadim, that I might show these My otot before him; |2| And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy ben, and of thy ben's ben, what things I have wrought in Mitzrayim, and My otot which I have done among them; that ye may have da'as that I am Hashem. |3| And Moshe and Aharon came in unto Pharaoh,and said unto him, Thus saith Hashem Elohei HaIvrim, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me. |4| Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, hineni, tomorrow will I bring the arbeh into thy border; |5| And they shall cover the face of ha'aretz, that one cannot be able to see ha'aretz; and they shall devour the remnant of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the barad, and shall eat kol haetz which groweth for you out of the sadeh; |6| And they shall fill thy batim (houses), and the batim (houses) of all thy avadim, and the batim (houses) of kol Mitzrayim; which neither thy avot, nor the avot of thy avot have seen, since the day that they were upon ha'aretz unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. |7| And Pharaoh's avadim said unto him, How long shall this man be a mokesh (snare) unto us? Let the anashim go, that they may serve Hashem Eloheihem; knowest thou not yet that Mitzrayim is destroyed? |8| And Moshe and Aharon were brought again unto Pharaoh; and he said unto them, Go, serve Hashem Eloheichem; but who are they that shall go? |9| And Moshe said, We will go with ne'areinu and with zekeinu, with baneinu and with benoteinu, with tzoneinu and with bekareinu (our herds) will we go; for Chag Hashem lanu. |10| And he said unto them, Hashem will indeed be with you, if ever I let you go, and your little ones; look to it, evil [intent] is before you. |11| Not so; go now ye that are gevarim, and serve Hashem; for that ye did request. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. |12| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Stretch out thine yad over Eretz Mitzrayim for the arbeh, that they may come up upon Eretz Mitzrayim, and devour kol esev ha'aretz, even all that the barad hath left as remnant. |13| And Moshe stretched forth his matteh over Eretz Mitzrayim, and Hashem brought a ruach kadim upon the land all that yom, and all that lailah; and when it was boker, the ruach hakadim brought the arbeh. |14| And the arbeh went up over kol Eretz Mitzrayim, and rested on the entire border of Mitzrayim: very grievous were they; before them there were no such arbeh as they, neither after them shall be such. |15| For they covered the kol ha'aretz, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat kol esev ha'aretz, and kol p'ri haetz which the barad had left as remnant; and there remained not any yerek baetz, or in the esev hasadeh, through kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |16| Then Pharaoh called for Moshe and Aharon in haste; and he said, chatati (I have sinned) against Hashem Eloheichem, and against you. |17| Therefore forgive, now, my sin only this once, and entreat Hashem Eloheichem, that He would only take away from me this mavet. |18| And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Hashem. |19| And Hashem turned a west ruach chazak me'od, which took away the arbeh, and cast them into the Yam Suf; there remained not one arbeh in all the borders of Mitzrayim. |20| But Hashem hardened lev Pharaoh, so that he would not let the Bnei Yisroel go. |21| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Stretch out thine yad toward Shomayim, that there may be choshech over Eretz Mitzrayim, even choshech which he can feel. |22| And Moshe stretched forth his yad toward Shomayim; and there was a thick choshech in kol Eretz Mitzrayim shloshet yamim; |23| They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for shloshet yamim; but kol Bnei Yisroel had Ohr in their dwellings. |24| And Pharaoh called unto Moshe, and said, Go ye, serve Hashem; only let your tzon and your herds remain behind; let your little ones also go with you. |25| And Moshe said, Thou must give us also zevakhim and olot, that we may sacrifice unto Hashem Eloheinu. |26| Also mikneinu shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve Hashem Eloheinu; and we know not with what we must serve Hashem, until we come to there. |27| But Hashem hardened lev Pharaoh, and he would not let them go. |28| And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. |29| And Moshe said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more. |||11|||And Hashem said unto Moshe, Yet will I bring one nega (plague; see Isa 53:8 regarding Moshiach) more upon Pharaoh, and upon Mitzrayim; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely drive you out hence altogether. |2| Speak now in the ears of HaAm, let every ish request of his neighbor, every isha of her neighbor, articles of kesef and articles of zahav. |3| And Hashem gave the people chen in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the ish Moshe was gadol me'od in Eretz Mitzrayim, in the sight of Pharaoh's avadim, and in the sight of the people. |4| And Moshe said, Thus saith Hashem, About khatzot halailah (midnight) will I go out into the midst of Mitzrayim; |5| And all the bechor in Eretz Mitzrayim shall die, from the bechor Pharaoh that sitteth upon his kisse, even unto the bechor hashifchah that is behind the millstone; and all the bechor behemah. |6| And there shall be a great cry throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. |7| But against any of the Bnei Yisroel shall not a kelev move his leshon, against ish or behemah; that ye may have da'as that Hashem doth differentiate between Mitzrayim and Yisroel. |8| And all these thy avadim shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and kol HaAm that follow thee; and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. |9| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Pharaoh shall not pay heed unto you; that My mofetim may be multiplied in Eretz Mitzrayim. |10| And Moshe and Aharon did all these mofetim before Pharaoh; and Hashem hardened lev Pharaoh, so that he would not let the Bnei Yisroel go out of his land. |||12|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and Aharon in Eretz Mitzrayim saying, |2| Hachodesh hazeh (this month) shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. |3| Speak ye unto kol Adat Yisroel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a seh (lamb [see Yeshayah 53:7]), according to the bais avot, a seh for each bais; |4| And if the household be too small for the seh (lamb [see Yeshayah 53:7]), let him and his neighbor next unto his bais take according to the number of the nefashot; every ish according to what he eats shall make up your count for the seh. |5| Your seh (lamb [see Yeshayah 53:7]) shall be tamim (without blemish), a zachar (male) within its first year; ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats; |6| And it will be with you for mishmeret (examination, checking for blemishes) up until the fourteenth day of the same month; and kol Kehal Adat Yisroel shall slaughter (shachat) it in the afternoon [before dark]. |7| And they shall take of the dahm, and strike it upon the two mezuzot (doorposts) and on the mashkof (lintel) of the batim (houses), wherein they shall eat it. |8| And they shall eat the basar in that night, roasted over eish, and matzot; and with maror they shall eat it. [See Yochanan 6:53-54 where Moshiach alludes to this verse and Isaiah 53:7.] |9| Eat not of it raw, nor soaked or boiled in mayim, but roasted over eish; this includes its rosh with its legs, and with the inner parts thereof. |10| And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the boker; and that which remaineth of it until the boker ye shall burn with eish. |11| And thus shall ye eat it; with your robe girded up [i.e., pulled up and tucked in under the belt, for travel], your sandals on your feet, and your walking staff in your yad; and ye shall eat it with urgent haste; it is Hashem's Pesach. |12| For I will pass through Eretz Mitzrayim balailah hazeh, and will strike fatally kol bechor Eretz Mitzrayim, both adam and behemah; and against all the elohei Mitzrayim I will execute judgment; I am Hashem. |13| And the dahm shall be for you, an ot (sign) upon the batim (houses) where ye are; and when I see the dahm, oofasachti (then I will pass over, skip, spare) you [plural], and the negef (plague, blow, striking, i.e., death of firstborn) shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I strike fatally with a blow against Eretz Mitzrayim. |14| And hayom hazeh shall be unto you for zikaron (remembrance, remembering); and ye shall keep it a Chag (Feast) to Hashem throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a Chag (Feast) by a chukkat olam. |15| Shivat yamim shall ye eat matzot; but the first day ye shall put away se'or (yeast, leaven) out of your batim (houses); for whosoever eateth chametz from the first day until the seventh day, that nefesh shall be cut off from Yisroel. |16| And in the yom harishon there shall be a mikra kodesh, and in the yom hashevi'i there shall be a mikra kodesh to you; no manner of melachah shall be done in them, except that which every nefesh must eat [i.e., activity necessary for the preparation of food], that only may be done of you. |17| And ye shall be shomer to safeguard the matzot; for on this very day I brought your tzva'os out of Eretz Mitzrayim; therefore shall ye be shomer over this day in your generations by a chukkat olam. |18| In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at erev, ye shall eat matzot, until the one and twentieth day of the month at erev. |19| Shivat yamim shall there be no se'or (yeast, leaven) found in your batim (houses); whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that nefesh shall be cut off from Adat Yisroel, whether he be a ger, or native born in ha'aretz. |20| Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellingplaces shall ye eat matzot. |21| Then Moshe called for all the Ziknei Yisroel, and said unto them, Draw out as separate and take for yourselves a lamb according to your mishpokhot, and slaughter (shachat) the Pesach [offering, i.e., Pesach lamb (see Yeshayah 53:7)]. |22| And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the dahm that is in the basin, and strike the mashkof (lintel) and the two mezuzot (door sideposts) with the dahm that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out the door of his bais until boker. |23| For Hashem will pass through to strike the Mitzrayim; and when He seeth the dahm upon the mashkof, and on the two mezuzot, Hashem will pasach (pass over, spare, skip) the entrance, and will not permit the Mashkhit (Destroyer, i.e., Hashem's emissary of judgment, [see Num 22:31 on the Malach Hashem]) to enter unto your batim to strike. |24| And ye shall be shomer over this word as a chok (ordinance) to thee and your children ad olam (forever). |25| And it shall come to pass, when ye come to ha'aretz which Hashem will give to you, according as He hath promised, that ye shall be shomer over this avodah. |26| And it shall come to pass, when your banim shall say unto you, Mah haavodah hazot lachem (What is this avodah to you)? |27| That ye shall say, It is the zevach of Hashem's Pesach, who pasach (passed over, skipped, spared) the batim (households) of the Bnei Yisroel in Mitzrayim, when He struck down the Egyptians, and spared bateinu (our houses). And the people bowed down and worshiped. |28| And the Bnei Yisroel went away, and did as Hashem had commanded Moshe and Aharon, so did they. |29| And it came to pass, that at midnight Hashem struck down kol bechor in Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bechor of Pharaoh sitting on his throne unto the bechor of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the bechor behemah. |30| And Pharaoh rose up in the lailah, he, and all his avadim, and kol Mitzrayim; and there was a tze'akah gedolah (great wail) in Mitzrayim; for there was not a bais where there was not one dead. |31| And he called for Moshe and Aharon by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth, leave from among my people, both ye and the Bnei Yisroel; and go, serve Hashem, as ye have said. |32| Also take your tzon and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. |33| And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of ha'aretz in haste; for they said, Kullanu mesim (We are all dead ones). |34| And the people took their batzek (deaf dough, having no indication of fermentation [see 1C 5:7 OJBC]) before it was leavened, their kneading pans being wrapped up in their clothes [and carried] upon their shoulders. |35| And the Bnei Yisroel did according to the devar Moshe; they requested of the Egyptians k'lei kesef, and k'lei zahav, and garments; |36| And Hashem gave the people favor in the sight of the Mitzrayim, so that they granted their request. So they plundered the Egyptians. |37| And the Bnei Yisroel journeyed from Rameses towards Sukkot, about 600,000 gevarim on foot, not counting women and children. |38| And an erev rav (mixed multitude, a mixed company that was large) went along also with them; and tzon, and herds, even very many domestic animals. |39| And they baked the batzek (deaf dough) which they brought forth out of Mitzrayim, into round flat cakes of matzot; ki lo chametz, because they were thrust out of Mitzrayim, and could not tarry (linger), neither had they prepared for tzeidah (supply of food, provision). |40| Now the moshav (time period of residence) of the Bnei Yisroel dwelling in Mitzrayim was four hundred and thirty shanah. |41| And it came to pass at the ketz (end) of the four hundred and thirty shanah, even the exact day it came to pass, that kol Tzivos Hashem went out from Eretz Mitzrayim. |42| It is a night of shimmurim (keepings, watchings, vigils) for Hashem to keep watch to bring them out from Eretz Mitzrayim; this is halailah hazeh unto Hashem; shimmurim (watchings, vigils) for kol Bnei Yisroel in their dorot. |43| And Hashem said unto Moshe and Aharon, This is the Chukkat HaPesach: there shall no ben nekhar eat thereof; |44| But every man's eved that is bought for kesef, when thou hast given him bris milah, then shall he eat thereof. |45| A toshav and a sachir shall not eat thereof. |46| In bais echad shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth any of the basar outside the bais; neither shall ye break a bone thereof [see Yochanan 19:36 OJBC]. |47| Kol Adat Yisroel shall celebrate it. |48| And when a ger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the Pesach unto Hashem, let all his zachar receive bris milah, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is native born in ha'aretz; for no arel (uncircumcised person) shall eat thereof. |49| Torah echad shall be to him that is native-born, and unto the ger that sojourneth among you. |50| Thus did kol Bnei Yisroel; as Hashem commanded Moshe and Aharon, so did they. |51| And it came to pass the very same day, that Hashem did bring the Bnei Yisroel out of Eretz Mitzrayim by their tzivos. |||13|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Set apart as kodesh unto Me kol bechor, whatsoever openeth the rechem (womb) among the Bnei Yisroel, both of adam and of behemah; it is Mine. |3| And Moshe said unto HaAm, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Mitzrayim, out of the bais avadim; for by chozek yad Hashem brought you out from this place; there shall no chametz be eaten. |4| This day came ye out in the month Aviv. |5| And it shall be when Hashem shall bring thee into the land of the Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and the Emori, and the Chivi, and the Yevusi, which He swore unto thy Avot to give thee, an eretz flowing with cholov and devash, that thou shalt observe this avodah (service) in this month. |6| Shivat yamim thou shalt eat matzot, and in the seventh day shall be a Chag (Feast) to Hashem. |7| Matzot shall be eaten shivat hayamim; and there shall no chametz be seen with thee, neither shall there be se'or seen with thee within all thy borders. |8| And thou shalt show thy ben in that day, saying, This is because of what Hashem did for me when I came forth out of Mitzrayim. |9| And it shall be for an ot (sign) unto thee upon thine yad, and for a zikaron (reminder) between thine eyes, in order that the torat Hashem may be in thy mouth; because with a yad chazakah hath Hashem brought thee out of Mitzrayim. |10| Thou shalt therefore be shomer over this chukkah in its mo'ed (season, fixed time) perpetually. |11| And it shall be when Hashem shall bring thee into the land of the Kena'ani, as He swore unto thee and to thy avot, and shall give it thee, |12| That thou shalt set apart unto Hashem all that openeth the rechem (womb), and every firstling that is born of a behemah which thou hast; hazecharim (the males) shall be Hashem's. |13| And every firstling of a he-donkey thou shalt redeem with a seh; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck; and kol bechor adam among thy banim shalt thou redeem. |14| And it shall be when thy ben asketh thee in time to come, saying, Mah zot? (What is this?) that thou shalt say unto him, By chozek yad Hashem brought us out from Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim; |15| And it came to pass, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Hashem killed kol bechor of Eretz Mitzrayim, both the bechor adam, and the bechor behemah; therefore Ani zovei'ach laHashem (I sacrifice to Hashem) kol that openeth the rechem (womb), being hazecharim (the males); but kol bechor of my banim I redeem. |16| And it shall be for an ot (sign) upon thine hand, and for totafos (ornaments, frontlets, bands, phylactery) between thine eyes; for by chozek yad Hashem brought us forth out of Mitzrayim. [BESHALLACH] |17| And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that Elohim led them not through the derech of the eretz of the Pelishtim (Philistines), although that was near; for Elohim said, Lest perhaps the people change their mind when they see milchamah, and they return to Mitzrayim; |18| So Elohim led HaAm about, through the derech of the midbar of the Yam Suf; and the Bnei Yisroel went up out of Eretz Mitzrayim ready for battle. |19| And Moshe took the atzmot Yosef with him; for Yosef had made the Bnei Yisroel swear unconditionally, saying, Elohim will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my atzmot away from here with you. |20| And they took their journey from Sukkot, and encamped in Etam, at the edge of the midbar. |21| And Hashem went before them by day in an ammud anan, to guide them haderech; and by lailah in an ammud eish, to give them ohr; so they could travel yomam valailah (day or night); |22| He took not away the amud heanan by day, nor the ammud haeish by night, from before HaAm. |||14|||Then Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, that they turn back and encamp before PiHachirot, between Migdol and the yam, in front of Baal Zephon; opposite it shall ye encamp by the yam. |3| For Pharaoh will think of the Bnei Yisroel, They are entangled in the land [wandering in confusion], the midbar hath shut them in [from making their exodus]. |4| And I will harden lev Pharaoh, that he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified over Pharaoh, and upon all his army; so that the Egyptians may have da'as that I am Hashem. And they did accordingly. |5| And it was told the melech Mitzrayim that HaAm had fled; and the lev Pharaoh and of his avadim was turned against HaAm, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Yisroel go from slaving for us? |6| And he made ready his merkavah, and took his army with him; |7| And he took six hundred select chariots, and all the chariots of Mitzrayim, and commanders over every one of them. |8| And Hashem hardened the lev Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, so that he pursued after the Bnei Yisroel; and the Bnei Yisroel went out with a high hand [deliberately with assurance]. |9| But the Mitzrayim pursued after them, all the susim and chariots of Pharaoh, and his parash, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the yam, by Pi- Hachirot, in front of Baal Zephon. |10| And when Pharaoh drew near, the Bnei Yisroel lifted up their eyes, and, hinei, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were very terrified; and the Bnei Yisroel cried out unto Hashem. |11| And they said unto Moshe, Because there were no kevarim in Mitzrayim, hast thou taken us away to die in the midbar? What hast thou done to us, in bringing us forth out of Mitzrayim? |12| Is not this the very thing that we did tell thee in Mitzrayim, saying, Let us alone, that we may slave for the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to slave for the Egyptians, than that we should die in the midbar. |13| And Moshe said unto HaAm, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the Yeshuat Hashem, which He will bring to you today; for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more ad olam. |14| Hashem shall fight for you, and ye shall keep still. |15| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Why criest thou unto Me? Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, so that they move on; |16| But lift thou up thy staff, and stretch out thine yad over the yam, and divide it; and the Bnei Yisroel shall go on yabashah (dry land [see Genesis 1:9]) through the midst of the yam. |17| And I, hineni, I will harden the lev Mitzrayim, and they shall go after them; and I will get Me glory over Pharaoh, and over all his army, over his chariots, and upon his parash (horsemen). |18| And the Egyptians shall know that I am Hashem, when I have gotten Me glory over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his parash. |19| And the Malach HaElohim, which goes in front of the Machaneh Yisroel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before their face, and stood behind them; |20| And it came between the machaneh Mitzrayim and the Machaneh Yisroel; there was the anan bringing choshech to the Egyptians, but bringing light by night to Yisroel; so that none came near the other, kol halailah. |21| Then Moshe stretched out his yad over the yam; and Hashem caused the yam to go back by a strong east wind all that night, so that the yam was made dry land, and the mayim were divided. |22| And the Bnei Yisroel then went into the middle of the yam upon the yabashah (dry land); and the mayim were a chomah (wall) unto them on their right, and on their left. |23| And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the yam, even kol sus Pharaoh, his chariots, and his parash. |24| So it came to pass, that when came the watch of the boker, Hashem looked down on the machaneh Mitzrayim through the ammud eish (pillar of fire) and of the anan, and caused confusion over the machaneh Mitzrayim, |25| And turned awry their chariot wheels, that they drove them with difficulty; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the presence of Yisroel; because Hashem fighteth for them against the Egyptians. |26| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Stretch out thine yad over the yam, that the mayim may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their parash. |27| And Moshe stretched forth his yad over the yam, and the yam rushed back to its place as dawn of the boker appeared; and the Egyptians tried to flee away from meeting it; but Hashem swept the Egyptians into the middle of the yam. |28| And the mayim rushed back, and covered the chariots, and the parashim, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the yam after them; there remained as survivors not so much as one of them. |29| But the Bnei Yisroel walked upon yabashah through the yam; and the mayim were a chomah unto them on their right, and on their left. |30| Thus Hashem saved Yisroel yom hahu out of the hand of Mitzrayim; and Yisroel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore. |31| And Yisroel saw the yad hagedolah which Hashem did upon the Egyptians; and HaAm feared Hashem, and put their trust in Hashem, and in His eved Moshe. |||15|||Then sang Moshe and the Bnei Yisroel this shirah (song) to Hashem, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto Hashem, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the sus and its rider hath He cast into the yam. |2| Hashem is my oz and zimrah (song of praise), and He is become to me Yeshuah (salvation); He is Eli (my G-d), and I will praise Him; Elohei Avi, and I will exalt Him. |3| Hashem is an Ish Milchamah; Hashem shmo. |4| Markevot Pharaoh and his army hath He cast into the yam; his select commanders also are drowned in Yam Suf. |5| The tehomot (depths) have covered them; they sank into the bottom like an even (stone). |6| Thy right hand, Hashem, is become glorious in ko'ach; Thy right hand, Hashem, hath dashed into pieces the oyev. |7| And in the greatness of Thine majesty Thou hast overthrown them that rose up against Thee; Thou sentest forth Thy charon (wrath), which consumed them as stubble. |8| And with the blast of Thy nostrils the mayim were gathered together, the floods stood upright like a stack, and the tehomot were congealed in the lev yam (heart of the sea). |9| The oyev said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will share the plunder; my battlelust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my cherev, my yad shall take possession of them. |10| Thou didst blow with Thy ruach, the yam covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. |11| Mi chamochah ba'elim, Adonoi (Who is like unto Thee, Hashem, among the elim [g-ds])? Who is like Thee, glorious in kodesh (holiness), awesome in praiseworthy acts, doing wonders? |12| Thou didst stretch out Thy right hand, eretz swallowed them. |13| Thou in Thy chesed hast led forth the people which Thou hast redeemed (acquired back); Thou hast guided them in Thy oz unto Thy neveh kodesh (holy habitation, i.e., a neveh is the abode of a shepherd). |14| The nations shall hear, and be afraid; anguish shall take hold on the inhabitants of Peleshet (Philistia). |15| Then the chief men of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moav, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Kena'an shall melt away with weakness. |16| Terror and pachad shall fall upon them; by the greatness of Thine zero'a they shall be struck dumb as an even (stone); till Thy people pass by, Hashem, till the people pass by, which Thou hast purchased. |17| Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the har of Thine nachalah, in the place, Hashem, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, in the Mikdash, Adonoi, which Thy hands have established. |18| Hashem shall reign l'olam va'ed. |19| For the sus Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his parash into the yam, and Hashem brought again the waters of the yam upon them; but the Bnei Yisroel went on yabashah (dry land) in the middle of the yam. |20| And Miryam the neviah, the achot Aharon, took the tof (hand drum) in her yad; and all the nashim went out after her with hand-drums and with dancing. |21| And Miryam sang to them, Sing ye to Hashem, for He hath triumphed gloriously; the sus and its rider hath He thrown into the yam. |22| So Moshe brought Yisroel from the Yam Suf, and they went out into the midbar of Shur; and they went shloshet yamim in the midbar, and found no mayim. |23| And when they came to Marah (Bitter Place), they could not drink of the mayim from Marah, for they were marim; therefore the shem of it was called Marah. |24| So the people murmured against Moshe, saying, Mah nishteh (what shall we drink)? |25| And he cried unto Hashem; and Hashem showed him an etz (tree) which when he had cast into the mayim, the waters were made sweet (i.e., potable, fit for drinking); at that place He made for them a chok (statute, requirement, obligation) and a mishpat (divine judgment), and there He tested them, |26| And said, If thou wilt diligently pay heed to the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, and will do that which is yashar in His sight, and will give ear to do His mitzvot, and be shomer over all His chok, I will put none of these machalah (diseases) upon thee, which I put upon the Egyptians; for Ani Adonoi rofecha (I am Hashem that healeth thee). [2Kgs15:5;Amos 4:10] |27| And they came to Elim (Great Trees). There were twelve springs of mayim, and threescore and ten date-palm trees; and they encamped there by the mayim. |||16|||And they took their journey from Elim, and kol Adat Bnei Yisroel came unto the midbar of Siyn (pronounced "Seen"), which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |2| And kol Adat Bnei Yisroel murmured against Moshe and Aharon in the midbar; |3| And the Bnei Yisroel said unto them, If only G-d would have made us die by the yad Hashem in Eretz Mitzrayim, when we sat by the sir habasar (pot of meat), and when we did eat lechem to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this midbar, to kill this kol hakahal with ra'av (hunger). |4| Then said Hashem unto Moshe, Hineni, I will rain lechem from Shomayim upon you; and HaAm shall go out and gather a certain daily provision, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My torah, or no. |5| And it shall come to pass, that on the yom hashishi (sixth day) they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. |6| And Moshe and Aharon said unto kol Bnei Yisroel, At erev, then ye shall know that Hashem hath brought you out from Eretz Mitzrayim; |7| And in the boker, then ye shall see the kevod Hashem; because He heareth your telunnot (murmurings, grumblings) against Hashem; and who are we, that ye murmur against us? |8| And Moshe said, This shall be, when Hashem shall give you basar in the erev to eat, and in the boker lechem to the full; because Hashem heareth your telunnot which ye murmur against Him; and who are we? Your telunnot are not against us, but against Hashem. |9| And Moshe spoke unto Aharon, Say unto kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, Come near before Hashem; for He hath heard your telunnot. |10| And it came to pass, as Aharon spoke unto kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, that they looked toward the midbar, and, hinei, the kevod Hashem appeared in the anan. |11| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |12| I have heard the telunnot Bnei Yisroel; speak unto them, saying, At twilight ye shall eat basar, and in the boker ye shall be glutted with lechem; and ye shall know [by experience] that I am Hashem Eloheichem. |13| And it came to pass, that at erev the quails came up, and covered the machaneh; and in the boker there was a layer of tal (dew) about the machaneh. |14| And when the layer of tal evaporated, hinei, upon the surface of the midbar there lay thin flakes, as thin as a layer of kfor (frost) upon ha'aretz. |15| And when the Bnei Yisroel saw it, they said one to another, Mahn hu (What is it?) For they knew not mah hu (what [is] this). And Moshe said unto them, This is the lechem which Hashem hath given you to eat. |16| This is the thing which Hashem hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating [need], an omer per person, according to the number of your nefashot; take ye every man for them which are in his ohel. |17| And the Bnei Yisroel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. |18| And when they did measure it by the omer, he that gathered much had nothing extra, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating [need]. |19| And Moshe said, Let no ish leave of it until boker. |20| Notwithstanding, they paid heed not unto Moshe; but some left part of it until boker, and [the leftovers] bred tola'im (worms), and stank; and Moshe was angry with them. |21| And they gathered it every boker, every man according to his eating [need]; and when the shemesh grew hot, it melted. |22| And it came to pass, that on yom hashishi they gathered twice as much lechem, two omers for one man; and all the nesi'im of the Edah came and told Moshe. |23| And he said unto them, This is that which Hashem hath said, Tomorrow is a Shabbaton (day of rest), Shabbos Kodesh unto Hashem; bake that which ye will bake today, and boil that ye will boil; and that which remaineth over lay up for you for mishmeret (for keeping) until boker. |24| And they laid it up, saving it until boker, as Moshe commanded; and it did not stink, neither was there any infestation therein. |25| And Moshe said, Eat that today; for today is a Shabbos unto Hashem; today ye shall not find it in the sadeh. |26| Sheshet yamim ye shall gather it; but on the yom hashevi'i, which is Shabbos, in it there shall be none. |27| And it came to pass, that there went out some from HaAm on the yom hashevi'i to gather, and they found none. |28| And Hashem said unto Moshe, How long refuse ye to be shomer over My mitzvot and My torot? |29| See, that Hashem hath given you the Shabbos, therefore He giveth you on yom hashishi lechem for two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out from his place on yom hashevi'i. |30| So HaAm rested on yom hashevi'i. |31| And Bais Yisroel called the shem thereof Manna; and it was like coriander seed, lavan (white); and the taste of it was like flat cakes fried in devash. |32| And Moshe said, This is the thing which Hashem commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be mishmeret (kept) for your dorot; that they may see the lechem wherewith I have fed you in the midbar, when I brought you forth from Eretz Mitzrayim. |33| And Moshe said unto Aharon, Take a jar, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before Hashem, to be kept for your dorot. |34| As Hashem commanded Moshe, so Aharon laid it up before the Edut (the [Ark] of the Testimony), for mishmeret (to be kept). |35| And the Bnei Yisroel did eat manna arba'im shanah, until they came to an eretz noshavet (an inhabited land); they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of Eretz Kena'an. |36| Now an omer [i.e., two quarts dry measure] is the tenth part of an ephah [T.N. AN EPHAH IS ABOUT ONE-HALF BUSHEL]. |||17|||And kol Adat Bnei Yisroel journeyed from the midbar of Siyn, setting out, according to the commandment of Hashem, and encamped in Rephidim; and there was no mayim for HaAm to drink. |2| Wherefore the people did chide (quarrel, become dissatisfied with) Moshe, and said, Give us mayim that we may drink. And Moshe said unto them, Why chide ye with me? Why do ye put Hashem to the test? |3| And HaAm thirsted there for mayim; and the people murmured against Moshe, and said, Why is this that thou hast brought us up out of Mitzrayim, to kill me and my banim and my livestock with tzama (thirst)? |4| And Moshe cried unto Hashem, saying, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me. |5| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Go on ahead of HaAm, and take with thee Ziknei Yisroel; and thy matteh (staff) wherewith thou struck the Nile, take in thine yad, and go. |6| Hineni, I will stand before thee there upon the tzur in Chorev; thou shalt strike the tzur, and there shall come mayim out of it, that HaAm may drink. Moshe did so in the sight of the Ziknei Yisroel. |7| And he called the shem of the place Massah (Testing), and Merivah (Dissatisfaction), because of the riv (chiding, quarreling) of the Bnei Yisroel, and because they put Hashem to the test, saying, Is Hashem among us, or not? |8| Then came Amalek, and did battle against Yisroel in Rephidim. |9| And Moshe said unto Yehoshua, Choose for us anashim, and go out, do battle with Amalek; tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the matteh HaElohim in mine yad. |10| So Yehoshua did as Moshe had said to him, and did battle with Amalek; and Moshe, Aharon, and Chur went up to the top of the hill. |11| And it came to pass, as long as Moshe held up his yad, that Yisroel prevailed; and when he let down his yad, Amalek prevailed. |12| When the hands of Moshe grew heavy, they took an even (stone), and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aharon and Chur supported his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands held emunah (steady) until bo hashemesh (sunset). |13| And Yehoshua disabled Amalek and his army with the edge of the cherev. |14| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Write this for a zikaron (memorial, remembering) in a sefer, and rehearse it in the ears of Yehoshua; for I will utterly efface the memory of Amalek from under Shomayim. |15| And Moshe built a Mizbe'ach, and called the shem of it Hashem Nissi (Hashem is my Standard [rallying point]); |16| For he said, Because a yad has been against the kes Hashem (throne of Hashem), Hashem hath milchamah against Amalek from dor to dor. [YITRO] |||18|||When Yitro, the kohen of Midyan, Moshe's khoten (father-in-law), heard of all that Elohim had done for Moshe, and for Yisroel His people, and that Hashem had brought Yisroel out of Mitzrayim; |2| Then Yitro, Moshe's khoten, received Tzipporah, Moshe' wife, after Moshe had sent her away, |3| And her two banim; of which the shem of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a ger in a foreign land; |4| And the shem of the other was Eliezer; for the Elohei Avi, said he, was ezri (my help), and delivered me from the cherev of Pharaoh; |5| And Yitro, Moshe's khoten, came with his banim and his isha unto Moshe into the midbar, where he encamped at the Har HaElohim; |6| And he said unto Moshe, I thy khoten (father-in-law) Yitro am come unto thee, and thy isha, and her two banim with her. |7| And Moshe went out to meet his khoten, bowed low, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their shalom (welfare); and they came into the ohel. |8| And Moshe told his khoten all that Hashem had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for the sake of Yisroel, and all the travail that had befallen them along the derech, and how Hashem saved and delivered them. |9| And Yitro rejoiced for all the tovah which Hashem had done for Yisroel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. |10| And Yitro said, Baruch Hashem, Who hath rescued you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and Who hath delivered HaAm from under the hand of the Egyptians. |11| Now I have da'as that Hashem is gadol than kol haelohim; for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly He was above them. |12| And Yitro, Moshe's khoten, brought an olah and zevakhim for Elohim; and Aharon came, and kol Ziknei Yisroel, to eat lechem with Moshe's khoten before HaElohim. |13| And it came to pass on next day, that Moshe sat to judge HaAm; and HaAm stood around Moshe from the boker unto erev. |14| And when Moshe's khoten saw all that he was doing for HaAm, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone, and kol HaAm stand around thee from boker unto erev? |15| And Moshe said unto his khoten, Because HaAm come unto me to inquire of Elohim; |16| When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the chukkei HaElohim, and His torot. |17| And Moshe's khoten said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not tov. |18| Thou wilt surely wear out, both thou, and HaAm hazeh that is with thee; for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. |19| Shema (pay heed) now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and may Elohim be with thee; be thou for HaAm before HaElohim, that thou mayest bring the disputes unto HaElohim; |20| And thou shalt teach them chukkim and torot, and shalt show them the derech wherein they must walk, and the ma'aseh that they must do. |21| Moreover thou shalt provide out of kol HaAm anshei chayil (able men), yirei Elohim, anshei emes, hating bribes; and place such over them, to be over thousands, and over hundreds, over fifties, and over tens; |22| And let them judge HaAm at all times; and it shall be, that every davar hagadol they shall bring unto thee, but every davar hakaton they shall judge; so shall it be eased for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. |23| If thou shalt do this thing, and Elohim command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and kol HaAm hazeh shall also go to their place in shalom. |24| So Moshe paid heed to the voice of his khoten, and did all that he had said. |25| And Moshe chose anshei chayil out of kol Yisroel, and made them rashim over HaAm, over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. |26| And they judged HaAm at all times; the davar hakasheh (difficult case) they brought unto Moshe, but every devar hakaton they judged themselves. |27| And Moshe let his khoten depart; and he went his way into his own land. |||19|||In the chodesh hashelishi (third new moon), after the Bnei Yisroel had their exodus from Eretz Mitzrayim, on that very day they came into the Midbar Sinai. |2| For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to Midbar Sinai, and had encamped in the midbar; and there Yisroel camped before HaHar. |3| And Moshe went up to HaElohim, and Hashem called out unto him from HaHar, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the Bais Ya'akov, and declare unto the Bnei Yisroel; |4| You yourselves have seen what I did unto the Mitzrayim, and how I carried you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto Myself. |5| Now therefore, if ye will obey My voice very carefully, and be shomer over My brit, then ye shall be a segullah (treasured possession) unto Me above all people; for kol ha'aretz is Mine; |6| And ye shall be unto Me a mamlechet kohanim, and a goy kadosh. These are the words which thou shalt recount unto the Bnei Yisroel. |7| And Moshe came and summoned the Ziknei HaAm, and set authoritatively before their faces all these words just as Hashem commanded him. |8| And kol HaAm answered together, and said, All that Hashem hath spoken we will do. And Moshe brought back the words of HaAm unto Hashem. |9| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Hinei, I am coming unto thee in a thick cloud, that HaAm may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee l'olam. Then Moshe told the words of HaAm unto Hashem. |10| So Hashem said unto Moshe, Go unto HaAm, and set them apart as kodesh today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothing, |11| And be ready by Yom HaShelishi; for Yom HaShelishi Hashem will come down in the sight of kol HaAm upon Mt. Sinai. |12| And thou shalt set boundaries unto HaAm all around, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into HaHar, or touch the edge of it; whosoever toucheth HaHar shall be surely put to death; |13| There shall no yad touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or surely mortally shot; whether it be behemah or ish, it shall not live; when the yovel soundeth long, they shall come up to HaHar. |14| So Moshe came down from HaHar unto HaAm, and set apart as kodesh HaAm; and they washed their clothes. |15| Then he said to HaAm, Be ready by Sheloshet Yamim; come not into your isha. |16| And it came to pass on the Yom HaShelishi when the boker was breaking, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon HaHar, and the blast of the shofar exceeding loud; so that kol HaAm that was in the machaneh trembled with terror. |17| And Moshe led HaAm forth out of the machaneh to encounter HaElohim; and they stood at the foot of HaHar. |18| And Mt. Sinai was altogether smoking, because Hashem descended upon it in eish; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of the furnace, and kol HaHar shook violently. |19| And when the sound of the shofar was moving [closer], and grew louder and louder, Moshe spoke, and HaElohim answered him in thunder. |20| And Hashem came down upon Mt. Sinai, onto the top of HaHar; and Hashem summoned Moshe up to the top of HaHar; and Moshe went up. |21| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Go down, warn HaAm, lest they push through toward Hashem to gaze, and many of them fall perishing. |22| And let the kohanim also, which come near to Hashem, set themselves apart as kodesh, lest Hashem break forth upon them. |23| And Moshe said unto Hashem, HaAm cannot come up to Mt. Sinai; for You Yourself charged us, saying, Establish boundaries for HaHar, and set it apart as kodesh. |24| And Hashem said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aharon with thee; but let not the kohanim and HaAm push through to come up unto Hashem, lest He break forth upon them. |25| So Moshe went down unto HaAm and told them. |||20|||Then Elohim spoke all these words, saying, |2| I am Hashem Eloheicha, Who brought thee out of Eretz Mitzrayim, out of the bais avadim. |3| Thou shalt have no elohim acherim in My presence. |4| Thou shalt not make unto thee any pesel, or any temunah of any thing that is in Shomayim above, or that is in ha'aretz beneath, or that is in the mayim under ha'aretz. |5| Thou shalt not tishtacheveh to them, nor serve them; for I Hashem Eloheicha am an El kanna, visiting the avon Avot upon the banim unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; |6| But showing chesed unto thousands of them that love Me, and are shomer over My mitzvot. |7| Thou shalt not take the Shem Hashem Eloheicha in vain; for Hashem will not hold him guiltless that taketh Shmo in vain. |8| Remember Yom HaShabbos, to keep it kadosh. |9| Sheshet yamim shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: |10| But the Yom HaShevi'i is the Shabbos of Hashem Eloheicha; in it thou shalt not do any melachah, thou, nor thy ben, nor thy bat, thy eved, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy ger that is within thy gates; |11| For in sheshet yamim Hashem made Shomayim and Ha'Aretz, the yam, and all that in them is, and rested Yom HaShevi'i; for this reason Hashem blessed Yom HaShabbos, and set it apart as kadosh. |12| Honor thy av and thy em; that thy yamim may be long upon ha'adamah which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee. |13| Thou shalt not kill. |14| Thou shalt not commit adultery. |15| Thou shalt not steal. |16| Thou shalt not bear ed sheker against thy neighbor. |17| Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's bais, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's isha, nor his eved, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is thy neighbor's. |18| And kol HaAm saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the sound of the shofar, and HaHar smoking; and when HaAm saw it, they drew back, and stood afar off. |19| And they said unto Moshe, Thou speak with us, and we will hear; but let not Elohim speak with us, lest we die. |20| And Moshe said unto HaAm, Fear not: for HaElohim is come to test you, and that His fear may be upon your faces, that ye sin not. |21| And HaAm stood afar off, while Moshe drew near unto the thick cloud where HaElohim was. |22| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Thus thou shalt say unto the Bnei Yisroel, You yourselves have seen that from Shomayim I have spoken with you. |23| Ye shall not make beside Me elohei kesef, neither shall ye make for yourselves elohei zahav. |24| Mizbe'ach adamah thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy olot, and thy shelamim, thy tzon, and thine oxen; in all places where I cause My Shem to be remembered, I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. |25| And if thou wilt make Me a Mizbe'ach avanim, thou shalt not build it of cut stone; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast rendered it polluted. |26| Neither shalt thou go up by stairs unto Mine Mizbe'ach, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. [MISHPATIM] |||21|||Now these are the mishpatim which thou shalt set before them. |2| If thou acquire an eved Ivri, shesh shanim he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out lachafeshi (to the freedom) for no charge. |3| If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he were a ba'al isha, then his isha shall go out with him. |4| If his adon have given him an isha, and to him she gives birth to banim or banot; the isha and her yeledim shall be her adon's, and he shall go out [free] by himself. |5| And if the eved shall plainly say, I love adoni, my isha, and my banim; I will not go out lachafeshi (to the freedom); |6| Then his adon shall bring him unto HaElohim; he shall also bring him to the delet (door), or unto the mezuzah; and his adon shall pierce through his ozen (ear) with a piercing-tool; then he shall serve him l'olam. |7| And if an ish sell his bat to be an amah (maidservant), she shall not go out as the avadim [go free]. |8| If she please not her adon, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed [i.e., let her freedom be purchased]; to sell her unto an am nochri he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. |9| And if he have betrothed her unto his ben, he shall deal with her according to the mishpat habanot (rights of [free] daughters; i.e., those rights of verse 10). |10| If he take him another, her food, her covering of clothing, and her onah (conjugal rights) shall he not deprive. |11| And if he does not perform these three unto her, then shall she go out free without kesef. |12| He that strikes down an ish, so that the ish die, shall be surely put to death. |13| And if he lie not in ambush, but HaElohim deliver him into his yad, then I will appoint thee a makom (i.e., city of refuge) where he shall flee there. |14| But if an ish come premeditatedly upon his re'a, to murder him by guile; thou shalt take him from Mine Mizbe'ach for capital punishment. |15| And he that striketh down his av, or his em, shall be surely put to death. |16| And he that kidnaps an ish, and selleth him, or if he be found in his power, the kidnapper shall surely be put to death. |17| And he that curseth his av, or his em, shall surely be put to death. |18| And if anashim quarrel, and one strike another with an even (stone), or with his egrof (fist), and he die not, but is bedfast; |19| If he rise again, and walk around outside upon his staff, then shall he that struck down him be absolved; only shivto yiten (he shall give for his lost time), and shall provide for him to be thoroughly healed. |20| And if an ish strikes his eved, or his amah, with a shevet (rod), and he die under his yad; he shall be surely avenged. |21| Notwithstanding, if he continue a yom or two, he shall not be avenged; for he is his kesef. |22| If men fight, and hurt an isha harah (pregnant woman), so that she gives birth prematurely but not with any injury; he shall be surely punished, according as the ba'al haisha will assess a fine upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. |23| And if any ason (harm, fatality) follow, then thou shalt take nefesh for nefesh, |24| Ayin for ayin, shen for shen, yad for yad, regel for regel, |25| Burn for burn, wound for wound, chaburah (stripe laceration) for chaburah. |26| And if an ish strike the ayin of his eved, or the ayin of his amah, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his ayin's sake. |27| And if he strike his eved's shen (tooth), or his amah's shen; he shall let him go free for his shen's sake. |28| If an ox gore an ish or an isha, that they die; then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his basar shall not be eaten; but the ba'al hashor (owner of the ox) shall be exempt from punishment. |29| But if the shor habitually from mitmol (yesterday) gored, and its ba'al has been warned, and he hath not kept it in the bull pen, and it hath killed an ish or an isha; the shor shall be stoned, and his ba'al also shall be put to death. |30| If there be laid on him a kofer (atonement payment, ransom), then he shall give for the redemption of his nefesh whatsoever is assessed upon him. |31| Whether he have gored a ben, or have gored a bat, according to this mishpat shall it be done unto him. |32| If the ox shall gore an eved or an amah; he shall give unto their adon sheloshim shekalim kesef, and the ox shall be stoned. |33| And if an ish shall open a bor (pit), or if an ish shall dig a bor and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey fall therein; |34| The ba'al habor shall make restitution, and give kesef unto their ba'alim; and the carcass shall be his. |35| And if the shor ish (ox of a man) hurt the ox of a neighbor, that it die; then they shall sell the shor hachai (live ox), and divide the kesef of it; and the carcass also they shall divide. |36| Or if it be known that the shor hath habitually from mitmol (yesterday) gored, and his ba'al hath not kept it in the bull pen; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the carcass shall belong to him. |||22|||(21:37) If a ganav takes a shor, or a seh, and slaughter it, or sell it; he shall restore five cattle for an ox, and the seh. |2(1)| If a ganav be caught breaking in, and be struck down so that he die, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him. |3(2)| If the shemesh be risen upon him, there shall be guilt of bloodshed; the ganav should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then the ganav shall be sold to make restitution for his theft. |4(3)| If the theft be certainly found in his yad chayyim, whether it be ox, or donkey, or seh; he shall pay back double. |5(4)| If a man shall allow livestock to graze over a sadeh or kerem (vineyard), or he lets it loose and it graze over the sadeh of another, then from the best of his own sadeh, and of the best of his own kerem (vineyard), shall he make restitution. |6(5)| If eish break out, and spreads in kotzim (thorns), so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the sadeh, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the eish shall surely make restitution. |7(6)| If an ish shall give unto his re'a kesef or vessels to be shomer over, and it be stolen out of the bais haish; if the ganav be found, let him pay back double. |8(7)| If the ganav be not found, then the ba'al habais shall be brought before HaElohim, to see whether he has put his yad on the property of his neighbor. |9(8)| For all manner of pesha (trespass, liability), whether it be for ox, for donkey, for seh, for clothing, or for any manner of avedah (lost property, missing thing) which another says, This is it, the case of both shall come before HaElohim; and whom Elohim shall condemn, he shall pay back double unto his re'a. |10(9)| If an ish deliver unto his re'a a donkey, or an ox, or a seh, or any behemah, to be shomer over; and it die, or be injured, or carried away, with no eye witness; |11(10)| Then shall a shevuat Hashem be between them both, that he hath not laid his yad on the property of his re'a; and the property's ba'al shall accept thereof, and he shall not make restitution. |12(11)| And if it be certainly stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the ba'al thereof. |13(12)| If it be indeed tarof (torn by a wild animal, predator), then let him bring it for ed (witness), and he shall not make restitution for the terefah (torn animal). |14(13)| And if an ish asks to borrow of his re'a, and the animal borrowed be injured, or die, the ba'al thereof being not with it, he shall surely make restitution. |15(14)| But if the ba'al thereof be with it, he shall not make restitution; if it be sakhir (rented, hired), it came for its hire. |16(15)| And if an ish entice a betulah that is not orasah (betrothed, pledged), and lie with her, he shall surely endow her with a marriage contract as his isha. |17(16)| If her av utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay kesef according to the mohar habetulah (marriage contract, dowry of the virgins). |18(17)| Thou shalt not allow a mekhashefah (witch, sorceress) to live. |19(18)| Kol shochev (every one having sexual relations) with a behemah shall surely be put to death. |20(19)| He that sacrificeth unto elohim (the g-ds), other than unto Hashem only, he shall be destroyed. |21(20)| Thou shalt neither mistreat a ger, nor oppress him; for ye were gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim. |22(21)| Ye shall not cause pain to any almanah, or yatom. |23(22)| If thou cause them pain in any way, and they cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry; |24(23)| And My wrath shall be kindled, and I will kill you with the cherev; and your nashim shall be almanot, and your banim shall be yetomim. |25(24)| If thou lend kesef to any of My people that is poor among thee, thou shalt not be to him as a nosheh (a usurer), neither shalt thou lay upon him neshekh (usury, interest). |26(25)| If thou at all take the cloak of thy re'a as security, thou shalt return it unto him by bo hashemesh (sunset); |27(26)| For that is his covering only, it is his cloak for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am channun (compassionate). |28(27)| Thou shalt not revile Elohim, nor curse the nasi of thy people. |29(28)| Thou shalt not delay to offer thy fullness offering (i.e., bikkurim) or thy kohen's heave offering (i.e. terumah); the bechor of thy banim shalt thou present unto Me. |30(29)| Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy tzon; shivat yamim it shall be with its em; on the yom hashemi'ni thou shalt give it Me. |31(30)| And ye shall be anshei kodesh unto Me; neither shall ye eat any basar that is terefah (torn of beasts) in the sadeh; ye shall cast it to the kelev (dog). |||23|||Thou shalt not spread a false report; put not thine hand with the rashah to be an ed chamas (malicious witness). |2| Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a riv (cause, lawsuit) to turn aside after many to pervert justice; |3| Neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his riv (cause, lawsuit). |4| If thou meet thine enemy's shor (ox) or his chamor (donkey) going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. |5| If thou see the chamor of him that hateth thee lying under his massa, and wouldest refrain from helping him, thou shalt surely help with him. |6| Thou shalt not pervert the mishpat of thy poor in his riv (cause, lawsuit). |7| Keep thee far from a devar sheker (false matter); and the naki (innocent) and tzaddik slay thou not; for I will not acquit the rashah. |8| And thou shalt take no shochad (bribe, gift); for the shochad blindeth the seeing, and perverteth the words of the tzaddikim. |9| Also thou shalt not oppress a ger; for ye know the nefesh of a ger, seeing ye were gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim. |10| And shesh shanim thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the crops thereof; |11| But the shevi'it thou shalt leave it shamat (unplowed) and let it lie fallow; that the evyon (poor) of thy people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the sadeh shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy kerem (vineyard), and with thy zayit (olive) grove. |12| Sheshet yamim thou shalt do thy work, and on the yom hashevi'i thou shalt rest; that thine shor (ox) and thine chamor (donkey) may rest, and the ben of thy amah (handmaid), and the ger, may be refreshed. |13| And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect; and make no mention of the shem elohim acherim, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. |14| Three times thou shalt keep a Chag unto Me in the shanah. |15| Thou shalt be shomer to keep the Chag HaMatzot; thou shalt eat matzot shivah yamim, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Aviv; for in it thou camest out from Mitzrayim; and none shall appear before Me empty-handed; |16| And the Chag HaKatzir, Bikkurim (Firstfruits [see Ac chp 2]) of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the sadeh; and the Chag HaAsif (Feast of Ingathering [see Yn chp 7]), which is in the end of the shanah, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the sadeh. |17| Shalosh pa'amim in the shanah all thy zachar shall appear before HaAdon Hashem. |18| Thou shalt not offer the dahm of My zevach with chametz; neither shall the chelev of My sacrifice remain until the boker. |19| The reshit bikkurim of thy land thou shalt bring into the Bais Hashem Eloheicha [see Ac chp 2]. Thou shalt not cook a kid in his mother's cholov. |20| Hinei, I send Malach before thee, to be shomer over thee in the derech, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. |21| Pay heed to him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your peysha'im; for My Shem is in him. |22| But if thou shalt indeed obey his [bat] kol, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. |23| For My Malach shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Emori, and the Chitti, and the Perizzi, and the Kena'ani, the Chivi, and the Yevusi; I will cut them off. |24| Thou shalt not bow down to their elohim, nor serve them, nor follow after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and completely break down their matztzvot (memorial columns dedicated to idols). |25| And ye shall serve Hashem Eloheichem, and He shall bless thy lechem, and thy mayim; and I will take machalah (sickness) away from the midst of thee. |26| There shall nothing miscarry their young, nor be barren, in thy land; the mispar (number) of thy yamim I will fulfill. |27| I will send My ehmah (terror) ahead of thee, and will throw into confusion all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. |28| And I will send the tzirah (hornet) ahead of thee, which shall drive out the Chivi, the Kena'ani, and the Chitti, from before thee. |29| I will not drive them out from before thee in shanah echat; lest ha'aretz become desolate, and the beast of the sadeh multiply against thee. |30| Me'at me'at (little by little) I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit ha'aretz. |31| And I will establish thy borders from the Yam Suf even unto the Yam Pelishtim, and from the Midbar unto the [Euphrates] River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of ha'aretz into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. |32| Thou shalt make no brit (covenant) with them, nor with their elohim. |33| They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against Me; for if thou serve their elohim, it will surely be a mokesh (snare) unto thee. |||24|||And He said unto Moshe, Come up unto Hashem, thou, and Aharon, Nadav, and Avihu, and shive'im (seventy) of the Ziknei Yisroel; and worship ye afar off. |2| And Moshe alone shall come near Hashem; but they shall not come near; neither shall HaAm go up with him. |3| And Moshe came and told HaAm kol divrei Hashem, and all the mishpatim; and kol HaAm answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Hashem hath said will we do. |4| And Moshe wrote kol divrei Hashem, and rose up early in the boker, and built a Mizbe'ach at the base of HaHar, and twelve matzevah (stone pillars), according to the twelve Shivtei Yisroel. |5| And he sent out na'arei Bnei Yisroel, which offered olot (burnt offerings), and sacrificed shelamim (peace offerings) of bulls unto Hashem. |6| And Moshe took half of the dahm, and put it in bowls; and the other half of the dahm he sprinkled upon the Mizbe'ach. |7| Then he took the Sefer HaBrit, and read it aloud in the ears of HaAm, and they responded, All that Hashem hath said we will do, and be obedient. |8| And Moshe took the remaining dahm, and sprinkled it on HaAm, and said, Hinei dahm habrit, which Hashem hath cut with you concerning all these words. |9| Then went up Moshe, and Aharon, Nadav, and Avihu, and shiv'im Ziknei Yisroel; |10| And they saw the Elohei Yisroel; and there was under His feet the likeness of sapphire stone pavement, and like the very Shomayim in its clearness. |11| And against the leaders of the Bnei Yisroel He laid not His yad; also they saw HaElohim, and did eat and drink. |12| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Come up to Me into HaHar, and remain there; and I will give thee the Luchot HaEven, and the torah, and the mitzvot which I have written to teach them. |13| And Moshe rose up, and Yehoshua meshareto (the one aiding him, the one ministering to him); and Moshe went up into the Har HaElohim. |14| And he said unto the Zekenim, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you; and, hinei, Aharon and Chur are with you; if any man have a grievance, let him come unto them. |15| And Moshe went up into HaHar, and an anan concealed HaHar. |16| And the Kevod Hashem abode upon Mt. Sinai, and the anan concealed it sheshet yamim; and the yom hashevi'i He called unto Moshe out of the midst of the anan. |17| And the sight of the Kevod Hashem was like eish ochelet (devouring fire) on the top of HaHar in the eyes of the Bnei Yisroel. |18| And Moshe went into the midst of the anan, going up into HaHar; and Moshe was in HaHar arba'im yom v'arba'im lailah. [TERUMAH] |||25|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, that they bring Me a terumah (offering); of every man that giveth it willingly with his lev ye shall receive My terumah (offering). |3| And this is the terumah (offering) which ye shall receive of them; zahav, and kesef, and nechoshet, |4| And turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and linen, and goat hair, |5| And ram skins dyed red, and tachash skins, and acacia wood, |6| Shemen for the light, spices for shemen hamishchah (anointing oil) and aromatic ketoret (incense), |7| Shoham stone, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the Choshen (Breastplate). |8| And let them make Me a Mikdash; that I may dwell among them. |9| According to all that I show thee, after the tavnit HaMishkan (pattern of the Tabernacle), and the tavnit of all the vessels thereof, even so shall ye make it. |10| And they shall make an Aron (Ark) of acacia wood; two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the width thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. |11| And thou shalt overlay it with zahav tahor, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a gold crown all around. |12| And thou shalt cast four rings of zahav for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. |13| And thou shalt make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with zahav. |14| And thou shalt put the poles into the rings by the sides of the Aron, that the Aron may be carried with them. |15| The poles shall be in the rings of the Aron; they shall not be removed from it. |16| And thou shalt put into the Aron the Edut (Testimony [of Tablets]) which I shall give thee. |17| And thou shalt make a kapporet of zahav tahor; two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the width thereof. |18| And thou shalt make two keruvim of zahav, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the kapporet. |19| And make one keruv on the one end, and the other keruv on the other end, with the kapporet (atonement cover) shall ye make the keruvim on the two ends thereof. |20| And the keruvim shall stretch forth their wings upward, covering the kapporet with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the kapporet shall the faces of the keruvim be. |21| And thou shalt place the kapporet on the Aron from above; and into the Aron thou shalt place the Edut that I shall give thee. |22| And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the kapporet, from between the two keruvim which are upon the Aron HaEdut, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the Bnei Yisroel. |23| Thou shalt also make a Shulchan of acacia wood; two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the width thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. |24| And thou shalt overlay it with zahav tahor, and make thereto a crown of zahav around. |25| And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown on the rim thereof round about. |26| And thou shalt make for it four rings of zahav, and place the rings in the four corners that are on the four legs thereof. |27| Over against the rim shall the rings be for holders of the poles to carry the Shulchan. |28| And thou shalt make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with zahav, that the Shulchan may be carried with them. |29| And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and shelving-tubes thereof, and bowls thereof, with which it shall be used to pour libations; of zahav tahor shalt thou make them. |30| And thou shalt set upon the Shulchan the Lechem Panim before Me always. |31| And thou shalt make a Menorah of zahav tahor; hammered out shall the Menorah be made; its base, its shaft, and its cups, its knobs, and its blossoms, shall be of the same. |32| And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the menorah out of the one side, and three branches of the menorah out of the other side; |33| Three cups engraved with almonds on the one branch, a knob and a flower; and three cups made like almonds in the other branch, with a knob and a flower; so for the six branches that come out of the Menorah. |34| And on the Menorah shall be four cups engraved like almonds, its knobs and its flowers. |35| And there shall be a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the Menorah. |36| Their knobs and their branches shall be of the same; all of it shall be one hammered- out work of zahav tahor. |37| And thou shalt make the nerot shivah thereof; and they shall kindle the nerot thereof, that they may give light toward its face. |38| And the tongs thereof, and the spoons thereof, shall be of zahav tahor. |39| Of a talent of zahav tahor shall he make it, with all these vessels. |40| And see that thou make them after their tavnit, which was shown thee in HaHar. |||26|||Moreover thou shalt make the Mishkan (Tabernacle) with ten curtains of twisted linen with turquoise, purple, and scarlet wool; with keruvim of artistic needle work shalt thou make them. |2| The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the width of one curtain four cubits; and every one of the curtains shall have middah achat (one size). |3| The five curtains shall be choverot (joined together) one to another; and the other five curtains shall be chovrot one to another. |4| And thou shalt make loops of turquoise wool upon the edge of the outermost curtain of the set; and likewise shalt thou make loops upon the edge of the outermost curtain, in the second set. |5| Fifty loops shalt thou make in the first curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make on the edge of the outermost curtain that is in the second set; that the loops may be opposite one another. |6| And thou shalt make fifty hooks of zahav, and join the curtains together with the hooks: so that the Mishkan shall become one. |7| And thou shalt make curtains of goat hair to be an Ohel over the Mishkan: eleven curtains shalt thou make. |8| The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, the width of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of the middah achat (same size). |9| And thou shalt join into one five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt fold the sixth curtain over the front of the Ohel. |10| And thou shalt make fifty loops along the edge of the first curtain at the end of one choveret (set), and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second choveret (set). |11| And thou shalt make fifty hooks of nechoshet, and put the hooks into the loops, and attach the Ohel, so that it may become echad (one). |12| And the remnant of the overhang of the curtains of the Ohel, half of the curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back of the Mishkan. |13| And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the Ohel, shall hang over the sides of the Mishkan on this side and the other, to cover it. |14| And thou shalt make a Mikhseh for the Ohel of ram skins dyed red, and a Mikhseh of tachash skins above. |15| And thou shalt make the kerashim (planks) of the Mishkan of acacia wood, standing erect. |16| Ten cubits shall be the length of each keresh (plank), and a cubit and a half shall be the width of each keresh (plank). |17| Two yadot (tenons, projections) shall there be in each keresh (plank), set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the kerashim (planks) of the Mishkan. |18| And thou shalt make the kerashim (planks) for the Mishkan, twenty kerashim (planks) on the south side southward. |19| And thou shalt make arba'im sockets of kesef under the twenty kerashim (planks); two sockets under one keresh (plank) for its two yadot (tenons, projections), and two sockets under the next keresh (plank) for its two yadot. |20| And for the second wall of the Mishkan on the tzafon (north) side there shall be twenty kerashim (planks): |21| And their arba'im sockets of kesef; two sockets under one keresh (plank), and two sockets under the next keresh (plank). |22| And for the back of the Mishkan on the west, thou shalt make six kerashim (planks). |23| And two kerashim (planks) shalt thou make for the corners of the Mishkan in the rear. |24| And they shall be even beneath at the bottom, and they shall be joined together at the top of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. |25| And they shall be shemoneh kerashim (eight planks), and their sockets of kesef, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one keresh, two sockets under the next keresh. |26| And thou shalt make crossbars of acacia wood; five for the kerashim (planks) of the one side of the Mishkan, |27| And five crossbars for the kerashim (planks) of the second wall of the Mishkan, and five crossbars for the kerashim (planks) of the wall of the Mishkan at the back, westward. |28| And the middle crossbar inside the kerashim (planks) shall extend from end to end. |29| And thou shalt overlay the kerashim (planks) with zahav, and make their rings of zahav as housing for the crossbars: and thou shalt overlay the crossbars with zahav. |30| And thou shalt erect the Mishkan according to the mishpat (plan, specifications) thereof which was showed thee in HaHar. |31| And thou shalt make a Parochet of turquoise, purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted linen of ma'aseh choshev (artistic craftwork) with keruvim shall it be made: |32| And thou shalt hang it upon four ammudim of acacia wood overlaid with zahav: their hooks shall be of zahav, upon the four sockets of kesef. |33| And thou shalt hang up the Parochet under the hooks, that thou mayest bring in there behind the Parochet, the Aron HaEdut: and the Parochet shall separate unto you between HaKodesh and the Kodesh HaKodashim. |34| And thou shalt put the Kapporet upon the Aron HaEdut in the Kodesh HaKodashim. |35| And thou shalt place the Shulchan michutz (outside) the Parochet, and the Menorah opposite the Shulchan on the south side of the Mishkan: and thou shalt place the Shulchan on the north side. |36| And thou shalt make a Masach (Screen, Curtain) for the petach (entrance) of the Ohel, of turquoise, purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted linen, wrought with ma'aseh rokem (embroidering craft). |37| And thou shalt make for the Masach five ammudim of acacia wood, and overlay them with zahav, and their hooks shall be of zahav; and thou shalt cast five sockets of nechoshet for them. |||27|||And thou shalt build the Mizbe'ach of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide; the Mizbe'ach shall be foursquare; and the height thereof shall be shalosh cubits. |2| And thou shalt make the karnot of it upon the four corners thereof; its karnot shall be of one piece with it; and thou shalt overlay it with nechoshet. |3| And thou shalt make its pots to receive its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its meat forks, and its firepans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of nechoshet. |4| And thou shalt build for it a mikhbar (grate), a strainer reshet (mesh, netting) of nechoshet; and upon the meshwork shalt thou make four taba'ot (rings) of nechoshet in the four corners thereof. |5| And thou shalt put it under the karkov ([surrounding] border, ledge) of the Mizbe'ach from below, that the meshwork may be half the height of the Mizbe'ach. |6| And thou shalt make badim (carrying poles) designed for the Mizbe'ach, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with nechoshet. |7| And the badim shall be put into the taba'ot, and the badim shall be upon the two sides of the Mizbe'ach, to carry it. |8| Hollow, with luchot (planks, boards, panels), shalt thou make as it was showed thee on HaHar, so shall they make it. |9| And thou shalt make the Khatzer (Courtyard) of the Mishkan; for the south side southward there shall be kela'im (curtains, hangings) for the Khatzer (Courtyard) of twisted linen of a hundred cubits long for one side; |10| And the twenty ammudim thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of nechoshet; the hooks of the ammudim and their bands shall be of kesef. |11| And likewise for the north side in length there shall be kela'im (curtains, hangings) of a hundred cubits long, and its twenty ammudim and their twenty sockets of nechoshet; the hooks of the ammudim and their bands of kesef. |12| And for the width of the Khatzer (Courtyard) on the west side shall be kela'im (curtains, hangings) of fifty cubits; their ammudim ten, and their sockets ten. |13| And the width of the Khatzer (Courtyard) on the east side mizrachah (eastward, toward sunrise) shall be fifty cubits. |14| The kela'im (curtains, hangings) of one shoulder [of the entrance] shall be fifteen cubits; their ammudim shloshah, and their sockets shloshah. |15| And on the other shoulder [of the entrance] shall be hangings fifteen cubits; their ammudim shloshah, and their sockets shloshah. |16| And for the sha'ar (gate) of the Khatzer (Courtyard) shall be a Masach (Screen) of twenty cubits, of turquoise, and purple, and scarlet, and twisted linen, wrought with ma'aseh rokem (craft or work of embroidering); and their ammudim shall be four, and their sockets four. |17| All the ammudim around the Khatzer (Courtyard) shall be banded with kesef; their hooks shall be of kesef, and their sockets of nechoshet. |18| The length of the Khatzer (Courtyard) shall be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits of twisted linen, and their sockets of nechoshet. |19| All the vessels of the Mishkan in all the avodah (service) thereof, and all the pegs thereof, and all the pegs of the Khatzer (Courtyard), shall be of nechoshet. [TETZAVVEH] |20| And thou shalt command the Bnei Yisroel, that they bring thee pure pressed [ T.N. not pounded, that the oil would be pure] shemen zayit (olive oil) for the ohr, to kindle the Ner Tamid (Perpetual Lamp). |21| In the Ohel Moed outside the Parochet, which is before the Edut, Aharon and his banim shall arrange it from eved to boker before Hashem; it shall be a chukkat olam unto their dorot from the Bnei Yisroel. |||28|||And bring thou near unto thee Aharon thy brother, and his banim with him, from the midst of the Bnei Yisroel, that he may minister unto Me in the kohen's office, even Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, Eleazar and Itamar, Bnei Aharon. |2| And thou shalt make Bigdei Kodesh for Aharon thy brother for kavod and tiferet. |3| And thou shalt speak unto all that are of chochmei lev, whom I have filled with the Ruach Chochmah, that they may make Bigdei Aharon to set him apart as kodesh, that he may minister unto Me in the kohen's office. |4| And these are HaBegadim which they shall make: a Choshen, and an Ephod, and a Me'il, and a Kesones of a box-like knitting work, a Mitznefet, and an Avnet; and they shall make Bigdei Kodesh for Aharon thy brother, and his Banim, that he may minister unto Me in the kohen's office. |5| And they shall take zahav, and turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wood, and linen. |6| And they shall make the Ephod of zahav, of turquoise, and of purple, of scarlet wool, and twisted linen, with ma'aseh choshev (artistic embroidery). |7| It shall have the two ketefot (shoulder straps) thereof joined at the two sides thereof; and so it shall be joined together. |8| And the Cheishev of his Ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of zahav, of turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted linen. |9| And thou shalt take two avnei shoham (onyx stones), and engrave on them the Shemot of the Bnei Yisroel: |10| Shisha of their Shemot on one even (stone), and the other Shemot of the shisha remaining on the other even (stone), according to toldot (in the order in which they were born). |11| With the work of a charash even (engraver in gemstones), like the engravings of a chotam (signet ring), shalt thou engrave the two avanim with the Shemot Bnei Yisroel; thou shalt make them to be set in mishbetzot zahav (filigrees of gold). |12| And thou shalt fasten the two avanim upon the Kitfot HaEphod for avnei zikaron (memorial stones) unto the Bnei Yisroel; and Aharon shall bear their Shemot before Hashem upon his two ketefayim for a zikaron. |13| And thou shalt make mishbetzot zahav (filigrees of gold); |14| And two sharsherot zahav tahor (chains of pure gold) at the edges; of braided artistic work shalt thou make them, and fasten the braided sharsherot (chains) to the mishbetzot (filigrees). |15| And thou shalt make the Choshen Mishpat with artistic work; like the work of the Ephod thou shalt make it; of zahav, of turquoise, and of purple, and of scarlet wool, and of twisted linen, shalt thou make it. |16| Ravu'a (foursquare, square) it shall be folded; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the width thereof. |17| And thou shalt set in it settings of even (stone), four rows of gemstones: the first row shall be a odem, a pitdah, and barekes: this shall be the first row. |18| And the second row shall be nofech, sapphire, and yahalom. |19| And the third row a leshem, shevo, and achlamah. |20| And the fourth row tarshish, shoham, and yashfeh; they shall be set in zahav in their settings. |21| And the avanim (gemstones) shall be for the Shemot Bnei Yisroel, Shteym Esreh (Twelve), according to their Shemot, like the engravings of a chotam (signet ring); every one with shmo shall they be according to the Shnei Asar Shevet (Twelve Tribes). |22| And thou shalt make for the Choshen at the edges of braided artistic work of zahav tahor (pure gold). |23| And thou shalt make upon the Choshen two rings of zahav, and shalt fasten the two rings on the two ends of the Choshen. |24| And thou shalt fasten the two ropes of zahav on the two rings which are on the ends of the Choshen. |25| And the other two ends of the two ropes thou shalt fasten in the two mishbetzot (filigrees), and attach them to the Ketefot HaEphod (Shoulder Straps of the Ephod) toward its front. |26| And thou shalt make two rings of zahav, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the Choshen on the lower border thereof, on the inside toward the Ephod. |27| And two other rings of zahav thou shalt make, and shalt put them on at the bottom of the Kitfot HaEphod toward the front thereof, opposite the seam thereof, above the Cheishev HaEphod (Belt of the Ephod). |28| And they shall bind the Choshen by the rings thereof unto the rings of the Ephod with a turquoise woolen cord, that it may be above the Cheishev HaEphod, and that the Choshen be not loosed from the Ephod. |29| And Aharon shall bear the Shemot Bnei Yisroel in the Choshen HaMishpat upon his lev, when he goeth in unto HaKodesh, for a zikaron (memorial) before Hashem tamid. |30| And thou shalt put in the Choshen HaMishpat the Urim and the Tummim; and they shall be upon the lev Aharon, when he goeth in before Hashem; and Aharon shall nasa (bear [see this word Yeshayah 53:12]) the Mishpat Bnei Yisroel upon his lev before Hashem tamid. |31| And thou shalt make the Me'il HaEphod all of turquoise wool. |32| And there shall be a head opening in the top of it, in the middle thereof; it shall have a border of artistic embroidery around the head opening of it, like the head opening of a coat of mail; that it be not torn. |33| And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of turquoise, and of purple, and of scarlet, around the hem thereof; and bells of zahav between them round about: |34| A bell of zahav and a pomegranate, a bell of zahav and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the Me'il round about. |35| And it shall be upon Aharon lesharet (to minister); and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto HaKodesh before Hashem, and when he cometh out, that he die not. |36| And thou shalt make a Tzitz zahav tahor (head plate of pure gold), and engrave upon it, like the engravings of a chotam (signet ring), KODESH LAHASHEM. |37| And thou shalt put it on a turquoise cord, that it may be upon the Mitznefet; upon the forefront of the Mitznefet it shall be. |38| And it shall be upon metzach Aharon (forehead of Aharon), that Aharon may nasa (bear [see this word Yeshayah 53:12]) the avon of the kodashim (holy things), which the Bnei Yisroel shall set apart as kodesh in all their mattanot kadoshot (holy gifts); and it shall be always upon his metzach (forehead), that they may be leratzon (accepted, acceptable) before Hashem. |39| And thou shalt embroider the Kesones of fine linen, and thou shalt make the Mitznefet of fine linen, and thou shalt make the Avnet of artistic embroidery. |40| And for Bnei Aharon thou shalt make Kuttanot (Tunics), and thou shalt make for them Avnetim, and Migba'ot shalt thou make for them, for kavod and for tiferet. |41| And thou shalt put them upon Aharon thy brother, and his banim with him; and shalt anoint them, and ordain them, and set them apart as kodesh, that they may minister unto Me in the kohen's office. |42| And thou shalt make them mikhnesei bahd (linen undergarments) to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach; |43| And they shall be upon Aharon, and upon his banim, when they come in unto the Ohel Mo'ed, or when they come near unto the Mizbe'ach lesharet (to minister) in HaKodesh; that they incur not avon, and die; it shall be a chukkat olahm unto him and his zera after him. |||29|||And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to set them apart as kodesh, to minister unto Me in the kohen's office: Take one bull calf, and two rams temimim (without blemish), |2| And lechem matzot, and challot matzot mixed with shemen, and wafers matzot smeared with shemen; of fine wheat flour shalt thou make them. |3| Thou shalt put them into sal echad (one basket); bring them near in the sal, with the bull and the two rams. |4| And Aharon and his banim thou shalt bring unto the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed, and shalt immerse them with mayim. |5| And thou shalt take the begadim, and put upon Aharon the kesones [see Yn 19:23, Ps 110:4], and the Me'il HaEphod, and the Ephod, and the Choshen, and gird him with the Cheishev HaEphod; |6| And thou shalt put the Mitznefet upon his head, and put the Nezer HaKodesh upon the Mitznefet. |7| Then shalt thou take the Shemen HaMishchah, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. |8| And thou shalt bring near his banim, and put kuttanot upon them. |9| And thou shalt gird them with Avnet, Aharon and his banim, and put the migba'ot on them; and the Kehunnah shall be theirs for a chukkat olam; and thou shalt ordain [i.e. fill their hands (invest them with authority as ministers)] Aharon and his banim. |10| And thou shalt cause a bull to be brought before the Ohel Mo'ed; Aharon and his banim shall put their hands upon the head of the bull. |11| And thou shalt slaughter (shachat) the bull before Hashem, by the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed. |12| And thou shalt take of the dahm of the bull, and put it upon the karnenot of the Mizbe'ach with thy finger, and pour all the dahm on the yesod (base) of the Mizbe'ach. |13| And thou shalt take all the chelev that covereth the innards, and the diaphragm with the liver, and the two kidneys, and the chelev that is upon them, and burn them upon the Mizbe'ach. |14| But the basar of the bull, and his hide, and his dung, shalt thou burn with eish outside the machaneh; it is a chattat. |15| Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aharon and his banim shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. |16| And thou shalt slaughter the ram, and thou shalt take his dahm, and sprinkle it around upon the Mizbe'ach [see Yeshayah 52:15 on Moshiach's sprinkling of the Goyim]. |17| And thou shalt cut the ayil (ram) into pieces, and wash the innards of him, and his legs, and put them with his pieces, and his head. |18| And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the Mizbe'ach: it is an olah unto Hashem: it is a re'ach hannichoach [see Pp 4:18 OJBC], an offering made by eish unto Hashem. |19| And thou shalt take the other ayil; and Aharon and his banim shall lay their hands upon the head of the ayil. |20| Then shalt thou slaughter (shachat) the ayil, and take of his dahm, and put it upon the lobe of the right ear of Aharon, and upon the lobe of the right ear of his banim, and upon the thumb of their right yad, and upon the bohen of their right foot, and sprinkle the dahm upon the Mizbe'ach, all around. |21| And thou shalt take of the dahm that is upon the Mizbe'ach, and of the shemen hamishchah, and sprinkle it upon Aharon, upon his garments, upon his banim, upon the garments of his banim with him; he shall be set apart as kodesh, and his garments, his banim, his banim's garments with him. |22| Also thou shalt take of the ram the chelev and the tail, and the fat that covereth the innards, and the diaphragm with the liver, and the two kidneys, and the chelev that is on them, and the right thigh; for it is an ayil millu'im (ram of ordination); |23| And one kekar lechem (loaf of bread), and one challah of lechem shemen (oily loaf of bread), and one wafer out of the basket of the matzot that is before Hashem; |24| And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aharon, and in the hands of his banim; and shalt wave them for a tenufah before Hashem. |25| And thou shalt take them from their hands, and burn them upon the Mizbe'ach for an olah, for a re'ach hannichoach [see Pp 4:18 OJBC] before Hashem: it is an offering made by eish unto Hashem. |26| And thou shalt take the breast of the ayil hamillu'im (ram of ordination) for Aharon, and wave it for a tenufah before Hashem; and it shall be thy portion. |27| And thou shalt set apart as kodesh the breast of the tenufah, and the thigh of the terumah, which is waved, and which is raised up, of the ayil hamillu'im, even of that which is for Aharon, and of that which is for his banim; |28| And it shall be Aharon's and his banim's by a chok olam from the Bnei Yisroel; for it is a terumah; and it shall be a terumah from the Bnei Yisroel of the zivkhei shelemim of them, even their terumah unto Hashem. |29| And the Bigdei Hakodesh of Aharon shall be his banim's after him, to be anointed therein, and to be ordained in them. |30| And that ben that is kohen in his succession shall put them on shivat yamim, when he cometh into the Ohel Mo'ed to minister in HaKodesh. |31| And thou shalt take the ayil hamillu'im, and cook his basar in the Makom Kodesh. |32| And Aharon and his banim shall eat the basar of the ayil, and the lechem that is in the sal petach Ohel Mo'ed. |33| And they shall eat those things wherewith the kapporah was made, to ordain and to set them apart as kodesh; but a zar shall not eat thereof, because they are kodesh. |34| And if anything remains of the basar of the millu'im, or of the lechem, unto the boker, then thou shalt burn the remainder with eish; it shall not be eaten, because it is kodesh. |35| And thus shalt thou do unto Aharon, and to his banim, according to all things which I have commanded thee; shivat yamim shalt thou ordain them. |36| And thou shalt offer every day the bull of the chattat for kippurim (blood atonements); and thou shalt purify the Mizbe'ach, when thou hast made a kapporah for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to set it apart as kodesh. |37| Shivat yamim thou shalt make a kapporah for the Mizbe'ach, and set it apart as kodesh; and it shall be a Mizbe'ach kodesh kodashim; whatsoever toucheth the Mizbe'ach shall be kodesh. |38| Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the Mizbe'ach: two kevasim (lambs) of the first year each day tamid (continually). |39| The one lamb thou shalt offer in the boker; and the other lamb thou shalt offer in the afternoon; |40| And with the one lamb a tenth ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten shemen; and the fourth part of a hin of yayin for a nesekh (drink offering [see Pp 2:17 OJBC]). |41| And the other lamb thou shalt offer in the afternoon, and shalt do thereto according to the minchah of the boker, and according to the nesekh thereof, for a re'ach hannichoach [see Pp 4:18 OJBC], an offering made by eish unto Hashem. |42| This shall be an olat tamid throughout your dorot at the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed before Hashem; where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. |43| And there I will meet by appointment with the Bnei Yisroel, and it shall be set apart as kodesh by My Kavod. |44| And I will set apart as kodesh the Ohel Mo'ed, and the Mizbe'ach; and I will set apart as kodesh also both Aharon and his banim, to minister to Me in the kohen's office. |45| And I will dwell among the Bnei Yisroel, and will be their Elohim. |46| And they shall have da'as that I am Hashem Eloheihem, Who brought them forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, to rest My [Shekhinah] dwelling among them; I am Hashem Eloheihem. |||30|||And thou shalt make a Mizbe'ach to burn ketonet (incense) upon; of acacia wood shalt thou make it. |2| A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the width thereof; ravu'a (foursquare, square) shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof; the karnenot thereof shall be of the same. |3| And thou shalt overlay it with zahav tahor, the top thereof, and the sides thereof all around, and the karnenot thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of zahav all around. |4| And two tabe'ot zahav (golden rings) shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the carrying poles to bear it withal. |5| And thou shalt make the carrying poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with zahav. |6| And thou shalt put it in front of the Parochet that is before the Aron HaEdut, before the Kapporet that is over HaEdut, where I will set My meetings with thee. |7| And Aharon shall burn thereon spice ketoret every boker; when he cleaneth the nerot (lamps), he shall burn it. |8| And when Aharon lighteth the nerot (lamps) in the afternoon, he shall burn ketoret upon it, ketoret tamid before Hashem throughout your dorot. |9| Ye shall offer no ketoret zarah thereon, nor olah, nor minchah; neither shall ye pour nesekh thereon. |10| And Aharon shall make kapporah upon the karenot of it once in a year with the dahm of the chattat hakippurim; once in the year shall he make kapporah upon it throughout your dorot; it is kodesh kodashim unto Hashem [see Lev 16 on this]. [KI TISSA] |11| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |12| When thou takest the census of the Bnei Yisroel after their number, then shall they give every man a kofer nafsho (life price, atoning payment for his nefesh or soul) unto Hashem, when thou numberest them; that there be no negef (plague) among them, when thou numberest them. |13| This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are pekudim (numbered, counted), half a shekel after the shekel of HaKodesh. (A shekel is twenty gerahs.) A half shekel shall be the terumah (offering) unto Hashem. |14| Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give a terumah (offering) unto Hashem. |15| The oisher (rich man) shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give a terumah (offering) unto Hashem, to make kapporah for your nefashot. |16| And thou shalt take the kesef hakippurim of the Bnei Yisroel, and shalt appoint it for the Avodat Ohel Mo'ed (Work, Service of the Tent of Appointed Meeting); that it may be a zikaron unto the Bnei Yisroel before Hashem, to make kapporah for your nefashot [see Psalm 49; 1K 1:18-19 OJBC]. |17| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |18| Thou shalt also make a Kiyor of nechoshet, and its Stand also of nechoshet, to wash withal; and thou shalt place it between the Ohel Mo'ed and the Mizbe'ach, and thou shalt put mayim therein. |19| For Aharon and his banim shall wash their hands and their feet thereat; |20| When they go into the Ohel Mo'ed, they shall wash with mayim, that they die not; or when they come near to the Mizbe'ach to minister, to present offering made by eish unto Hashem; |21| So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not; and it shall be a chok olam to them, even to him and to his zera throughout their dorot. |22| Moreover Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |23| Take thou also unto thee choice spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekel-weights, and of fragrant cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane spice two hundred and fifty, |24| And of cassia five hundred shekel-weights, after the shekel of HaKodesh, and of shemen zayit (oil olive) a hin: |25| And thou shalt make it a shemen mishchah kodesh, an ointment of blended compound, the art of the perfumer; it shall be a shemen mishchah kodesh. |26| And thou shalt anoint the Ohel Mo'ed therewith, and the Aron HaEdut, |27| And the Shulchan and all its utensils, the Menorah and its utensils, and the Mizbe'ach HaKetoret, |28| And the Mizbe'ach HaOlah with all its utensils, and the Kiyor and its Stand. |29| And thou shalt set them apart as kodesh, that they may be kodesh kodashim; whatsoever toucheth them shall be kodesh. |30| And thou shalt anoint Aharon and his banim, and set them apart as kodesh, that they may minister unto Me in the kohen's office. |31| And thou shalt speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, This shall be a shemen mishchat kodesh unto Me throughout your dorot. |32| Upon the basar adam shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the formulation of it; it is kodesh, and it shall be kodesh unto you. |33| Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a zar, shall even be cut off from his people. |34| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Take unto thee spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these spices with pure frankincense; of each shall there be an equal weight; |35| And thou shalt make it a compound of spice, the art of a perfumer, mixed thoroughly together, tahor and kodesh; |36| And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and place it in front of HaEdut in the Ohel Mo'ed, where I will set a meeting with thee; it shall be unto you kodesh kodashim. |37| And as for the ketoret which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the formulation thereof; it shall be unto thee kodesh for Hashem. |38| Whosoever shall make its like, to smell it, shall even be cut off from his people. |||31|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| See, I have called by shem Bezalel ben Uri, ben Chur, of the tribe of Yehudah; |3| And I have filled him with the Ruach Elohim (see Ac 2:4), in chochmah, and in tevunah, and in da'as, and in kol melachah (all workmanship), |4| To devise machashavot (artistic designs), to work in zahav, and in kesef, and in nechoshet, |5| And in engraving gemstones, to set them, and in wood-carving, to work in kol melachah (all manner of workmanship). |6| And I, hinei, I have given with him Oholiav ben Achisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all chacham lev I have put chochmah, that they may make all that I have commanded thee: |7| The Ohel Mo'ed, and the Aron HaEdut, and the Kapporet that is thereupon, and all the utensils of the Ohel, |8| And the Shulchan and its utensils, and the Menorah Hatehorah with all its utensils, and the Mizbe'ach HaKetoret, |9| And the Mizbe'ach HaOlah with all its utensils, and the Kiyor and its Stand, |10| And the Bigdei Haserad (Knit Garments), and the Bigdei HaKodesh for Aharon the kohen, and the garments of his banim, to minister in the kohen's office, |11| And the Shemen Hamishchah, and Ketoret spices for HaKodesh; according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. |12| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |13| Speak thou also unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, Verily My Shabbatot ye shall be shomer over; for it is an ot (sign) between Me and you throughout your dorot; that ye may have da'as that I am Hashem Who doth set thee apart as kodesh. |14| Ye shall be shomer Shabbos therefore; for it is kodesh unto you; every one that is chillul Shabbos (desecrates Shabbos) shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that nefesh shall be cut off from among his people. |15| Sheshet yamim may work be done; but in the Yom HaShevi'i is Shabbos HaShabbaton, kodesh to Hashem; whosoever doeth any work in the Yom HaShabbos, he shall surely be put to death. |16| Wherefore the Bnei Yisroel shall be shomer Shabbos, to observe Shabbos throughout their dorot, for a brit olam. |17| It is an ot between Me and the Bnei Yisroel l'olam; for in sheshet yamim Hashem made Shomayim and HaAretz, and on Yom HaShevi'i He rested (shavat, ceased working), and was refreshed. |18| And He gave unto Moshe, when He had made an end of speaking with him upon Mt. Sinai, two Luchot HaEdut (Tablets of the Testimony), Luchot Even (Tablets of Stone), written with the Etzba Elohim (Finger of G-d). |||32|||And when HaAm saw that Moshe delayed to come down from HaHar, HaAm gathered themselves together unto Aharon, and said unto him, Up, make us elohim (g-ds), which shall go before us; for as for this Moshe, the ish that brought us up out of Eretz Mitzrayim, we know not what is become of him. |2| And Aharon said unto them, Take off the rings of zahav in the ears of your nashim, of your banim, and of your banot, and bring them unto me. |3| And kol HaAm removed the rings of zahav which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aharon. |4| And he received them at their yad, and fashioned it with a cheret, after he had made it an Egel Masekhah (Molten Calf); and they said, These be thy elohim, O Yisroel, which brought thee up out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |5| And when Aharon saw it, he built a Mizbe'ach before it; and Aharon made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow is a chag (feast) to Hashem. |6| And they rose up early the next day, and offered olot, and brought shelamim; and HaAm sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up letzachek (to revel). |7| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of Eretz Mitzrayim, have corrupted themselves; |8| They have turned aside quickly from HaDerech which I commanded them; they have made them an Egel Masekhah, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy elohim, O Yisroel, which have brought thee up out of the Eretz Mitzrayim. |9| And Hashem said unto Moshe, I have seen this people, and, hinei, it is an Am Kesheh Oref (stiffnecked, obstinate people); |10| Now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them, and that I may consume them; I will make of thee a Goy Gadol. |11| And Moshe besought Hashem Elohav, and said, Hashem, why doth Thy wrath burn hot against Thy people, which Thou hast brought forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim with ko'ach gadol, and with a yad chazakah? |12| Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For ra'ah (evil intent) did He bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of ha'adamah? Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and relent of the ra'ah against Thy people. |13| Remember Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yisroel, Thy avadim, to whom Thou swore by Thine own Self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your zera as the kokhavim of Shomayim, and kol haaretz hazot that I have spoken of will I give unto your zera, and they shall inherit it l'olam. |14| And Hashem relented of the ra'ah which He thought to do unto His people. |15| And Moshe turned, and went down from HaHar, and the two Luchot HaEdut were in his yad; the Luchot were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. |16| And the Luchot were the ma'aseh Elohim, the writing was the Mikhtav Elohim, engraved upon the Luchot. |17| And when Yehoshua heard the kol HaAm as they shouted, he said unto Moshe, There is a noise of milchamah in the machaneh. |18| And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for gevurah, neither is it the voice of them that cry of chalushah; but the noise of them that sing that I hear. |19| And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the machaneh, that he saw the Egel, and the mecholot (dancing); and the anger of Moshe burned hot, and he threw the Luchot out of his hands, and broke them at the foot of HaHar. |20| And he took the Egel which they had made, and burned it in the eish, and ground it to powder, and scattered it upon the mayim, and made the Bnei Yisroel drink of it. |21| And Moshe said unto Aharon, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so chata'ah gedolah upon them? |22| And Aharon said, Let not the anger of adoni burn hot; thou knowest HaAm, that they are prone to rah (evil). |23| For they said unto me, Make for us elohim, which shall go before us; for as for this Moshe, the ish that brought us up out of Eretz Mitzrayim, we know not what is become of him. |24| And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any zahav, let them remove it. So they gave it me; then I cast it into the eish, and there came out this Egel. |25| And when Moshe saw that HaAm were exposed; (for Aharon had exposed them to derision among their enemies;) |26| Then Moshe stood in the sha'ar of the machaneh, and said, Who is on Hashem's side? Let him rally unto me. And all the Bnei Levi gathered themselves together unto him. |27| And he said unto them, Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Put every man his cherev by his side, and go in and out from sha'ar to sha'ar throughout the machaneh, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. |28| And the Bnei Levi did according to the word of Moshe; and there fell of HaAm that day about three thousand men. |29| For Moshe had said, Consecrate yourselves today to Hashem, even every man against his ben, and against his brother; that He may bestow upon you a berakhah this day. |30| And it came to pass on the next day, that Moshe said unto HaAm, Ye have sinned a chata'ah gedolah; and now I will go up unto Hashem; perhaps I can make kapporah for your chattat. |31| And Moshe returned unto Hashem, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a chata'ah gedolah, and have made for themselves elohei zahav. |32| Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their chattat but if not, blot me, now, out of Thy Sefer which Thou hast written. |33| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My Sefer. |34| Therefore now go, lead HaAm unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee; hinei, Malachi shall go before thee; nevertheless in the yom when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. |35| And Hashem plagued HaAm, because they made the Egel, which Aharon made. |||33|||And Hashem said unto Moshe, Depart, and go from here, thou and HaAm which thou hast brought up out of Eretz Mitzrayim, unto HaAretz which I swore unto Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov, saying, Unto thy zera will I give it; |2| And I will send a Malach before thee; and I will drive out the Kena'ani, the Emori, the Chitti, the Perizzi, the Chivi, and the Yevusi; |3| Unto an Eretz zavat cholov and devash; for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art an Am Kesheh Oref (stiffnecked, obstinate people); lest I consume thee in HaDerech. |4| And when HaAm heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no ish did put on him his ornamental attire. |5| For Hashem had said unto Moshe, Say unto the Bnei Yisroel, Ye are an Am Kesheh Oref; I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee; therefore now put off thy ornamental attire from thee, that I may decide what to do unto thee. |6| And the Bnei Yisroel stripped themselves of their ornamental attire by Mt. Chorev. |7| And Moshe would take the Ohel, and pitch it outside the machaneh, afar off from the machaneh, and called it the Ohel Mo'ed. And it came to pass, that every one which sought Hashem went out unto the Ohel Mo'ed, which was outside the machaneh. |8| And it came to pass, when Moshe went out unto the Ohel, that kol HaAm rose up, and stood every man at his petach ohel, and watched after Moshe, until he was gone into the Ohel. |9| And it came to pass, as Moshe entered into the Ohel, the Ammud of the Anan descended, and stood at the petach Ohel, and Hashem would speak with Moshe. |10| And kol HaAm saw the Ammud of the Anan stand at the petach Ohel; and kol HaAm rose up and worshiped, every man in his petach ohel. |11| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe face to face, as an ish speaketh unto his re'a. And he returned into the machaneh; but his mesharet Yehoshua ben Nun, a na'ar, departed not out of the Ohel. |12| And Moshe said unto Hashem, See, Thou sayest unto me, Bring this people onward; and Thou hast not let me know whom Thou wilt send with me. Yet Thou hast said, I know thee by shem, and thou hast also found chen (grace, unmerited favor) in My sight. |13| Therefore, now, if I have found chen in Thy sight, show me now Thy Derech, that I may have da'as of Thee, that I may find chen in Thy sight; and consider that this nation is Thy people. |14| And He said, My Presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. |15| And he said unto Him, If Thy Presence go not with me, bring us not up from here [Sinai]. |16| For how then shall it be known that I and Thy people have found chen in Thy sight? Is it not in that Thou goest with us? So shall we be made distinct as separate, I and Thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of ha'adamah. |17| And Hashem said unto Moshe, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found chen in My sight, and I know thee by shem. |18| And he said, show me now Thy kavod. |19| And He said, I will make kol tuvi (all My goodness) pass in front of thee, and I will call out with the Shem of Hashem before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show rachamim on whom I will show rachamim. |20| And He said, Thou canst not see My face; for there shall no adam see Me, and live. |21| And Hashem said, Hinei, there is a place near Me, and thou shalt stand upon the tzur; |22| And it shall come to pass, while My kavod passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the tzur, and will cover thee with My yad until I pass by; |23| And I will take away Mine yad, and thou shalt see My back; but My face shall not be seen. |||34|||And Hashem said unto Moshe, Chisel thee two Luchot Avanim like the first ones; and I will write upon these Luchot the divarim that were on the Luchot HaRishonim, which thou broke. |2| And be ready in the boker, and come up in the boker unto Mt.Sinai, and present thyself there to Me on the rosh HaHar. |3| And no ish shall come up with thee, neither let any ish be seen throughout kol HaHar; neither let the tzon nor herd graze in front of that Har. |4| And he chiseled two Luchot Avanim like the first ones; and Moshe rose up early in the boker, and went up unto Mt.Sinai, as Hashem had commanded him, and took in his yad the two Luchot Avanim. |5| And Hashem descended in the anan, and stood with him there, and called out the Shem of Hashem. |6| And Hashem passed by before him, and proclaimed, Hashem, Hashem El Rachum v'Channun, slow to anger, and abundant in chesed and emes, |7| Preserving chesed for thousands, forgiving avon and pesha and chatta'ah, and by no means leaving the guilty unpunished; visiting the avon of the avot upon the banim, and upon the bnei banim, unto the third and to the fourth generation. |8| And Moshe made haste, and bowed his head toward the ground, and worshiped. |9| And he said, If now I have found chen in Thy sight, Adonoi, let Adonoi, now, go among us; although it is an Am Kesheh Oref; and forgive avoneinu and chattateinu, and take us for Thine nachalah. |10| And He said, Hinei, I cut a brit; before all thy people I will do nifla'ot, such as have not been done in kol ha'aretz, nor in kol HaGoyim; and kol HaAm among which thou art shall see the ma'aseh Hashem; for it is a norah that I will do with thee. |11| Be thou shomer over that which I command thee this day; hinei, I drive out before thee the Emori, and the Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and the Yevusi. |12| Be shomer over thyself, lest thou make a brit with the inhabitants of HaAretz whither thou goest, lest it be for a mokesh (snare) in the midst of thee; |13| But ye shall destroy their mizbechot, break their matzebot, and cut down their asherah (sacred trees, poles); |14| For thou shalt worship no el acher; for Hashem, Whose Shem is Jealous, is El Kanah; |15| Lest thou make a brit with the inhabitants of HaAretz, and they go awhoring after eloheihem, and do sacrifice unto eloheihem, and one invite thee, and thou eat of his zevach (sacrifice, i.e., participate in his pagan worship); |16| And thou take of their banot unto thy banim, and their banot go a-whoring after their elohim, and make thy banim go a-whoring after their elohim. |17| Thou shalt make thee no elohei massekhah. |18| The Chag Hamatzot shalt thou be shomer over. Shivat yamim thou shalt eat matzot, as I commanded thee, in the mo'ed of the month Aviv; for in the month Aviv thou camest out from Mitzrayim. |19| All that openeth the rechem (womb) is Mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or seh, that is zachar. |20| But the firstling of a donkey thou shalt redeem with a seh; and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. Kol bechor of thy banim thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before Me empty. |21| Sheshet yamim thou shalt work, but on the yom hashevi'i thou shalt rest; in plowing and in harvest thou shalt rest. |22| And thou shalt observe Chag Shavu'os [Ac chp 2], with the firstfruits the ketzir chittim (wheat harvest), and the Chag HaAsif (Festival of Ingathering, Harvesttime [Yn chp 7]) shall be at the tekufat hashanah (changing, turning of the year). |23| Shalosh in the year shall all your men children appear before HaAdon Hashem Elohei Yisroel. ||24| For I will drive out the Goyim before thee, and enlarge thy borders; neither shall any man covet thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before Hashem Eloheicha shalosh in the shanah. |25| Thou shalt not offer the dahm of My zevach with chametz; neither shall the zevach of the Chag HaPesach be left overnight unto the boker. |26| The reshit bikkurim of thy land thou shalt bring unto the Beis Hashem Eloheicha. Thou shalt not cook a kid in cholov immo. |27| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Write thou these devarim; for according to these devarim I have cut a brit with thee and with Yisroel. |28| And he was there with Hashem arba'im yom and arba'im lailah; he did neither eat lechem, nor drink mayim. And he wrote upon the Luchot the Divrei HaBrit (Words of the Covenant), the Aseres Hadevarim (Ten Commandments). |29| And it came to pass, when Moshe came down from Mt. Sinai with the two Luchot HaEdut in the yad Moshe, when he came down from HaHar, that Moshe had no da'as that the ohr (skin) of his face had become radiant when he had spoken with Him. |30| And when Aharon and kol Bnei Yisroel saw Moshe, hinei, the ohr (skin) of his face was radiant; and they were afraid to come near him. |31| And Moshe called unto them; and Aharon and kol HaNesi'im of the Edah returned unto him; and Moshe spoke with them. |32| And afterward kol Bnei Yisroel came near; and he gave them in commandment all that Hashem had spoken with him in Mt Sinai. |33| When Moshe had finished speaking with them, he put a masveh (veil, mask) on his face. |34| But when Moshe went in before Hashem to speak with Him, he took the masveh off, until he came out. And he came out, and spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel that which he was commanded. |35| And the Bnei Yisroel saw the face of Moshe, that the ohr of the face of Moshe was radiant; and Moshe put the masveh upon his face again, until he went in to speak with Him. [VAYYAKHEL] |||35|||And Moshe assembled kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, and said unto them, These are the Devarim which Hashem hath commanded, that ye should do them. |2| Sheshet yamim shall work be done, but on the Yom HaShevi'i shall be to you [plural] Kodesh Shabbos Shabbaton to Hashem; whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. |3| Ye shall kindle no eish throughout your habitations upon Yom HaShabbos. |4| And Moshe spoke unto kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, saying, This is the thing which Hashem commanded, saying, |5| Take ye from among you a terumah (offering) unto Hashem; all of nediv lev of him (i.e., urged by his heart), let him bring it, a terumat Hashem, zahav, and kesef, and nechoshet, |6| And turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and fine linen, and goat hair, |7| And red-dyed ram skins, and tachash skins, and acacia wood, |8| And shemen for the light, and spices for shemen hamishchah, and for the aromatic ketoret, |9| And shoham stones, and gemstones to be set for the Ephod, and for the Choshen. |10| And kol chacham lev among you shall come, and make all that Hashem hath commanded: |11| The Mishkan, its Ohel, and its Mikhseh, its hooks, and its kerashim (planks), its crossbars, its ammudim, and its sockets, |12| The Aron, and the carrying poles thereof, with the Kapporet, and the Parochet HaMasach, |13| The Shulchan, and its carrying poles, and all its utensils, and the Lechem HaPanim, |14| The Menorat HaMaohr, and its utensils, and its nerot (lamps), with the Shemen HaMaohr, |15| And the Mizbe'ach HaKetoret, and its carrying poles, and the Shemen HaMishchah, and the ketoret spices, and the masach hapetach at the petach of the Mishkan, |16| The Mizbe'ach HaOlah, with its mikhbar hanechoshet, its carrying poles, and all its utensils, the Kiyor, and its Stand, |17| The curtains of the khatzer, its ammudim, and its sockets, and the masach Sha'ar HaKhatzer, |18| The tent pegs of the Mishkan, and the tent pegs of the khatzer, and their cords, |19| The Bigdei HaSerad leSharet baKodesh (to do service in HaKodesh), the Bigdei HaKodesh for Aharon the kohen, and the garments of his banim, to minister in the kohen's office. |20| And all the Adat Bnei Yisroel departed from the presence of Moshe. |21| And they came, every one whose lev moved him, and every one of nedevah ruach of him, and they brought terumat Hashem to the work of the Ohel Mo'ed, and for kol avodat of it, and for the Bigdei HaKodesh. |22| And they came, both anashim and nashim, as many as were nediv lev, and brought bracelets, and face-adornment rings, and rings, and body ornaments, all jewelry of zahav; and every ish that offered offered a tenufat zahav unto Hashem. |23| And kol ish, with whom was found turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and fine linen, and goat hair, and dyed red rams skin, and tachash skins, brought them. |24| Every one that did offer a terumat kesef and nechoshet brought the terumat Hashem; and found acacia wood for any melachet haAvodah, brought it. |25| And every isha that was chachmat lev spun with her hands, and brought the spun yarn, both of turquoise, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. |26| And all the nashim whose lev stirred them up in chochmah spun goat hair. |27| And the nesi'im brought shoham stones, and gemstones to be set, for the Ephod, and for the Choshen; |28| And spice, and shemen for the light, and for the shemen hamishchah, and for the ketoret spices. |29| The Bnei Yisroel brought a nedavah unto Hashem, kol ish and isha, with nadav lev of them brought for kol hamelachah, which Hashem had commanded to be done through Moshe. |30| And Moshe said unto the Bnei Yisroel, See, Hashem hath called by shem Bezalel ben Uri, ben Chur, of the tribe of Yehudah; |31| And He hath filled him with the Ruach Elohim [Ac 2:4], in chochmah, in understanding, and in da'as, and in all manner of workmanship; |32| And to make machashavot (artistic works), to work in zahav, and in kesef, and in nechoshet, |33| And in the cutting of gems, to set them, and in wood carving, to make every melachat machashavet (work of art). |34| And He hath given him the ability to teach, both he, and Oholiav ben Achisamach, of the tribe of Dan. |35| Them hath He filled with chochmat lev, to do all manner of artistic work, of the carver, and of the weaver of artistic design work, and of the embroiderer, in turquoise, and in purple, in scarlet wool, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do artistic work, and of those that make artistic designs. |||36|||Then Bezalel and Oholiav, and kol ish chacham lev, in whom Hashem gave chochmah and tevunah to have da'as to do all manner of work for the Avodas HaKodesh, according to all that Hashem had commanded. |2| And Moshe called Bezalel and Oholiav, and kol ish chochmah lev, in whose lev Hashem had given chochmah, even every one whose lev stirred him up to come unto the work to do it; |3| And they received of Moshe kol haterumah, which the Bnei Yisroel had brought for the work of the Avodas HaKodesh, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him nedavah every boker. |4| And all the chachamim, that wrought all the work of HaKodesh, came every man from his work which they were doing; |5| And they spoke unto Moshe, saying, HaAm bring much more than enough for the Avodah of the work, which Hashem commanded to do. |6| And Moshe gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the machaneh, saying, Let neither ish nor isha make any more work for the terumat HaKodesh. So HaAm were restrained from bringing. |7| For the work had been sufficient for all the work to do it v'hoter. |8| And kol chacham lev among them that wrought the work of the Mishkan made ten curtains of fine linen, twisted with turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool; with keruvim in a woven artistic design made he [Bezalel] them. |9| The length of each curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the curtains were all of the one size. |10| And he joined five curtains one unto another; and the other five curtains he joined one unto another. |11| And he made loops of turquoise wool on the edge of one curtain at the end of the first set; likewise he made them along the edge of the end curtains of the second set. |12| Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the end curtain in the second set; the loops were to be opposite one another. |13| And he made fifty hooks of zahav, and joined the curtains one unto another with the hooks; so it became Mishkan Echad. |14| And he made curtains of goat hair for the Ohel over the Mishkan; eleven curtains he made them. |15| The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the width of one curtain; the eleven curtains were of the one size. |16| And he joined five curtains into a set, and six curtains into a set. |17| And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain at the end of the set, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain of the other set. |18| And he made fifty hooks of nechoshet to attach the Ohel together, that it might be echad (one). |19| And he made a Mikhseh (Cover) for the Ohel of dyed red ram skin, and a tachash hide Mikhseh above that. |20| And he made kerashim (planks) for the Mishkan of acacia wood, standing erect. |21| The length of a keresh (plank) was ten cubits, and the width of a keresh one cubit and a half. |22| One keresh had two yadot (projections, tenons), equally distant one from another; thus did he make for all the kerashim of the Mishkan. |23| And he made kerashim (frames) for the Mishkan; twenty kerashim for the negev (south) side southward; |24| And arba'im sockets of kesef he made under the twenty kerashim; two sockets under one keresh for its two tenons, and two sockets under another keresh for its two tenons. |25| And for the other side of the Mishkan, which is toward the north, he made twenty kerashim, |26| And their arba'im sockets of kesef; two sockets under one keresh, and two sockets under another keresh. |27| And for the sides of the Mishkan westward he made six kerashim. |28| And two kerashim made he for the corners of the Mishkan in the back. |29| And they were doubled at the bottom, and joined together; at the top thereof, there was one ring; thus he did to both of them in both the corners. |30| And there were eight kerashim; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of kesef, under every keresh two sockets. |31| And he made crossbars of acacia wood; five for the kerashim of the one side of the Mishkan, |32| And five crossbars for the kerashim of the other side of the Mishkan, and five crossbars for the kerashim of the Mishkan for the sides westward. |33| And he made the middle crossbar to extend within the kerashim from the one end to the other. |34| And he overlaid the kerashim with zahav, and made their rings of zahav to be housing for the crossbars, and overlaid the crossbars with zahav. |35| And he made a Parochet [see Mk 15:38] of turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted fine linen; with keruvim made he it of artistic embroidery. |36| And he made thereunto four ammudim of acacia wood, and overlaid them with zahav; their hooks were of zahav; and he cast for them four sockets of kesef. |37| And he made a Masach for the petach of the Ohel of turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted fine linen, the work of artistic embroidery; |38| And the five ammudim of it with their hooks; and he overlaid their tops and their bands with zahav; but their five sockets were of nechoshet. |||37|||And Bezalel made the Aron of acacia wood; two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the width of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it; |2| And he overlaid it with zahav tahor within and without, and made a crown of zahav all around. |3| And he cast for it four rings of zahav, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. |4| And he made carrying poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with zahav. |5| And he put the carrying poles into the rings on the sides of the Aron, to bear the Aron. |6| And he made the Kapporet of zahav tahor; two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the width thereof. |7| And he made two keruvim of zahav, hammered out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the Kapporet; |8| One keruv on the end on this side, and another keruv on the other end on that side; from the Kapporet made he the keruvim on the two ends thereof. |9| And the keruvim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the Kapporet, with their faces one to another; even toward the Kapporet were the faces of the keruvim. |10| And he made the Shulchan of acacia wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the width thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof; |11| And he overlaid it with zahav tahor, and made thereunto a crown of zahav all around. |12| Also he made thereunto a misgeret (moulding, rim) of a handbreadth all around; and made a crown of zahav for the misgeret thereof all around. |13| And he cast for it four rings of zahav, and put the rings upon the four corners of its four legs thereof. |14| Over against the misgeret were the rings, the housing for the carrying poles to bear the Shulchan. |15| And he made the carrying poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with zahav, to bear the Shulchan. |16| And he made the utensils which were upon the Shulchan, its dishes, and its pans, and its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring nesekh, of zahav tahor. |17| And he made the Menorah of zahav tahor; of hammered-out work made he the Menorah; its base and its shaft, and its cups, its knobs, its flowers, were of the same; |18| And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the Menorah out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the Menorah out of the other side thereof; |19| Shloshah cups made like almonds in one branch, a knob and a flower; and three cups made like almonds in another branch, a knob and a flower; so throughout the six branches going out of the Menorah. |20| And in the Menorah were four cups made like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers; |21| And a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, and a knob under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. |22| Their knobs and their branches were of the same: all of it was one hammered-out work of zahav tahor. |23| And he made its seven nerot (lamps), and its tongs, and its spoons, of zahav tahor. |24| Of a talent of zahav tahor made he it, and all the utensils thereof. |25| And he made the Mizbe'ach HaKetoret of acacia wood; the length of it was a cubit, and the width of it a cubit; it was ravu'a (square, foursquare); and two cubits was the height of it; from it were its karenot. |26| And he overlaid it with zahav tahor, both the top of it, and the sides thereof all around, and the karenot of it; also he made unto it a crown of zahav all around. |27| And he made two rings of zahav for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be housing for the carrying poles to bear it withal. |28| And he made the carrying poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with zahav. |29| And he made the Shemen HaMishchah Kodesh, and the ketoret spices, tahor, according to the artistic work of a perfumer. [PEKUDEI] |||38|||And he made the Mizbe'ach HaOlah of acacia wood; five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the width thereof; it was ravu'a (square, foursquare); and three cubits the height thereof. |2| And he made the karenot thereof on the four corners of it; the karenot thereof were from it; and he overlaid it with nechoshet. |3| And he made all the Klei HaMizbe'ach, the pots, and the shovels, and the sprinkling basins, and the meat hooks, and the firepans; all the utensils thereof made he of nechoshet. |4| And he made for the Mizbe'ach a mikhbar (grate, netting), a meshwork of nechoshet under the encompassing border thereof downward unto the middle of it. |5| And he cast four rings for the four ends of the mikhbar of nechoshet, to be housing for the carrying poles. |6| And he made the carrying poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with nechoshet. |7| And he put the carrying poles into the rings on the sides of the Mizbe'ach, to bear it withal; he made the Mizbe'ach hollow with luchot. |8| And he made the Kiyor of nechoshet, and the stand of it of nechoshet, of the mirrors of the tzve'ot, who assembled at the petach Ohel Mo'ed. |9| And he made the khatzer; on the south side southward the hangings of the khatzer were of twisted fine linen, a hundred cubits; |10| Their ammudim were twenty, and their sockets of nechoshet twenty; the hooks of the ammudim and their bands were of kesef. |11| And for the north side the hangings were a hundred cubits, their ammudim were twenty, and their sockets of nechoshet twenty; the hooks of the ammudim and their bands of kesef. |12| And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their ammudim ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the ammudim and their bands of kesef. |13| And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. |14| The hangings of the one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits; their ammudim shloshah, and their sockets shloshah. |15| And for the other side. On each side of the khatzer, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their ammudim shloshah, and their sockets shloshah. |16| All the hangings of the khatzer all around were of twisted fine linen. |17| And the sockets for the ammudim were of nechoshet; the hooks of the ammudim and their bands of kesef; and the overlaying of their tops of kesef; and all the ammudim of the khatzer were banded with kesef. |18| And the masach for the sha'ar of the khatzer was the artistic work of an embroiderer, of turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted fine linen; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the khatzer. |19| And their ammudim were four, and their sockets of nechoshet four; their hooks of kesef, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands of kesef. |20| And all the tent pegs of the Mishkan, and of the khatzer all around, were of nechoshet. |21| These are the pekudei Mishkan, even of the Mishkan HaEdut, as it was recorded, according to the command of Moshe, for the Avodat HaLevi'im, by the yad of Itamar ben Aharon the kohen. |22| And Bezalel ben Uri ben Chur, of the tribe of Yehudah, made all that Hashem commanded Moshe. |23| And with him was Oholiav ben Achisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artistic carver, weaver, and an embroiderer in turquoise, and in purple, and in scarlet wool, and fine linen. |24| All the zahav that was occupied for the work in all the work of HaKodesh, even the zahav of the tenufah, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of HaKodesh. |25| And the kesef of them that were numbered of HaEdah was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of HaKodesh: |26| A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of HaKodesh, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. |27| And of the hundred talents of kesef were cast the sockets of HaKadosh, and the sockets of the Parochet; a hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. |28| And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the ammudim, and overlaid their tops, and made bands for them. |29| And the nechoshet of the tenufah was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. |30| And therewith he made the sockets to the petach Ohel Mo'ed, and the Mizbe'ach HaNechoshet, and the mikhbar hanechoshet for it, and all the Klei HaMizbe'ach, |31| And the sockets of the khatzer all around, and the sockets of the khatzer sha'ar, and all the tent pegs of the Mishkan, and all the tent pegs of the khatzer all around. |||39|||And from the turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, they made bigdei serad (elaborately woven garments) for service in HaKadosh, and made Bigdei Hakodesh for Aharon; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |2| And he [Bezalel] made the Ephod of zahav, turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted fine linen. |3| And they did hammer the zahav into thin sheets, and cut threads, to work into the turquoise, and into the purple, and into the fine linen, the artistic weaver's work. |4| They made attaching ketefot (shoulder straps) for it, which were attached to its two [upper] ends. |5| And the Cheishev (Belt) of his Ephod, which is upon it, was of the same according to the work thereof; of zahav, turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted linen; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |6| And they made the avnei shoham (onyx stones), set in settings of zahav, engraved, like chotam (signet ring) is engraved, according to the Shemot Bnei Yisroel. |7| And he fastened them upon the Kitfot HaEphod, that they should be Avnei Zikaron (Memorial Stones) unto the Bnei Yisroel; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |8| And he made the Choshen of artistic weaver's work, like the workmanship of the Ephod; of zahav, turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and fine twisted linen. |9| It was ravu'a (square); they made the Choshen folded double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the width thereof, being doubled. |10| And they set in it four rows of gemstones; the first row was an odem, a pitdah, and barekes; this was the first row. |11| And the second row, a nofech, sapphire, and yahalom. |12| And the third row, a leshem, shevo, and achlamah. |13| And the fourth row, a tarshish, shoham, and yashfeh; they were set in zahav in their settings. |14| And the gemstones were according to the Shemot Bnei Yisroel, Shteym Esreh (Twelve), according to their Shemot, like the engravings of a chotam (signet ring), every one with shmo, according to the Shnei Asar Shevet. |15| And they made upon the Choshen sharsherot (chains) at the ends braided artistic work of zahav tahor. |16| And they made two mishbetzot (filigrees) of zahav, and two rings of zahav; and put the two rings in the two ends of the Choshen. |17| And they fastened the two ropes of zahav into the two rings on the ends of the Choshen. |18| And the [other] two ends of the two ropes they fastened in the two filigree settings, and put them on the ketefot HaEphod toward its front. |19| And they made two rings of zahav, and put them on the two ends of the Choshen, upon the lower border therof, on the inside toward the Ephod. |20| And they made two other rings of zahav, and put them on the two kitfot HaEphod on the bottom, toward the front thereof, opposite the seam thereof, above the Cheishev HaEphod. |21| And they did bind the Choshen by its rings unto the rings of the Ephod with a turquoise woolen cord, that it might be above the Cheishev HaEphod, and that the Choshen might not be loosed from the Ephod; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |22| And he made the Me'il HaEphod of artistic weaver's work, all of turquoise wool. |23| And there was a head opening in the top of the Me'il, in its center, like the opening of a coat of mail, with a border all around about the head opening, that it should not be torn. |24| And they made upon the hems of the Me'il pomegranates of turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, and twisted linen. |25| And they made bells of zahav tahor, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the Me'il, all around between the pomegranates; |26| A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the Me'il to minister in; as Hashem commanded Moshe. [27| And they made the kuttanot (tunics) of fine linen of artistic weaver's work for Aharon, and for his banim, |28| And a Mitznefet of fine linen, Pa'arei HaMigba'ot of fine linen, mikhnesei bahd, |29| And an Avnet of fine linen, and turquoise, and purple, and scarlet wool, of artistic embroidery; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |30| And they made the Tzitz Nezer HaKodesh of zahav tahor, and engraved upon it an inscription, like to the engravings of a chotam, KODESH LAHASHEM. |31| And they tied unto it a turquoise cord, to fasten it on the Mitznefet above; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |32| Thus was all the work of the Mishkan of the Ohel Mo'ed finished; and the Bnei Yisroel did according to all that Hashem commanded Moshe, so did they. |33| And they brought the Mishkan unto Moshe, the Ohel, and all its utensils, its hooks, its kerashim, its crossbars, and its ammudim, and its sockets, |34| And the Mikhseh of reddyed ram skins, and the Mikhseh of tachash skins, and the Parochet HaMasach, |35| The Aron HaEdut, and the carrying poles thereof, and the Kapporet, |36| The Shulchan, and all the utensils thereof, and the Lechem HaPanim, |37| The Menorah Hatehorah, with the nerot (lamps) thereof, even with the nerot (lamps) of the order prescribed, and all the utensils thereof, and the Shemen HaMaohr, |38| And the Mizbe'ach Hazahav, and the Shemen HaMishchah, and the aromatic ketoret, and the Masach petach HaOhel, |39| The Mizbe'ach Hanechoshet, and its mikhbar hanechoshet (grate, netting of copper), its carrying poles, and all its utensils, the Kiyor and its Stand, |40| The curtains of the khatzer (courtyard), its ammudim, and its sockets, and the masach Sha'ar HaKhatzer, its cords, and its tent pegs, and all the utensils of the Avodas HaMishkan, for the Ohel Mo'ed, |41| The bigdei serad for service in HaKadosh, and the Bigdei Hakodesh for Aharon the kohen, and the garments of his banim, to minister in the kohen's office. |42| According to all that Hashem commanded Moshe, so the Bnei Yisroel did kol haAvodah. |43| And Moshe did inspect all the work, and, hinei, they had done it as Hashem had commanded, even so had they done it; vayevarech otam Moshe (and Moshe blessed them). |||40|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the Mishkan Ohel Mo'ed. |3| And thou shalt place therein the Aron HaEdut, and thou shalt cover so as to screen the Aron with the Parochet. |4| And thou shalt bring in the Shulchan, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the Menorah, and kindle the Nerot thereof. |5| And thou shalt place the Mizbe'ach Hazahav L'Ketoret before the Aron HaEdut, and set up the Masach HaPetach LaMishkan. |6| And thou shalt set the Mizbe'ach HaOlah before the Petach Mishkan Ohel Mo'ed. |7| And thou shalt set the Kiyor between the Ohel Mo'ed and the Mizbe'ach, and shalt place mayim therein. |8| And thou shalt set up the khatzer (court) all around, and hang up the Masach Sha'ar Hakhatzer. |9| And thou shalt take the Shemen HaMishchah, and anoint the Mishkan, and all that is therein, and shalt set it apart as kodesh, and all the utensils thereof; and it shall be kodesh. |10| And thou shalt anoint the Mizbe'ach HaOlah, and all its utensils, and set apart as kodesh the Mizbe'ach: and it shall be Mizbe'ach kodesh kodashim. |11| And thou shalt anoint the Kiyor and its Stand, and set it apart as kodesh. |12| And thou shalt bring near Aharon and his banim unto the Petach Ohel Mo'ed, and immerse them with mayim. |13| And thou shalt dress Aharon with the Bigdei Hakodesh, and anoint him, and set him apart as kodesh; that he may minister unto Me in the kohen's office. |14| And thou shalt bring near his banim, and dress them with kuttanot: |15| And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their av, that they may minister unto Me in the kohen's office: for their anointing shall surely be for them a kehunat olam throughout their dorot. |16| Thus did Moshe; according to all that Hashem commanded him, so did he. |17| And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the Mishkan was erected. |18| And Moshe erected the Mishkan, and fastened its sockets, and set up the kerashim thereof, and put in the crossbars thereof, and set up its ammudim. |19| And he spread the Ohel over the Mishkan, and put the Mikhseh of the Ohel on it from above; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |20| And he took and placed HaEdut (The Testimony, i.e., the Stone Tablets of the Ten Commandments) into HaAron, and set the carrying poles on the Aron, and put the Kapporet upon the Aron from above; |21| And he brought the Aron into the Mishkan, and set up the Parochet HaMasach, and shielded with a covering over the Aron HaEdut; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |22| And he put the Shulchan in the Ohel Mo'ed, upon the north side of the Mishkan, outside the Parochet. |23| And he set the Lechem in order upon it before Hashem; as Hashem had commanded Moshe. |24| And he put the Menorah in the Ohel Mo'ed, opposite the Shulchan, on the south side of the Mishkan. |25| And he set up the nerot (lamps) before Hashem; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |26| And he put the Mizbe'ach Hazahav in the Ohel Mo'ed before the Parochet; |27| And he burned ketoret spices thereon; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |28| And he set up the Masach HaPetach LaMishkan (Curtain of the Entrance of the Tabernacle). |29| And he put the Mizbe'ach HaOlah at the Petach Mishkan Ohel Mo'ed, and offered upon it the olah (burnt offering) and the minchah; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |30| And he set the Kiyor between the Ohel Mo'ed and the Mizbe'ach, and put mayim there, to wash withal. |31| And Moshe and Aharon and his banim washed their hands and their feet thereat; |32| When they went into the Ohel Mo'ed, and when they came near unto the Mizbe'ach, they washed; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |33| And he erected the khatzer (courtyard) all around the Mishkan and the Mizbe'ach, and set up the Masach Sha'ar HaKhatzer. So Moshe finished the work. |34| Then the Anan covered the Ohel Mo'ed, and the Kavod Hashem filled the Mishkan. |35| And Moshe was not able to enter into the Ohel Mo'ed, because the [Shekinah] cloud abode thereon, and the Kavod Hashem filled the Mishkan. |36| And when the Anan was taken up from over the Mishkan, the Bnei Yisroel went onward in all their journeys; |37| But if the Anan were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. |38| For the Anan Hashem was upon the Mishkan by day, and Eish was on it by night, in the sight of all the Bais Yisroel, throughout all their journeys. T.N. THE THEME OF GRACIOUS, UNMERITED DELIVERANCE AND SALVATION FOR AN AM KESHEH OREF (OBSTINATE STIFFNECKED PEOPLE) HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES. [VAYIKRA] VAYIKRA |||1|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, and spoke unto him out of the Ohel Mo'ed (Tent of Meeting, i.e., Tabernacle) saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring a korban unto Hashem, ye shall bring your korban of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. |3| If his korban be an olah (burnt sacrifice) of the herd, let him offer a zachar tamim (male without blemish); he shall offer it that he may be accepted at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed before Hashem. |4| And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the olah (burnt offering); and it shall be accepted for him to make kapparah for him. |5| And he shall slaughter (shachat) the young bull before Hashem; and the kohanim, Aharon's banim, shall bring the dahm, and sprinkle the dahm around upon the Mizbe'ach that is by the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. |6| And he shall skin the olah, and cut it into pieces. |7| And the Bnei Aharon the kohen shall put eish upon the Mizbe'ach, and lay the wood in order upon the eish; |8| And the kohanim, Aharon's banim, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the eish which is upon the Mizbe'ach: |9| But his innards and his legs shall he wash in mayim; and the kohen shall burn the whole on the Mizbe'ach, to be an olah, an offering made by eish, of a re'ach nicho'ach (sweet savour) unto Hashem. |10| And if his korban be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for an olah (burnt offering); he shall bring it a zachar tamim (male without blemish). |11| And he shall slaughter (shachat) it on the side of the Mizbe'ach northward before Hashem: and the kohanim, Aharon's banim, shall sprinkle his dahm around upon the Mizbe'ach. |12| And he shall cut it into pieces, with his head and his fat; and the kohen shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the eish which is upon the Mizbe'ach: |13| But he shall wash the innards and the legs with mayim; and the kohen shall bring the whole, and burn it upon the Mizbe'ach: it is an olah, an offering made by eish, of a re'ach nicho'ach (sweet savour) unto Hashem. |14| And if the olah for his korban to Hashem be of fowls, then he shall bring his korban of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. |15| And the kohen shall bring it unto the Mizbe'ach, and wring off his head, and burn it on the Mizbe'ach; and the dahm thereof shall be pressed out at the side of the Mizbe'ach: |16| And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the Mizbe'ach on the east side, by the place of the ashes: |17| And he shall tear it open with the wings thereof, but shall not tear it in half; and the kohen shall burn it upon the Mizbe'ach, upon the wood that is upon the eish; it is an olah, an offering made by eish, of a re'ach nicho'ach (sweet savour) unto Hashem. |||2|||And when a nefesh will offer a korban minchah unto Hashem, his korban shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour shemen upon it, and put incense thereon; |2| And he shall bring it to the Bnei Aharon the kohanim; and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the shemen thereof, with all the incense thereof; and the kohen shall burn the memorial portion of it upon the Mizbe'ach, to be an offering made by eish, of a re'ach nicho'ach unto Hashem; |3| And the remnant of the minchah shall belong to Aharon and his Banim; it is a kodesh kodashim of the offerings of Hashem made by eish. |4| And if thou bring a korban minchah baked in an oven, it shall be matzot cakes of fine flour mixed with shemen, or matzot wafers anointed with shemen. |5| And if thy korban minchah be on a pan, it shall be of fine flour matzot, mixed with shemen. |6| Thou shalt break it in pieces, and pour shemen thereon; it is a minchah. |7| And if thy korban minchah be in a deep pan, it shall be made of fine flour with shemen. |8| And thou shalt bring the minchah that is made of these things unto Hashem; and when it is presented unto the kohen, he shall bring it unto the Mizbe'ach. |9| And the kohen shall take from the minchah a memorial portion thereof, and shall burn it upon the Mizbe'ach; it is an offering made by eish, of a re'ach nicho'ach unto Hashem. |10| And that which is left of the minchah shall belong to Aharon and his Banim; it is a kodesh kodashim of the offerings of Hashem made by eish. |11| No minchah, which ye shall bring unto Hashem, shall be made with chametz; for ye shall burn no se'or, nor any devash, in any offering of Hashem made by eish. |12| As for the korban reshit (firstfruit offering), ye shall offer them unto Hashem; but they shall not be burned on the Mizbe'ach for a re'ach nicho'ach. |13| And every korban of thy minchah shalt thou season with melach; neither shalt thou suffer the melach Brit Eloheicha to be lacking from thy minchah; with every minchah of thine thou shalt offer melach. |14| And if thou offer a minchah of thy bikkurim unto Hashem, thou shalt offer for the minchah of thy bikkurim ripe ears of grain roasted by the eish, even meal ground from new grain. |15| And thou shalt put shemen upon it, and lay incense thereon; it is a minchah. |16| And the kohen shall burn the memorial portion of it, part of the ground grain thereof, and part of the shemen thereof, with all the incense thereof; it is an offering made by eish unto Hashem. |||3|||And if his korban be a zevach of shelamim, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a zachar or nekevah, he shall offer it tamim (without blemish) before Hashem. |2| And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his korban, and slaughter (shachat) it at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed; and Aharon's Banim the kohanim shall sprinkle the dahm upon the Mizbe'ach around. |3| And he shall offer of the zevach of the shelamim an offering made by eish unto Hashem; the chelev (fat) that covereth the innards, and all the chelev (fat) that is upon the innards, |4| And the two kidneys, and the chelev (fat) that is around them, which is by the loins, and the diaphragm with the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he remove. |5| And Aharon's Banim shall burn it on the Mizbe'ach upon the olah which is upon the wood that is on the eish; it is an offering made by eish, of a re'ach nicho'ach unto Hashem. |6| And if his korban for a zevach shelamim unto Hashem be of the flock; zachar or nekevah, he shall offer it tamim (without blemish). |7| If he offer a kesev (lamb) for his korban, then shall he offer it before Hashem. |8| And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his korban, and slaughter (shachat) it before the Ohel Mo'ed; and Aharon's Banim shall sprinkle the dahm thereof around upon the Mizbe'ach. |9| And he shall offer of the zevach hashelamim an offering made by eish unto Hashem; the chelev thereof, and the whole fat tail, it shall he remove by the backbone; and the chelev that covereth the innards, and all the chelev that is upon the innards, |10| And the two kidneys, and the chelev (fat) that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the diaphragm with the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he remove. |11| And the kohen shall burn it upon the Mizbe'ach; it is the lechem of the offering made by eish unto Hashem. |12| And if his korban be a goat, then he shall offer it before Hashem. |13| And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and slaughter (shachat) it before the Ohel Mo'ed; and the Bnei Aharon shall sprinkle the dahm thereof upon the Mizbe'ach round about. |14| And he shall offer thereof his korban, even an offering made by eish unto Hashem; the chelev (fat) that covereth the innards, and all the chelev (fat) that is upon the innards, |15| And the two kidneys, and the chelev (fat) that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the diaphragm above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he remove. |16| And the kohen shall burn them upon the Mizbe'ach; it is the lechem of the offering made by eish for a re'ach nicho'ach; all the chelev (fat) is Hashem's. |17| It shall be a chukkat olam for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither chelev (fat) nor dahm (blood). |||4|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, If a nefesh shall sin through ignorance (unintentionally) against any of the mitzvot of Hashem concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them; |3| If the Kohen HaMoshiach [anointed priest, i.e. Kohen Gadol; see Ps 110:4 on the Moshiach Kohen] do sin, bringing guilt upon the people; then let him bring for his chattat (sin), which he hath sinned, a young bull tamim (without blemish) unto Hashem for a chattat (sin offering). |4| And he shall bring the young bull unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed before Hashem; and shall lay his hand upon the young bull's head, and slaughter (shachat) the young bull before Hashem. |5| And the Kohen HaMoshiach shall take of the young bull's dahm, and bring it to the Ohel Mo'ed; |6| And the kohen shall dip his forefinger in the dahm, and sprinkle of the dahm seven times before Hashem, before the Parochet (curtain) of the Kodesh. |7| And the kohen shall put some of the dahm upon the horns of the Mizbe'ach Ketoret HaSammim (Altar of Fragrant Incense) before Hashem, which is in the Ohel Mo'ed; and shall pour the rest of the dahm of the young bull at the base of the Mizbe'ach HaOlah which is at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. |8| And he shall take off from it all the chelev (fat) of the young bull for the chattat (sin offering); the chelev (fat) that covereth the innards, and all the chelev (fat) that is upon the innards, |9| And the two kidneys, and the chelev (fat) that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the diaphragm above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he remove, |10| Just as it was removed from the ox of the zevach hashelamim; and the kohen shall burn them upon the Mizbe'ach HaOlah. |11| And the hide of the young bull, and all his basar, with his head, and with his legs, and his innards, and his dung, |12| Even the rest of the young bull shall he carry forth outside the machaneh unto a makom tahor, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with eish; where the ashes are poured out shall he be burned. |13| And if the kol Adat Yisroel sin through ignorance (unintentionally), and the thing be hid from the eyes of the Kahal (Assembly), and they have done any one thing against any of the mitzvot of Hashem concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; |14| When the chattat (sin), which they have sinned against it, is known, then the Kahal (Assembly) shall offer a young bull for the chattat (sin), and bring him before the Ohel Mo'ed. |15| And the Ziknei HaEdah shall lay their hands upon the head of the young bull before Hashem; and the young bull shall be slaughtered (shachat) before Hashem. |16| And the Kohen HaMoshiach [see Lv 4:3] shall bring of the young bull's dahm to the Ohel Mo'ed; |17| And the kohen shall dip his forefinger in some of the dahm, and sprinkle [see Isa 52:15] it seven times before Hashem, even before the Parochet (curtain). |18| And he shall put some of the dahm upon the horns of the Mizbe'ach which is before Hashem, that is in the Ohel Mo'ed, and shall pour out the rest of the dahm at the base of the Mizbe'ach HaOlah, which is at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. |19| And he shall remove all his chelev (fat) from him, and burn it upon the Mizbe'ach. |20| And he shall do with the young bull as he did with the young bull for a chattat (sin offering), so shall he do with this; and the kohen shall make kapporah for them, and it shall be forgiven them. |21| And he shall carry forth the young bull outside the machaneh, and burn him as he burned the first young bull; it is a chattat (sin offering) for the Kahal. |22| When a nasi hath sinned, and done something through ignorance against any of the mitzvot of Hashem Elohav concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; |23| Or if his chattat (sin), wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his korban, a male goat tamim (without blemish); |24| And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and slaughter (shachat) it in the place where they slaughter the olah (burnt offering) before Hashem; it is a chattat (sin offering). |25| And the kohen shall take of the dahm of the chattat (sin offering) with his forefinger, and put it upon the horns of the Mizbe'ach HaOlah, and shall pour out his dahm at the base of the Mizbe'ach HaOlah. |26| And he shall burn all his chelev (fat) upon the Mizbe'ach, as the chelev (fat) of the zevach hashelamim; and the kohen shall make kapporah for him as concerning his chattat (sin), and it shall be forgiven him. |27| And if a nefesh of the am ha'aretz sin through ignorance (unintentionally), while he doeth any thing against any of the mitzvot of Hashem concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; |28| Or if his chattat (sin), which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; then he shall bring his korban, a female goat, a temimah nekevah (a female without blemish), for his chattat (sin) which he hath sinned. |29| And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the chattat (sin offering), and slaughter (shachat) the chattat (sin offering) in the place of the olah (burnt offering). |30| And the kohen shall take of the dahm thereof with his forefinger, and put it upon the horns of the Mizbe'ach HaOlah, and shall pour out the rest of the dahm thereof at the base of the Mizbe'ach. |31| And he shall remove all the chelev (fat) thereof, as the chelev (fat) is removed from off the zevach hashelamim; and the kohen shall burn it upon the Mizbe'ach for a re'ach nicho'ach unto Hashem; and the kohen shall make kapporah for him, and it shall be forgiven him. |32| And if he bring a keves (lamb) for a chattat (sin offering), he shall bring it a nekevah temimah (female without blemish). |33| And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the chattat (sin offering), and slaughter (shachat) it for a chattat (sin offering) in the place where they slaughter the olah (burnt offering). |34| And the kohen shall take of the dahm of the chattat (sin offering) with his forefinger, and put it upon the horns of the Mizbe'ach HaOlah (Altar of Burnt Offering), and shall pour out the rest of the dahm thereof at the base of the Mizbe'ach; |35| And he shall remove all the chelev (fat) thereof, just as the chelev (fat) of the keves (lamb) is taken away from the zevach hashelamim (sacrifice of the peace offerings); and the kohen shall burn them upon the Mizbe'ach, according to the offerings made by eish unto Hashem; and the kohen shall make kapporah for his chattat (sin) that he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. |||5|||And if a nefesh sin, after he hears a public adjuration to give testimony, and he is an ed (witness), whether he hath seen or known of it; if he does not utter it, then he shall bear his avon (iniquity). |2| Or if a nefesh touch anything tamei (unclean), whether it be a nivlat chayyah teme'ah (carcass of an unclean beast), or a nivlat behemah teme'ah (carcass of unclean livestock), or the nivlat sheretz tamei (carcass of unclean creeping things), and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be tamei, and guilty. |3| Or if he touch the tumat adam (uncleanness of man), whatsoever tumah it be that a man shall be made unclean therewith, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. |4| Or if a nefesh swear, rashly pronouncing with his lips to do harah, or to do hatov, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with a shevuah (oath), and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. |5| And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that v'hitvaddah (he shall confess) that he hath sinned in that thing; |6| And he shall bring his asham (penalty, trespass offering) unto Hashem for his chattat (sin) which he hath sinned, a nekevah from the flock, a lamb or a female goat, for a chattat (sin offering); and the kohen shall make kapporah for him concerning his chattat. |7| And if he be not able to afford a seh (lamb), then he shall bring for his asham (guilt offering, SEE SANHEDRIN 98B ON ISA 53; SEE ISA 53:10 WHICH SAYS THAT MOSHIACH'S SELF-OFFERING WILL BE AN ASHAM FOR HIS PEOPLE, CF ISA 53:8), which he hath sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto Hashem; one for a chattat (sin offering), and the other for an olah (burnt offering). |8| And he shall bring them unto the kohen, who shall offer that which is for the chattat (sin offering) first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not separate it; |9| And he shall sprinkle of the dahm of the chattat (sin offering) upon the side of the Mizbe'ach; and the rest of the dahm shall be pressed out at the base of the Mizbe'ach; it is a chattat (sin offering). |10| And he shall offer the second for an olah (burnt offering), according to the mishpat (prescribed manner); and the kohen shall make kapporah for him for his chattat (sin) which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. |11| But if he be not able to afford two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his korban the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a chattat (sin offering); he shall put no shemen upon it, neither shall he put any incense thereon; for it is a chattat (sin offering). |12| Then shall he bring it to the kohen, and the kohen shall take his handful of it, even a memorial portion thereof, and burn it on the Mizbe'ach, according to the offerings made by eish unto Hashem; it is a chattat (sin offering). |13| And the kohen shall make kapporah for him as touching his chattat (sin) that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him; and the remnant shall be the kohen's, like the minchah. |14|And Hashem spoke unto Moshe saying, 15| If a nefesh commit a ma'al (trespass), and sin through ignorance (unintentionally), in the holy things of Hashem; then he shall bring for his asham unto Hashem a ram tamim [SEE GN 22:13 ON THE VICARIOUS ASPECT OF THE SUBSTITUTIONARY ATONEMENT AND COMPARE ISA 53:5,8] out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of kesef, after the Shekel HaKodesh (the Shekel of the Sanctuary), for an asham (trespass or guilt offering). |16| And he shall make restitution in regard to the holy thing in which he was remiss, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the kohen; and the kohen shall make kapporah for him with the ram of the asham (trespass offering), and it shall be forgiven him. |17| And if a nefesh sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the mitzvot Hashem; though he know it not, yet he is guilty, and shall bear his avon (iniquity). |18| And he shall bring a ram tamim out of the flock, with thy estimation, for an asham (trespass offering) unto the kohen; and the kohen shall make kapporah for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and knew it not and it shall be forgiven him. |19| It is an asham (trespass offering); he hath certainly trespassed against Hashem. [SEE ISAIAH 53:10 ON MOSHIACH'S ASHAM OFFERING FOR ISRAEL-ISAIAH 53:8]. [TZAV] |||6|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2(5:21)|If a nefesh sin and commit a ma'al (trespass) against Hashem, and deceives his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or entrusted to his care, or in a thing stolen, or hath cheated his neighbor, |3 (5:22)| Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth with sheker (falsely); in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein; |4 (5:23)| Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is ashem (guilty), that he shall return that which he had stolen, or the thing which he hath extorted, or that which was delivered unto his trust, or the lost thing which is found, |5(5:24)| Or all that about which he hath sworn lasheker (falsely); he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his asham (trespass offering). |6(5:25)| And he shall bring his asham (trespass offering) unto Hashem, a ram tamim (without blemish) out of the flock, with thy estimation, for an asham (trespass offering), unto the kohen; |7(5:26)|And the kohen shall make kapporah for him before Hashem; and it shall be forgiven him for anything of all that he hath done that made him guilty. |8(6:1)| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |9(6:2)|Command Aharon and his Banim, saying, This is the Torat HaOlah: It is the olah (burnt offering) that is to stay on the flame upon the Mizbe'ach kol halailah unto the boker, and the eish of the Mizbe'ach must be burning on it. |10 (6:3)| And the kohen shall put on his linen tunic, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his basar, and remove the ashes which the eish hath consumed with the olah (burnt offering) on the Mizbe'ach, and he shall put them beside the Mizbe'ach. |11 (6:4)| And he shall take off his garments, and put on begadim acherim (other garments), and carry forth the ashes outside the machaneh unto a makom tahor. |12 (6:5)| And the eish upon the Mizbe'ach shall be burning in it; it must not go out; and the kohen shall burn wood on it every boker, and arrange the olah (burnt offering) upon it; and he must burn thereon the chelvei HaShelamim (fat of the peace offerings). |13 (6:6)| The eish must ever be burning upon the Mizbe'ach; it shall never go out. |14 (6:7)| And this is the Torat HaMinchah: the Bnei Aharon shall offer it before Hashem, before the Mizbe'ach. |15 (6:8)| And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the minchah, and of the shemen thereof, and all the incense which is upon the minchah, and shall burn it upon the Mizbe'ach for a re'ach nicho'ach, even the memorial portion of it, unto Hashem. |16 (6:9)| And the remainder thereof shall Aharon and his Banim eat: with matzot shall it be eaten in the makom kadosh; in the khatzer (courtyard) of the Ohel Mo'ed they shall eat it. |17 (6:10)| It shall not be baked with chametz. I have given it unto them for their chelek (allotted share, portion) of My offerings made by eish; it is kodesh kodashim, like the chattat (sin offering), and like the asham (trespass offering). |18 (6:11)| Any of the zachar among the Bnei Aharon shall eat of it. It shall be a chok olam in your dorot concerning the offerings of Hashem made by eish; every one that toucheth them shall be kodesh. |19 (6:12)| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |20 (6:13)| This is the korban of Aharon and of his Banim, which they shall offer unto Hashem in the Yom Himmashach (Day he is anointed, i.e., assumes office, seven-day ordination); the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a continual minchah, half of it in the boker, and half thereof at erev. |21 (6:14)| In a pan it shall be made with shemen; and when it is scalded, thou shalt bring it in; and the repeatedly baked minchah, broken in pieces, shalt thou offer for a re'ach nicho'ach unto Hashem. |22 (6:15)| And the kohen of his Banim that is hamoshiach (the anointed) to succeed him shall offer it; it is a chok olam unto Hashem; it shall be completely burned. |23 (6:16) | For every minchah for the kohen shall be completely burned; it shall not be eaten. |24 (6:17)| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |25 (6:18)| Speak unto Aharon and to his Banim, saying, This is the Torat HaChattat: In the place where the olah (burnt offering) is slaughtered (shachat) shall the chattat (sin offering) be slaughtered before Hashem; it is kodesh kodashim. |26 (6:19)| The kohen that offereth it for sin shall eat it; in the makom kadosh shall it be eaten, in the khatzer (courtyard) of the Ohel Mo'ed. |27 (6:20)| Everything that touches the basar thereof shall be kodesh; and when there is sprinkled of the dahm thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the makom kadosh. |28 (6:21)| But the clay keli (vessel) wherein it is boiled must be broken; and if it be boiled in a keli nechoshet (copper vessel), it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in mayim. |29 (6:22)| Any of the zachar among the kohanim shall eat thereof; it is kodesh kodashim. |30 (6:23)| And no chattat (sin offering), whereof any of the dahm is brought into the Ohel Mo'ed to make kapporah therewith in the Kodesh (holy place), shall be eaten; it shall be burned in the eish.[T.N. BEFORE READING THE NEXT CHAPTER IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS PORTION EMPHASIZES THE PROPER WAY OF APPROACHING THE SOVEREIGN HASHEM ELOHIM IN TERMS OF THE SINAI COVENANT MANDATE. THE VICTIM OFFERED BY THE KOHEN HAD TO BE WITHOUT FLAW (SEE THE PREFACE ON THE FLAWLESS BEN ELOHIM BEN DOVID MOSHIACH BORN OF HAALMAH). AND WHEN HANDS WERE LAID ON THE VICTIM IT BECAME A SUBSTITUTE POINTING TOWARD A VICARIOUS KAPPARAH ATONEMENT. WITH THE TOUCH OF THE KOHEN'S HANDS AND THE EMUNAH (FAITH) OF THE BELIEVER, THE SIN TRANSFERS TO THE VICTIM WHOSE BLOODY DEATH EXPIATES (REMOVES) THE SIN FROM THE SINNER AND PROPITIATES (APPEASES, PACIFIES) THE WRATH OR ANGER OF HASHEM AGAINST SIN. THUS THE SIN IS COVERED OR ATONED FOR. IN LEVITICUS 4:1-3 WE SEE THAT SIN DOESN'T GET OFF SCOT-FREE...SOME BODY HAS TO PAY. WE SEE THE BULL COME FORWARD TO PAY, JUST AS LATER WE SEE THE PERFECT VICTIM, THE FILIAL DEVAR HASHEM MOSHIACH BEN DOVID COME FORWARD TO PAY. IN I CHRONICLES CHAPTER 21 WE SEE THAT THE BAIS DOVID HAS TO PAY, BECAUSE DOVID NUMBERS THE PEOPLE. THE YAD HASHEM WILL FALL ON MOSHIACH [COMPARE I CHRONICLES 21:17 WITH YESHAYAH (ISAIAH) 53:10]. IN YESHAYAH WE READ "KEE NEEGZAR MAY-ERETZ CHAYYIM MEE-PAYSHAH AMEE." THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS (1QISAB ) PROVES THAT THESE WORDS WRITTEN BY THE 8TH CENTURY B.C.E. JEWISH PROPHET ISAIAH AND FOUND IN THE TANAKH ARE AUTHENTIC WORDS FROM THE HOLY JEWISH SCRIPTURES, HIS ACTUAL WORDS THAT WERE NOT LOST IN TRANSCRIPTION DOWN THROUGH THE CENTURIES. FURTHERMORE, TRACTATE SANHEDRIN 98B IN THE TALMUD PROVES THAT THESE WORDS ARE SPEAKING NOT ABOUT ISRAEL BUT ABOUT MOSHIACH. RAMBAN AND ABARBANEL ALSO SPEAK OF ISAIAH 53 AS REFERRING TO THE MOSHIACH. LIKEWISE RASHI IN HIS COMMENTARY ON THE GEMARA (SANHEDRIN 98B). THE TORAH FIRMLY STATES THAT PROPHETIC CANONICAL UTTERANCES WERE NOT THE WORDS OF A MERE MAN, BUT "THE RUACH ELOHIM (SPIRIT OF G-D) CAME UPON HIM" (BAMIDBAR [NUMBERS] 24:2). THEREFORE, TO REJECT THE SIX WORDS "KEE NEEGZAR MAY-ERETZ CHAYYIM MEE- PAYSHAH AMEE." IS TO REJECT G-D'S WORDS AND ALSO G-D HIMSELF. NOW, SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE SIX WORDS, DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN? "KEE" MEANS "FOR." "NEEGZAR" MEANS "HE WAS CUT OFF, EXCLUDED, SEPARATED" AND THIS WORD COMES FROM GIMEL-ZAYINRESH, ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD HEBREW/ENGLISH LEXICON OF BROWN, DRIVER, AND BRIGGS, PAGE 160. "MAY-ERETZ CHAYYIM" MEANS "FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING." TO SAY THAT HE WAS CUT OFF OR EXCLUDED OR SEPARATED FROM THE LAND OF THE LIVING IS A WAY OF SAYING THAT HE DIED. WHO DIED? MOSHIACH DIED. WHY DID HE DIE? "MEE-PAYSHA AMEE," "FOR THE TRANSGRESSION OF MY PEOPLE." MOSHIACH DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. IF ANYONE CLAIMS TO BE JEWISH AND ASSERTS THAT HE OR SHE IS PART OF ISAIAH'S PEOPLE ("MY [JEWISH] PEOPLE"), THAT CLAIMANT MUST ALSO ADMIT AND ACCEDE TO THE FIRST PART OF THE VERSE, ISAIAH 53:8, THAT MOSHIACH DIED FOR HIS OR HER SINS. MOSHIACH DIED FOR THE SINS OF MY [JEWISH] PEOPLE. THIS IS WHAT THE SIX WORDS ARE SAYING. A PERSON CAN FIGHT THESE WORDS, HE CAN TRY TO TWIST THE MEANING OF THESE WORDS, HE CAN RUN FROM THESE WORDS, BUT THE WORDS THEMSELVES WILL NEVER GO AWAY. THEY ARE ETERNAL WORDS. THEY ARE THE WORDS OF ALMIGHTY G-D. AND THESE WORDS LEAVE ONE WITH ONLY ONE CHOICE: TURN FROM REBELLION AND SINFUL UNBELIEF TO TRUST THESE WORDS OR DIE IN ONE'S UNBELIEF AND REBELLION AGAINST THESE WORDS. IN LEVITICUS 4:15 WE SEE THE ELDERS OF THE COMMUNITY (ZIKNEI HAEDAH) LAY THEIR HANDS UPON THE HEAD, JUST AS LATER THEY UNWITTINGLY LAID THEIR HANDS UPON THE HEAD OF MOSHIACH BEN DOVID BEN ELOHIM THE DEVAR HASHEM, THE LAMB OF G-D. IN THIS RESPECT THE MOSHIACH'S AKEDAH (BINDING) AND DEATH BECAME NOT ONLY AN ASHAM, BUT ALSO A CHATTAT--THAT IS, A SIN OFFERING FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. IN FACT, ALL OF THE SACRIFICES FIND THEIR FULFILLMENT IN THE DEATH OF MOSHIACH. ON YOM KIPPUR, THE KOHEN GADOL LAYS BOTH OF HIS HANDS ON THE HEAD OF THE VICTIM, CONFESSES OVER IT ALL THE PERVERSE SINS AND TRANSGRESSIONS OF THE PEOPLE, THUS TRANSFERRING THEM ONTO THE HEAD OF THE DOOMED VICTIM, WHICH WILL BEAR (NASA) THEM AWAY OUTSIDE THE CAMP TO THE WILDERNESS WHERE THE VICTIM WILL DIE (NOTICE LEVITICUS 16:22 AND ISAIAH 53:12 "HE BORE AWAY OR CARRIED AWAY [NASA] THE SIN OF MANY, I.E. LIKE A SA'IR L'AZAZEL YOM KIPPUR SCAPEGOAT.") WHEN YOU WATCH MOSHIACH STRUGGLING WITH HIS BURDEN DOWN THE VIA DOLOROSA YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT THE BURDEN HE IS CARRYING AWAY IS YOUR BURDEN OF SIN. ONLY A FOOL WOULD WANT TO KEEP HIS SMELLY GARBAGE WHEN THE GARBAGE TRUCK COMES BY TO CARRY IT AWAY. HOW PROUD WE ARE WITH OUR GARBAGE, AND HOW HUMBLE HE WAS TO BE OUR GARBAGE MAN. THE MOSHIACH-KOHEN THAT KING DOVID FORETOLD IN PSALM 110 IS THE ONE WHO OFFERED THE KORBAN OF HIS NEFESH (ISAIAH 53:10), MAKING KAPPORAH FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD, SPRINKLING MANY NATIONS (ISAIAH 52:15). WE ARE SPEAKING OF THE PORTENTOUS KOHEN ZECHARIAH ALSO IDENTIFIED WITH THE MOSHIACH IN ZECHARIAH 3:8; 6:11-12-THE VERY ONE EZRA CALLED YESHUA IN EZRA 3:8. HE IS THE ONE WHO IS AVDI TZEMACH, MOSHIACH SHMO, YEHOSHUA, THE NAMESAKE (A PERSON HAVING THE SAME NAME AS ANOTHER) OF MOSHIACH. THIS POST-EXILIC KOHEN GADOL IN CHARGE OF THE BUILDING OF THE SECOND TEMPLE POINTS US FORWARD BY HIS PERSON AND HIS PERSONAL NAME TO THE COMING MOSHIACH, YEHOSHUA OR YESHUA. |||7|||Likewise this is the Torat HaAsham: it is kodesh kodashim. |2| In the place where they slaughter (shachat) the olah (burnt offering) shall they slaughter the asham (trespass offering); and the dahm thereof shall he sprinkle around upon the Mizbe'ach. |3| And he shall offer of it all the chelev thereof; the tail, and the chelev that covereth the innards, |4| And the two kidneys, and the chelev that is on them, which is on the flanks, and the diaphragm that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he remove; |5| And the kohen shall burn them upon the Mizbe'ach for an offering made by eish unto Hashem; it is an asham (trespass offering). |6| Every zachar among the kohanim shall eat thereof; it shall be eaten in the makom kadosh; it is kodesh kodashim. |7| As the chattat (sin offering) is, so is the asham (trespass offering); there is one torah for them both; the kohen that maketh kapporah therewith shall have it. |8| And the kohen that offereth any man's olah the kohen shall have for himself the hide of the olah which he hath offered. |9| And all the minchah that is baked in the oven, and all that is prepared in the deep pan, and in the shallow pan, shall be the kohen's that offereth it. |10| And every minchah, mixed with shemen, or dry, shall all the Bnei Aharon have, each equal with achiv (his brother). |11| And this is the Torat Zevach HaShelamim, which he shall offer unto Hashem. |12| If he offer it for a todah, then he shall offer with the zevach hatodah challos matzot mixed with shemen, and matzot wafers anointed with shemen, and challos mixed with scalded fine flour mixed with shemen. |13| Besides the challos, he shall offer for his korban lechem chametz with the zevach todah of his shelamim. |14| And of it he shall offer one cake from each korban for a terumah (contribution) unto Hashem, and it shall be the kohen's that sprinkleth the dahm of the shelamim (peace offerings). |15| And the basar of the zevach todat shelamim of him shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the boker. |16| But if the zevach of his korban be a neder, or a nedavah, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his zevach; and on the following day also the remainder of it shall be eaten; |17| But the remainder of the basar of the zevach on the yom hashelishi shall be burned with eish. |18| And if any of the basar of the zevach of his shelamim be eaten at all on the yom hashelishi, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed (credited) unto him that offereth it; it shall be piggul, and the nefesh that eateth of it shall have his avon to bear. |19| And the basar that toucheth any thing tamei shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with eish; and as for the basar, all that be tahor shall eat thereof. |20| But the nefesh that eateth of the basar of the zevach hashelamim, that pertain unto Hashem, having his tumah upon him, even that nefesh shall be cut off from his people. |21| Moreover the nefesh that shall touch any thing tamei, as the tumat adam (uncleanness of man, human contamination), or any behemah temeiah (contaminated animal [carcass]) or sheketz tamei (unclean abomination), and eat of the basar of the zevach hashelamim which pertain unto Hashem, even that nefesh shall be cut off from his people. |22| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |23| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of chelev, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. |24| And the chelev of the nevelah, the beast that dieth of itself, and the chelev of the terefah, may be used in any other use; but ye shall in no wise eat of it. |25| For whosoever eateth the chelev of the behemah, of which men offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem, even the nefesh that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. |26| Moreover ye shall eat no manner of dahm, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your moshevot (dwellings). |27| Whatsoever nefesh it be that eateth any manner of dahm, even that nefesh shall be cut off from his people. |28| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |29| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, He that offereth the zevach shelamim of him unto Hashem shall bring his korban unto Hashem of the zevach shelamim of him. |30| His own hands shall bring the offerings of Hashem made by eish, the chelev with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a tenufah before Hashem. |31| And the kohen shall burn the chelev upon the Mizbe'ach; but the breast shall belong to Aharon and his Banim. |32| And the right thigh shall ye give unto the kohen for a terumah (raised up offering) of the zevakhim of your shelamim. |33| He among the Bnei Aharon, that offereth the dahm hashelamim and the chelev (fat), shall have the right thigh for his part. |34| For the breast of the waving (tenufah) and the thigh of the terumah (raising) I have taken of the Bnei Yisroel from the zevakhim of their shelemim, and have given them unto Aharon the kohen and unto his Banim by a chok olam from among the Bnei Yisroel. |35| This is the anointed portion of Aharon, and the anointed portion of his Banim, out of the offerings of Hashem made by eish, in the day when he presented them to minister unto Hashem in the kohen's office; |36| Which Hashem commanded to be given them of the Bnei Yisroel, in the day that He anointed them, by a chukkat olam throughout their dorot. |37| This is the torah of the olah (burnt offering), of the minchah (grain offering), and of the chattat (sin offering), and of the asham (trespass offering), and of the ordination offerings, and of the zevach hashelamim (sacrifice of the peace offerings); |38| Which Hashem commanded Moshe on Mt. Sinai, in the day that He commanded the Bnei Yisroel to offer their korbanot unto Hashem, in the Sinai Desert. |||8|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Take Aharon and his Banim with him, and the garments, and the shemen hamishchah (anointing oil), and a bull for the chattat (sin offering), and two rams, and a basket of matzot; |3| And gather thou Kol HaEdah together unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. |4| And Moshe did as Hashem commanded him; and HaEdah (the Assembly) was gathered together unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. |5| And Moshe said unto HaEdah, This is the thing which Hashem commanded to be done. |6| And Moshe brought Aharon and his Banim, and immersed them with mayim. |7| And he put upon him the Kesones [see Yn 19:23], and girded him with the Avnet (Sash), and clothed him with the Me'il (Robe), and put the Ephod upon him, and he girded him with the Cheishev (Belt) of the Ephod, and fastened it unto him therewith. |8| And he put the Choshen (Breastplate) upon him; also he put in the Choshen the Urim and the Tummim. |9| And he put the Mitznefet (Turban) upon his head; also upon the Mitznefet (Turban) toward his face did he put the Tzitz (Headplate), the Nezer Hakodesh (Holy Diadem); as Hashem commanded Moshe. |10| And Moshe took the Shemen HaMishchah, and anointed the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and all that was therein and he set them apart as kodesh. |11| And he sprinkled thereof upon the Mizbe'ach seven times, and anointed the Mizbe'ach and all its utensils, both the Kiyor (Laver) and its stand, to set them apart as kodesh. |12| And he poured of the Shemen HaMishchah upon Aharon's head, and anointed him, to set him apart as kodesh. |13| And Moshe brought the Bnei Aharon, and put Kuttonot upon them, and girded them with Sashes, and put Migba'ot (headbands) upon them; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |14| And he brought the bull for the chattat (sin offering); and Aharon and his Banim laid their hands upon the head of the bull for the chattat (sin offering). |15| And he slaughtered (shachat) it; and Moshe took the dahm, and put it upon the horns of the Mizbe'ach around with his forefinger, and purified the Mizbe'ach, and poured the dahm at the base of the Mizbe'ach, and set it apart as kodesh, to make kapporah for it. |16| And he took all the chelev (fat) that was upon the innards, and the diaphragm above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their chelev (fat), and Moshe burned it upon the Mizbe'ach. |17| But the bull, and its hide, its basar, and its dung, he burned with eish outside the machaneh; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |18| And he brought the ram for the olah (burnt offering); and Aharon and his Banim laid their hands upon the head of the ram. |19| And he slaughtered (shachat) it; and Moshe sprinkled the dahm upon the Mizbe'ach around. |20| And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moshe burned the head, and the pieces, and the chelev (fat). |21| And he washed the innards and the legs in mayim; and Moshe burned the whole ram upon the Mizbe'ach; it was an olah for a re'ach nicho'ach, and an offering made by eish unto Hashem; just as Hashem commanded Moshe. |22| And he brought the other ram, the ram of ordination; and Aharon and his Banim laid their hands upon the head of the ram. |23| And he slaughtered (shachat) it; and Moshe took of the dahm of it, and put it upon the lobe of Aharon's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the bohen of his right foot. |24| And he brought Aharon's Banim, and Moshe put of the dahm upon the lobe of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the bohen of their right feet: and Moshe sprinkled the dahm upon the Mizbe'ach around. |25| And he took the chelev (fat), and the tail, and all the chelev (fat) that was upon the innards, and the diaphragm above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their chelev (fat), and the right thigh: |26| And out of the basket of matzot, that was before Hashem, he took one challat matzot, and a loaf of oiled lechem, and one wafer, and put them on the chelavim, and upon the right thigh: |27| And he put all upon Aharon's hands, and upon the hands of his Banim, and waved them for a tenufah (wave offering) before Hashem. |28| And Moshe took them from off their hands, and burned them on the Mizbe'ach upon the olah (burnt offering); they were ordination offerings for a re'ach nicho'ach; it is an offering made by eish unto Hashem. |29| And Moshe took the breast, and waved it for a tenufah before Hashem: it was Moshe's share of the ram of ordination; just as Hashem commanded Moshe. |30| And Moshe took of the shemen hamishchah, and of the dahm which was upon the Mizbe'ach, and sprinkled it upon Aharon, and upon his garments, and upon his Banim, and upon the garments of his Banim with him; and he set apart as kodesh Aharon, and his garments, and his Banim, and the garments of his Banim with him. |31| And Moshe said unto Aharon and to his Banim, Cook the basar at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed: and there eat it with the lechem that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, Aharon and his Banim shall eat it. |32| And that which remaineth of the basar and of the lechem shall ye burn with eish. |33| And ye shall not go out of the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed in seven days, until the days of your ordination be at an end: for seven days shall he fill your hand [consecrate you in ordination as kohanim]. |34| As he hath done this day, so Hashem hath commanded to do, to make kapporah for you. |35| Therefore shall ye abide at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed yomam valailah seven days and be shomer over the mishmeret (charge) of Hashem, that ye die not: for so I have been commanded. |36| So Aharon and his Banim did all things which Hashem commanded by the hand of Moshe. T.N. MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT JUDAISM USED TO BE A "PROSELYTIZING" RELIGION, AND THAT LEADERS OF JUDAISM WERE BOTH ZEALOUS AND HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AT MAKING PROSELYTES. IN FACT, SO NUMEROUS WERE THE PROSELYTES IN BIBLICAL TIMES THAT THERE IS EVEN A TERM IN SCRIPTURE FOR CONVERSION TO JUDAISM - MITYAHADIM (SEE ESTHER 8:17). THE RABBIS KNEW THAT JUDAISM WAS NOT MERELY A NARROW, NATIONAL RELIGION. THE TALMUD SAYS THAT THE TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM WERE FREELY MEANT FOR ALL MANKIND (SEE BABYLONIAN TALMUD, SHABBATH 146A, WHERE DEVARIM 29:13- 14 [14-15] IS QUOTED AS REFERRING TO PROSELYTES). AND JUST AS GENTILES WERE SAVED IN NOAH'S ARK, SO RUTH WAS ALSO BROUGHT UNDER HASHEM'S WINGS (RUTH 2:12). IN THE HIGH HOLY DAY PRAYERBOOK, WE READ ON ROSH HASHANAH "ALSO NOAH THOU DIDST REMEMBER IN LOVE, AND DIDST REMEMBER HIM WITH A PROMISE OF SALVATION AND MERCY, WHEN THOU DIDST SEND THE FLOOD TO DESTROY ALL CREATURES BECAUSE OF THEIR EVIL DEEDS. SO HIS REMEMBRANCE CAME BEFORE THEE, O L-RD OUR G-D TO INCREASE HIS SEED LIKE THE DUST OF THE EARTH AND HIS OFFSPRING LIKE THE SAND OF THE SEA." SO HOPE IS HELD OUT THAT THE RIGHTEOUS GENTILES OF THE WORLD WILL HAVE A SHARE IN THE WORLD TO COME. IN FACT, ACCORDING TO ANCIENT TRADITION, THE FIRST PROSELYTES TO THE JEWISH FAITH WERE ABRAHAM AND SARAH, AND THROUGH THEIR DESCENDANTS G-D INTENDED TO PROSELYTIZE THE NATIONS (SEE ALSO MATTHEW 28:19). FOR A FEW OTHER TEXTS OF MANY IN THE SCRIPTURES ON THE UNIVERSAL SCOPE OF THE JEWISH FAITH, SEE PS 22:27; ISAIAH 45:22; 66:23; ZECHARIAH 14:16. OF COURSE, JUDAISM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MESSIANIC JUDAISM, CHANGED WHEN THE RABBIS TOOK OVER UNDER YOCHANAN BEN ZAKKAI IN YAVNEH NEAR JAFFA IN ISRAEL AND CREATED AFTER 70 C.E. A POST-TEMPLE, NON-PRIESTLY FORM OF JUDAISM LACKING BLOOD SACRIFICE AND A BEIS HAMIKDASH. IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED HERE THAT IT IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKES ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL (LEV.17:11) AND THAT ABEL'S OFFERING FROM THE FIRSTBORN OF HIS FLOCK WAS LOOKED ON WITH FAVOR BY HASHEM, BUT A BLOODLESS RELIGION AND WORSHIP WITHOUT BLOOD ATONEMENT WAS NOT LOOKED ON WITH FAVOR (SEE GEN.4:4-5). G-D SAYS, "WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD, I WILL PASS OVER YOU" (EXOD.12:13). TO LACK FAITH IN GEN.22:8; EXO.12:5-13; ISAIAH 53:7 AND IN MOSHIACH'S NECESSARY SACRIFICE, AND THEN TO CREATE A RELIGION WHERE, GRATUITOUSLY, BLOOD SACRIFICE IS ASSUMED NOT NECESSARY, IS TO CHANGE THE RELIGION OF JUDAISM, THE RELIGION OF MOSES. MESSIANIC JUDAISM HAS NOT CHANGED JUDAISM AND IS TRUE JUDAISM. RABBINIC JUDAISM HAS CHANGED JUDAISM. THIS CHANGE OCCURRED AFTER 70 C.E., MAKING RABBINIC JUDAISM A FORM OF RELIGION THAT POST-DATES MESSIANIC JUDAISM. NOT ONLY DOES IT LACK BIBLICAL WARRANT FOR MANY OF ITS TENETS OF FAITH, BUT ALSO THE FACT IS THAT THE RABBIS HAVE COOLED OFF IN THEIR ZEAL TO WIN CONVERTS. HOWEVER, MOSHIACH'S JUDAISM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROSELYTIZING FAITH, EAGER TO SHARE THE BLESSINGS OF JUDAISM WITH THE WHOLE WORLD. IN OUR OWN ERA, MILLIONS OF ADHERENTS TO MOSHIACH'S JUDAISM, INCLUDING BOTH JEWS AND NONJEWS FROM EVERY CULTURE AND COUNTRY, HAVE BECOME REGENERATED SPIRITUAL CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND GENUINE PROSELYTES TO ABRAHAM'S FAITH. FOR TRUE COMMITMENT TO JUDAISM CAN ONLY BE THROUGH TRUE COMMITMENT TO THE MOSHIACH OF JUDAISM, MOSHIACH ADONEINU. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL JEWS NOR ALL GOYIM HAVE BEEN WILLING TO BECOME PROSELYTES TO MOSHIACH BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IS WILLING TO COMMIT HIMSELF TO MOSHIACH. AND MANY WHO HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO MOSHIACH ADONEINU ARE EVEN IGNORANT OF THE FACT THAT WHAT THEY CALL "THE RELIGION OF MESSIAH" IS REALLY MOSHIACH'S JUDAISM THAT GOYIM HAVE ADAPTED TO THEIR OWN CULTURE. NEVERTHELESS, THE FAITH OF THE BRIT CHADASHA IS STILL THE TRUE, BIBLICAL FAITH OF MOSHIACH, WHETHER EVERY BELIEVER IN MOSHIACH ADONEINU REALIZES IT OR NOT. SCRIPTURALLY, A JEW IS ANYONE LIKE RUTH THE MOABITESS WHO HAS RENOUNCED IDOLATRY AND THROWN IN HIS OR HER LOT WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE ONE TRUE G-D. THEREFORE, WHEN A GENTILE LADY NAMED RUTH CLUNG TO NAOMI AND NAOMI'S G-D, RUTH BECAME A JEWESS, EVEN QUALIFYING TO BECOME THE GREAT- GRANDMOTHER OF KING DAVID. HOWEVER, HISTORICALLY, THESE THREE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE RECEPTION OF PROSELYTES TO JUDAISM: 1) CIRCUMCISION (THE BRIS MILAH), 2) COMPLETE IMMERSION (THE TEVILAH) IN A MIKVEH RITUAL BATH, AND 3) A SACRIFICE (SEE NUMBERS 15:14 AND BABYLONIAN TALMUD, KERITHOTH 9A.) THIS BLOOD SACRIFICE (AN OFFERING BY FIRE) WAS BURNED ON THE ALTAR AND WAS INDISPENSABLE AT THE TIME THE BEIS HAMIKDASH STOOD, AND POINTS PROPHETICALLY ALONG WITH ALL SACRIFICE TO THE REPENTANT PROSELYTE'S NEED FOR A BLOOD ATONEMENT KAPPARAH. RABBI JUDAH THE PATRIARCH ("RABBENU HAKADOSH") COMPARED THIS THREE-FOLD ADMISSION INTO JUDAISM AS REMINISCENT OF THE BIBLICAL HISTORY OF ISRAEL, A NATION CIRCUMCISED BEFORE LEAVING EGYPT (JOSHUA 5:2), IMMERSED IN THE DESERT IN A HOLY WASHING (EXODUS 19:10), AND SPRINKLED WITH THE BLOOD OF A COVENANT SACRIFICE (EXODUS 24:3-8) [SEE SIFRA, AHARE PEREK 12]. NEVERTHELESS, THE CENTRAL RITUAL OF ADMITTANCE INTO THE FAITH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TEVILAH OF WATER IMMERSION. THE PROSELYTE'S BLOOD SACRIFICE BECAME IMPOSSIBLE, EXCEPT IN MOSHIACH'S SELF-OFFERING, AFTER THE BEIS HAMIKDASH WAS DESTROYED. FURTHERMORE, SINCE WOMEN CONVERTS TO JUDAISM OUTNUMBERED MEN, CIRCUMCISION COULD HARDLY BECOME THE CHIEF RITE OF ENTRY INTO JUDAISM. THEREFORE, THE ONE CONSPICUOUS THING THAT ALL CONVERTS HAD TO DO TO JOIN AVRAHAM'S FAMILY AND FAITH WAS TO GET IMMERSED IN WATER. HE OR SHE HAD TO SUBMIT TO A TEVILAH TO BECOME PART OF THE KEHUNNAT KODESH (2K 2:5 OJBC). IN CHAPTER 8 OF LEVITICUS WE SEE THE MIKVEH MAYIM OF THE KEHUNAH INDUCTION PREFIGURING THE BRIT CHADASHA TEVILAH OF THE MA'AMINIM HAMESHICHIYIM. THAT IS, WHAT WE SEE MOSHE DOING IN LV 8:6 WE SEE YOCHANAN THE KOHEN NAVI DOING IN MT 3:5-6 AND PHILIPPOS DOING IN AC 8:38. ALL OF THE ABOVE IS SAID, NOT TO PERSUADE GENTILES TO CONFISCATE THE PROMISES AND BLESSINGS IN SCRIPTURE WRITTEN DOWN FOR THE PHYSICAL DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM; RATHER, THE INTENT OF OUR RHETORIC IN THIS EXEGESIS IS TO PROVOKE OUR JEWISH PEOPLE TO JEALOUSY THAT THEY MIGHT PURSUE THE G-D OF SCRIPTURE AND HIS MANY BLESSINGS AWAITING THEM IN THEIR BIBLE. [SHEMINI] |||9|||And it came to pass on yom hashemini, that Moshe called to Aharon and his Banim, and the Ziknei Yisroel; [2] And he said unto Aharon, Take thee a young calf for a chattat (sin offering), and a ram for an olah (burnt offering), temimim (without blemish), and offer them before Hashem. |3| And unto the Bnei Yisroel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a sa'ir izzim (male goat) for a chattat (sin offering); and a calf and a keves (lamb), both of the first year, temimim (without blemish), for an olah; |4| Also a bull and a ram for shelamim (peace offerings), to sacrifice before Hashem; and a minchah mixed with shemen; for today Hashem will appear unto you. |5| And they brought that which Moshe commanded before the Ohel Mo'ed; and kol HaEdah drew near and stood before Hashem. |6| And Moshe said, This is the thing which Hashem commanded that ye should do; and the kavod Hashem shall appear unto you. |7| And Moshe said unto Aharon, Go unto the Mizbe'ach, and offer thy chattat (sin offering), and thy olah (burnt offering), and make kapporah for thyself, and for the people; and offer the korban of the people, and make kapporah for them; just as Hashem commanded. |8| Aharon therefore went unto the Mizbe'ach, and slaughtered (shachat) the calf of the chattat (sin offering), which was for himself. |9| And the Bnei Aharon brought the dahm unto him; and he dipped his forefinger in the dahm, and put it upon the horns of the Mizbe'ach, and poured out the dahm at the foundation of the Mizbe'ach; |10| But the chelev (fat), and the kidneys, and the diaphragm with the liver of the chattat (sin offering), he burned upon the Mizbe'ach; just as Hashem commanded Moshe. |11| And the basar and the hide he burned with eish outside the machaneh. |12| And he slaughtered (shachat) the olah (burnt offering); and the Bnei Aharon presented unto him the dahm, which he sprinkled around upon the Mizbe'ach. |13| And they presented the olah (burnt offering) unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head; and he burned them upon the Mizbe'ach. |14| And he did wash the innards and the legs, and burned them upon the olah (burnt offering) on the Mizbe'ach. |15| And he brought the korban HaAm (the offering of the people), and took the goat of the chattat (sin offering) for the people, and slaughtered (shachat) it, and offered it for sin, as before. |16| And he brought the olah (burnt offering), and offered it in the prescribed way. |17| And he brought the minchah, and took a handful thereof, and burned it upon the Mizbe'ach, in addition to the olah of the boker. |18| He slaughtered (shachat) also the bull and the ram for a zevach which was for the people; and the Bnei Aharon presented unto him the dahm, which he sprinkled upon the Mizbe'ach around, |19| And the chalavim (fat portions) of the bull and of the ram, the tail, and that which covereth the innards, and the kidneys, and the diaphragm above the liver; |20| And they put the chelev (fat) upon the breasts, and he burned the chelev (fat) upon the Mizbe'ach; |21| And the breasts and the right thigh Aharon waved for a tenufah (wave offering) before Hashem; just as Moshe commanded. |22| And Aharon lifted up his hand toward the people, and pronounced a barucha upon them, and came down from offering of the chattat (sin offering), and the olah (burnt offering), and shelamim (peace offerings). |23| And Moshe and Aharon went into the Ohel Mo'ed, and came out, and pronounced a barucha over the people; and the kavod Hashem appeared unto kol HaAm. |24| And there came an eish out from before Hashem, and consumed upon the Mizbe'ach the olah (burnt offering) and the chalavim (fat portions); which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. |||10|||And Nadav and Avihu, the bnei Aharon, each took his censer, and put eish therein, and put ketoret (incense) thereon, and offered eish zarah (strange, unauthorized fire) before Hashem, which He commanded them not. |2| And there went out eish (fire) from the presence of Hashem, and devoured them, and they died before Hashem. |3| Then Moshe said unto Aharon, This is it that Hashem spoke, saying, I will show Myself kadosh among them that come near Me, and before kol HaAm (all the People) I will be honored. And Aharon was silent. |4| And Moshe called Mishael and Eltzaphan, the bnei Uzziel the dod (uncle) of Aharon, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the Kodesh to the outside of the machaneh. |5| So they went near, and carried them in the kuttanot of them out of the machaneh; as Moshe had said. |6| And Moshe said unto Aharon, and unto Eleazar and unto Itamar, his banim, Don't uncover your head, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon kol HaEdah; but let your brethren, the kol Bais Yisroel, bewail the burning which Hashem hath kindled. |7| And ye shall not go out from the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed, lest ye die; for the shemen mishchat (anointing oil) of Hashem is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moshe. |8| And Hashem spoke unto Aharon, saying, |9| Do not drink yayin nor strong drink, thou, nor thy banim with thee, when ye go into the Ohel Mo'ed, lest ye die; it shall be chukkat olam throughout your generations; |10| And that ye may put difference between kodesh and chol (common, profane), and between tameh (unclean) and tahor (clean); |11| And that ye may teach the Bnei Yisroel all the chukkim which Hashem hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moshe. |12| And Moshe spoke unto Aharon, and unto Eleazar and unto Itamar, his banim that were left, Take the minchah that remaineth of the offerings of Hashem made by eish, and eat it without leaven (i.e., matzot) beside the Mizbe'ach; for it is kodesh kodashim; |13| And ye shall eat it in the makom kadosh, because it is the chok (share, portion) of thee and thy banim, of the sacrifices of Hashem made by eish; for so I am commanded. |14| And the breast of the waving and raised up thigh shall ye eat in a makom tahor; thou, and thy banim, and thy banot with thee; for they are thy chok, and the chok of thy banim, which are given out of the zevakhim of shelamim (peace offerings) of the Bnei Yisroel. |15| The raised-up thigh and the breast of the waving shall they bring with the offerings made by eish of the chelavim (fat portions), to wave it for a wave offering before Hashem; and it shall be thine, and unto thy banim with thee, by a chok olam (portion forever); as Hashem hath commanded. |16| And Moshe diligently inquired about the sa'ir of the chattat, and, hinei, it was burned up; and he was angry with Eleazar and Itamar, the bnei Aharon which were left alive, saying, |17| Why have ye not eaten the chattat in the makom hakodesh, seeing it is kodesh kodashim, and G-d hath given it you to bear away the avon HaEdah, to make kapporah for them before Hashem? |18| Since the dahm of it was not brought in within HaKodesh, ye should indeed have eaten it in the Kodesh, as I commanded. |19| And Aharon said unto Moshe, See, today have they offered their chattat (sin offering) and their olah (burnt offering) before Hashem; and such things have befallen me; and if I had eaten the chattat today, should it have been accepted in the sight of Hashem? |20| And when Moshe heard that, he was satisfied. |||11|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and to Aharon, saying unto them, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on ha'aretz. |3| Whatsoever spliteth the hoof, and separateth into double hooves, and cheweth the cud, among the behemah (animals), that shall ye eat. |4| Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that separateth the hoof; as the gamal (camel), because he cheweth the cud, but separateth not the hoof; he is tamei unto you. |5| And the hyrax, because he cheweth the cud, but separateth not the hoof; he is tamei unto you. |6| And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but separateth not the hoof; he is temeiah (unclean) unto you. |7| And the chazir (swine), though he separate the hoof, and be separated into double hooves, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is tamei to you. |8| Of their basar shall ye not eat, and their nevelah shall ye not touch; they are temei'im (unclean ones) to you. |9| These shall ye eat of all that are in the mayim; whatsoever hath fins and scales in the mayim, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. |10| And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that swarm in the mayim, and of any nefesh hachayyah which is in the mayim, they shall be sheketz (abomination, detestable) unto you; |11| They shall be even sheketz unto you; ye shall not eat of their basar, but ye shall have their nevelah in sheketz. |12| Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the mayim, that shall be sheketz unto you. |13| And these are they which ye shall have in sheketz among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are sheketz: the nesher (eagle), and the vulture, and the whitetailed eagle, |14| And the da'ah (kite), and the black kite after its kind; |15| Every orev (raven) after its kind; |16| And the ostrich, and the screech owl, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind, |17| And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, |18| And the white owl, and the pelican, and the osprey, |19| And the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. |20| All fowls that creep, going upon all fours, shall be sheketz unto you. |21| Yet these may ye eat of every winged insect that goeth upon all fours, which have jumping legs above their feet, to hop withal upon ha'aretz; |22| Even these of them ye may eat: the arbeh (locust) after its kind, and the katydid after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. |23| But all other winged insects, which have four feet, shall be sheketz unto you. |24| And for these ye shall be temei'im; whosoever toucheth the nevelah of them shall be tamei until erev. |25| And whosoever pick up any of the nevelah of them shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until erev. |26| Every beast which spliteth the hooves, and is not completely split, nor cheweth the cud, are temei'im unto you; every one that toucheth them shall be tamei. |27| And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all fours, those are temei'im unto you; whosoever toucheth their nevelah shall be tamei until erev. |28| And he that beareth the nevelah of them shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until erev; they are temei'im unto you. |29| These also shall be tamei unto you among the creeping things that creep upon ha'aretz: the weasel, and the rat, and the great lizard after its kind, |30| And the gecko, and the land crocodile, and the skink, and the lizard, and the chameleon. |31| These are temei'im to you among all that creep; whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be tamei until erev. |32| And whatsoever of them, when they are dead, doth fall on something, it shall be tamei; whether it be any vessel of wood, or cloth, or hide, or sackcloth, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any melachah (work) is done, it must be put into mayim, and it shall be tamei until erev; then it shall be tahor (clean). |33| And every clay vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be tamei; and ye shall break it. |34| Of all okhel which may be eaten, that on which such mayim cometh shall be tamei; and all mashkeh that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be tamei. |35| And everything whereupon any part of their nevelah falleth shall be tamei; whether it be oven, or stove, they shall be broken; for they are temei'im and shall be temei'im unto you. |36| Nevertheless a spring or cistern, wherein there is a mikveh mayim (collection of water) shall be tahor; but that which toucheth their nevelah shall be tamei. |37| And if any part of their nevelah fall upon any zera for sowing which is to be sown, it shall be tahor. |38| But if any mayim be put upon the zera, and any part of their nevelah fall thereon, it shall be tamei unto you. |39| And if any behemah, of which ye may eat, die, he that toucheth the nevelah thereof shall be tamei until erev. |40| And he that eateth of the nevelah of it shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until erev; he also that picketh up the nevelah of it shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until erev. |41| And every creeping thing that creepeth upon ha'aretz shall be sheketz; it shall not be eaten. |42| Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath marbeh raglayim (many feet) among all creeping things that creep upon ha'aretz, them ye shall not eat; for they are sheketz. |43| Ye shall not make your nefashot sheketz with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves tamei with them, that ye should be made tamei thereby. |44| For I am Hashem Eloheichem; ye shall therefore set yourselves apart as kodesh, and ye shall be kadoshim; for I am kadosh; neither shall ye make your nefashot tamei with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon ha'aretz. |45| For I am Hashem that bringeth you up out of Eretz Mitzrayim, to be for you as Elohim: ye shall therefore be kadoshim, for I am kadosh. |46| This is the torah concerning the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the mayim, and of every creature that creepeth upon ha'aretz; |47| To make a divide [lehavdil; to make a distinction, separation] between the tamei and the tahor, and between the beast that may be and the beast that may not be eaten. [TAZRIA-METZORA] |||12|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, If an isha have conceived, and born a zachar, then she shall be temeiah shivat yamim; according to the yamim of the niddah (menstruation separation) for her infirmity shall she be temeiah (unclean). |3| And in the yom hashemini the basar of his arel (uncircumcision, foreskin) shall be circumcised. |4| And shloshim yom ushloshet she shall then remain in demei tohorah (blood of her purifying, i.e., period in which she would be unclean); she shall touch no kodesh, nor enter the Mikdash, until the yamei of her tohorah be fulfilled. |5| But if she bear a nekevah, then she shall be temeiah two weeks, as in her niddah (separation); and she shall remain in the blood of her tohorah sixty-six days. |6| And when the yemei tohorah are fulfilled, for a ben, or for a bat, she shall bring a keves of the first year for an olah, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a chattat (sin offering), unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed unto the kohen; |7| Who shall offer it before Hashem, and make kapporah for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her dahm. This is the torah for her that hath born a zachar or a nekevah. |8| And if she be not able to afford to bring a seh, then she shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons; the one for an olah, and the other for a chattat; and the kohen shall make kapporah for her, and she shall be teherah (clean) [See Lk 2:24 regarding this chapter and on how Moshiach was first brought to the Beis Hamikdash]. |||13|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and Aharon, saying, |2| When a man shall have in the skin of his basar a swelling, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his basar like the nega tzara'at; then he shall be brought unto Aharon the kohen, or unto one of his Banim the kohanim; |3| And the kohen shall examine the nega in the skin of the basar; and when hair in the nega is turned white, and the nega in appearance be deeper than the skin of his basar, it is a nega tzara'at; and the kohen shall examine him, and pronounce him tamei. |4| If the bright spot be white in the skin of his basar, and in appearance be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the kohen shall quarantine him that hath the nega shivat yamim; |5| And the kohen shall examine him on the yom hashevi'i; and, hinei, if the nega in his sight be unchanged, and the nega spread not in the skin; then the kohen shall quarantine him another shivat yamim; |6| And the kohen shall examine him again on the yom hashevi'i; and, hinei, if the nega be somewhat faded, and the nega spread not in the skin, the kohen shall pronounce him tahor; it is but a scab; and he shall wash his clothes, and be tahor. |7| But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath shown himself to the kohen for his tohorah, he shall appear before the kohen again. |8| And if the kohen see that, hinei, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the kohen shall pronounce him tamei; it is a tzara'at. |9| When the nega tzara'at is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the kohen; |10| And the kohen shall examine him; and, hinei, if the swelling be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be raw basar in the swelling; |11| It is an old tzara'at in the skin of his basar, and the kohen shall pronounce him tamei, and shall not quarantine him; for he is tamei. |12| And if a tzara'at break out abroad in the skin, and the tzara'at cover all the skin of him that hath the nega from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the kohen looketh, |13| Then the kohen shall consider; and, hinei, if the tzara'at have covered all his basar, he shall pronounce him tahor that hath the nega; it is all turned white; he is tahor. |14| But on the day when raw basar appeareth in him, he shall be tamei. |15| And the kohen shall see the raw basar, and pronounce him to be tamei; for the raw basar is tamei; it is a tzara'at. |16| Or if the raw basar turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the kohen; |17| And the kohen shall see him; and, hinei, if the nega be turned into white, then the kohen shall pronounce him tahor that hath the nega; he is tahor. |18| The basar also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, |19| And in the place of the boil there be a white swelling, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shown to the kohen; |20| And if, when the kohen examine it, hinei, it be in appearance deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the kohen shall pronounce him tamei; it is a nega tzara'at broken out of the boil. |21| But if the kohen examine it, and, hinei, there be no white hair therein, and if it be not deeper than the skin, but be somewhat faded, then the kohen shall quarantine him shivat yamim; |22| And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the kohen shall pronounce him tamei; it is a nega. |23| But if the bright spot stay in its place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the kohen shall pronounce him tahor. |24| Or if there be any basar, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the raw basar that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white, |25| Then the kohen shall examine it; and, hinei, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in appearance deeper than the skin, it is a tzara'at broken out of the burning; therefore the kohen shall pronounce him tamei; it is the nega tzara'at. |26| But if the kohen examine it, and, hinei, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no deeper than the other skin, but be dim, then the kohen shall quarantine him shivat yamim; |27| And the kohen shall examine him on the yom hashevi'i; and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the kohen shall pronounce him tamei; it is the nega tzara'at. |28| And if the bright spot stay in its place, and spread not in the skin, but it be dim, it is a swelling of the burn, and the kohen shall pronounce him tahor; for it is an inflammation of the burning. |29| If an ish or isha have a nega upon the head or the chin, |30| Then the kohen shall examine the nega, and, hinei, if it be in appearance deeper than the skin, and there be in it a yellow thin hair, then the kohen shall pronounce him tamei; it is a scale, even a tzara'at upon the head or chin. |31| And if the kohen examine the nega of the scale, and, hinei, it be not in appearance deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it, then the kohen shall quarantine him that hath the nega of the scale shivat yamim; |32| And in the yom hashevi'i the kohen shall examine the nega; and, hinei, if the scale spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scale be not in appearance deeper than the skin, |33| He shall be shaven, but the scale shall he not shave; and the kohen shall quarantine him that hath the scale another shivat yamim; |34| And in the yom hashevi'i the kohen shall examine the scale; and, hinei, if the scale be not spread in the skin, nor be in appearance deeper than the skin, then the kohen shall pronounce him tahor; and he shall wash his clothes, and be tahor. |35| But if the scale spread much in the skin after his tohorah, |36| Then the kohen shall examine him; and, hinei, if the scale be spread in the skin, the kohen need not seek for yellow hair; he is tamei. |37| But if the scale be in his sight unchanged, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scale is healed, he is tahor; and the kohen shall pronounce him tahor. |38| If an ish also or an isha have in the skin of their basar bright spots, even white bright spots, |39| Then the kohen shall examine; and, hinei, if the bright spots in the skin of their basar be faint white, it is a bohak spot that groweth in the skin; he is tahor. |40| And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he tahor. |41| And he that hath his hair fallen off from the front of his scalp, he is bald at the forehead; yet is he tahor. |42| And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish nega, it is a tzara'at breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead. |43| Then the kohen shall examine it; and, hinei, if the swelling of the nega be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the tzara'at appeareth in the skin of the basar, |44| He is an ish tzaru'a, he is tamei; the kohen shall pronounce him utterly tamei; his nega is in his head. |45| And the tzaru'a in whom the nega is, his clothes shall be torn, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his lower face, and shall cry, Tamei! Tamei! |46| All the days wherein the nega shall be in him he shall be tamei; he is tamei; he shall live alone; outside the machaneh shall his moshav be. |47| When a garment has the nega tzara'at in it, whether it be a wool garment, or a linen garment; |48| Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of wool; whether in a leather, or in anything made of leather; |49| And if the nega be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the leather, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of leather, it is a nega tzara'at, and shall be shown unto the kohen; |50| And the kohen shall examine the nega, and quarantine it that hath the nega shivat yamim; |51| And he shall examine the nega on the yom hashevi'i; if the nega be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a leather, or in any work that is made of leather, the nega is a malignant tzara'at; it is tamei. |52| He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in wool or in linen, or any thing of leather, wherein the nega is; for it is a malignant tzara'at; it shall be burned in the eish. |53| And if the kohen shall examine, and, hinei, the nega be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of leather, |54| Then the kohen shall command that they wash the thing wherein the nega is, and he shall quarantine it another shivat yamim; |55| And the kohen shall examine the nega, after that it is washed; and, hinei, if the nega has not changed its appearance, and the nega be not spread, it is tamei; thou shalt burn it in the eish; whether the eating away hath brought bareness in the front or back. |56| And if the kohen examine, and, hinei, the nega be somewhat faded after the washing of it, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the leather, or out of the warp, or out of the woof; |57| And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of leather, it is a spreading nega; thou shalt burn that wherein the nega is with eish. |58| And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of leather it be, which thou shalt wash, if the nega be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be tahor. |59| This is the torah of the nega tzara'at in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of leather, to pronounce it tahor, or to pronounce it tamei. [METZORA] |||14|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| This shall be the torat hametzora in the yom of his tohorah: he shall be brought unto the kohen; |3| And the kohen shall go forth outside the machaneh; and the kohen shall examine, and, hinei, if the nega tzara'at be healed in the afflicted person, |4| Then shall the kohen command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and tehorot (clean ones), and cedar wood, and scarlet thread, and hyssop; |5| And the kohen shall command that one of the birds be shachat in a clay vessel over mayim chayyim (running water); |6| As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet thread, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the dahm of the bird that was killed (shachat) over the mayim chayyim (running water); |7| And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be made tahor from the tzara'at seven times, and shall pronounce him tahor, and shall release the living bird into the open field. |8| And he that is to be made tahor shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in mayim, that he may be tahor; and after that he shall come into the machaneh, and shall wait outside of his ohel seven days. |9| But it shall be on the yom hashevi'i, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off; and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his basar in mayim, and he shall be tahor. |10| And on the yom hashemini he shall take two kevasim temimim and one ewe lamb of the first year temimah, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a minchah, mixed with shemen, and one log of shemen. |11| And the kohen who purifies shall present the ish that is to be made tahor, and those things, before Hashem, at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed; |12| And the kohen shall take one keves (lamb), and sacrifice him for an asham (trespass offering), and the log of shemen, and wave them for a tenufah (wave offering) before Hashem; |13| And he shall slaughter (shachat) the keves in the place where he shall slaughter (shachat) the chattat (sin offering) and the olah (burnt offering), in the mekom hakodesh; for as the chattat (sin offering) belongs to the kohen, so does the asham (trespass offering); it is kodesh kodashim; |14| And the kohen shall take some of the dahm of the asham (trespass offering), and the kohen shall put it upon the lobe of the right ear of him that is to be made tahor, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the bohen of his right foot; |15| And the kohen shall take some of the log of shemen, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand; |16| And the kohen shall dip his right forefinger in the shemen that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the shemen with his forefinger seven times before Hashem; |17| And of the rest of the shemen that is in his hand shall the kohen put upon the lobe of the right ear of him that is to be made tahor, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the bohen of his right foot, upon the dahm of the asham (trespass offering); |18| And the remnant of the shemen that is in the kohen's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be made tahor; and the kohen shall make kapporah for him before Hashem. |19| And the kohen shall offer the chattat (sin offering), and make kapporah for him that is to be made tahor from his tumah (uncleanness); and afterward he shall slaughter (shachat) the olah (burnt offering); |20| And the kohen shall offer the olah (burnt offering) and the minchah upon the Mizbe'ach; and the kohen shall make kapporah for him, and he shall be tahor. |21| And if he be poor, and cannot afford otherwise, then he shall take one keves for an asham (trespass offering) to be waved, to make kapporah for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with shemen for a minchah, and a log of shemen; |22| And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the one shall be a chattat (sin offering), and the other an olah (burnt offering). |23| And he shall bring them on the yom hashemini for his tohorah unto the kohen, unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed before Hashem. |24| And the kohen shall take the keves (lamb) of the asham (trespass offering), and the log of shemen, and the kohen shall wave them for a tenufah (wave offering) before Hashem; |25| And he shall slaughter (shachat) the keves of the asham (trespass offering), and the kohen shall take some of the dahm of the asham (trespass offering), and put it upon the lobe of the right ear of him that is to be made tahor, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the bohen of his right foot; |26| And the kohen shall pour of the shemen into the palm of his own left hand; |27| And the kohen shall sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the shemen that is in his left hand seven times before Hashem; |28| And the kohen shall put of the shemen that is in his hand upon the lobe of the right ear of him that is to made tahor, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the bohen of his right foot, upon the mekom (place) of the dahm of the asham (trespass offering); |29| And the rest of the shemen that is in the kohen's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be made tahor, to make kapporah for him before Hashem. |30| And he shall sacrifice the one of the torim (turtledoves), or of the young pigeons, such as he can afford; |31| Even such as he is able to afford, the one for a chattat (sin offering), and the other for an olah, with the minchah; and the kohen shall make kapporah for him that is to be made tahor before Hashem. |32| This is the torah of him in whom is the nega tzara'at, who cannot afford that which pertaineth to his tohorah (cleansing). |33| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying, |34| When ye be come into Eretz Kena'an, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the nega tzara'at in a bais of the eretz of your possession; |35| And he that owneth the bais shall come and tell the kohen, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a nega (plague) in the bais; |36| Then the kohen shall command that they empty the bais, before the kohen go into it to examine the nega, that all that is in the bais be not made tamei; and afterward the kohen shall go in to examine the bais, |37| And he shall examine the nega, and, hinei, if the nega be in the walls of the bais with depressions, greenish or reddish, which in appearance are deeper than the surface of the wall, |38| Then the kohen shall go out of the bais to the entrance of the bais, and quarantine the bais seven days; |39| And the kohen shall come again the yom hashevi'i, and shall inspect; and, hinei, if the nega be spread in the walls of the bais, |40| Then the kohen shall command that they tear down the stones in which the nega is, and they shall throw them into a makom tamei outside the town; |41| And he shall cause the bais to be scraped within around, and they shall pour out the afar (dust) that they scrape off outside the town into a makom tamei; |42| And they shall take other stones, and make them replace those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the bais. |43| And if the nega come again, and break out in the bais, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the bais, and after it is plastered, |44| Then the kohen shall come and inspect, and, hinei, if the nega be spread in the bais, it is a malignant tzara'at in the bais; it is tamei. |45| And he shall tear down the bais, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the bais; and he shall carry them forth out of the town into a makom tamei. |46| Moreover he that goeth into the bais all the while that it is quarantined shall be tamei until erev. |47| And he that reclineth in the bais shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the bais shall wash his clothes. |48| And if the kohen shall come in, and examine it, and, hinei, the nega hath not spread in the bais, after the bais was plastered, then the kohen shall pronounce the bais tahor (clean), because the nega is healed. |49| And he shall take to purify the bais two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet thread, and hyssop; |50| And he shall kill (shachat) the one of the birds in a clay vessel over mayim chayyim (running water); |51| And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet thread, and the living bird, and dip them in the dahm of the slain bird, and in the mayim chayyim (running water), and sprinkle the bais seven times; |52| And he shall cleanse the bais with the dahm of the bird, and with the mayim hachayyim (running water), and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet thread; |53| But he shall release the living bird outside the town into the open field, and make kapporah for the bais; and it shall be tahor. |54| This is the torah for all manner of nega tzara'at, and nesek (scale), |55| And for the tzara'at of a garment, and of a bais, |56| And for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot |57| To teach when it is tamei, and when it is tahor: this is the torat tzara'at. |||15|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and to Aharon, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When any ish hath a discharge from his basar, because of his discharge he is tamei. |3| And this shall be his tumah (uncleanness) in his discharge: whether his basar run with his discharge, or his basar has stopped from his discharge, it is his tumah (uncleanness). |4| Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the discharge, is tamei; and everything, whereon he sitteth, shall be tamei. |5| And whosoever toucheth his bed shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |6| And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the discharge shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |7| And he that toucheth the basar of him that hath the discharge shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |8| And if he that hath the discharge spit upon him that is tahor, then he shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |9| And whatsoever riding seat he rideth upon that hath the discharge shall be tamei. |10| And whosoever toucheth anything that was under him shall be tamei until the erev; and he that picks up any of those things shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |11| And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the discharge, and hath not rinsed his hands in mayim, he shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |12| And the clay pottery, that he toucheth which hath the discharge, shall be broken; and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in mayim. |13| And when he that hath a discharge is made tahor of his discharge; then he shall number to himself seven days for his tohorah (cleansing), and immerse his garments, and immerse his basar in running mayim, and shall be tahor. |14| And on the yom shemini he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before Hashem unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed, and give them unto the kohen; |15| And the kohen shall sacrifice them, the one for a chattat, and the other for an olah (burnt offering); and the kohen shall make kapporah for him before Hashem for his discharge. |16| And if any ish [baal keri, a person with a discharge of semen], if his shikhvat zera (emission of semen) go out from him, then he shall immerse his entire body in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |17| And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the shikhvat zera, shall be immersed with mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |18| The isha also with whom ish shall lie with shikhvat zera, they shall both immerse themselves in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |19| And if an isha have a discharge, and her discharge in her body be dahm, she shall be in her state of niddah (state of menstrual separation) seven days; and whosoever toucheth her shall be tamei until the erev. |20| And everything that she lieth upon in her niddah shall be tamei; everything also that she sitteth upon shall be tamei. |21| And whosoever toucheth her bed shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |22| And whosoever toucheth anything that she sat upon shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |23| And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be tamei until the erev. |24| And if any ish lie with her at all, and her niddah (menstrual flow) be upon him, he shall be tamei seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be tamei. |25| And if an isha have a discharge of her dahm many days out of the time of her niddah, or if it run beyond the time of her niddah, all the days of the discharge of her tumah shall be as the days of her niddah; she shall be tamei. |26| Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her discharge shall be unto her as the bed of her niddah; and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be tamei, as the tumah of her niddah. |27| And whosoever toucheth those things shall be tamei, and shall immerse his garments, and immerse himself in mayim, and be tamei until the erev. |28| But if she be taharah of her discharge, then she shall count to herself seven days, and after that she shall be taharah. |29| And on the yom shemini she shall take unto her two turtle doves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the kohen, to the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. |30| And the kohen shall sacrifice the one for a chattat, and the other for an olah (burnt offering); and the kohen shall make kapporah for her before Hashem for the discharge of her tumah. |31| Thus shall ye separate the Bnei Yisroel from their tumah; that they die not in their tumah, when they defile My Mishkan that is among them. |32| This is the torah of him that hath a discharge, and of him whose shikhvat zera goeth from him, and is made tamei therewith; |33| And of her that suffers through her niddah, and of him that hath a discharge, of the zachar, and of the nekevah, and of him that lieth with her that is tameiah. [ACHAREY MOS] |||16|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe after the mot of the two Bnei Aharon, when they approached before Hashem, and died; |2| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Speak unto Aharon thy brother, that he come not at any time into HaKodesh within the Parochet (curtain) before the Kapporet, which is upon the Aron; that he die not; for I will appear in the Anan upon the Kapporet. |3| Thus shall Aharon come into HaKodesh: with a young bull for a chattat, and a ram for an olah (burnt offering). |4| He shall put on the Kesones Bahd Kodesh (holy linen tunic [see Yn 19:23 on Moshiach's Kesones, the day kapporah was made by the Kohen L'Olahm al Divrati Melki-Tzedek-Ps 110:4]), and he shall have the Mikhnesei Bahd (linen breeches) upon his basar, and shall be girded with a Avnet Bahd (linen sash), and with the Mitznefet Bahd (linen turban) shall he be attired; these are Bigdei Kodesh; therefore shall he immerse his basar in mayim, and so put them on. |5| And he shall take of the Adat Bnei Yisroel two male goats of the goats for a chattat, and one ram for an olah. |6| And Aharon shall offer his bull of the chattat, which is for himself, and make kapporah for himself, and for his bais. |7| And he shall take the two goats, and present them before Hashem at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. |8| And Aharon shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for Hashem, and the other lot for Azazel. |9| And Aharon shall bring the goat upon which Hashem's lot fell, and offer him for a chattat. |10| But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel shall be presented chai (alive) before Hashem, to make kapporah through it, and to let him go for Azazel into the midbar. |11| And Aharon shall bring the bull of the chattat, which is for himself, and shall make kapporah for himself, and for his bais, and shall slaughter (shachat) the bull of the chattat which is for himself; |12| And he shall take a machtah (censer) full of burning coals of eish from off the Mizbe'ach before Hashem, and his hands full of ketoret, ground and fragrant, and bring it within the Parochet (Curtain); |13| And he shall put the ketoret upon the eish before Hashem, that the anan of the ketoret may cover the Kapporet that is upon the Edut, that he die not; |14| And he shall take of the dahm of the bull, and sprinkle it with his forefinger upon the eastern front of the Kapporet; and before the Kapporet yazzeh (he shall sprinkle [see Isaiah 52:15 for Moshiach's world-wide sprinkling]) of the dahm with his forefinger seven times. |15| Then shall he slaughter (shachat) the goat of the chattat, that is for the Am, and bring his dahm within the Parochet, and do with that dahm as he did with the dahm of the bull, and sprinkle it upon the Kapporet, and before the Kapporet; |16| And he shall make kapporah for HaKodesh, because of the tuma of the Bnei Yisroel, and because of their peysha'im in all their chattot; and so shall he do for the Ohel Mo'ed, that remaineth among them in the midst of their tumah. |17| And there shall be no adam in the Ohel Mo'ed when he goeth in to make kapporah in HaKodesh, until he come out, and have made kapporah for himself, and for his bais, and for kol Kehal Yisroel. |18| And he shall go out unto the Mizbe'ach that is before Hashem, and make kapporah for it; and shall take of the dahm of the bull, and of the dahm of the goat, and put it upon the Karnot of the Mizbe'ach around about. |19| And he shall sprinkle of the dahm upon it with his forefinger seven times, and make it tahor, and set it apart as kodesh from the tumah of the Bnei Yisroel. |20| And when he hath finished making kapporah for HaKodesh, and the Ohel Mo'ed, and the Mizbe'ach, he shall bring the live goat; |21| And Aharon shall lay both his hands upon the rosh (head) of the live goat, v'hitvaddah (and confess) over him kol avonot Bnei Yisroel, and all their peysha'im in all their chattot, putting them upon the rosh of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a designated man into the midbar; |22| And the goat nasah (shall carry, see Isaiah 53:12) upon him all their avonot unto an eretz gezerah (uninhabited, solitary place); and he shall release the goat in the midbar. |23| And Aharon shall come into the Ohel Mo'ed, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into HaKodesh, and shall leave them there; |24| And he shall wash his basar with mayim in the Makom Kadosh, and put on his garments, come out, and offer his olah and the olah of HaAm, and make kapporah for himself, and for HaAm. |25| And the chelev of the chattat shall he burn upon the Mizbe'ach. |26| And he that released the goat for Azazel shall immerse his garments and immerse his basar in mayim, and after- ward come into the machaneh. |27| And the bull for the chattat, and the goat for the chattat whose dahm was brought in to make kapporah in HaKodesh, shall one carry forth outside the machaneh; and they shall burn in the eish their hides, and their basar, and their dung. |28| And he that burneth them shall immerse his garments, and immerse his basar in mayim, and afterward he shall come into the machaneh. |29| And this shall be a chukkat olam (eternal decree) unto you: that in the Chodesh HaShevi'i, on the tenth day of the chodesh, ye shall afflict your nefashot, and do no melachah at all, whether it be ezrach (native) or the ger that sojourneth among you: |30| For on that day shall the kohen make kapporah for you, to make you tahor, that ye may be tahor from all your chattot before Hashem. |31| It shall be a Shabbat Shabbaton unto you, and ye shall afflict your nefashot, by a chukkat olam. |32| And the kohen, who has been anointed or who has been given authority to minister as a kohen in place of his father, shall make kapporah, and shall put on the linen garments, even the Bigdei Hakodesh; |33| And he shall make kapporah for the Mikdash HaKodesh, and he shall make kapporah for the Ohel Mo'ed, and for the Mizbe'ach, and he shall make kapporah for the kohanim, and for kol HaAm HaKahal. |34| And this shall be a chukkat olam unto you, to make kapporah for the Bnei Yisroel for all their chattat once a year. And he did as Hashem commanded Moshe. |||17|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto Aharon, and unto his banim, and unto all the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them: This is the thing which Hashem hath commanded, saying, |3| What man soever there be of Bais Yisroel, that sacrificeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the machaneh, or that sacrificeth it outside of the machaneh, |4| And bringeth it not unto the petach (entrance) of the Ohel Mo'ed, to offer a korban unto Hashem before the Mishkan of Hashem, [shefach] dahm (shedding of blood) shall be imputed unto that man; he hath committed shefach dahm; and that man shall be cut off [see Daniel 9:26 regarding Moshiach] from among his people; |5| To the end that the Bnei Yisroel may bring their zevakhim, which they offer in the open sadeh, even that they may bring them unto Hashem, unto the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed, unto the kohen, and offer them for zivkhei shelamim unto Hashem. |6| And the kohen shall sprinkle [see Yeshayah 52:15] the dahm upon the Mizbe'ach of Hashem at the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed, and burn the fat for a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem. |7| And they shall no more offer their zevakhim unto goat demons, after whom they have gone a-whoring. This shall be a chukkat olam unto them throughout their dorot (generations). |8| And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the Bais Yisroel, or of the ger which sojourn among them, that offereth an olah (burnt offering) or zevakh, |9| And bringeth it not unto the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed, to offer it unto Hashem; even that man shall be cut off [see Daniel 9:26 on Moshiach's being cut off] from among his people. |10| And whatsoever man there be of Bais Yisroel, or of the ger that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of dahm; I will even set My face against that nefesh that eateth dahm, and will cut it off [see Daniel 9:26] from among its people. |11| For the nefesh of the basar is in the dahm: and I have given it to you upon the Mizbe'ach to make kapporah for your nefashot: for it is the dahm that maketh kapporah for the nefesh. [see Zecharyah 9:11; Tehillim 50:5] |12| Therefore I said unto the Bnei Yisroel, No nefesh of you shall eat dahm, neither shall any ger that sojourneth among you eat dahm. |13| And whatsoever ish there be of the Bnei Yisroel, or of the ger that sojourn among you, which hunteth down any beast or fowl that may be eaten, he shall even drain out the dahm thereof, and cover it with dust. |14| For as for the nefesh of all basar, the dahm of it is its nefesh; therefore I said unto the Bnei Yisroel, Ye shall eat the dahm of no manner of basar: for the nefesh of all basar is the dahm thereof; whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. |15| And every nefesh that eateth nevelah (carcass), or terefah (that which was torn with beasts), whether native born or a ger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in mayim, and be tamei until erev; then shall he be tahor. |16| But if he wash them not, nor bathe his basar; then he shall bear his avon (iniquity). [See Yeshayah 53:6,11.] |||18|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, I am Hashem Eloheichem. |3| After what is done in Eretz Mitzrayim, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after what is done in Eretz Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their chukkot. |4| Ye shall do My mishpatim, and be shomer over My chukkot, to walk therein: I am Hashem Eloheichem. |5| Ye shall therefore be shomer over My chukkot, and My mishpatim; which if an ish do, he shall live by them: I am Hashem. |6| None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to legallot ervah (to uncover nakedness, i.e., incestuously dishonor); I am Hashem. |7| The nakedness of thy av, or the nakedness of thy em, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy em; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. |8| The nakedness of the wife of thy av shalt thou not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy av. |9| The nakedness of thy achot (sister), the bat of thy av, or bat of thy em, whether she be moledet bais (born at home), or moledet chutz (born outside), even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. |10| The nakedness of the bat of thy ben, or the bat of thy bat, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover; for theirs is thine own nakedness. |11| The nakedness of the bat of the wife of thy av, begotten of thy av, she is thy achot (sister), thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. |12| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of the achot of thy av; she is thy father's near kinswoman [i.e., close relative]. |13| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of the achot (sister) of thy em: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. |14| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of the achi avicha (the brother of thy father), thou shalt not approach to his wife; she is thine dodah. |15| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy kallah (daughter-in-law); she is the wife of thy ben; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. |16| Thou shalt not uncover the ervah (nakedness) of thy brother's wife; it is thy brother's nakedness. |17| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of an isha and her bat, neither shalt thou take the bat of her ben, or the bat of her bat, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is zimmah (wickedness). |18| Neither shalt thou take your wife's achot (sister), to be a rival wife, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime. |19| Also thou shalt not approach unto an isha to uncover her nakedness, as long as she has her tumah from her period of niddah. |20| Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife. You shall not give your shikhvat zera to make tamei with her. |21| And thou shalt not let any of thy zera pass through [the eish, i.e., be sacrificed and burned or cremated] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the Shem Eloheicha; I am Hashem. |22| Thou shalt not lie with zachar, as with isha: it is to'evah (abomination, detestable) |23| Neither shalt thou lie with any behemah. You shall not give your shikhvat to make tamei with it; neither shall any isha present herself to a behemah to have relations with it: it is tevel (perversion). |24| Make not yourselves tamei in any of these things; for in all these the Goyim which I cast out before you became tamei; |25| And HaAretz became tamei; therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and HaAretz itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. |26| Ye shall therefore be shomer over My chukkot and My mishpatim, and shall not commit any of these to'evot; no, neither any of your ezrach, nor any ger that sojourneth among you; |27| (For all these to'evot have the anshei HaAretz done, which were before you, and HaAretz is tamei;) |28| That HaAretz vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the Goyim that were before you. |29| For whosoever shall commit any of these to'evot, even the nefashot that commit them shall be cut off (i.e., suffer the death penalty [see Daniel 9:26 regarding Moshiach's death penalty] from among their people. |30| Therefore shall ye be shomer over My charge, that ye commit not any one of these chukkot hato'evot, which were committed before you, and that ye make not yourselves tamei therein: I am Hashem Eloheichem. [KEDOSHIM] |||19|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, Ye shall be kedoshim (holy ones): for I Hashem Eloheichem am kadosh. |3| Ye shall fear every man his em, and his av, and be shomer over My Shabbatot: I am Hashem Eloheichem. |4| Turn ye not unto elilim, nor make to yourselves elohei massekhah (cast metal g-ds); I am Hashem Eloheichem. |5| And if ye offer a zevach shelamim unto Hashem, ye shall offer it for your acceptance. |6| It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the next day; and what remains until the yom hashelishi, it shall be burned in the eish. |7| And if it be eaten at all on the yom hashelishi, it is piggul (unclean sacrificial flesh); it shall not be accepted. |8| Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his avon, because he hath desecrated as chillul the set-apart- as-kodesh thing of Hashem: and that nefesh shall be cut off from among his people. |9| And when ye reap the katzir of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy sadeh, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy katzir. |10| And thou shalt not glean thy kerem (vineyard), neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy kerem; thou shalt leave them for the oni (poor) and ger (stranger); I am Hashem Eloheichem. |11| Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither speak sheker (falsehood, deception, lie) to another. |12| And ye shall not swear by My Shem lasheker (falsely), neither shalt thou commit Chillul ha-shem Eloheicha; I am Hashem. |13| Thou shalt not defraud thy re'a (neighbor), neither rob him; the wages of him that is a sakhir (hired man) shall not abide with thee ad boker (until morning). |14| Thou shalt not curse the cheresh (deaf), nor put a michshol (stumbling block) before the ivver (blind), but shalt fear Eloheicha: I am Hashem. |15| Ye shall do no avel bamishpat (perversion of justice); thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor favor the person of the gadol; but in tzedek shalt thou judge thy neighbor. |16| Thou shalt not go up and down as a rakhil (talebearer, slanderer) among thy people; neither shalt thou stand aside while thy neighbor's dahm is shed; I am Hashem. |17| Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine lev; thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear chet because of him. |18| Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the bnei ammecha (children of thy people), v'ahavta l're'acha kamocha (but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself): I am Hashem. |19| Ye shall be shomer over My chukkot. Thou shalt not mate different kinds of animals; thou shalt not sow thy sadeh with mingled zera; neither shall a garment with shaatnez (mixed fibers) come upon thee [see Devarim 22:11]. |20| And whosoever lieth carnally with an isha, that is a shifcha betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor chufshah (freedom) given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she has not been chuppashah (freed). |21| And he shall bring his asham (trespass offering, guilt offering) unto Hashem, unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed, even a ram of asham. |22| And the kohen shall make kapporah for him with the ram of the asham before Hashem for his chattat which he hath sinned; and the chattat which he hath sinned shall be forgiven him. |23| And when ye shall come into ha'aretz, and shall have planted all manner of food trees, then ye shall treat the fruit thereof as forbidden; shalosh shanim shall it be as forbidden unto you; it shall not be eaten of. |24| But in the shanah harev'i'it all the fruit thereof shall be kodesh to praise Hashem withal. |25| And in the shanah hachamishit shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Hashem Eloheichem. |26| Ye shall not eat any thing with the dahm; neither shall ye practice divination, nor practice sorcery. |27| Ye shall not cut the edge of your scalp, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. |28| Ye shall not make any cuttings in your basar for the dead, nor tattoo any marks upon you: I am Hashem. |29| Do not prostitute thy bat, to cause her to be a harlot; lest ha'aretz fall to whoredom, and ha'aretz become full of depravity. |30| Ye shall be shomer over My Shabbatot, and reverence My Mikdash; I am Hashem. |31| Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after Ovos (Mediums) and Yidonim (Spiritists), to be defiled by them: I am Hashem Eloheichem. |32| Thou shalt rise up before the old, and honor the face of the zaken, and fear Eloheicha: I am Hashem. |33| And if a ger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not mistreat him. |34| But the ger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim: I am Hashem Eloheichem. |35| Ye shall do no unrighteousness in scales, in weights, and dry measures. |36| Tzedek scales, tzedek weights, a tzedek ephah, and a tzedek hin, shall ye have: I am Hashem Eloheichem, which brought you out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |37| Therefore shall ye be shomer (on guard to keep) over all My chukkot (statutes), and all My mishpatim (judgments), and do them: I am Hashem. |||20|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Again, thou shalt say to the Bnei Yisroel, Whosoever he be of the Bnei Yisroel, or of the ger that sojourn in Yisroel, that giveth any of his zera unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death; the Am HaAretz shall stone him with stones. |3| And I will set My face against that ish, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his zera unto Molech, to make tamei My Mikdash, and to commit chillul Hashem against Shem Kodshi (My Holy Name). |4| And if the Am HaAretz close their eyes when that man giveth of his zera unto Molech, and kill him not, |5| Then I will set My face against that ish, and against his mishpochah, and will cut him off, and all that go awhoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. |6| And the nefesh that turneth to Ovos (Mediums) and Yidonim (Spiritists), to go a-whoring after them, I will even set My face against that nefesh, and will cut him off from among his people. |7| Consecrate yourselves as kadosh, therefore, and be ye kedoshim: for I am Hashem Eloheichem. |8| And ye shall be shomer over My chukkot, and do them: I am Hashem who sets you apart as kodesh. |9| For every one that curseth his av or his em shall be surely put to death; he hath cursed his av or his em; his dahm shall be upon him. |10| And the ish that committeth adultery with the wife of another ish, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the no'ef (adulterer) and the no'efet (adulteress) shall surely be put to death. |11| And the ish that lieth with the wife of his av hath uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their dahm shall be upon them. |12| And if an ish lie with his kallah (daughter-in-law), both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed tevel (perversion); their dahm shall be upon them. |13| If an ish also lie with zachar, as he lieth with an isha, both of them have committed to'evah; they shall surely be put to death; their dahm shall be upon them. |14| And if an ish take a wife and her em, it is zimmah; they shall be burned with eish, both he and they; that there be no zimmah among you. |15| And if an ish give his shikhvat to a behemah, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the behemah. |16| And if an isha approach unto any behemah, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the isha, and the beast; they shall surely be put to death; their dahm shall be upon them. |17| And if an ish shall take his achot, the bat of his av (father), or the bat of his em (mother), and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their Bnei Am; he hath uncovered the nakedness of his achot (sister); he shall bear his iniquity. |18| And if an ish shall lie with an isha during her davah (menstruous unwellness), and shall uncover her nakedness, he hath made bare her mekor (source), and she hath uncovered the source of her dahm; and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. |19| And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's achot (sister), nor of thy father's achot (sister); for he uncovereth (i.e., incestuously dishonored) his near kin; they shall bear their iniquity. |20| And if an ish shall lie with the wife of his dod, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they shall bear their chet; they shall die childless. |21| And if an ish shall take his brother's wife, it is niddah; he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. |22| Ye shall therefore be shomer over all My chukkot, and all My mishpatim, and do them; that HaAretz, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out. |23| And ye shall not walk in the chukkot of HaGoy, which I cast out before you; for they committed all these things; therefore I abhorred them. |24| But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to inherit it, an Eretz zavat cholov udevash: I am Hashem Eloheichem, which have separated you from the peoples. |25| Ye shall therefore distinguish habehemah hatehorah from teme'ah, and between fowls tamei and tahor: and ye shall not make your nefashot sheketz (abomination) by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as tamei. |26| And ye shall be kadoshim unto Me: for I Hashem am kadosh, and have separated you from the nations, that ye should be Mine. |27| An ish also or isha who is an Ov (Medium) or a Yidoni (Spiritist), shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones; their dahm shall be upon them. [EMOR] |||21|||And Hashem said unto Moshe, Speak unto the kohanim the Bnei Aharon, and say unto them, There shall none be made tamei for the dead among his people; |2| But for his close kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his em, and for his av, and for his ben, and for his bat, and for his ach. |3| And for his betulah achot (virgin sister), that is close unto him, which hath had no ish (husband); for her may he be made tamei. |4| But he shall not make himself tamei, being a ba'al (leader, chief man) among his people, to profane himself. |5| They shall not shave their head bald, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their basar. |6| They shall be kedoshim unto Eloheihem, and not commit Chillul ha-shem against the Shem of Eloheihem; for the offerings of Hashem made by eish and the lechem of Eloheihem they do offer; therefore they shall be kodesh. |7| They shall not take an isha that is a zonah, or chalalah (desecrated woman) neither shall they take an isha gerusha (divorced woman) from her ish; for he is kadosh unto Elohav. [8] Thou shalt set him apart as kodesh therefore; for he offereth the lechem of Eloheicha; he shall be makriv kadosh (holy offering) unto thee: for I, Hashem, the One setting you apart as kodesh, am kadosh. |9| And the bat of any kohen, if she profane herself by playing the zonah, she profaneth her av; she shall be burned with eish. |10| And he that is the Kohen HaGadol among his brethren, upon whose head the Shemen Hamishchah (Anointing Oil) was poured, and that is ordained to put on the garments, shall not in mourning uncover his head, nor rend his garments; |11| Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor make himself tamei for his av, or for his em; |12| Neither shall he go out of the Mikdash, nor profane the Mikdash Elohav; for the nezer shemen mishchat Elohav (consecration of the anointing oil of his G-d) is upon him: I am Hashem. |13| And he shall take an isha in her virginity. |14| An almanah, or a gerusha, or chalalah, or a zonah, these shall he not take; but he shall take a betulah of his own people to wife. |15| Neither shall he profane his zera among his people; for I Hashem do set him apart as kodesh. |16| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |17| Speak unto Aharon, saying, Whosoever he be of thy zera in their dorot that hath any defect, let him not approach to offer the lechem of Elohav. |18| For whatsoever ish he be that hath a mum, he shall not approach; an ish ivver, or a pise'ach (lame), or he who is disfigured or malformed, |19| Or an ish that has a crippled regel or a crippled yad, |20| Or hunchback, or a dwarf, or that hath a defect in his eye, or festering, or running sores, or damaged of testicle; |21| No ish that hath a mum of the zera Aharon HaKohen shall come near to offer the offerings of Hashem made by eish; he hath a mum; he shall not come near to offer the lechem Elohav. |22| He shall eat the lechem Elohav, both of the kodshei hakodashim, and of hakodashim. |23| Only he shall not go near unto the Parochet (curtain), nor come near unto the Mizbe'ach, because he hath a mum on him; that he profane not My Mikdash; for I Hashem do set them apart as kodesh. |24| And Moshe told it unto Aharon, and to his Banim, and unto all the Bnei Yisroel. |||22|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto Aharon and to his Banim, that they separate themselves from the kodashim of the Bnei Yisroel which they set apart as kodesh unto Me, so that they will not commit Chillul ha-shem of Shem Kodshi: I am Hashem. |3| Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your zera among your dorot, that goeth unto the kodashim, which the Bnei Yisroel treat as kodesh unto Hashem, having his tumah upon him, that nefesh shall be cut off from My presence: I am Hashem. |4| Whatsoever man of the zera Aharon is a metzora, or hath a discharge; he shall not eat of the kodashim, until he be tahor. And whosoever toucheth any thing that is tamei by the dead, or a man whose shikhvat zera goeth from him; |5| Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made tamei, or a man who makes him tamei, whatsoever tumah he hath; |6| The nefesh which hath touched any such shall be tamei until erev, and shall not eat of the kodashim, unless he immerse his basar with mayim. |7| And when the shemesh is down, he shall be tahor, and shall afterward eat of the kodashim; because it is his lechem. |8| Nevelah (that which dieth of itself), or tereifah (what is torn by beasts), he shall not eat to make himself tamei therewith; I am Hashem. |9| They shall therefore be shomer over My charge, lest they bear chet for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I Hashem do set them apart as kodesh. |10| There shall no zar eat of the kodesh: a toshav (guest) of the kohen, or a sakhir (hired servant), shall not eat of the kodesh. |11| But if the kohen buy any nefesh with his kesef, he shall eat of it, or he that is born in his bais; they shall eat of his lechem. |12| If the bat kohen also be married unto a man who is a zar, she may not eat of a terumah (offering) of the kodashim. |13| But if the bat kohen becomes an almanah, or gerusha, and have no zera, and is returned unto bais aviha (house of her father), as in her youth, she shall eat of the lechem aviha; but there shall no zar eat thereof. |14| And if an ish eat of the kodesh bishgagah (unintentionally), then he shall add as restitution the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the kohen with the kodesh. |15| And they shall not profane the kodshei Bnei Yisroel, which they offer unto Hashem; |16| And they will cause themselves to bear the avon of guilt when they eat their kodashim; for I Hashem do set them apart as kodesh. |17| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |18| Speak unto Aharon, and to his Banim, and unto kol Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the Bais Yisroel, or of the Ger B'Yisroel, that will offer his korban for any of his nederim, and for all his nedavot, which they will offer unto Hashem for an olah, |19| That it may be accepted on your behalf, ye shall offer a zachar tamim (male without defect), of the cattle and of the sheep, or of the goats. |20| But whatsoever hath a mum, that shall ye not offer, for it shall not be for you leratzon (acceptable [before Hashem]). |21| And whosoever offereth a zevach shelamim unto Hashem to fulfill his neder, or as a nedavah in cattle or sheep, it shall be tamim (perfect, without defect) to be accepted; there shall be no mum therein. |22| Avveret (blind), or injured, or charutz (maimed), or having an abnormal growth, or dry skin eruption, or running sore, ye shall not offer these unto Hashem, nor make an offering by eish of them upon the Mizbe'ach unto Hashem. |23| Either a bull or a seh that hath a limb too long or too short thou mayest offer for a nedavah; but for a neder it shall not be accepted. |24| Ye shall not offer unto Hashem that which is bruised, or crushed, or torn, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your eretz. |25| Neither from the hand of a ben nakhar shall ye offer the lechem Eloheichem of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and mum be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. |26| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |27| When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days with its mother; and from the yom hashemini and thenceforth it shall be accepted for a korban isheh (offering made by eish) unto Hashem. |28| And whether it be an ox or seh, ye shall not slaughter (shachat) it and her young both in yom echad. |29| And when ye will offer a zevach todah unto Hashem, offer it liretzonechem (for your acceptance [before Hashem]). |30| On the same day it shall be eaten; ye shall leave none of it until the boker: I am Hashem. |31| Therefore shall ye be shomer mitzvot over My commandments, and do them: I am Hashem. |32| Neither shall ye profane Shem Kodshi; but I will be treated as kadosh among the Bnei Yisroel: I am Hashem, the One making you Kadoshim, |33| That brought you out of Eretz Mitzrayim, to be for you Elohim (your G-d): I am Hashem. |||23|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, Concerning the Mo'adim of Hashem, which ye shall proclaim to be mikra'ei kodesh, even these are My Mo'adim. |3| Sheshet yamim shall work be done; but the yom hashevi'i is the Shabbos of Shabbaton, a mikra kodesh; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Shabbos to Hashem in all your dwellings. |4| These are the Moa'dim of Hashem, even mikra'ei kodesh, which ye shall proclaim in their mo'adim. |5| In the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is Hashem's Pesach. |6| And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Chag HaMatzot unto Hashem; shivat yamim ye must eat matzot. |7| In the Yom HaRishon ye shall have a mikra kodesh; ye shall do no melekhet avodah therein. |8| But ye shall offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem shivat yamim; in the seventh day is a mikra kodesh; ye shall do no melekhet avodah therein. |9| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |10| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye be come into HaAretz which I am giving unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring an omer (sheaf [of Barley]) of the reshit of your harvest unto the kohen; |11| And he shall wave the omer before Hashem, to be accepted for you; on the day after the Shabbos the kohen shall wave it. |12| And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the omer a keves tamim of the first year for an olah unto Hashem. |13| And the minchah thereof shall be two tenth-ephah of fine flour mingled with shemen, an offering made by eish unto Hashem for a re'ach nicho'ach; and the nesekh thereof shall be of yayin, the fourth part of a hin. |14| And ye shall eat neither lechem, nor roasted grain, nor plump kernels until the same day that ye have brought a korban unto Eloheichem; it shall be a chukkat olam throughout your dorot in all your dwellings. [15| And ye shall count unto you from the day after the Shabbos, from the day that ye brought the omer of the wave offering; shevah shabbatot shall be complete, |16| Even unto the day after the seventh Shabbos shall ye count fifty days; and ye shall offer a minchah chadashah unto Hashem. |17| Ye shall bring out of your dwellings two lechem waveofferings of two tenth ephah; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with chametz; they are the bikkurim unto Hashem. |18| And ye shall offer with the lechem shivat kevasim temimim of the first year, and one young bull, and two rams; they shall be for an olah unto Hashem, with their minchot, and their nesakim, even an offering made by eish, of re'ach nicho'ach unto Hashem. |19| Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a chattat and two kevasim of the first year for a zevach of shelamim. |20| And the kohen shall wave them with the lechem of the bikkurim for a wave offering before Hashem, with the two kevasim; they shall be kodesh to Hashem for the kohen. |21| And ye shall proclaim on the same day, that it may be a mikra kodesh unto you; ye shall do no melekhet avodah therein; it shall be a chukkat olam in all your dwellings throughout your dorot. |22| And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not reap to the edges of thy sadeh when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest; thou shalt leave them unto the oni (poor), and to the ger: I am Hashem Eloheichem. |23| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |24| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Shabbaton, a zikhron teru'ah mikra kodesh. |25| Ye shall do no melekhet avodah therein; but ye shall offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem. |26| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |27| Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be Yom Kippurim; it shall be a mikra kodesh unto you; and ye shall afflict your nefashot, and offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem. |28| And ye shall do no work in that same day; for it is Yom Kippurim, to make kapporah for you before Hashem Eloheichem. |29| For whatsoever nefesh it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. |30| And whatsoever nefesh it be that doeth any work in that same day, that nefesh will I destroy from among his people. |31| Ye shall do no manner of work; it shall be a chukkat olam throughout your dorot in all your dwellings. |32| It shall be unto you a Shabbos Shabbaton, and ye shall afflict your nefashot; in the ninth day of the month at erev, from erev unto erev, shall ye observe your Shabbos. |33| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |34| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Chag HaSukkot for shivat yamim unto Hashem. |35| On the Yom HaRishon shall be a mikra kodesh; ye shall do no melekhet avodah (laborious work) therein. |36| Shivat yamim ye shall offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem; on the eighth day shall be a mikra kodesh unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem; it is an atzeret (assembly); and ye shall do no melekhet avodah therein. |37| These are the Mo'adim of Hashem, which ye shall proclaim to be mikra'ei kodesh, to offer an offering made by eish unto Hashem-an olah (burnt offering), and a minchah, a zevach, and nesakim, every required thing upon its day, |38| Beside the Shabbatot of Hashem, and beside your mattenot, and beside all your nederim, and beside all your nedavot (freewill offerings), which ye give unto Hashem. |39| Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the crop of HaAretz, ye shall keep a Chag (Feast) unto Hashem shivat yamim; on the first day shall be a Shabbaton, and on the eighth day shall be a Shabbaton. |40| And ye shall take you on the Yom HaRishon the fruit of the citron tree, branches of temarim (date palms), and twigs of plaited trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Hashem Eloheichem shivat yamim. |41| And ye shall keep it a Chag (Feast) unto Hashem shivat yamim in the shanah. It shall be a chukkat olam in your dorot; ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. |42| Ye shall dwell in sukkot shivat yamim; all that are the Ezrach Yisroel shall dwell in sukkot, |43| That your dorot may know that I made the Bnei Yisroel to dwell in sukkkot, when I brought them out of Eretz Mitzrayim: I am Hashem Eloheichem. |44| And Moshe declared unto the Bnei Yisroel the Mo'adim of Hashem. |||24|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Command the Bnei Yisroel, that they bring unto thee pure shemen zayit beaten for the light, to kindle the Ner Tamid (Perpetual Lamp). |3| Outside the Parochet (Curtain) of the Edut, in the Ohel Mo'ed shall Aharon set it in order from erev unto boker before Hashem tamid (continually); it shall be a chukkat olam in your dorot. |4| He shall set in order the nerot (lamps) upon the Menorah Hatehorah before Hashem tamid (continually). |5| And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake Sheteym Esreh Challot thereof; two tenths of an ephah shall be in Challah HaEchad. |6| And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the Shulchan HaTahor before Hashem. |7| And thou shalt put levonah zakkah (pure incense) upon each row, that it may be on the lechem for a memorial portion, even an offering made by eish unto Hashem. |8| Shabbos after Shabbos he shall set it in order before Hashem tamid, from the Bnei Yisroel as a Brit Olam. |9| And it shall be for Aharon and for his Banim; and they shall eat it in the Makom Kadosh; for it is kodesh kodashim unto Him of the offerings of Hashem made by eish, a chok olam. |10| And the ben isha Yisroelit, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the Bnei Yisroel; and this ben isha Yisroeli and a man of Yisroel fought together in the machaneh; |11| And the ben haisha Yisroelit pronounced HaShem and blasphemed in a curse. And they brought him unto Moshe; (and shem immo was Shlomit bat Divri, of the tribe of Dan;) |12| And they put him in custody, that the mind of Hashem might be showed them. |13| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |14| Bring forth him that hath blasphemed outside the machaneh; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let kol HaEdah stone him. |15| And thou shalt speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, Whosoever curseth Elohav shall bear his chet. |16| And he that blasphemeth the Shem of Hashem, he shall surely be put to death, and kol HaEdah shall certainly stone him; as well the ger, as the ezrach, when he blasphemeth the Shem of Hashem, shall be put to death. |17| And he that taketh the nefesh of any man shall surely be put to death. |18| And he that taketh the nefesh of a beast shall make it good; nefesh tachat nefesh. |19| And if a man cause a mum in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; |20| Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a mum in an adam, so shall it be done to him. |21| And he that killeth a beast, he shall restitute it; and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. |22| Ye shall have mishpat echad, as well for the ger, as for the ezrach: for I am Hashem Eloheichem. |23| And Moshe spoke to the Bnei Yisroel, that they should bring forth him that had blasphemed out of the machaneh, and stone him with stones. And the Bnei Yisroel did as Hashem commanded Moshe. [BEHAR] |||25|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in Mt. Sinai, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye come into HaAretz which I give you, then shall HaAretz observe a Shabbos rest unto Hashem. |3| Six years thou shalt sow thy sadeh, and six years thou shalt prune thy kerem, and gather in the fruit thereof; |4| But in the Shanah HaShevi'it shall be a Shabbos Shabbaton unto HaAretz, a Shabbos unto Hashem; thou shalt neither sow thy sadeh, nor prune thy kerem (vineyard). |5| That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy untended vine; for it is Shnat Shabbaton unto HaAretz. |6| And the Shabbos of HaAretz shall be food for you; for thee, and for thy eved, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy toshav (guest) that sojourneth with thee. |7| And for thy cattle, and for the wild animal that are in thy land, shall all the tevuah (increase) thereof be to eat. |8| And thou shalt count seven Shabbatot of shanim unto thee, seven times seven shanim; and the period of the sheva Shabbatot of shanim shall be unto thee forty and nine shanim. |9| Then shalt thou cause the shofar to sound a broken blast on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the Yom HaKippurim shall ye make the shofar sound throughout all your land. |10| And ye shall treat as kadosh the fiftieth year, and proclaim deror (freedom) throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a Yovel (Jubilee) unto you; and ye shall return every man unto the ancestral heritage of his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his mishpochah. |11| A Yovel shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy untended vine, |12| For it is the Yovel; it shall be kodesh unto you; ye shall eat the tevuah (increase) thereof out of the sadeh. |13| In this Shnat Yovel ye shall return every man unto his possession. |14| And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buyest ought of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not take advantage of one another. |15| According to the number of shanim after the Yovel thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of shanim of the tevuot (harvests, increases) he shall sell unto thee. |16| According to the multitude of shanim thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of shanim thou shalt diminish the price of it; for according to the number of the shanim of the tevuot doth he sell unto thee. |17| Ye shall not therefore take advantage of one another; but thou shalt fear Eloheicha: for I am Hashem Eloheichem. |18| Wherefore ye shall do My chukkot, and be shomer over My mishpatim, and do them; and ye shall dwell in HaAretz in safety. |19| And HaAretz shall yield her pri, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. |20| And if ye shall say, What shall we eat in the shanah hashevi'it? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our tevuah; |21| Then I will command Birkhati (My Blessing) upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth the tevuah for shalosh hashanim. |22| And ye shall sow the shanah hasheminit, and eat yet of tevuah yashan (old increase) until the ninth year; until her harvest come in, ye shall eat of the yashan (old). |23| HaAretz shall not be sold permanently: for HaAretz is Mine, for ye are gerim and toshavim with Me. |24| And in all the eretz of your possession ye shall grant a Geulah for HaAretz. |25| If thy brother become poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and his Go'el HaKarov (Near Kinsman Redeemer) come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. |26| And if the man does not have for him a Go'el, and himself be able to effect the Geulah, |27| Then let him count the shanim from the sale thereof, and refund the balance unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. |28| But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the Shnat HaYovel; and in the Yovel it shall be returned, and he shall return unto his possession. |29| And if a man sell a bais moshav in a walled city, then he retains the right of Geulah a full year after its sale; within a full year may he redeem it. |30| And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the bais that is in the walled city shall be established forever to him that bought it throughout his dorot; it shall not return in the Yovel. |31| But the batim (houses) of the villages which have no chomah (wall) round about them shall be considered as the fields of the country; Geulah shall be for it, and in the Yovel it must return. |32| Notwithstanding, the towns of the Levi'im, and the batim (houses) of the towns of their possession, there is a Geulat Olam for the Levi'im. |33| And what one will buy from the Levi'im, the bais that was sold, and the town of his possession, shall be released in the year of Yovel; for the batim of the towns of the Levi'im are their possession among the Bnei Yisroel. |34| But the sadeh of the open land of their towns may not be sold; for it is their achuzzat olam (perpetual heritage). |35| And if thy brother become poor, and his hand fails with thee; then thou shalt strengthen him; yea, though he be a ger, or a toshav; that he may live among thee. |36| Take thou no neshekh of him, or increase; but fear Eloheicha; that thy brother may live among thee. |37| Thou shalt not lend him thy kesef at neshekh, nor give him thy food for increase. |38| I am Hashem Eloheichem, which brought you forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, to give you Eretz Kena'an, and to be Elohim unto you. |39| And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee become poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to do avodat eved; |40| But as a sakhir, and as a toshav, he shall be among thee, and shall serve thee unto the Shnat HaYovel. |41| And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his banim with him, and shall return unto his own mishpochah, and unto the Achuzzat of his Avot shall he return. |42| For they are My Eved, which I brought forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim; they shall not be sold in the manner of an eved. |43| Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear Eloheicha. |44| Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the Goyim that are round about you; of them shall ye buy eved and amah. |45| Moreover of the bnei hatoshavim that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their mishpachot that are among you, which they fathered in your land; and they shall be your possession. |46| And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your banim after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen forever; but over your brethren, the Bnei Yisroel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor. |47| And if a ger or toshav grow rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him grow poor, and sell himself unto the foreigner among thee, or to the eker (member) mishpachat of the ger; |48| After that he is sold, his Geulah remains; one of his brethren may redeem him, |49| Either his dod, or ben dod of him, may redeem him, or any that is near of kin unto him of his mishpachat may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. |50| And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the Shnat HaYovel; and the price of his release shall be based on the number of shanim, according to the value of a sakhir's pay shall it be with him. |51| If there be yet many shanim remaining, according unto them he shall give for his Geulah the kesef that he was bought for. |52| And if there remain but few shanim unto the Shnat HaYovel, then he shall count that, and according unto his shanim shall he pay the price of his Geulah. |53| And as a sakhir hired shanah b'shanah shall he be with him; and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. |54| And if he be not redeemed in these shanim, then he shall be released in the Shnat HaYovel, both he, and his banim with him. |55| For unto Me the Bnei Yisroel are avadim; they are My avadim whom I brought forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim: I am Hashem Eloheichem. |||26|||Ye shall not make for you elilim or pesel or set up matzevah, neither shall ye set up even maskit (carved stone) in your land, lehishtachavot (to bow down) unto it: for I am Hashem Eloheichem. [BECHUKKOTAI] |2| Ye shall be shomer over My Shabbatot, and reverence My Mikdash: I am Hashem. |3| If ye walk in My chukkot, and be shomer over My mitzvot, and do them; |4| Then I will give you geshem in due season, and HaAretz shall yield her increase, and the etz hasadeh shall yield his pri. |5| And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your lechem to the full, and dwell in your land safely. |6| And I will give shalom in HaAretz, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid the savage beast out of HaAretz, neither shall the cherev pass through your land. |7| And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the cherev. |8| And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the cherev. |9| For I will look upon you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and confirm My Brit (Covenant) with you. |10| And ye shall be eating the old harvest when you move out the yashan because of the chadash. |11| And I set My Mishkan among you: and My Nefesh shall not abhor you. |12| And I will walk among you, and will be Elohim to you, and ye shall be My people. |13| I am Hashem Eloheichem, which brought you forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, that ye should not be their avadim; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you walk head held high. |14| But if ye will not pay heed unto Me, and will not do all these mitzvot, |15| And if ye shall despise My chukkot, or if your nefesh abhor My mishpatim, so that ye will not do all My mitzvot, but that ye violate My Brit (Covenant), |16| I also will do this unto you: I will even visit upon you terror, wasting disease, and the burning fever, that shall consume the eyes, and drain the nefesh: and ye shall sow your zera in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. |17| And I will set My Face against you, and ye shall be struck down before your enemies. They that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none rodef (pursue, persecute) you. |18| And if ye will not yet for all this pay heed unto Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your chattot. |19| And I will break the ga'on (pride) of your stubbornness; and I will make your skies as barzel, and your soil as bronze; |20| And your ko'ach shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the etz HaAretz yield their pri. |21| And if ye remain walking contrary unto Me, and will not pay heed unto Me, I will bring seven times more makkah (plagues) upon you according to your chattot (sins). |22| I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and darkheichem (your roads, ways) shall be deserted. |23| And if ye will not be corrected by Me, but will walk keri (contrary, hostile) unto Me, |24| Then will I also walk b'keri (contrary, hostile) unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your chattot. |25| And I will bring a cherev upon you, that shall avenge Nekom HaBrit (Vengeance of My Covenant); and when ye are gathered together within your towns, I will send the dever (pestilence) among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. |26| And when I have broken the matteh (staff, supply) of your lechem, eser nashim shall bake your lechem in one oven, and they shall dole out your lechem by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. |27| And if ye will not for all this pay heed unto Me, but walk b'keri (contrary, hostile) unto Me, |28| Then I will walk keri unto you also in chamat (fury); and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your chattot. |29| And ye shall eat the basar of your banim, and the basar of your banot shall ye eat. |30| And I will destroy your high places, and cut down chammneichem (your pillars for worshiping the sun), and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and My Nefesh shall abhor you. |31| And I will turn your cities into ruins, and bring mikdesheichem (your sanctuaries) unto desolation, and I will not take delight in your re'ach nicho'ach. |32| And I will bring HaAretz into desolation; and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at her. |33| And I will scatter you among the Goyim, and will draw out a cherev after you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities ruin. |34| Then shall HaAretz enjoy her Shabbatot, as long as she lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall HaAretz rest, and enjoy her Shabbatot. |35| As long as she lieth desolate she shall rest, because she did not rest in your Shabbatot, when ye dwelt upon her. |36| And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a fearful faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a cherev; and they shall fall v'ein rodef (when none pursueth, persecutes). |37| And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a cherev, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no standing place before your enemies. |38| And ye shall perish among the Goyim, and the eretz of your enemies shall eat you up. |39| And they that are left of you shall waste away in their avon in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their avot shall they waste away with them. |40| V'hitvadu (if they shall confess) their avon, and the avon of their avot, with their treachery in which they were treacherous against Me, and that also they have walked b'keri (contrary, hostile) unto Me; |41| And that I also have walked b'keri unto them, and have brought them into the eretz of their enemies; if then their levav he'arel (uncircumcised hearts) be humbled, and they then pay for their avon [i.e., accept the punishment of their iniquity], |42| Then will I remember My Brit (covenant) with Ya'akov, and also My Brit (covenant) with Yitzchak, and also My Brit (covenant) with Avraham will I remember; and I will remember HaAretz. |43| HaAretz also shall be deserted by them, and shall enjoy her Shabbatot, while she lieth desolate without them; and they shall pay for their avon [accept the punishment of their iniquity]: because, even because they despised My mishpatim, and because their nefesh abhorred My chukkot. |44| And yet for all that, when they be in the eretz of their enemies, I will not cast them away (i.e., reject them), neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break My Brit (covenant) with them: for I am Hashem Eloheichem. |45| But I will for their sakes remember the Brit Rishonim (covenant of their ancestors) whom I brought forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim in the sight of the Goyim, that I might be Elohim to them: I am Hashem. |46| These are the chukkim and mishpatim and torot, which Hashem made between Him and the Bnei Yisroel in Mt. Sinai by the hand of Moshe. |||27|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When a man shall articulate a neder, the nefashot shall be for Hashem by thy evaluation. |3| And thy evaluation shall be of the zachar from esrim shanim even unto shishim shanah, even thy evaluation shall be fifty shekels kesef, after the shekel HaKodesh. |4| And if it be a nekevah, then thy evaluation shall be shloshim shekel. |5| And if it be from chamesh shanim even unto esrim shanah, then thy evaluation shall be of the zachar esrim shekel, and for the nekevah aseret shekalim. |6| And if it be from a month old even unto chamesh shanim, then thy evaluation shall be of the zachar chamishah shekalim kesef, and for the nekevah thy evaluation shall be shloshet shekalim kesef. |7| And if it be from shishim shanah and above, if it be a zachar, then thy evaluation shall be chamishah asar shekel, and for the nekevah asarah shekalim. |8| But if he be poorer than thy evaluation, then he shall present himself before the kohen, and the kohen shall value him; according to the ability of the one who vowed the neder shall the kohen value him. |9| And if it be a behemah, whereof men bring a korban unto Hashem, all that any man giveth of such unto Hashem shall be kodesh. |10| He shall not exchange it, nor substitute it, a tov for a rah, or rah for tov: and if he shall at all substitute behemah for behemah, then it and the substitute thereof shall be kodesh. |11| And if it be any behemah temeiah, of which they do not offer a korban unto Hashem, then he shall present the behemah before the kohen; |12| And the kohen shall value it, whether it be tov or rah; as thou valuest it, who art the kohen, so shall it be. |13| But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add chamishto (a fifth part thereof) unto thy evaluation. |14| And when a man shall set apart as kodesh his bais to be kodesh unto Hashem, then the kohen shall evaluate it, whether it be tov or rah; as the kohen shall set the value of it, so shall it remain. |15| And if he that set it apart as kodesh will redeem his bais, then he shall add the fifth part of the kesef of thy evaluation unto it, and it shall be his. |16| And if a man shall set apart as kodesh unto Hashem some part of a sadeh of his possession, then thy evaluation shall be according to its seeding; an area seeded by a homer of barley shall be valued at chamishim shekel kesef. |17| If he set apart as kodesh his sadeh from the Shnat HaYovel, according to thy evaluation it shall remain. |18| But if he set apart as kodesh his sadeh after the Yovel, then the kohen shall reckon unto him the kesef according to the shanim that remain, even unto the Shnat HaYovel, and it shall be deducted from thy evaluation. |19| And if he that set apart as kodesh the sadeh will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the kesef of thy evaluation unto it, and it shall be his. |20| And if he will not redeem the sadeh, or if he have sold the sadeh to ish achar (another man), it shall not be redeemed any more. |21| But the sadeh, when it is released in the Yovel, shall be kodesh unto Hashem, as a sadeh hacherem (devoted); the possession thereof shall be the kohen's. |22| And if a man set apart as kodesh unto Hashem a sadeh which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession [i.e., ancestral heritage], |23| Then the kohen shall reckon unto him the worth of thy evaluation, even unto the Shnat HaYovel: and he shall give thine evaluation in that day, as kodesh unto Hashem. |24| In the Shnat HaYovel the sadeh shall return and revert unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the Achuzzat HaAretz (Ancestral Heritage of the Land) did belong. |25| And all thy evaluations shall be according to the shekel HaKodesh; twenty gerah shall be the shekel. |26| Only the bechor of the behemah, which should be Hashem's Bechor, no man shall set it apart as kodesh; whether it be shor (ox), or seh (sheep): it is Hashem's. |27| And if it be of a behemah hatemeiah, then he shall redeem it according to thine evaluation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto; or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy evaluation. |28| Nevertheless, no cherem (devoted thing), that a man shall devote unto Hashem of all that he hath, both of adam and behemah, and of the sadeh of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every cherem is kodesh kodashim unto Hashem. |29| No cherem, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. |30| And all the ma'aser HaAretz (tithe of the Land), whether of the zera HaAretz, or of the pri HaEtz, is Hashem's; it is kodesh unto Hashem. |31| And if a man will at all redeem ought of his ma'asor (tithes), he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. |32| And concerning the ma'aser of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be kodesh unto Hashem. |33| He shall not search whether it be tov or rah, neither shall he change it; and if he substitute it at all, then both it and the substitute thereof shall be kodesh; it shall not be redeemed. |34| These are the mitzvot, which Hashem commanded Moshe for the Bnei Yisroel in Mt. Sinai. BAMIDBAR [BAMIDBAR] |||1|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the midbar of Sinai, in the Ohel Mo'ed, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of Eretz Mitzrayim, saying, |2| Take ye the rosh (top amount, census) of kol Adat Bnei Yisroel after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, with the number of their shmot, every zachar by their head count; |3| From twenty years old and upward, all that are ablebodied to serve in tzava b'Yisroel (army in Yisroel); thou and Aharon shall number them by their tzva'ot (legions). |4| And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one Rosh of the bais of his Avot. |5| And these are the shemot haanashim that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuven, Elitzur ben Shedeur; |6| Of Shim'on, Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai; |7| Of Yehudah, Nachshon ben Amminadav; |8| Of Yissakhar, Netanel ben Tzuar; |9| Of Zevulun, Eliav ben Chelon; |10| Of the bnei Yosef: of Ephrayim, Elishama ben Ammihud; of Menasheh, Gamli'el ben Pedahtzur; |11| Of Binyamin, Avidan ben Gideoni; |12| Of Dan, Achiezer ben Ammishaddai; |13| Of Asher, Pagiel ben Ochran; |14| Of Gad, Elyasaph ben Deuel; |15| Of Naphtali, Achira ben Enan. |16| These were the called men of the Edah, nasiim of the tribes of their avot, rashei alfei Yisroel (head-men of the clans of Yisroel). |17| And Moshe and Aharon took these men which had been designated by their names; |18| And they assembled kol HaEdah together on the first yom of the second month, and they declared their family after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, one by one. |19| As Hashem commanded Moshe, so he counted them in the midbar of Sinai. |20| And the bnei Reuven, Yisroel's bechor, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, one by one, every zakhar from twenty years old and upward, all that are ablebodied to serve in tzava; |21| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuven, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. |22| Of the bnei Shim'on, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the shmot, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army); |23| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Shim'on, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. |24| Of the bnei Gad, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava; |25| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. |26| Of the bnei Yehudah, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army); |27| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Yehudah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. |28| Of the bnei Yissakhar, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army); |29| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Yissakhar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. |30| Of the bnei Zevulun, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army); |31| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zevulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. |32| Of the bnei Yosef, namely, of the bnei Ephrayim, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army); |33| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephrayim, were forty thousand and five hundred. |34| Of the bnei Menasheh, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army); |35| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Menasheh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. |36| Of the bnei Binyamin, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army); |37| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Binyamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. |38| Of the bnei Dan, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army); |39| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. |40| Of the bnei Asher, by their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army); |41| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. |42| Of the bnei Naphtali, throughout their toldot, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, according to the number of the shmot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava (army); |43| Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. |44| These are those that were numbered, which Moshe and Aharon numbered, and the nasiim (princes, rulers, exalted) of Yisroel, being shneym asar (twelve) men, each one representing the bais of his avot. |45| So were all those that were numbered of the Bnei Yisroel, by the bais of their avot, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able-bodied to serve in tzava b'Yisroel (army in Yisroel); |46| Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. |47| But the Levi'im after the tribe of their avot were not numbered among them. |48| For Hashem had spoken unto Moshe saying, |49| Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the Bnei Yisroel; |50| But thou shalt appoint the Levi'im over the Mishkan HaEdut and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it; they shall bear the Mishkan, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp round about the Mishkan. |51| And when the Mishkan setteth forward, the Levi'im shall take it down; and when the Mishkan is to be pitched, the Levi'im shall set it up; and the zar (stranger, outsider, unauthorized party) that cometh nigh shall be put to death. |52| And the Bnei Yisroel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own machaneh (camp), and every man by his own degel (standard, banner), throughout their tzva'ot (hosts). |53| But the Levi'im shall encamp around the Mishkan HaEdut, that there be no ketzef (wrath) fall upon the Adat Bnei Yisroel; and the Levi'im shall be shomer mishmeret (watch the watch, attend to, keep the charge, the reverence) of the Mishkan HaEdut. |54| And the Bnei Yisroel did according to all that Hashem commanded Moshe, so did they. |||2|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying, |2| The Bnei Yisroel shall encamp, each man under his own degel (standard, banner), with the otot (ensigns) of the bais of their avot; some distance from it, around the Ohel Mo'ed must they encamp. [see Yehoshua 3:4] |3| And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the degel (standard, banner) of the machaneh of Yehudah encamp by their tzvaos: and Nachshon ben Amminadav shall be Nasi of the Bnei Yehudah.[Bereshis 49:10] |4| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. |5| And those that do encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Yissakhar; and Netanel ben Tzuar shall be Nasi of the Bnei Yissakhar. |6| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. |7| Then the tribe of Zevulun; and Eliav ben Helon shall be Nasi of the Bnei Zevulun. |8| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. |9| All that were numbered in the machaneh of Yehudah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, by their tzvaos. These shall set forth first. |10| On the south side shall be the degel (standard, banner) of the machaneh of Reuven according to their tzvaos: and the Nasi of the Bnei Reuven shall be Elitzur ben Shedeur. |11| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. |12| And those which encamp by him shall be the tribe of Shim'on; and the Nasi of the Bnei Shim'on shall be Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai. |13| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. |14| Then the tribe of Gad; and the Nasi of the Bnei Gad shall be Elyasaph ben Reuel. |15| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. |16| All that were numbered in the machaneh of Reuven were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, by their tzvaos. And they shall set forth in the second rank. |17| Then the Ohel Mo'ed shall set forward with the machaneh of the Levi'im in the midst of the machaneh; as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their degel. |18| On the west side shall be the degel of the machaneh of Ephrayim according to their tzvaos; and the Nasi of the Bnei Ephrayim shall be Elishama ben Ammihud. |19| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. |20| And by him shall be the tribe of Menasheh; and the Nasi of the Bnei Menasheh shall be Gamli'el ben Pedahtzur. |21| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. |22| Then the tribe of Binyamin; and the Nasi of the Bnei Binyamin shall be Avidan ben Gideoni. |23| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. |24| All that were numbered of the machaneh of Ephrayim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, by their tzvaos. And they shall go forward in the third rank. |25| The degel (standard, banner) of the machaneh of Dan shall be on the north side by their tzvaos; and the Nasi of the Bnei Dan shall be Achiezer ben Ammishaddai. |26| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. |27| And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the Nasi of the Bnei Asher shall be Pagiel ben Ochran. |28| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. |29| Then the tribe of Naphtali; and the Nasi of the Bnei Naphtali shall be Achira ben Enan. |30| And his tz'va (host), and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. |31| All they that were numbered in the machaneh of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall break camp last with their degel (standard, banner). |32| These are those which were numbered of the Bnei Yisroel by the bais of their avot; all those that were numbered of the machanot by their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. |33| But the Levi'im were not counted with the Bnei Yisroel; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |34| And the Bnei Yisroel did according to all that Hashem commanded Moshe; so they encamped by the degelim (standards, banners) of them, and so they set forward, every one after their mishpekhot, according to the bais of their avot. |||3|||These also are the toldot of Aharon and Moshe in the yom that Hashem spoke with Moshe in Mt. Sinai. |2| And these are the shmot of the Bnei Aharon: Nadav the bechor, and Avihu, Eleazar, and Itamar [Vayikra 10]. |3| These are the shmot of the Bnei Aharon, the kohanim hameshuchim whose hand he filled [i.e., ordained] to be kohen [Shemot 29; Vayikra 8]. |4| And Nadav and Avihu died before Hashem, when they offered eish zarah (unauthorized fire) before Hashem, in the midbar of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and Itamar ministered in the kohen's office in the sight of Aharon their av [Vayikra 10]. |5| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |6| Bring the tribe of Levi near [i.e., present them as offerings are presented], and present them before Aharon HaKohen, that they may minister unto him [i.e., help, be of service to him]. |7| And they [the Levi'im] shall be shomer mishmeret (watch the watch, keep the guard duty) for him and for the mishmeret kol HaEdah (duty of the whole Congregation) before the Ohel Mo'ed, to do avodat HaMishkan (the work, service of the Mishkan). |8| And they shall be shomer mishmeret over kol klei Ohel Mo'ed (all the vessels, furnishings of the Ohel Mo'ed) for the Bnei Yisroel, doing the avodat HaMishkan (work of the Mishkan). |9| And thou shalt give the Levi'im unto Aharon and to his banim; they are wholly given unto him from among the Bnei Yisroel. |10| And thou shalt appoint Aharon and his banim; they shall be shomer to watch over their kehunah; the zar that encroach shall be put to death. |11| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |12| And I, hinei, I have taken the Levi'im from among the Bnei Yisroel instead of all the bechor that openeth the womb among the Bnei Yisroel; therefore the Levi'im shall be Mine; |13| Because all the bechor are Mine; for on the yom that I struck down all the bechor in Eretz Mitzrayim I set apart as kodesh unto Me all the bechor in Yisroel, both man and beast: Mine shall they be: I am Hashem. |14| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the midbar of Sinai, saying, |15| Count the Bnei Levi by the bais of their avot, by their mishpekhot; every zachar from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. |16| And Moshe numbered them according to the command of Hashem, as he had been commanded. |17| And these were the Bnei Levi by their shmot: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari. |18| And these are the shmot of the Bnei Gershon by their mishpekhot: Livni, and Shimei. |19| And the Bnei Kehat by their mishpekhot: Amram, Yitzhar, Chevron, and Uzziel. |20| And the Bnei Merari by their mishpekhot: Machli and Mushi. These are the mishpekhot of the Levi'im according to the bais of their avot. |21| To Gershon belonged the mishpakhat of the Livni and the mishpakhat of the Shimi: these are the mishpekhot of the Gershoni. |22| Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of kol zachar (all the males), from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. |23| The mishpekhot of the Gershoni shall encamp behind the Mishkan westward. |24| And the Nasi of the bais av of the Gershoni shall be Elyasaph ben Lael. |25| And the mishmeret of the Bnei Gershon in the Ohel Mo'ed is as follows: the Mishkan, and the Ohel, the covering thereof, and the curtain at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed, |26| And the curtains of the khatzer, and the curtain for the entrance of the khatzer, which is around the Mishkan, and around the mizbe'ach; and the cords of it for kol avodah thereof. |27| And to Kehat belonged the mishpakhat of the Amrami, and the mishpakhat of the Yitzhari, and the mishpakhat of the Chevroni, and the mishpakhat of the Uzzieli: these are the mishpekhot of the Kehati. |28| In the number of all the zachar, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, shomrei mishmeret haKodesh. |29| The mishpekhot of the Bnei Kehat shall encamp on the southward side of the Mishkan. |30| And the Nasi bais av of the mishpekhot of the Kehati shall be Elitzaphan ben Uzziel. |31| And their guard duty shall be: the Aron and the Shulchan, and the Menorah, and the Mizbechot, and the vessels of HaKodesh (the Holy Place) wherewith they minister, and the curtain, and all the avodah thereof. |32| And Eleazar ben Aharon HaKohen shall be Nasi over the Nasi'ei HaLevi'im, and have the oversight of them that do guard duty over HaKodesh (the Holy Place). |33| To Merari belonged the mishpakhat of the Mahli, and the mishpakhat of the Mushi: these are the mishpekhot of Merari. |34| And those that were counted of them, according to the number of all the zachar, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. |35| And the Nasi bais av of the mishpekhot of Merari was Tzuriel ben Avichayil; these shall encamp on the side of the Mishkan northward. |36| And under the guard duty charge of the Bnei Merari shall be: the frames of the Mishkan, and the crossbars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the bases thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, |37| And the pillars of the khatzer round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords. |38| And those that encamp in front of the Mishkan toward the east, even in front of the Ohel Mo'ed eastward, shall be Moshe, and Aharon and his banim, shomrim mishmeret HaMikdash (standing guard duty over the holy area) on behalf of the Bnei Yisroel; and the zar that shall encroach shall be put to death. |39| All that were counted of the Levi'im, which Moshe and Aharon numbered at the command of Hashem, by their mishpekhot, all the zakhar from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. |40| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Count all the bechor of the zakhar of the Bnei Yisroel from a month old and upward, and calculate the total by their shmot. |41| And thou shalt take the Levi'im for Me-I am Hashem-instead of all the bechor among the Bnei Yisroel; and the cattle of the Levi'im instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the Bnei Yisroel. |42| And Moshe counted, as Hashem commanded him, all the bechor among the Bnei Yisroel. |43| And it came about that all the bechor zakhar by the number of shmot, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. |44| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |45| Take the Levi'im instead of all the bechor among the Bnei Yisroel, and the cattle of the Levi'im instead of their cattle; and the Levi'im shall be Mine: I am Hashem. |46| And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the bechor of the Bnei Yisroel, which are more than the Levi'im; |47| Thou shalt even take five shekels for each one individually, after the shekel of HaKodesh shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs) [Vayikra 27:6]; |48| And thou shalt give the kesef, wherewith those over and above them [the Levi'im] is to be redeemed, unto Aharon and to his banim. |49| And Moshe took the kesef hapidyom of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levi'im; |50| Of the bechor of the Bnei Yisroel collected he the kesef; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of HaKodesh; |51| And Moshe gave the kesef hapidyom unto Aharon and to his banim, according to the command of Hashem, as Hashem commanded Moshe. |||4|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying, |2| Take the census of the Bnei Kehat from among the Bnei Levi, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, |3| From shloshim shanah (thirty years old) and upward even until chamishim shanah (fifty years old), all that enter into the tz'va (holy militia of Hashem) to do the melachah (work) in the Ohel Mo'ed. |4| This shall be the Avodat Bnei Kehat in the Ohel Mo'ed: kodesh hakodashim (the most holy things); |5| And when the machaneh (camp) setteth forward, Aharon shall come, and his banim, and they shall take down the Parochet (veil) of the screen, and cover the Aron HaEdut (Ark of the Testimony) with it; |6| And shall put thereon the tachash hide covering, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly sky-blue violet, and shall put in the carrying poles thereof. |7| And upon the Shulchan HaPanim they shall spread a cloth of sky-blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the incense spoons, and the offering bowls, and kesot hanesekh (pitchers of the drink offering); and Lechem HaTamid (Perpetual Bread) shall be thereon; |8| And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a tachash hide covering, and shall put in the poles thereof. |9| And they shall take a cloth of sky-blue, and cover the Menorat HaMa'ohr (Menorah of Illumination), and its nerot (lamps), and its tongs, and its trays, and all the klei shemen (oil vessels) thereof, wherewith they prepare it for [holy] service; |10| And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a tachash hide covering, and shall put it upon the carrying frame. |11| And upon the Mizbach HaZahav they shall spread a cloth of sky-blue, and cover it a tachash hide covering, and shall put in place the poles thereof; |12| And they shall take all the Klei HaSharet (Utensils of Ministry), wherewith they minister in HaKodesh, and put them in a cloth of skyblue, and cover them with a tachash hide covering, and shall put them on the carrying frame; |13| And they shall take away the ashes from the Mizbe'ach, and spread a purple cloth thereon: |14| And they shall put upon it all the utensils thereof, wherewith they minister upon it, even the fire pans, the meathooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the Klei HaMizbe'ach; and they shall spread upon it a tachash hide covering, and put in place its poles. |15| And when Aharon and his banim have made an end of covering HaKodesh, and all the Klei HaKodesh, as the machaneh (camp) is to set forward, after that, the Bnei Kehat shall come to bear it; but they shall not touch any kodesh, lest they die. These things are the massa (burden) of the Bnei Kehat in the Ohel Mo'ed. |16| And to the pekuddat (oversight, office) of Eleazar ben Aharon HaKohen pertaineth the Shemen HaMa'ohr (Oil of Illumination), and the incense spices, and the Minchat HaTamid (Continual Grain Offering), and the Shemen HaMishchah (Anointing Oil), and the Pekuddat Kol HaMishkan, and of all that therein is, in HaKodesh, and in the vessels thereof. |17| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon saying, |18| Cut ye not off the shevet (tribe) of the mishpekhot of the Kehati from among the Levi'im; |19| But this do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto kodesh hakodashim (the most holy things): Aharon and his banim shall go in, and appoint them every one to his avodah (service, ministry) and to his massa (burden); |20| But they shall not go in to look for a single instant at hakodesh, lest they die. [NASO] |21| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |22| Take also the census of the Bnei Gershon, throughout the bais avot of them, by their mishpekhot; |23| From shloshim shanah (thirty years old) and upward until chamishim shanah (fifty years old) shalt thou number them; all that enter to serve the tz'va (holy militia service of Hashem), to labor in the Avodah in the Ohel Mo'ed. |24| This is the Avodat Mishpekhot Gershoni, as relates to service and massa (burden): |25| And they shall bear the curtains of the Mishkan, and the Ohel Mo'ed, its covering, and the tachash hide covering that is over the top of it, and the screen for the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed, |26| And the hangings of the khatzer (court), and the hanging for the entrance of the sha'ar (gate) of the khatzer (court), which is around the Mishkan and around the Mizbe'ach, and their cords, and all the Klei Avodah (Utensils of Service, Ministry) of them, and all that is done for them; so shall they serve. |27| At the appointment of Aharon and his banim shall be all the Avodat Bnei Gershoni, in all their massa (burdens), and in all their avodah (service); and ye shall appoint unto them in mishmeret (guard duty responsibility) for all their massa (burdens). |28| This is the Avodat Mishpekhot Bnei Gershoni in the Ohel Mo'ed; and misheret (guard duty responsibility) shall be under the direction of Itamar ben Aharon HaKohen. |29| As for the Bnei Merari, thou shalt number them after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot; |30| From shloshim shanah (thirty years old) and upward even until chamishim shanah (fifty years old) shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the tz'va (holy militia service of Hashem), to do the work of the Avodat Ohel Mo'ed. |31| And this is their mishmeret (guard) massa (burden), according to all their Avodah (Service, Ministry) in the Ohel Mo'ed; the frames of the Mishkan, and the crossbars thereof, and the posts thereof, and bases thereof, |32| And the posts surrounding the khatzer, and their bases, and their tent pegs, and their cords, with all their implements, and with all their service; and by shmot (names) ye shall assign the klei mishmeret (vessels of duty) massa (burdens). |33| This is the Avodat Mishpekhot Bnei Merari, according to all their service, in the Ohel Mo'ed under the direction of Itamar ben Aharon HaKohen. |34| And Moshe and Aharon and the Nasi'ei HaEdah (Leaders of the Congregation) counted the Bnei HaKehati after their mishpekhot, and after the bais of their avot, |35| From shloshim shanah (thirty years old) and upward even until chamishim shanah (fifty years old) shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the tz'va (holy militia service of Hashem), to do the work of the Avodah in the Ohel Mo'ed; |36| And those that were numbered of them by their mishpekhot were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. |37| These were they that were numbered of the mishpekhot HaKehati, all that might do service in the Ohel Mo'ed which Moshe and Aharon did number according to the command of Hashem by the hand of Moshe. |38| And those that were numbered of the Bnei Gershon, throughout their mishpekhot, and by the bais of their avot, |39| From shloshim shanah and upward even until chamishim shanah shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the tz'va (holy militia service of Hashem), to do the work of the Avodah in the Ohel Mo'ed, |40| Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. |41| These are they that were numbered of the Mishpekhot Bnei Gershon, of all that might do service in the Ohel Mo'ed whom Moshe and Aharon did number according to the command of Hashem. |42| And those that were numbered of the Mishpekhot Bnei Merari, throughout their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot, |43| From shloshim shanah and upward even until chamishim shanah shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the tz'va, to do the work of the Avodah in the Ohel Mo'ed, |44| Even those that were numbered of them by their mishpekhot, were three thousand and two hundred. |45| These be those that were numbered of the Mishpekhot Bnei Merari, whom Moshe and Aharon numbered according to the command of Hashem by the hand of Moshe. |46| All those that were numbered of the Levi'im, whom Moshe and Aharon and the Nasi'ei Yisroel numbered, by their mishpekhot, and by the bais of their avot, |47| From shloshim shanah and upward even until chamishim shanah shalt thou number them, every one that entereth to do the Avodat Avodah (the Work of the Service, Ministry) and the Avodat Massa (Service, Ministry of the Burden) in the Ohel Mo'ed. |48| Even those that were numbered of them, were shmonat alafim vachamesh me'ot ushmonim (eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore), |49| According to the command of Hashem they were numbered by the hand of Moshe, every one according to his Avodah (Service), and according to his Massa (Burden); thus were they counted of him, as Hashem commanded Moshe. |||5|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Command the Bnei Yisroel, that they put out of the machaneh every tzaru'a, and every one that hath a discharge, and whosoever is tameh lanefesh (unclean, defiled by reason of contact with a corpse), |3| Both zakhar and nekevah shall ye put out, without the machaneh shall ye put them; that they defile not their machanot, in the midst whereof I dwell. |4| And the Bnei Yisroel did so, and put them outside the machaneh; just as Hashem spoke unto Moshe, so did the Bnei Yisroel. |5| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |6| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, When a man or woman shall commit any chattot that men commit, l'me'ol ma'al baHashem (thereby trespassing against Hashem), and feels guilty; |7| Then they shall make vidduy (confession of sin) of their chattot which they have committed; and shall make reparation in full, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom they hath incurred liability. |8| But if the man have no go'el unto whom reparation for the asham can be made, let the asham be recompensed unto Hashem, even to the kohen, besides the ram of the kippurim, whereby a kapparah shall be made on his behalf. |9| And every terumah of all the holy things of the Bnei Yisroel, which they bring unto the kohen, shall be his. |10| And every man's things set apart as kodesh shall be his; whatsoever any man giveth the kohen, it shall be his. |11| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |12| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, If any man's isha go aside, and commit a trespass [i.e., is unfaithful] against him, |13| And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her ish, and she become tameh secretly, and there be no ed (witness) against her, neither she be caught; |14| And a ruach kina (spirit of jealousy) come upon him, and he be jealous of his isha, and she be tameh; or if a ruach kina come upon him, and he be jealous of his isha, and she be not tameh; |15| Then shall the ish bring his isha unto the kohen, and he shall bring her korban for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no shemen upon it, nor put incense thereon; for it is a minchat kinot (grain offering of jealousies), a minchat zekaron (grain offering of memorial), bringing avon to remembrance. |16| And the kohen shall bring her near, and set her before Hashem; |17| And the kohen shall take mayim kedoshim in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the Mishkan the kohen shall take, and put it into the mayim; |18| And the kohen shall set the isha before Hashem, and unbind the hair of the isha, and put the minchat zekaron in her hands, which is the minchat kena'ot; and the kohen shall have in his hand the mei hamarim hame'ararim (waters of bitterness that causeth the curse); |19| And the kohen shall put her under oath, and say unto the isha, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not turned astray to tum'a (uncleanness, impurity) with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from these mei hamarim hame'ararim; |20| But if thou hast turned astray to another instead of thy ish, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee other than thine ish; |21| Then the kohen shall put the isha under oath with the oath of the curse, and the kohen shall say unto the isha, Hashem make thee an alah (curse) and a shevu'ah (oath) among thy people, when Hashem doth make thy thigh to waste away, and thy belly to swell; |22| And this mayim that causeth the curse shall go into thy inner parts, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to waste away; And the isha shall say, Omen, Omen. |23| And the kohen shall write these alot (curses) on a sefer, and he shall wash them into the mei hamarim; |24| And he shall cause the isha to drink the mei hamarim hame'ararim; and the mayim hame'ararim shall enter into her, and become bitter. |25| Then the kohen shall take the minchat hakena'ot out of the yad haisha, and shall wave the minchah before Hashem, and offer it upon the Mizbe'ach: |26| And the kohen shall take a handful of the minchah, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the Mizbe'ach, and afterward shall cause the isha to drink the mayim. |27| And when he hath made her to drink the mayim, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass [i.e., been unfaithful] against her ish, that the mayim hame'ararim shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall waste away; and the isha shall become a curse among her people. |28| And if the isha be not defiled, but be tehorah (clean); then she shall be free, and shall conceive zera. |29| This is the torat hakena'ot (law of jealousy), when an isha goeth astray to another instead of her ish, and is defiled; |30| Or when the ruach kinah cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his isha, and shall set the isha before Hashem, and the kohen shall execute upon her all this torah. |31| Then shall the ish be free from guilt from avon, and this isha shall bear her avon. |||6|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When either ish or isha shall separate themselves to vow a neder of a Nazir, to separate themselves unto Hashem; |3| He shall separate himself from yayin and shekhar (fermented drink), and shall drink no chometz (vinegar) of yayin, or chometz of shekhar, neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat moist grapes, or dried (i.e., raisins). |4| Kol hayamim of his nazir (vow as a nazir) shall he eat nothing that is made of the gefen hayayin, from the seeds even to the grape-skins. |5| Kol hayamim of the neder of his nazir there shall no razor come upon his head; until hayamim be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto Hashem, he shall be kadosh, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. |6| Kol hayamei of his separation unto Hashem he shall go not near nefesh met (dead body). |7| He shall not make himself tameh for his av, or for his em, for his ach, or for his achot, when they die; because the Nezer Elohav (Consecration of his G-d) is upon his head. |8| Kol yemei of his nazir (separation) he is kadosh unto Hashem. |9| And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath made tameh the head of his nezer (consecration); then he shall shave his head in the yom of his tohorat, on the yom hashevi'i shall he shave it. |10| And on the yom hashemi'ni he shall bring two doves, or two young pigeons, to the kohen, to the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed; |11| And the kohen shall offer the one for a chattat (sin offering), and the other for an olah (burnt offering), and make kapporah for him, because he sinned by the nefesh (dead body), and shall make kadosh his head that same day. |12| And he shall consecrate unto Hashem the yemei of his nazir, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for an asham (trespass offering); but the yamim harishonim shall not be counted, because his nazir was tameh. |13| And this is the Torat HaNazir, when the yamim of his nazir are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed; |14| And he shall offer his korban unto Hashem, one helamb of the first year tamim (without blemish) for an olah (burnt offering), and one ewe lamb of the first year temimah (without blemish) for a chattat, and one ram tamim (without blemish) for shlamim (peace offerings), |15| And a basket of matzot, cakes of fine flour mingled with shemen, and wafers of matzot meshuchim (anointed) with oil, and their minchot (grain offerings), and their nesakim (drink offerings). |16| And the kohen shall bring them before Hashem, and shall offer his chattat, and his olah (burnt offering); |17| And he shall offer the ram for a zevach shelamim (sacrifice of peace offerings) unto Hashem, with the basket of matzot; the kohen shall offer also his minchah (grain offering), and his nesekh (drink offering). |18| And the Nazir shall shave the head of his nazir [see Ac 21:24] at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed, and shall take the hair of the head of his nazir, and put it in the eish (fire) which is under the zevach hashelamim (sacrifce of peace offerings). |19| And the kohen shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one challat matzah (loaf of matzah) out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazir, after the hair of his nazir (consecration) is shaven; |20| And the kohen shall wave them for a wave offering before Hashem; this is kodesh for the kohen, with the breast of the wave offering and thigh of the terumah (raisedup presentation); and after that the Nazir may drink yayin. |21| This is the Torat HaNazir who hath vowed, and of his korban unto Hashem for his nazir (separation), in addition to whatever else his hand shall afford, according to the neder (vow) which he vowed, so he must do after the torah of his Nazir. |22| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |23| Speak unto Aharon and unto his Banim, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the Bnei Yisroel, saying unto them, |24| Y'varekhekha Adonai v'yishmerekha (Hashem bless thee, and keep thee); |25| Ya'er Adonai panav eleikha vichunekha (Hashem make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee); |26| Yissa Adonai panav eleikha v'yasem l'kha shalom (Hashem lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee shalom). |27| And they shall put My Shem upon the Bnei Yisroel, and I will bless them. |||7|||And it came to pass on the day that Moshe had fully set up the Mishkan, and had anointed it, and set it apart as kodesh, and all the instruments thereof, both the Mizbe'ach and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and set them apart as kodesh, |2| That the Nasiim (Rulers) of Yisroel, heads of the Bais of their Avot, who were the Nasiim of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered; |3| And they brought their korban before Hashem, six covered carts, and twelve oxen; a cart for two of the Nasiim, and for each one an ox; and they brought them before the Mishkan. |4| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |5| Take it of them, that they may be for the service of the Ohel Mo'ed; and thou shalt give them unto the Levi'im, to every man according to his service. |6| And Moshe took the carts and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levi'im. |7| Two carts and four oxen he gave unto the Bnei Gershon, according to their service; |8| And four carts and eight oxen he gave unto the Bnei Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Itamar ben Aharon HaKohen. |9| But unto the Bnei Kehat he gave none, because the service of HaKodesh belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders. |10| And the Nasiim offered for dedicating of the Mizbe'ach in the day that it was anointed, even the Nasiim (Rulers) offered their korban before the Mizbe'ach. |11| And Hashem said unto Moshe, They shall offer their korban, each Nasi on his day, for the dedicating of the Mizbe'ach. |12| And he that offered his korban the first day was Nachshon Ben Amminadav, of the tribe of Yehudah; |13| And his korban was one silver bowl, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel HaKodesh; both of them were full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |14| One ladle of ten shekels of zahav, full of ketoret; |15| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering); |16| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |17| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Nachshon ben Amminadav. |18| On the second day Netanel ben Tzuar, prince of Yissakhar, did offer: |19| He offered for his korban one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |20| One ladle of zahav of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |21| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering); |22| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |23| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Netanel ben Tzuar. |24| On the third day Eliav ben Chelon, Nasi of the Bnei Zevulun, did offer: |25| His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |26| One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |27| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering); |28| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |29| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Eliav ben Chelon. |30| On the fourth day Elitzur ben Shedeur, Nasi of the Bnei Reuven, did offer: |31| His korban was one silver bowl of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |32| One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |33| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah; |34| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |35| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Elitzur ben Shedeur. |36| On the fifth day Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai, Nasi of the Bnei Shim'on, did offer: |37| His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |38| One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |39| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah; |40| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |41| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai. |42| On the sixth day Elyasaph ben Deuel, Nasi of the Bnei Gad, offered: |43| His korban was one silver bowl of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |44| One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |45| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering); |46| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |47| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Elyasaph ben Deuel. |48| On the seventh day Elishama ben Ammihud, Nasi of the Bnei Ephrayim, offered: |49| His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |50| One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |51| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering); |52| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |53| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Elishama ben Ammihud. |54| On the eighth day Gamaliel ben Pedahtzur, Nasi of the Bnei Menasheh offered: |55| His korban was one silver bowl of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |56| One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |57| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering); |58| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |59| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Gamaliel ben Pedahtzur. |60| On the ninth day Avidan ben Gideoni, Nasi of the Bnei Binyamin, offered: |61| His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |62| One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |63| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah; |64| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |65| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Avidan ben Gideoni. |66| On the tenth day Achiezer ben Ammishaddai, Nasi of the Bnei Dan, offered: |67| His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |68| One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |69| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah; |70| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |71| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Achiezer ben Ammishaddai. |72| On the eleventh day Pagiel ben Ochran, Nasi of the Bnei Asher, offered: |73| His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |74| One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |75| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah; |76| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |77| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Pagiel ben Ochran. |78| On the twelfth day Achira ben Enan, Nasi of the Bnei Naphtali, offered: |79| His korban was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to shekel HaKodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a minchah; |80| One golden ladle of ten shekels, full of ketoret; |81| One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah; |82| One kid of the goats for a chattat; |83| And for a zevach of shelamim, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the first year; this was the korban of Achira ben Enan. |84| This was the dedication of the Mizbe'ach, in the day when it was anointed, by the Nasiim of Yisroel: twelve bowls of kesef, twelve silver basins, twelve spoons of zahav: |85| Each bowl of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each basin seventy; all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, according to the shekel HaKodesh; |86| The golden spoons were twelve, full of ketoret, weighing ten shekels apiece, according to the shekel HaKodesh; all the zahav of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. |87| All the oxen for the olah (burnt offering) were twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their minchah; and the kids of the goats for chattat twelve. |88| And all the oxen for the zevach of the shelamim were twenty and four bulls, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the Mizbe'ach, after that it was anointed. |89| And when Moshe was gone into the Ohel Mo'ed to speak with Him, then he heard the voice of One speaking unto him from over the kapporet that was upon the Aron HaEdut, from between the two keruvim; so He spoke unto him. [BEHAALOSECHA] |||8|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto Aharon and say unto him, When thou set up the Nerot (lamps), the seven Nerot (lamps) shall cast light in front of the Menorah. |3| And Aharon did so; he set up the Nerot (lamps) thereof to give light in front of the Menorah, as Hashem commanded Moshe. |4| And the Menorah was made thus of hammered zahav, from its base unto its flower was it hammered out; according unto the mar'eh (pattern) which Hashem had shown Moshe, so he made the Menorah. |5| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |6| Take the Levi'im from among the Bnei Yisroel, and make them tahor. |7| And thus shalt thou do unto them, to make them tahor: Sprinkle water of purification upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over their basar, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves tahor. |8| Then let them take a young bull with its minchah, even fine flour mixed with shemen, and another young bull shalt thou take for a chattat. |9| And thou shalt bring the Levi'im before the Ohel Mo'ed: and thou shalt gather Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel together; |10| And thou shalt bring the Levi'im before Hashem; and the Bnei Yisroel shall lay their hands upon the Levi'im; [11] And Aharon shall offer the Levi'im before Hashem for a tenufah from the Bnei Yisroel, that they may perform the Avodat Hashem. |12| And the Levi'im shall lay their hands upon the rosh of the bulls; and thou shalt offer the one for a chattat, and the other for an olah, unto Hashem, to make kapporah for the Levi'im. |13| And thou shalt set the Levi'im before Aharon, and before his Banim, and offer them for a tenufah unto Hashem. |14| Thus shalt thou set apart as separate the Levi'im from among the Bnei Yisroel; and the Levi'im shall be Mine. |15| And after that shall the Levi'im go in to do the service of the Ohel Mo'ed; and thou shalt make them tahor and offer them for a tenufah. |16| For they are wholly given unto Me from among the Bnei Yisroel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the Bechor Kol Bnei Yisroel, have I taken them unto Me. |17| For Kol Bechor Bnei Yisroel are Mine, both adam and behemah; on the day that I struck down kol bechor in Eretz Mitzrayim I set them apart as kodesh for Myself. |18| And I have taken the Levi'im tachat (instead of) Kol Bechor Bnei Yisroel. |19| And I have given the Levi'im as a gift to Aharon and to his Banim from among the Bnei Yisroel, to do the Avodat Bnei Yisroel in the Ohel Mo'ed, and to make kapporah for the Bnei Yisroel; so that there be no plague among the Bnei Yisroel, when the Bnei Yisroel come near unto HaKodesh. |20| And Moshe, and Aharon, and Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, did with the Levi'im according unto all that Hashem commanded Moshe concerning the Levi'im, so did the Bnei Yisroel unto them. |21| And the Levi'im purified themselves, and they immersed their clothes; and Aharon offered them as a tenufah before Hashem; and Aharon made kapporah for them to make them tahor. |22| And after that went the Levi'im in to do their Avodah in the Ohel Mo'ed before Aharon, and before his Banim; just as Hashem had commanded Moshe concerning the Levi'im, so did they with them. |23| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |24| This is it that belongeth unto the Levi'im: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the Avodat Ohel Mo'ed; |25| And from the age of fifty years they shall retire from the service of the Avodah and shall serve no more; |26| But shall assist with their brethren in the Ohel Mo'ed, in performing their duties, and shall do no Avodah. Thus shalt thou do with the Levi'im regarding their duties. |||9|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the Midbar Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of Eretz Mitzrayim, saying, |2| Let the Bnei Yisroel also observe the Pesach at its appointed season. |3| In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, ye shall observe it in its appointed season; according to kol chukkot of it, according to all the mishpatim thereof, shall ye observe it. |4| And Moshe spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, that they should observe the Pesach. |5| And they observed the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight in the Midbar Sinai; according to all that Hashem commanded Moshe, so did the Bnei Yisroel. |6| And there were certain men, who were teme'im by the nefesh (dead body) of an adam, that they could not observe the Pesach on that day; and they came before Moshe and before Aharon on that day; |7| And those men said unto him, We are teme'im (unclean) by the nefesh of a man; but why should we be kept back, that we may not offer a korban Hashem in its appointed season among the Bnei Yisroel? |8| And Moshe said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what Hashem will command concerning you. |9| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |10| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, If any man of you or of your descendents shall be tamei by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall observe the Pesach unto Hashem. |11| The fourteenth day of the second month [Iyyar] at twilight they shall observe it, and eat it with matzot and merorim (bitter herbs). |12| They shall leave none of it unto boker, nor break any bone of it; according to all the chukkat of the Pesach they shall observe it. |13| But the man that is tahor, and is not in a journey, and faileth to observe the Pesach, even the same nefesh shall be cut off from among his people; because he brought not the korban Hashem at its appointed time, that man shall bear his sin. |14| And if a ger shall stay for a while among you, and will observe the Pesach unto Hashem; according to the chukkat of the Pesach, and according to the mishpat thereof, so shall he do; ye shall have one chukkat, both for the ger, and for him that was born in the land. |15| And on the day that the Mishkan was set up the Anan covered the Mishkan, namely, the Ohel HaEdut; and at erev there was upon the Mishkan as it were the appearance of eish, until boker. |16| So it was tamid: the Anan covered it by day, and the appearance of eish by lailah. |17| And when the Anan was lifted up from the Ohel, then after that the Bnei Yisroel set out; and in the place where the Anan abode, there the Bnei Yisroel encamped. |18| At the mouth of Hashem the Bnei Yisroel set out, and at the mouth of Hashem they encamped; as long as the Anan abode upon the Mishkan they encamped. |19| And when the Anan tarried long upon the Mishkan many days, then the Bnei Yisroel obeyed the order of Hashem, and did not set out. |20| And so it was, when the Anan was a few days upon the Mishkan; according to the mouth of Hashem they encamped; according to the mouth of Hashem they set out. |21| And so it was, when the Anan abode from erev unto boker, and that the Anan was lifted up in the boker, then they set out; whether it was by yomam valailah that the Anan was lifted up, they set out. |22| Or whether it were two days, or a month, or longer, that the Anan tarried over the Mishkan remaining thereon, the Bnei Yisroel abode in their tents, and did not set out; but when it was lifted up, they set out. |23| At the mouth of Hashem they encamped, and at the mouth of Hashem they set out; they obeyed the order of Hashem, at the mouth of Hashem by the hand of Moshe. |||10|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Make thee two tzotzerot (trumpets) of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them; that thou mayest use them for the calling of the Edah, and for the setting out of the machanot. |3| And when they shall sound them, Kol HaEdah shall assemble themselves to thee at the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. |4| And if they sound but with one, then the Nasi'im, which are heads of Yisroel's thousands, shall gather themselves unto thee. |5| When ye sound a teruah, then the machanot that camp on the east shall go forward. |6| When ye sound a teruah the second time, then the machanot that camp on the south shall set out; they shall sound a teruah for their settings out. |7| But when the Kahal is to be gathered together, ye shall sound it, but ye shall not sound a teruah. |8| And the Bnei Aharon, the kohanim, shall sound the tzotzerot; and they shall be to you for a chukkat olam throughout your dorot. |9| And if ye go into milchamah (battle) in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound a blast on the tzotzerot; and ye shall be remembered before Hashem Eloheichem, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. |10| Also in the day of your simcha, and in your moadim, and in the Rosh-Chodesh, ye shall sound a blast on the tzotzerot over your olot, and over the zevakhim of your shelamim; that they may be to you for a memorial reminder before Eloheichem: I am Hashem Eloheichem. |11| And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the Anan was lifted up from off the Mishkan HaEdut. |12| And the Bnei Yisroel set out in their travels from the Midbar Sinai; and the Anan rested in the Midbar Paran. |13| And they first set out according to the mouth of Hashem by the hand of Moshe. |14| First in place went the degel of the machaneh of the Bnei Yehudah according to their tzivos; and over his division was Nachshon ben Amminadav. |15| And over the division of the tribe of the Bnei Yissakhar was Netanel ben Tzuar. |16| And over the division of the tribe of the Bnei Zevulun was Eliav ben Helon. |17| And the Mishkan was taken down; and the Bnei Gershon and the Bnei Merari set out, bearing the Mishkan. |18| And the degel of the machaneh of Reuven set out according to their tzivos (armies); and over his division was Elitzur ben Shedeur. |19| And over the division of the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on was Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai. |20| And over the division of the tribe of the Bnei Gad was Elyasaph ben Deuel. |21| And the descendants of Kehat set out, bearing the Mikdash; and they would erect the Mishkan before their arrival. |22| And the degel of the machaneh of the Bnei Ephrayim set out according to their tzivos (armies); and over his division was Elishama ben Ammihud. |23| And over the division of the tribe of the Bnei Menasheh was Gamli'el ben Pedahtzur. |24| And over the division of the tribe of the Bnei Binyamin was Avidan ben Gideoni. |25| And the degel of the machaneh of the Bnei Dan set out, which formed the rear guard of all the machanot throughout their tzivos; and over his division was Achiezer ben Ammishaddai. |26| And over the division of the tribe of the Bnei Asher was Pagiel ben Ochran. |27| And over the division of the tribe of the Bnei Naphtali was Achira ben Enan. |28| Thus was the order of march of the Bnei Yisroel according to their tzivos (armies), when they set out. |29| And Moshe said unto Chovav ben Reuel the Midyani, Moshe's khoten (father-in-law), We are traveling unto the place of which Hashem said, I will give it you: Come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for Hashem hath promised tov concerning Yisroel. |30| And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my moledet. |31| And he [Moshe] said, Leave us not, please; forasmuch as thou hast da'as how we are to encamp in the midbar, and thou mayest be to us as eyes. |32| And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what tov Hashem shall do unto us, the same will we share with thee. |33| And they departed from the Mountain of Hashem three days' journey; the Aron Brit Hashem went before them in the three days' derech, to search out a menuchah for them. |34| And the Anan of Hashem was upon them by day, when they set out from the machaneh. |35| And it came to pass, when the Aron set out, that Moshe said, Rise up, Hashem, and let Thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Thee flee before Thee. |36| And when it rested, he said, Return, Hashem, unto the countless thousands of Yisroel. |||11|||And when the people complained, it displeased Hashem; Hashem heard it; His anger was kindled; and the Eish Hashem burned among them, and consumed them that were at the edge of the machaneh. |2| And the people cried unto Moshe; and when Moshe davened unto Hashem, the eish was quenched. |3| He called shem hamakom Taverah because the Eish Hashem burned among them. |4| And the rabble that was among them fell a-lusting; and the Bnei Yisroel also wept again, and said, If only we had basar to eat! |5| We remember the fish, which we did eat in Mitzrayim at no cost; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; |6| But now our nefesh is dried up; there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes. |7| And the manna was like coriander seed, and the color thereof like the color of white gum resin. |8| And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it in handmills, or crushed it in the mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was like the taste of cakes prepared of shemen. |9| And when the dew fell upon the machaneh in the lailah, the manna fell with it. |10| Then Moshe heard the people wailing throughout their mishpekhot, every man in the entrance of his ohel; and the anger of Hashem was kindled greatly; Moshe also was displeased. |11| And Moshe said unto Hashem, Why hast Thou afflicted Thy eved? And why have I not found chen (favor) in Thy sight, that Thou layest the massa (burden) of all this people upon me? |12| Have I conceived all this people? Have I fathered them, that Thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as the one nursing beareth the nursing infant, unto the land which Thou didst swear unto their avot? |13| Where should I get basar to give unto all this people? For they wail unto me, saying, Give us basar, that we may eat. |14| I am not able to carry all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. |15| And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, please, at once, if I have found chen in Thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. |16| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Gather unto Me seventy men of the Zekenim of Yisroel, whom thou knowest to be the Ziknei HaAm, and officers over them; and bring them unto the Ohel Moed, that they may stand there with thee. |17| And I will come down and speak with thee there; and I will take of the Ruach [Hakodesh] that is upon thee, and will put [Him] upon them; and they shall bear the massa HaAm (burden of the People) with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. |18| And say thou unto the people, Set yourselves apart as kodesh against tomorrow, and ye shall eat basar; for ye have wept in the ears of Hashem, saying, Who shall give us basar to eat? For it was well with us in Mitzrayim; therefore Hashem will give you basar, and ye shall eat. |19| Lo (not) ye shall eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; |20| But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you; because that meastem (ye have rejected) Hashem Who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, Why came we forth out of Mitzrayim? |21| And Moshe said, The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 men on foot; and Thou hast said, I will give them basar, that they may eat a whole month. |22| Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? Or shall all the dag (fish) of the yam be gathered together for them, to suffice them? |23| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Is the Yad Hashem cut short (i.e., limited in power)? Thou shalt see now whether My Devar shall come to pass unto thee or not. |24| And Moshe went out, and told HaAm the divrei Hashem, and gathered the seventy men of the Ziknei HaAm, and set them round about the Ohel [Moed]. |25| And Hashem came down in an Anan, and spoke unto him, and took of the Ruach [Hakodesh] that was upon him, and gave [Him] unto the seventy Zekenim; and it came to pass, that, when the Ruach [Hakodesh] rested upon them, they prophesied, but did not continue. [See Shmuel Alef 10:6; 19:24; Ac 19:6] |26| But there remained two of the anashim in the machaneh, the shem of the one was Eldad, and the shem of the other Medad: and the Ruach [Hakodesh] rested upon them; and they were of them that were listed, but went not out unto the Ohel [Moed]; and they prophesied in the machaneh. |27| And there ran a young man, and told Moshe, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the machaneh. |28| And Yehoshua Ben Nun, the mersharet Moshe, one of his chosen young men, answered and said, Moshe adoni, forbid them. |29| And Moshe said unto him, Are you jealous for my sake? If only kol Am Hashem were neviim, and that Hashem would put His Ruach upon them [see Yoel 2:28 (3:1)]! |30| And Moshe went back to the machaneh, he and the Ziknei Yisroel. |31| And there went forth a wind from Hashem, it drove in quail from the yam, brought them down over the macha- neh at a height of two cubits from the ground for the distance of a day's journey all around the machaneh. |32| And the people stood up all that yom, and kol halailah, and all the next day, and they gathered in the quail; he that gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them all out for themselves round about the machaneh. |33| And while the basar was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of Hashem was kindled against the people, and Hashem struck down the people with a makkah rabbah me'od (a very great plague). |34| And the shem of that place was called Kivrothataavah (graves of greed) because there they buried the people that lusted. |35| And the people set out from Kivrot-hataavah unto Chatzerot; and abode at Chatzerot. |||12|||And Miryam and Aharon spoke against Moshe because of the Kushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Kushite woman. |2| And they said, Hath Hashem indeed spoken only by Moshe? Hath He not spoken also by us? And Hashem heard it. |3| (Now the man Moshe was anav me'od, above all the men which were upon the face of ha'adamah.) |4| And Hashem spoke suddenly unto Moshe, and unto Aharon, and unto Miryam, Come out ye three unto the Ohel Mo'ed. And they three came out. |5| And Hashem came down in an Ammud Anan, and stood in the entrance of the Ohel, and He called Aharon and Miryam; and they both came forth. |6| And He said, Hear now My words: If there be a navi among you, I Hashem will reveal Myself unto him in a mar'ah (vision), and will speak unto him in a chalom. |7| Avdi Moshe is not so, who is ne'eman (faithful) in all Mine Bais. |8| With him will I speak peh el peh, plainly, and not in dark sayings; and the temuna (form) of Hashem shall he behold; why then were ye not afraid to speak against Avdi Moshe? |9| And the anger of Hashem was kindled against them; and He departed. |10| And the Anan departed from off the Ohel [Mo'ed]; and, hinei, Miryam became metzora'at (leprous), white as snow: and Aharon looked upon Miryam, and, hinei, she was metzora'at. |11| And Aharon said unto Moshe, Alas, adoni, I beseech thee, hold not the chattat (sin) against us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. |12| Let her not be as one dead, of whom the basar is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. |13| And Moshe cried unto Hashem, saying, El (G-d), refah (heal) her now, I beseech thee. |14| And Hashem said unto Moshe, If her av had but spit in her face, should she not be in disgrace seven days? Let her be exiled from the machaneh seven days, and after that let her be received in again. |15| And Miryam was exiled from the machaneh seven days; and HaAm did not set out till Miryam was received in again. |16| And afterward HaAm removed from Chatzerot, and encamped in the Midbar Paran. [SHELACH LECHA] |||13|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Send thou anashim, that they may spy out Eretz Kena'an, which I give unto the Bnei Yisroel: of every tribe of their avot shall ye send a man, every one a nasi among them. |3| And Moshe by the mouth of Hashem sent them from the Midbar Paran; all those men were Roshei Bnei Yisroel. |4| And these were their shmot: of the tribe of Reuven, Shammua ben Zaccur. |5| Of the tribe of Shim'on, Shaphat ben Chori. |6| Of the tribe of Yehudah, Kalev ben Yephunneh. |7| Of the tribe of Yissakhar, Yigal ben Yosef. |8| Of the tribe of Ephrayim, Hoshea ben Nun. |9| Of the tribe of Binyamin, Palti ben Raphu. |10| Of the tribe of Zevulun, Gaddiel ben Sodi. |11| Of the tribe of Yosef, namely, of the tribe of Menasheh, Gaddi ben Susi. |12| Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel ben Gemalli. |13| Of the tribe of Asher, Setur ben Michael. |14| Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nachbi ben Vophsi. |15| Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel ben Machi. |16| These are the shmot of the men which Moshe sent to spy out the land. And Moshe called Hoshea ben Nun Yehoshua [See Zecharyah 6:11-12 on the personal name of Moshiach in prophecy]. |17| And Moshe sent them to spy out Eretz Kena'an, and said unto them, Get you up to the Negev, and go up into the mountain; |18| And see the land, what it is like, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; |19| And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strongholds; |20| And what the land is, whether it be fertile or barren, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes. |21| So they went up, and searched the land from the midbar of Tzin unto Rechov, as men come to Chamat. |22| And they ascended by the south, and came unto Chevron; where Achiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the Anak, were. (Now Chevron was built seven shanim before Tzoan in Mitzrayim.) |23| And they came unto the Wadi Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with cluster of anavim echad, and they bore it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. |24| The place was called the Wadi Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the Bnei Yisroel cut down from thence. |25| And they returned from searching of the land after arba'im days. |26| And they went and came to Moshe, and to Aharon, and to all the congregation of the Bnei Yisroel, unto the Midbar Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto Kol HaEdah, and showed them the pri ha'aretz. |27| And they told him, and said, We came unto ha'aretz where thou didst send us, and truly it floweth with cholov and devash; and this is the fruit of it. |28| Nevertheless the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and gedolot me'od; and moreover we saw the Anak there. |29| The Amalek dwell in the eretz of the Negev; and the Chitti, and the Yevusi, and the Emori, dwell in the hills; and the Kena'ani dwell by the yam, and by the bank of the Yarden. |30| And Kalev silenced HaAm before Moshe, and said, Let us go up at once, and take possession of it; for we are well able to overcome it. |31| But the anashim that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are chazak (stronger) than we. |32| And they spread an evil report of HaAretz which they had explored unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, HaAretz, through which we have gone to explore it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. |33| And there we saw the Nephilim, the Bnei Anak, which come of the Nephilim; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. |||14|||And Kol HaEdah lifted up their voice, and cried; and HaAm wept that night. |2| And Kol Bnei Yisroel murmured against Moshe and against Aharon: and the Kol HaEdah said unto them, If only we had died in Eretz Mitzrayim! Or if only we had died in this midbar! |3| And why hath Hashem brought us unto this land, to fall by the cherev, that nasheinu (our wives) and our children should be as plunder? Were it not better for us to go back unto Mitzrayim? |4| And they said one to another, Let us make a Rosh (Leader), and let us go back unto Mitzrayim. |5| Then Moshe and Aharon fell on their faces before Kol Kehal Adat Bnei Yisroel. |6| And Yehoshua ben Nun, and Kalev ben Yephunneh, which were of them that explored HaAretz, tore their clothes: |7| And they spoke unto Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, saying, HaAretz, which we passed through to explore it, is a tovah haaretz me'od me'od. |8| If Hashem delight in us, then He will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land zavat cholov udevash. |9| Only rebel not ye against Hashem, neither fear ye the Am HaAretz; for they are lachmeinu (our bread): their protection is departed from them, and Hashem is with us: fear them not. |10| But Kol HaEdah talked of stoning them with avanim. And the Kavod Hashem appeared in the Ohel Mo'ed before Kol Bnei Yisroel. |11| And Hashem said unto Moshe, How long will this people treat Me with contempt? And how long will it be until they believe in Me, for all the otot which I have performed among them? |12| I will strike them down with dever (pestilence), and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. |13| And Moshe said unto Hashem, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for Thou broughtest up this people in Thy ko'ach [might] from among them;) |14| And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land; for they have heard that Thou Hashem art among this people, that Thou Hashem art seen eye to eye, and that Thy Anan standeth over them, and that Thou goest before them, by day in an Ammud Anan, and in an Ammud Eish by night. |15| Now if Thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the Goyim which have heard the fame of Thee will speak, saying, |16| Because Hashem was not able to bring this people into HaAretz which He promised them by oath, therefore He hath slaughtered (shachat) them in the midbar. |17| And now, I beseech thee, let the Ko'ach Adonoi be great, according as Thou hast spoken, saying, |18| Hashem is slow of anger, and of rav chesed, forgiving avon and peysha, and by no means exonerating the guilty, visiting the avon of the avot upon the banim unto the third and fourth generation. |19| Selach (forgive!), I beseech thee, the avon of this people according unto the greatness of Thy chesed, just as Thou hast forgiven this people, from Mitzrayim even until now. |20| And Hashem said, I have pardoned according to thy word [of petition]: |21| But as surely as I live, Kol HaAretz (all the Earth) shall be filled with the Kavod Hashem. |22| Because all those men which have seen My kavod, and My otot (miraculous signs), which I performed in Mitzrayim and in the midbar, and have tested Me now these ten times, and have not paid heed to My voice; |23| Surely they shall not see HaAretz which I swore unto their avot, neither shall any of them that treated Me with contempt see it: |24| But Avdi Kalev, because he hath a ruach acheret in him, and hath followed after Me fully, him will I bring into HaAretz whereinto he went; and his zera shall inherit it. |25| (Now the Amaleki and the Kena'ani dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn and get you into the midbar by the way of the Yam Suph. |26| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying, |27| How long shall I bear with this Edah Hara'ah, which murmur against Me? I have heard the murmurings of the Bnei Yisroel, which they murmur against Me. |28| Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith Hashem, as ye have spoken in Mine ears, so will I do to you: |29| Your corpses shall fall in this midbar; and all that were numbered of you, according to your entire mispar (number, census), from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against Me. |30| Not one of you shall come into HaAretz, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, except for Kalev ben Yephunneh, and Yehoshua ben Nun. |31| But your little ones, which ye said would be plunder, them will I bring in, and they shall know HaAretz which ye have rejected. |32| But as for you, your corpses, they shall fall in this midbar. |33| And your banim shall wander [wandering ro'im] in the midbar arba'im shanah, and bear [the penalty of] your whoredoms [zenut, spiritual disloyalty and rebellion], until the last of your corpses lies in the midbar. |34| After the number of the days in which ye explored HaAretz, even arba'im, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even arba'im shanah, and ye shall know My Tenu'a (Opposition). |35| I, Hashem, have spoken, I will surely do it unto this Kol HaEdah, that are gathered together against Me: in this midbar they shall come to an end, and there they shall die. |36| And the anashim, which Moshe sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made Kol HaEdah to murmur against him, the ones spreading a dibbah (bad report, slander) about HaAretz, |37| Even those anashim that did bring up the evil report of HaAretz, died by the maggefah before Hashem. |38| But Yehoshua ben Nun, and Kalev ben Yephunneh survived of the anashim that went to explore HaAretz. |39| And Moshe told these sayings unto Kol Bnei Yisroel: and HaAm mourned greatly. |40| And they rose up early in the boker, and went up into the height of the hill country, saying, Behold, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Hashem hath promised: for we have sinned. |41| And Moshe said, Why now do ye transgress the utterance of Hashem? This will not succeed. |42| Go not up, for Hashem is not among you; that ye be not struck down before your enemies. |43| For the Amaleki and the Kena'ani are there before you, and ye shall fall by the cherev: because ye are turned away from Hashem, therefore Hashem will not be with you. |44| But they presumed to go up unto the ridge of the mountain: nevertheless the Aron Brit Hashem, and Moshe, departed not out of the machaneh. |45| Then the Amaleki came down, and the Kena'ani which dwelt in that hill country, and struck them down, and put them to rout, even unto Chormah. T.N. WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SO FAR FROM THE HOLY BIBLE? SOME VERY DISTURBING REVELATIONS ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION, TO BE SURE. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT MAN IS PRONE TO EVIL (EX 32:22), THAT HUMANKIND AS SEEN FROM G-D'S POINT OF VIEW IS BLINDLY STUBBORN AND RECALCITRANT AGAINST AUTHORITY (EX 32:9; 33:3,5; 34:9). RECALCITRANT MEANS HARD TO DEAL WITH AND UNYIELDING. BUT SOMETHING MORE OMINOUS HAS ENTERED THE PICTURE IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE HUMAN CONDITION IS MORE DEPRAVED THAN WE HAD SEEN IN LEVITICUS, WHERE OUT OF CORRUPT HUMAN HEARTS HAD COME SODOMY (LV 18:22; 20:13), BESTIALITY, FORNICATION, INCEST, AND ALL MANNER OF CRIMES WORTHY OF DEATH. BUT NOW IN NUM CHP 14 WE SEE MAN HIMSELF AS A PROUD REBEL WHO EVEN HAS THE ARROGANCE TO MURMUR AND RISE UP IN REVOLT AGAINST G-D HIS CREATOR AND SAVIOR. AND FOR THIS CRIME THE DEATH SENTENCE COMES IN NUM 14:29, "YOUR CORPSES SHALL FALL IN THIS MIDBAR." THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. SEE PRO 14:12: THERE IS A DERECH THAT SEEMETH YASHAR UNTO AN ISH, BUT THE ACHARIT (LATTER END, FUTURE) THEREOF ARE THE DRAKHIM OF MAVET. MAVET IN THE MIDBAR! THE GUILTY ARE CONDEMNED ALREADY. ALREADY THE AX IS FALLING. ALREADY THE PIT IS DUG. ALREADY THEY ARE CONDEMNED. ALREADY THE TERROR OF MT SINAI IS CONDEMNING THE SINNER, SPEARING THE FORNICATOR IN HIS TENT, EXECUTING THE SODOMITES IN THEIR BED OF INIQUITY. ALREADY EVERY MOUTH IS STOPPED AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS BROUGHT GUILTY BEFORE HASHEM. THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE. THE MAN WHO FORNICATES IN HIS HEART WITH THE HARLOT IS GUILTY WITH THE MAN ACTUALLY IN HER BED. IN NUM CHAPTER 25, WE FIND A HEBREW MAN TAKING A MIDIANITE WOMAN INTO HIS TENT TO "SHACK UP" WITH HER THERE- THAT WAS THE NOW VERY DATED TERM ONCE USED BEFORE FORNICATION BECAME POLITICALLY CORRECT--"SHACKING UP." INSTEAD OF MAKING THE WOMAN ONE'S WIFE, ONE MAKES HER HIS WHORE. BUT IN NUMBERS CHAPTER 25, ONLY PHINHAS THE SON OF ELEAZAR THE SON OF AARON THE KOHEN WAS INDIGNANT. HOWEVER, G-D WAS INDIGNANT AND G-D'S PLAGUE WAS AT THE DOOR OF THEIR TENT, READY TO STRIKE THE FORNICATORS. IN NUMBERS WE SEE G-D'S WRATH IS READY TO RAIN DOWN ON AN UNCLEAN PEOPLE. EVERY PORNOGRAPHIC, LECHEROUS, UNCLEAN WANTON, WITH LUST IN DEED OR EVEN IN THE IMAGINATIONS OF THE EVIL HEART, STANDS CONDEMNED ALREADY. TODAY WE LOOK AROUND THE PRISON YARD OF THIS WORLD AND WITNESS A MODERN ARROGANT POPULATION OF FORNICATORS AND HOMOSEXUALS AND PEDOPHILES, BRAZENLY BOLD, SHAMELESSLY PARADING THEIR PERVERSION AND LASCIVIOUSNESS. THEY ARE CARELESS OF THE CONDEMNATION OF THE DIVINE ORDER FROM ON HIGH, THAT THOSE WHO DO SUCH THINGS WILL RECEIVE THE DEATH PENALTY THEY DESERVE. MILLIONS OF ABORTED FETUSES LITTER THE ALLEYWAYS OF THE WORLD'S LUST. WITH REPROBATE MINDS, MODERN REBELS EXCUSE THEIR WANTONNESS. EVEN THOUGH THEIR EVIL DEEDS KEEP TESTIFYING AGAINST THEM, THEY REMAIN UNCONTRITE, UNREPENTANT. THEY REFUSE TO FORSAKE THEIR SIN. THEIR WICKEDNESS SHOULD HUMBLE THEM, BUT, INSTEAD, THEY ILLEGITIMATELY ACCUSE OTHERS, EVEN G-D, AND THIS GOES ON YEAR AFTER YEAR, WHILE THEY RAISE UP AN ILLEGITIMATE GENERATION OF HEATHEN OFFSPRING LIKE THEMSELVES. AND THE GENERATIONS OF EVIL-DOERS ARE ALL THE WHILE OBLIVIOUS OF THE FACT THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE HAS ALREADY COME DOWN FROM THE GOVERNOR IN HEAVEN. AND THE DEATH SENTENCE SAYS TO US ONE THING: CONDEMNED ALREADY! MOTHER AND REBEL DAUGHTER, CONDEMNED ALREADY! FATHER AND REBEL SON, CONDEMNED ALREADY! THE WRATH OF G-D IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN AGAINST ALL FORNICATION AND DEBAUCHERY. JEREMIAH SAW THAT A TERRIBLE BURNING FIERY HOLOCAUST OF EXILE WAS COMING ON HIS PEOPLE AND ON SOLOMON'S TEMPLE. HE SAW THE IDOLATRY AND SPIRITUAL HARLOTRY OF HIS GENERATION, WHICH WAS VERY MUCH LIKE OUR OWN EVIL GENERATION. IT OVERWHELMED HIM. HE SAYS, I SAT ALONE, BECAUSE OF THY HAND, FOR THOU HAST FILLED ME WITH INDIGNATION. (JER 15:17) RAV SHA'UL SAYS TO THE KEHILLAH IN CORINTH, IT IS ACTUALLY REPORTED THAT THERE IS SEXUAL IMMORALITY AMONG YOU. AND YOU'RE NOT AGHAST! YOU'RE NOT INDIGNANT! KNOW YOU NOT THAT THE UNRIGHTEOUS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE MALCHUT HASHEM (THE KINGDOM OF G-D 1C 6:911)! BUT YOU ARE PROUD! SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE RATHER MOURNED? DO YOU NOT KNOW TO SHUN THE FORNICATOR SO THAT HE WILL WAKE UP AND REALIZE HE IS ALREADY CONDEMNED TO THE FIRE OF GEHINNOM AND MUST THEREFORE FLEE FORNICATION? THE HEART OF MAN IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL ELSE AND DESPERATELY WICKED, WHO CAN KNOW IT? (JER 17:9) AND ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS LIKE FILTHY RAGS (ISA 64:6). SIN IS LIKE A WANTON WOMAN. HER FEET GO DOWN TO DEATH, HER STEPS LAY HOLD OF HELL. WE ARE LURED TO HER BED OF FORNICATION BY OUR OWN LUSTS, BUT IN THE END, HER LOVERS ARE IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL, AND SHE IS BITTER AS WORMWOOD. WE ARE ABANDONED TO OUR EVIL DESIRES, PUNISHED WITH EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE L-RD. THE WICKED SHALL BE TURNED INTO HELL, INTO SHAME AND EVERLASTING CONTEMPT (DAN 12:2). WHY WILL YOU DIE, O SINNER? THE SINNERS IN ZION ARE AFRAID. WHO CAN BEAR EVERLASTING BURNINGS? MOSHIACH IS COMING! HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF WITH UNQUENCHABLE FIRE. DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT MOSHIACH CAME THE FIRST TIME MERCIFULLY TO DRINK YOUR PORTION OF THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF G-D, THE WRATH YOU DESERVE? HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, FOR OUR STUBBORN REBELLION AND UNCLEANNESS. HOW CAN YOU RESIST THE G-D WHO LOVES YOU AND PURSUES YOU? HE WANTS TO PULL YOU OUT OF THE FIRE SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PULL OTHERS OUT OF THE FIRE! BUT YOU ARE RESISTING HIM, NOT REALIZING YOU ARE ALREADY GUILTY, ALREADY AT THE POINT OF IGNITING AND BURSTING INTO FLAMES, CONDEMNED ALREADY. THE FIRES OF G-D'S WRATH ARE ALREADY IGNITING IN YOU, AROUND YOU. WHOEVER HAS NOT BELIEVED IS CONDEMNED ALREADY. WILL YOU CRY OUT FOR MERCY, FOR CLEMENCY, FOR FORGIVENESS? DO YOU REALIZE AND ADMIT THAT YOU ARE A "DEAD MAN WALKING," NO MATTER HOW RELIGIOUS OR PIOUS YOU TRY TO BE? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DESERVE G-D'S CHASTISEMENT, AND YET IN THE MERCY OF G-D, THE CHASTISEMENT THAT BROUGHT US PEACE WAS UPON MOSHIACH TZIDKEINU? REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE. INSTEAD OF TURNING AWAY IN REPENTANCE AND FLEEING IN REMORSE AT SIN, SHE LOOKED BACK LINGERINGLY AT SIN TO HER OWN DESTRUCTION. UNLESS YOU REPENT YOU WILL ALL ALIKE PERISH. |||15|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye be enter into Eretz Moshevoteichem (Land of your Homes), which I give unto you, |3| And will make an offering by eish unto Hashem, an olah or a zevach in performing a neder, or in a nedvah or in your mo'adim, to make a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem, of the herd or of the flock; |4| Then shall he that offereth his korban unto Hashem bring a minchah of a tenth ephah of flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of shemen. |5| And the fourth part of a hin of yayin for a nesekh shalt thou prepare with the olah (burnt offering) or zevach, for one keves (lamb). |6| Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a minchah twotenths ephah of flour mixed with the third part of a hin of shemen. |7| And for a nesekh thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of yayin, for a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem. |8| And when thou preparest a bull for an olah (burnt offering), or for a zevach in fulfilling a vow, or shelamim unto Hashem: |9| Then shall he bring with a bull a minchah of three-tenths ephah of flour mixed with half a hin of shemen. |10| And thou shalt bring for a nesekh half a hin of yayin, for an offering made by eish, a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem. |11| Thus shall it be done for one bull, or for one ram, or for a seh from the lambs, or from the goats. |12| According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their mispar. |13| All that are native-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by eish, of a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem. |14| And if a ger stays temporarily with you, or whosoever be among you in your derot, and will offer an offering made by eish, of a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem; as ye do, so he shall do. |15| One chukkah shall be both for you of the Kahal, and also for the ger that sojourneth with you, a chukkat olam in your derot; as ye are, so shall the ger be before Hashem. |16| One torah and one mishpat shall be for you, and for the ger that sojourneth with you. |17| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |18| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye come into HaAretz whither I bring you, |19| Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the lechem HaAretz, ye shall offer up a terumah unto Hashem. |20| Ye shall offer up a challah (loaf, cake) of the first of your kneading for a terumah; as ye do the terumat goren (gift of the threshing floor), so shall ye set it aside. |21| Of the first of your kneading ye shall give unto Hashem a terumah in your derot. |22| And if ye have sinned unintentionally, and not observed all these mitzvot, which Hashem hath spoken unto Moshe, |23| Even all that Hashem hath commanded you by the hand of Moshe, from the day that Hashem commanded Moshe, and henceforward among your derot; |24| Then it shall be, if it be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of HaEdah, that Kol HaEdah shall offer one young bull for an olah, for a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem, with its minchah, and its nesekh, according to the mishpat, and one kid of the goats for a chattat. |25| And the kohen shall make kapporah for Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel and it shall be forgiven them; for it is shegagah (inadvertence); and they shall bring their korban, a sacrifice made by eish unto Hashem, and their chattat before Hashem, for their shegagah; |26| And it shall be forgiven Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, and the ger that sojourneth among them; seeing Kol HaAm were in shegagah. |27| And if any nefesh sin through shegagah, then he shall bring a she-goat of the first year for a chattat. |28| And the kohen shall make kapporah for the nefesh that was inadvertant, since he sinneth by shegagah before Hashem, to make kapporah for him; and it shall be forgiven him. |29| Ye shall have one torah for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the Bnei Yisroel, and for the ger that sojourneth among them. |30| But the nefesh that sinneth with a yad ramah (high hand, defiantly), whether he be born in the land, or a ger, the same blasphemes Hashem; and that nefesh shall be cut off from among his people. |31| Because he hath despised the Devar Hashem, and hath broken His mitzvah, that nefesh shall utterly be cut off; his avon shall be upon him. |32| And while the Bnei Yisroel were in the midbar, they found a man that gathered sticks on Shabbos. |33| And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moshe and Aharon, and unto Kol HaEdah. |34| And they put him under custody, because it was not declared what should be done to him. |35| And Hashem said unto Moshe, The man shall be surely put to death; Kol HaEdah shall stone him with avanim outside the machaneh. |36| And Kol HaEdah brought him outside the machaneh, and stoned him with avanim, and he died; as Hashem commanded Moshe. |37| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |38| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and bid them that they make them tzitzis on the corners of their garments throughout their derot, and that they put upon the tzitzis of the corners a thread of turquoise wool; |39| And it shall be unto you for a tzitzit, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the mitzvot Hashem, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own lev and your own eyes, after which ye used to go a-whoring: |40| That ye may remember, and do all My mitzvot, and be kadoshim unto Eloheichem. |41| I am Hashem Eloheichem, Who brought you out of Eretz Mitzrayim, to be for you Elohim: I am Hashem Eloheichem. [KORACH] |||16|||Now Korach ben Yitzhar ben Kehat ben Levi, and Datan and Aviram, the Bnei Eliav, and On ben Pelet, Bnei Reuven, became insolent; |2| And they rose up before Moshe, with certain of the Bnei Yisroel, two hundred and fifty Nasi'ei Edah, chosen from the assembly, men of renown; |3| And they gathered themselves together against Moshe and against Aharon, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing Kol HaEdah are Kadoshim, every one of them, and Hashem is among them; why then lift ye up yourselves above the Kehal Hashem? |4| And when Moshe heard it, he fell upon his face; |5| And he spoke unto Korach and unto all his edah, saying, In the boker Hashem will show who are His, and who is the kadosh; and will cause him to come near unto Him: even him whom He hath chosen will He cause to come near unto Him. |6| This do: take you fire pans, Korach, and all his edah; |7| And put eish therein, put ketoret in them before Hashem tomorrow; it shall be that the man whom Hashem doth choose, he shall be haKadosh; ye take too much upon you, ye Bnei Levi. |8| And Moshe said unto Korach, Hear, now, ye Bnei Levi: |9| Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that Elohei Yisroel hath separated you from the Adat Yisroel, to bring you near to Himself to do the Avodat Mishkan Hashem, and to stand before the Edah to minister unto them? |10| And He hath brought thee near to Him, and all thy brethren the Bnei Levi with thee; and seek ye the Kehunah also? |11| For which cause both thou and all thy edah are gathered together against Hashem; and what is Aharon, that ye murmur against him? |12| And Moshe sent to call Datan and Aviram, the Bnei Eliav, which said, We will not come up. |13| Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of an Eretz zavach cholov udevash, to kill us in the midbar, yet thou also keep trying to dominate us? |14| Moreover thou hast not brought us into an Eretz zavach cholov udevash, or given us nachalah of sadeh and kerem; wilt thou gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not come up. |15| And Moshe was very angry, and said unto Hashem, Respect not thou their minchah; I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I wronged one of them. |16| And Moshe said unto Korach, Be thou and all thy edah before Hashem, thou, they, and Aharon, tomorrow; |17| And take every man his fire pan, put ketoret in them, and bring ye before Hashem every man his fire pan, 250 fire pans; thou also, and Aharon, each of you his fire pan. |18| And they took every man his fire pan and put eish in them and laid ketoret thereon, and stood in the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed with Moshe and Aharon. |19| And Korach gathered kol haedah against them unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed; and the Kavod Hashem appeared unto Kol HaEdah. |20| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying, |21| Separate yourselves from among this edah, that I may consume them in a moment. |22| And they fell upon their faces, and said, El Elohei HaRuchot L'Chol Basar, shall one man sin, and wilt Thou be angry with Kol HaEdah? |23| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |24| Speak unto HaEdah, saying, Get you up away from the mishkan Korach, Datan, and Aviram. |25| And Moshe rose up and went unto Datan and Aviram; and the Ziknei Yisroel followed him. |26| And he spoke unto HaEdah, saying, Move back, now, from the tents of these anashim resha'im, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their chattot. |27| So they moved back from the mishkan Korach, Datan, and Aviram, on every side; Datan and Aviram came out, and stood in the entrance of their tents, their wives, their banim, and their little ones. |28| And Moshe said, Hereby ye shall know that Hashem hath sent me to do all these ma'asim; for I have not done them of mine own will. |29| If these men die the common death of kol haAdam, or if they be visited after the visitation of kol haAdam, then Hashem hath not sent me. |30| But if Hashem creates a new thing, and haadamah open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down chayyim into Sheol; then ye shall have da'as that these men have spurned Hashem. |31| And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these devarim, that haadamah split asunder that was under them: |32| And ha'aretz opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, their batim (houses), all the men that were of Korach, and all their possessions. |33| They, and all that were of them, went down chayyim into Sheol, and ha'aretz closed over them; and they perished from the midst of the Kahal. |34| And Kol Yisroel that were round about them fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest ha'aretz swallow us up also. |35| And there came out from Hashem an eish, and consumed the 250 men that offered ketoret. |36 (17:1)| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe saying, |37 (17:2)| Speak unto Eleazar ben Aharon HaKohen that he take up the fire pans out of the burning, and scatter thou the eish yonder; for they are set apart as kodesh. |38 (17:3)| The fire pans of these chatta'im against their own nefashot, let them make them hammered-out sheets for a covering of the Mizbe'ach: for they offered them before Hashem, therefore they became kadosh; and they shall be an ot unto the Bnei Yisroel. |39 (17:4)| And Eleazar HaKohen took the bronze fire pans, wherewith they that were burned had offered; and they made hammered-out sheets for an overlay of the Mizbe'ach: |40 (17:5)| To be a memorial reminder unto the Bnei Yisroel, that no zar, which is not of the zera Aharon, encroach to offer ketoret before Hashem; that he be not as Korach, and as his edah, as Hashem said to him by the hand of Moshe. |41 (17:6)| But the next day Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel murmured against Moshe and against Aharon, saying, Ye have killed the Am Hashem. |42 (17:7)| And it came to pass, when HaEdah was gathered against Moshe and against Aharon, that they looked toward the Ohel Mo'ed; and, hinei, the Anan covered it, and the Kavod Hashem appeared. |43 (17:8)| And Moshe and Aharon came before the Ohel Mo'ed. |44 (17:9)| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe saying, |45 (17:10)| Get you away from among this edah, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. |46 (17:11)| And Moshe said unto Aharon, Take a fire pan, and put eish therein from off the Mizbe'ach, and put ketoret, and go quickly unto HaEdah, and make kapporah for them; for there is Ketzef (Wrath) gone out from Hashem; the plague is begun. |47 (17:12)| And Aharon took as Moshe commanded, and ran into the midst of the Kahal; and, hinei, the plague was begun among HaAm: and he offered ketoret, and made kapporah for HaAm. |48 (17:13)| And he stood between the mesim and the chayyim; and the plague was stopped. |49 (17:14)| Now they that were the mesim in the maggefah (plague) were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, in addition to those who were mesim by reason of Korach. |50 (17:15)| And Aharon returned unto Moshe unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed; and the plague was stayed. |||17|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2 (17:17)| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the Bais Av, of all their Nasiim according to the Bais of their Avot twelve rods; write thou every man's shem upon his matteh (rod, staff). |3 (17:18)| And thou shalt write shem Aharon upon the rod of Levi; for one rod shall be for the Rosh of the Bais of their Avot. |4 (17:19)| And thou shalt lay them up in the Ohel Mo'ed before HaEdut, where I will meet with you there. |5 (17:20)| And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall sprout; and I will rid Myself of the murmurings of the Bnei Yisroel, whereby they murmur against you. |6 (17:21)| And Moshe spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, and every one of their Nasiim gave him a rod apiece, for each nasi one, according to their Bais Avot, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aharon was among their rods. |7 (17:22)| And Moshe laid up the rods before Hashem in the Ohel HaEdut. |8 (17:23)| And it came to pass, that the next day Moshe entered into the Ohel HaEdut; and, hinei, the rod of Aharon for the Bais Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. |9 (17:24)| And Moshe brought out all the rods from before Hashem unto Kol Bnei Yisroel; and they looked, and took every man his rod. |10 (17:25)| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Bring Aharon's rod again before HaEdut, to be kept for an ot (sign) against the rebels; and thou shalt quite put an end to their murmurings against Me, that they die not. |11 (17:26)| And Moshe did so; as Hashem commanded him, so did he. |12 (17:27)| And the Bnei Yisroel spoke unto Moshe, saying, See, we die, we perish, we will all perish. |13 (17:28)| Whoever even encroaches upon the Mishkan Hashem shall die. Shall we be consumed with dying? |||18|||And Hashem said unto Aharon, Thou and thy Banim and thy Bais Av with thee shall bear the avon (guilt) of the Mikdash; and thou and thy Banim with thee shall bear the avon of the kehunah of you [see Ya 3:1]. |2| And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the Shevet Avicha, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee; while thou and thy Banim with thee are before the Ohel HaEdut. |3| And they shall stand your guard duty, and the duty of Kol HaOhel; only they shall not come near the Klei HaKodesh and the Mizbe'ach, that neither they, nor ye also, die. |4| And they shall be joined unto thee, and stand guard duty of the Ohel Mo'ed, for kol Avodat HaOhel; and a zar shall not encroach unto you. |5| And ye shall stand guard of HaKodesh, and stand guard of the Mizbe'ach; that there be no Ketzef (Wrath) any more upon the Bnei Yisroel. |6| And I, hinei, I Myself have taken your brethren the Levi'im from among the Bnei Yisroel; to you they are given as a mattanah (gift) to Hashem, to do the Avodat Ohel Mo'ed [see Ep 4:11]. |7| Therefore thou and thy Banim with thee shall be shomer over your Kehunah with everything of the Mizbe'ach, and within the Parochet; and ye shall do the Avodas service: I have given your Kehunah unto you as an Avodas Mattanah; and the zar (unauthorized one) that shall encroach shall be put to death. |8| And Hashem spoke unto Aharon, Hinei, I also have given thee the charge of Mine terumot of kol Kadoshei Bnei Yisroel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the moshchah (kohen's allotted portion), and to thy Banim, as a chok olam. |9| This shall be thine of the kodesh hakodashim, reserved from the eish; every korban of theirs, every minchah of theirs, and every chattat of theirs, and every asham of theirs which they shall render unto Me, shall be kodesh kodashim for thee and for thy Banim. |10| As the kodesh hakodashim shalt thou eat it; every zakhar shall eat it; it shall be kodesh unto thee. |11| And this is thine; the terumah of their gift, with all the tenufot Bnei Yisroel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy banim and to thy banot with thee, by a chok olam; every one that is tahor in thy Bais shall eat of it. |12| All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the grain, the reshit (firstfruit) of them which they shall offer unto Hashem, them have I given thee. |13| And whatsoever is Bikkurim in the land, which they shall bring unto Hashem, shall be thine; every one that is tahor in thine Bais shall eat of it. |14| Every cherem in Yisroel shall be thine. |15| Every thing that openeth the womb in all basar, which they bring unto Hashem, whether it be of adam or behemah, shall be thine; nevertheless the bechor haadam shalt thou surely redeem, and the bechor habehemah hateme'ah shalt thou redeem. |16| And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine evaluation, for the five silver shekelim, according to the shekel HaKodesh, which is twenty gerah. |17| But the bechor of a cow, or the bechor of a sheep, or the bechor of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are kodesh; thou shalt sprinkle their dahm upon the Mizbe'ach, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by eish, for a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem. |18| And the basar of them shall be thine, like the breast of the tenufah and like the right thigh are thine. |19| All the terumot hakodashim, which the Bnei Yisroel offer unto Hashem, have I given thee, and thy banim and thy banot with thee, by a chok olam; it is a brit melach olam before Hashem unto thee and to thy zera with thee. |20| And Hashem spoke unto Aharon, Thou shalt have no nachalah in their land, neither shalt thou have any chelek among them; I am thy chelek and thine nachalah among the Bnei Yisroel. |21| And, hinei, I have given the Bnei Levi all the ma'aser (tithe) in Yisroel for a nachalah, for their Avodah which they serve, even the Avodat Ohel Mo'ed. |22| Neither must the Bnei Yisroel henceforth come near the Ohel Mo'ed, lest they bear chet, and die. |23| But the Levi'im shall perform the Avodat Ohel Mo'ed, lest they shall nasa (bear) their avon; it shall be a chukkat olam throughout your derot, that among the Bnei Yisroel they have no nachalah. |24| But the ma'aser of the Bnei Yisroel, which they offer as a terumah unto Hashem, I have given to the Levi'im as a nachalah; therefore, I have said unto them, Among the Bnei Yisroel they shall have no nachalah. |25| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |26| Thus speak unto the Levi'im, and say unto them, When ye take of the Bnei Yisroel the ma'aser which I have given you from them for your nachalah, then ye shall raise up a terumah of it for Hashem, even a ma'aser of the ma'aser. |27| And this your terumah shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fulness of the winepress. |28| Thus ye also shall offer a terumat Hashem of all your ma'aserot, which ye receive of the Bnei Yisroel; and ye shall give thereof terumat Hashem to Aharon HaKohen. |29| Out of all your mattenot ye shall offer every terumat Hashem, of all the best thereof, even the set apart as kodesh part thereof out of it. |30| Therefore, thou shalt say unto them, When ye have raised up the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levi'im as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the winepress. |31| And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your Bais: for it is your sachar for your Avodah in the Ohel Mo'ed. |32| And ye shall bear no chet by reason of it, when ye have raised up from it the best of it; neither shall ye desecrate the Kadshei Bnei Yisroel, lest ye die. [CHUKKAS] |||19|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying, |2| This is the chukkat hatorah which Hashem hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, that they bring thee a completely red female cow [that has not produced a calf], wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came ol (yoke): |3| And ye shall give her unto Eleazar HaKohen, that he may bring her forth outside the machaneh, and one shall slaughter (shachat) her before his face; |4| And Eleazar HaKohen shall take of her dahm with his finger, and sprinkle of her dahm directly before the Ohel Mo'ed seven times; |5| And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her hide, and her basar, and her dahm, with her dung, shall he burn; |6| And the kohen shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and crimson thread, and cast it into the midst of the burning heifer. |7| Then the kohen shall wash his clothes, and he shall immerse his basar in mayim, and afterward he shall come into the machaneh, and the kohen shall be tamei until the erev. |8| And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in mayim, and immerse his basar in mayim, and shall be tamei until the erev. |9| And a man that is tahor shall gather up the ashes of the cow, and lay them up outside the machaneh in a makom tahor, and it shall be in safekeeping for HaEdah Bnei Yisroel for water of sprinkling; it is for sin- purification. |10| And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be tamei until the erev; and it shall be unto the Bnei Yisroel, and unto the ger that sojourneth among them, for a chukkat olam. |11| He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be tamei shivat yamim. |12| He shall make himself tahor with it on the Yom HaShelishi, and on the seventh day he shall be tahor; but if he does not make himself tahor on the Yom HaShelishi, then the seventh day he shall not be tahor. |13| Whosoever toucheth the body of any man that is dead, and maketh not himself tahor, makes tamei the Mishkan Hashem; and that nefesh shall be cut off from Yisroel; because the water of sprinkling was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be tamei; his tumah is yet upon him. |14| This is the torah, when a man dieth in an ohel, all that come into the ohel, and all that is in the ohel, shall be tamei seven days. |15| And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is tamei. |16| And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a cherev in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a kever, shall be tamei seven days. |17| And for one who is tamei they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the purification [animal], and running mayim shall be put thereto in a vessel; |18| And an ish tahor shall take hyssop, and dip it in the mayim, and sprinkle it upon the ohel, and upon all the vessels, and upon the nefashot that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a kever; |19| And the tahor (clean person) shall sprinkle upon the tamei on the Yom HaShelishi, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall make himself tahor, and wash his clothes, and immerse himself in mayim, and shall be tahor at erev [T.N. On the messianic mikveh see Co 2:11-12]. |20| But the man that shall be tamei, and shall not purify himself, that nefesh shall be cut off from among the Kahal, because he hath contaminated the Mikdash Hashem; the water of sprinkling hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is tamei. |21| And it shall be a chukkat olam unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of sprinkling shall immerse his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of sprinkling shall be tamei until erev. |22| And whatsoever the tamei person toucheth shall be tamei; and the nefesh that toucheth it shall be tamei until erev. |||20|||Then came the Bnei Yisroel, even the kol HaEdah into the Midbar of Tzin in the first month; and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miryam died there, and was buried there. |2| And there was no mayim for the Edah; and they gathered themselves together against Moshe and against Aharon. |3| And the people contended with Moshe, and spoke, saying, If only we had died when our brethren died before Hashem! |4| And why have ye brought up the Kahal Hashem into this midbar, that we and our livestock should die here? |5| And why have ye made us to come up out of Mitzrayim, to bring us in unto this evil place? It is no place of zera (grain), or of te'enah (fig), or of gefen (grapevine), or of pomegranates; neither is there any mayim to drink. |6| And Moshe and Aharon went from the presence of the Kahal unto the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed, and they fell upon their faces; and the kavod Hashem appeared unto them. |7| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |8| Take the rod and gather thou the Edah together, thou and Aharon thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth its mayim, and thou shalt bring forth to them mayim out of the rock; so thou shalt give the Edah and their beasts drink. |9| And Moshe took the rod from before Hashem, just as He commanded him.|10| And Moshe and Aharon gathered the Kahal together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye morim (rebels, contentious ones); must we fetch you mayim out of this rock? |11| And Moshe lifted up his hand, and with his rod he struck the rock twice; and the mayim came out abundantly, and the Edah drank, and their beasts also.|12| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and Aharon, Because ye believed Me not, to honor Me as kadosh in the eyes of the Bnei Yisroel, therefore ye shall not bring this Kahal into HaAretz which I have given them. |13| These were the Waters of Merivah (Quarreling); because the Bnei Yisroel quarreled with Hashem, and He showed Himself kadosh among them. |14| And Moshe sent messengers from Kadesh unto the melech of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Yisroel, Thou knowest all the hardship that hath befallen us: |15| How Avoteinu went down into Mitzrayim, and we have dwelt in Mitzrayim a long time; and the Egyptians did evil to us, and Avoteinu; |16| And when we cried unto Hashem, He heard our voice, and sent a malach, and hath brought us forth out of Mitzrayim; and, hinei, we are in Kadesh, a town in the edge of thy border; |17| Let us pass, please, through thy country; we will not pass through the fields, or through the kerem (vineyards), neither will we drink of the mayim of the wells; we will go by the Derech HaMelech; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left until we have passed through thy territory. |18| And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out against thee with the cherev. |19| And the Bnei Yisroel said unto him, We will go by the main road; and if I and my livestock drink of thy mayim, then I will pay for it; I will only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet. |20| And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with a large army, and with a yad chazakah. |21| Thus Edom refused to give Yisroel passage through his border; wherefore Yisroel turned away from him. |22| And the Bnei Yisroel, even Kol HaEdah, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto Mt Hor. |23| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and Aharon in Mt Hor, by the border of Eretz Edom, saying, |24| Aharon shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter into HaAretz which I have given unto the Bnei Yisroel, because ye rebelled against My word at the Waters of Merivah. |25| Take Aharon and Eleazar bno, and bring them up unto Mt Hor; |26| And strip Aharon of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar bno; and Aharon shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. |27| And Moshe did as Hashem commanded; and they went up into Mt Hor in the sight of Kol HaEdah. |28| And Moshe stripped Aharon of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar bno; and Aharon died there on the top of the mount; and Moshe and Eleazar came down from the mount. |29| And when Kol HaEdah saw that Aharon was dead, they mourned for Aharon shloshim yom, even Kol Bais Yisroel. |||21|||And when melech of Arad the Kena'ani, which dwelt in the Negev, heard that Yisroel came by the Derech HaAtarim; then he fought against Yisroel, and took some of them prisoners. |2| And Yisroel vowed a neder unto Hashem, and said, If Thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. |3| And Hashem paid heed to the kol Yisroel, and delivered up the Kena'ani; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and the place was named Chormah (Utter Destruction).|4| And they journeyed from Mt Hor by the way of the Yam Suf, to go around Eretz Edom; And the nefesh haAm was much impatient because of the way. |5| And the people spoke against Elohim, and against Moshe, Why have ye brought us up out of Mitzrayim to die in the midbar? For there is no lechem, neither is there any mayim; and our nefesh loatheth this wretched lechem. |6| And Hashem sent fiery nechashim among the people, and they bit the people; and Am rav miYisroel died. |7| Therefore HaAm came to Moshe, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against Hashem, and against thee; pray unto Hashem that He take away the Nachash from us. And Moshe davened for the people. |8| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Make thee a fiery serpent, set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. |9| And Moshe made a nachash of nechoshet, put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a nachash had bitten any man, when he beheld the nachash hanechoshet, then he lived [see Yn 3:14-15]. |10| And the Bnei Yisroel set out, and encamped in Ovot. |11| And they journeyed from Ovot, and encamped at IyeiHaAvarim, in the midbar which is before Moav, toward the mizrach hashemesh. |12| From thence they removed, and encamped in the Wadi Zered. |13| From thence they removed, and encamped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the midbar encroaching the Emori; for Arnon is the border of Moav, between Moav and the Emori. |14| Wherefore it is said in the Sefer Michamot Hashem, Vahev v'sufah and in the Vadis Arnon, |15| And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the site of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moav. |16| And from thence they went to Beer; that is the Well whereof Hashem spoke unto Moshe, Gather the people together, and I will give them mayim. |17| Then Yisroel sang this shirah (song), Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it. |18| The sarim (princes) dug the well, the nobles of the people dug it, by the direction of the Mechokek (Lawgiver), with their rods. And from the midbar they went to Mattanah; |19| And from Mattanah to Nachaliel; and from Nachaliel to Bamot; |20| And from Bamot in the valley, that is in the country of Moav, to the top of Pisgah, overlooking the surface of the wasteland. |21| And Yisroel sent messengers unto Sichon Melech HaEmori, saying, |22| Let me pass through thy land; we will not turn into the fields, or into the kerem (vineyards); we will not drink of the waters of the well, but we will go along by the Derech HaMelech until we be past thy borders [Yn 14:6]. |23| And Sichon would not suffer Yisroel to pass through his border; but Sichon gathered all his army together, and went out against Yisroel into the midbar; and he came to Yachatz and fought against Yisroel. |24| And Yisroel struck down him with the edge of the cherev, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Yabbok, even unto the Bnei Ammon; for the border of the Bnei Ammon was fortified. |25| And Yisroel took all these cities; Yisroel dwelt in all the cities of the Emori, in Cheshbon, and in all the villages thereof. |26| For Chesbon was the city of Sichon Melech HaEmori, who had fought against the former king of Moav, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. |27| Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Cheshbon, let the city of Sichon be built and prepared; |28| For there is a fire gone out of Cheshbon, a flame from the city of Sichon; it hath consumed Ar of Moav, and citizens of the heights of Arnon. |29| Woe to thee, Moav! Thou art undone, O people of Kemosh; he hath given his banim as fugitives, and his banot, captives unto Sichon Melech Emori. |30| Down they have been cast; Chesbon is perished even unto Divon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophach, which reacheth unto Meidva. |31| Thus Yisroel dwelt in Eretz HaEmori. |32| And Moshe sent to spy out Yazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out HaEmori that were there. |33| And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan; and Og Melech HaBashan went out against them, he, and all his army, to the battle at Edrei. |34| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, all his army, his land; thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sichon Melech HaEmori, which dwelt at Chesbon. |35| So they struck him down, and his banim, and all his army, until there was none alive left to him: and they possessed his land. [BALAK] |||22|||And the Bnei Yisroel set forward, and encamped in the plains of Moav on the bank of the Yarden by Yericho. |2| And Balak ben Tzippor saw all that Yisroel had done to the Emori. |3| And Moav was exceedingly afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moav was filled with dread because of the Bnei Yisroel. |4| And Moav said unto the Ziknei Midyan, Now shall this kahal lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the sadeh. And Balak ben Tzippor was Melech of Moav at that time. |5| He sent malachim (messengers) therefore unto Balaam ben Beor to Petor, which is by the River [Euphrates] in his native land, to summon him, saying, Hinei, there is a people come out from Mitzrayim; hinei, they cover the face of ha'aretz, and they are settling next to me; |6| Come now, therefore, please, curse for me this people; for they are too mighty for me; perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of ha'aretz; for I know that he whom thou blessest is m'vorach (blessed), and he whom thou cursest is cursed. |7| And the Ziknei Moav and the Ziknei Midyan departed with the divination remuneration in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spoke unto him the words of Balak. |8| And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Hashem shall speak unto me; and the sarim of Moav abode with Balaam. |9| And Elohim came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? |10| And Balaam said unto HaElohim, Balak ben Tzippor, Melech Moav, hath sent unto me, saying, |11| Hinei, there is a people come out of Mitzrayim, which covereth the face of ha'aretz; come now, curse for me them; perhaps I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. |12| And Elohim said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for baruch hu (it [the people] is blessed). |13| And Balaam rose up in the boker, and said unto the sarim of Balak, Go back to your land; for Hashem refuseth to give me permission to go with you. |14| And the sarim of Moav rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. |15| And Balak sent yet again sarim, more, and more distinguished than they. |16| And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak ben Tzippor, Let nothing, please, hinder thee from coming unto me; |17| For I will exceedingly reward thee, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me; come, therefore, please, curse for me this people. |18| And Balaam answered and said unto the avadei Balak, If Balak would give me his palace full of kesef and zahav, I cannot go beyond the Devar Hashem Elohai, to do ketanah or gedolah. |19| Now, therefore, please, tarry ye also here this night, that I may have da'as of what more Hashem will say unto me. |20| And it was lailah when Elohim came unto Balaam, and said unto him, Since the men come to summon thee, rise up and go with them; but only the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. |21| And Balaam rose up in the boker, and saddled his donkey, and went with the sarim (princes) of Moav. |22| But the Af Elohim (G-d's anger) was kindled as he was going; and the Malach Hashem stood in the derech (road) l'satan (for an adversary, opposer) against him. Now he was riding upon his donkey, and his two servants were with him. |23| And the donkey saw the Malach Hashem standing in the derech, and his cherev drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned off the derech, and went into the sadeh; and Balaam beat the donkey, to turn her back onto the derech. |24| But the Malach Hashem stood in the closed-in path among the kramim (vineyards), a wall being on this side, a wall on that side. |25| And when the donkey saw the Malach Hashem, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's regel against the wall; and he beat her again. |26| And the Malach Hashem went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no derech to turn either to the right or to the left. |27| And when the donkey saw the Malach Hashem, she lay down under Balaam; and af Balaam was kindled, and he beat the donkey with his staff. |28| And Hashem opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast beaten me these shalosh regalim (three times)? |29| And Balaam answered the donkey, Because thou hast mocked me; If only there were a cherev in mine hand, would I have killed thee. |30| And the donkey said unto Balaam, Am not I thine donkey, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? Was I ever accustomed to do so unto thee? And he said, Loh. |31| Then Hashem opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the Malach Hashem standing in the derech, and his cherev drawn in his hand; and he bowed down his head, and fell facedown. |32| And the Malach Hashem said unto him, Why hast thou beaten thine donkey these shalosh regalim? Hinei, I came l'satan (as adversary, opposer) to thee, because thy derech is perverse before me; |33| And the donkey saw me, and turned from me these shalosh regalim; had she not turned from me, surely now also I would have slain thee, and saved her alive. |34| And Balaam said unto the Malach Hashem, Chatati (I have sinned); for I was without da'as that thou stoodest in the derech against me; now, therefore, if it displease thee, I will return home. |35| And the Malach Hashem said unto Balaam, Go with the anashim; but only the devar (message) that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the sarim (princes) of Balak. |36| And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the city of Moav at the Arnon border, which is in the farthest point of the boundary. |37| And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to summon thee? Why camest thou not unto me? Am I not able indeed to honor thee? |38| And Balaam said unto Balak, Hinei, I am come unto thee; have I now any power at all to say anything? The devar (word, message) which Elohim putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. |39| And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiryat Chutzot. |40| And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the sarim that were with him. |41| And it came to pass on the next day, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up on the high places of Baal, that thence he might see a portion of HaAm. |||23|||And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here shivah mizbechot, and prepare for me here shivah bulls and shivah rams. |2| And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on each mizbe'ach a bull and a ram. |3| And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy olah, and I will go; perhaps Hashem will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a barren height. |4| And Elohim met Balaam, and he said unto Him, I have prepared shivah hamizbechot, and I have offered upon each mizbe'ach a bull and a ram. |5| And Hashem put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. |6| And he returned unto him, and, hinei, he stood by his olah, he, and all the sarim of Moav. |7| And he took up his mashal, and said, Balak Melech Moav hath brought me from Aram (Syria), out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse for me Ya'akov, and come, denounce Yisroel. |8| How shall I curse, whom El hath not cursed? Or how shall I denounce, whom Hashem hath not denounced? |9| For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the heights I behold him; see, the people shall live apart, and shall not be reckoned among the Goyim. |10| Who can count the dust of Ya'akov, and the number of the fourth part of Yisroel? Let my nefesh die the death of the yesharim (righteous ones), and let my latter end be like his! |11| And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I brought thee to curse mine enemies, and, hinei, thou hast altogether put a berakhah on them. |12| And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Hashem hath put in my mouth? |13| And Balak said unto him, Come with me unto another place, from where thou mayest see them; thou shalt see part but not all of them, and curse them for me from there. |14| And he brought him into the sadeh of Tzophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built shivah mizbechot, and offered a bull and a ram on each mizbe'ach. |15| And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy olah, while I meet Hashem over there. |16| And Hashem met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. |17| And when he came to him, hinei, he stood by his olah, and the sarim of Moav with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Hashem spoken? |18| And he took up his mashal, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; pay heed unto me, thou son of Tzippor. |19| El is not an ish, that He should lie; neither a ben adam, that He should change His mind; hath He said, and shall He not do it? Or hath He spoken, and shall He not carry it out? |20| Hinei, I have received commandment to make berakhah; and He hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. |21| He hath not beheld avon in Ya'akov, neither hath He seen amal (trouble) in Yisroel. Hashem Elohav is with him, and the [jubilant] shout of a melech is about him. |22| El brought them out of Mitzrayim; He is for them like the strength of a wild ox. |23| Surely there is no nachash (augury) in Ya'akov; neither is there any kesem (divination) in Yisroel; at the time it is spoken to Ya'akov and to Yisroel what El doeth! |24| See, the people shall rise up as a lioness, and lift up himself as an ari; he shall not lie down until he devours the prey, and drinks the dahm of the slain. |25| And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor at all make a berakhah on them. |26| But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Hashem speaketh, that I must do? |27| And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will bring thee unto another place; perhaps it will please HaElohim that thou mayest curse them for me from there. |28| And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that overlooks Yeshimon. |29| And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here shivah mizbechot, and prepare here shivah bulls and shivah rams for me. |30| And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each mizbe'ach. |||24|||And when Balaam saw that it was tov in the eyes of Hashem to bless Yisroel, he went not, as at other times, to use nechashim (sorceries, divination, looking for omens) but he set his face toward hamidbar. |2| And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Yisroel encamped according to their Shevatim; and the Ruach Elohim came upon him. |3| And he took up his mashal, and said, Balaam ben Beor hath said, the man whose eyes are open hath said, |4| He hath said which heard the words of El, which saw the machazeh Shaddai (vision of Shaddai), which falling prostrate, but having his eyes open: |5| Mah tovu ohalecha (How goodly, beautiful, are thy tents), O Ya'akov, and mishkenotecha (thy dwellings, tabernacles), O Yisroel! |6| As the valleys are they [the tents of Yisroel] spread forth, as ganot (gardens) by the riverside, like aloes which Hashem hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the mayim. |7| He shall pour the [rainfall] mayim out of his buckets, and his zera shall have mayim rabbim, and his Melech shall be more exalted than Agag, and Malchuso (His Kingdom) shall be upraised. |8| El brought him forth out of Mitzrayim. He hath the strength of a wild bull. He shall devour the Goyim his enemies and break their atzmot, and pierce them through with his khitzim. |9| He crouched, he lay down as an ari, and as the lioness; who shall stir him up? Mevarakhecha is he that makes a barucha on thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. |10| And af Balak (anger of Balak) was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam, I summoned thee to curse mine enemies, and, hinei, thou hast altogether blessed them these shalosh p'amim. |11| Therefore now flee thou to thy mekom; I thought to kibed (honor, reward) thee honorably; but, hinei, Hashem hath kept thee back from kavod (honor, reward). |12| And Balaam said unto Balak, Spoke I not also to thy malachim which thou didst send unto me, saying, |13| If Balak would give me his bais full of kesef and zahav, I cannot go beyond the commandment of Hashem, to do either tovah or ra'ah of mine own lev; but what Hashem saith, that will I say! |14| And now, hinei, I go back unto my people; come therefore, and I will warn thee what HaAm HaZeh shall do to thy people in the Acharit HaYamim. |15| And he took up his mashal, and said, Balaam ben Beor hath said, the man whose eyes are open hath said, |16| He hath said, which heard the words of El, and knew the Da'as Elyon, which saw the Machazeh Shaddai, falling prostrate, but having his eyes open: |17| I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not karov (near); there shall come a Kokhav (Star, i.e. Moshiach, see Targums) out of Ya'akov, and a Shevet (Sceptre) shall rise out of Yisroel, and shall strike through the temples (i.e., sides of the head) of Moav, and destroy all the Bnei Shet. |18| And Edom shall be a possession; Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; but Yisroel shall do valiantly. |19| Out of Ya'akov shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the Ir. |20| And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his mashal, and said, Amalek was the reshit of the Goyim; but his acharit (latter end) shall be that unto destruction. |21| And he looked on the Keini (Kenites), and took up his mashal, and said, Strong is thy moshav (dwelling place), and thou puttest thy ken (nest) in a rock. |22| Nevertheless Kayin shall be for burning, while Asshur (Assyria) shall carry thee away captive. |23| And he took up his mashal, and said, Oy, who shall live when El doeth this? |24| And ships shall come from the coast of Kittim (Cyprus), and shall afflict Asshur (Assyria), and shall afflict 'Ever (i.e., Region beyond the River [Euphrates]), and he also shall be unto destruction. |25| And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his makom (place, home); and Balak also went his way. |||25|||And Yisroel was staying in Sheetim, and HaAm began to commit whoredom with the Banot Moav. |2| And they invited the people unto the zevakhim of their g-ds; and the people did eat and bowed down to their g-ds. |3| And Yisroel joined himself unto Baal-Peor [see Num.23:28]; and the Af Hashem was kindled against Yisroel. |4| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Take Kol Rashei HaAm, and kill them, hanging them [on a tree, stake], before Hashem against the shemesh, that the fierce Af Hashem (Anger of Hashem) may be turned away from Yisroel. |5| And Moshe said unto the shofetim of Yisroel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-Peor. |6| And, hinei, one of the Bnei Yisroel came and brought unto his brethren a woman from Midyan before the eyes of Moshe, and before the eyes of Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, who were weeping before the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. |7| And when Pinchas ben Eleazar ben Aharon HaKohen saw it, he rose up from among HaEdah, and took a romach (spear) in his yad; |8| And he went after the ish Yisroel into the inner tent, and thrust through both of them, the ish Yisroel, and the isha through her belly. So the maggefah (plague) was stopped from the Bnei Yisroel. |9| And those that were the mesim (dead ones) in the maggefah (plague) were twenty and four thousand. [PINCHAS] |10| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |11| Pinchas ben Eleazar ben Aharon HaKohen, hath turned My wrath away from the Bnei Yisroel, when he had kanous (zealousness) with My kanous among them, that I consumed not the Bnei Yisroel in My kina (jealousy, zeal, vengeance). |12| Therefore say, Hineni, I am making unto him My Brit (Covenant) of Shalom; |13| And he shall have it, and his zera after him, even the Brit Kehunat Olam; because he had kanous for Elohav, and made kapporah for the Bnei Yisroel. |14| Now the shem of the ish Yisroel that was slain, even that was slain with the woman from Midyan, was Zimri ben Salu, a leader of one of the clans from the tribe of Shimon. |15| And the shem of the isha from Midyan that was slain was Kozbi bat Tzur; he [Tzur] was rosh over the people in one of the clans of Midyan. |16| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |17| Be hostile toward the Midyanim, and strike them; |18| For they are hostile toward you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Kozbi bat Nasi Midyan, their achot, which was slain in the yom of the maggefah that resulted from Peor. |||26|||And it came to pass after the magefah (plague), that Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Eleazar Ben Aharon HaKohen, saying, |2| Take the rosh (census) of kol Adat Bnei Yisroel from twenty years old and upward, throughout their bais avot, all that are yotzei tzava (able to go to war) in Yisroel. |3| And Moshe and Eleazar HaKohen spoke with them in the arevot Mo'av (plains of Moav) by Yarden near Yericho, saying, |4| Take the census of the people, from twenty years old and upward, just as Hashem commanded Moshe and the Bnei Yisroel, which went forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |5| Reuven, the Bechor Yisroel: the Bnei Reuven; Chanoch, of whom cometh the Mishpakhat HaChanochi; of Pallu, the Mishpakhat HaPallu'i; |6| Of Chetzron, the Mishpakhat HaChezroni; of Carmi, the Mishpakhat HaCaremi. |7| These are the Mishpekhot HaReuveni; and they that were numbered of them were 43,730. |8| And the Bnei Pallu; Eliav. |9| And the Bnei Eliav; Nemuel, and Datan, and Aviram. This is that Datan and Aviram, which were summoned by the edah, who made a contention against Moshe and against Aharon in the adat Korach, when they contended in opposition to Hashem: |10| And ha'aretz opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korach, when that edah died, when the eish devoured 250; and they became as a nes (warning). |11| Notwithstanding, the Bnei Korach died not. |12| The Bnei Shim'on after their mishpekhot: of Nemuel, the Mishpakhat HaNemueli; of Yamin, the Mishpakhat HaYamini; of Yachin, the Mishpakhat HaYachini; |13| Of Zerach, the Mishpakhat HaZarechi; of Shaul, the Mishpakhat HaShauli. |14| These are the Mishpe- khot HaShimoni, 22,200. |15| The Bnei Gad after their Mishpekhot; of Tzephon, the Mishpakhat HaTzephoni; of Chaggi, the Mishpakhat HaChaggi; of Shuni, the Mishpakhat HaShuni; |16| Of Ozni, the Mishpakhat HaOzni; of Eri, the Mishpakhat HaEri; |17| Of Arod, the Mishpakhat HaArodi; of Areli, the Mishpakhat HaAreli. |18| These are the Mishpekhot Bnei Gad according to those that were numbered of them, 40,500. |19| The Bnei Yehudah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in Eretz Kena'an. |20| And the Bnei Yehudah after their Mishpekhot were: of Shelah, the Mishpakhat HaShelani; of Pharetz, the Mishpakhat HaPharetzi; of Zerach, the Mishpakhat HaZarechi. |21| And the Bnei Pharetz were: of Chetzron, the Mishpakhat HaChetzeroni; of Chamul, the Mishpakhat HeChamuli. |22| These are the Mishpekhot Yehudah according to those that were numbered of them, 76,500. |23| Of the Bnei Yissakhar after their Mishpekhot: of Tola, the Mishpakhat HaTola'i; of Puvah, the Mishpakhat HaPuni; |24| Of Yashuv, the Mishpakhat HaYashuvi; of Shimron, the Mishpakhat HaShimroni. |25| These are the Mishpekhot of Yissakhar according to those that were numbered of them, 64,300. |26| Of the Bnei Zevulun after their Mishpekhot: of Sered, the Mishpakhat HaSaredi; of Elon, the Mishpakhat HaEloni; of Yachle'el, the Mishpakhat HaYachle'eli. |27| These are the Mishpekhot of the Zevuloni according to those that were numbered of them, 60,500. |28| The Bnei Yosef after their Mishpekhot were Menasheh and Ephrayim. |29| Of the Bnei Menasheh: of Machir, the Mishpakhat HaMachiri; and Machir fathered Gil`ad; of Gil`ad come the Mishpakhat HaGile'adi. |30| These are the Bnei Gil`ad: of I'ezer, the Mishpakhat HaI'ezeri; of Chelek, the Mishpakhat HaCheleki; |31| And of Asrie'l, the Mishpakhat HaAsri'eli; and of Shechem, the Mishpakhat HaShichmi. |32| And of Shemida, the Mishpakhat HaShemida'i; and of Chepher, the Mishpakhat Chepheri. |33| And Tzelophechad Ben Chepher had no banim, but banot; and the shem banot Tzelophechad were Machlah, No'ah, Choglah, Milcah, and Tirtzah. |34| These are the Mishpekhot of Menasheh, and those that were numbered of them, 52,700. |35| These are the Bnei Ephrayim after their Mishpekhot: of Shutelach, the Mishpakhat HaShutalechi; of Becher, the Mishpakhat HaBacheri; of Tachan, the Mishpakhat HaTachani. |36| And these are the Bnei Shutelach: of Eran, the Mishpakhat HaErani. |37| These are the Mishpekhot Bnei Ephrayim according to those that were numbered of them, 32,500. These are the Bnei Yosef after their Mishpekhot. |38| The Bnei Binyamin after their Mishpekhot: of Bela, the Mishpakhat HaBale'i; of Ashbel, the Mishpakhat HaAshbeli; of Achiram, the Mishpakhat HaAchirami; |39| Of Shefufam, the Mishpakhat HaShufami; of Chupham, the Mishpakhat HaChufami. |40| And the Bnei Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the Mishpakhat HaAredi; and of Naaman, the Mishpakhat HaNa'ami. |41| These are the Bnei Binyamin after their Mishpekhot; and they were numbered of them 45,600. |42| These are the Bnei Dan after their Mishpekhot: of Shucham, the Mishpakhat HaShuchami. These are the Mishpekhot of Dan after their Mishpekhot. |43| All the Mishpekhot HaShuchami, according to those that were numbered of them, were 64,400. |44| Of the Bnei Asher after their Mishpekhot: of Yimna, the Mishpakhat HaYimnah; of Yishvi, the Mishpakhat HaYishvi; of Beriah, the Mishpakhat HaBeri'i. |45| Of the Bnei Beriah: of Chever, the Mishpakhat HaChevri; of Malki'el, the Mishpakhat HaMalki'eli. |46| And the shem Bat Asher was Sarach. |47| These are the Mishpekhot Bnei Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were 53,400. |48| Of the Bnei Naphtali after their Mishpekhot: of Yachtze'el, the Mishpakhat HaYachtze'eli; of Guni, the Mishpakhat HaGuni; |49| Of Yetzer, the mishpakhat of the HaYitzeri; of Shillem, the Mishpakhat HaShillemi. |50| These are the Mishpekhot Naphtali according to their Mishpekhot: and they that were numbered of them 45, 400. |51| These were the numbered of the Bnei Yisroel, 601,730. |52| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |53| Unto these the land shall be allotted for a nachalah according to the mispar (number) of shmot (names). |54| To those large of number thou shalt give the larger nachalah, and to few thou shalt give the smaller nachalah: to every one shall his nachalah be given according to those that were numbered of him. |55| Notwithstanding, HaAretz shall be distributed by goral; according to the Shmot Mattot of their Avot they shall inherit. |56| According to the goral shall nachalah thereof be distributed between many and few. |57| And these are they that were numbered of the Levi'im after their Mishpekhot: of Gershon, the Mishpakhat HaGereshuni; of Kehat, the Mishpakhat HaKehati; of Merari, the Mishpakhat HaMerari. |58| These are the Mishpekhot Levi: the Mishpakhat HaLiveni, the Mishpakhat HaChevroni, the Mishpakhat HaMachli, the Mishpakhat HaMushi, the Mishpakhat HaKorechi. And Kehat fathered Amram. |59| And the shem eshet Amram was Yocheved Bat Levi, who was born to Levi in Mitzrayim: and she bore unto Amram Aharon and Moshe, and Miryam their achot. |60| And unto Aharon was born Nadav, and Avihu, Eleazar, and Itamar. |61| And Nadav and Avihu died, when they offered eish zarah before Hashem. |62| And those that were numbered of them were 23,000, kol zachar from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the Bnei Yisroel, because there was no nachalah given them among the Bnei Yisroel. |63| These are they that were numbered by Moshe and Eleazar HaKohen, who numbered the Bnei Yisroel in the arevot Mo'av (plains of Moav) by Yarden near Yericho. |64| But among these there was not an ish of them whom Moshe and Aharon HaKohen numbered, when they numbered the Bnei Yisroel in the Midbar Sinai. |65| For Hashem had said of them, They shall surely die in the Midbar. And there was not left an ish from them, except Kalev Ben Yephunneh, and Yehoshua Ben Nun. |||27|||Then came the Banot Tzelophechad Ben Chepher Ben Gil`ad Ben Machir Ben Menasheh, of the Mishpekhot Menasheh Ben Yosef: and these are the shmot of his banot: Machlah, No'ah, and Choglah, and Milcah, and Tirtzah. |2| And they stood before Moshe, and before Eleazar HaKohen, and before the Nasiim and kol HaEdah, by the petach Ohel Mo'ed, saying, |3| Avinu died in the midbar, and he was not in the edah hano'adim (assembly of ones banding together) against Hashem in the Adat Korach; but died in his own chet, and had no banim. |4| Why should the shem avinu be withdrawn [see Rv 3:5 OJBC] from among his Mishpakhat, because he hath no ben? Give unto us therefore achuzzah among the achei avinu. |5| And Moshe brought their mishpat before Hashem. |6| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |7| The Banot Tzelophechad speak right; thou shalt surely give them achuzzat nachalah among achei avihem; and thou shalt cause the nachalat avichen to pass over unto them. |8| And thou shalt speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, If an ish die, and have no ben, then ye shall cause his nachalah to pass over unto his bat. |9| And if he have no bat, then ye shall give his nachalah unto his achim. |10| And if he have no achim, then ye shall give his nachalah unto achei aviv. |11| And if his av have no achim, then ye shall give his nachalah unto his closest relative of his Mishpakhat, and he shall possess it; and it shall be unto the Bnei Yisroel a chukkat mishpat, as Hashem commanded Moshe. |12| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Get thee up on this har haAvarim, and see HaAretz which I have given unto the Bnei Yisroel. |13| And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aharon achicha was gathered. |14| For ye rebelled against My command in the Midbar Tzin, in the merivat HaEdah (strife of the Assembly) to honor Me as Kodesh before their eyes at the mayim: that is, the mayim of Merivah in Kadesh in the Midbar Tzin. |15| And Moshe spoke unto Hashem, saying, |16| Let Hashem Elohei HaRuchot L'khol Basar appoint an Ish over HaEdah, |17| Which will go out before them, and which will come in before them, and which will lead them out, and which will bring them in; that the Adat Hashem be not like tzon which have no ro'eh. |18| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Take thee Yehoshua Ben Nun, an ish in whom is the Ruach [HaKodesh], and lay thine yad [for s'michah] upon him [Zech 6:11- 12]; |19| And stand him before Eleazar HaKohen, and before kol HaEdah and give him a charge (instruct him with regard to his office) before their eyes. |20| And thou shalt lay of thine hod (dignity, authority, majesty) upon him, so that kol Adat Bnei Yisroel will obey. |21| And he shall stand before Eleazar HaKohen, who shall ask counsel for him after the mishpat HaUrim before Hashem: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and kol Bnei Yisroel with him, even kol HaEdah. |22| And Moshe did just as Hashem commanded him; and he took Yehoshua, and stood him before Eleazar HaKohen, and before kol HaEdah: |23| And he laid his yadayim [for s'michah] upon him, and gave him a charge (instructed him with regard to his office), just as Hashem commanded by yad Moshe. |||28|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Command the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, My korban, and My lechem by My fires, My re'ach hannicho- ach, shall ye be shomer to offer unto Me in its mo'ed. |3| And thou shalt say unto them, This is the fire-offering which ye shall offer unto Hashem; two kevasim (male lambs) of the first year temimim, two a day, for an olah tamid. |4| The one keves shalt thou offer in the boker, and the other keves shalt thou offer towards erev; |5| And a tenth-ephah of fine flour for a minchah, mixed with the fourth-hin of pressed shemen. |6| It is an olat tamid (continual burnt offering) which was ordained in Mt Sinai for a re'ach hannichoach, a fire-offering unto Hashem. |7| And the nesekh (libation offering) thereof shall be the fourth-hin for the one keves: baKodesh (i.e., the Mizbe'ach) shalt thou cause the nesekh shekhar to be poured out unto Hashem. |8| And the other keves (male lamb) shalt thou offer at erev: like the minchah of the boker, and like the nesekh thereof, thou shalt offer it, a fireoffering of re'ach hannicho'ach unto Hashem. |9| And on Yom HaShabbos two kevasim of the first year temimim (unblemished ones) and two tenths-ephah of fine flour for a minchah, mixed with shemen, and the nesekh thereof; |10| This is the olah (burnt offering) of every Shabbos, in addition to the continual olah, and its nesekh. |11| And at each RoshChodesh of yours, ye shall offer an olah unto Hashem; two young bulls, and one ram, shivah kevasim (male lambs) of the first year temimim (unblemished ones); |12| And three tenths-ephah of fine flour for a minchah, mixed with shemen, for each bull; and two tenths-ephah of fine flour for a minchah, mixed with shemen for the one ram; |13| And a tenth-ephah of fine flour mixed with shemen for a minchah for each keves; for an olah (burnt offering) of a re'ach hannichoach, a fireoffering unto Hashem. |14| And their nesakim shall be a half-hin for each bull, and the third-hin for the ram, and a quarter-hin for each keves: this is the olah (burnt offering) for every Rosh Chodesh throughout the months of the shanah (year). |15| And one young male goat for a chattat unto Hashem shall be offered. It shall be in addition to the continual olah (burnt offering), and its nesekh. |16| And in the fourteenth day of the chodesh harishon (first month i.e., Nisan) is the Pesach to Hashem. |17| And in the fifteenth day of this month is a Chag (i.e., Chag HaMatzot): shivat yamim shall matzot be eaten. |18| In the yom harishon shall be a mikra kodesh (holy convocation); ye shall do no manner of melekhet avodah therein; |19| But ye shall offer a fireoffering for an olah unto Hashem; two young bulls, and one ram, and shivah kevasim of the first year; they shall be unto you temimim (unblemished ones). |20| And their minchah shall be of fine flour mixed with shemen: three tenths-ephah shall ye offer for each bull, and two tenths-ephah for the ram; |21| One tenth-ephah shalt thou offer for each keves, of the shivat hakevasim. |22| And one goat for a chattat, to make kapporah for you. |23| Ye shall offer these in addition to the olah (burnt offering) of the boker, which is for the olat hatamid (continual burnt offering). |24| After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the shivat yamim (seven days, i.e., the seven days of the Chag HaMatzot): lechem, a fire-offering, reiach hannichoach unto Hashem: it shall be offered in addition to the olat hatamid (the continual burnt offering), and its nesekh. |25| And on the yom hashevi'i ye shall have a mikra kodesh; ye shall do no melekhet avodah. |26| Also in the Yom HaBikkurim, when ye bring a minchah chadashah (i.e., meal offering or grain offering from the new grain crop) unto Hashem, on your Shavu'os, ye shall have a mikra kodesh; ye shall do no melekhet avodah: |27| But ye shall offer the olah (burnt offering) for a reach hannichoach unto Hashem; two young bulls, one ram, shivah kevasim of the first year; (28) And their minchah of fine flour mixed with shemen, three tenths-ephah for each bull, two tenths-ephah for the ayil haechad (one ram). |29| One tenth-ephah unto one keves for each of the shivat hakevasim; |30| And one male goat, to make kapporah for you. |31| Ye shall offer them in addition to the olat hatamid and its minchah, (they shall be unto you tamimim, unblemished ones) and their nesakim. |||29|||And in the Chodesh Hashevi'i [i.e., Tishri] on the first day of the month, ye shall have a mikra kodesh; ye shall do no melekhet avodah; it is a Yom Teruah (Day of the sounding of the Shofar, i.e., Rosh Hashanah) unto you. |2| And ye shall offer an olah (burnt offering) for a reach hannichoach unto Hashem; one young bull, one ram, and shivah kevasim (male lambs) of the first year temimim. |3| And their minchah shall be of fine flour mixed with shemen, three tenths-ephah for the bull, and two tenthephah for the ram, |4| And one tenth-ephah for each keves of the shivat hakevasim; |5| And one male of the goats for a chattat to make kapporah for you; |6| In addition to the olat hachodesh and its minchah, and the olat hatamid and its minchah, and their nesakim, according to the mishpatim, for a reach hannichoach, a fire-offering unto Hashem. |7| And ye shall have on the tenth day (i.e, Yom Kippur) of this seventh month (i.e., Tishri) a mikra kodesh (holy convocation); and ye shall afflict your nefashot; ye shall not do any melakhah therein; |8| But ye shall offer an olah (burnt offering) unto Hashem for a reach hannichoach; one young bull, one ram, and shivah kevasim of the first year; they shall be unto you temimim (unblemished ones); |9| And their minchah shall be of fine flour mixed with shemen, three tenths-ephah for the bull, and two tenthsephah for the one ayil (ram), |10| And one tenth ephah for each keves of the shivat hakevasim; |11| One male of the goats for a chattat; in addition to the chattat hakippurim (sin offering of the atonement), and the olat hatamid and its minchah and their nesakim. |12| And on the fifteenth day of the Chodesh HaShevi' [i.e., Tishri] ye shall have a mikra kodesh; ye shall do no melekhet avodah, and ye shall celebrate a Chag [i.e., Sukkot, see Lv.23:33-36; Dt.16:13-15] unto Hashem shivat yamim; |13| And ye shall offer an olah, a fire-offering, a reach hannichoach unto Hashem; thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen kevasim of the first year; they shall be temimim (unblemished ones); |14| And their minchah shall be of fine flour mixed with shemen, three tenths-ephah unto every bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenths-ephah to each ram of the two rams, |15| And one tenth-ephah to each keves of the fourteen kevasim; |16| And one male of the izzim (goats) for a chattat; in addition to the olat hatamid, its minchah and its nesekh. |17| And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen kevasim of the first year temimim (unblemished ones); |18| And their minchah and their nesakim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the kevasim, shall be according to their mispar (number), as mishpat (specified). |19| And one male of the izzim for a chattat in addition to the olat hatamid, and the minchah thereof, and their nesakim. |20| And on the Yom HaShelishi eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen kevasim of the first year temimim; |21| And their minchah and their nesakim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the kevasim, shall be according to their mispar, as mishpat (specified); |22| And one goat for a chattat; in addition to the olat hatamid, and its minchah, and its nesekh. |23| And on the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen kevasim of the first year temimim; |24| Their minchah and their nesakim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the kevasim, shall be according to their mispar, as mishpat (specified); |25| And one male of the izzim for a chattat in addition to the olat hatamid, its minchah, and its nesekh. [26| And on the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen kevasim of the first year temimim; |27| And their minchah and their nesakim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the kevasim, shall be according to their mispar, as mishpat (specified); |28| And one goat for a chattat; in addition to the olat hatamid, and its minchah, and its nesekh. (29) And on the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen kevasim of the first year temimim; |30| And their minchah and their nesakim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the kevasim, shall be according to their mispar, as mishpat (specified); |31| And one goat for a chattat; in addition to the olat hatamid, its minchah, and its nesekh. |32| And on the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen kevasim of the first year temimim; |33| And their minchah and their nesakim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the kevasim, shall be according to their mispar, as mishpat (specified); |34| And one goat for a chattat; in addition to the olat hatamid, its minchah, and its nesekh. |35| On the eighth day (i.e., Shemini Atzeres) ye shall have an atzeret (assembly): ye shall do no melekhet avodah therein; |36| But ye shall offer an olah, a fire offering, a reach hannichoach unto Hashem: one bull, one ram, shivah kevasim of the first year temimim; |37| Their minchah and their nesakim for the bull, for the ram, and for the kevasim, shall be according to their mispar, as mishpat (specified); |38| And one goat for a chattat; in addition to the olat hatamid and its minchah and its nesekh. |39| These things ye shall do unto Hashem in your Mo'adim, in addition to your nederim, and your nedavot, for your olat, and for your minchot, and for your nesakim, and for your shelamim. |40| And Moshe told the Bnei Yisroel according to all that Hashem commanded Moshe. |||30|||And Moshe spoke unto the Rashei HaMattot (Heads of the Tribes) concerning the Bnei Yisroel saying, This is the thing which Hashem hath commanded: [MATTOS] |2(3)| If an ish vow a neder unto Hashem, or swear a shevu'ah (oath) to bind his nefesh with an issar (negative vow, prohibition), he shall not break his dever, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. |3(4)| If an isha also vow a neder unto Hashem, and bind herself by an issar, being in her bais avi in her youth; |4(5)| And her av hear her neder, and her issar wherewith she hath bound her nefesh, and her av says nothing to her, then all her nedarim shall stand, and every issar wherewith she hath bound her nefesh shall stand. |5(6)| But if her av disallow her in the yom that he heareth, not any of her nedarim, or of her issurim (negative vows, prohibitions) wherewith she hath bound her nefesh, shall stand; and Hashem shall forgive her, because her av forbade her. |6(7)| And if she had at all an ish, when she made nedarim or utterance of her lips, wherewith she bound her nefesh; |7(8)| And her ish heard it, and said nothing to her in the yom that he heard it, then her nedarim shall stand, and her issurim wherewith she bound her nefesh shall stand. |8(9)| But if her ish forbade her on the yom that he heard it, then he shall nullify her neder which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her nefesh; and Hashem shall forgive her. |9(10)| But every neder of an almanah, and of a gerushah (divorced woman), wherewith she have bound her nefesh, shall stand against her. |10(11)| And if she vowed in her bais ish, or bound her nefesh by an issar with a shevuah, |11(12)| And her ish heard it, and said nothing to her, and forbade her not, then all her nedarim shall stand, and every issar wherewith she bound her nefesh shall stand. |12(13)| But if her ish hath utterly nullified them on the yom he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her nedarim, or concerning the issar of her nefesh, shall not stand; her ish hath nullified them; and Hashem shall forgive her. |13(14)| Every neder, and every shevuat issar to afflict the nefesh, her ish may let it stand, or her ish may let it have a hafarah. |14(15)| But if her ish say nothing to her from yom to yom, then he will have let stand all her nedarim or all her issurim, which are upon her; he will have let them stand, because he said nothing to her in the yom that he heard them. |15(16)| But if he shall revoke them after that he hath heard them, then nasa (he shall bear) her avon. |16(17)| These are the chukkim, which Hashem commanded Moshe, between an ish and his isha, between the av and his bat, being yet in her youth in her bais avi. |||31|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Avenge the Bnei Yisroel of the Midyanim; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. |3| And Moshe spoke unto HaAm, saying, Arm some of your anashim unto war, let them go against Midyan, and avenge Hashem of Midyan. |4| Of every matteh a thousand, throughout kol mattot Yisroel, shall ye send to war. |5| So there were supplied out of the thousands of Yisroel, an elef (a thousand) of every matteh, sheneym asar elef armed for war. |6| And Moshe sent them to war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Pinchas Ben Eleazar HaKohen, to the war, with the kelei hakodesh, and the tzotzerot hateru'ah in his yad. |7| And they warred against Midyan, just, as Hashem commanded Moshe; and they slaughtered kol zachar. |8| And they slaughtered the Melachim of Midyan, besides the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Tzur, and Chur, and Reva, five melachim of Midyan; Balaam Ben Beor also they slaughtered with the cherev. |9| And the Bnei Yisroel took all the nashim of Midyan captive, and their little ones, and took the plunder of all their behemah, and all their mikneh, and all their goods. |10| And they burned with eish all their towns wherein were their moshavot, and all their camps. |11| And they took all the plunder, and all the spoil, both of adam and of behemah. |12| And they brought the captives, and the plunder, and the spoil, unto Moshe, and Eleazar HaKohen, and unto the Adat Bnei Yisroel, unto the machaneh at the plains of Moav, which are by Yarden near Yericho. |13| And Moshe, and Eleazar HaKohen, and all the nasiim of the Edah, went forth to meet them outside the machaneh. |14| And Moshe was in wrath with the pekudei hechayil (officers of the army), with the sarim over thousands, and sarim over hundreds, which were returning from the milchamah of the army. |15| And Moshe said unto them, Have ye saved all the nekevah alive? |16| Hinei, these caused the Bnei Yisroel, through the davar Balaam, to turn unfaithful against Hashem in the matter of Peor, and there was a magefah (plague) among the Adat Hashem. |17| Now therefore slaughter every zakhar among the little ones, and kill every isha that hath known ish by lying with zakhar. |18| But all the girl nashim, that have no da'as of lying with zakhar, save alive for yourselves. |19| And do ye abide outside the machaneh shivat yamim; whosoever hath killed nefesh, and whosoever hath touched any chalal, purify both yourselves and your captives on Yom HaShelishi and on Yom HaShevi'i. |20| And purify all your beged, and all keli ohr (all that is made of leather), ma'aseh izzim (all that is made of goat hair) and keli etz (all that is make of wood). |21| And Eleazar HaKohen said unto the anshei hatzavah which went into milchamah, This is the chukkat hatorah which Hashem commanded Moshe: |22| Only the zahav, and the kesef, the nechoshet, the barzel, the bedil, and the oferet, |23| Everything that can withstand eish, ye shall make it go through the eish, and it shall be tahor; nevertheless it shall be purified with the mayim of niddah; and all that can not withstand the eish ye shall make go through the mayim. |24| And ye shall wash your begadim on Yom HaShevi'i, and ye shall be tahor, and afterward ye shall come into the machaneh. |25| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |26| Take inventory of the spoil that was taken, both of adam and of behemah, thou, and Eleazar HaKohen, and the Rashei Avot HaEdah: |27| And divide the spoil into two parts: between them that took the milchamah upon them, who went out to battle, and kol HaEdah; |28| And levy a mekhes (tribute) unto Hashem of the anshei hamilchamah which went out to battle: one nefesh from five hundred, both of adam, and of bakar, and of chamorim, and of tzon; |29| Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar HaKohen, for a terumat Hashem. |30| And of the Bnei Yisroel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of adam, of bakar, of chamorim, and of tzon, of all behemah, and give them unto the Levi'im, who are shomrei mishmeret Mishkan Hashem (who are guardians of the Mishkan Hashem). |31| And Moshe and Eleazar HaKohen did just as Hashem commanded Moshe. |32| And the spoil, being the rest of the plunder which the am hatzava (personnel of the army) had taken, was 675,000 tzon, |33| And 72,000 bakar, |34| And 61,000 chamorim, |35| And 32,000 nefesh adam from the nashim who had no da'as of zachar by lying with him. |36| And the half, which was the chelek of them that went out to war, was in number 337,500 hundred tzon; |37| And the mekhes (tribute) for Hashem of the tzon was 675. |38| And the bakar were 36,000; of which the mekhes for Hashem was 72. |39| And the chamorim were 30,500; of which the mekhes for Hashem was 61. |40| And the nefesh adam were 16,000; of which the mekhes for Hashem was 32 nefesh. |41| And Moshe gave the mekhes, which was the terumat Hashem, unto Eleazar HaKohen, as Hashem commanded Moshe. |42| And of the Bnei Yisroel's half, which Moshe divided from the anashim hatzove'im, [43| (Now the half that pertained unto the Edah was 337,500 tzon, |44| And 36,000 thousand bakar, |45| And thirty thousand chamorim and five hundred, |46| And sixteen thousand nefesh adam); |47| Even of the Bnei Yisroel's half, Moshe took one portion of fifty, both of adam and of behemah, and gave them unto the Levi'im, who were shomrei mishmeret Mishkan Hashem; just as Hashem commanded Moshe. |48| And the pekudim (officers) which were over thousands of the tzava (army), the sarim of thousands, and sarim of hundreds, came near unto Moshe; |49| And they said unto Moshe, Thy avadim have taken the muster census of the anshei hamilchamah which are under our charge, and there was missing not one ish of us. |50| We have therefore brought a korban Hashem, what every ish hath gotten, of articles of zahav, armlets, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make kapporah for our nefashot before Hashem. |51| And Moshe and Eleazar HaKohen took the zahav of them, even all wrought jewels. |52| And all the zahav of the terumah (offering) that they offered up to Hashem, of the sarim of thousands, and of the sarim of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. |53| (For the anshei hatzava had taken plunder, every ish for himself.) |54| And Moshe and Eleazar HaKohen accepted the zahav of the sarim of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the Ohel Mo'ed, for a zikaron (memorial) for the Bnei Yisroel before Hashem. |||32|||Now the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Gad had a very great multitude of mikneh; and when they saw Eretz Yazer, and Eretz Gil`ad, that, hinei, the makom was a makom for mikneh; |2| The Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven came and spoke unto Moshe, and to Eleazar HaKohen, and unto the nasiim of the Edah, saying, |3| Atarot, and Divon, and Yazer, and Nimrah, and Chesbon, and Elealeh, and Sevam, and Nevo, and Beon, |4| Even HaAretz which Hashem struck to conquer before the Adat Yisroel, is an eretz for mikneh, and thy avadim have mikneh. |5| They said, If we have found chen in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy avadim for an achuzzah, and bring us not over Yarden. |6| And Moshe said unto the Bnei Gad and to the Bnei Reuven, Shall your achim go to milchamah while ye sit here? |7| And why discourage ye the lev Bnei Yisroel from going over into HaAretz which Hashem hath given them? |8| Thus did Avoteichem, when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over HaAretz. |9| For when they went up unto the Eshcol Valley, and saw HaAretz, they discouraged the lev Bnei Yisroel, that they should not go into HaAretz which Hashem had given them. |10| And the Af Hashem was kindled on that day, and He swore, saying, |11| Surely none of the anashim that came up out of Mitzrayim, from twenty years old and upward, shall see HaAdamah which I swore unto Avraham, unto Yitzchak, and unto Ya'akov; because they have not fully followed Me; |12| Except Kalev Ben Yephunneh the Kenezi, and Yehoshua Ben Nun; for they have fully followed after Hashem. |13| And the Af Hashem was kindled against Yisroel, and He made them wander in the midbar arba'im shanah, until kol hador that had done harah in the sight of Hashem, were consumed. |14| And, hinei, ye are risen up in the place of Avoteichem a brood of anashim chatta'im to add even more to charon af Hashem against Yisroel. |15| For if ye turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the midbar; and ye shall destroy kol HaAm Hazeh. |16| And they came near unto him, and said, We will build gidrot tzon here for our mikneh, and towns for our little ones; |17| But we ourselves will go ready armed ahead of the Bnei Yisroel, until we have brought them unto their makom; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of HaAretz. |18| We will not return unto bateinu, until the Bnei Yisroel have inherited every ish his nachalah. |19| For we will not inherit with them across the Yarden, or beyond; because our nachalah is fallen to us on this side of the Yarden eastward. |20| And Moshe said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before Hashem to milchamah, |21| And will go all of you armed over Yarden before Hashem, until He hath driven out His oyevim from before Him, |22| And HaAretz be subdued before Hashem; then afterward ye shall return, and be nekiyim before Hashem, and before Yisroel; and HaAretz Hazot shall be your achuzzah before Hashem. |23| But if ye will not do so, hinei, ye have sinned against Hashem and be sure chattatechem (your sin) will find you out. |24| Build you towns for your little ones, and your gidrot tzon; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. |25| And the Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven spoke unto Moshe saying, Thy avadim will do as adoni commandeth. |26| Our little ones, our nashim, our mikneh, and all behemeteinu, shall stay there in the cities of Gil`ad; |27| But thy avadim will cross over, every man armed for war, before Hashem to battle, as adoni saith. |28| So concerning them Moshe commanded Eleazar HaKohen, and Yehoshua Ben Nun, and the Rashei Avot HaMattot of the Bnei Yisroel; |29| And Moshe said unto them, If the Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven will cross with you over Yarden, every man armed for battle, before Hashem, and HaAretz shall be subdued before you, then ye shall give them Eretz Gil`ad for an achuzzah; |30| But if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in Eretz Kena'an. |31| And the Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven answered, saying, As Hashem hath said unto thy avadim, so will we do. |32| We will cross over armed before Hashem into Eretz Kena'an, that the achuzzat nachalatenu on that side of the Yarden may be our own. |33| And Moshe gave unto them, even to the Bnei Gad, and to the Bnei Reuven, and unto half the shevet of Menasheh Ben Yosef, the kingdom of Sichon Melech HaEmori, and the kingdom of Og Melech HaBashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the territories, even the cities of the surrounding land. |34| And the Bnei Gad built Divon, and Atarot, and Aroer, |35| And Atrot, Shophan, Ya'azer, and Yogbehah, |36| And Beit Nimrah and Beit Haran, fortified cities; and gidrot tzon. |37| And the Bnei Reuven built Cheshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiryatayim, |38| And Nevo, and Ba'al Me'on, (their shem being changed) and Sivmah; and gave other shmot unto the cities which they built. |39| And the Bnei Machir Ben Menasheh went to Gil`ad, and captured it, and dispossessed the Emori (Amorite) which was in it. |40| And Moshe gave Gil`ad unto Machir Ben Menasheh; and he dwelt therein. |41| And Ya'ir Ben Menasheh went and captured the settlements thereof, and called them Chavot Ya'ir. |42| And Novach went and captured Kenat, and the villages thereof, and called it Novach, after shmo. [MASSEY] |||33|||These are the journeys of the Bnei Yisroel, which went forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim by their tzveos under yad Moshe and Aharon. |2| And Moshe recorded their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Hashem; and these are their journeys according to their goings forth. |3| And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Pesach the Bnei Yisroel went out with a yad ramah (upraised hand, i.e., confidently) l'einei kol Mitzrayim. |4| For the Mitzrayim buried all their bechor, which Hashem had struck down among them; upon their elohim also Hashem executed shefatim. |5| And the Bnei Yisroel set out from Rameses, and encamped in Sukkot. |6| And they set out from Sukkot, and encamped in Etam, which is on the edge of the midbar. |7| And they set out from Etam, and turned back unto Pi HaChirot, which is before Ba'al Tzephon; and they encamped before Migdol. |8| And they set out from before HaChirot, and passed through the midst of the yam into the midbar, and went derech shloshet yamim (a three days' journey) in the midbar of Etam, and encamped in Marah. |9| And they set out from Marah, and came unto Elim; and in Elim were twelve einot mayim (springs of water), and threescore and ten temarim (palm trees); and they encamped there. |10| And they set out from Elim, and encamped by the Yam Suf. |11| And they set out from the Yam Suf, encamping in the Midbar Sin. |12| And they set out from the Midbar Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. |13| And they set out from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. |14| And they set out from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no mayim for HaAm to drink. |15| And they set out from Rephidim, and encamped in the Midbar Sinai. |16| And they set out from the Midbar Sinai, and encamped at Kivrot Hata'avah. |17| And they set out from Kivrot Hata'avah, and encamped at Chatzerot. |18| And they set out from Chatzerot, and encamped in Ritmah. |19| And they set out from Ritmah, and encamped at Rimmon Peretz. |20| And they set out from Rimmon Peretz, and encamped in Livnah. |21| And they set out from Livnah, and encamped at Rissah. |22| And they set out from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelatah. |23| And they set out from Kehelatah, and encamped in Har Shepher. |24| And they set out from Har Shepher, and encamped in Charadah. |25| And they set out from Charadah, and encamped in Mak'helot. |26| And they set out from Mak'helot, and encamped at Tachat. |27| And they set out from Tachat, and encamped at Tarach. |28| And they set out from Tarach, and encamped in Mitcah. |29| And they set out from Mitcah, and encamped in Chashmonah. |30| And they set out from Chashmonah, and encamped at Moserot. |31| And they set out from Moserot, and encamped in Bnei Ya'akan. |32| And they set out from Bnei Ya'akan, and encamped at Chor Haggidgad. |33| And they set out from Chor Haggidgad, and encamped in Yotvatah. |34| And they set out from Yotvatah, and encamped at Avronah. |35| And they set out from Avronah, and encamped at Etzyon Gever. |36| And they set out from Etzyon-Gever, and encamped in the Midbar Tzin, which is Kadesh. |37| And they set out from Kadesh and encamped at Mt Hor, at the border of Eretz Edom. |38| And Aharon HaKohen went up into Mt Hor at the command of Hashem, and died there, in the 40th year after the Bnei Yisroel were come out of Eretz Mitzrayim, in the first yom of the fifth month. |39| And Aharon was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died on Mt Hor. |40| And Melech Arad the Kena'anite, which dwelt in the Negev in Eretz Kena'an, heard of the coming of the Bnei Yisroel. |41| And they set out from Mt Hor, and encamped in Tzalmonah. |42| And they set out from Tzalmonah, and encamped in Punon. |43| And they set out from Punon, and encamped in Ovot. |44| And they set out from Ovot, and encamped in Iyei HaAvarim at border of Moav. |45| And they set out from Iyim, and encamped in Divon Gad. |46| And they set out from Divon Gad, and encamped in Almon Divlatayim. |47| And they set out from Almon Divlatayim, and encamped in the mountains of Avarim, before Nevo. |48| And they set out from the mountains of Avarim, and encamped in the plains of Moav by Yarden near Yericho. |49| And they set out by Yarden, from Beit HaYeshimot even unto Abel Sheetim in the plains of Moav. |50| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the plains of Moav by Yarden near Yericho, saying, |51| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye are crossing over Yarden into Eretz Kena'an, |52| Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of HaAretz from before you, and destroy all their maskiyyot (stone carved statues), and destroy all their tzalmei massekhot and demolish all their [idolatrous] high places; |53| And ye shall take possession of HaAretz, and dwell therein; for I have given you HaAretz to possess it. |54| And ye shall distribute HaAretz by goral for an inheritance among your mishpekhot; and to the more numerous ye shall give the larger nachalah, and to the fewer in number ye shall give the smaller nachalah; every man's nachalah shall be in the place where his goral falleth; according to the mattot (tribes of) Avoteichem ye shall inherit. |55| But if ye will not drive out the yoshvei HaAretz from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be barbs in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall harrass you in HaAretz wherein ye dwell. |56| Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I meant to do unto them. |||34|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |2| Command the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye come into Eretz Kena'an (this is HaAretz that shall fall unto you for a nachalah, even Eretz Kena'an with the borders thereof), |3| Then your southern side shall be from the Midbar Tzin along by the border of Edom, and your southern border shall be from the edge of the Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea, Dead Sea) to the east; |4| And your border shall turn from the south of Ma'aleh Akrabbim, and pass on to Tzin; and the going forth thereof shall be from the south of Kadesh Barnea, and shall go on to Chatzar Addar, and pass on to Atzmon; |5| And the border shall go around from Atzmon unto the Wadi of Mitzrayim, and the goings out of it shall be toward the [Mediterranean] Sea. |6| And as for the western border, ye shall even have the Yam HaGadol for a border; this shall be your west border. |7| And this shall be your northern border: from the Yam HaGadol ye shall run to Mt Hor; |8| From Mt Hor ye shall run your border unto the approach to Chamat; and the goings forth of the border shall be toward Tzedad; |9| And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be Chatzar Einan; this shall be your northern border. |10| And ye shall draw a line for you for an eastern border from Chatzar Einan to Shepham; |11| And the border shall go down from Shepham to Rivlah, on the east side of Ain; the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the bank of the Yam Kinneret to the east; |12| And the border shall go down to the Yarden, and the goings out of it shall be at the Yam HaMelach; this shall be your land with the borders thereof all around. |13| And Moshe commanded the Bnei Yisroel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by goral, which Hashem commanded to give unto the nine mattot (tribes), and to the half tribe; |14| For the tribe of the Bnei Reuven according to the bais avotam, and the tribe of the Bnei Gad according to the bais avotam and the half tribe of Menasheh have received their nachalah; |15| The two tribes and the half tribe have received their nachalah on the east side of the Yarden near Yericho toward the sunrise. |16| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |17| These are the shmot of the anashim which shall apportion HaAretz unto you; Eleazar HaKohen, and Yehoshua Ben Nun. |18| And ye shall take one nasi of every matteh to possess HaAretz. |19| And the shmot of the anashim are these: Of the tribe of Yehudah, Kalev Ben Yephunneh; |20| And of the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on, Shemuel Ben Ammihud; |21| Of the tribe of Binyamin, Elidad Ben Kislon; |22| And the nasi of the tribe of the Bnei Dan, Bukki Ben Yogli; |23| The nasi of the Bnei Yosef, for the tribe of the Bnei Menasheh, Channi'el Ben Ephod; |24| And the nasi of the tribe of the Bnei Ephrayim, Kemuel Ben Shiphtan; |25| And the nasi of the tribe of the Bnei Zevulun, Elitzaphan Ben Parnach; |26| And the nasi of the tribe of the Bnei Yissakhar, Paltiel Ben Azzan; |27| And the nasi of the tribe of the Bnei Asher, Achihud Ben Shelomi; |28| And the nasi of the tribe of the Bnei Naphtali, Pedahel Ben Ammihud; |29| These are they whom Hashem commanded to apportion the inheritance unto the Bnei Yisroel in Eretz Kena'an. |||35|||And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the plains of Moav by Yarden near Yericho, saying, |2| Command the Bnei Yisroel, that they give unto the Levi'im from the nachalah of their achuzzah towns to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levi'im open pasturelands around the towns. |3| And the towns shall they have to dwell in; and the open pasturelands of them shall be for their behemah, and for their livestock, and for all their animals. |4| And the open pasturelands of the towns, which ye shall give unto the Levi'im, shall reach from the wall of the Ir and outward a thousand cubits all around. |5| And ye shall measure from outside the Ir on the east side 2000 cubits, and on the south side 2000 cubits, and on the west side 2000 cubits, and on the north side 2000 cubits; and the Ir shall be in the midst; this shall be to them the open pasturelands of the towns. |6| And among the towns which ye shall give unto the Levi'im there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the rotze'ach, that he may flee to there; and to them ye shall add 42 ir. |7| So all the arim (towns) which ye shall give to the Levi'im shall be 48 ir: them shall ye give with their migrashim (open pasturelands). |8| And the arim (towns) which ye shall give shall be of the achuzzat Bnei Yisroel; from them that have many ye shall give more; but from them that have few ye shall give less; every one shall give of his arim unto the Levi'im according to his nachalah which he inheriteth. |9| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying, |10| Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye be come over the Yarden into Eretz Kena'an, |11| Then ye shall appoint you arim to be arei miklat (cities of refuge) for you; that the rotze'ach may flee to there, which killeth any nefesh bishegagah (unintentionally, accidently). |12| And they shall be unto you arei miklat (cities of refuge) from the Go'el; that the rotze'ach die not, until he stand before the Edah in mishpat. |13| And of these arim which ye shall give there shall be shesh arei miklat. |14| Ye shall give shlosh he'arim on this side of the Yarden, and shlosh he'arim shall ye give in Eretz Kena'an, which shall be arei miklat. |15| These shesh he'arim shall be for miklat (refuge), both for the Bnei Yisroel, and for the ger, and for the toshav (sojourner) among them; that every one that killeth any nefesh bishegagah (unintentionally, accidently) may flee there. |16| And if he strike him with keli barzel, so that he die, he is a rotze'ach; the rotze'ach shall surely be put to death. |17| And if he strike him with an even (stone) in his yad that could kill, and he die, he is a rotze'ach; the rotze'ach shall surely be put to death. |18| Or if he strike him with a keli in his hand that could kill, and he die, he is a rotze'ach; the rotze'ach shall surely be put to death. |19| The Go'el HaDahm himself shall slay the rotze'ach; when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. |20| And if he push him out of sin'ah (hatred), or hurl upon him bitzediyyah (with intention, by laying in wait) that he die; |21| Or in eivah (enmity) strike him with his yad, that he die; he that struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a rotze'ach; the Go'el HaDahm shall slay the rotze'ach, when he meeteth him. |22| But if he push him suddenly without eivah (enmity), or have thrown upon him any keli with no tzediyyah (intention, laying in wait), |23| Or with any even (stone), that could kill, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his oyev, neither sought his ra'ah, |24| Then the Edah shall judge between the striker and the Go'el HaDahm according to these mishpatim; |25| And the Edah shall deliver the rotze'ach out of the yad Goel HaDahm, and the Edah shall restore him to his ir miklat, to which he fled; and he shall abide in it unto the mot HaKohen HaGadol which was mashach (anointed) with the shemen hakodesh [T.N. NOTICE THERE IS FREEDOM AT THE DEATH OF THE HIGH PRIEST JUST AS THERE IS PEACE AT THE DEATH OF THE MOSHIACH KOHEN; CF ISA 53:5-9; PS 110:4). |26| But if the rotze'ach shall at any time come outside the border of the ir miklat to which he fled; |27| And the Go'el HaDahm find him outside the geval (borders, city limit) of his ir miklat, and the Go'el HaDahm kill the rotze'ach, he shall not be guilty of dahm, |28| Because he should have remained in his ir miklat until the mot HaKohen HaGadol; but after the mot HaKohen HaGadol the rotze'ach shall return into his eretz achuzzat. |29| So these things shall be for a chukkat mishpat unto you throughout your dorot in all your dwellings. |30| Whosoever killeth any nefesh, the rotze'ach shall be put to death by the mouth of edim (witnesses); but ed echad (one witness) shall not testify against any nefesh to cause him to die. |31| Moreover ye shall take no kofer (ransom payment, satisfaction) for the nefesh of a rotze'ach, which is guilty of death; but he shall be surely put to death. |32| And ye shall take no kofer for him that is fled to his ir miklat that he should come again to dwell in HaAretz until the mot HaKohen. |33| So ye shall not pollute HaAretz wherein ye are; for dahm pollutes HaAretz; and kapporah cannot be made for HaAretz for the shefach dahm therein, except by the dahm of him that committed shefach dahm (shedding of blood). |34| Therefore, make not tameh HaAretz which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell; for I Hashem dwell among the Bnei Yisroel. |||36|||And the Rashei HaAvot of the Mishpekhot of the Bnei Gil`ad Ben Machir Ben Menasheh, of the Mishpekhot of the Bnei Yosef, came near, and spoke before Moshe, and before the Nasiim Rashei Avot of the Bnei Yisroel, |2| And they said, When Hashem commanded adoni to give HaAretz for a nachalah by goral to the Bnei Yisroel, adoni was commanded by Hashem to give the nachalat Tzelophechad achinu unto his banot. |3| Now suppose they become married to any of the Bnei Shivtei Bnei Yisroel, and their nachalah be taken from the nachalah of Avoteinu, and be added to the nachalah of the matteh whereunto they marry into; so shall it be taken from the goral of our nachalah. |4| And when the Yovel of the Bnei Yisroel shall be, then shall their nachalah be added unto the nachalah of the matteh whereunto they marry into; so shall their nachalah be taken away from the nachalah of the matteh of Avoteinu. [See Leviticus 25:855; 27:16-25.] |5| And Moshe commanded the Bnei Yisroel according to the command of Hashem, saying, The matteh of the Bnei Yosef hath said well. |6| This is the thing which Hashem doth command concerning the Banot Tzelophechad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only within the Mishpakhat Matteh Avihem shall they marry. |7| So shall not the nachalah of the Bnei Yisroel remove from matteh to matteh; for every ish of the Bnei Yisroel shall keep himself to the nachalat matteh of his Avot. |8| And every bat, that possesseth a nachalah in mattot Bnei Yisroel, shall be isha unto one of the mishpakhat matteh of her av, that the Bnei Yisroel may possess every ish the nachalat of his avot. |9| Neither shall the nachalah remove from one matteh (tribe) to another matteh (tribe); for the mattot (tribes) of the Bnei Yisroel shall make deveykus every ish to his own nachalah. |10| Even as Hashem commanded Moshe, so did the Banot Tzelophechad; |11| For Machlah, Tirtzah, and Choglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the Banot Tzelophechad, became nashim unto bnai dodeihen (sons of their uncles, i.e., cousins); |12| And they became nashim into the mishpekhot Bnei Menasheh Ben Yosef, and their nachalah remained in the matteh (tribe) of the mishpakhat of their av. |13| These are the mitzvot and the mishpatim, which Hashem commanded by the yad Moshe unto the Bnei Yisroel in the plains of Moav by Yarden near Yericho. DEVARIM [DEVARIM] |||1|||These are the devarim (words) which Moshe spoke unto kol Yisroel on the far side of the Yarden in the midbar, in the Aravah opposite Suf between Paran, and Tophel, and Lavan, and Chatzerot, and Di-Zahav. |2| (There is eleven days' journey from Chorev unto Kadesh-Barnea by way of Mount Seir.) |3| And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moshe spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, according unto all that Hashem had given him in commandment unto them, |4| After he had slain Sichon Melech HaEmori, which dwelt in Cheshbon, and Og Melech HaBashan, which dwelt in Ashtarot at Edre'i; |5| On the far side of the Yarden, in Eretz Moav, began Moshe to expound this torah, saying, |6| Hashem Eloheinu spoke unto us in Chorev, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough at this mountain; |7| Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the Har HaEmori (hill country of the Amorites), and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Aravah, in the hills, in the Shefelah, and in the Negev, and by the seacoast, to the Eretz HaKena'ani (Land of the Canaanites), and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. |8| See, I have set ha'aretz (the land) before you; go in and possess ha'aretz which Hashem swore unto Avoteichem, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov, to give unto them and to their zera after them. |9| And I spoke unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear the burden of you by myself alone; |10| Hashem Eloheichem hath multiplied you, and, see, ye are today as numerous as the kokhavei HaShomayim. |11| (Hashem Elohei Avoteichem increase you a thousand times over and bless you, as He hath promised you!) |12| How can I myself alone bear your problems, and your massa and your strife? |13| Take you anashim chachamim, men of wisdom and understanding, who are known among your tribes, and I will set them over you. |14| And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is tov for us to do. |15| So I took the leaders of your tribes, anashim chachamim, men of understanding, and made them heads over you, over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens, shoterim among your tribes. |16| And I charged your shofetim at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the ger that is with him. |17| Ye shall not respect persons in mishpat but ye shall hear the katon as well as the gadol; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the mishpat is Elohim's: and the case that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. |18| And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. |19| And when we departed from Chorev, we went through all that great and terrible midbar, which ye saw on the way to the Har HaEmori, just as Hashem Eloheinu commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-Barnea. |20| And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the Har HaEmori which Hashem Eloheinu doth give unto us. |21| See, Hashem Eloheicha hath set ha'aretz before thee; go up and possess it, as Hashem Elohei Avoteicha hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. |22| And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send anashim ahead of us, and they shall spy out ha'aretz, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what towns we shall come. |23| And the proposal pleased me well; and I took Shneym Asar, (Twelve) of you, one of each shevet (tribe); |24| And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came unto the Eshkol Valley, and explored it. |25| And they took of the pri ha'aretz in their hands, brought it down unto us, brought us word, and said, It is a tovah ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheinu doth give us. |26| Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Hashem Eloheichem; |27| And ye murmured in your oholim, and said, Because Hashem hated us, He hath brought us forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, to deliver us into the hand of HaEmori, to destroy us. |28| Where shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged levavenu (our hearts), saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to Shomayim; moreover we have seen the Bnei Anakim there. |29| Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. |30| Hashem Eloheichem which goeth before you, He shall fight for you, according to all that He did for you in Mitzrayim before your eyes; |31| And in the midbar, where thou hast seen how that Hashem Eloheicha did bear thee, as a man doth carry his ben, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. |32| Yet in this thing ye were not ma'aminim (believers) in Hashem Eloheichem, |33| Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in eish by lailah, to show you by what way ye should go, and in an anan (cloud) by day. |34| And Hashem heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and on oath, said, |35| Surely there shall not one of these men of this dor harah see ha'aretz hatovah, which I swore to give unto Avoteichem. |36| Except Kalev ben Yephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give ha'aretz that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Hashem. |37| Also Hashem was angry with me because of you, saying, Thou also shalt not go in there. |38| But Yehoshua ben Nun, the one assisting thee, he shall go in there; encourage him, for he shall cause Yisroel to inherit it. |39| Moreover your little ones, which ye said would be taken captive, and your children, which as yet do not have knowledge between tov and rah, they shall go in there, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. |40| But as for you, turn, take your journey into the midbar by the way of the Yam Suf. |41| Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Hashem; we will go up and fight, according to all that Hashem Eloheinu did command us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye made light of going up into the hill country. |42| And Hashem said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not in your midst; lest ye be struck down before your enemies. |43| So I spoke unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the com mandment of Hashem, and went presumptuously up into the hill country. |44| And HaEmori, which dwelt in that hill country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Chormah. |45| And ye returned and wept before Hashem; but Hashem would not listen to your voice, nor give ear unto you. |46| That is why ye abode in Kadesh as long as ye did. |||2|||Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Yam Suf, as Hashem spoke unto me; and we circled Mt Seir yamim rabbim (many days). |2| And Hashem spoke unto me, saying, |3| Ye have circled hahar hazeh (this mountain) long enough; turn you northward. |4| And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the territory of your brethren the Bnei Esav, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you; be shomer me'od of yourselves therefore: |5| Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a regel (foot) breadth; because I have given Mt Seir unto Esav for a yerushah (possession, inheritance). |6| Ye shall get by trade okhel (food) of them for kesef, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy mayim of them for kesef, that ye may drink. |7| For Hashem Eloheicha hath bestowed a berakhah on thee in all the works of thy hand; He knoweth thy walking through this midbar hagadol (great wilderness); these arba'im shanim Hashem Eloheicha hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. |8| And when we went on past our brethren the Bnei Esav, who dwell in Seir, through the road of the Aravah from Eilat, and from Etzyon-Gever, we turned and passed by on the road through the midbar of Moav. |9| And Hashem said unto me, Harass not the Moavim, neither provoke them to milchamah for I will not give thee of their land for a yerushah; because I have given Ar unto the Bnei Lot for a yerushah. |10| The Emim dwelt therein in times past, a people great, many, and tall, as the Anakim; |11| Which also were accounted Refa'im, as the Anakim; but the Moavim called them Emim. |12| The Chorim also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the Bnei Esav succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their place; as Yisroel did unto the eretz of his yerushah Hashem gave unto them. |13| Now rise up, and get you over the Wadi Zered. And we went over the Wadi Zered. |14| And the space in which we came from Kadesh-Barnea, until we were come over the Wadi Zered, was 38 shanim; until all the generation of the anshei hamilchamah had been consumed from the machaneh, as Hashem had sworn unto them. |15| For indeed the yad Hashem was against them, to destroy them from among the machaneh, until they were consumed. |16| So it came to pass, when kol anshei hamilchamah were consumed and dead from among HaAm (the People), |17| That Hashem spoke unto me, saying, |18| Thou art to pass over the border of Moav at Ar today; |19| And when thou comest opposite the Bnei Amon, distress them not, nor meddle with them; for I will not give thee of the Eretz Bnei Amon any yerushah; because I have given it unto the Bnei Lot for a yerushah. |20| (That also was accounted a land of Refa'im; Refa'im dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonim call them Zamzummim; |21| A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Hashem destroyed them before them; and they [the Ammonim] dispossessed them, and dwelt in their place: |22| As He did to the Bnei Esav, which dwelt in Seir, when He destroyed the Chori from before them; and they succeeded them, dwelling in their place even to this day; |23| And the Avim which dwelt in villages, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorim, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their place.) |24| Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the Wadi Arnon: see, I have given into thine hand the Emori, Sichon Melech Cheshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in milchamah (battle, war). |25| Hayom hazeh will I begin to put the pachad (dread) of thee and the fear of thee upon the amim (peoples) that are under Kol HaShomayim, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. |26| And I sent malachim out of the midbar Kedemot unto Sichon Melech Cheshbon with divrei shalom, saying, |27| Let me pass through thy land on the derech; I will go along on the derech; I will neither turn unto the yamin nor to the semol (left). |28| Thou shalt sell me okhel for kesef, that I may eat; and give me mayim for kesef, that I may drink; only I will pass through on foot; |29| (As the Bnei Esav which dwell in Seir, and the Moavim which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Yarden into the land which Hashem Eloheinu giveth us. |30| But Sichon Melech Cheshbon would not let us pass by him; for Hashem Eloheicha hardened and made stubborn his ruach, and made his lev obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as indeed hayom hazeh. |31| And Hashem said unto me, See, I have begun to give Sichon and his land before thee; begin the occupation, that thou mayest take possession to inherit his land. |32| Then Sichon came out against us, he and all his people, to make milchamah (battle, war) at Yachatz. |33| And Hashem Eloheinu delivered him before us; and we struck him, and his banim, and all his people. |34| And we took all his towns at that time, and in cherem utterly destroyed them, and of the nashim, and the little ones, of every town, we left no remnant; |35| Only the behemah we took for booty unto ourselves, and the plunder of the towns which we took. |36| From Aroer, which is on the edge of Wadi Arnon, and from the town that is by the wadi, even unto Gil`ad, there was not one town too strong for us; Hashem Eloheinu delivered all unto us: |37| Only unto the Eretz Bnei Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the Wadi Yabok, nor unto the towns in the hills, in accordance with the command of Hashem Eloheinu. |||3|||Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan; and Og Melech HaBashan came out against us, he and all his people, to engage in milchamah at Edrei. |2| And Hashem said unto me, Fear him not; for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sichon Melech HaEmori which dwelt at Cheshbon. |3| So Hashem Eloheinu delivered into our hands also Og Melech HaBashan, and all his people; and we struck him until no remnant was left to him. |4| And we took all his towns at that time; there was not a kiryah (town, city) which we took not from them, threescore towns, all the region of Argov, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. |5| All these towns were walled with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns harbeh me'od (very many). |6| And in cherem we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sichon Melech Cheshbon, in cherem utterly destroying the men, nashim, and little ones, of every town. |7| But all the behemah (livestock), and the plunder of the towns, we took for booty to ourselves. |8| And we took at that time out of the hand of the two melachim of the Emori the land that was on this side [i.e., east of the] Yarden, from the Wadi Arnon unto Mt Chermon; |9| (Which Chermon the Tzidonim call Siryon; and the Emori call it Senir;) |10| All the towns of the plain, and all Gil`ad, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, towns of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. |11| For only Og Melech HaBashan remained of the remnant of Refa'im; hinei, his bedstead was a bedstead of barzel. Is it not in Rabbah of the Bnei Amon? Nine regular cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it. |12| And ha'aretz hazot, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the Wadi Arnon, and half way up the hill country of Gil`ad, and the towns thereof, gave I unto the Reuveni and Gadi. |13| And the rest of Gil`ad, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Menasheh; all the region of Argov, with all Bashan, which was called Eretz Refa'im. |14| Yair ben Menasheh took all the region of Argov unto the border of Geshuri and Maachati, and called them after shmo (his own name), HaBashan Havot Yair, unto hayom hazeh. |15| And I gave Gil`ad unto Machir. |16| And unto the Reuveni and unto the Gadi I gave from Gil`ad even unto the Wadi Arnon with the middle of the valley as the border even unto the Wadi Yabok, which is the border of the Bnei Amon; |17| The Aravah also, and Yarden, and the coast thereof, from Kinneret even unto the yam of the Aravah, even the Dead Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah to the east. |18| And I commanded you at that time, saying, Hashem Eloheichem hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the Bnei Yisroel, all bnei chayil (valiant men, men fit for military service). |19| But your nashim, and your little ones, and your livestock (for I know that ye have much livestock,) shall abide in your towns which I have given you; |20| Until Hashem have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheichem hath given them beyond Yarden; and then shall ye return every man unto his yerushah (possession, inheritance), which I have given you. |21| And I commanded Yehoshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that Hashem Eloheichem hath done unto these two melachim; so shall Hashem do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. |22| Ye shall not fear them; for Hashem Eloheichem He shall fight for you. [V'ESCHANAN] |23| And I besought Hashem at that time, saying, |24| O Adonoi Hashem, Thou hast begun to show Thy eved Thy greatness, and Thy mighty hand; for what El (G-d) is there in Shomayim or on Ha'Aretz, that can do according to Thy works, and according to Thy might? |25| Ah, let me go over, and see ha'aretz hatovah that is beyond Yarden, that fine hill country, and the Levanon. |26| But Hashem was angry with me for your sakes, and would not hear me; and Hashem said unto me, Enough from thee; speak no more unto Me of this matter. |27| Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see it with thine eyes; for thou shalt not go over this Yarden. |28| But commission Yehoshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit ha'aretz which thou shalt see. |29| So we abode in the valley over against Beit-Peor. |||4|||Now therefore shema, Yisroel, unto the chukkim and unto the mishpatim, which I melammed (teach) you, to do them, in order that ye may live, and go in and possess ha'aretz which Hashem Elohei Avoteichem giveth you. |2| Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye take anything from it, that ye may be shomer mitzvot of the commandments of Hashem Eloheichem which I command you. |3| Your eyes have seen what Hashem did because of Baal Peor; for all the men that followed Baal Peor, Hashem Eloheicha hath destroyed them from among you. |4| But ye that did have deveykus (cleaving) unto Hashem Eloheichem are alive every one of you today. |5| Behold, I have taught you chukkim and mishpatim, even as Hashem Elohai commanded me, that ye should do so in ha'aretz whither ye go to possess it. |6| Be shomer therefore and do them; for this is your chochmah and your binah in the sight of the peoples, which shall hear all these chukkim, and say, Surely HaGoy HaGadol is a wise and understanding people. |7| For what nation is there so great, who hath elohim so near unto them, as Hashem Eloheinu is in all things for which we call upon Him? |8| And what nation is there so great, that hath chukkim and mishpatim tzaddikim as all this torah, which I set before you today? |9| Only be shomer over thyself, and be shomer over thy nefesh diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy lev kol yamim of thy life; but teach them to thy banim, and the banim of thy banim; |10| Specially the yom that thou stoodest before Hashem Eloheicha in Chorev, when Hashem said unto me, Gather Me the people together, and I will make them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me kol hayamim that they shall live upon ha'adamah and that they may teach their children. |11| And ye came near and stood at the foot of the mountain; the mountain burned with eish unto the midst of Shomayim, with choshech, and anan, and thick darkness. |12| And Hashem spoke unto you out of the midst of the eish; ye heard the voice of the devarim, but saw no temunah (form, semblance); only ye heard a voice. |13| And He declared unto you His Brit, which He commanded you to do, even Aseres HaDevarim; and He wrote them upon shnei luchot avanim (two tablets of stone). |14| And Hashem commanded me at that time to teach you chukkim and mishpatim, that ye might do them in ha'aretz whither ye go over to possess it. |15| Be shomer over yourselves, therefore; for ye saw no manner of temunah on the yom that Hashem spoke unto you in Chorev out of the midst of the eish; |16| Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a pesel, the temunah of any semel, the likeness of zachar or nekevah, |17| The likeness of any behemah that is on ha'aretz, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, |18| The likeness of anything that creepeth on the adamah, the likeness of any dag (fish) that is in the waters below; |19| And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto Shomayim, and when thou seest the shemesh, and the yarei'ach, and the kokhavim, even all the tz'va HaShomayim, shouldest be driven to hishtachaveh (bow down, worship) them, and serve them which Hashem Eloheicha hath divided unto kol HaGoyim under kol HaShomayim. |20| But Hashem hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Mitzrayim, to be unto Him an Am Nachalah (a people of inheritance), as ye are yom hazeh. |21| Furthermore Hashem was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Yarden, and that I should not go in unto that ha'aretz hatovah, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee for a nachalah (inheritance); |22| But I must die in this land, I must not go over Yarden; but ye shall go over, and possess that ha'aretz hatovah. |23| Be shomer over yourselves, lest ye forget the Brit Hashem Eloheichem, which He cut with you, and make you a pesel (idol, image), or the likeness of anything, which Hashem Eloheicha hath forbidden thee. |24| For Hashem Eloheicha is a consuming eish, even an El Kannah. |25| When thou shalt father banim, and bnei banim, and ye shall have remained long in Ha'Aretz, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a pesel, or the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the sight of Hashem Eloheicha, to provoke Him to anger; |26| I call Shomayim and HaAretz to witness against you today, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off Ha'Aretz whereunto ye go over Yarden to possess it; ye shall not prolong your yamim upon it, but shall be utterly shmad. |27| And Hashem shall scatter you among the amim; ye shall be left few in number among the Goyim, whither Hashem shall lead you. |28| And there ye shall serve elohim, the work of men's hands, etz (wood) and even (stone), which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. |29| But if from thence thou shalt seek Hashem Eloheicha, thou shalt find Him, if thou seek Him with all thy lev and with all thy nefesh. |30| When thou art in tzar (tribulation), and all these things are come upon thee, even in the acharit hayamim, if thou turn to Hashem Eloheicha and shalt be obedient unto His voice; |31| For Hashem Eloheicha is an El Rachum; He will not abandon thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the Brit Avoteicha which He swore unto them. |32| For ask now of the yamim that are past, which were before thee, since the yom that Elohim bara man upon Ha'Aretz, and ask from the one side of Shomayim unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? |33| Did ever people hear the kol Elohim speaking out of the midst of the eish, as thou hast heard, and live? |34| Or hath Elohim tried to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, by massot (trials), by otot, by mofetim, by milchamah, by a yad chazakah, by an out- stretched zero'a, by great terrors, according to all that Hashem Eloheicha did for you in Mitzrayim before your eyes? |35| Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Hashem He is HaElohim; there is none else beside Him. |36| Out of Shomayim He made thee to hear His voice, that He might discipline thee; upon Ha'Aretz He showed thee His eish hagedolah; and thou heardest His devarim out of the midst of the eish. |37| And because He loved Avoteicha, therefore He chose their zera after them, and brought thee out in His sight with His ko'ach hagadol out of Mitzrayim; |38| To drive out Goyim from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for a nachalah, as it is yom hazeh. |39| Know therefore today, and consider it in thine lev, that Hashem He is HaElohim in Shomayim above, and upon Ha'Aretz beneath: there is no other. |40| Thou shalt be shomer over His chukkim, therefore, and His mitzvot, which I command thee today, that it may go well with thee, and with thy banim after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy yamim upon Ha'Aretz, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, kol hayamim. |41| Then Moshe separated and set apart three towns on this side of the Yarden toward the rising of the shemesh; |42| That the rotze'ach might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these towns he might live: |43| Namely, Betzer in the midbar, in the flatland, of the Reuveni; and Ramot in Gil`ad, of the Gadi; and Golan in Bashan, of the Menashi. |44| And this is the torah which Moshe set before the Bnei Yisroel; |45| These are the edot, and the chukkim, and the mishpatim, which Moshe spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, after they came forth out of Mitzrayim. |46| On this side of the Yarden, in the valley over against Beit Peor, in Eretz Sichon Melech HaEmori, who dwelt at Cheshbon, whom Moshe and the Bnei Yisroel struck down, after they were come forth out of Mitzrayim; |47| And they possessed his land, and Eretz Og Melech HaBashan, two melachim of HaEmori, which were on this side of the Yarden toward the rising of the shemesh; |48| From Aroer, which is by the edge of the Wadi Arnon, even unto Mt Sion, which is Chermon, |49| And all the Aravah on this side of the Yarden eastward, even unto the Dead Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah. |||5|||And Moshe called kol Yisroel, and said unto them, Shema, Yisroel, to the chukkim and mishpatim which I speak in your ears today, that ye may learn them, and be shomer to do them. |2| Hashem Eloheinu made a Brit with us in Chorev. |3| Hashem made not this Brit with Avoteinu, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today. |4| Hashem talked with you panim b'panim in the har out of the midst of the eish, |5| (I stood between Hashem and you at that time, to show you the Devar Hashem; for ye were afraid by reason of the eish, and went not up into the har) saying: |6| [ALEF] I am Hashem Eloheicha, Which brought thee out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim. |7| [BET] Thou shalt have no elohim acharim before Me. |8| Thou shalt not make thee any pesel, or any temunah of anything that is in Shomayim above, or that is in Ha'Aretz beneath, or that is in the mayim beneath ha'aretz; |9| Lo tishtachaveh (thou shalt not bow down thyself) unto them, nor serve them; for I Hashem Eloheicha am an El Kannah, visiting the iniquity of the avot upon the banim unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me, |10| And showing chesed unto thousands of them that love Me and are shomer over My mitzvot. |11| [GIMEL] Thou shalt not take the Shem of Hashem Eloheicha in vain; for Hashem will not hold him guiltless that taketh Shmo in vain. |12| [DALET] Keep shomer Shabbos to set Shabbos apart as kodesh as Hashem Eloheicha commanded thee. |13| Sheshet yamim thou shalt labor, and do all thy work: |14| But the Yom HaShevi'i is the Shabbos of Hashem Eloheicha: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy ben, nor thy bat, nor thy eved, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine donkey, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy ger that is within thy she'arim; that thy eved and thy amah may rest as well as thou. |15| And remember that thou wast an eved in Eretz Mitzrayim, and that Hashem Eloheicha brought thee out thence through a yad chazakah and by an out- stretched zero'a; therefore Hashem Eloheicha commanded thee to be shomer Shabbos on Yom HaShabbat. |16| [HEH] Honor thy av and thy em, as Hashem Eloheicha hath commanded thee; that thy yamim may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in ha'adamah which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee. |17| [VAV] Lo tirtzah (thou shalt not kill). |18| [ZAYIN] V'lo tinaf (neither shalt thou commit adultery). |19| [KHET] V'lo tignov (neither shalt thou steal). |20| [TET] V'lo ta'aneh v'reacha ed shav (neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor). |21| [YOD] V'lo tachmod (neither shalt thou covet, desiring) thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's bais, his sadeh, or his eved, or his amah, his ox, or his donkey, or any thing that is thy neighbor's. |22| These devarim Hashem spoke unto all your Kahal in the mountain out of the midst of the eish, of the anan, and of the thick darkness, with a kol gadol; and He added no more. And He wrote them in two luchot of even (stone), and delivered them unto me. |23| And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the choshech, (for the har did burn with eish,) that ye came near unto me, even all your Rashei Shvatim (Heads of Tribes), and your Zekenim (Elders); |24| And ye said, Behold, Hashem Eloheinu hath showed us His kavod and His gadol (greatness), and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the eish; we have seen today that Elohim doth talk with man, and he liveth. |25| Now therefore why should we die? For this great eish will consume us; if we hear the voice of Hashem Eloheinu any more, then we shall die. |26| For who is there of all basar, that hath heard the voice of the Elohim Chayyim speaking out of the midst of the eish, as we have, and lived? |27| Go thou near, and hear all that Hashem Eloheinu shall say; and speak thou unto us all that Hashem Eloheinu shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. |28| And Hashem heard the voice of your words, when ye spoke unto me; and Hashem said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee; they have well said all that they have spoken. |29| O that there were such a lev in them, that they would fear Me, and be shomer mitzvot over all My mitzvot always, that it might be well with them, and with their banim l'olam! |30| Go say to them, Get you into your oholim again. |31| But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee all the mitzvot, and the chukkim, and the mishpatim, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in ha'aretz which I give them to possess it. |32| Ye shall be shomer to do therefore as Hashem Eloheicha hath commanded you; ye shall not turn aside to the right or to the left. |33| Ye shall walk in kol HaDerech which Hashem Eloheicha hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your yamim in ha'aretz which ye shall possess [see Ac 21:21]. |||6|||Now these are the mitzvot, the chukkim, and the mishpatim, which Hashem Eloheichem commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in ha'aretz whither ye go to possess it: |2| That thou mightest fear Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer over all His chukkim and His mitzvot, which I command thee, thou, and thy ben, and thy ben's ben, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. |3| Shema therefore, Yisroel, and be shomer to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Hashem Elohei Avoteicha hath promised thee, in Eretz Zavat Cholov uDevash. |4| Shema Yisroel Adonoi Eloheinu Adonoi Echad. |5| And thou shalt love Hashem Eloheicha b'chol l'vavcha u'vchol nafshcha uvechol modecha. |6| And these devarim, which I command thee today, shall be in thine lev; |7| And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy banim, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine bais, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. |8| And thou shalt bind them for an ot upon thine hand, and they shall be as totafos (ornaments [Shemot 13:16, Shabbos 57a]) between thine eyes. |9| And thou shalt write them upon the mezuzot of thy bais, and on thy she'arim. |10| And it shall be, when Hashem Eloheicha shall have brought thee into ha'aretz He swore unto Avoteicha, to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, |11| And batim full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, kramim (vineyards) and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; |12| Then beware lest thou forget Hashem, which brought thee forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim. |13| Thou shalt fear Hashem Eloheicha, and serve Him, and shalt swear by Shmo. |14| Ye shall not go after elohim acherim, of elohei ha'amim (the g-ds of the peoples) which are round about you; |15| (For Hashem Eloheicha is an El Kannah among you) lest the anger of Hashem Eloheicha be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of ha'adamah. |16| Ye shall not test Hashem Eloheichem, as ye tested Him in Massah. |17| Ye diligently shall be shomer mitzvot over the mitzvot Hashem Eloheichem and His edut, and His chukkim, which He hath commanded thee. |18| And thou shalt do that which is yashar (right, straight) and hatov in the eyes of Hashem; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess ha'aretz hatovah which Hashem swore unto Avotecha. |19| To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as Hashem hath spoken. |20| And when thy ben asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the edut, and the chukkim, and the mishpatim which Hashem Eloheinu hath commanded you? |21| Then thou shalt say unto thy ben, We were Pharaoh's avadim in Mitzrayim; and Hashem brought us out of Mitzrayim with a yad chazakah; |22| And Hashem showed otot and mofetim, great and terrible, upon Mitzrayim, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: |23| And He brought us out from thence, that He might bring us in, to give us ha'aretz which He promised on oath unto Avoteinu. |24| And Hashem commanded us to do all these chukkim, to fear Hashem Eloheinu, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at yom hazeh. |25| And tzedakah it shall be for us, if we are shomer to do all these mitzvot before Hashem Eloheinu, as He hath commanded us. |||7|||When Hashem Eloheicha shall bring thee into ha'aretz whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out Goyim rabbim before thee, the Chitti, and the Girgashi, and the Emori, and the Kena'ani, and the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and the Yevusi, shivah Goyim greater and mightier than thou; |2| And when Hashem Eloheicha shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt strike them down, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no Brit with them, nor show mercy unto them; |3| Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy bat thou shalt not give unto his ben, nor his bat shalt thou take unto thy ben. |4| For they will turn away thy ben from following Me, that they may serve elohim acherim; so will the anger of Hashem be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. |5| But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their mizbechot, and break down their matzeivot (pillars), and cut down their Asherah [sacred trees], and burn their peselim with eish. |6| For thou art an Am Kodesh unto Hashem Eloheicha; Hashem Eloheicha hath chosen thee to be an Am Segullah (Treasured People) unto Himself, above all people that are upon the face of ha'adamah. |7| Hashem did not set His love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of kol ha'ammim; |8| But because of Ahavat Hashem (because Hashem loved you), and because He would be shomer over haShevuah (the Oath) which He had sworn unto Avoteichem, hath Hashem brought you out with a yad chazakah, and redeemed you out of the bais avadim, from the hand of Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim. |9| Know therefore that Hashem Eloheicha, He is HaElohim, the El HaNe'eman, which is shomer HaBrit and hath chesed with them that love Him and are shomer mitzvot to a thousand generations; |10| And repayeth them that are the soneh (hater, enemy) of Him to their face, to destroy them; He will not be slack to him that hateth Him, He will repay him to his face. |11| Thou shalt therefore be shomer mitzvot, and keep the chukkim, and the mishpatim, which I command thee today, to do them. [EIKEV] |12| Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye give heed to these mishpatim, and are shomer, and do them, that Hashem Eloheicha shall be shomer over the Brit unto thee and the chesed which He swore unto Avoteicha; |13| And He will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; He will also bless the pri of thy womb, and the pri of thy land, thy grain, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle, and the flocks of thy sheep, in ha'aretz which He swore unto Avoteicha to give thee. |14| Baruch shalt thou be more than kol ha'amim; there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. |15| And Hashem will take away from thee every choli (disease), and will put none of the evil diseases of Mitzrayim, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. |16| And thou shalt consume kol haAm which Hashem Eloheicha shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them; neither shalt thou serve eloheihem (their g-ds); for that will be a snare unto thee. |17| If thou shalt say in thine lev, These Goyim are more than I; how can I dispossess them? |18| Thou shalt not be afraid of them; but shalt well remember what Hashem Eloheicha did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Mitzrayim; |19| The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the otot, and the mofetim, and the yad chazakah, and the stretched out zero'a, whereby Hashem Eloheicha brought thee out; so shall Hashem Eloheicha do unto kol ha'amim of whom thou art afraid. |20| Moreover Hashem Eloheicha will send the hornet swarm among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. |21| Thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Hashem Eloheicha is among you, an El Gadol v'Norah. |22| And Hashem Eloheicha will put out those Goyim before thee m'at m'at (little by little); thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the sadeh increase upon thee. |23| But Hashem Eloheicha shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be shmad. |24| And He shall deliver their melachim into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their shem from under Shomayim; there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. |25| The peselim of eloheihem shall ye burn with eish; thou shalt not desire the kesef or zahav that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is a to'evah (abomination) to Hashem Eloheicha. |26| Neither shalt thou bring a to'evah (abomination) into thine bais, lest thou be a cherem like it; but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cherem. |||8|||Kol hamitzvot which I command thee today shall ye be shomer to do, lema'an (in order that) ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess ha'aretz which Hashem swore unto Avoteichem. |2| And thou shalt remember kol haderech which Hashem Eloheicha led thee these arba'im shanah in the midbar, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine lev, whether thou wouldest be shomer over His mitzvot, or no. |3| And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did Avoteicha know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by lechem only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Hashem doth man live. |4| Thy raiment did not increase old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these arba'im shanah. |5| Thou shalt also consider in thine lev, that, as a man chasteneth bno, so Hashem Eloheicha chasteneth thee. |6| Therefore thou shalt be shomer over the mitzvot of Hashem Eloheicha, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. |7| For Hashem Eloheicha bringeth thee into an eretz tovah, a land of brooks of mayim, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; |8| An eretz chittah, and se'orah (barley), and gefen, and te'enah, and pomegranates; an eretz zayit shemen, and devash; |9| An eretz wherein thou shalt eat lechem without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; an eretz whose stones are barzel, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig nechoshet (bronze). [10} When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless Hashem Eloheicha for ha'aretz hatovah which He hath given thee. |11| Beware that thou forget not Hashem Eloheicha, in not being shomer over His mitzvot, and His mishpatim, and His chukkot, which I command thee today; |12| Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly batim (houses) and dwelt therein; |13| And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy kesef and thy zahav is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; |14| Then thine lev be lifted up, and thou forget Hashem Eloheicha which brought thee forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim; |15| Who led thee through that great and terrible midbar, wherein were fiery nachash, and akrav (scorpions), and parched earth, where there was no mayim; Who brought thee forth mayim out of the rock of flint; |16| Who fed thee in the midbar with manna, which Avoteicha knew not, that He might humble thee, and that He might prove thee, to do thee good at thy acharit; |17| And thou say in thine lev, My ko'ach (power) and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this chayil (wealth). |18| But thou shalt remember Hashem Eloheicha; for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth, that He may establish His Brit which He swore unto Avoteicha, as it is yom hazeh. |19| And it shall be, if thou do at all forget Hashem Eloheicha, and walk after acharei elohim, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you today that ye shall surely perish. |20| As the Goyim which Hashem destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of Hashem Eloheichem. T.N. NOTICE VERSE 5 IN CHAPTER 9 BELOW WHERE MOSHE REBBEINU EXPOSES THE NON-JEWISH DOCTRINE WHEREBY THERE IS A SUPPOSED ACCRUAL OF MERIT FOR SELF-ATTAINED JUSTIFICATION RATHER THAN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM HASHEM AND IS CREDITED TO FAITH WORKING THROUGH LOVE AS WE SEE IN THE REST OF SCRIPTURE |||9|||Shema, Yisroel: Thou art to pass over Yarden today, to go in to possess Goyim greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and walled up to Shomayim, |2| A people great and tall, the Bnei Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the Bnei Anak! |3| Understand therefore this day, that Hashem Eloheicha is He which goeth over before thee; as a consuming eish He shall destroy them, and He shall bring them down before thy face; so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as Hashem hath said unto thee. |4| Speak not thou in thine lev, after that Hashem Eloheicha hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my tzedakah (righteousness) Hashem hath brought me in to possess this land; but for the wickedness of these Goyim Hashem doth drive them out from before thee. |5| Not for thy tzedakah, or for the yosher (uprightness) of thine lev, dost thou go to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these Goyim Hashem Eloheicha doth drive them out from before thee, and that He may perform the word which Hashem swore unto Avoteicha, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov. |6| Understand therefore, that Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee not this ha'aretz hatovah to possess it for thy tzedakah; for thou art an Am Kesheh Oref (a stiffnecked people). |7| Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst Hashem Eloheicha to wrath in the midbar; from the yom that thou didst depart out of Eretz Mitzrayim, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against Hashem. |8| Also in Chorev ye provoked Hashem to wrath, so that Hashem was angry with you to have destroyed you. |9| When I was gone up into the mount to receive the luchot ha'avanim, even the luchot HaBrit which Hashem cut with you, then I abode in the mount arba'im yom and arba'im lailah; I neither did eat lechem nor drink mayim; |10| And Hashem delivered unto me shnei luchot ha'avanim written with the etzba Elohim (finger of G-d); and on them was written according to all the words, which Hashem spoke with you in the mount out of the midst of the eish in the Yom HaKahal. |11| And it came to pass at the end of arba'im yom and arba'im lailah, Hashem gave me the shnei luchot ha'avanim, even the Luchot HaBrit. |12| And Hashem said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Mitzrayim have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a massekhah (molten image). |13| Furthermore Hashem spoke unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is an Am Kesheh Oref (stiffnecked people): |14| Let Me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their shem from under Shomayim; and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. |15| So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with eish; and the shnei Luchot HaBrit were in my two hands. |16| And I looked, and, hinei, ye had sinned against Hashem Eloheicha, and had made you an egel massekhah (a molten calf); ye had turned aside quickly out of HaDerech (The Way) which Hashem had commanded you. |17| And I took the shnei haluchot, and cast them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes. |18| And I fell down before Hashem, as at the first, arba'im yom and arba'im lailah; I did neither eat lechem, nor drink mayim, because of kol chattatchem ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of Hashem, to provoke Him to anger. |19| For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith Hashem was angry against you to destroy you. But Hashem listened unto me at that time also. |20| And Hashem was very angry with Aharon to have made him shmad; and I davened on behalf of Aharon also at that time. |21| And I took your sin, the egel which ye had made, and burned it with eish, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. |22| And at Taverah, and at Massah, and at Kivrot Hattaavah, ye provoked Hashem to wrath. |23| Likewise when Hashem sent you from Kadesh-Barnea, saying, Go up and possess ha'aretz which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of Hashem Eloheichem, and ye believed Him not, nor gave heed to His voice. |24| Ye have been rebellious against Hashem from the yom that I knew you. |25| Thus I fell down before Hashem arba'im hayom and arba'im halailah, as I fell down at the first; because Hashem had said He would destroy you. |26| I davened therefore unto Hashem, and said, Adonoi Hashem, destroy not Thy people and Thine inheritance, which Thou hast redeemed through Thy greatness, which Thou hast brought forth out of Mitzrayim with a yad chazakah. |27| Remember Thy avadim, Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin; |28| Lest ha'aretz whence Thou broughtest us out say, Because Hashem was not able to bring them into ha'aretz which He promised them, and because He hated them, He hath brought them out to slay them in the midbar. |29| Yet they are Thy people and Thine nachalah, which Thou broughtest out by Thy koach hagadol and by Thy outstretched zero'a. |||10|||At that time Hashem said unto me, Carve thee shnei luchot avanim like unto the first, and come up unto Me into the mount, and make thee an aron etz. |2| And I will write on the luchot the devarim that were in haluchot harishonim which thou didst brake, and thou shalt put them in the aron. |3| And I made an aron of sheetim wood, and hewed shnei luchot avanim like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the shnei luchot in mine hand. |4| And He wrote on the luchot, according to the first writing, the Aseres HaDibros (Ten Commandments), which Hashem spoke unto you in the mount out of the midst of the eish in the Yom HaKahal; and Hashem gave them unto me. |5| And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the luchot in the aron which I had made; and there they are, as Hashem commanded me. |6| And the Bnei Yisroel took their journey from Be'erot (Wells) of the Bnei Yaakan to Moserah; there Aharon died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar bno ministered in the office of kohen in his place. |7| From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Yotvatah, an eretz of rivers of waters. |8| At that time Hashem separated the shevet (tribe) of Levi, to bear the Aron Brit Hashem, to stand before Hashem to minister unto Him, and to bless in Shmo, unto yom hazeh. |9| Therefore Levi hath no chelek nor nachalah with his brethren; Hashem is his nachalah, according as Hashem Eloheicha promised him. |10| And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, arba'im yamim and arba'im lailah; and Hashem listened unto me at that time also, and Hashem would not destroy thee. |11| And Hashem said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess ha'aretz, which I swore unto their avot to give unto them. |12| And now, Yisroel, what doth Hashem Eloheicha require of thee, but to fear Hashem Eloheicha, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Hashem Eloheicha with all thy lev and with all thy nefesh, |13| To be shomer over the mitzvot Hashem, and His chukkot, which I command thee today for thy good? |14| Behold, the Shomayim and Shomei HaShomayim (the Highest Heaven) belongs to Hashem Eloheicha; Ha'Aretz also, with all that therein is. |15| Yet Hashem had a delight in Avoteicha to love them, and He chose their zera after them, even you above kol ha'amim, as it is yom hazeh. |16| Circumcise therefore the arlat (foreskin) of your lev, and be no more stiffnecked. |17| For Hashem Eloheichem is Elohei HaElohim, and Adonei HaAdonim, HaEl HaGadol, HaGibbor v'HaNorah, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh shochad (bribe): |18| He doth execute the mishpat for the yatom and almanah, and loveth the ger, in giving him lechem and simlah (clothing). |19| Love ye therefore the ger; for ye were gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim. |20| Thou shalt fear Hashem Eloheicha; Him shalt thou serve, and to Him shalt thou have thy deveykus, and swear by Shmo. |21| He is thy tehillah (praise), and He is Eloheicha, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. |22| Avoteicha went down into Mitzrayim with shivim nefesh; and now Hashem Eloheicha hath made thee as the kokhavim of Shomayim for multitude. |||11|||Therefore thou shalt love Hashem Eloheicha, and be shomer over His mishmeret (charge, what is to be preserved), and His chukkot, and His mishpatim, and His mitzvot, always. |2| And know ye today; for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the musar [see Yeshayah 53:5] of Hashem Eloheicha, His greatness, His yad chazakah, and His outstretched zero'a, |3| And His otot, and His ma'asim, which He did in the midst of Mitzrayim unto Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, and unto all his land; |4| And what He did unto the army of Mitzrayim, unto their susim, and to their chariots; how He made the mayim of Yam Suf to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Hashem hath destroyed them unto yom hazeh; |5| And what He did unto you in the midbar, until ye came into this place; |6| And what He did unto Datan and Aviram, the bnei Eliav ben Reuven; how ha'aretz opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their oholim, and every living thing in their possession, in the midst of kol Yisroel; |7| But your eyes have seen kol ma'aseh Hashem which He did. |8| Therefore shall ye be shomer over all the mitzvot which I command you today, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess ha'aretz, whither ye go to possess it; |9| And in order that ye may prolong your yamim on ha'adamah, which Hashem swore unto Avoteichem to give unto them and to their zera, Eretz Zavat Cholov U'devash (land that floweth with milk and honey). |10| For ha'aretz, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as Eretz Mitzrayim, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy zera, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a gan (garden) of herbs: |11| But ha'aretz, whither ye go to possess it, is an eretz of harim (hills) and beka'ot (valleys), and drinketh mayim of the matar of Shomayim; |12| An eretz which Hashem Eloheicha careth for; the eyes of Hashem Eloheicha are always upon it, from the reshit hashanah (beginning of the year) even unto the acharit shanah (end of the year). |13| And it shall come to pass, if ye shall give heed diligently unto My mitzvot which I command you today, to love Hashem Eloheichem, and to serve Him with all your lev and with all your nefesh, |14| That I will give you the matar (rain) of your land in its due season, the yoreh (early rain) and the malkosh (latter rain, spring rain), that thou mayest gather in thy dagan (grain), and thy tirosh (new wine), and thine yitzhar (fresh oil). |15| And I will send esev in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. |16| Take heed to yourselves, that your lev be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve elohim acherim, and worship them; |17| And then Hashem's wrath be kindled against you, and He shut up the Shomayim, that there be no matar, and that ha'aretz yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish meherah (quickly) from off ha'aretz hatovah which Hashem giveth you. |18| Therefore shall ye lay up these My devarim in your lev and in your nefesh, and bind them for an ot upon your hand, that they may be as totafos (ornaments, Shemot 13:16, Shabbos 57a) between your eyes. |19| And ye shall teach them your banim, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine bais, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. |20| And thou shalt write them upon the mezuzot of thine bais, and upon thy she'arim; |21| That your yamim may be multiplied, and the yamim of your banim, in ha'adamah which Hashem swore unto Avoteichem to give them, as the yamim of Shomayim upon ha'aretz (i.e., as long as the heavens are above the earth). |22| For if ye shall be shomer diligently over all these mitzvot which I command you, to do them, to love Hashem Eloheichem, to walk in all His ways, and to have deveykus unto Him; |23| Then will Hashem drive out all these Goyim from before you, and ye shall possess Goyim gedolim and mightier than yourselves. |24| Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours; from the midbar and the Levanon, from the River, the river Euphrates, even unto the Western [Mediterranean] Sea shall your border be. |25| There shall no man be able to stand before you; for Hashem Eloheichem shall lay the pachad (terror, fear) of you and the dread of you upon kol ha'aretz that ye shall tread upon, as He hath said unto you. [RE'EH] |26| See, I set before you today a berakhah and a kelalah; |27| A berakhah, if ye obey the mitzvot Hashem Eloheichem, which I command you today; |28| And a kelalah, if ye will not obey the mitzvot Hashem Eloheicha, but turn aside out of HaDerech which I command you today, to go after acharei elohim, which ye have not known. |29| And it shall come to pass, when Hashem Eloheicha hath brought thee in unto ha'aretz whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the berakhah upon Mt Gerizim, and the kelalah upon Mt Eival. |30| Are they not on the other side of the Yarden, in the direction of the setting shemesh, in the Eretz Kena'ani, which dwell in the Aravah opposite Gilgal, near the oak of Moreh? |31| For ye shall pass over Yarden to go in to possess ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheichem giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. |32| And ye shall be shomer to do all the chukkim and mishpatim which I set before you today. |||12|||These are the chukkim and mishpatim over which ye shall be shomer to do in ha'aretz, which Hashem Elohei Avoteicha giveth thee to possess it, kol hayamim that ye live upon ha'adamah. |2| Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the Goyim which ye shall possess served their elohim, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree; |3| And ye shall overthrow their mizbechot, and break their matzeivot, and burn their Asherim with eish; and ye shall hew down peselim of their elohim, and destroy the names of them out of that place. |4| Ye shall not do so unto Hashem Eloheichem. |5| But unto the place which Hashem Eloheichem shall choose out of all your shevatim to put Shmo there, even unto His habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: |6| And thither ye shall bring your olot, and your zevakhim, and your ma'aseros (tithes), and terumot (heave offerings) of your hand, and your nedarim (vows), and your nedavot (freewill offerings), and the bekhorot (firstlings) of your herds and of your flocks; |7| And there ye shall eat before Hashem Eloheichem, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein Hashem Eloheicha hath blessed thee. |8| Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here today, ish koh hayashar be'einav (every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes). |9| For ye are not as yet come to the menuchah (resting place) and to the nachalah, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth you. |10| But when ye go over Yarden, and dwell in ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheichem giveth you to inherit, and when He giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; |11| Then there shall be a place which Hashem Eloheichem shall choose to cause Shmo to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your olot, and your zevakhim, your ma'aseros (tithes), and the terumah (heave offering) of your hand, and all your choice nedarim (vows) which ye vow unto Hashem; |12| And ye shall rejoice before Hashem Eloheichem, ye, and your banim, and your banot, and your avadim, and your maidservants, and the Levi that is within your she'arim; forasmuch as he hath no chelek nor nachalah with you. |13| Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy olot in every place that thou seest; |14| But in the place which Hashem shall choose in one of thy shevatim, there thou shalt offer thy olot, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. |15| Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat basar in all thy she'arim, whatsoever thy nefesh desireth, according to the birkat Hashem Eloheicha which He hath given thee; hatameh (the unclean) and hatahor (the clean) may eat thereof, as if it were gazelle or deer. |16| Only ye shall not eat the dahm; ye shall pour it upon ha'aretz as mayim. |17| Thou mayest not eat within thy she'arim the ma'aser (tithe) of thy dagan (grain), or of thy tirosh (new wine), or of thy yitzhar (fresh oil), or the bekhorot (firstlings) of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy nedarim (vows) which thou vowest, nor thy nedavot (freewill offerings), or terumah (heave offering) of thine hand; |18| But thou must eat them before Hashem Eloheicha in the place which Hashem Eloheicha shall choose, thou, and thy ben, and thy bat, and thy eved, and thy amah, and the Levi that is within thy she'arim; and thou shalt rejoice before Hashem Eloheicha in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. |19| Be shomer to thyself that thou forsake not the Levi as long as thou livest upon ha'aretz. |20| When Hashem Eloheicha shall enlarge thy border, as He hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat basar, because thy nefesh longeth to eat basar; thou mayest eat basar, whatsoever thy nefesh desireth after. |21| If the place which Hashem Eloheicha hath chosen to put Shmo there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which Hashem hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy she'arim whatsoever thy nefesh desireth after. |22| Even as the gazelle and the deer is eaten, so thou shalt eat them; the tameh (unclean) and the tahor (clean) shall eat of them alike. |23| Only be sure that thou eat not the dahm; for the dahm is the nefesh; and thou mayest not eat the nefesh with the basar. |24| Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon ha'aretz as mayim. |25| Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy banim after thee, when thou shalt do that which is yashar in the sight of Hashem. |26| Only thy kadashim (holy things) which thou hast, and thy nedarim (vows), thou shalt take, and go unto the place which Hashem shall choose; |27| And thou shalt offer thy olot, the basar and the dahm, upon the Mizbe'ach of Hashem Eloheicha; and the dahm of thy zevakhim (sacrifices) shall be poured out upon the mizbe'ach of Hashem Eloheicha, and thou shalt eat the basar. |28| Be shomer and heed all these devarim which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy banim after thee ad olam, when thou doest that which is tov and yashar in the sight of Hashem Eloheicha. |29| When Hashem Eloheicha shall cut off the Goyim from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou displace them, and dwellest in their land; |30| Be shomer to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their elohim, saying, How did these Goyim serve their elohim? Even so will I do likewise. |31| Thou shalt not do so unto Hashem Eloheicha; for kol to'avat Hashem (every abomination to Hashem), which He hateth, have they done unto their elohim; for even their banim and their banot they have burned in the eish to their elohim. |32 (13:1)| What thing soever I command you, be shomer to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take away or diminish from it. |||13|||If there arise among you a navi, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee an ot (sign) or a mofet (wonder), |2 (13:3)| And the ot (sign) or the mofet (wonder) come to pass, whereof he spoke unto thee, saying, Let us go after elohim acherim, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; |3 (13:4)| Thou shalt not give heed unto the devarim of that navi, or that dreamer of dreams; for Hashem Eloheichem is testing you, to know whether ye love Hashem Eloheichem with all your lev and with all your nefesh. |4 (13:5)| Ye shall walk after Hashem Eloheichem, and fear Him, and be shomer over His mitzvot, and obey His voice, and ye shall serve Him, and have deveykus unto Him. |5 (13:6)| And that navi, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from Hashem Eloheichem, which brought you out of Eretz Mitzrayim, and redeemed you out of the bais avadim, to entice thee from HaDerech which Hashem Eloheicha commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put harah away from the midst of thee. |6 (13:7)| If achicha (thy brother), the ben of thy em, or thy ben, or thy bat, or the eshet kheyk of thee (wife of thy bosom), or thy friend, which is as thine own nefesh, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve elohim acherim, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy avot; |7 (13:8)| Namely, of the elohei ha'amim which are round about you, near unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one ketzeh ha'aretz (end of the earth) even unto the other ketzeh ha'aretz; |8 (13:9)| Thou shalt not yield unto him, nor give heed unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him; |9 (13:10) But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of kol HaAm. |10 (13:11)| And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from Hashem Eloheicha, which brought thee out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim. |11 (13:12)| And kol Yisroel shall hear, and fear, and shall not again do such wickedness as this is among you. |12 (13:13)| If thou shalt hear say in one of thy towns, which Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee to dwell there, saying, |13 (13:14)| Certain men, the bnei Beliyaal (reprobate, worthless men), are gone out from among you, and have enticed the inhabitants of their town, saying, Let us go and serve elohim acherim, which ye have not known; |14 (13:15)| Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, hinei, if it be emes, and the thing certain, that such to'evah (abomination, detestable action) is wrought among you; |15 (13:16)| Thou shalt surely strike the inhabitants of that town with the edge of the cherev, in cherem destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the cherev. |16 (13:17)| And thou shalt gather all the plunder of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with eish the town, and all the plunder thereof completely for Hashem Eloheicha; and it shall be a tel olam (heap forever); it shall not be built again. |17 (13:18)| And there shall cling none of the accursed thing to thine hand; that Hashem may turn from the fierceness of His anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as He hath sworn unto Avoteicha; |18 (13:19)| When thou shalt give heed to the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer over all His mitzvot which I command thee today, to do that which is yashar (right, straight) in the eyes of Hashem Eloheicha. |||14|||Ye are the bnei Hashem Eloheichem; ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. |2| For thou art an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha, and Hashem hath chosen thee to be an Am Segullah (treasured people) unto Himself, above kol haamim that are upon ha'adamah. |3| Thou shalt not eat any to'evah (detestable thing). |4| These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the shor, the seh, and the izzim, |5| The deer, and the gazelle, and the yachmur, and the akko, and the antelope, and the wild ox, and the wild goat. |6| And every beast that parteth the hoof, and is separated in two hooves, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. |7| Nevertheless, these ye shall not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney; for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are tameh (unclean) unto you. |8| And the chazir, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is tameh (unclean) unto you; ye shall not eat of their basar, nor touch their nevelah (dead carcass). |9| These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat, |10| And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is tameh (unclean) unto you. |11| Of all tahorah (clean) birds ye shall eat. |12| But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the nesher, and the vulture, and the bearded vulture, |13| And the kite, and the buzzard after its kind, |14| And every raven after its kind, |15| And the owl, and the night hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind, |16| The little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl, |17| And the pelican, and the osprey, and the cormorant, |18| And the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. |19| And every creeping thing that flieth is tameh (unclean) unto you; they shall not be eaten. |20| But of all tahor (clean) fowls ye may eat. |21| Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself; thou shalt give it unto the ger that is in thy she'arim, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha. Thou shalt not boil a young goat in its mother's cholov. |22| Thou shalt truly give ma'aser (tithe) of all the increase of thy zera, that the sadeh bringeth forth year by year. |23| And thou shalt eat before Hashem Eloheicha, in the place which He shall choose to place Shmo there, the ma'aser (tithe) of thy dagan (grain), of thy tirosh (new wine), and of thine yitzhar (fresh oil), and the bekhorot (firstlings) of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to stand in awe of Hashem Eloheicha always. |24| And if the journey be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which Hashem Eloheicha shall choose to set Shmo there, when Hashem Eloheicha hath blessed thee; |25| Then shalt thou exchange it for kesef, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which Hashem Eloheicha shall choose; |26| And thou shalt spend that kesef for whatsoever thy nefesh desireth after, for cattle, or for sheep, or for yayin, or for shekhar (fermented drink), or for whatsoever thy nefesh desireth; and thou shalt eat there before Hashem Eloheicha, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, |27| And the Levi that is within thy she'arim; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no chelek nor nachalah with thee. |28| At the end of shalosh shanim thou shalt bring forth all the ma'aser (tithe) of thine increase the same year, and shalt store it up within thy she'arim: |29| And the Levi (because he hath no chelek nor nachalah with thee) and the ger, and the yatom, and the almanah, which are within thy she'arim, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Hashem Eloheicha may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. |||15|||At the end of every shevat shanim thou shalt make a shemittah (release). |2| And this is the manner of the shemittah: Every creditor that lendeth whatever unto his neighbor shall cancel the debt; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called Hashem's Shemittah. |3| Of a nokhri thou mayest require a debt to be repaid; but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release the claim; |4| There shall be no evyon (needy, poor) among you; for Hashem shall greatly bless thee in ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee for a nachalah to possess it; |5| If only thou carefully give heed unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha to be shomer to do all these mitzvot which I command thee today. |6| For Hashem Eloheicha blesseth thee, as He promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto Goyim rabbim, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over Goyim rabbim, but they shall not reign over thee. |7| If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy she'arim in thy land which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine lev, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: |8| But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his machsor (need), in that which he wanteth. |9| Beware that there be not a thought in thy lev beliyaal, saying, The seventh year, the shnat hashemittah (the year of release), is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto Hashem against thee, and it be chet (sin) unto thee. |10| Thou shalt surely give him, and thine lev shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Hashem Eloheicha shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. |11| For the poor shall never cease out of ha'aretz; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. |12| And if thy brother, an Ivri (a Hebrew), or an Ivriyyah (Hebrew woman), be sold unto thee, and serve thee shesh shanim; then in the shanah hashevi'it thou shalt let him go free from thee. |13| And when thou sendest him out chafshi (free) from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty-handed: |14| Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy tzon, and out of thy threshing floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith Hashem Eloheicha hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. |15| And thou shalt remember that thou wast an eved in Eretz Mitzrayim, and Hashem Eloheicha redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing today. |16| And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine bais, because he fares well with thee; |17| Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the delet, and he shall be thy eved olam. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. |18| It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away chafshi (free) from thee; for he hath been worth twice that of a hired eved to thee, in serving thee shesh shanim; and Hashem Eloheicha shall bless thee in all that thou doest. |19| Kol habechor (all firstling males) that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt set apart as kodesh unto Hashem Eloheicha; thou shalt do no work with the bechor of thy ox, nor shear the bechor of thy sheep. |20| Thou shalt eat it before Hashem Eloheicha shanah b'shanah (year by year) in the place which Hashem shall choose, thou and thy household. |21| And if there be any mum therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any serious defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Hashem Eloheicha. |22| Thou shalt eat it within thy she'arim; the tameh (unclean) and the tahor (clean) person shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the deer. |23| Only thou shalt not eat the dahm thereof; thou shalt pour it upon ha'aretz as mayim. |||16|||Be shomer of the month of Aviv [springtime, i.e., Nisan], and perform the Pesach offering unto Hashem Eloheicha; for in the month of Aviv Hashem Eloheicha brought thee forth out of Mitzrayim by lailah. |2| Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the Pesach unto Hashem Eloheicha, of the tzon and the herd, in the place which Hashem shall choose to place Shmo there. |3| Thou shalt eat no chametz with it; shivat yamim shalt thou eat matzot therewith, even the lechem oni (bread of affliction); for thou camest forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim in haste in order that thou mayest remember the yom when thou camest forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim kol yemei chayyechah (all the days of thy life). |4| And there shall be no se'or (leaven) seen with thee in all thy territory shivat yamim; neither shall there any thing of the basar, which thou sacrificedst ba'Erev baYom HaRishon, remain overnight until the boker. |5| Thou mayest not sacrifice the Pesach within any of thy she'arim, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee; |6| But at the place which Hashem Eloheicha shall choose to place Shmo in, there thou shalt sacrifice the Pesach at erev, at the going down of the shemesh, at the mo'ed (appointed time) that thou camest forth out of Mitzrayim. |7| And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Hashem Eloheicha shall choose; and thou shalt turn back in the boker, and go unto thy oholim. |8| Sheshet yamim thou shalt eat matzot; and on the yom ha'shevi'i shall be an atzeret (assembly) to Hashem Eloheicha; thou shalt do no melachah (work) therein. |9| Shivah shavu'ot (seven weeks) shalt thou number unto thee; begin to number the shivah shavu'ot from such time as thou begin to put the sickle to the standing crop. |10| And thou shalt observe Chag Shavuos unto Hashem Eloheicha by giving a terumah (freewill offering) of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto Hashem Eloheicha, according as Hashem Eloheicha hath blessed thee: |11| And thou shalt rejoice before Hashem Eloheicha, thou, and thy ben, and thy bat, and thy eved, and thy amah, and the Levi that is within thy she'arim, and the ger, and the yatom (orphan), and the almanah, that are among you, in the place which Hashem Eloheicha hath chosen to place Shmo there. |12| And thou shalt remember that thou wast an eved in Mitzrayim: and thou shalt be shomer and do these chukkim. |13| Chag HaSukkot shalt thou observe shivat yamim, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing floor and from thy winepress: |14| And thou shalt rejoice in thy chag (feast), thou, and thy ben, and thy bat, and thy eved, and thy amah, and the Levi, the ger, and the yatom (orphan), and the almanah, that are within thy she'arim. |15| Shivat yamim shalt thou observe the chag (feast) unto Hashem Eloheicha in the place which Hashem shall choose, because Hashem Eloheicha shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, so that thou shalt surely rejoice. |16| Shalosh p'amim bashanah shall all thy males appear before Hashem Eloheicha in the place which He shall choose; in the Chag Matzot, and in the Chag HaShavu'os, and in the Chag HaSukkot, and they shall not appear before Hashem empty-handed: |17| Every man shall give as he is able, according to the Birkat Hashem Eloheicha which He hath given thee. [SHOFTIM] |18| Shofetim and shoterim shalt thou appoint thee in all • she'arim, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, throughout thy shevatim: and they shall judge HaAm with mishpat-tzedek. |19| Thou shalt not pervert mishpat; thou shalt not show partiality, neither take a shochad: for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the chachamim, and twist the devarim of the tzaddikim. |20| Tzedek tzedek (that which is altogether just) shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee. |21| Thou shalt not set up any tree as an Asherah near unto the Mizbe'ach of Hashem Eloheicha, which thou shalt make thee. |22| Neither shalt thou set thee up any matzeivah (pillar); which Hashem Eloheicha hateth. T.N. WHAT, THEN, IS THE BESURAS HAGEULAH (GOOD NEWS OF REDEMPTION) ACCORDING TO MOSHE RABBEINU? "SPEAK NOT THOU IN THINE LEV, AFTER THAT HASHEM ELOHEICHA HATH CAST THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE, SAYING, FOR MY TZEDAKAH (RIGHTEOUSNESS) HASHEM HATH BROUGHT ME IN TO POSSESS THIS LAND; BUT FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THESE GOYIM, HASHEM DOTH DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE. NOT FOR THY TZEDAKAH, OR FOR THE YOSHER (UPRIGHTNESS) OF THINE LEV, DOST THOU GO TO POSSESS THEIR LAND; BUT FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THESE GOYIM, HASHEM ELOHEICHA DOTH DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE, AND THAT HE MAY PERFORM THE WORD WHICH HASHEM SWORE UNTO AVOTEICHA, AVRAHAM, YITZCHAK, AND YA'AKOV" (DT.9:4-5). HERE WE SEE THAT REDEMPTION IS THE WORK OF HASHEM AND NOT SOMETHING MAN CAN BOAST OF. SALVATION IS NOT SOMETHING EARNED BY SELF-ACHIEVED RIGHTEOUSNESS. MOSHE WARNS NOT TO EVEN THINK THAT IN EXCHANGE FOR " MY TZEDAKAH (RIGHTEOUSNESS) HASHEM HATH BROUGHT ME IN TO POSSESS THIS LAND." REDEMPTION FROM BONDAGE IN EGYPT AND THE GIFT OF ERETZ YISROEL DID NOT COME ABOUT ON THE BASIS OF HUMAN MERITS OR DESERTS. SO THERE IS NO ROOM FOR HUMAN BOASTING IN THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION THAT MOSHE PROCLAIMS. BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH, AND THIS SALVATION IS NOT OF YOURSELVES--IT DOESN'T DERIVE FROM YOUR GOODNESS OR YOUR MERIT OR YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT IS A GIFT OF HASHEM. IT MUST BE HUMBLY RECEIVED AS A GIFT BY FAITH. IT CANNOT BE PROUDLY ACQUIRED OR EARNED BY MAN WHO IS ESSENTIALLY A REBEL (NUM17:10). THIS IS THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO MOSHE RABBEINU. HAVE YOU HEARD THE BESURAS HAGEULAH? ON THE DAY AFTER THE REST DAY (THE REST DAY WAS PESACH, NISAN 15, 3793 ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR), MOSHIACH, AS A MATTER OF EYE-WITNESSED HISTORICAL FACT, STOOD UP FROM THE DEAD ONES. THIS HAPPENED NISAN 16, 3793. IT WAS ALSO "THE THIRD DAY." MOSHIACH DIED THREE DAYS BEFORE NISAN 16, SHEDDING HIS BLOOD ON NISAN 14, AT THE TIME THAT THE LAMBS WERE BEING SLAUGHTERED (SEE DT 16:5-6 AND CF YN 19:14). HERE WE SEE THAT MOSHIACH HIMSELF IS THE KORBAN PESACH OF OUR REDEMPTION (ISA 53:7). WHEN MOSHIACH STOOD UP ALIVE ON NISAN 16, MOSHIACH DID SO AS THE "FIRST-FRUITS" OF THE ONES HAVING FALLEN ASLEEP [IN DEATH]. HE WAS RAISED FOR YOUR ACCEPTANCE [WITH HASHEM] ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES (LV 23:11). ON YOM HARISHON, NISAN 16, 3793 (33 C.E.), MOSHIACH HAD HIS TECHIYAH (RESURRECTION) FROM THE MESIM (DEAD ONES) ON YOM HASHLISHI AS THE BIKKURIM (FIRST-FRUITS) OF THE ONES HAVING FALLEN ASLEEP IN DEATH. SEE GN 1:11-13, WHICH STATES THAT ELOHIM SAID, LET THE LAND PRODUCE BIKKURIM AND "THERE WAS EVENING AND THERE WAS MORNING, YOM SHELISHI (THE THIRD DAY)." HASHEM, YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR CHASSID (MOSHIACH BEN DOVID) TO SEE CORRUPTION---PS 16:10, AS IT SAYS, ON YOM HASHELISHI (THE THIRD DAY) HE WILL RAISE US UP THAT WE MAY LIVE IN HIS PRESENCE-HOS 6:2. ON PESACH, 3793 (33 C.E.) MOSHIACH WAS LED AS OUR KORBAN PESACH "LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER" (ISAIAH 53:7, SANHEDRIN 98B) THAT WE MIGHT HAVE AN EXODUS FROM THE OLAM HAZEH AND FOR THE OLAM HABAH PURCHASED BY THE REDEMPTION PAYMENT OF HIS COVENANT BLOOD ("HE WAS EXCLUDED OUT OF THE LAND OF THE LIVING [HE DIED, IN OTHER WORDS] FOR THE TRANSGRESSION OF MY PEOPLE" (ISAIAH 53:8). MOSHIACH DIED FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THIS SCRIPTURE. HIS COVENANT BLOOD WAS SPRINKLED (ISAIAH 52:15) TO MAKE US TAHOR (CLEAN) IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT BE RAISED SPIRITUALLY AND (IN THE OLAM HABAH, BODILY) IN MOSHIACH WITH A LEV CHADASH AND A RUACH CHADASHA (EZEK 36:26) BY EMUNAH (FAITH) IN THE KITVEI HAKODESH (THE HOLY SCRIPTURES). THUS MOSHIACH OUR KOHEN FOREVER (PSALM 110:4) FULFILLED THE MO'ADIM (APPOINTED TIME, FESTIVALS) OF HASHEM, INCLUDING THE KORBAN PESACH NISAN 14, 3793, AND THE KORBAN OMER HABIKKURIM NISAN 16, 3793, FOR OUR ACCEPTANCE WITH HASHEM ACCORDING TO LEVITICUS 23:11. AT THE END OF THE Y'MEI HASEFIRAH (DAYS OF THE COUNTING [OF THE OMER]) CAME SHAVUOS AND THE TEVILAH OF THE RUACH HAKODESH GIVEN TO MOSHIACH'S TALMIDIM TO EMPOWER THEM TO PROCLAIM THE BESURAS HAGEULAH (THE GOOD NEWS OF REDEMPTION) EVERYWHERE, TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE FIRST, OF COURSE, BUT ALSO THE NON-JEW. THIS IS TRUE SPIRIT-FILLED SECOND TEMPLE ERA MESSIANIC JUDAISM. LOOK AT MJ 10:25; 13:17. AS WE SEE IN DT. 12:13-14 MOSHE ALSO TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITHFULNESS IN A COMMUNITY OF MA'AMINIM (BELIEVERS). "TAKE HEED TO THYSELF THAT THOU OFFER NOT THY OLOT IN EVERY PLACE THAT THOU SEEST; BUT IN THE PLACE WHICH HASHEM SHALL CHOOSE IN ONE OF THY SHEVATIM, THERE THOU SHALT OFFER THY OLOT, AND THERE THOU SHALT DO ALL THAT I COMMAND THEE." NOTICE ALSO DT.14:23, "AND THOU SHALT EAT BEFORE HASHEM ELOHEICHA, IN THE PLACE WHICH HE SHALL CHOOSE TO PLACE SHMO THERE, THE MA'ASER (TITHE) OF THY DAGAN (GRAIN), OF THY TIROSH (NEW WINE), AND OF THINE YITZHAR (FRESH OIL), AND THE BEKHOROT (FIRSTLINGS) OF THY HERDS AND OF THY FLOCKS; THAT THOU MAYEST LEARN TO STAND IN AWE OF HASHEM ELOHEICHA ALWAYS." THE PERSON WHO INSISTS THAT HE OR SHE CAN WORSHIP G-D IN THE PARK OR UNDER A BEAUTIFUL TREE, AND THAT NO OTHER VENUE IS NEEDED, DOES NOT FOLLOW WHAT MOSHE IS TEACHING. MOSHE INSTRUCTS THAT G-D WANTS THE KOHEN AND THE KOHEN'S TEACHING AND THE SCRIPTURES AND THE AVODAS KODESH WORSHIP INVOLVED AND SPECIFICALLY WARNS AGAINST THE WORSHIPER CHOOSING ANY PLACE HE LIKES (SEE DT 12:13). ON THE KOHEN AS A TEACHER SEE MAL 2:5-7: "MY BRIT WAS WITH HIM [LEVI] OF CHAYYIM AND SHALOM; AND I GAVE THEM TO HIM THAT HE MIGHT FEAR ME; SO HE FEARED ME AND STOOD IN REVERENCE BEFORE MY NAME. TORAT EMES WAS IN HIS MOUTH, AND INIQUITY WAS NOT FOUND ON HIS LIPS: HE WALKED WITH ME IN SHALOM AND YASHRUS, AND DID TURN RABBIM (MANY) AWAY FROM AVON (INIQUITY). FOR THE KOHEN'S LIPS SHOULD PRESERVE DA'AS, AND THEY SHOULD SEEK TORAH AT HIS MOUTH: FOR HE IS THE MALACH HASHEM TZVA'OS." THE SCRIPTURES WARN NOT TO GO BEYOND WHAT IS WRITTEN. AND HASHEM HAS PROVIDED SPIRITUAL GIFTS FOR THE UPBUILDING OF EACH BELIEVER IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. SOME ARE SHLUCHIM, AND SOME NEVI'IM AND SOME GIFTED SPIRITUALLY TO BE USED IN KIRUV EFFORTS FOR MOSHIACH, AND SOME SUPERVISING MASHGICHIM RUCHANIYIM (SPIRITUAL OVERSEERS) ARE RO'IM AND MORIM IN THE KEHILLAH (SEE EP 4:11). THIS IS FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE KADOSHIM FOR THE WORK OF AVODAS KODESH MINISTRY. WE ARE NO LONGER TO BE OLALIM TOSSED BY WAVES AND CARRIED AROUND BY EVERY WIND OF LIMMUD (INSTRUCTION). HASHEM HAS GIVEN TO EACH BELIEVER CERTAIN SPIRITUAL GIFTS. HOWEVER, IN MANY CASES THESE GIFTS ARE LATENT IN AN INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT HIS BEING AWARE OF THEM, BECAUSE HE HAS NEVER COMMITTED TO ANY KEHILLAH LONG ENOUGH TO EXERCISE THEM. BUT HASHEM EXPECTS EACH ONE OF US TO USE THE GIFTS THAT HE HAS INVESTED IN US. WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO LOCATE IN A KEHILLAH ATMOSPHERE WHERE WE CAN SYSTEMATICALLY GROW AND MATURE AND OUR GIFTS CAN COME TO THEIR FULL EXPRESSION. EVERY BELIEVER SHOULD BEGIN A HEARTFELT QUEST AFTER THE TRUE AND LIVING ALTERNATIVE OF SPIRIT-FILLED SECOND TEMPLE ERA FAITH AND THE TRUE MOSHIACH. THIS MEANS CORRECT DOCTRINE. LOOK AT DAN 7:14, 3:7, 11-12, 15. THE WORD YOD-PEH-LAMED-CHET-VAV-NOON (SEE BROWN, DRIVER, BRIGGS HEB ENGLISH LEXICON P.1108 "PAY REVERENCE TO DEITY") FOUND THERE IN ALL THOSE PASSAGES IN DANIEL MAKES IT SELF-EVIDENT FROM THIS BIBLICAL DATA THAT ALTHOUGH DANIEL'S FRIENDS WOULD NOT REVERENCE AS DEITY BABYLON'S IDOLS, ALL PEOPLES WILL IN FACT PAY HOMAGE TO HASHEM'S MOSHIACH WHEN HE COMES ON THE HEAVENLY CLOUDS OF GLORY; YET MOSHIACH SO REVERENCED WILL NOT BE AN IDOL. NOTICE THE WORD YOD-PEH-LAMED-CHET-VAV-NOON IS USED NEGATIVELY REGARDING IDOLS BUT POSITIVELY AND APPROVINGLY REGARDING MOSHIACH. ONE CAN BE REVERENCED AS DEITY IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL AND THE OTHER CANNOT. WE BELIEVE THAT THE SHALOSH KADOSH FOUND IN ISAIAH 6:3 AND IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 63 AND IN GN 18:1-2 AND IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH PRAYER BOOK IS THE LOCUS CLASSICUS OF HASHEM'S KEDUSHAH HAMESHULESHET (THREE-FOLD HOLINESS) AND THAT THIS JEWISH DOCTRINE IS FOUND IN THE ZOHAR AND IN OTHER RABBINIC LITERATURE. WE BELIEVE THAT ADONOI AND HIS SAVING MESSIANIC DVAR HASHEM AND HIS RUACH HAKODESH, THOUGH THREE, IS ECHAD (DT 6:4), ESSENTIALLY ONE, EVEN AS A MAN AND HIS WIFE, THOUGH TWO, IS ECHAD (GN 2:24) OR A CLUSTER OF GRAPES IS ECHAD (NUM 13:23). A TRUE KEHILLAH IS WHERE THIS DOCTRINE IS FAITHFULLY TAUGHT. WHOEVER RUNS AHEAD AND DOES NOT REMAIN IN THE TORAH OF MOSHIACH DOES NOT HAVE HASHEM (SEE II YN 9). THIS TRANSLATION, THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE, WAS PREPARED THE WAY IT IS FOR THE ADDITIONAL PURPOSE [NOT THE ONLY PURPOSE] OF ASSISTING IN MESSIANIC CONGREGATIONS PLANTED FOR THE SAKE OF THE LOST SHEEP OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. SEE THE TRANSLATOR'S BOOKS, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GROW A MESSIANIC SYNAGOGUE, WILLIAM CAREY LIBRARY, 1974; EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GROW A MESSIANIC YESHIVA, WILLIAM CAREY LIBRARY, 1981. |||17|||Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Hashem Eloheicha any ox, or sheep, wherein is mum (blemish), or any evil thing, any defect: for that is a to'avat (abomination) unto Hashem Eloheicha. |2| If there be found among you, within any of thy she'arim which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, ish or isha, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of Hashem Eloheicha, in transgressing His Brit, |3| And hath gone and served elohim acherim, and worshiped them, either the shemesh, or yarei'ach, or any of the tz'vah HaShomayim, which I have not commanded; |4| And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, hinei, it be emes, and the thing nakhon (certain, correct), that such to'evah (abomination) is wrought in Yisroel, |5| Then shalt thou bring forth that ish or that isha, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy she'arim, even that ish or that isha, and shalt stone them with avanim, till they die. |6| At the mouth of shneym edim, or shloshah edim, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of ed echad (one witness) he shall not be put to death. |7| The hands of the edim shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of kol haAm. So thou shalt put harah (the evil) away from among you. |8| If there arise a matter too hard for thee in mishpat, between dahm and dahm, between din and din, and between nega and nega, being matters of controversy within thy she'arim, then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which Hashem Eloheicha shall choose; |9| And thou shalt come unto the kohanim, who are the Levi'im, and unto the Shofet that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show thee the devar hamishpat (word of judgment); |10| And thou shalt do according to the devar, which they of that place which Hashem shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt be shomer to do according to all that they teach thee; |11| According to the pi hatorah which they shall teach thee, and according to the mishpat which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the devar which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. |12| And the ish that will do presumptuously, and will not give heed unto the kohen that standeth to minister there before Hashem Eloheicha, or unto the Shofet, even that ish shall die; and thou shalt put away harah from Yisroel. |13| And kol haAm shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. |14| When thou art come unto ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a melech over me, like Kol HaGoyim that are about me; |15| Thou shalt in any wise set him as melech over thee, whom Hashem Eloheicha shall choose; one from among thy achim shalt thou set as melech over thee; thou mayest not set an ish nokhri over thee, which is not achicha (thy brother, i.e., a fellow Hebrew). |16| But he shall not multiply susim to himself, nor cause the people to return to Mitzrayim, to the end that he should multiply the sus; forasmuch as Hashem hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. |17| Neither shall he multiply nashim to himself, that his lev turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself kesef and zahav. |18| And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the kisei mamlakhto (throne of his kingdom), that he shall write him a mishneh hatorah hazot (copy of this torah) in a sefer out of that which is before the kohanim, the Levi'im; |19| And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Hashem Elohav, to be shomer over kol divrei hatorah hazot and these chukkim, to do them; |20| That his lev be not lifted up in pride above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the mitzvah, to the right hand, or to the left; to the end that he may prolong his days in his mamlachah, he, and his banim, in the midst of Yisroel. |||18|||The kohanim, who are Levi'im, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no chelek nor nachalah with Yisroel; they shall eat the offerings of Hashem made by eish, even His nachalah. |2| Therefore shall they have no nachalah among their achim; Hashem is their nachalah, as He hath said unto them. |3| And this shall be the mishpat hakohanim (the right of the kohanim) from the people, from them that offer the zevach, whether it be shor or seh; and they shall give unto the kohen the shoulder, and the two jowls, and the stomach. |4| The reshit also of thy grain, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the reshit of the shearing of thy tzon, shalt thou give him. |5| For Hashem Eloheicha hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the Shem of Hashem, he and his banim kol hayamim. |6| And if a Levi come from any of thy she'arim (gates, i.e., towns) out of kol Yisroel, where he is living, and come with all the earnestness of his nefesh unto the place which Hashem shall choose; |7| Then he shall minister in the Shem of Hashem Elohav, as all his achim the Levi'im do, which stand there before Hashem. |8| They shall have chelek k'chelek (like portions) to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. |9| When thou art come into ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to imitate the to'avot (abominations) of those Goyim. |10| There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his ben or his bat to pass through the eish (i.e., be burned as an idol's offering) or kosem kesamim (a diviner of divination) or a m'onen (soothsayer, astrologer), or a m'nachesh (one who interprets omens), or a mekhashshef (witch). |11| Or one who casts spells, or one who inquires of a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a doresh el hamesim (a consulter of the dead ones, i.e., a necromancer). |12| For all that do these things are a to'avat Hashem; and because of these to'evot, Hashem Eloheicha is about to drive them out before thee. |13| Thou shalt be tamim (blameless) before Hashem Eloheicha. |14| For these Goyim, which thou shalt dispossess, paid heed unto soothsayers, and unto diviners; but as for thee, Hashem Eloheicha hath not suffered thee so to do. |15| Hashem Eloheicha will raise up unto thee a Navi from among thee, of thy achim, kamoni (like me [Moshe, Ex 32:30]); unto him ye must listen; |16| According to all that thou desiredst of Hashem Eloheicha in Chorev in the Yom HaKahal, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Hashem Elohav, neither let me see this eish hagedolah any more, that I die not. |17| And Hashem said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. |18| I will raise them up a Navi from among their achim, like unto thee, and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him [Yn 10:18]. |19| And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not listen unto My words which he shall speak Bishmi (in My Name), I will require it of him. |20| But the navi, which shall presume to speak a word Bishmi (In My Name), which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the shem of elohim acharim, even that navi shall die. |21| And if thou say in thine lev, How shall we know the word which Hashem hath not spoken? |22| When a navi speaketh b'Shem Hashem, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Hashem hath not spoken, but the navi hath spoken it bezadon (in zadon [presumption,arrogance]); thou shalt not be afraid of him. |||19|||When Hashem Eloheicha hath cut off the Goyim, whose land Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, and thou dispossess them, and dwellest in their towns, and in their batim (houses), |2| Thou shalt separate shalosh arim (three towns) for thee in the midst of thy land, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee to possess it. |3| Thou shalt prepare yourselves roads, and divide the territory of thy land, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee there. |4| And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee there, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor without da'as, whom he hated not in time past; |5| As when an ish goeth into the wood with his neighbor to cut wood, his hand swings a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, the head slippeth from the handle, and strikes upon his neighbor, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those towns, and live; |6| Lest the Go'el HaDahm pursue the slayer, while his lev is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. |7| Therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate shalosh arim for thee. |8| And if Hashem Eloheicha enlarge thy territory, as He hath sworn unto Avoteicha, and give thee kol ha'aretz which He promised to give unto Avoteicha; |9| If thou shalt be shomer over all these mitzvot to do them, which I command thee today, to love Hashem Eloheicha, and to walk ever in His ways; then shalt thou add three towns more for thee, beside these three; |10| That dahm naki (innocent blood) be not shed in thy land, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee for a nachalah, and so dahmim be upon thee. |11| But if any ish hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and strike him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these towns; |12| Then the zekenim of his town shall send and have him taken from there, and deliver him into the yad of the Goel HaDahm, that he may die. |13| Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of dahm naki from Yisroel, that it may go well with thee. |14| Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine nachalah, which thou shalt inherit in the eretz that Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee to possess it. |15| Ed echad shall not rise up against an ish for any avon (iniquity), or for any chattat (sin), in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of shney edim, or at the mouth of shloshah edim, shall the matter be established. |16| If an ed chamas (malicious, false witness) rise up against any ish to testify against him that which is wrong; |17| Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Hashem, before the kohanim and the shofetim, which shall be in those days; |18| And the shofetim shall make diligent inquiry; and, hinei, if the witness be an ed sheker (false witness), and hath testified falsely against his brother; |19| Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put harah away from among you. |20| And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such rah among you. |21| And thine eye shall not pity; but nefesh shall go for nefesh, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, yad for yad, regel for regel. |||20|||When thou goest out to milchamah against thine enemies, and seest sus (horses), and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them; for Hashem Eloheicha is with thee, which brought thee up out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |2| And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the milchamah, that the kohen shall approach and speak unto the people, |3| And shall say unto them, Shema, Yisroel, ye approach today unto milchamah against your enemies; let not your hearts faint; fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; |4| For Hashem Eloheicha is He that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. |5| And the shoterim shall speak unto the people, saying, What ish is there that hath built a bais chadash, and hath not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his bais, lest he die in the milchamah, and another ish dedicate it. |6| And what ish is he that hath planted a kerem (vineyard), and hath not yet eaten of it? Let him also go and return unto his bais, lest he die in the milchamah, and another ish eat of it. |7| And what ish is there that hath betrothed an isha, and hath not taken her? Let him go and return unto his bais, lest he die in the milchamah, and another ish take her. |8| And the shoterim shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What ish is there that is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return unto his bais, lest his brethren's lev faint as well as his lev. |9| And it shall be, when the shoterim have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall appoint sarei tzvaos to lead the people. |10| When thou comest nigh unto a town to fight against it, then proclaim an offer of shalom unto it. |11| And it shall be, if it make thee answer of shalom, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that kol haAm that is found therein shall be servants, placed under tribute unto thee, and they shall serve thee. |12| And if it will make no shalom with thee, but engages in milchamah against thee, then thou shalt besiege it; |13| And when Hashem Eloheicha hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt strike every male thereof with the edge of the cherev; |14| But the nashim, and the little ones, and the behemah, and all that is in the town, even all the plunder thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the plunder of thine enemies Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee. |15| Thus shalt thou do unto all the towns which are very far off from thee, which are not of the towns of these Goyim. |16| But of the towns of these people, which Hashem Eloheicha doth give thee for a nachalah, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth; |17| But thou shalt utterly put them under cherem of destruction; namely, the Chitti, and the Emori, the Kena'ni, and the Perizzi, the Chivi, and the Yevusi; as Hashem Eloheicha hath commanded thee; |18| That they teach you not to do after all their to'evot (abominations) which they have done unto their elohim; so that ye would sin against Hashem Eloheichem. |19| When thou shalt besiege a town yamim rabbim, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them; although thou mayest eat of them, thou shalt not cut them down. Are the etz hasadeh men that they should come under your siege? |20| Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build siege works against the town that maketh milchamah with thee, until it be subdued. |||21|||If one be found slain in ha'adamah which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee to possess it, lying in the sadeh, and it be not known who hath slain him; |2| Then thy zekenim and thy shofetim shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the towns which are round about him that is slain; |3| And it shall be, that the town which is next unto the slain man, even the zekenim of that town shall take a heifer, which hath not been worked with, and which hath not pulled the ol (yoke); |4| And the zekenim of that town shall bring down the heifer unto a wadi with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the wadi; |5| And the kohanim the Bnei Levi shall come near; for them Hashem Eloheicha hath chosen to minister unto Him, and to bless in the Shem of Hashem; and by their word shall every controversy and every assault be tried; |6| And all the zekenim of that town, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley; |7| And they shall answer and say, Yadeinu (our hands) are not guilty of shefach dahm (shedding blood), neither have our eyes seen it. |8| Kapper (atone), O Hashem, for Thy people Yisroel, whom Thou hast redeemed, and lay not dahm naki (innocent blood) unto the charge of Thy people Yisroel. And the shefach dahm shall be atoned for. |9| So shalt thou put away the guilt of dahm naki from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of Hashem. [KI TETZE] |10| When thou goest forth to milchamah against thine enemies, and Hashem Eloheicha hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, |11| And seest among the captives an eshet yefat to'ar (a woman who is beautiful of form), and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to be thy wife; |12| Then thou shalt bring her home to thine bais, and she shall shave her rosh, and trim her nails; |13| And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine bais, and mourn her av and her em a full month; and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her ba'al, and she shall be thy isha. |14| And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for kesef, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her. |15| If an ish have two nashim, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him banim, both the beloved and the hated; and if the bechor be hers that was hated; |16| Then it shall be, on the yom when he wills his possessions to his banim, that he may not make the ben of the beloved bechor before the ben of the hated, which is indeed the bechor; |17| But he shall acknowledge the ben of the hated for the bechor, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the mishpat habechorah (right of the firstborn) is his. |18| If an ish have a stubborn and rebellious ben, which will not obey the voice of his av, or the voice of his em, and that, when they have chastened him, will not give heed unto them; |19| Then shall his av and his em lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the zekenim of his town, and unto the sha'ar (gate) of his place; |20| And they shall say unto the zekenim of his town, This our ben is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a zolel (glutton) and a soveh (drunkard). |21| And all the men of his town shall stone him with avanim (stones), that he die; so shalt thou put harah away from among you; and all Yisroel shall hear and fear. |22| And if an ish have committed a chet (sin) mishpat mavet (worthy of death), and he is put to death, and thou hang him on an etz; |23| His nevelah shall not remain all night upon the etz, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; for he that is talui (hanged) is under Kilelat Elohim (curse of G-d); that thy adamah be not defiled, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee for a nachalah [see 2Sm 18:14; Yn 19:31; Ga 3:13]. |||22|||Thou shalt not see thy brother's shor or his seh go astray, and ignore them; thou shalt in any case bring them back unto thy brother. |2| And if thy brother be not near unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own bais, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. |3| In like manner shalt thou do with his chamor; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost things of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise; thou mayest not ignore it. |4| Thou shalt not see thy brother's chamor or his shor fall down by the road, and ignore them; thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. |5| The isha shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a gever (man) neither shall a gever put on simlat isha (garment of a woman); for all that do so are to'avat unto Hashem Eloheicha. |6| If a bird's ken (nest) chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the mother is roosting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the mother with the young; |7| But thou shalt in any wise let the mother go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy yamim. |8| When thou buildest a bais chadash, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not dahm (blood guiltiness) upon thine bais, if any fall from thence. |9| Thou shalt not sow thy kerem with different seeds; lest the fruit of thy zera which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy kerem, be defiled. |10| Thou shalt not plow with a shor and a chamor together. |11| Thou shalt not wear a garment of different sorts, as of woolen and linen together. |12| Thou shalt make thee gedilim (fringes, tzitzis, twisted threads) upon the four corners of thy garment, wherewith thou coverest thyself. |13| If any ish take an isha, and go in unto her, and hate her, |14| And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up a shem rah (bad name) upon her, and say, I took this isha, and when I came to her, I found her with no betulim (proofs of virginity); |15| Then shall the av of the na'arah, and her em, take and bring forth the betulim (proofs of virginity) unto the zekenim of the town in the sha'arah (gate); |16| And the avi hana'arah shall say unto the zekenim, I gave my bat unto this ish as isha (wife) and he hateth her; |17| And, hinei, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy bat with betulim; and yet these are my bat's betulim. And they shall spread the simlah (clothing) before the zekenim of the town. |18| And the zekenim of that town shall take that ish and punish him; |19| And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of kesef, and give them unto the avi hana'arah, because he hath brought a shem rah (bad name) upon a betulat Yisroel; and she shall be his isha; he may not put her away all his yamim. |20| But if this thing be emes, and the betulim be not found for the na'arah; |21| Then they shall bring out the na'arah to the door of her bais avi, and the anashim of her town shall stone her with avanim that she die; because she hath committed an outrage in Yisroel, to play the whore in her bais avi; so shalt thou put away the rah from among you. |22| If an ish be found lying with an isha married to a husband then they shall both of them die, both the ish that lay with the isha, and the isha; so shalt thou put away the rah from Yisroel. |23| If a na'arah that is a betulah be betrothed unto a husband, and an ish find her in the town, and lie with her; |24| Then ye shall bring them both out unto the sha'ar of that town, and ye shall stone them with avanim that they die; the na'arah, because she cried not, being in the town; and the ish, because he hath humbled his neighbor's isha; so thou shalt put away the rah from among you. |25| But if the ish find a na'arah hame'orasah (betrothed woman) in the sadeh, and the ish overpower her, and lie with her; then the ish only that lay with her shall die. |26| But unto the na'arah thou shalt do nothing; there is in the na'arah no chet mavet (sin worthy of death); for as when an ish riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter; |27| For he found her in the sadeh, and the na'arah hame'orasah cried, and there was no moshia (savior) for her [SEE 2C 11:2-3 REGARDING MOSHIACH AND HIS KEHILLAH KALLAH AND HASATAN'S EVIL INTERFERENCE WITH THE BETROTHAL AND THE ABOVE THREE SCRIPTURES T.N.]. |28| If an ish find a na'arah that is a betulah, which is not orasah (betrothed), and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; |29| Then the ish that lay with her shall give unto the avi hana'arah fifty [shekels] of kesef, and she shall be his isha; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his yamim. |30 (23:1)| An ish shall not take eshet aviv (his father's wife), nor uncover his father's robe. |||23|||He that is wounded in the testicles, or hath a severed organ, shall not enter into the Kahal Hashem. |2 (3)| A mamzer shall not enter into the Kahal Hashem; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the Kahal Hashem. |3 (4)| An Amoni or Moavi shall not enter into the Kahal Hashem; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the Kahal Hashem ad olam; |4 (5)| Because they met you not with lechem and with mayim in the way, when ye came forth out of Mitzrayim; and because they hired against thee Balaam ben Beor from Petor in Aram Naharaim, to curse thee. |5 (6)| Nevertheless Hashem Eloheicha would not give heed unto Balaam; but Hashem Eloheicha turned the kelalah into a berakhah unto thee, because Hashem Eloheicha loved thee. |6 (7)| Thou shalt not seek their shalom nor their tovat all thy yamim l'olam. |7 (8)| Thou shalt not abhor an Edomi; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor a Mitzri (an Egyptian); because thou wast a ger in his land. |8 (9)| The banim that are begotten of them shall enter into the Kahal Hashem in their third generation. |9 (10)| When the machaneh (camp) goeth forth against thine enemies, then be shomer over thee against every wicked thing. |10 (11)| If there be among you any ish, that is not tahor (clean) by reason of a nocturnal occurrence, then shall he go outside the machaneh, he shall not come within the machaneh; |11 (12)| But it shall be, when erev cometh on, he shall wash himself with mayim; and when the shemesh is down, he shall come into the machaneh again. |12 (13)| Thou shalt have a place also outside the machaneh, whither thou shalt go forth outside; |13 (14)| And thou shalt have a shovel in addition to thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt relieve thyself outside, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: |14 (15)| For Hashem Eloheicha walketh in the midst of thy machaneh, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy machaneh be kadosh; that He see no ervat davar (shameful thing) in thee, and turn away from thee. |15 (16)| Thou shalt not give back unto his adon the eved which is rescued from his adon unto thee [see PM]: |16 (17)| He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy she'arim, where it pleases him best; thou shalt not oppress him. |17 (18)| There shall be no kedeshah (ritual prostitute) of the banot Yisroel, nor a kadesh (sodomite ritual prostitute) of the bnei Yisroel. |18 (19)| Thou shalt not bring the hire of a zonah, or the price of a kelev (male prostitute), into the Bais Hashem Eloheicha for any neder; for even both of these are to'avat Hashem Eloheicha. |19 (20)| Thou shalt not lend upon neshekh (interest) to thy brother; neshekh of kesef, neshekh of okhel, neshekh of any thing that is lent upon neshekh; |20 (21)| Unto a nokhri thou mayest lend upon neshekh; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon neshekh; that Hashem Eloheicha may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in ha'aretz whither thou goest to possess it. |21 (22)| When thou shalt vow a neder unto Hashem Eloheicha, thou shalt not delay to pay it; for Hashem Eloheicha will surely require it of thee; and it would be chet (sin) in thee. |22 (23)| But if thou shalt abstain from vowing, it shall be no chet in thee. |23 (24)| That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt be shomer over and perform; even a vow thou hast voluntarily vowed unto Hashem Eloheicha, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. |24 (25)| When thou comest into thy neighbor's kerem (vineyard), then thou mayest eat thy fill of grapes at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. |25 (26)| When thou comest into the standing grain of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine yad; but thou shalt not use a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing grain [SEE MT 12:1; MK 2:23; LK 6:1 ON THE FACT THAT WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE L-RD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY.T.N.]. |||24|||When an ish hath taken an isha, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no chen (favor) in his eyes, because he hath found some ervat davar (matter of immorality) in her; then let him write her a sefer keritut and give it in her hand, and send her out of his bais; |2| And when she is departed out of his bais, she may go and be an ish acher (wife of another). |3| And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a sefer keritut and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his bais; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his isha; |4| Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his isha, after that she is hutamma'ah (defiled); for that is to'evah (abomination) before Hashem; and thou shalt not cause ha'aretz to sin, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee for a nachalah. |5| When an ish hath taken an isha chadasha, he shall not go out to milchamah, neither shall he be charged with any business; but he shall be free in his bais shanah echat, and shall gladden his isha which he hath taken. |6| No ish shall take the lower or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's nefesh in pledge. |7| If an ish be found kidnapping any of his brethren of the Bnei Yisroel, and enslaves him, or selleth him; then that ganav shall die; and thou shalt put the rah away from among you. |8| Take heed in the nega hatzara'at, that thou be shomer me'od and do according to all that the kohanim, the Levi'im, shall teach you; as I commanded them, so ye shall be shomer to do. |9| Remember what Hashem Eloheicha did unto Miryam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Mitzrayim. |10| When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his bais to get his pledge. |11| Thou shalt stand outside, and the ish to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge outside unto thee. |12| And if the ish be oni (poor), thou shalt not keep his pledge overnight; |13| In any case thou shalt deliver to him the pledge again when the shemesh goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee; and it shall be tzedakah unto thee before Hashem Eloheicha. |14| Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is oni (poor) and evyon (needy), whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy ger that are in thy land within thy she'arim; |15| Each day thou shalt give him his wages, neither shall the shemesh go down upon it; for he is oni, and setteth his lev upon it; lest he cry against thee unto Hashem, and it be chet unto thee. |16| The avot shall not be put to death for the banim, neither shall the banim be put to death for the avot; every ish shall be put to death for his own chet. |17| Thou shalt not pervert the mishpat due the ger, nor of the yatom; nor take an almanah's raiment to pledge; |18| But thou shalt remember that thou wast an eved in Mitzrayim, and Hashem Eloheicha redeemed thee thence; therefore I command thee to do this thing. |19| When thou cuttest down thine katzir in thy sadeh, and hast forgot an omer (sheaf) in the sadeh, thou shalt not go again to bring it back; it shall be for the ger, for the yatom (orphan), and for the almanah; that Hashem Eloheicha may bless thee in all the ma'aseh of thine hands. |20| When thou beatest thine [etz] hazayit (olive tree), thou shalt not go over the branches again; it shall be for the ger, for the yatom (orphan), and for the almanah. |21| When thou gatherest the grapes of thy kerem, thou shalt not glean it afterward; it shall be for the ger, for the yatom, and for the almanah. |22| And thou shalt remember that thou wast an eved in Eretz Mitzrayim; therefore I command thee to do this thing. |||25|||If there be a dispute between anashim, and they come unto hamishpat (the court) that the shofetim may judge them; then they shall justify the tzaddik (i.e., declare him to be in the right), and condemn the guilty. |2| And it shall be, if the reshah be worthy to be beaten, that the shofet shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a certain number. |3| Arba'im he may give him, and not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with makkah rabbah (many stripes), then thy brother would be degraded in your sight. |4| Thou shalt not muzzle the shor when he treadeth out the grain [1C 9:9; 1Ti 5:18]. |5| If achim dwell together, and one of them die, and ben ain lo (have no child), the eshet hamet (wife of the dead) shall not marry outside unto an ish zar (strange man); her yevam (deceased husband's brother) shall go in unto her, and take her to him as a wife, and perform the levirate marriage. |6| And it shall be, that the bechor which she beareth shall succeed in the shem of his brother which is dead, that shmo be not blotted out from Yisroel [SEE RUTH]. |7| And if the ish like not to take his brother's isha, then let his brother's isha go up to the sha'ar unto the zekenim, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a shem in Yisroel, he will not perform the levirate marriage with me. |8| Then the zekenim of his town shall call him, and speak unto him; and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; |9| Then shall his brother's isha come unto him in the presence of the zekenim, and remove his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that ish that will not build up the bais achiv (the house of his brother). |10| And shmo shall be called in Yisroel, The bais of him that hath his sandal loosed. |11| When anashim strive together one with another, and the eshet (wife) of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that striketh him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the private parts, |12| Then thou shalt cut off her kaf (palm, hollow or flat of the hand), thine eye shall not pity her. |13| Thou shalt not have in thy bag differing weights, a gedolah and a ketannah. |14| Thou shalt not have in thine bais differing eifah (measures), a gedolah and a ketannah. |15| But thou shalt have a shleimah and tzedek weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy yamim may be lengthened in ha'adamah which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee. |16| For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are a to'evah (abomination) unto Hashem Eloheicha. |17| Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Mitzrayim; |18| How he met thee by the way, and struck your rear ranks, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not Elohim. |19| Therefore it shall be, when Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee for a nachalah to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under Shomayim; thou shalt not forget it. [KI TAVO] |||26|||And it shall be, when thou art come in unto ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee for a nachalah, and possessest it, and dwellest therein, |2| That thou shalt take of the reshit kol pri ha'adamah which thou shalt bring of thy land that Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Hashem Eloheicha shall choose to place Shmo there. |3| And thou shalt go unto the kohen that shall be in those yamim, and say unto him, I declare today unto Hashem Eloheicha, that I am come unto the country which Hashem swore unto Avoteinu to give us. |4| And the kohen shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the mizbe'ach of Hashem Eloheicha. |5| And thou shalt speak and say before Hashem Eloheicha, An Aramean ready to perish was Avi, and he went down into Mitzrayim, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous; |6| And the Egyptians mistreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us avodah kashah (hard labor); |7| And when we cried unto Hashem Elohei Avoteinu, Hashem heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression; |8| And Hashem brought us forth out of Mitzrayim with a yad chazakah, and with an outstretched zero'a, and with great awesomeness, and with otot, and with mofetim; |9| And He hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even an eretz zavat cholov udevash. |10| And now, hinei, I have brought the reshit pri ha'adamah (firstfruits of the fruit of the land), which Thou, Hashem, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before Hashem Eloheicha, and worship before Hashem Eloheicha; |11| And thou shalt rejoice in kol hatov which Hashem Eloheicha hath given unto thee, and unto thine bais, thou, and the Levi, and the ger that is among you. |12| When thou hast made an end of tithing kol ma'aser (all the tithe) of thine tevu'at bashanah hashelishit (increase in the third year), which is the Shnat HaMa'aser (Year of Tithing), and hast given it unto the Levi, the ger, the yatom (orphan), and the almanah, that they may eat within thy she'arim, and be filled; |13| Then thou shalt say before Hashem Eloheicha, I have brought away HaKodesh (the Holy) out of mine bais, and also have given them unto the Levi, and unto the ger, to the yatom (orphan), and to the almanah, according to all Thy mitzvot which Thou hast commanded me; I have not transgressed Thy mitzvot, neither have I forgotten them. |14| I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away whatever thereof while I was tameh, nor given thereof for the dead; but I have given heed to the voice of Hashem Elohai, and have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me. |15| Look down from Thy me'on kadosh (holy dwelling place), from Shomayim, and bless Thy people Yisroel, and ha'adamah which Thou hast given us, as Thou didst swear unto Avoteinu, Eretz zavat cholov udevash. |16| This day Hashem Eloheicha hath commanded thee to do these chukkim and mishpatim; thou shalt therefore be shomer over and do them with kol levavecha, and with kol nafshecha. |17| Thou hast distinguished Hashem this day to be thy Elohim, and to walk in His ways, and to be shomer over His chukkim, and His mitzvot, and His mishpatim, and to give heed unto His voice; |18| And Hashem hath distinguished thee today to be His Am Segullah (treasured people), as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest be shomer over all His mitzvot; |19| And to set thee high above kol HaGoyim which He hath made, in tehillah (praise), and in shem, and in tiferet; and that thou mayest be an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha, as He hath spoken. |||27|||And Moshe with the zekenim of Yisroel commanded the people, saying, Be shomer over all the mitzvot which I command you today. |2| And it shall be on the yom when ye shall pass over Yarden unto Ha'Aretz which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up avanim gedolot, and plaster them with plaster; |3| And thou shalt write upon them kol divrei hatorah hazot, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto Ha'Aretz which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, Eretz zavat cholov udevash; as Hashem Elohei Avoteicha hath promised thee. |4| Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Yarden, that ye shall set up these avanim, which I command you today, in Mt Eival, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. |5| And there shalt thou build a mizbe'ach unto Hashem Eloheicha, a mizbe'ach of avanim; thou shalt not use any barzel (iron [tool]) upon them. |6| Thou shalt build the mizbe'ach of Hashem Eloheicha of avanim shleimot (uncut stones); and thou shalt offer olot thereon unto Hashem Eloheicha; |7| And thou shalt offer shelamim, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before Hashem Eloheicha. |8| And thou shalt write very clearly upon the avanim kol divrei hatorah hazot. |9| And Moshe and the kohanim who are Levi'im spoke unto kol Yisroel, saying, Take heed, and shema, Yisroel; today thou art become the people of Hashem Eloheicha. |10| Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, and do His mitzvot and His chukkim, which I command thee today. |11| And Moshe charged the people the same yom, saying, |12| These shall stand upon Mt Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Yarden; Shimeon, and Levi, and Yehudah, and Yissakhar, and Yosef, and Binyamin; |13| And these shall stand upon Mt Eival fot the curse: Reuven, Gad, and Asher, and Zevulun, Dan, and Naphtali. |14| And the Levi'im shall speak, and say unto all the men of Yisroel with a loud voice, |15| Arur (cursed) be the ish that maketh any pesel (graven image) or massekhah (molten image), a to'evah (abomination) unto Hashem, the work of the hands of the charash (craftsman), and sets it up in a secret place. And kol HaAm shall answer and say, Omein. |16| Arur (cursed) be he that treats with contempt aviv or immo. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. |17| Arur (cursed) be he that moveth his neighbor's boundary marker. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. |18| Arur (cursed) be he that maketh the ivver (blind) to wander out of the way. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. |19| Arur (cursed) be he that perverteth the mishpat of the ger, yatom, and almanah. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. |20| Arur (cursed) be he that lieth with eshet aviv (his father's wife); because he uncovereth the robe of his father. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. |21| Arur be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. |22| Arur be he that lieth with his achot, the bat aviv, or the bat immo. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. |23| Arur be he that lieth with his chotenet (mother-in-law). And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. |24| Arur be he that attacks his re'a (neighbor) secretly. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. |25| Arur be he that taketh shochad (bribe, reward) to slay the nefesh dahm naki. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. |26| Arur be he that confirmeth not divrei haTorah hazot by doing them. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein. [Ga 3:10] |||28|||And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt give heed diligently unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer and to do all His mitzvot which I command thee today, that Hashem Eloheicha will set thee on high above kol Goyei Ha'Aretz; |2| And all these berakhot shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt give heed unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha. |3| Baruch atah baIr (blessed shalt thou be in the town), and baruch atah basadeh (blessed shalt thou be in the field, country). |4| Baruch shall be the pri of thy womb, and the pri of thy adamah, and the pri of thy animals, the increase of thy livestock, and the flocks of thy sheep. |5| Baruch shall be thy basket and thy kneading bowl. |6| Baruch atah when thou comest in, and baruch atah when thou goest out. |7| Hashem shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be defeated before thy face; they shall come out against thee derech echad, and flee before thee shivah derakhim. |8| Hashem shall command the berakhah upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and He shall bless thee in ha'aretz which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee. |9| Hashem shall establish thee an Am Kadosh unto Himself, as He hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt be shomer over the mitzvot of Hashem Eloheicha, and walk in His ways. |10| And all people of ha'aretz shall see that thou art called by the Shem of Hashem; and they shall be afraid of thee. |11| And Hashem shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the pri of thy womb, and in the pri of thy livestock, and in the pri of thy ground, in ha'adamah which Hashem swore unto Avotecha to give thee. |12| Hashem shall open unto thee His otzar hatov, the Shomayim, to give the matar unto thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thine hand; and thou shalt lend unto Goyim rabbim, and thou shalt not borrow. |13| And Hashem shall make thee the rosh, and not the zanav (tail); and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou give heed unto the mitzvot Hashem Eloheicha, which I command thee today, to be shomer to do them; |14| And thou shalt not turn aside from any of the devarim which I command thee today, to the right, or to the left, to go after elohim acherim to serve them. |15| But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not give heed unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer to do all His mitzvot and His chukkot which I command thee today, that all these kelalot (curses) shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: |16| Arur shalt thou be in the town, and Arur shalt thou be in the sadeh. |17| Arur shall be thy basket and thy kneading bowl. |18| Arur shall be the pri of thy womb, and the pri of thy adamah, the increase of thy livestock, and the flocks of thy sheep. |19| Arur shalt thou be when thou comest in, and Arur shalt thou be when thou goest out. |20| Hashem shall send upon thee me'erah (curse), mehumah (confusion), and migeret (rebuke), in all that thou settest thine hand unto to do, until thou be shmad, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken Me. |21| Hashem shall make the dever (plague, pestilence) have deveykus with thee, until He have consumed thee from off ha'adamah, whither thou goest to possess it. |22| Hashem shall strike thee with a shachefet (consumption), and with a kaddachat (fever, Mk 1:31), and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the cherev, and with scorching, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. |23| And thy Shomayim that is over thy head shall be nechoshet, and Ha'Aretz that is under thee shall be barzel. |24| Hashem shall make the matar of thy land powder and dust; from Shomayim shall it come down upon thee, until thou be shmad. |25| Hashem shall cause thee to be defeated before thine enemies; thou shalt go out derech echad against them, and flee shivah derakhim before them; and shalt be an object of horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth. |26| And thy nevelah shall be okhel unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of ha'aretz, and no ish shall frighten them away. |27| Hashem will strike thee with the shekhin (boils) of Mitzrayim, and with the tumors, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. |28| Hashem shall strike thee with shiga'on (insanity), and ivvaron (blindness), and timhon levav (confusion of heart); |29| And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the ivver gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and plundered evermore, and thou shalt have no moshi'a. |30| Thou shalt betroth an isha, and another ish shall lie with her; thou shalt build a bais, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a kerem, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. |31| Thine shor shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thine chamor shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee; thy tzon shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have no moshi'a. |32| Thy banim and thy banot shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them kol hayom; and there shall be nothing you can do. |33| The pri of thy adamah, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed kol hayamim; |34| So that thou shalt be driven meshuga because of the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. |35| Hashem shall strike thee in the birkayim (knees), and in the legs, with shekhin rah (foul boil) that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. |36| Hashem shall bring thee, and thy melech which thou shalt set over thee, unto a Goy which neither thou nor Avoteicha have known; and there shalt thou serve elohim acherim, etz va'even (wood and stone). [2Kgs 25:7] |37| And thou shalt become an object of horror, a mashal, and a byword, among kol haGoyim whither Hashem shall lead thee. |38| Thou shalt carry much zera out into the sadeh, and shalt gather but little in; for the arbeh shall devour it. |39| Thou shalt plant kramim, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the yayin, nor gather the grapes; for the tola'at (worm) shall eat them. |40| Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy territory, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the shemen; for thine olives shall drop off. |41| Thou shalt father banim and banot, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into shevi (captivity, the golus). |42| All thy trees and pri of thy adamah shall the locust consume. |43| The ger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. |44| He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the rosh, and thou shalt be the zanav. |45| Moreover all these kelalot shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be shmad; because thou gavest not heed unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha to be shomer over His mitzvot and His chukkot which He commanded thee; |46| And they shall be upon thee for an ot and for a mofet, and upon thy zera ad olam. |47| Because thou servedst not Hashem Eloheicha with simchah, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things; |48| Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which Hashem shall send against thee, in ra'av (hunger, famine), and in tzama (thirst), and in eirom (nakedness), and in choser (want) of all things; and He shall put an ol barzel (yoke of iron) upon thy tzavvar (neck), until He hath made thee shmad. |49| Hashem shall bring a nation against thee from afar, from the ketzeh ha'aretz, as swift as the nesher flieth; a nation whose lashon thou shalt not understand; |50| A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not respect the zaken's person, nor show favor to the na'ar; |51| And he shall eat the pri of thy animals, and the pri of thy adamah, until thou be shmad; which also shall not leave thee either dagan, tirosh, or yitzhar, or the increase of thy livestock, or flocks of thy sheep, until it hath destroyed thee. |52| And it shall besiege thee in all thy she'arim, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trusted, throughout all thy land; and it shall besiege thee in all thy she'arim throughout all thy land, which Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee. |53| And thou shalt eat the pri of thine own womb, the basar of thy banim and of thy banot, which Hashem Eloheicha hath given thee, in the matzor (siege), and in the desperate straits, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee; |54| So that the ish that is sensitive among you, and very refined, his eye shall be hostile toward his brother, and toward his eshet kheyk (wife of his bosom), and toward the remnant of his banim which he shall leave; |55| So that he will not give to any of them of the basar of his banim whom he shall eat; because he hath nothing left him in the matzor (siege), and in the desperate straits, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy she'arim. |56| The sensitive and refined woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, she shall be hostile toward her ish kheyk (husband of her bosom), and toward her ben, and toward her bat, |57| And toward her afterbirth that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her banim which she shall bear; for she shall eat them for choser (want) of all things secretly in the matzor (siege) and desperate straits, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy she'arim. |58| If thou wilt not be shomer to do kol divrei hatorah hazot that are written in this sefer, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful Shem, HASHEM ELOHEICHA, |59| Then Hashem will make thy makkot (plagues) extraordinary, and the makkot of thy zera, even makkot gedolot, and of long continuance, and cholayim ra'im (evil sicknesses), and of long continuance. |60| Moreover He will bring upon thee all the diseases of Mitzrayim, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall have deveykus unto thee. |61| Also every choli (sickness), and every makkah (plague), which is not written in the sefer of this torah, them will Hashem bring upon thee, until thou be shmad. ||62| And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the kokhavim of Shomayim for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of Hashem Eloheicha. |63| And it shall come to pass, that as Hashem rejoiced over you to do you good, to multiply you, so Hashem will rejoice over you to make you shmad, to bring you to nothing; and ye shall be plucked from off the adamah whither thou goest to possess it. |64| And Hashem shall scatter thee among kol ha'ammim, from the one end of ha'aretz even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve elohim acherim, which neither thou nor Avoteicha have known, even etz va'even. |65| And among these Goyim shalt thou find no mano'ach [see Ruth], neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest; but Hashem shall give thee there a lev rogez (anxious heart), and failing of eyes, and da'avon nefesh (suffering of soul); |66| And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear lailah and yomam, and shalt have none assurance of thy life; |67| In the boker thou shalt say, Would it were erev! And at erev thou shalt say, Would it were boker! For the pachad of thine lev wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. |68| And Hashem shall bring thee into Mitzrayim again with oniyyot, by the way whereof I spoke unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again; and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for avadim and shefachot, and no ish shall buy you. |||29|||These are the devarei HaBrit, which Hashem commanded Moshe to cut with the Bnei Yisroel in Eretz Moav, besides the Brit which He cut with them in Chorev. |2 (1)| And Moshe called unto kol Yisroel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Hashem did before your eyes in Eretz Mitzrayim unto Pharaoh, and unto all his avadim, and unto all his land; |3 (2)| The massot hagedolot (great trials) which thine eyes have seen, the otot, and those mofetim hagedolim; |4 (3)| V'lo natan Hashem lakhem lev lada'at v'einayim lirot v'ozna'im lishmoa ad hayom hazeh (Yet Hashem hath not given you a lev for da'as, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.) |5 (4)| And I have led you arba'im shanim in the midbar; your clothes are not worn out upon you, and thy sandal is not worn out upon thy foot. |6 (5)| Ye have not eaten lechem, neither have ye drunk yayin or shekhar; that ye might have da'as that Ani Hashem Eloheicha. |7 (6)| And when ye came unto this place, Sichon Melech Cheshbon, and Og Melech HaBashan, came out against us unto milchamah, and we defeated them: |8 (7)| And we took their land, and gave it for a nachalah unto the Reuveni, and to the Gadi, and to the half tribe of Menasheh. [NITZAVIM] |9 (8)| Therefore be shomer over the divrei HaBrit hazot, and do them, lema'an (in order that) ye may prosper in all that ye do. |10 (9)| Ye stand today all of you before Hashem Eloheichem; your rashei shvatim (heads of tribes), your zekenim, and your shoterim, with kol Ish Yisroel, |11 (10)| Your little ones, your nashim, and the ger that is in thy machaneh, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy mayim; |12 (11)| That thou shouldest enter into Brit with Hashem Eloheicha, and into His alah (oath, imprecation) which Hashem Eloheicha cuts with thee today: |13 (12)| In order that He may establish thee today for a people unto Himself, and that He may be unto thee Elohim, as He hath said unto thee, and as He hath sworn unto Avoteicha, to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov. |14 (13)| Neither with you only do I cut this Brit and this alah (oath, imprecation); |15 (14)| But with him that standeth here with us today before Hashem Eloheinu, and also with him that is not here with us today; |16 (15)| For ye know how we have dwelt in Eretz Mitzrayim; and how we came through the Goyim which ye passed by; |17 (16)| And ye have seen their shikkutzim (abominations), and their gillulim (idols), etz va'even, kesef and zahav, which were among them: |18 (17)| Lest there should be among you ish, or isha, or mishpochah, or shevet, whose lev turneth away today from Hashem Eloheinu to go and serve the elohei hagoyim hahem (the g-ds of these Goyim); lest there should be among you a shoresh that beareth bitter poison and wormwood [MJ 12:15]; |19 (18)| And it come to pass, when he heareth the divrei haalah (words of this oath, imprecation) that he bless himself in his lev, saying, Shalom be with me, though I walk in the stubbornness of mine lev-thus bringing disaster on both the watered and the thirsty. |20 (19)| Hashem will not spare him, but then the wrath of Hashem and His kina (jealousy) shall burn against that ish, and kol haalah (all the curses) that are written in this sefer shall fall upon him, and Hashem shall blot out shmo from under Shomayim. |21 (20)| And Hashem shall him separate out for disaster from all the Shivtei Yisroel, according to all the curses of HaBrit that are written in Sefer HaTorah Hazeh; |22 (21)| So that the dor ha'acharon (later generation) to come of your banim that shall rise up after you, and the ger that shall come from an eretz rechokah (a far land), shall say, when they see the makkot of that land, and the diseases which Hashem hath laid upon it; |23 (22)| And that the whole land thereof is gofrit (sulfur), and melach (salt), and serefah (burning), that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any esev groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Amora, Admah, and Tzvoyim, which Hashem overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath: |24 (23)| Even Kol HaGoyim shall say, Why hath Hashem done thus unto this land? What meaneth the heat of this af hagadol (great anger)? |25 (24)| Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the Brit Hashem Elohei Avotam, which He cut with them when He brought them forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim; |26 (25)| For they went and served elohim acherim, and worshiped them, elohim whom they knew not, and whom He had not allotted unto them; |27 (26)| And the Af Hashem was kindled against this land, to bring upon it kol hakelalah that are written in this sefer; |28 (27)| And Hashem uprooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is yom hazeh. |29 (28)| The nistarot (secret things) belong unto Hashem Eloheinu: but the niglot (those things which are revealed) belong unto us and to baneinu ad olam, that we may do all the divrei haTorah hazot. |||30|||And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the berakhah and the kelalah, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt cause them to return to thy heart among kol HaGoyim, whither Hashem Eloheicha hath driven thee, |2| And shalt return unto Hashem Eloheicha, and shalt obey His voice according to all that I command thee today, thou and thy banim, bekhol levavcha uvekhol nafshecha; |3| That then Hashem Eloheicha will bring you back from the golus, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from kol ha'amim whither Hashem Eloheicha hath dispersed thee. |4| If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of Shomayim, from thence will Hashem Eloheicha gather thee, and from thence will He bring thee back; |5| And Hashem Eloheicha will bring thee into ha'aretz which Avoteicha possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do thee good, and multiply thee above Avoteicha. |6| And Hashem Eloheicha will circumcise thine lev, and the lev of thy zera, to love Hashem Eloheicha bekhol levavcha uvekhol nafshecha; that thou mayest live [Yn 3:3]. |7| And Hashem Eloheicha will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. |8| And thou shalt return and obey the voice of Hashem, and do all His mitzvot which I command thee today. |9| And Hashem Eloheicha will make thee abound in every work of thine hand, in the pri of thy womb, and in the pri of thy animals, and in the pri of thy adamah, for tovah; for Hashem will again rejoice over thee for tov, as He rejoiced over Avoteicha; |10| If thou shalt give heed unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer over His mitzvot and His chukkot which are written in this sefer hatorah, for thou will turn unto Hashem Eloheicha bekhol levavcha uvekhol nafshecha. |11| For this mitzvah which I command thee today, it is not too hidden from thee, neither is it too distant. |12| It is not in Shomayim, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to Shomayim, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? |13| Neither is it beyond the yam, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the yam for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? |14| But the Davar is very near unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy lev, that thou mayest do it. |15| See, I have set before thee today HaChayyim and HaTov, and Mavet and Rah; |16| In that I command thee today to love Hashem Eloheicha, to walk in His ways, and to be shomer over His mitzvot and His chukkot and His mishpatim, that thou mayest live and multiply; and Hashem Eloheicha shall bless thee in ha'aretz whither thou goest to possess it. |17| But if thine lev turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship elohim acherim, and serve them; |18| I announce unto you today, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your yamim upon ha'adamah, whither thou passest over Yarden to go to possess it. |19| I call Shomayim and Ha'Aretz to record today as witnesses against you, that I have set before you HaChayyim and HaMavet, HaBerakhah and HaKelalah; therefore choose Chayyim, that both thou and thy zera may live; |20| That thou mayest love Hashem Eloheicha, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest have deveykus unto Him: for He is Chayyeicha (your life, Pp 1:21; Ac 17:28), and the orech yameicha (length of your days); that thou mayest dwell in ha'adamah which Hashem swore unto Avoteicha, to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov, to give them. [VAYYELECH] |||31|||And Moshe went and spoke these devarim unto kol Yisroel. |2| And he said unto them, I am me'ah v'esrim shanah today; I can no more go out and come in; also Hashem hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Yarden. |3| Hashem Eloheicha, He will go over before thee, and He will make shmad these Goyim from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them; and Yehoshua (see Nechemyah 8:17 for Aramaic form, Yeshua), he shall go over before thee, as Hashem hath said. |4| And Hashem shall do unto them as He did to Sichon and to Og, melachim of the Emori, and unto the land of them, whom He made shmad. |5| And Hashem shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto kol hamitzvot which I have commanded you. |6| Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of their faces; for Hashem Eloheicha, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor abandon thee. |7| And Moshe called unto Yehoshua, and said unto him in the sight of kol Yisroel, Chazak! (be strong) and of a good courage; for thou must go with this people unto Ha'Aretz which Hashem hath sworn unto their avot to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. [See Yeshayah 49:8; Yn 14:1-3.] |8| And Hashem, He it is that doth go before thee; He will be with thee, He will not fail thee, neither abandon thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. |9| And Moshe wrote this torah, and delivered it unto the kohanim, the Bnei Levi, which bore the Aron Brit Hashem and unto kol Ziknei Yisroel. |10| And Moshe commanded them, saying, At the end of every shevah shanim, in the mo'ed (appointed time) of the shnat hashemittah (year of release), in Chag HaSukkot, |11| When kol Yisroel is come to appear before Hashem Eloheicha in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this torah before kol Yisroel in their hearing. |12| Gather the people together, anashim and nashim, and banim, and ger that is within thy she'arim, in order that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Hashem Eloheichem, and be shomer to do kol divrei hatorah hazot; |13| And that their banim, which have not known anything, may hear, and learn to fear Hashem Eloheichem, as long as ye live in ha'adamah whither ye go over Yarden to possess it. |14| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Behold, thy yamim approach that thou must die; call Yehoshua, and present yourselves in the Ohel Mo'ed, that I may give him a charge. And Moshe and Yehoshua went, and presented themselves in the Ohel Mo'ed. |15| And Hashem appeared in the Ohel in an ammud anan (pillar of cloud); and the ammud anan stood over the petach (entrance) of the Ohel. |16| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Behold, thou shalt sleep with Avoteicha; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot going after the elohei nekhar ha'aretz (g-ds of the foreigners of the land), whither they go to be among them, and will forsake Me, and break My Brit which I have cut them. |17| Then My anger shall be kindled against them in Yom Hahu, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured, and ra'ot rabbot (many evils) and tzarot (troubles) shall befall them; so that they will say in Yom Hahu, Are not these evils come upon us, because Elohai is not among us? |18| And I will surely hide My face in Yom Hahu for kol hara'ah which they shall have done, in that they are turned unto elohim acherim. |19| Now therefore write ye this shirah for you, and teach it the Bnei Yisroel; put it in their mouths, in order that this shirah may be an ed (witness) for Me against the Bnei Yisroel. |20| For when I shall have brought them into ha'adamah which I swore unto Avotav (their fathers), zavat cholov u'devash (that floweth with milk and honey); and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn unto elohim acherim, and serve them, and provoke Me, and break My Brit. |21| And it shall come to pass, when ra'ot rabbot and tzarot are befallen them, that this shirah shall testify against them as an ed (witness); for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their zera; for I know their yetzer (inclination) in which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into ha'aretz which I swore. |22| Moshe therefore wrote this shirah on that day, and taught it the Bnei Yisroel. |23| And he gave Yehoshua ben Nun a charge, and said, Chazak! And of a good courage; for thou shalt bring the Bnei Yisroel into Ha'Aretz which I swore unto them; and I will be with thee. [Isa 49:8] |24| And it came to pass, when Moshe had made an end of writing the divrei HaTorah hazot in a sefer, until they were finished, |25| That Moshe commanded the Levi'im, which bore the Aron Brit Hashem, saying, |26| Take this sefer haTorah, and put it at the side of the Aron Brit Hashem Eloheichem, that it may be there for an ed (witness) against thee. |27| For I know thy meri (rebellion), and thy oref hakasheh (stiff neck); behold, while I am yet alive with you today, ye have been mamrim (rebellious) against Hashem; and how much more after my death! |28| Gather unto me kol ziknei shvatim of you, and your shoterim, that I may speak these devarim in their hearing, and call Shomayim and Ha'Aretz to record as witnesses against them. |29| For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from HaDerech which I have commanded you; and hara'ah will befall you in the acharim hayamim; because ye will do rah (evil) in the sight of Hashem, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands. |30| And Moshe spoke in the ears of kol Kahal Yisroel the divrei hashirah hazot (words of this song), until they were ended. [HAAZINU] |||32|||Give ear, O Shomayim, and I will speak; and hear, O Ha'Aretz, the words of my mouth. |2| My teaching shall drop as the matar, my speech shall distil as the tal, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the esev; |3| Because I will publish the Shem of Hashem; ascribe ye greatness unto Eloheinu. |4| He is the Tzur, His po'al is tamim; for all His ways are mishpat; El Emunah and without avel (iniquity), tzaddik and yashar is He. |5| They have corrupted themselves, their mum is not His; the defect is in His banim; a dor ikesh u'petaltol (a perverse and crooked generation). |6| Do ye thus repay Hashem, O foolish people without chacham? Is not He Avicha that hath bought thee? Hath He not made thee, and established thee? |7| Remember the yemot olam, consider shenot dor v'dor: ask Avicha, and he will show thee; thy zekenim, and they will tell thee. |8| When HaElyon divided to the Goyim their nachalah, when He separated the Bnei Adam, He set the gevulot (borders) of the people according to the number of the Bnei Yisroel. |9| For Hashem's chelek is His people; Ya'akov is the chevel (allotment) of His nachalah. |10| He found him in an eretz midbar, and in a barren and howling wilderness; He encircled him, He granted him discernment, He preserved him as the pupil of His eye. |11| As a nesher stirreth up her ken (nest), fluttereth over her young, spreadeth her wings, taketh them up, beareth them on her wings, |12| So Hashem alone did lead him, and there was no el nekhar (strange g-d) with him. |13| He made him ride on the high places of Eretz, that he might eat the tenuvot sadeh (increase of the fields); and He made to suckle him devash out of the rock, and shemen out of the flinty rock; |14| Butter of cattle, and cholov tzon, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with chittah (wheat) as fat as kidneys; and thou didst drink the pure dahm of the grape. |15| But Yeshurun grew fat, and kicked; thou art grown fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook G-d which made him, and lightly esteemed the Tzur of his Yeshuah (Salvation). |16| They provoked Him to jealousy with zarim (foreign g-ds), with to'evot (abominations) provoked they Him to anger. |17| They sacrificed unto shedim (demons), not to G-d; to elohim whom they knew not, to chadashim (new g-ds), new arrivals, whom Avoteichem feared not. |18| Of the Tzur that fathered thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten El that formed thee. |19| And when Hashem saw it, He spurned them, because of the provoking of His banim, and of His banot. |20| And He said, I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very perverse generation, banim in whom is no faithfulness. |21| They have moved Me to jealousy with that which is lo El (not G-d), they have provoked Me to anger with their vanities; and I will move them to jealousy with those which are lo Am (a nonpeople); I will provoke them to anger with a goy naval (foolish, senseless nation) [Ro 10:19]. |22| For an eish is kindled in Mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest Sheol, and shall devour Eretz and her increase, and set on fire the foundations of harim. |23| I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend Mine khitzim (arrows) upon them. |24| They shall be burned with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction; I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the venom of serpents of the aphar (dust). |25| The cherev without, and terror within, shall destroy both the bochur and the betulah, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. |26| I said, I will dash them in pieces, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men; |27| Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misinterpret, and lest they should say, Our hand is triumphant, and Hashem hath not done all this. |28| For they are a goy (nation) void of sense, neither is there any seichel in them. |29| O that they were wise, that they had seichel, that they would consider their acharit (latter end, future)! |30| How should echad chase an elef (thousand), and shnayim (two) put ten thousand to flight, except their tzur had sold them, and Hashem had shut them up? |31| For their tzur is not like Tzureinu, even our enemies themselves being conceders. |32| For their gefen is of the gefen of Sodom, and of the fields of Amora (Gomorrah); their grapes are grapes of poison, their clusters are bitter; |33| Their yayin is the venom of serpents, and the deadly poison of asps. |34| Is not this laid up in store with Me, and sealed up among My otzrot (treasures)? |35| To Me belongeth nakam (vengeance) and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time; for the Yom of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. |36| For Hashem shall judge His people, and relent for His avadim, when He seeth that their power is gone, and there is none left, slave or free. |37| And He shall say, Where are their elohim, their tzur in whom they trusted, |38| Which did eat the fat of their zevakhim (sacrifices), and drank the yayin of their nesakhim (drink offerings)? Let them rise up and help you, and be your shelter. |39| See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no elohim besides Me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; neither is there any that can deliver out of My hand. |40| For I lift up My hand to Shomayim, and say, Chai Anochi L'Olam (I live forever). |41| If I sharpen My glittering cherev, and Mine hand take hold on mishpat; I will render nakam (vengeance) to Mine enemies, and will reward them that hate Me. |42| I will make Mine khitzim (arrows) drunk with dahm, and My cherev shall devour basar; and that with the dahm of the slain and of the captives, from the head of leaders of the foe. |43| Rejoice, O ye Goyim, with His people: for He will avenge the dahm of His avadim, and will render nakam (vengeance) to His adversaries, and will make kapporah for the land of His people. |44| And Moshe came and spoke kol divre hashirah in the hearing of the people, he, and Hoshea ben Nun. |45| And Moshe made an end of speaking all these devarim to kol Yisroel; |46| And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the devarim which I testify among you today, which ye shall command your banim to be shomer to do, kol divrei hatorah hazot. |47| For it is not an idle thing for you; because it is Chayyeichem (your life); and through this thing ye shall prolong your yamim in ha'adamah, whither ye go over Yarden to possess it. |48| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe that very same day, saying, |49| Get thee up into this mountain range Avarim, unto Mt Nevo, which is in Eretz Moav, that is opposite Yericho; and view Eretz Kena'an, which I give unto the Bnei Yisroel for a possession; |50| And in the mount whither thou goest up ye will die, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aharon thy brother died in Mt Hor, and was gathered unto his people; |51| Because you trespassed against Me among the Bnei Yisroel at the waters of Merivat Kadesh, in the midbar of Tzin; because lo kiddashtem (not ye upheld as holy) Me in the midst of the Bnei Yisroel. |52| Therefore from a distance thou shalt see ha'aretz; but thou shalt not enter thither into ha'aretz which I give the Bnei Yisroel. [VEZOS HABERACHAH] |||33|||And this is the berakhah, wherewith Moshe the Ish HaElohim blessed the Bnei Yisroel before moto (his death). |2| And he said, Hashem came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; He shined forth from Mt Paran, and He came with ten thousands of kodesh; from His right hand went a fiery law for them. |3| Yea, He loved the amim; kol kedoshav (all His holy ones) are in Thy hand: and they sat down at Thy feet; every one shall receive of Thy devarot. |4| Moshe charged us with a torah, even the morashah kehillat Ya'akov (heritage of the Congregation of Ya'akov). |5| And He was Melech in Yeshurun, when the Rashei Am and the Shivtei Yisroel were gathered together. |6| Let Reuven live, and not die; and let not his men be few. |7| And this to Yehudah: and he said, Shema, Hashem, the voice of Yehudah, and bring him unto his people; let his hands contend for him; and be Thou an ezer (help) to him from his enemies. |8| And of Levi he said, Let Thy Tummim and Thy Urim be with Thy chasid, whom Thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Merivah; |9| Who said unto his av and to his em, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own banim; for they [Levi'im] have been shomer over Thy word, and Thy Brit they have preserved. |10| They shall teach Ya'akov Thy mishpatim, and Yisroel Thy torah; they shall put ketorah before Thee, and kalil (whole burnt offerings) upon Thine mizbe'ach. |11| Bless, O Hashem, his resources, and accept the work of his hands; strike through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. |12| And of Binyamin he said, Yedid Hashem shall dwell in safety by Him; and Hashem shall hover over him all day long, and he (Yedid Hashem, beloved of Hashem) shall rest between His shoulders. |13| And of Yosef he said, Mevorekhet Hashem (Blessed of Hashem) be his land, for the precious things of Shomayim, for the tal, and for the tehom (deep waters) that coucheth below, |14| With the choice fruits brought forth by the shemesh, and choice crops put forth by the yarei'ach, |15| And with the choicest of the harrei kedem (eternal mountains), and for the precious things of the everlasting hills, |16| And for the precious things of ha'aretz and fulness thereof, and for the good will of Him whose [shechinah] dwelling is in the [burning] bush; let the blessing come upon the head of Yosef, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. |17| His glory is like the bechor of his shor, and his horns are like the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall push the people together to the ends of ha'aretz; and they are the ten thousands of Ephrayim, and they are the thousands of Menasheh. |18| And of Zevulun he said, Rejoice, Zevulun, in thy going out; and, Yissakhar, in thy oholim. |19| They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer zivkhei tzedek; for they shall draw out of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. |20| And of Gad he said, Baruch be he that enlargeth Gad; he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the zero'a as well as the crown of the head. |21| And he provided the reshit for himself, when the chelkat mechokek (lawgiver's chelek) was assigned. When the Rashei Am came, he executed the Tzidkat Hashem, and His mishpatim with Yisroel. |22| And of Dan he said, Dan is a gur aryeh (lion's whelp); he shall leap from Bashan. |23| And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with ratzon, and full with the Birkat Hashem; possess thou the west and the south. |24| And of Asher he said, Baruch be Asher with banim; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him tovel (dip, immerse as in tevilah) his foot in shemen. |25| Thy bars shall be barzel (iron) and nechoshet (bronze); and as thy yamim, so shall thy strength be. |26| There is none like unto El Yeshurun, who rideth upon Shomayim to be thy ezer (help), and on the sky in His majesty. |27| Elohei Kedem is thy me'onah (dwelling place), and underneath are the Zero'ot Olam (Everlasting Arms): and He shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Make them shmad. |28| Yisroel then shall dwell in safety alone; the fountain of Ya'akov shall be upon an eretz dagan (land of grain) and tirosh (new wine); also His heavens shall drop down tal. |29| Happy art thou, O Yisroel; who is like unto thee, O people saved by Hashem, the mogen of thy ezer and the cherev of thy majesty! Thine enemies shall come fawning unto thee; and thou shalt trample down their high places. |||34|||And Moshe went up from the plains of Moav unto Mt Nevo to the top of Pisgah, that is, over against Yericho. And Hashem showed him all Eretz Gil`ad, unto Dan, |2| And all Naphtali, and Eretz Ephrayim, and Menasheh, and all Eretz Yehudah, unto the Western [Mediterranean] Sea, |3| And the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Yericho, the Ir Hatemarim (City of Date Palms), unto Tzoar. |4| And Hashem said unto him, This is HaAretz which I swore unto Avraham, unto Yitzchak, and unto Ya'akov, saying, I will give it unto thy zera; I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. |5| So Moshe Eved Hashem died there in Eretz Moav, as Hashem had said. |6| And He buried him in a valley in Eretz Moav, over against Beit Peor; but no man knoweth of his kever unto this yom. [See Yeshayah 53:9 on Moshiach's kever.] |7| And Moshe was me'ah v'esrim shanah when he died; his eyesight was not weakened, nor his natural force reduced. |8| And the Bnei Yisroel wept for Moshe in the plains of Moav shloshim yom; then the yamim of weeping and mourning for Moshe were ended. |9| And Yehoshua ben Nun was full of the ruach chochmah; for Moshe had laid his hands upon him; and the Bnei Yisroel were heedful unto him, and did as Hashem commanded Moshe. |10| And there arose not a navi since in Yisroel like unto Moshe, whom Hashem knew panim el panim (face to face), |11| In all the otot and the mofetim, which Hashem sent him to do in Eretz Mitzrayim to Pharaoh, and to all his avadim, and to all his land, |12| And in all that yad hachazakah, and in all the morah hagadol (great terror) which Moshe did in the sight of kol Yisroel. YEHOSHUA |||1|||Now after the mot Moshe Eved Hashem it came to pass, that Hashem spoke unto Yehoshua ben Nun, mesharet Moshe, saying, |2| Moshe Avdi is dead; now therefore arise, cross over this Yarden, thou, and kol HaAm Hazeh, unto HaAretz which I do give to them, even to the Bnei Yisroel. |3| Every place that the sole of your regel shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, just as I said unto Moshe. |4| From the midbar and this Levanon even unto the Nahar Hagadol, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Chittim, and unto the Yam HaGadol toward the going down of the shemesh, shall be your territory. |5| There shall not any ish be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moshe, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. |6| Chazak! (be strong!) And be of good courage: for unto HaAm Hazeh shalt thou divide for a nachalah HaAretz, which I swore unto their avot to give them. |7| Only chazak (be strong) and very courageous, that thou mayest be shomer to do according to kol HaTorah, which Moshe Avdi commanded thee; turn not from it to the yamin or to the semol, in order that thou mayest succeed everywhere thou goest. |8| This Sefer HaTorah shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate on it yomam valailah so that thou mayest be shomer to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy derech prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. |9| Have not I commanded thee? Chazak! And be of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for Hashem Eloheicha is with thee everywhere thou goest. |10| Then Yehoshua commanded the Shotrei HaAm, saying, |11| Pass through the machaneh, and command HaAm, saying, Prepare you supplies; for within shloshet yamim ye shall pass over this Yarden, to go in to possess HaAretz, which Hashem Eloheichem giveth you to possess it. |12| And to the Reubeni, and to the Gadi, and to the half tribe of Menasheh, spoke Yehoshua, saying, |13| Remember the devar which Moshe Eved Hashem commanded you, saying, Hashem Eloheichem hath given you menuchah, and hath given you HaAretz Hazot. |14| Your nashim, your little ones, and your livestock, shall remain in the land which Moshe gave you beyond the Yarden; but ye shall cross over ahead of your achim armed, all the gibborei hachayil, and help them; |15| Until Hashem has given your achim menuchah, as He hath given you, and they also have possessed HaAretz which Hashem Eloheichem giveth them; then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and occupy it, which Moshe Eved Hashem gave you beyond Yarden toward the rising of the shemesh. |16| And they answered Yehoshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and everywhere thou sendest us, we will go. |17| According as we paid heed unto Moshe in all things, so will we pay heed unto thee; only Hashem Eloheicha be with thee, just as He was with Moshe. |18| Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not pay heed unto thy devarim in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death; rak chazak (only be strong) and be of good courage. |||2|||And Yehoshua ben Nun sent out of Sheetim shnayim anashim (two men) to spy secretly, saying, Go view HaAretz, even Yericho. And they went, and entered into bais isha zonah, and her name was Rachav, and they lodged there. |2| And it was told Melech Yericho, saying, Hinei, anashim have come here halailah of the Bnei Yisroel to spy out HaAretz. |3| And the Melech Yericho sent unto Rachav, saying, Bring forth the anashim that are come to thee, who entered into thine bais; for they have come to spy out kol HaAretz. |4| And the isha took the two anashim, and hid them, and said thus, There came anashim unto me, but I knew not where they had come from; |5| And it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the sha'ar, when it was choshech, that the anashim went out; where the anashim went I know not; pursue after them quickly; for ye may overtake them. |6| But she had brought them up to the gag (roof), and hid them with the pishtei haetz (stalks of flax), which she had laid out upon the gag. |7| So the anashim pursued after them the derech (road) to Yarden unto the fords; and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they closed the sha'ar. |8| And before they [the two spies] lay down, she went up unto them upon the gag; |9| And she said unto the anashim, I know that Hashem hath given you HaAretz, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of HaAretz faint because of you. |10| For we have heard how Hashem dried up the waters of the Yam Suf from before you, when ye came out of Mitzrayim; and what ye did unto the two melachim of the Emori, that were beyond the Yarden, Sichon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed [put under cherem ban]. |11| And as soon as we had heard these things, levaveinu (our hearts) did melt, neither did there remain any more ruach in any ish, because of you; for Hashem Eloheichem hu Elohim baShomayim above, and on HaAretz beneath. |12| Therefore, now, swear unto me by Hashem, since I have showed you chesed, that ye will also show chesed unto Bais Avi, and give me an ot emes (sign of truth); |13| And that ye will save alive avi, and immi, and my ach and my achot, and all that they have, and deliver nafshoteinu (our lives, souls) from mavet (death). |14| And the anashim answered her, Nafsheinu (our soul) shall die for you, if ye utter not what we are doing. And it shall be, when Hashem hath given us HaAretz, that we will deal chesed v'emes with thee. |15| Then she let them down by a chevel (cord, rope) through the chalon (window); for her bais was in the city wall, and she dwelt in the chomah (wall). |16| And she said unto them, Get you to the hill country, lest the rodefim (pursuers) meet you; and hide yourselves there shloshet yamim, until the rodefim return; and afterward may ye go your way. |17| And the anashim said unto her, We will be nekiyyim (free ones) of this thine shevu'ah (oath) which thou hast made us swear, |18| Unless when we come into HaAretz, thou shalt tie this rope of scarlet cord in the chalon by which thou didst let us down; and thou shalt bring thy av, and thy em, and thy achim, and all thy bais avi, with thee inside the bais. |19| And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the delatot of thy bais into the chutzah (street, outside), his dahm shall be upon his rosh, and we will be nekiyyim (free ones); and whosoever shall be with thee in the bais, his dahm shall be on rosheinu (our head), if any yad be laid upon him. |20| And if thou utter what we are doing, then we will be nekiyyim (free ones) of thine shevu'ah (oath) which thou hast made us to swear. |21| And she said, According unto your devarim, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the chalon. |22| And they went, and came unto the hill country, and abode there shloshet yamim, until the rodefim returned; and the rodefim sought them all along the derech, but found them not. |23| So the two anashim returned, and descended from the hill country, and passed over, and came to Yehoshua ben Nun, and told him all things that befell them; |24| And they said unto Yehoshua, Truly Hashem hath delivered into yadeinu kol HaAretz; for even all the inhabitants of HaAretz do faint because of us. |||3|||And Yehoshua rose early in the boker; and they set out from Sheetim, and came to the Yarden, he and Kol Bnei Yisroel, and camped there before they crossed over. |2| And it came to pass after shloshet yamim, that the Shoterim went through the Machaneh; |3| And they commanded HaAm, saying, When ye see the Aron Brit Hashem Eloheichem, and the Kohanim who are Levi'im bearing it, then ye shall move out from your makom, and follow after it. |4| Yet there shall be a rachok (distance, space) between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye have da'as of the Derech by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore. |5| And Yehoshua said unto HaAm, Set yourselves apart as kodesh; for tomorrow Hashem will do nifla'ot among you. |6| And Yehoshua spoke unto the Kohanim, saying, Take up the Aron HaBrit, and cross over before HaAm. And they took up the Aron HaBrit, and went before HaAm. |7| And Hashem said unto Yehoshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of kol Yisroel, that they may know that, as I was with Moshe, so I will be with thee. |8| And thou shalt command the Kohanim that bear the Aron HaBrit, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of the Yarden, ye shall stand still in the Yarden. |9| And Yehoshua said unto the Bnei Yisroel, Come here, and hear the Divrei Hashem Eloheichem. |10| And Yehoshua said, Hereby ye shall have da'as that the El Chai is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and the Chivi, and the Perizzi, and the Girgashi, and HaEmori, and the Yevusi. |11| Hinei, the Aron HaBrit Adon Kol HaAretz passeth over before you into the Yarden. |12| Now therefore take you Shnei Asar Ish out of the Shivtei Yisroel, out of every tribe an ish. |13| And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the Kohanim bearing the Aron Hashem, Adon Kol HaAretz, shall rest in the waters of the Yarden, that the waters of the Yarden shall be cut off from the waters that flow down from above; and they shall stand in a heap. |14| So it came to pass, when HaAm moved out from their ohalim, to cross over the Yarden, and the Kohanim bearing the Aron HaBrit ahead of HaAm; |15| And as they bearing the Aron were come unto the Yarden, and the feet of the Kohanim bearing the Aron touched the edge of the mayim, (for the Yarden overfloweth all its banks all the days of katzir [harvest]), |16| That the waters which flowed down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Tzartan; and that which flowed down toward Yam HaAravah, the Yam HaMelach was completely cut off; and HaAm crossed over right by Yericho. |17| And the Kohanim bearing the Aron Brit Hashem stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Yarden, and Kol Yisroel passed over on dry ground, until Kol HaGoy were passed completely over the Yarden. |||4|||And it came to pass, when Kol HaGoy had completely passed over the Yarden, that Hashem spoke unto Yehoshua, saying, |2| Take you Shneym Asar Anashim out of HaAm, out of every Shevet an ish, |3| And command ye them, saying, Take you from here out of the middle of the Yarden, out of the place where the feet of the Kohanim stood firm, twelve avanim (stones), and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the malon (lodging place), where ye shall lodge halailah (tonight). |4| Then Yehoshua called the Shneym Asar Ish, whom he had prepared of the Bnei Yisroel, out of every tribe an Ish; |5| And Yehoshua said unto them, Pass over before the Aron Hashem Eloheichem into the middle of the Yarden, and take you up every ish of you an even (stone) upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the Shivtei Bnei Yisroel; |6| That this may be an ot among you, that when your banim ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these avanim? |7| Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of the Yarden were cut off from before the Aron Brit Hashem; when it passed over the Yarden, the waters of the Yarden were cut off; and these avanim shall be for a zikaron (memorial) unto the Bnei Yisroel ad olam (forever). |8| And the Bnei Yisroel did so just as Yehoshua commanded, and took up Shtei Esreh Avanim out of the middle of the Yarden, just as Hashem spoke unto Yehoshua, according to the number of the Shivtei Bnei Yisroel, and carried them over with them unto the malon where they lodged, and laid them down there. |9| And Yehoshua set up Shteym Esreh Avanim in the middle of the Yarden, in the place where the feet of the Kohanim bearing the Aron HaBrit stood; and they are there unto this day. |10| For the Kohanim bearing the Aron stood in the middle of the Yarden, until everything was finished that Hashem commanded Yehoshua to speak unto HaAm, according to all that Moshe commanded Yehoshua; and HaAm hurried and crossed over. |11| And it came to pass, when Kol HaAm had completely crossed over, that the Aron Hashem crossed over, and the Kohanim, ahead of HaAm. |12| And the Bnei Reuven, and the Bnei Gad, and the half-tribe of Menasheh, crossed over armed ahead of the Bnei Yisroel, just as Moshe directed them; |13| About forty thousand, battle-ready, crossed over before Hashem for milchamah, to the plains of Yericho. |14| On Yom Hahu Hashem magnified Yehoshua in the eyes of Kol Yisroel; and they feared him, just as they feared Moshe, all the days of his life. |15| And Hashem spoke unto Yehoshua, saying, |16| Command the Kohanim bearing the Aron HaEdut, so that they come up out of the Yarden. |17| Yehoshua therefore commanded the Kohanim, saying, Come ye up out of the Yarden. |18| And it came to pass, when the Kohanim bearing the Aron Brit Hashem were come up out of the middle of the Yarden, and the soles of the feet of the Kohanim were set on dry land, that the waters of the Yarden returned unto their place, and overflowed all its banks, as they did before. |19| And HaAm came up out of the Yarden on the tenth day of the chodesh harishon, and camped at Gilgal, by the eastern border of Yericho. |20| And those twelve avanim, which they took out of the Yarden, did Yehoshua set in a pile at Gilgal. |21| And he spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, When your banim shall ask their avot in time to come, saying, What mean these avanim? |22| Then ye shall let your banim know, saying, Yisroel crossed over this Yarden on yabashah (dry land [Gn 1:9]). |23| For Hashem Eloheichem dried up the waters of the Yarden from before you, until ye were passed over, just as Hashem Eloheichem did to Yam Suf, which He dried up from before us, until we were crossed over; |24| So that Kol Ammei HaAretz (all the peoples of the earth) might know the Yad Hashem, that it is chazakah; so that ye might fear Hashem Eloheichem kol hayamim (all the days, forever). |||5|||And it came to pass, when all the melachim of the HaEmori, which were beyond the Yarden westward, and all the melachim of the Kena'ani, which were by the Yam, heard that Hashem had dried up the waters of the Yarden from before the Bnei Yisroel, until they had passed over, their levav sank, neither was there ruach in them any more, because of the Bnei Yisroel. |2| At that time Hashem said unto Yehoshua, Make thee knives of flint, and do a second time the Bris Milah to the Bnei Yisroel. |3| And Yehoshua made him flint knives, and did Bris Milah to the Bnei Yisroel at Givat HaAralot. |4| And this is the reason why Yehoshua did the Bris Milah: Kol HaAm that came out of Mitzrayim, that were zekharim (males), even Kol Anshei HaMilchamah, died in the midbar baderech, after they came out of Mitzrayim. |5| Now Kol HaAm that came out were Mulim (circumcised); but Kol HaAm that were born in the midbar baderech when they came forth out of Mitzrayim, them they had not given Bris Milah. |6| For the Bnei Yisroel walked arba'im shanah in the midbar, until Kol HaGoy that were Anshei HaMilchamah, which came out of Mitzrayim, were consumed, because they obeyed not the Kol Hashem (voice of Hashem); unto whom Hashem swore that He would not show them HaAretz, which Hashem swore unto their Avot that He would give us, Eretz zavat cholov u'devash. |7| And their banim, whom He raised up in their place, them Yehoshua gave Bris Milah; for they were arelim (uncircumcised), because they had not given them Bris Milah baderech.[See Ep 2:11 OJBC.] |8| And it came to pass, when they had done giving Bris Milah to Kol HaGoy, that they abode in their places in the machaneh, until they were chayyah (healed, whole, restored alive). |9| And Hashem said unto Yehoshua, This day galloti (have I rolled away) the reproach of Mitzrayim from off you. Therefore the shem of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. |10| And the Bnei Yisroel encamped at Gilgal, and observed the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the month at erev in the plains of Yericho. |11| And they did eat of the produce of HaAretz on the day after the Pesach, on that very day, matzot, and roasted grain. |12| And the manna ceased on the following day after they had eaten of the produce of HaAretz; neither had the Bnei Yisroel manna any more; but they did eat of the increase of Eretz Kena'an that year. |13| And it came to pass, when Yehoshua was there by Yericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, hinei, there stood an ish in front of him with his cherev drawn in his yad; and Yehoshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? |14| And he said, Lo (no); but as Sar Tze'va Hashem am I now come. And Yehoshua fell on his face to the ground, and did prostrate himself, and said unto him, What saith Adoni unto his eved? |15| And the Sar Tze'va Hashem said unto Yehoshua, Take off thy sandals from off thy feet; for the makom whereon thou standest is kodesh. And Yehoshua did so. |||6|||Now Yericho was closely shut up because of the Bnei Yisroel; none went out, and none came in. |2| And Hashem said unto Yehoshua, See, I have given into thine yad Yericho, and the melech thereof, and the gibborei hechayil. |3| And ye shall march around the Ir, all ye anshei hamilchamah, and go around the Ir once. Thus shalt thou do sheshet yamim. |4| And shivah Kohanim shall bear before the Aron shivah shoferot hayovelim; and the Yom HaShevi'i ye shall march around the Ir sheva times, and the Kohanim shall sound the shoferot. |5| And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the keren hayovel, when ye hear the sound of the shofar, Kol HaAm shall shout with a teruah gedolah; and the Chomat HaIr shall fall down, and HaAm shall go up every ish charging straight in. |6| And Yehoshua ben Nun called the Kohanim, and said unto them, Take up the Aron HaBrit, and let shivah Kohanim bear shivah shoferot yovelim (seven ram-shofars) before the Aron Hashem. |7| And he ordered HaAm, Pass on, and march on the Ir, and let him that is armed pass on ahead of the Aron Hashem. |8| And it came to pass, when Yehoshua had spoken unto HaAm, that the shivah Kohanim bearing the shivah shoferot hayovelim passed on before Hashem, and sounded the shoferot; and the Aron Brit Hashem followed after them. |9| And the armed men marched ahead of the Kohanim that blew with the shoferot, and the rear guard came after the Aron, with the shoferot of the Kohanim going on sounding. |10|Yehoshua had commanded HaAm, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any davar proceed out of your mouth, until the Yom I tell you to shout; then shall ye shout. |11| So the Aron Hashem circled the Ir, going about it once; and they returned to the machaneh, and spent the night in the machaneh. |12| And Yehoshua rose early in the boker, and the Kohanim took up the Aron Hashem. |13| And shivah kohanim bearing shivah shoferot hayovelim before the Aron Hashem went on continually, and sounded the shoferot; and the armed men went before them; with the rearguard after the Aron Hashem, the Kohanim going on, and sounding the shoferot. |14| And the Yom HaSheni they circled the Ir once, and returned to the machaneh; so they did sheshet yamim. |15| And it came to pass on the Yom HaShevi'i, that they got up early about shachar, circled the Ir after the same manner sheva times; only on that Yom they marched around the Ir sheva p'amim. |16| And it came to pass on the Shevi'it, when the Kohanim sounded the shoferot, Yehoshua said unto HaAm, Shout; for Hashem hath given you the Ir. |17| And the Ir shall be cherem, even it, and all that are therein, to Hashem; only Rachav the zonah shall live, she and all that are with her in the bais, because she hid the malachim that we sent. |18| And ye, be shomer to keep yourselves from the cherem, lest ye make yourselves cherem, when ye take of the cherem, and make the Machaneh Yisroel cherem, and trouble it. |19| But all the kesef, zahav, and vessels of nechoshet and barzel, are kodesh unto Hashem; they shall come into the Otzar Hashem. |20| So HaAm shouted when the Kohanim sounded the shoferot; and it came to pass, when HaAm heard the kol (sound) of the shofar, and HaAm shouted with a teruah gedolah, that the chomah fell down, so that HaAm went up into the Ir, every ish straight before him, and they took the Ir. |21| And they utterly destroyed [devoted as cherem] all that was in the Ir, both ish and isha, na'ar and zaken, and shor, and seh, and chamor, with the edge of the cherev. |22| But Yehoshua had said unto the two anashim that had spied out HaAretz, Go into the bais haisha hazonah, and bring out from there the isha, and all that she hath, just as ye swore unto her. |23| And hane'arim (the young men) that were spies went in, and brought out Rachav, and her av, and her em, and her achim, and all that she had; and they brought out all her mishpechot, and put them outside the Machaneh Yisroel. |24| And they burned the Ir with eish, and all that was therein; only the kesef, and the zahav, and the vessels of nechoshet and of barzel (iron), they put into the Otzar Bais Hashem. |25| And Yehoshua saved Rachav the zonah alive, and her Bais Avi, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Yisroel even unto this day; because she hid the malachim, which Yehoshua sent to spy out Yericho. |26| And Yehoshua made them take this shevu'ah, saying, Arur (cursed) be the ish before Hashem, that riseth up and rebuildeth this Ir Yericho; he shall lay the foundation thereof with his bechor, and with his tza'ir (youngest son) shall he set up the delatot (gates) thereof [See fulfillment 1Kgs 16:34]. |27| So Hashem was with Yehoshua; and his fame was noised throughout kol HaAretz. |||7|||But the Bnei Yisroel broke [covenant] faith in regard to the Cherem; for Achan ben Carmi ben Zavdi ben Zerach of the tribe of Yehudah, took of the Cherem (that which was devoted to destruction); and the Af Hashem was kindled against the Bnei Yisroel. |2| And Yehoshua sent anashim from Yericho to Ai, which is near Beit-Aven, on the east of Beit-El, speaking unto them, saying, Go up and spy out HaAretz. And the anashim went up and spied out Ai. |3| And they returned to Yehoshua, and said unto him, Let not Kol HaAm go up; but let about two or three thousand Ish go up and attack Ai; and weary not kol HaAm there; for they are but few. |4| So there went up there of HaAm about three thousand Ish; and they fled before the anashim of Ai. |5| And the anashim of Ai struck down of them about thirty and six ish; for they chased them from before the sha'ar even unto Shevarim, and struck them down on the descent; therefore the levav HaAm melted, and became like mayim. |6| And Yehoshua tore his clothes, and fell to the ground upon his face before the Aron Hashem until erev, he and the Ziknei Yisroel, and they put dust upon their heads. |7| And Yehoshua said, Alas, Adonoi Hashem, why hast Thou at all brought HaAm Hazeh over the Yarden, to deliver us into the yad HaEmori, to destroy us? If only we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Yarden! |8| O Adonoi, what shall I say, when Yisroel turneth their backs before their enemies! |9| For the Kena'ani and all the inhabitants of HaAretz shall hear of it, and shall surround us, and cut off Shemeinu (our name) from HaAretz; and what wilt Thou do unto Thy Shem Hagadol? |10| And Hashem said unto Yehoshua, Stand up; why liest thou thus upon thy face? |11| Yisroel hath sinned, and they have also violated My Brit which I commanded them; for they have even taken of the Cherem, and have also played the ganav, and lied also, and they have put it even among their own possessions. |12| Therefore the Bnei Yisroel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they are for Cherem; neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the Cherem from among you. |13| Up, set HaAm apart as kodesh, and say, Set yourselves apart as kodesh against tomorrow: for thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, There is Cherem among you, O Yisroel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the Cherem from among you. |14| In the boker therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes; and it shall be, that the shevet (tribe) which Hashem taketh shall come near according to the mishpekhot thereof; and the mishpakhah which Hashem shall take shall come near by batim; and the bais which Hashem shall take shall come near man by man. |15| And it shall be, that he that is taken with the Cherem shall be burned with eish, he and all that he hath; because he hath violated the Brit Hashem, and because he hath wrought shame in Yisroel. |16| So Yehoshua rose up early in the boker, and brought Yisroel near by their tribes; and the Shevet Yehudah was taken; |17| And he brought the Mishpakhat Yehudah; and the Mishpakhat Zarchi was taken; and he brought the Mishpakhat HaZarchi man by man; and Zavdi was taken; |18| And he brought near his Bais man by man; and Achan ben Carmi ben Zavdi ben Zerach, of the tribe of Yehudah, was taken. |19| And Yehoshua said unto Achan, Beni (my son), give, now, kavod to Hashem Elohei Yisroel, and give to Him todah; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. |20| And Achan answered Yehoshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against Hashem Elohei Yisroel, and thus and thus have I done; |21| When I saw among the plunder a beautiful robe of Shinar (Babylon), and two hundred shekels of kesef, and a wedge of zahav of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, hinei, they are hid in ha'aretz in the midst of my ohel, and the kesef under it. |22| So Yehoshua sent malachim, and they ran unto the ohel; and, hinei, it was hid in his ohel, and the kesef under it! |23| And they took them out of the midst of the ohel, and brought them unto Yehoshua, and unto all the Bnei Yisroel, and laid them out before Hashem. |24| And Yehoshua, and kol Yisroel with him, took Achan ben Zerach, and the kesef, and the robe, and the wedge of zahav, and his banim, and his banot, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his tzon, and his ohel, and all that he had; and they brought them unto the Emek Achor (Valley of Trouble). |25| And Yehoshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? Hashem shall trouble thee yom hazeh. And kol Yisroel stoned him with even (stones), and burned them with eish, after they had stoned them with avanim (stones). |26| And they raised over him a heap of avanim gadol unto this day. So Hashem turned from the fierceness of His Af (Anger). Therefore the shem of that place was called, Emek Achor, unto this day. |||8|||And Hashem said unto Yehoshua, Fear not, neither be thou discouraged; take kol Am HaMilchamah with thee, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy yad the melech HaAi, and his people, and his city, and his land; |2| And thou shalt do to Ai and her melech just as thou didst unto Yericho and her melech; only the plunder thereof, and the livestock thereof, shall ye carry off for yourselves. Behind it set thee an ambush for the Ir (city [of Ai]). |3| So Yehoshua arose, and kol Am HaMilchamah, to go up against Ai; and Yehoshua chose out shloshim elef ish gibborei hachayil, and sent them out by lailah. |4| And he commanded them, saying, See, ye shall set an ambush against the Ir, even behind the Ir; go not very far from the Ir, but be ye all nekhonim (ready, on alert, set, prepared); |5| And I, and Kol HaAm that are with me, will approach unto the Ir; and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the rishonah, that we will flee before them, |6| (For they will come out after us) until we have drawn them from the Ir; for they will say, They flee before us, just as at the rishonah; therefore we will flee before them. |7| Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the Ir; for Hashem Eloheichem will deliver it into your yad. |8| And it shall be, when ye have taken the Ir, that ye shall set eish to the Ir; according to the Davar Hashem shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. |9| Yehoshua therefore sent them forth; and they went to the place of ambush, and waited between Beit-El and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Yehoshua spent that lailah among HaAm. |10| And Yehoshua rose up early in the boker, and mustered HaAm, and went up, he and the Ziknei Yisroel, before HaAm to Ai. |11| And Kol HaAm HaMilchamah that were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the Ir, and encamped on the north side of Ai; now there was the gey (valley) between them and Ai. |12| And he took about chameshet alafim ish, and set them to lie in ambush between Beit-El and Ai, on the west side of the Ir. |13| And when they had set HaAm, even Kol HaMachaneh that was on the north of the Ir, and the ambush to the west of the Ir, Yehoshua went that lailah into the midst of the emek (valley). |14| And it came to pass, when the melech of Ai saw it, that they hastened and rose up early, and the anshei HaIr went out against Yisroel in the milchamah, he and all his people, at the place, before the Aravah; but he had no da'as that there was an ambush against him set up behind the Ir. |15| And Yehoshua and kol Yisroel let themselves be driven before them, and fled by the derech hamidbar. |16| And kol HaAm that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Yehoshua, and were lured from the Ir. |17| And there was not an ish left in Ai or Beit-El, that went not out after Yisroel; and they left the Ir open, and pursued after Yisroel. |18| And Hashem said unto Yehoshua, Stretch out the kidon (javelin) that is in thy yad toward Ai; for I will give it into thine yad. And Yehoshua stretched out the kidon that he had in his yad toward the Ir. |19| And the ambush arose quickly out of their makom, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his yad; and they entered into the Ir, and took it, and hastened and set eish to the Ir. |20| And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, hinei, the ashan HaIr (smoke of the city) ascended up to Shomayim, and they had no way to flee here or there; and HaAm that fled to the midbar turned back upon the pursuers. |21| And when Yehoshua and kol Yisroel saw that the ambush had taken the Ir, and that the ashan HaIr ascended, then they turned again, and attacked the anshei HaAi. |22| Then these came out of the Ir against them; so they were in the midst of Yisroel, some on this side, and some on that side; and they struck them down, until they left none of them sarid (remnant, survivor) or palit (refugee, fugitive). |23| And the melech HaAi (literally, the King of Ruin) they took alive, and brought him to Yehoshua. |24| And it came to pass, when Yisroel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the sadeh, in the midbar wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the cherev, until they were consumed, that kol Yisroel returned unto Ai, and struck it with the edge of the cherev. |25| And so it was, that all that fell that yom, both of ish and isha, were sheneym asar elef, even kol anshei HaAi. |26| For Yehoshua drew not his yad back, wherewith he stretched out the kidon, until he had utterly destroyed kol yoshvei HaAi. |27| Only the behemah and the plunder of that Ir Yisroel carried off for themselves, according to the Davar Hashem which He commanded Yehoshua. |28| And Yehoshua burned Ai, and made it a tel olam (heap forever), even a desolation unto yom hazeh. |29| And the melech HaAi he hanged on HaEtz until the time of erev; and as soon as the shemesh was down, Yehoshua commanded that they should take his nevelah (body) down from HaEtz, and cast it at the petach sha'ar HaIr, and raised thereon a pile of avanim, that remaineth unto Yom Hazeh. |30| Then Yehoshua built a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem Elohei Yisroel in Har Eval, |31| Just as Moshe Eved Hashem commanded the Bnei Yisroel, as it is written in the Sefer Torah Moshe, a Mizbe'ach avanim shelemot, over which no man hath lift up any barzel (iron); and they offered thereon olot unto Hashem, and sacrificed shelamim. |32| And he wrote there upon the avanim a mishneh (copy) Torat Moshe, which he wrote in the presence of the Bnei Yisroel. |33| And Kol Yisroel, and their Zekenim, and shoterim, and their shofetim, stood on this side the Aron and on that side facing the Kohanim the Levi'im, which bore the Aron Brit Hashem, as well the ger as the ezrach (he that was born among them); half of them over against Har Gerizim, and half of them over against Har Eval; just as Moshe Eved Hashem had commanded before, in connection with the blessing of HaAm Yisroel. |34| And afterward he read kol divrei HaTorah, the berakhah and kelalah, according to all that is written in the Sefer HaTorah. |35| There was not a davar of all that Moshe commanded, which Yehoshua read not before kol Kehal Yisroel, with the nashim, and the little ones, and the ger that were living among them. |||9|||And it came to pass, when kol hamelachim which were beyond the Yarden, in the har, and in the Shefelah, and in all the coasts of the Yam Hagadol [i.e., the Mediterranean] over against the Levanon, the Chitti, and HaEmori, the Kena'ani, the Perizzi, the Chivi, and the Yevusi, heard thereof; |2| That they gathered themselves together, to make war with Yehoshua and with Yisroel, with one peh (mouth, i.e., one accord). |3| And when the inhabitants of Giv'on heard what Yehoshua had done unto Yericho and to Ai, |4| They did work in a cunning, crafty manner [see Genesis 3:1], and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sakkim (sacks) upon their donkeys, and skins of yayin, old, and cracked, and mended; |5| And sandals old and patched upon their feet, and selamot ballot (old garments) upon them; and all the lechem of their food supply was dry and moldy. |6| And they went to Yehoshua unto the machaneh at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the Ish Yisroel, We are come from an eretz rechokah (far country); now therefore cut ye a brit with us. |7| And the Ish Yisroel said unto the Chivi (Hivites), Perhaps ye dwell among us; how then shall we cut a brit with you? |8| And they said unto Yehoshua, We are thy avadim. And Yehoshua said unto them, Who are ye? And from where do ye come? |9| And they said unto him, From an eretz rechokah me'od thy avadim are come because of the Shem of Hashem Eloheicha; for we have heard the report of Him, and all that He did in Mitzrayim, |10| And all that He did to the two melachim of HaEmori, that were beyond the Yarden, to Sichon Melech Cheshbon, and to Og Melech HaBashan, which was at Ashtarot. |11| Therefore Zekeinenu and all the inhabitants of Artzeinu spoke to us, saying, Take food supplies with you for the derech, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your avadim; therefore now cut ye a brit with us. |12| This our lechem we packed cham (hot) for our provision out of our batim (houses) on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, hinei, it is dry, and it is moldy; |13| And these skins of yayin, which we filled, were chadashim; and, hinei, they are cracked; and these our garments and our sandals are become worn out by reason of the derech me'od. |14| And the anashim took of their food supplies, and asked not counsel at the pi Hashem (mouth of Hashem). |15| And Yehoshua made shalom with them, and cut a brit with them, to let them live; and the Nasi'im of the Edah so ratified by oath unto them. |16| And it came to pass at the end of shloshet yamim after they had cut a brit with them, that they heard that they were their kerovim (neighbors), and that they dwelt near them. |17| And the Bnei Yisroel journeyed, and came unto their towns on the yom hashelishi. Now their towns were Giv'on, and Kephirah, and Be'erot, and KiryatYe'arim. |18| And the Bnei Yisroel did not strike them down, because the Nasi'im of the Edah had sworn unto them by Hashem Elohei Yisroel. And Kol HaEdah murmured against the Nasi'im. |19| But all the Nasi'im said unto Kol HaEdah, We have sworn unto them by Hashem Elohei Yisroel; now therefore we may not touch them. |20| This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest ketzef (wrath) be upon us, because of the shevu'ah (oath) which we swore unto them. |21| And the Nasi'im said unto them, Let them live; but let them be woodcutters and water carriers unto Kol HaEdah; as the Nasi'im had promised them. |22| And Yehoshua called for them, and he spoke unto them, saying, Why have ye beguiled us, saying, Rechokim anachnu from you when ye dwell near us? |23| Now therefore ye are arurim, and there shall none of you be yikaret (be cut off) from being eved, and woodcutters and water carriers for the Bais Elohai. |24| And they answered Yehoshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy avadim, how that Hashem Eloheicha commanded His Eved Moshe to give you kol HaAretz, and to destroy all the inhabitants of HaAretz from before you, therefore we were greatly afraid for nafshoteinu because of you, so we have done this thing. |25| And now, behold, we are in thine yad; as it seemeth tov and yashar unto thee to do unto us, do. |26| And so did he unto them, and saved them out of the yad of the Bnei Yisroel, that they slaughtered them not. |27| And Yehoshua made them that day woodcutters and water carriers for the Edah, and for the Mizbe'ach of Hashem, even unto this day, in the makom which He would choose. |||10|||Now it came to pass, when Adoni Tzedek Melech Yerushalayim had heard how Yehoshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; just as he had done to Yericho and its melech, so he had done to Ai and its melech; and how the inhabitants of Giv'on had made terms of shalom with Yisroel, and were near them; |2| That they feared greatly, because Giv'on was an ir gedolah, like one of the royal cities, and because it was larger than Ai, and all the men thereof were gibborim. |3| Therefore Adoni-Tzedek Melech Yerushalayim, sent unto Hoham Melech Chevron, and unto Piram Melech Yarmut, and unto Yaphia Melech Lachish, and unto Devir Melech Eglon, saying, |4| Come up unto me, and help me, that we may attack Giv'on; for it hath made terms of shalom with Yehoshua and with the Bnei Yisroel. |5| Therefore the five kings of HaEmori, the Melech Yerushalayim, the Melech Chevron, the Melech Yarmut, the Melech Lachish, the Melech Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their machanot, and encamped before Giv'on, and made war against it. |6| And the anshei Giv'on sent unto Yehoshua to the machaneh at Gilgal, saying, Abandon not thy yad from thy avadim; come up to us quickly, save us, help us; for all the melachim of HaEmori that dwell in the har are gathered together against us. |7| So Yehoshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and kol Am HaMilchamah with him, and kol gibborei hachayil. |8| And Hashem said unto Yehoshua, Fear them not; for I have delivered them into thine yad; there shall not an ish of them stand before thee. |9| Yehoshua therefore came unto them pitom, and went up from Gilgal kol halailah. |10| And Hashem threw them into confusion before Yisroel, and struck them with a makkah gedolah at Giv'on, and pursued them along the derech that goeth up to BeitChoron, and cut them down to Azekah, and to Makkedah. |11| And it came to pass, as they fled from before Yisroel, and were in the going down to Beit-Choron, that Hashem cast down avanim gedolot from Shomayim upon them unto Azekah, and they died; they were more which died with avnei habarad (hailstones) than they whom the Bnei Yisroel slaughtered with the cherev. |12| Then spoke Yehoshua to Hashem in the day when Hashem delivered up HaEmori before the Bnei Yisroel, and he said in the sight of Yisroel, Shemesh, stand thou still upon Giv'on; and thou, Yarei'ach, in the Emek Ayalon. |13| And the shemesh stood still, the yarei'ach stopped, until the Goy had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the Sefer HaYasher? So the shemesh stood still in the middle of Shomayim, and hastened not to go down about a yom tamim (whole day). |14| And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Hashem paid heed unto the voice of an ish; for Hashem fought for Yisroel. |15| And Yehoshua returned, and kol Yisroel with him, unto the machaneh at Gilgal. |16| But these five melachim fled, and hid themselves in a me'arah (cave) at Makkedah. |17| And it was told Yehoshua, saying, The five melachim are found hiding in a me'arah at Makkedah. |18| And Yehoshua said, Roll avanim gedolot upon the mouth of the me'arah, and post anashim by it to be shomer over them; |19| And stop ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and attack them; allow them not to enter into their towns; for Hashem Eloheichem hath delivered them into your yad. |20| And it came to pass, when Yehoshua and the Bnei Yisroel had made an end of striking them with a makkah gedolah me'od, until they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fortified cities. |21| And kol HaAm returned to the machaneh to Yehoshua at Makkedah in shalom; none moved his tongue against any of the Bnei Yisroel. |22| Then said Yehoshua, Open the mouth of the me'arah, and bring out those five melachim unto me out of the me'arah. |23| And they did so, and brought forth those five melachim unto him out of the me'arah, Melech Yerushalayim, Melech Chevron, Melech Yarmut, Melech Lachish, and Melech Eglon. |24| And it came to pass, when they brought out those melachim unto Yehoshua, that Yehoshua called for kol Ish Yisroel, and said unto the Ketzinei Anshei HaMilchamah which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these melachim. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. |25| And Yehoshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be discouraged, be strong and of good courage; for thus shall Hashem do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. |26| And afterward Yehoshua struck them down, and slaughtered them, and hanged them on chamishah etzim; and they were hanging upon the etzim until the erev. |27| And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the shemesh, that Yehoshua commanded, and they took them down off the etzim, cast them into the me'arah wherein they had been hiding, and laid avanim gedolot on the mouth of the me'arah, which remain until this very day. |28| And that day Yehoshua took Makkedah, and struck it down with the edge of the cherev, and the Melech thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and every nefesh that was therein; he let none remain; and he did to the Melech of Makkedah as he did unto the Melech of Yericho [See Yehoshua 6:21]. |29| Then Yehoshua passed from Makkedah, and kol Yisroel with him, unto Livnah, and fought against Livnah; |30| And Hashem delivered it also, and the melech thereof, into the yad Yisroel; and he struck it down with the edge of the cherev, and kol hanefesh therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the melech thereof as he did unto the melech of Yericho [See Yehoshua 6:21]. |31| And Yehoshua passed from Livnah, and kol Yisroel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it; |32| And Hashem delivered Lachish into the yad Yisroel, which took it on the yom hasheni, and struck it down with the edge of the cherev, and kol hanefesh therein, according to all that he had done to Livnah. |33| Then Horam Melech Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Yehoshua struck him down and his army, until he had left him none remaining. |34| And from Lachish, Yehoshua passed unto Eglon, and kol Yisroel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it; |35| And they took it on that day, and struck it down with the edge of the cherev, and kol hanefesh therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. |36| And Yehoshua went up from Eglon, and kol Yisroel with him, unto Chevron; and they fought against it; |37| And they took it, and struck it down with the edge of the cherev, and the melech thereof, and all the towns thereof, and kol hanefesh therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and kol hanefesh therein. |38| And Yehoshua returned, and kol Yisroel with him, to Devir; and fought against it; |39| And he took it, and the melech thereof, and all the towns thereof; and they struck them down with the edge of the cherev, and utterly destroyed kol nefesh therein; he left none remaining; as he had done to Chevron, so he did to Devir, and to the melech thereof; as he had done also to Livnah, and to its melech. |40| So Yehoshua subdued kol HaAretz HaHar, and of the Negev, and of the Shefelah, and of the asedot (slopes), and all their melachim; he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed kol haneshamah, as Hashem Elohei Yisroel commanded. |41| And Yehoshua struck them down from KadeshBarnea even unto Azah (Gaza), and all the country of Goshen, even unto Giv'on. |42| And all these melachim and their land did Yehoshua take at one time, because Hashem Elohei Yisroel fought for Yisroel. |43| And Yehoshua returned, and kol Yisroel with him, unto the machaneh at Gilgal. |||11|||And it came to pass, when Yavin Melech Chatzor had heard those things, that he sent to Yovav Melech Madon, to the Melech Shimron, and to the Melech Achshaph, |2| And to the melachim to the north, in the har, and the Aravah south of Kinnarot, and in the Shefelah, and in the regions of Dor on the west, |3| And to the Kena'ani on the east and on the west, and to Emori, and the Chitti, and the Perizzi, and the Yevusi in the har, and to the Chivi at the base of Chermon in Eretz HaMitzpah. |4| And they went out, they and all their machanot with them, am rav, even as the sand that is upon the sea in multitude, with susim and chariots rav me'od. |5| And when all these melachim were met together, they came to encamp together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Yisroel. |6| And Hashem said unto Yehoshua, Be not afraid before them; for machar about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Yisroel; thou shalt lame their susim, and burn their merkevot with eish. |7| So Yehoshua, kol Am HaMilchamah with him, came against them by the waters of Merom pitom (suddenly); and they fell upon them. |8| And Hashem delivered them into the yad Yisroel, who struck them down, and pursued them unto Tzidon Rabbah, and unto MisrefotMayim, and unto the Valley of Mitzpeh eastward; and they struck them down, until they left them none sarid (remaining). |9| And Yehoshua did unto them just as Hashem directed him; he lamed their susim, and burned their merkevot with eish. |10| And Yehoshua at that time turned back, and took Chatzor, and struck down the melech thereof with the cherev; for Chatzor formerly had been the rosh kol hamamlachot haelleh. |11| And they struck down kol hanefesh that were therein with the edge of the cherev, utterly destroying them; there was not left kol neshamah; and with eish he burned Chatzor. |12| And all the towns of those melachim, and all the melachim of them, did Yehoshua take, and struck them down with the edge of the cherev, and he utterly destroyed them, just as Moshe Eved Hashem commanded. |13| But as for the towns that stood on their tel (mound, old site), Yisroel burned none of them, except Chatzor only; that did Yehoshua burn. |14| And all the plunder of these towns, and the behemah, the Bnei Yisroel carried off for themselves; but kol haAdam they struck down with the edge of the cherev, until they had destroyed them, neither left they kol neshamah. |15| Just as Hashem commanded Moshe His Eved, so did Moshe command Yehoshua, and so did Yehoshua; he left nothing undone of all that Hashem commanded Moshe. |16| So Yehoshua took kol HaAretz hazot, the har, and kol haNegev, and kol Eretz HaGoshen, and the Shefelah, and the Aravah, and the har Yisroel, and Shefelah; |17| Even from the Har HeChalak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-Gad in the valley of the Levanon under Mt Chermon; and all their melachim he took, and struck them down, and slaughtered them. |18| Yehoshua made milchamah yamim rabbim with all those melachim. |19| There was not an ir that made terms of shalom with the Bnei Yisroel, except Chivi the inhabitants of Giv'on; all others they took in milchamah. |20| For it was of Hashem to harden their hearts, that they should come against Yisroel in milchamah, that he might destroy them utterly, that there might be to them no techinnah (mercy plea), but that he might destroy them, just as Hashem commanded Moshe. |21| And at that time came Yehoshua, and cut off the Anakim from the har, from Chevron, from Devir, from Anav, from kol har Yehudah, from kol har Yisroel; Yehoshua destroyed them utterly with their towns. |22| There were none of the Anakim left in the Eretz Bnei Yisroel; only in Azah (Gaza), in Gat, and in Ashdod, there remained. |23| So Yehoshua took Kol HaAretz, according to all that Hashem said unto Moshe; and Yehoshua gave it for a nachalah unto Yisroel according to their divisions by their shevatim. And HaAretz rested from milchamah. |||12|||Now these are the melachim HaAretz, which the Bnei Yisroel conquered, and possessed their land beyond the Yarden toward the rising of the shemesh, from the Arnon Valley unto Mt Chermon, and kol HaAravah on the east; |2| Sichon Melech HaEmori, who reigned in Cheshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the rim of the Arnon Valley, and from the middle of the valley, and from half Gil`ad, even unto the River Yabbok, which is the border of the Bnei Ammon; |3| And from the Aravah to the Yam Kinnerot on the east, and unto the Yam HaAravah, even the Yam HaMelach [i.e., Dead Sea] on the east, derech to Beit-HaYeshimot; and from the south, below AshdotHaPisgah; |4| And the territory of Og Melech HaBashan, from the last of the Repha'im, that reigned at Ashtarot and at Edre'i, |5| And reigned in Mt Chermon, and in Salkhah, and in kol HaBashan, unto the border of the Geshuri and the Maachati, and half Gil`ad, the border of Sichon Melech Cheshbon. |6| These did Moshe Eved Hashem and the Bnei Yisroel conquer; and Moshe Eved Hashem gave it for a possession unto the Reuveni, and the Gadi, and the half shevet HaMenasheh. |7| And these are the melachim of HaAretz which Yehoshua and the Bnei Yisroel conquered on the west side of the Yarden, from Baal-Gad in the valley of Levanon even unto the Har HeChalak, that goeth up to Seir; which Yehoshua gave unto the Shivtei Yisroel for a yerushah (possession) according to their divisions; |8| In the har, and in the Shefelah, and in the Aravah, and in the slopes, and in the midbar, and in the Negev; the Chivi, HaEmori, and the Kena'ani, the Perizzi, the Chivi, and the Yevusi; |9| The Melech Yericho, one; the Melech Ai, which is near Beit-El, one; |10| The Melech Yerushalayim, one; the Melech Chevron, one; |11| The Melech Yarmut, one; the Melech Lachish, one; |12| The Melech Eglon, one; the Melech Gezer, one; |13| The Melech Devir, one; the Melech Geder, one; |14| The Melech Chormah, one; the Melech Arad, one; |15| The Melech Livnah, one; the Melech Adullam, one; |16| The Melech Makkedah, one; the Melech Beit-El, one; |17| The Melech Tapuach, one; the Melech Chepher, one; |18| The Melech Aphek, one; the Melech Lasharon, one; |19| The Melech Madon, one; the Melech Chatzor, one; |20| The Melech ShimronMeron, one; the Melech Achshaph, one; |21| The Melech Taanach, one; the Melech Megiddo, one; |22| The Melech Kedesh, one; the Melech Yokne'am in Carmel, one; |23| The Melech Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the Melech Goyim of Gilgal, one; |24| The Melech Tirtzah, one: kol melachim sheloshim v'echad. |||13|||Now Yehoshua was zaken, advanced in yamim; Hashem said unto him, Thou art old, advanced in yamim; HaAretz there remaineth yet harebbeh me'od to be possessed. |2| This is HaAretz that yet remaineth; all the regions of the Pelishtim, and all Geshuri, |3| From Sichor, which is before Mitzrayim, even unto the territory of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Kena'ani; five rulers of the Pelishtim; the Azzati, the Ashdodi, the Eshkaloni, the Gitti, the Ekroni; also the Avi'im; |4| From the south, all the Eretz HaKena'ani, and from Arah that belongs to the Tzidonim unto Aphek, to the region of HaEmori; |5| And the area of the Byblos, and all the Levanon, toward the rising of the shemesh, from Baal-Gad under Mt Chermon unto Levo Chamat. |6| All the inhabitants of the har from the Levanon unto Misrephot Mayim, and all the Tzidonim, them will I drive out from before the Bnei Yisroel; only divide thou it by lot unto Yisroel for a nachalah, as I have commanded thee. |7| Now therefore divide HaAretz Hazot for a nachalah unto the nine Shevatim, and the half tribe of Menasheh, |8| With whom the Reuveni and the Gadi have received their nachalah, which Moshe gave them, beyond Yarden eastward, even as Moshe Eved Hashem gave them; |9| From Aroer, that is upon the rim of the Arnon Valley, and the town that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeva unto Divon; |10| And all the towns of Sichon Melech HaEmori, which reigned in Cheshbon, unto the border of the Bnei Ammon; |11| And Gil`ad, and the territory of the Geshuri and Maachati, and all Mt Chermon, and all Bashan as far as Salkhah; |12| All the Mamlechut Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtarot and in Edre'i, who remained of the remnant of Repha'im; for these did Moshe conquer, and dispossessed them. |13| Nevertheless the Bnei Yisroel dispossessed not the Geshuri, nor the Maachati; but the Geshuri and the Maachati dwell among Yisroel until this day. |14| Only unto the shevet HaLevi he gave no nachalah; the sacrifices made by eish of Hashem Elohei Yisroel are their nachalah, as He said unto them. |15| And Moshe gave unto the tribe of the Bnei Reuven according to their mishpekhot; |16| Territory to them from Aroer, that is on the rim of the Arnon Valley, and the town that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain past Medevah; |17| Cheshbon, and all its towns that are in the plain; Divon, and Bamot-Baal, and Beit-Baal Me'on, |18| And Yahatz, and Kedemot, and Mephaat, |19| And Kiryatayim, and Sivmah, and TzeretHaShachar on the har in the valley, |20| And Beit-Peor, and slopes of Pisgah, and Beit HaYeshimot, |21| And all the towns of the plain, and kol mamlechot Shichon Melech HaEmori, who reigned in Cheshbon, whom Moshe conquered with the nasiim of Midyan, Evi, and Rekem, and Tzur, and Chur, and Reva, which were vassal princes under Sichon, dwelling in HaAretz. |22| Also Balaam ben Beor, the kosem (soothsayer, practicer of divination), did the Bnei Yisroel put to death with the cherev among them that were slain by them. |23| And the boundary of the Bnei Reuven was the Yarden, and the bank thereof. This was the nachalat Bnei Reuven after their mishpekhot, the towns and villages thereof. |24| And Moshe gave unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the Bnei Gad according to their mishpekhot; |25| Territory to them, Yazer, and all the towns of Gil`ad, and half the Eretz Bnei Ammon, as far as Aroer that is near Rabbah; |26| And from Cheshbon unto Ramat HaMitzpeh, and Betonim; and from Machanayim unto the territory of Devir; |27| And in the valley, BeitHaram, and Beit-Nimrah, and Sukkot, and Tzaphon, the rest of the Mamlechot Sichon Melech Cheshbon, the Yarden and its territory, even unto the end of the Yam Kinneret on the other side of the Yarden eastward. |28| This is the nachalah of the Bnei Gad after their mishpekhot, the towns, and their villages. |29| And Moshe gave unto the half tribe of Menasheh; and this was the possession of the half tribe of the Bnei Menasheh by their mishpekhot. |30| Their territory was from Machanayim, all Bashan, kol Mamlechot Og Melech HaBashan, and all the towns of Ya'ir, which are in Bashan, shishim ir; |31| And half Gil`ad, and Ashtarot, and Edre'i, towns of the Mamlechot Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the Bnei Machir ben Menasheh, even to the one half of the Bnei Machir by their mishpekhot. |32| These which Moshe did distribute for nachalah in the plains of Moav, on the other side of the Yarden, by Yericho, eastward. |33| But unto the Shevet HaLevi Moshe gave not any nachalah; Hashem Elohei Yisroel was their nachalah, as He said unto them. |||14|||And these are that which the Bnei Yisroel inherited in Eretz Kena'an, which Eleazar HaKohen, and Yehoshua ben Nun, and the Roshei Avot of the tribes of the Bnei Yisroel, distributed for nachalah to them. |2| By goral (lot) was their nachalah, just as Hashem commanded by the yad Moshe, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. |3| For Moshe had given the nachalah of two and a half tribes on the other side of the Yarden; but unto the Levi'im he gave no nachalah among them. |4| For the Bnei Yosef were two tribes, Menasheh and Ephrayim; therefore they gave no chelek unto the Levi'im in HaAretz, except arim (cities) to dwell in, with their open land for their livestock and for their herds. |5| Just as Hashem commanded Moshe, so the Bnei Yisroel did, and they divided HaAretz. |6| Then the Bnei Yehudah came unto Yehoshua in Gilgal; and Kalev ben Yephunneh the Kenezi said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that Hashem said unto Moshe Ish HaElohim concerning me and thee in Kadesh-Barnea. |7| I was forty years old when Moshe Eved Hashem sent me from Kadesh-Barnea to spy out HaAretz; and I brought him back davar just as it was in my lev. |8| Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the lev of HaAm melt; but I wholly followed after Hashem Elohai. |9| And Moshe swore on that day, saying, Surely HaAretz whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine nachalah, and that of thy banim ad olam, because thou hast wholly followed after Hashem Elohai.[T.N. See Rv 3:15-16] |10| And now, hinei, Hashem hath kept me alive, just as He said, these forty and five shanah, even since Hashem spoke this word unto Moshe, while the Bnei Yisroel wandered in the midbar; and now, hinei, I am this day fourscore and five shanah. |11| As yet I am chazak, as strong this day as I was in the day that Moshe sent me; as my koach was then, even so is my koach now, for milchamah, both to go out, and to come in. |12| Now therefore give me hahar hazeh (this mountain), whereof Hashem spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were gedolot and fortified; but, Hashem with me, I shall be able to drive them out, just as Hashem said. |13| And Yehoshua put a bracha on him, and gave unto Kalev ben Yephunneh Chevron for a nachalah. |14| Chevron therefore became the nachalah of Kalev ben Yephunneh the Kenezi unto this day, because that he wholly followed Hashem Elohei Yisroel. |15| And the shem of Chevron before was Kiryat Arba; which Arba was ha'adam hagedol among the Anakim. And HaAretz had rest from milchamah. |||15|||This then was the goral (lot) of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah by their mishpekhot; even to the territory of Edom, to the midbar of Tzin toward the Negev in the extreme south. |2| And their southern boundary was from the shore of the Yam HaMelach, from the bay that looketh southward; |3| And it went out to the south side to Maaleh Akrabbim, passed along to Tzin, ascended up on the south side unto KadeshBarnea, passed along to Chetzron, went up to Adar, and turned toward Karka; |4| From there it passed toward Atzmon, and went out unto the Wadi Mitzrayim; and the boundary ended at the Yam [Mediterranean Sea]; this shall be your south border. |5| And the east boundary is the Yam HaMelach, even unto the mouth of the Yarden. And their boundary in the north quarter was from the bay of the Yam [Dead Sea] at the mouth of the Yarden; |6| And the boundary went up to Beit-Chogla, and passed along by the north of BeitAravah; and the boundary went up to the Even Bohan ben Reuven; |7| And the boundary went up toward Devir from the Achor Valley, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, which faces Ma'alehAdumim, which is on the south side of the wadi; and the boundary passed toward the Ein- Shemesh Spring, and ended at Ein Rogel; |8| And the boundary went up by Ben Hinnom Valley unto the slope of the Yevusi (that is, Yerushalayim); and the boundary went up to the top of the har that is before the Hinnom Valley westward, which is at the end of the Repha'im Valley northward; |9| From the top of the har the boundary ran unto the source of Nephtoach Spring, and went out to the towns of Har Ephron; and the boundary went to Baalah (that is, Kiryat Yearim); |10| And the boundary curved from Baalah westward unto Mt Seir, and ran along unto the slope of Mt Yearim (that is, Kesalon), on the north side, and went down to Beit Shemesh, and passed on to Timnah; |11| And the boundary went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the boundary ran over to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mt Baalah, and went out unto Yavne'el; and the boundary ended at the Yam [Mediterranean Sea]. |12| And the western boundary is HaYamah HaGadol, and the coast thereof. This is the boundary around the Bnei Yehudah according to their mishpekhot. |13| And unto Kalev ben Yephunneh he gave chelek among the Bnei Yehudah, according to the commandment of Hashem to Yehoshua, even Kiryat-Arba (avi HaAnak), which is Chevron. |14| And Kalev drove from there the three Bnei Anak: Sheshai and Achiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. |15| And he went up from there to the inhabitants of Devir; and the shem of Devir formerly was Kiryat Sefer. |16| And Kalev said, He that strikes down Kiryat Sefer, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my bat as isha. |17| And Otniel ben Kenaz, the brother of Kalev, took it; and he gave him Achsah his bat as isha. |18| And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she urged him to ask of her av a sadeh; and she got off her chamor; and Kalev said unto her, What wouldest thou? |19| She answered, Give me a berakhah; for thou hast given me eretz HaNegev [land in the southern desert]; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the lower springs. |20| This is the nachalah of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah according to their mishpekhot. |21| And the towns at the extremity of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah toward the boundary of Edom southward were Kavtze'el, and Eder, and Yagur, |22| And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, |23| And Kedesh, and Chatzor, and Yitnan, |24| Ziph, and Telem, and Bealot, |25| And Chatzor, Chadattah, and Keriot, and Chetzron, which is Chatzor, |26| Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, |27| And Chatzar Gaddah, Cheshmon, and Beit-Pelet, |28| And Chatzar Shual, Beer- Sheva, and Bizyot-Yah, |29| Baalah, Iyim, Etzem, |30| And Eltolad, and Kesil, and Chormah, |31| And Tziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, |32| And Levaot, and Shilchim, and Ayin, and Rimmon; all the cities are 29, with their villages. |33| And in the Shefelah: Eshtaol, and Tzoreah, and Ashnah, |34| And Zanoach, and EinGannim, Tapuach, and Enam, |35| Yarmut, and Adulam, Socho, and Azekah, |36| And Shearim, and Aditayim, and Gederah, and Gederotayim; 14 cities with their villages. |37| Tzenan, and Chadashah, and Migdal-Gad, |38| And Dilean, and Mitzpeh, and Yokte'el, |39| Lachish, and Botzkat, and Eglon, |40| And Kabbon, and Lachmas, and Kitlish, |41| And Gederot, BeitDagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; 16 cities with their villages. |42| Livnah, and Eter, and Ashan, |43| And Yiphtach, and Ashnah, and Netziv, |44| And Keilah, and Achziv, and Mareshah; 9 cities with their villages. |45| Ekron, with her towns and her villages. |46| From Ekron even unto the Yam, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages. |47| Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Azah (Gaza) with her towns and her villages, unto the Wadi Mitzrayim, and the Yam HaGadol, and the coastline thereof. |48| And in the har, Shamir, and Yatir, and Socho, |49| And Dannah, and Kiryat Sannah, which is Devir, |50| And Anav, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, |51| And Goshen, and Cholon, and Giloh; 11 cities with their villages; |52| Arav, and Dumah, and Esh'an, |53| And Yanum, and Beit Tappuach, and Aphekah, |54| And Chumtah, and Kiryat Arba, which is Chevron, and Tzior; 9 cities with their villages; |55| Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Yutah, |56| And Yizre'el, and Yokdeam, and Zanoah, |57| Kayin, Giveah, and Timnah; 10 cities with their villages; |58| Chalchul, Beit-Tzur, and Gedor, |59| And Maarat, and BeitAnot, and Eltekon; 6 cities with their villages; |60| Kiryat Baal, which is Kiryat-Ye'arim, and Rabbah; 2 cities with their villages; |61| In the midbar, Beit Aravah, Middin, and Sechachah, |62| And Nivshan, and the Ir HaMelach, and Engedi; 6 cities with their villages. |63| As for the Yevusi, the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, the Bnei Yehudah could not drive them out; but the Yevusi dwell with the Bnei Yehudah at Yerushalayim unto HaYom Hazeh. |||16|||And the goral (lot) of the Bnei Yosef ran from the Yarden by Yericho, east of the spring at Yericho, to the midbar that goeth up from Yericho into the hill country of Beit-El, |2| And goeth out from BeitEl to Luz, and passeth along unto the territory of Arkhi to Atarot, |3| And goeth down westward to the territory of Yaphleti, unto the territory of Lower Beit Choron, and to Gezer; ending at the Yam [Mediterranean Sea]. |4| So the Bnei Yosef, Menasheh and Ephrayim, inherited their nachalah. |5| And the boundary of the Bnei Ephrayim according to their mishpekhot was thus: the boundary of their nachalah on the east side was Atarot Addar, unto Upper Beit Choron; |6| And the boundary ran toward the Yam to Michmetat on the north side; and the boundary ran eastward unto Taanat Shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Yanochah; |7| And it ran down from Yanochah to Atarot, and to Naarah, and came to Yericho, and ran to an end at the Yarden. |8| The boundary ran from Tapuach westward unto the Wadi Kanah; and the end thereof ran to the Yam. This is the nachalah of the tribe of the Bnei Ephrayim by their mishpekhot. |9| And the towns set aside for the Bnei Ephrayim were inside the Bnei Menasheh, all the towns with their villages. |10| And they drove not out the Kena'ani that dwelt in Gezer: but the Kena'ani dwell among the Ephrayim unto yom hazeh, and serve under forced labor. |||17|||There was also a goral (lot) for the tribe of Menasheh; for he was the bechor of Yosef; Machir was the bechor of Menasheh and the av of Gil`ad, and because he was an ish milchamah, therefore he got Gil`ad and Bashan. |2| There was also a goral (lot) for the rest of the Bnei Menasheh by their mishpekhot; for the Bnei Aviezer, for the Bnei Chelek, for the Bnei Asriel, for the Bnei Shechem, for the Bnei Chepher, and for the Bnei Shemida; these were the zekharim of the Menasheh ben Yosef by their mishpekhot. |3| But Tzelophechad ben Chepher ben Gil`ad ben Machir ben Menasheh had no banim, but banot; and these are the shmot of his banot, Machlah, and Noah, Choglah, Milcah, and Tirtzah. |4| And they came near before Eleazar HaKohen, and before Yehoshua ben Nun, and before the nasi'im saying, Hashem commanded Moshe to give us a nachalah among acheinu. Therefore according to the commandment of Hashem he gave them a nachalah among the achim of their av. |5| And there fell ten tracts of land to Menasheh, in addition to Eretz Gil`ad and Bashan, which were on the other side of the Yarden; |6| Because the banot of Menasheh had inherited a nachalah among his banim; and the rest of the Bnei Menasheh had Eretz Gil`ad. |7| And the boundary of Menasheh was from Asher to Michmetat, that lieth before Shechem; and the boundary ran along to the right to the inhabitants of Ein Tapuach. |8| Now Menasheh had Eretz Tapuach; but Tapuach on the border of Menasheh belonged to the Bnei Ephrayim; |9| And the boundary descended unto the Wadi Kanah, southward of the Wadi; these towns of Ephrayim are among the towns of Menasheh; the boundary of Menasheh also was on the north side of the Wadi, and ended at the Yam; |10| Southward it was Ephrayim's, and northward it was Menasheh's, and the Yam is its boundary; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Yissakhar on the east. |11| And Menasheh had in Yissakhar and in Asher Beit Sh'an and its towns, and Yivleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Ein-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, sheloshet (three) of Nafet. |12| Yet the Bnei Menasheh could not drive out the inhabitants of those towns; but the Kena'ani persisted dwelling in that land. |13| Yet it came to pass, when the Bnei Yisroel increased in chozek (strength) that they put the Kena'ani to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out. |14| And the Bnei Yosef spoke unto Yehoshua, saying, Why hast thou given me for a nachalah but one goral and one chevel (portion, lot) to inherit, seeing I am an am rav, forasmuch as Hashem hath blessed me hitherto? |15| And Yehoshua answered them, If thou be an am rav, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the Eretz HaPerizzi and HaRepha'im, if Har Ephrayim be too small for thee. |16| And the Bnei Yosef said, The har is not enough for us; and all the Kena'ani that dwell in the eretz haemek have chariots of barzel (iron), both they who are of Beit Sh'an and her towns, and they who are of the emek Yizre'el. |17| And Yehoshua spoke unto Bais Yosef, even to Ephrayim and to Menasheh, saying, Thou art an am rav, and hast ko'ach gadol; thou shalt not have goral echad only; |18| But the har shall be thine; for it is a forest, and thou shalt cut it down; and the rest of the cleared land shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Kena'ani, though they have chariots of barzel (iron), and though they be chazak. |||18|||And the kol Adat Bnei Yisroel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the Ohel Mo'ed there. And HaAretz was subdued before them. |2| And there remained among the Bnei Yisroel shivah shevatim (seven tribes), which had not yet received their nachalah. |3| And Yehoshua said unto the Bnei Yisroel, How long are ye mitrapim (slack ones, cowardly) going to take to go in and possess HaAretz, which Hashem Elohei Avoteichem hath given you? |4| Appoint from among you shloshah anashim for each tribe; and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through and survey the land, and write down a description of it, according to the nachalah of each; and they shall come again to me. |5| And they shall divide it into shivah chalakim (seven portions); Yehudah shall abide in their territory on the south, and Bais Yosef shall abide in their territory on the north. |6| Ye shall therefore write a description of HaAretz in shivah chalakim, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast goral for you here before Hashem Eloheinu. |7| But the Levi'im have no chelek among you; for the Kehunah Hashem is their nachalah; and Gad, and Reuven, and the half tribe of Menasheh, have received their nachalah beyond the Yarden on the east, which Moshe Eved Hashem gave them. |8| And the men arose, and went away; and Yehoshua charged them that went to map HaAretz, saying, Go and survey the land, and write a description of it, and come again to me, that I may here cast goral for you before Hashem in Shiloh. |9| And the men went and passed through HaAretz, and described it by towns in shivah chalakim in a sefer, and came again to Yehoshua to the machaneh at Shiloh. |10| And Yehoshua cast goral for them in Shiloh before Hashem; and there Yehoshua divided HaAretz unto the Bnei Yisroel according to their portions. |11| And the goral of the tribe of the Bnei Binyamin came up according to their mishpekhot; and the territory of their goral (allotment) came forth between the Bnei Yehudah and the Bnei Yosef. |12| And their boundary on the north side was from the Yarden; and the boundary went up along the side of Yericho on the north, and went up through the har westward; and ended at the midbar of Beit Aven. |13| And the boundary went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, BeitEl) southward; and the boundary descended to Atarot Adar, near the har that lieth on the south side of the Lower Beit Choron. |14| And the boundary ran from there and extended around the west side southward, from the har that lieth before Beit Choron southward; and ends at Kiryat Ba'al, which is Kiryat Ye'arim, a town of the Bnei Yehudah; this was the west side. |15| And the southern side was from the end of Kiryat Ye'arim, and the boundary went out on the west, and went out to the ma'ayan (spring) of the waters of Nephtoach; |16| And the boundary came down to the foot of the har that lieth before the Ben Hinnom Valley, and which is in the Emek Repha'im on the north, and descended to the Hinnom Valley, to the south of the Yevusi, and descended to Ein Rogel, |17| And ran from the north, and went to Ein Shemesh, and went toward Gelilot, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and descended to the Even Bohan ben Reuven, |18| And passed along toward the slope opposite Aravah northward, and went down unto the Aravah; |19| And the boundary passed along to the slope of Beit Choglah northward; and the end of the boundary was at the north bay of the Yam HaMelach (the Salt Sea, the Dead Sea) at the south end of the Yarden; this was the southern boundary. |20| And the Yarden was the boundary of it on the east side. This was the nachalah of the Bnei Binyamin, to its boundaries all around, according to their mishpekhot. |21| Now the towns of the tribe of the Bnei Binyamin according to their mishpekhot were Yericho, and Beit Choglah, and the valley of Ketzitz, |22| And Beit HaAravah, and Tzemarayim, and Beit-El, |23| And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, |24| And Chephar Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; 12 towns with their villages. |25| Giveon, and Ramah, and Be'erot, |26| And Mitzpeh, and Kephirah, and Motzah, |27| And Rekem, and Yirpe'el, and Taralah, |28| And Tzelah, Eleph, and Yevusi, which is Yerushalayim, Givat, and Kiryat; 14 towns with their villages. This is the nachalah of the Bnei Binyamin according to their mishpekhot. |||19|||And the second goral (lot) came to Shim'on, even for the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on according to their mishpekhot; and their nachalah was within the nachalah of the Bnei Yehudah. |2| And they had in their nachalah Beer-Sheva, and Sheva, and Moladah, |3| And Chatzar Shual, and Balah, and Atzem, |4| And Eltolad, and Beitul, and Chormah, |5| And Ziklag, and BeitHaMarkavot, and Chatzar Susah, |6| And Beit-Levaot, and Sharuchen; 13 towns and their villages; |7| Ain, Rimmon, and Eter, and Ashan; 4 towns and their villages; |8| And all the villages that were around these towns as far as Baalat Be'er, Ramat Negev. This is the nachalah of the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on according to their mishpekhot. |9| Out of the chevel (portion, lot) of the Bnei Yehudah was the nachalah of the Bnei Shim'on; for the chelek of the Bnei Yehudah was too much for them; therefore the Bnei Shim'on had their nachalah within the nachalah of them. |10| And the third goral came up for the Bnei Zevulun according to their mishpekhot; and the boundary of their nachalah was as far as Sarid; |11| And their boundary went up to the west, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbashet, and reached to the wadi that is opposite Yokneam; |12| And turned from Sarid eastward toward the rising of the shemesh unto the territory of Kislot Tavor, and then goeth out to Dovrat, and goeth up to Yaphia, |13| And from there passeth on along on the east to Gat- Chepher, to Et-Katzin, and goeth out to Rimmon being bent unto Neah; |14| And the boundary goes around it on the north to Chanaton; and ends at the valley of Yiphtach-El; |15| And Kattat, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Yidalah, and Beit-Lechem; 12 towns with their villages. |16| This is the nachalah of the Bnei Zevulun according to their mishpekhot, these towns with their villages. |17| And the fourth goral came out to Yissakhar, for the Bnei Yissakhar according to their mishpekhot. |18| And their territory was toward Yizre'el, and Kesulot, and Shunem, |19| And Chaphrayim, and Shi'on, and Anacharat, |20| And Rabit, and Kishyon, and Evetz, |21| And Remet, and EinGanim, and Ein Chaddah, and Beit Patzetz; |22| And the boundary reacheth to Tavor, and Shachatzimah, and Beit Shemesh; and the end of their boundary was at the Yarden; 16 towns with their villages. |23| This is the nachalah of the tribe of the Bnei Yissakhar according to their mishpekhot, the towns and their villages. |24| And the fifth goral came out for the tribe of Bnei Asher according to their mishpekhot. |25| And their territory was Chelkat, and Chali, and Beten, and Achshaph, |26| And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shichor-Livnat; |27| And turneth toward the rising of the shemesh toward Beit Dagon, and reacheth to Zevulun, and to the valley of Yiphthach-El toward the north side of Beit Emek, and Ne'i'el, and goeth out to KavulMissemo'l, |28| And Evron, and Rechov, and Chammon, and Kanah, even as far as Tzidon Rabbah; |29| And then the boundary turneth to Ramah, and to the fortress-city of Tzor; and the boundary turneth to Chossah; and the end thereof is at the Yam [Mediterranean] in the region of Akhziv; |30| Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rechov; 22 towns with their villages. |31| This is the nachalah of the tribe of the Bnei Asher according to their mishpekhot, these towns with their villages. |32| The sixth goral came out to the Bnei Naphtali, even for the Bnei Naphtali according to their mishpekhot. |33| And their boundary ran from Cheleph, from Elon in Tzaananim, Adami-Nekev, and Yavne'el, unto Lakum; and ended at the Yarden; |34| And the boundary ran westward to Aznot Tavor, and goeth out from there to Chukok, and reacheth to Zevulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Yehudah upon the Yarden toward the rising of the shemesh. |35| And the fortified cities are Tzidim, Tzer, and Chammat, Rakat, and Kinneret, |36| And Adamah, and Ramah, and Chatzor, |37| And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Ein Chatzor, |38| And Yiron, and MigdalEl, Chorem, and Beit Anat, and Beit Shemesh; 19 towns with their villages. |39| This is the nachalah of the tribe of the Bnei Naphtali according to their mishpekhot, the towns and their villages. |40| And the seventh goral came out for the tribe of the Bnei Dan according to their mishpekhot. |41| And the territory of their nachalah was Tzorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-Shemesh, |42| And Shaalabbin, and Ayalon, and Yitlah, |43| And Eilon, and Timnah, and Ekron, |44| And Eltekeh, and Gib'ton, and Baalat, |45| And Yehud, and Bnei Berak, and Gat Rimmon, |46| And Yarkon, and Rakkon, with the boundary facing Yafo. |47| And the territory of the Bnei Dan went out being too small for them; therefore the Bnei Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and struck it down with the edge of the cherev, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem Dan, after the shem of Dan their av. |48| This is the nachalah of the tribe of the Bnei Dan according to their mishpekhot, these towns with their villages. |49| When they had made an end of dividing HaAretz for nachalah by their portions, the Bnei Yisroel gave a nachalah to Yehoshua ben Nun among them. |50| According to the Devar Hashem they gave him the Ir for which he asked, even Timnat-Serach in Mt Ephrayim; and he built the town, and dwelt therein. |51| These are hanechalot (the inheritances), which Eleazar HaKohen, and Yehoshua ben Nun, and the Roshei HaAvot of the tribes of the Bnei Yisroel, distributed by lot in Shiloh before Hashem, at the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed. So they made an end of dividing up HaAretz. |||20|||Hashem also spoke unto Yehoshua, saying, |2| Speak to the Bnei Yisroel, saying, Designate for you cities of refuge, whereof I spoke unto you by the yad Moshe: |3| That the slayer that killeth any nefesh unawares and unwittingly may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the Go'el HaDahm. |4| And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the petach (entrance) of the sha'ar ha'ir, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the zekenim of that city, they shall admit him into the Ir unto them, and give him a makom, that he may dwell among them. |5| And if the Go'el HaDahm pursue after him, then they shall not surrender the slayer up into his yad; because he struck his neighbor unwittingly, and not with malice against him beforetime. |6| And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before HaEdah L'Mishpat, and until the Mot of the HaKohen HaGadol that shall be in those yamim; then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own bais, unto the Ir from whence he fled. |7| And they appointed Kedesh in the Galil in Har Naphtali and Shechem in Har Ephrayim, and Kiryat Arba, which is Chevron, in Har Yehudah. [8| And on the other side of the Yarden by Yericho eastward, they assigned Betzer in the midbar upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuven, and Ramot in Gil`ad out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Menasheh. |9| These were the cities designated for kol Bnei Yisroel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any nefesh unawares might flee there, and not die by the yad of the Go'el HaDahm, until he stood before HaEdah. |||21|||Then came near the Rashei Avot Levi'im unto Eleazar HaKohen, and unto Yehoshua ben Nun, and unto the Rashei Avot of the tribes of the Bnei Yisroel; |2| And they spoke unto them at Shiloh in Eretz Kena'an, saying, Hashem commanded by the yad Moshe to give us towns to dwell in, with the migrashim thereof for our livestock. |3| And the Bnei Yisroel gave unto the Levi'im out of their nachalah, at the commandment of Hashem, these towns and their migrashim. |4| And the goral (lot) came out for the mishpekhot of the Kehati. And the Bnei Aharon HaKohen, which were of the Levi'im, had by lot 13 towns out of the tribe of Yehudah, and out of the tribe of Shim'on, and out of the tribe of Binyamin. |5| And the rest of the Bnei Kehat had by goral out of the mishpekhot of the tribe of Ephrayim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Menasheh, 10 towns. |6| And the Bnei Gershon had by goral out of the mishpekhot of the tribe of Yissakhar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Menasheh in Bashan, 13 towns. |7| The Bnei Merari by their mishpekhot had out of the tribe of Reuven, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zevulun, 12 towns. |8| And the Bnei Yisroel gave by goral unto the Levi'im these towns with their migrashim, just as Hashem commanded by the yad Moshe. |9| And they allotted out of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on, these towns which are here called b'shem (by name), |10| Which the Bnei Aharon, being of the mishpekhot of the Kehati, who were of the Bnei Levi, had; for theirs was the goral rishonah. |11| And they gave them Kiryat-Arba (Arba, Avi HaAnak), which is Chevron, in the har Yehudah, with the migrash (pastureland) thereof around it. |12| But the sadeh haIr, and the villages thereof, they gave to Kalev ben Yephunneh for his achuzzah (possession, property, estate). |13| Thus they gave to the Bnei Aharon HaKohen Chevron with its migrash, to be an Ir Miklat HaRotzeiach (City of Refuge of the Slayer); and Livnah with its migrash, |14| And Yatir with its migrashim, and Eshtemoa with its migrash, |15| And Cholon with its migrash, and Devir with its migrash, |16| And Ayin with its migrash, and Yutah with its migrash, and Beit Shemesh with its migrash; 9 towns out of those two shevatim (tribes). |17| And out of the tribe of Binyamin, Giveon with its migrash, Geva with its migrash, |18| Anatot with its migrash, and Almon with its migrash; 4 towns. |19| All the towns of the Bnei Aharon, the Kohanim, were 13 towns with their migrash. |20| And the mishpekhot of the Bnei Kehat, the Levi'im which remained of the Bnei Kehat, even they had the towns of their goral out of the tribe of Ephrayim. |21| For they gave them Shechem with its migrash in har Ephrayim, to be an Ir Miklat HaRotzeiach; and Gezer with its migrash, |22| And Kivtzayim with its migrash, and Beit Choron with its migrash; 4 towns. |23| And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with its migrash, Gibbeton with its migrash, |24| Ayalon with its migrash, Gat-Rimmon with its migrash; 4 towns. |25| And out of the half-tribe of Menasheh, Tanach with its migrash, and Gat-Rimmon with its migrash; 2 towns. |26| All the towns were 10 with their migrash for the mishpekhot of the Bnei Kehat that remained. |27| And unto the Bnei Gershon, of the mishpekhot Levi'im, out of the other half tribe of Menasheh they gave Golan in Bashan with its migrash, to be an Ir Miklat HaRotzeiach; and Be'eshterah with its migrash; 2 towns. |28| And out of the tribe of Yissakhar, Kishyon with its migrash, Dovrat with its migrash, |29| Yarmut with its migrash, Ein Gannim with its migrash; 4 towns. |30| And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its migrash, Avdon with its migrash, |31| Chelkat with its migrash, and Rechov with its migrash; 4 towns. |32| And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in the Galil with its migrash, to be an Ir Miklat HaRotzeiach; and Chammmot Dor with its migrash, and Kartan with its migrash; 3 towns. |33| All the towns of the Gershuni according to their mishpekhot were 13 towns with their migrash. |34| And unto the mishpekhot Bnei Merari, the rest of the Levi'im, out of the tribe of Zevulun, Yokneam with its migrash, and Kartah with its migrash, |35| Dimnah with its migrash, Nahalal with its migrash; 4 towns. |36| And out of the tribe of Reuven, Betzer with its migrash, and Yachtzah with its migrash, |37| Kedemot with its migrash, and Mephaat with its migrash; 4 towns. |38| And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramot in Gil`ad with its migrash, to be an Ir Miklat HaRotzeiach; and Machanayim with its migrash, |39| Cheshbon with its migrash, Yazer with its migrash; 4 towns in all. |40| So all the towns for the Bnei Merari by their mishpekhot, which were remaining of the mishpekhot Levi'im, were by their goral 12 towns. |41| All the towns of the Levi'im within the achuzzat Bnei Yisroel (possession, estate of the Sons of Israel) were 48 towns with their migrashim. |42| These towns were every one with their migrash around them; thus were all these towns. |43| And Hashem gave unto Yisroel Kol HaAretz which He swore to give unto their Avot; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. |44| And Hashem gave them manoach (rest, peace) on every side, according to all that He swore unto their Avot; and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Hashem delivered all their enemies into their yad. |45| There naphal (failed, fell) not davar mikol hadavar hatov (any promise from all the good promises) which Hashem had spoken unto Bais Yisroel; hakol bo (all came, all came to pass). |||22|||Then Yehoshua summoned the Reuveni, and the Gadi, and the half-tribe of Menasheh, |2| And said unto them, Ye have been shomer over all that Moshe Eved Hashem commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you; |3| Ye have not deserted your achim these yamim rabbim to yom hazeh, but have been shomer over the mishmeret mitzvat Hashem Eloheichem (charge, duty of the commandment of Hashem your G-d.) |4| And now Hashem Eloheichem hath given manoach unto your achim, just as He promised them; therefore now return ye, and get you unto your ohalim, and unto the Eretz Achuzzatechem, which Moshe eved Hashem gave you on the other side of the Yarden. |5| But be shomer to do the mitzvah and the torah, which Moshe Eved Hashem charged you, to love Hashem Eloheichem, and to walk in all the darkhei Hashem (see Ac 21:21 OJBC), and to be shomer mitzot regarding His commandments, and to have deveykus (attachment, cleavimg to G-d) to Him, and to serve Him in avodas [kodesh] with kol levavchem uvkhol nafshechem (all your heart , with all your nefesh). |6| So Yehoshua gave them a berakhah, and sent them away; and they went unto their ohalim. |7| Now to the one half of the tribe of Menasheh Moshe had given possession in Bashan; but unto the other half thereof gave Yehoshua among their achim on this side Yarden westward. And when Yehoshua sent them away also unto their ohalim, then he gave them a berakhah, |8| And he spoke unto them, saying, Return with nekasim rabbin (many possessions) unto your ohalim, and with mikneh rav me'od (very much cattle), with kesef, and with zahav, and with nechoshet, and with barzel (iron), and with very much selamot (clothes); divide the plunder of your enemies with your achim. |9| And the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Gad and the half-tribe of Menasheh returned, and departed from the Bnei Yisroel at Shiloh, which is in Eretz Kana'an, to go unto Eretz Gil`ad, to the Eretz Achuzzatam (the land of their possession, estate), whereof they had taken as a possession, according to the word of Hashem by the yad Moshe. |10| And when they came unto the Gelilot of the Yarden, that is in eretz Kena'an, the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Gad and the half-tribe of Menasheh built there a mizbe'ach by the Yarden, a mizbe'ach gadol in appearance. |11| And the Bnei Yisroel heard, Hinei, the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Gad and the half-tribe of Menasheh have built a mizbe'ach at the edge of Eretz Kena'an, in the region of the Yarden, on the side belonging to the Bnei Yisroel. |12| And when the Bnei Yisroel heard of it, the kol Adat Bnei Yisroel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. |13| And the Bnei Yisroel sent unto the Bnei Reuven, and to the Bnei Gad, and to the halftribe of Menasheh, into Eretz Gil`ad, Pinchas ben Eleazar the Kohen, |14| And with him ten nasi'im, one each of the bais av for all the tribes of Yisroel; and each one was a Rosh Bais Avotam among the Alephei Yisroel. |15| And they came unto the Bnei Reuven, and to the Bnei Gad, and to the half- tribe of Menasheh, unto Eretz Gil`ad, and they spoke with them, saying, |16| Thus saith the Kol Adat Hashem, What ma'al (trespass, disobedience, breach of faith, treachery, breaking faith) is this that ye have committed against the Elohei Yisroel, to turn away this day from following Hashem, in that ye have built you a mizbe'ach, that ye might rebel this day against Hashem? |17| Is the avon Peor too little for us, from which we are not tahor until this day, even though there was the negef (plague) in the Adat Hashem, |18| But that ye must turn away this day from following Hashem? And it will be, seeing ye rebel hayom (today) against Hashem, that machar (tomorrow) He will be angry with the kol Adat Yisroel. |19| Notwithstanding, if the eretz achuzzatechem be tamei (unclean), then pass ye over unto the eretz achuzzat Hashem, wherein Hashem's Mishkan dwelleth, and take possession among us; but rebel not against Hashem, nor rebel against us, in building you a mizbe'ach other than the mizbe'ach Hashem Eloheinu. |20| Did not Achan ben Zerach break faith in the cherem, and ketzef (wrath) fell on kol Adat Yisroel? And that ish perished not alone in his avon (iniquity). |21| Then the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Gad and the half-tribe of Menasheh answered, and said unto the Rashei Alephei Yisroel, |22| El Elohim, Hashem El Elohim, He knoweth, and Yisroel shall have da'as; if it be in mered (rebellion), or if in ma'al against Hashem, (al toshieini hayom hazeh [save us not this day]), |23| That we have built us a mizbe'ach to turn away from following Hashem, or if to offer thereon olah or minchah, or if to offer zivkhei shelamim thereon, let Hashem Himself call it to account; |24| No, rather have we not done it for fear, for this reason, saying, In time to come your banim might speak unto our banim, saying, What have ye to do with Hashem Elohei Yisroel? |25| For Hashem hath made the Yarden a boundary between us and you, ye Bnei Reuven and Bnei Gad; ye have no chelek in Hashem; so might your banim make our banim cease from fearing Hashem. |26| Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us the mizbe'ach, not for olah nor for zevach, |27| But that it may be an ed (witness) between us, and you, and doroteinu (our generations) after us, that we might do the avodas Hashem before Him with oloteinu, and with zevakheinu, and with shelameinu; that your banim may not say to our banim in time to come, Ye have no chelek in Hashem. |28| Therefore we said, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to doroteinu in time to come, that we may say again, See the tavnit (pattern, replica) of the mizbe'ach Hashem, which Avoteinu built, not for olah, nor for zevach; but it is an ed (witness) between us and you. |29| Chalilah lanu (far be it from us) that we should rebel against Hashem, and turn today from following Hashem, to build a mizbe'ach for olah, for minchah, or for zevach, other than the Mizbe'ach Hashem Eloheinu that is before His Mishkan. |30| And when Pinchas HaKohen, and the nasi'im of the Edah and Rashei Alephei Yisroel which were with him, heard the words that the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Gad and the Bnei Menasheh spoke, it pleased them. |31| And Pinchas ben Eleazar HaKohen said unto the Bnei Reuven, and to the Bnei Gad, and to the Bnei Menasheh, Today we have da'as that Hashem is among us, because ye have not broken faith with Hashem; now ye have saved the Bnei Yisroel out of the yad Hashem. |32| And Pinchas ben Eleazar HaKohen, and the nasi'im, returned from the Bnei Reuven, and from the Bnei Gad, out of Eretz Gil`ad, unto Eretz Kena'an, to the Bnei Yisroel, and reported the matter unto them. |33| And the thing pleased the Bnei Yisroel; and the Bnei Yisroel made berakhah unto Elohim, and spoke no more about going up against them in battle, to destroy HaAretz wherein the Bnei Reuven and Gad dwelt. |34| And the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Gad called the mizbe'ach Ed (Witness), for it is between us that Hashem is HaElohim. |||23|||And it came to pass yamim rabbim after Hashem had given manoach unto Yisroel from all their surrounding enemies, that Yehoshua was zaken and advanced in days. |2| And Yehoshua called for Kol Yisroel, and for their zekenim, and for their Rashim, and for their Shofetim, and for their Shoterim, and said unto them, I am zaken and advanced in days; |3| And ye have seen all that Hashem Eloheichem hath done unto all these Goyim for your sakes; for Hashem Eloheichem is He that hath fought for you. |4| Remember I have allotted unto you these Goyim that remain, to be a nachalah for your shvatim, from the Yarden, even kol HaGoyim that I have cut off, even unto the Yam HaGadol [Mediterranean Sea] toward the setting of the shemesh. |5| And Hashem Eloheichem, He shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, just as Hashem Eloheichem hath promised unto you. |6| Therefore chazak! Be very courageous to be shomer and to do all that is written in the Sefer Torah Moshe, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right or to the left; |7| That ye come not among these Goyim, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the shem of eloheihem, nor have to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down unto them; |8| But have deveykus unto Hashem Eloheichem, just as ye have done unto this day. |9| For Hashem hath driven out from before you Goyim Gedolim and atzumim (powerful ones); but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. |10| Ish echad of you shall chase eleph; for Hashem Eloheichem, He it is that fighteth for you, just as He hath promised you. |11| Be shomer me'od therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Hashem Eloheichem. |12| Else if ye do in anywise turn back, and have deveykus unto the remnant of these Goyim, even these that remain among you, and shall intermarry with them, associate with them, and they with you; |13| Have da'as for a certainty that Hashem Eloheichem will no more drive out any of these Goyim from before you; but they shall be pach (snares) and mokesh (traps) unto you, and shot (scourges) on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this adamah hatovah which Hashem Eloheichem hath given you. |14| And, hinei, now I am going the derech kol ha'aretz; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your nefashot, that not one thing hath failed of all the devarim hatovim which Hashem Eloheichem promised concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. |15| Therefore it shall come to pass, that just as kol hadavar hatov are come upon you, which Hashem Eloheichem promised you; so shall Hashem bring upon you kol hadavar harah, until He hath destroyed you from off this adamah hatovah which Hashem Eloheichem hath given you. |16| When ye have transgressed the Brit Hashem Eloheichem, which He commanded you, and have gone and served elohim acharim, and bowed down yourselves to them; then shall the Af Hashem be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off HaAretz Hatovah which He hath given unto you. |||24|||And Yehoshua gathered Kol Shivtei Yisroel to Shechem, and called for the Ziknei Yisroel, and for their Rashim, and for their shofetim, and for their shoterim; and they presented themselves before HaElohim. |2| And Yehoshua said unto Kol HaAm, Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Avoteichem dwelt on the other side of the [Euphrates] River long ago, even Terach, Avi Avraham, and Avi Nachor: and they served elohim acherim. |3| But I took Avichem Avraham from the other side of the [Euphrates] River, and led him through Kol Eretz Kena'an, and multiplied his zera, and gave him Yitzchak. |4| And I gave unto Yitzchak Ya'akov and Esav; and I gave unto Esav Mt Seir, to possess it; but Ya'akov and his banim went down into Mitzrayim. |5| I sent Moshe also and Aharon, and I plagued Mitzrayim, according to that which I did among them; and afterward I brought you out. |6| And I brought Avoteichem out of Mitzrayim; and ye came unto the Yam [Suf]; the Mitzrayim pursued after Avoteichem with chariots and parashim unto the Yam Suf. |7| And when they cried unto Hashem, He put darkness between you and the Mitzrayim, and brought the yam upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Mitzrayim; and ye dwelt in the midbar yamim rabbim. |8| And I brought you into the Eretz HaEmori, the ones dwelling on the other side of the Yarden; they fought against you; I gave them into your yad, that ye might possess their land; I destroyed them from before you. |9| Then Balak ben Tzippor Melech Moav arose and warred against Yisroel, and sent and summoned Balaam ben Beor to curse you; |10| But I would not pay heed unto Balaam; therefore he made a berakhah over you; so I saved you out of his yad. |11| And you went over the Yarden, and came unto Yericho; and the Ba'alei Yericho fought against you, and HaEmori, and the Perizzi, and the Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and the Girgashi, the Chivi, and the Yevusi; and I gave them into your yad. |12| And I sent the tzirah (hornet) before you, which drove them out ahead of you, even the two melachim of the Emori; but not with thy cherev, nor with thy keshet. |13| So I have given you an Eretz for which ye did not toil, and towns which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; kramim and zetim (olive groves) which ye eat but did not plant. |14| Now therefore fear Hashem, serve Him batamim (completely) and in emes; put away the elohim which Avoteichem served on the other side of the [Euphrates] River, and in Mitzrayim; and serve ye Hashem. |15| And if it seem rah unto you to serve Hashem, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the elohim which Avoteichem served that were on the other side of the River, or the elohei HaEmori, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my bais, we will serve Hashem. |16| And the people answered and said, Chalilah lanu (far be it from us) that we should forsake Hashem, to serve elohim acharim; |17| For Hashem Eloheinu, He it is that brought us up and Avoteinu out of Eretz Mitzrayim, from the bais avadim, and which did those haotot hagedolot in our sight, and was shomer over us in kol HaDerech in which we went, and among Kol HaAmim through whom we passed; |18| And Hashem drove out from before us Kol HaAmim, even HaEmori which dwelt in HaAretz; therefore will we also serve Hashem; for He is Eloheinu. |19| And Yehoshua said unto HaAm, Ye are not able to serve Hashem; for He is an Elohim Kedoshim; He is an El Kanno (jealous G-d); He will not forgive your paysha'im nor your chattot. |20| If ye forsake Hashem, and serve elohei nekhar (foreign g-ds), then He will turn and bring you rah, and consume you, after that He hath done you tov. |21| And HaAm said unto Yehoshua, No; but we will serve Hashem. |22| And Yehoshua said unto HaAm, Ye are edim against yourselves that ye have chosen for you Hashem, to serve Him. And they said, We are edim. |23| Now therefore put away, said he, the elohei hanechar which are among you, and yield your levav unto Hashem Elohei Yisroel. |24| And HaAm said unto Yehoshua, Hashem Eloheinu will we serve, and His voice will we obey. |25| So Yehoshua made a Brit with HaAm that day, and set them a chok and a mishpat at Shechem. |26| And Yehoshua wrote these words in the Sefer Torah Elohim, and took an Even Gedolah, and set it up there under an oak, that was near the Mikdash Hashem. |27| And Yehoshua said unto kol HaAm, Hinei, this Even (Stone) shall be as an edah (witness) unto us; for it hath heard all the words of Hashem which He spoke unto us; it shall be therefore as an edah (witness) unto you, lest ye are untrue to Eloheichem. |28| So Yehoshua sent HaAm away, every man unto his nachalah. |29| And it came to pass after these things, that Yehoshua ben Nun Eved Hashem, died, being an hundred and ten years old. |30| And they buried him in the territory of his nachalah in Timnat Serach, which is in har Ephrayim, north of Mt Ga'ash. |31| And Yisroel served Hashem all the days of Yehoshua, and all the days of the Zekenim that outlived Yehoshua, and which had da'as of kol ma'asei Hashem, that He had done for Yisroel. |32| And the atzmot Yosef, which the Bnei Yisroel brought up out of Mitzrayim, they buried at Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Ya'akov bought of the Bnei Chamor Av Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver: and it became the nachalah of the Bnei Yosef. |33| And Eleazar ben Aharon died; and they buried him on a hill that belonged to Pinchas his son, which was given him in har Ephrayim. SHOFETIM |||1|||Now after the mot Yehoshua it came to pass, that the Bnei Yisroel asked Hashem, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Kena'ani first, to fight against him [them]? |2| And Hashem said, Yehudah shall go up; hinei, I have delivered HaAretz into his yad. |3| And Yehudah said unto Shim'on his brother, Come up with me into my goral (lot), and we will fight against the Kena'ani; and I likewise will go with thee into thy goral. So Shim'on went with him. |4| And Yehudah went up; and Hashem delivered the Kena'ani and the Perizzi into their yad; and they struck them down at Bezek ten thousand ish. |5| And they found AdoniBezek at Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck down the Kena'ani and the Perizzi. |6| But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. |7| And Adoni-Bezek said, Threescore and ten melachim, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, picked up their scraps under my shulchan; as I have done, so Elohim hath requited me. And they brought him to Yerushalayim, and there he died. |8| Now the Bnei Yehudah had fought against Yerushalayim, and had taken it, and put it to the edge of the cherev, and set eish to the Ir. |9| And afterward the Bnei Yehudah went down to fight against the Kena'ani that dwelt in the har, and in the Negev, and in the western foothills. |10| And Yehudah went against the Kena'ani that dwelt in Chevron; (now the shem of Chevron formerly was Kiryat- Arba); and they struck down Sheshai, and Achiman, and Talmai. |11| And from thence Yehudah went against the inhabitants of Devir; and the shem of Devir formerly was Yiryat- Sepher; |12| And Kalev said, He that striketh Yiryat-Sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my bat as isha. |13| And Otniel ben Kenaz, Kalev's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his bat as isha. |14| And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she urged him to ask of her av the sadeh; and she dismounted her donkey; and Kalev said unto her, What wilt thou? |15| And she said unto him, Give me bracha; since thou hast given me eretz hanegev; give me also gullot mayim. And Kalev gave her the upper gullot and the lower gullot. |16| And the Bnei Keni, khoten Moshe, went up out of the Ir HaTemarim with the Bnei Yehudah into the midbar of Yehudah, which lieth in the Negev of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. |17| And Yehudah went with Shim'on his brother, and they struck down the Kena'ani that inhabited Tzephat, and utterly destroyed it. And the shem of the Ir was called Chormah. |18| Also Yehudah took Azah (Gaza) and the territory thereof, and Askelon and the territory thereof, and Ekron and the territory thereof. |19| And Hashem was with Yehudah; and he possessed the inhabitants of the hill country; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the [broad] valley [areas], because they had chariots of barzel (iron). |20| And they gave Chevron unto Kalev, just as Moshe promised; and he expelled from there the three Bnei Anak. |21| And the Bnei Binyamin did not drive out the Yevusi that inhabited Yerushalayim; and the Yevusi dwell with the Bnei Binyamin in Yerushalayim unto this day. |22| And Bais Yosef, they also went up against Beit-El; and Hashem was with them. |23| And Bais Yosef sent shomrim (spies) to Beit-El. (Now the shem of the Ir formerly was Luz.) |24| And the shomrim saw an ish come forth out of the Ir, and they said unto him, Show us, now, the way to enter into the Ir, and we will show thee chesed. |25| And when he showed them the way to enter into the Ir, they struck down the Ir with the edge of the cherev; but they spared the ish and all his mishpakhah. |26| And the ish went into the eretz HaChittim, and built an Ir, and called the shem thereof Luz; which is the shem thereof unto this day. |27| Neither did Menasheh drive out the Beit-Sh'an and her villages, nor Ta'nach and her villages, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her villages, nor the inhabitants of Yivleam and her villages, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her villages; so the Kena'ani were determined to dwell in that land. |28| And it came to pass, when Yisroel was chazak, that they put the Kena'ani to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out. |29| Neither did Ephrayim drive out the Kena'ani that dwelt in Gezer; but the Kena'ani dwelt in Gezer among them. |30| Neither did Zevulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Kena'ani dwelt among them, and became subject to forced labor. |31| Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Akko, nor the inhabitants of Tzidon, nor of Achlav, nor of Achziv, nor of Chelbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rechov; |32| But the Asheri dwelt among the Kena'ani, the inhabitants of HaAretz: for they did not drive them out. |33| Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beit-Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beit-Anat; but he dwelt among the Kena'ani, the inhabitants of HaAretz: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beit-Shemesh and of Beit-Anat were unto them subject to forced labor. |34| And the Emori forced the Bnei Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down into the [broad] valley [area]; |35| But the Emori would dwell in Mt Cheres in Ayalon, and in Shaalvim: yet the yad Bais Yosef prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor. |36| And the territory of the Emori was from the Akrabbim Ascent and the Rock, upward. |||2|||And Malach Hashem went up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Mitzrayim, and have brought you unto HaAretz which I swore unto your avot; and I said, I will never (l'olam) break My brit (covenant) with you. |2| And ye shall make no brit with the inhabitants of HaAretz HaZot; ye shall throw down their mizbechot. But ye have not obeyed My voice; why have ye done this? |3| Therefore I said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall flank you in, and their elohim shall be a mokesh unto you. |4| And it came to pass, when the Malach Hashem spoke these words unto kol Bnei Yisroel, that HaAm lifted up their voice, and wept. |5| And they called the shem of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there unto Hashem. |6| And when Yehoshua had let HaAm go, the Bnei Yisroel went every ish unto his nachalah to possess HaAretz. |7| And HaAm served Hashem all the days of Yehoshua, and all the days of the zekenim that outlived Yehoshua, who had seen kol ma'aseh Hashem hagadol, that He did for Yisroel. |8| And Yehoshua ben Nun, the Eved Hashem, died, being a hundred and ten years old. |9| And they buried him in the territory of his nachalah in Timnat-Cheres, in the Har Ephrayim, on the north side of the Har Gaash. |10| And also all that dor were gathered unto their avot; and there arose another dor after them, which had no da'as of Hashem, nor yet the ma'aseh which He had done for Yisroel. |11| And the Bnei Yisroel did harah in the sight of Hashem, and served Baalim; |12| And they forsook Hashem Elohei Avotam, which brought them out of Eretz Mitzrayim, and followed acharei elohim, of the elohei ha'amim that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked Hashem to anger. |13| And they forsook Hashem, and served Baal and Ashtarot. |14| And the Af Hashem was hot against Yisroel, and He delivered them into the hands of plunderers that plundered them, and He sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, that they were not any longer able to stand before their enemies. |15| Whenever they went out, the yad Hashem was against them for ra'ah, just as Hashem had said, and just as Hashem had sworn unto them; and they were greatly distressed. |16| Nevertheless Hashem raised up Shofetim, which saved them out of the yad of those that plundered them. |17| And yet they would not pay heed unto their Shofetim, but they went a-whoring after acharei elohim, and bowed themselves unto them; they turned quickly from HaDerech which their Avot walked in, the Way of obedience to the mitzvot Hashem; but they did not so. |18| And when Hashem raised them up Shofetim, then Hashem was with the Shofet, and saved them out of the yad of their enemies all the days of the Shofet; for it relented Hashem because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and afflicted them. |19| And it came to pass, when the Shofet was dead, that they turned again, and corrupted themselves more than their avot, in following acharei elohim to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their derech hakashah (stubborn way). |20| And the Af Hashem was hot against Yisroel; and He said, Because this people hath violated My brit (covenant) which I commanded their Avot, and have not paid heed unto My voice; |21| I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the Goyim which Yehoshua left when he died; |22| That through them I may test Yisroel, whether they will be shomrim Derech Hashem to walk therein, just as their Avot were shomer, or no. |23| Therefore Hashem let those Goyim remain, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered He them into the yad Yehoshua. |||3|||Now these are the Goyim which Hashem let remain, to test Yisroel by them, even as many of Yisroel who had not known all the milchamot Kena'an; |2| Only so that the dorot of the Bnei Yisroel might have da'as, to teach them milchamah, such as before knew nothing thereof; |3| Namely, five rulers of the Pelishtim (Philistines), and all the Kena'ani, and the Tzidoni, and the Chivi that dwelt in Har HaLevanon, from Har Baal-Chermon unto the entrance of Chamat. |4| And they were to test Yisroel by them, to know whether they would pay heed unto the Mitzvot Hashem, which He commanded their Avot by the yad Moshe. |5| And the Bnei Yisroel dwelt among the Kena'ani, Chitti, and Emori, and Perizzi, and Chivi, and Yevusi; |6| And they took their banot to be their nashim, and gave their banot to their banim, and served their elohim. |7| And the Bnei Yisroel did evil in the sight of Hashem, and forgot Hashem Eloheihem, and served Baalim and the Asherot. |8| Therefore the Af Hashem was hot against Yisroel, and He sold them into the yad Chushan Rishataim Melech Aram Naharayim [i.e., Upper Mesopotamia]; and the Bnei Yisroel served Chushan Rishataim eight years. |9| And when the Bnei Yisroel cried unto Hashem, Hashem raised up a Moshia (Deliverer, Savior) to the Bnei Yisroel, who saved them, even Otniel ben Kenaz, Kalev's younger brother. |10| And the Ruach [Hakodesh] of Hashem came upon him, and he judged Yisroel, and went out to milchamah; and Hashem delivered Chushan Rishataim Melech Aram into his yad; and his yad prevailed against Chushan Rishataim. |11| And the land had rest arba'im shanah. And Otniel ben Kenaz died. |12| And the Bnei Yisroel did rah again in the sight of Hashem; and Hashem strengthened Eglon Melech Moav against Yisroel, because they had done rah in the sight of Hashem. |13| And he gathered unto him the Bnei Ammon and Amalek, and went and attacked Yisroel, and possessed the Ir HaTemarim. |14| So the Bnei Yisroel served Eglon Melech Moav eighteen years. |15| But when the Bnei Yisroel cried unto Hashem, Hashem raised them up a Moshi'a, Ehud ben Gera, from the tribe of Binyamin, a man left-handed; and by him the Bnei Yisroel sent a minchah unto Eglon Melech Moav. |16| But Ehud made him a cherev which had two edges of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. |17| And he brought the minchah unto Eglon Melech Moav; and Eglon was an ish bari me'od (very fat man). |18| And when he had made an end to offer the minchah, he sent away the people that carried the minchah (tribute). |19| But he himself turned back at the pesilim near Gilgal, and said, I have a devar seter (secret message) for thee O melech; he said, Keep silence! And all that stood by attending him went out from him. |20| And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in an aliyyat hamekerah (upper room for cooling), which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a devar Elohim unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. |21| And Ehud put forth his semol (left hand), and drew the cherev from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly; |22| And even the hilt went in after the blade; and the chelev closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the cherev out of his belly; it came out the back. |23| Then Ehud went forth through the front hall, and shut the daletot of the aliyyah behind him, and locked them. |24| When he was gone out, his avadim came; and when they saw that, hinei, the daletot of the aliyyah were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet [i.e. relieves himself] in the chedar hamekerah (inner cool room). |25| And they tarried till bosh (embarrassed); and, hinei, he opened not the daletot of the aliyyah; therefore they took a mafte'ach (key), and unlocked them; and, hinei, their adon was fallen on the floor dead. |26| And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the pesilim, and escaped unto Seirah. |27| And it came to pass, when he arrived, that he blew a shofar in the har Ephrayim, and the Bnei Yisroel went down with him from the har, and he before them. |28| And he said unto them, Follow after me; for Hashem hath delivered your enemies Moav into your yad. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Yarden toward Moav, and allowed not an ish to pass over. |29| And they struck down Moav at that time about ten thousand ish, all strong ish chayil; and there escaped not an ish. |30| So Moav was subdued that day under the yad Yisroel. And HaAretz had rest fourscore shanah. |31| And after him was Shamgar ben Anat, which struck down of the Pelishtim (Philistines) six hundred ish with an ox goad; and he also saved Yisroel. |||4|||And the Bnei Yisroel again did rah in the sight of Hashem, when Ehud was dead. |2| And Hashem sold them into the yad Yavin Melech Kena'an, that reigned in Chatzor; the sar whose tze'va (army) was Sisra, which dwelt in Charoshet HaGoyim. |3| And the Bnei Yisroel cried unto Hashem; for he had nine hundred chariots of barzel (iron); and twenty shanah he oppressed chazakah the Bnei Yisroel. |4| And isha Devorah, a neviah, the eshet Lapidot, judged Yisroel at that time. |5| And she held court under the Tomer Devorah between Ramah and Beit-El in har Ephrayim; Bnei Yisroel came up to her for mishpat. |6| And she sent and called Barak ben Avinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not Hashem Elohei Yisroel commanded, saying, Go and take position at Har Tavor, and take with thee ten thousand ish of the Bnei Naphtali and of the Bnei Zevulun? |7| And I will lure unto thee to the river Kishon the sar Tze'va Yavin, Sisra, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine yad. |8| And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go; but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. |9| And she said, I will surely go with thee; notwithstanding the derech of thee shall not take thee to thy teferet (honor); for Hashem shall sell Sisra into the yad of an isha. And Devorah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. |10| And Barak summoned Zevulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand ish at his feet; and Devorah went up with him. |11| Now Chever the Keni, which was of the Bnei Chovav the khoten Moshe, had separated from the Kayin [other Keni], and encamped his ohel unto the oak at Tzaanannim, which is near Kedesh. |12| And they told Sisra that Barak ben Avinoam was gone up to Har Tavor. |13| And Sisra gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of barzel (iron), and kol haAm that were with him, from Charoshet HaGoyim unto the river Kishon. |14| And Devorah said unto Barak, Go! For this is the day in which Hashem hath delivered Sisra into thine yad. Is not Hashem gone out before thee? So Barak went down from Har Tavor, and ten thousand ish after him. |15| And Hashem routed Sisra, and all his chariots, and kol hamachaneh, with the edge of the cherev before Barak; so that Sisra got down from his merkavah (chariot), and fled away on foot. |16| But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the machaneh, as far as Charoshet HaGoyim; and kol machaneh Sisra fell by the edge of the cherev; and there was not a man left. |17| Howbeit Sisra fled away on foot to the ohel Yael the isha of Chever the Keni; for there was shalom between Yavin Melech Chatzor and the Bais Chever Keni. |18| And Yael went out to meet Sisra, and said unto him, Turn in, adoni, stay with me; fear not. And when he had entered with her into the ohel, she covered him with a covering. |19| And he said unto her, Give me, now, a little mayim to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a skin of cholov, and gave him drink, and covered him. |20| Again he said unto her, Stand at the petach haohel, and it shall be, when any ish doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any ish here? --thou shalt say, No. |21| Then Yael eshet Chever took a yetad haohel (tent peg), and took a makevet (hammer) in her yad, and went softly unto him, and drove the yetad into his temple, and stuck it into the ground; for he was fast asleep exhausted. So he died. |22| And, hinei, as Barak pursued Sisra, Yael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the ish whom thou seekest. And when he came into her ohel, hinei, Sisra lay dead, and the yetad was in his temple. |23| So Elohim subdued on that day Yavin Melech Kena'an before the Bnei Yisroel. |24| And the yad Bnei Yisroel prospered, and prevailed against Yavin Melech Kena'an, until they had destroyed Yavin Melech Kena'an. |||5|||Then sang Devorah and Barak ben Avinoam on that day, saying, |2| Barachu Hashem that the strong in Yisroel put forth strength, that the people willingly offered themselves. |3| Hear, O ye melachim; give ear, O ye rozenim (princes); I, even I, will sing unto Hashem; I will make music to Hashem Elohei Yisroel. |4| Hashem, when Thou wentest out from Seir, when Thou marchedst out of the sadeh Edom, Eretz trembled, HaShomayim poured, clouds also poured down mayim. |5| The harim quaked at the presence of Hashem, this Sinai before Hashem Elohei Yisroel. |6| In the days of Shamgar ben Anat, in the days of Yael, the roads were abandoned, and the travellers walked the byways. |7| The warrior ceased, they ceased in Yisroel, until I, Devorah, arose, I Em B'Yisroel arose. |8| They chose elohim chadashim when war was at the she'arim (gates); was there a mogen or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Yisroel? |9| My lev is toward the ones ruling in Yisroel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Barachu Hashem. |10| Reflect, ye that ride on white donkeys, ye that sit on saddle blankets, and walk on the derech. |11| The voice of the singers in the place of drawing mayim, there shall they rehearse the Tzidkot Hashem, even the Tzidkot of His warriors in Yisroel; then shall HaAm Hashem go down to the she'arim. |12| Awake, awake, Devorah; awake, awake, break out in song; arise, Barak, and lead captive thy captives, thou ben Avinoam. |13| Then came down a sarid (remnant) to the nobles; the people of Hashem came down to me as gibborim. |14| Out of Ephrayim was their shoresh against Amalek; after thee, Binyamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down mekhokekim (law givers), and out of Zevulun they that hold the shevet of the sofer (scribe). |15| And the sarim of Yissakhar were with Devorah; Yissakhar was with Barak; he rushed at his feet into the emek. Among the divisions of Reuven there were gedolim chikkei lev (great searchings, indecisions of heart). |16| Why abodest thou among the mishpetayim (sheepfolds), to hear the bleatings of the flocks? Among the divisions of Reuven there were great indecisions of heart. |17| Gil`ad abode beyond Yarden; and why did Dan linger by oniyyot? Asher remained on the seacoast, and dwelt by his landings. |18| Zevulun and Naphtali were a people that risked their nefesh unto the death in the high places of the sadeh. |19| The melachim came and fought, then fought the melachim of Kena'an at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no plunder of kesef. |20| They fought from Shomayim; the kokhavim in their courses fought Sisra. |21| The Kishon River swept them away, that nachal kedumim, the Kishon River. O my nefesh, march on with oz. |22| Then were the ikvei sus (horse hooves) galloping, the prancings of hooves, the prancings of their mighty steeds. |23| Curse Meroz, said the Malach Hashem, curse bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the ezrat Hashem, to the help of Hashem, against the gibborim. |24| Blessed above nashim shall Yael eshet Chever the Keni be, blessed shall she be above nashim in the ohel. |25| He asked mayim, and she gave him cholov; she brought forth curds in a noble's dish. |26| She put her yad to the yetad, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and with the hammer she struck Sisra, she crushed his rosh, when she had shattered and pierced his temple. |27| At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down; at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, sham (there) he fell down dead. |28| The Em Sisra looked out through the chalon (window), and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his marekevot (chariots)? |29| Her chachemot sarot (wisest ladies) answered her, indeed, she repeats to herself her words, |30| Are they not finding and dividing the prey; to every gever a girl or two; for Sisra colorful garments as plunder, a plunder of dyed work embroidered, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, fit for the necks of them that take the spoil? |31| So let all thine enemies perish, Hashem; but let them that love Him be as the shemesh in its gevurah. And HaAretz had rest arba'im shanah. |||6|||And the Bnei Yisroel did evil in the sight of Hashem; Hashem delivered them into the yad Midyan [See Gn.25:2] sheva shanim. |2| And the yad Midyan prevailed against Yisroel; and because of Midyan the Bnei Yisroel made them dens in the mountains, and caves, and strongholds. |3| And so it was, when Yisroel had sown, that Midyan came up, and Amalek, and the Bnei Kedem, even they came up against them; |4| And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of ha'aretz, till thou come unto Azah (Gaza), and left no sustenance for Yisroel, neither seh, nor ox, nor donkey. |5| For they came up with their cattle and their ohalim, and they came as a swarm of arbeh for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number; and they entered into ha'aretz to destroy it. |6| And Yisroel was greatly impoverished because of Midyan; and the Bnei Yisroel cried unto Hashem. |7| And it came to pass, when the Bnei Yisroel cried unto Hashem because of Midyan, |8| That Hashem sent an ish navi unto the Bnei Yisroel, which said unto them, Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, I brought you up from Mitzrayim, and brought you forth out of the bais avadim (house of bondage); |9| And I delivered you out of the yad Mitzrayim, and out of the yad of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land; |10| And I said unto you, I am Hashem Eloheichem; fear not the elohei HaEmori (g-ds of the Amorites), in whose land ye dwell; but ye have not obeyed My voice. |11| And there came Malach Hashem, and sat under a terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, that belonged unto Yoash the Aviezri; and bno Gid'on threshed chittim (wheat) in the winepress, to hide it from Midyan. |12| And the Malach Hashem appeared unto him, and said unto him, Hashem is with thee, thou Gibbor HeChayil. |13| And Gid'on said unto him, Oh Adoni, if Hashem be with us, why then is all this befallen us? And where be all His nifla'ot (miracles) which Avoteinu told us of, saying, Did not Hashem bring us up from Mitzrayim? But now Hashem hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of Midyan. |14| And Hashem turned to him, and said, Go in this thy ko'ach, and thou shalt save Yisroel from the yad Midyan; have not I sent thee? |15| And he said unto Him, O Adoni, wherewith shall I save Yisroel? Hinei, my eleph is poor in Menasheh, and I am the least in the Bais Avi. |16| And Hashem said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt strike down Midyan as ish echad. |17| And he said unto Him, If now I have found chen in Thy sight, then show me an ot that Thou speakest with me. |18| Depart not from here, now, until I come unto Thee, and bring forth my minchah, and set it before Thee. And He said, I will tarry until thou come again. |19| And Gid'on went in, and made ready a kid, and matzot of an ephah of flour; the basar he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto Him under the terebinth tree, and presented it. |20| And the Malach HaElohim said unto him, Take the basar and the matzot, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. |21| Then the Malach Hashem put forth the tip of the staff that was in his yad, and touched the basar and the matzot; and there rose up eish from the rock, and consumed the basar and the matzot. Then the Malach Hashem departed out of his sight. |22| When Gid'on perceived that he was the Malach Hashem, Gid'on said, Alas, Adonoi Hashem! I have seen Malach Hashem face to face. |23| And Hashem said unto him, Shalom l'chah; fear not; thou shalt not die. |24| Then Gid'on built a Mizbe'ach there unto Hashem, and called it Hashem Shalom; unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Aviezri. |25| And it came to pass the same night, that Hashem said unto him, Take thy father's young bull, even the second bull of sheva shanim, and tear down the mizbe'ach of Ba'al that thy av hath, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it; |26| And build a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem Eloheicha upon the top of this rock, in the proper arrangement; take the second bull, offer an olah with the wood of the Asherah pole which thou shalt cut down. |27| Then Gid'on took ten men from his avadim, and did just as Hashem had said unto him; and so it was, because he feared his Bais Avi, and the men of the Ir, that he could not do it yomam (by day), that he did it by lailah. |28| And when the men of the Ir arose early in the boker, hinei, the mizbe'ach of Baal was cast down, and the Asherah was cut down that was beside it, and the second bull was offered upon the Mizbe'ach that was built. |29| And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gid'on ben Yoash hath done this thing. |30| Then the men of the Ir said unto Yoash, Bring out thy ben, that he may die; because he hath cast down the mizbe'ach of Ba'al, and because he hath cut down the Asherah that was beside it. |31| And Yoash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Ba'al? Will ye save him? He that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet boker; if he be Elohim, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his mizbe'ach. |32| Therefore on that day he called him Yerubaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath torn down his mizbe'ach. |33| Then kol Midyan and Amalek and the Bnei Kedem were gathered together, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Yizre'el. |34| But the Ruach [Hakodesh] of Hashem came upon Gid'on; he blew a shofar; and Aviezer was summoned to follow after him. |35| And he sent malachim throughout all Menasheh; who also was gathered after him; and he sent malachim unto Asher, and unto Zevulun, and unto Naphtali; and they went up to meet them. |36| And Gid'on said unto HaElohim, If Thou wilt save Yisroel by my yad, as Thou hast said, |37| Hinei, I will put a fleece of wool in the goren (threshing floor); and if the tal (dew) be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all ha'aretz, then shall I know that Thou wilt save Yisroel by my yad, as Thou hast said. |38| And it was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and squeezed the fleece together, and wrung the tal out of the fleece, a bowl full of mayim. |39| And Gid'on said unto HaElohim, Let not Thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once; let me test, now, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be tal. |40| And Elohim did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was tal on all the ground. |||7|||Then Yerubaal, who is Gid'on, and kol haAm that were with him, rose up early and encamped by Ein Charod; so that the Machaneh Midyan was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. |2| And Hashem said unto Gid'on, The people that are with thee are too rav (many) for Me to give Midyan into their hands, lest Yisroel vaunt themselves against Me, saying, Mine own yad hath saved me. |3| Now therefore go to, proclaim in the oznei haAm, saying, Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from Har HaGil`ad. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. |4| And Hashem said unto Gid'on, HaAm are yet too many; bring them down unto the mayim, and I will sift them for thee there; and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. |5| So he brought down haAm unto the mayim; and Hashem said unto Gid'on, Every one that laps the mayim with his leshon, as a kelev laps, him shalt thou separate by himself; likewise every one that kneels down upon his knees to drink. |6| And the number of the ones lapping, putting their yad to their mouth, were three hundred ish; but all the rest of haAm kneeled down upon their knees to drink mayim. |7| And Hashem said unto Gid'on, By the three hundred ish that lapped will I save you, and deliver Midyan into thine yad; and let all the other people go every ish unto his makom (place, home). |8| So the [retained] people took provision in their yad, and their shofarot; and he sent kol ish Yisroel every ish unto his ohel, but retained those three hundred haIsh; and the Machaneh Midyan was below him in the valley. |9| And it came to pass the same lailah, that Hashem said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the Machaneh; for I have delivered it into thine yad. |10| But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy eved down to the machaneh; |11| And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the machaneh. Then he went down with Phurah his eved unto the outposts of the armed men that were in the machaneh. |12| And Midyan and Amalek and kol Bnei Kedem lay along in the valley like arbeh for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the chol (sand) on the seashore for multitude. |13| And when Gid'on arrived, hinei, there was an ish that told a chalom unto his re'a, and said, Hinei, I dreamed a chalom, and, hinei, a round loaf of lechem se'orim tumbled into the Machaneh Midyan, and came unto an ohel, and struck it that it fell, and overturned it, that the ohel collapsed. |14| And his re'a answered and said, This is nothing else but the cherev Gid'on ben Yoash, an ish Yisroel; for into his yad hath HaElohim delivered Midyan, and kol hamachaneh. |15| And it was so, when Gid'on heard the telling of the chalom, and the shever (breaking [of a dream, i.e., its interpretation]) thereof, that he worshiped, and returned into the machaneh Yisroel, and said, Arise; for Hashem hath delivered into your yad the Machaneh Midyan. |16| And he divided the three hundred haIsh into three companies, and he put a shofar in every man's yad, with empty jars, and torches within the jars. |17| And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise; and, hinei, when I come to the edge of the machaneh, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. |18| When I blow the shofar, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the shofarot also on every side of all the machaneh, and say, "For Hashem, and for Gid'on." |19| So Gid'on, and the hundred ish that were with him, came unto the outside of the machaneh in the beginning of the ashmoret hatikhonah (middle watch); and they had just set the shomrim; and they blew the shofar, and broke the jars that were in their hands. |20| And the three companies blew the shofar, and broke the jars, and held the torches in their left hands, and the shofarot in their right hands to blow withal; and they cried, A Cherev for Hashem and for Gid'on. |21| And they held every ish his position round about the machaneh; and kol hamachaneh ran, and cried out, and fled. |22| And the three hundred blew the shofarot, and Hashem caused every man's cherev to be against his re'a, even throughout all the machaneh; and the machaneh fled to Beit-Sheetah in Tzererah, and to the border of Avel Mecholah, by Tabat. |23| And the Ish Yisroel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, out of Asher, and out of all Menasheh, and pursued after Midyan. |24| And Gid'on sent malachim throughout all Har Ephrayim, saying, Come down against Midyan, and seize ahead of them the mayim as far as Beit Barah and Yarden. Then kol ish Ephrayim gathered themselves together, and took the mayim unto Beit Barah and Yarden. |25| And they took two sarim (princes) of Midyan, Orer and Ze'ev; and they killed Orev upon the Tzur Orev, and Ze'ev they killed at the Yekev (winepress) of Ze'ev, and pursued Midyan, and brought the heads of Orev and Ze'ev to Gid'on beyond the Yarden. |||8|||And the Ish Ephrayim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with Midyan? And they did criticize him sharply. |2| And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephrayim tov (better) than the vintage of Aviezer? |3| Elohim hath delivered into your hands the sarim of Midyan, Orev and Ze'ev; and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. |4| And Gid'on came to the Yarden, and passed over, he, and the three hundred haIsh that were with him, exhausted yet pursuing them. |5| And he said unto the Anshei Sukkot, Give, now, loaves of lechem unto the people that follow me; for they be exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zevach and Tzalmunna, melachim of Midyan. |6| And the sarei Sukkot said, Are the hands of Zevach and Tzalmunna now in thine yad, that we should give lechem unto thine tz'va (army)? |7| And Gid'on said, Therefore when Hashem hath delivered Zevach and Tzalmunna into mine yad, then I will tear your basar with the kotz (thorns) of the midbar and with briers. |8| And he went up from there to Penuel [Peniel], and spoke unto them likewise; and the Anshei Penuel [Peniel] answered him as the men of Sukkot had answered him. |9| And he spoke also unto the Anshei Penuel, saying, When I come again in shalom, I will break down this migdal. |10| Now Zevach and Tzalmunna were in Karkor, and their machaneh with them, about 15,000, all that were left of all the machaneh of the Bnei Kedem; for there fell a 120,000 Ish that drew the cherev. |11| And Gid'on went up by the derech of them that dwelt in ohalim on the east of Novach and Yogbehah, and struck down the machaneh; for the machaneh was unsuspecting, thinking themselves secure. |12| And when Zevach and Tzalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two melachim of Midyan, Zevach and Tzalmunna, and did rout all the machaneh. |13| And Gid'on ben Yoash returned from milchamah by the Cheres Pass, |14| And caught a na'ar of the Anshei Sukkot, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the sarim of Sukkot, and the zekenim thereof, even threescore and seventeen ish. |15| And he came unto the Anshei Sukkot, and said, Hinei, Zevach and Tzalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zevach and Tzalmunna now in thine yad, that we should give lechem unto thy anashim that are exhausted? |16| And he took the zekenim of the Ir, kotz of the midbar and briers, and with them he taught the Anashim of Sukkot. |17| And he pulled down the migdal of Penuel [Peniel], and put to death the Anshei HaIr. |18| Then said he unto Zevach and Tzalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slaughtered at Tavor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one with the bearing of Bnei HaMelech. |19| And he said, They were my brethren, even the Bnei Immi; as Hashem liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I should not have put you to death. |20| And he said unto Yeter his bechor, Up, and slay them. But the na'ar (youth) drew not his cherev; for he feared, because he was yet a na'ar. |21| Then Zevach and Tzalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the ish is, so is his gevurah. And Gid'on arose, and put to death Zevach and Tzalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks. |22| Then the Ish Yisroel said unto Gid'on, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy ben, and the ben of thy ben also; for thou hast delivered us from the yad Midyan. |23| And Gid'on said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall beni rule over you; Hashem shall rule over you. |24| And Gid'on said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every ish the nezem (earring) of his booty-for they had nizmei zahav (gold earrings), because they were Yishmaelim [descendents of Ishmael]. |25| And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread out a simlah (upper garment), and did cast therein every ish the nezem of his booty. |26| And the weight of the nizmei hazahav that he requested was 1,700 shekels of zahav; beside ornaments, and pendants, and purple raiment that was on the melachim of Midyan, and apart from the chains that were about their camels' necks. |27| And Gid'on made an ephod thereof, and put it in his Ir, even in Ophrah; and kol Yisroel went there a-whoring after it; which thing became a mokesh (snare) unto Gid'on, and to his Bais. |28| Thus was Midyan subdued before the Bnei Yisroel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And HaAretz was in quietness arba'im shanah in the days of Gid'on. |29| And Yerubaal ben Yoash went and dwelt in his own bais. |30| And Gid'on had threescore and ten banim of his own; for he had many nashim. |31| And his pilegesh (concubine) that was in Shechem, she also bore him a ben, whose shem he called Avimelech. |32| And Gid'on ben Yoash died in a good old age, and was buried in the kever of Yoash his av, in Ophrah of the Aviezri. |33| And it came to pass, as soon as Gid'on was dead, that the Bnei Yisroel turned again, and went a-whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-brit their elohim. |34| And the Bnei Yisroel remembered not Hashem Eloheihem, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side; |35| Neither showed they chesed to the Bais Yerubaal, namely, Gid'on, according to all the tovah which he had showed unto Yisroel. |||9|||And Avimelech ben Yerubaal went to Shechem unto achei immo, and spoke with them, and with all the mishpakhat bais avi immo, saying, |2| Speak, now, in the ears of all the ba'alei Shechem, Which is better for you, either that all the Bnei Yerubaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one man reign over you? Remember also that I am your etzem (bone) and your basar (flesh). |3| And the achei immo spoke of him in the ears of all the ba'alei Shechem all these words; and their lev inclined to follow Avimelech; for they said, He is acheinu. |4| And they gave him 70 pieces of kesef out of the bais Baal-brit, wherewith Avimelech hired morally empty and reckless persons, which followed him. |5| And he went unto his bais avi at Ophrah, and slaughtered his brethren the Bnei Yerubaal, being 70 persons, upon one even (stone); notwithstanding yet Yotam the youngest ben Yerubaal escaped; for he hid himself. |6| And all the ba'alei Shechem gathered together, and all the Bais Millo, and went, and crowned Avimelech melech, by the great tree near the pillar that was in Shechem. |7| And when they told it to Yotam, he went and stood on top of Mt Gerizim, lifted up his voice, cried out, and said unto them, Pay heed unto me, ye ba'alei Shechem, that Elohim may pay heed unto you. |8| The etzim (trees) went forth one day to anoint a melech over them; and they said unto the zayit (olive tree), Reign thou over us. |9| But the zayit said unto them, Should I leave my oil, wherewith by me they honor Elohim and anashim, and go to be promoted over the etzim? |10| And the etzim (trees) said to the te'enah (fig tree), Come thou, and reign over us. |11| But the te'enah said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the etzim (trees)? |12| Then said the etzim (trees) unto the gefen, Come thou, and reign over us. |13| And the gefen said unto them, Should I leave my tirosh, which cheereth Elohim and anashim, and go to be promoted over the etzim? |14| Then said all the etzim (trees) unto the thornbush, Come thou, and reign over us. |15| And the thornbush said unto the etzim (trees), If b'emes ye anoint me melech over you, then come and take refuge in my tzel (shade): and if not, let eish come out of the thornbush, and devour the cedars of the Levanon. |16| Now therefore, if ye have done b'emes and in good faith, in that ye have made Avimelech melech, and if ye have dealt tovah with Yerubaal [Gid'on] and his bais, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands- |17| For avi [Gid'on] fought for you, and risked his nefesh, and delivered you out of the yad Midyan; |18| And ye are risen up against bais avi this day, and have slain his banim, threescore and ten persons, upon one even (stone), and have made Avimelech, ben amah (son of his slave girl), melech over the ba'alei Shechem, because he is your brother- |19| If ye then have dealt b'emes and in good faith with Yerubaal and with his bais this day, then rejoice ye in Avimelech, and let him also rejoice in you; |20| But if not, let eish come out from Avimelech, and devour the ba'alei Shechem, and the Bais Millo; and let eish come out from the ba'alei Shechem, and from the Bais Millo, and devour Avimelech. |21| And Yotam ran away, and escaped, and went to Be'er, and dwelt there, for fear of Avimelech his brother. |22| When Avimelech had reigned shalosh shanim over Yisroel, |23| Then Elohim sent a ruach ra'ah between Avimelech and the ba'alei Shechem; and the ba'alei Shechem dealt treacherously with Avimelech; |24| That the chamas done to the 70 Bnei Yerubaal might come, and their dahm be laid upon Avimelech their brother, which slaughtered them; and upon the ba'alei Shechem, which aided him in the slaughter of his brethren. |25| And the ba'alei Shechem set ambushers in wait for him on top of the hills, and they robbed all that passed along that derech by them; and it was told Avimelech. |26| And Gaal ben Eved came with his achim, went over to Shechem; the ba'alei Shechem put their confidence in him. |27| And they went out into the sadeh, and gathered their kramim, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the bais eloheihem, and did eat and drink, and cursed Avimelech. |28| And Gaal ben Eved said, Who is Avimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is not he ben Yerubaal? And Zevul his pakid? Serve the anshei Chamor avi Shechem. For why should we serve him? |29| O that this people were under my yad! Then would I remove Avimelech. And he said to Avimelech, Gather thine tze'va (army), and come out! |30| And when Zevul the sar of the Ir heard the words of Gaal ben Eved, his anger was kindled. |31| And he sent malachim unto Avimelech covertly, saying, Hinei, Gaal ben Eved and his brethren have come to Shechem; and, hinei, they incite the Ir against thee. |32| Now therefore go up by lailah, thou and the people with thee, and lie in wait in the sadeh: |33| And it shall be, that in the boker, as soon as the shemesh is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the Ir; and, hinei, when he and the people with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them just as thy hand finds to do. |34| And Avimelech rose up, and kol haAm that were with him, by lailah, and they laid wait in ambush against Shechem in four companies. |35| And Gaal ben Eved went out, and stood in the petach sha'ar haIr; and Avimelech and the people that were with him rose up from lying in wait for ambush. |36| And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zevul, Hinei, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zevul said unto him, Thou seest the tzel of the mountains as if seeing anashim. |37| And Gaal spoke again, and said, Hinei, there come people down the middle of the land, and another company come along by the Elon Me'onenim. |38| Then said Zevul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Avimelech that we should serve him? Is not this the people that thou hast despised? Go out, now, and fight against him. |39| And Gaal went out before the ba'alei Shechem, and fought with Avimelech. |40| And Avimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and chalalim (wounded), even unto the petach hasha'ar. |41| And Avimelech dwelt at Arumah; and Zevul thrust out Gaal and his achim, that they should not dwell in Shechem. |42| And it came to pass on the next day, that the people went out into the sadeh; and they told Avimelech. |43| And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait concealed in the sadeh, and looked, and, hinei, the people were come forth out of the Ir; and he rose up against them, and attacked them. |44| And Avimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the petach sha'ar of the Ir; and the two other companies rushed upon all who were in the sadeh, and slaughtered them. |45| And Avimelech fought against the Ir all that day; and he took the Ir, and slaughtered the people that was therein, and destroyed the Ir, and sowed it with melach (salt). |46| And when all the ba'alei migdal Shechem heard that, they entered into the stronghold of the bais el brit. |47| And it was told Avimelech, that all the ba'alei migdal Shechem were gathered together. |48| And Avimelech got him up to Mt Tzalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Avimelech took axes in his yad, and cut down a branch from the etzim (trees), and lifted it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. |49| And kol haAm likewise cut down every man his branch, and followed Avimelech, and piled them against the stronghold, and set the stronghold on eish over them; so that all the anshei migdal Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. |50| Then went Avimelech to Tevetz, and encamped against Tevetz, and captured it. |51| But there was a migdal oz within the Ir, and there fled all the anashim and nashim, and all ba'alei haIr, and locked it after them, and got them up to the top of the migdal. |52| And Avimelech came unto the migdal, and fought against it, and drew near unto the petach of the migdal to burn it with eish. |53| And a certain woman dropped an upper millstone upon Avimelech's head, and cracked his gulgolet (skull). |54| Then he called hastily unto the na'ar his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy cherev, and slay me, that men say not of me, An isha slaughtered him. And his na'ar thrust him through, and he died. |55| And when the Ish Yisroel saw that Avimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. |56| Thus Elohim repaid the wickedness of Avimelech, which he did unto his av, in slaying his seventy brethren; |57| And all the evil of the anshei Shechem did Elohim render upon their heads: and upon them came the Kelalat Yotam ben Yerubaal. |||10|||And after Avimelech there arose to save Yisroel Tolah ben Puah ben Dodo, an ish Yissakhar; and he dwelt in Shamir in har Ephrayim. |2| And he judged Yisroel twenty and three shanah, and died, and was buried in Shamir. |3| And after him arose Yair, a Gileadi, and judged Yisroel twenty and two shanah. |4| And he had shloshim banim that rode on shloshim donkeys, and they had shloshim towns, which are called Chavvot Yair unto this day, which are in Eretz Gil`ad. |5| And Yair died, and was buried in Kamon. |6| And the Bnei Yisroel did evil again in the sight of Hashem, and served Baalim, and Ashtarot, and the elohei Aram, and the elohei Tzidon, and the elohei Moav, and the elohei Bnei Ammon, and the elohei Pelishtim, and forsook Hashem, and served Him not. |7| And the Af Hashem was hot against Yisroel, and He sold them into the yad Pelishtim (Philistines), and into the yad Bnei Ammon. |8| And that year they oppressed and persecuted the Bnei Yisroel; eighteen shanah, all the Bnei Yisroel that were on the other side of the Yarden in the Eretz Emori, which is in Gil`ad. |9| Moreover the Bnei Ammon passed over Yarden to fight also against Yehudah, and against Binyamin, and against the Bais Ephrayim; so that Yisroel was greatly distressed. |10| And the Bnei Yisroel cried unto Hashem, saying, We have sinned against Thee, both because we have forsaken Eloheinu, and also served Baalim. |11| And Hashem said unto the Bnei Yisroel, Did not I deliver you from Mitzrayim, and from Emori, from the Bnei Ammon, and from the Pelishtim (Philistines)? |12| The Tzidonim also, and the Amalek, and the Maon, did oppress you; and ye cried out to Me, and I saved you out of their yad. |13| Yet ye have forsaken Me, and served elohim acherim; so I will not continue to save you. |14| Go and cry unto the elohim which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. |15| And the Bnei Yisroel said unto Hashem, Chatanu (we have sinned); do Thou unto us whatsoever seemeth hatov unto Thee; only save us, now, this day. |16| And they put away the elohei hanekhar (strange, foreign g-ds) from among them, and served Hashem; and His nefesh was troubled with the amal Yisroel (misery of Yisroel). |17| Then the Bnei Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gil`ad. And the Bnei Yisroel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mitzpah. |18| And HaAm and the Sarei Gil`ad said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the Bnei Ammon? He shall be Rosh over all the inhabitants of Gil`ad. |||11|||Now Yiftach the Gileadi was a gibbor chayil, and he was the ben of an isha zonah; and Gil`ad fathered Yiftach. |2| And Gil'ad's isha bore him banim; and the bnei haisha grew up, and they thrust out Yiftach, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our bais avi; for thou art the ben isha acheret. |3| Then Yiftach fled from his achim, and dwelt in Eretz Tov; and there were gathered anashim reikim (outlaws) around Yiftach, and went out with him. |4| And it came to pass in process of time, that the Bnei Ammon made war against Yisroel. |5| And it was so, that when the Bnei Ammon made war against Yisroel, the ziknei Gil`ad went to fetch Yiftach out of Eretz Tov; |6| And they said unto Yiftach, Come, and be our katzin (leader), that we may fight with the Bnei Ammon. |7| And Yiftach said unto the ziknei Gil`ad, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my bais avi? And why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress? |8| And the ziknei Gil`ad said unto Yiftach, Nevertheless, we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the Bnei Ammon, and be our rosh over all the inhabitants of Gil`ad. |9| And Yiftach said unto the ziknei Gil`ad, If ye bring me home again to fight against the Bnei Ammon, and Hashem deliver them before me, shall I be your rosh? |10| And the ziknei Gil`ad said unto Yiftach, Hashem be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. |11| Then Yiftach went with the ziknei Gil`ad, and the people made him rosh and katzin over them; and Yiftach uttered all his words before Hashem in Mitzpah. |12| And Yiftach sent malachim unto the melech Bnei Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? |13| And the melech Bnei Ammon answered unto the malachim of Yiftach, Because Yisroel took away my land, when they came up out of Mitzrayim, from Arnon even unto Yabbok, and unto Yarden; now therefore give back those lands again b'shalom (peaceably). |14| And Yiftach sent malachim again unto the melech Bnei Ammon; |15| And said unto him, Thus saith Yiftach, Yisroel took not away Eretz Moav, nor the Eretz Bnei Ammon; |16| But when Yisroel came up from Mitzrayim, and walked through the midbar until Yam Suf, and came to Kadesh; |17| Then Yisroel sent malachim unto the melech Edom, saying, Let me, now, pass through thy land; but the melech Edom would not pay heed thereto. In like manner they sent unto the melech Moav; but he would not consent; Yisroel abode in Kadesh. |18| Then they went along through the midbar, skirted the Eretz Edom, and Eretz Moav, and came by the east side of Eretz Moav, encamped on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the territory of Moav; for the Arnon was the boundary of Moav. |19| And Yisroel sent malachim unto Sichon melech HaEmori, the melech Cheshbon; and Yisroel said unto him, Let us pass, now, through thy land into my makom. |20| But Sichon trusted not Yisroel to pass through his territory; but Sichon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Yahatz, and fought against Yisroel. |21| And Hashem Elohei Yisroel delivered Sichon and all his people into the yad Yisroel, and they struck them down; so Yisroel possessed all the Eretz HaEmori, the inhabitants of that country. |22| And they possessed all the territory HaEmori, from Arnon even unto Yabbok, and from the midbar even unto Yarden. |23| So now Hashem Elohei Yisroel hath dispossessed HaEmori from before His people Yisroel, and shouldest thou possess it? |24| Wilt not thou possess that which Kemosh eloheicha giveth thee to possess? So whatever Hashem Eloheinu shall take possession of before us, that will we possess. |25| And now art thou anything better than Balak ben Tzippor, melech Moav? Did he ever strive against Yisroel, or did he ever fight against them, |26| While Yisroel dwelt in Cheshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her settlements, and in all the towns that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred shanah? Why therefore did ye not recover them within that time? |27| Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me; Hashem HaShofet be judge this day between the Bnei Yisroel and the Bnei Ammon. |28| Howbeit the melech Bnei Ammon paid heed not unto the words of Yiftach which he sent him. |29| Then the Ruach Hashem came upon Yiftach, and he passed over Gil`ad, and Menasheh, passed over Mitzpeh of Gil`ad, and from Mitzpeh of Gil`ad he passed over unto the Bnei Ammon. |30| And Yiftach vowed a neder unto Hashem, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the Bnei Ammon into mine hands, |31| Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the delet of my bais to meet me, when I return b'shalom from the Bnei Ammon, shall surely be Hashem's, and I will offer it up for an olah. |32| So Yiftach passed over unto the Bnei Ammon to fight against them; and Hashem delivered them into his hands. |33| And he struck them down from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnit, even 20 towns, unto Avel-Kramim, with a very great slaughter. Thus the Bnei Ammon were subdued before the Bnei Yisroel. |34| And Yiftach came to Mitzpah unto his bais, hinei, his bat came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances; she was his yechidah (only one); beside her he had neither ben nor bat. |35| And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my bat! Thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto Hashem, and I cannot go back. |36| And she said unto him, Avi, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto Hashem, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as Hashem hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the Bnei Ammon. |37| She said unto her av, Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two chodashim, that I may go up and down upon the hills, and bewail betulai (my virginity), I and my friends. |38| And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two chodashim; and she went with her companions, and bewailed her betulim (virginity) upon the hills. |39| And it came to pass at the end of two chodashim, that she returned unto her av, who did with her according to his neder which he had vowed; and she knew no man. And it was a chok in Yisroel, |40| That the banot Yisroel went yearly to lament the bat Yiftach the Gileadi arba'at yamim bashanah. |||12|||And the ish Ephrayim gathered themselves together, and went into Tzafon, and said unto Yiftach, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the Bnei Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? We will burn thine bais upon thee with eish. |2| And Yiftach said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the Bnei Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hands. |3| And when I saw that you were not my moshi'a, I put my nefesh in my hands, and passed over against the Bnei Ammon, and Hashem delivered them into my yad; why then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? |4| Then Yiftach gathered together all the Anshei Gil`ad, and fought with Ephrayim; and the anshei Gil`ad struck down Ephrayim, because they said, Ye Gilead are fugitives of Ephrayim among the Ephrayim, and among the Menasheh. |5| And the Gilead took the fords of the Yarden before the Ephrayim; and it was so, that when those Ephrayim which were escaped said, Let me cross over; that the anshei Gil`ad said unto him, Art thou an Ephrati? If he said, No, |6| Then said they unto him, Say now Shibbolet; and he said Sibbolet, for he could not pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Yarden; and there fell at that time of the Ephrayim forty and two thousand. |7| And Yiftach judged Yisroel shesh shanim. Then died Yiftach the Gileadi, and was buried in one of the towns of Gil`ad. |8| And after him Ibtzan of Beit-Lechem judged Yisroel. |9| And he had shloshim banim, and shloshim banot, whom he gave away in marriage outside [his eleph], and took in sloshim banot from outside for his banim. And he judged Yisroel shevat shanim. |10| Then died Ibtzan, and was buried at Beit-Lechem. |11| And after him Elon, a Zevuloni, judged Yisroel; and he judged Yisroel eser shanim. |12| And Elon the Zevuloni died, and was buried in Ayalon in Eretz Zevulun. |13| And after him Avdon ben Hillel, a Piratoni, judged Yisroel. |14| And he had arba'im banim and thirty grandsons, that rode on threescore and ten donkeys; and he judged Yisroel shmoneh shanim. |15| And Avdon ben Hillel the Piratoni died, and was buried in Piraton in Eretz Ephrayim, in the har HaAmaleki. |||13|||And the Bnei Yisroel did harah again in the sight of Hashem; and Hashem delivered them into the yad Pelishtim arba'im shanah. |2| And there was a certain ish from Tzorah, of the mishpakhat HaDanai, whose shem was Manoach; and his isha was barren and bore not. |3| And the Malach Hashem appeared unto the isha, and said unto her, Hinei now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear ben. |4| Now therefore be shomer and drink not yayin nor shekhar (strong drink), and eat not kol tameh; |5| For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear ben; and no morah (razor) shall come on his rosh; for the na'ar shall be a Nazir Elohim from the beten (womb); and he shall begin to save Yisroel from the yad Pelishtim. |6| Then the isha came and told her ish, saying, An Ish HaElohim came unto me, and his appearance was like the appearance of a Malach HaElohim, norah me'od; but I asked him not where he came from, neither told he me shmo; |7| But he said unto me, See thou shalt conceive, and bear ben; and now drink no yayin nor shekhar, neither eat any tumah; for the na'ar shall be Nazir Elohim from the beten to the yom moto (day of his death). |8| Then Manoach prayed entreating Hashem, and said, O Adonoi, let the Ish HaElohim which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we must do unto the na'ar that shall be born. |9| And HaElohim paid heed to the kol Manoach; and the Malach HaElohim came again unto the isha as she sat in the sadeh; but Manoach her ish was not with her. |10| And the isha made haste, and ran, and told her ish, and said unto him, Hinei, the ish hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. |11| And Manoach arose, and went after his isha, and came to the ish, and said unto him, Art thou the ish that didst speak unto the isha? And he said, I am. |12| And Manoach said, Now let thy devar come to pass. How shall be the mishpat hana'ar (proper treatment of the child), and his ma'aseh (work, [life's] work)? |13| And the Malach Hashem said unto Manoach, Of all that I said unto the isha let her be shomer (beware, guard, keep watch over). |14| She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the gefen, neither let her drink yayin or shekhar, nor eat any tumah; all that I commanded her let her be shomer to do. |15| And Manoach said unto the Malach Hashem, Now, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a young goat for thee. |16| And the Malach Hashem said unto Manoach, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy lechem; and if thou wilt offer an olah (burnt offering), thou must offer it unto Hashem. For Manoach knew not that he was Malach Hashem. |17| And Manoach said unto Malach Hashem, Mi shmehchah? That when thy devar come to pass we may do thee honor? |18| And the Malach Hashem said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my shem, seeing it is FELI (supremely wonderful [see Isa 9:5(6); Ex 15:11])? |19| So Manoach took a young goat with a minchah, and offered it upon the tzur unto Hashem; and wonderously did He act; and Manoach and his wife looked on. |20| For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward Shomayim from off the Mizbe'ach, that the Malach Hashem ascended in the flame of the Mizbe'ach. And Manoach and his wife looked on, and fell on their faces to the ground [cf Ac 1:9]. |21| But the Malach Hashem did no more appear to Manoach and to his isha. Then Manoach knew that He was the Malach Hashem. |22| And Manoach said unto his isha, We shall surely die, because we have seen Elohim. |23| But his isha said unto him, If Hashem were pleased to kill us, He would not have received an olah (burnt offering) and a minchah from yadenu (our hands), neither would He have showed us all these things, nor at this time would have told us such things as these. |24| And the isha bore ben, and called shmo Shimshon; and the na'ar grew, and Hashem blessed him. |25| And the Ruach Hashem began to impel him at times in Machaneh Dan between Tzorah and Eshtaol. |||14|||And Shimshon went down to Timnah, and saw an isha in Timnah of the banot Pelishtim (Philistines). |2| And he came up, and told his av and his em, and said, I have seen an isha in Timnah of the banot Pelishtim; now therefore get her for me as isha. |3| Then his av and his em said unto him, Is there not among the banot of thy achim, or among kol Ami (all my people) an isha, that thou goest to take an isha of the Pelishtim haArelim? And Shimshon said unto his av, Get her for me; for she is yashrah (right) in my eyes. |4| But his av and his em knew not that this was from Hashem, for He sought an occasion against the Pelishtim; for at that time the Pelishtim had dominion over Yisroel. |5| Then went Shimshon down, and his av and his em, to Timnah, and came to the kramim (vineyards) of Timnah; and, hinei, a young lion roared against him. |6| And the Ruach Hashem came mightily upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat, and he had nothing in his yad; but he told not his av or his em what he had done. |7| And he went down, and talked with the isha; and she was right in the eyes of Shimshon [cf Prov 16:25]. |8| And after a time he returned to take her [in marriage], and he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and, hinei, there was a swarm of bees and devash in the geviyah of the lion. |9| And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his av and em, and he gave them, and they did eat; but he told not them that he had taken the devash out of the geviyah of the lion. |10| So his av went down unto the isha; and Shimshon made there a mishteh; for so used the bocherim to do. |11| And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought shloshim companions to be with him. |12| And Shimshon said unto them, I will now put forth a khidah (riddle) unto you; if ye can certainly declare it to me within the shivat yemei hamishteh, and find it out, then I will give you shloshim linen garments and shloshim sets of begadim; |13| But if ye cannot declare it to me, then shall ye give me shloshim linen garments and shloshim begadim. And they said unto him, Put forth thy khidah, that we may hear it. |14| And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth the edible, and out of the oz (strong) came forth matok (sweetness). And they could not in shloshet yamim expound the khidah. |15| And it came to pass on the yom hashevi'i, that they said unto the isha of Shimshon, Entice thy ish, that he may declare unto us the khidah, lest we burn thee and thy bais avi with eish; Have ye invited us to make us poor? Is it not so? |16| And the isha of Shimshon wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; thou hast put forth a khidah unto the bnei ami, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Hinei, I have not told it avi nor immi, and shall I tell it thee? |17| And she wept before him the shivat hayamim, while their mishteh lasted; and it came to pass on the yom hashevi'i, that he told her, because of the pressing of her nagging; and she told the khidah to the bnei of her Am (People). |18| And the anshei haIr said unto him on the yom hashevi'i before the sun went down, What is sweeter than devash? And what is stronger than an ari? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not hit upon my khidah. |19| And the Ruach Hashem came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck down shloshim ish of them and took as spoil their garments and gave unto them which expounded the khidah. And his af (anger) was kindled, and he went up to his bais avi. |20| But the isha of Shimshon was given to his companion, who had been his best man (I.E., HIS SHOSHVIN. SEE YOCHANAN 3:29 OJBC). |||15|||But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of katzir chittim, that Shimshon visited his isha with a young goat; and he said, I will go in to my isha into the cheder. But her av would not allow him to go in. |2| And her av said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion; is not her younger achot fairer than she? Take her now, instead of her. |3| And Shimshon said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Pelishtim, though I do them ra'ah. |4| And Shimshon went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned them tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between two tails. |5| And when he lit eish to the torches, he let them go into the standing grain of the Pelishtim, and burned up both the harvested grain and also the standing grain, and also olive orchards. |6| Then the Pelishtim said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Shimshon, the choson of the Timni, because he had taken his isha, and given her to his companion. And the Pelishtim came up, and burned her and her av with eish. |7| And Shimshon said unto them, Since ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you and after that I will cease. |8| And he struck them hip and thigh with a makkah gedolah; and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. |9| Then the Pelishtim went up and encamped in Yehudah, and spread themselves out in Lechi. |10| And the ish Yehudah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Shimshon are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. |11| Then three thousand men of Yehudah went to the top of the rock Etam and said to Shimshon, Knowest thou not that the Pelishtim are rulers over us? What is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. |12| And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the yad Pelishtim. And Shimshon said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. |13| And they spoke unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their yad; but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two avotim chadashim (new ropes), and brought him up from the rock. |14| And when he came unto Lechi, the Pelishtim shouted against him; and the Ruach of Hashem came mightily upon him, and the avotim that were upon his arms became as flax that was burned with eish, and his binding loosed from off his hands. |15| And he found a new jawbone of a chamor, and put forth his yad and took it and slaughtered a thousand men therewith. |16| And Shimshon said, With the lechi (jawbone) of a chamor heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of a chamor have I slain a thousand men. |17| And it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking that he cast away the jawbone out of his yad, and called that place Ramat Lechi (Jawbone Hill). |18| And he was very thirsty, and called on Hashem, and said, Thou hast given this teshu'ah hagedolah (great victory, rescue, salvation) into the yad of thy eved; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the yad of the arelim? |19| But Elohim split open the hollow place that is at Lechi, and there came mayim thereout; and when he had drunk, his ruach came again, and he revived; wherefore he called the shem thereof En HaKorei (Spring of the Caller), which is in Lechi unto this day. |20| And he judged Yisroel in the days of the Pelishtim esrim shanah. |||16|||Then went Shimshon to Azah (Gaza), and saw there a zonah, and went in unto her. |2| And it was told the Azah people, saying, Shimshon is come here. And they surrounded him, and laid wait for him kol halailah in the sha'ar HaIr, and were quiet kol halailah, saying, In the ohr haboker, we shall kill him. |3| And Shimshon lay till khatzot halailah, and arose at khatzot halailah, and took the daletot sha'ar HaIr, and the two mezuzot, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that is before Chevron. |4| And it came to pass afterward, that he fell in love with an isha in the Sorek Valley, whose shem was Delilah. |5| And rulers of the Pelishtim came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, see wherein his ko'ach gadol lieth, by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of kesef. |6| And Delilah said to Shimshon, Tell me, now, wherein thy koach gadol lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to subdue thee. |7| And Shimshon said unto her, If they bind me with shivah fresh bowstrings that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as any adam. |8| Then the rulers of the Pelishtim brought up to her shivah fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. |9| Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the cheder. And she said unto him, The Pelishtim be upon thee, Shimshon. And he broke the bowstrings, as a piece of thread is broken when it toucheth the eish. So his ko'ach was not known. |10| And Delilah said unto Shimshon, Hinei, thou hast mocked me, and told me kezavim (lies); tell me, now, wherewith thou mightest be bound. |11| And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with avotim chadashim that never were used, then shall I be weak, and be as any adam. |12| Delilah therefore took avotim chadashim, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Pelishtim be upon thee, Shimshon. For there were ambushers lying in wait abiding in the cheder. And he broke them from off his arms like thread. |13| And Delilah said unto Shimshon, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me kezavim; tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the sheva braids of my head with the web [fabric on the loom], |14| And fasten it with the pin... Again she called to him, The Pelishtim be upon thee, Shimshon. And he awakened out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the loom, and with the web. |15| And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine lev is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy ko'ach gadol lieth. |16| And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his nefesh was vexed unto death; |17| That he told her all his lev, and said unto her, There hath not come a morah (razor) upon mine head; for I have been a Nazir Elohim from my mother's beten; if I be shaven, then my ko'ach will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other adam. |18| And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his lev, she sent and called for the rulers of the Pelishtim, saying, Come up this once, for he hath showed me all his lev. Then the rulers of the Pelishtim came up unto her, and brought kesef in their yad. |19| And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for an ish, and she caused him to shave off the sheva braids of his head; and she began to torment him, and his ko'ach went from him. |20| And she said, The Pelishtim be upon thee, Shimshon. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before and shake myself. And he knew not that Hashem was departed from him. |21| But the Pelishtim took him, and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Azah (Gaza), and bound him with fetters of nechoshet; and he did grind in the prison house. |22| Howbeit after he was shaven, the hair of his head began l'tzameach [to spring up; Tzemach is Moshiach] again. |23| Then rulers of the Pelishtim gathered them together for to offer a zevach gadol unto Dagon eloheihem, and to rejoice; for they said, eloheinu hath delivered Shimshon oyveinu (our enemy) into our yad. |24| And when the people saw him, they praised eloheihem; for they said, eloheinu hath delivered into our hands oyveinu, and the destroyer of our country, which slaughtered many of us. |25| And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Shimshon, that he may entertain us. And they called for Shimshon out of the prison house; and he entertained them; and they set him between the ammudim. |26| And Shimshon said unto the na'ar that held him by the yad, Put me where I may feel the ammudim whereupon the bais standeth, that I may lean upon them. |27| Now the bais (temple) was full of anashim and nashim; and all the rulers of the Pelishtim were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand ish and isha, that beheld while Shimshon entertained. |28| And Shimshon called unto Hashem, and said, Adonoi Hashem, remember me, now, and strengthen me, now, only this once, O HaElohim that I may be at once avenged of the Pelishtim for my two eyes. |29| And Shimshon took hold of the two middle ammudim upon which the bais stood and he braced himself against them, one with his right yad, and the other with his left. |30| And Shimshon said, Let me die with the Pelishtim. And he pushed himself with all his ko'ach; and the bais fell upon the rulers, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slaughtered at his death were more than they which he slaughtered in his life. |31| Then his brethren and all the bais of his av came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Tzorah and Eshtaol in the kever of Manoach his av. And he judged Yisroel esrim shanah. |||17|||And there was an ish from har Ephrayim, whose shem was Mikhay'hu. |2| And he said unto his em, The eleven hundred pieces of kesef that were taken from thee, about which thou did utter a curse, and spoke of also in mine ears, Hinei, the kesef is with me; I took it. And his em said, Baruch beni LaHashem. |3| And when he had restored the eleven hundred pieces of kesef to his em, his em said, I had wholly set apart as kodesh the kesef unto Hashem from my hand for beni (my son), to make a pesel (carved image, idol [See Ex 20:4]) and a masekhah (an image cast from a mold [See Ex 32:4]); now therefore I will return it unto thee. |4| So he restored the kesef unto his em; and his em took two hundred pieces of kesef and gave them to the tzoref (goldsmith), who made thereof a pesel and a masekhah; and they were in the bais Mikhay'hu. |5| And the ish Mikhay'hu had a bais elohim, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and ordained one of his banim, who became his kohen. |6| In those yamim there was no melech in Yisroel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. |7| Meanwhile there was a na'ar from Beit-Lechem Yehudah of the mishpakhat Yehudah, who was a Levi, and he sojourned there. |8| And the ish departed out of the Ir from Beit-Lechem Yehudah to sojourn where he could find a place; and he came to har Ephrayim to the bais Mikhay'hu, as he made his derech. |9| And Mikhay'hu said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levi of Beit-Lechem Yehudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. |10| And Mikhay'hu said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me an av and a kohen, and I will give thee ten pieces of kesef a year, and a set of begadim, and mikhyah (maintenance, livelihood). So the Levi went in. |11| And the Levi agreed to dwell with the ish; and the na'ar was unto him as one of his banim. |12| And Mikhay'hu ordained (literally, filled the hands of, consecrated, appointed as his own priest) the Levi; and the na'ar became his kohen, and was in the bais Mikhay'hu. |13| Then said Mikhay'hu, Now I have da'as that Hashem will do me good, seeing I have a Levi as my kohen. |||18|||In those days there was no melech in Yisroel; and in those days the shevet (tribe) of the Dani sought them a nachalah to dwell in; for unto that day none had fallen for him [Dan] among the Shivtei Yisroel. |2| And the Bnei Dan sent of their mishpakhat five anashim out of their whole number, anashim, Bnei Chayil, from Tzorah, and from Eshta'ol, to spy out the land, and to explore it; and they said unto them, Go, explore the land; and when they came to har Ephrayim, to the bais Mikhay'hu, they lodged there. |3| When they were at the bais Mikhah, they recognized the voice of the na'ar the Levi; so they turned in there, and said unto him, Who brought thee here? And what doth thou in this place? And what is thy business here? |4| And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Mikhah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his kohen. |5| And they said unto him, Ask counsel of Elohim, that we may have da'as of whether our derech shall succeed. |6| And the kohen said unto them, Go in shalom; your derech wherein ye go is nokhach Hashem (straight in the sight of Hashem). |7| Then the five anashim departed, and came to Layish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the mishpat of the Tzidonim, quiet and unsuspecting; and there was no one in authority in the land, that might put them to shame for anything; but they were far from the Tzidonim, and had no ties with adam. |8| And they returned unto their achim to Tzorah and Eshta'ol; and their achim said unto them, Mah atem (What do you [report]?) |9| And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them; for we have seen ha'aretz, and, hinei, it is tovah me'od; and will ye do nothing? Be not slothful to go, but enter in to possess ha'aretz. |10| When ye go, ye shall come unto an Am bote'ach (unsuspecting people), and to ha'aretz rachavat; for Elohim hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no lack of any thing that is in ha'aretz. |11| And there went from thence of the mishpakhat HaDani, out of Tzorah and out of Eshta'ol, 600 men armed with keli milchamah. |12| And they went up, and encamped in Kiryat-Yearim, in Yehudah; wherefore they called that place Machaneh Dan unto this day; hinei, it is behind Kiryat-Yearim. |13| And they passed thence unto har Ephrayim, and came unto the bais Mikhah. |14| Then answered the five anashim that went to spy out ha'aretz Layish, and said unto their achim, Do ye know that there is in these batim ephod, teraphim, pesel, and maskhah? Now therefore consider what ye have to do. |15| And they turned thitherward, and came to the bais hana'ar haLevi, even unto the bais Mikhah, and gave him a shalom greeting. |16| And the 600 men armed with their keli milchamah, which were of the Bnei Dan, stood by the petach hasha'ar. |17| And the five anashim that went to spy out ha'aretz went up, and came in thither, and took the pesel, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the masekhah; and the kohen stood in the petach hasha'ar with the 600 men that were armed with keli milchamah. |18| And these went into bais Mikhah, and fetched the pesel, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the masakhah. Then said the kohen unto them, What are ye doing? |19| And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine yad upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be to us an av and a kohen; is it better for thee to be a kohen unto the bais ish echad, or that thou be a kohen unto a shevet and a mishpakhat in Yisroel? |20| And the lev hakohen was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the pesel, and went in the midst of the people. |21| So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the mikneh and the belongings in front of them. |22| And when they were a good way from the bais Mikhah, the men that were in the batim (houses) near to bais Mikhah were gathered together, and overtook the Bnei Dan. |23| And they cried unto the Bnei Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Mikhah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? |24| And he said, Ye have taken away my g-ds which I made, and the kohen, and ye are gone away; and what have I more? And what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? |25| And the Bnei Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry anashim run upon thee, and thou lose thy nefesh, with the nefesh of thy household. |26| And the Bnei Dan went their way; and when Mikhah saw that they were chazakim, too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his bais [T.N. BY NOW WE ARE SEEING THE POINT OF THE STORY, WHICH IS HOW DAN BECAME INFECTED WITH APOSTATE RELIGION; SEE THEIR OMISSION REV CHP 7]. |27| And they took the things which Mikhah had made, and the kohen which he had, and came unto Layish unto a people that were peaceful and unsuspecting and they struck them with the edge of the cherev, and burnt the ir with eish. |28| And there was no matzil (deliverer, rescuer), because it was far from Tzidon, and they had no tie with adam (any man); and it was in the valley that lieth near Beit-Rechov. And they built an ir, and dwelt therein. |29| And they called the shem of the Ir Dan, after the shem of Dan their av, who was born unto Yisroel; howbeit the shem of the Ir was Layish previously. |30| And the Bnei Dan set up the pesel; and Y'honatan ben Gershom ben Menasheh, he and his banim were kohanim to the shevet haDani until the yom Golus HaAretz [722 B.C.E.]. |31| During all the time that the Bais HaElohim was in Shiloh they set up for them pesel Mikhah, which he made. |||19|||And it came to pass in those days, when there was no melech in Yisroel, that there was a certain Levi sojourning in the remote har Ephrayim country, who took to him a pilegesh out of Beit-Lechem Yehudah. |2| And his pilegesh played the zonah against him, and went away from him unto her bais av to Beit-Lechem Yehudah, and was there four whole months. |3| And her ish arose, and went after her, to speak unto her lev, and to bring her back, having his na'ar (servant) with him, and a couple of donkeys; and she brought him into her bais av; and when the avi hana'arah saw him, he had simcha to welcome him. |4| And his khoten (father-inlaw), the avi hana'arah, held him fast; and he abode with him shloshet yamim; so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. |5| And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the boker, that he rose up to depart; the avi hana'a- rah said unto his choson (sonin-law), Refresh thine lev with a morsel of lechem, and afterward go your way. |6| And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together; for the avi hana'arah had said unto the ish, Be pleased, and tarry all night, and let thine lev be content. |7| And when the ish rose up to depart, his khoten (fatherin-law) urged him; therefore he lodged there again. |8| And he arose early in the boker on the yom hachamishi to depart; and the avi hana'arah said, Refresh now thine lev. Tarry till the yom turns [past midday], and they did eat both of them. |9| And when the ish rose up to depart, he, and his pilegesh, and his na'ar, his khoten (father-in-law), the avi hana'arah, said unto him, Hinei, now the yom draweth toward erev, tarry the night now; hinei, the yom groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine lev may be content; and makhar (tomorrow) get you early on your derech, that thou mayest go to your ohel. |10| But the ish would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came to nokhach (straight before, in the direction of) Yevus, which is Yerushalayim; and there were with him two donkeys saddled, his pilegesh also was with him. |11| And when they were near Yevus, the yom was far spent; and the na'ar said unto his adon, Come, now, and let us turn in into ir haYevusi, and lodge in it. |12| And his adon said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the ir nochri, that is not of the Bnei Yisroel; we will pass over to Giv'ah. |13| And he said unto his na'ar, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Giv'ah, or in Ramah. |14| And they passed on and went their way; and the shemesh went down upon them when they were near Giv'ah, which belongeth to Binyamin. |15| And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge the night in Giv'ah; and when he went in, he sat him down in the rechov of the ir; for there was no ish that took them into his bais to lodge the night [T.N. SEE IYOV 31:32 REGARDING THE SIN HERE, MADE MORE SHAMEFUL IN THAT IT WAS COMMITTED AGAINST A LEVI]. |16| And, hinei, there came an ish zaken from his work out of the sadeh at erev, and the ish was also from har Ephrayim; and he sojourned in Giv'ah; but the anashim of the place were Bnei Yemini (Benjamites). |17| And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw haish haoreach (the wayfaring man, traveling man) in the rechov haIr; and the ish hazaken said, Whither goest thou? And whence comest thou? |18| And he said unto him, We are passing from BeitLechem Yehudah toward the remote har Ephrayim country; from thence am I; and I went to Beit-Lechem Yehudah, but I am now going to the Bais Hashem [see 18:31]; but there is no ish that receiveth me into the bais. |19| Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys; and there is lechem and yayin also for me, and for thy amah (maidservant), and for the na'ar which is with thy avadim; there is no machsor (want, need) of any thing. |20| And the ish hazaken said, Shalom lach; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the rechov. |21| So he brought him into his bais, and mixed fodder for the donkeys; and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. |22| Now as they were making their hearts content, hinei, the anshei haIr, anshei bnei Beliya'al, surrounded the bais, and pounded incessantly on the delet, and shouted to the ish, the Ba'al HaBayit, the zaken, saying, Bring out the ish that came into thine bais, that we may know him [T.N. A THIN LINE DRAWN BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL RAPE AND MURDER]. |23| And the ish, the Ba'al HaBayit, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, do not so wickedly; seeing that this ish is come into mine bais, do not this nevalah (outrage). |24| Hinei, here is my bat a betulah, and his pilegesh; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth hatov unto your eyes; but unto this ish do not so devar hanevalah (vile, wicked a thing). |25| But the anashim would not pay heed to him; so the ish took his pilegesh, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her kol halailah until the boker; and when the shachar (dawn) came, they let her go. |26| Then came the isha at the break of haboker, and fell down at the petach bais haish where her adon was, ad haohr (until daylight, sunrise). |27| And her adon rose up in the boker, and opened the daletot habais, and stepped out to go on his derech; and, hinei, the isha, his pilegesh, was fallen at the petach habais! And her hands were upon the sahf (threshold). |28| And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But there was no answer. Then the ish took [the corpse] upon a donkey, and the ish rose up, and set out for his makom (place, home). |29| And when he was come into his bais, he took a ma'akhelet (knife), and laid hold on his pilegesh, and divided her, together with her atzmot, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the territory of Yisroel. |30| And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the yom that the Bnei Yisroel came up out of Eretz Mitzrayim unto this day; give ye heed unto it, make up your minds [about the punishment], and speak. |||20|||Then all the Bnei Yisroel came out, and HaEdah was gathered together as ish echad, from Dan even to BeerSheva, including Eretz HaGil`ad, unto Hashem at Mitzpah. |2| And the Pinot (Corner pillars, Leaders, Chiefs) kol HaAm, even of kol Shivtei Yisroel, presented themselves in the Kahal Am HaElohim, four hundred thousand foot soldiers armed with cherev. |3| (Now the Bnei Binyamin heard that the Bnei Yisroel were gone up to Mitzpah.) Then said the Bnei Yisroel, Tell us, how this ra'ah came to be? |4| And the Levi, the ish haisha that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Giv'ah that belongeth to Binyamin, I and my pilegesh, to lodge. |5| And the ba'alei haGiv'ah rose against me, and surrounded the bais upon me by lailah, and intended to have murdered me; and my pilegesh have they raped, that she is dead. |6| And I took my pilegesh, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout kol sedeh nachalat Yisroel; for they have committed zimmah (lewdness) and nevalah (wickedness, outrage, disgrace) in Yisroel. |7| Hinei, ye are all Bnei Yisroel; give here your advice and etzah (counsel, verdict). |8| And kol haAm arose as ish echad, saying, We will not any of us go to his ohel, neither will we any of us return into his bais. |9| But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Giv'ah; we will go up bigoral (by lot) against it; |10| And we will take ten anashim of a hundred throughout kol Shivtei Yisroel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to supply provisions for the troops, that they may do, when they come to Giv'ah of Binyamin, according to all the nevalah that they have wrought in Yisroel. |11| So kol ish Yisroel were gathered against the Ir, k'ish echad chaverim (comrades as one man, united as one). |12| And the Shivtei Yisroel sent anashim through all the shivtei Binyamin, saying, What ra'ah is this that is done among you? |13| Now therefore deliver us the anashim, the Bnei Beliyaal, which are in Giv'ah, that we may put them to death, and purge ra'ah from Yisroel. But the Bnei Binyamin would not pay heed to the voice of their achim the Bnei Yisroel. |14| But the Bnei Binyamin gathered themselves together out of the towns unto Giv'ah, to go out for milchamah against the Bnei Yisroel. |15| And the Bnei Binyamin mustered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men armed with cherev, beside the inhabitants of Giv'ah, which mustered seven hundred ish bachur (chosen men). |16| Among all this people there were seven hundred ish bachur every one could sling stones at the se'ar (the hair), and not miss. |17| And the ish Yisroel, apart from Binyamin, mustered 400,000 men armed with cherev; all these were ish milchamah. |18| And the Bnei Yisroel arose, and went up to Beit-El, and asked counsel of Elohim, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the milchamah against the Bnei Binyamin? And Hashem said, Yehudah shall go up first. |19| And the Bnei Yisroel rose up in the boker, and encamped against Giv'ah. |20| And the Ish Yisroel went out to battle against Binyamin; and the Ish Yisroel put themselves in array to fight against them at Giv'ah. |21| And the Bnei Binyamin came forth out of Giv'ah, and cut down to the ground that day in Yisroel twenty and two thousand men. |22| And the HaAm Ish Yisroel took courage, and formed their battle line again in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. |23| (And the Bnei Yisroel went up and wept before Hashem until erev, and asked counsel of Hashem, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the Bnei Binyamin achi? And Hashem said, Go up against him.) |24| And the Bnei Yisroel came near against the Bnei Binyamin the second day. |25| And Binyamin went forth against them from Giv'ah the second day, and cut down to the ground of the Bnei Yisroel another eighteen thousand men; all these were armed with the cherev. |26| Then kol Bnei Yisroel, and kol haAm, went up, and came unto Beit-El, and wept, and sat there before Hashem, and did a tzom that day until erev, and offered olot and shelamim before Hashem. |27| And the Bnei Yisroel inquired of Hashem, (for the Aron Brit HaElohim was there in those days, |28| And Pinchas ben Eleazar ben Aharon stood ministering before it in those yamim,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the Bnei Binyamin achi, or shall I cease? And Hashem said, Go up; for makhar (tomorrow) I will deliver them into thine yad. |29| And Yisroel set an ambush in wait round about Giv'ah. |30| And the Bnei Yisroel went up against the Bnei Binyamin on the Yom HaShelishi, and put themselves in array against Giv'ah, as before. |31| And the Bnei Binyamin went out against HaAm, and were drawn away from the Ir; and they began to inflict casualties on HaAm, as at other times, in the sadeh and on the roads, of which one road goeth up to Beit-El, and the other road to Giv'ah, killing about sheloshim ish b'Yisroel. |32| And the Bnei Binyamin said, They are defeated before us, as at the first. But the Bnei Yisroel said, Let us retreat, and draw them from the Ir unto the roads. |33| And Kol Ish Yisroel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at BaalTamar; meanwhile the ones of Yisroel waiting in ambush came forth out of their places, at Ma'areh Geva. |34| And there came a frontal assault against Giv'ah by ten thousand ish bachur out of kol Yisroel, and the milchamah was fierce; but they [the Bnei Binyamin] had no da'as that for them ra'ah (evil, disaster) was near. |35| And Hashem defeated Binyamin before Yisroel; and the Bnei Yisroel struck down from Binyamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred ish, all these armed with cherev. |36| So the Bnei Binyamin saw that they were defeated; for the Ish Yisroel gave place before Binyamin, because they relied on the ones ambushing which they had positioned against Giv'ah. |37| And the ones ambushing hasted, and rushed upon Giv'ah; and the ones ambushing drew themselves along, and struck kol HaIr with the edge of the cherev. |38| Now there was a mo'ed (appointed agreement) between the Ish Yisroel and the ones ambushing, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the Ir. |39| And when the Ish Yisroel turned in the milchamah, Binyamin began to inflict casualties on the Ish Yisroel about sheloshim ish; for they said, Surely they are defeated before us, as in the milchamah harishonah. |40| But when the smoke cloud began to arise up out of the Ir with an ammud ashan (pillar of smoke), Binyamin looked behind them, and, hinei, the whole Ir ascended up in smoke to Shomayim. |41| And when the Ish Yisroel turned again, the Ish Binyamin were terrified; for they saw that ra'ah was come upon them. |42| Therefore they turned their backs before the Ish Yisroel unto the derech hamidbar; but the milchamah overtook them; and them which came out of the towns [of Binyamin] the ones [the Bnei Yisroel] cutting down him [Binyamin] in the midst of it. |43| Thus surrounding those of Binyamin, they chased them, and trampled them down with ease nokhach Giv'ah (straight before Giv'ah) toward the rising of the shemesh. |44| And there fell of Binyamin eighteen thousand ish; all these were anshei chayil. |45| And they turned and fled toward the midbar unto the Rock of Rimmon; and they cut down of them in the roads five thousand ish; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slaughtered two thousand ish of them. |46| So that all which fell that day of Binyamin were twenty and five thousand ish armed with cherev; all these were anshei chayil. |47| But six hundred ish turned and fled to the midbar unto the Rock of Rimmon, and abode unto the Rock of Rimmon four months. |48| And the Ish Yisroel turned back upon the Bnei Binyamin, and struck them with the edge of the cherev, including every town, the people, the behemah, and all that remained; also they burned with eish all the towns that they came to. |||21|||Now the Ish Yisroel had taken an oath in Mitzpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his bat unto Binyamin as isha. |2| And HaAm went to BeitEl, and abode there till erev before HaElohim, and lifted up their voices, and wept gadol; |3| And said, Hashem Elohei Yisroel, why is this come to pass in Yisroel, that there should be today shevet echad lacking in Yisroel? |4| And it came to pass on the next day, that HaAm rose early, and built there a Mizbe'ach, and offered olot and shelamim. |5| And the Bnei Yisroel said, Who is there among kol Shivtei Yisroel that came not up with the Kahal unto Hashem? For they had made the shevuah hagedolah concerning him that came not up before Hashem to Mitzpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death. |6| And the Bnei Yisroel had compassion for Binyamin their brother, and said, There is shevet echad cut off from Yisroel this day. |7| How shall we do for nashim for them that remain, seeing we have taken an oath by Hashem that we will not give them of our banot as nashim? |8| And they said, What one is there of the Shivtei Yisroel that came not up to Mitzpah to Hashem? And, hinei, there came none to the machaneh from Yavesh-Gilead to the Kahal. |9| For HaAm were numbered, and, hinei, there were none of the inhabitants of Yavesh-Gilead there. |10| And HaEdah sent thither 12,000 ish of the Bnei HeChayil, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike the inhabitants of YaveshGilead with the edge of the cherev, with the women and the children. |11| And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every zakhar, and every isha that hath da'as of lying with man. |12| And they found among the inhabitants of YaveshGilead four hundred na'arah betulah, that had known no man by lying with any zakhar; and they brought them unto the machaneh at Shiloh, which is in Eretz Kena'an. |13| And the kol HaEdah sent some to speak to the Bnei Binyamin that were at the Rock of Rimmon, and to proclaim shalom unto them. |14| And Binyamin came again at that time; and they gave them nashim which they had saved alive of the women of Yavesh-Gilead; but they sufficed not for them. |15| And HaAm had compassion for Binyamin, because Hashem had made a breach in the Shivtei Yisroel. |16| Then the Ziknei HaEdah (Elders of the Congregation) said, How shall we do for nashim for them that remain, seeing the isha are destroyed out of Binyamin? |17| And they said, There must be yerushah (heir) for them that be survivor of Binyamin, that a shevet be not destroyed out of Yisroel. |18| Howbeit we may not give them nashim of our banot; for the Bnei Yisroel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth an isha to Binyamin. |19| Then they said, Hinei, there is chag Hashem (feast of Hashem) in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beit El, on the east side of the road that goeth up from Beit El to Shechem, and on the south of Levonah. |20| Therefore they commanded the Bnei Binyamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the kramim (vineyards); |21| And watch, and, hinei, if the Banot Shiloh come out to join in dances, then come ye out of the kramim (vineyards), and catch you every ish his isha of the Banot Shiloh, and go to Eretz Binyamin. |22| And it shall be, when their avot or their achim come unto us for riv (to complain), we [the Ziknei HaEdah] will say unto them, Give them to us, for we did not receive every ish his isha through the war; for ye have not given them unto them at this time; now would ye be guilty. |23| And the Bnei Binyamin did so and took them nashim, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught; and they went and returned unto their nachalah, and repaired the towns, and dwelt in them. |24| And the Bnei Yisroel departed from there at that time, every ish to his shevet and to his mishpakhah, and they went out from thence every ish to his nachalah. |25| In those days there was no melech in Yisroel; every man did that which was yashar (right) in his own eyes. SHMUEL ALEF |||1|||Now there was a certain man of Ramatayim Tzophim, of the hill country of Ephrayim, and his name was Elkanah ben Yerocham ben Elihu ben Tochu ben Tzuph, from Ephrat; [2] And he had two wives; the name of the one was Channah, and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Channah had no children. |3| And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto Hashem Tzva'os in Shiloh. And the two banim of Eli, Chophni and Pinchas, the kohanim of Hashem, were there. |4| And when the time was that Elkanah offered sacrifice, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her banim and her banot, portions; |5| But unto Channah he gave a double portion; for he loved Channah; but Hashem had shut up her womb. |6| And her tzarah (adversary) also provoked her greatly, for to make her fret, because Hashem had shut up her womb. |7| And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the Bais Hashem, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. |8| Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Channah, why weepest thou? And why eatest thou not? And why is thy lev bitter? Am not I better to thee than asarah banim? |9| So Channah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli HaKohen sat upon a chair by mezuzat Heikhal Hashem. |10| And she was in bitterness of nefesh, and davened unto Hashem, and wept greatly. |11| And she vowed a neder (vow), and said, O Hashem Tzva'os, if thou wilt indeed look on the misery of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid zera anashim, then I will give him unto Hashem kol yamei of his chayyah, and there shall no razor come upon his head. |12| And it came to pass, as she continued davening before Hashem, that Eli observed her mouth. |13| Now Channah, she davened in her lev; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; therefore Eli thought her to be shikkorah. |14| And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunk? Put away thy yayin from thee. |15| And Channah answered and said, No, adoni, I am an isha of a keshat ruach (oppressed spirit); I have drunk neither yayin nor strong drink, but have poured out my nefesh before Hashem. |16| Take not thine amah (handmaid, servant) for a bat Beliyaal; for out of the abundance of my anguish and ka'as (grief) have I davened hitherto. |17| Then Eli answered and said, Go in shalom; and Elohei Yisroel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of Him. |18| And she said, Let thine handmaid find chen (grace, favor) in thy sight. So the isha went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. |19| And they rose up in the boker early, and worshiped before Hashem and returned, and came to their bais in Ramah; and Elkanah knew Channah his wife; and Hashem remembered her. |20| And it came to pass in due time, after Channah had conceived, that she bore a ben, and called his name Shmuel (Heard of G-d) saying, Because from Hashem I have asked for him. |21| And the man Elkanah, and all his bais, went up to offer unto Hashem the zevach hayamim (sacrifice of the days), and his neder (vow). |22| But Channah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before Hashem, and there abide forever. |23| And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only Hashem make good (establish) His devar. So the isha stayed, and nursed her ben until she weaned him. |24| And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of flour, and a skin of yayin, and brought him unto the Bais Hashem in Shiloh; and the child was young. |25| And they slaughtered a bull, and brought the child to Eli. |26| And she said, Oh adoni, as thy nefesh liveth, adoni, I am the isha that stood by thee here, davening unto Hashem. |27| For this child I davened; and Hashem hath given me my petition which I asked of Him; |28| Therefore also I make him one lent to Hashem; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to Hashem. And he worshiped Hashem there. |||2|||And Channah davened, and said, My lev rejoiceth in Hashem, mine keren is exalted in Hashem; my mouth is opened wide over mine oyevim; because I rejoice with simchah in Thy Yeshuah (Salvation). |2| There is none kadosh like Hashem; for there is none besides Thee; neither is there any Tzur like Eloheinu. |3| Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not atak (insolence) come out of your mouth; for Hashem is El De'ot (a G-d who intensively knows), and by Him alilot (actions) are weighed. |4| Keshet gibborim are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with chayil (strength). |5| They that were full have hired out themselves for lechem; and they that were hungry are such no more; so that the barren hath born shivah; and she that hath rabbat banim withers in grief. |6| Hashem bringeth mot, and maketh chayyim; He bringeth down to Sheol, and raiseth up. |7| Hashem maketh poor, and bringeth oisher; He bringeth low, and lifteth up. |8| He raiseth up the dal (poor) out of the aphar (dust), and lifteth up the evyon (needy) from the dunghill, to seat them among nedivim (nobles), and to make them inherit the kisse kavod; for the pillars of the earth belong to Hashem, and He hath set the tevel (world) upon them. |9| He is shomer over the feet of His chasidim, and the resha'im shall be silenced in choshech; for by ko'ach shall no ish prevail. |10| Those striving against Hashem shall be shattered; out of Shomayim shall He thunder upon him [the contentious]; Hashem shall judge the afsei eretz (ends of the earth); and He shall give oz (strength) unto His Melech, and exalt the keren (horn, power) of His Moshiach. |11| And Elkanah went to Ramah to his bais. And the na'ar was mesharet (minister) unto Hashem under Eli HaKohen. |12| Now the Bnei Eli were Bnei Beliyaal; they knew not Hashem. |13| And the mishpat hakohanim (kohen's custom) with the people was, that, when any ish offered zevach, the na'ar hakohen came, while the basar was cooking, with a mazleg (fork) of shlosh hashineayim (three prongs, lit. teeth) in his yad; |14| And he would plunge it into the kiyyor (basin) or dud (kettle) or kalakhat (caldron) or parur (pot); all that the mazleg brought up the kohen took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto kol Yisroel that came there. |15| Also before they burned the chelev, the na'ar hakohen came, and said to the ish hazove'ach (man making the sacrifice), Give basar to roast for the kohen; for he will not accept cooked basar of thee, only raw. |16| And if any ish said unto him, Let them first not fail to burn the chelev, and then take as much as thy nefesh desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt hand it over to me now; and if not, I will take it by chazakah (force). |17| Wherefore the chattat hane'arim was gedolah me'od before Hashem; for the anashim treated with contempt the minchat Hashem. |18| But Shmuel was mesharet (minister) before Hashem, being a na'ar, girded with an ephod bad (linen robe). |19| Moreover immo made him a me'il katon (a little robe), and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her ish to offer the zevach hayamim (yearly or annual sacrifice, Ex. 28:31f). |20| And Eli put on Elkanah and his isha a berakhah, and said, Hashem give thee zera of this isha in place of the she'elah (asked for [one] of) Hashem that was lent. And they went unto his makom (place, home). |21| And Hashem visited Channah, so that she conceived, and bore three banim and two banot. And the na'ar Shmuel grew before Hashem. |22| Now Eli was zaken me'od, and heard all that his banim did unto kol Yisroel; and how they lay with the nashim hatzove'ot (women in ministry service) at the petach Ohel Mo'ed. |23| And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? For I hear of your evil deeds from kol HaAm (all the People). |24| Nay, my banim; for it is no good report that I hear; ye make Am Hashem to transgress. |25| If one ish sin against another ish, Elohim shall intervene as arbiter for him; but if an ish sin against Hashem, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they paid heed not unto the kol avihem (voice of their father), because Hashem willed to execute them. |26| And the na'ar Shmuel was growing, and was in favor both with Hashem and also with anashim. |27| And there came an Ish Elohim unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith Hashem, Did I not plainly reveal Myself unto the Bais Avicha, when they were in Mitzrayim under Bais Pharaoh? |28| And did I not choose him out of kol Shivtei Yisroel to be Kohen to Me, to ascend Mine Mizbe'ach, to burn ketoret, to wear an Ephod in My presence? And did I give unto the Bais Avicha all the fire offerings of the Bnei Yisroel? |29| Why kick scornfully at My zevach and My minchah, which I have commanded in My ma'on (habitation, dwelling [SEE YN 14:2 OJBC]); and honorest thy banim above Me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of kol minchat Yisroel, before Ami (My People). |30| Therefore Hashem Elohei Yisroel saith, I said indeed that thy Bais, and the Bais Avicha, should walk before Me ad olam (forever); but now Hashem saith, Be it far from Me; for them that honor Me I will honor, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. |31| Hinei, the yamim are coming, that I will cut off thine zero'a, and the zero'a of the Bais Avicha, that there shall not be a zaken in thine Bais. |32| And thou shalt see Tzar Ma'on [SEE 1SM 4:11 AND JER 7:12-14] in spite of all that He will do of tov to Yisroel; and there shall not be a zaken in thine Bais kol hayamim. |33| And the ish of thine, whom I shall not cut off from Mine Mizbe'ach, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine nefesh; and all the increase of thine Bais shall die anashim [I.E., NOT ZEKENIM]. |34| And this shall be HaOt unto thee, that shall come upon thy two banim, on Chophni and on Pinchas: in one day they shall die both of them. |35| And I will raise up for Me a Kohen Ne'eman, that shall do according to that which is in Mine lev and in My nefesh; and I will build for him a Bais Ne'eman; and he shall walk before Mine Moshiach kol hayamim. |36| And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine Bais shall come and bow before him [i.e., the Kohen Ne'eman] to get an agorat kesef (a silver coin) and a kikar lechem (loaf of bread), and shall say, Put me please into one of the Kehunnot (Divisions of the Kehunah), that I may get a piece of lechem to eat. |||3|||And the na'ar Shmuel ministered unto Hashem before Eli. And the Devar Hashem was yakar (precious, dear, rare) in those days; there was no chazon nifratz ([prophetic] vision open, spread out, common, i.e., prophetic vision was uncommon). |2| And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was lying down in his makom (his eyes had began to grow dim, that he could not see); |3| And the Ner Elohim had not yet gone out in the Heikhal Hashem, where the Aron Elohim was, and Shmuel was lying down; |4| That Hashem called Shmuel; and he answered, Hineni. |5| And he ran unto Eli, and said, Hineni; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. |6| And Hashem called yet again, Shmuel. And Shmuel got up and went to Eli, and said, Hineni; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, beni; lie down again. |7| Now Shmuel did not yet know Hashem; the Devar Hashem was not yet revealed unto him [See Yn 1:1,14). |8| And Hashem called Shmuel again the third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, Hineni; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that Hashem was calling the na'ar. |9| Therefore Eli said unto Shmuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Hashem; for Thy eved (servant) shomei'a (is listening). So Shmuel went and lay down in his makom. |10| And Hashem came, and stood, and called as at other times, Shmuel, Shmuel. Then Shmuel answered, Speak; for Thy eved shomei'a. |11| And Hashem said to Shmuel, Hinei, I am doing a thing in Yisroel, at which both the oznayim of every one that heareth it shall tingle. |12| In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his Bais; from beginning even to the end. |13| For I have told him that I will judge his Bais ad olam for the avon (iniquity) which he knoweth; because his banim brought klalot (curses) upon themselves, and he restrained them not. |14| And therefore I have sworn unto the Bais Eli, that there shall be no kapporah for the avon Bais Eli by zevach nor minchah ad olam. |15| And Shmuel lay until boker, and opened the dlatot Beis Hashem. And Shmuel feared to show Eli the mareh (vision). |16| Then Eli called Shmuel, and said, Shmuel, beni. And he answered, Hineni. |17| And he said, What is the davar that Hashem hath said unto thee? Now hide it not from me; Elohim do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that He said unto thee. |18| And Shmuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is Hashem; let Him do what seemeth Him tov. |19| And Shmuel grew, and Hashem was with him, and did let none of his [Shmuel's] words fall to the ground. |20| And kol Yisroel from Dan even to Beer Sheva knew that Shmuel was established to be a navi of Hashem. |21| And Hashem appeared again in Shiloh; for Hashem revealed Himself to Shmuel in Shiloh by the Devar Hashem. |||4|||And the davar Shmuel came to kol Yisroel. Now Yisroel went out to meet in milchamah the Pelishtim (Philistines), and encamped at Even-Ezer; and the Pelishtim (Philistines) encamped at Aphek. |2| And the Pelishtim (Philistines) put themselves in array to meet Yisroel [in battle]; and when the milchamah spread, Yisroel was defeated before the Pelishtim; and they slaughtered on the ma'arakhah (battleground) in the sadeh about arba'at alafim ish (four thousand men). |3| And when HaAm were come into the machaneh, the Ziknei Yisroel said, Why hath Hashem defeated us today before the Pelishtim (Philistines)? Let us bring the Aron Brit Hashem out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the palm of oyeveinu (our enemies). |4| So HaAm sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the Aron Brit Hashem Tzva'os, Who dwelleth between the keruvim; and the two Bnei Eli, Chophni and Pinchas, were there with the Aron Brit HaElohim. |5| And when the Aron Brit Hashem came into the machaneh, kol Yisroel shouted with a teru'ah gedolah, so that ha'aretz shook. |6| And when the Pelishtim (Philistines) heard the kol hateruah, they said, What meaneth kol hateruah hagedolah hazot in the machaneh HaIvrit? And they understood that the Aron Hashem was come into the machaneh. |7| And the Pelishtim (Philistines) were afraid, for they said, elohim is come into the machaneh. And they said, Oy lanu! For there hath not been such a thing as this heretofore. |8| Oy lanu! Who shall save us out of the yad of these elohim ha'adirim (mighty g-ds)? These are the g-ds that struck the Mitzrayim with kol makkah (all the plagues) in the midbar. |9| Be strong and conduct yourselves like anashim, O ye Pelishtim (Philistines), that ye be not avadim unto the Ivrim (Hebrews), as they have been subject to you; conduct yourselves like anashim, and fight. |10| And the Pelishtim fought, and Yisroel was defeated, and they fled every ish into his ohel; and there was makkah gedolah me'od (a very great slaughter); for there fell of Yisroel shloshim elef foot soldiers. |11| And the Aron Elohim was captured; and the two Bnei Eli, Chophni and Pinchas, died. |12| And there ran an ish of Binyamin out of the ma'arakhah (battleground), and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn, and with adamah upon his rosh. |13| And when he arrived, hinei, Eli sat upon a kisse by the side of the derech, watching; for his lev anxiously trembled for the Aron HaElohim. And when the ish came into the Ir [OF SHILOH], and told it, kol HaIr cried out. |14| And when Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the ish came in hastily, and told Eli. |15| Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were kamah (set, stiff, fixed motionless), that he could not see. |16| And the ish said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the ma'arakhah (battleground), and I fled today from the ma'arakhah. And he said, What happened there, beni? |17| And the mevaser (herald, bringer of news, bearer of tidings, evangelist) answered and said, Yisroel is fled before the Pelishtim, and there hath been also a magefah gedolah among HaAm, and thy two banim also, Chophni and Pinchas, are dead, and the Aron HaElohim is captured. |18| And it came to pass, when he made mention of the Aron HaElohim, that he fell from off the kisse backward by the side of the sha'ar, and his neck was broken, and he died; for the ish was zaken (old) and kaved (heavy). And he had judged Yisroel arba'im shanah. |19| And his kallah (daughter-in-law), eshet Pinchas, was with child, near to be delivered; and when she heard the tidings that the Aron HaElohim was captured, and that her kham (woman's father-in-law) and her ish were dead, she fell upon her knees in labor and gave birth; for her labor pains came upon her. |20| And about the time of her mot (death) the attending women said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born ben. But she answered not, neither did her lev pay attention. |21| And she named the na'ar Ichavod [Inglorious], saying, The kavod is departed from Yisroel; because the Aron HaElohim is captured, and because of her kham (woman's father-in-law) and her ish. |22| And she said, The kavod is departed from Yisroel; for the Aron HaElohim is captured. |||5|||And the Pelishtim (Philistines) captured the Aron HaElohim, and brought it from Even HaEzer unto Ashdod. |2| When the Pelishtim (Philistines) took the Aron HaElohim, they brought it into the Bais Dagon, and set it beside Dagon. |3| And when they of Ashdod arose early the next day, hinei, Dagon was fallen upon his face on the ground before the Aron Hashem. And they took Dagon, and returned him to his makom. |4| And when they arose baboker on the next day, hinei, Dagon was fallen upon his face on the ground before the Aron Hashem; and the rosh Dagon and both the kapot (palms) of his hands were cut off upon the miftan (threshold); only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. |5| Therefore neither the kohanim of Dagon, nor any that enter Bais Dagon, tread on the miftan (threshold) of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. |6| But the Yad Hashem was heavy upon the Ashdodim, and He brought desolation, and struck them with techorim (tumors), even Ashdod and the vicinity thereof. |7| And when the anshei Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The Aron Elohei Yisroel shall not abide with us; for His Yad is hard upon us, and upon Dagon eloheinu. |8| They sent therefore and gathered all rulers of the Pelishtim (Philistines) unto them, and said, What shall we do with the Aron Elohei Yisroel? And they answered, Let the Aron Elohei Yisroel be brought about unto Gat. And they brought the Aron Elohei Yisroel about to there. |9| And it was so, that, after they had brought it about, the Yad Hashem was against the Ir with a mehumah gedolah me'od (a very great tumult, commotion); and He struck the anshei HaIr, both katon and gadol, so that techorim (tumors) broke out on them. |10| Therefore they sent the Aron HaElohim to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the Aron HaElohim came to Ekron, that the Ekronim cried out, saying, They have brought about the Aron Elohei Yisroel to us, to slay us and our people. |11| So they sent and gathered together all the rulers of the Pelishtim (Philistines), and said, Send away the Aron Elohei Yisroel, and let it return to its own makom, [SEE 2CHR 6:41], that it slay us not, and our people; for there was a mehumah (tumult, public panic) of mavet (death) throughout kol HaIr; the Yad HaElohim was very heavy there. |12| And the anashim that died not were struck with the techorim (tumors); and the outcry of the Ir went up to Shomayim. |||6|||And the Aron Hashem was in the teritory of the Pelishtim (Philistines) shivah chodashim. |2| And the Pelishtim (Philistines) called for the [Dagon] kohanim and the kosemim (sorcerers), saying, What shall we do with the Aron Hashem? Tell us wherewith we shall send it to its makom (place). |3| And they said, If ye send away the Aron Elohei Yisroel, send it not away empty; but ye shall surely return to Him an asham (trespass offering); then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His Yad is not removed from you. |4| Then they said, What shall be the asham (trespass offering) which we shall return to Him? They answered, Five techorim of zahav, and five akhbarim (rats) of zahav, according to the number of rulers of the Pelishtim: for one magefah (plague) was on you all, and on your rulers. |5| So ye shall make tzalmei techorim (likenesses of tumors) of yours, and tzalmei akhabarim (likenesses of rats) of yours, of that which mar the land; and ye shall give kavod unto Elohei Yisroel; perhaps He will lighten His Yad from off you, and from off eloheichem (your g-ds), and from off your land. |6| Now then why do ye harden levavchem, as the Mitzrayim and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not send them away, so that they departed? |7| Now therefore make an agalah chadashah (new cart, wagon), and take two milch [milk-yielding] cows, [i.e., nursing cows] on which there hath come no ol (yoke), and hitch the cows to the agalah, and take their calves home, away from them; |8| And take the Aron Hashem, and lay it upon the agalah; and put the kelei hazahav, which ye send back to Him for an asham (trespass offering), in a box by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. |9| And see: if it [the Aron Hashem] goeth up by the derech of its own territory [i.e., Eretz Yisroel] toward Beit Shemesh, then He hath done us this ra'ah hagedolah (great disaster); but if not, then we shall know that it is not His Yad that struck us; the evil came upon us mikreh (by chance, by accident). |10| And the anashim did so; and took two milch cows, and hitched them to the agalah, and penned up their calves babayit; |11| And they laid the Aron Hashem upon the agalah, and the box with the akhbarim of zahav and the tzalmei techorim (likenesses of tumors) of theirs. |12| And the cows took the straight derech to the derech Beit Shemesh, and went along the path, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the yamin or to the semol; and the rulers of the Pelishtim went after them as far as the border of Beit Shemesh. |13| And they of Beit Shemesh were kotzerim (harvesting) their ketzir chittim (wheat harvest) in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the Aron, and they rejoiced to see it. |14| And the agalah came into the sadeh of Yehoshua, a man of Beit Shemesh, and stopped there, where there was an even gedolah (a large rock); and they chopped up the wood of the agalah, and offered the cows as an olah (burnt offering) unto Hashem. |15| And the Levi'im took down the Aron Hashem, and the box that was with it, wherein were the kelei zahav, and put them on the even hagedolah (large rock); and the anashim of Beit Shemesh offered olot (burnt offerings) and sacrificed zevakhim (sacrifices) on that day unto Hashem. |16| And when the five rulers of the Pelishtim saw it, they returned to Ekron on that same day. |17| And these are the techorim (tumors) of zahav which the Pelishtim (Philistines) returned for an asham (trespass offering) unto Hashem; for Ashdod one, for Azah (Gaza) one, for Askelon one, for Gat one, for Ekron one; |18| And the akhbarim of zahav, according to the mispar of all the towns of the Pelishtim (Philistines) belonging to the five rulers, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto Avel HaGedolah, whereon they set down the Aron Hashem; it (the even hagedolah [See verse 15]) remaineth unto this day in the sadeh of Yehoshua, the man of Beit Shemesh. |19| And He struck down the anashim of Beit Shemesh, because they had looked into the Aron Hashem [NUM 4:20], even He struck down of HaAm shivim ish [and chamishim elef ish]; and HaAm mourned, because Hashem had struck down many of HaAm with a makkah gedolah (a great stroke, blow). |20| And the anashim of Beit Shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Hashem HaElohim HaKadosh Hazeh (Hashem this holy G-d)? And to whom shall He [Hashem dwelling with the Aron Hashem] go up from us? |21| And they sent malachim to the inhabitants of Kiryat Ye'arim saying, The Pelishtim (Philistines) have returned the Aron Hashem; come ye down, and take it up to you. |||7|||And the anshei KiryatYearim came, and took up the Aron Hashem, and brought it into the bais Avinadav on the givah (hill), and set apart as kodesh El'azar bno to be shomer over the Aron Hashem. |2| And it came to pass, while the Aron abode in KiryatYearim, that the time was long; for it was esrim shanah; and kol Bais Yisroel mourned after Hashem. |3| And Shmuel spoke unto kol Bais Yisroel, saying, If ye do return unto Hashem with all your hearts, put away the elohei hanekhar and Ashtarot from among you, commit your hearts unto Hashem, serve Him only; and He will deliver you out of the yad Pelishtim. |4| Then the Bnei Yisroel did put away Baalim and Ashtarot, and served Hashem only. |5| And Shmuel said, Gather kol Yisroel to Mitzpah, and I will make intercessory prayer and daven for you unto Hashem. |6| And they gathered together at Mitzpah, and drew mayim, and poured it out before Hashem, and did a tzom on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Hashem. And Shmuel judged the Bnei Yisroel at Mitzpah. |7| And when the Pelishtim heard that the Bnei Yisroel were gathered together at Mitzpah, the rulers of the Pelishtim went up against Yisroel. And when the Bnei Yisroel heard it, they were afraid of the Pelishtim. |8| And the Bnei Yisroel said to Shmuel, Cease not to cry out unto Hashem Eloheinu for us, that He will save us out of the yad Pelishtim. |9| And Shmuel took a suckling lamb, and offered him for an olah unto Hashem; and Shmuel cried out unto Hashem on behalf of Yisroel; and Hashem answered him. |10| And as Shmuel was offering up the olah, the Pelishtim drew near to battle against Yisroel; but Hashem thundered with a kol gadol on that day upon the Pelishtim, and threw them into confusion and panic; and they were struck down before Yisroel. |11| And the Anshei Yisroel went from Mitzpah, and pursued the Pelishtim, and struck them down, until they came to below Beit-Kar. |12| Then Shmuel took one even (stone), and set it up between Mitzpah and Shen, and called the shem of it Even-Ezer, saying, Hitherto hath Hashem helped us. |13| So the Pelishtim were subdued, and they came no more into the territory of Yisroel; and the yad Hashem was against the Pelishtim all the days of Shmuel. |14| And the towns which the Pelishtim had captured from Yisroel were restored to Yisroel, from Ekron even unto Gat; and the territory thereof did Yisroel deliver out of the yad Pelishtim. And there was shalom between Yisroel and HaEmori (the Amorites). |15| And Shmuel judged Yisroel all the days of his life. |16| And he went from shanah b'shanah in circuit to Beit-El, and Gilgal, and Mitzpah, and judged Yisroel in all those places. |17| And his teshuvah (return) was to Ramah; for there was his bais; and there he judged Yisroel; and there he built a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem. |||8|||And it came to pass, when Shmuel was old, that he made his banim shofetim over Yisroel. |2| Now the shem of his ben habechor was Yoel; and the shem of his mishneh (second), Aviyah; they were shofetim at Be'er Sheva. |3| And his banim walked not in his drakhim, but turned aside after betza (dishonest gain), and took shochad (bribe[s]), and perverted mishpat (justice). |4| Then kol Ziknei Yisroel gathered themselves together, and came to Shmuel unto Ramah, |5| And said unto him, Hinei, thou art old, and thy banim walk not in thy drakhim; now appoint for us a Melech to judge us like kol HaGoyim. |6| But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Shmuel, when they said, Give us a Melech to judge us. And Shmuel davened unto Hashem. |7| And Hashem said unto Shmuel, Shema unto the voice of HaAm in all that they say unto thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign as Melech over them. |8| According to all the ma'asim which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Mitzrayim even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken Me, and served elohim acherim, so do they also unto thee. |9| Now therefore pay heed unto their voice; howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the mishpat hamelech (customary ways of the king, kingly perogative) that shall reign over them. |10| And Shmuel told all the Divrei Hashem unto the people that asked of him a Melech. |11| And he said, This will be the mishpat hamelech that shall reign over you: he will take your banim, and appoint them for himself for his merkavah and his parashim; and some shall run before his merkavah. |12| And he will appoint for him sarei elafim, and sarei chamishim and will set them to plow his ground, and to reap his katzir (harvest), and to make his instruments of war, and his chariot equipment. |13| And he will take your banot to be perfumers, and to be tabakhot (cooks) and ofe'ot (bakers). |14| And he will take your fields, and your kramim (vineyards), and your olive groves, even the best of them, and give them to his avadim. |15| And he will take the tenth of your zera, and of your kramim (vines), and give to his officers, and to his avadim. |16| And he will take your avadim, and your shifchot, and your finest bochurim, and your donkeys, and put them to his work. |17| He will take the tenth of your tzon; and ye shall be his avadim. |18| And ye shall cry out in that day because of your melech which ye shall have chosen for you; and Hashem will not hear you in that day. |19| Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Shmuel; and they said, No; but we will have a Melech over us; |20| That we also may be like kol HaGoyim; and that our Melech may judge us, and go out before us, and fight milchamoteinu (our battles). |21| And Shmuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Hashem. |22| And Hashem said to Shmuel, Pay heed unto their voice, and crown them a Melech. And Shmuel said unto the Anshei Yisroel, Go ye back every ish unto his ir (town). |||9|||Now there was an ish of Binyamin, shmo Kish Ben Aviel Ben Tzeror Ben Bechorat Ben Aphiach, an ish of Binyamin, a gibbor chayil (man of valor). |2| And he had a ben, shmo Sha'ul, a handsome bochur; and there was not among the Bnei Yisroel one more handsome than he; he was head and shoulders taller than kol HaAm. |3| And the donkeys of Kish Avi Sha'ul were lost. And Kish said to Sha'ul bno, Take now one of the ne'arim with thee, and arise, go look for the donkeys. |4| And he passed through har Ephrayim, and passed through Eretz Shalisha, but they found them not; then they passed through Eretz Sha'alim, and they were not there; and he passed through the territory of Binyamin, but they found them not. |5| And when they were come to Eretz Tzuph, Sha'ul said to his na'ar that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest Avi stop caring for the donkeys, and become concerned for us. |6| And he said unto him, Hinei now, there is in this town an Ish Elohim, an ish nikhbad (an honorable man); all that he saith cometh surely to pass; now let us go there; perhaps he can show us darkeinu (our way) that we should go. |7| Then said Sha'ul to his na'ar, But, hinei, if we go, what shall we bring the Ish? For the lechem is all gone in our vessels, and there is not a teshurah (gift) for the Ish HaElohim: what have we? |8| And the na'ar answered Sha'ul again, and said, Hinei, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of kesef; that will I give to the Ish HaElohim, to tell us darkeinu (our way). |9| Beforetime in Yisroel, when an ish went to inquire of Elohim, thus he spoke, Come, and let us go to the ro'eh (seer): for he that is now called a navi was beforetime called a ro'eh (seer). |10| Then said Sha'ul to his na'ar, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the town where the Ish HaElohim was. |11| And as they went up the hill to the town, they found ne'arot (girls) going out to draw mayim, and said unto them, Is the ro'eh here? |12| And they answered them, and said, He is; hinei, he is ahead of you; make haste now, for he came today to the town; for there is a zevach (sacrifice) for HaAm today in the bamah (high place); |13| As soon as ye be come into the town, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat; for HaAm will not eat until he come, because hu yevarech hazevach (he doth bless the sacrifice); and afterwards hakeru'im (the ones being invited) eat. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. |14| And they went up into the town; and when they were come into the town, hinei, Shmuel came out toward them as he was going up to the bamah (high place). |15| Now Hashem galah (had revealed, unveiled) in the ozen (ear) of Shmuel yom echad before Sha'ul came, saying, |16| Makhar (tomorrow) about this time I will send thee an ish out of Eretz Binyamin, and umeshachto (thou shalt anoint him) to be Nagid over My people Yisroel, that he may save My people out of the yad Pelishtim; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come unto Me. |17| And when Shmuel saw Sha'ul, Hashem said unto him, Hinei haIsh [ZECH 6:12] whom I spoke to thee of! This same shall rule over My people. |18| Then Sha'ul drew near to Shmuel in the sha'ar, and said, Tell me, now, where is the Bais HaRo'eh. |19| And Shmuel answered Sha'ul, and said, I am the Ro'eh (seer): go up before me unto the bamah (high place); for ye shall eat with me hayom, and baboker I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine levav. |20| And as for thine donkeys that were lost hayom sheloshet hayamim (now three days), set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is kol chemdat Yisroel (all the Desire of Yisroel [See Hag 2:7])? Is it not on thee, and on Kol Bais Avicha? |21| And Sha'ul answered and said, Am not I of Binyamin, of the smallest of the Shivtei Yisroel? And my mishpakhat the least of all the mishpekhot of the Shivtei Binyamin? Wherefore then speakest thou so to me? |22| And Shmuel took Sha'ul and his na'ar, and brought them into the room, and made them sit at the makom berosh (chief place) among hakeru'im (the ones being invited), which were about shloshim ish. |23| And Shmuel said unto the tabakh (cook), Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it aside for thee. |24| And the tabakh took up the shok (thigh piece), and that which was upon it, and set it before Sha'ul. And Shmuel said, Hinei that which is set aside! Set it before thee, and eat; for unto this mo'ed hath it been set aside for thee since I said, I have invited HaAm. So Sha'ul did eat with Shmuel that day. |25| And when they were come down from the bamah (high place) into the town, Shmuel communed with Sha'ul upon the gag (rooftop). |26| And they arose early; and it came to pass about shachar, that Shmuel called Sha'ul to the gag (rooftop), saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Sha'ul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Shmuel, outside. |27| And as they were going down to the outskirts of the town, Shmuel said to Sha'ul, Bid the na'ar pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the Devar Elohim. |||10|||Then Shmuel took a flask of shemen, and poured it upon his rosh, and kissed him [Ps 2:12], and said, Hath not Hashem meshachacha (anointed thee) to be Nagid over His nachalah? |2| When thou art departed from me today, then thou shalt find two anashim near Kevurat Rachel on the border of Binyamin at Tzeltzach; and they will say unto thee, The donkeys which thou wentest to seek are found; and, hinei, Avicha hath taken leave of caring about the donkeys, and careth for you, saying, What shall I do for beni (my son)? |3| Then shalt thou go on forward from there, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tavor, and there shall meet thee shloshah anashim going up to HaElohim to Beit-El, one carrying shloshet gedayim (three young goats), and another carrying shloshet kikrot (three loaves) lechem, and another carrying a skin of yayin; |4| And they will give thee a Shalom greeting, and give thee two of the lechem; which thou shalt receive of their yad. |5| After that thou shalt come to the Giveat HaElohim, where is the outpost of the Pelishtim (Philistines); and it shall come to pass, when thou art come there to the Ir, that thou shalt meet a chevel (company, band) of nevi'im coming down from the high place with a nevel (lyre), tof (tambourine), khalil (flute), and kinnor (harp) before them; and they shall prophesy; |6| And the Ruach [Hakodesh] of Hashem will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be changed into an ish acher (another man, a different man). |7| And let it be, when these otot (signs) are come unto thee, that thou do what yadecha (thy hand) finds [I.E., WHAT THOU SEEST FIT TO DO]; for HaElohim is with thee. |8| And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, hinei, I will come down unto thee, to offer olot (burnt offerings), and to sacrifice zivkhei shelamim (sacrifices of peace offerings); shivat yamim shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do. |9| And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Shmuel, Elohim changed for him a lev acher (another heart, a different heart); and all those otot (signs) came to pass that day. |10| And when they came there to the Giveah (Hill), hinei, a chevel (company, band) of nevi'im met him; and the Ruach [Hakodesh] of Elohim came upon him, and he prophesied among them. |11| And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, hinei, he prophesied with the nevi'im, then HaAm said one to another, What is this that hath happened unto the Ben Kish? Is Sha'ul also among the nevi'im? |12| And an ish from that place answered and said, And who is avihem (their father, cf Amos 7:14)? Therefore it became a mashal (proverb), Is Sha'ul also among the nevi'im? |13| And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the bamah (high place). |14| And the dod Sha'ul said unto him and to his na'ar, Where went ye? And he said, To search for the donkeys; and when we saw that they were nowhere, we came to Shmuel. |15| And the dod Sha'ul said, Tell me, now, what Shmuel said unto you. |16| And Sha'ul said unto his dod, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But of the matter of the melukhah (kingship), whereof Shmuel spoke, he told him not. |17| And Shmuel called HaAm together unto Hashem at Mitzpah; |18| And said unto the Bnei Yisroel, Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, I brought up Yisroel out of Mitzrayim, and delivered you out of the yad Mitzrayim, and out of the yad kol HaMamlachot, and of them that oppressed you; |19| And ye have this day rejected Eloheichem, who Himself was Moshi'a for you out of all your adversities and your tzoroses; and ye have said unto Him, No, but set a Melech over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Hashem by your Shevatim (Tribes), and by your alefim (thousands, larger kinship units). |20| And when Shmuel had caused all the Shivtei Yisroel to come near, the Shevet (Tribe) of Binyamin was lakhad (taken [by lot], singled out [by lot]). |21| When he had caused the Shevet (Tribe) of Binyamin to come near by their mishpekhot, the mishpakhat Matri was lakhad (singled out [by lot]), and Sha'ul Ben Kish was lakhad; and when they searched for him, he could not be found. |22| Therefore they inquired of Hashem further, Has the ish come here yet? And Hashem answered, Hinei he hath hid himself among the kelim (vessels, baggage, stuff). |23| And they ran and brought him out from there; and when he stood among HaAm, he was taller than any of HaAm from his shekhamim (shoulders) upward. |24| And Shmuel said to kol HaAm, See ye him whom Hashem hath chosen? That there is none like him among kol HaAm? And kol HaAm shouted, and said, May HaMelech live! |25| Then Shmuel told HaAm the mishpat haMelukhah (right of the monarchy; see also Dt. 17:14-20), and wrote it in a sefer, and deposited it up before Hashem. And Shmuel sent kol HaAm away, every ish to his bais. |26| And Sha'ul also went home to Giveah; and there went with him the valiant whose lev Elohim had touched. |27| But the Bnei Beliyaal said, How shall this one yoshi'einu (save us)? And they despised him, and brought no minchah (gift). But he held his peace. |||11|||Then Nachash the Ammoni came up, and laid siege to Yavesh Gil'ad; and all the anashim of Yavesh said unto Nachash, Make a brit with us, and we will serve thee. |2| And Nachash the Ammoni answered them, On this condition will I cut a brit with you, that I may gouge out all your ayin yamin (right eyes), and so bring cherpah upon kol Yisroel. |3| And the Zekenim of Yavesh said unto him, Give us shivat yamim that we may send malachim unto all the territory of Yisroel; and then, if there be no moshi'a to save us, we will come out and surrender to thee. |4| Then came the malachim to Giveat Sha'ul, and told the devarim in the oznayim of HaAm; and kol HaAm lifted up their kol (voices), and wept. |5| And, hinei, Sha'ul came after the bakar out of the sadeh; and Sha'ul said, What aileth HaAm that they weep? And they told him the divrei anshei Yavesh. |6| And the Ruach Elohim came upon Sha'ul when he heard those devarim, and his anger was kindled greatly. |7| And he took a tzemed bakar, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the territory of Yisroel by the hands of malachim, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Sha'ul and after Shmuel, so shall it be done unto his bakar. And the pachad Hashem fell on HaAm, and they came out as ish echad. |8| And when he mustered them at Bezek, the Bnei Yisroel were three hundred elef, and the Ish Yehudah thirty elef. |9| And they said unto the malachim that came, Thus shall ye say unto the Ish Yavesh Gil'ad, Tomorrow, by the time the shemesh is hot, teshuah will come to you. So the malachim came and reported it to the anshei Yavesh; and they had simchah. |10| Therefore the anshei Yavesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to surrender unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth tov in your eyes. |11| And it was so on the next day, that Sha'ul set HaAm into shloshah rashim (three companies); and they came into the midst of the machaneh in the ashmoret haboker (morning watch), and slaughtered Ammon until the chom (heat) of the yom; and it came to pass, that they which survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together. |12|HaAm said unto Shmuel, Who is he that said, Shall Sha'ul reign as melech over us? Bring the anashim, that we may put them to death. |13| And Sha'ul said, There shall not an ish be put to death this day; for today Hashem hath wrought Teshuah (Salvation) in Yisroel. |14| Then said Shmuel to HaAm, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the Meluchah (kingdom) there. |15| And kol HaAm went to Gilgal; and there they made Sha'ul Melech before Hashem in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed zevakhim of shelamim before Hashem; and there Sha'ul and kol Anshei Yisroel rejoiced with simchah me'od. |||12|||And Shmuel said unto kol Yisroel, Hinei, I have paid heed unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have set a Melech over you. |2| And now, hinei, the Melech walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, hinei, my banim are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth unto hayom hazeh. |3| Hineni (here I am); testify against me before Hashem, and before His Moshiach. Whose shor (ox) have I taken? Or whose chamor (donkey) have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose yad have I accepted any kofer to blind mine eyes therewith? And I will restitution make to you. |4| And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken anything from any yad ish. |5| And he said unto them, Ed Hashem (Hashem is witness) against you, and His Moshiach is ed (witness) this day, that ye have not found anything in my yad. And they answered, He is Ed (witness). |6| And Shmuel said unto HaAm, It is Hashem that made Moshe and Aharon, and that brought avoteichem up out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |7| Now therefore stand still, that I may enter into shofet judgment with you before Hashem of kol tzidkot (all the righteous acts [of Hashem]), which He made for you and avoteichem. |8| When Ya'akov was come into Mitzrayim, and avoteichem cried unto Hashem, then Hashem sent Moshe and Aharon, which brought forth avoteichem out of Mitzrayim, and made them dwell in this makom (place). |9| And when they forgot Hashem Eloheihem, He sold them into the yad Sisra, Sar Tzeva Chatzor, and into the yad Pelishtim, and into the yad Melech Moav, and they fought against them. |10| And they cried unto Hashem, and said, Chatanu (we have sinned), because we have forsaken Hashem, and have served Baalim and Ashtarot; but now deliver us out of the yad oyeveinu (power, hand of our enemies), and we will serve Thee. |11| And Hashem sent Yerubaal [GIDEON], and Bedan, and Yiftach, and Shmuel, and delivered you out of the yad oyeveichem on every side, and ye dwelled betach (in safety). |12| And when ye saw that Nachash Melech Bnei Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, No; but a Melech shall reign over us: when Hashem Eloheichem was your Melech. |13| Now therefore behold the Melech whom ye have chosen, and for whom ye have made request! And, hinei, Hashem hath set a Melech over you. |14| If ye will fear Hashem, and serve Him, and obey His voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Hashem, then shall both ye and also the Melech that reigneth over you continue following after Hashem Eloheichem; |15| But if ye will not obey the voice of Hashem, but rebel against the commandment of Hashem, then shall the yad Hashem be against you, as it was against avoteichem. |16| Now therefore stand and see this davar hagadol (great thing), which Hashem will make before your eyes. |17| Is it not ketzir chittim (wheat harvest) today? I will call unto Hashem, and He shall send kolot (thunder) and matar (rain); that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is rabbah (great), which ye have made in the eyes of Hashem, in requesting for you a Melech. |18| So Shmuel called unto Hashem; and Hashem sent kolot and matar that day; and kol HaAm greatly feared Hashem and Shmuel. |19| And kol HaAm said unto Shmuel, Pray for thy avadim unto Hashem Eloheicha, that we die not; for we have added unto kol chattoteinu (all our sins) this ra'ah (evil), to ask for us a Melech. |20| And Shmuel said unto HaAm, Fear not; ye have done kol hara'ah hazot (all this wickedness); yet turn not aside from following Hashem, but serve Hashem with kol levavchem; |21| And turn ye not aside; for then should ye go after hatohu (the vain, empty thing, idol), which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are tohu (vain, empty). |22| For Hashem will not forsake His people for the sake of Shmo Hagedol; because it hath pleased Hashem to make you His people. |23| Moreover, as for me, chalilah (far be it) from me that I should sin against Hashem in ceasing to pray for you; but horeiti (I will teach) you the derech hatovah v'hayesharah (the good and upright way); |24| Only fear Hashem, and serve Him in emes with kol levavchem; for consider what great things He hath done for you. |25| But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your Melech. |||13|||It was in the first year of Sha'ul's reign, and when he had reigned [his first] two shanim over Yisroel, |2| Sha'ul chose him shloshet alafim of Yisroel; whereof two elef were with Sha'ul at Michmash and in har Beit-El, and an elef were with Yonatan in Giveat Binyamin; and the rest of HaAm he sent back every ish to his ohel. |3| And Yonatan struck the outpost of the Pelishtim (Philistines) that was in Geva, and the Pelishtim heard of it. Then Sha'ul blew the shofar throughout kol HaAretz, saying, Let the Ivrim (Hebrews) hear. |4| And kol Yisroel heard the news that Sha'ul had struck the outpost of the Pelishtim (Philistines), and that Yisroel also had become odious to the Pelishtim. And HaAm were called together after Sha'ul at Gilgal. |5| And the Pelishtim (Philistines) gathered themselves together to fight against Yisroel, sheloshim elef merkavot and sheshet alafim parashim, and soldiers like the chol (sand) which is on the seashore in multitude; and they came up, and encamped at Michmash, east of BeitAven. |6| When the Ish Yisroel saw that they were in danger (for the army was hard-pressed), then the people did hide themselves in me'arot (caves), and in thickets, and among rocks, and in towers, and in borot (pits). |7| And some of the Ivrim (Hebrews) went over Yarden to Eretz Gad and Gil`ad. As for Sha'ul, he was yet in Gilgal, and kol HaAm followed him fearfully trembling. |8| And he tarried shivat yamim, according to the mo'ed (set time) that Shmuel had appointed; but Shmuel came not to Gilgal; and HaAm started slipping away from him. |9| And Sha'ul said, Bring to me the olah (burnt offering), and shelamim (peace offerings). And he offered the olah (burnt offering). |10| And it came to pass, that as soon as he had finished offering the olah (burnt offering), hinei, Shmuel came; and Sha'ul went out to meet him, that he might make a berakhah greeting on him. |11| And Shmuel said, What hast thou done? And Sha'ul said, Because I saw that HaAm were slipping away from me, and that thou camest not at the mo'ed hayamim, and that the Pelishtim were assembling themselves together at Michmash; |12| Therefore, said I, the Pelishtim (Philistines) will come down now upon me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto Hashem; I felt compelled therefore, and offered the olah (burnt offering). |13| And Shmuel said to Sha'ul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not been shomer over the mitzvat Hashem Eloheicha, which He commanded thee; for now would Hashem have established thy mamlachah over Yisroel ad olam. |14| But now thy mamlachah shall not endure; Hashem hath sought for Him an ish after His own levav, and Hashem hath commanded him to be Nagid over His people, because thou hast not been shomer over that which Hashem commanded thee. |15| And Shmuel arose, and went up from Gilgal unto Giveat Binyamin. And Sha'ul numbered HaAm that were being found with him, about shesh me'ot ish (six hundred men). |16| And Sha'ul, and Yonatan bno, and HaAm that were being found with them, abode in Geva of Binyamin; but the Pelishtim encamped in Michmash. |17| And the raiders came out of the machaneh of the Pelishtim in three companies; one company turned toward the derech Ophrah, unto Eretz Shu'al; |18| And another company turned toward derech Beit Choron; and another company turned toward derech (the road) of the border that overlooks Gey HaTzevo'im toward the midbar. |19| Now there was no charash (blacksmith) found throughout kol Eretz Yisroel; for the Pelishtim (Philistines) said, Lest the Ivrim (Hebrews) make them cherev (sword) or khanit (spear); |20| But kol Yisroel went down to the Pelishtim, to sharpen every ish his plowshare, and his spade, and his axe, and his hoe. |21| And a dullness of the edges occurred in the plowshares, hoes, three pronged pitchforks, axes, and for repointing the darvon (goad). |22| So it came to pass in the yom milchemet (day of battle), that there was neither cherev nor khanit found in the yad kol HaAm that were with Sha'ul and Yonatan; but with Sha'ul and with Yonatan bno was there found. |23| And the detachment of the Pelishtim (Philistines) went out toward Ma'avar Michmash (Michmash Pass). |||14|||Now the day came to pass, that Yonatan Ben Sha'ul said unto the na'ar (young man) that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the outpost of the Pelishtim (Philistines), that is on the other side. But he told not aviv. |2| And Sha'ul tarried in the outskirts of Giveah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron; and HaAm (the people, the army) that were with him were about shesh me'ot ish (six hundred men); |3| And Achiyah Ben Achituv, the ach of Ikhavod Ben Pinchas Ben Eli, kohen Hashem in Shiloh, was wearing an ephod. And HaAm knew not that Yonatan was gone. |4| And between the passes, by which Yonatan sought to go over unto the outpost of the Pelishtim, there was a rocky cliff on the one side, and a rocky cliff on the other side; and the shem of the one was Botzetz, and the shem of the other Seneh. |5| The one steep rock faced north opposite Michmash, and the other southward toward Giveah. |6| And Yonatan said to the na'ar that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the outpost of these arelim (uncircumcised); it may be that Hashem will act for us; for nothing restrains Hashem l'hoshi'a (to save), by many or by few. |7| And his armor-bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine lev; turn thee; hineni, I am with thee according to thy lev. |8| Then said Yonatan, Hinei, we will pass over unto these anashim, and we will show ourselves unto them. |9| If they say thus unto us, Stand still until we come to you; then we will stand still tachteinu (in our place), and will not go up unto them. |10| But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up; for Hashem hath delivered them into yadenu (our hand, power): and this shall be haot (the sign) unto us. |11| And both of them showed themselves unto the outpost of the Pelishtim (Philistines); and the Pelishtim said, Hinei, the Ivrim (Hebrews) come forth out of the chorim (holes) where they had hid themselves. |12| And the anashim of the outpost answered Yonatan and his armor-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will teach you a thing. And Yonatan said unto his armorbearer, Come up after me, for Hashem hath delivered them into the yad Yisroel. |13| And Yonatan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armor-bearer after him; and they fell before Yonatan; and his armorbearer slaughtered behind him. |14| And that first attack, which Yonatan and his armorbearer made, killed about esrim ish (twenty men), within an area of half a yoke [I.E., THE AREA AN OXEN YOKE COULD PLOW IN ONE DAY, OR RATHER, HALF OF THAT]. |15| And there was fearful panic in the machaneh, in the sadeh, and among kol haAm; the outpost, and the raiders, they also trembled, and ha'aretz quaked; so it was a cheredat Elohim (a panic from Elohim). |16| And the tzofim (watchmen, lookouts, sentries) of Sha'ul in Giveat Binyamin looked; and, hinei, the multitude melted away, and they went in all directions. |17| Then said Sha'ul unto HaAm that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, hinei, Yonatan and his armor-bearer were not there. |18| And Sha'ul said unto Achiyah, Bring here the Aron HaElohim. For the Aron HaElohim was at that time with the Bnei Yisroel there. |19| And it came to pass, while Sha'ul talked to the kohen [I.E., ACHIYAH], that the tumult that was in the machaneh Pelishtim went on and increased; and Sha'ul said unto the kohen, Withdraw thine yad [i.e., let's go]. |20| And Sha'ul and kol HaAm that were with him assembled themselves, and they went to the milchamah; and, hinei, every cherev ish was against his fellow, and there was mehumah gedolah me'od (a very great confusion). |21| Moreover the Ivrim (Hebrews) that were with the Pelishtim (Philistines) before that time, which went up with them into the machaneh from the country round about, even they also turned to be with them of Yisroel that were with Sha'ul and Yonatan. |22| Likewise all the Ish Yisroel which had hid themselves in Har Ephrayim, when they heard that the Pelishtim fled, even they also followed hard after them in the milchamah (battle). |23| So Hashem saved Yisroel that day; and the milchamah continued raging even unto Beit Aven. |24| And the Ish Yisroel were distressed that day; for Sha'ul had bound under oath HaAm, saying, Arur (cursed) be the ish that eateth lechem before erev, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of HaAm tasted lechem. |25| And all they of HaAretz came to the wood; and there was devash on the surface of the sadeh. |26| And when HaAm were come into the wood, hinei, the devash was oozing; but no one put his yad to his mouth; for HaAm feared the shevuah (oath). |27| But Yonatan heard not when aviv bound HaAm with the oath; wherefore he put forth the end of the matteh (staff) that was in his yad, and dipped it in a honeycomb of the devash, and put his yad to his mouth; and his eyes brightened. |28| Then answered an ish from HaAm, and said, Avicha strictly bound HaAm with an oath, saying, Arur (cursed) be the ish that eateth lechem this day. And HaAm were faint with famished exhaustion. |29| Then said Yonatan, Avi hath troubled HaAretz; see, now, how mine eyes hath brightened, because I tasted a little of this devash. |30| How much more, if only HaAm had eaten freely today of the plunder of their enemies which they found? For would there not have been now a much greater makkah (slaughter) among the Pelishtim (Philistines)? |31| And they drove back the Pelishtim that day from Michmash to Ayalon; and HaAm were very faint. |32| And the people flew upon the plunder, and took tzon, and bakar, and calves and butchered them on the ground; and HaAm did eat them with the dahm. |33| Then they told Sha'ul, saying, Hinei, HaAm sin against Hashem, in that they eat with the dahm. And he said, Ye have dealt treach- erously; today roll an even gedolah (large stone) over here to me. |34| Then Sha'ul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me here every ish his shor (ox), and every ish his seh, and you make shochet slaughter of them here, and eat; and sin not against Hashem in eating with the dahm. And kol HaAm brought every ish his shor with him that lailah, and made shochet slaughter of them there. |35| And Sha'ul built a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem; it was the first time that he built a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem. |36| And Sha'ul said, Let us go down after the Pelishtim by lailah, and plunder them until the ohr haboker, and let us not leave an ish of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth tov in thine eyes. Then said the kohen [ACHIYAH], Let us draw near here unto HaElohim [TO INQUIRE OF G-D]. |37| And Sha'ul asked counsel of Elohim, Shall I go down after the Pelishtim? Wilt Thou deliver them into the yad Yisroel? But He did not answer him on that day. |38| And Sha'ul said, Draw ye near here, all the pinnot (corners, chiefs of] HaAm; and know and see wherein this chattat hath been this day. |39| For, as Hashem the Moshia Yisroel liveth, though it be in Yonatan beni (my son), he shall surely die. But there was none among kol HaAm that answered him. |40| Then said he unto kol Yisroel, Be ye on one side, and I and Yonatan beni will be on the other side. And HaAm said unto Sha'ul, Do what seemeth tov in thine eyes. |41| Therefore Sha'ul said unto Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Give a tamim (perfect lot). And Sha'ul and Yonatan were taken by lot; but HaAm escaped [FROM BEING TAKEN BY LOT]. |42| And Sha'ul said, Cast lots between me and Yonatan beni (my son). And Yonatan was taken by lot. |43| Then Sha'ul said to Yonatan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Yonatan told him, and said, I did but taste a little devash with the end of the matteh that was in mine yad, and, hineni, I must die. |44| And Sha'ul answered, Elohim do so and more also if thou shalt not surely die, Yonatan. |45| And HaAm said unto Sha'ul, Shall Yonatan die, who hath wrought this Yeshuah HaGedolah (Great Salvation, Deliverance, Rescue) in Yisroel? Chalilah (far be it!); as Hashem liveth, there shall not one hair of his rosh fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with Elohim this day. So HaAm rescued Yonatan, that he died not. |46| Then Sha'ul stopped following the Pelishtim; and the Pelishtim withdrew to their own makom. |47| So Sha'ul took the melachah (kingdom, establishment of sovereignty) over Yisroel, and fought against all his oyevim on every side, against Moav, and against the Bnei Ammon, and against Edom, and against the melachim of Tzovah, and against the Pelishtim; and everywhere he turned himself, he terrorized them. |48| And he gathered an army, and struck Amalek, and delivered Yisroel out of the hands of them that plundered them. |49| Now the Bnei Sha'ul were Yonatan, and Yishvi, and Malki-Shu'a; and the shmot of his two banot were these; the shem of the bechirah (first born [daughter]), Merav, and the shem of the younger Michal; |50| And the shem of eshet Sha'ul was Achino'am Bat Achima'atz; and the shem of the Sar of his Tzeva was Avner Ben Ner and Ner was dod Sha'ul (uncle of Sha'ul). |51| And Kish was Avi Sha'ul; Ner Avi Avner was ben Aviel. |52| And there was milchamah chazakah against the Pelishtim all the days of Sha'ul; and when Sha'ul saw any ish gibbor, or any valiant man, he recruited him. |||15|||Shmuel also said unto Sha'ul, Hashem sent me limeshachacha (to anoint thee) to be Melech over His people, over Yisroel; now therefore shema (pay heed) thou unto the voice of the Divrei Hashem. |2| Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os, I remember that which Amalek did to Yisroel, how he waylaid him on the derech, when he came up from Mitzrayim. |3| Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both ish and isha, olel, and yonek, shor, seh, gamal, and chamor. |4| And Sha'ul gathered HaAm together, and numbered them at Tela'im, two hundred elef foot soldiers, and ten elef Ish Yehudah. |5| And Sha'ul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley. |6| And Sha'ul said unto the Keni, Go, depart, get you away from among the Amaleki, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed chesed to kol Bnei Yisroel, when they came up out of Mitzrayim. So the Keni moved away from among Amalek. |7| And Sha'ul attacked Amalek from Chavilah until where thou comest to Shur, that is alongside Mitzrayim. |8| And he took Agag Melech Amalek alive, and destroyed with utter cherem destruction kol haAm with the edge of the cherev. |9| But Sha'ul and HaAm spared Agag, and the best of the tzon, and of the bakar, and of the fat bulls, and the fat sheep, and all that was tov, and would not utterly destroy them; but everything that was despised and worthless, that they destroyed with utter cherem destruction. |10| Then came the Devar Hashem unto Shmuel, saying, |11| I greatly regret and relent and reconsider that I have set up Sha'ul to be Melech; for he is turned back from following Me, and hath not performed My Devar. And it grieved Shmuel; and he cried out unto Hashem kol halailah. |12| And when Shmuel rose early to meet Sha'ul in the boker, it was told Shmuel, saying, Sha'ul came to Carmel, and, hinei, he set up a yad (hand, I.E. MEMORIAL, MONUMENT) for himself. And he turned and went down to Gilgal. |13| And Shmuel came to Sha'ul; and Sha'ul said unto him, Baruch atah l'Hashem; I have carried out the Devar Hashem. |14| And Shmuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the tzon (sheep) in mine ears, and the lowing of the bakar (cattle) which I hear? |15| And Sha'ul said, They have brought them from Amalek; for HaAm spared the best of the tzon and of the bakar, in order to sacrifice unto Hashem Eloheicha; and the rest we have destroyed in utter cherem desruction. |16| Then Shmuel said unto Sha'ul, Stop, and I will tell thee what Hashem hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. |17| And Shmuel said, When thou wast katon (little) in thine own eyes, wast thou not made the Rosh Shivtei Yisroel, and Hashem anointed thee Melech over Yisroel? |18| And Hashem sent thee baderech (on a mission), and said, Go destroy with utter cherem destruction the chatta'im (sinners), Amalek, and make war against them until they be consumed. |19| Why then didst thou not obey the voice of Hashem, but didst pounce upon the plunder, and didst harah (the evil) in the eyes of Hasham? |20| And Sha'ul said unto Shmuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Hashem, and have gone baderech (on the mission) which Hashem sent me, and have brought back Agag Melech Amalek, and have destroyed Amalek with utter cherem destruction. |21| But HaAm took of the plunder the tzon and bakar, the reshit of the cherem to sacrifice unto Hashem Eloheicha at Gilgal. |22| And Shmuel said, Hath Hashem as great chefetz (delight) in olot and zevakhim, as in obeying the voice of Hashem? Hinei, to obey is better than zevach (sacrifice), and to pay heed than the chelev eilim (fat of rams). |23| For meri (rebellion) is as the chattat (sin) of kesem (witchcraft, soothsaying, divination), and stubbornness is as heathenish iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the Devar Hashem, He hath also rejected thee from being Melech. |24| And Sha'ul said unto Shmuel, Chatati (I have sinned): for I have transgressed the commandment of Hashem, and thy words: because I feared HaAm, and listened to their voice. |25| Therefore, now, pardon my sin, and turn back with me, that I may worship Hashem. |26| And Shmuel said unto Sha'ul, I will not go back with thee: for thou hast rejected the Davar Hashem, and Hashem hath rejected thee from being Melech over Yisroel. |27| And as Shmuel turned about to go away, he [Sha'ul] seized the edge of his me'il (robe, mantle), and he tore (it). |28| And Shmuel said unto him, Hashem hath torn the Mamlechut Yisroel from thee this day, and hath given it to a re'a (neighbor) of thine, that is better than thou. |29| And also the Netzach Yisroel (Eternal One of Israel) will not lie nor relent: for He is not an adam, that He should change His mind. |30| Then he said, Chatati (I have sinned): yet honor me now, before the Ziknei Ami, and before Yisroel, and turn back with me, that I may worship Hashem Eloheicha. |31| So Shmuel turned back after Sha'ul; and Sha'ul worshiped Hashem. |32| Then said Shmuel, Bring ye to me Agag Melech Amalek. And Agag came unto him confidently. And Agag thought, Surely the mar hamavet (bitterness of death) is past. |33| And Shmuel said, As thy cherev hath made nashim childless, so shall immecha be childless among nashim. And Shmuel cut Agag in pieces before Hashem at Gilgal. |34| Then Shmuel went to Ramah; and Sha'ul went up to his bais at Giveat Sha'ul. |35| Until his [Shaul's] yom mot Shmuel came not again to see him: nevertheless Shmuel mourned for Sha'ul: and Hashem relented that He had made Sha'ul Melech over Yisroel. T.N. THIS TWO-PART WORK BEGINS WITH THE POLLUTION OF THE RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BY ELI'S APOSTATE SONS WHO WERE KOHANIM DURING THE TIME WHEN THE GREAT PROPHET SHMUEL (BORN CA. 1105 B.C.E.) WAS A CHILD. 1SM-2SM ENDS WITH A FORESHADOWING OF THE PURIFIED BEIS HAMIKDASH WORSHIP WHICH WAS THE MESSIANIC VISION OF KING DOVID (DIED CA. 970 B.C.E.). A SUBTLE INDICATION OF THIS IS THE LINEN EPHOD WORN BOTH BY LITTLE SHMUEL (1SM 2:18) AND MANY YEARS LATER BY KING DOVID (2 SM 6:L4; PS 110:4). THE EPHOD OF THE KOHEN GADOL WAS AN APRON- LIKE GARMENT WITH AN ORNAMENTED VEST CONTAINING THE URIM AND THUMMIM USED TO DETERMINE THE WILL OF G-D (SACRED LOTS THAT WERE CAST TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO GO TO WAR, ETC). THE KEHUNAH (PRIESTHOOD) WE SEE BEING PURIFIED AS THE STORY OF I-II SHMUEL UNFOLDS LOOKS FORWARD TO THE PERFECT MOSHIACH-KOHEN WHO IS COMING (PS. 110:4). A MAN OF G-D COMES TO ELI AND PROPHESIES TO HIM ABOUT THE KEHUNAH (PRIESTHOOD) OF HIS ANCESTOR AARON (SEE 1SM. 2:27F). ELI IS TOLD THAT HE AND HIS SONS WILL BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER AARONIC FAMILY, WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE THE FAMILY OF ZADOK. ELI'S BRANCH OF THE KEHUNAH WILL BE BROKEN OFF AND "I WILL RAISE UP FOR MYSELF A NE'EMAN (FAITHFUL) KOHEN" (2:35), SAYS THE L-RD. ZADOK AND HIS SONS WILL REPLACE ELI AND HIS SONS, JUST AS DOVID THE KING AFTER G-D'S OWN HEART WILL REPLACE SAUL THE UNFAITHFUL MONARCH AND WILL TAKE HIS CROWN (1SM 28:17; RV 3:11). ALTHOUGH ZADOK WAS THE IMMEDIATE FULFILLMENT, MOSHIACH YEHOSHUA FINALLY AND COMPLETELY FULFILLS 2:35 THROUGH PS 110:4 AND ZECH 3:8; 6:11-12 AND ISA 53:10. ONE OF THE REASONS KING SAUL ANGERED G-D IS BECAUSE HE USURPED THE ROLE OF KOHEN (1SM 13:8-15), THUS SHOWING HIS LACK OF RESPECT FOR G-D'S HOLY KEHUNAH AND FOR THE KING'S COVENANT OBLIGATION TO KEEP THE TORAH (SEE DT.17:11-20). WHEN HE ATTACKED AND CAUSED THE DEATH OF THE KOHANIM AT NOB, THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW, THOUGH HE HAD ALREADY BEEN CONDEMNED FOR REBELLIOUSLY DISOBEYING G-D IN REGARD TO THE AMALAKITES (SEE 1 SM 15:1-35; EX 17:8-16; DT 25:17- 19). THE ONLY KOHEN TO SURVIVE THE MASSACRE AT NOB WAS AHIMELECH'S SON ABIATHAR, WHO, BECAUSE HE LATER SUPPORTED DAVID'S SON ADONIYAH INSTEAD OF SOLOMON AS DAVID'S HEIR TO THE THRONE, WAS FINALLY BANISHED, LEAVING THE AARONIC KEHUNAH TO ZADOK AND HIS SONS. SINCE AHIMELECH AND ABIATHAR ARE DESCENDENTS OF ELI, WE READ THE STORY OF I-II SHMUEL KNOWING THERE IS A CURSE ON THEM AND THAT THEIR BRANCH OF THE AARONIC FAMILY TREE WILL EVENTUALLY LOSE THE KEHUNAH. ELI SHOULD HAVE FEARED G-D ENOUGH NOT TO EAT AND DRINK JUDGMENT ON HIMSELF, ESPECIALLY IN VIEW OF HIS UNHOLY SONS WHO WERE KOHANIM (SEE LV. 10:1,2,16-20). THE BACKDROP OF ELI'S DECADENT KEHUNAH IS THE OMINOUS MILITARY THREAT OF THE PHILISTINES, WHO ARE ON THE BRINK OF SUBJUGATING THE WHOLE LAND AND ARE ALREADY IN SOME SENSE HOLDING SWAY (13:19-22), IN SPITE OF SHMUEL'S BEST EFFORTS (7:2-17). THE SINFUL PEOPLE DISCOVER THAT THE ARK WILL NOT WORK AS A GOOD-LUCK CHARM OR A MAGICAL WEAPON. WITHOUT TESHUVAH (REPENTANCE) AND OBEDIENT HOLINESS, ISRAEL WILL BE DEFEATED, AS SAMSON DISCOVERED IN HIS OWN EXPERIENCE WITH THE PHILISTINES. BUT THE PHILISTINE G-D DAGON CANNOT STAND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ARK; RATHER, IT FALLS IN BROKEN OBEISANCE. THIS MEANS THAT IF THE PEOPLE OF G-D THROUGH THEIR SIN LOSE THE POWER OF G-D, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT G-D'S WORD HAS LOST ITS POWER. G-D IS THE TRUE KING OF ISRAEL, AND THE PEOPLE NEED TO BEWARE OF THE TYRANNICAL EXPLOITATION THEY MAY BE ASKING FOR WHEN THEY ACT LIKE OTHER NATIONS. IT TURNS OUT THAT KING SAUL, LACKING COVENANT LOYALTY TO THE WORD OF G-D, FALLS SHORT OF THE THEOCRATIC IDEAL, AND HIS LIFE BECOMES A FOIL AGAINST WHICH TO VIEW THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MOSHIACH IN 2SM. 7:12-17, "BUT I WILL NOT TAKE MY STEADFAST LOVE FROM HIM (DOVID'S SON, THE MOSHIACH), AS I TOOK IT FROM SAUL, WHOM I PUT AWAY FROM BEFORE YOU (DOVID)." IN I SM. 17 WE SEE THE KILLING BY THE YOUTH DOVID OF THE PHILISTINE CHAMPION GOLIATH (10 FEET TALL, WEIGHING IN WITH A 150 LB. COAT AND A 19 LB. SPEAR HEAD). DAVID'S VICTORY OVER GOLIATH BEGINS TO TRIGGER SAUL'S JEALOUSY AND EVENTUAL UNRAVELING (18:78). LATER SAUL TRIES TO KILL DAVID, BUT G-D PUTS A WONDERFUL BROTHERLY LOVE FOR DOVID IN THE HEART OF SAUL'S SON JONATHAN, WHO RESCUES DOVID FROM SAUL'S MURDEROUS WRATH AND SEEMS TO HOLD A SERENE AND UNSELFISH KNOWLEDGE THAT DOVID AND NOT HE WILL INHERIT THE THRONE (20:13-15). LIKE JONATHAN, DAVID'S WIFE MICHAL, SAUL'S YOUNG DAUGHTER, ALSO HELPS DAVID ESCAPE (19:11-17). IN THE PHILISTINE CITY OF GATH DOVID HAS TO USE HIS WITS TO SAVE HIMSELF, PRETENDING TO BE MAD. THE PHILISTINE KING ACHISH LATER MAKES DOVID HIS MERCENARY AND GIVES HIM THE VILLAGE OF ZIGLAG (THOUGH, AS HIS MERCENARY, DOVID OUTWITS HIM, AND, IN A HOLY WAR, DESTROYS NON-ISRAELITE VILLAGES RATHER THAN HIS OWN JEWISH PEOPLE). IN ANY EVENT, ACHISH IS CONVINCED ENOUGH BY DOVID'S ACTING SKILL TO LET HIM DO WHATEVER HE WANTS (SEE 21:1015) EXCEPT FIGHT SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE PHILISTINE (29:3-11), SOMETHING DOVID DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYWAY, ESPECIALLY AGAINST HIS OWN PEOPLE. UP TO THIS POINT DOVID WITH HIS OWN PRIVATE ARMY SEEMS TO ACT LIKE A SORT OF JEWISH ROBIN HOOD, EVEN HIRING HIMSELF OUT AS A PRIVATE POLICE FORCE. WHEN A WEALTHY SHEEP OWNER NABAL (NAVAL = "FOOL") REJECTS DOVID AND MESSIANIC ASSOCIATION WITH HIM AND THEREBY PROVES HIMSELF A TRUE "FOOL," HIS DEATH OPENS THE DOOR FOR HIS WIDOW TO BECOME DOVID'S WIFE. THIS WOMAN, ABIGAIL, IS CARRIED OFF FROM ZIKLAG BY AMALEKITES (30:2) ALONG WITH "THE WOMEN AND ALL WHO WERE IN" ZIKLAG. IN A FORESHADOW OF THE COMING REJECTED MOSHIACH, DOVID IS ALMOST STONED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE, VERY MUCH LIKE MOSES (EX. 17:4; I SM. 30:6), BOTH DOVID AND MOSHE BEING MESSIANIC TYPES OF THE SERVANT OF THE L-RD" (DT. 34:5; I SM. 25:39; ISA. 53:11). CHAPTER 8:8 SHOWS THAT G-D IS A REJECTED G-D; THEREFORE, WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED THAT THE MOSHIACH IS A REJECTED MOSHIACH (ISAIAH 53). BUT NOTICE THAT WHEN DOVID THE KING IS REJECTED BY THE JEWISH PEOPLE, HE IS ACCEPTED BY THE GENTILES, THE PHILISTINES (SEE ACTS 28:28)! THEN, AFTER THAT, THE JEWISH PEOPLE ACCEPT HIM AND CROWN HIM KING, AS WE SHALL SEE IN II SHMUEL. AT THE END OF I SHMUEL, SIGNALLING THAT THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ONCE AGAIN HAVE NO KING AND NEED DOVID THEIR KING TO BE THEIR DELIVERER, A HORRIBLE PICTURE COMES INTO VIEW: SAUL AND JONATHAN AND ALL SAUL'S SONS ARE KILLED BY THE PHILISTINES AT MT GILBOA. 1SM 3:7; 1SM 2:12-17 CONTAIN OMINOUS WARNINGS AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE DABBLING IN RELIGION AND HAVE NOT HAD THE NEW CREATION EXPERIENCE OF THE NEW BIRTH. |||16|||And Hashem said unto Shmuel, Ad mosai wilt thou mourn for Sha'ul, seeing I have rejected him as Melech al Yisroel? Fill thine keren with shemen, and go, I will send thee to Yishai of Beit-Lechem: for I have provided Me a melech among his banim. [2] And Shmuel said, How can I go? If Sha'ul hear it, he will kill me. And Hashem said, Take an eglat bakar (heifer of the herd) with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Hashem. |3| And call Yishai to the zevach, and I will show thee what thou shalt do; umashachta (and thou shalt anoint) unto Me him whom I say unto thee. |4| And Shmuel did that which Hashem spoke, and came to Beit-Lechem. And the zekenim of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou in shalom? |5| And he said, Shalom; I am come to sacrifice unto Hashem; set yourselves apart as kodesh, and come with me to the zevach. And he set apart as kodesh Yishai and his banim, and called them to the zevach. |6| And it came to pass, when they were come, that he [Shmuel] took one look at Eliav, and said, Surely Hashem's Moshiach is before Him. |7| But Hashem said unto Shmuel, Look not on his mareh (appearance), or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for Hashem seeth not as HaAdam seeth; for HaAdam looketh at the einayim (eyes, outward form); Hashem looketh at the lev. |8| Then Yishai called Avinadav, and made him pass before Shmuel. And he said, Neither hath Hashem chosen this. |9| Then Yishai made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath Hashem chosen this. |10| Again, Yishai made his shivat banim to pass before Shmuel. And Shmuel said unto Yishai, these Hashem hath not bachar (chosen). |11| And Shmuel said unto Yishai, Are here all thy ne'arim (boys)? And he said, There remaineth yet the katan (small, young), and, hinei, ro'eh batzon (tending the flock) is he. And Shmuel said unto Yishai, Send and get him; for we will not sit down [to eat] till he come here. |12| And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was adomoni (ruddy, of healthy red complexion) and withal of a yafeh countenance, and good-looking. And Hashem said, Arise, meshachehu (anoint him); ki zeh hu (for this is he). |13| Then Shmuel took the keren of shemen, v'yimshach (and anointed) him in the midst of his achim; and the Ruach [Hakodesh] of Hashem came upon Dovid from that day forward. So Shmuel rose up, and went to Ramah. |14| But the Ruach [Hakodesh] of Hashem departed from Sha'ul, and a ruach ra'ah from Hashem terrified and overwhelmed him [Sha'ul]. |15| And the avdei Sha'ul said unto him, Hinei now, a ruach Elohim ra'ah terrifieth and overwhelmeth thee. |16| Let adoneinu now command thy avadim, which are before thee, to seek out an ish, who is a menagen (player) on the kinnor (harp); and it shall come to pass, when the ruach Elohim ra'ah is upon thee, that he shall play with his yad, and thou shalt be tov (better, well). |17| And Sha'ul said unto his avadim, Look for me now an ish that can play well, and bring him to me. |18| Then answered one of the ne'arim, and said, Hinei, I have seen a ben of Yishai of Beit-Lechem, that is skillful in playing, and a gibbor chayil and an ish milchamah prudent in matters, and an ish to'ar (handsome man), and Hashem is with him. |19| Wherefore Sha'ul sent malachim unto Yishai, and said, Send me Dovid binecha, which is with the tzon. |20| And Yishai took a chamor laden with lechem, and a skin of yayin, and a gedi (young goat), and sent them by Dovid bno unto Sha'ul. |21| And Dovid came to Sha'ul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his no'se kelim (armor-bearer). |22| And Sha'ul sent to Yishai, saying, Let Dovid, now, stand before me; for he hath found chen (favor) in my eyes. |23| And it came to pass, when the ruach Elohim was upon Sha'ul, that Dovid took the kinnor, and played with his yad; so Sha'ul was relieved, and was tov, and the ruach hara'ah departed from him. |||17|||Now the Pelishtim gathered together their machanot (camps, military forces), for milchamah and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Yehudah, and encamped between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim. |2| And Sha'ul and the Ish Yisroel were gathered together, and encamped by the Emek (valley) of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Pelishtim (Philistines). |3| And the Pelishtim stood on the har on the one side, and Yisroel stood on the har on the other side; and there was a gey between them. |4| And there went out an Ish HaBenayim [I.E., A MIDDLEMAN CHAMPION WHOSE SINGLE COMBAT SAVES THE DAY AND DECIDES THE VICTOR] out of the machanot of the Pelishtim, shmo Golyat (Goliath), of Gat, whose height was shesh cubits and a span. |5| And he had a kova (helmet) of nechoshet upon his rosh, and he was wearing a coat of mail armor; and the weight of the coat of armor was five thousand shekels of nechoshet. |6| And he had mitzchah (greaves, i.e., leg plate armor) of nechoshet upon his legs, and a kidron (javelin) of nechoshet [slung] between his shoulders. |7| And the khetz (shaft) of his khanit (spear) was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's blade weighed six hundred barzel (iron) shekels; and the no'se tzinnah (great shield bearer) walked ahead of him. |8| And he stood and cried out unto the ma'arkhot Yisroel (ranks of Israel), and said unto them, Why are ye come out to line up for milchamah? Am not I a Philistine, and ye avadim of Sha'ul? Choose you an ish for you, and let him come down to me. |9| If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your avadim; but if I prevail over him, and kill him, then shall ye be to us for avadim, and serve us. |10| And the Philistine said, I defy the maarkhot Yisroel this day; give me ish, that we may fight together. |11| When Sha'ul and kol Yisroel heard those divrei haPelishti, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. |12| Now Dovid was the ben ish of that Ephrati from BeitLechem Yehudah, shmo Yishai; and he had shmoneh banim; and the ish [Yishai] was zaken in the days of Sha'ul, advanced in age among anashim. |13| And the shloshet Bnei Yishai hagedolim went and followed Sha'ul to the milchamah; and the shem of his three banim that went to the milchamah were Eliav the bechor, and mishneh unto him Avinadav, and hashelishi (the third) Shammah. |14| And Dovid was the katan; and the shloshah hagedolim followed Sha'ul. |15| But Dovid went and returned from Sha'ul to tend tzon aviv at Beit-Lechem. |16| And the Pelishti drew near morning and evening, and presented himself arba'im yom. |17| And Yishai said unto Dovid bno, Take now for thy achim an ephah of this roasted grain, and these ten lechem, and run to the machaneh of thy achim; |18| And carry these ten charitzei hecholov (cuts of milk, hence cheeses) unto the sar of their elef (unit, thousand), and look how thy achim fare for shalom, and take their arvut (pledge). |19| Now Sha'ul, and they, and all the Ish Yisroel, were in the Emek (Valley) of Elah (Oak), fighting with the Pelishtim (Philistines). |20| And Dovid rose up early in the boker, and left the tzon with a shomer (watchman), and loaded up, and embarked, as Yishai had commanded him; and he came to the camp, as the army was going forth to the fight and shouted for the milchamah (battle). |21| For Yisroel and the Pelishtim took their positions, ma'arakhah (battle array) facing ma'arakhah. |22| And Dovid left his supplies in the yad of the shomer hakelim (supply master), and ran into the ma'arakhah (battle line), and came and gave shalom greeting to his achim. |23| And as he talked with them, hinei, there came up the Ish HaBenayim Golyat HaPelishti shmo, from Gat, out of the lines of the Pelishtim, and spoke according to these words; and Dovid heard them. |24| And all the Ish Yisroel, when they saw the ish, fled from before him, and were greatly afraid. |25| And the Ish Yisroel said, Have ye seen this ish that is come up? Surely to defy Yisroel is he come up; and it shall be, that the ish who killeth him, the melech will give ashires gadol and will give him bitto (his daughter) [in marriage], and bais aviv make khofshi b'Yisroel (free, tax-exempt in Israel). |26| And Dovid spoke to the anashim that stood by him, saying, What shall be done for the ish that killeth this Pelishti, and taketh away the cherpah (reproach) from Yisroel? For who is this Pelishti hearel (uncircumcised Philistine) that he should defy the ma'arkhot Elohim Chayyim (arrayed battle forces of the living G-d)? |27| And HaAm answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the ish that killeth him. |28| And Eliav achiv hagadol heard when he spoke unto the anashim; and af Eliav was kindled against Dovid, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? And with whom hast thou left those few tzon in the midbar? I know thy zadon (presumptuousness), and the evil of thine levav; for thou art come down l'ma'an (in order that) thou mightest watch the milchamah. |29| And Dovid said, What have I done now? It was only a davar (word) [I SAID], wasn't it? |30| And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner; and HaAm answered him again according to the davar harishon (the previous word). |31| And when the devarim (words) were heard which Dovid spoke, they rehearsed them before Sha'ul: and he sent for him. |32| And Dovid said to Sha'ul, Let no lev adam fail because of him; thy eved will go and fight with this Pelishti. |33| And Sha'ul said to Dovid, Thou art not able to go against this Pelishti to fight with him: for thou art but a na'ar (boy), and he an ish milchamah (man of war) from his youth. |34| And Dovid said unto Sha'ul, Thy eved is ro'eh (shepherd) of tzon of aviv, and there came the ari, and the dov, and carried off seh out of the eder (flock): |35| And I went out after him, and struck him, and saved out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught hold by his zakan (beard), and struck him, and killed him. |36| Thy eved slaughtered both the ari and the dov: and this Pelishti hearel (uncircumcised Philistine) shall be as one of them, seeing he hath charaf (taunted, defied, disgraced) the maarkhot Elohim Chayyim. |37| Dovid said moreover, Hashem that saved me out of the paw of the ari, and out of the paw of the dov, He will save me out of the yad of this Pelishti. And Sha'ul said unto Dovid, Go, and Hashem be with thee. |38| And Sha'ul dressed Dovid with his armor-clothes, put a kova of nechoshet upon his rosh; also he dressed him with a coat of mail armor. |39| And Dovid girded his cherev over his armor-clothes, and he tried to walk; for lo nissah (he had not tested, proved) it. And Dovid said unto Sha'ul, I cannot go with these; for lo nissti (I have not proved them). And Dovid took them off him. |40| And he took his makel (stick, staff) in his yad, and chose him chamishah chalukei avanim (five smooth stones) out of the nachal (brook), and put them in a keli haro'im (shepherd's bag) which he had, even in a wayfarer's bag; and his kela (slingshot) was in his yad; and he drew near to the Pelishti. |41| And the Pelishti came on and drew near unto Dovid; and the ish, the no'se hatzinnah, went ahead of him. |42| And when the Pelishti squinted and saw Dovid, he despised him: for he was but a na'ar (boy), and admoni (ruddy), and yafeh mareh (good-looking). |43| And the Pelishti said unto Dovid, Am I a kelev (dog), that thou comest to me with maklot (sticks)? And the Pelishti cursed Dovid by his g-ds. |44| And the Pelishti said to Dovid, Come to me, and I will give thy basar unto the oph hashomayim, and to the behemat hasadeh. |45| Then said Dovid to the Pelishti, Thou comest against me with a cherev (sword), and with a khanit (spear), and with a kidon (javelin); but I come against thee b'Shem Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Ma'arkhot Yisroel, whom thou hast defied. |46| This day will Hashem hand thee over into mine yad; and I will strike thee down, and take thine rosh from thee; and I will give the peger machaneh Pelishtim this day unto the oph hashomayim, and to the chayyat ha'aretz; that kol ha'aretz may know that there is Elohim in Yisroel. |47| And kol hakahal hazeh shall know that Hashem yehoshi'a (saveth) not with cherev or khanit; for the milchamah is Hashem's, and He will give you (PLURAL) into yadenu (our hands). |48| And it came to pass, when the Pelishti arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet Dovid, that Dovid hastened, and ran toward the ma'arakhah (battle line) to meet the Pelishti. |49| And Dovid put his yad in his keli (bag), and took from there an even (stone), and slung it, and struck the Pelishti in his metzach (forehead), that the even (stone) sunk into his metzach; and he fell upon his face to the ground. |50| So Dovid prevailed chazak over the Pelishti with a sling and with an even (stone), and struck down the Pelishti, and killed him; but there was no cherev in the yad Dovid. |51| Therefore Dovid ran, and stood over the Pelishti, and took hold of his cherev, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slaughtered him, v'yikhrat (and cut off [SEE DANIEL 9:26, MOSHIACH YIKARET (WILL BE CUT OFF) BUT IN DANIEL THE PHRASE MEANS "MOSHIACH WILL BE VIOLENTLY KILLED") his rosh therewith. And when the Pelishtim saw their gibbor was dead, they fled. |52| And the Anshei Yisroel and of Yehudah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Pelishtim, until thou come to the gey (valley), and to the Sha'arei Ekron. And the challei Pelishtim fell by the derech to Shaarayim, even unto Gat, and unto Ekron. |53| And the Bnei Yisroel returned from chasing after the Pelishtim, and they plundered their machanot. |54| And Dovid took the rosh of the Pelishti, and brought it to Yerushalayim; but he put his kelim (weapons) in his ohel. |55| And when Sha'ul saw Dovid go forth to meet the Pelishti, he said unto Avner, the sar hatzavah, Avner, whose ben is this na'ar? And Avner said, As thy nefesh liveth, O Melech, I cannot tell. |56| And the Melech said, Inquire thou whose ben this elem (young man) is. |57| And as Dovid returned from the slaughter of the Pelishti, Avner took him, and brought him before Sha'ul with the rosh of the Pelishti in his yad. |58| And Sha'ul said to him, Whose ben art thou, na'ar? And Dovid answered, I am the ben avdecha Yishai of Beit- Lechem. |||18|||And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Sha'ul, that the nefesh Yonatan was kashur (tied together) with the nefesh Dovid, and Yonatan loved him as his own nefesh. |2| And Sha'ul drafted him that day, and would let him return no more to the bais aviv. |3| Then Yonatan and Dovid made a brit (covenant), because he loved him as his own nefesh. |4| And Yonatan stripped himself of the me'il (robe) that was upon him, and gave it to Dovid, and his middah [war garments], even to his cherev, and to his keshet, and to his khagor (belt). |5| And Dovid went out whithersoever Sha'ul sent him, and prospered; and Sha'ul set him over the anshei hamilchamah, and he was accepted in the sight of kol HaAm, and also in the sight of the avdei Sha'ul. |6| And it came to pass as they came, when Dovid was returned from the slaughter of the Pelishti, that the nashim came out of all towns of Yisroel, singing and dancing, to meet Sha'ul HaMelech, with tambourines, with simchah, and with cymbals. |7| And the nashim answered one another as they played, and said, Sha'ul hath slain his alafim, and Dovid his revavot (myriads). |8| And Sha'ul was very angry, and the saying was displeasing in his eyes and he said, They have ascribed unto Dovid revavot, and to me they have ascribed but alafim; and what can he have more but the maluchah (kingship)? |9| And there was jealous suspicion in the way Sha'ul eyed Dovid from that day forward. |10| And it came to pass on the next day, that the ruach Elohim ra'ah came upon Sha'ul, and he prophesied inside the bais; and Dovid made [KINNOR] music with his yad, as at other times; and there was a khanit in the yad Sha'ul. |11| And Sha'ul hurled the khanit; for he said, I will pin Dovid even to the wall with it. And Dovid escaped his presence twice. |12| And Sha'ul was afraid of Dovid, because Hashem was with him, and was departed from Sha'ul. |13| Therefore Sha'ul removed him from him, and made him his sar elef; and he went out and came in before HaAm. |14| And Dovid was maskil (successful) in kol drakhim of him; and Hashem was with him. |15| Wherefore when Sha'ul saw that he was maskil me'od, he was afraid of him. |16| But kol Yisroel and Yehudah loved Dovid, because he went out and came in before them. |17| And Sha'ul said to Dovid, Hinei bitti hagedolah Merav, her will I give thee as isha; only be thou ben chayil (valiant) for me, and fight Hashem's milchamot. For Sha'ul said, Let not mine yad be upon him, but let the yad Pelishtim be upon him. |18| And Dovid said unto Sha'ul, Who am I? And what is my life, or the mishpakhat avi in Yisroel, that I should be Choson to HaMelech? |19| But it came to pass at the time when Merav Bat Sha'ul should have been given to Dovid, that she was given as isha unto Adriel the Mecholati. |20| And Michal Bat Sha'ul loved Dovid; and they told Sha'ul, and the thing was yashar in [Sha'ul's] eyes. |21| And Sha'ul said, I will give him her, that she may be a mokesh to him, and that the yad Pelishtim may be against him. Wherefore Sha'ul said to Dovid, Thou shalt this day become Choson to me by one of my two. |22| And Sha'ul commanded his avadim, saying, Commune with Dovid privately, and say, Hinei, HaMelech hath chafetz (delight) in thee, and all his avadim love thee; now therefore be Choson to HaMelech. |23| And the avadim of Sha'ul spoke those devarim in the ears of Dovid. And Dovid said, Seemeth it a light thing in your eyes to become Choson to HaMelech, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? |24| And the avadim of Sha'ul told him, saying, According to these words spoke Dovid. |25| And Sha'ul said, Thus shall ye say to Dovid, HaMelech has chafetz (desire) for not any mohar (dowry, bride price) but a hundred arelot (foreskins) of the Pelishtim, to be avenged of the oyevei HaMelech. But Sha'ul schemed to make Dovid fall by the yad Pelishtim. |26| And when his avadim told Dovid these devarim, it pleased Dovid well to be Choson of HaMelech; and the yamim [leading up to the duedate of the arelot] were not expired. |27| Wherefore Dovid arose and went, he and his anashim, and slaughtered of the Pelishtim (Philistines) two hundred ish; and Dovid brought their arelot, and they gave them in full count to HaMelech, that he might be the Choson of HaMelech. And Sha'ul gave him Michal bitto as isha. |28| And Sha'ul saw and knew that Hashem was with Dovid, and that Michal Bat Sha'ul loved him. |29| And Sha'ul was yet the more afraid of Dovid; and Sha'ul became oyev to Dovid kol hayamim. |30| Then the sarim of the Pelishtim went forth [TO FIGHT]; and it came to pass, after they went forth, that Dovid prospered [IN MILITARY SUCCESS] more than all the avadim (officers) of Sha'ul; so that shmo became esteemed as of good reputation. |||19|||And Sha'ul spoke to Yonatan [Yehonaton] bno, and to all his avadim, that they should kill Dovid. But Yehonatan Ben Sha'ul liked Dovid me'od. |2| Yehonatan reported [this] to Dovid, saying, Sha'ul aviv seeketh to kill thee; now therefore be shomer in the boker, and abide baseter (in a secret place) and hide thyself; |3| And I will go out and stand beside avi in the sadeh where thou art, and I will speak of thee with avi; and what I see, that I will tell thee. |4| And Yehonatan spoke tov of Dovid unto Sha'ul aviv, and said unto him, Let not HaMelech commit chet against his eved, against Dovid; because he hath not committed chet against thee, and because his ma'asim have been toward thee tov me'od: |5| For he did put his nefesh in his yad, and slaughtered the Pelishti (Philistine), and Hashem wrought Teshuah Gedolah for kol Yisroel; thou sawest it, and didst rejoice with simcha. Why then wilt thou commit chet against dahm naki (innocent blood), to slay Dovid chinom (without cause)? |6| And Sha'ul paid heed unto the voice of Yehonatan; and Sha'ul swore a shevuah, As Hashem liveth, he shall not be slain. |7| And Yehonatan called Dovid, and Yehonatan reported to him all these devarim. And Yehonatan brought Dovid to Sha'ul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. |8| And there was milchamah again; and Dovid went out, and fought with the Pelishtim (Philistines), and slaughtered them with a makkah gedolah (with a great blow); and they fled from him. |9| And there was a ruach Hashem ra'ah upon Sha'ul, as he sat in his Bais with his khanit (spear) in his yad; while Dovid menaggen (was playing music) with his yad. |10| And Sha'ul sought to pin Dovid to the wall with the khanit; but he slipped away out of Sha'ul's presence, and he drove the khanit into the wall; and Dovid fled, and escaped that lailah. |11| Sha'ul also sent malachim unto Bais Dovid, to put him under surveillance, and to slay him in the boker; and Michal his isha warned Dovid, saying, If thou not escape with thy nefesh halilah (tonight), makhar (tomorrow) thou shalt be slain. |12| So Michal let Dovid down through the chalon; and he went, and fled, and escaped. |13| And Michal took the terafim, and laid it in the mittah, and put a piece of woven goat's hair at its head, and covered it with beged (cloth, garment). |14| And when Sha'ul sent malachim to capture Dovid, she said, He is choleh (ill). |15| And Sha'ul sent the malachim back to see Dovid, saying [to them], Bring him up to me in the mittah (bed), to have him slain. |16| And when the malachim were come in, hinei, there was the terafim in the mittah, with a piece of woven goats' hair at its head. |17| And Sha'ul said unto Michal, Why hast thou so deceived me, and sent away mine oyev, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Sha'ul, He said unto me, Let me get away; why should I kill thee? |18| So Dovid fled, and escaped, and came to Shmuel at Ramah, and told him all that Sha'ul had done to him. And he and Shmuel went and dwelt in the dwellings of the nevi'im. |19| And it was told Sha'ul, saying, Hinei, Dovid is at the dwellings of the nevi'im in Ramah. |20| And Sha'ul sent malachim to capture Dovid; and when they saw the kat (sect, group) of the nevi'im prophesying, and Shmuel standing as nitzav (overseeing) them, the Ruach Elohim was upon the malachim of Sha'ul, and they also prophesied. |21| And when it was told Sha'ul, he sent other malachim, and they prophesied likewise. And Sha'ul sent malachim again shelishim (third ones) and they prophesied also. |22| Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a bor hagadol (great pit) at Sechu; and he asked and said, Where are Shmuel and Dovid? And one said, Hinei, they are at the dwellings of the nevi'im in Ramah. |23| And he went there to the dwellings of the nevi'im at Ramah; and the Ruach Elohim was upon him also, and he walked along prophesying, until he came to the dwellings of the nevi'im at Ramah. |24| And he stripped off his beged also, and prophesied before Shmuel in like manner, and lay down arom (naked) all that day and all that lailah. Thus they say, Is Sha'ul also among the nevi'im? |||20|||And Dovid fled from Naiot in Ramah, and came and said before Yonatan, What have I done? What is mine avon? And what is my chattat before avicha, that he seeketh my nefesh? |2| And he said unto him, Chalilah (may it never be!); thou shalt not die: hinei, avi will do nothing either gadol or katon, but that he will reveal it to me; and why should avi hide this thing from me? It is not so. |3| And Dovid took an oath, moreover, and said, Avicha certainly knoweth that I have found chen in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Yonatan know this, lest he be grieved; but truly as Hashem liveth, and as thy nefesh liveth, there is hardly a peysah (step) between me and mavet. |4| Then said Yonatan unto Dovid, Whatsoever thy nefesh saith, I will even do it for thee. |5| And Dovid said unto Yonatan, Hinei, makhar (tomorrow) is Rosh Chodesh, and I should not fail to sit with HaMelech for tish; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the sadeh unto the erev hashlishit. |6| If avicha at all miss me, then say, Dovid earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beit-Lechem his town; for there is a zevach hayamim there for kol mishpakhat. |7| If he say thus, It is tov; thy eved shall have shalom; but if he be very wrathful, then be sure that ra'ah is determined by him. |8| Therefore thou shalt deal with chesed unto thy eved; for thou hast brought thy eved into Brit Hashem with thee; notwithstanding, if there be in me avon (iniquity), slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to avicha? |9| And Yonatan said, Chalilah (far be it) from thee; for if I had da'as certainly that ra'ah were determined by Avi to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? |10| Then said Dovid to Yonatan, Who shall tell me? Or what if avicha answer thee roughly? |11| And Yonatan said unto Dovid, Come, and let us go out into the sadeh. And they went out both of them into the sadeh. |12| And Yonatan said unto Dovid, Hashem Elohei Yisroel, when I have sounded out Avi at this time on Yom HaShishi from now, and, hinei, if there be tov toward Dovid, and I then send not unto thee, and reveal it in thy ozen (ear); |13| Hashem do so and much more to Yonatan; but if it please Avi to do thee ra'ah, then I will reveal it in thy ozen (ear), and send thee away, that thou mayest go in shalom; and Hashem be with thee, as He hath been with Avi. |14| And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the chesed Hashem, that I die not; |15| But also thou shalt not cut off thy chesed from my bais ad olam; no, not when Hashem hath cut off the oyevim of Dovid, every one from the pnei ha'adamah. |16| So Yonatan made Brit with the Bais Dovid, saying, Let Hashem even require it at the hands of the oyevim of Dovid. |17| And Yonatan caused Dovid to swear a shevua again, because he loved him; for he loved him with the ahavat nafsho (with the love of his own nefesh, self). |18| Then Yonatan said to Dovid, Makhar (tomorrow) is Rosh Chodesh; and thou shalt be missed, because thy moshav (seat) will be empty. |19| And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the makom (place) where thou didst hide thyself on the day of the ma'aseh (deed, IE., THE EVENTFUL EARLIER DAY, SEE V.12), and shalt remain by the even (stone) Ezel. |20| And I will shoot three khitzim (arrows) on the side thereof, as though I shot at a matarah (target). |21| And, hinei, I will send a na'ar, saying, Go, find the khitzim (arrows). If I expressly say unto the na'ar, Hinei, the khitzim (arrows) are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou, for there is shalom to thee, and no davar (problem, concern); as Hashem liveth. |22| But if I say thus unto the elem (youth, young man), Hinei, the khitzim (arrows) are beyond thee, go thy way; for Hashem hath sent thee away. |23| And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, hinei, Hashem be between thee and me ad olam. |24| So Dovid hid himself in the sadeh; and when Rosh Chodesh was come, HaMelech sat him down to eat lechem. |25| And HaMelech sat upon his moshav (seat), as at other times, even upon a moshav by the wall; and Yonatan arose, and Avner sat by Sha'ul's side, and Dovid's makom (place) was empty. |26| Nevertheless Sha'ul spoke not anything that day; for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not tahor; surely he is not tahor. |27| And it came to pass on the day after Rosh Chodesh, which was the second day of the month, that Dovid's makom was empty; and Sha'ul said unto Yonatan bno, Wherefore cometh not Ben Yishai to halechem neither yesterday, nor today? |28| And Yonatan answered Sha'ul, Dovid earnestly asked leave of me to go to BeitLechem; |29| And he said, Let me go, now; for we have mishpakhat zevach in the Ir; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there; and now, if I have found chen in thine eyes, let me get away, now, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the Shulchan HaMelech. |30| Then af Sha'ul (anger of Sha'ul) was kindled against Yonatan, and he said unto him, Thou ben of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I have da'as that thou hast chosen Ben Yishai to thine own shame, and unto the shame of ervat immecha (thy mother's nakedness)? |31| For as long as Ben Yishai liveth al ha'adamah (upon the earth) thou shalt not be established, nor malkhutecha (thy kingdom). Wherefore now send and bring him unto me, for he is ben mavet (son of death, he shall surely die). |32| And Yonatan answered Sha'ul Aviv, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? What hath he done? |33| And Sha'ul cast the khanit (spear) at him to strike him dead; whereby Yonatan knew that it was determined of Aviv to slay Dovid. |34| So Yonatan arose from the shulchan in chari af (fierce anger), and did eat no lechem the second day of the month; for he was grieved for Dovid, because Aviv had shamefully humiliated him. |35| And it came to pass in the boker, that Yonatan went out into the sadeh at the mo'ed (appointed time) with Dovid, and a na'ar katon with him. |36| And he said unto his na'ar, Run, find out now the khitzim (arrows) which I shoot. And as the na'ar ran, he shot a khetz beyond him. |37| And when the na'ar was come to the makom of the khetz which Yonatan had shot, Yonatan cried after the na'ar, and said, Is not the khetz beyond thee? |38| And Yonatan cried after the na'ar, Make speed, haste, stay not. And na'ar Yonatan gathered up the khitzim (arrows), and came to his adon. |39| But the na'ar had no da'as of anything; only Yonatan and Dovid knew the davar (matter). |40| And Yonatan gave his weapons unto his na'ar, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the Ir. |41| And as soon as the na'ar was gone, Dovid arose out of a place toward the negev (south), and fell on his face to the ground, and prostrated himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until Dovid wept exceedingly. |42| And Yonatan said to Dovid, Go in shalom, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the Shem of Hashem, saying, Hashem be between me and thee, and between my zera and thy zera ad olam. [21:1] And he arose and departed: and Yonatan went into the Ir. |||21|||Then came Dovid to Nov to Achimelech HaKohen; and Achimelech was afraid at the meeting of Dovid, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no ish with thee? |2(3)| And Dovid said unto Achimelech HaKohen, HaMelech hath commanded me a matter, and hath said unto me, Let no ish know anything of the davar whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and I have directed ne'arim to such and such a makom (place). |3(4)| Now therefore what is under thine yad? Give me five lechem in mine yad, or whatever there is found. |4(5)| And the Kohen answered Dovid, and said, There is no lechem chol (ordinary bread) under mine yad, but there is lechem kodesh; if the ne'arim have kept themselves at least from isha. |5(6)| And Dovid answered the Kohen, and said unto him, Indeed isha have been kept from us yesterday and the day before, since I set out, and the vessels of the ne'arim (young men) are kodesh, and if this is a derech chol (ordinary mission) indeed it will remain kodesh today in their vesels. |6(7)| So the Kohen gave him kodesh; for there was no lechem there but the Lechem HaPanim, that was taken from before Hashem, to be replaced with lechem cham on the day when it was taken away. |7(8)| Now a certain ish of the avadim of Sha'ul was there that day, detained before Hashem; shmo Do'eg, the Edomi, the chief of the ro'im that belonged to Sha'ul. |8(9)| And Dovid said unto Achimelech, And is there not here under thine yad khanit or cherev? For I have neither brought my cherev nor my weapons with me, because the devar HaMelech (matter of the King) required haste. |9(10)| And the Kohen said, The cherev of Golyat (Goliath) the Pelishti, whom thou slewest in the Emek Elah, hinei, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other except that here. And Dovid said, There is none like that; give it me. |10(11)| And Dovid arose and fled that day from before Sha'ul, and went to Achish Melech Gat. |11(12)| And the avadim of Achish said unto him, Is not this Dovid Melech HaAretz? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Sha'ul hath slain his thousands, and Dovid his myriads? |12(13)| And Dovid laid up these devarim in his levav, and was very much afraid of Achish Melech Gat. |13(14)| And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself a madman in their hands, and scratched on the daletot hasha'ar, and let his spittle fall down upon his zakan (beard). |14(15)| Then said Achish unto his avadim, Hinei, ye see the man is meshugga; wherefore then have ye brought him to me? |15(16)| Have I need of meshugga'im, that ye have brought this one to play the meshugga in my presence? Shall this one come into my bais? |||22|||Dovid therefore departed from there, and escaped to the me'arah (cave) of Adullam; and when his brethren and all the bais aviv heard it, they went down there to him. |2| And every ish that was in distress, and every ish that was in debt, and every ish that was mar-nefesh (bitter in spirit, discontented) gathered themselves unto him; and he became Sar over them; and there were with him about arba me'ot ish (four hundred men). |3| And Dovid went from there to Mitzpeh Moav; and he said unto the Melech Moav, Let avi and immi now come out, and be with you, until I know what Elohim will do for me. |4| And he brought them before Melech Moav; and they dwelt with him all the days that Dovid was in the metzudah (stronghold, i.e. Mitzpeh Moav). |5| And Gad HaNavi said unto Dovid, Abide not in the metzudah; depart, and get thee into Eretz Yehudah. Then Dovid departed, and came into the Forest of Cheret. |6| When Sha'ul heard that Dovid was discovered, and the anashim that were with him, (now Sha'ul abode in Giveah under a tamarisk tree in Ramah, having his khanit in his yad, and all his avadim were standing about him); |7| Then Sha'ul said unto his avadim that stood about him, Hear now, ye of Binyamin; will Ben Yishai give every one of you sadot and kramim (vineyards), and make you all sarei alafim and sarei me'ot; |8| That all of you have made a kesher against me, and there is none that reveals unto my ear that beni (my son) hath cut a Brit with Ben Yishai, and there is none of you that is concerned for me, or revealeth unto my ear that beni (my son) hath stirred up avdi against me, to lie in wait, as he does today? |9| Then answered Do'eg the Edomi, which was set over the avadim of Sha'ul, and said, I saw Ben Yishai coming to Nov, to Achimelech ben Achituv. |10| And he inquired of Hashem for him, and gave him provision, and gave him the cherev Golyat HaPelishti. |11| Then HaMelech sent to call Achimelech Ben Achituv HaKohen, and kol Bais Aviv, the Kohanim that were in Nov; and they came all of them to HaMelech. |12| And Sha'ul said, Hear now, thou Ben Achituv. And he answered, Hineni, adoni. |13| And Sha'ul said unto him, Why have ye made a kesher against me, thou and Ben Yishai, in that thou hast given him lechem, and a cherev, and hast inquired of Elohim for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as he does this day? |14| Then Achimelech answered HaMelech, and said, And who is so ne'eman (loyal) among all thy avadim as Dovid, which is the Choson HaMelech, obedient to thy bidding, and is honored in thine bais? |15| Did I then begin to inquire of Elohim for him? Chalilah li! Let not HaMelech impute anything unto his eved, nor to all the Bais Avi; for thy eved knew nothing of all this, katon or gadol. |16| And HaMelech said, Thou shalt surely die, Achimelech, thou, and kol Bais Avicha. |17| And HaMelech said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the Kohanim of Hashem; because their yad also is with Dovid, and because they knew when he fled, and did not reveal it in my ear. But the avadim of HaMelech would not put forth their yad to strike the Kohanim of Hashem. |18| And HaMelech said to Do'eg, Turn thou, and strike the Kohanim. And Do'eg the Edomi turned, and he struck the Kohanim, and slaughtered on that day fourscore and five ish that did wear ephod bad (linen robe). |19| And Nov, the Ir of the Kohanim, he struck with the edge of the cherev, both ish and isha, olel and nursing infants, and shor, and chamor, and seh, with the edge of the cherev. |20| And ben echad of Achimelech Ben Achituv, shmo Evyatar (his name Evyatar [Abiathar]), escaped, and fled after Dovid. |21| And Evyatar (Abiathar) told Dovid that Sha'ul had slain the Kohanim of Hashem. |22| And Dovid said unto Evyatar (Abiathar), I knew it that day, when Do'eg the Edomi was there, that he would surely tell Sha'ul. I am mortally responsible for nefesh Bais Avicha. |23| Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my nefesh seeketh thy nefesh; but with me thou shalt be mishmeret (in safeguard). |||23|||Then they told Dovid, saying, Hinei, the Pelishtim fight against Ke'ilah, and they rob the granot (threshing floors). |2| Therefore Dovid inquired of Hashem, saying, Shall I go and strike these Pelishtim? And Hashem said unto Dovid, Go, and strike the Pelishtim, and save Ke'ilah. |3| And Anshei Dovid said unto him, Hinei, Anachnu (we) are afraid here in Yehudah; how much more then if we come to Ke'ilah against the maarkhot (military lines) of the Pelishtim? |4| Then Dovid inquired of Hashem yet again. And Hashem answered him and said, Arise, go down to Ke'ilah; for I will deliver the Pelishtim into thine yad. |5| So Dovid and his anashim went to Ke'ilah, and fought with the Pelishtim, and brought away their livestock, and attacked them with a makkah gedolah (great defeat). So Dovid saved the inhabitants of Ke'ilah. |6| And it came to pass, when Evyatar (Abiathar) Ben Achimelech fled to Dovid to Ke'ilah, that he came down with the Ephod [WITH ORACULAR LOT; SEE EX 28,39] in his yad. |7| And it was told Sha'ul that Dovid was come to Ke'ilah. And Sha'ul said, Elohim hath delivered him into mine yad; for he is shut in, by entering into an ir (town) that hath gates and bar. |8| And Sha'ul called kol HaAm together for milchamah, to go down to Ke'ilah, to besiege Dovid and his anashim. |9| And Dovid knew that Sha'ul secretly plotted ra'ah (evil, harm) against him; and he said to Evyatar (Abiathar) HaKohen, Bring here the Ephod. |10| Then said Dovid, Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Thy eved hath certainly heard that Sha'ul seeketh to come to Ke'ilah, to destroy the ir (town) on my account. |11| Will the Ba'alei Ke'ilah (citizens of Ke'ilah) deliver me up into his yad? Will Sha'ul come down, as Thy eved hath heard? Hashem Elohei Yisroel, tell now Thy eved. And Hashem said, He will come down. |12| Then said Dovid, Will the Baalei Ke'ilah shut me and my anashim up into the yad Sha'ul? And Hashem said, They will deliver thee up. |13| Then Dovid and his anashim, which were about shesh me'ot ish, arose and departed out of Ke'ilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Sha'ul that Dovid was escaped from Ke'ilah; and he refrained from going forth. |14| And Dovid stayed in the midbar in metzadot (strongholds, masadas) and remained on a har in the midbar Ziph. And Sha'ul searched for him every day, but Elohim delivered him not into his yad. |15| And Dovid saw that Sha'ul was come out to seek his nefesh: and Dovid was in the midbar Ziph at Choresh. |16| And Yonatan Ben Sha'ul arose, and went to Dovid at Choresh, and strengthened his yad in Elohim [i.e., encouraged him in G-d]. |17| And he said unto him, Fear not; for the yad Sha'ul Avi shall not find thee; and thou shalt be Melech over Yisroel, and I shall be mishneh (second) unto thee; and that also Sha'ul Avi knoweth. |18| And they two made a brit (covenant) before Hashem; and Dovid stayed at Choresh, and Yonatan went to his bais. |19| Then came up the Ziphim to Sha'ul to Giveah, saying, Doth not Dovid hide himself among us in metzadot (strongholds, masadas) at Choresh, in the hill of Chachilah, which is on the south of Yeshimon? |20| Now therefore, O Melech, come down according to all the desire of thy nefesh to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the yad HaMelech. |21| And Sha'ul said, Berukhim atem l'Hashem (Blessed be ye of Hashem); for ye have compassion on me. |22| Now go, prepare further, and know and see his makom where his hideouts are, and who hath seen him there; for it is told me that he dealeth very craftily. |23| See therefore, and take knowledge of all the machavo'im (hideouts) where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Yehudah. |24| And they arose, and went to Ziph ahead of Sha'ul; but Dovid and his anashim were in the midbar Ma'on, in the Aravah on the south of Yeshimon. |25| Sha'ul also and his anashim went to seek him. When Dovid was told, he descended and came down to the Sela (Rock), and stayed in the midbar Ma'on. And when Sha'ul heard that, he pursued Dovid in the midbar Ma'on. |26| And Sha'ul went on this side of the har, and Dovid and his anashim on that side of the har; and Dovid made haste to get away for fear of Sha'ul; for Sha'ul and his anashim encircled Dovid and his anashim round about to take them. |27| But there came a malach unto Sha'ul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Pelishtim have invaded HaAretz. |28| Wherefore Sha'ul returned from pursuing after Dovid, and went against the Pelishtim; therefore they called that makom Sela HaMachlekot (Rock of Escaping). |29(24:1)| And Dovid went up from there, and dwelt in metzadot at Ein-Gedi. |||24|||And it came to pass, when Sha'ul was returned from following the Pelishtim, that it was told him, saying, Hinei, Dovid is in the midbar of Ein-Gedi. |2(3)| Then Sha'ul took shloshet alafim (three thousand) chosen men out of kol Yisroel, and went to search for Dovid and his anashim upon [the area known as] Wild Goat Rocks. |3(4)| And he came to the gidrot hatzon (sheep pens of the flock) on the derech, where was a me'arah (cave); and Sha'ul went in to cover his feet [I.E., RELIEVE HIMSELF], and Dovid and his anashim remained in the far end of the me'arah (cave). |4(5)| And the anashim of Dovid said unto him, Hinei, the day of which Hashem said unto thee, Hinei, I will deliver thine oyev (enemy) into thine yad, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem tov unto thee. Then Dovid arose, and cut off the corner of the me'il of Sha'ul without his notice. |5(6)| And it came to pass afterward, that the lev Dovid smote him because he had cut off the corner of Sha'ul. |6(7)| And he said unto his anashim, Chalilah (far be it) before Hashem that I should do this thing unto adoni, Hashem's moshiach, to stretch forth mine yad against him, seeing he is the moshiach of Hashem. |7(8)| So Dovid restrained his anashim with these devarim, and allowed them not to rise against Sha'ul. But Sha'ul rose up out of the me'arah (cave), and went on his derech. |8(9)| Dovid also arose afterward, and went out of the me'arah, and called after Sha'ul, saying, Adoni HaMelech. And when Sha'ul looked behind him, Dovid bowed down with his face to the ground, and prostrated himself. |9(10)| And Dovid said to Sha'ul, Wherefore hearest thou divrei adam, saying, Hinei, Dovid seeketh thy hurt? |10(11)| Hinei, this day thine eyes have seen how that Hashem had delivered thee today into mine yad in the me'arah; and some urged me kill thee; but mine [nefesh] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine yad against adoni; for he is the moshiach of Hashem. |11(12)| Moreover, avi, see, indeed, see the corner of thy me'il (robe) in my yad; for in that I cut off the corner of thy me'il, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither ra'ah nor peysha (rebellion) in mine yad, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my nefesh to take it. |12(13)| Hashem judge between me and thee, and Hashem avenge me on thee; but mine yad shall not be upon thee. |13(14)| As saith the mashal (proverb) of the ancients, Resha (wickedness) proceedeth from the resha'im; but mine yad shall not be upon thee. |14(15)| After whom is the Melech Yisroel come out? After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead kelev (dog), after a parosh (flea). |15(16)| Hashem therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and uphold my cause, and deliver me out of thine yad. |16(17)| And it came to pass, when Dovid had made an end of speaking these devarim unto Sha'ul, that Sha'ul said, Is this thy voice, beni Dovid? And Sha'ul lifted up his voice, and wept. |17(18)| And he said to Dovid, Thou art more tzaddik than I; for thou hast rewarded me tovah, whereas I have rewarded thee ra'ah. |18(19)| And thou hast shown this day how that thou hast dealt tovah with me; forasmuch as when Hashem had delivered me into thine yad, thou killedst me not. |19(20)| For if an ish find his oyev, will he let him go bederech tovah? Wherefore Hashem reward thee tovah for that thou hast done unto me this day. |20(21)| And now, hinei, I know that thou shalt surely be Melech, and that the Mamlechet Yisroel shall be established in thine yad. |21(22)| Swear now therefore unto me by Hashem, that thou wilt not cut off my zera after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my shem out of the Bais Avi. |22(23)| And Dovid swore unto Sha'ul. And Sha'ul went to his bais; but Dovid and his anashim went up unto the metzudah (stronghold, masada). |||25|||And Shmuel died; and kol Yisroel were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him at his bais at Ramah. And Dovid arose, and went down to the midbar Paran. |2| And there was an ish in Ma'on, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the ish was gadol me'od, and he had three thousand tzon, and a thousand izzim (goats); and he was shearing his tzon in Carmel. |3| Now the shem of the ish was Naval; and the shem of his isha Avigal; and she was an isha of tovat seichel, and beautiful; but the ish was kasheh (churlish, difficult) and rah (mean) in his doings; and he was a descendent of Kalev. |4| And Dovid heard in the midbar that Naval did shear his tzon. |5| And Dovid sent out ten ne'arim, and Dovid said unto the ne'arim, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Naval, and give him a shalom greeting in my shem (name); |6| And thus shall ye say to him, Koh lechai (good fortune to you), shalom to thee, shalom to thine bais, shalom unto all that thou hast. |7| And now I have heard that thou hast shearers; now thy ro'im (shepherds) which were with us, we hurt them not, and nothing was missing by them, all the while they were in Carmel. |8| Ask thy ne'arim, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the ne'arim find chen (favor, grace) in thine eyes; for we come on yom tov; give, now, whatsoever cometh to thine yad unto thy avadim, and to thy ben, Dovid. |9| And when the naarei Dovid came, they spoke to Naval according to all those devarim b'shem Dovid, and ceased. |10| And Naval answered the avadim of Dovid, and said, Who is Dovid? And who is Ben Yishai? There be many avadim nowadays who break away every ish from his adon. |11| Shall I then take my lechem, and my mayim, and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it unto anashim who come from I know not where? |12| So the ne'arim of Dovid turned to their derech, and went back, and came and told him all those devarim. |13| And Dovid said unto his anashim, Gird ye on every ish his cherev. And they girded on every ish his cherev; and Dovid also girded on his cherev; and there went up after Dovid about arba me'ot ish; and two hundred stayed by the kelim (supplies). |14| But one of the ne'arim told Avigal, eshet Naval, saying, Hinei, Dovid sent malachim out of the midbar to put a berakhah on adoneinu; and he drove them off. |15| But the anashim were tovim unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we accompanied them, when we were in the sadeh; |16| They were a chomah (wall) unto us both by lailah gam yomam (night and day), all the while we were with them shepherding hatzon. |17| Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for ra'ah is determined against adoneinu, and against all his bais; for he is such a ben Beliyaal, that a man cannot speak to him. |18| Then Avigal made haste, and took two hundred lechem, and two skins of yayin, and five tzon ready cooked, and five measures of roasted grain, and a hundred raisin cakes, and two hundred pressed figs, and laid them on chamorim (donkeys). |19| And she said unto her ne'arim, Go on ahead of me; hineni, I come after you. But she told not her ish Naval. |20| And it was so, as she rode on the chamor, that she came down by the covert on the har, hinei, Dovid and his anashim came down toward her; and she met them. |21| Now Dovid had said, Surely for sheker have I been shomer over all that this one hath in the midbar, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath requited me ra'ah for tovah. |22| So and more also do Elohim unto the oyvei Dovid, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the boker any that urinate against the wall. |23| And when Avigal saw Dovid, she hasted, dismounted the chamor, and fell before Dovid on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, |24| And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, adoni, upon me let this avon be; and let now thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the devarim of thine handmaid. |25| Let now not adoni regard this ish of Beliyaal, even Naval; for as shmo is, so is he; Naval (fool) is shmo, and nevalah (folly) is with him; but I thine handmaid saw not the ne'arim of adoni, whom thou didst send. |26| Now therefore, adoni, as Hashem liveth, and as thy nefesh liveth, seeing Hashem hath held thee back from coming to shed dahm, and from avenging thyself with thine own yad, now let thine oyevim, and they that seek ra'ah for adoni, be as Naval. |27| And now this berakhah which thine shifchah (maidservant) hath brought unto adoni, let it even be given unto the ne'arim that follow at the feet of adoni. |28| Forgive now the peysha of thine handmaid; for Hashem will certainly make adoni a bais ne'eman; because adoni fighteth the milchamot of Hashem, and ra'ah hath not been found in thee all thy yamim. |29| Yet adam is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy nefesh; but the nefesh of adoni shall be bound in the bundle of chayyim with Hashem Eloheicha; and the nefesh of thine oyevim, them shall He hurl away, as out of the hollow of a kela (slingshot). |30| And it shall come to pass, when Hashem shall have done to adoni according to all the tovah that He hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee Nagid over Yisroel, |31| There shall be no grief unto thee, nor michshol lev (downfall of conscience) unto adoni, either that thou hast committed shefach dahm chinom, or that adoni hath avenged himself; but when Hashem shall have dealt well with adoni, then remember thine handmaid. |32| And Dovid said to Avigal, Baruch Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Who sent thee today to meet me; |33| And baruch be thy good sense, and berukhah be thou, who hast kept me this yom from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own yad. |34| For in very deed, as Hashem Elohei Yisroel liveth, Who hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Naval by ohr haboker any that urinates against the wall. |35| So Dovid received of her yad that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in shalom to thine bais; see, I have paid heed to thy voice, and have granted thy request. |36| And Avigal came to Naval; and, hinei, he held a mishteh (feast) in his bais, like the mishteh of a melech; and lev Naval was tov within him, for he was shikkor ad me'od; wherefore she told him nothing, katan or gadol, until the ohr haboker. |37| But it came to pass in the boker, when the yayin was gone out of Naval, and his isha had told him these things, that his lev died within him, and he became like even (stone). |38| It came to pass about ten yamim later, Hashem struck Naval, that he died. |39| And when Dovid heard that Naval was dead, he said, Baruch Hashem, that hath upheld the cause of my cherpah (reproach) from the yad of Naval, and hath kept his eved from ra'ah; for Hashem hath returned the ra'ah (wickedness) of Naval upon his own rosh. And Dovid sent and communed with Avigal, to take her to him as isha. |40| And when the avadim of Dovid were come to Avigal to Carmel, they spoke unto her, saying, Dovid sent us unto thee, to take thee to him as isha. |41| And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the ground, and said, Hinei, let thine handmaid be for a shifchah to wash the feet of the avadim of adoni. |42| And Avigal hasted, and arose and rode upon a chamor, with five na'arot of hers that attended her; and she went after the malachim of Dovid, and became his isha. |43| Dovid also took Achinoam of Yizre'el; and they were also both of them his nashim (wives). |44| But Sha'ul had given Michal bitto (his daughter), Dovid's isha, to Phalti Ben Layish, who was from Gallim. |||26|||And the Ziphim came unto Sha'ul at Giveah, saying, Doth not Dovid hide himself in the hill of Chachilah, which faces Yeshimon? |2| Then Sha'ul arose, and went down to the midbar Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Yisroel with him, to search for Dovid in the midbar Ziph. |3| And Sha'ul encamped in the hill of Chachilah, which faces Yeshimon, beside the derech (road). But Dovid stayed in the midbar, and he saw that Sha'ul came after him into the midbar. |4| Dovid therefore sent out scouts, and understood that Sha'ul had indeed come. |5| And Dovid arose, and came to the makom where Sha'ul had encamped; and Dovid beheld the makom where Sha'ul lay down, and Avner Ben Ner, the sar of his tzava (army); and Sha'ul was lying in the camp, and HaAm encamped round about him. |6| Then answered Dovid and said to Achimelech the Chitti, and to Avishai Ben Tzeruyah, achi Yoav, saying, Who will go down with me to Sha'ul to the machaneh? And Avishai said, I will go down with thee. |7| So Dovid and Avishai came to HaAm by lailah; and, hinei, Sha'ul lay sleeping within the camp, and his khanit (spear) stuck in the ground at his head; but Avner and HaAm lay round about him. |8| Then said Avishai to Dovid, Elohim hath delivered thine oyev into thine yad today; now therefore let me strike him, now, with the khanit, pinning him to the ground once; I will not strike him the second time. |9| And Dovid said to Avishai, Destroy him not; for who can stretch forth his yad against Hashem's moshiach, and be guiltless? |10| Dovid said furthermore, As Hashem liveth, Hashem shall strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into milchamah, and perish. |11| Chalilah (far be it) from me by Hashem that I should stretch forth mine yad against Hashem's moshiach; but, take now thou the khanit (spear) that is at his head, and the flask of mayim, and let us go. |12| So Dovid took the khanit and the flask of mayim from near Sha'ul's head; and they got them away, and no one saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked; for they were all asleep; because a tardamat Hashem was fallen upon them. |13| Then Dovid went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the har afar off; a great space being between them; |14| And Dovid called out to the people, and to Avner Ben Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Avner? Then Avner answered and said, Who art thou that calls out to HaMelech? |15| And Dovid said to Avner, Art not thou an ish (man)? And who is like to thee in Yisroel? Wherefore then hast thou not been shomer over adonecha HaMelech? For there came one of HaAm in to destroy HaMelech adonecha. |16| This thing is not tov that thou hast done. As Hashem liveth, ye are worthy for mavet, because ye have not been shomer over adoneichem, Hashem's moshiach. And now see where the khanit of HaMelech is, and the flask of mayim that was near his head. |17| And Sha'ul knew the voice of Dovid, and said, Is this thy voice, beni, Dovid? And Dovid said, It is my voice, adoni HaMelech. |18| And he said, Why doth adoni thus pursue after his eved? For what have I done? Or what ra'ah is in mine yad? |19| Now therefore, let adoni HaMelech hear the devarim of his eved. If Hashem have stirred thee up against me, let Him accept a minchah; but if they be bnei adam, cursed be they before Hashem; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the nachalah of Hashem, saying, Go, serve elohim acharim. |20| Now therefore, let not my dahm fall to the earth before the face of Hashem; for the Melech Yisroel is come out to search for a parosh (flea), as when one doth hunt the partridge in the harim. |21| Then said Sha'ul, I have sinned; return, beni Dovid; for I will no more do thee harm, because my nefesh was precious in thine eyes this day; hinei, I was foolish, and have erred exceedingly. |22| And Dovid answered and said, Hinei the khanit HaMelech! Let one of the ne'arim come over and bring it back. |23| Hashem repay to every ish his tzedakah and his emunah; for Hashem delivered thee into my yad today, but I would not stretch forth mine yad against Hashem's moshiach. |24| And, hinei, as thy nefesh was much valued this day in mine eyes, so let my nefesh be much valued in the eyes of Hashem, and let Him deliver me out of all tzarah (trouble). |25| Then Sha'ul said to Dovid, Baruch atah, beni Dovid; may thou both accomplish many things, and also still succeed. So Dovid went on his derech, and Sha'ul returned to his makom. |||27|||And Dovid said in his lev, I shall now perish yom echad by the yad Sha'ul; there is nothing tov for me than that I should speedily escape into the Eretz Pelishtim; and Sha'ul shall despair of searching for me any more in kol gevul Yisroel; so shall I escape out of his yad. |2| And Dovid arose, and he passed over with the shesh me'ot ish that were with him unto Achish Ben Maoch Melech Gat. |3| And Dovid dwelt with Achish at Gat, he and his anashim, every ish with his bais (household), even Dovid with his two nashim, Achinoam of Yizre'el, and Avigal eshet Naval of Carmel. |4| And it was told Sha'ul that Dovid was fled to Gat; and he sought no more again for him. |5| And Dovid said unto Achish, If I have now found chen in thine eyes, let them give me a makom (place) in some town in the sadeh (country), that I may dwell there; for why should thy eved dwell in the ir hamamlachah (royal city) with thee? |6| Then Achish gave him Tziklag that day; therefore Tziklag belongs unto the Melachim of Yehudah unto this day. |7| And the mispar hayamim that Dovid dwelt in the sadeh of the Pelishtim was four months and two days. |8| And Dovid and his anashim went up, and raided the Geshuri, and the Girzi, and the Amaleki; for they were of old the inhabitants of HaAretz, as thou goest to Shur, even unto Eretz Mitzrayim. |9| And Dovid attacked the land, and left neither ish nor isha alive, and took away the tzon, and the bakar, and the chamorim, and the gemalim, and the begadim, and returned, and came to Achish. |10| And Achish said, Where have ye raided today? And Dovid said, Against the Negev of Yehudah, or against the Negev of the Yarcheme'eli, or against the Negev of the Keni. |11| And Dovid saved neither ish nor isha alive, to bring [news] to Gat, saying, Lest they should inform on us, saying, So did Dovid, and so has been his mishpat (practice) all the yamim (days) he dwelleth in the sadeh of the Pelishtim (Philistines). |12| And Achish believed Dovid, saying, He hath made his people Yisroel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be eved to me olam (forever). |||28|||And it came to pass in those yamim, that the Pelishtim gathered their machanot together for tzava (warfare), to fight with Yisroel. And Achish said unto Dovid, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to machaneh, thou and thy anashim. |2| And Dovid said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy eved will do. And Achish said to Dovid, Therefore will I make thee my shomer rosh (head bodyguard) kol hayamim. |3| Now Shmuel was dead, and kol Yisroel had mourned him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own town. And Sha'ul had deported the ovot (mediums, those with familiar spirits), and the yidonim (spiritists) from HaAretz. |4| And the Pelishtim gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Sha'ul gathered kol Yisroel together, and they encamped in Gilboa. |5| And when Sha'ul saw the machaneh of the Pelishtim, he was afraid, and his lev greatly trembled. |6| And when Sha'ul inquired of Hashem, Hashem answered him not, neither by chalomot (dreams), nor by Urim, nor by nevi'im. |7| Then said Sha'ul unto his avadim, Seek me an isha that is a ba'alat ov (medium, a person with a familiar spirit), that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his avadim said to him, Hinei, there is an eshet ba'alat ov at Ein-Dor. [8| And Sha'ul disguised himself, and put on begadim acherim, and he went, and two anashim with him, and they came to the isha by lailah; and he said, divine for me by the ov (familiar spirit), and bring him up for me, whom I shall name unto thee. |9| And the isha said unto him, Hinei, thou knowest what Sha'ul hath done, how he hath cut off the ovot (mediums, those with familiar spirits), and the yidoni (spiritist) from HaAretz; why then layest thou a snare for my nefesh, to cause me to die? |10| And Sha'ul vowed to her by Hashem, saying, As Hashem liveth, there shall no avon (punishment) happen to thee for this thing. |11| Then said the isha, Whom shall I bring up for thee? And he said, Bring up Shmuel for me. |12| And when the isha saw Shmuel, she cried with a kol gadol (loud voice); and the isha spoke to Sha'ul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? For thou art Sha'ul. |13| And HaMelech said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the isha said unto Sha'ul, I see elohim olim (spirits, ones ascending, a spirit ascending) from HaAretz. |14| And he said unto her, Of what form is he? And she said, An ish zaken cometh up; and he is wearing a me'il (robe). And Sha'ul had da'as that it was Shmuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and prostrated himself. |15| And Shmuel said to Sha'ul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Sha'ul answered, I am greatly distressed; for the Pelishtim make war against me, and Elohim has turned away from me, and answereth me no more, neither by nevi'im, nor by chalomot (dreams): therefore I have called on thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I should do. |16| Then said Shmuel, Why then dost thou ask of me, seeing Hashem is turned away from thee, and is become thine adversary? |17| And Hashem hath done for Himself just as He spoke by me; for Hashem hath torn the Mamlachah out of thine yad, and given it to thy re'a (neighbor), even to Dovid: |18| Because thou obeyedst not the kol (voice) of Hashem, nor executedst His charon af upon Amalek, therefore hath Hashem done this thing unto thee this day. |19| Moreover Hashem will also deliver Yisroel with thee into the yad (hand, power) of the Pelishtim; and makhar (tomorrow) shalt thou and thy banim be with me; Hashem also shall deliver the machaneh Yisroel into the yad Pelishtim. |20| Then at once Sha'ul fell his full length on the ground, and was greatly afraid, because of the divrei Shmuel; and there was no ko'ach in him; for he had eaten no lechem all the yom, nor all the lailah. |21| And the isha came unto Sha'ul, and saw that he was greatly terrified, and said unto him, Hinei, thine shifcha hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my nefesh in my palm, and have paid heed unto thy devarim which thou spoke unto me. |22| Now therefore, shema (pay heed) thou now also unto the voice of thine shifcha, and let me set some lechem before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have ko'ach, when thou goest on thy derech. |23| But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his avadim, together with the isha, urged him; and he paid heed unto their voice. So he arose from ha'aretz, and sat upon the mittah (bed). |24| And the isha had a fattened egel in the bais; and she hasted, and slaughtered it, and took kemakh (flour), and kneaded it, and did bake matzot thereof; |25| And she brought it before Sha'ul, and before his avadim; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that lailah. |||29|||Now the Pelishtim gathered together all their machanot to Aphek; and Yisroel encamped by an ayin (spring) which is in Yizre'el. |2| And the rulers of the Pelishtim (Philistines) were passing by with me'ot, and with alafim; but Dovid and his anashim were passing at the rearguard with Achish. |3| Then said the sarim of the Pelishtim, What are these Ivrim doing here? And Achish said unto the sarim of the Pelishtim, Is not this Dovid, the eved of Sha'ul Melech Yisroel, which hath been with me these yamim, or these shanim, and unto this day I have found no fault in him since he defected? |4| And the sarim of the Pelishtim were angry with him; and the sarim of the Pelishtim said unto him, Send the ish back, that he may turn again to his makom (place, home) which thou hast assigned him, and let him not go down with us to milchamah, lest in the milchamah he be as satan (adversary, antagonist) to us; for wherewith should he make himself acceptable unto his adon? Is it not with the heads of these anashim? |5| Is not this Dovid, of whom they sang one to another in mecholot (dances), saying, Sha'ul slaughtered his alafim, and Dovid his revavot (myriads)? |6| Then Achish called Dovid, and said unto him, Surely, as Hashem liveth, thou hast been yashar (upright), and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the machaneh is tov in my sight; for I have not found ra'ah in thee since the day of thy coming unto me until this day; nevertheless, in the eyes of the rulers thou art not tov. |7| Wherefore now shuv (turn, turn back), and go in shalom, that thou displease not the rulers of the Pelishtim. |8| And Dovid said unto Achish, But what have I done? And what hast thou found in thy eved from the day that I am before thee until this day, that I may not go fight against the oyevei adoni HaMelech? |9| And Achish answered and said to Dovid, I know that thou art tov in my sight, as a malach Elohim; notwithstanding, the sarim of the Pelishtim have said, He shall not go up with us to the milchamah. |10| Wherefore now rise up early in the boker with the avadim of thy adon that are come with thee; and as soon as ye get up early in the boker, and have ohr, depart. |11| So Dovid and his anashim rose up early to depart in the boker, to return to Eretz Pelishtim. And the Pelishtim went up to Yizre'el. |||30|||And it came to pass, when Dovid and his anashim were come to Tziklag on the Yom HaShelishi, that the Amaleki had made a raid on the Negev and Tziklag and attacked Tziklag, and burned it with eish; |2| And had captured the nashim, that were therein; they killed not any, either gadol or katon, but carried them off, and went on their derech. |3| So Dovid and his anashim came to the Ir, and, hinei, it was aflame with eish; and their nashim, and their banim, and their banot, had been taken captive. |4| Then Dovid and HaAm that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more ko'ach to weep. |5| And Dovid's two nashim were taken captive, Achinoam the Yizre'elit, and Avigal eshet Naval the Carmeli. |6| And Dovid was greatly distressed; for HaAm spoke of stoning him, because the nefesh of kol HaAm was marah (bitter), every ish for his banim and for his banot; but Dovid made himself chazak in Hashem Elohav. |7| And Dovid said to Evyatar HaKohen Ben Achimelech, Bring me now here the Ephod. And Evyatar brought the Ephod to Dovid. |8| And Dovid inquired of Hashem, saying, Shall I pursue after this gedood? Shall I overtake it? And He answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake, and without fail save. |9| So Dovid went, he and shesh me'ot ish that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. |10| But Dovid pursued, he and arba me'ot ish; for two hundred stayed behind, which were so exhausted that they could not go over the brook Besor. |11| And they found an Egyptian in the sadeh, and brought him to Dovid, gave him lechem, and he did eat; they made him drink mayim; |12| And they gave him a piece of pressed fig cake, and two raisin cakes; and when he had eaten, his ruach returned to him; for he had eaten no lechem, nor drunk any mayim, shloshah yamim and shloshah lailot. |13| And Dovid said unto him, To whom belongest thou? And from where art thou? And he said, I am a na'ar Mitzri, eved to an Amaleki; and my adon left me, because yamim sheloshah ago I fell sick. |14| We made a raid upon the south of the Kereti, and upon the territory of Yehudah, and upon the south of Kalev; and we burned Tziklag with eish. |15| And Dovid said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this gedood? And he said, Swear unto me by Elohim, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my adon, and I will lead thee down to this gedood. |16| And when he had led him down, hinei, they were spread out over the surface of kol ha'aretz, eating and drinking, and revelling, because of all the great plunder that they had taken from Eretz Pelishtim, and from Eretz Yehudah. |17| And Dovid struck them from the neshef (twilight, evening) even unto the erev of the next day; and there escaped not an ish of them, except four hundred na'ar, which rode off upon gemalim, and fled. |18| And Dovid recovered all that Amalek had carried away; and Dovid saved his two nashim. |19| And there was nothing of them missing, lacking neither katon nor gadol, neither banim nor banot, neither plunder, nor anything that they had taken for them; Dovid recovered all. |20| And Dovid took all the tzon and the bakar, which they drove before those other mikneh, and said, This is shalal Dovid (the plunder of David). |21| And Dovid came to the two hundred anashim, which were so exhausted that they could not follow Dovid, whom they had left behind also at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet Dovid, and to meet HaAm that were with him; and when Dovid came near to the people, he gave them a shalom greeting. |22| Then answered all the ish rah and the Beliyaal among the anashim of those that went with Dovid, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them any of the shalal that we have recovered, except to every ish his isha and his banim, that they may take them and leave. |23| Then said Dovid, Ye shall not do so, my achim, with that which Hashem hath given us, Who hath been shomer over us, and delivered the gedood that came against us into our yad. |24| For who will pay heed unto you in this matter? But as his chelek is that goeth down to the milchamah (battle), so shall his chelek be that tarrieth by the kelim (supplies): their chelek they shall share alike. |25| And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a chok (statute) and a mishpat for Yisroel unto this day. |26| And when Dovid came to Tziklag, he sent of the shalal (plunder) unto the Ziknei Yehudah, even to his re'im (friends), saying, Hinei, a berakhah for you of the shalal (plunder) of the oyevim of Hashem; |27| To them which were in Beit-El, and to them which were in Ramot of the South, and to them which were in Yatir, |28| And to them which were in Aro'er, and to them which were in Siphmot, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, |29| And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Yerachme'eli, and to them which were in the cities of the Keni, |30| And to them which were in Chormah, and to them which were in Chor-Ashan, and to them which were in Atach, |31| And to them which were in Chevron, and to all the mekomot (places) where Dovid himself and his anashim were accustomed to visit. T.N. I SHMUEL IS AN AMAZING CHARACTER STUDY OF THE TRAGEDY OF KING SAUL. A SLOW BREAKDOWN IN HIS CHARACTER IS CAREFULLY PRESENTED TO US AS A WARNING. WE TOO COULD BECOME LIKE HIM, JEALOUS, CRACKING UNDER PRESSURE, NOT OBEYING G-D WITH FEARFUL CARE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL, TAKING OUR EYES OFF G-D, OFF HIS WORD, LAYING DOWN CARNAL AND ARBITRARY POLICIES, GETTING OU OFT STEP WITH THE RUACH HAKODESH, NO LONGER LIFTING UP THE GLORY OF G-D BUT INSTEAD BUILDING A MONUMENT TO OURSELVES [SEE 1SM 15:12]. IF WE ARE BECOME SPOILED, AND FOCUS ON OUR OWN PREROGATIVES RATHER THAN G-D'S, HE MAY LOSE PATIENCE WITH US AND REPLACE US, IF WE ABUSE OUR PRIVILEGES. G-D DOESN'T WANT TO BE OBEYED OUR WAY; HE WANTS TO BE OBEYED HIS WAY. SEE 1SM 15 AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE REBEL AGAINST THIS TEACHING. SAUL'S PERSONAL MERIBAH-MASSAH EXPERIENCE TOOK PLACE AT GILGAL WHERE HIS REBELLION COST HIM HIS MINISTRY [REVIEW I SM. 13:8-L4; EX. 17:L-7; NUM. 20:1-13; PS. 106:32; 95:8; DEUT. 33:8; MJ. 3:8.] HERE WE SEE SAUL REPEATING IN HIS KINGLY PERSON THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS. EVERY GENERATION HAS A KADESH-BARNEA OPPORTUNITY TO OBEY THE L-RD AND TO FOLLOW HIM AND TO GAIN NEW GROUND FOR THE KINGDOM OF G-D, OR ELSE TO HESITATE; AND, AS THE STORY OF THE WILDERNESS ILLUSTRATES, HE WHO SHRINKS BACK, HE WHO HESITATES, IS LOST. EVERY GENERATION IS PUT TO A TEST AND A TRIAL-EITHER TO MARCH AHEAD IN FAITH AND TAKE SOME GROUND FOR G-D, OR TO REBEL AND "GRUMBLE IN YOUR TENTS" AND DIE WITH A FAITHLESS HARDENED HEART IN THE WILDERNESS. IF EVEN MOSES, GREAT THOUGH HE WAS, FELL SHORT OF THE L-RD'S HOLY EXPECTATIONS AND WAS PUNITIVELY REPLACED, HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD WE BE CAREFUL NOT TO REBEL AGAINST G-D'S WORD. WE SEE THAT SAUL REPEATED THE SINS ISRAEL COMMITTED WHEN SHE ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND: SAUL COMMITTED THE SIN OF ACHAN (COMPARE JOSH.CHP 7 AND I SM. 15:13-23) AND SAUL ALMOST CAUSED THE DEATH OF JONATHAN (COMPARE JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER-- JUDG.11:39 AND ISM. 14:28-30). A MINISTER SHOULD STAY SMALL IN HIS OWN EYES (1SM 15:17), UNLESS HE WANTS TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS ALWAYS A YOUNG DAVID WAITING IN THE WINGS TO REPLACE AN OLD PROUD SAUL. WE SEE IN SAUL A MAN DEMONIZED AND DEPRESSED AND VERY MUCH IN NEED OF, AMONG OTHER THINGS, DELIVERANCE THROUGH MUSIC MINISTRY. WE SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF SPIRITUAL SONG IN 1SM 16:14-23. DAVID'S MUSICAL SKILL HAS LEFT US A RICH TREASURE TO WORSHIP G-D, BUT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE DEMONIC OPPRESSION OF SAUL AND HOW IT WAS ABATED BY DAVID'S HARP. NOTICE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MINISTRY OF MUSIC IN 1SM 18:10-12. 1SM 16:17 INDICATES THAT THE L-RD'S MUSICIAN MUST BE AN ARTIST WHO CAN PLAY WELL. THE MAN OF G-D IS NECESSARILY A REFUGEE IN A WICKED AND G-D-HATING WORLD, BUT IN 1SM G-D GIVES DOVID FAVOR AND GUIDES HIS STEPS TO SAFETY. SEE CHAPTER 19. IN CHAPTER 22 WE SEE THE WICKEDNESS OF SAUL, WHO HAS NO RESPECT FOR G-D'S MINISTERS. THIS IS CALLED ANTI-CLERICALISM. INCREASINGLY THE WORLD IS FILLING UP WITH SAULS AND PREPARING FOR THE GREAT TRIBULATION WHEN THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH WILL BE UNDER A FINAL MASSIVE ANTI-MOSHIACH ASSAULT OF ANTICLERICALISM. SEE 1SM 23:14. NOTICE THAT WHEN DOVID SEEMINGLY LOST EVERYTHING AT ZIKLAG, HE "STRENGTHENED HIMSELF IN THE L-RD HIS G-D" (1SM 30:6). HOWEVER, BY CONTRAST, ON THE VERGE OF LOSING EVERYTHING, SAUL TURNED TO THE OCCULT. IN THIS WE ALSO SEE THE DESTRUCTIVE RESULTS OF INVOLVEMENT WITH PSYCHICS AND FORTUNE-TELLERS OR ANY OCCULT PRACTICE. A CONCORDANCE SEARCH OF THE WORD "MOSHIACH" IN 1SM REVEALS IT AS A CONCEPT LYING JUST UNDER THE SURFACE IN THE BIBLE'S DISCUSSION OF THE FIRST KING OF ISRAEL. THERE ARE ALSO MESSIANIC ALLUSIONS IN 1SM THAT ARE CROSS-REFERENCED BY OTHER PARTS OF THE TANAKH. NOTICE 1SM 9:17 WHERE YOU SEE THE WORDS HINEI HAISH (BEHOLD THE MAN). THIS PHRASE BECOMES A MESSIANIC PROPHECY IN ZECH 6:12, WHICH SAYS HINEI ISH AND THEN ADDS THE POST-EXILIC CODE WORD FOR MOSHIACH, TZEMACH ("BRANCH" [OF DOVID]) SHMO ([IS] HIS NAME). THE NAMED PERSON IS THE POST-EXILIC KOHEN GADOL WHOSE MESSIANIC PERSONAL NAME IS YEHOSHUA IN HEBREW, YESHUA IN ARAMAIC, AND IN GREEK YOH-TAH, EE-TAH, SEEGH-MAH, OH-MEE-KRONE , EEPS-EE-LONG, FINAL SEEGH-MAH. THE SUCCESSOR TO MOSES, ALSO NAMED YEHOSHUA, IS A SYMBOL OF KING MOSHIACH. YEHOSHUA (JOSHUA, YESHUA, NEH 8:17) IS CALLED "THE SERVANT OF THE L-RD" IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA (JOSH 24:29). LIKE CALEB, JOSHUA IS ALSO A SIGNMAN, AN OMINOUS MOFET OF THE KING MESSIAH, FOR JOSHUA IS AN AGENT OF CHESED (UNDESERVED, UNMERITED MERCY E.G. IN THE CASE OF THE PROSTITUTE RAHAB) AND OF WRATH AND JUDGMENT OR CONDEMNATION, IN THE HOLY WAR OF G-D AGAINST THE SEVEN WICKED NATIONS IN THE PROMISED LAND. THE PROPHET DANIEL, WHO ALSO SPEAKS OF BOTH THE CHESED OF CHAYEI OLAM (ETERNAL LIFE) AS WELL AS JUDGMENT AND CONDEMNATION (DAN 12:2), GIVES US A GLORIOUS APOCALYPTIC PICTURE OF THIS COMING KING, THIS MOSHIACH OF THE CLOUDS OF HIMEL (DANIEL 7:13-14). FURTHERMORE, DT 18:15-19 FORETELLS THE PROPHET LIKE MOSES THAT G-D WILL RAISE UP IN THE PROMISED LAND, THE PROPHET-MOSHIACH. YESHAYAH INFERS THAT THE MOSHIACH WILL BE A NEW MOSES (ISA 42:15-16; 49:9-10) AND A NEW JOSHUA (ISA 49:8). THE IMMEDIATE (NOT FINAL) FULFILLMENT OF THE DT 18:15-19 PROPHECY IS YEHOSHUA (JOSHUA/YESHUA). THE SAGES (AVOT 1:1) TELL US THAT MOSES ACCEPTED THE TORAH FROM SINAI AND TRANSMITTED IT TO JOSHUA/YESHUA. NOT ONLY THAT, JOSHUA/YESHUA IS INDEED A MOSES-LIKE PROPHET, BECAUSE IT WAS TO JOSHUA AND NOT TO MOSES THAT G-D GAVE THE REVELATION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TRIBAL PORTIONS OF ERETZ YISRAEL. MOSES DIED IN THE WILDERNESS BECAUSE HE ANGERED G-D, BUT JOSHUA LED THE PEOPLE VICTORIOUSLY TO THE PROMISED NEW LIFE IN THE HOLY LAND. THUS, JOSHUA (THE ARAMAIC FORM OF WHOSE NAME IS YESHUA-SEE NEHEMIAH 8:17) IS A PROPHETIC SIGN OF THE KING MOSHIACH, THE RULER FROM AMONG HIS BRETHREN WHO, LIKE MOSES AND PRINCE JOSEPH, THE SAVIOR IN EGYPT, WOULD LEAD ISRAEL'S TRUE FAITHFUL REMNANT ALL THE WAY FROM THE REBELLIOUS UNBELIEF RESULTING IN DEATH IN THE WILDERNESS TO THE ETERNAL SALVATION AND MESSIANIC DELIVERANCE FORESHADOWED IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. ANOTHER MESSIANIC ALLUSION IN 1SM THAT IS CROSS- REFERENCED ELSEWHERE IN THE TANAKH IS 1SM 10:1, WHERE SHMUEL ANOINTS KING SAUL AND SUBMISSIVELY, SHOWING HONOR, KISSES HIM. PS 2:11-12 WARNS THAT MOSHIACH MUST BE APPROACHED IN THIS WAY, "LEST YE PERISH" OR BE "DESTROYED IN YOUR WAY." STILL ANOTHER MESSIANIC ALLUSION IN 1SM IS 9:20 WHERE SHMUEL SAYS, AND ON WHOM IS KOL CHEMDAT YISROEL (ALL THE DESIRE OF YISROEL)? IS IT NOT ON THEE, I.E. ON THE ANOINTED KING, THE MOSHIACH? NOW WE GO TO HAG 2:7 WHERE THE POST-EXILIC PROPHET CHAGGAI, WITH GREAT MESSIANIC PORTENT, PROPHESIES THAT G-D IS GOING TO SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE CHEMDAT KOL GOYIM (THE DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS, I.E. THE MOSHIACH) WILL COME. MOSHIACH'S COMING IS REFERRED TO MANY TIMES IN THE TANAKH. "UNTIL SHILOH COME" IS A PHRASE FOUND IN GN 49:10. MOSHE TELLS US THERE THAT THE DELIVERER WILL COME THROUGH THE TRIBE OF YEHUDAH OR JUDAH. JUDAH IS THE TRIBE OF MOSHIACH AND IS THEREFORE THE FIRST TO BREAK CAMP (NUM 2:3,9) AND MAKES THE FIRST OFFERING (NUM 7:12) AND SETS OUT FIRST IN THE MARCH FROM SINAI (NUM 10:14). SEE ALSO PROV 8:23 WHERE HASHEM'S WISDOM, HIS WORD, IS ALSO "FIRST" AS WELL AS JUDG 20:18, WHERE MOSHIACH'S TRIBE IS LIKEWISE CALLED "FIRST." GEN 49:10 SAYS, "THE SHEVET (SCEPTRE) SHALL NOT DEPART FROM YEHUDAH, NOR A MEKHOKEK (LAWGIVER) FROM BETWEEN HIS RAGLAYIM (FEET), UNTIL SHILOH [SHIN, LAMED, HOLAM VAV CAN MEAN "UNTIL HE WHOSE IT IS"] COME; AND UNTO HIM SHALL BE THE OBEDIENCE OF THE AMIM (PEOPLES, NATIONS)." THE INFERENCE OF GN 49:10 IS THAT JUDAH'S SOVEREIGNTY (SHEPHERD'S STAFF) WILL REMAIN WITH THAT TRIBE UNTIL THE COMING OF DOVID AND THE BEN DOVID MOSHIACH. SEE EZEK 21:27 AND ITS REFERENCE TO GN 49:10, "UNTIL HE COMES TO WHOM IT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS." GN 49:10 SAYS "THE OBEDIENCE OF THE PEOPLES" IS HIS, THAT IS, THE MOSHIACH'S. SANHEDRIN 98B SAYS THAT IS INDEED A MESSIANIC PROPHECY. |||31|||Now the Pelishtim fought against Yisroel; and the anshei Yisroel fled from before the Pelishtim, and fell down chalalim (slain ones) on Mt Gilboa. |2| And the Pelishtim followed hard upon Sha'ul and upon his banim; and the Pelishtim slaughtered Yehonatan [Yonatan], and Avinadav, and Malki Shua, the Bnei Sha'ul. |3| And the milchamah became intense against Sha'ul, and the archers overtook him; and he was mortally wounded by the archers. |4| Then said Sha'ul unto his noseh keli (armor bearer), Draw thy cherev, and thrust me through therewith; lest these arelim (uncircumcised ones) come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his noseh keli would not; for he was very afraid. Therefore Sha'ul took a cherev, and fell upon it. |5| And when his noseh keli saw that Sha'ul was dead, he fell likewise upon his cherev, and died with him. |6| So Sha'ul died, and his shloshet banim, and his noseh keli, and kol anashim of him, that same day together. |7| And when the anshei Yisroel that were on the other side of the emek (valley), and they that were on the other side of the Yarden, saw that the anshei Yisroel fled, and that Sha'ul and his banim were dead, they abandoned the towns, and fled; and the Pelishtim came and took occupation of them. |8| And it came to pass on the next day, when the Pelishtim came to strip the chalalim, that they found Sha'ul and his shloshet banim fallen on Mt Gilboa. |9| And they cut off his rosh (head), and stripped off his keli, and sent through eretz Pelishtim all around, to publish it in the bais atzabim, and among the people. |10| And they put his keli in the Bais Ashtarot; and they hung up his body on the chomat Beit Shan. |11| And when the inhabitants of Yavesh Gilead heard of that which the Pelishtim had done to Sha'ul; |12| kol ish chayil arose, and went kol halailah, and took the geviyyat Sha'ul and the geviyyot of his banim from the chomat Beit Shan, and came to Yavesh, and cremated them there. |13| And they took their atzmot, and buried them under a tree at Yavesh, and underwent a tzom shivat yamim. SHMUEL BAIS |||1|||Now it came to pass after the mot Sha'ul, when Dovid was returned from the slaughter of Amalek, and Dovid had abode two yamim in Tziklag; |2| It came even to pass on Yom HaShlishi, that, hinei, an ish came out of the machaneh from Sha'ul with his clothes torn, and adamah upon his rosh; and so it was, when he came to Dovid, that he fell to the ground, and prostrated himself. |3| And Dovid said unto him, From where comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the machaneh Yisroel am I escaped. |4| And Dovid said unto him, How went the matter? Tell me now. And he answered, That the people are fled from the milchamah, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Sha'ul and Yonatan bno are dead also. |5| And Dovid said unto the na'ar that told him, How knowest thou that Sha'ul and Yonatan bno are dead? |6| And the na'ar that told him said, As I happened to be upon Mt Gilboa, hinei, Sha'ul leaned upon his khanit; and, hinei, the chariots and ba'alei haparashim followed hard after him. |7| And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Hineini. |8| And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amaleki. |9| He said unto me again, Stand, now, over me, and slay me; for shavatz (death through agony) is come upon me, because my nefesh is yet still in me. |10| So I stood over him, and slaughtered him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen; and I took the nezer (crown, diadem) that was upon his rosh, and the etzadah (bracelet, band) that was on his zero'a, and have brought them here unto adoni. |11| Then Dovid took hold on his clothes, and made the kri'ah on them; and likewise all the anashim that were with him; |12| And they mourned, and wept, and did a tzom until the erev, for Sha'ul, and for Yonatan bno, and for the Am Hashem, and for Bais Yisroel; because they were fallen by the cherev. |13| And Dovid said unto the na'ar that told him, From where art thou? And he answered, I am ben ish ger, an Amaleki. |14| And Dovid said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine yad to destroy Hashem's moshiach? |15| And Dovid called one of the ne'arim, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died. |16| And Dovid said unto him, Thy dahm be upon thy rosh; for thine own peh hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Hashem's moshiach. |17| And Dovid lamented with this kinah (lamentation) over Sha'ul and over Yonatan bno; |18| Also he bade them teach the Bnei Yehudah: The Keshet. Hinei, it is written in the Sefer HaYasher: |19| The glory of Yisroel is slain upon thy high places; how are the Gibborim fallen! |20| Tell it not in Gat, proclaim it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the banot Pelishtim rejoice, lest the banot ha'arelim triumph. |21| Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no tal, neither let there be matar, upon you, nor fields of terumot; for there the mogen Gibborim is defiled, the mogen of Sha'ul, as though he had not been mashiach (anointed) with shemen. |22| From the dahm of the slain, from the chelev of the Gibborim, the keshet Yonatan turned not back, and the cherev Sha'ul returned not empty. |23| Sha'ul and Yonatan were beloved and gracious in their lives, and in their mot they were not parted; they were swifter than nesharim, they were stronger than arayot. |24| Ye banot Yisroel, weep over Sha'ul, who clothed you in scarlet, with fineries, who put on ornaments of zahav upon your apparel. |25| How are the Gibborim fallen in the midst of the milchamah! O Yonatan, thou wast slain on thine heights. |26| I am distressed for thee, my brother Yonatan; very pleasant hast thou been unto me; thy ahavah was wonderful to me, passing ahavat nashim. |27| How are the Gibborim fallen, and the k'lei milchamah (weapons of war) perished! |||2|||And it came to pass after this, that Dovid inquired of Hashem, saying, Shall I go up into any of the towns of Yehudah? And Hashem said unto him, Go up. And Dovid said, To where shall I go up? And he said, Unto Chevron. |2| So Dovid went up there, and his two nashim also, Achinoam the Yizre'elit, and Avigal eshet Nabal the Carmeli. |3| And his anashim that were with him did Dovid bring up, every ish with his household; and they dwelt in the towns of Chevron. |4| And anshei Yehudah came, and there they anointed Dovid Melech over Bais Yehudah. And they told Dovid, saying, The Anshei Yavesh-Gilead were they that buried Sha'ul. |5| And Dovid sent malachim unto the Anshei YaveshGilead, and said unto them, Berukhim atem of Hashem, that ye have showed this chesed unto adoneichem, even unto Sha'ul, burying him. |6| And now Hashem show chesed and emes unto you; and I also will repay you this tovah, because ye have done this thing. |7| Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, be ye bnei chayil; for adoneichem Sha'ul is dead, and also the Bais Yehudah have anointed me Melech over them. |8| But Avner ben Ner, Sar Tzava of Sha'ul, took Ishboshet Ben Sha'ul, and brought him over to Machanayim; |9| And made him melech over Gil`ad, and over the Ashuri, and over Yizre'el, and over Ephrayim, and over Binyamin, and over all Yisroel. |10| Ishboshet ben Sha'ul was forty shanah when he began to reign over Yisroel, and reigned two shanim. But Bais Yehudah followed Dovid. |11| And the time that Dovid was Melech in Chevron over Bais Yehudah was shivah shanah and shishah chodashim. |12| And Avner ben Ner, and the avadim of Ishboshet Ben Sha'ul, went out from Machanayim to Giveon. |13| And Yoav Ben Tzeruyah, and the avadim of Dovid, went out, and met together by the pool of Giveon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. |14| And Avner said to Yoav, Let the young men now arise for a contest before us. And Yoav said, Let them arise. |15| Then there arose and went over by mispar twelve of Binyamin, which pertained to Ishboshet ben Sha'ul, and twelve of the avadim of Dovid. |16| And they caught every one his re'a by the rosh, and thrust his cherev in his re'a's side; so they fell down together; therefore that makom was called ChelkatHatzurim, which is in Giveon. |17| And there was a very fierce milchamah that day; and Avner was defeated, and the Anshei Yisroel, before the Avadim of Dovid. |18| And there were three Bnei Tzeruyah there: Yoav, Avishai, Asahel; Asahel was as swift of foot as a gazelle. |19| Asahel pursued after Avner; and in going he turned not to the right nor to the left from following Avner. |20| Then Avner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. |21| And Avner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the ne'arim, and capture thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. |22| And Avner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me; why should I strike thee to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Yoav achicha? |23| Howbeit he refused to turn aside; therefore Avner with the butt end of the khanit struck him under the fifth rib, that the khanit came out his back; and he fell down there, and died in the same place; and it came to pass, that as many as came to the makom where Asahel fell down and died, stopped. |24| Yoav also and Avishai pursued after Avner; and the shemesh went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giach by the derech midbar Giveon. |25| And the Bnei Binyamin gathered themselves together after Avner, and became aguddah echat (one unit), and stood on the top of one hill. |26| Then Avner called to Yoav, and said, Shall the cherev devour lanetzach (forever)? Knowest thou not that it will be marah in the latter end? Ad mosai shall it be then, until thou bid the people return from pursuing their brethren? |27| And Yoav said, As HaElohim liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, HaAm would have continued every one following his brother, not stopping until haboker. |28| So Yoav blew a shofar, and kol haAm stood still, and pursued after Yisroel no more, neither fought they any more. |29| And Avner and his anashim marched kol halailah through the Aravah, and passed over Yarden, and went through all Bitron, and they came to Machanayim. |30| And Yoav returned from following Avner; and when he had gathered kol HaAm together, there lacked of Dovid's avadim nineteen ish and Asahel. |31| But the avadim of Dovid had struck down of Binyamin, and of anshei Avner, so that three hundred and threescore ish died. |32| And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the kever of aviv, which was in BeitLechem. And Yoav and his men marched kol halailah, and they came to Chevron at dawn. |||3|||Now there was long milchamah between the Bais Sha'ul and the Bais Dovid; but Dovid grew stronger and stronger, and the Bais Sha'ul grew weaker and weaker. |2| And unto Dovid were banim born in Chevron; and his bechor was Amnon, of Achinoam the Yizre'elit; |3| And his second, Kile'av, of Avigal eshet Naval the Carmeli; and the third, Avshalom ben Maachah bat Talmai Melech Geshur; |4| And the fourth, Adoniyah Ben Chaggit; and the fifth, Shephatyah Ben Avital; |5| And the sixth, Yitre'am, by Eglah eshet Dovid. These were born to Dovid in Chevron. |6| And it came to pass, while there was milchamah between the Bais Sha'ul and the Bais Dovid, that Avner was strengthening his grip on the Bais Sha'ul. |7| And Sha'ul had a pilegesh (concubine), whose shem was Ritzpah Bat Ayah; and he [Ishboshet] said to Avner, why hast thou gone in unto pilegesh avi? |8| Then was Avner very angry at the devarim of Ishboshet, and said, Am I Yehudah's rosh kelev? Today do I show chesed unto the Bais Sha'ul avicha, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the yad Dovid, and then thou chargest me today with an avon concerning this isha? |9| So do Elohim to Avner, and more also! As Hashem hath sworn to Dovid, even so I do for him [DOVID]; |10| To transfer the Mamlachah from the Bais Sha'ul, and to set up the Kisse Dovid over Yisroel and over Yehudah, from Dan even to Beer-Sheva. |11| And he could not answer Avner a davar again, because he feared him. |12| And Avner sent malachim to Dovid on his behalf, saying, Whose is the eretz? Saying also, Cut thy brit with me, and, hinei, my yad shall be with thee, to bring about kol Yisroel unto thee. |13| And he [Dovid] said Tov; I will make a brit with thee; but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Bat Sha'ul, when thou comest to see my face. |14| And Dovid sent malachim to Ishboshet Ben Sha'ul, saying, Deliver ishti Michal, which I took in erusin to me for a hundred arlot (foreskins) of the Pelishtim (Philistines). |15| And Ishboshet sent, and took her from her ish, even from Phaltiel Ben Layish. |16| And her ish went with her going along weeping behind her to Bachurim. Then said Avner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. |17| And Avner had communication with the Ziknei Yisroel, saying, Ye sought for Dovid in times past to be melech over you; |18| Now then do it; for Hashem hath spoken of Dovid, saying, By the yad of Avdi Dovid I will save My people Yisroel out of the yad Pelishtim, and out of the yad of all their oyevim. |19| And Avner also spoke in the oznayim of Binyamin; and Avner went also to speak in the oznayim of Dovid in Chevron all that seemed tov to Yisroel, and to the kol Bais Binyamin. |20| So Avner came to Dovid to Chevron, and esrim anashim with him. And Dovid made Avner and the anashim that were with him a mishteh. |21| And Avner said unto Dovid, I will arise and go, and will gather kol Yisroel unto adoni HaMelech, that they may cut a Brit with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine lev desireth. And Dovid sent Avner away; and he went in shalom. |22| And, hinei, the avadim of Dovid and Yoav came from a raid, bringing in shalal rav (great plunder) with them; but Avner was not with Dovid in Chevron; he had sent him away, he was gone in shalom. |23| When Yoav and all the tzava that was with him were come, they told Yoav, saying, Avner Ben Ner came to HaMelech, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in shalom. |24| Then Yoav came to HaMelech, and said, What hast thou done? Hinei, Avner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? |25| Thou knowest Avner Ben Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to have da'as of thy going out and thy coming in, and to have da'as of all that thou doest. |26| And when Yoav was come out from Dovid, he sent malachim after Avner, which brought him back from the well of Sirah; but Dovid knew it not. |27| And when Avner was returned to Chevron, Yoav took him aside in the sha'ar to speak with him privately, and struck him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the dahm of Asahel his brother. |28| And afterward when Dovid heard it, he said, I and my mamlachah are naki (innocent) before Hashem ad olam from the dahm of Avner Ben Ner; |29| Let it rest on the rosh Yoav, and on kol Bais Aviv; and let there never fail from the Bais Yoav one that hath a discharge, or that is a metzora (leper), or that leaneth on a pelech (stick, crutch), or that falleth on the cherev, or that lacketh lechem. |30| So Yoav, and Avishai his brother slaughtered Avner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Giveon in the milchamah. |31| And Dovid said to Yoav, and to kol HaAm that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Avner. And Dovid HaMelech himself followed the mittah (bier, frame or bed holding corpse). |32| And they buried Avner in Chevron; and HaMelech lifted up his voice and wept at the kever of Avner; and kol HaAm wept. |33| And in a dirge HaMelech lamented over Avner, and said, Died Avner as a naval (fool) dieth? |34| Thy hands were not bound, nor thy raglayim put into fetters; as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And kol HaAm wept again over him. |35| And when kol HaAm came to cause Dovid to eat lechem while it was yet day, Dovid swore a shevua (oath), saying, So do Elohim to me, and more also, if I taste lechem, or anything else, till the shemesh go down. |36| And kol HaAm took notice of it, and it pleased them; whatsoever HaMelech did pleased kol HaAm. |37| For kol HaAm and kol Yisroel had da'as that day that it was not of HaMelech to murder Avner Ben Ner. |38| And HaMelech said unto his avadim, Know ye not that there is sar and gadol fallen this day in Yisroel? |39| And I am this day weak, though moshuach melech (being anointed king); and these anashim the Bnei Tzeruyah are too harsh for me; Hashem shall reward the doer of evil according to his ra'ah (evil). |||4|||And when Ben Sha'ul [Ish-Boshet] heard that Avner was dead in Chevron, his hands fell limp; kol Yisroel became alarmed. |2| And Ben Sha'ul had two anashim that were sarei gedudim (captains of raiding parties); the shem of the one was Ba'anah, and the shem of the other Rechav; these were the Bnei Rimmon HaBe'eroti, of the Bnei Binyamin: (for [the town of] Be'erot was reckoned as part of Binyamin. |3| And the Be'eroti fled to Gittayim, and were sojourners there until this day.) |4| And Yonatan Ben Sha'ul had a ben that was nekheh raglayim (lame in both feet). He was five years old when the news came of Sha'ul and Yonatan from Yizre'el (Jezreel), and his nurse took him up, and fled; and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame, and shmo Mephivoshet. |5| And the Bnei Rimmon HaBe'eroti, Rechav and Baanah, went, and came about chom hayom (the heat of the day) to the bais IshBoshet, who lay on a bed at tzahorayim (noon). |6| And they came into the midst of the bais, as though they would have been getting chittim; and they stabbed him under the fifth rib; and Rechav and Baanah achiv (his brother) escaped. |7| For when they had gone into the bais, he lay on his mittah (bed) in his chedar mishkav (bedroom), and they stabbed him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his rosh, and got away through the derech HaAravah kol halailah. |8| And they brought the rosh Ish-Boshet unto Dovid at Chevron, and said to HaMelech, Hinei the rosh IshBoshet Ben Sha'ul thine oyev (enemy), which sought thy nefesh; and Hashem hath given nekamot (vengeance) against Shaul unto adoni HaMelech this day, and of his zera. |9| And Dovid answered Rechav and Baanah achiv, the Bnei Rimmon HaBe'eroti, and said unto them, As Hashem liveth, who hath padah (ransomed, redeemed) my nefesh out of kol tzarah, |10| When one told me, saying, Hinei, Sha'ul is dead, thinking he was like mevaser (one who brings glad tidings, good news, evangelist), I took hold of him, and slaughtered him in Tziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his besorah (good news); |11| How much more, when anashim resh'im have slain an ish tzaddik in his own bais upon his mishkav (bed)? Shall I not therefore now require his dahm of your yad, and take you away from HaAretz? |12| And Dovid commanded his ne'arim (young men), and they slaughtered them, and cut off their yadayim and their raglayim, and hung them up over the berekhah (pool) in Chevron. But they took the rosh Ish-Boshet, and buried it in the kever of Avner in Chevron. |||5|||Then came kol Shivtei Yisroel to Dovid unto Chevron, and spoke, saying, Hineni, we are thy etzem and thy basar. |2| Also in time past, when Sha'ul was melech over us, thou wast he that didst lead out and brought in Yisroel; and Hashem said to thee, Thou shalt feed [like a shepherd] My people Yisroel, and thou shalt become Nagid over Yisroel. |3| So all the zekenim of Yisroel came to HaMelech at Chevron; and Dovid HaMelech cut a Brit with them in Chevron before Hashem; v'yimshechu (and they anointed) Dovid Melech Yisroel. |4| Dovid was in age shloshim shanah when he began to reign, and he reigned arba'im shanim. |5| In Chevron he reigned over Yehudah sheva shanim and shishah chodashim; and in Yerushalayim he reigned shloshim v'shalosh shanah over kol Yisroel and Yehudah. |6| And HaMelech and his anashim went to Yerushalayim unto the Yevusi, the inhabitants of the land; which spoke unto Dovid, saying, Thou shalt not come in here; but the ivrim (blind ones) and the pisechim (lame ones) shall repel thee; thinking, Dovid cannot come in here. |7| Nevertheless Dovid captured the Metzudat Tziyon (Fortress of Zion); the same is Ir Dovid (City of Dovid). |8| And Dovid said on that day, Anyone that striketh the Yevusi will have to reach the water shaft, the pisechim and the ivrim whom the nefesh Dovid hates ; thus the saying... The ivver and the piseach are here, he will not enter the bais. |9| So Dovid dwelt in the Metzudah, and called it Ir Dovid. And Dovid built [Ir Dovid] all around from Millo and inward. |10| And Dovid went on, and grew gadol, and Hashem Elohei Tzva'os was with him. |11| And Chiram Melech Tzor sent malachim to Dovid, and cedar trees, and charashim of etz (carpenters) and charashim of even (stone masons) kir (wall, i.e., masons of wall stones); and they built Dovid a Bais (Palace). |12| And Dovid had da'as that Hashem had established him Melech Yisroel, and that he had exalted his mamlachah for the sake of His people Yisroel. |13| And Dovid took him more pilagshim and nashim out of Yerushalayim after he was come from Chevron; and there were more banim and banot born to Dovid. |14| And these are the shmot of those that were born unto him in Yerushalayim: Shammua, and Shovav, and Natan, and Sh'lomo, |15| Yivchar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Yaphia, |16| And Elishama, and Elyada, and Eliphelet. |17| But when the Pelishtim heard that they had mashechu (anointed) Dovid Melech over Yisroel, all the Pelishtim came up to seek Dovid; but Dovid heard of it, and went down to the metzudah (stronghold). |18| The Pelishtim also came and spread themselves in the Emek Repha'im. |19| And Dovid inquired of Hashem, saying, Shall I go up against the Pelishtim? Wilt Thou deliver them into mine yad? And Hashem said unto Dovid, Go up; for I will doubtless deliver the Pelishtim into thine yad. |20| So Dovid came to BaalPeratzim, and Dovid struck them there, and said, Hashem hath paratz (broken out) upon mine enemies before me, as of peretz mayim. Therefore he called the shem of that place Baal-Peratzim. |21| And there they left their atzabim, and Dovid and his anashim burned them. |22| And the Pelishtim came up yet again, and spread themselves out in the Emek Repha'im. |23| And when Dovid inquired of Hashem, He said, Thou shalt not go up; but circle around behind them, and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees. |24| And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then shall Hashem go out before thee, to strike the machaneh of the Pelishtim. |25| And Dovid did so, as Hashem had commanded him; and struck the Pelishtim from Geva until thou come to Gazer. |||6|||Again, Dovid gathered together kol bachur b'Yisroel, shloshim elef. |2| And Dovid arose, and went with kol HaAm that were with him from Ba'aleYehudah, to bring up from there the Aron HaElohim which is called by the Shem; the Shem Hashem Tzva'os that is enthroned on the keruvim is upon it. |3| And they set the Aron HaElohim upon an agalah chadashah (new wagon, cart), and brought it out of the bais of Avinadav that was in Giveah; and Uzzah and Achyo, the Bnei Avinadav, guided the agalah chadashah. |4| And they brought it out of the bais Avinadav which was at Giveah, with the Aron HaElohim; and Achyo walked before the Aron. |5| And Dovid and all Bais Yisroel rejoiced before Hashem on all manner of instruments made of cypress, even on kinnorot, on nevalim (lyres), on tambourines, on castanets, and on cymbals. |6| And when they came to goren Nachon, Uzzah reached forth to the Aron HaElohim, and took hold of it; for the ox tilted it. |7| And the Af Hashem was kindled against Uzzah; and HaElohim struck him down there for the shal (error); and there he died by the Aron HaElohim. |8| And Dovid burned with anger, because Hashem had made a peretz (outburst), breaking out upon Uzzah; and he called the shem of the makom (place) Peretz-Uzzah, which is what it is called to this day. |9| And Dovid was afraid of Hashem that day, and said, How can the Aron Hashem come to me? |10| So Dovid would not move the Aron Hashem unto him in Ir Dovid; but Dovid carried it aside into the bais Oved- Edom the Gitti. |11| And the Aron Hashem remained in the bais OvedEdom the Gitti three months; and Hashem blessed OvedEdom, and all his bais. |12| And it was told Dovid HaMelech, saying, Hashem hath blessed the bais OvedEdom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the Aron HaElohim. So Dovid went and brought up the Aron HaElohim from the bais OvedEdom into Ir Dovid with simchah. |13| And it was so, that when they that nosei Aron Hashem (carried the Aron HaShem) had gone six steps, he sacrificed ox and fattened calf. |14| And Dovid danced before Hashem with kol oz; and Dovid was girded with an ephod bad (linen ephod). |15| So Dovid and kol Bais Yisroel brought up the Aron Hashem with ter'uah (shout) and with the sound of the shofar. |16| And as the Aron Hashem came into Ir Dovid, Michal Bat Sha'ul looked through a chalon (window), and saw Dovid HaMelech leaping and dancing before Hashem; and she despised him in her lev. |17| And they brought in the Aron Hashem, and set it in its makom, inside the ohel that Dovid had pitched for it; and Dovid offered olot (burnt offerings) and shelamim (peace offerings) before Hashem. |18| And as soon as Dovid had made an end of offering the olah (burnt offering) and the shelamim (peace offering), he made berakhah on HaAm b'Shem Hashem Tzva'os. |19| And he apportioned among kol HaAm, even among kol hamon Yisroel, to isha as well as ish, to every one challat lechem, a portion of meat, and a raisin cake. So kol HaAm departed, each to his bais. |20| Then Dovid returned to make berakhah on his bais. And Michal Bat Sha'ul came out to meet Dovid, and said, How distinquished was the Melech Yisroel today, who disrobed today in the eyes of the amehot (handmaids) of his avadim, as one of the rekim (vain, empty fellows, indecent boors) shamelessly uncovereth himself! |21| And Dovid said unto Michal, It was before Hashem, which chose me rather than thy av, and rather than all his bais, to appoint me Nagid over Am Hashem, over Yisroel: therefore will I rejoice before Hashem. |22| And I will yet be more undignified than this, and will be shafal (lowly) in mine own eyes; and of the amahot (maidservants) which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be held in honor. |23| Therefore Michal Bat Sha'ul had no yeled unto her yom mot. |||7|||And it came to pass, when HaMelech sat in his Bais, and Hashem had given him rest round about from all his oyevim; |2| That HaMelech said unto Natan HaNavi, See now, I dwell in a Bais of cedar, but the Aron HaElohim dwelleth within the curtain. |3| And Natan said to HaMelech, Go, do all that is in thine lev; for Hashem is with thee. |4| And it came to pass that lailah, that the Devar Hashem came unto Natan, saying, |5| Go and tell Avdi Dovid, Thus saith Hashem, Shalt thou build Me a Bais for Me to dwell in? |6| Whereas I have not dwelt in any Bais since the time that I brought up the Bnei Yisroel out of Mitzrayim, even to this day, but have walked in an Ohel and in a Mishkan. |7| In all the places wherein I have walked with kol Bnei Yisroel spoke I a word with any of the Shivtei Yisroel, whom I commanded, to shepherd My people Yisroel, saying, Why build ye not Me a Bais of cedar? |8| Now therefore so shalt thou say unto Avdi Dovid, Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the tzon, to be Nagid over My people, over Yisroel: |9| And I was with thee whithersoever thou didst go, and have cut off all thine oyevim out of thy sight, and have made thee a shem gadol, like unto the shem of the Gedolim that are on ha'aretz. |10| Moreover I will appoint makom (place, home) for My people Yisroel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither shall the bnei avlah (children of wickedness) afflict them any more, as in former times, |11| Even since the time that I commanded Shofetim to be over My people Yisroel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine oyevim. Also Hashem declareth to thee that He will make thee a Bais. |12| And when thy yamim be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy Avot, I will raise up thy Zera after thee, which shall proceed out of thy loins, and I will establish his Mamlachah (Kingdom). |13| He shall build a Bais for My Shem, and I will establish the kisse (throne) of his Mamlachah ad olam. |14| I will be his Av, and he shall be My Ben [HAELOHIM]. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the shevet anashim, and with the floggings of bnei adam; |15| But My chesed shall not be taken away from him, as I took it from Sha'ul, whom I removed from before thee. |16| And thine Bais and thy Mamlachah shall be established ad olam before thee; thy kisse (throne) shall be established ad olam (forever) [SEE PS 89:36-39]). |17| According to all these devarim, and according to all this chizzayon (revelation), so did Natan speak unto Dovid. |18| Then went HaMelech Dovid in, and sat before Hashem, and he said, Who am I, Adonoi Hashem? And what is my Bais, that Thou hast brought me this far? |19| And as if this were a small thing in Thy sight, Adonoi Hashem, Thou hast spoken also the future of Bais Avdecha. And is this fitting for haAdam [such as me], Adonoi Hashem? |20| And what can Dovid say more unto Thee? For Thou, Adonoi Hashem, knowest Avdecha. |21| For the sake of Thy word, and according to Thine own lev, hast Thou done all this gedullah (great thing), and made it known to Avdecha. |22| Wherefore Thou art great, Adonoi Hashem; for there is none like Thee, neither is there any Elohim but Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. |23| And what Goy echad in ha'aretz is like Thy people, even like Yisroel, whom Elohim went to redeem for an Am for Himself, and to make Him a Shem, and to do for Thee hagedullah (the great thing) and nora'ot, for Thy land, before Thy people, which Thou redeemedst to Thee from Mitzrayim, from the Goyim and their g-ds? |24| For Thou hast confirmed to Thyself Thy people Yisroel to be an Am unto Thee ad olam; and Thou, Hashem, art become their Elohim. |25| And now, Hashem Elohim, the davar (word, promise) that Thou hast spoken concerning Avdecha, and concerning his Bais, establish it ad olam, and do just as Thou hast said. |26| And let Thy Shem be magnified ad olam, saying, Hashem Tzivos is Elohim over Yisroel; and let the Bais of Avdecha Dovid be established before Thee. |27| For Thou, Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, hast revealed to ozen Avdecha, saying, I will build thee a Bais; therefore hath Avdecha found in his lev to pray this tefillah unto Thee. |28| And now, Adonoi Hashem Atah hu HaElohim, and Thy devarim are emes, and Thou hast promised hatovah hazot unto Avdecha; |29| Therefore now let it please Thee to bless the Bais Avdecha, that it may continue l'olam before Thee; for Thou, Adonoi Hashem, hast spoken it; and with Thy berakhah let the Bais Avdecha be blessed l'olam. |||8|||And after this it came to pass that Dovid struck the Pelishtim, and subdued them; and Dovid took Meteg Ammah out of the yad (hand, control) of the Pelishtim. |2| And he struck Moav, and measured them with a chevel (cord, rope), casting them down to the ground; even with two chavalim (ropes, cords) measured he to put to death, and with one full chevel (cord) to keep alive. And so Moav became to Dovid as avadim, and brought minchah (gifts, tribute). |3| Dovid struck also Hadadezer Ben Rechov Melech Tzovah, as he went to recover his yad (rule) at the nahar (river) Euphrates. |4| And Dovid captured from him an elef and seven hundred parashim, and twenty elef foot soldiers; and Dovid hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots. |5| And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer Melech Tzovah, Dovid struck down the Syrians two and twenty elef ish. |6| Then Dovid put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became avadim to Dovid, and brought minchah. And Hashem saved Dovid wherever he went. |7| And Dovid took the shields of zahav that were on the avadim of Hadadezer, and brought them to Yerushalayim. |8| And from Betach [TIVCHAT, 1 CHR18:8], and from Berotai [KUN, 1 CHR 18:8], cities of Hadadezer, Dovid HaMelech took exceeding much nechoshet. |9| When To'u Melech Chamat heard that Dovid had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, |10| Then To'u sent Yoram bno unto Dovid HaMelech, to give him shalom greetings, and to put a berachah on him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with To'u. And Yoram brought with him vessels of kesef, and vessels of zahav, and vessels of nechoshet; |11| Which also Dovid HaMelech did dedicate as kodesh unto Hashem, with the kesef and zahav that he had dedicated as kodesh of kol HaGoyim which he subdued; |12| Of Syria, and of Moav, and of the Bnei Ammon, and of the Pelishtim, and of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer Ben Rechov Melech Tzovah. |13| And Dovid made himself a shem when he returned from striking down Edom in the Gey Melach, being eighteen elef men. |14| And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became avadim to Dovid. And Hashem saved Dovid wherever he went. |15| And Dovid reigned over kol Yisroel; and Dovid executed mishpat and tzedakah unto all his people. |16| And Yoav Ben Tzeruyah was over the army; and Yehoshaphat Ben Achilud was mazkir (secretary, recorder). |17| And Tzadok Ben Achituv, and Achimelech Ben Evyatar (Abiathar), were the kohanim; and Serayah was the sofer (scribe); |18| And Benayah Ben Yehoyada was over both the Kereti and the Peleti; and Benei Dovid were kohanim [SEE PS 110:4]. |||9|||And Dovid said, Is there yet any that is left of the Bais Sha'ul, that I may show him chesed for the sake of Yonatan? |2| And there was of the Bais Sha'ul an eved and shmo was Tziva. And when they had called him unto Dovid, HaMelech said unto him, Art thou Tziva? And he replied, Thy eved. |3| And HaMelech said, Is there not yet any of the Bais Sha'ul, that I may show the chesed Elohim unto him? And Tziva said unto HaMelech, Yonatan hath yet a ben, which is nakheh (crippled, lame) raglayim (both feet). |4| And HaMelech said unto him, Eifoh hu (where is he)? And Tziva said unto HaMelech, Hinei, he is in the Bais Machir Ben Ammiel, in Lo-Devar. |5| Then HaMelech Dovid sent, and had him brought out of the Bais Machir Ben Ammiel, from Lo-Devar. |6| Now when Mephivoshet Ben Yonatan Ben Sha'ul, was come unto Dovid, he fell on his face, and prostated himself. And Dovid said, Mephivoshet. And he answered, Hinei, thy eved! |7| And Dovid said unto him, Fear not; for I will surely show thee chesed for sake of Yonatan Avicha, and will restore thee kol sadeh Shaul Avicha; and thou shalt eat lechem at my shulchan tamid. |8| And he prostated himself, and said, What is thy eved, that thou shouldest look upon such a kelev hamet (dead dog) as I am? |9| Then HaMelech called to Tziva na'ar Sha'ul, and said unto him, I have given unto thy adon's ben all that pertained to Sha'ul and to all his Bais. |10| Thou therefore, and thy banim, and thy avadim, shall till the adamah for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy adon's ben may have lechem to eat; but Mephivoshet the ben adonecha shall eat lechem tamid at my shulchan. Now Tziva had fifteen banim and twenty avadim. |11| Then said Tziva unto HaMelech, According to all that adoni HaMelech hath commanded his eved, so shall thy eved do. As for Mephivoshet, said HaMelech, he shall eat at my shulchan, as one of the Bnei HaMelech. |12| And Mephivoshet had a ben katan, shmo Micha. And kol moshav Bais Tziva were avadim unto Mephivoshet. |13| So Mephivoshet dwelt in Yerushalayim; for he did eat continually at the shulchan HaMelech; and was pisei'ach (crippled) in both his raglayim. |||10|||And it came to pass after this, that Melech Bnei Ammon died, and Chanun bno reigned in his place. |2| Then said Dovid, I will show chesed unto Chanun Ben Nachash, as aviv (his father) showed chesed unto me. And Dovid sent to console him by the yad of his avadim for aviv. And avadim of Dovid came into Eretz Bnei Ammon. |3| And the sarim (princes) of the Bnei Ammon said unto Chanun their adon, Thinkest thou that Dovid doth honor avicha, that he hath sent menachamim (comforters) unto thee? Hath not Dovid rather sent his avadim unto thee, to explore the Ir, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? |4| Therefore, Chanun took the avadim of Dovid, and shaved off half of their zekanim (beards), and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. |5| When they told it unto Dovid, he sent to meet them, because the anashim were greatly humiliated; and HaMelech said, Tarry at Yericho until your zekanim be grown, and then return. |6| And when the Bnei Ammon saw that they became stench before Dovid, the Bnei Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beit-Rechov and the Syrians of Tzova, twenty elef foot soldiers, and of Melech Ma'akhah an elef ish, and of Ish-Tov, twelve elef ish. |7| And when Dovid heard of it, he sent Yoav, and all the tzava (host, army) of the Gibborim. |8| And the Bnei Ammon came out, arrayed for milchamah at the petach hasha'ar (city gate); and the Syrians of Tzova, and of Rechov, and Ish-Tov, and Ma'akhah, were by themselves in the sadeh. |9| When Yoav saw that the front of the milchamah (battle) was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Yisroel, and put them in array against the Syrians; |10| And the rest of the people he delivered under the yad (command) of Avishai achiv (his brother), that he might put them in array against the Bnei Ammon. |11| And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt be for me for yeshuah (salvation, rescue); but if the Bnei Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come for you for yeshuah (salvation, rescue). |12| Chazak (be strong)! And let us play the man for amenu (our people), and for the towns of Eloheinu; and Hashem do that which seemeth Him hatov in His einayim. |13| And Yoav drew near, and HaAm that were with him, unto the milchamah against the Syrians; and they fled before him. |14| And when the Bnei Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Avishai, and entered into the Ir. So Yoav returned from the Bnei Ammon, and came to Yerushalayim. |15| And when the Syrians saw that they were defeated before Yisroel, they gathered themselves together. |16| And Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the Nahar; and they came to Chelam; and Shovach the Sar Tzeva (commander of the army) of Hadadezer went before them. |17| And when it was told Dovid, he gathered kol Yisroel together, and crossed over Yarden, and came to Chelam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against Dovid, and fought against him. |18| And the Syrians fled before Yisroel; and Dovid slaughtered the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty elef parashim, and struck down Shovach the Sar of his Tzeva (army), who died there. |19| And when all the melachim that were avadim (vassals) to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Yisroel, they made shalom with Yisroel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the Bnei Ammon any more. |||11|||And it came to pass, at the teshuvah (turning) of the shanah (year), at the time when melachim go forth [to war], that Dovid sent Yoav, and his avadim with him, and kol Yisroel; and they destroyed the Bnei Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But Dovid tarried still at Yerushalayim. |2| And it came to pass at haerev, that Dovid arose from off his mishkav (bed), and walked upon the gag of the Bais HaMelech; and from the gag (roof) he saw an isha bathing; and the isha was very good to look upon. |3| And Dovid sent and inquired after the isha. And one said, Is not this Bat-Sheva Bat Eli'am, eshet Uriyah the Chitti? |4| And Dovid sent malachim, and he got her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she had been purifying herself from her [menstruous] tumah (uncleanness); and she returned unto her bais. |5| And the isha conceived, and sent and told Dovid, and said, Harah anochi (I am with child, I am pregnant). |6| And Dovid sent to Yoav, saying, Send me Uriyah the Chitti. And Yoav sent Uriyah to Dovid. |7| And when Uriyah was come unto him, Dovid asked of him regarding the shalom Yo'av, and the shalom HaAm, and the shalom hamilchamah. |8| And Dovid said to Uriyah, Go down to thy bais, and wash thy feet. And Uriyah departed out of the Bais HaMelech and there followed after him a masat HaMelech (a present, gift, of the king, i.e. a royal feast). |9| But Uriyah slept at the petach Beis HaMelech (entrance of the King's Palace) with all the avadim of his adon, and went not down to his bais. |10| And when they had told Dovid, saying, Uriyah went not down unto his bais, Dovid said unto Uriyah, Camest thou not from thy derech (journey)? Why then didst thou not go down unto thine bais? |11| And Uriyah said unto Dovid, The Aron, and Yisroel, and Yehudah, abide in sukkot; and adoni Yoav, and the avadim of adoni are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into mine bais, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my isha? As thou livest, and as thy nefesh liveth, I will not do this thing [I.E., I WILL NOT BREAK THE SOLDIER'S DISCIPLINE OF PURITY, EX.19:14-15; DEUT.23:914; I SAM 21:5]. |12| And Dovid said to Uriyah, Tarry here today also, and makhar (tomorrow) I will send thee back. So Uriyah abode in Yerushalayim that day, and the next. |13| And when Dovid had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him shikker; and at erev he went out to lie on his mishkav with the avadim of his adon, but went not down to his bais. |14| And it came to pass in the boker, that Dovid wrote a sefer to Yoav, and sent it by the yad of Uriyah. |15| And he wrote in the sefer, saying, Set ye Uriyah on the frontlines of the milchamah hachazakah (strongest battle), and withdraw from in back of him, that he may be struck down, and die. |16| And it came to pass, when Yoav was shomer with a siege on the Ir [Rabbah], he assigned Uriyah unto the makom where he knew that anshei chayil (valiant men [of Rabbah]) were. |17| And the Anshei HaIr came out, and fought with Yoav; and there fell some of HaAm of the Avdei Dovid; and Uriyah the Chitti died also. |18| Then Yoav sent and told Dovid all the things concerning the milchamah; |19| And charged the malach, saying, When thou hast made an end of reporting all the matters of the milchamah unto HaMelech, |20| And if so be that the chamat HaMelech (wrath of the King) flare up, and he say unto thee, why approached ye so near unto the Ir when ye did fight? Knew ye not that they would shoot from the chomah (wall)? |21| Who struck Avimelech Ben Yerubeshet? Did not an isha throw down on him a millstone from the chomah, that he died in Tevetz? Why went ye near the chomah? Then say thou, Thy eved Uriyah the Chitti is dead also. |22| So the malach went, and came and told Dovid all that Yoav had sent him for. |23| And the malach said unto Dovid, Surely the anashim prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the sadeh, and we were upon them even unto the petach hasha'ar. |24| And the archers shot from off the chomah upon thy avadim; and some of the avadim of HaMelech are dead, and thy eved Uriyah the Chitti is dead also. |25| Then Dovid said unto the malach, Thus shalt thou say unto Yoav, Let not this thing be evil in thy sight, for the cherev devoureth one as well as another; make thy milchamah more chazak (strong) against the Ir, and overthrow it; and give him [Yoav] a chazak encouragement. |26| And when the eshet Uriyah heard that Uriyah her ish was dead, she mourned for her ba'al (husband). |27| And when the evel (mourning) was past, Dovid sent and brought her to his bais, and she became his isha, and bore him ben. But the thing that Dovid had done was evil in the sight of Hashem. |||12|||And Hashem sent Natan unto Dovid. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two anashim in one town; the one an oisher, and the other poor. |2| The oisher had exceeding many tzon and bakar; |3| But the poor man had nothing, except one kivsah ketanah (little ewe [female] lamb), which he had acquired and nourished; and she grew up together with him [the poor man], and with his banim; it did eat of his own bread, and drank of his own kos (cup), and slept in his kheyk (bosom), and was unto him as a bat. |4| And there came a helech (traveler) unto the oisher, and he refused to take of his own tzon and of his own bakar, to prepare for the ore'ach (wayfaring man, traveller, guest) that was come unto him; but took the poor man's kivsah (ewe lamb), and prepared her for the ish that was come to him. |5| And af Dovid (Dovid's anger) was greatly kindled against the ish; and he said to Natan, As Hashem liveth, the ish that hath done this thing is ben mavet (a son of death, worthy of death); |6| And he shall restore the kivsah fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no khamal (pity). |7| And Natan said to Dovid, Atah haIsh (thou art the Man). Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel: Meshachticha (I anointed thee) Melech over Yisroel, and I delivered thee out of the yad Sha'ul; |8| And I gave thee the bais adonecha, and the nashim of adonecha into thy kheyk (bosom), and gave thee Bais Yisroel and Yehudah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such as this and such as that. |9| Why hast thou despised the Davar Hashem, to do the rah in His eyes? Thou hast killed Uriyah the Chitti with the cherev, and hast taken his isha to be thy isha, and hast slain him with the cherev of the Bnei Ammon. |10| Now therefore the cherev shall not depart from thine Bais ad olam; because thou hast despised Me, hast taken the isha Uriyah the Chitti as thy isha. |11| Thus saith Hashem, Hineni, I will raise up ra'ah (adversity) against thee out of thine own Bais, and I will take thy nashim before thine eyes, and give them unto thy re'a, and he shall lie with thy nashim in the sight of this shemesh. |12| For thou didst it baseter (secretly); but I will do this thing before kol Yisroel, and before the shemesh. |13| And Dovid said unto Natan, I have sinned against Hashem. And Natan said unto Dovid, Hashem also hath put away thy chattat; thou shalt not die. |14| Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the oyevim of Hashem to ni'etz (deride, ridicule, revile, blaspheme), also haben (the son) that is born unto thee shall surely die. |15| And Natan departed unto his bais. And Hashem struck the yeled that Uriyah's isha bore unto Dovid, and it was very ill. |16| Dovid therefore pleaded with HaElohim for the na'ar; and Dovid did a tzom, and went in, and lay all night upon ha'aretz. |17| And the zekenim of his Bais arose, and went to him, to raise him up from ha'aretz; but he would not, neither did he eat lechem with them. |18| And it came to pass on the yom hashevi'i, that the yeled died. And the avadim of Dovid feared to tell him that the yeled was dead; for they said, Hinei, while the yeled was yet chai (alive), we spoke unto him, and he would not pay heed unto koleinu (our voice); so if we tell him that the yeled is dead, will he then do something horrendous? |19| But when Dovid saw that his avadim were mitlachashim (whisperers), Dovid perceived that the yeled was dead; therefore Dovid said unto his avadim, Is the yeled dead? And they said, Met (dead, he is dead). |20| Then Dovid arose from ha'aretz, and bathed [See 2 Sm 11:2], and put on lotion, and changed his apparel, and came into the Bais Hashem, and worshiped; then he came to his own Bais; and when he requested, they set lechem before him, and he did eat. |21| Then said his avadim unto him, What davar is this that thou hast done? Thou didst undergo a tzom and weep for the sake of the yeled, while it was alive; but when the yeled was dead, thou didst rise and eat lechem. |22| And he said, While the yeled was yet chai, I underwent a tzom and wept; for I said, Who can tell whether Hashem will be gracious to me, that the yeled may live? |23| But now he is met (dead), why should I undergo a tzom? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. |24| And Dovid [Beloved] comforted Bat-Sheva his isha, and went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bore ben, and he called shmo Sh'lomo; and Hashem loved him. |25| And He sent by the yad Natan HaNavi; and he called shmo Yedidyah (Beloved of Hashem), for the sake of Hashem. |26| And Yoav fought against Rabbah of the Bnei Ammon, and captured ir hameluchah (the royal city). |27| And Yoav sent malachim to Dovid, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the Ir HaMayim. |28| Now therefore gather the rest of HaAm (the army) together, and encamp against the Ir, and capture it; lest I take the Ir, and it be called after my shem. |29| And Dovid gathered kol haAm together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and captured it. |30| And he took their melech's ateret from off his rosh, the weight whereof was a talent of zahav with the precious stones; and it was set on Dovid's rosh. And he brought forth the plunder of the ir (city) in great abundance. |31| And he brought forth ha'am that were therein, and put them under saws, and under threshing tools of barzel, and under axes of barzel, and made them go through the brickkilns; and thus did he unto all the towns of the Bnei Ammon. So Dovid and kol haAm returned unto Yerushalayim. |||13|||And it came to pass after this, that Avshalom Ben Dovid had an achot yafeh (beautiful sister), whose shem was Tamar; and Amnon Ben Dovid loved her. |2| And Amnon was so distressed, that he fell ill for his achot Tamar; for she was betulah; but Amnon thought it impossible for him to do anything to her. |3| But Amnon had a re'a, shmo Yonadav Ben Shime'ah Achi Dovid; and Yonadav was an ish chacham (shrewd man). |4| And he said unto him, Why art thou, being Ben HaMelech, becoming dal (weak, wretched) from day to day? Wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, Ani ohev (I love) Tamar achot Avshalom achi. |5| And Yonadav said unto him, Lay thee down on thy mishkav, and make thyself sick; and when avicha cometh to see thee, say unto him, now, let my achot Tamar come, and cause me to eat lechem, and prepare the briyah (food) in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her yad. |6| So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick; and when HaMelech was come to see him, Amnon said unto HaMelech, Now, let Tamar my achot come, and make me a couple of [heart-shaped] cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her yad. |7| Then Dovid sent to Tamar to the palace, saying, Go now to the bais of thy brother Amnon, and prepare for him briyah (food). |8| So Tamar went to the bais of her brother Amnon; and he was lying down. And she took batzek (dough), and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the [heartshaped] cakes. |9| And she took a masret (pan), and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have kol ish go out from me. And they went out kol ish from him. |10| And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the briyah into the cheder ([bed] room), that I may eat from thine yad. And Tamar took the [heart-shaped] cakes which she had prepared, and brought them into the bedroom to Amnon her brother. |11| And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my achot. |12| And she answered him, No, achi, do not violate me; for no such thing ought to be done in Yisroel; do not thou this nevalah (foul deed, shameful thing). |13| And I, to where shall I cause my cherpah (shame, disgrace) to go? And as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the nevalim (wicked fools) in Yisroel. Now therefore, speak unto HaMelech; for he will not withhold me from thee. |14| Howbeit he would not pay heed unto her voice; but, being stronger than she, violated her and raped her, and lay with her. |15| Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the sinah (hatred) wherewith he hated her was gedolah me'od than the ahavah wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Get up, get out. |16| And she said unto him, No, do not this ra'ah in sending me away which is gedolah than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not pay heed unto her. |17| Then he called his na'ar that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this outside from me, and bolt the delet after her. |18| She had a kesones of various colors upon her; for with such were the banot HaMelech that were betulot apparelled. Then his mesharet (servant) brought her outside, and bolted the delet after her. |19| And Tamar put efer (ash) on her rosh (head) and made the kri'ah (tearing, rending) on her kesones of various colors that was on her, and laid her yad on her rosh, and went on weeping as she went. |20| And Avshalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? But hold now thy peace, my achot; he is thy brother; this thing take not to heart. So Tamar remained shomemah (desolate) in the bais of her brother Avshalom. |21| But when Dovid HaMelech heard of all these things, he was very angry. |22| And Avshalom spoke unto his brother Amnon not a davar neither rah nor tov; for Avshalom hated Amnon, because he had violated and raped his achot Tamar. |23| And it came to pass after two full shanim, that Avshalom had gozezim (sheepshearers) in BaalChazor, which is in Ephrayim; and Avshalom invited all the Bnei HaMelech. |24| And Avshalom came to HaMelech, and said, Hinei now, thy eved hath gozezim; let HaMelech, now, and his avadim go with thy eved. |25| And HaMelech said to Avshalom, No, beni (my son), let us not all now go, lest we be a burden unto thee. And he urged him; howbeit he would not go, but put a bracha on him. |26| Then said Avshalom, If not, now, let achi Amnon go with us. And HaMelech said unto him, Why should he go with thee? |27| But Avshalom urged him, that he let Amnon and kol Bnei HaMelech go with him. |28| Now Avshalom had commanded his avadim, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's lev is high with yayin, and when I say unto you, Strike Amnon; then kill him, fear not; have not I commanded you? Be chazak (courageous), and be bnei chayil. |29| And the na'arei Avshalom did unto Amnon as Avshalom had commanded. Then all the Bnei HaMelech arose, and every man mounted him up upon his pered (mule), and fled. |30| And it came to pass, while they were baderech (on the way), that report came to Dovid, saying, Avshalom hath slain all the Bnei HaMelech, and there is not one of them left. |31| Then HaMelech arose, and made the kri'ah on his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his avadim stood by with their clothes torn. |32| And Yonadav Ben Shime'ah achi Dovid, answered and said, Let not adoni suppose that they have slain all the young men, the Bnei HaMelech; for Amnon only is dead; for by the command of Avshalom this hath been determined from the day that he violated and raped Tamar his achot. |33| Now therefore let not adoni HaMelech take the thing to his lev, to think that all the Bnei HaMelech are dead; for Amnon only is dead. |34| But Avshalom fled. And the na'ar tzofeh (watchman) lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, hinei, there came am rav (much people) by the derech of the hillside behind him. |35| And Yonadav said unto HaMelech, Hinei, the Bnei HaMelech come; as the davar avdecha (word of thy servant), so it is. |36| And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, hinei, the Bnei HaMelech came, and lifted up their voice and wailed; and HaMelech also and all his avadim wept gadol me'od. |37| But Avshalom fled, and went to Talmai Ben Ammichud Melech Geshur. And Dovid mourned for bno kol hayamim. |38| So Avshalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there shalosh shanim. |39| And the nefesh of Dovid HaMelech longed to go forth unto Avshalom; for he was consoled concerning Amnon that died. |||14|||Now Yoav Ben Tzeruyah perceived that the lev HaMelech was toward Avshalom. |2| And Yoav sent to Tekoah, and brought from there an isha chachamah, and said unto her, now, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with shemen, but be as an isha that had a long time mourned for the dead; |3| And come to HaMelech, and speak on this manner unto him. So Yoav put the devarim in her peh (mouth). |4| And when the isha of Tekoah spoke to HaMelech, she fell on her face to the ground, and prostrated herself, and said, Hoshi'ah (help), O Melech. |5| And HaMelech said unto her, What troubleth thee? She answered, I am indeed an almanah, and mine ish is dead. |6| And thy shifchah had two banim, and they two fought together in the sadeh, and there was none to separate them, but the one struck the other, and killed him. |7| And, hinei, kol hamishpakhah is risen against thine shifchah (handmaid), and they said, Deliver him that struck his brother, that we may kill him, for the nefesh of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the yoresh (heir) also; and so they shall quench my burning coal remaining, and shall not leave to my ish shem nor she'erit upon ha'adamah. |8| And HaMelech said to the isha, Go to thine bais; I will give charge concerning thee. |9| And the isha of Tekoah said unto HaMelech, Adoni, O Melech, the avon (guilt) be on me, and on my bais avi; and HaMelech and his kisse be guiltless. |10| And HaMelech said, Whoever saith anything unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. |11| Then said she, Now, let HaMelech remember Hashem Eloheicha, that thou wouldest not suffer the Go'el HaDahm to destroy any more, lest they destroy beni (my son). And he said, As Hashem liveth, there shall not one hair of thy ben fall to the ground. |12| Then the isha said, Let thine shifchah, now, speak one word unto adoni HaMelech. And he said, Say on. |13| And the isha said, why then hast thou thought such a thing against the Am Elohim? For HaMelech doth speak this thing as one which is guilty, in that HaMelech doth not bring back home again his banished. |14| For we must needs die, are as mayim spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; yet Elohim doth not take away nefesh; but devises means, so that His banished be not expelled from Him. |15| Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto adoni HaMelech, it is because the people have made me afraid; and thy shifchah thought, I will now speak unto HaMelech; it may be that HaMelech will perform the request of his amah (servant). |16| For HaMelech will hear, to deliver his amah (servant) out of the palm of the ish that would destroy me and beni (my son) together out of the nachalat Elohim. |17| Then thine shifchah said, The devar adoni HaMelech shall now be as menuchah (rest, comfort); for as a malach HaElohim, so is adoni HaMelech to discern the tov and the rah; therefore Hashem Eloheicha will be with thee. |18| Then HaMelech answered and said unto the isha, Hide not from me, now, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the isha said, Let adoni HaMelech now speak. |19| And HaMelech said, Is not the yad Yoav with thee in all this? And the isha answered and said, As thy nefesh liveth, adoni HaMelech, none can turn to the right or to the left from anything that adoni HaMelech hath spoken; for thy eved Yoav, he instructed me, and he put all these devarim in the peh (mouth) of thine shifchah (handmaid); |20| To bring about this matter for discussion hath thy eved Yoav done this thing; and adoni is chacham, according to the chochmat malach HaElohim, to know all things that are in ha'aretz. |21| And HaMelech said unto Yoav, Hinei now, I have granted this thing; go therefore, bring the na'ar Avshalom back! |22| And Yoav fell to the ground on his face, and prostrated himself, and put a bracha on HaMelech; and Yoav said, Today thy eved knoweth that I have found chen in thy sight, adoni, O Melech, in that HaMelech hath fulfilled the request of his eved. |23| So Yoav arose and went to Geshur, and brought Avshalom to Yerushalayim. |24| And HaMelech said, Let him turn to his own bais, and let him not see my face. So Avshalom returned to his own bais, and saw not the face of HaMelech. |25| But in kol Yisroel there was none ish yafeh to be so much praised as Avshalom; from the sole of his regel even to the crown of his head there was no mum (blemish) in him. |26| And when he cut the hair of his rosh, (for it was from time to time that he cut it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the se'ar (hair) of his rosh at two hundred shekels after the royal standard. |27| And unto Avshalom there were born three banim, and one bat, whose shem was Tamar; she was an isha of a fair countenance. |28| So Avshalom dwelt two full shanim in Yerushalayim, and saw not the face of HaMelech. |29| Therefore Avshalom sent for Yoav, to have sent him to HaMelech; but he would not come to him; and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. |30| Therefore he said unto his avadim, See, the allotted land of Yoav is near mine, and he hath se'orim (barley) there; go and kindle it with eish. And the avadim of Avshelom set eish to the allotted land. |31| Then Yoav arose, and came to Avshalom unto his bais, and said unto him, Why have thy avadim set eish to my allotted land? |32| And Avshalom answered Yoav, Hinei, I sent unto thee, saying, Come here, that I may send thee to HaMelech, to say, why am I come from Geshur? It had been tov (better) for me to have been there still; now therefore let me see the face of HaMelech; and if there be any avon (iniquity) in me, let him kill me. |33| So Yoav came to HaMelech, and told him; and when he had called for Avshalom, he came to HaMelech, and prostrated himself on his face to the ground before HaMelech; and HaMelech kissed Avshalom. |||15|||And it came to pass after this, that Avshalom prepared him merkavah and susim, and fifty ish to run before him. |2| And Avshalom rose up early, and stood beside the derech hasha'ar; and it was so, that when any ish that had a riv (lawsuit, complaint) came to HaMelech for mishpat, then Avshalom called unto him, and said, Of what town art thou? And he said, Thy eved is of one of the Shivtei Yisroel. |3| And Avshalom said unto him, See, thy case is tovim and right; but there is no man deputy of HaMelech to hear thee. |4| Avshalom said moreover, Oh that I were made Shofet in the land, that every ish which hath any riv or mishpat might come unto me, and I would bring him justice! |5| And it was so, that when any ish came near to him to prostrate himself before him, he put forth his yad, and took him, and kissed him. |6| And on this manner did Avshalom to kol Yisroel that came to HaMelech for mishpat; so Avshalom stole the lev anshei Yisroel. |7| And it came to pass after arba'im shanah, that Avshalom said unto HaMelech, Now let me go and fulfill my neder, which I have vowed unto Hashem, in Chevron. |8| For thy eved vowed a neder (vow) while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Hashem shall bring me again indeed to Yerushalayim, then I will serve Hashem. |9| And HaMelech said unto him, Go in shalom. So he arose, and went to Chevron. |10| But Avshalom sent secret messengers throughout kol Shivtei Yisroel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the shofar, then ye shall say, Avshalom reigneth in Chevron. |11| And with Avshalom went two hundred ish out of Yerushalayim, that were invited; and they went innocently, and they had da'as of not anything. |12| And Avshalom sent for Achitophel the Giloni, Dovid's yo'etz (counsellor), from his town, even from Giloh, while he offered zivakhim. And the kesher (conspiracy) was strong; for the people increased continually with Avshalom. |13| And there came a maggid to Dovid, saying, Lev Ish Yisroel are with Avshalom. |14| And Dovid said unto all his avadim that were with him at Yerushalayim, Arise, and let us flee; or else we shall not escape from Avshalom; make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring ra'ah (disaster) upon us, and strike the Ir with the edge of the cherev. |15| And the avadim of HaMelech said unto HaMelech, Hinei, thy avadim are ready to do whatsoever adoni HaMelech commands. |16| And HaMelech went forth, and all his Bais after him. And HaMelech left ten nashim, which were pilagshim (concubines), to be shomer over the Bais (palace). |17| And HaMelech went forth, and kol haAm after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. |18| And all his avadim passed on by his yad; and all the Kereti, and all the Peleti, and all the Gittim, six hundred men which came after him from Gat, passed on before HaMelech. |19| Then said HaMelech to Ittai the Gitti, Why goest thou also with us? Return to thy place, and abide with HaMelech; for thou art a nokhri (foreigner), and also an exile. |20| Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee wander about with us? Seeing I go to where I may, shuv (return thou), and take back thy brethren; chesed and emes be with thee. |21| And Ittai answered HaMelech, and said, As Hashem liveth, and as adoni HaMelech liveth, surely in what makom adoni HaMelech shall be, whether in mavet or chayyim, even there also will thy eved be [Ruth 1:17]. |22| And Dovid said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gitti passed over, and all his anashim, and all the little ones that were with him. |23| And kol ha'aretz wept with a kol gadol (loud voice), and kol haAm crossed over; HaMelech also himself crossed over the brook Kidron, and kol haAm crossed over, toward the derech of the midbar. |24| And hinei Tzadok also, and all the Levi'im were with him, bearing the Aron Brit HaElohim; and they set down the Aron HaElohim; and Evyatar (Abiathar) went up, until kol HaAm had done passing out of the Ir. |25| And HaMelech said unto Tzadok, Carry back the Aron HaElohim into the Ir; if I shall find chen (grace) in the eyes of Hashem, He will bring me again, and show me both Him, and His habitation; |26| But if He thus say, I have no delight in thee; hinei, here am I, let Him do to me as seemeth tov unto Him. |27| HaMelech said also unto Tzadok HaKohen, Art not thou the Ro'eh (seer)? Return into the Ir in shalom, and your two banim with you, Achima'atz binecha, and Yonatan Ben Evyatar (Abiathar). |28| See, I will tarry in the fords of the wilderness, until there come davar from you to inform me. |29| Tzadok therefore and Evyatar (Abiathar) carried the Aron HaElohim back to Yerushalayim; and they tarried there. |30| And Dovid went up by the ascent of Ma'aleh HaZeitim (Mount of Olives), and wept as he went up, and had his rosh covered, and he went barefoot; and kol haAm with him covered every ish his rosh, and they went up, weeping as they went up. |31| And one told Dovid, saying, Achitophel is among the conspirators with Avshalom. And Dovid said, Hashem, turn now the etza (counsel) of Achitophel into foolishness. |32| And it came to pass, that when Dovid was come to the top of the mount, where he worshiped Elohim, hinei, Chushai the Arki came to meet him with his kesones torn, and adamah upon his rosh; |33| Unto whom Dovid said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a massa (burden) unto me; |34| But if thou return to the Ir, and say unto Avshalom, I will be thy eved, O melech; as I have been eved avicha hitherto, so will I now also be thy eved; then mayest thou for me bring to nought the etza (counsel) of Achitophel. |35| And hast thou not there with thee Tzadok and Evyatar (Abiathar) the kohanim? Therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the Bais HaMelech, thou shalt tell it to Tzadok and Evyatar (Abiathar) the kohanim. |36| Hinei, they have there with them their two banim, Achima'atz son of Tzadok, and Yonatan of Evyatar; by them ye shall send unto me everything that ye can hear. |37| So Chushai the re'eh Dovid came into the Ir, and Avshalom came into Yerushalayim. |||16|||And when Dovid was a little past the top of the hill, hinei, Tziva the na'ar of Mephivoshet met him, with a couple of chamorim saddled, and upon them 200 lechem, and 100 bunches of tzimmukim, and 100 kayitz, and a skin of yayin. |2| And HaMelech said unto Tziva, What meanest thou by these? And Tziva said, The chamorim are for the Bais HaMelech to ride on; and the lechem and kayitz for the ne'arim to eat; and the yayin, that such as be faint in the midbar may drink. |3| And HaMelech said, And where is the ben adoneicha [i.e., Sa'ul grandson Mephivoshet]? And Tziva said unto HaMelech, Hinei, he abideth at Yerushalayim; for he said, Today shall Bais Yisroel restore to me the mamlechut avi. |4| Then said HaMelech to Tziva, Hinei, thine are all that pertained unto Mephivoshet. Tziva said, I humbly prostrate myself. May I find chen in thy sight, adoni, O Melech. |5| When Dovid HaMelech came to Bachurim, hinei, from there came out an ish of the mishpakhat Bais Sha'ul; shmo Shimei Ben Gera; and he, cursing continuously, came. |6| And he cast avanim (stones) at Dovid, and at all the avadim of Dovid HaMelech; and at kol haAm and at all the Gibborim that were on his right and on his left. |7| And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou ish hadamim and thou ish habeliyya'al; |8| Hashem hath returned upon thee all the dahm of the Bais Sha'ul, in whose place thou hast reigned; and Hashem hath delivered the meluchah (kingdom) into the yad Avshalom binecha; and, behold, thou art taken in thy ra'ah, because thou art an ish damim. |9| Then said Avishai Ben Tzeruyah unto HaMelech, Why should this kelev hamet (dead dog) curse adoni HaMelech? Let me go over, now and cut off his rosh. |10| And HaMelech said, What have I to do with you, ye Bnei Tzeruyah? So let him curse, because Hashem hath said unto him, Curse Dovid. Who shall then say, why hast thou done so? |11| And Dovid said to Avishai, and to all his avadim, Hinei, beni, which came forth from within me, seeketh my nefesh; how much more now may this Bin-Hayemini (Benjamite) do it? Let him alone, and let him curse; for Hashem hath bidden him. |12| It may be that Hashem will look on mine affliction, that Hashem will repay me tovah for his cursing this day. |13| And as Dovid and his anashim went by the derech, Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, cursed as he went, threw avanim at him, and kicked up aphar. |14| And HaMelech, and kol HaAm that were with him, arrived weary, and refreshed themselves there [at the Yarden]. |15| And Avshalom, and kol HaAm Ish Yisroel, came to Yerushalayim, and Achitophel with him. |16| And it came to pass, when Chushai the Archi, re'eh Dovid, was come unto Avshalom, that Chushai said unto Avshalom, Long live HaMelech, Long live HaMelech. |17| And Avshalom said to Chushai, Is this thy chesed (loyal loving-kindness) to thy re'a (friend)? Why wentest thou not with thy re'a (friend)? |18| Chushai said unto Avshalom, Lo; but whom Hashem, this people, and kol Ish Yisroel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. |19| And again, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of bno? As I have served in the presence of Avicha, so will I be in thy presence. |20| Then said Avshalom to Achitophel, Give etza (counsel, advice, wisdom) among you what we shall do. |21| And Achitophel said unto Avshalom, Go in unto the pilagshim of Avicha, which he hath left to be shomer over the Bais (palace); and kol Yisroel shall hear that thou art a stench to Avicha; then shall the hands of all that are with thee be chazak (strong). |22| So they spread Avshalom an ohel upon the gag (roof); and Avshalom went in unto the pilagshim of Aviv in the sight of kol Yisroel. |23| And the etza (counsel) of Achitophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if an ish had inquired at the davar HaElohim; so was all the etza (counsel) of Achitophel both with Dovid and with Avshalom. |||17|||Moreover Achitophel said unto Avshalom, Let me now choose out shneym asar elef ish, and I will arise and pursue after Dovid halailah (this night); |2| And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak of hands, and will make him tremble with fear; and kol haAm that are with him shall flee; and I will strike HaMelech only; |3| When I return kol HaAm to you, all except the ish whom thou seekest, it is as if [kol HaAm] returned; so kol haAm shall be in shalom. |4| And the saying pleased Avshalom well, and kol Ziknei Yisroel. |5| Then said Avshalom, Call now Chushai the Archi also, and let us hear likewise from his peh (mouth). |6| And when Chushai was come to Avshalom, Avshalom spoke unto him, saying, Achitophel hath spoken after this manner; shall we do after his saying? If not; speak thou. |7| And Chushai said unto Avshalom, The etza (counsel) that Achitophel hath given is not tovah at this time. |8| For, said Chushai, thou knowest Avicha and his anashim, that they be Gibborim, and they be enraged in their nefesh, as a dov (bear) robbed of her cubs in the sadeh; and Avicha is ish milchamah, and will not spend the night with HaAm (the troops). |9| Hinei, he is hid now in one of the pits, or in some other makom; and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the outset, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a magefah (slaughter) among the people that follow Avshalom. |10| And he also that is chayil (valiant), whose lev is as the lev ha'aryeh (heart of a lion), shall utterly melt; for kol Yisroel knoweth that Avicha is a Gibbor, and they that be with him are Bnei Chayil (valiant men). |11| Therefore, I counsel that kol Yisroel be fully gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-Sheva, as the chol (sand) that is by the yam for multitude; and that thou thyself go into battle in person. |12| So shall we come upon him in some makom where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the tal (dew) falleth on the adamah; and of him and of kol ha'anashim that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. |13| Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then shall kol Yisroel bring chavalim (ropes) to that city, and we will draw it into the ravine, until there be not one small stone found there. |14| And Avshalom and kol Ish Yisroel said, The etza (counsel) of Chushai the Arki is better than the etza of Achitophel. For Hashem had resolved to annul the etza of Achitophel, to the intent that Hashem might bring ra'ah upon Avshalom. |15| Then said Chushai unto Tzadok and to Evyatar (Abiathar) the kohanim, Thus and thus did Achitophel counsel Avshalom and the Ziknei Yisroel; and thus and thus have I counselled. |16| Now therefore send quickly, and tell Dovid, saying, Spend not halailah (this night) in the plains of the midbar, but speedily cross over; lest HaMelech be swallowed up, and kol haAm that are with him. |17| Now Yonatan and Achima'atz stayed by EinRogel; for they dared not be seen to come into the Ir; and a shifchah went and told them; and they went and told Dovid HaMelech. |18| Nevertheless a na'ar saw them, and told Avshalom; but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a bais ish in Bachurim, which had a be'er (well) in his khatzer; to where they went down. |19| And the isha took and spread a masakh (covering, curtain) over the mouth of the be'er, and spread hulled grain thereon; and the thing was not known. |20| And when the avadim of Avshalom came to the bais to the isha, they said, Where is Achima'atz and Yonatan? And the isha said unto them, They are gone over the brook of mayim. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Yerushalayim. |21| And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they climbed up out of the be'er (well), and went and told Dovid HaMelech, and said unto Dovid, Arise, and cross quickly over the mayim; for thus hath Achitophel counselled against you. |22| Then Dovid arose, and kol haAm that were with him, and they crossed over Yarden; by the ohr haboker there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Yarden. |23| And when Achitophel saw that his etza (counsel, advice) was not followed, he saddled his chamor, and arose, and went home to his bais, to his town, and put his bais (household) in order, vayyekhanak (and he strangled, hanged himself), and died, and was buried in the kever aviv (tomb of his father). |24| Then Dovid came to Machanayim. And Avshalom passed over Yarden, he and all the Ish Yisroel with him. |25| And Avshalom appointed Amasa over the tzava (army) instead of Yoav; now Amasa was ben ish shmo Yitra a Yisroeli, that went in to Avigal Bat Nachash Achot Tzeruyah Em Yoav. |26| So Yisroel and Avshalom encamped in Eretz Gil`ad. |27| And it came to pass, when Dovid was come to Machanayim, that Shovi Ben Nachash of Rabbah of the Bnei Ammon, and Machir Ben Ammiel of Lo-Devar, and Barzillai the Gileadi of Roglim, |28| Brought mishkav (bedding) and sappot (bowls) and earthen vessels, and chittim (wheat), and se'orim (barley), and kemakh (flour), and roasted grain, and pol (beans), and adashim (lentils), and roasted seeds, |29| And devash, and khemah (curds), and tzon, and cheeses of the herd, for Dovid, and for HaAm that were with him, to eat; for they said, HaAm are hungry, and weary, and tzameh (thirsty), in the midbar. |||18|||And Dovid mustered HaAm that were with him, and set sarei alafim, and sarei me'ot over them. |2| And Dovid sent forth a third part of the people under the yad Yoav, and a third part under the yad Avishai Ben Tzeruyah (Yoav's brother), and a third part under the yad Ittai the Gitti. And HaMelech said unto HaAm, I will surely go forth with you myself also. |3| But HaAm answered, Thou shalt not go forth; for if we flee away, they will not set their lev on us; neither if half of us die, will they set their lev on us; but now thou art worth ten thousand of us; therefore, now it is better that thou support us from the Ir [i.e., Machanayim]. |4| And HaMelech said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And HaMelech stood by the side of the sha'ar, and kol haAm came out by hundreds and by thousands. |5| And HaMelech commanded Yoav and Avishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the na'ar, even with Avshalom. And kol HaAm heard when HaMelech gave all the sarim charge concerning Avshalom. |6| HaAm went into the sadeh against Yisroel; the milchamah was in ya'ar (forest) of Ephrayim; |7| Where Am Yisroel were slain before the avadim of Dovid, and there was there a magefah gedolah that day of esrim elef. |8| For the milchamah was there scattered over the face of kol ha'aretz; and the ya'ar devoured more people that day than the cherev devoured. |9| And Avshalom met the avadim of Dovid. And Avshalom rode upon a pered (mule), and the pered went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his rosh (head) caught hold of elah (tree, oak), and he was suspended between HaShomayim and ha'aretz; the pered under him went on. |10| And a certain ish saw it, told Yoav, and said, Hinei, I saw Avshalom [BEN DOVID] talui (hanged) b'elah (on a tree, oak). |11| And Yoav said unto the ish that told him, And, hinei, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not strike him down to the ground there? And I would have given thee ten shekels of kesef, and a khagorah. |12| And the ish said unto Yoav, Though I should receive elef kesef in mine palm, yet would I not put forth mine yad against the ben HaMelech; for in ozneinu (our hearing) HaMelech charged thee and Avishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the na'ar Avshalom. |13| Otherwise I should have dealt sheker against mine own nefesh; for there is no matter hid from HaMelech, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me. |14| Then said Yoav, I will not tarry thus with thee. And he took three shevatim in his yad, and thrust them through the lev Avshalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak tree [YN 19:34]. |15| And ten ne'arim that bore the armor of Yoav surrounded Avshalom, struck and slaughtered him. |16| Then Yoav blew the shofar, and HaAm returned from pursuing after Yisroel; for Yoav held back HaAm. |17| And they took Avshalom, and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and laid a very great heap of avanim upon him; and all Yisroel fled, every ish to his ohel. |18| Now Avshalom in his lifetime had taken and erected for himself a matzevet (monument), which is in the Emek HaMelech; for he said, I have no ben to keep my shem in remembrance; and he called the matzevet after shmo; and it is called unto this day, Avshalom's Monument. |19| Then said Achima'atz Ben Tzadok, Let me now run, and take news to HaMelech, how that Hashem hath in justice vindicated him of his oyevim. |20| And Yoav said unto him, Thou shalt not be ish besorah (bearer of news) this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the ben HaMelech is dead. |21| Then said Yoav to Cushi, Go tell HaMelech what thou hast seen. And Cushi prostrated himself unto Yoav, and ran. |22| Then said Achima'atz Ben Tzadok yet again to Yoav, But be what may, let me, now, also run after Cushi. And Yoav said, why wilt thou run, beni, seeing that thou hast no besorah to provide? |23| But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Rutz! (run!). Then Achima'atz ran by the derech of the plain, outran Cushi. |24| And Dovid sat between the two she'arim (gates); and the tzofeh (watchman) went up to the gag (roof) over the sha'ar (gate) unto the chomah (wall), and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and hinei an ish running alone. |25| And the tzofeh (watchman) cried, and told HaMelech. And HaMelech said, If he be alone, there is besorah (news) in his peh (mouth). And he came rapidly, and drew near. |26| And the tzofeh (watchman) saw another man running; and the tzofeh called unto the sho'er (gatekeeper), and said, Hinei, another man running alone. And HaMelech said, This is mevaser (one bringing good news, evangelist). |27| And the tzofeh (watchman) said, I see the running of the foremost is like the running of Achima'atz Ben Tzadok. And HaMelech said, He is an ish tov, and cometh with besorah tovah (good news) [SEE 2SM 18:10]. |28| And Achima'atz called, and said unto HaMelech, Shalom. And he fell down to ha'aretz upon his face before HaMelech, and said, Baruch Hashem Eloheicha, which hath delivered up the anashim that lifted up their yad against adoni HaMelech. |29| And HaMelech said, Is the na'ar Avshalom shalom? And Achima'atz answered, When Yoav sent eved HaMelech, avdecha, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. |30| And HaMelech said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. |31| And, hinei, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Yitbaser (be informed of news), adoni HaMelech; for Hashem hath in justice vindicated thee this day from the yad of all them that rose up against thee. |32| And HaMelech said unto Cushi, Is the na'ar Avshalom shalom? And Cushi answered, The enemies of adoni HaMelech, and all that rise against thee to do thee harm, be as that na'ar is. [33[19;1]] And HaMelech was much moved, and went up to the aliyyat hasha'ar (upper room over the gate) and wept; and as he went, thus he said, O beni (my son) Avshalom, beni, beni Avshalom! If only I had died tachteicha (in place of, instead of) thee, O Avshalom, beni, beni! [T.N. NOTICE IN THIS CHP 18 THAT THE PEACE-BRINGING BESORAH TOVAH OF BEN DOVID TALUI HAETZ REQUIRES A MEVASER TO HERALD IT.] |||19|||And it was told Yoav, Hinei, HaMelech weepeth and mourneth for Avshalom. [2[3]] And the teshu'ah (salvation, deliverance) on that day was turned into evel (mourning) unto kol HaAm; for the people heard say that day how HaMelech was grieved for bno. |3[4]] And the people stole that day into the Ir [MACHANAYIM] as people being ashamed steal in when they flee in milchamah. |4[5]] But HaMelech covered his face, and HaMelech cried with a kol gadol, O beni Avshalom, O Avshalom, beni, beni! |5[6]| And Yoav came into the bais to HaMelech, and said, Thou hast disgraced this day the faces of all thy avadim, which this day have saved thy nefesh, and the nefesh of thy banim and of thy banot, and the nefesh of thy nashim, and the nefesh of thy pilagshim (concubines); |6[7]| In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou hast no regard for sarim nor avadim; for this day I perceive, that if Avshalom had lived, and this day all we were mesim (dead ones), then it would have been yashar in thy sight. |7[8]| Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak to the lev unto thy avadim; for I swear by Hashem, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one ish with thee halailah (this night); and that will be worse unto thee than kol hara'ah that befell thee from thy youth until now. |8[9]| Then HaMelech arose, and sat in the sha'ar. And they told unto kol haAm, saying, Hinei, HaMelech doth sit in the sha'ar. And kol haAm came before HaMelech: for Yisroel had fled every ish to his ohel. |9[10]| And kol haAm were having dissension throughout kol Shivtei Yisroel saying, HaMelech saved us out of the palm of oyveinu (our enemies) and he delivered us out of the palm of the Pelishtim; and now he is fled from HaAretz because of Avshalom. |10[11]] And Avshalom, whom mashachnu (we anointed) over us, is dead in milchamah. Now therefore why are ye not speaking of bringing back HaMelech? |11[12]] And Dovid HaMelech sent to Tzadok and to Evyatar the kohanim, saying, Speak unto the Ziknei Yehudah, saying, Why are ye the last ones to bring HaMelech back to his Bais? Seeing the talk of kol Yisroel is come to HaMelech, even to his Bais. |12[13]] Ye are my brethren, ye are my atzmot and my basar; why then are ye the last ones to bring back HaMelech? |13[14]] And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my etzem, and of my basar? Elohim do so to me, and more also, if thou be not sar tzava before me continually in place of Yoav. |14[15]| And he swayed the levav kol Ish Yehudah, even as the lev of one man; so that they sent this word unto HaMelech, Return thou, and all thy avadim. |15[16]| So HaMelech returned, and came to Yarden. And Yehudah came to Gilgal, to go to meet HaMelech, to conduct HaMelech over Yarden. |16[17]| And Shimei Ben Gera, a Ben HaYemini, which was of Bachurim, hasted and came down with the Ish Yehudah to meet Dovid HaMelech. |17[18]| And there were an elef ish of Binyamin with him, and Tziva the na'ar of the Bais Sha'ul, and his fifteen banim and his twenty avadim with him; and they went over Yarden before HaMelech. |18[19]| And there went over a ferry to carry over the Bais HaMelech, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei Ben Gera fell down before HaMelech, as he was come over Yarden; |19[20]| And said unto HaMelech, Let not adoni impute avon (iniquity) unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy eved did perversely the day that adoni HaMelech went out of Yerushalayim, that HaMelech should take it to his lev. |20[21]| For thy eved doth know that I have sinned; therefore, hinei, I am come rishom (first) this day of all the Bais Yosef to go down to meet adoni HaMelech. |21[22]| But Avishai Ben Tzeruyah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Hashem's Moshiach? |22[23]| And Dovid said, What have I to do with you, ye Bnei Tzeruyah, that ye should this day be as satan unto me? Shall there be ish put to death this day in Yisroel? For do not I know that I am this day Melech al Yisroel? |23[24| Therefore HaMelech said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And HaMelech swore a shevu'a unto him. |24[25]| And Mephivoshet Ben Sha'ul came down to meet HaMelech, and had neither bathed his regal, nor trimmed his safam (mustache), nor washed his clothes, from the day HaMelech departed until the day he came again in shalom. |25[26]| And it came to pass, when he [Mephivoshet] was come to Yerushalayim to meet HaMelech, that HaMelech said unto him, why wentest not thou with me, Mephivoshet? |26[27]| And he answered, Adoni, O Melech, avdi deceived me: for thy eved said, I will saddle me a chamor, that I may ride thereon, and go to HaMelech; because thy eved is pise'ach (lame). |27[28]| And he hath slandered thy eved unto adoni HaMelech; but adoni HaMelech is like malach HaElohim; do therefore what is tov in thine eyes. |28[29]| For all of the bais avi were but anshei mavet before adoni HaMelech; yet didst thou set thy eved among them that did eat at thine own shulchan. What tzedakah (right) therefore have I yet to appeal any more unto HaMelech? |29[30]| And HaMelech said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy devarim? I have said, Thou and Tziva divide the sadeh. |30[31]| And Mephivoshet said unto HaMelech, Indeed, let him take all, forasmuch as adoni HaMelech is come again in shalom unto his own bais. |31[32]| And Barzillai the Gileadi came down from Roglim, and went over Yarden with HaMelech, to conduct him over Yarden. |32[33]| Now Barzillai was zaken me'od, even fourscore shanah; and he had been the support of HaMelech while he dwelt at Machanayim; for he was an ish gadol me'od. |33[34]] HaMelech said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and with me I will be your support in Yerushalayim. |34[35]| And Barzillai said unto HaMelech, How long have I to live, that I should go up with HaMelech to Yerushalayim? |35[36]] I am this day fourscore shanah old; and can I discern between tov and rah? Can thy eved taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of sharim (singing men) and sharot (singing women)? Why then should thy eved be yet a massa (burden) unto adoni HaMelech? |36[37] Thy eved will go a little way over Yarden with HaMelech; and why should HaMelech reward me with such a reward? |37[38]] Let thy eved, now, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried near the kever of avi and of immi. But hinei thy eved Chimham [I.E., ONE OF HIS SONS, 1KGS 2:7]; let him go over with adoni HaMelech; and do to him what shall seem tov unto thee. |38[39]| And HaMelech answered, Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him that which shall seem tov unto thee; and whatsoever thou shalt request of me, that will I do for thee. |39[40]| And kol haAm crossed over Yarden. And when HaMelech was come over, HaMelech kissed Barzillai, and put a bracha on him; and he returned unto his own makom (place, home). |40[41]| Then HaMelech went on to Gilgal, and Kimham crossed over with him; and kol Am Yehudah conducted HaMelech, and also half Am Yisroel. |41[42]| And, hinei, kol Ish Yisroel came to HaMelech, and said unto HaMelech, Why have acheinu Ish Yehudah stolen thee away, and have brought HaMelech across, and his Bais (household), and kol Anshei Dovid with him, over Yarden? |42[43]| And kol Ish Yehudah answered Ish Yisroel, Because HaMelech is near of kin to us; why then be ye angry for this matter? Have we eaten at all from HaMelech? Or hath he given us anything? |43[44]| And Ish Yisroel answered the Ish Yehudah, and said, We have ten shares as much in HaMelech, and we have also more in Dovid than ye; why then did ye slight us? Were we not the first to give the davar in bringing back my melech? And the devar Ish Yehudah were harsher than the devar Ish Yisroel. |||20|||And there happened to be there an ish Beliyaal [rebel], shmo Sheva Ben Bichri an ish from Binyamin; and he blew a shofar, and said, We have no chelek in Dovid, neither have we nachalah in Ben Yishai; every ish to his ohal, O Yisroel. |2| So kol Ish Yisroel went up from after Dovid, and followed Sheva Ben Bichri; but the Ish Yehudah had deveykus unto their Melech, from Yarden even to Yerushalayim. |3| And Dovid came to his Bais (palace) at Yerushalayim; and HaMelech took the ten nashim, his pilagshim, whom he had left to be shomer over the Bais, and put them in Bais Mishmeret (seclusion), and provided for them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto their yom mot, living in almenut (widowhood). |4| Then said HaMelech to Amasa, Assemble the Ish Yehudah within shloshet yamim; be thou here present. |5| So Amasa went to assemble Yehudah; but he tarried longer than the mo'ed which he had appointed him. |6| And Dovid said to Avishai, Now shall Sheva Ben Bichri do us more harm than did Avshalom; take thou the avadim of adoneicha, pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape us. |7| And there went out after him anshei Yoav, and the Kereti, and the Peleti, and kol Gibborim; and they went out of Yerushalayim, to pursue after Sheva Ben Bichri. |8| When they were at the Even Hagedolah (Great Stone) which is in Giveon, Amasa went before them. And Yoav's military garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a khagor with a cherev fastened upon his waist in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. |9| Yoav said to Amasa, Art thou in shalom, my brother? And Yoav took Amasa by the zaken (beard) with the right hand to kiss him. |10| But Amasa took no heed to the cherev that was in the yad Yoav; so he stabbed him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Yoav and Avishai achiv pursued after Sheva Ben Bichri. |11| And one of the nearim of Yoav stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Yoav, and he that is for Dovid, let him go after Yoav. |12| And Amasa wallowed in dahm in the midst of the mesilah (road). And when the ish saw that kol haAm halted, he removed Amasa out of the mesilah into the sadeh, and threw a beged (garment) over him, when he saw that every one that came by him halted. |13| When he was removed from the mesilah, kol haAm went on after Yoav, to pursue after Sheva Ben Bichri. |14| And he passed through all the Shivtei Yisroel unto Abel, and to Beit-Maachah, and all the Berim; and they were gathered together, and went also after him [Sheva]. |15| And they came and besieged him in Abel of BeitMaachah, and they cast up a siege ramp against the Ir, until it stood by the rampart; and kol haAm that were with Yoav battered the chomah (wall), to throw it down. |16| Then cried an isha chachamah (wise woman) from the Ir, Hear, hear; say, now unto Yoav, Come here, that I may speak with thee. |17| And when he was come near unto her, the isha said, Art thou Yoav? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the devarim of thine amah. And he answered, I do hear. |18| Then she spoke, saying, They used to speak in rishonah (old times), saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they settled the matter. |19| I am one of them that are of shalom and of emunah in Yisroel; thou seekest to destroy an Ir and an em b'Yisroel; why wilt thou swallow up the nachalat Hashem? |20| And Yoav answered and said, Chalilah (far be it), chalilah from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. |21| The matter is not so; but an ish of har Ephrayim, Sheva Ben Bichri shmo, hath lifted up his yad against HaMelech, even against Dovid; hand over him only, and I will depart from the Ir. And the woman said unto Yoav, Hinei, his rosh shall be thrown to thee from the chomah. |22| Then the isha went unto kol haAm in her chochmah. And they cut off the rosh of Sheva Ben Bichri, and threw it out to Yoav. And he blew a shofar, and they retired from the city, every ish to his ohel. And Yoav returned to Yerushalayim unto HaMelech. |23| Now Yoav was over kol HaTzava Yisroel; and Benayah Ben Yehoyada was over the Kereti and over the Peleti; |2| And Adoram was over the forced labor; and Yehoshaphat Ben Achilud was mazkir (secretary); |25| And Sheva was sofer; and Tzadok and Evyatar (Abiathar) were the kohanim; |26| And also Ira the Yairi was kohen to Dovid. |||21|||Then there was a ra'av (famine) in the days of Dovid shalosh shanim, shanah after shanah; and Dovid inquired of Hashem. And Hashem answered, It is on account of Sha'ul, and for his bais hadamim, because he slaughtered the Giveonim. |2| And HaMelech called the Giveonim, and said unto them; (now the Giveonim were not of the Bnei Yisroel, but of the remnant of the Emori; and the Bnei Yisroel had sworn unto them; and Sha'ul sought to annihilate them in his kinot (zeal) for the Bnei Yisroel and Yehudah.) |3| Therefore Dovid said unto the Giveonim, What shall I do for you? And wherewith shall I make the kapporah, that ye may bless the nachalat Hashem? |4| And the Giveonim said unto him, We will have no kesef nor zahav of Sha'ul, nor of his bais; neither for us shalt thou kill any ish in Yisroel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. |5| And they answered HaMelech, The ish that consumed us, and that plotted against us that we should be made shmad from remaining in any of the territories of Yisroel, |6| Let shivah anashim of his banim be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto Hashem in Giveah of Sha'ul, whom Hashem did choose. And HaMelech said, I will give them. |7| But HaMelech spared Mephivoshet Ben Yonatan Ben Sha'ul, because of Hashem's shevua (oath) that was between them, between Dovid and Yonatan Ben Sha'ul. |8| But HaMelech took the two Bnei Ritzpah Bat Ayah, whom she bore unto Sha'ul, Armoni and Mephivoshet; and the five Bnei Michal [Merav] Bat Sha'ul, whom she bore to Adriel Ben Barzillai the Mecholati; |9| And he delivered them into the hands of the Giveonim, and they hanged them in the hill before Hashem; and they fell all shivah together and were put to death in the yamim of katzir (harvest), in the rishonim, in the beginning of katzir se'orim (barley harvest). |10| And Ritzpah Bat Ayah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the tzur, from the beginning of katzir until mayim dropped upon them out of Shomayim, and suffered neither the oph haShomayim to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the sadeh by night. |11| And it was told Dovid what Ritzpah Bat Ayah, the pilegesh (concubine) of Sha'ul, had done. |12| And Dovid went and took the atzmot Sha'ul and the atzmot Yonatan bno from the citizens of Yavesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the rechov (street) of Beit-shan, where the Pelishtim had hanged them, when the Pelishtim had slain Sha'ul in Gilboa; |13| And he brought up from there the atzmot Sha'ul and the atzmot Yonatan bno; and they gathered the atzmot of them that were hanged. |14| And the atzmot Sha'ul and Yonatan bno buried they in eretz Binyamin in Tzela, in the kever of Kish aviv; and they performed all that HaMelech commanded. And after that Elohim was entreated for the land. |15| Moreover the Pelishtim had yet milchamah again with Yisroel; and Dovid went down, and his avadim with him, and fought against the Pelishtim; and Dovid grew faint. |16| And Yishbi-benov, which was of the yeladim of Rafah (Giant), the weight of whose spearhead weighed three hundred shekels of nechoshet in weight, he being girded chadashah (belted anew), declared that he could slay Dovid. |17| But Avishai Ben Tzeruyah came to his aid, and struck the Pelishti (Philistine), and killed him. Then the anshei Dovid swore an oath unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to milchamah (battle), that thou quench not the Ner Yisroel (Lamp of Israel). |18| And it came to pass after this, that there was again milchamah with the Pelishtim at Gov; then Sibbechai the Chushati slaughtered Saph, which was of the banim of the Rafah. |19| And there was again milchamah in Gov with the Pelishtim, where Elchanan Ben Ya'arei-orgim, from Beit- Lechem, slaughtered the brother of Golyat (Goliath) the Gitti, the staff of whose khanit (spear) was like a weaver's beam. |20| And there was yet again a milchamah in Gat, where was a man of great stature, that had on every yad six fingers, and on every regel six toes, four and twenty in mispar (number); and he also was born to the Rafah. |21| And when he defied Yisroel, Yonatan Ben Shimea the brother of Dovid slaughtered him. |22| These four were born to the Rafah in Gat, and fell by the yad Dovid, and by the yad of his avadim. [T.N. KAPPORAH IS MADE HERE BY THAT WHICH IS HANGED UNTO HASHEM-SEE 2SM 21:3,6; ISA 53:10] |||22|||And Dovid spoke unto Hashem the devarim of this shirah (song) in the day that Hashem had delivered him out of the palm of all his oyevim (enemies) and out of the palm of Sha'ul: |2| And he said, Hashem is my rock, and my matzadah, and my deliverer; |3| The Elohei (G-d of) my Tzur; in Him will I trust; He is my mogen, and the keren of my Salvation, my stronghold, and my refuge, my Moshia; Thou savest me from chamas. |4| I will call on Hashem, Who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my oyevim. |5| When the waves of mavet (death) compassed me, the floods of scoundrels overwhelm me; |6| The chevlei Sheol (cords of Sheol) encompassed me; the snares of mavet confronted me; |7| In my distress I called upon Hashem, and cried to Elohai; and He did hear my voice out of His Heikhal, and my cry did enter into His oznayim. |8| Then ha'aretz shook and trembled; the mosedot (foundations) of Shomayim moved and shook, because He was in wrath. |9| There went up an ashan (smoke) out of His nostrils, and eish out of His peh (mouth) devoured; coals were kindled by it. |10| He bowed HaShomayim also, and came down; and a dark cloud was under His raglayim. |11| And He rode upon a keruv, and did fly; and He was seen upon the wings of the ruach. |12| And He made choshech sukkot round about Him, dark mayim, and thick clouds of the skies. |13| Through the radiant brightness before Him were coals of eish kindled. |14| Hashem thundered from Shomayim, and Elyon uttered His voice. |15| He sent out khitzim, and scattered them; lightning, and vanquished them. |16| And the channels of the yam appeared, the mosedot (foundations) of the tevel (world) were uncovered, at the rebuking of Hashem, at the blast of the ruach of His nostrils. |17| He sent from on High, He took me; He drew me out of mayim rabbim; |18| He delivered me from my strong oyev, and from them that hated me; for they were too strong for me. |19| They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but Hashem was my support. |20| He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because chafetz (He delighted) in me. |21| Hashem rewarded me according to my tzedakah; according to the cleanness of my hands hath He recompensed me. |22| For I have been shomer over the drakhei Hashem, and have not wickedly departed from Elohai [SEE AC 21:21]. |23| For all His mishpatim were before me; as for His chukkot, I did not depart from them. |24| I was also tamim (blameless) before Him, and have kept myself from mine avon (iniquity). |25| Therefore Hashem hath rewarded me according to my tzedakah; according to my cleanness before His eyesight. |26| With the chasid (loyal, the one having chesed, the devout one) Thou wilt show Thyself loyal, and with the Gibbor tamim (blameless man) Thou wilt show Thyself blameless. |27| With the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure; and with the ikkesh (crooked, devious) Thou wilt show Thyself shrewd. |28| And the Am oni (afflicted people) Thou wilt save; but Thine eyes are upon the haughty, that Thou mayest bring them down. |29| For Thou art my ner (lamp), Hashem; and Hashem will lighten my choshech. |30| For by Thee I have run through a troop; by Elohai can I leap over a wall. |31| As for G-d, His derech is tamim; the Word of Hashem is proven; He is a mogen (shield) to all them that trust in Him. |32| For who is G-d, save Hashem? And who is Tzur, save Eloheinu? |33| G-d is my ma'oz and power; and He maketh my derech perfect. |34| He maketh my feet like the feet of ayyalot (deer); and maketh me stand upon my high places. |35| He teacheth my yadayim for milchamah; so that a keshet nechoshah is bent by mine arms. |36| Thou hast also given me the mogen of Thy Salvation; and hath stooped down to make me great. |37| Thou hast enlarged my stride under me; so that my karsulayim do not slip. |38| I have pursued mine oyevim, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. |39| And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise; indeed, they are fallen under my raglayim. |40| For Thou hast girded me with chayil (strength) for milchamah (battle); them that rose up against me hast Thou caused to bow down under me. |41| Thou hast also given me victory over the necks of mine oyevim, that I might destroy them that hate me. |42| They looked, but there was no moshia; even unto Hashem, but He answered them not. |43| Then did I beat them as small as the aphar of eretz, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did scatter them abroad. |44| Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my people, Thou hast kept me to be Rosh of the Goyim; a people which I knew not shall serve me [MT 28:19]. |45| Foreigners shall submit themselves unto me; as soon as they hear, they shall be mishma'at (obedient) unto me. |46| Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their misgerot (strongholds). |47| Hashem liveth; and baruch be my Tzur; and exalted be the Elohei Tzur of my Salvation. |48| It is G-d that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the nations under me. |49| And that bringeth me forth from mine oyevim; Thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me; Thou hast delivered me from the ish chamasim. |50| Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, Hashem, among the Goyim, and I will sing praises unto Shimecha (Thy Name). |51| He is the migdal Yeshu'ot for His melech; and showeth chesed to His Moshiach, unto Dovid, and to his zera ad- olam. |||23|||Now these be the last devarim of Dovid. Dovid Ben Yishai said, the gever (man) who was raised up above, the Moshiach Elohei Ya'akov, and the singer of zemirot (songs) of Yisroel, said, |2| The Ruach Hashem spoke by me, and His word was on my leshon. |3| The Elohei Yisroel said, the Tzur Yisroel spoke to me, He that ruleth over adam, Tzaddik, ruling in the yirat Elohim. |4| And He shall be as the ohr of the boker, when the shemesh riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender deshe (grass) springing out of ha'aretz by clear shining after matar (rain). |5| Is not my Bais so with G-d? Yet He hath made with me a Brit Olam, ordered in all things, and sure; for this is all my salvation, and all my chefetz (desire), will He not make it spring forth (tzemach). [See Zecharyah 3:8; 6:11-12]? |6| But the Bnei Beliyaal [rebellious] shall be all of them as kotz (thorns) thrust away, because they cannot be gathered with hands; |7| But the one that shall touch them must be armed with barzel (iron) and the staff of a khanit (spear); and they shall be utterly burned with eish where they are. |8| These be the shmot of the gibborim whom Dovid had; Yoshev Bashevet Tachkemoni, chief among the Three; the same was Adino the Etzni; he killed eight hundred, in one encounter. |9| And after him was Eleazar Ben Dodai the Achochi, one of the three gibborim with Dovid, when they defied the Pelishtim that were there gathered together to milchamah, and the Ish Yisroel were gone away; |10| He arose, and struck the Pelishtim until his yad was weary, and his yad had devekyus unto the cherev; and Hashem wrought a teshuah gedolah (great victory) that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder. |11| And after him was Shammah Ben Agee the Harari. And the Pelishtim were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Pelishtim. |12| But he stood in the midst of the allotted ground, and defended it, and slaughtered the Pelishtim; and Hashem wrought a teshuah gedolah. |13| And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to Dovid in the time of katzir unto the cave of Adulam; and the troop of the Pelishtim encamped in the Emek Rephaim. |14| And Dovid was then in the matzadah, and the garrison of the Pelishtim was then in Beit-Lechem. |15| And Dovid longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the mayim of the well of Beit-Lechem, which is by the sha'ar! |16| And the three gibborim broke through the machaneh of the Pelishtim, and drew mayim out of the well of Beit- Lechem, that was by the sha'ar, and took it, and brought it to Dovid; nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Hashem. |17| And he said, Chalilah! (be it far from me), Hashem, that I should do this! Is not this the dahm of the anashim that went in jeopardy of their nafshot? Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three gibborim. |18| And Avishai, the brother of Yoav Ben Tzeruyah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his khanit (spear) against three hundred, and slaughtered them, and had the shem among the Three. |19| Was he not most honored of the Three? Therefore he was their sar; howbeit he attained not unto the first three. |20| And Benayah Ben Yehoyada was a ben chayil, of Kavtze'el, who had done many deeds: he slaughtered two lionlike men of Moav; he went down also and slaughtered an aryeh in the midst of a pit on a snowy day; |21| And he slaughtered an Egyptian, a goodly man; and the Egyptian had a khanit (spear) in his yad; but he went down to him with a shevet (club), and plucked the khanit out of the Egyptian's yad, and slaughtered him with his own khanit. |22| These things did Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and had the shem among three gibborim. |23| He was more honored than the Shloshim, but he attained not to the first Three. And Dovid set him over his bodyguard. |24| Asah-el the brother of Yoav was one of the thirty; Elchanan Ben Dodo of BeitLechem, |25| Shammah the Harodi, Elika the Charodi, |26| Cheletz the Palti, Ira Ben Ikkesh the Tekoi, |27| Aviezer the Anethoti, Mevunai the Chushati, |28| Tzalmon the Achochi, Maharai the Netophati, |29| Chelev Ben Ba'anah, a Netophati, Ittai Ben Rivai out of Giveah of the Bnei Binyamin, |30| Benayah the Pirathoni, Hiddai of the ravines of Ga'ash, |31| Abi-albon the Arvati, Azmavet the Barchumi, |32| Elyachba the Sha'alvoni, of the Bnei Yashen, Yonatan, |33| Shammah the Harari, Achiam Ben Sharar the Arari, |34| Eliphelet Ben Achasbai son of the Maachati, Eliam Ben Achitophel the Giloni, |35| Chetzrai the Carmeli, Pa'arai the Arbi, |36| Yigal Ben Natan of Tzovah, Bani the Gadi, |37| Tzelek the Ammoni, Nachrai the Be'eroti, armorbearer to Yoav Ben Tzeruyah, |38| Ira a Yitri, Garev a Yitri, |39| Uriyah the Chitti; 37all. |||24|||And again the Af Hashem was kindled against Yisroel, and He incited Dovid against them to say, Go, number Yisroel and Yehudah. |2| For HaMelech said to Yoav Sar HaChayil, who was with him, Go now through kol Shivtei Yisroel, from Dan even to Beer Sheva, and number ye HaAm, that I may know the Mispar HaAm. |3| And Yoav said unto HaMelech, Now Hashem Eloheicha add unto HaAm, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of adoni HaMelech may see it; but why doth adoni HaMelech delight in this thing? |4| Notwithstanding the devar HaMelech prevailed against Yoav, and against the Sarei HeChayil. And Yoav and the Sarei HaChayil went out from before HaMelech, to number HaAm Yisroel. |5| And they passed over Yarden, encamped in Aroer, on the south of the Ir that lieth in the middle of the ravine of Gad, toward Yazer; |6| Then they came to Gil`ad, to Eretz Tachtim-Chodshi; they came to Dan-Ya'an, went around to Tzidon, |7| And came to the fortress of Tzor, and to all the cities of the Chivi, and of Kena'ani; and they went out to the Negev of Yehudah, to Beer Sheva. |8| So when they had gone through kol HaAretz, they came to Yerushalayim at the end of 9 months and 20 days. |9| And Yoav gave up the sum of the number of HaAm unto HaMelech; and there were in Yisroel Shmoneh Me'ot Elef ish chayil that drew the cherev; and the Ish Yehudah were chamesh Me'ot Elef ish. |10| And the lev Dovid struck him after that he had numbered HaAm. And Dovid said unto Hashem, Chatati (I have sinned) me'od (greatly) in what I have done; and now, Hashem, take away the avon (iniquity, guilt) of Thy eved; for I have done very foolishly. |11| For when Dovid rose up in the boker, the Devar Hashem came unto Gad HaNavi, the Chozeh Dovid (Seer of Dovid), saying, |12| Go, say unto Dovid, Thus saith Hashem, I offer thee shalosh (three, three things); choose for thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. |13| So Gad came to Dovid, and told him, and said unto him, Shall shalosh [SEE 1CHR 21:12, HEBREW HERE SAYS SHEVA] shanim of ra'av (famine) come unto thee in thy land? Or wilt thou flee shloshah chodashim before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? Or that there be shloshet yamim dever (three days of pestilence) in thy land? Now consider, and see what answer I shall return to Him that sent me. |14| And Dovid said unto Gad, I am in a great tzar (distress); let us fall now into the Yad Hashem; for His rachamim are rabbim: and let me not fall into the yad adam. |15| So Hashem sent a dever (pestilence) upon Yisroel from the boker even to the es mo'ed (time appointed); and there died of HaAm from Dan even to Beer Sheva shiv'im elef ish. |16| And when the Malach stretched out his yad upon Yerushalayim to destroy her, Hashem relented from the destruction, and said to the Malach that destroyed HaAm, It is enough; restrain now thine yad. And the Malach Hashem was by the goren of Aravnah the Yevusi. |17| And Dovid spoke unto Hashem when he saw the Malach that struck HaAm, and said, Hineh, I have sinned, and I have transgressed; but these tzon, what have they done? Let Thine yad be against me, and against Bais Avi [Isa 53:6]. |18| And Gad came that day to Dovid, and said unto him, Go up, erect a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem in the goren of Aravnah the Yevusi. |19| And Dovid, according to the Devar Gad, went up as Hashem commanded. |20| And Aravnah looked, and saw HaMelech and his avadim coming on toward him; and Aravnah went out, and prostrated himself before HaMelech on his face upon the ground. |21| And Aravnah said, Why is adoni HaMelech come to his eved? And Dovid said, To buy the goren of thee, to build a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem, that the magefah (plague) may be withdrawn from HaAm. |22| And Aravnah said unto Dovid, Let adoni HaMelech take and offer up what seemeth tov unto him; see, here are oxen for the olah (burnt sacrifice), and threshing tools and other instruments of the bakar (oxen) for wood. |23| All these things did Aravnah, hamelech lamelech, give. And Aravnah said unto HaMelech, Hashem Eloheicha yirtzecha (accept thee). |24| And HaMelech said unto Aravnah, Lo (no); but I will surely buy it of thee at a mekhir (price); neither will I offer olot (burnt offerings) unto Hashem Elohai of that which doth cost me nothing. So Dovid bought the goren and the bakar for fifty shekels of kesef. |25| And Dovid built there a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem, and offered olot (burnt offerings) and shelamim (peace offerings). So Hashem was entreated for the land, and the magefah (plague, see Isa 53:8) was withdrawn from Yisroel. MELACHIM ALEF |||1|||Now HaMelech Dovid was zaken and stricken in yamim; and they covered him with begadim, but he could get no warmth. |2| Wherefore his avadim said unto him, Let there be sought for adoni HaMelech a na'arah betulah; and let her stand before HaMelech, and let her care for him, and let her lie at thy kheyk (bosom), that adoni HaMelech may be warm. |3| So they sought for a na'arah yafeh throughout all the territory of Yisroel, and found Avishag HaShunammit, and brought her to HaMelech. |4| And the na'arah was yafeh ad me'od, and cared for HaMelech, and waited on him; but HaMelech knew her not. |5| Then Adoniyah Ben Chaggit put himself forward, saying, I will be Melech; and he prepared him merkavot and parashim, and chamishim ish to run before him. |6| And Aviv had not rebuked him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? And he also was tov to'ar (good looking); and [immo] bore him after Avshalom. |7| And he conferred with Yoav Ben Tzeruyah, and with Evyatar (Abiathar) HaKohen; and they lent ezer (help), following after Adoniyah. |8| But Tzadok HaKohen, and Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and Natan HaNavi, and Shim'i, and Re'i, and the Gibborim which belonged to Dovid, were not with Adoniyah. |9| And Adoniyah sacrificed tzon and bakar and fatted bull at the Zochelet Even (Stone of Zoheleth), which is Ein Rogel, and invited all his achim, the Bnei HaMelech, and all the anshei Yehudah who were avadim of HaMelech; |10| But Natan HaNavi, and Benayah, and the Gibborim, and Sh'lomo his brother, he invited not. |11| Wherefore Natan spoke unto Bat-Sheva em Sh'lomo, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adoniyah Ben Chaggit became Melech, and Dovid adoneinu knoweth it not? |12| Therefore come, let me, now, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own nefesh, and the nefesh of thy ben Sh'lomo. |13| Go and get thee in unto HaMelech Dovid, and say unto him, Didst not thou, adoni, O HaMelech, swear unto thine amah (maid servant, handmaid) saying, Assuredly Sh'lomo thy ben shall reign as Melech after me, and he shall sit upon my kisse? Why then doth Adoniyah reign as Melech? |14| Hinei, while thou yet speakest there with HaMelech, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy devarim. |15| And Bat-Sheva went in unto HaMelech into the cheder; and HaMelech was zaken me'od; and Avishag HaShunammit attended unto HaMelech. |16| And Bat-Sheva bowed, and did obeisance unto HaMelech. And HaMelech said, What wouldest thou? |17| And she said unto him, Adoni, thou didst swear by Hashem Eloheicha unto thine amah, saying, Assuredly Sh'lomo thy ben shall reign as Melech after me, and he shall sit upon my kisse. |18| And now, hinei, Adoniyah reigneth as Melech; and now, adoni HaMelech, thou knowest it not; |19| And he hath sacrificed shor and fatted bull and tzon in abundance, and hath invited all the Bnei HaMelech, and Evyatar (Abiathar) HaKohen, and Yoav the Sar HaTzava; but Sh'lomo thy eved hath he not invited. |20| And thou, adoni HaMelech, the eyes of kol Yisroel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the kisse adoni HaMelech after him. |21| Otherwise it shall come to pass, when adoni HaMelech shall lie with his avot, that I and beni (my son) Sh'lomo shall be counted chatta'im. |22| And, hinei, while she yet was speaking with HaMelech, Natan HaNavi also came in. |23| And they told HaMelech, saying, Hinei Natan HaNavi! And when he was come in before HaMelech, he bowed himself before HaMelech with his face to the ground. |24| And Natan said, Adoni HaMelech, hast thou said, Adoniyah shall reign as Melech after me, and he shall sit upon my kisse? |25| For he has gone down this day, and hath sacrificed shor and fatted bull and tzon in abundance, and hath invited all the Bnei HaMelech, and the sarei hatzava, and Evyatar (Abiathar) HaKohen; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, Yechi HaMelech Adoniyahu (long live HaMelech Adoniyah)! |26| But me, even me thy eved, and Tzadok HaKohen, and Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and thy eved Sh'lomo, hath he not invited. |27| Is this thing done by adoni HaMelech, and thou hast not showed it unto thy eved, even who should sit on the kisse adoni HaMelech after him? |28| Then HaMelech Dovid answered and said, Call me Bat-Sheva. And she came into the presence of HaMelech, and stood before HaMelech. |29| And HaMelech swore a shevu'a (oath), and said, As Hashem liveth, that hath redeemed my nefesh out of kol tzarah, |30| Even as I swore a shevu'a unto thee by Hashem Elohei Yisroel, saying, Assuredly Sh'lomo thy ben shall reign as Melech after me, he shall sit upon my kisse in my place; so will I certainly do this day. |31| Then Bat-Sheva bowed with her face to eretz, and did reverence to HaMelech, and said, Yechi adoni HaMelech Dovid l'olam (long live adoni HaMelech forever)! |32| And HaMelech Dovid said, Call me Tzadok HaKohen, and Natan HaNavi, and Benayah Ben Yehoyada. And they came before HaMelech. |33| HaMelech also said unto them, Take with you the avadim of adoneichem, and have Sh'lomo beni (my son) to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gichon [SEE YN 12:14]; |34| And let Tzadok HaKohen and Natan HaNavi mashach (anoint) him there Melech over Yisroel; and blow ye with the shofar, and say, Yechi HaMelech Sh'lomo. |35| Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my kisse; for he shall be Melech in my place; and I have appointed him to be Nagid (ruler) over Yisroel and over Yehudah. |36| And Benayah Ben Yehoyada answered HaMelech, and said, Omein; And so may Hashem Elohei adoni HaMelech say. |37| As Hashem hath been with adoni HaMelech, even so may He be with Sh'lomo, and make his kisse greater than the kisse of adoni HaMelech Dovid. |38| So Tzadok HaKohen, and Natan HaNavi, and Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and the Kereti, and the Peleti, went down, and had Sh'lomo ride upon the mule of HaMelech Dovid, and brought him to Gichon. |39| And Tzadok HaKohen took a keren of shemen out of the ohel, and mashach (anointed) Sh'lomo. And they blew the shofar; and kol HaAm shouted, Yechi HaMelech Sh'lomo! |40| And kol HaAm came up after him, and the people played chalilim (flutes), and rejoiced with simchah gedolah, so that ha'aretz split with the sound of them. |41| And Adoniyah and kol hakeru'im (all the invited ones) that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Yoav heard the kol hashofar, he said, Why is the sound of the Ir in an uproar? |42| And while he yet spoke, hinei, Yonatan Ben Evyatar (Abiathar) HaKohen came; and Adoniyah said unto him, Come, for thou art an ish chayil, and tov tevaser (bringest good tidings). |43| And Yonatan answered and said to Adoniyah, Just the opposite! Verily adoneinu HaMelech Dovid hath made Sh'lomo Melech! |44| And HaMelech hath sent with him Tzadok HaKohen, and Natan HaNavi, and Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and the Kereti, and the Peleti, and they have had him ride upon pirdah (mule) of HaMelech: |45| And Tzadok HaKohen and Natan HaNavi have anointed him Melech at Gichon; and they are come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang out. This is the noise that ye have heard. |46| And also Sh'lomo sitteth on the kisse hameluchah. |47| And moreover the avadim of HaMelech came to make a berakhah on adoneinu HaMelech Dovid, saying, May your G-d make the shem of Sh'lomo more famous than thy shem, and make his kisse greater than thy kisse. And HaMelech bowed himself upon the mishkav (bed). |48| Also so said HaMelech, Baruch Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Who hath given one to sit on my kisse this day, mine eyes even seeing it. |49| And kol hakeruvim (all the invited ones) that were with Adoniyah were terrified, and rose up, and went every ish his own derech [see Isa 53:6]. |50| And Adoniyah feared because of Sh'lomo, and arose, and went, and caught hold of the karnayim of the Mizbe'ach. |51| And it was told Sh'lomo, saying, Hinei, Adoniyah feareth HaMelech Sh'lomo; for, hinei, he hath caught hold of the karnayim of the Mizbe'ach, saying, Let Melech Sh'lomo swear a shevua (oath) unto me today that he will not slay his eved with the cherev. |52| And Sh'lomo said, If he will show himself a ben chayil (a son of worthiness), there shall not a hair of him fall to ha'aretz; but if ra'ah (wickedness) shall be found in him, he shall die [Ro 6:23]. |53| So HaMelech Sh'lomo sent, and they brought him down from the Mizbe'ach. And he came and bowed himself to Melech Sh'lomo; and Sh'lomo said unto him, Go to thine bais. |||2|||Now the days of Dovid drew near that he should die; and he charged Sh'lomo Bno, saying, |2| I go the derech kol ha'aretz; be thou chazak therefore, and show thyself a man; |3| And be shomer over the mishmeret (requirement, charge) of Hashem Eloheicha, to walk in His derakhim, to be shomer over His chukkot (decrees), and His mitzvot, and His mishpatim (ordinances), and His edot (testimonies), as it is written in the Torat Moshe, so that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and wherever thou turnest; |4| So that Hashem may uphold His Davar (Word, Promise) which He spoke concerning me, saying, If thy banim are shomer over their derech, to walk before Me in emes with all their lev and with all their nefesh, there shall not yikaret l'cha (be cut off of you, fail thee) Ish on the Kisse Yisroel. |5| Moreover thou knowest also what Yoav Ben Tzeruyah did to me, and what he did to the two sarim of the Tzivos Yisroel (Armies of Yisroel), unto Avner Ben Ner, and unto Amasa Ben Yeter, whom he killed, and the shefach dahm of war in shalom (peacetime), and put the dahm of milchamah (war) upon his khagorah (sword belt) that was about his loins, and on his na'alayim (sandals) that were on his raglayim. |6| Do therefore according to thy chochmah, and let not his gray head go down to Sheol in shalom. |7| But show chesed unto the Bnei Barzillai the Gileadi, and let them be of those that eat at thy shulchan; for so they stood by me when I fled from before Avshalom achicha. |8| And, hinei, thou hast with thee Shime'i Ben Gera the Binyamini of Bachurim, which cursed me with a kelalah (curse) nimretzet (grievous, strong) on the day when I went to Machanayim; but he came down to meet me at Yarden, and I swore a shevu'ah to him by Hashem, saying, I will not put thee to death with the cherev. |9| Now therefore hold him not guiltless; for thou art an ish chacham, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his gray head bring thou down with dahm to She'ol. |10| So Dovid slept with his avot, and was buried in Ir Dovid. |11| And the yamim that Dovid reigned as Melech over Yisroel were arba'im shanah; sheva shanim reigned he in Chevron, and shloshim v'shalosh shanim reigned he in Yerushalayim. |12| Then sat Sh'lomo upon the Kisse Dovid Aviv; and Malchuso was firmly established. |13| And Adoniyah Ben Chaggit came to Bat-Sheva Em Sh'lomo. And she said, Comest thou in shalom? And he said, Shalom. |14| He said moreover, I have davar to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. |15| And he said, Thou hast da'as that the meluchah (kingdom, monarchy) was mine, and that kol Yisroel set their faces on me, that I should reign as Melech; howbeit the meluchah has veered, and is become my brother's; for it was his from Hashem. |16| And now I ask thee one she'elah: refuse me not. And she said unto him, Say on. |17| And he said, Speak, now, unto Sh'lomo HaMelech, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Avishag HaShunammit as isha. |18| And Bat- Sheva said, Tov; I will speak for thee unto HaMelech. |19| Bat-Sheva therefore went unto HaMelech Sh'lomo, to speak unto him for Adoniyah. And HaMelech rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his kisse, and caused a kisse to be set for Em HaMelech; and she sat on his yamin (right hand). |20| Then she said, I desire one small she'elah of thee; now, say me not nay. And HaMelech said unto her, Ask on, immi: for I will not say thee nay. |21| And she said, Let Avishag HaShunammit be given to Adoniyah thy brother as isha. |22| And HaMelech Sh'lomo answered and said unto immo, And why dost thou request Avishag HaShunammite for Adoniyah? Ask for him the meluchah also; for he is achi hagadol; even for him, for Evyatar HaKohen, and for Yoav Ben Tzeruyah. |23| Then HaMelech Sh'lomo swore a shevu'a by Hashem, saying, Elohim do so to me, and more also, if Adoniyah have not spoken this davar against his own nefesh. |24| Now therefore, Hashem Chai (as Hashem liveth), which hath established me, and set me on the Kisse Dovid Avi, and who hath made me a Bayit ([Davidic] Dynasty), as He promised, Adoniyah shall be executed this day. |25| And HaMelech Sh'lomo sent by the yad Benayah Ben Yehoyada; and he struck him that he died. |26| And unto Evyatar (Abiathar) HaKohen said HaMelech, Get thee to Anatot, unto thine own sadot; for ish mavet atah (You are a man deserving of death); but I will not this day put thee to death, because thou borest the Aron Adonoi Hashem before Dovid Avi, and because thou hast shared hardship in all wherein Avi endured hardship [See 2Ti 4:5 OJBC]. |27| So Sh'lomo thrust out Evyatar (Abiathar) from being Kohen unto Hashem; in order to fulfill the Devar Hashem, which He had spoken at Shiloh concerning the Bais Eli [See 1Sm 2:30-35]. |28| Then news came to Yoav; for Yoav had inclined after Adoniyah, though he turned not to take sides with Avshalom. And Yoav fled unto the Ohel Hashem, and caught hold the karnot HaMizbe'ach. |29| And it was told Melech Sh'lomo that Yoav was fled unto the Ohel Hashem; and, hinei, he is beside the Mizbe'ach. Then Sh'lomo sent Benayah Ben Yehoyada, saying, Go, fall upon him. |30| And Benayah came to the Ohel Hashem, and said unto him, Thus saith HaMelech, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benayah brought HaMelech word again, saying, Thus said Yoav, and thus he answered me. |31| And HaMelech said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away from me the demei chinnam (innocent blood), the shefach dahm of Yoav, even from against the Bais Avi. |32| And Hashem shall return his dahm upon his own rosh, who fell upon two anashim more tzadikim and tovim than he, and killed them with the cherev, Dovid Avi not knowing thereof: Avner Ben Ner, Sar Tzava Yisroel, and Amasa Ben Yeter, Sar Tzava Yehudah. |33| Let their dahm therefore turn back upon the rosh Yoav, and upon the rosh of his zera l'olam; but upon Dovid, and upon his Zera, and upon his Bais, and upon his Kisse, let there be shalom ad olam from Hashem. |34| So Benayah Ben Yehoyada went up, and fell upon him, and executed him; and he was buried in his bais (house, i.e., in court or garden of his house) in the midbar. |35| And in his place HaMelech put Benayah Ben Yehoyada in charge of the Tzava (Army); and Tzadok HaKohen did HaMelech put in the place of Evyatar. |36| And HaMelech sent and summoned Shime'i, and said unto him, Build thee a bayit in Yerushalayim, and dwell there, and go not go out from there anywhere. |37| For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the Kidron Valley, thou shalt know for certain that mot tamut (thou shalt surely die); thy dahm shall be upon thine own rosh. |38| And Shime'i said unto HaMelech, Tov HaDavar (good is the word); just as adoni HaMelech hath said, so will thy eved do. And Shime'i dwelt in Yerushalayim yamim rabbim. |39| And it came to pass at the end of shalosh shanim, that two of the avadim of Shime'i ran away unto Achish Ben Maachah Melech Gat. And they told Shime'i, saying, Hinei, thy avadim are in Gat. |40| And Shime'i arose, and saddled his chamor, and went to Gat to Achish to search for his avadim; and Shime'i went, and brought back his avadim from Gat. |41| And it was told Sh'lomo that Shime'i had gone from Yerushalayim to Gat, and had returned. |42| And HaMelech sent and summoned Shime'i, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear a shevu'ah by Hashem, and adjured thee [I.E., UNDER OATH], saying, Know for a certain, on the yom thou goest out, and walkest abroad any place whatever [OUTSIDE YERUSHALAYIM] that mot tamut (thou shalt surely die)? And thou saidst unto me, Tov HaDavar Sha'ma'ti (The good word I will hear, I will obey). |43| Why then hast thou not been shomer over the Shevuat Hashem, and the Mitzvah that I have charged thee with? |44| HaMelech said moreover to Shime'i, Thou knowest all the ra'ah which thine lev is privy to, that thou didst to Dovid Avi; therefore Hashem shall return thy ra'ah upon thine own rosh; |45| And HaMelech Sh'lomo baruch, and the Kisse Dovid shall be nakhon (secure) before Hashem ad olam. |46| So HaMelech commanded Benayah Ben Yehoyada, who went and fell upon him, that he died. The mamlachah was established in the yad Sh'lomo. |||3|||And Sh'lomo made an alliance with Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, and took Bat Pharaoh as isha, and brought her to Ir Dovid, until he had completed building his Bais (palace), and also the Beis Hashem, and the surrounding chomat Yerushalayim. |2| However HaAm were sacrificing in the high places, because there was no Bayit built unto the Shem of Hashem in those days. |3| And Sh'lomo loved Hashem, walking in the chukkot Dovid Aviv; however he was sacrificing and burning ketoret at the high places. |4| And HaMelech went to Giveon to sacrifice there; for that was the bamah hagedolah (the great high place); a thousand olot did Sh'lomo offer upon that mizbe'ach. |5| In Giveon Hashem appeared to Sh'lomo in a chalom halailah; Elohim said, Ask what I should give thee. |6| And Sh'lomo said, Thou hast showed unto Thy eved Dovid Avi chesed gadol (great mercy), according as he walked before Thee in emes, and in tzedakah, and in yesharah levav (uprightness of heart) with Thee; and Thou hast been shomer to preserve this chesed hagadol for him, that Thou hast given him Ben [Dovid] to sit on his kisse, as is this day. |7| And now, Hashem Elohai, Thou hast made Thy eved Melech in the place of Dovid Avi; and I am but a na'ar katon (little child); I know not how to go out or come in. |8| And Thy eved is in the midst of Thy people which Thou hast chosen, an Am Rav, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. |9| Give therefore Thy eved a lev shome'a (discerning heart, mind) to govern Thy people, that I may discern between tov and rav; for who is sufficient to judge this Thy so great a people? |10| And the davar was pleasing in the eyes of Adonoi, that Sh'lomo had made request of this davar. |11| And Elohim said unto him, Because thou hast made request of this davar, and hast not requested for thyself yamim rabbim; neither hast requested osher for thyself, nor hast requested the nefesh of thine oyevim; but hast requested for thyself binah to comprehend mishpat; |12| Hinei, I have done according to thy devarim; hinei, I have given thee a discerning lev chacham; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. |13| And I have also given thee that which thou hast not requested, both osher, and kavod; so that there shall not be any among the Melachim like unto thee all thy yamim. |14| And if thou wilt walk in My derakhim, to be shomer over My chukkot and My mitzvot, as Dovid Avicha did walk, then I will lengthen thy yamim. |15| And Sh'lomo awoke; and, hinei, it was a chalom! And he returned to Yerushalayim, and stood before the Aron Brit Adonoi, and offered up olot, and offered shelamim, and made a mishteh (feast) for all his avadim. |16| Then came there two nashim, that were zonot (harlots, prostitutes) unto HaMelech, and stood before him. |17| And the one isha said, O adoni, I and this isha dwell in one bayit; and I was delivered of child with her babayit (in the house). |18| And it came to pass the Yom HaShelishi after that I was delivered, that this isha was delivered also: and we were together; there was no zar (stranger, outsider) with us babayit, except we two babayit. |19| And this ben haisha died in the lailah; because she had lain upon him. |20| And she arose in the middle of the lailah, and took beni (my son) from beside me, while thine amah (handmaid) slept, and laid it in her kheyk (bosom), and laid her ben hamet (dead son) in my kheyk. |21| And when I rose in the boker to nurse beni, hinei, met! (dead!) But when I had examined him in the boker, hinei, he was not beni I bore! |22| And the isha ha'acheret (other woman) said, Lo (no); but hachai (the living) is beni (my son), and hamet (the dead) is the ben of yours. But this one said, Lo (no), the ben of yours is hamet (the dead [one]), and beni is hachai! Thus they went on arguing before HaMelech! |23| Then said HaMelech, The one saith, This is beni (my son) hachai (the living [one]), and thy ben is hamet (the dead [one]); and the other saith, Lo; but the ben of yours is hamet, and beni is hachai. |24| And HaMelech said, Bring me a cherev. And they brought the cherev before HaMelech. |25| And HaMelech said, Cut the yeled hachai in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. |26| Then spoke unto HaMelech the isha whose was the ben hachai, for her rachamim yearned for her ben, and she said, O adoni, give her the yeled hachai, and in no wise put him to death. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but cut him in two! |27| Then HaMelech answered and said, Give her the yeled hachai, and in no wise put him to death; she is immo (his mother). |28| And kol Yisroel heard of the mishpat (judgment) in which HaMelech had given verdict; and they feared HaMelech; for they saw that the chochmat Elohim was within him, to administer mishpat (justice). |||4|||So HaMelech Sh'lomo was Melech over kol Yisroel. |2| And these were the sarim which he had; Azaryah Ben Tzadok HaKohen, |3| Elichoreph and Achiyah, the Bnei Shisha, Sofrim (scribes); Yehoshaphat Ben Achilud, the Mazkir (secretary). |4| And Benayah Ben Yehoyada was over the Tzava (army); and Tzadok and Evyatar (Abiathar) were the Kohanim; |5| And Azaryah Ben Natan was over the Nitzavim (commissioners) and Zavud Ben Natan kohen re'eh HaMelech; |6| And Achishar was over the Bais (palace); and Adoniram Ben Avda was over the forced labor. |7| And Sh'lomo had twelve Nitzavim (commissioners) over kol Yisroel, which provided provision for HaMelech and his Bais (palace); each man his month in a shanah (year) made provision. |8| And these are their shemot; Ben Hur, in har Ephrayim; |9| The Ben Deker, in Makatz, and in Sha'alvim, and Beit Shemesh, and Elon Beit Chanan; |10| Ben Chesed, in Arubot; to him pertained Sochoh, and kol Eretz Chepher; |11| Ben Avinadav, in kol Naphat Dor; which had Taphat Bat Sh'lomo as his isha; |12| Ba'ana Ben Achilud; Ta'nach and Megiddo, and kol Beit She'an, which is near Zartanah below Yizre'el (Jezreel), from Beit She'an to Avel Mecholah, even unto beyond Yokme'am; |13| Ben Gever, in Ramot Gil`ad; to him pertained the towns of Yair Ben Menasheh, which are in Gil`ad; to him also pertained the region of Argov, which is in Bashan, threescore arim gedolim with chomah and gate bars of nechoshet; |14| Achinadav Ben Iddo had Machanayim; |15| Achima'atz was in Naphtali; he also took Ba'smat Bat Sh'lomo as his isha; |16| Ba'anah Ben Chushai was in Asher and in Alot; |17| Yehoshaphat Ben Paruach, in Yissakhar; |18| Shimei Ben Elah, in Binyamin; |19| Gever Ben Uri was in Eretz Gil`ad, in Eretz Sichon Melech Emori, and of Og Melech HaBashan; and he was the only Netziv (commissioner) which was in the land. |20| Yehudah and Yisroel were many, as the chol (sand) which is by the yam in multitude, eating and drinking, and rejoicing. |||5|||(4:21) And Sh'lomo reigned as Melech over kol hamamlechot (all the kingdoms) from the Nahar [Euphrates] River) unto Eretz Pelishtim (Philistines), and unto the border of Mitzrayim: they brought minchah (tribute), and served Sh'lomo all the days of his life. |2(4:22)| And Lechem Sh'lomo for one day was thirty kor of solet (fine flour), and threescore kor of flour, |3(4:23)| Ten stall fed bakar, and twenty bakar out of the pastures, and a hundred tzon, beside deer, and gazelle, and roebuck, and choice fowl. |4(4:24)| For he had dominion over all the region beyond the Nahar, from Tiphsach even to Azzah (Gaza), over all the melachim beyond the Nahar [I.E., WEST OF THE EUPHRATES]; and he had shalom on all sides around him. |5(4:25)| And Yehudah and Yisroel dwelt securely, every ish under his gefen and under his te'enah (fig tree), from Dan even to Be'er Sheva, all the days of Sh'lomo. |6(4:26)| And Sh'lomo had forty thousand stalls of susim for his merkavot, and twelve thousand parashim. |7(4:27)| And these Nitzavim [al kol Yisroel, see 4:7-19] provided for HaMelech Sh'lomo, and for all that came near unto Shulchan HaMelech Sh'lomo, every ish in his chodesh; they lacked nothing. |8(4:28)| Se'orim (barley) also and straw for the susim and swift steeds brought they unto the makom (place) where it should be, each according to his mishpat (charge, quota, duty, responsibility). |9(4:29)| And Elohim gave Sh'lomo chochmah and tevunah (understanding, insight) exceeding much, and rochav lev (largeness of heart), even as the chol (sand) that is on the seashore. |10(4:30)| And the chochmah Sh'lomo excelled the chochmat kol Bnei Kedem and kol chochmat Mitzrayim. |11(4:31)| For he was wiser than kol Adam; than Eitan the Ezrachi, and Heman, and Calkol, and Darda, the Bnei Machol; and shmo was in kol HaGoyim all around. |12(4:32)| And he uttered three thousand mashal; and his shir (songs) were one thousand and five. |13(4:33)| And he spoke of etzim (trees), from the erez (cedar tree) that is in the Levanon even unto the ezov (hyssop) which grows out of the wall; he spoke also of behemah (animal), and of oph (fowl, bird), and of remes (crawling creature), and of dagim (fish). |14(4:34)| And there came of kol Amim to hear the chochmat Sh'lomo, from kol Malkhei Ha'Aretz, which had heard of his chochmah. |15(5:1)| And Chiram Melech Tzor sent his avadim unto Sh'lomo; for he had heard that they had anointed him Melech in the place of his av; for Chiram was ever an ohev (friend) of Dovid. |16(5:2)| And Sh'lomo sent to Chiram, saying, |17(5:3)| Thou knowest how that Dovid Avi could not build Bayit unto the Shem of Hashem Elohav due to the milchamah which was about him on every side, until Hashem put them under the kappot (soles) of his raglayim. |18(5:4)| But now Hashem Elohai hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither satan (adversary) nor pega rah (evil occurrence, misfortune). |19(5:5)| And, now behold, I purpose to build a Beis for the Shem of Hashem Elohai, just as Hashem spoke unto Dovid Avi, saying, Binecha [i.e., Ben Dovid] whom I will set upon thy Kisse in thy place, he shall build HaBayit for My Shem. |20(5:6)| Now therefore command thou that they cut for me arazim (cedar trees) out of the Levanon; and my avadim shall be with thy avadim; and unto thee will I give sachar (wage) for thy avadim according to all that thou shalt appoint; for thou knowest that there is not among us any that are skilled to hew etzim (wood, timber) like unto the Tzidonim. |21(5:7)| And it came to pass, when Chiram heard the divrei Sh'lomo, that he rejoiced with simchah me'od, and said, Baruch Hashem this day, Who hath given unto Dovid a ben chacham over HaAm Harav hazeh (this great people). |22(5:8)| And Chiram sent to Sh'lomo, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for; and I will do all thy chefetz (desire) concerning atzei arazim (cedar timber), and concerning atzei b'roshim (cypress wood). |23(5:9)| My avadim shall bring them down from the Levanon unto the yam (sea, i.e., Mediterranean Sea); and I will convey them by yam on rafts unto the makom (place) that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my chefetz (desire), in giving lechem for my bais (household). |24(5:10)| So Chiram gave Sh'lomo atzei arazim (cedar logs) and atzei b'roshim (cypress wood) according to all his chefetz. |25(5:11)| And Sh'lomo gave Chiram twenty thousand kor of chittim (wheat) for provision for his bais, and twenty kor of shemen katit (pressed olive oil): thus gave Sh'lomo to Chiram shanah b'shanah. |26(5:12)| And Hashem gave Sh'lomo chochmah, just as He promised him; and there was shalom between Chiram and Sh'lomo; and they had a brit (treaty, a political alliance), the two of them. |27(5:13)| And HaMelech Sh'lomo conscripted mas (forced labor) out of kol Yisroel; and the mas was thirty thousand ish. |28(5:14)| And he sent them to the Levanon, ten thousand a month by chalifot (courses, shifts); a month they were in the Levanon, and two months they were b'bayit (at home); and Adoniram was in charge of the mas. |29(5:15)| And Sh'lomo had threescore and ten thousand that were burden bearers, and fourscore thousand who were stone cutters in the har (mountains); |30(5:16)| This was in addition to the chief of Sh'lomo's Nitzavim, who were over the project, three thousand three hundred, who supervised the people that wrought in the work. |31(5:17)| And HaMelech commanded, and avanim gedolot (great stones) they quarried, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the Bayit with hewn stones. |32(5:18)| And the Bonei Sh'lomo and Bonei Chiram did chisel them, and the men from Geval; so they prepared etzim (timber) and avanim (stones) to build the Bayit [THE BEIS HAMIKDASH]. [SEE PS 118:22 AND ISA 53]. |||6|||And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the Bnei Yisroel were come out of Eretz Mitzrayim , in the fourth year of Sh'lomo's reign over Yisroel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he began to build the Beis Hashem. |2| And the Beis [Hamikdash] which king Sh'lomo built for Hashem, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. |3| And the Ulam (Portico) in front of the Heikhal of the Beis [Hamikdash], twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the Beis [Hamikdash]; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof projecting in front of the Beis [Hamikdash]. |4| And for the Beis [Hamikdash] he made embrasures. |5| And against the wall of the Beis [Hamikdash] he built chambers round about, against the walls of the Beis [Hamikdash] round about, both of the Heikhal and of the Debir; and he made chambers round about; |6| The lowest story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for without in the wall of the Beis [Hamikdash] he made narrow ledges round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the Beis [Hamikdash]. |7| And the Beis [Hamikdash], when it was under construction, was built of stone made ready before it was brought there; so was neither hammer nor chisel nor any tool of iron heard in the Beis [Hamikdash], while it was under construction. |8| The door for the middle story was in the right side of the Beis [Hamikdash]; and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. |9| So he built the Beis [Hamikdash], and finished it; and covered the Beis [Hamikdash] with beams and boards of cedar. |10| And then he built chambers against all the Beis [Hamikdash], five cubits high; and they rested on the Beis [Hamikdash] with timber of cedar. |11| And the Devar Hashem came to Sh'lomo, saying, |12| Concerning this Beis [Hamikdash] which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in My statutes, and execute My judgments, and be shomer over all My mitzvot to walk in them; then will I perform My word (promise) with thee, which I spoke unto Dovid thy father; |13| And I will dwell among the Bnei Yisroel, and will not forsake My people Yisroel. |14| So Sh'lomo built the Beis [Hamikdash], and finished it. |15| And he built the walls of the Beis [Hamikdash] within with boards of cedar, from the floor of the Beis [Hamikdash] to the rafters of the ceiling; and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the Beis [Hamikdash] with planks of cypress. |16| And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the Beis [Hamikdash], from the floor to the rafters with boards of cedar; he even built them for it within, even for the Debir, even for the Kodesh HaKodashim. |17| And the Beis, that is, the Heikhal in front of it, was forty cubits long. |18| And the cedar of the Beis [Hamikdash] within was carved with gourds and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen. |19| And the Devir he prepared in the Beis [Hamikdash] within, to set there the Aron Brit Hashem. |20| And the Devir was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure zahav (gold); and so covered the mizbe'ach which was of cedar. |21| So Sh'lomo overlaid the Beis [Hamikdash] within with pure zahav (gold); and he drew chains of zahav (gold) across, in front of the Devir; and he overlaid it with zahav. |22| And the whole interior he overlaid with zahav (gold), in order that kol haBeis be perfect; also the whole Mizbe'ach that belonged to the Devir he overlaid with zahav (gold). |23| And within the Devir he made two keruvim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. |24| And five cubits was the one wing of the keruv, and five cubits the other wing of the keruv; from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. |25| And the other keruv was ten cubits; both the keruvim were of one measure and one size. |26| The height of the one keruv was ten cubits, and so was it of the other keruv. |27| And he set the keruvim within the inner room; and they stretched forth the wings of the keruvim, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other keruv touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of HaBayit. |28| And he overlaid the keruvim with zahav (gold). |29| And he carved all the walls of the Beis [Hamikdash] round about with carved figures of keruvim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. |30| And the floor of the Beis [Hamikdash] he overlaid with zahav (gold), within and without. |31| And for the entering of the Devir he made doors of olive wood; the lintel and the five-sided door posts. |32| The two doors also were of olive wood; and he carved upon them carvings of keruvim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with zahav, and spread zahav upon the keruvim, and upon the palm trees. |33| So also made he for the entrance of the Heikhal foursided door posts of olive wood. |34| And the two doors were of cypress wood; the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. |35| And he carved thereon keruvim and palm trees and open flowers; and covered them with zahav fitted upon the carved work. |36| And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. |37| In the fourth year was the foundation of the Beis Hashem laid, in the month Ziv; |38| And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the Beis [Hamikdash] finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he sheva shanim (seven years) in building it. |||7|||But Sh'lomo was building his own Bais (palace complex) thirteen years, and he finished all his Bais. |2| He built also the Bais Ya'ar HaLevanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the width thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. |3| And it was roofed in erez (cedar) above the tzela'ot (chambers, side-rooms) upon the ammudim; there were forty-five, fifteen per row. |4| And there were shekufim (windows) in three rows, and outlook was opposite outlook, shalosh pe'amim (three times). |5| And all the petachim and mezuzot were framed foursided by beams; and outlook opposite outlook, shalosh pe'amim (three times). |6| And he made Ulam HaAmmudim (Hall of Pillars); the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the width thereof thirty cubits: and the ulam (portico) was in front of them [i.e., the petachim]; and the other ammudim [for the portico roof] with the thick beam were before them. |7| Then he made Ulam HaKisse where he would judge, even the Ulam HaMishpat; and it was covered with erez (cedar) from floor to floor [i.e., covering the entire floor]. |8| And his Bais (palace) where he dwelt which was in another khatzer (courtyard) inwards from the Ulam [HaKisse], was similar in workmanship. Sh'lomo made also a Bais for Bat Pharaoh, whom he had taken as isha, and the Bais (palace) he made was like this Ulam. |9| All these were of expensive stone, according to the measure of hewed stones, filed with files, outside and inside, even from the foundation unto the ceiling, and from without to the Khatzer HaGedolah (the Great Court). |10| And the foundation was laid with expensive stones, even avanim gedolot, stones of 10 cubits, and stones of 8 cubits. |11| And above were expensive avanim, after the measure of hewed stones, and cedars. |12| And the Khatzer HaGedolah (Great Court) was formed of shaloshah--three courses of hewn stones, and a course of hewn cedar beams, as in the Beis Hashem's Khatzer HaPenimit (Innermost Court) and for the Ulam HaBeis [HaMikdash]. |13| And HaMelech Sh'lomo sent and brought back Chiram from Tzor. |14| He was ben isha almanah of the tribe of Naphtali, and aviv was an ish of Tzor, a khoresh nechoshet and he was filled with chochmah and tevanah, and da'as to work all works in nechoshet. And he came to HaMelech Sh'lomo, and wrought all his work. |15| For he cast two ammudim of nechoshet, of 18 cubits high apiece; and a line of 12 cubits did compass either of them about. |16| And he made two capitals of mutzak nechoshet (cast bronze), to set upon the tops of the ammudim; the height of the one capital was 5 cubits, and the height of the other capital was 5 cubits: |17| And plaiting of net work, and ropes of chain work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the ammudim, seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital. |18| And he made the ammudim, and two rows around the one network, to cover the capitals that were upon the rosh (top) with pomegranates; and the same did he for the second capital. |19| And the capitals that were upon the rosh of the ammudim were of shushan (lily) work in the Ulam, four cubits. |20| And the capitals upon the two ammudim had pomegranates also above, over against the bulge which was next to the network; and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows encircling the second capital. |21| And he set up the ammudim in the Ulam HaHeikhal; and he set up the right ammud, and called shmo thereof Yachin (Establish): and he set up the left ammud, and called shmo thereof Boaz (Strength is in it). |22| And upon the top of the ammudim was shoshan (lily) work; so was the work of the ammudim completed. |23| And he made a Yam Mutzak (Cast Metal Sea), ten cubits from brim to brim; it was completely round and its height was 5 cubits; and a line of 30 cubits did measure around about it. |24| And under the brim of it all around about there were knobs surrounding it, ten in a cubit, encompassing the Yam all around about; the knobs were cast in two rows, when it was cast. |25| It stood upon twelve bakar (oxen), shalosh looking toward tzafonah (north), and shalosh looking toward the yammah (west), and shalosh looking toward the negbah (south), and shalosh looking toward the mizrachah (east); and the Yam was set above upon them, and all their haunches were facing toward the center. |26| And it was a handbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a kos, with shoshan blossoms; it could hold two thousand bath measures. |27| And he made ten Mekhonot (Stands [serving as water carts]) of nechoshet; four cubits was the length of one Stand, and four cubits the width thereof, and three cubits the height of it. |28| And the constuction of the Mekhonot was on this manner: they had misgerot (panels, flat sides), and the misgerot were between the shelabim (rods, upright braces); |29| And on the misgerot that were between the shelabim were [engraved] arayot (lions) and bakar (oxen), and keruvim; and upon the shelabim there was a base above; and below the arayot and bakar were wreaths of plaited work. |30| And every Mekhonah (Stand) had four nechoshet ofanim (wheels), and axles of nechoshet; and the four corners thereof had supporting posts; under the Kiyor (Basin) were supports cast with wreaths on each side. |31| And the mouth [of the Mekhonah (Stand)] within the capital and above was a cubit; but the opening thereof was circular like the construction of the base, a cubit and an half; and also upon the rim of it were engravings. The frames were foursquare, not circular. |32| And under the frames were four ofanim (wheels); and the axles of the ofanim (wheels) were joined to the Mekhonah; and the diameter of each wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. |33| And the construction of the ofanim (wheels) was like the construction of a merkavah ofan (wheel): their axles, and their hubs, and their rims, and their spokes, were all cast metal. |34| And there were four supports to the four pinnot (corners) of each stand; and the supports were of the stand itself. |35| And at the top of the Mekhonah (Stand) was there a round rim of half a cubit high; and on the top of the Mekhonah (Stand) the rods thereof and the frames thereof were cast as one unit. |36| For on the luchot of the rods thereof, and on the misgerot (panels) thereof, he engraved keruvim, arayot, and timorot (palms), according to the proportion of every one, and wreaths all around. |37| After this manner he made the ten Mekhonot; all of them had one casting, one middah (size), and one shape. |38| Then made he ten kiyyorot nechoshet (basins of bronze); one kiyor could hold forty baths; and every kiyor was four cubits; and upon each of the ten Mekhonot there was one kiyor (basin). |39| And he put five Mekhonot (Stands) on the right side of the Beis [HaMikdash], and five on the left side of the Beis ; and he set the Yam on the right side of the Beis eastward opposite the south. |40| And Chiram made the kiyyrot, and the ya'im (shovels), and the mizrakot (bowls for sprinkling blood). So Chiram completed all the melakhah (work) that he made for Sh'lomo HaMelech for the Beis Hashem; |41| The two ammudim, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the two ammudim; and the two networks, decorating the two bowls of the capitals which were upon the top of the ammudim; |42| And four hundred rimonim (pomegranates) for the two networks, even two courses of rimonim (pomegranates) for one network, to decorate the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the ammudim; |43| And the ten Mekhonot (stands), and ten Kiyyorot (basins) on the Mekhonot; |44| And one Yam, and twelve Bakar under the Yam; |45| And the sirot (pots), and the ya'im (shovels), and the mizrakot (bowls for sprinkling blood); and all these kelim (vessels), which Chiram made for Sh'lomo HaMelech for the Beis Hashem were of burnished nechoshet. |46| In the plain of the Yarden did HaMelech cast them, in the clay of the adamah (ground) between Sukkot and Tzartan. |47| And Sh'lomo left all the kelim (vessels) unweighed, because they were exceeding many; neither was the weight of the nechoshet found out. |48| And Sh'lomo made all the kelim (vessels) that pertained unto the Beis Hashem: the Mizbe'ach HaZahav, and the Shulchan HaZahav, whereupon was the Lechem HaPanim, |49| And the Menorot of pure zahav, five on the right side, and five on the left, in front of the Devir (Most Holy Place), with floral designs, and the nerot (lamps), and the melkachayyim (tongs) of zahav, |50| And the sippot (bowls), and the mezammerot (lamp snuffers), and the mizrakot (bowls for sprinkling blood), and the kappot (ladles), and the machtot zahav sagur (hot coal pans of pure gold), and the gold potot (hinge-sockets) for the daletot (doors) of the Beis HaPenimi, the Kodesh HaKodashim, and also those for the daletot of the Beis [Hamikdash], that is, the Heikhal. |51| So was completed all the work that HaMelech Sh'lomo made for the Beis Hashem. And Sh'lomo brought in the things which Dovid Aviv had set apart as kodesh; even the kesef, and the zahav, and the kelim (vessels), did he put among the otzarot (treasures) of the Beis Hashem. |||8|||Then Sh'lomo assembled the Zekenim of Yisroel, and all the Rashei HaMattot, the Nesi'ei HaAvot of the Bnei Yisroel, unto HaMelech Sh'lomo in Yerushalayim, that they might bring up the Aron Brit Hashem out of Ir Dovid, which is Tziyon. |2| And all the Ish Yisroel assembled themselves unto HaMelech Sh'lomo at the Chag [Sukkot] in the month Etanim [Tishri], which is the seventh month. |3| And all the Zekenim of Yisroel came, and the Kohanim took up the Aron. |4| And they brought up the Aron Hashem, and the Ohel Mo'ed and all the kelei hakodesh that were in the Ohel, even those did the Kohanim and the Levi'im carry up. |5| And Sh'lomo HaMelech, and all the Adat Yisroel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the Aron, sacrificing tzon and bakar, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. |6| And the Kohanim brought in the Aron Brit Hashem unto its makom, in the Devir HaBayit, the Kodesh HaKodashim, even under the wings of the keruvim. |7| For the keruvim spread forth their kenafayim (wings) over the place of the Aron, and the keruvim overshadowed the Aron and the poles thereof. |8| They drew out the poles, that the ends of the poles were seen out in the Kodesh before the Devir, but they were not seen from the outside; there they are unto this day. |9| There was nothing in the Aron except the two Luchot HaAvanim (Tablets of Stone), which Moshe placed there at Chorev, when Hashem cut a Brit with the Bnei Yisroel, when they came out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |10| And it came to pass, when the Kohanim were come out of the Kodesh, that the anan filled the Beis Hashem, |11| So that the Kohanim could not stand up to minister because of the anan; for the Kavod Hashem had filled the Beis Hashem. |12| Then spoke Sh'lomo, Hashem said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. |13| I have surely built Thee a Beis of habitation, a Makhon for Thee to abide olamim. |14| And HaMelech turned his face about, and made a berakhah upon Kol Kehal Yisroel; (and Kol Kehal Yisroel were standing); |15| And he said, Baruch Hashem Elohei Yisroel, which spoke with His mouth unto Dovid Avi, and hath with His yad fulfilled it, saying, |16| Since the yom that I brought forth My people Yisroel out of Mitzrayim, I chose no ir out of all the Shivtei Yisroel to build a Beis, that Shemi might be therein; but I chose Dovid to be over My people Yisroel. |17| It was in the levav Dovid Avi to build Bayit for Shem Hashem Elohei Yisroel. |18| And Hashem said unto Dovid Avi, Whereas it was in thine lev to build a Beis unto Shemi, thou didst well that it was in thine lev. |19| Nevertheless thou shalt not build the Bayit; but thy ben that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the Bayit unto Shemi. |20| And Hashem hath fulfilled His Davar that He spoke, and I am risen up in the place of Dovid Avi, and sit on the Kisse Yisroel, just as Hashem promised, and have built Bayit for the Shem Hashem Elohei Yisroel. |21| And I have set there a Makom for the Aron, wherein is the Brit Hashem, which He cut with Avoteinu, when He brought them out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |22| And Sh'lomo stood before the Mizbe'ach Hashem in the presence of all the Kahal Yisroel, and spread forth his palms toward Shomayim; |23| And he said, Hashem Elohei Yisroel, there is no Elohim like Thee, in Shomayim above, or on HaAretz beneath, who is shomer HaBrit and keeps chesed with Thy avadim that walk before Thee with all their lev; |24| Who hast been shomer with Thy eved Dovid Avi that Thou promised him; Thou spoke also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with Thine yad, as it is this day. |25| Therefore now, Hashem Elohei Yisroel, be shomer with Thy eved Dovid Avi that Thou promised him, saying, There shall not Yikaret (be cut off, fail) thee an ish in My sight to sit on the Kisse Yisroel; so that thy banim be shomer over their derech, that they walk before Me as thou hast walked before Me. |26| And now, O Elohei Yisroel, let Thy davar now come true, which Thou spoke unto Thy eved Dovid Avi. |27| But will Elohim indeed dwell on ha'aretz? Hinei, the Shomayim and the Shemei HaShomayim cannot contain Thee; how much less this Bayit that I have built? |28| Yet turn Thou unto the tefillah of Thy eved, and to his techinnah, Hashem Elohai, to pay heed unto the cry and to the tefillah, which Thy eved is davening before Thee today; |29| That Thine eyes may be open toward this Bayit lailah va'yom, even toward the Makom of which Thou hast said, Shemi shall be there; that Thou mayest pay heed unto the tefillah which Thy eved shall make toward Makom Hazeh. |30| And pay heed Thou to the techinnah of Thy eved, and of Thy people Yisroel, when they shall daven toward Makom Hazeh; and hear Thou from Shomayim Thy dwelling place; and when Thou hearest, forgive. |31| If any ish trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before Thine Mizbe'ach in this Bayit; |32| Then hear Thou in Shomayim, and do, and judge Thy avadim, condemning the rasha, to bring his derech upon his rosh; and lehatzeddik (justifying, declaring innocent and acquitted) the tzaddik, to give him according to his tzedakah. |33| When Thy people Yisroel be struck down before the oyev, because they have sinned against Thee, and shall turn back to Thee, and confess Thy Shem, and daven, and make supplication unto Thee in this Bayit: |34| Then hear Thou in Shomayim, and forgive the chattat of Thy people Yisroel, and bring them back unto HaAdamah which Thou gavest unto their Avot. |35| When Shomayim is shut up, and there is no matar (rain), because they have sinned against Thee; if they daven toward this Makom, and confess Thy Shem, and turn from their chattat, when Thou afflictest them; |36| Then hear Thou in Shomayim, and forgive the chattat of Thy avadim, and of Thy people Yisroel, that Thou teach them the Derech Hatovah wherein they should walk, and give matar (rain) upon Thy Land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for a nachalah. |37| If there be in HaAretz ra'av, if there be dever, blight, mildew, arbeh, or if there be grasshopper; if their oyev besiege them in the eretz of their she'arim; whatsoever nega (plague), whatsoever machalah (disease) there be; |38| What tefillah and techinnah be made by any adam, or by all Thy people Yisroel, which shall know every man the nega of his own levav, and spread forth his palms toward this Bayit; |39| Then hear Thou in Shomayim the Makom of Thy dwelling, and forgive, and do, and give to every ish according to his derech, whose lev Thou knowest; (for Thou, even Thou only, knowest levav kol Bnei HaAdam); |40| That they may fear Thee all hayamim that they are chayyim in the adamah which Thou gavest unto Avoteinu. |41| Moreover concerning a nokhri (foreigner), that is not of Thy people Yisroel, but cometh out of a far country for Thy Name's sake; |42| (For they shall hear of Thy Shem HaGadol, and of Thy Yad HaChazakah, and of Thy stretched out zero'a;) and shall come and daven toward this Bayit; |43| Hear Thou in Shomayim the Makom of Thy dwelling, and do according to all that the nokhri calleth to Thee for; that all peoples of ha'aretz may know Thy Shem, to fear Thee, as do Thy people Yisroel; that they may know that this Bayit, which I have built, is called by Thy Shem. |44| If Thy people go out to milchamah against their oyev (enemy), in the derech that Thou shalt send them, and shall daven unto Hashem in the Derech HaIr which Thou hast chosen, and toward the Bayit that I have built for Thy Shem; |45| Then hear Thou in Shomayim their tefillah and their techinnah, and uphold their mishpat. |46| If they sin against Thee, (for there is no adam that sinneth not), and Thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the oyev (enemy), so that they carry them away captives unto the eretz of the oyev, far or near; |47| Yet if they make in their lev teshuvah in HaAretz where they were carried captives, and turn, and make techinnah unto Thee in the eretz of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; |48| And so return unto Thee with all their lev, and with all their nefesh, in the eretz of their enemies, which led them away captive, and daven unto Thee in the derech (direction) of their land, which Thou gavest unto their Avot, the Ir which Thou hast chosen, and the Bayit which I have built for Thy Shem; |49| Then hear Thou their tefillah and their techinnah in Shomayim, the Makom of Thy dwelling, and uphold their cause, |50| And forgive Thy people that have sinned against Thee, and all their peysha'im wherein they have rebelled against Thee, and give them rachamim before them who carried them captive, that they may have rachamim on them; |51| For they are Thy people, and Thine nachalah, which Thou broughtest forth out of Mitzrayim, from the midst of the Kur HaBarzel (Furnace of Iron): |52| That Thine eyes may be open unto the techinnah of Thy eved, and unto the techinnah of Thy people Yisroel, to pay heed unto them in all that they call for unto Thee. |53| For Thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of HaAretz, to be Thine nachalah, as Thou spoke by the yad Moshe Thy Eved, when Thou broughtest Avoteinu out of Mitzrayim, Adonoi Hashem, |54| And it was so, that when Sh'lomo had completed davening all this tefillah and techinnah unto Hashem, he arose from before the Mizbe'ach Hashem, from having knelt on his knees with his palms spread up to Shomayim. |55| And he stood, and made on Kol Kehal Yisroel a berakhah with a kol gadol (loud voice), saying, |56| Baruch Hashem, that hath given menuchah unto His people Yisroel, according to all that He promised: there hath not failed one davar of all His good promise, which He promised by yad Moshe His Eved. |57| Hashem Eloheinu be immanu (with us), as He was with Avoteinu; let Him not leave us, nor forsake us; |58| That He may incline levavenu (our hearts) unto Him, to walk in all his ways, and to be shomer over His mitzvot, and His chukkot, and His mishpatim, which He commanded Avoteinu. |59| And let these my words, wherewith I have made techinnah before Hashem, be kerovim (near ones) unto Hashem Eloheinu yomam valailah that He maintain the mishpat (cause) of His eved, and the mishpat of His people Yisroel at all times, as each day requires; |60| That all the peoples of ha'aretz may know that Hashem hu HaElohim and that there is none else. |61| Let your lev therefore be shalem with Hashem Eloheinu, to walk in His chukkot, to be shomer over His mitzvot, as at this day. |62| And HaMelech, and kol Yisroel with him, offered zevach (sacrifice) before Hashem. |63| And Sh'lomo offered a zevach hashelamim (sacrifice of peace offerings), which he offered unto Hashem, two and twenty thousand bakar, and a hundred and twenty thousand tzon (sheep). So HaMelech and kol Bnei Yisroel dedicated the Beis Hashem. |64| The same day did HaMelech consecrate as kodesh the interior of the Khatzer (Court) that was before the Beis Hashem; for there he offered olah and minchah, and the chelvei hashelamim because the Mitzbe'ach HaNechoshet that was before Hashem was too katon (small) to receive the olah, and minchah, and the chelvei hashelamim. |65| And at that time Sh'lomo observed a Chag, and kol Yisroel with him, a Kahal Gadol, from the Approach of Chamat unto the Wadi Mitzrayim, before Hashem Eloheinu, shivat yamim and shivat yamim, even arba'a asar yom. |66| On the Yom HaShemini he sent away the people and they made on HaMelech a berakhah, and went unto their ohalim joyful and glad of lev for all hatovah (the goodness) that Hashem had done for Dovid His Eved and for Yisroel His People. |||9|||And it came to pass, when Sh'lomo had completed the building of the Beis Hashem, and the Bais HaMelech, and all Sh'lomo's desire which he was pleased to do, |2| That Hashem appeared to Sh'lomo the second time, as He had appeared unto him at Giveon. |3| And Hashem said unto him, I have heard thy tefillah and thy techinnah, that thou hast made before Me; I have set apart as kodesh this Beis [HaMikdash], which thou hast built, to put Shemi there ad olam; and Mine eyes and Mine lev shall be there kol hayamim. |4| And if thou wilt walk before Me, just as Dovid Avicha walked, in tohm (integrity, guilelessness) of lev, and in yashar, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and will be shomer over My chukkot and My mishpatim; |5| Then I will establish the kisse (throne) of thy kingdom over Yisroel l'olam, as I promised to Dovid Avicha, saying, There shall not yikaret (be cut off, fail) thee an ish upon the Kisse Yisroel. |6| But if ye shall at all turn from following Me, ye or your banim, and will not be shomer over My mitzvot and My chukkot which I have set before you, but go and serve elohim acherim, and hishtachaveh (worship) them; |7| Then will I cut off Yisroel out of the adamah which I have given them; and this Beis [HaMikdash], which I have set apart as kodesh for Shemi, will I cast out of My sight; and Yisroel shall be a mashal (proverb) and a sheninah (taunt, byword) among kol ha'ammim; |8| And at this Beis, which is elyon, every one that passeth by it shall be appalled, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Hashem done thus unto HaAretz Hazot, and to this Beis? |9| And they shall answer, Because they forsook Hashem Eloheichem who brought forth their avot out of Eretz Mitzrayim, and have taken hold upon elohim acherim, and have worshiped them, and served them; therefore hath Hashem brought upon them all this ra'ah. |10| And it came to pass at the end of esrim shanim, when Sh'lomo had built the two batim, the Beis Hashem, and the Bais HaMelech, |11| (Now Chiram Melech Tzor had furnished Sh'lomo with cedar trees and cypress trees, and with zahav, according to all his desire), that then HaMelech Sh'lomo gave Chiram esrim ir (twenty towns) in Eretz HaGalil. |12| And Chiram came out from Tzor (Tyre) to see the towns which Sh'lomo had given him; and they pleased him not. |13| And he said, What towns are these which thou hast given me, achi (my brother)? And he called them Eretz Kavul unto this day. |14| And Chiram sent to HaMelech 120 talents of zahav. |15| And this is the account of the mas (forced labor) which HaMelech Sh'lomo conscripted; to build the Beis Hashem, and his own Bais, and Millo, and the Chomat Yerushalayim, and Chatzor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. |16| For Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim had gone up, and captured Gezer, and burned it with eish, and slain the Kena'ani that dwelt in the ir, and given it for shilluchim (going-away presents) unto his bat eshet Sh'lomo. |17| And Sh'lomo rebuilt Gezer, and Lower Beit Choron, |18| And Baalat, and Tadmor in the midbar, in the land, |19| And all the storage cities that Sh'lomo had, and cities for his merkavot, and cities for his parashim (calvary), and that which Sh'lomo desired to build in Yerushalayim, and in Levanon, and in all the eretz of his memshalet. |20| And kol haAm that were left of HaEmori (the Amorites), HaChitti (Hittites), HaPerizzi (Perizzites), HaChivi (Hivites), and Yevusi (Jebusites), which were not of the Bnei Yisroel, |21| Their banim that were left after them in HaAretz, whom the Bnei Yisroel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Sh'lomo conscript mas of oved (bondservice) unto this day. |22| But of the Bnei Yisroel did Sh'lomo make no eved; but they were anshei hamilchamah, and his avadim, and his sarim, and his shalishim (captains), and commanders of his merkavot, and his parashim. |23| These were the chief of the officials that were over the melakhah (work) of Sh'lomo five hundred and fifty, harodim (the ones supervising) the people that wrought in the melakhah. |24| But Bat Pharaoh came up out of the Ir Dovid unto her Bais (Palace) which Sh'lomo had built for her; then did he build the Millo. |25| And three times in shanah did Sh'lomo offer olot and shelamim upon the Mizbe'ach which he built unto Hashem and he burned ketoret upon the Mizbe'ach that was before Hashem. So he completed the Beis. |26| And HaMelech Sh'lomo built a fleet of oniyyot in Etzyon-Gever, which is near Eilat, on the shore of the Yam Suf, in Eretz Edom. |27| And Chiram sent to the fleet of oniyyot his avadim, anshei oniyyot (shipmen, sailors) that had da'as hayam (knowledge of the sea), with the avadim of Sh'lomo. |28| And they came to Ophir, and brought back from there zahav, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to HaMelech Sh'lomo. |||10|||And when the Malkah (Queen) of Sheva heard of the fame of Sh'lomo, that it was for the Shem Hashem, then she came to test him with chidot (hard questions, riddles). |2| And she came to Yerushalayim with a very great caravan, with gemalim that bore spices, and very much zahav, and precious gems; and when she was come to Sh'lomo, she spoke intimately with him of all that was on her lev. |3| And Sh'lomo answered her regarding all her questions; there was not anything hid from HaMelech, which he told her not. |4| And when the Malkah of Sheva had seen kol chochmat Sh'lomo, and the Bais (Palace) that he had built, |5| And the ma'akhal (food) of his shulchan, and the moshav (seating) of his avadim (officials), and the ma'amad (station) of his attendants, and their robes, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the Beis Hashem; there was no more ruach (breath) in her. |6| And she said to HaMelech, It was emes the report that I heard in mine own eretz of thy devarim and of thy chochmah. |7| Howbeit I believed not the devarim, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, hinei, the half was not told me; thy chochmah and tov (prosperity) exceedeth the fame which I heard. |8| Ashrei are thy anashim; ashrei are these thy avadim, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy chochmah. |9| Yehi Hashem Eloheicha baruch Who delighted in thee, to set thee on the Kisse Yisroel; because Hashem loved Yisroel l'olam, therefore made He thee Melech, to do mishpat and tzedakah. |10| And she gave HaMelech a hundred and twenty talents of zahav, and a very large store of spices and precious gems; there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the Malkah of Sheva gave to Melech Sh'lomo. |11| And the fleet of oniyyot also of Chiram, that brought zahav from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a vast supply of almug wood, and precious gems. |12| And HaMelech made of the almug wood misad (steps, support) for the Beis Hashem, and for the Bais HaMelech, kinnorot (harps) also and nevalim (lyres) for the singers; there came no such almug wood, nor were seen unto this day. |13| And HaMelech Sh'lomo gave unto the Malkah of Sheva all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Sh'lomo gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her avadim. |14| Now the weight of zahav that came to Sh'lomo in one year was 666 talents of zahav, |15| This was in addition to what he had of the anashei hatarim (merchants), and of the income of traders, and of all the Melachim of Arabia, and of the Governors of the land. |16| And HaMelech Sh'lomo made two hundred large shields of hammered zahav; six hundred shekels of zahav went to one shield. |17| And he made three hundred moginim of hammered zahav; three mina of zahav went to one mogen (shield); and HaMelech put them in the Bais Ya'ar HaLevanon. |18| Moreover HaMelech made a kisse shen gadol (great throne of ivory), and overlaid it with the finest, brightest zahav. |19| The kisse had shesh ma'alot (six steps), and the top of the kisse was rounded; and there were armrests on either side on the makom (place) of the seat, and two arayot (lions) stood beside the armrests. |20| And twelve arayim (lions) stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps; there was not the like made in any mamlakhot (kingdoms). |21| And all HaMelech Sh'lomo's kelei mashkeh (drinking vessels) were of zahav, and all the vessels of the Bais Ya'ar HaLevanon were of pure zahav; none were of kesef; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Sh'lomo. |22| For HaMelech had at sea a fleet of oniyyot Tarshish with the fleet of oniyyot of Chiram; once in shalosh shanim came the fleet of oniyyot Tarshish, bringing zahav, and kesef, ivory, and monkeys, and peacocks. |23| So HaMelech Sh'lomo exceeded all the Melachim of Ha'Aretz in osher and in chochmah. |24| And kol Ha'Aretz sought the face of Sh'lomo, to hear his chochmah, which Elohim had put in his lev. |25| They brought every ish his minchah, vessels of kesef, vessels of zahav, and robes, and weapons, and spices, susim, and peradim (mules), yearly at each year's due. |26| And Sh'lomo gathered together merkavot and parashim; and he had a thousand and four hundred merkavot, and twelve thousand parashim, whom he kept in his chariot cities and with HaMelech in Yerushalayim. |27| And HaMelech made kesef to be in Yerushalayim like avanim (rocks), and cedars made he to be like sycamores in the Shefelah, for abundance. |28| And Sh'lomo had susim brought out of Mitzrayim, and from Keveh; HaMelech's agents acquired from Kevah at a price. |29| And a merkavah (chariot) went out of Mitzrayim for six hundred pieces of kesef, and a sus for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the melachim of the Chittim (Hittites), and for the melachim of Aram, did they [HaMelech's agents] export them by the same means. |||11|||But Sh'lomo Hamelech loved nashim nokhriyyot rabbot (many foreign women), besides Bat Pharaoh: Moaviyyot, Ammoniyyot, Adomiyyot, Tzedeniyyot, Chittiyyot, |2| Of the Goyim concerning which Hashem said unto the Bnei Yisroel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you; for surely they will turn away your levav after their elohim; Sh'lomo made his deveykus unto these in love. |3| And he had nashim sarot sheva me'ot (seven hundred royal wives), and three hundred pilagshim; and his nashim inclined libo (his heart). |4| For it came to pass, when Sh'lomo was old, that his nashim inclined libo (his heart) after elohim acherim and levavo (his heart) was not shalem (undivided, fully devoted, complete) with Hashem Elohav, as was the levav Dovid Aviv. |5| For Sh'lomo went after Ashtoret elohei Tzidonim, and after Milcom shikkutz (the abomination of) Ammonim. |6| And Sh'lomo did the rah in the sight of Hashem, and went not fully after Hashem, as did Dovid Aviv. |7| Then did Sh'lomo build a high place for Kemosh, the shikkutz (abomination of) Moav, on the har (hill, i.e., Mount of Olives) that is facing Yerushalayim, and for Molech, the shikkutz (abomination of) the Bnei Ammon. |8| And likewise did he for all his nashim nokhriyyot, which burned ketoret and offered zevakhim unto their elohim. |9| And Hashem was angry with Sh'lomo, because levavo was turned from Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Who had appeared unto him twice, |10| And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after elohim acherim; but he was not shomer over that which Hashem commanded. |11| Wherefore Hashem said unto Sh'lomo, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not been shomer over My Brit (Covenant, Sinai Covenant) and My chukkot, which I have commanded thee, I will surely tear away the Mamlachah from thee, and will give it to thy eved (servant, THAT IS, YAROV'AM BEN NEVAT, SEE V. 26). |12| Notwithstanding in thy yamim I will not do it lema'an (for the sake of) Dovid Avicha; but I will tear it out of the yad binecha (power of thy son). |13| Howbeit I will not tear away kol hamamlachah; but will give shevet echad (one tribe) to binecha le'ma'an Dovid Avdi and lema'an Yerushalayim which I have chosen. |14| And Hashem raised up satan (adversary) unto Sh'lomo, Hadad HaAdomi; he was from the zera HaMelech in Edom. |15| For it came to pass, when Dovid was in Edom, and Yoav Sar HaTzava was gone up to bury the slain, after he had struck down every zakhar in Edom; |16| (For six months did Yoav remain there with kol Yisroel, until he had cut off every zakhar in Edom); |17| That Hadad fled, he and anashim Adomiyyim (certain men of Edom) of his father's avadim with him, to go into Mitzrayim; Hadad being yet a na'ar katan (small child). |18| And they arose out of Midyan, and came to Paran; and they took anashim with them out of Paran, and they came to Mitzrayim, unto Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim; who gave him a bais, and assigned him lechem, and gave him eretz. |19| And Hadad found chen me'od in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him for an isha the achot of his own isha, the achot Tachpeneis the gevirah (royal lady, queen). |20| And the achot of Tachpeneis bore him Genuvat bno, whom Tachpeneis weaned in Bais Pharaoh; and Genuvat was in Bais Pharaoh among the Bnei Pharaoh. |21| And when Hadad heard in Mitzrayim that Dovid slept with Avotav, and that Yoav Sar HaTzava was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own eretz. |22| Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, hinei, thou seekest to go to thine own eretz? And he answered, Nothing; howbeit let me go anyway. |23| And Elohim raised up against him [SH'LOMO] another satan, Rezon ben Elyada, which fled from adonav Hadadezer Melech Tzovah; |24| And he gathered anashim unto him, and became sar gedood (leader of a band of marauders), when Dovid slaughtered them of Tzovah; they went to Damascus, dwelt therein, and reigned he there as king. |25| And he was a satan to Yisroel all the days of Sh'lomo, in addition to ra'ah that Hadad did; and he despised Yisroel, and he ruled in Aram. |26| Also the eved Sh'lomo Yarov`am ben Nevat, an Ephrati of the Tzreda (Zeredah), whose shem immo was Tzeruah, an almanah, even he lifted up his yad against HaMelech. |27| And this is the account of his lifting up his yad against HaMelech; Sh'lomo built the Millo, and closed up the peretz of Ir Dovid Aviv. |28| And the ish Yarov`am was a gibbor chayil; and Sh'lomo seeing the na'ar that he was industrious, he put him over all the sevel (load, burden, enforced labor) of Bais Yosef. |29| And it came to pass at that time when Yarov`am went out of Yerushalayim, that HaNavi Achiyah the Shiloni found him on the derech; and he had clothed himself with a salmah chadasha (new garment, cloak); and they two were alone in the sadeh; |30| And Achiyah took hold of the salmah chadasha that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces; |31| And he said to Yarov`am, Take for thee ten pieces; for thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Hineni, I will tear the mamlachah out of the yad Sh'lomo, and will give to thee asarah hashevatim. |32| (But he shall have hashevet haechad l'ma'an Dovid Avdi, and l'ma'an Yerushalayim, the Ir which I have chosen out of kol shivtei Yisroel;) |33| Because that they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoret elohei Tzidonim, Kemosh elohei Moav, and Milcom elohei Bnei Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do that which is yashar in Mine eyes, and My chukkot and My mishpatim, as did Dovid Aviv. |34| Howbeit I will not take the whole mamlachah out of his yad; but I will make him nasi all the days of his life l'ma'an Dovid Avdi, whom I chose, because he was shomer over My mitzvot and My chukkot; |35| But I will take the mamlachah out of yad beno, and will give it unto thee, even aseret hashevatim (ten tribes). |36| And unto bno will I give shevet echad (one tribe), l'ma'an Dovid Avdi may have a ner (lamp) always before Me in Yerushalayim, the Ir which I have chosen for Me to put My Shem there. |37| And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy nefesh desireth, and shalt be Melech over Yisroel. |38| And it shall be, if thou wilt pay heed unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in My ways, and do that is yashar in My sight, to be shomer over My chukkot and My mitzvot, as Dovid Avdi did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a bais ne'eman (enduring dynasty) as I built for Dovid, and will give Yisroel unto thee. |39| And I will for this afflict the zera Dovid [SEE ISAIAH 53:10], but not forever. |40| Sh'lomo sought therefore to kill Yarov`am. And Yarov`am arose, and fled into Mitzrayim, unto Shishak Melech Mitzrayim, and was in Mitzrayim until the Mot Sh'lomo. |41| And the rest of the acts of Sh'lomo, and all that he did, and his chochmah, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei Sh'lomo? |42| And the time that Sh'lomo reigned in Yerushalayim over kol Yisroel was arba'im shanah. |43| And Sh'lomo slept with Avotav, and was buried in the Ir Dovid Aviv: and Rechav`am bno reigned in his place. |||12|||And Rechav`am went to Shechem; for kol Yisroel were come to Shechem to make him Melech. |2| And it came to pass, when Yarov`am Ben Nevat, who was yet in Mitzrayim, heard of it, (for he had fled from the presence of HaMelech Sh'lomo, and Yarov`am dwelt in Mitzrayim); |3| That they sent and called him. And Yarov`am and kol Kehal Yisroel came, and spoke unto Rechav`am, saying, |4| Avicha made our ol (yoke) difficult; now therefore make thou the grievous avodat Avicha, and his heavy ol (yoke) which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. |5| And he said unto them, Depart yet for shloshah yamim, then come back to me. And HaAm departed. |6| And HaMelech Rechav`am consulted with the Zekenim, that stood before Sh'lomo Aviv while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may return answer to HaAm Hazeh? |7| And they spoke unto him, saying, If thou wilt be an eved unto this people today, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak devarim tovim to them, then they will be thy avadim kol hayamim. |8| But he forsook the atzat HaZekenim (counsel of the Elders), which they had given him, and consulted with the yeladim (young people) that were grown up with him, and which stood before him (I.E., WERE IN HIS COURT); |9| And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may return answer to HaAm Hazeh, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the ol (yoke) which Avicha did put upon us lighter? |10| And the yeladim that were grown up with him spoke unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto HaAm hazeh that spoke unto thee, saying, Avicha made our ol (yoke) heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than the loins of Avi! |11| And now whereas Avi did lay on you an ol kaved (heavy yoke), I will add to your ol (yoke); Avi hath scourged you with shotim (whips), but I will scourge you with akrabim (scorpions). |12| So Yarov`am and kol HaAm came to Rechav`am the Yom HaShelishi, just as HaMelech had appointed, saying, Come to me again the Yom HaShelishi. |13| And HaMelech answered HaAm roughly, and forsook the atzat HaZekenim (counsel of the Elders) that they gave him; |14| And spoke to them according to atzat HaYeladim, saying, Avi made your ol (yoke) heavy, and I will add to your ol (yoke); Avi also scourged you with shotim (whips), but I will scourge you with akrabim. |15| So HaMelech paid heed not unto HaAm; for the sibbah (turn of events) was from Hashem, in order that He might perform His davar, which Hashem spoke by Achiyah the Shiloni unto Yarov`am Ben Nevat [SEE 1KGS 11:29-39]. |16| So when kol Yisroel saw that HaMelech paid heed not unto them, HaAm answered HaMelech, saying, What chelek have we in Dovid? Neither have we nachalah in Ben Yishai; to your ohalim, O Yisroel; now see to thine own Bais, Dovid. So Yisroel departed unto their ohalim. |17| But as for the Bnei Yisroel which dwelt in the towns of Yehudah, Rechav`am reigned over them. |18| Then HaMelech Rechav`am sent Adoram, who was over the mas (forced labor); and kol Yisroel stoned him, that he died. Therefore HaMelech Rechav`am made speed to get himself up to his merkavah, to flee to Yerushalayim. |19| So Yisroel has been in rebellion against the Bais Dovid unto this day. |20| And it came to pass, when kol Yisroel heard that Yarov`am was come again, that they sent and called him unto the Edah, and made him melech over kol Yisroel; there was none that followed the Bais Dovid, but the Shevet Yehudah only. |21| And when Rechav`am was come to Yerushalayim he assembled kol Bais Yehudah, with the Shevet Binyamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand bachur oseh milchamah (chosen fighting men), to fight against Bais Yisroel, to regain the Kingdom for Rechav`am Ben Sh'lomo. |22| But the Devar HaElohim came unto Shemayah the Ish HaElohim, saying, |23| Speak unto Rechav`am Ben Sh'lomo Melech Yehudah, and unto kol Bais Yehudah and Binyamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, |24| Thus saith Hashem, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the Bnei Yisroel; Shuvu (go back! return!) every ish to his bais; for this thing is from Me. They paid heed therefore to the Devar Hashem, and turned around to depart, according to the Devar Hashem. |25| Then Yarov`am built Shechem in har Ephrayim, and dwelt therein; and went out from there, and built Penuel. |26| And Yarov`am said in his lev, Now shall the mamlachah return to the Bais Dovid: |27| If HaAm Hazeh go up to offer zevakhim (sacrifices) at the Beis Hashem at Yerushalayim, then shall lev HaAm Hazeh turn back unto adoneihem, even unto Rechav`am Melech Yehudah, and they shall kill me, and return to Rechav`am Melech Yehudah. |28| Whereupon HaMelech took counsel, and made two eglei zahav (calves of gold), and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Yerushalayim; hinei, eloheicha, O Yisroel, which brought thee up out of Eretz Mitzrayim. |29| He set the one in Beit-El, the other put he in Dan. |30| And this thing became chattat (sin); for the people went to worship before the one, even as far as Dan. |31| And he made a bais for the [idolatrous] high places, and made kohanim of the lowest of the people, which were not of the Bnei Levi. |32| And Yarov`am ordained a chag in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the chag that is in Yehudah, and he offered upon the mizbe'ach. So did he in Beit-El, sacrificing unto the agalim (calves) that he had made; and he installed in BeitEl the kohanim of the [idolatrous] high places which he had made. |33| So he offered upon the mizbe'ach which he had made in Beit-El the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own lev; and ordained a chag unto the Bnei Yisroel; and he offered upon the mizbe'ach, and burned ketoret. |||13|||And, hinei, by the Devar Hashem there came an Ish HaElohim out of Yehudah unto Beit-El; and Yarov`am stood by the mizbe'ach to burn ketoret. |2| And he cried against the mizbe'ach by the Devar Hashem, and said, O mizbe'ach, mizbe'ach, thus saith Hashem; Hinei, ben nolad (a son shall be born) unto the Bais Dovid, Yoshiyah shmo; and upon thee shall he offer the kohanim of the [idolatrous] high places that burn ketoret upon thee, and atzmot adam shall be burned upon thee [2Kgs 23:15- 16]. |3| And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the mofet (sign) that Hashem hath spoken: Hinei, the mizbe'ach shall be split apart, and the deshen (fat ashes) that are upon it shall be poured out. |4| And it came to pass, when HaMelech Yarov`am heard the davar of the Ish HaElohim, which had cried against the mizbe'ach in BeitEl, that he put forth his yad from the mizbe'ach, saying, Lay hold on him. And his yad, which he put forth against him, shriveled up, so that he could not draw it back to him. |5| The mizbe'ach also was split apart, and the deshen poured out from the mizbe'ach, according to the mofet which the Ish HaElohim had given by the Devar Hashem. |6| And HaMelech answered and said unto the Ish HaElohim, Intercede now before the face of Hashem Eloheicha, and daven for me, that my yad may be restored to me. And the Ish HaElohim made intercessory prayer before Hashem, and the yad HaMelech was restored to him, and became as it was before. |7| And HaMelech said unto the Ish HaElohim, Come with me habaytah (home), and have seudah, and I will give thee a mattat (gift). |8| And the Ish HaElohim said unto HaMelech, If thou wilt give me half thine bais, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat lechem nor drink mayim in this makom; |9| For so was it charged me by the Devar Hashem, saying, Eat no lechem, nor drink mayim, nor return again by the same derech that thou camest. |10| So he went another derech, and returned not by the derech that he came to Beit-El. |11| Now there dwelt a navi zaken (old prophet) in Beit-El; and his banim came and told him kol hama'aseh that the Ish HaElohim had done that day in Beit-El: the devarim which he had spoken unto HaMelech, them they told also to their av. |12| And their av said unto them, What derech went he? For his banim had seen on what derech the Ish HaElohim, who came from Yehudah, went. |13| And he said unto his banim, Saddle me the chamor. So they saddled him the chamor; and he rode thereon, |14| And went after the Ish HaElohim, found him sitting under the elah (the oak tree); and he said unto him, Art thou the Ish HaElohim that camest from Yehudah? And he said, I am. |15| Then he said unto him, Come with me home, and eat lechem. |16| And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat lechem nor drink mayim with thee in this makom; |17| For it was told to me by the Devar Hashem, Thou shalt eat no lechem nor drink mayim there, nor turn again to go by the derech on which thou camest. |18| He said unto him, I am a navi also as thou art; and a malach spoke unto me by the Devar Hashem, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine bais, that he may eat lechem and drink mayim. But he lied unto him. |19| So he went back with him, did eat lechem in his bais and drank mayim. |20| And it came to pass, as they sat at shulchan, that the Devar Hashem came unto the navi that brought him back; |21| And he cried unto the Ish HaElohim that came from Yehudah, saying, Thus saith Hashem, Forasmuch as thou hast defied the mouth of Hashem, and hast not been shomer over the mitzvah which Hashem Eloheicha commanded thee, |22| But camest back, and hast eaten lechem and drunk mayim in the makom, of the which Hashem did say to thee, Eat no lechem, drink no mayim; thy nevelah shall not come unto kever avoteicha. |23| And it came to pass, after he had eaten lechem, and after he had drunk, that he saddled the chamor for him, for the navi whom he had brought back. |24| And when he was gone, an aryeh met him by the derech, and killed him; and his nevelah was cast down in the derech, and the chamor stood beside her [the lion], and the aryeh also stood beside the nevelah. |25| And, hinei, anashim passed by, and saw the nevelah cast down in the derech, and the aryeh standing beside the nevelah; and they came and told it in the Ir where the navi hazaken dwelt. |26| And when the navi that brought him back from the derech heard thereof, he said, It is the Ish HaElohim, who defied the mouth of Hashem; therefore Hashem hath delivered him unto the aryeh, which hath mauled him, and slain him, according to the Devar Hashem, which He spoke unto him. |27| And he spoke to his banim, saying, Saddle me the chamor. And they saddled it. |28| And he went and found his nevelah cast down in the derech, and the chamor and the aryeh standing beside the nevelah; the aryeh had not eaten the nevelah, nor mauled the chamor. |29| The navi took up the nevelah of the Ish HaElohim, laid it upon the chamor, brought it back; and came to the Ir of the navi hazaken to mourn and to bury him. |30| And he laid his nevelah in his own kever; and they mourned over him, saying, Hoy (alas), achi (my brother)! |31| And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his banim, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the kever wherein the Ish HaElohim is buried; lay my atzmot beside his atzmot; |32| For the davar which he cried by the Devar Hashem against the mizbe'ach in BeitEl, and against all the batim of the high places which are in the cities of Shomron, shall surely come to pass. |33| After this thing Yarov`am returned not from his derech har'ah, but installed again of the lowest of the people as kohanim of the high places; whosoever desired, he filled hands of [i.e., ordained] him, and he became one of the kohanim of the [idolatrous] high places [SEE LV 7:37 AND 8:25-36]. |34| And this thing became chattat (sin) unto the Bais Yarov`am, even to annihilate it, and to destroy it from off the face of ha'adamah. |||14|||At that time Aviyah Ben Yarov`am fell sick. |2| And Yarov`am said to his isha, Arise, now, and disguise thyself, that thou be not recognized to be eshet Yarov`am; and get thee to Shiloh; hinei, there is Achiyah HaNavi, which told me that I should be melech over this people. |3| And take with thee asarah lechem, and nikkudim (wafers), and a bakbuk (bottle) of devash, and go to him; he shall tell thee what shall become of the na'ar. |4| And eshet Yarov'am did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the bais Achiyah. But Achiyah could not see; for his eyes had ceased by reason of his seiv (old age). |5| And Hashem said unto Achiyah, Hinei, the eshet Yarov`am cometh to seek davar from thee for her ben; for he is choleh (ill); thus and thus shalt thou give davar unto her; for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign to be a stranger woman. |6| And it was so, when Achiyah heard the sound of her raglayim, as she came to the petach, that he said, Come in, thou eshet Yarov`am; why feignest thou to be a stranger woman? For I am sent to thee with kashah (a harsh prophetic foresight). |7| Go, tell Yarov`am, Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee nagid over My people Yisroel, |8| And tore the Kingdom from the Bais Dovid, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as Avdi Dovid, who was shomer over My mitzvot, and who followed after Me with all his lev, to do only yashar in Mine eyes; |9| But hast done rah more than all that were before thee; for thou hast gone and made for thee elohim acherim, and massekhot (metal idols), to provoke Me to anger, and hast thrust Me behind thy gav (back); |10| Therefore, hineni, I will bring ra'ah upon the Bais Yarov`am, and will cut off from Yarov`am mashtin b'kir (him that urinates against the wall, I.E., EVERY MALE), atzur (bond) or azuv (free) in Yisroel, and I will sweep out after the Bais Yarov'am just as one sweepeth out the dung, till it be all gone. |11| Him that dieth of Yarov`am in the Ir shall the kelavim (dogs) eat; and him that dieth in the sadeh shall the oph haShomayim eat; for Hashem hath spoken. |12| Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own bais; and when thy raglayim enter into the Ir (city, i.e. Tirtzah), the yeled shall die. |13| And kol Yisroel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Yarov`am shall come to the kever (grave), because in him there is found some davar tov (good thing) toward Hashem Elohei Yisroel in the Bais Yarov`am. |14| Moreover Hashem shall raise Him up a Melech over Yisroel, who shall cut off the Bais Yarov`am even this day. This is the day! [SEE 1KGS 15:27-29.] Even now. |15| For Hashem shall strike Yisroel, just as the kaneh (reed), is shaken in the mayim, and He shall uproot Yisroel out of this adamah hatovah, which He gave to Avoteihem, and shall scatter them beyond the Nahar (River, i.e., the Euphrates) because they have made their Ashera idols, provoking Hashem to anger. |16| And He shall give up Yisroel because of the chattot Yarov`am, who did sin, and who made Yisroel to sin. |17| And eshet Yarov'am arose, and departed, and came to Tirtzah; and when she came to the saf HaBayit (the treshold of the house), the na'ar died. |18| And they buried him; and kol Yisroel mourned for him, according to the Devar Hashem, which He spoke by the yad of his eved Achiyah HaNavi. |19| And the rest of the acts of Yarov`am, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel. |20| And the yamim (days) which Yarov`am reigned were two and twenty shanah; and he slept with his avot, and Nadav bno reigned in his place. |21| And Rechav`am Ben Sh'lomo reigned in Yehudah. Rechav`am was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Yerushalayim, the Ir which Hashem did choose out of kol Shivtei Yisroel, to put Shmo there. And shem immo was Naamah HaAmmonit (an Ammonitess). |22| And Yehudah did the rah in the eyes of Hashem, and they provoked Him to kina (jealousy) with their chattot which they had committed, which were more than all that their avot had done. |23| For they also built them [idolatrous] high places, and matzevot (idol images), and Asherim [Canaanite female nature idols] on every high hill, and under every thickly foliaged green tree. |24| And there were also kadesh (male and female cult prostitutes) in the land; and they did according to all the to'avot (abominations) of the Goyim which Hashem drove out before the Bnei Yisroel. |25| And it came to pass in the fifth year of Melech Rechav`am, that Shishak Melech Mitzrayim came up against Yerushalayim; |26| And he carried away the otzarot of the Beis Hashem, and the otzarot of the Bais HaMelech; he even carried away everything: and he carried away all the moginnim (shields) of zahav which Sh'lomo had made. |27| And Melech Rechav`am made in their place moginnim of nechoshet, and committed them unto the hands of the commanders of the guard, which were the shomrim at the petach of the Bais HaMelech. |28| And it was so, when HaMelech went into the Beis Hashem, that those on guard duty bore them, and brought them back into the guard room. |29| Now the rest of the acts of Rechav`am, and all that he did, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei Yehudah? |30| And there was milchamah between Rechav`am and Yarov`am all their yamim (days). |31| And Rechav`am slept with his avot, and was buried with his avot in Ir Dovid. And the shem immo was Na'amah HaAmmonit (an Ammonite). And Aviyam bno reigned in his place.[T.N. 1KGS 15:2,10 REFERS TO [GRAND] DAUGHTER.] |||15|||Now in the eighteenth year of Melech Yarov`am Ben Nevat reigned Aviyam over Yehudah. |2| Shalosh shanim reigned he in Yerushalayim. And shem immo was Ma'achah Bat Avishalom. |3| And he walked in all the chattot Aviv, which he had done before him; and his lev was not shalem (fully devoted) to Hashem Elohav, as the levav Dovid Aviv. |4| Nevertheless l'ma'an Dovid (for the sake of Dovid) did Hashem Elohav give him a ner (lamp) in Yerushalayim, to raise up Bno after him, and to establish Yerushalayim; |5| Because Dovid did that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem, and turned not aside from any thing that He commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriyah HaChitti (the Hittite). |6| And there was milchamah between Rechav`am and Yarov`am all the days of his life. |7| Now the rest of the acts of Aviyam, and all that he did, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei Yehudah? And there was milchamah between Aviyam and Yarov`am. |8| And Aviyam slept with his avot; and they buried him in Ir Dovid; and Asa Bno reigned in his place. |9| And in the twentieth year of Yarov`am Melech Yisroel, Asa began to reign as Melech over Yehudah. |10| And forty and one years reigned he in Yerushalayim. And shem immo was Ma'achah Bat Avishalom. |11| And Asa did that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem, as did Dovid Aviv. |12| And he removed kedeshim (the male and female cult prostitutes) out of HaAretz, and got rid of kol hagillulim (all the idols) that his avot had made. |13| And also Ma'achah immo, even her he deposed from being Gevirah (Queen Mother), because she had made a mifletzet (idol) to Asherah; and Asa cut down her mifletzet, and burned it in the Kidron Valley. |14| But the high places were not removed; nevertheless levav Asa was shalem with Hashem all his days. |15| And he brought in the kodshei Aviv (the things his father had dedicated), and the things which he himself had dedicated, into the Beis Hashem, kesef, and zahav, and kelim. |16| And there was milchamah between Asa and Ba'asha Melech Yisroel all their days. |17| And Ba'asha Melech Yisroel went up against Yehudah, and built up Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa Melech Yehudah. |18| Then Asa took all the kesef and the zahav that were left in the otzarot of the Beis Hashem, and the otzarot of the Bais HaMelech, and delivered them into the yad of his avadim; and HaMelech Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad, Ben Tavrimmon Ben Chezron Melech Aram, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, |19| There is a brit between me and thee, and between Avi and Avicha; hinei, I send unto thee a shochad (incentive kind of gift) of kesef and zahav; come, break thy brit with Ba'asha Melech Yisroel, that he may withdraw from me. |20| So Ben-Hadad paid heed unto HaMelech Asa, and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Yisroel, and struck Iyon, and Dan, and Abel Beit- Ma'achah, and kol Kinnerot, with Kol Eretz Naphtali. |21| And it came to pass, when Ba'asha heard this, he stopped building Ramah, and stayed in Tirtzah. |22| Then HaMelech Asa made a proclamation throughout all Yehudah; none was exempted; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Ba'asha had built; and HaMelech Asa built up with them Geva of Binyamin, and Mitzpah. |23| The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his gevurah, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei Yehudah? Nevertheless in the time of his ziknah (old age) he was diseased in his raglayim. |24| And Asa slept with his avot, and was buried with his avot in Ir Dovid Aviv; and Yehoshaphat Bno reigned in his place. |25| And Nadav Ben Yarov`am began to reign as Melech over Yisroel in the second year of Asa Melech Yehudah, and reigned over Yisroel two years. |26| And he did rah in the eyes of Hashem, and walked in the derech Aviv, and in his chattat wherewith he made Yisroel to commit sin. |27| And Ba'asha Ben Achiyah, of the Bais of Yissakhar, plotted a keshar against him; and Ba'asha struck him down at Gibeton, which belonged to the Pelishtim; for Nadav and kol Yisroel were laying siege to Gibeton. |28| Even in the third year of Asa Melech Yehudah did Ba'asha slay him, and reigned in his place. |29| And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he put to death kol Bais Yarov`am; he left not to Yarov`am kol neshamah, until he had destroyed him, according unto the Devar Hashem, which He spoke by His eved Achiyah the Shiloni [1Kgs 14:9-16] |30| Because of the chattot Yarov`am which he sinned, and which he made Yisroel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked Hashem Elohei Yisroel to anger. |31| Now the rest of the acts of Nadav, and all that he did, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel? |32| And there was milchamah between Asa and Ba'asha Melech Yisroel all their days. |33| In the third year of Asa Melech Yehudah began Ba'asha Ben Achiyah to reign as Melech over kol Yisroel in Tirtzah, a reign lasting twenty and four years. |34| And he did rah (evil) in the eyes of Hashem, and walked in the derech Yarov`am, and in his chattat wherewith he made Yisroel to commit sin. |||16|||Then the Devar Hashem came to Yehu Ben Chanani against Ba'asha, saying, |2| Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the aphar (dust), and made thee nagid over My people Yisroel; and thou hast walked in the derech Yarov`am, and hast caused My people Yisroel to sin, to provoke Me to anger with their chattot; |3| Hineni, I will sweep away after Ba'asha, and after his Bais; and I will make thy Bais like the Bais Yarov`am Ben Nevat. |4| Him that dieth of Ba'asha in the Ir shall the kelavim eat; and him that dieth of his in the sadeh (country) shall the oph HaShomayim eat. |5| Now the rest of the acts of Ba'asha, and what he did, and his gevurah, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel? |6| So Ba'asha slept with his avot, and was buried in Tirtzah: and Elah Bno reigned as Melech in his place. |7| And also by the yad HaNavi Yehu Ben Chanani came the Devar Hashem against Ba'asha, and against his Bais, even for all ra'ah that he did in the eyes of Hashem, in provoking Him to anger by the ma'aseh (work) of his hands, in becoming like the Bais Yarov`am; and because he struck it. |8| In the twenty and sixth year of Asa Melech Yehudah began Elah Ben Ba'asha to reign as Melech over Yisroel in Tirtzah, reigning two years. |9| And his eved (official) Zimri, captain of half his chariots, plotted a kesher against him, while Elah was in Tirtzah, drinking himself shikkor in the bais Artza, who was in charge of the Bais (palace) in Tirtzah. |10| And Zimri went in and struck him down, killed him, in the 27th year of Asa Melech Yehudah, and reigned as Melech in his place. |11| And it came to pass, when he began to reign as king, as soon as he sat on his kisse, that he slaughtered kol Bais Ba'asha; he spared him not one mashtin b'kir (one urinating against a wall, I.E., ONE MALE), not go'alim (redeemers) of his nor re'a of his. |12| Thus Zimri destroyed kol Bais Ba'asha, according to Devar Hashem, which He spoke against Ba'asha by Yehu HaNavi [2CHR 19:2; 20:34]. |13| For all the chattot of Ba'asha, and the chattot of Elah Bno, by which they sinned, and by which they made Yisroel to sin, in provoking Hashem Elohei Yisroel to anger with their havalim (vanities, nothingnesses, I.E., IDOLS). |14| Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel? |15| In the twenty and seventh year of Asa Melech Yehudah did Zimri reign as Melech shivah yamim in Tirtzah. And the army was encamped against Gibeton, which belonged to the Pelishtim. |16| And the army that was encamped heard say, Zimri hath plotted a kesher, and hath also slain HaMelech; wherefore kol Yisroel made Omri, the Sar Tzava, Melech over Yisroel that day in the machaneh. |17| And Omri withdrew from Gibeton, and kol Yisroel with him, and they laid siege to Tirtzah. |18| And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the Ir was taken, that he went into the armon (palace, castle) of the Bais HaMelech, and he burned the Bais HaMelech over him with eish, and died. |19| For his chattot which he sinned in doing rah (evil) in the eyes of Hashem, in walking in the derech Yarov`am, and in his chattat which he did, to make Yisroel to sin. |20| Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his kesher that he plotted, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel? |21| Then were HaAm Yisroel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tivni Ben Ginat, to make him Melech; and half followed Omri. |22| But the people that followed Omri were stronger against the people that followed Tivni Ben Ginat; so Tivni died, and Omri reigned as Melech. |23| In the thirty and first year of Asa Melech Yehudah began Omri to reign as Melech over Yisroel, reigning twelve years; shesh shanim reigned he in Tirtzah. |24| And he bought the Har Shomron from Shemer for two talents of kesef, and built on the hill, and called the shem of the Ir which he built, after the shem of Shemer, adonei hahar (owner of the hill), Shomron. |25| But Omri wrought rah in the eyes of Hashem, and did sin more than all that were before him. |26| For he walked in all the derech Yarov`am Ben Nevat, and in his chattat wherewith he made Yisroel to sin, to provoke Hashem Elohei Yisroel to anger with their havalim (vanities, nothingnesses, i.e., idols) |27| Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his gevurah that he did, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel? |28| So Omri slept with his avot, and was buried in Shomron; and Ach'av Bno reigned as Melech in his place. |29| And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa Melech Yehudah began Ach'av Ben Omri (Ahab Son of Omri) to reign as Melech over Yisroel; and Ach'av Ben Omri reigned over Yisroel in Shomron twenty and two shanah. |30| And Ach'av Ben Omri did rah in the eyes of Hashem above all that were before him. |31| And it came to pass, as if it had not been enough for him to walk in the chattot Yarov`am Ben Nevat, he even took as isha Izevel Bat Etba'al Melech Tzidonim, and went and served Ba'al, and worshipped him. |32| And he set up a mizbe'ach for Ba'al in the Bais Ba'al, which he had built in Shomron. |33| And Ach'av made HaAsherah; and Ach'av did more to provoke Hashem Elohei Yisroel to anger than all the Malkhei Yisroel that were before him. |34| In his days did Chiel of Beit-El build up Yericho; he laid the foundation thereof [AT THE COST OF THE LIFE OF] Aviram his bechor; set up the gates thereof [AT THE COST OF THE LIFE OF] his youngest, Seguv, according to Devar Hashem, which He spoke by Yehoshua Ben Nun [SEE JOSH. 6:26]. |||17|||And Eliyahu HaTishbi, who was of the inhabitants of Tishbe-Gil`ad, said unto Ach'av (King Ahab of Israel), As Hashem Elohei Yisroel liveth, before whom I stand [ministering, as minister], there shall not be tal nor matar these shanim [ahead], except according to my word. |2| And the Devar Hashem came unto him, saying, |3| Get thee from here, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself in the Wadi Kerit, that is near the Yarden. |4| And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the orevvim (ravens) to feed thee there. |5| So he went and did according to the Devar Hashem; for he went and dwelt in the Wadi Kerit, that is near the Yarden. |6| And the orevvim brought him lechem and basar in the boker, and lechem and basar in the erev; and he drank of the brook. |7| And it came to pass at the ketz yamim (end of days), that the brook dried up, because there had been no geshem in the land. |8| And the Devar Hashem came unto him, saying, |9| Arise, get thee to Tzarphat, which belongeth to Tzidon, and dwell there; hinei, I have commanded an isha almanah there to sustain thee. |10| So he arose and went to Tzarphat. And when he came to the gate of the ir, hinei, the isha almanah was there gathering sticks; and he called to her, and said, Bring me a little mayim in a vessel, that I may drink. |11| And as she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, Bring me a morsel of lechem in thine hand. |12| And she said, As Hashem Eloheicha liveth, I have nothing baked, but an handful of meal in a pot, and a little shemen in a jug; and, see, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in, cook it for me and beni, that we may eat it, and die. |13| And Eliyahu said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little loaf first, and bring it unto me, and after that make for thee and for thy ben. |14| For thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, The pot of meal shall not be used up, neither shall the jug of shemen fail, until the Yom that Hashem sendeth geshem upon ha'adamah. |15| And she went and did according to the Devar of Eliyahu; and she, and he, and her bais, did eat [many] yamim. |16| And the pot of meal was not used up, neither did the jug of shemen fail, according to the Devar Hashem, which he spoke by Eliyahu. |17| And it came to pass after these things, that the ben haisha the ba'alat habais, became choleh; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no nashamah left in him. |18| And she said unto Eliyahu, Mah li valach (what have I to do with thee), Ish HaElohim? Art thou come unto me to remind me of my avon, and to slay beni? |19| And he said unto her, Give me thy ben. And he took him out of her kheyk, and carried him up into the aliyyah (upper room), where he abode, and laid him upon his own mittah (bed). |20| And he cried out unto Hashem, and said, Hashem Elohai, hast thou even brought evil upon the almanah with whom I sojourn, by slaying her ben? |21| And he stretched himself upon the yeled shalosh p'amim, and cried out unto Hashem, and said, Hashem Elohai, let this yeled's nefesh return to him again. |22| And Hashem heard the voice of Eliyahu; and the nefesh of the yeled returned to him again, and he came alive. |23| And Eliyahu took the yeled, and brought him down out of the aliyyah into the bais, and delivered him unto his em; and Eliyahu said, Look! Thy ben liveth. |24| And the isha said to Eliyahu, Now by this I have da'as that thou art an Ish Elohim, and that the Devar Hashem in thy mouth is emes. |||18|||And it came to pass after yamim rabbim, that the Devar Hashem came to Eliyahu in the shanah hashlishit, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ach'av; and I will send matar upon the face of ha'adamah. |2| And Eliyahu went to show himself unto Ach'av. And there was a ra'av chazak (strong famine) in Shomron. |3| And Ach'av summoned Ovadyah, who was in charge of the Bayit (Palace)--now Ovadyah feared Hashem me'od (greatly); |4| For it was so, when Izevel cut off the Nevi'im of Hashem, that Ovadyah took a hundred Nevi'im, and hid them by fifty in a me'arah (cave), and fed them with lechem and mayim- |5| And Ach'av said unto Ovadyah, Go into HaAretz unto all springs of mayim, and unto all brooks; perhaps we may find khatzir (grass) to save the sus (horse) and pered (mules) alive, that we not be dispossessed of all the behemah. |6| So they divided ha'aretz between them to pass throughout it; Ach'av went derech echad by himself, and Ovadyah went derech echad by himself. |7| And as Ovadyah was baderech (on the way, road), hinei, Eliyahu met him; and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it you, adoni Eliyahu? |8| And he answered him, I am; go, tell adoneicha, Hinei, Eliyahu! |9| And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy eved into the yad Ach'av to slay me? |10| As Hashem Eloheicha liveth, there is no goy (nation) or mamlachah (kingdom), to where adoni hath not sent to seek thee there: and when they said, He is not there, he had the mamlachah and goy swear, that they found thee not. |11| And now thou sayest, Go, tell adoneicha, Hinei, Eliyahu! |12| And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Ruach [Hakodesh] of Hashem shall carry thee to where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ach'av, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me; but I thy eved fear Hashem from my youth. |13| Was it not told to adoni what I did when Izevel slaughtered the Nevi'im of Hashem, how I hid a hundred ish of Hashem's Nevi'im by fifty in a me'arah, and fed them with lechem and mayim? |14| And now thou sayest, Go, tell adoneicha, Hinei, Eliyahu! And he shall slay me. |15| And Eliyahu said, As Hashem Tzva'os liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him today. |16| So Ovadyah went to meet Ach'av, and told him; and Ach'av went to meet Eliyahu. |17| And it came to pass, when Ach'av saw Eliyahu, that Ach'av said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Yisroel? |18| And he answered, I have not troubled Yisroel; but thou, and the Bais Avicha, in that ye have forsaken the Mitzvot Hashem, and thou hast followed after the Ba'alim. |19| Now therefore summon, and gather to me kol Yisroel unto Har HaCarmel and the nevi'im of Ba'al four hundred and fifty, and the nevi'im haAsherah four hundred, which eat at shulchan Izevel. |20| So Ach'av sent unto kol Bnei Yisroel, and gathered the Nevi'im together unto Har HaCarmel. |21| And Eliyahu came unto kol haAm, and said, Ad Mosai (how long) ye be polekhim (limping ones, dancing ones) between two se'ipim (opinions)? If Hashem be HaElohim, follow after him; but if HaBa'al, then follow after him. And HaAm answered him not a word. |22| Then said Eliyahu unto HaAm, I, even I only, am left a navi of Hashem; but Ba'al's nevi'im are four hundred and fifty ish. |23| Let them therefore give us two parim (bulls); and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no eish under it; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on wood, and put no eish under it; |24| And call ye on the shem eloheichem, and I will call on the Shem of Hashem; and haelohim that answereth by eish, let him be HaElohim. And kol haAm answered and said, Tov hadavar! |25| And Eliyahu said unto the nevi'im of Ba'al, Choose you one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are rabbim (many); and call on the shem eloheichem, but put no eish under it. |26| And they took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the shem of Ba'al from boker even until tzohorayim (noon), saying, O Ba'al, answer us. But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they danced [same word used in verse 21] around the mizbe'ach which had been made. |27| And it came to pass at tzohorayim, that Eliyahu mocked them, taunting, saying, Shout with a kol gadol (loud voice); for he is a g-d; either he is meditating, or he is pursuing [something], or ki derech lo (perhaps he had to travel, he's relieving himself), or perhaps he sleepeth and must be awakened. |28| And they shouted with a kol gadol, and cut themselves after their mishpat (custom) with charavot (swords) and lances, till the dahm gushed out upon them. |29| And it came to pass, when tzohorayim was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the minchah (evening sacrifice), that there was neither kol (voice), nor any oneh (responder) nor any attender. |30| And Eliyahu said unto kol HaAm, Come near unto me. And kol HaAm came near unto him. And he repaired the Mizbe'ach Hashem that was in ruins. |31| And Eliyahu took twelve avanim (stones), according to the mispar (number) of the Shivtei Bnei Ya'akov, unto whom the Devar Hashem came, saying, Yisroel shall be Shemecha; |32| And with the avanim (stones) he built a Mizbe'ach in the Shem of Hashem; and he made a te'alah (trench) around the Mizbe'ach, as the space of two seahs of zera (seed). |33| And he laid the wood in order, and cut up the bull, and laid it on the wood, and said, Fill four jugs with mayim, and pour it on the olah and on the wood. |34| And Eliyahu said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. |35| And the mayim ran around about the Mizbe'ach; and even filled the te'alah (trench) also with mayim. |36| And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the minchah (evening sacrifice), that Eliyahu HaNavi came near, and said, Hashem Elohei Avraham, Yitzchak and of Yisroel, let it be known this day that Thou art Elohim in Yisroel, and that I am Thy Eved, and that I have done all these things at Thy Davar. |37| Answer me, Hashem, answer me, that HaAm Hazeh may know that Thou art Hashem HaElohim, and that Thou hast turned back their lev. |38| Then the Eish of Hashem fell, and consumed the olah and the wood, and the avanim, and the aphar, and licked up the mayim that was in the te'alah (trench). |39| And when kol HaAm saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, Hashem hu HaElohim; Hashem hu HaElohim. |40| And Eliyahu said unto them, Seize the nevi'im of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliyahu brought them down to the Brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there. |41| And Eliyahu said unto Ach'av, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a kol hamon hageshem (sound of rushing rain, sound of rain coming). |42| So Ach'av went up to eat and to drink. But Eliyahu climbed up to Rosh HaCarmel (top of Carmel); and he cast himself down upon the ground, and put his face between his birkayim (knees), |43| And said to his eved, Go up now, look toward the yam. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again sheva pe'amim (seven times). |44| And it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, Hinei, there ariseth a little cloud out of the yam, as small as kaf ish (a man's palm). And he said, Go, say unto Ach'av, Harness up [thy merkavah] and get thee down that the geshem stop thee not. |45| And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the Shomayim grew black with clouds and ruach, and there was a geshem gadol. And Ach'av rode, and went to Yizre'el [Jezreel]. |46| And the Yad Hashem was on Eliyahu; and he girded up his loins, and ran ahead of Ach'av to the entrance of Yizre'el. |||19|||And Ach'av told Izevel all that Eliyahu had done, and how he had slain kol haNevi'im with the cherev. |2| Then Izevel sent a malach unto Eliyahu, saying, So let elohim do to me, and more also, if I make not thy nefesh as the life of one of them by this time makhar (tomorrow). |3| And when he saw that, he arose, and fled for his nefesh, and came to Be'er Sheva, which belongeth to Yehudah, and left his na'ar (servant) there. |4| But he himself went derech yom (a day's journey) into the midbar, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he requested for his nefesh to die; and said, It is enough; now, O Hashem, take away my nefesh; for I am no better than my avot. |5| And as he lay and slept under a broom tree, hinei, then a malach touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. |6| And he looked, and, hinei, there at his rosh was an oogah (disk or cake of bread) baked on hot coals, and a jar of mayim. And he did eat and drink, and returned to lie down again. |7| And the Malach Hashem came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the derech is too great for thee. |8| And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the ko'ach ha'achilah hahi (strength of that food) arba'im yom v'arba'im lailah unto Chorev the Har HaElohim. |9| And he came there unto hame'arah (the cave), and lodged there; and, hinei, the Devar Hashem came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Eliyahu? |10| And he said, I have been very kina (jealous, zealous) for Hashem Elohei Tzivos; for the Bnei Yisroel have forsaken Thy Brit (Covenant, I.E., SINAI COVENANT), thrown down Thine mizbechot, and slain Thy nevi'im with the cherev; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my nefesh, to take it away. |11| And He said, Go forth, and stand upon the Har before Hashem. And, hinei, Hashem passed by, and a ruach gedolah v'chazak rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the sela'im (rocks) before Hashem; but Hashem was not in the ruach; and after the ruach, a ra'ash (earthquake); but Hashem was not in the ra'ash; |12| And after the ra'ash an eish; but Hashem was not in the eish; and after the eish a kol demamah dakkah (a quiet, gentle voice). |13| And it was so, when Eliyahu heard it, that he wrapped his face in his aderet (cloak, mantle), and went out, and stood in the mouth of the me'arah. And, hinei, there came a kol (voice) unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Eliyahu? |14| And he said, I have been very kina for Hashem Elohei Tzivos; because the Bnei Yisroel have forsaken Thy Brit (Covenant, I.E., SINAI COVENANT), thrown down Thine mizbechot, and slain Thy nevi'im with the cherev; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my nefesh, to take it away. |15| And Hashem said unto him, Go, shuv (return) on thy derech to the midbar of Damascus; and when thou comest, anoint Chatzael to be Melech over Syria; |16| And Yehu ben Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be Melech over Yisroel; and Elishah ben Shaphat of Avel Mecholah shalt thou anoint to be navi in thy place. |17| And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the cherev of Chatzael shall Yehu slay; and him that escapeth from the cherev of Yehu shall Elishah slay. |18| Yet I have left me shivat alafim in Yisroel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Ba'al, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. |19| So he departed from there, and found Elishah ben Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth; and Eliyahu passed by him, and cast his aderet (cloak, mantle) upon him. |20| And he left the bakar (oxen), and ran after Eliyahu, and said, Let me now kiss Avi and Immi, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Shuv (go back again): for what have I done to thee? |21| And he returned from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slaughtered them, and boiled their basar with the equipment of the oxen, and gave unto the Am, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Eliyahu, and ministered unto him. |||20|||And Ben-Hadad Melech Aram gathered all his army together; and there were thirty and two melech with him, and sus, and chariots; and he went up and laid siege against Shomron, and warred against her. |2| And he sent malachim to Ach'av Melech Yisroel into the Ir, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-Hadad, |3| Thy kesef and thy zahav is mine; thy nashim also and thy banim, even the tovim (best) are mine. |4| And the Melech Yisroel answered and said, Adoni, O melech, according to thy word, I am thine, and all that I have. |5| And the malachim came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-Hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy kesef, thy zahav, thy nashim, thy banim; |6| Yet I will send my avadim unto thee tomorrow about this time, and they shall search thine Bais (Palace), and the batim (houses) of thy avadim; and it shall be, that whatsoever is makhmad (precious) in thine eyes, they shall put it in their yad, and take it away. |7| Then the Melech Yisroel summoned kol Ziknei HaAretz, and said, Mark, now, and see how this man seeketh ra'ah; for he sent unto me for my nashim, for my banim, for my kesef, for my zahav; and I denied him not. |8| All the zekenim and kol HaAm said unto him, Pay not heed unto him, nor consent. |9| Wherefore he said unto the malachim of Ben-Hadad, Tell adoni HaMelech, All that thou didst send for to thy eved at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the malachim departed, and took him back davar. |10| And Ben-Hadad sent unto him, and said, The elohim (g-ds) do so unto me, and more also, if the aphar Shomron shall provide even a handful for kol haAm (each of the people) who are at my raglayim. |11| And the Melech Yisroel answered and said, Tell him, Let not khoger (one girding on [HIS BATTLE ARMOR]) boast himself as he that taketh off. |12| And it came to pass, when Ben-Hadad heard this davar, as he was drinking, he and the melachim in the sukkot, that he said unto his avadim, Get ready to attack. And they set themselves in array against the Ir. |13| And, hinei, there came one navi unto Ach'av Melech Yisroel, saying, Thus saith Hashem, Hast thou seen all this hamon hagadol (vast multitude)? Hineni, I will deliver it into thine yad this day; and thou shalt know that I am Hashem. |14| Ach'av said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith Hashem, Even by the na'arei sarei hamedinot (the servants of the provincial commanders). Then he said, Who shall lead out in the milchamah? He answered, Thou. |15| Then he numbered the na'arei sarei hamedinot, and they were two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he numbered kol HaAm, even all the Bnei Yisroel, being shivat alafim. |16| And they set forth at tzohorayim. But Ben-Hadad was drinking himself shikkor in the sukkot, he and the melachim, the thirty and two melachim ozer (allied with) him. |17| And the na'arei sarei hamedinot went out first; and Ben-Hadad sent out, and they reported to him, saying, There are anashim come out from Shomron. |18| And he said, Whether they be come out for shalom, take them chayyim (alive); or whether they be come out for milchamah, take them chayyim (alive). |19| So these na'arei sarei hamedinot came out of the Ir, and the army which followed them. |20| And they struck down every ish his ish; and Aram (the Syrians) fled; and Yisroel pursued them; and BenHadad Melech Aram escaped al-sus (on horse) and the parashim (cavalry). |21| And the Melech Yisroel went out, and struck down sus and chariot, and slaughtered Aram with a makkah gedolah (great slaughter). |22| And the navi came to the Melech Yisroel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest; for at the teshuvat hashanah (the turn of the year, springtime) Melech Aram will come up against thee. |23| The avadim of Melech Aram said unto him, Their elohim are elohei harim (g-ds of the hills); therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them on the plain; then surely we shall be stronger than they. |24| And do this thing: Remove the melachim, every ish from his makom (place, post), and put officers in their places; |25| And muster thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, sus for sus, and merkavah for merkavah; and we will fight against them on the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he paid heed unto their voice, and did so. |26| And it came to pass at the teshuvat hashanah, that Ben-Hadad mustered Aram, and went up to Aphek, to war against Yisroel. |27| And the Bnei Yisroel were mustered, and were all outfitted as battle-ready, and marched out to meet them; and the Bnei Yisroel encamped opposite them like two little flocks of izzim (goats); but Aram (the Syrians) filled ha'aretz. |28| And there came an Ish HaElohim, and spoke unto Melech Yisroel, and said, Thus saith Hashem, Because Aram have said, Hashem is Elohei Harim, but not Elohei Amakim (G-d of Valleys) therefore will I deliver all this hamon hagadol (vast multitude) into thine yad, and ye shall know that I am Hashem. |29| And they encamped these opposite those shivat yamim. And so it was, that in the yom hashevi'i the milchamah was joined; and the Bnei Yisroel slaughtered of Aram a hundred thousand foot soldiers in yom echad. |30| But the rest fled to Aphek, into the Ir; and there a chomah (wall) fell upon twenty and seven elef ish that were left. And Ben- Hadad fled, and went into the Ir, into cheder b'cheder (a room within a room, an inner room). |31| And his avadim said unto him, Hinei now, we have heard that the melachim of Bais Yisroel are malkhei chesed; let us, now, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the Melech Yisroel; perhaps he will save thy nefesh. |32| So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the Melech Yisroel, and said, Thy eved Ben-Hadad saith, Let now my nefesh live. And he said, Is he yet alive? He is achi (my brother). |33| Now the anashim did interpret this as a sign of mercy from him, and did hastily seize on it; and they said, Thy brother Ben-Hadad! Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-Hadad came forth to him; and he brought him up onto the merkavah. |34| And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which Avi took from Avicha, I will return; and thou shalt set up chutzot (market areas) for thee in Damascus, just as Avi set up in Shomron. Then said Ach'av, I will send thee [to let thee go] away with this brit (covenant). So he made a brit (covenant) with him, and sent him [to let him go] away. |35| And a certain man of the Bnei HaNevi'im said unto his re'a (neighbor) in the Devar Hashem, Strike me, now. The ish refused to strike him. |36| Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the kol Hashem, behold, thou, as soon as thou art departed from me, an aryeh shall kill thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, an aryeh found him, and killed him. |37| Then he found another ish, and said, strike me, now. And the ish struck him, so that in striking he wounded him. |38| So the navi departed, and stood waiting for HaMelech by the derech, and disguised himself with bandage over his eyes. |39| And as HaMelech passed by, he cried out unto HaMelech; and he said, Thy eved went out into the thick of the milchamah; and, hinei, an ish turned aside, and brought an ish unto me, and said, Be shomer over (guard) this ish: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy nefesh be for his nefesh, or else thou must pay a talent of kesef. |40| And while thy eved was busy here and there, he was gone. And the Melech Yisroel said unto him, So shall thy mishpat be; thyself hast decided it. |41| And he hasted, and removed the bandage from over his eyes; and Melech Yisroel recognized him that he was of the Nevi'im. |42| And he said unto him, Thus saith Hashem, Because thou hast let go out of thy yad an ish whom I appointed to cherem (utter destruction), therefore thy nefesh shall be for his nefesh, and thy people instead of his people. |43| And Melech Yisroel came to his bais sar veza'ef (sullen and dejected), and came to Shomron. |||21|||And it came to pass after these things, that Navot the Yizre'eli had a kerem (vineyard), which was in Yizre'el (Jezreel), beside the heikhal (palace) Ach'av Melech Shomron. |2| And Ach'av spoke unto Navot, saying, Give me thy kerem (vineyard), that I may have it for an herb gan (garden), because it is karov (near) unto my Bais; and I will give thee in exchange for it a tov kerem (better vineyard) than it; or, if it seem tov in thine eyes, I will give thee the worth of it in kesef. |3| And Navot said to Ach'av, Chalilah li me'Hashem (far be it from me before Hashem), that I should give the nachalat Avoti unto thee. |4| And Ach'av came into his Bais sar veza'ef (sullen and dejected) because of the davar which Navot the Yizre'eli had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the nachalat avoti. And he lay down upon his mittah, and turned away his face, and would eat no lechem. |5| But Izevel his isha came to him, and said unto him, Mah zeh (What [is] this?) Thy ruach is sarah (sullen), that thou eatest no lechem? |6| And he said unto her, Because I spoke unto Navot the Yizre'eli and said unto him, Give me thy kerem (vineyard) for kesef; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another kerem (vineyard) in its place; but he answered, I will not give thee my kerem (vineyard). |7| And Izevel his isha said unto him, What a grand sovereign over Yisroel you are! Arise, and eat lechem, and let thine lev be cheerful; I will give thee the kerem (vineyard) of Navot the Yizre'eli. |8| So she wrote sefarim (letters) b'shem Ach'av, and sealed them with his chotam (seal), and sent the sefarim unto the zekenim and to the chorim (nobles, rulers) that were in his city, dwelling with Navot. |9| And she wrote in the sefarim, saying, Proclaim a tzom, and set Navot on high among the people; |10| And seat two men, bnei beliyaal, opposite him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst upon Elohim and Melech make a [blasphemous] berakhah! And then take him out, and stone him, that he may die. |11| And the anashim of his city, even the zekenim and the chorim (nobles) who were the inhabitants in his city, did just as Izevel had sent unto them, and just as it was written in the sefarim which she had sent unto them. |12| They proclaimed a tzom, and seated Navot on high among the people. |13| And there came in two anashim, bnei beliyaal, and sat opposite him; and the anashim of beliyaal witnessed against him, even against Navot, in the presence of the people, saying, Navot blasphemed Elohim vaMelech! Then they took him forth outside of the Ir, and stoned him with stones, that he died. |14| Then they sent to Izevel, saying, Navot is stoned, and is dead. |15| And it came to pass, when Izevel heard that Navot was stoned, and was dead, that Izevel said to Ach'av, Arise, take possession of the kerem of Navot the Yizre'eli, which he refused to give thee for kesef; for Navot is not chai (alive), but met (dead). |16| And it came to pass, when Ach'av heard that Navot was dead, that Ach'av rose up to go down to the kerem of Navot the Yizre'eli, to take possession of it. |17| And the Devar Hashem came to Eliyahu the Tishbi, saying, |18| Arise, go down to meet Ach'av Melech Yisroel, which is in Shomron; hinei, he is in the kerem of Navot, where he has gone down to take [inheritance] possession of it. |19| And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Hashem, Hast thou committed murder, then also hast thou inherited? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Hashem, In the makom (place) where kelavim licked the dahm Navot shall kelavim lick thy dahm also, even thine. |20| And Ach'av said to Eliyahu, Hast thou found me, O mine oyev? And he answered, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to work rah in front of the eyes of Hashem. |21| Hineni, I will bring ra'ah upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away, and will cut off from Ach'av mashtin b'kir (him that urinates against a wall, I. E., ALL MALES), atzur (bond) and azuv (free) in Yisroel, |22| And will make thine Bais like the Bais Yarov`am Ben Nevat, and like the Bais Ba'asha Ben Achiyah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked Me to anger, and caused Yisroel to sin. |23| And of Izevel also spoke Hashem, saying, The kelavim shall devour Izevel by the wall of Yizre'el. |24| Him of Ach'av that dieth in the Ir the kelavim shall devour; and him that dieth in the sadeh shall the oph haShomayim devour. |25| But there was none like unto Ach'av, which did sell himself to work rah before the eyes of Hashem, whom Izevel his isha urged on. |26| And he acted monstrously in going after gillulim (idols), according to all things as did HaEmori, whom Hashem drove out before the Bnei Yisroel. |27| And it came to pass, when Ach'av heard those words, that he tore his begadim, put sackcloth upon his basar, did a tzom, lay in sackcloth, and walked about subdued. |28| And the Devar Hashem came to Eliyahu the Tishbi, saying, |29| Seest thou how Ach'av humbleth himself before Me? because he humbleth himself before Me, I will not bring hara'ah in his days: but in the yamim bno will I bring ra'ah (disaster) upon his Bais [SEE 2KGS 9:23-26]. |||22|||And they continued three years without war between Aram and Yisroel. |2| And it came to pass in the third year, that Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah came down to Melech Yisroel. |3| And Melech Yisroel said unto his avadim, Know ye that Ramot-Gil`ad is ours, and we hesitate, and take it not out of the hand of HaMelech Aram? |4| And he said unto Yehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to RamotGil`ad? And Yehoshaphat said to the Melech Yisroel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my susim as thy susim. |5| And Yehoshaphat said unto the Melech Yisroel, Inquire for the Devar Hashem today. |6| Then the Melech Yisroel gathered the nevi'im together, about 400 men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramot-Gil`ad to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up; for Hashem shall deliver it into the hand of HaMelech. |7| And Yehoshaphat said, Is there not here a navi of Hashem besides, that we might inquire of him? |8| And the Melech Yisroel said unto Yehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Mikhay'hu ben Yimlah, by whom we may inquire of Hashem: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy tov concerning me, but rah. And Yehoshaphat said, Let not HaMelech say such. |9| Then HaMelech Yisroel called an officer, and said, Hasten here Mikhay'hu ben Yimlah. |10| And the Melech Yisroel and Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah sat each on his kisse, having put on their robes, at the threshing floor in the entrance of sha'ar Shomron; all the nevi'im prophesied before them. |11| Tzidkiyah ben Kenaanah made him [goring] horns of barzel: and said, Thus saith Hashem, With these shalt thou push Aram until thou have consumed them. |12| And all the nevi'im prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramot-Gil`ad, and succeed: for Hashem shall deliver it into the yad HaMelech. |13| And the malach that was gone to summon Mikhay'hu spoke unto him, saying, Hinei now, the words of the nevi'im declare tov unto HaMelech with one mouth: let thy word be like the word of one of them, speak that which is tov. |14| And Mikhay'hu said, As Hashem liveth, what Hashem saith unto me, that will I speak. |15| So he came to HaMelech. And HaMelech said unto him, Mikhay'hu, shall we go against Ramot-Gil`ad to battle, or shall we refrain? And he answered him, Go, and succeed: for Hashem shall deliver it into the yad HaMelech. |16| And HaMelech said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee [i.e., make thee swear] that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the Shem of Hashem? |17| And he said, I saw kol Yisroel scattered upon the hills, as Tzon that have not a Ro'eh: and Hashem said, These have no adonim: let them return every man to his bais in shalom. |18| And the Melech Yisroel said unto Yehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no tov concerning me, but rah? |19| And he said, Shema Devar Hashem: I saw Hashem sitting on his kisse, and all the Tzva HaShomayim standing by Him on His right hand and on His left. |20| And Hashem said, Who shall persuade Ach'av, that he may go up and fall at RamotGil`ad? And one said one thing, and one said another. |21| And there came forth the ruach, and stood before Hashem, and said, I will persuade him. |22| And Hashem said unto him, By what means? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a ruach sheker in the mouth of all his nevi'im. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also; go forth, do so. |23| Now therefore, hinei, Hashem hath put a ruach sheker in the mouth of all these thy nevi'im, and Hashem hath spoken ra'ah concerning thee. |24| But Tzidkiyah ben Kena'anah went near, and struck Mikhay'hu on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Ruach Hashem go when he went from me to speak to you? |25| And Mikhay'hu said, Hinei, thou shalt see in that yom, when thou shalt go into a cheder b'cheder (inner room) to hide thyself. |26| And the Melech Yisroel said, Take Mikhay'hu, and carry him back unto Amon Sar HaIr, and to Yoash ben HaMelech; |27| And say, Thus saith HaMelech, Put this fellow in the bais hakeleh, and feed him with lechem lachatz (bread of affliction) and with mayim lachatz (water of affliction), until I come in shalom. |28| And Mikhay'hu said, If thou return at all in shalom, Hashem hath not spoken by me. And he said, Pay heed, O people, every one of you. |29| So the Melech Yisroel and Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah went up to RamotGil`ad. |30| And the Melech Yisroel said unto Yehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the milchamah; but put thou on thy robes. And the Melech Yisroel disguised himself, and went into the milchamah. |31| But HaMelech Aram commanded his 32 captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with katan nor gadol, save only with the Melech Yisroel. |32| And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Yehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the Melech Yisroel. And they turned aside to fight against him. Yehoshaphat cried out. |33| And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not Melech Yisroel, they turned from pursuing him. |34| And a certain man drew a keshet (bow) at random, and struck Melech Yisroel between the joints of his armor; wherefore he said unto the driver of his merkavah, Turn around thine hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am wounded. |35| And the milchamah increased that yom; and HaMelech was propped up in his merkavah against the Syrians, and died at erev; and the dahm ran out of the wound onto the floor of the merkavah. |36| And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the shemesh, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. |37| So Melech [Ahab] died, and was brought to Shomron; and they buried HaMelech in Shomron. |38| And one washed the merkavah in the pool of Shomron; and the kelavim licked up his dahm while the zonot bathed; according unto the Devar Hashem which he spoke. |39| Now the rest of the acts of Ach'av (Ahab), and all that he did, and the Bais HaShen (House of Ivory) which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim l'Malkhei Yisroel? |40| So Ach'av slept with his avot; and Achazyahu beno (his son) reigned in his place. |41| And Yehoshaphat ben Asa began to reign over Yehudah in the fourth year of Ach'av Melech Yisroel. |42| Yehoshaphat was 35 shanah when he began to reign; and he reigned 25 shanah in Yerushalayim. And the shem immo was Azuvah bat Shilchi. |43| And he walked in kol derech Asa aviv; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem; nevertheless the high places (places of pagan worship) were not taken away; for HaAm offered and burned incense yet in the high places. |44 [45]| And Yehoshaphat made peace with Melech Yisroel. |45 [46]| Now the rest of the acts of Yehoshaphat, and his gevurah that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim l'Malkhei Yehudah? |46 [47]| And the remnant of the kadesh (male and female cult prostitutes), which remained in the days of Asa aviv, he took out of HaAretz. |47 [48]| There was then no melech in Edom; a deputy was melech. |48 [49]| Yehoshaphat made [merchant] oniyot (ships) of Tarshish to go to Ophir for zahav; but they went not; for the oniyot were shipwrecked at Etzyon-Gever. |49 [50]| Then said Achazyahu ben Ach'av unto Yehoshaphat, Let my avadim go with thy avadim in the oniyot. But Yehoshaphat would not. |50 [51]| And Yehoshaphat slept with his avot, and was buried with his avot in the Ir Dovid aviv; and Yehoram bno reigned in his place. |51 [52]| Achazyahu ben Ach'av began to reign over Yisroel in Shomron the seventeenth year of Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah, and reigned two years over Yisroel. |52 [53]| And he did rah in the sight of Hashem, walked in the derech aviv, and in the derech immo, and in the derech Yarov`am ben Nevat, who made Yisroel to sin; |53 [54]| For he served HaBa'al, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger Hashem Elohei Yisroel, according to all that aviv had done. MELACHIM BAIS |||1|||Then Moav rebelled against Yisroel after the mot Ach'av. |2| And Achazyah fell down through a lattice in his aliyyah (upper room) that was in Shomron, and it was a dire injury: and he sent malachim, and he said unto them, Go, inquire of Ba'al Zevuv elohei Ekron whether I shall recover of this choli (infirmity). |3| But the Malach Hashem said to Eliyahu HaTishbi, Arise, go up to meet the malachim of Melech Shomron, and say unto them, Is it because there is no Elohim in Yisroel, that ye go to inquire of Ba'al Zevuv elohei Ekron? |4| Now therefore thus saith Hashem, Thou shalt not get down from that mittah (bed, couch) on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Eliyahu departed. |5| And when the malachim turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? |6| And they said unto him, There came an ish up to meet us, and he said unto us, Go, turn again unto HaMelech that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith Hashem, Is it because there is no Elohim in Yisroel, that thou sendest to inquire of Ba'al Zevuv elohei Ekron? Therefore thou shalt not get down from that mittah on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. |7| And he said unto them, What manner of ish was he which came up to meet you, and told you these devarim? |8| And they answered him, He was an ish ba'al se'ar (man owning [garment] of [camel] hair) and girt with an ezor ohr (belt of leather) about his waist. And he said, It is Eliyahu HaTishbi. |9| Then HaMelech sent unto him sar chamishim with his fifty. And he went up to him; and, hinei, he sat on the rosh hahar. And he spoke unto him, Thou Ish HaElohim, HaMelech hath said, Come down. |10| And Eliyahu answered and said to the sar hachamishim, If I be an Ish HaElohim, then let eish come down from Shomayim, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down eish from Shomayim, and consumed him and his fifty. |11| Again also he sent unto him another sar chamishim with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O Ish HaElohim, thus hath HaMelech said, Come down quickly. |12| And Eliyahu answered and said unto them, If I be an Ish HaElohim, let eish come down from Shomayim, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the eish Elohim came down from Shomayim, and consumed him and his fifty. |13| And he sent again a third sar chamishim with his fifty. And the sar hachamishim hashlishi went up, and came and fell on his birkayim (knees) before Eliyahu, and besought him, and said unto him, O Ish HaElohim, please, let my nefesh, and the nefesh of these fifty thy avadim, be precious in thy eyes. |14| Hinei, there came eish down from Shomayim, and consumed the two sarim of the chamishim harishonim with their fifties; therefore let my nefesh now be precious in thy eyes. |15| And the Malach Hashem said unto Eliyahu, Go down with him; be not afraid of him. And he got up, and went down with him unto HaMelech. |16| And he said unto him, Thus saith Hashem, Forasmuch as thou hast sent malachim to inquire of Ba'al Zevuv elohei Ekron, is it because there is no Elohim in Yisroel to inquire of His Davar? Therefore thou shalt not get down from that mittah (bed, couch) on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. |17| So he died according to the Devar Hashem which Eliyahu had spoken. And Yehoram [YORAM OF ISRAEL] reigned in his place in the second year of Yehoram [YORAM OF YEHUDAH] ben Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah; because bno he had not. |18| Now the rest of the acts of Achazyahu which he did, are they not written in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim of the Melachim of Yisroel? |||2|||And it came to pass, when Hashem would take up Eliyahu into Shomayim in a se'arah (storm wind, whirlwind), that Eliyahu went with Elishah from Gilgal. |2| And Eliyahu said unto Elishah, Tarry here, now; for Hashem hath sent me to Beit-El. And Elishah said unto him, As Hashem liveth, and as thy nefesh liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beit-El. |3| And the Bnei HaNevi'im that were at Beit-El came forth to Elishah, and said unto him, Doest thou have da'as that Hashem will take away thy adon from over thy rosh hayom? And he said, Yes, I have da'as; be silent. |4| And Eliyahu said unto him, Elishah, tarry here, now; for Hashem hath sent me to Yericho. And he said, As Hashem liveth, and as thy nefesh liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Yericho. |5| And the Bnei HaNevi'im that were at Yericho came to Elishah, and said unto him, Doest thou have da'as that hayom (today) Hashem will take away thy adon from over thy rosh? And he answered, Yes, I have da'as; be silent. |6| And Eliyahu said unto him, Tarry, now, here; for Hashem hath sent me to the Yarden. And he said, As Hashem liveth, and as thy nefesh liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two walked on. |7| And chamishim ish (fifty men) of the Bnei HaNevi'im went, standing opposite them at a distance; and they two stood by the Yarden. |8| And Eliyahu took his aderet (mantle, cloak), and rolled it up, and struck the mayim, and they were split from here and from there, so that they two crossed over on charavah (dry ground [SEE YEHOSHUA 3:17]). |9| And it came to pass, when they were crossed over, that Eliyahu said unto Elishah, Request what I shall do for thee, before I am taken away from thee. And Elishah said, Let, now, a double portion of thy ruach be upon me. |10| And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing; nevertheless, if thou see me when lukach (I am taken away) from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. |11| And it came to pass, as they still walked on, and talked, that, hinei, there appeared a merkavah of eish, and susim of eish, and separated the two of them between them; and Eliyahu went up in a se'arah (storm wind, whirlwind) into Shomayim. |12| And Elishah saw, and he cried, Avi, Avi, the merkavah (war chariot) of Yisroel, and the parash (horsemen, charioteers) thereof. And he saw him no more; and he took hold of his own robe, and tore his apparel in two pieces. |13| He took up also the aderet Eliyahu that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Yarden; |14| And he took the aderet Eliyahu that fell from him, and struck the mayim, and said, Where is Hashem Elohei Eliyahu? And when he also had struck the mayim, they split from here and from there; and Elishah crossed over. |15| And when the Bnei HaNevi'im which were watching at Yericho saw him from a distance, they said, The ruach Eliyahu doth rest on Elishah. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. |16| And they said unto him, Hinei now, there be among thy avadim chamishim anashim bnei chayil (fifty able-bodied men); let them go, now, and look for thy adon; perhaps the Ruach Hashem hath taken him up, and set him down [SEE AC 8:39-40 OJBC] upon one of the harim, or in one of the geya'ot (valleys). And he said, Ye shall not send. |17| And when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore chamishim ish; and they searched shloshah yamim, but found him not. |18| And when they returned to him (for he tarried at Yericho), he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? |19| And the anshei HaIr said unto Elishah, Hinei, now, the situation of this city is tov, as adoni seeth; but the mayim is ra'im, and ha'aretz (the land) meshakkalet (barren, unfruitful). |20| And he said, Bring me a tzelokhit chadasha (new bowl), and put melach therein. And they brought it to him. |21| And he went forth unto the motza hamayim (spring of water), and cast the melach in there, and said, Thus saith Hashem, I have healed these mayim; there shall not be from there any more mavet or meshakkalet (unfruitfulness, barrenness). |22| So the mayim were healed unto hayom hazeh (this day), according to the devar Elishah which he spoke. |23| And he went up from there unto Beit-El; and as he was going up along the derech, there came forth ne'arim ketannim out of the Ir, and jeered in mockery at him, and said unto him, Go on up, thou kere'ach (bald head); go on up, thou kere'ach. |24| And he turned around, and looked on them, and cursed them in the Shem Hashem. And there came forth two dubim (female bears) out of the woods, and mauled 42 yeladim of them. |25| And he went from there to Mt Carmel, and from there he returned to Shomron. |||3|||Now Yehoram ben Ach'av began to reign over Yisroel in Shomron the eighteenth year of Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah, and reigned twelve shanah. |2| And he wrought rah in the eyes of Hashem; but not like Aviv, nor like Immo; for he put away matzvat HaBa'al (the image of Baal) that Aviv had made. |3| Nevertheless his deveykus was unto the chattot Yarov`am Ben Nevat, which caused Yisroel to sin; therefrom he did not turn away. |4| And Mesha Melech Moav was a sheep breeder, and rendered unto the Melech Yisroel 100,000 lambs, and 100,000 rams, with the tzemer (wool). |5| But it came to pass, when Ach'av was mot, that Melech Moav rebelled against Melech Yisroel. |6| And Melech Yehoram went out of Shomron on that day, and mustered kol Yisroel. |7| And he went and sent to Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah, saying, Melech Moav hath rebelled against me; wilt thou go with me against Moav for milchamah? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my Am as thy Am, and my susim as thy susim. |8| And he said, Which derech shall we go up [to attack]? And he answered, The derech through the Midbar Edom. |9| So Melech Yisroel, Melech Yehudah, Melech Edom went, made a circuit of shivat yamim in their derech; and there was no mayim for the machaneh, and for the behemah that followed them. |10| And Melech Yisroel said, Alas that Hashem hath called these three melachim together, to deliver them into the yad Moav! |11| But Yehoshaphat said, Is there not here a navi of Hashem, that we may inquire of Hashem through him? And one of the avadim of Melech Yisroel answered and said, Here is Elishah Ben Shaphat, which poured mayim on the hands of Eliyahu. |12| And Yehoshaphat said, The Devar Hashem is with him. So Melech Yisroel and Yehoshaphat and Melech Edom went down to him. |13| And Elishah said unto Melech Yisroel, What have I to do with thee? Get thee to the [BA'AL] nevi'im of Avicha, and to the nevi'im of Immecha. And Melech Yisroel said unto him, No; for Hashem hath called these three melachim, to deliver them into the yad Moav. |14| And Elishah said, As Hashem Tzva'os liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. |15| But now bring me menagen. And it came to pass, when the menagen played, that the Yad Hashem came upon him. |16| And he said, Thus saith Hashem, Make this valley full of ditches. |17| For thus saith Hashem, Ye shall not see ruach, neither shall ye see geshem; yet this valley shall be filled with mayim, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your behemah (livestock). |18| And this is but a light thing in the eyes of Hashem; He will deliver Mo'av also into your yad. |19| And ye shall strike every fortified city, every ir mivchor, and shall fell every etz tov, stop up kol ma'yan mayim, mar every good allotment of land with avanim. |20| And it came to pass in the boker, when the minchah was offered, that, hinei, there came mayim by the derech of Edom, and HaAretz was filled with mayim. |21| And when kol Mo'av heard that the melachim were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that could bear arms, and older, and stood at the border. |22| And they rose up early in the boker, and the shemesh shone upon the mayim, and Mo'av saw the mayim on the other side, and to them it looked as red as dahm; |23| And they said, This is dahm; the melachim are surely slain, and they have struck one another; now therefore, Moav, to the plunder! |24| And when they came to the machaneh Yisroel, Yisroel rose up and struck Mo'av, so that they fled before them; but they went forward striking Mo'av, even invading their country. |25| And they beat down the towns, and on every good allotment of land every ish cast his even (stone), and filled it; and they stopped up kol ma'yan mayim, and felled kol etz tov; only in Kir Charaset left they the avanim thereof; howbeit the slingers surrounded it, and struck it. |26| And when Melech Moav saw that the milchamah was chazak against him, he took with him 700 ish that drew cherev, to break through even unto Melech Edom; but they could not. |27| Then he took bno habechor that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for an olah upon the chomah. And there was ketzef gadol (great fury) against Yisroel; and they withdrew, and returned to their own land. |||4|||Now there cried out a certain isha of the nashim of the Bnei HaNevi'im unto Elishah, saying, Thy eved my ish is dead; and thou knowest that thy eved did fear Hashem: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two yeladim to be avadim (slaves). |2| And Elishah said unto her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in the bais? And she said, Thine shifchah hath not anything in the bais, except a flask of shemen. |3| Then he said, Go, borrow thee kelim from all around of all thy shchenim, even empty kelim; borrow not a few. |4| And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the delet behind thee and behind thy banim, shalt pour out into all those kelim, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. |5| So she went from him, and shut the delet behind her and behind her banim, who were bringing to her; and she poured. |6| And it came to pass, when the kelim were full, that she said unto her ben, Bring me another keli. And he said unto her, There is not any more keli. And the shemen stopped. |7| Then she came and told the Ish HaElohim. And he said, Go, sell the shemen, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy banim on the rest. |8| And then one day Elishah passed over to Shunem, where was an isha gedolah; and she constrained him to eat lechem. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in there to eat lechem. |9| And she said unto her ish, Hinei now, I perceive that this is an Ish Elohim Kadosh, which passeth by us tamid. |10| Please, let us make a small aliyyat kir (walled upper room); and let us set for him there a mittah (bed), and a shulchan (table), and a kisse (chair), and a menorah: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in there. |11| And then one day he came there, and he turned in the aliyyah (upper room), and lay there. |12| And he said to Geichazi his na'ar, Call this Shunamit. And when he had called her, she stood before him. |13| And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Hinei, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? Wouldest thou be spoken for to HaMelech, or to the Sar HaTzava? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. |14| And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Geichazi answered, Verily she hath no ben, and her ish is zaken. |15| And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the petach (doorway). |16| And he said, About this mo'ed, according to the et chayyah (Gen. 18:10), thou choveket ben (shalt embrace a son). And she said, No, adoni, thou Ish HaElohim, do not give false hope unto thine shifchah. |17| And the isha conceived, and bore ben at that mo'ed that Elishah had said unto her, according to the et chayyah. |18| The yeled grew, and it happened one day, that he went out to Aviv to the kotzerim (harvesters, reapers). |19| And he said unto Aviv, My rosh, my rosh. And he said to the na'ar, Carry him to immo. |20| And when he had lifted him, and brought him to immo, he sat on her birkayim (knees) till tzohorayim, and then died. |21| And she went up, and laid him on the mittat Ish HaElohim, and shut [the door] behind her and went out. |22| And she called unto her ish, and said, Send me now, please, one of the ne'arim, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the Ish HaElohim, and return. |23| And he said, Madu'a (why) wilt thou go to him today? It is neither Rosh Chodesh, nor Shabbos. And she said, Shalom. |24| Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her na'ar, lead on, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. |25| So she went and came unto the Ish HaElohim at Mt Carmel. And it came to pass, when the Ish HaElohim saw her afar off, that he said to Geichazi his na'ar, Hinei, over there is that Shunamit: |26| Run now, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it shalom with thee? Is it shalom with thy ish? Is it shalom with the yeled? And she answered, Shalom: |27| And when she came to the Ish HaElohim at the har, she took hold of him by the raglayim: but Geichazi came near to thrust her away. And the Ish HaElohim said, Let her alone; for her nefesh is marah within her: and Hashem hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. |28| Then she said, Did I make request of adoni for a ben? Did I not say, Do not deceive me? |29| Then he said to Geichazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my mishe'net (staff) in thine yad, and run: if thou meet any ish, salute him not; and if any ish salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my mishe'net (staff) upon the face of the na'ar. |30| And the em hana'ar said, As Hashem liveth, and as thy nefesh liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. |31| And Geichazi passed on ahead of them, and laid the mishe'net (staff) upon the face of the na'ar; but there was neither kol (voice), nor keshet (attention). So he went back to meet him, and told him, saying, The na'ar is not awakened. |32| And when Elishah was come into the bais, hinei, the na'ar was dead, and lying upon his mittah. |33| So he went in, and shut the delet on the two of them, and davened unto Hashem. |34| And he went up, and lay upon the yeled, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his palms upon his palms: and stretched himself upon him; and the basar of the yeled grew warm. |35| Then he turned away, and paced in the bais to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him; and the na'ar sneezed seven times, and the na'ar opened his eyes. |36| And he summoned Geichazi, and said, Call this Shunamit. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy ben. |37| Then she went in, and fell at his raglayim, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her ben, and went out. |38| And Elishah returned to Gilgal; and there was a ra'av (famine) in the land; and the Bnei HaNevi'im were sitting before him; and he said unto his na'ar, Put on the siyr hagedolah, and cook stew for the Bnei HaNevi'im. |39| And one went out into the sadeh to gather orot (herbs), and found a gefen sadeh, and gathered thereof pakku'ot sadeh (wild gourds), the fold of his beged he filled, and came and cut them up into the siyr of stew; though no one knew what they were. |40| So they poured out for the anashim to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the stew, that they cried out, and said, O thou Ish HaElohim, there is mavet in the siyr. And they could not eat thereof. |41| But he said, Then bring kemakh (meal, flour). And he cast it into the siyr; and he said, Serve to HaAm, that they may eat. And there was no rah in the siyr. |42| And there came an ish from Ba'al Shalishah, and brought the Ish HaElohim lechem bikkurim, twenty loaves of se'orim (barley), and [roasted] ears of corn in his sack. And he [Elishah] said, Give unto HaAm, that they may eat. |43| And the one serving him said, What, should I set this before a hundred ish? He said again, Give HaAm, that they may eat; for thus saith Hashem, They shall eat, and there shall be shirayim. |44| So he set it before them, and they did eat, and there was shirayim thereof, according to the Devar Hashem. |||5|||Now Na'aman, Sar Tzeva Melech Aram, was an ish gadol before his adon and highly honored, because by him Hashem had given deliverance unto Aram; he was also a gibbor chayil, but metzorah (having leprosy) |2| And Aram (the Syrians) had gone out gedudim (in bands of soldiers), and had taken away captive out of Eretz Yisroel a na'arah ketanah; and she waited on Na'aman's isha. |3| And she said unto her gevirah, If only adoni were before the navi that is in Shomron! For he would recover him of his tzara'at. |4| And one went in, and told his adon, saying, Thus and thus said the na'arah that is of Eretz Yisroel. |5| And Melech Aram said, Go to, go, and I will send a sefer (letter) unto Melech Yisroel. And he [Na'aman] departed, and took with him ten talents of kesef, and six thousand pieces of zahav, and ten changes of begadim. |6| And he brought the sefer (letter) to Melech Yisroel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, hinei, I have therewith sent Na'aman avdi to thee, that thou mayest of his tzara'at recover him. |7| And it came to pass, when Melech Yisroel had read the sefer, that he tore his begadim, and said, Am I HaElohim, to kill and to make alive, that this doth send unto me to recover an ish of his tzara'at? Wherefore consider, now, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. |8| And it was so, when Elishah Ish HaElohim had heard that Melech Yisroel had torn his beged, that he sent to HaMelech, saying, Why hast thou torn thy beged? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a navi in Yisroel. |9| So Na'aman came with his susim and with his merkavah, and stood at the petach of the bais Elishah. |10| And Elishah sent a malach unto him, saying, Go and wash sheva times in the Yarden, and thy basar shall come back to thee, and thou shalt be tahor. |11| But Na'aman was in wrath, and went away, and said, Hinei, I thought that he will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the Shem Hashem Elohav, and wave his yad over the makom, and give recovery from the metzorah (leprosy, leprous area). |12| Are not Avana and Parpar, naharot of Damascus, better than all the mayim of Yisroel? May I not wash in them, and be tahor? So he turned and went away in chemah (anger, hot temper). |13| And his avadim came near, and spoke unto him, and said, Avi, if the navi had bid thee do some davar gadol, wouldest thou not have done