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Zecharyah 6:11-12
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(Moshiach’s) name is Tzemach…”
--Jer. Talmud Berachot Chap 2 Halacha 4
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Hashem, everyone from
his place, even all the
coasts and islands of the
Goyim. Tzefanyah 2:11
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CONTENTS
…THE TRANSLATOR TO THE READER p. vii
xTORAH xKETUVIM
BERESHIS (GENESIS) [GN] p.1 TEHILLIM (PSALMS) [PS] p. 579
SHEMOT (EXODUS) [EX] p. 52 MISHLE (PROVERBS) [PROV] p. 644
VAYIKRA (LEVITICUS) [[LV] p.94 IYOV (JOB) p. 668
BAMIDBAR (NUMBERS) [NUM] p.127 SHIR HASHIRIM (SONG OF SONGS) [SONG] p. 695
DEVARIM (DEUTERONOMY) [DT] p.171 RUTH [RUTH] p.700
EKHAH (LAMENTATIONS) [LAM] p.706

xNEVI'IM
KOHELET (ECCLESIASTES) [KOH] p.712
YEHOSHUA (JOSHUA) [JOSH] p. 209
ESTHER [ESTH] p.721
SHOFETIM (JUDGES) [JUDG] p. 233
DANIEL [DAN] p.730
SHMUEL ALEF (I SAMUEL) [1SM] p. 256
EZRA [EZRA] p.746
SHMUEL BAIS (II SAMUEL) [2SM] p. 291
NECHEMYAH (NEHEMIAH) [NEH] p. 755
MELACHIM ALEF (I KINGS) [1KGS] p. 317
DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF (I CHRONICLES) [1CHR]
MELACHIM BAIS (II KINGS) [2KGS] p. 349 p.769
YESHAYAH (ISAIAH) [ISA] p. 378 DIVREY HAYAMIM BAIS (II CHRONICLES) [2CHR]
p. 797
YIRMEYAH (JEREMIAH) [JER] p. 431
YECHEZKEL (EZEKIEL) [EZEK] p. 487 xBRIT CHADASHA

HOSHEA (HOSEA) [HOS] p. 538 THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO
MATTITYAHU [MT] p.833
YOEL (JOEL) p. 545
THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO
AMOS [AM] p. 548 MARKOS [MK] p.870
OVADYAH (OBADIAH) [OB] p.553 THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO LUKAS

[LK] p. 894
YONAH (JONAH) [JON] p.554
THE BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO
MICHOH (MICAH) [MIC] p. 556 YOCHANAN [YN] p. 935
NACHUM [NAH] p.560 GEVUROT MEYRUACH HAKODESH (ACTS) [AC]

p. 966
CHABAKUK (HABAKKUK) [HAB] p.562
MOSHIACH’S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH
TZEFANYAH (ZEPHANIAH) [ZEPH] p. 564 SHA’UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN
ROME [RO] p. 1005
CHAGGAI (HAGGAI) [HAG] p. 567
ZECHARYAH (ZECHARIAH) [ZECH] p.568 SHA’UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN
CORINTH (I) [1C] p. 1023
MALACHI [MAL] p.577
SHA’UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN
CORINTH (II) [2C] p. 1040
MOSHIACH’S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH YEHUDA,THE
SHA’UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN BROTHER OF THE SHLIACH YA'AKOV, TO THE
GALATIA [GA] p. 1051 BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH [YD] p. 1118
MOSHIACH’S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH HISGALUS (REV) [RV] p. 1119

EPHESUS [EP] p.1057 GLOSSARY p. 1141
MOSHIACH’S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH NOTES ON THE TORAH OF THE OJB p. 1208
PHILIPPI [PP] p. 1063 OJB INDEX p. 1221
MOSHIACH’S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH OUR MOSHIACH IN THE PRAYERBOOK, p.1226-1228
COLOSSAE [CO] p. 1067 SOME IMPORTANT RABBINIC QUOTATIONS
AND SOURCES p. 1228
MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH
SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN WHO IS MOSHIACH? p. 1228
THESSALONIKA (I) [1TH] p. 1071
THE JEWISH CALENDAR AND THE OJB p. 1230
SHA'UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN MESSIANIC BAR MITZVAH p. 1231-1232
THESSALONIKA (II) [2TH] p. 1075

SHA'UL TO TIMOTIYOS (I) [1TI] p. 1077

SHA'UL TO TIMOTIYOS (II) [2TI] p. 1081

SHA’UL TO TITOS [TI] p. 1084

SHA’UL TO PHILEMON [PM] p. 1086
MOSHIACH'S LETTER TO THE MA'AMINIM

HAMESHICHIYIM FROM AMONG THE YEHUDIM
[MJ] p.1087

YA'AKOV TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH
[YA] p. 1099
ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
SHIMON KEFA TO THE BRIT CHADASHA cf compare
KEHILLAH (I) [1K] p. 1104 f and following
i.e., [Latin] id est, that is
T.N. Translator’s Note
SHIMON KEFA TO THE BRIT CHADASHA
KEHILLAH (II) [2K] p. 1109
sensus literalis (literal sense, i.e., this translation
MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH looks for a word-for-word, literal translation,
YOCHANAN TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH (I) leaving verb tenses, etc unvarnished, from
[1Y] p. 1112
the original language without the use of non-
MOSHIACH'S LETTER THROUGH THE SHLIACH frum idioms which are by no means
YOCHANAN TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH necessary in any case, since the original is the
(II) [2Y] p. 1116 fount of Orthodoxy, leaving all else sadly not
“orthodox” enough—see Gevurot MeyRuach
YOCHANAN TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH Hakodesh 21:19-26)
(III) [3Y] p. 1117

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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).
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nupdated
. Some might say that our afii.org
Bible Society's Bible, the Orthodox Jewish Bible, is entitled with deception. However, there are
many adherents of a sect of Hasidim in Brooklyn, New York, who claim that their Rebbe is G-d and
that they are still part of Orthodox Judaism, demanding to have it both ways, as it were. This i
basically what is going on in the Beis HaMikdash (Jerusalem Temple) with Paul and James i
Acts chapter 21 (see p.996), the two of them wanting to have it both ways. Don't blame afii.org
for this; we didn't write the Bible; we just translate it. The fact is, Paul submits his Gospel to a
Torah-observant (Ac 21:20) Jewish community deserving of religio licita protection, a Temple-
attending (Luke 24:53) synagogue-based (James 2:2, see Greek NT) sect (Ac 24:14) of Judaism
who live a Torah-observant life in Jerusalem even though they are Spirit-filled Jewish believers
(Ac 2:4, see www.nationaljewishfellowship.org); and in Acts chapter 21 Paul the rabbi from
Tarsus submits to their authority and goes into the Jerusalem Temple to show that he too is an
"Orthodox" Jew and has not repudiated his Orthodox Jewish faith (Ro 9:1-5), preaching the
Good News of Redemption in shul every Shabbos, circumcising the Jewish boy (with a Jewish
mother) Timothy (Ac 16:3) and preaching as a rabbi in Shul every Shabbos as long as he was
permitted to do so. In Romans Paul built up messianic Torah observant Jews who were weak in
justifying faith (Ro 5:1) in believing (Ro 15:13) that Moshiach is the Mesharet Bnei HaMilah
(Ro 15:8) just as some uncircumcised were weak in justifying faith (Ro 5:1) in terms of the
righteousness of faith that Abraham had in his uncircumcision (see Ro 4:11). The hard center
of Rav Shaul's "Besuras HaGeulah" (Good News of Redemption) came from this sect of Judaism.
Study this sect of Judaism (Ro 9:1-5) with its teaching which is "orthodox" ("straight teaching" is
the meaning of the word "orthodox"), and you will see that no one is being deceived by the title
of our Orthodox Jewish Bible translation. Also see Walter Elwell's definitive EVANGELICAL
DICTIONARY OF THEOLOGY, Second Edition p.765-766, the article "Messianic Judaism,"
which refers to my book on the subject.
Dr Phillip E Goble
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THE
ORTHODOX
JEWISH
TANAKH
TORAH
NEVI’IM
KETUVIM
Baruch
HaBah
Melech
HaMoshiach
BERESHIS
PARASHAS BERESHIS and the fruit tree yielding pri |18| And to rule over the day
(fruit) after its kind, whose and over the night, and to
1 In the beginning Elohim

created hashomayim
(the heavens, Himel) and
haaretz (the earth).
seed is in itself, upon the
earth; and it was so.
|12| And the earth brought
divide the light from the
darkness; and Elohim saw
that it was tov.
forth vegetation, and herb |19| And the erev and the
|2| And the earth was tohu
yielding zera (seed) after its boker were Yom Revi'i (Day
vavohu (without form, and
kind, and the tree yielding Four, the Fourth Day).
void); and darkness was upon
fruit, whose seed was in itself, |20| And Elohim said, Let the
the face of the deep. And the
after its kind; and Elohim saw waters bring forth an
Ruach Elohim was hovering
that it was tov (good). abundance of living creatures,
upon the face of the waters.
|13| And the erev and the and fowl that may fly above
|3| And Elohim said, Let
boker were Yom Shlishi (Day the earth in the open raki'a of
there be light: and there was
Three, the Third Day).[T.N. heaven.
light [Tehillim 33:6,9].
Shemot 19:11,15-16; Yehoshua |21| And Elohim created
|4| And Elohim saw the light,
1:11; Bamidbar 19:11-16; great sea creatures, and every
that it was tov (good); and
Yonah 1:17; Hoshea 6:2; living creature that moveth,
Elohim divided the ohr (light)
Melachim Bais 20:5,8; Ezra which the waters brought
from the choshech (darkness).
6:15; 1C 15:4,20; Notice on forth in abundance, after their
|5| And Elohim called the
Yom HaShlishi (The Third kind, and every winged fowl
light Yom (Day), and the
Day, Gen.1:13) is Yom after its kind; and Elohim saw
darkness He called Lailah
HaBikkurim of the Bria that it was tov.
(Night). And the erev (evening)
HaOlam, the Firstfruits of the |22| And Elohim blessed
and the boker (morning) were
Creation of the World; just as them, saying, Be fruitful, and
Yom Echad (Day One, the
Hoshea 6:2 indicates Yom multiply, and fill the waters in
First Day, Mk 16:2).
HaShlishi is the time marker of the seas, and let fowl multiply
|6| And Elohim said, Let
the Techiyas HaMesim in the earth.
there be a raki'a (expanse,
(Resurrection of the Dead), so |23| And the erev and the
dome, firmament) in the midst
Yom HaBikkurim fell on Nisan boker were Yom Chamishi
of the mayim (waters), and let
16, and became a time marker (Day Five, the Fifth Day).
it divide the mayim from the
delineating the countdown 24| And G-d said, Let the
mayim.
from the Resurrection of earth bring forth the living
|7| And Elohim made the
Moshiach Nisan 16, 3793 (33 creature after its kind, cattle,
raki'a, and divided the waters
C.E.) to Shavuos, 3793 and the and creeping thing, and beast
under the raki'a from the
Matan HaTevilah BeRuach of the earth after its kind; and
waters which were above the
Hakodesh. Lv 23:11]. it was so.
raki'a; and it was so.
|14| And Elohim said, Let |25| And G-d made the beast
there be lights in the raki'a of of the earth after its kind, and
raki'a Shomayim (Heaven).
the heaven to divide the day cattle after their kind, and
And the erev and the boker every thing that creepeth upon
from the night; and let them
were Yom Sheni (Day Two, the
be for otot (signs), and for the earth after its kind; and
Second Day).
mo'adim (seasons), and for G-d saw that it was tov.
|9| And Elohim said, Let the
yamim (days), and shanim |26| And G-d said, Let Us
waters under the heaven be
(years); make man in Our tzelem, after
gathered together unto one
|15| And let them be for Our demut: and let them have
place, and let the yabashah
lights in the raki'a of the dominion over the fish of the
(dry land) appear; and it was
heaven to give light upon the sea, and over the fowl of the
so.
earth; and it was so. air, and over the cattle, and
|16| And Elohim made two over all the earth, and over
yabashah Eretz (Earth); and
great lights; the greater light to every creeping thing that
the mikveh (gathering together
rule the day, and the lesser creepeth upon ha'aretz (the
of the waters) called He Seas;
light to rule the night; He earth).
and Elohim saw that it was
made the kokhavim (stars) |27| So G-d created
tov.
also. humankind in His own
|11| And Elohim said, Let the
|17| And Elohim set them in tzelem, in the tzelem Elohim
earth bring forth vegetation,
the raki'a of the heaven to give (image of G-d)
the herb yielding zera (seed),
light upon the earth,
1
Bereshis 1 2 Orthodox Jewish Bible
created He him; zachar (male) with Adam, who is told to creation. When we look at the
and nekevah (female) created govern the world as the son of original language in Zohar
He them. G-d, being a type of "the one Vol.3 Ha'azinu page 288b, we
|28| And G-d blessed them, who is to come" (see Gn 5:1; see the text which comments
and G-d said unto them, 1Chr 1:1; Lk 3:38; Ro 5:14; Gn on Daniel 7:13, where the Bar
Be fruitful, and multiply, and 3:15; 49:10), as expectation Enosh Moshiach comes to the
fill the earth, and subdue it: begins to build regarding a Ancient of Days. The Zohar
and have dominion over the promised eschatological says, "The Ancient One is
fish of the sea, and over the Redeemer-Ruler, a Moshi’a described as being two (TAV-
fowl of the air, and over every (Savior) from sin and death, a RESH-YUD-FINAL
living thing that moveth upon Great "Descendant" or "Seed" NOON,Aramaic for "two")." G-d
the earth. (ZERA). In Genesis we see the and the Moshiach, called by
|29| And G-d said, Hinei, I "fall," that is, "creation being Daniel "the Ancient of Days"
have given you every herb subjected to futility" (Ro 8:20) and "the Son of Man" are
bearing seed, which is upon and the whole human race obviously a picture of G-d as
the face of kol ha'aretz (all the being brought under the "two" in the Bible, and the
earth), and every etz (tree), in bondage of the law of sin and Zohar owns up to this fact,
the which is the fruit of a tree death (Ro 6:23). Ro 5:12 tells calling G-d "two." Two
yielding seed; us how to exegete (interpret) sentences prior to that on the
to you it shall be for food. Gn 3. Adam is an epochal same page, the original
|30| And to every beast of the figure whose failure and fall language of the text of the
earth, and to every fowl of the determines the character of all Zohar says, "The Ancient Holy
air, and to every thing that encompassed in his epoch; One [i.e. G-d, Daniel 7:13] is
creepeth upon the earth, that is, all of Hashem- found with three (TAV-
wherein there is life, I have alienated humanity in need of LAMMED-TAV, Aramaic for
given every green herb for the epoch of the second Adam, "three") heads or chiefs (RESH-
food; and it was so. the New Man, the Moshiach, YUD-SHIN-YUD-FINAL NOON
|31| And G-d saw every thing and especially in need of the Aramaic for "heads"), which are
that He had made, and, new life that flows from the united in One (CHET-DALET
behold, it was tov me'od (very Kingdom of G-d and G-d's great Aramaic for "one")." Here we
good). And the erev and the King, Rebbe Melech have a picture in the Zohar of
boker were Yom Shishi (Day HaMoshiach. When we look at the raz (mystery) of G-d's
Six, the Sixth Day). the first man lying on the unity, the distinct havayot
ground dead (Gn. 5:5), the (subsistences, modes of being)
Bible is showing us the first in Adonoi Echad. G-d is
sinner of a sinning/dying echad,one, but a complex one,
epoch which only the not three g-ds, only Hashem,
Moshiach's death brings to an One, but with Hashem’s
end (2C 5:14). But the point Kedushah Meshuleshet
here is that humankind in Gn (Threefold holiness, Isa 6:3).
1:27 is “HaAdam” in Hebrew,
and that verse shows Man as Granted, Genesis answers all
T.N. BERESHIS ("in the having both singularity and kinds of questions that only get
beginning") begins the first fifth plurality (oto and otam, Gn raised for the reader later in
of the "book of the Law of 1:27), thus reflecting his the Bible. So it is only when
Moses" (SEFER TORAT- Maker, Elohim, Who also has you read Obadiah and
MOSHE 2Kgs. 14:6). In view of singularity and plurality in Malachi that you really start
the watchword “Sola His complexity (compare asking, "Who are the Edomites
Scriptura” (the Bible alone is echad in Gn 2:24 and Dt 6:4). and when do we first hear of
authoritative for faith), we Gn 1:26 uses a majestic plural their patriarch Esau?" So
must allow inerrantly inspired but the Doctrine of Hashem’s Genesis should be read last as
Scriptural texts to give us our Kedushah Meshuleshet well as first. Similarly, when
normative interpretation of (Threefold Holiness) is seen in Gog and Magog are mentioned
Scripture. For example, Elohim (Gn 1:1) and the Dvar in Ezekiel, when Javan
Genesis chps 1-11 is about the Hashem (Gn 1:3) and the (Greece) is mentioned in
creation of the inhabited Ruach Elohim (Gn 1:2) Zecharyah (Zechariah), when
world. And the book begins engaged in the work of Babylon (Shinar
Torah 3 Bereshis 2
--Gn. 14:1) is mentioned in flood of wrath. The coming (see Gn 12:1-4; Isa 49:5-6);
Isaiah, when the Canaanites "Descendant" is the "zera Abraham's descendants will be
and the Moabites and the HaIsha (the seed of the slaves 400 years in a land not
Amorites (Noah's son Ham is woman)" and is also part of the their own (Genesis 15:13);
the father of the Amorites) are promise given to Abraham. Ga Abraham's descendants will be
discussed in the rest of the 3:16 interprets in this delivered in the fourth
Scriptures, Genesis is the place Messianic sense Gn 12:7; generation (Gn 15:14-16); the
to turn to get the Bible's 13:15; 17:7; 22:18 and 24:7. land of Canaan would be
theological introduction and G-d promised many given to Abraham's
overview of their significance descendents but the fact that descendants as an inheritance
and determinative character. the word ZERA or SPERMA is (Gn 15:16-21) and the promise
Genesis introduces us singular Rav Sha'ul takes as a would be given graciously and
theologically to all the major Messianic reference, not merely miraculously through Yitzchak
questions of life. What is a reference to the nation. Rav (Isaac) (Gn 17:21; 21:12).
mankind? What is marriage? Sha'ul sees the notion of
What is work and rest from promise, including a promised
work in relation to G-d? In eschatological covenant (Gn
Proverbs it says that wine is a 17:2), as central to the book of
mocker (20:1). How does the Genesis, because the Exodus
Bible first introduce us to that from Egypt, the conquering of
fact? (Hint: see Gn. Chp 9. the land of Israel, the coming
Read also Lv. 10:8-11; Nu. 6:l- of the King Moshiach, and his
4; Lk 1:15; Ro. 14:2l.) How did inheritance of the nations are
the evil of polygamy begin? all an unfolding of the promise
(Note Gn. 4:19 and Lamech's that has its beginning in
overweening desire for both Genesis (the word "Genesis" is
women and violence--see Gn. from a Greek word meaning
2:24 on monogamy.) What is "origin"). Since a gracious
sin? What is guilt? Does man promise from a sovereign G-d
have to sin? (See Gn. 4:7). How who creates out of nothing Thus HaShomayim and
in the human heart did
wickedness begin and
proliferate over the earth? How
negates any notion of
salvation through meritorious
works-righteousness, Rav
2
them.
Ha'Aretz were finished,
and all the tza'va of
did it happen that the life- Sha'ul relies on Moses and |2| And on Yom HaShevi'i
blood was set apart as holy in Habakkuk to say "amen" when Elohim finished His work
the beginning, when G-d began Rav Sha'ul teaches that which He had made; and He
to institute blood sacrifice as a righteousness was credited to rested on the Yom HaShevi'i
necessary aspect of the faith of Abraham's faith when from all His work which He
Abraham? Where did Moshe Abraham became the father of had made.
Rabbeinu and Yosef and the all (Jewish people and Gentiles |3| Vayevarech Elohim et
Bnei Yisroel come from? How alike) who believe (see Gn 15:6; Yom HaShevi'i, and set it
did bondage, especially Dt 7:7-8; 9:4-6; Habakkuk 2:4). apart as kodesh: because that
bondage in Egypt, come This is the teaching of in it shavat (He had rested)
about? How can spiritual Moshiach in Yn 6:28-29. from all His work which bara
bondage be circumcised and Although the book of Genesis Elohim (G-d created) and
rolled away from the human tells us the origin of everything made.
heart so that we might be from marriage to polygamy |4| These are the toledot of
awakened to personal da’as of and from the Edomites to the HaShomayim and of Ha'Aretz
G-d and become his true sons? Sodomites, Rav Sha'ul shows when they were created, in the
Adam, Abel, Seth, Enosh, us the most important doctrine Yom that Hashem Elohim
Enoch, Noah, Shem, that originates from Genesis, made Eretz v’Shomayim,
Arphachshad, Shelah, Eber, the doctrine of justification by |5| And every plant of the
Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, faith alone (Ro 3:28). sadeh was not yet in
Terah and Abraham show us Important prophecies in ha’aretz, and every herb
sons of G-d, whereas the sons Genesis are these: one of the sadeh had not yet
of the Serpent become a brood descendent of Abraham will
of "Lamech's" swallowed in a bless the nations
Bereshis 2, 3 4 Orthodox Jewish Bible
yitzmach (sprung up, T.N. same is it that winds through be called Isha, because she
Moshiach is Tzemach kol eretz Cush. was taken out of Ish.
[Zecharyah 3:8]); for Hashem |14| And the shem of the |24| Therefore shall an ish
Elohim had not caused it to third nahar is Chiddekel leave his av and his em, and
rain upon ha'aretz, and there (Tigris [see Daniel 10:4]): that shall cleave unto his isha: and
was not an adam (man) is it which goeth toward the they shall be basar echad.
la'avod (to till, to work) east of Assyria. And the fourth |25| And they were both
haadamah (the ground). nahar is Euphrates. arummim (naked ones), the
|6| But there went up a mist |15| And Hashem Elohim adam and his isha, and were
from ha'aretz, and watered the took the adam and put him in not ashamed.
whole face of the adamah. the Gan Eden la'avod (to till,
|7| And Hashem Elohim to work) it and to be shomer Now the Nachash was
formed the adam of the aphar
min haadamah, and
breathed into his nostrils the
over it.
|16| And Hashem Elohim
commanded the adam, saying,
3 more arum (cunning,
crafty, wiley) than any
beast of the sadeh which
nishmat chayyim; and the Of every etz of the gan thou Hashem Elohim had made.
adam became a nefesh mayest freely eat; And he said unto the isha,
chayyah. |17| But of the Etz HaDa'as Really? Hath Elohim said, Ye
|8| And Hashem Elohim Tov v'Rah, thou shalt not eat shall not eat of kol etz hagan?
planted a gan (garden) of it; for in the yom that thou |2| And the isha said unto the
eastward in Eden; and there eatest thereof thou shalt surely Nachash, We may eat of the
He put the adam whom He die. p'ri etz hagan;
had formed. |18| And Hashem Elohim |3| But of the p'ri haEtz
|9| And out of the adamah said, It is not tov that the which is in the middle of the
made Hashem Elohim to adam should be alone; I will gan (garden), Elohim hath
spring up (T.N. see verse 5) kol make him an ezer (a helper) said, Ye shall not eat of it,
etz (every tree) that is pleasing suitable for him. neither shall ye touch it, lest
to the sight, and tov for food; |19| And out of the adamah ye die (Mk 7:8).
the Etz HaChayyim (Tree of Hashem Elohim formed every |4| And the Nachash said
Life) also in the midst of the beast of the sadeh, and every unto the isha, Ye shall not
gan (garden), and the Etz oph HaShomayim; and surely die;
HaDa'as Tov v'Rah (see 3:22, brought them unto the adam |5| For Elohim doth
i.e., representing moral to see what he would name know that in the yom ye eat
autonomy; contrast Exodus them; and whatsoever the thereof, then your eyes shall
9:20-21 where the Dvar adam named kol nefesh be opened, and ye shall be like
Hashem is the guide of life, chayyah, that was shmo. Elohim, knowing tov and rah.
even for Gentiles). |20| And the adam gave |6| And when the isha saw
|10| And a nahar (river) shemot to all behemah, and to that HaEtz was tov for food,
flowed out of Eden to water the oph HaShomayim, and to and that it was delight to the
the gan (garden); and from every beast of the sadeh; but eyes, and HaEtz to be coveted
there it divided, and became for Adam there was not found to make one have seichel, she
four headwaters. an ezer for him. took of the p'ri thereof, and
|11| The shem of the first is |21| And Hashem Elohim did eat, and gave also unto her
Pishon; that is it which winds caused a tardemah (deep ish with her; and he did eat.
through the kol eretz sleep) to fall upon the adam, |7| And the eyes of them both
Chavilah, where there is and he slept; and He took were opened, and they knew
zahav; from one of his tzalelot (sides, that they were eirummim
|12| And the zahav of that ribs), and closed up the basar (naked ones); and they
land is tov; there is [the in the place thereof; sewed aleh te'enah
gemstone] bedolach and the |22| And the tzela (rib), which (fig leaves) together, and made
even (gemstone) hashoham Hashem Elohim had taken themselves khagorot (loin
[T.N.: this onyx gemstone is from the adam, made He an covering girdles).
used in the construction of the isha, and brought her unto the |8| And they heard the kol of
Kohen Gadol's Bigdei adam. Hashem Elohim walking in
HaKodesh]. |23| And the adam said, This the gan in the cool of the day;
|13| And the shem of the is now etzem of my etzem, and and HaAdam and his isha hid
second nahar is Gihon; the basar of my basar; she shall from the presence of Hashem
Torah 5 Bereshis 3, 4
Elohim amongst the etz shalt thou eat of it all the days brought of the p'ri haadamah
hagan (Ro 5:12-21). of thy life; a minchah unto Hashem.
|9| And Hashem Elohim |18| Kotz also and dardar |4| And Hevel, he also
called unto HaAdam, and said shall it bring forth to thee; and brought of the bechorot of his
unto him, Where art thou? thou shalt eat the esev of the tzon and of the chelev thereof.
|10| And he said, I heard Thy sadeh; And Hashem regarded [with
voice in the gan (garden), and |19| In the sweat of thy brow favor, respect] unto Hevel and
I was afraid, because I was shalt thou eat lechem, till thou to his minchah:
eirom (naked); and so I hid. return unto haadamah; for |5| But unto Kayin and to his
|11| And He said, Who told out of it wast thou taken; for minchah He had not regard .
thee that thou wast eirom aphar thou art, and unto And Kayin was very angry,
(naked)? Hast thou eaten of aphar shalt thou return. and his countenance fell.
HaEtz, which I commanded |20| And HaAdam called the |6| And Hashem said unto
thee that thou not eat thereof? shem of his isha Chavah (Eve); Kayin, Why art thou angry?
|12| And HaAdam said,The because she was the Em kol And why is thy countenance
isha whom Thou gavest to be chai. fallen?
with me, she gave me of |21| Unto Adam also and to |7| If thou doest right, shalt
HaEtz, and I did eat. his isha did Hashem Elohim thou not be accepted? And if
|13| And Hashem Elohim make kesonos ohr, and thou doest not right, chattat
said unto the isha, What is clothed them. is lurking at the petach. And
this that thou hast done? And |22| And Hashem Elohim unto thee shall be its teshukah
the isha said, The Nachash said, See, HaAdam is become (desire), and thou must rule
beguiled me, and I did eat. like one of Us, knowing tov over it.
|14| And Hashem Elohim v’rah; and now, lest he put |8| And Kayin talked with
said unto the Nachash, forth his yad, and take also of Hevel his brother; and it came
Because thou hast done this, HaEtz HaChayyim, and eat, to pass, when they were in the
thou art arur (cursed) above and chai l'olam (live forever); sadeh, that Kayin rose up
kol habehemah, and above |23| Therefore Hashem against Hevel his brother, and
every beast of the sadeh; upon Elohim sent him forth from killed him.
thy gakhon (belly) shalt thou the Gan Eden, to work |9| And Hashem said unto
go, and aphar shalt thou eat haadamah from which place Kayin, Where is Hevel thy
all the days of thy life; he was taken. brother? And he said, I know
|15| And I will put eivah |24| So He drove out not; am I shomer achi (my
(enmity, Midrash Rabbah 23:5) HaAdam; and He placed brother's keeper)?
between thee miKedem (at the east) of the |10| And He said, What hast
and HaIsha (see HaAlmah, Gan Eden HaKeruvim, and a thou done? The voice of thy
Yeshayah 7:14), and between flaming cherev which was brother's dahm crieth unto Me
thy zera and her Zera; He shall ever-turning, to be shomer from haadamah.
crush thy rosh, and thou shalt over the Derech Etz |11| And now art thou arur
strike His akev (heel). HaChayyim (the Way of the (cursed) from haadamah,
|16| Unto HaIsha He said, I Tree of Life, see Yn 14:6 on which hath opened her mouth
will greatly multiply thy Derech). to receive thy brother's dahm
itzavon ([labor] pain) and thy from thy hand;
childbearing; in pain thou And HaAdam knew |12| When thou tillest
shalt bring forth banim; and
thy teshukah (longing, desire)
shall be to thy husband, and
4 Chavah (Eve) his isha;
and she conceived, and
bore Kayin (Cain), and said,
haadamah, it shall not
henceforth yield unto thee her
ko'ach (strength); na (restless
he shall rule over thee. Kaniti (I have acquired) ish fugitive) vanad (and a
|17| And unto Adam He said, with Hashem. wanderer, nomad) shalt thou
Because thou paid heed unto |2| And again she bore his be in ha'aretz.
the voice of thy isha, and hast ach Hevel (Abel). And Hevel |13| And Kayin said unto
eaten of HaEtz, of which I was a ro'eh tzon, but Kayin Hashem, My avon (iniquity,
commanded thee, saying, was an oved adamah (tiller of punishment for guilt) is
Thou shalt not eat of it, soil). greater than I can bear.
arurah (cursed) is haadamah |3| And in ketz yamim it |14| See, Thou hast
because of thee; in itzavon came to pass, that Kayin driven me out this
(pain, suffering, see verse 16) day from the face of the
adamah; and from Thy face |24| If Kayin (Cain) shall be fathered banim and banot;
shall I be hidden and I shall avenged sevenfold, truly |11| And all the days of
be a na (restless fugitive) Lamech seventy and seven Enosh were nine hundred and
vanad (and a wanderer, times over. five shanim; and he died.
nomad) in ha'aretz; and it |25| And Adam knew his isha |12| And Kenan lived seventy
shall come to pass, that again; and she bore a ben, shanah and fathered
whoever findeth me shall kill and called shmo Shet; for Mahalal'el;
me. Elohim, said she, hath |13| And Kenan lived after he
|15| And Hashem said unto appointed me another zera in fathered Mahalal'el eight
him, Therefore whoever killeth place of Hevel, whom Kayin hundred and forty shanah,
Kayin, vengeance shall be killed. and fathered banim and
taken on him sevenfold. And |26| And to Shet, to him also banot;
Hashem placed an ot (mark) there was born a ben; and he |14| And all the days of
upon Kayin, so that none called shmo Enosh; then Kenan were nine hundred and
finding him should kill him. began men to call upon the ten shanim; and he died.
|16| And Kayin went out from Shem of Hashem. |15| And Mahalal'el lived
the presence of Hashem, and sixty and five shanah, and
dwelt in Eretz Nod, east of This is the Sefer Toldot fathered Yered;
Eden.
|17| And Kayin knew his
isha; and she conceived, and
5 Adam. In the yom that
barah Elohim Adam, in
the demut Elohim He made
|16| And Mahalal'el lived
after he fathered Yered eight
hundred and thirty shanah,
bore Chanokh (Enoch); and he him; and fathered banim and
built an ir (city), and called |2| Zakhar and nekevah He banot;
the shem of the ir, after the created them; and blessed |17| And all the days of
shem beno, Chanokh (Enoch). them, and called the shem of Mahalal'el were eight hundred
|18| And unto Chanokh them "Adam," in the yom when ninety and five shanah; and
(Enoch) was born Irad; and they were created. he died.
Irad fathered Mechuyael; and |3| And Adam lived a |18| And Yered lived a
Mechuyael fathered hundred and thirty shanah hundred sixty and two
Metushael; and Metushael and fathered in his own shanah, and he fathered
fathered Lamech. demut and after his tzelem Chanoch (Enoch):
|19| And Lamech took unto (image) and called shmo Shet: |19| And Yered lived after he
him two nashim; the shem of |4| And the days of Adam fathered Chanoch (Enoch)
the one was Adah, and the after he had fathered Shet eight hundred shanah, and
shem of the second Tzilah. were shemoneh me'ot shanah; fathered banim and banot;
|20| And Adah bore Yaval; he and he fathered banim and |20| And all the days of Yered
was the av of such as dwell in banot: were nine hundred sixty and
ohel, and have mikneh. |5| And all the days that two shanah; and he died.
|21| And his brother's shem Adam lived were nine |21| And Chanoch lived sixty
was Yuval; he was the av of all hundred and thirty shanah: and five shanah, and fathered
such as play kinnor (harp) and and he died. Metushelach;
ugav (flute). |6| And Shet lived a hundred |22| And Chanoch walked
|22| And Tzilah, she also and five shanah, and fathered with HaElohim after he
bore Tuval-Kayin, a forger of Enosh; fathered Metushelach three
every cutting tool of nechoshet |7| And Shet lived after he hundred shanah, and
and barzel; and the achot of fathered Enosh eight hundred fathered banim and banot;
Tuval-Kayin was Naamah. and seven shanah, and |23| And all the days of
|23| And Lamech said unto fathered banim and banot: Chanoch were three hundred
his wives, Adah and Tzilah, |8| And all the days of Shet sixty and five shanah;
Hear my voice; ye wives of were nine hundred and twelve |24| And Chanoch walked
Lamech, give heed to my shanah; and he died. with HaElohim; and he was
speech; for I have slain an ish |9| And Enosh lived ninety not; for Elohim took him.
for my wounding, and a yeled shanah, and fathered Kenan; |25| And Metushelach lived a
for my chabburah (see |10| And Enosh lived after he hundred eighty
Ga.6:17). fathered Kenan eight hundred
and fifteen shanah, and
Torah 7 Bereshis 5, 6, 7
and seven shanah, and became gibborim which were the tevah (ark) shall be three
fathered Lamech. of old, men of renown. hundred cubits, the width of it
|26| And Metushelach lived |5| And Hashem saw that the fifty cubits, and the height of
after he fathered Lamech wickedness of HaAdam was it thirty cubits.
seven hundred eighty and two great in ha'aretz and that |16| A roof shalt thou make to
shanah, and fathered banim every yetzer (inclination) of the tevah (ark), and thou shalt
and banot; the machshevot (thoughts) finish it to a cubit from the
|27| And all the days of of his lev was only rah (evil) top; and the door of the tevah
Metushelach were nine continually (Ro 7:18) . (ark) shalt thou set in the side
hundred sixty and nine |6| And Hashem relented that thereof; with lower, second,
shanah; and he died. He had made HaAdam on and third decks shalt thou
|28| And Lamech lived a ha'aretz, and He was grieved in make it.
hundred eighty and two His lev. |17| And, hineni, I, even I, do
shanah and fathered ben; |7| And Hashem said, I will bring a mabbul of waters
|29| And he called shmo wipe out HaAdam whom I upon ha'aretz, to destroy kol
Noach, saying, Zeh have created from basar, wherein is the ruach
yenachamenu (this shall the face of ha'adamah; both chayyim, from under
comfort us) in our work and Adam, and Behemah, and the Shomayim; and everything
toil of our hands, because of Remes and the Oph that is in ha'aretz shall perish.
the adamah which Hashem HaShomayim; for I relent that |18| And then with thee will I
hath cursed. I have made them. establish My brit (covenant);
|30| And Lamech lived after |8| But Noach found chen and thou shalt come into the
he fathered Noach five (grace, unmerited favor) in the tevah (ark), thou, and thy
hundred ninety and five eyes of Hashem. banim, and thy isha, and the
shanah, and fathered banim [NOACH] nashim of thy banim with
and banot; |9| These are the toldot of thee.
|31| And all the days of Noach; Noach was an ish |19| And of every living thing
Lamech were seven hundred tzaddik and tamim among of kol basar, two of every kind
seventy and seven shanah; those of his time, and Noach's shalt thou bring into the tevah
and he died. halachah was (ark), to keep them alive with
|32| And Noach was five with HaElohim. thee; they shall be zachar and
hundred years old; and Noach |10| And Noach fathered nekevah.
fathered Shem, Cham, and three banim: Shem, Cham, |20| Of birds after their kind,
Yephet. and Yephet. and of behemah after their
|11| Ha'aretz also was corrupt kind, of every remes of
And it came to pass, before HaElohim, and ha'adamah after its kind, two
6 when HaAdam began to

multiply on the face of
ha'adamah, and banot were
ha'aretz was filled with
chamas.
|12| And Elohim looked upon
of every kind shall come unto
thee, to keep them alive.
|21| And take thou unto thee
born unto them, ha'aretz, and, hinei, it was of all food that is eaten, and
|2| That the bnei HaElohim corrupt; for kol basar had thou shalt gather it to thee;
saw the banot HaAdam that corrupted his derech upon and it shall be for ochel for
they were tovot; and they took ha'aretz. thee, and for them.
them nashim of all which they |13| And Elohim said unto |22| Thus did Noach;
chose. Noach, The ketz (end) of kol according to all that Elohim
|3| And Hashem said, My basar is come before Me; for commanded him, so did he.
Ruach [Hakodesh] shall not ha'aretz is filled with chamas
always strive with Adam, for because of them; and, hineni,
that he also is basar: yet his I will destroy them with And Hashem said unto
yamim shall be a hundred
and twenty shanah.
|4| HaNefilim were on
ha'aretz.
|14| Make thee a tevah (ark)
of gopher wood; rooms shalt
7 Noach, Come thou and
all thy bais into the
tevah (ark); for thee have I
ha'aretz in those yamim; and thou make in the tevah (ark), found tzaddik before Me in
also after that, when the bnei and shalt coat it within and dor hazeh.
HaElohim came in unto the without with tar. |2| Of every behemah
banot HaAdam, and they bore |15| And this is how thou hatehorah thou shalt
children to them, the same shalt build it: the length of

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her in unto him into the tevah took of every behemah |7| And you, be ye fruitful,
(ark). hatehorah, and of kol haoph and multiply; bring forth
|10| And he waited yet hatahor, and offered olot abundantly on ha'aretz, and
another shivat yamim; and (burnt offerings) on the multiply therein.
again he sent forth the yonah Mizbe'ach. |8| And Elohim spoke unto
out of the tevah (ark); |21| And Hashem smelled a Noach, and to his banim with
|11| And the yonah returned re'ach hannichoach; and him, saying,
to him in the erev; and, hinei, Hashem said in His lev, I will |9| And I, hineni, I establish
in her beak was a zayit (olive) not again curse the adamah My brit (covenant) with you,
leaf freshly plucked; so Noach any more ba'avur (because of) and with your zera after you;
had da'as that the mayim were haAdam; for the yetzer of the |10| And with kol nefesh that
abated from off ha'aretz. lev haAdam is rah from his is with you, of the bird, of the
|12| And he waited yet ne'urim (youth, childhood); behemah, and of every animal
another shivat yamim; and neither will I again strike any of ha'aretz with you; from kol
sent forth the yonah; which more every thing living, as I yotzei hatevah (all that go out
returned not unto him again. have done. of the ark), to every creature of
|13| And it came to pass in |22| While ha'aretz ha'aretz.
the six hundredth and first remaineth, zera (seedtime) |11| And I will establish My
year, in the first month, the and katzir (harvest), and kor brit (covenant) with you,
first day of the month, the (cold) and chom (heat), and neither shall kol basar yikaret
mayim were dried up from off kayitz (summer) and choref (be cut off, violently killed) any
ha'aretz; and Noach removed (winter), and yom and lailah more by the waters of the
the mikhseh (covering) of the shall not cease. mabbul; neither shall there be
tevah (ark), and looked, and, any more mabbul l'shachat (to
hinei, the surface of the Vayevarech Elohim et destroy) ha'aretz.
adamah was dry.
|14| And in the second
month, on the seven and
9 Noach and his banim,
and said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and
|12| And Elohim said, This is
the ot (sign) of the brit
(covenant) which I make
twentieth day of the month, replenish ha'aretz. between Me and you and every
was ha'aretz dry. |2| And the fear of you and nefesh chayyah (living
|15| And Elohim spoke unto the dread of you shall be upon creature) that is with you, for
Noach, saying, every beast of ha'aretz, and dorot olam (perpetual
|16| Go forth of the tevah upon every bird of the air, generations);
(ark), thou, and thy isha, and upon all that moveth upon |13| I do set My keshet (bow)
thy banim, and the nashim of ha'adamah, and upon all the in the anan (cloud), and it
thy banim with thee. dagim of the yam; into your shall be for an ot brit between
|17| Bring forth with thee yad are they delivered. Me and ha'aretz.
every living thing that is with |3| Every remes that liveth |14| And it shall come to
thee, of kol basar, both of shall be food for you; even as pass, when I bring an anan
bird, and of behemah, and of the yarok esev (green plant) over ha'aretz, that the keshet
every creeping thing that have I given you all. be'anan (rainbow) shall be
creepeth upon ha'aretz; that |4| But basar with the nefesh seen;
they may multiply abundantly thereof, which is the dahm |15| And I will remember My
on ha'aretz, and be fruitful, thereof, shall ye not eat. brit, which is between Me and
and increase upon ha'aretz. |5| And surely your dahm of you and kol nefesh chayyah of
|18| And Noach went forth, your nefeshot will I require; at kol basar; and the waters shall
and his banim, and his isha, the hand of every beast will I no more become a mabbul
and the nashim of his banim require it, and at the yad (flood) l'shachat (to destroy)
with him; haAdam; at the hand of every kol basar.
|19| Every animal, every man's brother will I require |16| And the keshet shall be
remes, and every bird, and the nefesh haAdam. in the anan; and I will look
whatsoever creepeth upon |6| Shofech dahm (one who upon it, that I may remember
ha'aretz, after their kinds, sheddeth man's blood), by the brit olam between Elohim
went forth out of the tevah man shall his dahm be shed; and kol nefesh chayyah of kol
(ark). for in the tzelem Elohim made basar that is upon ha'aretz.
|20| And Noach built a He man.
Mizbe'ach unto Hashem; and
17| And Elohim said unto Now these are the |15| And Kena'an fathered
Noach, This is the ot habrit,
which I have established
between Me and kol basar that
10 toldot of the Bnei
Noach: Shem,
Cham, and Yephet; and unto
Tzidon his bechor, and Chet,
|16| And the Yevusi, and the
Emori, and the Girgashi,
is upon ha'aretz. them were banim born after |17| And the Chivvi, and the
|18| And the bnei Noach, that the mabbul (flood). Arki, and the Sini,
went forth of the tevah, were |2| The Bnei Yephet: Gomer, |18| And the Arvadi, and the
Shem, and Cham, and Yephet; and Magog, and Madai, and Tzemari, and the Chamati;
and Cham is the av of Kena'an Yavan, and Tuval, and and afterward were the
(Canaan). Meshech, and Tiras. mishpechot haKena'ani
|19| Shloshah (Three) are the |3| And the Bnei Gomer: spread abroad.
bnei Noach; and of them was Ashkenaz, and Riphat, and |19| And the boundary of the
the kol ha'aretz populated. Togarmah. Kena'ani was from Tzidon, as
|20| And Noach began to be |4| And the Bnei Yavan: thou comest to Gerar, unto
an ish ha'adamah (a man of Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, Azah (Gaza); as thou goest,
the soil), and he planted a and Dodanim. unto Sodom, and Amora
kerem (vineyard); |5| By these were the (Gomorrah), and Admah, and
|21| And he drank of the coastlands of the Goyim Tzevoyim, even unto Lesha.
yayin, and became shikker divided in their lands; every |20| These are the Bnei
(intoxicated); and he lay one after his leshon, after Cham, after their mishpechot,
uncovered inside his ohel. their mishpechot, in their after their leshonot, in their
|22| And Cham, the av of Goyim. territories, and in their Goyim.
Kena'an, saw the erom |6| And the Bnei Cham: |21| Also unto Shem avi kol
(nakedness) of his av, and told Cush, and Mitzrayim, and Bnei Ever, and the older
his two achim on the outside. Phut, and Kena'an. brother of Yephet, even to
|23| And Shem and Yephet |7| And the Bnei Cush: Seva, him were offspring born.
took a garment, and laid it and Chavilah, and Savtah, |22| The Bnei Shem: Elam,
upon both their shoulders, and Raamah, and Savtecha; and Asshur, and Arpachshad,
and walked backward, and and the Bnei Raamah: Sheva, and Lud, and Aram.
covered the erom of their av; and Dedan. |23| And Bnei Aram: Uz, and
and their faces were turned |8| And Cush fathered Chul, and Geter, and Mash.
the other way, and they saw Nimrod; he began to be a |24| And Arpachshad
not the erom of their av. gibbor in ha'aretz. fathered Shelach; and Shelach
|24| And Noach awoke from |9| He was a gibbor, a hunter fathered Ever.
his yayin, and had da'as of before Hashem; therefore it is |25| And unto Ever were born
what his ben katan had done said, like Nimrod the gibbor, two banim: the shem of one
unto him. the hunter before Hashem. was Peleg; for in his days was
|25| And he said, Arur |10| And the beginning of his ha'aretz divided; and his
(cursed) be Kena'an; an eved kingdom was Babel, and brother's shem was Yoktan.
of avadim shall he be unto his Erech, and Akkad, and |26| And Yoktan fathered
achim. Calneh, in Eretz Shinar. Almodad, and Sheleph, and
|26| And he said, Baruch |11| Out of that land he went Chatzarmavet, and Yerach,
Hashem Elohei Shem; and forth to Asshur, and built |27| And Hadoram, and
Kena'an shall be his eved. Nineveh, and Rechovot-Ir, and Uzal, and Diklah,
|27| Elohim shall enlarge Kelach, |28| And Oval, and Avimael,
Yephet, and he shall dwell in |12| And Resen between and Sheva,
the tents of Shem; and Nineveh and Kelach; the same |29| And Ophir, and
Kena'an shall be his eved. is haIr Hagedolah. Chavilah, and Yovav; all these
|28| And Noach lived after |13| And Mitzrayim fathered were the Bnei Yoktan.
the mabbul three hundred Ludim, and Anamim, and |30| And their moshav
and fifty years. Lehavim, and Naphtuchim, (dwelling) was from Mesha, as
|29| And all the days |14| And Patrusim, and thou goest unto Sephar
of Noach were nine hundred Casluchim, out of whom came har hakedem.
and fifty years; and he died. Pelishtim (Philistines), and |31| These are the Bnei
Caphtorim. Shem, after their mishpechot,
according to their
leshonot, in their territories, them abroad upon the face of and nineteen shanah, and
after their Goyim. kol Ha'Aretz. fathered banim and banot.
|32| These are the |10| These are the toldot of |26| And Terach lived seventy
mishpechot of the Bnei Shem: Shem was a hundred shanah, and fathered Avram,
Noach, after their years old, and fathered Nachor, and Haran.
toldot, in their Goyim; and by Arpachshad two years after |27| Now these are the toldot
these were the Goyim the mabbul; Terach: Terach fathered
divided/separated in ha'aretz |11| And Shem lived after he Avram, Nachor, and Haran;
after the mabbul. fathered Arpachshad five and Haran fathered Lot.
hundred shanah, and |28| And Haran died before
And the kol fathered banim and banot. his av Terach in the land of
11 HaAretz was of one

language and of
devarim achadim (common
|12| And Arpachshad lived
five and thirty shanah, and
fathered Salah;
his birth, in Ur Kasdim.
|29| And Avram and Nachor
took them nashim: the shem
words). |13| And Arpachshad lived eshet Avram was Sarai; and
|2| And it came to pass, as after he fathered Shelach four the shem eshet Nachor was
they migrated from the east, hundred and three shanim, Milcah, the bat Haran Avi
that they found a plain in and fathered banim and Milcah, and Avi Yiskah.
Eretz Shinar; and they dwelt banot. |30| But Sarai was barren;
there. |14| And Shelach lived thirty she had no child.
|3| And they said one to shanah, and fathered Ever; |31| And Terach took Avram
another, Come, let us make |15| And Shelach lived after bno, and ben bno Lot ben
brick, and bake them he fathered Ever four hundred Haran, and Sarai his kallah,
thoroughly. And they had and three shanah, and eshet Avram bno; and they
brick for even (stone), and fathered banim and banot. went forth with them from Ur
bitumen had they for mortar. |16| And Ever lived four and Kasdim, to go into Eretz
|4| And they said, Come, let thirty shanah, and fathered Kena'an; and they came unto
us build us an Ir and a Peleg; Charan (Haran), and dwelt
Migdal, whose rosh (top) may |17| And Ever lived after he there.
reach unto Shomayim; and let fathered Peleg four hundred |32| And the days of Terach
us make us a shem, otherwise and thirty shanah, and were two hundred and five
we shall be scattered abroad fathered banim and banot. shanim; and Terach died in
upon the face of kol HaAretz. |18| And Peleg lived thirty Charan (Haran).
|5| And Hashem came down shanah, and fathered Reu; [LECH LECHA]
Now Hashem had
12
to see the Ir and the Migdal, |19| And Peleg lived after he
which Bnei HaAdam built. fathered Reu two hundred said unto Avram,
|6| And Hashem said, See, and nine shanim, and Get thee out of thy
the Am is echad and they have fathered banim and banot. country, and from thy
all one language; and this they |20| And Reu lived two and kindred, and from the bais
begin to do; and now nothing thirty shanah, and fathered avicha, unto ha'aretz that I
will be impossible for them, Serug; will show thee;
which they have proposed to |21| And Reu lived after he |2| So that I will make of thee a
do. fathered Serug two hundred goy gadol (great nation), so that I
|7| Come, let Us go down, and and seven shanim, and will bless thee, and make thy
there confuse their sefat, that fathered banim and banot. shem great; and so thou shalt be
they may not understand one |22| And Serug lived thirty a berakhah (blessing);
another's language. shanah, and fathered Nachor; |3| And I will bless the one
|8| So Hashem scattered |23| And Serug lived after he blessing you, and curse him
them abroad from there upon fathered Nachor two hundred that curses you; and kol
the face of kol Ha'Aretz; and shanah, and fathered banim mishpochot haadamah shall
they left off building the Ir. and banot. be blessed through you.[T.N.
|9| Therefore is the shem of it |24| And Nachor lived nine There is a berakhah in this
called Babel; because Hashem and twenty shanah, and verse that many do not know
did there confuse the language fathered Terach; but that every true follower of
of kol Ha'Aretz; and from |25| And Nachor lived after Moshiach should know.]
there did Hashem scatter he fathered Terach a hundred
|4| So Avram departed as nefesh shall live on account of |5| And Lot also, which
Hashem had told him; and thee. walked with Avram, had tzon,
Lot went with him; and Avram |14| And it came to pass, that, and herds, and ohalim.
was seventy and five years old when Avram was come into |6| And ha'aretz was not able
when he departed out of Mitzrayim, the Egyptians to bear them, that they might
Charan. beheld the isha that she was dwell together; for their
|5| And Avram took Sarai his yafeh me'od. rechush was rav, so that they
isha, and Lot his brother's son, |15| The sarim of Pharaoh could not dwell together.
and all their possessions that also saw her, and commended |7| And there was a riv
they had amassed, and the her before Pharaoh; and the between the ro'im of the herd
nefesh that they had gotten in isha was taken into Bais of Avram and the ro'im of the
Charan; and they went forth Pharaoh. herd of Lot; and the Kena'ani
to go into the land of Kena'an; |16| And he treated Avram and the Perizzi dwelt then in
and they arrived in the land of well for her sake: and he ha'aretz.
Kena'an. acquired sheep and oxen, and |8| And Avram said unto Lot,
|6| And Avram passed male donkeys, and avadim, Let there be no merivah now
through the land unto the and shfachot, and female between me and thee, and
makom Shechem, unto Elon donkeys, and camels. between my ro'im and thy
Moreh. And the Kena'ani was |17| And Hashem plagued ro'im; for we are achim.
then in ha'aretz. Pharaoh and his Bais with |9| Is not the kol ha'aretz
|7| And Hashem appeared nega'im gedolim because of before thee? Separate thyself,
unto Avram, and said, Unto Sarai eshet Avram. now, from me; if thou wilt take
thy zera will I give ha'aretz |18| And Pharaoh summoned the left hand, then I will go to
hazot: and there built he a Avram and said, What is this the right; or if thou depart to
Mizbe'ach unto Hashem, Who that thou hast done unto me? the right hand, then I will
appeared unto him. Why didst thou not tell me go to the left.
|8| And he removed from that she was thy isha? |10| And Lot lifted up his
there unto the harah mikedem |19| Why saidst thou, She is eyes, and beheld all the plain
Beit-El, and pitched his tent, my achot? So I might have of Yarden, that it was well
having Beit-El on the west, taken her to me to wife; now watered everywhere, before
and Ai on the east; and there therefore, hinei, thy wife, take Hashem destroyed Sodom and
he built a Mizbe'ach unto her, and go! Amora, even as the Gan
Hashem,and called upon the |20| And Pharaoh Hashem, like Eretz Mitzrayim,
Shem of Hashem. commanded his anashim as you go to Tzoar.
|9| And Avram journeyed, concerning him; and they sent |11| Then Lot chose for him
going on still toward the him away, and his isha, and all the plain of Yarden; and
Negev. all that he had. Lot journeyed mikedem (east);
|10| And there was a ra'av in And Avram went and they separated themselves
the land; and Avram went
down into Mitzrayim to
sojourn there; for the ra'av was
13 up out of
Mitzrayim, he, and
his isha, and all that he had,
the one from his brother.
|12| Avram dwelled in Eretz
Kena'an, and Lot dwelled in
severe in ha'aretz. and Lot with him, into the the cities of the plain, and
|11| And it came to pass, Negev. pitched his ohel toward
when he was about to enter |2| And Avram was very rich Sodom.
into Mitzrayim, that he said in cattle, in kesef, and in |13| But the men of Sodom
unto Sarai his isha, Hinei zahav. were ra'im and chatta'im
now, I know that thou art an |3| And he went on his before Hashem exceedingly.
isha yafeh to look upon; journeys from the Negev even |14| And Hashem said unto
|12| Therefore it shall come to Beit-El, unto the makom Avram, after that Lot was
to pass, when the Egyptians where his ohel had been at the separated from him, Lift up
shall see thee, that they shall beginning, between Beit-El now thine eyes, and look from
say, This is his isha; and they and Ai; the makom where thou art
will kill me, but they will save |4| Unto the makom of the northward, and southward
thee alive. Mizbe'ach, which he had built and eastward, and westward:
|13| Say, now, thou art my there at the first; and there |15| For kol ha'aretz which
achot; that it may be well with Avram called on the Shem of thou seest, to thee
me for thy sake; and my Hashem. will I give it, and
to thy zera ad olam (forever). Melech Amora (Gomorrah), melachim that were with him,
|16| And I will make thy zera and the Melech Admah, and at the Valley of Shaveh, which
as the dust of ha'aretz; so that the Melech Tzevoyim, and the is the Valley of the King.
if a man can number the Melech Bela (the same is |18| And Malki-Tzedek
aphar of ha'aretz, then shall Tzoar); and they joined in Melech Shalem brought forth
thy zera also be numbered. milchamah with them in the lechem and yayin and he was
|17| Arise, walk through Valley of Siddim; the kohen of El Elyon [Ps 110:4].
ha'aretz in the length of it and |9| With Kedorlaomer Melech |19| And he blessed him, and
in the breadth of it; for I will Elam, and with Tidal Melech said, Baruch Avram by El
give it unto thee. Goyim, and Amraphel Melech Elyon, Creator of Shomayim
|18| Then Avram moved his Shinar, and Aryoch Melech v'Aretz;
ohel, and came and dwelt in Ellasar; four melachim |20| And baruch El Elyon,
Elonei Mamre, which is in against five. Who hath delivered thine
Chevron, and built there a |10| And the Valley of Siddim enemies into thy hand. And he
Mizbe'ach unto Hashem. was full of tar pits; and the gave him ma'aser (tithe) of all.
And it came to pass Melech Sodom and Amora |21| And the Melech Sodom
14 in the yamim of
Amraphel Melech
Shinar (i.e., Babylon), Aryoch
(Gomorrah) they fled, and fell
there; and they that remained
fled to the mountain.
said unto Avram, Give me the
nefesh and keep the
possessions for thyself.
Melech Ellasar, Kedorlaomer |11| And they took all the |22| And Avram said to the
Melech Elam, and Tidal possessions of Sodom and Melech Sodom, I have lifted
Melech Goyim; Amora (Gomorrah), and all up mine hand unto Hashem,
|2| That these made their ochel, and went their El Elyon Creator of Shomayim
milchamah with Bera Melech way. v'Aretz,
Sodom, and with Birsha |12| And they took Lot, |23| That I will not take from
Melech Amora (Gomorrah), Avram's brother's son, who a thread even to the thong of a
Shinav Melech Admah, and dwelt in Sodom, and his sandal, and that I will not take
Shemever Melech Tzevoyim, possessions, and departed. any thing that is thine, lest
and the Melech Bela, which is |13| And there came one that thou shouldest say, I have
Tzoar. had escaped, and told Avram made Avram rich;
|3| All these were joined HaIvri; for he dwelt in Elonei |24| Save only that which the
together in the Valley of Mamre the Emori, young men have eaten, and
Siddim which is the Yam brother of Eshcol, and brother the chelek of the anashim
HaMelach (i.e., Dead Sea). of Aner; and these were Ba'alei which went with me, Aner,
|4| Twelve shanah they Brit Avram. Eshcol, and Mamre; let them
served Kedorlaomer, and in |14| And when Avram heard take their chelek.
the thirteenth year they that his brother was taken
rebelled. captive, he armed his trained After these things
|5| And in the fourteenth year
came Kedorlaomer, and the
melachim that were with him,
men, born in his own bais,
three hundred and eighteen,
and pursued them as far as
15 the Devar Hashem
came unto Avram
in a makhazeh, saying, Fear not,
and they defeated the Dan. Avram; I am thy mogen, and
Rephaim in Ashterot |15| And he divided himself thy exceeding great sachar
Karnayim, and the Zuzim in against them, he and his (reward).
Ham, and the Emim in avadim, by lailah, and routed |2| And Avram said, Adonoi
Shaveh-Kiryatayim, them, and pursued them as Hashem, what wilt Thou give
|6| And the Chori in their Mt far as Chovah, which is on the me, since I go childless, and
Seir, as far as Eil-Paran, left hand (north) of Damascus. the Ben Meshek of my Bais is
which is near the midbar. |16| And he recovered all the this Eliezer of Dameshek
|7| And they turned, and possessions, and also brought (Damascus)?
came to En Mishpat, which is again his brother Lot, and his |3| And Avram said, See, to
Kadesh, and conquered all the possessions, and the nashim me Thou hast given no zera;
country of the Amaleki, and also, and the people. and, hinei, one born in my
also the Emori, that dwelt in |17| And the Melech Sodom bais is my yoresh (heir).
Chazezon-Tamar. went out to meet him after his |4| And, hinei, the Devar
|8| And there went out the return from the defeat of Hashem came unto
Melech Sodom, and the Kedorlaomer, and of the
|15| And thou shalt go to thy unto thy kheyk; and when she
him saying, This shall not be avot in shalom; thou shalt be saw that she had conceived, I
thy yoresh; but he that shall buried at a good old age. was despised in her eyes;
come forth out of thine own |16| But in the fourth Hashem judge between me
body shall be thy yoresh. generation they shall come and thee.
|5| And He brought him forth back here again; for the avon |6| But Avram said unto
outside, and said, Look now (iniquity) of the Emori Sarai, Hinei, thy shifchah is in
toward Shomayim, and count (Amorite) is not yet full. thy hand; do to her as it
the kokhavim, if thou be able |17| And it came to pass, that, pleaseth thee. And when Sarai
to number them; and He said when the shemesh went down, dealt harshly with her, she
unto him, So shall thy zera be. and it was dark, hinei a fled from her face.
|6| And he believed in smoking fire-pot, and a |7| And the Malach Hashem
Hashem; and He credited blazing torch passed between found her by a spring of
[emunah (faith)] to him as those pieces. mayim in the midbar, near
tzedakah (righteousness). |18| On that day Hashem cut the spring on the road to Shur.
|7| And He said unto him, I a brit (covenant) with Avram, |8| And he said, Hagar,
am Hashem Who brought thee saying, Unto thy zera have I Sarai's shifchah, from where
out of Ur Kasdim, to give thee given ha'aretz hazot, from the camest thou? And where wilt
ha'aretz hazot to be the yoresh Wadi of Mitzrayim unto the thou go? And she said, I flee
of it. great river, the river from the face of my gevirah
|8| And he said, Adonoi Euphrates: Sarai.
Hashem, how can I have da'as |19| [the land of] the Keni, |9| And the Malach Hashem
that I will be its yoresh? and the Kenizzi, and the said unto her, Return to thy
|9| And He said unto him, Kadmoni, gevirah, and submit thyself
Bring Me a heifer |20| And the Chitti, and the under her hands.
meshuleshet, and a she goat Perizzi, and the Repha’im, |10| And the Malach Hashem
meshuleshet, and a ram |21| And the Emori, and the said unto her, I will multiply
meshulash, and a dove, and a Kena'ani, and the Girgashi, thy zera exceedingly, that it
pigeon. and the Yevusi. shall not be numbered for
|10| And he brought unto multitude.
Him all these, and divided Now Sarai Avram's |11| And the Malach Hashem
them in two, and laid each
half one opposite another; but
the birds divided he not.
16 isha bore him no
children; and she
had a shifchah, an Egyptian,
said unto her, See, thou art
with child and shalt bear ben,
and shalt call shmo
|11| And when the birds of whose shem was Hagar. Yishmael; because Hashem
prey came down upon the |2| And Sarai said unto shema thy oni (misery).
carcasses, Avram drove them Avram, Hinei now, Hashem |12| And he will be a pere
away. hath restrained me from adam; his yad will be against
|12| And when the shemesh bearing; go now in unto my kol, and kol yad against him;
was going down, a tardemah shifchah; it may be that I may and he shall dwell in the
fell upon Avram; and, hinei, a build family by her. And presence of all his brethren.
horror of great darkness fell Avram paid heed to the voice |13| And she called the Shem
upon him. of Sarai. of Hashem Who spoke unto
|13| And Hashem said unto |3| And Sarai Avram's isha her, El Roi (G-d Who Sees); for
Avram, Know of a surety that took Hagar her shifchah the she said, Have I also here seen
thy zera shall be a ger in a Egyptian, after Avram had after Him that seeth me?
land not their own, and shall dwelt ten years in Eretz |14| Therefore the well was
serve them; and they shall Kena'an, and gave her to her called Beer-lahai-roi; hinei, it
afflict them arba me'ot husband Avram to be his isha. is between Kadesh and Bered.
shanah; |4| And he went in unto |15| And Hagar bore Avram
|14| And also that nation, Hagar, and she conceived; and ben; and Avram called shem
whom they shall serve, will I when she saw that she had bno, which Hagar bore,
judge; and afterward shall conceived, her gevirah was Yishmael (Ishmael).
they come out with rechush despised in her eyes. |16| And Avram was
gadol (great substance). |5| And Sarai said unto fourscore and six
Avram, My wrong be upon shanah when Hagar
thee; I have given my shifchah bore Yishmael to Avram.
And when Avram every zachar among you shall him fruitful, and will multiply
17 was ninety and

nine shanah,
Hashem appeared to Avram,
be circumcised.
|11| And ye shall circumcise
the basar of your arelah; and
him exceedingly; twelve
nasi’im (princes, rulers) shall
he father, and I will make him
and said unto him, I am El it shall be an ot brit (sign of a goy gadol (great nation).
Shaddai; walk before Me, and the covenant) between Me and |21| But My Brit (covenant)
be thou tamim (blameless). you. will I establish with Yitzchak,
|2| And I will confirm My brit |12| And he that is eight days which Sarah shall bear unto
(covenant) between Me and old shall be circumcised thee at mo'ed hazeh (this set
thee, and will multiply thee among you, every zachar in time) next year.
exceedingly. your dorot, he that is born in |22| And He left off speaking
|3| And Avram fell on his the bais, or bought with kesef with him, and Elohim went up
face; and Elohim talked with of any foreigner, which is not from Avraham.
him, saying, of thy zera. |23| And Avraham took
|4| As for Me, hinei, My brit |13| He that is born in thy Yishmael bno, and all that
(covenant) is with thee, and bais, and he that is bought were born in his bais, and all
thou shalt be an Av of many with thy kesef, must be that were bought with his
Goyim [see 18:18]. circumcised; and My Brit shall kesef, every zachar among the
|5| Neither shall thy shem be in your basar for a Brit men of Avraham's bais; and
any more be called Avram, but Olam. circumcised the basar of their
thy shem shall be Avraham; |14| And the arel arelah in the very same day, as
for Av hamon Goyim (Father (uncircumcised) zachar whose Elohim had said unto him.
of a multitude of Goyim) have basar of his arelah (foreskin) |24| And Avraham was ninety
I made thee. [T.N. Ga 3:29 is not circumcised, that nefesh shanah and nine, when he was
says “And if you belong to shall be cut off from his circumcised in the basar of his
Moshiach (YESHAYAH 53:10), people; My Brit hefer (he arelah.
then you are of the ZERAH of broke). |25| And Yishmael bno was
Avraham Avinu, you are |15| And Elohim said unto thirteen shanah, when he was
yoreshim (heirs) according to Avraham, As for Sarai thy circumcised in the basar of his
the havtachah (promise).] isha, thou shalt not call her arelah (foreskin).
|6| And I will make thee shem Sarai, but Sarah |26| In the very same day was
exceeding fruitful, and I will (Princess) shall her shem be. Avraham circumcised, and
make Goyim of thee, and |16| And I will bless her, and Yishmael bno.
Melechim shall come out of give thee ben also of her; yes, |27| And all the men of his
thee. will bless her, and she shall bais, born in the bais, and
|7| And I will establish My give rise to Goyim; melechim bought with kesef of the
Brit (covenant) between Me of peoples shall be from her. foreigner, were circumcised
and thee and thy zera after |17| Then Avraham fell upon with him.
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Olam, to be Elohim unto thee, (laughed), and said in his lev,
and to thy zera after thee. Shall a child be born unto
And Hashem
|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
him that is a hundred
shanah? And shall Sarah, that
is ninety shanah, bear?
|18| And Avraham said unto
18 appeared unto him
in the terebinth
trees of Mamre; and he sat in
the entrance of the ohel (tent)
Achuzzah (Possession) Olam HaElohim, O that Yishmael
in the heat of the day;
(Everlasting); and I will be might live before Thee!
|2| And he lifted up his eyes
their Elohim. |19| And Elohim said, Sarah
and looked, and, hinei,
|9| And Elohim said unto thy isha shall bear thee ben
Shloshah Anashim
Avraham, Thou shalt be indeed; and thou shalt call
(Three Men, [Yeshayah 6:3])
shomer over My Brit therefore, shmo Yitzchak; and I will
stood by him; and when he
thou, and thy zera after thee establish My Brit (covenant)
saw them, he ran to meet them
in the dorot. with him for a Brit Olam, and
from the entrance of the ohel,
|10| This is My Brit with his zera after him.
and prostrated himself on the
(covenant), which ye shall be |20| And as for Yishmael, I
ground,
shomer over, between Me and have heard thee; hinei, I have
you and thy zera after thee; blessed him, and will make
|3| And said, Adonoi unto Avraham, Why did Sarah |24| Suppose there be fifty
[Hashem, see v.13], if now I laugh, saying, Shall I which tzaddikim within the city; wilt
have found chen (favor) in Thy am old of a surety bear a Thou also destroy and not
sight, pass not on by, please, child? nasa (spare [take away and
from Thy servant; |14| Is any thing too hard for bear the guilt of, Yeshayah
|4| Let a little water, please, Hashem? At the time 53:12]) the place lema'an (for
be brought, and wash Thy appointed I will return unto the sake of) the fifty
feet, and rest under haetz (the thee, in due season, and Sarah tzaddikim that are therein?
tree); shall have ben (son). [IK 3:18]
|5| And I will bring a morsel |15| Then Sarah denied, |25| That be far from Thee to
of bread, and refresh Ye Your saying, I laughed not; for she do after this manner, to slay
hearts; after that Ye shall pass was afraid. And He said, Oh the tzaddik with the rasha;
on; because for this purpose yes but thou didst laugh. and that the tzaddik should be
are Ye come to Your servant. |16| And the Anashim rose as the rasha, that be far from
And they said, So do, as thou up from thence, and peered Thee: Shall not HaShofet Kol
hast said. toward S'dom; and Avraham Ha'Aretz (the Judge of All the
|6| And Avraham hastened went with them to send them Earth) do mishpat (right)?
into the ohel unto Sarah, and on the way. |26| And Hashem said, If I
said, Make ready quickly |17| And Hashem said, Shall find in S'dom fifty tzaddikim
shlosh measures of fine meal, I hide from Avraham that within the city, then I will
knead it, and make cakes. thing which I do; spare all the place for their
|7| And Avraham ran unto |18| Seeing that Avraham sakes.
the herd, and brought a calf shall surely become a great |27| And Avraham answered
tender and tov, and gave it and mighty nation, and kol and said, Hinei now, I, which
unto a servant; and he hasted goyei ha'aretz (all the nations am but aphar and ashes, have
to prepare it. of the earth) shall be blessed taken upon me to speak unto
|8| And he took curds, and in him? Hashem;
cholov (milk), and the calf |19| For I know him, that he |28| Suppose there shall lack
which he had prepared, and will command his children five of the fifty tzaddikim;
set it before them; and he and his household after him, wilt Thou destroy all the city
stood by them under haetz, and they shall be shomer over for lack of five? And He said,
and they did eat. the Derech Hashem, to do If I find there forty and five, I
|9| And they said unto him, tzedakah and mishpat; that will not destroy it.
Where is Sarah thy wife? And Hashem may bring upon |29| And he spoke unto Him
he said, Hinei, in the ohel. Avraham that which He hath yet again, and said, Suppose
|10| And He said, I will spoken [promised] of him. there shall be forty found
certainly return unto thee at |20| And Hashem said, there. And He said, I will not
this time next year; and, hinei, Because the outcry of S'dom do it for forty's sake.
Sarah thy wife shall have ben and Amora is great, and |30| And he said unto Him,
(son). And Sarah heard it in because their sin is very Oh let not Hashem be angry,
the entrance of the ohel, grievous; and I will speak; suppose
which was behind him. |21| I will go down now, and there shall thirty be found
|11| Now Avraham and Sarah see whether they have done there. And He said, I will not
were zekenim (old ones) and altogether according to the do it, if I find thirty there.
well stricken in age; and [in crying out [for punishment] of |31| And he said, Hinei now,
childbearing] it ceased to be it, which is come unto Me; and I have taken upon me to speak
with Sarah after the manner if not, I will have da'as. unto Hashem: suppose there
of women. |22| And the Men turned shall be twenty found there.
|12| Therefore Sarah laughed their faces from thence, and And He said, I will not destroy
[titzchak, sounds like Yitzchak] went toward S'dom; but it for twenty's sake.
within herself, saying, After I Avraham stood yet before |32| And he said, Oh let not
am grown old shall I have Hashem. Hashem be angry, and I will
pleasure, adoni being old |23| And Avraham drew near, speak yet but this once:
also? and said, Wilt Thou also suppose asarah (ten, i.e., a
|13| And Hashem said destroy the tzaddik with the minyan)
rasha?
shall be found there. And He |9| And they said, Stand him; and they brought him
said, I will not destroy it for back. And they said again, out and set him outside the Ir.
the sake of haasarah (the ten). This one fellow came in to |17| And it came to pass,
|33| And Hashem went His sojourn as a ger (alien), and he when they had brought them
way, as soon as He had left will now play the shofet; now forth outside, that he said,
communing with Avraham; will we deal worse with thee, Flee and escape for thy
and Avraham returned unto than with them. And they nefesh; look not back behind
his makom. pressed strongly upon the thee, neither stop thou
And there came man, even Lot, and came near anywhere in all the plain; flee
19 two malachim to
Sodom at erev; and
Lot sat in the sha'ar Sodom;
to break down the delet.
|10| But the anashim put
forth their yad, and pulled Lot
and escape to the mountain,
lest thou be swept away.
|18| And Lot said unto them,
and Lot seeing them rose up into the bais to them, and shut Oh, not so, Adonoi (My L-rd):
to meet them; and he bowed the delet. |19| Hinei now, thy eved hath
himself with his face toward |11| And they struck the men found chen in Thy sight, and
the ground; that were at the petach of the Thou hast magnified Thy
|2| And he said, Hinei, bais with blindness, both chesed, which Thou hast
adonai (my masters), turn in, katan and gadol; so that they showed unto me in sparing my
now, into the bais avdechem, wearied themselves to find the nefesh; and I cannot flee to
and tarry all night, and wash petach. escape to the mountain, lest
your feet, and ye shall rise up |12| And the anashim said some ra'ah overtake me, and I
early, and go on your ways. unto Lot, Hast thou here any die;
And they said, Lo; but we will one else? Choson (Son-in-law), |20| Hinei now, this Ir is near
abide the night in the rekhov. and thy banim, and thy banot, to run unto, and it is a little
|3| And he pressed upon and whatsoever thou hast in one; Oh, let me flee to escape
them greatly; and they turned the Ir, bring them out of this there, (is it not mitzar [small]?)
in unto him, and entered into makom (place); and my nefesh shall live.
his bais; and he made them a |13| For we are the |21| And He said unto him,
mishteh (meal, feast), and did mashchitim (ones destroying) Hinei, I have accepted thee
bake matzot, and they did eat. this makom (place), because concerning this thing also,
|4| But before they lay down, the cry of them is so gedolah that I will not overthrow the
the men of the Ir, even the before the face of Hashem; Ir, for the which thou hast
anshei Sodom, surrounded and Hashem hath sent us to spoken.
the bais, from na'ar to zeken, destroy it. |22| Haste thee, flee to escape
all the people from every |14| And Lot went out, and there; for I cannot do anything
quarter [of the city]; spoke unto his chosonim, till thou arrive there.
|5| And they called unto Lot, which were pledged to marry Therefore the shem of the Ir
and said unto him, Where are his banot, and said, Up, get was called Tzoar [sounds like
the anashim which came in to you out of makom hazeh; for mitzar].
thee halailah (this night)? Hashem is mashchit |23| The shemesh rose over
Bring them out unto us, that (destroying) the Ir (City). But ha'aretz when Lot entered
we may know them [carnally]. he seemed as one that Tzoar.
|6| And Lot went outside metzachek (joked) unto his |24| Then Hashem rained
unto them, and shut the delet chosonim. upon Sodom and upon Amora
after him, |15| And when the shachar gofrit and eish from Hashem
|7| And said, Now, achai (my came, then the malachim out of Shomayim;
brethren), do not so wickedly. urged Lot, saying, Arise, take |25| And He overthrew those
|8| Hinei now, I have two thy isha, and thy two banot, cities, and all the plain, and
banot which have not known which are here or thou be all the inhabitants of the
man; now let me bring them swept away in the avon haIr. cities, and tzemach (what
out unto you, and do ye to |16| And while he lingered grew) upon haadamah.
them as is good in your eyes; hesitating, the anashim laid |26| But his isha, from
only unto these anashim do hold upon his yad, and upon behind him, looked back, and
nothing; for therefore came the yad of his isha, and she became a netziv melach
they under the tzel (shadow) of upon the yad of his two banot; (pillar of salt).
my korah (beam, roof). Hashem being merciful unto
|27| And Avraham got up |36| Thus were both the |8| Therefore Avimelech rose
early in the boker to the banot of Lot with child by early in the boker, and called
makom where he stood there their av. all his avadim, and told all
before Hashem; |37| And the bechirah bore these things in their ears; and
|28| And he looked down ben, and called shmo Moav; the anashim were very afraid.
toward Sodom and Amora, the same is the Avi Moav unto |9| Then Avimelech called
and toward all the eretz of the this day. Avraham, and said unto him,
plain, and hinei, he saw kitor |38| And the younger, she What hast thou done unto us?
(smoke, steam) of the eretz go also bore ben, and called and how have I offended thee,
up like kitor of a furnace. shmo Ben-Ammi; the same is that thou hast brought on me
|29| And it came to pass, the Avi Bnei Ammon unto this and on my mamlechah
when Elohim destroyed the day. (kingdom) a chata'ah gedolah
cities of the plain, that zikron And Avraham (great sin)? thou hast done
Avraham came to Elohim, and
He sent Lot out of the midst of
the hafekhah (upheaval,
20 journeyed from
there toward the
Negev region, and dwelled
deeds unto me that ought not
to be done.
|10| And Avimelech said unto
destruction, overthrow), when between Kadesh and Shur, Avraham, What sawest thou,
He overthrew the cities in the and sojourned in Gerar. that thou hast done this thing?
which Lot dwelt. |2| And Avraham said of |11| And Avraham said,
|30| And Lot left Tzoar, and Sarah his isha, She is my Because I thought, Surely the
dwelt in the har, and his two achot; and Avimelech Melech yirat Elohim is not in this
banot with him; for he feared Gerar sent, and took Sarah. place; and they will slay me on
to dwell in Tzoar: and he |3| But Elohim came to account of my isha.
dwelt in a cave, he and his two Avimelech in a chalom |12| And yet indeed she is my
banot. halailah, and said to achot; she is the bat avi, but
|31| And the bechirah said him, See, thou art met (dead), not the bat immi; and she
unto the younger, Avinu is old, for the isha which thou hast became my isha.
and there is not an ish in taken; for she is be'ulat ba'al |13| And it came to pass,
ha'aretz to come in unto us (married of a husband). when Elohim caused me to
after the derech of kol |4| But Avimelech had not wander from my bais avi, that
ha'aretz: come near her; and he said, I said unto her, This is thy
|32| Come, let us make avinu Adonoi, wilt Thou slay also a chesed which thou shalt show
drink yayin, and we will lie goy tzaddik? unto me; at every place where
with him, that we may |5| Said he not unto me, She we shall come, say of me, He is
preserve zera by avinu. is my achot? and she, even she achi.
|33| And they made their av herself said, He is achi: in the |14| And Avimelech took
drink yayin balailah: and the tohm (integrity, guilelessness) tzon, and oxen, and avadim,
bechirah went in, and lay with of my lev and with clean and shfachot, and gave them
her av; and he had da'as not hands of my innocency have I unto Avraham, and restored
when she lay down, nor when done this. to him Sarah his isha.
she arose. |6| And HaElohim said unto |15| And Avimelech said,
|34| And it came to pass on him in a chalom, Yea, I have Hinei, my land is before thee;
the next day, that the bechirah da'as that thou didst this in dwell where it pleaseth thee.
said unto the younger, Hinei, I the tohm (integrity, |16| And unto Sarah he said,
lay yesternight with avi. guilelessness) of thy lev; for I Hinei, I have given thy brother
Let us make him drink yayin also withheld thee from a thousand pieces of kesef;
halailah also; and go thou in, sinning against Me; therefore hinei, it is to thee a kesut
and lie with him, that we may allowed I thee not to touch einayim (covering of the eyes,
preserve zera by avinu. her. exoneration), unto all that are
|35| And they made their av |7| Now therefore restore the with thee, and with all other;
drink yayin balailah also; and ish his isha; for he is a navi, thus she was vindicated.
the younger arose, and lay and he shall pray for thee, and |17| So Avraham davened
with him; and he had da'as thou shalt live; and if thou unto Elohim: and Elohim
not when she lay down, nor restore her not, know thou healed Avimelech, and his
when she arose. that thou shalt surely die, isha, and his maidservants so
thou, and all that are thine. that they bore children.
|18| For Hashem had fast because of the na'ar, and Elohim is with thee in all that
closed up kol rechem (every because of thy bondwoman; in thou doest:
womb) of the bais Avimelech, all that Sarah hath said unto |23| Now therefore swear
on account of Sarah thee, shema (pay heed) unto unto me here before Elohim
Avraham's isha. her voice; for in Yitzchak shall that thou wilt not deal falsely
And Hashem thy zera be called. with me, nor with my child,
21 visited Sarah as He
had said, and
Hashem did unto Sarah just
|13| And also of the ben
haamah will I make a nation,
because he is thy zera.
nor with my descendant:
but according to the chesed
that I have showed thee, thou
as He had spoken. |14| And Avraham rose up shalt do unto me, and to the
|2| For Sarah conceived, and early in the boker, and took eretz wherein thou hast
bore Avraham ben in his old lechem, and a skin of mayim, sojourned.
age, at the mo'ed (set time) of and gave it unto Hagar, |24| And Avraham said, I will
which Elohim had given putting it on her shoulder, swear.
promise unto him. and the yeled, and sent her |25| And Avraham reproved
|3| And Avraham called the away; and she departed, Avimelech because of a be'er
shem of bno that was born and wandered in the midbar hamayim, which Avimelech's
unto him, whom Sarah bore to of Beer-Sheva. avadim had violently seized.
him, Yitzchak. |15| And the mayim in the |26| And Avimelech said, I
|4| And Avraham circumcised skin was done, and she cast know not who hath done this
bno Yitzchak at age shemonat the yeled under one of the thing; neither didst thou tell
yamim, as Elohim had bushes. me, neither yet heard I of it,
commanded him. |16| And she went off, and sat but today.
|5| And Avraham was a down about a bowshot away: |27| And Avraham took tzon
hundred years old, when bno for she thought, Let me not and oxen, and gave them unto
Yitzchak was born unto him. see the mot hayeled. And she Avimelech; and both of them
|6| And she said, Elohim sat there nearby, and lifted up made a brit.
hath brought me tzechok her voice, and wept. |28| And Avraham set apart
(laughter), so that all that hear |17| And Elohim heard the seven ewe lambs of the tzon by
yitzchak (will laugh) with me. voice of the na'ar; and the themselves.
|7| And she said, Who would Malach Elohim called to |29| And Avimelech said unto
have said unto Avraham, that Hagar out of Shomayim, and Avraham, What mean these
Sarah should nurse banim? said unto her, Mah lach, seven ewe lambs which thou
for I have borne him ben in Hagar? fear not; for Elohim hast set apart by themselves?
his old age. hath heard the voice of the |30| And he said, For these
|8| And the yeled grew, and na'ar where he is. sheva ewe lambs shalt thou
was weaned; and Avraham |18| Arise, lift up the na'ar, accept of my hand, that they
made a mishteh gadol the and hold him in thine yad; for may be a witness unto me,
same day that Yitzchak was I will make him a goy gadol. that I have dug this well.
weaned. |19| And Elohim opened her |31| Therefore he called that
|9| And Sarah saw the ben of eyes, and she saw a be'er of place Beer-Sheva; because
Hagar the Egyptian, which she mayim; and she went, and there they swore an oath both
had borne unto Avraham, filled the skin with mayim, of them.
metzachek (mocking, scoffing). and gave the na'ar drink. |32| Thus they made a brit at
|10| Therefore she said unto |20| And Elohim was with the Beer-Sheva: then Avimelech
Avraham, Cast out this na'ar; and he grew, and dwelt rose up, and Phichol the sar
bondwoman and her ben: for in the midbar, and became a tzeva of his, and they returned
the ben of this bondwoman roveh keshet (an archer). into eretz Pelishtim.
shall not be heir with beni (my |21| And he dwelt in the |33| And Avraham planted
son), even with Yitzchak. midbar of Paran: and his em an eshel (tamarisk tree) in
|11| And the thing was very got him an isha out of Eretz Beer-Sheva, and called there
grievous in the eyes of Mitzrayim. on the Shem of Hashem El
Avraham because of bno. |22| And it came to pass at Olam.
|12| And Elohim said unto that time, that Avimelech and |34| And Avraham sojourned
Avraham, Let it not be Phichol the sar tz'va of his in eretz Pelishtim yamim
grievous in thy sight spoke unto Avraham, saying, rabbim.
And it came to |9| And they came to the |19| So Avraham returned
22 pass after these

things, that G-d
did test Avraham, and said
place which G-d had told him
of; and Avraham built a
mizbe'ach there, and laid the
unto his servants, and they
rose up and went together to
Beer Sheva; and Avraham
unto him, Avraham: and he wood in order, and made the dwelt at Beer Sheva.
said, Hineini (Behold, here I akedah (binding) of Yitzchak |20| And it came to pass after
am).www.afii.org/akedah.WMA his son, and laid him on the these things, that it was told
|2| And He said, Take now mizbe'ach upon the wood. Avraham, saying, Hinei,
thy son, thine ben yachid (only |10| And Avraham stretched Milcah, she hath also born
son) Yitzchak, whom thou forth his hand, and took the children unto thy brother
lovest, and get thee into eretz knife to slay his son. Nachor;
Moriah; and offer him there |11| And the Malach Hashem |21| Utz his bechor
for a burnt offering upon one called unto him out of (firstborn), and Buz his
of the mountains which I Shomayim, and said, brother, and Kemuel the
will tell thee of. Avraham, Avraham: and he father of Aram,
|3| And Avraham rose up said, Hineini. |22| And Kesed, and Hazo,
early in the morning, and |12| And he said, Lay not and Pildash, and Yidlaph, and
saddled his donkey, thine hand upon the young Betuel.
and took two of his servants man, neither do thou any |23| And Betuel fathered
with him, and Yitzchak his thing unto him: for now I Rivkah: these eight Milcah did
son, and know that thou fearest G-d, bear to Nachor, Avraham's
cut the wood for the burnt seeing thou hast not withheld brother.
offering, and rose up, and thy son, thine ben yachid from |24| And his pilegesh, whose
went unto the place of which Me. name was Reumah, she bare
G-d had told him. |13| And Avraham lifted up also Tevach, and Gacham,
|4| Then on Yom HaShlishi his eyes, and looked, and hinei and Tachash, and Maachah.
Avraham lifted up his eyes, behind him a ram caught in a
and saw the place afar off. [1C thicket by his horns: and
15:3] Avraham went and took the
|5| And Avraham said unto ram, and offered him up for a [CHAYYE SARAH]
his servants, Abide ye here burnt offering in the stead of
with the donkey; and I and the his son. [YESHAYAH 53:8]
young man will go over there |14| And Avraham called the
And Sarah was an
and nishtachaveh (we will
worship) and we will come
back again to you.
|6| And Avraham took atzei
name of that place Hashem
Yireh: as it is said to this day,
In the mount of Hashem it
shall be provided.
23 hundred and seven
and twenty shanah
old: these were the shnei
haolah (the wood of the burnt |15| And the Malach Hashem chayyai Sarah.
offering), and laid it upon called unto Avraham out of |2| And Sarah died in Kiryat-
Yitzchak his son; and he took Shomayim the second time, Arba; the same is Chevron in
the eish (fire) in his hand, and |16| And said, By Myself have eretz Kena'an: and Avraham
a knife; and they went both of I sworn, saith Hashem, for came to mourn for Sarah, and
them together. because thou hast done this to weep for her.
|7| And Yitzchak spoke unto thing, and hast not withheld |3| And Avraham stood up
Avraham his father, and said, thy son, thine ben yachid: from before his dead, and
Avi (My father): and he said, |17| That in blessing I will spoke unto the bnei Chet,
Hineini, beni (Here am I, my bless thee, and in multiplying saying,
son). And he said, Hinei, the I will multiply thy zera as the |4| I am a ger and a sojourner
eish (fire) and the wood: but stars of the skies, and as the with you: give me an achuzzah
where is the seh (lamb) for a sand which is upon the sea (possession) of a kever with
burnt offering? [YESHAYAH shore; and thy zera shall you, that I may bury my dead
53:7] possess the gate of his out of my sight.
|8| And Avraham said, My enemies; |5| And the bnei Chet
son, G-d will provide Himself |18| And in thy zera shall kol answered Avraham, saying
a seh (lamb) for a burnt goyei ha'aretz be blessed; unto him,
offering: so they went both of because thou hast obeyed My
them together. voice.
|6| Hear us, adoni: thou art a four hundred shekels of kesef, |6| And Avraham said unto
nasi Elohim among us; in the according to current merchant him, Beware thou that thou
choice of kevareinu bury thy value. bring not beni to there!
dead; none of us shall with- |17| And the sadeh of Ephron |7| Hashem Elohei
hold from thee his kever, that which was in Machpelah, HaShomayim, which took me
thou mayest bury thy dead. which was near Mamre, the from bais avi,and from the
|7| And Avraham stood up, sadeh, and the cave which was eretz of my moledet, and
and bowed himself to the am therein, and all the trees that which spoke unto me, and that
ha'aretz, even to the bnei Chet. were in the sadeh, that were in swore unto me, saying, Unto
|8| And he spoke to them, all the borders round about, thy zera will I give HaAretz
saying, If it be your nefesh were deeded Hazot; He shall send His
(will) that I should bury my |18| Unto Avraham for a Malach before thee, and thou
dead out of my sight; hear me, property in the presence of the shalt take an isha unto beni
and intercede for me to bnei Chet, before all that went from there.
Ephron ben Tzochar, in at the sha'ar of his city. |8| But if the isha will not be
|9| That he may give me the |19| And after this, Avraham willing to follow thee, then
cave of Machpelah, which he buried Sarah his isha in the thou shalt be released from
hath, which is in the end of cave of the sadeh of this my shevu'ah (oath): only
his sadeh; for the kesef maleh Machpelah near Mamre; the do not bring back beni there.
(full price) he shall give it me same is Chevron in the eretz |9| And the eved put his yad
for an achuzzah (possession) Kena'an. under yerech Avraham
of a kever amongst you. |20| And the sadeh, and the adonav, and swore to him
|10| And Ephron dwelt cave that is therein, were concerning this matter.
among the bnei Chet: and deeded unto Avraham for an |10| And the eved took asarah
Ephron the Chitti answered achuzzah of a kever by the gemalim of the gemalei
Avraham in the hearing of the bnei Chet. adonav, and departed; for all
bnei Chet, even of all that And Avraham was the goods of adonav were in
went in at the sha'ar of his
city, saying,
|11| Lo, adoni, hear me; the
24 zaken (old), and
well stricken in
age; and Hashem berach (had
his yad: and he arose, and
went to Aram Naharayim,
[Mesopotamia] unto the Ir
sadeh give I thee, and the cave blessed) Avraham in all Nachor.
that is therein, I give it thee; in things. |11| And he made his
the presence of the bnei ammi |2| And Avraham said unto gemalim to kneel down
give I it thee; bury thy dead. his eved zekan of his bais, outside the Ir near a be'er
|12| And Avraham bowed hamoshel (that ruled) over all hamayim at the time of erev,
down himself before the am that he had, Put, now, thy yad at the time that women go out
ha'aretz. under my thigh; to draw mayim.
|13| And he spoke unto |3| And I will make |12| And he said Hashem
Ephron in the hearing of the thee swear by Hashem Elohei Elohei adoni Avraham, now,
am ha'aretz, saying, But if HaShomayim and Elohei send me success this yom, and
thou wilt give it, now, hear me; Ha'Aretz, that thou shalt not show chesed unto adoni
I will give thee kesef for the take an isha unto beni of the Avraham.
sadeh; accept it from me, and Banot HaKena'ani, among |13| Hinei, I stand
I will bury my dead there. whom I dwell: here by the ayin hamayim;
|14| And Ephron answered |4| But thou shalt go unto my and the banot anshei haIr
Avraham, saying unto him, eretz, and to my moledet, and come out to draw mayim;
|15| Pay heed, adoni, unto take an isha unto beni |14| And let it come to pass,
me; the land is worth four Yitzchak. that the na'arah to whom I
hundred shekels of kesef; what |5| And the eved said unto shall say, Let down thy jug,
is that between me and thee? him, What if the isha will not now, that I may drink; and she
bury therefore thy dead. be willing to follow me unto shall say, Drink, and I will
|16| And Avraham paid heed HaAretz Hazot: must I needs give thy gemalim drink also;
unto Ephron; and Avraham bring binecha back unto let the same be she that Thou
weighed to Ephron the kesef, ha'aretz from where thou hast appointed for Thy eved
which he had named in the camest? Yitzchak; and thereby shall I
hearing of the bnei Chet know that Thou hast showed
chesed unto adoni.
|15| And it came to pass, |26| And the ish bowed take an isha for beni of the
before he had done speaking, his head, worshiped Hashem. Banot HaKena'ani, in whose
that, hinei, Rivkah came out, |27| And he said, Baruch land I dwell;
who was born to Beituel Ben Hashem Elohei adoni |38| But thou shalt go unto
Milcah, eshet Nachor, achi Avraham, who hath not left bais avi, to my mishpokhot,
Avraham, with her jug upon destitute of His chesed and and take an isha unto beni.
her shoulder. His emes; I being on the |39| And I said unto adoni,
|16| And the na'arah was derech, Hashem led me to the What if the isha will not follow
tovat mareh me'od, a betulah, bais achei adoni. me.
neither had any ish known |28| And the na'arah ran, and |40| And he said unto me,
her: and she went down to told them of her bais em these Hashem, before Whom I walk,
haayenah (the spring), and things. will send His Malach with
filled her jug, and came up. |29| And Rivkah had an ach, thee, and prosper thy derech;
|17| And the eved hurried to shmo Lavan; Lavan ran out and thou shalt take an isha for
meet her, and said, Let me, unto the ish, unto the ayin. beni of my mishpokhot, and of
now, drink a little mayim of |30| And it came to pass, my bais avi;
thy jug. when he saw the nezem and |41| Then shalt thou be
|18| And she said,Drink, tzemidim upon the wrists of released from this my oath,
adoni: and she hasted, and let his achot, and when he heard when thou comest to my
down her jug upon her yad, the words of Rivkah his achot, mishpokhot; and if they give
and gave him drink saying, Thus spoke the ish not thee one, thou shalt be
|19| And when she had done unto me; that he came unto released from my oath.
giving him drink, she said, I the ish; and, hinei, he stood by |42| And I came this day unto
will draw for thy gemalim the gemalim at the ayin. the ayin, and said, Hashem
also, until they have done |31| And he said, Come in, Elohei adoni Avraham, if now
drinking. Baruch Hashem; why standest Thou do prosper my derech
|20| And she hasted, and thou outside? for I have which I go;
emptied her jug into the prepared the bais, and |43| Hinei, I stand by the
trough, and ran back unto the makom for the gemalim. ayin hamayim; and it shall
be'er to draw, and drew for all |32| And the ish came into come to pass, that when
his gemalim. the bais; and he unloaded his haAlmah [haAlmah used here
|21| And the ish gazed at her gemalim, and gave teven as synonym for na’arah-
and held his peace, so as to (straw) and mispo (fodder) for betulah, Genesis 24:16; see
have da'as whether Hashem the camels, and mayim to Isaiah 7:14, p.vii-xii] cometh
had made his derech wash his raglayim, and the forth to draw mayim, and I
prosperous or not. raglei haanashim that were say to her, Give me, now, a
|22| And it came to pass, just with him. little mayim of thy jar to
as the gemalim had done |33| And there was set ochel drink;
drinking, that the ish took a before him to eat; but he said, |44| And she say to me, Both
nezem zahav (gold ring) by I will not eat, until I have drink thou, and I will also
weight a beka, and two stated my business. And he draw for thy gemalim; let the
tzemidim (bracelets) by weight said, Speak on. same be the isha whom
ten [shekels of] gold for her |34| And he said, I am eved Hashem hath appointed for
wrists; Avraham. ben adoni.
|23| And said, Whose bat art |35| And Hashem hath |45| And before I had done
thou? Tell me, now: is there blessed adoni me'od; and he is davening in mine lev, hinei,
makom in the bais of thy av become prospered: and He Rivkah came forth with her jar
for us to spend the night? hath given him tzon, and on her shoulder; and she went
|24| And she said unto him, I bakar, and kesef, and zahav, down unto ha'ayenah, and
am Bat Beituel Ben Milcah, and avadim, and shefachot, drew: and I said unto her, Let
the ben which she bore unto and gemalim, and chamorim. me drink, now.
Nachor. |36| And Sarah eshet adoni |46| And she made haste, and
|25| She said moreover unto bore ben to adoni when she let down her jar from her
him, We have both teven was old: and unto him hath he shoulder, and said, Drink, and
(straw) and mispo (fodder) given all that he hath. I will give thy gemalim drink
enough, and makom (room) to |37| And adoni made me also: so I drank, and she made
spend the night. swear, saying, Thou shalt not the gemalim drink also.
|47| And I asked her, and |58| And they called Rivkah, Midyan, and Yishbak, and
said, Whose bat art thou? And and said unto her, Wilt thou Shuach.
she said, Bat Beituel Ben go with this ish? And she said, |3| And Yokshan fathered
Nachor, the ben whom Milcah I will go. Sheva, and Dedan. And the
bore unto him: and I put the |59| And they sent away bnei Dedan were Asshurim,
nezem upon her face, and the Rivkah their achot, and her and Letushim, and
tzemidim upon her wrists. nurse, and eved Avraham, and Leummim.
|48| And I bowed down my his anashim. |4| And the bnei Midyan;
head, and worshiped Hashem, |60| And they said a Ephah, and Epher, and
and I said a berakhah to berakhah over Rivkah, and Chanoch, and Avida, and
Hashem Elohei adoni said unto her, Thou art Eldaah. All these were the
Avraham, which had led me achoteinu, may thou be bnei Keturah.
on the derech emes to take bat increased to thousands upon |5| And Avraham gave all
achi adoni for bno. thousands and may thy zera that he had unto Yitzchak.
|49| And now if ye will do possess the sha'ar of those |6| But unto the bnei
chesed and emes to adoni, tell which hate them. hapilageshim (sons of the
me; and if not, tell me; that I |61| And Rivkah arose, and concubines), which Avraham
may turn to yamin, or to smol. her na'arot, and they rode had, Avraham gave mattanot,
|50| Then Lavan and Beituel upon the gemalim, and and sent them away from
answered and said, The thing followed the ish: and the eved Yitzchak bno, while he yet
proceedeth from Hashem; we took Rivkah, and went his lived, eastward, unto eretz
cannot speak unto thee rah or way. kedem.
tov. |62| And Yitzchak had come |7| And these are the days of
|51| Hinei, Rivkah is before from Be'er Lachi Roi; for he the years of Avraham's life
thee, take her, and go, and let dwelt in the eretz hanegev. which he lived, a hundred
her be isha for ben adonecha, |63| And Yitzchak went out to threescore and fifteen shanim.
just as Hashem hath spoken. meditate in the sadeh at erev: |8| Then Avraham breathed
|52| And it came to pass, that, and he lifted up his eyes, and his last, and died in a good old
when eved Avraham heard saw, and, hinei, the gemalim age, a zaken, full of years; and
their words, he worshiped (camels) were coming. was gathered to his people.
Hashem, bowing himself to |64| And Rivkah lifted up her |9| And his banim Yitzchak
the ground. eyes, and when she saw and Yishmael buried him in
|53| And the eved brought Yitzchak, she got down from the cave of Machpelah, in the
forth kelei kesef, and kelei the gamal. sadeh of Ephron ben Tzochar
zahav, and begadim, and gave |65| For she had said unto the Chitti, which is near
them to Rivkah; he gave also the eved, Who is that ish that Mamre;
to her ach and to her em walketh in the sadeh to meet |10| The sadeh which
migdanot (costly gifts). us? And the eved had said, He Avraham purchased of the
|54| And they did eat and is adoni: therefore she took a bnei Chet, there was Avraham
drink, he and the anashim veil, and covered herself. buried, and Sarah his wife.
that were with him, and |66| And the eved told |11| And it came to pass after
tarried all night; and they rose Yitzchak all things that he had the mot Avraham, that Elohim
up in the boker, and he said, done. blessed Yitzchak bno; and
Send me away unto adoni. |67| And Yitzchak brought Yitzchak dwelt near Be'er
|55| And her ach and her em her into the ohel of Sarah Lachai Roi.
said, Let the na'arah abide immo, and took Rivkah, and |12| Now these are the toldot
with us ten days or so; after she became his isha; and he Yishmael ben Avraham, whom
that she shall go. loved her: and Yitzchak was Hagar the Egyptian, shifchat
|56| And he said unto them, comforted after the [mot] Sarah, bore unto Avraham:
Hinder me not, seeing immo. |13| And these are the shemot
Hashem hath prospered my Then again bnei Yishmael, by their
derech; send me away that I
may go to adoni.
|57| And they said, We will
25
was Keturah.
Avraham took an
isha, and her shem
shemot, according to their
toldot: the bechor of Yishmael,
Nevayot; and Kedar, and
call the na'arah, and inquire |2| And she bore him Zimran, Adbe’el, and Mivsam,
at her mouth. and Yokshan, and Medan, and
|14| And Mishma, and hairy garment; and they called |3| Sojourn in ha'aretz hazot,
Dumah, and Massa, shmo Esav. and I will be with thee, and
|15| Chadad, and Tema, |26| And after that came out will bless thee; for unto thee,
Yetur, Naphish, and Kedmah: his brother, and his yad was and unto thy zera, I will give
|16| These are the bnei grasping on akev Esav; and all these lands, and I will
Yishmael, and these are their shmo was called Ya'akov; and perform the shevu'ah (oath)
shemot, by their settlement, Yitzchak was threescore which I swore unto Avraham
and by their camps; twelve shanah when she bore them. avichah;
nasiim (princes, rulers) |27| And the nearim grew: |4| And I will make thy zera
according to their tribes. and Esav was a skilled hunter, to multiply as the kokhavim of
|17| And these are the years an ish sadeh; and Ya'akov was Shomayim, and will give unto
of the life of Yishmael, an an ish tam (quiet man), thy zera all these lands; and in
hundred and thirty and seven dwelling in ohalim. thy zera shall kol Goyei
shanah; and he breathed his |28| And Yitzchak loved Esav, Ha'Aretz be blessed;
last and died; and was because he did eat of his wild |5| Because Avraham obeyed
gathered unto his people. game; but Rivkah loved My voice, and was shomer
|18| And they dwelt from Ya'akov. over My mishmeret (charge),
Chavilah unto Shur, that is |29| And Ya'akov cooked stew: My mitzvot, My chukkot, and
near Mitzrayim, as thou goest and Esav came from the My torot.
toward Assyria; they took their sadeh, and he was famished. |6| And Yitzchak dwelt in
place east of their brethren. |30| And Esav said to Gerar;
[TOLDOS] Ya'akov, Let me eat now some |7| And the anshei hamakom
|19| And these are the toldot of the adom (red stew); for I asked him about his isha; and
of Yitzchak ben Avraham: am famished; therefore was he said, She is my achot; for
Avraham fathered Yitzchak; shmo called Edom. he feared to say, She is my
|20| And Yitzchak was |31| And Ya'akov said, First isha; lest, said he, the anshei
arba'im shanah when he took sell me today thy bechorah hamakom should kill me for
Rivkah as his wife, the bat (birthright, right of the Rivkah; because she was
Betuel the Aramean of Padan firstborn). beautiful to look upon.
Aram, the achot Lavan the |32| And Esav said, Hinei, I |8| And it came to pass, when
Aramean. am at the point of death; and he had been there a long time,
|21| And Yitzchak davened to what profit shall this that Avimelech Melech
Hashem on behalf of his isha, bechorah do to me? Pelishtim (Philistines) looked
because she was barren; and |33| And Ya'akov said, Swear out at a chalon, and saw, and,
Hashem was entreated of him, to me this day; and he swore hinei, Yitzchak metzachek
and Rivkah his isha unto him; and he sold his (was caressing) Rivkah his
conceived. bechorah unto Ya'akov. isha.
|22| And the banim struggled |34| Then Ya'akov gave Esav |9| And Avimelech called
jostling within her; and she lechem and adashim (lentils) Yitzchak, and said, Hinei, of a
said, If it be well, why am I stew; and he did eat and surety she is thy isha; and why
thus? And she went to inquire drink, and rose up, and went saidst thou, She is my achot?
of Hashem. his way; thus Esav despised And Yitzchak said unto him,
|23| And Hashem said unto his bechorah. Because I said, Lest I die
her, Two goyim (nations) are And there was a because of her.
in thy womb, and two peoples
shall be separated from within
thee; and the one people shall
26 ra'av (famine) in
ha'aretz, besides
the ra'av harishon that was in
|10| And Avimelech said,
What is this thou hast done
unto us? one of the people
be stronger than the other the days of Avraham. And might lightly have slept with
people; and the older shall Yitzchak went unto Avimelech thy isha, and thou shouldest
serve the younger. Melech Pelishtim (Philistines) have brought asham (guilt)
|24| And when her days were unto Gerar. upon us.
fulfilled to be delivered, hinei, |2| And Hashem appeared |11| And Avimelech charged
there were twins in her womb. unto him, and said, Go not all his people, saying, He that
|25| And the first came out down into Mitzrayim; dwell in toucheth
admoni (red) all over like a ha'aretz which I shall tell thee
of;
this man or his isha shall us, and we shall be fruitful in shem of the Ir is Beer-Sheva
surely be put to death. ha'aretz. unto this day.
|12| Then Yitzchak sowed in |23| And he went up from |34| And Esav was arba'im
that land, and reaped in the there to Beer-Sheva. shanah when he took to wife
same year a hundredfold; and |24| And Hashem appeared Yehudit the bat Beeri the
Hashem blessed him. unto him balailah hahu, and Chitti, and Basemat the bat
|13| And the man became said, I am Elohei Avraham Elon the Chitti:
very prosperous, and went avichah; fear not, for I am |35| and they were a morat
forward, and grew until he with thee, and will bless thee, ruach (grief of mind) unto
became gadol me'od: and multiply thy zera for the Yitzchak and Rivkah.
|14| For he had possession of sake of Avdi Avraham (My
tzon, and possession of herds, Servant Abraham). And it came to
and many avadim; and the
Pelishtim envied him.
|15| For all the wells which
|25| And he built a Mizbe'ach
there, and called upon the
Shem of Hashem, and pitched
27 pass, that when
Yitzchak was zaken
(old),and his eyes were dim, so
avdei aviv had dug in the days his ohel there: and there avdei that he could not see, he
of Avraham aviv, the Yitzchak dug a well. called Esav bno hagadol and
Pelishtim had stopped them |26| Then Avimelech went to said unto him, Beni: and he
up, and filled them with dirt. him from Gerar, and Achuzzat said unto him, Hineni.
|16| And Avimelech said unto his adviser, and Phichol the |2| And he said, Hinei now, I
Yitzchak, Go from us; for thou sar tz'va of his. am old, I know not my yom
art much mightier than we. |27| And Yitzchak said unto mot:
|17| And Yitzchak departed them, Why come ye to me, |3| Therefore take, now, thy
from there, and encamped in seeing ye hate me, and have kelim (weapons), thy quiver
the valley of Gerar, and dwelt sent me away from you? and thy keshet (bow), and go
there. |28| And they said, We saw out to the sadeh, and hunt me
|18| And Yitzchak dug again certainly that Hashem was some wild game;
the be'erot hamayim (wells of with thee; and we said, Let |4| And make me matamim
water), which they had dug in there be now an oath between (savory meat, tasty food), such
the days of Avraham aviv; for us, even between us and thee, as I love, and bring it to me,
the Pelishtim had stopped and let us cut a brit (covenant) that I may eat; that my nefesh
them up after the mot with thee; may make a berakhah upon
Avraham; and he called their |29| That thou wilt do us no thee before I die.
shemot after the shemot by ra'ah, just as we have not |5| And Rivkah heard when
which his av had called them. touched thee, and just as we Yitzchak spoke to Esav bno.
|19| And avdei Yitzchak dug have done unto thee nothing And Esav went to the sadeh to
in the valley, and found there but tov, and have sent thee hunt for wild game, and to
a well of mayim chayyim. away in shalom; thou art now bring it
|20| And the herdmen of the Beruch Hashem (the |6| And Rivkah spoke unto
Gerar did quarrel with blessed of Hashem). Ya'akov her ben, saying, Hinei,
Yitzchak's herdmen, saying, |30| And he made them a I heard avicha speak unto
The mayim is ours; and he mishteh (feast), and they did Esav achicha, saying,
called the shem of the well eat and drink. |7| Bring me wild game, and
Esek (Contention); because |31| And they rose up early in make me matamim, that I
they disputed with him. the boker, and swore one to may eat, and make a
|21| And they dug another another: and Yitzchak sent berakhah upon thee before
be'er, and feuded over that them away, and they departed Hashem before my mot.
also; and he called the shem from him in shalom. |8| Now therefore, beni (my
of it Sitnah (Enmity). |32| And it came to pass the son), obey my kol (voice)
|22| And he moved away same day, that the avdei according to that which I
from there, and dug another Yitzchak came, and told him command thee.
well; and for that they strove concerning the be'er which |9| Go now to the tzon, and
not: and he called the shem of they had dug, and said unto bring me from there two
it Rechovot (Broad Places); him, We have found mayim. gedayei izzim tovim (good
and he said, For now Hashem |33| And he called it Shevah kids of goats);
hath made rachav (room) for (Seven, Oath): therefore the
and I will make them |21| And Yitzchak said unto prepared matamim, and
matamim for avicha, such as Ya'akov, Come near, now, that brought it unto aviv and said
he loveth: I may touch thee, beni, unto aviv, Let avi arise, and
|10| And thou shalt bring it indeed, whether thou be beni eat of the wild game of bno,
to avicha, that he may eat, and Esav or not. that thy nefesh may make a
that he may make a berakhah |22| And Ya'akov went near berakhah upon me.
upon thee before his mot. unto Yitzchak aviv; and he |32| And Yitzchak aviv said
|11| And Ya'akov said to touched him, and said, The unto him, Mi atah? (Who art
Rivkah immo, Look, Esav achi kol is kol Ya'akov, but the thou?) And he said, I am
is an ish sa'ir (hairy man), and yadayim are the yedei Esav. binecha, thy bechor Esav.
I am an ish chalak (smooth |23| And he discerned him |33| And Yitzchak trembled
man) not, for his hands were se'irot, with charadah gedolah ad
|12| What if avi will touch as yedei Esav achiv; so he me'od (exceedingly great
me, and I shall seem to him as made a berakhah upon him trembling), and said, Who?
a meta'te'a (mocker); and I |24| And he said, Art thou Where is he that hath hunted
shall bring a kelalah upon me, indeed beni Esav? And he wild game, and brought it me,
and not a berakhah. said, I am. and I have eaten of all of it
|13| And immo said unto |25| And he said, Bring it before thou camest, and have
him, Upon me be thy kelalah, near to me, and I will eat of made a berakhah upon him?
beni; only obey my kol (voice), the wild game of beni, that my And indeed he shall be baruch
and go bring me them. nefesh may make a berakhah (blessed)!
|14| And he went, and got, upon thee. And he brought it |34| And when Esav heard
and brought them to immo: near to him, and he did eat; the words of aviv, he cried
and immo made matamim, and he brought him yayin and with tzeakah gedolah umarah
such as aviv loved. he drank. ad me'od (a great and
|15| And Rivkah took |26| And aviv Yitzchak said exceeding bitter cry), and said
begadim of Esav her ben unto him, Come near now, unto aviv, Make a berakhah
hagadol, the chamudot (best and kiss me beni. on me, even me also, O avi.
ones) which were with her in |27| And he came near, and |35| And he said, Achicha
the bais, and dressed Ya'akov kissed him: and he smelled the came with mirmah (deceit),
her ben hakatan; reiach (smell) of his begadim, and hath taken away thy
|16| And with orot gedayei and made a berakhah upon berakhah.
haizzim (skins of the kids of him, and said, See, the reiach |36| And he said, Is not he
the goats) she dressed and of beni is as the reiach of a rightly called shmo Ya'akov?
covered his hands, and also sadeh upon which Hashem for vaya'keveni (now he
upon the smooth of his tzavar hath made a berakhah; deceived/outwitted me) these
(neck); |28| Therefore HaElohim two times he took away my
|17| And she gave the give thee of the tal bechorah (birthright); and,
matamim and the lechem, haShomayim, and the fatness hinei, now he hath taken away
which she had prepared, into of ha'aretz, and plenty of my berakhah (blessing). And
the yad Ya'akov her ben. dagan and tirosh; he asked, Hast thou not
|18| And he came unto aviv, |29| Let people serve thee, reserved a berakhah for me?
and said, Avi; and he said, and amim bow down to thee: |37| And Yitzchak answered
Hineni; who art thou, beni? be gevir over thy achim, and and said unto Esav, See, I
|19| And Ya'akov said unto let bnei immecha bow down to have made him gevir over you,
aviv, I am Esav thy bechor; I thee: arur be every one that and all his achim have I given
have done according as thou curseth thee, and baruch be to him for avadim; and with
told me; arise, now, sit up and he that blesseh thee. dagan and tirosh have I
eat of my wild game, that thy |30| And as soon as Yitzchak sustained him; and what shall
nefesh may make a berakhah had completed making on I do now unto thee, beni?
upon me. Ya'akov a berakhah, and |38| And Esav said unto aviv,
|20| And Yitzchak said unto Ya'akov had hardly gone out Hast thou but one berakhah,
bno, How is it that thou hast from the presence of Yitzchak avi? Make a berakhah on me,
found it so quickly, beni? And aviv, that Esav achiv came in even me also, O avi. And Esav
he said, Hashem Eloheicha from his hunt. lifted up his kol (voice), and
worked it out for me. |31| And he also had wept.
|39| And Yitzchak aviv And Yitzchak his pillow, and lay down in
answered and said unto him,
Hinei, thy moshav (dwelling)
shall be the fatness of ha'aretz,
28 called for Ya'akov,
and blessed him,
and charged him, and said
that place to sleep.
|12| And he had a chalom,
and hinei a sullam (ladder,
and of the tal HaShomayim unto him, Thou shalt not take stairway) set up on the
from above; an isha of the Banot Kena'an. ground, and the top of it
|40| And by thy cherev shalt |2| Arise, go to Paddanah- reached to Shomayim: and
thou live, and shalt serve Aram, to the bais Betuel avi hinei the malachim of Elohim
achicha; and it shall come to immecha; and take thee an ascending and descending on
pass when thou shalt become isha from there of the banot it.
restless, that thou shalt break Lavan achi immecha. |13| And, hinei, Hashem
his ol (yoke) from off thy |3| And El Shaddai bless stood above it, and said, I am
tzavar (neck). thee, and make thee fruitful, Hashem Elohei Avraham thy
|41| And Esav hated Ya'akov and multiply thee, that thou av, and Elohei Yitzchak;
because of the berakhah mayest be a kahal amim; ha'aretz whereon thou liest, to
wherewith aviv made a |4| And give thee the birkat thee will I give it, and to thy
berakhah upon him: and Esav Avraham, to thee, and to thy zera;
said in his lev, The yemei evel zera with thee; that thou |14| And thy zera shall be as
(days of mourning) for avi are mayest inherit the eretz the dust of ha'aretz, and thou
at hand; then will I slay wherein thou art a ger, which shalt spread abroad to the
Ya'akov achi. Elohim gave unto Avraham. west, and to the east, and to
|42| And these words of Esav |5| And Yitzchak sent away the north, and to the south;
her ben hagadol were told to Ya'akov; and he went to and in thee and in thy zera
Rivkah; and she sent and Padanah-Aram unto Lavan shall kol hamishpochot
called Ya'akov her ben ben Betuel the Aramean, achi haadamah be blessed.
hakatan, and said unto him, Rivkah, em Ya'akov and Esav. |15| And, hinei, I am with
Hinei, Esav achicha, as |6| When Esav saw that thee, and will be shomer over
touching thee, doth console Yitzchak had blessed Ya'akov, thee in all places where thou
himself, purposing to kill thee. and sent him away to goest, and will bring thee back
|43| Now therefore, beni, Padanah-Aram, to take an into haadamah hazot; for I
shema bekoli (listen to my isha for him from there; and will not leave thee, until I have
voice)! Arise, flee thou to that when he blessed him he done that which I have
Lavan achi to Charan; gave him a charge, saying, promised thee.
|44| And tarry with him a few Thou shalt not take an isha of |16| And Ya'akov awoke out
days, until chamat achicha the Banot Kena'an; of his sleep, and he said,
subsides; |7| And that Ya'akov obeyed Surely Hashem is in this
|45| And when af achicha his av and his em, and went to place! And I had no da'as of it.
subsides from thee, and he Padanah-Aram; |17| And he was afraid, and
forget that which thou hast |8| And Esav seeing that the said, How nora (awesome) is
done to him; then I will send, Banot Kena'an pleased not this place! This is none other
and get thee from there. Why Yitzchak his av; than the Beis Elohim, and this
should I be bereaved also of |9| Then went Esav unto is the Sha'ar HaShomayim.
you both in yom echad (one Yishmael, and took unto the |18| And Ya'akov rose up
day, the same day)? nashim which he had early in the boker, and took
|46| And Rivkah said to Machalat bat Yishmael ben haeven (the stone) that he had
Yitzchak, I am weary of my life Avraham, the achot of put for his pillow, and set it
because of the Banot Chet: if Nevayot, to be his wife. up for a matzevah (pillar), and
Ya'akov take an isha of the [VAYETZE] poured shemen upon the top
Banot Chet (Hittite women) |10| And Ya'akov went out of it.
such as these which are of the from Beer-Sheva, and went |19| And he called the shem
banot ha'aretz, what will toward Charan. of that place Beit-El; but the
chayyim to me be? |11| And he reached a certain shem of that ir was called Luz
place, and tarried there, at the first.
because the shemesh was set; |20| And Ya'akov vowed a
and he took of the avanim of neder (vow), saying, If
that place, and put them for
Elohim will be with me, and |9| And while he yet spoke |20| And Ya'akov served sheva
will be shomer over me in this with them, Rachel came with shanim for Rachel; and they
derech (way, journey) that I go, the tzon of her av; for she was seemed unto him but a few
and will give me lechem to eat, a ro'ah (shepherdess). yamim, because of the ahavah
and beged (clothes) to put on, |10| And it came to pass, he had for her.
|21| So that I return to bais when Ya'akov saw Rachel bat |21| And Ya'akov said unto
avi in shalom; then shall Lavan achi immo, and the Lavan, Give me my isha, for
Hashem be for me Elohim (my tzon of Lavan achi immo, that my yamim are completed, that
G-d). Ya'akov went near, and rolled I may go in unto her.
|22| And this even (stone), the even (stone) from the |22| And Lavan gathered
which I have set for a mouth of the be'er, and together all the anshei
matzevah (pillar), shall be Beis watered the tzon of Lavan hamakom, and made a
Elohim: and of all that Thou achi immo. mishteh (feast).
shalt give me I will surely give |11| And Ya'akov kissed |23| And it came to pass in
the aser (tenth) unto Thee. Rachel, and lifted up his the erev, that he took Leah his
Then Ya'akov went voice, and wept. bat, and brought her to him;
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came into the eretz
of the bnei kedem.
|12| And Ya'akov told Rachel
that he was the relative of her
av, and that he was ben
and he went in unto her.
|24| And Lavan gave unto his
daughter Leah Zilpah
|2| And he looked, and hinei Rivkah; and she ran and told shifchato (his maid) for a
a be'er in the sadeh, and, her av. shifchah.
hinei, there were shloshah |13| And it came to pass, |25| And it came to pass, that
edrei tzon lying by it; for out when Lavan heard the news of in the boker, hinei, it was
of that be'er they watered the Ya'akov ben achoto, that he Leah! And he said to Lavan,
edarim: and a great even ran to meet him, and What is this thou hast done
(stone) was upon the mouth of embraced him, and kissed unto me? Did not I serve with
the be'er. him, and brought him to his thee for Rachel? So why then
|3| And to there were all the bais. And he told Lavan all hast thou deceived me?
edarim gathered: and they these things. |26| And Lavan said, It must
rolled the even (stone) from |14| And Lavan said to him, not be so done in our land, to
the mouth of the be'er, and Surely thou art my etzem give the younger before the
watered the tzon, and put the (bone) and my basar. And he bechirah.
even (stone) again upon the abode with him the space of a |27| Finish her shvu'a (week),
mouth of the be'er in its place. chodesh (month). and we will give thee this also
|4| And Ya'akov said unto |15| And Lavan said unto for the avodah (service, work)
them, My brethren, where are Ya'akov, Because thou art my which thou shalt do for me yet
you from? And they said, Of relative, shouldest thou sheva shanim acherot.
Charan are we. therefore serve me for |28| And Ya'akov did so, and
|5| And he said unto them, nothing? Tell me, what shall fulfilled her shvu'a; and he
Know ye Lavan ben Nachor? thy maskoret (wages) be? gave him Rachel his bat to be
And they said, We know him. |16| And Lavan had two his isha also.
|6| And he said unto them, Is banot: the shem of the elder |29| And Lavan gave to his
the shalom with him? And was Leah, and the shem of the bat Rachel Bilhah his
they said, Shalom; and, hinei, younger was Rachel. shifchah to be her shifchah.
Rachel his bat cometh with |17| Leah had weak eyes; but |30| And he went in also unto
the tzon. Rachel was yafeh and lovely in Rachel, and he loved also
|7| And he said, Look, the form. Rachel more than Leah, and
sun is still high, neither is it |18| And Ya'akov loved served him yet sheva shanim
time that the flock should be Rachel; and said, I will serve acherot.
gathered together; water ye the thee sheva shanim for Rachel |31| And when Hashem
tzon, and go and feed them. thy bat haketannah (younger saw that Leah was hated, He
|8| And they said, We cannot, daughter). opened her womb but Rachel
until all the edarim be |19| And Lavan said, It is was barren.
gathered together, and till they better that I give her to thee, |32| And Leah conceived, and
roll the even (stone) from the than that I should give her to bore a ben, and she called
mouth of the be'er; then we another ish; abide with me. shmo Reuven: for
water the tzon.
she said, Surely Hashem hath wrestlings of G-d have I tov (good endowment); now
looked upon my misery; now wrestled) with my achot, and I will my ish zabal (honor) me,
therefore my ish will love me. have prevailed: and she called because I have born him
|33| And she conceived again, shmo Naphtali. shisha banim; and she called
and bore ben; and said, |9| When Leah saw that she shmo Zevulun.
Because Hashem hath heard I had stopped bearing, she took |21| And afterwards she bore
was hated, He hath therefore Zilpah her shifchah, and gave a bat, and called her shem
given me this also; and she her to Ya'akov as isha. Dinah.
called shmo Shimon. |10| And Zilpah shifchat |22| And Elohim
|34| And she conceived again, Leah bore Ya'akov ben. remembered Rachel, and
and bore ben; and said, Now |11| And Leah said, BaGad Elohim paid heed to her, and
this time will my ish yillaveh (What Good Fortune!) And opened her rekhem (womb).
(become attached) unto me, she called shmo Gad. |23| And she conceived, and
because I have born him |12| And Zilpah shifchat bore ben; and said, Elohim
shloshah banim: therefore was Leah bore Ya'akov ben sheni. hath taken away my cherpah
shmo called Levi. |13| And Leah said, B'Ashri (shame, disgrace, reproach);
|35| And she conceived again, (Happy am I), for the banot |24| And she called shmo
and bore ben; and she said, will call me asher (blessed): so Yosef; and said, yosef (may He
Now will odeh (I praise) she called shmo Asher. add), may Hashem add me
Hashem; therefore she called |14| And Reuven went in the ben acher (another son).
shmo Yehudah; and stopped yemei ketzir chittim, and |25| And it came to pass,
giving birth. found duda'im (mandrakes) in when Rachel had born Yosef,
And when Rachel the sadeh, and brought them that Ya'akov said unto Lavan,
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not bear [banim] to
Ya'akov, Rachel had kina
unto Leah immo. Then Rachel
said to Leah, Give me, now, of
the duda'im of thy ben.
Send me away, that I may go
unto mine own makom (place,
home) and to my eretz.
toward her achot; and said |15| And she said unto her, Is |26| Give me my nashim and
unto Ya'akov, Give me banim, it a small matter that thou my yeladim, for whom I have
or else I die. hast taken my ish? And served thee, and let me go: for
|2| And af Ya'akov was wouldest thou take away the thou knowest my avodah
kindled against Rachel; and duda'im of beni also? And which I have done thee.
he said, Am I in place of Rachel said, Therefore he |27| And Lavan said unto
Elohim, Who hath withheld shall lie with thee halailah him, Now, if I have found
from thee p'ri beten? (tonight) for the duda'im of thy chen (favor, grace) in thine
|3| And she said, Hinei my ben. eyes, tarry; for I have learned
amah (maidservant) Bilhah, |16| And Ya'akov came in by nachash (divination) that
go in unto her; and she shall from the sadeh ba'erev, and Hashem hath made a
bear upon my birkayim, that I Leah went out to meet him, berakhah upon me for thy
may also build up through and said, Thou must come in sake.
her. unto me; for surely I have |28| And he said, Specify thy
|4| And she gave him Bilhah hired thee with duda'im of sachar (wages, reward), and I
her shifchah (slave woman, beni. And he lay with her that will pay it.
maidservant) as isha; and night. |29| And he said unto him,
Ya'akov went in unto her. |17| And Elohim paid heed Thou knowest how I have
|5| And Bilhah conceived, unto Leah, and she conceived, served thee, and how thy
and bore Ya'akov ben. and bore Ya'akov ben mikneh fared with me
|6| And Rachel said, Elohim chamishi. |30| For it was me'at (little)
danani (G-d hath judged me), |18| And Leah said, Elohim which thou hadst before I
and hath also heard my voice, hath given me my hire, came, and it is now increased
and hath given to me ben: because I have given my unto a multitude; and
therefore called she shmo shifchah to my ish; and she Hashem hath made a
Dan. called shmo Yissakhar. berakhah upon thee since my
|7| And Bilhah shifchat |19| And Leah conceived coming; and now when shall I
Rachel conceived again, and again, and bore Ya'akov ben do for mine own bais also?
bore Ya'akov ben sheni. shishi. |31| And he said, What shall I
|8| And Rachel said, With |20| And Leah said, Elohim give thee? And Ya'akov said,
naftulei Elohim niflalti (with hath endued me with a zeved Thou shalt
not give me any thing; if thou brought forth tzon streaked, Elohim allowed him not to
wilt do this thing for me, I will speckled, and spotted. harm me.
again tend and be shomer |40| And Ya'akov did separate |8| If he said thus, The
over thy tzon. the kesavim, and set the faces speckled shall be thy sachar;
|32| I will pass through all of the tzon toward the then all the tzon bore
thy tzon today, removing from streaked, and all the dark in speckled; and if he said thus,
there speckled and spotted the tzon Lavan; and he put his The streaked shall be thy
seh, and every dark seh among own adarim (flocks) by sachar; then bore all the tzon
the kesavim, and the spotted themselves, and put them not streaked.
and speckled among the unto the tzon Lavan. |9| Thus Elohim hath taken
izzim; and of such shall be my |41| And it came to pass, away the mikneh of your av,
sachar. whensoever tzon and given them to me.
|33| So shall my tzedakah hamekusharot (the stronger |10| And it came to pass at
answer for me in time to come, flock) did breed, that Ya'akov the time that the tzon breed,
when it shall come for my set the maklot before the eyes that I lifted up mine eyes, and
sachar before thy face; every of the tzon in the trough saw in a chalom, and, hinei,
one that is not speckled and channels, that they might the male goats mounting the
spotted among the izzim, and breed among the maklot. tzon were streaked, speckled,
dark among the kesavim, that |42| But when the tzon were and spotted.
shall be counted a ganav's feeble, he put them not in: so |11| And the Malach
with me. the feebler would belong to HaElohim spoke unto me in a
|34| And Lavan said, Agreed, Lavan, and the stronger to chalom saying, Ya'akov: And I
I would it might be according Ya'akov. said, Hineni.
to thy davar. |43| And the ish increased |12| And he said, Lift up now
|35| And he removed that day exceedingly, and had much thine eyes, and see, all the
the male goats that were tzon, and shefachot, and male goats leaping upon the
streaked and spotted, and all avadim, and gemalim, and tzon are streaked, speckled,
the izzim that were speckled chamorim. and spotted; for I have seen all
and spotted, and every one And he heard the that Lavan doeth unto thee.
that had some lavan in it, and
all the dark among the
kesavim, and gave them into
31 divrei Bnei Lavan,
saying, Ya'akov
hath taken away all that
|13| I am HaEl Beit-El, where
thou anointedst a matzevah
(pillar), and where thou
the yad of his banim. belonged to avinu; and of that vowedst a neder (vow) unto
|36| And he set a derech which belonged to avinu hath Me: now arise, get thee out
shloshet yamim between he gotten all this kavod. from HaAretz Hazot, and
himself and Ya'akov; and |2| And Ya'akov beheld the return unto thy eretz moledet.
Ya'akov tended the rest of the countenance of Lavan, and, |14| And Rachel and Leah
tzon Lavan. hinei, it was not toward him answered and said unto him,
|37| And Ya'akov took him as before. Is there yet any chelek or
fresh cut makal (rod, branch) |3| And Hashem said unto nachalah for us in bais avinu?
of poplar and of almond and Ya'akov, Shuv el Eretz |15| Are we not regarded by
plane tree; and peeled strips Avoteicha! And to thy moledet; him nokhriyyot (foreigners,
of bark in them, and made the and I will be with thee. strangers)? For he hath sold
lavan (white) appear which |4| And Ya'akov sent and us, and hath quite devoured
was in the maklot (rods, called Rachel and Leah to the also our kesef.
branches). sadeh unto his tzon, |16| For all the oisher Elohim
|38| And he set the maklot |5| And said unto them, I see hath taken from avinu, that
which he had peeled before penei avichen, that it is not belongs to us and baneinu; so
the flocks in the small toward me as before; but then, whatsoever Elohim hath
channels of the shikatot Elohei Avi is with me. said unto thee, do.
mayim (watering troughs) |6| And ye know that with all |17| Then Ya'akov rose up,
when the tzon came to drink. my koach I have served and set his banim and his
And since they bred when they avichen. nashim upon the gemalim;
came to drink, |7| And avichen hath |18| And he drove all his
|39| And the flocks bred deceived me, and changed my mikneh, and all his goods
before the maklot, and sachar aseret monim but which he had gotten, the
mikneh of
Torah 31 Bereshis 31
his getting, which he had Avichem spoke unto me emesh (thy ewes) and thy female
gotten in Padan Aram, for to (last night), saying, Take thou goats have not miscarried, and
go to Yitzchak aviv in Eretz heed that thou speak not to the rams of thy tzon have I not
Kena'an. Ya'akov either tov or rah. eaten.
|19| And Lavan went to shear |30| And now, though thou |39| That which was terefah
his tzon; and Rachel had had to go, because thou (torn of beasts) I brought not
stolen the terafim that belong greatly longedst after bais unto thee; I bore the loss of it;
to her av. avicha, yet why hast thou of my yad didst thou require
|20| Unawares to Lavan stolen elohai? it, whether stolen by yom, or
HaArami, Ya'akov stole away, |31| And Ya'akov answered stolen by lailah.
in that he told him not that he and said to Lavan, Because I |40| Thus I was; in the yom
was fleeing. was afraid; for I said, Thou the chorev (heat) consumed
|21| So he fled with all that wouldest take by force thy me, and the kerach (cold) by
he had; and he rose up, and banot from me. lailah; and my sheynah (sleep)
passed over the Nahar [i.e. the |32| With whomsoever thou departed from mine eyes.
Euphrates], and set his face findest eloheicha, let him not |41| Thus have I been esrim
toward Har Gil’ad. live; before acheinu discern shanah in thy bais; I served
|22| And it was told Lavan on thou what is thine with me, thee arba-esreh shanah for thy
Yom HaShlishi that Ya'akov and take it to thee. For Ya'akov two banot, and shesh shanim
was fled. knew not that Rachel had for thy tzon: and thou hast
|23| And he took his achim played the ganav with them. changed my sachar aseret
with him, and pursued after |33| And Lavan went into the monim.
him derech shivat yamim; and ohel Ya'akov, and into the ohel |42| Except Elohei Avi,
they overtook him at Har Leah and into the ohel shtei Elohei Avraham, and the
Gilàd. ha'amahot; but he found them Pachad of Yitzchak had been
|24| And Elohim came to not. Then went he out of the with me, surely thou hadst
Lavan HaArami in a chalom ohel Leah, and entered into sent me away now empty
halailah, and said unto him, the ohel Rachel. handed. Elohim hath seen
Take heed that thou speak not |34| Now Rachel had taken mine oni and the toil of my
to Ya'akov either tov or rah. the terafim, and put them in palms, and rebuked thee
|25| Then Lavan overtook the saddle of the gamal, and emesh (last night).
Ya'akov. Now Ya'akov had sat upon them. And Lavan |43| And Lavan answered
pitched his ohel on the har; searched all the ohel, but and said unto Ya'akov, These
and Lavan with his achim found them not. banot are my banot, and these
encamped in Har Gilàd. |35| And she said to her av, banim are my banim, and this
|26| And Lavan said to Let it not displease adoni that tzon is my tzon, and all that
Ya'akov, What hast thou done, I cannot rise up in thy thou seest is mine; yet what
that thou hast stolen away presence; for the derech can I do today about these my
unawares to me, and carried nashim is upon me. And he banot, or about their banim
away my banot, like shevuyot searched but found not the which they have born?
(captives) taken with the terafim. |44| Now therefore come
cherev? |36| And Ya'akov was in thou, let us cut a brit, I and
|27| Why didst thou flee away wrath, and upbraided Lavan: thou; and let it be for an ed
secretly, and steal away from and Ya'akov answered and between me and thee.
me; and didst not tell me, that said to Lavan, What is my |45| And Ya'akov took an
I might have sent thee away peysha? What is my chattat, even, and set it up for a
with simchah, and with shirim that thou hast so hotly matzevah (pillar).
(songs), with tof (timbrel, pursued after me? |46| And Ya'akov said unto
tambourine) and with kinnor |37| Whereas thou hast his achim, Gather avanim;
(harp)? searched through all that I and they took avanim, and
|28| And hast not allowed me own, what hast thou found of made a gal (heap, mound);
to kiss my banim all thy kelei bais? Set it here and they did eat there upon
(grandchildren) and my before my achim and thy the gal.
banot? Thou hast now done achim, that they may judge |47| And Lavan called it
foolishly in so doing. between us both. Yegar Sahaduta; but Ya'akov
|29| It is in the power of my |38| These esrim shanah have called it Gale'ed ("Heap of
yad to do you rah; but Elohei I been with thee; recheleicha Witness").
48| And Lavan said, This gal called the shem of that |12(13)| But Thou saidst, I
(heap, mound) is an ed makom (place) Machanayim. will surely do thee good, and
(witness) between me and thee make thy zera as the chol of
[VAYISHLAH]
this day. Therefore was shmo the yam, which cannot be
called Gale'ed; numbered for multitude.
|3(4)| And Ya'akov sent
|49| And Mitzpah (Watch); |13(14)| And he spent there
malachim before him to Esav
for he said, Hashem watch that same night; and took of
achiv unto Eretz Seir, the
between me and thee, when that which came to his yad a
country of Edom.
we are absent one from minchah for Esav achiv;
|4(5)| And he commanded
another. |14(15)| Two hundred female
them, saying, Thus shall ye
|50| If thou shalt afflict my goats, and twenty male goats,
speak unto adoni Esav; Thy
banot, or if thou shalt take two hundred rechelim (ewes),
eved Ya'akov saith thus, I have
nashim besides my banot, no and twenty eilim (rams),
man is with us; see, Elohim ed sojourned with Lavan, and
|15(16)| Thirty nursing
stayed there until now;
beini uveinecha (Elohim is gemalim with their colts, forty
|5(6)| And I have shor (oxen),
witness between me and you). parot (cows), and ten parim
and chamor, tzon, and eved,
|51| And Lavan said to (bulls), twenty female donkeys,
and shifchah; and I have sent
Ya'akov, Hinei this gal (heap, and ten male donkeys.
to tell adoni, that I may find
mound), and hinei the |16(17)| And he delivered
chen (grace) in thy sight.
matzevah (pillar), which I them into the yad of his
|6(7)| And the malachim
have cast between me and avadim, every herd by itself;
returned to Ya'akov, saying,
thee; and said unto his avadim,
We came to Esav achicha, and
|52| This gal (heap, mound) Pass over before me, and keep
also he cometh to meet thee,
be ed (witness), and this a space between herd and
and arba me'ot ish with him.
matzevah (pillar) be edah herd.
|7(8)| Then Ya'akov was
(witness), that for ra'ah I will |17(18)| And he commanded
greatly afraid and distressed;
not pass over this gal to thee, the rishon, saying, When Esav
and he divided HaAm that
and that thou shalt not pass achi meeteth thee, and asketh
was with him, and the tzon,
over this gal and this thee, saying, Whose art thou?
and bakar, and the gemalim,
matzevah unto me. And to where goest thou? And
into two machanot;
|53| The Elohei Avraham, whose are these [animals]
|8(9)| And said, If Esav come
and Elohei Nachor, Elohei before thee?
to the one machaneh, and
Avihem judge between us. And |18(19)| Then thou shalt say,
attack it, then the other
Ya'akov swore by the Pachad They are of thy eved Ya'akov; it
machaneh which is left shall
Aviv Yitzchak. is a minchah sent unto adoni
escape.
|54| Then Ya'akov offered Esav; and, hinei, also he is
|9(10)| And Ya'akov said, O
zavach upon the har, and behind us.
Elohei Avi Avraham, and
called his achim to eat |19(20)| And so commanded
Elohei Avi Yitzchak, Hashem
lechem; and they did eat he the second, and the third,
which saidst unto me, Shuv
lechem, and tarried all night and all that followed the
l'aretzecha and to thy moledet
on the har. adarim (herds), saying, On this
(kindred), and I will deal well
|55] And early in the boker manner shall ye speak unto
with thee;
(morning) Lavan rose up, and Esav, when ye find him.
|10(11)| I am not worthy of
kissed his banim and his |20(21)| And say ye moreover,
the least of all the chasadim,
banot, and made on them a Hinei, thy eved Ya'akov is
and of all the emes, which
berakhah; and Lavan behind us. For he said,
Thou hast showed unto Thy
departed, and returned unto Akhapperah (I will appease,
eved; for with my makal (rod,
his makom. cover) his face with the
staff) I passed over this
minchah that goeth ahead of
Yarden; and now I am become
me, and afterward I will see
two machanot.
And Ya'akov went his face; perhaps he will
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the malachim of
Elohim met him.
|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
accept me.
|21(22)| So went the minchah
(present) over ahead of him;
|2(3)| And when Ya'akov saw but he himself stayed balailah
with banim.
them, he said, This is in the machaneh.
Mahaneh Elohim; and he
|22(23)| And he rose up that touched the hip socket of pleased to accept me, thou
night, and took his two Ya'akov in the sinew of the wast appeased by me).
nashim and his two shifchot, thigh vein. |11| Accept, now, my
and his eleven yeladim, and And Ya'akov lifted berakhah that is brought to
passed over the ma'avar (ford)
Yabbok.
|23(24)| And he took them,
33 up his eyes, and
looked, and, hinei,
Esav came, and with him arba
thee; because Elohim hath
dealt graciously with me, and
because yesh li khol (there is
and sent them over the me'ot ish (four hundred men). to me all, my needs are met).
stream, and sent over [all] that And he divided the yeladim And he urged him, and he
he had. unto Leah, and unto Rachel, accepted.
|24(25)| And Ya'akov was left and unto the two shefachot. |12| And he said, Nise'ah (let
by himself; and there wrestled |2| And he put the shefachot us take our journey), and let
an ish with him until the and their yeladim rishonah, us go, I will go next to thee.
shachar (dawn, sunup). and Leah and her yeladim |13| And he said unto him,
|25(26)| And when he saw acharonim, and Rachel and Adoni knoweth that the
that he prevailed not against Yosef acharonim. yeladim are tender and the
him, he struck his hip socket; |3| And he passed over before nursing tzon and bakar are
so Ya'akov's hip socket them, and bowed himself to upon me; and if men should
dislocated while he wrestled the ground sheva pe'amim, overdrive them yom echad, all
with him. until he came near to achiv the tzon will die.
|26(27)| And he said, Let me (his brother). |14| Let now adoni, pass over
go, for shachar breaketh. And |4| And Esav ran to meet before his eved; and I will lead
he said, I will not let thee go, him, and embraced him, and on slowly, according to the
unless thou make a berakah fell on his tzavar (neck), and pace of the drove that goeth
upon me. kissed him; and they wept. before me and the pace the
|27(28)| And he said unto |5| And he lifted up his eyes, yeladim are able to endure,
him, What is shemecha? And and saw the nashim and the until I come unto adoni at
he said, Ya'akov. yeladim; and said, Who are Seir.
|28(29)| And he said, those with thee? And he said, |15| And Esav said, Let me
Shimcha shall be called no The yeladim which Elohim now leave with thee some of
more Ya'akov, but Yisroel: for hath graciously given thy eved. HaAm that are with me. And
sarita im Elohim ([yisrah=to |6| Then the shefachot came he said, What needeth it? Let
prevail + El=G-d = Yisroel] ye near, they and their yeladim, me find chen in the sight of
have striven with Elohim) and and they bowed themselves. adoni.
with anashim, and hast |7| And Leah also with her |16| So Esav returned that
overcome. yeladim came near, and day on his derech unto Seir.
|29(30)| And Ya'akov asked bowed themselves; and after |17| And Ya'akov journeyed to
him, and said, Tell me, now, came Yosef near and Rachel, Sukkot, and built him a bais,
shemecha. And he said, Why and they bowed themselves. and made sukkot for his
is it that thou dost ask after |8| And he said, What mikneh; therefore the shem of
shmi? And he made a meanest thou by all this the makom is called Sukkot.
berakhah upon him there. machaneh which I met? And |18| And Ya'akov came
|30(31)| And Ya'akov called he said, These are to find chen shalem to Ir Shechem, which
the shem of the makom (place) (grace) in the eyes of adoni. is in eretz Kena'an, when he
Peniel [Face of G-d): for I have |9| And Esav said, I have came from Padan Aram; and
seen Elohim panim el panim, enough, achi (my brother); encamped before the Ir.
and my nefesh is saved. keep that thou hast unto |19| And he bought a chelkat
|31(32)| And as he passed thyself. hasadeh (piece of land), where
over Penuel the shemesh rose |10| And Ya'akov said, No, he had pitched there his ohel,
upon him, and he limped now, if I have found chen from the yad Bnei Chamor Avi
upon his hip. (grace) in thy sight, then Shechem, for a hundred
|32(33)| Therefore the Bnei receive my minchah at my yad pieces of kesitah (money).
Yisroel eat not of the sinew of inasmuch as I have seen thy |20| And he erected there a
the thigh vein (sciatic nerve) face, as though I had seen the Mizbe'ach, and called it El
which is upon the hip socket, p'nei Elohim (the face of G-d) Elohei Yisroel.
unto this day; because he vatirtzeini (and thou wast
And Dinah Bat much mohar (bride price, Echad, if every zachar among
34 Leah, which she

bore unto Ya'akov,
went out to see the Banot
dowry) and mattan (gift), and I
will pay according as ye shall
say unto me; but give me the
us be circumcised, just as they
are nimolim (ones being
circumcised).
HaAretz. na'arah as isha. |23| Shall not their mikneh
|2| And when Shechem Ben |13| And the Bnei Ya'akov and their property and every
Chamor the Chivvi (Hivite), answered Shechem and behemah of theirs be ours?
Nasi HaAretz, saw her, he took Chamor aviv in mirmar Only let us consent unto them,
her, and lay with her, and (deceit) and spoke because he and they will settle among us.
violated her. had made Dinah their achot |24| And unto Chamor and
|3| And his nefesh had tameh; unto Shechem bno paid heed
deveykus unto Dinah Bat |14| And they said unto them, all that went out of the Sha'ar
Ya'akov, and he loved the We cannot do this thing, to of his city; and every zachar
na'arah, and spoke to the lev give achoteinu (our was circumcised, all that went
hanaarah. sister) to ish that is arelah out of the Sha'ar of his city.
|4| And Shechem spoke unto (uncircumcised); for that |25| And it came to pass on
Chamor aviv, saying, Get me would be a cherpah (reproach, the Yom HaShlishi, when they
this yaldah as isha. disgrace) unto us; were in pain, that two of the
|5| And Ya'akov heard that he |15| But in this will we Bnei Ya'akov, Shimon and
had made his bat Dinah consent unto you: If ye will Levi, achei Dinah, took each
tameh; now his banim were become like us, that every ish his cherev, and came upon
with his mikneh in the sadeh; zachar of you be circumcised; the Ir betach (boldly,
and Ya'akov held his peace |16| Then will we give confidently), and they
until they were come. benoteinu unto you, and we slaughtered kol zachar.
|6| And Chamor avi Shechem will take your banot to us, and |26| And they slaughtered
went out unto Ya'akov to speak we will dwell among you, and Chamor and Shechem bno
with him. we will become as Am Echad. with the edge of the cherev,
|7| And the Bnei Ya'akov |17| But if ye will not pay and took Dinah from the Bais
came from the sadeh when heed unto us, to become Shechem and left.
they heard it; and the circumcised; then will we take |27| The Bnei Ya'akov came
anashim were grieved, and biteinu (our daughter), and we upon the chalalim (dead ones,
they were in wrath greatly, will go. slain ones), and plundered the
because he had wrought |18| And their words pleased Ir, because they had made
nevalah (folly, disgrace, Chamor, and Shechem Ben their achot tameh.
outrage) against Yisroel in Chamor. |28| They seized their tzon,
lying with Bat Ya'akov; which |19| And the na'ar deferred and their bakar, and their
thing ought not to be done. not to do the thing, because he chamorim, and that which
|8| And Chamor spoke with had delight in Bat Ya'akov; was in the Ir, and that which
them, saying, The nefesh of and he was more respected was in the sadeh,
beni (my son) Shechem than kol Bais Aviv. |29| And all their wealth, and
longeth for your bat; now give |20| And Chamor and all their little ones, and their
her him as isha. Shechem bno came unto the nashim they carried off and
|9| So intermarry with us, Sha'ar of their city, and they plundered even all that was in
and give your banot unto us, spoke with the anashim of the bais.
and take benoteinu (our their city, saying, |30| And Ya'akov said to
banot) unto you. |21| These anashim are Shimon and Levi, Ye have
|10| And ye shall dwell with shlemim (peaceable) with us; brought trouble on me to
us; and HaAretz shall be therefore let them settle in make me a stench among the
before you; dwell and trade HaAretz, and let them trade inhabitants of HaAretz,
therein, and get you therein for HaAretz, hinei, it among the Kena'ani and the
possessions therein. is plenty of room for them; let Perizzi; and I being few in
|11| And Shechem said unto us take their banot to us as mispar, they shall gather
her av and unto her achim, nashim, and let us give them themselves together against
Let me find chen (grace) in benoteinu. me, and attack me; and I shall
your eyes, and what ye shall |22| Only herein will the be destroyed, I and my bais.
say unto me I will give. anashim consent unto us for
|12| Ask me never so to dwell with us, to be Am
|31| And they said, Should he and made a berakhah upon |20| And Ya'akov set up a
deal with achoteinu like with him. matzevah upon her kever; that
zonah? |10| And Elohim said unto is matzevet kevurat Rachel to
him, Shimcha is Ya'akov; this day.
And Elohim said shimcha shall not be called |21| And Yisroel journeyed,
35 unto Ya'akov, Arise,

go up to Beit-El,
and settle there; and make
any more Ya'akov, but Yisroel
shall be shemecha; and He
called shmo Yisroel.
and pitched his ohel beyond
Migdal-Eder.
|22| And it came to pass,
there a Mizbe'ach unto El |11| And Elohim said unto when Yisroel dwelt in that
(G-d) that appeared unto thee him, I am El Shaddai; be land, that Reuven went and
when thou didst flee from the fruitful and multiply; a Goy lay with Bilhah pilegesh aviv
face of Esav achicha. (nation) and a Kehal Goyim and Yisroel heard it. Now the
|2| Then Ya'akov said unto shall be from thee, and Bnei Ya'akov were Sheneym
his Bais, and to all that were Melechim shall come out of Asar (Twelve);
with him, Put away the elohei thy loins; |23| The Bnei Leah: Reuven
hanekhar that are among you, |12| And HaAretz which I bechor Ya'akov, and Shimon,
and be tahor, and change your gave Avraham and Yitzchak, and Levi, and Yehudah, and
simlah (garments); to thee I will give it, and to thy Yissakhar, and Zevulun;
|3| And let us arise, and go zera after thee will I give |24| The Bnei Rachel: Yosef,
up to Beit-El; and I will build HaAretz. and Binyamin;
there a Mizbe'ach unto El |13| And Elohim went up |25| And the Bnei Bilhah
(G-d) Who answered me in my from him in the makom where shifchat Rachel: Dan, and
yom tzoros, and was with me He talked with him. Naphtali;
in the derech in which I went. |14| And Ya'akov set up a |26| And the Bnei Zilpah
|4| And they gave unto matzevah (pillar, monument) shifchat Leah: Gad, and
Ya'akov kol elohei hanekhar in the makom where He talked Asher; these are the Bnei
which were in their yad, and with him, even a matzevat Ya'akov, which were born to
all their nezamim which were even (pillar of stone); and he him in Padan Aram.
in their oznayim; and Ya'akov poured a nesech (drink |27| And Ya'akov came unto
buried them under the elah offering) thereon, and he Yitzchak Aviv unto Mamre,
(terebinth) which was at poured shemen (oil) thereon. unto Kiriat HaArba, which is
Shechem. |15| And Ya'akov called the Chevron, where Avraham and
|5| And they journeyed; and shem of the makom where Yitzchak sojourned.
the chittat Elohim (terror of Elohim spoke with him, Beit- |28| And the days of Yitzchak
G-d) was upon the cities that El. were me'at shanah
were around them, and they |16| And they journeyed from u'shemonim shanah.
did not pursue after the Bnei Beit-El; and there was still a |29| And Yitzchak expired,
Ya'akov. space of ha'aretz to get to and died, and was gathered
|6| So Ya'akov came to Luz, Ephratah; and Rachel unto his people, being zaken
which is in Eretz Kena'an, that travailed, and she had hard (old) and full of yamim; and
is, Beit-El, he and kol haAm labor. his banim Esav and Ya'akov
that were with him. |17| And it came to pass, buried him.
|7| And he built there a when she was in hard labor,
Mizbe'ach, and called the that the meyaledet (midwife)
makom (place) El Beit-El; said unto her, Fear not; thou
because there HaElohim shalt have this ben also. Now these are the
appeared unto him, when he
fled from the face of achiv.
|8| But Devorah meineket
|18| And it came to pass, as
her nefesh was in departing,
(for she died) that she called
36 toldot Esav, who is
Edom.
|2| Esav took his nashim of
Rivkah died, and she was shmo Ben-Oni (Son of the Banot Kena'an: Adah Bat
buried under an alon (oak) Affliction); but aviv called him Elon the Chitti, and
below Beit-El; and shmo was Binyamin. Oholivamah Bat Anah Bat
called Alon Bachut. |19| And Rachel died, and Tziveon the Chivvi;
|9| And Elohim appeared was buried on the derech to |3| And Basemat Bat
unto Ya'akov again, when he Ephratah, which is Beit- Yishma'el, achot Nevayot.
returned from Padan Aram, Lechem.
|4| And Adah bore to Esav alufei Eliphaz in Eretz Edom; the alufei haChori by their
Eliphaz; and Basemat bore these were the Bnei Adah. alufim (chiefs) in Eretz Seir.
Reuel; |17| And these are the Bnei |31| And these are the
|5| And Oholivamah bore Reuel Ben Esav: aluf (chief) melechim that reigned in
Yeush, and Ya'alam, and Nachat, aluf Zerach, aluf Eretz Edom, before there
Korach; these are the Bnei Shammah, aluf Mizzah; these reigned any melech over the
Esav, which were born unto are the alufei Reuel in Eretz Bnei Yisroel.
him in Eretz Kena'an. Edom; these are the Bnei |32| And Bela Ben Be'or
|6| And Esav took his nashim, Basemat eshet Esav. reigned in Edom; and the
and his banim, and his banot, |18| And these are the Bnei shem of his city was
and kol nafshot of his bais, Oholivamah eshet Esav: aluf Dinhavah.
and his mikneh, and all his (chief) Yeush, aluf Yaalam, |33| And Bela died, and
behemah, and all his aluf Korach; these were the Yovav Ben Zerach of Botzrah
possessions, which he had alufei Oholivamah Bat Anah reigned in his place.
acquired in Eretz Kena'an; eshet Esav. |34| And Yovav died, and
and went into the eretz from |19| These are the Bnei Esav, Chusham of Eretz Temani
the face of Ya'akov achiv. who is Edom, and these are reigned in his place.
|7| For their wealth was their alufim (chiefs). |35| And Chusham died, and
more than that they might |20| These are the Bnei Seir Hadad Ben Bedad, who
dwell together; and the eretz the Chori, who inhabited defeated Midyan in the sadeh
of their sojourns could not HaAretz: Lotan, and Shoval, of Moav, reigned in his place;
support them because of their and Tziveon, and Anah, and the shem of his city was
mikneh. |21| And Dishon, and Etzer, Avit.
|8| Thus dwelt Esav in har and Dishan; these are the |36| And Hadad died, and
Seir; Esav is Edom. alufei HaChori, the Bnei Seir Samlah of Masrekah reigned
|9| And these are the toldot in Eretz Edom. in his place.
Esav avi Edom in har Seir: |22| And the Bnei Lotan were |37| And Samlah died, and
|10| These are the shemot Chori and Hemam; and achot Sha'ul of Rechovot-nahar
Bnei Esav; Eliphaz Ben Adah Lotan was Timna. reigned in his place.
eshet Esav, Reuel Ben |23| And the Bnei Shoval |38| And Sha'ul died, and
Basemat eshet Esav. were these: Alvan, and Baal Chanan Ben Achbor
|11| And the Bnei Eliphaz Manachat, and Eval, Shepho, reigned in his place.
were Teman, Omar, Tzepho, and Onam. |39| And Baal Chanan Ben
and Gatam, and Kenaz. |24| And these are the Bnei Achbor died, and Hadar
|12| And Timna was pilegesh Tziveon: both Ayyah, and reigned in his place; and the
(concubine) to Eliphaz Ben Anah; this was that Anah that shem of his city was Pau; and
Esav; and she bore to Eliphaz found the mules in the the shem of his isha was
Amalek; these were the Bnei midbar, as he pastured the Mehetavel Bat Matred Bat Mei
Adah eshet Esav. chamorim of Tziveon aviv. Zahav.
|13| And these are the Bnei |25| And the Bnei Anah were |40| And these are the shemot
Reuel: Nachat, and Zerach, these: Dishon, and of the alufei Esav, according
Shammah, and Mizzah; these Oholivamah Bat Anah. to their mishpechot, after their
were the Bnei Basemat eshet |26| And these are the Bnei mekomot, by their shemot:
Esav. Dishon: Chemdan, and aluf (chief) Timnah, aluf
|14| And these were the Bnei Eshban, and Yitran, and (chief) Alvah, aluf (chief) Yetet,
Oholivamah Bat Anah Bat Keran. |41| Aluf Oholivamah, aluf
Tziveon, eshet Esav: and she |27| The Bnei Etzer are these: (chief) Elah, aluf
bore to Esav Yeush, and Bilhan, and Zaavan, and (chief) Pinon,
Yaalam, and Korach. Akan. |42| Aluf (chief) Kenaz, aluf
|15| These were alufei (chiefs) |28| The Bnei Dishan are (chief) Teman, aluf (chief)
of the Bnei Esav: the Bnei these: Uz, and Aran. Mivtzar,
Eliphaz the bechor Esav; aluf |29| These are the alufei |43| Aluf (chief) Magdiel, aluf
(chief) Teman, aluf Omar, aluf (chiefs) haChori: aluf (chief) (chief) Iram; these are the
Tzepho, aluf Kenaz, Lotan, aluf Shoval, aluf alufei Edom, according to
|16| Aluf (chief) Korach, aluf Tziveon, aluf Anah, their moshavot in the eretz of
(chief) Gatam, and aluf (chief) |30| Aluf Dishon, aluf Etzer, their achuzzah; this is Esav
Amalek; these are the aluf (chief) Dishan; these are Avi Edom.
[VAYESHEV] have dreamed a chalom more; |20| Come now therefore, and
And Ya'akov dwelt
37
and, hinei, the shemesh and let us kill him, and throw him
in the eretz the yarei'ach and the eleven into one of the borot (pits),
megurei Aviv (in kokhavim bowed down to me. and we will say, Some chayyah
the land wherein his father |10| And he told it to Aviv, ra'ah (evil wild beast) hath
was a ger) in Eretz Canaan. and to his achim: and Aviv devoured him; and we shall
|2| These are the toldot rebuked him, and said unto see what will become of his
Ya'akov. Yosef, being him, What is this chalom that chalomot.
seventeen years old, was ro'eh thou hast dreamed? Shall I |21| And Reuven heard it,
with his achim to the tzon; and Immecha and Achecha and he saved him out of their
now the na'ar was with the indeed come to bow down yadayim; and said, Let us not
bnei Bilhah, and with the bnei ourselves to the ground before take his nefesh.
Zilpah, the ne'shei Aviv (the thee? |22| And Reuven said unto
wives of his father); and Yosef |11| And his achim had kina them, Do no shefach dahm
brought unto Avihem (their (jealousy, envy) toward him; (shedding of blood), but throw
father) dibbatam ra'ah (a bad, but Aviv was shomer over the him into this bor that is in the
evil report of them). saying. midbar, and lay no yad upon
|3| Now Yisroel loved Yosef |12| And his achim went for him; that he might rescue him
more than all his children, the purpose to be ro'eh tzon out of their yadayim, to take
because he was the ben Avihem in the vicinity of him back to Aviv.
zekunim (the son of his old Shechem. |23| And it came to pass,
age); and he made him a |13| And Yisroel said unto when Yosef was come unto his
kesones passim (ketonet Yosef, Do not thy achim ro'im achim, that they stripped
[tunic] reaching to palms and in Shechem? Come and I will Yosef of his kesones [see Yn
soles, [see Messianic send thee unto them. And he 19:23 OJBC], his kesones
significance Yn 19:23 OJBC]). said to him, Hineni. hapassim that was on him;
|4| And when his achim saw |14| And he said to him, Go, |24| And they took him, and
that Avihem loved him more now, see about the shalom threw him into the borah (pit);
than all his achim, they hated achecha, and the shalom and the bor was empty, there
him, and could not speak with hatzon; and bring me devar. was no mayim in it.
shalom unto him. So he sent him out of the |25| And they sat down to eat
|5| And Yosef dreamed a Emek Chevron, and he went to lechem; and they lifted up
chalom (dream [see Mt 2:22 Shechem. their eyes and looked, and,
OJBC]), and he told it to his |15| And a certain ish found hinei, a caravan of Yishm'elim
achim; and they hated him yet him, and, hinei, he was was coming from Gilàd with
the more. wandering in the sadeh; and their gemalim bearing spices
|6| And he said unto them, the ish asked him, saying, and balm and myrrh, going to
Hear, now, this chalom which What seekest thou? carry it down to Mitzrayim.
I have dreamed: |16| And he said, I seek my |26| And Yehudah said unto
|7| For, hinei, we were achim; tell me, now, where his achim, What betza (profit,
binding alummim (sheaves of they ro'im (feed their flocks). gain) is it if we kill achinu (our
wheat) out in the sadeh, and, |17| And the ish said, They brother), and conceal his
hinei, my sheaf arose, and are departed from here; for I dahm?
also stood upright; and, hinei, heard them say, Let us go to |27| Come, and let us sell him
your alummot (sheaves of Dotan. And Yosef went after to the Yishm'elim, and let not
wheat) gathered around it, his achim, and found them in yadeinu (our hands) be upon
and bowed down to my sheaf. Dotan. him; for he is achinu (our
|8| And his achim said to |18| And when they saw him brother) and besareinu (our
him, Shalt thou indeed reign merachok (afar off, in the flesh). And his achim agreed.
over us? Or shalt thou indeed distance), even before he came |28| Then there passed by
have dominion over us? And near unto them, they anashim Midyanim socharim
they hated him yet the more conspired against him to kill (men of Midyan, traders); and
for his chalomot (dreams), and him. they drew and lifted up Yosef
for his devarim. |19| And they said one to out of the bor, and sold Yosef
|9| And he dreamed yet another, Hinei, this ba'al to the Yishm'elim for esrim
another chalom, and told it hachalomot cometh. kesef; and they took Yosef to
his achim, and said, Hinei, I Mitzrayim.
|29| And Reuven returned |4| And she conceived again, |15| When Yehudah saw her,
unto the bor; and, hinei, Yosef and bore ben; and she called he thought her to be a zonah;
was not in the bor; and he shmo Onan. because she had covered her
made the keriah of his clothes |5| And she yet again face.
[compare Mk 14:63 OJBC]. conceived, and bore ben; and |16| And he turned unto her
|30| And he returned unto his called shmo Shelah; at Keziv, by the derech, and said, Come
achim, and said, The yeled is when she bore him. now, let me come in unto thee;
not; and I, where shall I turn? |6| And Yehudah took a wife (for he knew not that she was
|31| And they took the for Er his bechor, whose shem his kallah [daughter-in-law]).
kesones Yosef, and did was Tamar. And she said, What wilt thou
shachat the se'ir izzim |7| And Er, bechor Yehudah, give me, that thou mayest
(slaughtered the kid of the was rah in the eyes of come in unto me?
goats), and dipped the kesones Hashem; and Hashem |17| And he said, I will send
in the dahm; slaughtered him. thee a gedi izzim (kid of the
|32| And they sent the |8| And Yehudah said unto goats). And she said, Wilt thou
kesones hapassim, and they Onan, Go in unto eshet give me an ervon (pledge), till
brought it to Avihem; and achicha, and enter into thou send it?
said, This have we found; levirate marriage with her, |18| And he said, What ervon
examine for identification and raise up zera to achicha. shall I give thee? And she said,
purposes now whether it be |9| And Onan knew that the Thy chotam (signet), and thy
the kesones Binecha or no. zera should not be his; and it [signet neck] cord, and thy
|33| And he recognized it, came to pass, when he went in staff that is in thine yad. And
and said, It is the kesones unto eshet achiv, that he he gave it her, and came in
beni; a chayyah ra'ah hath spilled it on the ground, lest unto her, and she conceived
devoured him; Yosef is without he should give zera to achiv. by him.
doubt torn in pieces. |10| And the thing which he |19| And she arose, and went
|34| And Ya'akov made the did was rah in the eyes of away, and took off her tze'if
keriah of his clothes, and put Hashem; therefore He from her, and put on the
sackcloth on his loins, and slaughtered him also. garments of her widowhood.
mourned for beno yamim |11| Then said Yehudah to |20| And Yehudah sent the
rabbim. Tamar his kallah, Remain an gedi izzim by the yad of his
|35| And all his banim and almanah at thy bais avi, till friend the Adulami, to get
all his banot rose up to Shelah beni is grown; for he back his ervon from the yad
comfort him; but he refused to said, Lest he die also, as his haisha; but he found her not.
be comforted; and he said, For achim did. And Tamar went |21| Then he asked the men
I will go down to beni and dwelt in her bais avi. of that place, saying, Where is
mourning to Sheol. Thus Aviv |12| And in process of time the kedesha (cult prostitute)
wept for him. the bat Shua, eshet Yehudah, that was on the crossroads by
|36| And the Midyanim sold died; and Yehudah was the derech? And they said,
him into Mitzrayim unto consoled, and went up unto There was no kedesha in this
Potiphar, a seris Pharaoh his sheepshearers to Timnah, place.
(courtier of Pharaoh), a sar he and his re'a Chirah the |22| And he returned to
hatabbachim (a captain of the Adulami. Yehudah, and said, I cannot
slaughterers, executioners, i.e., |13| And it was told Tamar, find her; and also the men of
captain of the guard). saying, Hinei, thy kham the place said that there was
And it came to pass (father-in-law) goeth up to no kedesha in this place.
38 at that time, that

Yehudah went
down from his achim, and
Timnah to shear his tzon.
|14| And she put off her
widow's garments from her,
|23| And Yehudah said, Let
her take for herself, lest we
become buz (laughingstock);
turned in to an ish Adulami and covered her with a tze'if hinei, I sent this gedi, and
shmo Chirah. (veil), and disguised herself, thou hast not found her.
|2| And Yehudah saw there a and sat at the crossroads |24| And it came to pass
bat ish Kena'ani shmo Shua; which is on the derech to about shlosh chadashim
and he took her, and went in Timnah; for she saw that (three months) later, that it
unto her. Shelah was grown, and she was told Yehudah saying,
|3|She conceived, and bore was not given unto him as Tamar thy kallah
ben; and he called shmo Er. isha.
hath played the zonah; and prosper); and he was in the was none of the anshei
also, hinei, she is with child by bais adonav haMitzri. habayit there within.
zenunim (whoredom). And |3| And adonav saw that |12| And she caught him by
Yehudah said, Bring her forth, Hashem was with him, and his beged, saying, Lie with me;
and let her be burned. that Hashem caused all that and he left his beged in her
|25| When she was brought he did matzliach in his yad. yad, and fled, and ran outside.
forth, she sent to her kham |4| And Yosef found chen in |13| And it came to pass,
(father-in-law), saying, By the his eyes, and he ministered to when she saw that he had left
man, whose these are, am I him; and he made him his beged in her yad, and had
with child; and she said, mefake'ach (overseer) over his fled outside,
Discern, now, whose are these, bais, and all that he had he |14| That she called unto her
the chotam (signet), and the entrusted into his yad. anshei habayit, and spoke
[signet neck] cord, and the |5| And it came to pass from unto them, saying, Look, he
staff. the time that he had made hath brought in unto us an ish
|26| And Yehudah him mefake'ach (overseer) in Ivri to show disrespect and
acknowledged them, and said, his bais, and over all that he mock us. He came in unto me
She hath been more had, that Hashem put a to lie with me, and I screamed
tzadekah than I; because that berakhah on the bais haMitzri with a kol gadol (loud voice);
I gave her not to Shelah beni. on account of Yosef; and the |15| And it came to pass,
And he knew her again no birkat Hashem was upon all when he heard that I lifted up
more. that he had in the bais, and in my voice and screamed, that
|27| And it came to pass in the sadeh. he left his beged with me, and
the time of her travail, that, |6| And he left all that he had fled, and ran outside.
hinei te'omim (twin boys) were in the yad Yosef; and he knew |16| And she laid up his
in her beten. not ought he had, save the beged by her, until adonav
|28| And it came to pass, lechem which he did eat. And came to his bais.
when she travailed in labor, Yosef was yafeh to'ar (well |17| And she spoke unto him
that the one put out his yad; built) and yafeh mareh (good according to these words,
and the midwife took and looking). saying, The eved HaIvri,
bound upon his yad a scarlet |7| And it came to pass after which thou hast brought unto
thread, saying, This came out these things, that eshet us, came in unto me to show
rishonah (first). adonav cast her eyes upon disrespect and mock me;
|29| And it came to pass, as Yosef; and she said, Lie with |18| And it came to pass, as I
he drew back his yad, that, me. lifted up my voice and
hinei, his brother came out; |8| But he refused, and said screamed, that he left his
and she said, How hast unto eshet adonav, Look, with beged with me, and fled
paratzta (thou broken out)? me [here], adoni knows not outside.
This paretz (breach, breaking) what is in the bais, and he |19| And it came to pass,
be upon thee; therefore shmo hath entrusted all that he hath when adonav heard the words
was called Peretz [Breaking to my yad; of his isha, which she spoke
out]. |9| There is none gadol in unto him, saying, After this
|30| And afterward came out this bais than I; neither hath manner did thy eved to me;
his brother, that had the he kept back any thing from that his wrath was kindled.
scarlet thread upon his yad; me except thee only, because |20| And adonei Yosef took
and shmo was called Zerach. thou art his isha; how then him, and put him into the bais
And Yosef was can I do hara'ah hagedolah hasohar, a place where the
39 brought down to
Mitzrayim; and
Potiphar, a saris Pharaoh, Sar
hazot, and commit chattat
against Elohim?
|10| And it came to pass, as
asirei HaMelech were
prisoners; and he was there in
the bais hasohar.
Hatabachim (captain of the she spoke to Yosef yom yom, |21| But Hashem was with
bodyguard), a Mitzri, bought that he unto her lo shama (did Yosef, and showed him
him of the hands of the not pay heed), to lie with her, chesed, and gave him chen in
Yishme'elim, which had or to be with her. the eyes of the sar bais
brought him down to there. |11| And it came to pass hasohar.
|2| And Hashem was with about this time, that Yosef |22| And the sar bais hasohar
Yosef, and he was an ish went into the bais to do his entrusted to the yad Yosef all
matzliach (a man [G-d] makes melachah (work); and there the asirim
Bereshis 39, 40, 41 40 Orthodox Jewish Bible
(prisoners) that were in the Why look ye so ra'im (bad, shloshah salei chori (three
bais hasohar; and whatsoever downcast ones) hayom (today)? baskets of cakes) on my rosh;
they did there, he was the |8| And they said unto him, |17| And in the sal haelyon
accomplisher of it. We have dreamed a chalom, (uppermost basket) there was
|23| The sar bais hasohar and there is no poter all manner of food for
looked not to anything that (interpreter) of it. And Yosef Pharaoh; and ha'oph (the
was under his [Yosef's] yad; said unto them, Do not birds) did eat them out of the
because Hashem was with pitronim (interpretations) sal (basket) upon my rosh.
him, and that which he did, belong to Elohim? Tell now to |18| And Yosef answered and
Hashem made it to me. said, This is the pitron
prosper. |9| And the sar hamashkim (interpretation, meaning)
And it came to pass told his chalom to Yosef, and thereof: The shloshet hasalim
40 after these things,

that the mashkeh
(cupbearer) Melech Mitzrayim
said to him, In my chalom,
hinei, a gefen was before me;
|10| And in the gefen were
(three baskets) are shloshet
yamim.
|19| Yet within shloshet
and his ofeh (baker) had shloshah sarigim (three yamim shall Pharaoh lift off
offended adoneihem Melech branches); and it was as soon thy rosh from on thee, and
Mitzrayim. as it budded, its blossom shot shall hang thee on an etz; and
|2| And Pharaoh was in forth; and the clusters thereof ha'oph (the birds) shall eat thy
wrath against two of his brought forth anavim (ripe basar from off thee.
sarisim, against the sar grapes); |20| And it came to pass on
hamashkim, and against the |11| And the kos Pharaoh was Yom HaShlishi, which was the
sar ha'ofim. in my yad; and I took the yom huledet of Pharaoh, that
|3| And he put them anavim (grapes), and pressed he made a mishteh (feast)
b'mishmar (under watch, in them into kos Pharaoh, and I unto all his avadim; and he
custody) in the bais sar put the kos into the palm of lifted up the rosh sar
hatabachim (house of the Pharaoh. hamashkim and the rosh sar
captain of the bodyguards), in |12| And Yosef said unto him, ha'ofim (head of the chief
the bais hasohar, in the This is the pitron baker) in the midst of his
makom (place) where Yosef (interpretation) of it; The avadim (officials).
was incarcerated. shloshet hasarigim are |21| He restored the sar
|4| And the sar hatabachim shloshet yamim. hamashkim unto his
charged Yosef with them, and |13| Within shloshet yamim mashkeh; and he gave the kos
he ministered to them; and shall Pharaoh lift up thine into the palm of Pharaoh;
they continued a season rosh, and restore thee unto thy |22| But he hanged the sar
b'mishmar (in custody, under ken (place, post); and thou ha'ofim: just as Yosef had
watch). shalt deliver kos Pharaoh into made the pitron to them.
|5| And they dreamed a his yad, after the mishpat |23| Yet did not the sar
chalom both of them, each harishon (former practice) hamashkim remember Yosef
man his chalom in lailah when thou wast his mashkeh. [see Amos 6:6] but forgot him.
echad (in one night, the same |14| But remember me [see [MIKETZ]
night), and each chalom with Amos 6:6] when it shall be well
its own pitron (meaning, with thee, and show chesed
interpretation), the mashkeh now unto me, and make And it came to pass
and the ofeh of Melech
Mitzrayim, which were
prisoners in the bais hasohar.
mention of me unto Pharaoh,
and bring me out of this bais;
|15| For indeed I was stolen
41 at the end of two
full years, that
Pharaoh dreamed a chalom:
|6| And Yosef came in unto away out of the Eretz and, hinei, he stood
them in the boker, and looked HaIvrim; and here also have I by haye'or (the River, i.e., the
upon them, and, hinei, they done nothing that they should Nile).
were zo'afim (troubled ones, put me into the bor (dungeon). |2| And, hinei, there came up
sad ones). |16| When the sar ha'ofim out of haye'or (the River, i.e.,
|7| And he asked the sarisim saw that he had done the the Nile) seven cows, fine in
of Pharaoh that were with him pitron well, he said unto appearance and fat in basar;
b'mishmar (in the custody Yosef, I also was in my and they grazed on the
ward) of bais adonav, saying, chalom, and, hinei, I had riverbank.
[3| And, hinei, seven other each according to his chalom scorched with the east wind,
cows came up after them out he did interpret. tzomechot (sprung up) after
of the Nile, ra'ot mareh (ugly |13| And it was, just as he them;
in appearance) and dakot interpreted to us, so it came to |24| And the thin heads of
basar (gaunt ones in flesh, pass; me he restored unto grain devoured the seven tov
lean-fleshed); and stood by the mine ken (post), and him he heads of grain; and I told this
other cows upon the bank of hanged. unto the chartummi
the Nile. |14| Then Pharaoh sent and (magicians); but there was
|4| And the cows that were summoned Yosef, and they none that could explain it to
ra'ot hamareh and that were brought him hastily out of the me.
dakot habasar did devour the bor (dungeon); and he shaved, |25| And Yosef said unto
seven cows that were and changed his clothes, and Pharaoh, The chalom of
fine in appearance and fat. came in unto Pharaoh. Pharaoh is echad: HaElohim
Then Pharaoh awoke. |15| And Pharaoh said unto hath revealed to Pharaoh
|5| And he slept and dreamed Yosef, I have dreamed a what He is about to do.
a chalom the second time; chalom, and there is no poter |26| The seven good cows are
and, hinei, shivah heads of (interpreter) for it; and I have seven shanim; and the seven
grain came up upon one stalk, heard it said of thee, that good heads of grain are seven
beri'ot (fat ones) and tovot. thou canst understand a shanim. The chalom is echad.
|6| And, hinei, seven thin chalom to interpret it. |27| And the seven lean and
heads of grain scorched by the |16| And Yosef answered ugly cows that came up after
east wind tzomechot (sprung Pharaoh, saying, It is not in them are sheva shanim; and
up) after them. me; Elohim shall give the seven empty heads of
|7| And the seven thin heads Pharaoh an answer of shalom. grain scorched by the east
of grain devoured the seven |17| And Pharaoh said unto wind are sheva shnei ra'av
fat and mele'ot (full) heads of Yosef, In my chalom, hineni, I (seven years of
grain. And Pharaoh awoke; stood upon the bank of the famine).
and, hinei, it was a chalom! Nile; |28| This is the thing which I
|8| And it came to pass in the |18| And, hinei, there came have spoken unto Pharaoh;
boker that his ruach was up out of the Nile seven cows What HaElohim is about to do
troubled; and he sent and beri'ot basar (fat in body) and He showeth unto Pharaoh.
called for all the chartummei sleek of form; and they grazed |29| Hinei, there come sheva
Mitzrayim (magicians of by the riverbank. shanim of sava gadol (great
Egypt), and all the chachamim |19| And, hinei, seven other fullness, plenty, abundance)
thereof; and Pharaoh told cows came up after them, throughout kol Eretz
them his chalom; but there dalot (poor, scrawny, thin) and Mitzrayim.
was no poter (interpreter) for ra'ot to'ar me'od (very ugly in |30| And there shall arise
Pharaoh. appearance) and lean-fleshed, after them sheva shnei ra'av
|9| Then the sar hamashkim such as I never saw in kol (seven years of famine) and
spoke unto Pharaoh, saying, I Eretz Mitzrayim, kol hasava (all abundance)
do remember my faults this unacceptably bad; shall be forgotten in Eretz
day. |20| And the lean and the Mitzrayim; and the ra'av
|10| Pharaoh was in wrath ra'ot cows did eat up the first (famine) shall consume the
with his avadim, and put me seven fat cows; land;
b'mishmar (in custody) in the |21| And when they had |31| And the sava shall not be
bais sar hatabbachim, eaten them up, it could not be known in the land by reason
both me and the sar ha'ofim; known that they had eaten of that ra'av (famine)
|11| And we dreamed a them; but they were still rah in following; for it shall be kaved
chalom in the same lailah, I appearance, as at the me'od (very grievous).
and he; and each chalom we beginning. So I awoke. |32| And for that the chalom
dreamed had its own pitron |22| And I saw in my chalom, was doubled unto Pharaoh; it
(interpretation). and, hinei, seven heads of is because the thing is
|12| And there was there with grain came up on one stalk, [decidedly] established by
us a na'ar Ivri, eved to the sar mele'ot (full) and HaElohim, and HaElohim
hatabbachim; and we told tovot (good); will shortly bring it to pass.
him, and he interpreted to us |23| And, hinei, seven heads
chalomoteinu (our dreams); to of grain, withered, thin, and
|33| Now therefore let him, Avrech! And he put him was in all lands; but in kol
Pharaoh select an ish navon over kol Eretz Mitzrayim. Eretz Mitzrayim there was
and chochom (a man |44| And Pharaoh said unto lechem.
discerning and wise) and set Yosef, I am Pharaoh, and |55| And when kol Eretz
him over Eretz Mitzrayim. without thee shall no man lift Mitzrayim was famished, the
|34| Let Pharaoh do this, and up his yad or regel in kol Eretz people cried to Pharaoh for
let him appoint pekidim Mitzrayim. lechem; and Pharaoh said
(officers, overseers, |45| And Pharaoh called unto kol Mitzrayim, Go unto
commissioners) over the land, shem Yosef Zaphnat Pa'neach; Yosef; what he saith to you, do.
and take up the fifth part [of and he gave him as isha |56| And the ra'av (famine)
the harvest] of Eretz Asenat Bat Poti Phera kohen was over kol pnei ha'aretz; and
Mitzrayim in the sheva shnei of On. And Yosef went out over Yosef opened all that was in
hasava. all Eretz Mitzrayim. them, and sold unto the
|35| And let them gather kol |46| And Yosef was thirty Mitzrayim; and the ra'av
ochel of those shanim hatovot years old when he stood before (famine) became severe in
that come, and store up grain Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim. Eretz Mitzrayim.
under the yad Pharaoh, and And Yosef went out from the |57| And kol HaAretz (all the
let them be shomer over ochel presence of Pharaoh, and world) came into Mitzrayim to
in the cities. went throughout kol Eretz Yosef to buy grain; because
|36| And that ochel shall be Mitzrayim. that the ra'av (famine) was so
for reserves for the land |47| And in the sheva shnei chazak in kol HaAretz.
against the sheva shnei hasava the land brought forth
hara'av, which shall be in by handfuls. Now when Ya'akov
Eretz Mitzrayim; that the land
perish not through the ra'av.
|37| And the thing was good
|48| And he gathered up kol
ochel of the sheva shanim,
which were in Eretz
42 saw that there was
shever (grain) in
Mitzrayim, Ya'akov said unto
in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in Mitzrayim, and laid up the his banim, Why do ye look one
the eyes of all his avadim. ochel in the cities; the ochel of upon another?
|38| And Pharaoh said unto the sadeh, which surrounded |2| And he said, Hinei, I have
his avadim, Can we find such every city, laid he up in the heard that there is shever
an ish as this is, an ish in same. (grain) in Mitzrayim; get you
whom is the Ruach Elohim? |49| And Yosef gathered grain down to there, and buy for us
|39| And Pharaoh said unto as the chol (sand) of the yam, from there; that we may live,
Yosef, Forasmuch as Elohim very much, until he stopped and not die.
hath showed thee all this, counting; for it was without |3| Achei Yosef asarah (Yosef's
there is none so navon mispar (number). ten brothers) then went down
(discerning) and chochom |50| And unto Yosef were to buy grain in Mitzrayim.
(wise) as thou art; born two banim before the |4| But Binyamin, achi Yosef,
|40| Thou shalt be over my shnat ra'av came, which Ya'akov sent not with his
bais (palace), and according Asenat Bat Poti Phera kohen achim; for he said, Lest ason
unto thy mouth shall all my of On bore unto him. (evil, harm) befall him.
people order themselves; only |51| And Yosef called the |5| And the Bnei Yisroel came
with respect to the kisse will I shem of the bechor Menasheh: to make purchase among
be greater than thou. For Elohim, said he nashani, those that were coming; for
|41| And Pharaoh said unto (hath made me forget) all my the ra'av (famine) was in Eretz
Yosef, See, I have set thee over amal, and kol bais Avi. Kena'an.
kol Eretz Mitzrayim. |52| And the shem of the |6| And Yosef was the Shalit
|42| And Pharaoh took off his second called he Ephrayim: Al HaAretz, and he it was that
taba'at (signet ring) from his For Elohim hifrani (hath sold to kol Am HaAretz:
yad, and put it upon yad caused me to be fruitful) in and Achei Yosef came, and
Yosef, and arrayed him in the eretz of my oni (suffering). prostrated themselves before
garments of fine linen, and |53| And the sheva shnei him with their faces to the
put a chain of zahav around hasava that was in Eretz ground.
his neck; Mitzrayim were ended. |7| And Yosef saw his achim,
|43| And he made him to ride |54| And the sheva shnei and he recognized them, but
in the second merkavah which hara'av began to come, just as made himself a
he had; and they cried before Yosef had said; and the ra'av
stranger unto them, and spoke carry grain for the ra'avon |29| And they came unto
roughly unto them; and he (famine of) bateichem (your Ya'akov Avihem in Eretz
said unto them, From where house); Kena'an, and told him all that
come ye? And they said, From |20| But bring achichem befell unto them; saying,
Eretz Kena'an to buy ochel. hakaton unto me; so shall |30| The ish, who is adonei
|8| And Yosef recognized his your words be verified, and ye HaAretz, spoke roughly to us,
achim, but they recognized shall not die. And they did so. and took us for meragelim
not him. |21| And they said one to HaAretz.
|9| And Yosef remembered another, Surely we are |31| And we said unto him,
the chalomot which he ashemim (guilty ones) because We are truthful ones; we are
dreamed about them, and of achinu (our brother), in no meragelim;
said unto them, Ye are that we saw the tzoros of his |32| We are Shneym Asar
meragelim (spies); to see the nefesh, when he besought us, Achim, Bnei Avinu; one is not,
ervat ha'aretz (nakedness of and we would not hear; and the katon is today with
the land) ye came. therefore is this tzoros come Avinu in Eretz Kena'an.
|10| And they said unto him, upon us. |33| And the ish, adonei
Lo, adoni, but to buy okhel |22| And Reuven answered HaAretz, said unto us, Hereby
are thy avadim come. them, saying, Spoke I not unto shall I know that ye are
|11| We are all bnei ish you, saying, Do not sin against truthful ones; leave one of
echad; we are truthful ones, the yeled; and ye would not your achim here with me, and
thy avadim are no meragelim. hear? Therefore, hinei, the that which is needful for the
|12| And he said unto them, accounting for his dahm is ra'avon bateichem (famine of
Lo, but to see the ervat required [of us (see Mt 27:25 your houses), take and be
ha'aretz ye came. OJBC)]. gone;
|13| And they said, Thy |23| And they had no da'as |34| And bring achichem
avadim are Shneym Asar that Yosef understood them; hakaton unto me; then shall I
Achim, the bnei ish echad in for he spoke unto them by the know that ye are not
Eretz Kena'an; and, hinei, the melitz (go-between, meragelim, but that ye are
katon is today with Avinu, and interpreter). truthful ones: so will I restore
one is not. |24| And he turned himself you achichem, and ye shall
|14| And Yosef said unto away from them, and wept; freely trade in the land.
them, That is it just as I spoke and returned to them again, |35| And it came to pass as
unto you, Ye are meragelim; and spoke with them, and took they emptied their sacks, that,
|15| Hereby ye shall be from them Shimon, and hinei, every man's pouch of
tested: by the life of Pharaoh bound him before their eyes. kesef was in his sack; and
ye shall not go forth from |25| Then Yosef commanded when both they and Avihem
here, except achichem to fill their kelim with grain, saw the pouches of kesef, they
hakaton (your youngest and to restore every man's were afraid.
brother) come here. kesef into his sack, and to give |36| And Ya'akov Avihem said
|16| Send one of you, and let them provision for the derech; unto them, Me have ye
him bring back achichem, and and thus did he unto them. bereaved of my children; Yosef
ye shall be kept prisoner, that |26| And they loaded their is not, and Shimon is not, and
your words may be tested, chamorim with the grain, and ye will take Binyamin away;
whether there be any emes in departed from there. all these things are against
you; or else by the life of |27| And as one of them me.
Pharaoh surely ye are opened his sack to get feed for |37| And Reuven spoke unto
meragelim (spies). his chamor in the malon (inn), Aviv, saying, Slay my two
|17| And he put them all he saw his kesef; for, hinei, it banim, if I bring him not to
together el-mishmar was in the mouth of his sack. thee; entrust him into my yad,
(in custody) shloshet yamim. |28| And he said unto his and I will bring him to thee
|18| And Yosef said unto achim, My kesef is restored; again.
them on the Yom HaShlishi and, hinei, it is even in my |38| And he said, Beni (my
[see 1C 15:4 OJBC], This do, sack; and their lev failed them, son) shall not go down with
and live; for I fear HaElohim: and they shook with fear, you; for achiv is dead, and he
|19| If ye be truthful ones, let saying one to another, What is is left alone; if ason (harm,
one of your achim be bound this that Elohim hath done evil) befall him on the derech
in your bais mishmar; go ye, unto us? in which ye go,
then shall ye bring down my returned zeh pa'amayim (this upon us, and seize us for
gray hair in yagon (sorrow) to second time). avadim, and chamoreinu (our
Sheol. |11| And Yisroel Avihem said donkeys).
And the ra'av unto them, If it must be so |19| And they came near to
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the land.
(famine) was kaved
(heavy, severe) in
now, do this; take of
mizimerat HaAretz (the best
fruits of the land) in your
the ish over Bais Yosef, and
they spoke with him at the
petach habayit,
|2| And it came to pass, when kelim (vessels), and carry |20| And said, O adoni, we
they had eaten up the shever down to the ish a minchah came indeed down at the first
(grain) which they had (present), a little balm, and a time to buy ochel:
brought out of Mitzrayim, little devash (honey), nekhot |21| And it came to pass,
then Avihem said unto them, (spices), loht (myrrh), batenim when we came to the malon,
Shuvu (return)! Buy for us a (pistachio nuts), and shekedim that we opened our sacks, and,
little ochel. (almonds): hinei, kesef ish (every man's
|3| And Yehudah spoke unto |12| And take kesef mishneh money) was in the mouth of
him, saying, The ish did (double money) in your yad; his sack, our kesef in full
solemnly warn us, saying, Ye and the kesef that was weight; and we have brought it
shall not see my face, unless returned in the mouth of your back again in our yad.
achichem be with you. sacks, carry it back in your |22| And kesef acher (other
|4| If thou wilt send achinu yad; perhaps it was mishgeh money) have we brought down
(our brother) with us, we will (mistake); in our hands to buy ochel; we
go down and buy thee ochel; |13| Take also achichem, and cannot tell who put
|5| But if thou wilt not send arise, shuvu (return) unto the our kesef in our sacks.
him, we will not go down; for ish; |23| And he said, Shalom
the ish said unto us, Ye shall |14| And El Shaddai give you lachem, fear not; Eloheichem,
not see my face, rachamim before the ish, that and Elohei Avichem, hath
unless achichem be with you. he may send away achichem given you matmon (treasure)
|6| And Yisroel said, Why acher (your other brother), in your sacks; I had your kesef.
dealt ye so ill with me, as to and Binyamin. If I be And he brought Shimon out
tell the ish whether ye had yet bereaved of my children, I am unto them.
another ach (brother)? bereaved. |24| And the ish brought the
[7| And they said, The ish |15| And the anashim took anashim into the house of
asked in detail about us and that minchah, and they took Yosef, and gave them mayim,
about our moledet (kindred), mishneh kesef (double money) and they washed their
saying, Is Avichem yet in their yad and Binyamin; raglayim; and he gave their
alive? Have ye another ach? and rose up, and went down to chamorim mispo (fodder).
And we declared to him Mitzrayim, and stood before |25| And they made ready the
according to these words of Yosef. minchah for bo Yosef (coming
[his inquiry]; could we |16| And when Yosef saw of Yosef) at tzahorayim; for
certainly know that he would Binyamin with them, he said they heard that they would
say, Bring down achichem? to the ish over Bais Yosef, eat lechem there.
|8| And Yehudah said unto Bring these anashim home, |26| And when Yosef came
Yisroel Aviv, Send na'ar with and slaughter the tevach, and home, they presented him the
me, and we will arise and go; make ready; for these anashim minchah which was in their
that we may live, and not die, shall dine with me at yad in the house, and
both we, and thou, and also tzahorayim (noon). prostrated themselves to the
our little ones. |17| And the ish did as Yosef ground before him.
|9| I will be surety for him; of said; and the ish brought the |27| And he asked them
my yad shalt thou require an anashim to the house of Yosef. l'shalom (about their welfare),
accounting for him; if I bring |18| And the anashim were and said, Is there shalom with
him not back unto thee, and afraid, because they were avichem, the zaken of whom
set him before thee, then let brought into Bais Yosef; and ye spoke? Is he still alive?
me bear the blame kol they said, Because of the kesef |28| And they answered,
hayamim; that was returned in our sacks There is shalom with thy eved
|10| For if we had not at the first time are we avinu; he is still alive. And
delayed, surely now we had brought in; that he may seek they bowed their heads, and
occasion against us, and fall prostrated themselves.
|29| And he lifted up his eyes, |3| As soon as the boker ohr, he was yet there; and they fell
and saw achiv Binyamin, ben the anashim were sent away, before him on the ground.
immo, and said, Is this they and their chamorim. |15| And Yosef said unto
achichem hakaton (your |4| And when they were gone them, What ma'aseh (deed) is
younger brother), of whom ye out of the ir, and not yet far this that ye have done? Know
spoke unto me? And he said, off, Yosef said unto the ish ye not that an ish like me can
Elohim be gracious unto thee, over Bais Yosef, Up, follow find things out as a
beni. after the anashim; and when menachesh (diviner)?
|30| And Yosef made haste; thou dost overtake them, say |16| And Yehudah said, What
for his compassion was stirred unto them, Wherefore have ye shall we say unto adoni? What
upon achiv (his brother); and rewarded ra'ah for tovah? shall we speak? Or how hall we
he sought where to weep; and |5| Is not this it in which clear ourselves? HaElohim
he entered into his cheder, adoni drinketh, and whereby hath found out the avon
and wept there. indeed he divineth? Ye have (iniquity) of thy avadim; look
|31| And he washed his face, done ra'ah in so doing. at us, we are now avadim
and went out, and controlled |6| And he overtook them, la'adoni, both we, and he also
himself, and said, Serve and he spoke unto them these with whom the gevi'a (cup) is
lechem. same devarim. found.
|32| And they served him by |7| And they said unto him, |17| And he [Yosef] said,
himself, and them by Wherefore saith adoni these Chalilah that I should do so;
themselves, and the Mitzrim words? Chalilah (far be it) that but the ish in whose yad the
(Egyptians), which did eat thy avadim should do gevi'a is found, he shall be to
with him, by themselves; according to this thing; me eved; and as for you, go
because Mitzrim could not eat |8| Hinei, the kesef, which we back in shalom unto avichem.
lechem with the Ivrim; for that found in the mouth of our
is a to'evah (abomination) sacks, we brought back unto
unto the Mitzrim. thee out of Eretz Kena'an; how [VAYIGGASH]
|33| And they sat before him, then should we be ganavim
the bechor according to his stealing kesef or zahav out of
bechorah (birthright), and the the bais adonecha? |18| Then Yehudah came
youngest according to his |9| With whomsoever of thy near unto him, and said, Oh,
youth; and the anashim avadim it be found, both let adoni, let thy eved speak now
marvelled one with another. him die, and we also will be a davar in oznei adoni, and let
|34| And he took and sent avadim of adoni. not thine anger burn against
masot (portions) unto them |10| And he said, Now also let thy eved; for thou art even like
from before him; but masat it be according unto your Pharaoh.
Binyamin was five times as devarim; he with whom it is |19| Adoni asked his avadim,
much as any of theirs. And found shall be to me eved; and saying, Have ye an av, or an
they drank, and feasted ye shall be nekiyim ach?
with him. (blameless). |20| And we said unto adoni,
|11| Then they speedily took We have an av, a zaken, and a
And he down every ish his sack to the yeled zekunim katan (child of
44 commanded the
ish over Bais Yosef,
saying, Fill the sacks of the
ground, and opened every ish
his sack.
|12| And he searched, and
his old age, a little one); and
achiv is dead, and he alone is
left of immo, and aviv loveth
anashim with ochel, as much began at the gadol (eldest), him.
as they can carry, and put and ended at the katon |21| And thou saidst unto thy
kesef ish in the mouth of his (youngest); and the gevi'a (cup, avadim, Bring him down unto
sack. goblet) was found in the sack me, that I may set mine eyes
|2| And put my cup, gevi'a of Binyamin. upon him.
hakesef (cup of silver), in the |13| Then they tore their |22| And we said unto adoni,
mouth of the sack of the garments, and loaded every The na'ar cannot leave aviv;
katon, and his kesef for shever ish his chamor, and returned for if he should leave aviv, aviv
(grain). And he did according to the ir. would die.
to the davar Yosef had spoken. |14| And Yehudah and his
achim came to Bais Yosef; for
|23| And thou saidst unto thy me? Lest I see the rah that |10| And thou shalt dwell in
avadim, Except achichem would overtake Avi. Eretz Goshen, and thou shalt
hakaton (your youngest Then Yosef could be karov (near) unto me, thou,
brother) come down with you,
ye shall see my face no more.
|24| And it came to pass
45 not control himself
before all them
that stood by him; and he
and thy banim, and thy bnei
banecha, and thy tzon, and
thy bakar, and all that thou
when we came up unto thy cried, Cause kol ish to go out hast [see Yn 14:3 OJBC]:
eved Avi we told him the divrei from me. And there stood no |11| And there will I nourish
adoni. ish with him, while Yosef thee; for yet there are chamesh
|25| And avinu said, Shuvu, made himself known unto his shanim of ra'av (famine); lest
(go back, return) and buy us a achim. thou, and thy bais, and all
little ochel. |2| And he wept aloud; and that thou hast, come to
|26| And we said, We cannot the Mitzrayim and the Bais destitution.
go down; if achinu hakaton Pharaoh heard. |12| And, hinei, your eyes see,
(our youngest brother) be with |3| And Yosef said unto his and the eyes of achi Binyamin,
us, then will we go down; for achim (brethren), I am Yosef; that it is my mouth that
we may not see the face of doth Avi yet live? And his speaketh unto you.
HaIsh, except achinu hakaton achim could not answer him; |13| And ye shall tell Avi of
be with us. for they were shocked with kol kevod b'Mitzrayim, and of
|27| And thy eved Avi said dismay at his presence. all that ye have seen; and ye
unto us, Ye know that my wife |4| And Yosef said unto his shall haste and bring down
bore me two banim; achim, Come near to me, now. Avi here.
|28| And the one went out And they came near. And he |14| And he fell upon the
from me, and I said, Surely he said, I am Yosef achichem neck of Binyamin achiv, and
is torn to pieces; and I saw (your brother), whom ye sold wept; and Binyamin wept
him not ad-hennah (until into Mitzrayim. upon his neck.
now); |5| Now therefore be not |15| Moreover he kissed all
|29| And if ye take this also grieved, nor angry with his achim, and wept upon
from me, and ason (evil, harm) yourselves, that ye sold me them; and after that his achim
befall him, ye shall bring here; for Elohim did send me talked with him.
down my gray hair in ra'ah before you to save life. |16| And the news thereof
(misery) to Sheol. |6| For these two years hath was heard in Bais Pharaoh
|30| Now therefore when I the ra'av (famine) been in the saying, Achei Yosef are come;
come to thy eved Avi, and the land; and yet there are and it pleased Pharaoh well,
na'ar be not with us; seeing chamesh shanim (five years), and his avadim.
that his nefesh is bound up in in the which there shall |17| And Pharaoh said unto
the nefesh of the na'ar; neither be plowing nor Yosef, Say unto thy achim,
|31| It shall come to pass, harvest. This do ye; load your beasts,
when he seeth that the na'ar is |7| And Elohim sent me and go, get you unto Eretz
not with us, that he will die; before you to save you a Kena'an;
and thy avadim shall bring she'erit (remnant) in the earth, |18| And take Avichem and
down the gray hair of thy eved and to save life for you by a your households, and come
avinu with yagon (sorrow) to peletah gedolah (great unto me; and I will give you
Sheol, deliverance, escape). the best of Eretz Mitzrayim,
|32| For thy eved became |8| So now it was not you that ye shall eat the chelev haaretz.
surety for the na'ar unto Avi, sent me here, but HaElohim; |19| Now thou art
saying, If I bring him not unto and He hath made me as an commanded, this do ye; take
thee, then I shall bear the Av to Pharaoh, and adon you agalot (wagons) out of
blame before Avi kol of all his Bais, and Moshel Eretz Mitzrayim for your little
hayamim. throughout kol Eretz ones, and for your nashim,
|33| Therefore, let thy eved, Mitzrayim. and bring Avichem, and come.
now, abide instead of the |9| Haste ye, and go up to Avi, |20| Also regard not your
na'ar, an eved to adoni; and and say unto him, Thus saith kelim; for the best of kol Eretz
let the na'ar go up with his thy ben, Yosef, Elohim hath Mitzrayim is yours.
achim. made me as adon kol |21| And the Bnei Yisroel did
|34| For how shall I go up to Mitzrayim; come down unto so; and Yosef gave them
Avi, and the na'ar be not with me, tarry not; agalot,
according to the command- and Yosef shall put his yad Yishvi, and Beriah, and
ment of Pharaoh, and gave upon thine eyes. Serach their achot; and the
them provision for the derech. |5| And Ya'akov rose up from Bnei Beriah: Chever, and
|22| To all of them he gave Be'er-Sheva; and the Bnei Malki'el.
each man chalifot semalot; Yisroel carried Ya'akov |18| These are the Bnei
but to Binyamin he gave three Avichem, and their little ones, Zilpah, whom Lavan gave to
hundred pieces of kesef, and and their nashim, in the Leah his bat, and these she
chamesh chalifot semalot. agalot which Pharaoh had bore unto Ya'akov, even
|23| And to Aviv he sent after sent to carry him. sixteen nefesh.
this manner; ten chamorim |6| And they took their |19| The Bnei Rachel eshet
loaded with the best of mikneh, and their possessions, Ya'akov: Yosef, and Binyamin.
Mitzrayim, and ten female which they had acquired in |20| And unto Yosef in Eretz
donkeys loaded with grain and Eretz Kena'an, and came to Mitzrayim were born
lechem and provision for Aviv Mitzrayim, Ya'akov, and all his Menasheh and Ephrayim,
for the derech. zera with him; which Asenat Bat Poti Phera
|24| So he sent his achim |7| His banim, and his bnei kohen of On bore unto him.
away, and they departed; and banim with him, his banot, |21| And the Bnei Binyamin
he said unto them, See that ye and his banot banim, and all were Belah, and Becher, and
not quarrel by the derech. his zera brought he with him Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman,
|25| And they went up out of to Mitzrayim. Echi, and Rosh, Muppim, and
Mitzrayim, and came into |8| And these are the shemot Chuppim, and Ard.
Eretz Kena'an unto Ya'akov Bnei Yisroel, which came to |22| These are the Bnei
avihem, Mitzrayim: Ya'akov and his Rachel, which were born to
|26| And told him, saying, banim: Reuven, bechor Ya'akov; kol nefesh were
Yosef chai! Yosef is yet alive, Ya'akov; fourteen.
and he is Moshel kol Eretz |9| And the Bnei Reuven: |23| And the Bnei Dan:
Mitzrayim. And Ya'akov's lev Chanoch, and Phallu, and Chushim.
fainted, for he believed them Chetzron, and Carmi. |24| And the Bnei Naphtali:
not [see Lk 24:10-11 OJBC]. |10| And the Bnei Shimon: Yachtze'el, and Guni, and
|27| And they told him kol Yemuel, and Yamin, and Yetzer, and Shillem.
divrei Yosef, which he had Ohad, and Yachin, and |25| These are the Bnei
said unto them; and when he Tzochar, and Shaul Ben Bilhah, which Lavan gave
saw the agalot which Yosef HaKena'anit. unto Rachel his bat, and she
had sent to carry him, the |11| And the Bnei Levi: bore these unto Ya'akov; kol
ruach Ya'akov avihem revived; Gershon, Kehat, and Merari. nefesh were shivah.
|28| And Yisroel said, It is |12| And the Bnei Yehudah: |26| Kol hanefesh that came
enough; Yosef Beni chai! Yosef Er, and Onan, and Shelah, with Ya'akov to Mitzrayim,
Beni is yet alive; I will go and and Peretz, and Zarach; but which came out of his loins,
see him before I die. Er and Onan died in Eretz apart from the nashim of the
And Yisroel took Kena'an. And the Bnei Peretz Bnei Ya'akov, kol nefesh were
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that he had, and
came to Be'erah Sheva, and
were Chetzron and Chamul.
|13| And the Bnei Yissakhar:
Tola, and Phuvah, and Yov,
threescore and six;
|27| And the Bnei Yosef,
which were born to him in
offered zevakhim unto Elohei and Shimron. Mitzrayim, were two nefesh;
Aviv Yitzchak. |14| And the Bnei Zevulun: kol hanefesh of Bais Ya'akov,
|2| And Elohim spoke unto Sered, Elon, and Yachle'el. which came into Mitzrayim,
Yisroel in the marot halailah, |15| These are the Bnei Leah, were shivim (seventy).
and said, Ya'akov, Ya'akov. which she bore unto Ya'akov |28| And he sent Yehudah
And he said, Hineni. in Padan Aram, with his bat before him unto Yosef, to
|3| And He said, I am El Dinah; kol nefesh of his direct his face unto Goshen;
Elohei Avicha; fear not to go banim and his banot were and they came into Eretz
down to Mitzrayim; for there I thirty and three. Goshen.
will make thee a Goy Gadol; |16| And the Bnei Gad: |29| And Yosef made ready
|4| I will go down with thee to Tziphyon, Chaggi, Shuni, his merkavah, and went up to
Mitzrayim; and I will also Etzbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. meet Yisroel Aviv, to Goshen,
surely bring thee up again; |17| And the Bnei Asher: and presented himself unto
Yimnah, and Yishvah, and him; and he fell on his
neck, and wept on his neck a |5| And Pharaoh spoke unto |15| And when kesef failed in
long time. Yosef, saying, Avicha and Eretz Mitzrayim, and in Eretz
|30| And Yisroel said unto acheicha are come unto thee; Kena'an, kol Mitzrayim came
Yosef, Now let me die, since I |6| Eretz Mitzrayim is before unto Yosef, and said, Give us
have seen thy face, because thee; in the best of the land lechem; for why should we die
thou art yet alive. make avicha and acheicha to in thy presence? For the kesef
|31| And Yosef said unto his dwell; in Eretz Goshen let is gone.
achim, and unto Bais Aviv, I them dwell; and if thou |16| And Yosef said, Give
will go up, and speak to knowest any anshei chayil your mikneh; and I will give
Pharaoh, and say unto him, among them, then make them you for your mikneh, if kesef is
My achim and Bais Avi, which sarei mikneh (royal overseers gone.
were in Eretz Kena'an, of livestock) of mine. |17| And they brought their
are come unto me; |7| And Yosef brought in mikneh unto Yosef; and Yosef
|32| And the anashim are Ya'akov aviv, and set him gave them lechem in exchange
roei tzon (shepherds), keepers before Pharaoh; and Ya'akov for susim, and for the tzon,
of livestock; and they have made on Pharaoh a berakhah. and for the mikneh of the
brought their tzon, and their |8| And Pharaoh said unto bakar, and for the chamorim;
bakar, and all that they have. Ya'akov, How old art thou? and he fed them lechem for all
|33| And it shall come to |9| And Ya'akov said unto their mikneh for that year.
pass, when Pharaoh shall call Pharaoh, The days of the |18| When that year was
you, and shall say, What is shanim of my pilgrimage are a ended, they came unto him
ma'aseichem (your hundred and thirty shanah; the shanah hashenit, and said
occupation)? few and bad have the days of unto him, We will not hide it
|34| That ye shall say, Thy the years of my life been, and from adoni, how that our kesef
avadim hath been keepers of have not attained unto the is spent; adoni also hath our
livestock from our youth even days of the years of the life of mikneh of behemah; there is
until now, both we, and also my avot in the days of their not ought left in the sight of
Avoteinu; that ye may dwell in pilgrimage. adoni, but geviyyatenu (our
Eretz Goshen; for every ro'eh |10| And Ya'akov made a bodies), and adematenu (our
tzon is a toevat Mitzrayim. berakhah on Pharaoh, and lands);
went out from the presence of |19| Why shall we die before
Then Yosef came Pharaoh. thine eyes, both we and
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and said, Avi
and my achim, and their tzon,
|11| And Yosef settled aviv
and his achim, and gave them
an achuzzah (possession) in
adematenu? Buy us and
adematenu for lechem, and we
and adematenu will be
and their bakar, and all that Eretz Mitzrayim, in the best of avadim unto Pharaoh; and
they have, are come out of the land, in Eretz Rameses, give us zera, that we may live,
Eretz Kena'an; and they are just as and not die, that the adamah
now in Eretz Goshen. Pharaoh had commanded. be not desolate.
|2| And he took some of his |12| And Yosef provided for |20| And Yosef bought kol
achim, even five anashim, and aviv, and his achim, and kol Admat Mitzrayim for
presented them unto Pharaoh. bais aviv, with lechem, Pharaoh; for the Mitzrayim
|3| And Pharaoh said unto according to the children. sold every ish his sadeh,
his achim, What is your |13| And there was no lechem because the ra'av (famine) was
occupation? And they said in kol ha'aretz; for the ra'av chazak over them; so the land
unto Pharaoh, Thy avadim are was very heavy, so that Eretz became Pharaoh's.
roeh tzon, both we, and also Mitzrayim and kol Eretz |21| And as for the people, he
Avoteinu. Kena'an fainted by reason of removed them to cities from
|4| They said morever unto the ra'av (famine). one end of the borders of
Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the |14| And Yosef gathered up Mitzrayim even to the other
land are we come; for thy all the kesef that was found in end thereof.
avadim have no mireh the Eretz Mitzrayim, and in |22| Only the admat
(pasture) for their tzon; for the Eretz Kena'an, for the shever hakohanim bought he not; for
ra'av (famine) is heavy in Eretz (grain) which they bought; and the kohanim had a chok
Kena'an; now therefore, let Yosef brought the kesef into assigned them of
now thy avadim dwell in Eretz Bais Pharaoh (Pharaoh's
Goshen. palace).
Pharaoh, and did eat their |31| And he said, Swear unto |9| And Yosef said unto aviv,
chok which Pharaoh gave me. And he swore unto him. They are my banim, whom
them; therefore they sold not And Yisroel prostrated toward Elohim hath given me in this
their lands. the rosh hamittah. place. And he said, Bring
|23| Then Yosef said unto the them, now, unto me, and I will
people, See, I have bought you make upon them a berakhah.
this day and your land for |10| Now the eyes of Yisroel
Pharaoh: lo, here is zera for were dim from age, so that he
you, and ye shall sow the And it came to pass could not see. And he brought
adamah.
|24| And it shall come to pass
in the tevu'ot, that ye shall give
that one told Yosef,
Hinei, Avicha is choleh (ill);
them near unto him; and he
kissed them, and embraced
them.
the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and he took with him his two |11| And Yisroel said unto
and four parts shall be your banim, Menasheh and Yosef, I never expected to see
own, for zera of the sadeh, Ephrayim. thy face; and, hinei, Elohim
and for your ochel, and for |2| And one told Ya'akov, and hath showed me also thy zera.
them of your batim, and for said, Hinei, the ben of thee |12| And Yosef brought them
food for your children. Yosef cometh unto thee; and out from between his knees,
|25| And they said, Thou hast Yisroel strengthened himself, and he bowed himself with his
saved our lives; let us find and sat up upon the mittah face to the ground.
chen (grace, favor) in the sight (bed). |13| And Yosef took them
of adoni, and we will be |3| And Ya'akov said unto both, Ephrayim in his yamin
avadim to Pharaoh. Yosef, El Shaddai appeared toward smol Yisroel, and
|26| And Yosef made it a unto me at Luz in Eretz Menasheh on his smol toward
chok over Eretz Mitzrayim Kena'an, and made on me a yamin Yisroel, and brought
unto this day, that Pharaoh berakhah, them near unto him.
should have the fifth part, |4| And said unto me, Hineni, |14| And Yisroel stretched out
except the admat hakohanim I will make thee fruitful, and his yamin, and laid it upon
only, which became not multiply thee, and I will make rosh Ephraim, who was the
Pharaoh's. of thee a kehal of ammim; and younger, and his smol upon
|27| And Yisroel settled in will give HaAretz Hazot to thy rosh Manasseh, guiding his
Eretz Mitzrayim, in Eretz zera after thee for an achuzzat hands intentionally; for
Goshen; and they acquired olam (everlasting possession). Menasheh was the bechor.
property therein, and grew, |5| And now thy two banim, |15| And he made on Yosef a
and multiplied exceedingly. Ephrayim and Menasheh, berakhah, and said,
which were born unto thee in HaElohim, before whom my
[VAYAHI] Eretz Mitzrayim before I came Avot Avraham and Yitzchak
unto thee into Mitzrayim, are did walk, HaElohim Who was
|28| And Ya'akov lived in
mine; like Reuven and Roeh to me all my life long
Eretz Mitzrayim seventeen
Shimon, they shall be mine. unto this day,
shanah; so the whole age of
|6| And thy moledet, which |16| The Malach which
Ya'akov was a hundred forty
are born to thee after them, redeemed me from kol rah,
and seven shanah.
shall be thine, and shall be may he make a berakhah on
|29| And the time drew near
called after the shem of their the ne'arim, and let my shem
that Yisroel must die; and he
achim in their nachalah. be named on them, and the
called bno Yosef, and said
|7| And as for me, when I shem of my Avot Avraham
unto him, If now I have
came from Padan, Rachel and Yitzchak; and let them
found chen in thy sight, put,
died by me in Eretz Kena'an grow into a multitude in the
now, thy yad under my thigh,
in the way, when there was yet midst of ha'aretz.
and do chesed and emes with
but a space of land to go unto |17| And when Yosef saw that
me; bury me not, now, in
Ephratah; and I buried her aviv laid his yamin upon the
Mitzrayim;
there by the derech Ephrat; rosh Ephrayim, it displeased
|30| But I will lie with
the same is Beit-Lechem. him; and
my avot, and thou shalt carry
|8| And Yisroel beheld Bnei
me out of Mitzrayim, and bury
Yosef, and said, Who are
me in their kever. And he said,
these?
I will do as thou hast said.
he took hold of yad aviv, to |4| Unstable as mayim, thou his border shall be unto
remove it from rosh Ephrayim shalt not excel; because thou Tzidon.
unto rosh Menasheh. wentest up to mishkevei |14| Yissakhar is a strong
|18| And Yosef said unto aviv, avicha (thy father's bed, i.e. chamor (donkey) lying down
Not so, Avi; for this is the incest); then defiledst thou it; between two saddlebags;
bechor; put thy yamin upon he went up to my couch. |15| And he saw that a
his rosh. |5| Shimon and Levi are menuchah (resting place) was
|19| And aviv refused, and achim; kelei chamas tov, and haaretz that it was
said, I know it, beni (my son), I (instruments of violence) are pleasant; and bowed his
know it; he also shall become in their swords. shoulder to bear, and became
a people, and he also shall be |6| O my nefesh, enter not oved (submitting, enslaved) at
great; but truly achiv hakaton thou into their sod (secret, forced labor.
shall be greater than he, and council); unto their kehal, |16| Dan yadin (shall judge)
his zera shall become a mine kavod, be not thou his people, as one of the
multitude of Goyim. united; for in their anger they Shivtei Yisroel.
|20| And he made a berakhah slaughtered ish, and in their |17| Dan shall be a nachash
on them that day, saying, In ratzon (self-will) they lamed beside the derech, a viper
thee shall Yisroel bless, saying, shor (ox). along the orach (path) that
Elohim make thee like |7| Arur (cursed) be their biteth the ikkvei sus (the horse
Ephrayim and like Menasheh; anger, for it was fierce; and heels), so that its rider shall
and he set Ephrayim before their wrath, for it was cruel; I fall backward.
Menasheh. will dispense them in Ya'akov, |18| I have waited for Thy
|21| And Yisroel said unto and scatter them in Yisroel. Yeshuah (Salvation), Hashem.
Yosef, Hinei I die; but Elohim |8| Yehudah, thou art he |19| Gad, gedud (raider) shall
shall be with you, and bring whom thy achim yoducha raid him; but he shall raid
you back unto the Eretz (they will praise you); thy yad akev ([at] the heel).
Avoteichem. shall be in the oref (neck) of |20| Out of Asher his lechem
|22| Moreover, I have given to thine enemies; Bnei Avicha shall be rich, and he shall
thee one portion above thy shall bow down before thee. yield royal dainties.
achim, which I took out of the |9| Yehudah is the cub of an |21| Naphtali is a doe let
yad HaEmori with my cherev aryeh (lion); from the prey, loose; he giveth goodly sayings.
and with my keshet. beni (my son), thou hast gone |22| Yosef is a ben of a fruit-
up; he stooped down, he tree, even ben of a fruit-tree
couched like an aryeh, and near an ayin (spring, well); its
like a lioness; who shall rouse daughters (i.e., branches) run
him? over the wall;
|10| The shevet (sceptre) shall |23| The ba'alei khitzim
not depart from Yehudah, nor (archers) provoke him, and
a Mekhokek (Lawgiver) from shoot at him, and hate him;
between his raglayim, until |24| But his keshet (bow)
Shiloh come; and unto him remained steady, and the
And Ya'akov called shall be the obedience of the arms of his hands remain
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and said, Gather
yourselves together, that I may
amim (peoples, nations).
|11| He ties his foal unto the
gefen (vine), and his donkey's
strong, from the hands of the
Avir Ya'akov, from there, from
the Ro'eh, Even Yisroel;
tell you that which shall befall colt unto the choice vine; he |25| And from El Avicha, who
you in the acharit hayamim will wash his levush shall help thee; and Shaddai,
(last days). (garments) in yayin, and his who shall make berakhah over
|2| Gather yourselves robe in the dahm anavim thee with Birkat Shomayim
together, and hear, ye Bnei (blood of grapes); above, Birkat Tehom that lieth
Ya'akov; and pay heed unto |12| His eyes shall be darker beneath, Birkat Shadayim and
Yisroel Avichem. with yayin, and his shinayim of Rekhem.
|3| Reuven, thou art my (teeth) whiter than cholov |26| Birkat Avicha surpass
bechor, my koach, and the (milk). the Birkat of my
reshit of my strength, the |13| Zevulun shall dwell at progenitors unto the
excellency of honor, and the seashore; and he shall be a
excellency of oz (power): haven for oniyyot (ships); and
utmost border of the giveot Mitzra'im mourned for him (cave) of the sadeh of
olam (everlasting hills); they shivim yom (seventy days). Machpelah, near Mamre, the
shall come on the rosh Yosef, |4| And when the days of his sadeh which Avraham had
and on the brow of the Prince mourning were past, Yosef bought for an achuzzat kever
among his achim. spoke unto the Bais Pharaoh, (burial estate) and made the
|27| Binyamin--a ze'ev (wolf) saying, If now I have found purchase from Ephron the
which tears in pieces; in the chen in your eyes, speak, now, Chitti.
boker he shall devour the in the oznayim of Pharaoh, |14| And, after burying Aviv,
prey, and at erev he shall saying, Yosef returned into Mitzrayim,
divide the plunder. |5| Avi made me swear, he, and his achim, and all that
|28| All these are the Shivtei saying, Hinei, I die; in my went up with him to bury Aviv.
Yisroel; and this is it that kever which I dug for myself in |15| And when the Achei
Avichem spoke unto them, Eretz Kana'an, there shalt Yosef (the brothers of Yosef)
and made a berakhah on thou bury me. Therefore let saw that Avihem was dead,
them; every one according to me go up, now, and bury Avi, they said, What if Yosef will
his berakhah he blessed them. and I will return. hate us, and will certainly
|29| And he charged them, |6| And Pharaoh said, Go up, requite us all the ra'ah which
and said unto them, I am to and bury Avicha, according as we did unto him.
be gathered unto my people; he made thee swear. |16| And they sent word unto
bury me with Avotai in the |7| And Yosef went up to bury Yosef, saying, Avicha did
me'arah (cave) that is in the Aviv; and with him went up all command before he died,
sadeh of Ephron the Chitti, the avadim of Pharaoh, the saying,
|30| In the me'arah that is in zekenim of his Bais, and all |17| So shall ye say unto
the sadeh of Machpelah, the zekenim of Eretz Yosef, Forgive, now, the
which is near Mamre, in Eretz Mitzrayim, peysha of thy achim, and their
Kena'an, which Avraham |8| And kol Bais Yosef, and chattat; for they did unto thee
bought with the sadeh of his achim, and Bais Aviv; only ra'ah; and now, forgive the
Ephron the Chitti for an their little ones, and their peysha of the Avdei Elohei
achuzzat kever (burial estate). tzon, and their bakar (cattle), Avicha. And Yosef wept when
|31| There they buried they left in Eretz Goshen. they spoke unto him.
Avraham and Sarah his isha; |9| And there went up with |18| And his achim also went
there they buried Yitzchak him both merkavot and and fell down before him; and
and Rivkah his isha; and there parashim; and it was a very they said, Behold us, we are
I buried Leah. great machaneh. thy avadim.
|32| The purchase of the |10| And they came to the |19| And Yosef said unto
sadeh and of the me'arah goren (threshing floor) of Atad, them, Fear not; for am I in the
(cave) that is therein was from which is beyond the Yarden, place of Elohim?
the Bnei Chet (Heth). and there they mourned with |20| But as for you, ye
|33| And when Ya'akov had a gadol and very bitter intended ra'ah against me; but
made an end of commanding lamentation; and he made Elohim intended it for tovah,
his banim, he gathered up his evel (mourning) for Aviv shivat to bring to pass, as it is this
raglayim into the mittah, and yamim. day, to save Am Rav (much
expired, and was gathered |11| And when the people) alive.
unto his people. inhabitants of HaAretz, the |21| Now therefore fear ye
And Yosef fell Kena'ani, saw the evel not; I will provide for you, and
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Aviv, and wept over
him, and kissed him.
(mourning) in the goren Atad,
they said, This is a grievous
evel to the Mitzrayim;
your little ones. And he
comforted them, and spoke
kindly unto their hearts.
|2| And Yosef commanded his therefore the shem of it was |22| And Yosef dwelt in
avadim the rofe'im called Evel Mitzrayim. It is Mitzrayim, he, and Bais Aviv;
(physicians) to embalm Aviv; beyond the Yarden. and Yosef lived one hundred
and the rofe'im |12| And his [Ya'akov's] banim and ten shanim.
embalmed Yisroel. did unto him according as he |23| And Yosef saw Ephraim's
|3| And arba'im yom were commanded them; bnei shileshim (children to the
fulfilled for him; for so are |13| For his banim carried third generation); also the
fulfilled the days of those him into Eretz Kena'an, and Bnei Machir Ben Menasheh
which are embalmed; and the buried him in the me'arah
SHEMOT
were brought up upon the come to pass, that, when there before the meyalledot come in
birkei Yosef (knees of Yosef). falleth out any milchamah, unto them.
|24| And Yosef said unto his they join also unto our |20| Therefore Elohim dealt
achim, I die; and Elohim will enemies, and fight against us, well with the meyalledot; and
surely visit you, and bring you and so get them up out of the the people multiplied, and
out of this land unto HaAretz land. grew very strong.
which He promised by oath to |11| Therefore they did set |21| And it came to pass,
Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to over them sarei missim because the meyalledot feared
Ya'akov. (taskmasters) to afflict them HaElohim, that He
|25| And Yosef made the Bnei with their burdens. And they established them batim.
Yisroel take an oath, saying, built for Pharaoh supply |22| And Pharaoh charged all
Elohim will surely visit you, cities, Pitom and Raamses. his people, saying, Every ben
and ye shall carry up my |12| But the more they that is born ye shall cast into
atzmot from hence. afflicted them, the more they the Nile, and every bat ye shall
|26| So Yosef died, being in multiplied and spread out. save alive.
age one hundred and ten And they were in dread
shanim; and they embalmed because of the Bnei Yisroel.
him, and he was placed in an |13| And the Egyptians made
aron in Mitzrayim. the Bnei Yisroel to serve with And there went an ish of
[SHEMOS] rigor;
|14| And they made their 2 the Bais Levi, and took
to wife a bat Levi.
1 Now these are the
Shemot Bnei Yisroel, which

lives bitter with avodah
kashah (hard bondage), in
mortar, and in brick, and in
all manner of avodah in the
|2| And the isha conceived,
and bore a ben; and when she
saw him that he was tov, she
hid him three months.
came into Mitzrayim; sadeh; all their service, |3| And when she could no
every ish and his wherein they made them longer hide him,
bais came with Ya'akov: serve, was with rigor. she took for him a tevah (ark)
|2| Reuven, Simeon, Levi, |15| And Melech Mitzrayim of papyrus, and daubed it
and Yehudah, spoke to the meyalledot with tar and with pitch, and
|3| Yissakhar, Zevulun, and HaIvriyyot (Hebrew put the yeled therein; and she
Binyamin, midwives), of which the shem set it in the reeds by the bank
|4| Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, of the one was Shiphrah, and of the Nile.
and Asher. of the other Puah; |4| And his achot stood afar
|5| And all the nefesh that |16| And he said, When ye do off, to see what would be done
came out of the loins of the office of a midwife to to him.
Ya'akov were HaIvriyyot (the Hebrew |5| And the Bat Pharaoh
seventy nefesh; for Yosef was women) and see them upon came down to bathe herself at
in Mitzrayim already. the delivery stool; if it be a the Nile; and her na'arot
|6| And Yosef died, and all ben, then ye shall kill him; but walked along by the Nile's
his achim, and all that if it be a bat, then she shall bank; and when she saw the
generation. live. tevah (ark) among the reeds,
|7| And the Bnei Yisroel were |17| But the meyalledot she sent her amah (maid
fruitful, and increased feared HaElohim, and did not servant) to fetch it.
abundantly, and multiplied, as Melech Mitzrayim |6| And when she had opened
and became exceeding strong; commanded them, but saved it, she saw the yeled; and,
and the land was filled with the yeladim alive. hinei, the na'ar was crying.
them. |18| So Melech Mitzrayim And she had compassion on
|8| Now there arose a melech called for the meyalledot, and him, and said, This
chadash over Mitzrayim, said unto them, Why have ye one is of the yaldei HaIvrim
which had no da'as of Yosef. done this thing, and have (Hebrew children).
|9| And he said unto his saved the yeladim alive? |7| Then said his achot to Bat
people, Hinei, the Am Bnei |19| And the meyalledot said Pharaoh, Shall I go and call to
Yisroel are more and stronger unto Pharaoh, Because thee a nurse of HaIvriyyot,
than we. HaIvriyyot are not as the that she may nurse
|10| Come, let us outsmart Egyptian women; for they are the yeled for thee?
them; lest they multiply, and it vigorous, and are delivered
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|8| And Bat Pharaoh said to |18| And when they came to |4| And when Hashem saw
her, Go. And haalmah Reuel their av, he said, How is that he turned aside to see,
[see Gn 24:43; Isa 7:14] went it that ye are come so soon Elohim called out
and called the em hayeled. today? unto him out of the midst of
|9| And Bat Pharaoh said |19| And they said, An the bush, and said, Moshe,
unto her, Take this yeled Egyptian delivered us out of Moshe. And he said, Hineni.
away, and nurse it for me, and the yad of the ro'im |5| And He said, Draw not
I will give thee thy wages. And (shepherds), and also drew nearer here; put off thy
the isha took the yeled, and enough for us, and watered na'alayim (sandals) from off
nursed it. the tzon. thy raglayim, for hamakom
|10| And the yeled grew, and |20| And he said unto his whereon thou standest is
she brought him unto Bat banot, And where is he? Why admat kodesh.
Pharaoh, and he became her is it that ye have left the ish? |6| Moreover He said, I am
ben. And she called shmo Call him, that he may eat Elohei Avicha, Elohei
Moshe: and she said, Because lechem. Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak,
meshitihu (I drew him) out of |21| And Moshe was content and Elohei Ya'akov. And
the mayim. to dwell with the ish; and he Moshe hid his face; for he was
|11| And it came to pass in gave Moshe Tzipporah his bat. afraid to look upon
those days, when Moshe was |22| And she bore him a ben, HaElohim.
grown, that he went out unto and he called shmo Gershom; |7| And Hashem said, I have
his achim, and looked on their for he said, I have been a ger surely seen the oni ami
sivlot: and he spied an in a foreign land. (affliction of My
Egyptian striking an ish Ivri, |23| And it came to pass in people) which are in
one of his achim. process of time, that Melech Mitzrayim, and have heard
|12| And he looked this way Mitzrayim died; and the Bnei their cry by reason of their
and that way, and when he Yisroel groaned by reason of nogesim (taskmasters); for I
saw that there was no ish, he haAvodah (the Bondage), and know their makhovim
killed the Egyptian, and hid they cried out, and their cry (sufferings);
him in the chol (sand). came up unto HaElohim by |8| And I am come down to
|13| And when he went out reason of haAvodah. deliver them out of the yad
the second day, hinei, two |24| And Elohim heard their Mitzrayim, and to bring them
anashim Ivrim were fighting; groaning, and Elohim up out of that land unto an
he said to him in the wrong, remembered His brit eretz tovah, a spacious eretz
Why strike thou thy re'a? (covenant) with Avraham, with zavat cholov udevash; unto
|14| And he said, Who made Yitzchak, and with Ya'akov. the place of the Kena'ani, and
thee a sar and a shofet over |25| And Elohim looked upon the Chitti, and the Emori, and
us? Intendest thou to kill me, the Bnei Yisroel, and Elohim the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and
as thou killedst the Egyptian? had da'as of them. the Yevusi.
And Moshe feared, and Now Moshe was ro'eh |9| Now therefore, hinei, the
thought, Surely this thing is
known.
|15| Now when Pharaoh
3 (shepherding) the tzon of
Yitro his khoten (father-
in-law), the kohen Midyan;
cry of the Bnei Yisroel is come
unto Me; and I have also seen
the oppression wherewith the
heard this thing, he sought to and he led the tzon to the Egyptians oppress them.
slay Moshe. But Moshe fled backside of the midbar, and |10| Come now therefore, and
from the face of Pharaoh, and came to the Har HaElohim, I will send thee unto Pharaoh,
dwelt in Eretz Midyan; and he even to Chorev. that thou mayest bring forth
sat down by a well. |2| And the Malach Hashem My people the Bnei Yisroel out
|16| Now the kohen of appeared unto him in a flame of Mitzrayim.
Midyan had sheva banot; and of eish out of the midst of a |11| And Moshe said unto
they came and drew mayim, bush; and he looked, and, HaElohim, Who am I, that I
and filled the troughs to water hinei, the bush burned with should go unto Pharaoh, and
the tzon of their av. eish, and the bush was not that I should bring forth the
|17| And the ro'im consumed. Bnei Yisroel out of Mitzrayim?
(shepherds) came and drove |3| And Moshe thought, I will |12| And He said, Certainly
them away; but Moshe stood now turn aside, and see this Eh-heh-yeh (I will be [see verse
up and rescued them, and mareh hagadol, why the bush 14 below]) with thee; and this
watered their tzon. is not burned up. shall be haOt (the Sign) unto
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thee, that I have sent thee: |19| And I have da'as that |7| And He said, Put thine
when thou hast Melech Mitzrayim will not let yad into thy kheyk again. And
brought forth HaAm out of you go, no, except by a yad he put his yad into his kheyk
Mitzrayim, ye shall serve chazakah. again; and plucked it out of
HaElohim upon this Har. |20| And I will stretch out My his kheyk, and, hinei, it was
|13| And Moshe said unto yad, and strike Mitzrayim with turned again as his other
HaElohim, Hinei, when I all My nifle'ot which I will do basar.
come unto the Bnei Yisroel, in the midst thereof; and after |8| And it shall come to pass,
and shall say unto them, that he will let you go. if they will not believe thee,
Elohei Avoteichem hath sent |21| And I will give this neither pay heed to the voice
me unto you; and they shall people chen in the sight of the of haOt Harishon, that they
say to me, What is Shmo? Egyptians; and it shall come will believe the voice of haOt
what shall I say unto them? to pass, that, when ye go, ye haAcharon.
|14| And Elohim said unto shall not go empty-handed. |9| And it shall come to pass,
Moshe, Eh-heh-yeh ashair Eh- |22| But every isha shall if they will not believe also
heh-yeh (I AM WHO I AM); borrow of her neighbor, and of these two otot, neither pay
and He said, Thus shalt thou her that sojourneth in her heed unto thy voice, that thou
say unto the Bnei Yisroel, EH- bais, jewels of kesef, and shalt take of the mayim of the
HEH-YEH (I AM) hath sent jewels of zahav, and clothing; Nile, and pour it upon the
me unto you. and ye shall put them upon yabashah (dry land); and the
|15| And Elohim said your banim, and upon your mayim which thou takest out
moreover unto Moshe, Thus banot; so ye shall plunder the of the Nile shall become dahm
shalt thou say unto Bnei Egyptians. upon the yabashah.
Yisroel: Hashem, Elohei And Moshe answered |10| And Moshe said unto
Avoteichem, Elohei Avraham,
Elohei Yitzchak, and Elohei
Ya'akov, hath sent me
4 and said, But, what if
they will not believe me,
nor pay heed unto my voice
Hashem, O Adonoi, I am not
an ish devarim, neither
heretofore, nor since Thou
unto you: this is Shemi l'olam, but will say, Hashem hath not hast spoken unto Thy eved;
and this is My remembrance appeared unto thee. but I am slow of speech, and
unto all generations. |2| And Hashem said unto of a slow lashon.
|16| Go, and gather the him, What is that in thine |11| And Hashem said unto
Ziknei Yisroel together, and yad? And he said, A matteh (a him, Who hath made man's
say unto them, Hashem rod, staff). peh (mouth)? Or who maketh
Elohei Avoteichem, Elohei |3| And He said, Cast it on dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or
Avraham, Yitzchak, and the ground. And he cast it on blind? Is it not I, Hashem?
Ya'akov, appeared unto me, the ground, and it became a |12| Now therefore go, and
saying, I have surely visited nachash; and Moshe fled from Eh-heh-yeh (I will be) with thy
you, and seen that which is before it. mouth, and teach thee what
done to you in Mitzrayim; |4| And Hashem said unto thou shalt say.
|17| And I have said, I will Moshe, Put forth thine yad, |13| And he said, O Adonoi,
bring you up out of the Oni and take it by the tail. And he send, now, by the yad of him
Mitzrayim unto the eretz put forth his yad, and caught whom Thou wilt send.
Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and it, and it became a matteh in |14| And the Af Hashem was
the Emori, and the Perizzi, his yad; kindled against Moshe, and
and the Chivi, and the |5| That they may believe that He said, Is there not Aharon
Yevusi unto eretz zavat cholov Hashem Elohei Avotam, thy ach the Levi? I know that
udevash. Elohei Avraham, Elohei he can speak well. And also,
|18| And they shall pay heed Yitzchak, and Elohei Ya'akov, hinei, he cometh forth to meet
to thy voice; and thou shalt go, hath appeared unto thee. thee; and when he seeth thee,
thou and the Ziknei Yisroel, |6| And Hashem said he will be glad in his lev.
unto Melech Mitzrayim, and furthermore unto him, Put |15| And thou shalt speak
ye shall say unto him, Hashem now thine yad into thy kheyk. unto him, and put words in
Elohei HaIvriyim hath met And he put his yad into his his mouth; and Eh-heh-yeh (I
with us; and let us go, now, kheyk; and when he took it will be)
derech shloshet yamim into out, hinei, his yad was leprous
the midbar, that we may as snow.
sacrifice to Hashem Eloheinu.
with thy mouth, and with his her, and cast it at his feet, and |5| And Pharaoh said, Hinei,
mouth, and will teach you said, Surely a choson damim the Am HaAretz now are
what ye shall do. (a bridegroom of blood) art many, and ye make them rest
|16| And he shall be thy thou to me. from their sivlot.
spokesman unto the people; |26| So He let him go; then |6| And Pharaoh commanded
and he shall be, even he shall she said, A choson damim the same day the nogesim of
be to thee instead of a mouth, thou art, because of the the people, and their foremen,
and thou shalt be to him circumcision (i.e., [bris] milah). saying,
instead of Elohim. |27| And Hashem said to |7| Ye shall no more give
|17| And thou shalt take this Aharon, Go into the midbar to HaAm straw to make brick, as
matteh in thine yad, meet Moshe. And he went, and heretofore; let them go and
wherewith thou shalt do met him in the Har gather straw for themselves.
haOtot. HaElohim, and kissed him. |8| And the matkonet (quota)
|18| And Moshe went and |28| And Moshe told Aharon of the bricks, which they did
returned to Yitro his khoten kol divrei Hashem who had make heretofore, ye shall lay
(father-in-law), and said unto sent him, and all haOtot He upon them; ye shall not
him, Let me go, now, and had commanded him. diminish ought thereof; for
return unto my achim which |29| And Moshe and Aharon they are idle; therefore they
are in Mitzrayim, and see went and assembled together cry out, saying, Let us go and
whether they be yet alive. And kol Ziknei Bnei Yisroel; sacrifice to Eloheinu.
Yitro said to Moshe, Lech |30| And Aharon spoke all |9| Let there more avodah be
l'shalom (go in peace). hadevarim which Hashem laid upon the anashim, that
|19| And Hashem said unto had spoken unto Moshe; and they may labor therein; and
Moshe in Midyan, Go, shuv he did haOtot before the eyes let them not regard divrei
(return) into Mitzrayim; for all of HaAm. sheker.
the anashim are dead which |31| And HaAm believed; and |10| And the nogesim of
sought thy life. when they heard that Hashem HaAm went out, and their
|20| And Moshe took his isha had visited the Bnei Yisroel, foremen; they spoke to HaAm,
and his banim, and set them and that He had looked upon saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I
upon a donkey, and he their oni, then they bowed will not give you straw.
returned to Eretz Mitzrayim; their heads and worshiped. |11| Go ye, get you straw
and matteh HaElohim in his And afterward Moshe where ye can find it; yet not
yad.
|21| And Hashem said unto
Moshe, When thou goest to
5 and Aharon went in, and
told Pharaoh, Thus saith
Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Let
ought of your avodah shall be
diminished.
|12| So HaAm were scattered
return into Mitzrayim, see that My people go, that they may abroad throughout kol Eretz
thou do all those mofetim hold a chag (feast) unto Me in Mitzrayim to gather stubble
before Pharaoh, which I have the midbar. instead of straw.
put in thine yad: but I will |2| And Pharaoh said, Who is |13| And the nogesim pressed
harden his lev, that he shall Hashem, that I should obey them, saying, Fulfil your
not let HaAm go. His voice to let Yisroel go? I ma'asim, your daily tasks, as
|22| And thou shalt say unto know not Hashem, neither will when there was straw.
Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem, I let Yisroel go. |14| And the foremen of the
Yisroel is beni (My son), even |3| And they said, Elohei Bnei Yisroel, which Pharaoh's
My bechor (first-born): HaIvrim hath met with us; let nogesim had set over them,
|23| And I say unto thee, Let us go, now, derech shloshet were beaten, and were asked,
beni (My son) go, that he may yamim into the midbar, and Why have ye not fulfilled your
serve Me: and if thou refuse to sacrifice unto Hashem task in making brick both
let him go, hinei, I will slay thy Eloheinu; lest He fall upon us yesterday and today, as
ben, even thy bechor. with dever (cattle disease), or heretofore?
|24| And it came to pass on with the cherev. |15| Then the foremen of the
the derech at the malon, that |4| And Melech Mitzrayim Bnei Yisroel came and cried
Hashem met him, and sought said unto them, Why do ye, unto Pharaoh, saying, Why
to kill him. Moshe and Aharon, disturb dealest thou thus with thy
|25| Then Tzipporah took a the people from their works? avadim?
sharp stone, and cut off the Get you back unto your own
arlat ben (foreskin of son) of sivlot (burdens).
16| There is no straw given and resurrection of Yisroel was |5| And I have also heard the
unto thy avadim, and they say possible because of midwives groaning of the Bnei Yisroel,
to us, Make brick. And, hinei, who didn't believe in abortion whom the Egyptians keep in
thy avadim are beaten; but the (1:17), who did believe instead bondage; and I have
fault is in thine own people. in the G-d of Abraham, Isaac remembered My brit
|17| But he said, Ye are idle, and Jacob as the G-d of the (covenant).
ye are idle: therefore ye say, living. This awesome G-d |6| Therefore say unto the
Let us go and do sacrifice to commissions Moses while he is Bnei Yisroel, I am Hashem,
Hashem. a shepherd in Midian on Mt. and I will bring you out from
|18| Go therefore now, and Sinai (Chorev) to deliver His under the sivlot Mitzrayim,
work; for there shall no straw people with the Matteh and I will free you out of their
be given you, yet shall ye HaElohim (the Rod of bondage, and I will redeem
deliver the tokhen (full G-d) performing signs and you with a stretched out
measure) of bricks. wonders (this word “wonder," zero’a, and with mishpatim
|19| And the foremen of the mofet in Ex.7:3, we will see gedolim:
Bnei Yisroel did see that they again in a key Messianic |7| And I will take you to Me
were in rah (trouble), after it passage in Zec 3:8 which for a people, and I will be to
was said, Ye shall not reduce references Zec 6:11-12 where you Elohim; and ye shall know
ought from your bricks of your the Moshiach’s personal name that I am Hashem
daily task. is revealed). The G-d of Israel Eloheichem, which bringeth
|20| And they went to meet reveals to Moses His personal you out from under the sivlot
Moshe and Aharon, who stood covenant Name, that He is the Mitzrayim.
waiting to meet them, as they G-d who always is (Ex. 3:14), |8| And I will bring you in
came forth from Pharaoh: the eternally self-existent true unto HaAretz, concerning the
|21| And they said unto them, G-d. This one true G-d is the which I did lift up My hand to
Hashem look upon you, and author of salvation (Ex. 6:1-8). swear to give it to Avraham, to
judge; because ye have made Yitzchak, and to Ya’akov; and
us stench to be abhorred in I will give it to you for a
the eyes of Pharaoh, and in Then Hashem said unto morashah (heritage); I am
the eyes of his avadim, to put
a cherev in their yad to slay
us.
6 Moshe, Now shalt thou
see what I will do to
Pharaoh; for through a
Hashem.
|9| And Moshe spoke so unto
the Bnei Yisroel; but they did
|22| And Moshe returned yad chazakah shall he not listen unto Moshe because
unto Hashem, and said, let them go, and with a yad of their kotzer ruach
Adonoi, why hast Thou chazakah shall he drive them (shortness of spirit, broken
brought evil upon this people? out of his land. spirit), and for avodah kesheh
why is it that Thou hast sent (cruel bondage).
me? |10| And Hashem spoke unto
|23| For since I came to [VAEIRA] Moshe, saying,
Pharaoh to speak in Thy |11| Go in, speak unto
Shem, he hath done Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim,
evil to this people; neither hast |2| And Elohim spoke that he let the Bnei Yisroel go
Thou delivered Thy people at unto Moshe, and said out of his land.
all. unto him, I am Hashem; |12| And Moshe spoke before
T.N. Genesis offers the promise |3| And I appeared unto Hashem, saying, See, the Bnei
of land and life but ends with Avraham, unto Yitzchak, Yisroel have not paid heed
nearly everyone being swept and unto Ya’akov, as unto me; how then shall
into a tomb (see Genesis 49:29- El Shaddai, but by My Shem Pharaoh hear me, who am of
33), with the body of Yosef Hashem I did not make Myself aral sefatayim (uncircumcised
going back to that tomb in a known to them. lips, stumbling speech, sealed
400 year long trek (Gn 50:24- |4| And I have also lips)?
26; Ex 13:19). But a victory established My brit |13| And Hashem spoke unto
over, and a defeat of, that (covenant) with them, to Moshe and unto Aharon, and
tomb will occur when "the 70" give them Eretz Kena’an, the gave them a charge unto the
(Ex 1:5) burst forth from the land of their sojourning, Bnei Yisroel, and unto
tomb of Egypt in a great wherein they sojourned. Pharaoh Melech
exodus of "600,000". This death Mitzrayim, to bring the
Bnei Yisroel out of Eretz Rashei Avot HaLevi'im |7| And Moshe was fourscore
Mitzrayim. according to their years old, and Aharon
|14| These are the Rashei mishpokhot. fourscore three years, when
Bais Avotam: The Bnei |26| These are that Aharon they spoke unto Pharaoh.
Reuven the bechor Yisroel; and Moshe, to whom Hashem |8| And Hashem spoke unto
Chanoch, and Pallu, said, Bring out the Bnei Moshe and Aharon, saying,
Chetzron, and Carmi: these Yisroel from Eretz Mitzrayim |9| When Pharaoh shall
are the mishpokhot of Reuven. according to their tzve'os. speak unto you, saying, Show
|15| And the Bnei Simeon; |27| These are they which a mofet (miracle) for you: then
Yemuel, and Yamin, and spoke to Pharaoh Melech thou shalt say unto Aharon,
Ohad, and Yachin, and Mitzrayim, to bring out the Take thy matteh, and cast it
Tzochar, and Shaul ben of a Bnei Yisroel from Mitzrayim: before Pharaoh, and it shall
Kena'anit: these are the these are that Moshe and become a serpent.
mishpokhot of Simeon. Aharon. |10| And Moshe and Aharon
|16| And these are the shemot |28| And it came to pass on went in unto Pharaoh, and
Bnei Levi according to their the day when Hashem spoke they did so as Hashem had
toldot; Gershon, and Kehat, unto Moshe in Eretz commanded: and Aharon cast
and Merari: and the years of Mitzrayim, down his matteh before
the life of Levi were a hundred |29| That Hashem spoke unto Pharaoh, and his avadim, and
thirty and seven shanah. Moshe, saying, I am Hashem: it became a serpent.
|17| The Bnei Gershon; Livni, speak thou unto Pharaoh |11| Then Pharaoh also
and Shimi, according to their Melech Mitzrayim all that I called the chachamim and the
mishpokhot. say unto thee. mechashefim: now the
|18| And the Bnei Kehat; |30| And Moshe said before kharetumei Mitzrayim, they
Amram, and Yitzhar, and Hashem, See, I am of aral also did in like manner with
Hevron, and Uzziel: and the sefatayim,and why should their secret lore.
years of the life of Kehat were Pharaoh pay heed unto me. |12| For they cast down every
a hundred thirty and three And Hashem said unto man his matteh, and they
shanah.
|19| And the Bnei Merari;
Mahali and Mushi: these are
7 Moshe, See, I have made
thee as Elohim to
Pharaoh: and Aharon thy
became serpents: but the
matteh Aharon swallowed up
their mattot.
the mishpokhot of Levi brother shall be thy navi. |13| And He hardened lev
according to their toldot. |2| Thou shalt speak all that I Pharaoh, that he paid heed
|20| And Amram took him command thee: and Aharon not unto them; as Hashem
Yocheved his father's sister to thy brother shall speak unto had said.
wife; and she bore him Pharaoh, that he send the |14| And Hashem said unto
Aharon and Moshe: and the Bnei Yisroel out of his land. Moshe, the lev Pharaoh is
years of the life of Amram |3| And I will harden the lev hardened, he refuseth to let
were a hundred and thirty and Pharaoh, and multiply My the people go.
seven shanah. Otot and My Mofetim in Eretz |15| Get thee unto Pharaoh
|21| And the Bnei Yitzhar; Mitzrayim. in the boker; hinei, he goeth
Korach, Nepheg, and Zichri. |4| But Pharaoh shall not pay out unto the mayim; and thou
|22| And the Bnei Uzziel; heed unto you, that I may lay shalt stand by the bank of the
Mishael, Eltzaphan, and Sitri. My yad upon Mitzrayim, and Nile to meet him; and the
|23| And Aharon took him bring forth Mine tzve'os, and matteh which was turned to a
Elisheva, bat Amminadav, My people the Bnei Yisroel, nachash shalt thou take in
achot Nachshon, to wife; and out of Eretz Mitzrayim by thine yad.
she bore him Nadav, and shefatim gedolim (great |16| And thou shalt say unto
Avihu, Eleaz and Itamar. judgments). him, Hashem Elohei HaIvrim
|24| And the Bnei Korach; |5| And the Egyptians shall hath sent me unto thee,
Assir, and Elkanah, and know that I am Hashem, when saying, Let My people go, that
Aviasaph: these are the I stretch forth My yad upon they may serve Me in the
mishpokhot of the Korchi. Mitzrayim, bringing out Bnei midbar: and, hinei, hitherto
|25| And Eleazar ben Aharon Yisroel from among them. thou wouldest not hear.
took him one of the banot |6| And Moshe and Aharon |17| Thus saith Hashem, In
Putiel to wife; and she bore did as Hashem commanded this thou shalt know
him Pinchas: these are the them, so did they.
that I am Hashem: hinei, I And Hashem spoke unto |10 (8:6)| And he said,
will strike with the matteh that
is in Mine yad upon the
mayim which are in the Nile,
8 Moshe, Go unto
Pharaoh, and say unto
him, Thus saith Hashem, Let
Tomorrow. And he said, Be it
according to thy word: that
thou mayest know that there is
and they shall be turned to My people go, that they may none like unto Hashem
dahm. serve Me. Eloheinu.
|18| And the dag (fish) that is |2 (7:27)| And if thou refuse |11 (8:7)| And the tzefardaya
in the Nile shall die, and the to let them go, hinei, I will shall depart from thee, from
Nile shall stink; and the strike all thy borders with thy batim, from thy avadim,
Egyptians shall loathe to drink tzefardaya: and from thy people; they
of the mayim of the Nile. |3 (7:28)| And the river shall shall remain in the Nile only.
|19| And Hashem spoke unto bring forth tzefardaya |12 (8:8)| And Moshe and
Moshe, Say unto Aharon, Take abundantly, which shall go up Aharon went out from
thy matteh, and stretch out and come into thine bais, and Pharaoh: and Moshe cried
thine yad upon the mayim of into thy cheder mishkav, and unto Hashem because of the
Mitzrayim, upon their upon thy bed, and into the tzefardaya which He had
streams, upon their rivers, and bais of thy avadim, and upon brought against Pharaoh.
upon their ponds, and upon thy people, and into thine |13 (8:9)| And Hashem did
all their mikveh of mayim, ovens, and into thy kneading according to the word of
that they may become dahm; bowls: Moshe; and the tzefardaya
and that there may be dahm |4 (7:29)| And the tzefardaya died out of the batim (houses),
throughout kol Eretz shall come up both on thee, out of the khatzerot, and out
Mitzrayim, both in vessels of and upon thy people, and of the sadot.
wood, and in vessels of stone. upon all thy avadim. |14 (8:10)| And they gathered
|20| And Moshe and Aharon |5 (8:1)| And Hashem spoke them together upon heaps;
did so, as Hashem unto Moshe, Say unto Aharon, and the land stank.
commanded; and he lifted up Stretch forth thine yad with |15 (8:11)| But when Pharaoh
the matteh, and smote the thy matteh over the streams, saw that there was respite, he
waters that were in the Nile, in over the rivers, and ponds, hardened his lev, and paid
the sight of Pharaoh, and in and cause tzefardaya to come heed not unto them; as
the sight of his avadim; and up upon Eretz Mitzrayim. Hashem had said.
all the mayim that were in the |6 (8:2)| And Aharon |16 (8:12)| And Hashem said
Nile were turned to dahm. stretched out his yad over the unto Moshe, Say unto Aharon,
|21| And the dag (fish) that waters of Mitzrayim; and the Stretch out thy matteh, and
was in the Nile died; and the tzefardaya came up, and smite the aphar ha'aretz, that
Nile stank, and the Egyptians covered Eretz Mitzrayim. it may become kinim through-
could not drink of the mayim |7 (8:3)| And the kharetumim out kol Eretz Mitzrayim.
of the Nile; and there was did so with their secret lore, |17 (8:13)| And they did so;
dahm throughout kol Eretz and brought up tzefardaya for Aharon stretched out his
Mitzrayim. upon Eretz Mitzrayim. yad with his matteh, and
|22| And the kharetumei |8 (8:4)| Then Pharaoh called smote the aphar ha'aretz, and
Mitzrayim did so with their for Moshe and Aharon, and it became kinim in adam, and
secret lore: and lev Pharaoh said, Entreat Hashem, that He in behemah; all the aphar
was hardened, neither did he may take away the tzefardaya ha'aretz became kinim
pay heed unto them; as from me, and from My people; throughout kol Eretz
Hashem had said. and I will let HaAm go, that Mitzrayim.
|23| And Pharaoh turned and they may do sacrifice unto |18 (8:14)| And the
went into his bais, neither did Hashem. kharetumim did so with their
he set his mind to this also. |9 (8:5)| And Moshe said unto secret lore to bring forth
|24| And all the Egyptians Pharaoh, Please thyself over kinim, but they could not: so
dug around the Nile for me: when shall I entreat for there were kinim upon adam,
mayim to drink; they could thee, and for thy avadim, and and upon behemah.
not drink of the mayim of the for thy people, to destroy the |19 (8:15)| Then the
Nile. tzefardaya from thee and thy kharetumim said unto
|25| And seven days came batim (houses), that they may Pharaoh, This is the Etzba
and went, after Hashem had remain in the Nile only? Elohim (Finger of G-d): and
struck the Nile. the lev Pharaoh was
hardened, and he paid heed command us. |6| And Hashem did that
not unto them; as Hashem |28 (8:24)| And Pharaoh said, thing on the next day, and all
had said. I will let you go, that ye may the mikneh of Mitzrayim died;
|20 (8:16)| And Hashem said sacrifice to Hashem but of the mikneh of the Bnei
unto Moshe, Rise up early in Eloheichem in the midbar; Yisroel died not one.
the boker, and stand before only ye shall not go very far |7| And Pharaoh sent, and,
Pharaoh; hinei, he cometh away; entreat for me. hinei, there was not one of the
forth to the mayim; and say |29 (8:25)| And Moshe said, mikneh Yisroel dead. And the
unto him, Thus saith Hashem, Hinei, I go out from thee, and lev Pharaoh was hardened,
Let My people go, that they I will entreat Hashem that the and he did not let HaAm go.
may serve Me. swarms of arov may depart |8| And Hashem said unto
|21 (8:17)| Else, if thou wilt from Pharaoh, from his Moshe and unto Aharon, Take
not let My people go, hineni, I avadim, and from his people, to you handfuls of piach of the
will send swarms of arov tomorrow; but let not furnace, and let Moshe
upon thee, and upon thy Pharaoh deal deceitfully sprinkle it toward Shomayim
avadim, and upon thy anymore in not letting the in the sight of Pharaoh.
people, and into thy batim people go to sacrifice to |9| And it shall become fine
(houses); and the batim Hashem. dust in kol Eretz Mitzrayim,
(houses) of the Egyptians shall |30 (8:26)| And Moshe went and shall be a sh'khin (boil)
be full of swarms of arov, and out from Pharaoh, and breaking forth with festers
also the ground whereon entreated Hashem. upon adam, and upon
they are. |31 (8:27)| And Hashem did behemah, throughout kol
|22 (8:18)| And I will deal according to the devar Moshe; Eretz Mitzrayim.
differently in that day with and He removed the swarms |10| And they took piach of
Eretz Goshen, in which My of arov from Pharaoh, from the furnace, and stood before
people dwell, that no swarms his avadim, from his people; Pharaoh; and Moshe
of arov shall be there; to the there remained not one. sprinkled it up toward
end thou mayest know that I |32 (8:28)| And Pharaoh Shomayim; and it became a
am Hashem in the midst of hardened his lev at this time sh'khin breaking forth with
the earth. also, neither would he let the festers upon adam, and upon
|23 (8:19)| And I will put a people go. behemah.
distinction between My people Then Hashem said unto |11| And the kharetumim
and thy people; tomorrow
shall this Ot be.
|24 (8:20)| And Hashem did
9 Moshe, Go in unto
Pharaoh, tell him, Thus
saith Hashem Elohei
could not stand before Moshe
because of the sh'khin; for the
sh'khin was upon the
so; there came a grievous HaIvrim, Let My people go, kharetumim, and upon kol
swarm of arov into the bais that they may serve Me. Mitzrayim.
Pharaoh, into batim of his |2| For if thou refuse to let |12| And Hashem hardened
avadim, into kol Eretz Mitz- them go, and wilt hold them the lev Pharaoh, and he paid
rayim; the land was corrupted still, heed not unto them; as
from the swarm of arov. |3| Hinei, the Yad Hashem is Hashem had spoken unto
|25 (8:21)| And Pharaoh upon thy mikneh (livestock) Moshe.
called for Moshe, for Aharon, which is in the sadeh, upon |13| And Hashem said unto
and said, Go ye, sacrifice to the susim, upon the donkeys, Moshe, Rise up early in the
Eloheichem in the land. upon the camels, upon the boker, and stand before
|26 (8:22)| And Moshe said, It herd, and upon the tzon; there Pharaoh, and say unto him,
is not meet so to do; for we shall be a very grievous dever. Thus saith Hashem Elohei
shall sacrifice the to'avot |4| And Hashem shall HaIvrim, Let My people go,
Egyptians to Hashem separate between the mikneh that they may serve Me.
Eloheinu; lo, shall we sacrifice Yisroel and the mikneh |14| For I will at this time
the to'avot Egyptians before Mitzrayim; and there shall send all My maggefot upon
their eyes, and will they not nothing die of all that belongs thine lev, and upon thy
stone us? to the Bnei Yisroel. avadim, and upon thy people;
|27 (8:23)| We will go derech |5| And Hashem appointed a that thou mayest have da'as
shloshet yamim into the mo'ed, saying, Tomorrow that there is none like Me in
midbar, and sacrifice to Hashem shall do this thing in kol ha'aretz.
Hashem Eloheinu, as He shall the land.
|15| For now I will stretch out |24| So there was barad, and and the thunders were ceased,
My Yad, that I may strike thee eish mingled with the barad, he sinned yet more, and
and thy people with dever; very grievous, such as there hardened his lev, he and his
and thou shalt be cut off from was none like it in kol Eretz avadim.
ha'aretz. Mitzrayim since it became a |35| And the lev Pharaoh
|16| In fact for this cause nation. was hardened, neither would
have I raised thee up, for to |25| And the barad struck he let the Bnei Yisroel go; as
show in thee My ko'ach; and throughout kol Eretz Hashem had spoken by
that My Shem may be Mitzrayim all that Moshe.
declared throughout kol was in the sadeh, both adam [BO]
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And Hashem said
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|17| Thou still are exalting struck kol esev hasadeh, and
thyself against My people, that beat down kol etz of the sadeh. unto Moshe, Go in
thou wilt not let them go. |26| Only in Eretz Goshen, unto Pharaoh; for I
|18| Hinei, tomorrow about where the Bnei Yisroel were, have hardened his lev, and the
this time I will cause it to rain was there no barad. lev of his avadim, that I might
very grievous barad (hail), |27| And Pharaoh sent, and show these My otot before
such as hath not been in called for Moshe and Aharon, him;
Mitzrayim since the and said unto them, chatati (I |2| And that thou mayest tell
foundation thereof even until have sinned) this time: in the ears of thy ben, and of
now. Hashem HaTzaddik (is thy ben's ben, what things I
|19| Send therefore now, and righteous), and I and my have wrought in Mitzrayim,
gather thy mikneh, and all people are haresha'im (wicked, and My otot which I have done
that thou hast in the sadeh; guilty, wrong). among them; that ye may have
for upon every adam (man) |28| Entreat Hashem for it is da'as that I am Hashem.
and behemah (beast) which enough, that there be no more |3| And Moshe and Aharon
shall be found in the sadeh, Elohim thunderings and came in unto Pharaoh,and
and shall not be brought into barad; and I will let you go, said unto him, Thus saith
shelter, the barad shall come and ye shall stay no longer. Hashem Elohei HaIvrim, How
down upon them, and they |29| And Moshe said unto long wilt thou refuse to
shall die. him, As soon as I am gone out humble thyself before Me? Let
|20| He that feared the Devar of the Ir, I will spread out my My people go, that they may
Hashem among the avadim of palms [davening] unto serve Me.
Pharaoh made his avadim Hashem; and the thunder |4| Else, if thou refuse to let
and his mikneh flee into the shall cease, neither shall there My people go, hineni,
shelters; be any more barad; that thou tomorrow will I bring the
|21| And he that took not to mayest have da'as that arbeh into thy border;
heart the Devar Hashem left ha'aretz is Hashem's. |5| And they shall cover the
his avadim and his mikneh in |30| But as for thee and thy face of ha'aretz, that one
the sadeh. avadim, I know that ye will not cannot be able to see ha'aretz;
|22| And Hashem said unto yet fear Hashem Elohim. and they shall devour the
Moshe, Stretch forth thine yad |31| And the flax and the remnant of that which is
toward Shomayim, that there barley was struck; for the escaped, which remaineth
may be barad in kol Eretz barley was ripe, and the flax unto you from the barad, and
Mitzrayim, upon adam, and was in bud. shall eat kol haetz which
upon behemah, and upon kol |32| But the wheat and the groweth for you out of the
esev hasadeh, throughout spelt were not struck; for they sadeh;
Eretz Mitzrayim. were not yet come up. |6| And they shall fill thy
|23| And Moshe stretched |33| And Moshe went out of batim (houses), and the batim
forth his matteh toward the Ir from Pharaoh, and (houses) of all thy avadim, and
Shomayim; and Hashem spread out his palms the batim (houses) of kol
sent thunder and barad, and [davening] unto Hashem; and Mitzrayim; which neither
the eish flashed down upon the thunders and barad thy avot, nor the avot of thy
the ground; and Hashem ceased, and the rain was not avot have seen, since the day
rained barad upon Eretz poured upon ha'aretz. that they were upon ha'aretz
Mitzrayim. |34| And when Pharaoh saw unto this day. And he turned
that the rain and the barad
himself, and went out from |15| For they covered the kol and olot, that we may sacrifice
Pharaoh. ha'aretz, so that the land was unto Hashem Eloheinu.
|7| And Pharaoh's avadim darkened; and they did eat kol |26| Also mikneinu shall go
said unto him, How long shall esev ha'aretz, and kol p'ri with us; there shall not a hoof
this man be a mokesh (snare) haetz which the barad had left be left behind; for thereof
unto us? Let the anashim go, as remnant; and there must we take to serve Hashem
that they may serve Hashem remained not any yerek baetz, Eloheinu; and we know not
Eloheihem; knowest thou not or in the esev hasadeh, with what we must serve
yet that Mitzrayim is through kol Eretz Mitzrayim. Hashem, until we come to
destroyed? |16| Then Pharaoh called for there.
|8| And Moshe and Aharon Moshe and Aharon in haste; |27| But Hashem hardened
were brought again unto and he said, chatati (I have lev Pharaoh, and he would not
Pharaoh; and he said unto sinned) against Hashem let them go.
them, Go, serve Hashem Eloheichem, and against you. |28| And Pharaoh said unto
Eloheichem; but who are they |17| Therefore forgive, now, him, Get thee from me, take
that shall go? my sin only this once, and heed to thyself, see my face no
|9| And Moshe said, We will entreat Hashem Eloheichem, more; for in that day thou
go with ne'areinu and with that He would only take away seest my face thou shalt die.
zekeinu, with baneinu and from me this mavet. |29| And Moshe said, Thou
with benoteinu, with tzoneinu |18| And he went out from hast spoken well, I will see thy
and with bekareinu (our Pharaoh, and entreated face again no more.
herds) will we go; for Chag Hashem. And Hashem said
Hashem lanu.
|10| And he said unto them,
Hashem will indeed be with
|19| And Hashem turned a
west ruach chazak me'od,
which took away the arbeh,
11 unto Moshe, Yet
will I bring one
nega (plague; see Isa 53:8
you, if ever I let you go, and and cast them into the Yam regarding Moshiach) more
your little ones; look to it, evil Suf; there remained not one upon Pharaoh, and upon
[intent] is before you. arbeh in all the borders of Mitzrayim; afterwards he will
|11| Not so; go now ye that Mitzrayim. let you go hence: when he
are gevarim, and serve |20| But Hashem hardened shall let you go, he shall surely
Hashem; for that ye did lev Pharaoh, so that he would drive you out hence
request. And they were driven not let the Bnei Yisroel go. altogether.
out from Pharaoh's presence. |21| And Hashem said unto |2| Speak now in the ears of
|12| And Hashem said unto Moshe, Stretch out thine yad HaAm, let every ish request of
Moshe, Stretch out thine yad toward Shomayim, that there his neighbor, every isha of her
over Eretz Mitzrayim for the may be choshech over Eretz neighbor, articles of kesef and
arbeh, that they may come up Mitzrayim, even choshech articles of zahav.
upon Eretz Mitzrayim, and which he can feel. |3| And Hashem gave the
devour kol esev ha'aretz, even |22| And Moshe stretched people chen in the sight of the
all that the barad hath left as forth his yad toward Egyptians. Moreover the ish
remnant. Shomayim; and there was a Moshe was gadol me'od in
|13| And Moshe stretched thick choshech in kol Eretz Eretz Mitzrayim, in the sight
forth his matteh over Eretz Mitzrayim shloshet yamim; of Pharaoh's avadim, and in
Mitzrayim, and Hashem |23| They saw not one the sight of the people.
brought a ruach kadim upon another, neither rose any from |4| And Moshe said, Thus
the land all that yom, and all his place for shloshet yamim; saith Hashem, About khatzot
that lailah; and when it was but kol Bnei Yisroel had Ohr halailah (midnight) will I go
boker, the ruach hakadim in their dwellings. out into the midst of
brought the arbeh. |24| And Pharaoh called unto Mitzrayim;
|14| And the arbeh went up Moshe, and said, Go ye, serve |5| And all the bechor in
over kol Eretz Mitzrayim, and Hashem; only let your tzon Eretz Mitzrayim shall die,
rested on the entire border of and your herds remain from the bechor Pharaoh that
Mitzrayim: very grievous were behind; let your little ones sitteth upon his kisse, even
they; before them there were also go with you. unto the bechor hashifchah
no such arbeh as they, neither |25| And Moshe said, Thou that is behind the millstone;
after them shall be such. must give us also zevakhim and all the bechor behemah.
|6| And there shall be a great |5| Your seh (lamb [see batim (houses) where ye are;
cry throughout kol Eretz Yeshayah 53:7]) shall be and when I see the dahm,
Mitzrayim, such as there was tamim (without blemish), a oofasachti (then I will pass
none like it, nor shall be like it zachar (male) within its first over, skip, spare) you [plural],
any more. year; ye shall take it out from and the negef (plague, blow,
|7| But against any of the the sheep, or from the goats; striking, i.e., death of
Bnei Yisroel shall not a kelev |6| And it will be with you for firstborn) shall not be upon
move his leshon, against ish or mishmeret (examination, you to destroy you, when I
behemah; that ye may have checking for blemishes) up strike fatally with a blow
da'as that Hashem doth until the fourteenth day of the against Eretz Mitzrayim.
differentiate between same month; and kol Kehal |14| And hayom hazeh shall
Mitzrayim and Yisroel. Adat Yisroel shall slaughter be unto you for zikaron
|8| And all these thy avadim (shachat) it in the afternoon (remembrance, remembering);
shall come down unto me, and [before dark]. and ye shall keep it a Chag
bow down themselves unto |7| And they shall take of the (Feast) to Hashem throughout
me, saying, Get thee out, and dahm, and strike it upon the your generations; ye shall keep
kol HaAm that follow thee; two mezuzot (doorposts) and it a Chag (Feast) by a chukkat
and after that I will go out. on the mashkof (lintel) of the olam.
And he went out from batim (houses), wherein they |15| Shivat yamim shall ye
Pharaoh in a great anger. shall eat it. eat matzot; but the first day ye
|9| And Hashem said unto |8| And they shall eat the shall put away se'or (yeast,
Moshe, Pharaoh shall not pay basar in that night, roasted leaven) out of your batim
heed unto you; that My over eish, and matzot; and (houses); for whosoever eateth
mofetim may be multiplied in with maror they shall eat it. chametz from the first day
Eretz Mitzrayim. [See Yochanan 6:53-54 where until the seventh day, that
|10| And Moshe and Aharon Moshiach alludes to this verse nefesh shall be cut off from
did all these mofetim before and Isaiah 53:7.] Yisroel.
Pharaoh; and Hashem |9| Eat not of it raw, nor |16| And in the yom harishon
hardened lev Pharaoh, so that soaked or boiled in mayim, there shall be a mikra
he would not let the Bnei but roasted kodesh, and in the yom
Yisroel go out of his land. over eish; this includes its rosh hashevi'i there shall be a
And Hashem spoke with its legs, and with the mikra kodesh to you; no
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Aharon in Eretz
Mitzrayim saying,
inner parts thereof.
|10| And ye shall let nothing
of it remain until the boker;
manner of melachah shall be
done in them, except that
which every nefesh must eat
|2| Hachodesh hazeh (this and [i.e., activity necessary for the
month) shall be unto you the that which remaineth of it preparation of food], that only
beginning of months; it shall until the boker ye shall burn may be done of you.
be the first month of the year with eish. |17| And ye shall be shomer
to you. |11| And thus shall ye eat it; to safeguard the matzot; for
|3| Speak ye unto kol Adat with your robe girded up [i.e., on this very day I brought
Yisroel, saying, In the tenth pulled up and tucked in under your tzva'os out of Eretz
day of this month they shall the belt, for travel], Mitzrayim; therefore shall ye
take to them every man a seh your sandals on your feet, and be shomer over this day in
(lamb [see Yeshayah 53:7]), your walking staff in your yad; your generations by a chukkat
according to the bais avot, a and ye shall eat it with urgent olam.
seh for each bais; haste; it is Hashem's Pesach. |18| In the first month, on the
|4| And if the household be |12| For I will pass through fourteenth day of the month at
too small for the seh (lamb Eretz Mitzrayim balailah erev, ye shall eat matzot, until
[see Yeshayah 53:7]), let him hazeh, and will strike fatally the one and twentieth day of
and his neighbor next unto his kol bechor Eretz Mitzrayim, the month at erev.
bais take according to the both adam and behemah; and |19| Shivat yamim shall there
number of the nefashot; every against all the elohei be no se'or (yeast, leaven)
ish according to what he eats Mitzrayim I will execute found in your batim (houses);
shall make up your count for judgment; I am Hashem. whosoever eateth that
the seh. |13| And the dahm shall be
for you, an ot (sign) upon the
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which is leavened, even that (households) of the Bnei Egyptians k'lei kesef, and k'lei
nefesh shall be cut off from Yisroel in Mitzrayim, when He zahav, and garments;
Adat Yisroel, whether he be a struck down the Egyptians, |36| And Hashem gave the
ger, or native born in ha'aretz. and spared bateinu (our people favor in the sight of the
|20| Ye shall eat nothing houses). And the people Mitzrayim, so that they
leavened; in all your dwelling- bowed down and worshiped. granted their request. So they
places shall ye eat matzot. |28| And the Bnei Yisroel plundered the Egyptians.
|21| Then Moshe called for went away, and did as |37| And the Bnei Yisroel
all the Ziknei Yisroel, and said Hashem had commanded journeyed from Rameses
unto them, Draw out as Moshe and Aharon, so did towards Sukkot, about
separate and take for they. 600,000 gevarim on foot, not
yourselves a lamb according to |29| And it came to pass, that counting women and children.
your mishpokhot, and at midnight Hashem struck |38| And an erev rav (mixed
slaughter (shachat) the Pesach down kol bechor in Eretz multitude, a mixed company
[offering, i.e., Pesach lamb (see Mitzrayim, from the bechor of that was large) went along also
Yeshayah 53:7)]. Pharaoh sitting on his throne with them; and tzon, and
|22| And ye shall take a unto the bechor of the captive herds, even very many
bunch of hyssop, and dip it in that was in the dungeon; and domestic animals.
the dahm that is in the basin, all the bechor behemah. |39| And they baked the
and strike the mashkof (lintel) |30| And Pharaoh rose up in batzek (deaf dough) which
and the two mezuzot (door the lailah, he, and all his they brought forth out of
sideposts) with the dahm that avadim, and kol Mitzrayim; Mitzrayim, into round flat
is in the basin; and none of and there was a tze'akah cakes of matzot; ki lo chametz,
you shall go out the door of his gedolah (great wail) in because they were thrust out
bais until boker. Mitzrayim; for there was not a of Mitzrayim, and could not
|23| For Hashem will pass bais where there was not one tarry (linger), neither had they
through to strike the dead. prepared for tzeidah (supply
Mitzrayim; and when He seeth |31| And he called for Moshe of food, provision).
the dahm upon the mashkof, and Aharon by night, and |40| Now the moshav (time
and on the two mezuzot, said, Rise up, and get you period of residence) of the
Hashem will pasach (pass forth, leave from among my Bnei Yisroel dwelling in
over, spare, skip) the entrance, people, both ye and the Bnei Mitzrayim was four hundred
and will not permit the Yisroel; and go, serve Hashem, and thirty shanah.
Mashkhit (Destroyer, i.e., as ye have said. |41| And it came to pass at
Hashem's emissary of judg- |32| Also take your tzon and the ketz (end) of the four
ment, [see Num 22:31 on the your herds, as ye have said, hundred and thirty
Malach Hashem]) to enter and be gone; and bless me shanah, even the exact day it
unto your batim to strike. also. came to pass, that kol Tzivos
|24| And ye shall be shomer |33| And the Egyptians were Hashem went out from Eretz
over this word as a chok urgent upon the people, that Mitzrayim.
(ordinance) to thee and your they might send them out of |42| It is a night of
children ad olam (forever). ha'aretz in haste; for they said, shimmurim (keepings,
|25| And it shall come to Kullanu mesim (We are all watchings, vigils) for Hashem
pass, when ye come to ha'aretz dead ones). to keep watch to bring them
which Hashem will give to |34| And the people took out from Eretz Mitzrayim; this
you, according as He hath their batzek (deaf dough, is halailah hazeh unto
promised, that ye shall be having no indication of Hashem; shimmurim
shomer over this avodah. fermentation [see 1C 5:7 (watchings, vigils) for kol Bnei
|26| And it shall come to OJBC]) before it was leavened, Yisroel in their dorot.
pass, when your banim shall their kneading pans being |43| And Hashem said unto
say unto you, Mah haavodah wrapped up in their clothes Moshe and Aharon, This is the
hazot lachem (What is this [and carried] upon their Chukkat HaPesach: there
avodah to you)? shoulders. shall no ben nekhar eat
|27| That ye shall say, It is the |35| And the Bnei Yisroel did thereof;
zevach of Hashem's Pesach, according to the devar Moshe; |44| But every man's eved
who pasach (passed over, they requested of the that is bought for kesef, when
skipped, spared) the batim thou hast
given him bris milah, then |5| And it shall be when |14| And it shall be when thy
shall he eat thereof. Hashem shall bring thee into ben asketh thee in time to
|45| A toshav and a sachir the land of the Kena'ani, and come, saying, Mah zot? (What
shall not eat thereof. the Chitti, and the Emori, and is this?) that thou shalt say
|46| In bais echad shall it be the Chivi, and the Yevusi, unto him, By chozek yad
eaten; thou shalt not carry which He swore unto thy Avot Hashem brought us out from
forth any of the basar outside to give thee, an eretz flowing Mitzrayim, from the bais
the bais; neither shall ye break with cholov and devash, that avadim;
a bone thereof [see Yochanan thou shalt observe this avodah |15| And it came to pass,
19:36 OJBC]. (service) in this month. when Pharaoh stubbornly
|47| Kol Adat Yisroel shall |6| Shivat yamim thou shalt refused to let us go, that
celebrate it. eat matzot, and in the seventh Hashem killed kol bechor of
|48| And when a ger shall day shall be a Chag (Feast) to Eretz Mitzrayim, both the
sojourn with thee, and will Hashem. bechor adam, and the bechor
keep the Pesach unto Hashem, |7| Matzot shall be eaten behemah; therefore Ani
let all his zachar receive bris shivat hayamim; and there zovei'ach laHashem (I sacrifice
milah, and then let him come shall no chametz be seen with to Hashem) kol that openeth
near and keep it; and he shall thee, neither shall there be the rechem (womb), being
be as one that is native born se'or seen with thee within all hazecharim (the males); but
in ha'aretz; for no arel thy borders. kol bechor of my banim I
(uncircumcised person) shall |8| And thou shalt show thy redeem.
eat thereof. ben in that day, saying, This is |16| And it shall be for an ot
|49| Torah echad shall be to because of what Hashem did (sign) upon thine hand, and
him that is native-born, and for me when I came forth for totafos (ornaments,
unto the ger that sojourneth out of Mitzrayim. frontlets, bands, phylactery)
among you. |9| And it shall be for an ot between thine eyes; for by
|50| Thus did kol Bnei (sign) unto thee upon thine chozek yad Hashem brought
Yisroel; as Hashem yad, and for a zikaron us forth out of Mitzrayim.
commanded Moshe and (reminder) between thine eyes,
Aharon, so did they. in order that the torat [BESHALLACH]
|51| And it came to pass the Hashem may be in thy mouth;
very same day, that Hashem because with a yad chazakah
did bring the Bnei Yisroel out hath Hashem brought thee
of Eretz Mitzrayim by their out of Mitzrayim. |17| And it came to pass,
tzivos. |10| Thou shalt therefore be when Pharaoh had let the
shomer over this chukkah in people go, that
its mo'ed (season, fixed time) Elohim led them not through
And Hashem spoke perpetually. the derech of the eretz of the
13 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2| Set apart as kodesh unto
|11| And it shall be when
Hashem shall bring thee into
the land of the Kena'ani, as
Pelishtim (Philistines),
although that was near; for
Elohim said, Lest perhaps the
Me kol bechor, whatsoever He swore unto thee and to thy people change their mind
openeth the avot, and shall give it thee, when they see milchamah,
rechem (womb) among the |12| That thou shalt set apart and they return to Mitzrayim;
Bnei Yisroel, both of adam unto Hashem all that openeth |18| So Elohim led HaAm
and of behemah; it is Mine. the rechem (womb), and every about, through the derech of
|3| And Moshe said unto firstling that is born of a the midbar of the Yam Suf;
HaAm, Remember this day, in behemah which thou hast; and the Bnei Yisroel went up
which ye came out from hazecharim (the males) shall out of Eretz Mitzrayim ready
Mitzrayim, out of the bais be Hashem's. for battle.
avadim; for by |13| And every firstling of a |19| And Moshe took the
chozek yad Hashem brought he-donkey thou shalt redeem atzmot Yosef with him; for
you out from this place; there with a seh; and if thou wilt not Yosef had made the Bnei
shall no chametz be eaten. redeem it, then thou shalt Yisroel swear unconditionally,
|4| This day came ye out in break its neck; and kol bechor saying, Elohim will surely visit
the month Aviv. adam among thy banim shalt
thou redeem.
you; and ye shall carry up my commanders over every one of on yabashah (dry land [see
atzmot away from here with them. Genesis 1:9]) through the
you. |8| And Hashem hardened midst of the yam.
|20| And they took their the lev Pharaoh Melech |17| And I, hineni, I will
journey from Sukkot, and Mitzrayim, so that harden the lev Mitzrayim, and
encamped in Etam, at the he pursued after the Bnei they shall go after them; and I
edge of the midbar. Yisroel; and the Bnei Yisroel will get Me glory over
|21| And Hashem went went out with a high hand Pharaoh, and over all his
before them by day in an [deliberately with assurance]. army, over his chariots, and
ammud anan, to guide them |9| But the Mitzrayim upon his parash (horsemen).
haderech; and by lailah in an pursued after them, all the |18| And the Egyptians shall
ammud eish, to give them ohr; susim and chariots of know that I am Hashem, when
so they could travel yomam Pharaoh, and his parash, and I have gotten Me glory over
valailah (day or night); his army, and overtook them Pharaoh, over his chariots,
|22| He took not away the encamping by the yam, by Pi- and over his parash.
amud heanan by day, nor the Hachirot, in front of Baal |19| And the Malach
ammud haeish by night, from Zephon. HaElohim, which goes in front
before HaAm. |10| And when Pharaoh drew of the Machaneh Yisroel,
Then Hashem near, the Bnei Yisroel lifted up moved and went behind them;
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saying,
|2| Speak unto the Bnei
their eyes, and, hinei, the
Egyptians marched after
them; and they were very
and the pillar of cloud moved
from before their face, and
stood behind them;
Yisroel, that they turn back terrified; and the Bnei Yisroel |20| And it came between the
and encamp before Pi- cried out unto Hashem. machaneh Mitzrayim and the
Hachirot, between Migdol and |11| And they said unto Machaneh Yisroel; there was
the yam, in front of Baal Moshe, Because there were no the anan bringing choshech to
Zephon; opposite it shall ye kevarim in Mitzrayim, hast the Egyptians, but bringing
encamp by the yam. thou taken us away to die in light by night to Yisroel; so
|3| For Pharaoh will think of the midbar? What hast thou that none came near the
the Bnei Yisroel, They are done to us, in bringing us other, kol halailah.
entangled in the land forth out of Mitzrayim? |21| Then Moshe stretched
[wandering in confusion], the |12| Is not this the very thing out his yad over the yam; and
midbar hath shut them in that we did tell thee in Hashem caused the yam to go
[from making their exodus]. Mitzrayim, saying, Let us back by a strong east wind all
|4| And I will harden lev alone, that we may slave for that night, so that the yam was
Pharaoh, that he shall pursue the Egyptians? For it had been made dry land, and the
after them; and I will be better for us to slave for the mayim were divided.
glorified over Pharaoh, and Egyptians, than that we |22| And the Bnei Yisroel
upon all his army; so that the should die in the midbar. then went into the middle of
Egyptians may have da'as that |13| And Moshe said unto the yam upon the yabashah
I am Hashem. And they did HaAm, Fear ye not, stand still, (dry land); and the mayim
accordingly. and see the Yeshuat Hashem, were a chomah (wall)
|5| And it was told the melech which He will bring to you unto them on their right, and
Mitzrayim that HaAm had today; for the Egyptians whom on their left.
fled; and the lev Pharaoh and ye have seen today, ye shall |23| And the Egyptians
of his avadim was turned see them again no more ad pursued, and went in after
against HaAm, and they said, olam. them into the middle of the
Why have we done this, that |14| Hashem shall fight for yam, even kol sus Pharaoh, his
we have let Yisroel go from you, and ye shall keep still. chariots, and his parash.
slaving for us? |15| And Hashem said unto |24| So it came to pass, that
|6| And he made ready his Moshe, Why criest thou unto when came the watch of the
merkavah, and took his army Me? Speak unto the Bnei boker, Hashem looked down
with him; Yisroel, so that they move on; on the machaneh Mitzrayim
|7| And he took six hundred |16| But lift thou up thy through the ammud eish
select chariots, and all the staff, and stretch out thine yad (pillar of fire) and of the anan,
chariots of Mitzrayim, and over the yam, and divide it; and caused confusion over the
and the Bnei Yisroel shall go machaneh Mitzrayim,
|25| And turned awry their |2| Hashem is my oz and back); Thou hast guided them
chariot wheels, that they drove zimrah (song of praise), and in Thy oz unto Thy neveh
them with difficulty; so that He is become to me Yeshuah kodesh (holy habitation, i.e., a
the Egyptians said, Let us flee (salvation); He is Eli (my G-d), neveh is the abode of a
from the presence of Yisroel; and I will praise Him; Elohei shepherd).
because Hashem fighteth for Avi, and I will exalt Him. |14| The nations shall hear,
them against the Egyptians. |3| Hashem is an Ish and be afraid; anguish shall
|26| And Hashem said unto Milchamah; Hashem shmo. take hold on the inhabitants
Moshe, Stretch out thine yad |4| Markevot Pharaoh and of Peleshet (Philistia).
over the yam, that the mayim his army hath He cast into the |15| Then the chief men of
may come again upon the yam; his select commanders Edom shall be amazed; the
Egyptians, upon their also are drowned in Yam Suf. mighty men of Moav,
chariots, and upon their |5| The tehomot (depths) have trembling shall take hold
parash. covered them; they sank into upon them; all the inhabitants
|27| And Moshe stretched the bottom like an even of Kena'an shall melt away
forth his yad over the yam, (stone). with weakness.
and the yam rushed back to its |6| Thy right hand, Hashem, |16| Terror and pachad shall
place as dawn of the boker is become glorious in ko'ach; fall upon them; by the
appeared; and the Egyptians Thy right hand, Hashem, hath greatness of Thine zero'a they
tried to flee away from dashed into pieces the oyev. shall be struck dumb as an
meeting it; but Hashem swept |7| And in the greatness of even (stone); till Thy people
the Egyptians into the middle Thine majesty Thou hast pass by, Hashem, till the
of the yam. overthrown them that rose up people pass by, which Thou
|28| And the mayim rushed against Thee; Thou sentest hast purchased.
back, and covered the forth Thy charon (wrath), |17| Thou shalt bring them
chariots, and the parashim, which consumed them as in, and plant them in the har
and all the army of Pharaoh stubble. of Thine nachalah, in the
that came into the yam after |8| And with the blast of Thy place, Hashem, which Thou
them; there remained as nostrils the mayim were hast made for Thee to dwell
survivors not so much as one gathered together, the floods in, in the Mikdash, Adonoi,
of them. stood upright like a stack, and which Thy hands have
|29| But the Bnei Yisroel the tehomot were congealed in established.
walked upon yabashah the lev yam (heart of the sea). |18| Hashem shall reign
through the yam; and the |9| The oyev said, I will l'olam va'ed.
mayim were a chomah unto pursue, I will overtake, I will |19| For the sus Pharaoh
them on their right, and on share the plunder; my battle- went in with his chariots and
their left. lust shall be satisfied upon with his parash into the yam,
|30| Thus Hashem saved them; I will draw my cherev, and Hashem brought again
Yisroel yom hahu out of the my yad shall take possession the waters of the yam upon
hand of Mitzrayim; and of them. them; but the Bnei Yisroel
Yisroel saw the Egyptians |10| Thou didst blow with went on yabashah (dry land)
dead upon the seashore. Thy ruach, the yam covered in the middle of the yam.
|31| And Yisroel saw the yad them; they sank like lead in |20| And Miryam the neviah,
hagedolah which Hashem did the mighty waters. the achot Aharon, took the tof
upon the Egyptians; and |11| Mi chamochah ba'elim, (hand drum) in her yad; and
HaAm feared Hashem, and Adonoi (Who is like unto all the nashim went out after
put their trust in Hashem, and Thee, Hashem, among the her with hand-drums and with
in His eved Moshe. elim [g-ds])? Who is like Thee, dancing.
Then sang Moshe glorious in kodesh (holiness), |21| And Miryam sang to
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Yisroel this shirah
(song) to Hashem, and spoke,
awesome in praiseworthy acts,
doing wonders?
|12| Thou didst stretch out
them, Sing ye to Hashem, for
He hath triumphed gloriously;
the sus and its rider hath He
saying, I will sing unto Thy right hand, eretz thrown into the yam.
Hashem, for He hath tri- swallowed them. |22| So Moshe brought
umphed gloriously: the sus |13| Thou in Thy chesed hast Yisroel from the Yam Suf, and
and its rider hath He cast led forth the people which they went out into the midbar
into the yam. Thou hast redeemed (acquired of Shur;
and they went shloshet yamim Yisroel murmured against toward the midbar, and, hinei,
in the midbar, and found no Moshe and Aharon in the the kevod Hashem appeared
mayim. midbar; in the anan.
|23| And when they came to |3| And the Bnei Yisroel said |11| And Hashem spoke unto
Marah (Bitter Place), they unto them, If only G-d would Moshe, saying,
could not drink of the mayim have made us die by the yad |12| I have heard the
from Marah, for they were Hashem in Eretz Mitzrayim, telunnot Bnei Yisroel; speak
marim; therefore the shem of when we sat by the sir habasar unto them, saying, At twilight
it was called Marah. (pot of meat), and when we did ye shall eat basar, and in the
|24| So the people murmured eat lechem to the full; for ye boker ye shall be glutted with
against Moshe, saying, Mah have brought us forth into this lechem; and ye shall know [by
nishteh (what shall we drink)? midbar, to kill this kol experience] that I am Hashem
|25| And he cried unto hakahal with ra'av (hunger). Eloheichem.
Hashem; and Hashem showed |4| Then said Hashem unto |13| And it came to pass, that
him an etz (tree) which when Moshe, Hineni, I will rain at erev the quails came up,
he had cast into the mayim, lechem from Shomayim upon and covered the machaneh;
the waters were made sweet you; and HaAm shall go out and in the boker there was a
(i.e., potable, fit for drinking); and gather a certain daily layer of tal (dew) about the
at that place He made for provision, that I may test machaneh.
them a chok (statute, them, whether they will walk |14| And when the layer of tal
requirement, obligation) and a in My torah, or no. evaporated, hinei, upon the
mishpat (divine judgment), |5| And it shall come to pass, surface of the midbar there
and there He tested them, that on the yom hashishi lay thin flakes, as thin as a
|26| And said, If thou wilt (sixth day) they shall prepare layer of kfor (frost) upon
diligently pay heed to the that which they bring in; and ha'aretz.
voice of Hashem Eloheicha, it shall be twice as much as |15| And when the Bnei
and will do that which is they gather daily. Yisroel saw it, they said one to
yashar in His sight, and will |6| And Moshe and Aharon another, Mahn hu (What is it?)
give ear to do His mitzvot, and said unto kol Bnei Yisroel, At For they knew not mah hu
be shomer over all His chok, I erev, then ye shall know that (what [is] this). And Moshe
will put none of these Hashem hath brought you out said unto them, This is the
machalah (diseases) upon from Eretz Mitzrayim; lechem which Hashem hath
thee, which I put upon the |7| And in the boker, then ye given you to eat.
Egyptians; for Ani Adonoi shall see the kevod Hashem; |16| This is the thing which
rofecha (I am Hashem that because He heareth your Hashem hath commanded,
healeth thee). [2Kgs15:5;Amos telunnot (murmurings, Gather of it every man
4:10] grumblings) against Hashem; according to his eating [need],
|27| And they came to Elim and who are we, that ye an omer per person, according
(Great Trees). There were murmur against us? to the number of your
twelve springs of mayim, and |8| And Moshe said, This nefashot; take ye every man
threescore and ten date-palm shall be, when Hashem shall for them which are in his ohel.
trees; and they encamped give you basar in the erev to |17| And the Bnei Yisroel did
there by the mayim. eat, and in the boker lechem so, and gathered, some more,
to the full; because Hashem some less.
And they took their heareth your telunnot which |18| And when they did
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and kol Adat Bnei
Yisroel came unto the midbar
ye murmur against Him; and
who are we? Your telunnot are
not against us, but against
measure it by the omer, he
that gathered much
had nothing extra, and he that
of Siyn (pronounced "Seen"), Hashem. gathered little had no lack;
which is between Elim and |9| And Moshe spoke unto they gathered every man
Sinai, on the fifteenth day of Aharon, Say unto kol Adat according to his eating [need].
the second month after their Bnei Yisroel, Come near |19| And Moshe said, Let no
departing out of Eretz before Hashem; for He hath ish leave of it until boker.
Mitzrayim. heard your telunnot. |20| Notwithstanding, they
|2| And kol Adat Bnei |10| And it came to pass, as paid heed not unto Moshe; but
Aharon spoke unto kol Adat some left part of it until
Bnei Yisroel, that they looked
boker, and [the leftovers] bred |31| And Bais Yisroel called and said, Why is this that thou
tola'im (worms), and stank; the shem thereof Manna; and hast brought us up out of
and Moshe was angry with it was like coriander seed, Mitzrayim, to kill me and my
them. lavan (white); and the taste of banim and my livestock with
|21| And they gathered it it was like flat cakes fried in tzama (thirst)?
every boker, every man devash. |4| And Moshe cried unto
according to his |32| And Moshe said, This is Hashem, saying, What shall I
eating [need]; and when the the thing which Hashem do with this people? They are
shemesh grew hot, it melted. commandeth, Fill an omer of almost ready to stone me.
|22| And it came to pass, that it to be mishmeret (kept) for |5| And Hashem said unto
on yom hashishi they gathered your dorot; that they may see Moshe, Go on ahead of HaAm,
twice as much lechem, two the lechem wherewith I have and take with thee Ziknei
omers for one man; and all fed you in the midbar, when I Yisroel; and thy matteh (staff)
the nesi'im of the Edah came brought you forth from Eretz wherewith thou struck the
and told Moshe. Mitzrayim. Nile, take in thine yad, and go.
|23| And he said unto them, |33| And Moshe said unto |6| Hineni, I will stand before
This is that which Hashem Aharon, Take a jar, and put thee there upon the tzur in
hath said, Tomorrow is a an omer full of manna Chorev; thou shalt strike the
Shabbaton (day of rest), therein, and lay it up before tzur, and there shall come
Shabbos Kodesh unto Hashem, to be kept for your mayim out of it, that HaAm
Hashem; bake that which ye dorot. may drink. Moshe did so in
will bake today, and boil that |34| As Hashem commanded the sight of the Ziknei Yisroel.
ye will boil; and that which Moshe, so Aharon laid it up |7| And he called the shem of
remaineth over lay up for you before the Edut (the [Ark] of the place Massah (Testing),
for mishmeret (for keeping) the Testimony), for mishmeret and Merivah (Dissatisfaction),
until boker. (to be kept). because of the riv (chiding,
|24| And they laid it up, |35| And the Bnei Yisroel did quarreling) of the Bnei Yisroel,
saving it until boker, as Moshe eat manna arba'im shanah, and because they put Hashem
commanded; and it did not until they came to an eretz to the test, saying, Is Hashem
stink, neither was there any noshavet (an inhabited land); among us, or not?
infestation therein. they did eat manna, until they |8| Then came Amalek, and
|25| And Moshe said, Eat that came unto the borders of did battle against Yisroel in
today; for today is a Shabbos Eretz Kena'an. Rephidim.
unto Hashem; today ye shall |36| Now an omer [i.e., two |9| And Moshe said unto
not find it in the sadeh. quarts dry measure] is the Yehoshua, Choose for us
|26| Sheshet yamim ye shall tenth part of an ephah [T.N. anashim, and go out, do battle
gather it; but on the yom an ephah is about one-half with Amalek; tomorrow I will
hashevi'i, which is Shabbos, in bushel]. station myself on the top of
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it there shall be none. And kol Adat Bnei the hill with the matteh
|27| And it came to pass, that Yisroel journeyed HaElohim in mine yad.
there went out some from from the midbar |10| So Yehoshua did as
HaAm on the yom hashevi'i to of Siyn, setting out, according Moshe had said to him, and
gather, and they found none. to the commandment of did battle with Amalek; and
|28| And Hashem said unto Hashem, and encamped in Moshe, Aharon, and Chur
Moshe, How long refuse ye to Rephidim; and there was no went up to the top of the hill.
be shomer over My mitzvot mayim for HaAm to drink. |11| And it came to pass, as
and My torot? |2| Wherefore the people did long as Moshe held up his yad,
|29| See, that Hashem hath chide (quarrel, become that Yisroel prevailed; and
given you the Shabbos, dissatisfied with) Moshe, and when he let down his yad,
therefore He giveth you on said, Give us mayim that we Amalek prevailed.
yom hashishi lechem for two may drink. And Moshe said |12| When the hands of
days; abide ye every man in unto them, Why chide ye with Moshe grew heavy, they took
his place, let no man go out me? Why do ye put Hashem to an even (stone),
from his place on yom the test?
hashevi'i. |3| And HaAm thirsted there
|30| So HaAm rested on yom for mayim; and the people
hashevi'i. murmured against Moshe,
and put it under him, and he isha unto Moshe into the sittest thou thyself alone, and
sat thereon; and Aharon and midbar, where he encamped kol HaAm stand around thee
Chur supported his hands, the at the Har HaElohim; from boker unto erev?
one on the one side, and the |6| And he said unto Moshe, I |15| And Moshe said unto his
other on the other side; and thy khoten (father-in-law) Yitro khoten, Because HaAm come
his hands held emunah am come unto thee, and thy unto me to inquire of Elohim;
(steady) until bo hashemesh isha, and her two banim with |16| When they have a
(sunset). her. matter, they come unto me;
|13| And Yehoshua disabled |7| And Moshe went out to and I judge between one and
Amalek and his army with the meet his khoten, bowed low, another, and I do make them
edge of the cherev. and kissed him; and they know the chukkei HaElohim,
|14| And Hashem said unto asked each other of their and His torot.
Moshe, Write this for a shalom (welfare); and they |17| And Moshe's khoten said
zikaron (memorial, came into the ohel. unto him, The thing that thou
remembering) in a sefer, and |8| And Moshe told his doest is not tov.
rehearse it in the ears of khoten all that Hashem had |18| Thou wilt surely wear
Yehoshua; for I will utterly done unto Pharaoh and to the out, both thou, and HaAm
efface the memory of Amalek Egyptians for the sake of hazeh that is with thee; for
from under Shomayim. Yisroel, and all the travail that this thing is too heavy for thee;
|15| And Moshe built a had befallen them along the thou art not able to perform it
Mizbe'ach, and called the derech, and how Hashem thyself alone.
shem of it Hashem Nissi saved and delivered them. |19| Shema (pay heed) now
(Hashem is my Standard |9| And Yitro rejoiced for all unto my voice, I will give thee
[rallying point]); the tovah which Hashem had counsel, and may Elohim be
|16| For he said, Because a done for Yisroel, whom He with thee; be thou for HaAm
yad has been against the kes had delivered out of the hand before HaElohim, that thou
Hashem (throne of Hashem), of the Egyptians. mayest bring the disputes
Hashem hath milchamah |10| And Yitro said, Baruch unto HaElohim;
against Amalek from dor to Hashem, Who hath rescued |20| And thou shalt teach
dor. you out of the hand of the them chukkim and torot, and
Egyptians, and out of the shalt show them the derech
[YITRO]
hand of Pharaoh, and Who wherein they must walk, and
hath delivered HaAm from the ma'aseh that they must do.
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When Yitro, the
under the hand of the |21| Moreover thou shalt
kohen of Midyan,
Egyptians. provide out of kol HaAm
Moshe's khoten
|11| Now I have da'as that anshei chayil (able men), yirei
(father-in-law), heard of all
Hashem is gadol than kol Elohim, anshei emes, hating
that Elohim had done for
haelohim; for in the thing bribes; and place such over
Moshe, and for Yisroel His
wherein they dealt proudly He them, to be over thousands,
people, and that Hashem had
was above them. and over hundreds, over
brought Yisroel out of
|12| And Yitro, Moshe's fifties, and over tens;
Mitzrayim;
khoten, brought an olah and |22| And let them judge
|2| Then Yitro, Moshe's
zevakhim for Elohim; and HaAm at all times; and it shall
khoten, received Tzipporah,
Aharon came, and kol Ziknei be, that every davar hagadol
Moshe' wife, after Moshe had
Yisroel, to eat lechem with they shall bring unto thee, but
sent her away,
Moshe's khoten before every davar hakaton they shall
|3| And her two banim; of
HaElohim. judge; so shall it be eased for
which the shem of the one was
|13| And it came to pass on thyself, and they shall bear the
Gershom; for he said, I have
next day, that Moshe sat to burden with thee.
been a ger in a foreign land;
judge HaAm; and HaAm stood |23| If thou shalt do this
|4| And the shem of the other
around Moshe from the boker thing, and Elohim command
was Eliezer; for the Elohei Avi,
unto erev. thee so, then thou shalt be
said he, was ezri (my help),
|14| And when Moshe's able to endure, and kol HaAm
and delivered me from the
khoten saw all that he was hazeh shall also go to their
cherev of Pharaoh;
doing for HaAm, he said, place in shalom.
|5| And Yitro, Moshe's khoten,
What is this thing that thou
came with his banim and his
doest to the people? Why
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|24| So Moshe paid heed to their faces all these words just machaneh trembled with
the voice of his khoten, and as Hashem commanded him. terror.
did all that he had said. |8| And kol HaAm answered |17| And Moshe led HaAm
|25| And Moshe chose anshei together, and said, All that forth out of the machaneh to
chayil out of kol Yisroel, and Hashem hath spoken we will encounter HaElohim; and
made them rashim over do. And Moshe brought back they stood at the foot of
HaAm, over thousands, the words of HaAm unto HaHar.
hundreds, fifties, and tens. Hashem. |18| And Mt. Sinai was
|26| And they judged HaAm |9| And Hashem said unto altogether smoking, because
at all times; the davar Moshe, Hinei, I am coming Hashem descended upon it in
hakasheh (difficult case) they unto thee in a thick cloud, eish; and the smoke thereof
brought unto Moshe, but every that HaAm may hear when I ascended as the smoke of the
devar hakaton they judged speak with thee, and believe furnace, and kol HaHar shook
themselves. thee l'olam. Then Moshe told violently.
|27| And Moshe let his the words of HaAm unto |19| And when the sound of
khoten depart; and he went Hashem. the shofar was moving [closer],
his way into his own land. |10| So Hashem said unto and grew louder and louder,
In the chodesh Moshe, Go unto HaAm, and Moshe spoke, and HaElohim
19 hashelishi (third
new moon), after
the Bnei Yisroel had their
set them apart as kodesh
today and tomorrow, and let
them wash their clothing,
answered him in thunder.
|20| And Hashem came down
upon Mt. Sinai, onto the top of
exodus from Eretz Mitzrayim, |11| And be ready by Yom HaHar; and Hashem sum-
on that very day they came HaShelishi; for Yom moned Moshe up to the top of
into the Midbar Sinai. HaShelishi Hashem will come HaHar; and Moshe went up.
|2| For they were departed down in the sight of kol HaAm |21| And Hashem said unto
from Rephidim, and were upon Mt. Sinai. Moshe, Go down, warn HaAm,
come to Midbar Sinai, and |12| And thou shalt set lest they push through toward
had encamped in the midbar; boundaries unto HaAm all Hashem to gaze, and many of
and there Yisroel camped around, saying, Take heed to them fall perishing.
before HaHar. yourselves, that ye go not up |22| And let the kohanim
|3| And Moshe went up to into HaHar, or touch the edge also, which come near to
HaElohim, and Hashem of it; whosoever toucheth Hashem, set themselves apart
called out unto him from HaHar shall be surely put to as kodesh, lest Hashem break
HaHar, saying, Thus shalt death; forth upon them.
thou say to the Bais Ya'akov, |13| There shall no yad touch |23| And Moshe said unto
and declare unto the Bnei him, but he shall surely be Hashem, HaAm cannot come
Yisroel; stoned, or surely mortally up to Mt. Sinai; for You
|4| You yourselves have seen shot; whether it be behemah Yourself charged us, saying,
what I did unto the Mitzrayim, or ish, it shall not live; when Establish boundaries for
and how I carried you on the yovel soundeth long, they HaHar, and set it apart as
eagles' wings, and brought you shall come up to HaHar. kodesh.
unto Myself. |14| So Moshe came down |24| And Hashem said unto
|5| Now therefore, if ye will from HaHar unto HaAm, and him, Away, get thee down, and
obey My voice very carefully, set apart as kodesh HaAm; thou shalt come up, thou, and
and be shomer over My brit, and they washed their clothes. Aharon with thee; but let not
then ye shall be a segullah |15| Then he said to HaAm, the kohanim and HaAm push
(treasured possession) unto Be ready by Sheloshet Yamim; through to come up unto
Me above all people; for kol come not into your isha. Hashem, lest He break forth
ha'aretz is Mine; |16| And it came to pass on upon them.
|6| And ye shall be unto Me a the Yom HaShelishi when the |25| So Moshe went down
mamlechet kohanim, and a boker was breaking, that there unto HaAm and told them.
goy kadosh. These are the were thunderings and
words which thou shalt lightnings, and a heavy
recount unto the Bnei Yisroel. cloud upon HaHar, and the Then Elohim spoke
|7| And Moshe came and
summoned the Ziknei HaAm,
and set authoritatively before
blast of the shofar
exceeding loud; so that kol
HaAm that was in the
20 all these words,
saying,
|2| I am Hashem Eloheicha, |14| Thou shalt not commit |26| Neither shalt thou go up
Who brought thee out of Eretz adultery. by stairs unto Mine Mizbe'ach,
Mitzrayim, out of the bais |15| Thou shalt not steal. that thy nakedness be not
avadim (house of slaves). |16| Thou shalt not bear ed discovered thereon.
|3| Thou shalt have no sheker against thy neighbor. [MISHPATIM]
Now these are the
21
elohim acherim in My |17| Thou shalt not covet thy
presence. neighbor's bais, thou shalt not mishpatim which
|4| Thou shalt not make unto covet thy neighbor's isha, nor thou shalt set
thee any pesel, or any his eved, nor his maidservant, before them.
temunah of any thing that is nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor |2| If thou acquire an eved
in Shomayim above, or that is anything that is thy neighbor's. Ivri, shesh shanim he shall
in ha'aretz beneath, or that is |18| And kol HaAm saw the serve; and in the seventh he
in the mayim under ha'aretz. thunderings, and the shall go out lachafeshi (to the
|5| Thou shalt not lightnings, and the sound of freedom) for no charge.
tishtacheveh to them, nor the shofar, and HaHar |3| If he came in by himself,
serve them; for I Hashem smoking; and when HaAm saw he shall go out by himself; if
Eloheicha am an El kanna, it, they drew back, and stood he were a ba'al isha, then his
visiting the avon Avot upon afar off. isha shall go out with him.
the Banim unto the third and |19| And they said unto |4| If his adon have given him
fourth generation of them that Moshe, Thou speak with us, an isha, and to him she gives
hate Me; and we will hear; but let not birth to banim or banot; the
|6| But showing chesed unto Elohim speak with us, lest we isha and her yeledim shall be
thousands of them that love die (see Bereshis 42:23). her adon's, and he shall go out
Me, and are shomer over My |20| And Moshe said unto [free] by himself.
mitzvot. HaAm, Fear not: for |5| And if the eved shall
|7| Thou shalt not take the HaElohim is come to test you, plainly say, I love adoni, my
Shem Hashem Eloheicha in and that His fear may be upon isha, and my banim; I will not
vain; for Hashem will not hold your faces, that ye sin not. go out lachafeshi (to the
him guiltless that taketh Shmo |21| And HaAm stood afar freedom);
in vain. off, while Moshe drew near |6| Then his adon shall bring
|8| Remember Yom unto the thick cloud where him unto HaElohim;
HaShabbos, to keep it kodesh. HaElohim was. he shall also bring him to the
|9| Sheshet yamim shalt thou |22| And Hashem said unto delet (door), or unto the
labor, and do all thy work: Moshe, Thus thou shalt say mezuzah; and his adon shall
|10| But the Yom HaShevi'i is unto the Bnei Yisroel, You pierce through his ozen (ear)
the Shabbos of Hashem yourselves have seen that from with a piercing-tool; then he
Eloheicha; in it thou shalt not Shomayim I have spoken with shall serve him l'olam.
do any melachah, thou, nor you. |7| And if an ish sell his bat
thy ben, nor thy bat, thy eved, |23| Ye shall not make beside to be an amah (maidservant),
nor thy maidservant, nor thy Me elohei kesef, neither shall she shall not go out as the
cattle, nor thy ger that is ye make for yourselves elohei avadim [go free].
within thy gates; zahav. |8| If she please not her adon,
|11| For in sheshet yamim |24| Mizbe'ach adamah thou who hath betrothed her to
Hashem made Shomayim and shalt make unto Me, and shalt himself, then shall he let her
Ha'Aretz, the yam, and all that sacrifice thereon thy olot, and be redeemed [i.e., let her
in them is, and rested Yom thy shelamim, thy tzon, and freedom be purchased]; to sell
HaShevi'i; for this reason thine oxen; in all places where her unto an am nochri
Hashem blessed Yom I cause My Shem to be (foreign people) he shall have
HaShabbos, and set it apart remembered, I will come unto no power, seeing he hath dealt
as kodesh. thee, and I will bless thee. deceitfully with her.
|12| Honor thy av and thy |25| And if thou wilt make Me |9| And if he have betrothed
em; that thy yamim may be a Mizbe'ach avanim, thou her unto his ben, he shall deal
long upon ha'adamah which shalt not build it of cut stone; with her according to the
Hashem Eloheicha giveth for if thou lift up thy tool upon mishpat habanot (rights
thee. it, thou hast rendered it
|13| Thou shalt not murder. polluted.
of [free] daughters; i.e., those shall not be avenged; for he is shekalim kesef, and the ox
rights of verse 10). his kesef. shall be stoned.
|10| If he take him another, |22| If men fight, and hurt an |33| And if an ish shall open
her food, her covering of isha harah (pregnant woman), a bor (pit), or if an ish shall
clothing, and her onah so that she gives birth dig a bor and not cover it, and
(conjugal rights) shall he not prematurely but not with any an ox or a donkey fall therein;
deprive. injury; he shall be surely |34| The ba'al habor shall
|11| And if he does not punished, according as the make restitution, and give
perform these three unto her, ba'al haisha will assess a fine kesef unto their ba'alim; and
then shall she go out free upon him; and he shall pay as the carcass shall be his.
without kesef. the judges determine. |35| And if the shor ish (ox of
|12| He that strikes down an |23| And if any ason (harm, a man) hurt the ox of a
ish, so that the ish die, shall fatality) follow, then thou neighbor, that it die; then they
be surely put to death. shalt take nefesh for nefesh, shall sell the shor hachai (live
|13| And if he lie not in |24| Ayin for ayin, shen for ox), and divide the kesef of it;
ambush, but HaElohim shen, yad for yad, regel for and the carcass also they shall
deliver him into his regel, divide.
yad, then I will appoint thee a |25| Burn for burn, wound |36| Or if it be known that the
makom (i.e., city of refuge) for wound, chaburah (stripe shor hath habitually from
where he shall flee there. laceration) for chaburah. mitmol (yesterday) gored, and
|14| But if an ish come |26| And if an ish strike the his ba'al hath not kept it in the
premeditatedly upon his re'a, ayin of his eved, or the ayin of bull pen; he shall surely pay
to murder him by guile; thou his amah, that it perish; he ox for ox; and the carcass shall
shalt take him from Mine shall let him go free for his belong to him.
Mizbe'ach for capital ayin's sake.
punishment. |27| And if he strike his eved's
|15| And he that striketh shen (tooth), or his amah's
down his av, or his em, shall shen; he shall let him go free
be surely put to death. for his shen's sake. (21:37)
|16| And he that kidnaps an
ish, and selleth him, or if he
be found in his power, the
|28| If an ox gore an ish or an
isha, that they die; then the ox
shall be surely stoned, and his
22 If a ganav takes a
shor, or a seh, and
slaughter it, or sell it; he shall
kidnapper shall surely be put basar shall not be eaten; but restore five cattle for an ox,
to death. the ba'al hashor (owner of the and the seh.
|17| And he that curseth his ox) shall be exempt from |2(1)| If a ganav be caught
av, or his em, shall surely be punishment. breaking in, and be struck
put to death. |29| But if the shor habitually down so that he die, there
|18| And if anashim quarrel, from mitmol (yesterday) gored, shall be no guilt of bloodshed
and one strike another with an and its ba'al has been warned, for him.
even (stone), or with his egrof and he hath not kept it in the |3(2)| If the shemesh be risen
(fist), and he die not, but is bull pen, and it hath killed an upon him, there shall be guilt
bedfast; ish or an isha; the shor shall of bloodshed; the ganav
|19| If he rise again, and walk be stoned, and his ba'al also should make full restitution; if
around outside upon his staff, shall be put to death. he have nothing, then the
then shall he that struck down |30| If there be laid on him a ganav shall be sold to make
him be absolved; only shivto kofer (atonement payment, restitution for his theft.
yiten (he shall give for his lost ransom), then he shall give for |4(3)| If the theft be certainly
time), and shall provide for the redemption of his nefesh found in his yad chayyim,
him to be thoroughly healed. whatsoever is assessed upon whether it be ox, or donkey, or
|20| And if an ish strikes his him. seh; he shall pay back double.
eved, or his amah, with a |31| Whether he have gored a |5(4)| If a man shall allow
shevet (rod), and he die under ben, or have gored a bat, livestock to graze over a sadeh
his yad; he shall be surely according to this mishpat or kerem (vineyard), or he lets
avenged. shall it be done unto him. it loose and it graze
|21| Notwithstanding, if he |32| If the ox shall gore an over the sadeh of
continue a yom or two, he eved or an amah; he shall give
unto their adon sheloshim
another, then from the best of not make restitution for the neither shalt thou lay upon
his own sadeh, and of the best terefah (torn animal). him neshekh (usury, interest).
of his own kerem (vineyard), |14(13)| And if an ish asks to |26(25)| If thou at all take the
shall he make restitution. borrow of his re'a, and the cloak of thy re'a as security,
|6(5)| If eish break out, and animal borrowed be injured, thou shalt return it unto him
spreads in kotzim (thorns), so or die, the ba'al thereof being by bo hashemesh (sunset);
that the stacks of grain, or the not with it, he shall surely |27(26)| For that is his
standing grain, or the sadeh, make restitution. covering only, it is his cloak
be consumed therewith; he |15(14)| But if the ba'al for his skin; wherein shall he
that kindled the eish shall thereof be with it, he shall not sleep? And it shall come to
surely make restitution. make restitution; if it be pass, when he crieth unto Me,
|7(6)| If an ish shall give unto sakhir (rented, hired), it came that I will hear; for I am
his re'a kesef or vessels to be for its hire. channun (compassionate).
shomer over, and it be stolen |16(15)| And if an ish entice a |28(27)| Thou shalt not revile
out of the bais haish; if the betulah that is not orasah Elohim, nor curse the nasi of
ganav be found, let him pay (betrothed, pledged), and lie thy people.
back double. with her, he shall surely |29(28)| Thou shalt not delay
|8(7)| If the ganav be not endow her with a marriage to offer thy fullness offering
found, then the ba'al habais contract as his isha. (i.e., bikkurim) or thy kohen's
shall be brought before |17(16)| If her av utterly heave offering (i.e. terumah);
HaElohim, to see whether he refuse to give her unto him, he the bechor of thy banim shalt
has put his yad on the shall pay kesef according to thou present unto Me.
property of his neighbor. the mohar habetulah |30(29)| Likewise shalt thou
|9(8)| For all manner of (marriage contract, dowry of do with thine oxen, and with
pesha (trespass, liability), the virgins). thy tzon; shivat yamim it shall
whether it be for ox, for |18(17)| Thou shalt not allow be with its em; on the yom
donkey, for seh, for clothing, a mekhashefah (witch, hashemi'ni thou shalt give it
or for any manner of avedah sorceress) to live. Me.
(lost property, missing thing) |19(18)| Kol shochev (every |31(30)| And ye shall be
which another says, This is it, one having sexual relations) anshei kodesh unto Me;
the case of both shall come with a behemah shall surely neither shall ye eat any basar
before HaElohim; and whom be put to death. that is terefah (torn of beasts)
Elohim shall condemn, he |20(19)| He that sacrificeth in the sadeh; ye shall cast it to
shall pay back double unto his unto elohim (the g-ds), other the kelev (dog).
re'a. than unto Hashem only, he
|10(9)| If an ish deliver unto shall be destroyed.
his re'a a donkey, or an ox, or |21(20)| Thou shalt neither
a seh, or any behemah, to be mistreat a ger, nor oppress Thou shalt not
shomer over; and it die, or be
injured, or carried away, with
no eye witness;
him; for ye were gerim in
Eretz Mitzrayim.
|22(21)| Ye shall not cause
23 spread a false
report; put not
thine hand with the rashah to
|11(10)| Then shall a shevuat pain to any almanah, or be an ed chamas (malicious
Hashem be between them yatom. witness).
both, that he hath not laid his |23(22)| If thou cause them |2| Thou shalt not follow a
yad on the property of his re'a; pain in any way, and they cry multitude to do evil; neither
and the property's ba'al shall at all unto Me, I will surely shalt thou speak in a riv
accept thereof, and he shall hear their cry; (cause, lawsuit) to turn aside
not make restitution. |24(23)| And My wrath shall after many to pervert justice;
|12(11)| And if it be certainly be kindled, and I will kill you |3| Neither shalt thou favor a
stolen from him, he shall with the cherev; and your poor man in his riv (cause,
make restitution unto the ba'al nashim shall be almanot, and lawsuit).
thereof. your banim shall be yetomim. |4| If thou meet thine enemy's
|13(12)| If it be indeed tarof |25(24)| If thou lend kesef to shor (ox) or his chamor
(torn by a wild animal, any of My people that is poor (donkey) going
predator), then let him bring it among thee, thou shalt not be astray, thou shalt
for ed (witness), and he shall to him as a nosheh (a usurer),
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surely bring it back to him shalt eat matzot shivah their works; but thou shalt
again. yamim, as I commanded thee, utterly overthrow them, and
|5| If thou see the chamor of in the time appointed of the completely break down their
him that hateth thee lying month Aviv; for in it thou matztzvot (memorial columns
under his massa, and camest out from Mitzrayim; dedicated to idols).
wouldest refrain from helping and none shall appear before |25| And ye shall serve
him, thou shalt surely Me empty-handed; Hashem Eloheichem, and He
help with him. |16| And the Chag HaKatzir, shall bless thy lechem, and thy
|6| Thou shalt not pervert the Bikkurim (Firstfruits [see Ac mayim; and I will take
mishpat of thy poor in his riv chp 2]) of thy labors, which machalah (sickness) away
(cause, lawsuit). thou hast sown in the sadeh; from the midst of thee.
|7| Keep thee far from a and the Chag HaAsif (Feast of |26| There shall nothing
devar sheker (false matter); Ingathering [see Yn chp 7]), miscarry their young, nor be
and the naki (innocent) and which is in the end of the barren, in thy land; the
tzaddik slay thou not; for I will shanah, when thou hast mispar (number) of thy yamim
not acquit the rashah. gathered in thy labors out of I will fulfill.
|8| And thou shalt take no the sadeh. |27| I will send My ehmah
shochad (bribe, gift); for the |17| Shalosh pa'amim in the (terror) ahead of thee, and will
shochad blindeth the seeing, shanah all thy zachar shall throw into confusion all the
and perverteth the words of appear before HaAdon people to whom thou shalt
the tzaddikim. Hashem. come, and I will make all
|9| Also thou shalt not |18| Thou shalt not offer the thine enemies turn their backs
oppress a ger; for ye know the dahm of My zevach with unto thee.
nefesh of a ger, seeing ye were chametz; neither shall the |28| And I will send the tzirah
gerim in Eretz Mitzrayim. chelev of My sacrifice remain (hornet) ahead of thee, which
|10| And shesh shanim thou until the boker. shall drive out the Chivi, the
shalt sow thy land, and shalt |19| The reshit bikkurim of Kena'ani, and the Chitti, from
gather in the crops thereof; thy land thou shalt bring into before thee.
|11| But the shevi'it thou the Bais Hashem Eloheicha |29| I will not drive them out
shalt leave it shamat [see Ac chp 2]. Thou shalt not from before thee in shanah
(unplowed) and let it lie cook a kid in echat; lest ha'aretz become
fallow; that the evyon (poor) of his mother's cholov. desolate, and the beast of the
thy people may eat; and what |20| Hinei, I send Malach sadeh multiply against thee.
they leave the beasts of the before thee, to be shomer over |30| Me'at me'at (little by
sadeh shall eat. In like thee in the derech, and to little) I will drive them out
manner thou shalt deal bring thee into the place from before thee, until thou be
with thy kerem (vineyard), and which I have prepared. increased, and inherit
with thy zayit (olive) grove. |21| Pay heed to him, and ha'aretz.
|12| Sheshet yamim thou obey his voice, provoke him |31| And I will establish thy
shalt do thy work, and on the not; for he will not pardon borders from the Yam Suf
yom hashevi'i thou shalt rest; your peysha'im; for My Shem even unto the Yam Pelishtim,
that thine shor (ox) and thine is in him. and from the Midbar unto the
chamor (donkey) may rest, |22| But if thou shalt indeed [Euphrates] River: for I will
and the ben of thy amah obey his [bat] kol, and do all deliver the inhabitants of
(handmaid), and the ger, may that I speak; then I will be an ha'aretz into your hand; and
be refreshed. enemy unto thine enemies, thou shalt drive them out
|13| And in all things that I and an adversary unto thine before thee.
have said unto you be adversaries. |32| Thou shalt make no brit
circumspect; and make no |23| For My Malach shall go (covenant) with them, nor with
mention of the shem elohim before thee, and bring thee in their elohim.
acherim, neither let it be unto the Emori, and the |33| They shall not dwell in
heard out of thy mouth. Chitti, and the Perizzi, and thy land, lest they make thee
|14| Three times thou shalt the Kena'ani, the Chivi, and sin against Me; for if thou
keep a Chag unto Me in the the Yevusi; I will cut them off. serve their elohim, it will
shanah. |24| Thou shalt not bow surely be a mokesh
|15| Thou shalt be shomer to down to their elohim, nor (snare) unto thee.
keep the Chag HaMatzot; thou serve them, nor follow after
And He said unto like the very Shomayim in its with his lev ye shall receive My
24 Moshe, Come up
unto Hashem,
thou, and Aharon, Nadav, and
clearness.
|11| And against the leaders
of the Bnei Yisroel He laid not
terumah (offering).
|3| And this is the terumah
(offering) which ye shall
Avihu, and shive'im (seventy) His yad; also they saw receive of them; zahav, and
of the Ziknei Yisroel; and HaElohim, and did eat and kesef, and nechoshet,
worship ye afar off. drink. |4| And turquoise, and
|2| And Moshe alone shall |12| And Hashem said unto purple, and scarlet wool, and
come near Hashem; but they Moshe, Come up to Me into linen, and goat hair,
shall not come near; neither HaHar, and remain there; |5| And ram skins dyed red,
shall HaAm go up with him. and I will give thee the Luchot and tachash skins, and acacia
|3| And Moshe came and told HaEven, and the torah, and wood,
HaAm kol divrei Hashem, and the mitzvot which I have |6| Shemen for the light,
all the mishpatim; and kol written to teach them. spices for shemen hamishchah
HaAm answered with one |13| And Moshe rose up, and (anointing oil) and aromatic
voice, and said, All the words Yehoshua meshareto (the one ketoret (incense),
which Hashem hath said will aiding him, the one |7| Shoham stone, and stones
we do. ministering to him); and to be set in the Ephod, and in
|4| And Moshe wrote kol Moshe went up into the Har the Choshen (Breastplate).
divrei Hashem, and rose up HaElohim. |8| And let them make Me a
early in the boker, and built a |14| And he said unto the Mikdash; that I may dwell
Mizbe'ach at the base of Zekenim, Tarry ye here for us, among them.
HaHar, and twelve matzevah until we come again unto you; |9| According to all that I
(stone pillars), according to and, hinei, Aharon and Chur show thee, after the tavnit
the twelve Shivtei Yisroel. are with you; if any man have HaMishkan (pattern of the
|5| And he sent out na'arei a grievance, let him come unto Tabernacle), and the tavnit of
Bnei Yisroel, which offered them. all the vessels thereof, even so
olot (burnt offerings), and |15| And Moshe went up into shall ye make it.
sacrificed shelamim (peace HaHar, and an anan |10| And they shall make an
offerings) of bulls unto concealed HaHar. Aron (Ark) of acacia wood; two
Hashem. |16| And the Kevod Hashem cubits and a half shall be the
|6| And Moshe took half of abode upon Mt. Sinai, and the length thereof, and a cubit
the dahm, and put it in bowls; anan concealed it sheshet and a half the width thereof,
and the other half of the yamim; and the yom hashevi'i and a cubit and a half the
dahm he sprinkled upon the He called unto Moshe out of height thereof.
Mizbe'ach. the midst of the anan. |11| And thou shalt overlay it
|7| Then he took the Sefer |17| And the sight of the with zahav tahor, within and
HaBrit, and read it aloud in Kevod Hashem was like eish without shalt thou overlay it,
the ears of HaAm, and they ochelet (devouring fire) on the and shalt make upon it a gold
responded, All that Hashem top of HaHar in the eyes of crown all around.
hath said we will do, and be the Bnei Yisroel. |12| And thou shalt cast four
obedient. |18| And Moshe went into the rings of zahav for it, and put
|8| And Moshe took the midst of the anan, going up them in the four corners
remaining dahm, and into HaHar; and Moshe was thereof; and two rings shall be
sprinkled it on HaAm, and in HaHar arba'im yom in the one side of it, and two
said, Hinei dahm habrit, v'arba'im lailah. rings in the other side of it.
which Hashem hath cut with |13| And thou shalt make
you concerning all these [TERUMAH] poles of acacia wood, and
words. overlay them with zahav.
And Hashem spoke
25
|9| Then went up Moshe, and |14| And thou shalt put the
Aharon, Nadav, and Avihu, unto Moshe, poles into the rings by the
and shiv'im Ziknei Yisroel; saying, sides of the Aron, that the
|10| And they saw the Elohei |2| Speak unto the Bnei Aron may be carried with
Yisroel; and there was under Yisroel, that they bring Me a them.
His feet the likeness of terumah (offering); of every |15| The poles shall
sapphire stone pavement, and man that giveth it willingly be in the rings of the
Aron; they shall not be about, and thou shalt make a branches of the same,
removed from it. golden crown on the rim according to the six
|16| And thou shalt put into thereof round about. branches that proceed
the Aron the Edut (Testimony |26| And thou shalt make for out of the Menorah.
[of Tablets]) which I shall give it four rings of zahav, and |36| Their knobs and their
thee. place the branches shall be of the same;
|17| And thou shalt make a rings in the four corners that all of it shall be one
kapporet of zahav tahor; two are on the four legs thereof. hammered out work of zahav
cubits and a half shall be the |27| Over against the rim tahor.
length thereof, and a cubit shall the rings be for holders |37| And thou shalt make the
and a half the width thereof. of the poles to carry the nerot shivah thereof; and they
|18| And thou shalt make two Shulchan. shall kindle the nerot thereof,
keruvim of zahav, of beaten |28| And thou shalt make the that they may give light
work shalt thou make them, in poles of acacia wood, and toward its face.
the two ends of the kapporet. overlay them with zahav, that |38| And the tongs thereof,
|19| And make one keruv on the Shulchan may be carried and the spoons thereof, shall
the one end, and the other with them. be of zahav tahor.
keruv on the other end, with |29| And thou shalt make the |39| Of a talent of zahav
the kapporet (atonement dishes thereof, and spoons tahor shall he make it, with all
cover) shall ye make the thereof, and shelving-tubes these vessels.
keruvim on the two ends thereof, and bowls thereof, |40| And see that thou make
thereof. with which it shall be used to them after their tavnit, which
|20| And the keruvim shall pour libations; of zahav tahor was shown thee in HaHar.
stretch forth their wings shalt thou make them. Moreover thou
upward, covering the kapporet
with their wings, and their
faces shall look one to
|30| And thou shalt set upon
the Shulchan the Lechem
Panim before Me always.
26 shalt make the
Mishkan
(Tabernacle) with ten curtains
another; toward the kapporet |31| And thou shalt make a of twisted linen with
shall the faces of the keruvim Menorah of zahav tahor; turquoise, purple, and scarlet
be. hammered out wool; with keruvim of artistic
|21| And thou shalt place the shall the Menorah be made; needle work shalt thou make
kapporet on the Aron from its base, its shaft, and its cups, them.
above; and into the Aron thou its knobs, and its blossoms, |2| The length of one curtain
shalt place the Edut that I shall be of the same. shall be eight and twenty
shall give thee. |32| And six branches shall cubits, and the width of one
|22| And there I will meet come out of the sides of it; curtain four cubits; and every
with thee, and I will commune three branches of the one of the curtains shall have
with thee from above the menorah out of the one side, middah achat (one size).
kapporet, from between the and three branches of the |3| The five curtains shall be
two keruvim which are upon menorah out of the other side; choverot (joined together) one
the Aron HaEdut, of all things |33| Three cups engraved to another; and the other five
which I will give thee in with almonds on the one curtains shall be chovrot one
commandment unto the Bnei branch, a knob and a flower; to another.
Yisroel. and three cups made like |4| And thou shalt make
|23| Thou shalt also make a almonds in the other branch, loops of turquoise wool upon
Shulchan of acacia wood; two with a knob and a flower; so the edge of the outermost
cubits shall be the length for the six branches curtain of the set; and likewise
thereof, and a cubit the width that come out of the Menorah. shalt thou make loops upon
thereof, and a cubit and a half |34| And on the Menorah the edge of the outermost
the height thereof. shall be four cups engraved curtain, in the second set.
|24| And thou shalt overlay it like almonds, its knobs and its |5| Fifty loops shalt thou
with zahav tahor, and make flowers. make in the first curtain, and
thereto a crown of zahav |35| And there shall be a fifty loops shalt thou make on
around. knob under two branches of the edge of the outermost
|25| And thou shalt make the same, and a knob under curtain that is in the
unto it a border of a two branches of the same, and
handbreadth round a knob under two
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second set; that the loops may and a cubit and a half shall be |27| And five crossbars for
be opposite one another. the width of each keresh the kerashim (planks) of the
|6| And thou shalt make fifty (plank). second wall of the Mishkan,
hooks of zahav, and join the |17| Two yadot (tenons, and five crossbars for the
curtains together with the projections) shall there be in kerashim (planks) of the wall
hooks: so that the Mishkan each keresh (plank), set in of the Mishkan at the back,
shall become one. order one against another: westward.
|7| And thou shalt make thus shalt thou make for all |28| And the middle crossbar
curtains of goat hair to be an the kerashim (planks) of the inside the kerashim (planks)
Ohel over the Mishkan: eleven Mishkan. shall extend from end to end.
curtains shalt thou make. |18| And thou shalt make the |29| And thou shalt overlay
|8| The length of one curtain kerashim (planks) for the the kerashim (planks) with
shall be thirty cubits, the Mishkan, twenty zahav, and make their rings of
width of one curtain four kerashim (planks) on the zahav as housing for the
cubits: and the eleven curtains south side southward. crossbars: and thou shalt
shall be all of the middah |19| And thou shalt make overlay the crossbars with
achat (same size). arba'im sockets of kesef under zahav.
|9| And thou shalt join into the twenty kerashim (planks); |30| And thou shalt erect the
one five curtains by two sockets under one Mishkan according to the
themselves, and six curtains keresh (plank) for its two yadot mishpat (plan, specifications)
by themselves, and shalt fold (tenons, projections), and two thereof which was showed thee
the sixth curtain over the front sockets under the next keresh in HaHar.
of the Ohel. (plank) for its two yadot. |31| And thou shalt make a
|10| And thou shalt make |20| And for the second wall Parochet of turquoise, purple,
fifty loops along the edge of of the Mishkan on the tzafon and scarlet wool, and twisted
the first curtain at the end of (north) side there shall be linen of ma'aseh choshev
one choveret (set), and fifty twenty kerashim (planks): (artistic craftwork) with
loops on the edge of the |21| And their arba'im sockets keruvim shall it be made:
curtain of the second choveret of kesef; two sockets under one |32| And thou shalt hang it
(set). keresh (plank), and two upon four ammudim of acacia
|11| And thou shalt make sockets under the next keresh wood overlaid with zahav:
fifty hooks of nechoshet, and (plank). their hooks shall be of zahav,
put the hooks into the loops, |22| And for the back of the upon the four sockets of
and attach the Ohel, so that it Mishkan on the west, thou kesef.
may become echad (one). shalt make six kerashim |33| And thou shalt hang up
|12| And the remnant of the (planks). the Parochet under the hooks,
overhang of the curtains of the |23| And two kerashim that thou mayest bring in
Ohel, half of the curtain that (planks) shalt thou make for there behind the Parochet, the
remaineth, shall hang over the the corners of the Aron HaEdut: and the
back of the Mishkan. Mishkan in the rear. Parochet shall separate unto
|13| And a cubit on the one |24| And they shall be even you between HaKodesh and
side, and a cubit on the other beneath at the bottom, and the Kodesh HaKodashim.
side of that which remaineth they shall be joined together at |34| And thou shalt put the
in the length of the curtains of the top of it unto one ring: Kapporet upon the Aron
the Ohel, shall hang over the thus shall it be for them both; HaEdut in the Kodesh
sides of the Mishkan on this they shall be for the two HaKodashim.
side and the other, to cover it. corners. |35| And thou shalt place the
|14| And thou shalt make a |25| And they shall be Shulchan michutz (outside)
Mikhseh for the Ohel of ram shemoneh kerashim (eight the Parochet, and the
skins dyed red, and a Mikhseh planks), and their sockets of Menorah opposite the
of tachash skins above. kesef, sixteen sockets; two Shulchan on the south side of
|15| And thou shalt make the sockets under one keresh, two the Mishkan: and thou shalt
kerashim (planks) of the sockets under the next keresh. place the Shulchan on the
Mishkan of acacia wood, |26| And thou shalt make north side.
standing erect. crossbars of acacia wood; five |36| And thou shalt make a
|16| Ten cubits shall be the for the kerashim (planks) of Masach (Screen, Curtain)
length of each keresh (plank), the one side of the Mishkan, for the petach
Shemot 26, 27, 28 78 Orthodox Jewish Bible
(entrance) of the Ohel, of sides of the Mizbe'ach, to carry and purple, and scarlet, and
turquoise, purple, and scarlet it. twisted linen, wrought with
wool, and twisted linen, |8| Hollow, with luchot ma'aseh rokem (craft or work
wrought with ma'aseh rokem (planks, boards, panels), shalt of embroidering); and their
(embroidering craft). thou make as it was showed ammudim shall be four, and
|37| And thou shalt make for thee on HaHar, so shall they their sockets four.
the Masach five ammudim of make it. |17| All the ammudim
acacia wood, and overlay them |9| And thou shalt make the around the Khatzer
with zahav, and their hooks Khatzer (Courtyard) of the (Courtyard) shall be banded
shall be of zahav; and thou Mishkan; for the south side with kesef; their hooks shall be
shalt cast five sockets of southward there shall be of kesef, and their sockets of
nechoshet for them. kela'im (curtains, hangings) nechoshet.
for the Khatzer (Courtyard) of |18| The length of the
twisted linen of a hundred Khatzer (Courtyard) shall be a
And thou shalt cubits long for one side; hundred cubits, and the width
27 build the
Mizbe'ach of acacia
wood, five cubits long, and
|10| And the twenty
ammudim thereof and their
twenty sockets shall be of
fifty by fifty, and the height
five cubits of twisted linen,
and their sockets of nechoshet.
five cubits wide; the Mizbe'ach nechoshet; the hooks of the |19| All the vessels of the
shall be foursquare; and the ammudim and their bands Mishkan in all the avodah
height thereof shall be shalosh shall be of kesef. (service) thereof, and all the
cubits. |11| And likewise for the pegs thereof, and all the pegs
|2| And thou shalt make the north side in length there of the Khatzer (Courtyard),
karnot of it upon the four shall be kela'im (curtains, shall be of nechoshet.
corners thereof; its karnot hangings) of a hundred cubits
shall be of one piece with it; long, and its twenty ammudim
and thou shalt overlay it with and their twenty sockets of
nechoshet. nechoshet; the hooks of the [TETZAVVEH]
|3| And thou shalt make its ammudim and their bands of
pots to receive its ashes, and kesef.
its shovels, and its basins, and |12| And for the width of the |20| And thou shalt
its meat forks, and its Khatzer (Courtyard) on the command the Bnei Yisroel,
firepans; all the vessels thereof west side shall be kela'im that they bring thee pure
thou shalt make of nechoshet. (curtains, hangings) of fifty pressed [ T.N. not pounded,
|4| And thou shalt build for it cubits; their ammudim ten, that the oil would be pure]
a mikhbar (grate), a strainer and their sockets ten. shemen zayit (olive oil) for the
reshet (mesh, netting) of |13| And the width of the ohr, to kindle the Ner Tamid
nechoshet; and upon the Khatzer (Courtyard) on the (Perpetual Lamp).
meshwork shalt thou make east side mizrachah (eastward, |21| In the Ohel Moed outside
four taba'ot (rings) of toward sunrise) shall be fifty the Parochet, which is before
nechoshet in the four corners cubits. the Edut, Aharon and his
thereof. |14| The kela'im (curtains, banim shall arrange it from
|5| And thou shalt put it hangings) of one shoulder [of eved to boker before Hashem;
under the karkov the entrance] shall be fifteen it shall be a chukkat olam
([surrounding] border, ledge) cubits; their ammudim unto their dorot from the Bnei
of the Mizbe'ach from below, shloshah, and their sockets Yisroel.
that the meshwork may be shloshah.
half the height of the |15| And on the other
Mizbe'ach. shoulder [of the entrance]
|6| And thou shalt make shall be hangings fifteen And bring thou
badim (carrying poles)
designed for the Mizbe'ach,
poles of acacia wood, and
cubits; their ammudim
shloshah, and their sockets
shloshah.
28 near unto thee
Aharon thy
brother, and his banim with
overlay them with nechoshet. |16| And for the sha'ar (gate) him, from the midst of the
|7| And the badim shall be of the Khatzer (Courtyard) Bnei Yisroel, that he may
put into the taba'ot, and the shall be a Masach (Screen) of minister unto Me in
badim shall be upon the two twenty cubits, of turquoise,
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the kohen's office, even (in the order in which they yashfeh; they shall be set in
Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, were born). zahav in their settings.
Eleazar and Itamar, Bnei |11| With the work of a |21| And the avanim
Aharon. charash even (engraver in (gemstones) shall be for the
|2| And thou shalt make gemstones), like the Shemot Bnei Yisroel, Shteym
Bigdei Kodesh for Aharon thy engravings of a chotam (signet Esreh (Twelve), according to
brother for kavod and tiferet. ring), shalt thou engrave the their Shemot, like the
|3| And thou shalt speak unto two avanim with the Shemot engravings of a chotam (signet
all that are of chochmei lev, Bnei Yisroel; thou shalt make ring); every one with shmo
whom I have filled with the them to be set in mishbetzot shall they be according to the
Ruach Chochmah, that they zahav (filigrees of gold). Shnei Asar Shevet (Twelve
may make Bigdei Aharon to |12| And thou shalt fasten the Tribes).
set him apart as kodesh, that two avanim upon the Kitfot |22| And thou shalt make for
he may minister unto Me in HaEphod for avnei zikaron the Choshen at the edges of
the kohen's office. (memorial stones) unto the braided artistic work of zahav
|4| And these are HaBegadim Bnei Yisroel; and Aharon shall tahor (pure gold).
which they shall make: a bear their Shemot before |23| And thou shalt make
Choshen, and an Ephod, and Hashem upon his two upon the Choshen two rings of
a Me'il, and a Kesones of a ketefayim for a zikaron. zahav, and shalt fasten the
box-like knitting work, a |13| And thou shalt make two rings on the two ends of
Mitznefet, and an Avnet; and mishbetzot zahav (filigrees of the Choshen.
they shall make Bigdei Kodesh gold); |24| And thou shalt fasten the
for Aharon thy brother, and |14| And two sharsherot two ropes of zahav on the two
his Banim, that he may zahav tahor (chains of pure rings which are on the ends of
minister unto Me in the gold) at the edges; the Choshen.
kohen's office. of braided artistic work shalt |25| And the other two ends
|5| And they shall take zahav, thou make them, and fasten of the two ropes thou shalt
and turquoise, and purple, the braided sharsherot fasten in the two mishbetzot
and scarlet wool, and linen. (chains) to the mishbetzot (filigrees), and attach them to
|6| And they shall make the (filigrees). the Ketefot HaEphod
Ephod of zahav, of turquoise, |15| And thou shalt make the (Shoulder Straps of the
and of purple, of scarlet wool, Choshen Mishpat with artistic Ephod) toward its front.
and twisted linen, with work; like the work of the |26| And thou shalt make two
ma'aseh choshev (artistic Ephod thou shalt make it; of rings of zahav, and thou shalt
embroidery). zahav, of turquoise, and of put them upon the two ends of
|7| It shall have the two purple, and of scarlet wool, the Choshen on the lower
ketefot (shoulder straps) and of twisted linen, shalt border thereof, on the inside
thereof joined at the two sides thou make it. toward the Ephod.
thereof; and so it shall be |16| Ravu'a (foursquare, |27| And two other rings of
joined together. square) it shall be folded; a zahav thou shalt make, and
|8| And the Cheishev of his span shall be the length shalt put them on at the
Ephod, which is upon it, shall thereof, and a span shall be bottom of the Kitfot HaEphod
be of the same, according to the width thereof. toward the front thereof,
the work thereof; even of |17| And thou shalt set in it opposite the seam thereof,
zahav, of turquoise, and settings of even (stone), four above the Cheishev HaEphod
purple, and scarlet wool, and rows of gemstones: the first (Belt of the Ephod).
twisted linen. row shall be a odem, a pitdah, |28| And they shall bind the
|9| And thou shalt take two and barekes: this shall be the Choshen by the rings thereof
avnei shoham (onyx stones), first row. unto the rings of the Ephod
and engrave on them the |18| And the second row shall with a turquoise woolen cord,
Shemot of the Bnei Yisroel: be nofech, sapphire, and that it may be above the
|10| Shisha of their Shemot yahalom. Cheishev HaEphod, and that
on one even (stone), and the |19| And the third row a the Choshen be not loosed
other Shemot of the shisha leshem, shevo, and achlamah. from the Ephod.
remaining on the other even |20| And the fourth row |29| And Aharon shall bear
(stone), according to toldot tarshish, shoham, and the Shemot Bnei Yisroel in the
Choshen
HaMishpat upon his lev, when nasa (bear [see this word |2| And lechem matzot, and
he goeth in unto HaKodesh, Yeshayah 53:12]) the avon of challot matzot mixed with
for a zikaron (memorial) the kodashim (holy things), shemen, and wafers matzot
before Hashem tamid. which the Bnei Yisroel shall smeared with shemen; of fine
|30| And thou shalt put in the set apart as kodesh in all their wheat flour shalt thou make
Choshen HaMishpat the Urim mattanot kadoshot (holy gifts); them.
and the Tummim; and they and it shall be always upon |3| Thou shalt put them into
shall be upon the lev Aharon, his metzach (forehead), that sal echad (one basket); bring
when he goeth in before they may be leratzon them near in the sal, with the
Hashem; and Aharon shall (accepted, acceptable) before bull and the two rams.
nasa (bear [see this word Hashem. |4| And Aharon and his
Yeshayah 53:12]) the Mishpat |39| And thou shalt banim thou shalt bring unto
Bnei Yisroel upon his lev embroider the Kesones of fine the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed,
before Hashem tamid. linen, and thou shalt make the and shalt immerse them with
|31| And thou shalt make the Mitznefet of fine linen, and mayim.
Me'il HaEphod all of thou shalt make the |5| And thou shalt take the
turquoise wool. Avnet of artistic embroidery. begadim, and put upon
|32| And there shall be a |40| And for Bnei Aharon Aharon the kesones [see Yn
head opening in the top of it, thou shalt make Kuttanot 19:23, Ps 110:4], and the Me'il
in the middle thereof; it shall (Tunics), and thou shalt make HaEphod, and the Ephod,
have a border of artistic for them Avnetim, and and the Choshen, and gird
embroidery around the head Migba'ot shalt thou make for him with the Cheishev
opening of it, like the head them, for kavod and for HaEphod;
opening of a coat of mail; that tiferet. |6| And thou shalt put the
it be not torn. |41| And thou shalt put them Mitznefet upon his head, and
|33| And beneath upon the upon Aharon thy brother, and put the Nezer HaKodesh
hem of it thou shalt make his banim with him; and shalt upon the Mitznefet.
pomegranates of turquoise, anoint them, and ordain |7| Then shalt thou take the
and of purple, and of scarlet, them, and set them apart as Shemen HaMishchah, and
around the hem thereof; and kodesh, that they may pour it upon his head, and
bells of zahav between them minister unto Me in the anoint him.
round about: kohen's office. |8| And thou shalt bring near
|34| A bell of zahav and a |42| And thou shalt make his banim, and put kuttanot
pomegranate, a bell of zahav them mikhnesei bahd (linen upon them.
and a pomegranate, upon the undergarments) to cover their |9| And thou shalt gird them
hem of the Me'il round about. nakedness; from the loins even with Avnet, Aharon and his
|35| And it shall be upon unto the thighs they shall banim, and put the migba'ot
Aharon lesharet (to minister); reach; on them; and the Kehunnah
and his sound shall be heard |43| And they shall be upon shall be theirs for a chukkat
when he goeth in unto Aharon, and upon his banim, olam; and thou shalt ordain
HaKodesh before Hashem, when they come in unto the [i.e. fill their hands (invest
and when he cometh out, that Ohel Mo'ed, or when they them with authority as
he die not. come near unto the Mizbe'ach ministers)] Aharon and his
|36| And thou shalt make a lesharet (to minister) in banim.
Tzitz zahav tahor (head plate HaKodesh; that they incur not |10| And thou shalt cause a
of pure gold), and engrave avon, and die; it shall be a bull to be brought before the
upon it, like the engravings of chukkat olahm unto him and Ohel Mo'ed; Aharon and his
a chotam (signet ring), his zera after him. banim shall put their hands
KODESH LAHASHEM. And this is the upon the head of the bull.
|37| And thou shalt put it on
a turquoise cord, that it may
be upon the Mitznefet; upon
29 thing that thou
shalt do unto them
to set them apart as kodesh, to
|11| And thou shalt slaughter
(shachat) the bull before
Hashem, by the petach of the
the forefront of the Mitznefet minister unto Me in the Ohel Mo'ed.
it shall be. kohen's office: Take one bull |12| And thou shalt take of
|38| And it shall be upon calf, and two rams temimim the dahm of the bull, and put
metzach Aharon (forehead of (without blemish), it upon the karnenot of the
Aharon), that Aharon may
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Mizbe'ach with thy finger, and upon Aharon, upon his |29| And the Bigdei
pour all the dahm on the garments, upon his banim, Hakodesh of Aharon shall be
yesod (base) of the Mizbe'ach. upon the garments of his his banim's after him, to be
|13| And thou shalt take all banim with him; he shall be anointed therein, and to be
the chelev that covereth the set apart as kodesh, and his ordained in them.
innards, and the diaphragm garments, his banim, his |30| And that ben that is
with the liver, and the two banim's garments with him. kohen in his succession shall
kidneys, and the chelev that is |22| Also thou shalt take of put them on shivat yamim,
upon them, and burn them the ram the chelev and the when he cometh into the Ohel
upon the Mizbe'ach. tail, and the fat that covereth Mo'ed to minister in
|14| But the basar of the bull, the innards, and the HaKodesh.
and his hide, and his dung, diaphragm with the liver, and |31| And thou shalt take the
shalt thou burn with eish the two kidneys, and the ayil hamillu'im, and cook his
outside the machaneh; it is a chelev that is on them, and the basar in the Makom Kodesh.
chattat. right thigh; for it is an ayil |32| And Aharon and his
|15| Thou shalt also take one millu'im (ram of ordination); banim shall eat the basar of
ram; and Aharon and his |23| And one kekar lechem the ayil, and the lechem that is
banim shall put their hands (loaf of bread), and one in the sal petach Ohel Mo'ed.
upon the head of the ram. challah of lechem shemen |33| And they shall eat those
|16| And thou shalt slaughter (oily loaf of bread), and one things wherewith the
the ram, and thou shalt take wafer out of the basket of the kapporah was made, to ordain
his dahm, and sprinkle it matzot that is before Hashem; and to set them apart as
around upon the Mizbe'ach |24| And thou shalt put all in kodesh; but a zar shall not eat
[see Yeshayah 52:15 on the hands of Aharon, and in thereof, because they are
Moshiach's sprinkling of the the hands of his banim; and kodesh.
Goyim]. shalt wave them for a tenufah |34| And if anything remains
|17| And thou shalt cut the before Hashem. of the basar of the millu'im, or
ayil (ram) into pieces, and |25| And thou shalt take them of the lechem, unto the boker,
wash the innards of him, and from their hands, and burn then thou shalt burn the
his legs, and put them with his them upon the Mizbe'ach for remainder with eish; it shall
pieces, and his head. an olah, for a re'ach not be eaten, because it is
|18| And thou shalt burn the hannichoach [see Pp 4:18 kodesh.
whole ram upon the OJBC] before Hashem: it is an |35| And thus shalt thou do
Mizbe'ach: it is an olah unto offering made by eish unto unto Aharon, and to his
Hashem: it is a re'ach Hashem. banim, according to all things
hannichoach [see Pp 4:18 |26| And thou shalt take the which I have commanded
OJBC], an offering made by breast of the ayil hamillu'im thee; shivat yamim shalt thou
eish unto Hashem. (ram of ordination) for ordain them.
|19| And thou shalt take the Aharon, and wave it for a |36| And thou shalt offer
other ayil; and Aharon and his tenufah before Hashem; every day the bull of the
banim shall lay their hands and it shall be thy portion. chattat for kippurim (blood
upon the head of the ayil. |27| And thou shalt set apart atonements); and thou shalt
|20| Then shalt thou as kodesh the breast of the purify the Mizbe'ach, when
slaughter (shachat) the ayil, tenufah, and the thigh of the thou hast made a kapporah
and take of his dahm, and put terumah, which is waved, and for it, and thou shalt anoint it,
it upon the lobe of the right which is raised up, of the ayil to set it apart as kodesh.
ear of Aharon, and upon the hamillu'im, even of that which |37| Shivat yamim thou shalt
lobe of the right ear of his is for Aharon, and of that make a kapporah for the
banim, and upon the thumb which is for his banim; Mizbe'ach, and set it apart as
of their right yad, and upon |28| And it shall be Aharon's kodesh; and it shall be a
the bohen of their right foot, and his banim's by a chok Mizbe'ach kodesh kodashim;
and sprinkle the dahm upon olam from the Bnei Yisroel; whatsoever toucheth the
the Mizbe'ach, all around. for it is a terumah; and it shall Mizbe'ach shall be kodesh.
|21| And thou shalt take of be a terumah from the Bnei |38| Now this is that which
the dahm that is upon the Yisroel of the zivkhei thou shalt offer upon
Mizbe'ach, and of the shemen shelemim of them, even their the Mizbe'ach: two
hamishchah, and sprinkle it terumah unto Hashem.
kevasim (lambs) of the first And thou shalt kodesh kodashim unto
year each day tamid
(continually).
|39| The one lamb thou shalt
30 make a Mizbe'ach
to burn ketonet
(incense) upon; of acacia wood
Hashem [see Lev 16 on this].
[KI TISSA]
offer in the boker; and the shalt thou make it.
other lamb thou shalt offer in |11| And Hashem spoke unto
|2| A cubit shall be the length
the afternoon; Moshe, saying,
thereof, and a cubit the width
|40| And with the one lamb a |12| When thou takest the
thereof; ravu'a (foursquare,
tenth ephah of fine flour census of the Bnei Yisroel
square) shall it be; and two
mixed with the fourth part of after their number, then shall
cubits shall be the height
a hin of beaten shemen; and they give every man a kofer
thereof; the karnenot thereof
the fourth part of a nafsho (life price, atoning
shall be of the same.
hin of yayin for a nesekh payment for his nefesh or
|3| And thou shalt overlay it
(drink offering [see Pp 2:17 soul) unto Hashem, when thou
with zahav tahor, the top
numberest them; that there be
OJBC]). thereof, and the sides thereof
no negef (plague) among them,
|41| And the other lamb thou all around, and the karnenot
when thou numberest them.
shalt offer in the afternoon, thereof; and thou shalt make
|13| This they shall give,
and shalt do thereto according unto it a crown of zahav all
every one that passeth among
to the minchah of the boker, around.
them that are pekudim
and according to the nesekh |4| And two tabe'ot zahav
(numbered, counted), half a
thereof, for a re'ach (golden rings) shalt thou make
shekel after the shekel of
hannichoach [see Pp 4:18 to it under the crown of it, by
HaKodesh. (A shekel is twenty
OJBC], an offering made by the two corners thereof, upon
gerahs.) A half shekel shall be
eish unto Hashem. the two sides of it shalt thou
the terumah (offering) unto
|42| This shall be an olat make it; and they shall be for
Hashem.
tamid throughout your dorot places for the carrying poles to
|14| Every one that passeth
at the petach of the Ohel bear it withal.
among them that are
Mo'ed before Hashem; where I |5| And thou shalt make the
numbered, from twenty years
will meet you, to speak there carrying poles of acacia wood,
old and above, shall give a
unto thee. and overlay them with zahav.
terumah (offering)
|43| And there I will meet by |6| And thou shalt put it in
unto Hashem.
appointment with the Bnei front of the Parochet that is
|15| The oisher (rich man)
Yisroel, and it shall be set before the Aron HaEdut,
shall not give more, and the
apart as kodesh by My Kavod. before the Kapporet that is
poor shall not give less than
|44| And I will set apart as over HaEdut, where I will set
half a shekel, when they give a
kodesh the Ohel Mo'ed, and My meetings with thee.
terumah (offering) unto
the Mizbe'ach; and I will set |7| And Aharon shall burn
Hashem, to make kapporah
apart as kodesh also both thereon spice ketoret every
for your nefashot.
Aharon and his banim, to boker; when he cleaneth the
|16| And thou shalt take the
minister to Me in the kohen's nerot (lamps), he shall burn it.
kesef hakippurim of the Bnei
office. |8| And when Aharon lighteth
Yisroel, and shalt appoint it
|45| And I will dwell among the nerot (lamps) in the
for the Avodat Ohel Mo'ed
the Bnei Yisroel, and will be afternoon, he shall burn
(Work, Service of the Tent of
their Elohim. ketoret upon it, ketoret tamid
Appointed Meeting); that it
|46| And they shall have da'as before Hashem throughout
may be a zikaron unto the
that I am Hashem Eloheihem, your dorot.
Bnei Yisroel before Hashem,
Who brought them forth out |9| Ye shall offer no ketoret
to make kapporah for your
of Eretz Mitzrayim, to rest My zarah thereon, nor olah, nor
nefashot [see Psalm 49; 1K
[Shekhinah] dwelling among minchah; neither shall ye
1:18-19 OJBC].
them; I am Hashem pour nesekh thereon.
|17| And Hashem spoke unto
Eloheihem. |10| And Aharon shall make
Moshe, saying,
kapporah upon the karenot of
it once in a year with the |18| Thou shalt also
dahm of the chattat make a Kiyor of
hakippurim; once in the year
shall he make kapporah upon
it throughout your dorot; it is
nechoshet, and its Stand also |30| And thou shalt anoint in tevunah, and in da'as, and
of nechoshet, to wash withal; Aharon and his banim, and in kol melachah (all
and thou shalt place it set them apart as kodesh, that workmanship),
between the Ohel Mo'ed and they may minister unto Me in |4| To devise machashavot
the Mizbe'ach, and thou shalt the kohen's office. (artistic designs), to work in
put mayim therein. |31| And thou shalt speak zahav, and in kesef, and in
|19| For Aharon and his unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, nechoshet,
banim shall wash their hands This shall be a shemen |5| And in engraving
and their feet thereat; mishchat kodesh unto Me gemstones, to set them, and in
|20| When they go into the throughout your dorot. wood-carving, to work in kol
Ohel Mo'ed, they shall wash |32| Upon the basar adam melachah (all manner of
with mayim, that they die not; shall it not be poured, neither workmanship).
or when they come near to the shall ye make any other like it, |6| And I, hinei, I have given
Mizbe'ach to minister, to after the formulation of it; it is with him Oholiav ben
present offering made by eish kodesh, and it shall be kodesh Achisamach, of the tribe of
unto Hashem; unto you. Dan; and in the hearts of all
|21| So they shall wash their |33| Whosoever compoundeth chacham lev I have put
hands and their feet, that they any like it, or whosoever chochmah, that they may
die not; and it shall be a chok putteth any of it upon a zar, make all that I have
olam to them, even to him and shall even be cut off from his commanded thee:
to his zera throughout their people. |7| The Ohel Mo'ed, and the
dorot. |34| And Hashem said unto Aron HaEdut, and the
|22| Moreover Hashem spoke Moshe, Take unto thee spices, Kapporet that is thereupon,
unto Moshe, saying, stacte, and onycha, and and all the utensils of the
|23| Take thou also unto thee galbanum; these spices with Ohel,
choice spices, of pure myrrh pure frankincense; of each |8| And the Shulchan and its
five hundred shekel-weights, shall there be an equal weight; utensils, and the Menorah
and of fragrant cinnamon half |35| And thou shalt make it a Hatehorah with all its
so much, even two hundred compound of spice, the art of utensils, and the Mizbe'ach
and fifty, and of fragrant cane a perfumer, mixed thoroughly HaKetoret,
spice two hundred and fifty, together, tahor and kodesh; |9| And the Mizbe'ach
|24| And of cassia five |36| And thou shalt beat HaOlah with all its utensils,
hundred shekel-weights, after some of it very small, and and the Kiyor and its Stand,
the shekel of HaKodesh, and place it in front of HaEdut in |10| And the Bigdei Haserad
of shemen zayit (oil olive) a the Ohel Mo'ed, where I will (Knit Garments), and the
hin: set a meeting with thee; it Bigdei HaKodesh for Aharon
|25| And thou shalt make it a shall be unto you kodesh the kohen, and the garments
shemen mishchah kodesh, an kodashim. of his banim, to minister in
ointment of blended |37| And as for the ketoret the kohen's office,
compound, the art of the which thou shalt make, ye |11| And the Shemen
perfumer; it shall be a shemen shall not make to yourselves Hamishchah, and Ketoret
mishchah kodesh. according to the formulation spices for HaKodesh;
|26| And thou shalt anoint thereof; it shall be unto thee according to all that I have
the Ohel Mo'ed therewith, and kodesh for Hashem. commanded thee shall they
the Aron HaEdut, |38| Whosoever shall make its do.
|27| And the Shulchan and like, to smell it, shall even be |12| And Hashem spoke unto
all its utensils, the Menorah cut off from his people. Moshe, saying,
and its utensils, and the And Hashem spoke |13| Speak thou also unto the
Mizbe'ach HaKetoret,
|28| And the Mizbe'ach
HaOlah with all its utensils,
31 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2| See, I have called by shem
Bnei Yisroel, saying, Verily My
Shabbatot ye shall be shomer
over; for it is an ot (sign)
and the Kiyor and its Stand. Bezalel ben Uri, ben Chur, of between Me and you
|29| And thou shalt set them the tribe of Yehudah; throughout your dorot; that ye
apart as kodesh, that they may |3| And I have filled him with may have da'as that I am
be kodesh kodashim; the Ruach Elohim (see Ac 2:4), Hashem Who doth set thee
whatsoever toucheth them in chochmah, and apart as kodesh.
shall be kodesh.
|14| Ye shall be shomer |3| And kol HaAm removed yad chazakah?
Shabbos therefore; for it is the rings of zahav which were |12| Why should the
kodesh unto you; every one in their ears, and brought Egyptians speak, and say, For
that is chillul Shabbos them unto Aharon. ra'ah (evil intent) did He bring
(desecrates Shabbos) shall |4| And he received them at them out, to slay them in the
surely be put to death; for their yad, and fashioned it mountains, and to consume
whosoever doeth any work with a cheret, after he had them from the face of
therein, that nefesh shall be made it an Egel Masekhah ha'adamah? Turn from Thy
cut off from among his people. (Molten Calf); and they said, fierce wrath, and relent of the
|15| Sheshet yamim may These be thy elohim, O ra’ah against Thy people.
work be done; but in the Yom Yisroel, which brought thee up |13| Remember Avraham,
HaShevi'i is Shabbos out of Eretz Mitzrayim. Yitzchak, and Yisroel, Thy
HaShabbaton, kodesh to |5| And when Aharon saw it, avadim, to whom Thou swore
Hashem; whosoever doeth any he built a Mizbe'ach before it; by Thine own Self, and saidst
work in the Yom HaShabbos, and Aharon made proc- unto them, I will multiply your
he shall surely be put to death. lamation, and said, Tomorrow zera as the kokhavim of
|16| Wherefore the Bnei is a chag (feast) to Hashem. Shomayim, and kol haaretz
Yisroel shall be shomer |6| And they rose up early the hazot that I have spoken of
Shabbos, to observe Shabbos next day, and offered olot, and will I give unto your zera, and
throughout their dorot, for a brought shelamim; and HaAm they shall inherit it l'olam.
brit olam. sat down to eat and to drink, |14| And Hashem relented of
|17| It is an ot between Me and rose up letzachek (to the ra'ah which He thought to
and the Bnei Yisroel l'olam; revel). do unto His people.
for in sheshet yamim Hashem |7| And Hashem said unto |15| And Moshe turned, and
made Shomayim and Moshe, Go, get thee down; for went down from HaHar, and
HaAretz, and on Yom thy people, which thou the two Luchot HaEdut were
HaShevi'i He rested (shavat, broughtest out of Eretz in his yad; the Luchot were
ceased working), and was Mitzrayim, have corrupted written on both their sides; on
refreshed. themselves; the one side and on the other
|18| And He gave unto |8| They have turned aside were they written.
Moshe, when He had made an quickly from HaDerech which |16| And the Luchot were the
end of speaking with him I commanded them; they have ma'aseh Elohim, the writing
upon Mt. Sinai, two Luchot made them an Egel was the Mikhtav Elohim,
HaEdut (Tablets of the Masekhah, and have engraved upon the Luchot.
Testimony), Luchot Even bowed down to it, and have |17| And when Yehoshua
(Tablets of Stone), written with sacrificed thereunto, and said, heard the kol HaAm as they
the Etzba Elohim (Finger of These be thy elohim, O shouted, he said unto Moshe,
G-d). Yisroel, which have brought There is a noise of milchamah
And when HaAm thee up out of the Eretz in the machaneh.
32 saw that Moshe

delayed to come
down from HaHar, HaAm
Mitzrayim.
Moshe, I have seen this
|18| And he said, It is not the
voice of them that shout for
gevurah, neither is it the voice
gathered themselves together people, and, hinei, it is an Am of them that cry of
unto Aharon, and said unto Kesheh Oref (stiffnecked, chalushah; but the noise of
him, Up, make us elohim obstinate people); them that sing that I hear.
(g-ds), which shall go before |10| Now therefore let Me |19| And it came to pass, as
us; for as for this Moshe, the alone, that My wrath may soon as he came nigh unto the
ish that brought us up out of burn hot against them, and machaneh, that he saw the
Eretz Mitzrayim, we know not that I may consume them; I Egel, and the mecholot
what is become of him. will make of thee a Goy Gadol. (dancing); and the anger of
|2| And Aharon said unto |11| And Moshe besought Moshe burned hot, and he
them, Take off the rings of Hashem Elohav, and said, threw the Luchot out of his
zahav in the ears of your Hashem, why doth Thy wrath hands, and broke them at the
nashim, of your banim, and of burn hot against Thy people, foot of HaHar.
your banot, and bring them which Thou hast brought |20| And he took the Egel
unto me. forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim which they had made, and
with ko'ach gadol, and with a burned it in
the eish, and ground it to bestow upon you a berakhah mourned; and no ish did put
powder, and scattered it upon this day. on him his ornamental attire.
the mayim, and made the |30| And it came to pass on |5| For Hashem had said
Bnei Yisroel drink of it. the next day, that Moshe said unto Moshe, Say unto the Bnei
|21| And Moshe said unto unto HaAm, Ye have sinned a Yisroel, Ye are an Am Kesheh
Aharon, What did this people chata'ah gedolah; and now I Oref; I will come up into the
unto thee, that thou hast will go up unto Hashem; midst of thee in a moment,
brought so chata'ah gedolah perhaps I can make kapporah and consume thee; therefore
upon them? for your chattat. now put off thy ornamental
|22| And Aharon said, Let |31| And Moshe returned attire from thee, that I may
not the anger of adoni burn unto Hashem, and said, Oh, decide what to do unto thee.
hot; thou knowest HaAm, that this people have sinned a |6| And the Bnei Yisroel
they are prone to rah (evil). chata'ah gedolah, and have stripped themselves of their
|23| For they said unto me, made for themselves elohei ornamental attire by Mt.
Make for us elohim, which zahav. Chorev.
shall go before us; for as for |32| Yet now, if Thou wilt |7| And Moshe would take the
this Moshe, the ish that forgive their chattat but if not, Ohel, and pitch it outside the
brought us up out of Eretz blot me, now, out of Thy Sefer machaneh, afar off from the
Mitzrayim, we know not what which Thou hast written. machaneh, and called it the
is become of him. |33| And Hashem said unto Ohel Mo'ed. And it came to
|24| And I said unto them, Moshe, Whosoever hath pass, that every one which
Whosoever hath any zahav, let sinned against Me, him will I sought Hashem went out unto
them remove it. So they gave it blot out of My Sefer. the Ohel Mo'ed, which was
me; then I cast it into the eish, |34| Therefore now go, lead outside the machaneh.
and there came out this Egel. HaAm unto the place of which |8| And it came to pass, when
|25| And when Moshe saw I have spoken unto thee; hinei, Moshe went out unto the Ohel,
that HaAm were exposed; (for Malachi shall go before thee; that kol HaAm rose up, and
Aharon had exposed them to nevertheless in the yom when stood every man at his petach
derision among their I visit I will visit their sin upon ohel, and watched after
enemies;) them. Moshe, until he was gone into
|26| Then Moshe stood in the |35| And Hashem plagued the Ohel.
sha'ar of the machaneh, and HaAm, because they made the |9| And it came to pass, as
said, Who is on Hashem's Egel, which Aharon made. Moshe entered into the Ohel,
side? Let him rally unto me. And Hashem said the Ammud of the Anan
And all the Bnei Levi gathered
themselves together unto him.
|27| And he said unto them,
33 unto Moshe,
Depart, and go
from here, thou and HaAm
descended, and stood at the
petach Ohel, and Hashem
would speak with Moshe.
Thus saith Hashem Elohei which thou hast brought up |10| And kol HaAm saw the
Yisroel, Put every man his out of Eretz Mitzrayim, unto Ammud of the Anan stand at
cherev by his side, and go in HaAretz which I swore unto the petach Ohel; and kol
and out from sha'ar to sha'ar Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to HaAm rose up and worshiped,
throughout the machaneh, Ya'akov, saying, Unto thy zera every man in his petach ohel.
and slay every man his will I give it; |11| And Hashem spoke unto
brother, and every man his |2| And I will send a Malach Moshe face to face, as an ish
companion, and every man before thee; and I will drive speaketh unto his re'a. And he
his neighbor. out the Kena'ani, the Emori, returned into the machaneh;
|28| And the Bnei Levi did the Chitti, the Perizzi, the but his mesharet Yehoshua
according to the word of Chivi, and the Yevusi; ben Nun, a na'ar, departed not
Moshe; and there fell of HaAm |3| Unto an Eretz zavat out of the Ohel.
that day about three thousand cholov and devash; for I will |12| And Moshe said unto
men. not go up in the midst of thee; Hashem, See, Thou sayest
|29| For Moshe had said, for thou art an Am Kesheh unto me, Bring this people
Consecrate yourselves today to Oref (stiffnecked, obstinate onward; and Thou hast not let
Hashem, even every man people); lest I consume thee in me know whom Thou wilt
against his ben, and against HaDerech. send with me. Yet Thou hast
his brother; that He may |4| And when HaAm heard said, I know thee by shem, and
these evil tidings, they thou hast also found
chen (grace, unmerited favor) My back; but My face shall not and take us for Thine
in My sight. be seen. nachalah.
|13| Therefore, now, if I have And Hashem said |10| And He said, Hinei,
found chen in Thy sight, show
me now Thy Derech, that I
may have da'as of Thee, that I
34 unto Moshe, Chisel
thee two Luchot
Avanim like the first ones; and
I cut a brit; before all thy
people I will do nifla'ot, such
as have not been done in kol
may find chen in Thy sight; I will write upon these Luchot ha'aretz, nor in kol HaGoyim;
and consider that this nation the divarim that were on the and kol HaAm among which
is Thy people. Luchot HaRishonim, which thou art shall see the ma'aseh
|14| And He said, My thou broke. Hashem; for it is a norah that
Presence shall go with thee, |2| And be ready in the boker, I will do with thee.
and I will give thee rest. and come up in the boker |11| Be thou shomer over that
|15| And he said unto Him, If unto Mt.Sinai, and present which I command thee this
Thy Presence go not with me, thyself there to Me on the rosh day; hinei, I drive out before
bring us not up from here HaHar. thee the Emori, and the
[Sinai]. |3| And no ish shall come up Kena'ani, and the Chitti, and
|16| For how then shall it be with thee, neither let any ish the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and
known that I and Thy people be seen throughout kol the Yevusi.
have found chen in Thy sight? HaHar; neither let the tzon |12| Be shomer over thyself,
Is it not in that Thou goest nor herd graze in front of that lest thou make a brit with the
with us? So shall we be made Har. inhabitants of HaAretz
distinct as separate, I and Thy |4| And he chiseled two whither thou goest, lest it be
people, from all the people Luchot Avanim like the first for a mokesh (snare) in the
that are upon the face of ones; and Moshe rose up early midst of thee;
ha’adamah. in the boker, and went up |13| But ye shall destroy their
|17| And Hashem said unto unto Mt.Sinai, as Hashem had mizbechot, break their
Moshe, I will do this thing also commanded him, and took in matzebot, and cut down their
that thou hast spoken; for his yad the two Luchot asherah (sacred trees, poles);
thou hast found chen in My Avanim. |14| For thou shalt worship
sight, and I know thee by |5| And Hashem descended no el acher; for Hashem,
shem. in the anan, and stood with Whose Shem is Jealous, is El
|18| And he said, show me him there, and called out the Kanah;
now Thy kavod. Shem of Hashem. |15| Lest thou make a brit
|19| And He said, I will make |6| And Hashem passed by with the inhabitants of
kol tuvi (all My goodness) pass before him, and proclaimed, HaAretz, and they go a-
in front of thee, and I will call Hashem, Hashem El Rachum whoring after eloheihem, and
out with the Shem of Hashem v'Channun, slow to anger, and do sacrifice unto eloheihem,
before thee; and will be abundant in chesed and emes, and one invite thee, and thou
gracious to whom I will be |7| Preserving chesed for eat of his zevach (sacrifice, i.e.,
gracious, and will show thousands, forgiving avon and participate in his pagan
rachamim on whom I will pesha and chatta'ah, and by worship);
show rachamim. no means leaving the guilty |16| And thou take of their
|20| And He said, Thou canst unpunished; visiting the avon banot unto thy banim, and
not see My face; for there shall of the avot upon the banim, their banot go a-whoring after
no adam see Me, and live. and upon the bnei banim, their elohim, and make thy
|21| And Hashem said, Hinei, unto the third and to the banim go a-whoring after their
there is a place near Me, and fourth generation. elohim.
thou shalt stand upon the |8| And Moshe made haste, |17| Thou shalt make thee no
tzur; and bowed his head toward elohei massekhah.
|22| And it shall come to the ground, and worshiped. |18| The Chag Hamatzot
pass, while My kavod passeth |9| And he said, If now I have shalt thou be shomer over.
by, that I will put thee in a found chen in Thy sight, Shivat yamim thou
cleft of the tzur, and will cover Adonoi, let Adonoi, now, go shalt eat matzot, as I
thee with My yad until I pass among us; although it is an commanded thee, in the mo'ed
by; Am Kesheh Oref; and forgive of the month Aviv; for in the
|23| And I will take away avoneinu and chattateinu, month Aviv thou camest out
Mine yad, and thou shalt see from Mitzrayim.
|19| All that openeth the arba'im lailah; he did neither |2| Sheshet yamim shall work
rechem (womb) is Mine; and eat lechem, nor drink mayim. be done, but on the Yom
every firstling among thy And he wrote upon the Luchot HaShevi’i shall be to you
cattle, whether ox or seh, that the Divrei HaBrit (Words of [plural] Kodesh Shabbos
is zachar. the Covenant), the Aseres Shabbaton to Hashem;
|20| But the firstling of a Hadevarim (Ten whosoever doeth work therein
donkey thou shalt redeem Commandments). shall be put to death.
with a seh; and if thou redeem |29| And it came to pass, |3| Ye shall kindle no eish
him not, then shalt thou break when Moshe came down from throughout your habitations
his neck. Kol bechor of thy Mt. Sinai with the two Luchot upon Yom HaShabbos.
banim thou shalt redeem. And HaEdut in the yad Moshe, |4| And Moshe spoke unto kol
none shall appear before Me when he came down from Adat Bnei Yisroel, saying, This
empty. HaHar, that Moshe had no is the thing which Hashem
|21| Sheshet yamim thou da'as that the ohr (skin) of his commanded, saying,
shalt work, but on the yom face had become radiant when |5| Take ye from among you a
hashevi'i thou shalt rest; in he had spoken with Him. terumah (offering) unto
plowing and in harvest thou |30| And when Aharon and Hashem; all of nediv lev of
shalt rest. kol Bnei Yisroel saw Moshe, him (i.e., urged by his heart),
|22| And thou shalt observe hinei, the ohr (skin) of his face let him bring it, a terumat
Chag Shavu'os [Ac chp 2], with was radiant; and they were Hashem, zahav, and kesef,
the firstfruits the ketzir afraid to come near him. and nechoshet,
chittim (wheat harvest), and |31| And Moshe called unto |6| And turquoise, and
the Chag HaAsif (Festival of them; and Aharon and kol purple, and scarlet wool, and
Ingathering, Harvesttime [Yn HaNesi'im of the Edah fine linen, and goat hair,
chp 7]) shall be at the tekufat returned unto him; and Moshe |7| And red-dyed ram skins,
hashanah (changing, turning spoke with them. and tachash skins, and acacia
of the year). |32| And afterward kol Bnei wood,
|23| Shalosh in the year shall Yisroel came near; and he |8| And shemen for the light,
all your men children appear gave them in commandment and spices for shemen
before HaAdon Hashem all that Hashem had spoken hamishchah, and for the
Elohei Yisroel. with him in Mt Sinai. aromatic ketoret,
||24| For I will drive out the |33| When Moshe had |9| And shoham stones, and
Goyim before thee, and finished speaking with them, gemstones to be set for the
enlarge thy borders; neither he put a masveh (veil, mask) Ephod, and for the Choshen.
shall any man covet thy land, on his face. |10| And kol chacham lev
when thou shalt go up to |34| But when Moshe went in among you shall come, and
appear before Hashem before Hashem to speak with make all that Hashem hath
Eloheicha shalosh in the Him, he took the masveh off, commanded:
shanah. until he came out. And he |11| The Mishkan, its Ohel,
|25| Thou shalt not offer the came out, and spoke unto the and its Mikhseh, its hooks,
dahm of My zevach with Bnei Yisroel that which he was and its kerashim (planks), its
chametz; neither shall the commanded. crossbars, its ammudim, and
zevach of the Chag HaPesach |35| And the Bnei Yisroel saw its sockets,
be left overnight unto the the face of Moshe, that the ohr |12| The Aron, and the
boker. of the face of Moshe was carrying poles thereof, with
|26| The reshit bikkurim of radiant; and Moshe put the the Kapporet, and the
thy land thou shalt bring unto masveh upon his face again, Parochet HaMasach,
the Beis Hashem Eloheicha. until he went in to speak with |13| The Shulchan, and its
Thou shalt not cook a kid in Him. carrying poles, and all its
cholov immo. [VAYYAKHEL] utensils, and the Lechem
And Moshe
35
|27| And Hashem said unto HaPanim,
Moshe, Write thou these assembled kol Adat |14| The Menorat HaMaohr,
devarim; for according to Bnei Yisroel, and and its utensils, and its nerot
these devarim I have cut a brit said unto them, These (lamps), with the Shemen
with thee and with Yisroel. are the Devarim which HaMaohr,
|28| And he was there with Hashem hath commanded,
Hashem arba'im yom and that ye should do them.
|15| And the Mizbe'ach any melachet haAvodah, and in fine linen, and of the
HaKetoret, and its carrying brought it. weaver, even of them that do
poles, and the Shemen |25| And every isha that was artistic work, and of those that
HaMishchah, and the ketoret chachmat lev spun with her make artistic designs.
spices, and the masach hands, and brought the spun Then Bezalel and
hapetach at the petach of the
Mishkan,
|16| The Mizbe'ach HaOlah,
yarn, both of turquoise, and
of purple, and of scarlet, and
of fine linen.
36 Oholiav, and kol
ish chacham lev, in
whom Hashem gave choch-
with its mikhbar hanechoshet, |26| And all the nashim mah and tevunah to have
its carrying poles, and all its whose lev stirred them up in da'as to do all manner of work
utensils, the Kiyor, and its chochmah spun goat hair. for the Avodas HaKodesh,
Stand, |27| And the nesi'im brought according to all that Hashem
|17| The curtains of the shoham stones, and had commanded.
khatzer, its ammudim, and its gemstones to be set, for the |2| And Moshe called Bezalel
sockets, and the masach Ephod, and for the Choshen; and Oholiav, and kol ish
Sha'ar HaKhatzer, |28| And spice, and shemen chochmah lev, in whose lev
|18| The tent pegs of the for the light, and for the Hashem had given chochmah,
Mishkan, and the tent pegs of shemen hamishchah, and for even every one whose lev
the khatzer, and their cords, the ketoret spices. stirred him up to come unto
|19| The Bigdei HaSerad |29| The Bnei Yisroel brought the work to do it;
leSharet baKodesh (to do a nedavah unto Hashem, kol |3| And they received of
service in HaKodesh), the ish and isha, with nadav lev of Moshe kol haterumah, which
Bigdei HaKodesh for Aharon them brought for kol the Bnei Yisroel had brought
the kohen, and the garments hamelachah, which Hashem for the work of the Avodas
of his banim, to minister in had commanded to be done HaKodesh, to make it withal.
the kohen's office. through Moshe. And they brought yet unto
|20| And all the Adat Bnei |30| And Moshe said unto the him nedavah every boker.
Yisroel departed from the Bnei Yisroel, See, Hashem |4| And all the chachamim,
presence of Moshe. hath called by shem Bezalel that wrought all the work of
|21| And they came, every one ben Uri, ben Chur, of the tribe HaKodesh, came every man
whose lev moved him, and of Yehudah; from his work which they were
every one of nedevah ruach of |31| And He hath filled him doing;
him, and they brought with the Ruach Elohim [Ac |5| And they spoke unto
terumat Hashem to the work 2:4], in chochmah, in Moshe, saying, HaAm bring
of the Ohel Mo'ed, and for kol understanding, and in da'as, much more than enough for
avodat of it, and for the Bigdei and in all manner of the Avodah of the work, which
HaKodesh. workmanship; Hashem commanded to do.
|22| And they came, both |32| And to make |6| And Moshe gave
anashim and nashim, as machashavot (artistic works), commandment, and they
many as were nediv lev, to work in zahav, and in kesef, caused it to be proclaimed
and brought bracelets, and and in nechoshet, throughout the machaneh,
face-adornment rings, and |33| And in the cutting of saying, Let neither ish nor
rings, and body ornaments, all gems, to set them, and in wood isha make any more work for
jewelry of zahav; and every ish carving, to make every the terumat HaKodesh. So
that offered offered a tenufat melachat machashavet (work HaAm were restrained from
zahav unto Hashem. of art). bringing.
|23| And kol ish, with whom |34| And He hath given him |7| For the work had been
was found turquoise, and the ability to teach, both he, sufficient for all the work to do
purple, and scarlet wool, and and Oholiav ben Achisamach, it v'hoter.
fine linen, and goat hair, and of the tribe of Dan. |8| And kol chacham lev
dyed red rams skin, and |35| Them hath He filled with among them that wrought the
tachash skins, brought them. chochmat lev, to do all work of the Mishkan made ten
|24| Every one that did offer manner of artistic work, of the curtains of fine linen, twisted
a terumat kesef and nechoshet carver, and of the weaver of with turquoise, and purple,
brought the terumat Hashem; artistic design work, and of the and scarlet wool; with keruvim
and found acacia wood for embroiderer, in turquoise, in a woven artistic design
and in purple, in scarlet wool, made he [Bezalel] them.
|9| The length of each curtain keresh (plank) was ten cubits, kerashim from the one end to
was twenty and eight cubits, and the width of a keresh one the other.
and the width of each curtain cubit and a half. |34| And he overlaid the
four cubits; the curtains were |22| One keresh had two kerashim with zahav, and
all of the one size. yadot (projections, tenons), made their rings of
|10| And he joined five equally distant one from zahav to be housing for the
curtains one unto another; another; thus did he make for crossbars, and overlaid the
and the other five curtains he all the kerashim of the crossbars with zahav.
joined one unto another. Mishkan. |35| And he made a Parochet
|11| And he made loops of |23| And he made kerashim [see Mk 15:38] of turquoise,
turquoise wool on the edge of (frames) for the Mishkan; and purple, and scarlet wool,
one curtain at the end of the twenty kerashim for the negev and twisted fine linen; with
first set; likewise he made (south) side southward; keruvim made he it of artistic
them along the edge of the end |24| And arba'im sockets of embroidery.
curtains of the second set. kesef he made under the |36| And he made thereunto
|12| Fifty loops made he in twenty kerashim; two sockets four ammudim of acacia
one curtain, and fifty loops under one keresh for its two wood, and overlaid them with
made he in the end curtain in tenons, and two sockets under zahav; their hooks were of
the second set; the loops were another keresh for its two zahav; and he cast for them
to be opposite one another. tenons. four sockets of kesef.
|13| And he made fifty hooks |25| And for the other side of |37| And he made a Masach
of zahav, and joined the the Mishkan, which is toward for the petach of the Ohel of
curtains one unto another the north, he made twenty turquoise, and purple, and
with the hooks; so it became kerashim, scarlet wool, and twisted fine
Mishkan Echad. |26| And their arba'im sockets linen, the work of artistic
|14| And he made curtains of of kesef; two sockets under one embroidery;
goat hair for the Ohel over the keresh, and two sockets under |38| And the five ammudim
Mishkan; eleven curtains he another keresh. of it with their hooks; and he
made them. |27| And for the sides of the overlaid their tops and their
|15| The length of one Mishkan westward he made bands with zahav; but their
curtain was thirty cubits, and six kerashim. five sockets were of nechoshet.
four cubits was the width of |28| And two kerashim made
one curtain; the eleven he for the corners of the
curtains were of the one size. Mishkan in the back. And Bezalel made
|16| And he joined five
curtains into a set, and six
curtains into a set.
|29| And they were doubled
at the bottom, and joined
together; at the top thereof,
37 the Aron of acacia
wood; two cubits
and a half was the length of it,
|17| And he made fifty loops there was one ring; thus he did and a cubit and a half the
upon the uttermost edge of the to both of them in both the width of it, and a cubit and a
curtain at the end of the set, corners. half the height of it;
and fifty loops made he upon |30| And there were eight |2| And he overlaid it with
the edge of the curtain of the kerashim; and their sockets zahav tahor within and
other set. were sixteen sockets of kesef, without, and made a crown of
|18| And he made fifty hooks under every keresh two zahav all around.
of nechoshet to attach the sockets. |3| And he cast for it four
Ohel together, that it might be |31| And he made crossbars rings of zahav, to be set by the
echad (one). of acacia wood; five for the four corners of it; even two
|19| And he made a Mikhseh kerashim of the one side of the rings upon the one side of it,
(Cover) for the Ohel of dyed Mishkan, and two rings upon the other
red ram skin, and a tachash |32| And five crossbars for side of it.
hide Mikhseh above that. the kerashim of the other side |4| And he made carrying
|20| And he made kerashim of the Mishkan, and five poles of acacia wood, and
(planks) for the Mishkan of crossbars for the kerashim of overlaid them with zahav.
acacia wood, standing erect. the Mishkan for the sides |5| And he put the carrying
|21| The length of a westward. poles into the rings on the
|33| And he made the middle sides of the Aron,
crossbar to extend within the
to bear the Aron. |17| And he made the |27| And he made two rings
|6| And he made the Menorah of zahav tahor; of of zahav for it under the
Kapporet of zahav tahor; two hammered-out work made he crown thereof, by the two
cubits and a half was the the Menorah; its base and its corners of it, upon the two
length thereof, and one cubit shaft, and its cups, its knobs, sides thereof, to be housing for
and a half the width thereof. its flowers, were of the same; the carrying poles to bear it
|7| And he made two keruvim |18| And six branches going withal.
of zahav, hammered out of out of the sides thereof; three |28| And he made the
one piece made he them, on branches of the Menorah out carrying poles of acacia wood,
the two ends of the Kapporet; of the one side thereof, and and overlaid them with zahav.
|8| One keruv on the end on three branches of the |29| And he made the
this side, and another keruv Menorah out of the other side Shemen HaMishchah Kodesh,
on the other end on that side; thereof; and the ketoret spices, tahor,
from the Kapporet made he |19| Shloshah cups made like according to the artistic work
the keruvim on the two ends almonds in one branch, a of a perfumer.
thereof. knob and a flower; and three [PEKUDEI]
|9| And the keruvim spread cups made like almonds in
out their wings on high, and another branch, a knob and a
And he made the
covered with their wings over
the Kapporet, with their faces
one to another; even toward
the Kapporet were the faces of
flower; so throughout the six
branches going out of the
Menorah.
|20| And in the Menorah
38 Mizbe'ach HaOlah
of acacia wood; five
cubits was the length thereof,
and five cubits the width
the keruvim. were four cups made like
thereof; it was ravu'a (square,
|10| And he made the almonds, its knobs, and its
foursquare); and three cubits
Shulchan of acacia wood: two flowers;
the height thereof.
cubits was the length thereof, |21| And a knob under two
|2| And he made the karenot
and a cubit the width thereof, branches of the same, and a
thereof on the four corners of
and a cubit and a half the knob under two branches of
it; the karenot thereof were
height thereof; the same, and a knob under
from it; and he overlaid it with
|11| And he overlaid it with two branches of the same,
nechoshet.
zahav tahor, and made according to the six branches
|3| And he made all the Klei
thereunto a crown of zahav all going out of it.
HaMizbe'ach, the pots, and
around. |22| Their knobs and their
the shovels, and the sprinkling
|12| Also he made thereunto branches were of the same: all
basins, and the meat hooks,
a misgeret (moulding, rim) of of it was one hammered-out
and the firepans; all the
a handbreadth all around; work of zahav tahor.
utensils thereof made he of
and made a crown of zahav |23| And he made its seven
nechoshet.
for the misgeret thereof all nerot (lamps), and its tongs,
|4| And he made for the
around. and its spoons, of zahav tahor.
Mizbe'ach a mikhbar (grate,
|13| And he cast for it four |24| Of a talent of zahav
netting), a meshwork of
rings of zahav, and put the tahor made he it, and all the
nechoshet under the
rings upon the four corners of utensils thereof.
encompassing border thereof
its four legs thereof. |25| And he made the
downward unto the middle of
|14| Over against the misgeret Mizbe'ach HaKetoret of acacia
it.
were the rings, the housing for wood; the length of it was a
|5| And he cast four rings for
the carrying poles to bear the cubit, and the width of it a
the four ends of the mikhbar
Shulchan. cubit; it was ravu'a (square,
of nechoshet, to be housing for
|15| And he made the foursquare); and two cubits
the carrying poles.
carrying poles of acacia wood, was the height of it; from it
|6| And he made the carrying
and overlaid them with zahav, were its karenot.
poles of acacia wood, and
to bear the Shulchan. |26| And he overlaid it with
overlaid them with nechoshet.
|16| And he made the zahav tahor, both the top of it,
utensils which were upon the and the sides thereof all
Shulchan, its dishes, and its around, and the karenot of it;
pans, and its bowls, and its also he made unto it a crown
pitchers for pouring nesekh, of of zahav all around.
zahav tahor.
|7| And he put the carrying the khatzer were banded with shekel of HaKodesh, for every
poles into the rings on the kesef. one that went to be numbered,
sides of the Mizbe'ach, to bear |18| And the masach for the from twenty years old and
it withal; he made the sha’ar of the khatzer was the upward, for six hundred
Mizbe'ach hollow with artistic work of an thousand and three thousand
luchot. embroiderer, of turquoise, and five hundred and fifty
|8| And he made the Kiyor of and purple, and scarlet wool, men.
nechoshet, and the stand of it and twisted fine linen; and |27| And of the hundred
of nechoshet, of the mirrors of twenty cubits was the length, talents of kesef were cast the
the tzve'ot, who assembled at and the height in width was sockets of HaKadosh, and the
the petach Ohel Mo'ed. five cubits, corresponding to sockets of the Parochet; a
|9| And he made the khatzer; the hangings of the khatzer. hundred sockets of the
on the south side southward |19| And their ammudim hundred talents, a talent for a
the hangings of the khatzer were four, and their sockets of socket.
were of twisted fine linen, a nechoshet four; their hooks of |28| And of the thousand
hundred cubits; kesef, and the overlaying of seven hundred seventy and
|10| Their ammudim were their tops and their bands of five shekels he made hooks for
twenty, and their sockets of kesef. the ammudim, and overlaid
nechoshet twenty; the hooks of |20| And all the tent pegs of their tops, and made bands
the ammudim and their the Mishkan, and of the for them.
bands were of kesef. khatzer all around, were of |29| And the nechoshet of the
|11| And for the north side nechoshet. tenufah was seventy talents,
the hangings were a hundred |21| These are the pekudei and two thousand and four
cubits, their ammudim were Mishkan, even of the Mishkan hundred shekels.
twenty, and their sockets of HaEdut, as it was recorded, |30| And therewith he made
nechoshet twenty; the hooks of according to the command of the sockets to the petach Ohel
the ammudim and their Moshe, for the Avodat Mo'ed, and the Mizbe'ach
bands of kesef. HaLevi'im, by the yad of HaNechoshet, and the
|12| And for the west side Itamar ben Aharon the kohen. mikhbar hanechoshet for it,
were hangings of fifty cubits, |22| And Bezalel ben Uri ben and all the Klei HaMizbe'ach,
their ammudim ten, and their Chur, of the tribe of Yehudah, |31| And the sockets of the
sockets ten; the hooks of the made all that Hashem khatzer all around, and the
ammudim and their bands of commanded Moshe. sockets of the khatzer sha'ar,
kesef. |23| And with him was and all the tent pegs of the
|13| And for the east side Oholiav ben Achisamach, of Mishkan, and all the tent pegs
eastward fifty cubits. the tribe of Dan, an artistic of the khatzer all around.
|14| The hangings of the one carver, weaver, and an And from the
side of the entrance were
fifteen cubits; their ammudim
shloshah, and their sockets
embroiderer in turquoise, and
in purple, and in scarlet wool,
and fine linen.
39 turquoise, and
purple, and scarlet
wool, they made bigdei serad
shloshah. |24| All the zahav that was (elaborately woven garments)
|15| And for the other side. occupied for the work in all for service in HaKadosh, and
On each side of the khatzer, the work of HaKodesh, even made Bigdei Hakodesh for
were hangings of fifteen the zahav of the tenufah, was Aharon; as Hashem
cubits; their ammudim twenty and nine talents, and commanded Moshe.
shloshah, and their sockets seven hundred and thirty |2| And he [Bezalel] made the
shloshah. shekels, after the shekel of Ephod of zahav, turquoise,
|16| All the hangings of the HaKodesh. and purple, and scarlet wool,
khatzer all around were of |25| And the kesef of them and twisted fine linen.
twisted fine linen. that were numbered of |3| And they did hammer the
|17| And the sockets for the HaEdah was a hundred zahav into thin sheets, and cut
ammudim were of nechoshet; talents, and a thousand seven threads, to work into the
the hooks of the ammudim hundred and threescore and turquoise, and into the
and their bands of kesef; and fifteen shekels, after the shekel purple, and into the fine
the overlaying of their tops of of HaKodesh: linen, the artistic weaver’s
kesef; and all the ammudim of |26| A bekah for every man, work.
that is, half a shekel, after the
Shemot 39 92 Orthodox Jewish Bible
|4| They made attaching |15| And they made upon the of zahav tahor, and put the
ketefot (shoulder straps) for it, Choshen sharsherot (chains) bells between the
which were attached to its two at the ends braided artistic pomegranates upon the hem
[upper] ends. work of zahav tahor. of the Me'il, all around
|5| And the Cheishev (Belt) of |16| And they made two between the pomegranates;
his Ephod, which is upon it, mishbetzot (filigrees) of zahav, |26| A bell and a pom-
was of the same according to and two rings of zahav; and egranate, a bell and a pom-
the work thereof; of zahav, put the two rings in the two egranate, all around the hem
turquoise, and purple, and ends of the Choshen. of the Me'il to minister in; as
scarlet wool, and twisted |17| And they fastened the Hashem commanded Moshe.
linen; as Hashem commanded two ropes of zahav into the [27| And they made the
Moshe. two rings on the ends of the kuttanot (tunics) of fine linen
|6| And they made the avnei Choshen. of artistic weaver's work for
shoham (onyx stones), set in |18| And the [other] two ends Aharon, and for his banim,
settings of zahav, engraved, of the two ropes they fastened |28| And a Mitznefet of fine
like chotam (signet ring) is in the two filigree settings, and linen, Pa'arei HaMigba'ot of
engraved, according to the put them on the ketefot fine linen, mikhnesei bahd,
Shemot Bnei Yisroel. HaEphod toward its front. |29| And an Avnet of fine
|7| And he fastened them |19| And they made two rings linen, and turquoise, and
upon the Kitfot HaEphod, of zahav, and put them on the purple, and scarlet wool, of
that they should be Avnei two ends of the Choshen, artistic embroidery; as
Zikaron (Memorial Stones) upon the lower border therof, Hashem commanded Moshe.
unto the Bnei Yisroel; as on the inside toward the |30| And they made the Tzitz
Hashem commanded Moshe. Ephod. Nezer HaKodesh of zahav
|8| And he made the Choshen |20| And they made two other tahor, and engraved upon it
of artistic weaver's work, like rings of zahav, and put them an inscription, like to the
the workmanship of the on the two kitfot HaEphod on engravings of a chotam,
Ephod; of zahav, turquoise, the bottom, toward the front KODESH LAHASHEM.
and purple, and scarlet wool, thereof, opposite the seam |31| And they tied unto it a
and fine twisted linen. thereof, above the Cheishev turquoise cord, to fasten it on
|9| It was ravu'a (square); they HaEphod. the Mitznefet above; as
made the Choshen folded |21| And they did bind the Hashem commanded Moshe.
double; a span was the length Choshen by its rings unto the |32| Thus was all the work of
thereof, and a span the width rings of the Ephod with a the Mishkan of the Ohel Mo'ed
thereof, being doubled. turquoise woolen cord, that it finished; and the Bnei Yisroel
|10| And they set in it four might be above the Cheishev did according to all that
rows of gemstones; the first HaEphod, and that the Hashem commanded Moshe,
row was an odem, a pitdah, Choshen might not be loosed so did they.
and barekes; this was the first from the Ephod; as Hashem |33| And they brought the
row. commanded Moshe. Mishkan unto Moshe, the
|11| And the second row, a |22| And he made the Me'il Ohel, and all its utensils, its
nofech, sapphire, and HaEphod of artistic weaver's hooks, its kerashim, its
yahalom. work, all of turquoise wool. crossbars, and its ammudim,
|12| And the third row, a |23| And there was a head and its sockets,
leshem, shevo, and achlamah. opening in the top of the Me'il, |34| And the Mikhseh of red-
|13| And the fourth row, a in its center, like the opening dyed ram skins, and the Mikh-
tarshish, shoham, and of a coat of mail, with a seh of tachash skins, and the
yashfeh; they were set in zahav border all around about the Parochet HaMasach,
in their settings. head opening, that it should |35| The Aron HaEdut, and
|14| And the gemstones were not be torn. the carrying poles thereof, and
according to the Shemot Bnei |24| And they made upon the the Kapporet,
Yisroel, Shteym Esreh hems of the Me'il |36| The Shulchan, and all
(Twelve), according to their pomegranates of turquoise, the utensils thereof, and the
Shemot, like the engravings of and purple, and scarlet wool, Lechem HaPanim,
a chotam (signet ring), every and twisted linen.
one with shmo, according to |25| And they made bells
the Shnei Asar Shevet.
|37| The Menorah order upon it; and thou shalt |16| Thus did Moshe;
Hatehorah, with the nerot bring in the Menorah, and according to all that Hashem
(lamps) thereof, even with the kindle the Nerot thereof. commanded him, so did he.
nerot (lamps) of the order |5| And thou shalt place the |17| And it came to pass in
prescribed, and all the Mizbe'ach Hazahav L'Ketoret the first month in the second
utensils thereof, and the before the Aron HaEdut, and year, on the first day of the
Shemen HaMaohr, set up the Masach HaPetach month, that the Mishkan was
|38| And the Mizbe'ach LaMishkan. erected.
Hazahav, and the Shemen |6| And thou shalt set the |18| And Moshe erected the
HaMishchah, and the Mizbe'ach HaOlah before the Mishkan, and fastened its
aromatic ketoret, and the Petach Mishkan Ohel Mo'ed. sockets, and set up the
Masach petach HaOhel, |7| And thou shalt set the kerashim thereof, and put in
|39| The Mizbe'ach Kiyor between the Ohel Mo'ed the crossbars thereof, and set
Hanechoshet, and its mikhbar and the Mizbe'ach, and shalt up its ammudim.
hanechoshet (grate, netting of place mayim therein. |19| And he spread the Ohel
copper), its carrying poles, and |8| And thou shalt set up the over the Mishkan, and put the
all its utensils, the Kiyor and khatzer (court) all around, and Mikhseh of the Ohel on it from
its Stand, hang up the Masach Sha'ar above; as Hashem
|40| The curtains of the Hakhatzer. commanded Moshe.
khatzer (courtyard), its |9| And thou shalt take the |20| And he took and placed
ammudim, and its sockets, Shemen HaMishchah, and HaEdut (The Testimony, i.e.,
and the masach Sha'ar anoint the Mishkan, and all the Stone Tablets of the Ten
HaKhatzer, its cords, and its that is therein, and shalt set it Commandments) into HaAron,
tent pegs, and all the utensils apart as kodesh, and all the and set the carrying poles on
of the Avodas HaMishkan, for utensils thereof; and it shall the Aron, and put the
the Ohel Mo'ed, be kodesh. Kapporet upon the Aron
|41| The bigdei serad for |10| And thou shalt anoint from above;
service in HaKadosh, and the the Mizbe'ach HaOlah, and all |21| And he brought the Aron
Bigdei Hakodesh for Aharon its utensils, and set apart as into the Mishkan, and set up
the kohen, and the garments kodesh the Mizbe'ach: and it the Parochet HaMasach, and
of his banim, to minister in shall be Mizbe'ach kodesh shielded with a covering over
the kohen's office. kodashim. the Aron HaEdut; as Hashem
|42| According to all that |11| And thou shalt anoint commanded Moshe.
Hashem commanded Moshe, the Kiyor and its Stand, and |22| And he put the Shulchan
so the Bnei Yisroel did kol set it apart as kodesh. in the Ohel Mo'ed, upon the
haAvodah. |12| And thou shalt bring north side of the Mishkan,
|43| And Moshe did inspect near Aharon and his banim outside the Parochet.
all the work, and, hinei, they unto the Petach Ohel Mo'ed, |23| And he set the Lechem
had done it as Hashem had and immerse them with in order upon it before
commanded, even so had they mayim. Hashem; as Hashem had
done it; vayevarech otam |13| And thou shalt dress commanded Moshe.
Moshe (and Moshe blessed Aharon with the Bigdei |24| And he put the Menorah
them). Hakodesh, and anoint him, in the Ohel Mo'ed, opposite
And Hashem spoke and set him apart as kodesh; the Shulchan, on the south
40 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2| On the first day of the first
that he may minister unto Me
in the kohen's office.
|14| And thou shalt bring
side of the Mishkan.
|25| And he set up the nerot
(lamps) before Hashem; as
month shalt thou set up the near his banim, and dress Hashem commanded Moshe.
Mishkan Ohel Mo'ed. them with kuttanot: |26| And he put the
|3| And thou shalt place |15| And thou shalt anoint Mizbe'ach Hazahav in the
therein the Aron HaEdut, and them, as thou didst anoint Ohel Mo'ed before the
thou shalt cover so as to their av, that they may Parochet;
screen the Aron with the minister unto Me in the |27| And he burned ketoret
Parochet. kohen's office: for their spices thereon; as Hashem
|4| And thou shalt bring in anointing shall surely be for commanded Moshe.
the Shulchan, and set in order them a kehunat olam
the things that are to be set in throughout their dorot.
VAYIKRA
|28| And he set up the Kesheh Oref (Obstinate eish, of a re'ach nicho'ach
Masach HaPetach LaMishkan Stiffnecked People) has been (sweet savour) unto Hashem.
(Curtain of the Entrance of presented in the Second Book |10| And if his korban be of
the Tabernacle). of Moses. the flocks, namely, of the
|29| And he put the [VAYIKRA] sheep, or of the goats, for an
Mizbe'ach HaOlah at the olah (burnt offering); he shall
Petach Mishkan Ohel Mo'ed, bring it a zachar tamim (male
And Hashem spoke unto
and offered upon
it the olah (burnt offering) and
the minchah; as Hashem
commanded Moshe.
1 Moshe, and spoke unto
him out of the Ohel
Mo'ed (Tent of Meeting, i.e.,
without blemish).
|11| And he shall slaughter
(shachat) it on the side of the
Mizbe'ach northward before
|30| And he set the Kiyor Tabernacle) saying,
Hashem: and the kohanim,
between the Ohel Mo'ed and |2| Speak unto the Bnei
Aharon's banim, shall sprinkle
the Mizbe'ach, and put mayim Yisroel, and say unto them, If his dahm around upon the
there, to wash withal. any man of you bring a
Mizbe'ach.
|31| And Moshe and Aharon korban unto Hashem, ye shall
|12| And he shall cut it into
and his banim washed their bring your korban of the
pieces, with his head and his
hands and their feet thereat; cattle, even of the herd, and of
fat; and the kohen shall lay
|32| When they went into the the flock.
them in order on the wood
Ohel Mo'ed, and when |3| If his korban be an olah
that is on the eish which is
they came near unto the (burnt sacrifice) of the herd,
upon the Mizbe'ach:
Mizbe'ach, they washed; as let him offer a zachar tamim
|13| But he shall wash the
Hashem commanded Moshe. (male without blemish); he
innards and the legs with
|33| And he erected the shall offer it that he may be
mayim; and the kohen shall
khatzer (courtyard) all around accepted at the entrance of the
bring the whole, and burn it
the Mishkan and the Ohel Mo'ed before Hashem.
upon the Mizbe'ach: it is an
Mizbe'ach, and set up the |4| And he shall lay his hand
olah, an offering made by
Masach Sha'ar HaKhatzer. So upon the head of the olah
eish, of a re'ach nicho'ach
Moshe finished the work. (burnt offering); and it shall
(sweet savour) unto Hashem.
|34| Then the Anan covered be accepted for him to make
|14| And if the olah for his
the Ohel Mo'ed, and the Kavod kapparah for him.
korban to Hashem be of fowls,
Hashem filled the Mishkan. |5| And he shall slaughter
then he shall bring his korban
|35| And Moshe was not able (shachat) the young bull
of turtledoves, or of young
to enter into the Ohel Mo'ed, before Hashem; and the
pigeons.
because the [Shekinah] cloud kohanim, Aharon's banim,
|15| And the kohen shall
abode thereon, and the Kavod shall bring the dahm, and
bring it unto the Mizbe'ach,
Hashem filled the Mishkan. sprinkle the dahm around
and wring off his head, and
|36| And when the Anan was upon the Mizbe'ach that is by
burn it on the Mizbe'ach; and
taken up from over the the entrance of the Ohel
the dahm thereof shall be
Mishkan, the Bnei Yisroel Mo'ed. pressed out at the side of the
went onward in all their |6| And he shall skin the
Mizbe'ach:
journeys; olah, and cut it into pieces.
|16| And he shall pluck away
|37| But if the Anan were not |7| And the Bnei Aharon the
his crop with his feathers, and
taken up, then they journeyed kohen shall put eish upon the
cast it beside the Mizbe'ach on
not till the day that it was Mizbe'ach, and lay the wood
the east side, by the place of
taken up. in order upon the eish;
the ashes:
|38| For the Anan Hashem |8| And the kohanim,
|17| And he shall tear it open
was upon the Mishkan by day, Aharon's banim, shall lay the
with the wings thereof, but
and Eish was on it by night, in parts, the head, and the fat, in
shall not tear it in half; and
the sight of all the Bais order upon the wood that is
the kohen shall burn it upon
Yisroel, throughout all their on the eish which is upon the
the Mizbe'ach, upon the wood
journeys. Mizbe'ach:
that is upon the eish; it is an
|9| But his innards and his
olah, an offering made by
legs shall he wash in mayim;
eish, of a re'ach nicho'ach
T.N. The Theme of gracious, and the kohen shall burn the
(sweet savour) unto Hashem.
unmerited Deliverance and whole on the Mizbe'ach, to be
Salvation for an Am an olah, an offering made by
94
Torah 95 Vayikra 2, 3
And when a nefesh will offerings of Hashem made by |3| And he shall offer of the
2 offer a korban minchah

unto Hashem, his
korban shall be of fine flour;
eish.
|11| No minchah, which ye
shall bring unto Hashem,
zevach of the shelamim an
offering made by eish unto
Hashem; the chelev (fat) that
and he shall pour shemen shall be made with chametz; covereth the innards, and all
upon it, and put incense for ye shall burn no se'or, nor the chelev (fat) that is upon
thereon; any devash, in any offering of the innards,
|2| And he shall bring it to Hashem made by eish. |4| And the two kidneys, and
the Bnei Aharon the kohanim; |12| As for the korban reshit the chelev (fat) that is around
and he shall take thereout his (firstfruit offering), ye shall them, which is by the loins,
handful of the flour thereof, offer them unto Hashem; but and the diaphragm with the
and of the shemen thereof, they shall not be burned on liver, with the kidneys, it shall
with all the incense thereof; the Mizbe'ach for a re'ach he remove.
and the kohen shall burn the nicho'ach. |5| And Aharon's Banim shall
memorial portion of it upon |13| And every korban of thy burn it on the Mizbe'ach upon
the Mizbe'ach, to be an minchah shalt thou season the olah which is upon the
offering made by eish, of a with melach; neither shalt wood that is on the eish; it is
re'ach nicho'ach unto Hashem; thou suffer the melach Brit an offering made by eish, of a
|3| And the remnant of the Eloheicha to be lacking from re'ach nicho'ach unto Hashem.
minchah shall belong to thy minchah; with every |6| And if his korban for a
Aharon and his Banim; it is a minchah of thine thou shalt zevach shelamim unto
kodesh kodashim of the offer- offer melach. Hashem be of the flock;
ings of Hashem made by eish. |14| And if thou offer a zachar or nekevah, he shall
|4| And if thou bring a minchah of thy bikkurim unto offer it tamim (without
korban minchah baked in an Hashem, thou shalt offer for blemish).
oven, it shall be matzot cakes the minchah of thy bikkurim |7| If he offer a kesev (lamb)
of fine flour mixed with ripe ears of grain roasted by for his korban, then shall he
shemen, or matzot wafers the eish, even meal ground offer it before Hashem.
anointed with shemen. from new grain. |8| And he shall lay his hand
|5| And if thy korban |15| And thou shalt put upon the head of his korban,
minchah be on a pan, it shemen upon it, and lay and slaughter (shachat) it
shall be of fine flour matzot, incense thereon; it is a before the Ohel Mo'ed; and
mixed with shemen. minchah. Aharon's Banim shall sprinkle
|6| Thou shalt break it in |16| And the kohen shall the dahm thereof around
pieces, and pour shemen burn the memorial portion of upon the Mizbe'ach.
thereon; it is a minchah. it, part of the ground grain |9| And he shall offer of the
|7| And if thy korban thereof, and part of the zevach hashelamim an
minchah be in a deep pan, it shemen thereof, with all the offering made by eish unto
shall be made of fine flour incense thereof; it is an Hashem; the chelev thereof,
with shemen. offering made by eish unto and the whole fat tail, it shall
|8| And thou shalt bring the Hashem. he remove by the backbone;
minchah that is made of these And if his korban be a and the chelev that covereth
things unto Hashem; and
when it is presented unto the
kohen, he shall bring it unto
3 zevach of shelamim, if
he offer it of the herd;
whether it be a zachar or
the innards, and all the chelev
that is upon the innards,
|10| And the two kidneys, and
the Mizbe'ach. nekevah, he shall offer it the chelev (fat) that is upon
|9| And the kohen shall take tamim (without blemish) them, which is by the loins,
from the minchah a memorial before Hashem. and the diaphragm with the
portion thereof, and shall |2| And he shall lay his hand liver, with the kidneys, it shall
burn it upon the Mizbe'ach; it upon the head of his korban, he remove.
is an offering made by eish, of and slaughter (shachat) it at |11| And the kohen shall
a re'ach nicho'ach unto the entrance of the Ohel burn it upon the Mizbe'ach; it
Hashem. Mo'ed; and Aharon's Banim is the lechem of the offering
|10| And that which is left of the kohanim shall sprinkle the made by eish unto Hashem.
the minchah shall belong to dahm upon the Mizbe'ach |12| And if his korban be a
Aharon and his Banim; it is a around. goat, then he shall offer
kodesh kodashim of the it before Hashem.
Vayikra 3, 4 96 Orthodox Jewish Bible
|13| And he shall lay his Hashem; and shall lay his |13| And if the kol Adat
hand upon the head of it, and hand upon the young bull's Yisroel sin through ignorance
slaughter (shachat) it before head, and slaughter (shachat) (unintentionally),
the Ohel Mo'ed; and the Bnei the young bull before and the thing be hid from the
Aharon shall sprinkle the Hashem. eyes of the Kahal (Assembly),
dahm thereof upon the |5| And the Kohen and they have done any one
Mizbe'ach round about. HaMoshiach shall take of the thing against any of the
|14| And he shall offer young bull's dahm, and bring mitzvot of Hashem concerning
thereof his korban, even an it to the Ohel Mo'ed; things which should not be
offering made by eish unto |6| And the kohen shall dip done, and are guilty;
Hashem; the chelev (fat) that his forefinger in the dahm, |14| When the chattat (sin),
covereth the innards, and all and sprinkle of the dahm which they have sinned
the chelev (fat) that is upon seven times before Hashem, against it, is known, then the
the innards, before the Parochet (curtain) Kahal (Assembly) shall offer a
|15| And the two kidneys, and of the Kodesh. young bull for the chattat
the chelev (fat) that is upon |7| And the kohen shall put (sin), and bring him before the
them, which is by the loins, some of the dahm upon the Ohel Mo'ed.
and the diaphragm above the horns of the Mizbe’ach |15| And the Ziknei HaEdah
liver, with the kidneys, it shall Ketoret HaSammim (Altar of shall lay their hands upon the
he remove. Fragrant Incense) before head of the young bull before
|16| And the kohen shall Hashem, which is in the Ohel Hashem; and the young bull
burn them upon the Mo'ed; and shall pour the rest shall be slaughtered (shachat)
Mizbe'ach; it is the lechem of of the dahm of the young bull before Hashem.
the offering made by eish for a at the base of the Mizbe'ach |16| And the Kohen
re'ach nicho'ach; all the chelev HaOlah which is at the HaMoshiach [see Lv 4:3] shall
(fat) is Hashem's. entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. bring of the young bull's dahm
|17| It shall be a chukkat |8| And he shall take off from to the Ohel Mo'ed;
olam for your generations it all the chelev (fat) of the |17| And the kohen shall dip
throughout all your dwellings, young bull for the chattat (sin his forefinger in some of the
that ye eat neither chelev (fat) offering); the chelev (fat) that dahm, and sprinkle [see Isa
nor dahm (blood). covereth the innards, and all 52:15] it seven times before
the chelev (fat) that is upon Hashem, even before the
the innards, Parochet (curtain).
And Hashem spoke unto |9| And the two kidneys, and |18| And he shall put some of
4 Moshe, saying,
Yisroel, saying, If a nefesh
the chelev (fat) that is upon
them, which is by the loins,
and the diaphragm above the
the dahm upon the horns of
the Mizbe'ach which is before
Hashem, that is in the Ohel
shall sin through ignorance liver, with the kidneys, Mo'ed, and shall pour out the
(unintentionally) against any it shall he remove, rest of the dahm at the base of
of the mitzvot of Hashem |10| Just as it was removed the Mizbe'ach HaOlah, which
concerning things which ought from the ox of the zevach is at the entrance of the Ohel
not to be done, and shall do hashelamim; and the kohen Mo'ed.
against any of them; shall burn them upon the |19| And he shall remove all
|3| If the Kohen HaMoshiach Mizbe'ach HaOlah. his chelev (fat) from him, and
[anointed priest, i.e. Kohen |11| And the hide of the burn it upon the Mizbe'ach.
Gadol; see Ps 110:4 on the young bull, and all his basar, |20| And he shall do with the
Moshiach Kohen] do sin, with his head, and with his young bull as he did with the
bringing guilt upon the legs, and his innards, and his young bull for a chattat (sin
people; then let him bring for dung, offering), so shall he do with
his chattat (sin), which he |12| Even the rest of the this; and the kohen shall make
hath sinned, a young bull young bull shall he carry forth kapporah for them, and it
tamim (without blemish) unto outside the machaneh unto a shall be forgiven them.
Hashem for a chattat (sin makom tahor, where the ashes |21| And he shall carry forth
offering). are poured out, and burn him the young bull outside
|4| And he shall bring the on the wood with eish; where the machaneh, and
young bull unto the entrance the ashes are poured out shall burn him as he
of the Ohel Mo'ed before he be burned.
burned the first young bull; it (sin offering) in the place of testimony, and he is an ed
is a chattat (sin offering) the olah (burnt offering). (witness), whether he hath
for the Kahal. |30| And the kohen shall take seen or known of it; if he does
|22| When a nasi hath of the dahm thereof with his not utter it, then he shall bear
sinned, and done something forefinger, and put it upon the his avon (iniquity).
through ignorance against any horns of the Mizbe'ach |2| Or if a nefesh touch
of the mitzvot of Hashem HaOlah, and shall pour out anything tamei (unclean),
Elohav concerning things the rest of the dahm thereof at whether it be a nivlat
which should not be done, the base of the Mizbe'ach. chayyah teme'ah (carcass
and is guilty; |31| And he shall remove all of an unclean beast), or a
|23| Or if his chattat (sin), the chelev (fat) thereof, as the nivlat behemah teme'ah
wherein he hath sinned, come chelev (fat) is removed from (carcass of unclean
to his knowledge; he shall off the zevach hashelamim; livestock), or the nivlat
bring his korban, a male goat and the kohen shall burn it sheretz tamei (carcass of
tamim (without blemish); upon the Mizbe'ach for a unclean creeping things),
|24| And he shall lay his re'ach nicho'ach unto and if it be hidden from him;
hand upon the head of the Hashem; and the kohen shall he also shall be tamei, and
goat, and slaughter (shachat) make kapporah for him, and guilty.
it in the place where they it shall be forgiven him. |3| Or if he touch the tumat
slaughter the olah (burnt |32| And if he bring a keves adam (uncleanness of man),
offering) before Hashem; it is (lamb) for a chattat (sin whatsoever tumah it be that a
a chattat (sin offering). offering), he shall bring it a man shall be made unclean
|25| And the kohen shall take nekevah temimah (female therewith, and it be hid from
of the dahm of the chattat (sin without blemish). him; when he knoweth of it,
offering) with his forefinger, |33| And he shall lay his then he shall be guilty.
and put it upon the horns of hand upon the head of the |4| Or if a nefesh swear,
the Mizbe'ach HaOlah, and chattat (sin offering), and rashly pronouncing with his
shall pour out his dahm at the slaughter (shachat) it for a lips to do harah, or to do
base of the Mizbe'ach HaOlah. chattat (sin offering) in the hatov, whatsoever it be that a
|26| And he shall burn all his place where they slaughter the man shall pronounce with a
chelev (fat) upon the olah (burnt offering). shevuah (oath), and it be hid
Mizbe'ach, as the chelev (fat) |34| And the kohen shall take from him; when he knoweth of
of the zevach hashelamim; of the dahm of the chattat (sin it, then he shall be guilty in
and the kohen shall make offering) with his forefinger, one of these.
kapporah for him as and put it upon the horns of |5| And it shall be, when he
concerning his chattat (sin), the Mizbe'ach HaOlah (Altar shall be guilty in one of these
and it shall be forgiven him. of Burnt Offering), and shall things, that v'hitvaddah (he
|27| And if a nefesh of the am pour out the rest of the dahm shall confess) that he hath
ha'aretz sin through ignorance thereof at the base of the sinned in that thing;
(unintentionally), while he Mizbe'ach; |6| And he shall bring his
doeth any thing against any of |35| And he shall remove all asham (penalty, trespass
the mitzvot of Hashem the chelev (fat) thereof, just as offering) unto Hashem for his
concerning things which ought the chelev (fat) of the chattat (sin) which he hath
not to be done, and be guilty; keves (lamb) is taken away sinned, a nekevah from the
|28| Or if his chattat (sin), from the zevach hashelamim flock, a lamb or a female goat,
which he hath sinned, come to (sacrifice of the peace for a chattat (sin offering); and
his knowledge; then he shall offerings); and the kohen shall the kohen shall make
bring his korban, a female burn them upon the kapporah for him concerning
goat, a temimah nekevah (a Mizbe'ach, according to the his chattat.
female without blemish), for offerings made by eish unto |7| And if he be not able to
his chattat (sin) which he hath Hashem; and the kohen shall afford a seh (lamb), then he
sinned. make kapporah for his chattat shall bring for his asham
|29| And he shall lay his (sin) that he hath sinned, and (guilt offering, see Sanhedrin
hand upon the head of the it shall be forgiven him. 98b on Isa 53; see Isa 53:10
chattat (sin offering), and And if a nefesh sin, after which says that Moshiach’s
slaughter (shachat) the chattat
5 he hears a public
adjuration to give
self-offering will be an asham
for his people, cf Isa 53:8),
which he hath sinned, two unto Moshe, saying, |2 (5:21)| If a nefesh

turtledoves, or two |15| If a nefesh commit a sin, and commit a ma'al
young pigeons, unto Hashem; ma'al (trespass), and sin (trespass) against Hashem,
one for a chattat (sin offering), through ignorance and deceives his neighbor in
and the other for an olah (unintentionally), in the holy that which was delivered him
(burnt offering). things of Hashem; then he to keep, or entrusted to his
|8| And he shall bring them shall bring for his asham unto care, or in a thing stolen, or
unto the kohen, who shall Hashem a ram tamim [see Gn hath cheated his neighbor;
offer that which is for the 22:13 on the vicarious aspect |3 (5:22)| Or have found that
chattat (sin offering) first, and of the substitutionary which was lost, and lieth
wring off his head from his atonement and compare Isa concerning it, and sweareth
neck, but shall not separate it; 53:5,8] out of the flocks, with with sheker (falsely); in any of
|9| And he shall sprinkle of thy estimation by shekels of all these that a man doeth,
the dahm of the chattat (sin kesef, after the Shekel sinning therein;
offering) upon the side of the HaKodesh (the Shekel of the |4 (5:23)| Then it shall be,
Mizbe'ach; and the rest of the Sanctuary), for an asham because he hath sinned, and
dahm shall be pressed out at (trespass or guilt offering). is ashem (guilty), that
the base of the Mizbe'ach; it is |16| And he shall make he shall return that which he
a chattat (sin offering). restitution in regard to the had stolen, or the thing which
|10| And he shall offer the holy thing in which he was he hath extorted, or that
second for an olah (burnt remiss, and shall add the fifth which was delivered unto his
offering), according to the part thereto, and give it unto trust, or the lost thing which
mishpat (prescribed manner); the kohen; and the kohen he found,
and the kohen shall make shall make kapporah for him |5 (5:24)| Or all that about
kapporah for him for his with the ram of the asham which he hath sworn lasheker
chattat (sin) which he hath (trespass offering), and it shall (falsely); he shall even
sinned, and it shall be be forgiven him. restore it in the principal, and
forgiven him. |17| And if a nefesh sin, and shall add the fifth part more
|11| But if he be not able to commit any of these things thereto, and give it unto him
afford two turtledoves, or two which are forbidden to be to whom it appertaineth, in
young pigeons, then he that done by the mitzvot Hashem; the day of his asham (trespass
sinned shall bring for his though he know it not, yet he offering).
korban the tenth part of an is guilty, and shall bear his |6 (5:25)| And he shall bring
ephah of fine flour for a avon (iniquity). his asham (trespass offering)
chattat (sin offering); he shall |18| And he shall bring a ram unto Hashem, a ram tamim
put no shemen upon it, tamim out of the flock, with (without blemish) out of the
neither shall he put any thy estimation, for an asham flock, with thy estimation, for
incense thereon; for it is a (trespass offering) unto the an asham (trespass offering),
chattat (sin offering). kohen; and the kohen shall unto the kohen;
|12| Then shall he bring it to make kapporah for him |7 (5:26)| And the kohen shall
the kohen, and the kohen concerning his ignorance make kapporah for him before
shall take his handful of it, wherein he erred and knew it Hashem; and it shall be
even a memorial portion not and it shall be forgiven forgiven him for anything of
thereof, and burn it on the him. all that he hath done that
Mizbe'ach, according to the |19| It is an asham (trespass made him guilty.
offerings made by eish unto offering); he hath certainly |8 (6:1)| And Hashem spoke
Hashem; it is a chattat (sin trespassed against Hashem. unto Moshe, saying,
offering). [See Isa 53:10 on Moshiach’s |9 (6:2) Command Aharon
|13| And the kohen shall asham offering for Israel—Isa and his Banim, saying, This is
make kapporah for him as 53:8]. the Torat HaOlah: It is the
touching his chattat (sin) that olah (burnt offering) that is to
he hath sinned in one of these, [TZAV] stay on the flame upon the
and it shall be forgiven him; Mizbe’ach kol halailah unto
and the remnant shall be the the boker, and the eish of the
kohen's, like the minchah. And Hashem spoke unto Mizbe’ach must
|14| And Hashem spoke
6 Moshe, saying, be burning on it.
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|10 (6:3)| And the kohen shall kodesh kodashim, like the be eaten, in the khatzer
put on his linen tunic, and his chattat (sin offering), and like (courtyard) of the Ohel Mo'ed.
linen breeches shall he put the asham (trespass offering). |27 (6:20)| Everything that
upon his basar, and remove |18 (6:11)| Any of the zachar touches the basar thereof shall
the ashes which the eish hath among the Bnei Aharon shall be kodesh; and when there is
consumed with the olah eat of it. It shall be a chok sprinkled of the dahm thereof
(burnt offering) on the olam in your dorot concerning upon any garment, thou shalt
Mizbe'ach, and he shall put the offerings of Hashem made wash that whereon it was
them beside the Mizbe'ach. by eish; every one that sprinkled in the makom
|11 (6:4)| And he shall take toucheth them shall be kadosh.
off his garments, and put on kodesh. |28 (6:21)| But the clay keli
begadim acherim (other |19 (6:12)| And Hashem (vessel) wherein it is boiled
garments), and carry forth the spoke unto Moshe, saying, must be broken; and if it be
ashes outside the machaneh |20 (6:13)| This is the korban boiled in a keli nechoshet
unto a makom tahor. of Aharon and of his Banim, (copper vessel), it shall be both
|12 (6:5)| And the eish upon which they shall offer unto scoured, and rinsed in mayim.
the Mizbe'ach shall be Hashem in the Yom |29 (6:22)| Any of the zachar
burning in it; it must not go Himmashach (Day he is among the kohanim shall eat
out; and the kohen shall burn anointed, i.e., assumes office, thereof; it is kodesh kodashim.
wood on it every boker, and seven-day ordination); the |30 (6:23)| And no chattat (sin
arrange the olah (burnt tenth part of an ephah of fine offering), whereof any of the
offering) upon it; and he must flour for a continual minchah, dahm is brought into the Ohel
burn thereon the chelvei half of it in the boker, and Mo'ed to make kapporah
HaShelamim (fat of the peace half thereof at erev. therewith in the Kodesh (holy
offerings). |21 (6:14)| In a pan it shall be place), shall be eaten; it shall
|13 (6:6)| The eish must ever made with shemen; and when be burned in the eish.
be burning upon the it is scalded, thou shalt bring
Mizbe'ach; it shall never go it in; and the repeatedly baked
out. minchah, broken in pieces, [T.N. Before reading the next
|14 (6:7)| And this is the shalt thou offer for a re'ach chapter it is important to
Torat HaMinchah: the Bnei nicho'ach unto Hashem. remember that this portion
Aharon shall offer it before |22 (6:15)| And the kohen of emphasizes the proper way of
Hashem, before the his Banim that is hamoshiach approaching the sovereign
Mizbe'ach. (the anointed) to succeed him Hashem Elohim in terms of the
|15 (6:8)| And he shall take of shall offer it; it is a chok olam Sinai Covenant mandate. The
it his handful, of the flour of unto Hashem; it shall be victim offered by the kohen
the minchah, and of the completely burned. had to be without flaw (see the
shemen thereof, and all the |23 (6:16) | For every preface on the flawless Ben
incense which is upon the minchah for the kohen shall Elohim Ben Dovid Moshiach
minchah, and shall burn it be completely burned; it shall born of HaAlmah). And when
upon the Mizbe'ach for a not be eaten. hands were laid on the victim
re'ach nicho'ach, even the |24 (6:17)| And Hashem it became a substitute pointing
memorial portion of it, unto spoke unto Moshe, saying, toward a vicarious kapparah
Hashem. |25 (6:18)| Speak unto atonement. With the touch of
|16 (6:9)| And the remainder Aharon and to his Banim, the kohen’s hands and the
thereof shall Aharon and his saying, This is the Torat emunah (faith) of the believer,
Banim eat: with matzot shall HaChattat: In the place where the sin transfers to the victim
it be eaten in the makom the olah (burnt offering) is whose bloody death expiates
kadosh; in the khatzer slaughtered (shachat) (removes) the sin from the
(courtyard) of the Ohel Mo'ed shall the chattat (sin offering) sinner and propitiates
they shall eat it. be slaughtered before (appeases, pacifies) the wrath
|17 (6:10)| It shall not be Hashem; it is kodesh or anger of Hashem against
baked with chametz. I have kodashim. sin. Thus the sin is covered or
given it unto them |26 (6:19)| The kohen that atoned for. In Leviticus 4:1-3
for their chelek (allotted share, offereth it for sin shall eat it;
portion) of My offerings made in the makom kadosh shall it
by eish; it is
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we see that sin doesn’t get off Briggs, page 160. “May-eretz perverse sins and
scot-free…some body has to chayyim” means “from the transgressions of the people,
pay. We see the bull come Land of the Living.” To say thus transferring them onto the
forward to pay, just as later we that he was cut off or excluded head of the doomed victim,
see the perfect victim, the filial or separated from the Land of which will bear (nasa) them
Devar Hashem Moshiach Ben the Living is a way of saying away outside the camp to the
Dovid come forward to pay. In that he died. Who died? wilderness where the victim
I Chronicles chapter 21 we see Moshiach died. Why did he will die (notice Leviticus 16:22
that the Bais Dovid has to pay, die? “Mee-paysha amee,” “for and Isaiah 53:12 “He bore
because Dovid numbers the the transgression of my away or carried away [nasa]
people. The Yad Hashem will people.” Moshiach died for the the sin of many, i.e. like a sa’ir
fall on Moshiach [compare I sins of the Jewish people. If l’azazel Yom Kippur
Chronicles 21:17 with anyone claims to be Jewish scapegoat.”) When you watch
Yeshayah (Isaiah) 53:10]. In and asserts that he or she is Moshiach struggling with his
Yeshayah we read “Kee part of Isaiah’s people (“my burden down the Via Dolorosa
neegzar may-eretz chayyim [Jewish] people”), that you must remember that the
mee-payshah amee.” The claimant must also admit and burden he is carrying away is
Dead Sea Scrolls (1QIsa ) b
accede to the first part of the your burden of sin. Only a fool
proves that these words written verse, Isaiah 53:8, that would want to keep his smelly
by the 8 Century B.C.E.
th
Moshiach died for his or her garbage when the garbage
Jewish prophet Isaiah and sins. Moshiach died for the truck comes by to carry it
found in the Tanakh are sins of my [Jewish] people. away. How proud we are with
authentic words from the Holy This is what the six words are our garbage, and how humble
Jewish Scriptures, his actual saying. A person can fight he was to be our garbage man.
words that were not lost in these words, he can try to twist The Moshiach-Kohen that
transcription down through the meaning of these words, he King Dovid foretold in Psalm
the centuries. Furthermore, can run from these words, but 110 is the one who offered the
Tractate Sanhedrin 98b in the the words themselves will never korban of his nefesh (Isaiah
Talmud proves that these go away. They are eternal 53:10), making kapporah for
words are speaking not about words. They are the words of the sins of the whole world,
Israel but about Moshiach. Almighty G-d. And these words sprinkling many nations
Ramban and Abravanel also leave one with only one choice: (Isaiah 52:15). We are
speak of Isaiah 53 as referring turn from rebellion and sinful speaking of the portentous
to the Moshiach. Likewise unbelief to trust these words or kohen Zechariah also
Rashi in his commentary on die in one’s unbelief and identified with the Moshiach in
the Gemara (Sanhedrin 98b). rebellion against these words. Zechariah 3:8; 6:11-12—the
The Torah firmly states that very one Ezra called Yeshua in
prophetic canonical utterances In Leviticus 4:15 we see the Ezra 3:8. He is the one who is
were not the words of a mere Elders of the Community Avdi Tzemach, Moshiach
man, but “the Ruach Elohim (Ziknei HaEdah) lay their Shmo, Yehoshua, the
(Spirit of G-d) came upon him” hands upon the head, just as namesake (a person having the
(Bamidbar [Numbers] 24:2). later they unwittingly laid same name as another) of
Therefore, to reject the six their hands upon the head of Moshiach. This post-Exilic
words “Kee neegzar may-eretz Moshiach Ben Dovid Ben Kohen Gadol in charge of the
chayyim mee-payshah amee.” Elohim the Devar Hashem, the building of the Second Temple
is to reject G-d’s words and also Lamb of G-d. In this respect points us forward by his person
G-d Himself. the Moshiach’s akedah and his personal name to the
Now, seeing the importance of (binding) and death became coming Moshiach, Yehoshua or
these six words, do we know not only an asham, but also a Yeshua.
what they mean? “Kee” chattat—-that is, a sin offering
means “for.” “Neegzar” for the whole community. In Likewise this is the Torat
means “He was cut off,
excluded, separated” and this
word comes from Gimel-zayin-
fact, all of the sacrifices find
their fulfillment in the death of
Moshiach. On Yom Kippur,
7 HaAsham: it is kodesh
kodashim.
|2| In the place where they
resh, according to the the Kohen Gadol lays both of slaughter (shachat) the olah
standard Hebrew/English his hands on the head of the (burnt offering) shall they
Lexicon of Brown, Driver, and victim, confesses over it all the slaughter the asham
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(trespass offering); and |13| Besides the challos, he [carcass]) or sheketz tamei
the dahm thereof shall he shall offer for his korban (unclean abomination), and
sprinkle around upon the lechem chametz with the eat of the basar of the zevach
Mizbe'ach. zevach todah of his shelamim. hashelamim which pertain
|3| And he shall offer of it all |14| And of it he shall offer unto Hashem, even that
the chelev thereof; the tail, one cake from each korban for nefesh shall be cut off from
and the chelev that covereth a terumah (contribution) unto his people.
the innards, Hashem, and it shall be the |22| And Hashem spoke unto
|4| And the two kidneys, and kohen's that sprinkleth the Moshe, saying,
the chelev that is on them, dahm of the shelamim (peace |23| Speak unto the Bnei
which is on the flanks, and the offerings). Yisroel, saying, Ye shall eat no
diaphragm that is above the |15| And the basar of the manner of chelev, of ox, or of
liver, with the kidneys, it shall zevach todat shelamim of him sheep, or of goat.
he remove; shall be eaten the same day |24| And the chelev of the
|5| And the kohen shall burn that it is offered; he shall not nevelah, the beast that dieth
them upon the Mizbe'ach for leave any of it until the boker. of itself, and the chelev of the
an offering made by eish unto |16| But if the zevach of his terefah, may be used in any
Hashem; it is an asham korban be a neder, or a other use; but ye shall in no
(trespass offering). nedavah, it shall be eaten the wise eat of it.
|6| Every zachar among the same day that he offereth his |25| For whosoever eateth the
kohanim shall eat thereof; it zevach; and on the following chelev of the behemah, of
shall be eaten in the makom day also the remainder of it which men offer an offering
kadosh; it is kodesh kodashim. shall be eaten; made by eish unto Hashem,
|7| As the chattat (sin |17| But the remainder of the even the nefesh that eateth it
offering) is, so is the asham basar of the zevach on the shall be cut off from his
(trespass offering); there is one yom hashelishi shall be people.
torah for them both; the burned with eish. |26| Moreover ye shall eat no
kohen that maketh kapporah |18| And if any of the basar manner of dahm, whether it
therewith shall have it. of the zevach of his shelamim be of fowl or of beast, in any of
|8| And the kohen that be eaten at all on the yom your moshevot (dwellings).
offereth any man's olah the hashelishi, it shall not be |27| Whatsoever nefesh it be
kohen shall have for himself accepted, neither shall it be that eateth any manner of
the hide of the olah which he imputed (credited) unto him dahm, even that nefesh shall
hath offered. that offereth it; it shall be be cut off from his people.
|9| And all the minchah that piggul, and the nefesh that |28| And Hashem spoke unto
is baked in the oven, and all eateth of it shall have his avon Moshe, saying,
that is prepared in the deep to bear. |29| Speak unto the Bnei
pan, and in the shallow pan, |19| And the basar that Yisroel, saying, He that
shall be the kohen's that toucheth any thing tamei shall offereth the zevach shelamim
offereth it. not be eaten; it shall be of him unto Hashem shall
|10| And every minchah, burned with eish; and as for bring his korban unto
mixed with shemen, or dry, the basar, all that be tahor Hashem of the zevach
shall all the Bnei Aharon shall eat thereof. shelamim of him.
have, each equal with achiv |20| But the nefesh that |30| His own hands shall
(his brother). eateth of the basar of the bring the offerings of Hashem
|11| And this is the Torat zevach hashelamim, that made by eish, the chelev with
Zevach HaShelamim, which pertain unto Hashem, having the breast, it shall he bring,
he shall offer unto Hashem. his tumah upon him, even that the breast may be waved
|12| If he offer it for a todah, that nefesh shall be cut off for a tenufah before Hashem.
then he shall offer with the from his people. |31| And the kohen shall
zevach hatodah challos |21| Moreover the nefesh that burn the chelev upon the
matzot mixed with shemen, shall touch any thing tamei, as Mizbe'ach; but the breast shall
and matzot wafers anointed the tumat adam (uncleanness belong to Aharon and his
with shemen, and challos of man, human Banim.
mixed with scalded fine flour contamination), or |32| And the right thigh shall
mixed with shemen. any behemah temeiah ye give unto the
(contaminated animal kohen for a terumah
(raised up offering) of the |3| And gather thou Kol girded them with Sashes, and
zevakhim of your shelamim. HaEdah together unto the put Migba'ot (headbands)
|33| He among the Bnei entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. upon them; as Hashem
Aharon, that offereth the |4| And Moshe did as commanded Moshe.
dahm hashelamim Hashem commanded him; |14| And he brought the bull
and the chelev (fat), shall have and HaEdah (the Assembly) for the chattat (sin offering);
the right thigh for his part. was gathered together unto the and Aharon and his Banim
|34| For the breast of the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. laid their hands upon the
waving (tenufah) and the thigh |5| And Moshe said unto head of the bull for the chattat
of the terumah (raising) I have HaEdah, This is the thing (sin offering).
taken of the Bnei Yisroel from which Hashem commanded to |15| And he slaughtered
the zevakhim of their be done. (shachat) it; and Moshe took
shelemim, and have given |6| And Moshe brought the dahm, and put it upon the
them unto Aharon the kohen Aharon and his Banim, and horns of the Mizbe'ach around
and unto his Banim by a chok immersed them with mayim. with his forefinger, and
olam from among the Bnei |7| And he put upon him the purified the Mizbe'ach, and
Yisroel. Kesones [see Yn 19:23], and poured the dahm at the base
|35| This is the anointed girded him with the Avnet of the Mizbe'ach, and set it
portion of Aharon, and the (Sash), and clothed him with apart as kodesh, to make
anointed portion of his the Me'il (Robe), and put kapporah for it.
Banim, out of the offerings of the Ephod upon him, and he |16| And he took all the
Hashem made by eish, in the girded him with the Cheishev chelev (fat) that was upon the
day when he presented them (Belt) of the Ephod, and innards, and the diaphragm
to minister unto Hashem in fastened it unto him above the liver, and the two
the kohen's office; therewith. kidneys, and their chelev (fat),
|36| Which Hashem |8| And he put the Choshen and Moshe burned it upon the
commanded to be given them (Breastplate) upon him; also Mizbe'ach.
of the Bnei Yisroel, in the day he put in the Choshen the |17| But the bull, and its
that He anointed them, by a Urim and the Tummim. hide, its basar, and its dung,
chukkat olam throughout |9| And he put the Mitznefet he burned with eish outside
their dorot. (Turban) upon his head; also the machaneh; as Hashem
|37| This is the torah of the upon the Mitznefet (Turban) commanded Moshe.
olah (burnt offering), of the toward his face did he put the |18| And he brought the ram
minchah (grain offering), and Tzitz (Headplate), the Nezer for the olah (burnt offering);
of the chattat (sin offering), Hakodesh (Holy Diadem); as and Aharon and his Banim
and of the asham (trespass Hashem commanded Moshe. laid their hands upon the
offering), and of the |10| And Moshe took the head of the ram.
ordination offerings, and of Shemen HaMishchah, and |19| And he slaughtered
the zevach hashelamim anointed the Mishkan (shachat) it; and Moshe
(sacrifice of the peace (Tabernacle) and all that was sprinkled the dahm upon the
offerings); therein and he set them apart Mizbe'ach around.
|38| Which Hashem as kodesh. |20| And he cut the ram into
commanded Moshe on Mt. |11| And he sprinkled thereof pieces; and Moshe burned the
Sinai, in the day that upon the Mizbe'ach seven head, and the pieces, and the
He commanded the Bnei times, and anointed the chelev (fat).
Yisroel to offer their korbanot Mizbe'ach and all its utensils, |21| And he washed the
unto Hashem, in the Sinai both the Kiyor (Laver) and its innards and the legs in
Desert. stand, to set them apart as mayim; and Moshe
And Hashem spoke unto kodesh. burned the whole ram upon
8 Moshe, saying,
|2| Take Aharon and
his Banim with him, and the
|12| And he poured of the
Shemen HaMishchah upon
Aharon's head, and
the Mizbe'ach; it was an olah
for a re'ach nicho'ach, and an
garments, and the shemen anointed him, to set him apart Hashem; just as Hashem
hamishchah (anointing oil), as kodesh. commanded Moshe.
and a bull for the chattat (sin |13| And Moshe brought the |22| And he brought the other
offering), and two rams, and a Bnei Aharon, and put ram, the ram of
basket of matzot; Kuttonot upon them, and ordination; and Aharon
Torah 103 Vayikra 8
and his Banim laid their Mizbe'ach, and sprinkled it conversion to Judaism -
hands upon the head of the upon Aharon, and upon his mityahadim (see Esther
ram. garments, and upon his 8:17). The rabbis knew that
|23| And he slaughtered Banim, and upon the Judaism was not merely a
(shachat) it; and Moshe took of garments of his Banim with narrow, national religion. The
the dahm of it, and put it him; and he set apart as Talmud says that the
upon the lobe of Aharon's kodesh Aharon, and his teachings of Judaism were
right ear, and upon the thumb garments, and his Banim, and freely meant for all mankind
of his right hand, and upon the garments of his Banim (see Babylonian Talmud,
the bohen of his right foot. with him. Shabbath 146a, where
|24| And he brought Aharon's |31| And Moshe said unto Devarim 29:13-14 [14-15] is
Banim, and Moshe put of the Aharon and to his Banim, quoted as referring to
dahm upon the lobe of their Cook the basar at the entrance proselytes). And just as Gentiles
right ear, and upon the of the Ohel Mo'ed: and there were saved in Noah's ark, so
thumbs of their right eat it with the lechem that is Ruth was also brought under
hands, and upon the bohen of in the basket of ordination Hashem's wings (Ruth 2:12).
their right feet: and Moshe offerings, as I commanded, In the High Holy Day
sprinkled the dahm upon the saying, Aharon and his Banim Prayerbook, we read on Rosh
Mizbe'ach around. shall eat it. Hashanah "Also Noah Thou
|25| And he took the chelev |32| And that which didst remember in love, and
(fat), and the tail, and all the remaineth of the basar and of didst remember him with a
chelev (fat) that was upon the the lechem shall ye burn with promise of salvation and
innards, and the diaphragm eish. mercy, when Thou didst send
above the liver, and the two |33| And ye shall not go out the flood to destroy all
kidneys, and their chelev (fat), of the entrance of the Ohel creatures because of their evil
and the right thigh: Mo'ed in seven days, until the deeds. So his remembrance
|26| And out of the basket of days of your ordination be at came before Thee, O L-rd our
matzot, that was before an end: for seven days shall he G-d to increase his seed like the
Hashem, he took one challat fill your hand [consecrate you dust of the earth and his
matzot, and a loaf of oiled in ordination as kohanim]. offspring like the sand of the
lechem, and one wafer, and |34| As he hath done this day, sea." So hope is held out that
put them on the chelavim, and so Hashem hath commanded the Righteous Gentiles of the
upon the right thigh: to do, to make kapporah for world will have a share in the
|27| And he put all upon you. World to Come. In fact,
Aharon's hands, and upon the |35| Therefore shall ye abide according to ancient tradition,
hands of his Banim, at the entrance of the Ohel the first proselytes to the
and waved them for a tenufah Mo'ed yomam valailah seven Jewish faith were Abraham
(wave offering) before days and be shomer over the and Sarah, and through their
Hashem. mishmeret (charge) of descendants G-d intended to
|28| And Moshe took them Hashem, that ye die not: for so proselytize the nations (see also
from off their hands, and I have been commanded. Matthew 28:19). For a few
burned them on the Mizbe'ach |36| So Aharon and his other texts of many in the
upon the olah (burnt offering); Banim did all things which Scriptures on the universal
they were ordination offerings Hashem commanded scope of the Jewish faith, see Ps
for a re'ach nicho'ach; it is an by the hand of Moshe. 22:27; Isaiah 45:22; 66:23;
offering made by eish unto Zechariah 14:16. Of course,
Hashem. T.N. Many people do not know Judaism, with the exception of
|29| And Moshe took the that Judaism used to be a Messianic Judaism, changed
breast, and waved it for a "proselytizing" religion, and when the rabbis took over
tenufah before Hashem: it was that leaders of Judaism were under Yochanan ben Zakkai in
Moshe's share of the ram of both zealous and highly Yavneh near Jaffa in Israel
ordination; just as Hashem successful at making and created after 70 C.E. a
commanded Moshe. proselytes. In fact, so post-Temple, non-priestly form
|30| And Moshe took of the numerous were the proselytes of Judaism lacking
shemen hamishchah, and of in Biblical times that there is blood sacrifice
the dahm which was upon the even a term in Scripture for
and a Beis Hamikdash. It become proselytes to Moshiach (Exodus 19:10), and sprinkled
should be remembered here because not everyone is willing with the blood of a covenant
that it is the blood that makes to commit himself to Moshiach. sacrifice (Exodus 24:3-8) [see
atonement for the soul And many who have Sifra, Ahare Perek 12].
(Lev.17:11) and that Abel's committed themselves to Nevertheless, the central ritual
offering from the firstborn of Moshiach Adoneinu are even of admittance into the faith
his flock was looked on with ignorant of the fact that what has always been a tevilah of
favor by Hashem, but a they call "the Religion of water immersion. The
bloodless religion and worship Messiah" is really Moshiach's proselyte’s blood sacrifice
without blood atonement was Judaism that Goyim have became impossible, except in
not looked on with favor (see adapted to their own culture. Moshiach’s self-offering, after
Gen.4:4-5). G-d says, "When I Nevertheless, the faith of the the Beis HaMikdash was
see the blood, I will pass over Brit Chadasha is still the true, destroyed. Furthermore, since
you" (Exod.12:13). To lack Biblical faith of Moshiach, women converts to Judaism
faith in Gen.22:8; Exo.12:5-13; whether every believer in outnumbered men,
Isaiah 53:7 and in Moshiach's Moshiach Adoneinu realizes it circumcision could hardly
necessary sacrifice, and then or not. Scripturally, a Jew is become the chief rite of entry
to create a religion where, anyone like Ruth the into Judaism. Therefore, the
gratuitously, blood sacrifice is Moabitess who has one conspicuous thing that all
assumed not necessary, is to renounced idolatry and converts had to do to join
change the religion of Judaism, thrown in his or her lot with Avraham’s family and faith
the religion of Moses. the people of the one true G-d. was to get immersed in water.
Moshiach’s Judaism has not Therefore, when a Gentile lady He or she had to submit to a
changed Judaism and is true named Ruth clung to Naomi tevilah to become part of the
Judaism. Rabbinic Judaism and Naomi’s G-d, Ruth kehunnat kodesh (1K 2:5
has changed Judaism. This became a Jewess, even OJBC). In Chapter 8 of
change occurred after 70 C.E., qualifying to become the great- Leviticus we see the mikveh
making Rabbinic Judaism a grandmother of King David. mayim of the kehunah
form of religion that post-dates However, historically, these induction prefiguring the brit
Moshiach’s Judaism. Not only three have been involved in the chadasha tevilah of the
does it lack Biblical reception of proselytes to ma’aminim hameshichiyim.
warrant for many of its tenets Judaism: 1) circumcision (the That is, what we see Moshe
of faith, but also the fact is bris milah), 2) complete doing in Lv 8:6 we see
that the rabbis have cooled off immersion (the tevilah) in a Yochanan the kohen navi
in their zeal to win converts. mikveh ritual bath, and 3) a doing in Mt 3:5-6 and
However, Moshiach's Judaism sacrifice (see Numbers 15:14 Philippos doing in Ac 8:38. All
has always been a and Babylonian Talmud, of the above is said, not to
proselytizing faith, eager to Kerithoth 9a.) This blood persuade Gentiles to confiscate
share the blessings of Judaism sacrifice (an offering by fire) the promises and blessings in
with the whole world. In our was burned on the altar and Scripture written down for the
own era, millions of adherents was indispensable at the time physical descendants of
to Moshiach's Judaism, the Beis Hamikdash stood, Abraham; rather, the intent of
including both Jews and non- and points prophetically along our rhetoric in this exegesis is
Jews from every culture and with all sacrifice to the to provoke our Jewish people to
country, have become repentant proselyte's need for a jealousy that they might
regenerated spiritual children blood atonement kapparah. pursue the G-d of Scripture
of Abraham and genuine Rabbi Judah the Patriarch and His many blessings
proselytes to Abraham’s faith. ("Rabbenu haKadosh") awaiting them in their Bible.
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Moshiach Adoneinu. nation circumcised before
leaving Egypt (Joshua 5:2), And it come to pass on
Unfortunately, not all Jews nor
all Goyim have been willing to
immersed in the desert in a
holy washing 9 yom hashemini, that
Moshe called to Aharon
and his Banim, and the Ziknei diaphragm with the liver of |21| And the breasts and the
Yisroel; the chattat (sin offering), he right thigh Aharon waved for a
[2] And he said unto Aharon, burned upon the Mizbe'ach; tenufah (wave offering) before
Take thee a young calf for a just as Hashem commanded Hashem; just as Moshe
chattat (sin offering), and a Moshe. commanded.
ram for an olah (burnt |11| And the basar and the |22| And Aharon lifted up his
offering), temimim (without hide he burned with eish hand toward the people, and
blemish), and offer them outside the machaneh. pronounced a barucha upon
before Hashem. |12| And he slaughtered them, and came down from
|3| And unto the Bnei Yisroel (shachat) the olah (burnt offering of the chattat (sin
thou shalt speak, saying, Take offering); and the Bnei Aharon offering), and the olah (burnt
ye a sa’ir izzim (male goat) for presented unto him the dahm, offering), and shelamim
a chattat (sin offering); and a which he sprinkled around (peace offerings).
calf and a keves (lamb), both upon the Mizbe'ach. |23| And Moshe and Aharon
of the first year, temimim |13| And they presented the went into the Ohel Mo'ed, and
(without blemish), for an olah; olah (burnt offering) unto came out, and pronounced a
|4| Also a bull and a ram for him, with the pieces thereof, barucha over the people; and
shelamim (peace offerings), to and the head; and he burned the kavod Hashem appeared
sacrifice before Hashem; and them upon the Mizbe'ach. unto kol HaAm.
a minchah mixed with |14| And he did wash the |24| And there came an eish
shemen; for today Hashem innards and the legs, and out from before Hashem, and
will appear unto you. burned them upon the olah consumed upon the Mizbe'ach
|5| And they brought that (burnt offering) on the the olah (burnt offering) and
which Moshe commanded Mizbe'ach. the chalavim (fat portions);
before the Ohel Mo'ed; and kol |15| And he brought the which when all the people
HaEdah drew near and stood korban HaAm (the offering of saw, they shouted, and fell on
before Hashem. the people), and took the goat their faces.
|6| And Moshe said, This is of the chattat (sin offering) for And Nadav and
the thing which Hashem
commanded that ye should
do; and the kavod Hashem
the people, and slaughtered
(shachat) it, and offered it for
sin, as before.
10 Avihu, the bnei
Aharon, each took
his censer, and put eish
shall appear unto you. |16| And he brought the olah therein, and put ketoret
|7| And Moshe said unto (burnt offering), and offered it (incense) thereon, and
Aharon, Go unto the in the prescribed way. offered eish zarah (strange,
Mizbe'ach, and offer thy |17| And he brought the unauthorized fire) before
chattat (sin offering), and thy minchah, and took a handful Hashem, which He
olah (burnt offering), and thereof, and burned it upon commanded them not.
make kapporah for thyself, the Mizbe'ach, in addition to |2| And there went out eish
and for the people; and offer the olah of the boker. (fire) from the presence of
the korban of the people, and |18| He slaughtered (shachat) Hashem, and devoured them,
make kapporah for them; just also the bull and the ram for a and they died before Hashem.
as Hashem commanded. zevach which was for the |3| Then Moshe said unto
|8| Aharon therefore went people; and the Bnei Aharon Aharon, This is it that
unto the Mizbe'ach, and presented unto him the dahm, Hashem spoke, saying, I will
slaughtered (shachat) the calf which he sprinkled upon the show Myself kadosh among
of the chattat (sin offering), Mizbe'ach around, them that come near Me, and
which was for himself. |19| And the chalavim (fat before kol HaAm (all the
|9| And the Bnei Aharon portions) of the bull and of the People) I will be honored. And
brought the dahm unto him; ram, the tail, and that which Aharon was silent.
and he dipped his forefinger covereth the innards, and the |4| And Moshe called Mishael
in the dahm, and put it upon kidneys, and the diaphragm and Eltzaphan, the bnei
the horns of the Mizbe'ach, above the liver; Uzziel the dod (uncle) of
and poured out the dahm at |20| And they put the chelev Aharon, and said unto them,
the foundation of the (fat) upon the breasts, and he Come near, carry your
Mizbe'ach; burned the chelev (fat) upon brethren from before the
|10| But the chelev (fat), and the Mizbe'ach; Kodesh to the outside of the
the kidneys, and the machaneh.
|5| So they went near, and thou, and thy banim, and thy among all the beasts that are
carried them in the kuttanot banot with thee; for they are on ha'aretz.
of them out of the machaneh; thy chok, and the chok of thy |3| Whatsoever spliteth the
as Moshe had said. banim, which are given out of hoof, and separateth into
|6| And Moshe said unto the zevakhim of shelamim double hooves, and cheweth
Aharon, and unto Eleazar and (peace offerings) of the Bnei the cud, among the behemah
unto Itamar, his banim, Don't Yisroel. (animals), that shall ye eat.
uncover your head, neither |15| The raised-up thigh and |4| Nevertheless these shall ye
rend your clothes; lest ye die, the breast of the waving shall not eat of them that chew the
and lest wrath come upon kol they bring with the offerings cud, or of them that
HaEdah; but let your made by eish of the chelavim separateth the hoof; as the
brethren, the kol Bais Yisroel, (fat portions), to wave it for a gamal (camel), because he
bewail the burning which wave offering before Hashem; cheweth the cud, but
Hashem hath kindled. and it shall be thine, and unto separateth not the hoof; he is
|7| And ye shall not go out thy banim with thee, by a chok tamei unto you.
from the entrance of the Ohel olam (portion forever); as |5| And the hyrax, because he
Mo'ed, lest ye die; for the Hashem hath commanded. cheweth the cud, but
shemen mishchat (anointing |16| And Moshe diligently separateth not the hoof; he is
oil) of Hashem is upon you. inquired about the sa'ir of the tamei unto you.
And they did according to the chattat, and, hinei, it was |6| And the hare, because he
word of Moshe. burned up; and he was angry cheweth the cud, but
|8| And Hashem spoke unto with Eleazar and Itamar, the separateth not the hoof; he is
Aharon, saying, bnei Aharon which were left temeiah (unclean) unto you.
|9| Do not drink yayin nor alive, saying, |7| And the chazir (swine),
strong drink, thou, nor thy |17| Why have ye not eaten though he separate the hoof,
banim with thee, when ye go the chattat in the makom and be separated into double
into the Ohel Mo'ed, lest ye hakodesh, seeing it is kodesh hooves, yet he cheweth not the
die; it shall be chukkat olam kodashim, and G-d hath given cud; he is tamei to you.
throughout your generations; it you to bear away the avon |8| Of their basar shall ye not
|10| And that ye may put HaEdah, to make kapporah eat, and their nevelah shall ye
difference between kodesh for them before Hashem? not touch; they are temei'im
and chol (common, profane), |18| Since the dahm of it was (unclean ones) to you.
and between tameh (unclean) not brought in within |9| These shall ye eat of all
and tahor (clean); HaKodesh, ye should indeed that are in the mayim;
|11| And that ye may teach have eaten it in the Kodesh, as whatsoever hath fins and
the Bnei Yisroel all the I commanded. scales in the mayim, in the
chukkim which Hashem hath |19| And Aharon said unto seas, and in the rivers, them
spoken unto them by the hand Moshe, See, today have they shall ye eat.
of Moshe. offered their chattat (sin |10| And all that have not
|12| And Moshe spoke unto offering) and their olah (burnt fins and scales in the seas,
Aharon, and unto Eleazar and offering) before Hashem; and and in the rivers, of all that
unto Itamar, his banim that such things have befallen me; swarm in the mayim, and of
were left, Take the minchah and if I had eaten the chattat any nefesh hachayyah
that remaineth of the offerings today, should it have been which is in the mayim, they
of Hashem made by eish, and accepted in the sight of shall be sheketz (abomination,
eat it without leaven (i.e., Hashem? detestable) unto you;
matzot) beside the Mizbe'ach; |20| And when Moshe heard |11| They shall be even
for it is kodesh kodashim; that, he was satisfied. sheketz unto you; ye shall not
|13| And ye shall eat it in the eat of their basar, but ye shall
makom kadosh, because it is And Hashem spoke have their nevelah in sheketz.
the chok (share, portion) of
thee and thy banim, of the
sacrifices of Hashem made by
11
unto them,
unto Moshe and to
Aharon, saying
|12| Whatsoever hath no fins
nor scales in the mayim, that
shall be sheketz unto you.
eish; for so I am commanded. |2| Speak unto the Bnei |13| And these are they which
|14| And the breast of the Yisroel, saying, These are the ye shall have in sheketz
waving and raised up thigh beasts which ye shall eat among the fowls;
shall ye eat in a makom tahor;
Torah 107 Vayikra 11
they shall not be eaten, they their nevelah shall be tamei |37| And if any part of their
are sheketz: the nesher (eagle), until erev. nevelah fall upon any zera for
and the vulture, and the white- |28| And he that beareth the sowing which is to be sown, it
tailed eagle, nevelah of them shall wash his shall be tahor.
|14| And the da'ah (kite), and clothes, and be tamei until |38| But if any mayim be put
the black kite after its kind; erev; they are temei'im unto upon the zera, and any part of
|15| Every orev (raven) after you. their nevelah fall thereon, it
its kind; |29| These also shall be tamei shall be tamei unto you.
|16| And the ostrich, and the unto you among the creeping |39| And if any behemah, of
screech owl, and the seagull, things that creep upon which ye may eat, die, he that
and the hawk after its kind, ha'aretz: the weasel, and the toucheth the nevelah thereof
|17| And the little owl, and rat, and the great lizard after shall be tamei until erev.
the cormorant, and the great its kind, |40| And he that eateth of the
owl, |30| And the gecko, and the nevelah of it shall wash his
|18| And the white owl, and land crocodile, and the skink, clothes, and be tamei until
the pelican, and the osprey, and the lizard, and the erev; he also that picketh up
|19| And the stork, the heron chameleon. the nevelah of it shall wash his
after its kind, and the hoopoe, |31| These are temei'im to clothes, and be tamei until
and the bat. you among all that creep; erev.
|20| All fowls that creep, whosoever doth touch them, |41| And every creeping thing
going upon all fours, shall be when they be dead, shall be that creepeth upon ha'aretz
sheketz unto you. tamei until erev. shall be sheketz; it shall not be
|21| Yet these may ye eat of |32| And whatsoever of them, eaten.
every winged insect that goeth when they are dead, doth fall |42| Whatsoever goeth upon
upon all fours, which have on something, it shall be the belly, and whatsoever
jumping legs above their feet, tamei; whether it be any vessel goeth upon all fours, or
to hop withal upon ha'aretz; of wood, or cloth, or hide, or whatsoever hath marbeh
|22| Even these of them ye sackcloth, whatsoever vessel it raglayim (many feet) among
may eat: the arbeh (locust) be, wherein any melachah all creeping things that creep
after its kind, and the katydid (work) is done, it must be put upon ha'aretz, them ye shall
after its kind, and the cricket into mayim, and it shall be not eat; for they are sheketz.
after its kind, and the tamei until erev; then it shall |43| Ye shall not make your
grasshopper after its kind. be tahor (clean). nefashot sheketz with any
|23| But all other winged |33| And every clay vessel, creeping thing that creepeth,
insects, which have four feet, whereinto any of them falleth, neither shall ye make your-
shall be sheketz unto you. whatsoever is in it shall be selves tamei with them, that ye
|24| And for these ye shall be tamei; and ye shall break it. should be made tamei
temei'im; whosoever toucheth |34| Of all okhel which may thereby.
the nevelah of them shall be be eaten, that on which such |44| For I am Hashem
tamei until erev. mayim cometh shall be tamei; Eloheichem; ye shall therefore
|25| And whosoever pick up and all mashkeh that may be set yourselves apart as kodesh,
any of the nevelah of them drunk in every such vessel and ye shall be kadoshim; for
shall wash his clothes, and be shall be tamei. I am kadosh; neither shall
tamei until erev. |35| And everything ye make your nefashot tamei
|26| Every beast which whereupon any part of their with any manner of creeping
spliteth the hooves, and is not nevelah falleth shall be tamei; thing that creepeth upon
completely split, nor cheweth whether it be oven, or stove, ha'aretz.
the cud, are temei'im unto they shall be broken; for they |45| For I am Hashem that
you; every one that toucheth are temei'im and shall be bringeth you up out of Eretz
them shall be tamei. temei'im unto you. Mitzrayim, to be for you as
|27| And whatsoever goeth |36| Nevertheless a spring or Elohim: ye shall therefore be
upon its paws, among all cistern, wherein there is a kadoshim, for I am kadosh.
manner of beasts that go on mikveh mayim (collection of |46| This is the torah
all fours, those are temei'im water) shall be tahor; but that concerning the beasts, and of
unto you; whosoever toucheth which toucheth their nevelah the fowl, and of every living
shall be tamei. creature that moveth in the
mayim, and of every
Vayikra 11, 12, 13 108 Orthodox Jewish Bible
creature that creepeth upon dahm. This is the torah for her hinei, if the nega be somewhat
ha'aretz; that hath born a zachar or a faded, and the nega spread
|47| To make a divide nekevah. not in the skin, the kohen
[lehavdil; to make a |8| And if she be not able to shall pronounce him tahor; it
distinction, separation] afford to bring a seh, then she is but a scab; and he shall
between the tamei and the shall bring two turtledoves, or wash his clothes, and be tahor.
tahor, and between the beast two young pigeons; the one for |7| But if the scab spread
that may be and the beast an olah, and the other for a much abroad in the skin, after
that may not be eaten. chattat; and the kohen shall that he hath shown himself to
make kapporah for her, and the kohen for his tohorah, he
[TAZRIA-METZORA] she shall be teherah (clean) shall appear before the kohen
[See Lk 2:24 regarding this again.
chapter and on how Moshiach |8| And if the kohen see that,
And Hashem spoke
12 unto Moshe,
saying,
was first brought to the Beis
Hamikdash].
And Hashem spoke

hinei, the scab spreadeth in
the skin, then the kohen shall
pronounce him tamei; it is a
tzara'at.
Yisroel, saying, If an isha have
conceived, and born a zachar,
then she shall be temeiah
shivat yamim; according to the
13 unto Moshe and
Aharon, saying,
|2| When a man shall have in
|9| When the nega tzara'at is
in a man, then he shall be
brought unto the kohen;
the skin of his basar a |10| And the kohen shall
yamim of the niddah
swelling, a scab, or bright examine him; and, hinei, if
(menstruation separation) for
spot, and it be in the skin of the swelling be white in the
her infirmity shall she be
his basar like the nega skin, and it have turned the
temeiah (unclean).
tzara'at; then he shall be hair white, and there be raw
|3| And in the yom hashemini
brought unto Aharon the basar in the swelling;
the basar of his arel
kohen, or unto one of his |11| It is an old tzara'at in the
(uncircumcision, foreskin)
Banim the kohanim; skin of his basar, and the
shall be circumcised.
|3| And the kohen shall kohen shall pronounce him
|4| And shloshim yom
examine the nega in the skin tamei, and shall not
ushloshet she shall then
of the basar; and when hair in quarantine him; for he
remain in demei tohorah
the nega is turned white, and is tamei.
(blood of her purifying, i.e.,
the nega in appearance be |12| And if a tzara'at break
period in which she would be out abroad in the skin, and
deeper than the skin of his
unclean); she shall touch no the tzara'at cover all the skin
basar, it is a nega tzara'at; and
kodesh, nor enter the of him that hath the nega
the kohen shall examine him,
Mikdash, until the yamei of from his head even to his foot,
and pronounce him tamei.
her tohorah be fulfilled. wheresoever the kohen
|4| If the bright spot be white
|5| But if she bear a nekevah, in the skin of his basar, and in looketh,
then she shall be temeiah two |13| Then the kohen shall
appearance be not deeper
weeks, as in her niddah consider; and, hinei, if the
than the skin, and the hair
(separation); and she shall tzara'at have covered all his
thereof be not turned white,
remain in the blood of her basar, he shall pronounce him
then the kohen shall
tohorah sixty-six days. tahor that hath the nega; it is
quarantine him that hath the
|6| And when the yemei all turned white; he is tahor.
nega shivat yamim;
tohorah are fulfilled, for a |14| But on the day when raw
ben, or for a bat, she shall basar appeareth in him, he
examine him on the yom
bring a keves of the first year shall be tamei.
hashevi'i; and, hinei, if the
for an olah, and a young |15| And the kohen shall see
nega in his sight be
pigeon, or a turtledove, for a the raw basar, and pronounce
unchanged, and the nega
chattat (sin offering), unto the him to be tamei; for the raw
spread not in the skin; then
entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed basar is tamei; it is a tzara'at.
the kohen shall quarantine
unto the kohen; |16| Or if the raw basar turn
him another shivat yamim;
|7| Who shall offer it before again, and be changed unto
Hashem, and make kapporah white, he shall come unto the
examine him again on the
for her; and she shall be kohen;
yom hashevi'i; and,
cleansed from the issue of her
|17| And the kohen shall see and it be no deeper than the pronounce him tahor; and he
him; and, hinei, if the nega be other skin, but be dim, then shall wash his clothes, and be
turned into white, then the the kohen shall quarantine tahor.
kohen shall pronounce him him shivat yamim; |35| But if the scale spread
tahor that hath the nega; he is |27| And the kohen shall much in the skin after his
tahor. examine him on the yom tohorah,
|18| The basar also, in which, hashevi'i; and if it be spread |36| Then the kohen shall
even in the skin thereof, was a much abroad in the skin, then examine him; and, hinei, if
boil, and is healed, the kohen shall pronounce the scale be spread in the skin,
|19| And in the place of the him tamei; it is the nega the kohen need not seek for
boil there be a white swelling, tzara'at. yellow hair; he is tamei.
or a bright spot, white, and |28| And if the bright spot |37| But if the scale be in his
somewhat reddish, and it be stay in its place, and spread sight unchanged, and that
shown to the kohen; not in the skin, but it be dim, there is black hair grown up
|20| And if, when the kohen it is a swelling of the burn, therein; the scale is healed, he
examine it, hinei, it be in and the kohen shall is tahor; and the kohen shall
appearance deeper than the pronounce him tahor; for it is pronounce him tahor.
skin, and the hair thereof be an inflammation of the |38| If an ish also or an isha
turned white; the kohen shall burning. have in the skin of their basar
pronounce him tamei; it is a |29| If an ish or isha have a bright spots, even white bright
nega tzara'at broken out of the nega upon the head or the spots,
boil. chin, |39| Then the kohen shall
|21| But if the kohen examine |30| Then the kohen shall examine; and, hinei, if the
it, and, hinei, there be no examine the nega, and, hinei, bright spots in the skin of
white hair therein, and if it be if it be in appearance deeper their basar be faint white, it is
not deeper than the skin, but than the skin, and there be in a bohak spot that groweth in
be somewhat faded, then the it a yellow thin hair, then the the skin; he is tahor.
kohen shall quarantine him kohen shall pronounce him |40| And the man whose hair
shivat yamim; tamei; it is a scale, even a is fallen off his head, he is
|22| And if it spread much tzara'at upon the head or chin. bald; yet is he tahor.
abroad in the skin, then the |31| And if the kohen |41| And he that hath his hair
kohen shall pronounce him examine the nega of the scale, fallen off from the front of his
tamei; it is a nega. and, hinei, it be not in scalp, he is bald at the
|23| But if the bright spot stay appearance deeper than the forehead; yet is he tahor.
in its place, and spread not, it skin, and that there is no |42| And if there be in the
is a burning boil; and the black hair in it, then the bald head, or bald forehead, a
kohen shall pronounce him kohen shall quarantine him white reddish nega, it is a
tahor. that hath the nega of the scale tzara'at breaking out in his
|24| Or if there be any basar, shivat yamim; bald head, or his bald
in the skin whereof there is a |32| And in the yom hashevi'i forehead.
hot burning, and the raw the kohen shall examine the |43| Then the kohen shall
basar that burneth have a nega; and, hinei, if the scale examine it; and, hinei, if the
white bright spot, somewhat spread not, and there be in it swelling of the nega be white
reddish, or white, no yellow hair, and the scale reddish in his bald head, or in
|25| Then the kohen shall be not in appearance deeper his bald forehead, as the
examine it; and, hinei, if the than the skin, tzara'at appeareth
hair in the bright spot be |33| He shall be shaven, but in the skin of the basar,
turned white, and it be in the scale shall he not shave; |44| He is an ish tzaru'a, he is
appearance deeper and the kohen shall tamei; the kohen shall
than the skin, it is a tzara'at quarantine him that hath the pronounce him utterly tamei;
broken out of the burning; scale another shivat yamim; his nega is in his head.
therefore the kohen shall |34| And in the yom hashevi'i |45| And the tzaru'a in whom
pronounce him tamei; it is the the kohen shall examine the the nega is, his clothes shall be
nega tzara'at. scale; and, hinei, if the scale torn, and his head bare, and
|26| But if the kohen examine be not spread in the skin, nor he shall put a covering
it, and, hinei, there be no be in appearance deeper than
white hair in the bright spot, the skin, then the kohen shall
upon his lower face, and shall nega has not changed its |5| And the kohen shall
cry, Tamei! Tamei! appearance, and the nega be command that one of the
|46| All the days wherein the not spread, it is tamei; thou birds be shachat in a clay
nega shall be in him he shall shalt burn it in the eish; vessel over mayim chayyim
be tamei; he is tamei; he shall whether the eating away hath (running water);
live alone; outside the brought bareness in the front |6| As for the living bird, he
machaneh shall his moshav or back. shall take it, and the cedar
be. |56| And if the kohen wood, and the scarlet thread,
|47| When a garment has the examine, and, hinei, the nega and the hyssop, and shall dip
nega tzara'at in it, whether it be somewhat faded after the them and the living bird in the
be a wool garment, or a linen washing of it, then he shall dahm of the bird that was
garment; tear it out of the garment, or killed (shachat) over the
|48| Whether it be in the out of the leather, or out of the mayim chayyim (running
warp, or woof; of linen, or of warp, or out of the woof; water);
wool; whether in a leather, or |57| And if it appear still in |7| And he shall sprinkle
in anything made of leather; the garment, either in the upon him that is to be made
|49| And if the nega be warp, or in the woof, or in any tahor from the tzara'at seven
greenish or reddish in the thing of leather, it is a times, and shall pronounce
garment, or in the leather, spreading nega; thou shalt him tahor, and shall release
either in the warp, or in the burn that wherein the nega is the living bird into the open
woof, or in any thing of with eish. field.
leather, it is a nega tzara'at, |58| And the garment, either |8| And he that is to be made
and shall be shown unto the warp, or woof, or whatsoever tahor shall wash his clothes,
kohen; thing of leather it be, which and shave off all his hair, and
|50| And the kohen shall thou shalt wash, if the nega be wash himself in mayim, that
examine the nega, and departed from them, then it he may be tahor; and after
quarantine it that hath the shall be washed the second that he shall come into the
nega shivat yamim; time, and shall be tahor. machaneh, and shall wait
|51| And he shall examine |59| This is the torah of the outside of his ohel seven days.
the nega on the yom hashevi'i; nega tzara'at in a garment of |9| But it shall be on the yom
if the nega be spread in the wool or linen, either in the hashevi'i, that he shall shave
garment, either in the warp, or warp, or woof, or any thing of all his hair off his head and
in the woof, or in a leather, or leather, to pronounce it tahor, his beard and his eyebrows,
in any work that is made of or to pronounce it tamei. even all his hair he shall shave
leather, the nega is a off; and he shall wash his
malignant tzara'at; it is tamei. [METZORA] clothes, also he shall wash his
|52| He shall therefore burn basar in mayim, and he shall
that garment, whether warp or And Hashem spoke be tahor.
woof, in wool or in linen, or
any thing of leather, wherein
the nega is; for it is a
14 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2| This shall be the torat
|10| And on the yom
hashemini he shall take two
kevasim temimim and one ewe
malignant tzara'at; it shall be hametzora in the yom of his lamb of the first year
burned in the eish. tohorah: he shall be brought temimah, and three tenths of
|53| And if the kohen shall unto the kohen; an ephah of fine flour for a
examine, and, hinei, the nega |3| And the kohen shall go minchah, mixed with shemen,
be not spread in the garment, forth outside the machaneh; and one log of shemen.
either in the warp, or in the and the kohen shall examine, |11| And the kohen who
woof, or in anything of and, hinei, if the nega tzara'at purifies shall present the ish
leather, be healed in the afflicted that is to be made tahor, and
|54| Then the kohen shall person, those things, before Hashem,
command that they wash the |4| Then shall the kohen at the entrance of the Ohel
thing wherein the nega is, and command to take for him that Mo'ed;
he shall quarantine it another is to be cleansed two birds |12| And the kohen shall take
shivat yamim; alive and tehorot (clean ones), one keves (lamb), and sacrifice
|55| And the kohen shall and cedar wood, and him for an asham (trespass
examine the nega, after that it scarlet thread, and hyssop;
is washed; and, hinei, if the
offering), and the log of and afterward he shall hand upon the lobe of the
shemen, and wave them for a slaughter (shachat) the olah right ear of him that is to
tenufah (wave offering) before (burnt offering); made tahor, and upon the
Hashem; |20| And the kohen shall offer thumb of his right hand, and
|13| And he shall slaughter the olah (burnt offering) and upon the bohen of
(shachat) the keves in the the minchah upon the his right foot, upon the
place where he shall slaughter Mizbe'ach; and the kohen mekom (place) of the dahm of
(shachat) the chattat (sin shall make kapporah for him, the asham (trespass offering);
offering) and the olah (burnt and he shall be tahor. |29| And the rest of the
offering), in the mekom |21| And if he be poor, and shemen that is in the kohen's
hakodesh; for as the chattat cannot afford otherwise, then hand he shall put upon the
(sin offering) belongs to the he shall take one keves for an head of him that is to be made
kohen, so does the asham asham (trespass offering) to be tahor, to make kapporah for
(trespass offering); it is kodesh waved, to make kapporah for him before Hashem.
kodashim; him, and one tenth of an |30| And he shall sacrifice the
|14| And the kohen shall take ephah of fine flour mixed with one of the torim (turtledoves),
some of the dahm of the shemen for a minchah, and a or of the young pigeons, such
asham (trespass offering), and log of shemen; as he can afford;
the kohen shall put it upon |22| And two turtledoves, or |31| Even such as he is able
the lobe of the right ear of him two young pigeons, such as he to afford, the one for a chattat
that is to be made tahor, and is able to afford; and the one (sin offering), and the other
upon the thumb of his right shall be a chattat (sin for an olah, with the minchah;
hand, and upon the bohen of offering), and the other an and the kohen shall make
his right foot; olah (burnt offering). kapporah for him that is to be
|15| And the kohen shall take |23| And he shall bring them made tahor before Hashem.
some of the log of shemen, on the yom hashemini for his |32| This is the torah of him
and pour it into the palm of tohorah unto the kohen, unto in whom is the nega tzara'at,
his own left hand; the entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed who cannot afford that which
|16| And the kohen shall dip before Hashem. pertaineth to his tohorah
his right forefinger in the |24| And the kohen shall take (cleansing).
shemen that is in his left the keves (lamb) of the asham |33| And Hashem spoke unto
hand, and shall sprinkle of the (trespass offering), and the log Moshe and unto Aharon,
shemen with his forefinger of shemen, and the kohen saying,
seven times before Hashem; shall wave them for a tenufah |34| When ye be come into
|17| And of the rest of the (wave offering) before Eretz Kena'an, which I give to
shemen that is in his hand Hashem; you for a possession, and I put
shall the kohen put upon the |25| And he shall slaughter the nega tzara'at in a bais of
lobe of the right ear of him (shachat) the keves of the the eretz of your possession;
that is to be made tahor, and asham (trespass offering), and |35| And he that owneth the
upon the thumb of his right the kohen shall take some of bais shall come and tell the
hand, and upon the bohen of the dahm of the asham kohen, saying, It seemeth to
his right foot, upon the dahm (trespass offering), and put it me there is as it were a nega
of the asham (trespass upon the lobe of the right ear (plague) in the bais;
offering); of him that is to be made |36| Then the kohen shall
|18| And the remnant of the tahor, and upon the thumb of command that they empty the
shemen that is in the kohen's his right hand, and upon the bais, before the kohen go into
hand he shall pour upon the bohen of his right foot; it to examine the nega, that all
head of him that is to be made |26| And the kohen shall that is in the bais be not made
tahor; and the kohen shall pour of the shemen into the tamei; and afterward the
make kapporah for him before palm of his own left hand; kohen shall go in to examine
Hashem. |27| And the kohen shall the bais,
|19| And the kohen shall offer sprinkle with his right |37| And he shall examine
the chattat (sin offering), and forefinger some of the shemen the nega, and, hinei, if the
make kapporah for him that is that is in his left hand seven nega be in the walls of the bais
to be made tahor from his times before Hashem; with depressions, greenish or
tumah (uncleanness); |28| And the kohen shall put reddish, which in
of the shemen that is in his appearance are
deeper than the surface of the bais was plastered, then the discharge: whether his basar
wall, kohen shall pronounce the run with his discharge, or his
|38| Then the kohen shall go bais tahor (clean), because the basar has stopped from his
out of the bais to the entrance nega is healed. discharge, it is his tumah
of the bais, and quarantine |49| And he shall take to (uncleanness).
the bais seven days; purify the bais two birds, and |4| Every bed, whereon he
|39| And the kohen shall cedar wood, and scarlet lieth that hath the discharge,
come again the yom hashevi'i, thread, and hyssop; is tamei; and everything,
and shall inspect; and, hinei, |50| And he shall kill whereon he sitteth, shall be
if the nega be spread in the (shachat) the one of the birds tamei.
walls of the bais, in a clay vessel over mayim |5| And whosoever toucheth
|40| Then the kohen shall chayyim (running water); his bed shall immerse his
command that they tear down |51| And he shall take the garments, and immerse
the stones in which the nega cedar wood, and the hyssop, himself in mayim, and be
is, and they shall throw them and the scarlet thread, and tamei until the erev.
into a makom tamei outside the living bird, and dip them |6| And he that sitteth on any
the town; in the dahm of the slain bird, thing whereon he sat that hath
|41| And he shall cause the and in the mayim chayyim the discharge shall immerse
bais to be scraped within (running water), and sprinkle his garments, and immerse
around, and they shall pour the bais seven times; himself in mayim, and be
out the afar (dust) that they |52| And he shall cleanse the tamei until the erev.
scrape off outside the town bais with the dahm of the |7| And he that toucheth the
into a makom tamei; bird, and with the mayim basar of him that hath the
|42| And they shall take other hachayyim (running water), discharge shall immerse his
stones, and make them and with the living bird, and garments, and immerse
replace those stones; and he with the cedar wood, and with himself in mayim, and be
shall take other mortar, and the hyssop, and with the tamei until the erev.
shall plaster the bais. scarlet thread; |8| And if he that hath the
|43| And if the nega come |53| But he shall release the discharge spit upon him that
again, and break out in the living bird outside the town is tahor, then he shall
bais, after that he hath taken into the open field, and make immerse his garments, and
away the stones, and after he kapporah for the bais; and it immerse himself in mayim,
hath scraped the bais, and shall be tahor. and be tamei until the erev.
after it is plastered, |54| This is the torah for all |9| And whatsoever riding
|44| Then the kohen shall manner of nega tzara'at, and seat he rideth upon that hath
come and inspect, and, hinei, nesek (scale), the discharge shall be tamei.
if the nega be spread in the |55| And for the tzara'at of a |10| And whosoever toucheth
bais, it is a malignant tzara'at garment, and of a bais, anything that was under him
in the bais; it is tamei. |56| And for a swelling, and shall be tamei until the erev;
|45| And he shall tear down for a scab, and for a bright and he that picks up any of
the bais, the stones of it, and spot those things shall immerse his
the timber thereof, and all the |57| To teach when it is garments, and immerse
mortar of the bais; and he tamei, and when it is tahor: himself in mayim, and be
shall carry them forth out of this is the torat tzara'at. tamei until the erev.
the town into a makom tamei. |11| And whomsoever he
|46| Moreover he that goeth toucheth that hath the
into the bais all the while that And Hashem spoke discharge, and hath not
it is quarantined shall be
tamei until erev.
|47| And he that reclineth in
15 unto Moshe and to
Aharon, saying,
rinsed his hands in mayim, he
shall immerse his garments,
and immerse himself in
the bais shall wash his clothes; Yisroel, and say unto them, mayim, and be tamei until the
and he that eateth in the bais When any ish hath a erev.
shall wash his clothes. discharge from his basar, |12| And the clay pottery, that
|48| And if the kohen shall because of his he toucheth which hath the
come in, and examine it, and, discharge he is tamei. discharge, shall be
hinei, the nega hath not |3| And this shall be his
spread in the bais, after the tumah (uncleanness) in his
broken; and every wooden |21| And whosoever toucheth and the other for an olah
vessel shall be rinsed in her bed shall immerse his (burnt offering); and the
mayim. garments, and immerse kohen shall make kapporah
|13| And when he that hath a himself in mayim, and be for her before Hashem for the
discharge is made tahor of his tamei until the erev. discharge of her tumah.
discharge; then he shall |22| And whosoever toucheth |31| Thus shall ye separate
number to himself seven days anything that she sat upon the Bnei Yisroel from their
for his tohorah (cleansing), shall immerse his garments, tumah; that they die not in
and immerse his garments, and immerse himself in their tumah, when they defile
and immerse his basar in mayim, and be tamei until the My Mishkan that is among
running mayim, and shall be erev. them.
tahor. |23| And if it be on her bed, |32| This is the torah of him
|14| And on the yom shemini or on any thing whereon she that hath a discharge, and of
he shall take to him two sitteth, when he toucheth it, him whose shikhvat zera goeth
turtledoves, or two young he shall be tamei until the from him, and is made tamei
pigeons, and come before erev. therewith;
Hashem unto the entrance of |24| And if any ish lie with |33| And of her that suffers
the Ohel Mo'ed, and give them her at all, and her niddah through her niddah, and of
unto the kohen; (menstrual flow) be upon him, him that hath a discharge, of
|15| And the kohen shall he shall be tamei seven days; the zachar, and of the
sacrifice them, the one for a and all the bed whereon he nekevah, and of him that lieth
chattat, and the other for an lieth shall be tamei. with her that is tameiah.
olah (burnt offering); and the |25| And if an isha have a
kohen shall make kapporah discharge of her dahm many [ACHAREY MOS]
for him before Hashem for his days out of the time of her
And Hashem spoke
16
discharge. niddah, or if it run beyond the
|16| And if any ish [baal keri, time of her niddah, all the unto Moshe after
a person with a discharge of days of the discharge of her the mot of the two
semen], if his shikhvat zera tumah shall be as the days of Bnei Aharon, when they
(emission of semen) go out her niddah; she shall be approached before Hashem,
from him, then he shall tamei. and died;
immerse his entire body in |26| Every bed whereon she |2| And Hashem said unto
mayim, and be tamei until the lieth all the days of her Moshe, Speak unto Aharon
erev. discharge shall be unto her as thy brother, that he come not
|17| And every garment, and the bed of her niddah; and at any time into HaKodesh
every skin, whereon is the whatsoever she sitteth upon within the Parochet (curtain)
shikhvat zera, shall be shall be tamei, as the tumah before the Kapporet, which is
immersed with mayim, and be of her niddah. upon the Aron; that he die
tamei until the erev. |27| And whosoever toucheth not; for I will appear in the
|18| The isha also with whom those things shall be tamei, Anan upon the Kapporet.
ish shall lie with shikhvat and shall immerse his |3| Thus shall Aharon come
zera, they shall both immerse garments, and immerse into HaKodesh: with a young
themselves in mayim, and be himself in mayim, and be bull for a chattat, and a ram
tamei until the erev. tamei until the erev. for an olah (burnt offering).
|19| And if an isha have a |28| But if she be tohorah of |4| He shall put on the
discharge, and her discharge her discharge, then she shall Kesones Bahd Kodesh (holy
in her body be dahm, she count to herself seven days, linen tunic [see Yn 19:23 on
shall be in her state of niddah and after that she shall be Moshiach's Kesones, the day
(state of menstrual separation) tohorah. kapporah was made by the
seven days; and whosoever |29| And on the yom shemini Kohen L'Olahm al Divrati
toucheth her shall be tamei she shall take unto her two Melki-Tzedek—Ps 110:4]), and
until the erev. turtle doves, or two young he shall have the Mikhnesei
|20| And everything that she pigeons, and bring them unto Bahd (linen breeches) upon
lieth upon in her niddah shall the kohen, to the entrance of his basar, and shall be
be tamei; everything also that the Ohel Mo'ed. girded with a Avnet Bahd
she sitteth upon shall be |30| And the kohen shall (linen sash),
tamei. sacrifice the one for a chattat,
and with the Mitznefet Bahd and before the Kapporet upon the rosh of the goat, and
(linen turban) shall he be yazzeh (he shall sprinkle [see shall send him away by the
attired; these are Bigdei Isaiah 52:15 for Moshiach’s hand of a designated man into
Kodesh; therefore shall he world-wide sprinkling]) of the the midbar;
immerse his basar in mayim, dahm with his forefinger |22| And the goat nasah
and so put them on. seven times. (shall carry, see Isaiah 53:12)
|5| And he shall take of the |15| Then shall he slaughter upon him all their avonot
Adat Bnei Yisroel two male (shachat) the goat of the unto an eretz gezerah
goats of the goats for a chattat, chattat, that is for the Am, and (uninhabited, solitary place);
and one ram for an olah. bring his dahm within the and he shall release the goat
|6| And Aharon shall offer his Parochet, and do with that in the midbar.
bull of the chattat, which is for dahm as he did with the dahm |23| And Aharon shall come
himself, and make kapporah of the bull, and sprinkle it into the Ohel Mo'ed, and shall
for himself, and for his bais. upon the Kapporet, and put off the linen garments,
|7| And he shall take the two before the Kapporet; which he put on when he
goats, and present them |16| And he shall make went into HaKodesh, and
before Hashem at the kapporah for HaKodesh, shall leave them there;
entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed. because of the tuma of the |24| And he shall wash his
|8| And Aharon shall cast lots Bnei Yisroel, and because of basar with mayim in the
upon the two goats; one lot for their peysha'im in all their Makom Kadosh, and put on
Hashem, and the other lot for chattot; and so shall he do for his garments, come out, and
Azazel. the Ohel Mo'ed, that offer his olah and the olah of
|9| And Aharon shall bring remaineth among them in the HaAm, and make kapporah
the goat upon which Hashem's midst of their tumah. for himself, and for HaAm.
lot fell, and offer him for a |17| And there shall be no |25| And the chelev of the
chattat. adam in the Ohel Mo'ed when chattat shall he burn upon the
|10| But the goat, on which he goeth in to make kapporah Mizbe'ach.
the lot fell for Azazel shall be in HaKodesh, until he come |26| And he that released the
presented chai (alive) before out, and have made kapporah goat for Azazel shall immerse
Hashem, to make kapporah for himself, and for his bais, his garments and immerse his
through it, and to let him go and for kol Kehal Yisroel. basar in mayim, and after-
for Azazel into the midbar. |18| And he shall go out unto ward come into the
|11| And Aharon shall bring the Mizbe'ach that is before machaneh.
the bull of the chattat, which Hashem, and make kapporah |27| And the bull for the
is for himself, and shall make for it; and shall take of the chattat, and the goat for the
kapporah for himself, and for dahm of the bull, and of the chattat whose dahm was
his bais, and shall slaughter dahm of the goat, and put it brought in to make kapporah
(shachat) the bull of the upon the Karnot of the in HaKodesh, shall one carry
chattat which is for himself; Mizbe'ach around about. forth outside the machaneh;
|12| And he shall take a |19| And he shall sprinkle of and they shall burn in the eish
machtah (censer) full of the dahm upon it with his their hides, and their basar,
burning coals of eish from off forefinger seven times, and and their dung.
the Mizbe'ach before Hashem, make it tahor, and set it apart |28| And he that burneth
and his hands full of ketoret, as kodesh from the tumah of them shall immerse his
ground and fragrant, and the Bnei Yisroel. garments, and immerse his
bring it within the Parochet |20| And when he hath basar in mayim, and
(Curtain); finished making kapporah for afterward he shall come into
|13| And he shall put the HaKodesh, and the Ohel the machaneh.
ketoret upon the eish before Mo'ed, and the Mizbe'ach, he |29| And this shall be a
Hashem, that the anan of the shall bring the live goat; chukkat olam (eternal
ketoret may cover the |21| And Aharon shall lay decree) unto you: that in the
Kapporet that is upon the both his hands upon the rosh Chodesh HaShevi'i, on the
Edut, that he die not; (head) of the live goat, tenth day of the chodesh, ye
|14| And he shall take of the v'hitvaddah (and confess) over shall afflict your nefashot,
dahm of the bull, and sprinkle him kol avonot Bnei Yisroel, and do no melachah
it with his forefinger upon the and all their peysha'im in all at all, whether it be
eastern front of the Kapporet; their chattot, putting them ezrach (native) or
Torah 115 Vayikra 16, 17, 18
the ger that sojourneth among shall be cut off [see Daniel |12| Therefore I said unto the
you: 9:26 regarding Moshiach] Bnei Yisroel, No nefesh of you
|30| For on that day shall the from among his people; shall eat dahm, neither shall
kohen make kapporah for you, |5| To the end that the Bnei any ger that sojourneth
to make you tahor, that ye Yisroel may bring their among you eat dahm.
may be tahor from all your zevakhim, which they offer in |13| And whatsoever ish there
chattot before Hashem. the open sadeh, even that they be of the Bnei Yisroel, or of
|31| It shall be a Shabbat may bring them unto Hashem, the ger that sojourn among
Shabbaton unto you, and ye unto the petach of the Ohel you, which hunteth down any
shall afflict your nefashot, by Mo'ed, unto the kohen, and beast or fowl that may be
a chukkat olam. offer them for zivkhei eaten, he shall even
|32| And the kohen, who has shelamim unto Hashem. drain out the dahm thereof,
been anointed or who has |6| And the kohen shall and cover it with dust.
been given authority to sprinkle [see Yeshayah 52:15] |14| For as for the nefesh of
minister as a kohen in place of the dahm upon the Mizbe'ach all basar, the dahm of it is its
his father, shall make of Hashem at the petach of nefesh; therefore I said unto
kapporah, and shall put on the Ohel Mo'ed, and burn the the Bnei Yisroel, Ye shall eat
the linen garments, even the fat for a re'ach nichoach unto the dahm of no manner of
Bigdei Hakodesh; Hashem. basar: for the nefesh of all
|33| And he shall make |7| And they shall no more basar is the dahm thereof;
kapporah for the Mikdash offer their zevakhim unto goat whosoever eateth it shall be
HaKodesh, and he shall make demons, after whom they have cut off.
kapporah for the Ohel Mo'ed, gone a-whoring. This shall be |15| And every nefesh that
and for the Mizbe'ach, and he a chukkat olam unto them eateth nevelah (carcass), or
shall make kapporah for the throughout their dorot terefah (that which was torn
kohanim, and for kol HaAm (generations). with beasts), whether native
HaKahal. |8| And thou shalt say unto born or a ger, he shall both
|34| And this shall be a them, Whatsoever man there wash his clothes, and bathe
chukkat olam unto you, to be of the Bais Yisroel, or of the himself in mayim, and be
make kapporah for the Bnei ger which sojourn among tamei until erev; then shall he
Yisroel for all their chattat them, that offereth an olah be tahor.
once a year. And he did as (burnt offering) or zevakh, |16| But if he wash them not,
Hashem commanded Moshe. |9| And bringeth it not unto nor bathe his basar; then he
the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed, shall bear his avon (iniquity).
And Hashem spoke to offer it unto Hashem; even [See Yeshayah 53:6,11.]
17 unto Moshe,
saying,
that man shall be cut off [see
Daniel 9:26 on Moshiach’s And Hashem spoke
|2| Speak unto Aharon, and
unto his banim, and unto all
the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto
being cut off] from among his
people.
|10| And whatsoever man
18 unto Moshe,
saying,
them: This is the thing there be of Bais Yisroel, or of Yisroel, and say unto them, I
which Hashem hath the ger that sojourn among am Hashem Eloheichem.
commanded, saying, you, that eateth any manner |3| After what is done in
|3| What man soever there be of dahm; I will even set My Eretz Mitzrayim, wherein ye
of Bais Yisroel, that sacrificeth face against that nefesh that dwelt, shall ye not do; and
an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the eateth dahm, and will cut it after what is done in Eretz
machaneh, or that sacrificeth off [see Daniel 9:26] from Canaan, whither I bring you,
it outside of the machaneh, among its people. shall ye not do; neither shall
|4| And bringeth it not unto |11| For the nefesh of the ye walk in their chukkot.
the petach (entrance) of the basar is in the dahm: and I |4| Ye shall do My mishpatim,
Ohel Mo'ed, to offer a korban have given it to you upon the and be shomer over My
unto Hashem before the Mizbe'ach to make kapporah chukkot, to walk therein: I am
Mishkan of Hashem, [shefach] for your nefashot: for it is the Hashem Eloheichem.
dahm (shedding of blood) dahm that maketh kapporah |5| Ye shall therefore be
shall be imputed unto that for the nefesh. [see Zecharyah shomer over My
man; he hath committed 9:11; Tehillim 50:5]
shefach dahm; and that man
chukkot, and My mishpatim; brother's wife; it is thy no, neither any of your ezrach,
which if an ish do, he shall brother's nakedness. nor any ger that sojourneth
live by them: I am Hashem. |17| Thou shalt not uncover among you;
|6| None of you shall the nakedness of an isha and |27| (For all these to'evot have
approach to any that is near her bat, neither shalt thou the anshei HaAretz done,
of kin to legallot ervah (to take the bat of her ben, or which were before you, and
uncover nakedness, i.e., the bat of her bat, to uncover HaAretz is tamei;)
incestuously dishonor); I am her nakedness; for they are |28| That HaAretz vomit not
Hashem. her near kinswomen: it is you out also, when ye defile it,
|7| The nakedness of thy av, zimmah (wickedness). as it vomited out the Goyim
or the nakedness of thy em, |18| Neither shalt thou take that were before you.
shalt thou not uncover: she is your wife's achot (sister), to be |29| For whosoever shall
thy em; thou shalt not uncover a rival wife, to uncover her commit any of these to'evot,
her nakedness. nakedness, beside the other in even the nefashot that commit
|8| The nakedness of the wife her lifetime. them shall be cut off (i.e.,
of thy av shalt thou not |19| Also thou shalt not suffer the death penalty [see
uncover; it approach unto an isha to Daniel 9:26 regarding
is the nakedness of thy av. uncover her nakedness, as Moshiach's death penalty]
|9| The nakedness of thy long as she has her tumah from among their people.
achot (sister), the bat of thy av, from her period of niddah. |30| Therefore shall ye be
or bat of thy em, whether she |20| Moreover thou shalt not shomer over My charge, that
be moledet bais (born at lie carnally with thy neighbor's ye commit not any one of
home), or moledet chutz (born wife. You shall not give your these chukkot hato'evot, which
outside), even their nakedness shikhvat zera to make tamei were committed before
thou shalt not uncover. with her. you, and that ye make not
|10| The nakedness of the bat |21| And thou shalt not let yourselves tamei therein: I am
of thy ben, or the bat of thy any of thy zera pass through Hashem Eloheichem.
bat, even their nakedness thou [the eish, i.e., be sacrificed and
shalt not uncover; for theirs is burned or cremated] to
thine own nakedness. Molech, neither shalt thou
|11| The nakedness of the bat profane the Shem Eloheicha; I [KEDOSHIM]
of the wife of thy av, begotten am Hashem.
of thy av, she is thy achot |22| Thou shalt not lie with
(sister), thou shalt not uncover zachar, as with isha: it is And Hashem spoke
her nakedness.
|12| Thou shalt not uncover
the nakedness of the achot of
to'evah (abomination,
detestable)
|23| Neither shalt thou lie
19 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2| Speak unto kol Adat Bnei
thy av; she is thy father's near with any behemah. You shall Yisroel, and say unto them, Ye
kinswoman [i.e., close relative]. not give your shikhvat to make shall be kedoshim (holy ones):
|13| Thou shalt not uncover tamei with it; neither shall any for I Hashem Eloheichem am
the nakedness of the achot isha present herself to a kadosh.
(sister) of thy em: for she is thy behemah to have relations |3| Ye shall fear every man
mother's near kinswoman. with it: it is tevel (perversion). his em, and his av, and be
|14| Thou shalt not uncover |24| Make not yourselves shomer over My Shabbatot: I
the nakedness of the achi tamei in any of these things; am Hashem Eloheichem.
avicha (the brother of thy for in all these the Goyim |4| Turn ye not unto elilim,
father), thou shalt not which I cast out before you nor make to yourselves elohei
approach to his wife; she is became tamei; massekhah (cast metal g-ds); I
thine dodah. |25| And HaAretz became am Hashem Eloheichem.
|15| Thou shalt not uncover tamei; therefore I do visit the |5| And if ye offer a zevach
the nakedness of thy kallah iniquity thereof upon it, and shelamim unto Hashem, ye
(daughter-in-law); she is the HaAretz itself vomiteth out shall offer it for your
wife of thy ben; thou shalt not her inhabitants. acceptance.
uncover her nakedness. |26| Ye shall therefore be |6| It shall be eaten the same
|16| Thou shalt not uncover shomer over My chukkot and day ye offer it, and on the next
the ervah (nakedness) of thy My mishpatim, and shall not day;
commit any of these to'evot;
and what remains until the slanderer) among thy people; Hashem withal.
yom hashelishi, it shall be neither shalt thou stand aside |25| And in the shanah
burned in the eish. while thy neighbor's dahm is hachamishit shall ye eat of the
|7| And if it be eaten at all on shed; I am Hashem. fruit thereof, that it may yield
the yom hashelishi, it is piggul |17| Thou shalt not hate thy unto you the increase thereof:
(unclean sacrificial flesh); it brother in thine lev; thou shalt I am Hashem Eloheichem.
shall not be accepted. in any wise rebuke thy |26| Ye shall not eat any thing
|8| Therefore every one that neighbor, and not bear chet with the dahm; neither shall
eateth it shall bear his avon, because of him. ye practice divination, nor
because he hath desecrated as |18| Thou shalt not avenge, practice sorcery.
chillul the set-apart- as-kodesh nor bear any grudge against |27| Ye shall not cut the edge
thing of Hashem: and that the bnei ammecha (children of of your scalp, neither shalt
nefesh shall be cut off from thy people), v'ahavta l're'acha thou mar the corners of thy
among his people. kamocha (but thou shalt love beard.
|9| And when ye reap the thy neighbor as thyself): I am |28| Ye shall not make any
katzir of your land, thou shalt Hashem. cuttings in your basar for the
not wholly reap the corners of |19| Ye shall be shomer over dead, nor tattoo any marks
thy sadeh, neither shalt thou My chukkot. Thou shalt not upon you: I am Hashem.
gather the gleanings of thy mate different kinds of |29| Do not prostitute thy bat,
katzir. animals; thou shalt not sow to cause her to be a harlot; lest
|10| And thou shalt not glean thy sadeh with mingled zera; ha'aretz fall to whoredom, and
thy kerem (vineyard), neither neither shall a garment with ha'aretz become full of
shalt thou gather every grape shaatnez (mixed fibers) come depravity.
of thy kerem; thou shalt leave upon thee [see Devarim 22:11]. |30| Ye shall be shomer
them for the oni (poor) and ger |20| And whosoever lieth over My Shabbatot, and
(stranger); I am Hashem carnally with an isha, that is a reverence My Mikdash; I am
Eloheichem. shifcha betrothed to a Hashem.
|11| Ye shall not steal, neither husband, and not at all |31| Regard not them that
deal falsely, neither speak redeemed, nor chufshah have familiar spirits, neither
sheker (falsehood, deception, (freedom) given her; she shall seek after Ovos (Mediums)
lie) to another. be scourged; they shall not be and Yidonim (Spiritists), to
|12| And ye shall not swear put to death, because she has be defiled by them: I am
by My Shem lasheker (falsely), not been chuppashah (freed). Hashem Eloheichem.
neither shalt thou commit |21| And he shall bring his |32| Thou shalt rise up before
Chillul ha-shem Eloheicha; I asham (trespass offering, guilt the old, and honor the face of
am Hashem. offering) unto Hashem, unto the zaken, and fear Eloheicha:
|13| Thou shalt not defraud the entrance of the Ohel I am Hashem.
thy re'a (neighbor), neither rob Mo'ed, even a ram of asham. |33| And if a ger sojourn with
him; the wages of him that is a |22| And the kohen shall thee in your land, ye shall not
sakhir (hired man) shall not make kapporah for him with mistreat him.
abide with thee ad boker the ram of the asham before |34| But the ger that dwelleth
(until morning). Hashem for his chattat which with you shall be unto you as
|14| Thou shalt not curse the he hath sinned; and the one born among you, and
cheresh (deaf), nor put a chattat which he hath sinned thou shalt love him as thyself;
michshol (stumbling block) shall be forgiven him. for ye were gerim in Eretz
before the ivver (blind), but |23| And when ye shall come Mitzrayim: I am Hashem
shalt fear Eloheicha: I am into ha'aretz, and shall have Eloheichem.
Hashem. planted all manner of food |35| Ye shall do no
|15| Ye shall do no avel trees, then ye shall treat the unrighteousness in scales, in
bamishpat (perversion of fruit thereof as forbidden; weights, and dry measures.
justice); thou shalt not shalosh shanim shall it be as |36| Tzedek scales,
respect the person of the poor, forbidden unto you; it shall tzedek weights, a tzedek
nor favor the person of the not be eaten of. ephah, and a tzedek hin,
gadol; but in tzedek shalt thou |24| But in the shanah shall ye have: I am
judge thy neighbor. harev'i'it all the fruit thereof
|16| Thou shalt not go up and shall be kodesh to praise
down as a rakhil (talebearer,
Hashem Eloheichem, which who sets you apart as kodesh. the sight of their Bnei Am; he
brought you out |9| For every one that curseth hath uncovered the nakedness
of Eretz Mitzrayim. his av or his em shall be surely of his achot (sister); he shall
|37| Therefore shall ye be put to death; he hath cursed bear his iniquity.
shomer (on guard to keep) his av or his em; his dahm |18| And if an ish shall lie
over all My chukkot (statutes), shall be upon him. with an isha during her davah
and all My mishpatim |10| And the ish that (menstruous unwellness), and
(judgments), and do them: I committeth adultery with the shall uncover her nakedness,
am Hashem. wife of another ish, he hath made bare her mekor
even he that committeth (source), and she hath
adultery with his neighbor's uncovered the source of her
And Hashem spoke wife, the no'ef (adulterer) and dahm; and both of them shall
20 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2| Again, thou shalt say to
the no'efet (adulteress) shall
surely be put to death.
|11| And the ish that lieth
be cut off from among their
people.
|19| And thou shalt not
the Bnei Yisroel, Whosoever he with the wife of his av hath uncover the nakedness of thy
be of the Bnei Yisroel, or of uncovered his father's mother's achot (sister), nor of
the ger that sojourn in nakedness; both of them shall thy father's achot (sister); for
Yisroel, that giveth any of his surely be put to death; their he uncovereth (i.e.,
zera unto Molech; he shall dahm shall be upon them. incestuously dishonored) his
surely be put to death; the Am |12| And if an ish lie with his near kin; they shall bear their
HaAretz shall stone him with kallah (daughter-in-law), both iniquity.
stones. of them shall surely be put to |20| And if an ish shall lie
|3| And I will set My face death; they have committed with the wife of his dod, he
against that ish, and will cut tevel (perversion); their dahm hath uncovered his uncle's
him off from among his shall be upon them. nakedness; they shall bear
people; because he hath given |13| If an ish also lie with their chet; they shall die
of his zera unto Molech, to zachar, as he lieth with an childless.
make tamei My Mikdash, and isha, both of them have |21| And if an ish shall take
to commit chillul Hashem committed to'evah; they shall his brother's wife, it is niddah;
against Shem Kodshi (My surely be put to death; their he hath uncovered his
Holy Name). dahm shall be upon them. brother's nakedness; they shall
|4| And if the Am HaAretz |14| And if an ish take a wife be childless.
close their eyes when that man and her em, it is zimmah; they |22| Ye shall therefore be
giveth of his zera unto Molech, shall be burned with eish, shomer over all My chukkot,
and kill him not, both he and they; that there and all My mishpatim, and do
|5| Then I will set My face be no zimmah among you. them; that HaAretz, whither I
against that ish, and against |15| And if an ish give his bring you to dwell therein,
his mishpochah, and will cut shikhvat to a behemah, he vomit you not out.
him off, and all that go a- shall surely be put to death: |23| And ye shall not walk in
whoring after him, to commit and ye shall slay the behemah. the chukkot of HaGoy, which I
whoredom with Molech, from |16| And if an isha approach cast out before you; for they
among their people. unto any behemah, and lie committed all these things;
|6| And the nefesh that down thereto, thou shalt kill therefore I abhorred them.
turneth to Ovos (Mediums) the isha, and the beast; they |24| But I have said unto you,
and Yidonim (Spiritists), to go shall surely be put to death; Ye shall inherit their land,
a-whoring after them, I will their dahm shall be upon and I will give it unto you to
even set My face against that them. inherit it, an Eretz zavat
nefesh, and will cut him off |17| And if an ish shall take cholov udevash:
from among his people. his achot, the bat of his av I am Hashem Eloheichem,
|7| Consecrate yourselves as (father), or the bat of his em which have separated you
kodesh, therefore, and be ye (mother), and see her from the peoples.
kedoshim: for I am Hashem nakedness, and |25| Ye shall therefore
Eloheichem. she see his nakedness; it is a distinguish habehemah
|8| And ye shall be shomer disgrace; and they shall be cut hatehorah from teme'ah, and
over My chukkot, and do off in between fowls tamei
them: I am Hashem
Torah 119 Vayikra 20, 21, 22
and tahor: and ye shall not |7| They shall not take an approach to offer the lechem
make your nefashot sheketz isha that is a zonah, or of Elohav.
(abomination) by beast, or by chalalah (desecrated woman) |18| For whatsoever ish he be
fowl, or by any manner of neither shall they take an isha that hath a mum, he shall not
living thing that creepeth on gerusha (divorced woman) approach; an ish ivver, or a
the ground, which I from her ish; for he is kadosh pise’ach (lame), or he who is
have separated from you as unto Elohav. disfigured or malformed,
tamei. [8] Thou shalt set him apart as |19| Or an ish that has a
|26| And ye shall be kodesh therefore; for he crippled regel or a crippled
kadoshim unto Me: for I offereth the lechem of yad,
Hashem am kadosh, and have Eloheicha; he shall be makriv |20| Or hunchback, or a
separated you from the kadosh (holy offering) unto dwarf, or that hath a defect in
nations, that ye should be thee: for I, Hashem, the One his eye, or festering, or
Mine. setting you apart as kodesh, running sores, or damaged of
|27| An ish also or isha who is am kadosh. testicle;
an Ov (Medium) or a Yidoni |9| And the bat of any kohen, |21| No ish that hath a mum
(Spiritist), shall surely be put if she profane herself by of the zera Aharon HaKohen
to death; they shall stone them playing the zonah, she shall come near to offer the
with stones; their dahm shall profaneth her av; she shall be offerings of Hashem made by
be upon them. burned with eish. eish; he hath a mum; he shall
|10| And he that is the Kohen not come near to offer the
[EMOR] HaGadol among his brethren, lechem Elohav.
And Hashem said
21
upon whose head the Shemen |22| He shall eat the lechem
unto Moshe, Speak Hamishchah (Anointing Oil) Elohav, both of the kodshei
unto the kohanim was poured, and that is hakodashim, and of
the Bnei Aharon, and say unto ordained to put on the hakodashim.
them, There shall none be garments, shall not in |23| Only he shall not go near
made tamei for the dead mourning uncover his head, unto the Parochet (curtain),
among his people; nor rend his garments; nor come near unto the
|2| But for his close kin, that |11| Neither shall he go in to Mizbe'ach, because he hath a
is near unto him, that is, for any dead body, nor make mum on him; that he profane
his em, and for his av, and for himself tamei for his av, or for not My Mikdash; for I Hashem
his ben, and for his his em; do set them apart as kodesh.
bat, and for his ach. |12| Neither shall he go out of |24| And Moshe told it unto
|3| And for his betulah achot the Mikdash, nor profane the Aharon, and to his Banim,
(virgin sister), that is close Mikdash Elohav; for the nezer and unto all the Bnei Yisroel.
unto him, which hath had no shemen mishchat Elohav
ish (husband); for her may he (consecration of the anointing
be made tamei. oil of his G-d) is upon him: I And Hashem spoke
|4| But he shall not make
himself tamei, being a ba'al
(leader, chief man) among his
am Hashem.
|13| And he shall take an isha
in her virginity.
22 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2| Speak unto Aharon and to
people, to profane himself. |14| An almanah, or a his Banim, that they separate
|5| They shall not shave their gerusha, or chalalah, or a themselves from the kodashim
head bald, neither shall they zonah, these shall he not take; of the Bnei Yisroel which they
shave off the corner of their but he shall take a betulah of set apart as kodesh unto Me,
beard, nor make any cuttings his own people to wife. so that they will not commit
in their basar. |15| Neither shall he profane Chillul ha-shem of Shem
|6| They shall be kedoshim his zera among his people; for Kodshi: I am Hashem.
unto Eloheihem, and not I Hashem do set him apart as |3| Say unto them, Whosoever
commit Chillul ha-shem kodesh. he be of all your zera among
against the Shem of |16| And Hashem spoke unto your dorot, that goeth unto the
Eloheihem; for the offerings of Moshe, saying, kodashim, which the
Hashem made by eish and the |17| Speak unto Aharon, Bnei Yisroel treat as kodesh
lechem of Eloheihem they do saying, Whosoever he be of thy unto Hashem, having
offer; therefore they shall be zera in their dorot that hath his tumah upon
kodesh. any defect, let him not
him, that nefesh shall be cut and is returned unto bais make an offering by eish of
off from My presence: I am aviha (house of her father), them upon the Mizbe'ach unto
Hashem. as in her youth, she shall eat Hashem.
|4| Whatsoever man of the of the lechem aviha; but there |23| Either a bull or a seh
zera Aharon is a metzora, or shall be no zar eat thereof. that hath a limb too long or
hath a discharge; he shall not |14| And if an ish eat of the too short thou mayest offer for
eat of the kodashim, until he kodesh bishgagah a nedavah; but for a neder
be tahor. And whosoever (unintentionally), then he it shall not be accepted.
toucheth any thing that is shall add as restitution the |24| Ye shall not offer unto
tamei by the dead, or a man fifth part thereof unto it, and Hashem that which is bruised,
whose shikhvat zera goeth shall give it unto the kohen or crushed, or torn, or cut;
from him; with the kodesh. neither shall ye make any
|5| Or whosoever toucheth |15| And they shall not offering thereof in your eretz.
any creeping thing, whereby profane the kodshei Bnei |25| Neither from the hand of
he may be made tamei, or a Yisroel, which they offer unto a ben nakhar shall ye offer the
man who makes him tamei, Hashem; lechem Eloheichem of any of
whatsoever tumah he hath; |16| And they will cause these; because their
|6| The nefesh which hath themselves to bear the avon of corruption is in them,
touched any such shall be guilt when they eat their and mum be in them: they
tamei until erev, and shall not kodashim; for I Hashem do set shall not be accepted for you.
eat of the kodashim, unless he them apart as kodesh. |26| And Hashem spoke unto
immerse his basar with |17| And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,
mayim. Moshe, saying, |27| When a bull, or a sheep,
|7| And when the shemesh is |18| Speak unto Aharon, and or a goat, is brought forth,
down, he shall be tahor, and to his Banim, and unto kol then it shall be seven days
shall afterward eat of the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto with its mother; and from the
kodashim; because it is his them, Whatsoever he be of the yom hashemini and
lechem. Bais Yisroel, or of the Ger thenceforth it shall be
|8| Nevelah (that which dieth B'Yisroel, that will offer his accepted for a korban isheh
of itself), or tereifah (what is korban for any of his nederim, (offering made by
torn by beasts), he shall and for all his nedavot, eish) unto Hashem.
not eat to make himself tamei which they will offer unto |28| And whether it be an ox
therewith; I am Hashem. Hashem for an olah, or seh, ye shall not slaughter
|9| They shall therefore be |19| That it may be accepted (shachat) it and her young
shomer over My charge, lest on your behalf, ye shall offer a both in yom echad.
they bear chet for it, and die zachar tamim (male without |29| And when ye will offer a
therefore, if they profane it: I defect), of the cattle and of the zevach todah unto Hashem,
Hashem do set them apart as sheep, or of the goats. offer it liretzonechem (for your
kodesh. |20| But whatsoever hath a acceptance [before Hashem]).
|10| There shall no zar eat of mum, that shall ye not offer, |30| On the same day it shall
the kodesh: a toshav (guest) of for it shall not be for you be eaten; ye shall leave none
the kohen, or a sakhir (hired leratzon (acceptable [before of it until the boker: I am
servant), shall not eat of the Hashem]). Hashem.
kodesh. |21| And whosoever offereth a |31| Therefore shall ye be
|11| But if the kohen buy any zevach shelamim unto shomer mitzvot over My
nefesh with his kesef, he shall Hashem to fulfill his neder, or commands, and do them: I am
eat of it, or he that is born in as a nedavah in cattle or Hashem.
his bais; they shall eat of his sheep, it shall be tamim |32| Neither shall ye profane
lechem. (perfect, without defect) to be Shem Kodshi; but I will be
|12| If the bat kohen also be accepted; there shall be no treated as kodesh among the
married unto a man who is a mum therein. Bnei Yisroel: I am Hashem,
zar, she may not eat of a |22| Avveret (blind), or the One making you
terumah (offering) of the injured, or charutz (maimed), Kadoshim,
kodashim. or having an abnormal |33| That brought you out of
|13| But if the bat kohen growth, or dry skin eruption, Eretz Mitzrayim, to be for you
becomes an almanah, or or running sore, ye shall not Elohim (your G-d): I am
gerusha, and have no zera, offer these unto Hashem, nor Hashem.
And Hashem spoke keves tamim of the first year |21| And ye shall proclaim on
23 unto Moshe,
saying,
for an olah unto Hashem.
|13| And the minchah thereof
shall be two tenth-ephah of
the same day, that it may be a
mikra kodesh unto you; ye
shall do no melekhet avodah
Yisroel, and say unto them, fine flour mingled with therein; it shall be a chukkat
Concerning the Mo'adim of shemen, an offering made by olam in all your dwellings
Hashem, which ye shall eish unto Hashem for a re'ach throughout your dorot.
proclaim to be mikra'ei nicho'ach; and the nesekh |22| And when ye reap the
kodesh, even these are My thereof shall be of yayin, the harvest of your land, thou
Mo'adim. fourth part of a hin. shalt not reap to the edges of
|3| Sheshet yamim shall work |14| And ye shall eat neither thy sadeh when thou reapest,
be done; but the yom hashevi'i lechem, nor roasted grain, nor neither shalt thou gather the
is the Shabbos of Shabbaton, plump kernels until the same gleanings of thy harvest; thou
a mikra kodesh; ye shall do no day that ye have brought a shalt leave them unto the oni
work therein: it is the Shabbos korban unto Eloheichem; it (poor), and to the ger: I am
to Hashem in all your shall be a chukkat olam Hashem Eloheichem.
dwellings. throughout your dorot in all |23| And Hashem spoke unto
|4| These are the Moa'dim of your dwellings. Moshe, saying,
Hashem, even mikra'ei [15| And ye shall count unto |24| Speak unto the Bnei
kodesh, which ye shall you from the day after the Yisroel, saying, In the seventh
proclaim in their mo'adim. Shabbos, from the day that ye month, in the first day of the
|5| In the fourteenth day of brought the omer of the wave month, shall ye have a
the first month at twilight is offering; shevah shabbatot Shabbaton, a zikhron teru'ah
Hashem's Pesach. shall be complete, mikra kodesh.
|6| And on the fifteenth day |16| Even unto the day after |25| Ye shall do no melekhet
of the same month is the Chag the seventh Shabbos shall ye avodah therein; but ye shall
HaMatzot unto Hashem; count fifty days; and ye shall offer an offering made by eish
shivat yamim ye must eat offer a minchah chadashah unto Hashem.
matzot. unto Hashem. |26| And Hashem spoke unto
|7| In the Yom HaRishon ye |17| Ye shall bring out of your Moshe, saying,
shall have a mikra kodesh; ye dwellings two lechem wave- |27| Also on the tenth day of
shall do no melekhet avodah offerings of two tenth ephah; this seventh month there shall
therein. they shall be of fine flour; they be Yom Kippurim; it shall be
|8| But ye shall offer an shall be baked with chametz; a mikra kodesh unto you; and
offering made by eish unto they are the bikkurim unto ye shall afflict your nefashot,
Hashem shivat yamim; in the Hashem. and offer an offering made by
seventh day is a mikra kodesh; |18| And ye shall offer with eish unto Hashem.
ye shall do no melekhet the lechem shivat kevasim |28| And ye shall do no work
avodah therein. temimim of the first year, and in that same day; for it is Yom
|9| And Hashem spoke unto one young bull, and two rams; Kippurim, to make kapporah
Moshe, saying, they shall be for an olah unto for you before Hashem
|10| Speak unto the Bnei Hashem, with their min- Eloheichem.
Yisroel, and say unto them, chot, and their nesakim, even |29| For whatsoever nefesh it
When ye be come into an offering made by eish, of be that shall not be afflicted
HaAretz which I am giving re'ach nicho'ach unto Hashem. in that same day, he shall be
unto you, and shall reap the |19| Then ye shall sacrifice cut off from among his people.
harvest thereof, then ye shall one kid of the goats for a |30| And whatsoever nefesh it
bring an omer (sheaf [of chattat and two kevasim of the be that doeth any work in that
Barley]) of the reshit of your first year for a zevach of same day, that nefesh will I
harvest unto the kohen; shelamim. destroy from among his
|11| And he shall wave the |20| And the kohen shall people.
omer before Hashem, to be wave them with the lechem of |31| Ye shall do no manner of
accepted for you; on the day the bikkurim for a wave work; it shall be a chukkat
after the Shabbos the kohen offering before Hashem, with olam throughout your dorot in
shall wave it. the two kevasim; they shall be all your dwellings.
|12| And ye shall offer that kodesh to Hashem for
day when ye wave the omer a the kohen.
|32| It shall be unto you a willows of the brook; and ye |8| Shabbos after Shabbos he
Shabbos Shabbaton, and ye shall rejoice before Hashem shall set it in order before
shall afflict your nefashot; in Eloheichem shivat yamim. Hashem tamid, from the Bnei
the ninth day of the month at |41| And ye shall keep it a Yisroel as a Brit Olam.
erev, from erev unto erev, shall Chag (Feast) unto Hashem |9| And it shall be for Aharon
ye observe your Shabbos. shivat yamim in the shanah. It and for his Banim; and they
|33| And Hashem spoke unto shall be a chukkat olam in shall eat it in the Makom
Moshe, saying, your dorot; ye shall celebrate Kadosh; for it is kodesh
|34| Speak unto the Bnei it in the seventh month. kodashim unto Him of the
Yisroel, saying, The fifteenth |42| Ye shall dwell in sukkot offerings of Hashem made by
day of this seventh month shivat yamim; all that are the eish, a chok olam.
shall be the Chag HaSukkot Ezrach Yisroel shall dwell in |10| And the ben isha
for shivat yamim unto sukkot, Yisroelit, whose father was an
Hashem. |43| That your dorot may Egyptian, went out among the
|35| On the Yom HaRishon know that I made the Bnei Bnei Yisroel; and this ben
shall be a mikra kodesh; ye Yisroel to dwell in sukkkot, isha Yisroeli and a man of
shall do no melekhet avodah when I brought them out of Yisroel fought together in the
(laborious work) therein. Eretz Mitzrayim: I am machaneh;
|36| Shivat yamim ye shall Hashem Eloheichem. |11| And the ben haisha
offer an offering made by eish |44| And Moshe declared Yisroelit pronounced HaShem
unto Hashem; on the eighth unto the Bnei Yisroel the and blasphemed in a curse.
day shall be a mikra kodesh Mo'adim of Hashem. And they brought him unto
unto you; and ye shall offer an And Hashem spoke Moshe; (and shem immo was
Hashem; it is an atzeret
(assembly); and ye shall do no
24 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2| Command the Bnei
Shlomit bat Divri, of the tribe
of Dan;)
|12| And they put him in
melekhet avodah therein. Yisroel, that they bring unto custody, that the mind of
|37| These are the Mo'adim of thee pure shemen zayit beaten Hashem might be showed
Hashem, which ye shall for the light, to kindle the Ner them.
proclaim to be mikra'ei Tamid (Perpetual Lamp). |13| And Hashem spoke unto
kodesh, to offer an offering |3| Outside the Parochet Moshe, saying,
made by eish unto Hashem-- (Curtain) of the Edut, in the |14| Bring forth him that
an olah (burnt offering), and a Ohel Mo'ed shall Aharon set it hath blasphemed outside the
minchah, a zevach, and in order from erev unto boker machaneh; and let all that
nesakim, every required thing before Hashem tamid heard him lay their hands
upon its day, (continually); it shall be a upon his head, and let kol
|38| Beside the Shabbatot of chukkat olam in your dorot. HaEdah stone him.
Hashem, and beside your |4| He shall set in order the |15| And thou shalt speak
mattenot, and beside all your nerot (lamps) upon the unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying,
nederim, and beside all your Menorah Hatehorah before Whosoever curseth Elohav
nedavot (freewill offerings), Hashem tamid (continually). shall bear his chet.
which ye give unto Hashem. |5| And thou shalt take fine |16| And he that
|39| Also in the fifteenth day flour, and bake Sheteym blasphemeth the Shem of
of the seventh month, when ye Esreh Challot thereof; two Hashem, he shall surely
have gathered in the crop of tenths of an ephah shall be in be put to death, and kol
HaAretz, ye shall keep a Chag Challah HaEchad. HaEdah shall certainly
(Feast) unto Hashem shivat |6| And thou shalt set them in stone him; as well the ger, as
yamim; on the first day shall two rows, six on a row, upon the ezrach, when he
be a Shabbaton, and on the the Shulchan HaTahor before blasphemeth the Shem of
eighth day shall be a Hashem. Hashem, shall be put
Shabbaton. |7| And thou shalt put to death.
|40| And ye shall take you on levonah zakkah (pure incense) |17| And he that taketh the
the Yom HaRishon the fruit of upon each row, that it may be nefesh of any man shall surely
the citron tree, branches of on the lechem for a memorial be put to death.
temarim (date palms), and portion, even an offering |18| And he that taketh the
twigs of plaited trees, and made by eish unto Hashem. nefesh of a beast shall make it
good; nefesh tachat nefesh.
|19| And if a man cause a |6| And the Shabbos of according unto the number of
mum in his neighbor; as he HaAretz shall be food for you; shanim of the tevuot (harvests,
hath done, so shall it be done for thee, and for thy eved, and increases) he shall sell unto
to him; for thy maid, and for thy hired thee.
|20| Fracture for fracture, eye servant, and for thy toshav |16| According to the
for eye, tooth for tooth; as he (guest) that sojourneth with multitude of shanim thou
hath caused a mum in an thee. shalt increase the price
adam, so shall it be done to |7| And for thy cattle, and for thereof, and according to the
him. the wild animals that are in fewness of shanim thou shalt
|21| And he that killeth a thy land, shall all the tevuah diminish the price of it; for
beast, he shall restitute it; and (increase) thereof be to eat. according to the number of
he that killeth a man, he shall |8| And thou shalt count the shanim of the tevuot doth
be put to death. seven Shabbatot of shanim he sell unto thee.
|22| Ye shall have mishpat unto thee, seven |17| Ye shall not therefore
echad, as well for the ger, as times seven shanim; and the take advantage of one
for the ezrach: for I am period of the sheva Shabbatot another; but thou shalt fear
Hashem Eloheichem. of shanim shall be unto thee Eloheicha: for I am Hashem
|23| And Moshe spoke to the forty and nine shanim. Eloheichem.
Bnei Yisroel, that they should |9| Then shalt thou cause the |18| Wherefore ye shall do My
bring forth him that had shofar to sound a broken blast chukkot, and be shomer over
blasphemed out of the on the tenth day of the seventh My mishpatim, and do them;
machaneh, and month, in the Yom and ye shall dwell in HaAretz
stone him with stones. And the HaKippurim shall ye make in safety.
Bnei Yisroel did as Hashem the shofar sound throughout |19| And HaAretz shall yield
commanded Moshe. all your land. her pri, and ye shall eat your
|10| And ye shall treat as fill, and dwell therein in
[BEHAR] kodesh the fiftieth year, and safety.
proclaim deror (freedom) |20| And if ye shall say, What
throughout all the land unto shall we eat in the shanah
all the inhabitants thereof; it hashevi'it? Behold, we shall
And Hashem spoke shall be a Yovel (Jubilee) unto not sow, nor gather in our
25 unto Moshe in Mt.

Sinai, saying,
you; and ye shall return every
man unto the ancestral
heritage of his possession, and
tevuah;
|21| Then I will command
Birkhati (My Blessing) upon
Yisroel, and say unto them, ye shall return every man unto you in the sixth year, and it
When ye come into HaAretz his mishpochah. shall bring forth the tevuah
which I give you, then shall |11| A Yovel shall that fiftieth for shalosh hashanim.
HaAretz observe a Shabbos year be unto you; ye shall not |22| And ye shall sow the
rest unto Hashem. sow, neither reap that which shanah hasheminit, and eat
|3| Six years thou shalt sow groweth of itself in it, nor yet of tevuah yashan (old
thy sadeh, and six years thou gather the grapes in it of thy increase) until the ninth year;
shalt prune thy kerem, and untended vine, until her harvest come in, ye
gather in the fruit thereof; |12| For it is the Yovel; it shall eat of the yashan (old).
|4| But in the Shanah shall be kodesh unto you; ye |23| HaAretz shall not be sold
HaShevi'it shall be a Shabbos shall eat the tevuah (increase) permanently: for HaAretz is
Shabbaton unto HaAretz, a thereof out of the sadeh. Mine, for ye are gerim and
Shabbos unto Hashem; thou |13| In this Shnat Yovel ye toshavim with Me.
shalt neither sow thy sadeh, shall return every man unto |24| And in all the eretz of
nor prune thy kerem his possession. your possession ye shall grant
(vineyard). |14| And if thou sell ought a Geulah for HaAretz.
|5| That which groweth of its unto thy neighbor, or buyest |25| If thy brother become
own accord of thy harvest thou ought of thy neighbor's hand, poor, and hath sold away
shalt not reap, neither gather ye shall not take advantage of some of his possession, and
the grapes of thy untended one another. his Go'el HaKarov (Near
vine; for it is Shnat Shabbaton |15| According to the number Kinsman Redeemer) come
unto HaAretz. of shanim after the Yovel thou
shalt buy of thy neighbor, and
to redeem it, then shall he not be sold; for it is their and they shall be your
redeem that which his brother achuzzat olam (perpetual possession.
sold. heritage). |46| And ye shall take them
|26| And if the man does not |35| And if thy brother as an inheritance for your
have for him a Go'el, and become poor, and his hand banim after you, to inherit
himself be able to effect the fails with thee; then thou shalt them for a possession; they
Geulah, strengthen him; yea, though shall be your bondmen
|27| Then let him count the he be a ger, or a toshav; that forever; but over your
shanim from the sale thereof, he may live among thee. brethren, the Bnei Yisroel, ye
and refund the balance unto |36| Take thou no neshekh of shall not rule one over
the man to whom he sold it; him, or increase; but fear another with rigor.
that he may return unto his Eloheicha; that thy brother |47| And if a ger or toshav
possession. may live among thee. grow rich by thee, and thy
|28| But if he be not able to |37| Thou shalt not lend him brother that dwelleth by him
restore it to him, then that thy kesef at neshekh, nor give grow poor, and sell himself
which is sold shall remain in him thy food for increase. unto the foreigner among
the hand of him that hath |38| I am Hashem thee, or to the eker (member)
bought it until the Shnat Eloheichem, which brought mishpachat of the ger;
HaYovel; and in the Yovel it you forth out of Eretz |48| After that he is sold, his
shall be returned, and he shall Mitzrayim, to give you Eretz Geulah remains; one of his
return unto his possession. Kena’an, and to be Elohim brethren may redeem him,
|29| And if a man sell a bais unto you. |49| Either his dod, or ben
moshav in a walled city, then |39| And if thy brother that dod of him, may redeem him,
he retains the right of Geulah dwelleth by thee become poor, or any that is near of kin unto
a full year after its sale; and be sold unto thee, thou him of his mishpachat may
within a full year may he shalt not compel him to do redeem him; or if he be able,
redeem it. avodat eved; he may redeem himself.
|30| And if it be not |40| But as a sakhir, and as a |50| And he shall reckon with
redeemed within the space of toshav, he shall be among him that bought him from the
a full year, then the bais that thee, and shall serve thee unto year that he was sold to him
is in the walled city shall be the Shnat HaYovel. unto the Shnat HaYovel; and
established forever to him that |41| And then shall he depart the price of his release shall
bought it throughout his from thee, both he and his be based on the number of
dorot; it shall not return in the banim with him, and shall shanim, according to the value
Yovel. return unto his own mishpo- of a sakhir's pay shall it be
|31| But the batim (houses) of chah, and unto the Achuzzat with him.
the villages which have no of his Avot shall he return. |51| If there be yet many
chomah (wall) round about |42| For they are My Eved, shanim remaining, according
them shall be considered as which I brought forth out of unto them he shall give for his
the fields of the country; Eretz Mitzrayim; they shall Geulah the kesef that he was
Geulah shall be for it, and in not be sold in the manner of bought for.
the Yovel it must return. an eved. |52| And if there remain but
|32| Notwithstanding, the |43| Thou shalt not rule over few shanim unto the Shnat
towns of the Levi'im, and the him with rigor; but shalt fear HaYovel, then he shall count
batim (houses) of the towns of Eloheicha. that, and according unto his
their possession, there is a |44| Both thy bondmen, and shanim shall he pay the price
Geulat Olam for the Levi'im. thy bondmaids, which thou of his Geulah.
|33| And what one will buy shalt have, shall be of the |53| And as a sakhir hired
from the Levi'im, the bais that Goyim that are round about shanah b'shanah shall he be
was sold, and the town of his you; of them shall ye buy eved with him; and the other shall
possession, shall be released and amah. not rule with rigor over him in
in the year of Yovel; for the |45| Moreover of the bnei thy sight.
batim of the towns of the hatoshavim that do sojourn |54| And if he be not
Levi'im are their possession among you, of them shall ye redeemed in these shanim,
among the Bnei Yisroel. buy, and of their mishpachot then he shall be released in
|34| But the sadeh of the that are among you, which the Shnat HaYovel, both he,
open land of their towns may they fathered in your land; and his banim with him.
|55| For unto Me the Bnei thousand to flight: and your stubbornness; and I will make
Yisroel are avadim; they are enemies shall fall before you your skies as barzel, and your
My avadim whom I brought by the cherev. soil as bronze;
forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim: I |9| For I will look upon you, |20| And your ko'ach shall be
am Hashem Eloheichem. and make you fruitful, and spent in vain; for your land
multiply you, and confirm My shall not yield her increase,
Ye shall not make Brit (Covenant) with you. neither shall the etz HaAretz
26 for you elilim or

pesel or set up
matzevah, neither shall ye set
|10| And ye shall be eating
the old harvest when you move
out the yashan because of the
yield their pri.
|21| And if ye remain walking
contrary unto Me, and will not
up even maskit (carved stone) chadash. pay heed unto Me, I will bring
in your land, lehishtachavot |11| And I set My Mishkan seven times more makkah
(to bow down) unto it: for I am among you: and My Nefesh (plagues) upon you according
Hashem Eloheichem. shall not abhor you. to your chattot (sins).
|12| And I will walk among |22| I will also send wild
you, and will be Elohim to beasts among you, which shall
you, and ye shall be My rob you of your children, and
people. destroy your cattle, and make
|13| I am Hashem you few in number; and
[BECHUKKOTAI] Eloheichem, which brought darkheichem (your roads,
you forth out ways) shall be deserted.
of Eretz Mitzrayim, that ye |23| And if ye will not be
should not be their avadim; corrected by Me, but will walk
and I have broken the bars of keri (contrary, hostile) unto
your yoke, and made you walk Me,
|2| Ye shall be shomer over head held high. |24| Then will I also walk
My Shabbatot, and reverence |14| But if ye will b'keri (contrary, hostile) unto
My Mikdash: I am Hashem. not pay heed unto Me, and you, and will punish you yet
|3| If ye walk in My chukkot, will not do all these mitzvot, seven times for your chattot.
and be shomer over My |15| And if ye shall despise |25| And I will bring a cherev
mitzvot, and do them; My chukkot, or if your nefesh upon you, that shall avenge
|4| Then I will give you abhor My mishpatim, so that Nekom HaBrit (Vengeance of
geshem in due season, and ye will not do all My mitzvot, My Covenant); and when ye
HaAretz shall yield her but that ye violate My Brit are gathered together
increase, and the etz hasadeh (Covenant), within your towns, I will send
shall yield his pri. |16| I also will do the dever (pestilence) among
|5| And your threshing shall this unto you: I will even visit you; and ye shall be delivered
reach unto the vintage, and upon you terror, wasting into the hand of the enemy.
the vintage shall reach unto disease, and the burning fever, |26| And when I have broken
the sowing time: and ye shall that shall consume the eyes, the matteh (staff, supply) of
eat your lechem to the full, and drain the nefesh: and ye your lechem, eser nashim
and dwell in your land safely. shall sow your zera in vain, for shall bake your lechem in one
|6| And I will give shalom in your enemies shall eat it. oven, and they shall dole out
HaAretz, and ye shall lie |17| And I will set My Face your lechem by weight; and ye
down, and none shall make against you, and ye shall be shall eat, and not be satisfied.
you afraid: and I will rid the struck down before your |27| And if ye will not for all
savage beast out of enemies. They that hate you this pay heed unto Me, but
HaAretz, neither shall the shall reign over you; and ye walk b'keri (contrary, hostile)
cherev pass through your shall flee when none rodef unto Me,
land. (pursue, persecute) you. |28| Then I will walk keri
|7| And ye shall chase your |18| And if ye will unto you also in chamat (fury);
enemies, and they shall fall not yet for all this and I, even I, will chastise you
before you by the cherev. pay heed unto Me, then seven times for your chattot.
|8| And five of you shall I will punish you seven times |29| And ye shall eat the
chase a hundred, and a more for your chattot. basar of your banim,
hundred of you shall put ten |19| And I will break the
ga'on (pride) of your
and the basar of your avon in your enemies' lands; made between Him and the
banot shall ye eat. and also in the iniquities of Bnei Yisroel in Mt. Sinai by
|30| And I will destroy your their avot shall they waste the hand of Moshe.
high places, and cut down away with them.
chammneichem (your pillars |40| V'hitvadu (if they shall
for worshiping the sun), and confess) their avon, and the
cast your carcasses upon the avon of their avot, with their And Hashem spoke
carcasses of your idols, and
My Nefesh shall abhor you.
|31| And I will turn your
treachery in which they were
treacherous against Me, and
that also they have walked
27 unto Moshe,
saying,
cities into ruins, and bring b'keri (contrary, hostile) unto Yisroel, and say unto them,
mikdesheichem (your Me; When a man shall articulate a
sanctuaries) unto desolation, |41| And that I also have neder, the nefashot shall be
and I will not take delight in walked b'keri unto them, and for Hashem by thy evaluation.
your re'ach nicho'ach. have brought them into the |3| And thy evaluation shall
|32| And I will bring HaAretz eretz of their enemies; if then be of the zachar from esrim
into desolation; and your their levav he'arel shanim even unto shishim
enemies which dwell therein (uncircumcised hearts) be shanah, even thy evaluation
shall be astonished at her. humbled, and they then pay shall be fifty shekels kesef,
|33| And I will scatter you for their avon [i.e., accept the after the shekel HaKodesh.
among the Goyim, and will punishment of their iniquity], |4| And if it be a nekevah,
draw out a cherev after you; |42| Then will I remember then thy evaluation shall be
and your land shall be My Brit (covenant) with shloshim shekel.
desolate, and your cities ruin. Ya'akov, and also My Brit |5| And if it be from chamesh
|34| Then shall HaAretz (covenant) with Yitzchak, and shanim even unto esrim
enjoy her Shabbatot, as long also My Brit (covenant) with shanah, then thy evaluation
as she lieth desolate, and ye be Avraham will I remember; shall be of the zachar esrim
in your enemies' land; even and I will remember HaAretz. shekel, and for the nekevah
then shall HaAretz rest, and |43| HaAretz also shall be aseret shekalim.
enjoy her Shabbatot. deserted by them, and shall |6| And if it be from a month
|35| As long as she lieth enjoy her Shabbatot, while she old even unto chamesh
desolate she shall rest, lieth desolate without them; shanim, then thy evaluation
because she did not rest in and they shall pay for their shall be of the zachar
your Shabbatot, when ye dwelt avon [accept the punishment chamishah shekalim kesef,
upon her. of their iniquity]: because, even and for the nekevah thy
|36| And upon them that are because they despised My evaluation shall be shloshet
left alive of you I will send a mishpatim, and because their shekalim kesef.
fearful faintness into their nefesh abhorred My chukkot. |7| And if it be from shishim
hearts in the lands of their |44| And yet for all that, when shanah and above, if it be a
enemies; and the sound of a they be in the eretz of their zachar, then thy evaluation
shaken leaf shall chase them; enemies, I will not cast them shall be chamishah asar
and they shall flee, as fleeing away (i.e., reject them), neither shekel, and for the nekevah
from a cherev; and they shall will I abhor them, to destroy asarah shekalim.
fall v'ein rodef (when none them utterly, and to break My |8| But if he be poorer than
pursueth, persecutes). Brit (covenant) with them: for thy evaluation, then he shall
|37| And they shall fall one I am Hashem Eloheichem. present himself before the
upon another, as it were |45| But I will for their sakes kohen, and the kohen shall
before a cherev, when none remember the Brit Rishonim value him; according to the
pursueth; and ye shall have no (covenant of their ancestors) ability of the one who vowed
standing place before your whom I brought forth out of the neder shall the kohen
enemies. Eretz Mitzrayim in value him.
|38| And ye shall perish the sight of the Goyim, that I |9| And if it be a behemah,
among the Goyim, and the might be Elohim to them: I whereof men bring a korban
eretz of your enemies shall eat am Hashem. unto Hashem, all that any
you up. |46| These are the chukkim man giveth of such unto
|39| And they that are left of and mishpatim and torot, Hashem shall be kodesh.
you shall waste away in their which Hashem
BAMIDBAR
|10| He shall not exchange it, shall add the fifth part of the be sold or redeemed; every
nor substitute it, a tov for a kesef of thy evaluation unto it, cherem is kodesh kodashim
rah, or rah for tov: and if he and it shall be his. unto Hashem.
shall at all substitute |20| And if he will not redeem |29| No cherem, which shall
behemah for behemah, then it the sadeh, or if he have sold be devoted of men, shall be
and the substitute thereof the sadeh to ish achar redeemed; but shall surely be
shall be kodesh. (another man), it shall not be put to death.
|11| And if it be any behemah redeemed any more. |30| And all the ma'aser
temeiah, of which they do not |21| But the sadeh, when it is HaAretz (tithe of the Land),
offer a korban unto Hashem, released in the Yovel, shall be whether of the zera HaAretz,
then he shall present the kodesh unto Hashem, as a or of the pri HaEtz, is
behemah before the kohen; sadeh hacherem (devoted); the Hashem's; it is kodesh unto
|12| And the kohen shall possession thereof shall be the Hashem.
value it, whether it be tov or kohen's. |31| And if a man will at all
rah; as thou valuest it, who art |22| And if a man set apart as redeem ought of his ma'asor
the kohen, so shall it be. kodesh unto Hashem a sadeh (tithes), he shall add thereto
|13| But if he will at all which he hath bought, which the fifth part thereof.
redeem it, then he shall add is not of the fields of his |32| And concerning the
chamishto (a fifth part possession [i.e., ancestral ma'aser of the herd, or of the
thereof) unto thy evaluation. heritage], flock, even of whatsoever
|14| And when a man shall |23| Then the kohen shall passeth under the rod, the
set apart as kodesh his bais to reckon unto him the worth of tenth shall be kodesh unto
be kodesh unto Hashem, then thy evaluation, even unto the Hashem.
the kohen shall evaluate it, Shnat HaYovel: and he shall |33| He shall not search
whether it be tov or give thine evaluation in that whether it be tov or rah,
rah; as the kohen shall set the day, as kodesh unto Hashem. neither shall he change it; and
value of it, so shall it remain. |24| In the Shnat HaYovel the if he substitute it at all, then
|15| And if he that set it apart sadeh shall return and revert both it and the temurah
as kodesh will redeem his unto him of whom it was (exchange, substitute) shall be
bais, then he shall add the bought, even to him to whom kodesh; it shall not be redeemed.
fifth part of the kesef of thy the Achuzzat HaAretz (Isaiah 53: Moshiach our temurah!)
evaluation unto it, and it shall (Ancestral Heritage of the |34| These are the mitzvot, which
be his. Land) did belong. Hashem commanded Moshe for the
|16| And if a man shall set |25| And all thy evaluations Bnei Yisroel in Mt. Sinai.
apart as kodesh unto Hashem shall be according to the
some part of a sadeh of his shekel HaKodesh; twenty
possession, then thy gerah shall be the shekel.
evaluation shall be according |26| Only the bechor of the
to its seeding; an area seeded behemah, which should be
by a homer of barley shall be Hashem's Bechor, no man
valued at chamishim shekel shall set it apart as kodesh;
kesef. whether it be shor (ox), or seh [BAMIDBAR]
|17| If he set apart as kodesh (sheep): it is Hashem's.
his sadeh from the Shnat |27| And if it be of a
HaYovel, according to thy
evaluation it shall remain.
|18| But if he set apart as
kodesh his sadeh after the
behemah hatemeiah, then he
shall redeem it according to
thine evaluation, and shall
add a fifth part of it thereto;
1 Moshe in the midbar of
Sinai, in the Ohel Mo'ed,
on the first day of the second
month, in the second year
Yovel, then the kohen shall or if it be not redeemed, then
after they were come out of
reckon unto him the kesef it shall be sold according to
Eretz Mitzrayim, saying,
according to the shanim that thy evaluation.
|2| Take ye the rosh (top
remain, even unto the Shnat |28| Nevertheless, no cherem
amount, census) of kol Adat
HaYovel, and it shall be (devoted thing), that a man
Bnei Yisroel after their
deducted from thy evaluation. shall devote unto Hashem of
mishpekhot, by the bais of
|19| And if he that set apart all that he hath, both of adam
their avot, with the
as kodesh the sadeh will in and behemah, and of the
number of their shmot, every
any wise redeem it, then he sadeh of his possession, shall
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zachar by their head count; Moshe, so he counted them in |28| Of the bnei Yissakhar, by
|3| From twenty years old and the midbar of Sinai. their toldot, after their
upward, all that are able- |20| And the bnei Reuven, mishpekhot, by the bais of
bodied to serve in tzava Yisroel's bechor, by their their avot, according to the
b'Yisroel (army in Yisroel); toldot, after their mishpekhot, number of the shmot, from
thou and Aharon shall by the bais of their avot, twenty years old and upward,
number them by their tzva'ot according to the number of all that were able-bodied to
(legions). the shmot, one by one, every serve in tzava (army);
|4| And with you there shall zakhar from twenty years old |29| Those that were
be a man of every tribe; every and upward, all that are able- numbered of them, even of the
one Rosh of the bais of his bodied to serve in tzava; tribe of Yissakhar, were fifty
Avot. |21| Those that were and four thousand and four
|5| And these are the shemot numbered of them, even of the hundred.
haanashim that shall stand tribe of Reuven, were forty |30| Of the bnei Zevulun, by
with you: of the tribe of and six thousand and five their toldot, after their
Reuven, Elitzur ben Shedeur; hundred. mishpekhot, by the bais of
|6| Of Shim'on, Shelumiel |22| Of the bnei Shim'on, by their avot, according to the
ben Tzurishaddai; their toldot, after their number of the shmot, from
|7| Of Yehudah, Nachshon mishpekhot, by the bais of twenty years old and upward,
ben Amminadav; their avot, those that were all that were able-bodied to
|8| Of Yissakhar, Netanel ben numbered of them, according serve in tzava (army);
Tzuar; to the number of the shmot, |31| Those that were
|9| Of Zevulun, Eliav ben one by one, every male from numbered of them, even of the
Chelon; twenty years old and upward, tribe of Zevulun, were fifty
|10| Of the bnei Yosef: of all that were able-bodied to and seven thousand and four
Ephrayim, Elishama ben serve in tzava (army); hundred.
Ammihud; of Menasheh, |23| Those that were |32| Of the bnei Yosef,
Gamli'el ben Pedahtzur; numbered of them, even of the namely, of the bnei Ephrayim,
|11| Of Binyamin, Avidan tribe of Shim'on, were fifty by their toldot, after their
ben Gideoni; and nine thousand and three mishpekhot, by the bais of
|12| Of Dan, Achiezer ben hundred. their avot, according to the
Ammishaddai; |24| Of the bnei Gad, by their number of the shmot, from
|13| Of Asher, Pagiel ben toldot, after their mishpekhot, twenty years old and upward,
Ochran; by the bais of their avot, all that were able-bodied to
|14| Of Gad, Elyasaph ben according to the number of serve in tzava (army);
Deuel; the shmot, from twenty years |33| Those that were
|15| Of Naphtali, Achira ben old and upward, all that were numbered of them, even of the
Enan. able-bodied to serve in tzava; tribe of Ephrayim, were forty
|16| These were the called |25| Those that were thousand and five hundred.
men of the Edah, nasiim of numbered of them, even of the |34| Of the bnei Menasheh,
the tribes of their avot, rashei tribe of Gad, were forty and by their toldot, after their
alfei Yisroel (head-men of the five thousand six hundred and mishpekhot, by the bais of
clans of Yisroel). fifty. their avot, according to the
|17| And Moshe and Aharon |26| Of the bnei Yehudah, by number of the shmot, from
took these men which had their toldot, after their twenty years old and upward,
been designated by their mishpekhot, by the bais of all that were able-bodied to
names; their avot, according to the serve in tzava (army);
|18| And they assembled kol number of the shmot, from |35| Those that were
HaEdah together on the first twenty years old and upward, numbered of them, even
yom of the second month, and all that were able-bodied to of the tribe of Menasheh,
they declared their family serve in tzava (army); were thirty and two
after their mishpekhot, by the |27| Those that were thousand and two
bais of their avot, according to numbered of them, even of the hundred.
the number of the shmot, tribe of Yehudah, were |36| Of the bnei Binyamin, by
from twenty years old and threescore and four- their toldot, after their
upward, one by one. teen thousand and
|19| As Hashem commanded six hundred.
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mishpekhot, by the bais of being shneym asar (twelve) reverence) of the Mishkan
their avot, according to the men, each one representing HaEdut.
number of the shmot, from the bais of his avot. |54| And the Bnei Yisroel did
twenty years old and upward, |45| So were all those that according to all that Hashem
all that were able-bodied to were numbered of the Bnei commanded Moshe, so did
serve in tzava (army); Yisroel, by the bais of their they.
|37| Those that were avot, from twenty years old And Hashem spoke unto
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Binyamin, were thirty
and five thousand and four
and upward, all that were
able-bodied to serve in tzava
b'Yisroel (army in Yisroel);
2 Moshe and unto Aharon,
saying,
|2| The Bnei Yisroel shall
hundred. |46| Even all they that were encamp, each man under his
|38| Of the bnei Dan, by their numbered were six hundred own degel (standard, banner),
toldot, after their mishpekhot, thousand and three thousand with the otot (ensigns) of the
by the bais of their avot, and five hundred and fifty. bais of their avot; some
according to the number of |47| But the Levi'im after the distance from it, around the
the shmot, from twenty years tribe of their avot were Ohel Mo'ed must they encamp.
old and upward, all that were not numbered among them. [see Yehoshua 3:4]
able-bodied to serve in tzava |48| For Hashem had spoken |3| And on the east side
(army); unto Moshe saying, toward the rising of the sun
|39| Those that were |49| Only thou shalt not shall they of the degel
numbered of them, even of the number the tribe of Levi, (standard, banner) of the
tribe of Dan, were threescore neither take the sum of them machaneh of Yehudah
and two thousand and seven among the Bnei Yisroel; encamp by their tzvaos: and
hundred. |50| But thou shalt appoint Nachshon ben Amminadav
|40| Of the bnei Asher, by the Levi'im over the Mishkan shall be Nasi of the Bnei
their toldot, after their HaEdut and over all the Yehudah.[Bereshis 49:10]
mishpekhot, by the bais of vessels thereof, and over all |4| And his tz'va (host), and
their avot, according to the things that belong to it; they those that were numbered of
number of the shmot, from shall bear the Mishkan, and them, were threescore and
twenty years old and upward, all the vessels thereof; and fourteen thousand and six
all that were able-bodied to they shall take care of it, and hundred.
serve in tzava (army); shall encamp round about the |5| And those that do encamp
|41| Those that were Mishkan. next unto him shall be the
numbered of them, even of the |51| And when the Mishkan tribe of Yissakhar; and
tribe of Asher, were forty and setteth forward, the Levi'im Netanel ben Tzuar shall be
one thousand and five shall take it down; and when Nasi of the Bnei Yissakhar.
hundred. the Mishkan is to be pitched, |6| And his tz'va (host), and
|42| Of the bnei Naphtali, the Levi'im shall set it up; and those that were numbered
throughout their toldot, after the zar (stranger, outsider, thereof, were fifty and four
their mishpekhot, by the bais unauthorized party) that thousand and four hundred.
of their avot, according to the cometh nigh shall be put to |7| Then the tribe of Zevulun;
number of the shmot, from death. and Eliav ben Helon shall be
twenty years old and upward, |52| And the Bnei Yisroel Nasi of the Bnei Zevulun.
all that were able-bodied to shall pitch their tents, every |8| And his tz'va (host), and
serve in tzava (army); man by his own machaneh those that were numbered
|43| Those that were (camp), and every man by his thereof, were fifty and seven
numbered of them, even of the own degel (standard, thousand and four hundred.
tribe of Naphtali, were fifty banner), throughout their |9| All that were numbered in
and three thousand and four tzva'ot (hosts). the machaneh of Yehudah
hundred. |53| But the Levi'im shall were an hundred thousand
|44| These are those that were encamp around the Mishkan and fourscore thousand and
numbered, which Moshe and HaEdut, that there be no six thousand and four
Aharon numbered, and the ketzef (wrath) fall upon the hundred, by their tzvaos.
nasiim (princes, rulers, Adat Bnei Yisroel; and the These shall set forth first.
exalted) of Yisroel, Levi'im shall be shomer
mishmeret (watch the watch,
attend to, keep the charge, the
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|10| On the south side shall shall be Gamli'el ben |32| These are those which
be the degel (standard, Pedahtzur. were numbered of the Bnei
banner) of the machaneh of |21| And his tz'va (host), and Yisroel by the bais of their
Reuven according to their those that were numbered of avot; all those that were
tzvaos: and the Nasi of the them, were thirty and two numbered of the machanot by
Bnei Reuven shall be Elitzur thousand and two hundred. their hosts were six hundred
ben Shedeur. |22| Then the tribe of thousand and three thousand
|11| And his tz'va (host), and Binyamin; and the Nasi of the and five hundred and fifty.
those that were numbered Bnei Binyamin shall be |33| But the Levi'im were not
thereof, were forty and six Avidan ben Gideoni. counted with the Bnei Yisroel;
thousand and five hundred. |23| And his tz'va (host), and as Hashem commanded
|12| And those which encamp those that were numbered of Moshe.
by him shall be the tribe of them, were thirty and five |34| And the Bnei Yisroel did
Shim'on; and the Nasi of the thousand and four hundred. according to all that Hashem
Bnei Shim'on shall be |24| All that were numbered commanded Moshe; so they
Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai. of the machaneh of Ephrayim encamped by the degelim
|13| And his tz'va (host), and were an hundred thousand (standards, banners) of them,
those that were numbered of and eight thousand and an and so they set forward, every
them, were fifty and nine hundred, by their tzvaos. And one after their mishpekhot,
thousand and three hundred. they shall go forward in the according to the bais of their
|14| Then the tribe of Gad; third rank. avot.
and the Nasi of the Bnei Gad |25| The degel (standard,
shall be Elyasaph ben Reuel. banner) of the machaneh of
|15| And his tz'va (host), and Dan shall be on the north side
those that were numbered of by their tzvaos; and the Nasi
them, were forty and five of the Bnei Dan shall be These also are the toldot
thousand and six hundred
and fifty.
|16| All that were numbered
Achiezer ben Ammishaddai.
|26| And his tz'va (host), and
those that were numbered of
3 of Aharon and Moshe in
the yom that Hashem
spoke with Moshe in Mt. Sinai.
in the machaneh of Reuven them, were threescore and two |2| And these are the shmot
were an hundred thousand thousand and seven hundred. of the Bnei Aharon: Nadav the
and fifty and one thousand |27| And those that encamp bechor, and Avihu, Eleazar,
and four hundred and by him shall be the tribe of and Itamar [Vayikra 10].
fifty, by their tzvaos. And they Asher; and the Nasi of the |3| These are the shmot of the
shall set forth in the second Bnei Asher shall be Pagiel ben Bnei Aharon, the kohanim
rank. Ochran. hameshuchim whose hand he
|17| Then the Ohel Mo'ed |28| And his tz'va (host), and filled [i.e., ordained] to be
shall set forward with those that were numbered of kohen [Shemot 29; Vayikra 8].
the machaneh of the Levi'im them, were forty and one |4| And Nadav and Avihu
in the midst of the machaneh; thousand and five hundred. died before Hashem, when
as they encamp, so shall they |29| Then the tribe of they offered eish zarah
set forward, every man in his Naphtali; and the Nasi of the (unauthorized fire) before
place by their degel. Bnei Naphtali shall be Achira Hashem, in the midbar of
|18| On the west side shall be ben Enan. Sinai, and they had no
the degel of the machaneh of |30| And his tz'va (host), and children; and Eleazar and
Ephrayim according to their those that were numbered of Itamar ministered in the
tzvaos; and the Nasi of the them, were fifty and three kohen's office in the sight of
Bnei Ephrayim shall be thousand and four hundred. Aharon their av [Vayikra 10].
Elishama ben Ammihud. |31| All they that were |5| And Hashem spoke unto
|19| And his tz'va (host), and numbered in the machaneh of Moshe, saying,
those that were numbered of Dan were an hundred |6| Bring the tribe of Levi
them, were forty thousand and thousand and fifty and seven near [i.e., present
five hundred. thousand and six them as offerings are
|20| And by him shall be the hundred. They shall break presented], and present
tribe of Menasheh; and the camp last with their degel
Nasi of the Bnei Menasheh (standard, banner).
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them before Aharon |16| And Moshe numbered mishpakhat of the Chevroni,
HaKohen, that they may them according to the and the mishpakhat of the
minister unto him [i.e., help, command of Hashem, as Uzzieli: these are the
be of service to him]. he had been commanded. mishpekhot of the Kehati.
|7| And they [the Levi'im] |17| And these were the Bnei |28| In the number of all the
shall be shomer mishmeret Levi by their shmot: Gershon, zachar, from a month old and
(watch the watch, keep the Kehat, and Merari. upward, were eight thousand
guard duty) for him and for |18| And these are the shmot and six hundred, shomrei
the mishmeret kol HaEdah of the Bnei Gershon by their mishmeret haKodesh.
(duty of the whole mishpekhot: Livni, and |29| The mishpekhot of the
Congregation) before the Ohel Shimei. Bnei Kehat shall encamp on
Mo'ed, to do avodat |19| And the Bnei Kehat by the southward side of the
HaMishkan (the work, service their mishpekhot: Amram, Mishkan.
of the Mishkan). Yitzhar, Chevron, and Uzziel. |30| And the Nasi bais av of
|8| And they shall be shomer |20| And the Bnei Merari by the mishpekhot of the Kehati
mishmeret over kol klei Ohel their mishpekhot: Machli and shall be Elitzaphan ben
Mo'ed (all the vessels, Mushi. These are the Uzziel.
furnishings of the Ohel Mo'ed) mishpekhot of the Levi'im |31| And their guard duty
for the Bnei Yisroel, doing the according to the bais of their shall be: the Aron and the
avodat HaMishkan (work of avot. Shulchan, and the Menorah,
the Mishkan). |21| To Gershon belonged the and the Mizbechot, and the
|9| And thou shalt give the mishpakhat of the Livni and vessels of HaKodesh
Levi'im unto Aharon and to the mishpakhat of the Shimi: (the Holy Place) wherewith
his banim; they are wholly these are the mishpekhot of they minister, and the curtain,
given unto him from among the Gershoni. and all the avodah thereof.
the Bnei Yisroel. |22| Those that were num- |32| And Eleazar ben Aharon
|10| And thou shalt appoint bered of them, according to HaKohen shall be Nasi over
Aharon and his banim; they the number of kol zachar (all the Nasi'ei HaLevi'im, and
shall be shomer to watch over the males), from a month old have the oversight of them
their kehunah; the zar that and upward, even those that that do guard duty over
encroach shall be put to were numbered of them were HaKodesh (the Holy Place).
death. seven thousand and five |33| To Merari belonged the
|11| And Hashem spoke unto hundred. mishpakhat of the Mahli, and
Moshe, saying, |23| The mishpekhot of the the mishpakhat of the Mushi:
|12| And I, hinei, I have Gershoni shall encamp be- these are the mishpekhot of
taken the Levi'im from among hind the Mishkan westward. Merari.
the Bnei Yisroel instead of all |24| And the Nasi of the |34| And those that were
the bechor that openeth bais av of the Gershoni counted of them, according to
the womb among the Bnei shall be Elyasaph ben Lael. the number of all the zachar,
Yisroel; therefore the Levi'im |25| And the mishmeret of from a month old and
shall be Mine; the Bnei Gershon in the Ohel upward, were six thousand
|13| Because all the bechor Mo'ed is as follows: the and two hundred.
are Mine; for on the yom that I Mishkan, and the Ohel, the |35| And the Nasi bais av of
struck down all the bechor in covering thereof, and the the mishpekhot of
Eretz Mitzrayim I set apart as curtain at the entrance of the Merari was Tzuriel ben
kodesh unto Me all the bechor Ohel Mo'ed, Avichayil; these shall encamp
in Yisroel, both man and |26| And the curtains of the on the side of the Mishkan
beast: Mine shall they be: I am khatzer, and the curtain for northward.
Hashem. the entrance of the khatzer, |36| And under the guard
|14| And Hashem spoke unto which is around the Mishkan, duty charge of the Bnei Merari
Moshe in the midbar of Sinai, and around the mizbe'ach; shall be: the frames of the
saying, and the cords of it for kol Mishkan, and the crossbars
|15| Count the Bnei Levi by avodah thereof. thereof, and the pillars
the bais of their avot, by their |27| And to Kehat belonged thereof, and the bases thereof,
mishpekhot; every zachar the mishpakhat of the and all the vessels thereof, and
from a month old and upward Amrami, and the mishpakhat all that serveth thereto,
shalt thou number them. of the Yitzhari, and the
|37| And the pillars of the cattle; and the Levi'im shall be Aharon shall come, and his
khatzer round about, and Mine: I am Hashem. banim, and they shall take
their bases, and their pegs, |46| And for those that are to down the Parochet (veil) of the
and their cords. be redeemed of the two screen, and cover the Aron
|38| And those that encamp hundred and threescore and HaEdut (Ark of the
in front of the Mishkan thirteen of the bechor of the Testimony) with it;
toward the east, even in front Bnei Yisroel, which are more |6| And shall put thereon the
of the Ohel Mo'ed eastward, than the Levi'im; tachash hide covering, and
shall be Moshe, and Aharon |47| Thou shalt even take five shall spread over it a cloth
and his banim, shomrim shekels for each one wholly sky-blue violet, and
mishmeret HaMikdash individually, after the shekel shall put in the carrying poles
(standing guard duty over the of HaKodesh shalt thou take thereof.
holy area) on behalf of the them (the shekel is twenty |7| And upon the Shulchan
Bnei Yisroel; and the gerahs) [Vayikra 27:6]; HaPanim they shall spread a
zar that shall encroach shall |48| And thou shalt give the cloth of sky-blue, and put
be put to death. kesef, wherewith those over thereon the dishes, and the
|39| All that were counted of and above them [the Levi'im] incense spoons, and the
the Levi'im, which Moshe and is to be redeemed, unto offering bowls, and kesot
Aharon numbered at the Aharon and to his banim. hanesekh (pitchers of the
command of Hashem, by their |49| And Moshe took the drink offering); and Lechem
mishpekhot, all the zakhar kesef hapidyom of them that HaTamid (Perpetual Bread)
from a month old and were over and above them that shall be thereon;
upward, were twenty and two were redeemed by the Levi'im; |8| And they shall spread
thousand. |50| Of the bechor of the Bnei upon them a cloth of scarlet,
|40| And Hashem said unto Yisroel collected he the kesef; and cover the same with a
Moshe, Count all the bechor of a thousand three hundred and tachash hide covering, and
the zakhar of the Bnei Yisroel threescore and five shekels, shall put in the poles thereof.
from a month old and after the shekel of HaKodesh; |9| And they shall take a cloth
upward, and calculate the |51| And Moshe gave the of sky-blue, and cover the
total by their shmot. kesef hapidyom unto Aharon Menorat HaMa'ohr (Menorah
|41| And thou shalt take the and to his banim, according to of Illumination), and its nerot
Levi'im for Me—I am the command of Hashem, as (lamps), and its tongs, and its
Hashem—instead of all the Hashem commanded Moshe. trays, and all the klei shemen
bechor among the Bnei (oil vessels) thereof, wherewith
Yisroel; and the cattle of the they prepare it for [holy]
Levi'im instead of all the service;
firstlings among the And Hashem spoke unto |10| And they shall put it and
cattle of the Bnei Yisroel.
|42| And Moshe counted, as
Hashem commanded him, all
4 Moshe and unto Aharon,
saying,
|2| Take the census of the
all the vessels thereof within a
tachash hide covering, and
shall put it upon the carrying
the bechor among the Bnei Bnei Kehat from among the frame.
Yisroel. Bnei Levi, after their |11| And upon the Mizbach
|43| And it came about that mishpekhot, by the bais of HaZahav they shall spread a
all the bechor zakhar by the their avot, cloth of sky-blue, and cover it
number of shmot, from a |3| From shloshim shanah a tachash hide covering, and
month old and upward, of (thirty years old) and upward shall put in place the poles
those that were numbered of even until chamishim shanah thereof;
them, were twenty and two (fifty years old), all that enter |12| And they shall take all
thousand two hundred and into the tz'va (holy militia of the Klei HaSharet (Utensils of
threescore and thirteen. Hashem) to do the melachah Ministry), wherewith they
|44| And Hashem spoke unto (work) in the Ohel Mo'ed. minister in HaKodesh, and
Moshe, saying, |4| This shall be the Avodat put them in a cloth of sky-
|45| Take the Levi'im instead Bnei Kehat in the Ohel Mo'ed: blue, and cover them with a
of all the bechor among the kodesh hakodashim (the most tachash hide covering, and
Bnei Yisroel, and the cattle of holy things); shall put them on the carrying
the Levi'im instead of their |5| And when the machaneh frame;
(camp) setteth forward,
|13| And they shall take away |20| But they shall not go in |29| As for the Bnei Merari,
the ashes from the Mizbe'ach, to look for a single instant at thou shalt number them after
and spread a purple cloth hakodesh, lest they die. their mishpekhot, by the bais
thereon: [NASO] of their avot;
|14| And they shall put upon |21| And Hashem spoke unto |30| From shloshim shanah
it all the utensils thereof, Moshe, saying, (thirty years old) and upward
wherewith they minister upon |22| Take also the census of even until chamishim shanah
it, even the fire pans, the the Bnei Gershon, throughout (fifty years old) shalt thou
meathooks, and the shovels, the bais avot of them, by their number them, every one that
and the basins, all the Klei mishpekhot; entereth into the tz'va (holy
HaMizbe'ach; and they shall |23| From shloshim shanah militia service of Hashem), to
spread upon it a tachash hide (thirty years old) and upward do the work of the Avodat
covering, and put in place its until chamishim shanah (fifty Ohel Mo'ed.
poles. years old) shalt thou number |31| And this is their
|15| And when Aharon and them; all that enter to serve mishmeret (guard) massa
his banim have made an end the tz'va (holy militia service of (burden), according to all their
of covering HaKodesh, and all Hashem), to labor in the Avodah (Service, Ministry) in
the Klei HaKodesh, as the Avodah in the Ohel Mo'ed. the Ohel Mo'ed; the frames of
machaneh (camp) is to set |24| This is the Avodat the Mishkan, and the cross-
forward, after that, the Bnei Mishpekhot Gershoni, as bars thereof, and the posts
Kehat shall come to bear it; relates to service and thereof, and bases thereof,
but they shall not touch any massa (burden): |32| And the posts
kodesh, lest they die. These |25| And they shall bear the surrounding the khatzer, and
things are the massa (burden) curtains of the Mishkan, and their bases, and their tent
of the Bnei Kehat in the the Ohel Mo'ed, its covering, pegs, and their cords, with all
Ohel Mo'ed. and the tachash hide covering their implements, and with all
|16| And to the pekuddat that is over the top of it, and their service; and by shmot
(oversight, office) of Eleazar the screen for the entrance (names) ye shall assign the klei
ben Aharon HaKohen of the Ohel Mo'ed, mishmeret (vessels of duty)
pertaineth the Shemen |26| And the hangings of the massa (burdens).
HaMa'ohr (Oil of khatzer (court), and the |33| This is the Avodat
Illumination), and the incense hanging for the entrance of Mishpekhot Bnei Merari,
spices, and the Minchat the sha'ar (gate) of the khatzer according to all their service,
HaTamid (Continual Grain (court), which is around the in the Ohel Mo'ed under the
Offering), and the Shemen Mishkan and around the direction of Itamar ben
HaMishchah (Anointing Oil), Mizbe'ach, and their cords, Aharon HaKohen.
and the Pekuddat Kol and all the Klei Avodah |34| And Moshe and Aharon
HaMishkan, and of all that (Utensils of Service, Ministry) and the Nasi'ei HaEdah
therein is, in HaKodesh, and of them, and all that is done (Leaders of the Congregation)
in the vessels thereof. for them; so shall they serve. counted the Bnei HaKehati
|17| And Hashem spoke unto |27| At the appointment of after their mishpekhot, and
Moshe and unto Aharon Aharon and his banim shall after the bais of their avot,
saying, be all the Avodat Bnei |35| From shloshim shanah
|18| Cut ye not off the shevet Gershoni, in all their massa (thirty years old) and upward
(tribe) of the mishpekhot of (burdens), and in all their even until chamishim shanah
the Kehati from among the avodah (service); and ye shall (fifty years old) shalt thou
Levi'im; appoint unto them in number them, every one that
|19| But this do unto them, mishmeret (guard duty entereth into the tz'va (holy
that they may live, and not responsibility) for all their militia service of Hashem), to
die, when they approach unto massa (burdens). do the work of the Avodah in
kodesh hakodashim (the most |28| This is the Avodat the Ohel Mo'ed;
holy things): Aharon and his Mishpekhot Bnei Gershoni in |36| And those that were
banim shall go in, and the Ohel Mo'ed; and misheret numbered of them by their
appoint them every one to his (guard duty responsibility) mishpekhot were two
avodah (service, ministry) and shall be under the direction of thousand seven
to his massa (burden); Itamar ben Aharon HaKohen. hundred and fifty.
|37| These were they that |46| All those that were woman shall commit any
were numbered of the numbered of the Levi'im, chattot that men commit,
mishpekhot HaKehati, whom Moshe and l'me'ol ma'al baHashem
all that might do service in the Aharon and the Nasi'ei Yisroel (thereby trespassing against
Ohel Mo'ed which Moshe and numbered, by their mish- Hashem), and feels guilty;
Aharon did number according pekhot, and by the bais of |7| Then they shall make
to the command of Hashem their avot, vidduy (confession of sin) of
by the hand of Moshe. |47| From shloshim shanah their chattot which they have
|38| And those that were and upward even until committed; and shall make
numbered of the Bnei chamishim shanah shalt thou reparation in full, and add
Gershon, throughout their number them, every one that unto it the fifth part thereof,
mishpekhot, and by the bais entereth to do the Avodat and give it unto him against
of their avot, Avodah (the Work of the whom they hath incurred
|39| From shloshim shanah Service, Ministry) and the liability.
and upward even until Avodat Massa (Service, |8| But if the man have no
chamishim shanah shalt thou Ministry of the Burden) in the go'el unto whom reparation
number them, every one that Ohel Mo'ed. for the asham can be made,
entereth into the tz'va (holy |48| Even those that were let the asham be recompensed
militia service of Hashem), to numbered of them, were unto Hashem, even to
do the work of the Avodah in shmonat alafim vachamesh the kohen, besides the ram of
the Ohel Mo'ed, me'ot ushmonim (eight the kippurim, whereby a
|40| Even those that were thousand and five hundred kapparah shall be made on
numbered of them, through- and fourscore), his behalf.
out their mishpekhot, by the |49| According to the |9| And every terumah of all
bais of their avot, were two command of Hashem they the holy things of the Bnei
thousand and six hundred were numbered by the hand of Yisroel, which they bring unto
and thirty. Moshe, every one according to the kohen, shall be his.
|41| These are they that were his Avodah (Service), and |10| And every man's things
numbered of the Mishpekhot according to his Massa set apart as kodesh shall be
Bnei Gershon, of all that (Burden); thus were they his; whatsoever any man
might do service in the Ohel counted of him, as Hashem giveth the kohen, it shall be
Mo'ed whom Moshe and commanded Moshe. his.
Aharon did number according And Hashem spoke unto |11| And Hashem spoke unto
to the command of Hashem.
|42| And those that were
numbered of the Mishpekhot
5 Moshe, saying,
Yisroel, that they put out of
Moshe, saying,
Yisroel, and say unto them, If
Bnei Merari, throughout their the machaneh every tzaru'a, any man's isha go aside, and
mishpekhot, by the bais of and every one that hath a commit a trespass [i.e., is
their avot, discharge, and whosoever unfaithful] against him,
|43| From shloshim shanah is tameh lanefesh (unclean, |13| And a man lie with her
and upward even until defiled by reason of contact carnally, and it be hid from
chamishim shanah shalt thou with a corpse), the eyes of her ish, and she
number them, every one that |3| Both zakhar and nekevah become tameh secretly, and
entereth into the tz'va, to do shall ye put out, without the there be no ed (witness)
the work of the Avodah in the machaneh shall ye put them; against her, neither she be
Ohel Mo'ed, that they defile not their caught;
|44| Even those that were machanot, in the midst |14| And a ruach kina (spirit
numbered of them by their whereof I dwell. of jealousy) come upon him,
mishpekhot, were three |4| And the Bnei Yisroel did and he be jealous of his isha,
thousand and two hundred. so, and put them outside the and she be tameh; or if a
|45| These be those that were machaneh; just as Hashem ruach kina come upon him,
numbered of the Mishpekhot spoke unto Moshe, so did the and he be jealous of his isha,
Bnei Merari, whom Moshe Bnei Yisroel. and she be not tameh;
and Aharon numbered |5| And Hashem spoke unto |15| Then shall the ish bring
according to the command of Moshe, saying, his isha unto the
Hashem by the hand of |6| Speak unto the Bnei kohen, and he shall
Moshe. Yisroel, When a man or
bring her korban for her, the belly to swell, and thy thigh to And Hashem spoke
tenth part of an ephah of
barley meal; he shall pour no
shemen upon it, nor put
waste away; And the isha shall
say, Omen, Omen.
6 unto Moshe, saying,
|2| Speak unto the
Bnei Yisroel, and say unto
incense thereon; for it is a write these alot (curses) on a them, When either ish or isha
minchat kinot (grain offering sefer, and he shall wash them shall separate themselves to
of jealousies), a minchat into the mei hamarim; vow a neder of a Nazir, to
zekaron (grain offering of |24| And he shall cause the separate themselves unto
memorial), bringing avon to isha to drink the mei hamarim Hashem;
remembrance. hame'ararim; and the mayim |3| He shall separate himself
|16| And the kohen shall hame'ararim shall enter into from yayin and shekhar
bring her near, and set her her, and become bitter. (fermented drink), and shall
before Hashem; |25| Then the kohen shall drink no chometz (vinegar) of
|17| And the kohen shall take take the minchat hakena'ot yayin, or chometz of shekhar,
mayim kedoshim in an out of the yad haisha, and neither shall he drink any
earthen vessel; and of the dust shall wave the minchah before grape juice, nor eat moist
that is in the floor of the Hashem, and offer it upon the grapes, or dried (i.e., raisins).
Mishkan the kohen shall take, Mizbe'ach: |4| Kol hayamim of his nazir
and put it into the mayim; |26| And the kohen shall take (vow as a nazir) shall he eat
|18| And the kohen shall set a handful of the minchah, nothing that is made of the
the isha before Hashem, and even the memorial thereof, gefen hayayin, from the seeds
unbind the hair of the isha, and burn it upon the even to the grape-skins.
and put the minchat zekaron Mizbe'ach, and afterward shall |5| Kol hayamim of the neder
in her hands, which is the cause the isha to drink the of his nazir there shall no
minchat kena'ot; and the mayim. razor come upon his head;
kohen shall have in his hand |27| And when he hath made until hayamim be fulfilled, in
the mei hamarim hame'ararim her to drink the mayim, then the which he separateth
(waters of bitterness that it shall come to pass, that, if himself unto Hashem, he shall
causeth the curse); she be defiled, and have done be kadosh, and shall let the
|19| And the kohen shall put trespass [i.e., been unfaithful] locks of the hair of his head
her under oath, and say unto against her ish, that the grow.
the isha, If no man have lain mayim hame'ararim shall |6| Kol hayamei of his
with thee, and if thou hast not enter into her, and become separation unto Hashem he
turned astray to tum'a bitter, and her belly shall shall go not near
(uncleanness, impurity) with swell, and her thigh shall nefesh met (dead body).
another instead of thy waste away; and the isha shall |7| He shall not make himself
husband, be thou free from become a curse among her tameh for his av, or for his em,
these mei hamarim people. for his ach, or for his achot,
hame'ararim; |28| And if the isha be not when they die; because the
|20| But if thou hast turned defiled, but be tehorah (clean); Nezer Elohav (Consecration of
astray to another instead of then she shall be free, and his G-d) is upon his head.
thy ish, and if thou be defiled, shall conceive zera. |8| Kol yemei of his nazir
and some man have lain with |29| This is the torat (separation) he is kadosh unto
thee other than thine ish; hakena'ot (law of jealousy), Hashem.
|21| Then the kohen shall put when an isha goeth astray to |9| And if any man die very
the isha under oath with the another instead of her ish, suddenly by him, and he hath
oath of the curse, and the and is defiled; made tameh the head of his
kohen shall say unto the isha, |30| Or when the ruach kinah nezer (consecration); then he
Hashem make thee an alah cometh upon him, and he be shall shave his head in the
(curse) and a shevu'ah (oath) jealous over his isha, and shall yom of his tohorat, on the yom
among thy people, when set the isha before Hashem, hashevi'i shall he shave it.
Hashem doth make thy thigh and the kohen shall execute |10| And on the yom
to waste away, and thy belly to upon her all this torah. hashemi'ni he shall bring two
swell; |31| Then shall the ish be free doves, or two young pigeons,
|22| And this mayim that from guilt from avon, and this to the kohen, to the entrance
causeth the curse shall go into isha shall bear her avon. of the Ohel Mo'ed;
thy inner parts, to make thy
|11| And the kohen shall offer (fire) which is under the And it came to pass on
the one for a chattat (sin
offering), and the other for an
olah (burnt offering), and
zevach hashelamim (sacrifce
of peace offerings).
|19| And the kohen shall take
7 the day that Moshe had
fully set up the
Mishkan, and had anointed it,
make kapporah for him, the boiled shoulder of the and set it apart as kodesh, and
because he sinned by the ram, and one challat matzah all the instruments thereof,
nefesh (dead body), and shall (loaf of matzah) out of the both the Mizbe'ach and all the
make kadosh his head that basket, and one unleavened vessels thereof, and had
same day. wafer, and shall put them anointed them, and set them
|12| And he shall consecrate upon the hands of the Nazir, apart as kodesh,
unto Hashem the yemei of his after the hair of his nazir |2| That the Nasiim (Rulers)
nazir, and shall bring a lamb (consecration) is shaven; of Yisroel, heads of the Bais of
of the first year for an |20| And the kohen shall their Avot, who were the
asham (trespass offering); but wave them for a wave offering Nasiim of the tribes, and were
the yamim harishonim shall before Hashem; this is kodesh over them that were
not be counted, because his for the kohen, with the breast numbered, offered;
nazir was tameh. of the wave offering and |3| And they brought their
|13| And this is the Torat thigh of the terumah (raised- korban before Hashem, six
HaNazir, when the yamim of up presentation); and after covered carts, and twelve
his nazir are fulfilled: he shall that the Nazir may drink oxen; a cart for two of the
be brought unto the entrance yayin. Nasiim, and for each one an
of the Ohel Mo'ed; |21| This is the Torat ox; and they brought them
|14| And he shall offer his HaNazir who hath vowed, and before the Mishkan.
korban unto Hashem, one he- of his korban unto Hashem |4| And Hashem spoke unto
lamb of the first year tamim for his nazir (separation), in Moshe, saying,
(without blemish) for an olah addition to whatever else his |5| Take it of them, that they
(burnt offering), and one ewe hand shall afford, according may be for the service of the
lamb of the first year temimah to the neder (vow) which he Ohel Mo'ed; and thou shalt
(without blemish) for a vowed, so he must do after the give them unto the Levi'im, to
chattat, and one ram tamim torah of his Nazir. every man according to his
(without blemish) for shlamim |22| And Hashem spoke unto service.
(peace offerings), Moshe, saying, |6| And Moshe took the carts
|15| And a basket of matzot, |23| Speak unto Aharon and and the oxen, and gave them
cakes of fine flour mingled unto his Banim, saying, On unto the Levi'im.
with shemen, and wafers of this wise ye shall bless the |7| Two carts and four oxen
matzot meshuchim (anointed) Bnei Yisroel, saying unto he gave unto the Bnei
with oil, and their minchot them, Gershon, according to their
(grain offerings), and their |24| Y'varekhekha Adonai service;
nesakim (drink offerings). v'yishmerekha (Hashem bless |8| And four carts and eight
|16| And the kohen shall thee, and keep thee); oxen he gave unto the Bnei
bring them before Hashem, |25| Ya'er Adonai panav Merari, according unto their
and shall offer his chattat, eleikha vichunekha (Hashem service, under the hand of
and his olah (burnt offering); make His face shine upon Itamar ben Aharon HaKohen.
|17| And he shall offer the thee, and be gracious unto |9| But unto the Bnei Kehat
ram for a zevach shelamim thee); he gave none, because the
(sacrifice of peace offerings) |26| Yissa Adonai panav service of HaKodesh
unto Hashem, with the basket eleikha v'yasem l'kha shalom belonging unto them was that
of matzot; the kohen shall (Hashem lift up His they should bear upon their
offer also his minchah (grain countenance upon thee, and shoulders.
offering), and his nesekh give thee shalom). |10| And the Nasiim offered
(drink offering). |27| And they shall put My for dedicating of the
|18| And the Nazir shall Shem upon the Bnei Yisroel, Mizbe'ach in the day that it
shave the head of his nazir and I will bless them. was anointed, even the Nasiim
[see Ac 21:24] at the entrance (Rulers) offered their korban
of the Ohel Mo'ed, and shall
take the hair of the head of his
nazir, and put it in the eish
before the Mizbe'ach. |24| On the third day Eliav shekel HaKodesh; both of
|11| And Hashem said unto ben Chelon, Nasi of the Bnei them full of fine flour mixed
Moshe, They shall offer their Zevulun, did offer: with oil for a minchah;
korban, each Nasi on his day, |25| His korban was one |38| One golden ladle of ten
for the dedicating of the silver bowl, the weight whereof shekels, full of ketoret;
Mizbe'ach. was an hundred and thirty |39| One young bull, one
|12| And he that offered his shekels, one silver basin of ram, one lamb of the first
korban the first day was seventy shekels, according to year, for an olah;
Nachshon Ben Amminadav, of shekel HaKodesh; both of |40| One kid of the goats for a
the tribe of Yehudah; them full of fine flour mixed chattat;
|13| And his korban was one with oil for a minchah; |41| And for a zevach of
silver bowl, the weight thereof |26| One golden ladle of ten shelamim, two oxen, five
was an hundred and thirty shekels, full of ketoret; rams, five he-goats, five lambs
shekels, one silver basin of |27| One young bull, one of the first year; this was the
seventy shekels, according to ram, one lamb of the first korban of Shelumiel ben
the shekel HaKodesh; both of year, for an olah (burnt Tzurishaddai.
them were full of fine flour offering); |42| On the sixth day
mixed with oil for a minchah; |28| One kid of the goats for a Elyasaph ben Deuel, Nasi of
|14| One ladle of ten shekels chattat; the Bnei Gad, offered:
of zahav, full of ketoret; |29| And for a zevach of |43| His korban was one
|15| One young bull, one shelamim, two oxen, five silver bowl of the weight of an
ram, one lamb of the first rams, five he-goats, five lambs hundred and thirty shekels, a
year, for an olah (burnt of the first year; this was the silver basin of seventy shekels,
offering); korban of Eliav ben Chelon. according to shekel
|16| One kid of the goats for a |30| On the fourth day HaKodesh; both of them full
chattat; Elitzur ben Shedeur, Nasi of of fine flour mixed with oil for
|17| And for a zevach of the Bnei Reuven, did offer: a minchah;
shelamim, two oxen, five |31| His korban was one |44| One golden ladle of ten
rams, five he-goats, five lambs silver bowl of the weight of an shekels, full of ketoret;
of the first year; this was the hundred and thirty shekels, |45| One young bull, one
korban of Nachshon ben one silver basin of seventy ram, one lamb of the first
Amminadav. shekels, according to shekel year, for an olah (burnt
|18| On the second day HaKodesh; both of them full offering);
Netanel ben Tzuar, prince of of fine flour mixed with oil for |46| One kid of the goats for a
Yissakhar, did offer: a minchah; chattat;
|19| He offered for his |32| One golden ladle of ten |47| And for a zevach of
korban one silver bowl, the shekels, full of ketoret; shelamim, two oxen, five
weight whereof was an |33| One young bull, one rams, five he-goats, five lambs
hundred and thirty shekels, ram, one lamb of the first of the first year; this was the
one silver basin of seventy year, for an olah; korban of Elyasaph ben
shekels, according to shekel |34| One kid of the goats for a Deuel.
HaKodesh; both of them full chattat; |48| On the seventh day
of fine flour mixed with oil for |35| And for a zevach of Elishama ben Ammihud, Nasi
a minchah; shelamim, two oxen, five of the Bnei Ephrayim, offered:
|20| One ladle of zahav of ten rams, five he-goats, five lambs |49| His korban was one
shekels, full of ketoret; of the first year; this was the silver bowl, the weight whereof
|21| One young bull, one korban of Elitzur ben was an hundred and thirty
ram, one lamb of the first Shedeur. shekels, one silver basin of
year, for an olah (burnt |36| On the fifth day seventy shekels, according to
offering); Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddai, shekel HaKodesh; both of
|22| One kid of the goats for a Nasi of the Bnei Shim'on, did them full of fine flour mixed
chattat; offer: with oil for a minchah;
|23| And for a zevach of |37| His korban was one |50| One golden ladle of ten
shelamim, two oxen, five silver bowl, the weight whereof shekels, full of ketoret;
rams, five he-goats, five lambs was an hundred and thirty |51| One young bull, one
of the first year; this was the shekels, one silver basin of ram, one lamb of the
korban of Netanel ben Tzuar. seventy shekels, according to
first year, for an olah (burnt korban of Avidan ben shekel HaKodesh; both of
offering); Gideoni. them full of fine flour mixed
|52| One kid of the goats for a |66| On the tenth day with oil for a minchah;
chattat; Achiezer ben Ammishaddai, |80| One golden ladle of ten
|53| And for a zevach of Nasi of the Bnei Dan, offered: shekels, full of ketoret;
shelamim, two oxen, five |67| His korban was one |81| One young bull, one
rams, five he-goats, five lambs silver bowl, the weight whereof ram, one lamb of the first
of the first year; this was the was an hundred and thirty year, for an olah;
korban of Elishama ben shekels, one silver basin of |82| One kid of the goats for a
Ammihud. seventy shekels, according to chattat;
|54| On the eighth day shekel HaKodesh; both of |83| And for a zevach of
Gamaliel ben Pedahtzur, Nasi them full of fine flour mixed shelamim, two oxen, five
of the Bnei Menasheh offered: with oil for a minchah; rams, five he-goats, five lambs
|55| His korban was one |68| One golden ladle of ten of the first year; this was the
silver bowl of the weight of an shekels, full of ketoret; korban of Achira ben Enan.
hundred and thirty shekels, |69| One young bull, one |84| This was the dedication
one silver basin of seventy ram, one lamb of the first of the Mizbe'ach, in the day
shekels, according to shekel year, for an olah; when it was anointed, by the
HaKodesh; both of them full |70| One kid of the goats for a Nasiim of Yisroel: twelve
of fine flour mixed with oil for chattat; bowls of kesef, twelve silver
a minchah; |71| And for a zevach of basins, twelve spoons of
|56| One golden ladle of ten shelamim, two oxen, five zahav:
shekels, full of ketoret; rams, five he-goats, five lambs |85| Each bowl of silver
|57| One young bull, one of the first year; this was the weighing an hundred and
ram, one lamb of the first korban of Achiezer ben thirty shekels, each basin
year, for an olah (burnt Ammishaddai. seventy; all the silver vessels
offering); |72| On the eleventh day weighed two thousand and
|58| One kid of the goats for a Pagiel ben Ochran, Nasi of the four hundred shekels,
chattat; Bnei Asher, offered: according to the shekel
|59| And for a zevach of |73| His korban was one HaKodesh;
shelamim, two oxen, five silver bowl, the weight whereof |86| The golden spoons were
rams, five he-goats, five lambs was an hundred and thirty twelve, full of ketoret,
of the first year; this was the shekels, one silver basin of weighing ten shekels apiece,
korban of Gamaliel ben seventy shekels, according to according to the shekel
Pedahtzur. shekel HaKodesh; both of HaKodesh; all the zahav of
|60| On the ninth day Avidan them full of fine flour mixed the spoons was an hundred
ben Gideoni, Nasi of the Bnei with oil for a minchah; and twenty shekels.
Binyamin, offered: |74| One golden ladle of ten |87| All the oxen for the olah
|61| His korban was one shekels, full of ketoret; (burnt offering) were twelve
silver bowl, the weight whereof |75| One young bull, one bulls, the rams twelve, the
was an hundred and thirty ram, one lamb of the first lambs of the first year twelve,
shekels, one silver basin of year, for an olah; with their minchah; and the
seventy shekels, according to |76| One kid of the goats for a kids of the goats for chattat
shekel HaKodesh; both of chattat; twelve.
them full of fine flour mixed |77| And for a zevach of |88| And all the oxen for the
with oil for a minchah; shelamim, two oxen, five zevach of the shelamim were
|62| One golden ladle of ten rams, five he-goats, five lambs twenty and four bulls, the
shekels, full of ketoret; of the first year; this was the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty,
|63| One young bull, one korban of Pagiel ben Ochran. the lambs of the first year
ram, one lamb of the first |78| On the twelfth day sixty. This was the dedication
year, for an olah; Achira ben Enan, Nasi of the of the Mizbe'ach, after that it
|64| One kid of the goats for a Bnei Naphtali, offered: was anointed.
chattat; |79| His korban was one |89| And when Moshe was
|65| And for a zevach of silver bowl, the weight whereof gone into the Ohel Mo'ed to
shelamim, two oxen, five was an hundred and thirty speak with Him, then
rams, five he-goats, five lambs shekels, one silver basin of
of the first year; this was the seventy shekels, according to
Torah 139 Bamidbar 7, 8, 9
he heard the voice of One [11] And Aharon shall offer commanded Moshe
speaking unto him from over the Levi'im before Hashem for concerning the Levi'im, so did
the kapporet that was upon a tenufah from the Bnei the Bnei Yisroel unto them.
the Aron HaEdut, from Yisroel, that they may perform |21| And the Levi'im purified
between the two keruvim; so the Avodat Hashem. themselves, and they
He spoke unto him. |12| And the Levi'im shall lay immersed their clothes; and
their hands upon the rosh of Aharon offered them as a
[BEHAALOSECHA] the bulls; and thou shalt offer tenufah before Hashem; and
the one for a chattat, and the Aharon made kapporah for
8 Moshe, saying,
|2| Speak unto Aharon
and say unto him, When thou
other for an olah, unto
Hashem, to make kapporah
for the Levi'im.
|13| And thou shalt set the
them to make them tahor.
|22| And after that went the
Levi'im in to do their Avodah
in the Ohel Mo'ed before
set up the Nerot (lamps), the Levi'im before Aharon, and Aharon, and before his
seven Nerot (lamps) shall cast
before his Banim, and offer Banim; just as Hashem had
light in front of the Menorah.
them for a tenufah unto commanded Moshe
|3| And Aharon did so; he set
Hashem. concerning the Levi'im, so did
up the Nerot (lamps) thereof
|14| Thus shalt thou set apart they with them.
to give light in front of the
as separate the Levi'im from |23| And Hashem spoke unto
Menorah, as Hashem
among the Bnei Yisroel; and Moshe, saying,
commanded Moshe.
the Levi'im shall be Mine. |24| This is it that belongeth
|4| And the Menorah was
|15| And after that shall the unto the Levi'im: from twenty
made thus of hammered
Levi'im go in to do the service and five years old and upward
zahav, from its base unto its
of the Ohel Mo'ed; and thou they shall enter to perform
flower was it hammered out;
shalt make them tahor and service in the Avodat Ohel
according unto the mar'eh
offer them for a tenufah. Mo'ed;
(pattern) which Hashem had
|16| For they are wholly given |25| And from the age of fifty
shown Moshe, so he made the
unto Me from among the Bnei years they shall retire from the
Menorah.
Yisroel; instead of such as service of the Avodah and
open every womb, even shall serve no more;
Moshe, saying,
instead of the Bechor Kol Bnei |26| But shall assist with their
|6| Take the Levi'im from
Yisroel, have I taken them brethren in the Ohel Mo'ed, in
among the Bnei Yisroel, and
unto Me. performing their duties, and
make them tahor.
|17| For Kol Bechor Bnei shall do no Avodah.
|7| And thus shalt thou do
Yisroel are Mine, both Thus shalt thou do with the
unto them, to make them
adam and behemah; on the Levi'im regarding their duties.
tahor: Sprinkle water of
day that I struck down kol
purification upon them, and
bechor in Eretz Mitzrayim I
let them cause a razor to pass
set them apart as kodesh for
over their basar, and let them
Myself.
wash their clothes, and so
|18| And I have taken the
make themselves tahor.
Levi'im tachat (instead of) Kol
|8| Then let them take a
Bechor Bnei Yisroel.
young bull with its minchah,
|19| And I have given the
even fine flour mixed with
Levi'im as a gift to Aharon and
shemen, and another young
to his Banim from among the And Hashem spoke unto
bull shalt thou take for a
chattat.
|9| And thou shalt bring the
Levi'im before the Ohel Mo'ed:
Bnei Yisroel, to do the Avodat
Bnei Yisroel in the Ohel Mo'ed,
and to make kapporah for the
9 Moshe in the Midbar
Sinai, in the first month
of the second year after they
Bnei Yisroel; so that there be were come out of Eretz
and thou shalt gather Kol
no plague among the Bnei Mitzrayim, saying,
Adat Bnei Yisroel together;
Yisroel, when the Bnei Yisroel |2| Let the Bnei Yisroel also
|10| And thou shalt bring the
come near unto HaKodesh. observe the Pesach at its
Levi'im before Hashem; and
|20| And Moshe, and Aharon, appointed season.
the Bnei Yisroel shall lay their
and Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, did |3| In the fourteenth day
hands upon the Levi'im;
with the Levi'im according of this month, at
unto all that Hashem
twilight, ye shall observe it in Pesach, even the same nefesh Anan was lifted up, they set
its appointed season; shall be cut off from among out.
according to kol chukkot of it, his people; because he |22| Or whether it were two
according to all the mishpatim brought not the korban days, or a month, or longer,
thereof, shall ye observe it. Hashem at its appointed time, that the Anan tarried over the
|4| And Moshe spoke unto the that man shall bear his sin. Mishkan remaining thereon,
Bnei Yisroel, that they should |14| And if a ger shall stay for the Bnei Yisroel abode in their
observe the Pesach. a while among you, and will tents, and did not set out; but
|5| And they observed the observe the Pesach unto when it was lifted up, they set
Pesach on the fourteenth day Hashem; according to the out.
of the first month at twilight chukkat of the Pesach, and |23| At the mouth of Hashem
in the Midbar Sinai; according according to the mishpat they encamped, and at the
to all that Hashem com- thereof, so shall he do; mouth of Hashem they set out;
manded Moshe, so did the ye shall have one chukkat, they obeyed the order
Bnei Yisroel. both for the ger, and for him of Hashem, at the mouth of
|6| And there were certain that was born in the land. Hashem by the hand
men, who were teme'im by the |15| And on the day that the of Moshe.
nefesh (dead body) of an Mishkan was set up the Anan And Hashem spoke
adam, that they could not
observe the Pesach on that
day; and they came before
covered the Mishkan, namely,
the Ohel HaEdut; and at erev
there was upon the Mishkan
10 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2| Make thee two tzotzerot
Moshe and before Aharon on as it were the appearance of (trumpets) of silver; of a whole
that day; eish, until boker. piece shalt thou make them;
|7| And those men said unto |16| So it was tamid: the that thou mayest use them for
him, We are teme'im (unclean) Anan covered it by day, and the calling of the Edah, and
by the nefesh of a man; but the appearance of eish by for the setting out of the
why should we be kept back, lailah. machanot.
that we may not offer a |17| And when the Anan was |3| And when they shall
korban Hashem in its lifted up from the Ohel, then sound them, Kol HaEdah
appointed season among the after that the Bnei Yisroel set shall assemble themselves to
Bnei Yisroel? out; and in the place where thee at the entrance of the
|8| And Moshe said unto the Anan abode, there the Ohel Mo'ed.
them, Stand still, and I will Bnei Yisroel encamped. |4| And if they sound but
hear what Hashem will |18| At the mouth of Hashem with one, then the Nasi'im,
command concerning you. the Bnei Yisroel set out, and at which are heads of Yisroel’s
|9| And Hashem spoke unto the mouth of Hashem they thousands, shall gather
Moshe, saying, encamped; as long as the themselves unto thee.
|10| Speak unto the Bnei Anan abode upon the |5| When ye sound a teruah,
Yisroel, saying, If any man of Mishkan they encamped. then the machanot that camp
you or of your descendents |19| And when the Anan on the east shall go forward.
shall be tamei by reason of a tarried long upon the Mishkan |6| When ye sound a teruah
dead body, or be in a journey many days, then the Bnei the second time, then the
afar off, yet he shall observe Yisroel obeyed the order of machanot that camp on the
the Pesach unto Hashem. Hashem, and did not south shall set out; they shall
|11| The fourteenth day of set out. sound a teruah for their
the second month [Iyyar] at |20| And so it was, when the settings out.
twilight they shall observe it, Anan was a few days upon the |7| But when the Kahal is to
and eat it with matzot and Mishkan; according to the be gathered together, ye shall
merorim (bitter herbs). mouth of Hashem they sound it, but ye shall not
|12| They shall leave none of encamped; according to the sound a teruah.
it unto boker, nor break any mouth of Hashem they set out. |8| And the Bnei Aharon, the
bone of it; according to all the |21| And so it was, when the kohanim, shall sound the
chukkat of the Pesach they Anan abode from erev unto tzotzerot; and they shall be to
shall observe it. boker, and that the Anan was you for a chukkat olam
|13| But the man that is lifted up in the boker, then throughout your dorot.
tahor, and is not in a journey, they set out; whether it was by |9| And if ye go into
and faileth to observe the yomam valailah that the milchamah (battle) in
your land against the enemy |20| And over the division of midbar, and thou mayest be to
that oppresseth you, then ye the tribe of the Bnei Gad was us as eyes.
shall sound a blast on the Elyasaph ben Deuel. |32| And it shall be, if thou go
tzotzerot; and ye shall be |21| And the descendants of with us, yea, it shall be, that
remembered before Hashem Kehat set out, bearing the what tov Hashem shall do
Eloheichem, and ye shall be Mikdash; and they would erect unto us, the same will we
saved from your enemies. the Mishkan before their share with thee.
|10| Also in the day of your arrival. |33| And they departed from
simcha, and in your moadim, |22| And the degel of the the Mountain of Hashem
and in the Rosh-Chodesh, ye machaneh of the Bnei three days' journey; the Aron
shall sound a blast on the Ephrayim set out according to Brit Hashem went before
tzotzerot over your olot, and their tzivos (armies); and over them in the three days' derech,
over the zevakhim of your his division was to search out a menuchah for
shelamim; that they may be to Elishama ben Ammihud. them.
you for a memorial reminder |23| And over the division of |34| And the Anan of
before Eloheichem: I am the tribe of the Bnei Hashem was upon them by
Hashem Eloheichem. Menasheh was Gamli'el ben day, when they set out from
|11| And it came to pass on Pedahtzur. the machaneh.
the twentieth day of the |24| And over the division of |35| And it came to pass,
second month, in the second the tribe of the Bnei Binyamin when the Aron set out, that
year, that the Anan was lifted was Avidan ben Gideoni. Moshe said, Rise up, Hashem,
up from off the Mishkan |25| And the degel of the and let Thine enemies be
HaEdut. machaneh of the Bnei Dan set scattered; and let them that
|12| And the Bnei Yisroel set out, which formed the rear hate Thee flee before Thee.
out in their travels from the guard of all the machanot |36| And when it rested, he
Midbar Sinai; and the Anan throughout their tzivos; and said, Return, Hashem, unto
rested in the Midbar Paran. over his division was Achiezer the countless thousands of
|13| And they first set out ben Ammishaddai. Yisroel.
according to the mouth of |26| And over the division of And when the
Hashem by the hand of
Moshe.
|14| First in place went the
the tribe of the Bnei Asher was
Pagiel ben Ochran.
|27| And over the division of
11 people com-
plained, it
displeased Hashem; Hashem
degel of the machaneh of the the tribe of the Bnei Naphtali heard it; His anger was
Bnei Yehudah according to was Achira ben Enan. kindled; and the Eish Hashem
their tzivos; and over his |28| Thus was the order of burned among them, and
division was Nachshon ben march of the Bnei Yisroel consumed them that were at
Amminadav. according to their tzivos the edge of the machaneh.
|15| And over the division of (armies), when they set out. |2| And the people cried unto
the tribe of the Bnei Yissakhar |29| And Moshe said unto Moshe; and when Moshe
was Netanel ben Tzuar. Chovav ben Reuel the davened unto Hashem, the
|16| And over the division of Midyani, Moshe's khoten eish was quenched.
the tribe of the Bnei Zevulun (father-in-law), We are |3| He called shem hamakom
was Eliav ben Helon. traveling unto the place of Taverah because the Eish
|17| And the Mishkan was which Hashem said, I will give Hashem burned among them.
taken down; and the Bnei it you: Come thou with us, and |4| And the rabble that was
Gershon and the Bnei Merari we will do thee good; for among them fell a-lusting; and
set out, bearing the Mishkan. Hashem hath promised tov the Bnei Yisroel also wept
|18| And the degel of the concerning Yisroel. again, and said, If only we had
machaneh of Reuven set out |30| And he said unto him, I basar to eat!
according to their tzivos will not go; but I will depart to |5| We remember the fish,
(armies); and over his division mine own land, and to my which we did eat in Mitzrayim
was Elitzur ben Shedeur. moledet. at no cost; the cucumbers, and
|19| And over the division of |31| And he [Moshe] said, the melons, and the leeks, and
the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on Leave us not, please; the onions, and the garlic;
was Shelumiel ben forasmuch as thou hast da'as |6| But now our nefesh is
Tzurishaddai. how we are to encamp in the dried up; there is
nothing at all, besides
this manna, before our eyes. and officers over them; and seventy men of the Ziknei
|7| And the manna was like bring them unto the Ohel HaAm, and set them round
coriander seed, and the color Moed, that they may stand about the Ohel [Moed].
thereof like the color of white there with thee. |25| And Hashem came down
gum resin. |17| And I will come down in an Anan, and spoke unto
|8| And the people went and speak with thee there; and him, and took of the Ruach
about and gathered it, and I will take of the Ruach [Hakodesh] that was upon
ground it in handmills, or [Hakodesh] that is upon thee, him, and gave [Him] unto the
crushed it in the mortar, and and will put [Him] upon them; seventy Zekenim; and it came
baked it in pans, and made and they shall bear the massa to pass, that, when the Ruach
cakes of it; and the taste of it HaAm (burden of the People) [Hakodesh] rested upon them,
was like the taste of cakes with thee, that thou bear it not they prophesied, but did not
prepared of shemen. thyself alone. continue. [See Shmuel Alef
|9| And when the dew fell |18| And say thou unto the 10:6; 19:24; Ac 19:6]
upon the machaneh in the people, Set yourselves apart as |26| But there remained two
lailah, the manna fell with it. kodesh against tomorrow, and of the anashim in the
|10| Then Moshe heard the ye shall eat basar; for ye have machaneh, the shem of the
people wailing throughout wept in the ears of Hashem, one was Eldad, and the shem
their mishpekhot, every man saying, Who shall give us of the other Medad: and the
in the entrance of his ohel; basar to eat? For it was well Ruach [Hakodesh] rested
and the anger of Hashem was with us in Mitzrayim; upon them; and they were of
kindled greatly; Moshe also therefore Hashem will give them that were listed, but
was displeased. you basar, and ye shall eat. went not out unto the Ohel
|11| And Moshe said unto |19| Lo (not) ye shall eat one [Moed]; and they prophesied
Hashem, Why hast Thou day, nor two days, nor five in the machaneh.
afflicted Thy eved? And why days, neither ten days, nor |27| And there ran a young
have I not found chen (favor) twenty days; man, and told Moshe, and
in Thy sight, that Thou layest |20| But even a whole month, said, Eldad and Medad do
the massa (burden) of all this until it come out at your prophesy in the machaneh.
people upon me? nostrils, and it be loathsome |28| And Yehoshua Ben Nun,
|12| Have I conceived all this unto you; because that the mesharet Moshe, one of
people? Have I fathered them, meastem (ye have rejected) his chosen young men,
that Thou shouldest say unto Hashem Who is among you, answered and said, Moshe
me, Carry them in thy bosom, and have wept before Him, adoni, forbid them.
as the one nursing beareth the saying, Why came we forth out |29| And Moshe said unto
nursing infant, unto the land of Mitzrayim? him, Are you jealous for my
which Thou didst swear unto |21| And Moshe said, The sake? If only kol Am Hashem
their avot? people, among whom I am, were neviim, and that Hashem
|13| Where should I get basar are 600,000 men on foot; and would put His Ruach upon
to give unto all this people? Thou hast said, I will give them [see Yoel 2:28 (3:1)]!
For they wail unto me, saying, them basar, that they may eat |30| And Moshe went back to
Give us basar, that we may a whole month. the machaneh, he and the
eat. |22| Shall the flocks and the Ziknei Yisroel.
|14| I am not able to carry all herds be slain for them, to |31| And there went forth a
this people alone, because it is suffice them? Or shall all the wind from Hashem, it drove in
too heavy for me. dag (fish) of the yam be quail from the yam, brought
|15| And if Thou deal thus gathered together for them, to them down over the macha-
with me, kill me, please, at suffice them? neh at a height of two cubits
once, if I have found chen in |23| And Hashem said unto from the ground for the
Thy sight; and let me not see Moshe, Is the Yad Hashem cut distance of a day’s journey all
my wretchedness. short (i.e., limited in power)? around the machaneh.
|16| And Hashem said unto Thou shalt see now whether |32| And the people stood up
Moshe, Gather unto Me My Devar shall come to pass all that yom, and kol halailah,
seventy men of the Zekenim of unto thee or not. and all the next day, and they
Yisroel, whom thou knowest to |24| And Moshe went out, gathered in the quail; he that
be the Ziknei HaAm, and told HaAm the divrei gathered least gathered ten
Hashem, and gathered the
Torah 143 Bamidbar 11, 12, 13
homers; and they spread them |8| With him will I speak peh |2| Send thou anashim, that
all out for themselves round el peh, plainly, and not in they may spy out Eretz
about the machaneh. dark sayings; and the temuna Kena'an, which I give unto the
|33| And while the basar was (form) of Hashem shall he Bnei Yisroel: of every tribe of
yet between their teeth, before behold; why then were ye not their avot shall ye send a man,
it was chewed, the wrath of afraid to speak against Avdi every one a nasi among them.
Hashem was kindled against Moshe? |3| And Moshe by the mouth
the people, and Hashem |9| And the anger of Hashem of Hashem sent them from the
struck down the people with a was kindled against them; and Midbar Paran; all those men
makkah rabbah me'od (a very He departed. were Roshei Bnei Yisroel.
great plague). |10| And the Anan departed |4| And these were their
|34| And the shem of that from off the Ohel [Mo'ed]; and, shmot: of the tribe of Reuven,
place was called Kivrot- hinei, Miryam became Shammua ben Zaccur.
hataavah (graves of greed) metzora'at (leprous), white as |5| Of the tribe of Shim'on,
because there they buried the snow: and Aharon looked Shaphat ben Chori.
people that lusted. upon Miryam, and, hinei, she |6| Of the tribe of Yehudah,
|35| And the people set out was metzora'at. Kalev ben Yephunneh.
from Kivrot-hataavah unto |11| And Aharon said unto |7| Of the tribe of Yissakhar,
Chatzerot; and abode at Moshe, Alas, adoni, I beseech Yigal ben Yosef.
Chatzerot. thee, hold not the chattat (sin) |8| Of the tribe of Ephrayim,
And Miryam and against us, wherein we have Hoshea ben Nun.
12 Aharon spoke
against Moshe
because of the Kushite woman
done foolishly, and wherein
we have sinned.
|12| Let her not be as one
|9| Of the tribe of Binyamin,
Palti ben Raphu.
|10| Of the tribe of Zevulun,
whom he had married; for he dead, of whom the basar is Gaddiel ben Sodi.
had married a Kushite half consumed when he |11| Of the tribe of Yosef,
woman. cometh out of his mother's namely, of the tribe of
|2| And they said, Hath womb. Menasheh, Gaddi ben Susi.
Hashem indeed spoken only |13| And Moshe cried unto |12| Of the tribe of Dan,
by Moshe? Hath He not Hashem, saying, El (G-d), Ammiel ben Gemalli.
spoken also by us? And refah (heal) her now, I beseech |13| Of the tribe of Asher,
Hashem heard it. thee. Setur ben Michael.
|3| (Now the man Moshe was |14| And Hashem said unto |14| Of the tribe of Naphtali,
anav me'od, above all the men Moshe, If her av had but spit Nachbi ben Vophsi.
which were upon the face of in her face, should she not be |15| Of the tribe of Gad,
ha'adamah.) in disgrace seven days? Let her Geuel ben Machi.
|4| And Hashem spoke be exiled from the machaneh |16| These are the shmot of
suddenly unto Moshe, and seven days, and after that let the men which Moshe sent to
unto Aharon, and unto her be received in again. spy out the land. And Moshe
Miryam, Come out ye three |15| And Miryam was exiled called Hoshea ben Nun
unto the Ohel Mo'ed. And they from the machaneh seven Yehoshua [See Zecharyah
three came out. days; and HaAm did not set 6:11-12 on the personal name
|5| And Hashem came down out till Miryam was received of Moshiach in prophecy].
in an Ammud Anan, and in again. |17| And Moshe sent them to
stood in the entrance of the |16| And afterward HaAm spy out Eretz Kena'an, and
Ohel, and He called Aharon removed from Chatzerot, and said unto them, Get you up to
and Miryam; and they both encamped in the Midbar the Negev, and go up into the
came forth. Paran. mountain;
|6| And He said, Hear now www.afii.org/fortyrs.htm |18| And see the land, what it
My words: If there be a navi is like, and the people that
among you, I Hashem will [SHELACH LECHA] dwelleth therein, whether they
reveal Myself unto him in a be strong or weak, few or
mar'ah (vision), and will speak many;
And Hashem spoke
13
unto him in a chalom. |19| And what the land is
|7| Avdi Moshe is not so, who unto Moshe, that they dwell in,
is ne'eman (faithful) in all saying, whether it be good or
Mine Bais.
bad; and what cities they be moreover we saw the Anak |5| Then Moshe and Aharon
that they dwell in, whether in there. fell on their faces before Kol
tents, or in strongholds; |29| The Amalek dwell in Kehal Adat Bnei Yisroel.
|20| And what the land is, the eretz of the Negev; and the |6| And Yehoshua ben Nun,
whether it be fertile or barren, Chitti, and the Yevusi, and the and Kalev ben Yephunneh,
whether there be wood Emori, dwell in the hills; and which were of them that
therein, or not. And be ye of the Kena'ani dwell by the yam, explored HaAretz, tore their
good courage, and bring of the and by the bank of the clothes:
fruit of the land. Now the time Yarden. |7| And they spoke unto Kol
was the time of the |30| And Kalev silenced Adat Bnei Yisroel, saying,
first ripe grapes. HaAm before Moshe, and HaAretz, which we passed
|21| So they went up, and said, Let us go up at once, and through to explore it, is a
searched the land from the take possession of it; for we tovah haaretz me'od me'od.
midbar of Tzin unto Rechov, are well able to overcome it. |8| If Hashem delight in us,
as men come to Chamat. |31| But the anashim that then He will bring us into this
|22| And they ascended by went up with him said, We are land, and give it us; a land
the south, and came unto not able to go up against the zavat cholov udevash.
Chevron; where Achiman, people; for they are chazak |9| Only rebel not ye against
Sheshai, and Talmai, the (stronger) than we. Hashem, neither fear ye the
Anak, were. (Now Chevron was |32| And they spread an evil Am HaAretz; for they are
built seven shanim before report of HaAretz which they lachmeinu (our bread): their
Tzoan in Mitzrayim.) had explored unto the Bnei protection is departed from
|23| And they came unto the Yisroel, saying, HaAretz, them, and Hashem is with us:
Wadi Eshcol, and cut down through which we have gone fear them not.
from thence a branch with to explore it, is a land that |10| But Kol HaEdah talked
cluster of anavim echad, and eateth up the inhabitants of stoning them with avanim.
they bore it between two upon thereof; and all the people And the Kavod Hashem
a staff; and they brought of that we saw in it are men of a appeared in the Ohel Mo'ed
the pomegranates, and of the great stature. before Kol Bnei Yisroel.
figs. |33| And there we saw the |11| And Hashem said unto
|24| The place was called the Nephilim, the Bnei Anak, Moshe, How long will this
Wadi Eshcol, because of the which come of the Nephilim; people treat Me with
cluster of grapes which the and we were in our own sight contempt? And how long will
Bnei Yisroel cut down from as grasshoppers, and so we it be until they believe in Me,
thence. were in their sight. for all the otot which I have
|25| And they returned from And Kol HaEdah performed among them?
searching of the land after
arba'im days.
|26| And they went and came
14 lifted up their
voice, and cried;
and HaAm wept that night.
|12| I will strike them down
with dever (pestilence), and
disinherit them, and will make
to Moshe, and to Aharon, and |2| And Kol Bnei Yisroel of thee a greater nation and
to all the congregation of the murmured against Moshe and mightier than they.
Bnei Yisroel, unto the Midbar against Aharon: and the Kol |13| And Moshe said unto
Paran, to Kadesh; and HaEdah said unto them, If Hashem, Then the Egyptians
brought back word unto them, only we had died in Eretz shall hear it, (for Thou
and unto Kol HaEdah, and Mitzrayim! Or if only we had broughtest up this people in
showed them the pri ha'aretz. died in this midbar! Thy ko'ach [might] from
|27| And they told him, and |3| And why hath Hashem among them;)
said, We came unto ha'aretz brought us unto this land, to |14| And they will tell it to the
where thou didst send us, and fall by the cherev, that inhabitants of this land; for
truly it floweth with cholov nasheinu (our wives) and our they have heard that Thou
and devash; and this is the children should be as Hashem art among this
fruit of it. plunder? Were it not better for people, that Thou Hashem art
|28| Nevertheless the people us to go back unto Mitzrayim? seen eye to eye, and that Thy
are strong that dwell in the |4| And they said one to Anan standeth
land, and the cities are walled, another, Let us make a Rosh over them, and that Thou
and gedolot me'od; and (Leader), and let us goest before them,
go back unto Mitzrayim. by day in an
Ammud Anan, and in an |25| (Now the Amaleki and together against Me: in this
Ammud Eish by night. the Kena'ani dwelt in the midbar they shall come to an
|15| Now if Thou shalt kill all valley.) Tomorrow turn and end, and there they shall die.
this people as one man, then get you into the midbar by the |36| And the anashim, which
the Goyim which have heard way of the Yam Suph. Moshe sent to spy out the
the fame of Thee will speak, |26| And Hashem spoke unto land, who returned, and made
saying, Moshe and unto Aharon, Kol HaEdah to murmur
|16| Because Hashem was not saying, against him, the ones
able to bring this people into |27| How long shall I bear spreading a dibbah (bad
HaAretz which He promised with this Edah Hara'ah, which report, slander) about
them by oath, therefore He murmur against Me? I have HaAretz,
hath slaughtered (shachat) heard the murmurings of the |37| Even those anashim that
them in the midbar. Bnei Yisroel, which they did bring up the evil report of
|17| And now, I beseech thee, murmur against Me. HaAretz, died by the
let the Ko'ach Adonoi be great, |28| Say unto them, As truly maggefah before Hashem.
according as Thou hast as I live, saith Hashem, as ye |38| But Yehoshua ben Nun,
spoken, saying, have spoken in Mine ears, so and Kalev ben Yephunneh
|18| Hashem is slow of anger, will I do to you: survived of the anashim that
and of rav chesed, forgiving |29| Your corpses shall fall in went to explore HaAretz.
avon and peysha, and by no this midbar; and all that were |39| And Moshe told these
means exonerating the numbered of you, according to sayings unto Kol Bnei Yisroel:
guilty, visiting the avon of the your entire mispar (number, and HaAm mourned greatly.
avot upon the banim unto the census), from twenty years old |40| And they rose up early in
third and fourth generation. and upward which have the boker, and went up into
|19| Selach (forgive!), I murmured against Me. the height of the hill country,
beseech thee, the avon of this |30| Not one of you shall saying, Behold, we are here,
people according come into HaAretz, con- and will go up unto the place
unto the greatness of Thy cerning which I swore to make which Hashem hath promised:
chesed, just as Thou hast you dwell therein, except for for we have sinned.
forgiven this people, from Kalev ben Yephunneh, and |41| And Moshe said, Why
Mitzrayim even until now. Yehoshua ben Nun. now do ye transgress the
|20| And Hashem said, I have |31| But your little ones, utterance of Hashem? This
pardoned according to thy which ye said would be will not succeed.
word [of petition]: plunder, them will I bring in, |42| Go not up, for Hashem is
|21| But as surely as I live, and they shall know HaAretz not among you; that ye be not
Kol HaAretz (all the Earth) which ye have rejected. struck down before your
shall be filled with the Kavod |32| But as for you, your enemies.
Hashem. corpses, they shall fall in this |43| For the Amaleki and the
|22| Because all those men midbar. Kena'ani are there before you,
which have seen My kavod, |33| And your banim shall and ye shall fall by the cherev:
and My otot (miraculous wander [wandering ro'im] in because ye are turned away
signs), which I performed in the midbar arba'im shanah, from Hashem, therefore
Mitzrayim and in the and bear [the penalty of] your Hashem will not be with you.
midbar, and have tested Me whoredoms [zenut, spiritual |44| But they presumed to go
now these ten times, and have disloyalty and rebellion], until up unto the ridge of the
not paid heed to My voice; the last of your corpses lies in mountain: nevertheless the
|23| Surely they shall not see the midbar. Aron Brit Hashem, and
HaAretz which I swore unto |34| After the number of the Moshe, departed not out of the
their avot, neither shall any of days in which ye explored machaneh.
them that treated Me with HaAretz, even arba'im, each |45| Then the Amaleki came
contempt see it: day for a year, shall ye bear down, and the Kena'ani which
|24| But Avdi Kalev, because your iniquities, even arba'im dwelt in that hill country, and
he hath a ruach acheret in shanah, and ye shall know My struck them down, and put
him, and hath followed after Tenu'a (Opposition). them to rout, even unto
Me fully, him will I bring into |35| I, Hashem, have spoken, Chormah.
HaAretz whereinto he went; I will surely do it unto this Kol
and his zera shall inherit it. HaEdah, that are gathered
T.N. What have we learned so Midianite woman into his tent are all the while oblivious of
far from the Holy Bible? Some to "shack up" with her there— the fact that the death
very disturbing revelations that was the now very dated sentence has already come
about the human condition, to term once used before down from the Governor in
be sure. We have learned that fornication became politically Heaven. And the death
man is prone to evil (Ex 32:22), correct--"shacking up." Instead sentence says to us one thing:
that humankind as seen from of making the woman one’s condemned already! Mother
G-d’s point of view is blindly wife, one makes her his whore. and rebel daughter,
stubborn and recalcitrant condemned already! Father
against authority (Ex 32:9; But in Numbers chapter 25, and rebel son, condemned
33:3,5; 34:9). Recalcitrant only Phinhas the son of already! The wrath of G-d is
means hard to deal with and Eleazar the son of Aaron the revealed from heaven against
unyielding. But something kohen was indignant. all fornication and
more ominous has entered the However, G-d was indignant debauchery.
picture in the book of and G-d's plague was at the
Numbers. It turns out that the door of their tent, ready to Jeremiah saw that a terrible
human condition is more strike the fornicators. In burning fiery Holocaust of
depraved than we had seen in Numbers we see G-d's wrath is Exile was coming on his people
Leviticus, where out of corrupt ready to rain down on an and on Solomon's Temple. He
human hearts had come unclean people. Every saw the idolatry and spiritual
sodomy (Lv 18:22; 20:13), pornographic, lecherous, harlotry of his generation,
bestiality, fornication, incest, unclean wanton, with lust in which was very much like our
and all manner of crimes deed or even in the own evil generation. It
worthy of death. But now in imaginations of the evil heart, overwhelmed him. He says, I
Num chp 14 we see man stands condemned already. sat alone, because of Thy
himself as a proud rebel who Today we look around the hand, for Thou hast filled me
even has the arrogance to prison yard of this world and with indignation. (Jer 15:17)
murmur and rise up in revolt witness a modern arrogant Rav Sha'ul says to the Kehillah
against G-d his Creator and population of fornicators and in Corinth, It is actually
Savior. And for this crime the homosexuals and pedophiles, reported that there is sexual
death sentence comes in Num brazenly bold, shamelessly immorality among you. And
14:29, “Your corpses shall fall parading their perversion and you're not aghast! You're not
in this midbar.” The wages of lasciviousness. They are indignant! Know you not that
sin is death. See Pro 14:12: careless of the condemnation the unrighteous shall not
There is a derech that seemeth of the Divine order from on inherit the Malchut Hashem
yashar unto an ish, but the High, that those who do such (the Kingdom of G-d 1C 6:9-
acharit (latter end, future) things will receive the death 11)! But you are proud!
thereof are the drakhim of penalty they deserve. Shouldn't you have rather
mavet. Mavet in the midbar! mourned? Do you not know to
The guilty are condemned Millions of aborted fetuses shun the fornicator so that he
already. Already the ax is litter the alleyways of the will wake up and realize he is
falling. Already the pit is dug. world's lust. With reprobate already condemned to the fire
Already they are condemned. minds, modern rebels excuse of Gehinnom and must
Already the terror of Mt Sinai their wantonness. Even though therefore flee fornication? The
is condemning the sinner, their evil deeds keep testifying heart of man is deceitful above
spearing the fornicator in his against them, they remain all else and desperately
tent, executing the sodomites uncontrite, unrepentant. They wicked, who can know it? (Jer
in their bed of iniquity. refuse to forsake their sin. 17:9) And all our righteousness
Already every mouth is stopped Their wickedness should is like filthy rags (Isa 64:6). Sin
and the whole world is brought humble them, but, instead, is like a wanton woman. Her
guilty before Hashem. There is they illegitimately accuse feet go down to death, her
none righteous, no not one. others, even G-d, and this goes steps lay hold of hell. We are
The man who fornicates in his on year after year, while they lured to her bed of fornication
heart with the harlot is guilty raise up an illegitimate by our own lusts, but in the
with the man actually in her generation of heathen end, her lovers are in the
bed. In Num chapter 25, we offspring like themselves. And depths of hell,
find a Hebrew man taking a the generations of evil-doers
and she is bitter as wormwood. And Hashem spoke |13| All that are native-born
We are abandoned to our evil
desires, punished with
everlasting destruction from
15 unto Moshe,
saying,
shall do these things after this
manner, in offering an
offering made by eish, of a
the presence of the L-rd. The Yisroel, and say unto them, re'ach nichoach unto Hashem.
wicked shall be turned into When ye be enter into Eretz |14| And if a ger stays
hell, into shame and Moshevoteichem (Land of temporarily with you, or
everlasting contempt (Dan your Homes), which I give whosoever be among you
12:2). Why will you die, O unto you, in your derot, and will offer an
sinner? The sinners in Zion |3| And will make an offering offering made by eish, of a
are afraid. Who can bear by eish unto Hashem, an olah re'ach nichoach unto Hashem;
everlasting burnings? or a zevach in performing a as ye do, so he shall do.
Moshiach is coming! He will neder, or in a nedvah |15| One chukkah shall be
burn up the chaff with or in your mo'adim, to make a both for you of the Kahal, and
unquenchable fire. Do you not re'ach nichoach unto Hashem, also for the ger that
know that Moshiach came the of the herd or of the flock; sojourneth with you, a
first time mercifully to drink |4| Then shall he that chukkat olam in your derot; as
your portion of the wine of the offereth his korban unto ye are, so shall the ger be
wrath of G-d, the wrath you Hashem bring a minchah of a before Hashem.
deserve? He was wounded for tenth ephah of flour mixed |16| One torah and one
our transgressions, for our with the fourth part of a hin of mishpat shall be for you, and
stubborn rebellion and shemen. for the ger that sojourneth
uncleanness. How can you |5| And the fourth part of a with you.
resist the G-d Who loves you hin of yayin for a nesekh shalt |17| And Hashem spoke unto
and pursues you? He wants to thou prepare with the olah Moshe, saying,
pull you out of the fire so that (burnt offering) or zevach, for |18| Speak unto the Bnei
you will be able to pull others one keves (lamb). Yisroel, and say unto them,
out of the fire! But you are |6| Or for a ram, thou shalt When ye come into HaAretz
resisting Him, not realizing prepare for a minchah two- whither I bring you,
you are already guilty, already tenths ephah of flour mixed |19| Then it shall be, that,
at the point of igniting and with the third part of a hin of when ye eat of the lechem
bursting into flames, shemen. HaAretz, ye shall offer up a
condemned already. The fires |7| And for a nesekh thou terumah unto Hashem.
of G-d’s wrath are already shalt offer the third part of an |20| Ye shall offer up a
igniting in you, around you. hin of yayin, for a re'ach challah (loaf, cake) of the first
Whoever has not believed is nichoach unto Hashem. of your kneading for a
condemned already. Will you |8| And when thou preparest terumah; as ye do the terumat
cry out for mercy, for clemency, a bull for an olah (burnt goren (gift of the threshing
for forgiveness? Do you realize offering), or for a zevach in floor), so shall ye set it aside.
and admit that you are a fulfilling a vow, or shelamim |21| Of the first of your
“dead man walking,” no unto Hashem: kneading ye shall give unto
matter how religious or pious |9| Then shall he bring with a Hashem a terumah in your
you try to be? Do you bull a minchah of three-tenths derot.
understand that you deserve ephah of flour mixed with half |22| And if ye have sinned
G-d’s chastisement, and yet in a hin of shemen. unintentionally, and not
the mercy of G-d, the |10| And thou shalt bring for observed all these mitzvot,
chastisement that brought us a nesekh half a hin of yayin, which Hashem hath spoken
peace was upon Moshiach for an offering made by eish, a unto Moshe,
Tzidkeinu? Remember Lot’s re'ach nichoach unto Hashem. |23| Even all that Hashem
wife. Instead of turning away |11| Thus shall it be done for hath commanded you by the
in repentance and fleeing in one bull, or for one ram, or for hand of Moshe, from the day
remorse at sin, she looked back a seh from the lambs, or from that Hashem commanded
lingeringly at sin to her own the goats. Moshe, and henceforward
destruction. Unless you repent |12| According to the number among your derot;
you will all alike perish. that ye shall prepare, so shall |24| Then it shall be, if it be
ye do to every one according to committed by
their mispar. ignorance without
the knowledge of HaEdah, they found a man that |2| And they rose up before
that Kol HaEdah shall offer gathered sticks on Shabbos. Moshe, with certain of the
one young bull for an olah, for |33| And they that found him Bnei Yisroel, two hundred and
a re'ach nichoach unto gathering sticks brought him fifty Nasi'ei Edah, chosen from
Hashem, with its minchah, unto Moshe and Aharon, and the assembly, men of renown;
and its nesekh, according to unto Kol HaEdah. |3| And they gathered
the mishpat, and one kid of |34| And they put him under themselves together against
the goats for a chattat. custody, because it was not Moshe and against Aharon,
|25| And the kohen shall declared what should be done and said unto them, Ye take
make kapporah for Kol Adat to him. too much upon you, seeing
Bnei Yisroel and it shall be |35| And Hashem said unto Kol HaEdah are Kadoshim,
forgiven them; for it is Moshe, The man shall be every one of them, and
shegagah (inadvertence); and surely put to death; Kol Hashem is among them; why
they shall bring their korban, HaEdah shall stone him with then lift ye up yourselves
a sacrifice made by eish unto avanim outside the above the Kehal Hashem?
Hashem, and their chattat machaneh. |4| And when Moshe heard it,
before Hashem, for their |36| And Kol HaEdah he fell upon his face;
shegagah; brought him outside the |5| And he spoke unto Korach
|26| And it shall be forgiven machaneh, and stoned him and unto all his edah, saying,
Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel, and the with avanim, and he died; as In the boker Hashem will
ger that sojourneth among Hashem commanded Moshe. show who are His, and who is
them; seeing Kol HaAm were |37| And Hashem spoke unto the kadosh; and will cause
in shegagah. Moshe, saying, him to come near unto Him:
|27| And if any nefesh sin |38| Speak unto the Bnei even him whom He hath
through shegagah, then he Yisroel, and bid them that chosen will He cause to come
shall bring a she-goat of the they make them tzitzis on the near unto Him.
first year for a chattat. corners of their garments |6| This do: take you fire
|28| And the kohen shall throughout their derot, and pans, Korach, and all his
make kapporah for the nefesh that they put upon the tzitzis edah;
that was inadvertant, since he of the corners a thread of |7| And put eish therein, put
sinneth by shegagah before turquoise wool; ketoret in them before
Hashem, to make kapporah |39| And it shall be unto you Hashem tomorrow; it shall be
for him; and it shall be for a tzitzit, that ye may look that the man whom Hashem
forgiven him. upon it, and remember all the doth choose, he shall be
|29| Ye shall have one torah mitzvot Hashem, and do haKadosh; ye take too much
for him that sinneth through them; and that ye follow not upon you, ye Bnei Levi.
ignorance, both for him that is after your own lev and your |8| And Moshe said unto
born among the Bnei Yisroel, own eyes, after which ye used Korach, Hear, now, ye Bnei
and for the ger that sojourneth to go a-whoring: Levi:
among them. |40| That ye may remember, |9| Seemeth it but a small
|30| But the nefesh that and do all My mitzvot, and be thing unto you, that Elohei
sinneth with a yad ramah kadoshim unto Eloheichem. Yisroel hath separated you
(high hand, defiantly), |41| I am Hashem Elohei- from the Adat Yisroel, to bring
whether he be born in the chem, Who brought you out of you near to Himself to do the
land, or a ger, the same Eretz Mitzrayim, to be for you Avodat Mishkan Hashem, and
blasphemes Hashem; Elohim: I am Hashem to stand before the Edah to
and that nefesh shall be cut Eloheichem. minister unto them?
off from among his people. |10| And He hath brought
|31| Because he hath [KORACH] thee near to Him, and all thy
despised the Devar Hashem, brethren the Bnei Levi with
Now Korach ben
16
and hath broken His mitzvah, thee; and seek ye the Kehunah
that nefesh shall utterly be cut Yitzhar ben Kehat also?
off; his avon shall be upon ben Levi, and |11| For which cause both
him. Datan and Aviram, the Bnei thou and all thy edah are
|32| And while the Bnei Eliav, and On ben Pelet, Bnei gathered together against
Yisroel were in the midbar, Reuven, became insolent; Hashem;
and what is Aharon, that ye one man sin, and wilt Thou be into Sheol, and ha'aretz closed
murmur against him? angry with Kol HaEdah? over them; and they perished
|12| And Moshe sent to call |23| And Hashem spoke unto from the midst of the Kahal.
Datan and Aviram, the Bnei Moshe, saying, |34| And Kol Yisroel that
Eliav, which said, We will not |24| Speak unto HaEdah, were round about them fled at
come up. saying, Get you up away from the cry of them, for they said,
|13| Is it a small thing that the mishkan Korach, Datan, Lest ha'aretz swallow us up
thou hast brought us up out of and Aviram. also.
an Eretz zavach cholov |25| And Moshe rose up and |35| And there came out from
udevash, to kill us in the went unto Datan and Aviram; Hashem an eish, and con-
midbar, yet thou also keep and the Ziknei Yisroel sumed the 250 men that
trying to dominate us? followed him. offered ketoret.
|14| Moreover thou hast not |26| And he spoke unto |36 (17:1)| And Hashem
brought us into an Eretz HaEdah, saying, Move back, spoke unto Moshe saying,
zavach cholov udevash, or now, from the tents of these |37 (17:2)| Speak unto
given us nachalah of sadeh anashim resha'im, and touch Eleazar ben Aharon HaKohen
and kerem; wilt thou gouge nothing of theirs, lest ye be that he take up the fire pans
out the eyes of these men? We consumed in all their chattot. out of the burning, and scatter
will not come up. |27| So they moved back from thou the eish yonder; for they
|15| And Moshe was very the mishkan Korach, Datan, are set apart as kodesh.
angry, and said unto Hashem, and Aviram, on every side; |38 (17:3)| The fire pans of
Respect not thou their Datan and Aviram came out, these chatta'im against their
minchah; I have not taken one and stood in the entrance of own nefashot, let them
donkey from them, neither their tents, their wives, their make them hammered-out
have I wronged one of them. banim, and their little ones. sheets for a covering of the
|16| And Moshe said unto |28| And Moshe said, Hereby Mizbe'ach: for they offered
Korach, Be thou and all thy ye shall know that Hashem them before Hashem,
edah before Hashem, thou, hath sent me to do all these therefore they became kadosh;
they, and Aharon, tomorrow; ma'asim; for I have not done and they shall be an ot unto
|17| And take every man his them of mine own will. the Bnei Yisroel.
fire pan, put ketoret in them, |29| If these men die the |39 (17:4)| And Eleazar
and bring ye before Hashem common death of kol HaKohen took the bronze fire
every man his fire pan, 250 haAdam, or if they be pans, wherewith they that
fire pans; thou also, and visited after the visitation of were burned had offered; and
Aharon, each of you his fire kol haAdam, then Hashem they made hammered-out
pan. hath not sent me. sheets for an overlay of the
|18| And they took every man |30| But if Hashem creates a Mizbe'ach:
his fire pan and put eish in new thing, and haadamah |40 (17:5)| To be a memorial
them and laid ketoret thereon, open her mouth, and swallow reminder unto the Bnei
and stood in the entrance of them up, with all that apper- Yisroel, that no zar, which is
the Ohel Mo'ed with Moshe tain unto them, and they go not of the zera Aharon,
and Aharon. down chayyim into Sheol; encroach to offer ketoret
|19| And Korach gathered kol then ye shall have da'as that before Hashem; that he be not
haedah against them unto the these men have spurned as Korach, and as his edah, as
entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed; Hashem. Hashem said to him by the
and the Kavod Hashem |31| And it came to pass, as hand of Moshe.
appeared unto Kol HaEdah. he had made an end of |41 (17:6)| But the next day
|20| And Hashem spoke unto speaking all these devarim, Kol Adat Bnei Yisroel
Moshe and unto Aharon, that haadamah split asunder murmured against Moshe and
saying, that was under them: against Aharon, saying, Ye
|21| Separate yourselves from |32| And ha'aretz opened her have killed the Am Hashem.
among this edah, that I may mouth, and swallowed them |42 (17:7)| And it came to
consume them in a moment. up, their batim (houses), all pass, when HaEdah was
|22| And they fell upon their the men that were of Korach, gathered against Moshe and
faces, and said, El Elohei and all their possessions. against Aharon, that they
HaRuchot L'Chol Basar, shall |33| They, and all that were looked toward the
of them, went down chayyim
Bamidbar 16, 17, 18 150 Orthodox Jewish Bible
Ohel Mo'ed; and, hinei, the |3 (17:18)| And thou Mishkan Hashem shall die.
Anan covered it, and the shalt write shem Aharon upon Shall we be consumed with
Kavod Hashem appeared. the rod of Levi; for one rod dying?
18
|43 (17:8)| And Moshe and shall be for the Rosh of the And Hashem said
Aharon came before the Ohel Bais of their Avot. unto Aharon,
Mo'ed. |4 (17:19)| And thou shalt lay Thou and thy
|44 (17:9)| And Hashem them up in the Ohel Mo'ed Banim and thy Bais Av with
spoke unto Moshe saying, before HaEdut, where I will thee shall bear the avon (guilt)
|45 (17:10)| Get you away meet with you there. of the Mikdash; and thou and
from among this edah, that I |5 (17:20)| And it shall come thy Banim with thee shall bear
may consume them as in a to pass, that the man's rod, the avon of the kehunah of
moment. And they fell upon whom I shall choose, shall you [see Ya 3:1].
their faces. sprout; and I will rid Myself of |2| And thy brethren also of
|46 (17:11)| And Moshe said the murmurings of the Bnei the tribe of Levi, the Shevet
unto Aharon, Take a fire pan, Yisroel, whereby they murmur Avicha, bring thou with thee,
and put eish therein from off against you. that they may be joined unto
the Mizbe'ach, and put |6 (17:21)| And Moshe spoke thee, and minister unto thee;
ketoret, and go quickly unto unto the Bnei Yisroel, and while thou and thy Banim
HaEdah, and make kapporah every one of their Nasiim gave with thee are before the Ohel
for them; for there is Ketzef him a rod apiece, for each HaEdut.
(Wrath) gone out from nasi one, according to their |3| And they shall stand your
Hashem; the plague is begun. Bais Avot, even twelve rods; guard duty, and the duty of
|47 (17:12)| And Aharon took and the rod of Aharon was Kol HaOhel; only they shall
as Moshe commanded, and among their rods. not come near the Klei
ran into the midst of the |7 (17:22)| And Moshe laid up HaKodesh and the Mizbe'ach,
Kahal; and, hinei, the plague the rods before Hashem in the that neither they, nor ye also,
was begun among HaAm: and Ohel HaEdut. die.
he offered ketoret, and made |8 (17:23)| And it came to |4| And they shall be joined
kapporah for HaAm. pass, that the next day Moshe unto thee, and stand guard
|48 (17:13)| And he stood entered into the Ohel HaEdut; duty of the Ohel Mo'ed, for kol
between the mesim and the and, hinei, the rod of Aharon Avodat HaOhel; and a zar
chayyim; and the plague was for the Bais Levi was budded, shall not encroach unto you.
stopped. and brought forth buds, and |5| And ye shall stand guard
|49 (17:14)| Now they that bloomed blossoms, and of HaKodesh, and stand
were the mesim in the yielded almonds. guard of the Mizbe'ach; that
maggefah (plague) were |9 (17:24)| And Moshe there be no Ketzef (Wrath) any
fourteen thousand and seven brought out all the rods from more upon the Bnei Yisroel.
hundred, in addition to those before Hashem unto Kol Bnei |6| And I, hinei, I Myself have
who were mesim by reason of Yisroel; and they looked, and taken your brethren the
Korach. took every man his rod. Levi'im from among the Bnei
|50 (17:15)| And Aharon |10 (17:25)| And Hashem Yisroel; to you they are given
returned unto Moshe unto the said unto Moshe, Bring as a mattanah (gift) to
entrance of the Ohel Mo'ed; Aharon's rod again before Hashem, to do the Avodat
and the plague was stayed. HaEdut, to be kept for an ot Ohel Mo'ed [see Ep 4:11].
(sign) against the rebels; and |7| Therefore thou and thy
thou shalt quite put an end to Banim with thee shall be
And Hashem spoke their murmurings against Me, shomer over your Kehunah
17 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2 (17:17)| Speak unto the
that they die not.
|11 (17:26)| And Moshe did
so; as Hashem commanded
with everything of the
Mizbe'ach, and within the
Parochet; and ye shall do the
Bnei Yisroel, and take of every him, so did he. Avodas service: I have given
one of them a rod according to |12 (17:27)| And the Bnei your Kehunah unto you as an
the Bais Av, of all their Nasiim Yisroel spoke unto Moshe, Avodas Mattanah; and the zar
according to the Bais of their saying, See, we die, we perish, (unauthorized one) that
Avot twelve rods; write thou we will all perish.
every man's shem upon his |13 (17:28)| Whoever even
matteh (rod, staff). encroaches upon the
shall encroach shall be put to shalt thou redeem. |24| But the ma'aser of the
death. |16| And those that are to be Bnei Yisroel, which they offer
|8| And Hashem spoke unto redeemed from a month old as a terumah unto Hashem, I
Aharon, Hinei, I also have shalt thou redeem, according have given to the Levi'im as a
given thee the charge of Mine to thine evaluation, for the nachalah; therefore, I have
terumot of kol Kadoshei five silver shekelim, according said unto them, Among the
Bnei Yisroel; unto thee have I to the shekel HaKodesh, Bnei Yisroel they shall have no
given them by reason of the which is twenty gerah. nachalah.
moshchah (kohen's allotted |17| But the bechor of a cow, |25| And Hashem spoke unto
portion), and to thy Banim, as or the bechor of a sheep, or Moshe, saying,
a chok olam. the bechor of a goat, thou |26| Thus speak unto the
|9| This shall be thine of the shalt not redeem; they are Levi'im, and say unto them,
kodesh hakodashim, reserved kodesh; thou shalt sprinkle When ye take of the Bnei
from the eish; every korban of their dahm upon the Yisroel the ma'aser which I
theirs, every minchah of Mizbe'ach, and shalt burn have given you from them for
theirs, and every chattat of their fat for an offering made your nachalah, then ye shall
theirs, and every asham by eish, for a re'ach nichoach raise up a terumah of it for
of theirs which they shall unto Hashem. Hashem, even a ma'aser of the
render unto Me, shall be |18| And the basar of them ma'aser.
kodesh kodashim for thee and shall be thine, like the breast |27| And this your terumah
for thy Banim. of the tenufah and like the shall be reckoned unto you, as
|10| As the kodesh right thigh are thine. though it were the grain of the
hakodashim shalt thou eat it; |19| All the terumot threshing floor, and as the
every zakhar shall eat it; it hakodashim, which the Bnei fulness of the winepress.
shall be kodesh unto thee. Yisroel offer unto Hashem, |28| Thus ye also shall offer a
|11| And this is thine; the have I given thee, and thy terumat Hashem of all your
terumah of their gift, with all banim and thy banot with ma'aserot, which ye receive of
the tenufot Bnei Yisroel; I thee, by a chok olam; it is a the Bnei Yisroel; and ye shall
have given them unto thee, brit melach olam before give thereof terumat Hashem
and to thy banim and to thy Hashem unto thee and to thy to Aharon HaKohen.
banot with thee, by a chok zera with thee. |29| Out of all your mattenot
olam; every one that is tahor |20| And Hashem spoke unto ye shall offer every terumat
in thy Bais shall eat of it. Aharon, Thou shalt have no Hashem, of all the best
|12| All the best of the oil, nachalah in their land, thereof, even the set apart as
and all the best of the wine, neither shalt thou have any kodesh part thereof out of it.
and of the grain, the reshit chelek among them; I am thy |30| Therefore, thou shalt say
(firstfruit) of them which they chelek and thine nachalah unto them, When ye have
shall offer unto Hashem, them among the Bnei Yisroel. raised up the best thereof
have I given thee. |21| And, hinei, I have given from it, then it shall be
|13| And whatsoever is the Bnei Levi all the ma'aser counted unto the Levi'im as
Bikkurim in the land, which (tithe) in Yisroel for a the increase of the threshing
they shall bring unto Hashem, nachalah, for their Avodah floor, and as the increase of
shall be thine; every one that which they serve, even the the winepress.
is tahor in thine Bais shall eat Avodat Ohel Mo'ed. |31| And ye shall eat it in
of it. |22| Neither must the Bnei every place, ye and your Bais:
|14| Every cherem in Yisroel Yisroel henceforth come near for it is your sachar for your
shall be thine. the Ohel Mo'ed, lest they bear Avodah in the Ohel Mo'ed.
|15| Every thing that openeth chet, and die. |32| And ye shall bear no chet
the womb in all basar, which |23| But the Levi'im shall by reason of it, when ye have
they bring unto Hashem, perform the Avodat Ohel raised up from it the best of it;
whether it be of adam or Mo'ed, lest they shall nasa neither shall ye desecrate the
behemah, shall be thine; (bear) their avon; it shall be a Kadshei Bnei Yisroel, lest ye
nevertheless the bechor chukkat olam throughout your die.
haadam shalt thou surely derot, that among the
redeem, and the bechor Bnei Yisroel they have no
habehemah hateme'ah nachalah.
[CHUKKAS] wash his clothes, and be tamei the tamei on the Yom
And Hashem spoke
19
until the erev; and it shall be HaShelishi, and on the
unto Moshe and unto the Bnei Yisroel, and seventh day; and on the
unto Aharon, unto the ger that sojourneth seventh day he shall make
saying, among them, for a chukkat himself tahor, and wash his
|2| This is the chukkat olam. clothes, and immerse himself
hatorah which Hashem hath |11| He that toucheth the in mayim, and shall be tahor
commanded, saying, Speak dead body of any man shall be at erev [T.N. On the messianic
unto the Bnei Yisroel, that tamei shivat yamim. mikveh see Co 2:11-12].
they bring thee a completely |12| He shall make himself |20| But the man that shall
red female cow [that has not tahor with it on the Yom be tamei, and shall not purify
produced a calf], wherein is no HaShelishi, and on the himself, that nefesh shall be
blemish, and upon which seventh day he shall be tahor; cut off from among the Kahal,
never came ol (yoke): but if he does not make because he hath contaminated
|3| And ye shall give her unto himself tahor on the Yom the Mikdash Hashem; the
Eleazar HaKohen, that he HaShelishi, then the seventh water of sprinkling hath not
may bring her forth outside day he shall not be tahor. been sprinkled upon
the machaneh, and one shall |13| Whosoever toucheth the him; he is tamei.
slaughter (shachat) her before body of any man that is dead, |21| And it shall be a chukkat
his face; and maketh not himself tahor, olam unto them, that he that
|4| And Eleazar HaKohen makes tamei the Mishkan sprinkleth the water of
shall take of her dahm with Hashem; and that nefesh shall sprinkling shall immerse his
his finger, and sprinkle of her be cut off from Yisroel; clothes; and he that toucheth
dahm directly before the because the water of the water of sprinkling shall
Ohel Mo'ed seven times; sprinkling was not sprinkled be tamei until erev.
|5| And one shall burn the upon him, he shall be tamei; |22| And whatsoever the
heifer in his sight; her hide, his tumah is yet upon him. tamei person toucheth shall
and her basar, and her dahm, |14| This is the torah, when a be tamei; and the nefesh that
with her dung, shall he burn; man dieth in an ohel, all that toucheth it shall be tamei
|6| And the kohen shall take come into the ohel, and all until erev.
cedar wood, and hyssop, and that is in the ohel, shall be
crimson thread, and cast it tamei seven days. Then came the
into the midst of the burning
heifer.
|7| Then the kohen shall
|15| And every open vessel,
which hath no covering bound
upon it, is tamei.
20 Bnei Yisroel, even
the kol HaEdah
into the Midbar of Tzin in the
wash his clothes, and he shall |16| And whosoever toucheth first month; and the people
immerse his basar in mayim, one that is slain with a cherev abode in Kadesh; and Miryam
and afterward he shall come in the open fields, or a dead died there, and was buried
into the machaneh, and the body, or a bone of a man, or a there.
kohen shall be tamei until the kever, shall be tamei seven |2| And there was no mayim
erev. days. for the Edah; and they
|8| And he that burneth her |17| And for one who is tamei gathered themselves together
shall wash his clothes in they shall take of the ashes of against Moshe and against
mayim, and immerse his the burning of the purification Aharon.
basar in mayim, and shall be [animal], and running mayim |3| And the people contended
tamei until the erev. shall be put thereto in a with Moshe, and spoke,
|9| And a man that is tahor vessel; saying, If only we had died
shall gather up the ashes of |18| And an ish tahor shall when our brethren died before
the cow, and lay them up take hyssop, and dip it in the Hashem!
outside the machaneh in a mayim, and sprinkle it upon |4| And why have ye brought
makom tahor, and it shall be the ohel, and upon all the up the Kahal Hashem into
in safekeeping for HaEdah vessels, and upon the nefashot this midbar, that we and our
Bnei Yisroel for water of that were there, and upon him livestock should die here?
sprinkling; it is for sin- that touched a bone, or one |5| And why have ye made us
purification. slain, or one dead, or a kever; to come up out of Mitzrayim,
|10| And he that gathereth |19| And the tahor (clean to bring us in unto this evil
the ashes of the heifer shall person) shall sprinkle upon place?
It is no place of zera (grain), or that hath befallen us: against My word at the Waters
of te'enah (fig), or of gefen |15| How Avoteinu went of Merivah.
(grapevine), or of down into Mitzrayim, and we |25| Take Aharon and
pomegranates; neither is there have dwelt in Mitzrayim a Eleazar bno, and bring them
any mayim to drink. long time; and the Egyptians up unto Mt Hor;
|6| And Moshe and Aharon did evil to us, and Avoteinu; |26| And strip Aharon of his
went from the presence of the |16| And when we cried unto garments, and put them upon
Kahal unto the entrance of the Hashem, He heard our voice, Eleazar bno; and Aharon shall
Ohel Mo'ed, and they fell upon and sent a malach, and hath be gathered unto his people,
their faces; and the kavod brought us forth out of and shall die there.
Hashem appeared unto them. Mitzrayim; and, hinei, |27| And Moshe did as
|7| And Hashem spoke unto we are in Kadesh, a town in Hashem commanded; and
Moshe, saying, the edge of thy border; they went up into Mt Hor in
|8| Take the rod and gather |17| Let us pass, please, the sight of Kol HaEdah.
thou the Edah together, thou through thy country; we will |28| And Moshe stripped
and Aharon thy brother, and not pass through the fields, or Aharon of his garments, and
speak ye unto the rock before through the kerem (vineyards), put them upon Eleazar bno;
their eyes; and it shall give neither will we drink of the and Aharon died there on the
forth its mayim, and thou mayim of the wells; we will go top of the mount; and Moshe
shalt bring forth to them by the Derech HaMelech; we and Eleazar came down from
mayim out of the rock; so thou will not turn to the right hand the mount.
shalt give the Edah and their nor to the left until we have |29| And when Kol HaEdah
beasts drink. passed through thy territory. saw that Aharon was dead,
|9| And Moshe took the rod |18| And Edom said unto they mourned for Aharon
from before Hashem, just as him, Thou shalt not pass shloshim yom, even Kol Bais
He commanded him. through me, lest I come Yisroel.
|10| And Moshe and Aharon out against thee with the
gathered the Kahal together cherev.
before the rock, and he said |19| And the Bnei Yisroel said
unto them, Hear now, ye unto him, We will go by the
morim (rebels, contentious main road; and if I and my
ones); must we fetch you livestock drink of thy mayim,
mayim out of this rock? then I will pay for it; I will And when melech
|11| And Moshe lifted up his
hand, and with his rod he
struck the rock twice; and the
only, without doing anything
else, pass through on my feet.
|20| And he said, Thou shalt
21 of Arad the
Kena'ani, which
dwelt in the Negev, heard that
mayim came out abundantly, not go through. And Edom Yisroel came by the Derech
and the Edah drank, and their came out against him with a HaAtarim; then he fought
beasts also. large army, and with a yad against Yisroel, and took some
|12| And Hashem spoke unto chazakah. of them prisoners.
Moshe and Aharon, Because |21| Thus Edom refused to |2| And Yisroel vowed a neder
ye believed Me not, to honor give Yisroel passage through unto Hashem, and said, If
Me as kadosh in the eyes of his border; wherefore Yisroel Thou wilt indeed deliver this
the Bnei Yisroel, therefore ye turned away from him. people into my hand, then I
shall not bring this Kahal into |22| And the Bnei Yisroel, will utterly destroy their cities.
HaAretz which I have given even Kol HaEdah, journeyed |3| And Hashem paid heed to
them. from Kadesh, and came unto the kol Yisroel, and delivered
|13| These were the Waters of Mt Hor. up the Kena'ani; and they
Merivah (Quarreling); because |23| And Hashem spoke unto utterly destroyed them and
the Bnei Yisroel quarreled Moshe and Aharon in Mt Hor, their cities; and the place was
with Hashem, and He showed by the border of Eretz Edom, named Chormah (Utter
Himself kadosh among them. saying, Destruction).
|14| And Moshe sent |24| Aharon shall be gathered |4| And they journeyed from
messengers from Kadesh unto unto his people; for he shall Mt Hor by the way of the Yam
the melech of Edom, Thus not enter into HaAretz which I Suf, to go around
saith thy brother Yisroel, Thou have given unto the Bnei Eretz Edom; and
knowest all the hardship Yisroel, because ye rebelled
the nefesh haAm was much |15| And at the stream of the Cheshbon, and in all the
impatient because of the way. brooks that goeth down to the villages thereof.
|5| And the people spoke site of Ar, and lieth upon the |26| For Chesbon was the city
against Elohim, and against border of Moav. of Sichon Melech HaEmori,
Moshe, Why have ye brought |16| And from thence they who had fought against the
us up out of Mitzrayim to die went to Beer; that is the Well former king of Moav, and
in the midbar? For there is no whereof Hashem spoke unto taken all his land out of his
lechem, neither is there any Moshe, Gather the people hand, even unto Arnon.
mayim; and our nefesh together, and I will give them |27| Wherefore they that
loatheth this wretched lechem. mayim. speak in proverbs say, Come
|6| And Hashem sent fiery |17| Then Yisroel sang this into Cheshbon, let the city of
nechashim among the people, shirah (song), Spring up, O Sichon be built and prepared;
and they bit the people; and well; sing ye unto it. |28| For there is a fire gone
Am rav miYisroel died. |18| The sarim (princes) dug out of Cheshbon, a flame from
|7| Therefore HaAm came to the well, the nobles of the the city of Sichon; it hath
Moshe, and said, We have people dug it, by the direction consumed Ar of Moav, and
sinned, for we have spoken of the Mechokek (Lawgiver), citizens of the heights of
against Hashem, and against with their rods. And from the Arnon.
thee; pray unto Hashem that midbar they went to |29| Woe to thee, Moav! Thou
He take away the Nachash Mattanah; art undone, O people of
from us. And Moshe davened |19| And from Mattanah to Kemosh; he hath given his
for the people. Nachaliel; and from Nachaliel banim as fugitives, and his
|8| And Hashem said unto to Bamot; banot, captives unto Sichon
Moshe, Make thee a fiery |20| And from Bamot in the Melech Emori.
serpent, set it upon a pole; valley, that is in the country of |30| Down they have been
and it shall come to pass, that Moav, to the top of Pisgah, cast; Chesbon is perished even
every one that is bitten, when overlooking the surface of the unto Divon, and we have laid
he looketh upon it, shall live. wasteland. them waste even unto
|9| And Moshe made a |21| And Yisroel sent Nophach, which reacheth
nachash of nechoshet, put it messengers unto Sichon unto Meidva.
upon a pole, and it came to Melech HaEmori, saying, |31| Thus Yisroel dwelt in
pass, that if a nachash had |22| Let me pass through thy Eretz HaEmori.
bitten any man, when he land; we will not turn into the |32| And Moshe sent to spy
beheld the nachash fields, or into the kerem out Yazer, and they took the
hanechoshet, then he lived (vineyards); we will not drink villages thereof, and drove out
[see Yn 3:14-15]. of the waters of the well, but HaEmori that were there.
|10| And the Bnei Yisroel set we will go along by the Derech |33| And they turned and
out, and encamped in Ovot. HaMelech until we be past thy went up by the way of Bashan;
|11| And they journeyed from borders [Yn 14:6]. and Og Melech HaBashan
Ovot, and encamped at Iyei- |23| And Sichon would not went out against them, he,
HaAvarim, in the midbar suffer Yisroel to pass through and all his army, to the battle
which is before Moav, toward his border; but Sichon at Edrei.
the mizrach hashemesh. gathered all his army together, |34| And Hashem said unto
|12| From thence they and went out against Yisroel Moshe, Fear him not: for I
removed, and encamped in into the midbar; and he came have delivered him into thy
the Wadi Zered. to Yachatz and fought against hand, all his army, his land;
|13| From thence they Yisroel. thou shalt do to him as thou
removed, and encamped on |24| And Yisroel struck down didst unto Sichon Melech
the other side of Arnon, which him with the edge of the HaEmori, which dwelt at
is in the midbar encroaching cherev, and possessed his land Chesbon.
the Emori; for Arnon is the from Arnon unto Yabbok, |35| So they struck him down,
border of Moav, between Moav even unto the Bnei Ammon; and his banim, and all his
and the Emori. for the border of the Bnei army, until there was none
|14| Wherefore it is said in Ammon was fortified. alive left to him: and they
the Sefer Michamot Hashem, |25| And Yisroel took all these possessed his land.
Vahev v'sufah and in the Vadis cities; Yisroel dwelt in all the
Arnon, cities of the Emori, in
[BALAK] and the sarim of Moav abode |20| And it was lailah when
with Balaam. Elohim came unto Balaam,
And the Bnei
22
|9| And Elohim came unto and said unto him,
Yisroel set forward, Balaam, and said, What men Since the men come to sum-
and encamped in are these with thee? mon thee, rise up and go with
the plains of Moav on the |10| And Balaam said unto them; but only the word which
bank of the Yarden by HaElohim, Balak ben I shall say unto thee, that
Yericho. Tzippor, Melech Moav, hath shalt thou do.
|2| And Balak ben Tzippor sent unto me, saying, |21| And Balaam rose up in
saw all that Yisroel had done |11| Hinei, there is a people the boker, and saddled his
to the Emori. come out of Mitzrayim, which donkey, and went with the
|3| And Moav was exceedingly covereth the face of ha'aretz; sarim (princes) of Moav.
afraid of the people, because come now, curse for me them; |22| But the Af Elohim (G-d's
they were many; and Moav perhaps I shall be able to anger) was kindled as he was
was filled with dread because overcome them, and drive going; and the Malach
of the Bnei Yisroel. them out. Hashem stood in the derech
|4| And Moav said unto the |12| And Elohim said unto (road) l'satan (for an
Ziknei Midyan, Now shall this Balaam, Thou shalt not go adversary, opposer) against
kahal lick up all that are with them; thou shalt not him. Now he was riding upon
round about us, as the ox curse the people; for baruch his donkey, and his two
licketh up the grass of the hu (it [the people] is blessed). servants were with him.
sadeh. And Balak ben Tzippor |13| And Balaam rose up in |23| And the donkey saw the
was Melech of Moav at that the boker, and said unto the Malach Hashem standing in
time. sarim of Balak, Go back to the derech, and his cherev
|5| He sent malachim your land; for Hashem drawn in his hand; and the
(messengers) therefore unto refuseth to give me permission donkey turned off the derech,
Balaam ben Beor to Petor, to go with you. and went into the sadeh; and
which is by the River |14| And the sarim of Moav Balaam beat the donkey, to
[Euphrates] in his native land, rose up, and they went unto turn her back onto the derech.
to summon him, saying, Balak, and said, Balaam |24| But the Malach Hashem
Hinei, there is a people come refuseth to come with us. stood in the closed-in path
out from Mitzrayim; hinei, |15| And Balak sent yet again among the kramim
they cover the face of ha'aretz, sarim, more, and more (vineyards), a wall being on
and they are settling next to distinguished than they. this side, a wall on that side.
me; |16| And they came to |25| And when the donkey
|6| Come now, therefore, Balaam, and said to him, saw the Malach Hashem, she
please, curse for me this Thus saith Balak ben Tzippor, thrust herself unto the wall,
people; for they are too mighty Let nothing, please, hinder and crushed Balaam's regel
for me; perhaps I shall prevail, thee from coming unto me; against the wall; and
that we may strike them, and |17| For I will exceedingly he beat her again.
that I may drive them out of reward thee, and I will do |26| And the Malach Hashem
ha’aretz; for I know that he whatsoever thou sayest unto went further, and stood in a
whom thou blessest is me; come, therefore, please, narrow place, where was no
m'vorach (blessed), and he curse for me this people. derech to turn either to the
whom thou cursest is cursed. |18| And Balaam answered right or to the left.
|7| And the Ziknei Moav and and said unto the avadei |27| And when the donkey
the Ziknei Midyan departed Balak, If Balak would give me saw the Malach Hashem, she
with the divination his palace full of kesef and lay down under Balaam; and
remuneration in their hand; zahav, I cannot go beyond the af Balaam was kindled, and
and they came unto Balaam, Devar Hashem Elohai, to do he beat the donkey with his
and spoke unto him the words ketanah or gedolah. staff.
of Balak. |19| Now, therefore, please, |28| And Hashem opened the
|8| And he said unto them, tarry ye also here this night, mouth of the donkey, and she
Lodge here this night, and I that I may have da'as of what said unto Balaam, What have
will bring you word again, as more Hashem will say unto I done unto thee, that thou
Hashem shall speak unto me; me. hast beaten me these shalosh
regalim (three times)?
|29| And Balaam answered to summon thee? Why camest Melech Moav hath brought me
the donkey, Because thou hast thou not unto me? Am I not from Aram (Syria), out of the
mocked me; If only there were able indeed to honor thee? mountains of the east, saying,
a cherev in mine hand, would |38| And Balaam said unto Come, curse for me Ya'akov,
I have killed thee. Balak, Hinei, I am come unto and come, denounce Yisroel.
|30| And the donkey said thee; have I now any power at |8| How shall I curse, whom
unto Balaam, Am not I thine all to say anything? The devar El hath not cursed? Or how
donkey, upon which (word, message) which Elohim shall I denounce, whom
thou hast ridden ever since I putteth in my mouth, that Hashem hath not denounced?
was thine unto this day? Was I shall I speak. |9| For from the top of the
ever accustomed to do so unto |39| And Balaam went with rocks I see him, and from the
thee? And he said, Loh. Balak, and they came unto heights I behold him; see, the
|31| Then Hashem opened Kiryat Chutzot. people shall live apart, and
the eyes of Balaam, and he |40| And Balak sacrificed shall not be reckoned among
saw the Malach Hashem oxen and sheep, and sent to the Goyim.
standing in the derech, and Balaam, and to the sarim that |10| Who can count the dust
his cherev drawn in his hand; were with him. of Ya'akov, and the number of
and he bowed down his head, |41| And it came to pass on the fourth part of Yisroel? Let
and fell facedown. the next day, that Balak took my nefesh die the death of the
|32| And the Malach Hashem Balaam, and brought him up yesharim (righteous ones), and
said unto him, Why hast thou on the high places of Baal, let my latter end be like his!
beaten thine donkey these that thence he might see a |11| And Balak said unto
shalosh regalim? Hinei, I portion of HaAm. Balaam, What hast thou done
came l'satan (as adversary, unto me? I brought thee to
opposer) to thee, because thy curse mine enemies, and,
derech is perverse before me; And Balaam said hinei, thou hast altogether put
|33| And the donkey saw me,
and turned from me these
shalosh regalim; had she not
23 unto Balak, Build
me here shivah
mizbechot, and prepare for
a berakhah on them.
|12| And he answered and
said, Must I not take heed to
turned from me, surely now me here shivah bulls and speak that which Hashem
also I would have slain thee, shivah rams. hath put in my mouth?
and saved her alive. |2| And Balak did as Balaam |13| And Balak said unto
|34| And Balaam said unto had spoken; and Balak and him, Come with me unto
the Malach Hashem, Chatati Balaam offered on each another place, from where
(I have sinned); for I was mizbe'ach a bull and a ram. thou mayest see them; thou
without da'as that thou |3| And Balaam said unto shalt see part but not all of
stoodest in the derech against Balak, Stand by thy olah, and them, and curse them for me
me; now, therefore, if it I will go; perhaps Hashem will from there.
displease thee, I will return come to meet me; and what- |14| And he brought him into
home. soever He showeth me I will the sadeh of Tzophim, to the
|35| And the Malach Hashem tell thee. And he went to a top of Pisgah, and built shivah
said unto Balaam, Go with the barren height. mizbechot, and offered a bull
anashim; but only the devar |4| And Elohim met Balaam, and a ram on each mizbe'ach.
(message) that I shall speak and he said unto Him, I have |15| And he said unto Balak,
unto thee, that thou shalt prepared shivah hamizbechot, Stand here by thy olah, while I
speak. So Balaam went with and I have offered upon each meet Hashem over there.
the sarim (princes) of Balak. mizbe'ach a bull and a ram. |16| And Hashem met
|36| And when Balak heard |5| And Hashem put a word Balaam, and put a word in his
that Balaam was come, he in Balaam's mouth, and said, mouth, and said, Go again
went out to meet him unto the Return unto Balak, and thus unto Balak, and say thus.
city of Moav at the Arnon thou shalt speak. |17| And when he came to
border, which is in the |6| And he returned unto him, hinei, he stood by his
farthest point of the him, and, hinei, he stood by olah, and the sarim of Moav
boundary. his olah, he, and all the sarim with him. And Balak said unto
|37| And Balak said unto of Moav. him, What hath Hashem
Balaam, Did I not earnestly |7| And he took up his spoken?
send unto thee mashal, and said, Balak
|18| And he took up his |29| And Balaam said unto atzmot, and pierce them
mashal, and said, Rise up, Balak, Build me here shivah through with his khitzim.
Balak, and hear; pay heed mizbechot, and prepare here |9| He crouched, he lay down
unto me, thou son of Tzippor. shivah bulls and shivah rams as an ari, and as the lioness;
|19| El is not an ish, that He for me. who shall stir him up?
should lie; neither a ben |30| And Balak did as Mevarakhecha is he that
adam, that He should change Balaam had said, and offered makes a barucha on thee, and
His mind; hath He said, and a bull and a ram on each cursed is he that curseth thee.
shall He not do it? Or hath He mizbe'ach. |10| And af Balak (anger of
spoken, and shall He not carry And when Balaam Balak) was kindled against
it out?
|20| Hinei, I have received
commandment to make
24 saw that it was tov
in the eyes of
Hashem to bless Yisroel, he
Balaam, and he struck his
hands together; and Balak
said unto Balaam, I sum-
berakhah; and He hath went not, as at other times, to moned thee to curse mine
blessed; and I cannot reverse use nechashim (sorceries, enemies, and, hinei, thou hast
it. divination, looking for omens) altogether blessed them these
|21| He hath not beheld avon but he set his face toward shalosh p'amim.
in Ya'akov, neither hath He hamidbar. |11| Therefore now flee thou
seen amal (trouble) in Yisroel. |2| And Balaam lifted up his to thy mekom; I thought to
Hashem Elohav is with him, eyes, and he saw Yisroel kibed (honor, reward) thee
and the [jubilant] shout of a encamped according to their honorably; but, hinei,
melech is about him. Shevatim; and the Ruach Hashem hath kept thee back
|22| El brought them out of Elohim came upon him. from kavod (honor, reward).
Mitzrayim; He is for them like |3| And he took up his |12| And Balaam said unto
the strength of a wild ox. mashal, and said, Balaam ben Balak, Spoke I not also to thy
|23| Surely there is no Beor hath said, the man whose malachim which thou didst
nachash (augury) in Ya'akov; eyes are open hath said, send unto me, saying,
neither is there any kesem |4| He hath said which heard |13| If Balak would give me
(divination) in Yisroel; at the the words of El, which saw the his bais full of kesef and
time it is spoken to Ya'akov machazeh Shaddai (vision of zahav, I cannot go beyond the
and to Yisroel what El doeth! Shaddai), which falling commandment of Hashem, to
|24| See, the people shall rise prostrate, but having his eyes do either tovah or ra'ah of
up as a lioness, and lift up open: mine own lev; but what
himself as an ari; he shall not |5| Mah tovu ohalecha (How Hashem saith, that will I say!
lie down until he devours the goodly, beautiful, are thy |14| And now, hinei, I go
prey, and drinks the dahm of tents), O Ya'akov, and back unto my people; come
the slain. mishkenotecha (thy dwellings, therefore, and I will warn thee
|25| And Balak said unto tabernacles), O Yisroel! what HaAm HaZeh shall do to
Balaam, Neither curse them at |6| As the valleys are they [the thy people in the Acharit
all, nor at all make a tents of Yisroel] spread forth, HaYamim.
berakhah on them. as ganot (gardens) by the |15| And he took up his
|26| But Balaam answered riverside, like aloes which mashal, and said, Balaam ben
and said unto Balak, Did I not Hashem hath planted, and as Beor hath said, the man whose
tell thee, saying, All that cedar trees beside the mayim. eyes are open hath said,
Hashem speaketh, that I must |7| He shall pour the |16| He hath said, which
do? [rainfall] mayim out of his heard the words of El, and
|27| And Balak said unto buckets, and his zera shall knew the Da'as Elyon, which
Balaam, Come now, I will have mayim rabbim, and his saw the Machazeh Shaddai,
bring thee unto another place; Melech shall be more exalted falling prostrate, but having
perhaps it will please than Agag, and Malchuso (His his eyes open:
HaElohim that Kingdom) shall be upraised. |17| I see him, but not now; I
thou mayest curse them for |8| El brought him forth out behold him, but not karov
me from there. of Mitzrayim. He hath the (near); there shall come a
|28| And Balak brought strength of a wild bull. He Kokhav (Star, i.e. Moshiach,
Balaam unto the top of Peor, shall devour the Goyim his see Targums) out of Ya'akov,
that overlooks enemies and break their and a Shevet (Sceptre) shall
Yeshimon. rise out of Yisroel, and shall
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strike through the temples Num.23:28]; and the Af |12| Therefore say, Hineni, I
(i.e., sides of the head) of Hashem was kindled against am making unto him My Brit
Moav, and destroy all the Bnei Yisroel. (Covenant) of Shalom;
Shet. |4| And Hashem said unto |13| And he shall have it, and
|18| And Edom shall be a Moshe, Take Kol Rashei his zera after him, even the
possession; Seir also shall be a HaAm, and kill them, hanging Brit Kehunat Olam; because
possession for his enemies; them [on a tree, stake], before he had kanous for Elohav,
but Yisroel shall do valiantly. Hashem against the shemesh, and made kapporah for the
|19| Out of Ya'akov shall that the fierce Af Hashem Bnei Yisroel.
come he that shall have (Anger of Hashem) may be |14| Now the shem of the ish
dominion, and shall destroy turned away from Yisroel. Yisroel that was slain, even
him that remaineth of the Ir. |5| And Moshe said unto the that was slain with the woman
|20| And when he looked on shofetim of Yisroel, Slay ye from Midyan, was Zimri ben
Amalek, he took up his every one his men that were Salu, a leader of one of the
mashal, and said, Amalek was joined unto Baal-Peor. clans from the tribe of
the reshit of the Goyim; but |6| And, hinei, one of the Shimon.
his acharit (latter end) shall be Bnei Yisroel came and |15| And the shem of the isha
that unto destruction. brought unto his brethren a from Midyan that was slain
|21| And he looked on the woman from Midyan before was Kozbi bat Tzur; he [Tzur]
Keini (Kenites), and took up the eyes of Moshe, and before was rosh over the people in
his mashal, and said, Strong is the eyes of Kol Adat Bnei one of the clans of Midyan.
thy moshav (dwelling place), Yisroel, who were weeping |16| And Hashem spoke unto
and thou puttest thy ken (nest) before the entrance of the Moshe, saying,
in a rock. Ohel Mo'ed. |17| Be hostile toward the
|22| Nevertheless Kayin shall |7| And when Pinchas ben Midyanim, and strike them;
be for burning, while Asshur Eleazar ben Aharon HaKohen |18| For they are hostile
(Assyria) shall carry thee away saw it, he rose up from among toward you with their wiles,
captive. HaEdah, and took a romach wherewith they have beguiled
|23| And he took up his (spear) in his yad; you in the matter of Peor, and
mashal, and said, Oy, who |8| And he went after the ish in the matter of Kozbi bat
shall live when El doeth this? Yisroel into the inner tent, and Nasi Midyan, their achot,
|24| And ships shall come thrust through both of them, which was slain in the yom of
from the coast of Kittim the ish Yisroel, and the isha the maggefah that resulted
(Cyprus), and shall afflict through her belly. So the from Peor.
Asshur (Assyria), and shall maggefah (plague) was
afflict 'Ever (i.e., Region stopped from the Bnei Yisroel.
beyond the River [Euphrates]), |9| And those that were the And it came to pass
and he also shall be unto
destruction.
|25| And Balaam rose up,
mesim (dead ones) in the
maggefah (plague) were twenty
and four thousand.
26 after the magefah
(plague), that
Hashem spoke unto Moshe
and went and returned to his and unto Eleazar Ben Aharon
makom (place, home); and HaKohen, saying,
Balak also went his way. [PINCHAS] |2| Take the rosh (census) of
kol Adat Bnei Yisroel from
twenty years old and upward,
And Yisroel was |10| And Hashem spoke unto throughout their bais avot, all
25 staying in Sheetim,
and HaAm began
to commit whoredom with the
Moshe, saying,
|11| Pinchas ben Eleazar ben
Aharon HaKohen, hath
that are yotzei tzava (able to
go to war) in Yisroel.
|3| And Moshe and Eleazar
Banot Moav. turned My wrath away from HaKohen spoke with them in
|2| And they invited the the Bnei Yisroel, when he had the arevot Mo'av (plains of
people unto the zevakhim of kanous (zealousness) with My Moav) by Yarden near Yericho,
their g-ds; and the people did kanous among them, that I saying,
eat and bowed down to their consumed not the Bnei Yisroel |4| Take the census of the
g-ds. in My kina (jealousy, zeal, people, from twenty years
|3| And Yisroel joined himself vengeance). old and upward,
unto Baal-Peor [see
just as Hashem commanded |17| Of Arod, the Mishpakhat fathered Gilàd; of Gilàd
Moshe and the Bnei Yisroel, HaArodi; of Areli, the come the Mishpakhat
which went forth out of Eretz Mishpakhat HaAreli. HaGile'adi.
Mitzrayim. |18| These are the |30| These are the Bnei
|5| Reuven, the Bechor Mishpekhot Bnei Gad Gilàd: of I'ezer, the
Yisroel: the Bnei Reuven; according to those that were Mishpakhat HaI'ezeri; of
Chanoch, of whom cometh numbered of them, 40,500. Chelek, the Mishpakhat
the Mishpakhat HaChanochi; |19| The Bnei Yehudah were HaCheleki;
of Pallu, the Mishpakhat Er and Onan; and Er and |31| And of Asrie'l, the
HaPallu'i; Onan died in Eretz Kena'an. Mishpakhat HaAsri'eli; and of
|6| Of Chetzron, Mishpakhat |20| And the Bnei Yehudah Shechem, the Mishpakhat
HaChetzroni; of Carmi, the after their Mishpekhot were: of HaShichmi.
Mishpakhat HaCaremi. Shelah, the Mishpakhat |32| And of Shemida, the
|7| These are the Mishpekhot HaShelani; of Pharetz, the Mishpakhat HaShemida'i; and
HaReuveni; and they that Mishpakhat HaPharetzi; of of Chepher, the Mishpakhat
were numbered of them were Zerach, the Mishpakhat Chepheri.
43,730. HaZarechi. |33| And Tzelophechad Ben
|8| And the Bnei Pallu; Eliav. |21| And the Bnei Pharetz Chepher had no banim, but
|9| And the Bnei Eliav; were: of Chetzron, the banot; and the shem banot
Nemuel, and Datan, and Mishpakhat HaChetzeroni; of Tzelophechad were Machlah,
Aviram. This is that Chamul, the Mishpakhat No'ah, Choglah, Milcah, and
Datan and Aviram, which HeChamuli. Tirtzah.
were summoned by the edah, |22| These are the |34| These are the
who made a contention Mishpekhot Yehudah Mishpekhot of Menasheh, and
against Moshe and against according to those that were those that were numbered of
Aharon in the adat Korach, numbered of them, 76,500. them, 52,700.
when they contended in |23| Of the Bnei Yissakhar |35| These are the Bnei
opposition to Hashem: after their Mishpekhot: of Ephrayim after their
|10| And ha'aretz opened her Tola, the Mishpakhat Mishpekhot: of Shutelach, the
mouth, and swallowed them HaTola'i; of Puvah, the Mishpakhat HaShutalechi; of
up together with Korach, Mishpakhat HaPuni; Becher, the Mishpakhat
when that edah died, when the |24| Of Yashuv, the HaBacheri; of Tachan, the
eish devoured 250; and they Mishpakhat HaYashuvi; of Mishpakhat HaTachani.
became as a nes (warning). Shimron, the Mishpakhat |36| And these are the Bnei
|11| Notwithstanding, the HaShimroni. Shutelach: of Eran, the
Bnei Korach died not. |25| These are the Mishpakhat HaErani.
|12| The Bnei Shim'on after Mishpekhot of Yissakhar |37| These are the
their mishpekhot: of Nemuel, according to those that Mishpekhot Bnei Ephrayim
the Mishpakhat HaNemueli; were numbered of them, according to those that
of Yamin, the Mishpakhat 64,300. were numbered of them,
HaYamini; of Yachin, the |26| Of the Bnei Zevulun 32,500. These are the Bnei
Mishpakhat HaYachini; after their Mishpekhot: of Yosef after their Mishpekhot.
|13| Of Zerach, the Sered, the Mishpakhat |38| The Bnei Binyamin after
Mishpakhat HaZarechi; of HaSaredi; of Elon, the their Mishpekhot: of Bela, the
Shaul, the Mishpakhat Mishpakhat HaEloni; of Mishpakhat HaBale'i; of
HaShauli. Yachle'el, the Mishpakhat Ashbel, the Mishpakhat
|14| These are the Mishpe- HaYachle'eli. HaAshbeli; of Achiram, the
khot HaShimoni, 22,200. |27| These are the Mishpakhat HaAchirami;
|15| The Bnei Gad after their Mishpekhot of the Zevuloni |39| Of Shefufam, the
Mishpekhot; of Tzephon, the according to those that were Mishpakhat HaShufami; of
Mishpakhat HaTzephoni; of numbered of them, 60,500. Chupham, the Mishpakhat
Chaggi, the Mishpakhat |28| The Bnei Yosef after HaChufami.
HaChaggi; of Shuni, the their Mishpekhot were |40| And the Bnei Bela were
Mishpakhat HaShuni; Menasheh and Ephrayim. Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the
|16| Of Ozni, the Mishpakhat |29| Of the Bnei Menasheh: Mishpakhat HaAredi; and of
HaOzni; of Eri, the of Machir, the Mishpakhat Naaman,
Mishpakhat HaEri; HaMachiri; and Machir
the Mishpakhat HaNa'ami. nachalah, and to few thou Moav) by Yarden near Yericho.
|41| These are the Bnei shalt give the smaller |64| But among these there
Binyamin after their nachalah: to every one shall was not an ish of them whom
Mishpekhot; and they were his nachalah be given Moshe and Aharon HaKohen
numbered of them 45,600. according to those that were numbered, when they
|42| These are the Bnei Dan numbered of him. numbered the Bnei Yisroel in
after their Mishpekhot: of |55| Notwithstanding, the Midbar Sinai.
Shucham, the Mishpakhat HaAretz shall be distributed |65| For Hashem had said of
HaShuchami. These are the by goral; according to the them, They shall surely die in
Mishpekhot of Dan after their Shmot Mattot of their Avot the Midbar. And there was not
Mishpekhot. they shall inherit. left an ish from them, except
|43| All the Mishpekhot |56| According to the goral Kalev Ben Yephunneh, and
HaShuchami, according to shall nachalah thereof be Yehoshua Ben Nun.
those that were numbered of distributed between many and
them, were 64,400. few.
|44| Of the Bnei Asher after |57| And these are they that
their Mishpekhot: of Yimna, were numbered of the Levi'im Then came the
the Mishpakhat HaYimnah; of
Yishvi, the Mishpakhat
HaYishvi; of Beriah, the
after their Mishpekhot: of
Gershon, the Mishpakhat
HaGereshuni; of Kehat,
27 Banot
Tzelophechad Ben
Chepher Ben Gilàd Ben
Mishpakhat HaBeri'i. the Mishpakhat HaKehati; of Machir Ben Menasheh, of the
|45| Of the Bnei Beriah: of Merari, the Mishpakhat Mishpekhot Menasheh
Chever, the Mishpakhat HaMerari. Ben Yosef: and these are the
HaChevri; of Malki'el, the |58| These are the shmot of his banot: Machlah,
Mishpakhat HaMalki'eli. Mishpekhot Levi: the No'ah, and Choglah, and
|46| And the shem Bat Asher Mishpakhat HaLiveni, the Milcah, and Tirtzah.
was Sarach. Mishpakhat HaChevroni, the |2| And they stood before
|47| These are the Mishpakhat HaMachli, the Moshe, and before Eleazar
Mishpekhot Bnei Asher Mishpakhat HaMushi, the HaKohen, and before the
according to those that were Mishpakhat HaKorechi. And Nasiim and kol HaEdah, by
numbered of them; who were Kehat fathered Amram. the petach Ohel Mo'ed, saying,
53,400. |59| And the shem eshet |3| Avinu died in the midbar,
|48| Of the Bnei Naphtali Amram was Yocheved Bat and he was not in the edah
after their Mishpekhot: of Levi, who was born to Levi in hano'adim (assembly of ones
Yachtze'el, the Mishpakhat Mitzrayim: and she bore unto banding together) against
HaYachtze'eli; of Guni, the Amram Aharon and Moshe, Hashem in the Adat Korach;
Mishpakhat HaGuni; and Miryam their achot. but died in his own chet, and
|49| Of Yetzer, the |60| And unto Aharon was had no banim.
mishpakhat of the HaYitzeri; born Nadav, and Avihu, |4| Why should the shem
of Shillem, the Mishpakhat Eleazar, and Itamar. avinu be withdrawn [see Rv
HaShillemi. |61| And Nadav and Avihu 3:5 OJBC] from among his
|50| These are the died, when they offered eish Mishpakhat, because he hath
Mishpekhot Naphtali zarah before Hashem. no ben? Give unto us therefore
according to their Mishpekhot: |62| And those that were achuzzah among the achei
and they that were numbered numbered of them were avinu.
of them 45, 400. 23,000, kol zachar from a |5| And Moshe brought their
|51| These were the month old and upward: for mishpat before Hashem.
numbered of the Bnei Yisroel, they were not numbered |6| And Hashem spoke unto
601,730. among the Bnei Yisroel, Moshe, saying,
|52| And Hashem spoke unto because there was no |7| The Banot Tzelophechad
Moshe, saying, nachalah given them among speak right; thou shalt surely
|53| Unto these the land shall the Bnei Yisroel. give them achuzzat nachalah
be allotted for a nachalah |63| These are they that were among achei avihem; and
according to the mispar numbered by Moshe and thou shalt cause the nachalat
(number) of shmot (names). Eleazar HaKohen, who
|54| To those large of number numbered the Bnei Yisroel in
thou shalt give the larger the arevot Mo'av (plains of
avichen to pass over unto |19| And stand him before which was ordained in Mt
them. Eleazar HaKohen, and before Sinai for a re'ach
|8| And thou shalt speak kol HaEdah and give him a hannichoach, a fire-offering
unto the Bnei Yisroel, saying, charge (instruct him with unto Hashem.
If an ish die, and have no ben, regard to his office) before |7| And the nesekh (libation
then ye shall cause his their eyes. offering) thereof shall be the
nachalah to pass over unto his |20| And thou shalt lay of fourth-hin for the one keves:
bat. thine hod (dignity, authority, baKodesh (i.e., the Mizbe'ach)
|9| And if he have no bat, majesty) upon him, so that kol shalt thou cause the nesekh
then ye shall give his nachalah Adat Bnei Yisroel will obey. shekhar to be poured out unto
unto his achim. |21| And he shall stand Hashem.
|10| And if he have no achim, before Eleazar HaKohen, who |8| And the other keves (male
then ye shall give his nachalah shall ask counsel for him after lamb) shalt thou offer at erev:
unto achei aviv. the mishpat HaUrim before like the minchah of the boker,
|11| And if his av have no Hashem: at his word shall and like the nesekh thereof,
achim, then ye shall give his they go out, and at his word thou shalt offer it, a fire-
nachalah unto his closest they shall come in, both he, offering of re'ach
relative of his Mishpakhat, and kol Bnei Yisroel with him, hannicho'ach
and he shall possess it; and it even kol HaEdah. unto Hashem.
shall be unto the Bnei Yisroel |22| And Moshe did just as |9| And on Yom HaShabbos
a chukkat mishpat, as Hashem commanded him; two kevasim of the first year
Hashem commanded Moshe. and he took Yehoshua, temimim (unblemished ones)
|12| And Hashem said unto and stood him before Eleazar and two tenths-ephah of fine
Moshe, Get thee up on this har HaKohen, and before kol flour for a minchah, mixed
haAvarim, and see HaAretz HaEdah: with shemen, and the nesekh
which I have given unto the |23| And he laid his yadayim thereof;
Bnei Yisroel. [for s'michah] upon him, and |10| This is the olah (burnt
|13| And when thou hast seen gave him a charge (instructed offering) of every Shabbos, in
it, thou also shalt be gathered him with regard to his office), addition to the continual olah,
unto thy people, as Aharon just as Hashem commanded and its nesekh.
achicha was gathered. by yad Moshe. |11| And at each Rosh-
|14| For ye rebelled against
My command in the Midbar
Tzin, in the merivat HaEdah
(strife of the Assembly) to
28 And Hashem spoke
unto Moshe,
saying,
Chodesh of yours, ye shall
offer an olah unto Hashem;
two young bulls, and one ram,
shivah kevasim (male lambs)
honor Me as Kodesh before Yisroel, and say unto them, of the first year temimim
their eyes at the mayim: that My korban, and My lechem by (unblemished ones);
is, the mayim of Merivah in My fires, My re'ach hannicho- |12| And three tenths-ephah
Kadesh in the Midbar Tzin. ach, shall ye be shomer to of fine flour for a minchah,
|15| And Moshe spoke unto offer unto Me in its mo'ed. mixed with shemen, for each
Hashem, saying, |3| And thou shalt say unto bull; and two tenths-ephah of
|16| Let Hashem Elohei them, This is the fire-offering fine flour for a minchah,
HaRuchot L'khol Basar which ye shall offer unto mixed with shemen for the
appoint an Ish over HaEdah, Hashem; two kevasim (male one ram;
|17| Which will go out before lambs) of the first year |13| And a tenth-ephah of
them, and which will come in temimim, two a day, for an fine flour mixed with shemen
before them, and which will olah tamid. for a minchah for each keves;
lead them out, and which will |4| The one keves shalt thou for an olah (burnt offering) of
bring them in; that the Adat offer in the boker, and the a re'ach hannichoach, a fire-
Hashem be not like tzon other keves shalt thou offer offering unto Hashem.
which have no ro'eh. towards erev; |14| And their nesakim shall
|18| And Hashem said unto |5| And a tenth-ephah of fine be a half-hin for each bull,
Moshe, Take thee Yehoshua flour for a minchah, mixed and the third-hin for the ram,
Ben Nun, an ish in whom is with the fourth-hin of pressed and a quarter-hin for each
the Ruach [HaKodesh], and shemen. keves: this is the
lay thine yad [for s'michah] |6| It is an olat tamid
upon him [Zech 6:11-12]; (continual burnt offering)
olah (burnt offering) for every |25| And on the yom hashevi'i |4| And one tenth-ephah for
Rosh Chodesh throughout the ye shall have a mikra kodesh; each keves of the shivat
months of the shanah (year). ye shall do no melekhet hakevasim;
|15| And one young male goat avodah. |5| And one male of the goats
for a chattat unto Hashem |26| Also in the Yom for a chattat to make
shall be offered. It shall be in HaBikkurim, when ye bring a kapporah for you;
addition to the continual olah minchah chadashah (i.e., meal |6| In addition to the olat
(burnt offering), and its offering or grain offering from hachodesh and its minchah,
nesekh. the new grain crop) unto and the olat hatamid and its
|16| And in the fourteenth Hashem, on your Shavu'os, minchah, and their nesakim,
day of the chodesh harishon ye shall have a mikra kodesh; according to the mishpatim,
(first month i.e., Nisan) is the ye shall do no melekhet for a reach hannichoach, a
Pesach to Hashem. avodah: fire-offering unto Hashem.
|17| And in the fifteenth day |27| But ye shall offer the |7| And ye shall have on the
of this month is a Chag (i.e., olah (burnt offering) for a tenth day (i.e, Yom Kippur) of
Chag HaMatzot): shivat reach hannichoach unto this seventh month (i.e.,
yamim shall matzot be eaten. Hashem; two young bulls, one Tishri) a mikra kodesh (holy
|18| In the yom harishon ram, shivah kevasim of the convocation); and ye shall
shall be a mikra kodesh (holy first year; afflict your nefashot; ye shall
convocation); ye shall do no (28) And their minchah of fine not do any melakhah therein;
manner of melekhet avodah flour mixed with shemen, |8| But ye shall offer an olah
therein; three tenths-ephah for each (burnt offering) unto Hashem
|19| But ye shall offer a fire- bull, two tenths-ephah for the for a reach hannichoach; one
offering for an olah unto ayil haechad (one ram). young bull, one ram, and
Hashem; two young bulls, and |29| One tenth-ephah unto shivah kevasim of the first
one ram, and shivah kevasim one keves for each of the year; they shall be unto you
of the first year; they shall be shivat hakevasim; temimim (unblemished ones);
unto you temimim |30| And one male goat, to |9| And their minchah shall
(unblemished ones). make kapporah for you. be of fine flour mixed with
|20| And their minchah shall |31| Ye shall offer them in shemen, three tenths-ephah
be of fine flour mixed with addition to the olat hatamid for the bull, and two tenths-
shemen: three tenths-ephah and its minchah, (they shall ephah for the one ayil (ram),
shall ye offer for each bull, be unto you tamimim, |10| And one tenth ephah for
and two tenths-ephah for the unblemished ones) and their each keves of the shivat
ram; nesakim. hakevasim;
|21| One tenth-ephah shalt And in the |11| One male of the goats for
thou offer for each keves, of
the shivat hakevasim.
|22| And one goat for a
29 Chodesh Hashevi'i
[i.e., Tishri] on the
first day of the month, ye shall
a chattat; in addition to the
chattat hakippurim (sin
offering of the atonement),
chattat, to make kapporah for have a mikra kodesh; ye shall and the olat hatamid and its
you. do no melekhet avodah; it is a minchah and their nesakim.
|23| Ye shall offer these in Yom Teruah (Day of the |12| And on the fifteenth day
addition to the olah (burnt sounding of the Shofar, i.e., of the Chodesh HaShevi' [i.e.,
offering) of the boker, which is Rosh Hashanah) unto you. Tishri] ye shall have a mikra
for the olat hatamid |2| And ye shall offer an olah kodesh; ye shall do no
(continual burnt offering). (burnt offering) for a reach melekhet avodah, and ye shall
|24| After this manner ye hannichoach unto Hashem; celebrate a Chag [i.e., Sukkot,
shall offer daily, throughout one young bull, one ram, and see Lv.23:33-36; Dt.16:13-15]
the shivat yamim (seven days, shivah kevasim (male lambs) unto Hashem shivat yamim;
i.e., the seven days of of the first year temimim. |13| And ye shall offer an
the Chag HaMatzot): lechem, |3| And their minchah shall olah, a fire-offering, a reach
a fire-offering, reiach be of fine flour mixed with hannichoach unto Hashem;
hannichoach unto Hashem: it shemen, three tenths-ephah thirteen young bulls, two
shall be offered in addition to for the bull, and two tenth- rams, and fourteen kevasim of
the olat hatamid (the ephah for the ram, the first year; they shall
continual burnt offering), and
its nesekh.
be temimim (unblemished [26| And on the fifth day nine hatamid and its minchah and
ones); bulls, two rams, and fourteen its nesekh.
|14| And their minchah shall kevasim of the first year |39| These things ye shall do
be of fine flour mixed with temimim; unto Hashem in your
shemen, three tenths-ephah |27| And their minchah and Mo'adim, in addition to your
unto every bull of the thirteen their nesakim for the bulls, for nederim, and your nedavot,
bulls, two tenths-ephah to the rams, and for the kevasim, for your olat, and for your
each ram of the two rams, shall be according to their minchot, and for your
|15| And one tenth-ephah to mispar, as mishpat (specified); nesakim, and for your
each keves of the fourteen |28| And one goat for a shelamim.
kevasim; chattat; in addition to the olat |40| And Moshe told the Bnei
|16| And one male of the hatamid, and its minchah, Yisroel according to all that
izzim (goats) for a chattat; in and its nesekh. Hashem commanded Moshe.
addition to the olat hatamid, (29) And on the sixth day eight
its minchah and its nesekh. bulls, two rams, and fourteen And Moshe spoke
|17| And on the second day
ye shall offer twelve young
bulls, two rams, fourteen
kevasim of the first year
temimim;
|30| And their minchah and
30 unto the Rashei
HaMattot (Heads
of the Tribes) concerning the
kevasim of the first year their nesakim for the bulls, for Bnei Yisroel saying, This is the
temimim (unblemished ones); the rams, and for the kevasim, thing which Hashem hath
|18| And their minchah and shall be according to their commanded:
their nesakim for the bulls, for mispar, as mishpat (specified);
the rams, and for the kevasim, |31| And one goat for a
shall be according to their chattat; in addition to the olat
mispar (number), as mishpat hatamid, its minchah, and its
(specified). nesekh.
|19| And one male of the |32| And on the seventh day [MATTOS]
izzim for a chattat in addition seven bulls, two rams, and
to the olat hatamid, and the fourteen kevasim of the first
minchah thereof, and their year temimim;
nesakim. |33| And their minchah and
|20| And on the Yom their nesakim for the bulls, for
HaShelishi eleven bulls, two the rams, and for the kevasim,
rams, fourteen kevasim of the shall be according to their
first year temimim; mispar, as mishpat (specified); |2(3)| If an ish vow a neder
|21| And their minchah and |34| And one goat for a unto Hashem, or swear a
their nesakim for the bulls, for chattat; in addition to the olat shevu'ah (oath) to bind his
the rams, and for the kevasim, hatamid, its minchah, and its nefesh with an issar (negative
shall be according to their nesekh. vow, prohibition), he shall not
mispar, as mishpat (specified); |35| On the eighth day (i.e., break his dever, he shall do
|22| And one goat for a Shemini Atzeres) ye shall have according to all that
chattat; in addition to the olat an atzeret (assembly): ye shall proceedeth out of his mouth.
hatamid, and its minchah, do no melekhet avodah |3(4)| If an isha also vow a
and its nesekh. therein; neder unto Hashem, and bind
|23| And on the fourth day |36| But ye shall offer an herself by an issar, being in
ten bulls, two rams, and olah, a fire offering, a reach her bais avi in her youth;
fourteen kevasim of the first hannichoach unto Hashem: |4(5)| And her av hear her
year temimim; one bull, one ram, shivah neder, and her issar
|24| Their minchah and their kevasim of the first year wherewith she hath bound her
nesakim for the bulls, for the temimim; nefesh, and her av says
rams, and for the kevasim, |37| Their minchah and their nothing to her, then all her
shall be according to their nesakim for the bull, for the nedarim shall stand, and
mispar, as mishpat (specified); ram, and for the kevasim, every issar wherewith she hath
|25| And one male of the shall be according to their bound her nefesh shall stand.
izzim for a chattat in addition mispar, as mishpat (specified); |5(6)| But if her av disallow
to the olat hatamid, its |38| And one goat for a her in the yom that he
minchah, and its nesekh. chattat; in addition to the olat heareth, not any
of her nedarim, or of her yom, then he will have let |9| And the Bnei Yisroel took
issurim (negative vows, stand all her nedarim or all all the nashim of Midyan
prohibitions) wherewith she her issurim, which are upon captive, and their little ones,
hath bound her nefesh, shall her; he will have let them and took the plunder of all
stand; and Hashem shall stand, because he said their behemah, and all their
forgive her, because her av nothing to her in the yom that mikneh, and all their goods.
forbade her. he heard them. |10| And they burned with
|6(7)| And if she had at all an |15(16)| But if he shall revoke eish all their towns wherein
ish, when she made nedarim them after that he hath heard were their moshavot, and all
or utterance of her lips, where- them, then nasa (he shall their camps.
with she bound her nefesh; bear) her avon. |11| And they took all the
|7(8)| And her ish heard it, |16(17)| These are the plunder, and all the spoil,
and said nothing to her in the chukkim, which Hashem both of adam and of
yom that he heard it, then her commanded Moshe, between behemah.
nedarim shall stand, and her an ish and his isha, between |12| And they brought the
issurim wherewith she bound the av and his bat, being yet in captives, and the plunder, and
her nefesh shall stand. her youth in her bais avi. the spoil, unto Moshe, and
|8(9)| But if her ish forbade And Hashem spoke Eleazar HaKohen, and unto
her on the yom that he heard
it, then he shall nullify her
neder which she vowed, and
31 unto Moshe,
saying,
|2| Avenge the Bnei Yisroel of
the Adat Bnei Yisroel, unto the
machaneh at the plains of
Moav, which are by Yarden
that which she uttered with the Midyanim; afterward shalt near Yericho.
her lips, wherewith she bound thou be gathered unto thy |13| And Moshe, and Eleazar
her nefesh; and Hashem shall people. HaKohen, and all the nasiim
forgive her. |3| And Moshe spoke unto of the Edah, went forth to
|9(10)| But every neder of an HaAm, saying, Arm some of meet them outside the
almanah, and of a gerushah your anashim unto war, let machaneh.
(divorced woman), wherewith them go against Midyan, and |14| And Moshe was in wrath
she have bound her nefesh, avenge Hashem of Midyan. with the pekudei hechayil
shall stand against her. |4| Of every matteh a thou- (officers of the army), with the
|10(11)| And if she vowed in sand, throughout kol mattot sarim over thousands, and
her bais ish, or bound her Yisroel, shall ye send to war. sarim over hundreds, which
nefesh by an issar with a |5| So there were supplied out were returning from the
shevuah, of the thousands of Yisroel, an milchamah of the army.
|11(12)| And her ish heard it, elef (a thousand) of every |15| And Moshe said unto
and said nothing to her, and matteh, sheneym asar elef them, Have ye saved all the
forbade her not, then all her armed for war. nekevah alive?
nedarim shall stand, and |6| And Moshe sent them to |16| Hinei, these caused the
every issar wherewith she war, a thousand of every tribe, Bnei Yisroel, through the
bound her nefesh shall stand. them and Pinchas Ben davar Balaam, to turn
|12(13)| But if her ish hath Eleazar HaKohen, to the war, unfaithful against Hashem in
utterly nullified them on the with the kelei hakodesh, and the matter of Peor, and there
yom he heard them, then the tzotzerot hateru'ah in his was a magefah (plague) among
whatsoever proceeded out of yad. the Adat Hashem.
her lips concerning her |7| And they warred against |17| Now therefore slaughter
nedarim, or concerning the Midyan, just, as Hashem every zakhar among the little
issar of her nefesh, shall not commanded Moshe; and they ones, and kill every isha that
stand; her ish hath nullified slaughtered kol zachar. hath known ish by lying with
them; and Hashem shall |8| And they slaughtered the zakhar.
forgive her. Melachim of Midyan, besides |18| But all the girl nashim,
|13(14)| Every neder, and the rest of them that were that have no da'as of lying
every shevuat issar to afflict slain; namely, Evi, and with zakhar, save alive for
the nefesh, her ish may let it Rekem, and Tzur, and Chur, yourselves.
stand, or her ish may let it and Reva, five melachim of |19| And do ye abide outside
have a hafarah. Midyan; Balaam Ben Beor the machaneh shivat
|14(15)| But if her ish say also they slaughtered with the yamim; whosoever
nothing to her from yom to cherev.
hath killed nefesh, and |29| Take it of their half, and |44| And 36,000
whosoever hath touched any give it unto Eleazar HaKohen, bakar,
chalal, purify both yourselves for a terumat Hashem. |45| And thirty thousand
and your captives on Yom |30| And of the Bnei Yisroel's chamorim and five hundred,
HaShelishi and on Yom half, thou shalt take one |46| And sixteen thousand
HaShevi'i. portion of fifty, of adam, of nefesh adam);
|20| And purify all your bakar, of chamorim, and of |47| Even of the Bnei Yisroel's
beged, and all keli ohr (all that tzon, of all behemah, and give half, Moshe took one portion
is made of leather), ma'aseh them unto the Levi'im, who of fifty, both of adam and of
izzim (all that is made of goat are shomrei mishmeret behemah, and gave them unto
hair) and keli etz (all that is Mishkan Hashem (who are the Levi'im, who were shomrei
make of wood). guardians of the Mishkan mishmeret Mishkan Hashem;
|21| And Eleazar HaKohen Hashem). just as Hashem commanded
said unto the anshei hatzavah |31| And Moshe and Eleazar Moshe.
which went into milchamah, HaKohen did just as Hashem |48| And the pekudim
This is the chukkat hatorah commanded Moshe. (officers) which were over
which Hashem commanded |32| And the spoil, being the thousands of the
Moshe: rest of the plunder which the tzava (army), the sarim of
|22| Only the zahav, and the am hatzava (personnel of the thousands, and sarim of
kesef, the nechoshet, the army) had taken, was 675,000 hundreds, came near unto
barzel, the bedil, and the tzon, Moshe;
oferet, |33| And 72,000 bakar, |49| And they said unto
|23| Everything that can |34| And 61,000 chamorim, Moshe, Thy avadim have
withstand eish, ye shall make |35| And 32,000 nefesh adam taken the muster census of the
it go through the eish, and it from the nashim who had anshei hamilchamah which
shall be tahor; nevertheless it no da'as of zachar by lying are under our charge, and
shall be purified with the with him. there was missing not one ish
mayim of niddah; and all that |36| And the half, which was of us.
can not withstand the eish ye the chelek of them that went |50| We have therefore
shall make go through the out to war, was in number brought a korban Hashem,
mayim. 337,500 tzon; what every ish hath gotten, of
|24| And ye shall wash your |37| And the mekhes (tribute) articles of zahav, armlets, and
begadim on Yom HaShevi'i, for Hashem of the tzon was bracelets, rings, earrings, and
and ye shall be tahor, and 675. necklaces, to make kapporah
afterward ye shall come into |38| And the bakar were for our nefashot before
the machaneh. 36,000; of which the mekhes Hashem.
|25| And Hashem spoke unto for Hashem was 72. |51| And Moshe and Eleazar
Moshe, saying, |39| And the chamorim were HaKohen took the zahav of
|26| Take inventory of the 30,500; of which the mekhes them, even all wrought jewels.
spoil that was taken, both of for Hashem was 61. |52| And all the zahav of the
adam and of behemah, thou, |40| And the nefesh adam terumah (offering) that they
and Eleazar HaKohen, and were 16,000; of which the offered up to Hashem, of the
the Rashei Avot HaEdah: mekhes for Hashem was 32 sarim of thousands, and of the
|27| And divide the spoil into nefesh. sarim of hundreds, was
two parts: between them that |41| And Moshe gave the sixteen thousand seven
took the milchamah upon mekhes, which was the hundred and fifty shekels.
them, who went out to battle, terumat Hashem, unto |53| (For the anshei hatzava
and kol HaEdah; Eleazar HaKohen, as Hashem had taken plunder, every ish
|28| And levy a mekhes commanded Moshe. for himself.)
(tribute) unto Hashem of the |42| And of the Bnei Yisroel's |54| And Moshe and Eleazar
anshei hamilchamah which half, which Moshe divided HaKohen accepted the zahav
went out to battle: one nefesh from the anashim hatzove'im, of the sarim of thousands and
from five hundred, both of [43| (Now the half that of hundreds, and brought it
adam, and of bakar, and of pertained unto the Edah was
chamorim, and of tzon; 337,500 tzon,
into the Ohel Mo'ed, for a HaAdamah which I swore out His oyevim from before
zikaron (memorial) for the unto Avraham, unto Yitzchak, Him,
Bnei Yisroel before and unto Ya'akov; because |22| And HaAretz be subdued
Hashem. they have not fully followed before Hashem; then after-
32
Now the Bnei Me; ward ye shall return, and be
Reuven and the |12| Except Kalev Ben nekiyim before Hashem, and
Bnei Gad had a Yephunneh the Kenezi, and before Yisroel; and HaAretz
very great multitude of Yehoshua Ben Nun; for they Hazot shall be your achuzzah
mikneh; and when they saw have fully followed after before Hashem.
Eretz Yazer, and Eretz Gilàd, Hashem. |23| But if ye will not do so,
that, hinei, the makom was a |13| And the Af Hashem was hinei, ye have sinned against
makom for mikneh; kindled against Yisroel, and Hashem and be sure
|2| The Bnei Gad and the He made them wander in the chattatechem (your sin) will
Bnei Reuven came and spoke midbar arba'im shanah, until find you out.
unto Moshe, and to Eleazar kol hador that had done |24| Build you towns for your
HaKohen, and unto the harah in the sight of Hashem, little ones, and your gidrot
nasiim of the Edah, saying, were consumed. tzon; and do that which hath
|3| Atarot, and Divon, and |14| And, hinei, ye are risen proceeded out of your
Yazer, and Nimrah, and up in the place of Avoteichem mouth.
Chesbon, and Elealeh, and a brood of anashim chatta'im |25| And the Bnei Gad and
Sevam, and Nevo, and Beon, to add even more to charon af the Bnei Reuven spoke unto
|4| Even HaAretz which Hashem against Yisroel. Moshe saying, Thy avadim will
Hashem struck to conquer |15| For if ye turn away from do as adoni commandeth.
before the Adat Yisroel, is an after Him, He will yet again |26| Our little ones, our
eretz for mikneh, and thy leave them in the midbar; and nashim, our mikneh, and all
avadim have mikneh. ye shall destroy kol HaAm behemeteinu, shall stay there
|5| They said, If we have Hazeh. in the cities of Gilàd;
found chen in thy sight, let |16| And they came near unto |27| But thy avadim will cross
this land be given unto thy him, and said, We will build over, every man armed for
avadim for an achuzzah, and gidrot tzon here for our war, before Hashem to battle,
bring us not over Yarden. mikneh, and towns for our as adoni saith.
|6| And Moshe said unto the little ones; |28| So concerning them
Bnei Gad and to the Bnei |17| But we ourselves will go Moshe commanded Eleazar
Reuven, Shall your achim go ready armed ahead of the HaKohen, and Yehoshua
to milchamah while ye sit Bnei Yisroel, until we have Ben Nun, and the Rashei Avot
here? brought them unto their HaMattot of the Bnei Yisroel;
|7| And why discourage ye the makom; and our little ones |29| And Moshe said unto
lev Bnei Yisroel from going shall dwell in the fortified them, If the Bnei Gad and the
over into HaAretz which cities because of the inhab- Bnei Reuven will cross with
Hashem hath given them? itants of HaAretz. you over Yarden, every man
|8| Thus did Avoteichem, |18| We will not return unto armed for battle, before
when I sent them from Kadesh bateinu, until the Bnei Hashem, and HaAretz shall
Barnea to look over HaAretz. Yisroel have inherited every be subdued before you, then
|9| For when they went up ish his nachalah. ye shall give them Eretz
unto the Eshcol Valley, and |19| For we will not inherit Gilàd for an achuzzah;
saw HaAretz, they discouraged with them across the Yarden, |30| But if they will not cross
the lev Bnei Yisroel, that they or beyond; because our over with you armed, they
should not go into HaAretz nachalah is fallen to us on this shall have possessions among
which Hashem had given side of the Yarden eastward. you in Eretz Kena'an.
them. |20| And Moshe said unto |31| And the Bnei Gad and
|10| And the Af Hashem was them, If ye will do this thing, if the Bnei Reuven answered,
kindled on that day, and He ye will go armed before saying, As Hashem hath said
swore, saying, Hashem to milchamah, unto thy avadim, so will we do.
|11| Surely none of the |21| And will go all of you |32| We will cross over armed
anashim that came up out of armed over Yarden before before Hashem into Eretz
Mitzrayim, from twenty years Hashem, until He hath driven Kena'an, that the achuzzat
old and upward, shall see nachalatenu on
that side of the Yarden may be |3| And they departed from |15| And they set out from
our own. Rameses in the first month, on Rephidim, and encamped in
|33| And Moshe gave unto the fifteenth day of the first the Midbar Sinai.
them, even to the Bnei Gad, month; on the day after the |16| And they set out from the
and to the Bnei Reuven, and Pesach the Bnei Yisroel went Midbar Sinai, and encamped
unto half the shevet of out with a yad ramah at Kivrot Hata'avah.
Menasheh Ben Yosef, the (upraised hand, i.e., confident- |17| And they set out from
kingdom of Sichon Melech ly) l’einei kol Mitzrayim. Kivrot Hata'avah, and
HaEmori, and the kingdom |4| For the Mitzrayim buried encamped at Chatzerot.
of Og Melech HaBashan, the all their bechor, which |18| And they set out from
land, with the cities thereof in Hashem had struck down Chatzerot, and encamped in
the territories, even the cities among them; upon their Ritmah.
of the surrounding land. elohim also Hashem |19| And they set out from
|34| And the Bnei Gad built executed shefatim. Ritmah, and encamped at
Divon, and Atarot, and Aroer, |5| And the Bnei Yisroel set Rimmon Peretz.
|35| And Atrot, Shophan, out from Rameses, and |20| And they set out from
Ya'azer, and Yogbehah, encamped in Sukkot. Rimmon Peretz, and
|36| And Beit Nimrah and |6| And they set out from encamped in Livnah.
Beit Haran, fortified cities; Sukkot, and encamped in |21| And they set out from
and gidrot tzon. Etam, which is on the edge of Livnah, and encamped at
|37| And the Bnei Reuven the midbar. Rissah.
built Cheshbon, and Elealeh, |7| And they set out from |22| And they set out from
and Kiryatayim, Etam, and turned back unto Rissah, and encamped in
|38| And Nevo, and Ba'al Pi HaChirot, which is before Kehelatah.
Me'on, (their shem being Ba'al Tzephon; and they |23| And they set out from
changed) and Sivmah; and encamped before Migdol. Kehelatah, and encamped in
gave other shmot unto the |8| And they set out from Har Shepher.
cities which they built. before HaChirot, and passed |24| And they set out from
|39| And the Bnei Machir through the midst of the yam Har Shepher, and encamped
Ben Menasheh went to Gilàd, into the midbar, and went in Charadah.
and captured it, and derech shloshet yamim (a |25| And they set out from
dispossessed the Emori three days' journey) in the Charadah, and encamped in
(Amorite) which was in it. midbar of Etam, and Mak'helot.
|40| And Moshe gave Gilàd encamped in Marah. |26| And they set out from
unto Machir Ben Menasheh; |9| And they set out from Mak'helot, and encamped at
and he dwelt therein. Marah, and came unto Elim; Tachat.
|41| And Ya'ir Ben Menasheh and in Elim were twelve einot |27| And they set out from
went and captured the settle- mayim (springs of water), and Tachat, and encamped at
ments thereof, and called threescore and ten temarim Tarach.
them Chavot Ya'ir. (palm trees); and they |28| And they set out from
|42| And Novach went and encamped there. Tarach, and encamped in
captured Kenat, and the |10| And they set out from Mitcah.
villages thereof, and called it Elim, and encamped by the |29| And they set out from
Novach, after shmo. Yam Suf. Mitcah, and encamped in
[MASSEY] |11| And they set out from the Chashmonah.
These are the
33
Yam Suf, encamping in the |30| And they set out from
journeys of the Midbar Sin. Chashmonah, and encamped
Bnei Yisroel, which |12| And they set out from the at Moserot.
went forth out of Eretz Midbar Sin, and encamped in |31| And they set out from
Mitzrayim by their tzveos Dophkah. Moserot, and encamped in
under yad Moshe and Aharon. |13| And they set out from Bnei Ya’akan.
|2| And Moshe recorded their Dophkah, and encamped in |32| And they set out from
goings out according to their Alush. Bnei Ya’akan, and encamped
journeys by the command- |14| And they set out from at Chor Haggidgad.
ment of Hashem; and these Alush, and encamped at |33| And they set out from
are their journeys according to Rephidim, where was no Chor Haggidgad, and
their goings forth. mayim for HaAm to drink. encamped in Yotvatah.
|34| And they set out from |49| And they set out by nachalah, even Eretz Kena'an
Yotvatah, and encamped at Yarden, from Beit HaYeshi- with the borders thereof),
Avronah. mot even unto Abel Sheetim |3| Then your southern side
|35| And they set out from in the plains of Moav. shall be from the Midbar Tzin
Avronah, and encamped at |50| And Hashem spoke unto along by the border of Edom,
Etzyon Gever. Moshe in the plains of Moav and your southern border
|36| And they set out from by Yarden near Yericho, shall be from the edge of the
Etzyon-Gever, and encamped saying, Yam HaMelach (Salt Sea,
in the Midbar Tzin, which is |51| Speak unto the Bnei Dead Sea) to the east;
Kadesh. Yisroel, and say unto them, |4| And your border shall
|37| And they set out from When ye are crossing over turn from the south of Ma'aleh
Kadesh and encamped at Mt Yarden into Eretz Kena'an, Akrabbim, and pass on to
Hor, at the border of Eretz |52| Then ye shall drive out Tzin; and the going forth
Edom. all the inhabitants of HaAretz thereof shall be from the
|38| And Aharon HaKohen from before you, and destroy south of Kadesh Barnea, and
went up into Mt Hor at the all their maskiyyot (stone shall go on to Chatzar Addar,
command of Hashem, and carved statues), and destroy and pass on to Atzmon;
died there, in the 40th year all their tzalmei massekhot |5| And the border shall go
after the Bnei Yisroel were and demolish all their around from Atzmon unto the
come out of Eretz Mitzrayim, [idolatrous] high places; Wadi of Mitzrayim, and the
in the first yom of the fifth |53| And ye shall take goings out of it shall be toward
month. possession of HaAretz, and the [Mediterranean] Sea.
|39| And Aharon was a dwell therein; for I have given |6| And as for the western
hundred and twenty and three you HaAretz to possess it. border, ye shall even have the
years old when he died on Mt |54| And ye shall distribute Yam HaGadol for a border;
Hor. HaAretz by goral for an this shall be your west border.
|40| And Melech Arad the inheritance among your |7| And this shall be your
Kena'anite, which dwelt in the mishpekhot; and to the more northern border: from the
Negev in Eretz Kena'an, heard numerous ye shall give the Yam HaGadol ye shall run to
of the coming of the Bnei larger nachalah, and to the Mt Hor;
Yisroel. fewer in number ye shall give |8| From Mt Hor ye shall run
|41| And they set out from Mt the smaller nachalah; every your border unto the
Hor, and encamped in man's nachalah shall be in the approach to Chamat; and the
Tzalmonah. place where his goral falleth; goings forth of the border
|42| And they set out from according to the mattot (tribes shall be toward Tzedad;
Tzalmonah, and encamped in of) Avoteichem ye shall |9| And the border shall go
Punon. inherit. on to Ziphron, and the goings
|43| And they set out from |55| But if ye will not drive out of it shall be Chatzar
Punon, and encamped in out the yoshvei HaAretz from Einan; this shall be your
Ovot. before you; then it shall come northern border.
|44| And they set out from to pass, that those which ye let |10| And ye shall draw a line
Ovot, and encamped in Iyei remain of them shall be barbs for you for an eastern border
HaAvarim at border of Moav. in your eyes, and thorns in from Chatzar Einan to
|45| And they set out from your sides, and shall harrass Shepham;
Iyim, and encamped in Divon you in HaAretz wherein ye |11| And the border shall go
Gad. dwell. down from Shepham to
|46| And they set out from |56| Moreover it shall come to Rivlah, on the east side of Ain;
Divon Gad, and encamped in pass, that I shall do unto you, the border shall descend, and
Almon Divlatayim. as I meant to do unto them. shall reach unto the bank of
|47| And they set out from And Hashem spoke the Yam Kinneret to the east;
Almon Divlatayim, and
encamped in the mountains of
Avarim, before Nevo.
34 unto Moshe,
saying,
|12| And the border shall go
down to the Yarden, and the
goings out of it shall be at the
|48| And they set out from the Yisroel, and say unto them, Yam HaMelach; this shall
mountains of Avarim, and When ye come into be your land with
encamped in the plains of Eretz Kena'an (this is HaAretz
Moav by Yarden near Yericho. that shall fall unto you for a
the borders thereof all |27| And the nasi of the tribe |7| So all the arim (towns)
around. of the Bnei Asher, Achihud which ye shall give to the
|13| And Moshe commanded Ben Shelomi; Levi'im shall be 48 ir: them
the Bnei Yisroel, saying, This |28| And the nasi of the tribe shall ye give with their
is the land which ye shall of the Bnei Naphtali, Pedahel migrashim (open
inherit by goral, which Ben Ammihud; pasturelands).
Hashem commanded to give |29| These are they whom |8| And the arim (towns)
unto the nine mattot (tribes), Hashem commanded to which ye shall give shall be of
and to the half tribe; apportion the inheritance the achuzzat Bnei Yisroel;
|14| For the tribe of the Bnei unto the Bnei Yisroel in Eretz from them that have many ye
Reuven according to the bais Kena'an. shall give more; but from them
avotam, and the tribe of the that have few ye shall give less;
Bnei Gad according to the every one shall give of his arim
bais avotam and the half tribe unto the Levi'im according to
of Menasheh have received his nachalah which he
their nachalah; And Hashem inheriteth.
|15| The two tribes and the
half tribe have received their
nachalah on the east side of
35 spoke unto Moshe
in the plains of
Moav by Yarden near Yericho,
Moshe, saying,
the Yarden near Yericho saying, Yisroel, and say unto them,
toward the sunrise. |2| Command the Bnei When ye be come over the
|16| And Hashem spoke unto Yisroel, that they give unto the Yarden into Eretz Kena'an,
Moshe, saying, Levi'im from the nachalah of |11| Then ye shall appoint
|17| These are the shmot of their achuzzah towns to dwell you arim to be arei miklat
the anashim which shall in; and ye shall give also unto (cities of refuge) for you; that
apportion HaAretz unto you; the Levi'im open pasturelands the rotze'ach may flee to there,
Eleazar HaKohen, and around the towns. which killeth any nefesh
Yehoshua Ben Nun. |3| And the towns shall they bishegagah (unintentionally,
|18| And ye shall take one have to dwell in; and the open accidently).
nasi of every matteh to possess pasturelands of them shall be |12| And they shall be unto
HaAretz. for their behemah, and for you arei miklat (cities of
|19| And the shmot of the their livestock, and for all refuge) from the Go'el; that the
anashim are these: Of the their animals. rotze'ach die not, until he
tribe of Yehudah, Kalev Ben |4| And the open pasture- stand before the Edah in
Yephunneh; lands of the towns, which ye mishpat.
|20| And of the tribe of the shall give unto the Levi'im, |13| And of these arim which
Bnei Shim'on, Shemuel Ben shall reach from the wall of ye shall give there shall be
Ammihud; the Ir and outward a thousand shesh arei miklat.
|21| Of the tribe of Binyamin, cubits all around. |14| Ye shall give shlosh
Elidad Ben Kislon; |5| And ye shall measure he'arim on this side of the
|22| And the nasi of the tribe from outside the Ir on the east Yarden, and shlosh he'arim
of the Bnei Dan, Bukki Ben side 2000 cubits, and on the shall ye give in Eretz Kena'an,
Yogli; south side 2000 cubits, and on which shall be arei miklat.
|23| The nasi of the Bnei the west side 2000 cubits, and |15| These shesh he'arim
Yosef, for the tribe of the Bnei on the north side 2000 cubits; shall be for miklat (refuge),
Menasheh, Channi'el Ben and the Ir shall be in the both for the Bnei Yisroel, and
Ephod; midst; this shall be to them for the ger, and for the toshav
|24| And the nasi of the tribe the open pasturelands of the (sojourner) among them;
of the Bnei Ephrayim, Kemuel towns. that every one that killeth any
Ben Shiphtan; |6| And among the towns nefesh bishegagah
|25| And the nasi of the tribe which ye shall give unto the (unintentionally, accidently)
of the Bnei Zevulun, Levi'im there shall be six cities may flee there.
Elitzaphan Ben Parnach; for refuge, which ye shall |16| And if he strike him with
|26| And the nasi of the tribe appoint for the rotze'ach, that keli barzel, so that he die, he
of the Bnei Yissakhar, Paltiel he may flee to there; and to is a rotze'ach; the rotze'ach
Ben Azzan; them ye shall add 42 ir.
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shall surely be put to the Moshiach Kohen; cf Isa Bnei Gilàd Ben Machir
death. 53:5-9; Ps 110:4). Ben Menasheh, of the Mish-
|17| And if he strike him with |26| But if the rotze'ach shall pekhot of the Bnei Yosef, came
an even (stone) in his yad that at any time come outside the near, and spoke before Moshe,
could kill, and he die, he is a border of the ir miklat to and before the Nasiim Rashei
rotze'ach; the rotze'ach shall which he fled; Avot of the Bnei Yisroel,
surely be put to death. |27| And the Go'el HaDahm |2| And they said, When
|18| Or if he strike him with a find him outside the geval Hashem commanded adoni to
keli in his hand that could kill, (borders, city limit) of his ir give HaAretz for a nachalah
and he die, he is a rotze'ach; miklat, and the Go'el HaDahm by goral to the Bnei Yisroel,
the rotze'ach shall surely be kill the rotze'ach, he shall not adoni was commanded by
put to death. be guilty of dahm, Hashem to give the nachalat
|19| The Go'el HaDahm |28| Because he should have Tzelophechad achinu unto his
himself shall slay the remained in his ir miklat until banot.
rotze'ach; when he meeteth the mot HaKohen HaGadol; |3| Now suppose they become
him, he shall slay him. but after the mot HaKohen married to any of the Bnei
|20| And if he push him out HaGadol the rotze'ach shall Shivtei Bnei Yisroel, and their
of sin'ah (hatred), or hurl upon return into his eretz achuzzat. nachalah be taken from the
him bitzediyyah (with |29| So these things shall be nachalah of Avoteinu, and be
intention, by laying in wait) for a chukkat mishpat unto added to the nachalah of the
that he die; you throughout your dorot in matteh whereunto they marry
|21| Or in eivah (enmity) all your dwellings. into; so shall it be taken from
strike him with his yad, that |30| Whosoever killeth any the goral of our nachalah.
he die; he that struck him nefesh, the rotze'ach shall be |4| And when the Yovel of the
shall surely be put to death; put to death by the mouth of Bnei Yisroel shall be, then
for he is a rotze'ach; edim (witnesses); but ed echad shall their nachalah be added
the Go'el HaDahm shall slay (one witness) shall not testify unto the nachalah of the
the rotze'ach, when he meeteth against any nefesh to cause matteh whereunto they marry
him. him to die. into; so shall their nachalah
|22| But if he push him |31| Moreover ye shall take be taken away from the
suddenly without eivah no kofer (ransom payment, nachalah of the matteh of
(enmity), or have thrown satisfaction) for the nefesh of Avoteinu. [See Leviticus 25:8-
upon him any keli with no a rotze'ach, which is guilty of 55; 27:16-25.]
tzediyyah (intention, laying in death; but he shall be surely |5| And Moshe commanded
wait), put to death. the Bnei Yisroel according to
|23| Or with any even (stone), |32| And ye shall take no the command of Hashem,
that could kill, seeing him not, kofer for him that is fled to his saying, The matteh of the Bnei
and cast it upon him, that he ir miklat that he should come Yosef hath said well.
die, and was not his oyev, again to dwell in HaAretz |6| This is the thing which
neither sought his ra'ah, until the mot HaKohen. Hashem doth command
|24| Then the Edah shall |33| So ye shall not pollute concerning the Banot
judge between the striker and HaAretz wherein ye are; for Tzelophechad, saying, Let
the Go'el HaDahm according dahm pollutes HaAretz; and them marry to whom they
to these mishpatim; kapporah cannot be made for think best; only within the
|25| And the Edah shall HaAretz for the shefach dahm Mishpakhat Matteh Avihem
deliver the rotze'ach out of the therein, except by the dahm of shall they marry.
yad Goel HaDahm, and the him that committed shefach |7| So shall not the nachalah
Edah shall restore him to his dahm (shedding of blood). of the Bnei Yisroel remove
ir miklat, to which he fled; and |34| Therefore, make not from matteh to matteh; for
he shall abide in it unto the tameh HaAretz which ye shall every ish of the Bnei Yisroel
mot HaKohen HaGadol which inhabit, wherein I dwell; for I shall keep himself to the
was mashach (anointed) with Hashem dwell among the Bnei nachalat matteh of his Avot.
the shemen hakodesh [T.N. Yisroel. |8| And every bat, that
Notice there is freedom at the possesseth a nachalah in
death of the High Priest just as And the Rashei mattot Bnei Yisroel, shall be
there is peace at the death of
36 HaAvot of the
Mishpekhot of the
isha unto one
DEVARIM
of the mishpakhat matteh of given him in commandment |14| And ye answered me,
her av, that the Bnei Yisroel unto them, and said, The thing which
may possess every ish the |4| After he had slain Sichon thou hast spoken is tov for us
nachalat of his avot. Melech HaEmori, which dwelt to do.
|9| Neither shall the in Cheshbon, and Og Melech |15| So I took the leaders of
nachalah remove from one HaBashan, which dwelt in your tribes, anashim
matteh (tribe) to Ashtarot at Edre’i; chachamim, men of
another matteh (tribe); for the |5| On the far side of the understanding, and made
mattot (tribes) of the Bnei Yarden, in Eretz Moav, began them heads over you, over
Yisroel shall make deveykus Moshe to expound this torah, thousands, and over
every ish to his own nachalah. saying, hundreds, and over fifties,
|10| Even as Hashem |6| Hashem Eloheinu spoke and over tens, shoterim
commanded Moshe, so did the unto us in Chorev, saying, Ye among your tribes.
Banot Tzelophechad; have dwelt long enough at this |16| And I charged your
|11| For Machlah, Tirtzah, mountain; shofetim at that time, saying,
and Choglah, and Milcah, and |7| Turn you, and take your Hear the cases between your
Noah, the Banot journey, and go to the Har brethren, and judge
Tzelophechad, became HaEmori (hill country of the righteously between every man
nashim unto bnai dodeihen Amorites), and unto all the and his brother, and the ger
(sons of their uncles, i.e., places nigh thereunto, in the that is with him.
cousins); Aravah, in the hills, in the |17| Ye shall not respect
|12| And they became nashim Shefelah, and in the Negev, persons in mishpat but ye
into the mishpekhot Bnei and by the seacoast, to the shall hear the katon as well as
Menasheh Ben Yosef, and Eretz HaKena'ani (Land of the the gadol; ye shall not be
their nachalah remained in Canaanites), and unto afraid of the face of man; for
the matteh (tribe) of the Lebanon, unto the great river, the mishpat is Elohim's: and
mishpakhat of their av. the river Euphrates. the case that is too hard for
|13| These are the mitzvot |8| See, I have set ha'aretz you, bring it unto me, and I
and the mishpatim, which (the land) before you; go in will hear it.
Hashem commanded by the and possess ha'aretz which |18| And I commanded you at
yad Moshe unto the Bnei Hashem swore unto that time all the things which
Yisroel in the plains of Moav Avoteichem, Avraham, ye should do.
by Yarden near Yericho. Yitzchak, and Ya'akov, to give |19| And when we departed
unto them and to their zera from Chorev, we went through
after them. all that great and terrible
[DEVARIM] |9| And I spoke unto you at midbar, which ye saw on the
that time, saying, I am not way to the Har HaEmori, just
able to bear the burden of you as Hashem Eloheinu
by myself alone; commanded us; and we came
These are the devarim |10| Hashem Eloheichem to Kadesh-Barnea.
1 (words) which Moshe

spoke unto kol Yisroel on
the far side of the Yarden in
hath multiplied you, and, see,
ye are today as numerous as
the kokhavei HaShomayim.
|20| And I said unto you, Ye
are come unto the Har
HaEmori which Hashem
the midbar, in the Aravah |11| (Hashem Elohei Eloheinu doth give unto us.
opposite Suf between Paran, Avoteichem increase you a |21| See, Hashem Eloheicha
and Tophel, and Lavan, and thousand times over and bless hath set ha'aretz before thee;
Chatzerot, and Di-Zahav. you, as He hath promised go up and possess it, as
|2| (There is eleven days' you!) Hashem Elohei Avoteicha
journey from Chorev unto |12| How can I myself alone hath said unto thee; fear not,
Kadesh-Barnea by way of bear your problems, and your neither be discouraged.
Mount Seir.) massa and your strife? |22| And ye came near unto
|3| And it came to pass in the |13| Take you anashim me every one of you, and said,
fortieth year, in the eleventh chachamim, men of wisdom Let us send anashim ahead of
month, on the first day of the and understanding, who are us, and they shall spy out
month, that Moshe spoke unto known among your tribes, and ha'aretz, and bring us word
the Bnei Yisroel, according I will set them over you. again by what way
unto all that Hashem had we must go up, and
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into what towns we shall place to pitch your tents in, in mandment of Hashem, and
come. eish by lailah, to show you by went presumptuously
|23| And the proposal what way ye should go, and in up into the hill country.
pleased me well; and I took an anan (cloud) by day. |44| And HaEmori, which
Shneym Asar, (Twelve) of you, |34| And Hashem heard the dwelt in that hill country,
one of each shevet (tribe); sound of your words, and was came out against you, and
|24| And they turned and angry, and on oath, said, chased you, as bees do, and
went up into the hill country, |35| Surely there shall not destroyed you in Seir, even
and came unto the Eshkol one of these men of this dor unto Chormah.
Valley, and explored it. harah see ha'aretz hatovah, |45| And ye returned and
|25| And they took of the pri which I swore to give unto wept before Hashem; but
ha'aretz in their hands, Avoteichem. Hashem would not listen to
brought it down unto us, |36| Except Kalev ben your voice, nor give ear unto
brought us word, and said, It Yephunneh; he shall see it, you.
is a tovah ha'aretz which and to him will I give ha'aretz |46| That is why ye abode in
Hashem Eloheinu doth give that he hath trodden upon, Kadesh as long as ye did.
us. and to his children, because Then we turned, and
|26| Notwithstanding ye
would not go up, but rebelled
against the commandment of
he hath wholly followed
Hashem.
|37| Also Hashem was angry
2 took our journey into the
wilderness by the way of
the Yam Suf, as Hashem
Hashem Eloheichem; with me because of you, spoke unto me; and we
|27| And ye murmured in saying, Thou also shalt not go circled Mt Seir yamim rabbim
your oholim, and said, in there. (many days).
Because Hashem hated us, He |38| But Yehoshua ben Nun, |2| And Hashem spoke unto
hath brought us forth out of the one assisting thee, he shall me, saying,
Eretz Mitzrayim, to deliver us go in there; encourage him, for |3| Ye have circled hahar
into the hand of HaEmori, to he shall cause Yisroel to hazeh (this mountain) long
destroy us. inherit it. enough; turn you northward.
|28| Where shall we go up? |39| Moreover your little |4| And command thou the
Our brethren have ones, which ye said would be people, saying, Ye are to pass
discouraged levavenu (our taken captive, and your through the territory of your
hearts), saying, The people is children, which as yet do not brethren the Bnei Esav, which
greater and taller than we; the have knowledge between tov dwell in Seir; and they shall be
cities are great and walled up and rah, they shall go in there, afraid of you; be shomer
to Shomayim; moreover we and unto them will I give it, me'od of yourselves therefore:
have seen the Bnei Anakim and they shall possess it. |5| Meddle not with them; for
there. |40| But as for you, turn, take I will not give you of their
|29| Then I said unto you, your journey into the midbar land, no, not so much as a
Dread not, neither be afraid of by the way of the Yam Suf. regel (foot) breadth; because I
them. |41| Then ye answered and have given Mt Seir unto Esav
|30| Hashem Eloheichem said unto me, We have sinned for a yerushah (possession,
which goeth before you, He against Hashem; we will go up inheritance).
shall fight for you, according and fight, according to all that |6| Ye shall get by trade okhel
to all that He did for you in Hashem Eloheinu did (food) of them for kesef, that
Mitzrayim before your eyes; command us. And when ye ye may eat; and ye shall also
|31| And in the midbar, had girded on every man his buy mayim of them for kesef,
where thou hast seen how that weapons of war, ye made light that ye may drink.
Hashem Eloheicha did bear of going up into the hill |7| For Hashem Eloheicha
thee, as a man doth carry his country. hath bestowed a berakhah on
ben, in all the way that ye |42| And Hashem said unto thee in all the works of thy
went, until ye came into this me, Say unto them. Go not up, hand; He knoweth thy walking
place. neither fight; for I am not in through this midbar hagadol
|32| Yet in this thing ye were your midst; lest ye be struck (great wilderness); these
not ma'aminim (believers) in down before your enemies. arba'im shanim Hashem
Hashem Eloheichem, |43| So I spoke unto you; and
|33| Who went in the way ye would not hear, but
before you, to search you out a rebelled against the com-
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Eloheicha hath been with |18| Thou art to pass over the neither turn unto the yamin
thee; thou hast lacked border of Moav at Ar today; nor to the semol (left).
nothing. |19| And when thou comest |28| Thou shalt sell me okhel
|8| And when we went on past opposite the Bnei Ammon, for kesef, that I may eat; and
our brethren the Bnei Esav, distress them not, nor meddle give me mayim for kesef, that I
who dwell in Seir, through the with them; for I will not give may drink; only I will pass
road of the Aravah from Eilat, thee of the Eretz Bnei Ammon through on foot;
and from Etzyon-Gever, we any yerushah; because I have |29| (As the Bnei Esav which
turned and passed by on the given it unto the Bnei Lot for a dwell in Seir, and the Moavim
road through the midbar of yerushah. which dwell in Ar, did unto
Moav. |20| (That also was accounted me;) until I shall pass over
|9| And Hashem said unto a land of Refa'im; Refa'im Yarden into the land which
me, Harass not the Moavim, dwelt therein in old time; and Hashem Eloheinu giveth us.
neither provoke them to the Ammonim call them |30| But Sichon Melech
milchamah for I will not give Zamzummim; Cheshbon would not let us
thee of their land for a |21| A people great, and pass by him; for Hashem
yerushah; because I have many, and tall, as the Anakim; Eloheicha hardened and
given Ar unto the Bnei Lot for but Hashem destroyed them made stubborn his ruach, and
a yerushah. before them; and they [the made his lev obstinate, that
|10| The Emim dwelt therein Ammonim] dispossessed them, He might deliver him into thy
in times past, a people great, and dwelt in their place: hand, as indeed hayom hazeh.
many, and tall, as the Anakim; |22| As He did to the Bnei |31| And Hashem said unto
|11| Which also were Esav, which dwelt in Seir, me, See, I have begun to give
accounted Refa'im, as the when He destroyed the Chori Sichon and his land before
Anakim; but the Moavim from before them; and they thee; begin the occupation,
called them Emim. succeeded them, dwelling in that thou mayest take
|12| The Chorim also dwelt in their place even to this day; possession to inherit his land.
Seir beforetime; but the Bnei |23| And the Avim which |32| Then Sichon came out
Esav succeeded them, when dwelt in villages, even unto against us, he and all his
they had destroyed them from Azzah, the Caphtorim, which people, to make milchamah
before them, and dwelt in came forth out of Caphtor, (battle, war) at Yachatz.
their place; as Yisroel did unto destroyed them, and dwelt in |33| And Hashem Eloheinu
the eretz of his yerushah their place.) delivered him before us; and
Hashem gave unto them. |24| Rise ye up, take your we struck him, and his banim,
|13| Now rise up, and get you journey, and pass over the and all his people.
over the Wadi Zered. And we Wadi Arnon: see, I have given |34| And we took all his towns
went over the Wadi Zered. into thine hand the Emori, at that time, and in cherem
|14| And the space in which Sichon Melech Cheshbon, and utterly destroyed them, and of
we came from Kadesh-Barnea, his land: begin to possess it, the nashim, and the little
until we were come over the and contend with him in ones, of every town, we
Wadi Zered, was 38 shanim; milchamah (battle, war). left no remnant;
until all the generation of the |25| Hayom hazeh will I |35| Only the behemah we
anshei hamilchamah had begin to put the pachad took for booty unto ourselves,
been consumed from the (dread) of thee and the fear of and the plunder of the towns
machaneh, as Hashem had thee upon the ammim (peoples) which we took.
sworn unto them. that are under Kol |36| From Aroer, which is on
|15| For indeed the yad HaShomayim, who shall hear the edge of Wadi Arnon, and
Hashem was against them, to report of thee, and shall from the town that is by the
destroy them from among the tremble, and be in anguish wadi, even unto Gilàd, there
machaneh, until they were because of thee. was not one town too strong
consumed. |26| And I sent malachim out for us; Hashem Eloheinu
|16| So it came to pass, when of the midbar Kedemot unto delivered all unto us:
kol anshei hamilchamah were Sichon Melech Cheshbon with |37| Only unto the Eretz Bnei
consumed and dead from divrei shalom, saying, Ammon thou camest not, nor
among HaAm (the People), |27| Let me pass through thy unto any place of the Wadi
|17| That Hashem spoke unto land on the derech; I will go Yabok, nor unto the
me, saying, along on the derech; I will towns in the
hills, in accordance with the Bashan, unto Salchah and |19| But your nashim, and
command of Hashem Edrei, towns of the kingdom of your little ones, and your
Eloheinu. Og in Bashan. livestock (for I know that ye
Then we turned, and |11| For only Og Melech have much livestock,) shall
3 went up the way to

Bashan; and Og Melech
HaBashan came out against
HaBashan remained of the
remnant of Refa'im; hinei, his
bedstead was a bedstead of
abide in your towns which I
have given you;
|20| Until Hashem have given
us, he and all his people, to barzel. Is it not in Rabbah of rest unto your brethren, as
engage in milchamah at the Bnei Amon? Nine regular well as unto you, and until
Edrei. cubits was the length they also possess ha'aretz
|2| And Hashem said unto thereof, and four cubits the which Hashem Eloheichem
me, Fear him not; for I will breadth of it. hath given them beyond
deliver him, and all his |12| And ha'aretz hazot, Yarden; and then shall ye
people, and his land, into thy which we possessed at that return every man unto his
hand; and thou shalt do unto time, from Aroer, which is by yerushah (possession,
him as thou didst unto Sichon the Wadi Arnon, and half way inheritance), which I have
Melech HaEmori which dwelt up the hill country of Gilàd, given you.
at Cheshbon. and the towns thereof, gave I |21| And I commanded
|3| So Hashem Eloheinu unto the Reuveni and Gadi. Yehoshua at that time, saying,
delivered into our hands also |13| And the rest of Gilàd, Thine eyes have seen all that
Og Melech HaBashan, and all and all Bashan, being the Hashem Eloheichem hath
his people; and we struck him kingdom of Og, gave I unto the done unto these two
until no remnant was left to half tribe of Menasheh; all the melachim; so shall Hashem do
him. region of Argov, with all unto all the kingdoms whither
|4| And we took all his towns Bashan, which was called thou passest.
at that time; there was not a Eretz Refa'im. |22| Ye shall not fear them;
kiryah (town, city) which we |14| Yair ben Menasheh took for Hashem Eloheichem He
took not from them, threescore all the region of Argov unto shall fight for you.
towns, all the region of Argov, the border of Geshuri and [V'ESCHANAN]
the kingdom of Og in Bashan. Maachati, and called them |23| And I besought Hashem
|5| All these towns were after shmo (his own name), at that time, saying,
walled with high walls, gates, HaBashan Havot Yair, unto |24| O Adonoi Hashem, Thou
and bars; beside unwalled hayom hazeh. hast begun to show Thy eved
towns harbeh me'od (very |15| And I gave Gilàd unto Thy greatness, and Thy mighty
many). Machir. hand; for what El (G-d) is
|6| And in cherem we utterly |16| And unto the Reuveni there in Shomayim or on
destroyed them, as we did and unto the Gadi I gave from Ha'Aretz, that can do
unto Sichon Melech Gilàd even unto the Wadi according to Thy works, and
Cheshbon, in cherem utterly Arnon with the middle of the according to Thy might?
destroying the men, nashim, valley as the border even unto |25| Ah, let me go over, and
and little ones, of every town. the Wadi Yabok, which is the see ha'aretz hatovah that is
|7| But all the behemah border of the Bnei Amon; beyond Yarden, that fine hill
(livestock), and the plunder of |17| The Aravah also, and country, and the Levanon.
the towns, we took for booty to Yarden, and the coast thereof, |26| But Hashem was angry
ourselves. from Kinneret even unto the with me for your sakes, and
|8| And we took at that time yam of the Aravah, even the would not hear me; and
out of the hand of the two Dead Sea, under the slopes of Hashem said unto me,
melachim of the Emori the Pisgah to the east. Enough from thee; speak no
land that was on this side [i.e., |18| And I commanded you at more unto Me of this matter.
east of the] Yarden, from the that time, saying, Hashem |27| Get thee up into the top
Wadi Arnon unto Mt Eloheichem hath given you of Pisgah, and lift up thine
Chermon; this land to possess it; ye shall eyes westward, and
|9| (Which Chermon the pass over armed before your northward, and southward,
Tzidonim call Siryon; and the brethren the Bnei Yisroel, all and eastward, and see it with
Emori call it Senir;) bnei chayil (valiant men, men thine eyes; for
|10| All the towns of the fit for military service).
plain, and all Gilàd, and all
Torah 175 Devarim 3, 4
thou shalt not go over this Eloheinu is in all things for spoke unto you in Chorev out
Yarden. which we call upon Him? of the midst of the eish;
|28| But commission |8| And what nation is there |16| Lest ye corrupt
Yehoshua, and encourage so great, that hath chukkim yourselves, and make you a
him, and strengthen him: for and mishpatim tzaddikim as pesel, the temunah of any
he shall go over before this all this torah, which I set semel, the likeness of zachar
people, and he shall cause before you today? or nekevah,
them to inherit ha'aretz which |9| Only be shomer over |17| The likeness of any
thou shalt see. thyself, and be shomer over behemah that is on ha'aretz,
|29| So we abode in the valley thy nefesh diligently, lest thou the likeness of any winged
over against Beit-Peor. forget the things which thine fowl that flieth in the air,
Now therefore shema, eyes have seen, and lest they |18| The likeness of anything
4 Yisroel, unto the

chukkim and unto the
mishpatim, which I
depart from thy lev kol yamim
of thy life; but teach them to
thy banim, and the banim of
that creepeth on the adamah,
the likeness of any dag (fish)
that is in the waters below;
melammed (teach) you, to do thy banim; |19| And lest thou lift up
them, in order that |10| Specially the yom that thine eyes unto Shomayim,
ye may live, and go in and thou stoodest before Hashem and when thou seest the
possess ha'aretz which Eloheicha in Chorev, when shemesh, and the yarei'ach,
Hashem Elohei Hashem said unto me, Gather and the kokhavim, even all the
Avoteichem giveth you. Me the people together, and I tz’va HaShomayim, shouldest
|2| Ye shall not add unto the will make them hear My be driven to hishtachaveh
word which I command you, words, that they may learn to (bow down, worship) them,
neither shall ye take anything fear Me kol hayamim that they and serve them which Hashem
from it, that ye may be shomer shall live upon ha'adamah Eloheicha hath divided unto
mitzvot of the commandments and that they may teach their kol HaGoyim under kol
of Hashem Eloheichem which children. HaShomayim.
I command you. |11| And ye came near and |20| But Hashem hath taken
|3| Your eyes have seen what stood at the foot of the you, and brought you forth
Hashem did because of Baal mountain; the mountain out of the iron furnace, even
Peor; for all the men that burned with eish unto the out of Mitzrayim, to be unto
followed Baal Peor, Hashem midst of Shomayim, with Him an Am Nachalah (a
Eloheicha hath destroyed choshech, and anan, and thick people of inheritance), as ye
them from among you. darkness. are yom hazeh.
|4| But ye that did have |12| And Hashem spoke unto |21| Furthermore Hashem
deveykus (cleaving) unto you out of the midst of the was angry with me for your
Hashem Eloheichem are alive eish; ye heard the voice of the sakes, and swore that I should
every one of you today. devarim, but saw no temunah not go over Yarden, and that I
|5| Behold, I have taught you (form, semblance); only ye should not go in unto that
chukkim and mishpatim, even heard a voice. ha'aretz hatovah, which
as Hashem Elohai |13| And He declared unto Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee
commanded me, that ye you His Brit, which He for a nachalah (inheritance);
should do so in ha'aretz commanded you to do, even |22| But I must die in this
whither ye go to possess it. Aseres HaDevarim; and He land, I must not go over
|6| Be shomer therefore and wrote them upon shnei luchot Yarden; but ye shall go over,
do them; for this is your avanim (two tablets of stone). and possess that ha'aretz
chochmah and your |14| And Hashem command- hatovah.
binah in the sight of the ed me at that time to teach |23| Be shomer over
peoples, which shall hear all you chukkim and mishpatim, yourselves, lest ye forget the
these chukkim, and say, that ye might do them in Brit Hashem Eloheichem,
Surely HaGoy HaGadol is a ha'aretz whither ye go which He cut with you, and
wise and understanding over to possess it. make you a pesel (idol, image),
people. |15| Be shomer over or the likeness of anything,
|7| For what nation is there yourselves, therefore; for ye which Hashem Eloheicha
so great, who hath elohim so saw no manner of temunah hath forbidden thee.
near unto them, as Hashem on the yom that Hashem |24| For Hashem Eloheicha
is a consuming eish,
even an El Kannah. |33| Did ever people hear the this side of the Yarden toward
|25| When thou shalt father kol Elohim speaking out of the the rising of the shemesh;
banim, and bnei banim, and midst of the eish, as thou hast |42| That the rotze'ach might
ye shall have remained long in heard, and live? flee thither, which should kill
Ha’Aretz, and shall corrupt |34| Or hath Elohim tried to his neighbor unawares, and
yourselves, and make a pesel, go and take Him a nation hated him not in times past;
or the likeness of anything, from the midst of another and that fleeing unto one of
and shall do evil in the sight nation, by massot (trials), by these towns he might live:
of Hashem Eloheicha, to otot, by mofetim, by milcha- |43| Namely, Betzer in the
provoke Him to anger; mah, by a yad chazakah, by midbar, in the flatland, of the
|26| I call Shomayim and an outstretched zero'a, by Reuveni; and Ramot in
HaAretz to witness against you great terrors, according to all Gilàd, of the Gadi; and
today, that ye shall soon that Hashem Eloheicha did Golan in Bashan, of the
utterly perish from off for you in Mitzrayim before Menashi.
Ha’Aretz whereunto ye go over your eyes? |44| And this is the torah
Yarden to possess it; ye shall |35| Unto thee it was showed, which Moshe set before the
not prolong your yamim upon that thou mightest know that Bnei Yisroel;
it, but shall be utterly shmad. Hashem He is HaElohim; |45| These are the edot, and
|27| And Hashem shall there is none else beside Him. the chukkim, and the
scatter you among the amim; |36| Out of Shomayim He mishpatim, which Moshe
ye shall be left few in number made thee to hear His voice, spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel,
among the Goyim, whither that He might discipline thee; after they came forth out of
Hashem shall lead you. upon Ha’Aretz He showed Mitzrayim.
|28| And there ye shall serve thee His eish hagedolah; and |46| On this side of the
elohim, the work of men's thou heardest His devarim out Yarden, in the valley over
hands, etz (wood) and even of the midst of the eish. against Beit Peor, in Eretz
(stone), which neither see, nor |37| And because He loved Sichon Melech HaEmori, who
hear, nor eat, nor smell. Avoteicha, therefore He chose dwelt at Cheshbon, whom
|29| But if from thence thou their zera after them, and Moshe and the Bnei Yisroel
shalt seek Hashem Eloheicha, brought thee out in His sight struck down, after they were
thou shalt find Him, if thou with His ko'ach hagadol out of come forth out of Mitzrayim;
seek Him with all thy lev and Mitzrayim; |47| And they possessed his
with all thy nefesh. |38| To drive out Goyim from land, and Eretz Og Melech
|30| When thou art in tzar before thee greater and HaBashan, two melachim of
(tribulation), and all these mightier than thou art, to HaEmori, which were on this
things are come upon thee, bring thee in, to give thee their side of the Yarden toward the
even in the acharit hayamim, land for a nachalah, as it is rising of the shemesh;
if thou turn to Hashem yom hazeh. |48| From Aroer, which is by
Eloheicha and shalt be |39| Know therefore today, the edge of the Wadi Arnon,
obedient unto His voice; and consider it in thine lev, even unto Mt Siyon, which is
|31| For Hashem Eloheicha that Hashem He is HaElohim Chermon,
is an El Rachum; He will not in Shomayim above, and upon |49| And all the Aravah on
abandon thee, neither destroy Ha’Aretz beneath: there is no this side of the Yarden
thee, nor forget the Brit other. eastward, even unto the Dead
Avoteicha which He swore |40| Thou shalt be shomer Sea, under the slopes of
unto them. over His chukkim, therefore, Pisgah.
|32| For ask now of the and His mitzvot, which I
yamim that are past, which command thee today, that it
were before thee, since the may go well with thee, and
yom that Elohim bara man with thy banim after thee, and And Moshe called kol
upon Ha’Aretz, and ask from
the one side of Shomayim
unto the other, whether there
that thou mayest prolong
thy yamim upon Ha’Aretz,
which Hashem Eloheicha
5 Yisroel, and said unto
them, Shema, Yisroel, to
the chukkim and mishpatim
hath been any such thing as giveth thee, kol hayamim. which I speak in your ears
this great thing is, or hath |41| Then Moshe separated today, that ye may learn them,
been heard like it? and set apart three towns on and be shomer to do them.
Torah 177 Devarim 5
|2| Hashem Eloheinu made a ben, nor thy bat, nor thy eved, that ye came near unto me,
Brit with us in Chorev. nor thy maidservant, nor thine even all your Rashei Shvatim
|3| Hashem made not this ox, nor thine donkey, nor any (Heads of Tribes), and your
Brit with Avoteinu, but with of thy cattle, nor thy ger that is Zekenim (Elders);
us, even us, who are all of us within thy she'arim; that thy |24| And ye said, Behold,
here alive today. eved and thy amah may rest Hashem Eloheinu hath
|4| Hashem talked with you as well as thou. showed us His kavod
panim b'panim in the har out |15| And remember that thou and His gadol (greatness), and
of the midst of the eish, wast an eved in Eretz Mitz- we have heard His voice out of
|5| (I stood between Hashem rayim, and that Hashem the midst of the eish; we have
and you at that time, to show Eloheicha brought thee out seen today that Elohim doth
you the Devar Hashem; for ye thence through a yad talk with man, and he liveth.
were afraid by reason of the chazakah and by an out- |25| Now therefore why
eish, and went not up into the stretched zero'a; therefore should we die? For this great
har) saying: Hashem Eloheicha eish will consume us; if we
|6| [ALEF] I am Hashem commanded thee to be shomer hear the voice of Hashem
Eloheicha, Which brought Shabbos on Yom HaShabbat. Eloheinu any more, then we
thee out of Eretz Mitzrayim, |16| [HEH] Honor thy av and shall die.
from the bais avadim. thy em, as Hashem Eloheicha |26| For who is there of all
|7| [BET] Thou shalt have no hath commanded thee; that basar, that hath heard the
elohim acharim before Me. thy yamim may be prolonged, voice of the Elohim Chayyim
|8| Thou shalt not make thee and that it may go well with speaking out of the midst of
any pesel, or any temunah of thee, in ha'adamah which the eish, as we have, and
anything that is in Shomayim Hashem Eloheicha giveth lived?
above, or that is in Ha'Aretz thee. |27| Go thou near, and hear
beneath, or that is in the |17| [VAV] Lo tirtzah (thou all that Hashem Eloheinu
mayim beneath ha'aretz; shalt not murder). shall say; and speak thou unto
|9| Lo tishtachaveh (thou |18| [ZAYIN] V'lo tinaf us all that Hashem Eloheinu
shalt not bow down thyself) (neither shalt thou commit shall speak unto thee; and we
unto them, nor serve them; for adultery). will hear it, and do it.
I Hashem Eloheicha am an El |19| [KHET] V'lo tignov |28| And Hashem heard the
Kannah, visiting the iniquity (neither shalt thou steal). voice of your words, when ye
of the avot upon the banim |20| [TET] V'lo ta'aneh spoke unto me; and Hashem
unto the third and fourth v'reacha ed shav (neither shalt said unto me, I have heard the
generation of them that hate thou bear false witness voice of the words of this
Me, against thy neighbor). people, which they have
|10| And showing chesed |21| [YOD] V'lo tachmod spoken unto thee; they
unto thousands of them that (neither shalt thou covet, have well said all that they
love Me and are shomer over desiring) thy neighbor's wife, have spoken.
My mitzvot. neither shalt thou covet thy |29| O that there were such a
|11| [GIMEL] Thou shalt not neighbor's bais, his sadeh, or lev in them, that they would
take the Shem of Hashem his eved, or his amah, his ox, fear Me, and be shomer
Eloheicha in vain; for Hashem or his donkey, or any thing mitzvot over all My mitzvot
will not hold him guiltless that that is thy neighbor's. always, that it might be well
taketh Shmo in vain. |22| These devarim Hashem with them, and with their
|12| [DALET] Keep shomer spoke unto all your Kahal in banim l'olam!
Shabbos to set Shabbos apart the mountain out of the midst |30| Go say to them, Get you
as kodesh as Hashem of the eish, of the anan, and of into your oholim again.
Eloheicha commanded thee. the thick darkness, with a kol |31| But as for thee, stand
|13| Sheshet yamim thou gadol; and He added no more. thou here by Me, and I will
shalt labor, and do all thy And He wrote them in two speak unto thee all the
work: luchot of even (stone), and mitzvot, and the chukkim, and
|14| But the Yom HaShevi'i is delivered them unto me. the mishpatim, which thou
the Shabbos of Hashem |23| And it came to pass, shalt teach them, that they
Eloheicha: in it thou shalt not when ye heard the voice out of may do them in
do any work, thou, nor thy the midst of the choshech, (for
the har did burn with eish,)
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ha'aretz which I give them to (ornaments [Shemot 13:16, ha'aretz hatovah which
possess it. Shabbos 57a]) between thine Hashem swore unto Avotecha.
|32| Ye shall be shomer to do eyes. |19| To cast out all thine
therefore as Hashem |9| And thou shalt write them enemies from before thee, as
Eloheicha hath commanded upon the mezuzot of thy bais, Hashem hath spoken.
you; ye shall not turn aside to and on thy she'arim. |20| And when thy ben asketh
the right or to the left. |10| And it shall be, when thee in time to come, saying,
|33| Ye shall walk in kol Hashem Eloheicha shall have What mean the edut, and the
HaDerech which Hashem brought thee into ha'aretz He chukkim, and the mishpatim
Eloheicha hath commanded swore unto Avoteicha, to which Hashem Eloheinu hath
you, that ye may live, and that Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to commanded you?
it may be well with you, and Ya'akov, to give thee great and |21| Then thou shalt say unto
that ye may prolong your goodly cities, which thou thy ben, We were Pharaoh's
yamim in ha'aretz which ye buildedst not, avadim in Mitzrayim; and
shall possess [see Ac 21:21]. |11| And batim full of all Hashem brought us out of
6
Now these are the good things, which thou Mitzrayim with a yad
mitzvot, the chukkim, filledst not, and wells digged, chazakah;
and the mishpatim, which thou diggedst not, |22| And Hashem showed
which Hashem Eloheichem kramim (vineyards) and olive otot and mofetim, great and
commanded to teach you, trees, which thou plantedst terrible, upon Mitzrayim,
that ye might do them in not; when thou shalt have upon Pharaoh, and upon all
ha'aretz whither ye go to eaten and be full; his household, before our
possess it: |12| Then beware lest thou eyes:
|2| That thou mightest fear forget Hashem, which brought |23| And He brought us out
Hashem Eloheicha, to be thee forth out of Eretz from thence, that He might
shomer over all His chukkim Mitzrayim, from the bais bring us in, to give us ha'aretz
and His mitzvot, which I avadim. which He promised on oath
command thee, thou, and thy |13| Thou shalt fear Hashem unto Avoteinu.
ben, and thy ben's ben, all the Eloheicha, and serve Him, |24| And Hashem
days of thy life; and that thy and shalt swear by Shmo. commanded us to do all these
days may be prolonged. |14| Ye shall not go after chukkim, to fear Hashem
|3| Shema therefore, Yisroel, elohim acherim, of elohei Eloheinu, for our good always,
and be shomer to do it; that it ha'amim (the g-ds of the that He might preserve
may be well with thee, and peoples) which are round us alive, as it is at yom hazeh.
that ye may increase mightily, about you; |25| And tzedakah it shall be
as Hashem Elohei Avoteicha |15| (For Hashem Eloheicha for us, if we are shomer to do
hath promised thee, in Eretz is an El Kannah among you) all these mitzvot before
Zavat Cholov uDevash. lest the anger of Hashem Hashem Eloheinu, as He hath
|4| Shema Yisroel Adonoi Eloheicha be kindled against commanded us.
Eloheinu Adonoi Echad. thee, and destroy thee from off
|5| And thou shalt love the face of ha'adamah. When Hashem
Hashem Eloheicha b'chol
l'vavcha u'vchol nafshcha
uvechol modecha.
|16| Ye shall not test Hashem
Eloheichem, as ye tested Him
in Massah.
7 Eloheicha shall bring
thee into ha'aretz
whither thou goest to possess
|6| And these devarim, which |17| Ye diligently shall be it, and hath cast out Goyim
I command thee today, shall shomer mitzvot over the rabbim before thee, the Chitti,
be in thine lev; mitzvot Hashem Eloheichem and the Girgashi, and the
|7| And thou shalt teach them and His edut, and His Emori, and the Kena'ani, and
diligently unto thy banim, and chukkim, which He hath the Perizzi, and the Chivi, and
shalt talk of them when thou commanded thee. the Yevusi, shivah Goyim
sittest in thine bais, and when |18| And thou shalt do that greater and mightier than
thou walkest by the way, and which is yashar (right, thou;
when thou liest down, and straight) and hatov in the eyes |2| And when Hashem
when thou risest up. of Hashem; that it may be well Eloheicha shall deliver them
|8| And thou shalt bind them with thee, and that thou before thee; thou shalt strike
for an ot upon thine hand, mayest go in and possess them down, and
and they shall be as totafos
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utterly destroy them; thou |10| And repayeth them that than I; how can I dispossess
shalt make no Brit with them, are the soneh (hater, enemy) them?
nor show mercy unto them; of Him to their face, to destroy |18| Thou shalt not be afraid
|3| Neither shalt thou make them; He will not be slack to of them; but shalt well
marriages with them; thy bat him that hateth Him, He will remember what Hashem
thou shalt not give unto his repay him to his face. Eloheicha did unto Pharaoh,
ben, nor his bat shalt thou |11| Thou shalt therefore be and unto all Mitzrayim;
take unto thy ben. shomer mitzvot, and keep the |19| The great temptations
|4| For they will turn away chukkim, and the mishpatim, which thine eyes saw, and the
thy ben from following Me, which I command thee today, otot, and the mofetim, and the
that they may serve elohim to do them. yad chazakah, and the
acherim; so will the anger of stretched out zero'a,
Hashem be kindled against whereby Hashem Eloheicha
you, and destroy thee [EIKEV] brought thee out; so shall
suddenly. Hashem Eloheicha
|5| But thus shall ye deal with do unto kol ha'amim of whom
them; ye shall destroy their |12| Wherefore it shall come thou art afraid.
mizbechot, and break down to pass, if ye give heed to these |20| Moreover Hashem
their matzeivot (pillars), and mishpatim, and are shomer, Eloheicha will send the hornet
cut down their Asherah and do them, that Hashem swarm among them,
[sacred trees], and burn their Eloheicha shall be shomer until they that are left, and
peselim with eish. over the Brit unto thee and the hide themselves from thee, be
|6| For thou art an Am chesed which He swore unto destroyed.
Kodesh unto Hashem Avoteicha; |21| Thou shalt not be afraid
Eloheicha; Hashem Eloheicha |13| And He will love thee, of them; for Hashem
hath chosen thee to be an Am and bless thee, and multiply Eloheicha is among you, an El
Segullah (Treasured People) thee; He will also bless the pri Gadol v'Norah.
unto Himself, above all people of thy womb, and the pri of |22| And Hashem Eloheicha
that are upon the face of thy land, thy grain, and thy will put out those Goyim
ha'adamah. wine, and thine oil, the before thee m'at m'at (little by
|7| Hashem did not set His increase of thy cattle, and the little); thou mayest not
love upon you, nor choose you, flocks of thy sheep, in ha'aretz consume them at once, lest the
because ye were more in which He swore unto beasts of the sadeh increase
number than any people; for Avoteicha to give thee. upon thee.
ye were the fewest of kol |14| Baruch shalt thou be |23| But Hashem Eloheicha
ha'ammim; more than kol ha'amim; there shall deliver them unto thee,
|8| But because of Ahavat shall not be male or female and shall destroy them with a
Hashem (because Hashem barren among you, or among mighty destruction, until they
loved you), and because He your cattle. be shmad.
would be shomer over |15| And Hashem will take |24| And He shall deliver
haShevuah (the Oath) which away from thee every choli their melachim into thine
He had sworn unto (disease), and will put none of hand, and thou shalt destroy
Avoteichem, hath Hashem the evil diseases of Mitz- their shem from under
brought you out with a yad rayim, which thou knowest, Shomayim; there shall no man
chazakah, and redeemed you upon thee; but will lay them be able to stand before thee,
out of the bais avadim, from upon all them that hate thee. until thou have destroyed
the hand of Pharaoh Melech |16| And thou shalt consume them.
Mitzrayim. kol haAm which Hashem |25| The peselim of
|9| Know therefore that Eloheicha shall deliver thee; eloheihem shall ye burn with
Hashem Eloheicha, He is thine eye shall have no pity eish; thou shalt not desire the
HaElohim, the El HaNe'eman, upon them; neither shalt thou kesef or zahav that is on them,
which is shomer HaBrit and serve eloheihem (their g-ds); nor take it unto thee, lest thou
hath chesed with them that for that will be a snare unto be snared therein; for it is a
love Him and are shomer thee. to'evah (abomination) to
mitzvot to a thousand |17| If thou shalt say in thine Hashem Eloheicha.
generations; lev, These Goyim are more
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|26| Neither shalt thou bring |8| An eretz chittah, and He that giveth thee power to
a to'evah (abomination) into se'orah (barley), and gefen, get wealth, that He may
thine bais, lest thou be a and te'enah, and establish His Brit which He
cherem like it; but thou shalt pomegranates; an eretz zayit swore unto Avoteicha, as it is
utterly detest it, and thou shemen, and devash; yom hazeh.
shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a |9| An eretz wherein thou |19| And it shall be, if thou
cherem. shalt eat lechem without do at all forget Hashem
scarceness, thou shalt not lack Eloheicha, and walk after
anything in it; an eretz whose acharei elohim, and serve
stones are barzel, and out of them, and worship them, I
8
Kol hamitzvot which I whose hills thou mayest dig testify against you today that
command thee today nechoshet (bronze). ye shall surely perish.
shall ye be shomer to [10} When thou hast eaten and |20| As the Goyim which
do, lema'an (in order that) ye art full, then thou shalt bless Hashem destroyeth before
may live, and multiply, and go Hashem Eloheicha for your face, so shall ye perish;
in and possess ha'aretz which ha'aretz hatovah which He because ye would not be
Hashem swore unto hath given thee. obedient unto the voice of
Avoteichem. |11| Beware that thou forget Hashem Eloheichem.
|2| And thou shalt remember not Hashem Eloheicha, in not
kol haderech which Hashem being shomer over His
Eloheicha led thee these mitzvot, and His mishpatim,
arba'im shanah in the midbar, and His chukkot, which I
to humble thee, and to prove command thee today;
thee, to know what was in |12| Lest when thou hast
thine lev, whether thou eaten and art full, and hast
wouldest be shomer over His built goodly batim (houses) Shema, Yisroel: Thou art
mitzvot, or no.
|3| And He humbled thee,
and suffered thee to hunger,
and dwelt therein;
|13| And when thy herds and
thy flocks multiply, and thy
9 to pass over Yarden
today, to go in to possess
Goyim greater and mightier
and fed thee with manna, kesef and thy zahav is than thyself, cities great and
which thou knewest not, multiplied, and all that thou walled up to Shomayim,
neither did Avoteicha know; hast is multiplied; |2| A people great and tall,
that He might make thee know |14| Then thine lev be lifted the Bnei Anakim, whom thou
that man doth not live by up, and thou forget Hashem knowest, and of whom thou
lechem only, but by every Eloheicha which brought thee hast heard say, Who can stand
word that proceedeth out of forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, before the Bnei Anak!
the mouth of Hashem doth from the bais avadim; |3| Understand therefore this
man live. |15| Who led thee through day, that Hashem Eloheicha is
|4| Thy raiment did not that great and terrible midbar, He which goeth over before
increase old upon thee, wherein were fiery nachash, thee; as a consuming eish He
neither did thy foot swell, and akrav (scorpions), and shall destroy them, and He
these arba'im shanah. parched earth, where shall bring them down before
|5| Thou shalt also consider there was no mayim; Who thy face; so shalt thou drive
in thine lev, that, as a man brought thee forth mayim out them out, and destroy them
chasteneth bno, so Hashem of the rock of flint; quickly, as Hashem hath said
Eloheicha chasteneth thee. |16| Who fed thee in the unto thee.
|6| Therefore thou shalt be midbar with manna, which |4| Speak not thou in thine
shomer over the mitzvot of Avoteicha knew not, that He lev, after that Hashem
Hashem Eloheicha, to walk in might humble thee, and that Eloheicha hath cast them out
His ways, and to fear Him. He might prove thee, to do from before thee, saying, For
|7| For Hashem Eloheicha thee good at thy acharit; my tzedakah (righteousness)
bringeth thee into an eretz |17| And thou say in thine Hashem hath brought me in
tovah, a land of brooks of lev, My ko'ach (power) and the to possess this land; but for
mayim, of fountains and might of mine hand hath the wickedness of these Goyim
depths that spring out of gotten me this chayil (wealth). Hashem doth drive them out
valleys and hills; |18| But thou shalt remember from before thee.
Hashem Eloheicha; for it is
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|5| Not for thy tzedakah, or Mitzrayim have corrupted stamped it, and ground it very
for the yosher (uprightness) of themselves; they are quickly small, even until it was as
thine lev, dost thou go to turned aside out of the way small as dust; and I cast the
possess their land; but for the which I commanded them; dust thereof into the brook
wickedness of these Goyim they have made them a that descended out of the
Hashem Eloheicha doth drive massekhah (molten image). mount.
them out from before thee, |13| Furthermore Hashem |22| And at Taverah, and at
and that He may perform the spoke unto me, saying, I have Massah, and at Kivrot
word which Hashem swore seen this people, and, behold, Hattaavah, ye provoked
unto Avoteicha, Avraham, it is an Am Kesheh Oref Hashem to wrath.
Yitzchak, and Ya'akov. (stiffnecked people): |23| Likewise when Hashem
|6| Understand therefore, |14| Let Me alone, that I may sent you from Kadesh-Barnea,
that Hashem Eloheicha giveth destroy them, and blot out saying, Go up and possess
thee not this ha'aretz hatovah their shem from under ha'aretz which I have given
to possess it for thy tzedakah; Shomayim; and I will make of you; then ye rebelled against
for thou art an Am Kesheh thee a nation mightier and the commandment of Hashem
Oref (a stiffnecked people). greater than they. Eloheichem, and ye believed
|7| Remember, and forget |15| So I turned and came Him not, nor gave heed to His
not, how thou provokedst down from the mount, and the voice.
Hashem Eloheicha to wrath in mount burned with eish; and |24| Ye have been rebellious
the midbar; from the yom that the shnei Luchot HaBrit were against Hashem from the yom
thou didst depart out of Eretz in my two hands. that I knew you.
Mitzrayim, until ye came unto |16| And I looked, and, hinei, |25| Thus I fell down before
this place, ye have been ye had sinned against Hashem Hashem arba'im hayom and
rebellious against Hashem. Eloheicha, and had made you arba'im halailah, as I fell
|8| Also in Chorev ye an egel massekhah (a molten down at the first; because
provoked Hashem to wrath, so calf); ye had turned aside Hashem had said He would
that Hashem was angry with quickly out of HaDerech (The destroy you.
you to have destroyed you. Way) which Hashem had |26| I davened therefore unto
|9| When I was gone up into commanded you. Hashem, and said, Adonoi
the mount to receive the |17| And I took the shnei Hashem, destroy not Thy
luchot ha’avanim, even the haluchot, and cast them out of people and Thine inheritance,
luchot HaBrit which Hashem my two hands and broke them which Thou hast redeemed
cut with you, then I abode in before your eyes. through Thy greatness, which
the mount arba'im yom and |18| And I fell down before Thou hast brought forth
arba'im lailah; I neither did Hashem, as at the first, out of Mitzrayim with a yad
eat lechem nor drink mayim; arba'im yom and arba'im chazakah.
|10| And Hashem delivered lailah; I did neither eat |27| Remember Thy avadim,
unto me shnei luchot lechem, nor drink mayim, Avraham, Yitzchak, and
ha’avanim written because of kol chattatchem ye Ya'akov; look not unto the
with the etzba Elohim (finger sinned, in doing wickedly in stubbornness of this people,
of G-d); and on them was the sight of Hashem, to nor to their wickedness, nor to
written according to all the provoke Him to anger. their sin;
words, which Hashem spoke |19| For I was afraid of the |28| Lest ha'aretz whence
with you in the mount out of anger and hot displeasure, Thou broughtest us out say,
the midst of the eish in the wherewith Hashem was angry Because Hashem was not able
Yom HaKahal. against you to destroy you. But to bring them into ha'aretz
|11| And it came to pass at Hashem listened unto me at which He promised them, and
the end of arba'im yom and that time also. because He hated them, He
arba'im lailah, Hashem gave |20| And Hashem was very hath brought them out to slay
me the shnei luchot ha’ava- angry with Aharon to have them in the midbar.
nim, even the Luchot HaBrit. made him shmad; and I |29| Yet they are Thy people
|12| And Hashem said unto davened on behalf of Aharon and Thine nachalah, which
me, Arise, get thee down also at that time. Thou broughtest out by Thy
quickly from hence; for thy |21| And I took your sin, the koach hagadol and by Thy
people which thou hast egel which ye had made, and outstretched zero'a.
brought forth out of burned it with eish, and
At that time |10| And I stayed in the have thy deveykus, and swear
10 Hashem said unto

me, Carve thee
shnei luchot avanim like unto
mount, according to the first
time, arba'im yamim and
arba'im lailah; and Hashem
by Shmo.
|21| He is thy tehillah
(praise), and He is Eloheicha,
the first, and come up unto listened unto me at that that hath done for thee these
Me into the mount, and make time also, and Hashem would great and terrible things,
thee an aron etz. not destroy thee. which thine eyes have seen.
|2| And I will write on the |11| And Hashem said unto |22| Avoteicha went down
luchot the devarim that were me, Arise, take thy journey into Mitzrayim with shivim
in haluchot harishonim which before the people, that they nefesh; and now Hashem
thou didst brake, and thou may go in and possess Eloheicha hath made thee as
shalt put them in the aron. ha'aretz, which I swore unto the kokhavim of Shomayim
|3| And I made an aron of their avot to give unto them. for multitude.
sheetim wood, and hewed |12| And now, Yisroel, what
shnei luchot avanim like unto doth Hashem Eloheicha
the first, and went up into the require of thee, but to fear
mount, having the shnei Hashem Eloheicha, to walk in
luchot in mine hand. all His ways, and to love Him, Therefore thou
|4| And He wrote on the
luchot, according to the first
writing, the Aseres HaDibros
and to serve Hashem
Eloheicha with all thy lev and
with all thy nefesh,
11 shalt love Hashem
Eloheicha, and be
shomer over His
(Ten Commandments), which |13| To be shomer over the mishmeret (charge, what is to
Hashem spoke unto you in the mitzvot Hashem, and His be preserved), and His
mount out of the midst of the chukkot, which I command chukkot, and His mishpatim,
eish in the Yom HaKahal; and thee today for thy good? and His mitzvot, always.
Hashem gave them unto me. |14| Behold, the Shomayim |2| And know ye today; for I
|5| And I turned myself and and Shomei HaShomayim speak not with your children
came down from the mount, (the Highest Heaven) belongs which have not known, and
and put the luchot in the aron to Hashem Eloheicha; which have not seen the
which I had made; and there Ha'Aretz also, with all that musar [see Yeshayah 53:5] of
they are, as Hashem therein is. Hashem Eloheicha, His
commanded me. |15| Yet Hashem had a greatness, His yad chazakah,
|6| And the Bnei Yisroel took delight in Avoteicha to love and His outstretched zero'a,
their journey from Be'erot them, and He chose their zera |3| And His otot, and His
(Wells) of the Bnei Yaakan to after them, even you above kol ma'asim, which He did in the
Moserah; there Aharon died, ha'amim, as it is yom hazeh. midst of Mitzrayim unto
and there he was buried; and |16| Circumcise therefore the Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim,
Eleazar bno ministered in the arlat (foreskin) of your lev, and unto all his land;
office of kohen in his place. and be no more stiffnecked. |4| And what He did unto the
|7| From thence they |17| For Hashem Eloheichem army of Mitzrayim, unto their
journeyed unto Gudgodah; is Elohei HaElohim, and susim, and to their chariots;
and from Gudgodah to Adonei HaAdonim, HaEl how He made the mayim of
Yotvatah, an eretz of rivers of HaGadol, HaGibbor Yam Suf to overflow them as
waters. v'HaNorah, which regardeth they pursued after you, and
|8| At that time Hashem not persons, nor taketh how Hashem hath destroyed
separated the shevet (tribe) of shochad (bribe): them unto yom hazeh;
Levi, to bear the Aron Brit |18| He doth execute the |5| And what He did unto you
Hashem, to stand before mishpat for the yatom and in the midbar, until ye came
Hashem to minister unto almanah, and loveth the ger, into this place;
Him, and to bless in Shmo, in giving him lechem and |6| And what He did unto
unto yom hazeh. simlah (clothing). Datan and Aviram, the bnei
|9| Therefore Levi hath no |19| Love ye therefore the ger; Eliav ben Reuven; how
chelek nor nachalah with his for ye were gerim in Eretz ha'aretz opened her mouth,
brethren; Hashem is his Mitzrayim. and swallowed them up, and
nachalah, according as |20| Thou shalt fear Hashem their households, and their
Hashem Eloheicha promised Eloheicha; Him shalt thou
him. serve, and to Him shalt thou
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oholim, and every living thing |15| And I will send esev in shall be yours; from the
in their possession, in the thy fields for thy cattle, that midbar and the Levanon,
midst of kol Yisroel; thou mayest eat and be full. from the River, the river
|7| But your eyes have seen |16| Take heed to yourselves, Euphrates, even unto the
kol ma'aseh Hashem which He that your lev be not deceived, Western [Mediterranean] Sea
did. and ye turn aside, and serve shall your border be.
|8| Therefore shall ye be elohim acherim, and worship |25| There shall no man be
shomer over all the mitzvot them; able to stand before you; for
which I command you today, |17| And then Hashem's Hashem Eloheichem shall lay
that ye may be strong, and go wrath be kindled against you, the pachad (terror, fear) of you
in and possess ha'aretz, and He shut up the and the dread of you upon kol
whither ye go to possess it; Shomayim, that there be no ha'aretz that ye shall tread
|9| And in order that ye may matar, and that ha'aretz yield upon, as He hath said unto
prolong your yamim on not her fruit; and lest ye you.
ha'adamah, which Hashem perish meherah (quickly) from
swore unto Avoteichem to give off ha'aretz hatovah which [RE'EH]
unto them and to their zera, Hashem giveth you.
Eretz Zavat Cholov U'devash |18| Therefore shall ye lay up |26| See, I set before you
(land that floweth with milk these My devarim in your lev today a berakhah and a
and honey). and in your nefesh, and bind kelalah;
|10| For ha'aretz, whither them for an ot upon your |27| A berakhah, if ye obey
thou goest in to possess it, is hand, that they may be as the mitzvot Hashem Elohei-
not as Eretz Mitzrayim, from totafos (ornaments, Shemot chem, which I command you
whence ye came out, where 13:16, Shabbos 57a) between today;
thou sowedst thy zera, and your eyes. |28| And a kelalah, if ye will
wateredst it with thy foot, as a |19| And ye shall teach them not obey the mitzvot Hashem
gan (garden) of herbs: your banim, speaking of them Eloheicha, but turn aside out
|11| But ha'aretz, whither ye when thou sittest in thine bais, of HaDerech which I
go to possess it, is an eretz of and when thou walkest by the command you today, to go
harim (hills) and beka'ot way, when thou liest down, after acharei elohim, which ye
(valleys), and drinketh mayim and when thou risest up. have not known.
of the matar of Shomayim; |20| And thou shalt write |29| And it shall come to
|12| An eretz which Hashem them upon the mezuzot of pass, when Hashem Eloheicha
Eloheicha careth for; the eyes thine bais, and upon thy hath brought thee in unto
of Hashem Eloheicha are she'arim; ha'aretz whither thou goest to
always upon it, from the reshit |21| That your yamim may be possess it, that thou shalt put
hashanah (beginning of the multiplied, and the yamim of the berakhah upon Mt
year) even unto the acharit your banim, in ha'adamah Gerizim, and the kelalah upon
shanah (end of the year). which Hashem swore unto Mt Eival.
|13| And it shall come to Avoteichem to give them, as |30| Are they not on the other
pass, if ye shall give heed the yamim of Shomayim upon side of the Yarden, in the
diligently unto My mitzvot ha'aretz (i.e., as long as the direction of the setting
which I command you today, heavens are above the earth). shemesh, in the Eretz
to love Hashem Eloheichem, |22| For if ye shall be shomer Kena'ani, which dwell in the
and to serve Him with all your diligently over all these Aravah opposite Gilgal, near
lev and with all your nefesh, mitzvot which I command the oak of Moreh?
|14| That I will give you the you, to do them, to love |31| For ye shall pass over
matar (rain) of your land in its Hashem Eloheichem, to walk Yarden to go in to possess
due season, the yoreh (early in all His ways, and to have ha'aretz which Hashem
rain) and the malkosh (latter deveykus unto Him; Eloheichem giveth you, and ye
rain, spring rain), that thou |23| Then will Hashem drive shall possess it, and dwell
mayest gather in thy dagan out all these Goyim from therein.
(grain), and thy tirosh (new before you, and ye shall |32| And ye shall be
wine), and thine yitzhar (fresh possess Goyim gedolim and shomer to do all the
oil). mightier than yourselves. chukkim and mishpatim
|24| Every place whereon the
soles of your feet shall tread
which I set before you place) and to the nachalah, wine), or of thy yitzhar (fresh
today. which Hashem Eloheicha oil), or the bekhorot (firstlings)
These are the giveth you. of thy herds or of thy flock,
12 chukkim and
mishpatim over
which ye shall be shomer to do
|10| But when ye go over
Yarden, and dwell in ha'aretz
which Hashem Eloheichem
nor any of thy nedarim (vows)
which thou vowest, nor thy
nedavot (freewill offerings), or
in ha'aretz, which Hashem giveth you to inherit, and terumah (heave offering) of
Elohei Avoteicha giveth thee when He giveth you rest from thine hand;
to possess it, kol hayamim that all your enemies round about, |18| But thou must eat them
ye live upon ha'adamah. so that ye dwell in safety; before Hashem Eloheicha in
|2| Ye shall utterly destroy all |11| Then there shall be a the place which Hashem
the places, wherein the Goyim place which Hashem Eloheicha shall choose, thou,
which ye shall possess served Eloheichem shall choose to and thy ben, and thy bat, and
their elohim, upon the high cause Shmo to dwell there; thy eved, and thy amah, and
mountains, and upon the thither shall ye bring all that I the Levi that is within thy
hills, and under every green command you; your olot, and she'arim; and thou shalt
tree; your zevakhim, your rejoice before Hashem
|3| And ye shall overthrow ma’aseros (tithes), and the Eloheicha in all that thou
their mizbechot, and break terumah (heave offering) of puttest thine hands unto.
their matzeivot, and burn your hand, and all your choice |19| Be shomer to thyself that
their Asherim with eish; and nedarim (vows) which ye vow thou forsake not the Levi as
ye shall hew down peselim of unto Hashem; long as thou livest upon
their elohim, and destroy the |12| And ye shall rejoice ha'aretz.
names of them out of that before Hashem Eloheichem, |20| When Hashem
place. ye, and your banim, and your Eloheicha shall enlarge thy
|4| Ye shall not do so unto banot, and your avadim, and border, as He hath
Hashem Eloheichem. your maidservants, and the promised thee, and thou shalt
|5| But unto the place which Levi that is within your say, I will eat basar, because
Hashem Eloheichem shall she'arim; forasmuch as he thy nefesh longeth to eat
choose out of all your shev- hath no chelek nor nachalah basar; thou mayest eat basar,
atim to put Shmo there, even with you. whatsoever thy nefesh desireth
unto His habitation shall ye |13| Take heed to thyself that after.
seek, and thither thou shalt thou offer not thy olot in every |21| If the place which
come: place that thou seest; Hashem Eloheicha hath
|6| And thither ye shall bring |14| But in the place which chosen to put Shmo there be
your olot, and your Hashem shall choose in one of too far from thee, then thou
zevakhim, and your ma’aseros thy shevatim, there thou shalt shalt kill of thy herd and of
(tithes), and terumot (heave offer thy olot, and there thou thy flock, which Hashem hath
offerings) of your hand, and shalt do all that I command given thee, as I have
your nedarim (vows), and your thee. commanded thee, and
nedavot (freewill offerings), |15| Notwithstanding, thou thou shalt eat in thy she'arim
and the bekhorot (firstlings) of mayest kill and eat basar in whatsoever thy nefesh desireth
your herds and of your flocks; all thy she'arim, whatsoever after.
|7| And there ye shall eat thy nefesh desireth, according |22| Even as the gazelle and
before Hashem Eloheichem, to the birkat Hashem the deer is eaten, so thou shalt
and ye shall rejoice in all that Eloheicha which He hath eat them; the tameh (unclean)
ye put your hand unto, ye and given thee; hatameh (the and the tahor (clean) shall eat
your households, wherein unclean) and hatahor (the of them alike.
Hashem Eloheicha hath clean) may eat thereof, as if it |23| Only be sure that thou
blessed thee. were gazelle or deer. eat not the dahm; for the
|8| Ye shall not do after all |16| Only ye shall not eat the dahm is the nefesh; and thou
the things that we do here dahm; ye shall pour it upon mayest not eat the nefesh with
today, ish koh hayashar ha'aretz as mayim. the basar.
be'einav (every man what- |17| Thou mayest not eat |24| Thou shalt not eat it;
soever is right in his own eyes). within thy she'arim the thou shalt pour it upon
|9| For ye are not as yet come ma'aser (tithe) of thy dagan ha'aretz as mayim.
to the menuchah (resting (grain), or of thy tirosh (new
|25| Thou shalt not eat it; If there arise the earth) even unto the other
that it may go well with thee,
and with thy banim after thee,
when thou shalt do that which
13 among you a navi,
or a dreamer of
dreams, and giveth thee an ot
ketzeh ha'aretz;
|8 (13:9)| Thou shalt not yield
unto him, nor give heed unto
is yashar in the sight of (sign) or a mofet (wonder), him; neither shall thine eye
Hashem. |2 (13:3)| And the ot (sign) or pity him, neither shalt thou
|26| Only thy kadashim (holy the mofet (wonder) come to spare, neither shalt thou
things) which thou hast, and pass, whereof he spoke unto conceal him;
thy nedarim (vows), thou shalt thee, saying, Let us go after |9 (13:10) But thou shalt
take, and go unto the place elohim acherim, which thou surely kill him; thine hand
which Hashem shall choose; hast not known, and let us shall be first upon him to put
|27| And thou shalt offer thy serve them; him to death, and afterwards
olot, the basar and the dahm, |3 (13:4)| Thou shalt not give the hand of kol HaAm.
upon the Mizbe'ach of heed unto the devarim of that |10 (13:11)| And thou shalt
Hashem Eloheicha; and the navi, or that dreamer of stone him with stones, that he
dahm of thy zevakhim dreams; for Hashem die; because he hath sought to
(sacrifices) shall be poured out Eloheichem is testing you, to thrust thee away from
upon the mizbe'ach of know whether ye love Hashem Hashem Eloheicha, which
Hashem Eloheicha, and thou Eloheichem with all your lev brought thee out of Eretz
shalt eat the basar. and with all your nefesh. Mitzrayim, from the bais
|28| Be shomer and heed all |4 (13:5)| Ye shall walk after avadim.
these devarim which I Hashem Eloheichem, and fear |11 (13:12)| And kol Yisroel
command thee, that it may Him, and be shomer over His shall hear, and fear, and shall
go well with thee, and with thy mitzvot, and obey His voice, not again do such wickedness
banim after thee ad olam, and ye shall serve Him, and as this is among you.
when thou doest that which is have deveykus unto Him. |12 (13:13)| If thou shalt hear
tov and yashar in the sight of |5 (13:6)| And that navi, or say in one of thy towns, which
Hashem Eloheicha. that dreamer of dreams, shall Hashem Eloheicha hath given
|29| When Hashem be put to death; because he thee to dwell there, saying,
Eloheicha shall cut off the hath spoken to turn you away |13 (13:14)| Certain men, the
Goyim from before thee, from Hashem Eloheichem, bnei Beliyaal (reprobate,
whither thou goest to possess which brought you out of worthless men), are gone out
them, and thou displace them, Eretz Mitzrayim, and from among you, and have
and dwellest in their land; redeemed you out of the bais enticed the inhabitants of
|30| Be shomer to thyself that avadim, to entice thee from their town, saying,
thou be not ensnared to follow HaDerech which Hashem Let us go and serve elohim
them, after that they be Eloheicha commanded thee to acherim, which ye have not
destroyed from before thee; walk in. So shalt thou put known;
and that thou inquire not harah away from the midst of |14 (13:15)| Then shalt thou
after their elohim, saying, thee. inquire, and make search, and
How did these Goyim serve |6 (13:7)| If achicha (thy ask diligently; and, hinei, if it
their elohim? Even so will I do brother), the ben of thy em, or be emes, and the thing
likewise. thy ben, or thy bat, or the certain, that such
|31| Thou shalt not do so eshet kheyk of thee (wife of thy to'evah (abomination,
unto Hashem Eloheicha; for bosom), or thy friend, which is detestable action) is wrought
kol to'avat Hashem (every as thine own nefesh, entice among you;
abomination to Hashem), thee secretly, saying, Let us go |15 (13:16)| Thou shalt surely
which He hateth, have they and serve elohim acherim, strike the inhabitants of that
done unto their elohim; for which thou hast not known, town with the edge of the
even their banim and their thou, nor thy avot; cherev, in cherem destroying it
banot they have burned in the |7 (13:8)| Namely, of the utterly, and all that is therein,
eish to their elohim. elohei ha'amim which are and the cattle thereof, with the
|32 (13:1)| What thing soever round about you, near unto edge of the cherev.
I command you, be shomer to thee, or far off from thee, from |16 (13:17)| And thou
do it; thou shalt not add the one ketzeh ha'aretz (end of shalt gather all the
thereto, nor take away or
diminish from it.
plunder of it into the midst of the camel, and the hare, and increase of thy zera, that the
the street thereof, and shalt the coney; for they chew the sadeh bringeth forth year by
burn with eish the town, and cud, but divide not the hoof; year.
all the plunder thereof therefore they are tameh |23| And thou shalt eat
completely for Hashem (unclean) unto you. before Hashem Eloheicha, in
Eloheicha; and it shall be a tel |8| And the chazir, because it the place which He shall
olam (heap forever); it shall divideth the hoof, yet cheweth choose to place Shmo there,
not be built again. not the cud, it is tameh the ma'aser (tithe) of thy
|17 (13:18)| And there shall (unclean) unto you; ye shall dagan (grain), of thy tirosh
cling none of the accursed not eat of their basar, nor (new wine), and of thine
thing to thine hand; that touch their nevelah (dead yitzhar (fresh oil), and the
Hashem may turn from the carcass). bekhorot (firstlings) of thy
fierceness of His anger, and |9| These ye shall eat of all herds and of thy flocks; that
show thee mercy, and have that are in the waters: all that thou mayest learn to stand in
compassion upon thee, and have fins and scales shall ye awe of Hashem Eloheicha
multiply thee, as He hath eat, always.
sworn unto Avoteicha; |10| And whatsoever hath not |24| And if the journey be too
|18 (13:19)| When thou shalt fins and scales ye may not eat; long for thee, so that thou art
give heed to the voice of it is tameh (unclean) unto you. not able to carry it; or if the
Hashem Eloheicha, to be |11| Of all tahorah (clean) place be too far from thee,
shomer over all His mitzvot birds ye shall eat. which Hashem Eloheicha
which I command thee today, |12| But these are they of shall choose to set Shmo there,
to do that which is yashar which ye shall not eat: the when Hashem Eloheicha hath
(right, straight) in the eyes of nesher, and the vulture, and blessed thee;
Hashem Eloheicha. the bearded vulture, |25| Then shalt thou
Ye are the bnei |13| And the kite, and the exchange it for kesef, and bind
14 Hashem
Eloheichem; ye
shall not cut yourselves, nor
buzzard after its kind,
|14| And every raven after its
kind,
up the money in thine hand,
and shalt go unto the place
which Hashem Eloheicha
make any baldness between |15| And the owl, and the shall choose;
your eyes for the dead. night hawk, and the seagull, |26| And thou shalt spend
|2| For thou art an Am and the hawk after its kind, that kesef for whatsoever thy
Kadosh unto Hashem |16| The little owl, and the nefesh desireth after, for
Eloheicha, and Hashem great owl, and the horned owl, cattle, or for sheep, or for
hath chosen thee to be an Am |17| And the pelican, and the yayin, or for shekhar
Segullah (treasured people) osprey, and the cormorant, (fermented drink), or for
unto Himself, above kol |18| And the stork, and the whatsoever thy nefesh
haamim that are upon heron after its kind, and the desireth; and thou shalt eat
ha'adamah. hoopoe, and the bat. there before Hashem
|3| Thou shalt not eat any |19| And every creeping thing Eloheicha, and thou shalt
to'evah (detestable thing). that flieth is tameh (unclean) rejoice, thou, and thine
|4| These are the beasts unto you; they shall not be household,
which ye shall eat: the shor, eaten. |27| And the Levi that is
the seh, and the izzim, |20| But of all tahor (clean) within thy she'arim; thou shalt
|5| The deer, and the gazelle, fowls ye may eat. not forsake him; for he hath
and the yachmur, and the |21| Ye shall not eat of no chelek nor nachalah with
akko, and the antelope, and anything that dieth of itself; thee.
the wild ox, and the wild goat. thou shalt give it unto the ger |28| At the end of shalosh
|6| And every beast that that is in thy she'arim, that he shanim thou shalt bring forth
parteth the hoof, and is may eat it; or thou mayest sell all the ma'aser (tithe) of thine
separated in two hooves, and it unto an alien; for thou art increase the same year, and
cheweth the cud among the an Am Kadosh unto Hashem shalt store it up within thy
beasts, that ye shall eat. Eloheicha. Thou shalt not boil she'arim:
|7| Nevertheless, these ye a young goat in its mother's |29| And the Levi (because he
shall not eat of them that only cholov. hath no chelek nor
chew the cud, or of them that |22| Thou shalt truly give nachalah with thee)
only divide the cloven hoof; as ma'aser (tithe) of all the
Torah 187 Devarim 14, 15, 16
and the ger, and the yatom, shalt surely lend him |17| Then thou shalt take an
and the almanah, which are sufficient for his machsor awl, and thrust it through his
within thy she'arim, shall (need), in that which he ear unto the delet, and he
come, and shall eat and be wanteth. shall be thy eved olam. And
satisfied; that Hashem |9| Beware that there be not a also unto thy maidservant
Eloheicha may bless thee in thought in thy lev beliyaal, thou shalt do likewise.
all the work of thine hand saying, The seventh year, the |18| It shall not seem hard
which thou doest. shnat hashemittah (the year of unto thee, when thou sendest
release), is at hand; and thine him away chafshi (free) from
eye be evil against thy poor thee; for he hath been worth
brother, and thou givest twice that of a hired eved to
him nought; and he cry unto thee, in serving thee shesh
At the end of every Hashem against thee, and it shanim; and Hashem
15 shevat shanim
thou shalt make a
shemittah (release).
be chet (sin) unto thee.
|10| Thou shalt surely give
him, and thine lev shall not be
Eloheicha shall bless thee in
all that thou doest.
|19| Kol habechor (all
|2| And this is the manner of grieved when thou givest unto firstling males) that come of
the shemittah: Every creditor him; because that for this thy herd and of thy flock thou
that lendeth whatever unto his thing Hashem Eloheicha shall shalt set apart as kodesh unto
neighbor shall cancel the debt; bless thee in all thy works, and Hashem Eloheicha; thou shalt
he shall not exact it of his in all that thou puttest thine do no work with the bechor of
neighbor, or of his brother; hand unto. thy ox, nor shear the bechor of
because it is called Hashem's |11| For the poor shall never thy sheep.
Shemittah. cease out of ha'aretz; therefore |20| Thou shalt eat it before
|3| Of a nokhri thou mayest I command thee, saying, Thou Hashem Eloheicha shanah
require a debt to be repaid; shalt open thine hand wide b'shanah (year by year) in the
but that which is thine with unto thy brother, to thy poor, place which Hashem shall
thy brother thine hand shall and to thy needy, in thy land. choose, thou and thy
release the claim; |12| And if thy brother, an household.
|4| There shall be no evyon Ivri (a Hebrew), or an Ivriyyah |21| And if there be any mum
(needy, poor) among you; for (Hebrew woman), be sold unto therein, as if it be lame, or
Hashem shall greatly bless thee, and serve thee shesh blind, or have any serious
thee in ha'aretz which shanim; then in the shanah defect, thou shalt not sacrifice
Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee hashevi'it thou shalt let him go it unto Hashem Eloheicha.
for a nachalah to possess it; free from thee. |22| Thou shalt eat it within
|5| If only thou carefully give |13| And when thou sendest thy she'arim; the tameh
heed unto the voice of him out chafshi (free) from (unclean) and the tahor (clean)
Hashem Eloheicha to be thee, thou shalt not let him go person shall eat it alike, as the
shomer to do all these mitzvot away empty-handed: gazelle, and as the deer.
which I command thee today. |14| Thou shalt furnish him |23| Only thou shalt not eat
|6| For Hashem Eloheicha liberally out of thy tzon, and the dahm thereof; thou shalt
blesseth thee, as He promised out of thy threshing floor, and pour it upon ha'aretz as
thee: and thou shalt lend unto out of thy winepress; of that mayim.
Goyim rabbim, but thou shalt wherewith Hashem Eloheicha
not borrow; and thou shalt hath blessed thee thou shalt
reign over Goyim rabbim, but give unto him.
they shall not reign over thee. |15| And thou shalt Be shomer of the
|7| If there be among you a
poor man of one of thy
brethren within any of thy
remember that thou wast an
eved in Eretz Mitzrayim, and
Hashem Eloheicha redeemed
16 month of Aviv
[springtime, i.e.,
Nisan], and perform the
she'arim in thy land which thee; therefore I command Pesach offering unto Hashem
Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee this thing today. Eloheicha; for in the month of
thee, thou shalt not harden |16| And it shall be, if he say Aviv Hashem Eloheicha
thine lev, nor shut thine hand unto thee, I will not go away brought thee forth out of
from thy poor brother: from thee; because he loveth Mitzrayim by lailah.
|8| But thou shalt open thine thee and thine bais, because
hand wide unto him, and he fares well with thee;
Devarim 16 188 Orthodox Jewish Bible
|2| Thou shalt therefore |10| And thou shalt observe Birkat Hashem Eloheicha
sacrifice the Pesach unto Chag Shavuos unto Hashem which He hath given thee.
Hashem Eloheicha, Eloheicha by giving a terumah [SHOFTIM]
of the tzon and the herd, in (freewill offering) of thine |18| Shofetim and shoterim
the place which Hashem shall hand, which thou shalt give shalt thou appoint thee in all
choose to place Shmo there. unto Hashem Eloheicha, thy she'arim, which Hashem
|3| Thou shalt eat no chametz according as Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee,
with it; shivat yamim shalt Eloheicha hath blessed thee: throughout thy shevatim: and
thou eat matzot therewith, |11| And thou shalt rejoice they shall judge HaAm with
even the lechem oni (bread of before Hashem Eloheicha, mishpat-tzedek.
affliction); for thou camest thou, and thy ben, and thy |19| Thou shalt not pervert
forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim bat, and thy eved, and thy mishpat; thou shalt not show
in haste in order that thou amah, and the Levi that is partiality, neither take a
mayest remember the yom within thy she'arim, and the shochad: for a bribe doth
when thou camest forth out of ger, and the yatom (orphan), blind the eyes of the
Eretz Mitzrayim kol yemei and the almanah, that are chachamim, and twist the
chayyechah (all the days of thy among you, in the place which devarim of the tzaddikim.
life). Hashem Eloheicha hath |20| Tzedek tzedek (that
|4| And there shall be no se'or chosen to place Shmo there. which is altogether just) shalt
(leaven) seen with thee in all |12| And thou shalt thou follow, that thou mayest
thy territory shivat yamim; remember that thou wast an live, and inherit ha'aretz
neither shall there any thing eved in Mitzrayim: and thou which Hashem Eloheicha
of the basar, which thou shalt be shomer and do these giveth thee.
sacrificedst ba'Erev baYom chukkim. |21| Thou shalt not set up
HaRishon, remain overnight |13| Chag HaSukkot shalt any tree as an Asherah near
until the boker. thou observe shivat yamim, unto the Mizbe'ach of Hashem
|5| Thou mayest not sacrifice after that thou hast gathered Eloheicha, which thou shalt
the Pesach within any of thy in from thy threshing floor make thee.
she'arim, which Hashem and from thy winepress: |22| Neither shalt thou set
Eloheicha giveth thee; |14| And thou shalt rejoice in thee up any matzeivah (pillar);
|6| But at the place which thy chag (feast), thou, and thy which Hashem Eloheicha
Hashem Eloheicha shall ben, and thy bat, and thy hateth.
choose to place Shmo in, there eved, and thy amah, and the
thou shalt sacrifice the Pesach Levi, the ger, and the yatom T.N. What, then, is the
at erev, at the going down of (orphan), and the almanah, Besuras HaGeulah (Good
the shemesh, at the mo'ed that are within thy she'arim. News of Redemption)
(appointed time) that thou |15| Shivat yamim shalt thou according to Moshe Rabbeinu?
camest forth out of Mitzrayim. observe the chag (feast) unto “Speak not thou in thine lev,
|7| And thou shalt roast and Hashem Eloheicha in the after that Hashem Eloheicha
eat it in the place which place which Hashem shall hath cast them out from before
Hashem Eloheicha choose, because Hashem thee, saying, For my tzedakah
shall choose; and thou shalt Eloheicha shall bless thee in (righteousness) Hashem hath
turn back in the boker, and go all thine increase, and in all brought me in to possess this
unto thy oholim. the works of thine hands, so land; but for the wickedness of
|8| Sheshet yamim thou shalt that thou shalt surely rejoice. these Goyim, Hashem doth
eat matzot; and on the yom |16| Shalosh p'amim drive them out from before
ha'shevi'i shall be an atzeret bashanah shall all thy males thee. Not for thy tzedakah, or
(assembly) to Hashem appear before Hashem for the yosher (uprightness) of
Eloheicha; thou shalt do no Eloheicha in the place which thine lev, dost thou go to
melachah (work) therein. He shall choose; in the Chag possess their land; but for the
|9| Shivah shavu'ot (seven Matzot, and in the Chag wickedness of these Goyim,
weeks) shalt thou number HaShavu'os, and in the Hashem Eloheicha doth drive
unto thee; begin to number Chag HaSukkot, and they them out from before thee, and
the shivah shavu'ot from such shall not appear before that He may perform the word
time as thou begin to put the Hashem empty-handed: which Hashem swore unto
sickle to the standing crop. |17| Every man shall give as Avoteicha, Avraham, Yitzchak,
he is able, according to the
and Ya’akov” (Dt.9:4-5). Here according to the Scriptures (Lv according to Leviticus 23:11.
we see that Redemption is 23:11). On Yom HaRishon, At the end of the Y’mei
the work of Hashem and not Nisan 16, 3793 (33 C.E.), HaSefirah (Days of the
something man can boast of. Moshiach had his Techiyah Counting [of the Omer]) came
Salvation is not something (Resurrection) from the Mesim Shavuos and the Tevilah of the
earned by self-achieved (Dead ones) on Yom HaShlishi Ruach HaKodesh given to
righteousness. Moshe warns as the Bikkurim (First-fruits) of Moshiach’s Talmidim to
not to even think that in the ones having fallen asleep empower them to proclaim the
exchange for “ my tzedakah in death. See Gn 1:11-13, Besuras HaGeulah (the Good
(righteousness) Hashem hath which states that Elohim said, News of Redemption)
brought me in to possess this Let the land produce bikkurim everywhere, to the Jewish
land.” Redemption from and “there was evening and people first, of course, but also
bondage in Egypt and the gift there was morning, Yom the non-Jew. This is true
of Eretz Yisroel did not come Shelishi (the Third Day).” Spirit-filled Second Temple era
about on the basis of human Hashem, You will not allow Messianic Judaism. Look at MJ
merits or deserts. So there is your Chassid (Moshiach Ben 10:25; 13:17. As we see in Dt.
no room for human boasting in Dovid) to see corruption---Ps 12:13-14 Moshe also taught the
the message of salvation that 16:10, as it says, On Yom importance of faithfulness in a
Moshe proclaims. By grace are HaShelishi (the Third Day) He community of ma’aminim
ye saved through faith, and will raise us up that we may (believers). “Take heed to
this salvation is not of live in His Presence—Hos 6:2. thyself that thou offer not thy
yourselves--it doesn’t derive On Pesach, 3793 (33 C.E.) olot in every place that thou
from your goodness or your Moshiach was led as our seest; But in the place which
merit or your righteousness. It Korban Pesach “lamb to the Hashem shall choose in one of
is a gift of Hashem. It must be slaughter” (Isaiah 53:7, thy shevatim, there thou shalt
humbly received as a gift by Sanhedrin 98b) that we might offer thy olot, and there thou
faith. It cannot be proudly have an Exodus from the Olam shalt do all that I command
acquired or earned by man Hazeh and for the Olam thee.” Notice also Dt.14:23,
who is essentially a rebel HaBah purchased by the “And thou shalt eat before
(Num17:10). This is the redemption payment of his Hashem Eloheicha, in the
Besuras HaGeulah according covenant blood (“He was place which He shall choose to
to Moshe Rabbeinu. Have you excluded out of the land of the place Shmo there, the ma’aser
heard the Besuras HaGeulah? living [he died, in other words] (tithe) of thy dagan (grain), of
On the day after the rest day for the transgression of my thy tirosh (new wine), and of
(the rest day was Pesach, people” (Isaiah 53:8). thine yitzhar (fresh oil), and
Nisan 15, 3793 on the Jewish Moshiach died for our sins the bekhorot (firstlings) of thy
Calendar), Moshiach, as a according to this Scripture. herds and of thy flocks; that
matter of eye-witnessed His covenant blood was thou mayest learn to stand in
historical fact, stood up from sprinkled (Isaiah 52:15) to awe of Hashem Eloheicha
the dead ones. This happened make us tahor (clean) in order always.” The person who
Nisan 16, 3793. It was also that we might be raised insists that he or she can
“The Third Day.” Moshiach spiritually and (in the Olam worship G-d in the park or
died three days before Nisan HaBah, bodily) in Moshiach under a beautiful tree, and
16, shedding his blood on with a lev chadash and a that no other venue is needed,
Nisan 14, at the time that the ruach chadasha (Ezek 36:26) does not follow what Moshe is
lambs were being slaughtered by emunah (faith) in the Kitvei teaching. Moshe instructs that
(see Dt 16:5-6 and cf Yn 19:14). Hakodesh (the Holy G-d wants the kohen and the
Here we see that Moshiach Scriptures). Thus Moshiach kohen’s teaching and the
himself is the Korban Pesach Our Kohen Forever (Psalm Scriptures and the avodas
of our Redemption (Isa 53:7). 110:4) fulfilled the Mo’adim kodesh worship involved and
When Moshiach stood up alive (Appointed time, Festivals) of specifically warns against the
on Nisan 16, Moshiach did so Hashem, including the Korban worshiper choosing any place
as the “First-fruits” of the ones Pesach Nisan 14, 3793, and he likes (see Dt 12:13). On the
having fallen asleep [in death]. the Korban Omer HaBikkurim kohen as a teacher see
He was raised for your Nisan 16, 3793, for our
acceptance [with Hashem] acceptance with Hashem
Devarim 17 190 Orthodox Jewish Bible
Mal 2:5-7: “My Brit was with living alternative of Spirit-filled Jewish Bible, was prepared the
him [Levi] of chayyim and Second Temple era faith and way it is for the additional
shalom; and I gave them to the true Moshiach. This means purpose [not the only purpose]
him that he might fear Me; so correct doctrine. Look at Dan of assisting in Messianic
he feared Me and stood in 7:14, 3:7, 11-12, 15. The congregations planted for the
reverence before My Name. word ɥ ɛ ɝ ɢ ɪ ʫ (see Brown, sake of the lost sheep of the
Torat emes was in his mouth, Driver, Briggs Heb English House of Israel. See the
and iniquity was not found on Lexicon p.1108 “pay reverence translator’s books, Everything
his lips: he walked with Me in to deity”) found there in all You Need To Grow A Messianic
shalom and yashrus, and did those passages in Daniel Synagogue, William Carey
turn rabbim (many) away from makes it self-evident from this Library, 1974; Everything You
avon (iniquity). For the kohen’s Biblical data that although Need To Grow a Messianic
lips should preserve da’as, and Daniel’s friends would not Yeshiva, William Carey
they should seek torah at his reverence as deity Babylon’s Library, 1981.
mouth: for he is the malach idols, all peoples will in fact Thou shalt not
Hashem Tzva’os.” The
Scriptures warn not to go
beyond what is written. And
pay homage to Hashem’s
Moshiach when he comes on
the heavenly clouds of glory;
17 sacrifice unto
Hashem Eloheicha
any ox, or sheep, wherein is
Hashem has provided spiritual yet Moshiach so reverenced mum (blemish), or any evil
gifts for the upbuilding of each will not be an idol. Notice the thing, any defect: for that is a
believer in the household of word ɥ ɛ ɝ ɢ ɪ ʫ to'avat (abomination) unto
faith. Some are shluchim, and is used negatively regarding Hashem Eloheicha.
some nevi’im and some gifted idols but positively and |2| If there be found among
spiritually to be used in Kiruv approvingly regarding you, within any of thy she'arim
efforts for Moshiach, and some Moshiach. One can be which Hashem Eloheicha
supervising mashgichim reverenced as deity in the book giveth thee, ish or isha, that
ruchaniyim (spiritual of Daniel and the other hath wrought wickedness in
overseers) are ro’im and morim cannot. We believe that the the sight of Hashem
in the kehillah (see Ep 4:11). ɯɛ ə ɭ ɯɛ ɢ ɯ found in Isaiah Eloheicha, in transgressing
This is for the equipping of the 6:3 and in Isaiah chapter 63 His Brit,
Kadoshim for the work of and in Gn 18:1-2 and in the |3| And hath gone and served
avodas kodesh ministry. We Orthodox Jewish Prayer Book elohim acherim, and
are no longer to be olalim is the locus classicus of worshiped them, either the
tossed by waves and carried Hashem’s Kedushah shemesh, or yarei'ach, or any
around by every wind of HaMeshuleshet (Three-fold of the tz'vah HaShomayim,
limmud (instruction). Hashem Holiness) and that this Jewish which I have not commanded;
has given to each believer doctrine is found in the Zohar |4| And it be told thee, and
certain spiritual gifts. and in other Rabbinic thou hast heard of it, and
However, in many cases these literature. We believe that inquired diligently, and, hinei,
gifts are latent in an individual Adonoi and His saving it be emes, and the thing
without his being aware of Messianic Dvar Hashem and nakhon (certain, correct), that
them, because he has never His Ruach Hakodesh, though such to'evah (abomination) is
committed to any kehillah long three, is Echad (Dt 6:4), wrought in Yisroel,
enough to exercise them. But essentially One, even as a man |5| Then shalt thou bring
Hashem expects each one of us and his wife, though two, is forth that ish or that isha,
to use the gifts that He has Echad (Gn 2:24) or a cluster of which have committed that
invested in us. We have the grapes is echad (Num 13:23). wicked thing, unto thy
responsibility to locate in a A true kehillah is where this she'arim, even that ish or that
kehillah atmosphere where we doctrine is faithfully taught. isha, and shalt stone them
can systematically grow and Whoever runs ahead and does with avanim, till they die.
mature and our gifts can come not remain in the torah of |6| At the mouth of shneym
to their full expression. Every Moshiach does not have edim, or shloshah edim, shall
believer should begin a heart- Hashem (see II Yn 9). This he that is worthy
felt quest after the true and translation, the Orthodox of death be put
to death; but at the mouth of will set a melech over me, like Hashem made by eish, even
ed echad (one witness) he shall Kol HaGoyim that are about His nachalah.
not be put to death. me; |2| Therefore shall they have
|7| The hands of the edim |15| Thou shalt in any wise no nachalah among their
shall be first upon him to put set him as melech over thee, achim; Hashem is their
him to death, and afterward whom Hashem Eloheicha nachalah, as He hath said
the hands of kol haAm. So shall choose; one from among unto them.
thou shalt put harah (the evil) thy achim shalt thou set as |3| And this shall be the
away from among you. melech over thee; thou mayest mishpat hakohanim (the right
|8| If there arise a matter too not set an ish nokhri over of the kohanim) from the
hard for thee in mishpat, thee, which is not achicha (thy people, from them that offer
between dahm and dahm, brother, i.e., a fellow Hebrew). the zevach, whether it be shor
between din and din, and |16| But he shall not multiply or seh; and they shall give
between nega and nega, being susim to himself, nor cause unto the kohen the shoulder,
matters of controversy within the people to return to and the two jowls, and the
thy she'arim, then shalt thou Mitzrayim, to the end that he stomach.
arise, and get thee up into the should multiply the sus; |4| The reshit also of thy
place which Hashem forasmuch as Hashem hath grain, of thy wine, and of
Eloheicha shall choose; said unto you, Ye shall thine oil, and the reshit of the
|9| And thou shalt come unto henceforth return no more shearing of thy tzon, shalt
the kohanim, who are the that way. thou give him.
Levi'im, and unto the Shofet |17| Neither shall he multiply |5| For Hashem Eloheicha
that shall be in those days, nashim to himself, that his lev hath chosen him out of all thy
and inquire; and they shall turn not away; neither shall he tribes, to stand to minister in
show thee the devar hamish- greatly multiply to himself the Shem of Hashem, he and
pat (word of judgment); kesef and zahav. his banim kol hayamim.
|10| And thou shalt do |18| And it shall be, when he |6| And if a Levi come from
according to the devar, which sitteth upon the kisei any of thy she'arim (gates, i.e.,
they of that place which mamlakhto (throne of his towns) out of kol Yisroel,
Hashem shall choose shall kingdom), that he shall write where he is living, and come
show thee; and thou shalt be him a mishneh hatorah hazot with all the earnestness of
shomer to do according to all (copy of this torah) in a sefer his nefesh unto the place
that they teach thee; out of that which is before the which Hashem shall choose;
|11| According to the pi kohanim, the Levi'im; |7| Then he shall minister in
hatorah which they shall teach |19| And it shall be with him, the Shem of Hashem Elohav,
thee, and according to the and he shall read therein all as all his achim the Levi'im
mishpat which they shall tell the days of his life; that he do, which stand there before
thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt may learn to fear Hashem Hashem.
not turn aside from the devar Elohav, to be shomer over kol |8| They shall have chelek
which they shall show thee, to divrei hatorah hazot and these k'chelek (like portions) to eat,
the right hand, nor to the left. chukkim, to do them; beside that which cometh of
|12| And the ish that will do |20| That his lev be not lifted the sale of his patrimony.
presumptuously, and will not up in pride above his |9| When thou art come into
give heed unto the kohen that brethren, and that he turn not ha'aretz which Hashem
standeth to minister there aside from the mitzvah, to the Eloheicha giveth thee, thou
before Hashem Eloheicha, or right hand, or to the left; to shalt not learn to imitate the
unto the Shofet, even that ish the end that he may prolong to'avot (abominations) of those
shall die; and thou shalt put his days in his mamlachah, Goyim.
away harah from Yisroel. he, and his banim, in the |10| There shall not be found
|13| And kol haAm shall midst of Yisroel. among you any one that
hear, and fear, and do no The kohanim, who maketh his ben or his bat to
more presumptuously.
|14| When thou art come
unto ha'aretz which Hashem
18 are Levi'im, and all
the tribe of Levi,
shall have no chelek nor
pass through the eish (i.e., be
burned as an idol's offering) or
kosem kesamim (a diviner of
Eloheicha giveth thee, and nachalah with Yisroel; they divination) or a m'onen
shalt possess it, and shalt shall eat the offerings of (soothsayer, astrologer),
dwell therein, and shalt say, I
or a m'nachesh (one who the shem of elohim acharim, |7| Therefore I command
interprets omens), or a even that navi shall die. thee, saying, Thou shalt
mekhashshef (witch). |21| And if thou say in thine separate shalosh arim for
|11| Or one who casts spells, lev, How shall we know the thee.
or one who inquires of a ghost word which Hashem hath not |8| And if Hashem Eloheicha
or a familiar spirit, or a spoken? enlarge thy territory, as He
doresh el hamesim (a |22| When a navi speaketh hath sworn unto Avoteicha,
consulter of the dead ones, b'Shem Hashem, if the thing and give thee kol ha'aretz
i.e., a necromancer). follow not, nor come to pass, which He promised to give
|12| For all that do these that is the thing which unto Avoteicha;
things are a to'avat Hashem; Hashem hath not spoken, but |9| If thou shalt be shomer
and because of these to'evot, the navi hath spoken it over all these mitzvot to do
Hashem Eloheicha is about to bezadon (in zadon [presump- them, which I command thee
drive them out before thee. tion,arrogance]); thou shalt today, to love Hashem
|13| Thou shalt be tamim not be afraid of him. Eloheicha, and to walk ever in
(blameless) before Hashem When Hashem His ways; then shalt thou add
Eloheicha.
|14| For these Goyim, which
thou shalt dispossess, paid
19 Eloheicha hath cut
off the Goyim,
whose land Hashem
three towns more for thee,
beside these three;
|10| That dahm naki
heed unto soothsayers, and Eloheicha giveth thee, and (innocent blood) be not shed
unto diviners; but as for thee, thou dispossess them, and in thy land, which Hashem
Hashem Eloheicha hath not dwellest in their towns, and in Eloheicha giveth thee for a
suffered thee so to do. their batim (houses), nachalah, and so dahmim be
|15| Hashem Eloheicha will |2| Thou shalt separate upon thee.
raise up unto thee a Navi from shalosh arim (three towns) for |11| But if any ish hate his
among thee, of thy achim, thee in the midst of thy land, neighbor, and lie in wait for
kamoni (like me [Moshe, Ex which Hashem Eloheicha him, and rise up against him,
32:30]); unto him ye must giveth thee to possess it. and strike him mortally that
listen; |3| Thou shalt prepare he die, and fleeth into one of
|16| According to all that yourselves roads, and divide these towns;
thou desiredst of Hashem the territory of thy land, which |12| Then the zekenim of his
Eloheicha in Chorev in the Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee town shall send and have him
Yom HaKahal, saying, Let me to inherit, into three parts, taken from there, and deliver
not hear again the voice of that every slayer may flee him into the yad of the Goel
Hashem Elohav, neither let there. HaDahm, that he may die.
me see this eish hagedolah |4| And this is the case of the |13| Thine eye shall not pity
any more, that I die not. slayer, which shall flee there, him, but thou shalt put away
|17| And Hashem said unto that he may live: Whoso killeth the guilt of dahm naki from
me, They have well spoken his neighbor without da'as, Yisroel, that it may go well
that which they have spoken. whom he hated not in time with thee.
|18| I will raise them up a past; |14| Thou shalt not remove
Navi from among their achim, |5| As when an ish goeth into thy neighbor's landmark,
like unto thee, and will put My the wood with his neighbor to which they of old time have set
words in his mouth; and he cut wood, his hand swings a in thine nachalah, which thou
shall speak unto them all that stroke with the axe to cut shalt inherit in the eretz that
I shall command him [Yn down the tree, the head slip- Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee
10:18]. peth from the handle, and to possess it.
|19| And it shall come to strikes upon his neighbor, that |15| Ed echad shall not rise
pass, that whosoever will not he die; he shall flee unto one up against an ish for any avon
listen unto My words which he of those towns, and live; (iniquity), or for any chattat
shall speak Bishmi (in My |6| Lest the Go'el HaDahm (sin), in any sin that he
Name), I will require it of him. pursue the slayer, while his lev sinneth: at the mouth of shney
|20| But the navi, which shall is hot, and overtake him, edim, or at the mouth of
presume to speak a word because the way is long, and shloshah edim, shall the
Bishmi (In My Name), which I slay him; whereas he was not matter be established.
have not commanded him to worthy of death, inasmuch as |16| If an ed chamas
speak, or that shall speak in he hated him not in time past. (malicious, false
witness) rise up against any not tremble, neither be ye |13| And when Hashem
ish to testify against him that terrified because of them; Eloheicha hath delivered it
which is wrong; |4| For Hashem Eloheicha into thine hands, thou shalt
|17| Then both the men, is He that goeth with you, to strike every male thereof with
between whom the controversy fight for you against your the edge of the cherev;
is, shall stand before Hashem, enemies, to save you. |14| But the nashim, and the
before the kohanim and the |5| And the shoterim shall little ones, and the behemah,
shofetim, which shall be in speak unto the people, saying, and all that is in the town,
those days; What ish is there that hath even all the plunder thereof,
|18| And the shofetim shall built a bais chadash, and hath shalt thou take unto thyself;
make diligent inquiry; and, not dedicated it? Let him go and thou shalt eat the plunder
hinei, if the witness be an ed and return to his bais, lest he of thine enemies Hashem
sheker (false witness), and die in the milchamah, and Eloheicha hath given thee.
hath testified falsely against another ish dedicate it. |15| Thus shalt thou do unto
his brother; |6| And what ish is he that all the towns which are very
|19| Then shall ye do unto hath planted a kerem far off from thee, which are
him, as he had thought to (vineyard), and hath not yet not of the towns of these
have done unto his brother: so eaten of it? Let him also go Goyim.
shalt thou put harah away and return unto his bais, |16| But of the towns of these
from among you. lest he die in the milchamah, people, which Hashem
|20| And those which remain and another ish eat of it. Eloheicha doth give thee for a
shall hear, and fear, and shall |7| And what ish is there that nachalah, thou shalt save
henceforth commit no more hath betrothed an isha, and alive nothing that breatheth;
any such rah among you. hath not taken her? Let him |17| But thou shalt utterly
|21| And thine eye shall not go and return unto his bais, put them under cherem of
pity; but nefesh shall go for lest he die in the milchamah, destruction; namely, the
nefesh, eye for eye, tooth for and another ish take her. Chitti, and the Emori, the
tooth, yad for yad, regel for |8| And the shoterim shall Kena'ni, and the Perizzi, the
regel. speak further unto the people, Chivi, and the Yevusi; as
and they shall say, What ish is Hashem Eloheicha hath
there that is fearful and commanded thee;
fainthearted? Let him go and |18| That they teach you not
return unto his bais, lest his to do after all their to'evot
brethren's lev faint as well as (abominations) which they
his lev. have done unto their elohim;
|9| And it shall be, when the so that ye would sin against
shoterim have made an end of Hashem Eloheichem.
When thou goest speaking unto the people that |19| When thou shalt besiege
20 out to milchamah
against thine
enemies, and seest sus
they shall appoint sarei tzvaos
to lead the people.
|10| When thou comest nigh
a town yamim rabbim, in
making war against it to take
it, thou shalt not destroy the
(horses), and chariots, and a unto a town to fight against it, trees thereof by forcing an axe
people more than thou, be not then proclaim an offer of against them; although thou
afraid of them; for Hashem shalom unto it. mayest eat of them, thou shalt
Eloheicha is with thee, which |11| And it shall be, if it make not cut them down. Are the
brought thee up out of Eretz thee answer of shalom, and etz hasadeh men that they
Mitzrayim. open unto thee, then it shall should come under your siege?
|2| And it shall be, when ye be, that kol haAm that is |20| Only the trees which
are come nigh unto the found therein shall be thou knowest that they be not
milchamah, that the kohen servants, placed under tribute trees for food, thou shalt
shall approach and speak unto thee, and they shall serve destroy and cut them down;
unto the people, thee. and thou shalt build siege
|3| And shall say unto them, |12| And if it will make no works against the town that
Shema, Yisroel, ye approach shalom with thee, but engages maketh milchamah with thee,
today unto milchamah against in milchamah against thee, until it be subdued.
your enemies; let not your then thou shalt besiege it;
hearts faint; fear not, and do
If one be found [KI TETZE] not obey the voice of his av, or
21 slain in ha'adamah
which Hashem
Eloheicha giveth thee to
|10| When thou goest forth to
milchamah against thine
enemies, and Hashem
the voice of his em, and
that, when they have
chastened him, will not give
possess it, lying in the sadeh, Eloheicha hath delivered heed unto them;
and it be not known who hath them into thine hands, and |19| Then shall his av and his
slain him; thou hast taken them captive, em lay hold on him, and bring
|2| Then thy zekenim and thy |11| And seest among the him out unto the zekenim of
shofetim shall come forth, and captives an eshet yefat to'ar (a his town, and unto the sha'ar
they shall measure unto the woman who is beautiful of (gate) of his place;
towns which are round about form), and hast a desire unto |20| And they shall say unto
him that is slain; her, that thou wouldest have the zekenim of his town, This
|3| And it shall be, that the her to be thy wife; our ben is stubborn and
town which is next unto the |12| Then thou shalt bring rebellious, he will not obey
slain man, even the zekenim her home to thine bais, and our voice; he is a zolel
of that town shall take a she shall shave her rosh, and (glutton) and a soveh
heifer, which hath not been trim her nails; (drunkard).
worked with, and which hath |13| And she shall put the |21| And all the men of his
not pulled the ol (yoke); raiment of her captivity from town shall stone him with
|4| And the zekenim of that off her, and shall remain in avanim (stones), that he die; so
town shall bring down the thine bais, and mourn her av shalt thou put harah away
heifer unto a wadi with and her em a full month; and from among you; and all
running water, which is after that thou shalt go in Yisroel shall hear and fear.
neither plowed nor sown, and unto her, and be her ba'al, |22| And if an ish have
shall break the heifer's neck and she shall be thy isha. committed a chet (sin)
there in the wadi; |14| And it shall be, if thou mishpat mavet (worthy of
|5| And the kohanim the Bnei have no delight in her, then death), and he is put to death,
Levi shall come near; for them thou shalt let her go whither and thou hang him on an etz;
Hashem Eloheicha hath she will; but thou shalt not sell |23| His nevelah shall not
chosen to minister unto Him, her at all for kesef, thou shalt remain all night upon the etz,
and to bless in the Shem of not make merchandise of her, but thou shalt in any wise
Hashem; and by their word because thou hast humbled bury him that day; for he that
shall every controversy and her. is talui (hanged) is under
every assault be tried; |15| If an ish have two Kilelat Elohim (curse of G-d);
|6| And all the zekenim of nashim, one beloved, and that thy adamah be not
that town, that are next unto another hated, and they have defiled, which Hashem
the slain man, shall wash their born him banim, both the Eloheicha giveth thee for a
hands over the heifer whose beloved and the hated; and if nachalah [see 2Sm 18:14;
neck was broken in the valley; the bechor be hers that was Yn 19:31; Ga 3:13].
|7| And they shall answer and hated;
say, Yadeinu (our hands) are |16| Then it shall be, on the
not guilty of shefach dahm yom when he wills his
(shedding blood), neither have possessions to his banim, that Thou shalt not see
our eyes seen it.
|8| Kapper (atone), O
Hashem, for Thy people
he may not make the ben of
the beloved bechor before the
ben of the hated, which is
22 thy brother's shor
or his seh go
astray, and ignore them; thou
Yisroel, whom Thou hast indeed the bechor; shalt in any case bring them
redeemed, and lay not dahm |17| But he shall acknowledge back unto thy brother.
naki (innocent blood) unto the the ben of the hated for the |2| And if thy brother be not
charge of Thy people Yisroel. bechor, by giving him a near unto thee, or if thou
And the shefach dahm shall double portion of all that he know him not, then thou shalt
be atoned for. hath; for he is the beginning bring it unto thine own bais,
|9| So shalt thou put away the of his strength; the mishpat and it shall be with thee until
guilt of dahm naki from habechorah (right of the thy brother seek after it, and
among you, when thou shalt firstborn) is his. thou shalt restore it to him
do that which is right in the |18| If an ish have a stubborn again.
sight of Hashem. and rebellious ben, which will
|3| In like manner shalt thou |13| If any ish take an isha, lay with the isha, and the isha;
do with his chamor; and so and go in unto her, and hate so shalt thou put away the rah
shalt thou do with his her, from Yisroel.
raiment; and with all lost |14| And give occasions of |23| If a na'arah that is a
things of thy brother's, speech against her, and bring betulah be betrothed unto a
which he hath lost, and thou up a shem rah (bad name) husband, and an ish find her
hast found, shalt thou do upon her, and say, I took this in the town, and lie with her;
likewise; thou mayest not isha, and when I came to her, |24| Then ye shall bring them
ignore it. I found her with no betulim both out unto the sha'ar of
|4| Thou shalt not see thy (proofs of virginity); that town, and ye shall stone
brother's chamor or his shor |15| Then shall the av of the them with avanim that they
fall down by the road, and na'arah, and her em, take and die; the na'arah, because she
ignore them; thou shalt surely bring forth the betulim (proofs cried not, being in the town;
help him to lift them up again. of virginity) unto the and the ish, because he hath
|5| The isha shall not wear zekenim of the town in the humbled his neighbor's isha;
that which pertaineth unto a sha'arah (gate); so thou shalt put away the rah
gever (man) neither shall a |16| And the avi hana'arah from among you.
gever put on simlat isha shall say unto the zekenim, I |25| But if the ish find a
(garment of a woman); for all gave my bat unto this ish as na'arah hame'orasah
that do so are to'avat unto isha (wife) and he hateth her; (betrothed woman) in the
Hashem Eloheicha. |17| And, hinei, he hath given sadeh, and the ish overpower
|6| If a bird's ken (nest) occasions of speech against her, and lie with her; then the
chance to be before thee in the her, saying, I found not thy ish only that lay with her shall
way in any tree, or on the bat with betulim; and yet die.
ground, whether they be these are my bat's betulim. |26| But unto the na'arah
young ones, or eggs, and the And they shall spread the thou shalt do nothing; there is
mother is roosting upon the simlah (clothing) before the in the na'arah no chet mavet
young, or upon the eggs, thou zekenim of the town. (sin worthy of death); for as
shalt not take the mother with |18| And the zekenim of that when an ish riseth against his
the young; town shall take that ish and neighbor, and slayeth him,
|7| But thou shalt in any wise punish him; even so is this matter;
let the mother go, and take the |19| And they shall fine him a |27| For he found her in the
young to thee; that it may be hundred shekels of kesef, and sadeh, and the na'arah
well with thee, and that thou give them unto the avi hame'orasah cried, and there
mayest prolong thy yamim. hana'arah, because he hath was no moshia (savior) for her
|8| When thou buildest a brought a shem rah (bad [see 2C 11:2-3 regarding
bais chadash, then thou shalt name) upon a betulat Yisroel; Moshiach and his Kehillah
make a parapet for thy roof, and she shall be his isha; he Kallah and Hasatan’s evil
that thou bring not dahm may not put her away all his interference with the betrothal
(blood guiltiness) upon thine yamim. and the above three Scriptures
bais, if any fall from thence. |20| But if this thing be emes, T.N.].
|9| Thou shalt not sow thy and the betulim be not found |28| If an ish find a na'arah
kerem with different seeds; for the na'arah; that is a betulah, which is not
lest the fruit of thy zera which |21| Then they shall bring out orasah (betrothed), and lay
thou hast sown, and the fruit the na'arah to the door of her hold on her, and lie with her,
of thy kerem, be defiled. bais avi, and the anashim of and they be found;
|10| Thou shalt not plow with her town shall stone her with |29| Then the ish that lay
a shor and a chamor together. avanim that she die; because with her shall give unto the avi
|11| Thou shalt not wear a she hath committed an hana'arah fifty [shekels] of
garment of different sorts, as outrage in Yisroel, to play the kesef, and she shall be his
of woolen and linen together. whore in her bais avi; so shalt isha; because he hath
|12| Thou shalt make thou put away the rah from humbled her, he may not put
thee gedilim (fringes, among you. her away all his yamim.
tzitzis, twisted threads) upon |22| If an ish be found |30 (23:1)| An ish shall not
the four corners of thy lying with an isha married to a take eshet aviv (his father's
garment, wherewith thou husband then they shall both wife), nor uncover his
coverest thyself. of them die, both the ish that father's robe.
23 He that is wounded
in the testicles, or
hath a severed
organ, shall not enter into the
|11 (12)| But it shall be, when
erev cometh on, he shall wash
himself with mayim; and
when the shemesh is down, he
|20 (21)| Unto a nokhri thou
mayest lend upon neshekh;
but unto thy brother thou
shalt not lend upon neshekh;
Kahal Hashem. shall come into the that Hashem Eloheicha may
|2 (3)| A mamzer shall not machaneh again. bless thee in all that thou
enter into the Kahal Hashem; |12 (13)| Thou shalt have a settest thine hand to in
even to his tenth generation place also outside the ha'aretz whither thou goest to
shall he not enter into the machaneh, whither thou shalt possess it.
Kahal Hashem. go forth outside; |21 (22)| When thou shalt vow
|3 (4)| An Amoni or Moavi |13 (14)| And thou shalt have a neder unto Hashem
shall not enter into the Kahal a shovel in addition to thy Eloheicha, thou shalt not
Hashem; even to their tenth weapon; and it shall be, when delay to pay it; for Hashem
generation shall they not enter thou wilt relieve thyself Eloheicha will surely require
into the Kahal Hashem ad outside, thou shalt dig it of thee; and it would be chet
olam; therewith, and shalt turn back (sin) in thee.
|4 (5)| Because they met you and cover that which cometh |22 (23)| But if thou shalt
not with lechem and with from thee: abstain from vowing, it shall
mayim in the way, when ye |14 (15)| For Hashem be no chet in thee.
came forth out of Mitzrayim; Eloheicha walketh in the |23 (24)| That which is gone
and because they hired midst of thy machaneh, to out of thy lips thou shalt be
against thee Balaam ben Beor deliver thee, and to give up shomer over and perform;
from Petor in Aram thine enemies before thee; even a vow thou hast
Naharaim, to curse thee. therefore shall thy machaneh voluntarily vowed unto
|5 (6)| Nevertheless Hashem be kadosh; that He see no Hashem Eloheicha, which
Eloheicha would not give heed ervat davar (shameful thing) thou hast promised with thy
unto Balaam; but Hashem in thee, and turn away from mouth.
Eloheicha turned the kelalah thee. |24 (25)| When thou comest
into a berakhah unto thee, |15 (16)| Thou shalt not give into thy neighbor's kerem
because Hashem Eloheicha back unto his adon the eved (vineyard), then thou
loved thee. which is rescued from his mayest eat thy fill of grapes at
|6 (7)| Thou shalt not seek adon unto thee [see PM]: thine own pleasure; but thou
their shalom nor their tovat |16 (17)| He shall dwell with shalt not put any in thy vessel.
all thy yamim l'olam. thee, even among you, in that |25 (26)| When thou comest
|7 (8)| Thou shalt not abhor place which he shall choose in into the standing grain of thy
an Edomi; for he is thy one of thy she'arim, where it neighbor, then thou mayest
brother: thou shalt not abhor pleases him best; thou shalt pluck the ears with thine yad;
a Mitzri (an Egyptian); not oppress him. but thou shalt not use a sickle
because thou wast a ger in his |17 (18)| There shall be no unto thy neighbor's standing
land. kedeshah (ritual prostitute) of grain [see Mt 12:1; Mk 2:23;
|8 (9)| The banim that are the banot Yisroel, nor a Lk 6:1 on the fact that where
begotten of them shall enter kadesh (sodomite ritual the Spirit of the L-rd is, there is
into the Kahal Hashem in prostitute) of the bnei Yisroel. liberty.T.N.].
their third generation. |18 (19)| Thou shalt not bring When an ish hath
|9 (10)| When the machaneh
(camp) goeth forth against
thine enemies, then be shomer
the hire of a zonah, or the
price of a kelev (male
prostitute), into the Bais
24 taken an isha, and
married her, and it
come to pass that she find no
over thee against every wicked Hashem Eloheicha for any chen (favor) in his eyes,
thing. neder; for even both of these because he hath found some
|10 (11)| If there be among are to'avat Hashem Eloheicha. ervat davar (matter of
you any ish, that is not tahor |19 (20)| Thou shalt not lend immorality) in her; then let
(clean) by reason of a upon neshekh (interest) to thy him write her a sefer keritut
nocturnal occurrence, then brother; neshekh of kesef, and give it in her hand, and
shall he go outside the neshekh of okhel, neshekh of send her out of his bais;
machaneh, he shall not come any thing that is lent upon |2| And when she is departed
within the machaneh; neshekh; out of his bais, she
may go and be
an ish acher (wife of another). thou dost lend shall bring out for the yatom (orphan), and
|3| And if the latter husband the pledge outside unto thee. for the almanah.
hate her, and write her a sefer |12| And if the ish be oni |21| When thou gatherest the
keritut and giveth it in her (poor), thou shalt not keep his grapes of thy kerem, thou
hand, and sendeth her out of pledge overnight; shalt not glean it afterward; it
his bais; or if the latter |13| In any case thou shalt shall be for the ger, for the
husband die, which took her deliver to him the pledge yatom, and for the almanah.
to be his isha; again when the shemesh goeth |22| And thou shalt
|4| Her former husband, down, that he may sleep in his remember that thou wast an
which sent her away, may not own raiment, and bless thee; eved in Eretz Mitzrayim;
take her again to be his isha, and it shall be tzedakah unto therefore I command thee to
after that she is hutamma'ah thee before Hashem do this thing.
(defiled); for that is to'evah Eloheicha.
(abomination) before Hashem; |14| Thou shalt not oppress a If there be a
and thou shalt not cause
ha'aretz to sin, which Hashem
Eloheicha giveth thee for a
hired servant that is oni (poor)
and evyon (needy), whether he
be of thy brethren, or of thy
25 dispute between
anashim, and they
come unto hamishpat (the
nachalah. ger that are in thy land within court) that the shofetim may
|5| When an ish hath taken thy she'arim; judge them; then they shall
an isha chadasha, he shall not |15| Each day thou shalt give justify the tzaddik (i.e., declare
go out to milchamah, neither him his wages, neither shall him to be in the right), and
shall he be charged with any the shemesh go down upon it; condemn the guilty.
business; but he shall be free for he is oni, and setteth his |2| And it shall be, if the
in his bais shanah echat, and lev upon it; lest he cry against reshah be worthy to be beaten,
shall gladden his isha which thee unto Hashem, and it be that the shofet shall cause him
he hath taken. chet unto thee. to lie down, and to be beaten
|6| No ish shall take the lower |16| The avot shall not be put in his presence, according to
or the upper millstone to to death for the banim, his fault, by a certain number.
pledge; for he taketh a man's neither shall the banim be put |3| Arba'im he may give him,
nefesh in pledge. to death for the avot; every ish and not exceed; lest, if he
|7| If an ish be found shall be put to death for his should exceed, and beat him
kidnapping any of his own chet. above these with makkah
brethren of the Bnei |17| Thou shalt not pervert rabbah (many stripes), then
Yisroel, and enslaves him, or the mishpat due the ger, nor thy brother would be
selleth him; then that ganav of the yatom; nor take an degraded in your sight.
shall die; and thou shalt put almanah's raiment to pledge; |4| Thou shalt not muzzle the
the rah away from among |18| But thou shalt remember shor when he treadeth out the
you. that thou wast an eved in grain [1C 9:9; 1Ti 5:18].
|8| Take heed in the nega Mitzrayim, and Hashem |5| If achim dwell together,
hatzara'at, that thou be Eloheicha redeemed thee and one of them die, and ben
shomer me'od and do thence; therefore I command ain lo (have no child), the
according to all that the thee to do this thing. eshet hamet (wife of the dead)
kohanim, the Levi'im, shall |19| When thou cuttest down shall not marry outside unto
teach you; as I commanded thine katzir in thy sadeh, and an ish zar (strange man); her
them, so ye shall be shomer to hast forgot an omer (sheaf) in yevam (deceased husband's
do. the sadeh, thou shalt not go brother) shall go in unto her,
|9| Remember what Hashem again to bring it back; it shall and take her to him as a wife,
Eloheicha did unto Miryam by be for the ger, for the yatom and perform the levirate
the way, after that ye were (orphan), and for the marriage.
come forth out of Mitzrayim. almanah; that Hashem |6| And it shall be, that the
|10| When thou dost lend thy Eloheicha may bless thee in bechor which she beareth
brother any thing, thou shalt all the ma'aseh of thine hands. shall succeed in the shem of
not go into his bais to get his |20| When thou beatest thine his brother which is dead, that
pledge. [etz] hazayit (olive tree), thou shmo be not blotted out from
|11| Thou shalt stand shalt not go over the branches Yisroel [see Ruth].
outside, and the ish to whom again; it shall be for the ger,
|7| And if the ish like not to (abomination) unto Hashem and set it down before the
take his brother's isha, then let Eloheicha. mizbe'ach of Hashem
his brother's isha go up to the |17| Remember what Amalek Eloheicha.
sha'ar unto the zekenim, and did unto thee by the way, |5| And thou shalt speak and
say, My husband's brother when ye were come forth out say before Hashem Eloheicha,
refuseth to raise up unto his of Mitzrayim; An Aramean ready to perish
brother a shem in Yisroel, he |18| How he met thee by the was Avi, and he went down
will not perform the levirate way, and struck your rear into Mitzrayim, and sojourned
marriage with me. ranks, even all that were there with a few, and became
|8| Then the zekenim of his feeble behind thee, when thou there a nation, great, mighty,
town shall call him, and speak wast faint and weary; and he and populous;
unto him; and if he stand to it, feared not Elohim. |6| And the Egyptians
and say, I like not to take her; |19| Therefore it shall be, mistreated us, and afflicted
|9| Then shall his brother's when Hashem Eloheicha hath us, and laid upon us avodah
isha come unto him in the given thee rest from all thine kashah (hard labor);
presence of the zekenim, and enemies round about, in |7| And when we cried unto
remove his sandal from off his ha'aretz which Hashem Hashem Elohei Avoteinu,
foot, and spit in his face, and Eloheicha giveth thee for a Hashem heard our voice, and
shall answer and say, So shall nachalah to possess it, that looked on our affliction, and
it be done unto that ish that thou shalt blot out the our labor, and our oppression;
will not build up the bais remembrance of Amalek from |8| And Hashem brought us
achiv (the house of his under Shomayim; thou shalt forth out of Mitzrayim with a
brother). not forget it. yad chazakah, and with an
|10| And shmo shall be called outstretched zero'a, and with
in Yisroel, The bais of him great awesomeness, and with
that hath his sandal loosed. otot, and with mofetim;
|11| When anashim strive [KI TAVO] |9| And He hath brought us
together one with another, into this place, and hath given
and the eshet (wife) of the one us this land, even an eretz
draweth near for to deliver her zavat cholov udevash.
husband out of the hand of And it shall be, |10| And now, hinei, I have
him that striketh him, and
putteth forth her hand, and
taketh him by the private
26 when thou art
come in unto
ha'aretz which Hashem
brought the reshit pri
ha'adamah (firstfruits of the
fruit of the land), which Thou,
parts, Eloheicha giveth thee for a Hashem, hast given me. And
|12| Then thou shalt cut off nachalah, and possessest it, thou shalt set it before
her kaf (palm, hollow or flat of and dwellest therein, Hashem Eloheicha, and
the hand), thine eye shall not |2| That thou shalt take of the worship before Hashem
pity her. reshit kol pri ha'adamah Eloheicha;
|13| Thou shalt not have in which thou shalt bring of thy |11| And thou shalt rejoice in
thy bag differing weights, a land that Hashem Eloheicha kol hatov which Hashem
gedolah and a ketannah. giveth thee, and shalt put it in Eloheicha hath given unto
|14| Thou shalt not have in a basket, and shalt go unto the thee, and unto thine bais,
thine bais differing eifah place which Hashem thou, and the Levi, and the
(measures), a gedolah and a Eloheicha shall choose to ger that is among you.
ketannah. place Shmo there. |12| When thou hast made an
|15| But thou shalt have a |3| And thou shalt go unto end of tithing kol ma'aser (all
shleimah and tzedek weight, a the kohen that shall be in the tithe) of thine tevu'at
perfect and just measure shalt those yamim, and say unto bashanah hashelishit
thou have; that thy yamim him, I declare today unto (increase in the third year),
may be lengthened in Hashem Eloheicha, which is the Shnat HaMa'aser
ha'adamah which Hashem that I am come unto the (Year of Tithing), and hast
Eloheicha giveth thee. country which Hashem swore given it unto the Levi, the ger,
|16| For all that do such unto Avoteinu to give us. the yatom (orphan), and the
things, and all that do |4| And the kohen shall take almanah, that they may
unrighteously, are a to'evah the basket out of thine hand,
eat within thy she'arim, and be be an Am Kadosh unto saying, Take heed, and shema,
filled; Hashem Eloheicha, as He Yisroel; today thou art become
|13| Then thou shalt say hath spoken. the people of Hashem
before Hashem Eloheicha, I Eloheicha.
have brought away HaKodesh |10| Thou shalt therefore
(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
27 And Moshe with
the zekenim of
Yisroel
commanded the people,
obey the voice of Hashem
Eloheicha, and do His mitzvot
and His chukkim, which I
command thee today.
almanah, according to all Thy saying, Be shomer over all the |11| And Moshe charged the
mitzvot which Thou hast mitzvot which I command you people the same yom, saying,
commanded me; I have not today. |12| These shall stand upon
transgressed Thy mitzvot, |2| And it shall be on the yom Mt Gerizim to bless the
neither have I forgotten them. when ye shall pass over people, when ye are come over
|14| I have not eaten thereof Yarden unto Ha'Aretz which Yarden; Shimeon, and Levi,
in my mourning, neither have Hashem Eloheicha giveth and Yehudah, and Yissakhar,
I taken away whatever thereof thee, that thou shalt set thee and Yosef, and Binyamin;
while I was tameh, nor given up avanim gedolot, and |13| And these shall stand
thereof for the dead; but I plaster them with plaster; upon Mt Eival fot the curse:
have given heed to the voice of |3| And thou shalt write upon Reuven, Gad, and Asher, and
Hashem Elohai, and have them kol divrei hatorah hazot, Zevulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
done according to all that when thou art passed over, |14| And the Levi'im shall
Thou hast commanded me. that thou mayest go in unto speak, and say unto all the
|15| Look down from Thy Ha'Aretz which Hashem men of Yisroel with a loud
me'on kadosh (holy dwelling Eloheicha giveth thee, Eretz voice,
place), from Shomayim, and zavat cholov udevash; as |15| Arur (cursed) be the ish
bless Thy people Yisroel, and Hashem Elohei Avoteicha that maketh any pesel (graven
ha'adamah which Thou hast hath promised thee. image) or massekhah (molten
given us, as Thou didst swear |4| Therefore it shall be when image), a to'evah
unto Avoteinu, Eretz zavat ye be gone over Yarden, that (abomination) unto Hashem,
cholov udevash. ye shall set up these avanim, the work of the hands of the
|16| This day Hashem which I command you today, charash (craftsman), and sets
Eloheicha hath commanded in Mt Eival, and thou shalt it up in a secret place. And kol
thee to do these chukkim and plaster them with plaster. HaAm shall answer and say,
mishpatim; thou shalt |5| And there shalt thou build Omein.
therefore be shomer over and a mizbe'ach unto Hashem |16| Arur (cursed) be he that
do them with kol levavecha, Eloheicha, a mizbe'ach of treats with contempt aviv or
and with kol nafshecha. avanim; thou shalt not use immo. And kol HaAm shall
|17| Thou hast distinguished any barzel (iron [tool]) upon say, Omein.
Hashem this day to be thy them. |17| Arur (cursed) be he that
Elohim, and to walk in His |6| Thou shalt build the moveth his neighbor's
ways, and to be shomer over mizbe'ach of Hashem boundary marker. And kol
His chukkim, and His mitzvot, Eloheicha of avanim shleimot HaAm shall say, Omein.
and His mishpatim, and to (uncut stones); and thou shalt |18| Arur (cursed) be he that
give heed unto His voice; offer olot thereon unto maketh the ivver (blind) to
|18| And Hashem hath Hashem Eloheicha; wander out of the way. And
distinguished thee today to be |7| And thou shalt offer kol HaAm shall say, Omein.
His Am Segullah (treasured shelamim, and shalt eat there, |19| Arur (cursed) be he that
people), as He hath promised and rejoice before Hashem perverteth the mishpat of the
thee, and that thou shouldest Eloheicha. ger, yatom, and almanah. And
be shomer over all His |8| And thou shalt write very kol HaAm shall say, Omein.
mitzvot; clearly upon the avanim kol |20| Arur (cursed) be he that
|19| And to set thee high divrei hatorah hazot. lieth with eshet aviv (his
above kol HaGoyim which He |9| And Moshe and the father's wife); because he
hath made, in tehillah kohanim who are Levi'im uncovereth the robe of his
(praise), and in shem, and in spoke unto kol Yisroel, father. And kol HaAm shall
tiferet; and that thou mayest say, Omein.
|21| Arur be he that lieth with |7| Hashem shall cause thine |15| But it shall come to pass,
any manner of beast. And kol enemies that rise up against if thou wilt not give heed unto
HaAm shall say, Omein. thee to be defeated before thy the voice of Hashem
|22| Arur be he that lieth with face; they shall come out Eloheicha, to be shomer to do
his achot, the bat aviv, or the against thee derech echad, all His mitzvot and His
bat immo. And kol HaAm and flee before thee shivah chukkot which I command
shall say, Omein. derakhim. thee today, that all these
|23| Arur be he that lieth with |8| Hashem shall command kelalot (curses) shall come
his chotenet (mother-in-law). the berakhah upon thee in thy upon thee, and overtake thee:
And kol HaAm shall say, storehouses, and in all that |16| Arur shalt thou be in the
Omein. thou settest thine hand unto; town, and Arur shalt thou be
|24| Arur be he that attacks and He shall bless thee in in the sadeh.
his re'a (neighbor) secretly. ha'aretz which Hashem |17| Arur shall be thy basket
And kol HaAm shall say, Eloheicha giveth thee. and thy kneading bowl.
Omein. |9| Hashem shall establish |18| Arur shall be the pri of
|25| Arur be he that taketh thee an Am Kadosh unto thy womb, and the pri of thy
shochad (bribe, reward) to slay Himself, as He hath sworn adamah, the increase of thy
the nefesh dahm naki. unto thee, if thou shalt be livestock, and the flocks of thy
And kol HaAm shall say, shomer over the mitzvot of sheep.
Omein. Hashem Eloheicha, and walk |19| Arur shalt thou be when
|26| Arur be he that in His ways. thou comest in, and Arur shalt
confirmeth not divrei haTorah |10| And all people of thou be when thou goest out.
hazot by doing them. And kol ha'aretz shall see that thou art |20| Hashem shall send upon
HaAm shall say, Omein. [Ga called by the Shem of thee me'erah (curse),
3:10] Hashem; and they shall be mehumah (confusion), and
And it shall come afraid of thee. migeret (rebuke), in all that
28 to pass, if thou
shalt give heed
diligently unto the voice of
|11| And Hashem shall make
thee plenteous in goods, in
the pri of thy womb, and in
thou settest thine hand unto
to do, until thou be shmad,
and until thou perish quickly;
Hashem Eloheicha, to be the pri of thy livestock, and in because of the wickedness of
shomer and to do all His the pri of thy ground, in thy doings, whereby thou hast
mitzvot which I command ha'adamah which Hashem forsaken Me.
thee today, that Hashem swore unto Avotecha to give |21| Hashem shall make the
Eloheicha will set thee on high thee. dever (plague, pestilence) have
above kol Goyei Ha'Aretz; |12| Hashem shall open unto deveykus with thee, until He
|2| And all these berakhot thee His otzar hatov, the have consumed thee from off
shall come on thee, and Shomayim, to give the matar ha'adamah, whither thou goest
overtake thee, if thou shalt unto thy land in its season, to possess it.
give heed unto the voice of and to bless all the work of |22| Hashem shall strike thee
Hashem Eloheicha. thine hand; and thou shalt with a shachefet
|3| Baruch atah baIr (blessed lend unto Goyim rabbim, and (consumption), and with a
shalt thou be in the town), and thou shalt not borrow. kaddachat (fever, Mk 1:31),
baruch atah basadeh (blessed |13| And Hashem shall make and with an inflammation,
shalt thou be in the field, thee the rosh, and not the and with an extreme burning,
country). zanav (tail); and thou shalt be and with the cherev, and with
|4| Baruch shall be the pri of above only, and thou shalt not scorching, and with mildew;
thy womb, and the pri of thy be beneath; if that thou give and they shall pursue thee
adamah, and the pri of thy heed unto the mitzvot until thou perish.
animals, the increase of thy Hashem Eloheicha, which I |23| And thy Shomayim that
livestock, and the flocks of thy command thee today, to be is over thy head shall be
sheep. shomer to do them; nechoshet, and Ha'Aretz that
|5| Baruch shall be thy basket |14| And thou shalt not turn is under thee shall be barzel.
and thy kneading bowl. aside from any of the devarim |24| Hashem shall make the
|6| Baruch atah when thou which I command thee today, matar of thy land powder and
comest in, and baruch atah to the right, or to the left, to go dust; from Shomayim
when thou goest out. after elohim acherim to serve
them.
shall it come down upon thee, |33| The pri of thy adamah, |44| He shall lend to thee,
until thou be shmad. and all thy labors, shall a and thou shalt not lend to
|25| Hashem shall cause thee nation which thou knowest him; he shall be the rosh, and
to be defeated before thine not eat up; and thou shalt be thou shalt be the zanav.
enemies; thou shalt go out only oppressed and crushed |45| Moreover all these
derech echad against them, kol hayamim; kelalot shall come upon thee,
and flee shivah derakhim |34| So that thou shalt be and shall pursue thee, and
before them; and shalt be an driven meshuga because of overtake thee, till thou be
object of horror unto all the the sight of thine eyes which shmad; because thou gavest
kingdoms of the earth. thou shalt see. not heed unto the voice of
|26| And thy nevelah shall be |35| Hashem shall strike thee Hashem Eloheicha to be
okhel unto all fowls of the air, in the birkayim (knees), and in shomer over His mitzvot and
and unto the beasts of the legs, with shekhin rah (foul His chukkot which He
ha'aretz, and no ish shall boil) that cannot be healed, commanded thee;
frighten them away. from the sole of thy foot unto |46| And they shall be upon
|27| Hashem will strike thee the top of thy head. thee for an ot and for a mofet,
with the shekhin (boils) of |36| Hashem shall bring thee, and upon thy zera ad olam.
Mitzrayim, and with the and thy melech which thou |47| Because thou servedst
tumors, and with the scab, shalt set over thee, unto a Goy not Hashem Eloheicha with
and with the itch, whereof which neither thou nor simchah, and with gladness of
thou canst not be healed. Avoteicha have known; and heart, because of the
|28| Hashem shall strike thee there shalt thou serve elohim abundance of all things;
with shiga'on (insanity), and acherim, etz va’even (wood |48| Therefore shalt thou
ivvaron (blindness), and and stone). [2Kgs 25:7] serve thine enemies which
timhon levav (confusion of |37| And thou shalt become Hashem shall send against
heart); an object of horror, a mashal, thee, in ra'av (hunger, famine),
|29| And thou shalt grope at and a byword, among kol and in tzama (thirst), and in
noonday, as the ivver gropeth haGoyim whither Hashem eirom (nakedness), and in
in darkness, and thou shalt shall lead thee. choser (want) of all things; and
not prosper in thy ways; and |38| Thou shalt carry much He shall put an ol barzel (yoke
thou shalt be only oppressed zera out into the sadeh, and of iron) upon thy tzavvar
and plundered evermore, and shalt gather but little in; for (neck), until He hath made
thou shalt have no moshi'a. the arbeh shall devour it. thee shmad.
|30| Thou shalt betroth an |39| Thou shalt plant |49| Hashem shall bring a
isha, and another ish shall lie kramim, and dress them, but nation against thee from afar,
with her; thou shalt build a shalt neither drink of the from the ketzeh ha'aretz, as
bais, and thou shalt not dwell yayin, nor gather the grapes; swift as the nesher flieth; a
therein; thou shalt plant a for the tola'at (worm) shall nation whose lashon thou
kerem, and shalt not gather eat them. shalt not understand;
the grapes thereof. |40| Thou shalt have olive |50| A nation of fierce
|31| Thine shor shall be slain trees throughout all thy countenance, which shall not
before thine eyes, and thou territory, but thou shalt not respect the zaken’s person,
shalt not eat thereof; thine anoint thyself with the nor show favor to the na'ar;
chamor shall be violently shemen; for thine olives shall |51| And he shall eat the pri
taken away from before thy drop off. of thy animals, and the pri of
face, and shall not be restored |41| Thou shalt father banim thy adamah, until thou be
to thee; thy tzon shall be given and banot, but thou shalt not shmad; which also shall not
unto thine enemies, and thou enjoy them; for they shall go leave thee either dagan, tirosh,
shalt have no moshi'a. into shevi (captivity, the or yitzhar, or the increase of
|32| Thy banim and thy golus). thy livestock, or flocks of thy
banot shall be given unto |42| All thy trees and pri of sheep, until it hath destroyed
another people, and thine eyes thy adamah shall the locust thee.
shall look, and fail with consume. |52| And it shall besiege thee
longing for them kol hayom; |43| The ger that is within in all thy she'arim, until thy
and there shall be nothing you thee shall get up above thee high and fortified walls come
can do. very high; and thou shalt come down, wherein thou
down very low.
trusted, throughout all thy Shem, HASHEM |67| In the boker thou shalt
land; and it shall besiege thee ELOHEICHA, say, Would it were erev! And
in all thy she'arim throughout |59| Then Hashem will make at erev thou shalt say, Would
all thy land, which Hashem thy makkot (plagues) it were boker! For the pachad
Eloheicha hath given thee. extraordinary, and the makkot of thine lev wherewith thou
|53| And thou shalt eat the of thy zera, even makkot shalt fear, and for the sight of
pri of thine own womb, the gedolot, and of long thine eyes which thou shalt
basar of thy banim and of thy continuance, and cholayim see.
banot, which Hashem ra'im (evil sicknesses), and of |68| And Hashem shall bring
Eloheicha hath given thee, in long continuance. thee into Mitzrayim again
the matzor (siege), and in the |60| Moreover He will bring with oniyyot, by the way
desperate straits, wherewith upon thee all the diseases of whereof I spoke unto thee,
thine enemies shall distress Mitzrayim, which thou wast Thou shalt see it no more
thee; afraid of; and they shall have again; and there ye shall be
|54| So that the ish that is deveykus unto thee. sold unto your enemies for
sensitive among you, and very |61| Also every choli avadim and shefachot, and no
refined, his eye shall be hostile (sickness), and every makkah ish shall buy you.
toward his brother, and (plague), which is not written
toward his eshet kheyk (wife of in the sefer of this torah, them
his bosom), and toward the will Hashem bring upon thee,
remnant of his banim which until thou be shmad. These are the
he shall leave;
|55| So that he will not give to
any of them of the basar of his
||62| And ye shall be left few
in number, whereas ye were as
the kokhavim of Shomayim
29 devarei HaBrit,
which Hashem
commanded Moshe to cut with
banim whom he shall eat; for multitude; because thou the Bnei Yisroel in Eretz
because he hath nothing left wouldest not obey the voice of Moav, besides the Brit which
him in the matzor (siege), and Hashem Eloheicha. He cut with them in Chorev.
in the desperate straits, |63| And it shall come to |2 (1)| And Moshe called unto
wherewith thine enemies pass, that as Hashem rejoiced kol Yisroel, and said unto
shall distress thee in all thy over you to do you good, to them, Ye have seen all that
she'arim. multiply you, so Hashem will Hashem did before your eyes
|56| The sensitive and refined rejoice over you to make you in Eretz Mitzrayim unto
woman among you, which shmad, to bring you to no- Pharaoh, and unto all his
would not adventure to set the thing; and ye shall be plucked avadim, and unto all his land;
sole of her foot upon the from off the adamah whither |3 (2)| The massot hagedolot
ground for delicateness and thou goest to possess it. (great trials) which thine eyes
tenderness, she shall be |64| And Hashem shall have seen, the otot, and those
hostile toward her ish kheyk scatter thee among kol mofetim hagedolim;
(husband of her bosom), and ha'ammim, from the one |4 (3)| V'lo natan Hashem
toward her ben, and toward end of ha'aretz even unto the lakhem lev lada'at v'einayim
her bat, other; and there thou shalt lirot v'ozna'im lishmoa ad
|57| And toward her serve elohim acherim, which hayom hazeh (Yet Hashem
afterbirth that cometh out neither thou nor Avoteicha hath not given you a lev for
from between her feet, and have known, even etz va’even. da'as, and eyes to see, and ears
toward her banim which she |65| And among these Goyim to hear, to this day.)
shall bear; for she shall eat shalt thou find no mano'ach |5 (4)| And I have led you
them for choser (want) of all [see Ruth], neither shall the arba'im shanim in the midbar;
things secretly in the matzor sole of thy foot have rest; but your clothes are not worn out
(siege) and desperate straits, Hashem shall give thee there a upon you, and thy sandal is
wherewith thine enemy shall lev rogez (anxious heart), and not worn out upon thy foot.
distress thee in thy she'arim. failing of eyes, and da'avon |6 (5)| Ye have not eaten
|58| If thou wilt not be nefesh (suffering of soul); lechem, neither have ye drunk
shomer to do kol divrei |66| And thy life shall hang in yayin or shekhar; that ye
hatorah hazot that are written doubt before thee; and thou might have da'as that Ani
in this sefer, that thou mayest shalt fear lailah and yomam, Hashem Eloheicha.
fear this glorious and fearful and shalt have none
assurance of thy life;
|7 (6)| And when ye came |16 (15)| For ye know how we |23 (22)| And that the whole
unto this place, Sichon Melech have dwelt in Eretz Mitzrayim; land thereof is gofrit (sulfur),
Cheshbon, and Og Melech and how we came through the and melach (salt), and serefah
HaBashan, came out against Goyim which ye passed by; (burning), that it is not sown,
us unto milchamah, and we |17 (16)| And ye have seen nor beareth, nor any esev
defeated them: their shikkutzim groweth therein, like the
|8 (7)| And we took their land, (abominations), and their overthrow of Sodom, and
and gave it for a nachalah gillulim (idols), etz va’even, Amora, Admah, and Tzvoyim,
unto the Reuveni, and to the kesef and zahav, which were which Hashem overthrew in
Gadi, and to the half tribe of among them: His anger, and in His wrath:
Menasheh. |18 (17)| Lest there should be |24 (23)| Even Kol HaGoyim
among you ish, or isha, or shall say, Why hath Hashem
mishpochah, or shevet, whose done thus unto this land?
lev turneth away today from What meaneth the heat of this
Hashem Eloheinu to go and af hagadol (great anger)?
[NITZAVIM] serve the elohei hagoyim |25 (24)| Then men shall say,
hahem (the g-ds of these Because they have forsaken
Goyim); lest there should be the Brit Hashem Elohei
among you a shoresh that Avotam, which He cut with
|9 (8)| Therefore be shomer beareth bitter poison and them when He brought them
over the divrei HaBrit hazot, wormwood [MJ 12:15]; forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim;
and do them, lema'an (in |19 (18)| And it come to pass, |26 (25)| For they went and
order that) ye may prosper in when he heareth the divrei served elohim acherim, and
all that ye do. haalah (words of this oath, worshiped them, elohim
|10 (9)| Ye stand today all of imprecation) that he bless whom they knew not, and
you before Hashem himself in his lev, saying, whom He had not allotted
Eloheichem; your rashei Shalom be with me, though I unto them;
shvatim (heads of tribes), your walk in the stubbornness of |27 (26)| And the Af Hashem
zekenim, and your shoterim, mine lev—thus bringing was kindled against this land,
with kol Ish Yisroel, disaster on both the watered to bring upon it kol hakelalah
|11 (10)| Your little ones, your and the thirsty. that are written in this sefer;
nashim, and the ger that is in |20 (19)| Hashem will not |28 (27)| And Hashem
thy machaneh, from the hewer spare him, but then the wrath uprooted them out of their
of thy wood unto the drawer of of Hashem and His kina land in anger, and in wrath,
thy mayim; (jealousy) shall burn against and in great indignation, and
|12 (11)| That thou shouldest that ish, and kol haalah (all cast them into another land,
enter into Brit with Hashem the curses) that are written in as it is yom hazeh.
Eloheicha, and into His alah this sefer shall fall upon him, |29 (28)| The nistarot (secret
(oath, imprecation) which and Hashem shall blot out things) belong unto Hashem
Hashem Eloheicha cuts with shmo from under Shomayim. Eloheinu: but the niglot (those
thee today: |21 (20)| And Hashem shall things which are revealed)
|13 (12)| In order that He him separate out for disaster belong unto us and to
may establish thee today for a from all the Shivtei Yisroel, baneinu ad olam, that we may
people unto Himself, and that according to all the curses of do all the divrei haTorah
He may be unto thee Elohim, HaBrit that are written in hazot.
as He hath said unto thee, Sefer HaTorah Hazeh;
and as He hath sworn unto |22 (21)| So that the dor
Avoteicha, to Avraham, to ha’acharon (later generation) And it shall come
Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov.
|14 (13)| Neither with you
only do I cut this Brit and this
to come of your banim that
shall rise up after you, and the
ger that shall come from an
30 to pass, when all
these things are
come upon thee, the berakhah
alah (oath, imprecation); eretz rechokah (a far land), and the kelalah, which I have
|15 (14)| But with him that shall say, when they see the set before thee, and thou shalt
standeth here with us today makkot of that land, and the cause them to return to thy
before Hashem Eloheinu, and diseases which Hashem hath
also with him that is not here laid upon it;
with us today;
heart among kol HaGoyim, His mitzvot and His chukkot therefore choose Chayyim,
whither Hashem Eloheicha which are written in that both thou and thy zera
hath driven thee, this sefer hatorah, for thou may live;
|2| And shalt return unto will turn unto Hashem |20| That thou mayest love
Hashem Eloheicha, and shalt Eloheicha bekhol levavcha Hashem Eloheicha, and that
obey His voice according to all uvekhol nafshecha. thou mayest obey His voice,
that I command thee today, |11| For this mitzvah which I and that thou mayest have
thou and thy banim, bekhol command thee today, it is not deveykus unto Him: for He is
levavcha uvekhol nafshecha; too hidden from thee, neither Chayyeicha (your life, Pp 1:21;
|3| That then Hashem is it too distant. Ac 17:28), and the orech
Eloheicha will bring you back |12| It is not in Shomayim, yameicha (length of your
from the golus, and have that thou shouldest say, Who days); that thou mayest
compassion upon thee, and shall go up for us to dwell in ha'adamah which
will return and gather thee Shomayim, and bring it unto Hashem swore unto
from kol ha'amim whither us, that we may hear it, and Avoteicha, to Avraham, to
Hashem Eloheicha hath do it? Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov, to
dispersed thee. |13| Neither is it beyond the give them.
|4| If any of thine be driven yam, that thou shouldest say,
out unto the outmost parts of Who shall go over the yam for
Shomayim, from thence will us, and bring it unto us, that [VAYYELECH]
Hashem Eloheicha gather we may hear it, and do it?
thee, and from thence will He |14| But the Davar is very
And Moshe went
bring thee back;
|5| And Hashem Eloheicha
will bring thee into ha'aretz
which Avoteicha possessed,
near unto thee, in thy mouth,
and in thy lev, that thou
mayest do it.
|15| See, I have set before
31
Yisroel.
and spoke these
devarim unto kol
|2| And he said unto them, I

and thou shalt possess it; and thee today HaChayyim and
am me'ah v'esrim shanah
He will do thee good, and HaTov, and Mavet and Rah;
today; I can no more go out
multiply thee above Avoteicha. |16| In that I command thee
and come in; also Hashem
|6| And Hashem Eloheicha today to love Hashem
hath said unto me, Thou shalt
will circumcise thine lev, and Eloheicha, to walk in His
not go over this Yarden.
the lev of thy zera, to love ways, and to be shomer over
|3| Hashem Eloheicha, He
Hashem Eloheicha bekhol His mitzvot and His chukkot
will go over before thee, and
levavcha uvekhol nafshecha; and His mishpatim, that thou
He will make shmad these
that thou mayest live [Yn 3:3]. mayest live and multiply; and
Goyim from before thee, and
|7| And Hashem Eloheicha Hashem Eloheicha shall bless
thou shalt dispossess them;
will put all these curses upon thee in ha'aretz whither thou
and Yehoshua (see Nechemyah
thine enemies, and on them goest to possess it.
|17| But if thine lev turn 8:17 for Aramaic form,
that hate thee, which
away, so that thou wilt not Yeshua), he shall go over
persecuted thee.
|8| And thou shalt return and hear, but shalt be drawn away, before thee, as Hashem hath
obey the voice of Hashem, and and worship elohim acherim, said.
do all His mitzvot which I and serve them; |4| And Hashem shall do
command thee today. |18| I announce unto you unto them as He did to Sichon
|9| And Hashem Eloheicha today, that ye shall surely and to Og, melachim of the
will make thee abound in perish, and that ye shall not Emori, and unto the land of
every work of thine hand, in prolong your yamim upon them, whom He made shmad.
the pri of thy womb, and in ha'adamah, whither |5| And Hashem shall give
the pri of thy animals, and in thou passest over Yarden to go them up before your face, that
the pri of thy adamah, for to possess it. ye may do unto them
tovah; for Hashem will again |19| I call Shomayim and according unto kol hamitzvot
rejoice over thee for tov, as He Ha'Aretz to record today as which I have commanded you.
rejoiced over Avoteicha; witnesses against you, that I |6| Be strong and of good
have set before you courage, fear not, nor be
|10| If thou shalt give heed
HaChayyim and HaMavet, afraid of their faces; for
unto the voice of Hashem
HaBerakhah and HaKelalah; Hashem Eloheicha,
Eloheicha, to be shomer over
He it is that
doth go with thee; He will not that I may give him a charge. |21| And it shall come to
fail thee, nor abandon thee. And Moshe and Yehoshua pass, when ra'ot rabbot and
|7| And Moshe called unto went, and presented tzarot are befallen them, that
Yehoshua, and said unto him themselves in the Ohel Mo'ed. this shirah shall testify against
in the sight of kol Yisroel, |15| And Hashem appeared them as an ed (witness); for it
Chazak! (be strong) and of a in the Ohel in an ammud shall not be forgotten out of
good courage; for thou must anan (pillar of cloud); the mouths of their zera; for I
go with this people unto and the ammud anan stood know their yetzer (inclination)
Ha'Aretz which Hashem hath over the petach (entrance) of in which they go about, even
sworn unto their avot to give the Ohel. now, before I have brought
them; and thou shalt cause |16| And Hashem said unto them into ha'aretz which I
them to inherit it. [See Moshe, Behold, thou shalt swore.
Yeshayah 49:8; Yn 14:1-3.] sleep with Avoteicha; and this |22| Moshe therefore wrote
|8| And Hashem, He it is that people will rise up, and play this shirah on that day, and
doth go before thee; He will be the harlot going after the taught it the Bnei Yisroel.
with thee, He will not fail thee, elohei nekhar ha'aretz (g-ds of |23| And he gave Yehoshua
neither abandon thee: fear the foreigners of the land), ben Nun a charge, and said,
not, neither be dismayed. whither they go to be among Chazak! And of a good cou-
|9| And Moshe wrote this them, and will forsake Me, rage; for thou shalt bring the
torah, and delivered it unto and break My Brit which I Bnei Yisroel into Ha'Aretz
the kohanim, the Bnei Levi, have cut them. which I swore unto them; and
which bore the Aron Brit |17| Then My anger shall be I will be with thee. [Isa 49:8]
Hashem and unto kol Ziknei kindled against them in Yom |24| And it came to pass,
Yisroel. Hahu, and I will forsake them, when Moshe had made an end
|10| And Moshe commanded and I will hide My face from of writing the divrei HaTorah
them, saying, At the end of them, and they shall be hazot in a sefer, until they
every shevah shanim, devoured, and ra'ot rabbot were finished,
in the mo'ed (appointed time) (many evils) and tzarot |25| That Moshe commanded
of the shnat hashemittah (year (troubles) shall befall them; so the Levi'im, which bore the
of release), in Chag HaSukkot, that they will say in Yom Aron Brit Hashem, saying,
|11| When kol Yisroel is come Hahu, Are not these evils |26| Take this sefer haTorah,
to appear before Hashem come upon us, because Elohai and put it at the side of the
Eloheicha in the place which is not among us? Aron Brit Hashem
He shall choose, thou shalt |18| And I will surely hide My Eloheichem, that it may be
read this torah before kol face in Yom Hahu for kol there for an ed (witness)
Yisroel in their hearing. hara'ah which they shall have against thee.
|12| Gather the people done, in that they are turned |27| For I know thy meri
together, anashim and unto elohim acherim. (rebellion), and thy oref
nashim, and banim, and |19| Now therefore write ye hakasheh (stiff neck); behold,
ger that is within thy she'arim, this shirah for you, and teach while I am yet alive with you
in order that they may hear, it the Bnei Yisroel; put it in today, ye have been mamrim
and that they may learn, and their mouths, in order that (rebellious) against Hashem;
fear Hashem Eloheichem, and this shirah may be an ed and how much more after my
be shomer to do kol divrei (witness) for Me against the death!
hatorah hazot; Bnei Yisroel. |28| Gather unto me kol
|13| And that their banim, |20| For when I shall have ziknei shvatim of you, and
which have not known brought them into ha'adamah your shoterim, that I may
anything, may hear, and learn which I swore unto Avotav speak these devarim in their
to fear Hashem Eloheichem, (their fathers), zavat cholov hearing, and call Shomayim
as long as ye live in u'devash (that floweth with and Ha'Aretz to record as
ha'adamah whither ye go over milk and honey); and they witnesses against them.
Yarden to possess it. shall have eaten and filled |29| For I know that after my
|14| And Hashem said unto themselves, and grown fat; death ye will utterly corrupt
Moshe, Behold, thy yamim then will they turn unto yourselves, and turn aside
approach that thou must die; elohim acherim, and serve from HaDerech which I have
call Yehoshua, and present them, and provoke commanded you;
yourselves in the Ohel Mo'ed, Me, and break My Brit. and hara'ah will
befall you in the acharim when He separated the Bnei fathered thee thou art
hayamim; because ye will do Adam, He set the gevulot unmindful, and hast forgotten
rah (evil) in the sight of (borders) of the people El that formed thee.
Hashem, to provoke Him to according to the number of |19| And when Hashem saw
anger through the work of the Bnei Yisroel. it, He spurned them, because
your hands. |9| For Hashem's chelek is of the provoking of His banim,
|30| And Moshe spoke in the His people; Ya'akov is the and of His banot.
ears of kol Kahal Yisroel the chevel (allotment) of His |20| And He said, I will hide
divrei hashirah hazot (words nachalah. My face from them, I will see
of this song), until they were |10| He found him in an eretz what their end shall be; for
ended. midbar, and in a barren and they are a very perverse
howling wilderness; He generation, banim in whom is
encircled him, He granted him no faithfulness.
discernment, He preserved |21| They have moved Me to
[HAAZINU] him as the pupil of His eye. jealousy with that which is lo
|11| As a nesher stirreth up El (not G-d), they have
her ken (nest), fluttereth over provoked Me to anger with
her young, spreadeth her their vanities; and I will
wings, taketh them up, move them to jealousy with
Give ear, O
32 Shomayim, and I
will speak; and
hear, O Ha'Aretz, the words of
beareth them on her wings,
|12| So Hashem alone did
lead him, and there was no el
nekhar (strange g-d) with him.
those which are lo Am (a non-
people); I will provoke them to
anger with a goy naval
(foolish, senseless nation)
my mouth.
|13| He made him ride on the [Ro 10:19].
|2| My teaching shall drop as
high places of Eretz, that he |22| For an eish is kindled in
the matar, my speech shall
might eat the tenuvot sadeh Mine anger, and shall burn
distil as the tal, as the small
(increase of the fields); and He unto the lowest Sheol, and
rain upon the tender herb,
made to suckle him devash shall devour Eretz and her
and as the showers upon the
out of the rock, and shemen increase, and set on fire the
esev;
out of the flinty rock; foundations of harim.
|3| Because I will publish the
|14| Butter of cattle, and |23| I will heap disasters
Shem of Hashem; ascribe ye
cholov tzon, with fat of lambs, upon them; I will spend Mine
greatness unto Eloheinu.
and rams of the breed of khitzim (arrows) upon them.
|4| He is the Tzur, His po'al is
Bashan, and goats, with |24| They shall be burned
tamim; for all His ways are
chittah (wheat) as fat as with hunger, and devoured
mishpat; El Emunah and
kidneys; and thou didst drink with burning heat, and with
without avel (iniquity), tzaddik
the pure dahm of the grape. bitter destruction; I will also
and yashar is He.
|15| But Yeshurun grew fat, send the teeth of beasts upon
|5| They have corrupted
and kicked; thou art grown fat, them, with the venom of
themselves, their mum is not
thou art grown thick, thou art serpents of the aphar (dust).
His; the defect is in His
covered with fatness; then he |25| The cherev without, and
banim; a dor ikesh u’petaltol
forsook G-d which made him, terror within, shall destroy
(a perverse and crooked
and lightly esteemed the Tzur both the bochur and the
generation).
of his Yeshuah (Salvation). betulah, the suckling also with
|6| Do ye thus repay Hashem,
|16| They provoked Him to the man of gray hairs.
O foolish people without
jealousy with zarim |26| I said, I will dash them
chacham? Is not He Avicha
(foreign g-ds), with to'evot in pieces, I would make the
that hath bought thee? Hath
(abominations) provoked they remembrance of them to cease
He not made thee, and
Him to anger. from among men;
established thee?
|17| They sacrificed unto |27| Were it not that I feared
|7| Remember the yemot
shedim (demons), not to G-d; the wrath of the enemy, lest
olam, consider shenot dor
to elohim whom they knew their adversaries should
v'dor: ask Avicha, and he will
not, to chadashim (new g-ds), misinterpret, and lest they
show thee; thy zekenim, and
new arrivals, whom should say, Our hand is
they will tell thee.
Avoteichem feared not. triumphant, and Hashem
|8| When HaElyon divided to
|18| Of the Tzur that hath not done all this.
the Goyim their nachalah,
|28| For they are a goy |40| For I lift up My hand to die, and be gathered unto thy
(nation) void of sense, neither Shomayim, and say, Chai people; as Aharon thy brother
is there any seichel in them. Anochi L'Olam (I live forever). died in Mt Hor, and was
|29| O that they were wise, |41| If I sharpen My glittering gathered unto his people;
that they had seichel, that they cherev, and Mine hand take |51| Because you trespassed
would consider their acharit hold on mishpat; I will render against Me among the Bnei
(latter end, future)! nakam (vengeance) to Mine Yisroel at the waters of
|30| How should echad chase enemies, and will reward them Merivat Kadesh, in the
an elef (thousand), and that hate Me. midbar of Tzin; because lo
shnayim (two) put ten |42| I will make Mine khitzim kiddashtem (not ye upheld as
thousand to flight, except their (arrows) drunk with dahm, holy) Me in the midst of the
tzur had sold them, and and My cherev shall devour Bnei Yisroel.
Hashem had shut them up? basar; and that with the dahm |52| Therefore from a
|31| For their tzur is not like of the slain and of the distance thou shalt see
Tzureinu, even our enemies captives, from the head of ha'aretz; but thou shalt not
themselves being conceders. leaders of the foe. enter thither into ha'aretz
|32| For their gefen is of the |43| Rejoice, O ye Goyim, which I give the Bnei Yisroel.
gefen of Sodom, and of the with His people: for He will
fields of Amora (Gomorrah); avenge the dahm of His
their grapes are grapes of avadim, and will render
poison, their clusters are nakam (vengeance) to His [VEZOS HABERACHAH]
bitter; adversaries, and will make
|33| Their yayin is the venom kapporah for the land of His
of serpents, and the deadly people.
poison of asps. |44| And Moshe came and
|34| Is not this laid up in spoke kol divre hashirah in And this is the
store with Me, and sealed up
among My otzrot (treasures)?
|35| To Me belongeth nakam
the hearing of the people, he,
and Hoshea ben Nun.
|45| And Moshe made an end
33 berakhah,
wherewith Moshe
the Ish HaElohim blessed the
(vengeance) and recompence; of speaking all these devarim Bnei Yisroel before moto (his
their foot shall slip in due to kol Yisroel; death).
time; for the Yom of their |46| And he said unto them, |2| And he said, Hashem
calamity is at hand, and the Set your hearts unto all the came from Sinai, and rose up
things that shall come upon devarim which I testify among from Seir unto them; He
them make haste. you today, which ye shall shined forth from Mt Paran,
|36| For Hashem shall judge command your banim to be and He came with ten
His people, and relent for His shomer to do, kol divrei thousands of kodesh; from His
avadim, when He seeth that hatorah hazot. right hand went a fiery law for
their power is gone, and there |47| For it is not an idle thing them.
is none left, slave or free. for you; because it is |3| Yea, He loved the amim;
|37| And He shall say, Where Chayyeichem (your life); kol kedoshav (all His holy
are their elohim, their tzur in and through this thing ye shall ones) are in Thy hand: and
whom they trusted, prolong your yamim in they sat down at Thy feet;
|38| Which did eat the fat of ha'adamah, whither ye go over every one shall receive of Thy
their zevakhim (sacrifices), Yarden to possess it. devarot.
and drank the yayin of their |48| And Hashem spoke unto |4| Moshe charged us with a
nesakhim (drink offerings)? Moshe that very same day, torah, even the morashah
Let them rise up and help you, saying, kehillat Ya'akov (heritage of
and be your shelter. |49| Get thee up into this the Congregation of Ya'akov).
|39| See now that I, even I, mountain range Avarim, unto |5| And He was Melech in
am He, and there is no elohim Mt Nevo, which is in Eretz Yeshurun, when the Rashei
besides Me: I kill, and I make Moav, that is opposite Yericho; Am and the Shivtei Yisroel
alive; I wound, and I heal; and view Eretz Kena'an, which were gathered together.
neither is there any that can I give unto the Bnei Yisroel for |6| Let Reuven live, and not
deliver out of My hand. a possession; die; and let not his men be
|50| And in the mount few.
whither thou goest up ye will
|7| And this to Yehudah: and precious things of the (dip, immerse as in tevilah) his
he said, Shema, Hashem, the everlasting hills, foot in shemen.
voice of Yehudah, and bring |16| And for the precious |25| Thy bars shall be barzel
him unto his people; let his things of ha'aretz and fulness (iron) and nechoshet (bronze);
hands contend for him; and thereof, and for the good will and as thy yamim, so shall
be Thou an ezer (help) to him of Him whose [shechinah] thy strength be.
from his enemies. dwelling is in the [burning] |26| There is none like unto
|8| And of Levi he said, Let bush; let the blessing come El Yeshurun, who rideth upon
Thy Tummim and Thy Urim upon the head of Yosef, and Shomayim to be thy ezer
be with Thy chasid, whom upon the top of the head of (help), and on the sky in His
Thou didst prove at Massah, him that was separated from majesty.
and with whom Thou didst his brethren. |27| Elohei Kedem is thy
strive at the waters of Merivah; |17| His glory is like the me'onah (dwelling place), and
|9| Who said unto his av and bechor of his shor, and his underneath are the Zero'ot
to his em, I have not seen him; horns are like the horns of a Olam (Everlasting Arms): and
neither did he acknowledge wild ox; with them he shall He shall thrust out the enemy
his brethren, nor knew his push the people together to from before thee; and shall
own banim; for they [Levi'im] the ends of ha'aretz; and they say, Make them shmad.
have been shomer over Thy are the ten thousands of |28| Yisroel then shall dwell
word, and Thy Brit they have Ephrayim, and they are the in safety alone; the fountain of
preserved. thousands of Menasheh. Ya'akov shall be upon an eretz
|10| They shall teach Ya'akov |18| And of Zevulun he said, dagan (land of grain) and
Thy mishpatim, and Yisroel Rejoice, Zevulun, in thy going tirosh (new wine); also His
Thy torah; they shall put out; and, Yissakhar, in thy heavens shall drop down tal.
ketorah before Thee, and kalil oholim. |29| Happy art thou, O
(whole burnt offerings) upon |19| They shall call the Yisroel; who is like unto thee,
Thine mizbe'ach. people unto the mountain; O people saved by Hashem,
|11| Bless, O Hashem, his there they shall offer zivkhei the mogen of thy ezer and the
resources, and accept the work tzedek; for they shall draw out cherev of thy majesty! Thine
of his hands; strike through of the abundance of the seas, enemies shall come fawning
the loins of them that rise and of treasures hid in the unto thee; and thou shalt
against him, and of them that sand. trample down their high
hate him, that they rise not |20| And of Gad he said, places.
again. Baruch be he that enlargeth And Moshe went
|12| And of Binyamin he
said, Yedid Hashem shall
dwell in safety by Him; and
Gad; he dwelleth as a lion,
and teareth the zero'a as well
as the crown of the head.
34 up from the plains
of Moav unto Mt
Nevo to the top of Pisgah, that
Hashem shall hover over him |21| And he provided the is, over against Yericho. And
all day long, and he (Yedid reshit for himself, when the Hashem showed him all Eretz
Hashem, beloved of Hashem) chelkat mechokek (lawgiver's Gilàd, unto Dan,
shall rest between His chelek) was assigned. When |2| And all Naphtali, and
shoulders. the Rashei Am came, he Eretz Ephrayim, and
|13| And of Yosef he said, executed the Tzidkat Hashem, Menasheh, and all Eretz
Mevorekhet Hashem (Blessed and His mishpatim with Yehudah, unto the Western
of Hashem) be his land, for Yisroel. [Mediterranean] Sea,
the precious things of |22| And of Dan he said, Dan |3| And the Negev, and the
Shomayim, for the tal, and for is a gur aryeh (lion's whelp); he plain of the valley of Yericho,
the tehom (deep waters) that shall leap from Bashan. the Ir Hatemarim (City of
coucheth below, |23| And of Naphtali he said, Date Palms), unto Tzoar.
|14| With the choice fruits O Naphtali, satisfied with |4| And Hashem said unto
brought forth by the shemesh, ratzon, and full with the him, This is HaAretz which I
and choice crops put forth by Birkat Hashem; possess thou swore unto Avraham, unto
the yarei'ach, the west and the south. Yitzchak, and unto Ya'akov,
|15| And with the choicest of |24| And of Asher he said, saying, I will give it unto thy
the harrei kedem (eternal Baruch be Asher with banim; zera; I have caused thee to see
mountains), and for the let him be acceptable to his it with thine eyes, but
brethren, and let him tovel
YEHOSHUA
thou shalt not go over thither. |3| Every place that the sole you supplies; for within
|5| So Moshe Eved Hashem of your regel shall tread upon, shloshet yamim ye shall pass
died there in Eretz Moav, as that have I given unto you, over this Yarden, to go in to
Hashem had said. just as I said unto Moshe. possess HaAretz, which
|6| And He buried him in a |4| From the midbar and this Hashem Eloheichem giveth
valley in Eretz Moav, over Levanon even unto the Nahar you to possess it.
against Beit Peor; but no man Hagadol, the river Euphrates, |12| And to the Reubeni, and
knoweth of his kever unto this all the land of the Chittim, to the Gadi, and to the half
yom. [See Yeshayah 53:9 on and unto the Yam HaGadol tribe of Menasheh, spoke
Moshiach's kever.] toward the going down of the Yehoshua, saying,
|7| And Moshe was me'ah shemesh, shall be your |13| Remember the devar
v'esrim shanah when he died; territory. which Moshe Eved Hashem
his eyesight was not weakened, |5| There shall not any ish be commanded you, saying,
nor his natural force reduced. able to stand before thee all Hashem Eloheichem hath
|8| And the Bnei Yisroel wept the days of thy life; as I was given you menuchah, and
for Moshe in the plains of with Moshe, so I will be with hath given you HaAretz
Moav shloshim yom; then the thee; I will not fail thee, nor Hazot.
yamim of weeping and forsake thee. |14| Your nashim, your little
mourning for Moshe were |6| Chazak! (be strong!) And ones, and your livestock, shall
ended. be of good courage: for unto remain in the land which
|9| And Yehoshua ben Nun HaAm Hazeh shalt thou Moshe gave you beyond the
was full of the ruach divide for a nachalah Yarden; but ye shall cross over
chochmah; for Moshe had laid HaAretz, which I swore unto ahead of your achim armed,
his hands upon him; and the their avot to give them. all the gibborei hachayil, and
Bnei Yisroel were heedful unto |7| Only chazak (be strong) help them;
him, and did as Hashem and very courageous, that |15| Until Hashem has given
commanded Moshe. thou mayest be shomer to do your achim menuchah, as He
|10| And there arose not a according to kol HaTorah, hath given you, and they also
navi since in Yisroel like unto which Moshe Avdi have possessed HaAretz which
Moshe, whom Hashem knew commanded thee; turn not Hashem Eloheichem giveth
panim el panim (face to face), from it to the yamin or to the them; then ye shall return
|11| In all the otot and the semol, in order that thou unto the land of your
mofetim, which Hashem sent mayest succeed everywhere possession, and occupy it,
him to do in Eretz Mitzrayim thou goest. which Moshe Eved Hashem
to Pharaoh, and to all his |8| This Sefer HaTorah shall gave you beyond Yarden
avadim, and to all his land, not depart out of thy mouth; toward the rising of the
|12| And in all that yad but thou shalt meditate on it shemesh.
hachazakah, and in all the yomam valailah so that thou |16| And they answered
morah hagadol (great terror) mayest be shomer to do Yehoshua, saying, All that
which Moshe did in the sight according to all that is written thou commandest us
of kol Yisroel. therein; for then thou shalt we will do, and everywhere
make thy derech prosperous, thou sendest us, we will go.
YEHOSHUA and then thou shalt have good |17| According as we paid
success. heed unto Moshe in all things,
|9| Have not I commanded so will we pay heed unto thee;
thee? Chazak! And be of good only Hashem Eloheicha be
Now after the mot Moshe courage; be not afraid, neither with thee, just as He was with
1 Eved Hashem it came

to pass, that Hashem
spoke unto Yehoshua ben
be thou dismayed; for
Hashem Eloheicha is with
thee everywhere thou goest.
Moshe.
|18| Whosoever he be that
doth rebel against thy
Nun, mesharet Moshe, saying, |10| Then Yehoshua commandment, and will not
|2| Moshe Avdi is dead; now commanded the Shotrei pay heed unto thy devarim in
therefore arise, cross over this HaAm, saying, all that thou commandest
Yarden, thou, and kol HaAm |11| Pass through the him, he shall be put to death;
Hazeh, unto HaAretz which I machaneh, and command rak chazak (only be strong)
do give to them, even to the HaAm, saying, Prepare and be of good courage.
Bnei Yisroel.
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Yehoshua 2, 3 210 Orthodox Jewish Bible
And Yehoshua ben Nun of the Yam Suf from before this rope of scarlet cord in the
2 sent out of Sheetim

shnayim anashim (two
men) to spy secretly, saying,
you, when ye came out of
Mitzrayim; and what ye did
unto the two melachim of the
chalon by which thou didst let
us down; and thou shalt bring
thy av, and thy em, and thy
Go view HaAretz, even Emori, that were beyond the achim, and all thy bais avi,
Yericho. And they went, and Yarden, Sichon and Og, whom with thee inside the bais.
entered into bais isha zonah, ye utterly destroyed [put under |19| And it shall be, that
and her name was Rachav, cherem ban]. whosoever shall go out of the
and they lodged there. |11| And as soon as we had delatot of thy bais into the
|2| And it was told Melech heard these things, levaveinu chutzah (street, outside), his
Yericho, saying, Hinei, (our hearts) did melt, neither dahm shall be upon his rosh,
anashim have come here did there remain any more and we will be nekiyyim (free
halailah of the Bnei Yisroel to ruach in any ish, because of ones); and whosoever shall be
spy out HaAretz. you; for Hashem Eloheichem with thee in the bais, his
|3| And the Melech Yericho hu Elohim baShomayim dahm shall be on rosheinu
sent unto Rachav, saying, above, and on HaAretz (our head), if any yad be laid
Bring forth the anashim that beneath. upon him.
are come to thee, who entered |12| Therefore, now, swear |20| And if thou utter what
into thine bais; for they have unto me by Hashem, since I we are doing, then we will be
come to spy out kol HaAretz. have showed you chesed, that nekiyyim (free ones) of thine
|4| And the isha took the two ye will also show chesed unto shevu'ah (oath) which thou
anashim, and hid them, and Bais Avi, and give me an ot hast made us to swear.
said thus, There came emes (sign of truth); |21| And she said, According
anashim unto me, but I knew |13| And that ye will save unto your devarim, so be it.
not where they had come alive avi, and immi, and my And she sent them away, and
from; ach and my achot, and all that they departed; and she tied
|5| And it came to pass about they have, and deliver the scarlet cord in the chalon.
the time of the shutting of the nafshoteinu (our lives, souls) |22| And they went, and came
sha'ar, when it was choshech, from mavet (death). unto the hill country, and
that the anashim went out; |14| And the anashim abode there shloshet yamim,
where the anashim went I answered her, Nafsheinu (our until the rodefim returned;
know not; pursue after them soul) shall die for you, if ye and the rodefim sought them
quickly; for ye may overtake utter not what we are doing. all along the derech, but
them. And it shall be, when Hashem found them not.
|6| But she had brought them hath given us HaAretz, that we |23| So the two anashim
up to the gag (roof), and hid will deal chesed v'emes with returned, and descended from
them with the pishtei haetz thee. the hill country, and passed
(stalks of flax), which she had |15| Then she let them down over, and came to Yehoshua
laid out upon the gag. by a chevel (cord, rope) ben Nun, and told him all
|7| So the anashim pursued through the chalon (window); things that befell them;
after them the derech (road) to for her bais was in the city |24| And they said unto
Yarden unto the fords; and as wall, and she dwelt in the Yehoshua, Truly Hashem hath
soon as they which pursued chomah (wall). delivered into yadeinu kol
after them were gone out, they |16| And she said unto them, HaAretz; for even all the
closed the sha'ar. Get you to the hill country, lest inhabitants of HaAretz do
|8| And before they [the two the rodefim (pursuers) meet faint because of us.
spies] lay down, she went up you; and hide yourselves there
3
unto them upon the gag; shloshet yamim, until the And Yehoshua rose
|9| And she said unto the rodefim return; and afterward early in the boker; and
anashim, I know that Hashem may ye go your way. they set out from
hath given you HaAretz, and |17| And the anashim said Sheetim, and came to the
that your terror is fallen upon unto her, We will be nekiyyim Yarden, he and Kol Bnei
us, and that all the (free ones) of this thine Yisroel, and camped there
inhabitants of HaAretz faint shevu'ah (oath) which thou before they crossed over.
because of you. hast made us swear, |2| And it came to pass after
|10| For we have heard how |18| Unless when we come shloshet yamim, that the
Hashem dried up the waters into HaAretz, thou shalt tie Shoterim went
Nevi’im 211 Yehoshua 3, 4
through the Machaneh; |12| Now therefore take you out of the middle of the
|3| And they commanded Shnei Asar Ish out of the Yarden, out of the place where
HaAm, saying, When ye see Shivtei Yisroel, out of every the feet of the Kohanim stood
the Aron Brit Hashem tribe an ish. firm, twelve avanim (stones),
Eloheichem, and the |13| And it shall come to and ye shall carry them over
Kohanim who are Levi'im pass, as soon as the soles of with you, and leave them in
bearing it, then ye shall move the feet of the Kohanim the malon (lodging place),
out from your makom, and bearing the Aron Hashem, where ye shall lodge halailah
follow after it. Adon Kol HaAretz, shall rest (tonight).
|4| Yet there shall be a rachok in the waters of the Yarden, |4| Then Yehoshua called the
(distance, space) between you that the waters of the Yarden Shneym Asar Ish, whom he
and it, about two thousand shall be cut off from the had prepared of the Bnei
cubits by measure; come not waters that flow down from Yisroel, out of every tribe an
near unto it, that ye have da'as above; and they shall stand in Ish;
of the Derech by which ye a heap. |5| And Yehoshua said unto
must go; for ye have not |14| So it came to pass, when them, Pass over before the
passed this way heretofore. HaAm moved out from their Aron Hashem Eloheichem
|5| And Yehoshua said unto ohalim, to cross over the into the middle of the Yarden,
HaAm, Set yourselves apart as Yarden, and the Kohanim and take you up every
kodesh; for tomorrow Hashem bearing the Aron HaBrit ish of you an even (stone)
will do nifla'ot among you. ahead of HaAm; upon his shoulder, according
|6| And Yehoshua spoke unto |15| And as they bearing the unto the number of the Shivtei
the Kohanim, saying, Take up Aron were come unto the Bnei Yisroel;
the Aron HaBrit, and cross Yarden, and the feet of the |6| That this may be an ot
over before HaAm. And they Kohanim bearing the Aron among you, that when your
took up the Aron HaBrit, and touched the edge of the banim ask in time to come,
went before HaAm. mayim, (for the Yarden saying, What mean ye by these
|7| And Hashem said unto overfloweth all its banks all avanim?
Yehoshua, This day will I the days of katzir [harvest]), |7| Then ye shall answer
begin to magnify thee in the |16| That the waters which them, That the waters of the
sight of kol Yisroel, that they flowed down from above stood Yarden were cut off from
may know that, as I was with and rose up in a heap very far before the Aron Brit Hashem;
Moshe, so I will be with thee. away at a town called Adam in when it passed over the
|8| And thou shalt command the vicinity of Tzartan; and Yarden, the waters of the
the Kohanim that bear the that which flowed down Yarden were cut off; and these
Aron HaBrit, saying, When ye toward Yam HaAravah, the avanim shall be for a zikaron
are come to the brink of the Yam HaMelach was (memorial) unto the Bnei
water of the Yarden, ye shall completely cut off; and HaAm Yisroel ad olam (forever).
stand still in the Yarden. crossed over right by Yericho. |8| And the Bnei Yisroel did
|9| And Yehoshua said unto |17| And the Kohanim bear- so just as Yehoshua
the Bnei Yisroel, Come here, ing the Aron Brit Hashem commanded, and took up
and hear the Divrei Hashem stood firm on dry ground in Shtei Esreh Avanim out of the
Eloheichem. the middle of the Yarden, and middle of the Yarden, just as
|10| And Yehoshua said, Kol Yisroel passed over on dry Hashem spoke unto
Hereby ye shall have da'as ground, until Kol HaGoy were Yehoshua, according to the
that the El Chai is among you, passed completely over the number of the Shivtei Bnei
and that He will without fail Yarden. Yisroel, and carried them over
drive out from before And it came to pass, with them unto the malon
you the Kena'ani, and the
Chitti, and the Chivi, and the
Perizzi, and the Girgashi, and
4 when Kol HaGoy had
completely passed over
the Yarden, that Hashem
where they lodged, and laid
them down there.
|9| And Yehoshua set up
HaEmori, and the Yevusi. spoke unto Yehoshua, saying, Shteym Esreh Avanim in the
|11| Hinei, the Aron HaBrit |2| Take you Shneym Asar middle of the Yarden, in the
Adon Kol HaAretz passeth Anashim out of HaAm, out place where the feet of the
over before you into the of every Shevet an ish, Kohanim bearing the Aron
Yarden. |3| And command ye them, HaBrit stood; and they are
saying, Take you from here there unto this day.
|10| For the Kohanim camped at Gilgal, by the (males), even Kol Anshei
bearing the Aron stood in the eastern border of Yericho. HaMilchamah, died in the
middle of the Yarden, until |20| And those twelve midbar baderech, after they
everything was finished that avanim, which they took out of came out of Mitzrayim.
Hashem commanded the Yarden, did Yehoshua set |5| Now Kol HaAm that came
Yehoshua to speak unto in a pile at Gilgal. out were Mulim (circumcised);
HaAm, according to all that |21| And he spoke unto the but Kol HaAm that were born
Moshe commanded Yehoshua; Bnei Yisroel, saying, When in the midbar baderech when
and HaAm hurried and your banim shall ask their they came forth out of
crossed over. avot in time to come, saying, Mitzrayim, them they had not
|11| And it came to pass, What mean these avanim? given Bris Milah.
when Kol HaAm had |22| Then ye shall let your |6| For the Bnei Yisroel
completely crossed over, that banim know, saying, Yisroel walked arba'im shanah in the
the Aron Hashem crossed crossed over this Yarden on midbar, until Kol HaGoy that
over, and the Kohanim, ahead yabashah (dry land [Gn 1:9]). were Anshei HaMilchamah,
of HaAm. |23| For Hashem Eloheichem which came out of Mitzrayim,
|12| And the Bnei Reuven, dried up the waters of the were consumed, because they
and the Bnei Gad, and the Yarden from before you, until obeyed not the Kol Hashem
half-tribe of Menasheh, ye were passed over, just as (voice of Hashem); unto whom
crossed over armed ahead of Hashem Eloheichem did to Hashem swore that He would
the Bnei Yisroel, just as Moshe Yam Suf, which He dried up not show them HaAretz, which
directed them; from before us, until we were Hashem swore unto their Avot
|13| About forty thousand, crossed over; that He would give us, Eretz
battle-ready, crossed over |24| So that Kol Ammei zavat cholov u'devash.
before Hashem for HaAretz (all the peoples of the |7| And their banim, whom
milchamah, to the plains of earth) might know the Yad He raised up in their place,
Yericho. Hashem, that it is chazakah; them Yehoshua gave Bris
|14| On Yom Hahu Hashem so that ye might fear Hashem Milah; for they were arelim
magnified Yehoshua in the Eloheichem kol hayamim (all (uncircumcised), because they
eyes of Kol Yisroel; and they the days, forever). had not given them Bris Milah
feared him, just as they feared And it came to pass, baderech.[See Ep 2:11 OJBC.]
Moshe, all the days of his life.
Yehoshua, saying,
5 when all the melachim
of the HaEmori, which
were beyond the Yarden
|8| And it came to pass, when
they had done giving Bris
Milah to Kol HaGoy, that they
|16| Command the Kohanim westward, and all the abode in their places in the
bearing the Aron HaEdut, so melachim of the Kena'ani, machaneh, until they were
that they come up out of the which were by the Yam, heard chayyah (healed, whole,
Yarden. that Hashem had dried up the restored alive).
|17| Yehoshua therefore waters of the Yarden from |9| And Hashem said unto
commanded the Kohanim, before the Bnei Yisroel, until Yehoshua, This day galloti
saying, Come ye up out they had passed over, their (have I rolled away) the
of the Yarden. levav sank, neither was there reproach of Mitzrayim from
|18| And it came to pass, ruach in them any more, off you. Therefore the shem of
when the Kohanim bearing because of the Bnei Yisroel. the place is called Gilgal unto
the Aron Brit Hashem were |2| At that time Hashem said this day.
come up out of the middle of unto Yehoshua, Make thee |10| And the Bnei Yisroel
the Yarden, and the soles of knives of flint, and do a encamped at Gilgal, and
the feet of the Kohanim were second time the Bris Milah to observed the Pesach on the
set on dry land, that the the Bnei Yisroel. fourteenth day of the month at
waters of the Yarden returned |3| And Yehoshua made him erev in the plains of Yericho.
unto their place, and flint knives, and did Bris |11| And they did eat of the
overflowed all its banks, as Milah to the Bnei Yisroel at produce of HaAretz on the day
they did before. Givat HaAralot. after the Pesach, on that very
|19| And HaAm came up out |4| And this is the reason why day, matzot, and roasted
of the Yarden on the tenth day Yehoshua did the Bris Milah: grain.
of the chodesh harishon, and Kol HaAm that came out of |12| And the manna ceased
Mitzrayim, that were zekharim on the following
day after they had eaten of the and HaAm shall go up every returned to the machaneh; so
produce of HaAretz; neither ish charging straight in. they did sheshet yamim.
had the Bnei Yisroel manna |6| And Yehoshua ben Nun |15| And it came to pass on
any more; but they did eat of called the Kohanim, and said the Yom HaShevi'i, that they
the increase of Eretz Kena'an unto them, Take up the Aron got up early about shachar,
that year. HaBrit, and let shivah circled the Ir after the same
|13| And it came to pass, Kohanim bear shivah shoferot manner sheva times; only on
when Yehoshua was there by yovelim (seven ram-shofars) that Yom they marched
Yericho, that he lifted up his before the Aron Hashem. around the Ir sheva p'amim.
eyes and looked, and, hinei, |7| And he ordered HaAm, |16| And it came to pass on
there stood an ish in front of Pass on, and march on the Ir, the Shevi'it, when the
him with his cherev drawn in and let him that is armed pass Kohanim sounded the
his yad; and Yehoshua went on ahead of the Aron Hashem. shoferot, Yehoshua said unto
unto him, and said unto him, |8| And it came to pass, when HaAm, Shout; for Hashem
Art thou for us, or for our Yehoshua had spoken unto hath given you the Ir.
adversaries? HaAm, that the shivah |17| And the Ir shall be
|14| And he said, Lo (no); but Kohanim bearing the shivah cherem, even it, and all that
as Sar Tze'va Hashem am I shoferot hayovelim passed on are therein, to Hashem; only
now come. And Yehoshua fell before Hashem, and sounded Rachav the zonah shall live,
on his face to the ground, and the shoferot; and the Aron Brit she and all that are with her
did prostrate himself, and Hashem followed after them. in the bais, because she hid
said unto him, What saith |9| And the armed men the malachim that we sent.
Adoni unto his eved? marched ahead of the |18| And ye, be shomer to
|15| And the Sar Tze'va Kohanim that blew with the keep yourselves from the
Hashem said unto Yehoshua, shoferot, and the rear guard cherem, lest ye make your-
Take off thy sandals from off came after the Aron, with the selves cherem, when ye take of
thy feet; for the makom shoferot of the Kohanim going the cherem, and make the
whereon thou standest is on sounding. Machaneh Yisroel cherem,
kodesh. And Yehoshua did so. |10|Yehoshua had command- and trouble it.
Now Yericho was closely ed HaAm, saying, Ye shall not |19| But all the kesef, zahav,
6 shut up because of the

Bnei Yisroel; none went
out, and none came in.
shout, nor make any noise
with your voice, neither shall
any davar proceed out of your
and vessels of nechoshet and
barzel, are kodesh unto
Hashem; they shall come into
|2| And Hashem said unto mouth, until the Yom I tell the Otzar Hashem.
Yehoshua, See, I have given you to shout; then shall ye |20| So HaAm shouted when
into thine yad Yericho, and shout. the Kohanim sounded the
the melech thereof, and the |11| So the Aron Hashem shoferot; and it came to pass,
gibborei hechayil. circled the Ir, going about it when HaAm heard the kol
|3| And ye shall march once; and they returned to the (sound) of the shofar, and
around the Ir, all ye anshei machaneh, and spent the HaAm shouted with a teruah
hamilchamah, and go around night in the machaneh. gedolah, that the chomah fell
the Ir once. Thus shalt thou |12| And Yehoshua rose early down, so that HaAm went up
do sheshet yamim. in the boker, and the Kohan- into the Ir, every ish straight
|4| And shivah Kohanim im took up the Aron Hashem. before him, and they took the
shall bear before the Aron |13| And shivah kohanim Ir.
shivah shoferot hayovelim; bearing shivah shoferot |21| And they utterly
and the Yom HaShevi'i ye hayovelim before the Aron destroyed [devoted as cherem]
shall march around the Ir Hashem went on continually, all that was in the Ir, both ish
sheva times, and the Kohanim and sounded the shoferot; and and isha, na'ar and zaken,
shall sound the shoferot. the armed men went before and shor, and seh, and
|5| And it shall come to pass, them; with the rearguard after chamor, with the edge of the
that when they make a long the Aron Hashem, the cherev.
blast with the keren hayovel, Kohanim going on, and |22| But Yehoshua had said
when ye hear the sound of the sounding the shoferot. unto the two anashim that
shofar, Kol HaAm shall shout |14| And the Yom HaSheni had spied out HaAretz, Go
with a teruah gedolah; and the they circled the Ir once, and into the bais haisha hazonah,
Chomat HaIr shall fall down,
and bring out from there the spy out HaAretz. And the also, and they have put it even
isha, and all that she hath, anashim went up and spied among their own possessions.
just as ye swore unto her. out Ai. |12| Therefore the Bnei
|23| And hane'arim (the |3| And they returned to Yisroel could not stand before
young men) that were spies Yehoshua, and said unto him, their enemies, but turned
went in, and brought out Let not Kol HaAm go up; but their backs before their
Rachav, and her av, and her let about two or three enemies, because they are for
em, and her achim, and all thousand Ish go up and attack Cherem; neither will I be with
that she had; and they Ai; and weary not kol HaAm you any more, except ye
brought out all her there; for they are but few. destroy the Cherem from
mishpechot, and put them |4| So there went up there of among you.
outside the Machaneh Yisroel. HaAm about three thousand |13| Up, set HaAm apart as
|24| And they burned the Ir Ish; and they fled before the kodesh, and say, Set
with eish, and all that was anashim of Ai. yourselves apart as kodesh
therein; only the kesef, and |5| And the anashim of Ai against tomorrow: for thus
the zahav, and the vessels of struck down of them about saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel,
nechoshet and of barzel (iron), thirty and six ish; for they There is Cherem among you,
they put into the Otzar Bais chased them from before the O Yisroel; thou canst not stand
Hashem. sha'ar even unto Shevarim, before thine enemies, until ye
|25| And Yehoshua saved and struck them down on the take away the Cherem from
Rachav the zonah alive, and descent; therefore the levav among you.
her Bais Avi, and all that she HaAm melted, and became |14| In the boker therefore ye
had; and she dwelleth in like mayim. shall be brought according to
Yisroel even unto this day; |6| And Yehoshua tore his your tribes; and it shall be,
because she hid the clothes, and fell to the ground that the shevet (tribe) which
malachim, which Yehoshua upon his face before the Aron Hashem taketh shall come
sent to spy out Yericho. Hashem until erev, he and the near according to the
|26| And Yehoshua made Ziknei Yisroel, and they put mishpekhot thereof; and the
them take this shevu'ah, dust upon their heads. mishpakhah which Hashem
saying, Arur (cursed) |7| And Yehoshua said, Alas, shall take shall come near by
be the ish before Hashem, Adonoi Hashem, why hast batim; and the bais which
that riseth up and rebuildeth Thou at all brought HaAm Hashem shall take shall come
this Ir Yericho; he shall lay the Hazeh over the Yarden, to near man by man.
foundation thereof with his deliver us into the yad |15| And it shall be, that he
bechor, and with his tza’ir HaEmori, to destroy us? If that is taken with the Cherem
(youngest son) shall he set up only we had been content, and shall be burned with eish, he
the delatot (gates) thereof [See dwelt on the other side of the and all that he hath; because
fulfillment 1Kgs 16:34]. Yarden! he hath violated the Brit
|27| So Hashem was with |8| O Adonoi, what shall I Hashem, and because he hath
Yehoshua; and his fame was say, when Yisroel turneth their wrought shame in Yisroel.
noised throughout kol backs before their enemies! |16| So Yehoshua rose up
HaAretz. |9| For the Kena'ani and all early in the boker, and
7
But the Bnei Yisroel the inhabitants of HaAretz brought Yisroel near by their
broke [covenant] faith shall hear of it, and shall tribes; and the Shevet
in regard to the surround us, and cut off Yehudah was taken;
Cherem; for Achan ben Carmi Shemeinu (our name) from |17| And he brought the
ben Zavdi ben Zerach of the HaAretz; and what wilt Thou Mishpakhat Yehudah; and the
tribe of Yehudah, took of the do unto Thy Shem Hagadol? Mishpakhat Zarchi was taken;
Cherem (that which was |10| And Hashem said unto and he brought the
devoted to destruction); and Yehoshua, Stand up; why liest Mishpakhat HaZarchi man by
the Af Hashem was kindled thou thus upon thy face? man; and Zavdi was taken;
against the Bnei Yisroel. |11| Yisroel hath sinned, and |18| And he brought near his
|2| And Yehoshua sent they have also violated My Brit Bais man by man; and Achan
anashim from Yericho to Ai, which I commanded them; for ben Carmi ben Zavdi ben
which is near Beit-Aven, on they have even taken Zerach, of the tribe of
the east of Beit-El, speaking of the Cherem, and have also Yehudah, was taken.
unto them, saying, Go up and played the ganav, and lied
|19| And Yehoshua said unto that place was called, Emek the Davar Hashem shall ye do.
Achan, Beni (my son), give, Achor, unto this day. See, I have commanded you.
now, kavod to Hashem Elohei |9| Yehoshua therefore sent
Yisroel, and give to Him them forth; and they went to
todah; and tell me now what the place of ambush, and
thou hast done; hide it not And Hashem said unto waited between Beit-El and
from me.
|20| And Achan answered
Yehoshua, and said, Indeed I
8 Yehoshua, Fear not,
neither be thou
discouraged; take kol Am
Ai, on the west side of Ai; but
Yehoshua spent that lailah
among HaAm.
have sinned against Hashem HaMilchamah with thee, and |10| And Yehoshua rose up
Elohei Yisroel, and thus and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have early in the boker, and
thus have I done; given into thy yad the melech mustered HaAm, and went up,
|21| When I saw among the HaAi, and his people, and his he and the Ziknei Yisroel,
plunder a beautiful robe of city, and his land; before HaAm to Ai.
Shinar (Babylon), and two |2| And thou shalt do to Ai |11| And Kol HaAm
hundred shekels of kesef, and and her melech just as thou HaMilchamah that were with
a wedge of zahav of fifty didst unto Yericho and her him, went up, and drew near,
shekels weight, then I coveted melech; only the plunder and came before the Ir, and
them, and took them; and, thereof, and the livestock encamped on the north side of
hinei, they are hid in ha'aretz thereof, shall ye carry off for Ai; now there was the gey
in the midst of my ohel, and yourselves. Behind it set thee (valley) between them and Ai.
the kesef under it. an ambush for the Ir (city [of |12| And he took about
|22| So Yehoshua sent Ai]). chameshet alafim ish, and set
malachim, and they ran unto |3| So Yehoshua arose, and them to lie in ambush
the ohel; and, hinei, it was hid kol Am HaMilchamah, to go between Beit-El and Ai, on the
in his ohel, and the kesef up against Ai; and Yehoshua west side of the Ir.
under it! chose out shloshim elef ish |13| And when they had set
|23| And they took them out gibborei hachayil, and sent HaAm, even Kol HaMachaneh
of the midst of the ohel, and them out by lailah. that was on the north of the Ir,
brought them unto Yehoshua, |4| And he commanded them, and the ambush to the west of
and unto all the Bnei Yisroel, saying, See, ye shall set an the Ir, Yehoshua went that
and laid them out before ambush against the Ir, even lailah into the midst of the
Hashem. behind the Ir; go not very far emek (valley).
|24| And Yehoshua, and kol from the Ir, but be ye all |14| And it came to pass,
Yisroel with him, took Achan nekhonim (ready, on alert, set, when the melech of Ai saw it,
ben Zerach, and the kesef, prepared); that they hastened and rose
and the robe, and the wedge of |5| And I, and Kol HaAm that up early, and the anshei HaIr
zahav, and his banim, and his are with me, will approach went out against Yisroel in the
banot, and his oxen, and his unto the Ir; and it shall come milchamah, he and all his
donkeys, and his tzon, and his to pass, when they come out people, at the place, before the
ohel, and all that he had; and against us, as at the rishonah, Aravah; but he had no da'as
they brought them unto the that we will flee before them, that there was an ambush
Emek Achor (Valley of |6| (For they will come out against him set up behind the
Trouble). after us) until we have drawn Ir.
|25| And Yehoshua said, Why them from the Ir; for they will |15| And Yehoshua and kol
hast thou troubled us? say, They flee before us, just as Yisroel let themselves be
Hashem shall trouble thee at the rishonah; therefore we driven before them, and fled
yom hazeh. And kol Yisroel will flee before them. by the derech hamidbar.
stoned him with even (stones), |7| Then ye shall rise up from |16| And kol HaAm that were
and burned them with eish, the ambush, and seize upon in Ai were called together to
after they had stoned them the Ir; for Hashem pursue after them; and they
with avanim (stones). Eloheichem will deliver it into pursued after Yehoshua, and
|26| And they raised over him your yad. were lured from the Ir.
a heap of avanim gadol unto |8| And it shall be, when ye |17| And there was not an ish
this day. So Hashem turned have taken the Ir, that ye shall left in Ai or Beit-El, that went
from the fierceness of His Af set eish to the Ir; according to not out after Yisroel; and they
(Anger). Therefore the shem of left the Ir open,
and pursued after Yisroel. and isha, were sheneym asar over against Har Eval; just as
|18| And Hashem said unto elef, even kol anshei HaAi. Moshe Eved Hashem had
Yehoshua, Stretch out the |26| For Yehoshua drew not commanded before, in
kidon (javelin) that is in thy his yad back, wherewith he connection with the blessing
yad toward Ai; for I will give it stretched out the kidon, until of HaAm Yisroel.
into thine yad. And Yehoshua he had utterly destroyed kol |34| And afterward he read
stretched out the kidon that he yoshvei HaAi. kol divrei HaTorah, the
had in his yad toward the Ir. |27| Only the behemah and berakhah and kelalah,
|19| And the ambush arose the plunder of that Ir Yisroel according to all that is written
quickly out of their makom, carried off for themselves, in the Sefer HaTorah.
and they ran as soon as he according to the Davar |35| There was not a davar of
had stretched out his yad; and Hashem which He all that Moshe commanded,
they entered into the Ir, and commanded Yehoshua. which Yehoshua read not
took it, and hastened and set |28| And Yehoshua burned before kol Kehal Yisroel, with
eish to the Ir. Ai, and made it a tel olam the nashim, and the little
|20| And when the men of Ai (heap forever), even a ones, and the ger that were
looked behind them, they saw, desolation unto yom hazeh. living among them.
and, hinei, the ashan HaIr |29| And the melech HaAi he And it came to pass,
(smoke of the city) ascended
up to Shomayim, and they
had no way to flee here or
hanged on HaEtz until the
time of erev; and as soon as
the shemesh was down,
9 when kol hamelachim
which were beyond the
Yarden, in the har, and in the
there; and HaAm that fled to Yehoshua commanded that Shefelah, and in all the coasts
the midbar turned back upon they should take his nevelah of the Yam Hagadol [i.e., the
the pursuers. (body) down from HaEtz, and Mediterranean] over against
|21| And when Yehoshua and cast it at the petach sha'ar the Levanon, the Chitti, and
kol Yisroel saw that the HaIr, and raised thereon a HaEmori, the Kena'ani, the
ambush had taken the Ir, and pile of avanim, that remaineth Perizzi, the Chivi, and the
that the ashan HaIr ascended, unto Yom Hazeh. Yevusi, heard thereof;
then they turned again, and |30| Then Yehoshua built a |2| That they gathered
attacked the anshei HaAi. Mizbe'ach unto Hashem themselves together, to make
|22| Then these came out of Elohei Yisroel in Har Eval, war with Yehoshua and with
the Ir against them; so they |31| Just as Moshe Eved Yisroel, with one peh (mouth,
were in the midst of Yisroel, Hashem commanded the Bnei i.e., one accord).
some on this side, and some Yisroel, as it is written in the |3| And when the inhabitants
on that side; and they struck Sefer Torah Moshe, a of Giv'on heard what
them down, until they left Mizbe'ach avanim shelemot, Yehoshua had done unto
none of them sarid (remnant, over which no man hath lift Yericho and to Ai,
survivor) or palit (refugee, up any barzel (iron); and they |4| They did work in a
fugitive). offered thereon olot unto cunning, crafty manner [see
|23| And the melech HaAi Hashem, and sacrificed Genesis 3:1], and went and
(literally, the King of Ruin) shelamim. made as if they had been
they took alive, and brought |32| And he wrote there upon ambassadors, and took old
him to Yehoshua. the avanim a mishneh (copy) sakkim (sacks) upon their
|24| And it came to pass, Torat Moshe, which he wrote donkeys, and skins of yayin,
when Yisroel had made an in the presence of the Bnei old, and cracked, and
end of slaying all the Yisroel. mended;
inhabitants of Ai in the sadeh, |33| And Kol Yisroel, and |5| And sandals old and
in the midbar wherein they their Zekenim, and shoterim, patched upon their feet, and
chased them, and when they and their shofetim, stood on selamot ballot (old garments)
were all fallen on the edge of this side the Aron and on that upon them; and all the lechem
the cherev, until they were side facing the Kohanim the of their food supply was dry
consumed, that kol Yisroel Levi'im, which bore the Aron and moldy.
returned unto Ai, and struck it Brit Hashem, as well the ger |6| And they went to
with the edge of the cherev. as the ezrach (he that was Yehoshua unto the machaneh
|25| And so it was, that all born among them); half of at Gilgal, and
that fell that yom, both of ish them over against Har
Gerizim, and half of them
said unto him, and to the Ish live; and the Nasi'im of the Eved Moshe to give you kol
Yisroel, We are come from an Edah so ratified by oath unto HaAretz, and to destroy all the
eretz rechokah (far country); them. inhabitants of HaAretz from
now therefore cut ye a brit |16| And it came to pass at before you, therefore we were
with us. the end of shloshet yamim greatly afraid for nafshoteinu
|7| And the Ish Yisroel said after they had cut a brit with because of you, so we have
unto the Chivi (Hivites), them, that they heard that done this thing.
Perhaps ye dwell among us; they were their kerovim |25| And now, behold, we are
how then shall we cut a brit (neighbors), and that they in thine yad; as it seemeth tov
with you? dwelt near them. and yashar unto thee to do
|8| And they said unto |17| And the Bnei Yisroel unto us, do.
Yehoshua, We are thy avadim. journeyed, and came unto |26| And so did he unto them,
And Yehoshua said unto their towns on the yom and saved them out of the yad
them, Who are ye? And from hashelishi. Now their towns of the Bnei Yisroel, that they
where do ye come? were Giv'on, and Kephirah, slaughtered them not.
|9| And they said unto him, and Be'erot, and Kiryat- |27| And Yehoshua made
From an eretz rechokah me'od Ye'arim. them that day woodcutters
thy avadim are come because |18| And the Bnei Yisroel did and water carriers for the
of the Shem of Hashem not strike them down, because Edah, and for the Mizbe'ach
Eloheicha; for we have the Nasi'im of the Edah had of Hashem, even unto this
heard the report of Him, and sworn unto them by Hashem day, in the makom which He
all that He did in Mitzrayim, Elohei Yisroel. And Kol would choose.
|10| And all that He did to HaEdah murmured against Now it came to
the two melachim of
HaEmori, that were beyond
the Yarden, to Sichon Melech
the Nasi'im.
|19| But all the Nasi'im said
unto Kol HaEdah, We have
10 pass, when Adoni-
Tzedek Melech
Yerushalayim had heard how
Cheshbon, and to Og Melech sworn unto them by Hashem Yehoshua had taken Ai, and
HaBashan, which was at Elohei Yisroel; now therefore had utterly destroyed it; just as
Ashtarot. we may not touch them. he had done to Yericho and its
|11| Therefore Zekeinenu |20| This we will do to them; melech, so he had done to Ai
and all the inhabitants of we will even let them live, lest and its melech; and how the
Artzeinu spoke to us, saying, ketzef (wrath) be upon us, inhabitants of Giv'on had
Take food supplies with you because of the shevu'ah (oath) made terms of shalom with
for the derech, and go to meet which we swore unto them. Yisroel, and were near them;
them, and say unto them, We |21| And the Nasi'im said |2| That they feared greatly,
are your avadim; therefore unto them, Let them live; but because Giv'on was an ir
now cut ye a brit with us. let them be woodcutters and gedolah, like one of the royal
|12| This our lechem we water carriers unto Kol cities, and because it was
packed cham (hot) for our HaEdah; as the Nasi'im had larger than Ai, and all the
provision out of our batim promised them. men thereof were gibborim.
(houses) on the day we came |22| And Yehoshua called for |3| Therefore Adoni-Tzedek
forth to go unto you; but now, them, and he spoke unto Melech Yerushalayim, sent
hinei, it is dry, and it is moldy; them, saying, Why have ye unto Hoham Melech Chevron,
|13| And these skins of yayin, beguiled us, saying, Rechokim and unto Piram Melech
which we filled, were anachnu from you when ye Yarmut, and unto Yaphia
chadashim; and, hinei, they dwell near us? Melech Lachish, and unto
are cracked; and these our |23| Now therefore ye are Devir Melech Eglon, saying,
garments and our sandals are arurim, and there shall none |4| Come up unto me, and
become worn out by reason of of you be yikaret (be cut off) help me, that we may attack
the derech me'od. from being eved, and Giv'on; for it hath made terms
|14| And the anashim took of woodcutters and water of shalom with Yehoshua and
their food supplies, and asked carriers for the Bais Elohai. with the Bnei Yisroel.
not counsel at the pi Hashem |24| And they answered |5| Therefore the five kings of
(mouth of Hashem). Yehoshua, and said, Because HaEmori, the Melech
|15| And Yehoshua made it was certainly told thy Yerushalayim, the
shalom with them, and cut a avadim, how that Hashem Melech Chevron, the
brit with them, to let them Eloheicha commanded His
Yehoshua 10 218 Orthodox Jewish Bible
Melech Yarmut, the Melech |13| And the shemesh stood me'arah, Melech Yeru-
Lachish, the Melech Eglon, still, the yarei'ach stopped, shalayim, Melech Chevron,
gathered themselves together, until the Goy had avenged Melech Yarmut, Melech
and went up, they and all themselves upon their Lachish, and Melech Eglon.
their machanot, and enemies. Is not this written in |24| And it came to pass,
encamped before Giv'on, and the Sefer HaYasher? So the when they brought out those
made war against it. shemesh stood still in the melachim unto Yehoshua,
|6| And the anshei Giv'on middle of Shomayim, and that Yehoshua called for kol
sent unto Yehoshua to the hastened not to go down about Ish Yisroel, and said unto the
machaneh at Gilgal, saying, a yom tamim (whole day). Ketzinei Anshei
Abandon not thy yad from thy |14| And there was no day HaMilchamah which went
avadim; come up to us like that before it or after it, with him, Come near, put your
quickly, save us, help us; for that Hashem paid heed unto feet upon the necks of these
all the melachim of HaEmori the voice of an ish; for melachim. And they came
that dwell in the har are Hashem fought for Yisroel. near, and put their feet upon
gathered together against us. |15| And Yehoshua returned, the necks of them.
|7| So Yehoshua ascended and kol Yisroel with him, unto |25| And Yehoshua said unto
from Gilgal, he, and kol Am the machaneh at Gilgal. them, Fear not, nor be
HaMilchamah with him, and |16| But these five melachim discouraged, be strong and of
kol gibborei hachayil. fled, and hid themselves in a good courage; for thus shall
|8| And Hashem said unto me'arah (cave) at Makkedah. Hashem do to all your
Yehoshua, Fear them not; for I |17| And it was told enemies against whom ye
have delivered them into thine Yehoshua, saying, The five fight.
yad; there shall not an ish of melachim are found hid- |26| And afterward Yehoshua
them stand before thee. ing in a me'arah at Makkedah. struck them down, and
|9| Yehoshua therefore came |18| And Yehoshua said, Roll slaughtered them, and hanged
unto them pitom, and went up avanim gedolot upon the them on chamishah etzim;
from Gilgal kol halailah. mouth of the me'arah, and and they were hanging upon
|10| And Hashem threw them post anashim by it to be the etzim until the erev.
into confusion before Yisroel, shomer over them; |27| And it came to pass at
and struck them with a mak- |19| And stop ye not, but the time of the going down of
kah gedolah at Giv'on, and pursue after your enemies, the shemesh, that Yehoshua
pursued them along the and attack them; allow them commanded, and they took
derech that goeth up to Beit- not to enter into their towns; them down off the etzim, cast
Choron, and cut them down to for Hashem Eloheichem hath them into the me'arah wherein
Azekah, and to Makkedah. delivered them into your yad. they had been hiding, and laid
|11| And it came to pass, as |20| And it came to pass, avanim gedolot on the mouth
they fled from before Yisroel, when Yehoshua and the Bnei of the me'arah, which remain
and were in the going down to Yisroel had made an end of until this very day.
Beit-Choron, that Hashem striking them with a makkah |28| And that day Yehoshua
cast down avanim gedolot gedolah me'od, until they were took Makkedah, and struck it
from Shomayim upon them consumed, that the rest which down with the edge of the
unto Azekah, and they died; remained of them entered into cherev, and the Melech thereof
they were more which died fortified cities. he utterly destroyed, them,
with avnei habarad (hail- |21| And kol HaAm returned and every nefesh that was
stones) than they whom the to the machaneh to Yehoshua therein; he let none remain;
Bnei Yisroel slaughtered with at Makkedah in shalom; none and he did to the Melech of
the cherev. moved his tongue against any Makkedah as he did unto the
|12| Then spoke Yehoshua to of the Bnei Yisroel. Melech of Yericho [See
Hashem in the day when |22| Then said Yehoshua, Yehoshua 6:21].
Hashem delivered up Open the mouth of the |29| Then Yehoshua passed
HaEmori before the Bnei me'arah, and bring out those from Makkedah, and kol
Yisroel, and he said in the five melachim unto me out of Yisroel with him, unto Livnah,
sight of Yisroel, Shemesh, the me'arah. and fought against Livnah;
stand thou still upon Giv'on; |23| And they did so, and |30| And Hashem delivered it
and thou, Yarei'ach, in the brought forth those five also, and the melech thereof,
Emek Ayalon. melachim unto him out of the into the yad Yisroel; and he
struck it down with the edge of towns thereof; and they struck multitude, with susim and
the cherev, and kol hanefesh them down with the edge of chariots rav me'od.
therein; he let none remain in the cherev, and utterly de- |5| And when all these
it; but did unto the melech stroyed kol nefesh therein; he melachim were met together,
thereof as he did unto the left none remaining; as he had they came to encamp together
melech of Yericho [See done to Chevron, so he did to at the waters of Merom, to
Yehoshua 6:21]. Devir, and to the melech fight against Yisroel.
|31| And Yehoshua passed thereof; as he had done also to |6| And Hashem said unto
from Livnah, and kol Yisroel Livnah, and to its melech. Yehoshua, Be not afraid
with him, unto Lachish, and |40| So Yehoshua subdued before them; for machar about
encamped against it, and kol HaAretz HaHar, and of this time will I deliver them up
fought against it; the Negev, and of the all slain before Yisroel; thou
|32| And Hashem delivered Shefelah, and of the asedot shalt lame their susim, and
Lachish into the yad Yisroel, (slopes), and all their burn their merkevot with eish.
which took it on the yom melachim; he left none |7| So Yehoshua, kol Am
hasheni, and struck it down remaining, but utterly HaMilchamah with him, came
with the edge of the cherev, destroyed kol haneshamah, as against them by the waters of
and kol hanefesh therein, Hashem Elohei Yisroel Merom pitom (suddenly); and
according to all that he had commanded. they fell upon them.
done to Livnah. |41| And Yehoshua struck |8| And Hashem delivered
|33| Then Horam Melech them down from Kadesh- them into the yad Yisroel, who
Gezer came up to help Barnea even unto Azah struck them down, and
Lachish; and Yehoshua (Gaza), and all the country of pursued them unto Tzidon
struck him down and his Goshen, even unto Giv'on. Rabbah, and unto Misrefot-
army, until he had left him |42| And all these melachim Mayim, and unto the Valley of
none remaining. and their land did Yehoshua Mitzpeh eastward; and they
|34| And from Lachish, take at one time, because struck them down, until they
Yehoshua passed unto Eglon, Hashem Elohei Yisroel fought left them none sarid
and kol Yisroel with him; and for Yisroel. (remaining).
they encamped against it, and |43| And Yehoshua returned, |9| And Yehoshua did unto
fought against it; and kol Yisroel with him, unto them just as Hashem directed
|35| And they took it on that the machaneh at Gilgal. him; he lamed their susim,
day, and struck it down with And it came to and burned their merkevot
the edge of the cherev, and kol
hanefesh therein he utterly
destroyed that day, according
11 pass, when Yavin
Melech Chatzor
had heard those things, that
with eish.
|10| And Yehoshua at that
time turned back, and took
to all that he had done to he sent to Yovav Melech Chatzor, and struck down the
Lachish. Madon, to the Melech melech thereof with the
|36| And Yehoshua went up Shimron, and to the Melech cherev; for Chatzor formerly
from Eglon, and kol Yisroel Achshaph, had been the rosh kol
with him, unto Chevron; and |2| And to the melachim to hamamlachot haelleh.
they fought against it; the north, in the har, and the |11| And they struck down kol
|37| And they took it, and Aravah south of Kinnarot, and hanefesh that were therein
struck it down with the edge of in the Shefelah, and in the with the edge of the cherev,
the cherev, and the melech regions of Dor on the west, utterly destroying them; there
thereof, and all the towns |3| And to the Kena'ani on was not left kol neshamah;
thereof, and kol hanefesh the east and on the west, and and with eish he burned
therein; he left none to Emori, and the Chitti, and Chatzor.
remaining, according to all the Perizzi, and the Yevusi |12| And all the towns of
that he had done to Eglon; but in the har, and to the Chivi at those melachim, and all the
destroyed it utterly, and kol the base of Chermon in Eretz melachim of them, did
hanefesh therein. HaMitzpah. Yehoshua take, and struck
|38| And Yehoshua returned, |4| And they went out, they them down with the edge of
and kol Yisroel with him, to and all their machanot with the cherev, and he utterly
Devir; and fought against it; them, am rav, even as the destroyed them, just as Moshe
|39| And he took it, and the sand that is upon the sea in Eved Hashem commanded.
melech thereof, and all the
|13| But as for the towns that Chevron, from Devir, from the Maachati, and half Gilàd,
stood on their tel (mound, old Anav, from kol har Yehudah, the border of Sichon Melech
site), Yisroel burned none of from kol har Yisroel; Cheshbon.
them, except Chatzor only; Yehoshua destroyed them |6| These did Moshe Eved
that did Yehoshua burn. utterly with their towns. Hashem and the Bnei
|14| And all the plunder of |22| There were none of the Yisroel conquer; and Moshe
these towns, and the Anakim left in the Eretz Bnei Eved Hashem gave it for a
behemah, the Bnei Yisroel Yisroel; only in Azah (Gaza), possession unto the Reuveni,
carried off for themselves; but in Gat, and in Ashdod, there and the Gadi, and the half
kol haAdam they struck down remained. shevet HaMenasheh.
with the edge of the cherev, |23| So Yehoshua took Kol |7| And these are the
until they had destroyed them, HaAretz, according to all that melachim of HaAretz which
neither left they kol Hashem said unto Moshe; and Yehoshua and the Bnei Yisroel
neshamah. Yehoshua gave it for a conquered on the west side of
|15| Just as Hashem nachalah unto Yisroel the Yarden, from Baal-Gad in
commanded Moshe His Eved, according to their divisions by the valley of Levanon even
so did Moshe command their shevatim. And HaAretz unto the Har HeChalak, that
Yehoshua, and so did rested from milchamah. goeth up to Seir; which
Yehoshua; he left nothing Yehoshua gave unto the
undone of all that Hashem Shivtei Yisroel for a yerushah
commanded Moshe. (possession) according to their
|16| So Yehoshua took kol Now these are the divisions;
HaAretz hazot, the har, and
kol haNegev, and kol Eretz
HaGoshen, and the Shefelah,
12 melachim HaAretz,
which the Bnei
Yisroel conquered, and
|8| In the har, and in the
Shefelah, and in the Aravah,
and in the slopes, and in the
and the Aravah, and the har possessed their land beyond midbar, and in the Negev; the
Yisroel, and Shefelah; the Yarden toward the rising Chivi, HaEmori, and the
|17| Even from the Har of the shemesh, from the Kena'ani, the Perizzi, the
HeChalak, that goeth up to Arnon Valley unto Mt Chivi, and the Yevusi;
Seir, even unto Baal-Gad in Chermon, and kol HaAravah |9| The Melech Yericho, one;
the valley of the Levanon on the east; the Melech Ai, which is near
under Mt Chermon; and all |2| Sichon Melech HaEmori, Beit-El, one;
their melachim he took, and who reigned in Cheshbon, and |10| The Melech
struck them down, and ruled from Aroer, which is Yerushalayim, one; the Melech
slaughtered them. upon the rim of the Arnon Chevron, one;
|18| Yehoshua made Valley, and from the middle of |11| The Melech Yarmut, one;
milchamah yamim rabbim the valley, and from half the Melech Lachish, one;
with all those melachim. Gilàd, even unto the River |12| The Melech Eglon, one;
|19| There was not an ir that Yabbok, which is the border of the Melech Gezer, one;
made terms of shalom with the Bnei Ammon; |13| The Melech Devir, one;
the Bnei Yisroel, except Chivi |3| And from the Aravah to the Melech Geder, one;
the inhabitants of Giv'on; all the Yam Kinnerot on the east, |14| The Melech Chormah,
others they took in and unto the Yam HaAravah, one; the Melech Arad, one;
milchamah. even the Yam HaMelach [i.e., |15| The Melech Livnah, one;
|20| For it was of Hashem to Dead Sea] on the east, derech the Melech Adullam, one;
harden their hearts, that they to Beit-HaYeshimot; and from |16| The Melech Makkedah,
should come against Yisroel in the south, below Ashdot- one; the Melech Beit-El, one;
milchamah, that he might HaPisgah; |17| The Melech Tapuach,
destroy them utterly, that |4| And the territory of Og one; the Melech Chepher, one;
there might be to them no Melech HaBashan, from the |18| The Melech Aphek, one;
techinnah (mercy plea), but last of the Repha'im, that the Melech Lasharon, one;
that he might destroy them, reigned at Ashtarot and at |19| The Melech Madon, one;
just as Hashem commanded Edre'i, the Melech Chatzor, one;
Moshe. |5| And reigned in Mt |20| The Melech Shimron-
|21| And at that time came Chermon, and in Salkhah, Meron, one; the Melech
Yehoshua, and cut off the and in kol HaBashan, unto Achshaph, one;
Anakim from the har, from the border of the Geshuri and
|21| The Melech Taanach, their nachalah, which Moshe the valley,
one; the Melech Megiddo, one; gave them, beyond Yarden |20| And Beit-Peor, and
|22| The Melech Kedesh, one; eastward, even as Moshe Eved slopes of Pisgah, and Beit
the Melech Yokne'am in Hashem gave them; HaYeshimot,
Carmel, one; |9| From Aroer, that is upon |21| And all the towns of the
|23| The Melech Dor in the the rim of the Arnon Valley, plain, and kol mamlechot
heights of Dor, one; the and the town that is in the Shichon Melech HaEmori,
Melech Goyim of Gilgal, one; middle of the valley, and all who reigned in Cheshbon,
|24| The Melech Tirtzah, one: the plain of Medeva unto whom Moshe conquered with
kol melachim sheloshim Divon; the nasiim of Midyan, Evi,
v'echad. |10| And all the towns of and Rekem, and Tzur,
Sichon Melech HaEmori, and Chur, and Reva, which
Now Yehoshua was which reigned in Cheshbon, were vassal princes under
13 zaken, advanced
in yamim; Hashem
said unto him, Thou art old,
unto the border of the Bnei
Ammon;
|11| And Gilàd, and the
Sichon, dwelling in HaAretz.
|22| Also Balaam ben Beor,
the kosem (soothsayer,
advanced in yamim; HaAretz territory of the Geshuri and practicer of divination), did
there remaineth yet harebbeh Maachati, and all Mt the Bnei Yisroel put to death
me'od to be possessed. Chermon, and all Bashan as with the cherev among them
|2| This is HaAretz that yet far as Salkhah; that were slain by them.
remaineth; all the regions of |12| All the Mamlechut Og in |23| And the boundary of the
the Pelishtim, and all Geshuri, Bashan, which reigned in Bnei Reuven was the Yarden,
|3| From Sichor, which is Ashtarot and in Edre'i, who and the bank thereof. This
before Mitzrayim, even unto remained of the remnant of was the nachalat Bnei Reuven
the territory of Ekron north- Repha'im; for these did Moshe after their mishpekhot, the
ward, which is counted to the conquer, and dispossessed towns and villages thereof.
Kena'ani; five rulers of the them. |24| And Moshe gave unto the
Pelishtim; the Azzati, the Ash- |13| Nevertheless the Bnei tribe of Gad, even unto the
dodi, the Eshkaloni, the Gitti, Yisroel dispossessed not the Bnei Gad according to their
the Ekroni; also the Avi'im; Geshuri, nor the Maachati; mishpekhot;
|4| From the south, all the but the Geshuri and the |25| Territory to them, Yazer,
Eretz HaKena'ani, and from Maachati dwell among Yisroel and all the towns of Gilàd,
Arah that belongs to the until this day. and half the Eretz Bnei
Tzidonim unto Aphek, to the |14| Only unto the shevet Ammon, as far as Aroer that is
region of HaEmori; HaLevi he gave no nachalah; near Rabbah;
|5| And the area of the the sacrifices made by eish of |26| And from Cheshbon
Byblos, and all the Levanon, Hashem Elohei Yisroel are unto Ramat HaMitzpeh, and
toward the rising of the their nachalah, as He said Betonim; and from
shemesh, from Baal-Gad unto them. Machanayim unto the
under Mt Chermon unto Levo |15| And Moshe gave unto the territory of Devir;
Chamat. tribe of the Bnei Reuven |27| And in the valley, Beit-
|6| All the inhabitants of the according to their mishpekhot; Haram, and Beit-Nimrah, and
har from the Levanon unto |16| Territory to them from Sukkot, and Tzaphon, the rest
Misrephot Mayim, and all the Aroer, that is on the rim of the of the Mamlechot Sichon
Tzidonim, them will I drive Arnon Valley, and the town Melech Cheshbon, the Yarden
out from before the Bnei that is in the middle of the and its territory, even unto the
Yisroel; only divide thou it by valley, and all the plain past end of the Yam Kinneret on
lot unto Yisroel for a Medevah; the other side of the Yarden
nachalah, as I have |17| Cheshbon, and all its eastward.
commanded thee. towns that are in the plain; |28| This is the nachalah of
|7| Now therefore divide Divon, and Bamot-Baal, and the Bnei Gad after their
HaAretz Hazot for a Beit-Baal Me'on, mishpekhot, the towns, and
nachalah unto the nine |18| And Yahatz, and their villages.
Shevatim, and the half tribe of Kedemot, and Mephaat, |29| And Moshe gave unto the
Menasheh, |19| And Kiryatayim, and half tribe of Menasheh;
|8| With whom the Reuveni Sivmah, and Tzeret-
and the Gadi have received HaShachar on the har in
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and this was the possession of |5| Just as Hashem |13| And Yehoshua put a
the half tribe of the Bnei commanded Moshe, so the bracha on him, and gave unto
Menasheh by their Bnei Yisroel did, and they Kalev ben Yephunneh
mishpekhot. divided HaAretz. Chevron for a nachalah.
|30| Their territory was from |6| Then the Bnei Yehudah |14| Chevron therefore
Machanayim, all Bashan, kol came unto Yehoshua in Gilgal; became the nachalah of Kalev
Mamlechot Og Melech and Kalev ben Yephunneh the ben Yephunneh the Kenezi
HaBashan, and all the towns Kenezi said unto him, Thou unto this day, because that he
of Ya’ir, which are in Bashan, knowest the thing that wholly followed Hashem
shishim ir; Hashem said unto Moshe Ish Elohei Yisroel.
|31| And half Gilàd, and HaElohim concerning me and |15| And the shem of
Ashtarot, and Edre'i, towns of thee in Kadesh-Barnea. Chevron before was Kiryat
the Mamlechot Og in Bashan, |7| I was forty years old when Arba; which Arba was
were pertaining unto the Bnei Moshe Eved Hashem sent me ha’adam hagedol among the
Machir ben Menasheh, even to from Kadesh-Barnea to spy Anakim. And HaAretz had
the one half of the Bnei out HaAretz; and I brought rest from milchamah.
Machir by their mishpekhot. him back davar just as it was
|32| These which Moshe did in my lev.
distribute for nachalah in the |8| Nevertheless my brethren This then was the
plains of Moav, on the other
side of the Yarden, by Yericho,
eastward.
that went up with me made
the lev of HaAm melt; but I
wholly followed after Hashem
15 goral (lot) of the
tribe of the Bnei
Yehudah by their mishpekhot;
|33| But unto the Shevet Elohai. even to the territory of Edom,
HaLevi Moshe gave not any |9| And Moshe swore on that to the midbar of Tzin toward
nachalah; Hashem Elohei day, saying, Surely HaAretz the Negev in the extreme
Yisroel was their nachalah, as whereon thy feet have trodden south.
He said unto them. shall be thine nachalah, and |2| And their southern
that of thy banim ad olam, boundary was from the shore
And these are that because thou hast wholly of the Yam HaMelach, from
14 which the Bnei

Yisroel inherited in
Eretz Kena'an, which Eleazar
followed after Hashem
Elohai.[T.N. See Rv 3:15-16]
|10| And now, hinei, Hashem
the bay that looketh
southward;
|3| And it went out to the
HaKohen, and Yehoshua ben hath kept me alive, just as He south side to Maaleh
Nun, and the Roshei Avot of said, these forty and five Akrabbim, passed along to
the tribes of the Bnei Yisroel, shanah, even since Hashem Tzin, ascended up on the
distributed for nachalah spoke this word unto Moshe, south side unto Kadesh-
to them. while the Bnei Yisroel wan- Barnea, passed along to
|2| By goral (lot) was their dered in the midbar; and now, Chetzron, went up to Adar,
nachalah, just as Hashem hinei, I am this day fourscore and turned toward Karka;
commanded by the yad and five shanah. |4| From there it passed
Moshe, for the nine tribes, and |11| As yet I am chazak, as toward Atzmon, and went out
for the half-tribe. strong this day as I was in the unto the Wadi Mitzrayim; and
|3| For Moshe had given the day that Moshe sent me; as my the boundary ended at the
nachalah of two and a half koach was then, even so is my Yam [Mediterranean Sea]; this
tribes on the other side of the koach now, for milchamah, shall be your south border.
Yarden; but unto the Levi'im both to go out, and to come in. |5| And the east boundary is
he gave no nachalah among |12| Now therefore give me the Yam HaMelach, even unto
them. hahar hazeh (this mountain), the mouth of the Yarden. And
|4| For the Bnei Yosef were whereof Hashem spoke in that their boundary in the north
two tribes, Menasheh and day; for thou heardest in that quarter was from the bay of
Ephrayim; therefore they gave day how the Anakim were the Yam [Dead Sea] at the
no chelek unto the Levi'im in there, and that the cities were mouth of the Yarden;
HaAretz, except arim (cities) gedolot and fortified; but, |6| And the boundary went
to dwell in, with their open Hashem with me, I shall be up to Beit-Chogla, and passed
land for their livestock and for able to drive them out, just as along by the north of Beit-
their herds. Hashem said. Aravah; and the
boundary went up
Nevi’im 223 Yehoshua 15
to the Even Bohan ben |14| And Kalev drove from |31| And Ziklag, and Mad-
Reuven; there the three Bnei Anak: mannah, and Sansannah,
|7| And the boundary went Sheshai and Achiman and |32| And Levaot, and
up toward Devir from the Talmai, the descendants of Shilchim, and Ayin, and
Achor Valley, and so Anak. Rimmon; all the cities
northward, looking toward |15| And he went up from are 29, with their villages.
Gilgal, which faces Ma'aleh- there to the inhabitants of |33| And in the Shefelah:
Adumim, which is on the Devir; and the shem of Devir Eshtaol, and Tzoreah, and
south side of the wadi; and the formerly was Kiryat Sefer. Ashnah,
boundary passed toward the |16| And Kalev said, He that |34| And Zanoach, and Ein-
Ein-Shemesh Spring, and strikes down Kiryat Sefer, and Gannim, Tapuach, and Enam,
ended at Ein Rogel; taketh it, to him will I give |35| Yarmut, and Adulam,
|8| And the boundary went Achsah my bat as isha. Socho, and Azekah,
up by Ben Hinnom Valley |17| And Otniel ben Kenaz, |36| And Shearim, and
unto the slope of the Yevusi the brother of Kalev, took it; Aditayim, and Gederah, and
(that is, Yerushalayim); and and he gave him Achsah his Gederotayim; 14 cities with
the boundary went up to the bat as isha. their villages.
top of the har that is before |18| And it came to pass, as |37| Tzenan, and Chadashah,
the Hinnom Valley westward, she came unto him, that she and Migdal-Gad,
which is at the end of the urged him to ask of her av a |38| And Dilean, and
Repha'im Valley northward; sadeh; and she got off her Mitzpeh, and Yokte'el,
|9| From the top of the har chamor; and Kalev said unto |39| Lachish, and Botzkat,
the boundary ran unto the her, What wouldest thou? and Eglon,
source of Nephtoach Spring, |19| She answered, Give me a |40| And Kabbon, and
and went out to the towns of berakhah; for thou hast given Lachmas, and Kitlish,
Har Ephron; and the me eretz HaNegev [land in the |41| And Gederot, Beit-
boundary went to Baalah (that southern desert]; give me also Dagon, and Naamah, and
is, Kiryat Yearim); springs of water. And he gave Makkedah; 16 cities with their
|10| And the boundary her the upper springs, and villages.
curved from Baalah westward the lower springs. |42| Livnah, and Eter, and
unto Mt Seir, and ran along |20| This is the nachalah of Ashan,
unto the slope of Mt Yearim the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah |43| And Yiphtach, and
(that is, Kesalon), on the north according to their mishpekhot. Ashnah, and Netziv,
side, and went down to Beit |21| And the towns at the |44| And Keilah, and Achziv,
Shemesh, and passed on to extremity of the tribe of the and Mareshah; 9 cities with
Timnah; Bnei Yehudah toward the their villages.
|11| And the boundary went boundary of Edom southward |45| Ekron, with her towns
out unto the side of Ekron were Kavtze'el, and Eder, and her villages.
northward; and the boundary and Yagur, |46| From Ekron even unto
ran over to Shikkeron, and |22| And Kinah, and the Yam, all that lay near
passed along to Mt Baalah, Dimonah, and Adadah, Ashdod, with their villages.
and went out unto Yavne'el; |23| And Kedesh, and |47| Ashdod with her towns
and the boundary ended at Chatzor, and Yitnan, and her villages, Azah (Gaza)
the Yam [Mediterranean Sea]. |24| Ziph, and Telem, and with her towns and her
|12| And the western Bealot, villages, unto the Wadi
boundary is HaYamah |25| And Chatzor, Chadattah, Mitzrayim, and the Yam
HaGadol, and the coast and Keriot, and Chetzron, HaGadol, and the coastline
thereof. This is the boundary which is Chatzor, thereof.
around the Bnei Yehudah |26| Amam, and Shema, and |48| And in the har, Shamir,
according to their mishpekhot. Moladah, and Yatir, and Socho,
|13| And unto Kalev ben |27| And Chatzar Gaddah, |49| And Dannah, and Kiryat
Yephunneh he gave chelek Cheshmon, and Beit-Pelet, Sannah, which is Devir,
among the Bnei Yehudah, |28| And Chatzar Shual, |50| And Anav, and
according to the command- Beer- Sheva, and Bizyot-Yah, Eshtemoh, and Anim,
ment of Hashem to Yehoshua, |29| Baalah, Iyim, Etzem, |51| And Goshen, and
even Kiryat-Arba (avi |30| And Eltolad, and Kesil, Cholon, and Giloh;
HaAnak), which is Chevron. and Chormah,
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11 cities with their villages; |4| So the Bnei Yosef, ben Yosef by their
|52| Arav, and Dumah, and Menasheh and Ephrayim, mishpekhot.
Esh'an, inherited their nachalah. |3| But Tzelophechad ben
|53| And Yanum, and Beit |5| And the boundary of the Chepher ben Gilàd ben
Tappuach, and Aphekah, Bnei Ephrayim according to Machir ben Menasheh had no
|54| And Chumtah, and their mishpekhot was thus: the banim, but banot; and these
Kiryat Arba, which is boundary of their nachalah on are the shmot of his banot,
Chevron, and Tzior; 9 the east side was Atarot Machlah, and Noah, Choglah,
cities with their villages; Addar, unto Upper Beit Milcah, and Tirtzah.
|55| Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, Choron; |4| And they came near
and Yutah, |6| And the boundary ran before Eleazar HaKohen, and
|56| And Yizre'el, and toward the Yam to Michmetat before Yehoshua ben Nun,
Yokdeam, and Zanoah, on the north side; and the and before the nasi’im saying,
|57| Kayin, Giveah, and boundary ran eastward unto Hashem commanded Moshe
Timnah; 10 cities with their Taanat Shiloh, and passed by to give us a nachalah among
villages; it on the east to Yanochah; acheinu. Therefore according
|58| Chalchul, Beit-Tzur, and |7| And it ran down from to the commandment of
Gedor, Yanochah to Atarot, and to Hashem he gave them a
|59| And Maarat, and Beit- Naarah, and came to Yericho, nachalah among the achim of
Anot, and Eltekon; 6 cities and ran to an end at the their av.
with their villages; Yarden. |5| And there fell ten tracts of
|60| Kiryat Baal, which is |8| The boundary ran from land to Menasheh, in addition
Kiryat-Ye'arim, and Rabbah; Tapuach westward unto the to Eretz Gilàd and Bashan,
2 cities with their villages; Wadi Kanah; and the end which were on the other side
|61| In the midbar, Beit thereof ran to the Yam. This is of the Yarden;
Aravah, Middin, and the nachalah of the tribe of |6| Because the banot of
Sechachah, the Bnei Ephrayim by their Menasheh had inherited a
|62| And Nivshan, and the Ir mishpekhot. nachalah among his
HaMelach, and Engedi; |9| And the towns set aside banim; and the rest of the
6 cities with their villages. for the Bnei Ephrayim were Bnei Menasheh had Eretz
|63| As for the Yevusi, the inside the Bnei Menasheh, all Gilàd.
inhabitants of Yerushalayim, the towns with their villages. |7| And the boundary of
the Bnei Yehudah could not |10| And they drove not out Menasheh was from Asher to
drive them out; but the Yevusi the Kena'ani that dwelt in Michmetat, that lieth before
dwell with the Bnei Yehudah Gezer: but the Kena'ani dwell Shechem; and the boundary
at Yerushalayim unto HaYom among the Ephrayim unto ran along to the right
Hazeh. yom hazeh, and serve under to the inhabitants of Ein
And the goral (lot) forced labor. Tapuach.
16 of the Bnei Yosef

ran from the
Yarden by Yericho, east of the 17
There was also a
goral (lot) for the
tribe of Menasheh;
|8| Now Menasheh had Eretz
Tapuach; but Tapuach on the
border of Menasheh belonged
spring at Yericho, to the for he was the bechor of Yosef; to the Bnei Ephrayim;
midbar that goeth up from Machir was the bechor of |9| And the boundary
Yericho into the hill country of Menasheh and the av of descended unto the Wadi
Beit-El, Gilàd, and because he was Kanah, southward of the
|2| And goeth out from Beit- an ish milchamah, therefore Wadi; these towns of
El to Luz, and passeth along he got Gilàd and Bashan. Ephrayim are among the
unto the territory of Arkhi to |2| There was also a goral towns of Menasheh; the
Atarot, (lot) for the rest of the Bnei boundary of Menasheh also
|3| And goeth down westward Menasheh by their was on the north side of the
to the territory of Yaphleti, mishpekhot; for the Bnei Wadi, and ended at the Yam;
unto the territory of Lower Aviezer, for the Bnei Chelek, |10| Southward it was
Beit Choron, and to Gezer; for the Bnei Asriel, for the Ephrayim's, and northward it
ending at the Yam Bnei Shechem, for the Bnei was Menasheh's, and the
[Mediterranean Sea]. Chepher, and for the Bnei Yam is its boundary; and they
Shemida; these were the met together in Asher
zekharim of the Menasheh on the north, and
in Yissakhar on the east. be thine; for it is a forest, and east, which Moshe Eved
|11| And Menasheh had in thou shalt cut it down; and the Hashem gave them.
Yissakhar and in Asher Beit rest of the cleared land shall |8| And the men arose, and
Sh'an and its towns, and be thine; for thou shalt drive went away; and Yehoshua
Yivleam and its towns, and the out the Kena'ani, though they charged them that went to
inhabitants of Dor have chariots of barzel (iron), map HaAretz, saying, Go and
and its towns, and the and though they be chazak. survey the land, and write a
inhabitants of Ein-dor and its And the kol Adat description of it, and come
towns, and the inhabitants of
Taanach and its towns, and
the inhabitants of Megiddo
18 Bnei Yisroel
assembled
together at Shiloh, and set up
again to me, that I may here
cast goral for you before
Hashem in Shiloh.
and its towns, sheloshet (three) the Ohel Mo'ed there. And |9| And the men went and
of Nafet. HaAretz was subdued before passed through HaAretz, and
|12| Yet the Bnei Menasheh them. described it by towns in
could not drive out the |2| And there remained shivah chalakim in a sefer,
inhabitants of those towns; among the Bnei Yisroel shivah and came again to Yehoshua
but the Kena'ani persisted shevatim (seven tribes), which to the machaneh at Shiloh.
dwelling in that land. had not yet received their |10| And Yehoshua cast goral
|13| Yet it came to pass, when nachalah. for them in Shiloh before
the Bnei Yisroel increased in |3| And Yehoshua said unto Hashem; and there Yehoshua
chozek (strength) that they put the Bnei Yisroel, How long are divided HaAretz unto the Bnei
the Kena'ani to forced labor, ye mitrapim (slack ones, Yisroel according to their
but did not utterly drive them cowardly) going to take to go portions.
out. in and possess HaAretz, which |11| And the goral of the tribe
|14| And the Bnei Yosef spoke Hashem Elohei Avoteichem of the Bnei Binyamin came up
unto Yehoshua, saying, Why hath given you? according to their mishpekhot;
hast thou given me for a |4| Appoint from among you and the territory of their goral
nachalah but one goral and shloshah anashim for each (allotment) came forth
one chevel (portion, lot) tribe; and I will send them, between the Bnei Yehudah
to inherit, seeing I am an am and they shall rise, and go and the Bnei Yosef.
rav, forasmuch as Hashem through and survey the land, |12| And their boundary on
hath blessed me and write down a description the north side was from the
hitherto? of it, according to the Yarden; and the boundary
|15| And Yehoshua answered nachalah of each; and they went up along the side of
them, If thou be an am rav, shall come again to me. Yericho on the north, and
then get thee up to the wood |5| And they shall divide it went up through the har
country, and cut down for into shivah chalakim (seven westward; and ended at the
thyself there in the Eretz portions); Yehudah shall midbar of Beit Aven.
HaPerizzi and HaRepha'im, if abide in their territory on the |13| And the boundary went
Har Ephrayim be too small south, and Bais Yosef shall over from there toward Luz, to
for thee. abide in their territory on the the side of Luz (that is, Beit-
|16| And the Bnei Yosef said, north. El) southward; and the
The har is not enough for us; |6| Ye shall therefore write a boundary descended to Atarot
and all the Kena'ani that dwell description of HaAretz in Adar, near the har that lieth
in the eretz haemek shivah chalakim, and bring on the south side of the Lower
have chariots of barzel (iron), the description here to me, Beit Choron.
both they who are of Beit that I may cast goral for you |14| And the boundary ran
Sh'an and her towns, and they here before Hashem Eloheinu. from there and extended
who are of the emek Yizre'el. |7| But the Levi'im have no around the west side
|17| And Yehoshua spoke chelek among you; for the southward, from the har that
unto Bais Yosef, even to Kehunah Hashem is their lieth before Beit Choron
Ephrayim and to Menasheh, nachalah; and Gad, and southward; and ends at Kiryat
saying, Thou art an am rav, Reuven, and the half Ba'al, which is Kiryat Ye'arim,
and hast ko'ach gadol; thou tribe of Menasheh, have a town of the Bnei Yehudah;
shalt not have goral echad received their nachalah this was the west side.
only; beyond the Yarden on the
|18| But the har shall
|15| And the southern side |26| And Mitzpeh, and |11| And their boundary went
was from the end of Kiryat Kephirah, and Motzah, up to the west, and Maralah,
Ye'arim, and the boundary |27| And Rekem, and Yirpe'el, and reached to Dabbashet,
went out on the west, and went and Taralah, and reached to the wadi that
out to the ma'ayan (spring) of |28| And Tzelah, Eleph, and is opposite Yokneam;
the waters of Nephtoach; Yevusi, which is Yerushalayim, |12| And turned from Sarid
|16| And the boundary came Givat, and Kiryat; 14 towns eastward toward the rising of
down to the foot of the har with their villages. This is the the shemesh unto the territory
that lieth before the Ben nachalah of the Bnei of Kislot Tavor, and then
Hinnom Valley, and which is Binyamin according to their goeth out to Dovrat, and
in the Emek Repha'im on the mishpekhot. goeth up to Yaphia,
north, and descended to the |13| And from there passeth
Hinnom Valley, to the south of on along on the east to Gat-
the Yevusi, and descended to And the second Chepher, to Et-Katzin, and
Ein Rogel,
|17| And ran from the north,
and went to Ein Shemesh, and
19 goral (lot) came to
Shim'on, even for
the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on
goeth out to Rimmon being
bent unto Neah;
|14| And the boundary goes
went toward Gelilot, which is according to their mishpekhot; around it on the north to
opposite the ascent of and their nachalah was within Chanaton; and ends at the
Adummim, and descended to the nachalah of the Bnei valley of Yiphtach-El;
the Even Bohan ben Reuven, Yehudah. |15| And Kattat, and
|18| And passed along toward |2| And they had in their Nahallal, and Shimron, and
the slope opposite Aravah nachalah Beer-Sheva, and Yidalah, and Beit-Lechem; 12
northward, and went down Sheva, and Moladah, towns with their villages.
unto the Aravah; |3| And Chatzar Shual, and |16| This is the nachalah of
|19| And the boundary Balah, and Atzem, the Bnei Zevulun according
passed along to the slope of |4| And Eltolad, and Beitul, to their mishpekhot, these
Beit Choglah northward; and and Chormah, towns with their villages.
the end of the boundary was |5| And Ziklag, and Beit- |17| And the fourth goral
at the north bay of the Yam HaMarkavot, and Chatzar came out to Yissakhar, for the
HaMelach (the Salt Sea, the Susah, Bnei Yissakhar according to
Dead Sea) at the south end of |6| And Beit-Levaot, and their mishpekhot.
the Yarden; this was the Sharuchen; 13 towns and |18| And their territory was
southern boundary. their villages; toward Yizre'el, and Kesulot,
|20| And the Yarden was the |7| Ain, Rimmon, and Eter, and Shunem,
boundary of it on the east and Ashan; 4 towns and their |19| And Chaphrayim, and
side. This was the nachalah of villages; Shi'on, and Anacharat,
the Bnei Binyamin, to its |8| And all the villages that |20| And Rabit, and Kishyon,
boundaries all around, were around these towns as and Evetz,
according to their mishpekhot. far as Baalat Be'er, Ramat |21| And Remet, and Ein-
|21| Now the towns of the Negev. This is the nachalah of Ganim, and Ein Chaddah,
tribe of the Bnei Binyamin the tribe of the Bnei Shim'on and Beit Patzetz;
according to their mishpekhot according to their mishpekhot. |22| And the boundary
were Yericho, and Beit |9| Out of the chevel (portion, reacheth to Tavor, and
Choglah, and the valley of lot) of the Bnei Yehudah was Shachatzimah, and
Ketzitz, the nachalah of the Bnei Beit Shemesh; and the end of
|22| And Beit HaAravah, and Shim'on; for the chelek of the their boundary was at the
Tzemarayim, and Beit-El, Bnei Yehudah was too much Yarden; 16 towns with their
|23| And Avim, and Parah, for them; therefore the Bnei villages.
and Ophrah, Shim'on had their nachalah |23| This is the nachalah of
|24| And Chephar within the nachalah of them. the tribe of the Bnei Yissakhar
Haammonai, and Ophni, and |10| And the third goral came according to their mishpekhot,
Gaba; 12 towns with their up for the Bnei Zevulun the towns and their villages.
villages. according to their mishpekhot; |24| And the fifth goral came
|25| Giveon, and Ramah, and and the boundary of their out for the tribe of Bnei Asher
Be'erot, nachalah was as far as Sarid;
according to their mishpekhot. |37| And Kedesh, and Edrei, |51| These are hanechalot
|25| And their territory was and Ein Chatzor, (the inheritances), which
Chelkat, and Chali, and |38| And Yiron, and Migdal- Eleazar HaKohen, and
Beten, and Achshaph, El, Chorem, and Beit Anat, Yehoshua ben Nun, and the
|26| And Alammelech, and and Beit Shemesh; 19 towns Roshei HaAvot of the
Amad, and Misheal; and with their villages. tribes of the Bnei Yisroel,
reacheth to Carmel westward, |39| This is the nachalah of distributed by lot in Shiloh
and to Shichor-Livnat; the tribe of the Bnei Naphtali before Hashem, at the petach
|27| And turneth toward the according to their mishpekhot, of the Ohel Mo'ed. So they
rising of the shemesh toward the towns and their villages. made an end of dividing up
Beit Dagon, and reacheth to |40| And the seventh goral HaAretz.
Zevulun, and to the valley of came out for the tribe of the Hashem also spoke
Yiphthach-El toward the north
side of Beit Emek, and Ne'i'el,
and goeth out to Kavul-
Bnei Dan according to their
mishpekhot.
|41| And the territory of their
20 unto Yehoshua,
saying,
|2| Speak to the Bnei Yisroel,
Missemo'l, nachalah was Tzorah, and saying, Designate for you cities
|28| And Evron, and Rechov, Eshtaol, and Ir-Shemesh, of refuge, whereof I spoke
and Chammon, and Kanah, |42| And Shaalabbin, and unto you by the yad Moshe:
even as far as Tzidon Rabbah; Ayalon, and Yitlah, |3| That the slayer that killeth
|29| And then the boundary |43| And Eilon, and Timnah, any nefesh unawares and
turneth to Ramah, and to the and Ekron, unwittingly may flee there;
fortress-city of Tzor; and the |44| And Eltekeh, and and they shall be your refuge
boundary turneth to Chossah; Gib'ton, and Baalat, from the Go'el HaDahm.
and the end thereof is at the |45| And Yehud, and Bnei |4| And when he that doth
Yam [Mediterranean] in the Berak, and Gat Rimmon, flee unto one of those cities
region of Akhziv; |46| And Yarkon, and shall stand at the petach
|30| Ummah also, and Rakkon, with the boundary (entrance) of the sha'ar ha'ir,
Aphek, and Rechov; 22 towns facing Yafo. and shall declare his cause in
with their villages. |47| And the territory of the the ears of the zekenim of that
|31| This is the nachalah of Bnei Dan went out being too city, they shall admit him into
the tribe of the Bnei Asher small for them; therefore the the Ir unto them, and give him
according to their mishpekhot, Bnei Dan went up to fight a makom, that he may dwell
these towns with their villages. against Leshem, and took it, among them.
|32| The sixth goral came out and struck it down with the |5| And if the Go'el HaDahm
to the Bnei Naphtali, even for edge of the cherev, and pursue after him, then they
the Bnei Naphtali according possessed it, and dwelt shall not surrender the slayer
to their mishpekhot. therein, and called Leshem up into his yad; because he
|33| And their boundary ran Dan, after the shem of Dan struck his neighbor unwit-
from Cheleph, from Elon in their av. tingly, and not with malice
Tzaananim, Adami-Nekev, |48| This is the nachalah of against him beforetime.
and Yavne'el, unto Lakum; the tribe of the Bnei Dan |6| And he shall dwell in that
and ended at the Yarden; according to their mishpekhot, city, until he stand before
|34| And the boundary ran these towns with their villages. HaEdah L'Mishpat, and until
westward to Aznot Tavor, and |49| When they had made an the Mot of the HaKohen
goeth out from there to end of dividing HaAretz for HaGadol that shall be in those
Chukok, and reacheth to nachalah by their portions, yamim; then shall the slayer
Zevulun on the south side, the Bnei Yisroel gave a return, and come unto his own
and reacheth to Asher on the nachalah to Yehoshua ben city, and unto his own bais,
west side, and to Yehudah Nun among them. unto the Ir from whence he
upon the Yarden toward the |50| According to the Devar fled.
rising of the shemesh. Hashem they gave him the Ir |7| And they appointed
|35| And the fortified cities for which he asked, even Kedesh in the Galil in Har
are Tzidim, Tzer, and Timnat-Serach in Mt Naphtali and Shechem in Har
Chammat, Rakat, and Ephrayim; and he built the Ephrayim, and Kiryat Arba,
Kinneret, town, and dwelt therein. which is Chevron, in Har
|36| And Adamah, and Yehudah.
Ramah, and Chatzor,
[8| And on the other side of Ephrayim, and out of the tribe migrash, and Beit Shemesh
the Yarden by Yericho of Dan, and out of the half with its migrash; 9 towns out
eastward, they assigned Betzer tribe of Menasheh, 10 towns. of those two shevatim (tribes).
in the midbar upon the plain |6| And the Bnei Gershon |17| And out of the tribe of
out of the tribe of Reuven, and had by goral out of the Binyamin, Giveon with its
Ramot in Gilàd out of the mishpekhot of the tribe of migrash, Geva with its
tribe of Gad, and Golan in Yissakhar, and out of the tribe migrash,
Bashan out of the tribe of of Asher, and out of the tribe |18| Anatot with its migrash,
Menasheh. of Naphtali, and out of the and Almon with its migrash; 4
|9| These were the cities half-tribe of Menasheh in towns.
designated for kol Bnei Bashan, 13 towns. |19| All the towns of the Bnei
Yisroel, and for the stranger |7| The Bnei Merari by their Aharon, the Kohanim, were 13
that sojourneth among them, mishpekhot had out of the towns with their migrash.
that whosoever killeth any tribe of Reuven, and out of the |20| And the mishpekhot of
nefesh unawares might flee tribe of Gad, and out of the the Bnei Kehat, the Levi'im
there, and not die by the yad tribe of Zevulun, 12 towns. which remained of the Bnei
of the Go'el HaDahm, until he |8| And the Bnei Yisroel gave Kehat, even they had the
stood before HaEdah. by goral unto the Levi'im these towns of their goral out of the
towns with their migrashim, tribe of Ephrayim.
just as Hashem commanded |21| For they gave them
by the yad Moshe. Shechem with its migrash in
|9| And they allotted out of har Ephrayim, to be an Ir
the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah, Miklat HaRotzeiach; and
and out of the tribe of the Gezer with its migrash,
Bnei Shim'on, these towns |22| And Kivtzayim with its
which are here called b'shem migrash, and Beit Choron
Then came near (by name), with its migrash; 4 towns.
21 the Rashei Avot

Levi'im unto
Eleazar HaKohen, and unto
|10| Which the Bnei Aharon,
being of the mishpekhot of the
Kehati, who were of the Bnei
|23| And out of the tribe of
Dan, Eltekeh with its migrash,
Gibbeton with its migrash,
Yehoshua ben Nun, and unto Levi, had; for theirs was the |24| Ayalon with its migrash,
the Rashei Avot of the tribes of goral rishonah. Gat-Rimmon with its migrash;
the Bnei Yisroel; |11| And they gave them 4 towns.
|2| And they spoke unto them Kiryat-Arba (Arba, Avi |25| And out of the half-tribe
at Shiloh in Eretz Kena'an, HaAnak), which is Chevron, in of Menasheh, Tanach with its
saying, Hashem commanded the har Yehudah, with the migrash, and Gat-Rimmon
by the yad Moshe to give us migrash (pastureland) with its migrash; 2 towns.
towns to dwell in, with the thereof around it. |26| All the towns were 10
migrashim thereof for our |12| But the sadeh haIr, and with their migrash for the
livestock. the villages thereof, they gave mishpekhot of the Bnei Kehat
|3| And the Bnei Yisroel gave to Kalev ben Yephunneh for that remained.
unto the Levi'im out of their his achuzzah (possession, |27| And unto the Bnei
nachalah, at the command- property, estate). Gershon, of the mishpekhot
ment of Hashem, these towns |13| Thus they gave to the Levi'im, out of the other half
and their migrashim. Bnei Aharon HaKohen tribe of Menasheh they gave
|4| And the goral (lot) came Chevron with its migrash, to Golan in Bashan with its
out for the mishpekhot of the be an Ir Miklat HaRotzeiach migrash, to be an Ir Miklat
Kehati. And the Bnei Aharon (City of Refuge of the Slayer); HaRotzeiach; and Be'eshterah
HaKohen, which were of the and Livnah with its migrash, with its migrash; 2 towns.
Levi'im, had by lot 13 towns |14| And Yatir with its |28| And out of the tribe of
out of the tribe of Yehudah, migrashim, and Eshtemoa Yissakhar, Kishyon with its
and out of the tribe of with its migrash, migrash, Dovrat with its
Shim'on, and out of the tribe |15| And Cholon with its migrash,
of Binyamin. migrash, and Devir with its |29| Yarmut with its migrash,
|5| And the rest of the Bnei migrash, Ein Gannim with its migrash;
Kehat had by goral out of the |16| And Ayin with its 4 towns.
mishpekhot of the tribe of migrash, and Yutah with its
|30| And out of the tribe of |43| And Hashem gave unto to be shomer mitzot regarding
Asher, Mishal with its Yisroel Kol HaAretz which He His commandments, and to
migrash, Avdon with its swore to give unto their Avot; have deveykus (attachment,
migrash, and they possessed it, and cleavimg to G-d) to Him, and
|31| Chelkat with its migrash, dwelt therein. to serve Him in avodas
and Rechov with its migrash; |44| And Hashem gave them [kodesh] with kol levavchem
4 towns. manoach (rest, peace) on every uvkhol nafshechem (all your
|32| And out of the tribe of side, according to all that He heart , with all your nefesh).
Naphtali, Kedesh in the Galil swore unto their Avot; and |6| So Yehoshua gave them a
with its migrash, to be an Ir there stood not a man of all berakhah, and sent them
Miklat HaRotzeiach; and their enemies before them; away; and they went unto
Chammmot Dor with its Hashem delivered all their their ohalim.
migrash, and Kartan with its enemies into their yad. |7| Now to the one half of the
migrash; 3 towns. |45| There naphal (failed, tribe of Menasheh Moshe had
|33| All the towns of the fell) not davar mikol hadavar given possession in Bashan;
Gershuni according to their hatov (any promise from all but unto the other half thereof
mishpekhot were 13 towns the good promises) which gave Yehoshua among their
with their migrash. Hashem had spoken unto Bais achim on this side Yarden
|34| And unto the Yisroel; hakol bo (all came, all westward. And when
mishpekhot Bnei Merari, the came to pass). Yehoshua sent them away also
rest of the Levi'im, out of the Then Yehoshua unto their ohalim, then he
tribe of Zevulun, Yokneam
with its migrash, and Kartah
with its migrash,
22 summoned the
Reuveni, and the
Gadi, and the half-tribe of
gave them a berakhah,
|8| And he spoke unto them,
saying, Return with nekasim
|35| Dimnah with its Menasheh, rabbin (many possessions)
migrash, Nahalal with its |2| And said unto them, Ye unto your ohalim, and with
migrash; 4 towns. have been shomer over all that mikneh rav me'od (very much
|36| And out of the tribe of Moshe Eved Hashem cattle), with kesef, and with
Reuven, Betzer with its commanded you, and have zahav, and with nechoshet,
migrash, and Yachtzah with obeyed my voice in all that I and with barzel (iron), and
its migrash, commanded you; with very much selamot
|37| Kedemot with its |3| Ye have not deserted your (clothes); divide the plunder of
migrash, and Mephaat with its achim these yamim rabbim to your enemies with your achim.
migrash; 4 towns. yom hazeh, but have been |9| And the Bnei Reuven and
|38| And out of the tribe of shomer over the mishmeret the Bnei Gad and the
Gad, Ramot in Gilàd with its mitzvat Hashem Eloheichem half-tribe of Menasheh
migrash, to be an Ir Miklat (charge, duty of the returned, and departed from
HaRotzeiach; and commandment of Hashem the Bnei Yisroel at Shiloh,
Machanayim with its migrash, your G-d.) which is in Eretz Kana'an, to
|39| Cheshbon with its |4| And now Hashem go unto Eretz Gilàd, to the
migrash, Yazer with its Eloheichem hath given Eretz Achuzzatam
migrash; 4 towns in all. manoach unto your achim, (the land of their possession,
|40| So all the towns for the just as He promised them; estate), whereof they had
Bnei Merari by their therefore now return ye, and taken as a possession,
mishpekhot, which were get you unto your ohalim, and according to the word of
remaining of the mishpekhot unto the Eretz Achuz- Hashem by the yad Moshe.
Levi'im, were by their goral 12 zatechem, which Moshe eved |10| And when they came
towns. Hashem gave you on the other unto the Gelilot of the Yarden,
|41| All the towns of the side of the Yarden. that is in eretz Kena'an, the
Levi'im within the achuzzat |5| But be shomer to do the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei
Bnei Yisroel (possession, estate mitzvah and the torah, which Gad and the half-tribe of
of the Sons of Israel) were 48 Moshe Eved Hashem charged Menasheh built there a
towns with their migrashim. you, to love Hashem mizbe'ach by the Yarden, a
|42| These towns were every Eloheichem, and to walk in all mizbe'ach gadol in
one with their migrash around the darkhei Hashem (see Ac appearance.
them; thus were all these 21:21 OJBC), and |11| And the Bnei Yisroel
towns. heard, Hinei,
the Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Hashem, wherein Hashem's do the avodas Hashem before
Gad and the half-tribe of Mishkan dwelleth, and take Him with oloteinu, and with
Menasheh have built a possession among us; but zevakheinu, and with
mizbe’ach at the edge of Eretz rebel not against Hashem, nor shelameinu; that your banim
Kena'an, in the region of the rebel against us, in building may not say to our banim in
Yarden, on the side belonging you a mizbe’ach other than time to come, Ye have no
to the Bnei Yisroel. the mizbe’ach Hashem chelek in Hashem.
|12| And when the Bnei Eloheinu. |28| Therefore we said, that it
Yisroel heard of it, the kol |20| Did not Achan ben shall be, when they should so
Adat Bnei Yisroel gathered Zerach break faith in the say to us or to doroteinu in
themselves together at Shiloh, cherem, and ketzef (wrath) fell time to come, that we may say
to go up to war against them. on kol Adat Yisroel? And that again, See the tavnit (pattern,
|13| And the Bnei Yisroel sent ish perished not alone in his replica) of the mizbe’ach
unto the Bnei Reuven, and to avon (iniquity). Hashem, which Avoteinu
the Bnei Gad, and to the half- |21| Then the Bnei Reuven built, not for olah, nor for
tribe of Menasheh, into Eretz and the Bnei Gad and the zevach; but it is an ed
Gilàd, Pinchas ben Eleazar half-tribe of Menasheh (witness) between us and you.
the Kohen, answered, and said unto the |29| Chalilah lanu (far be it
|14| And with him ten Rashei Alephei Yisroel, from us) that we should rebel
nasi’im, one each of the bais |22| El Elohim, Hashem El against Hashem, and turn
av for all the tribes of Yisroel; Elohim, He knoweth, and today from following Hashem,
and each one was a Rosh Yisroel shall have da'as; if it be to build a mizbe’ach for olah,
Bais Avotam among the in mered (rebellion), or if in for minchah, or for zevach,
Alephei Yisroel. ma'al against Hashem, (al other than the Mizbe’ach
|15| And they came unto the toshieini hayom hazeh [save Hashem Eloheinu that is
Bnei Reuven, and to the Bnei us not this day]), before His Mishkan.
Gad, and to the half-tribe of |23| That we have built us a |30| And when Pinchas
Menasheh, unto Eretz Gilàd, mizbe’ach to turn away from HaKohen, and the nasi’im of
and they spoke with them, following Hashem, or if to the Edah and Rashei Alephei
saying, offer thereon olah or Yisroel which were with him,
|16| Thus saith the Kol Adat minchah, or if to offer zivkhei heard the words that the Bnei
Hashem, What ma'al (trespass, shelamim thereon, let Reuven and the Bnei Gad and
disobedience, breach of faith, Hashem Himself call it to the Bnei Menasheh spoke, it
treachery, breaking faith) is account; pleased them.
this that ye have committed |24| No, rather have we not |31| And Pinchas ben
against the Elohei Yisroel, to done it for fear, for this Eleazar HaKohen said unto
turn away this day from reason, saying, In time to the Bnei Reuven, and to the
following Hashem, in that ye come your banim might speak Bnei Gad, and to the Bnei
have built you a mizbe’ach, unto our banim, saying, What Menasheh, Today we have
that ye might rebel this day have ye to do with Hashem da'as that Hashem is among
against Hashem? Elohei Yisroel? us, because ye have not
|17| Is the avon Peor too little |25| For Hashem hath made broken faith with Hashem;
for us, from which we are not the Yarden a boundary now ye have saved the Bnei
tahor until this day, even between us and you, ye Bnei Yisroel out of the yad Hashem.
though there was the negef Reuven and Bnei Gad; ye have |32| And Pinchas ben
(plague) in the Adat Hashem, no chelek in Hashem; so Eleazar HaKohen, and the
|18| But that ye must turn might your banim make our nasi’im, returned from the
away this day from following banim cease from fearing Bnei Reuven, and from the
Hashem? And it will be, seeing Hashem. Bnei Gad, out of Eretz Gilàd,
ye rebel hayom (today) against |26| Therefore we said, Let us unto Eretz Kena'an, to the
Hashem, that machar now prepare to build us the Bnei Yisroel, and reported the
(tomorrow) He will be angry mizbe’ach, not for olah nor matter unto them.
with the kol Adat Yisroel. for zevach, |33| And the thing pleased
|19| Notwithstanding, if the |27| But that it may be an ed the Bnei Yisroel; and the Bnei
eretz achuzzatechem be tamei (witness) between us, and you, Yisroel made berakhah unto
(unclean), then pass ye over and doroteinu (our gener- Elohim, and spoke
unto the eretz achuzzat ations) after us, that we might
Nevi’im 231 Yehoshua 22, 23, 24
no more about going up remain among you; neither Eloheichem promised you; so
against them in battle, to make mention of the shem of shall Hashem bring upon you
destroy HaAretz wherein the eloheihem, nor have to swear kol hadavar harah, until He
Bnei Reuven and Gad dwelt. by them, neither serve them, hath destroyed you from off
|34| And the Bnei Reuven nor bow down unto them; this adamah hatovah which
and the Bnei Gad called the |8| But have deveykus unto Hashem Eloheichem hath
mizbe'ach Ed (Witness), for it Hashem Eloheichem, just as given you.
is between us that Hashem is ye have done unto this day. |16| When ye have
HaElohim. |9| For Hashem hath driven transgressed the Brit Hashem
out from before you Goyim Eloheichem, which He
Gedolim and atzumim commanded you, and have
(powerful ones); but as for you, gone and served elohim
And it came to pass no man hath been able to acharim, and bowed down
23 yamim rabbim
after Hashem had
given manoach unto Yisroel
stand before you unto this
day.
|10| Ish echad of you shall
yourselves to them; then shall
the Af Hashem be kindled
against you, and ye shall
from all their surrounding chase eleph; for Hashem perish quickly from off
enemies, that Yehoshua was Eloheichem, He it is that HaAretz Hatovah which He
zaken and advanced in days. fighteth for you, just as He hath given unto you.
|2| And Yehoshua called for hath promised you.
Kol Yisroel, and for their |11| Be shomer me'od
zekenim, and for their therefore unto yourselves, that
Rashim, and for their ye love Hashem Eloheichem.
Shofetim, and for their |12| Else if ye do in anywise
Shoterim, and said unto them, turn back, and have deveykus
I am zaken and advanced in unto the remnant of these
days; Goyim, even these that remain
|3| And ye have seen all that among you, and shall inter- And Yehoshua
Hashem Eloheichem hath
done unto all these Goyim for
your sakes; for Hashem
marry with them, associate
with them, and they with you;
|13| Have da'as for a
24 gathered Kol
Shivtei Yisroel to
Shechem, and called for the
Eloheichem is He that hath certainty that Hashem Ziknei Yisroel, and for their
fought for you. Eloheichem will no more drive Rashim, and for their
|4| Remember I have allotted out any of these Goyim from shofetim, and for their
unto you these Goyim that before you; but they shall be shoterim; and they presented
remain, to be a nachalah for pach (snares) and mokesh themselves before HaElohim.
your shvatim, from the (traps) unto you, and shot |2| And Yehoshua said unto
Yarden, even kol HaGoyim (scourges) on your sides, and Kol HaAm, Thus saith
that I have cut off, even unto thorns in your eyes, until ye Hashem Elohei Yisroel,
the Yam HaGadol perish from off this adamah Avoteichem dwelt on the other
[Mediterranean Sea] toward hatovah which Hashem side of the [Euphrates] River
the setting of the shemesh. Eloheichem hath given you. long ago, even Terach, Avi
|5| And Hashem Eloheichem, |14| And, hinei, now I am Avraham, and Avi Nachor:
He shall expel them from going the derech kol ha'aretz; and they served elohim
before you, and drive them and ye know in all your hearts acherim.
from out of your sight; and ye and in all your nefashot, that |3| But I took Avichem
shall possess their land, just as not one thing hath failed of all Avraham from the other side
Hashem Eloheichem hath the devarim hatovim which of the [Euphrates]
promised unto you. Hashem Eloheichem River, and led him through
|6| Therefore chazak! Be very promised concerning you; all Kol Eretz Kena'an, and
courageous to be shomer and are come to pass unto you, multiplied his zera, and gave
to do all that is written in the and not one thing hath failed him Yitzchak.
Sefer Torah Moshe, that ye thereof. |4| And I gave unto Yitzchak
turn not aside therefrom to |15| Therefore it shall come Ya'akov and Esav; and I gave
the right or to the left; to pass, that just as kol unto Esav Mt Seir, to possess
|7| That ye come not among hadavar hatov are come upon it; but Ya'akov and his banim
these Goyim, these that you, which Hashem went down into Mitzrayim.
|5| I sent Moshe also and and zetim (olive groves) which |22| And Yehoshua said unto
Aharon, and I plagued ye eat but did not plant. HaAm, Ye are edim against
Mitzrayim, according to that |14| Now therefore fear yourselves that ye have chosen
which I did among them; and Hashem, serve Him batamim for you Hashem, to serve Him.
afterward I brought you out. (completely) and in emes; put And they said, We are edim.
|6| And I brought Avoteichem away the elohim which |23| Now therefore put away,
out of Mitzrayim; and ye came Avoteichem served on the said he, the elohei hanechar
unto the Yam [Suf]; the Mitz- other side of the [Euphrates] which are among you, and
rayim pursued after Avotei- River, and in Mitzrayim; and yield your levav unto Hashem
chem with chariots and serve ye Hashem. Elohei Yisroel.
parashim unto the Yam Suf. |15| And if it seem rah unto |24| And HaAm said unto
|7| And when they cried unto you to serve Hashem, choose Yehoshua, Hashem Eloheinu
Hashem, He put darkness you this day whom ye will will we serve, and His voice
between you and the serve; whether the elohim will we obey.
Mitzrayim, and brought the which Avoteichem served that |25| So Yehoshua made a Brit
yam upon them, and covered were on the other side of the with HaAm that day, and set
them; and your eyes have seen River, or the elohei HaEmori, them a chok and a mishpat at
what I have done in in whose land ye dwell; but as Shechem.
Mitzrayim; and ye dwelt in the for me and my bais, we will |26| And Yehoshua wrote
midbar yamim rabbim. serve Hashem. these words in the Sefer Torah
|8| And I brought you into |16| And the people answered Elohim, and took an Even
the Eretz HaEmori, the ones and said, Chalilah lanu (far Gedolah, and set it up there
dwelling on the other side of be it from us) that we should under an oak, that was near
the Yarden; they fought forsake Hashem, to serve the Mikdash Hashem.
against you; I gave them into elohim acharim; |27| And Yehoshua said unto
your yad, that ye might pos- |17| For Hashem Eloheinu, kol HaAm, Hinei, this Even
sess their land; I destroyed He it is that brought us up (Stone) shall be as an edah
them from before you. and Avoteinu out of Eretz (witness) unto us; for it hath
|9| Then Balak ben Tzippor Mitzrayim, from the bais heard all the words of
Melech Moav arose and avadim, and which did those Hashem which He spoke unto
warred against Yisroel, and haotot hagedolot in our sight, us; it shall be therefore as an
sent and summoned Balaam and was shomer over us in kol edah (witness) unto you, lest ye
ben Beor to curse you; HaDerech in which we went, are untrue to Eloheichem.
|10| But I would not pay heed and among Kol HaAmim |28| So Yehoshua sent HaAm
unto Balaam; therefore he through whom we passed; away, every man unto his
made a berakhah over you; so |18| And Hashem drove out nachalah.
I saved you out of his yad. from before us Kol HaAmim, |29| And it came to pass after
|11| And you went over the even HaEmori which dwelt in these things, that Yehoshua
Yarden, and came unto HaAretz; therefore will we also ben Nun Eved Hashem, died,
Yericho; and the Ba'alei serve Hashem; for He is being an hundred and ten
Yericho fought against you, Eloheinu. years old.
and HaEmori, and the |19| And Yehoshua said unto |30| And they buried him in
Perizzi, and the Kena'ani, and HaAm, Ye are not able to the territory of his nachalah in
the Chitti, and the Girgashi, serve Hashem; for He is an Timnat Serach, which is in
the Chivi, and the Yevusi; and Elohim Kedoshim; He is an El har Ephrayim, north of Mt
I gave them into your yad. Kanno (jealous G-d); He will Ga'ash.
|12| And I sent the tzirah not forgive your paysha'im nor |31| And Yisroel served
(hornet) before you, which your chattot. Hashem all the days of
drove them out ahead of you, |20| If ye forsake Hashem, Yehoshua, and all the days of
even the two melachim of the and serve elohei nekhar the Zekenim that outlived
Emori; but not with thy (foreign g-ds), then He will Yehoshua, and which had
cherev, nor with thy keshet. turn and bring you rah, and da'as of kol ma'asei Hashem,
|13| So I have given you an consume you, after that He that He had done for Yisroel.
Eretz for which ye did not toil, hath done you tov. |32| And the atzmot Yosef,
and towns which ye built not, |21| And HaAm said unto which the Bnei Yisroel
and ye dwell in them; kramim Yehoshua, No; but we will brought up out of
serve Hashem. Mitzrayim, they
SHOFETIM
buried at Shechem, in a parcel my shulchan; as I have done, |17| And Yehudah went with
of ground which Ya'akov so Elohim hath requited me. Shim'on his brother, and they
bought of the Bnei Chamor Av And they brought him to struck down the Kena'ani that
Shechem for a hundred pieces Yerushalayim, and there he inhabited Tzephat, and
of silver: and it became the died. utterly destroyed it.
nachalah of the Bnei Yosef. |8| Now the Bnei Yehudah And the shem of the Ir was
|33| And Eleazar ben Aharon had fought against called Chormah.
died; and they buried him on Yerushalayim, and had taken |18| Also Yehudah took Azah
a hill that belonged to Pinchas it, and put it to the edge of the (Gaza) and the territory
his son, which was given him cherev, and set eish to the Ir. thereof, and Askelon and the
in har Ephrayim. |9| And afterward the Bnei territory thereof, and Ekron
Yehudah went down to fight and the territory thereof.
against the Kena'ani that |19| And Hashem was with
SHOFETIM dwelt in the har, and in the Yehudah; and he possessed
Negev, and in the western the inhabitants of the hill
foothills. country; but could not drive
|10| And Yehudah went out the inhabitants of the
against the Kena'ani that [broad] valley [areas], because
Now after the mot
1 Yehoshua it came to
pass, that the Bnei
Yisroel asked Hashem, saying,
dwelt in Chevron; (now the
shem of Chevron formerly was
Kiryat-Arba); and they struck
down Sheshai, and Achiman,
they had chariots of barzel
(iron).
|20| And they gave Chevron
unto Kalev, just as Moshe
Who shall go up for us against
and Talmai. promised; and he expelled
the Kena'ani first, to fight
|11| And from thence from there the three Bnei
against him [them]?
Yehudah went against the Anak.
|2| And Hashem said,
inhabitants of Devir; and the |21| And the Bnei Binyamin
Yehudah shall go up; hinei, I
shem of Devir formerly was did not drive out the Yevusi
have delivered HaAretz into
Yiryat-Sepher; that inhabited Yerushalayim;
his yad.
|12| And Kalev said, He that and the Yevusi dwell with the
|3| And Yehudah said unto
striketh Yiryat-Sepher, and Bnei Binyamin in
Shim'on his brother, Come up
taketh it, to him will I give Yerushalayim unto this day.
with me into my goral (lot),
Achsah my bat as isha. |22| And Bais Yosef, they also
and we will fight against the
|13| And Otniel ben Kenaz, went up against Beit-El; and
Kena'ani; and I likewise will
Kalev's younger brother, took Hashem was with them.
go with thee into thy goral. So
it; and he gave him Achsah his |23| And Bais Yosef sent
Shim'on went with him.
bat as isha. shomrim (spies) to Beit-El.
|4| And Yehudah went up;
|14| And it came to pass, (Now the shem of the Ir
and Hashem delivered the
when she came to him, that formerly was Luz.)
Kena'ani and the Perizzi into
she urged him to ask of her av |24| And the shomrim saw an
their yad; and they struck
the sadeh; and she ish come forth out of the Ir,
them down at Bezek ten
dismounted her donkey; and and they said unto him, Show
thousand ish.
Kalev said unto her, What wilt us, now, the way to enter into
|5| And they found Adoni-
thou? the Ir, and we will show thee
Bezek at Bezek; and they
|15| And she said unto him, chesed.
fought against him, and they
Give me bracha; since thou |25| And when he showed
struck down the Kena'ani and
hast given me eretz hanegev; them the way to enter into the
the Perizzi.
give me also gullot mayim. Ir, they struck down the Ir
|6| But Adoni-Bezek fled; and
And Kalev gave her the upper with the edge of the cherev;
they pursued after him, and
gullot and the lower gullot. but they spared the ish
caught him, and cut off his
|16| And the Bnei Keni, and all his mishpakhah.
thumbs and his big toes.
khoten Moshe, went up out of |26| And the ish went into the
|7| And Adoni-Bezek said,
the Ir HaTemarim with the eretz HaChittim, and built an
Threescore and ten melachim,
Bnei Yehudah into the midbar Ir, and called the shem thereof
having their thumbs and their
of Yehudah, which lieth in the Luz; which is the shem thereof
big toes cut off, picked up
Negev of Arad; and they went unto this day.
their scraps under
and dwelt among the people. |27| Neither did Menasheh
drive out the
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Shofetim 1, 2 234 Orthodox Jewish Bible
Beit-Sh'an and her villages, they became subject to forced and there arose another dor
nor Ta’nach and her villages, labor. after them, which had no da'as
nor the inhabitants of Dor |36| And the territory of the of Hashem, nor yet the
and her villages, nor the Emori was from the Akrabbim ma'aseh which He had done
inhabitants of Yivleam and Ascent and the Rock, upward. for Yisroel.
her villages, nor the |11| And the Bnei Yisroel did
inhabitants of Megiddo and harah in the sight of Hashem,
her villages; so the Kena'ani And Malach Hashem and served Baalim;
were determined to dwell in
that land.
2 went up from Gilgal to
Bochim, and said, I
made you to go up out of
|12| And they forsook
Hashem Elohei Avotam,
which brought them out of
when Yisroel was chazak, that Mitzrayim, and have brought Eretz Mitzrayim, and followed
they put the Kena'ani to you unto HaAretz which I acharei elohim, of the elohei
forced labor, and did not swore unto your avot; and I ha'amim that were round
utterly drive them out. said, I will never (l'olam) break about them, and bowed
|29| Neither did Ephrayim My brit (covenant) with you. themselves unto them, and
drive out the Kena'ani that |2| And ye shall make no brit provoked Hashem to anger.
dwelt in Gezer; but the with the inhabitants of |13| And they forsook
Kena'ani dwelt in Gezer HaAretz HaZot; ye shall throw Hashem, and served Baal and
among them. down their mizbechot. But ye Ashtarot.
|30| Neither did Zevulun have not obeyed My voice; why |14| And the Af Hashem was
drive out the inhabitants of have ye done this? hot against Yisroel, and He
Kitron, nor the inhabitants of |3| Therefore I said, I will not delivered them into the hands
Nahalol; but the Kena'ani drive them out from before of plunderers that plundered
dwelt among them, and you; but they shall flank you them, and He sold them into
became subject to forced in, and their elohim shall be a the hands of their enemies
labor. mokesh unto you. round about, that they were
|31| Neither did Asher drive |4| And it came to pass, when not any longer able to stand
out the inhabitants of Akko, the Malach Hashem spoke before their enemies.
nor the inhabitants of Tzidon, these words unto kol Bnei |15| Whenever they went out,
nor of Achlav, nor of Achziv, Yisroel, that HaAm lifted up the yad Hashem was against
nor of Chelbah, nor of Aphik, their voice, and wept. them for ra'ah, just as Hashem
nor of Rechov; |5| And they called the shem had said, and just as Hashem
|32| But the Asheri dwelt of that place Bochim; and they had sworn unto them; and
among the Kena'ani, the sacrificed there unto Hashem. they were greatly distressed.
inhabitants of HaAretz: for |6| And when Yehoshua had |16| Nevertheless Hashem
they did not drive them out. let HaAm go, the Bnei Yisroel raised up Shofetim, which
|33| Neither did Naphtali went every ish unto his saved them out of the yad of
drive out the inhabitants of nachalah to possess HaAretz. those that plundered them.
Beit-Shemesh, nor the |7| And HaAm served |17| And yet they would not
inhabitants of Beit-Anat; but Hashem all the days of pay heed unto their Shofetim,
he dwelt among the Kena'ani, Yehoshua, and all the days of but they went a-whoring after
the inhabitants of HaAretz: the zekenim that outlived acharei elohim, and bowed
nevertheless the inhabitants of Yehoshua, who had seen kol themselves unto them; they
Beit-Shemesh and of Beit-Anat ma'aseh Hashem hagadol, turned quickly from
were unto them subject to that He did for Yisroel. HaDerech which their Avot
forced labor. |8| And Yehoshua ben Nun, walked in, the Way of
|34| And the Emori forced the Eved Hashem, died, being obedience to the mitzvot
the Bnei Dan into the hill a hundred and ten years old. Hashem; but they did not so.
country; for they would not |9| And they buried him in |18| And when Hashem
allow them to come down into the territory of his nachalah in raised them up Shofetim, then
the [broad] valley [area]; Timnat-Cheres, in the Har Hashem was with the Shofet,
|35| But the Emori would Ephrayim, on the north side and saved them out of the yad
dwell in Mt Cheres in Ayalon, of the Har Gaash. of their enemies all the days of
and in Shaalvim: yet the yad |10| And also all that dor the Shofet; for it relented
Bais Yosef prevailed, so that were gathered unto their avot; Hashem because
Nevi’im 235 Shofetim 2, 3
of their groanings by reason of unto the Mitzvot Hashem, eighteen years.

them that oppressed them and which He commanded their |15| But when the Bnei
afflicted them. Avot by the yad Moshe. Yisroel cried unto Hashem,
|19| And it came to pass, |5| And the Bnei Yisroel dwelt Hashem raised them up a
when the Shofet was dead, among the Kena'ani, Chitti, Moshi'a, Ehud ben Gera, from
that they turned again, and and Emori, and Perizzi, and the tribe of Binyamin, a man
corrupted themselves more Chivi, and Yevusi; left-handed; and by him the
than their avot, in following |6| And they took their banot Bnei Yisroel sent a minchah
acharei elohim to serve them, to be their nashim, and gave unto Eglon Melech Moav.
and to bow down unto them; their banot to their banim, |16| But Ehud made him a
they ceased not from their and served their elohim. cherev which had two edges of
own doings, nor from their |7| And the Bnei Yisroel did a cubit length; and he did gird
derech hakashah (stubborn evil in the sight of Hashem, it under his raiment upon his
way). and forgot Hashem right thigh.
|20| And the Af Hashem was Eloheihem, and served Baalim |17| And he brought the
hot against Yisroel; and He and the Asherot. minchah unto Eglon Melech
said, Because this people hath |8| Therefore the Af Hashem Moav; and Eglon was an ish
violated My brit (covenant) was hot against Yisroel, and bari me'od (very fat man).
which I commanded their He sold them into the yad |18| And when he had made
Avot, and have not paid heed Chushan Rishataim Melech an end to offer the minchah,
unto My voice; Aram Naharayim [i.e., Upper he sent away the people that
|21| I also will not henceforth Mesopotamia]; and the Bnei carried the minchah (tribute).
drive out any from before Yisroel served Chushan |19| But he himself turned
them of the Goyim which Rishataim eight years. back at the pesilim near
Yehoshua left when he died; |9| And when the Bnei Yisroel Gilgal, and said, I have a
|22| That through them I may cried unto Hashem, Hashem devar seter (secret message) for
test Yisroel, whether they will raised up a Moshia (Deliverer, thee O melech; he said, Keep
be shomrim Derech Hashem Savior) to the Bnei Yisroel, silence! And all that stood by
to walk therein, just as their who saved them, even Otniel attending him went out from
Avot were shomer, or no. ben Kenaz, Kalev's younger him.
|23| Therefore Hashem let brother. |20| And Ehud came unto
those Goyim remain, without |10| And the Ruach him; and he was sitting in an
driving them out hastily; [Hakodesh] of Hashem came aliyyat hamekerah (upper
neither delivered He them upon him, and he judged room for cooling), which he
into the yad Yehoshua. Yisroel, and went out to had for himself alone. And
milchamah; and Hashem Ehud said, I have a devar
Now these are the Goyim delivered Chushan Rishataim Elohim unto thee. And he
3 which Hashem let

remain, to test Yisroel by
them, even as many of Yisroel
Melech Aram into his yad; and
his yad prevailed against
Chushan Rishataim.
arose out of his seat.
|21| And Ehud put forth his
semol (left hand), and drew
who had not known all the |11| And the land had rest the cherev from his right
milchamot Kena'an; arba'im shanah. And Otniel thigh, and thrust it into his
|2| Only so that the dorot of ben Kenaz died. belly;
the Bnei Yisroel might have |12| And the Bnei Yisroel did |22| And even the hilt went in
da'as, to teach them rah again in the sight of after the blade; and the chelev
milchamah, such as before Hashem; and Hashem closed upon the blade, so that
knew nothing thereof; strengthened Eglon Melech he could not draw the cherev
|3| Namely, five rulers of the Moav against Yisroel, because out of his belly; it came out
Pelishtim (Philistines), and they had done rah in the sight the back.
all the Kena'ani, and the of Hashem. |23| Then Ehud went forth
Tzidoni, and the Chivi that |13| And he gathered unto through the front hall, and
dwelt in Har HaLevanon, him the Bnei Ammon and shut the daletot of the aliyyah
from Har Baal-Chermon unto Amalek, and went and behind him, and locked them.
the entrance of Chamat. attacked Yisroel, and |24| When he was gone out,
|4| And they were to test possessed the Ir HaTemarim. his avadim came; and when
Yisroel by them, to know |14| So the Bnei Yisroel they saw that,
whether they would pay heed served Eglon Melech Moav
hinei, the daletot of the hundred chariots of barzel |13| And Sisra gathered
aliyyah were locked, they said, (iron); and twenty shanah he together all his chariots, even
Surely he covereth his feet [i.e. oppressed chazakah the Bnei nine hundred chariots of
relieves himself] in the chedar Yisroel. barzel (iron), and kol haAm
hamekerah (inner cool room). |4| And isha Devorah, a that were with him, from
|25| And they tarried till bosh neviah, the eshet Lapidot, Charoshet HaGoyim unto the
(embarrassed); and, hinei, he judged Yisroel at that time. river Kishon.
opened not the daletot of the |5| And she held court under |14| And Devorah said unto
aliyyah; therefore they took a the Tomer Devorah between Barak, Go! For this is the day
mafte'ach (key), and unlocked Ramah and Beit-El in har in which Hashem hath
them; and, hinei, their adon Ephrayim; Bnei Yisroel came delivered Sisra into thine yad.
was fallen on the floor dead. up to her for mishpat. Is not Hashem gone out before
|26| And Ehud escaped while |6| And she sent and called thee? So Barak went down
they tarried, and passed Barak ben Avinoam out of from Har Tavor, and ten
beyond the pesilim, and Kedesh Naphtali, and said thousand ish after him.
escaped unto Seirah. unto him, Hath not Hashem |15| And Hashem routed
|27| And it came to pass, Elohei Yisroel commanded, Sisra, and all his chariots, and
when he arrived, that he blew saying, Go and take position kol hamachaneh, with the
a shofar in the har Ephrayim, at Har Tavor, and take with edge of the cherev before
and the Bnei Yisroel went thee ten thousand ish of the Barak; so that Sisra got down
down with him from the har, Bnei Naphtali and of the Bnei from his merkavah (chariot),
and he before them. Zevulun? and fled away on foot.
|28| And he said unto them, |7| And I will lure unto thee |16| But Barak pursued after
Follow after me; for Hashem to the river Kishon the sar the chariots, and after the
hath delivered your enemies Tze'va Yavin, Sisra, with his machaneh, as far as
Moav into your yad. And they chariots and his multitude; Charoshet HaGoyim; and kol
went down after him, and took and I will deliver him into machaneh Sisra fell by the
the fords of Yarden toward thine yad. edge of the cherev; and there
Moav, and allowed not an ish |8| And Barak said unto her, was not a man left.
to pass over. If thou wilt go with me, then I |17| Howbeit Sisra fled away
|29| And they struck down will go; but if thou wilt not go on foot to the ohel Yael the
Moav at that time about ten with me, then I will not go. isha of Chever the Keni; for
thousand ish, all strong ish |9| And she said, I will surely there was shalom between
chayil; and there escaped not go with thee; notwithstanding Yavin Melech Chatzor and the
an ish. the derech of thee shall not Bais Chever Keni.
|30| So Moav was subdued take thee to thy teferet (honor); |18| And Yael went out to
that day under the yad Yisroel. for Hashem shall sell Sisra meet Sisra, and said unto him,
And HaAretz had rest into the yad of an isha. And Turn in, adoni, stay with me;
fourscore shanah. Devorah arose, and went with fear not. And when he had
|31| And after him was Barak to Kedesh. entered with her into the ohel,
Shamgar ben Anat, which |10| And Barak summoned she covered him with a
struck down of the Zevulun and Naphtali to covering.
Pelishtim (Philistines) six Kedesh; and he went |19| And he said unto her,
hundred ish with an ox goad; up with ten thousand ish at Give me, now, a little mayim
and he also saved Yisroel. his feet; and Devorah went up to drink; for I am thirsty. And
And the Bnei Yisroel with him. she opened a skin of cholov,
4 again did rah in the

sight of Hashem, when
Ehud was dead.
|11| Now Chever the Keni,
which was of the Bnei Chovav
the khoten Moshe, had
and gave him drink, and
covered him.
|20| Again he said unto her,
|2| And Hashem sold them separated from the Kayin Stand at the petach haohel,
into the yad Yavin Melech [other Keni], and encamped and it shall be, when any ish
Kena'an, that reigned in his ohel unto the oak at doth come and inquire of
Chatzor; the sar whose tze'va Tzaanannim, which is near thee, and say, Is there any ish
(army) was Sisra, which dwelt Kedesh. here? --thou shalt say, No.
in Charoshet HaGoyim. |12| And they told Sisra that |21| Then Yael eshet Chever
|3| And the Bnei Yisroel cried Barak ben Avinoam was gone took a yetad haohel
unto Hashem; for he had nine up to Har Tavor. (tent peg), and
took a makevet (hammer) in the she'arim (gates); was there |18| Zevulun and Naphtali
her yad, and went softly unto a mogen or spear to be seen were a people that risked their
him, and drove the yetad into among forty thousand in nefesh unto the death in the
his temple, and stuck it into Yisroel? high places of the sadeh.
the ground; for he was fast |9| My lev is toward the ones |19| The melachim came and
asleep exhausted. So he died. ruling in Yisroel, that offered fought, then fought the
|22| And, hinei, as Barak themselves willingly among melachim of Kena'an at
pursued Sisra, Yael came out the people. Barachu Hashem. Taanach by the waters of
to meet him, and said unto |10| Reflect, ye that ride on Megiddo; they took no plunder
him, Come, and I will show white donkeys, ye that sit on of kesef.
thee the ish whom thou saddle blankets, and walk on |20| They fought from
seekest. And when he came the derech. Shomayim; the kokhavim in
into her ohel, hinei, Sisra lay |11| The voice of the singers their courses fought Sisra.
dead, and the yetad was in his in the place of drawing |21| The Kishon River swept
temple. mayim, there shall they them away, that nachal
|23| So Elohim subdued on rehearse the Tzidkot Hashem, kedumim, the Kishon River. O
that day Yavin Melech even the Tzidkot of His my nefesh, march on with oz.
Kena'an before the Bnei warriors in Yisroel; then shall |22| Then were the ikvei sus
Yisroel. HaAm Hashem go down to the (horse hooves) galloping, the
|24| And the yad Bnei Yisroel she'arim. prancings of hooves, the
prospered, and prevailed |12| Awake, awake, Devorah; prancings of their mighty
against Yavin Melech Kena'an, awake, awake, break out in steeds.
until they had destroyed Yavin song; arise, Barak, and lead |23| Curse Meroz, said the
Melech Kena'an. captive thy captives, thou ben Malach Hashem, curse bitterly
Then sang Devorah and Avinoam. the inhabitants thereof;
5 Barak ben Avinoam on

that day, saying,
|2| Barachu Hashem that the
|13| Then came down a sarid
(remnant) to the nobles; the
people of Hashem came down
because they came not to the
ezrat Hashem, to the help of
Hashem, against the
strong in Yisroel put forth to me as gibborim. gibborim.
strength, that the people |14| Out of Ephrayim was |24| Blessed above nashim
willingly offered themselves. their shoresh against Amalek; shall Yael eshet Chever the
|3| Hear, O ye melachim; give after thee, Binyamin, among Keni be, blessed shall she be
ear, O ye rozenim (princes); I, thy people; out of Machir above nashim in the ohel.
even I, will sing unto Hashem; came down mekhokekim (law |25| He asked mayim, and
I will make music to Hashem givers), and out of Zevulun she gave him cholov; she
Elohei Yisroel. they that hold the shevet of brought forth curds in a
|4| Hashem, when Thou the sofer (scribe). noble's dish.
wentest out from Seir, when |15| And the sarim of |26| She put her yad to the
Thou marchedst out of the Yissakhar were with Devorah; yetad, and her right hand to
sadeh Edom, Eretz trembled, Yissakhar was with Barak; he the workman's hammer; and
HaShomayim poured, clouds rushed at his feet into the with the hammer she struck
also poured down mayim. emek. Among the divisions of Sisra, she crushed his rosh,
|5| The harim quaked at the Reuven there were gedolim when she had shattered and
presence of Hashem, this chikkei lev (great searchings, pierced his temple.
Sinai before Hashem Elohei indecisions of heart). |27| At her feet he bowed, he
Yisroel. |16| Why abodest thou fell, he lay down; at her feet he
|6| In the days of Shamgar among the mishpetayim bowed, he fell; where he
ben Anat, in the days of Yael, (sheepfolds), to hear bowed, sham (there) he fell
the roads were abandoned, the bleatings of the flocks? down dead.
and the travellers walked the Among the divisions of |28| The Em Sisra looked out
byways. Reuven there were great through the chalon (window),
|7| The warrior ceased, they indecisions of heart. and cried through the lattice,
ceased in Yisroel, until I, |17| Gilàd abode beyond Why is his chariot so long in
Devorah, arose, I Em B'Yisroel Yarden; and why did Dan coming? Why tarry the wheels
arose. linger by oniyyot? Asher of his marekevot (chariots)?
|8| They chose elohim remained on the seacoast, and
chadashim when war was at dwelt by his landings.
|29| Her chachemot sarot |7| And it came to pass, when |16| And Hashem said unto
(wisest ladies) answered her, the Bnei Yisroel cried unto him, Surely I will be with thee,
indeed, she repeats to herself Hashem because of Midyan, and thou shalt strike down
her words, |8| That Hashem sent an ish Midyan as ish echad.
|30| Are they not finding and navi unto the Bnei Yisroel, |17| And he said unto Him, If
dividing the prey; to every which said unto them, Thus now I have found chen in Thy
gever a girl or two; for Sisra saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, I sight, then show me an ot that
colorful garments as plunder, brought you up from Thou speakest with me.
a plunder of dyed work Mitzrayim, and brought you |18| Depart not from here,
embroidered, of divers colors forth out of the bais avadim now, until I come unto Thee,
of needlework on both sides, (house of bondage); and bring forth my minchah,
fit for the necks of them that |9| And I delivered you out of and set it before Thee. And He
take the spoil? the yad Mitzrayim, and out said, I will tarry until thou
|31| So let all thine enemies of the yad of all that come again.
perish, Hashem; but let them oppressed you, and drove |19| And Gid'on went in, and
that love Him be as the them out from before you, and made ready a kid, and matzot
shemesh in its gevurah. And gave you their land; of an ephah of flour; the basar
HaAretz had rest arba'im |10| And I said unto you, I he put in a basket, and he put
shanah. am Hashem Eloheichem; fear the broth in a pot, and
And the Bnei Yisroel did not the elohei HaEmori (g-ds brought it out unto Him
6 evil in the sight of

Hashem; Hashem
delivered them into the yad
of the Amorites), in whose
land ye dwell; but ye have not
obeyed My voice.
under the terebinth tree, and
presented it.
|20| And the Malach
Midyan [See Gn.25:2] sheva |11| And there came Malach HaElohim said unto him,
shanim. Hashem, and sat under a Take the basar and the
|2| And the yad Midyan terebinth tree which was in matzot, and lay them upon
prevailed against Yisroel; and Ophrah, that belonged unto this rock, and pour out the
because of Midyan the Bnei Yoash the Aviezri; and bno broth. And he did so.
Yisroel made them dens Gid'on threshed chittim |21| Then the Malach
in the mountains, and caves, (wheat) in the winepress, to Hashem put forth the tip of
and strongholds. hide it from Midyan. the staff that was in his yad,
|3| And so it was, when |12| And the Malach Hashem and touched the basar and the
Yisroel had sown, that Midyan appeared unto him, and said matzot; and there rose up eish
came up, and Amalek, and the unto him, Hashem is with from the rock, and consumed
Bnei Kedem, even they came thee, thou Gibbor HeChayil. the basar and the matzot.
up against them; |13| And Gid'on said unto Then the Malach Hashem
|4| And they encamped him, Oh Adoni, if Hashem be departed out of his sight.
against them, and destroyed with us, why then is all this |22| When Gid'on perceived
the increase of ha'aretz, till befallen us? And where be all that he was the Malach
thou come unto Azah (Gaza), His nifla'ot (miracles) which Hashem, Gid'on said, Alas,
and left no sustenance Avoteinu told us of, saying, Adonoi Hashem! I have seen
for Yisroel, neither seh, nor ox, Did not Hashem bring us up Malach Hashem face to face.
nor donkey. from Mitzrayim? But now |23| And Hashem said unto
|5| For they came up with Hashem hath forsaken us, and him, Shalom l'chah; fear not;
their cattle and their ohalim, delivered us into the hands of thou shalt not die.
and they came as a swarm of Midyan. |24| Then Gid'on built a
arbeh for multitude; for both |14| And Hashem turned to Mizbe'ach there unto Hashem,
they and their camels were him, and said, Go in this thy and called it Hashem Shalom;
without number; and they ko'ach, and thou shalt save unto this day it is yet in
entered into ha'aretz to Yisroel from the yad Midyan; Ophrah of the Aviezri.
destroy it. have not I sent thee? |25| And it came to pass the
|6| And Yisroel was greatly |15| And he said unto Him, same night, that Hashem said
impoverished because of O Adoni, wherewith shall I unto him, Take thy father's
Midyan; and the Bnei Yisroel save Yisroel? Hinei, my eleph young bull, even the second
cried unto Hashem. is poor in Menasheh, and I am bull of sheva shanim, and tear
the least in the Bais Avi. down the mizbe'ach of Ba’al
that thy av hath, and cut
down the Asherah that is |34| But the Ruach themselves against Me, saying,
beside it; [Hakodesh] of Hashem came Mine own yad hath saved me.
|26| And build a Mizbe'ach upon Gid'on; he blew a shofar; |3| Now therefore go to,
unto Hashem Eloheicha upon and Aviezer was summoned to proclaim in the oznei haAm,
the top of this rock, in the follow after him. saying, Whoever is fearful and
proper arrangement; take the |35| And he sent malachim afraid, let him return and
second bull, offer an olah with throughout all Menasheh; who depart early from Har
the wood of the Asherah pole also was gathered after him; HaGilàd. And there returned
which thou shalt cut down. and he sent malachim unto of the people twenty and two
|27| Then Gid'on took ten Asher, and unto Zevulun, and thousand; and there remained
men from his avadim, and did unto Naphtali; and they went ten thousand.
just as Hashem had said unto up to meet them. |4| And Hashem said unto
him; and so it was, because he |36| And Gid'on said unto Gid'on, HaAm are yet too
feared his Bais Avi, and the HaElohim, If Thou wilt save many; bring them down unto
men of the Ir, that he could Yisroel by my yad, as Thou the mayim, and I will sift them
not do it yomam (by day), that hast said, for thee there; and it shall be,
he did it by lailah. |37| Hinei, I will put a fleece that of whom I say unto thee,
|28| And when the men of the of wool in the goren (threshing This shall go with thee, the
Ir arose early in the boker, floor); and if the tal (dew) be same shall go with thee; and
hinei, the mizbe'ach of Baal on the fleece only, and it be of whomsoever I say unto thee,
was cast down, and the dry upon all ha'aretz, then This shall not go with thee, the
Asherah was cut down that shall I know that Thou wilt same shall not go.
was beside it, and the second save Yisroel by my yad, as |5| So he brought down
bull was offered upon the Thou hast said. haAm unto the mayim; and
Mizbe'ach that was built. |38| And it was so; for he rose Hashem said unto Gid'on,
|29| And they said one to up early on the next day, and Every one that laps the mayim
another, Who hath done this squeezed the fleece together, with his leshon, as a kelev
thing? And when they and wrung the tal out of the laps, him shalt thou separate
inquired and asked, they said, fleece, a bowl full of mayim. by himself; likewise every one
Gid'on ben Yoash hath done |39| And Gid'on said unto that kneels down upon his
this thing. HaElohim, Let not Thine knees to drink.
|30| Then the men of the Ir anger be hot against me, and I |6| And the number of the
said unto Yoash, Bring out thy will speak but this once; let me ones lapping, putting their
ben, that he may die; because test, now, but this once with yad to their mouth, were three
he hath cast down the the fleece; let it now be dry hundred ish; but all the rest of
mizbe'ach of Ba’al, and only upon the fleece, and haAm kneeled down upon
because he hath cut down the upon all the ground let there their knees to drink mayim.
Asherah that was beside it. be tal. |7| And Hashem said unto
|31| And Yoash said unto all |40| And Elohim did so that Gid'on, By the three hundred
that stood against him, Will ye night; for it was dry upon the ish that lapped will I save you,
plead for Ba’al? Will ye save fleece only, and there was tal and deliver Midyan into thine
him? He that will plead for on all the ground. yad; and let all the other
him, let him be put to death people go every ish unto his
whilst it is yet boker; if he be Then Yerubaal, who is makom (place, home).
Elohim, let him plead for
himself, because one hath cast
down his mizbe'ach.
7 Gid'on, and kol haAm
that were with him, rose
up early and encamped by Ein
|8| So the [retained] people
took provision in their yad,
and their shofarot; and he
|32| Therefore on that day he Charod; so that the Machaneh sent kol ish Yisroel every ish
called him Yerubaal, saying, Midyan was on the north side unto his ohel, but retained
Let Baal contend against him, of them, by the hill of Moreh, those three hundred haIsh;
because he hath torn down his in the valley. and the Machaneh Midyan
mizbe'ach. |2| And Hashem said unto was below him in the valley.
|33| Then kol Midyan and Gid'on, The people that are |9| And it came to pass the
Amalek and the Bnei Kedem with thee are too rav (many) same lailah, that Hashem said
were gathered together, and for Me to give Midyan into unto him, Arise, get thee down
went over, and encamped in their hands, lest Yisroel vaunt unto the Machaneh; for I
the valley of Yizre'el.
have delivered it into thine them, Look on me, and do Beit Barah and Yarden.
yad. likewise; and, hinei, when I |25| And they took two sarim
|10| But if thou fear to go come to the edge of the (princes) of Midyan, Orer and
down, go thou with Phurah machaneh, it shall be that, as Ze'ev; and they killed Orev
thy eved down to the I do, so shall ye do. upon the Tzur Orev, and Ze'ev
machaneh; |18| When I blow the shofar, I they killed at the Yekev
|11| And thou shalt hear and all that are with me, then (winepress) of Ze'ev, and
what they say; and afterward blow ye the shofarot also on pursued Midyan, and brought
shall thine hands be every side of all the the heads of Orev and Ze'ev to
strengthened to go down unto machaneh, and say, "For Gid'on beyond the Yarden.
the machaneh. Then he went Hashem, and for Gid'on."
down with Phurah his eved |19| So Gid'on, and the And the Ish Ephrayim
unto the outposts of the armed
men that were in the
machaneh.
hundred ish that were with
him, came unto the outside of
the machaneh in the
8 said unto him, Why hast
thou served us thus that
thou calledst us not, when
|12| And Midyan and Amalek beginning of the ashmoret thou wentest to fight with
and kol Bnei Kedem lay along hatikhonah (middle watch); Midyan? And they did criticize
in the valley like arbeh for and they had just set the him sharply.
multitude; and their camels shomrim; and they blew the |2| And he said unto them,
were without number, as the shofar, and broke the jars that What have I done now in
chol (sand) on the seashore for were in their hands. comparison with you? Is not
multitude. |20| And the three companies the gleaning of the grapes of
|13| And when Gid'on blew the shofar, and broke the Ephrayim tov (better)
arrived, hinei, there was an jars, and held the torches in than the vintage of Aviezer?
ish that told a chalom unto his their left hands, and the |3| Elohim hath delivered
re'a, and said, Hinei, I shofarot in their right hands into your hands the sarim of
dreamed a chalom, to blow withal; and they cried, Midyan, Orev and Ze'ev; and
and, hinei, a round loaf of A Cherev for Hashem and for what was I able to do in
lechem se'orim tumbled into Gid'on. comparison with you? Then
the Machaneh Midyan, and |21| And they held every ish their anger was abated toward
came unto an ohel, and struck his position round about the him, when he had said that.
it that it fell, and overturned machaneh; and kol |4| And Gid'on came to the
it, that the ohel collapsed. hamachaneh ran, and cried Yarden, and passed over, he,
|14| And his re'a answered out, and fled. and the three hundred haIsh
and said, This is nothing else |22| And the three hundred that were with him, exhausted
but the cherev Gid'on ben blew the shofarot, and yet pursuing them.
Yoash, an ish Yisroel; for into Hashem caused every man's |5| And he said unto the
his yad hath HaElohim cherev to be against his re'a, Anshei Sukkot, Give, now,
delivered Midyan, and kol even throughout all the loaves of lechem unto the
hamachaneh. machaneh; and the machaneh people that follow me; for they
|15| And it was so, when fled to Beit-Sheetah in be exhausted, and I am
Gid'on heard the telling of the Tzererah, and to the border of pursuing after Zevach and
chalom, and the shever Avel Mecholah, by Tabat. Tzalmunna, melachim of
(breaking [of a dream, i.e., its |23| And the Ish Yisroel Midyan.
interpretation]) thereof, that gathered themselves together |6| And the sarei Sukkot said,
he worshiped, and returned out of Naphtali, out of Asher, Are the hands of Zevach and
into the machaneh Yisroel, and out of all Menasheh, and Tzalmunna now in thine yad,
and said, Arise; for Hashem pursued after Midyan. that we should give lechem
hath delivered into your yad |24| And Gid'on sent unto thine tz'va (army)?
the Machaneh Midyan. malachim throughout all Har |7| And Gid'on said,
|16| And he divided the three Ephrayim, saying, Come down Therefore when Hashem hath
hundred haIsh into three against Midyan, and seize delivered Zevach and
companies, and he put a ahead of them the mayim as Tzalmunna into mine yad,
shofar in every man's yad, with far as Beit Barah and Yarden. then I will tear your basar
empty jars, and torches within Then kol ish Ephrayim with the kotz (thorns) of the
the jars. gathered themselves together, midbar and with briers.
|17| And he said unto and took the mayim unto
|8| And he went up from |17| And he pulled down the zahav; beside ornaments, and
there to Penuel [Peniel], and migdal of Penuel [Peniel], and pendants, and purple raiment
spoke unto them likewise; and put to death the Anshei HaIr. that was on the melachim of
the Anshei Penuel [Peniel] |18| Then said he unto Midyan, and apart from the
answered him as the men of Zevach and Tzalmunna, What chains that were about their
Sukkot had answered him. manner of men were they camels' necks.
|9| And he spoke also unto whom ye slaughtered at |27| And Gid'on made an
the Anshei Penuel, saying, Tavor? And they answered, As ephod thereof, and put it in
When I come again in shalom, thou art, so were they; each his Ir, even in Ophrah; and kol
I will break down this migdal. one with the bearing of Bnei Yisroel went there a-whoring
|10| Now Zevach and HaMelech. after it; which thing became a
Tzalmunna were in Karkor, |19| And he said, They were mokesh (snare) unto Gid'on,
and their machaneh with my brethren, even the Bnei and to his Bais.
them, about 15,000, all that Immi; as Hashem liveth, if ye |28| Thus was Midyan
were left of all the machaneh had saved them alive, I should subdued before the Bnei
of the Bnei Kedem; for there not have put you to death. Yisroel, so that they lifted up
fell a 120,000 Ish that drew |20| And he said unto Yeter their heads no more. And
the cherev. his bechor, Up, and slay them. HaAretz was in quietness
|11| And Gid'on went up by But the na'ar (youth) drew not arba'im shanah in the days of
the derech of them that dwelt his cherev; for he feared, Gid'on.
in ohalim on the east of because he was yet a na'ar. |29| And Yerubaal ben Yoash
Novach and Yogbehah, and |21| Then Zevach and went and dwelt in his own
struck down the machaneh; Tzalmunna said, Rise thou, bais.
for the machaneh was and fall upon us; for as the ish |30| And Gid'on had
unsuspecting, thinking is, so is his gevurah. And threescore and ten banim of
themselves secure. Gid'on arose, and put to death his own; for he had many
|12| And when Zevach and Zevach and Tzalmunna, and nashim.
Tzalmunna fled, he pursued took away the ornaments that |31| And his pilegesh
after them, and took the two were on their camels' necks. (concubine) that was in
melachim of Midyan, Zevach |22| Then the Ish Yisroel said Shechem, she also bore him a
and Tzalmunna, and did rout unto Gid'on, Rule thou over ben, whose shem he called
all the machaneh. us, both thou, and thy ben, Avimelech.
|13| And Gid'on ben Yoash and the ben of thy ben also; |32| And Gid'on ben Yoash
returned from milchamah by for thou hast delivered us died in a good old age, and
the Cheres Pass, from the yad Midyan. was buried in the kever of
|14| And caught a na'ar of the |23| And Gid'on said unto Yoash his av, in Ophrah of the
Anshei Sukkot, and inquired them, I will not rule over you, Aviezri.
of him; and he wrote down for neither shall beni rule over |33| And it came to pass, as
him the sarim of Sukkot, and you; Hashem shall rule over soon as Gid'on was dead, that
the zekenim thereof, even you. the Bnei Yisroel turned again,
threescore and seventeen ish. |24| And Gid'on said unto and went a-whoring after
|15| And he came unto the them, I would desire a request Baalim, and made Baal-brit
Anshei Sukkot, and said, of you, that ye would give me their elohim.
Hinei, Zevach and Tzal- every ish the nezem (earring) |34| And the Bnei Yisroel
munna, with whom ye did of his booty—for they had remembered not Hashem
upbraid me, saying, Are the nizmei zahav (gold earrings), Eloheihem, who had delivered
hands of Zevach and Tzal- because they were Yishmaelim them out of the hands of all
munna now in thine yad, that [descendents of Ishmael]. their enemies on every side;
we should give lechem unto |25| And they answered, We |35| Neither showed they
thy anashim that are will willingly give them. And chesed to the Bais Yerubaal,
exhausted? they spread out a simlah namely, Gid'on, according to
|16| And he took the zekenim (upper garment), and did cast all the tovah which he had
of the Ir, kotz of the midbar therein every ish the nezem of showed unto Yisroel.
and briers, and with them he his booty. And Avimelech ben
taught the Anashim of Sukkot. |26| And the weight of the
nizmei hazahav that he
requested was 1,700 shekels of
9 Yerubaal went to
Shechem unto
achei immo, and
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spoke with them, and with all to be promoted over the Avimelech, and let him also
the mishpakhat bais avi etzim? rejoice in you;
immo, saying, |10| And the etzim (trees) said |20| But if not, let eish come
|2| Speak, now, in the ears of to the te'enah (fig tree), Come out from Avimelech, and
all the ba'alei Shechem, Which thou, and reign over us. devour the ba'alei Shechem,
is better for you, either that all |11| But the te'enah said unto and the Bais Millo; and let
the Bnei Yerubaal, which are them, Should I forsake my eish come out from the ba'alei
threescore and ten persons, sweetness, and my good fruit, Shechem, and from the Bais
reign over you, or that one and go to be promoted over Millo, and devour Avimelech.
man reign over you? the etzim (trees)? |21| And Yotam ran away,
Remember also that I am your |12| Then said the etzim and escaped, and went to
etzem (bone) and your basar (trees) unto the gefen, Come Be'er, and dwelt there, for fear
(flesh). thou, and reign over us. of Avimelech his brother.
|3| And the achei immo spoke |13| And the gefen said unto |22| When Avimelech had
of him in the ears of all the them, Should I leave my reigned shalosh shanim over
ba'alei Shechem all these tirosh, which cheereth Elohim Yisroel,
words; and their lev inclined and anashim, and go to be |23| Then Elohim sent a
to follow Avimelech; for they promoted over the etzim? ruach ra'ah between
said, He is acheinu. |14| Then said all the etzim Avimelech and the ba'alei
|4| And they gave him 70 (trees) unto the thornbush, Shechem; and the ba'alei
pieces of kesef out of the bais Come thou, and reign over us. Shechem dealt treacherously
Baal-brit, wherewith |15| And the thornbush said with Avimelech;
Avimelech hired morally unto the etzim (trees), If |24| That the chamas done to
empty and reckless persons, b'emes ye anoint me melech the 70 Bnei Yerubaal might
which followed him. over you, then come and take come, and their dahm be laid
|5| And he went unto his bais refuge in my tzel (shade): and upon Avimelech their brother,
avi at Ophrah, and if not, let eish come out of the which slaughtered them; and
slaughtered his brethren the thornbush, and devour the upon the ba'alei Shechem,
Bnei Yerubaal, being 70 cedars of the Levanon. which aided him in the
persons, upon one even |16| Now therefore, if ye have slaughter of his brethren.
(stone); notwithstanding yet done b'emes and in good faith, |25| And the ba'alei Shechem
Yotam the youngest ben in that ye have made set ambushers in wait for him
Yerubaal escaped; for he hid Avimelech melech, and if ye on top of the hills, and they
himself. have dealt tovah with robbed all that passed along
|6| And all the ba'alei Yerubaal [Gid'on] and his that derech by them; and it
Shechem gathered together, bais, and have done unto him was told Avimelech.
and all the Bais Millo, and according to the deserving of |26| And Gaal ben Eved came
went, and crowned Avimelech his hands-- with his achim, went over to
melech, by the great tree near |17| For avi [Gid'on] fought Shechem; the ba'alei Shechem
the pillar that was in for you, and risked his nefesh, put their confidence in him.
Shechem. and delivered you out of the |27| And they went out into
|7| And when they told it to yad Midyan; the sadeh, and gathered their
Yotam, he went and stood on |18| And ye are risen up kramim, and trode the grapes,
top of Mt Gerizim, lifted up against bais avi this day, and and made merry, and went
his voice, cried out, and said have slain his banim, into the bais eloheihem, and
unto them, Pay heed unto me, threescore and ten persons, did eat and drink, and cursed
ye ba'alei Shechem, that Elo- upon one even (stone), and Avimelech.
him may pay heed unto you. have made Avimelech, ben |28| And Gaal ben Eved said,
|8| The etzim (trees) went amah (son of his slave girl), Who is Avimelech, and who is
forth one day to anoint a melech over the ba'alei Shechem, that we should serve
melech over them; and they Shechem, because he is your him? Is not he ben Yerubaal?
said unto the zayit (olive tree), brother-- And Zevul his pakid? Serve
Reign thou over us. |19| If ye then have dealt the anshei Chamor avi
|9| But the zayit said unto b'emes and in good faith with Shechem. For why should we
them, Should I leave my oil, Yerubaal and with his bais serve him?
wherewith by me they honor this day, then rejoice ye in |29| O that this people were
Elohim and anashim, and go under my yad! Then
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would I remove Avimelech. people that thou hast shoulder, and said unto the
And he said to Avimelech, despised? Go out, now, and people that were with him,
Gather thine tze'va (army), fight against him. What ye have seen me do,
and come out! |39| And Gaal went out make haste, and do as I have
|30| And when Zevul the sar before the ba'alei Shechem, done.
of the Ir heard the words of and fought with Avimelech. |49| And kol haAm likewise
Gaal ben Eved, his anger was |40| And Avimelech chased cut down every man his
kindled. him, and he fled before him, branch, and followed
|31| And he sent malachim and many were overthrown Avimelech, and piled them
unto Avimelech covertly, and chalalim (wounded), even against the stronghold, and set
saying, Hinei, Gaal ben Eved unto the petach hasha'ar. the stronghold on eish over
and his brethren have come to |41| And Avimelech dwelt at them; so that all the anshei
Shechem; and, hinei, they Arumah; and Zevul thrust out migdal Shechem died also,
incite the Ir against thee. Gaal and his achim, that they about a thousand men and
|32| Now therefore go up by should not dwell in Shechem. women.
lailah, thou and the people |42| And it came to pass on |50| Then went Avimelech to
with thee, and lie in wait in the next day, that the people Tevetz, and encamped against
the sadeh: went out into the sadeh; and Tevetz, and captured it.
|33| And it shall be, that in they told Avimelech. |51| But there was a migdal
the boker, as soon as the |43| And he took the people, oz within the Ir, and there fled
shemesh is up, thou shalt rise and divided them into three all the anashim and nashim,
early, and set upon the Ir; companies, and laid wait and all ba'alei haIr, and
and, hinei, when he and the concealed in the sadeh, and locked it after them, and got
people with him come out looked, and, hinei, the people them up to the top of the
against thee, then mayest thou were come forth out of the Ir; migdal.
do to them just as thy hand and he rose up against them, |52| And Avimelech came
finds to do. and attacked them. unto the migdal, and fought
|34| And Avimelech rose up, |44| And Avimelech, and the against it, and drew near unto
and kol haAm that were with company that was with him, the petach of the migdal to
him, by lailah, and they laid rushed forward, and stood in burn it with eish.
wait in ambush against the petach sha'ar of the Ir; and |53| And a certain woman
Shechem in four companies. the two other companies dropped an upper millstone
|35| And Gaal ben Eved went rushed upon all who were in upon Avimelech's head, and
out, and stood in the petach the sadeh, and slaughtered cracked his gulgolet (skull).
sha'ar haIr; and Avimelech them. |54| Then he called hastily
and the people that were with |45| And Avimelech fought unto the na'ar his armor-
him rose up from lying in wait against the Ir all that day; and bearer, and said unto him,
for ambush. he took the Ir, and slaughtered Draw thy cherev, and slay me,
|36| And when Gaal saw the the people that was therein, that men say not of me, An
people, he said to Zevul, and destroyed the Ir, and isha slaughtered him. And his
Hinei, there come people sowed it with melach (salt). na'ar thrust him through, and
down from the top of the |46| And when all the ba'alei he died.
mountains. And Zevul said migdal Shechem heard that, |55| And when the Ish Yisroel
unto him, Thou seest the tzel they entered into the saw that Avimelech was dead,
of the mountains as if seeing stronghold of the bais el brit. they departed every man unto
anashim. |47| And it was told his place.
|37| And Gaal spoke again, Avimelech, that all the ba'alei |56| Thus Elohim repaid the
and said, Hinei, there come migdal Shechem were wickedness of Avimelech,
people down the middle of the gathered together. which he did unto his av, in
land, and another company |48| And Avimelech got him slaying his seventy brethren;
come along by the Elon up to Mt Tzalmon, he and all |57| And all the evil of the
Me'onenim. the people that were with him; anshei Shechem did Elohim
|38| Then said Zevul unto and Avimelech took axes in render upon their heads: and
him, Where is now thy mouth, his yad, and cut down a upon them came the Kelalat
wherewith thou saidst, Who is branch from the etzim (trees), Yotam ben Yerubaal.
Avimelech that we should and lifted it, and laid it on his
serve him? Is not this the
10 And after
Avimelech there
arose to save
Yisroel Tolah ben
the Bnei Yisroel, Did not I
deliver you from Mitzrayim,
and from Emori, from the
inherit in our bais avi; for
thou art the ben isha acheret.
|3| Then Yiftach fled from his
achim, and dwelt in Eretz Tov;
Puah ben Dodo, an ish Bnei Ammon, and from the and there were gathered
Yissakhar; and he dwelt in Pelishtim (Philistines)? anashim reikim (outlaws)
Shamir in har Ephrayim. |12| The Tzidonim also, and around Yiftach, and went out
|2| And he judged Yisroel the Amalek, and the Maon, with him.
twenty and three shanah, and did oppress you; and ye cried |4| And it came to pass in
died, and was buried in out to Me, and I saved you out process of time, that the Bnei
Shamir. of their yad. Ammon made war against
|3| And after him arose Yair, |13| Yet ye have forsaken Me, Yisroel.
a Gileadi, and judged Yisroel and served elohim acherim; so |5| And it was so, that when
twenty and two shanah. I will not continue to save you. the Bnei Ammon made war
|4| And he had shloshim |14| Go and cry unto the against Yisroel, the ziknei
banim that rode on shloshim elohim which ye have chosen; Gilàd went to fetch Yiftach
donkeys, and they had let them deliver you in the out of Eretz Tov;
shloshim towns, which are time of your tribulation. |6| And they said unto
called Chavvot Yair unto this |15| And the Bnei Yisroel said Yiftach, Come, and be our
day, which are in Eretz unto Hashem, Chatanu (we katzin (leader), that we may
Gilàd. have sinned); do Thou unto us fight with the Bnei Ammon.
|5| And Yair died, and was whatsoever seemeth hatov |7| And Yiftach said unto the
buried in Kamon. unto Thee; only save us, now, ziknei Gilàd, Did not ye hate
|6| And the Bnei Yisroel did this day. me, and expel me out of my
evil again in the sight of |16| And they put away the bais avi? And why are ye come
Hashem, and served Baalim, elohei hanekhar (strange, unto me now when ye are in
and Ashtarot, and the elohei foreign g-ds) from among distress?
Aram, and the elohei Tzidon, them, and served Hashem; |8| And the ziknei Gilàd said
and the elohei Moav, and the and His nefesh was troubled unto Yiftach, Nevertheless, we
elohei Bnei Ammon, and the with the amal Yisroel (misery turn again to thee now, that
elohei Pelishtim, and forsook of Yisroel). thou mayest go with us, and
Hashem, and served Him not. |17| Then the Bnei Ammon fight against the Bnei Ammon,
|7| And the Af Hashem was were gathered together, and and be our rosh over all the
hot against Yisroel, and He encamped in Gilàd. And the inhabitants of Gilàd.
sold them into the yad Bnei Yisroel assembled |9| And Yiftach said unto the
Pelishtim (Philistines), and themselves together, and ziknei Gilàd, If ye bring me
into the yad Bnei Ammon. encamped in Mitzpah. home again to fight against
|8| And that year they |18| And HaAm and the Sarei the Bnei Ammon, and
oppressed and persecuted the Gilàd said one to another, Hashem deliver them before
Bnei Yisroel; eighteen shanah, What man is he that will begin me, shall I be your rosh?
all the Bnei Yisroel that were to fight against the Bnei |10| And the ziknei Gilàd
on the other side of the Ammon? He shall be Rosh said unto Yiftach, Hashem be
Yarden in the Eretz Emori, over all the inhabitants of witness between us, if we do
which is in Gilàd. Gilàd. not so according to thy words.
|9| Moreover the Bnei |11| Then Yiftach went with
Ammon passed over Yarden to Now Yiftach the the ziknei Gilàd, and the
fight also against Yehudah,
and against Binyamin, and
against the Bais Ephrayim; so
11 Gileadi was a
gibbor chayil, and
he was the ben of an isha
people made him rosh and
katzin over them; and Yiftach
uttered all his words before
that Yisroel was greatly zonah; and Gilàd fathered Hashem in Mitzpah.
distressed. Yiftach. |12| And Yiftach sent
|10| And the Bnei Yisroel |2| And Gil’ad's isha bore malachim unto the melech
cried unto Hashem, saying, him banim; and the bnei Bnei Ammon, saying, What
We have sinned against Thee, haisha grew up, and they hast thou to do with me, that
both because we have thrust out Yiftach, and said thou art come against me to
forsaken Eloheinu, unto him, Thou shalt not fight in my land?
and also served Baalim.
|13| And the melech Bnei the Eretz HaEmori, the me, when I return b'shalom
Ammon answered unto the inhabitants of that country. from the Bnei Ammon, shall
malachim of Yiftach, Because |22| And they possessed all surely be Hashem's, and I will
Yisroel took away my land, the territory HaEmori, from offer it up for an olah.
when they came up out of Arnon even unto Yabbok, and |32| So Yiftach passed over
Mitzrayim, from Arnon even from the midbar even unto unto the Bnei Ammon to fight
unto Yabbok, and unto Yarden. against them; and Hashem
Yarden; now therefore give |23| So now Hashem Elohei delivered them into his hands.
back those lands again Yisroel hath dispossessed |33| And he struck them
b'shalom (peaceably). HaEmori from before His down from Aroer, even till
|14| And Yiftach sent people Yisroel, and shouldest thou come to Minnit, even 20
malachim again unto the thou possess it? towns, unto Avel-Kramim,
melech Bnei Ammon; |24| Wilt not thou possess with a very great slaughter.
|15| And said unto him, Thus that which Kemosh eloheicha Thus the Bnei Ammon were
saith Yiftach, Yisroel took not giveth thee to possess? So subdued before the Bnei
away Eretz Moav, nor the whatever Hashem Eloheinu Yisroel.
Eretz Bnei Ammon; shall take possession of before |34| And Yiftach came to
|16| But when Yisroel came us, that will we possess. Mitzpah unto his bais, hinei,
up from Mitzrayim, and |25| And now art thou any- his bat came out to meet him
walked through the midbar thing better than Balak ben with tambourines and with
until Yam Suf, and came to Tzippor, melech Moav? Did he dances; she was his yechidah
Kadesh; ever strive against Yisroel, or (only one); beside her he had
|17| Then Yisroel sent did he ever fight against them, neither ben nor bat.
malachim unto the melech |26| While Yisroel dwelt in |35| And it came to pass,
Edom, saying, Let me, now, Cheshbon and her towns, and when he saw her, that he tore
pass through thy land; but the in Aroer and her settlements, his clothes, and said, Alas, my
melech Edom would not pay and in all the towns that be bat! Thou hast brought me
heed thereto. In like manner along by the coasts of Arnon, very low, and thou art one of
they sent unto the melech three hundred shanah? Why them that trouble me; for I
Moav; but he would not con- therefore did ye not recover have opened my mouth unto
sent; Yisroel abode in Kadesh. them within that time? Hashem, and I cannot go
|18| Then they went along |27| Wherefore I have not back.
through the midbar, skirted sinned against thee, but thou |36| And she said unto him,
the Eretz Edom, and Eretz doest me wrong to war against Avi, if thou hast opened thy
Moav, and came by the east me; Hashem HaShofet be mouth unto Hashem, do to me
side of Eretz Moav, encamped judge this day between the according to that which hath
on the other side of Arnon, Bnei Yisroel and the Bnei proceeded out of thy mouth;
but came not within the ter- Ammon. forasmuch as Hashem hath
ritory of Moav; for the Arnon |28| Howbeit the melech Bnei taken vengeance for thee of
was the boundary of Moav. Ammon paid heed not unto thine enemies, even of the
|19| And Yisroel sent mala- the words of Yiftach which he Bnei Ammon.
chim unto Sichon melech sent him. |37| She said unto her av, Let
HaEmori, the melech Chesh- |29| Then the Ruach Hashem this thing be done for me; let
bon; and Yisroel said unto came upon Yiftach, and he me alone two chodashim, that
him, Let us pass, now, through passed over Gilàd, and I may go up and down upon
thy land into my makom. Menasheh, passed over the hills, and bewail betulai
|20| But Sichon trusted not Mitzpeh of Gilàd, and from (my virginity), I and my
Yisroel to pass through his Mitzpeh of Gilàd he passed friends.
territory; but Sichon gathered over unto the Bnei Ammon. |38| And he said, Go. And he
all his people together, and |30| And Yiftach vowed a sent her away for two choda-
encamped in Yahatz, neder unto Hashem, and said, shim; and she went with her
and fought against Yisroel. If thou shalt without fail companions, and bewailed her
|21| And Hashem Elohei deliver the Bnei Ammon into betulim (virginity) upon the
Yisroel delivered Sichon and mine hands, hills.
all his people into the yad |31| Then it shall be, that |39| And it came to pass at
Yisroel, and they struck them whatsoever cometh forth of the end of two chodashim,
down; so Yisroel possessed all the delet of my bais to meet that she returned unto her av,
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who did with her according to and there fell at that time of |4| Now therefore be shomer
his neder which he had vowed; the Ephrayim forty and two and drink not yayin nor
and she knew no man. And it thousand. shekhar (strong drink), and
was a chok in Yisroel, |7| And Yiftach judged eat not kol tameh;
|40| That the banot Yisroel Yisroel shesh shanim. Then |5| For, lo, thou shalt
went yearly to lament the bat died Yiftach the Gileadi, and conceive, and bear ben; and
Yiftach the Gileadi arba'at was buried in one of the towns no morah (razor) shall come
yamim bashanah. of Gilàd. on his rosh; for the na'ar shall
And the ish |8| And after him Ibtzan of be a Nazir Elohim from the
12 Ephrayim gathered
themselves
together, and went into
Beit-Lechem judged Yisroel.
|9| And he had shloshim
banim, and shloshim banot,
beten (womb); and he shall
begin to save Yisroel from the
yad Pelishtim.
Tzafon, and said unto Yiftach, whom he gave away in |6| Then the isha came and
Wherefore passedst thou over marriage outside [his eleph], told her ish, saying, An Ish
to fight against the Bnei and took in sloshim banot HaElohim came unto me, and
Ammon, and didst not call us from outside for his banim. his appearance was like the
to go with thee? We will burn And he judged Yisroel shevat appearance of a Malach
thine bais upon thee with eish. shanim. HaElohim, norah me'od; but I
|2| And Yiftach said unto |10| Then died Ibtzan, and asked him not where he came
them, I and my people were at was buried at Beit-Lechem. from, neither told he me
great strife with the Bnei |11| And after him Elon, a shmo;
Ammon; and when I called Zevuloni, judged Yisroel; and |7| But he said unto me, See
you, ye saved me not out of he judged Yisroel eser shanim. thou shalt conceive, and bear
their hands. |12| And Elon the Zevuloni ben; and now drink no yayin
|3| And when I saw that you died, and was buried in nor shekhar, neither eat any
were not my moshi'a, I put my Ayalon in Eretz Zevulun. tumah; for the na'ar shall be
nefesh in my hands, and |13| And after him Avdon Nazir Elohim from the beten
passed over against the Bnei ben Hillel, a Piratoni, judged to the yom moto (day of his
Ammon, and Hashem Yisroel. death).
delivered them into my yad; |14| And he had arba'im |8| Then Manoach prayed
why then are ye come up unto banim and thirty grandsons, entreating Hashem, and said,
me this day, to fight against that rode on threescore and O Adonoi, let the Ish
me? ten donkeys; and he judged HaElohim which thou didst
|4| Then Yiftach gathered Yisroel shmoneh shanim. send come again unto us, and
together all the Anshei Gilàd, |15| And Avdon ben Hillel teach us what we must do
and fought with Ephrayim; the Piratoni died, and was unto the na'ar that shall be
and the anshei Gilàd struck buried in Piraton in Eretz born.
down Ephrayim, because they Ephrayim, in the har |9| And HaElohim paid heed
said, Ye Gilead are fugitives of HaAmaleki. to the kol Manoach; and the
Ephrayim among the And the Bnei Malach HaElohim came again
Ephrayim, and among the
Menasheh.
|5| And the Gilead took the
13 Yisroel did harah
again in the sight
of Hashem; and Hashem
unto the isha as she sat in the
sadeh; but Manoach her ish
was not with her.
fords of the Yarden before the delivered them into the yad |10| And the isha made haste,
Ephrayim; and it was so, that Pelishtim arba'im shanah. and ran, and told her ish, and
when those Ephrayim which |2| And there was a certain said unto him, Hinei, the ish
were escaped said, Let me ish from Tzorah, of the hath appeared unto me, that
cross over; that the anshei mishpakhat HaDanai, whose came unto me the other day.
Gilàd said unto him, Art shem was Manoach; and his |11| And Manoach arose, and
thou an Ephrati? If he said, isha was barren and bore not. went after his isha, and came
No, |3| And the Malach Hashem to the ish, and said unto him,
|6| Then said they unto him, appeared unto the isha, and Art thou the ish that didst
Say now Shibbolet; and he said unto her, Hinei now, thou speak unto the isha?
said Sibbolet, for he could not art barren, and bearest not; And he said, I am.
pronounce it right. Then they but thou shalt conceive, and
took him, and slaughtered bear ben.
him at the fords of the Yarden;
|12| And Manoach said, Now |21| But the Malach Hashem kramim (vineyards) of
let thy devar come to pass. did no more appear to Timnah; and, hinei, a young
How shall be the mishpat Manoach and to his isha. lion roared against him.
hana'ar (proper treatment of Then Manoach knew that He |6| And the Ruach Hashem
the child), and his ma'aseh was the Malach Hashem. came mightily upon him, and
(work, [life's] work)? |22| And Manoach said unto he tore him as he would have
|13| And the Malach Hashem his isha, We shall surely die, torn a young goat, and he had
said unto Manoach, Of all that because we have seen Elohim. nothing in his yad; but he told
I said unto the isha let her be |23| But his isha said unto not his av or his em what he
shomer (beware, guard, keep him, If Hashem were pleased had done.
watch over). to kill us, He would not have |7| And he went down, and
|14| She may not eat of any received an olah (burnt talked with the isha; and she
thing that cometh of the gefen, offering) and a minchah from was right in the eyes of
neither let her drink yayin or yadenu (our hands), neither Shimshon [cf Prov 16:25].
shekhar, nor eat any tumah; would He have showed us all |8| And after a time he
all that I commanded her let these things, nor at this time returned to take her [in
her be shomer to do. would have told us such things marriage], and he turned
|15| And Manoach said unto as these. aside to look at the carcass of
the Malach Hashem, Now, let |24| And the isha bore ben, the lion; and, hinei, there was
us detain thee, until we shall and called shmo Shimshon; a swarm of bees and devash in
have made ready a young goat and the na'ar grew, and the geviyah of the lion.
for thee. Hashem blessed him. |9| And he took thereof in his
|16| And the Malach Hashem |25| And the Ruach Hashem hands, and went on eating,
said unto Manoach, Though began to impel him at times in and came to his av and em,
thou detain me, I will not eat Machaneh Dan between and he gave them, and they
of thy lechem; and if thou wilt Tzorah and Eshtaol. did eat; but he told not them
offer an olah (burnt offering), And Shimshon that he had taken the devash
thou must offer it unto
Hashem. For Manoach knew
not that he was Malach
14 went down to
Timnah, and saw
an isha in Timnah of the
out of the geviyah of the lion.
|10| So his av went down
unto the isha; and Shimshon
Hashem. banot Pelishtim (Philistines). made there a mishteh; for so
|17| And Manoach said unto |2| And he came up, and told used the bocherim to do.
Malach Hashem, Mi his av and his em, and said, I |11| And it came to pass,
shmehchah? That when thy have seen an isha in Timnah when they saw him, that they
devar come to pass we may do of the banot Pelishtim; now brought shloshim companions
thee honor? therefore get her for me as to be with him.
|18| And the Malach Hashem isha. |12| And Shimshon said unto
said unto him, Why askest |3| Then his av and his em them, I will now put forth a
thou thus after my shem, said unto him, Is there not khidah (riddle) unto you; if ye
seeing it is FELI (supremely among the banot of thy achim, can certainly declare it to me
wonderful [see Isa 9:5(6); Ex or among kol Ami (all my within the shivat yemei
15:11])? people) an isha, that thou hamishteh, and find it out,
|19| So Manoach took a goest to take an isha of the then I will give you shloshim
young goat with a minchah, Pelishtim haArelim? And linen garments and shloshim
and offered it upon the tzur Shimshon said unto his av, sets of begadim;
unto Hashem; and wonderous- Get her for me; for she is |13| But if ye cannot declare
ly did He act; and Manoach yashrah (right) in my eyes. it to me, then shall ye give me
and his wife looked on. |4| But his av and his em shloshim linen garments and
|20| For it came to pass, knew not that this was from shloshim begadim. And they
when the flame went up Hashem, for He sought an said unto him, Put forth thy
toward Shomayim from off the occasion against the khidah, that we may hear it.
Mizbe'ach, that the Malach Pelishtim; for at that time the |14| And he said unto them,
Hashem ascended in the Pelishtim had dominion over Out of the eater came forth the
flame of the Mizbe'ach. And Yisroel. edible, and out of the oz
Manoach and his wife looked |5| Then went Shimshon (strong) came forth matok
on, and fell on their faces to down, and his av and his em, (sweetness). And they
the ground [cf Ac 1:9]. to Timnah, and came to the could not in
shloshet yamim expound the katzir chittim, that Shimshon answered, To bind Shimshon
khidah. visited his isha with a young are we come up, to do to him
|15| And it came to pass on goat; and he said, I will go in as he hath done to us.
the yom hashevi'i, that they to my isha into the cheder. But |11| Then three thousand
said unto the isha of her av would not allow him to men of Yehudah went to the
Shimshon, Entice thy ish, that go in. top of the rock Etam and said
he may declare unto us |2| And her av said, I verily to Shimshon, Knowest thou
the khidah, lest we burn thee thought that thou hadst not that the Pelishtim are
and thy bais avi with eish; utterly hated her; therefore I rulers over us? What is this
Have ye invited us to make us gave her to thy companion; is that thou hast done unto us?
poor? Is it not so? not her younger achot fairer And he said unto them, As
|16| And the isha of than she? Take her now, they did unto me, so have I
Shimshon wept before him, instead of her. done unto them.
and said, Thou dost but hate |3| And Shimshon said |12| And they said unto him,
me, and lovest me not; thou concerning them, Now shall I We are come down to bind
hast put forth a khidah unto be more blameless than the thee, that we may deliver thee
the bnei ami, and hast not Pelishtim, though I do them into the yad Pelishtim. And
told it me. And he said unto ra'ah. Shimshon said unto them,
her, Hinei, I have not told it |4| And Shimshon went and Swear unto me, that ye will
avi nor immi, and shall I tell it caught three hundred foxes, not fall upon me yourselves.
thee? and took torches, and turned |13| And they spoke unto
|17| And she wept before him them tail to tail, and put a him, saying, No; but we will
the shivat hayamim, while torch in the midst between two bind thee fast, and deliver
their mishteh lasted; and it tails. thee into their yad; but surely
came to pass on the yom |5| And when he lit eish to we will not kill thee. And they
hashevi'i, that he told her, the torches, he let them go into bound him with two avotim
because of the pressing of her the standing grain of the chadashim (new ropes), and
nagging; and she told the Pelishtim, and burned up brought him up from the rock.
khidah to the bnei of her Am both the harvested grain and |14| And when he came unto
(People). also the standing grain, and Lechi, the Pelishtim shouted
|18| And the anshei haIr said also olive orchards. against him; and the Ruach of
unto him on the yom hashevi'i |6| Then the Pelishtim said, Hashem came mightily upon
before the sun went down, Who hath done this? And they him, and the avotim that were
What is sweeter than devash? answered, Shimshon, the upon his arms became as flax
And what is stronger than an choson of the Timni, because that was burned with eish,
ari? And he said unto them, If he had taken his isha, and and his binding loosed from
ye had not plowed with my given her to his companion. off his hands.
heifer, ye had not hit upon my And the Pelishtim came up, |15| And he found a new
khidah. and burned her and her av jawbone of a chamor, and put
|19| And the Ruach Hashem with eish. forth his yad and took it and
came upon him, and he went |7| And Shimshon said unto slaughtered a thousand men
down to Ashkelon and struck them, Since ye have done this, therewith.
down shloshim ish of them yet will I be avenged of you |16| And Shimshon said,
and took as spoil their and after that I will cease. With the lechi (jawbone) of a
garments and gave unto them |8| And he struck them hip chamor heaps upon heaps,
which expounded the khidah. and thigh with a makkah with the jaw of a chamor have
And his af (anger) was gedolah; and he went down I slain a thousand men.
kindled, and he went up to his and dwelt in the top of the |17| And it came to pass
bais avi. rock Etam. when he had made an end of
|20| But the isha of Shimshon |9| Then the Pelishtim went speaking that he cast away the
was given to his companion, up and encamped in jawbone out of his yad, and
who had been his best man Yehudah, and spread called that place Ramat Lechi
(i.e., his Shoshvin. See themselves out in Lechi. (Jawbone Hill).
Yochanan 3:29 OJBC). |10| And the ish Yehudah |18| And he was very thirsty,
But it came to pass said, Why are ye come up and called on Hashem,
15 within a while
after, in the time of
against us? And they and said, Thou
hast given this teshu'ah of us eleven hundred pieces of The Pelishtim be upon thee,
hagedolah (great victory, kesef. Shimshon. And he awakened
rescue, salvation) into the yad |6| And Delilah said to out of his sleep, and went
of thy eved; and now shall I Shimshon, Tell me, now, away with the pin of the loom,
die for thirst, and fall into the wherein thy koach gadol lieth, and with the web.
yad of the arelim? and wherewith thou mightest |15| And she said unto him,
|19| But Elohim split open be bound to subdue thee. How canst thou say, I love
the hollow place that is at |7| And Shimshon said unto thee, when thine lev is not
Lechi, and there came mayim her, If they bind me with with me? Thou hast mocked
thereout; and when he had shivah fresh bowstrings that me these three times, and hast
drunk, his ruach came again, were never dried, then shall I not told me wherein thy ko'ach
and he revived; wherefore he be weak, and be as any adam. gadol lieth.
called the shem thereof |8| Then the rulers of the |16| And it came to pass,
En HaKorei (Spring of the Pelishtim brought up to her when she pressed him daily
Caller), which is in Lechi unto shivah fresh bowstrings which with her words, and urged
this day. had not been dried, and she him, so that his nefesh was
|20| And he judged Yisroel in bound him with them. vexed unto death;
the days of the Pelishtim |9| Now there were men lying |17| That he told her all his
esrim shanah. in wait, abiding with her in lev, and said unto her, There
the cheder. And she said unto hath not come a morah (razor)
Then went him, The Pelishtim be upon upon mine head; for I have
16 Shimshon to Azah
(Gaza), and saw
there a zonah, and went in
thee, Shimshon. And he broke
the bowstrings, as a piece of
thread is broken when it
been a Nazir Elohim from my
mother's beten; if I be shaven,
then my ko'ach will go from
unto her. toucheth the eish. So his me, and I shall become weak,
|2| And it was told the Azah ko'ach was not known. and be like any other adam.
people, saying, Shimshon is |10| And Delilah said unto |18| And when Delilah saw
come here. And they Shimshon, Hinei, thou hast that he had told her all his lev,
surrounded him, and laid wait mocked me, and told me she sent and called for the
for him kol halailah in the kezavim (lies); tell me, now, rulers of the Pelishtim,
sha'ar HaIr, and were quiet wherewith thou mightest be saying, Come up this once, for
kol halailah, saying, In the ohr bound. he hath showed me all his lev.
haboker, we shall kill him. |11| And he said unto her, If Then the rulers of the
|3| And Shimshon lay till they bind me fast with avotim Pelishtim came up unto her,
khatzot halailah, and arose at chadashim that never were and brought kesef in their yad.
khatzot halailah, and took the used, then shall I be weak, |19| And she made him sleep
daletot sha'ar HaIr, and the and be as any adam. upon her knees; and she
two mezuzot, and went away |12| Delilah therefore took called for an ish, and she
with them, bar and all, and avotim chadashim, and bound caused him to shave off the
put them upon his shoulders, him therewith, and said unto sheva braids of his head; and
and carried them up to the top him, The Pelishtim be upon she began to torment him, and
of a hill that is before thee, Shimshon. For there his ko'ach went from him.
Chevron. were ambushers lying in wait |20| And she said, The
|4| And it came to pass abiding in the cheder. And he Pelishtim be upon thee,
afterward, that he fell in love broke them from off his arms Shimshon. And he awoke out
with an isha in the Sorek like thread. of his sleep, and said, I will go
Valley, whose shem was |13| And Delilah said unto out as at other times before
Delilah. Shimshon, Hitherto thou hast and shake myself. And he
|5| And rulers of the mocked me, and told me knew not that Hashem was
Pelishtim came up unto her, kezavim; tell me wherewith departed from him.
and said unto her, Entice him, thou mightest be bound. And |21| But the Pelishtim took
see wherein his ko'ach gadol he said unto her, If thou him, and gouged out his eyes,
lieth, by what means we may weavest the sheva braids of my and brought him down to
prevail against him, that we head with the web [fabric on Azah (Gaza), and bound
may bind him to afflict him; the loom], him with fetters of
and we will give thee every one |14| And fasten it with the nechoshet; and he did
pin... Again she called to him,
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grind in the prison house. them, one with his right yad, ordained one of his banim,
|22| Howbeit after he was and the other with his left. who became his kohen.
shaven, the hair of his head |30| And Shimshon said, Let |6| In those yamim there was
began l’tzameach [to spring me die with the Pelishtim. no melech in Yisroel, but every
up; Tzemach is Moshiach] And he pushed himself with man did that which was right
again. all his ko'ach; and the bais fell in his own eyes.
|23| Then rulers of the upon the rulers, and upon all |7| Meanwhile there was a
Pelishtim gathered them the people that were therein. na'ar from Beit-Lechem
together for to offer a zevach So the dead which he Yehudah of the mishpakhat
gadol unto Dagon eloheihem, slaughtered at his death were Yehudah, who was a Levi, and
and to rejoice; for they said, more than they which he he sojourned there.
eloheinu hath delivered slaughtered in his life. |8| And the ish departed out
Shimshon oyveinu (our |31| Then his brethren and of the Ir from Beit-Lechem
enemy) into our yad. all the bais of his av came Yehudah to sojourn where he
|24| And when the people saw down, and took him, and could find a place; and he
him, they praised eloheihem; brought him up, and buried came to har Ephrayim to the
for they said, eloheinu hath him between Tzorah and bais Mikhay'hu, as he made
delivered into our hands Eshtaol in the kever of his derech.
oyveinu, and the destroyer of Manoach his av. And he |9| And Mikhay'hu said unto
our country, which judged Yisroel esrim shanah. him, Whence comest thou?
slaughtered many of us. And there was an And he said unto him, I am a
when their hearts were merry,
that they said, Call for
17 ish from har
Ephrayim, whose
shem was Mikhay'hu.
Levi of Beit-Lechem Yehudah,
and I go to sojourn where I
may find a place.
Shimshon, that he may |2| And he said unto his em, |10| And Mikhay'hu said unto
entertain us. And they called The eleven hundred pieces of him, Dwell with me, and be
for Shimshon out of the prison kesef that were taken from unto me an av and a kohen,
house; and he entertained thee, about which thou did and I will give thee ten pieces
them; and they set him utter a curse, and spoke of of kesef a year, and a set of
between the ammudim. also in mine ears, Hinei, the begadim, and mikhyah
|26| And Shimshon said unto kesef is with me; I took it. And (maintenance, livelihood). So
the na'ar that held him by the his em said, Baruch beni the Levi went in.
yad, Put me where I may feel LaHashem. |11| And the Levi agreed to
the ammudim whereupon the |3| And when he had restored dwell with the ish; and the
bais standeth, that I may lean the eleven hundred pieces of na'ar was unto him as one of
upon them. kesef to his em, his em said, I his banim.
|27| Now the bais (temple) had wholly set apart as kodesh |12| And Mikhay'hu ordained
was full of anashim and the kesef unto Hashem from (literally, filled the hands of,
nashim; and all the rulers of my hand for beni (my son), to consecrated, appointed as his
the Pelishtim were there; and make a pesel (carved image, own priest) the Levi; and the
there were upon the roof idol [See Ex 20:4]) and a na'ar became his kohen, and
about three thousand ish and masekhah (an image cast from was in the bais Mikhay'hu.
isha, that beheld while a mold [See Ex 32:4]); now |13| Then said Mikhay'hu,
Shimshon entertained. therefore I will return it unto Now I have da'as that Hashem
|28| And Shimshon called thee. will do me good, seeing I have
unto Hashem, and said, |4| So he restored the kesef a Levi as my kohen.
Adonoi Hashem, remember unto his em; and his em took In those days there
me, now, and strengthen me,
now, only this once, O
HaElohim that I may be at
two hundred pieces of kesef
and gave them to the tzoref
(goldsmith), who made thereof
18 was no melech in
Yisroel; and in
those days the shevet (tribe) of
once avenged of the Pelishtim a pesel and a masekhah; and the Dani sought them a
for my two eyes. they were in the bais nachalah to dwell in;
|29| And Shimshon took hold Mikhay'hu. for unto that day none had
of the two middle ammudim |5| And the ish Mikhay'hu fallen for him [Dan] among
upon which the bais stood and had a bais elohim, and made the Shivtei Yisroel.
he braced himself against an ephod, and teraphim, and
|2| And the Bnei Dan sent of |10| When ye go, ye shall and a kohen; is it better for
their mishpakhat five come unto an Am bote'ach thee to be a kohen unto the
anashim out of their whole (unsuspecting people), and to bais ish echad, or that thou be
number, anashim, Bnei ha'aretz rachavat; for Elohim a kohen unto a shevet and a
Chayil, from Tzorah, and from hath given it into your hands; mishpakhat in Yisroel?
Eshta'ol, to spy out the land, a place where there is no lack |20| And the lev hakohen was
and to explore it; and they of any thing that is in ha'aretz. glad, and he took the ephod,
said unto them, Go, explore |11| And there went from and the teraphim, and the
the land; and when they came thence of the mishpakhat pesel, and went in the midst of
to har Ephrayim, to the bais HaDani, out of Tzorah and the people.
Mikhay'hu, they lodged there. out of Eshta'ol, 600 men |21| So they turned and
|3| When they were at the armed with keli milchamah. departed, and put the little
bais Mikhah, they recognized |12| And they went up, and ones and the mikneh and the
the voice of the na'ar the Levi; encamped in Kiryat-Yearim, belongings in front of them.
so they turned in there, and in Yehudah; wherefore they |22| And when they were a
said unto him, Who brought called that place Machaneh good way from the bais
thee here? And what doth thou Dan unto this day; hinei, it is Mikhah, the men that were in
in this place? And what is thy behind Kiryat-Yearim. the batim (houses) near to bais
business here? |13| And they passed thence Mikhah were gathered
|4| And he said unto them, unto har Ephrayim, and came together, and overtook the
Thus and thus dealeth unto the bais Mikhah. Bnei Dan.
Mikhah with me, and hath |14| Then answered the five |23| And they cried unto the
hired me, and I am his kohen. anashim that went to spy out Bnei Dan. And they turned
|5| And they said unto him, ha'aretz Layish, and said unto their faces, and said unto
Ask counsel of Elohim, that we their achim, Do ye know that Mikhah, What aileth thee, that
may have da'as of whether our there is in these batim ephod, thou comest with such a
derech shall succeed. teraphim, pesel, and company?
|6| And the kohen said unto maskhah? Now therefore |24| And he said, Ye have
them, Go in shalom; your consider what ye have to do. taken away my g-ds which I
derech wherein ye go is |15| And they turned made, and the kohen, and ye
nokhach Hashem (straight in thitherward, and came to the are gone away; and what have
the sight of Hashem). bais hana'ar haLevi, even unto I more? And what is this that
|7| Then the five anashim the bais Mikhah, and gave ye say unto me, What aileth
departed, and came to Layish, him a shalom greeting. thee?
and saw the people that were |16| And the 600 men armed |25| And the Bnei Dan said
therein, how they dwelt with their keli milchamah, unto him, Let not thy voice be
careless, after the mishpat of which were of the Bnei Dan, heard among us, lest angry
the Tzidonim, quiet and stood by the petach hasha'ar. anashim run upon thee, and
unsuspecting; and there was |17| And the five anashim thou lose thy nefesh, with the
no one in authority in the that went to spy out ha'aretz nefesh of thy household.
land, that might put them to went up, and came in thither, |26| And the Bnei Dan went
shame for anything; but they and took the pesel, and the their way; and when Mikhah
were far from the Tzidonim, ephod, and the teraphim, and saw that they were chazakim,
and had no ties with adam. the masekhah; and the kohen too strong for him, he turned
|8| And they returned unto stood in the petach hasha'ar and went back unto his bais
their achim to Tzorah and with the 600 men that were [T.N. By now we are seeing the
Eshta'ol; and their achim said armed with keli milchamah. point of the story, which is how
unto them, Mah atem (What |18| And these went into bais Dan became infected with
do you [report]?) Mikhah, and fetched the pesel, apostate religion; see their
|9| And they said, Arise, that the ephod, and the teraphim, omission Rev chp 7].
we may go up against them; and the masakhah. Then |27| And they took the things
for we have seen ha'aretz, and, said the kohen unto them, which Mikhah had made, and
hinei, it is tovah me'od; and What are ye doing? the kohen which he had, and
will ye do nothing? Be not |19| And they said unto him, came unto Layish unto a
slothful to go, but enter in to Hold thy peace, lay thine yad people that were peaceful and
possess ha'aretz. upon thy mouth, and come unsuspecting and they struck
with us, and be to us an av them with the
edge of the cherev, and burnt did eat and drink, and lodged |12| And his adon said unto
the ir with eish. there. him, We will not turn aside
|28| And there was no matzil |5| And it came to pass on the hither into the ir nochri, that
(deliverer, rescuer), because it fourth day, when they arose is not of the Bnei Yisroel; we
was far from Tzidon, and they early in the boker, that he rose will pass over to Giv'ah.
had no tie with adam (any up to depart; the avi hana’a- |13| And he said unto his
man); and it was in the valley rah said unto his choson (son- na'ar, Come, and let us draw
that lieth near Beit-Rechov. in-law), Refresh thine lev with near to one of these places to
And they built an ir, and dwelt a morsel of lechem, and lodge all night, in Giv'ah, or in
therein. afterward go your way. Ramah.
|29| And they called the shem |6| And they sat down, and |14| And they passed on and
of the Ir Dan, after the shem did eat and drink both of went their way; and the
of Dan their av, who was born them together; for the avi shemesh went down
unto Yisroel; howbeit the hana'arah had said unto the upon them when they were
shem of the Ir was Layish ish, Be pleased, and tarry all near Giv'ah, which belongeth
previously. night, and let thine lev be to Binyamin.
|30| And the Bnei Dan set up content. |15| And they turned aside
the pesel; and Y'honatan ben |7| And when the ish rose up thither, to go in and to lodge
Gershom ben Menasheh, he to depart, his khoten (father- the night in Giv'ah; and when
and his banim were kohanim in-law) urged him; therefore he went in, he sat him down in
to the shevet haDani until the he lodged there again. the rechov of the ir; for there
yom Golus HaAretz |8| And he arose early in the was no ish that took them into
[722 B.C.E.]. boker on the yom hachamishi his bais to lodge the night
|31| During all the time that to depart; and the avi [T.N. See Iyov 31:32 regarding
the Bais HaElohim was in hana'arah said, Refresh now the sin here, made more
Shiloh they set up for them thine lev. Tarry till the yom shameful in that it was
pesel Mikhah, which he made. turns [past midday], and they committed against a Levi].
did eat both of them. |16| And, hinei, there came
And it came to pass |9| And when the ish rose up an ish zaken from his work
19 in those days, when

there was no
melech in Yisroel, that there
to depart, he, and his pilegesh,
and his na'ar, his khoten
(father-in-law), the avi
out of the sadeh at erev, and
the ish was also from har
Ephrayim; and he
was a certain Levi sojourning hana'arah, said unto sojourned in Giv'ah; but the
in the remote har Ephrayim him, Hinei, now the yom anashim of the place were
country, who took to him a draweth toward erev, tarry the Bnei Yemini (Benjamites).
pilegesh out of Beit-Lechem night now; hinei, the yom |17| And when he had lifted
Yehudah. groweth to an end, lodge here, up his eyes, he saw haish
|2| And his pilegesh played that thine lev may be content; haoreach (the wayfaring man,
the zonah against him, and and makhar (tomorrow) get traveling man) in the rechov
went away from him unto her you early on your derech, that haIr; and the ish hazaken
bais av to Beit-Lechem thou mayest go to your ohel. said, Whither goest thou? And
Yehudah, and was there four |10| But the ish would not whence comest thou?
whole months. tarry that night, but he rose |18| And he said unto him,
|3| And her ish arose, and up and departed, and came We are passing from Beit-
went after her, to speak unto to nokhach (straight before, in Lechem Yehudah toward the
her lev, and to bring her back, the direction of) Yevus, which remote har Ephrayim country;
having his na'ar (servant) with is Yerushalayim; and there from thence am I; and I went
him, and a couple of donkeys; were with him two donkeys to Beit-Lechem Yehudah, but I
and she brought him into her saddled, his pilegesh also was am now going to the Bais
bais av; and when the avi with him. Hashem [see 18:31]; but there
hana'arah saw him, he had |11| And when they were near is no ish that receiveth me into
simcha to welcome him. Yevus, the yom was far spent; the bais.
|4| And his khoten (father-in- and the na'ar said unto his |19| Yet there is both straw
law), the avi hana'arah, held adon, Come, now, and let us and fodder for our
him fast; and he abode with turn in into ir haYevusi, and donkeys; and there is
him shloshet yamim; so they lodge in it.
lechem and yayin also for me, |27| And her adon rose up in Binyamin, I and my pilegesh,
and for thy amah the boker, and opened the to lodge.
(maidservant), and for the daletot habais, and stepped |5| And the ba'alei haGiv'ah
na'ar which is with thy out to go on his derech; and, rose against me, and
avadim; there is no machsor hinei, the isha, his pilegesh, surrounded the bais upon me
(want, need) of any thing. was fallen at the petach by lailah, and intended to
|20| And the ish hazaken habais! And her hands were have murdered me; and my
said, Shalom lach; howsoever upon the sahf (threshold). pilegesh have they raped, that
let all thy wants lie upon me; |28| And he said unto her, she is dead.
only lodge not in the rechov. Up, and let us be going. But |6| And I took my pilegesh,
|21| So he brought him into there was no answer. Then the and cut her in pieces, and sent
his bais, and mixed fodder for ish took [the corpse] upon a her throughout kol sedeh
the donkeys; and they washed donkey, and the ish rose up, nachalat Yisroel; for they have
their feet, and did eat and and set out for his makom committed zimmah (lewdness)
drink. (place, home). and nevalah (wickedness,
|22| Now as they were making |29| And when he was come outrage, disgrace) in Yisroel.
their hearts content, hinei, the into his bais, he took a |7| Hinei, ye are all Bnei
anshei haIr, anshei bnei ma'akhelet (knife), and laid Yisroel; give here your advice
Beliya'al, surrounded the bais, hold on his pilegesh, and and etzah (counsel, verdict).
and pounded incessantly on divided her, together with her |8| And kol haAm arose as ish
the delet, and shouted to the atzmot, into twelve pieces, and echad, saying, We will not any
ish, the Ba'al HaBayit, the sent her into all the territory of us go to his ohel, neither
zaken, saying, Bring out the of Yisroel. will we any of us return into
ish that came into thine |30| And it was so, that all his bais.
bais, that we may know him that saw it said, There was no |9| But now this shall be the
[T.N. a thin line drawn such deed done nor seen from thing which we will do to
between homosexual rape and the yom that the Bnei Yisroel Giv'ah; we will go up bigoral
murder]. came up out of Eretz (by lot) against it;
|23| And the ish, the Ba'al Mitzrayim unto this day; give |10| And we will take ten
HaBayit, went out unto them, ye heed unto it, make up your anashim of a hundred
and said unto them, Nay, my minds [about the throughout kol Shivtei Yisroel,
brethren, nay, do not so punishment], and speak. and a hundred of a thousand,
wickedly; seeing that this ish is Then all the Bnei and a thousand out of ten
come into mine bais, do not
this nevalah (outrage).
|24| Hinei, here is my bat a
20 Yisroel came out,
and HaEdah was
gathered together as ish
thousand, to supply provisions
for the troops, that they may
do, when they come to Giv'ah
betulah, and his pilegesh; echad, from Dan even to Beer- of Binyamin, according to all
them I will bring out now, and Sheva, including Eretz the nevalah that they have
humble ye them, and do with HaGilàd, unto Hashem at wrought in Yisroel.
them what seemeth hatov unto Mitzpah. |11| So kol ish Yisroel were
your eyes; but unto this ish do |2| And the Pinot (Corner gathered against the Ir, k'ish
not so devar hanevalah (vile, pillars, Leaders, Chiefs) kol echad chaverim (comrades as
wicked a thing). HaAm, even of kol Shivtei one man, united as one).
|25| But the anashim would Yisroel, presented themselves |12| And the Shivtei Yisroel
not pay heed to him; so the ish in the Kahal Am HaElohim, sent anashim through all the
took his pilegesh, and brought four hundred thousand foot shivtei Binyamin, saying,
her forth unto them; and they soldiers armed with cherev. What ra'ah is this that is done
knew her, and abused her kol |3| (Now the Bnei Binyamin among you?
halailah until the boker; and heard that the Bnei Yisroel |13| Now therefore deliver us
when the shachar (dawn) were gone up to Mitzpah.) the anashim, the Bnei
came, they let her go. Then said the Bnei Yisroel, Beliyaal, which are in Giv'ah,
|26| Then came the isha at Tell us, how this ra'ah came to that we may put them to
the break of haboker, and fell be? death, and purge ra'ah from
down at the petach bais haish |4| And the Levi, the ish Yisroel. But the Bnei
where her adon was, ad haohr haisha that was murdered, Binyamin would not pay heed
(until daylight, sunrise). answered and said, I came to the voice of their achim the
into Giv'ah that belongeth to Bnei Yisroel.
Shofetim 20 254 Orthodox Jewish Bible
|14| But the Bnei Binyamin achi? And Hashem said, Go and draw them from the Ir
gathered themselves together up against him.) unto the roads.
out of the towns unto Giv'ah, |24| And the Bnei Yisroel |33| And Kol Ish Yisroel rose
to go out for milchamah came near against the Bnei up out of their place, and put
against the Bnei Yisroel. Binyamin the second day. themselves in array at Baal-
|15| And the Bnei Binyamin |25| And Binyamin went Tamar; meanwhile the ones of
mustered at that time out of forth against them from Giv'ah Yisroel waiting in ambush
the cities twenty and six the second day, and cut down came forth out of their places,
thousand men armed with to the ground of the Bnei at Ma'areh Geva.
cherev, beside the inhabitants Yisroel another eighteen |34| And there came a frontal
of Giv'ah, which mustered thousand men; all these were assault against Giv'ah by ten
seven hundred ish bachur armed with the cherev. thousand ish bachur out of
(chosen men). |26| Then kol Bnei Yisroel, kol Yisroel, and the
|16| Among all this people and kol haAm, went up, and milchamah was fierce;
there were seven hundred ish came unto Beit-El, and wept, but they [the Bnei Binyamin]
bachur every one could sling and sat there before Hashem, had no da'as that for them
stones at the se'ar (the hair), and did a tzom that day until ra'ah (evil, disaster) was near.
and not miss. erev, and offered olot and |35| And Hashem defeated
|17| And the ish Yisroel, shelamim before Hashem. Binyamin before Yisroel; and
apart from Binyamin, |27| And the Bnei Yisroel the Bnei Yisroel struck down
mustered 400,000 men armed inquired of Hashem, (for the from Binyamin that day
with cherev; all these were ish Aron Brit HaElohim was there twenty and five thousand and
milchamah. in those days, a hundred ish, all these armed
|18| And the Bnei Yisroel |28| And Pinchas ben with cherev.
arose, and went up to Beit-El, Eleazar ben Aharon stood |36| So the Bnei Binyamin
and asked counsel of Elohim, ministering before it in those saw that they were defeated;
and said, Which of us shall go yamim,) saying, Shall I yet for the Ish Yisroel gave place
up first to the milchamah again go out to battle against before Binyamin, because they
against the Bnei Binyamin? the Bnei Binyamin achi, or relied on the ones ambushing
And Hashem said, Yehudah shall I cease? And Hashem which they had positioned
shall go up first. said, Go up; for makhar against Giv'ah.
|19| And the Bnei Yisroel rose (tomorrow) I will deliver them |37| And the ones ambushing
up in the boker, and into thine yad. hasted, and rushed upon
encamped against Giv'ah. |29| And Yisroel set an Giv'ah; and the ones
|20| And the Ish Yisroel went ambush in wait round about ambushing drew themselves
out to battle against Giv'ah. along, and struck kol HaIr
Binyamin; and the Ish Yisroel |30| And the Bnei Yisroel with the edge of the cherev.
put themselves in array to went up against the Bnei |38| Now there was a mo'ed
fight against them at Giv'ah. Binyamin on the Yom (appointed agreement)
|21| And the Bnei Binyamin HaShelishi, and put between the Ish Yisroel and
came forth out of Giv'ah, and themselves in array against the ones ambushing, that they
cut down to the ground that Giv'ah, as before. should make a great flame
day in Yisroel twenty and two |31| And the Bnei Binyamin with smoke rise up out of the
thousand men. went out against HaAm, and Ir.
|22| And the HaAm Ish were drawn away from the Ir; |39| And when the Ish Yisroel
Yisroel took courage, and and they began to inflict turned in the milchamah,
formed their battle line again casualties on HaAm, as at Binyamin began to inflict
in the place where they put other times, in the sadeh and casualties on the Ish Yisroel
themselves in array the first on the roads, of which one about sheloshim ish; for they
day. road goeth up to Beit-El, and said, Surely they are defeated
|23| (And the Bnei Yisroel the other road to Giv'ah, before us, as in the
went up and wept before killing about sheloshim ish milchamah harishonah.
Hashem until erev, and asked b'Yisroel. |40| But when the smoke
counsel of Hashem, saying, |32| And the Bnei Binyamin cloud began to arise up
Shall I go up again to battle said, They are defeated before out of the Ir with an ammud
against the Bnei Binyamin us, as at the first. But the Bnei ashan (pillar of
Yisroel said, Let us retreat,
smoke), Binyamin looked Now the Ish Yisroel the inhabitants of Yavesh-
behind them, and,
hinei, the whole Ir ascended
up in smoke to Shomayim.
21 had taken an oath
in Mitzpah, saying,
There shall not any of us give
Gilead with the edge of the
cherev, with the women and
the children.
|41| And when the Ish Yisroel his bat unto Binyamin as isha. |11| And this is the thing that
turned again, the Ish |2| And HaAm went to Beit- ye shall do, Ye shall utterly
Binyamin were terrified; for El, and abode there till erev destroy every zakhar, and
they saw that ra'ah was come before HaElohim, and lifted every isha that hath da'as of
upon them. up their voices, and wept lying with man.
|42| Therefore they turned gadol; |12| And they found among
their backs before the Ish |3| And said, Hashem Elohei the inhabitants of Yavesh-
Yisroel unto the derech Yisroel, why is this come to Gilead four hundred na'arah
hamidbar; but the milchamah pass in Yisroel, that there betulah, that had known no
overtook them; and them should be today shevet echad man by lying with any zakhar;
which came out of the towns lacking in Yisroel? and they brought them unto
[of Binyamin] the ones [the |4| And it came to pass on the the machaneh at Shiloh,
Bnei Yisroel] cutting down him next day, that HaAm rose which is in Eretz Kena'an.
[Binyamin] in the midst of it. early, and built there a |13| And the kol HaEdah
|43| Thus surrounding those Mizbe'ach, and offered olot sent some to speak to the
of Binyamin, they chased and shelamim. Bnei Binyamin that were at
them, and trampled them |5| And the Bnei Yisroel said, the Rock of Rimmon, and to
down with ease nokhach Who is there among kol proclaim shalom unto them.
Giv'ah (straight before Giv'ah) Shivtei Yisroel that came not |14| And Binyamin came
toward the rising of the up with the Kahal unto again at that time; and they
shemesh. Hashem? For they had made gave them nashim which they
|44| And there fell of the shevuah hagedolah had saved alive of the women
Binyamin eighteen thousand concerning him that came not of Yavesh-Gilead; but they
ish; all these were anshei up before Hashem to Mitzpah, sufficed not for them.
chayil. saying, He shall surely be put |15| And HaAm had
|45| And they turned and fled to death. compassion for Binyamin,
toward the midbar unto the |6| And the Bnei Yisroel had because Hashem had made a
Rock of Rimmon; and they cut compassion for Binyamin breach in the Shivtei Yisroel.
down of them in the roads five their brother, and said, There |16| Then the Ziknei HaEdah
thousand ish; and pursued is shevet echad cut off from (Elders of the Congregation)
hard after them unto Gidom, Yisroel this day. said, How shall we do for
and slaughtered two thousand |7| How shall we do for nashim for them that remain,
ish of them. nashim for them that remain, seeing the isha are destroyed
|46| So that all which fell that seeing we have taken an oath out of Binyamin?
day of Binyamin were twenty by Hashem that we will not |17| And they said, There
and five thousand ish armed give them of our banot as must be yerushah (heir) for
with cherev; all these were nashim? them that be survivor of
anshei chayil. |8| And they said, What one Binyamin, that a shevet be not
|47| But six hundred ish is there of the Shivtei Yisroel destroyed out of Yisroel.
turned and fled to the midbar that came not up to Mitzpah |18| Howbeit we may not give
unto the Rock of Rimmon, to Hashem? And, hinei, there them nashim of our banot; for
and abode unto the Rock of came none to the machaneh the Bnei Yisroel have sworn,
Rimmon four months. from Yavesh-Gilead to the saying, Cursed be he that
|48| And the Ish Yisroel Kahal. giveth an isha to Binyamin.
turned back upon the Bnei |9| For HaAm were |19| Then they said, Hinei,
Binyamin, and struck them numbered, and, hinei, there there is chag Hashem (feast of
with the edge of the cherev, were none of the inhabitants Hashem) in Shiloh yearly in a
including every town, the of Yavesh-Gilead there. place which is on the north
people, the behemah, and all |10| And HaEdah sent side of Beit El, on the east side
that remained; also they thither 12,000 ish of the Bnei of the road that goeth
burned with eish all the towns HeChayil, and commanded up from Beit El to
that they came to. them, saying, Go and strike
SHMUEL ALEF
Shechem, and on the south of name of the other Peninnah; |12| And it came to pass, as
Levonah. and Peninnah had children, she continued davening before
|20| Therefore they but Channah had no children. Hashem, that Eli observed her
commanded the Bnei |3| And this man went up out mouth.
Binyamin, saying, Go and lie of his city yearly to worship |13| Now Channah, she
in wait in the kramim and to sacrifice unto Hashem davened in her lev; only her
(vineyards); Tzva'os in Shiloh. And the two lips moved, but her voice was
|21| And watch, and, hinei, if banim of Eli, Chophni and not heard; therefore Eli
the Banot Shiloh come out to Pinchas, the kohanim of thought her to be shikkorah.
join in dances, then come ye Hashem, were there. |14| And Eli said unto her,
out of the kramim (vineyards), |4| And when the time was How long wilt thou be drunk?
and catch you every ish his that Elkanah offered sacrifice, Put away thy yayin from thee.
isha of the Banot Shiloh, and he gave to Peninnah his wife, |15| And Channah answered
go to Eretz Binyamin. and to all her banim and her and said, No, adoni, I am an
|22| And it shall be, when banot, portions; isha of a keshat ruach
their avot or their achim come |5| But unto Channah he (oppressed spirit); I have
unto us for riv (to complain), gave a double portion; for he drunk neither yayin nor strong
we [the Ziknei HaEdah] will loved Channah; but Hashem drink, but have poured out my
say unto them, Give them to had shut up her womb. nefesh before Hashem.
us, for we did not receive every |6| And her tzarah |16| Take not thine amah
ish his isha through the war; (adversary) also provoked her (handmaid, servant) for a bat
for ye have not given them greatly, for to make her fret, Beliyaal; for out of
unto them at this time; now because Hashem had shut up the abundance of my anguish
would ye be guilty. her womb. and ka'as (grief) have I
|23| And the Bnei Binyamin |7| And as he did so year by davened hitherto.
did so and took them nashim, year, when she went up to the |17| Then Eli answered and
according to their number, of Bais Hashem, so she provoked said, Go in shalom; and
them that danced, whom they her; therefore she wept, and Elohei Yisroel grant thee thy
caught; and they went and did not eat. petition that thou hast asked
returned unto their nachalah, |8| Then said Elkanah her of Him.
and repaired the towns, and husband to her, Channah, |18| And she said, Let thine
dwelt in them. why weepest thou? And why handmaid find chen (grace,
|24| And the Bnei Yisroel eatest thou not? And why is favor) in thy sight. So the isha
departed from there at that thy lev bitter? Am not I better went her way, and did eat, and
time, every ish to his shevet to thee than asarah banim? her countenance was no more
and to his mishpakhah, and |9| So Channah rose up after sad.
they went out from thence they had eaten in Shiloh, and |19| And they rose up in the
every ish to his nachalah. after they had drunk. Now Eli boker early, and worshiped
|25| In those days there was HaKohen sat upon a chair by before Hashem and returned,
no melech in Yisroel; every mezuzat Heikhal Hashem. and came to their bais in
man did that which was |10| And she was in Ramah; and Elkanah knew
yashar (right) in his own eyes. bitterness of nefesh, and Channah his wife; and
davened unto Hashem, Hashem remembered her.
SHMUEL ALEF and wept greatly. |20| And it came to pass in
|11| And she vowed a neder due time, after Channah had
1 Now there was a certain

man of Ramatayim
Tzophim, of the hill
country of Ephrayim, and his
(vow), and said, O Hashem
Tzva'os, if thou wilt indeed
look on the misery of thine
conceived, that she bore a ben,
and called his name Shmuel
(Heard of G-d) saying, Because
handmaid, and remember from Hashem I have asked for
name was Elkanah ben me, and not forget thine him.
Yerocham ben Elihu ben handmaid, but wilt give unto |21| And the man Elkanah,
Tochu ben Tzuph, from thine handmaid zera and all his bais, went up to
Ephrat; anashim, then I will give him offer unto Hashem the zevach
[2] And he had two wives; the unto Hashem kol yamei of his hayamim (sacrifice of the
name of the one was chayyah, and there shall no days), and his neder (vow).
Channah, and the razor come upon his head.
256
Nevi’im 257 Shmuel Alef 1, 2
|22| But Channah went not (a G-d who intensively knows),

-
when any ish offered zevach,
up; for she said unto her and by Him alilot (actions) are the na'ar hakohen came, while
husband, I will not go up until weighed. the basar was cooking, with a
the child be weaned, and then |4| Keshet gibborim are mazleg (fork) of shlosh
I will bring him, that he may broken, and they that hashineayim (three prongs, lit.
appear before Hashem, and stumbled are girded with teeth) in his yad;
there abide forever. chayil (strength). |14| And he would plunge it
|23| And Elkanah her |5| They that were full have into the kiyyor (basin) or dud
husband said unto her, Do hired out themselves for (kettle) or kalakhat (caldron)
what seemeth thee good; tarry lechem; and they that were or parur (pot); all that the
until thou have weaned him; hungry are such no more; so mazleg brought up the kohen
only Hashem make good that the barren hath born took for himself. So they did
(establish) His devar. So the shivah; and she that hath in Shiloh unto kol Yisroel that
isha stayed, and nursed her rabbat banim withers in grief. came there.
ben until she weaned him. |6| Hashem bringeth mot, |15| Also before they burned
|24| And when she had and maketh chayyim; He the chelev, the na'ar hakohen
weaned him, she took him up bringeth down to Sheol, and came, and said to the ish
with her, with three bulls, and raiseth up. hazove'ach (man making the
one ephah of flour, and a skin |7| Hashem maketh poor, sacrifice), Give basar to roast
of yayin, and brought him and bringeth oisher; He for the kohen; for he will not
unto the Bais Hashem in bringeth low, and lifteth up. accept cooked basar of thee,
Shiloh; and the child was |8| He raiseth up the dal only raw.
young. (poor) out of the aphar (dust), |16| And if any ish said unto
|25| And they slaughtered a and lifteth up the evyon him, Let them first not fail
bull, and brought the child to (needy) from the dunghill, to to burn the chelev, and then
Eli. seat them among nedivim take as much as thy nefesh
|26| And she said, Oh adoni, (nobles), and to make them desireth; then he would
as thy nefesh liveth, adoni, I inherit the kisse kavod; for the answer him, Nay; but thou
am the isha that stood by thee pillars of the earth belong to shalt hand it over to me now;
here, davening unto Hashem. Hashem, and He hath set the and if not, I will take it by
|27| For this child I davened; tevel (world) upon them. chazakah (force).
and Hashem hath given me |9| He is shomer over the feet |17| Wherefore the chattat
my petition which I asked of of His chasidim, and the hane'arim was gedolah me'od
Him; resha'im shall be silenced in before Hashem; for the
|28| Therefore also I make choshech; for by ko'ach shall anashim treated with
him one lent to Hashem; as no ish prevail. contempt the minchat
long as he liveth he shall be |10| Those striving against Hashem.
lent to Hashem. And he Hashem shall be shattered; |18| But Shmuel was
worshiped Hashem there. out of Shomayim shall He mesharet (minister) before
And Channah davened, thunder upon him [the Hashem, being a na'ar, girded
2 and said, My lev

rejoiceth in Hashem,
mine keren is exalted in
contentious]; Hashem shall
judge the afsei eretz (ends of
the earth); and He shall give
with an ephod bad (linen
robe).
|19| Moreover immo made
Hashem; my mouth is opened oz (strength) unto His Melech, him a me'il katon (a little
wide over mine oyevim; and exalt the keren (horn, robe), and brought it to him
because I rejoice with power) of His Moshiach. from year to year, when she
simchah in Thy Yeshuah |11| And Elkanah went to came up with her ish to offer
(Salvation). Ramah to his bais. And the the zevach hayamim (yearly or
|2| There is none kadosh like na'ar was mesharet (minister) annual sacrifice, Ex. 28:31f).
Hashem; for there is none unto Hashem under Eli |20| And Eli put on Elkanah
besides Thee; neither is there HaKohen. and his isha a berakhah, and
any Tzur like Eloheinu. |12| Now the Bnei Eli were said, Hashem give thee zera of
|3| Talk no more so exceeding Bnei Beliyaal; they knew not this isha in place of the
proudly; let not atak (inso- Hashem. she'elah (asked for [one] of)
lence) come out of your |13| And the mishpat Hashem that was lent. And
mouth; for Hashem is El De'ot hakohanim (kohen's custom) they went unto his makom
with the people was, that, (place, home).
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|21| And Hashem visited fat with the chiefest of kol the Kehunah), that I may get a
Channah, so that she minchat Yisroel, before Ami piece of lechem to eat.
conceived, and bore (My People). And the na'ar Shmuel
three banim and two banot.
And the na'ar Shmuel grew
before Hashem.
|30| Therefore Hashem
Elohei Yisroel saith, I said
indeed that thy Bais, and the
3 ministered unto Hashem
before Eli. And the
Devar Hashem was yakar
|22| Now Eli was zaken Bais Avicha, should walk (precious, dear, rare) in those
me'od, and heard all that his before Me ad olam (forever); days; there was no chazon
banim did unto kol Yisroel; but now Hashem saith, Be it nifratz ([prophetic] vision
and how they lay with the far from Me; for them that open, spread out, common,
nashim hatzove'ot (women in honor Me I will honor, and i.e., prophetic vision was
ministry service) at the petach they that despise Me shall be uncommon).
Ohel Mo'ed. lightly esteemed. |2| And it came to pass at
|23| And he said unto them, |31| Hinei, the yamim are that time, when Eli was lying
Why do ye such things? For I coming, that I will cut off down in his makom (his eyes
hear of your evil deeds from thine zero'a, and the zero'a of had began to grow dim, that
kol HaAm (all the People). the Bais Avicha, that there he could not see);
|24| Nay, my banim; for it is shall not be a zaken in thine |3| And the Ner Elohim had
no good report that I hear; ye Bais. not yet gone out in the
make Am Hashem to |32| And thou shalt see Tzar Heikhal Hashem, where the
transgress. Ma'on [See 1Sm 4:11 and Jer Aron Elohim was, and Shmuel
|25| If one ish sin against 7:12-14] in spite of all that He was lying down;
another ish, Elohim shall will do of tov to Yisroel; and |4| That Hashem called
intervene as arbiter for him; there shall not be a zaken in Shmuel; and he answered,
but if an ish sin against thine Bais kol hayamim. Hineni.
Hashem, who shall entreat for |33| And the ish of thine, |5| And he ran unto Eli, and
him? Notwithstanding they whom I shall not cut off from said, Hineni; for thou calledst
paid heed not unto the kol Mine Mizbe'ach, shall be to me. And he said, I called not;
avihem (voice of their father), consume thine eyes, and to lie down again. And he went
because Hashem willed to grieve thine nefesh; and all the and lay down.
execute them. increase of thine Bais shall die |6| And Hashem called yet
|26| And the na'ar Shmuel anashim [i.e., not zekenim]. again, Shmuel. And Shmuel
was growing, and was in favor |34| And this shall be HaOt got up and went to Eli, and
both with Hashem and also unto thee, that shall come said, Hineni; for thou didst
with anashim. upon thy two banim, on call me. And he answered, I
|27| And there came an Ish Chophni and on Pinchas: in called not, beni; lie down
Elohim unto Eli, and said one day they shall die both of again.
unto him, Thus saith Hashem, them. |7| Now Shmuel did not yet
Did I not plainly reveal Myself |35| And I will raise up for know Hashem; the Devar
unto the Bais Avicha, when Me a Kohen Ne'eman, that Hashem was not yet revealed
they were in Mitzrayim under shall do according to that unto him [See Yn 1:1,14).
Bais Pharaoh? which is in Mine lev and in My |8| And Hashem called
|28| And did I not choose him nefesh; and I will build for Shmuel again the third time.
out of kol Shivtei Yisroel to be him a Bais Ne'eman; and he And he got up and went to Eli,
Kohen to Me, to ascend Mine shall walk before Mine and said, Hineni; for thou
Mizbe'ach, to burn ketoret, to Moshiach kol hayamim. didst call me. And Eli
wear an Ephod in My |36| And it shall come to perceived that Hashem was
presence? And did I give unto pass, that every one that is left calling the na'ar.
the Bais Avicha all the fire in thine Bais shall come and |9| Therefore Eli said unto
offerings of the Bnei Yisroel? bow before him [i.e., the Shmuel, Go, lie down; and it
|29| Why kick scornfully at Kohen Ne'eman] to get an shall be, if He call thee, that
My zevach and My minchah, agorat kesef (a silver coin) and thou shalt say, Speak,
which I have commanded in a kikar lechem (loaf of bread), Hashem; for Thy eved
My ma'on (habitation, and shall say, Put me please (servant) shomei'a (is
dwelling [See Yn 14:2 OJBC]); into one of the Kehunnot listening). So Shmuel went
and honorest thy banim above (Divisions of and lay down in his makom.
Me, to make yourselves
|10| And Hashem came, and revealed Himself to Shmuel in |7| And the Pelishtim
stood, and called as at other Shiloh by the Devar Hashem. (Philistines) were afraid, for
times, Shmuel, Shmuel. Then they said, elohim is come into
Shmuel answered, Speak; for the machaneh. And they said,
Thy eved shomei'a. And the davar Shmuel Oy lanu! For there hath not
|11| And Hashem said to
Shmuel, Hinei, I am doing a
thing in Yisroel, at which both
4 came to kol Yisroel. Now
Yisroel went out to meet
in milchamah the Pelishtim
been such a thing as this
heretofore.
|8| Oy lanu! Who shall save
the oznayim of every one that (Philistines), and encamped at us out of the yad of these
heareth it shall tingle. Even-Ezer; and the Pelishtim elohim ha'adirim (mighty
|12| In that day I will (Philistines) encamped at g-ds)? These are the g-ds that
perform against Eli all things Aphek. struck the Mitzrayim with kol
which I have spoken |2| And the Pelishtim makkah (all the plagues) in
concerning his Bais; from (Philistines) put themselves in the midbar.
beginning even to the end. array to meet Yisroel [in |9| Be strong and conduct
|13| For I have told him that battle]; and when the yourselves like anashim, O ye
I will judge his Bais ad olam milchamah spread, Yisroel Pelishtim (Philistines), that ye
for the avon (iniquity) which was defeated before the be not avadim unto the Ivrim
he knoweth; because his Pelishtim; and they (Hebrews), as they have been
banim brought klalot (curses) slaughtered on the subject to you; conduct
upon themselves, and he ma'arakhah (battleground) in yourselves like anashim, and
restrained them not. the sadeh about arba'at alafim fight.
|14| And therefore I have ish (four thousand men). |10| And the Pelishtim
sworn unto the Bais Eli, that |3| And when HaAm were fought, and Yisroel was
there shall be no kapporah for come into the machaneh, the defeated, and they fled every
the avon Bais Eli by zevach Ziknei Yisroel said, Why hath ish into his ohel; and there
nor minchah ad olam. Hashem defeated us today was makkah gedolah me'od (a
|15| And Shmuel lay until before the Pelishtim very great slaughter); for there
boker, and opened the dlatot (Philistines)? Let us bring the fell of Yisroel shloshim elef
Beis Hashem. And Shmuel Aron Brit Hashem out of foot soldiers.
feared to show Eli the mareh Shiloh unto us, that, when it |11| And the Aron Elohim
(vision). cometh among us, it may save was captured; and the two
|16| Then Eli called Shmuel, us out of the palm of oyeveinu Bnei Eli, Chophni and
and said, Shmuel, beni. And (our enemies). Pinchas, died.
he answered, Hineni. |4| So HaAm sent to Shiloh, |12| And there ran an ish of
|17| And he said, What is the that they might bring from Binyamin out of the
davar that Hashem hath said there the Aron Brit Hashem ma'arakhah (battleground),
unto thee? Now hide it not Tzva'os, Who dwelleth between and came to Shiloh the same
from me; Elohim do so to thee, the keruvim; and the two Bnei day with his clothes torn, and
and more also, if thou hide Eli, Chophni and Pinchas, with adamah upon his rosh.
anything from me of all the were there with the Aron Brit |13| And when he arrived,
things that He said unto thee. HaElohim. hinei, Eli sat upon a kisse by
|18| And Shmuel told him |5| And when the Aron Brit the side of the derech,
everything, and hid nothing Hashem came into the watching; for his lev anxiously
from him. And he said, It is machaneh, kol Yisroel shouted trembled for the Aron
Hashem; let Him do what with a teru'ah gedolah, so that HaElohim. And when the ish
seemeth Him tov. ha'aretz shook. came into the Ir [of Shiloh],
|19| And Shmuel grew, and |6| And when the Pelishtim and told it, kol HaIr cried out.
Hashem was with him, and (Philistines) heard the kol |14| And when Eli heard the
did let none of his [Shmuel's] hateruah, they said, What sound of the outcry, he said,
words fall to the ground. meaneth kol hateruah What meaneth the noise of
|20| And kol Yisroel from hagedolah hazot in the this tumult? And the ish came
Dan even to Beer Sheva knew machaneh HaIvrit? And they in hastily, and told Eli.
that Shmuel was established understood that the Aron |15| Now Eli was ninety and
to be a navi of Hashem. Hashem was come into the eight years old; and his eyes
|21| And Hashem appeared machaneh. were kamah (set, stiff, fixed
again in Shiloh; for Hashem
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motionless), that he could not the Aron HaElohim is they brought the Aron Elohei
see. captured. Yisroel about to there.
|16| And the ish said unto |9| And it was so, that, after
Eli, I am he that came out of And the Pelishtim they had brought it about, the
the ma'arakhah (battle-
ground), and I fled today from
the ma'arakhah. And he said,
5 (Philistines) captured the
Aron HaElohim, and
brought it from Even HaEzer
Yad Hashem was against the
Ir with a mehumah gedolah
me'od (a very great tumult,
What happened there, beni? unto Ashdod. commotion); and He struck
|17| And the mevaser (herald, |2| When the Pelishtim the anshei HaIr, both katon
bringer of news, bearer of (Philistines) took the Aron and gadol, so that techorim
tidings, evangelist) answered HaElohim, they brought it (tumors) broke out on them.
and said, Yisroel is fled into the Bais Dagon, and set it |10| Therefore they sent the
before the Pelishtim, and beside Dagon. Aron HaElohim to Ekron. And
there hath been also a |3| And when they of Ashdod it came to pass, as the Aron
magefah gedolah among arose early the next day, hinei, HaElohim came to Ekron,
HaAm, and thy two banim Dagon was fallen upon his that the Ekronim cried out,
also, Chophni and Pinchas, face on the ground before saying, They have brought
are dead, and the Aron the Aron Hashem. And they about the Aron Elohei Yisroel
HaElohim is captured. took Dagon, and returned him to us, to slay us and our
|18| And it came to pass, to his makom. people.
when he made mention of the |4| And when they arose |11| So they sent and
Aron HaElohim, that he fell baboker on the next day, gathered together all the
from off the kisse backward by hinei, Dagon was fallen upon rulers of the Pelishtim
the side of the sha'ar, and his his face on the ground before (Philistines), and said, Send
neck was broken, and he the Aron Hashem; and the away the Aron Elohei Yisroel,
died; for the ish was zaken rosh Dagon and both the and let it return to its own
(old) and kaved (heavy). And kapot (palms) of his hands makom, [see 2Chr 6:41], that it
he had judged Yisroel arba'im were cut off upon the miftan slay us not, and our people;
shanah. (threshold); only the trunk of for there was a mehumah
|19| And his kallah Dagon was left to him. (tumult, public panic) of
(daughter-in-law), eshet |5| Therefore neither the mavet (death) throughout kol
Pinchas, was with child, near kohanim of Dagon, nor any HaIr; the Yad HaElohim was
to be delivered; and when she that enter Bais Dagon, tread very heavy there.
heard the tidings that the on the miftan (threshold) of |12| And the anashim that
Aron HaElohim was captured, Dagon in Ashdod to this day. died not were struck with the
and that her kham (woman's |6| But the Yad Hashem was techorim (tumors); and the
father-in-law) and her ish were heavy upon the Ashdodim, outcry of the Ir went up to
dead, she fell upon her knees and He brought desolation, Shomayim.
in labor and gave birth; for and struck them with
her labor pains came upon techorim (tumors), even
her. Ashdod and the vicinity And the Aron Hashem
|20| And about the time of
her mot (death) the attending
women said unto her, Fear
thereof.
|7| And when the anshei
Ashdod saw that it was so,
6 was in the teritory of
the Pelishtim
(Philistines) shivah
not; for thou hast born ben. they said, The Aron Elohei chodashim.
But she answered not, neither Yisroel shall not abide with us; |2| And the Pelishtim
did her lev pay attention. for His Yad is hard upon us, (Philistines) called for the
|21| And she named the na'ar and upon Dagon eloheinu. [Dagon] kohanim and the
Ichavod [Inglorious], saying, |8| They sent therefore and kosemim (sorcerers),
The kavod is departed from gathered all rulers of the saying, What shall we do with
Yisroel; because the Aron Pelishtim (Philistines) unto the Aron Hashem? Tell us
HaElohim is captured, and them, and said, What shall we wherewith we shall send it to
because of her kham (woman's do with the Aron Elohei its makom (place).
father-in-law) and her ish. Yisroel? And they answered, |3| And they said, If ye send
|22| And she said, The kavod Let the Aron Elohei Yisroel be away the Aron Elohei Yisroel,
is departed from Yisroel; for brought about unto Gat. And send it not away empty; but ye
shall surely return to Him an disaster); but if not, then we |17| And these are the
asham (trespass offering); then shall know that it is not His techorim (tumors) of zahav
ye shall be healed, and it shall Yad that struck us; the evil which the Pelishtim
be known to you why His Yad came upon us mikreh (by (Philistines) returned for an
is not removed from you. chance, by accident). asham (trespass offering) unto
|4| Then they said, What |10| And the anashim did so; Hashem; for Ashdod one, for
shall be the asham (trespass and took two milch cows, and Azah (Gaza) one, for Askelon
offering) which we shall return hitched them to the agalah, one, for Gat one, for Ekron
to Him? They answered, Five and penned up their calves one;
techorim of zahav, and five babayit; |18| And the akhbarim of
akhbarim (rats) of zahav, |11| And they laid the Aron zahav, according to the mispar
according to the number of Hashem upon the agalah, and of all the towns of the
rulers of the Pelishtim: the box with the akhbarim of Pelishtim (Philistines)
for one magefah (plague) was zahav and the tzalmei belonging to the five rulers,
on you all, and on your rulers. techorim (likenesses of both of fortified cities and of
|5| So ye shall make tzalmei tumors) of theirs. country villages, even unto
techorim (likenesses of |12| And the cows took the Avel HaGedolah, whereon
tumors) of yours, and tzalmei straight derech to the derech they set down the Aron
akhabarim (likenesses of rats) Beit Shemesh, and went along Hashem; it (the even
of yours, of that which mar the the path, lowing as they went, hagedolah [See verse 15])
land; and ye shall give kavod and turned not aside to the remaineth unto this day in the
unto Elohei Yisroel; perhaps yamin or to the semol; and the sadeh of Yehoshua, the man of
He will lighten His Yad rulers of the Pelishtim went Beit Shemesh.
from off you, and from off after them as far as the border |19| And He struck down the
eloheichem (your g-ds), and of Beit Shemesh. anashim of Beit Shemesh,
from off your land. |13| And they of Beit because they had looked into
|6| Now then why do ye Shemesh were kotzerim the Aron Hashem [Num 4:20],
harden levavchem, as the (harvesting) their ketzir even He struck down of HaAm
Mitzrayim and Pharaoh chittim (wheat harvest) in the shivim ish [and chamishim
hardened their hearts? When valley; and they lifted up their elef ish]; and HaAm mourned,
He had wrought wonderfully eyes, and saw the Aron, because Hashem had struck
among them, did they not and they rejoiced to see it. down many of HaAm with a
send them away, so that they |14| And the agalah came makkah gedolah (a great
departed? into the sadeh of Yehoshua, a stroke, blow).
|7| Now therefore make an man of Beit Shemesh, and |20| And the anashim of Beit
agalah chadashah (new cart, stopped there, where there was Shemesh said, Who is able to
wagon), and take two milch an even gedolah (a large rock); stand before Hashem
[milk-yielding] cows, [i.e., and they chopped up the wood HaElohim HaKadosh Hazeh
nursing cows] on which there of the agalah, and offered the (Hashem this holy G-d)? And
hath come no ol (yoke), and cows as an olah (burnt to whom shall He [Hashem
hitch the cows to the agalah, offering) unto Hashem. dwelling with the Aron
and take their calves home, |15| And the Levi'im took Hashem] go up from us?
away from them; down the Aron Hashem, and |21| And they sent malachim
|8| And take the Aron the box that was with it, to the inhabitants of
Hashem, and lay it upon the wherein were the kelei zahav, Kiryat Ye'arim saying, The
agalah; and put the kelei and put them on the even Pelishtim (Philistines) have
hazahav, which ye send back hagedolah (large rock); and returned the Aron Hashem;
to Him for an asham (trespass the anashim of Beit Shemesh come ye down, and take it up
offering), in a box by the side offered olot (burnt offerings) to you.
thereof; and send it away, that and sacrificed zevakhim
it may go. (sacrifices) on that day unto And the anshei Kiryat-
|9| And see: if it [the Aron
Hashem] goeth up by the
derech of its own territory [i.e.,
Hashem.
|16| And when the five rulers
of the Pelishtim saw it, they
7 Yearim came, and took
up the Aron Hashem,
and brought it into the bais
Eretz Yisroel] toward Beit returned to Ekron on that Avinadav on the givah (hill),
Shemesh, then He hath done same day. and set apart as kodesh
us this ra'ah hagedolah (great El'azar bno to
be shomer over the Aron that day upon the Pelishtim, (bribe[s]), and perverted
Hashem. and threw them into confu- mishpat (justice).
|2| And it came to pass, while sion and panic; and they were |4| Then kol Ziknei Yisroel
the Aron abode in Kiryat- struck down before Yisroel. gathered themselves together,
Yearim, that the time was |11| And the Anshei Yisroel and came to Shmuel unto
long; for it was esrim shanah; went from Mitzpah, and Ramah,
and kol Bais Yisroel mourned pursued the Pelishtim, and |5| And said unto him, Hinei,
after Hashem. struck them down, until they thou art old, and thy banim
|3| And Shmuel spoke unto came to below Beit-Kar. walk not in thy drakhim; now
kol Bais Yisroel, saying, If ye |12| Then Shmuel took one appoint for us a Melech to
do return unto Hashem with even (stone), and set it up judge us like kol HaGoyim.
all your hearts, put away the between Mitzpah and Shen, |6| But the thing was
elohei hanekhar and Ashtarot and called the shem of it displeasing in the eyes of
from among you, commit your Even-Ezer, saying, Hitherto Shmuel, when they said, Give
hearts unto Hashem, serve hath Hashem helped us. us a Melech to judge us. And
Him only; and He will deliver |13| So the Pelishtim were Shmuel davened unto
you out of the yad Pelishtim. subdued, and they came no Hashem.
|4| Then the Bnei Yisroel did more into the territory of |7| And Hashem said unto
put away Baalim and Ashtar- Yisroel; and the yad Hashem Shmuel, Shema unto the voice
ot, and served Hashem only. was against the Pelishtim all of HaAm in all that they say
|5| And Shmuel said, Gather the days of Shmuel. unto thee; for they have not
kol Yisroel to Mitzpah, and I |14| And the towns which the rejected thee, but they have
will make intercessory prayer Pelishtim had captured from rejected Me, that I should not
and daven for you unto Yisroel were restored to reign as Melech over them.
Hashem. Yisroel, from Ekron even unto |8| According to all the
|6| And they gathered Gat; and the territory thereof ma'asim which they have done
together at Mitzpah, and drew did Yisroel deliver out of since the day that I brought
mayim, and poured it out the yad Pelishtim. And there them up out of Mitzrayim
before Hashem, and did a was shalom between Yisroel even unto this day, wherewith
tzom on that day, and said and HaEmori (the Amorites). they have forsaken Me, and
there, We have sinned against |15| And Shmuel judged served elohim acherim, so do
Hashem. And Shmuel judged Yisroel all the days of his life. they also unto thee.
the Bnei Yisroel at Mitzpah. |16| And he went from |9| Now therefore pay heed
|7| And when the Pelishtim shanah b'shanah in circuit to unto their voice; howbeit yet
heard that the Bnei Yisroel Beit-El, and Gilgal, and protest solemnly unto them,
were gathered together at Mitzpah, and judged Yisroel and show them the mishpat
Mitzpah, the rulers of the in all those places. hamelech (customary ways of
Pelishtim went up against |17| And his teshuvah the king, kingly perogative)
Yisroel. And when the Bnei (return) was to Ramah; for that shall reign over them.
Yisroel heard it, they were there was his bais; and there |10| And Shmuel told all the
afraid of the Pelishtim. he judged Yisroel; and there Divrei Hashem unto the
|8| And the Bnei Yisroel said he built a Mizbe'ach unto people that asked of him a
to Shmuel, Cease not to cry Hashem. Melech.
8
out unto Hashem Eloheinu And it came to pass, |11| And he said, This will be
for us, that He will save us out when Shmuel was old, the mishpat hamelech that
of the yad Pelishtim. that he made his banim shall reign over you: he will
|9| And Shmuel took a shofetim over Yisroel. take your banim, and appoint
suckling lamb, and offered |2| Now the shem of his ben them for himself for his
him for an olah unto Hashem; habechor was Yoel; and the merkavah and his parashim;
and Shmuel cried out unto shem of his mishneh (second), and some shall run before his
Hashem on behalf of Yisroel; Aviyah; they were shofetim at merkavah.
and Hashem answered him. Be'er Sheva. |12| And he will appoint for
|10| And as Shmuel was |3| And his banim walked not him sarei elafim, and sarei
offering up the olah, the in his drakhim, but turned chamishim and will set them
Pelishtim drew near to battle aside after betza (dishonest to plow his ground, and to
against Yisroel; but Hashem gain), and took shochad reap his katzir (harvest),
thundered with a kol gadol on and to make his
instruments of war, and his |2| And he had a ben, shmo was beforetime called a ro'eh
chariot equipment. Sha'ul, a handsome bochur; (seer).
|13| And he will take your and there was not among the |10| Then said Sha'ul to his
banot to be perfumers, and to Bnei Yisroel one more na'ar, Well said; come, let us
be tabakhot (cooks) and ofe'ot handsome than he; he was go. So they went unto the town
(bakers). head and shoulders taller where the Ish HaElohim was.
|14| And he will take your than kol HaAm. |11| And as they went up the
fields, and your kramim |3| And the donkeys of Kish hill to the town, they found
(vineyards), and your olive Avi Sha'ul were lost. And Kish ne'arot (girls) going out to
groves, even the best of them, said to Sha'ul bno, Take now draw mayim, and said unto
and give them to his avadim. one of the ne'arim with thee, them, Is the ro'eh here?
|15| And he will take the and arise, go look for the |12| And they answered them,
tenth of your zera, and of your donkeys. and said, He is; hinei, he is
kramim (vines), and give to |4| And he passed through ahead of you; make haste now,
his officers, and to his avadim. har Ephrayim, and passed for he came today to the town;
|16| And he will take your through Eretz Shalisha, but for there is a zevach (sacrifice)
avadim, and your shifchot, they found them not; then for HaAm today in the bamah
and your finest bochurim, and they passed through Eretz (high place);
your donkeys, and put them to Sha’alim, and they were not |13| As soon as ye be come
his work. there; and he passed through into the town, ye shall
|17| He will take the tenth of the territory of Binyamin, but straightway find him, before
your tzon; and ye shall be his they found them not. he go up to the high place to
avadim. |5| And when they were come eat; for HaAm will not eat
|18| And ye shall cry out in to Eretz Tzuph, Sha'ul said to until he come, because hu
that day because of your his na'ar that was with him, yevarech hazevach (he doth
melech which ye shall have Come, and let us return; lest bless the sacrifice); and
chosen for you; and Hashem Avi stop caring for the afterwards hakeru'im (the ones
will not hear you in that day. donkeys, and become being invited) eat. Now
|19| Nevertheless the people concerned for us. therefore get you up; for about
refused to obey the voice of |6| And he said unto him, this time ye shall find him.
Shmuel; and they said, No; Hinei now, there is in this |14| And they went up into
but we will have a Melech over town an Ish Elohim, an ish the town; and when they were
us; nikhbad (an honorable man); come into the town, hinei,
|20| That we also may be like all that he saith cometh surely Shmuel came out toward them
kol HaGoyim; and that our to pass; now let us go there; as he was going up to the
Melech may judge us, and go perhaps he can show us bamah (high place).
out before us, and fight darkeinu (our way) that we |15| Now Hashem galah (had
milchamoteinu (our battles). should go. revealed, unveiled) in the ozen
|21| And Shmuel heard all |7| Then said Sha'ul to his (ear) of Shmuel yom echad
the words of the people, and na'ar, But, hinei, if we go, what before Sha'ul came, saying,
he rehearsed them in the ears shall we bring the Ish? For the |16| Makhar (tomorrow)
of Hashem. lechem is all gone in our about this time I will send
|22| And Hashem said to vessels, and there is not a thee an ish out of Eretz
Shmuel, Pay heed unto their teshurah (gift) for the Ish Binyamin, and umeshachto
voice, and crown them a HaElohim: what have we? (thou shalt anoint him) to be
Melech. And Shmuel said |8| And the na'ar answered Nagid over My people Yisroel,
unto the Anshei Yisroel, Go ye Sha'ul again, and said, Hinei, that he may save My people
back every ish unto his ir I have here at hand the fourth out of the yad Pelishtim; for I
(town). part of a shekel of kesef; that have looked upon My people,
will I give to the Ish because their cry has come
HaElohim, to tell us darkeinu unto Me.
Now there was an ish of (our way). |17| And when Shmuel saw
9 Binyamin, shmo Kish

Ben Aviel Ben Tzeror
Ben Bechorat Ben Aphiach,
|9| Beforetime in Yisroel,
when an ish went to inquire of
Elohim, thus he spoke, Come,
Sha'ul, Hashem said unto
him, Hinei haIsh [Zech 6:12]
whom I spoke to thee of!
an ish of Binyamin, a gibbor and let us go to the ro'eh (seer):
chayil (man of valor). for he that is now called a navi
This same shall rule over My Shmuel communed with |5| After that thou shalt come
people. Sha'ul upon the gag (rooftop). to the Giveat HaElohim,
|18| Then Sha'ul drew near to |26| And they arose early; where is the outpost of the
Shmuel in the sha'ar, and and it came to pass about Pelishtim (Philistines); and it
said, Tell me, now, where is shachar, that Shmuel called shall come to pass, when thou
the Bais HaRo'eh. Sha'ul to the gag (rooftop), art come there to the Ir, that
|19| And Shmuel answered saying, Up, that I may send thou shalt meet a chevel
Sha'ul, and said, I am the thee away. And Sha'ul arose, (company, band) of nevi'im
Ro'eh (seer): go up before me and they went out both of coming down from the high
unto the bamah (high place); them, he and Shmuel, outside. place with a nevel (lyre), tof
for ye shall eat with me |27| And as they were going (tambourine), khalil (flute),
hayom, and baboker I will let down to the outskirts of the and kinnor (harp) before
thee go, and will tell thee all town, Shmuel said to Sha'ul, them; and they shall prophesy;
that is in thine levav. Bid the na'ar pass on before us |6| And the Ruach
|20| And as for thine donkeys (and he passed on), but stand [Hakodesh] of Hashem will
that were lost hayom sheloshet thou still a while, that come upon thee, and thou
hayamim (now three days), set I may show thee the Devar shalt prophesy with them, and
not thy mind on them; Elohim. shalt be changed into an ish
for they are found. And on acher (another man, a
whom is kol chemdat Yisroel different man).
(all the Desire of Yisroel [See Then Shmuel took |7| And let it be, when these
Hag 2:7])? Is it not on thee,
and on Kol Bais Avicha?
|21| And Sha'ul answered
10 a flask of shemen,
and poured it
upon his rosh, and kissed him
otot (signs) are come unto
thee, that thou do what
yadecha (thy hand) finds [i.e.,
and said, Am not I of [Ps 2:12], and said, Hath not what thou seest fit to do]; for
Binyamin, of the smallest of Hashem meshachacha HaElohim is with thee.
the Shivtei Yisroel? And my (anointed thee) to be Nagid |8| And thou shalt go down
mishpakhat the least of all the over His nachalah? before me to Gilgal; and,
mishpekhot of the Shivtei |2| When thou art departed hinei, I will come down unto
Binyamin? Wherefore then from me today, then thou thee, to offer olot (burnt
speakest thou so to me? shalt find two anashim near offerings), and to sacrifice
|22| And Shmuel took Sha'ul Kevurat Rachel on the border zivkhei shelamim (sacrifices of
and his na'ar, and brought of Binyamin at Tzeltzach; and peace offerings); shivat yamim
them into the room, and made they will say unto thee, The shalt thou tarry, till I come to
them sit at the makom berosh donkeys which thou wentest to thee, and show thee what thou
(chief place) among hakeru'im seek are found; and, hinei, shalt do.
(the ones being invited), which Avicha hath taken leave of |9| And it was so, that when
were about shloshim ish. caring about the donkeys, and he had turned his back to go
|23| And Shmuel said unto careth for you, saying, What from Shmuel, Elohim changed
the tabakh (cook), Bring the shall I do for beni (my son)? for him a lev acher (another
portion which I gave thee, of |3| Then shalt thou go on heart, a different heart); and
which I said unto thee, Set it forward from there, and thou all those otot (signs) came to
aside for thee. shalt come to the plain of pass that day.
|24| And the tabakh took up Tavor, and there shall meet |10| And when they came
the shok (thigh piece), and thee shloshah anashim going there to the Giveah (Hill),
that which was upon it, and up to HaElohim to Beit-El, hinei, a chevel (company,
set it before Sha'ul. And one carrying shloshet gedayim band) of nevi'im met him; and
Shmuel said, Hinei that which (three young goats), and the Ruach [Hakodesh] of
is set aside! Set it before thee, another carrying shloshet Elohim came upon him, and
and eat; for unto this mo'ed kikrot (three loaves) lechem, he prophesied among them.
hath it been set aside for thee and another carrying a skin of |11| And it came to pass,
since I said, I have invited yayin; when all that knew him
HaAm. So Sha'ul did eat with |4| And they will give thee a beforetime saw that, hinei, he
Shmuel that day. Shalom greeting, and give thee prophesied with the nevi'im,
|25| And when they were two of the lechem; which thou then HaAm said one to
come down from the bamah shalt receive of their yad. another, What is this that
(high place) into the town, hath happened unto
the Ben Kish? Is Sha'ul also |21| When he had caused the you, that I may gouge out all
among the nevi'im? Shevet (Tribe) of Binyamin to your ayin yamin (right eyes),
|12| And an ish from that come near by their and so bring cherpah upon
place answered and said, And mishpekhot, the mishpakhat kol Yisroel.
who is avihem (their father, cf Matri was lakhad (singled out |3| And the Zekenim of
Amos 7:14)? Therefore it [by lot]), and Sha'ul Ben Kish Yavesh said unto him, Give us
became a mashal (proverb), Is was lakhad; and when they shivat yamim that we may
Sha'ul also among the nevi'im? searched for him, he could not send malachim unto all the
|13| And when he had made be found. territory of Yisroel; and then,
an end of prophesying, he |22| Therefore they inquired if there be no moshi'a to save
came to the bamah (high of Hashem further, Has the us, we will come out and
place). ish come here yet? And surrender to thee.
|14| And the dod Sha'ul said Hashem answered, Hinei he |4| Then came the malachim
unto him and to his na'ar, hath hid himself among the to Giveat Sha'ul, and told the
Where went ye? And he said, kelim (vessels, baggage, stuff). devarim in the oznayim of
To search for the donkeys; and |23| And they ran and HaAm; and kol HaAm lifted
when we saw that they were brought him out from there; up their kol (voices), and wept.
nowhere, we came to Shmuel. and when he stood among |5| And, hinei, Sha'ul came
|15| And the dod Sha'ul said, HaAm, he was taller than any after the bakar out of the
Tell me, now, what Shmuel of HaAm from his shekhamim sadeh; and Sha'ul said, What
said unto you. (shoulders) upward. aileth HaAm that they weep?
|16| And Sha'ul said unto his |24| And Shmuel said to kol And they told him the divrei
dod, He told us plainly that HaAm, See ye him whom anshei Yavesh.
the donkeys were found. But Hashem hath chosen? That |6| And the Ruach Elohim
of the matter of the melukhah there is none like him among came upon Sha'ul when he
(kingship), whereof Shmuel kol HaAm? And kol HaAm heard those devarim, and his
spoke, he told him not. shouted, and said, May anger was kindled greatly.
|17| And Shmuel called HaMelech live! |7| And he took a tzemed
HaAm together unto Hashem |25| Then Shmuel told HaAm bakar, and cut them in pieces,
at Mitzpah; the mishpat haMelukhah and sent them throughout all
|18| And said unto the Bnei (right of the monarchy; see the territory of Yisroel by the
Yisroel, Thus saith Hashem also Dt. 17:14-20), and wrote it hands of malachim, saying,
Elohei Yisroel, I brought up in a sefer, and deposited it up Whosoever cometh not forth
Yisroel out of Mitzrayim, and before Hashem. And Shmuel after Sha'ul and after Shmuel,
delivered you out of the yad sent kol HaAm away, every ish so shall it be done unto his
Mitzrayim, and out of the yad to his bais. bakar. And the pachad
kol HaMamlachot, and of |26| And Sha'ul also went Hashem fell on HaAm, and
them that oppressed you; home to Giveah; and there they came out as ish echad.
|19| And ye have this day went with him the valiant |8| And when he mustered
rejected Eloheichem, who whose lev Elohim had them at Bezek, the Bnei
Himself was Moshi'a for you touched. Yisroel were three hundred
out of all your adversities and |27| But the Bnei Beliyaal elef, and the Ish Yehudah
your tzoroses; and ye have said, How shall this one thirty elef.
said unto Him, No, but set a yoshi'einu (save us)? And they |9| And they said unto the
Melech over us. Now therefore despised him, and brought no malachim that came, Thus
present yourselves before minchah (gift). But he held his shall ye say unto the Ish
Hashem by your Shevatim peace. Yavesh Gil'ad, Tomorrow, by
(Tribes), and by your alefim Then Nachash the the time the shemesh is hot,
(thousands, larger kinship
units).
|20| And when Shmuel had
11 Ammoni came up,
and laid siege to
Yavesh Gil'ad; and all the
teshuah will come to you. So
the malachim came and
reported it to the anshei
caused all the Shivtei Yisroel anashim of Yavesh said unto Yavesh; and they had
to come near, the Shevet Nachash, Make a brit with us, simchah.
(Tribe) of Binyamin was and we will serve thee. |10| Therefore the anshei
lakhad (taken [by lot], singled |2| And Nachash the Ammoni Yavesh said, Tomorrow we will
out [by lot]). answered them, On this come out to surrender unto
condition will I cut a brit with you, and ye shall do
with us all that seemeth tov in defrauded? Whom have I delivered you out of the yad
your eyes. oppressed? Or from whose yad oyeveichem on every side, and
|11| And it was so on the next have I accepted any kofer to ye dwelled betach (in safety).
day, that Sha'ul set HaAm into blind mine eyes therewith? |12| And when ye saw that
shloshah rashim (three And I will restitution make to Nachash Melech Bnei Ammon
companies); and they came you. came against you, ye said unto
into the midst of the |4| And they said, Thou hast me, No; but a Melech shall
machaneh in the ashmoret not defrauded us, nor reign over us: when Hashem
haboker (morning watch), and oppressed us, neither hast Eloheichem was your Melech.
slaughtered Ammon until the thou taken anything from any |13| Now therefore behold
chom (heat) of the yom; and it yad ish. the Melech whom ye have
came to pass, that they which |5| And he said unto them, chosen, and for whom ye have
survived were scattered, so Ed Hashem (Hashem is made request! And, hinei,
that no two of them were left witness) against you, and His Hashem hath set a Melech
together. Moshiach is ed (witness) this over you.
|12|HaAm said unto Shmuel, day, that ye have not found |14| If ye will fear Hashem,
Who is he that said, Shall anything in my yad. And they and serve Him, and obey His
Sha'ul reign as melech over answered, He is Ed (witness). voice, and not rebel against
us? Bring the anashim, that |6| And Shmuel said unto the commandment of
we may put them to death. HaAm, It is Hashem that Hashem, then shall both ye
|13| And Sha'ul said, There made Moshe and Aharon, and and also the Melech that
shall not an ish be put to that brought avoteichem up reigneth over you continue
death this day; for today out of Eretz Mitzrayim. following after Hashem
Hashem hath wrought |7| Now therefore stand still, Eloheichem;
Teshuah (Salvation) in Yisroel. that I may enter into shofet |15| But if ye will not obey the
|14| Then said Shmuel to judgment with you before voice of Hashem, but rebel
HaAm, Come, and let us go to Hashem of kol tzidkot (all the against the commandment of
Gilgal, and renew the righteous acts [of Hashem]), Hashem, then shall the yad
Meluchah (kingdom) there. which He made for you and Hashem be against you, as it
|15| And kol HaAm went to avoteichem. was against avoteichem.
Gilgal; and there they made |8| When Ya'akov was come |16| Now therefore stand and
Sha'ul Melech before Hashem into Mitzrayim, and see this davar hagadol (great
in Gilgal; and there they avoteichem cried unto thing), which Hashem will
sacrificed zevakhim of Hashem, then Hashem sent make before your eyes.
shelamim before Hashem; Moshe and Aharon, which |17| Is it not ketzir chittim
and there Sha'ul and kol brought forth avoteichem out (wheat harvest) today? I will
Anshei Yisroel rejoiced with of Mitzrayim, and made them call unto Hashem, and He
simchah me'od. dwell in this makom (place). shall send kolot (thunder) and
And Shmuel said |9| And when they forgot matar (rain); that ye may
12 unto kol Yisroel,

Hinei, I have paid
heed unto your voice in all
Hashem Eloheihem, He sold
them into the yad Sisra, Sar
Tzeva Chatzor, and into the
perceive and see that your
wickedness is rabbah (great),
which ye have made in the
that ye said unto me, and have yad Pelishtim, and into the eyes of Hashem, in requesting
set a Melech over you. yad Melech Moav, and they for you a Melech.
|2| And now, hinei, the fought against them. |18| So Shmuel called unto
Melech walketh before you; |10| And they cried unto Hashem; and Hashem sent
and I am old and grayheaded; Hashem, and said, Chatanu kolot and matar that day; and
and, hinei, my banim are with (we have sinned), because we kol HaAm greatly feared
you; and I have walked before have forsaken Hashem, and Hashem and Shmuel.
you from my youth unto have served Baalim and |19| And kol HaAm said unto
hayom hazeh. Ashtarot; but now deliver us Shmuel, Pray for thy avadim
|3| Hineni (here I am); testify out of the yad oyeveinu unto Hashem Eloheicha, that
against me before Hashem, (power, hand of our enemies), we die not; for we have added
and before His Moshiach. and we will serve Thee. unto kol chattoteinu (all our
Whose shor (ox) have I taken? |11| And Hashem sent sins) this ra'ah (evil), to ask for
Or whose chamor (donkey) Yerubaal [Gideon], and Bedan, us a Melech.
have I taken? Or whom have I and Yiftach, and Shmuel, and
|20| And Shmuel said unto |4| And kol Yisroel heard the camest not at the mo'ed
HaAm, Fear not; ye have done news that Sha'ul had struck hayamim, and that the
kol hara'ah hazot (all this the outpost of the Pelishtim Pelishtim were assembling
wickedness); yet turn not aside (Philistines), and that Yisroel themselves together at
from following Hashem, but also had become odious to the Michmash;
serve Hashem with kol Pelishtim. And HaAm were |12| Therefore, said I, the
levavchem; called together after Sha'ul at Pelishtim (Philistines) will
|21| And turn ye not aside; Gilgal. come down now upon me at
for then should ye go after |5| And the Pelishtim Gilgal, and I have not made
hatohu (the vain, empty thing, (Philistines) gathered supplication unto Hashem; I
idol), which cannot profit nor themselves together to fight felt compelled therefore, and
deliver; for they are tohu against Yisroel, sheloshim elef offered the olah (burnt
(vain, empty). merkavot and sheshet alafim offering).
|22| For Hashem will not parashim, and soldiers like |13| And Shmuel said to
forsake His people for the sake the chol (sand) which is on the Sha'ul, Thou hast done
of Shmo Hagedol; because it seashore in multitude; and foolishly; thou hast not been
hath pleased Hashem to make they came up, and encamped shomer over the mitzvat
you His people. at Michmash, east of Beit- Hashem Eloheicha, which He
|23| Moreover, as for me, Aven. commanded thee; for now
chalilah (far be it) from me |6| When the Ish Yisroel saw would Hashem have
that I should sin against that they were in danger (for established thy mamlachah
Hashem in ceasing to pray for the army was hard-pressed), over Yisroel ad olam.
you; but horeiti (I will teach) then the people did hide |14| But now thy mamlachah
you the derech hatovah themselves in me'arot (caves), shall not endure; Hashem
v'hayesharah (the good and and in thickets, and among hath sought for Him an ish
upright way); rocks, and in towers, and in after His own levav, and
|24| Only fear Hashem, and borot (pits). Hashem hath commanded
serve Him in emes with kol |7| And some of the Ivrim him to be Nagid over His
levavchem; for consider what (Hebrews) went over Yarden to people, because thou hast not
great things He hath done for Eretz Gad and Gilàd. As for been shomer over that which
you. Sha'ul, he was yet in Gilgal, Hashem commanded thee.
|25| But if ye shall still do and kol HaAm followed him |15| And Shmuel arose, and
wickedly, ye shall be fearfully trembling. went up from Gilgal unto
consumed, both ye and your |8| And he tarried shivat Giveat Binyamin. And Sha'ul
Melech. yamim, according to the mo'ed numbered HaAm that were
It was in the first (set time) that Shmuel had being found with him, about
13 year of Sha'ul's
reign, and when he
had reigned [his first] two
appointed; but Shmuel came
not to Gilgal; and HaAm
started slipping away from
shesh me'ot ish (six hundred
men).
|16| And Sha'ul, and Yonatan
shanim over Yisroel, him. bno, and HaAm that were
|2| Sha'ul chose him shloshet |9| And Sha'ul said, Bring to being found with them, abode
alafim of Yisroel; whereof two me the olah (burnt offering), in Geva of Binyamin; but the
elef were with Sha'ul at and shelamim (peace Pelishtim encamped in
Michmash and in har Beit-El, offerings). And he offered the Michmash.
and an elef were with Yonatan olah (burnt offering). |17| And the raiders came out
in Giveat Binyamin; and the |10| And it came to pass, that of the machaneh of the
rest of HaAm he sent back as soon as he had finished Pelishtim in three companies;
every ish to his ohel. offering the olah (burnt one company turned toward
|3| And Yonatan struck the offering), hinei, Shmuel came; the derech Ophrah, unto Eretz
outpost of the Pelishtim and Sha'ul went out to meet Shu'al;
(Philistines) that was in Geva, him, that he might make a |18| And another company
and the Pelishtim heard of berakhah greeting on him. turned toward derech Beit
it. Then Sha'ul blew the shofar |11| And Shmuel said, What Choron; and another
throughout kol HaAretz, hast thou done? And Sha'ul company turned toward
saying, Let the Ivrim said, Because I saw that derech (the road) of the border
(Hebrews) hear. HaAm were slipping away that overlooks
from me, and that thou
Gey HaTzevo'im toward the |4| And between the passes, Yonatan said unto his armor-
midbar. by which Yonatan sought to go bearer, Come up after me, for
|19| Now there was no over unto the outpost of the Hashem hath delivered them
charash (blacksmith) found Pelishtim, there was a rocky into the yad Yisroel.
throughout kol Eretz Yisroel; cliff on the one side, and a |13| And Yonatan climbed up
for the Pelishtim (Philistines) rocky cliff on the other side; upon his hands and upon his
said, Lest the Ivrim (Hebrews) and the shem of the one was feet, and his armor-bearer
make them cherev (sword) or Botzetz, and the shem of the after him; and they fell before
khanit (spear); other Seneh. Yonatan; and his armor-
|20| But kol Yisroel went |5| The one steep rock faced bearer slaughtered behind
down to the Pelishtim, to north opposite Michmash, him.
sharpen every ish his and the other southward |14| And that first attack,
plowshare, and his spade, and toward Giveah. which Yonatan and his armor-
his axe, and his hoe. |6| And Yonatan said to the bearer made, killed about
|21| And a dullness of the na'ar that bore his armor, esrim ish (twenty men), within
edges occurred in the Come, and let us go over unto an area of half a yoke [i.e., the
plowshares, hoes, three the outpost of these arelim area an oxen yoke could plow
pronged pitchforks, axes, and (uncircumcised); it may be in one day, or rather, half of
for repointing the that Hashem will act for us; that].
darvon (goad). for nothing restrains Hashem |15| And there was fearful
|22| So it came to pass in the l'hoshi'a (to save), by many or panic in the machaneh, in the
yom milchemet (day of battle), by few. sadeh, and among kol haAm;
that there was neither cherev |7| And his armor-bearer said the outpost, and the raiders,
nor khanit found in the yad unto him, Do all that is in they also trembled, and
kol HaAm that were with thine lev; turn thee; hineni, I ha'aretz quaked; so it was a
Sha'ul and Yonatan; but with am with thee according to thy cheredat Elohim (a panic from
Sha'ul and with Yonatan bno lev. Elohim).
was there found. |8| Then said Yonatan, Hinei, |16| And the tzofim
|23| And the detachment of we will pass over unto these (watchmen, lookouts, sentries)
the Pelishtim (Philistines) anashim, and we will show of Sha'ul in Giveat Binyamin
went out toward Ma'avar ourselves unto them. looked; and, hinei, the
Michmash |9| If they say thus unto us, multitude melted away, and
14
(Michmash Pass). Stand still until we come to they went in all directions.
Now the day came you; then we will stand still |17| Then said Sha'ul unto
to pass, that tachteinu (in our place), and HaAm that were with him,
Yonatan Ben Sha'ul said unto will not go up unto them. Number now, and see who is
the na'ar (young man) that |10| But if they say thus, gone from us. And when they
bore his armor, Come, and let Come up unto us; then we will had numbered, hinei,
us go over to the outpost of the go up; for Hashem hath Yonatan and his armor-bearer
Pelishtim (Philistines), that is delivered them into yadenu were not there.
on the other side. But he told (our hand, power): and this |18| And Sha'ul said unto
not aviv. shall be haot (the sign) unto Achiyah, Bring here the Aron
|2| And Sha'ul tarried in the us. HaElohim. For the Aron
outskirts of Giveah under a |11| And both of them HaElohim was at that time
pomegranate tree which is in showed themselves unto the with the Bnei Yisroel there.
Migron; and HaAm (the outpost of the Pelishtim |19| And it came to pass,
people, the army) that were (Philistines); and the while Sha'ul talked to the
with him were about shesh Pelishtim said, Hinei, the kohen [i.e., Achiyah], that the
me'ot ish (six hundred men); Ivrim (Hebrews) come forth tumult that was in the
|3| And Achiyah Ben Achituv, out of the chorim (holes) machaneh Pelishtim went on
the ach of Ikhavod Ben where they had hid and increased; and Sha'ul said
Pinchas Ben Eli, kohen themselves. unto the kohen, Withdraw
Hashem in Shiloh, was |12| And the anashim of the thine yad [i.e., let's go].
wearing an ephod. And HaAm outpost answered Yonatan |20| And Sha'ul and kol
knew not that Yonatan was and his armor-bearer, and HaAm that were with him
gone. said, Come up to us, and we assembled themselves, and
will teach you a thing. And they went to the
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milchamah; and, hinei, every day. And HaAm were faint Then said the kohen
cherev ish was against his with famished exhaustion. [Achiyah], Let us draw near
fellow, and there was |29| Then said Yonatan, Avi here unto HaElohim [to
mehumah gedolah me'od (a hath troubled HaAretz; see, inquire of G-d].
very great confusion). now, how mine eyes hath |37| And Sha'ul asked counsel
|21| Moreover the Ivrim brightened, because I tasted a of Elohim, Shall I go down
(Hebrews) that were with the little of this devash. after the Pelishtim? Wilt Thou
Pelishtim (Philistines) before |30| How much more, if only deliver them into the yad
that time, which went up with HaAm had eaten freely today Yisroel? But He did not
them into the machaneh from of the plunder of their answer him on that day.
the country round about, even enemies which they found? |38| And Sha'ul said, Draw ye
they also turned to be with For would there not have been near here, all the pinnot
them of Yisroel that were with now a much greater makkah (corners, chiefs of] HaAm; and
Sha'ul and Yonatan. (slaughter) among the know and see wherein this
|22| Likewise all the Ish Pelishtim (Philistines)? chattat hath been this day.
Yisroel which had hid them- |31| And they drove back the |39| For, as Hashem the
selves in Har Ephrayim, when Pelishtim that day from Moshia Yisroel liveth, though
they heard that the Pelishtim Michmash to Ayalon; and it be in Yonatan beni (my son),
fled, even they also followed HaAm were very faint. he shall surely die. But there
hard after them in the |32| And the people flew was none among kol HaAm
milchamah (battle). upon the plunder, and took that answered him.
|23| So Hashem saved Yisroel tzon, and bakar, and calves |40| Then said he unto kol
that day; and the milchamah and butchered them on the Yisroel, Be ye on one side, and
continued raging even unto ground; and HaAm did eat I and Yonatan beni will be on
Beit Aven. them with the dahm. the other side. And HaAm
|24| And the Ish Yisroel were |33| Then they told Sha'ul, said unto Sha'ul, Do what
distressed that day; for Sha'ul saying, Hinei, HaAm sin seemeth tov in thine eyes.
had bound under oath HaAm, against Hashem, in that they |41| Therefore Sha'ul said
saying, Arur (cursed) be the eat with the dahm. And he unto Hashem Elohei Yisroel,
ish that eateth lechem before said, Ye have dealt treach- Give a tamim (perfect lot). And
erev, that I may be avenged on erously; today roll an even Sha'ul and Yonatan were
mine enemies. So none of gedolah (large stone) over here taken by lot; but HaAm
HaAm tasted lechem. to me. escaped [from being taken by
|25| And all they of HaAretz |34| Then Sha'ul said, lot].
came to the wood; and there Disperse yourselves among the |42| And Sha'ul said, Cast lots
was devash on the surface of people, and say unto them, between me and Yonatan beni
the sadeh. Bring me here every ish his (my son). And Yonatan was
|26| And when HaAm were shor (ox), and every ish his taken by lot.
come into the wood, hinei, the seh, and you make shochet |43| Then Sha'ul said to
devash was oozing; but no one slaughter of them here, and Yonatan, Tell me what thou
put his yad to his mouth; for eat; and sin not against hast done. And Yonatan told
HaAm feared the shevuah Hashem in eating with the him, and said, I did but taste
(oath). dahm. And kol HaAm brought a little devash with the end of
|27| But Yonatan heard not every ish his shor with him the matteh that was in mine
when aviv bound HaAm with that lailah, and made shochet yad, and, hineni, I must die.
the oath; wherefore he put slaughter of them there. |44| And Sha'ul answered,
forth the end of the matteh |35| And Sha'ul built a Elohim do so and more also if
(staff) that was in his yad, and Mizbe'ach unto Hashem; it thou shalt not surely die,
dipped it in a honeycomb of was the first time that he built Yonatan.
the devash, and put his yad to a Mizbe'ach unto Hashem. |45| And HaAm said unto
his mouth; and his eyes |36| And Sha'ul said, Let us Sha'ul, Shall Yonatan die, who
brightened. go down after the Pelishtim by hath wrought this Yeshuah
|28| Then answered an ish lailah, and plunder them until HaGedolah (Great Salvation,
from HaAm, and said, Avicha the ohr haboker, and let us Deliverance, Rescue) in
strictly bound HaAm with an not leave an ish of them. And Yisroel? Chalilah (far be it!); as
oath, saying, Arur (cursed) be they said, Do whatsoever Hashem liveth, there
the ish that eateth lechem this seemeth tov in thine eyes.
shall not one hair of his rosh |2| Thus saith Hashem cried out unto Hashem kol
fall to the ground; for he hath Tzva'os, I remember that halailah.
wrought with Elohim this day. which Amalek did to Yisroel, |12| And when Shmuel rose
So HaAm rescued Yonatan, how he waylaid him on the early to meet Sha'ul in the
that he died not. derech, when he came up from boker, it was told Shmuel,
|46| Then Sha'ul stopped Mitzrayim. saying, Sha'ul came to Carmel,
following the Pelishtim; and |3| Now go and attack and, hinei, he set up a yad
the Pelishtim withdrew to Amalek, and utterly destroy all (hand, i.e. memorial,
their own makom. that they have, and spare monument) for himself. And
|47| So Sha'ul took the them not; but slay both ish he turned and went down to
melachah (kingdom, and isha, olel, and yonek, Gilgal.
establishment of sovereignty) shor, seh, gamal, and chamor. |13| And Shmuel came to
over Yisroel, and fought |4| And Sha'ul gathered Sha'ul; and Sha'ul said unto
against all his oyevim on every HaAm together, and him, Baruch atah l'Hashem; I
side, against Moav, and numbered them at Tela'im, have carried out the Devar
against the Bnei Ammon, and two hundred elef foot soldiers, Hashem.
against Edom, and against the and ten elef Ish Yehudah. |14| And Shmuel said, What
melachim of Tzovah, and |5| And Sha'ul came to a city meaneth then this bleating of
against the Pelishtim; and of Amalek, and lay in wait in the tzon (sheep) in mine ears,
everywhere he turned himself, the valley. and the lowing of the bakar
he terrorized them. |6| And Sha'ul said unto the (cattle) which I hear?
|48| And he gathered an Keni, Go, depart, get you away |15| And Sha'ul said, They
army, and struck Amalek, and from among the Amaleki, lest have brought them from
delivered Yisroel out of the I destroy you with them; for ye Amalek; for HaAm spared the
hands of them that plundered showed chesed to kol Bnei best of the tzon and of the
them. Yisroel, when they came up bakar, in order to sacrifice
|49| Now the Bnei Sha'ul out of Mitzrayim. So the Keni unto Hashem Eloheicha; and
were Yonatan, and Yishvi, and moved away from among the rest we have destroyed in
Malki-Shu'a; and the shmot of Amalek. utter cherem desruction.
his two banot were these; the |7| And Sha'ul attacked |16| Then Shmuel said unto
shem of the bechirah (first Amalek from Chavilah until Sha'ul, Stop, and I will tell
born [daughter]), Merav, and where thou comest to Shur, thee what Hashem hath said
the shem of the younger that is alongside Mitzrayim. to me this night. And he said
Michal; |8| And he took Agag Melech unto him, Say on.
|50| And the shem of eshet Amalek alive, and destroyed |17| And Shmuel said, When
Sha'ul was Achino'am Bat with utter cherem destruction thou wast katon (little) in
Achima'atz; and the shem of kol haAm with the edge of the thine own eyes, wast thou not
the Sar of his Tzeva was Avner cherev. made the Rosh Shivtei Yisroel,
Ben Ner and Ner was dod |9| But Sha'ul and HaAm and Hashem anointed thee
Sha'ul (uncle of Sha'ul). spared Agag, and the best of Melech over Yisroel?
|51| And Kish was Avi Sha'ul; the tzon, and of the bakar, |18| And Hashem sent thee
Ner Avi Avner was ben Aviel. and of the fat bulls, and the baderech (on a mission), and
|52| And there was fat sheep, and all that was tov, said, Go destroy with utter
milchamah chazakah against and would not utterly destroy cherem destruction the
the Pelishtim all the days of them; but everything that was chatta'im (sinners), Amalek,
Sha'ul; and when Sha'ul saw despised and worthless, that and make war against them
any ish gibbor, or any valiant they destroyed with utter until they be consumed.
man, he recruited him. cherem destruction. |19| Why then didst thou not
Shmuel also said |10| Then came the Devar obey the voice of Hashem, but
15 unto Sha'ul,
Hashem sent me
limeshachacha (to anoint
Hashem unto Shmuel, saying,
|11| I greatly regret and
relent and reconsider that I
didst pounce upon the
plunder, and didst harah (the
evil) in the eyes of Hasham?
thee) to be Melech over His have set up Sha'ul to be |20| And Sha'ul said unto
people, over Yisroel; now Melech; for he is turned back Shmuel, Yes, I have obeyed
therefore shema (pay heed) from following Me, and hath the voice of Hashem, and have
thou unto the voice of the not performed My Devar. And gone baderech
Divrei Hashem. it grieved Shmuel; and he
(on the mission) which |29| And also the Netzach like garment with an
Hashem sent me, and have Yisroel (Eternal One of Israel) ornamented vest containing
brought back Agag Melech will not lie nor relent: for He the Urim and Thummim used
Amalek, and have destroyed is not an adam, that He to determine the will of G-d
Amalek with utter cherem should change His mind. (sacred lots that were cast to
destruction. |30| Then he said, Chatati (I determine whether to go to
|21| But HaAm took of the have sinned): yet honor me war, etc). The kehunah
plunder the tzon and bakar, now, before the Ziknei Ami, (priesthood) we see being
the reshit of the cherem to and before Yisroel, and turn purified as the story of I-II
sacrifice unto Hashem back with me, that I may Shmuel unfolds looks forward
Eloheicha at Gilgal. worship Hashem Eloheicha. to the perfect Moshiach-Kohen
|22| And Shmuel said, Hath |31| So Shmuel turned back who is coming (Ps. 110:4). A
Hashem as great chefetz after Sha'ul; and Sha'ul man of G-d comes to Eli and
(delight) in olot and zevakhim, worshiped Hashem. prophesies to him about the
as in obeying the voice of |32| Then said Shmuel, Bring kehunah (priesthood) of his
Hashem? Hinei, to obey is ye to me Agag Melech Amalek. ancestor Aaron (see 1Sm.
better than zevach (sacrifice), And Agag came unto him 2:27f). Eli is told that he and
and to pay heed than the confidently. And Agag his sons will be replaced by
chelev eilim (fat of rams). thought, Surely the mar another Aaronic family, which
|23| For meri (rebellion) is as hamavet (bitterness of death) turns out to be the family of
the chattat (sin) of kesem is past. Zadok. Eli's branch of the
(witchcraft, soothsaying, |33| And Shmuel said, As thy kehunah will be broken off
divination), and stubbornness cherev hath made nashim and "I will raise up for Myself a
is as heathenish iniquity and childless, so shall immecha be ne'eman (faithful) kohen"
idolatry. Because thou hast childless among nashim. And (2:35), says the L-rd. Zadok
rejected the Devar Hashem, Shmuel cut Agag in pieces and his sons will replace Eli
He hath also rejected thee before Hashem at Gilgal. and his sons, just as Dovid the
from being Melech. |34| Then Shmuel went to king after G-d's own heart will
|24| And Sha'ul said unto Ramah; and Sha'ul went up to replace Saul the unfaithful
Shmuel, Chatati (I have his bais at Giveat Sha'ul. monarch and will take his
sinned): for I have |35| Until his [Shaul's] yom crown (1Sm 28:17; Rv 3:11).
transgressed the command- mot Shmuel came not again to Although Zadok was the
ment of Hashem, and thy see him: nevertheless Shmuel immediate fulfillment,
words: because I feared mourned for Sha'ul: and Moshiach Yehoshua finally
HaAm, and listened to their Hashem relented that He had and completely fulfills 2:35
voice. made Sha'ul Melech over through Ps 110:4 and Zech
|25| Therefore, now, pardon Yisroel. 3:8; 6:11-12 and Isa 53:10.
my sin, and turn back with T.N. This two-part work begins One of the reasons King Saul
me, that I may worship with the pollution of the angered G-d is because he
Hashem. religious worship by Eli's usurped the role of kohen (1Sm
|26| And Shmuel said unto apostate sons who were 13:8-15), thus showing his lack
Sha'ul, I will not go back with kohanim during the time when of respect for G-d's holy
thee: for thou hast rejected the the great prophet Shmuel kehunah and for the king's
Davar Hashem, and Hashem (born ca. 1105 B.C.E.) was a covenant obligation to keep
hath rejected thee from being child. 1Sm-2Sm ends with a the Torah (see Dt.17:11-20).
Melech over Yisroel. foreshadowing of the purified When he attacked and caused
|27| And as Shmuel turned Beis Hamikdash worship the death of the kohanim at
about to go away, he [Sha'ul] which was the Messianic vision Nob, that was the last straw,
seized the edge of his me'il of King Dovid (died ca. 970 though he had already been
(robe, mantle), and he tore (it). B.C.E.). A subtle indication of condemned for rebelliously
|28| And Shmuel said unto this is the linen ephod worn disobeying G-d in regard to the
him, Hashem hath torn the both by little Shmuel (1Sm Amalakites (see 1 Sm 15:1-35;
Mamlechut Yisroel from thee 2:18) and many years later by Ex 17:8-16; Dt 25:17-19). The
this day, and hath given it to a King Dovid (2 Sm 6:l4; Ps only kohen to survive the
re'a (neighbor) of thine, that is 110:4). The ephod of the massacre at Nob was
better than thou. Kohen Gadol was an apron- Ahimelech’s son Abiathar,
Shmuel Alef 16 272 Orthodox Jewish Bible
who, because he later 2Sm. 7:12-17, "But I will not himself a true "fool," his death
supported David's son take my steadfast love from opens the door for his widow to
Adoniyah instead of Solomon him (Dovid's Son, the become Dovid's wife. This
as David's heir to the throne, Moshiach), as I took it from woman, Abigail, is carried off
was finally banished, leaving Saul, whom I put away from from Ziklag by Amalekites
the Aaronic kehunah to Zadok before you (Dovid)." In I Sm. (30:2) along with "the women
and his sons. Since Ahimelech 17 we see the killing by the and all who were in” Ziklag.
and Abiathar are descendents youth Dovid of the Philistine In a foreshadow of the coming
of Eli, we read the story of I-II champion Goliath (10 feet tall, rejected Moshiach, Dovid is
Shmuel knowing there is a weighing in with a 150 lb. coat almost stoned by his own
curse on them and that their and a 19 lb. spear head). people, very much like Moses
branch of the Aaronic family David’s victory over Goliath (Ex. 17:4; I Sm. 30:6), both
tree will eventually lose the begins to trigger Saul's jealousy Dovid and Moshe being
kehunah. Eli should have and eventual unraveling (18:7- messianic types of the Servant
feared G-d enough not to eat 8). Later Saul tries to kill of the L-rd" (Dt. 34:5; I Sm.
and drink judgment on David, but G-d puts a 25:39; Isa. 53:11). Chapter 8:8
himself, especially in view of wonderful brotherly love for shows that G-d is a rejected
his unholy sons who were Dovid in the heart of Saul's son G-d; therefore, we should not
kohanim (see Lv. 10:1,2,16-20). Jonathan, who rescues Dovid be surprised that the Moshiach
The backdrop of Eli's decadent from Saul's murderous wrath is a rejected Moshiach (Isaiah
kehunah is the ominous and seems to hold a serene 53). But notice that when
military threat of the and unselfish knowledge that Dovid the King is rejected by
Philistines, who are on the Dovid and not he will inherit the Jewish people, he is
brink of subjugating the whole the throne (20:13-15). Like accepted by the Gentiles, the
land and are already in Jonathan, David's wife Michal, Philistines (see Acts 28:28)!
some sense holding sway Saul's young daughter, also Then, after that, the Jewish
(13:19-22), in spite of Shmuel's helps David escape (19:11-17). people accept him and crown
best efforts (7:2-17). The sinful In the Philistine city of Gath him king, as we shall see
people discover that the ark Dovid has to use his wits to in II Shmuel. At the end of
will not work as a good-luck save himself, pretending to be I Shmuel, signalling that the
charm or a magical weapon. mad. The Philistine king people of Israel once again
Without teshuvah (repentance) Achish later makes Dovid his have no king and need Dovid
and obedient holiness, Israel mercenary and gives him the their King to be their deliverer,
will be defeated, as Samson village of Ziglag (though, as his a horrible picture comes into
discovered in his own mercenary, Dovid outwits him, view: Saul and Jonathan and
experience with the Philistines. and, in a holy war, destroys all Saul's sons are killed by the
But the Philistine g-d Dagon non-Israelite villages rather Philistines at Mt Gilboa.
cannot stand in the presence than his own Jewish people). 1Sm 3:7; 1Sm 2:12-17 contain
of the ark; rather, it falls in In any event, Achish is ominous warnings against
broken obeisance. This means convinced enough by Dovid's those who are dabbling in
that if the people of G-d acting skill to let him do religion and have not had the
through their sin lose the whatever he wants (see 21:10- new creation experience of the
power of G-d, that does not 15) except fight side by side new birth.
mean that G-d’s Word has lost with the Philistine (29:3-11), And Hashem said
its power. G-d is the true king
of Israel, and the people need
to beware of the tyrannical
something Dovid doesn't want
to do anyway, especially
against his own people. Up to
16 unto Shmuel, Ad
mosai wilt thou
mourn for Sha'ul, seeing I
exploitation they may be this point Dovid with his own have rejected him as Melech al
asking for when they act like private army seems to act like Yisroel? Fill thine keren with
other nations. It turns out that a sort of Jewish Robin Hood, shemen, and go, I will send
King Saul, lacking covenant even hiring himself out as a thee to Yishai of Beit-Lechem:
loyalty to the Word of G-d, falls private police force. When a for I have provided Me a
short of the theocratic ideal, wealthy sheep owner Nabal melech among his banim.
and his life becomes a foil (naval = "fool") rejects Dovid [2] And Shmuel said, How can
against which to view the and messianic association with I go? If Sha’ul hear
description of the Moshiach in him and thereby proves
it, he will kill me. And And he said, There remaineth |19| Wherefore Sha'ul sent
Hashem said, Take an eglat yet the katan (small, young), malachim unto Yishai, and
bakar (heifer of the herd) with and, hinei, ro'eh batzon said, Send me Dovid binecha,
thee, and say, I am come to (tending the flock) is he. And which is with the tzon.
sacrifice to Hashem. Shmuel said unto Yishai, Send |20| And Yishai took a
|3| And call Yishai to the and get him; for we will not sit chamor laden with lechem,
zevach, and I will show thee down [to eat] till he come here. and a skin of yayin, and a gedi
what thou shalt do; |12| And he sent, and (young goat), and sent them by
umashachta (and thou shalt brought him in. Now he was Dovid bno unto Sha'ul.
anoint) unto Me him whom I adomoni (ruddy, of healthy |21| And Dovid came to
say unto thee. red complexion) and withal of Sha'ul, and stood before him;
|4| And Shmuel did that a yafeh countenance, and and he loved him greatly; and
which Hashem spoke, and good-looking. And Hashem he became his no'se kelim
came to Beit-Lechem. And the said, Arise, meshachehu (armor-bearer).
zekenim of the town trembled (anoint him); ki zeh hu (for |22| And Sha'ul sent to
at his coming, and said, this is he). Yishai, saying, Let Dovid, now,
Comest thou in shalom? |13| Then Shmuel took the stand before me; for he hath
|5| And he said, Shalom; I am keren of shemen, v'yimshach found chen (favor) in my eyes.
come to sacrifice unto (and anointed) him in the |23| And it came to pass,
Hashem; set yourselves apart midst of his achim; and the when the ruach Elohim was
as kodesh, and come with me Ruach [Hakodesh] of Hashem upon Sha'ul, that Dovid took
to the zevach. And he set apart came upon Dovid from that the kinnor, and played with
as kodesh Yishai and his day forward. So Shmuel rose his yad; so Sha'ul was relieved,
banim, and called them to the up, and went to Ramah. and was tov, and the ruach
zevach. |14| But the Ruach hara'ah departed from him.
|6| And it came to pass, when [Hakodesh] of Hashem Now the Pelishtim
they were come, that he
[Shmuel] took one look at
Eliav, and said, Surely
departed from Sha'ul, and a
ruach ra'ah from Hashem
terrified and overwhelmed
17 gathered together
their machanot
(camps, military forces), for
Hashem's Moshiach is before him [Sha'ul]. milchamah and were gathered
Him. |15| And the avdei Sha'ul said together at Shochoh, which
|7| But Hashem said unto unto him, Hinei now, a ruach belongeth to Yehudah, and
Shmuel, Look not on his Elohim ra'ah terrifieth and encamped between Shochoh
mareh (appearance), or on the overwhelmeth thee. and Azekah, in Ephes
height of his stature; because I |16| Let adoneinu now Dammim.
have rejected him; for Hashem command thy avadim, which |2| And Sha'ul and the Ish
seeth not as HaAdam seeth; are before thee, to seek out an Yisroel were gathered together,
for HaAdam looketh at the ish, who is a menagen (player) and encamped by the Emek
einayim (eyes, outward form); on the kinnor (harp); and it (valley) of Elah, and drew up
Hashem looketh at the lev. shall come to pass, when the in battle array against the
|8| Then Yishai called ruach Elohim ra'ah is upon Pelishtim (Philistines).
Avinadav, and made him pass thee, that he shall play with |3| And the Pelishtim stood
before Shmuel. And he said, his yad, and thou shalt be tov on the har on the one side,
Neither hath Hashem chosen (better, well). and Yisroel stood on the har
this. |17| And Sha'ul said unto his on the other side; and there
|9| Then Yishai made avadim, Look for me now an was a gey between them.
Shammah to pass by. And he ish that can play well, and |4| And there went out an Ish
said, Neither hath Hashem bring him to me. HaBenayim [i.e., a middle-
chosen this. |18| Then answered one of man champion whose single
|10| Again, Yishai made his the ne'arim, and said, Hinei, I combat saves the day and
shivat banim to pass before have seen a ben of Yishai of decides the victor] out of the
Shmuel. And Shmuel said Beit-Lechem, that is skillful in machanot of the Pelishtim,
unto Yishai, these Hashem playing, and a gibbor chayil shmo Golyat (Goliath), of Gat,
hath not bachar (chosen). and an ish milchamah whose height was shesh cubits
|11| And Shmuel said unto prudent in matters, and an ish and a span.
Yishai, Are here all thy to'ar (handsome man), and
ne'arim (boys)? Hashem is with him.
|5| And he had a kova bechor, and mishneh unto Pelishtim, and spoke
(helmet) of nechoshet upon his him Avinadav, and hashelishi according to these words; and
rosh, and he was wearing a (the third) Shammah. Dovid heard them.
coat of mail armor; and the |14| And Dovid was the |24| And all the Ish Yisroel,
weight of the coat of armor katan; and the shloshah when they saw the ish, fled
was five thousand shekels of hagedolim followed Sha'ul. from before him, and were
nechoshet. |15| But Dovid went and greatly afraid.
|6| And he had mitzchah returned from Sha'ul to tend |25| And the Ish Yisroel said,
(greaves, i.e., leg plate armor) tzon aviv at Beit-Lechem. Have ye seen this ish that is
of nechoshet upon his legs, |16| And the Pelishti drew come up? Surely to defy
and a kidron (javelin) of near morning and evening, Yisroel is he come up; and it
nechoshet [slung] between his and presented himself arba'im shall be, that the ish who
shoulders. yom. killeth him, the melech will
|7| And the khetz (shaft) of |17| And Yishai said unto give ashires gadol and will
his khanit (spear) was like a Dovid bno, Take now for thy give him bitto (his daughter)
weaver's beam; and his spear's achim an ephah of this [in marriage], and bais aviv
blade weighed six hundred roasted grain, and these ten make khofshi b'Yisroel (free,
barzel (iron) shekels; and the lechem, and run to the tax-exempt in Israel).
no'se tzinnah (great shield machaneh of thy achim; |26| And Dovid spoke to the
bearer) walked ahead of him. |18| And carry these ten anashim that stood by him,
|8| And he stood and cried charitzei hecholov (cuts of saying, What shall be done for
out unto the ma'arkhot Yisroel milk, hence cheeses) unto the the ish that killeth this
(ranks of Israel), and said unto sar of their elef (unit, Pelishti, and taketh away the
them, Why are ye come out to thousand), and look how thy cherpah (reproach) from
line up for milchamah? Am achim fare for shalom, and Yisroel? For who is this
not I a Philistine, and ye take their arvut (pledge). Pelishti hearel (uncircumcised
avadim of Sha'ul? Choose you |19| Now Sha'ul, and they, Philistine) that he should defy
an ish for you, and let him and all the Ish Yisroel, were in the ma'arkhot Elohim
come down to me. the Emek (Valley) of Elah Chayyim (arrayed battle forces
|9| If he be able to fight with (Oak), fighting with the of the living G-d)?
me, and to kill me, then will Pelishtim (Philistines). |27| And HaAm answered
we be your avadim; but if I |20| And Dovid rose up early him after this manner, saying,
prevail over him, and kill him, in the boker, and left the tzon So shall it be done to the ish
then shall ye be to us for with a shomer (watchman), that killeth him.
avadim, and serve us. and loaded up, and |28| And Eliav achiv hagadol
|10| And the Philistine said, I embarked, as Yishai had heard when he spoke unto the
defy the maarkhot Yisroel this commanded him; and he anashim; and af Eliav was
day; give me ish, that we may came to the camp, as the army kindled against Dovid, and he
fight together. was going forth to the fight said, Why camest thou down
|11| When Sha'ul and kol and shouted for the hither? And with whom hast
Yisroel heard those divrei milchamah (battle). thou left those few tzon in the
haPelishti, they were |21| For Yisroel and the midbar? I know thy zadon
dismayed, and greatly afraid. Pelishtim took their positions, (presumptuousness), and the
|12| Now Dovid was the ben ma'arakhah (battle array) evil of thine levav; for thou art
ish of that Ephrati from Beit- facing ma'arakhah. come down l'ma'an (in order
Lechem Yehudah, shmo |22| And Dovid left his that) thou mightest watch the
Yishai; and he had shmoneh supplies in the yad of the milchamah.
banim; and the ish [Yishai] shomer hakelim (supply |29| And Dovid said, What
was zaken in the days of master), and ran into the have I done now? It was only a
Sha'ul, advanced in age ma'arakhah (battle line), and davar (word) [I said], wasn't it?
among anashim. came and gave shalom |30| And he turned from him
|13| And the shloshet Bnei greeting to his achim. toward another, and spoke
Yishai hagedolim went and |23| And as he talked with after the same manner; and
followed Sha'ul to the them, hinei, there came up the HaAm answered him again
milchamah; and the shem of Ish HaBenayim Golyat according to the davar
his three banim that went to HaPelishti shmo, from Gat, harishon (the previous word).
the milchamah were Eliav the out of the lines of the
|31| And when the devarim |40| And he took his makel |48| And it came to pass,
(words) were heard which (stick, staff) in his yad, and when the Pelishti arose, and
Dovid spoke, they rehearsed chose him chamishah came, and drew nigh to meet
them before Sha'ul: and he chalukei avanim (five smooth Dovid, that Dovid hastened,
sent for him. stones) out of the nachal and ran toward the
|32| And Dovid said to Sha'ul, (brook), and put them in a keli ma'arakhah (battle line) to
Let no lev adam fail because haro'im (shepherd's bag) which meet the Pelishti.
of him; thy eved will go and he had, even in a wayfarer's |49| And Dovid put his yad in
fight with this Pelishti. bag; and his kela (slingshot) his keli (bag), and took from
|33| And Sha'ul said to Dovid, was in his yad; and he drew there an even (stone), and
Thou art not able to go against near to the Pelishti. slung it, and struck the
this Pelishti to fight with him: |41| And the Pelishti came on Pelishti in his metzach
for thou art but a na'ar (boy), and drew near unto Dovid; (forehead), that the even
and he an ish milchamah and the ish, the no'se (stone) sunk into his metzach;
(man of war) from his youth. hatzinnah, went ahead of him. and he fell upon his face to
|34| And Dovid said unto |42| And when the Pelishti the ground.
Sha'ul, Thy eved is ro'eh squinted and saw Dovid, he |50| So Dovid prevailed
(shepherd) of tzon of aviv, and despised him: for he was but a chazak over the Pelishti with a
there came the ari, and the na'ar (boy), and admoni sling and with an even (stone),
dov, and carried off seh out of (ruddy), and yafeh mareh and struck down the Pelishti,
the eder (flock): (good-looking). and killed him; but there was
|35| And I went out after him, |43| And the Pelishti said no cherev in the yad Dovid.
and struck him, and saved out unto Dovid, Am I a kelev (dog), |51| Therefore Dovid ran,
of his mouth: and when he that thou comest to me with and stood over the Pelishti,
arose against me, I caught maklot (sticks)? And the Pel- and took hold of his cherev,
hold by his zakan (beard), and ishti cursed Dovid by his g-ds. and drew it out of the sheath
struck him, and killed him. |44| And the Pelishti said to thereof, and slaughtered him,
|36| Thy eved slaughtered Dovid, Come to me, and I will v'yikhrat (and cut off [See
both the ari and the dov: and give thy basar unto the oph Daniel 9:26, Moshiach yikaret
this Pelishti hearel hashomayim, and to the (will be cut off) but in Daniel
(uncircumcised Philistine) behemat hasadeh. the phrase means “Moshiach
shall be as one of them, seeing |45| Then said Dovid to the will be violently killed”) his
he hath charaf (taunted, Pelishti, Thou comest against rosh therewith. And when the
defied, disgraced) the me with a cherev (sword), and Pelishtim saw their gibbor was
maarkhot Elohim Chayyim. with a khanit (spear), and with dead, they fled.
|37| Dovid said moreover, a kidon (javelin); but I come |52| And the Anshei Yisroel
Hashem that saved me out of against thee b'Shem Hashem and of Yehudah arose, and
the paw of the ari, and out of Tzva'os Elohei Ma'arkhot shouted, and pursued the
the paw of the dov, He will Yisroel, whom thou hast Pelishtim, until thou come to
save me out of the yad of this defied. the gey (valley), and to the
Pelishti. And Sha'ul said unto |46| This day will Hashem Sha'arei Ekron. And the
Dovid, Go, and Hashem be hand thee over into mine yad; challei Pelishtim fell by the
with thee. and I will strike thee down, derech to Shaarayim, even
|38| And Sha'ul dressed and take thine rosh from thee; unto Gat, and unto Ekron.
Dovid with his armor-clothes, and I will give the peger |53| And the Bnei Yisroel
put a kova of nechoshet upon machaneh Pelishtim this day returned from chasing after
his rosh; also he dressed him unto the oph hashomayim, the Pelishtim, and they
with a coat of mail armor. and to the chayyat ha'aretz; plundered their machanot.
|39| And Dovid girded his that kol ha'aretz may know |54| And Dovid took the rosh
cherev over his armor-clothes, that there is Elohim in Yisroel. of the Pelishti, and brought it
and he tried to walk; for lo |47| And kol hakahal hazeh to Yerushalayim; but he put
nissah (he had not tested, shall know that Hashem his kelim (weapons) in his
proved) it. And Dovid said yehoshi'a (saveth) not with ohel.
unto Sha'ul, I cannot go with cherev or khanit; for the |55| And when Sha'ul saw
these; for lo nissti (I have not milchamah is Hashem's, and Dovid go forth to meet the
proved them). And Dovid took He will give you (plural) into Pelishti, he said
them off him. yadenu (our hands).
unto Avner, the sar hatzavah, tambourines, with simchah, (valiant) for me, and fight
Avner, whose ben is this na'ar? and with cymbals. Hashem's milchamot. For
And Avner said, As thy nefesh |7| And the nashim answered Sha'ul said, Let not mine yad
liveth, O Melech, I cannot tell. one another as they played, be upon him, but let the yad
|56| And the Melech said, and said, Sha'ul hath slain his Pelishtim be upon him.
Inquire thou whose ben this alafim, and Dovid his revavot |18| And Dovid said unto
elem (young man) is. (myriads). Sha'ul, Who am I? And what is
|57| And as Dovid returned |8| And Sha'ul was very my life, or the mishpakhat avi
from the slaughter of the angry, and the saying was in Yisroel, that I should be
Pelishti, Avner took him, and displeasing in his eyes and he Choson to HaMelech?
brought him before Sha'ul said, They have ascribed unto |19| But it came to pass at the
with the rosh of the Pelishti in Dovid revavot, and to me they time when Merav Bat Sha'ul
his yad. have ascribed but alafim; and should have been given to
|58| And Sha'ul said to him, what can he have more but Dovid, that she was given as
Whose ben art thou, na'ar? the maluchah (kingship)? isha unto Adriel the
And Dovid answered, I am the |9| And there was jealous Mecholati.
ben avdecha Yishai of Beit- suspicion in the way Sha'ul |20| And Michal Bat Sha'ul
Lechem. eyed Dovid from that day loved Dovid; and they told
And it came to forward. Sha'ul, and the thing was
18 pass, when he had

made an end of
speaking unto Sha'ul, that the
|10| And it came to pass on
the next day, that the ruach
Elohim ra'ah came upon
yashar in [Sha'ul's] eyes.
|21| And Sha'ul said, I will
give him her, that she may be
nefesh Yonatan was kashur Sha'ul, and he prophesied a mokesh to him, and that the
(tied together) with the nefesh inside the bais; and Dovid yad Pelishtim may be against
Dovid, and Yonatan loved him made [kinnor] music with his him. Wherefore Sha'ul said to
as his own nefesh. yad, as at other times; and Dovid, Thou shalt this day
|2| And Sha'ul drafted him there was a khanit in the yad become Choson to me by one
that day, and would let him Sha'ul. of my two.
return no more to the bais |11| And Sha'ul hurled the |22| And Sha'ul commanded
aviv. khanit; for he said, I will pin his avadim, saying, Commune
|3| Then Yonatan and Dovid Dovid even to the wall with it. with Dovid privately, and say,
made a brit (covenant), And Dovid escaped his Hinei, HaMelech hath chafetz
because he loved him as his presence twice. (delight) in thee, and all his
own nefesh. |12| And Sha'ul was afraid of avadim love thee; now
|4| And Yonatan stripped Dovid, because Hashem was therefore be Choson to
himself of the me'il (robe) that with him, and was departed HaMelech.
was upon him, and gave it to from Sha'ul. |23| And the avadim of Sha'ul
Dovid, and his middah [war |13| Therefore Sha'ul spoke those devarim in the
garments], even to his cherev, removed him from him, and ears of Dovid. And Dovid said,
and to his keshet, and to his made him his sar elef; and he Seemeth it a light thing in
khagor (belt). went out and came in before your eyes to become Choson to
|5| And Dovid went out HaAm. HaMelech, seeing that I am a
whithersoever Sha'ul sent him, |14| And Dovid was maskil poor man, and lightly
and prospered; and Sha'ul set (successful) in kol drakhim of esteemed?
him over the anshei him; and Hashem was with |24| And the avadim of Sha'ul
hamilchamah, and he was him. told him, saying, According to
accepted in the sight of kol |15| Wherefore when Sha'ul these words spoke Dovid.
HaAm, and also in the sight of saw that he was maskil me'od, |25| And Sha'ul said, Thus
the avdei Sha'ul. he was afraid of him. shall ye say to Dovid,
|6| And it came to pass as |16| But kol Yisroel and HaMelech has chafetz (desire)
they came, when Dovid was Yehudah loved Dovid, because for not any mohar (dowry,
returned from the slaughter of he went out and came in bride price) but a hundred
the Pelishti, that the nashim before them. arelot (foreskins) of the
came out of all towns of |17| And Sha'ul said to Dovid, Pelishtim, to be avenged of the
Yisroel, singing and dancing, Hinei bitti hagedolah Merav, oyevei HaMelech. But Sha'ul
to meet Sha'ul HaMelech, with her will I give thee as isha; schemed to make Dovid fall by
only be thou ben chayil the yad Pelishtim.
|26| And when his avadim against his eved, against |12| So Michal let Dovid
told Dovid these devarim, it Dovid; because he hath not down through the chalon; and
pleased Dovid well to be committed chet against thee, he went, and fled, and
Choson of HaMelech; and the and because his ma'asim have escaped.
yamim [leading up to the due- been toward thee tov me'od: |13| And Michal took the
date of the arelot] were not |5| For he did put his nefesh terafim, and laid it in the
expired. in his yad, and slaughtered mittah, and put a piece of
|27| Wherefore Dovid arose the Pelishti (Philistine), and woven goat's hair at its head,
and went, he and his anashim, Hashem wrought Teshuah and covered it with beged
and slaughtered of the Gedolah for kol Yisroel; thou (cloth, garment).
Pelishtim (Philistines) two sawest it, and didst rejoice |14| And when Sha'ul sent
hundred ish; and Dovid with simcha. Why then wilt malachim to capture Dovid,
brought their arelot, and they thou commit chet against she said, He is choleh (ill).
gave them in full count to dahm naki (innocent blood), |15| And Sha'ul sent the
HaMelech, that he might be to slay Dovid chinom (without malachim back to see Dovid,
the Choson of HaMelech. And cause)? saying [to them], Bring him up
Sha'ul gave him Michal bitto |6| And Sha'ul paid heed to me in the mittah (bed), to
as isha. unto the voice of Yehonatan; have him slain.
|28| And Sha'ul saw and and Sha'ul swore a shevuah, |16| And when the malachim
knew that Hashem was with As Hashem liveth, he shall not were come in, hinei, there was
Dovid, and that Michal Bat be slain. the terafim in the mittah, with
Sha'ul loved him. |7| And Yehonatan called a piece of woven goats' hair at
|29| And Sha'ul was yet the Dovid, and Yehonatan its head.
more afraid of Dovid; and reported to him all these |17| And Sha'ul said unto
Sha'ul became oyev to Dovid devarim. And Yehonatan Michal, Why hast thou so
kol hayamim. brought Dovid to Sha'ul, and deceived me, and sent away
|30| Then the sarim of the he was in his presence, as in mine oyev, that he is escaped?
Pelishtim went forth [to fight]; times past. And Michal answered Sha'ul,
and it came to pass, after they |8| And there was milchamah He said unto me, Let me get
went forth, that Dovid again; and Dovid went out, away; why should I kill thee?
prospered [in military success] and fought with the Pelishtim |18| So Dovid fled, and
more than all the avadim (Philistines), and slaughtered escaped, and came to Shmuel
(officers) of Sha'ul; so that them with a makkah gedolah at Ramah, and told him all
shmo became esteemed as of (with a great blow); and they that Sha'ul had done to him.
good reputation. fled from him. And he and Shmuel went and
And Sha'ul spoke |9| And there was a ruach dwelt in the dwellings of the
19 to Yonatan
[Yehonaton] bno,
and to all his avadim, that
Hashem ra'ah upon Sha'ul, as
he sat in his Bais with his
khanit (spear) in his yad; while
nevi'im.
|19| And it was told Sha'ul,
saying, Hinei, Dovid is at the
they should kill Dovid. But Dovid menaggen (was playing dwellings of the nevi'im in
Yehonatan Ben Sha'ul liked music) with his yad. Ramah.
Dovid me'od. |10| And Sha'ul sought to pin |20| And Sha'ul sent
|2| Yehonatan reported [this] Dovid to the wall with the malachim to capture Dovid;
to Dovid, saying, Sha'ul aviv khanit; but he slipped away and when they saw the kat
seeketh to kill thee; now out of Sha'ul's presence, and (sect, group) of the nevi'im
therefore be shomer in the he drove the khanit into the prophesying, and Shmuel
boker, and abide baseter (in a wall; and Dovid fled, and standing as nitzav (overseeing)
secret place) and hide thyself; escaped that lailah. them, the Ruach Elohim was
|3| And I will go out and |11| Sha'ul also sent upon the malachim of Sha'ul,
stand beside avi in the sadeh malachim unto Bais Dovid, to and they also prophesied.
where thou art, and I will put him under surveillance, |21| And when it was told
speak of thee with avi; and and to slay him in the boker; Sha'ul, he sent other
what I see, that I will tell thee. and Michal his isha warned malachim, and they
|4| And Yehonatan spoke tov Dovid, saying, If thou not prophesied likewise. And
of Dovid unto Sha'ul aviv, and escape with thy nefesh halilah Sha'ul sent malachim again
said unto him, Let not (tonight), makhar (tomorrow) shelishim (third ones) and
HaMelech commit chet thou shalt be slain. they prophesied also.
|22| Then went he also to and I should not fail to sit |14| And thou shalt not only
Ramah, and came to a bor with HaMelech for tish; but let while yet I live show me the
hagadol (great pit) at Sechu; me go, that I may hide myself chesed Hashem, that I die not;
and he asked and said, Where in the sadeh unto the erev |15| But also thou shalt not
are Shmuel and Dovid? And hashlishit. cut off thy chesed from my
one said, Hinei, they are at the |6| If avicha at all miss me, bais ad olam; no, not when
dwellings of the nevi'im in then say, Dovid earnestly Hashem hath cut off the
Ramah. asked leave of me that he oyevim of Dovid, every one
|23| And he went there to the might run to Beit-Lechem his from the pnei ha’adamah.
dwellings of the nevi'im at town; for there is a zevach |16| So Yonatan made Brit
Ramah; and the Ruach hayamim there for kol with the Bais Dovid, saying,
Elohim was upon him also, mishpakhat. Let Hashem even require it at
and he walked along |7| If he say thus, It is tov; thy the hands of the oyevim of
prophesying, until he came to eved shall have shalom; but if Dovid.
the dwellings of the nevi'im at he be very wrathful, then be |17| And Yonatan caused
Ramah. sure that ra'ah is determined Dovid to swear a shevua
|24| And he stripped off his by him. again, because he loved him;
beged also, and prophesied |8| Therefore thou shalt deal for he loved him with the
before Shmuel in like manner, with chesed unto thy eved; for ahavat nafsho (with the love of
and lay down arom (naked) all thou hast brought thy eved his own nefesh, self).
that day and all that lailah. into Brit Hashem with thee; |18| Then Yonatan said to
Thus they say, Is Sha'ul also notwithstanding, if there be in Dovid, Makhar (tomorrow) is
among the nevi'im? me avon (iniquity), slay me Rosh Chodesh; and thou shalt
thyself; for why shouldest thou be missed, because thy
bring me to avicha? moshav (seat) will be empty.
And Dovid fled |9| And Yonatan said, |19| And when thou hast
20 from Naiot in
Ramah, and came
and said before Yonatan,
Chalilah (far be it) from thee;
for if I had da'as certainly that
ra'ah were determined by Avi
stayed three days, then thou
shalt go down quickly, and
come to the makom (place)
What have I done? What is to come upon thee, then would where thou didst hide thyself
mine avon? And what is my not I tell it thee? on the day of the ma'aseh
chattat before avicha, that he |10| Then said Dovid to (deed, i.e. the eventful earlier
seeketh my nefesh? Yonatan, Who shall tell me? day, see v.12), and shalt
|2| And he said unto him, Or what if avicha answer thee remain by the even (stone)
Chalilah (may it never be!); roughly? Ezel.
thou shalt not die: hinei, avi |11| And Yonatan said unto |20| And I will shoot three
will do nothing either gadol or Dovid, Come, and let us go out khitzim (arrows) on the side
katon, but that he will reveal it into the sadeh. And they went thereof, as though I shot at a
to me; and why should avi out both of them into the matarah (target).
hide this thing from me? It is sadeh. |21| And, hinei, I will send a
not so. |12| And Yonatan said unto na'ar, saying, Go, find the
|3| And Dovid took an oath, Dovid, Hashem Elohei Yisroel, khitzim (arrows). If I expressly
moreover, and said, Avicha when I have sounded out Avi say unto the na'ar, Hinei, the
certainly knoweth that I have at this time on Yom HaShishi khitzim (arrows) are on this
found chen in thine eyes; and from now, and, hinei, if there side of thee, take them;
he saith, Let not Yonatan be tov toward Dovid, and I then come thou, for there is
know this, lest he be grieved; then send not unto thee, and shalom to thee, and no davar
but truly as Hashem liveth, reveal it in thy ozen (ear); (problem, concern); as
and as thy nefesh liveth, there |13| Hashem do so and much Hashem liveth.
is hardly a peysah (step) more to Yonatan; but if it |22| But if I say thus unto the
between me and mavet. please Avi to do thee ra'ah, elem (youth, young man),
|4| Then said Yonatan unto then I will reveal it in thy ozen Hinei, the khitzim (arrows) are
Dovid, Whatsoever thy nefesh (ear), and send thee away, that beyond thee, go thy way; for
saith, I will even do it for thee. thou mayest go in shalom; and Hashem hath sent thee away.
|5| And Dovid said unto Hashem be with thee, as He |23| And as touching the
Yonatan, Hinei, makhar hath been with Avi. matter which thou and I have
(tomorrow) is Rosh Chodesh, spoken of, hinei,
Hashem be between thee and for he is ben mavet (son of |42| And Yonatan said to
me ad olam. death, he shall surely die). Dovid, Go in shalom,
|24| So Dovid hid himself in |32| And Yonatan answered forasmuch as we have
the sadeh; and when Rosh Sha'ul Aviv, and said unto sworn both of us in the Shem
Chodesh was come, HaMelech him, Wherefore shall he be of Hashem, saying, Hashem
sat him down to eat lechem. slain? What hath he done? be between me and thee, and
|25| And HaMelech sat upon |33| And Sha'ul cast the between my zera and thy zera
his moshav (seat), as at other khanit (spear) at him to strike ad olam.
times, even upon a moshav by him dead; whereby Yonatan [21:1] And he arose and
the wall; and Yonatan arose, knew that it was determined of departed: and Yonatan went
and Avner sat by Sha'ul's side, Aviv to slay Dovid. into the Ir.
and Dovid's makom (place) |34| So Yonatan arose from Then came Dovid
was empty.
|26| Nevertheless Sha'ul
spoke not anything that day;
the shulchan in chari af (fierce
anger), and did eat no lechem
the second day of the month;
21 to Nov to
Achimelech
HaKohen; and Achimelech
for he thought, Something for he was grieved for Dovid, was afraid at the meeting of
hath befallen him, he is not because Aviv had shamefully Dovid, and said unto him,
tahor; surely he is not tahor. humiliated him. Why art thou alone, and no
|27| And it came to pass on |35| And it came to pass in ish with thee?
the day after Rosh Chodesh, the boker, that Yonatan went |2(3)| And Dovid said unto
which was the second day of out into the sadeh at the mo'ed Achimelech HaKohen,
the month, that Dovid's (appointed time) with Dovid, HaMelech hath commanded
makom was empty; and Sha'ul and a na'ar katon with him. me a matter, and hath said
said unto Yonatan bno, |36| And he said unto his unto me, Let no ish know
Wherefore cometh not Ben na'ar, Run, find out now the anything of the davar
Yishai to halechem neither khitzim (arrows) which I whereabout I send thee, and
yesterday, nor today? shoot. And as the na'ar ran, he what I have commanded thee;
|28| And Yonatan answered shot a khetz beyond him. and I have directed ne'arim
Sha'ul, Dovid earnestly asked |37| And when the na'ar was to such and such a makom
leave of me to go to Beit- come to the makom of the (place).
Lechem; khetz which Yonatan had |3(4)| Now therefore what is
|29| And he said, Let me go, shot, Yonatan cried after the under thine yad? Give me five
now; for we have mishpakhat na'ar, and said, Is not the lechem in mine yad, or
zevach in the Ir; and my khetz beyond thee? whatever there is found.
brother, he hath commanded |38| And Yonatan cried after |4(5)| And the Kohen
me to be there; and now, if I the na'ar, Make speed, haste, answered Dovid, and said,
have found chen in thine eyes, stay not. And na'ar Yonatan There is no lechem chol
let me get away, now, and see gathered up the khitzim (ordinary bread) under mine
my brethren. Therefore he (arrows), and came to his yad, but there is lechem
cometh not unto the Shulchan adon. kodesh; if the ne'arim have
HaMelech. |39| But the na'ar had no kept themselves at least from
|30| Then af Sha'ul (anger of da'as of anything; only isha.
Sha'ul) was kindled against Yonatan and Dovid knew the |5(6)| And Dovid answered
Yonatan, and he said unto davar (matter). the Kohen, and said unto him,
him, Thou ben of the perverse |40| And Yonatan gave his Indeed isha have been kept
rebellious woman, do not I weapons unto his na'ar, and from us yesterday and the day
have da'as that thou hast said unto him, Go, carry them before, since I set out, and the
chosen Ben Yishai to thine to the Ir. vessels of the ne'arim (young
own shame, and unto the |41| And as soon as the na'ar men) are kodesh, and if this is
shame of ervat immecha (thy was gone, Dovid arose out of a a derech chol (ordinary
mother's nakedness)? place toward the negev mission) indeed it will remain
|31| For as long as Ben Yishai (south), and fell on his face to kodesh today in their vesels.
liveth al ha’adamah (upon the the ground, and prostrated |6(7)| So the Kohen gave him
earth) thou shalt not be himself three times: and they kodesh; for there was no
established, nor malkhutecha kissed one another, and wept lechem there but the
(thy kingdom). Wherefore now one with another, until Dovid Lechem HaPanim, that
send and bring him unto me, wept exceedingly.
was taken from before |15(16)| Have I need of (vineyards), and make you all
Hashem, to be replaced with meshugga'im, that ye have sarei alafim and sarei me'ot;
lechem cham on the day when brought this one to |8| That all of you have made
it was taken away. play the meshugga in my a kesher against me, and there
|7(8)| Now a certain ish of the presence? Shall this one come is none that reveals unto my
avadim of Sha'ul was there into my bais? ear that beni (my son) hath cut
that day, detained before Dovid therefore a Brit with Ben Yishai, and
Hashem; shmo Do'eg, the
Edomi, the chief of the ro'im
that belonged to Sha'ul.
22 departed from
there, and escaped
to the me’arah (cave) of
there is none of you that is
concerned for me, or revealeth
unto my ear that beni (my son)
|8(9)| And Dovid said unto Adullam; and when his hath stirred up avdi against
Achimelech, And is there not brethren and all the me, to lie in wait, as he does
here under thine yad khanit bais aviv heard it, they went today?
or cherev? For I have neither down there to him. |9| Then answered Do'eg the
brought my cherev nor my |2| And every ish that was in Edomi, which was set over the
weapons with me, because the distress, and every ish that avadim of Sha'ul, and said, I
devar HaMelech (matter was in debt, and every ish that saw Ben Yishai coming to Nov,
of the King) required haste. was mar-nefesh (bitter in to Achimelech ben Achituv.
|9(10)| And the Kohen said, spirit, discontented) gathered |10| And he inquired of
The cherev of Golyat (Goliath) themselves unto him; and he Hashem for him, and gave
the Pelishti, whom thou became Sar over them; and him provision, and gave him
slewest in the Emek Elah, there were with him about the cherev Golyat HaPelishti.
hinei, it is here wrapped in a arba me'ot ish (four hundred |11| Then HaMelech sent to
cloth behind the ephod; if men). call Achimelech Ben Achituv
thou wilt take that, take it; for |3| And Dovid went from HaKohen, and kol Bais Aviv,
there is no other except that there to Mitzpeh Moav; and he the Kohanim that were in
here. And Dovid said, There is said unto the Melech Moav, Nov; and they came all of
none like that; give it me. Let avi and immi now come them to HaMelech.
|10(11)| And Dovid arose and out, and be with you, until I |12| And Sha'ul said, Hear
fled that day from before know what Elohim will do for now, thou Ben Achituv. And
Sha'ul, and went to Achish me. he answered, Hineni, adoni.
Melech Gat. |4| And he brought them |13| And Sha'ul said unto
|11(12)| And the avadim of before Melech Moav; and they him, Why have ye made a
Achish said unto him, Is not dwelt with him all the days kesher against me, thou and
this Dovid Melech HaAretz? that Dovid was in the Ben Yishai, in that thou hast
Did they not sing one to metzudah (stronghold, i.e. given him lechem, and a
another of him in dances, Mitzpeh Moav). cherev, and hast inquired of
saying, Sha'ul hath slain his |5| And Gad HaNavi said Elohim for him, that he
thousands, and Dovid unto Dovid, Abide not in the should rise against me, to lie
his myriads? metzudah; depart, and get in wait, as he does this day?
|12(13)| And Dovid laid up thee into Eretz Yehudah. Then |14| Then Achimelech
these devarim in his levav, Dovid departed, and came answered HaMelech, and said,
and was very much afraid of into the Forest of Cheret. And who is so ne'eman (loyal)
Achish Melech Gat. |6| When Sha'ul heard that among all thy avadim as
|13(14)| And he changed his Dovid was discovered, and the Dovid, which is the Choson
behavior before them, and anashim that were with him, HaMelech, obedient to thy
feigned himself a madman in (now Sha'ul abode in Giveah bidding, and is honored in
their hands, and scratched on under a tamarisk tree in thine bais?
the daletot hasha'ar, and let Ramah, having his khanit in |15| Did I then begin to
his spittle fall down upon his his yad, and all his avadim inquire of Elohim for him?
zakan (beard). were standing about him); Chalilah li! Let not HaMelech
|14(15)| Then said Achish |7| Then Sha'ul said unto his impute anything unto his
unto his avadim, Hinei, ye see avadim that stood about him, eved, nor to all the Bais Avi;
the man is meshugga; Hear now, ye of Binyamin; for thy eved knew nothing of
wherefore then have ye will Ben Yishai give every one all this, katon or gadol.
brought him to me? of you sadot and kramim
|16| And HaMelech said, |2| Therefore Dovid inquired |11| Will the Ba'alei Ke'ilah
Thou shalt surely die, of Hashem, saying, Shall I go (citizens of Ke'ilah) deliver me
Achimelech, thou, and and strike these Pelishtim? up into his yad? Will Sha'ul
kol Bais Avicha. And Hashem said unto Dovid, come down, as Thy eved hath
|17| And HaMelech said unto Go, and strike the Pelishtim, heard? Hashem Elohei
the footmen that stood about and save Ke'ilah. Yisroel, tell now Thy eved. And
him, Turn, and slay the |3| And Anshei Dovid said Hashem said, He will come
Kohanim of Hashem; because unto him, Hinei, Anachnu down.
their yad also is with Dovid, (we) are afraid here in |12| Then said Dovid, Will
and because they knew when Yehudah; how much more the Baalei Ke'ilah shut me and
he fled, and did not reveal it then if we come to Ke'ilah my anashim up into the yad
in my ear. But the avadim of against the maarkhot (military Sha'ul? And Hashem said,
HaMelech would not put lines) of the Pelishtim? They will deliver thee up.
forth their yad to strike the |4| Then Dovid inquired of |13| Then Dovid and his
Kohanim of Hashem. Hashem yet again. And anashim, which were about
|18| And HaMelech said to Hashem answered him and shesh me'ot ish, arose and
Do'eg, Turn thou, and strike said, Arise, go down to Ke'ilah; departed out of Ke'ilah, and
the Kohanim. And Do'eg the for I will deliver the Pelishtim went wherever they could go.
Edomi turned, and he struck into thine yad. And it was told Sha'ul that
the Kohanim, and slaughtered |5| So Dovid and his anashim Dovid was escaped from
on that day fourscore and five went to Ke'ilah, and fought Ke'ilah; and he refrained from
ish that did wear ephod bad with the Pelishtim, and going forth.
(linen robe). brought away their livestock, |14| And Dovid stayed in the
|19| And Nov, the Ir of the and attacked them with a midbar in metzadot
Kohanim, he struck with the makkah gedolah (great defeat). (strongholds, masadas) and
edge of the cherev, both ish So Dovid saved the remained on a har in the
and isha, olel and nursing inhabitants of Ke'ilah. midbar Ziph. And Sha'ul
infants, and shor, and |6| And it came to pass, when searched for him every day,
chamor, and seh, with the Evyatar (Abiathar) Ben but Elohim delivered him not
edge of the cherev. Achimelech fled to Dovid to into his yad.
|20| And ben echad of Ke'ilah, that he came down |15| And Dovid saw that
Achimelech Ben Achituv, with the Ephod [with oracular Sha'ul was come out to seek
shmo Evyatar (his name lot; see Ex 28,39] in his yad. his nefesh: and Dovid was in
Evyatar [Abiathar]), escaped, |7| And it was told Sha'ul that the midbar Ziph at Choresh.
and fled after Dovid. Dovid was come to Ke'ilah. |16| And Yonatan Ben Sha'ul
|21| And Evyatar (Abiathar) And Sha'ul said, Elohim hath arose, and went to Dovid at
told Dovid that Sha'ul had delivered him into mine yad; Choresh, and strengthened his
slain the Kohanim of Hashem. for he is shut in, by entering yad in Elohim [i.e.,
|22| And Dovid said unto into an ir (town) that hath encouraged him in G-d].
Evyatar (Abiathar), I knew it gates and bar. |17| And he said unto him,
that day, when Do'eg the |8| And Sha'ul called kol Fear not; for the yad Sha'ul
Edomi was there, that he HaAm together for Avi shall not find thee; and
would surely tell Sha'ul. I am milchamah, to go down to thou shalt be Melech over
mortally responsible for Ke'ilah, to besiege Dovid and Yisroel, and I shall be
nefesh Bais Avicha. his anashim. mishneh (second) unto thee;
|23| Abide thou with me, fear |9| And Dovid knew that and that also Sha'ul Avi
not; for he that seeketh my Sha'ul secretly plotted ra'ah knoweth.
nefesh seeketh thy nefesh; but (evil, harm) against him; and |18| And they two made a brit
with me thou shalt be he said to Evyatar (Abiathar) (covenant) before Hashem;
mishmeret (in safeguard). HaKohen, Bring here the and Dovid stayed at Choresh,
Then they told Ephod. and Yonatan went to his bais.
23 Dovid, saying,
Hinei, the
Pelishtim fight against Ke'ilah,
|10| Then said Dovid,
Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Thy
eved hath certainly heard that
|19| Then came up the
Ziphim to Sha'ul to Giveah,
saying, Doth not Dovid hide
and they rob the granot Sha'ul seeketh to come to himself among us in metzadot
(threshing floors). Ke'ilah, to destroy the ir (town) (strongholds, masadas)
on my account.
at Choresh, in the hill of |28| Wherefore Sha'ul |7(8)| So Dovid restrained his
Chachilah, which is on the returned from pursuing after anashim with these devarim,
south of Yeshimon? Dovid, and went against the and allowed them not to rise
|20| Now therefore, O Melech, Pelishtim; therefore they against Sha'ul. But Sha'ul rose
come down according to all called that makom Sela up out of the me'arah (cave),
the desire of thy nefesh to HaMachlekot (Rock of and went on his derech.
come down; and our part shall Escaping). |8(9)| Dovid also arose
be to deliver him into the yad |29(24:1)| And Dovid went up afterward, and went out of the
HaMelech. from there, and dwelt in me'arah, and called after
|21| And Sha'ul said, metzadot at Ein-Gedi. Sha'ul, saying, Adoni
Berukhim atem l'Hashem HaMelech. And when Sha'ul
(Blessed be ye of Hashem); for And it came to looked behind him, Dovid
ye have compassion on me.
|22| Now go, prepare further,
and know and see his makom
24 pass, when Sha'ul
was returned from
following the Pelishtim, that it
bowed down with his face to
the ground, and prostrated
himself.
where his hideouts are, and was told him, saying, Hinei, |9(10)| And Dovid said to
who hath seen him there; for it Dovid is in the midbar of Sha'ul, Wherefore hearest
is told me that he dealeth very Ein-Gedi. thou divrei adam, saying,
craftily. |2(3)| Then Sha'ul took Hinei, Dovid seeketh thy hurt?
|23| See therefore, and take shloshet alafim (three |10(11)| Hinei, this day thine
knowledge of all the thousand) chosen men out of eyes have seen how that
machavo'im (hideouts) where kol Yisroel, and went to search Hashem had delivered thee
he hideth himself, and come for Dovid and his anashim today into mine yad in the
ye again to me with the upon [the area known as] me'arah; and some urged me
certainty, and I will go with Wild Goat Rocks. kill thee; but mine [nefesh]
you; it shall come to pass, if he |3(4)| And he came to the spared thee; and I said, I will
be in the land, that I will gidrot hatzon (sheep pens of not put forth mine yad against
search him out throughout all the flock) on the derech, where adoni; for he is the moshiach
the thousands of Yehudah. was a me'arah (cave); and of Hashem.
|24| And they arose, and went Sha'ul went in to cover his feet |11(12)| Moreover, avi, see,
to Ziph ahead of Sha'ul; but [i.e., relieve himself], and indeed, see the corner of thy
Dovid and his anashim were Dovid and his anashim me'il (robe) in my yad; for in
in the midbar Ma'on, in the remained in the far end of the that I cut off the corner of thy
Aravah on the south of me'arah (cave). me'il, and killed thee not,
Yeshimon. |4(5)| And the anashim of know thou and see that there
|25| Sha'ul also and his Dovid said unto him, Hinei, is neither ra'ah nor peysha
anashim went to seek him. the day of which Hashem said (rebellion) in mine yad, and I
When Dovid was told, he unto thee, Hinei, I will deliver have not sinned against thee;
descended and came down to thine oyev (enemy) into thine yet thou huntest my nefesh
the Sela (Rock), and stayed in yad, that thou mayest do to to take it.
the midbar Ma'on. And when him as it shall seem tov unto |12(13)| Hashem judge
Sha'ul heard that, he pursued thee. Then Dovid arose, and between me and thee, and
Dovid in the midbar Ma'on. cut off the corner of the me'il Hashem avenge me on thee;
|26| And Sha'ul went on this of Sha'ul without his notice. but mine yad shall not be
side of the har, and Dovid and |5(6)| And it came to pass upon thee.
his anashim on that side of afterward, that the lev Dovid |13(14)| As saith the mashal
the har; and Dovid made smote him because he had cut (proverb) of the ancients,
haste to get away for fear of off the corner of Sha'ul. Resha (wickedness)
Sha'ul; for Sha'ul and his |6(7)| And he said unto his proceedeth from the resha'im;
anashim encircled Dovid and anashim, Chalilah (far be it) but mine yad shall not be
his anashim round about to before Hashem that I should upon thee.
take them. do this thing unto adoni, |14(15)| After whom is the
|27| But there came a malach Hashem's moshiach, to stretch Melech Yisroel come out? After
unto Sha'ul, saying, Haste forth mine yad against him, whom dost thou pursue? After
thee, and come; for the seeing he is the moshiach of a dead kelev (dog), after a
Pelishtim have invaded Hashem. parosh (flea).
HaAretz.
|15(16)| Hashem therefore be gadol me'od, and he had three slaughtered for my shearers,
judge, and judge between me thousand tzon, and a and give it unto anashim who
and thee, and see, and uphold thousand izzim (goats); and he come from I know not where?
my cause, and deliver me out was shearing his tzon in |12| So the ne'arim of Dovid
of thine yad. Carmel. turned to their derech, and
|16(17)| And it came to pass, |3| Now the shem of the ish went back, and came and told
when Dovid had made an end was Naval; and the shem of him all those devarim.
of speaking these devarim his isha Avigal; and she was |13| And Dovid said unto his
unto Sha'ul, that Sha'ul said, an isha of tovat seichel, and anashim, Gird ye on every ish
Is this thy voice, beni Dovid? beautiful; but the ish was his cherev. And they girded on
And Sha'ul lifted up his voice, kasheh (churlish, difficult) every ish his cherev; and
and wept. and rah (mean) in his doings; Dovid also girded on his
|17(18)| And he said to Dovid, and he was a descendent of cherev; and there went up
Thou art more tzaddik than I; Kalev. after Dovid about arba me'ot
for thou hast rewarded me |4| And Dovid heard in the ish; and two hundred stayed
tovah, whereas I have midbar that Naval did shear by the kelim (supplies).
rewarded thee ra'ah. his tzon. |14| But one of the ne'arim
|18(19)| And thou hast shown |5| And Dovid sent out ten told Avigal, eshet Naval,
this day how that thou hast ne'arim, and Dovid said unto saying, Hinei, Dovid sent
dealt tovah with me; the ne'arim, Get you up to malachim out of the midbar
forasmuch as when Hashem Carmel, and go to Naval, and to put a berakhah on
had delivered me into thine give him a shalom greeting in adoneinu; and he drove them
yad, thou killedst me not. my shem (name); off.
|19(20)| For if an ish find his |6| And thus shall ye say to |15| But the anashim were
oyev, will he let him go him, Koh lechai (good fortune tovim unto us, and we were
bederech tovah? Wherefore to you), shalom to thee, not hurt, neither missed we
Hashem reward thee tovah for shalom to thine bais, shalom any thing, as long as we
that thou hast done unto me unto all that thou hast. accompanied them, when we
this day. |7| And now I have heard were in the sadeh;
|20(21)| And now, hinei, I that thou hast shearers; now |16| They were a chomah
know that thou shalt surely be thy ro'im (shepherds) which (wall) unto us both by lailah
Melech, and that the were with us, we hurt them gam yomam (night and day),
Mamlechet Yisroel shall be not, and nothing was missing all the while we were with
established in thine yad. by them, all the while they them shepherding hatzon.
|21(22)| Swear now therefore were in Carmel. |17| Now therefore know and
unto me by Hashem, that thou |8| Ask thy ne'arim, and they consider what thou wilt do; for
wilt not cut off my zera after will show thee. Wherefore let ra'ah is determined against
me, and that thou wilt not the ne'arim find chen (favor, adoneinu, and against all his
destroy my shem out of the grace) in thine eyes; for we bais; for he is such a ben
Bais Avi. come on yom tov; give, now, Beliyaal, that a man cannot
|22(23)| And Dovid swore whatsoever cometh to thine speak to him.
unto Sha'ul. And Sha'ul went yad unto thy avadim, and to |18| Then Avigal made haste,
to his bais; but Dovid and his thy ben, Dovid. and took two hundred lechem,
anashim went up unto the |9| And when the naarei and two skins of yayin, and
metzudah (stronghold, Dovid came, they spoke to five tzon ready cooked, and
masada). Naval according to all those five measures of roasted grain,
And Shmuel died; devarim b'shem Dovid, and and a hundred raisin cakes,
25 and kol Yisroel

were gathered
together, and lamented him,
ceased.
|10| And Naval answered the
avadim of Dovid, and said,
and two hundred pressed figs,
and laid them on chamorim
(donkeys).
and buried him at his bais at Who is Dovid? And who is Ben |19| And she said unto her
Ramah. And Dovid arose, and Yishai? There be many ne'arim, Go on ahead of me;
went down to the midbar avadim nowadays who break hineni, I come after you. But
Paran. away every ish from his adon. she told not her ish Naval.
|2| And there was an ish in |11| Shall I then take my |20| And it was so, as she
Ma'on, whose possessions were lechem, and my mayim, and rode on the chamor,
in Carmel; and the ish was my meat that I have
that she came down by the been found in thee all thy mishteh (feast) in his bais, like
covert on the har, hinei, Dovid yamim. the mishteh of a melech; and
and his anashim came down |29| Yet adam is risen to lev Naval was tov within him,
toward her; and she met them. pursue thee, and to seek thy for he was shikkor ad me'od;
|21| Now Dovid had said, nefesh; but the nefesh of wherefore she told him
Surely for sheker have I been adoni shall be bound in the nothing, katan or gadol, until
shomer over all that this one bundle of chayyim with the ohr haboker.
hath in the midbar, so that Hashem Eloheicha; and the |37| But it came to pass in the
nothing was missed of all that nefesh of thine oyevim, them boker, when the yayin was
pertained unto him; and he shall He hurl away, as out of gone out of Naval, and his
hath requited me ra'ah for the hollow of a kela isha had told him these
tovah. (slingshot). things, that his lev died within
|22| So and more also do |30| And it shall come to him, and he became like even
Elohim unto the oyvei Dovid, pass, when Hashem shall have (stone).
if I leave of all that pertain to done to adoni according to |38| It came to pass about ten
him by the boker any that all the tovah that He hath yamim later, Hashem struck
urinate against the wall. spoken concerning thee, and Naval, that he died.
|23| And when Avigal saw shall have appointed thee |39| And when Dovid heard
Dovid, she hasted, dis- Nagid over Yisroel, that Naval was dead, he said,
mounted the chamor, and fell |31| There shall be no grief Baruch Hashem, that hath
before Dovid on her face, and unto thee, nor michshol lev upheld the cause of my
bowed herself to the ground, (downfall of conscience) unto cherpah (reproach) from the
|24| And fell at his feet, and adoni, either that thou hast yad of Naval, and hath kept
said, Upon me, adoni, upon committed shefach dahm his eved from ra'ah; for
me let this avon be; and let chinom, or that adoni hath Hashem hath returned the
now thine handmaid speak in avenged himself; but when ra'ah (wickedness) of Naval
thine audience, and hear the Hashem shall have dealt well upon his own rosh. And Dovid
devarim of thine handmaid. with adoni, then remember sent and communed with
|25| Let now not adoni thine handmaid. Avigal, to take her to him as
regard this ish of Beliyaal, |32| And Dovid said to isha.
even Naval; for as shmo is, so Avigal, Baruch Hashem |40| And when the avadim of
is he; Naval (fool) is shmo, and Elohei Yisroel, Who sent thee Dovid were come to Avigal to
nevalah (folly) is with him; but today to meet me; Carmel, they spoke unto her,
I thine handmaid saw not the |33| And baruch be thy good saying, Dovid sent us unto
ne'arim of adoni, whom thou sense, and berukhah be thou, thee, to take thee to him as
didst send. who hast kept me this yom isha.
|26| Now therefore, adoni, as from coming to shed blood, |41| And she arose, and
Hashem liveth, and as thy and from avenging myself bowed herself on her face to
nefesh liveth, seeing Hashem with mine own yad. the ground, and said, Hinei,
hath held thee back from |34| For in very deed, as let thine handmaid be for a
coming to shed dahm, and Hashem Elohei Yisroel liveth, shifchah to wash the feet of
from avenging thyself with Who hath kept me back from the avadim of adoni.
thine own yad, now let thine hurting thee, except thou |42| And Avigal hasted, and
oyevim, and they that seek hadst hasted and come to arose and rode upon a
ra'ah for adoni, be as Naval. meet me, surely there had not chamor, with five na'arot of
|27| And now this berakhah been left unto Naval by ohr hers that attended her; and
which thine shifchah (maid- haboker any that urinates she went after the malachim
servant) hath brought unto against the wall. of Dovid, and became his isha.
adoni, let it even be given unto |35| So Dovid received of her |43| Dovid also took
the ne'arim that follow at the yad that which she had Achinoam of Yizre'el; and they
feet of adoni. brought him, and said unto were also both of them his
|28| Forgive now the peysha her, Go up in shalom to thine nashim (wives).
of thine handmaid; for bais; see, I have paid heed to |44| But Sha'ul had given
Hashem will certainly make thy voice, and have granted Michal bitto (his daughter),
adoni a bais ne'eman; because thy request. Dovid's isha, to Phalti Ben
adoni fighteth the milchamot |36| And Avigal came to Layish, who was from Gallim.
of Hashem, and ra'ah hath not Naval; and, hinei, he held a
And the Ziphim Hashem's moshiach, and be adoni HaMelech.
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at Giveah, saying,
Doth not Dovid hide himself
guiltless?
|10| Dovid said furthermore,
As Hashem liveth, Hashem
|18| And he said, Why doth
adoni thus pursue after his
eved? For what have I done?
in the hill of Chachilah, which shall strike him; or his day Or what ra'ah is in mine yad?
faces Yeshimon? shall come to die; or he shall |19| Now therefore, let adoni
|2| Then Sha'ul arose, and descend into milchamah, and HaMelech hear the devarim of
went down to the midbar perish. his eved. If Hashem have
Ziph, having three thousand |11| Chalilah (far be it) from stirred thee up against me, let
chosen men of Yisroel with me by Hashem that I should Him accept a minchah; but if
him, to search for Dovid in the stretch forth mine yad against they be bnei adam, cursed be
midbar Ziph. Hashem's moshiach; but, take they before Hashem; for they
|3| And Sha'ul encamped in now thou the khanit (spear) have driven me out this day
the hill of Chachilah, which that is at his head, and the from abiding in the nachalah
faces Yeshimon, beside the flask of mayim, and let us go. of Hashem, saying, Go, serve
derech (road). But Dovid |12| So Dovid took the khanit elohim acharim.
stayed in the midbar, and he and the flask of mayim from |20| Now therefore, let not my
saw that Sha'ul came after near Sha'ul's head; and they dahm fall to the earth before
him into the midbar. got them away, and no one the face of Hashem; for the
|4| Dovid therefore sent out saw it, nor knew it, neither Melech Yisroel is come out to
scouts, and understood that awaked; for they were all search for a parosh (flea), as
Sha'ul had indeed come. asleep; because a tardamat when one doth hunt the
|5| And Dovid arose, and Hashem was fallen upon partridge in the harim.
came to the makom where them. |21| Then said Sha'ul, I have
Sha'ul had encamped; and |13| Then Dovid went over to sinned; return, beni Dovid; for
Dovid beheld the makom the other side, and stood on I will no more do thee harm,
where Sha'ul lay down, and the top of the har afar off; a because my nefesh was
Avner Ben Ner, the sar of his great space being between precious in thine eyes this day;
tzava (army); and Sha'ul was them; hinei, I was foolish, and have
lying in the camp, and HaAm |14| And Dovid called out to erred exceedingly.
encamped round about him. the people, and to Avner Ben |22| And Dovid answered and
|6| Then answered Dovid and Ner, saying, Answerest thou said, Hinei the khanit
said to Achimelech the Chitti, not, Avner? Then Avner HaMelech! Let one of the
and to Avishai Ben Tzeruyah, answered and said, Who art ne’arim come over and bring
achi Yoav, saying, Who will go thou that calls out to it back.
down with me to Sha'ul to the HaMelech? |23| Hashem repay to every
machaneh? And Avishai said, |15| And Dovid said to Avner, ish his tzedakah and his
I will go down with thee. Art not thou an ish (man)? emunah; for Hashem
|7| So Dovid and Avishai And who is like to thee in delivered thee into my yad
came to HaAm by lailah; and, Yisroel? Wherefore then hast today, but I would not stretch
hinei, Sha'ul lay sleeping thou not been shomer over forth mine yad against
within the camp, and his adonecha HaMelech? For Hashem's moshiach.
khanit (spear) stuck in the there came one of HaAm in to |24| And, hinei, as thy nefesh
ground at his head; but Avner destroy HaMelech adonecha. was much valued this day in
and HaAm lay round about |16| This thing is not tov that mine eyes, so let my nefesh be
him. thou hast done. As Hashem much valued in the eyes of
|8| Then said Avishai to liveth, ye are worthy for mavet, Hashem, and let Him deliver
Dovid, Elohim hath delivered because ye have not been me out of all tzarah (trouble).
thine oyev into thine yad shomer over adoneichem, |25| Then Sha'ul said to
today; now therefore let me Hashem's moshiach. And now Dovid, Baruch atah, beni
strike him, now, with the see where the khanit of Dovid; may thou both
khanit, pinning him to the HaMelech is, and the flask of accomplish many things, and
ground once; I will not strike mayim that was near his head. also still succeed. So Dovid
him the second time. |17| And Sha'ul knew the went on his derech, and Sha'ul
|9| And Dovid said to Avishai, voice of Dovid, and said, Is returned to his makom.
Destroy him not; for who can this thy voice, beni, Dovid?
stretch forth his yad against And Dovid said, It is my voice,
And Dovid said in and the begadim, and |5| And when Sha'ul saw the
27 his lev, I shall now

perish yom echad
by the yad Sha'ul; there is
returned, and came to Achish.
|10| And Achish said, Where
have ye raided today? And
machaneh of the Pelishtim,
he was afraid, and his lev
greatly trembled.
nothing tov for me than that I Dovid said, Against the Negev |6| And when Sha'ul inquired
should speedily escape into of Yehudah, or against the of Hashem, Hashem answered
the Eretz Pelishtim; and Negev of the Yarcheme'eli, or him not, neither by chalomot
Sha'ul shall despair of against the Negev of the Keni. (dreams), nor by Urim, nor by
searching for me any more in |11| And Dovid saved neither nevi'im.
kol gevul Yisroel; so shall I ish nor isha alive, to bring |7| Then said Sha'ul unto his
escape out of his yad. [news] to Gat, saying, Lest they avadim, Seek me an isha that
|2| And Dovid arose, and he should inform on us, saying, is a ba'alat ov (medium, a
passed over with the shesh So did Dovid, and so has been person with a familiar spirit),
me'ot ish that were with him his mishpat (practice) all the that I may go to her, and
unto Achish Ben Maoch yamim (days) he dwelleth in inquire of her. And his
Melech Gat. the sadeh of the Pelishtim avadim said to him, Hinei,
|3| And Dovid dwelt with (Philistines). there is an eshet ba'alat ov at
Achish at Gat, he and his |12| And Achish believed Ein-Dor.
anashim, every ish with his Dovid, saying, He hath made [8| And Sha'ul disguised
bais (household), even Dovid his people Yisroel utterly to himself, and put on begadim
with his two nashim, abhor him; therefore he shall acherim, and he went, and two
Achinoam of Yizre'el, and be eved to me olam (forever). anashim with him, and they
Avigal eshet Naval of Carmel. came to the isha by lailah; and
|4| And it was told Sha'ul that he said, divine for me by the
Dovid was fled to Gat; and he And it came to pass ov (familiar spirit), and bring
sought no more again for him.
|5| And Dovid said unto
Achish, If I have now found
28 in those yamim,
that the Pelishtim
gathered their machanot
him up for me, whom I shall
name unto thee.
|9| And the isha said unto
chen in thine eyes, let them together for tzava (warfare), to him, Hinei, thou knowest what
give me a makom (place) in fight with Yisroel. And Achish Sha'ul hath done, how he hath
some town in the sadeh said unto Dovid, Know thou cut off the ovot (mediums,
(country), that I may dwell assuredly, that thou shalt go those with familiar spirits),
there; for why should thy eved out with me to machaneh, and the yidoni (spiritist) from
dwell in the ir hamamlachah thou and thy anashim. HaAretz; why then layest thou
(royal city) with thee? |2| And Dovid said to Achish, a snare for my nefesh, to cause
|6| Then Achish gave him Surely thou shalt know what me to die?
Tziklag that day; therefore thy eved will do. And Achish |10| And Sha'ul vowed to her
Tziklag belongs unto the said to Dovid, Therefore will I by Hashem, saying, As
Melachim of Yehudah unto make thee my shomer rosh Hashem liveth, there shall no
this day. (head bodyguard) kol avon (punishment) happen to
|7| And the mispar hayamim hayamim. thee for this thing.
that Dovid dwelt in the sadeh |3| Now Shmuel was dead, |11| Then said the isha,
of the Pelishtim was four and kol Yisroel had mourned Whom shall I bring up for
months and two days. him, and buried him in thee? And he said, Bring up
|8| And Dovid and his Ramah, even in his own town. Shmuel for me.
anashim went up, and raided And Sha'ul had deported the |12| And when the isha saw
the Geshuri, and the Girzi, ovot (mediums, those with Shmuel, she cried with a kol
and the Amaleki; for they were familiar spirits), and the gadol (loud voice); and the
of old the inhabitants of yidonim (spiritists) from isha spoke to Sha'ul, saying,
HaAretz, as thou goest to HaAretz. Why hast thou deceived me?
Shur, even unto Eretz |4| And the Pelishtim For thou art Sha'ul.
Mitzrayim. gathered themselves together, |13| And HaMelech said unto
|9| And Dovid attacked the and came and encamped in her, Be not afraid: for what
land, and left neither ish nor Shunem; and Sha'ul gathered sawest thou? And the isha said
isha alive, and took away the kol Yisroel together, and they unto Sha'ul, I see elohim
tzon, and the bakar, and the encamped in Gilboa.
chamorim, and the gemalim,
olim (spirits, ones ascending, a lechem all the yom, nor all the Yisroel, which hath been with
spirit ascending) from lailah. me these yamim, or these
HaAretz. |21| And the isha came unto shanim, and unto this day I
|14| And he said unto her, Of Sha'ul, and saw that he was have found no fault in him
what form is he? And she said, greatly terrified, and said unto since he defected?
An ish zaken cometh up; and him, Hinei, thine shifcha hath |4| And the sarim of the
he is wearing a me'il (robe). obeyed thy voice, and I have Pelishtim were angry with
And Sha'ul had da'as that it put my nefesh in my palm, him; and the sarim of the
was Shmuel, and he bowed and have paid heed unto thy Pelishtim said unto him, Send
with his face to the ground, devarim which thou spoke the ish back, that he may turn
and prostrated himself. unto me. again to his makom (place,
|15| And Shmuel said to |22| Now therefore, shema home) which thou hast
Sha'ul, Why hast thou (pay heed) thou now also unto assigned him, and let him not
disquieted me, to bring the voice of thine shifcha, and go down with us to
me up? And Sha'ul answered, I let me set some lechem before milchamah, lest in the
am greatly distressed; for the thee; and eat, that thou milchamah he be as satan
Pelishtim make war against mayest have ko'ach, when thou (adversary, antagonist) to us;
me, and Elohim has turned goest on thy derech. for wherewith should he make
away from me, and answereth |23| But he refused, and said, himself acceptable unto his
me no more, neither by I will not eat. But his avadim, adon? Is it not with the heads
nevi'im, nor by chalomot together with the isha, urged of these anashim?
(dreams): therefore I have him; and he paid heed unto |5| Is not this Dovid, of whom
called on thee, that thou their voice. So he arose from they sang one to another in
mayest make known unto me ha'aretz, and sat upon the mecholot (dances), saying,
what I should do. mittah (bed). Sha'ul slaughtered his alafim,
|16| Then said Shmuel, Why |24| And the isha had a and Dovid his revavot
then dost thou ask of me, fattened egel in the bais; and (myriads)?
seeing Hashem is turned away she hasted, and slaughtered it, |6| Then Achish called Dovid,
from thee, and is become and took kemakh (flour), and and said unto him, Surely, as
thine adversary? kneaded it, and did bake Hashem liveth, thou hast been
|17| And Hashem hath done matzot thereof; yashar (upright), and thy going
for Himself just as He spoke |25| And she brought it out and thy coming in with me
by me; for Hashem hath torn before Sha'ul, and before his in the machaneh is tov in my
the Mamlachah out of thine avadim; and they did eat. sight; for I have not found
yad, and given it to thy re'a Then they rose up, and went ra'ah in thee since the day of
(neighbor), even to Dovid: away that lailah. thy coming unto me until this
|18| Because thou obeyedst day; nevertheless, in the eyes
not the kol (voice) of Hashem, of the rulers thou art not tov.
nor executedst His charon af |7| Wherefore now shuv (turn,
upon Amalek, therefore hath Now the Pelishtim turn back), and go in shalom,
Hashem done this thing unto
thee this day.
|19| Moreover Hashem will
29 gathered together
all their machanot
to Aphek; and Yisroel
that thou displease not the
rulers of the Pelishtim.
|8| And Dovid said unto
also deliver Yisroel with thee encamped by an ayin (spring) Achish, But what have I
into the yad (hand, power) of which is in Yizre'el. done? And what hast thou
the Pelishtim; and makhar |2| And the rulers of the found in thy eved from the
(tomorrow) shalt thou and thy Pelishtim (Philistines) were day that I am before thee until
banim be with me; Hashem passing by with me'ot, and this day, that I may not go
also shall deliver the with alafim; but Dovid and his fight against the oyevei adoni
machaneh Yisroel into the yad anashim were passing at the HaMelech?
Pelishtim. rearguard with Achish. |9| And Achish answered and
|20| Then at once Sha'ul fell |3| Then said the sarim of the said to Dovid, I know that
his full length on the ground, Pelishtim, What are these thou art tov in my sight, as a
and was greatly afraid, Ivrim doing here? And Achish malach Elohim;
because of the divrei Shmuel; said unto the sarim of the notwithstanding, the sarim of
and there was no ko'ach in Pelishtim, Is not this Dovid, the Pelishtim have said, He
him; for he had eaten no the eved of Sha'ul Melech
shall not go up with us |8| And Dovid inquired of plunder that they had taken
to the milchamah. Hashem, saying, Shall I from Eretz Pelishtim, and
|10| Wherefore now rise up pursue after this gedood? from Eretz Yehudah.
early in the boker with the Shall I overtake it? And He |17| And Dovid struck them
avadim of thy adon that are answered him, Pursue; for from the neshef (twilight,
come with thee; and as soon as thou shalt surely overtake, and evening) even unto the erev of
ye get up early in the boker, without fail save. the next day; and there
and have ohr, depart. |9| So Dovid went, he and escaped not an ish of them,
|11| So Dovid and his shesh me'ot ish that were with except four hundred na'ar,
anashim rose up early to him, and came to the brook which rode off upon gemalim,
depart in the boker, to return Besor, where those that were and fled.
to Eretz Pelishtim. And the left behind stayed. |18| And Dovid recovered all
Pelishtim went up to Yizre'el. |10| But Dovid pursued, he that Amalek had carried away;
And it came to and arba me'ot ish; for two and Dovid saved his two
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and his anashim
were come to Tziklag on the
hundred stayed behind, which
were so exhausted that they
could not go over the brook
nashim.
|19| And there was nothing of
them missing, lacking neither
Yom HaShelishi, that the Besor. katon nor gadol, neither
Amaleki had made a raid on |11| And they found an banim nor banot, neither
the Negev and Tziklag and Egyptian in the sadeh, and plunder, nor anything that
attacked Tziklag, and burned brought him to Dovid, gave they had taken for them;
it with eish; him lechem, and he did eat; Dovid recovered all.
|2| And had captured the they made him drink mayim; |20| And Dovid took all the
nashim, that were therein; |12| And they gave him a tzon and the bakar, which
they killed not any, either piece of pressed fig cake, and they drove before those other
gadol or katon, but carried two raisin cakes; and when he mikneh, and said, This is
them off, and went on their had eaten, his ruach returned shalal Dovid (the plunder of
derech. to him; for he had eaten no David).
|3| So Dovid and his anashim lechem, nor drunk any mayim, |21| And Dovid came to the
came to the Ir, and, hinei, it shloshah yamim and shloshah two hundred anashim, which
was aflame with eish; and lailot. were so exhausted that they
their nashim, and their |13| And Dovid said unto could not follow Dovid, whom
banim, and their banot, had him, To whom belongest thou? they had left behind also at
been taken captive. And from where art thou? And the brook Besor; and they
|4| Then Dovid and HaAm he said, I am a na'ar Mitzri, went forth to meet Dovid, and
that were with him lifted up eved to an Amaleki; and my to meet HaAm that were with
their voice and wept, until adon left me, because yamim him; and when Dovid came
they had no more ko'ach to sheloshah ago I fell sick. near to the people, he gave
weep. |14| We made a raid upon the them a shalom greeting.
|5| And Dovid's two nashim south of the Kereti, and upon |22| Then answered all the
were taken captive, Achinoam the territory of Yehudah, and ish rah and the Beliyaal
the Yizre'elit, and Avigal eshet upon the south of Kalev; and among the anashim of those
Naval the Carmeli. we burned Tziklag with eish. that went with Dovid, and
|6| And Dovid was greatly |15| And Dovid said to him, said, Because they went
distressed; for HaAm spoke of Canst thou bring me down to not with us, we will not give
stoning him, because the this gedood? And he said, them any of the shalal that we
nefesh of kol HaAm was Swear unto me by Elohim, have recovered, except to every
marah (bitter), every ish for that thou wilt neither kill me, ish his isha and his banim,
his banim and for his banot; nor deliver me into the hands that they may take them and
but Dovid made himself of my adon, and I will lead leave.
chazak in Hashem Elohav. thee down to this gedood. |23| Then said Dovid, Ye
|7| And Dovid said to Evyatar |16| And when he had led shall not do so, my achim,
HaKohen Ben Achimelech, him down, hinei, they were with that which Hashem hath
Bring me now here the Ephod. spread out over the surface of given us, Who hath been
And Evyatar brought the kol ha'aretz, eating and shomer over us, and delivered
Ephod to Dovid. drinking, and revelling, the gedood that came against
because of all the great us into our yad.
|24| For who will pay heed like him, jealous, cracking entered the Promised Land:
unto you in this matter? But under pressure, not obeying Saul committed the sin of
as his chelek is that goeth G-d with fearful care and Achan (compare Josh.chp 7
down to the milchamah attention to detail, taking our and I Sm. 15:13-23) and Saul
(battle), so shall his chelek be eyes off G-d, off His Word, almost caused the death of
that tarrieth by the kelim laying down carnal and Jonathan (compare Jephthah's
(supplies): their chelek they arbitrary policies, getting out daughter--Judg.11:39 and ISm.
shall share alike. of step with the Ruach 14:28-30). A minister should
|25| And it was so from that Hakodesh, no longer lifting up stay small in his own eyes
day forward, that he made it a the glory of G-d but instead (1Sm 15:17), unless he wants
chok (statute) and a mishpat building a monument to to be replaced. There is
for Yisroel unto this day. ourselves [see 1Sm 15:12]. If we always a young David waiting
|26| And when Dovid came to are become spoiled, and focus in the wings to replace an old
Tziklag, he sent of the shalal on our own prerogatives rather proud Saul. We see in Saul a
(plunder) unto the Ziknei than G-d’s, He may lose man demonized and depressed
Yehudah, even to his re'im patience with us and replace and very much in need of,
(friends), saying, Hinei, a us, if we abuse our privileges. among other things,
berakhah for you of the shalal G-d doesn't want to be obeyed deliverance through music
(plunder) of the oyevim of our way; He wants to be ministry. We see the
Hashem; obeyed His way. See 1Sm 15 importance of spiritual song in
|27| To them which were in and what happens if we rebel 1Sm 16:14-23. David’s
Beit-El, and to them which against this teaching. Saul's musical skill has left us a rich
were in Ramot of the South, personal Meribah-Massah treasure to worship G-d, but it
and to them which were in experience took place at Gilgal is also important to remember
Yatir, where his rebellion cost him his the demonic oppression of Saul
|28| And to them which were ministry [review I Sm. 13:8-l4; and how it was abated by
in Aro'er, and to them which Ex. 17:l-7; Num. 20:1-13; Ps. David’s harp. Notice the
were in Siphmot, and to them 106:32; 95:8; Deut. 33:8; MJ. importance of the ministry of
which were in Eshtemoa, 3:8.] Here we see Saul music in 1Sm 18:10-12. 1Sm
|29| And to them which were repeating in his kingly person 16:17 indicates that the L-rd’s
in Rachal, and to them which the experience of the children musician must be an artist
were in the cities of the of Israel in the wilderness. who can play well. The man
Yerachme'eli, and to them Every generation has a of G-d is necessarily a refugee
which were in the cities of the Kadesh-barnea opportunity to in a wicked and G-d-hating
Keni, obey the L-rd and to follow world, but in 1Sm G-d gives
|30| And to them which were Him and to gain new ground Dovid favor and guides his
in Chormah, and to them for the Kingdom of G-d, or else steps to safety. See chapter 19.
which were in Chor-Ashan, to hesitate; and, as the story of In chapter 22 we see the
and to them which were in the wilderness illustrates, he wickedness of Saul, who has
Atach, who shrinks back, he who no respect for G-d's ministers.
|31| And to them which were hesitates, is lost. Every This is called anti-clericalism.
in Chevron, and to all the generation is put to a test and Increasingly the world is filling
mekomot (places) where Dovid a trial—either to march ahead up with Sauls and preparing
himself and his anashim were in faith and take some ground for the Great Tribulation when
accustomed to visit. for G-d, or to rebel and the Brit Chadasha kehillah
“grumble in your tents” and will be under a final massive
die with a faithless hardened anti-Moshiach assault of
heart in the wilderness. If even anticlericalism. See 1Sm 23:14.
Moses, great though he was, Notice that when Dovid
fell short of the L-rd’s holy seemingly lost everything at
T.N. I Shmuel is an amazing expectations and was Ziklag, he "strengthened
character study of the tragedy punitively replaced, how much himself in the L-rd his G-d"
of King Saul. A slow break- more should we be careful not (1Sm 30:6).
down in his character is to rebel against G-d’s Word. However, by contrast, on the
carefully presented to us as a We see that Saul repeated the verge of losing everything,
warning. We too could become sins Israel committed when she
Saul turned to the occult. In Furthermore, Dt 18:15-19 Still another Messianic

this we also see the destructive foretells the prophet like allusion in 1Sm is 9:20 where
results of involvement with Moses that G-d will raise up in Shmuel says, And on whom is
psychics and fortune-tellers or the Promised Land, the kol chemdat Yisroel (all the
any occult practice. A Prophet-Moshiach. Yeshayah Desire of Yisroel)? Is it not on
concordance search of the infers that the Moshiach will thee, i.e. on the Anointed King,
word “Moshiach” in 1Sm be a new Moses (Isa 42:15-16; the Moshiach? Now we go to
reveals it as a concept lying 49:9-10) and a new Joshua (Isa Hag 2:7 where the post-Exilic
just under the surface in the 49:8). The immediate (not prophet Chaggai, with great
Bible’s discussion of the first final) fulfillment of the Dt Messianic portent, prophesies
king of Israel. There are also 18:15-19 prophecy is Yehoshua that G-d is going to shake the
Messianic allusions in 1Sm (Joshua/Yeshua). The Sages heavens and the Chemdat kol
that are cross-referenced by (Avot 1:1) tell us that Moses Goyim (the Desired of all
other parts of the Tanakh. accepted the Torah from Sinai Nations, i.e. the Moshiach) will
Notice 1Sm 9:17 where you see and transmitted it to come. Moshiach’s coming is
the words HINEI HAISH Joshua/Yeshua. Not only that, referred to many times in the
(BEHOLD THE MAN). This Joshua/Yeshua is Tanakh. “Until Shiloh Come”
phrase becomes a Messianic indeed a Moses-like prophet, is a phrase found in Gn 49:10.
Prophecy in Zech 6:12, which because it was to Joshua and Moshe tells us there that the
says HINEI ISH and then not to Moses that G-d gave the Deliverer will come through the
adds the post-Exilic code word revelation of the boundaries of Tribe of Yehudah or Judah.
for Moshiach, TZEMACH the tribal portions of Eretz Judah is the tribe of Moshiach
(“BRANCH” [of Dovid]) SHMO Yisrael. Moses died in the and is therefore the first to
([is] his Name). The named wilderness because he angered break camp (Num 2:3,9) and
person is the post-Exilic Kohen G-d, but Joshua led the people makes the first offering (Num
Gadol whose Messianic victoriously to the promised 7:12) and sets out first in the
Personal Name is Yehoshua in new life in the Holy Land. march from Sinai (Num 10:14).
Hebrew, Yeshua in Aramaic, Thus, Joshua (the Aramaic See also Prov 8:23 where
and in Greek Yoh-tah, ee-tah, form of whose name is Yeshua-- Hashem’s Wisdom, His Word,
seegh-mah, oh-mee-krone , see Nehemiah 8:17) is a is also “first” as well as Judg
eeps-ee-long, final seegh-mah. prophetic sign of the King 20:18, where Moshiach’s tribe
The successor to Moses, also Moshiach, the ruler from is likewise called “first.”
named Yehoshua, is a Symbol among his brethren who, Gen 49:10 says, “The shevet
of King Moshiach. like Moses and Prince Joseph, (sceptre) shall not depart from
Yehoshua (Joshua, Yeshua, the Savior in Egypt, would Yehudah, nor a Mekhokek
Neh 8:17) is called "the servant lead Israel's true faithful (Lawgiver) from between his
of the L-rd" in the book of remnant all the way from the raglayim (feet), until Shiloh
Joshua (Josh 24:29). Like rebellious unbelief resulting in [Shin, lamed, holam vav can
Caleb, Joshua is also a sign- death in the wilderness to the mean “until he whose it is”]
man, an ominous mofet of the eternal salvation and come; and unto him shall be
King Messiah, for Joshua is an Messianic deliverance the obedience of the amim
agent of chesed (undeserved, foreshadowed in the book of (peoples, nations).”
unmerited mercy e.g. in the Joshua. Another Messianic The inference of Gn 49:10 is
case of the prostitute Rahab) allusion in 1Sm that is cross- that Judah’s sovereignty
and of wrath and judgment or referenced elsewhere in the (shepherd’s staff) will remain
condemnation, in the holy war Tanakh is 1Sm 10:1, where with that tribe until the coming
of G-d against the seven wicked Shmuel anoints King Saul and of Dovid and the Ben Dovid
nations in the Promised Land. submissively, showing honor, Moshiach. See Ezek 21:27 and
The prophet Daniel, who also kisses him. Ps 2:11-12 warns its reference to Gn 49:10,
speaks of both the chesed of that Moshiach must be “until he comes to whom it
chayei olam (eternal life) as approached in this way, “lest rightfully belongs.” Gn 49:10
well as judgment and ye perish” or be “destroyed in says “the obedience of the
condemnation (Dan 12:2), your way.” peoples” is his, that is, the
gives us a glorious apocalyptic Moshiach’s. Sanhedrin 98b
picture of this coming King, says that is indeed a Messianic
this Moshiach of the Clouds of prophecy.
Himel (Daniel 7:13-14).
SHMUEL BAIS
Now the Pelishtim keli, and sent through eretz |5| And Dovid said unto the
31 fought against
Yisroel; and the
anshei Yisroel fled from
Pelishtim all around, to
publish it in the bais atzabim,
and among the people.
na'ar that told him, How
knowest thou that Sha'ul and
Yonatan bno are dead?
before the Pelishtim, and fell |10| And they put his keli in |6| And the na'ar that told
down chalalim (slain ones) on the Bais Ashtarot; and they him said, As I happened to be
Mt Gilboa. hung up his body on the upon Mt Gilboa, hinei, Sha'ul
|2| And the Pelishtim chomat Beit Shan. leaned upon his khanit;
followed hard upon Sha'ul |11| And when the and, hinei, the chariots and
and upon his banim; and the inhabitants of Yavesh Gilead ba'alei haparashim
Pelishtim slaughtered heard of that which the followed hard after him.
Yehonatan [Yonatan], and Pelishtim had done to Sha'ul; |7| And when he looked
Avinadav, and Malki Shua, |12| kol ish chayil arose, and behind him, he saw me, and
the Bnei Sha'ul. went kol halailah, and took called unto me. And I
|3| And the milchamah the geviyyat Sha'ul and the answered, Hineini.
became intense against Sha'ul, geviyyot of his banim from the |8| And he said unto me, Who
and the archers overtook him; chomat Beit Shan, and came art thou? And I answered him,
and he was mortally wounded to Yavesh, and cremated them I am an Amaleki.
by the archers. there. |9| He said unto me again,
|4| Then said Sha'ul unto his |13| And they took their Stand, now, over me, and slay
noseh keli (armor bearer), atzmot, and buried them me; for shavatz (death through
Draw thy cherev, and thrust under a tree at Yavesh, and agony) is come upon me,
me through therewith; lest underwent a tzom shivat because my nefesh is yet still
these arelim (uncircumcised yamim. in me.
ones) come and thrust me |10| So I stood over him, and
through, and abuse me. But slaughtered him, because I
his noseh keli would not; for SHMUEL BAIS was sure that he could not live
he was very afraid. Therefore after that he was fallen; and I
Sha'ul took a cherev, and fell Now it came to pass after took the nezer (crown, diadem)
upon it.
|5| And when his noseh keli
saw that Sha'ul was dead, he
1 the mot Sha'ul, when
Dovid was returned from
the slaughter of Amalek, and
that was upon his rosh, and
the etzadah (bracelet, band)
that was on his zero'a, and
fell likewise upon his cherev, Dovid had abode two yamim have brought them here unto
and died with him. in Tziklag; adoni.
|6| So Sha'ul died, and his |2| It came even to pass on |11| Then Dovid took hold on
shloshet banim, and his noseh Yom HaShlishi, that, hinei, an his clothes, and made the
keli, and kol anashim of him, ish came out of the machaneh kri'ah on them; and likewise
that same day together. from Sha'ul with his clothes all the anashim that were with
|7| And when the anshei torn, and adamah upon his him;
Yisroel that were on the other rosh; and so it was, when he |12| And they mourned, and
side of the emek (valley), and came to Dovid, that he fell to wept, and did a tzom until the
they that were on the other the ground, and prostrated erev, for Sha'ul, and for
side of the Yarden, saw that himself. Yonatan bno, and for the Am
the anshei Yisroel fled, and |3| And Dovid said unto him, Hashem, and for Bais Yisroel;
that Sha'ul and his banim From where comest thou? And because they were fallen by
were dead, they abandoned he said unto him, Out of the the cherev.
the towns, and fled; and the machaneh Yisroel am I |13| And Dovid said unto the
Pelishtim came and took escaped. na'ar that told him, From
occupation of them. |4| And Dovid said unto him, where art thou? And he
|8| And it came to pass on the How went the matter? Tell me answered, I am ben ish ger, an
next day, when the Pelishtim now. And he answered, That Amaleki.
came to strip the chalalim, the people are fled from the |14| And Dovid said unto
that they found Sha'ul and his milchamah, and many of the him, How wast thou not afraid
shloshet banim fallen on Mt people also are fallen and to stretch forth thine yad to
Gilboa. dead; and Sha'ul and Yonatan destroy Hashem's moshiach?
|9| And they cut off his rosh bno are dead also.
(head), and stripped off his
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|15| And Dovid called one of pleasant hast thou been unto |9| And made him melech
the ne'arim, and said, Go me; thy ahavah was wonderful over Gilàd, and over the
near, and fall upon him. And to me, passing ahavat nashim. Ashuri, and over Yizre'el, and
he struck him so that he died. |27| How are the Gibborim over Ephrayim, and over
|16| And Dovid said unto fallen, and the k'lei Binyamin, and over
him, Thy dahm be upon thy milchamah (weapons of war) all Yisroel.
rosh; for thine own peh hath perished! |10| Ishboshet ben Sha'ul was
testified against thee, saying, I And it came to pass after forty shanah when he began to
have slain Hashem's
moshiach.
|17| And Dovid lamented
2 this, that Dovid inquired
of Hashem, saying, Shall
I go up into any of the towns
reign over Yisroel, and reigned
two shanim. But Bais
Yehudah followed Dovid.
with this kinah (lamentation) of Yehudah? And Hashem |11| And the time that Dovid
over Sha'ul and over Yonatan said unto him, Go up. And was Melech in Chevron over
bno; Dovid said, To where shall I Bais Yehudah was shivah
|18| Also he bade them teach go up? And he said, Unto shanah and shishah
the Bnei Yehudah: The Chevron. chodashim.
Keshet. Hinei, it is written in |2| So Dovid went up there, |12| And Avner ben Ner, and
the Sefer HaYasher: and his two nashim also, the avadim of Ishboshet Ben
|19| The glory of Yisroel is Achinoam the Yizre'elit, and Sha'ul, went out from
slain upon thy high places; Avigal eshet Nabal the Machanayim to Giveon.
how are the Gibborim fallen! Carmeli. |13| And Yoav Ben Tzeruyah,
|20| Tell it not in Gat, |3| And his anashim that and the avadim of Dovid, went
proclaim it not in the streets were with him did Dovid bring out, and met together by the
of Askelon; lest the banot up, every ish with his pool of Giveon; and they sat
Pelishtim rejoice, lest the household; and they dwelt in down, the one on the one side
banot ha’arelim triumph. the towns of Chevron. of the pool, and the other on
|21| Ye mountains of Gilboa, |4| And anshei Yehudah the other side of the pool.
let there be no tal, neither let came, and there they anointed |14| And Avner said to Yoav,
there be matar, upon you, nor Dovid Melech over Bais Let the young men now arise
fields of terumot; for there the Yehudah. And they told for a contest before us. And
mogen Gibborim is defiled, Dovid, saying, The Anshei Yoav said, Let them arise.
the mogen of Sha'ul, as though Yavesh-Gilead were they that |15| Then there arose and
he had not been mashiach buried Sha'ul. went over by mispar twelve of
(anointed) with shemen. |5| And Dovid sent malachim Binyamin, which pertained to
|22| From the dahm of the unto the Anshei Yavesh- Ishboshet ben Sha'ul, and
slain, from the chelev of the Gilead, and said unto them, twelve of the avadim of Dovid.
Gibborim, the keshet Yonatan Berukhim atem of Hashem, |16| And they caught every
turned not back, and the that ye have showed this one his re'a by the rosh, and
cherev Sha'ul returned not chesed unto adoneichem, even thrust his cherev in his re'a's
empty. unto Sha'ul, burying him. side; so they fell down
|23| Sha'ul and Yonatan were |6| And now Hashem show together; therefore that
beloved and gracious in their chesed and emes unto you; makom was called Chelkat-
lives, and in their mot they and I also will repay you this Hatzurim, which is in Giveon.
were not parted; they were tovah, because ye have done |17| And there was a very
swifter than nesharim, they this thing. fierce milchamah that day;
were stronger than arayot. |7| Therefore now let your and Avner was defeated, and
|24| Ye banot Yisroel, weep hands be strengthened, be ye the Anshei Yisroel, before the
over Sha'ul, who clothed you bnei chayil; for adoneichem Avadim of Dovid.
in scarlet, with fineries, who Sha'ul is dead, and also the |18| And there were three
put on ornaments of zahav Bais Yehudah have anointed Bnei Tzeruyah there: Yoav,
upon your apparel. me Melech over them. Avishai, Asahel; Asahel was as
|25| How are the Gibborim |8| But Avner ben Ner, Sar swift of foot as a gazelle.
fallen in the midst of the Tzava of Sha'ul, took |19| Asahel pursued after
milchamah! O Yonatan, thou Ishboshet Ben Sha'ul, and Avner; and in going he turned
wast slain on thine heights. brought him over to not to the right nor to the
|26| I am distressed for thee, Machanayim;
my brother Yonatan; very
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left from following Avner. shofar, and kol haAm stood |7| And Sha'ul had a pilegesh
|20| Then Avner looked still, and pursued after Yisroel (concubine), whose shem was
behind him, and said, Art no more, neither fought they Ritzpah Bat Ayah; and he
thou Asahel? And any more. [Ishboshet] said to Avner, why
he answered, I am. |29| And Avner and his hast thou gone in unto
|21| And Avner said to him, anashim marched kol halailah pilegesh avi?
Turn thee aside to thy right or through the Aravah, and |8| Then was Avner very
to thy left, and lay thee hold passed over Yarden, and went angry at the devarim of
on one of the ne'arim, and through all Bitron, and they Ishboshet, and said, Am I
capture thee his armor. But came to Machanayim. Yehudah’s rosh kelev? Today
Asahel would not turn aside |30| And Yoav returned from do I show chesed unto the Bais
from following of him. following Avner; and when he Sha'ul avicha, to his brethren,
|22| And Avner said again to had gathered kol HaAm and to his friends, and have
Asahel, Turn thee aside from together, there lacked of not delivered thee into the yad
following me; why should I Dovid's avadim nineteen ish Dovid, and then thou chargest
strike thee to the ground? How and Asahel. me today with an avon
then should I hold up my face |31| But the avadim of Dovid concerning this isha?
to Yoav achicha? had struck down of Binyamin, |9| So do Elohim to Avner,
|23| Howbeit he refused to and of anshei Avner, so that and more also! As Hashem
turn aside; therefore Avner three hundred and threescore hath sworn to Dovid, even so I
with the butt end of the khanit ish died. do for him [Dovid];
struck him under the fifth rib, |32| And they took up Asahel, |10| To transfer the
that the khanit came out his and buried him in the kever of Mamlachah from the Bais
back; and he fell down there, aviv, which was in Beit- Sha'ul, and to set up the Kisse
and died in the same place; Lechem. And Yoav and his Dovid over Yisroel and over
and it came to pass, that as men marched kol halailah, Yehudah, from Dan even to
many as came to the makom and they came to Chevron at Beer-Sheva.
where Asahel fell down and dawn. |11| And he could not answer
died, stopped. Now there was long Avner a davar again, because
|24| Yoav also and Avishai
pursued after Avner; and the
shemesh went down when they
3 milchamah between the
Bais Sha'ul and the Bais
Dovid; but Dovid grew
he feared him.
|12| And Avner sent
malachim to Dovid on his
were come to the hill of stronger and stronger, and the behalf, saying, Whose is the
Ammah, that lieth before Bais Sha'ul grew weaker and eretz? Saying also, Cut thy brit
Giach by the derech midbar weaker. with me, and, hinei, my yad
Giveon. |2| And unto Dovid were shall be with thee, to bring
|25| And the Bnei Binyamin banim born in Chevron; and about kol Yisroel unto thee.
gathered themselves together his bechor was Amnon, of |13| And he [Dovid] said Tov;
after Avner, and became Achinoam the Yizre'elit; I will make a brit with thee;
aguddah echat (one unit), and |3| And his second, Kile'av, of but one thing I require of thee,
stood on the top of one hill. Avigal eshet Naval the that is, Thou shalt not see my
|26| Then Avner called to Carmeli; and the third, face, except thou first bring
Yoav, and said, Shall the Avshalom ben Maachah bat Michal Bat Sha'ul, when thou
cherev devour lanetzach Talmai Melech Geshur; comest to see my face.
(forever)? Knowest thou not |4| And the fourth, Adoniyah |14| And Dovid sent
that it will be marah in the Ben Chaggit; and the fifth, malachim to Ishboshet Ben
latter end? Ad mosai shall it Shephatyah Ben Avital; Sha'ul, saying, Deliver ishti
be then, until thou bid the |5| And the sixth, Yitre'am, by Michal, which I took in erusin
people return from pursuing Eglah eshet Dovid. These were to me for a hundred arlot
their brethren? born to Dovid in Chevron. (foreskins) of the Pelishtim
|27| And Yoav said, As |6| And it came to pass, while (Philistines).
HaElohim liveth, if thou hadst there was milchamah between |15| And Ishboshet sent, and
not spoken, HaAm would have the Bais Sha'ul and the Bais took her from her ish, even
continued every one following Dovid, that Avner was from Phaltiel Ben Layish.
his brother, not stopping until strengthening his grip on the |16| And her ish went with
haboker. Bais Sha'ul. her going along
|28| So Yoav blew a
weeping behind her to |25| Thou knowest Avner Ben |34| Thy hands were not
Bachurim. Then said Avner Ner, that he came to deceive bound, nor thy raglayim put
unto him, Go, return. And he thee, and to have da'as of thy into fetters; as a man falleth
returned. going out and thy coming in, before wicked men, so fellest
|17| And Avner had and to have da'as of all that thou. And kol HaAm wept
communication with the thou doest. again over him.
Ziknei Yisroel, saying, |26| And when Yoav was |35| And when kol HaAm
Ye sought for Dovid in times come out from Dovid, he sent came to cause Dovid to eat
past to be melech over you; malachim after Avner, which lechem while it was yet day,
|18| Now then do it; for brought him back from the Dovid swore a shevua (oath),
Hashem hath spoken of well of Sirah; but Dovid knew saying, So do Elohim to me,
Dovid, saying, By the yad of it not. and more also, if I taste
Avdi Dovid I will save My |27| And when Avner was lechem, or anything else, till
people Yisroel out of the yad returned to Chevron, Yoav the shemesh go down.
Pelishtim, and out of the yad took him aside in the sha'ar to |36| And kol HaAm took
of all their oyevim. speak with him privately, and notice of it, and it pleased
|19| And Avner also spoke in struck him there under the them; whatsoever HaMelech
the oznayim of Binyamin; and fifth rib, that he died, for the did pleased kol HaAm.
Avner went also to speak in dahm of Asahel his brother. |37| For kol HaAm and kol
the oznayim of Dovid in |28| And afterward when Yisroel had da'as that day that
Chevron all that seemed Dovid heard it, he said, I and it was not of HaMelech to
tov to Yisroel, and to the kol my mamlachah are naki murder Avner Ben Ner.
Bais Binyamin. (innocent) before Hashem ad |38| And HaMelech said unto
|20| So Avner came to Dovid olam from the dahm of Avner his avadim, Know ye not that
to Chevron, and esrim Ben Ner; there is sar and gadol fallen
anashim with him. And Dovid |29| Let it rest on the rosh this day in Yisroel?
made Avner and the anashim Yoav, and on kol Bais Aviv; |39| And I am this day weak,
that were with him a mishteh. and let there never fail from though moshuach melech
|21| And Avner said unto the Bais Yoav one that hath a (being anointed king); and
Dovid, I will arise and go, and discharge, or that is a metzora these anashim the Bnei
will gather kol Yisroel unto (leper), or that leaneth on a Tzeruyah are too harsh for
adoni HaMelech, that they pelech (stick, crutch), or that me; Hashem shall reward the
may cut a Brit with thee, and falleth on the cherev, or that doer of evil according to his
that thou mayest reign over all lacketh lechem. ra'ah (evil).
that thine lev desireth. And |30| So Yoav, and Avishai his And when Ben Sha'ul
Dovid sent Avner away; and
he went in shalom.
|22| And, hinei, the avadim
brother slaughtered Avner,
because he had slain their
brother Asahel at Giveon in
4 [Ish-Boshet] heard that
Avner was dead in
Chevron, his hands fell limp;
of Dovid and Yoav came from the milchamah. kol Yisroel became alarmed.
a raid, bringing in shalal rav |31| And Dovid said to Yoav, |2| And Ben Sha'ul had two
(great plunder) with them; but and to kol HaAm that were anashim that were sarei
Avner was not with Dovid in with him, Rend your clothes, gedudim (captains of raiding
Chevron; he had sent him and gird you with sackcloth, parties); the shem of the one
away, he was gone in shalom. and mourn before Avner. And was Ba’anah, and the shem of
|23| When Yoav and all the Dovid HaMelech himself the other Rechav; these
tzava that was with him were followed the mittah (bier, were the Bnei Rimmon
come, they told Yoav, saying, frame or bed holding corpse). HaBe'eroti, of the Bnei
Avner Ben Ner came to |32| And they buried Avner Binyamin: (for [the town of]
HaMelech, and he hath sent in Chevron; and HaMelech Be'erot was reckoned
him away, and he is gone in lifted up his voice and wept at as part of Binyamin.
shalom. the kever of Avner; and kol |3| And the Be'eroti fled to
|24| Then Yoav came to HaAm wept. Gittayim, and were sojourners
HaMelech, and said, What |33| And in a dirge HaMelech there until this day.)
hast thou done? Hinei, Avner lamented over Avner, and |4| And Yonatan Ben Sha'ul
came unto thee; why is it that said, Died Avner as a naval had a ben that was nekheh
thou hast sent him away, and (fool) dieth? raglayim (lame in both feet).
he is quite gone?
He was five years old when the reward for his besorah (good but the ivrim (blind ones) and
news came of Sha'ul and news); the pisechim (lame ones) shall
Yonatan from Yizre'el (Jezreel), |11| How much more, when repel thee; thinking, Dovid
and his nurse took him up, anashim resh'im have slain an cannot come in here.
and fled; and it came to pass, ish tzaddik in his own bais |7| Nevertheless Dovid
as she made haste to flee, that upon his mishkav (bed)? Shall captured the Metzudat Tziyon
he fell, and became lame, and I not therefore now require his (Fortress of Zion); the same is
shmo Mephivoshet. dahm of your yad, and take Ir Dovid (City of Dovid).
|5| And the Bnei Rimmon you away from HaAretz? |8| And Dovid said on that
HaBe'eroti, Rechav and |12| And Dovid commanded day, Anyone that striketh the
Baanah, went, and came his ne'arim (young men), and Yevusi will have to reach the
about chom hayom (the heat they slaughtered them, and water shaft, the pisechim and
of the day) to the bais Ish- cut off their yadayim and their the ivrim whom the nefesh
Boshet, who lay on a bed at raglayim, and hung them up Dovid hates ; thus the saying...
tzahorayim (noon). over the berekhah (pool) in The ivver and the piseach are
|6| And they came into the Chevron. But they took the here, he will not enter the
midst of the bais, as though rosh Ish-Boshet, and buried it bais.
they would have been getting in the kever of Avner in |9| So Dovid dwelt in the
chittim; and they stabbed him Chevron. Metzudah, and called it Ir
under the fifth rib; and Then came kol Shivtei Dovid. And Dovid built [Ir
Rechav and Baanah achiv (his
brother) escaped.
|7| For when they had gone
5 Yisroel to Dovid unto
Chevron, and spoke,
saying, Hineni, we are thy
Dovid] all around from Millo
and inward.
|10| And Dovid went on, and
into the bais, he lay on his etzem and thy basar. grew gadol, and Hashem
mittah (bed) in his chedar |2| Also in time past, when Elohei Tzva'os was with him.
mishkav (bedroom), and they Sha'ul was melech over us, |11| And Chiram Melech
stabbed him, and killed him, thou wast he that didst lead Tzor sent malachim to Dovid,
and beheaded him, and took out and brought in Yisroel; and cedar trees, and
his rosh, and got away through and Hashem said to thee, charashim of etz (carpenters)
the derech HaAravah kol Thou shalt feed [like a and charashim of even (stone
halailah. shepherd] My people Yisroel, masons) kir (wall, i.e., masons
|8| And they brought the rosh and thou shalt become Nagid of wall stones); and they built
Ish-Boshet unto Dovid at over Yisroel. Dovid a Bais (Palace).
Chevron, and said to |3| So all the zekenim of |12| And Dovid had da'as that
HaMelech, Hinei the rosh Ish- Yisroel came to HaMelech at Hashem had established him
Boshet Ben Sha'ul thine oyev Chevron; and Dovid Melech Yisroel, and that he
(enemy), which sought thy HaMelech cut a Brit with had exalted his mamlachah
nefesh; and Hashem hath them in Chevron before for the sake of His people
given nekamot (vengeance) Hashem; v'yimshechu (and Yisroel.
against Shaul unto adoni they anointed) Dovid Melech |13| And Dovid took him
HaMelech this day, and of his Yisroel. more pilagshim and nashim
zera. |4| Dovid was in age shloshim out of Yerushalayim after he
|9| And Dovid answered shanah when he began to was come from Chevron; and
Rechav and Baanah achiv, the reign, and he reigned arba'im there were more banim and
Bnei Rimmon HaBe'eroti, and shanim. banot born to Dovid.
said unto them, As Hashem |5| In Chevron he reigned |14| And these are the shmot
liveth, who hath padah over Yehudah sheva shanim of those that were born unto
(ransomed, redeemed) my and shishah chodashim; and him in Yerushalayim:
nefesh out of kol tzarah, in Yerushalayim he reigned Shammua, and Shovav, and
|10| When one told me, shloshim v'shalosh shanah Natan, and Sh'lomo,
saying, Hinei, Sha'ul is dead, over kol Yisroel and Yehudah. |15| Yivchar also, and
thinking he was like mevaser |6| And HaMelech and his Elishua, and Nepheg, and
(one who brings glad tidings, anashim went to Yerushala- Yaphia,
good news, evangelist), I took yim unto the Yevusi, the |16| And Elishama, and
hold of him, and slaughtered inhabitants of the land; which Elyada, and Eliphelet.
him in Tziklag, who thought spoke unto Dovid, saying,
that I would have given him a Thou shalt not come in here;
|17| But when the Pelishtim |2| And Dovid arose, and |11| And the Aron Hashem
heard that they had went with kol HaAm that were remained in the bais Oved-
mashechu (anointed) Dovid with him from Ba'ale- Edom the Gitti three months;
Melech over Yisroel, all the Yehudah, to bring up from and Hashem blessed Oved-
Pelishtim came up to seek there the Aron HaElohim Edom, and all his bais.
Dovid; but Dovid heard of it, which is called by the Shem; |12| And it was told Dovid
and went down to the the Shem Hashem Tzva'os HaMelech, saying, Hashem
metzudah (stronghold). that is enthroned on the hath blessed the bais Oved-
|18| The Pelishtim also came keruvim is upon it. Edom, and all that pertaineth
and spread themselves in |3| And they set the Aron unto him, because of the Aron
the Emek Repha'im. HaElohim upon an agalah HaElohim. So Dovid went and
|19| And Dovid inquired of chadashah (new wagon, cart), brought up the Aron
Hashem, saying, Shall I go up and brought it out of the bais HaElohim from the bais Oved-
against the Pelishtim? Wilt of Avinadav that was in Edom into Ir Dovid with
Thou deliver them into mine Giveah; and Uzzah and simchah.
yad? And Hashem said unto Achyo, the Bnei Avinadav, |13| And it was so, that when
Dovid, Go up; for I will guided the agalah chadashah. they that nosei Aron Hashem
doubtless deliver the |4| And they brought it out (carried the Aron HaShem)
Pelishtim into thine yad. of the bais Avinadav which had gone six steps, he
|20| So Dovid came to Baal- was at Giveah, with the Aron sacrificed ox and fattened calf.
Peratzim, and Dovid struck HaElohim; and Achyo walked |14| And Dovid danced
them there, and said, Hashem before the Aron. before Hashem with kol oz;
hath paratz (broken out) upon |5| And Dovid and all Bais and Dovid was girded with an
mine enemies before me, as of Yisroel rejoiced before ephod bad (linen ephod).
peretz mayim. Therefore he Hashem on all manner of |15| So Dovid and kol Bais
called the shem of that place instruments made of cypress, Yisroel brought up the Aron
Baal-Peratzim. even on kinnorot, on nevalim Hashem with ter'uah (shout)
|21| And there they left their (lyres), on tambourines, on and with the sound of the
atzabim, and Dovid and his castanets, and on cymbals. shofar.
anashim burned them. |6| And when they came to |16| And as the Aron Hashem
|22| And the Pelishtim came goren Nachon, Uzzah reached came into Ir Dovid, Michal
up yet again, and spread forth to the Aron HaElohim, Bat Sha'ul looked through a
themselves out in the Emek and took hold of it; for the ox chalon (window), and saw
Repha'im. tilted it. Dovid HaMelech leaping and
|23| And when Dovid |7| And the Af Hashem was dancing before Hashem; and
inquired of Hashem, He said, kindled against Uzzah; and she despised him in her lev.
Thou shalt not go up; but HaElohim struck him down |17| And they brought in the
circle around behind them, there for the shal (error); and Aron Hashem, and set it in its
and come upon them opposite there he died by the Aron makom, inside the ohel that
the mulberry trees. HaElohim. Dovid had pitched for it; and
|24| And let it be, when thou |8| And Dovid burned with Dovid offered olot (burnt
hearest the sound of marching anger, because Hashem had offerings) and shelamim
in the tops of the mulberry made a peretz (outburst), (peace offerings) before
trees, that then thou shalt breaking out upon Uzzah; and Hashem.
bestir thyself; for then shall he called the shem of the |18| And as soon as Dovid
Hashem go out before thee, to makom (place) Peretz-Uzzah, had made an end of offering
strike the machaneh of the which is what it is called to the olah (burnt offering) and
Pelishtim. this day. the shelamim (peace offering),
|25| And Dovid did so, as |9| And Dovid was afraid of he made berakhah on HaAm
Hashem had commanded Hashem that day, and said, b'Shem Hashem Tzva'os.
him; and struck the Pelishtim How can the Aron Hashem |19| And he apportioned
from Geva until thou come to come to me? among kol HaAm, even among
Gazer. |10| So Dovid would not kol hamon Yisroel, to isha as
Again, Dovid gathered move the Aron Hashem unto well as ish, to every one
6 together kol bachur

b'Yisroel, shloshim elef.
him in Ir Dovid; but Dovid
carried it aside into the bais
Oved-Edom the Gitti.
challat
lechem, a portion of meat, and out of Mitzrayim, even to this anashim, and with the
a raisin cake. So kol HaAm day, but have walked in an floggings of bnei adam;
departed, each to his bais. Ohel and in a Mishkan. |15| But My chesed shall not
|20| Then Dovid returned to |7| In all the places wherein I be taken away from him, as I
make berakhah on his bais. have walked with kol Bnei took it from Sha'ul, whom I
And Michal Bat Sha'ul came Yisroel spoke I a word with removed from before thee.
out to meet Dovid, and said, any of the Shivtei Yisroel, |16| And thine Bais and thy
How distinquished was the whom I commanded, to Mamlachah shall be
Melech Yisroel today, who shepherd My people Yisroel, established ad olam before
disrobed today in the eyes of saying, Why build ye not Me a thee; thy kisse (throne) shall
the amehot (handmaids) of his Bais of cedar? be established ad olam
avadim, as one of the rekim |8| Now therefore so shalt (forever) [See Ps 89:36-39]).
(vain, empty fellows, indecent thou say unto Avdi Dovid, |17| According to all these
boors) shamelessly uncovereth Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os, I devarim, and according to all
himself! took thee from the sheepfold, this chizzayon (revelation), so
|21| And Dovid said unto from following the tzon, to be did Natan speak unto Dovid.
Michal, It was before Hashem, Nagid over My people, over |18| Then went HaMelech
which chose me rather than Yisroel: Dovid in, and sat before
thy av, and rather than all his |9| And I was with thee Hashem, and he said, Who am
bais, to appoint me Nagid whithersoever thou didst go, I, Adonoi Hashem? And what
over Am Hashem, over Yisroel: and have cut off all thine is my Bais, that Thou hast
therefore will I rejoice before oyevim out of thy sight, and brought me this far?
Hashem. have made thee a shem gadol, |19| And as if this were a
|22| And I will yet be more like unto the shem of the small thing in Thy sight,
undignified than this, and will Gedolim that are on ha'aretz. Adonoi Hashem, Thou hast
be shafal (lowly) in mine own |10| Moreover I will appoint spoken also the future of Bais
eyes; and of the amahot makom (place, home) for My Avdecha. And is this fitting for
(maidservants) which thou people Yisroel, and will plant haAdam [such as me], Adonoi
hast spoken of, of them shall I them, that they may dwell in a Hashem?
be held in honor. place of their own, and be |20| And what can Dovid say
|23| Therefore Michal Bat disturbed no more; neither more unto Thee? For Thou,
Sha'ul had no yeled unto her shall the bnei avlah (children Adonoi Hashem, knowest
yom mot. of wickedness) afflict them any Avdecha.
And it came to pass, more, as in former times, |21| For the sake of Thy word,
7 when HaMelech sat in

his Bais, and Hashem
had given him rest round
|11| Even since the time that
I commanded Shofetim to be
over My people Yisroel, and
and according to Thine own
lev, hast Thou done all this
gedullah (great thing), and
about from all his oyevim; have caused thee to rest from made it known to Avdecha.
|2| That HaMelech said unto all thine oyevim. Also Hashem |22| Wherefore Thou art
Natan HaNavi, See now, I declareth to thee that He will great, Adonoi Hashem; for
dwell in a Bais of cedar, but make thee a Bais. there is none like Thee,
the Aron HaElohim dwelleth |12| And when thy yamim be neither is there any Elohim
within the curtain. fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep but Thee, according to all that
|3| And Natan said to with thy Avot, I will raise up we have heard with our ears.
HaMelech, Go, do all that is in thy Zera after thee, which |23| And what Goy echad in
thine lev; for Hashem is with shall proceed out of thy loins, ha'aretz is like Thy people,
thee. and I will establish his even like Yisroel, whom
|4| And it came to pass that Mamlachah (Kingdom). Elohim went to redeem for an
lailah, that the Devar Hashem |13| He shall build a Bais for Am for Himself, and to make
came unto Natan, saying, My Shem, and I will establish Him a Shem, and to do for
|5| Go and tell Avdi Dovid, the kisse (throne) of his Thee hagedullah (the
Thus saith Hashem, Shalt Mamlachah ad olam. great thing) and nora'ot,
thou build Me a Bais for Me to |14| I will be his Av, and he for Thy land, before Thy
dwell in? shall be My Ben [HaElohim]. If people, which Thou
|6| Whereas I have not dwelt he commit iniquity, I will redeemedst to Thee
in any Bais since the time that chasten him with the shevet
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from Mitzrayim, from the avadim, and brought minchah the kesef and zahav that he
Goyim and their g-ds? (gifts, tribute). had dedicated as kodesh of kol
|24| For Thou hast confirmed |3| Dovid struck also HaGoyim which he subdued;
to Thyself Thy people Yisroel Hadadezer Ben Rechov |12| Of Syria, and of Moav,
to be an Am unto Thee ad Melech Tzovah, as he went to and of the Bnei Ammon, and
olam; and Thou, Hashem, art recover his yad (rule) at the of the Pelishtim, and of
become their Elohim. nahar (river) Euphrates. Amalek, and of the plunder of
|25| And now, Hashem |4| And Dovid captured from Hadadezer Ben Rechov
Elohim, the davar (word, him an elef and seven Melech Tzovah.
promise) that Thou hast hundred parashim, and |13| And Dovid made himself
spoken concerning Avdecha, twenty elef foot soldiers; and a shem when he returned
and concerning his Bais, Dovid hamstrung all the from striking down Edom in
establish it ad olam, and do chariot horses, but reserved of the Gey Melach, being
just as Thou hast said. them for one hundred eighteen elef men.
|26| And let Thy Shem be chariots. |14| And he put garrisons in
magnified ad olam, saying, |5| And when the Syrians of Edom; throughout all Edom
Hashem Tzivos is Elohim over Damascus came to help put he garrisons, and all they
Yisroel; and let the Bais of Hadadezer Melech Tzovah, of Edom became avadim to
Avdecha Dovid be established Dovid struck down the Syrians Dovid. And Hashem saved
before Thee. two and twenty elef ish. Dovid wherever he went.
|27| For Thou, Hashem |6| Then Dovid put garrisons |15| And Dovid reigned over
Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, hast in Syria of Damascus; and the kol Yisroel; and Dovid
revealed to ozen Avdecha, Syrians became avadim to executed mishpat and
saying, I will build thee a Bais; Dovid, and brought minchah. tzedakah unto all his people.
therefore hath Avdecha found And Hashem saved Dovid |16| And Yoav Ben Tzeruyah
in his lev to pray this tefillah wherever he went. was over the army; and
unto Thee. |7| And Dovid took the Yehoshaphat Ben Achilud was
|28| And now, Adonoi shields of zahav that were on mazkir (secretary, recorder).
Hashem Atah hu HaElohim, the avadim of Hadadezer, and |17| And Tzadok Ben
and Thy devarim are emes, brought them to Achituv, and Achimelech Ben
and Thou hast promised Yerushalayim. Evyatar (Abiathar), were the
hatovah hazot unto Avdecha; |8| And from Betach [Tivchat, kohanim; and Serayah was the
|29| Therefore now let it 1 Chr18:8], and from Berotai sofer (scribe);
please Thee to bless the Bais [Kun, 1 Chr 18:8], cities of |18| And Benayah Ben
Avdecha, that it may continue Hadadezer, Dovid HaMelech Yehoyada was over both the
l'olam before Thee; for Thou, took exceeding much Kereti and the Peleti; and
Adonoi Hashem, hast spoken nechoshet. Benei Dovid were kohanim
it; and with Thy berakhah let |9| When To'u Melech [See Ps 110:4].
the Bais Avdecha be blessed Chamat heard that Dovid had And Dovid said, Is there
l'olam.
And after this it came to
defeated all the army of
Hadadezer, 9 yet any that is left
of the Bais Sha'ul, that I
8 pass that Dovid struck

the Pelishtim, and
subdued them; and Dovid
|10| Then To'u sent Yoram
bno unto Dovid HaMelech, to
give him shalom greetings,
may show him chesed for the
sake of Yonatan?
|2| And there was of the Bais
took Meteg Ammah out of the and to put a berachah on him, Sha'ul an eved and shmo was
yad (hand, control) of the because he had fought Tziva. And when they had
Pelishtim. against Hadadezer, and called him unto Dovid,
|2| And he struck Moav, and defeated him; for Hadadezer HaMelech said unto him, Art
measured them with a chevel had been at war with To'u. thou Tziva? And he replied,
(cord, rope), casting them And Yoram brought with him Thy eved.
down to the ground; even with vessels of kesef, and vessels of |3| And HaMelech said, Is
two chavalim (ropes, cords) zahav, and vessels of there not yet any of the Bais
measured he to put to death, nechoshet; Sha'ul, that I may show the
and with one full chevel (cord) |11| Which also Dovid chesed Elohim unto him? And
to keep alive. And so Moav HaMelech did dedicate as Tziva said unto HaMelech,
became to Dovid as kodesh unto Hashem, with Yonatan hath yet a
ben, which is
nakheh (crippled, lame) |12| And Mephivoshet had a |7| And when Dovid heard of
raglayim (both feet). ben katan, shmo Micha. And it, he sent Yoav, and all the
|4| And HaMelech said unto kol moshav Bais Tziva were tzava (host, army) of the
him, Eifoh hu (where is he)? avadim unto Mephivoshet. Gibborim.
And Tziva said unto |13| So Mephivoshet dwelt in |8| And the Bnei Ammon
HaMelech, Hinei, he is in the Yerushalayim; for he did eat came out, arrayed for
Bais Machir Ben Ammiel, in continually at the shulchan milchamah at the petach
Lo-Devar. HaMelech; and was pisei'ach hasha'ar (city gate); and the
|5| Then HaMelech Dovid (crippled) in both his Syrians of Tzova, and of
sent, and had him brought out raglayim. Rechov, and Ish-Tov, and
of the Bais Machir Ben And it came to pass Ma'akhah, were by themselves
Ammiel, from Lo-Devar.
|6| Now when Mephivoshet
Ben Yonatan Ben Sha'ul,
10 after this, that
Melech Bnei
Ammon died, and Chanun
in the sadeh.
|9| When Yoav saw that the
front of the milchamah
was come unto Dovid, he fell bno reigned in his place. (battle) was against him before
on his face, and prostated |2| Then said Dovid, I will and behind, he chose of all the
himself. And Dovid said, show chesed unto Chanun choice men of Yisroel, and put
Mephivoshet. And he Ben Nachash, as aviv (his them in array against the
answered, Hinei, thy eved! father) showed chesed unto Syrians;
|7| And Dovid said unto him, me. And Dovid sent to console |10| And the rest of the
Fear not; for I will surely show him by the yad of his avadim people he delivered under the
thee chesed for sake of for aviv. And avadim of Dovid yad (command) of Avishai
Yonatan Avicha, and will came into Eretz Bnei Ammon. achiv (his brother), that he
restore thee kol sadeh Shaul |3| And the sarim (princes) of might put them in array
Avicha; and thou shalt eat the Bnei Ammon said unto against the Bnei Ammon.
lechem at my shulchan tamid. Chanun their adon, Thinkest |11| And he said, If the
|8| And he prostated himself, thou that Dovid doth honor Syrians be too strong for me,
and said, What is thy eved, avicha, that he hath sent then thou shalt be for me for
that thou shouldest look upon menachamim (comforters) yeshuah (salvation, rescue);
such a kelev hamet (dead dog) unto thee? Hath not Dovid but if the Bnei Ammon be too
as I am? rather sent his avadim unto strong for thee, then I will
|9| Then HaMelech called to thee, to explore the Ir, and to come for you for yeshuah
Tziva na'ar Sha'ul, and said spy it out, and to overthrow it? (salvation, rescue).
unto him, I have given unto |4| Therefore, Chanun took |12| Chazak (be strong)! And
thy adon's ben all that the avadim of Dovid, and let us play the man for amenu
pertained to Sha'ul and to all shaved off half of their (our people), and for the towns
his Bais. zekanim (beards), and cut off of Eloheinu; and Hashem do
|10| Thou therefore, and thy their garments in the middle, that which seemeth Him hatov
banim, and thy avadim, shall even to their buttocks, and in His einayim.
till the adamah for him, and sent them away. |13| And Yoav drew near, and
thou shalt bring in the fruits, |5| When they told it unto HaAm that were with him,
that thy adon's ben may have Dovid, he sent to meet them, unto the milchamah against
lechem to eat; but because the anashim were the Syrians; and they fled
Mephivoshet the ben greatly humiliated; and before him.
adonecha shall eat lechem HaMelech said, Tarry at |14| And when the Bnei
tamid at my shulchan. Now Yericho until your zekanim be Ammon saw that the Syrians
Tziva had fifteen banim and grown, and then return. were fled, then fled they also
twenty avadim. |6| And when the Bnei before Avishai, and entered
|11| Then said Tziva unto Ammon saw that they became into the Ir. So Yoav returned
HaMelech, According to all stench before Dovid, the Bnei from the Bnei Ammon, and
that adoni HaMelech hath Ammon sent and hired the came to Yerushalayim.
commanded his eved, so shall Syrians of Beit-Rechov and the |15| And when the Syrians
thy eved do. As for Syrians of Tzova, twenty elef saw that they were defeated
Mephivoshet, said HaMelech, foot soldiers, and of before Yisroel, they gathered
he shall eat at my shulchan, as Melech Ma'akhah an elef ish, themselves together.
one of the Bnei HaMelech. and of Ish-Tov, twelve elef ish.
|16| And Hadadezer sent, |4| And Dovid sent |12| And Dovid said to
and brought out the Syrians malachim, and he got her; and Uriyah, Tarry here today also,
that were beyond the Nahar; she came in unto him, and he and makhar (tomorrow) I will
and they came to Chelam; and lay with her; for she had been send thee back. So Uriyah
Shovach the Sar Tzeva purifying herself from her abode in Yerushalayim that
(commander of the army) of [menstruous] tumah day, and the next.
Hadadezer went before them. (uncleanness); and she |13| And when Dovid had
|17| And when it was told returned unto her bais. called him, he did eat and
Dovid, he gathered kol Yisroel |5| And the isha conceived, drink before him; and he
together, and crossed over and sent and told Dovid, and made him shikker; and at erev
Yarden, and came to Chelam. said, Harah anochi (I am with he went out to lie on his
And the Syrians set themselves child, I am pregnant). mishkav with the avadim of
in array against Dovid, and |6| And Dovid sent to Yoav, his adon, but went not down
fought against him. saying, Send me Uriyah the to his bais.
|18| And the Syrians fled Chitti. And Yoav sent Uriyah |14| And it came to pass in
before Yisroel; and Dovid to Dovid. the boker, that Dovid wrote a
slaughtered the men of seven |7| And when Uriyah was sefer to Yoav, and sent it by
hundred chariots of the come unto him, Dovid asked the yad of Uriyah.
Syrians, and forty elef of him regarding the shalom |15| And he wrote in the
parashim, and struck down Yo'av, and the shalom HaAm, sefer, saying, Set ye Uriyah on
Shovach the Sar of his Tzeva and the shalom hamilchamah. the frontlines of the
(army), who died there. |8| And Dovid said to Uriyah, milchamah hachazakah
|19| And when all the Go down to thy bais, and wash (strongest battle), and
melachim that were avadim thy feet. And Uriyah departed withdraw from in back of him,
(vassals) to Hadadezer saw out of the Bais HaMelech and that he may be struck
that they were defeated before there followed after him a down, and die.
Yisroel, they made shalom masat HaMelech (a present, |16| And it came to pass,
with Yisroel, and served them. gift, of the king, i.e. a royal when Yoav was shomer with a
So the Syrians feared to help feast). siege on the Ir [Rabbah], he
the Bnei Ammon any more. |9| But Uriyah slept at the assigned Uriyah unto the
petach Beis HaMelech makom where he knew that
(entrance of the King's Palace) anshei chayil (valiant men [of
with all the avadim of his Rabbah]) were.
And it came to adon, and went not down to |17| And the Anshei HaIr
11 pass, at the
teshuvah (turning)
of the shanah (year), at the
his bais.
|10| And when they had told
Dovid, saying, Uriyah went
came out, and fought with
Yoav; and there fell some of
HaAm of the Avdei Dovid; and
time when melachim go forth not down unto his bais, Dovid Uriyah the Chitti died also.
[to war], that Dovid sent Yoav, said unto Uriyah, Camest thou |18| Then Yoav sent and told
and his avadim with him, and not from thy derech (journey)? Dovid all the things
kol Yisroel; and they destroyed Why then didst thou not go concerning the milchamah;
the Bnei Ammon, and down unto thine bais? |19| And charged the malach,
besieged Rabbah. But Dovid |11| And Uriyah said unto saying, When thou hast made
tarried still at Yerushalayim. Dovid, The Aron, and Yisroel, an end of reporting all the
|2| And it came to pass at and Yehudah, abide in sukkot; matters of the milchamah
haerev, that Dovid arose from and adoni Yoav, and the unto HaMelech,
off his mishkav (bed), and avadim of adoni are |20| And if so be that the
walked upon the gag of the encamped in the open field; chamat HaMelech (wrath of
Bais HaMelech; and from the shall I then go into mine bais, the King) flare up, and he say
gag (roof) he saw an isha to eat and to drink, and to lie unto thee, why approached ye
bathing; and the isha was very with my isha? As thou livest, so near unto the Ir when ye
good to look upon. and as thy nefesh liveth, I will did fight? Knew ye not that
|3| And Dovid sent and not do this thing [i.e., I will not they would shoot from the
inquired after the isha. And break the soldier's discipline of chomah (wall)?
one said, Is not this Bat-Sheva purity, Ex.19:14-15; Deut.23:9- |21| Who struck Avimelech
Bat Eli'am, eshet Uriyah the 14; I Sam 21:5]. Ben Yerubeshet? Did not an
Chitti?
isha throw down on him a and nourished; and she grew because thou hast despised
millstone from the chomah, up together with him [the poor Me, hast taken the isha
that he died in Tevetz? Why man], and with his banim; it Uriyah the Chitti as thy isha.
went ye near the chomah? did eat of his own bread, and |11| Thus saith Hashem,
Then say thou, Thy eved drank of his own kos (cup), Hineni, I will raise up ra'ah
Uriyah the Chitti is dead also. and slept in his kheyk (adversity) against thee out of
|22| So the malach went, and (bosom), and was unto him as thine own Bais, and I will take
came and told Dovid all that a bat. thy nashim before thine eyes,
Yoav had sent him for. |4| And there came a helech and give them unto thy re'a,
|23| And the malach said (traveler) unto the oisher, and and he shall lie with thy
unto Dovid, Surely the he refused to take of his own nashim in the sight of this
anashim prevailed against us, tzon and of his own bakar, to shemesh.
and came out unto us into the prepare for the ore'ach |12| For thou didst it baseter
sadeh, and we were upon (wayfaring man, traveller, (secretly); but I will do this
them even unto the petach guest) that was come unto thing before kol Yisroel, and
hasha'ar. him; but took the poor man's before the shemesh.
|24| And the archers shot kivsah (ewe lamb), and |13| And Dovid said unto
from off the chomah upon thy prepared her for the ish that Natan, I have sinned
avadim; and some of the was come to him. against Hashem. And Natan
avadim of HaMelech are dead, |5| And af Dovid (Dovid's said unto Dovid, Hashem also
and thy eved Uriyah the Chitti anger) was greatly kindled hath put away thy chattat;
is dead also. against the ish; and he said to thou shalt not die.
|25| Then Dovid said unto Natan, As Hashem liveth, the |14| Howbeit, because by this
the malach, Thus shalt thou ish that hath done this thing is deed thou hast given great
say unto Yoav, Let not this ben mavet (a son of death, occasion to the oyevim of
thing be evil in thy sight, for worthy of death); Hashem to ni'etz (deride,
the cherev devoureth one as |6| And he shall restore the ridicule, revile, blaspheme),
well as another; make thy kivsah fourfold, because he also haben (the son) that is
milchamah more chazak did this thing, and because he born unto thee shall surely
(strong) against the Ir, and had no khamal (pity). die.
overthrow it; and give him |7| And Natan said to Dovid, |15| And Natan departed
[Yoav] a chazak Atah haIsh (thou art the Man). unto his bais. And Hashem
encouragement. Thus saith Hashem Elohei struck the yeled that Uriyah's
|26| And when the eshet Yisroel: Meshachticha (I isha bore unto Dovid, and it
Uriyah heard that Uriyah her anointed thee) Melech over was very ill.
ish was dead, she mourned for Yisroel, and I delivered thee |16| Dovid therefore pleaded
her ba'al (husband). out of the yad Sha'ul; with HaElohim for the na'ar;
|27| And when the evel |8| And I gave thee the bais and Dovid did a tzom, and
(mourning) was past, Dovid adonecha, and the nashim of went in, and lay all night upon
sent and brought her to his adonecha into thy kheyk ha'aretz.
bais, and she became his isha, (bosom), and gave thee Bais |17| And the zekenim of his
and bore him ben. But the Yisroel and Yehudah; and if Bais arose, and went to him,
thing that Dovid had done was that had been too little, I to raise him up from ha'aretz;
evil in the sight of Hashem. would moreover have given but he would not, neither did
And Hashem sent unto thee such as this and he eat lechem with them.
12 Natan unto Dovid.

And he came unto
him, and said unto him, There
such as that.
|9| Why hast thou despised
the Davar Hashem, to do the
|18| And it came to pass on
the yom hashevi'i, that the
yeled died. And the avadim of
were two anashim in one rah in His eyes? Thou hast Dovid feared to tell him that
town; the one an oisher, and killed Uriyah the Chitti with the yeled was dead; for they
the other poor. the cherev, and hast taken his said, Hinei, while the yeled
|2| The oisher had exceeding isha to be thy isha, and hast was yet chai (alive), we spoke
many tzon and bakar; slain him with the cherev of unto him, and he would not
|3| But the poor man had the Bnei Ammon. pay heed unto koleinu (our
nothing, except one kivsah |10| Now therefore the cherev voice); so if we tell him that
ketanah (little ewe [female] shall not depart from thine the yeled is dead, will he then
lamb), which he had acquired Bais ad olam; do something horrendous?
|19| But when Dovid saw that |28| Now therefore gather the mishkav, and make thyself
his avadim were mitlachashim rest of HaAm (the army) sick; and when avicha cometh
(whisperers), Dovid perceived together, and encamp against to see thee, say unto him, now,
that the yeled was dead; the Ir, and capture it; lest I let my achot Tamar come, and
therefore Dovid said unto his take the Ir, and it be called cause me to eat lechem, and
avadim, Is the yeled dead? after my shem. prepare the briyah (food) in
And they said, Met (dead, he is |29| And Dovid gathered kol my sight, that I may see it, and
dead). haAm together, and went to eat it from her yad.
|20| Then Dovid arose from Rabbah, and fought against it, |6| So Amnon lay down, and
ha'aretz, and bathed [See 2 Sm and captured it. made himself sick; and when
11:2], and put on lotion, and |30| And he took their HaMelech was come to see
changed his apparel, and melech's ateret from off his him, Amnon said unto
came into the Bais Hashem, rosh, the weight whereof was a HaMelech, Now, let Tamar my
and worshiped; then he came talent of zahav with the achot come, and make me a
to his own Bais; and when he precious stones; and it was set couple of [heart-shaped] cakes
requested, they set lechem on Dovid's rosh. And he in my sight, that I may eat
before him, and he did eat. brought forth the plunder of from her yad.
|21| Then said his avadim the ir (city) in great |7| Then Dovid sent to Tamar
unto him, What davar is this abundance. to the palace, saying, Go now
that thou hast done? Thou |31| And he brought forth to the bais of thy brother
didst undergo a tzom and ha’am that were therein, and Amnon, and prepare for him
weep for the sake of the yeled, put them under saws, and briyah (food).
while it was alive; but when under threshing tools of |8| So Tamar went to the bais
the yeled was dead, thou didst barzel, and under axes of of her brother Amnon; and he
rise and eat lechem. barzel, and made them go was lying down. And she took
|22| And he said, While the through the brickkilns; and batzek (dough), and kneaded
yeled was yet chai, I thus did he unto all the towns it, and made cakes in his sight,
underwent a tzom and of the Bnei Ammon. So Dovid and did bake the [heart-
wept; for I said, Who can tell and kol haAm returned unto shaped] cakes.
whether Hashem will be Yerushalayim. |9| And she took a masret
gracious to me, that the yeled And it came to pass (pan), and poured them out
may live?
|23| But now he is met (dead),
why should I undergo a tzom?
13 after this, that
Avshalom Ben
Dovid had an achot yafeh
before him; but he refused to
eat. And Amnon said, Have
kol ish go out from me. And
Can I bring him back again? (beautiful sister), whose shem they went out kol ish from
I shall go to him, but he shall was Tamar; and Amnon Ben him.
not return to me. Dovid loved her. |10| And Amnon said unto
|24| And Dovid [Beloved] |2| And Amnon was so Tamar, Bring the briyah into
comforted Bat-Sheva his isha, distressed, that he fell ill for the cheder ([bed] room), that I
and went in unto her, and lay his achot Tamar; for she was may eat from thine yad. And
with her; and she bore ben, betulah; but Amnon thought it Tamar took the [heart-shaped]
and he called shmo Sh'lomo; impossible for him to do cakes which she had prepared,
and Hashem loved him. anything to her. and brought them into the
|25| And He sent by the yad |3| But Amnon had a re'a, bedroom to Amnon her
Natan HaNavi; and he called shmo Yonadav Ben Shime'ah brother.
shmo Yedidyah (Beloved of Achi Dovid; and Yonadav was |11| And when she had
Hashem), for the sake of an ish chacham (shrewd man). brought them unto him to eat,
Hashem. |4| And he said unto him, he took hold of her, and said
|26| And Yoav fought against Why art thou, being Ben unto her, Come lie with me,
Rabbah of the Bnei Ammon, HaMelech, becoming dal my achot.
and captured ir hameluchah (weak, wretched) from day to |12| And she answered him,
(the royal city). day? Wilt thou not tell me? No, achi, do not violate me;
|27| And Yoav sent malachim And Amnon said unto him, for no such thing ought to be
to Dovid, and said, I have Ani ohev (I love) Tamar achot done in Yisroel; do not thou
fought against Rabbah, and Avshalom achi. this nevalah (foul deed,
have taken the Ir HaMayim. |5| And Yonadav said unto shameful thing).
him, Lay thee down on thy
Nevi’im 303 Shmuel Bais 13
|13| And I, to where shall I |22| And Avshalom spoke HaMelech, and there is not
cause my cherpah (shame, unto his brother Amnon not a one of them left.
disgrace) to go? And as for davar neither rah nor tov; for |31| Then HaMelech arose,
thee, thou shalt be as one of Avshalom hated Amnon, and made the kri'ah on his
the nevalim (wicked fools) in because he had violated and garments, and lay on the
Yisroel. Now therefore, speak raped his achot Tamar. earth; and all his avadim
unto HaMelech; for he will not |23| And it came to pass after stood by with their clothes
withhold me from thee. two full shanim, that torn.
|14| Howbeit he would not Avshalom had gozezim |32| And Yonadav Ben
pay heed unto her voice; but, (sheepshearers) in Baal- Shime'ah achi Dovid,
being stronger than she, Chazor, which is in Ephrayim; answered and said, Let not
violated her and raped her, and Avshalom invited all the adoni suppose that they have
and lay with her. Bnei HaMelech. slain all the young men, the
|15| Then Amnon hated her |24| And Avshalom came to Bnei HaMelech; for Amnon
exceedingly; so that the sinah HaMelech, and said, Hinei only is dead; for by the
(hatred) wherewith he hated now, thy eved hath gozezim; command of Avshalom this
her was gedolah me'od than let HaMelech, now, and his hath been determined from
the ahavah wherewith he had avadim go with thy eved. the day that he violated and
loved her. And Amnon said |25| And HaMelech said to raped Tamar his achot.
unto her, Get up, get out. Avshalom, No, beni (my son), |33| Now therefore let not
|16| And she said unto him, let us not all now go, lest we adoni HaMelech take the
No, do not this ra'ah in be a burden unto thee. And he thing to his lev, to think that
sending me away which is urged him; howbeit he would all the Bnei HaMelech are
gedolah than the other that not go, but put a bracha on dead; for Amnon only is dead.
thou didst unto me. But he him. |34| But Avshalom fled. And
would not pay heed unto her. |26| Then said Avshalom, If the na'ar tzofeh (watchman)
|17| Then he called his na'ar not, now, let achi Amnon go lifted up his eyes, and looked,
that ministered unto him, and with us. And HaMelech said and, hinei, there came am rav
said, Put now this outside unto him, Why should he go (much people) by the derech of
from me, and bolt the delet with thee? the hillside behind him.
after her. |27| But Avshalom urged |35| And Yonadav said unto
|18| She had a kesones of him, that he let Amnon and HaMelech, Hinei, the Bnei
various colors upon her; for kol Bnei HaMelech go with HaMelech come; as the davar
with such were the banot him. avdecha (word of thy servant),
HaMelech that were betulot |28| Now Avshalom had so it is.
apparelled. Then his mesharet commanded his avadim, |36| And it came to pass, as
(servant) brought her outside, saying, Mark ye now when soon as he had made an end
and bolted the delet after her. Amnon's lev is high with yayin, of speaking, that, hinei, the
|19| And Tamar put efer (ash) and when I say unto you, Bnei HaMelech came, and
on her rosh (head) and made Strike Amnon; then kill him, lifted up their voice and
the kri'ah (tearing, rending) on fear not; have not I wailed; and HaMelech also
her kesones of various colors commanded you? Be chazak and all his avadim wept gadol
that was on her, and laid her (courageous), and be bnei me'od.
yad on her rosh, and went on chayil. |37| But Avshalom fled, and
weeping as she went. |29| And the na'arei went to Talmai Ben
|20| And Avshalom her Avshalom did unto Amnon as Ammichud Melech Geshur.
brother said unto her, Hath Avshalom had commanded. And Dovid mourned for bno
Amnon thy brother been with Then all the Bnei HaMelech kol hayamim.
thee? But hold now thy peace, arose, and every man |38| So Avshalom fled, and
my achot; he is thy brother; mounted him up upon his went to Geshur, and was there
this thing take not to heart. So pered (mule), and fled. shalosh shanim.
Tamar remained shomemah |30| And it came to pass, |39| And the nefesh of Dovid
(desolate) in the bais of her while they were baderech (on HaMelech longed to go forth
brother Avshalom. the way), that report came to unto Avshalom; for he was
|21| But when Dovid Dovid, saying, Avshalom consoled concerning Amnon
HaMelech heard of all these hath slain all the Bnei that died.
things, he was very angry.
Shmuel Bais 14 304 Orthodox Jewish Bible
Now Yoav Ben |10| And HaMelech said, |18| Then HaMelech
14 Tzeruyah
perceived that the
lev HaMelech was toward
Whoever saith anything unto
thee, bring him to me, and he
shall not touch thee any more.
answered and said unto the
isha, Hide not from me, now,
the thing that I shall ask thee.
Avshalom. |11| Then said she, Now, let And the isha said, Let adoni
|2| And Yoav sent to Tekoah, HaMelech remember Hashem HaMelech now speak.
and brought from there an Eloheicha, that thou wouldest |19| And HaMelech said, Is
isha chachamah, and said not suffer the Go'el HaDahm not the yad Yoav with thee in
unto her, now, feign thyself to to destroy any more, lest they all this? And the isha
be a mourner, and put on now destroy beni (my son). And he answered and said, As thy
mourning apparel, and anoint said, As Hashem liveth, there nefesh liveth, adoni
not thyself with shemen, but shall not one hair of thy ben HaMelech, none can turn to
be as an isha that had a long fall to the ground. the right or to the left from
time mourned for the dead; |12| Then the isha said, Let anything that adoni HaMelech
|3| And come to HaMelech, thine shifchah, now, speak hath spoken; for thy eved
and speak on this manner one word unto adoni Ha- Yoav, he instructed me, and
unto him. So Yoav put the Melech. And he said, Say on. he put all these devarim in the
devarim in her peh (mouth). |13| And the isha said, why peh (mouth) of thine shifchah
|4| And when the isha of then hast thou thought such a (handmaid);
Tekoah spoke to HaMelech, thing against the Am Elohim? |20| To bring about this
she fell on her face to the For HaMelech doth speak this matter for discussion hath thy
ground, and prostrated thing as one which is guilty, in eved Yoav done this thing; and
herself, and said, Hoshi'ah that HaMelech doth not bring adoni is chacham, according
(help), O Melech. back home again his to the chochmat malach
|5| And HaMelech said unto banished. HaElohim, to know all things
her, What troubleth thee? She |14| For we must needs die, that are in ha'aretz.
answered, I am indeed an al- are as mayim spilt on the |21| And HaMelech said unto
manah, and mine ish is dead. ground, which cannot be Yoav, Hinei now, I have
|6| And thy shifchah had two gathered up again; yet Elohim granted this thing; go
banim, and they two fought doth not take away nefesh; but therefore, bring the na'ar
together in the sadeh, and devises means, so that His Avshalom back!
there was none to separate banished be not expelled from |22| And Yoav fell to the
them, but the one struck the Him. ground on his face, and
other, and killed him. |15| Now therefore that I am prostrated himself, and put a
|7| And, hinei, kol come to speak of this thing bracha on HaMelech; and
hamishpakhah is risen against unto adoni HaMelech, it is Yoav said, Today thy eved
thine shifchah (handmaid), because the people have made knoweth that I have found
and they said, Deliver him me afraid; and thy shifchah chen in thy sight, adoni, O
that struck his brother, that thought, I will now speak unto Melech, in that HaMelech
we may kill him, for the nefesh HaMelech; it may be that hath fulfilled the request of
of his brother whom he killed; HaMelech will perform the his eved.
and we will destroy the yoresh request of his amah (servant). |23| So Yoav arose and went
(heir) also; and so they shall |16| For HaMelech will hear, to Geshur, and brought
quench my burning coal to deliver his amah (servant) Avshalom to Yerushalayim.
remaining, and shall not leave out of the palm of the ish that |24| And HaMelech said, Let
to my ish shem nor she'erit would destroy me and beni him turn to his own bais, and
upon ha’adamah. (my son) together out of the let him not see my face. So
|8| And HaMelech said to the nachalat Elohim. Avshalom returned to his own
isha, Go to thine bais; I will |17| Then thine shifchah bais, and saw not the face of
give charge concerning thee. said, The devar adoni HaMelech.
|9| And the isha of Tekoah HaMelech shall now be as |25| But in kol Yisroel there
said unto HaMelech, Adoni, O menuchah (rest, comfort); for was none ish yafeh to be so
Melech, the avon (guilt) be on as a malach HaElohim, much praised as Avshalom;
me, and on my bais avi; and so is adoni HaMelech to from the sole of his regel even
HaMelech and his kisse be discern the tov and the rah; to the crown of his head there
guiltless. therefore Hashem Eloheicha was no mum (blemish) in him.
will be with thee.
|26| And when he cut the hair And it came to pass shofar, then ye shall say,
of his rosh, (for it was from
time to time that he cut it;
because the hair was heavy on
15 after this, that
Avshalom
prepared him merkavah and
Avshalom reigneth in
Chevron.
|11| And with Avshalom went
him, therefore he cut it); he susim, and fifty ish to run two hundred ish out of
weighed the se'ar (hair) of his before him. Yerushalayim, that were
rosh at two hundred shekels |2| And Avshalom rose up invited; and they went
after the royal standard. early, and stood beside the innocently, and they had da'as
|27| And unto Avshalom derech hasha'ar; and it was so, of not anything.
there were born three banim, that when any ish that had a |12| And Avshalom sent for
and one bat, whose shem was riv (lawsuit, complaint) came Achitophel the Giloni, Dovid's
Tamar; she was an isha of a to HaMelech for mishpat, then yo'etz (counsellor), from his
fair countenance. Avshalom called unto him, town, even from Giloh, while
|28| So Avshalom dwelt two and said, Of what town art he offered zivakhim. And the
full shanim in Yerushalayim, thou? And he said, Thy eved is kesher (conspiracy) was strong;
and saw not the face of of one of the Shivtei Yisroel. for the people increased
HaMelech. |3| And Avshalom said unto continually with Avshalom.
|29| Therefore Avshalom sent him, See, thy case is tovim and |13| And there came a
for Yoav, to have sent him to right; but there is no man maggid to Dovid, saying, Lev
HaMelech; but he would not deputy of HaMelech to hear Ish Yisroel are with Avshalom.
come to him; and when he thee. |14| And Dovid said unto all
sent again the second time, he |4| Avshalom said moreover, his avadim that were with him
would not come. Oh that I were made Shofet in at Yerushalayim, Arise, and let
|30| Therefore he said unto the land, that every ish which us flee; or else we shall not
his avadim, See, the allotted hath any riv or mishpat might escape from Avshalom; make
land of Yoav is near mine, and come unto me, and I would speed to depart, lest he
he hath se'orim (barley) there; bring him justice! overtake us suddenly, and
go and kindle it with eish. And |5| And it was so, that when bring ra'ah (disaster) upon us,
the avadim of Avshelom set any ish came near to him to and strike the Ir with the edge
eish to the allotted land. prostrate himself before him, of the cherev.
|31| Then Yoav arose, and he put forth his yad, and took |15| And the avadim of
came to Avshalom unto his him, and kissed him. HaMelech said unto
bais, and said unto him, Why |6| And on this manner did HaMelech, Hinei, thy avadim
have thy avadim set eish to my Avshalom to kol Yisroel that are ready to do whatsoever
allotted land? came to HaMelech for adoni HaMelech commands.
|32| And Avshalom answered mishpat; so Avshalom stole |16| And HaMelech went
Yoav, Hinei, I sent unto thee, the lev anshei Yisroel. forth, and all his Bais after
saying, Come here, that I may |7| And it came to pass after him. And HaMelech left ten
send thee to HaMelech, to say, arba’im shanah, that nashim, which were pilagshim
why am I come from Geshur? Avshalom said unto (concubines), to be shomer
It had been tov (better) for me HaMelech, Now let me go and over the Bais (palace).
to have been there still; now fulfill my neder, which I have |17| And HaMelech went
therefore let me see the face of vowed unto Hashem, in forth, and kol haAm after him,
HaMelech; and if there be any Chevron. and tarried in a place that was
avon (iniquity) in me, let him |8| For thy eved vowed a far off.
kill me. neder (vow) while I abode at |18| And all his avadim
|33| So Yoav came to Geshur in Syria, saying, If passed on by his yad; and all
HaMelech, and told him; and Hashem shall bring me again the Kereti, and all the Peleti,
when he had called for indeed to Yerushalayim, and all the Gittim, six
Avshalom, he came to then I will serve Hashem. hundred men which came
HaMelech, and prostrated |9| And HaMelech said unto after him from Gat, passed on
himself on his face to the him, Go in shalom. So he before HaMelech.
ground before HaMelech; and arose, and went to Chevron. |19| Then said HaMelech to
HaMelech kissed Avshalom. |10| But Avshalom sent secret Ittai the Gitti, Why goest thou
messengers throughout kol also with us? Return to
Shivtei Yisroel, saying, As soon thy place, and
as ye hear the sound of the
abide with HaMelech; for thou Yonatan Ben Evyatar |36| Hinei, they have there
art a nokhri (foreigner), and (Abiathar). with them their two banim,
also an exile. |28| See, I will tarry in the Achima’atz son of Tzadok,
|20| Whereas thou camest but fords of the wilderness, until and Yonatan of Evyatar; by
yesterday, should I this day there come davar from you to them ye shall send unto me
make thee wander about with inform me. everything that ye can hear.
us? Seeing I go to where I may, |29| Tzadok therefore and |37| So Chushai the re'eh
shuv (return thou), and take Evyatar (Abiathar) carried the Dovid came into the Ir, and
back thy brethren; chesed and Aron HaElohim back to Avshalom came into
emes be with thee. Yerushalayim; and they Yerushalayim.
|21| And Ittai answered tarried there. And when Dovid
HaMelech, and said, As
Hashem liveth, and as adoni
HaMelech liveth, surely in
|30| And Dovid went up by
the ascent of Ma'aleh
HaZeitim (Mount of Olives),
16 was a little past the
top of the hill,
hinei, Tziva the na'ar of
what makom adoni HaMelech and wept as he went up, and Mephivoshet met him, with a
shall be, whether in mavet or had his rosh covered, and he couple of chamorim saddled,
chayyim, even there also went barefoot; and kol haAm and upon them 200 lechem,
will thy eved be [Ruth 1:17]. with him covered every ish his and 100 bunches of
|22| And Dovid said to Ittai, rosh, and they went up, tzimmukim, and 100 kayitz,
Go and pass over. And Ittai weeping as they went up. and a skin of yayin.
the Gitti passed over, and all |31| And one told Dovid, |2| And HaMelech said unto
his anashim, and all the little saying, Achitophel is among Tziva, What meanest thou by
ones that were with him. the conspirators with these? And Tziva said, The
|23| And kol ha'aretz wept Avshalom. And Dovid said, chamorim are for the Bais
with a kol gadol (loud voice), Hashem, turn now the etza HaMelech to ride on; and the
and kol haAm crossed over; (counsel) of Achitophel into lechem and kayitz for the
HaMelech also himself foolishness. ne'arim to eat; and the yayin,
crossed over the brook Kidron, |32| And it came to pass, that that such as be faint in the
and kol haAm crossed over, when Dovid was come to the midbar may drink.
toward the derech of the top of the mount, where he |3| And HaMelech said, And
midbar. worshiped Elohim, hinei, where is the ben adoneicha
|24| And hinei Tzadok also, Chushai the Arki came to [i.e., Sa'ul grandson
and all the Levi'im were with meet him with his kesones Mephivoshet]? And Tziva said
him, bearing the Aron Brit torn, and adamah upon his unto HaMelech, Hinei, he
HaElohim; and they set down rosh; abideth at Yerushalayim; for
the Aron HaElohim; and |33| Unto whom Dovid said, he said, Today shall Bais
Evyatar (Abiathar) went up, If thou passest on with me, Yisroel restore to me the
until kol HaAm had done then thou shalt be a massa mamlechut avi.
passing out of the Ir. (burden) unto me; |4| Then said HaMelech to
|25| And HaMelech said unto |34| But if thou return to the Tziva, Hinei, thine are all that
Tzadok, Carry back the Aron Ir, and say unto Avshalom, I pertained unto Mephivoshet.
HaElohim into the Ir; if I shall will be thy eved, O melech; as I Tziva said, I humbly prostrate
find chen (grace) in the eyes of have been eved avicha myself. May I find chen in thy
Hashem, He will bring me hitherto, so will I now also be sight, adoni, O Melech.
again, and show me both Him, thy eved; then mayest thou for |5| When Dovid HaMelech
and His habitation; me bring to nought the etza came to Bachurim, hinei, from
|26| But if He thus say, I have (counsel) of Achitophel. there came out an ish of the
no delight in thee; hinei, here |35| And hast thou not there mishpakhat Bais Sha'ul; shmo
am I, let Him do to me as with thee Tzadok and Evyatar Shimei Ben Gera; and he,
seemeth tov unto Him. (Abiathar) the kohanim? cursing continuously, came.
|27| HaMelech said also unto Therefore it shall be, that |6| And he cast avanim
Tzadok HaKohen, Art not what thing soever thou shalt (stones) at Dovid, and at all
thou the Ro'eh (seer)? Return hear out of the Bais the avadim of Dovid
into the Ir in shalom, and HaMelech, thou shalt tell it to HaMelech; and at kol haAm
your two banim with you, Tzadok and Evyatar and at all the Gibborim
Achima’atz binecha, and (Abiathar) the kohanim. that were on
his right and on his left. |16| And it came to pass, and pursue after Dovid
|7| And thus said Shimei when Chushai the Archi, re'eh halailah (this night);
when he cursed, Come out, Dovid, was come unto |2| And I will come upon him
come out, thou ish Avshalom, that Chushai said while he is weary and weak of
hadamim and thou ish unto Avshalom, Long live hands, and will make him
habeliyya'al; HaMelech, Long live tremble with fear; and kol
|8| Hashem hath returned HaMelech. haAm that are with him shall
upon thee all the dahm of the |17| And Avshalom said to flee; and I will strike
Bais Sha'ul, in whose place Chushai, Is this thy HaMelech only;
thou hast reigned; and chesed (loyal loving-kindness) |3| When I return kol HaAm
Hashem hath delivered the to thy re'a (friend)? Why to you, all except the ish whom
meluchah (kingdom) into the wentest thou not with thy re'a thou seekest, it is as if [kol
yad Avshalom binecha; and, (friend)? HaAm] returned; so kol haAm
behold, thou art taken in thy |18| Chushai said unto shall be in shalom.
ra'ah, because thou art an ish Avshalom, Lo; but whom |4| And the saying pleased
damim. Hashem, this people, and kol Avshalom well, and kol Ziknei
|9| Then said Avishai Ben Ish Yisroel, choose, his will I Yisroel.
Tzeruyah unto HaMelech, be, and with him will I abide. |5| Then said Avshalom, Call
Why should this kelev hamet |19| And again, whom should now Chushai the Archi also,
(dead dog) curse adoni I serve? Should I not serve in and let us hear likewise from
HaMelech? Let me go over, the presence of bno? As I have his peh (mouth).
now and cut off his rosh. served in the presence of |6| And when Chushai was
|10| And HaMelech said, Avicha, so will I be in thy come to Avshalom, Avshalom
What have I to do with you, ye presence. spoke unto him, saying,
Bnei Tzeruyah? So let him |20| Then said Avshalom to Achitophel hath spoken after
curse, because Hashem hath Achitophel, Give etza this manner; shall we do after
said unto him, Curse Dovid. (counsel, advice, wisdom) his saying? If not; speak thou.
Who shall then say, why hast among you what we shall do. |7| And Chushai said unto
thou done so? |21| And Achitophel said Avshalom, The etza (counsel)
|11| And Dovid said to unto Avshalom, Go in unto the that Achitophel hath given is
Avishai, and to all his avadim, pilagshim of Avicha, which he not tovah at this time.
Hinei, beni, which came forth hath left to be shomer over the |8| For, said Chushai, thou
from within me, seeketh my Bais (palace); and kol Yisroel knowest Avicha and his
nefesh; how much more now shall hear that thou art a anashim, that they be
may this Bin-Hayemini stench to Avicha; then shall Gibborim, and they be
(Benjamite) do it? Let him the hands of all that are with enraged in their nefesh, as a
alone, and let him curse; for thee be chazak (strong). dov (bear) robbed of her cubs
Hashem hath bidden him. |22| So they spread Avshalom in the sadeh; and Avicha is ish
|12| It may be that Hashem an ohel upon the gag (roof); milchamah, and will not
will look on mine affliction, and Avshalom went in unto spend the night with HaAm
that Hashem will repay me the pilagshim of Aviv in the (the troops).
tovah for his cursing this day. sight of kol Yisroel. |9| Hinei, he is hid now in
|13| And as Dovid and his |23| And the etza (counsel) of one of the pits, or in some
anashim went by the derech, Achitophel, which he other makom; and it will come
Shimei went along on the counselled in those days, was to pass, when some of them be
hillside opposite him, cursed as if an ish had inquired at overthrown at the outset, that
as he went, threw avanim at the davar HaElohim; so was whosoever heareth it will say,
him, and kicked up aphar. all the etza (counsel) of There is a magefah (slaughter)
|14| And HaMelech, and kol Achitophel both with Dovid among the people that follow
HaAm that were with him, and with Avshalom. Avshalom.
arrived weary, and refreshed |10| And he also that is chayil
themselves there [at the Moreover (valiant), whose lev is as the
Yarden].
|15| And Avshalom, and kol
HaAm Ish Yisroel, came to
17 Achitophel said
unto Avshalom, Let
me now choose out shneym
lev ha'aryeh (heart of a lion),
shall utterly melt; for kol
Yisroel knoweth that Avicha is
Yerushalayim, and Achitophel asar elef ish, and I will arise a Gibbor, and they that
with him.
be with him are Bnei Chayil they went both of them away Avigal Bat Nachash Achot
(valiant men). quickly, and came to a bais Tzeruyah Em Yoav.
|11| Therefore, I counsel that ish in Bachurim, which had a |26| So Yisroel and Avshalom
kol Yisroel be fully gathered be'er (well) in his khatzer; to encamped in Eretz Gilàd.
unto thee, from Dan even to where they went down. |27| And it came to pass,
Beer-Sheva, as the chol (sand) |19| And the isha took and when Dovid was come to
that is by the yam for multi- spread a masakh (covering, Machanayim, that Shovi Ben
tude; and that thou thyself go curtain) over the mouth of the Nachash of Rabbah of the
into battle in person. be'er, and spread hulled grain Bnei Ammon, and Machir Ben
|12| So shall we come upon thereon; and the thing was not Ammiel of Lo-Devar, and
him in some makom where he known. Barzillai the Gileadi of
shall be found, and we will |20| And when the avadim of Roglim,
light upon him as the tal (dew) Avshalom came to the bais to |28| Brought mishkav
falleth on the adamah; and of the isha, they said, Where is (bedding) and sappot (bowls)
him and of kol ha’anashim Achima’atz and Yonatan? And and earthen vessels, and
that are with him there shall the isha said unto them, They chittim (wheat), and se'orim
not be left so much as one. are gone over the brook of (barley), and kemakh (flour),
|13| Moreover, if he has mayim. And when they had and roasted grain, and pol
withdrawn into a city, then sought and could not find (beans), and adashim (lentils),
shall kol Yisroel bring them, they returned to and roasted seeds,
chavalim (ropes) to that city, Yerushalayim. |29| And devash, and
and we will draw it into the |21| And it came to pass, khemah (curds), and tzon, and
ravine, until there be not one after they were departed, that cheeses of the herd, for Dovid,
small stone found there. they climbed up out of the and for HaAm that were with
|14| And Avshalom and kol be'er (well), and went and told him, to eat; for they said,
Ish Yisroel said, The etza Dovid HaMelech, and said HaAm are hungry, and weary,
(counsel) of Chushai the Arki unto Dovid, Arise, and cross and tzameh (thirsty), in the
is better than the etza of quickly over the mayim; for midbar.
Achitophel. For Hashem had thus hath Achitophel And Dovid
resolved to annul the etza of
Achitophel, to the intent that
Hashem might bring ra'ah
counselled against you.
|22| Then Dovid arose, and
kol haAm that were with him,
18 mustered HaAm
that were with him,
and set sarei alafim, and sarei
upon Avshalom. and they crossed over Yarden; me'ot over them.
|15| Then said Chushai unto by the ohr haboker there |2| And Dovid sent forth a
Tzadok and to Evyatar lacked not one of them that third part of the people under
(Abiathar) the kohanim, Thus was not gone over Yarden. the yad Yoav, and a third part
and thus did Achitophel |23| And when Achitophel under the yad Avishai Ben
counsel Avshalom and the saw that his etza (counsel, Tzeruyah (Yoav's brother), and
Ziknei Yisroel; and thus and advice) was not followed, he a third part under the yad
thus have I counselled. saddled his chamor, and Ittai the Gitti. And HaMelech
|16| Now therefore send arose, and went home to his said unto HaAm, I will surely
quickly, and tell Dovid, saying, bais, to his town, and put his go forth with you myself also.
Spend not halailah (this night) bais (household) in order, |3| But HaAm answered,
in the plains of the midbar, vayyekhanak (and he Thou shalt not go forth; for if
but speedily cross over; lest strangled, hanged himself), we flee away, they will not set
HaMelech be swallowed up, and died, and was buried in their lev on us; neither if half
and kol haAm that are with the kever aviv (tomb of his of us die, will they set their lev
him. father). on us; but now thou art worth
|17| Now Yonatan and |24| Then Dovid came to ten thousand of us; therefore,
Achima’atz stayed by Ein- Machanayim. And Avshalom now it is better that thou
Rogel; for they dared not be passed over Yarden, he and all support us from the Ir [i.e.,
seen to come into the Ir; and a the Ish Yisroel with him. Machanayim].
shifchah went and told them; |25| And Avshalom |4| And HaMelech said unto
and they went and told Dovid appointed Amasa over the them, What seemeth you best I
HaMelech. tzava (army) instead of Yoav; will do. And HaMelech stood
|18| Nevertheless a na'ar saw now Amasa was ben ish shmo by the side of the sha'ar, and
them, and told Avshalom; but Yitra a Yisroeli, that went in to
kol haAm came out by Ittai, saying, Beware that none prostrated himself unto Yoav,
hundreds and by thousands. touch the na'ar Avshalom. and ran.
|5| And HaMelech |13| Otherwise I should have |22| Then said Achima’atz
commanded Yoav and Avishai dealt sheker against mine own Ben Tzadok yet again to Yoav,
and Ittai, saying, Deal gently nefesh; for there is no matter But be what may, let me, now,
for my sake with the na'ar, hid from HaMelech, and thou also run after Cushi. And Yoav
even with Avshalom. And kol thyself wouldest have set said, why wilt thou run, beni,
HaAm heard when HaMelech thyself against me. seeing that thou hast no
gave all the sarim charge |14| Then said Yoav, I will besorah to provide?
concerning Avshalom. not tarry thus with thee. And |23| But howsoever, said he,
|6| HaAm went into the sa- he took three shevatim in his let me run. And he said unto
deh against Yisroel; the yad, and thrust them through him, Rutz! (run!). Then
milchamah was in ya'ar the lev Avshalom, while he Achima’atz ran by the derech
(forest) of Ephrayim; was yet alive in the midst of of the plain, outran Cushi.
|7| Where Am Yisroel were the oak tree [Yn 19:34]. |24| And Dovid sat between
slain before the avadim of |15| And ten ne'arim that the two she'arim (gates); and
Dovid, and there was there a bore the armor of Yoav the tzofeh (watchman) went up
magefah gedolah that day of surrounded Avshalom, struck to the gag (roof) over the sha'ar
esrim elef. and slaughtered him. (gate) unto the chomah (wall),
|8| For the milchamah was |16| Then Yoav blew the and lifted up his eyes, and
there scattered over the face of shofar, and HaAm returned looked, and hinei an ish
kol ha’aretz; and the ya'ar from pursuing after Yisroel; running alone.
devoured more people that for Yoav held back HaAm. |25| And the tzofeh
day than the cherev devoured. |17| And they took Avshalom, (watchman) cried, and told
|9| And Avshalom met the and cast him into a great pit HaMelech. And HaMelech
avadim of Dovid. And in the forest, and laid a very said, If he be alone, there is
Avshalom rode upon a great heap of avanim upon besorah (news) in his peh
pered (mule), and the pered him; and all Yisroel fled, every (mouth). And he came rapidly,
went under the thick boughs ish to his ohel. and drew near.
of a great oak, and his rosh |18| Now Avshalom in his |26| And the tzofeh
(head) caught hold of elah lifetime had taken and erected (watchman) saw another man
(tree, oak), and he was for himself a matzevet running; and the tzofeh
suspended between (monument), which is in the called unto the sho'er
HaShomayim and ha'aretz; Emek HaMelech; for he said, (gatekeeper), and said, Hinei,
the pered under him went on. I have no ben to keep my another man running alone.
|10| And a certain ish saw it, shem in remembrance; and he And HaMelech said, This is
told Yoav, and said, Hinei, I called the matzevet after mevaser (one bringing good
saw Avshalom [ben Dovid] shmo; and it is called unto news, evangelist).
talui (hanged) b'elah (on a this day, Avshalom's |27| And the tzofeh
tree, oak). Monument. (watchman) said, I see the
|11| And Yoav said unto the |19| Then said Achima’atz running of the foremost is like
ish that told him, And, hinei, Ben Tzadok, Let me now run, the running of Achima’atz
thou sawest him, and why and take news to HaMelech, Ben Tzadok. And HaMelech
didst thou not strike him how that Hashem hath in said, He is an ish tov, and
down to the ground there? justice vindicated him of his cometh with besorah tovah
And I would have given thee oyevim. (good news) [see 2Sm 18:10].
ten shekels of kesef, |20| And Yoav said unto him, |28| And Achima’atz called,
and a khagorah. Thou shalt not be ish besorah and said unto HaMelech,
|12| And the ish said unto (bearer of news) this day, but Shalom. And he fell down to
Yoav, Though I should receive thou shalt bear tidings ha'aretz upon his face before
elef kesef in mine palm, yet another day; but this day thou HaMelech, and said, Baruch
would I not put forth mine shalt bear no tidings, because Hashem Eloheicha, which
yad against the ben the ben HaMelech is dead. hath delivered up the anashim
HaMelech; for in ozneinu |21| Then said Yoav to Cushi, that lifted up their yad against
(our hearing) HaMelech Go tell HaMelech what thou adoni HaMelech.
charged thee and Avishai and hast seen. And Cushi |29| And HaMelech said, Is
the na'ar Avshalom
shalom? And Achima’atz Avshalom, O Avshalom, beni, |11[12]] And Dovid HaMelech
answered, When Yoav sent beni! sent to Tzadok and to Evyatar
eved HaMelech, avdecha, I |5[6]| And Yoav came into the the kohanim, saying, Speak
saw a great tumult, but I knew bais to HaMelech, and said, unto the Ziknei Yehudah,
not what it was. Thou hast disgraced this day saying, Why are ye the last
|30| And HaMelech said unto the faces of all thy avadim, ones to bring HaMelech back
him, Turn aside, and stand which this day have saved thy to his Bais? Seeing the talk of
here. And he turned aside, nefesh, and the nefesh of thy kol Yisroel is come to
and stood still. banim and of thy banot, and HaMelech, even to his Bais.
|31| And, hinei, Cushi came; the nefesh of thy nashim, and |12[13]] Ye are my brethren,
and Cushi said, Yitbaser (be the nefesh of thy pilagshim ye are my atzmot and my
informed of news), adoni (concubines); basar; why then are ye the last
HaMelech; for Hashem hath |6[7]| In that thou lovest ones to bring back HaMelech?
in justice vindicated thee this thine enemies, and hatest thy |13[14]] And say ye to Amasa,
day from the yad of all them friends. For thou hast Art thou not of my etzem, and
that rose up against thee. declared this day, that thou of my basar? Elohim do so to
|32| And HaMelech said unto hast no regard for sarim nor me, and more also, if thou be
Cushi, Is the na'ar Avshalom avadim; for this day I not sar tzava before me
shalom? And Cushi answered, perceive, that if Avshalom had continually in place of Yoav.
The enemies of adoni lived, and this day all we were |14[15]| And he swayed the
HaMelech, and all that rise mesim (dead ones), then it levav kol Ish Yehudah, even as
against thee to do thee harm, would have been yashar in thy the lev of one man; so that
be as that na'ar is. sight. they sent this word unto
[33[19;1]] And HaMelech was |7[8]| Now therefore arise, go HaMelech, Return thou, and
much moved, and went up to forth, and speak to the lev all thy avadim.
the aliyyat hasha'ar (upper unto thy avadim; for I swear |15[16]| So HaMelech
room over the gate) and wept; by Hashem, if thou go not returned, and came to Yarden.
and as he went, thus he said, forth, there will not tarry one And Yehudah came to Gilgal,
O beni (my son) Avshalom, ish with thee halailah (this to go to meet HaMelech, to
beni, beni Avshalom! If only I night); and that will be worse conduct HaMelech over
had died tachteicha (in place unto thee than kol hara'ah Yarden.
of, instead of) thee, O that befell thee from thy youth |16[17]| And Shimei Ben
Avshalom, beni, beni! [T.N. until now. Gera, a Ben HaYemini, which
Notice in this chp 18 that the |8[9]| Then HaMelech arose, was of Bachurim, hasted and
peace-bringing Besorah Tovah and sat in the sha'ar. And they came down with the Ish
of Ben Dovid Talui al HaEtz told unto kol haAm, saying, Yehudah to meet Dovid
requires a mevaser to herald Hinei, HaMelech doth sit in HaMelech.
it.] the sha'ar. And kol haAm |17[18]| And there were an
And it was told came before HaMelech: for elef ish of Binyamin with him,
19 Yoav, Hinei,
HaMelech weepeth
and mourneth for Avshalom.
Yisroel had fled every ish to
his ohel.
|9[10]| And kol haAm were
and Tziva the na'ar of the Bais
Sha'ul, and his fifteen banim
and his twenty avadim with
[2[3]] And the teshu'ah having dissension throughout him; and they went over
(salvation, deliverance) on kol Shivtei Yisroel saying, Yarden before HaMelech.
that day was turned into evel HaMelech saved us out of the |18[19]| And there went over
(mourning) unto kol HaAm; palm of oyveinu (our enemies) a ferry to carry over the Bais
for the people heard say that and he delivered us out of the HaMelech, and to do what he
day how HaMelech was palm of the Pelishtim; and thought good. And Shimei Ben
grieved for bno. now he is fled from HaAretz Gera fell down before
|3[4]] And the people stole because of Avshalom. HaMelech, as he was come
that day into the Ir |10[11]] And Avshalom, whom over Yarden;
[Machanayim] as people being mashachnu (we anointed) over |19[20]| And said unto
ashamed steal in when they us, is dead in milchamah. HaMelech, Let not adoni
flee in milchamah. Now therefore why are ye not impute avon (iniquity)
|4[5]] But HaMelech covered speaking of bringing back unto me, neither do thou
his face, and HaMelech cried HaMelech? remember that which thy
with a kol gadol, O beni eved did perversely the day
that adoni HaMelech went out |28[29]| For all of the bais avi now, turn back again,
of Yerushalayim, that were but anshei mavet before that I may die in mine
HaMelech should take it to his adoni HaMelech; yet didst own city, and be buried near
lev. thou set thy eved among them the kever of avi and of immi.
|20[21]| For thy eved doth that did eat at thine own But hinei thy eved Chimham
know that I have sinned; shulchan. What tzedakah [i.e., one of his sons, 1Kgs 2:7];
therefore, hinei, I am come (right) therefore have I yet to let him go over with adoni
rishom (first) this day of all appeal any more unto HaMelech; and do to him
the Bais Yosef to go down to HaMelech? what shall seem tov unto thee.
meet adoni HaMelech. |29[30]| And HaMelech said |38[39]| And HaMelech
|21[22]| But Avishai Ben unto him, Why speakest thou answered, Chimham shall
Tzeruyah answered and said, any more of thy devarim? I cross over with me, and I will
Shall not Shimei be put to have said, Thou and Tziva do for him that which shall
death for this, because he divide the sadeh. seem tov unto thee; and
cursed Hashem's Moshiach? |30[31]| And Mephivoshet whatsoever thou shalt request
|22[23]| And Dovid said, said unto HaMelech, Indeed, of me, that will I do for thee.
What have I to do with you, ye let him take all, forasmuch as |39[40]| And kol haAm
Bnei Tzeruyah, that ye should adoni HaMelech is come crossed over Yarden. And
this day be as satan unto me? again in shalom unto his own when HaMelech was
Shall there be ish put to death bais. come over, HaMelech kissed
this day in Yisroel? For do not |31[32]| And Barzillai the Barzillai, and put a bracha on
I know that I am this day Gileadi came down from him; and he returned unto
Melech al Yisroel? Roglim, and went over Yarden his own makom (place, home).
|23[24| Therefore HaMelech with HaMelech, to conduct |40[41]| Then HaMelech went
said unto Shimei, Thou shalt him over Yarden. on to Gilgal, and Kimham
not die. And HaMelech swore |32[33]| Now Barzillai was crossed over with him; and kol
a shevu'a unto him. zaken me'od, even fourscore Am Yehudah conducted
|24[25]| And Mephivoshet shanah; and he had been the HaMelech, and also half Am
Ben Sha'ul came down to meet support of HaMelech while he Yisroel.
HaMelech, and had neither dwelt at Machanayim; for he |41[42]| And, hinei, kol Ish
bathed his regal, nor trimmed was an ish gadol me'od. Yisroel came to HaMelech,
his safam (mustache), nor |33[34]] HaMelech said unto and said unto HaMelech, Why
washed his clothes, from the Barzillai, Come thou over with have acheinu Ish Yehudah
day HaMelech departed until me, and with me I will be your stolen thee away, and have
the day he came again in support in Yerushalayim. brought HaMelech across, and
shalom. |34[35]| And Barzillai said his Bais (household), and kol
|25[26]| And it came to pass, unto HaMelech, How long Anshei Dovid with him, over
when he [Mephivoshet] was have I to live, that I should go Yarden?
come to Yerushalayim to meet up with HaMelech to |42[43]| And kol Ish Yehudah
HaMelech, that HaMelech Yerushalayim? answered Ish Yisroel, Because
said unto him, why |35[36]] I am this day HaMelech is near of kin to us;
wentest not thou with me, fourscore shanah old; and can why then be ye angry for this
Mephivoshet? I discern between tov and rah? matter? Have we eaten at all
|26[27]| And he answered, Can thy eved taste what I eat from HaMelech? Or hath he
Adoni, O Melech, avdi or what I drink? Can I hear given us anything?
deceived me: for thy eved said, any more the voice of sharim |43[44]| And Ish Yisroel
I will saddle me a chamor, (singing men) and sharot answered the Ish Yehudah,
that I may ride thereon, and (singing women)? Why then and said, We have ten shares
go to HaMelech; because thy should thy eved be yet a massa as much in HaMelech, and we
eved is pise'ach (lame). (burden) unto adoni have also more in Dovid than
|27[28]| And he hath HaMelech? ye; why then did ye slight us?
slandered thy eved unto adoni |36[37] Thy eved will go a Were we not the first to give
HaMelech; but adoni little way over Yarden with the davar in bringing back my
HaMelech is like malach HaMelech; and why should melech? And the devar Ish
HaElohim; do therefore what HaMelech reward me with Yehudah were harsher than
is tov in thine eyes. such a reward? the devar Ish Yisroel.
|37[38]] Let thy eved,
And there with a cherev fastened upon answered, I am he. Then she
20 happened to be
there an ish
Beliyaal [rebel], shmo Sheva
his waist in the sheath thereof;
and as he went forth it fell out.
|9| Yoav said to Amasa, Art
said unto him, Hear the
devarim of thine amah. And
he answered, I do hear.
Ben Bichri an ish from thou in shalom, my brother? |18| Then she spoke, saying,
Binyamin; and he blew And Yoav took Amasa by the They used to speak in
a shofar, and said, We have no zaken (beard) with the right rishonah (old times), saying,
chelek in Dovid, neither have hand to kiss him. They shall surely ask counsel
we nachalah in Ben Yishai; |10| But Amasa took no heed at Abel; and so they settled the
every ish to his ohel, O Yisroel. to the cherev that was in the matter.
|2| So kol Ish Yisroel went up yad Yoav; so he stabbed him |19| I am one of them that
from after Dovid, and therewith in the fifth rib, and are of shalom and of emunah
followed Sheva Ben Bichri; shed out his bowels to the in Yisroel; thou seekest to
but the Ish Yehudah had ground, and struck him not destroy an Ir and an em
deveykus unto their Melech, again; and he died. So Yoav b'Yisroel; why wilt thou
from Yarden even to and Avishai achiv pursued swallow up the nachalat
Yerushalayim. after Sheva Ben Bichri. Hashem?
|3| And Dovid came to his |11| And one of the nearim of |20| And Yoav answered and
Bais (palace) at Yerushalayim; Yoav stood by him, and said, said, Chalilah (far be it),
and HaMelech took the ten He that favoreth Yoav, and he chalilah from me, that I
nashim, his pilagshim, whom that is for Dovid, let him go should swallow up or destroy.
he had left to be shomer over after Yoav. |21| The matter is not so; but
the Bais, and put them in Bais |12| And Amasa wallowed in an ish of har Ephrayim, Sheva
Mishmeret (seclusion), and dahm in the midst of the Ben Bichri shmo, hath lifted
provided for them, but went mesilah (road). And when the up his yad against HaMelech,
not in unto them. So they were ish saw that kol haAm halted, even against Dovid; hand over
shut up unto their yom mot, he removed Amasa out of the him only, and I will depart
living in almenut mesilah into the sadeh, and from the Ir. And the woman
(widowhood). threw a beged (garment) over said unto Yoav, Hinei, his rosh
|4| Then said HaMelech to him, when he saw that every shall be thrown to thee from
Amasa, Assemble the Ish one that came by him halted. the chomah.
Yehudah within shloshet |13| When he was removed |22| Then the isha went unto
yamim; be thou here present. from the mesilah, kol haAm kol haAm in her chochmah.
|5| So Amasa went to went on after Yoav, to pursue And they cut off the rosh of
assemble Yehudah; but he after Sheva Ben Bichri. Sheva Ben Bichri, and threw it
tarried longer than the mo'ed |14| And he passed through out to Yoav. And he blew a
which he had appointed him. all the Shivtei Yisroel unto shofar, and they retired from
|6| And Dovid said to Avishai, Abel, and to Beit-Maachah, the city, every ish to his ohel.
Now shall Sheva Ben Bichri and all the Berim; and they And Yoav returned to
do us more harm than did were gathered together, and Yerushalayim unto HaMelech.
Avshalom; take thou the went also after him [Sheva]. |23| Now Yoav was over kol
avadim of adoneicha, pursue |15| And they came and HaTzava Yisroel; and
after him, lest he get him besieged him in Abel of Beit- Benayah Ben Yehoyada was
fortified cities, and escape us. Maachah, and they cast up a over the Kereti and over the
|7| And there went out after siege ramp against the Ir, until Peleti;
him anshei Yoav, and the it stood by the rampart; and |24| And Adoram was over
Kereti, and the Peleti, and kol kol haAm that were with Yoav the forced labor; and
Gibborim; and they went out battered the chomah (wall), to Yehoshaphat Ben Achilud
of Yerushalayim, to pursue throw it down. was mazkir (secretary);
after Sheva Ben Bichri. |16| Then cried an isha |25| And Sheva was sofer;
|8| When they were at the chachamah (wise woman) and Tzadok and Evyatar
Even Hagedolah (Great Stone) from the Ir, Hear, hear; say, (Abiathar) were the kohanim;
which is in Giveon, Amasa now unto Yoav, Come here, |26| And also Ira the Yairi
went before them. And Yoav's that I may speak with thee. was kohen to Dovid.
military garment that he |17| And when he was come
had put on was girded unto near unto her, the isha said,
him, and upon it a khagor Art thou Yoav? And he
Then there was a whom she bore unto Sha'ul, him, and fought against the
21 ra'av (famine) in
the days of Dovid
shalosh shanim, shanah after
Armoni and Mephivoshet; and
the five Bnei Michal [Merav]
Bat Sha'ul, whom she bore to
Pelishtim; and Dovid
grew faint.
|16| And Yishbi-benov, which
shanah; and Dovid inquired Adriel Ben Barzillai the was of the yeladim of Rafah
of Hashem. And Hashem Mecholati; (Giant), the weight of whose
answered, It is on account of |9| And he delivered them spearhead weighed three
Sha'ul, and for his bais into the hands of the hundred shekels of nechoshet
hadamim, because he Giveonim, and they in weight, he being girded
slaughtered the Giveonim. hanged them in the hill before chadashah (belted anew),
|2| And HaMelech called the Hashem; and they fell all declared that he could slay
Giveonim, and said unto shivah together and were put Dovid.
them; (now the Giveonim were to death in the yamim of |17| But Avishai Ben
not of the Bnei Yisroel, but of katzir (harvest), in the Tzeruyah came to his aid, and
the remnant of the Emori; and rishonim, in the beginning of struck the Pelishti (Philistine),
the Bnei Yisroel had sworn katzir se'orim (barley harvest). and killed him. Then the
unto them; and Sha'ul sought |10| And Ritzpah Bat Ayah anshei Dovid swore an oath
to annihilate them in his kinot took sackcloth, and spread it unto him, saying, Thou shalt
(zeal) for the Bnei Yisroel and for her upon the tzur, from go no more out with us to
Yehudah.) the beginning of katzir until milchamah (battle), that thou
|3| Therefore Dovid said unto mayim dropped upon quench not the Ner Yisroel
the Giveonim, What shall I do them out of Shomayim, and (Lamp of Israel).
for you? And wherewith shall I suffered neither the oph |18| And it came to pass after
make the kapporah, that ye haShomayim to rest on them this, that there was again
may bless the nachalat by day, nor the beasts of the milchamah with the Pelishtim
Hashem? sadeh by night. at Gov; then Sibbechai the
|4| And the Giveonim said |11| And it was told Dovid Chushati slaughtered Saph,
unto him, We will have no what Ritzpah Bat Ayah, the which was of the banim of the
kesef nor zahav of Sha'ul, nor pilegesh (concubine) of Sha'ul, Rafah.
of his bais; neither for us shalt had done. |19| And there was again
thou kill any ish in Yisroel. |12| And Dovid went and milchamah in Gov with the
And he said, What ye shall took the atzmot Sha'ul and the Pelishtim, where Elchanan
say, that will I do for you. atzmot Yonatan bno from the Ben Ya’arei-orgim, from Beit-
|5| And they answered citizens of Yavesh-gilead, Lechem, slaughtered the
HaMelech, The ish that which had stolen them from brother of Golyat (Goliath) the
consumed us, and that the rechov (street) of Beit-shan, Gitti, the staff of whose
plotted against us that we where the Pelishtim had khanit (spear) was like a
should be made shmad from hanged them, when the weaver's beam.
remaining in any of the Pelishtim had slain Sha'ul in |20| And there was yet again
territories of Yisroel, Gilboa; a milchamah in Gat, where
|6| Let shivah anashim of his |13| And he brought up from was a man of great stature,
banim be delivered unto us, there the atzmot Sha'ul and that had on every yad six
and we will hang them up the atzmot Yonatan bno; and fingers, and on every
unto Hashem in Giveah of they gathered the atzmot of regel six toes, four and twenty
Sha'ul, whom Hashem did them that were hanged. in mispar (number); and he
choose. And HaMelech said, I |14| And the atzmot Sha'ul also was born to the Rafah.
will give them. and Yonatan bno buried they |21| And when he defied
|7| But HaMelech spared in eretz Binyamin in Tzela, in Yisroel, Yonatan Ben Shimea
Mephivoshet Ben Yonatan the kever of Kish aviv; and the brother of Dovid
Ben Sha'ul, because of they performed all that slaughtered him.
Hashem's shevua (oath) that HaMelech commanded. And |22| These four were born to
was between them, between after that Elohim was the Rafah in Gat, and fell by
Dovid and Yonatan Ben entreated for the land. the yad Dovid, and by the yad
Sha'ul. |15| Moreover the Pelishtim of his avadim. [T.N. Kapporah
|8| But HaMelech took the had yet milchamah again is made here by that which is
two Bnei Ritzpah Bat Ayah, with Yisroel; and Dovid went hanged unto Hashem—see 2Sm
down, and his avadim with 21:3,6; Isa 53:10]
And Dovid spoke |13| Through the radiant Thyself blameless.
22 unto Hashem the

devarim of this
shirah (song) in the day that
brightness before Him were
coals of eish kindled.
|14| Hashem thundered from
|27| With the pure Thou wilt
show Thyself pure; and with
the ikkesh (crooked, devious)
Hashem had delivered him Shomayim, and Elyon uttered Thou wilt show Thyself
out of the palm of all his His voice. shrewd.
oyevim (enemies) and out of |15| He sent out khitzim, and |28| And the Am oni (afflicted
the palm of Sha'ul: scattered them; lightning, and people) Thou wilt save; but
|2| And he said, Hashem is vanquished them. Thine eyes are upon the
my rock, and my matzadah, |16| And the channels of the haughty, that Thou mayest
and my deliverer; yam appeared, the mosedot bring them down.
|3| The Elohei (G-d of) my (foundations) of the tevel |29| For Thou art my ner
Tzur; in Him will I trust; He is (world) were uncovered, at the (lamp), Hashem; and Hashem
my mogen, and the keren of rebuking of Hashem, at the will lighten my choshech.
my Salvation, my stronghold, blast of the ruach of His |30| For by Thee I have run
and my refuge, my Moshia; nostrils. through a troop; by Elohai can
Thou savest me from chamas. |17| He sent from on High, I leap over a wall.
|4| I will call on Hashem, He took me; He drew me out |31| As for G-d, His derech is
Who is worthy to be praised; of mayim rabbim; tamim; the Word of Hashem is
so shall I be saved from my |18| He delivered me from my proven; He is a mogen (shield)
oyevim. strong oyev, and from them to all them that trust in Him.
|5| When the waves of mavet that hated me; for they were |32| For who is G-d, save
(death) compassed me, the too strong for me. Hashem? And who is Tzur,
floods of scoundrels over- |19| They confronted me in save Eloheinu?
whelm me; the day of my calamity; but |33| G-d is my ma'oz and
|6| The chevlei Sheol (cords Hashem was my support. power; and He maketh my
of Sheol) encompassed me; the |20| He brought me forth also derech perfect.
snares of mavet confronted into a large place; He |34| He maketh my feet like
me; delivered me, because chafetz the feet of ayyalot (deer); and
|7| In my distress I called (He delighted) in me. maketh me stand upon my
upon Hashem, and cried to |21| Hashem rewarded me high places.
Elohai; and He did hear my according to my tzedakah; |35| He teacheth my yadayim
voice out of His Heikhal, and according to the cleanness of for milchamah; so that a
my cry did enter into His my hands hath He keshet nechoshah is bent by
oznayim. recompensed me. mine arms.
|8| Then ha'aretz shook and |22| For I have been shomer |36| Thou hast also given me
trembled; the mosedot over the drakhei Hashem, and the mogen of Thy Salvation;
(foundations) of have not wickedly departed and hath stooped down to
Shomayim moved and shook, from Elohai [see Ac 21:21]. make me great.
because He was in wrath. |23| For all His mishpatim |37| Thou hast enlarged my
|9| There went up an ashan were before me; as for His stride under me; so that my
(smoke) out of His nostrils, chukkot, I did not depart from karsulayim do not slip.
and eish out of His peh them. |38| I have pursued mine
(mouth) devoured; coals were |24| I was also tamim oyevim, and destroyed them;
kindled by it. (blameless) before Him, and and turned not again until I
|10| He bowed HaShomayim have kept myself from mine had consumed them.
also, and came down; and a avon (iniquity). |39| And I have consumed
dark cloud was under His |25| Therefore Hashem hath them, and wounded them,
raglayim. rewarded me according to my that they could not arise;
|11| And He rode upon a tzedakah; according to my indeed, they are fallen under
keruv, and did fly; and He was cleanness before His eyesight. my raglayim.
seen upon the wings of the |26| With the chasid (loyal, |40| For Thou hast girded me
ruach. the one having chesed, the with chayil (strength) for
|12| And He made choshech devout one) Thou wilt show milchamah (battle); them that
sukkot round about Him, dark Thyself loyal, and with the rose up against me hast Thou
mayim, and thick clouds of Gibbor tamim (blameless caused to bow down under
the skies. man) Thou wilt show me.
|41| Thou hast also given me who was raised up above, the |10| He arose, and struck the
victory over the necks of mine Moshiach Elohei Ya'akov, and Pelishtim until his yad was
oyevim, that I might destroy the singer of zemirot (songs) weary, and his yad had
them that hate me. of Yisroel, said, devekyus unto the cherev;
|42| They looked, but there |2| The Ruach Hashem and Hashem wrought a
was no moshia; even unto spoke by me, and His word teshuah gedolah (great
Hashem, but He answered was on my leshon. victory) that day; and the
them not. |3| The Elohei Yisroel said, people returned after him
|43| Then did I beat them as the Tzur Yisroel spoke to me, only to plunder.
small as the aphar of eretz, I He that ruleth over adam, |11| And after him was
did stamp them as the mire Tzaddik, ruling in the yirat Shammah Ben Agee the
of the street, and did scatter Elohim. Harari. And the Pelishtim
them abroad. |4| And He shall be as the were gathered together into a
|44| Thou also hast delivered ohr of the boker, when the troop, where was a piece of
me from the contentions of shemesh riseth, even a ground full of lentils; and the
my people, Thou hast kept morning without clouds; as people fled from the
me to be Rosh of the Goyim; the tender deshe (grass) Pelishtim.
a people which I knew not springing out of ha'aretz by |12| But he stood in the
shall serve me [Mt 28:19]. clear shining after matar midst of the allotted ground,
|45| Foreigners shall submit (rain). and defended it, and
themselves unto me; as soon |5| Is not my Bais so with slaughtered the Pelishtim;
as they hear, they shall be G-d? Yet He hath made with and Hashem wrought a
mishma'at (obedient) unto me a Brit Olam, ordered in teshuah gedolah.
me. all things, and sure; for this is |13| And three of the thirty
|46| Strangers shall fade all my salvation, and all my chief men went down, and
away, and they shall be afraid chefetz (desire), will He not came to Dovid in the time of
out of their misgerot make it spring forth katzir unto the cave of
(strongholds). (tzemach). [See Zecharyah Adulam; and the troop of the
|47| Hashem liveth; and 3:8; 6:11-12]? Pelishtim encamped in the
baruch be my Tzur; and |6| But the Bnei Beliyaal Emek Rephaim.
exalted be the Elohei Tzur of [rebellious] shall be all of |14| And Dovid was then in
my Salvation. them as kotz (thorns) thrust the matzadah, and the
|48| It is G-d that avengeth away, because they cannot be garrison of the Pelishtim was
me, and that bringeth down gathered with hands; then in Beit-Lechem.
the nations under me. |7| But the one that shall |15| And Dovid longed, and
|49| And that bringeth me touch them must be armed said, Oh that one would give
forth from mine oyevim; with barzel (iron) and the me drink of the mayim of the
Thou also hast lifted me up staff of a khanit (spear); and well of Beit-Lechem, which is
on high above them that rose they shall be utterly burned by the sha'ar!
up against me; Thou hast with eish where they are. |16| And the three gibborim
delivered me from the ish |8| These be the shmot of the broke through the machaneh
chamasim. gibborim whom Dovid had; of the Pelishtim, and drew
|50| Therefore I will give Yoshev Bashevet mayim out of the well of Beit-
thanks unto Thee, Hashem, Tachkemoni, chief among the Lechem, that was by the
among the Goyim, and I will Three; the same was Adino sha'ar, and took it, and
sing praises unto Shimecha the Etzni; he killed eight brought it to Dovid;
(Thy Name). hundred, in one encounter. nevertheless he would not
|51| He is the migdal |9| And after him was drink thereof, but poured it
Yeshu'ot for His melech; and Eleazar Ben Dodai the out unto Hashem.
showeth chesed to His Achochi, one of the three |17| And he said, Chalilah!
Moshiach, unto Dovid, and to gibborim with Dovid, when (be it far from me), Hashem,
his zera ad-olam. they defied the Pelishtim that I should do this! Is not
that were there gathered this the dahm of the anashim
Now these be the together to milchamah, and that went in jeopardy of their
23 last devarim of
Dovid. Dovid Ben
Yishai said, the gever (man)
the Ish Yisroel were gone
away;
nafshot? Therefore he would
not drink it. These things did
these three gibborim.
|18| And Avishai, the |30| Benayah the Pirathoni, |6| Then they came to Gilàd,
brother of Yoav Ben Hiddai of the ravines of to Eretz Tachtim-Chodshi;
Tzeruyah, was chief among Ga’ash, they came to Dan-Ya'an, went
three. And he lifted up his |31| Abi-albon the Arvati, around to Tzidon,
khanit (spear) against three Azmavet the Barchumi, |7| And came to the fortress
hundred, and slaughtered |32| Elyachba the of Tzor, and to all the cities of
them, and had the shem Sha’alvoni, of the Bnei the Chivi, and of Kena'ani;
among the Three. Yashen, Yonatan, and they went out to the Negev
|19| Was he not most |33| Shammah the Harari, of Yehudah, to Beer Sheva.
honored of the Three? Achiam Ben Sharar the Arari, |8| So when they had gone
Therefore he was their sar; |34| Eliphelet Ben Achasbai through kol HaAretz, they
howbeit he attained not unto son of the Maachati, Eliam came to Yerushalayim at the
the first three. Ben Achitophel the Giloni, end of 9 months and 20 days.
|20| And Benayah Ben |35| Chetzrai the Carmeli, |9| And Yoav gave up the sum
Yehoyada was a ben chayil, of Pa’arai the Arbi, of the number of HaAm unto
Kavtze'el, who had done |36| Yigal Ben Natan of HaMelech; and there were in
many deeds: he slaughtered Tzovah, Bani the Gadi, Yisroel Shmoneh Me'ot Elef
two lionlike men of Moav; he |37| Tzelek the Ammoni, ish chayil that drew the
went down also and Nachrai the Be’eroti, armor- cherev; and the Ish Yehudah
slaughtered an aryeh in the bearer to Yoav Ben Tzeruyah, were chamesh Me'ot Elef ish.
midst of a pit on a |38| Ira a Yitri, Garev a Yitri, |10| And the lev Dovid struck
snowy day; |39| Uriyah the Chitti; 37all. him after that he had
|21| And he slaughtered an And again the Af numbered HaAm. And Dovid
Egyptian, a goodly man; and
the Egyptian had a khanit
(spear) in his yad; but he went
24 Hashem was
kindled against
Yisroel, and He incited Dovid
said unto Hashem, Chatati (I
have sinned) me'od (greatly) in
what I have done; and now,
down to him with a shevet against them to say, Go, Hashem, take away the avon
(club), and plucked the number Yisroel and Yehudah. (iniquity, guilt) of Thy eved;
khanit out of the Egyptian's |2| For HaMelech said to for I have done very foolishly.
yad, and slaughtered him Yoav Sar HaChayil, who was |11| For when Dovid rose up
with his own khanit. with him, Go now through kol in the boker, the Devar
|22| These things did Shivtei Yisroel, from Dan even Hashem came unto Gad
Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and to Beer Sheva, and number ye HaNavi, the Chozeh Dovid
had the shem among three HaAm, that I may know the (Seer of Dovid), saying,
gibborim. Mispar HaAm. |12| Go, say unto Dovid, Thus
|23| He was more honored |3| And Yoav said unto saith Hashem, I offer thee
than the Shloshim, but he HaMelech, Now Hashem shalosh (three, three things);
attained not to the first Eloheicha add unto HaAm, choose for thee one of them,
Three. And Dovid set him how many soever they be, a that I may do it unto thee.
over his bodyguard. hundredfold, and that the |13| So Gad came to Dovid,
|24| Asah-el the brother of eyes of adoni HaMelech may and told him, and said unto
Yoav was one of the thirty; see it; but why doth adoni him, Shall shalosh [see 1Chr
Elchanan Ben Dodo of Beit- HaMelech delight in this 21:12, Hebrew here says sheva]
Lechem, thing? shanim of ra'av (famine) come
|25| Shammah the Harodi, |4| Notwithstanding the unto thee in thy land? Or wilt
Elika the Charodi, devar HaMelech prevailed thou flee shloshah chodashim
|26| Cheletz the Palti, Ira against Yoav, and against the before thine enemies, while
Ben Ikkesh the Tekoi, Sarei HeChayil. And Yoav and they pursue thee? Or that
|27| Aviezer the Anethoti, the Sarei HaChayil went out there be shloshet yamim dever
Mevunai the Chushati, from before HaMelech, to (three days of pestilence) in
|28| Tzalmon the Achochi, number HaAm Yisroel. thy land? Now consider, and
Maharai the Netophati, |5| And they passed over see what answer I shall return
|29| Chelev Ben Ba’anah, a Yarden, encamped in Aroer, to Him that sent me.
Netophati, Ittai Ben Rivai out on the south of the Ir that |14| And Dovid said unto
of Giveah of the Bnei lieth in the middle of the Gad, I am in a great
Binyamin, ravine of Gad, toward Yazer; tzar (distress); let
MELACHIM ALEF
us fall now into the Yad threshing tools and other saying, I will be Melech; and
Hashem; for His rachamim instruments of the bakar he prepared him merkavot
are rabbim: and let me not (oxen) for wood. and parashim, and
fall into the yad adam. |23| All these things did chamishim ish to run before
|15| So Hashem sent a dever Aravnah, hamelech lamelech, him.
(pestilence) upon Yisroel from give. And Aravnah said unto |6| And Aviv had not rebuked
the boker even to the es mo'ed HaMelech, Hashem Eloheicha him at any time in saying,
(time appointed); and there yirtzecha (accept thee). Why hast thou done so? And
died of HaAm from Dan even |24| And HaMelech said unto he also was tov to'ar (good
to Beer Sheva shiv'im elef ish. Aravnah, Lo (no); but I will looking); and [immo] bore him
|16| And when the Malach surely buy it of thee at a after Avshalom.
stretched out his yad upon mekhir (price); neither will I |7| And he conferred with
Yerushalayim to destroy her, offer olot (burnt offerings) Yoav Ben Tzeruyah, and with
Hashem relented from the unto Hashem Elohai of that Evyatar (Abiathar) HaKohen;
destruction, and said to the which doth cost me nothing. and they lent ezer (help),
Malach that destroyed HaAm, So Dovid bought the goren following after Adoniyah.
It is enough; restrain now and the bakar for fifty shekels |8| But Tzadok HaKohen,
thine yad. And the Malach of kesef. and Benayah Ben Yehoyada,
Hashem was by the goren of |25| And Dovid built there a and Natan HaNavi, and
Aravnah the Yevusi. Mizbe'ach unto Hashem, and Shim'i, and Re'i, and the
|17| And Dovid spoke unto offered olot (burnt offerings) Gibborim which belonged to
Hashem when he saw the and shelamim (peace Dovid, were not with
Malach that struck offerings). So Hashem was Adoniyah.
HaAm, and said, Hineh, I entreated for the land, and the |9| And Adoniyah sacrificed
have sinned, and I have magefah (plague, see Isa 53:8) tzon and bakar and fatted
transgressed; but these tzon, was withdrawn from Yisroel. bull at the Zochelet Even
what have they done? Let (Stone of Zoheleth), which is
Thine yad be against me, and Ein Rogel, and invited all his
against Bais Avi [Isa 53:6]. MELACHIM ALEF achim, the Bnei HaMelech,
|18| And Gad came that day and all the anshei Yehudah
to Dovid, and said unto him, who were avadim of
Go up, erect a Mizbe'ach unto Now HaMelech Dovid HaMelech;
Hashem in the goren of
Aravnah the Yevusi.
|19| And Dovid, according to
1 was zaken and stricken
in yamim; and they
covered him with begadim,
|10| But Natan HaNavi, and
Benayah, and the Gibborim,
and Sh'lomo his brother, he
the Devar Gad, went up as but he could get no warmth. invited not.
Hashem commanded. |2| Wherefore his avadim |11| Wherefore Natan spoke
|20| And Aravnah looked, said unto him, Let there be unto Bat-Sheva em Sh'lomo,
and saw HaMelech and his sought for adoni HaMelech a saying, Hast thou not heard
avadim coming on toward na'arah betulah; and let her that Adoniyah Ben Chaggit
him; and Aravnah went out, stand before HaMelech, and became Melech, and Dovid
and prostrated himself before let her care for him, and let adoneinu knoweth it not?
HaMelech on his face upon her lie at thy kheyk (bosom), |12| Therefore come, let me,
the ground. that adoni HaMelech may be now, give thee counsel, that
|21| And Aravnah said, Why warm. thou mayest save thine own
is adoni HaMelech come to his |3| So they sought for a nefesh, and the nefesh of thy
eved? And Dovid said, To buy na'arah yafeh throughout all ben Sh'lomo.
the goren of thee, to build a the territory of Yisroel, and |13| Go and get thee in unto
Mizbe'ach unto Hashem, that found Avishag HaShunammit, HaMelech Dovid, and say
the magefah (plague) may be and brought her to HaMelech. unto him, Didst not thou,
withdrawn from HaAm. |4| And the na'arah was yafeh adoni, O HaMelech, swear
|22| And Aravnah said unto ad me'od, and cared for unto thine amah (maid
Dovid, Let adoni HaMelech HaMelech, and waited on servant, handmaid) saying,
take and offer up what him; but HaMelech knew her Assuredly Sh'lomo thy ben
seemeth tov unto him; see, not. shall reign as Melech after
here are oxen for the olah |5| Then Adoniyah Ben me, and he shall sit
(burnt sacrifice), and Chaggit put himself forward,
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upon my kisse? Why then doth Adoniyah shall reign as avadim of adoneichem, and
Adoniyah reign as Melech? Melech after me, and he shall have Sh'lomo beni (my son) to
|14| Hinei, while thou yet sit upon my kisse? ride upon mine own mule,
speakest there with HaMelech, |25| For he has gone down and bring him down to
I also will come in after thee, this day, and hath sacrificed Gichon [See Yn 12:14];
and confirm thy devarim. shor and fatted bull and tzon |34| And let Tzadok
|15| And Bat-Sheva went in in abundance, and hath HaKohen and Natan HaNavi
unto HaMelech into the invited all the Bnei HaMelech, mashach (anoint) him there
cheder; and HaMelech was and the sarei hatzava, and Melech over Yisroel; and blow
zaken me'od; and Avishag Evyatar (Abiathar) HaKohen; ye with the shofar, and say,
HaShunammit attended unto and, behold, they eat and Yechi HaMelech Sh'lomo.
HaMelech. drink before him, and say, |35| Then ye shall come up
|16| And Bat-Sheva bowed, Yechi HaMelech after him, that he may come
and did obeisance unto Adoniyahu (long live and sit upon my kisse; for he
HaMelech. And HaMelech HaMelech Adoniyah)! shall be Melech in my place;
said, What wouldest thou? |26| But me, even me thy and I have appointed him to
|17| And she said unto him, eved, and Tzadok HaKohen, be Nagid (ruler) over Yisroel
Adoni, thou didst swear by and Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and over Yehudah.
Hashem Eloheicha unto thine and thy eved Sh'lomo, hath he |36| And Benayah Ben
amah, saying, Assuredly not invited. Yehoyada answered
Sh'lomo thy ben shall reign as |27| Is this thing done by HaMelech, and said, Omein;
Melech after me, and he shall adoni HaMelech, and thou And so may Hashem Elohei
sit upon my kisse. hast not showed it unto thy adoni HaMelech say.
|18| And now, hinei, eved, even who should sit on |37| As Hashem hath been
Adoniyah reigneth as Melech; the kisse adoni HaMelech with adoni HaMelech, even so
and now, adoni HaMelech, after him? may He be with Sh'lomo, and
thou knowest it not; |28| Then HaMelech Dovid make his kisse greater than
|19| And he hath sacrificed answered and said, Call me the kisse of adoni HaMelech
shor and fatted bull and tzon Bat-Sheva. And she came into Dovid.
in abundance, and hath the presence of HaMelech, |38| So Tzadok HaKohen,
invited all the Bnei HaMelech, and stood before HaMelech. and Natan HaNavi, and
and Evyatar (Abiathar) |29| And HaMelech swore a Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and
HaKohen, and Yoav the Sar shevu'a (oath), and said, As the Kereti, and the Peleti,
HaTzava; but Sh'lomo thy Hashem liveth, that hath went down, and had Sh'lomo
eved hath he not invited. redeemed my nefesh out of kol ride upon the mule of
|20| And thou, adoni tzarah, HaMelech Dovid, and brought
HaMelech, the eyes of kol |30| Even as I swore a shevu'a him to Gichon.
Yisroel are upon thee, that unto thee by Hashem Elohei |39| And Tzadok HaKohen
thou shouldest tell them who Yisroel, saying, Assuredly took a keren of shemen out of
shall sit on the kisse adoni Sh'lomo thy ben shall reign as the ohel, and mashach
HaMelech after him. Melech after me, he shall sit (anointed) Sh'lomo. And they
|21| Otherwise it shall come upon my kisse in my place; so blew the shofar; and kol
to pass, when adoni HaMelech will I certainly do this day. HaAm shouted, Yechi
shall lie with his avot, that I |31| Then Bat-Sheva bowed HaMelech Sh'lomo!
and beni (my son) Sh'lomo with her face to eretz, and did |40| And kol HaAm came up
shall be counted chatta'im. reverence to HaMelech, and after him, and the people
|22| And, hinei, while she yet said, Yechi adoni HaMelech played chalilim (flutes), and
was speaking with HaMelech, Dovid l'olam (long live adoni rejoiced with simchah
Natan HaNavi also came in. HaMelech forever)! gedolah, so that ha'aretz split
|23| And they told HaMelech, |32| And HaMelech Dovid with the sound of them.
saying, Hinei Natan HaNavi! said, Call me Tzadok |41| And Adoniyah and kol
And when he was come in HaKohen, and Natan HaNavi, hakeru'im (all the invited
before HaMelech, he bowed and Benayah Ben Yehoyada. ones) that were with him
himself before HaMelech with And they came before heard it as they had made an
his face to the ground. HaMelech. end of eating. And when Yoav
|24| And Natan said, Adoni |33| HaMelech also said unto
HaMelech, hast thou said, them, Take with you the
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heard the kol hashofar, he |51| And it was told Sh'lomo, did to me, and what he did to
said, Why is the sound of the saying, Hinei, Adoniyah the two sarim of the Tzivos
Ir in an uproar? feareth HaMelech Sh'lomo; Yisroel (Armies of Yisroel),
|42| And while he yet spoke, for, hinei, he hath caught hold unto Avner Ben Ner, and unto
hinei, Yonatan Ben Evyatar of the karnayim of the Amasa Ben Yeter, whom he
(Abiathar) HaKohen came; Mizbe'ach, saying, Let Melech killed, and the shefach dahm
and Adoniyah said unto him, Sh'lomo swear a shevua (oath) of war in shalom (peacetime),
Come, for thou art an ish unto me today that he will not and put the dahm of
chayil, and tov tevaser slay his eved with the cherev. milchamah (war) upon his
(bringest good tidings). |52| And Sh'lomo said, If he khagorah (sword belt) that was
|43| And Yonatan answered will show himself a ben chayil about his loins, and on his
and said to Adoniyah, Just the (a son of worthiness), there na'alayim (sandals) that were
opposite! Verily adoneinu shall not a hair of him fall to on his raglayim.
HaMelech Dovid hath made ha'aretz; but if ra'ah |6| Do therefore according to
Sh'lomo Melech! (wickedness) shall be found in thy chochmah, and let not his
|44| And HaMelech hath sent him, he shall die [Ro 6:23]. gray head go down to Sheol in
with him Tzadok HaKohen, |53| So HaMelech Sh'lomo shalom.
and Natan HaNavi, and sent, and they brought him |7| But show chesed unto the
Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and down from the Mizbe'ach. And Bnei Barzillai the Gileadi, and
the Kereti, and the Peleti, and he came and bowed himself to let them be of those that eat at
they have had him ride upon Melech Sh'lomo; and Sh'lomo thy shulchan; for so they stood
pirdah (mule) of HaMelech: said unto him, Go to thine by me when I fled from before
|45| And Tzadok HaKohen bais. Avshalom achicha.
and Natan HaNavi have Now the days of Dovid |8| And, hinei, thou hast with
anointed him Melech at
Gichon; and they are come up
from there rejoicing, so that
2 drew near that he should
die; and he charged
Sh'lomo Bno, saying,
thee Shime'i Ben Gera the
Binyamini of Bachurim,
which cursed me with a
the city rang out. This is the |2| I go the derech kol kelalah (curse) nimretzet
noise that ye have heard. ha'aretz; be thou chazak (grievous, strong) on the day
|46| And also Sh'lomo sitteth therefore, and show thyself a when I went to Machanayim;
on the kisse hameluchah. man; but he came down to meet me
|47| And moreover the |3| And be shomer over the at Yarden, and I swore a
avadim of HaMelech came to mishmeret (requirement, shevu'ah to him by Hashem,
make a berakhah on adoneinu charge) of Hashem Eloheicha, saying, I will not put thee to
HaMelech Dovid, saying, May to walk in His derakhim, to be death with the cherev.
your G-d make the shem of shomer over His chukkot |9| Now therefore hold him
Sh'lomo more famous than thy (decrees), and His mitzvot, not guiltless; for thou art an
shem, and make his and His mishpatim ish chacham, and knowest
kisse greater than thy kisse. (ordinances), and His edot what thou oughtest to do unto
And HaMelech bowed himself (testimonies), as it is written in him; but his gray head bring
upon the mishkav (bed). the Torat Moshe, so that thou thou down with dahm to
|48| Also so said HaMelech, mayest prosper in all that She'ol.
Baruch Hashem Elohei thou doest, and wherever thou |10| So Dovid slept with his
Yisroel, Who hath given one to turnest; avot, and was buried in Ir
sit on my kisse this day, mine |4| So that Hashem may Dovid.
eyes even seeing it. uphold His Davar (Word, |11| And the yamim that
|49| And kol hakeruvim (all Promise) which He spoke Dovid reigned as Melech over
the invited ones) that were concerning me, saying, If thy Yisroel were arba'im shanah;
with Adoniyah were terrified, banim are shomer over their sheva shanim reigned he in
and rose up, and went every derech, to walk before Me in Chevron, and shloshim
ish his own derech [see Isa emes with all their lev and v'shalosh shanim reigned he
53:6]. with all their nefesh, there in Yerushalayim.
|50| And Adoniyah feared shall not yikaret l'cha (be cut |12| Then sat Sh'lomo upon
because of Sh'lomo, and arose, off of you, fail thee) Ish on the the Kisse Dovid
and went, and caught hold of Kisse Yisroel.
the karnayim of the Mizbe'ach. |5| Moreover thou knowest
also what Yoav Ben Tzeruyah
Aviv; and Malchuso hagadol; even for him, for unto him, Thus saith
was firmly established. Evyatar HaKohen, and for HaMelech, Come forth. And
|13| And Adoniyah Ben Yoav Ben Tzeruyah. he said, Nay; but I will die
Chaggit came to Bat-Sheva Em |23| Then HaMelech Sh'lomo here. And Benayah brought
Sh'lomo. And she said, Comest swore a shevu'a by Hashem, HaMelech word again, saying,
thou in shalom? And he said, saying, Elohim do so to me, Thus said Yoav, and thus he
Shalom. and more also, if Adoniyah answered me.
|14| He said moreover, I have have not spoken this davar |31| And HaMelech said unto
davar to say unto thee. And against his own nefesh. him, Do as he hath said, and
she said, Say on. |24| Now therefore, Hashem fall upon him, and bury him;
|15| And he said, Thou hast Chai (as Hashem liveth), that thou mayest take away
da'as that the meluchah which hath established me, from me the demei chinnam
(kingdom, monarchy) was and set me on the Kisse Dovid (innocent blood), the shefach
mine, and that kol Yisroel set Avi, and who hath made me a dahm of Yoav, even from
their faces on me, that I Bayit ([Davidic] Dynasty), as against the Bais Avi.
should reign as Melech; He promised, Adoniyah shall |32| And Hashem shall
howbeit the meluchah has be executed this day. return his dahm upon his own
veered, and is become my |25| And HaMelech Sh'lomo rosh, who fell upon two
brother's; for it was his from sent by the yad Benayah Ben anashim more tzadikim and
Hashem. Yehoyada; and he struck him tovim than he, and killed
|16| And now I ask thee one that he died. them with the cherev, Dovid
she'elah: refuse me not. And |26| And unto Evyatar Avi not knowing thereof:
she said unto him, Say on. (Abiathar) HaKohen said Avner Ben Ner, Sar Tzava
|17| And he said, Speak, now, HaMelech, Get thee to Anatot, Yisroel, and Amasa Ben Yeter,
unto Sh'lomo HaMelech, (for unto thine own sadot; for ish Sar Tzava Yehudah.
he will not say thee nay,) that mavet atah (You are a man |33| Let their dahm therefore
he give me Avishag deserving of death); but I will turn back upon the rosh
HaShunammit as isha. not this day put thee to death, Yoav, and upon the rosh of his
|18| And Bat-Sheva said, Tov; because thou borest the Aron zera l'olam; but upon Dovid,
I will speak for thee unto Adonoi Hashem before Dovid and upon his Zera, and upon
HaMelech. Avi, and because thou hast his Bais, and upon his Kisse,
|19| Bat-Sheva therefore went shared hardship in all let there be shalom ad olam
unto HaMelech Sh'lomo, to wherein Avi endured hardship from Hashem.
speak unto him for Adoniyah. [See 2Ti 4:5 OJBC]. |34| So Benayah Ben
And HaMelech rose up to |27| So Sh'lomo thrust out Yehoyada went up, and fell
meet her, and bowed himself Evyatar (Abiathar) from being upon him, and executed him;
unto her, and sat down on his Kohen unto Hashem; in order and he was buried in his bais
kisse, and caused a kisse to be to fulfill the Devar Hashem, (house, i.e., in court or garden
set for Em HaMelech; and she which He had spoken at of his house) in the midbar.
sat on his yamin (right hand). Shiloh concerning the Bais Eli |35| And in his place
|20| Then she said, I desire [See 1Sm 2:30-35]. HaMelech put Benayah Ben
one small she'elah of thee; |28| Then news came to Yoav; Yehoyada in charge of the
now, say me not nay. And for Yoav had inclined after Tzava (Army); and Tzadok
HaMelech said unto her, Ask Adoniyah, though he turned HaKohen did HaMelech put
on, immi: for I will not say not to take sides with in the place of Evyatar.
thee nay. Avshalom. And Yoav fled unto |36| And HaMelech sent and
|21| And she said, Let the Ohel Hashem, and caught summoned Shime'i, and said
Avishag HaShunammit be hold the karnot HaMizbe'ach. unto him, Build thee a bayit
given to Adoniyah thy brother |29| And it was told Melech in Yerushalayim, and dwell
as isha. Sh'lomo that Yoav was fled there, and go not go out from
|22| And HaMelech Sh'lomo unto the Ohel Hashem; and, there anywhere.
answered and said unto hinei, he is beside the |37| For it shall be, that on
immo, And why dost thou Mizbe'ach. Then Sh'lomo sent the day thou goest out, and
request Avishag Benayah Ben Yehoyada, passest over the Kidron Valley,
HaShunammite for saying, Go, fall upon him. thou shalt know for certain
Adoniyah? Ask for him the |30| And Benayah came to that mot tamut (thou shalt
meluchah also; for he is achi the Ohel Hashem, and said surely die);
thy dahm shall be upon thine |46| So HaMelech com- |8| And Thy eved is in the
own rosh. manded Benayah Ben midst of Thy people which
|38| And Shime'i said unto Yehoyada, who went and fell Thou hast chosen, an Am Rav,
HaMelech, Tov HaDavar upon him, that he died. The that cannot be numbered nor
(good is the word); just as mamlachah was established counted for multitude.
adoni HaMelech hath said, so in the yad Sh'lomo. |9| Give therefore Thy eved a
will thy eved do. And Shime'i And Sh'lomo made an lev shome'a (discerning heart,
dwelt in Yerushalayim yamim
rabbim.
|39| And it came to pass at
3 alliance with Pharaoh
Melech Mitzrayim, and
took Bat Pharaoh as isha, and
mind) to govern Thy people,
that I may discern between tov
and rav; for who is sufficient
the end of shalosh shanim, brought her to Ir Dovid, until to judge this Thy so great a
that two of the avadim of he had completed building his people?
Shime'i ran away unto Achish Bais (palace), and also the |10| And the davar was
Ben Maachah Melech Gat. Beis Hashem, and the pleasing in the eyes of Adonoi,
And they told Shime'i, saying, surrounding chomat that Sh'lomo had made
Hinei, thy avadim are in Gat. Yerushalayim. request of this davar.
|40| And Shime'i arose, and |2| However HaAm were |11| And Elohim said unto
saddled his chamor, and went sacrificing in the high places, him, Because thou hast made
to Gat to Achish to search for because there was no Bayit request of this davar, and hast
his avadim; and Shime'i went, built unto the Shem of not requested for thyself
and brought back his avadim Hashem in those days. yamim rabbim; neither hast
from Gat. |3| And Sh'lomo loved requested osher for thyself,
|41| And it was told Sh'lomo Hashem, walking in the nor hast requested the nefesh
that Shime'i had gone from chukkot Dovid Aviv; however of thine oyevim; but hast
Yerushalayim to Gat, and had he was sacrificing and requested for thyself binah to
returned. burning ketoret at the high comprehend mishpat;
|42| And HaMelech sent and places. |12| Hinei, I have done
summoned Shime'i, and said |4| And HaMelech went to according to thy devarim;
unto him, Did I not make thee Giveon to sacrifice there; for hinei, I have given thee a
to swear a shevu'ah by that was the bamah hagedolah discerning lev chacham; so
Hashem, and adjured thee (the great high place); a that there was none like thee
[i.e., under oath], saying, Know thousand olot did Sh'lomo before thee, neither after thee
for a certain, on the yom thou offer upon that mizbe'ach. shall any arise like unto thee.
goest out, and walkest abroad |5| In Giveon Hashem |13| And I have also given
any place whatever [outside appeared to Sh'lomo in a thee that which thou hast not
Yerushalayim] that mot tamut chalom halailah; Elohim said, requested, both osher, and
(thou shalt surely die)? And Ask what I should give thee. kavod; so that there shall not
thou saidst unto me, |6| And Sh'lomo said, Thou be any among the Melachim
Tov HaDavar Sha'ma'ti (The hast showed unto Thy eved like unto thee all thy yamim.
good word I will hear, I will Dovid Avi chesed gadol (great |14| And if thou wilt walk in
obey). mercy), according as he My derakhim, to be shomer
|43| Why then hast thou not walked before Thee in emes, over My chukkot and My
been shomer over the Shevuat and in tzedakah, and in mitzvot, as Dovid Avicha did
Hashem, and the Mitzvah that yesharah levav (uprightness of walk, then I will lengthen thy
I have charged thee with? heart) with Thee; and Thou yamim.
|44| HaMelech said moreover hast been shomer to preserve |15| And Sh'lomo awoke; and,
to Shime'i, Thou knowest all this chesed hagadol for him, hinei, it was a chalom! And he
the ra'ah which thine lev is that Thou hast given him Ben returned to Yerushalayim, and
privy to, that thou didst to [Dovid] to sit on his kisse, as is stood before the Aron Brit
Dovid Avi; therefore Hashem this day. Adonoi, and offered up olot,
shall return thy ra'ah upon |7| And now, Hashem Elohai, and offered shelamim, and
thine own rosh; Thou hast made Thy eved made a mishteh (feast) for all
|45| And HaMelech Sh'lomo Melech in the place of Dovid his avadim.
baruch, and the Kisse Dovid Avi; and I am but a na'ar |16| Then came there two
shall be nakhon (secure) katon (little child); I know not nashim, that were zonot
before Hashem ad olam. how to go out or come in. (harlots, prostitutes)
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unto HaMelech, and stood |26| Then spoke unto month in a shanah (year)
before him. HaMelech the isha whose was made provision.
|17| And the one isha said, O the ben hachai, for her |8| And these are their
adoni, I and this isha dwell in rachamim yearned for her shemot; Ben Hur, in har
one bayit; and I was delivered ben, and she said, O adoni, Ephrayim;
of child with her babayit (in give her the yeled hachai, and |9| The Ben Deker, in
the house). in no wise put him to death. Makatz, and in Sha’alvim,
|18| And it came to pass the But the other said, Let it be and Beit Shemesh, and Elon
Yom HaShelishi after that I neither mine nor thine, but Beit Chanan;
was delivered, that this isha cut him in two! |10| Ben Chesed, in Arubot;
was delivered also: and we |27| Then HaMelech to him pertained Sochoh, and
were together; there was no answered and said, Give her kol Eretz Chepher;
zar (stranger, outsider) with us the yeled hachai, and in no |11| Ben Avinadav, in kol
babayit, except we two wise put him to death; she is Naphat Dor; which had
babayit. immo (his mother). Taphat Bat Sh'lomo as his
|19| And this ben haisha died |28| And kol Yisroel heard of isha;
in the lailah; because she the mishpat (judgment) in |12| Ba’ana Ben Achilud;
had lain upon him. which HaMelech had given Ta’nach and Megiddo, and kol
|20| And she arose in the verdict; and they feared Beit She'an, which is near
middle of the lailah, and took HaMelech; for they saw that Zartanah below Yizre'el
beni (my son) from beside the chochmat Elohim was (Jezreel), from Beit She'an to
me, while thine amah within him, to administer Avel Mecholah, even unto
(handmaid) slept, and laid it mishpat (justice). beyond Yokme'am;
in her kheyk (bosom), and laid |13| Ben Gever, in Ramot
her ben hamet (dead son) in Gilàd; to him pertained the
my kheyk. towns of Yair Ben Menasheh,
|21| And when I rose So HaMelech Sh'lomo which are in Gilàd; to him
in the boker to nurse beni,
hinei, met! (dead!) But when I
had examined him in the
4 was Melech over kol
Yisroel.
|2| And these were the sarim
also pertained the region of
Argov, which is in Bashan,
threescore arim gedolim with
boker, hinei, he was not beni I which he had; Azaryah Ben chomah and gate bars of
bore! Tzadok HaKohen, nechoshet;
|22| And the isha ha'acheret |3| Elichoreph and Achiyah, |14| Achinadav Ben Iddo had
(other woman) said, Lo (no); the Bnei Shisha, Sofrim Machanayim;
but hachai (the living) is beni (scribes); Yehoshaphat Ben |15| Achima’atz was in
(my son), and hamet (the Achilud, the Mazkir Naphtali; he also took
dead) is the ben of yours. But (secretary). Ba’smat Bat Sh'lomo as his
this one said, Lo (no), the ben |4| And Benayah Ben isha;
of yours is hamet (the dead Yehoyada was over the Tzava |16| Ba’anah Ben Chushai
[one]), and beni is hachai! (army); and Tzadok and was in Asher and in Alot;
Thus they went on arguing Evyatar (Abiathar) were the |17| Yehoshaphat Ben
before HaMelech! Kohanim; Paruach, in Yissakhar;
|23| Then said HaMelech, |5| And Azaryah Ben Natan |18| Shimei Ben Elah, in
The one saith, This is beni (my was over the Nitzavim Binyamin;
son) hachai (the living [one]), (commissioners) and Zavud |19| Gever Ben Uri was in
and thy ben is hamet (the Ben Natan kohen re'eh Eretz Gilàd, in Eretz Sichon
dead [one]); and the other HaMelech; Melech Emori, and of Og
saith, Lo; but the ben of yours |6| And Achishar was over the Melech HaBashan; and he was
is hamet, and beni is hachai. Bais (palace); and Adoniram the only Netziv (commissioner)
|24| And HaMelech said, Ben Avda was over the forced which was in the land.
Bring me a cherev. And they labor. |20| Yehudah and Yisroel
brought the cherev before |7| And Sh'lomo had twelve were many, as the chol (sand)
HaMelech. Nitzavim (commissioners) over which is by the yam in
|25| And HaMelech said, Cut kol Yisroel, which provided multitude, eating and
the yeled hachai in two, and provision for HaMelech and drinking, and rejoicing.
give half to the one, and half his Bais (palace); each man his
to the other.
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(4:21) And Sh'lomo rochav lev (largeness of heart), |19(5:5)| And, now behold, I
5 reigned as Melech over

kol hamamlechot (all the
kingdoms) from the Nahar
even as the chol (sand) that is
on the seashore.
|10(4:30)| And the chochmah
purpose to build a Beis for the
Shem of Hashem Elohai, just
as Hashem spoke
[Euphrates] River) unto Eretz Sh'lomo excelled the chochmat unto Dovid Avi, saying,
Pelishtim (Philistines), and kol Bnei Kedem and kol Binecha [i.e., Ben Dovid]
unto the border of Mitzrayim: chochmat Mitzrayim. whom I will set upon thy Kisse
they brought minchah |11(4:31)| For he was wiser in thy place, he shall build
(tribute), and served Sh'lomo than kol Adam; than Eitan the HaBayit for My Shem.
all the days of his life. Ezrachi, and Heman, and |20(5:6)| Now therefore
|2(4:22)| And Lechem Calkol, and Darda, the Bnei command thou that they cut
Sh'lomo for one day was thirty Machol; and shmo was in kol for me arazim (cedar trees) out
kor of solet (fine flour), and HaGoyim all around. of the Levanon; and my
threescore kor of flour, |12(4:32)| And he uttered avadim shall be with thy
|3(4:23)| Ten stall fed bakar, three thousand mashal; and avadim; and unto thee will I
and twenty bakar out of the his shir (songs) were one give sachar (wage) for thy
pastures, and a hundred tzon, thousand and five. avadim according to all that
beside deer, and gazelle, and |13(4:33)| And he spoke of thou shalt appoint; for thou
roebuck, and choice fowl. etzim (trees), from the erez knowest that there is not
|4(4:24)| For he had (cedar tree) that is in the among us any that are skilled
dominion over all the region Levanon even unto the ezov to hew etzim (wood, timber)
beyond the Nahar, from (hyssop) which grows out of like unto the Tzidonim.
Tiphsach even to Azzah the wall; he spoke also of |21(5:7)| And it came to pass,
(Gaza), over all the melachim behemah (animal), and of oph when Chiram heard the divrei
beyond the Nahar [i.e., west of (fowl, bird), and of Sh'lomo, that he rejoiced with
the Euphrates]; and he had remes (crawling creature), and simchah me'od, and said,
shalom on all sides around of dagim (fish). Baruch Hashem this day, Who
him. |14(4:34)| And there came of hath given unto Dovid a ben
|5(4:25)| And Yehudah and kol Amim to hear the chacham over HaAm Harav
Yisroel dwelt securely, every chochmat Sh'lomo, from kol hazeh (this great people).
ish under his gefen and under Malkhei Ha'Aretz, which had |22(5:8)| And Chiram sent to
his te'enah (fig tree), from Dan heard of his chochmah. Sh'lomo, saying, I have
even to Be'er Sheva, all the |15(5:1)| And Chiram Melech considered the things which
days of Sh'lomo. Tzor sent his avadim unto thou sentest to me for; and I
|6(4:26)| And Sh'lomo had Sh'lomo; for he had heard that will do all thy chefetz (desire)
forty thousand stalls of susim they had anointed him Melech concerning atzei arazim
for his merkavot, and twelve in the place of his av; for (cedar timber), and
thousand parashim. Chiram was ever an ohev concerning atzei b'roshim
|7(4:27)| And these Nitzavim (friend) of Dovid. (cypress wood).
[al kol Yisroel, see 4:7-19] |16(5:2)| And Sh'lomo sent to |23(5:9)| My avadim shall
provided for HaMelech Chiram, saying, bring them down from the
Sh'lomo, and for all that came |17(5:3)| Thou knowest how Levanon unto the yam (sea,
near unto Shulchan that Dovid Avi could not build i.e., Mediterranean Sea); and I
HaMelech Sh'lomo, every ish Bayit unto the Shem of will convey them by yam on
in his chodesh; they lacked Hashem Elohav due to the rafts unto the makom (place)
nothing. milchamah which was about that thou shalt appoint me,
|8(4:28)| Se'orim (barley) also him on every side, until and will cause them to be
and straw for the susim and Hashem put them under the discharged there, and thou
swift steeds brought they unto kappot (soles) of his shalt receive them; and thou
the makom (place) where it raglayim. shalt accomplish my chefetz
should be, each according to |18(5:4)| But now Hashem (desire), in giving lechem for
his mishpat (charge, quota, Elohai hath given me rest on my bais (household).
duty, responsibility). every side, so that there is
|9(4:29)| And Elohim gave neither satan (adversary)
Sh'lomo chochmah and nor pega rah (evil occurrence,
tevunah (understanding, misfortune).
insight) exceeding much, and
|24(5:10)| So Chiram gave (stones) to build the Bayit [the Beis [Hamikdash], while it was
Sh'lomo atzei arazim (cedar Beis Hamikdash]. [See Ps under construction.
logs) and atzei b'roshim 118:22 and Isa 53]. |8| The door for the middle
(cypress wood) according to all And it came to pass in story was in the right side of
his chefetz.
|25(5:11)| And Sh'lomo gave
Chiram twenty thousand kor
6 the four hundred and
eightieth year after the
Bnei Yisroel were come out of
the Beis [Hamikdash]; and
they went up with winding
stairs into the middle
of chittim (wheat) for Eretz Mitzrayim , in the fourth chamber, and out of the
provision for his bais, and year of Sh'lomo's reign over middle into the third.
twenty kor of shemen katit Yisroel, in the month Ziv, |9| So he built the Beis
(pressed olive oil): thus gave which is the second month, [Hamikdash], and finished it;
Sh'lomo to Chiram shanah that he began to build the Beis and covered the Beis
b'shanah. Hashem. [Hamikdash] with beams and
|26(5:12)| And Hashem gave |2| And the Beis [Hamikdash] boards of cedar.
Sh'lomo chochmah, just as He which king Sh'lomo built for |10| And then he built
promised him; and there was Hashem, the length thereof chambers against all the Beis
shalom between Chiram and was threescore cubits, and the [Hamikdash], five cubits high;
Sh'lomo; and they had a brit breadth thereof twenty cubits, and they rested on the Beis
(treaty, a political alliance), and the height thereof thirty [Hamikdash] with timber of
the two of them. cubits. cedar.
|27(5:13)| And HaMelech |3| And the Ulam (Portico) in |11| And the Devar Hashem
Sh'lomo conscripted mas front of the Heikhal of the came to Sh'lomo, saying,
(forced labor) out of kol Beis [Hamikdash], twenty |12| Concerning this Beis
Yisroel; and the mas was thirty cubits was the length thereof, [Hamikdash] which thou art
thousand ish. according to the breadth of building, if thou wilt walk in
|28(5:14)| And he sent them the Beis [Hamikdash]; and ten My statutes, and execute My
to the Levanon, ten thousand cubits was the breadth thereof judgments, and be shomer
a month by chalifot (courses, projecting in front of the Beis over all My mitzvot to walk in
shifts); a month they were in [Hamikdash]. them; then will I perform My
the Levanon, and two months |4| And for the Beis word (promise) with thee,
they were b'bayit (at home); [Hamikdash] he made which I spoke unto Dovid thy
and Adoniram was in charge embrasures. father;
of the mas. |5| And against the wall of |13| And I will dwell among
|29(5:15)| And Sh'lomo had the Beis [Hamikdash] he built the Bnei Yisroel, and will not
threescore and ten thousand chambers round about, forsake My people Yisroel.
that were burden bearers, and against the walls of the Beis |14| So Sh'lomo built the Beis
fourscore thousand who were [Hamikdash] round about, [Hamikdash], and finished it.
stone cutters in the har both of the Heikhal and of the |15| And he built the walls of
(mountains); Debir; and he made chambers the Beis [Hamikdash] within
|30(5:16)| This was in round about; with boards of cedar, from the
addition to the chief of |6| The lowest story was five floor of the Beis [Hamikdash]
Sh'lomo's Nitzavim, who were cubits broad, and the middle to the rafters of the ceiling;
over the project, three was six cubits broad, and the and he covered them on the
thousand three hundred, who third was seven cubits broad; inside with wood, and covered
supervised the people that for without in the wall of the the floor of the Beis
wrought in the work. Beis [Hamikdash] he made [Hamikdash] with planks of
|31(5:17)| And HaMelech narrow ledges round about, cypress.
commanded, and avanim that the beams should not be |16| And he built twenty
gedolot (great stones) they fastened in the walls of the cubits on the sides of the Beis
quarried, costly stones, to lay Beis [Hamikdash]. [Hamikdash], from the floor to
the foundation of the Bayit |7| And the Beis the rafters with boards of
with hewn stones. [Hamikdash], when it was cedar; he even built them for
|32(5:18)| And the Bonei under construction, was built it within, even for the Debir,
Sh'lomo and Bonei Chiram of stone made ready before it even for the Kodesh
did chisel them, and the men was brought there; so was HaKodashim.
from Geval; so they prepared neither hammer nor chisel nor
etzim (timber) and avanim any tool of iron heard in the
|17| And the Beis, that is, the wall; and their wings touched But Sh'lomo was
Heikhal in front of it, was
forty cubits long.
|18| And the cedar of the Beis
one another in the midst of
HaBayit.
|28| And he overlaid the
7 building his own Bais
(palace complex)
thirteen years, and he finished
[Hamikdash] within was keruvim with zahav (gold). all his Bais.
carved with gourds and open |29| And he carved all the |2| He built also the Bais
flowers; all was cedar; there walls of the Beis [Hamikdash] Ya'ar HaLevanon; the length
was no stone seen. round about with carved thereof was a hundred cubits,
|19| And the Devir he figures of keruvim and palm and the width thereof fifty
prepared in the Beis trees and open flowers, within cubits, and the height thereof
[Hamikdash] within, to set and without. thirty cubits, upon four rows
there the Aron Brit Hashem. |30| And the floor of the Beis of cedar pillars, with cedar
|20| And the Devir was twenty [Hamikdash] he overlaid with beams upon the pillars.
cubits in length, zahav (gold), within and |3| And it was roofed in erez
and twenty cubits in breadth, without. (cedar) above the tzela'ot
and twenty cubits in the |31| And for the entering of (chambers, side-rooms) upon
height thereof; and he overlaid the Devir he made doors of the ammudim; there were
it with pure zahav (gold); and olive wood; the lintel and the forty-five, fifteen per row.
so covered the mizbe'ach five-sided door posts. |4| And there were shekufim
which was of cedar. |32| The two doors also were (windows) in three rows, and
|21| So Sh'lomo overlaid the of olive wood; and he carved outlook was opposite outlook,
Beis [Hamikdash] within with upon them carvings of shalosh pe'amim (three times).
pure zahav (gold); and he keruvim and palm trees and |5| And all the petachim and
drew chains of zahav (gold) open flowers, and overlaid mezuzot were framed four-
across, in front of the Devir; them with zahav, and spread sided by beams; and outlook
and he overlaid it with zahav. zahav upon the keruvim, and opposite outlook, shalosh
|22| And the whole interior upon the palm trees. pe'amim (three times).
he overlaid with zahav (gold), |33| So also made he for the |6| And he made Ulam
in order that kol haBeis be entrance of the Heikhal four- HaAmmudim (Hall of Pillars);
perfect; also the whole sided door posts of olive wood. the length thereof was fifty
Mizbe'ach that belonged to the |34| And the two doors were cubits, and the width thereof
Devir he overlaid with zahav of cypress wood; the two leaves thirty cubits: and the ulam
(gold). of the one door were folding, (portico) was in front of them
|23| And within the Devir he and the two leaves of the other [i.e., the petachim]; and the
made two keruvim of olive door were folding. other ammudim [for the
wood, each ten cubits high. |35| And he carved thereon portico roof] with the thick
|24| And five cubits was the keruvim and palm trees and beam were before them.
one wing of the keruv, and five open flowers; and covered |7| Then he made Ulam
cubits the other wing of the them with zahav fitted upon HaKisse where he would
keruv; from the uttermost part the carved work. judge, even the Ulam
of the one wing unto the |36| And he built the inner HaMishpat; and it was
uttermost part of the other court with three rows of hewed covered with erez
were ten cubits. stone, and a row of cedar (cedar) from floor to floor [i.e.,
|25| And the other keruv was beams. covering the entire floor].
ten cubits; both the keruvim |37| In the fourth year was |8| And his Bais (palace)
were of one measure and one the foundation of the Beis where he dwelt which was in
size. Hashem laid, in the month another khatzer (courtyard)
|26| The height of the one Ziv; inwards from the Ulam
keruv was ten cubits, and so |38| And in the eleventh year, [HaKisse], was similar in
was it of the other keruv. in the month Bul, which is the workmanship. Sh'lomo made
|27| And he set the keruvim eighth month, was the Beis also a Bais for Bat Pharaoh,
within the inner room; and [Hamikdash] finished whom he had taken as isha,
they stretched forth the wings throughout all the parts and the Bais (palace) he made
of the keruvim, so that the thereof, and according to all was like this Ulam.
wing of the one touched the the fashion of it. So was he
one wall, and the wing of the sheva shanim (seven years) in
other keruv touched the other building it.
|9| All these were of expensive |18| And he made the haunches were facing toward
stone, according to the ammudim, and two rows the center.
measure of hewed stones, filed around the one network, to |26| And it was a hand-
with files, outside and inside, cover the capitals that were breadth thick, and the brim
even from the foundation unto upon the rosh (top) with thereof was wrought like the
the ceiling, and from without pomegranates; and the same brim of a kos, with shoshan
to the Khatzer HaGedolah did he for the second capital. blossoms; it could hold two
(the Great Court). |19| And the capitals that thousand bath measures.
|10| And the foundation was were upon the rosh of the |27| And he made ten
laid with expensive stones, ammudim were of shushan Mekhonot (Stands [serving as
even avanim gedolot, stones of (lily) work in the Ulam, four water carts]) of nechoshet;
10 cubits, and stones of 8 cubits. four cubits was the length of
cubits. |20| And the capitals upon one Stand, and four cubits the
|11| And above were the two ammudim had width thereof, and three
expensive avanim, after the pomegranates also above, over cubits the height of it.
measure of hewed stones, and against the bulge which was |28| And the constuction of
cedars. next to the network; and the the Mekhonot was on this
|12| And the Khatzer pomegranates were two manner: they had misgerot
HaGedolah (Great Court) was hundred in rows encircling the (panels, flat sides), and the
formed of shaloshah--three second capital. misgerot were between the
courses of hewn stones, and a |21| And he set up the shelabim (rods, upright
course of hewn cedar beams, ammudim in the Ulam braces);
as in the Beis Hashem's HaHeikhal; and he set up the |29| And on the misgerot that
Khatzer HaPenimit right ammud, and called were between the shelabim
(Innermost Court) and for the shmo thereof Yachin were [engraved] arayot (lions)
Ulam HaBeis [HaMikdash]. (Establish): and he set up the and bakar (oxen), and
|13| And HaMelech Sh'lomo left ammud, and called shmo keruvim; and upon the
sent and brought back Chiram thereof Boaz (Strength is in it). shelabim there was a base
from Tzor. |22| And upon the top of the above; and below the arayot
|14| He was ben isha ammudim was shoshan (lily) and bakar were wreaths of
almanah of the tribe of work; so was the work of the plaited work.
Naphtali, and aviv was an ish ammudim completed. |30| And every Mekhonah
of Tzor, a khoresh nechoshet |23| And he made a Yam (Stand) had four nechoshet
and he was filled with Mutzak (Cast Metal Sea), ten ofanim (wheels), and axles of
chochmah and tevanah, and cubits from brim to brim; it nechoshet; and the four
da'as to work all works in was completely round and its corners thereof had
nechoshet. And he came to height was 5 cubits; and a line supporting posts; under the
HaMelech Sh'lomo, and of 30 cubits did measure Kiyor (Basin) were supports
wrought all his work. around about it. cast with wreaths on each side.
|15| For he cast two |24| And under the brim of it |31| And the mouth [of the
ammudim of nechoshet, of 18 all around about there were Mekhonah (Stand)] within the
cubits high apiece; and a line knobs surrounding it, ten in a capital and above was a cubit;
of 12 cubits did compass cubit, encompassing the Yam but the opening thereof was
either of them about. all around about; the knobs circular like the construction
|16| And he made two were cast in two rows, when it of the base, a cubit and an
capitals of mutzak nechoshet was cast. half; and also upon the rim of
(cast bronze), to set upon the |25| It stood upon twelve it were engravings. The frames
tops of the ammudim; the bakar (oxen), shalosh looking were foursquare, not circular.
height of the one capital was 5 toward tzafonah (north), and |32| And under the frames
cubits, and the height of the shalosh looking toward the were four ofanim (wheels); and
other capital was 5 cubits: yammah (west), and shalosh the axles of the ofanim
|17| And plaiting of net work, looking toward the negbah (wheels) were joined to the
and ropes of chain work, for (south), and shalosh looking Mekhonah; and the diameter
the capitals which were upon toward the mizrachah (east); of each wheel was a cubit and
the top of the ammudim, and the Yam was set above half a cubit.
seven for the one capital, and upon them, and all their |33| And the construction of
seven for the other capital. the ofanim (wheels) was like
the construction of a were upon the top of the for the daletot (doors) of the
merkavah ofan (wheel): their ammudim; Beis HaPenimi, the Kodesh
axles, and their hubs, and |42| And four hundred HaKodashim, and also those
their rims, and their spokes, rimonim (pomegranates) for for the daletot of the Beis
were all cast metal. the two networks, even two [Hamikdash], that is, the
|34| And there were four courses of rimonim Heikhal.
supports to the four pinnot (pomegranates) for one |51| So was completed all the
(corners) of each stand; and network, to decorate the two work that HaMelech Sh'lomo
the supports were of the stand bowls of the capitals that were made for the Beis Hashem.
itself. upon the ammudim; And Sh'lomo brought in the
|35| And at the top of the |43| And the ten Mekhonot things which Dovid Aviv had
Mekhonah (Stand) was there a (stands), and ten Kiyyorot set apart as kodesh; even the
round rim of half a cubit high; (basins) on the Mekhonot; kesef, and the zahav, and the
and on the top of the |44| And one Yam, and twelve kelim (vessels), did he put
Mekhonah (Stand) the rods Bakar under the Yam; among the otzarot (treasures)
thereof and the frames thereof |45| And the sirot (pots), and of the Beis Hashem.
were cast as one unit. the ya'im (shovels), and the Then Sh'lomo assembled
|36| For on the luchot of the
rods thereof, and on the
misgerot (panels) thereof, he
mizrakot (bowls for sprinkling
blood); and all these kelim
(vessels), which Chiram made
8 the Zekenim of Yisroel,
and all the Rashei
HaMattot, the Nesi'ei HaAvot
engraved keruvim, arayot, and for Sh'lomo HaMelech for the of the Bnei Yisroel, unto
timorot (palms), according to Beis Hashem were of HaMelech Sh'lomo in
the proportion of every burnished nechoshet. Yerushalayim, that they might
one, and wreaths all around. |46| In the plain of the bring up the Aron Brit
|37| After this manner he Yarden did HaMelech cast Hashem out of Ir Dovid,
made the ten Mekhonot; all of them, in the clay of the which is Tziyon.
them had one casting, one adamah (ground) between |2| And all the Ish Yisroel
middah (size), and one shape. Sukkot and Tzartan. assembled themselves unto
|38| Then made he ten |47| And Sh'lomo left all the HaMelech Sh'lomo at the
kiyyorot nechoshet (basins of kelim (vessels) unweighed, Chag [Sukkot] in the month
bronze); one kiyor could hold because they were exceeding Etanim [Tishri], which is the
forty baths; and every kiyor many; neither was the weight seventh month.
was four cubits; and upon of the nechoshet found out. |3| And all the Zekenim of
each of the ten Mekhonot |48| And Sh'lomo made all Yisroel came, and the
there was one kiyor (basin). the kelim (vessels) that Kohanim took up the Aron.
|39| And he put five pertained unto the Beis |4| And they brought up the
Mekhonot (Stands) on the Hashem: the Mizbe'ach Aron Hashem, and the Ohel
right side of the Beis HaZahav, and the Shulchan Mo'ed and all the kelei
[HaMikdash], and five on the HaZahav, whereupon was the hakodesh that were in the
left side of the Beis ; and he Lechem HaPanim, Ohel, even those did the
set the Yam on the right side |49| And the Menorot of pure Kohanim and the Levi'im
of the Beis eastward opposite zahav, five on the right side, carry up.
the south. and five on the left, in front of |5| And Sh'lomo HaMelech,
|40| And Chiram made the the Devir (Most Holy and all the Adat Yisroel, that
kiyyrot, and the ya'im Place), with floral designs, and were assembled unto him,
(shovels), and the mizrakot the nerot (lamps), and the were with him before the
(bowls for sprinkling blood). melkachayyim (tongs) of Aron, sacrificing tzon and
So Chiram completed all the zahav, bakar, that could not be told
melakhah (work) that he made |50| And the sippot (bowls), nor numbered for multitude.
for Sh'lomo HaMelech for the and the mezammerot (lamp |6| And the Kohanim brought
Beis Hashem; snuffers), and the mizrakot in the Aron Brit Hashem unto
|41| The two ammudim, and (bowls for sprinkling blood), its makom, in the Devir
the two bowls of the capitals and the kappot (ladles), and HaBayit, the Kodesh
that were on the top of the two the machtot zahav sagur (hot HaKodashim, even under the
ammudim; and the two coal pans of pure gold), and wings of the keruvim.
networks, decorating the two the gold potot (hinge-sockets)
bowls of the capitals which
|7| For the keruvim spread |18| And Hashem said unto |26| And now, O Elohei
forth their kenafayim (wings) Dovid Avi, Whereas it was in Yisroel, let Thy davar now
over the place of the Aron, and thine lev to build a Beis unto come true, which Thou spoke
the keruvim overshadowed the Shemi, thou didst well that unto Thy eved Dovid Avi.
Aron and the poles thereof. it was in thine lev. |27| But will Elohim indeed
|8| They drew out the poles, |19| Nevertheless thou shalt dwell on ha'aretz? Hinei, the
that the ends of the poles were not build the Bayit; but thy Shomayim and the Shemei
seen out in the Kodesh before ben that shall come forth out HaShomayim cannot contain
the Devir, but they were not of thy loins, he shall build the Thee; how much less this Bayit
seen from the outside; there Bayit unto Shemi. that I have built?
they are unto this day. |20| And Hashem hath |28| Yet turn Thou unto the
|9| There was nothing in the fulfilled His Davar that He tefillah of Thy eved, and to his
Aron except the two Luchot spoke, and I am risen up in techinnah, Hashem Elohai, to
HaAvanim (Tablets of Stone), the place of Dovid Avi, and sit pay heed unto the cry and to
which Moshe placed there at on the Kisse Yisroel, just as the tefillah, which Thy eved is
Chorev, when Hashem cut a Hashem promised, and have davening before Thee today;
Brit with the Bnei Yisroel, built Bayit for the Shem |29| That Thine eyes may be
when they came out of Eretz Hashem Elohei Yisroel. open toward this Bayit lailah
Mitzrayim. |21| And I have set there a va'yom, even toward the
|10| And it came to pass, Makom for the Aron, wherein Makom of which Thou hast
when the Kohanim were come is the Brit Hashem, which He said, Shemi shall be there;
out of the Kodesh, that the cut with Avoteinu, when He that Thou mayest pay heed
anan filled the Beis Hashem, brought them out of Eretz unto the tefillah which Thy
|11| So that the Kohanim Mitzrayim. eved shall make toward
could not stand up to minister |22| And Sh'lomo stood Makom Hazeh.
because of the anan; for the before the Mizbe'ach Hashem |30| And pay heed Thou to
Kavod Hashem had filled the in the presence of all the the techinnah of Thy eved,
Beis Hashem. Kahal Yisroel, and spread and of Thy people Yisroel,
|12| Then spoke Sh'lomo, forth his palms toward when they shall daven toward
Hashem said that He would Shomayim; Makom Hazeh; and hear
dwell in the thick cloud. |23| And he said, Hashem Thou from Shomayim Thy
|13| I have surely built Thee Elohei Yisroel, there is no dwelling place; and when
a Beis of habitation, a Elohim like Thee, in Thou hearest, forgive.
Makhon for Thee to abide Shomayim above, or on |31| If any ish trespass
olamim. HaAretz beneath, who is against his neighbor, and an
|14| And HaMelech turned shomer HaBrit and keeps oath be laid upon him to
his face about, and made a chesed with Thy avadim cause him to swear, and the
berakhah upon Kol Kehal that walk before Thee with all oath come before Thine
Yisroel; (and Kol Kehal Yisroel their lev; Mizbe'ach in this Bayit;
were standing); |24| Who hast been shomer |32| Then hear Thou in
|15| And he said, Baruch with Thy eved Dovid Avi that Shomayim, and do, and judge
Hashem Elohei Yisroel, which Thou promised him; Thou Thy avadim, condemning the
spoke with His mouth unto spoke also with thy mouth, rasha, to bring his derech
Dovid Avi, and hath with His and hast fulfilled it with Thine upon his rosh; and
yad fulfilled it, saying, yad, as it is this day. lehatzeddik (justifying,
|16| Since the yom that I |25| Therefore now, Hashem declaring innocent and
brought forth My people Elohei Yisroel, be shomer with acquitted) the tzaddik, to give
Yisroel out of Mitzrayim, I Thy eved Dovid Avi that Thou him according to his
chose no ir out of all the promised him, saying, tzedakah.
Shivtei Yisroel to build a Beis, There shall not Yikaret (be cut |33| When Thy people Yisroel
that Shemi might be therein; off, fail) thee an ish in My be struck down before the
but I chose Dovid to be over sight to sit on the Kisse oyev, because they have
My people Yisroel. Yisroel; so that thy banim be sinned against Thee, and shall
|17| It was in the levav Dovid shomer over their derech, that turn back to Thee, and confess
Avi to build Bayit for Shem they walk before Me as thou Thy Shem, and daven, and
Hashem Elohei Yisroel. hast walked before Me. make supplication unto Thee
in this Bayit:
|34| Then hear Thou in |42| (For they shall hear of |49| Then hear Thou their
Shomayim, and forgive the Thy Shem HaGadol, and of tefillah and their techinnah in
chattat of Thy people Yisroel, Thy Yad HaChazakah, and of Shomayim, the Makom of Thy
and bring them back unto Thy stretched out zero'a;) and dwelling, and uphold their
HaAdamah which Thou shall come and daven toward cause,
gavest unto their Avot. this Bayit; |50| And forgive Thy people
|35| When Shomayim is shut |43| Hear Thou in Shomayim that have sinned against Thee,
up, and there is no matar the Makom of Thy dwelling, and all their peysha'im
(rain), because they have and do according to all that wherein they have rebelled
sinned against Thee; if they the nokhri calleth to Thee for; against Thee, and give them
daven toward this Makom, that all peoples of ha'aretz rachamim before them who
and confess Thy Shem, and may know Thy Shem, to fear carried them captive, that they
turn from their chattat, when Thee, as do Thy people may have rachamim on
Thou afflictest them; Yisroel; that they may know them;
|36| Then hear Thou in that this Bayit, which I have |51| For they are Thy people,
Shomayim, and forgive the built, is called by Thy Shem. and Thine nachalah, which
chattat of Thy avadim, and of |44| If Thy people go out to Thou broughtest forth out of
Thy people Yisroel, that Thou milchamah against their oyev Mitzrayim, from the midst of
teach them the Derech (enemy), in the derech that the Kur HaBarzel (Furnace of
Hatovah wherein they should Thou shalt send them, and Iron):
walk, and give matar (rain) shall daven unto Hashem in |52| That Thine eyes may be
upon Thy Land, which Thou the Derech HaIr which Thou open unto the techinnah of
hast given to Thy people for a hast chosen, and toward the Thy eved, and unto the
nachalah. Bayit that I have built for Thy techinnah of Thy people
|37| If there be in HaAretz Shem; Yisroel, to pay heed unto them
ra'av, if there be dever, blight, |45| Then hear Thou in in all that they call for unto
mildew, arbeh, or if there be Shomayim their tefillah and Thee.
grasshopper; if their oyev their techinnah, and uphold |53| For Thou didst separate
besiege them in the eretz of their mishpat. them from among all the
their she'arim; whatsoever |46| If they sin against Thee, peoples of HaAretz, to be
nega (plague), whatsoever (for there is no adam that Thine nachalah, as Thou
machalah (disease) there be; sinneth not), and Thou be spoke by the yad Moshe Thy
|38| What tefillah and angry with them, and deliver Eved, when Thou broughtest
techinnah be made by any them to the oyev (enemy), so Avoteinu out of Mitzrayim,
adam, or by all Thy people that they carry them away Adonoi Hashem,
Yisroel, which shall know captives unto the eretz of the |54| And it was so, that when
every man the nega of his own oyev, far or near; Sh'lomo had completed
levav, and spread forth his |47| Yet if they make in their davening all this tefillah and
palms toward this Bayit; lev teshuvah in HaAretz where techinnah unto Hashem, he
|39| Then hear Thou in they were carried captives, arose from before the
Shomayim the Makom of Thy and turn, and make techinnah Mizbe'ach Hashem, from
dwelling, and forgive, and do, unto Thee in the eretz of them having knelt on his knees with
and give to every ish according that carried them captives, his palms spread up to
to his derech, whose lev Thou saying, We have sinned, and Shomayim.
knowest; (for Thou, even Thou have done perversely, we have |55| And he stood, and made
only, knowest levav kol Bnei committed wickedness; on Kol Kehal Yisroel a
HaAdam); |48| And so return unto Thee berakhah with a kol gadol
|40| That they may fear Thee with all their lev, and with all (loud voice), saying,
all hayamim that they are their nefesh, in the eretz of |56| Baruch Hashem, that
chayyim in the adamah which their enemies, which led them hath given menuchah unto
Thou gavest unto Avoteinu. away captive, and daven unto His people Yisroel, according
|41| Moreover concerning a Thee in the derech (direction) to all that He promised: there
nokhri (foreigner), that is not of their land, which Thou hath not failed one davar of
of Thy people Yisroel, but gavest unto their Avot, the Ir all His good promise, which
cometh out of a far country for which Thou hast chosen, and He promised by yad Moshe
Thy Name's sake; the Bayit which I have built His Eved.
for Thy Shem;
|57| Hashem Eloheinu be |65| And at that time Sh'lomo Me, ye or your banim,
immanu (with us), as He was observed a Chag, and kol and will not be shomer over
with Avoteinu; let Him not Yisroel with him, a Kahal My mitzvot and My chukkot
leave us, nor forsake us; Gadol, from the Approach of which I have set before you,
|58| That He may incline Chamat unto the Wadi but go and serve elohim
levavenu (our hearts) unto Mitzrayim, before Hashem acherim, and hishtachaveh
Him, to walk in all his ways, Eloheinu, shivat yamim and (worship) them;
and to be shomer over His shivat yamim, even arba'a |7| Then will I cut off Yisroel
mitzvot, and His chukkot, and asar yom. out of the adamah which I
His mishpatim, which He |66| On the Yom HaShemini have given them; and this Beis
commanded Avoteinu. he sent away the people and [HaMikdash], which I have set
|59| And let these my words, they made on HaMelech a apart as kodesh for Shemi,
wherewith I have made berakhah, and went unto their will I cast out of My sight; and
techinnah before Hashem, be ohalim joyful and glad of lev Yisroel shall be a mashal
kerovim (near ones) unto for all hatovah (the goodness) (proverb) and a sheninah
Hashem Eloheinu yomam that Hashem had done for (taunt, byword) among kol
valailah that He maintain the Dovid His Eved and for ha'ammim;
mishpat (cause) of His eved, Yisroel His People. |8| And at this Beis, which is
and the mishpat of His people And it came to pass, elyon, every one that passeth
Yisroel at all times, as each
day requires;
|60| That all the peoples of
9 when Sh'lomo had
completed the building
of the Beis Hashem, and the
by it shall be appalled, and
shall hiss; and they shall say,
Why hath Hashem done thus
ha'aretz may know that Bais HaMelech, and all unto HaAretz Hazot, and to
Hashem hu HaElohim and Sh'lomo's desire which he was this Beis?
that there is none else. pleased to do, |9| And they shall answer,
|61| Let your lev therefore be |2| That Hashem appeared to Because they forsook Hashem
shalem with Hashem Sh'lomo the second time, as Eloheichem who brought forth
Eloheinu, to walk in His He had appeared unto him at their avot out of Eretz
chukkot, to be shomer over Giveon. Mitzrayim, and have taken
His mitzvot, as at this day. |3| And Hashem said unto hold upon elohim acherim,
|62| And HaMelech, and kol him, I have heard thy tefillah and have worshiped them,
Yisroel with him, offered and thy techinnah, that thou and served them; therefore
zevach (sacrifice) before hast made before Me; I have hath Hashem brought upon
Hashem. set apart as kodesh this Beis them all this ra'ah.
|63| And Sh'lomo offered a [HaMikdash], which thou hast |10| And it came to pass at
zevach hashelamim (sacrifice built, to put Shemi there ad the end of esrim shanim,
of peace offerings), which he olam; and Mine eyes and Mine when Sh'lomo had built the
offered unto Hashem, two and lev shall be there kol two batim, the Beis Hashem,
twenty thousand bakar, and a hayamim. and the Bais HaMelech,
hundred and twenty |4| And if thou wilt walk |11| (Now Chiram Melech
thousand tzon (sheep). So before Me, just as Dovid Tzor had furnished Sh'lomo
HaMelech and kol Bnei Avicha walked, in tohm with cedar trees and cypress
Yisroel dedicated the Beis (integrity, guilelessness) of lev, trees, and with zahav,
Hashem. and in yashar, to do according according to all his desire),
|64| The same day did to all that I have commanded that then HaMelech Sh'lomo
HaMelech consecrate as thee, and will be shomer over gave Chiram esrim ir (twenty
kodesh the interior of the My chukkot and My towns) in Eretz HaGalil.
Khatzer (Court) that was mishpatim; |12| And Chiram came out
before the Beis Hashem; for |5| Then I will establish the from Tzor (Tyre) to see the
there he offered olah and kisse (throne) of thy kingdom towns which Sh'lomo had
minchah, and the chelvei over Yisroel l'olam, as I given him; and they pleased
hashelamim because the promised to Dovid Avicha, him not.
Mitzbe'ach HaNechoshet that saying, There shall not yikaret |13| And he said, What towns
was before Hashem was too (be cut off, fail) thee an ish are these which thou hast
katon (small) to receive the upon the Kisse Yisroel. given me, achi (my brother)?
olah, and minchah, and the |6| But if ye shall at And he called them Eretz
chelvei hashelamim. all turn from following Kavul unto this day.
|14| And Chiram sent to five hundred and fifty, Sh'lomo, and the Bais (Palace)
HaMelech 120 talents of harodim (the ones that he had built,
zahav. supervising) the people that |5| And the ma'akhal (food) of
|15| And this is the account wrought in the melakhah. his shulchan, and the moshav
of the mas (forced labor) |24| But Bat Pharaoh came (seating) of his avadim
which HaMelech Sh'lomo up out of the Ir Dovid unto (officials), and the ma'amad
conscripted; to build the Beis her Bais (Palace) which (station) of his attendants, and
Hashem, and his own Bais, Sh'lomo had built for her; their robes, and his
and Millo, and the Chomat then did he build the Millo. cupbearers, and his ascent by
Yerushalayim, and Chatzor, |25| And three times in which he went up unto the
and Megiddo, and Gezer. shanah did Sh'lomo offer olot Beis Hashem; there was no
|16| For Pharaoh Melech and shelamim upon the more ruach (breath) in her.
Mitzrayim had gone up, and Mizbe'ach which he built unto |6| And she said to
captured Gezer, and burned it Hashem and he burned HaMelech, It was emes the
with eish, and slain the ketoret upon the Mizbe'ach report that I heard
Kena'ani that dwelt in the ir, that was before Hashem. So in mine own eretz of thy
and given it for shilluchim he completed the Beis. devarim and of thy chochmah.
(going-away presents) unto his |26| And HaMelech Sh'lomo |7| Howbeit I believed not the
bat eshet Sh'lomo. built a fleet of oniyyot in devarim, until I came, and
|17| And Sh'lomo rebuilt Etzyon-Gever, which is near mine eyes had seen it; and,
Gezer, and Lower Beit Eilat, on the shore of the Yam hinei, the half was not told
Choron, Suf, in Eretz Edom. me; thy chochmah and tov
|18| And Baalat, and Tadmor |27| And Chiram sent to the (prosperity) exceedeth the
in the midbar, in the land, fleet of oniyyot his avadim, fame which I heard.
|19| And all the storage cities anshei oniyyot (shipmen, |8| Ashrei are thy anashim;
that Sh'lomo had, and cities sailors) that had da'as hayam ashrei are these thy avadim,
for his merkavot, and cities for (knowledge of the sea), with which stand continually
his parashim (calvary), and the avadim of Sh'lomo. before thee, and that hear thy
that which Sh'lomo desired to |28| And they came to Ophir, chochmah.
build in Yerushalayim, and in and brought back from there |9| Yehi Hashem Eloheicha
Levanon, and in all the eretz zahav, four hundred and baruch Who delighted in thee,
of his memshalet. twenty talents, and brought it to set thee on the Kisse
|20| And kol haAm that were to HaMelech Sh'lomo. Yisroel; because Hashem
left of HaEmori (the And when the loved Yisroel l'olam, therefore
Amorites), HaChitti (Hittites),
HaPerizzi (Perizzites),
HaChivi (Hivites), and Yevusi
10 Malkah (Queen) of
Sheva heard of the
fame of Sh'lomo, that it was
made He thee Melech, to do
mishpat and tzedakah.
|10| And she gave HaMelech
(Jebusites), which were not of for the Shem Hashem, then a hundred and twenty talents
the Bnei Yisroel, she came to test him with of zahav, and a very large
|21| Their banim that were chidot (hard questions, store of spices and precious
left after them in HaAretz, riddles). gems; there came no more
whom the Bnei Yisroel also |2| And she came to such abundance of spices as
were not able utterly to Yerushalayim with a very these which the Malkah of
destroy, upon those did great caravan, with gemalim Sheva gave to Melech Sh'lomo.
Sh'lomo conscript mas of oved that bore spices, and very |11| And the fleet of oniyyot
(bondservice) unto this day. much zahav, and precious also of Chiram, that brought
|22| But of the Bnei Yisroel gems; and when she was come zahav from Ophir, brought in
did Sh'lomo make no eved; but to Sh'lomo, she spoke from Ophir a vast supply of
they were anshei intimately with him of all that almug wood, and precious
hamilchamah, and his was on her lev. gems.
avadim, and his sarim, and |3| And Sh'lomo answered |12| And HaMelech made of
his shalishim (captains), and her regarding all her the almug wood misad (steps,
commanders of his merkavot, questions; there was not support) for the Beis Hashem,
and his parashim. anything hid from HaMelech, and for the Bais HaMelech,
|23| These were the chief of which he told her not. kinnorot (harps)
the officials that were over the |4| And when the Malkah of
melakhah (work) of Sh'lomo Sheva had seen kol chochmat
also and nevalim (lyres) for were of pure zahav; none were But Sh'lomo
the singers; there came no
such almug wood, nor were
seen unto this day.
of kesef; it was nothing
accounted of in the days of
Sh'lomo.
11 Hamelech loved
nashim nokhriyyot
rabbot (many foreign women),
|13| And HaMelech Sh'lomo |22| For HaMelech had at sea besides Bat Pharaoh:
gave unto the Malkah of Sheva a fleet of oniyyot Tarshish Moaviyyot, Ammoniyyot,
all her desire, whatsoever she with the fleet of oniyyot of Adomiyyot, Tzedeniyyot,
asked, besides that which Chiram; once in shalosh Chittiyyot,
Sh'lomo gave her of his royal shanim came the fleet of |2| Of the Goyim concerning
bounty. So she turned and oniyyot Tarshish, bringing which Hashem said unto the
went to her own country, she zahav, and kesef, ivory, and Bnei Yisroel, Ye shall not go in
and her avadim. monkeys, and peacocks. to them, neither shall they
|14| Now the weight of zahav |23| So HaMelech Sh'lomo come in unto you; for surely
that came to Sh'lomo in one exceeded all the Melachim of they will turn away your levav
year was 666 talents of zahav, Ha'Aretz in osher and in after their elohim; Sh'lomo
|15| This was in addition to chochmah. made his deveykus unto these
what he had of the anashei |24| And kol Ha'Aretz sought in love.
hatarim (merchants), and of the face of Sh'lomo, to hear his |3| And he had nashim sarot
the income of traders, and of chochmah, which Elohim had sheva me'ot (seven hundred
all the Melachim of Arabia, put in his lev. royal wives), and three
and of the Governors of the |25| They brought every ish hundred pilagshim; and his
land. his minchah, vessels of kesef, nashim inclined libo (his
|16| And HaMelech Sh'lomo vessels of zahav, and robes, heart).
made two hundred large and weapons, and spices, |4| For it came to pass, when
shields of hammered zahav; susim, and peradim (mules), Sh'lomo was old, that his
six hundred shekels of zahav yearly at each year's due. nashim inclined libo (his
went to one shield. |26| And Sh'lomo gathered heart) after elohim acherim
|17| And he made three together merkavot and and levavo (his heart) was not
hundred moginim of parashim; and he had a shalem (undivided, fully
hammered zahav; three thousand and four hundred devoted, complete) with
mina of zahav went to one merkavot, and twelve Hashem Elohav, as was the
mogen (shield); and HaMelech thousand parashim, whom he levav Dovid Aviv.
put them in the Bais Ya'ar kept in his chariot cities and |5| For Sh'lomo went after
HaLevanon. with HaMelech in Ashtoret elohei Tzidonim, and
|18| Moreover HaMelech Yerushalayim. after Milcom shikkutz (the
made a kisse shen gadol (great |27| And HaMelech made abomination of) Ammonim.
throne of ivory), and overlaid kesef to be in Yerushalayim |6| And Sh'lomo did the rah
it with the finest, brightest like avanim (rocks), and in the sight of Hashem, and
zahav. cedars made he to be like went not fully after Hashem,
|19| The kisse had shesh sycamores in the Shefelah, for as did Dovid Aviv.
ma'alot (six steps), and the top abundance. |7| Then did Sh'lomo build a
of the kisse was rounded; and |28| And Sh'lomo had susim high place for Kemosh, the
there were armrests on either brought out of Mitzrayim, and shikkutz (abomination of)
side on the makom (place) of from Keveh; HaMelech's Moav, on the har (hill, i.e.,
the seat, and two arayot (lions) agents acquired from Kevah Mount of Olives) that is facing
stood beside the armrests. at a price. Yerushalayim, and for Molech,
|20| And twelve arayim (lions) |29| And a merkavah the shikkutz (abomination of)
stood there on the one side (chariot) went out of the Bnei Ammon.
and on the other upon the six Mitzrayim for six hundred |8| And likewise did he for all
steps; there was not the like pieces of kesef, and a sus for a his nashim nokhriyyot, which
made in any mamlakhot hundred and fifty; and so for burned ketoret and offered
(kingdoms). all the melachim of the zevakhim unto their elohim.
|21| And all HaMelech Chittim (Hittites), and for the |9| And Hashem was angry
Sh'lomo's kelei mashkeh melachim of Aram, did they with Sh'lomo, because
(drinking vessels) were of [HaMelech's agents] export levavo was turned from
zahav, and all the vessels of them by the same means.
the Bais Ya'ar HaLevanon
Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Who them out of Paran, and they |27| And this is the account
had appeared unto him twice, came to Mitzrayim, unto of his lifting up his yad
|10| And had commanded Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim; against HaMelech; Sh'lomo
him concerning this thing, who gave him a bais, and built the Millo, and closed up
that he should not go after assigned him lechem, and the peretz of Ir Dovid Aviv.
elohim acherim; but he was gave him eretz. |28| And the ish Yarovàm
not shomer over that which |19| And Hadad found chen was a gibbor chayil; and
Hashem commanded. me'od in the sight of Pharaoh, Sh'lomo seeing the na'ar that
|11| Wherefore Hashem said so that he gave him for an isha he was industrious, he put
unto Sh'lomo, Forasmuch as the achot of his own isha, the him over all the sevel (load,
this is done of thee, and thou achot Tachpeneis the gevirah burden, enforced labor) of
hast not been shomer over My (royal lady, queen). Bais Yosef.
Brit (Covenant, Sinai |20| And the achot of |29| And it came to pass at
Covenant) and My chukkot, Tachpeneis bore him Genuvat that time when Yarovàm
which I have commanded bno, whom Tachpeneis went out of Yerushalayim, that
thee, I will surely tear away weaned in Bais Pharaoh; and HaNavi Achiyah the Shiloni
the Mamlachah from thee, Genuvat was in Bais Pharaoh found him on the derech; and
and will give it to thy eved among the Bnei Pharaoh. he had clothed himself with a
(servant, that is, Yarov'am ben |21| And when Hadad heard salmah chadasha (new
Nevat, see v. 26). in Mitzrayim that Dovid slept garment, cloak); and they
|12| Notwithstanding in thy with Avotav, and that Yoav two were alone in the sadeh;
yamim I will not do it lema'an Sar HaTzava was dead, |30| And Achiyah took hold
(for the sake of) Dovid Avicha; Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let of the salmah chadasha that
but I will tear it out of the yad me depart, that I may go to was on him, and tore it into
binecha (power of thy son). mine own eretz. twelve pieces;
|13| Howbeit I will not tear |22| Then Pharaoh said unto |31| And he said to
away kol hamamlachah; but him, But what hast thou Yarovàm, Take for thee ten
will give shevet echad (one lacked with me, that, hinei, pieces; for thus saith Hashem
tribe) to binecha le'ma'an thou seekest to go to thine own Elohei Yisroel, Hineni, I will
Dovid Avdi and lema'an eretz? And he answered, tear the mamlachah out of the
Yerushalayim which I have Nothing; howbeit let me go yad Sh'lomo, and will give to
chosen. anyway. thee asarah hashevatim.
|14| And Hashem raised up |23| And Elohim raised up |32| (But he shall have
satan (adversary) unto against him [Sh'lomo] another hashevet haechad l'ma'an
Sh'lomo, Hadad HaAdomi; he satan, Rezon ben Elyada, Dovid Avdi, and l’ma'an
was from the zera HaMelech which fled from adonav Yerushalayim, the Ir which I
in Edom. Hadadezer Melech Tzovah; have chosen out of kol shivtei
|15| For it came to pass, |24| And he gathered Yisroel;)
when Dovid was in Edom, and anashim unto him, and |33| Because that they have
Yoav Sar HaTzava was gone became sar gedood (leader of forsaken Me, and have
up to bury the slain, after he a band of marauders), when worshiped Ashtoret elohei
had struck down every zakhar Dovid slaughtered them of Tzidonim, Kemosh
in Edom; Tzovah; they went to elohei Moav, and Milcom
|16| (For six months did Yoav Damascus, dwelt therein, and elohei Bnei Ammon, and
remain there with kol Yisroel, reigned he there as king. have not walked in My ways,
until he had cut off every |25| And he was a satan to to do that which is yashar in
zakhar in Edom); Yisroel all the days of Sh'lomo, Mine eyes, and My chukkot
|17| That Hadad fled, he and in addition to ra'ah that and My mishpatim, as did
anashim Adomiyyim (certain Hadad did; and he despised Dovid Aviv.
men of Edom) of his father's Yisroel, and he ruled in Aram. |34| Howbeit I will not take
avadim with him, to go into |26| Also the eved Sh'lomo the whole mamlachah out of
Mitzrayim; Hadad being yet a Yarovàm ben Nevat, an his yad; but I will make him
na'ar katan (small child). Ephrati of the Tzreda nasi all the days of his life
|18| And they arose out of (Zeredah), whose shem immo l'ma'an Dovid Avdi, whom I
Midyan, and came to Paran; was Tzeruah, an almanah, chose, because he was shomer
and they took anashim with even he lifted up his yad over My mitzvot and My
against HaMelech. chukkot;
|35| But I will take the And Rechavàm that were grown up with him
mamlachah out of yad beno,
and will give it unto thee,
even aseret hashevatim (ten
12 went to Shechem;
for kol Yisroel were
come to Shechem to make him
spoke unto him, saying, Thus
shalt thou speak unto HaAm
hazeh that spoke unto thee,
tribes). Melech. saying, Avicha made our ol
|36| And unto bno will I give |2| And it came to pass, when (yoke) heavy, but make thou it
shevet echad (one tribe), Yarovàm Ben Nevat, who was lighter unto us; thus shalt
l'ma'an Dovid Avdi may have yet in Mitzrayim, heard of it, thou say unto them, My little
a ner (lamp) always before Me (for he had fled from the finger shall be thicker than
in Yerushalayim, the Ir which presence of HaMelech the loins of Avi!
I have chosen for Me to put Sh'lomo, and Yarovàm dwelt |11| And now whereas Avi
My Shem there. in Mitzrayim); did lay on you an ol kaved
|37| And I will take thee, and |3| That they sent and called (heavy yoke), I will add to
thou shalt reign according to him. And Yarovàm and kol your ol (yoke); Avi hath
all that thy nefesh desireth, Kehal Yisroel came, and spoke scourged you with shotim
and shalt be Melech over unto Rechavàm, saying, (whips), but I will scourge you
Yisroel. |4| Avicha made our ol (yoke) with akrabim (scorpions).
|38| And it shall be, if thou difficult; now therefore make |12| So Yarovàm and kol
wilt pay heed unto all that I thou the grievous avodat HaAm came to Rechavàm
command thee, and wilt walk Avicha, and his heavy ol (yoke) the Yom HaShelishi, just as
in My ways, and do that is which he put upon us, lighter, HaMelech had appointed,
yashar in My sight, to be and we will serve thee. saying, Come to me again the
shomer over My chukkot and |5| And he said unto them, Yom HaShelishi.
My mitzvot, as Dovid Avdi did; Depart yet for shloshah |13| And HaMelech answered
that I will be with thee, and yamim, then come back to me. HaAm roughly, and forsook
build thee a bais ne'eman And HaAm departed. the atzat HaZekenim (counsel
(enduring dynasty) as I built |6| And HaMelech of the Elders) that they gave
for Dovid, and will give Yisroel Rechavàm consulted with the him;
unto thee. Zekenim, that stood |14| And spoke to them
|39| And I will for this afflict before Sh'lomo Aviv while he according to atzat HaYeladim,
the zera Dovid [See Isaiah yet lived, and said, How do ye saying, Avi made your ol (yoke)
53:10], but not forever. advise that I may return heavy, and I will add to your
|40| Sh'lomo sought therefore answer to HaAm Hazeh? ol (yoke); Avi also scourged
to kill Yarovàm. And |7| And they spoke unto him, you with shotim (whips), but I
Yarovàm arose, and fled into saying, If thou wilt be an eved will scourge you with akrabim.
Mitzrayim, unto Shishak unto this people today, and |15| So HaMelech paid heed
Melech Mitzrayim, and was in wilt serve them, and answer not unto HaAm; for the
Mitzrayim until the Mot them, and speak devarim sibbah (turn of events) was
Sh'lomo. tovim to them, then they will from Hashem, in order that
|41| And the rest of the acts be thy avadim kol hayamim. He might perform His davar,
of Sh'lomo, and all that he |8| But he forsook the atzat which Hashem spoke by
did, and his chochmah, are HaZekenim (counsel of the Achiyah the Shiloni unto
they not written in the Sefer Elders), which they had given Yarovàm Ben Nevat [See
Divrei Sh'lomo? him, and consulted with the 1Kgs 11:29-39].
|42| And the time that yeladim (young people) that |16| So when kol Yisroel saw
Sh'lomo reigned in were grown up with him, and that HaMelech paid heed not
Yerushalayim over kol Yisroel which stood before him (i.e., unto them, HaAm answered
was arba'im shanah. were in his court); HaMelech, saying, What
|43| And Sh'lomo slept with |9| And he said unto them, chelek have we in Dovid?
Avotav, and was buried in the What counsel give ye that we Neither have we nachalah in
Ir Dovid Aviv: and Rechavàm may return answer to HaAm Ben Yishai; to your ohalim, O
bno reigned in his place. Hazeh, who have spoken to Yisroel; now see to thine own
me, saying, Make the ol (yoke) Bais, Dovid. So Yisroel
which Avicha did put upon us departed unto their ohalim.
lighter?
|10| And the yeladim
|17| But as for the Bnei out from there, and built And, hinei, by the
Yisroel which dwelt in the
towns of Yehudah, Rechavàm
reigned over them.
Penuel.
|26| And Yarovàm said in
his lev, Now shall the
13 Devar Hashem
there came an Ish
HaElohim out of Yehudah
|18| Then HaMelech mamlachah return to the Bais unto Beit-El; and Yarovàm
Rechavàm sent Adoram, who Dovid: stood by the mizbe'ach to burn
was over the mas (forced |27| If HaAm Hazeh go up to ketoret.
labor); and kol Yisroel stoned offer zevakhim (sacrifices) at |2| And he cried against the
him, that he died. Therefore the Beis Hashem at Yerusha- mizbe'ach by the Devar
HaMelech Rechavàm made layim, then shall lev HaAm Hashem, and said, O
speed to get himself up to his Hazeh turn back unto adonei- mizbe'ach, mizbe'ach, thus
merkavah, to flee to hem, even unto Rechavàm saith Hashem; Hinei, ben
Yerushalayim. Melech Yehudah, and they nolad (a son shall be born)
|19| So Yisroel has been in shall kill me, and return to unto the Bais Dovid, Yoshiyah
rebellion against the Bais Rechavàm Melech Yehudah. shmo; and upon thee shall he
Dovid unto this day. |28| Whereupon HaMelech offer the kohanim of the
|20| And it came to pass, took counsel, and made two [idolatrous] high places that
when kol Yisroel heard that eglei zahav (calves of gold), burn ketoret upon thee, and
Yarovàm was come again, and said unto them, It is too atzmot adam shall be burned
that they sent and called him much for you to go up to upon thee [2Kgs 23:15-16].
unto the Edah, and made him Yerushalayim; hinei, |3| And he gave a sign the
melech over kol Yisroel; there eloheicha, O Yisroel, which same day, saying, This is the
was none that followed the brought thee up out of Eretz mofet (sign) that Hashem hath
Bais Dovid, but the Shevet Mitzrayim. spoken: Hinei, the mizbe'ach
Yehudah only. |29| He set the one in Beit-El, shall be split apart, and the
|21| And when Rechavàm the other put he in Dan. deshen (fat ashes) that are
was come to Yerushalayim he |30| And this thing became upon it shall be poured out.
assembled kol Bais Yehudah, chattat (sin); for the people |4| And it came to pass, when
with the Shevet Binyamin, a went to worship before the HaMelech Yarovàm heard
hundred and fourscore one, even as far as Dan. the davar of the Ish
thousand bachur oseh |31| And he made a bais for HaElohim, which had cried
milchamah (chosen fighting the [idolatrous] high places, against the mizbe'ach in Beit-
men), to fight against Bais and made kohanim of the El, that he put forth his yad
Yisroel, to regain the Kingdom lowest of the people, which from the mizbe'ach, saying,
for Rechavàm Ben Sh'lomo. were not of the Bnei Levi. Lay hold on him. And his yad,
|22| But the Devar HaElohim |32| And Yarovàm ordained which he put forth against
came unto Shemayah the Ish a chag in the eighth month, on him, shriveled up, so that he
HaElohim, saying, the fifteenth day of the month, could not draw it back to him.
|23| Speak unto Rechavàm like unto the chag that is in |5| The mizbe'ach also was
Ben Sh'lomo Melech Yehudah, Yehudah, and he offered upon split apart, and the deshen
and unto kol Bais Yehudah the mizbe'ach. So did he in poured out from the
and Binyamin, and to the Beit-El, sacrificing unto the mizbe'ach, according to the
remnant of the people, saying, agalim (calves) that he had mofet which the Ish
|24| Thus saith Hashem, Ye made; and he installed in Beit- HaElohim had given by the
shall not go up, nor fight El the kohanim of the Devar Hashem.
against your brethren the [idolatrous] high places which |6| And HaMelech answered
Bnei Yisroel; Shuvu (go back! he had made. and said unto the Ish
return!) every ish to his bais; |33| So he offered upon the HaElohim, Intercede now
for this thing is from Me. They mizbe'ach which he had before the face of Hashem
paid heed therefore to the made in Beit-El the fifteenth Eloheicha, and daven for me,
Devar Hashem, and turned day of the eighth month, even that my yad may be restored
around to depart, according to in the month which he had to me. And the Ish HaElohim
the Devar Hashem. devised of his own lev; and made intercessory prayer
|25| Then Yarovàm built ordained a chag unto the Bnei before Hashem, and the yad
Shechem in har Ephrayim, Yisroel; and he offered upon HaMelech was restored to
and dwelt therein; and went the mizbe'ach, and burned him, and became as it was
ketoret. before.
|7| And HaMelech said unto |17| For it was told to me by in the Ir where the navi
the Ish HaElohim, Come with the Devar Hashem, Thou shalt hazaken dwelt.
me habaytah (home), and eat no lechem nor drink |26| And when the navi that
have seudah, and I will mayim there, nor turn again brought him back from the
give thee a mattat (gift). to go by the derech on which derech heard thereof, he said,
|8| And the Ish HaElohim thou camest. It is the Ish HaElohim, who
said unto HaMelech, If thou |18| He said unto him, I am a defied the mouth of Hashem;
wilt give me half thine bais, I navi also as thou art; and a therefore Hashem hath
will not go in with thee, malach spoke unto me by the delivered him unto the aryeh,
neither will I eat lechem nor Devar Hashem, saying, Bring which hath mauled him, and
drink mayim in this makom; him back with thee into thine slain him, according to the
|9| For so was it charged me bais, that he may eat lechem Devar Hashem, which
by the Devar Hashem, saying, and drink mayim. But he lied He spoke unto him.
Eat no lechem, nor drink unto him. |27| And he spoke to his
mayim, nor return again by |19| So he went back with banim, saying, Saddle me the
the same derech that thou him, did eat lechem in his chamor. And they saddled it.
camest. bais and drank mayim. |28| And he went and found
|10| So he went another |20| And it came to pass, as his nevelah cast down in the
derech, and returned not by they sat at shulchan, that the derech, and the chamor and
the derech that he came to Devar Hashem came unto the the aryeh standing beside the
Beit-El. navi that brought him back; nevelah; the aryeh had not
|11| Now there dwelt a navi |21| And he cried unto the eaten the nevelah, nor mauled
zaken (old prophet) in Beit-El; Ish HaElohim that came from the chamor.
and his banim came and told Yehudah, saying, Thus saith |29| The navi took up the
him kol hama'aseh that the Hashem, Forasmuch as thou nevelah of the Ish HaElohim,
Ish HaElohim had done that hast defied the mouth of laid it upon the chamor,
day in Beit-El: the devarim Hashem, and hast not been brought it back; and came to
which he had spoken unto shomer over the mitzvah the Ir of the navi hazaken to
HaMelech, them they told also which Hashem Eloheicha mourn and to bury him.
to their av. commanded thee, |30| And he laid his nevelah
|12| And their av said unto |22| But camest back, and in his own kever; and they
them, What derech went he? hast eaten lechem and drunk mourned over him, saying,
For his banim had seen on mayim in the makom, of the Hoy (alas), achi (my brother)!
what derech the Ish which Hashem did say to |31| And it came to pass,
HaElohim, who came from thee, Eat no lechem, drink no after he had buried him, that
Yehudah, went. mayim; thy nevelah shall not he spoke to his banim, saying,
|13| And he said unto his come unto kever avoteicha. When I am dead, then bury
banim, Saddle me the |23| And it came to pass, me in the kever wherein the
chamor. So they saddled him after he had eaten lechem, Ish HaElohim is buried; lay
the chamor; and he rode and after he had drunk, that my atzmot beside his atzmot;
thereon, he saddled the chamor for |32| For the davar which he
|14| And went after the Ish him, for the navi whom he cried by the Devar Hashem
HaElohim, found him sitting had brought back. against the mizbe'ach in Beit-
under the elah (the oak tree); |24| And when he was gone, El, and against all the batim
and he said unto him, Art an aryeh met him by the of the high places which are in
thou the Ish HaElohim that derech, and killed him; and the cities of Shomron, shall
camest from Yehudah? And he his nevelah was cast down in surely come to pass.
said, I am. the derech, and the chamor |33| After this thing
|15| Then he said unto him, stood beside her [the lion], Yarovàm returned not from
Come with me home, and eat and the aryeh also stood his derech har'ah, but
lechem. beside the nevelah. installed again of the lowest of
|16| And he said, I may not |25| And, hinei, anashim the people as kohanim of the
return with thee, nor go in passed by, and saw the high places; whosoever
with thee; neither will I eat nevelah cast down in the desired, he filled hands of [i.e.,
lechem nor drink mayim with derech, and the aryeh ordained] him, and he became
thee in this makom; standing beside the nevelah; one of the kohanim of the
and they came and told it
[idolatrous] high places [See |8| And tore the Kingdom which He gave to Avoteihem,
Lv 7:37 and 8:25-36]. from the Bais Dovid, and gave and shall scatter them beyond
|34| And this thing became it thee; and yet thou hast not the Nahar (River, i.e., the
chattat (sin) unto the Bais been as Avdi Dovid, who was Euphrates) because they have
Yarovàm, even to annihilate shomer over My mitzvot, and made their Ashera idols,
it, and to destroy it from off who followed after Me with all provoking Hashem to anger.
the face of ha’adamah. his lev, to do only yashar in |16| And He shall give up
At that time Aviyah Mine eyes; Yisroel because of the chattot
14 Ben Yarovàm fell

sick.
|2| And Yarovàm said to his
|9| But hast done rah more
than all that were before thee;
for thou hast gone and made
Yarovàm, who did sin, and
who made Yisroel to sin.
|17| And eshet Yarov'am
isha, Arise, now, and disguise for thee elohim acherim, and arose, and departed, and
thyself, that thou be not massekhot (metal idols), to came to Tirtzah; and when she
recognized to be eshet provoke Me to anger, and hast came to the saf HaBayit (the
Yarovàm; and get thee to thrust Me behind thy gav treshold of the house), the
Shiloh; hinei, there is Achiyah (back); na'ar died.
HaNavi, which told me that I |10| Therefore, hineni, I will |18| And they buried him;
should be melech over this bring ra'ah upon the Bais and kol Yisroel mourned for
people. Yarovàm, and will cut off him, according to the Devar
|3| And take with thee asarah from Yarovàm mashtin b'kir Hashem, which He spoke by
lechem, and nikkudim (him that urinates against the the yad of his eved Achiyah
(wafers), and a bakbuk (bottle) wall, i.e., every male), atzur HaNavi.
of devash, and go to him; he (bond) or azuv (free) in |19| And the rest of the acts
shall tell thee what shall Yisroel, and I will sweep out of Yarovàm, how he warred,
become of the na'ar. after the Bais Yarov'am just as and how he reigned, behold,
|4| And eshet Yarov'am did one sweepeth out the dung, till they are written in the
so, and arose, and went to it be all gone. Sefer Divrei HaYamim
Shiloh, and came to the bais |11| Him that dieth of L'Malkhei Yisroel.
Achiyah. But Achiyah could Yarovàm in the Ir shall the |20| And the yamim (days)
not see; for his eyes had kelavim (dogs) eat; and him which Yarovàm reigned were
ceased by reason of his seiv that dieth in the sadeh shall two and twenty shanah; and
(old age). the oph haShomayim eat; for he slept with his avot, and
|5| And Hashem said unto Hashem hath spoken. Nadav bno reigned in his
Achiyah, Hinei, the eshet |12| Arise thou therefore, get place.
Yarovàm cometh to seek thee to thine own bais; and |21| And Rechavàm Ben
davar from thee for her ben; when thy raglayim enter into Sh'lomo reigned in Yehudah.
for he is choleh (ill); thus and the Ir (city, i.e. Tirtzah), the Rechavàm was forty and one
thus shalt thou give davar yeled shall die. years old when he began to
unto her; for it shall be, when |13| And kol Yisroel shall reign, and he reigned
she cometh in, that she mourn for him, and bury him; seventeen years in
shall feign to be a stranger for he only of Yarovàm shall Yerushalayim, the Ir which
woman. come to the kever (grave), Hashem did choose out of kol
|6| And it was so, when because in him there is found Shivtei Yisroel, to put Shmo
Achiyah heard the sound of some davar tov (good thing) there. And shem immo was
her raglayim, as she came to toward Hashem Elohei Yisroel Naamah HaAmmonit (an
the petach, that he said, Come in the Bais Yarovàm. Ammonitess).
in, thou eshet Yarovàm; why |14| Moreover Hashem shall |22| And Yehudah did the
feignest thou to be a stranger raise Him up a Melech over rah in the eyes of Hashem,
woman? For I am sent to thee Yisroel, who shall cut off the and they provoked Him to
with kashah (a harsh Bais Yarovàm even this day. kina (jealousy) with their
prophetic foresight). This is the day! [See 1Kgs chattot which they had
|7| Go, tell Yarovàm, Thus 15:27-29.] Even now. committed, which were more
saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, |15| For Hashem shall strike than all that their avot had
Forasmuch as I exalted thee Yisroel, just as the kaneh done.
from among the people, and (reed), is shaken in the mayim, |23| For they also built them
made thee nagid over My and He shall uproot Yisroel [idolatrous] high places,
people Yisroel, out of this adamah hatovah, and matzevot
(idol images), and Asherim Now in the female cult prostitutes) out of
[Canaanite female nature
idols] on every high hill, and
under every thickly foliaged
15 eighteenth year of
Melech Yarovàm
Ben Nevat reigned Aviyam
HaAretz, and got rid of kol
hagillulim (all the idols) that
his avot had made.
green tree. over Yehudah. |13| And also Ma’achah
|24| And there were also |2| Shalosh shanim reigned immo, even her he deposed
kadesh (male and female cult he in Yerushalayim. And shem from being Gevirah (Queen
prostitutes) in the land; and immo was Ma’achah Bat Mother), because she had
they did according to all the Avishalom. made a mifletzet (idol) to
to'avot (abominations) of the |3| And he walked in all the Asherah; and Asa cut down
Goyim which Hashem drove chattot Aviv, which he had her mifletzet, and burned it in
out before the Bnei Yisroel. done before him; and his lev the Kidron Valley.
|25| And it came to pass in was not shalem (fully devoted) |14| But the high places were
the fifth year of Melech to Hashem Elohav, as the not removed; nevertheless
Rechavàm, that Shishak levav Dovid Aviv. levav Asa was shalem with
Melech Mitzrayim came up |4| Nevertheless l'ma'an Hashem all his days.
against Yerushalayim; Dovid (for the sake of Dovid) |15| And he brought in the
|26| And he carried away the did Hashem Elohav give him kodshei Aviv (the things his
otzarot of the Beis Hashem, a ner (lamp) in Yerushalayim, father had dedicated), and the
and the otzarot of the Bais to raise up Bno after him, and things which he himself had
HaMelech; he even carried to establish Yerushalayim; dedicated, into the Beis
away everything: and he |5| Because Dovid did that Hashem, kesef, and zahav,
carried away all the which was yashar in the eyes and kelim.
moginnim (shields) of zahav of Hashem, and turned not |16| And there was
which Sh'lomo had made. aside from any thing that He milchamah between Asa and
|27| And Melech Rechavàm commanded him all the days Ba’asha Melech Yisroel all
made in their place moginnim of his life, except only in the their days.
of nechoshet, and committed matter of Uriyah HaChitti (the |17| And Ba’asha Melech
them unto the hands of the Hittite). Yisroel went up against
commanders of the guard, |6| And there was milchamah Yehudah, and built up
which were the shomrim at between Rechavàm and Ramah, that he might not
the petach of the Bais Yarovàm all the days of his suffer any to go out or come in
HaMelech. life. to Asa Melech Yehudah.
|28| And it was so, when |7| Now the rest of the acts of |18| Then Asa took all the
HaMelech went into the Beis Aviyam, and all that he did, kesef and the zahav that were
Hashem, that those on guard are they not written in the left in the otzarot of the Beis
duty bore them, and brought Sefer Divrei HaYamim Hashem, and the otzarot
them back into the guard L'Malkhei Yehudah? And of the Bais HaMelech, and
room. there was milchamah between delivered them into the yad of
|29| Now the rest of the acts Aviyam and Yarovàm. his avadim; and HaMelech
of Rechavàm, and all that he |8| And Aviyam slept with his Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad,
did, are they not written in the avot; and they buried him in Ben Tavrimmon Ben Chezron
Sefer Divrei HaYamim Ir Dovid; and Asa Bno reigned Melech Aram, that dwelt at
L’Malkhei Yehudah? in his place. Damascus, saying,
|30| And there was |9| And in the twentieth year |19| There is a brit between
milchamah between of Yarovàm Melech Yisroel, me and thee, and between Avi
Rechavàm and Yarovàm Asa began to reign as Melech and Avicha; hinei, I send unto
all their yamim (days). over Yehudah. thee a shochad (incentive kind
|31| And Rechavàm slept |10| And forty and one years of gift) of kesef and zahav;
with his avot, and was buried reigned he in Yerushalayim. come, break thy brit with
with his avot in Ir Dovid. And And shem immo was Ba’asha Melech Yisroel, that
the shem immo was Na’amah Ma’achah Bat Avishalom. he may withdraw from me.
HaAmmonit (an Ammonite). |11| And Asa did that which |20| So Ben-Hadad paid heed
And Aviyam bno reigned in was yashar in the eyes of unto HaMelech Asa, and sent
his place.[T.N. 1Kgs 15:2,10 Hashem, as did Dovid Aviv. the commanders of his forces
refers to [grand] daughter.] |12| And he removed against the towns of Yisroel,
kedeshim (the male and and struck Iyon, and
Dan, and Abel Beit- Ma'achah, to death kol Bais Yarovàm; and him that dieth of his in
and kol Kinnerot, with Kol he left not to Yarovàm kol the sadeh (country) shall the
Eretz Naphtali. neshamah, until he had oph HaShomayim eat.
|21| And it came to pass, destroyed him, according unto |5| Now the rest of the acts of
when Ba’asha heard this, he the Devar Hashem, which He Ba’asha, and what he did, and
stopped building Ramah, and spoke by His eved Achiyah the his gevurah, are they not
stayed in Tirtzah. Shiloni [1Kgs 14:9-16] written in the Sefer Divrei
|22| Then HaMelech Asa |30| Because of the chattot HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel?
made a proclamation Yarovàm which he sinned, |6| So Ba’asha slept with his
throughout all Yehudah; none and which he made Yisroel avot, and was buried in
was exempted; and they sin, by his provocation Tirtzah: and Elah Bno reigned
carried away the stones of wherewith he provoked as Melech in his place.
Ramah, and the timber Hashem Elohei Yisroel to |7| And also by the yad
thereof, wherewith Ba’asha anger. HaNavi Yehu Ben Chanani
had built; and HaMelech Asa |31| Now the rest of the acts came the Devar Hashem
built up with them Geva of of Nadav, and all that he did, against Ba’asha, and against
Binyamin, and Mitzpah. are they not written in the his Bais, even for all ra'ah that
|23| The rest of all the acts of Sefer Divrei HaYamim he did in the eyes of Hashem,
Asa, and all his gevurah, and L'Malkhei Yisroel? in provoking Him to anger by
all that he did, and the cities |32| And there was the ma'aseh (work) of his
which he built, are they not milchamah between Asa and hands, in becoming like the
written in the Sefer Divrei Ba’asha Melech Yisroel all Bais Yarovàm; and because
HaYamim L'Malkhei their days. he struck it.
Yehudah? Nevertheless in the |33| In the third year of Asa |8| In the twenty and sixth
time of his ziknah (old age) he Melech Yehudah began year of Asa Melech Yehudah
was diseased in his raglayim. Ba’asha Ben Achiyah to reign began Elah Ben Ba’asha to
|24| And Asa slept with his as Melech over kol Yisroel in reign as Melech over Yisroel in
avot, and was buried with his Tirtzah, a reign lasting twenty Tirtzah, reigning two years.
avot in Ir Dovid Aviv; and and four years. |9| And his eved (official)
Yehoshaphat Bno reigned in |34| And he did rah (evil) in Zimri, captain of half his
his place. the eyes of Hashem, and chariots, plotted a kesher
|25| And Nadav Ben walked in the derech against him, while Elah was in
Yarovàm began to reign as Yarovàm, and in his chattat Tirtzah, drinking himself
Melech over Yisroel in the wherewith he made Yisroel to shikkor in the bais Artza, who
second year of Asa Melech commit sin. was in charge of the Bais
Yehudah, and reigned over Then the Devar (palace) in Tirtzah.
Yisroel two years.
|26| And he did rah in the
eyes of Hashem, and walked
16 Hashem came to
Yehu Ben Chanani
against Ba’asha, saying,
|10| And Zimri went in and
struck him down, killed him,
in the 27th year of Asa Melech
in the derech Aviv, and in his |2| Forasmuch as I exalted Yehudah, and reigned as
chattat wherewith he made thee out of the aphar (dust), Melech in his place.
Yisroel to commit sin. and made thee nagid over My |11| And it came to pass,
|27| And Ba’asha Ben people Yisroel; and thou hast when he began to reign as
Achiyah, of the Bais of walked in the derech king, as soon as he sat on his
Yissakhar, plotted a keshar Yarovàm, and hast caused kisse, that he slaughtered kol
against him; and Ba’asha My people Yisroel to sin, to Bais Ba’asha; he spared him
struck him down at Gibeton, provoke Me to anger with not one mashtin b'kir (one
which belonged to the their chattot; urinating against a wall, i.e.,
Pelishtim; for Nadav and kol |3| Hineni, I will sweep away one male), not go'alim
Yisroel were laying siege to after Ba’asha, and after his (redeemers) of his nor re'a of
Gibeton. Bais; and I will make thy Bais his.
|28| Even in the third year of like the Bais Yarovàm Ben |12| Thus Zimri destroyed kol
Asa Melech Yehudah did Nevat. Bais Ba’asha, according to
Ba’asha slay him, and reigned |4| Him that dieth of Ba’asha Devar Hashem, which He
in his place. in the Ir shall the kelavim eat; spoke against Ba’asha by
|29| And it came to pass, Yehu HaNavi [2Chr 19:2;
when he reigned, that he put 20:34].
|13| For all the chattot of Ginat, to make him Melech; him to walk in the chattot
Ba’asha, and the chattot of and half followed Omri. Yarovàm Ben Nevat, he
Elah Bno, by which they |22| But the people that even took as isha Izevel Bat
sinned, and by which they followed Omri were stronger Etba'al Melech Tzidonim, and
made Yisroel to sin, in against the people that went and served Ba'al, and
provoking Hashem Elohei followed Tivni Ben Ginat; so worshipped him.
Yisroel to anger with their Tivni died, and Omri reigned |32| And he set up a
havalim (vanities, as Melech. mizbe'ach for Ba'al in the Bais
nothingnesses, i.e., idols). |23| In the thirty and first Ba'al, which he had built in
|14| Now the rest of the acts year of Asa Melech Yehudah Shomron.
of Elah, and all that he did, began Omri to reign as Melech |33| And Ach'av made
are they not written in the over Yisroel, reigning twelve HaAsherah; and Ach'av did
Sefer Divrei HaYamim years; shesh shanim reigned more to provoke Hashem
L'Malkhei Yisroel? he in Tirtzah. Elohei Yisroel to anger than
|15| In the twenty and |24| And he bought the Har all the Malkhei Yisroel that
seventh year of Asa Melech Shomron from Shemer for two were before him.
Yehudah did Zimri reign as talents of kesef, and built on |34| In his days did Chiel of
Melech shivah yamim in the hill, and called the shem Beit-El build up Yericho; he
Tirtzah. And the army was of the Ir which he built, after laid the foundation thereof [at
encamped against Gibeton, the shem of Shemer, adonei the cost of the life of] Aviram
which belonged to the hahar (owner of the hill), his bechor; set up the gates
Pelishtim. Shomron. thereof [at the cost of the life
|16| And the army that was |25| But Omri wrought rah in of] his youngest, Seguv,
encamped heard say, Zimri the eyes of Hashem, and did according to Devar Hashem,
hath plotted a kesher, and sin more than all that were which He spoke by Yehoshua
hath also slain HaMelech; before him. Ben Nun [see Josh. 6:26].
wherefore kol Yisroel made |26| For he walked in all the And Eliyahu
Omri, the Sar Tzava, Melech
over Yisroel that day in the
machaneh.
derech Yarovàm Ben Nevat,
and in his chattat wherewith
he made Yisroel to sin,
17 HaTishbi, who was
of the inhabitants
of Tishbe-Gilàd, said unto
|17| And Omri withdrew from to provoke Hashem Elohei Ach'av (King Ahab of Israel),
Gibeton, and kol Yisroel with Yisroel to anger with their As Hashem Elohei Yisroel
him, and they laid siege to havalim (vanities, liveth, before whom I stand
Tirtzah. nothingnesses, i.e., idols) [ministering, as minister],
|18| And it came to pass, |27| Now the rest of the acts there shall not be tal nor
when Zimri saw that the Ir of Omri which he did, and his matar these shanim [ahead],
was taken, that he went into gevurah that he did, are they except according to my word.
the armon (palace, castle) of not written in the Sefer Divrei |2| And the Devar Hashem
the Bais HaMelech, and he HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel? came unto him, saying,
burned the Bais HaMelech |28| So Omri slept with his |3| Get thee from here, and
over him with eish, and died. avot, and was buried in turn thee eastward, and hide
|19| For his chattot which he Shomron; and Ach'av Bno thyself in the Wadi Kerit, that
sinned in doing rah (evil) in reigned as Melech in his place. is near the Yarden.
the eyes of Hashem, in |29| And in the thirty and |4| And it shall be, that thou
walking in the derech eighth year of Asa Melech shalt drink of the brook; and I
Yarovàm, and in his chattat Yehudah began Ach'av Ben have commanded the orevvim
which he did, to make Yisroel Omri (Ahab Son of Omri) to (ravens) to feed thee there.
to sin. reign as Melech over Yisroel; |5| So he went and did
|20| Now the rest of the acts and Ach'av Ben Omri reigned according to the Devar
of Zimri, and his kesher that over Yisroel in Shomron Hashem; for he went and
he plotted, are they not twenty and two shanah. dwelt in the Wadi Kerit, that is
written in the Sefer Divrei |30| And Ach'av Ben Omri near the Yarden.
HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel? did rah in the eyes of Hashem |6| And the orevvim brought
|21| Then were HaAm Yisroel above all that were before him lechem and basar in the
divided into two parts: half of him. boker, and lechem and basar
the people followed Tivni Ben |31| And it came to pass, as if in the erev; and he drank of
it had not been enough for the brook.
|7| And it came to pass at the |17| And it came to pass after |2| And Eliyahu went to show
ketz yamim (end of days), that these things, that the ben himself unto Ach'av. And there
the brook dried up, because haisha the ba'alat habais, was a ra'av chazak (strong
there had been no geshem in became choleh; and his famine) in Shomron.
the land. sickness was so severe, that |3| And Ach'av summoned
|8| And the Devar Hashem there was no nashamah left in Ovadyah, who was in charge
came unto him, saying, him. of the Bayit (Palace)--now
|9| Arise, get thee to |18| And she said unto Ovadyah feared Hashem
Tzarphat, which belongeth to Eliyahu, Mah li valach (what me'od (greatly);
Tzidon, and dwell there; hinei, have I to do with thee), Ish |4| For it was so, when Izevel
I have commanded an isha HaElohim? Art thou come cut off the Nevi'im of Hashem,
almanah there to sustain thee. unto me to remind me of my that Ovadyah took a hundred
|10| So he arose and went to avon, and to slay beni? Nevi'im, and hid them by fifty
Tzarphat. And when he came |19| And he said unto her, in a me'arah (cave), and fed
to the gate of the ir, hinei, the Give me thy ben. And he took them with lechem and
isha almanah was there him out of her kheyk, and mayim--
gathering sticks; and he called carried him up into the |5| And Ach'av said unto
to her, and said, Bring me a aliyyah (upper room), where Ovadyah, Go into HaAretz
little mayim in a vessel, that I he abode, and laid him upon unto all springs of mayim, and
may drink. his own mittah (bed). unto all brooks; perhaps we
|11| And as she was going to |20| And he cried out unto may find khatzir (grass) to
get it, he called to her, and Hashem, and said, Hashem save the sus (horse) and pered
said, Bring me a morsel of Elohai, hast thou even (mules) alive, that we not be
lechem in thine hand. brought evil upon the dispossessed of all the
|12| And she said, As almanah with whom I sojourn, behemah.
Hashem Eloheicha liveth, I by slaying her ben? |6| So they divided ha'aretz
have nothing baked, |21| And he stretched himself between them to pass
but an handful of meal in a upon the yeled shalosh throughout it; Ach'av went
pot, and a little shemen in a p'amim, and cried out unto derech echad by himself, and
jug; and, see, I am gathering Hashem, and said, Hashem Ovadyah went derech echad
two sticks, that I may go Elohai, let this yeled's nefesh by himself.
in, cook it for me and beni, return to him again. |7| And as Ovadyah was
that we may eat it, and die. |22| And Hashem heard the baderech (on the way, road),
|13| And Eliyahu said unto voice of Eliyahu; and the hinei, Eliyahu met him; and
her, Fear not; go and do as nefesh of the yeled returned to he recognized him, and fell on
thou hast said; but make me him again, and he came alive. his face, and said, Is it you,
thereof a little loaf first, and |23| And Eliyahu took the adoni Eliyahu?
bring it unto me, and after yeled, and brought him down |8| And he answered him, I
that make for thee and for thy out of the aliyyah into the am; go, tell adoneicha, Hinei,
ben. bais, and delivered him unto Eliyahu!
|14| For thus saith Hashem his em; and Eliyahu said, |9| And he said, What have I
Elohei Yisroel, The pot of Look! Thy ben liveth. sinned, that thou wouldest
meal shall not be used up, |24| And the isha said to deliver thy eved into the yad
neither shall the jug of Eliyahu, Now by this I have Ach'av to slay me?
shemen fail, until the Yom da'as that thou art an Ish |10| As Hashem Eloheicha
that Hashem sendeth geshem Elohim, and that the Devar liveth, there is no goy (nation)
upon ha'adamah. Hashem in thy mouth is emes. or mamlachah (kingdom), to
|15| And she went and did where adoni hath not sent to
according to the Devar of And it came to pass seek thee there: and when they
Eliyahu; and she, and he, and
her bais, did eat [many]
yamim.
18 after yamim
rabbim, that the
Devar Hashem came to
said, He is not there, he had
the mamlachah and goy
swear, that they found thee
|16| And the pot of meal was Eliyahu in the shanah not.
not used up, neither did the hashlishit, saying, Go, show |11| And now thou sayest, Go,
jug of shemen fail, according thyself unto Ach'av; and I will tell adoneicha, Hinei, Eliyahu!
to the Devar Hashem, which send matar upon the face of
he spoke by Eliyahu. ha’adamah.
|12| And it shall come to after him. And HaAm lances, till the dahm gushed
pass, as soon as I am gone answered him not a word. out upon them.
from thee, that the Ruach |22| Then said Eliyahu unto |29| And it came to pass,
[Hakodesh] of Hashem shall HaAm, I, even I only, am left a when tzohorayim was past,
carry thee to where I know not; navi of Hashem; but Ba’al's and they prophesied until the
and so when I come and tell nevi'im are four hundred time of the offering of the
Ach'av, and he cannot find and fifty ish. minchah (evening sacrifice),
thee, he shall slay me; but I |23| Let them therefore give that there was neither kol
thy eved fear Hashem from us two parim (bulls); and let (voice), nor any oneh
my youth. them choose one bull for (responder) nor any attender.
|13| Was it not told to adoni themselves, and cut it in |30| And Eliyahu said unto
what I did when Izevel pieces, and lay it on wood, and kol HaAm, Come near unto
slaughtered the Nevi'im of put no eish under it; and I will me. And kol HaAm came near
Hashem, how I hid a hundred dress the other bull, and lay it unto him. And he repaired the
ish of Hashem's Nevi'im by on wood, and put no eish Mizbe'ach Hashem that was in
fifty in a me'arah, and fed under it; ruins.
them with lechem and mayim? |24| And call ye on the shem |31| And Eliyahu took twelve
|14| And now thou sayest, Go, eloheichem, and I will call on avanim (stones), according to
tell adoneicha, Hinei, Eliyahu! the Shem of Hashem; and the mispar (number) of the
And he shall slay me. haelohim that answereth by Shivtei Bnei Ya'akov, unto
|15| And Eliyahu said, As eish, let him be HaElohim. whom the Devar Hashem
Hashem Tzva'os liveth, before And kol haAm answered and came, saying, Yisroel shall be
whom I stand, I will surely said, Tov hadavar! Shemecha;
show myself unto him today. |25| And Eliyahu said unto |32| And with the avanim
|16| So Ovadyah went to meet the nevi'im of Ba’al, Choose (stones) he built a Mizbe'ach
Ach'av, and told him; and you one bull for yourselves, in the Shem of Hashem; and
Ach'av went to meet Eliyahu. and dress it first; for ye are he made a te'alah (trench)
|17| And it came to pass, rabbim (many); and call on around the Mizbe'ach, as the
when Ach'av saw Eliyahu, that the shem eloheichem, but put space of two seahs of zera
Ach'av said unto him, Art thou no eish under it. (seed).
he that troubleth Yisroel? |26| And they took the bull |33| And he laid the wood in
|18| And he answered, I have which was given them, and order, and cut up the bull,
not troubled Yisroel; but thou, they dressed it, and called on and laid it on the wood, and
and the Bais Avicha, in that ye the shem of Ba’al from boker said, Fill four jugs with
have forsaken the Mitzvot even until tzohorayim (noon), mayim, and pour it on the
Hashem, and thou hast saying, O Ba’al, answer us. olah and on the wood.
followed after the Ba’alim. But there was no voice, and no |34| And Eliyahu said, Do it
|19| Now therefore summon, one answered. And they the second time. And they did
and gather to me kol Yisroel danced [same word used in it the second time. And he
unto Har HaCarmel and the verse 21] around the mizbe'ach said, Do it the third time. And
nevi'im of Ba’al four hundred which had been made. they did it the third time.
and fifty, and the nevi'im |27| And it came to pass at |35| And the mayim ran
haAsherah four hundred, tzohorayim, that Eliyahu around about the Mizbe'ach;
which eat at shulchan Izevel. mocked them, taunting, and even filled the te'alah
|20| So Ach'av sent unto kol saying, Shout with a kol gadol (trench) also with mayim.
Bnei Yisroel, and gathered the (loud voice); for he is a g-d; |36| And it came to pass at
Nevi'im together unto Har either he is meditating, or he the time of the offering of the
HaCarmel. is pursuing [something], or ki minchah (evening sacrifice),
|21| And Eliyahu came unto derech lo (perhaps he had to that Eliyahu HaNavi came
kol haAm, and said, Ad Mosai travel, he's relieving himself), near, and said, Hashem
(how long) ye be polekhim or perhaps he sleepeth and Elohei Avraham, Yitzchak and
(limping ones, dancing ones) must be awakened. of Yisroel, let it be known this
between two se'ipim |28| And they shouted with a day that Thou art Elohim in
(opinions)? If Hashem be kol gadol, and cut themselves Yisroel, and that I am Thy
HaElohim, follow after him; after their mishpat (custom) Eved, and that
but if HaBa'al, then follow with charavot (swords) and
I have done all these things at was a geshem gadol. And |9| And he came there unto
Thy Davar. Ach'av rode, and went to hame'arah (the cave), and
|37| Answer me, Hashem, Yizre'el [Jezreel]. lodged there; and, hinei, the
answer me, that HaAm Hazeh |46| And the Yad Hashem Devar Hashem came to him,
may know that Thou art was on Eliyahu; and he girded and he said unto him, What
Hashem HaElohim, and that up his loins, and ran ahead of doest thou here, Eliyahu?
Thou hast turned back their Ach'av to the entrance of |10| And he said, I have been
lev. Yizre'el. very kina (jealous, zealous) for
|38| Then the Eish of And Ach'av told Hashem Elohei Tzivos; for the
Hashem fell, and consumed
the olah and the wood, and
the avanim, and the aphar,
19 Izevel all that
Eliyahu had done,
and how he had slain kol
Bnei Yisroel have forsaken
Thy Brit (Covenant, i.e., Sinai
Covenant), thrown down
and licked up the mayim that haNevi'im with the cherev. Thine mizbechot, and slain
was in the te'alah (trench). |2| Then Izevel sent a malach Thy nevi'im with the cherev;
|39| And when kol HaAm saw unto Eliyahu, saying, So let and I, even I only, am left; and
it, they fell on their faces; and elohim do to me, and more they seek my nefesh, to take it
they said, Hashem hu also, if I make not thy nefesh away.
HaElohim; Hashem hu as the life of one of them by |11| And He said, Go forth,
HaElohim. this time makhar (tomorrow). and stand upon the Har
|40| And Eliyahu said unto |3| And when he saw that, he before Hashem. And, hinei,
them, Seize the nevi'im of arose, and fled for his nefesh, Hashem passed by, and a
Baal; let not one of them and came to Be'er Sheva, ruach gedolah v'chazak rent
escape. And they took them; which belongeth to Yehudah, the mountains, and broke in
and Eliyahu brought them and left his na'ar (servant) pieces the sela'im (rocks)
down to the Brook Kishon, there. before Hashem; but Hashem
and slaughtered them there. |4| But he himself went was not in the ruach; and after
|41| And Eliyahu said unto derech yom (a day's journey) the ruach, a ra'ash
Ach'av, Get thee up, eat and into the midbar, and came (earthquake); but Hashem was
drink; for there is a kol hamon and sat down under a broom not in the ra'ash;
hageshem (sound of rushing tree; and he requested for |12| And after the ra'ash an
rain, sound of rain coming). his nefesh to die; and said, It eish; but Hashem was not in
|42| So Ach'av went up to eat is enough; now, O Hashem, the eish; and after the eish a
and to drink. But Eliyahu take away my nefesh; for I am kol demamah dakkah (a quiet,
climbed up to Rosh HaCarmel no better than my avot. gentle voice).
(top of Carmel); and he cast |5| And as he lay and slept |13| And it was so, when
himself down upon the under a broom tree, hinei, Eliyahu heard it, that he
ground, and put his face then a malach touched him, wrapped his face in his aderet
between his birkayim (knees), and said unto him, Arise and (cloak, mantle), and went out,
|43| And said to his eved, Go eat. and stood in the mouth of the
up now, look toward the yam. |6| And he looked, and, hinei, me'arah. And, hinei, there
And he went up, and looked, there at his rosh was an oogah came a kol (voice) unto him,
and said, There is nothing. (disk or cake of bread) baked and said, What doest thou
And he said, Go again sheva on hot coals, and a jar of here, Eliyahu?
pe'amim (seven times). mayim. And he did eat and |14| And he said, I have been
|44| And it came to pass the drink, and returned to lie very kina for Hashem Elohei
seventh time, that he said, down again. Tzivos; because the Bnei
Hinei, there ariseth a little |7| And the Malach Hashem Yisroel have forsaken Thy Brit
cloud out of the yam, as small came again the second time, (Covenant, i.e., Sinai
as kaf ish (a man's palm). And and touched him, and said, Covenant), thrown down
he said, Go, say unto Ach'av, Arise and eat; because the Thine mizbechot, and slain
Harness up [thy merkavah] derech is too great for thee. Thy nevi'im with the cherev;
and get thee down that the |8| And he arose, and did eat and I, even I only, am left; and
geshem stop thee not. and drink, and went in the they seek my nefesh, to take it
|45| And it came to pass in ko'ach ha'achilah hahi away.
the meanwhile, that the (strength of that food) arba'im |15| And Hashem said unto
Shomayim grew black with yom v'arba'im lailah unto him, Go, shuv (return)
clouds and ruach, and there Chorev the Har HaElohim. on thy derech
to the midbar of Damascus; Ir, and said unto him, Thus [his battle armor]) boast
and when thou comest, anoint saith Ben-Hadad, himself as he that taketh off.
Chatzael to be Melech over |3| Thy kesef and thy zahav is |12| And it came to pass,
Syria; mine; thy nashim also and thy when Ben-Hadad heard this
|16| And Yehu ben Nimshi banim, even the tovim (best) davar, as he was drinking, he
shalt thou anoint to be Melech are mine. and the melachim in the
over Yisroel; and Elishah ben |4| And the Melech Yisroel sukkot, that he said unto his
Shaphat of Avel Mecholah answered and said, Adoni, O avadim, Get ready to attack.
shalt thou anoint to be navi in melech, according to thy word, And they set themselves in
thy place. I am thine, and all that I have. array against the Ir.
|17| And it shall come to |5| And the malachim came |13| And, hinei, there came
pass, that him that escapeth again, and said, Thus one navi unto Ach'av Melech
the cherev of Chatzael shall speaketh Ben-Hadad, saying, Yisroel, saying, Thus saith
Yehu slay; and him that Although I have sent unto Hashem, Hast thou seen all
escapeth from the cherev of thee, saying, Thou shalt this hamon hagadol (vast
Yehu shall Elishah slay. deliver me thy kesef, thy multitude)? Hineni, I will
|18| Yet I have left me shivat zahav, thy nashim, thy banim; deliver it into thine yad this
alafim in Yisroel, all the knees |6| Yet I will send my avadim day; and thou shalt know that
which have not bowed unto unto thee tomorrow about this I am Hashem.
Ba'al, and every mouth which time, and they shall search |14| Ach'av said, By whom?
hath not kissed him. thine Bais (Palace), and the And he said, Thus saith
|19| So he departed from batim (houses) of thy avadim; Hashem, Even by the na'arei
there, and found Elishah ben and it shall be, that sarei hamedinot (the servants
Shaphat, who was plowing whatsoever is makhmad of the provincial command-
with twelve yoke of oxen (precious) in thine eyes, they ers). Then he said, Who shall
before him, and he with the shall put it in their yad, and lead out in the milchamah?
twelfth; and Eliyahu passed by take it away. He answered, Thou.
him, and cast his aderet |7| Then the Melech Yisroel |15| Then he numbered the
(cloak, mantle) upon him. summoned kol Ziknei na'arei sarei hamedinot, and
|20| And he left the bakar HaAretz, and said, Mark, now, they were two hundred and
(oxen), and ran after Eliyahu, and see how this man seeketh thirty-two; and after them he
and said, Let me now kiss Avi ra'ah; for he sent unto me for numbered kol HaAm, even all
and Immi, and then I will my nashim, for my banim, for the Bnei Yisroel, being shivat
follow thee. And he said unto my kesef, for my zahav; and I alafim.
him, Shuv (go back again): for denied him not. |16| And they set forth at
what have I done to thee? |8| All the zekenim and kol tzohorayim. But Ben-Hadad
|21| And he returned from HaAm said unto him, Pay not was drinking himself shikkor
him, and took a yoke of oxen, heed unto him, nor consent. in the sukkot, he and the
and slaughtered them, and |9| Wherefore he said unto melachim, the thirty and two
boiled their basar with the the malachim of Ben-Hadad, melachim ozer (allied with)
equipment of the oxen, and Tell adoni HaMelech, All that him.
gave unto the Am, and they thou didst send for to thy |17| And the na'arei sarei
did eat. Then he arose, and eved at the first I will do; but hamedinot went out first; and
went after Eliyahu, and this thing I may not do. And Ben-Hadad sent out, and they
ministered unto him. the malachim departed, and reported to him, saying, There
And Ben-Hadad took him back davar. are anashim come out from
20 Melech Aram
gathered all his
army together; and there were
|10| And Ben-Hadad sent
unto him, and said, The
elohim (g-ds) do so unto me,
Shomron.
|18| And he said, Whether
they be come out for shalom,
thirty and two melech with and more also, if the aphar take them chayyim (alive); or
him, and sus, and chariots; Shomron shall provide even a whether they be come out for
and he went up and laid siege handful for kol haAm (each of milchamah, take them
against Shomron, and warred the people) who are at my chayyim (alive).
against her. raglayim. |19| So these na'arei sarei
|2| And he sent malachim to |11| And the Melech Yisroel hamedinot came out of the Ir,
Ach'av Melech Yisroel into the answered and said, Tell him, and the army which
Let not khoger (one girding on followed them.
|20| And they struck down |28| And there came an Ish Avi took from Avicha, I will
every ish his ish; and Aram HaElohim, and spoke unto return; and thou shalt set up
(the Syrians) fled; and Yisroel Melech Yisroel, and said, Thus chutzot (market areas) for thee
pursued them; and Ben- saith Hashem, Because Aram in Damascus, just as Avi set
Hadad Melech Aram escaped have said, Hashem is Elohei up in Shomron. Then said
al-sus (on horse) and the Harim, but not Elohei Ach'av, I will send thee
parashim (cavalry). Amakim (G-d of Valleys) [to let thee go] away with this
|21| And the Melech Yisroel therefore will I deliver all this brit (covenant). So he made a
went out, and struck down sus hamon hagadol (vast brit (covenant) with him, and
and chariot, and slaughtered multitude) into thine yad, and sent him [to let him go] away.
Aram with a makkah gedolah ye shall know that I am |35| And a certain man of the
(great slaughter). Hashem. Bnei HaNevi'im said unto his
|22| And the navi came to the |29| And they encamped re'a (neighbor) in the Devar
Melech Yisroel, and said unto these opposite those shivat Hashem, Strike me, now.
him, Go, strengthen thyself, yamim. And so it was, that in The ish refused to strike him.
and mark, and see what thou the yom hashevi'i the |36| Then said he unto him,
doest; for at the teshuvat milchamah was joined; and Because thou hast not obeyed
hashanah (the turn of the the Bnei Yisroel slaughtered of the kol Hashem, behold, thou,
year, springtime) Melech Aram Aram a hundred thousand as soon as thou art departed
will come up against thee. foot soldiers in yom echad. from me, an aryeh shall kill
|23| The avadim of Melech |30| But the rest fled to thee. And as soon as he was
Aram said unto him, Their Aphek, into the Ir; and there a departed from him, an aryeh
elohim are elohei harim (g-ds chomah (wall) fell upon twenty found him, and killed him.
of the hills); therefore they and seven elef ish that were |37| Then he found another
were stronger than we; but let left. And Ben-Hadad fled, and ish, and said, strike me, now.
us fight against them on the went into the Ir, into cheder And the ish struck him, so that
plain; then surely we shall be b'cheder (a room within a in striking he wounded him.
stronger than they. room, an inner room). |38| So the navi departed,
|24| And do this thing: |31| And his avadim said and stood waiting for
Remove the melachim, every unto him, Hinei now, we have HaMelech by the derech, and
ish from his makom (place, heard that the melachim of disguised himself with
post), and put officers in their Bais Yisroel are malkhei bandage over his eyes.
places; chesed; let us, now, put |39| And as HaMelech passed
|25| And muster thee an sackcloth on our loins, and by, he cried out unto
army, like the army that thou ropes upon our heads, and go HaMelech; and he said, Thy
hast lost, sus for sus, and out to the Melech Yisroel; eved went out into the thick of
merkavah for merkavah; and perhaps he will save thy the milchamah; and, hinei, an
we will fight against them on nefesh. ish turned aside, and
the plain, and surely we shall |32| So they girded sackcloth brought an ish unto me, and
be stronger than they. And he on their loins, and put ropes said, Be shomer over (guard)
paid heed unto their voice, on their heads, and came to this ish: if by any means he be
and did so. the Melech Yisroel, and said, missing, then shall thy nefesh
|26| And it came to pass at Thy eved Ben-Hadad saith, be for his nefesh, or else thou
the teshuvat hashanah, that Let now my nefesh live. And must pay a talent of kesef.
Ben-Hadad mustered Aram, he said, Is he yet alive? He is |40| And while thy eved was
and went up to Aphek, to war achi (my brother). busy here and there, he was
against Yisroel. |33| Now the anashim did gone. And the Melech Yisroel
|27| And the Bnei Yisroel interpret this as a sign of said unto him, So shall thy
were mustered, and were all mercy from him, and did mishpat be; thyself hast
outfitted as battle-ready, and hastily seize on it; and they decided it.
marched out to meet them; said, Thy brother Ben-Hadad! |41| And he hasted, and
and the Bnei Yisroel Then he said, Go ye, bring removed the bandage from
encamped opposite them like him. Then Ben-Hadad came over his eyes; and Melech
two little flocks of izzim forth to him; and he brought Yisroel recognized him that he
(goats); but Aram (the Syrians) him up onto the merkavah. was of the Nevi'im.
filled ha'aretz. |34| And Ben-hadad said
unto him, The cities, which
|42| And he said unto him, (vineyard) for kesef; or else, if |14| Then they sent to Izevel,
Thus saith Hashem, Because it please thee, I will give thee saying, Navot is stoned, and is
thou hast let go out of thy yad another kerem (vineyard) in its dead.
an ish whom I appointed to place; but he answered, I will |15| And it came to pass,
cherem (utter destruction), not give thee my kerem when Izevel heard that Navot
therefore thy nefesh shall be (vineyard). was stoned, and was dead,
for his nefesh, and thy people |7| And Izevel his isha said that Izevel said to Ach'av,
instead of his people. unto him, What a grand Arise, take possession of the
|43| And Melech Yisroel came sovereign over Yisroel you are! kerem of Navot the Yizre'eli,
to his bais sar veza'ef (sullen Arise, and eat lechem, and let which he refused to give thee
and dejected), and came to thine lev be cheerful; I will for kesef; for Navot is not chai
Shomron. give thee the kerem (vineyard) (alive), but met (dead).
of Navot the Yizre'eli. |16| And it came to pass,
|8| So she wrote sefarim when Ach'av heard that Navot
And it came to pass (letters) b'shem Ach'av, and was dead, that Ach'av rose up

that Navot the
Yizre'eli had a kerem
sealed them with his chotam
(seal), and sent the sefarim
unto the zekenim and to the
to go down to the kerem of
Navot the Yizre'eli, to take
possession of it.
(vineyard), which was in chorim (nobles, rulers) that |17| And the Devar Hashem
Yizre'el (Jezreel), beside the were in his city, dwelling with came to Eliyahu the Tishbi,
heikhal (palace) Ach'av Melech Navot. saying,
Shomron. |9| And she wrote in the |18| Arise, go down to meet
|2| And Ach'av spoke unto sefarim, saying, Proclaim a Ach'av Melech Yisroel, which
Navot, saying, Give me thy tzom, and set Navot on high is in Shomron; hinei, he is in
kerem (vineyard), that I may among the people; the kerem of Navot, where he
have it for an herb gan |10| And seat two men, bnei has gone down to take
(garden), because it is karov beliyaal, opposite him, to bear [inheritance] possession of it.
(near) unto my Bais; and I will witness against him, saying, |19| And thou shalt speak
give thee in exchange for it a Thou didst upon Elohim and unto him, saying, Thus saith
tov kerem (better vineyard) Melech make a [blasphemous] Hashem, Hast thou
than it; or, if it seem tov in berakhah! And then take him committed murder, then also
thine eyes, I will give thee the out, and stone him, that he hast thou inherited? And thou
worth of it in kesef. may die. shalt speak unto him, saying,
|3| And Navot said to Ach'av, |11| And the anashim of his Thus saith Hashem, In the
Chalilah li me'Hashem (far be city, even the zekenim and the makom (place) where kelavim
it from me before Hashem), chorim (nobles) who were the licked the dahm Navot
that I should give the nachalat inhabitants in his city, did just shall kelavim lick thy dahm
Avoti unto thee. as Izevel had sent unto them, also, even thine.
|4| And Ach'av came into his and just as it was written in |20| And Ach'av said to
Bais sar veza'ef (sullen and the sefarim which she had Eliyahu, Hast thou found me,
dejected) because of the davar sent unto them. O mine oyev? And he
which Navot the Yizre'eli had |12| They proclaimed a tzom, answered, I have found thee;
spoken to him; for he had and seated Navot on high because thou hast sold thyself
said, I will not give thee the among the people. to work rah in front of the eyes
nachalat avoti. And he lay |13| And there came in two of Hashem.
down upon his mittah, and anashim, bnei beliyaal, and |21| Hineni, I will bring ra'ah
turned away his face, and sat opposite him; and the upon thee, and will utterly
would eat no lechem. anashim of beliyaal witnessed sweep thee away, and will cut
|5| But Izevel his isha came to against him, even against off from Ach'av mashtin b'kir
him, and said unto him, Mah Navot, in the presence of the (him that urinates against a
zeh (What [is] this?) Thy ruach people, saying, Navot wall, i. e., all males), atzur
is sarah (sullen), that thou blasphemed Elohim (bond) and azuv (free) in
eatest no lechem? vaMelech! Then they took him Yisroel,
|6| And he said unto her, forth outside of the Ir, and |22| And will make thine Bais
Because I spoke unto Navot stoned him with stones, that like the Bais Yarovàm
the Yizre'eli and said unto he died. Ben Nevat, and like
him, Give me thy kerem the Bais Ba’asha
Ben Achiyah, for the with me to battle to Ramot- spoke unto him, saying, Hinei
provocation wherewith thou Gilàd? And Yehoshaphat now, the words of the nevi'im
hast provoked Me to anger, said to the Melech Yisroel, I declare tov unto HaMelech
and caused Yisroel to sin. am as thou art, my people as with one mouth: let thy word
|23| And of Izevel also spoke thy people, my susim as thy be like the word of one of
Hashem, saying, The kelavim susim. them, speak that which is tov.
shall devour Izevel by the wall |5| And Yehoshaphat said |14| And Mikhay'hu said, As
of Yizre'el. unto the Melech Yisroel, Hashem liveth, what Hashem
|24| Him of Ach'av that dieth Inquire for the Devar Hashem saith unto me, that will I
in the Ir the kelavim shall today. speak.
devour; and him that dieth in |6| Then the Melech Yisroel |15| So he came to HaMelech.
the sadeh shall the oph gathered the nevi'im together, And HaMelech said unto him,
haShomayim devour. about 400 men, and said unto Mikhay'hu, shall we go against
|25| But there was none like them, Shall I go against Ramot-Gilàd to battle, or
unto Ach'av, which did sell Ramot-Gilàd to battle, or shall we refrain? And he
himself to work rah before the shall I refrain? And they said, answered him, Go, and
eyes of Hashem, whom Izevel Go up; for Hashem shall succeed: for Hashem shall
his isha urged on. deliver it into the hand of deliver it into the yad
|26| And he acted mon- HaMelech. HaMelech.
strously in going after gillulim |7| And Yehoshaphat said, Is |16| And HaMelech said unto
(idols), according to all things there not here a navi of him, How many times shall I
as did HaEmori, whom Hashem besides, that we adjure thee [i.e., make thee
Hashem drove out before the might inquire of him? swear] that thou tell me
Bnei Yisroel. |8| And the Melech Yisroel nothing but that which is true
|27| And it came to pass, said unto Yehoshaphat, There in the Shem of Hashem?
when Ach'av heard those is yet one man, Mikhay'hu ben |17| And he said, I saw kol
words, that he tore his Yimlah, by whom we may Yisroel scattered upon the
begadim, put sackcloth upon inquire of Hashem: but I hate hills, as Tzon that have not a
his basar, did a tzom, lay in him; for he doth not prophesy Ro'eh: and Hashem said,
sackcloth, and walked about tov concerning me, but rah. These have no adonim: let
subdued. And Yehoshaphat said, Let them return every man to his
|28| And the Devar Hashem not HaMelech say such. bais in shalom.
came to Eliyahu the Tishbi, |9| Then HaMelech Yisroel |18| And the Melech Yisroel
saying, called an officer, and said, said unto Yehoshaphat, Did I
|29| Seest thou how Ach'av Hasten here Mikhay'hu ben not tell thee that he would
humbleth himself before Me? Yimlah. prophesy no tov concerning
because he humbleth himself |10| And the Melech Yisroel me, but rah?
before Me, I will not bring and Yehoshaphat Melech |19| And he said, Shema
hara'ah in his days: but in the Yehudah sat each on his kisse, Devar Hashem: I saw
yamim bno will I bring ra'ah having put on their robes, at Hashem sitting on his kisse,
(disaster) upon his Bais [See the threshing floor in the and all the Tzva HaShomayim
2Kgs 9:23-26]. entrance of sha'ar Shomron; standing by Him on His right
And they all the nevi'im prophesied hand and on His left.
22 continued three
years without war
between Aram and Yisroel.
before them.
|11| Tzidkiyah ben Kena-
anah made him [goring] horns
|20| And Hashem said, Who
shall persuade Ach'av, that he
may go up and fall at Ramot-
|2| And it came to pass in the of barzel: and said, Thus saith Gilàd? And one said one
third year, that Yehoshaphat Hashem, With these shalt thing, and one said another.
Melech Yehudah came down thou push Aram until thou |21| And there came forth the
to Melech Yisroel. have consumed them. ruach, and stood before
|3| And Melech Yisroel said |12| And all the nevi'im Hashem, and said, I will
unto his avadim, Know ye that prophesied so, saying, Go up persuade him.
Ramot-Gilàd is ours, and we to Ramot-Gilàd, and succeed: |22| And Hashem said unto
hesitate, and take it not out of for Hashem shall deliver it him, By what means? And he
the hand of HaMelech Aram? into the yad HaMelech. said, I will go forth,
|4| And he said unto |13| And the malach that was and I will be a
Yehoshaphat, Wilt thou go gone to summon Mikhay'hu
ruach sheker in the mouth of |32| And it came to pass, |41| And Yehoshaphat ben
all his nevi'im. And he said, when the captains of the Asa began to reign over
Thou shalt persuade him, and chariots saw Yehoshaphat, Yehudah in the fourth year of
prevail also; go forth, do so. that they said, Surely it is the Ach'av Melech Yisroel.
|23| Now therefore, hinei, Melech Yisroel. And they |42| Yehoshaphat was 35
Hashem hath put a ruach turned aside to fight against shanah when he began to
sheker in the mouth of all him. Yehoshaphat cried out. reign; and he reigned 25
these thy nevi'im, and Hashem |33| And it came to pass, shanah in Yerushalayim. And
hath spoken ra'ah concerning when the captains of the the shem immo was Azuvah
thee. chariots perceived that it was bat Shilchi.
|24| But Tzidkiyah ben not Melech Yisroel, they |43| And he walked in kol
Kena’anah went near, and turned from pursuing him. derech Asa aviv; he turned not
struck Mikhay'hu on the |34| And a certain man drew aside from it, doing that which
cheek, and said, Which way a keshet (bow) at random, and was yashar in the eyes of
did the Ruach Hashem struck Melech Yisroel between Hashem; nevertheless the high
go when he went from me to the joints of his armor; places (places of pagan
speak to you? wherefore he said unto the worship) were not taken away;
|25| And Mikhay'hu said, driver of his merkavah, Turn for HaAm offered and burned
Hinei, thou shalt see in that around thine hand, and carry incense yet in the high places.
yom, when thou shalt go into a me out of the battle; for I am |44 [45]| And Yehoshaphat
cheder b'cheder (inner room) wounded. made peace with Melech
to hide thyself. |35| And the milchamah Yisroel.
|26| And the Melech Yisroel increased that yom; and |45 [46]| Now the rest of the
said, Take Mikhay'hu, and HaMelech was propped up in acts of Yehoshaphat, and his
carry him back unto Amon his merkavah against the gevurah that he showed, and
Sar HaIr, and to Yoash ben Syrians, and died at erev; and how he warred, are they not
HaMelech; the dahm ran out of the written in the Sefer Divrei
|27| And say, Thus saith wound onto the floor of the HaYamim l'Malkhei Yehudah?
HaMelech, Put this fellow in merkavah. |46 [47]| And the remnant of
the bais hakeleh, and feed |36| And there went a the kadesh (male and female
him with lechem lachatz proclamation throughout the cult prostitutes), which
(bread of affliction) and with host about the going down of remained in the days of Asa
mayim lachatz (water of the shemesh, saying, Every aviv, he took out of HaAretz.
affliction), until I come in man to his city, and every man |47 [48]| There was then no
shalom. to his own country. melech in Edom; a deputy was
|28| And Mikhay'hu said, If |37| So Melech [Ahab] died, melech.
thou return at all in shalom, and was brought to Shomron; |48 [49]| Yehoshaphat made
Hashem hath not spoken by and they buried HaMelech in [merchant] oniyot (ships) of
me. And he said, Pay heed, O Shomron. Tarshish to go to Ophir for
people, every one of you. |38| And one washed the zahav; but they went not; for
|29| So the Melech Yisroel merkavah in the pool of the oniyot were shipwrecked at
and Yehoshaphat Melech Shomron; and the kelavim Etzyon-Gever.
Yehudah went up to Ramot- licked up his dahm while the |49 [50]| Then said Achaz-
Gilàd. zonot bathed; according unto yahu ben Ach'av unto Yeho-
|30| And the Melech Yisroel the Devar Hashem which he shaphat, Let my avadim go
said unto Yehoshaphat, I will spoke. with thy avadim in the oniyot.
disguise myself, and enter into |39| Now the rest of the acts But Yehoshaphat would not.
the milchamah; but put thou of Ach'av (Ahab), and all that |50 [51]| And Yehoshaphat
on thy robes. And the Melech he did, and the Bais HaShen slept with his avot, and was
Yisroel disguised himself, and (House of Ivory) which he buried with his avot in the Ir
went into the milchamah. made, and all the cities that Dovid aviv; and Yehoram bno
|31| But HaMelech Aram he built, are they not written reigned in his place.
commanded his 32 captains in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim |51 [52]| Achazyahu ben
that had rule over his chariots, l'Malkhei Yisroel? Ach'av began to reign over
saying, Fight neither with |40| So Ach'av slept with his Yisroel in Shomron
katan nor gadol, save only avot; and Achazyahu beno (his
with the Melech Yisroel. son) reigned in his place.
MELACHIM BAIS
the seventeenth year of no Elohim in Yisroel, that and said unto him, O Ish
Yehoshaphat Melech thou sendest to inquire of HaElohim, please, let my
Yehudah, and reigned Ba'al Zevuv elohei Ekron? nefesh, and the nefesh of these
two years over Yisroel. Therefore thou shalt not get fifty thy avadim, be precious
|52 [53]| And he did rah in down from that mittah on in thy eyes.
the sight of Hashem, walked which thou art gone up, but |14| Hinei, there came eish
in the derech aviv, and in the shalt surely die. down from Shomayim, and
derech immo, and in the |7| And he said unto them, consumed the two sarim of the
derech Yarovàm ben Nevat, What manner of ish was he chamishim harishonim with
who made Yisroel to sin; which came up to meet you, their fifties; therefore let my
|53 [54]| For he served and told you these devarim? nefesh now be precious in thy
HaBa’al, and worshiped him, |8| And they answered him, eyes.
and provoked to anger He was an ish ba'al se'ar (man |15| And the Malach Hashem
Hashem Elohei Yisroel, owning [garment] of [camel] said unto Eliyahu, Go down
according to all that aviv had hair) and girt with an ezor ohr with him; be not afraid of
done. (belt of leather) about his him. And he got up, and went
waist. And he said, down with him unto
MELACHIM BAIS It is Eliyahu HaTishbi. HaMelech.
|9| Then HaMelech sent unto |16| And he said unto him,
Then Moav rebelled him sar chamishim with his Thus saith Hashem,
1 against Yisroel after the

mot Ach'av.
|2| And Achazyah fell down
fifty. And he went up to him;
and, hinei, he sat on the rosh
hahar. And he spoke unto
Forasmuch as thou hast sent
malachim to inquire of Ba'al
Zevuv elohei Ekron, is it
through a lattice in his aliyyah him, Thou Ish HaElohim, because there is no Elohim in
(upper room) that was in HaMelech hath said, Come Yisroel to inquire of His
Shomron, and it was a dire down. Davar? Therefore thou shalt
injury: and he sent malachim, |10| And Eliyahu answered not get down from that mittah
and he said unto them, Go, and said to the sar (bed, couch) on which thou art
inquire of Ba'al Zevuv elohei hachamishim, If I be an Ish gone up, but shalt surely die.
Ekron whether I shall recover HaElohim, then let eish come |17| So he died according to
of this choli (infirmity). down from Shomayim, and the Devar Hashem which
|3| But the Malach Hashem consume thee and thy fifty. Eliyahu had spoken. And
said to Eliyahu HaTishbi, And there came down eish Yehoram [Yoram of Israel]
Arise, go up to meet the from Shomayim, and reigned in his place in the
malachim of Melech consumed him and his fifty. second year of Yehoram
Shomron, and say unto them, |11| Again also he sent unto [Yoram of Yehudah] ben
Is it because there is no him another sar chamishim Yehoshaphat Melech
Elohim in Yisroel, that ye go to with his fifty. And he Yehudah; because bno he had
inquire of Ba'al Zevuv elohei answered and said unto him, not.
Ekron? O Ish HaElohim, thus hath |18| Now the rest of the acts
|4| Now therefore thus saith HaMelech said, Come down of Achazyahu which he did,
Hashem, Thou shalt not get quickly. are they not written in the
down from that mittah (bed, |12| And Eliyahu answered Sefer Divrei HaYamim of the
couch) on which thou art gone and said unto them, If I be an Melachim of Yisroel?
up, but shalt surely die. And Ish HaElohim, let eish come And it came to pass,
Eliyahu departed.
|5| And when the malachim
turned back unto him, he said
down from Shomayim, and
consume thee and thy fifty.
And the eish Elohim came
2 when Hashem would
take up Eliyahu into
Shomayim in a se'arah (storm
unto them, Why are ye now down from Shomayim, and wind, whirlwind), that Eliyahu
turned back? consumed him and his fifty. went with Elishah from Gilgal.
|6| And they said unto him, |13| And he sent again a |2| And Eliyahu said unto
There came an ish up to meet third sar chamishim with his Elishah, Tarry here, now;
us, and he said unto us, Go, fifty. And the sar for Hashem hath sent
turn again unto HaMelech hachamishim hashlishi went me to Beit-El.
that sent you, and say unto up, and came and fell on his
him, Thus saith Hashem, Is it birkayim (knees) before
because there is Eliyahu, and besought him,
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And Elishah said unto him, As |10| And he said, Thou hast or in one of the geya'ot
Hashem liveth, and as thy asked a hard thing; (valleys). And he said, Ye shall
nefesh liveth, I will not leave nevertheless, if thou see me not send.
thee. So they went down to when lukach (I am taken |17| And when they urged
Beit-El. away) from thee, it shall be so him until he was ashamed, he
|3| And the Bnei HaNevi'im unto thee; but if not, it shall said, Send. They sent
that were at Beit-El came forth not be so. therefore chamishim ish; and
to Elishah, and said unto him, |11| And it came to pass, as they searched shloshah
Doest thou have da'as that they still walked on, and yamim, but found him not.
Hashem will take away thy talked, that, hinei, there |18| And when they returned
adon from over thy rosh appeared a merkavah of eish, to him (for he tarried at
hayom? And he said, Yes, I and susim of eish, and Yericho), he said unto them,
have da'as; be silent. separated the two of them Did I not say unto you, Go
|4| And Eliyahu said unto between them; and Eliyahu not?
him, Elishah, tarry here, now; went up in a se'arah (storm |19| And the anshei HaIr said
for Hashem hath sent me to wind, whirlwind) into unto Elishah, Hinei, now, the
Yericho. And he said, As Shomayim. situation of this city is tov, as
Hashem liveth, and as thy |12| And Elishah saw, and he adoni seeth; but the mayim is
nefesh liveth, I will not leave cried, Avi, Avi, the merkavah ra'im, and ha'aretz (the land)
thee. So they came to Yericho. (war chariot) of Yisroel, and meshakkalet (barren,
|5| And the Bnei HaNevi'im the parash (horsemen, unfruitful).
that were at Yericho came to charioteers) thereof. And he |20| And he said, Bring me a
Elishah, and said unto him, saw him no more; and he took tzelokhit chadasha (new bowl),
Doest thou have da'as that hold of his own robe, and tore and put melach therein. And
hayom (today) Hashem will his apparel in two pieces. they brought it to him.
take away thy adon from over |13| He took up also the |21| And he went forth unto
thy rosh? And he answered, aderet Eliyahu that fell from the motza hamayim (spring of
Yes, I have da'as; be silent. him, and went back, and stood water), and cast the melach in
|6| And Eliyahu said unto by the bank of the Yarden; there, and said, Thus saith
him, Tarry, now, here; for |14| And he took the aderet Hashem, I have healed these
Hashem hath sent me to the Eliyahu that fell from him, mayim; there shall not be
Yarden. And he said, As and struck the mayim, and from there any more mavet or
Hashem liveth, and as thy said, Where is Hashem Elohei meshakkalet (unfruitfulness,
nefesh liveth, I will not leave Eliyahu? And when he also barrenness).
thee. And they two walked on. had struck the mayim, they |22| So the mayim were
|7| And chamishim ish (fifty split from here and from healed unto hayom hazeh
men) of the Bnei HaNevi'im there; and Elishah crossed (this day), according to the
went, standing opposite them over. devar Elishah which he spoke.
at a distance; and they two |15| And when the Bnei |23| And he went up from
stood by the Yarden. HaNevi'im which were there unto Beit-El; and as he
|8| And Eliyahu took his watching at Yericho saw him was going up along the derech,
aderet (mantle, cloak), and from a distance, they said, The there came forth ne'arim
rolled it up, and struck the ruach Eliyahu doth rest on ketannim out of the Ir, and
mayim, and they were split Elishah. And they came to jeered in mockery at him, and
from here and from there, so meet him, and bowed said unto him, Go on up, thou
that they two crossed over on themselves to the ground kere'ach (bald head); go on up,
charavah (dry ground [See before him. thou kere'ach.
Yehoshua 3:17]). |16| And they said unto him, |24| And he turned around,
|9| And it came to pass, when Hinei now, there be among and looked on them, and
they were crossed over, that thy avadim chamishim cursed them in the Shem
Eliyahu said unto Elishah, anashim bnei chayil (fifty Hashem. And there came
Request what I shall do for able-bodied men); let them go, forth two dubim (female
thee, before I am taken away now, and look for thy adon; bears) out of the woods, and
from thee. And Elishah said, perhaps the Ruach Hashem mauled 42 yeladim of them.
Let, now, a double portion of hath taken him up, and set |25| And he went from there
thy ruach be upon me. him down [See Ac 8:39-40 to Mt Carmel, and from there
OJBC] upon one of the harim, he returned to Shomron.
Nevi’im 351 Melachim Bais 3
Now Yehoram ben |11| But Yehoshaphat said, Is |20| And it came to pass in
3 Ach'av began to reign

over Yisroel in Shomron
the eighteenth year of Yeho-
there not here a navi of
Hashem, that we may inquire
of Hashem through him? And
the boker, when the minchah
was offered, that, hinei, there
came mayim by the derech of
shaphat Melech Yehudah, and one of the avadim of Melech Edom, and HaAretz was filled
reigned twelve shanah. Yisroel answered and said, with mayim.
|2| And he wrought rah in the Here is Elishah Ben Shaphat, |21| And when kol Mo'av
eyes of Hashem; but not like which poured mayim on the heard that the melachim were
Aviv, nor like Immo; for he put hands of Eliyahu. come up to fight against them,
away matzvat HaBa'al (the |12| And Yehoshaphat said, they gathered all that could
image of Baal) that Aviv had The Devar Hashem is with bear arms, and older, and
made. him. So Melech Yisroel and stood at the border.
|3| Nevertheless his deveykus Yehoshaphat and Melech |22| And they rose up early in
was unto the chattot Edom went down to him. the boker, and the shemesh
Yarovàm Ben Nevat, which |13| And Elishah said unto shone upon the mayim, and
caused Yisroel to sin; Melech Yisroel, What have I to Mo'av saw the mayim on the
therefrom he did not turn do with thee? Get thee to the other side, and to them it
away. [Ba'al] nevi'im of Avicha, and looked as red as dahm;
|4| And Mesha Melech Moav to the nevi'im of Immecha. |23| And they said, This is
was a sheep breeder, and And Melech Yisroel said unto dahm; the melachim are
rendered unto the Melech him, No; for Hashem hath surely slain, and they have
Yisroel 100,000 lambs, and called these three melachim, struck one another; now
100,000 rams, with the to deliver them into the yad therefore, Moav, to the
tzemer (wool). Moav. plunder!
|5| But it came to pass, when |14| And Elishah said, As |24| And when they came to
Ach'av was mot, that Melech Hashem Tzva'os liveth, before the machaneh Yisroel, Yisroel
Moav rebelled against Melech whom I stand, surely, were it rose up and struck Mo'av, so
Yisroel. not that I regard the presence that they fled before them; but
|6| And Melech Yehoram of Yehoshaphat Melech they went forward striking
went out of Shomron on that Yehudah, I would not look Mo'av, even invading their
day, and mustered kol Yisroel. toward thee, nor see thee. country.
|7| And he went and sent to |15| But now bring me |25| And they beat down the
Yehoshaphat Melech menagen. And it came to pass, towns, and on every good
Yehudah, saying, Melech when the menagen played, allotment of land every ish
Moav hath rebelled against that the Yad Hashem came cast his even (stone), and filled
me; wilt thou go with me upon him. it; and they stopped up kol
against Moav for milchamah? |16| And he said, Thus saith ma'yan mayim, and felled kol
And he said, I will go up: I am Hashem, Make this valley full etz tov; only in Kir Charaset
as thou art, my Am as thy Am, of ditches. left they the avanim thereof;
and my susim as thy susim. |17| For thus saith Hashem, howbeit the slingers
|8| And he said, Which Ye shall not see ruach, neither surrounded it, and struck it.
derech shall we go up [to shall ye see geshem; yet this |26| And when Melech Moav
attack]? And he answered, The valley shall be filled with saw that the milchamah was
derech through the Midbar mayim, that ye may drink, chazak against him, he took
Edom. both ye, and your cattle, and with him 700 ish that drew
|9| So Melech Yisroel, Melech your behemah (livestock). cherev, to break through even
Yehudah, Melech Edom went, |18| And this is but a light unto Melech Edom; but they
made a circuit of shivat thing in the eyes of Hashem; could not.
yamim in their derech; and He will deliver Mo'av also into |27| Then he took bno
there was no mayim for the your yad. habechor that should have
machaneh, and for the |19| And ye shall strike every reigned in his stead, and
behemah that followed them. fortified city, every ir mivchor, offered him for an olah upon
|10| And Melech Yisroel said, and shall fell every etz tov, the chomah. And there was
Alas that Hashem hath called stop up kol ma'yan mayim, ketzef gadol (great fury)
these three melachim together, mar every good allotment of against Yisroel; and they
to deliver them into the yad land with avanim. withdrew, and returned to
Moav! their own land.
Now there cried out a there a mittah (bed), and a |21| And she went up, and
4 certain isha of the

nashim of the Bnei
HaNevi'im unto Elishah,
shulchan (table), and a kisse
(chair), and a menorah: and it
shall be, when he cometh to
laid him on the mittat Ish
HaElohim, and shut [the door]
behind her and went out.
saying, Thy eved my ish is us, that he shall turn in there. |22| And she called unto her
dead; and thou knowest that |11| And then one day he ish, and said, Send me now,
thy eved did fear Hashem: and came there, and he turned in please, one of the ne'arim, and
the creditor is come to take the aliyyah (upper room), and one of the donkeys, that I may
unto him my two yeladim to lay there. run to the Ish HaElohim, and
be avadim (slaves). |12| And he said to Geichazi return.
|2| And Elishah said unto his na'ar, Call this Shunamit. |23| And he said, Madu'a
her, What shall I do for thee? And when he had called her, (why) wilt thou go to him
Tell me, what hast thou in the she stood before him. today? It is neither Rosh
bais? And she said, Thine |13| And he said unto him, Chodesh, nor Shabbos. And
shifchah hath not anything in Say now unto her, Hinei, thou she said, Shalom.
the bais, except a flask of hast been careful for us with |24| Then she saddled a
shemen. all this care; what is to be donkey, and said to her na'ar,
|3| Then he said, Go, borrow done for thee? Wouldest thou lead on, and go forward; slack
thee kelim from all around of be spoken for to HaMelech, or not thy riding for me, except I
all thy shchenim, even empty to the Sar HaTzava? And she bid thee.
kelim; borrow not a few. answered, I dwell among mine |25| So she went and came
|4| And when thou art come own people. unto the Ish HaElohim at Mt
in, thou shalt shut the delet |14| And he said, What then Carmel. And it came to pass,
behind thee and behind thy is to be done for her? And when the Ish HaElohim saw
banim, shalt pour out into all Geichazi answered, Verily she her afar off, that he said to
those kelim, and thou shalt set hath no ben, and her ish is Geichazi his na'ar, Hinei, over
aside that which is full. zaken. there is that Shunamit:
|5| So she went from him, |15| And he said, Call her. |26| Run now, to meet her,
and shut the delet behind her And when he had called her, and say unto her, Is it shalom
and behind her banim, who she stood in the petach with thee? Is it shalom with
were bringing to her; and she (doorway). thy ish? Is it shalom with the
poured. |16| And he said, About this yeled? And she answered,
|6| And it came to pass, when mo'ed, according to the et Shalom:
the kelim were full, that she chayyah (Gen. 18:10), thou |27| And when she came to
said unto her ben, Bring me choveket ben (shalt embrace a the Ish HaElohim at the har,
another keli. And he said unto son). And she said, No, adoni, she took hold of him by the
her, There is not any more thou Ish HaElohim, do not raglayim: but Geichazi came
keli. And the shemen stopped. give false hope unto thine near to thrust her away. And
|7| Then she came and told shifchah. the Ish HaElohim said, Let
the Ish HaElohim. And he |17| And the isha conceived, her alone; for her nefesh is
said, Go, sell the shemen, and and bore ben at that mo'ed marah within her: and
pay thy debt, and live thou that Elishah had said unto Hashem hath hid it from me,
and thy banim on the rest. her, according to the et and hath not told me.
|8| And then one day Elishah chayyah. |28| Then she said, Did I
passed over to Shunem, where |18| The yeled grew, and it make request of adoni for a
was an isha gedolah; and she happened one day, that he ben? Did I not say, Do not
constrained him to eat went out to Aviv to the deceive me?
lechem. And so it was, that as kotzerim (harvesters, reapers). |29| Then he said to
oft as he passed by, he turned |19| And he said unto Aviv, Geichazi, Gird up thy loins,
in there to eat lechem. My rosh, my rosh. And he said and take my mishe'net (staff)
|9| And she said unto her ish, to the na'ar, Carry him to in thine yad, and run: if thou
Hinei now, I perceive that this immo. meet any ish, salute him not;
is an Ish Elohim Kadosh, |20| And when he had lifted and if any ish salute thee,
which passeth by us tamid. him, and brought him to answer him not again: and lay
|10| Please, let us make a immo, he sat on her birkayim my mishe'net (staff) upon the
small aliyyat kir (walled upper (knees) till tzohorayim, and face of the na'ar.
room); and let us set for him then died.
Nevi’im 353 Melachim Bais 4, 5
|30| And the em hana'ar said, (herbs), and found a gefen |3| And she said unto her
As Hashem liveth, and as thy sadeh, and gathered thereof gevirah, If only adoni were
nefesh liveth, I will not leave pakku'ot sadeh (wild gourds), before the navi that is in
thee. And he arose, and the fold of his beged he filled, Shomron! For he would
followed her. and came and cut them up recover him of his tzara'at.
|31| And Geichazi passed on into the siyr of stew; though no |4| And one went in, and told
ahead of them, and laid the one knew what they were. his adon, saying, Thus and
mishe'net (staff) upon the face |40| So they poured out for thus said the na'arah that is of
of the na'ar; but there was the anashim to eat. And it Eretz Yisroel.
neither kol (voice), nor keshet came to pass, as they were |5| And Melech Aram said,
(attention). So he went back to eating of the stew, that they Go to, go, and I will send a
meet him, and told him, cried out, and said, O thou Ish sefer (letter) unto Melech
saying, The na'ar is not HaElohim, there is mavet in Yisroel. And he [Na’aman]
awakened. the siyr. And they could not departed, and took with him
|32| And when Elishah was eat thereof. ten talents of kesef, and six
come into the bais, hinei, the |41| But he said, Then bring thousand pieces of zahav, and
na'ar was dead, and lying kemakh (meal, flour). And he ten changes of begadim.
upon his mittah. cast it into the siyr; and he |6| And he brought the sefer
|33| So he went in, and shut said, Serve to HaAm, that they (letter) to Melech Yisroel,
the delet on the two of them, may eat. And there was no rah saying, Now when this letter is
and davened unto Hashem. in the siyr. come unto thee, hinei, I have
|34| And he went up, and lay |42| And there came an ish therewith sent Na’aman avdi
upon the yeled, and put his from Ba’al Shalishah, and to thee, that thou mayest of
mouth upon his mouth, and brought the Ish HaElohim his tzara'at recover him.
his eyes upon his eyes, and his lechem bikkurim, twenty |7| And it came to pass, when
palms upon his palms: and loaves of se'orim (barley), and Melech Yisroel had read the
stretched himself upon him; [roasted] ears of corn in his sefer, that he tore his
and the basar of the yeled sack. And he [Elishah] said, begadim, and said, Am I
grew warm. Give unto HaAm, that they HaElohim, to kill and to make
|35| Then he turned away, may eat. alive, that this doth send unto
and paced in the bais to and |43| And the one serving him me to recover an ish of his
fro; and went up, and said, What, should I set this tzara'at? Wherefore consider,
stretched himself upon him; before a hundred ish? He said now, and see how he seeketh a
and the na'ar sneezed seven again, Give HaAm, that they quarrel against me.
times, and the na'ar opened may eat; for thus saith |8| And it was so, when
his eyes. Hashem, They shall eat, and Elishah Ish HaElohim had
|36| And he summoned there shall be shirayim. heard that Melech Yisroel had
Geichazi, and said, Call this |44| So he set it before them, torn his beged, that he sent to
Shunamit. So he called her. and they did eat, and there HaMelech, saying, Why hast
And when she was come in was shirayim thereof, thou torn thy beged? Let him
unto him, he said, Take up thy according to the Devar come now to me, and he shall
ben. Hashem. know that there is a navi in
|37| Then she went in, and Now Na’aman, Sar Yisroel.
fell at his raglayim, and
bowed herself to the ground,
and took up her ben, and went
5 Tzeva Melech Aram, was
an ish gadol before his
adon and highly honored,
|9| So Na’aman came with
his susim and with his
merkavah, and stood at the
out. because by him Hashem had petach of the bais Elishah.
|38| And Elishah returned to given deliverance unto Aram; |10| And Elishah sent a
Gilgal; and there was a ra'av he was also a gibbor chayil, malach unto him, saying, Go
(famine) in the land; and the but metzorah (having leprosy) and wash sheva times in the
Bnei HaNevi'im were sitting |2| And Aram (the Syrians) Yarden, and thy basar shall
before him; and he said unto had gone out gedudim (in come back to thee, and thou
his na'ar, Put on the siyr bands of soldiers), and had shalt be tahor.
hagedolah, and cook stew for taken away captive out of |11| But Na’aman was in
the Bnei HaNevi'im. Eretz Yisroel a na'arah wrath, and went away,
|39| And one went out into ketanah; and she waited on and said, Hinei, I thought
the sadeh to gather orot Na’aman's isha. that he will surely
Melachim Bais 5, 6 354 Orthodox Jewish Bible
come out to me, and stand, myself in the Bais Rimmon, groves), and kramim, and
and call on the Shem Hashem Hashem pardon thy eved in tzon, and bakar, and avadim,
Elohav, and wave his yad over this thing. and shefachot?
the makom, and give recovery |19| And he said unto him, |27| The tzara'at therefore of
from the metzorah (leprosy, Go in shalom. So he departed Na’aman shall make its
leprous area). from him some distance. deveykus unto thee, and unto
|12| Are not Avana and |20| But Geichazi, the na'ar thy zera l'olam. And he went
Parpar, naharot of Damascus, Elishah the Ish HaElohim, out from his presence
better than all the mayim of said, Hinei, adoni hath spared metzorah, like sheleg (snow).
Yisroel? May I not wash in Na’aman HaArami hazeh by
them, and be tahor? So he not accepting at his hands
turned and went away in that which he brought: but, as And the Bnei HaNevi'im
chemah (anger, hot temper).
|13| And his avadim came
near, and spoke unto him, and
Hashem liveth, I will run after
him, and take something of
him.
6 said unto Elishah, Hinei
now, the makom where
we dwell with thee is too tzar
said, Avi, if the navi had bid |21| So Geichazi pursued (cramped, crowded) for us.
thee do some davar gadol, after Na’aman. And when |2| Let us go, now, unto the
wouldest thou not have done Na’aman saw him running Yarden, and take from there
it? How much rather then, after him, he got down from every ish one korah (beam),
when he saith to thee, Wash, the merkavah to meet him, and let us build us a makom
and be tahor? and said, HaShalom (is all (place, home) there, where we
|14| Then went he down, and well)? may dwell. And he answered,
did undergo tevilah (dipped |22| And he said, Shalom (all Go, ye.
himself, immersed himself) is well). Adoni hath sent me, |3| And one said, Be agreed,
sheva times in the Yarden, saying, Hinei, even now there now, and go with thy avadim.
according to the devar of the came to me from har And he answered, I will go.
Ish HaElohim; his basar came Ephrayim two ne'arim |4| So he went with them.
back like unto the basar of a of the Bnei HaNevi'im; give And when they came to the
na'ar katan; he was tahor. them, now, a talent of kesef, Yarden, they cut down
|15| He returned to the Ish and two changes of begadim. haetzim (the trees, the wood).
HaElohim, he and all his |23| And Na’aman said, Be |5| But as one was felling the
machaneh came, stood before content, take two talents. And korah (beam, i.e., tree) the
him; and he said, Hinei, now I he urged him, and bound two barzel (iron [axehead]) fell
know that there is no Elohim talents of kesef in two bags, into the mayim; and he cried
in kol ha'aretz, but in Yisroel; with two changes of begadim, out, and said, Alas, adoni! For
now therefore, please, take a and laid them upon two of his it was sha'ul (being borrowed).
berakhah of thy eved. ne'arim; and they bore them |6| And the Ish HaElohim
|16| But he said, As Hashem before him. said, Where fell it? And he
liveth, before whom I stand, I |24| And when he came to a showed him the makom
will receive none. And he secluded spot, he took them (place). And he cut an etz
urged him to take it; but he from their yad, and put them (piece of wood, stick), and cast
refused. away in the bais; and he let it in there; and the barzel did
|17| And Na’aman said, Shall the anashim go, and they float up to the surface.
there not then, please, be departed. |7| Therefore said he, Take it
given to thy eved two mules' |25| But he went in, and out to thee. And he stretched
massa (burden) of adamah? stood before his adon. And out his yad, and took it.
For thy eved will henceforth Elishah said unto him, From |8| Then Melech Aram
offer neither olah nor zevach where comest thou, Geichazi? warred against Yisroel, and
unto elohim acherim, but And he said, Thy eved went took counsel with his avadim,
unto Hashem. nowhere. saying, In such and such
|18| In this thing Hashem |26| And he said unto him, makom shall be my chosen
pardon thy eved, that when Went not mine lev (spirit) with encampment places.
adoni goeth into the Bais thee, when the ish turned |9| And the Ish HaElohim
Rimmon to bow down there, again from his merkavah to sent unto Melech Yisroel,
and he leaneth on my yad, meet thee? Is it a time to saying, Beware
and I bow myself in the Bais receive kesef, and to receive that thou be shomer not
Rimmon; when I bow down begadim, and zeitim (olive
to pass this makom; for there And He struck them with |27| And he said, If Hashem
come down Aram. blindness according to the saves thee not, from where can
|10| And Melech Yisroel sent davar Elishah. I save thee? From the goren
to the makom which the Ish |19| And Elishah said unto (threshing floor) or from the
HaElohim told him and them, This is not the derech, yekev (wine press)?
warned him of, and he was neither is this the ir; follow |28| And HaMelech said unto
watchful there, not just once me, and I will lead you to the her, What troubleth thee? And
nor twice. ish whom ye seek. But he led she answered, This isha said
|11| Therefore the lev Melech them to Shomron. unto me, Give thy ben, that we
Aram was over this matter |20| And it came to pass, may eat him hayom (today),
much incensed; and he when they were come into and we will eat beni (my son)
summoned his avadim, and Shomron, that Elishah said, machar (tomorrow).
said unto them, Will ye not Hashem, open the eyes of |29| So we cooked beni (my
show me who of us is [traitor] these, that they may see. And son), and did eat him; and I
to Melech Yisroel? Hashem opened their eyes, said unto her on the yom
|12| And one of his avadim and they saw; and, hinei, they ha'acher (the day after), Give
said, None, adoni HaMelech; were in the midst of Shomron. thy ben, that we may eat him;
but Elishah HaNavi that is in |21| And Melech Yisroel said and she hath hid her ben.
Yisroel, telleth Melech Yisroel unto Elishah, when he saw |30| And it came to pass,
the devarim that thou them, Avi, shall I strike them? when HaMelech heard the
speakest in thy cheder Shall I strike them? divrei haisha, that he tore his
mishkav (bedroom). |22| And he answered, Thou begadim; and he passed by
|13| And he said, Go and spy shalt not strike them; wouldest upon the chomah, and the
where he is, that I may send thou strike those whom thou people looked, and, hinei, he
and take him captive. And it hast taken captive with thy had, underneath, sackcloth
was told him, saying, Hinei, he cherev and with thy keshet? upon his basar.
is in Dotan. Set lechem and mayim before |31| Then he said, Elohim do
|14| Therefore sent he there them, that they may eat and so and more also to me, if the
susim, and merkavot, and a drink, and go back to rosh Elishah Ben Shaphat
strong army contingent; and adoneihem. shall remain on him hayom
they came by lailah, and |23| And he prepared kerah (today).
surrounded the ir. gedolah (a great meal) for |32| But Elishah sat in his
|15| And when the mesharet them; and when they finished bais, and the Zekenim sat with
(minister, servant) of the Ish eating and drinking, he sent him; and he [HaMelech] sent
HaElohim was risen early, them away, and they went to an ish ahead of him; but
and went forth, hinei, an army adoneihem. So the raiding before the malach came to
surrounded the ir with susim parties of Aram (Syria) came him, he [Elishah] said to the
and merkavot. And his na'ar no more into Eretz Yisroel. Zekenim, See ye how this ben
said unto him, Alas, adoni! |24| And it came to pass after hameratze'ach (son of a
What shall we do? this, that Ben Hadad Melech murderer) hath sent
|16| And he answered, Fear Aram gathered all his to cut off mine rosh? Look,
not; for they that be with us machaneh, and went up, and when the malach cometh, shut
are rabbim (many) more than laid siege to Shomron. the delet (door), and hold him
they that be with them. |25| And there was a ra'av shut out by the delet; is not
|17| And Elishah davened, gadol in Shomron; and, hinei, the sound of the raglei adonav
and said, Hashem, now, open they laid siege to it, until a behind him?
his eyes, that he may see. And rosh chamor was sold for |33| And while he [Elishah]
Hashem opened the eyes of fourscore pieces of kesef, and yet was speaking with them,
the na'ar and he saw; and, a quarter of a kav of dove's hinei, the malach (messenger)
hinei, the har was full of dung for five pieces of kesef. came down unto him; and he
susim and merkavot of eish all |26| And as Melech Yisroel [HaMelech] said, Hinei, this
around Elishah. was passing by upon the ra'ah (evil, disaster) is from
|18| And when they made chomah (wall), there cried out Hashem; what hope can I
their descent unto him, an isha unto him, saying, have from Hashem?
Elishah davened unto Hoshia (save), adoni
Hashem, and said, Strike now HaMelech!
hagoy hazeh, with blindness.
Then Elishah said, Hear chamorim, even the hamon Yisroel that has
7 ye the Devar Hashem;

Thus saith Hashem,
Machar (tomorrow) about this
Machaneh just as it was, and
fled for their nefesh.
|8| And when these
perished already. Let us send
and find out.
|14| They took therefore two
time shall a se'ah of solet metzora'im came to the edge chariots of susim; and
(fine flour) be sold for a of the Machaneh, HaMelech sent after the
shekel, and two seahs of they went into one ohel, and Machaneh Aram, saying, Go
se'orim for a shekel, at the did eat and drink, and carried and find out.
Sha'ar Shomron. from there kesef, and zahav, |15| And they went after them
|2| Then an officer on whose and begadim, and went off as far as Yarden; and, hinei,
arm HaMelech leaned and hid it; and came back, all the derech was full of
answered the Ish and entered into another ohel, begadim and kelim, which the
HaElohim, and said, Hinei, and carried from there also, Syrians had cast off in their
even if Hashem would make and went and hid it. haste. And the malachim
windows in Shomayim, could |9| Then they said one to returned, and told the Melech.
this thing happen? And he another, We do not right; this |16| And the people went out,
said, Thou shalt see it with day is a Yom Besorah, and we and plundered the Machaneh
thine eyes, but shalt not eat hold our peace; if we tarry till Aram. So a se'ah of solet (fine
thereof. ohr haboker, some avon flour) was sold for a shekel,
|3| And there were arba'ah (punishment for being sinful) and two seahs of se'orim for a
anashim that were metzora'im will overtake us; now therefore shekel, according to the Devar
at the petach haSha'ar (city come, that we may go and tell Hashem.
gate); and they said one to the Bais HaMelech. |17| And HaMelech
another, Why sit we here until |10| So they came and called appointed the officer on
we die? unto the Sho'er HaIr whose arm he leaned to have
|4| If we say, We will enter (Gatekeeper of the City); and the charge of the Sha'ar; and
into the Ir, then the ra'av they told them, saying, We the people trampled upon him
(famine) is in the Ir, and we came to the Machaneh Aram, in the Sha'ar, and he died, just
shall die there; and if we sit and, hinei, there was no ish as the Ish HaElohim had said,
still here, we die also. Now there, neither voice of adam, who spoke when HaMelech
therefore come, and let us but susim tied, and chamor came down to him.
throw ourselves unto the tied, and the ohalim just as |18| And it came to pass as
Machaneh Aram (Syrian they were. the Ish HaElohim had spoken
Camp); if they spare us alive, |11| And he called the to HaMelech, saying, Two
we shall live; and if they kill sho'arim (gatekeepers); and seahs of se'orim for a shekel,
us, we shall die. they told it to the Bais and a seah of solet for a
|5| And they rose up at neshef HaMelech within. shekel, shall be about this
(twilight, dusk) to go unto the |12| And HaMelech arose in time machar (tomorrow) in the
Machaneh Aram; and when the lailah, and said unto his Sha'ar Shomron;
they were come to the edge of avadim, I will now show you |19| And that officer
the Machaneh Aram, hinei, what the Syrians have done to answered the Ish HaElohim,
there was no ish there. us. They know that we are and said, Now, hinei, even if
|6| For Adonoi had made the starved by famine; therefore Hashem would make windows
Machaneh Aram to hear a are they gone out of the in Shomayim, could such a
noise of chariots and a noise Machaneh to hide themselves thing happen? And he said,
of susim, even the noise of a in the sadeh, saying, When Thou shalt see it with thine
chayil gadol (a great army); they come out of the Ir, we eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
and they said one to another, shall catch them chayyim |20| And so it happened unto
Hinei, the Melech Yisroel hath (alive), and get into the Ir. him; for the people trampled
hired against us the Melachim |13| And one of his avadim upon him in the Sha'ar, and
of the Chittim, and the answered and said, Let some he died.
Melachim of the Mitzrayim, to of the men take, now, five of T.N. The Scriptures say “Woe
come upon us. the remaining susim left; to me if I preach not the
|7| Therefore they arose and behold, they will be like kol Besuras HaGeulah” as it says
fled in the neshef (twilight), hamon Yisroel (the whole here in the Yom Besorah (7:9)
and left their ohalim, and multitude of Yisroel) that still for this is our day and we are
their susim, and their survives; they are like the kol the unclean saved by grace.
Then spoke Elishah unto inquire of Hashem through |16| And in the fifth year of
8 the isha, whose ben he

had restored to life,
saying, Arise, and go thou and
him, saying, Shall I recover of
this illness?
|9| So Chazael went to meet
Yoram Ben Ach'av Melech
Yisroel, Yehoshaphat being
then Melech Yehudah,
thine bais, and sojourn him, and took a minchah (a Yehoram Ben Yehoshafat
wheresoever thou canst present) with him, even of Melech Yehudah began to
sojourn; for Hashem hath every good thing of Damascus, reign as Melech.
called for a ra'av (famine); and massa (burden, load) of |17| Thirty and two years old
it shall also come upon arba'im gamal, and came and was he when he began to reign
ha'aretz sheva shanim. stood before him, and said, as Melech; and he reigned as
|2| And the isha arose, and Binecha Ben-Hadad Melech Melech shmoneh shanah
did according to the davar Ish Aram (Syria) hath sent me to in Yerushalayim.
HaElohim; she went away and thee, saying, Shall I recover of |18| And he walked in the
her bais, sojourned in the this illness? derech malkhei Yisroel, as did
Eretz Pelishtim sheva shanim. |10| And Elishah said unto the Bais Ach'av; for the Bat
|3| And it came to pass at the him, Go, say unto him, Thou Ach'av was his isha; and he
end of the sheva shanim, that shalt certainly recover; did rah (evil) before the eyes of
the isha returned from Eretz howbeit Hashem hath showed Hashem.
Pelishtim; and she went me that he shall surely die. |19| Yet Hashem would not
forth to make appeal unto |11| And he fixed his gaze destroy Yehudah for the sake
HaMelech for her bais and for steadfastly, and stared at him of Dovid His eved, in
her sadeh. until he was ashamed; then accordance with His promise
|4| And HaMelech talked the Ish HaElohim wept. to him to give a Ner (Lamp)
with Geichazi na'ar Ish |12| And Chazael said, Why for him and his banim kol
HaElohim, saying, Tell me, weepeth, adoni? And he hayamim.
now, all the gedolot (great answered, Because I know the |20| In his yamim Edom
things) that Elishah hath ra'ah (evil, harm) that thou pasha (rebelled) from under
done. wilt do unto the Bnei Yisroel; the yad Yehudah, and set a
|5| And it came to pass, as he their strongholds wilt thou melech over themselves.
was telling HaMelech how he with eish set ablaze, and their |21| So Yoram went over to
had restored to life hamet (the bochurim wilt thou slay with Tzair, and all the merkavot
dead), that, hinei, the isha, the cherev, and wilt dash their with him; and he rose by
whose ben he had restored to olelim, and their women with lailah, and attacked Edom
life, cried out her appeal to child thou wilt rip open. who had him surrounded, and
HaMelech for her bais and for |13| And Chazael said, But the commanders of the
her sadeh. And Geichazi said, what, is thy eved a kelev (dog), merkavot; and the army fled
Adoni, HaMelech, this is the that he should do this davar to their ohalim (tents, homes).
isha, and this is her ben, hagadol (great thing)? |22| Yet Edom revolted from
whom Elishah restored to life. And Elishah answered, under the yad Yehudah unto
|6| And when HaMelech Hashem hath showed me that this day. Then Livnah revolted
asked the isha, she told him. thou shalt be Melech over at the same time.
So HaMelech appointed unto Aram (Syria). |23| And the rest of the acts
her a certain saris (official), |14| So he departed from of Yoram, and all that he did,
saying, Restore all that was Elishah, and came to adonav are they not written in the
hers, and all the tevu'ot (his master); who said to him, Sefer Divrei HaYamim
(increase) of the sadeh since What said Elishah to thee? L'Malkhei Yehudah?
the yom that she left ha'aretz, And he answered, He told me |24| And Yoram slept with his
even until now. that thou shouldest surely avot, and was buried with his
|7| And Elishah came to recover. avot in Ir Dovid; and
Damascus; and Ben-Hadad |15| And it came to pass on Achazyahu bno reigned as
Melech Aram choleh (was ill), the next day, that he took Melech in his place.
when it was told him, saying, hamakhber (the bed- |25| In the twelfth year of
Ish HaElohim has come here. cover), and soaked it in Yoram Ben Ach'av
|8| And HaMelech said unto mayim, and spread it on his
Chazael, Take a minchah (a face, so that he died; and
present) in thine yad, and go, Chazael reigned as Melech in
meet the Ish HaElohim, and his place.
Melech Yisroel did Achazyahu |5| And when he came, hinei, |14| So Yehu Ben
Ben Yehoram Melech the sarim of the army were Yehoshaphat Ben Nimshi
Yehudah begin to reign as sitting; he said, I have a davar plotted a kesher against
Melech. for thee, O sar. And Yehu said, Yoram. (Now Yoram had been
|26| Achazyahu was 22 years Unto which of all us? And he shomer over Ramot Gilàd, he
old when he began to reign as said, To thee, O sar. and Kol Yisroel, because of
Melech; and he reigned one |6| And he arose, and went Chazael Melech Aram (Syria).
year in Yerushalayim. And the into the bais; and he poured |15| But Yehoram HaMelech
shem immo was Atalyah Bat the shemen on his rosh, and had returned to recover in
Omri Melech Yisroel. said unto him, Thus saith Yizre'el from the makkim
|27| And he walked in the Hashem Elohei Yisroel, I have (wounds) which the Aramim
derech of the Bais Ach'av, and anointed thee Melech over Am (Syrians) had inflicted on him,
did rah in the eyes of Hashem, Hashem, even over Yisroel. when he fought against
as did the Bais Ach'av: for he |7| And thou shalt strike Chazael Melech Aram. And
was choson (son-in-law) of the down the Bais Ach'av Yehu said, If ye be so minded,
Bais Ach'av. adoneicha, that I may avenge then let none slip away nor
|28| And he went with Yoram the dahm of My avadim the escape from the Ir to go to tell
Ben Ach'av to the milchamah Nevi'im, and the dahm of kol it in Yizre'el.
(war) against Chazael Melech avdei Hashem, shed by Izevel. |16| So Yehu rode in a
Aram in Ramot Gilàd; and |8| For the kol Bais Ach'av merkavah, and went to
the Aramim wounded Yoram. shall perish: and I will cut off Yizre'el; for Yoram lay there.
|29| And Yoram HaMelech from Ach'av mashtin b'kir And Achazyahu Melech
returned to recover in Yizre'el (him that urinates against the Yehudah was come down to
of the makkim (wounds) which wall, i.e., all males), and him see Yoram.
the Aramim (Syrians) had that is atzur (bond) or azuv |17| And there stood a tzofeh
inflicted on him at Ramah, (free) in Yisroel: (sentinel) on the migdal in
when he fought against |9| And I will make the Bais Yizre'el, and he saw the
Chazael Melech Aram. And Ach'av like the Bais Yarovàm company of Yehu as he
Achazyahu Ben Yehoram Ben Nevat, and like the Bais approached, and said, I see a
Melech Yehudah went down to Ba’asha Ben Achiyah: company. Yoram said, Take a
see Yoram Ben Ach'av in |10| And the kelavim shall horseman, send to meet them,
Yizre'el, because he was choleh devour Izevel in the chelek and let him say, Is it shalom?
(ill with his wounds). Yizre'el, and there shall be |18| So there went a rider on
And Elishah HaNavi none to bury her. And he the sus to meet him, and said,
9 summoned one of the

Bnei HaNevi'im, and
said unto him, Gird up thy
opened the delet and fled.
|11| Then Yehu came forth to
the avadim adonav: and one
Thus saith HaMelech, Is it
shalom? And Yehu said, What
hast thou to do with shalom?
loins, and take this jar of said unto him, Is all shalom Fall in behind me. And the
shemen in thine yad, and go (well)? Why came this tzofeh told, saying, The
to Ramot Gilàd: meshuga (crazy fellow) to malach reached them, but
|2| And when thou comest thee? And he said unto them, he cometh not back.
there, look there for Yehu Ben Ye know the ish and his |19| Then he sent out a
Yehoshaphat Ben Nimshi, and babble. second on sus, which came to
go in, and make him arise up |12| And they said, It is them, and said, Thus saith
from among his achim, and sheker; tell us now. And he HaMelech, Is it shalom? And
take him to a cheder said, Thus and thus spoke he Yehu answered, What hast
becheder (an inner room); to me, saying, Thus saith thou to do with shalom? Fall
|3| Then take the jar of Hashem, Meshachticha (I in behind me.
shemen, and pour it on his anoint thee) Melech over |20| And the tzofeh reported,
rosh, and say, Thus saith Yisroel. saying, He reached them, and
Hashem, Meshachticha (I |13| Then they hasted, and cometh not back: and the
anoint thee) Melech over took every ish his beged, and driving is like the driving of
Yisroel. Then open the spread it under him on the top Yehu Ben Nimshi; for he
delet, flee; tarry not. of the ma'alot (stairs), and driveth beshiga'on (like a
|4| So the na'ar, even the blew the shofar, saying, Yehu meshuga, recklessly).
na'ar hanavi, went to Ramot is Melech.
Gilàd.
|21| And Yehoram said, |28| And his avadim carried And Ach'av had
Harnasses ready! And his
merkavah was harnessed. And
Yehoram Melech Yisroel and
him in a merkavah to
Yerushalayim and buried him
in his kever with his avot in Ir
10 seventy banim in
Shomron. And
Yehu wrote sefarim (letters),
Achazyahu Melech Yehudah Dovid. and sent to Shomron, unto the
went out, each in his |29| And in the eleventh year sarim of Yizre'el, to the
merkavah, and they went out of Yoram Ben Ach'av began zekenim, and to the omenim
against Yehu, and met him in Achazyahu to reign as Melech Ach'av, saying,
the chelek of Navot over Yehudah. |2| Now as soon as this sefer
HaYizre'eli. |30| And when Yehu was cometh to you, seeing your
|22| And it came to pass, come to Yizre'el, Izevel heard adon's banim are with you,
when Yehoram saw Yehu, that of it; and she painted her eyes, and there are with you
he said, Is it shalom, Yehu? and adorned her rosh, and merkavot and susim, a
And he answered, What looked out at a chalon. fortified city also, and neshek
shalom, so long as the |31| And as Yehu entered in (weapons);
zenunei immecha Izevel at the sha'ar, she said, Did |3| Look even out the tov
(harlotries of your mother Zimri have shalom, who (best) and yashar of your
Jezebel) and her kheshafim slaughtered his adon? adon's banim, and set him on
(witchcrafts) are so many? |32| And he lifted up his face kisse aviv, and fight for the
|23| And Yehoram turned his to the chalon, and said, Who Bais adoneichem.
hands, and fled, and said to is on my side? Who? And |4| But they were exceedingly
Achazyahu, Mirmah (deceit, there looked out to him two or afraid, and said, Hinei, two
treachery!), O Achazyahu. three sarisim. melachim [See 2Kgs 9:24, 27]
|24| And Yehu drew his |33| And he said, Throw her stood not before him; how
keshet, and struck Yehoram down. So they threw her down; then shall we stand?
between the shoulders, and and some of her dahm |5| And he that was over the
the khetz (arrow) went out at spattered on the wall, and on Bais (Palace), and he that was
his lev, and he sunk down in the susim; and he trampled over the Ir, the zekenim also,
his merkavah. her under foot. and the omenim (guardians
|25| Then said Yehu to |34| And when he went in, he [of the royal family]), sent to
Bidkar his shalishoh, Take did eat and drink, and said, Yehu, saying, We are thy
[him] up, and cast him in the Go, see now this arurah avadim, and will do all that
chelek of the sadeh of Navot (cursed woman), and bury her; thou shalt bid us; we will not
HaYizre'eli; for remember how for she is a Bat Melech. appoint any melech; do thou
that, when I and thou rode |35| And they went to bury that which is tov in thine eyes.
together after Ach'av Aviv, her; but they found no more of |6| Then he wrote a sefer
Hashem laid this massa her than the gulgolet (skull), (letter) the second time to
(prophetic burden) upon him; and the raglayim (feet), and them, saying, If ye be mine,
|26| Surely I have seen the kappot (palms) of her and if ye will pay heed unto
yesterday the dahm of Navot, yadayim. my voice, take ye the rashei
and the dahm of his banim, |36| Therefore, they came anshei bnei adoneichem (the
saith Hashem; and I will back, and told him. And he heads of the male children of
requite thee in this chelek, said, This is the Devar your master), and come to me
saith Hashem. Now therefore Hashem, which He spoke by to Yizre'el by tomorrow this
take and cast him into the His eved Eliyahu HaTishbi, time. Now the Bnei HaMelech,
chelek, according to the saying, In the chelek Yizre'el being seventy persons, were
Devar Hashem. shall kelavim (dogs) eat the with the Gedolim of the Ir,
|27| But when Achazyahu basar Izevel; who were rearing them.
Melech Yehudah saw this, he |37| And the nevelah of Izevel |7| And it came to pass, when
fled by the derech (way) Bais shall be as dung upon the face the sefer came to them, that
HaGan. And Yehu pursued of the sadeh in the chelek they took the Bnei HaMelech,
after him, and shouted, Strike Yizre'el; so that no one will be and slaughtered seventy
him down also in the able to say, This is Izevel. persons and put their heads in
merkavah. And they did so on dudim (baskets) and sent him
the way up to Gur, which is by them to Yizre’el.
Yivle'am. And he escaped to
Megiddo, and died there.
|8| And there came a malach, lev is with thy lev? And the ovdei HaBa'al, Search, and
and told him, saying, They Yehonadav answered, It is. If look that there be here with
have brought the rashei Bnei it be, give me thine yad. And you none of the avadim of
HaMelech. And he said, Lay he gave him his yad; and he Hashem, but the ovdei
ye them in two tziburim took him up to him into the HaBa'al only.
(heaps, piles) at the petach of merkavah. |24| And when they went in
the sha'ar until the boker. |16| And he said, Come with to offer zevakhim and olot,
|9| And it came to pass in the me, and see my kina (zeal) for Yehu appointed fourscore ish
boker, that he went out, and Hashem. So they had him ride outside, and said, If any of the
stood, and said to kol haAm, in his merkavah. anashim whom I have brought
Ye be tzaddikim; hinei, I |17| And when he came to into your hands escape, he
fomented a kesher against Shomron, he slaughtered all that letteth him go, his nefesh
adoni (my master), and that remained unto Ach'av in shall be for the nefesh of him.
slaughtered him; but who Shomron, till he had |25| And it came to pass, as
slaughtered all these? destroyed him, according to soon as he had made an end
|10| Know now that nothing the Devar Hashem, which He of offering the olah (burnt
shall fall [unfulfilled] unto spoke to Eliyahu. offering), that Yehu said to the
ha'aretz of the Devar Hashem, |18| And Yehu gathered kol guard and to the shalishim
which Hashem spoke against HaAm together, and said unto (officers), Go in, and slay
the Bais Ach'av; for Hashem them, Ach'av served Ba'al a them; let none come forth.
hath done that which He little; but Yehu shall serve him And they cut them down with
spoke by His eved Eliyahu much. the edge of the cherev; and the
[See 1 Kgs 21:17-24]. |19| Now therefore summon guard and the shalishim cast
|11| So Yehu slaughtered all unto me all the nevi'im of them out, and went to the Ir of
that remained of the Bais Ba’al, all his avadim, and all the bais of Ba'al.
Ach'av in Yizre'el, and all his his kohanim; let none be |26| And they brought forth
Gedolim, and his wanting; for I have a zevach the matzevot out of the bais of
acquaintances, and his gadol to do to Ba’al; Baal, and burned them.
kohanim, until he left him no whosoever shall be wanting, |27| And they demolished the
sarid (remnant survivor). he shall not live. But Yehu did matzevot HaBa'al, and broke
|12| And he arose and it be'akbah (in cunning, in down the bais of Baal, and
departed, and came to deception), to the intent that made it mokharot (latrines)
Shomron. And as he was at he might destroy the ovdei unto this day.
the shearing house for the HaBa'al (worshippers of |28| Thus Yehu destroyed
ro'im (shepherds) baderech (on Ba'al). Ba'al out of Yisroel.
the road), |20| Yehu said, Proclaim an |29| Howbeit from the sins of
|13| Yehu met with the achei atzeret (a solemn assembly) Yarovàm Ben Nevat, who
Achazyahu Melech Yehudah, for Ba'al. They proclaimed it. caused Yisroel to commit sin,
and said, Who are ye? And |21| And Yehu sent through Yehu departed not from after
they answered, We are the kol Yisroel; and kol ovdei them, even, the eglei hazahav
achei Achazyahu; and we go HaBa'al (all the worshippers that were in Beit-El, and that
down to give shalom greeting of Ba'al) came, so that there were in Dan.
to the Bnei HaMelech and the was not an ish left that came |30| And Hashem said unto
Bnei HaGevirah. not. And they came into the Yehu, Because thou hast done
|14| And he said, Take them bais of Ba’al; and the bais of well in executing that which is
chayyim (alive). And they took Ba’al was full from end yashar in Mine eyes, and hast
them chayyim, and executed to end. done unto the bais of Ach'av
them at the bor (pit) of |22| And he said unto him according to all that was in
the shearing house, even 42 that was over the meltachah Mine lev, thy banim of the
ish; neither left he any (wardrobe), Bring forth levush fourth generation shall
remnant of them. (robe) for all the ovdei sit on the kisse Yisroel.
|15| And when he was HaBa'al. And he brought them |31| Yet Yehu was not shomer
departed from there, he met forth the malbush to follow the Torat Hashem
Yehonadav Ben Rechav (vestments, religious robes). Elohei Yisroel with all his lev;
approaching to meet him; and |23| And Yehu went, and for he departed not from the
he saluted him, and said to Yehonadav Ben Rechav, into chattot Yarovàm which he
him, Is thine lev yashar, as my the bais Ba'al, and said unto caused Yisroel to commit sin.
|32| In those days Hashem |5| And he commanded them, |13| And when Atalyah heard
began to cut Yisroel down to saying, This is the thing that the noise of the ones guarding
size; and Chazael struck them ye shall do; a third part of you HaAm, she came to HaAm in
down in all the territory of that come on duty on Shabbos the Beis Hashem.
Yisroel; shall even be Shomrei |14| And when she looked,
|33| From Yarden eastward, Mishmeret Bais HaMelech hinei, HaMelech stood at
all Eretz Gilàd, the Gadi, and (Guards on duty at the Royal HaAmmud (the Pillar)
the Reuveni, and the Menashi, Palace); according to mishpat, and the
from Aroer, which is by the |6| And a third part shall be sarim and the chatzotzerot
Arnon Valley, even Gilàd and at the Sha'ar Sur; and a third (trumpets) beside HaMelech,
Bashan. part at the Sha'ar behind the and kol Am HaAretz were
|34| Now the rest of the acts ones guarding: so shall ye keep samei'ach (rejoicing) and
of Yehu, and all that he did, shomer the mishmeret HaBais blowing chatzotzerot; and
and all his gevurah, are they for defense. Atalyah tore her robes, and
not written in the Sefer |7| And two companies of all cried, Kesher, kesher!
Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei you that go off duty on (conspiracy, treason!)
Yisroel? Shabbos, even they shall keep |15| But Yehoyada HaKohen
|35| And Yehu slept with his shomer the mishmeret Beis ordered the commanders of
avot; and they buried him in Hashem for HaMelech. hundreds, the officers of the
Shomron. And Yehoachaz bno |8| And ye shall surround force, and said unto them,
reigned as melech in his HaMelech round about, every Bring her between the sedorot
place. ish with his weapons in his (ranks); and him that
|36| And the days that Yehu yad; and he that cometh followeth her kill with the
reigned as melech over Yisroel within the sederot (ranks), let cherev. For the Kohen had
in Shomron: 28 shanah. him be slain; and be ye with said, Let her not be slain in
And when Atalyah HaMelech when he goeth out the Beis Hashem.
11 em Achazyahu saw
that her ben was
dead, she arose and destroyed
and when he cometh in.
|9| And the commanders of
hundreds did according to all
|16| And they laid hands on
her; and she was come to the
derech of the entrance
kol zera hamamlachah. things that Yehoyada HaSusim [by] the Bais
|2| But Yehosheva Bat HaKohen commanded; and HaMelech and there was she
HaMelech Yoram, achot they took every ish his slain.
Achazyahu, took Yoash ben anashim that were on duty on |17| And Yehoyada made a
Achazyahu, and stole him Shabbos, with them that Brit between Hashem and
from among the Bnei should go off duty on HaMelech and HaAm, that
HaMelech which were being Shabbos, and came to they should be the Am
slain; and they hid him, even Yehoyada HaKohen. Hashem; and between
him and his nurse, in the |10| And to the commanders HaMelech and HaAm.
cheder hamittot (bedroom) of hundreds did the Kohen |18| And kol HaAm HaAretz
from Atalyah, so that he was give the spears and shields of went into the bais Ba'al, and
not slain. Dovid HaMelech, that were in tore it down; its mizbechot
|3| And he was with her hid the Beis Hashem. and its tzelem they thoroughly
in the Beis Hashem shesh |11| And the ones guarding broke in pieces, and
shanim. And Atalyah did stood, every ish with his slaughtered Mattan kohen
reign over HaAretz. weapons in his yad, round HaBaal in front of the
|4| And the seventh year about HaMelech, from the mizbechot. And [Yehoyada]
Yehoyada sent and got the right side of the Beis to the left HaKohen assigned the
commanders of hundreds, side of the Beis, near the Pekudot (Oversight) over the
with the Kereti and [Peleti] Mizbe'ach and the Beis. Beis Hashem.
bodyguard [of HaMelech] |12| And he brought forth the |19| And he took the
and brought them to him into Ben HaMelech, and put the commanders of hundreds, and
the Beis Hashem, and made a nezer (crown) upon him, and the Kereti and [Peleti]
Brit with them, and put them gave him the Edut; and they bodyguard [of HaMelech], and
under oath in the Beis proclaimed him Melech, and kol Am HaAretz; and they
Hashem, and showed them anointed him; and they brought down HaMelech from
the Ben HaMelech. clapped their hands, and said, the Beis Hashem,
Yechi HaMelech!
and came by the derech Sha'ar them, Why repair ye not the |14(15)| But they gave that
HaRatzim to the Bais breaches of the Bais money to the osei hamelachah
HaMelech. And he sat on the [Hamikdash]? Now therefore (workmen), and repaired
kisse hamelachim. receive no more kesef (silver, therewith the Bais Hashem.
|20| And kol Am HaAretz money) of your donors, but |15(16)| Moreover they
rejoiced, and the Ir was hand it over for the breaches audited not the anashim, into
sheket; and they slaughtered of the Bais. whose yad they delivered the
Atalyah with the cherev in the |8(9)| And the Kohanim kesef to be bestowed on the
Bais HaMelech. consented to receive no more osei hamelachah (workmen);
|21(12:1)| Shivah shanim was kesef of HaAm; also not to for they dealt be'emunah
the age of Yehoash when he repair the breaches of the (faithfully, honestly).
began to reign. Bais. |16(17)| The kesef asham
In the seventh year |9(10)| But Yehoyada (money from the guilt
12 of Yehu, Yehoash
(Yoash) began to
reign; and arba'im shanah he
HaKohen took aron echad (a
pishkeh), and bored a hole in
the lid of it, and placed it
offerings) and the kesef
chatta'ot (money from the sin
offerings) was not brought into
reigned in Yerushalayim. And beside the Mizbe'ach, on the the Bais Hashem; it belonged
shem immo was Tzivyah of right side as one cometh into to the Kohanim.
Beer Sheva. the Bais Hashem; and the |17(18)| Then Chazael
|2(3)| And Yehoash did that Kohanim that were Shomrei Melech Aram (Syria) went up,
which was yashar in the sight HaSaf (Guards of the and fought against Gat, and
of Hashem all his days Threshold) put therein kol captured it; and Chazael set
wherein Yehoyada HaKohen hakesef that was brought into his face to go up against
instructed him. the Bais Hashem. Yerushalayim.
|3(4)| But the high places |10(11)| And it was so, when |18(19)| And Yehoash Melech
were not removed; HaAm still they saw that there was much Yehudah took all the
sacrificed and burned ketoret kesef in the aron, that the kadashim that Yehoshaphat,
at the high places. Sofer HaMelech and the and Yehoram, and
|4(5)| And Yehoash said to Kohen HaGadol came up, and Achazyahu, his avot,
the Kohanim, All the kesef of they put up in bags, and Melachim of Yehudah, had
the kadashim (money offered counted the kesef that was dedicated, and his own
as holy donations) that is found in the Bais Hashem. kadashim, and all the zahav
brought into the Bais Hashem, |11(12)| And they gave the that was found in the otzarot
even the kesef of every one kesef that was weighed out of the Bais Hashem, and in
numbered in the census into the hands of the osei the Bais HaMelech, and sent
[Ex.30:11-16], the kesef hamelachah (workmen) who them to Chazael Melech
nafshot of each one's were hamepekadim (the Aram; and he withdrew from
valuation (Lev.27:1-8), and all overseers, supervisors) of the Yerushalayim.
the kesef that cometh from lev Bais Hashem; and they made |19(20)| And the rest of the
ish to bring into the Bais the outlay to the woodworkers acts of Yoash, and all that he
Hashem, and the bonim (builders) that did, are they not written in the
|5(6)| Let the Kohanim wrought upon the Bais Sefer of the Divrei HaYamim
receive [kesef, money] to them, Hashem, L'Malchei Yehudah?
every Kohen from his donors; |12(13)| And to masons, and |20(21)| And his avadim
and let the Kohanim repair stonecutters, and to buy arose, and made a kesher
the breaches of the Bais timber and quarried stone to (conspiracy), and assassinated
[Hamikdash], wheresoever any repair the breaches of the Bais Yoash in the Bais Millo, on the
damage shall be found. Hashem, and for all the outlay way down to Silla.
|6(7)| But it was so, that in for the Bais [Hashem] to |21(22)| For Yozachar ben
the three and twentieth year of repair it. Shim'at, and Yehozavad ben
Melech Yehoash, the Kohanim |13(14)| However, for the Bais Shomer, his avadim, struck
had not repaired the breaches Hashem no silver bowls, lamp him down that he died; and
of the Bais [Hamikdash]. snuffers, tzotzerot (trumpets), they buried him with his avot
|7(8)| Then Melech Yehoash vessels of gold or silver, none in Ir Dovid; and Amatzyah
summoned Yehoyada of these were acquired from bno reigned in his place.
HaKohen, and the other the money that was brought
Kohanim, and said unto into the Bais Hashem.
In the three and buried him in Shomron; and |18| And he said, Take the
13 twentieth shanah
(year) of Yoash Ben
Achazyahu Melech Yehudah,
Yoash bno reigned as Melech
in his place.
|10| In the 37th shanah of
khitzim (arrows). And he took
them. And he said unto
Melech Yisroel, Strike the
Yehoachaz Ben Yehu began Yoash Melech Yehudah began ground. And he struck shalosh
to reign as melech over Yisroel Yehoash Ben Yehoachaz to pe'amim (three times) and
in Shomron, and reigned reign as Melech over Yisroel in stopped.
seventeen shanah. Shomron, and reigned as |19| And the Ish HaElohim
|2| And he did that which was Melech 16 shanah. was in wrath with him, and
rah before the eyes of |11| And he did that which said, Thou shouldest have
Hashem, and followed after was rah before the eyes of struck chamesh or shesh
the chattot of Yarovàm Ben Hashem; he departed not pe'amim; then hadst thou
Nevat, which he caused from all the chattot Yarovàm struck down Aram till thou
Yisroel to sin; he departed not Ben Nevat, who caused Yisroel hadst completely destroy-
therefrom. to commit sin; but he walked ed it; whereas now thou shalt
|3| And the af Hashem (anger therein. defeat Aram but 3 pe'amim.
of Hashem) was kindled |12| And the rest of the acts |20| And Elishah died, and
against Yisroel, and He of Yoash, and all that he did, they buried him. And the
delivered them into the yad and his gevurah wherewith he raiding parties of Mo'av would
Chazael Melech Aram (Syria), warred against Amatzyah invade the land at the
and into the yad Ben-Hadad (Amaziah) Melech Yehudah, beginning of the shanah.
Ben Chazael, all their yamim. are they not written in the |21| And it came to pass, as
|4| And Yehoachaz besought Sefer Divrei HaYamim they were burying an ish, that,
Hashem, and Hashem paid L'Malkhei Yisroel? hinei, they spotted a raiding
heed unto him; for He saw the |13| And Yoash slept with his party; and they cast the ish
lakhatz (oppression) of Yisroel, avot; and Yarovàm sat upon into the kever of Elishah; and
because Melech Aram (Syria) his kisse: and Yoash was when the ish was let down,
oppressed them-- buried in Shomron with the and touched the atzmot of
|5|And Hashem gave Yisroel Malkhei Yisroel. Elishah, he revived, and stood
a moshia (savior), so that |14| Now Elishah was fallen up alive on his raglayim.
they went out from under the ill of his illness whereof he |22| But Chazael Melech
yad Aram; and the Bnei would die. And Yoash Melech Aram oppressed Yisroel all
Yisroel dwelt in their ohalim, Yisroel came down unto him, days of Yehoachaz.
as formerly. and wept over his face, and |23| And Hashem was
|6| Nevertheless they said, O Avi, Avi, the merkavah gracious unto them, and had
departed not from the chattot of Yisroel, and the parashim rachamim on them, and
of the Bais Yarovàm, who thereof. showed regard unto them,
made Yisroel sin, but walked |15| And Elishah said unto because of His brit (covenant)
therein; and also there him, Take keshet and khitzim. with Avraham, Yitzchak, and
remained standing the And he took unto him keshet Ya'akov, and would not
Asherah in Shomron-- and khitzim. destroy them, neither cast He
|7| For he [Melech Aram] did |16| And he said to Melech them from His presence up to
leave of the army to Yisroel, Place thine yad upon now.
Yehoachaz but 50 parashim, the keshet. And he put his yad |24| So Chazael Melech Aram
and 10 merkavot, and 10,000 upon it; and Elishah put his died; and Ben-Hadad bno
foot soldiers; for Melech Aram hands upon the hands of reigned as melech in his place.
had destroyed them, and had HaMelech. |25| And Yehoash Ben
made them like the aphar for |17| And he said, Open the Yehoachaz returned and
trampling. east chalon. And he opened recaptured out of the yad of
|8| Now the rest of the acts it. Then Elishah said, Shoot. Ben-Hadad Ben Chazael the
of Yehoachaz, and all that he And he shot. And he said, The towns, which he [Ben-Hadad]
did, and his gevurah, are they khetz (arrow) of the teshuah had taken out of the yad of
not written in the Sefer Divrei (salvation) unto Hashem, and Yehoachaz aviv by milchamah
HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel? the khetz of teshuah against (war). Shalosh times did Yoash
|9| And Yehoachaz slept Aram; for thou shalt strike defeat him, and recovered the
with his avot; and they down Aram at Aphek, unto towns of Yisroel.
complete destruction.
In the second year thy bat to beni as isha; and |18| And the rest of the acts
14 of Yoash Ben
Yehoachaz Melech
Yisroel reigned Amatzyahu
there passed by a wild beast
that was in Levanon, and
trampled down the thistle.
of Amatzyah, are they not writ-
ten in the Sefer Divrei
HaYimim L'Malkhei Yehudah?
Ben Yoash Melech Yehudah. |10| Thou hast indeed struck |19| Now they plotted kesher
|2| He was twenty and five down Edom, and thine lev against him in Yerushalayim;
years old when he began to hath lifted thee up; let thy he fled to Lachish; but they
reign as melech, and reigned honor save face, and tarry at sent after him to Lachish, and
twenty and nine shanah in home; for why shouldest thou assassinated him there.
Yerushalayim. And shem ask for ra'ah, that thou |20| And they brought him
immo was Yehoaddin from shouldest fall, even thou, and back on susim; and he was
Yerushalayim. Yehudah with thee? buried at Yerushalayim with
|3| And he did that which was |11| But Amatzyah would not his avot in Ir Dovid.
yashar in the eyes of Hashem, listen. Therefore Yehoash |21| And kol Am Yehudah
yet not like Dovid aviv; he did Melechm Yisroel went up; and took Azaryah, who was 16
according to all things as he and Amatzyah Melech years old, and made him
Yoash aviv did. Yehudah faced off at Beit Melech in the place of aviv
|4| Howbeit the [idolatrous] Shemesh, which belongeth to Amatzyah.
high places were not taken Yehudah. |22| He rebuilt Eilat, restored
away; as yet HaAm did offer |12| And Yehudah went down it to Yehudah; after that
zevakhim and burn ketoret on in defeat before Yisroel; and HaMelech slept with his avot.
the high places. they fled every ish to his ohel. |23| In the 15th year of
|5| And it came to pass, as |13| And Yehoash Melech Amatzyah Ben Yoash Melech
soon as the mamlakhah was Yisroel took captive Amatzyah Yehudah, Yarovàm Ben
chazakah in his yad, that he Melech Yehudah Ben Yehoash Yoash Melech Yisroel began to
executed his avadim which Ben Achazyahu at Beit reign as Melech in Shomron,
had slain HaMelech aviv Shemesh, came to and reigned 41 shanah.
[Yoash, See 2Kgs 12:20-21]. Yerushalayim, broke down the |24| And he did that which
|6| But the banim of the chomat Yerushalayim from was rah in the eyes of
makkim (assassins, murderers) the Sha'ar Ephrayim unto the Hashem; he departed not
he slaughtered not; according Sha'ar HaPinnah--400 cubits. from all the chattot Yarovàm
unto that which is written in |14| And he took all the Ben Nevat, who caused Yisroel
the Sefer Torat Moshe, zahav and kesef, and all the to commit sin.
wherein Hashem commanded, kelim (vessels) that were found |25| He restored the bound-
saying, The avot shall not be in the Beis Hashem, and in ary of Yisroel from the en-
put to death for the banim, the otzarot of the Bais trance of Chamat unto the
nor the banim be put to death HaMelech, and Bnei yam of the Aravah, according
for the avot; but every ish shall HaTa'aruvot (Sons of the to the Devar Hashem Elohei
be put to death for his own Hostages), and returned to Yisroel, which He spoke by the
chet (sin) [Dt. 24:16]. Shomron. yad of His Eved HaNavi
|7| He struck down Edom in |15| Now the rest of the acts Yonah Ben Amittai, who was
the Gey HaMelach 10,000, of Yehoash which he did, and of Gat HaChefer.
and took Selah [Petra] in his gevurah, and how he |26| For Hashem saw the oni
milchamah (battle), and called warred against Amatzyah Yisroel, that it was mar me'od
the shem of it Yokte'el unto Melech Yehudah, are they not (very bitter) for there was
this day. written in the Sefer Divrei neither atzur (slave) nor azuv
|8| Then Amatzyah sent HaYamim LMalkhei Yisroel? (free), no ozer (helper) at all
malachim to Yehoash Ben |16| And Yehoash slept with for Yisroel.
Yehoachaz Ben Yehu Melech his avot, and was buried in |27| And Hashem had not
Yisroel, saying, Come, let us Shomron with the Malkhei said that He would blot out
face off [in war]. Yisroel; and Yarovàm bno the shem of Yisroel from
|9| And Yehoash Melech reigned in his place. under Shomayim; but He
Yisroel sent to Amatzyah |17| Amatzyah Ben Yoash saved them by the yad
Melech Yehudah, saying, The Melech Yehudah lived after Yarovàm Ben Yoash.
thistle that was in Levanon the mot Yehoash Ben Yehoa-
sent to the erez (cedar) that chaz Melech Yisroel 15
was in Levanon, saying, Give shanah.
|28| Now the rest of the acts Yisroel in Shomron six and reigned ten shanim in
of Yarovàm, and all that he months. Shomron.
did, and his gevurah, how he |9| And he did that which was |18| And he did that which
warred, and how he won back rah in the eyes of Hashem, was rah in the eyes of
Damascus and Chamat from just as his avot had done; he Hashem; he departed not all
Yehudah for Yisroel, are they departed not from the his yamim from the chattot
not written in the Sefer Divrei chattot Yarovàm Ben Nevat, Yarovàm Ben Nevat, who
HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel? who caused Yisroel to commit caused Yisroel to commit sin.
|29| And Yarovàm slept with sin. |19| And Pul Melech Ashur
his avot, even with the |10| And Shallum Ben Yavesh (Assyria) came against
malkhei Yisroel; and plotted a kesher against him, HaAretz and Menahem gave
Zecharyah bno reigned as and attacked him in front of Pul a thousand talents of
Melech in his place. the people, and assassinated kesef, that his yad might be
In the 27th shanah him, and reigned as melech in with him [supporting
15 of Yarovàm
Melech Yisroel
began Azaryah Ben Amatzyah
his place.
|11| And the rest of the acts
of Zecharyah, behold, they are
Menahem} to make the
Mamlakhah chazakah in his
yad.
Melech Yehudah to reign as written in the Sefer Divrei |20| And Menahem exacted
melech. HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel. the kesef from Yisroel, even of
|2| 16 years old was he when |12| This was the Devar all the wealthy Gibborim, of
he began to reign as melech, Hashem which He spoke unto each man fifty shekels of
and he reigned 52 shanah in Yehu, saying, Thy banim shall kesef, to give to Melech Ashur.
Yerushalayim. And shem sit on the kisse Yisroel unto So Melech Ashur withdrew
immo was Yecholyahu of the fourth generation. And so and stayed not there in
Yerushalayim. it came to pass [2Kgs 10:30]. HaAretz.
|3| And he did that which was |13| Shallum Ben Yavesh |21| And the rest of the acts
yashar in the eyes of Hashem, began to reign as melech in of Menahem, and all that he
according to all that the nine and thirtieth year of did, are they not written in the
Amatzyah aviv had done; Uziyah Melech Yehudah; and Sefer Divrei HaYamim
|4| However the [idolatrous] he reigned for one month in L'Malkhei Yisroel?
high places were not removed; Shomron. |22| And Menahem slept with
the people offered zevakhim |14| For Menahem Ben Gadi his avot; and Pekachyah bno
and burned ketoret still on went up from Tirtzah, and reigned as melech in his place.
the[idolatrous] high places. came to Shomron, and |23| In the fiftieth year of
|5| And Hashem plagued attacked Shallum Ben Yavesh Azaryah Melech Yehudah,
HaMelech, so that he was in Shomron, and assassinated Pekachyah Ben Menahem
metzorah unto his yom mot, him, and reigned as melech in began to reign as melech over
and dwelt in a bais his place. Yisroel in Shomron, and
hachafeshit (separate house, |15| And the rest of the acts reigned two shanim.
leper asylum house). And of Shallum, and his kesher he |24| And he did that which
Yotam Ben HaMelech was plotted, behold, they are was rah in the eyes of
over the Bais (Palace), shofet written in the Sefer Divrei Hashem; he departed not
(governing) the Am HaAretz. HaYamim L'Malkhei Yisroel. from the chattot Yarovàm
|6| And the rest of the acts of |16| Then from Tirtzah Ben Nevat, who caused Yisroel
Azaryah, and all that he did, Menahem attacked Tiphsach, to commit sin.
are they not written in the and all that were therein, and |25| But Pekach Ben
Sefer Divrei HaYamim the surrounding area; because Remalyah, his officer, plotted
L'Malkhei Yehudah? they opened not to him, a kesher against him, and
|7| So Azaryah slept with his therefore he sacked it; and all assassinated him in Shomron,
avot; and they buried him the women therein that were in the armon Bais Melech
with his avot in Ir Dovid; with child he ripped open. (citadel of the palace of the
Yotam bno reigned in his |17| In the nine and king), with Argov and Aryeh,
place. thirtieth year of Azaryah and with him chamishim ish
|8| In the 38th year of Melech Yehudah (fifty men) of the Bnei
Azaryah Melech Yehudah did began Menahem Ben Gadi to Gil'adim; and he killed him,
Zecharyah Ben Yarovàm reign as melech over Yisroel, and reigned as melech in his
reign as melech over place.
|26| And the rest of the acts the people offered zevakhim |7| So Achaz sent malachim
of Pekachyah, and all that he and burned ketoret still to Tiglat Pileser Melech Ashur
did, behold, they are written in the high places. He rebuilt (Assyria), saying, I am thy eved
in the Sefer Divrei HaYamim the Sha'ar Beis Hashem and thy ben (son, vassal);
L'Malkhei Yisroel. HaElyon. come up, and save me out of
|27| In the two and fiftieth |36| Now the rest of the acts the hand of Melech Aram, and
year of Azaryah Melech of Yotam, and all that he did, out of the hand of Melech
Yehudah, Pekach Ben are they not written in the Yisroel, which rise up against
Remalyah began to reign as Sefer Divrei HaYamim me.
melech over Yisroel in L'Malkhei Yehudah? |8| And Achaz took the kesef
Shomron, and reigned twenty |37| In those days Hashem and zahav that was found in
shanah. began to send against the Beis Hashem, and in the
|28| And he did that which Yehudah Retzin Melech Aram, otzerot of the Bais HaMelech,
was rah in the eyes of and Pekach Ben Remalyah. and sent it for a shochad
Hashem; he departed not |38| And Yotam slept with his (bribe) to Melech Ashur.
from the chattot Yarovàm avot, and was buried with his |9| And Melech of Ashur
Ben Nevat, who caused Yisroel avot in Ir Dovid aviv; and (Assyria) paid heed unto him;
to commit sin. Achaz bno reigned as melech for Melech Ashur (Assyria)
|29| In the days of Pekach in his place. went up against Damascus,
Melech Yisroel came Tiglat In the seventeenth and captured it, and carried
Pileser Melech Ashur
(Assyria), and took Iyon, and
Abel Beit-Ma'achah, and
16 year of Pekach Ben
Remalyahu, Achaz
Ben Yotam Melech Yehudah
the people of it captive to Kir,
and slaughtered Retzin.
|10| And HaMelech Achaz
Yanoach, and Kedesh, and began to reign. went to Damascus to meet
Chatzor, and Gilàd, and the |2| 20 years old was Achaz Tiglat Pileser Melech Ashur,
Galil, all the Eretz Naphtali, when he began to reign, and and Achaz saw the mizbe'ach
and carried them away into reigned 16 shanah in that was at Damascus; and
the Golus of Assyria. Yerushalayim, and did not HaMelech Achaz sent to
|30| And Hoshea Ben Elah that which was yashar in the Uriyah HaKohen the demut
plotted a kesher against eyes of Hashem Elohav, like (likeness, sketch) of the
Pekach Ben Remalyah, Dovid Aviv. mizbe'ach, and the tavnit
attacked him, assassinated |3| But he walked in the (pattern, plan) of it, according
him, and reigned as melech in derech of the Melachim of to all the workmanship
his place, in the 20th year of Yisroel, and even made bno to thereof.
Yotam Ben Uziyah. pass through the eish, |11| And Uriyah HaKohen
|31| And the rest of the acts according to the to'avot of the built the mizbe'ach according
of Pekach, and all that he did, Goyim, whom Hashem cast to all that HaMelech Achaz
behold, they are written in the out from before the Bnei had sent from Damascus; so
Sefer Divrei HaYamim Yisroel. Uriyah HaKohen constructed
L'Malkhei Yisroel. |4| And he sacrificed and it before HaMelech Achaz
|32| In the second year of burnt ketoret in the came from Damascus.
Pekach Ben Remalyah Melech [idolatrous] high places, and |12| And when HaMelech
Yisroel began Yotam Ben on the geva'ot, and under came from Damascus,
Uziyah Melech Yehudah to every spreading tree. HaMelech saw the mizbe'ach;
reign as melech. |5| Then Retzin Melech Aram and HaMelech approached
|33| 25 old was he when he (Syria) and Pekach Ben the mizbe'ach, and went
began to reign as melech, and Remalyahu Melech Yisroel up to it.
he reigned 16 shanah in came up to Yerushalayim for |13| And he burned his olah
Yerushalayim. And shem milchamah; and they besieged and his minchah, and
immo was Yerusha Bat Achaz, but could not poured his nesekh (drink
Tzadok. overcome him. offering), and sprinkled the
|34| And he did that which |6| At that time Retzin dahm of his shelamim upon
was yashar in the eyes of Melech Aram (Syria) recovered the mizbe'ach.
Hashem; he did according to Eilat for Aram, and drove the |14| And he moved also the
all that Uziyah aviv had done. Yehudim from Eilat; and the Mizbe'ach Nechoshet, which
|35| Howbeit the [idolatrous] Edomim came to Eilat, and was before Hashem, from the
high places were not removed; dwelt there unto this day. forefront of the Beis, from
between [his] mizbe'ach and not as the malkhei Yisroel that as did the Goyim whom
the Beis Hashem, and put it were before him. Hashem drove out before
on the north side of [his] |3| Against him came up them; and wrought devarim
mizbe'ach. Shalmaneser Melech Ashur; ra'im (wicked things) to
|15| And HaMelech Achaz and Hoshea became his eved provoke Hashem to anger;
commanded Uriyah (vassal) and paid him |12| For they served the
HaKohen, saying, Upon the minchah (tribute). gillulim (idols), whereof
Mizbe'ach HaGadol burn the |4| And Melech Ashur found Hashem had said unto them,
olat haboker, and the minchat kesher in Hoshea; for he had Ye shall not do this thing.
haerev, and the olat sent malachim to So Melech |13| Yet Hashem testified
HaMelech, and his minchah, Mitzrayim, and paid no warnings against Yisroel, and
with the olat kol Am HaAretz, minchah to Melech Ashur, as against Yehudah, by all the
and their minchah, and their he had done shanah b'shanah; nevi'im, and by all the khozer
nesakhim; and sprinkle upon therefore Melech Ashur took (seers), saying, Turn ye from
it all the dahm of the olah, him in custody, and bound your derakhim hara'im and be
and all the dahm of the him in the bais keleh. shomer over My mitzvot and
zevach: but the Mizbe'ach |5| Then Melech Ashur came My chukkot, according to all
HaNechoshet shall be for me up throughout kol HaAretz, the torah which I commanded
to inquire by. and went up to Shomron, and your Avoteichem, and which I
|16| Thus did Uriyah besieged it shalosh shanim. sent to you by My avadim the
HaKohen, according to all |6| In the ninth year [722 Nevi'im.
that HaMelech Achaz B.C.E.] of Hoshea, Melech |14| Notwithstanding they
commanded. Ashur took Shomron, and would not listen, but
|17| And HaMelech Achaz carried Yisroel away to Ashur, stubbornly stiffened their
cut off the misgerot (bases [of and placed them in Chalach necks, like the neck of their
the Yam]) of the mekhonot and in Chavor by the river avot, that did not believe in
(movable stands or bases), and Gozan, and in the cities of the Hashem Eloheihem.
removed the kiyor from off Medes. |15| And they rejected His
them; and took down the Yam |7| For so it was, that the chukkot, and His brit
from off the Bakar Bnei Yisroel had sinned (covenant) that He made with
HaNechoshet that were under against Hashem Eloheihem their avot, and His edot
it, and put it upon the Who had brought them up out (testimonies, warnings) which
Martzepet Avanim. of Eretz Mitzrayim, from He testified against them; and
|18| The musakh for Shabbos under the yad of Pharaoh they followed after hevel, and
that they had built in the Beis, Melech Mitzrayim, had feared became hevel, and went after
and the outer entrance of elohim acherim, the Goyim that were all
HaMelech, he removed from |8| Walked in the chukkot of around them, concerning
the Beis Hashem because of the Goyim, whom Hashem whom Hashem had charged
Melech Ashur. cast out from before the Bnei them, that they should not do
|19| Now the rest of the acts Yisroel, and [in the chukkot] of like them.
of Achaz which he did, are the Malkhei Yisroel, which |16| And they forsook all the
they not written in the Sefer they had made up. mitzvot of Hashem
Divrei HaYamim of the |9| And the Bnei Yisroel did Eloheihem, and made them
Melachim of Yehudah? secretly those things that were massekhah, even two agalim,
|20| And Achaz slept with his not right against Hashem and made Asheirah, and
Avot, and was buried with his Eloheihem, and they built for worshiped all the Tzava
Avot in Ir Dovid; and Chizki- them [idolatrous] high places HaShomayim, and served
yahu bno reigned in his place. in all their towns, from the Ba'al.
In the twelfth year migdal of the notzerim |17| And they caused their
17 of Achaz Melech
Yehudah began
Hoshea Ben Elah to reign as
(watchmen) to the fortified
city.
|10| And they set up for them
banim and their banot to pass
through the eish, and
practiced kesamim and
melech in Shomron over matzevot and Asherim on practiced witchcraft, and sold
Yisroel nine shanim. every high hill, under every themselves to do rah in the
|2| And he did that which was lushly foliaged green tree; eyes of Hashem, to provoke
rah in the eyes of Hashem, but |11| And there they burned Him to anger.
ketoret in all the high places,
|18| Therefore Hashem was behold, they slew them, Ya'akov, whom He named
very angry with Yisroel, and because they know not the shmo Yisroel;
removed them out of His sight; mishpat Elohei HaAretz. |35| With whom Hashem had
there was none left but the |27| Then Melech Ashur cut a Brit, and commanded
shevet of Yehudah only. commanded, saying, Carry them, saying, Ye shall not fear
|19| Also Yehudah kept not back there one of the kohanim elohim acherim, nor bow
the mitzvot of Hashem whom ye brought captive from yourselves to them, nor serve
Eloheihem, but walked in the there; and let them go and them, nor offer zevakhim to
chukkot of Yisroel which they dwell there, and let him teach them;
had made up. them the mishpat Elohei |36| But Hashem, Who
|20| And Hashem rejected all HaAretz. brought you up out of Eretz
the zera Yisroel, afflicted them |28| Then one of the kohanim Mitzrayim with koach gadol
and delivered them into the whom they had carried away and a stretched out zero'a,
yad of plunderers, until He captive from Shomron came Him shall ye fear, and to Him
had cast them out of His sight. and dwelt in Beit-El, and shall ye bow down in worship,
|21| For He tore Yisroel from was moreh (teacher) to them and to Him shall ye offer
the Bais Dovid; and they made how they should fear Hashem. zevakhim.
Yarovàm Ben Nevat melech; |29| Howbeit every goy |37| And the chukkot, and the
and Yarovàm drove Yisroel (nation) made g-ds of their mishpatim, and the torah, and
from following after Hashem, own, and set them up in the the mitzvah, which He wrote
and caused them to commit a batim (houses) of the high for you, ye shall be shomer
chata'ah gedolah. places which the Shomronim over to do kol hayamim; ye
|22| For the Bnei Yisroel had made, every goy in their shall fear no elohim acherim.
walked in all the chattot towns wherein they dwelt. |38| And the Brit that I have
Yarovàm which he did; they |30| And the men of Babylon made with you ye shall not
departed not from them; made [the g-d] Sukkot Benot, forget; neither shall ye fear
|23| Until Hashem removed and the men of Kutah made elohim acherim.
Yisroel out of His sight, as He Nergal, and the men of |39| But Hashem Eloheichem
had said by all His avadim the Chamat made Ashima, ye shall fear; and He shall
Nevi'im. So was Yisroel carried |31| And the Avim made deliver you out of the yad of
away into the Golus out of Nivchaz and Tartak, and the all your oyevim.
their own adamah to Ashur Sepharvim burned their |40| Howbeit they did not pay
(Assyria) unto this day. banim in eish to Adramelech heed, but they did after their
|24| And Melech Ashur and Anammelech, the g-ds of mishpat harishon (former
brought men from Babylon, Sepharvayim. custom).
and from Kutah, and from |32| So they feared Hashem, |41| So these Goyim feared
Ava, and from Chamat, and and made for themselves of Hashem, and also served their
from Sepharvayim, and the lowest of them kohanim of peselim, both their banim,
placed them in the cities of the [idolatrous] high places, and their bnei banim; as did
Shomron in the place of Bnei which were officiating for their avot, so do they unto this
Yisroel; and they possessed them in beis habamot. day.
Shomron, and dwelt in the |33| They feared Hashem,
cities thereof. and served their own g-ds, Now it came to
|25| And so it was at the
beginning of their dwelling
there, that they feared not
after the mishpat (manner) of
the Goyim from which places
as exiles they had been carried
18 pass in the third
year of Hoshea
Ben Elah Melech Yisroel, that
Hashem; therefore Hashem away. Chizkiyah Ben Achaz
sent among them the arayot |34| Unto this day they [the Melech Yehudah began to
which killed some of them. Samaritans] do after the reign.
|26| Wherefore they spoke to mishpatim harishonim |2| Twenty and five years old
Melech Ashur, saying, The (former practices); they fear was he when he began to
Goyim which thou hast not Hashem, neither do they reign; and he reigned twenty
removed, and placed in the after their chukkot, or after and nine shanah in
cities of Shomron, know not their mishpatim, or after the Yerushalayim. Shem immo
the mishpat Elohei HaAretz; torah and mitzvah which also was Avi Bat Zecharyah.
therefore He hath sent the Hashem commanded the Bnei |3| And he did that which was
arayot among them, and, yashar in the sight of Hashem,
according to all that Dovid and would not hear them, nor |20| Thou sayest--but they are
Aviv did. do them. mere davar sfatayim (words of
|4| He removed the |13| Now in the fourteenth lips, vain words)--I have etzah
[idolatrous] high places and year of Melech Chizkiyah did (counsel) and gevurah
smashed the matzevot, and Sanecheriv Melech Ashur (strength) for the milchamah.
cut down the Asherah, and come up against all the Now on whom dost thou trust,
broke in pieces the nachash fortified cities of Yehudah, that thou rebellest against me?
nechoshet that Moshe had and captured them. |21| Now, hinei, thou trustest
made; for up to those yamim |14| And Chizkiyah Melech upon the mishenet (staff) of
the Bnei Yisroel did burn Yehudah sent to Melech Ashur this bruised reed, even upon
ketoret to it; and it was called at Lachish, saying, I have Mitzrayim, on which if a man
Nechushtan. offended; withdraw from me; lean, it will go into his yad,
|5| He trusted in Hashem that which thou demandest and pierce it; so is Pharaoh
Elohei Yisroel; so that after me will I bear. And Melech Melech Mitzrayim unto all
him was none like him among Ashur exacted from Chizkiyah that depend on him.
all the Melachim of Yehudah, Melech Yehudah three |22| But if ye say unto me, We
nor any that were before him. hundred talents of kesef and trust in Hashem Eloheinu; is
|6| For his deveykus was to thirty talents of zahav. not that He, whose high places
Hashem, he departed not |15| And Chizkiyah gave him and whose mizbechot
from following Him, but was all the kesef that was found in Chizkiyah hath taken away,
shomer over His mitzvot the Beis Hashem, and in the and hath said to Yehudah and
Hashem commanded Moshe. otzarot of the Bais HaMelech. Yerushalayim, Ye shall
|7| And Hashem was with |16| At that time did worship before this
him; he prospered Chizkiyah strip off the zahav Mizbe'ach in Yerushalayim?
whithersoever he went forth; from the daletot Heikhal |23| Therefore, now, give
he rebelled against Melech Hashem, and from the omenot pledges to adoni Melech
Ashur, and served him not. (doorposts) which Chizkiyah Ashur, and I will deliver thee
|8| He struck down the Melech Yehudah had overlaid, two thousand susim, if thou
Pelishtim, even unto Azah and gave it to Melech Ashur. be able on thy part to set
(Gaza), and the territories |17| And Melech Ashur sent riders upon them.
thereof, from the migdal Tartan and Rav Saris and Rav |24| How then wilt thou turn
notzrim to the fortified city. Shakeh from Lachish to away the face of one officer of
|9| And it came to pass in the Melech Chizkiyah with a large the least of the avadim of
fourth year of Melech army against Yerushalayim. adoni, and put thy trust in
Chizkiyah, which was the And they went up and came to Mitzrayim for chariots and for
seventh year of Hoshea Ben Yerushalayim. And when they parashim?
Elah Melech Yisroel, that were come up, they came and |25| Am I now come up
Shalmaneser Melech Ashur stood by the te'alat without Hashem against this
came up against Shomron, haberekhah haelyonah makom to destroy it? Hashem
and besieged it. (aqueduct of the Upper Pool), said to me, Go up against this
|10| And at the end of three on the highway of the Sadeh land, and destroy it.
years they captured it; even in of the Launderer. |26| Then said Elyakim Ben
the sixth year of Chizkiyah, |18| And when they had Chilkiyah, and Shevna, and
that is, in the ninth year of called to HaMelech, there Yoach, unto Rav Shakeh,
Hoshea Melech Yisroel, came out to them Elyakim Ben Speak, now, to thy avadim in
Shomron was captured. Chilkiyah, which was over the Aramit (Aramaic); for we
|11| And Melech Ashur did Bais (palace), and Shevna the understand it; and speak not
carry away Yisroel into Golus Sofer, and Yoach Ben Asaph to us in Yehudit (Hebrew) in
in Assyria, and put them in the Mazkir (secretary). the ears of the people that are
Chalach and in Chavor by the |19| And Rav Shakeh said on the chomah.
of Gozan River, and in the unto them, Speak ye now to |27| But Rav Shakeh said
cities of the Medes; Chizkiyah, Thus saith unto them, Hath adoni sent
|12| Because they obeyed not HaMelech Hagadol, Melech me to adoneicha, and to thee,
the voice of Hashem Ashur; What bitachon to speak these words? Hath he
Eloheihem, but transgressed (confidence) is this wherein not sent me to the anashim
His Brit, and all that Moshe thou trustest? which sit on the chomah,
Eved Hashem commanded,
that may eat their own dung, |37| Then came Elyakim Ben and I will cause him to fall by
and drink their own urine Chilkiyah, which was over the the cherev in his own land.
with you? Bais (palace), and Shevna the |8| So Rav Shakeh left
|28| Then Rav Shakeh stood Sofer, and Yoach Ben Asaph [Yerushalayim], and found
and cried with a kol gadol in the Mazkir (secretary), to Melech Ashur warring against
Yehudit, and spoke, saying, Chizkiyah with their Livnah; for he had heard that
Hear the word of HaMelech begadim torn, and told him he [Melech Ashur] was
Hagadol, Melech Ashur. the words of Rav Shakeh. departed from Lachish.
|29| Thus saith HaMelech, And it came to |9| And he heard concerning
Let not Chizkiyah deceive you;
for he shall not be able to save
you out of his yad;
19 pass, when
HaMelech
Chizkiyahu (Hezekiah) heard
Tirhakah Melech Cush, Hinei,
he is come forth to make war
with thee; and when he heard
|30| Neither let Chizkiyah it, that he tore his begadim, it, he sent malachim again
make you trust in Hashem, and covered himself with unto Chizkiyah, saying,
saying, Hashem will surely sackcloth, and went into the |10| Thus shall ye speak to
save us, and this city shall not Beis Hashem. Chizkiyah Melech Yehudah,
be given into the yad Melech |2| And he sent Elyakim, who saying, Let not Eloheicha, in
Ashur. was over the Bais (palace), and Whom thou trustest, deceive
|31| Pay heed not to Shevna the Sofer, and the thee, saying, Yerushalayim
Chizkiyah; for thus saith Zekenim of the Kohanim, shall not be delivered into the
HaMelech Ashur, Make a clothed with sackcloth, to yad Melech Ashur.
berakhah with me, and come HaNavi Yeshayah Ben Amotz. |11| Hinei, thou hast heard
out to me, and then eat ye |3| And they said unto him, what the melachim of Ashur
every man of his own gefen, Thus saith Chizkiyahu, have done to all lands, by
every one of his te'enah, and This day is a Yom Tzarah, and destroying them utterly; and
drink ye every one the waters of tokhechah (rebuke), and shalt thou be saved?
of his bor; ne'atzah (blasphemy, |12| Have the elohei
|32| Until I come and take sacrilege); for the banim are HaGoyim delivered them
you away to an eretz like your come to the mashber (crisis of which my avot have destroyed;
own eretz, an eretz dagan and birth), and there is as Gozan, and Charan, and
tirosh, an eretz lechem and not ko'ach to bring forth. Retzeph, and the Bnei Eden
kramim, a land of zayit |4| It may be Hashem which were in Telassar?
yitzhar and of devash, that ye Eloheicha will hear all the |13| Where is Melech
may live, and not die; and pay words of Rav Shakeh, whom Chamat, and Melech Arphad,
heed not unto Chizkiyah, Melech Ashur adonav hath and the Melech of the Ir of
when he persuadeth you, sent to reproach the Elohim Sepharvayim, Hena, and
saying, Hashem will save us. Chai; and will rebuke the Ivah?
|33| Hath any of the elohei devarim which Hashem |14| And Chizkiyah received
HaGoyim delivered at all his Eloheicha hath heard; there- the sefarim (letters) from the
land out of the yad Melech fore lift up thy tefillah for the yad hamalachim, and read it;
Ashur? she'erit that are left surviving. and Chizkiyah went up into
|34| Where are elohei Cha- |5| So the avadim of the Beis Hashem, and spread
mat, and of Arpad? Where are HaMelech Chizkiyah came to it before Hashem.
elohei Sapharvayim, Hena, Yeshayah. |15| And Chizkiyah davened
and Ivah? Have they saved |6| And Yeshayah said unto before Hashem, saying,
Shomron out of mine yad? them, Thus shall ye say unto Hashem Elohei Yisroel, that
|35| Who are they among all adoneichem, Thus saith dwellest between the keruvim,
the elohim of the lands, that Hashem, Be not afraid of the Thou art HaElohim, even
have saved their land out of words which thou hast heard, Thou alone, of kol mamlechot
mine yad, that Hashem wherewith the na'arei ha'aretz; Thou hast made
should save Yerushalayim out Melech Ashur have made Shomayim and HaAretz.
of mine yad? gidduf against Me. |16| Incline Thine ear,
|36| But the people held their |7| Hineni, I will put a ruach Hashem, and hear; open,
peace, and answered him not in him, and he shall hear a Hashem, Thine
a davar; for the mitzvat shemuah (report), and shall eyes, and see; and hear the
HaMelech was, saying, Answer return to his own land; words of Sancheriv,
him not.
which he sent to insult the have I brought it to pass, that |34| For I will defend this
Elohim Chai (Living G-d). thou shouldest be to lay waste city, to save it, for Mine Own
|17| Truly, Hashem, the fortified cities into ruinous sake, and for the sake of Dovid
melachim of Ashur have laid heaps. Avdi.
waste the Goyim and their |26| Therefore their |35| And it came to pass that
lands, inhabitants were of small night, that the Malach
|18| And have cast eloheihem power, they were dismayed Hashem went forth, and
into the eish; for they were no and put to shame; they were struck down in the Machaneh
elohim, but the ma'aseh yedei as the esev of the sadeh, and Ashur a hundred and
adam, etz and even (stone); as the green herb, as the fourscore and five elef; and
therefore they have destroyed khasir (grass) on the gagot when they arose early in the
them. (rooftops) is sun-scorched boker, hinei, they were all
|19| Now therefore, Hashem before it is grown up. pegarim mesim (dead corpses).
Eloheinu, save us from his |27| But I know thy sitting, |36| So Sancheriv Melech
yad, that kol mamlechot and thy going out, and thy Ashur departed, and went and
ha'aretz may know that Thou coming in, and thy rage returned, and dwelt in
art Hashem, even Thou only. against Me. Nineveh.
|20| Then Yeshayah Ben |28| Because thy rage against |37| And it came to pass, as
Amotz sent unto Chizkiyah, Me and thy insolence is come he was worshiping in the Bais
saying, Thus saith Hashem up into Mine ears, therefore I Nisroch elohav, that
Elohei Yisroel, Whereas thou will put My hook in thy nose, Adramelech and Saretzer his
hast davened to Me against and My Bit in thy sfatayim banim cut him down with the
Sancheriv Melech Ashur, I (lips), and I will turn thee back cherev; and they escaped into
have heard. by the derech by which thou Eretz Ararat. And Esar-
|21| This is the davar that camest. Chaddon bno reigned in his
Hashem hath spoken |29| And this shall be HaOt place.
concerning him: The Betulat (the Sign) unto thee, Ye shall In those days was
Bat Tziyon hath despised thee,
and laughed thee to scorn; the
Bat Yerushalayim hath shaken
eat this year such that growth
of itself, and the second year
that which springeth from the
20 Chizkiyahu
(Hezekiah) sick
unto mot (death). And HaNavi
her head at thee. same; and in the third year Yeshayah Ben Amotz came to
|22| Whom hast thou insulted sow ye, and reap, and plant him, and said unto him, Thus
and made gidduf against? And kramim (vineyards) and eat saith Hashem, Set thine bais
against whom hast thou raised the fruit thereof. in order; for thou shalt die,
thy voice, and lifted up thine |30| And the remnant that is and not live.
eyes marom? Even against escaped of the Bais Yehudah |2| Then he turned his face to
Kadosh Yisroel. shall yet again take shoresh the kir (wall), and davened
|23| By thy avadim hast thou (root) downward, and bear pri unto Hashem, saying,
insulted Adonoi, and hast upward. |3| Remember now, Hashem,
said, With the multitude of my |31| For out of Yerushalayim how I have walked before
chariots am I come up to shall go forth She'erit Thee in emes and with a lev
marom harim, to the heights (Remnant) and they that shalem, and have done that
of Levanon, and I will cut escape out of Mt Tziyon; the which is hatov in Thy sight.
down the tall cedars thereof, zeal of Hashem Tzva'os shall And Chikiyahu (Hezekiah)
and the choice pine trees accomplish this. wept with bekhi gadol (great
thereof; and I will enter into |32| Therefore thus saith weeping).
its most remote height, Hashem concerning Melech |4| And it came to pass,
and the ya'ar (forest) of its Ashur, He shall not come into before Yeshayah was gone out
fruitful land. this city, nor shoot khetz (an from the middle courtyard,
|24| I have dug and drunk arrow) there, nor come before that the Devar Hashem came
mayim, and with the sole of it with mogen, nor cast a siege to him, saying,
my feet have I dried up all the ramp against it. |5| Shuv (return), and say to
streams of the besieged places. |33| By the derech that he Chizkiyahu (Hezekiah) the
|25| Hast thou not heard long came, by the same shall he Nagid Ami, Thus saith
ago, how I have done it, and of return, and shall not come Hashem Elohei Dovid Avicha,
yemei kedem (days of old), into this city, saith Hashem. I have heard thy tefillah, I
that I have formed it? Now have seen thy tears;
hineni, I will heal thee; on shemen hatov, and all the Bais Menasheh was
Yom HaShelishi thou shalt go
up unto the Beis Hashem.
|6| And I will add unto thy
Keli of his, and all that was
found in his otzerot; there was
nothing in his Bais (palace),
21 twelve years old
when he began to
reign as melech, and reigned
days fifteen shanah; and I will nor in all his memshalet, that fifty and five years in
save thee and this city out of Chizkiyahu showed them not. Yerushalayim. And shem
the palm of Melech Asshur |14| Then came Yeshayah immo was Cheftzi-Vah.
(Assyria); and I will defend HaNavi unto HaMelech |2| And he did that which was
this city for Mine Own sake, Chizkiyahu, and said unto rah in the eyes of Hashem,
and for the sake of Dovid him, What said these after the to'avot of the Goyim,
Avdi. anashim? And from whence whom Hashem drove out
|7| And Yeshayah said, Take came they unto thee? And before the Bnei Yisroel.
a develet te'enim. And they Chizkiyah said, They are come |3| For he built up again the
took and laid it on the shechin from an eretz rekhokah (a far [idolatrous] high places which
(boil, inflamed spot) and he country), even from Babylon. Chizkiyah aviv had destroyed;
recovered [See Isaiah 38:21]. |15| And he said, What have and he reared up mizbechot
|8| And Chizkiyahu they seen in thine Bais for Ba'al, and made Asherah,
(Hezekiah) said unto (palace)? And Chizkiyahu as did Ach'av Melech Yisroel;
Yeshayah, What shall answered, All the things that and bowed down in worship to
be the Ot (Sign) that Hashem are in mine Bais (palace) have kol Tzava HaShomayim, and
will heal me, and that I shall they seen; there is nothing served them.
go up into the Beis Hashem on among my otzerot (treasures) |4| And he built mizbechot in
the Yom HaShelishi? that I have not showed them. the Beis Hashem, of which
|9| And Yeshayah said, This |16| And Yeshayah said unto Hashem said, In
Ot (Sign) shalt thou have from Chizkiyahu, Hear the Devar Yerushalayim will I put Shmi
Hashem, that Hashem will do Hashem. (My Name).
the thing that He hath spoken: |17| Hinei, the days come, |5| And he built mizbechot
shall the tzel (shadow) go that all that is in thine Bais, for kol Tzava HaShomayim in
forward eser ma’alot (ten and that which Avotecha have the two khatzerot (courtyards)
steps), or go backward eser laid up in store unto this day, of the Beis Hashem.
ma'alot? shall be carried into Babylon; |6| And he made bno pass
|10| And Chizkiyahu nothing shall be left, saith through the eish, and
(Hezekiah) answered, It is a Hashem. practiced sorcery, and
simple matter for the tzel to go |18| And of thy Banim that witchcraft, and dealt with
forward eser ma'alot; no, but shall issue from thee, which familiar spirits [i.e., he
let the tzel return backward thou shalt father, shall they consulted mediums] and
eser ma'alot. take away; and they shall be spiritists; he wrought much
|11| And Yeshayah HaNavi sarisim in the Heikhal Melech rah in the eyes of Hashem, to
cried out unto Hashem; and Bavel. provoke Him to anger.
He brought the tzel (shadow) |19| Then said Chizkiyahu |7| And he set a pesel
eser ma'alot backward, by unto Yeshayah, Tov is the HaAsherah he had made in
which it had gone on the Devar Hashem which thou the Beis [Hashem] of which
ma'alot Achaz (sundial of hast spoken. And he said, Is it Hashem said to Dovid, and to
Ahaz). not good, if shalom and emes Sh'lomo bno, In this Beis, and
|12| At that time Berodach be in my days? in Yerushalayim, which I
Baladan Ben Baladan Melech |20| And the rest of the acts have chosen out of all Shivtei
Bavel sent sefarim and a of Chizkiyahu, and all his Yisroel, will I put Shmi (My
minchah unto Chizkiyahu gevurah, and how he made Name) l'olam;
(Hezekiah); for he had heard HaBerekhah (the Pool) and |8| Neither will I make the
that Chizkiyahu had been ill. the Te'alah (Tunnel), and regel Yisroel move any more
|13| And Chizkiyahu brought mayim into the city, out of ha’adamah (the land)
(Hezekiah) paid heed unto are they not written in the which I gave their avot; only if
them, and showed them kol Sefer Divrei HaYamim of the they will be shomer to do
Bais Nekhotoh (Treasure Melachim of Yehudah? according to all that I have
House), the kesef, and the |21| And Chizkiyahu slept commanded them, and
zahav, and the spices, and the with his avot; and Menasheh according to all the
bno reigned in his place.
torah that avdi Moshe did, and his chattot that he Dovid Aviv, and turned not
commanded them. sinned, are they not written in aside to the yamin or smol.
|9| But they paid heed not; the Sefer Divrei HaYamim |3| And it came to pass in the
and Menasheh seduced them L'Malkhei Yehudah? 18th year of Melech Yoshiyah,
to do rah more than did the |18| And Menasheh slept with that HaMelech sent Shaphan
Goyim whom Hashem his avot, and was buried in the Ben Atzalyahu Ben
destroyed before the Bnei gan of his own Bais, in the gan Meshullam, the Sofer, to the
Yisroel. of Uzza; and Amon bno Beis Hashem, saying,
|10| And Hashem spoke by reigned as melech in his place. |4| Go up to Chilkiyahu the
His avadim the Nevi'im, |19| Amon was 22 years old Kohen HaGadol, that he may
saying, when he began to reign as count the kesef which is
|11| Because Menasheh melech, and he reigned 2 brought into the Beis Hashem,
Melech Yehudah hath done shanim in Yerushalayim. And which the Shomrei HaSaf (the
these to'avot, hath done shem immo was Meshulemet Doorkeepers) have collected of
wickedly more than all that Bat Charutz of Yotvah. the people;
HaEmori did, which were |20| And he did that which |5| And let them entrust it
before him, hath made was rah in the eyes of into the yad oseh hamelachah
Yehudah also to sin with his Hashem, just as Menasheh (hand of the master workmen),
gillulim (idols); aviv did. that have the mufkadim
|12| Therefore thus saith |21| And he walked in all the (oversight) of the Beis
Hashem Elohei Yisroel, derech that aviv walked in, Hashem; and let them pay it
Hineni, I am bringing such and served the gillulim that to the workmen that wrought
ra'ah upon Yerushalayim and aviv served, and bowed down in the Beis Hashem, to repair
Yehudah, that whosoever in worship to them; and restore HaBeis,
heareth of it, both his oznayim |22| And he forsook Hashem |6| Unto kharashim
shall tingle. Elohei Avotav, and walked not (craftsmen, artisans) and
|13| And I will stretch over in the Derech Hashem. bonim (builders) and goderim
Yerushalayim the measuring |23| And the avadim of Amon (masons), and to purchase
line of Shomron, and the plotted a kesher against him, etzim (timber) and quarried
plumbline of the Bais Ach'av; and assassinated HaMelech in stone to repair HaBeis.
and I will wipe Yerushalayim his own Bais (palace). |7| Howbeit there was no
as a man wipeth a dish, |24| And the Am HaAretz accounting made with them of
wiping it, and turning it slaughtered all them that had the kesef that was entrusted
upside down. plotted a kesher against into their yad, because they
|14| And I will forsake the HaMelech Amon; and the Am dealt be'emunah (faithfully).
She'erit of Mine nachalah, and HaAretz made Yoshiyah bno |8| And Chilkiyahu the
deliver them into the yad of Melech in his place. Kohen HaGadol said unto
their oyevim; and they shall |25| Now the rest of the acts Shaphan the Sofer, I have
become a prey and a plunder of Amon which he did, are found the Sefer HaTorah in
to all their oyevim; they not written in the Sefer the Beis Hashem. And
|15| Because they have done Divrei HaYamim L'Malkhei Chilkiyahu gave the Sefer to
that which was rah (evil) in My Yehudah? Shaphan, and he read it.
eyes, and have provoked Me to |26| And he was buried in his |9| And Shaphan the Sofer
anger, since the day their avot kever in the gan (garden) of came to HaMelech, brought
came forth out of Mitzrayim, Uzza; and Yoshiyah bno HaMelech word again, and
even unto this day. reigned as melech in his place. said, Thy avadim have
|16| Moreover Menasheh was Yoshiyah was 8 emptied out the kesef that was
guilty of much shefach dahm
of the innocent, till he had
filled Yerushalayim from one
22 years old when he
began to reign, and
he reigned 31 shanah in
found in HaBeis [HaMikdash],
and have entrusted it into the
yad osei hamelachah, that
end to another; besides his Yerushalayim. And shem have the mufkadim of the Beis
chattot wherewith he caused immo was Yedidah Bat Hashem.
Yehudah to commit sin, in Adayah of Botzkat. |10| And Shaphan the Sofer
doing that which was rah in |2| And he did that which was showed HaMelech, saying,
the eyes of Hashem. yashar in the eyes of Hashem, Chilkiyah the Kohen
|17| Now the rest of the acts and walked in kol derech hath delivered unto me a
of Menasheh, and all that he Sefer (Scroll). And Shaphan
read it before HaMelech. him, Thus saith Hashem out of the Heikhal Hashem all
|11| And it came to pass, Elohei Yisroel, As touching the the kelim that were made for
when HaMelech had heard words which thou hast heard; Ba'al, and for Asherah, and
the Divrei Sefer HaTorah, that |19| Because thine lev was for all the Tzeva
he tore his garments. tender, and thou hast HaShomayim; and he burned
|12| And HaMelech humbled thyself before them outside Yerushalayim in
commanded Chilkiyah Hashem, when thou heardest the fields of the Kidron, and
HaKohen, and Achikam what I spoke against this carried the ashes of them unto
Ben Shaphan, and Achbor place, and against the Beit-El.
Ben Michayah, and Shaphan inhabitants thereof, that they |5| And he did away with
the Sofer, and Asayah Eved should become a desolation hakemarim (the idol priests),
HaMelech, saying, and a klalah (curse), and hast whom the Melachim of
|13| Go ye, inquire of torn thy garments, and wept Yehudah had ordained to
Hashem for me, and for before Me; I also have heard burn ketoret in the high places
HaAm, and for kol Yehudah, thee, saith Hashem. in the towns of Yehudah, and
concerning the Divrei HaSefer |20| Hineni, therefore, I will in the places around
that is found; for gedolah is gather thee unto Avoteicha, Yerushalayim; them also that
chamat Hashem that is and thou shalt be gathered burned ketoret unto Ba'al, to
kindled against us, because into thy kevarot in shalom; the shemesh, and to the
Avoteinu have not paid heed and thine eyes shall not see yarei'ach, and to the mazalot
unto the Divrei HaSefer kol hara'ah which I will bring (constellations) and to all the
Hazeh, to do according unto upon this place. And they Tzeva HaShomayim.
all that which is written brought back word to |6| And he took out the
concerning us. HaMelech. Asherah from the Beis
|14| So Chilkiyahu HaKohen, And HaMelech Hashem, outside
and Achikam, and Achbor,
and Shaphan, and Asayah,
went unto Chuldah the
23 sent, and they
gathered unto him
kol Ziknei Yehudah and of
Yerushalayim, unto the
Kidron Valley, and burned it
in the Kidron Valley, and
neviah, the wife of Shallum Yerushalayim. ground it to powder, and cast
ben Tikvah, ben Charchas, |2| And HaMelech went up its aphar upon the keverim of
Shomer HaBegadim (Keeper into the Beis Hashem, and kol the Bnei HaAm [i.e., them that
of the Wardrobe); (now she ish Yehudah and all the sacrificed unto them].
dwelt in Yerushalayim in the inhabitants of Yerushalayim |7| And he tore down the
Mishneh); and they spoke with with him, and the Kohanim, batim (houses) of hakedeshim
her. and the Nevi'im, and kol (the male and female cult
|15| And she said unto them, HaAm, both katon and gadol; prostitutes) that were in the
Thus saith Hashem Elohei and he read in their ears all Beis Hashem, where the
Yisroel, Tell the ish that sent the Divrei Sefer HaBrit which nashim were weaving
you to me, was found in the Beis hangings for Asherah.
|16| Thus saith Hashem, Hashem. |8| And he brought all the
Hineni, I will bring ra'ah upon |3| And HaMelech stood by Kohanim out of the towns of
this makom (place), and upon HaAmmud, and cut HaBrit Yehudah, and made tameh
the inhabitants thereof, before Hashem, to walk after the high places where the
even kol Divrei HaSefer which Hashem, and to be shomer kohanim had burned ketoret,
Melech Yehudah hath read; mitzvot over His from Geva to Beer Sheva, and
|17| Because they have commandments and His edot broke down the high places at
forsaken Me, and have burned and His chukkot with all their the she'arim (gates) that were
ketoret unto elohim acherim, lev and all their nefesh, to at the entrance of the Sha'ar
that they might provoke Me to carry out these Divrei HaBrit Yehoshua sar Ir, which
anger with all the works of that were written in this were on one's left at the Sha'ar
their hands; therefore My Sefer. And kol HaAm stood HaIr.
wrath shall be kindled against [under oath] to HaBrit. |9| Nevertheless the kohanim
this makom (place), and shall |4| And HaMelech of the high places came not up
not be quenched. commanded Chilkiyahu to the Mizbe'ach Hashem in
|18| But to Melech Yehudah HaKohen HaGadol, and the Yerushalayim, only they did
which sent you to inquire of Kohanei HaMishneh, and the eat of the matzot among their
Hashem, thus shall ye say to Shomrei HaSaf, to bring forth achim.
|10| And he made tameh HaElohim preached, who Yehudah and in

Tophet, which is in the Gey of proclaimed these words [See Yerushalayim, did Yoshiyah
the ben Hinnom, that no ish 1Kgs 13:1-2]. put away, that he might
might make his ben or his bat |17| Then he said, What confirm the Divrei HaTorah
to pass through the eish to tziyyun (monument, which were written in the
Molech. tombtone) is that that I see? Sefer that Chilkiyah HaKohen
|11| And he took away the And the anshei HaIr told him, found in the Beis Hashem.
susim that the Melachim of It is the kever of the Ish |25| And like him was there
Yehudah had dedicated to the HaElohim, which came from no Melech before him, that
shemesh, at the entrance of Yehudah, and proclaimed turned to Hashem with all his
the Beis Hashem, by the these things that thou hast lev, and with all his nefesh,
chamber of Natan-Melech the done against the mizbe'ach of and with all his me'od
saris, which was in the Beit-El [see 1Kgs 13:1-3]. (strength), according to all the
colonnades, and set eish to |18| And he said, Let him Torat Moshe; neither after
merkevot hashemesh. alone; let no ish disturb his him arose there any like him.
|12| And the mizbechot that atzmot. So they left his atzmot |26| Notwithstanding
were on the roof of the upper undisturbed, with the atzmot Hashem turned not from the
chamber of Achaz, which the of the navi that came out of fierceness of His af hagadol
Melachim of Yehudah had Shomron [see 1Kgs 13:11,31]. (great wrath), wherewith His
made, and the mizbechot |19| And all the batim anger was kindled against
which Menasheh had made in (houses, shrines) also of the Yehudah, because of all the
the two khatzerot of the Beis high places that were in the provocations with which
Hashem, did HaMelech pull towns of Shomron, which the Menasheh had provoked him.
down, and remove them from Melachim of Yisroel had made |27| And Hashem said, I will
there, and cast the aphar of to provoke Hashem to anger, remove Yehudah also out of
them into the Kidron Valley. Yoshiyah removed, and did to My presence, as I have re-
|13| And the high places that them according to all the moved Yisroel, and will cast
were before Yerushalayim, ma'asim that he had done in off this ir Yerushalayim which
which were on the right of the Beit-El. I have chosen, and the Beis of
Har HaMashchit, which |20| And he slaughtered all which I said, Shmi sham.
Sh'lomo Melech Yisroel had the kohanim of the high |28| Now the rest of the acts
built for Ashtoret shikkutz places that were there upon of Yoshiyah, and all that he
Tzidonim, and for Kemosh the mizbechot, and burned did, are they not written in the
shikkutz Mo'av, and for atzmot adam upon them, and Sefer Divrei HaYamim of the
Milcom to'avat Bnei Ammon, returned to Yerushalayim. Melachim of Yehudah?
did HaMelech make tameh. |21| And HaMelech |29| In his days Pharaoh
|14| And he broke in pieces commanded kol HaAm, Nekhoh Melech Mitzrayim
the matzevot, and cut down saying, Make Pesach unto went up against Melech Ashur
the Asherim, and filled their Hashem Eloheichem, as it is to the river Euphrates; and
makom with the atzmot adam. written in the Sefer HaBrit Melech Yoshiyah went out
|15| Moreover the mizbe'ach HaZeh. against him; and he
that was at Beit-El, and the |22| Surely there was not kept slaughtered him at Megiddo,
high place which Yarovàm such a Pesach from the days when he saw him.
ben Nevat, who caused Yisroel of the Shofetim that judged |30| And his avadim carried
to sin, had made, both that Yisroel, nor in all the days of him in a merkavah dead from
mizbe'ach and the high place the Melachim of Yisroel, nor Megiddo, and brought him to
did he break down, burn the of the Melachim of Yehudah; Yerushalayim, and buried him
high place, did grind it to |23| But in the eighteenth in his own kever. And the Am
powder, did burn the Asherah. year of Melech Yoshiyah, HaAretz took Yehoachaz Ben
|16| And as Yoshiyah turned, wherein this Pesach was kept Yoshiyah, and anointed him,
he saw the keverim that were to Hashem in Yerushalayim. and made him Melech in
there in the har, and sent, and |24| Moreover the mediums place of Aviv.
took the atzmot out of the with familiar spirits, and the |31| Yehoachaz was twenty
keverim, and burned them yidonim (spiritists), and the and three years old when he
upon the mizbe'ach, and made terafim, and the gillulim began to reign; and he reigned
it tameh, according to the (idols), and all the shikkutzim
Devar Hashem which the Ish that were seen in Eretz
shloshah chodashim in destroy it, according to the |13| And he carried off there
Yerushalayim. And shem Devar Hashem, which He all the otzerot of the Beis
immo was Chamutal Bat spoke by His avadim the Hashem, and the otzerot of
Yirmeyahu of Livnah. Nevi'im. the Bais HaMelech, and cut in
|32| And he did that which |3| Surely at the command of pieces kol kelei hazahav which
was rah in the eyes of Hashem came this upon Sh'lomo Melech Yisroel had
Hashem, according to all that Yehudah, to remove them out made in the Heikhal Hashem,
his Avot had done. of His sight, for the chattot of as Hashem had said.
|33| And Pharaoh Nekhoh Menasheh, according to all |14| And he carried away into
put him in chains at Rivlah in that he did; the Golus all Yerushalayim,
Eretz Chamat, that he might |4| And also for the dahm and all the sarim, and all the
not reign in Yerushalayim; hanaki (innocent blood) that gibborei hachayil, even ten
and put HaAretz to an ogesh he shed; for he filled thousand Golus captives, and
(tribute, fine) of 100 talents of Yerushalayim with dahm naki; all the charash and masger
kesef, and a talent of zahav. which Hashem would not (smiths, artisans); none
|34| And Pharaoh Nekhoh pardon. remained, except the dalat am
made Elyakim Ben Yoshiyah |5| Now the rest of the acts of ha'aretz (poor people of the
Melech in the place of Y'hoyakim, and all that he did, land).
Yoshiyah Aviv, and changed are they not written in the |15| And he carried away
shmo to Y'hoyakim, and took Sefer Divrei HaYamim Y'hoyakhin to Bavel, and the
Yehoachaz away; and he went of the Melachim of Yehudah? Em HaMelech, and the
to Mitzrayim, and died there. |6| So Y'hoyakim slept with nashim of HaMelech, and his
|35| And Y'hoyakim gave the his Avot; and Y'hoyakhin bno sarisim, and the leading men
kesef and the zahav to reigned in his place. of HaAretz, those he carried
Pharaoh; but he taxed |7| And Melech Mitzrayim into the Golus from
HaAretz to give the kesef came not again any more out Yerushalayim to Babylon.
according to the order of of his land; for Melech Bavel [16 And all the anshei
Pharaoh; he exacted the kesef had taken from the Wadi hachayil, even shivat alafim,
and the zahav of the Am Mitzrayim unto Nahar and a thousand charash and
HaAretz of every one Euphrates all that belonged to masger, all that were gibborim
according to his tax Melech Mitzrayim. for making milchamah, even
assessment, to give |8| Y'hoyakhin was 18 years them Melech Bavel took into
it unto Pharaoh Nekhoh. old when he began to reign, the Golus to Babylon.
|36| Y'hoyakim was 25 years and he reigned in |17| And Melech Bavel made
old when he began to Yerushalayim 3 chodashim. Matanyah dodo (his
reign; and he reigned 11 And shem immo was [Y'hoyakhin's] uncle)
shanah in Yerushalayim. And Nechushta Bat Elnatan of Melech in his place, and
shem immo was Zevudah Bat Yerushalayim. changed shmo to Tzidkiyahu
Pedayah of Rumah. |9| And he did that which was (Zedekiah).
|37| And he did that which rah in the eyes of Hashem, |18| Tzidkiyau (Zedekiah)
was rah in the eyes of according to all that his Aviv was twenty and one shanah
Hashem, according to all that had done. when he began to reign, and
his Avot had done. |10| At that time the avadim he reigned eleven shanah in
In his yamim of Nevuchadnetzar Melech Yerushalayim. And shem
24 Nevuchadnetzar
Melech Bavel came
up, and Y'hoyakim became his
Bavel came up against
Yerushalayim, and the Ir
was besieged.
immo was Chamutal Bat
Yirmeyahu of Livnah.
|19| And he did that which
eved (servant, vassal) shalosh |11| Nevuchadnetzar Melech was rah in the eyes of
shanim; then he turned and Bavel came against the Ir, and Hashem, according to all that
rebelled against him. his avadim did besiege it. Y'hoyakim had done.
|2| And Hashem sent against |12| And Y'hoyakhin Melech |20| For through the anger of
him gedudim (soldiers of the Yehudah went out to Melech Hashem this came about in
army) of the Kasdim, and Bavel, he, and immo, and his Yerushalayim and Yehudah,
gedudim of Aram (Syria) and avadim, and his sarim, and until He cast them out from
gedudim of Mo'av and his sarisim; and Melech Bavel His presence. And Tzidkiyahu
gedudim of Bnei Ammon, and took him in the 8th year of his (Zedekiah) rebelled against
sent them against Yehudah to reign. Melech Bavel.
And it came to pass the batim (houses) of HaRosh, and Tzephanyah the
25 in the ninth year of

his reign, in the
tenth month, in the tenth day
Yerushalayim, and every bais
hagadol he burned with eish
[Tisha B’Av, see Jer 52:12].
second kohen, and the three
keepers of the door;
|19| And out of the Ir he took
of the month [see Zech 8:19], |10| And all the army of the an officer that was set over the
that Nevuchadretzar Melech Kasdim (Chaldeans), that were anshei hamilchamah, and five
Bavel came, he, and all his with the captain of the guard, men of them that were royal
army, against Yerushalayim, broke down the chomot (walls) advisers, which were found in
and encamped against it; and around Yerushalayim. the Ir, and the Sofer who was
built siege works against it |11| Now the remainder of the chief officer in charge of
round about. the people that were left in the conscripting the Am HaAretz,
|2| And HaIr remained under Ir, and the deserters that fell and threescore men of the Am
siege unto the eleventh year of away to Melech Bavel, with the HaAretz, that were found in
Melech Tzidkiyah. remnant of the multitude, did the Ir;
|3| And on the ninth day of Nevuzaradan the captain of |20| And Nevuzaradan,
the fourth month the ra'av the guard carry away. captain of the guard, took
(famine) was severe in the Ir, |12| But the captain of the these, and brought them to
and there was no lechem for guard left certain of the poor Melech Bavel to Rivlah;
the Am HaAretz. of the land to be koremim and |21| And Melech Bavel struck
|4| And the Ir was broken farmers. them, and slaughtered them at
through, and all the anshei |13| And the pillars of bronze Rivlah in Eretz Chamat. So
hamilchamah fled by lailah by that were in the Beis Hashem, Yehudah was carried away
the way of the gate between and the moveable stands, and captive out of their land.
two walls, which was near the the Yam Hanechoshet that |22| And as for the people
Gan HaMelech; (now the was in the Beis Hashem, the that remained in Eretz
Kasdim [Chaldeans] were Kasdim (Chaldeans) broke in Yehudah, whom
surrounding the Ir); and pieces, and carried all the Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel
HaMelech fled by the derech bronze to Babylon. had left behind, even over
HaArabah. |14| And the caldrons, and them he made Gedalyah ben
|5| And the army of the the shovels, and the snuffers, Achikam ben Shaphan ruler.
Kasdim pursued after and the basins and all the klei |23| And when all the officers
HaMelech, and overtook him hanechoshet wherewith they of the armies, they and their
in the plains of Yericho; and ministered, they took away. anashim, heard that Melech
all his army was separated |15| And the firepans [for Bavel had made Gedalyah
from him and scattered. incense], and the bowls, and governor, there came to
|6| So they captured such things as were made of Gedalyah to Mitzpah, even
HaMelech, and carried him zahav, and of kesef, the Yishmael ben Netanyah, and
up to Melech Bavel to Rivlah; captain of the guard carried Yochanan ben Kareach, and
and they pronounced mishpat away. Serayah ben Tanchumet the
upon him. |16| The two Ammudim, one Netophati, and Ya’azanyah
|7| And they slaughtered the Yam, and the Stands which the ben of a Ma’achati, they
Bnei Tzidkiyah before his Sh'lomo had made for the Beis and their men.
eyes, and put out the eyes of Hashem; the bronze of all |24| And Gedalyah took an
Tzidkiyah, and bound him these vessels was beyond oath to them, and to their
with shackles of nechoshet, weight. men, and said unto them,
and carried him to Babylon. |17| The height of the one Fear not to be the avadim of
|8| And in the fifth month, on ammud was eighteen cubits, the Kasdim; dwell in the land,
the seventh day of the month, and the capital upon it was and serve Melech Bavel; and it
which is the nineteenth year of nechoshet; and the height of shall be well with you.
Melech Nevuchadretzar the capital three cubits; and |25| But it came to pass in the
Melech Bavel, came the netting, and pomegranates seventh month, that Yishmael
Nevuzaradan, captain of the upon the capital round about, ben Netanyah, ben Elishama,
guard, an eved of Melech all of nechoshet; and similar of royal blood, came,
Bavel, unto Yerushalayim; unto these had the second and ten men with him, and
|9| And he set fire to the Beis pillar with netting. assassinated Gedalyah,
Hashem, and the Bais |18| And the captain of the that he died,
HaMelech (the palace), and all guard took Serayah the Kohen
YESHAYAH
along with the Yehudim and |3| The ox knoweth his fed up of the olot (burnt
the Kasdim that were with owner, and the donkey his offerings) of rams, and the fat
him at Mitzpah. master's manger; but Yisroel of fed beasts; and I delight not
|26| And kol haAm, both doth not know, My people in the dahm of bulls, or of
katon and gadol, and the doth not consider. lambs, or of goats.
officers of the armies, arose, |4| Ah, goy choteh (sinful |12| When ye come to appear
and went to Mitzrayim; for nation), a people weighed before Me, who hath required
they were afraid of the down with avon (guilt, this at your hand, to trample
Kasdim. iniquity), zera of evildoers, khatzerai (My courts)?
|27| And it came to pass in banim of corruption; they |13| Bring no more futile
the seven and thirtieth year of forsook Hashem, they have minchot; ketoret is an
the Golus of Y'hoyakhin spurned the Kadosh Yisroel abomination unto
Melech Yehudah, in the (the Holy One of Yisroel), they Me; Rosh Chodesh (New
twelfth month, on the seven have turned their back on Moon) and Shabbos, the
and twentieth day of the Him. calling of assemblies--I cannot
month, that Eveel-Merodach [T.N. Here we see it is 'My endure aven (wickedness) and
Melech Bavel in the year that people' (Ex 6:6-7) who are atzarah (solemn convocation).
he began to reign [562 B.C.E.] stricken, whereas in Yeshayah |14| Your Rosh Chodesh and
did lift up the head of 53:8 it is Moshiach Ben Dovid your Mo'adim My Nefesh
Y'hoyakhin Melech Yehudah who is stricken for My people.] hateth; they are a burden unto
out of the bais hakeleh; |5| Why, seeing that ye will be Me; I am weary to bear them.
|28| And he spoke kindly to stricken again, will ye rebel |15| And when ye spread
him, and set his throne above stubbornly again? The kol forth your hands, I will hide
the kisse of the melachim that rosh is sick, and the kol levav Mine eyes from you; yea, when
were with him in Babylon; faint. ye make many tefillah, I will
|29| And changed his prison |6| From the sole of the regel not hear; your hands are full
garments; and he did eat even unto the rosh there is no of dahmim.
lechem continually before him soundness in it; but wounds, |16| Wash you, make you
all the days of his life. and bruises, and putrifying clean; put away the evil of
|30| And his allowance was a sores; they have not been your doings from before Mine
continual allowance given him closed, neither bound up, eyes; cease to do evil;
of the Melech, a daily portion neither soothed with shemen. |17| Learn to do good; seek
for every day, all the days of |7| Your country is desolate, mishpat, relieve the
his life. your cities are burned with oppressed, judge the
eish; your land, zarim devour fatherless, plead for the
it in your presence, and it is almanah.
desolate, as overthrown by |18| Come now, and let us
YESHAYAH zarim. reason together, saith
|8| And the Bat Tziyon (i.e., Hashem; though your sins be
Yerushalayim) is left as a as scarlet, they shall be as
sukkah in a kerem (vineyard), white as snow; though they be
The chazon (vision) of as a shack in a cucumber red like crimson, they shall be
1 Yeshayah ben Amotz,

which he saw concerning
Yehudah and Yerushalayim in
field, as an ir (city) under
siege.
|9| Except Hashem Tzva'os
as wool.
|19| If ye be willing and
obedient, ye shall eat the good
the yamim of Uziyahu, had left unto us a very small of ha'aretz;
Yotam, Achaz, and remnant, we should have been |20| But if ye refuse and
Yechizkiyahu, melachim of as Sodom, and we should rebel, ye shall be devoured
Yehudah. have been like unto Amora with the cherev; for the mouth
|2| Hear, O Shomayim, and (Gomorrah). of Hashem hath spoken.
give ear, O Eretz, for Hashem |10| Hear the Devar Hashem, |21| How is the Kiryah
hath spoken; I have nourished ye rulers of Sodom; give ear Ne'emanah (Faithful City, i.e.,
and brought up banim, and unto the Torat Eloheinu, ye Yerushalayim) become a
they have rebelled people of Amora (Gomorrah). zonah (harlot)! It was full of
against Me [i.e., willfully |11| To what purpose is the mishpat; tzedek lodged in it;
flouted My authority. See multitude of your zevakhim but now murderers.
Yeshayah 53:5,8]. unto Me? saith Hashem; I am
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|22| Thy kesef is become shall both burn together, and |9| And adam are humbled
dross, thy wine mixed with none shall quench them. and ish are brought low;
mayim: The Davar that therefore forgive them not.
|23| Thy sarim (princes) are
rebellious, and companions of
ganavim: every one loveth
2 Yeshayah ben Amotz saw
concerning Yehudah and
Yerushalayim.
|10| Enter into the Tzur, and
hide thee in the aphar, for
pachad Hashem, and for the
bribes, and followeth after |2| And it shall come to pass hadar of His majesty.
rewards: they give no justice to in the acharit hayamim, that |11| The lofty looks of adam
the fatherless, neither doth the the Har Beis Hashem shall be shall be humbled, and the
cause of the almanah come established as the rosh of the haughtiness of anashim shall
unto them. mountains, and shall be be brought low, and Hashem
|24| Therefore saith HaAdon, exalted above the hills; and all alone shall be exalted in Yom
Hashem Tzva'os, Avir Yisroel the Goyim shall flow unto it. Hahu.
(the Mighty One of Yisroel), |3| And amim rabbim (many |12| For the Yom L’Hashem
Ah, I will relieve Myself of peoples) shall come and say, Tzva'os shall be upon every
Mine adversaries, and avenge Come ye, and let us go up to one that is proud and lofty,
Me of Mine enemies: Har Hashem, to the Beis and upon every one that is
|25| And I will turn My hand Elohei Ya'akov; and He will lifted up; and he shall be
upon thee, and refine away teach us of His Derakhim, and brought low:
thy impurities, and take away we will walk in His Orakhot; |13| And upon all the cedars
all thy alloy: for out of Tziyon shall go forth of Levanon, that are high and
|26| And I will restore thy the torah, and the Devar lofty, and upon all the oaks of
shofetim as at the first, and Hashem from Yerushalayim. Bashan,
thy counselors as at the |4| And He shall judge among |14| And upon kol heharim,
beginning: afterward thou the Goyim, and shall arbitrate and upon all the hills that
shalt be called, The Ir for amim rabbim; and they are lifted up,
HaTzedek, the Kiryah shall beat their swords into |15| And upon every lofty
Ne'emanah. plowshares, and their spears migdal, and upon every
|27| Tziyon shall be into pruning hooks; Goy shall fortified chomah (wall),
redeemed with mishpat, and not lift up cherev against Goy, |16| And upon all the oniyyot
those in her who make neither shall they train for of Tarshish, and upon all the
teshuvah with tzedakah. milchamah any more. beautiful ships.
|28| And the destruction of |5| O Bais Ya'akov, come ye, |17| And the haughtiness of
the poshe'im and of the and let us walk in the Ohr adam shall be humbled, and
chote'im shall be together, and Hashem. the pride of anashim shall be
they that forsake Hashem |6| Therefore Thou hast brought low; and Hashem
shall be consumed. abandoned Thy people Bais alone shall be exalted in Yom
|29| For they shall be Ya’akov, because they have Hahu.
ashamed of the sacred oaks found their fullness from |18| And the elilim shall
which ye have delighted in, Kedem (the East), and practice utterly pass away.
and ye shall blush for the divination like the Pelishtim, |19| And they shall go into
gannot (gardens) that ye have and they clasp hands the holes of the rocks, and into
chosen. contentedly with yaldei the caves of aphar, for pachad
|30| For ye shall be as an oak nochrim (children of (terror of) Hashem, and for
whose leaf fadeth, and as a foreigners). the hadar of His majesty,
garden that hath no mayim. |7| Their land also is full of when He ariseth to shake
[T.N. The unquenchable fire of kesef and zahav, neither is ha'aretz.
the apostate in the there any end of their otzarot; |20| In Yom Hahu a man
first chapter points to the their land is also full of susim, shall cast his elilei kesef, and
unquenchable fire of neither is there any end of his elilei zahav, which they
Gehinnom in the last verse of their merkevot: made each one for himself to
the last chapter (66:24) and |8| Their land also is full of worship, to the moles and to
the loathesomeness of those elilim; they worship the work the bats;
there--Daniel 12:2]. of their own hands, that which |21| To go into the clefts of
|31| And the strong shall be their own etzbe’ot have made; the rocks, and into the tops of
as tinder, and the maker of it the crags before pachad
[the idol] as a spark, and they
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(terror) of Hashem, and for Moshiach-Servant (11:2; 42:1), but trusts his cause to the L-rd
the hadar of His majesty, is righteous (see 11:4-5 and (Isa. 49:4) and, after mockery
when He ariseth to shake 42:21; 51:5). The Moshiach- and rejection (Isa. 53:2-4), is
ha'aretz. Servant, through the Dovidic finally vindicated by G-d as
|22| Cease ye from HaAdam, covenant, witnesses as a light righteous (see Isa. 53:11-12).
whose neshamah is in his to the Gentiles (9:6) to those The Moshiach is the eternal
nostrils: for of what account is outside the covenant (Isaiah Kohen who sprinkles the
he? 55:3). Job standing rejected nations with a Cosmic Day of
and forsaken with mockers Atonement (Yom Kippur)
around him (Job 17:2) reminds sacrifice. (Ps. 110:4;
T.N. According to Yeshayah, the reader of the picture we Zechariah 6:11-13; Isaiah
all those who reject the Word of have of the suffering Servant of 52:15; Lev. 16:14-17), just as
G-d will find judgment (5:24). the L-rd in Isaiah 53 or the the End He brings is depicted
Invasion by foreign armies mocked Dovidic King in in Scripture as an End
(5:26-30), fiery destruction, and Psalm 22 (compare Job 27:4 to beginning with a Rosh
exile (5:13,29) will cause a Isa. 53:9). In the midst of the Hashana-like Shofar (I Th
reversal of fortune for these false accusations, Job "holds 4:16). The Moshiach is the Seh
people, and the Day of the L-rd fast to his righteousness" (Job HaElohim (the Lamb of G-d)
will cause the haughty to be 27:6) and waits on the L-rd to provided from heaven as the
brought low (2:17) and the vindicate him (Job 42:7-8). So redemption sacrifice in order
poor in spirit to become holy the mocked sage who becomes that G-d's people might be
and purged in the fire (1:25; a fool that the world curses passed over and purchased for
4:3). Along with the survivors and makes sport of is depicted freedom from divine judgment,
will come in the aftermath the in Isaiah 53. We have as Isaac was and as the nation
Moshiach, the Tzemach seen this picture before in that of Israel was. G-d sent His
(Branch) of the L-rd (4:2) who other image, the judge of Word and healed His people
is identified (in the book of Israel, Samson, being made from the plagues of judgment
Isaiah itself, not merely in Jer. sport of by the Philistines He poured out on the heathen.
23:5-6; 33:15 or Zech.3:8) with (Judg.16:25) or in the King of G-d saved His people in order
the Tzemach T'zadik Israel, Dovid the sage, that they might make an
(Righteous Branch) of the L-rd pretending to be mad before a exodus to new abundant life in
(53:11) and of Dovid (37:35). similar scoffing Philistine accordance with His gracious
This Moshiach-Servant is audience (I Sm.21:13-15). covenant promise in the
associated with the L-rd in When sages like Moshe or Moshiach (Gen. 32:8; Ps.
many ways: He too is "raised Dovid are nearly stoned by 107:30; Isa. 53:5-6,10;
high and lifted up" (compare the people (Ex. 17:4; I Sm. Deut. 7:15; Isa 42:1,6-7; 40:3;
52:13; 6:1); He too is glorious, 30:6) we see this reemerging 42:16; 43:19; 49:5-26).
Jesse's glorious root (compare picture of the rejected-yet- The words "son" and "child" are
4:2 and 11:10 with 6:3, vindicated-as-righteous Sage of very important to Isaiah's
noticing also the word Shoresh Israel. Significantly, the Son of message. His own two sons are
[root], linking 11:10 and 53:2); Dovid is depicted as the sage given portentous names (7:3;
He too is the rallying par excellence in the life of 8:1-3) and the conception of
focal-point of the nations Shlomo in I Kings. Then II the second son in the womb of
(compare 11:10 to 2:2-4 and Chronicles intensifies this his prophetess-wife is divinely
see the one "to whom the portrait and gives Messianic timed. In chps. 7-9, Isaiah
obedience of the nations prophetic significance to refers to his own son but also
belongs"—Genesis 49:10; see Dovid's Son as the Moshiach to Dovid's son, a son he calls
Ezekiel 21:27 [21:32 in the Sage of Israel. Finally, Isaiah "G-d with us" and "Mighty G-d."
Hebrew Bible]; Psalm 18:43; combines the two portraits of Isaiah shows us a Deliverer
Isaiah 42:1,4; 49:6); He too the sage found in Job and who can rule the world
bears a divine name and Shlomo and depicts the (9:5-6), and yet he marvels at
governing function (9:5-6); He Dovidic Servant of the L-rd as this personage being born as a
too is Immanuel, (G-d-with-us), the mocked and rejected sage- humble child, just as a little
the rightful owner of Israel's counsellor (9:5-6) filled "with child leads the rest of creation
land (compare 8:8 and 7:14 to the spirit of wisdom" (Isa. 11:2) in the future kingdom--Isaiah
5:5); He too, this anointed who seems to labor "in vain" 11:6. The future kingdom is
Nevi’im 381 Yeshayah 3
described in passages which process of foreign invading Nineveh, would be destroyed

include 2:1-4; 4:2-6; 11:6-9; armies and exile that would in 612 B.C.E., as Isaiah (31:8-
25:6-8; 35:1-10; 60:1-22. The swallow his throne in 586 9), Nahum, and Jonah had
future king of this glorious B.C.E. Assyria captured predicted. Isaiah also predicts
kingdom is described in Damascus (732 B.C.E.) and the Babylonian captivity. (See
passages which include 7:1- Samaria (722); and Babylon Isaiah 39:5-7; 14:3-4.) It is
12:6; 32:1-20; 49:1-57:21; 61:1- (defeating Assyria) captured important to keep the
11. The Moshiach is the Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. historical facts in mind, but,
Descendant of the Woman Isaiah warned Ahaz's son and most importantly, that
who will battle that Ancient successor, Hezekiah about the Moshiach provides first
Serpent, Satan (Gen. 3:15), coming Babylonian captivity spiritual peace (Isa.53:5; Ro
called "Leviathan the twisting (see 39:5-7 and 6:11-12). 5:1) before He provides world
serpent" in Isa. 27:1. On the Isaiah also prophesied about peace (Isa.9:5-7).
Messianic Davidic dynasty--see the release from Exile and the
MJ 7:14; Ro 1:3; Mt 1:1,16; Lk return to the land (48:20f). For
3:23,31. The legal right to the prophesies by Isaiah against For, hinei, HaAdon,
throne came through
the father--see Babylonian
Talmud Baba Bathra 130a on
the nations, see 13:1-14:23;
21:1-10; 43:14-15; chp. 46-47
(Babylon): 14:28-32 (Philistia
3 Hashem Tzva'os, doth
take away from
Yerushalayim and from
Deut. 21:16. Also, see Ignatius' see ch. 20 on Ashdod); ch.15-16 Yehudah supply and support,
Epistle to the Ephesians, (Moab); 17:1-11 (Damascus); the whole supply of lechem,
"Miryam of the seed of David." chp.19-20 (Egypt); 21:11-12 and the whole supply of
The Branch of the L-rd and of (Edom); 21:13-17 (Arabia); ch. mayim.
Dovid is called "the L-rd" in 23 (Tyre); 23:4,12 (Sidon); |2| The Gibbor, and the Ish
Mal.3:1 and Ps. 110:1, since 10:5-19; 14:24-27; 37:33-35 Milchamah, the Shofet, and
Adon refers to Hashem in (Assyria); 18:1-7 (Cush, Nubia the Navi, the Diviner, and the
Zechariah 4:14 and 6:5. south of Egypt); Isaiah was Zaken,
Therefore, we shouldn't be well aware of Deuteronomy |3| The sar chamishim, the
surprised if the Name of G-d is 4:26-27 which says that sin men of rank and yo'etz
given to the Moshiach in Isa. will cause the people to be (counselor), and masters in
9:5-6. The Hebrew words "utterly destroyed...and...only a art, and the expert enchanter.
Moshi'a and Go'el found in the small number of you will |4| And I will make ne'arim
books of Judges and Ruth remain." Isaiah was also (lads) to be their sarim, and
point to this Savior-Redeemer aware of the covenant reprisals babes shall rule over them.
figure, the Moshiach. See in Deuteronomy 28:32-33,36- |5| And HaAm shall be
Isaiah 49:26. Three 37,41,45-62. Therefore, when oppressed, every one by
kings serve as foils in Isaiah's he begins to prophesy, he sees another, and every one by his
depiction of the Moshiach: only a few survivors left after re'a; the na'ar shall behave
Ahaz son of David, Hezekiah G-d’s scourge of judgment is himself proudly against the
son of David (compare 7:4-17 finished (see 1:9; 10:22). zaken, and the base against
and 27:1-7,21-35), and the Isaiah foresees that Assyria the honorable.
Persian King Cyrus, called will be G-d's rod of judgment |6| When an ish shall take
Moshiach (45:1), because he (10:5) against Israel, though hold of his brother of his bais
saves the Jewish people from later G-d would destroy avi, saying, Thou hast
the Babylonian Exile and the Assyrian hordes as He did clothing, be thou our katzin,
sends them home to rebuild the oppressive Midianites in and let this ruin be under thy
their land and Hashem’s Beis Judges 7:22-25 (see Isaiah 9:4; yad;
Hamikdash. About 734 B.C.E. 10:24-27). The fulfillment of |7| In Yom Hahu shall he
Rezin King of Damascus these very prophecies, as well protest, saying, I am no curer
(Syria) and Pekah King of as 30:31 and 31:8, about the of your ills; for in my bais is
Israel organized a coalition to destruction of Assyria came in neither lechem nor simlah
rebel against Assyria. When 701 B.C.E. (see 37:36-38) when (clothing); make me not a
Ahaz refused to join them and the Assyrian army was Katzin Am.
they invaded Judah (7:1), Ahaz supernaturally defeated. |8| For Yerushalayim is
apppealed directly to Assyria Later, the capital of Assyria, ruined, and Yehudah fallen;
for help, beginning the because their leshon and their
deeds are against Hashem, to
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provoke the eyes of His kavod. |19| The earrings, and the hakatuv lachayyim (recorded
|9| The show of their bracelets, and the veils, for life….Rosh Hashana theme,
countenance doth testify |20| The diadems, and the see Shemot 32:32; Tehillim
against them; and they make ankle chains, and the girdles, 69:28; Daniel 12:1; Malachi
known their chet like S'dom; and the perfume bottles, and 3:16) in Yerushalayim:
they conceal it not. Oy to their the lechashim (amulets), |4| When Adonoi shall have
nefesh! For they do ra'ah unto |21| The taba'ot (rings), and washed away the filth of the
themselves. nose rings, Banot Tziyon, and shall have
|10| Say ye to the tzaddik, |22| The machalatzot (festal purged the dahm of
that it shall be tov with him; robes), and the mantles, and Yerushalayim from the midst
for they shall eat the p'ri of the cloaks, and the charitim thereof by the Ruach Mishpat,
their deeds. (money purses), and by the Ruach Ba'er (Spirit
|11| Oy to the rasha! It shall |23| The hand mirrors, and of Burning).
be rah with him; for what his the sedinim (linen coverings), |5| And Hashem will create
hands have wrought will be and the tzenifot (turbans), and upon the whole place of Mt
done to him. the veils. Tziyon, and upon her
|12| As for My people, |24| And it shall come to assemblies, an anan and
children are their nogesim pass, that instead of fragrance smoke by yom, and the
(taskmasters), and nashim there shall be stench; and shining of a flaming eish by
rule over them. O My people, instead of a sash, a rope; and lailah; for upon all the kavod
they which lead thee cause instead of well-set hair, shall be a Chuppah.
thee to go astray, misleading baldness; and instead of a rich |6| And there shall be a
and swallowing up the Derech cloak, a wrapping of sak Sukkah for a shade in the
Orkhot (way of paths) of thee. (sackcloth); and branding daytime from the heat, and for
|13| Hashem hath stood to instead of yofi (beauty). a place of refuge, and for a
accuse, and standeth for Din |25| Thy men shall fall by the covert from storm and from
(judging) the Amim (Nations). cherev, and thy gevurah in rain.
|14| Hashem will enter into milchamah.
mishpat with the Ziknei Amo |26| And her gates shall
(Elders of His People), and the lament and mourn; and she Now will I sing of my
sarim thereof; for ye have
eaten up the kerem (vineyard);
the plunder of the oni is in
being desolate shall sit upon
ha'aretz. 5 beloved a shirat dodi
touching His kerem
(vineyard). My beloved had a
your batim (houses). kerem (vineyard) in a very
|15| What mean ye that ye fruitful hill;
crush Ami, and grind the faces And in Yom Hahu (that |2| And He dug it up, and
of the aniyim? saith Adonoi
Hashem Tzva'os.
|16| Moreover Hashem saith,
4 day) sheva nashim
(seven women) shall take
hold of one man, saying, We
gathered out the stones
thereof, and planted it with
the choicest vine, and built a
Because the Banot Tziyon are will eat our own lechem, and migdal in the midst of it, and
haughty, and walk with wear our own clothes; only let also made a yekev (winepress)
stretched forth necks and us be called by thy shem, to therein; and He looked that it
winking [flirtatious] eyes, take away our disgrace. should bring forth anavim
walking and tripping along as |2| In Yom Hahu shall the (grapes), and it brought forth
they go, and making a tinkling Tzemach Hashem be b'ushim (wild grapes).
with their feet [ankle rings]; beautiful and glorious [See the |3| And now, O inhabitants of
|17| Therefore Adonoi will word “kavod,” Isaiah 11:10], Yerushalayim, and Ish
strike with a scab the kodkod and the p'ri ha'aretz shall be Yehudah, judge, now, between
(top of the head) Banot the ga'on (pride) and glory for Me and My kerem (vineyard).
Tziyon, and Hashem will lay them that are escaped [see the |4| What could have been
bare their nakedness. word she'ar remnant, Isaiah done more to My kerem
|18| In Yom Hahu, Adonoi 11:11] of Yisroel. (vineyard), that I have not
will take away the fine show of |3| And it shall come to pass, done in it? Why, when I looked
their tinkling ornaments that he that is left in Tziyon, that it should bring forth
about their feet, and their and he that remaineth in anavim, brought it forth
headbands, and their crescent Yerushalayim, shall be called b'ushim?
necklaces, kadosh, even every one that is
|5| And now then; I will tell da'as; and their men of rank the Torat Hashem Tzva'os,
you now what I will do to my are starved, and their and spurned the word of the
kerem (vineyard): I will take multitude parched with thirst. Kadosh Yisroel.
away the hedge thereof, and it |14| Therefore Sheol hath |25| Therefore is the Af
shall be grazed upon; and enlarged herself, and opened Hashem kindled against His
break down the wall thereof, her mouth without chok people, and He hath stretched
and it shall be trampled down; (limit); and their nobility, and forth His yad against them,
|6| And I will lay it waste; it their masses, and their and hath struck them down;
shall not be pruned, nor throngs, and the reveler, shall and the mountains did
cultivated; but there shall descend into it. tremble, and their nevilah
come up briers and thorns; I |15| And adam shall be were like refuse in the streets.
will also command the clouds abased, and the ish shall be For all this His anger is not
that they rain no matar (rain) brought low, and the eyes of turned away, but His yad is
upon it. the haughty shall be humbled; stretched out still.
|7| For the Kerem Hashem |16| But Hashem Tzva'os |26| And He will lift up a
Tzva'os is Bais Yisroel, shall be exalted in mishpat, banner to the distant Goyim,
and the Ish Yehudah are the and HaEl HaKadosh shall and will whistle for him at the
planting of His delight; and show Himself Kadosh in ketzeh ha'aretz; hinei, they
He looked for mishpat tzedakah. shall come with speed swiftly;
(justice), but, hinei, mishpach |17| Then shall the kevasim |27| None shall be weary nor
(bloodshed, rapaciousness); feed as upon their pasture, stumble among them; none
for tzedakah, but, hinei, and the gerim (sojourners) will shall slumber nor sleep;
tze'akah (cry of distress). eat in the ruins of the rich. neither shall the ezor of their
|8| Hoy unto them that add |18| Hoy unto them that draw loins be loosed, nor the thong
bais to bais, that join sadeh to avon (guilt) with cords of of their sandals be broken;
sadeh, till there be no makom deceit, and tug at chatta'ah |28| Whose khitzim (arrows)
(place, home), that ye alone (sin) as with a cart rope; are sharp, and all their bows
are dwelling in the midst of |19| That say, Let Him make bent, the hoofs of their susim
ha'aretz! speed, and hasten His shall seem like flint, and their
|9| Hashem Tzva'os said in Ma'aseh, that we may wheels like a whirlwind:
my ozen, Batim rabbim shall see it; and let the Atzat |29| Their roaring shall be
be in ruins, gedolim and Kadosh Yisroel (purpose of the like a lion, they shall roar like
tovim, with no one to live in Holy One of Israel) draw near young lions; yea, they shall
them. and come, that we may know roar, and lay hold of the teref,
|10| Yea, ten yokes of kerem it! and shall carry it away safe,
(vineyard) shall yield 10 |20| Hoy unto them that call and none shall deliver it.
gallons, and the homer (six rah tov, and tov rah; that put |30| And in Yom Hahu they
bushels) of zera (seed) shall choshech for ohr, and ohr for shall roar against them like
yield an ephah (three-fifths choshech; that put mar the roaring of the sea; and if
bushel). for matok, and matok for mar! one look unto ha'aretz, hinei,
|11| Hoy unto them that rise |21| Hoy unto them that are choshech and tzar (distress),
up early in the boker, that chachamim in their own eyes, and the ohr groweth dark with
they may chase after shekhar and clever in their own sight! clouds.
(strong drink); that continue |22| Hoy unto them that are
until night, till yayin inflame Gibborim to drink yayin, and
them! anshei chayil to mix shekhar;
|12| And the kinnor, and the |23| Which justify the rasha In the year that the
nevel, the tambourine, and
flute, and yayin, are in their
mishtehim; but they regard
for shochad (bribe), and take
away the tzidkat tzaddikim
from him!
6 Melech Uziyah died, I
saw Adonoi sitting upon
a kisse, high and lifted up,
not the Po'al Hashem (the |24| Therefore as the eish and His robe filled the
work of Hashem), neither licketh up the stubble, and the Heikhal.
consider the ma'aseh of His flame consumeth the dry |2| Above Him stood
hands. grass, so their shoresh shall be ministering the [flaming]
|13| Therefore my people [see as rottenness, and their seraphim; each one had six
Isa. 53:8] are gone into the blossom shall go up as dust; wings: with two he covered his
Golus, because they have no because they have cast away face, with two he covered his
Yeshayah 6, 7 384 Orthodox Jewish Bible
feet, and with two he did fly. there be many forsaken places |7| Thus saith Adonoi
|3| And one cried unto within the land. Hashem, It shall not stand,
another, and said, Kadosh, |13| But yet in it shall be a neither shall it come to pass.
Kadosh, Kadosh, is Hashem tenth, and it shall be given up |8| For the rosh of Aram
Tzva'os; kol ha'aretz is full of to destruction, like the (Syria) is Damascus, and the
His kavod. terebinth and like the oak, rosh of Damascus is Retzin;
|4| And the doorposts shook when they are felled, leave [as and within threescore and five
at the voice of him that cried, a remnant] a root-stump: shanah shall Ephrayim be
and the Beis [Hamikdash] was so the root-stump shall be the broken, that it be not a people.
filled with smoke. zera kodesh. |9| And the rosh of Ephrayim
|5| Then said I, Oy (Woe) is [T.N. This next chapter is is Shomron, and the rosh of
me! For I am undone; because possibly the most important in Shomron is ben Remalyahu. If
I am a man of unclean lips, the Bible and is dealt with in ye will not stand in emunah,
and I dwell in the midst of a The Translator to the Reader.] then you shall not stand at all.
people of unclean lips; for And it came to pass in |10| Moreover, Hashem spoke
mine eyes have seen
HaMelech, Hashem Tzva'os.
|6| Then flew one of the
7 the yamim of Achaz ben
Yotam ben Uziyahu,
Melech Yehudah, that Retzin
again unto Achaz, saying,
|11| Ask thee an ot (sign) of
Hashem Eloheicha; ask it
seraphim unto me, having a Melech Aram (Syria), and either in the deepest depths or
live coal in his yad, which he Pekach ben Remalyahu in the highest heights.
had taken with the tongs from Melech Yisroel, went up |12| But Achaz said, I will not
off the Mizbe'ach: toward Yerushalayim to war ask, neither will I tempt
|7| And he laid it upon my against her, but could not Hashem.
mouth, and said, Hinei, this prevail over her. |13| And he (Yeshayah) said,
hath touched thy lips; and |2| And it was told the Bais Hear ye now, O Bais Dovid; Is
thine avon (iniquity) is taken Dovid, saying, Aram (Syria) is it a small thing for you to
away, and kapporah is made allied with Ephrayim. And his weary anashim, but will ye
for the purging of thy chattat lev was shaken, and the lev of weary my G-d also?
(sin). his people, like the trees of the |14| Therefore Hashem
|8| Also I heard the voice of forest are shaken with the Himself shall give you an ot
Adonoi, saying, Whom shall I wind. (sign); Hinei, HaAlmah (the
send, and who will go for Us? |3| Then said Hashem unto unmarried young virgin) shall
Then said I, Hineini; send me. Yeshayah, Go forth now to conceive, and bear Ben, and
|9| And He said, Go, and tell meet Achaz, thou, and shall call Shmo Immanu El
this people, Hear ye indeed, Shearyashuv (A Remnant Will (G-d is with us) [See extensive
but understand not; and see Return) thy ben, at the end commentary in The Translator
indeed, but perceive not. of the aqueduct of the Upper To The Reader, page vii].
|10| Make the lev HaAm Pool on the road to the Fuller's |15| Curds and honey shall
hazeh stubborn, and make Field; he eat at the time that he
their ears stopped up, their |4| And say unto him, Take knows to refuse the rah, and
eyes heavy; lest they see with heed, and stay calm; fear not, choose the tov.
their eyes, and hear with their neither be fainthearted |16| For before the na'ar (boy)
ears, and understand with because of the two stubs of shall understand to refuse the
their lev. And have a these smoking firebrands, rah, and choose the tov, the
spiritual turnaround because of the fierce anger of adamah (land) will be
conversion, and be healed. Retzin and Aram (Syria), and desolate, of whose two
|11| Then cried I, Adonoi, ad of the ben Remalyahu; melachim thou art afraid.
mosai (how much longer [will |5| Or because Aram (Syria), |17| Hashem shall bring
this go on]? And He answered, Ephrayim, and ben upon thee, and upon thy
Until the towns be wasted Remalyahu, have plotted your people, and upon the Bais of
without inhabitant, and the ruin, saying, thy father, yamim such as
batim (houses) are without |6| Let us go up against have not come since the yom
man, and the ground be Yehudah, and trouble it, and when Ephrayim departed
utterly desolate, a wilderness, let us divide it for ourselves, from Yehudah [2Kgs 15:29;
|12| And Hashem have and set a melech in the midst 16:9]: even Melech Ashur
removed men far away, and of it, even ben Tav'el; (Assyria).
|18| And it shall come to pass Israel is imminent and the life |11| For Hashem hath
in that yom, that Hashem of this son of Isaiah is a spoken thus to me with
shall whistle for the fly that is prophetic time line. See verse 4 chezkat haYad, and
in the uttermost part of the below]). instructed me that I should
Nile of Mitzrayim, and for the |2| And I took unto me edim not walk in the Derech HaAm
bee that is in Eretz Ashur. ne'emanim (faithful witnesses) HaZeh, saying,
|19| And they shall come, and to record, Uriyah the kohen, |12| Call ye not Kesher
shall settle all of them on the and Zecharyah ben (Conspiracy) all that this
steep ravines, and in the Yeverechyahu. people calls kesher; neither
crevices of the rocks, and upon |3| And I went unto the fear ye their fear, nor be in
all thorns, and upon all water neviah; and she conceived, dread.
holes. and bore ben. Then said |13| Regard Hashem Tzva'os
|20| In the same yom shall Hashem to me, Call shmo as kodesh; and let Him be
Adonoi shave with a razor that Maher Shalal Chash Baz. your fear, and let Him be your
is hired, namely, by them |4| For before the na'ar shall dread.
beyond the river, by Melech have da'as to cry, Avi, or Immi, |14| And He shall be for a
Ashur, the head, and the hair the chayil Damascus and the Mikdash; but for an Even
of the legs; and it shall also spoil of Shomron shall be Negef (Stone of Stumbling)
consume the beard. carried off before Melech and for a Tzur Michshol to
|21| And it shall come to pass Ashur. both the Batei Yisroel, for a
in that yom, that a man shall |5| Hashem spoke also unto pach (snare) and for a mokesh
keep alive a young cow, and me again, saying, (trap) to the inhabitants of
two sheep; |6| Forasmuch as HaAm Yerushalayim.
|22| And it shall come to HaZeh refuseth the waters of |15| And rabbim (many)
pass, for the abundance of Shiloah that flow softly, and among them shall stumble,
cholov that they shall give, he delight in [alliance with] and fall, and be broken, and
shall eat cream; for thickened Retzin and Ben Remalyahu; be snared, and be taken.
milk and devash shall every |7| Now therefore, hinei, |16| Bind up [to preserve for
one eat that is left in the land. Adonoi bringeth up upon the future] the te'udah
|23| And it shall come to pass them the waters of the river, (testimony, i.e. prophetic
in that yom, that every place strong and many, even Melech record such as chapter 6),
shall be, where there were a Ashur, and all his kavod; and chatom (seal up) the torah
thousand gefen worth a he shall come up over all his (teaching) among my disciples.
thousand kesef, it shall even channels, and go over all his |17| And I will wait for
be for briers and thorns. banks; Hashem, that hideth His face
|24| With arrows and with |8| And he shall swirl into from the Bais Ya'akov, and I
bows shall men come there; Yehudah; he shall overflow will look [in hope] for Him.
because kol ha'aretz shall and go over, he shall reach |18| Hinei, I and the yeladim
become briers and thorns. even to the neck; and the whom Hashem hath given me
|25| And on all hills that were stretching out of his wings are for otot and for mofetim
hoed with a hoe, thou shall shall fill the breadth of Thy [see Zecharyah 3:8] in Yisroel
not come there for fear of eretz, O Immanu El. from Hashem Tzva'os, which
briers and thorns; but it shall |9| Exasperate yourselves, O dwelleth in Mt Tziyon.
be for pasturing of cattle, and ye Amim (Nations), and ye |19| And when they shall say
for the treading place of seh. shall be broken in pieces; and unto you, Seek unto mediums
give ear, all ye of far countries; that have familiar spirits, and
gird yourselves for battle, and unto spiritists that whisper,
ye shall be broken in pieces; and that mutter: should not
Moreover Hashem said gird yourselves for battle, and Am seek unto Elohav? Should
8 unto me, Take thee a

gillayon gadol (great
slab), and write on it with
ye shall be broken in pieces.
|10| Consult etzah (counsel,
plan), and it shall come to
they consult the mesim (dead
ones) for the benefit of the
chayyim (living)?
cheret enosh concerning naught; speak the davar, and |20| To the torah (teaching of
Maher Shalal Chash Baz (The it shall not stand; for Immanu G-d) and to the te'udah
Spoil Speeds, the Booty El (G-d is with us). (recorded testimony, see verse
Hastens [i.e., the coming 16); if they speak not
Assyrian defeat of Syria and according to
Davar HaZeh, it is because |5(6)| For unto us a yeled is sheker (teacher of lies, false
there is no shachar (dawn, born, unto us ben is given; teacher) is the tail.
light) in them. and the misrah (dominion) |15(16)| For the me'ashrei
|21| And they [i.e., the shall be upon his shoulder; HaAm HaZeh (leaders of this
unbelievers, contrasted with and Shmo shall be called people) cause them to err; and
those in v.13] shall roam about Peleh (Wonderful), Yoetz they that are led of them are
therein, hard-pressed and (Counsellor), El Gibbor destroyed.
hungry; and it shall come to (Mighty G-d), Avi Ad |16(17)| Therefore Adonoi
pass, that when they shall be (Father of Eternity), Sar shall have no joy in their
hungry, they shall fret Shalom (Prince of Peace). bocherim, neither shall have
themselves, and curse by their |6(7)| Of the increase of his mercy on their yetomim and
melech and Elohav, misrah and shalom there shall almanot; for every one is a
and look upward. be no ketz (end), upon the chanef (g-dless, hypocritical)
|22| And they shall look unto Kisse Dovid, and upon his and an evildoer, and every
eretz; and, hinei, tzarah and kingdom, to strengthen it, and mouth speaketh nevalah
darkness, gloom of anguish; to support it with mishpat and (folly). For all this His anger is
and they shall be driven to with tzedakah from not turned away, but His yad
darkness. henceforth even ad olam is upraised still.
[9:1(23)] Nevertheless there (forever). The Kinat Hashem |17(18)| For wickedness
will be no gloom in her in Tzva'os will fulfill this. burneth like eish; it shall
anguish. In Et HaRishon (the |7(8)| Adonoi sent davar devour the briers and thorns,
former time) He brought into against Ya'akov, and it hath and shall kindle in the
contempt Artzah Zevulun and fallen upon Yisroel. thickets of the forest, and they
Artzah Naphtali, but acharon |8(9)| And all HaAm shall shall smoke upward like the
(afterward, in the future) did know it, even Ephrayim and lifting up of ashan (smoke).
bring to honor Derech HaYam the inhabitant of Shomron, |18(19)| Through the Evrat
(Way to the Sea, land between that say in the ga'avah (pride) Hashem Tzva'os (Wrath of
Sea of Galilee and the and haughtiness levav (of Hashem of Hosts) is the land
Mediterranean), beyond heart), darkened, and HaAm shall be
Yarden, in the Galil HaGoyim. |9(10)| The levenim (bricks) ma'acholet eish (food for fire);
The people that walked are fallen down, but we will no ish shall spare his brother.
9 in choshech have seen

an Ohr gadol; they that
dwell in the eretz tzalmavet,
rebuild with cut stones; the
sycamores are cut down, but
we will replace them with
|19(20)| And they grab on the
yamin (right hand), and are
still hungry; and shall eat on
upon them hath the Ohr cedars. the smol (left hand), and they
dawned. |10(11)| Therefore Hashem shall not be satisfied; they
|2(3)| Thou shalt multiply the shall strengthen the shall eat every ish the basar of
Goy (Nation), and increase its adversaries of Retzin against his own zero'a;
simchah; they joy before Thee him, and spur on his enemies; |20(21)| Menasheh against
according to the simchat |11(12)| The Syrians from the Ephrayim; and Ephrayim,
baKatzir, and as men rejoice east, and the Pelishtim from Menasheh; they together shall
when they divide the spoil. the west; and they shall be against Yehudah. For all
|3(4)] For Thou hast broken devour Yisroel with open this His anger is not turned
the ol (yoke) of his burden, mouth. For all this His anger away; His yad is upraised still.
and the mateh (staff) of his is not turned away, but His Woe unto them
shoulder, the shevet hanogesh
(rod of the task master) of him,
as in the yom of Midyan [See
yad is upraised still.
|12(13)| For HaAm turneth
not unto Him that struck
10 that decree
unrighteous
chukim, and that write
Judges 7:25). them, neither do they seek decrees of oppression;
|4(5)| For every boot of the Hashem Tzva'os. |2| To turn aside the needy
tramping warrior in the |13(14)| Therefore Hashem from their rights, and to
battle's tumult, and simlah will root out of Yisroel head withhold mishpat from the
(garments) megolalah (rolled) and tail, palm branch and aniyyei Ami, that almanot
in damim (blood) shall be for reed, in yom echad. may be their prey, and that
burning and ma'acholet eish |14(15)| The zaken and they may rob the yetomim!
(food for fire). prominent man is the head; |3| And what will ye do in the
and the navi that is the moreh Yom Pekuddah (Day
Of Visitation, Reckoning) their treasures, and like the return; destruction is decreed,
and in the desolation which mighty I have subdued those overwhelming tzedakah.
shall come from afar? To on thrones; |23| For Adonoi Hashem
whom will ye flee for ezrah |14| And my yad hath found Tzva'os shall carry out kalah
(help)? And where will ye leave like a ken (nest) the riches of (destruction) decreed, even
your kavod (glory, riches)? the nations; and like one upon the kol ha'aretz.
|4| Without Me they shall gathereth beitzim (eggs) that |24| Therefore thus saith
bow down under the are left, have I gathered kol Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os, O My
prisoners, and they shall fall ha'aretz; and there was none people that dwellest in Tziyon,
under the slain. For all this that moved the wing, or be not afraid of Ashur; if he
His anger is not turned away, opened the beak, or peeped. strike thee with the shevet,
but His yad is upraised still. |15| Shall the garzen (axe) and lift his matteh against
|5| O Ashur, the rod of Mine boast itself against Him that thee, in the manner of
anger, in whose yad is the cuts therewith? Or shall the Mitzrayim.
mateh of My wrath. masor (saw) magnify itself |25| For yet a very little while,
|6| I will send him against a against Him that useth it? As and the za'am (anger,
Goy Chanef, and against the if the shevet (rod) should indignation) shall pass, and
people of My wrath will I give shake itself against them that Mine wrath turn for their
him a charge, to take the spoil, lift it up, or as if the matteh destruction.
and to take the plunder, and (staff) should lift up itself, |26| And Hashem Tzva'os
to tread them down like the as if it were not etz. shall stir up a shot (whip) for
chomer chutzot (mire of the |16| Therefore shall HaAdon him as when He struck down
streets). Hashem Tzva'os send among Midyan at the Tzur Orev; and
|7| But he intendeth not so, his fat ones leanness; and as His matteh was over the
neither doth his mind so instead of his kavod there will yam, so shall He raise it after
consider; but it is in his lev to be kindled a burning like the the manner of Mitzrayim.
make an end of Goyim not a blazing of eish. |27| And it shall come to pass
few. |17| And the Ohr Yisroel shall in Yom Hahu, that his burden
|8| For he saith, Are not my become an eish, and His shall be taken away from off
sarim altogether melachim? Kadosh a flame; and shall thy shoulder, and his ol from
|9| Is not Calno like burn and consume its thistles off thy neck, and the ol shall
Carkemish? Is not Chamat and its thorns in Yom Echad; be broken from fatness.
like Arpad? Is not Shomron |18| And shall consume the |28| He comes to Ayat, passes
like Damascus? kavod of his forest and his through Migron; at Michmash
|10| Just as my yad hath fertile land, even to nefesh he hath left his supplies;
found the mamlechot haelil, and basar; and shall be as a |29| They are crossing the
whose pesilim (molten images) sick man wasting away. pass; they have taken up their
did excel them of Yerushala- |19| And the remnant of the lodging at Geva; Ramah is
yim and of Shomron; etz of his forest shall be few, afraid; Givat-Sha'ul has fled.
|11| Shall I not, as I have that a na'ar could record |30| Lift up thy voice, O Bat-
done unto Shomron and her them. Gallim; Listen O Layish, O
elilim, so do to Yerushalayim |20| And it shall come to pass poor Anatot.
and her atzabim (images)? in Yom Hahu, that the |31| Madmenah hurries
|12| Wherefore it shall come remnant of Yisroel, and such away; the inhabitants of
to pass, that when Adonoi as are escaped of Bais Gevim gather themselves to
hath performed His whole Ya’akov, shall no longer lean flee.
work upon Mt Tziyon and on upon him that smote them; |32| As yet shall he remain at
Yerushalayim, I will punish but shall lean upon Hashem Nov this very day; he shall
the fruit of the proud lev of Kadosh Yisroel be'emes. shake his fist against the Har
Melech Ashur, and the tiferet |21| The remnant shall Bat Tziyon, the Givat
of his haughty eyes. return, even the remnant of Yerushalayim.
|13| For he saith, By the Ya'akov, unto El Gibbor [See |33| Hinei, HaAdon Hashem
ko'ach of my yad I have done Isaiah 9:5(6)]. Tzva'os, shall chop the bough
it, and by my chochmah; for I |22| For though thy people with great power; and the high
have binah; and I have Yisroel be like the chol hayam, ones of stature shall be hewn
removed the boundaries of the only a remnant of them shall down; the haughty shall be
nations, and have plundered
humbled. |7| And the parah (cow) and Moav; and the Bnei Ammon
|34| And He shall cut down the dov (bear) shall feed shall obey them.
the thickets of the forest with together; their yeladim shall |15| And Hashem shall
barzel (iron), and Levanon lie down together; and the utterly destroy the leshon Yam
shall fall by Adir (the Majestic aryeh shall eat teven (straw) Mitzrayim (tongue of the Red
Mighty One, i.e., Hashem). like the ox. Sea); and with His scorchimg
|8| And the yonek (sucking Ruach shall He shake His Yad
infant) shall play on the hole over the Nahar [i.e., Euphrates
of the cobra, and the weaned River], and shall break it into
child shall put his yad in the seven streams, and make men
viper's me'urah (hole). go over dryshod.
|9| They shall not hurt nor |16| And there shall be a
destroy in all My Har Kodesh; mesillah (highway) for the
And there shall for ha'aretz shall be full of the she'ar (remnant) of His people,
11 come forth a
Khoter (Branch)
out of the Geza (Stem, Stump,
da'as Hashem, as the mayim
cover the sea.
|10| And in Yom HaHu there
which shall be left, from
Assyria; just as it was for
Yisroel in the Yom that he
Stock) of Yishai, and a Netzer shall be a Shoresh Yishai, came up out of Eretz
[Branch [see Tzemach, which shall stand for a nes Mitzrayim.
Moshiach Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zech (banner) for the peoples; to
3:8; 6:12, Ezra 3:8 which give Him [Moshiach] will the
as Moshiach's Namesake Goyim seek; and His menucha
Yehoshua/Yeshua; compare (resting place) shall be kavod.
Mt.2:23 OJBC] shall bear fruit |11| And it shall come to pass
of his roots: in Yom HaHu, that Adonoi
|2| And the Ruach shall set His yad again the
[Hakodesh] of Hashem shall second time to recover the
rest upon Him, the Ruach of She'ar (Remnant) of His And in Yom Hahu
Chochmah and Binah, the
Ruach of Etzah (Counsel [see
Isaiah 9:5) and Gevurah, the
people, which shall be left [as
survivors], from Assyria, and
from Mitzrayim, and from
12 thou shalt say,
Hashem, I will
praise Thee; though Thou
Ruach of Da'as and of the Patros, and from Kush, and wast angry with me, Thine
Yir'at Hashem; from Elam, and from Shinar, anger is turned away, and
|3| And His delight shall be and from Chamat, and from Thou comfortedst me.
in the Yir'at Hashem: and He the islands of the sea. |2| Hinei, El is my Yeshuah
shall not judge after the sight |12| And He shall raise up a (Salvation); I will trust, and
of His eyes, neither reprove nes [a banner, i.e., send a not be afraid; for Hashem G-d
after the hearing of His ears: signal] for the Goyim, and is my strength and my
|4| But with tzedek shall He shall assemble the outcasts of zemirah; He also has
judge the needy, and reprove Yisroel, and gather together become my Yeshuah
with mishor (equity, justice) the dispersed of Yehudah (Salvation).
for the anvei eretz: and He from the four corners of |3| Therefore with sasson
shall strike the earth with the ha'aretz. shall ye draw mayim out of the
shevet of His mouth, and with |13| The kinah (envy, wells of Yeshuah (Salvation).
the Ruach of His lips shall he jealousy) also of Ephrayim |4| And in Yom Hahu shall ye
slay the reshah. shall depart, and the say, Hodu LaHashem, call
|5| And tzedek shall be the adversaries of Yehudah shall upon Shmo, declare His deeds
ezor (belt) of His loins, and be cut off; Ephrayim shall not among the peoples, proclaim
emunah (faithfulness) the ezor envy Yehudah, and Yehudah that Shmo is exalted.
of His waist. shall not harass Ephrayim. |5| Sing unto Hashem; for He
|6| The ze'ev (wolf) also shall |14| But they shall swoop hath done glorious things; let
dwell with the keves, and the down upon the shoulders of this be known b'chol ha'aretz.
namer (leopard) shall lie down the Pelishtim toward the west; |6| Cry out and shout for joy,
with the gedi (young goat); and they shall plunder them of the thou inhabitant of Tziyon; for
the egel and the lion whelp east together; they shall lay gadol is Kadosh Yisroel in the
and the fatling together; and their yad upon Edom and midst of thee.
a na'ar shall lead them.
The massa shall not cause its ohr to |21| But wild beasts of the
13 (burden) of Bavel
(Babylon), which
Yeshayah Ben Amotz did see.
shine.
|11| And I will punish the
tevel (world) for ra'ah, and the
desert shall lie there; and their
batim (houses) shall be full of
owls; and ostriches
|2| Lift ye up a nes upon the resha'im for their avon shall dwell there, and demons
high mountain, exalt the voice (iniquity); and I will cause the shall dance there.
unto them, shake the yad, that ga'on (arrogance) of the proud |22| And the wild beasts shall
they may go into the gates of to cease, and will lay low the howl in their strongholds, and
the nobles. ga'avah (pride) of the tyrant. jackals in their heichalot
|3| I have commanded My |12| I will make enosh more (palaces) of oneg (delight); and
Mekuddash, I have also rare than rare gold; even her (Babylon's) time is karov
summoned My Gibbor for adam than the gold of Ophir. (near, at hand) to come, and
Mine anger, even them that |13| Therefore I will shake her days shall not be
rejoice in My highness. Shomayim, and Ha'Aretz (the prolonged.
|4| The noise of a hamon Earth) shall move out of her
(multitude) in the harim makom (place), in the evrat
(mountains), like as of an Am Hashem Tzva'os, and in His For Hashem will
Rav; a tumultuous noise of the
mamlechot (kingdoms) of
Goyim gathered together;
Yom Charon Af.
|14| And it shall be like deer
chased, and like tzon not
14 have compassion
on Ya'akov, and
will yet choose Yisroel, and set
Hashem Tzva'os mustereth the gathered; each ish turning to them in their own adamah
Tzava (army) of the his people, and each fleeing to (land); and the ger (alien) shall
milchamah (battle, war). his own land. be joined with them, and they
|5| They come from an eretz |15| Every one that is found shall unite themselves to the
merchak (a far country), from yidaker (shall be pierced Bais Ya'akov.
the end of Shomayim, through, see Zech 12:10 for |2| And the nations shall take
Hashem, and the weapons of this same word and Moshiach); them, and bring them to their
His indignation, to destroy and every one that is caught makom (place, home); and
Kol HaAretz. shall fall by the cherev. Bais Yisroel shall possess them
|6| Wail ye; for the Yom |16| Their olelim (infants) as an inheritance in the
Hashem is karov (near); it also shall be dashed to pieces Admat Hashem (Land of
shall come like shod (sudden before their eyes; their batim Hashem) for avadim and
destruction) from Shaddai. (houses) shall be looted, and shifchot; and they shall take
|7| Therefore shall kol their nashim ravished. their captors captive; and they
yadayim (all hands) fall weak, |17| Hineni, I will stir up the shall rule over their
and kol levav enosh shall melt; Medes against them, which oppressors.
|8| And they shall be afraid; shall not regard kesef; and as |3| And it shall come to pass
pangs and chavalim (pains) for zahav, they shall not in the day that Hashem shall
shall take hold of them; they delight in it. give thee rest from thy etzev
shall be in pain like a woman |18| Their keshatot (bows) (sorrow), and from thy rogez
that travaileth in childbirth; also shall tear ne'arim (young (turmoil), and from the
one shall be aghast at his re'a; men) to pieces; and they shall avodah hakashah (hard
their faces shall be like have no rachamim on the pri bondage) wherein thou wast
flaming visages. beten (fruit of the womb); their made to serve,
|9| Hinei, the Yom Hashem eyes shall not pity banim. |4| That thou shalt take up
cometh, cruel both with wrath |19| And Babylon, the jewel this mashal against Melech
and charon af (fierce anger), of kingdoms, the tiferet ga'on Bavel, and say, How hath the
to lay the land desolate; and Kasdim, shall be as when nogesh (oppressor) ceased!
He shall destroy the chatta'im Elohim overthrew S'dom and How hast fury ceased!
(sinners) thereof out of it. Amora (Gomorrah). |5| Hashem hath broken the
|10| For the kokhavim of |20| Lo lanetzach (not ever) matteh (rod) of the resha'im
Shomayim and the shall it be inhabited, neither (wicked), and the shevet
constellations thereof shall shall it be dwelt in ad dor (sceptre) of the moshlim
not give their ohr (light); the vador; neither shall the Arab (rulers).
shemesh shall be darkened in pitch ohel there; neither shall [6] Which struck the
its rising and the yarei'ach the ro'im rest their flock there. peoples in wrath with
Yeshayah 14 390 Orthodox Jewish Bible
makkat bilti sarah |16| They that see thee shall upon My harim (mountains)
(a continual stroke), which gaze at thee, and consider trample him under foot; then
ruled the Goyim in anger, thee, saying, Is this the ish shall his yoke depart from off
with unrestrained aggression. (man) that made ha'aretz to them, and his burden be
|7| Kol ha'aretz is at rest, and tremble, that did shake removed from off their
is quiet; they break forth into mamlechot (kingdoms); shekhem (shoulder).
rinnah (joyful shouts). |17| That made the tevel |26| This is the etzah (plan)
|8| Indeed, the cypress trees (world) like a midbar (desert), that is purposed upon kol
rejoice over thee, and the and overthrew the towns ha'aretz; and this is the Yad
cedars of Levanon, saying, thereof; that would not release (hand) that is stretched out
Since thou art laid down, no his prisoners to go home? over kol HaGoyim (all the
hakoret ([forest] cutter) is |18| Kol melachim (all kings) nations).
come up against us. of the Goyim, even all of them, |27| For Hashem Tzva'os
|9| Sheol from beneath is lie in kavod, every one in his hath purposed, and who shall
astir for thee to meet thee at own bais (house, i.e., tomb). annul it? And His Yad is
thy coming; it stirreth up the |19| But thou art cast out of stretched out, and who shall
refa'im for thee, even all the thy kever like a rejected netzer turn it back?
attudei aretz (he-goat world (branch, see Mt 2:23); and |28| In the year of the mot
leaders); it hath raised up your raiment is those that are HaMelech Achaz came this
from their kise'ot (thrones) all slain, thrust through with a massa (burden, oracle);
the melachim of the Goyim. cherev, that go down to the |29| Rejoice not thou, all ye
|10| Kullam (all of them) stones of the bor (pit); as a of Peleshet (Philistia), because
shall speak and say unto thee, peger (corpse) trodden under the shevet (rod) of him that
Art thou also become weak as feet. struck thee is broken; for out
we? Art thou become like unto |20| Thou shalt not be joined of the shoresh nachash
us? with them in kevurah (burial), (snake's root) shall spring up
|11| Thy ga'on (pomp, pride) because thou hast destroyed a viper, and its pri (fruit) shall
is brought down to Sheol, and thy land, and slain thy people; be a fiery flying serpent.
the noise of thy nevalim the zera of ra’im (evildoers) |30| And the bechorei dalim
(harps); the rimmah (grave- shall never be renowned. (the firstborn of the poor ones)
worm) is spread out under |21| Prepare the matbe'ach shall eat, and the evyonim
thee, and the tola'at (worm) (slaughterhouse) for his banim (needy ones) shall lie down in
covers thee. for the avon (iniquity) of their safety; and I will kill thy
|12| How art thou fallen from avot; that they do not rise, nor shoresh (root) with ra'av
Shomayim, O Heilel Ben inherit eretz, nor cover the (famine), and it shall slay thy
Shachar (Bright One of the surface of the tevel (earth) she'erit (remnant, survivors).
Dawn, Day Star, Lucifer)! How with towns. |31| Wail, O sha'ar (gate);
art thou cast down to the |22| For I will rise up against howl, O ir; all ye of Peleshet,
earth, thou, which hast laid them, saith Hashem Tzva'os, melt away; for there shall
low the Goyim! and I will cut off from Bavel come from the tzafon (north)
|13| For thou hast said in the shem, and she'ar an ashan (smoke), and none
thine lev, I will ascend into (remainder), and offspring, shall be a straggler in his
Shomayim, I will exalt my and posterity, saith Hashem. ranks.
kisse above the kokhavim |23| I will also make it a |32| What shall one then
(stars) of El (G-d); I will sit also possession for the hedgehog, answer the malachim
upon the har mo'ed (mount and swamps of mayim; and I (messengers) of the nation?
of assembly), on yarketei will sweep it with the mat'ate That Hashem hath
Tzafon (on the heights of (broom) of shmad established Tziyon, and the
Tzafon); (destruction), saith Hashem afflicted of His people shall
|14| I will ascend above the Tzva'os. take refuge in her.
heights of the clouds; I will |24| Hashem Tzva'os hath
make myself like Elyon (the sworn, saying, Surely as I have
Most High). intended, so shall it come to
|15| Yet thou shalt be pass; and as I have purposed,
brought down to Sheol, to the so shall it stand;
lowest depths of the bor (pit). |25| That I will break Ashur
(the Assyrian) in My land, and
Nevi’im 391 Yeshayah 15, 16, 17
The massa aryeh (lion) upon him that |9| Therefore I will bewail
15 (burden) of Moav.
Because in the
lailah (night) Ar of Moav is
escapeth of Moav, and upon
she'erit adamah (the remnant
of the land).
with the weeping of Yazer the
gefen of Sivmah; I will water
thee with my tears, O
destroyed, and brought to Cheshbon, and Elealeh; for
silence; because in the lailah Send ye the lamb the shouting for thy
Kir of Moav is destroyed, and
brought to silence;
|2| He is gone up to the [idol]
16 to the Moshel-
Eretz, from Sela by
way of the midbar, unto Har
summer fruits and for thy
katzir has fallen away.
|10| And simchah is taken
temple, and to Divon, the Bat Tziyon. away, and gladness out of the
[idolatrous] high places, to |2| For it shall be, that, as an carmel (fruitful field) and in
weep: Moav shall howl over oph noded (wandering bird) the kramim (vineyards) there
Nevo, and over Medva; on all cast out of the ken (nest), so shall be no singing, neither
their rosh shall be shaved the Banot Moav shall be at the shall there be shouting; the
heads, and every zakan fords of the Arnon. treaders shall tread out no
(beard) cut off. |3| Give us etzah (counsel, yayin in their presses; I have
|3| In their chutzot (streets) advice); make pelilah made their vintage shouting
they shall gird themselves with (decision, justice); cast thy tzel to cease.
sackcloth; on their rooftops, as the lailah in the midst of |11| Therefore my heart shall
and in their rechovot (open tzahorayim; hide the fugitives; lament like a kinnor (harp) for
areas), every one shall wail, betray not him that is refugee. Moav, and mine inmost being
falling down with weeping. |4| Let fugitives of Moav for Kir Charesh.
|4| And Cheshbon shall cry, dwell with thee; be thou a |12| And it shall come to
and Elealeh; their voice shall seter (shelter, hiding place) to pass, when it is seen that
be heard even unto Yachatz; them from before the shoded Moav is weary on the high
therefore the loins of (destroyer); for the oppressor place, that he shall come to
Moav shall shake; his nefesh is at an end, shod his mikdash (sanctuary) to
shall be faint within him. (destruction) ceaseth, the pray; but he shall not prevail.
|5| My lev shall cry out for aggressors are consumed out |13| This is the Davar that
Moav; his fugitives shall flee of HaAretz. Hashem hath spoken earlier
unto Tzoar, and Eglat- |5| And in chesed shall the concerning Moav.
Shelishiyah; for by the Ascent kisse be established; and |14| But now Hashem hath
of Luchit with bekhi (weeping) sitting upon it in emes in the spoken, saying, Within
shall they go up; for on the Ohel Dovid, a Shofet seeking shalosh shanim, as the shenei
Derech Choronayim they shall mishpat, and hastening sachir (years of a hired man),
raise up a lament because of tzedek. and the kavod Moav shall be
destruction. |6| We have heard of the degraded, with all that hamon
|6| For the waters of Nimrim ga'on Moav; he is very proud; harav (great multitude); and
shall be dried up; for the even of his ga'avah the remnant shall be very
khatzir (grass) is withered (haughtiness), and his ga'on, small and feeble.
away, the desheh (vegetation) and his insolence; but his
faileth, yerek (green) there is boasts shall not be so.
none, |7| Therefore shall Moav wail The massa
|7| Therefore the possessions
they have gotten, and that
which they have laid up, shall
for Moav, everyone shall wail;
for the raisin cakes of Kir
Chareset shall ye mourn;
17 (burden) of
Damascus. Hinei,
Damascus is taken away from
they carry away to the Nakhal surely as they who grieve. being a city, and it shall be a
HaAravim (Ravine of |8| For the fields of Cheshbon heap of ruins.
Willows). languish, and the gefen of |2| The cities of Aroer are
|8| For the cry is gone all Sivmah; Ba'alei Goyim have deserted; they shall be for
around the borders of Moav; broken down the choicest adarim (flocks), which shall lie
the outcry thereof unto vines thereof, they reached down, and none shall make
Eglayim, and the wailing even unto Yazer, they them afraid.
thereof unto Be'er Elim. wandered to the midbar; her |3| The fortified city also
|9| For the waters of Dimon shoots are stretched out, they shall cease from
shall be full of dahm; for I will are gone over the yam.
bring more upon Dimon,
Ephrayim, and the blossom; but the katzir |5| For before katzir (harvest),
mamlechah from Damascus, (harvest) shall be a heap in the when the bud is perfect, and
and the remnant of Aram day of sickness and of the boser (sour grape, ripening
(Syria); they shall be like the incurable pain. grape) is ripening in the
kavod Bnei Yisroel, saith |12| Oy to the multitude of flower, He shall both cut off
Hashem Tzva'os. amim rabbim, which make an the zalzallim (shoots) with
|4| And in that day it shall uproar like the roaring of the pruning hooks, and take away
come to pass, that the kavod seas; and to the uproar of and cut down the netishot
Ya'akov shall fade, and the nations, that make a roar like (tendrils, branches).
fatness of his basar shall the roar of mighty waters. |6| They shall be left together
waste away. |13| The nations shall roar unto the birds of prey of the
|5| And it shall be as when like the roaring of mayim harim, and to the behemat
the katzir (reaper, harvester) rabbim; but He shall rebuke ha'aretz; and the birds of prey
gathereth the standing grain, them, and they shall flee far shall summer upon them, and
and reapeth the heads of grain off, and shall be chased as the all the behemat ha'aretz shall
with his zero'a; and it shall be motz (chaff) of the harim winter upon them.
as when one gleans heads of before the ruach, and like |7| In that time shall there be
grain in the Emek Rephaim. whirling dust before the offered in homage to Hashem
|6| Yet a remnant of storm. Tzva’os an Am (people) tall
gleanings shall be left in it, as |14| And hinei at erev, terror; and smooth of skin, an Am
the beating of a zayit (olive and before boker, he [that Norah far away on the other
tree), two or three olives terrorizes] is no more. This is side; a Goy powerful and
in the rosh of the uppermost the chelek of them that loot treading down under foot,
olive branch, four or five in us, and the goral (lot) of them whose land the neharim
the poriyyah (fruitful) olive that plunder us. (rivers) divide, even at the
branches thereof, saith makom (place) of the Shem
Hashem Elohei Yisroel. Hashem Tzva'os, Har Tziyon.
|7| At that day shall ha’adam Oy to the Eretz
look to Oseihu (his Maker),
and his eyes shall have respect 18 Tziltzal Kenafayim
(Land of Whirring The massa
to Kadosh Yisroel.
|8| And he shall not look to
the mizbechot, the ma'aseh of
Wings, i.e., Ethiopia), which is
beyond the rivers of Kush;
|2| That sendeth envoys by
19 (burden) of
Mitzrayim. Hinei,
Hashem rideth upon a
his hands, neither shall the yam, even in vessels of swift cloud, and shall come
respect that which his gomeh (papyrus) upon the into Mitzrayim; and the elilim
etzbe'ot (fingers) have made, mayim, saying, Go, ye swift (idols) of Mitzrayim shall
either the Asherim or the malachim, to a Goy (nation) tremble at His presence, and
incense altars. tall and smooth of skin, to an the levav Mitzrayim shall melt
|9| In that day shall their Am Norah far away on the within him.
strong cities be like other side; a Goy powerful and |2| And I will set the
abandoned places in the treading down, whose land the Mitzrayim against the
choresh (thicket), or like neharim (rivers) divide! Mitzrayim; and they shall
branches they abandoned |3| All ye inhabitants of the fight every ish against his
before the Bnei Yisroel; and Tevel, and dwellers of Eretz, brother, and every ish against
there shall be desolation. when a nes (battle flag) is his neighbor; ir against ir, and
|10| Because thou hast lifted up on the harim, look; mamlachah against
forgotten the G-d of thy and when a shofar is blown, mamlachah.
salvation, and hast not been listen! |3| And the ruach Mitzrayim
mindful of the Tzur of thy |4| For so Hashem said unto shall be disheartened within
Ma'oz; therefore shalt thou me, I will remain quiet in My him; and I will frustrate the
plant delightful plants, and rest, and I will consider from etzah thereof; and they shall
shalt set them with zemorat My dwelling place like consult the elilim (idols, false
zar (foreign vines). shimmering chom (heat) in the g-ds), and to the ittim
|11| In the day thou shalt set ohr, and like a cloud of tal (sorcerers, necromancers), and
out thy plants to make them (dew) in the chom katzir (heat to the ovot (mediums with
grow, and in the boker shalt of harvest). familiar spirits), and to the
thou bring thy zera to wizards.
|4| And the Mitzrayim will I |14| Hashem hath poured a and He shall be entreated of
give over into the yad adonim ruach iv'im (spirit of dizziness) them and shall heal them.
kasheh (power of hard in the midst thereof, causing |23| In that day shall there be
taskmasters); and a fierce Mitzrayim to go astray in every a mesillah (highway) out of
melech shall rule over them, ma'aseh thereof, as a shikkor Mitzrayim to Assyria, and the
saith HaAdon Hashem staggereth in his vomit. Assyrian shall come into
Tzva'os. |15| Neither shall there be Mitzrayim, and the Mitzrayim
|5| And the mayim shall roll any ma'aseh for Mitzrayim, into Assyria, and the
back from the yam, and the which the head or tail, branch Mitzrayim shall worship with
Nile shall be parched and or stalk, may do. the Assyrians.
dried up. |16| In that day shall |24| In that day shall Yisroel
|6| And the neharot (streams, Mitzrayim be like nashim; and be the third with Mitzrayim
canals) shall turn foul; and it shall be afraid and fear and with Assyria, even a
the moats shall be emptied because of the shaking of the berakhah in the midst of
and dried up; the reeds and yad Hashem Tzva'os, which ha'aretz;
rushes shall wither. He shaketh against it. |25| Whom Hashem Tzva'os
|7| The bare places by the |17| And Admat Yehudah shall bless, saying, Baruch
Nile, by the mouth of the Nile, shall be a terror unto Ami Mitzrayim, Ma'aseh Yadai
and everything sown by the Mitzrayim, every one that Assyria, and Yisroel Mine
Nile, shall wither, be blown maketh mention of Yehudah nachalah.
away, v'einenu (and be no shall be afraid in himself,
more). because of the etzah (plan) of In the year [711
|8| The dayagim (fishermen)
also shall mourn, and all they
that cast hooks into the Nile
Hashem Tzva'os, which He
hath determined against it.
|18| In that day shall five
20 B.C.E.] that Tartan
came unto Ashdod,
(when Sargon Melech Ashur
shall lament, and they that cities in Eretz Mitzrayim sent him,) and fought against
spread nets upon the mayim speak the sefat (language) of Ashdod, and took it;
shall languish. Kena'an, and swear allegiance |2| At the same time spoke
|9| Moreover they that work to Hashem Tzva'os; one shall Hashem by Yeshayah Ben
in pishtan (flax), and they that be called, Ir HaHeres (The Amotz, saying, Go and remove
weave fine linen, shall be in City of the Sun). the sackcloth from off thy
despair. |19| In that day shall there be loins, and put off thy sandal
|10| And its foundations shall a mizbe'ach to Hashem in the from thy regel. And he did so,
be broken in the purposes midst of Eretz Mitzrayim, and going arom (naked, stripped)
thereof, all that make sachir a matzevah at the border and barefoot.
(wages) shall be agmei nefesh thereof to Hashem. |3| And Hashem said, Just as
(grieved). |20| And it shall be for an ot Avdi Yeshayah hath walked
|11| Surely the sarim of (sign) and for an ed (witness) arom (naked) and barefoot
Tzoan are fools, the etzah unto Hashem Tzva'os in Eretz shalosh shanim for an ot and
(advice) of the wise counselors Mitzrayim; for they shall cry mofet against Mitzrayim and
of Pharaoh is become out unto Hashem because of Kush;
senseless; how say ye unto the oppressors, and He shall |4| So shall Melech Ashur
Pharaoh, I am the Ben send them a Moshi'a, and a (Assyria) lead away captive
Chachamim, the Ben Malchei Rav (leader), and he shall save Mitzrayim and Golus-exiled
Kedem? them. Kush, ne'arim and zekenim,
|12| Where are they? Where |21| And Hashem shall make aron (naked) and barefoot,
are thy chachamim? And let Himself known to Mitzrayim, even with their buttocks
them tell thee now, and let and Mitzrayim shall know uncovered, to the shame of
them know what Hashem Hashem in that day, and shall Mitzrayim.
Tzva'os hath planned against worship and make zevach and |5| And they shall be afraid
Mitzrayim. minchah; indeed, they shall and ashamed of Kush their
|13| The sarim of Tzoan are vow a neder unto Hashem, expectation, and of Mitzrayim
become fools, the sarim of and perform it. their tiferet (glory, boast).
Noph are deceived; they have |22| And Hashem shall strike |6| And the inhabitant
also led Mitzrayim astray, Mitzrayim; He shall strike and of this coast shall say
even they that are the heal it; and they shall make
mainstay of the tribes thereof. teshuvah even to Hashem,
in that day, Hinei, such is our set in my mishmeret (guard The massa
expectation, where we fled for
ezrah (help) to be delivered
from Melech Ashur; and how
duty) kol halailot (every night),
|9| And, hinei, here cometh a
merkavah with a man, a pair
22 (burden) of the Gey
Chizayon (Valley of
Vision). What is it to thee now,
shall we escape? of parashim. And he answered that thou art all gone up to the
and said, Bavel (Babylon) is rooftops?
fallen, is fallen; and all the |2| Thou that art full of noise,
The massa pesilim (images) of her elohim a tumultuous city, exultant
21 (burden)
concerning the
Midbar Yam (desert by the
(g-ds) hath been shattered on
the ground.
|10| O my threshed [people],
city; thy slain men are not
slain with the cherev, nor dead
in milchamah.
sea). As sufot (whirlwinds) in and the grain of my goren |3| All thy rulers are fled
the Negev sweep through; so it (threshing floor); that which I together, they are captured by
cometh from the midbar, from have heard of Hashem Tzva'os the keshet (bow); all that are
eretz nora'ah. Elohei Yisroel, have I declared found in thee are captured
|2| A chazut kashah (harsh unto you. together, which have fled far
vision) is declared unto me; |11| The massa (burden) of away.
the boged (traitor) dealeth Dumah [Edom]. One calleth to |4| Therefore said I, Look
treacherously, and the me out of Seir [Edom], away from me; I will weep
shoded (destroyer) destroyeth. Shomer (watchman), what of bitterly, labor not to comfort
Go up, O Elam; besiege, O the lailah? Shomer, what of me, because of the shod
Media; all the groaning she the lailah? (catastrophe) of Bat Ami.
[Babylon] caused have I made |12| The shomer said, The |5| For it is a day of tumult,
to cease. boker cometh, and also the and of treading down, and of
|3| Therefore are my loins lailah; if ye will inquire, confusion by Adonoi Hashem
filled with pain; tzirim (pangs) inquire ye; shuvu (return), Tzva'os in the Gey Chizayon
have taken hold upon me, as come. (valley of vision), battering
the tzirim (pangs) of |13| The massa (burden) down the walls, and of crying
a woman in labor; I was concerning Arabia. In the to the har.
bowed down at the hearing of ya'ar (forest) of Arabia shall ye |6| And Elam bore the
it; I was dismayed at the encamp O ye caravans of ashpah (quiver) with chariots
seeing of it. Dedanim. of adam and parashim, and
|4| My lev panted, fearfulness |14| The inhabitants of Eretz Kir uncovered the mogen
seized upon me; the neshef Tema brought mayim to him (shield).
(twilight) of my longing hath that was tzameh (thirsty), they |7| And it shall come to pass,
become unto me as met with their lechem him that thy choicest valleys shall
kharadah (shuddering horror). that fled. be full of chariots, and the
|5| [They are] setting the |15| For they fled from the parashim shall set themselves
shulchan, spreading the tzafit charavot (swords), from the in array at the sha'ar.
(dining carpet), to eat, to drawn cherev, and from the |8| And He removed the
drink; arise, ye sarim bent keshet (bow), and from masakh Yehudah (covering of
(princes), and anoint the the grievousness of Yehudah, defense, protection)
mogen. milchamah (war). and thou didst look in that
|6| For thus hath Adonoi said |16| For thus hath Hashem day to the armor of the bais of
unto me, Go, post the said unto me, Within a the forest [the King’s armory].
metzapeh (watchman), let him shanah (year), according to the |9| Ye have seen also the
report what he seeth. way a year is counted by damage of Ir Dovid, that they
|7| When he sees riders with a a sakhir (hireling, hired are many; and ye gathered
pair of parashim, donkey servant), all the kavod of together the waters of the
riders and camel riders, then Kedar shall end; Lower Pool.
he pays heed diligently with |17| And the remainder of the |10| And ye have numbered
great care; mispar (number) of archers, the batim (buildings) of
|8| And the one seeing cried the gibborim (mighty men) of Yerushalayim, and the batim
out, Adoni, I stand continually the Bnei Kedar, shall be few; (houses) have ye torn down to
on the mitzpeh (watchtower) for Hashem Elohei Yisroel fortify the chomah (wall).
in the daytime, and I am hath spoken.
|11| Ye made also a mikveh |21| And I will clothe him |4| Be thou ashamed, O
(reservoir) between the two with thy kesones, and Tzidon; for the yam hath
walls for the mayim of the Old strengthen him with spoken, even the ma'oz
Pool; but ye have not looked thy avnet (sash) and I will (fortress) of the yam, saying, I
unto the Maker thereof, commit thy memshelet travail not, nor give birth,
neither had respect unto her (authority) into his yad; and neither do I rear bochurim,
Yotzer from long ago. he shall be an av to the nor bring up betulot.
|12| And in that day did inhabitants of Yerushalayim, |5| As at the report
Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os call to and to the Bais Yehudah. concerning Mitzrayim, so shall
weeping, and to wailing, and |22| And the mafte'ach Bais they be sorely pained at the
to baldness, and to girding Dovid (key of the House of report of Tzor.
with sackcloth; Dovid) will I lay upon his |6| Cross ye over to Tarshish;
|13| And hinei sasson and shekhem (shoulder); so he howl, ye inhabitants of the ee
simchah, slaughter of bakar shall open, and none shall (isle, island).
and ritual slaughter of tzon, shut; and he shall shut, and |7| Is this your joyous city,
eating basar, and drinking none shall open. whose antiquity is of ancient
yayin; let us eat and drink; for |23| And I will fasten him as days? Her own raglayim shall
makhar we shall die. a yated (peg) in a makom carry her afar off to sojourn.
|14| And it was revealed in ne'eman (firm place); and he |8| Who hath devised this
mine oznayim by Hashem shall be for a kisse kavod to against Tzor, the crowning
Tzva'os, Till ye die for this the Bais Aviv. city, whose sokharim
avon there will be no |24| And they shall hang (merchants) are sarim
kapporah, saith Adonoi upon him kol kavod Bais Aviv, (princes), whose traders are
Hashem Tzva'os. the offspring and the issue, all the nikhbadei Eretz (honored
|15| Thus saith Adonoi vessels of small quantity, from of the Earth).
Hashem Tzva'os, Go, get thee the vessels of bowls, even to all |9| Hashem Tzva'os hath
unto this sochen (steward) that of large vessels. devised it, to demean the ga'on
even unto Shevna, which is |25| In that day, saith (pride) of every beauty, and to
over the Bais (palace), Hashem Tzva'os, shall the humble all the nikhbadei
and say, yated (peg) that is fastened in Eretz.
|16| What hast thou here? the makom ne'eman give |10| Pass through thy land
And whom hast thou here, away, and be cut down, and like the Nile, O Bat Tarshish;
that thou hast hewed thee out fall; and the massa (burden) there is no more restraint.
a kever here, as he that heweth that was upon it shall be |11| He stretched out His Yad
him out a kever on high, and [violently] cut off; for Hashem over the yam, He shook the
that carveth a mishkan for hath spoken. mamlakhot (kingdoms);
himself in the rock? The massa Hashem hath given a
|17| Hinei, Hashem will
throw thee out, gever, and will
surely seize thee.
23 (burden) of Tzor.
Howl, ye oniyyot
(ships) of Tarshish; for it is
commandment against
Kena’an, to destroy her
ma’a'uzim (fortresses).
|18| He will surely violently destroyed, so that there is no |12| And He said, Thou shalt
turn and toss thee like a bais, no entering in; from the no more exult, O thou
kadoor (ball) into a wide Eretz Kittim [Land of Cyprus] oppressed Betulah,
country; there shalt thou die, niglah (it is revealed) to them. Bat Tzidon; arise, pass over to
and there the merkevot |2| Be still, ye inhabitants of Kittim [Cyprus]; there also
(chariots) of thy kavod shall be the ee (isle, island); thou shalt thou have no rest.
the disgrace of the Bais whom the sokher (merchant) |13| Behold, Eretz Kasdim
Adonecha. of Tzidon, that pass over the (land of Chaldeans); this
|19| And I will drive thee yam, have enriched. people was not, till the
from thy matzav (position) |3| And by mayim rabbim, Assyrian made it for wild
and from thy position shall He the zera (grain) of Shikhor creatures; they raise up the
pull thee down. [Nile], the katzir (harvest) of siege towers thereof, they
|20| And it shall come to pass the Shikhor [Nile], is her destroyed the palaces thereof;
in that day, that I will tevuah (produce, income); and and turned her to ruin.
summon My eved Elyakim she is a Sakhar Goyim (market |14| Howl, ye oniyyot
Ben Chilkiyah; bazaar of nations). Tarshish; for your stronghold
is destroyed.
|15| And it shall come to pass languisheth and fadeth away, heard zemirot (songs), even
in that day, that Tzor shall be the haughty Am HaAretz do glory to the Tzaddik
forgotten shiv'im shanah, languish. (Righteous One). But I said,
according to the yamim of |5| Ha'aretz also is defiled My wasting away, my wasting
melech echad; after the end of under the inhabitants thereof; away, Oy li (woe unto me)! The
shiv'im shanah shall Tzor sing because they have bogedim (traitors) have dealt
as a zonah. transgressed torot, changed treacherously; the bogedim
|16| Take a kinnor, go about chok (ordinance), broken the have dealt very treacherously.
the Ir, thou zonah that hast Brit Olam. |17| Pachad (fear), and the
been forgotten; make sweet |6| Therefore hath the curse pachat (pit), and the pach
melody, sing many shir, that devoured Eretz, and they that (pitfall, snare), are upon thee,
thou mayest be remembered. dwell therein are guilty; O inhabitant of Ha'Aretz.
|17| And it shall come to pass therefore, the inhabitants of |18| And it shall come to
at the end of shiv'im shanah, her [the earth] are diminished, pass, that he who fleeth from
that Hashem will visit Tzor, and few enosh (humankind) the noise of the pachad shall
and she shall return to her left. fall into the pachat; and he
hire, and shall commit |7| The tirosh (new wine) that cometh up out of the
fornication with all the faileth, the gefen languisheth, midst of the pachat shall be
mamlakhot HaAretz upon the all the simchei-lev caught in the pach; for the
face of ha'adamah. (merryhearted) do sigh. arubot (windows [see Gen
|18| And her gain and her |8| The mirth of tambourines 7:11]) from on high are
hire shall be kodesh to ceaseth, the noise of them that opened, and the Mosedei
Hashem; it shall not be rejoice endeth, the joy of the Eretz (foundations of the
treasured nor laid up; for her kinnor (harp) ceaseth. Earth) do shake.
[Tzor's] earnings shall be for |9| They shall not drink yayin |19| Ha'aretz is violently
them that live before Hashem, with a shir (song); shekhar broken down, Ha'Aretz is
to eat sufficiently, and (liquor, strong drink) shall be completely split open, Eretz is
for choice clothing. bitter to them that drink it. shaken exceedingly.
|10| The city of tohu is |20| Ha'aretz shall stagger to
broken; every bais is shut up, and fro like a shikkor
that no man may come in. (drunkard), and shall shake
|11| There is a crying for like a melunah (watchman's
yayin in the streets; all hut); and the peysha
Hinei, Hashem simchah is darkened, the (transgression) thereof shall be
24 maketh Ha'Aretz
empty, and maketh
it waste, and ruineth her face,
mirth of HaAretz is banished.
|12| In the Ir is left
desolation, and the sha'ar is
heavy upon it; and it shall fall,
and not rise again.
and scattereth abroad the stricken with ruination. in yom hahu (that day), that
inhabitants thereof. |13| When thus it shall be in Hashem shall visit [in
|2| And it shall be, as with the midst of HaAretz among punishment] the Tzeva
HaAm, so with the kohen; as the nations, there shall be as HaMarom (Host on High,
with the eved, so with his the shaking of a zayit (olive Pagan deities), and the
adonim; as with the shifcha tree), and as the olelot melachim of ha’adamah
(maid), so with her gevirah (gleanings) when the grape (kings of the earth) upon
(mistress); as with the koneh harvest is done. ha’adamah (the earth).
(buyer), so with the mokher |14| They shall lift up their |22| And they shall be
(seller); as with the malveh kol (voice), they shall sing for gathered together, as asir
(lender) so with the loveh the Ga'on (Glory) of Hashem, (prisoners) are gathered in the
(borrower); as with the nosheh they shall shout from the yam. bor (dungeon, pit), and shall
(creditor), so with the one |15| Therefore glorify ye be shut up in the masger
owing him. Hashem in the Urim (east), (prison, dungeon), and after
|3| HaAretz shall be utterly even the Shem Hashem Elohei many yamim shall they be
emptied, and utterly Yisroel in the iyyim (islands) visited [in punishment].
plundered; for Hashem hath [see Isaiah 42:4] of the yam. |23| Then the levanah (moon)
spoken this davar (word). |16| From the uttermost part shall be disgraced, and the
|4| Ha'aretz mourneth and of Ha'Aretz have we chammah (sun) ashamed,
fadeth away, the tevel (world) when Hashem Tzva'os
shall reign in Har Tziyon, and (forever); and Adonoi Hashem |5| For He bringeth down
in Yerushalayim, and before will wipe away tears from off them that dwell on marom
His Zekenim gloriously. kol panim; and the kherpah (high); the lofty city,
(shame, disgrace) of His He layeth it low; He layeth it
people shall He take away low, even ad eretz; He
Hashem, Thou art from off kol ha'aretz; for bringeth it even to aphar
25 Elohai; I will exalt

Thee, I will praise
Shimecha; for Thou hast done
Hashem hath spoken it.
|9| And it shall be said in
Yom HaHu, Hinei, this is
(dust).
|6| The regel (foot) shall
trample it down, even the feet
peleh [See Isaiah 9:5(6)]; Thy Eloheinu; we have waited for of the oni (oppressed), and the
etzot (plans) of old are Him, and He will save us; this footsteps of the dalim (poor,
emunah omen (perfect is Hashem; we have waited for downtrodden, needy).
faithfulness). Him, we will be glad and have |7| The Orakh Latzaddik (way
|2| For Thou hast made an Ir simcha in His Yeshuah of the just) is meiysharim
a heap; a fortified city, a ruin; (Salvation). (altogether level, upright,
the stronghold of the zarim |10| For in Har Hazeh [i.e., direct ones); Thou, O Yashar
(foreigners) to be rebuilt never Mt Tziyon] shall the Yad (Upright One, Straight One),
more. Hashem rest, and Moav shall straighten the ma'agal (circuit)
|3| Therefore even the am oz be trodden down under Him, of the tzaddik.
(strong people) shall glorify even as straw is trodden down |8| Indeed, in the orakh of
Thee, the city of the ruthless in dung. Thy mishpatim, Hashem, have
Goyim shall fear Thee. |11| And He shall spread we waited for Thee; our ta'avat
|4| For Thou hast been a forth His hands in the midst nefesh (yearning of soul) is for
ma'oz (refuge) to the poor, a of them, just as he that Thy Shem, and for the zekher
ma'oz to the evyon in his swimmeth spreadeth forth his (memory, remembrance) of
tzoros, a makheseh (shelter, hands to swim; and He Thee.
cover) from the zerem (shower, shall bring down their ga'avah |9| With my nefesh have I
storm, downpour), a tzel (pride) together with the arvot desired thee in the lailah; yes,
(shade) from the chorev (heat), (cleverness) of their hands. with my ruach within me will I
when the ruach of the ruthless |12| And the fortification of seek Thee; for when Thy
ones is like a zerem (shower, thy high chomot (walls) shall mishpatim are upon ha'aretz,
storm, downpour) against a He bring down, lay low, and the inhabitants of the tevel
wall. bring to the ground, even to will learn tzedek.
|5| Thou shalt silence the the aphar (dust). |10| Let grace be shown to
tumult of zarim, as the chorev the rasha, yet he will not learn
(heat) in a dry place; even the tzedek; in the Eretz Nekhochot
chorev by the tzel (shadow) of In that day shall (Land of Straightforwardness)
a cloud; the zemir (battle song)
of the ruthless ones shall be
brought low.
26 this shir (song) be
sung in Eretz
Yehudah; We have an Ir Oz (a
he will deal unjustly, and will
not regard the ge'ut Hashem
(majesty, exaltedness of
|6| And in Har Hazeh [i.e., Mt city of strength); Yeshuah Hashem).
Tziyon] shall Hashem Tzva'os (salvation) is that which He |11| Hashem, when Thy Yad
make unto kol HaAmim a fat makes [its] chomot (walls) and (hand, power) is lifted up, they
mishteh (feast), a mishteh outer wall. will not see; but let them see
(feast) of finest, aged wines, of |2| Open ye the She'arim, that and be ashamed of their kinat
finest meats, of the best wines the Goy Tzaddik (right-with- Am (envy of [G-d's] people);
of finest vintage. G-d people) which is shomer indeed, the eish of Thine
|7| And He will destroy in emunim (keeping faith) may enemies shall devour them.
Har Hazeh the pnei hallot (the enter in. |12| Hashem, Thou wilt
face of the covering, the |3| Thou wilt keep him in ordain shalom for us; for
[death] shroud) cast over all shalom shalom, whose yetzer Thou also hast wrought all our
people, and the masseikhah (mind-set) is stayed on Thee; ma'asim (works, deeds) in us.
(overspreading veil) over Kol because he trusteth in Thee. |13| Hashem Eloheinu, other
HaGoyim. |4| Trust ye in Hashem adonim besides Thee have
|8| He will swallow up forever; for in G-d Hashem is had dominion
HaMavet (death) lanetzach Tzur Olamin;
over us; but by Thee only do of ha'aretz; ha'aretz also shall [heathen] mizbe'ach like chalk
we keep Thy Shem in disclose her dahm, and shall stones crushed to pieces, the
remembrance. no more cover over her slain. Asherim poles and pagan
|14| They are mesim (dead In Yom Hahu incense altars shall arise no
ones), they shall not live; they
are refa'im (dead ones) [see Job
26:5], they shall not rise;
27 Hashem with His
cherev hakashah
v'hagedolah v'hachazakah
more.
|10| Yet the Ir Betzurah
(fortified city) shall be
therefore Thou hast visited (terrible and great and strong desolate, and the habitation
and destroyed them, and sword) shall punish Leviathan forsaken, and left like a
made all their zekher the Nachash bari'ach (fleeing midbar; there shall the egel
(memory) to perish. serpent), even Leviathan that graze, and there shall it lie
|15| Thou hast increased the Nachash akallaton (crooked down, and strip bare the
Goy (nation, people), Hashem, serpent); and He shall slay the branches thereof.
Thou hast increased the Goy; Tanin (serpent, devouring sea |11| When the boughs thereof
Thou hast gained glory; Thou monster) that is in the sea. are dry, they shall be broken
hadst extended all the borders |2| In Yom Hahu sing ye off; the nashim come, and set
of the Eretz. about her, A kerem (vineyard) them on fire; for it is a people
|16| Hashem, in tzoros have of fruitfulness. of no understanding; therefore
they visited Thee, they |3| I Hashem do watch over He that made them will not
davened a lachash (whisper) it; I will water it continually; have compassion on them,
when Thy musar (chastening) lest any harm it, I will guard it and He that formed them will
was upon them. lailah va'yom. show them no favor.
|17| Like a woman with child, |4| Chemah (wrath, fury) is |12| And it shall come to pass
that draweth near the time of not in Me; but if there were in Yom Hahu, that Hashem
her delivery, in travail, and briers and thorns set against shall thresh from the flowing
crieth out in her pangs; so Me in milchamah, I would Nahar (i.e., [Euphrates] River)
have we been in Thy sight, march through it, I would unto the Wadi Mitzrayim, and
Hashem. burn it together. ye shall be gathered one by
|18| We have been with child, |5| Or let him [the enemy of one, O ye Bnei Yisroel.
we have been in pain, we have My vineyard, the “brier” or |13| And it shall come to pass
as it were brought forth ruach “thorn”] take hold of My ma'oz in Yom Hahu, that the shofar
(wind); we have not wrought (stronghold, protection) that gadol shall be blown, and they
yeshu'ot (salvation of any kind) he may make shalom shall come which were ready
in Eretz; neither have with Me; yes, he shall make to perish in Eretz Ashur
inhabitants of the tevel (world) shalom with Me. (Assyria), and those of the
been born. |6| He shall cause them that Golus of Eretz Mitzrayim, and
|19| Thy mesim (dead men, come of Ya'akov to take root; shall worship Hashem in the
see also Dan 12:2) shall live, Yisroel shall blossom and bud, Har HaKodesh in
together with my nevelah and fill with fruit the face of Yerushalayim.
(dead bodies, corpses) shall the tevel.
they arise. Awake and sing for |7| Hath He struck it {Israel],
joy, ye that dwell in aphar as He struck down those that
(dust); for Thy tal (dew) is like struck it? Or is it [Israel] slain
the orot tal (morning dew), like the slaying of them that
and Eretz shall give birth to are slain by Him?
repha'im (dead ones). |8| In measure, in the Hoy (woe, doom) to
|20| Come, My people, enter
thou into thy chederim, and
shut thy delatot behind thee;
sending [of Yehudah] away [in
the Golus], Thou dost contend
with her. By His hard wind He
28 the ateret ge'ut
(crown of pride), to
the shikkorei Ephrayim
hide thyself for a little rega removes her in the Yom (drunkards of Ephrayim),
(moment, while), until the Kadim (day of the east wind). whose glorious beauty is a
za'am (wrath, indignation [of |9| By this therefore shall fading tzitz (flower),
G-d]) has passed. kapporah be made for the which are on the rosh of the
|21| For, hinei, Hashem avon Ya'akov; and this is full verdant gey (valley) of them
goeth forth from His Makom fruitage to take away that are overcome with yayin!
(place, home) to punish the [Yehudah's] chattat; when He |2| Hinei, Adonoi hath one,
avon (iniquity) of inhabitants maketh all the stones of the chazak and strong,
which as a tempest of barad different tongue) will He speak be a terror just to understand
(hail) and a destroying storm, to HaAm Hazeh. the message.
as a flood of mighty mayim |12| To whom He said, This is |20| For the matztza (bed,
overflowing, shall cast them the menuchah (rest) mattress) is shorter than one
down to ha'aretz with the yad. wherewith ye may cause the can stretch himself on it; and
|3| The ateret ge'ut (crown of weary to rest; and this is the the blanket narrower than
pride), the shikkorei refreshing; yet they would not that he can wrap himself in.
Ephrayim, shall be trodden hear. |21| For Hashem shall rise
under foot; |13| But the Devar Hashem up as in Har Peratzim, He
|4| And the glorious beauty, was unto them precept upon shall be in wrath as in the
which is at the rosh of the precept, precept upon precept; valley of Giveon, that He may
verdant gey, shall be a fading line upon line, line upon line; do His ma'aseh, His zar
tzitz, and as the bikkurah sham a little, and sham a ma'aseh (strange work, foreign
(first ripe fruit) before kayitz little; that they might go, and work); and bring to pass His
(summer); which when he that fall backward, and be broken, avodah, His nochriyah
looketh upon it seeth, while it and snared, and taken avodah.
is yet in his palm he eateth it [captive]. |22| Now therefore be ye not
up. |14| Therefore hear the Devar mockers, lest your chains be
|5| In that day shall Hashem Hashem, ye scoffing anashim, made chazak; for I have heard
Tzva'os be for an ateret of that rule HaAm Hazeh which from Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os
glory, and for a wreath tiferet, is in Yerushalayim. a destruction, even
unto the remnant of His |15| Because ye have said, We determined upon kol ha'aretz
people, have cut a brit with mavet, (the whole earth).
|6| And for a ruach mishpat and with Sheol are we in |23| Give ye ozen, and hear
to him that sitteth in mishpat, agreement; when the my voice; pay heed, and hear
and for gevurah to them that overflowing scourge shall pass my speech.
turn back the milchamah through, it shall not come |24| Doth the plowman plow
at the gate. unto us; for we have made kol hayom to sow? Doth he
|7| But they also have gone kazav our refuge, and under keep turning and breaking the
astray through yayin, and sheker have we hid ourselves; clods of his adamah?
through strong drink are out |16| Therefore thus saith |25| When he hath made level
of the way; the kohen and the Adonoi Hashem, Hineni, I lay the surface thereof, doth he
navi have erred through in Tziyon for a foundation an not sow the dill, and scatter
strong drink, they are even (stone), an even bochan the cumin, and plant in rows
swallowed up with yayin, they (a tried stone), a pinnat yikrat the chittah (wheat) and the
are out of the way through (precious cornerstone), a sure se'orah (barley) in the
strong drink; they go astray foundation; the ma'amin appointed place, and the spelt
from the vision, they stumble (believer) shall not panic. in their place?
in rendering decisions. |17| Mishpat also will I make |26| For Elohav doth instruct
|8| For all shulchanot are full as the measuring line, and him, and doth teach him
of vomit and filthiness, so that tzedakah to be the plumbline; properly.
there is no makom (place) and the barad shall sweep |27| For the dill is not
clean. away the refuge of kazav, and threshed with a threshing
|9| Whom shall He teach the mayim shall overflow the sledge, neither is an ofan
da'as? And whom shall He hiding place. agalah (cart wheel) rolled
make to understand doctrine? |18| And your brit (covenant) about upon the cumin; but the
Them that are just weaned with mavet shall be annulled, dill is beaten out with a rod,
from cholov, and just drawn and your agreement with and the cumin with a club.
from the breasts. Sheol shall not stand; when |28| Grain for lechem must
|10| For precept must be the overflowing scourge shall be ground; because he will not
upon precept, precept upon pass through, then ye shall be ever be threshing it, nor break
precept; line upon line, line trodden down by it. it with the gilgal (wheel) of his
upon line; sham (here) a little, |19| As often as it goeth forth agalah (cart, wagon), nor grind
and sham (there) a little; it shall seize you; for boker it with his parash.
|11| For with stammering by boker shall it pass over, by
safah (lips) and with lashon day and by night; and it shall
acheret (another tongue,
|29| This also cometh forth and, hinei, he eateth; but he are in the dark, and they say,
from Hashem Tzva'os, Who is awaketh, and his nefesh is Who seeth us? And who
wonderful in etzah, and empty; or as when a thirsty knoweth us?
excellent in wisdom. man hath a chalom, and, |16| Surely you have things
hinei, he drinketh; but he turned around. Shall the
awaketh, and, hinei, he is Yotzer be esteemed as equal
faint, and his nefesh still with the khomer (clay); for
thirsts; so shall the multitude shall the ma'aseh say of him
Hoy (woe, doom) to of kol HaGoyim be, that fight that made it, He made me
29 Ariel [i.e.,
Yerushalayim], to
Ariel, the city where Dovid
against Har Tziyon.
|9| Pause, and wonder? Blind
yourselves and be blind! They
not? Or shall the thing formed
say of Him that formed it, He
had no understanding?
dwelt! Add ye shanah to are drunken, but not with |17| Is it not yet a very little
shanah; let chaggim (feasts) yayin; they stagger, but not while, and Levanon shall be
cycle around. with strong drink. turned into a carmel, and the
|2| Yet I will distress Ariel, |10| For Hashem hath carmel shall be esteemed as a
and there shall be heaviness poured out upon you the ya'ar (forest)?
and sorrow; and it shall be ruach tardemah (spirit of deep |18| And in that day shall the
unto me as ariel (altar hearth) sleep), and hath closed your chereshim (deaf persons) hear
[see Ezekiel 43:15]). eynayim; namely, that of the the devarim of the sefer, and
|3| And I will besiege thee all nevi'im and your heads, you the eynayim of the ivrim shall
around, and will lay siege seers, hath He covered. see out of obscurity, and out of
against thee with towers, and I |11| And the whole vision is choshech.
will raise metzurot become unto you as the |19| The anaviyim also shall
(siegeworks) against thee. devarim of a sefer that is increase their simchah in
|4| And thou shalt be brought sealed, which men deliver to Hashem, and the evyonei
low, and shalt speak me'eretz one that is learned, saying, adam (needy of humankind)
(out of the ground), and thy Read this, now; and he saith, I shall rejoice in the Kadosh
speech shall whisper out of the am not able; for it is sealed; Yisroel.
aphar, and thy voice shall be, |12| And the sefer is delivered |20| For the terrifying one is
like an ov (medium's that has to him that with the sefer has brought to naught, and the
a familiar spirit), out of the no da'as, saying, Read this, scoffer is consumed, and all
ground, and thy speech shall now; and he saith, I cannot that strive for avon are cut off;
whisper out of the aphar. read this. With sefer I have no |21| That make an adam an
|5| Moreover the multitude of da'as. offender with a devar, and lay
thy foes shall be like fine dust, |13| Therefore Adonoi says, a snare for the mokhiach
and the multitude of the Forasmuch as this people (reprover, defender) in the
terrible ones shall be as motz draw near Me with their peh, sha'ar (gate, court), and turn
(chaff) that in passing bloweth and with their sfatayim do aside the tzaddik from justice.
away; indeed, it shall be at an honor Me, but have removed |22| Therefore thus saith
instant suddenly. their lev far from Me, and Hashem, who redeemed
|6| Thou shalt be visited [in their fear toward Me is mitzvat Avraham, concerning Bais
punishment] by Hashem anashim melummadah Ya’akov, Ya'akov shall not now
Tzva'os with ra'am (thunder), (human commandments be ashamed, neither shall his
and with earthquake, and a taught by rote); face now grow fearfully pale.
kol gadol, with storm and |14| Therefore, hineni, I will |23| But when he seeth his
tempest, and the flame of again do an astonishing work banim, the ma'aseh of Mine
devouring eish. among this people, even a hands, in his midst, they shall
|7| And the multitude of kol marvellous work and a peleh set apart as kodesh Shmi (My
HaGoyim that fight against (wonder); for the chochmah of Name), and set apart as
Ariel, even all that fight their chachamim shall perish, kodesh the Kadosh Ya'akov,
against her and her metzadah, and the binah (understanding) and shall fear the Elohei
and that besiege her, shall be of their sages shall vanish. Yisroel.
as a chalom (dream) of a |15| Hoy (woe, doom) unto |24| They also that erred in
chazon lailah (night vision). them that go to great depths to ruach shall know binah
|8| It shall even be as when a hide their etzah (plan) from (understanding), and
hungry man hath a chalom, Hashem, and their ma'asim
they that murmured shall may be for a yom acharon l'ad |18| And therefore will
learn doctrine. ad olam; Hashem wait, that He may be
|9| That this is a rebellious gracious unto you, and
people, deceitful banim, therefore will He be exalted,
banim that will not hear the that He may have rachamim
torah of Hashem; upon you; for Hashem is
Hoy (woe, doom) to |10| Which say to the seers, Elohei Mishpat; Ashrei are all
30 the banim sorerim

(obstinately
rebellious children), saith
See not; and to the prophets,
Prophesy not unto us
nekhochot (right things), speak
they that wait for Him.
|19| For a people shall dwell
in Tziyon at Yerushalayim;
Hashem, that take etzah, but unto us chalakot (smooth thou shalt weep no more; He
not from Me; and in their things), prophesy machatallot will be very gracious unto thee
plans weave a web, but (deceits, illusions); at the sound of thy cry; when
not of My Ruach, that they |11| Get you off the derech, He shall hear it, He will
may heap up chattat upon turn aside out of the orach answer thee.
chattat; (path), cause Kadosh Yisroel |20| And though Adonoi give
|2| That walk to go down into to cease from before us. you the lechem tzar (bread of
Mitzrayim, and have not |12| Therefore thus saith trouble), and the mayim
inquired at My mouth; to Kadosh Yisroel, Because ye lachatz (waters of affliction),
strengthen themselves in the despise this davar, and trust yet shall not thy morim
strength of Pharaoh, and to in oshek (oppression) and (teachers) hide themselves any
take refuge in the tzel waywardness, and rely more, but thine eynayim shall
(shadow) of Mitzrayim! thereon; see thy morim;
|3| Therefore shall the |13| Therefore this avon shall |21| And thine oznayim shall
strength of Pharaoh be your be to you as a cracking breach hear a davar behind thee,
shame, and the refuge in the ready to fall, a bulge in a high saying, This is the derech
tzel of Mitzrayim your chomah (wall), whose breaking (road), walk ye on it, when ye
humiliation. cometh suddenly in an turn to the right hand, and
|4| For his sarim were at instant. when ye turn to the left.
Tzoan, and his malachim |14| And whose collapse is as |22| Ye shall defile also the
(envoys) came to Chanes. the breaking of the clay jar of covering of thy peselim of
|5| They were all ashamed of yotzerim (pottery makers) that kesef, and the clothing of thy
a people that could not profit is broken in pieces; it shall not massekhot (cast idols) of
them, nor be an ezer (help) be spared; so that there shall zahav; thou shalt throw them
nor profit, but a shame, and not be found among its away like a menstruous cloth;
also a cherpah. fragments a shard to take eish thou shalt say unto it, Get thee
|6| The massa (burden) of the from the fire, or to take mayim from here.
beasts of the Negev; into the therewith out of the cistern. |23| Then shall He send the
eretz tzarah and anguish, |15| For thus saith Adonoi matar of thy zera (seed), that
from which come the lion and Hashem Kadosh Yisroel; In thou shalt sow the adamah
lioness, the viper and fiery shuvah (returning) and rest therewith; and lechem of the
flying serpent, they will carry shall ye be saved; in quietness increase of the adamah, and it
their riches upon the and in confidence shall be shall be rich and plenteous; in
shoulders of young donkeys, your gevurah (strength); but ye that day shall thy mikneh feed
and their otzarot (treasures) would not. in broad pastures.
upon the humps of gemalim |16| But ye said, No; for we |24| The oxen likewise and
(camels), to a people that shall will flee upon sus; therefore the young donkeys that work
not profit them. shall ye flee; and, We will ride the adamah shall eat mash
|7| For the Mitzrayim shall be off upon the swift; therefore fodder, which hath been
hevel (vain) in help, and to no shall they that pursue you be spread with the winnowing
purpose; therefore have I swift. fork and with the winnowing
called her concerning this, |17| Elef echad shall flee at fan.
Rahab Sits Idle. the threat of one; at the threat |25| And there shall be upon
|8| Now go, write it before of five shall ye flee; until ye be every high har, and upon
them on a luach (tablet), and left as a pole upon the top of every soaring hill,
inscribe it on a sefer, that it the har, and as a nes (banner, springs and streams of
flag) on a hill.
mayim in the day of the brandishing will He fight |5| As tzipporim (birds)
great slaughter, when the against them. flying, so will Hashem Tzva'os
migdalim (towers) fall. |33| For Tophet [i.e., the defend Yerushalayim;
|26| Moreover the ohr of the place where humans are defending also He will deliver
levanah (moon) shall be as the sacrificed to Molech in Gey it; and paso'ach (passing over)
ohr of the chamah (sun), and Hinnom] is ordained of old; He will preserve it.
the ohr of the chamah shall be indeed, for Melech [Molech] it |6| Shuvu (turn ye, return)
sevenfold, as the ohr of shivat is prepared. He hath made it unto Him from Whom the
hayamim (seven days), in the deep and wide; the fire pit Bnei Yisroel have deeply
day that Hashem bindeth up thereof is eish and much revolted.
the hurt of His people, and wood; the nishmat Hashem |7| For in that day every ish
healeth the stroke of His (breath of Hashem), like a shall cast away his elilim of
wound. stream of gofrit (brimstone, kesef, and his elilim of zahav,
|27| Hinei, the Shem of burning sulfur), doth kindle it which your own hands have
Hashem cometh from afar, [see Isa 66:24]. made unto you as a chet.
burning is His anger, and |8| Then shall the Assyrian
heavy is His cloud; His fall by a cherev, not of an ish
safatayim (lips) are full of Woe to them that (man); and a cherev not adam
indignation, and His lashon is
like a devouring eish;
|28| And His Ruach, like an
31 go down to
Mitzrayim for
ezrah (help); and rely on
(of mortals) shall devour him;
so he shall flee from before
the cherev, and his bochrim
overflowing stream, shall susim, and trust in merkavot, shall become forced
reach half-way to the tzavar because they are many; and in laborers.
(neck), to sift the Goyim with parashim, because they are |9| And his rock shall pass
the sieve of shav (vanity, very strong; but they look not away in magor (terror), and
futility); and there shall be a unto the Kadosh Yisroel, his sarim shall desert the nes
misleading bridle bit in the neither seek Hashem! (battle flag) in panic, saith
jaws of the people. |2| Yet He also is chacham Hashem, Whose fire is in
|29| Ye shall have the shir (wise), and will bring rah Tziyon, and His furnace in
(song), as in the night when (disaster), and will not call Yerushalayim.
the chag is set apart as back His devarim; but will
kodesh; and simchat levav, as arise against the Bais Mere'im
when one goeth with a chalil (house of evildoers), and
(flute) to come to the Har against the ezrat po'alei aven
Hashem, to the Tzur Yisroel. (the help of them that work
|30| And Hashem shall cause iniquity).
His glorious voice to be heard, |3| Now the Mitzrayim are See, a Melech shall
and shall cause the lowering
of His zero'a to be seen, with
the indignation of His anger,
adam, and not El (G-d); and
their susim basar, and not
ruach. When Hashem shall
32 reign in tzedek,
and sarim shall
rule in mishpat (justice).
and with the flame of a stretch out His yad, both he |2| And an ish shall be as a
devouring eish, with that helpeth shall fall, and he sheltering hiding place from
smashing, and tempest, and that is helped shall stumble, the ruach (wind), and a seter
even barad (stones of hail, and they all shall come to an (refuge) from the tempest; as
hailstones). end together. streams of mayim in a dry
|31| For through the voice of |4| For thus saith Hashem place, as the tzel (shadow) of a
Hashem shall the Assyrian be unto me, Just as the aryeh great rock in a weary land.
crushed, which struck with a (lion) and the young lion roars |3| And the eynayim of them
shevet (rod). over his prey, when a that see shall no longer be
|32| And in every place where multitude of ro'im (shepherds) closed, and the oznayim of
the matteh (rod) of is called forth against him, he them that hear shall pay heed.
punishment shall pass, which will not be afraid of their |4| The levav also of the rash
Hashem shall lay upon him clamor, nor disturb himself shall understand da'as, and
[Ashur], it shall be with because of the noise of them; the lashon of the stammerers
tambourines and kinnorot; so shall Hashem Tzva'os come shall be ready
and in milchamot (battles) of down to fight for Mt Tziyon, to speak plainly.
and for the givah (hill) thereof.
|5| The naval (foolish person) |15| Until the Ruach (booty, plunder, gain) shall be
shall be no more called noble, [Hakodesh] be poured upon us gathered like the gathering of
nor the scoundrel said to be from on high, and the midbar the locusts; as the swarm of
honorable. become a carmel (fruitful grasshoppers shall men
|6| For the naval will speak field), and the carmel become pounce upon them.
foolishness, and his lev will a ya'ar (forest). |5| Hashem is exalted; for He
work evil, to practise khonef |16| Then mishpat shall dwell dwelleth on high; He hath
(hypocrisy), and to utter to'ah in the midbar, and tzedakah filled Tziyon with mishpat
(error, perversity) against live in the carmel. and tzedakah.
Hashem, to leave unsatisfied |17| And the ma'aseh (work) |6| And He shall be the
the nefesh of the ra'av of tzedakah (righteousness) emunah (faithfulness,
(hungry), and he will cause the shall be shalom; and the effect stability) of thy times, a rich
drink of the tzameh (thirsty) to of tzedakah quietness and store of Yeshuah (salvation),
fail. assurance ad olam (forever). chochmah, and da'as; the yirat
|7| The schemes also of the |18| And my people shall Hashem is his otzar (treasure).
schemer are ra'im (evil ones); dwell in a naveh shalom (a |7| Behold, their valiant ones
he deviseth zimmot (wicked habitation of peace) and in shall cry in the street; the
schemes) to destroy the poor secure mishkenot (dwellings), malachei shalom shall weep
with words of sheker, even and in quiet menuchot bitterly.
when the evyon (needy) (resting places); |8| The mesillot (highways) lie
speaketh mishpat (justly). |19| When it shall hail, in ruins, the wayfaring man
|8| But the noble maketh coming down on the ya'ar ceaseth; he hath annulled the
plans that are noble; and by (forest); and the Ir brit (covenant), he hath
noble things shall he stand. shall be utterly brought down despised the towns, he
|9| Rise up, ye nashim that in a low place [of humiliation]. regardeth no enosh
are complacently at ease; hear |20| Blessed are ye that sow (humankind).
my voice, ye banot at ease; beside all mayim, that send |9| Ha'aretz mourneth and
give ozen unto my speech. forth there the regel of the languisheth; Levanon is
|10| Days and a shanah, then shor (ox) and the chamor ashamed and shriveled;
shall ye tremble, ye careless (donkey). Sharon is like an aravah; and
nashim; for the grape harvest Hoy (woe, doom) to Bashan and Carmel shake off
shall fail, the harvest of fruit
shall not come.
|11| Tremble, ye nashim that
33 thee that
destroyest, and
thou wast not destroyed; and
their foliage.
|10| Now will I arise, saith
Hashem; now will I be exalted;
are complacently at ease; dealest treacherously, and now will I lift up Myself.
shake, ye complacent ones; they dealt not treacherously |11| Ye shall conceive chaff,
strip you, and make you bare, as a boged (traitor, ye shall bring forth straw; your
and gird sackcloth upon your treacherous person) with thee! ruach (breath), as eish, shall
loins. When thou shalt cease to devour you.
|12| They shall mournfully destroy, thou shalt be |12| And the peoples shall be
beat upon their breasts, for destroyed; and when thou as the burnings of lime; as
the pleasant fields, for the shalt make an end to deal thorns cut up shall they be
fruitful gefen (vine). treacherously, they shall deal burned in the eish.
|13| Upon the admat Ami treacherously as a boged with |13| Hear, ye that are far off,
(land of My People) shall come thee. what I have done; and, ye that
up kotz (thorns) and briers; |2| Hashem, be gracious unto are near, acknowledge My
indeed, upon all the batim us; we have waited for Thee; gevurah (might).
(houses) of joy in the city of be Thou their zero'a in the |14| The chatta'im (sinners)
merriment; bekarim (mornings), our in Tziyon are terrified;
|14| Because the palaces shall Yeshuah (salvation) also in trembling hath seized the
be forsaken; the multitude of the time of tzoros. khanafim (hypocrites). Who
the Ir shall be abandoned; the |3| At the noise of the tumult among us can dwell with the
citadel and stronghold shall the peoples fled; at the lifting devouring eish? Who among
be ruins ad olam, a delight of up of Thyself the Goyim were us can dwell with mokedei
wild donkeys, a pasture of scattered. olam (everlasting burnings,
adarim (flocks); |4| And your shalal see Dan 12:2)?
|15| He that walketh in great plunder divided; the |7| And the re'emim (wild
tzedakot, and speaketh pisechim (lame ones) take the oxen) shall fall with them, and
meisharim (right things), he plunder. the bull calves with the bulls;
that despiseth the gain of |24| And the inhabitant [of and their land shall be soaked
extortions, that guards his Yerushalayim] shall not say, I with dahm, and their aphar
palms from accepting shochad am ill; the people that dwell (dust) enriched with chelev.
(bribe[s]), that stoppeth his therein shall be forgiven their |8| For it is the Yom Nakam
ozen from hearing of dahm, avon. L'Hashem (Day of Vengeance
and shutteth his eynayim from unto Hashem), and the Shnat
seeing rah; Shillumim (Year of Retribu-
|16| He shall dwell on high; tions) for the cause of Tziyon.
his metzadot shall be the Come near, ye |9| And the streams thereof
rocky fortress; his lechem shall
be given him; his mayim shall
be unfailing.
34 Goyim, to hear;
and pay heed, ye
peoples; let ha'aretz hear, and
[i.e., of Edom] shall be turned
into zefet (pitch, tar), and the
aphar (dust) thereof into gofrit
|17| Thine eynayim shall see all that is therein; the tevel (burning sulfur), and the land
Melech in His yafeh (beauty); (world), and all things that thereof shall become burning
they shall behold eretz that is come forth of it. zefet (pitch, tar).
very far off. |2| For the ketzef Hashem |10| It shall not be quenched
|18| Thine lev shall ponder (wrath of Hashem) is upon kol lailah v'yomam; the ashan
terror. Where is the sofer HaGoyim, and His chemah (smoke) thereof shall go up
(scribe)? Where is he who (fury, wrath) upon all their l'olam (forever); from dor to
weighs [for Assyrian tax tz'va; He hath utterly dor it shall lie desolate; none
collection]? Where is he that destroyed them, He hath shall pass through it l'netzach
counts the migdalim (towers)? delivered them to the tevach netzachim.
|19| Thou shalt no longer see (slaughter). |11| But the desert owl and
a fierce people, a people of |3| Their slain also shall be the screech owl shall possess
unfathomable language that is cast out, and their stench shall it; even the yanshuf (great owl)
incomprehensible, of a go up out of their pegarim and the orev (raven) shall
stammering lashon, that thou (corpses), and the harim shall dwell in it; and He shall
canst not understand. be drenched with their dahm. stretch out upon it the
|20| Look upon Tziyon, the |4| And kol Tz'va measuring line of tohu, and
city of mo'adenu (our HaShomayim (all the host of the plumbline of vohu [See
appointed times, festivals); heaven) shall be dissolved, Genesis 1:2].
thine eynayim shall see and the Shomayim shall be |12| For the nobles thereof
Yerushalayim a quiet naveh, rolled up like a sefer; and all there shall be nothing to call a
an ohel that shall not be taken their tz'va shall fall, like the maluchah (kingdom) and all
down; not one stake thereof aleh (leaf) falleth from the her sarim shall come to
shall ever be pulled up, gefen, like that falling from naught.
neither shall any of the ropes the te'enah (fig tree). |13| And sirim (thorns) shall
thereof be broken. |5| For My cherev shall be come up in her citadels,
|21| But there Adir Hashem satiated in Shomayim; hinei, nettles and brambles in the
will be unto us a makom it shall come down upon strongholds thereof;
(place) of broad rivers and Edom, and shall descend on and it shall become the
streams; wherein shall go no the Am (people) of My Cherem habitation of jackals, and the
galley with oars, neither shall (ban of destruction) in abode for banot ya'anah
a mighty ship pass thereby. mishpat. (ostriches).
|22| For Hashem is our |6| The Cherev Hashem |14| The tziyyim (martens)
Shofet, Hashem is (Sword of Hashem) is filled shall also encounter iyyim
Mechokkeinu (our Lawgiver), with dahm, it is gorged with (wild cats), and a sa'ir (wild
Hashem is Malkeinu; Hu chelev, and with the dahm of goat) calls to its companion,
yoshieinu (He will save us). lambs and goats, with the and lilit (night creature) dwells
|23| Thy riggings are loosed; chelev of the kidneys there and finds for itself a
they could not well strengthen of rams; for Hashem hath a mano'ach (place of rest).
their mast, they could not zevach in Botzrah, and |15| There shall the kipoz
spread the nes (sail); then is a tevach gadol in Eretz Edom. (bittern) nest, and lay
the shalal (spoil, plunder) of a eggs, and hatch
and care for young under her (deaf ones) shall be Now it came to
tzel; there shall the dayyot
(kites, vultures) also be
gathered, every one with its
unstopped.
|6| Then shall the pisei'ach
(lame) leap like the deer, and
36 pass in the
fourteenth shanah
of Melech Chizkiyah, that
mate. the leshon (tongue) of the Sancheriv Melech Ashur came
|16| Search ye out in the illem (the mute, the people up against all the fortified
Sefer Hashem, and read; no unable to utter speech) sing cities of Yehudah, and
one of these creatures shall for joy; for in the midbar shall captured them.
fail, none shall lack her mate; mayim break forth, and |2| And Melech Ashur sent
for My mouth hath streams in the Aravah. Rav Shakeh from Lachish to
commanded, and His Ruach |7| And the sharav (burning Yerushalayim unto Melech
hath gathered them. sand) shall become an agam Chizkiyah with a large army.
|17| And He hath cast the (pool, lake, pond) and the And he stood by the te'alat
goral (lot) for them, and His thirsty land, springs of mayim; haberekhah haelyonah
Yad hath made the land in the habitation of jackals, (aqueduct of the Upper Pool)
assignment unto them by where each [jackal] lay, shall on the highway of the sadeh of
measuring line; they shall be khatzir (grassland) as well the launderer.
possess it ad olam, from dor to as reeds and gomeh (papyrus, |3| Then came forth unto him
dor shall they dwell therein. bulrushes). Elyakim Ben Chilkiah, who
The Midbar |8| And a maslul (highway) was over the Bais (palace), and
35 (desert) and the

Tziyyah (dry land)
shall be glad over them [the
shall be there, and a derech
(road), and it shall be called
The Derech HaKodesh (The
Shevna the Sofer, and Yoach
Ben Asaph, the Mazkir
(secretary).
redeemed of Hashem, see Holy Road); the tameh |4| And Rav Shakeh said
35:9]; and the Aravah shall (unclean, impure person [see unto them, Say ye now to
rejoice, and blossom like the Isa 26:7]) shall not pass along Chizkiyah, Thus saith the
khavatzelet (lily). it, inasmuch as it shall be for HaMelech Hagadol, Melech
|2| It shall bloom them; that is, the Holech Ashur, What bitachon
abundantly, and rejoice even Derech (Walker of the Road, (confidence) is this wherein
with gilat (rejoicing) and i.e., whoever is the [Redeemed] thou trustest?
rannein (joyous singing); the Wayfarer on the Derech |5| I say, Your etzah (counsel)
kavod haLevanon (glory of HaKodesh), even evilim and gevurah (strength) for
Lebanon) shall be given unto (morally bad foolish people) milchamah (war) are only
her (the Aravah), the hadar shall not go astray thereon. devar sefatayim [words of the
(majesty) of Carmel and |9| No aryeh (lion) shall be lips, empty words]); now on
Sharon; they [i.e., the desert there, nor any peritz chayyot whom dost thou trust, that
and dry land in v.1] shall see (ravenous, dangerous, thou rebellest against me?
the Kavod Hashem (glory of ferocious of [wild] beasts) shall |6| Hinei, thou trustest in the
Hashem), and the Hadar go up thereon, it shall not be mishenet (staff) of this broken
Eloheinu (majesty of our G-d). found there; but the Ge'ulim reed, on Mitzrayim; whereon if
|3| Make ye the weak hands (redeemed people) shall walk an ish lean, it will go into his
chazak (strong), and steady there; palm, and pierce it; so is
the birkayim (knees) koshlot |10| And the Peduyei Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim to
(feeble ones [knees] that give Hashem (ransomed ones of all that trust in him.
way, i.e., of those of the Golus Hashem) shall return, and |7| But if thou say to me, We
returning to G-d in Tziyon). come to Tziyon with songs and trust in Hashem Eloheinu; is
|4| Say to them that are of a simchat olam (everlasting joy) it not He, whose high places
fearful lev, Be strong, fear not; upon their heads; they shall and whose mizbechot
hinei, Eloheichem (your G-d) obtain sasson (joy) and Chizkiyah hath taken away,
will come with nakam simchah (gladness), and said to Yehudah and to
(vengeance), even Elohim and sorrow and sighing shall Yerushalayim, Ye shall
gemul (divine retribution); He flee away. worship before this Mizbe'ach?
will come and save you. |8| Therefore give pledges,
|5| Then the eyes of the now, to adoni HaMelech
ivvrim (blind people) Ashur, and I
shall be opened, and the
ears of the chereshim
will give thee two thousand eretz, an eretz dagan and ridicule the Elohim Chai, and
susim, if thou be able on thy tirosh, an eretz lechem and will rebuke the devarim
part to set riders upon them. kramim (vineyards). which Hashem Eloheicha
|9| How then wilt thou turn |18| Beware lest Chizkiyah hath heard; therefore lift up
away the face of one officer of mislead you, saying, Hashem thy tefillah for the she'erit
the least of the avadim of will save us. Hath any of the that are left surviving.
adoni, and put thy trust on elohei HaGoyim delivered |5| So the avadim of
Mitzrayim for chariots and for his land out of the yad Melech HaMelech Chizkiyah came to
parashim? Ashur? Yeshayah.
|10| And am I now come up |19| Where are the elohei |6| And Yeshayah said unto
without Hashem against this Chamat and Arpad? Where them, Thus shall ye say unto
land to destroy it? Hashem are the elohei Sepharvayim? adoneichem, Thus saith
said unto me, Go up against And have they saved Shomron Hashem, Be not afraid before
this land, and destroy it. out of my yad? the words that thou hast
|11| Then said Elyakim and |20| Who are they among all heard, wherewith the na'arei
Shevna and Yoach unto Rav elohim of these lands, that Melech Ashur have made
Shakeh, Speak now, thee, unto have saved their land out of gidduf (blasphemy) against
thy avadim in Aramit my yad, that Hashem should Me.
(Aramaic); for we understand save Yerushalayim out of my |7| Hineni, I will put a ruach
it; and speak not to us in yad? in him, when he shall hear a
Yehudit (Hebrew), in the ears |21| But they held their shemuah (report), and return
of the people that are on the peace, and answered him not to his own land; and I
chomah. a davar; for the mitzvat will cause him to fall by the
|12| But Rav Shakeh said, Is HaMelech was saying, Answer cherev in his own land.
it to adoneicha and to you him not. |8| So Rav Shakeh left
that adoni has sent me to |22| Then came Elyakim Ben [Yerushalayim], and found
speak these words? Hath he Chilkiyah, that was over the Melech Ashur warring against
not sent me to the anashim Bais, and Shevna the Sofer, Livnah; for he had heard that
that sit upon the chomah, that and Yoach Ben Asaph, the he [Melech Ashur] was
they may eat their own dung, Mazkir, to Chizkiyah with departed from Lachish.
and drink their own urine their begadim torn, and told |9| And he heard concerning
with you? him the words of Rav Shakeh. Tirhakah Melech Kush, He is
|13| Then Rav Shakeh stood, And it came to come forth to make war with
and cried with a kol gadol in
Yehudit, and said, Hear ye the
words of HaMelech Hagadol,
37 pass, when
HaMelech
Chizkiyah heard it, that he
thee. And when he heard it, he
sent malachim to Chizkiyah,
saying,
the Melech Ashur. tore his begadim, and covered |10| Thus shall ye speak to
|14| Thus saith HaMelech, himself with sackcloth, and Chizkiyah Melech Yehudah,
Let not Chizkiyah deceive you; went into the Beis Hashem. saying, Let not Eloheicha, in
for he shall not be able to save |2| And he sent Elyakim, who Whom thou trustest, deceive
you. was over the Bais, and Shevna thee, saying, Yerushalayim
|15| Neither let Chizkiyah the Sofer, and the Ziknei shall not be given into
make you trust in Hashem, HaKohanim covered with the yad Melech Ashur.
saying, Hashem will surely sackcloth, unto HaNavi |11| Hinei, thou hast heard
save us; this city shall not be Yeshayah Ben Amotz. what the melachim of Ashur
given into the Melech Ashur. |3| And they said unto him, have done to all lands by
|16| Pay heed not to Thus saith Chizkiyah, This destroying them utterly; and
Chizkiyah; for thus saith yom is a yom tzarah, and of shalt thou be saved?
HaMelech Ashur, Make a tokhechah, and of ne'atzah; |12| Have the elohei
berakhah with me, and come for the banim are come to the HaGoyim delivered them
out to me; and eat ye every one mashber, and there is not which my avot have destroyed,
of his gefen, and every one of ko'ach to bring forth. as Gozan, and Charan, and
his te'enah and drink ye every |4| It may be Hashem Retzeph, and the Bnei Eden
one the waters of his own bor; Eloheicha will hear the words which were in Telassar?
[17] Until I come and take you of Rav Shakeh, whom Melech |13| Where is Melech
away to an eretz like your own Ashur adonav hath sent to Chamat, and Melech Arphad,
and the Melech
of the Ir of Sepharvayim, |24| By thy avadim hast thou downward, and bear pri
Hena, and Ivah? insulted Adonoi, and hast upward;
|14| And Chizkiyah received said, By the multitude of my |32| For out of Yerushalayim
the sefarim (letters) from the chariots am I come up marom shall go forth She'erit
yad hamalachim, and read it; harim, to the heights of (remnant) and they that
and Chizkiyah went up unto Levanon; and I will cut down escape out of Mt Tziyon; the
the Beis Hashem, and spread the tall cedars thereof, and the zeal of Hashem Tzva'os shall
it before Hashem. choice pine trees thereof; and accomplish this.
|15| And Chizkiyah davened I will enter into its most |33| Therefore thus saith
unto Hashem, saying, remote height, and the ya'ar Hashem concerning Melech
|16| Hashem Tzva'os, Elohei (forest) of its fruitful land. Ashur, He shall not come into
Yisroel, that dwellest between |25| I have dug, and drunk this city, nor shoot khetz (an
the keruvim, Thou art mayim; and with the sole of arrow) there, nor come before
HaElohim, even Thou alone, my feet have I dried up all the it with mogen, nor cast a siege
of kol mamlechot ha'aretz; streams of the besieged places. ramp against it.
Thou hast made Shomayim |26| Hast thou not heard long |34| By the derech that he
and HaAretz. ago, how I have done it; and of came, by the same shall he
|17| Incline Thine ear, yemei kedem (days of old), return, and shall not come
Hashem, and hear; open that I have formed it? Now into this city, saith Hashem.
Thine eyes, Hashem, and see; have I brought it to pass, that |35| For I will defend this city
and hear all the words of thou shouldest be to lay waste to save it for Mine Own sake,
Sanecheriv, which he sent to fortified cities into ruinous and for the sake of Dovid
insult the Elohim Chai. heaps. Avdi.
|18| Truly, Hashem, the |27| Therefore their |36| Then the Malach
melachim of Ashur have laid inhabitants were of small Hashem went forth, and
waste all the countries and power, they were dismayed struck down in the Machaneh
their lands, and put to shame; they were Ashur a hundred and
|19| And have cast eloheihem as the esev of the sadeh, and fourscore and five
into the eish; for they were no as the green herb, as the elef; and when they arose early
elohim, but the ma'aseh yedei khatzir (grass) on the gagot in the boker, hinei, they were
adam, etz and even (stone); (rooftops) is sun-scorched all pegarim mesim (dead
therefore they have destroyed before it is grown up. corpses).
them. |28| But I know thy sitting, |37| So Sanecheriv Melech
|20| Now therefore, Hashem and thy going out, and thy Ashur departed, and went and
Eloheinu, save us from his coming in, and thy rage returned, and dwelt in
yad, that kol mamlechot against Me. Nineveh.
ha'aretz may know that Thou |29| Because thy rage against |38| And it came to pass, as
art Hashem, even Thou only. Me, and thy insolence, is come he was worshiping in the Bais
|21| Then Yeshayah Ben up into Mine ears, therefore Nisroch elohav, that
Amotz sent unto Chizkiyah, will I put My hook in thy nose, Adramelech and Saretzer, his
saying, Thus saith Hashem and My bit in thy sfatayim banim, cut him down with the
Elohei Yisroel, Whereas thou (lips), and I will turn thee back cherev; they escaped into
hast davened to Me against by the derech by which thou Eretz Ararat; Esar Chadon
Sanecheriv Melech Ashur; camest. bno reigned in his place.
|22| This is the davar which |30| And this shall be HaOt In those days was
Hashem hath spoken
concerning him; The Betulat
Bat Tziyon, hath despised
unto thee, Ye shall eat this
year such as groweth of itself;
and the second year that
38 Chizkiyahu
(Hezekiah) sick
unto death. And HaNavi
thee, and laughed thee to which springeth from the Yeshayah Ben Amoz came
scorn; the Bat Yerushalayim same; and in the third year unto him, and said unto him,
hath shaken her head at thee. sow ye, and reap, and plant Thus saith Hashem, Set thine
|23| Whom hast thou insulted kramim (vineyards), and eat bais in order; for thou shalt
and made gidduf against? And the fruit thereof. die, and not live.
against whom hast thou raised |31| And the remnant that is |2| Then Chizkiyahu
thy voice, and lifted up escaped of the Bais Yehudah (Hezekiah) turned his face
thine eyes marom? Even shall again take shoresh (root) toward the kir (wall), and
against Kadosh Yisroel. davened unto Hashem,
|3| And said, Remember now, loose from the roll; from yom Hashem [See 2Kgs 20:8 which
Hashem, I beseech thee, how I even to lailah wilt Thou make speaks about Yom HaShlishi
have walked before Thee in an end of me. and on Moshiach cf Isa 53:8
emes and with lev shalem, and |13| I waited until boker, and Isa 38:10-11 and Ps 16
have done that which is tov in that, like an ari (lion), so will and Isa 38:17.]
Thy sight. And Chizkiyahu He break all my atzmot; from At that time
(Hezekiah) wept with bekhi
gadol (great weeping).
|4| Then came the Devar
yom even to lailah wilt Thou
make an end of me.
|14| Like a swallow or a
39 Merodach Baladan
Ben Baladan
Melech Bavel sent sefarim
Hashem to Yeshayah, saying, crane, so did I chirp; I did (letters) and a minchah (gift)
|5| Go, and say to moan like a yonah; mine eyes to Chizkiyah; for he had heard
Chizkiyahu, Thus saith grew weak from looking that he had been sick, and
Hashem Elohei Dovid Avicha, heavenward; Adonoi, I am had recovered.
I have heard thy tefillah, I oppressed; go surety for me. |2| And Chizkiyah was glad
have seen thy tears; hineni, I |15| What shall I say? He about them, and showed them
will add unto thy days hath both promised me, and the Bais Nekhotoh (Treasure
chamesh esreh shanah (fifteen Himself hath done it; I shall House), the kesef, and
years). walk quietly all my shanot in the zahav, and the spices, and
|6| And I will deliver thee and the mar (bitterness) of my the shemen hatov, and all the
this Ir out of the hand of nefesh. Bais Keli of his, and all that
Melech Ashur (Assyria); and I |16| Adonoi, by these things was found in his otzerot; there
will defend HaIr Hazot. men live, and in all these was nothing in his Bais, nor
|7| And this shall be HaOt things is the life of my ruach; in all his memshalet, that
(the Sign) unto thee from so Thou recovered me to Chizkiyah did not show them.
Hashem, that Hashem will do health, and made me to live. |3| Then Yeshayah HaNavi
this thing that He hath |17| Hinei, for shalom came unto HaMelech
spoken; (benefit) did I have great Chizkiyah, and said unto him,
|8| Hineni, I will bring again bitterness; for Thou hast in What said these anashim?
the tzel (shadow) of the love to my nefesh delivered it And from where came they
hama'alot (the steps), which from the shachat (pit) of unto thee? And Chizkiyah
has gone down with the destruction; for Thou hast cast said, They are come from eretz
shemesh on the Ma'alot Achaz all my chatta'im behind Thy rechokah (a far country) unto
(sundial of Ahaz), so that it back. me, even from Babylon.
goes eser ma'alot (ten steps) |18| For Sheol cannot thank |4| Then he said, What have
backward. So the shemesh Thee, mavet can not praise they seen in thine Bais? And
went back eser maalot (ten Thee; they that go down into Chizkiyah answered, All that
steps) on the ma'alot on which the bor (pit) cannot hope for is in mine Bais have they seen;
it had gone down. Thy emes. there is nothing among my
|9| The writing of Chizkiyahu |19| The living, the living, he otzerot (treasures) that I have
Melech Yehudah, when he had shall thank Thee, as I do not showed them.
been ill, and was recovered today; av to banim shall make |5| Then said Yeshayah to
from his illness: known Thy emes. Chizkiyah, Hear the Devar
|10| I said in the cutting short |20| Hashem will save me; Hashem Tzivos;
of my yamim, I shall go to the therefore we will sing with |6| Hinei, the days are
Sha'arei Sheol; I am deprived stringed instruments kol coming, that all that is in
of the remainder of my yemei chayyeinu (all the days thine Bais, and that which
shanot. of our life) in the Beis Avoteicha have laid up in
|11| I said, I shall not see Hashem. store until this day, shall be
Hashem, even Hashem, in the |21| For Yeshayah had said, carried to Babylon: nothing
Eretz HaChayyim; I shall Let them take a cake of shall be left, saith Hashem.
behold adam no more with the te'enim, and apply it upon the |7| And of thy Banim that
inhabitants of the world. shechin (boil, inflamed spot), shall issue from thee, which
|12| Mine dwelling is pulled and he shall recover. thou shalt father, shall they
up, and is sent into the Golus |22| Chizkiyahu also had take away; and they shall be
from me like ohel ro'i; As an said, What is the Ot (Sign) that sarisim (eunuchs) in the
oreg (weaver) I rolled up my I shall go up to the Beis Heikhal Melech Bavel.
life; He would have cut me
|8| Then Chizkiyah said to O Lady Evangelist Tziyon), get are counted to Him less than
Yeshayah, Tov is the Devar thee up into the har gavo'ah nothing, and tohu.
Hashem which thou hast (high mountain); O Mevaseret |18| To whom then will ye
spoken. He said moreover, For Yerushalayim (O Herald, liken El? Or what demut
there shall be shalom and Preacher of Besorah [Good (likeness) will ye compare unto
emes in my days. News, Gospel] Yerushalayim, O Him?
Comfort ye, Lady Evangelist Yerushala- |19| The charash (workman,
40
Eloheichem.
comfort ye My
people, saith
yim), lift up thy voice with
ko'ach; lift it up, be not afraid;
say unto the towns of
craftsman) melteth a pesel
(idol, image), and the
goldsmith overlayeth it with
|2| Speak ye to the lev Yehudah, Hinei Eloheichem! zahav, and casteth for it
Yerushalayim, and preach |10| Hinei, Adonoi Hashem chains of kesef.
unto her, that her tzeva'a (time will come with chazak, and |20| He that is so
of hard service, warfare) is His zero'a [Moshiach, see impoverished that He hath no
ended, that her avon Isaiah 53:1] shall rule for terumah chooseth an etz that
(iniquity) is nirtzah (punitively Him; hinei, His sachar will not rot; he seeketh unto
paid for, pardoned); for she (reward) is with Him, and His him a charash chacham
hath received of the Yad pe'ullah (work, recompense, (skilled craftsman) to prepare
Hashem kiflayim (double) retribution, penal reward [for a pesel, that shall not topple.
in payment for all her chattot. His enemies]) before Him. |21| Have ye not known?
|3| The voice of him that |11| He shall feed His Eder Have ye not heard? Hath it
preacheth in the midbar, like a Ro'eh; He shall gather not been told you from the
Prepare ye the Derech the tela'im (lambs) with His beginning? Have ye not
Hashem, make straight in the zero'a, and carry them in His understood from the mosedot
Aravah a highway for kheyk, and shall gently lead ha'aretz (foundations of the
Eloheinu. those that are with young. earth)?
|4| Every gey (valley) shall be |12| Who hath measured the |22| It is He that sitteth above
raised up, and every har and mayim in the hollow of His the circle of the earth, and the
givah (hill) shall be made low; Hand, and meted out inhabitants thereof are like
and the crooked shall be made Shomayim with a chagavim (grasshoppers); that
straight, and the rough places handbreadth, and enclosed stretcheth out Shomayim like
bikah (plain, valley); the aphar ha'aretz in a a curtain, and spreadeth them
|5| And the kavod Hashem measure, and weighed the out like an ohel to dwell in;
shall be revealed, and all harim (mountains) in scales, |23| That bringeth the
basar shall see it together; for and the geva'ot (hills) in a roznim (rulers) to nothing; He
the mouth of Hashem hath balance? [See Prov 30:4.] maketh the Shoftei Eretz like
spoken. |13| Who hath directed the tohu.
|6| The voice said, Preach. Ruach of Hashem, or being |24| Indeed, they shall not be
And he said, What shall I His ish etzah (counselor) hath planted; indeed, they shall not
preach? All basar is khatzir taught Him? be sown; indeed, their stem
(grass), and all the chesed |14| With whom did He take shall not take root ba'aretz (in
(constancy) thereof is as the counsel, and who gave Him the ground); and He shall also
tzitz (flower, blossom) of the binah, and taught Him in the blow upon them, and they
sadeh; orakh mishpat, and taught shall wither, and the se'arah
|7| The khatzir (grass) Him da'as, and showed Him (storm wind) shall take them
withereth, the tzitz (flower, the derech tevunot (way of away like the kash (straw,
blossom) falleth; because the understanding, intelligence)? stubble, chaff).
Ruach of Hashem bloweth |15| Surely the Goyim are like |25| To whom then will ye
upon it; surely the people is a drop in a bucket, and are liken Me, or shall I be equal?
khatzir (grass). accounted as dust of the saith the Kadosh.
|8| The khatzir withereth, the scales; surely He taketh up the |26| Lift up your eyes marom
tzitz falleth; but the Devar iyim (islands) like fine dust. (on high, i.e,. into the heavens),
Eloheinu shall stand forever. |16| Levanon is not sufficient and behold. Who hath created
|9| O Mevaseret Tziyon (O to burn, nor the beasts thereof [T.N. This chp needs to be seen
Herald, Preacher of Besorah sufficient for an olah. also in light of Ac chp 2 and
[Good News, Gospel] Tziyon, |17| Kol HaGoyim before Jerusalem’s Besurah
Him are as nothing; and they HaGeulah proclaimed there.]
these things, that in shalom; even by the orach nothing, and as a thing of
bringeth out their tzeva'a (path) that his feet do not even naught.
(host, legions) by mispar come. |13| For I Hashem Eloheicha
(number); He calleth them all |4| Who hath wrought and will take hold of thy yamin
b'shem (by name) because of done it, calling forth the dorot (right hand), saying unto thee,
the abundance of His power from the beginning? I Fear not; I will help thee.
and the might of His ko'ach; Hashem, the Rishon (First), |14| Fear not, thou tola'at
not one [star] is missing. and with the Acharonim (Last (worm) Ya'akov, and ye men of
|27| Why sayest thou, O ones); I am He. Yisroel; I will help thee, saith
Ya'akov, and speakest, O |5| The iyim (islands) saw it, Hashem, and thy Go'el
Yisroel, My derech is hid from and feared; the ketzot ha'aretz (Redeemer), the Kadosh
Hashem, and my mishpat is (ends of the earth) trembled; Yisroel.
passed over and disregarded they approached and came |15| Hinei, I will make thee a
by Elohai? near. new sharp threshing iron
|28| Hast thou not known? |6| They helped everyone his having pifiyyot (blades); thou
Hast thou not heard, that the re'a; and everyone said to his shalt thresh the harim, and
Elohei Olam, Hashem, Boreh brother, chazak! beat them small, and shalt
Ketzot HaAretz (Creator of the |7| So the charash make the geva'ot (hills) as motz
ends of the earth), fainteth (craftsman) encouraged the (chaff).
not, neither is weary? There is tzoref (goldsmith), and he that |16| Thou shalt winnow
no searching of His tevunah smootheth with the patish them, and the ru'ach shall
(understanding, intelligence). (hammer) encouraged him carry them away, and the
|29| He giveth ko'ach to the that strikes the anvil, saying, se'arah shall scatter them; and
faint; and to them that have of the soldering, tov hu; and thou shalt rejoice in Hashem,
no might He increaseth power. he fastened it with nails, so and shalt glory in Kadosh
|30| Even the ne'arim (youths) that it should not topple. Yisroel.
shall faint and grow weary, |8| But thou, Yisroel, art Avdi, |17| When the aniyim and
and the bochurim shall utterly Ya'akov whom I have chosen, evyonim seek mayim, and
fall; the zera Avraham Ohavi (My there is none, and their leshon
|31| But they that wait upon friend). faileth for tzama (thirst), I
Hashem shall renew their |9| Thou whom I have taken Hashem will hear them, I the
ko'ach; they shall mount up hold of from the ketzot Elohei Yisroel will not forsake
with wings as eagles; they shall ha'aretz, and called thee from them.
run, and not grow weary; and the farthest borders thereof, |18| I will open neharot on
they shall walk, and not faint. and said unto thee, Thou art the hilltops, and springs in the
Keep silence before Avdi; I have chosen thee, and midst of the valleys; I will
41 Me, O iyim
(islands); and let
the people renew their ko'ach
not cast thee away.
|10| Fear thou not; for I am
with thee; be not dismayed;
make the midbar a pool of
mayim, and the dry land
sources of mayim.
(strength); let them come near; for I am Eloheicha; I will |19| I will plant in the midbar
then let them speak; let us strengthen thee; indeed, I will the cedar, the acacia, and the
come near together for help thee; indeed, I will myrtle, and the etz shemen; I
mishpat (judgment, i.e., G-d's uphold thee with My yamin will set in the Aravah the
tribunal) tzedek. cypress, and the fir, and the
|2| Who awakened the just |11| Surely, all they that were box tree together;
one [Koresh, Cyrus 44:28] from raging against thee shall be |20| So that they may see,
the mizrach (east), called him ashamed and disgraced; they and know, and consider, and
to His raglayim, gave the shall be as nothing; and the understand together, that the
Goyim before him, and made anshei rivecha (they that strive Yad Hashem hath done this,
him rule over melachim? He with thee) shall perish. and the Kadosh Yisroel hath
gave them as the aphar to his |12| Thou shalt seek them, created it.
[the conqueror's] cherev, and and shalt not find them, even
as windblown kash (chaff, the anshei matzutecha (them
stubble) to his [the conqueror's] that contended with thee): the
keshet (bow). anshei matzutecha (they that
|3| He [the conqueror] war against thee) shall be as
pursued them, and passed on
|21| Present your case, saith Here is Avdi spring forth; Tzemach) I tell
Hashem; bring forth your
strong arguments for proof,
saith Melech Ya'akov.
42 [Moshiach, see
Zech 3:8; Isa
52:13], whom I uphold; Mine
you of them.
|10| Sing unto Hashem a shir
chadesh (new song), and His
|22| Let them bring them Bachir (Elect One, Chosen tehillah from the ketzeh
forth, and tell us what shall One), in whom My nefesh ha'aretz, ye that go down to
happen; let them tell the delighteth; I have put My the yam, and all that is
rishonot (former things), what Ruach [Hakodesh] upon Him; therein. You iyim (islands),
they are, that we may He [Moshiach] shall bring and the inhabitants thereof.
consider them, and know the forth mishpat to the Goyim. |11| Let the midbar and the
acharit (latter end, final |2| He [Moshiach] shall not towns thereof lift up their
outcome) of them; or declare cry out, nor lift up His kol voice, the villages that Kedar
us things to come. (voice), nor cause it to be doth inhabit; let the
|23| Tell the things that are to heard in the street. inhabitants of Sela sing for
come hereafter, that we may |3| A bruised reed shall He joy, let them shout from the
know that ye are elohim; [Moshiach] not break, and a rosh harim.
indeed, do tov, or do rah, that smoking wick shall He not |12| Let them give kavod unto
we may be afraid, and quench; He shall bring forth Hashem, and declare His
terrified. mishpat according to emes. tehillah in the iyim.
|24| See, ye are of nothing, |4| He [Moshiach] shall not |13| Hashem shall go forth
and your work of nought; a fail nor be discouraged, till He like a Gibbor, He shall arouse
toevah (abomination) is he establish mishpat ba'aretz; kina (zeal) like an ish
that chooseth you. and the iyim shall wait for His milchamah; He shall shout,
|25| I have awakened one (Moshiach's) torah [1C 9:21]. indeed, raise a war cry; He
[Koresh, Cyrus] from the |5| Thus saith HaEl Hashem, shall prevail against His
tzafon (north), and he shall Boreh HaShomayim, and the oyevim.
come; from the rising of the One stretching them out; He |14| I have me'olam held My
shemesh shall he call upon My that spread out ha'aretz, and peace; I have been quiet, and
Shem; and he shall come that which cometh out of it as refrained Myself; now will I
upon rulers as upon mortar, produce; He that giveth cry out like a travailing
and as the yotzer (potter) neshamah (soul) unto HaAm woman; I will lay waste and
treadeth clay. upon it, and ruach to them devour at once.
|26| Who hath declared from that walk thereon [See 1Th |15| I will lay waste harim
the beginning, that we may 5:23 OJBC]: and geva'ot (hills), and dry up
know? And from beforehand, |6| I Hashem have called all their esev (vegetation); and
that we may say, He was in the Thee in tzedek, and will take I will make the neharot into
right? Indeed, there is none hold of Thine yad, and will iyim, and I will dry up
that telleth, indeed, there is keep Thee, and give Thee agamim (pools, lakes).
none that preacheth, indeed, [Moshiach] for a Brit |16| And I will bring the
there is none that heareth (Covenant, Mt 26:28) of the ivrim (blind) by a derech that
your words. Am (People), for an Ohr they knew not; I will lead them
|27| The rishon shall say to Goyim; in paths that they have not
Tziyon, Hinei, behold them; |7| To open the einayim ivrot known; I will make choshech
and I will give to (blind eyes), to bring out the into ohr before them, and
Yerushalayim mevaser (one captives from confinement, crooked things straight. These
that bringeth good news). and them that sit in choshech things will I do unto them,
|28| For I beheld, and there out of the bais keleh (dungeon, and not forsake them.
was no ish; even among them, prison). |17| They shall be turned
and there was no Yo'etz |8| I am Hashem; that is back, they shall be greatly
(counselor), that, when I asked Shmi; and My kavod will I not ashamed, that trust in pesel,
of them, could answer a word. give to another, neither My that say to the masekhah
|29| See, they [the idols] are tehillah (praise) to pesilim. (molten images), You (plural)
all aven (wickedness); their |9| Hinei, the rishonot are eloheinu (our g-ds).
ma'asim are nothing; their (former things) are come to |18| Hear, ye chereshim (deaf
molten images are ruach and pass, and chadashot people); and look,
tohu. (new things) do I declare;
before titzmachnah (they
ye ivrim (blind people) that ye neharot, they shall not [11] I, even I, am Hashem; and
may see. overflow thee: when thou apart from Me there is no
[19] Who is ivver (blind), but walkest through the eish, thou Moshi’a.
Avdi (Yisroel]? Or cheresh shalt not be burned; neither [12] I have declared, and have
(deaf), like malachi that I shall the flame kindle upon saved, and I have proclaimed,
sent? Who is ivver (blind) like thee. when there was no zar
meshullam (the one [3] For I am Hashem (foreign) [g-d] among you;
committed) [to Me] and Eloheicha, the Kadosh therefore you [plural] are My
ivver like the Eved Hashem Yisroel, thy Moshi’a: I gave edim (witnesses), saith
[i.e., Yisroel]. Mitzrayim for thy kofer Hashem, that I am El.
[20] Seeing rabbot, but (ransom), Kush and Seva in [13] Yes, before the yom was,
thou observest not; opening thy place. Ani Hu (I am He); and there is
the oznayim, but he heareth [4] Since thou wast precious in none that can deliver out
not. My sight, thou hast been of My Yad; I work, and who
[21] Hashem is well pleased honored, and I have loved shall reverse it?
lema’an (for the sake of) His thee: therefore will I give [14] Thus saith Hashem, your
tzedek; He will magnify the adam [see Isaiah 53:8] Go’el, the Kadosh Yisroel; For
torah, and make it glorious. in exchange for thee, and your sake [see Isaiah 45:4] I
[22] But this is Am (People) people in exchange for thy have sent to Babylon, and I
robbed and looted; they are all nefesh. shall bring down the fugitives,
of them snared in holes, or [5] Fear not; for I am with all of them, even the Kasdim
hidden in batei kela’im thee: I will bring thy zera from (Chaldeans), whose shout of
(dungeons): they are for the mizrach (east), and gather joy is in the ships.
plunder, and none delivereth; thee from the ma’arav (west); [15] I am Hashem, your
for loot, and none saith, Give [6] I will say to the tzafon Kadosh, the Boreh Yisroel,
it back! (north), Give them up; and to your Melech.
[23] Who among you will give the teiman (south), hold not [16] Thus saith Hashem,
ozen (ear) to this? Who will back; bring My banim from which maketh a derech in the
pay heed and hear for the afar, and My banot from the yam, and a path in the mayim
time to come? ketzeh ha’aretz; azzim (mighty waters);
[24] Who gave Ya’akov as loot, [7] Even every one that is [17] Which drew out the
and Yisroel to ones called by My Shem, whom I merkavah and sus, the army
plundering? Did not Hashem, have created for My kavod, and warrior; they shall lie
He against Whom we have whom I have formed and I down together, they shall
sinned? For they would not have made. not rise; they are extinct, they
walk in the darkhei HaShem, [8] Bring forth the Am Ivver are quenched like a wick.
neither were they obedient that have eyes, and the [18] Remember ye not the
unto His torah. chereshim that have oznayim. rishonot (former things)
[25] Therefore He hath [9] Let kol HaGoyim be neither consider kadmoniyyot
poured upon it the chemah gathered together, and let the (the things
(burning heat) of His anger, peoples be assembled; who of old).
and the strength of the fury of among them can declare this, [19] Hineni, I am doing
milchamah; and it hath set and show us rishonot (former a chadashah (new thing);
him on fire round about, yet it things)? Let them bring forth now titzmach (it shall spring
knew not; and it consumed it, their edim (witnesses), that forth; Tzemach); shall ye not
yet it laid it not to lev. they may be vindicated: or let perceive it? I will even make a
But now thus saith them hear, and say, It is emes. derech in the midbar, and
43 Hashem that
created thee, O
Ya’akov, And He that formed
[10] Ye are My edim
(witnesses), saith Hashem.
And Avdi whom I have chosen;
neharot in the desert.
[20] The animal of the wild
shall honor Me, the jackals
thee, O Yisroel, Fear not; for so that ye may know and and the ostriches; because
I have redeemed thee, I have believe Me, and understand I give mayim in the
called thee by thy shem; thou that Ani Hu (I am He); before midbar, and neharot in the
art Mine. Me there was no El formed, desert, to give drink to My
[2] When thou passest neither shall there be after People, My Bachir.
through the mayim, I will be Me.
with thee; and through the
|21| This people have I Yeshurun, whom I have charashim (craftsmen), they
formed for Myself; they shall chosen. are only adam; let them all be
show forth My tehillah |3| For I will pour mayim gathered together, let them
(praise). upon him that is thirsty, and stand up; yet they shall fear,
|22| But thou hast not called flowing streams upon the and they shall be ashamed
upon Me, O Ya'akov; but thou yabashah [Gn 1:9]; I will pour together.
hast been weary of Me, O out My Ruach [Hakodesh] |12| The charash barzel
Yisroel. upon thy zera, and My (ironsmith) with his ma'atzad
|23| Thou hast not brought berakhah upon thine (chizel) both worketh in the
Me the seh (lamb) of thy olot; offspring; red-hot coals, and formeth it
neither hast thou honored Me |4| V'tzamechu (and they with hammers, and forgeth it
with thy zevakhim. I have not shall spring up; Tzemach) as with his zero'a ko'ach and
caused thee to serve with a among khatzir, as willows by also, he is hungry, and his
minchah, nor wearied thee the streams of mayim. ko'ach faileth; he drinketh no
with levonah (incense, |5| One shall say, I belong to mayim, and grows faint.
frankincense). Hashem; and another shall |13| The charash etzim
|24| Thou hast bought Me no call himself by the shem of (carpenter) stretcheth out his
fragrant calamus with kesef, Ya'akov; and another shall [measuring line]; he marketh
neither hast thou filled Me write [in witness] with his yad, it out with sered (red chalk);
with the chelev of thy Hashem's, and surname he worketh it with planes, and
zevakhim; but thou hast made himself by the shem Yisroel. he marketh it out with a
Me to serve with thy chattot, |6| Thus saith Hashem compass, and maketh it after
thou hast wearied Me with Melech Yisroel, and His Go'el, the tavnit ish (pattern of a
thine avonot. Hashem Tzva'os; I am the man), according to the tiferet
|25| I, even I, am He that Rishon, and I am the adam; that it may stay inside
blotteth out thy peysha'im for Acharon; and apart from Me the bais (idolatrous cult
Mine own sake, and will not there is no Elohim. shrine).
remember thy chattot. |7| And who is like Me, who |14| He heweth down cedars,
|26| Put Me in remembrance; can preach as I do? Let him and taketh the cypress and the
let us plead together at law; make it known and set it out oak, which he secureth for
declare thou, lema'an (for the in order before Me, since I himself among the atzei ya'ar
sake of) thou being declared appointed the Am Olam and (trees of the forest); he
righteous. the otiyyot (things to come, planteth a pine, and geshem
|27| Avicha HaRishon hath future things) and what is doth nourish it.
sinned, and thy melitzim approaching, let them |15| Then shall it be for an
(mediators) have rebelled expound and make known in adam to burn; for he will take
against Me. support of themselves. thereof, and warm himself;
|28| Therefore I have |8| Fear ye not, neither be and also, he kindleth it, and
profaned the Sarei Kodesh, afraid; have not I proclaimed baketh lechem; and also he
(Holy Princes) and have given to thee long ago, and have maketh el (g-d), and boweth
Ya'akov to cherem, and Yisroel made it known? Ye are even down in worship to it; he
to giddufim (revilings). My edim. Is there Eloah apart maketh it a pesel, and falleth
from Me? And there is no down unto it.
Tzur. I know of none. |16| He burneth half thereof
|9| They that make a pesel in the eish; with the other half
are all of them tohu; and their thereof he eateth basar; he
chamudim (favorite [idols]) are roasteth roast meat, and is
Yet now hear, O worthless; and they [the idols] satisfied; and also, he
44
have chosen;
Ya'akov Avdi; and
Yisroel, whom I
are their own edim; they [the
idols] see not, nor know; so
that they [the idol people] are
warmeth himself, and saith,
Aha, I am warm, I perceive ur
(flame)!
|2| Thus saith Hashem that put to shame. |17| And the shererit thereof
made thee, and formed thee |10| Who hath formed el (g-d), he maketh el, even his pesel;
from the beten (womb), Who or molded a pesel to no profit? he falleth down unto it, and
will help thee; Fear not, O |11| Behold, all its chaverim boweth down in worship to it,
Ya'akov, Avdi; and thou, shall be ashamed; and the and davens unto it, and saith,
Save me; for thou art Eli!
|18| They have no da'as nor soothsayers) into madmen; |5| I am Hashem, and there is
binah; for their eyes [the eyes that turneth back chachamim, none other, there is no Elohim
of the idol people] are smeared and maketh their da'as besides Me; I equipped thee,
over, that they cannot see; and (knowledge, science) though thou hast not known
their levavot, that they cannot foolishness; Me;
understand. |26| That confirmeth the |6| That they may know from
|19| And none considereth in davar of His eved, and the rising of the shemesh, even
his lev, neither is there da'as fulfilleth the etza to the ma'arav (west, setting
nor tevunah (understanding, (prediction) of His malachim; place of the sun), that there is
intelligence) to say, I have that saith to Yerushalayim, none apart from Me. I am
burned half of it in the eish; Thou shalt be inhabited; and Hashem, and there is no other
and, also I have baked lechem to the towns of Yehudah, Ye [Elohim].
upon the hot coals thereof; I shall be rebuilt, and I will |7| I form ohr, and create
have roasted basar, and eaten raise up the ruins thereof: choshech; I make shalom, and
it; and shall I make the rest |27| That saith to the deep, create rah; I Hashem worketh
thereof to'evah? Shall I bow Be dry, and I will dry up thy all these things.
down to the bul etz (product of naharot; |8| Cause [the rain] to trickle
a tree, i.e., a block of wood)? |28| That saith of Koresh down, ye Shomayim, from
|20| He feedeth on efer (ash); (Cyrus), He is Ro'i (My above, and let the blue sky
a lev hutal (a heart deceived, a Shepherd), and shall pour down tzedek; let eretz
deluded mind) hath led him accomplish all My pleasure; open, and let Yesha (salvation)
astray, that he cannot save his even saying to Yerushalayim, blossom, and let tzedakah
nefesh, nor say, Is there not Thou shalt be rebuilt; and to (righteousness) tatzmiach
sheker (a lie, a fraud) in my the Heikhal, Thy foundation (spring up; Tzemach) together;
yamin (right hand)? shall be laid. I Hashem have created it.
|21| Remember these things, |9| Woe unto him that
O Ya'akov and Yisroel; for Thus saith Hashem quarreleth with his Yotzera
thou art avdi; I have formed
thee; thou art an eved to Me; O
Yisroel, do not forget Me!
45 to His Moshiach, to
Koresh (Cyrus),
whose yamin (right hand) I
potsherd among the potsherds
of adamah. Shall the chomer
(clay) say to the Yotzer of it,
|22| I have swept away thy have taken hold of, to subdue What art Thou making? Or
peysha'im like a cloud, and Goyim before him; and the Thy po'al (work) hath no
like an anan, thy chattot; loins of melachim I ungird, to handles?
Shuva elai ki gealticha (return, open before him the double |10| Woe unto him that saith
turn back to Me, for I have doors and the she'arim (gates), unto his Av, What begettest
redeemed thee). that they may not continue thou? Or to the isha, What
|23| Sing for joy, O ye shut; hast thou given birth to?
Shomayim; for Hashem hath |2| I will go before thee, and |11| Thus saith Hashem,
done it; shout, ye depths of the make straight the crooked Kadosh Yisroel, and its Yotzer,
earth; break forth into singing, paths; I will break down the Will ye ask Me of otiyyot
ye harim, O ya'ar (forest), and delatot nechoshet, and cut (things to come, future things)
kol etz therein; for Hashem through their barzel (iron) concerning My banim, and
hath redeemed Ya'akov, and bars; will ye command Me
He will glorify Himself in |3| And I will give thee the regarding the po'al of My
Yisroel. otzarot choshech, and hidden hands?
|24| Thus saith Hashem, thy riches of mistarim (secret |12| I made Eretz, and I
Go'el, and He that formed thee places) that thou mayest know created adam upon it; I, even
from the beten (womb), I am that I, Hashem, Who call thee My hands, have stretched out
Hashem Oseh kol (the Maker by thy shem (name), am Shomayim, and all their tzeva
of All); that stretcheth out Elohei Yisroel. have I commanded.
Shomayim alone; that |4| For the sake of avdi |13| I have aroused him
spreadeth out ha'aretz (the Ya'akov, and Yisroel My [Cyrus] in tzedek, and I will
earth) by Myself; Bachir, I have even called thee make straight all the darkhei
|25| That annuls the otot of by thy shem (name); I have of him; he shall rebuild my
the baddim (liars, false surnamed thee, though thou city, and he shall release of
prophets), and maketh hast not known Me. the Golus of Mine, not for
kosemim (diviners,
price nor reward, saith ones davening to an el lo [your] gray hair will I carry
Hashem Tzva'os. yoshia (g-d who cannot save). you; I have made, and I will
|14| Thus saith Hashem, The |21| Declare ye, and carry; even I will carry, and
toil of Mitzrayim, and approach; yes, let them take will deliver you.
merchandise of Kush and of counsel together. Who hath |5| Lemi (to whom) will ye
the Seva'im (Sabeans, those made this known from compare Me, and make Me
from Seba in Arabia), men of mikedem (from olden time)? equal, and liken Me, that we
tall stature, shall come over Who hath preached it from may be comparable?
unto thee, and they shall be long ago? Have not I, |6| They lavish zahav out of
thine: they shall come after Hashem? And there is no the bag, and weigh kesef on
thee; in chains they shall come other Elohim besides Me: El the scale, and hire a tzoref
over, and they shall cast Tzaddik and Moshi'a; there is (goldsmith); and he maketh it
themselves down unto thee, none besides Me. El (G-d); they fall down, yes,
they shall make supplication |22| Turn unto Me, and be ye they bow down in worship.
unto thee, saying, Surely El saved, kol afsei Eretz (all the |7| They bear him upon the
(G-d) is with thee; and there is ends of the Earth); I am El katef (shoulder), they carry
none other, no other Elohim. (G-d), and there is no other him, and set him up in his
|15| Verily Thou art El (G-d) [G-d]. place, and he standeth; from
that hidest Thyself, O Elohei |23| I have sworn by Myself, his makom shall he not move;
Yisroel, Moshi'a. the Word has gone out of My yes, though one shall cry out
|16| They shall be put to mouth of tzedakah unto him, yet can he not
shame, and also confounded, (righteousness), and shall not answer, nor save him out of
all of them; they shall go to yashuv (return, be revoked), his tzoros.
confusion together that are that unto Me kol berekh (every |8| Remember this, and stand
charashei tzirim knee) shall bow, kol lashon firm; bring it again to lev
(crafters of images, idols). (every tongue) shall swear. (heart, mind), O ye poshe'im
|17| But Yisroel shall be |24| Only in Hashem, it shall (rebelling, transgressing ones).
saved in Hashem with a be said of Me, is tzedakot and |9| Remember the rishonot
Teshuat Olamim (an oz; even to Him shall men (former things) me'olam (of
everlasting salvation); ye shall come; and all that are old); for I am El (G-d), and
not be ashamed nor incensed against Him shall be there is not another [G-d];
confounded ad olemei ad (for ashamed. Elohim, and there is none like
all eternity). |25| Kol zera Yisroel shall Me.
|18| For thus saith Hashem yitzdeku (be justified, become |10| Making known acharim
Borei HaShomayim hu righteous) and shall glory in (end-times things) from reshit
HaElohim Yotzer ha'aretz and Hashem. (the beginning), and mikedem
its Maker; He hath established Bel boweth down, (from ancient times) the things
it, He created it not tohu
(chaos), He formed it to be
inhabited; I am Hashem; and
46 Nevo stoopeth low,
their atzabim
(idols) were upon the beasts,
that have not yet happened,
saying, My etza (counsel,
purpose, plan) shall stand,
there is no other [G-d]. and upon the behemah; your and I will do all My pleasure;
|19| I have not spoken litters were heavy laden; they |11| Calling a bird of prey
baseter (in secret), in a makom are a massa (burden) to the from the mizrach (east), the
eretz choshech; I said not unto weary beast. ish that executeth My etza
the zera Ya'akov, Seek ye Me |2| They stoop, they bow (counsel, purpose, plan) from
tohu (in chaos); I am Hashem, down together; they [Bel and a far country; yes, I have
the One speaking tzedek, Nevo, g-ds of Babylon] could spoken it, I will indeed bring it
proclaiming meisharim not save the massa (burden), to pass; I have purposed it, I
(upright things). but their own selves are gone will also do it.
|20| Assemble yourselves and into shevi (captivity, Golus). |12| Pay heed unto Me, ye
come; draw near together, ye |3| Pay heed unto Me, O Bais abirei lev (stubborn of heart),
that are fugitives escaped of Ya'akov, and kol She'erit Bais that are far from tzedakah;
the Goyim; they have no da'as Yisroel, who are borne by Me |13| I bring near My
(knowledge, rationality) that from birth, who are carried tzedakah; it shall not be far
burden themselves with their from the rechem (womb); off, and My Teshuah
etz pesel (wooden idol), the |4| And even to your ziknah (Salvation) shall not tarry; and
(old age) I am He; and even to
I will place Teshuah in Tziyon |9| But these two things shall not be a hot coal to warm
for Yisroel Tife'arti (My Glory). overtake thee in a rega them, nor eish to sit before.
Go down, and sit in (moment), in yom echad, |15| Thus unto thee are they
47 the aphar, O
Betulat Bat Bavel,
sit on the ground; there is no
shechol (the loss of children),
and almon (widowhood); they
shall come upon thee in their
with whom thou hast toiled,
who have been thy socharim
(traffickers, i.e., religious
kisse, O Bat Kasdim perfection for the multitude of practitioners) from thy neurim
(Chaldeans); for thou shalt no thy kashefanut (sorceries, (youth); they shall wander
more be called tender and witchcraft) and for the otzmah about in their random exits;
delicate. (great abundance) of thine none shall act as Moshi'a to
|2| Take the millstones, and khavarim (spells, magic, thee.
grind meal; uncover thy enchantments). Hear ye this, O
tzammah (hair, tresses) lift up
thy shohvel (train, skirt), bare
the thigh, pass over the
|10| For thou hast trusted in
thy ra'ah (wickedness); thou
hast said, None seeth me. Thy
48 Bais Ya'akov, which
are called b'shem
Yisroel, and are come forth
neharot. chochmah and thy da'as, it out of the waters of Yehudah,
|3| Thy ervat (nakedness) hath perverted thee; and thou which take oaths b'Shem
shall be exposed, yes, thy hast said in thine lev, I am, Hashem, and invoke Elohei
cherpah (shame, reproach) and none else beside me. Yisroel, but not in emes, nor
shall be seen; I will take |11| Therefore shall ra'ah in tzedakah.
nakam (vengeance) come upon thee; thou shalt |2| For they call themselves of
and I will not be as adam not know its shachar (dawn, the Ir HaKodesh, and lean
when I meet thee. from whence it riseth); and themselves upon Elohei
|4| Go'aleinu, Hashem tragedy will befall thee; thou Yisroel; Hashem Tzva'os
Tzva'os Shmo, Kadosh Yisroel. shalt not be able to make Shmo.
|5| Sit thou silent, and get kofer (ransom) to ward it off; |3| I have declared the
thee into choshech, O Bat and sho'ah (catastrophe) shall rishonot (former things) from
Kasdim (Chaldeans); for thou come upon thee pitom long ago; and they went forth
shalt no more be called, (suddenly), which thou shalt out of My mouth, and I made
Geveret Mamlachot (The Lady not foresee or know. them known; I acted pitom
of Kingdoms). |12| Stand now with thine (suddenly), and they came to
|6| I was angry with My khavarim (spells, magic, pass.
people, I have profaned Mine enchantments), and with the |4| Because I knew that thou
nachalah, and given them into multitude of thy kashefanut art kesheh (obstinate,
thine yad; thou didst show (sorceries, witchcraft) stubborn) and thy oref (neck)
them no rachamim (mercy); wherein thou hast toiled from is sinew of barzel (iron), and
upon the zaken (ancient, old) thy neurim; perhaps thou thy metzach (brow, forehead)
hast thou very heavily laid thy shalt be able to succeed, bronze;
ol (yoke). perhaps thou mayest cause |5| I have even from long ago
|7| And thou saidst, I shall be terror. preached it to thee; before it
a Geveret ad l'olahm (Lady |13| Thou art wearied in the came to pass I caused thee to
forever): so that thou didst not multitude of thy etzot hear it; lest thou shouldest
lay these things to thy lev, (counsels). Let now stand up say, Mine atzav (idol) hath
neither didst remember her the hovrev Shomayim (the done them, and my pesel, and
[Babylon's] acharit (latter end, dissectors of the heavens, my nesech (molten idol, metal
i.e. future destruction). astrologers), the chozim image) hath commanded
|8| Therefore hear now this, bakochavim (stargazers), the them.
O adinah (voluptuous, wanton ones that predict the future by |6| Thou hast heard, look at
one) that dwellest lavetach Rosh Chodesh, and save thee all this; and will not ye preach
(carelessly, in security), that from these things that shall it? I have caused thee to hear
sayest in her lev, I am, and come upon thee. chadashot (new things) from
none else besides me; I shall |14| Hinei, they shall be as this time, even netzurot
not live as an almanah, kash (stubble, straw); the eish (hidden things) and thou didst
neither shall I know shechol shall burn them; they shall not not know them.
(the loss of children, save their nefesh from the |7| Now they are created, and
bereavement); power of the flame; there shall not from long ago; before
today thou heardest them not;
lest thou shouldest say, Hashem; see Isaiah 42:1; see |3| And said unto Me
Hinei, I knew them. Hashem’s Kedushah [Moshiach, i.e., the She'erit of
|8| Thou heardest not; thou HaMeshulleshet here]. the She'erit, the true and
had no da'as; from of old, |17| Thus saith Hashem, thy worthy Israel and also the
thine ozen (ear) was not Go'el, the Kadosh Yisroel; I am King who personifies the
opened; for I knew that thou Hashem Eloheicha thy People], Thou art Avdi, O
wouldest deal as a boged Melamed (Teacher) of doing Yisroel, Thou in Whom I
(treacherous betrayer), and that which profiteth, thy glorify Myself.
thou wast called a poshei'a Madrikh (Guide, Instructor) in |4| Then I [Moshiach] said, I
(rebel, transgressor) from the the Derech that thou have toiled in vain, I have
beten (womb, i.e., birth; See Ps shouldest go. spent My ko'ach for tohu, and
51:5). |18| O if only thou hadst paid hevel; yet surely My mishpat is
|9| Lema'an Shmi (for the heed to My mitzvot! Then had with Hashem, and My peulah
sake of My Name) will I defer thy shalom been like a nahar, with Elohai.
Mine anger, and for My and thy tzedakah as the waves |5| And now, saith Hashem
tehillah (praise) will I refrain of the yam; My Yotzer from the beten to be
for thee, that I cut thee not off. |19| Thy zera also had been Eved of Him, to bring back
|10| Hinei, I have refined like the chol (sand), and those Ya'akov to Him, so that Yisroel
thee, but not as kesef; I have that come out of thy loins like would be gathered to Him; so
chosen thee in the furnace of me'otav (sands of the sea shall I [Moshiach] be honored
oni (affliction). thereof); his shem should not in the eyes of Hashem, and
|11| For Mine own sake, even have been cut off nor Elohai shall be My oz
for Mine own sake will I do it; destroyed from before Me. (strength).
for how can I allow Chillul |20| Go ye forth of Babylon, |6| And He said, It is too
Hashem? And I will not give flee ye from the Kasdim small a thing that Thou
My kavod unto another. (Chaldeans), with a voice of shouldest be Eved to Me to
|12| Pay heed unto Me, O joyful singing declare ye, raise up the Shivtei Ya'akov,
Ya'akov and Yisroel, My called; preach this, send it forth even and to bring back the Netzurei
I am He; I am Rishon, I also to the ketzeh ha'aretz; say ye, Yisroel (Preserved of Israel,
am Acharon. Hashem hath redeemed His the She'erit); I will also give
|13| Mine Yad also hath laid Eved Ya'akov. Thee for Ohr Goyim, that
the foundation of Eretz, and |21| And they thirsted not Thou mayest be My Yeshuah
My yamin hath measured when He led them through the (Salvation) unto the ketzeh
Shomayim; when I call them, deserts; He caused the mayim ha'aretz.
they stand up together. to flow out of the Tzur for |7| Thus saith Hashem, the
|14| All ye, assemble them; He split the Tzur also, Go'el Yisroel, and His Kadosh,
yourselves, and listen. Which and the mayim gushed out. to Him of despised nefesh [See
among them [the pesilim, idols] |22| There is no shalom, saith 53:11,3], to Him whom the
hath declared these things? Hashem, unto the resha'im. Goy (Nation, i.e., Israel; see
Hashem hath loved him [i.e., Listen, O iyim Isaiah 53:3,8) abhorreth, to
Cyrus], he will do His chafetz
(pleasure, will) on Babylon,
and His zero'a shall be on the
49 (islands), unto Me
[Moshiach]; and
pay heed, ye nations afar off;
the Eved Moshelim: Melachim
shall see and arise, Sarim also
shall worship [52:15], because
Kasdim (Chaldeans). Hashem hath called Me from of Hashem Who is Ne'eman
|15| I, even I, have spoken; the beten (belly, womb) [See and the Kadosh Yisroel, that
indeed, I have called him [i.e., Isaiah 7:14; Gn 3:15; Ps 22:9f; hath chosen Thee.
Cyrus]; I have brought him, Mic 5:1-2] from the inward |8| Thus saith Hashem, In a
and He shall make his derech parts of immi hath He time of [My] ratzon (favor)
successful. remembered My Shem. have I answered Thee
|16| Come ye near unto Me, |2| And He hath made My {Moshiach], and in a Yom
hear ye this; I have not spoken mouth like a sharpened Yeshuah have I helped Thee;
baseter (in secret) merosh cherev; in the tzel (shadow) of and I will preserve Thee, and
(from the first); from the time His Yad hath He concealed give Thee for a Brit Am [See
that it takes place, there am I; Me, and made Me a polished Jer. 31:31-34; Mk 14:24 OJBC]
and now Adonoi Hashem, and arrow; in His quiver hath He to raise up Eretz, to
His Ruach [Hakodesh], hath hid Me; reapportion desolate nechalot
sent Me [Moshiach, the Eved (inheritances; Josh chp 13-21).
[T.N. Notice that in the and come to thee. As I live, |24| Shall the malko'ach
previous verse the Moshiach is saith Hashem, thou shalt (plunder, prey, booty) be taken
depicted as a new Yehoshua, surely clothe thee with them from the gibbor; shall the
which is also his namesake, all, as with jewelry and put shevi tzaddik be delivered?
Yehoshua Tzemach Shmo, them on like a kallah. |25| But thus saith Hashem,
Zech 6:11-12.] |19| For thy ruins and thy Even the Shevi gibbor shall be
|9| That thou mayest say to desolate places, and the eretz taken, and the malko'ach of
the asurim (the prisoners, of thy devastation, shall even the aritz (the fierce, the tyrant)
those of the Golus) to them now be too narrow for the shall escape; for I will contend
that are in choshech, Reveal inhabitants [of Tziyon with him that contendeth with
yourselves. They shall feed in returned from the Golus], and thee, and I will save thy
the derakhim and their they that devoured thee shall banim.
pastures shall be in kol be far away. |26| And I will feed them that
shefayim (high hills). |20| Furthermore, the Bnei oppress thee with their own
|10| They shall not hunger Shikkulayich (the Children of basar; and they shall be
nor thirst; neither shall the thy Bereavement, i.e., the sons shikkor (drunk) with their own
sharav [35:7] nor shemesh born while the Mother was dahm, as with asis (new wine);
beat on them; for He that hath bereaved of other children lost) and kol basar shall know that
rachamim on them shall guide shall say again in thine I Hashem am thy Moshi'a and
them, even by the springs of oznayim, The makom is too thy Go'el, the Avir Ya'akov
mayim shall He lead them. cramped for me; geshah (fall (Mighty One of Jacob).
|11| And I will make all My back, make room, give place)
harim into derech, and My to me that I may dwell. Thus saith
highways shall be exalted.
|12| Hinei, these shall come
from afar; and, hinei, these
|21| Then shalt thou say in
thine lev, Who hath begotten
me these, seeing I am
50 Hashem, Where is
the Sefer Keritut
(Bill of Divorce) by which I
from the tzafon and from the shekhulah (bereaved) of my sent your Em (Mother) away?
yam; and these from Eretz children, and am galmudah Or which Nosheh (Creditor) of
Sinim [Sinites]. (barren, incapable of having Mine is it to whom I have sold
|13| Sing joyfully, O children), a captive of the you [into slavery]? Behold, for
Shomayim; and rejoice, O Golus, and thrust away as your avonot (iniquities) have
Eretz; and break forth into rejected? So who has reared ye been sold, and for your
singing, O Harim; for Hashem these? Behold I was left a lone peysha’im (rebellions) was
hath comforted His people, survivor; these, where were your Em sent away.
and will have rachamim upon they? Where did they come |2| Why, when I came, was
his afflicted ones. from? there no ish (man [at all] to
|14| But Tziyon said, Hashem |22| Thus saith Adonoi respond)? When I called, was
hath forsaken me, and Adonoi Hashem, Hinei, I will lift up there none to answer? Is My
hath forgotten me. Mine Yad to the Goyim, and Yad too short, that it cannot
|15| Can an isha forget her set up My nes (banner, redeem? Or have I no ko’ach
nursing baby, that she should rallying flag, [i.e., Moshiach; (power) to save? Behold, at My
not have rachamim on her see Isa 11:10]) to the Nations; rebuke I dry up the yam (sea),
ben beten? Indeed, they may and they shall bring thy I make the neharot (rivers) a
forget, yet I will not forget banim in their arms, and thy midbar (desert); their dag
thee. banot shall be carried upon (fish) stink, because there is no
|16| Behold, I have engraved their shoulders. mayim, and die of tzama
thee upon the palms of My |23| And melachim shall be (thirst).
hands; thy chomot are thy omenim (foster fathers, |3| I clothe Shomayim with
continually before Me. supporters, nurturers), and blackness, and I make
|17| Thy banim shall make their sarot thy wet nurses; sackcloth their covering.
haste [to return from the they shall bow down before |4| Adonoi Hashem hath
Golus]; thy destroyers and they thee with their face toward given Me [Moshiach;
that laid thee waste shall eretz, and lick the aphar of thy see 2Sm.7:5; Zech.3:8 and Isa
depart from thee. raglayim; and thou shalt know 52:13] the leshon limmudim
|18| Lift up thine eyes round that I am Hashem; for they (learned tongue of disciples;
about, and behold; all these shall not be put to shame that see 8:16), that I should
gather themselves together, wait for Me.
know how to speak a devar making] and among the zikot |7| Pay heed unto Me, ye that
(word, i.e., word of (flashing firebrands) that ye know tzedek, Am torati
consolation) in season to him have set burning, and this velibam (the People with My
that is weary; He wakeneth shall ye have from My Yad; ye torah in their heart); fear ye
baboker baboker (morning by shall lie down in ma'atze'vah not the cherpat enosh (the
morning), He wakeneth Mine (torment, pain, grieving [See reproach, reviling of man)
ozen (ear) to hear as the Isa 66:24; Dan 12:2; Ps 75:8]). neither be ye afraid of their
limmudim (disciples, those giddufot (insults, scorn).
being taught). |8| For the ahsh (moth) shall
|5| Adonoi Hashem hath Pay heed to Me, ye eat them up like a beged, and
opened Mine ozen (ear), and I
was not rebellious, neither did
I turn back [cf. Gn 3:8].
51 that pursue tzedek,
ye that seek
Hashem; look unto the Tzur
the worm shall eat them like
wool; but My tzedakah shall
be l'olahm, and My Yeshuah
|6| I [Moshiach] offered My from where ye are cut, and to (Salvation) l'odor dorim (from
gev (back) to them that deliver the quarry from where ye were generation to generation).
blows, and My lekhi (cheeks) hewn. |9| Awake, awake, clothe
to them that pulled out [the |2| Look unto Avraham thyself with oz, O zero'a
beard]: I hid not My face from Avichem, and unto Sarah that Hashem [Moshiach; see Isaiah
kelimot (humiliations, shame) gave birth to you; for I called 53:1]; awake, as in the yemei
and rok (spitting, saliva). him as one alone, and put a kedem, in the dorot olamim.
|7| For Adonoi Hashem will berakhah on him, and made Art thou not it that hath cut
help Me [Moshiach]; therefore him many. Rachav to pieces, and pierced
shall I not be disgraced; |3| For Hashem shall comfort Tannin [See 27:1].
therefore have I set My face [as Tziyon; He will comfort all her |10| Art thou not the One
hard] as khalamish (flint [See ruins; and He will make her Who hath dried the yam, the
OJBC Lk 9:51]), and I know midbar like Eden, and her waters of the tehom rabbah;
that I shall not be ashamed. ruins like the Gan (Garden) of that hath made the depths of
|8| He that vindicateth [i.e., Hashem; sasson and simchah the yam a derech for the
maintains My Righteousness] shall be found therein, todah, ge'ulim (redeemed ones) to
is karov (near), who will and the kol zimrah (the sound cross over?
contend with Me? Let us stand of singing). |11| Therefore the Redeemed
together. Who is Mine |4| Pay heed unto Me, O My of Hashem shall return, and
Ba’al Mishpat (Adversary in people; and give ear unto Me, come with singing unto
court, the one bringing O My Nation; for torah [42:4] Tziyon; and simchat olam
charges)? Let him draw near shall go forth from Me, and I shall be upon their rosh; they
to [confront] Me [in court]. will set at rest [establish] My shall obtain sasson and
|9| See, Adonoi Hashem will mishpat as Ohr Amim (Light simchah; and sorrow and
help Me [Moshiach]. Who is for the Nations). mourning shall flee away.
he that shall condemn Me? |5| My tzedek is near; My |12| I, even I, am He that
See, they all shall wear out Salvation is gone forth, and comforteth you. Who art thou,
like a beged (garment); Mine zero'a shall judge the that thou shouldest fear enosh
the ahsh (moth) shall eat Ammim; the iyim shall wait that shall die, and ben adam
them. upon Me, and on Mine zero'a which shall be made as
|10| Who among you that [Moshiach; See 53:1] shall they khatzir (grass);
feareth Hashem, that obeyeth trust. |13| And forgettest Hashem
the voice of His Eved |6| Lift up your eyes to Osehcha [thy Maker], that
[Moshiach], though he may Shomayim, and look upon hath stretched out Shomayim,
have walked in chashekhim ha'aretz beneath; for and laid the foundations of
(darknesses), with no gleam of Shomayim shall vanish like Eretz; and thou art terrified
light for himself, let him trust ashan (smoke), and ha'aretz tamid (constantly), kol hayom,
B’Shem Hashem, and lean shall wear out like a beged, because of the fury of the
upon Elohav. and they that dwell therein oppressor when he is ready to
|11| See, all ye that kindle an shall die in like manner; but destroy? And where is the fury
eish (fire), ye that prepare for My Yeshuah (Salvation) shall of the oppressor?
battle with zikot (flashing be l'olam, and My tzedakah |14| The tzo'eh (the one
firebrands), walk in the light shall not be dismayed. stooped [in the Golus])
of the fire of your [own hasteneth that he may be
set free, and that he should over; and thou hast laid thy |9| Break forth into joy, sing
not die in shachat, nor that gev (back) like the ground and together, ye ruins of
his lechem should fail. like the street, to them that Yerushalayim; for Hashem
|15| But I am Hashem walked over. hath comforted His people,
Eloheicha Who stirs up the Awake, awake; He hath redeemed
yam, whose waves roar;
Hashem Tzva'os Shmo.
|16| And I put My words in
52 clothe thyself with
thy strength, O
Tziyon; put on thy garments of
Yerushalayim.
|10| Hashem hath made bare
His zero'a kedoshah [see
thy mouth, and I have covered splendor, O Yerushalayim, Ir Yeshayah 53:1] in the eyes of
thee in the tzel (shadow) of HaKodesh; for henceforth Kol HaGoyim; and all the
Mine yad, that I may set there shall no more come into ends of ha'aretz shall see the
Shomayim in place, and lay thee the arel (uncircumcised) Yeshuat Eloheinu.
the foundations of Eretz, and and the tameh (unclean). |11| Depart ye, depart ye;
say unto Tziyon, Thou art My |2| Shake thyself from the come ye out from there; touch
people. dust; arise, O captive not tameh (unclean thing);
|17| Awake, awake, rise up, O Yerushalayim; free thyself come ye out of the midst of
Yerushalayim, which hast from the chains around thy her; be ye clean, that carry the
drunk at the Yad Hashem the neck, O captive Bat Tziyon. k'lei Hashem.
kos of His fury; thou hast |3| For thus saith Hashem, Ye |12| For ye shall not go out
drunk to the dregs and have sold yourselves for with haste, nor go by flight; for
drained dry the Kos nothing; and your geulah Hashem will go before you;
HaTarelah (Cup of Reeling). (redemption) shall be without and Elohei Yisroel will be your
|18| Among kol banim whom kesef. rearguard.
she hath given birth to, there |4| For thus saith Adonoi T.N. Avdi Tzemach Moshiach
is none to guide her; neither is Hashem, My people went [Zecharyah 3:8] will be
there any that taketh her by down at first into Mitzrayim to exalted; but He must do the
the yad of kol banim that she sojourn there; and lately the work of a kohen [Tehillim
hath reared. Assyrian oppressed them. 110:4] regarding the nations,
|19| These two are come |5| Now therefore, what have sprinkling them (see Vayikra
upon thee. Who shall grieve I here, saith Hashem, that My 4:16-17; 16:14); so yazzeh ("He
for thee? Shod and shever and people is taken away for [Moshiach] will sprinkle,")
ra'av (famine) and cherev; with nothing? They that rule over many goyim; note: hiphil of
whom shall I console thee? them mock them, saith "naza," "splatter", meaning
|20| Thy banim have fainted, Hashem; and all day long "sprinkle"); see Zecharyah 9:9-
they lie at the rosh of all the Shemi (My Name) is 11 where Moshiach comes with
streets, like a wild bull in a continually blasphemed. the dahm and the Brit
net; they are full of the chamat |6| Therefore My people shall (Covenant)! Here in Yeshayah
Hashem, the rebuke of thy know Shemi; therefore they 52:15, the covenant dahm
G-d. shall know in Yom Hahu that (blood) is sprinkled upon the
|21| Therefore hear now this, I am He that doth speak; nations of the world; the King
thou afflicted one, thou hineni, (behold, it is I). of Kings shall shut the mouths
drunken one, but not with |7| How beautiful upon the of the kings of all the earth.
yayin; mountains are the feet of the
|22| Thus saith thy L-rd Mevaser (bringer of Good |13| Hinei, Avdi [Moshiach,
Hashem, and thy G-d that Tidings, the Evangelist), that see Zecharyah 3:8] shall act
pleadeth the cause of His publisheth shalom; wisely, he shall be raised and
people, Hinei, I have taken that bringeth good tidings of be lifted up, and be highly
out of thine yad the Kos tov, that publisheth Yeshuah exalted.
HaTarelah (Cup of Reeling, (Salvation); that saith unto |14| As rabbim (many) were
the Cup that causes reeling) Tziyon, Thy G-d reigneth! appalled at thee [Moshiach];
even the dregs of the cup of |8| Thy tzofim (watchmen) his appearance was so
My fury; thou shalt no more shall lift up the kol (voice); disfigured more than any
drink it again; with the kol together shall they man, and his form more than
|23| But I will put it into the shout for joy; for they shall see the bnei adam;
yad of them that torment thee; it with their own eyes, when
which have said to thy nefesh, Hashem returns to Tziyon.
Bow down, that we may walk
|15| So yazzeh Goyim rabbim Hashem hath laid on him prolong his yamim (days) and
(he [Moshiach] will sprinkle [Moshiach] the avon (iniquity, the chefetz Hashem (pleasure,
many nations); the melachim the guilt that separates from will of Hashem) shall prosper
(kings) shall shut their mouths G-d) of us all. in his [Moshiach's] hand.
because of him; for that which |7| He was oppressed, and he |11| He [Hashem] shall see of
had not been told them shall was afflicted, yet he opened the travail of his [Moshiach's]
they see; and of that which not his mouth; he is brought nefesh, and shall be satisfied;
they had not heard shall they as a seh (lamb; see Shemot by knowledge of him
have binah (understanding). 12:3) to the slaughter, and as a [Moshiach] shall Tzadik Avdi
Who hath believed sheep before her shearers is ["My Righteous Servant,"
53 our report? And to

whom is the Zero'a
Hashem [Yeshayah 52:10]
dumb, so he openeth not his
mouth.
|8| He was taken from prison
Moshiach, Zecharyah 3:8,
Yirmeyah 23:5; Zecharyah
6:11-12, Ezra 3:8 Yehoshua,
revealed? and from judgment; and who Yeshua shmo] justify many (Ro
|2| For he shall grow up of his generation declared? 5:1); for he [Moshiach] shall
before him as a tender plant, For he was cut off [Daniel bear their avon (iniquities).
and as a Shoresh (Root, 9:26; Vayikra 17:10] out of |12| Therefore will I divide
Shoresh Yishai, Moshiach, Eretz Chayyim [this refers to him a portion with the great,
Yeshayah 11:10, Sanhed- the mot of Moshiach Ben and he shall divide the spoil
rin93b) out of a dry ground; he Dovid, see v.12] mipesha ami with the strong; because he
hath no form nor comeliness; (for the transgression of my hath poured out his nefesh
and when we shall see him, people [Yisroel]) nega (plague unto mavet (death); and he
there is no beauty that we cf Ps 91:10) lamo ([fell] on him was numbered with the
should desire [Chaggai 2:7] [i.e., Moshiach; in light of Ps transgressors; and he
him. 11:7 and Job 22:2 we are nasah (Lv 16:22, carried) (like
|3| He is despised and chadal warranted in saying the suffix the Yom Kippur scapegoat) the
ishim (rejected by men); a man is a singular, "him," not "them". sin of many, and made
of sorrows, and acquainted Cf Gen 9:26-27; Deut 33:2; Isa intercession [did the work of a
with suffering; and we hid as 44:15; also compare Divrey mafgi'a, intercessor]
it were our faces from him; he Hayamim Alef 21:17]). for the transgressors [see Lk
was despised, and we |9| And he made his kever 23:34 OJBC].
esteemed him not. (grave) with the resha'im, and Sing, O akarah
|4| Surely he hath borne our
sufferings, and nasah (carried
[Vayikra 16:22; Yeshayah
with the oisher (rich man; see
Mt 27:57-60) bemotayv (in his
deaths, intensive plural should
54 (barren woman
[i.e., Yerushalayim
emptied out by the Golus that
53:12)] our sorrows; yet we did be translated singular, death); Isaiah sees coming]), thou that
esteem him stricken, because he had done no didst not bear; break forth
[i.e., like a leper is stricken] chamas (violence), neither was into singing, and shout for joy,
smitten of G-d, and afflicted any mirmah (deceit) in his thou that didst not travail
[see verse 8 below]. mouth. with child; for rabbim bnei
[5| But he was pierced T.N. We stray as sheep; we shome'mah (more are the
[Yeshayah 51:9; Zecharyah return in Moshiach as children children of the desolate
12:10 Sukkah 52a, Tehillim (zera); the Techiyas woman [i.e. referring to those
22:17 Targum Hashivim] for HaMoshiach (Resurrection of of Jerusalem making aliyah
our transgressions, he was Moshiach) predicted in v. 10 from the Golus so that
bruised mei'avonoteinu (for [Dead Sea Scrolls Isaiah Scroll Moshiach’s Kehillah can come
our iniquities); the musar says Moshiach "will see the forth at Jerusalem—Ac 2:41])
(chastisement) (that brought light [of life];" see also the than the bnei be'ulah
us shalom [Yeshayah 54:10] Targum HaShivim] (children of the married
was upon him [Moshiach]; and |10| Yet it pleased Hashem to woman; i.e., Jerusalem as the
at the cost of his (Moshiach's) bruise him; He hath put him Sarah at first barren then
chaburah (stripes, to suffering; when Thou shalt greatly fruitful; see Gn17:16),
lacerations) we are healed. make his nefesh an asham saith Hashem [see Ga.4:27
|6| All we like sheep have offering for sin, he (Moshiach) OJBC].
gone astray; we have turned shall see zera [see Psalm 16 |2| Enlarge the makom
every one to his own derech and Yn 1:12 OJBC], He shall (place, living area) of thy ohel,
(way; see Prov 16:25); and and let them stretch forth the
curtains of thine mishkenot |11| O thou afflicted one, Come, kol tzameh
(tents); spare not, lengthen thy
cords, and thy stakes make
chizzuk (stronger);
tempest-tossed and
unconsoled, hinei, I will lay
thy stones of glistening colors,
55 (all ye who are
thirsty), come ye to
the mayim and he that hath
|3| For thou shalt spread out and lay thy yesod (foundation, no kesef; come ye, buy, and
on the yamin (right hand) and i.e., figuratively of post-Exilic eat; yes, come, buy yayin and
on the smol (left); and thy zera Jerusalem's foundation) with cholov without kesef and
shall inherit the Goyim, and sapphires. without mekhir (price, cost).
make the desolate cities to be |12| And I will make thy |2| Why do ye spend kesef for
inhabited. battlements of rubies, and thy that which is not lechem? And
|4| Fear not; for thou shalt she'arim (gates) of carbuncles, your labor for that which
not be ashamed; neither be and all thy walls of avnei satisfieth not? Pay heed
thou discouraged; for thou chefetz (precious stones). diligently unto Me, and eat ye
shalt not suffer disgrace; for |13| And all thy banim shall that which is tov, and let your
thou shalt forget the boshet be taught of Hashem; and the nefesh delight itself in deshen
alumayich (the shame of thy shalom of thy banim shall be (the best food, the fat of the
youth), and shalt not rav (great). land).
remember any more thy |14| In tzedakah |3| Incline your ozen, and
cherpat almenut (reproach of (righteousness) shalt thou be come unto Me; hear, and your
widowhood). established; thou shalt be far nefesh shall live; and I will
|5| For thy Oseh (Maker) is from oshek (oppression, make with you a Brit Olam,
thine ba'al (husband); Hashem tyranny); for thou shalt not even the chasdei Dovid
Tzva'os Shmo; and thy Go'el is fear; and thou shalt be far hane'emanim [see Ac 13:34
Kadosh Yisroel; The Elohei from mechitah (terror); for it OJBC].
Kol HaAretz He is called. shall not come near thee. |4| See, I have given him
|6| For Hashem hath called |15| Indeed, if attacking they [Moshiach, Ac 13:34 OJAC] for
thee back, thou who art like stir up strife, it is not from Me; an ed l'ummim (witness to the
an isha forsaken and atzuvat whosoever shall gather Nations), a Nagid and
ruach (grieved in spirit) as a together against thee, yipol (he Metzavveh (commander) for
cast off eshet ne'urim (wife of shall fall) for thy sake. the Nations.
one's youth), saith thy G-d. |16| See, I have created the |5| Behold, thou shalt
|7| For a rega katon (small charash (ironsmith, summon a Goy (People) that
moment) have I abandoned blacksmith) that fanneth thou knowest not, and Goy
thee; but with rachamim the red-hot coals in the eish that knew not thee shall run
gedolim will I gather thee (fire), the one forging a keli (an unto thee l'ma'an (for the sake
back. instrument) for his ma'aseh of) Hashem Eloheicha and for
|8| With a little wrath I hid (work); and I have created the Kadosh Yisroel; for He hath
My face from thee for a rega mashchit (destroyer, waster, glorified thee.
(moment); but with chesed spoiler) to destroy. |6| Seek ye Hashem while He
olam will I have rachamim on |17| No keli (weapon, may be found, call ye upon
thee, saith thy Go'el, Hashem. instrument) that is formed Him while He is karov (near);
|9| For this is as the waters of against thee shall prosper; |7| Let the rasha forsake his
Noach unto Me; for as I have and every leshon (tongue) that derech, and the ish aven his
sworn that the waters of shall rise against thee in machshevot; and let him
Noach should no more cover mishpat (judgment, return unto Hashem, and He
ha'aretz; so have I sworn that accusation) tarshi'i (thou shalt will have rachamim upon
with thee I would not be in condemn, prove false, refute, him; and to Eloheinu, for He
wrath nor rebuke thee. prove wrong). This is the will abundantly pardon.
|10| For the harim nachalat avdei Hashem (the |8| For My machshevot are
(mountains) shall depart, and heritage of the servants of not your machshevot, neither
the geva'ot (hills) be removed; Hashem), and their tzedakah are the darkhei (ways) of you
but My chesed shall not (righteousness, vindica- the darkhei of Me, saith
depart from thee, neither shall tion) is from Me, saith Hashem.
the Brit of My Shalom be Hashem. |9| For as Shomayim is
removed, saith Merachamech higher than ha'aretz, so are
Hashem (Hashem the One the darkhei of Me higher than
having rachamim on thee). the darkhei of you, and My
machshevot than your separated me from His people; never satisfied, and they are
machshevot. neither let the saris say, See, I ro'im (shepherds) with no
|10| For as the geshem am an etz yavesh (dry tree). da'as; they all look to their
cometh down, and the sheleg |4| For thus saith Hashem own way [See Isa 53:6], every
(snow) from Shomayim, and unto the sarisim that are one having his end fixated on
returneth not to there, but shomer Shabbos over My his own gain.
watereth ha'aretz, and maketh Shabbatot, and choose the |12| Come ye, say they, I will
it yield forth v'hitzmicha (and things that please Me, and get yayin, and we will fill
sprout, spring up; Tzemach), hold fast to My Brit; ourselves with shekhar (strong
that it may give zera to the |5| Even unto them will I give drink); and makhar
zore'a (sower), and lechem to in Mine Bais [HaMikdash] (tomorrow) shall be like this
the eater; within My chomot a yad day, and gadol yeter me'od
|11| So shall My Davar (the vashem tov better than of (and even much better).
Word of Hashem) be that banim and of banot; I will give The tzaddik
goeth forth out of My mouth;
He shall not return unto Me
reikam (empty, void) but He
them a Shem Olam, that shall
not be yikaret (cut off).
|6| Also the bnei hanekhar,
57 perisheth, and no
ish layeth it to lev;
and anshei chesed are taken
[the Davar Hashem, see Yn that join themselves to away, none considering that
1:1,14] shall do that which I Hashem to minister unto the tzaddik is taken away from
please, and He [the Davar Him, and l'ahavah es Shem the ra'ah (evil, calamity) to
Hashem] shall accomplish the Hashem, to be His avadim, come.
purpose whereto I sent Him. every one that is shomer |2| He shall enter into
|12| For ye shall go out with Shabbos avoiding chillul shalom; they shall rest in their
simcha, and be led back with Shabbos, and holding fast to mishkevot (couches, i.e.,
shalom; the harim and the My Brit; tombs), each one walking in
geva'ot (hills) shall break forth |7| Even them will I bring to his nekhochah (uprightness,
into singing before you, and My Har Kodesh, and make integrity, honesty).
kol atzei hasadeh shall clap them have simcha in My Bais |3| But draw near to here, ye
their hands. Tefillah; their olot and their bnei onenah (you children of a
|13| Instead of the thornbush zevakhim shall be accepted sorceress), zera mena'ef
shall come up the cypress, and upon Mine Mizbe'ach; for (offspring of an adulterer) and
instead of the sirpad (nettle, Mine Bais shall be called Bais she who plays the zonah.
prickly herb) shall come up Tefillah l’khol HaAmim |4| At whom are you
the myrtle; and it shall be to (House of Prayer for All sneering? Against whom make
Hashem for a Shem, for an ot Nations). ye a wide mouth, and draw
olam lo yikaret (everlasting |8| Thus says Adonoi out the leshon? Are ye not
sign that shall not be cut off). Hashem, Who gathereth the yeledim of peysha (rebellion),
[See Daniel 9:26] Nidchei Yisroel (the outcasts zera sheker?
Thus saith of Israel, i.e., those being |5| Enflaming yourselves
56 Hashem, Be
shomer over
mishpat, and do tzedakah
divinely gathered back from
the Golus), Yet will I gather
others, besides those that are
among [cult prostitution and
Ba'al sympathetic magic in
worshipping fertility] elim
(righteousness); for My already gathered [See Yn (oaks, big trees) under every
Yeshuah (salvation) is near to 10:16]. spreading tree, slaughtering
come, and My tzedakah to be |9| All ye animals of the wild, the yeladim in the valleys
revealed. come to devour, yes, all ye under the clefts of the rocks?
|2| Ashrei enosh that doeth animals in the ya'ar (forest). |6| Among the smooth stones
this, and the ben adam that |10| His tzof (watchmen, of the wadi is thy chelek; they
layeth hold on it; that is sentinels, nevi'im) are ivrim are thy goral; even to them
shomer Shabbos avoiding (blind); they all lack da'as, they [the stone idols; see Jer. 3:9]
chillul Shabbos, and is are all kelavim illemim hast thou poured nesekh, thou
shomer to keep his yad from (mute watchdogs) that cannot hast offered minchah. For
doing kol rah. bark; lying around dreaming, these [provocations], should I
|3| Neither let the ben they love to slumber [See Jer relent?
hanekhar, that hath joined 6:17; Ezek 3:17 by contrast]. |7| Upon a lofty and high
himself to Hashem, speak, |11| Yes, they are kelavim har hast thou set
saying, Hashem hath utterly azei nefesh (hungry dogs)
up thy mishkav (bed i.e., |15| For thus saith the High shofar, and preach to My
fertility rites); there wentest and Exalted, Shokhen Ad (the people their peysha
thou up to offer zevach. One Who abideth forever, i.e., (transgression, rebellion) and
|8| Behind the delet also and the Shekhinah) Kadosh Shmo; Bais Ya'akov their chattot.
the mezuzah (doorpost) hast I dwell in marom v'kadosh (the |2| Yet they seek Me yom yom
thou set up thy zikron high and holy place), with him (daily), and for the da'as of My
([pornographic and idolatrous] also that is of a contrite and Drakhim they seem eager, like
memorial); deserting Me, thou lowly ruach, to revive the a Goy (Nation) that doeth
hast uncovered thyself, and ruach of the shefalim tzedakah, like one that did not
art gone up; thou hast (humble, lowly ones) and to forsake mishpat Elohav; they
enlarged thy mishkav (bed) revive the lev nidka'im ask of Me the mishpetei-
and cut [a Brit] for thee with (contrite of heart). tzedek; they seem eager for
them [fertility cult idols]; thou |16| For I will not contend kirvat Elohim (getting close to
lovedst their mishkav (bed) l'olam (forever), neither will I G-d, revival).
where thou hast looked on lanetzach (always) be in wrath; |3| Why have we done a tzom,
their yad [i.e., phallus]. for the ruach (spirit) would say they, and Thou seest not?
|9| And thou wentest to grow faint before Me, even the Why have we afflicted
Melech [i.e., the pagan g-d neshamot (souls) which I have nafsheinu, and Thou takest no
Molech, the deity of sacrificed made. notice? See, in your yom tzom
offspring and abortions]; with |17| For the avon (iniquity) of ye find chefetz (pleasure,
shemen thou didst increase his covetousness was I in personal advantage) and
thy perfumes, and didst send wrath, and struck him [the exploit all your toilers.
thy [political] envoys far, even wicked]; I hid, and was in |4| See, ye undergo a tzom for
down unto Sheol. wrath, and he [the wicked] grievance and strife, and to
|10| Thou art wearied in the went on shovav (backsliding) strike with the fist of resha; ye
length of thy derech; yet saidst in the derech of his lev (heart). shall not do a tzom as ye do
thou not, It is hopeless; thou |18| I have seen the drakhim today, to make your voice to
hast found the chayyat yad of him [the wicked], and will be heard on marom.
(life of hand, power) of thine; heal him; I will lead him also, |5| Is such as this a tzom that
therefore thou wast not faint. and restore nichumim I have chosen? Merely for
|11| And of whom hast thou (comforts) unto him and to his adam to afflict his nefesh? To
dreaded or feared, that thou avelim (mourners). bow down his rosh like a
hast lived a lie, and hast not |19| I create the [repentant] bulrush, and to spread
remembered Me, nor laid it to fruit of the lips; Shalom, sackcloth and efer (ashes)
thy lev (i.e., pondered it)? Have shalom to him that is far off, under him? Wilt thou call this
not I held My peace me'olam and to him that is near, saith a tzom, and a yom ratzon (a
(even from of old), and thou Hashem; and I will heal him. day of acceptance, an
fearest Me not? |20| But the resha'im are like acceptable day) unto Hashem?
|12| I will preach thy the troubled yam (sea), when it |6| Is not this the tzom that I
tzedakah, and thy ma'asim, cannot sheket (be quiet), have chosen? To loose the
that they shall not profit thee. whose mayim cast up mire chartzubbot resha (chains of
|13| When thou criest for and mud. wickedness, injustice), to undo
help, let thy [idol] kibutzim |21| There is no shalom, saith the aguddot motah (bindings
(heaps, collections) save thee; Elohai, for the resha'im. of the yoke bar), and to let the
but the ruach shall carry them retzutzim (oppressed ones) go
all away; hevel shall take [T.N. For deliverance ministry as chafeshim (free ones), and
them; but he that putteth his fasting is a key weapon, one that ye break kol motah (every
trust in Me shall inherit eretz, that is needed in spiritual yoke of oppression)?
and shall inherit My Har warfare in the last days as we |7| Is it not paras lechem
Kodesh; see people getting demonized (breaking bread of thine, i.e.,
|14| And shall say, Build ye [a and needing deliverance.] serving food) to the hungry,
road], build ye [a road], and that thou bring the
prepare the Derech, remove homeless aniyyim (poor)
the michshol (stumblingblock, to thy bais? When thou seest
obstacle) from the Derech Ami Cry aloud, restrain the arom (naked), that thou
(the Way, Road of My People).
58 not, lift up thy kol
(voice) like the
cover him with clothing; and
that thou hide not thyself from
thine own basar (flesh and thee to ride upon the high po'al chamas (act of violence)
blood, kinspeople)? places of eretz, and feed thee is in their hands.
|8| Then shall thy light break with the nachalat Ya'akov |7| Their raglayim (feet) run
forth like the shachar (dawn), Avicha; for the mouth of to rah, and they make haste
and thine healing titzmach Hashem hath spoken. for shefach dahm naki (blood
(shall spring forth; Tzemach) shed of the innocent); their
speedily; and thy tzedek shall machsh'vot (thoughts) are
go before thee; the kavod machsh'vot of aven
Hashem shall be thy (wickedness); shod (desolation)
rearguard. and shever (destruction) are
|9| Then shalt thou call, and Behold, the Yad on their highways.
Hashem shall answer; thou
shalt cry for help, and He
shall say, Hineni! If thou
59 Hashem is not too
short, that it
cannot save; neither His ozen
|8| Of the Derech Shalom
they have no da'as; and there
is no mishpat (justice) in their
remove from the midst of thee (ear) too kaved (hard, circuits; they have made
the motah (yoke), the pointing insensitive, heavy, dull) that it themselves crooked roads;
of the etzba (finger [of cannot hear; whosoever walketh thereon
contempt]) and speaking aven |2| But your avonot shall not know shalom.
(evil, lashon hora); (iniquities) have separated you |9| Therefore is mishpat
|10| And if thou draw out thy and Eloheichem, and your (justice) far from us, neither
nefesh to the hungry, and chattot (sins) have concealed doth tzedakah overtake us; we
satisfy the nefesh of the His face from you, that He will wait for ohr, but, hinei,
afflicted, then shall thy ohr not hear. choshech; for negohot
rise in choshech, and thy |3| For your hands are (brightness), but we walk in
darkness shall be as the noon; defiled and polluted with gloom.
|11| And Hashem shall guide dahm, and your fingers with |10| We grope by the wall like
thee tamid, and satisfy thy avon (iniquity); your lips have the ivrim (blind), and we grope
nefesh in drought, and spoken sheker, your leshon as if we had no einayim (eyes);
strengthen thy atzmot; and (tongue) hath muttered avlah we stumble at tzohorayim
thou shalt be like a gan raveh (perverseness, wickedness, (noon) as in twilight; we are in
(well-watered garden), and like iniquity, lashon hora). full vigor and stout, yet we are
a motzah mayim (spring of |4| None calleth [unto as mesim (dead ones).
water), whose mayim fail not. Hashem] b'tzedek (in |11| We all growl like dubim
|12| And they that shall be of righteousness), nor any (bears), and moan continually
thee shall rebuild the charevot pleadeth b'emunah (in like yonim (doves); we look for
olam (ancient ruins); thou faithfulness, in truth); they mishpat, but there is none; for
shalt raise up the mosedei dor trust in tohu [nothingness, Gn Yeshuah (Salvation), but it is
vador (the foundations of 1:2], and speak shav (vanity); far off from us.
many generations); and thou they conceive amal (trouble), |12| Because peysha'einu (our
shalt be called, Goder Peretz; and give birth to aven rebellions) have multiplied
Meshovev Netivot Lashevet (wickedness). before Thee, and chattoteinu
(Repairer of the Breach; |5| They hatch the beytzim (our sins) testify against us; for
Restorer of the Streets For (eggs) of the tzifoni (viper, peysha'einu are still with us;
Habitation). poisonous snake), and weave and as for avonoteinu (our
|13| If thou turn away thy the webs of the akavish iniquities), we acknowledge
regel on account of Shabbos, (spider); he that eateth of their them:
from doing thy chefetz on My beytzim (eggs) dieth, and of |13| In rebelling against and
Yom Kodesh; and call that which is cracked open, an kachash (denying) Hashem,
Shabbos an Oneg (Delight), efeh (kind of poisonous snake) and nasog (turning away)
the Kedosh Hashem (Holy is hatched. from Eloheinu, speaking
Day of Hashem), "honored"; |6| Their webs shall not oshek (oppression) and sarah
and if thou shalt honor it, not become beged (garments), (revolt), conceiving and
doing thine darkhim nor neither shall they cover uttering from the lev (heart)
finding thine own chefetz, nor themselves with their ma'asim; divrei sheker (words of
speaking [worldly] words: their ma'asim are ma'asei aven falsehood).
|14| Then shalt thou delight (works of wickedness), and the
in Hashem; and I will cause
|14| And mishpat (justice) is |21| As for Me, this is My Brit the rams of Nevayot shall
turned back, and tzedakah (Covenant, [see Isaiah 42:6; minister unto thee; they shall
(righteousness) standeth 49:8; 54:10; 55:3]) with them come up al ratzon (with
afar off; for emes (truth) is [i.e., with Moshiach's zera, see acceptance) upon Mine
fallen in the rechov (street), Isaiah 53:10], saith Hashem; Mizbe'ach, and I will glorify
and nacho'ach (honesty) My Ruach [Hakodesh] that is the Beis of My Tiferet (The
cannot enter. upon thee [Moshiach, see Beis [HaMikdash] of My
|15| Indeed, emes (truth) Isaiah 11:2; 42:1; 48:16; 61:1], Glory).
faileth; and he that departeth and My words which I have |8| Who are these that fly like
from rah (evil) maketh himself put in thy mouth, shall not a cloud, and like the yonim to
a prey; and Hashem saw it, depart out of thy mouth, nor their roosts?
and it was displeasing in His out of the mouth of thy zera |9| Surely the iyim shall wait
sight that there was no [Isaiah 53:10], nor out of the for Me, and the oniyot (ships)
mishpat (justice). mouth of the zera of thy zera of Tarshish will come first, to
|16| And He saw that there [i.e. Moshiach's zera bring thy banim from afar,
was no ish (man), and was generationally], saith Hashem, their kesef and their zahav
appalled that there was no from henceforth and ad olam with them, unto the Shem
Mafgi'a (Intercessor); therefore (forever). of Hashem thy G-d, and to the
His own Zero'a (Arm) wrought Kadosh Yisroel, because He
Salvation unto Him; and His hath glorified thee.
own tzedakah (righteousness) Arise, shine; for thy |10| And the Bnei Nekhar
He relied on [Isa 53:1; Jer
23:6].
|17| For He put on tzedakah
60 [Tziyon’s] ohr is
come, and the
kavod Hashem is risen upon
shall build up thy chomot,
and their melachim shall
minister unto thee; for in My
as breastplate armor, and a thee. ketzef I struck thee, but in My
helmet of Yeshuah (Salvation, |2| For, hinei, the choshech ratzon have I had rachamim
Saving Power) upon His rosh; shall cover Eretz, and gross on thee.
and He put on the bigdei darkness the nations; but |11| Therefore thy She'arim
nakam (garments of Hashem shall arise upon thee, shall be open continually; they
vengeance) for a uniform, and and His kavod shall be seen shall not be shut yomam
was clad with kinah (zeal) as a upon thee. valailah; that men may bring
me'il (mantle, cloak). |3| And the Goyim shall walk unto thee the chayil Goyim
|18| According to their by thy ohr, and melachim by (wealth of the Nations), and
gemulot (deeds, dealings), so the brightness of thy shining. that their melachim may be
He will repay, chemah (fury, |4| Lift up thine eyes round led in procession.
wrath) to His adversaries, about, and see; they all gather |12| For the Goy and
gemul (recompence) to His themselves together, they Mamlachah that will not serve
oyevim (enemies); to the iyim come to thee; thy banim shall thee shall perish; yes, those
(islands) He will repay gemul come from afar, and thy banot Goyim shall be utterly ruined
(recompence, due). shall be carried at thy side. [T.N. Notice that an anti-
|19| So shall they fear the |5| Then thou shalt see, and Jerusalem, anti-Jewish
Shem Hashem from the be radiant, and thine lev shall sentiment among believers is a
ma'arav (west), and His fear, and swell; because the contradiction in terms here in
kavod from the rising of the hamon yam shall be converted this verse].
shemesh. When the enemy unto thee, the chayil Goyim |13| The kavod HaLevanon
shall come in like a nahar (wealth of the Nations) shall shall come unto thee, the
(flood, river), the Ruach come unto thee. juniper tree, the box tree, and
[Hakodesh] of Hashem shall |6| A swarm of gemalim the cypress together, to
lift up a standard against him. (camels) shall cover thee, foals beautify the makom (place) of
|20| And the Go'el (Redeemer, of Midyan and Ephah; all they My Mikdash; and I will make
Moshiach) shall come to from Sheva shall come; they the makom of My raglayim
Tziyon, and unto them that shall bring zahav and levonah glorious.
make teshuva and turn from (frankincense); and they shall |14| The banim also of them
peysha (rebellion) in Ya'akov, bear glad tidings of tehillot that oppress thee shall come
saith Hashem [See Ro.11:26 (the praises of) Hashem. unto thee in submission;
OJBC]. |7| Kol tzon Kedar shall be and all they
gathered together unto thee,
that despised thee shall mighty nation; I Hashem will ye shall eat the chayil Goyim,
prostrate themselves down at hasten it in its time. (wealth of Nations) and in
the soles of thy raglayim; and The Ruach their kavod shall ye boast.
they shall call thee, The Ir of
Hashem, Tziyon of Kadosh
Yisroel.
61 [Hakodesh] of
Adonoi Hashem is
upon me [Moshiach], because
|7| Instead of your bushah
(shame) ye shall have a
mishneh (double [portion]);
|15| Whereas thou has been Hashem mashach (hath and for dishonor they shall
forsaken and hated, so that anointed) me [Moshiach] to rejoice in their chelek
none passed through thee, I preach besurah (good news, (portion): therefore in
will make thee a Ga'on Olam glad tidings) unto the anavim their land they shall possess
(Everlasting Pride), a joy dor (meek, poor, oppressed); He the mishneh; simchat olam
vador. hath sent me to bind up the (everlasting joy) shall be unto
|16| Thou shalt also drink the nishberei lev (the them.
cholov Goyim, and shalt nurse brokenhearted), to proclaim |8| For I Hashem love
at the breast of melachim; and deror (freedom, liberty) for the mishpat, I hate gazel (robbery)
thou shalt know that I shevuyim ([Golus] captives), in [obtaining] the olah (burnt
Hashem am thy Moshia and and the opening of the prison offering); and I will
thy Go'el, the Avir Ya'akov to them that are bound; direct their work in emes, and
(Mighty One of Jacob).. |2| To proclaim the Shnat I will make a Brit Olam [Gn
|17| Instead of nechoshet I Ratzon L'Hashem (the year of 12:1- 3; Isa 55:3] with them.
will bring zahav, and for the L-rd’s favor and grace), |9| And their zera shall be
barzel (iron) I will bring kesef, and the Yom Nakam known among the Goyim and
and for etzim (wood) L'Eloheinu (our G-d's Day of their offspring among the
nechoshet, and for avanim Vengeance); to comfort all the Nations: all that see them
(stones) barzel (iron); I will avelim (mourners); shall acknowledge them, that
also make thy pekudim |3| To grant unto Avelei they are the Zera Berach
shalom, and thine nogesim Tziyon (Mourners of Zion), Hashem.
tzedakah. giving unto them a flower |10| I will greatly rejoice in
|18| Chamas shall no more wreath instead of ashes, the Hashem, my nefesh shall be
be heard in thy land, shod nor shemen sasson (oil of joy) joyful in Elohai; for He hath
shever within thy borders; but instead of avel (mourning), the clothed me with the
thou shalt call thy chomot garment of tehillah (praise) for Bigdei Yesha (Garments of
Yeshuah (Salvation), and thy the ruach of keheh (fainting, a Salvation), He hath covered
she'arim Tehillah (Praise). heavy spirit); that they might me with Me'il Tzedakah (the
|19| The shemesh shall be no be called Eilei HaTzedek Robe of Righteousness) like a
more thy ohr yomam; neither (Oaks of Righteousness), the Choson arrays himself with
for brightness shall the planting of Hashem, that He splendor, and like a Kallah
yarei'ach give light unto thee; might be glorified. adorneth herself with her
but Hashem shall be unto |4| And they shall rebuild jewels.
thee an Ohr Olam, and thy charvot olam (the old ruins), |11| For as Eretz bringeth
G-d thy tiferet. they shall raise up the forth her tzemach, and as the
|20| Thy shemesh shall no shomemot rishonim (former gan (garden) the things that
more go down; neither shall desolations), and they shall are sown in it tatzmiach
thy yarei'ach wane; for make new the cities of chorev (causes [them] to spring forth);
Hashem shall be for thee an (ruin), the shomemot so Adonoi Hashem will
Ohr Olam, and the yamim of (desolations) dor vador. tzedakah (righteousness) and
thy avelut shall be ended. |5| And zarim shall stand tehillah (praise) yatzmiach
|21| Thy people also shall be and shepherd your tzon, and (cause [them] to spring forth)
all of them tzaddikim; they bnei nekhar shall be your before kol HaGoyim.
shall inherit the Eretz l'olam, plowmen and your For the sake of
the Netzer [see Mt.2:23 OJBC]
of My planting, the ma'aseh of
My hands, that I may be
vinedressers.
|6| But ye shall be named the
Kohanim of Hashem; men
62 Tziyon will I not
hold my peace and
for the sake of Yerushalayim I
glorified. shall call you the Mesharetim will not remain quiet, until
|22| The katon shall become (Ministers) of Eloheinu; her tzedek go forth like nogah
an elef, and the smallest a (brightness), and her Yeshuah
(Salvation) like a blazing lapid
(torch), (stones); lift up a nes (banner) the juice of their life blood
|2| And the Goyim shall see [visible] over HaAmim (the down on the earth.
thy tzedek, and kol melachim Nations). |7| I will rehearse the
thy kavod; and thou shalt be |11| Hinei, Hashem hath chasadim (lovingkindnesses)
called by a shem chadash, proclaimed unto the ketzeh of Hashem, and the tehillot
which the mouth of Hashem HaAretz (end of the Earth), Hashem, according to all that
shall designate. Say ye to Bat Tziyon, Hinei, Hashem hath bestowed on us,
|3| Thou shalt also be an thy Salvation cometh; hinei, and the great goodness toward
ateret tiferet in the Yad His sachar (reward) is with the Bais Yisroel, which He
Hashem, and a tzanif Him, and His recompense hath bestowed on them
melukhah (royal turban, before Him. according to His rachamim,
diadem) in the palm of thy |12| And they shall call them, and according to the
G-d. The Am HaKodesh, the Geulei multitude of His chasadim.
|4| Of thee it shalt no more be Hashem; and thou shalt be |8| For He said, Surely they
said, Azuvah (Forsaken); called, Derushah (one being are My people, banim that will
neither of thy land shall it any sought), Ir Lo Ne'ezavah (City not be sheker (false); so He
more be said, Shemameh Not Deserted). became their Moshi'a (Savior).
(Desolate); but thou shalt be Who is this that |9| In all their tzoros He was
called Cheftzi-Vah, (My
Delight is in her) and thy land
Beulah (Married): for Hashem
63 cometh from
Edom, with
crimson begadim (garments)
afflicted, and the malach of
His presence saved them; in
His ahavah and in His mercy
delighteth in thee, and thy from Botzrah? This that is He redeemed them; and He
land shall be married. glorious in His apparel, lifted them up, and carried
|5| For as a bochur marrieth striding in the greatness of His them kol y'mei olam.
a betulah, so shall thy banim ko'ach? It is I, speaking in |10| But they rebelled, and
marry thee; and as the choson tzedakah, mighty to save. grieved His Ruach Hakodesh;
rejoiceth over the kallah, so |2| Why art Thou adom (red) therefore He turned against
shall thy G-d rejoice over thee. in Thine apparel, and Thy them as oyev (enemy), and He
|6| I have set shomrim upon garments like him that fought against them.
thy chomot, O Yerushalayim, treadeth in the winepress? |11| Then His people
which shall never hold their |3| I have trodden the remembered the y'mei olam
peace yom nor lailah; winepress alone; and of the (days of old), of Moshe. Where
ye that remind Hashem, keep amim (peoples, nations) there is He that brought them up
not silence, was none with Me; for I will out of the yam (sea) with the
|7| And give Him no rest, trample them in Mine wrath ro'im of His tzon? Where is He
until He establish, and until [i.e., Moshiach’s work of that put His Ruach Hakodesh
He make Yerushalayim a wrath], and trod them down in in the midst of them?
tehillah (praise) in Ha'Aretz. My fury; and the juice of their |12| Who led them at the
|8| Hashem hath sworn by life blood splattered upon My right hand of Moshe with His
His yamin, and by the garments, and I stained all My zero'a tiferet, dividing the
zero'a of His oz (might), Surely raiment. mayim before them, to make
I will no more give thy dagan |4| For Yom Nekam (Day of Himself a Shem Olam?
(grain) to be food for thine Vengeance) is in Mine lev, and |13| Who led them through
oyevim; and the bnei nekhar My Shanat Geulah (Year of the tehomot, like the sus
shall not drink thy tirosh, for Redemption) is come. (horse) in the midbar, that
the which thou hast toiled; |5| And I looked, and there they should not stumble?
|9| But they that have was no ozer (helper); and I was |14| As behemah goeth down
harvested it shall eat it, and appalled that there was no into the valley, the Ruach
praise Hashem; and they that supporter; therefore Mine own Hashem caused them to rest;
have gathered it in shall drink zero'a wrought Salvation for thus didst Thou lead Thy
it in the khatzerot (courtyards) Me; and My wrath, it upheld people, to make for Thee a
of My Kodesh (Holy Place). Me. Shem Tiferet.
|10| Pass through, pass |6| And I will trample down |15| Look down from
through the She'arim; prepare the amim (nations) in Mine Shomayim, and behold from
ye the Derech HaAm; Build wrath, and make them drunk the habitation of Thy kodesh
up, build up the mesilah in My fury, and I will pour out and of Thy
(highway); gather out the even
Tiferet. Where is Thy kina seen any Elohim besides Thee, I let Myself be
(zeal) and Thy gevurah
(might)? The yearning of Thy
heart and of Thy rachamim
Who acts on behalf of him
that waiteth for Him.
|5(4)| Thou meetest with him
65 sought of them that
asked not for Me; I
let Myself be found of them
are withheld toward me. that rejoiceth to work tzedek, that sought me not; I said,
|16| Doubtless Thou art those that remember Thee in Hineni, behold Me, unto a
Avinu, though Avraham not Thy drakhim; see, Thou art in Goy (Nation, People) that was
have da'as of us, and Yisroel wrath; for we have been in not called by My Shem.
not acknowledge us; Thou, sins; in them a long time, and |2| I have spread out My yad
Hashem, art Avinu, Go'aleinu; shall we be saved? kol hayom unto an Am Sorer
Shemecha is from everlasting. |6(5)| But we are all as the (stubbornly rebellious people),
|17| Hashem, why hast Thou tameh (unclean thing), and kol which walketh in a derech lo
made us to go astray from Thy tzidkoteinu (all our tov, after their own
drakhim, and hardened righteousness, our righteous machshevot (thoughts);
libenu (our hearts) from deeds, works) are like beged |3| HaAm that provoketh Me
fearing Thee? Shuv (return) iddim (filthy rags, a garment to anger continually to My
l'ma'an (for the sake of) of menstruation); and we all face; that sacrificeth in ganot
Avadeicha (Thy servants), do fade like the aleh (leaf); (gardens), and burneth
Shivtei Nachalatecha (the and avoneinu (our iniquities), sacrifices upon brick;
Tribes of Thine Inheritance). like the ruach, have taken us |4| Which remain among the
|18| Am Kadshecha (People away. kevarim, and spend the night
of Thy holiness, Thy Holy |7(6)| And there is none that in closed places, which eat
People) have possessed it but a calleth upon Thy Shem, that basar hachazir, and broth of
little while; our adversaries stirreth up himself to take piggulim (unclean meat,
have trampled down Thy hold of Thee; for Thou hast Lv.7:18) in their vessels;
Mikdash. hid Thy face from us, and hast |5| Which say, Stand by
|19| We have become such as consumed us, because of thyself, come not near to me;
them over whom Thou hast avoneinu. for I am kadosh to thee (holier
never ruled, those who were |8(7)| But now, Hashem, than thou). These are a smoke
not called by Shimecha (Thy Thou art Avinu (Our Father); in My nose, an eish that
Name). we are the chomer (clay), and burneth kol hayom.
Thou, Yotzreinu (our Potter, |6| Hinei, it is written before
Maker, Creator); and we all Me: I will not keep silent, but
O, that Thou are the ma'aseh (work) of Thy will recompense fully, even
64 wouldest rend
Shomayim, that
Thou wouldest come down, so
yad.
|9(8)| Be not in wrath ad
me'od, Hashem, neither
recompense into their kheyk,
|7| Your avonot, and the
iniquities of your avot
that the harim might shake at remember avon forever; together, saith Hashem,
Thy presence, behold, see, we beseech thee, because they burned sacrifices
|2(64:1)| As eish burneth we are all Thy people. upon the mountains, and
brushwood, eish causeth the |10(9)| Arei Kadsheicha (Thy insulted Me upon the hills;
mayim to boil, [O, that Thou holy cities) are a midbar, therefore will I measure their
wouldst come down] to make Tziyon is a midbar, former peulot into their kheyk.
Thy Shem known to Thine Yerushalayim, a desolation. |8| Thus saith Hashem, As
adversaries, that the Goyim |11(10)| Beis Kadsheinu the tirosh is found in the
might tremble at Thy v'Tifarteinu, where Avoteinu cluster, and one saith, Destroy
presence! praised Thee, is burned up it not; for a berakhah is in it;
|3(2)| When Thou didst with eish; and kol so will I do in behalf of My
terrible things which we machamadeinu (all our Servants, that I may not
looked not for, Thou desiring) is in ruins. destroy them all.
camest down, the harim shook |12(11)| Wilt Thou refrain |9| And I will bring forth a
at Thy presence. Thyself after these things, zera out of Ya'akov, and out of
|4(3)| For me'olam (since Hashem? Wilt Thou hold Thy
ancient times) no one hath peace, and afflict us ad me'od?
heard, nor perceived by the
ozen, neither hath the ayin
Yehudah a yoresh (inheritor) eretz Chadashah; and the Thus saith

of My mountains; and Mine
Bechir (Chosen ones)
shall inherit it, and My
rishonot shall not be
remembered, nor come into
mind.
66 Hashem,
HaShomayim is
My kisse, and ha'aretz is My
Servants shall dwell there. |18| But be ye glad and footstool; where is the Beis
|10| And Sharon shall be a rejoice forever in that which I that ye build for Me? And
meadow for tzon, and the create; for, hinei, I create where is the Makom of My
valley of Achor a place for the Yerushalayim a rejoicing, and Menuchah?
flock to lie down, for Ami (My her people a joy. |2| For all those things hath
People) who seek Me. |19| And I will rejoice in Mine hand made, and so came
|11| But ye are they that Yerushalayim, and joy in Ami; they all into being, saith
forsake Hashem, that forget and the voice of weeping shall Hashem; but to this man will I
My Har Kadosh, that prepare be no more heard in her, nor look, even to him that is oni
a shulchan for Fortune, and the voice of crying out. and of a contrite ruach, and
that furnish the drink offering |20| There shall be no more trembleth at My Devar.
for Destiny. in there an infant of days, nor |3| He that slaughtereth the
|12| Therefore will I destine a zaken (old man) that hath bull is the slayer of a man; he
you for the cherev, and ye not filled his days; for he that that sacrificeth a seh, is a
shall all bow down to the shall die a hundred years old strangler of dogs; he that
slaughtering place; because will be regarded a na’ar; but offereth a minchah, it is dahm
when I called, ye did not the choteh (sinner), a hundred chazir; he that burneth
answer; when I spoke, ye did years old, will be accursed. incense, blesseth idols. As they
not hear; but did the rah |21| And they shall build have chosen their own ways,
before Mine eyes, and did batim (houses), and inhabit and their nefesh delighteth in
choose that wherein I them; and they shall plant their shikkutzim
delighted not. kramim (vineyards), and eat (abominations),
|13| Therefore thus saith the fruit of them. |4| I also will choose their ill-
Adonoi Hashem, Hinei, My |22| They shall not build, and treatments, and will bring
Servants shall eat, but ye shall another inhabit; they shall their terrors upon them;
be hungry; hinei, My Servants not plant, and another eat; for because when I called, no one
shall drink, but ye shall be as the days of HaEtz are the did answer; when I spoke, they
thirsty; hinei, My Servants days of Ami, and Mine Bechir did not hear; but they did the
shall rejoice, but ye shall be shall long enjoy the ma'aseh of rah before Mine eyes, and
ashamed; their hands. chose that in which I took no
|14| Hinei, My Servants shall |23| They shall not labor in pleasure.
sing for joy of lev, but ye shall vain, nor bring forth for |5| Hear the Devar Hashem,
cry out from anguish of lev, misfortune; for they are the ye that tremble at His word;
and shall wail from Zera Beruchei Hashem (Seed Your achim that hated you,
brokenness of ruach. of the Blessed ones of that cast you out from them
|15| And ye shall leave your Hashem), and their offspring l'ma'an Shemi, said, Let
shem for a curse unto My with them. Hashem get honor, that we
Bechir; for Adonoi Hashem |24| And it shall come to may see your simcha; they
shall put thee to death, and pass, that before they call, I shall be ashamed.
call His Avadim by another will answer; and while they |6| Sound of tumult from the
shem; are yet medaberim (speaking), Ir, a sound from the Heikhal,
|16| That he who blesseth I will hear. a sound of Hashem that
himself in ha'aretz shall bless |25| The wolf and the lamb rendereth gemul (retribution)
himself by Elohei Omein (the shall feed together, and the to His enemies.
G-d of [the] Amen, the G-d of lion shall eat straw like the ox; |7| Before she travailed, she
Truth); and he that taketh an and aphar shall be the lechem brought forth; before her
oath in ha'aretz shall take the of the nachash. They shall not chevel (pain) came, she was
oath by Elohei Omein; hurt nor destroy in all My Har delivered of a zachar (man
because the former tzoros are Kadosh, saith Hashem. child).
forgotten, and because they [T.N. This last chapter makes |8| Who hath heard such a
are hid from Mine eyes. a reference to Gehinnom and thing? Who hath seen such
|17| For, hinei, I create the just retribution coming.] things? Shall Eretz
Shomayim Chadashim and be born in yom echad?
YIRMEYAH
Or shall a nation be born consumed together, saith YIRMEYAH

in a moment? For as soon as Hashem. Divrei Yirmeyah ben
Tziyon travailed in labor, she
gave birth to her banim.
|9| Shall I bring to the
|18| For I know their ma'asim
and their machshevot; it shall
come to pass, that I will gather
1 Chilkiyah, of the
kohanim that were in
Anatot in Eretz Binyamin;
moment of birth, and not kol Goyim and leshonot; they |2| To whom the Devar
cause to bring delivery? shall come, and see My kavod. Hashem came in the days of
saith Hashem. Shall I cause to |19| And I will set an ot (sign) Yoshiyah ben Amon Melech
bring forth, and shut the among them, and I will send Yehudah, in the thirteenth
womb? saith thy G-d. away those that escape of year of his reign [i.e.,
|10| Rejoice ye with them unto the Goyim, to 627.B.C.E.).
Yerushalayim, and be glad Tarshish, Pul, and Lud (that |3| And in the days of
with her, all ye that love her; draw the bow), to Tuval, and Y'hoyakim ben Yoshiyah
rejoice for joy with her, all ye Yavan [Greece], to the isles Melech Yehudah, unto the end
that mourn for her; afar off, that have not heard of the eleventh year of
|11| That ye may nurse, and My fame, neither have seen Tzidkiyah ben Yoshiyah
be satisfied with the breasts of My kavod; and they shall Melech Yehudah, that is, until
her consolations; that ye may declare My kavod among the the Golus Yerushalayim
drink in, be delighted with the Goyim. captive in the fifth month [i.e.,
abundance of her kavod. |20| And they shall bring all 587 B.C.E.].
|12| For thus saith Hashem, your achim out of all heathen |4| Then the Devar Hashem
Hineni, I will extend shalom nations for a minchah unto came unto me, saying,
to her like a river, and the Hashem upon susim, and in |5| Before I formed thee in
kavod of the Goyim like an chariots, and in wagons, and the beten I knew thee; and
overflowing stream; then shall upon mules, and upon camels, before thou camest forth out
ye nurse, ye shall be borne to My Har Kodesh, to of the rechem I set thee apart
upon arms, and be fondled Yerushalayim, saith Hashem, as kodesh, and I ordained thee
upon her knees. as the Bnei Yisroel bring the a navi unto the Goyim.
|13| As one whom his em minchah in a keli tahor into |6| Then said I, Ah, Adonoi
comforteth, so will I comfort the Beis Hashem. Hashem! hinei, I have no
you; and ye shall be comforted |21| And I will also take of da'as to speak; for I am a
in Yerushalayim. them for kohanim and for na'ar.
|14| And when ye see this, Levi'im, saith Hashem. |7| But Hashem said unto
your lev shall rejoice, and your |22| For as the Shomayim me, Say not, Na'ar anochi; for
atzmot shall flourish like HaChadashim and HaAretz thou shalt go to all that I shall
herbage; and the yad Hashem HaChadashah, which I will send thee, and whatsoever I
shall be made known to His make, shall continue before command thee thou shalt
avadim, and His indignation Me, saith Hashem, so shall speak.
toward His enemies. your zera and your shem |8| Be not afraid of them; for
|15| For, hinei, Hashem will remain. I am with thee to deliver thee,
come with eish, with His mer- |23| And it shall come to saith Hashem.
kavot like the whirlwind, to pass, that from one Rosh |9| Then Hashem put forth
render His anger in fury, His Chodesh to another, His yad, and touched my
rebuke in flames of eish. and from one Shabbos to mouth. And Hashem said
|16| For by eish and by His another, kol basar shall come unto me, Hinei, I put My
cherev will Hashem execute to bow down before Me, saith words in thy mouth.
judgment on kol basar; and Hashem. |10| See, I have this yom set
the slain of Hashem shall be |24| And they shall go forth, thee over the Goyim and over
many. and look upon the pigrei the mamlachot (kingdoms), to
|17| They that set themselves ha’anashim that have rebelled uproot, and to tear down, and
apart as kodesh, and purify against Me; for their tola'at to destroy, and to demolish, to
themselves to go into the (worm) shall not die, neither build, and to plant.
ganot, following the one in the shall their eish be quenched; |11| Moreover the Devar
midst, eating basar hachazir, and they shall be dera'on Hashem came unto me,
and the sheketz, and the (loathsome, an abomination) saying, Yirmeyah, what
akhbar (mouse), shall be to kol basar [See also on
Gehinnom Dan 12:2].
431
Yirmeyah 1, 2 432 Orthodox Jewish Bible
seest thou? And I said, I see a with thee, saith Hashem, to beneichem will I bring
makel SHAQED (a branch of deliver thee. lawsuit.
an almond tree). Moreover the Devar |10| For pass over to the isles
|12| Then said Hashem unto
me, Thou hast well seen: for
SHOQED (WATCHING) I am
2 Hashem came to me,
saying,
|2| Go and cry, shouting in
of Kittim, and look; and send
unto Kedar, and consider
diligently, and see if there has
over My Devar to carry it out. the ears of Yerushalayim, ever been anything like this.
|13| And the Devar Hashem saying, Thus saith Hashem; I |11| Hath ever a nation
came unto me the second remember thee, the chesed of changed elohim, and these no
time, saying, What seest thou? thy ne'urim, the ahavas of thy elohim at all? But My people
And I said, I see a SIYR days as a kallah, when thou have exchanged their kavod
NAFUACH (A BOILING wentest after Me in midbar, in for that which is worthless.
CAULDRON) tipping over an eretz that was not sown. |12| Be appalled, O ye
from the north. |3| Yisroel was Kodesh unto Shomayim, at this, and be
|14| Then Hashem said unto Hashem, and the reshit horribly afraid, be ye very
me, From the north hara'ah (firstfruit) of his tevu'ah (crop): desolate, saith Hashem.
(the evil, disaster) TIPATACH all that devour him are held |13| For Ami have committed
(SHALL BE POURED OUT) guilty; ra'ah shall overtake shtayim ra'ot (two evils); they
upon all the inhabitants of them, saith Hashem. have forsaken Me, the
HaAretz. |4| Hear ye the Devar fountain of Mayim Chayim,
|15| For, hineni, I am now Hashem, O Beis Ya'akov, and and hewed them out cisterns,
summoning all the mish- all the mishpekhot of Bais broken cisterns, that can hold
pekhot mamlechot of the Yisroel: no mayim.
north, saith Hashem; they |5| Thus saith Hashem, What |14| Is Yisroel an eved? Is he
shall come, they shall set every avel (wrong, fault) have a homeborn slave? Why has he
one his kisse at the petach avoteichem found in Me, that become plunder?
Sha'arei Yerushalayim, and they are strayed far from Me, |15| The young lions roared
against all the surrounding and have walked after hevel upon him, and growled, and
chomot thereof, against all the (vain, empty delusion), and they made his [Israel's] Eretz
towns of Yehudah. are become deluded? waste; his towns are burned
|16| And I will pronounce My |6| Neither did they ask, without inhabitant.
mishpatim against them Where is Hashem that |16| Also the Bnei Noph and
touching all their wickedness, brought us up out of Eretz Tachpanhes have broken the
who have forsaken Me, and Mitzrayim, that led us through crown of thy head.
have burned ketoret unto the midbar, through an eretz |17| Hast thou not procured
elohim acherim, and of deserts and pits, through an this unto thyself, in that thou
worshiped the works of their eretz tziyyah (land of drought) hast forsaken Hashem
own hands. and tzalmavet, through eretz Eloheicha, when He led thee
|17| Thou therefore tighten that no ish passed through, by the derech?
thy gartel of readiness, and where no adam dwelt? |18| And now what hast thou
arise, and speak unto them all |7| And I brought you into an to do in the derech Mitzrayim,
that I command thee; be not eretz hacarmel, to eat the pri to drink the waters of the
fearful before them, lest I thereof and the tovah thereof; Shichor [[Nile] River]? Or what
make thee fearful before them. but when ye entered, ye made hast thou to do in the derech
|18| For, hinei, I have made My land tameh, and made My Ashur (Assyria), to drink the
thee today an ir mivtzar (a nachalah a to'evah. waters of the Euphrates
fortified city), and an ammud |8| The Kohanim asked not, [River]?
barzel, and a chomat necho- Where is Hashem? And they |19| Thine own ra'ah shall
shet against kol HaAretz, that handle the Torah had no correct thee, and thy meshuvot
against the melachim of da'as of Me; the ro'im also (backslidings) shall reprove
Yehudah, against the sarim rebelled against Me, and the thee: know therefore and see
thereof, against the koha- nevi'im prophesied by Ba’al, that it is an evil thing and mar
nim thereof, and against the and walked after worthless (bitter), that thou hast
am ha'aretz. things. forsaken Hashem Eloheicha,
|19| And they shall make war |9| Therefore I will yet bring and that My pachad is not in
against thee; but they shall not lawsuit against you, saith thee, saith Adonoi Hashem
prevail against thee; for I am Hashem, and against bnei Tzva’os.
Nevi’im 433 Yirmeyah 2, 3
|20| For long ago I have mispar (number) of thy towns They say, If an ish put
broken thy ol (yoke), and tore
off thy bonds; and thou saidst,
I will not serve; when upon
are thy elohim, O Yehudah.
|29| Why will ye bring lawsuit
against Me? Ye all have
3 away [in divorce] his
isha, and she go from
him, and become another
every high hill and under rebelled against Me, saith man's, shall he return unto
every green tree thou hast Hashem. her again? Shall not that eretz
sprawled, playing the zonah. |30| In vain have I struck be defiled and forbidden? But
|21| Yet I had planted thee a your banim; they received no thou hast played the zonah
choice vine, wholly a zera musar [cf Isa 53:5]; your own with re'im rabbim (many
emes. How then art thou cherev hath devoured your lovers); yet shuv (turn) to Me,
turned into the degenerate nevi'im, like a destroying lion. saith Hashem.
plant of a gefen nochriyah |31| O HaDor (Generation), |2| Lift up thine eyes unto the
unto Me? heed ye the Devar Hashem. hilltops, and see! Where hast
|22| For though thou wash Have I been a midbar unto thou not been lain with? In
thee with lye, and take thee Yisroel? An eretz of great the drakhim (ways, roads) hast
much soap, yet thine avon darkness? Madu'a (why) say thou sat [waiting] for them, as
(iniquity) is marked before Me, Ami, We are free; we will come the nomad in the midbar; and
saith Adonoi Hashem. no more unto Thee? thou hast defiled the eretz
|23| How canst thou say, I am |32| Can a betulah forget her with thy zenut (whoredom,
not tameh, I have not gone jewelry, or a kallah her prostitution) and with thy
after Ba’alim? See thy derech adornments? Yet My people ra'ah (wickedness).
in the valley, know what thou have forgotten Me yamim ein |3| Therefore the revivim
hast done: thou art a swift mispar (days without number). (showers) have been withheld,
camel traversing her ways; |33| How well thou direct thy and there hath been no
|24| A pereh used to the derech to seek ahavah? malkosh (latter rain, spring
midbar, that sniffs up the Therefore hast thou also rain); and thou hadst a
ruach in the craving taught hara'ot (the worst metzach isha zonah (whore's
of her nefesh; in her occasion women) the darkhei (ways) of forehead), and thou refusedst
[of heat] who can turn her thee. to blush with shame.
away? All they that seek her |34| Also in thy skirts is |4| Wilt thou not from this
will not weary themselves; in found the dahm of the time cry unto Me, Avi, Thou
her month they shall find her. nefashot of the innocent poor; art the Alluf (Guide, Friend) of
|25| Withhold thy regel from although you never caught my neurim (youth)?
being unshod, and thy throat them breaking in. Yet |5| Will He reserve His anger
from thirst; but thou saidst, concerning all these l'olam? Will He keep it
There is no hope: no; for I |35| Thou sayest, Because I lanetzach? Hinei, this is what
have loved zarim, and after am innocent, surely His anger you preach, but you practice
them will I go. shall turn from me. Hineni, I all hara'ot (the evils) you can.
|26| As the ganav is ashamed will plead with thee, because |6| Hashem said also unto me
when he is caught, so is the thou sayest, Loh chatati (I in the days of Yoshiyah
Bais Yisroel ashamed; they, have not sinned). HaMelech, Hast thou seen
their melachim, their sarim, |36| Why doest thou gad that which meshuvah Yisroel
and their kohanim, and their about so much to change the (backsliding Yisroel)
nevi'im. course of thy derech? Thou hath done? She is gone up
|27| Saying to Etz (wood), also shalt be ashamed of upon every high hill and
Thou art Avi; and to Even Mitzrayim, as thou wast under every green tree, and
(stone), Thou hast brought me ashamed of Assyria. there hath played the zonah.
forth; for they have turned |37| Yea, thou shalt go forth |7| And I said after she had
their back unto Me, and not from this [dependence on done all these things, Turn
their face; but in the time of religiously entangling and thou unto Me. But she
their trouble they will say, compromising foreign allies], returned not. And her
Arise, and hoshi'einu (save us). and thine hands upon thine treacherous achot Yehudah
|28| But where are thy elohim head; for Hashem hath saw it [i.e., saw Israel's
that thou hast made for thee? rejected thy confidences, and refusal to renounce
Let them arise, if they can thou shalt not prosper in
save thee in the time of thy them.
trouble; for as many as are the
fertility cult idolatry]. and two from a mishpakhah, |22| Shuvu (return), ye banim
|8| And I saw, when for all and I will bring you to Tziyon: shovavim (backsliding
the causes whereby meshuvah |15| And I will give you ro'im children), and I will heal your
Yisroel (backsliding Yisroel) according to Mine lev, which meshuvot (backslidings).
committed adultery, I had put shall feed you with da'as and Behold, we come unto Thee;
her away, and given her a seichel. for Thou art Hashem
sefer keritut (bill of divorce); |16| And it shall come to Eloheinu.
yet her treacherous achot pass, when ye be multiplied |23| Truly in sheker is
Yehudah feared not, but went and increased in HaAretz, in Salvation hoped for from the
and played the zonah also. those days, saith Hashem, hills, and from the multitude
|9| And it came to pass they shall say no more, The of mountains; truly in
through the lightness with Aron Brit Hashem: neither Hashem Eloheinu is the
which she [Yisroel] took her shall it come to mind: neither Teshu'at Yisroel (Salvation of
zenut (whoredom), that she shall they remember it; Israel).
defiled HaAretz, and neither shall they ask for it; |24| For HaBoshet (the
committed adultery with neither shall another be Shame, i.e., the Ba'al fertility
HaEven (the Stone [of the fashioned. cult false religion) hath
fertility cult of Ba'al worship]) |17| At that time they shall devoured the labor of
and with HaEtz (the Wood [of call Yerushalayim the Kisse Avoteinu from ne'ureinu (our
the fertility cult of Ba'al Hashem; and all the Goyim youth): their tzon and their
worship]). shall be gathered unto it, to bakar, their banim and their
|10| And yet for all this her the Shem Hashem, to banot.
treacherous achot Yehudah Yerushalayim; neither shall |25| We lie down in our
hath not returned unto Me they walk any more after the Boshet (Shame), and
with her kol lev, but in sheker sherirut libam harah (the kelimateinu (our humiliation)
(falsity, pretense, an insincere stubbornness of their evil covereth us; for we have
religious spirit), saith heart). sinned against Hashem
Hashem. |18| In those days Bais Eloheinu, we and Avoteinu,
|11| And Hashem said unto Yehudah shall walk with Bais from our youth even unto this
me, Meshuvah Yisroel hath Yisroel, and they shall come day, and have not obeyed
come nearer to justifying together out of the eretz tzafon the voice of Hashem Eloheinu.
herself than treacherous to HaAretz that I have given If thou wilt make
Yehudah.
|12| Go and proclaim these
devarim toward the north, and
for a nachalah unto
Avoteichem.
|19| But I said, How shall I
4 teshuvah, O Yisroel,
saith Hashem, return
unto Me; and if thou wilt put
say, Return, thou meshuvah set thee among the banim, away thine shikkutzim
Yisroel, saith Hashem; and I and give thee an eretz (abominations) out of My
will not cast down Mine anger chemdah (a land of desire), sight, then shalt thou not be
to fall upon you; for I am the most beautiful nachalah moved [to wander].
chasid (displaying chesed, of the Goyim? And I said, |2| And thou shalt swear,
mercy), saith Hashem, and I Thou shalt call Me, Avi; and Chai Hashem, in emes, in
will not keep anger l'olam. shalt not turn back from mishpat, and in tzedakah; and
|13| Only acknowledge thine following Me. the Goyim shall bless
avon (iniquity, guilt of |20| Surely as an isha themselves in Him, and in
wrongdoing), that thou hast treacherously departeth from Him shall they glory.
rebelled against Hashem your her husband, so have ye dealt |3| For thus saith Hashem to
G-d, and hast scattered thy treacherously with Me, O Bais Ish Yehudah and Yerusha-
favors to the zarim under Yisroel, saith Hashem. layim, Break up your
every green tree, and ye have |21| A voice was heard upon unplowed ground, and sow
not obeyed My voice, saith the high places, weeping and not among kotzim (thorns).
Hashem. tachanunei Bnei Yisroel |4| Circumcise yourselves to
|14| Shuvu (Turn), O banim (supplications of the Children Hashem, and take the mohel
shovaviv (backsliding of Israel); for they have knife to the arelot of your
children), saith Hashem; for I perverted their derech, and levav, ye Ish Yehudah and
am married unto you: and I they have forgotten Hashem inhabitants of Yerushalayim:
will take you one from a town, Eloheihem. lest My fury break out like
eish, and burn that none
Nevi’im 435 Yirmeyah 4
can quench it, because of the now also I will pronounce stupid banim, and they have
evil of your deeds. mishpatim against them. no understanding; they are
|5| Declare ye in Yehudah, |13| Hinei, he [the chachamim to do evil, but to
and publish in Yerushalayim; approaching foe] shall come do good they have no da'as.
and say, Blow ye the shofar in up like ananim (clouds), and |23| I beheld ha'aretz, and,
HaAretz. Cry out, gather his merkavot shall be like the hinei, it was tohu vavohu
together, and say, Assemble whirlwind; his susim are [Genesis 1:2]; and
yourselves, and let us go into swifter than nesharim (eagles). HaShomayim--there was no
the fortified cities. Oy lanu! (Woe unto us!) For we ohr.
|6| Raise up a nes (a banner, are ruined. |24| I beheld the mountains,
a flag pointing to the place of |14| O Yerushalayim, wash and, hinei, they quaked, and
refuge) over Tziyon; take thine lev from rah, that thou all the hills had crumbled.
refuge, delay not; for I will mayest be saved. Ad mosai |25| I beheld, and, hinei,
bring ra'ah (evil, disaster) from (how long, how much longer) there was no adam, and kol
the tzafon (north), and shall thy sinful machsh'vot oph HaShomayim fled away.
shever gadol (great lodge within thee? |26| I beheld, and, hinei, the
destruction). |15| For a kol (voice) carmel was a midbar, and all
|7| The aryeh (lion) is come declareth from Dan, and the cities thereof lay in ruins
up from his thicket, and the publisheth evil tidings before Hashem, before the
Mashkhit Goyim (Destroyer of from Mt Ephrayim. charon af Hashem.
the Nations, i.e., Babylon) is |16| Tell the Goyim; hinei, |27| For thus hath Hashem
on his way, he is gone forth spread the news to said, A wasteland shall be kol
from his place to make thy Yerushalayim, that notzrim HaAretz; yet I will not make a
eretz desolate; and thy cities (besiegers) come from a far complete end of it.
shall be made to lie in ruins, country, and raise their voice |28| For this reason HaAretz
without an inhabitant. against the cities of Yehudah. shall mourn, and
|8| For this gird you with |17| As shomrim of a sadeh, HaShomayim above turn
sackcloth, lament and wail; for they are against her all black; because I have spoken
the charon af Hashem is not around; because she hath it, I have purposed it, and will
turned away from us. been rebellious against Me, not relent, neither will I turn
|9| And it shall come to pass saith Hashem. back from it.
at that day, saith Hashem, |18| Thy derech and thy |29| Kol HaIr shall flee at the
that the lev HaMelech shall be deeds have brought these noise of the parash and the
disheartened, and the lev things upon thee; this is thy romeh keshet (the archer);
hasarim; and the kohanim wickedness, because it is mar they shall run into thickets,
shall be horror-struck, and the (bitter), for it hath touched and climb up among the
nevi'im dumbfounded. upon thine lev. kefim (rocks); every city shall
|10| Then said I, Adonoi |19| My innards, my innards! be deserted, and not an ish
Hashem! Surely Thou hast I am pained at my very lev; my dwell therein.
greatly misled HaAm HaZeh lev is pounding in me; I |30| And thou, O plundered
and Yerushalayim, saying, cannot keep silent, because one [Jerusalem], what wilt
Shalom yeheyeh lachem (Ye thou hast heard, O my nefesh, thou do? Though thou clothest
shall have shalom); whereas the kol shofar (sound of the thyself with scarlet, though
the cherev is near unto the shofar), the teru'at milchamah thou deckest thee with jewelry
nefesh. (battle alarm of war). of zahav, though thou paintest
|11| At that time shall it be |20| Shever (destruction) thy eyes with cosmetics, in
told HaAm HaZeh and follows after shever; for the vain thou adornest thyself; thy
Yerushalayim, A ruach tzach whole land lies in ruins; lovers will despise thee, they
(a dry wind, sirocco) from the suddenly are my ohalim will seek thy nefesh.
high places in the midbar destroyed, and my canopies |31| For I have heard a kol
toward the Bat Ami [i.e., rega. (outcry) like that of a woman
Yisroel], not to winnow, nor to |21| Ad mosai (how long) in travail, and in labor pain
cleanse, shall I see the nes (banner), like that of her that bringeth
|12| Even a ruach maleh and hear the kol shofar? forth her first child, the voice
(strong wind) from those |22| For Ami is foolish, they of Bat Tziyon, that waileth,
places shall come from Me; have not known Me; they are that stretcheth out her
hands, saying, Oy nah li (Woe forsaken Me, and sworn by thy gefen and thy te'enah (fig
is me now)! for my nefesh is them that are no elohim; when tree); they shall impoverish thy
weary because of murderers. I had fed them to the full, they fortified cities, wherein thou
then committed adultery, and trustedst, with the cherev.
trooped to the bais zonah. |18| Nevertheless in those
|8| They were like well-fed, days, saith Hashem, I will not
lusty susim: every one neighed make a full end with you.
after the isha of his neighbor. |19| And it shall come to
|9| Shall I not visit [to punish] pass, when ye shall say, Why
Run ye to and fro for these things? saith doeth Hashem Eloheinu all
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Yerushalayim (streets of
Jerusalem), and see now, and
Hashem; and shall not My
Nefesh be avenged on such a
Goy as this?
these things unto us? Then
shalt thou answer them, As ye
have forsaken Me, and served
know, and seek in the rechovot |10| Go ye up through her elohei nechar (foreign g-ds,
thereof, if ye can find an ish, if rows of vines, and cut down; strange g-ds) in your land, so
there be any that dispenseth but make not a full end; take shall ye serve zarim in an
mishpat (justice), that seeketh away her branches; for they eretz not your own.
the emunah (faith); and I will are not Hashem's. |20| Declare this in Bais
forgive her [Jerusalem]. |11| For Bais Yisroel and Bais Ya’akov, and publish it in
|2| And though they say, Chai Yehudah have dealt very Yehudah, saying,
Hashem; surely they swear treacherously against Me, |21| Hear now this, O Am
lasheker (falsely). saith Hashem. Sakhal (foolish people)
|3| Hashem, are not Thine |12| They have spoken lies without understanding;
eyes upon emunah? Thou hast about Hashem, and said, Lo which have eynayim (eyes),
struck them, but they felt no hu (not He); neither shall ra'ah and see not; which have
anguish; Thou hast consumed come upon us; neither shall oznayim (ears), and hear not;
them, but they have refused to we see cherev nor ra'av |22| Fear ye not Me? saith
accept musar [cf Isa 53:5]; they (famine); Hashem; will ye not tremble at
have made their faces harder |13| And the nevi'im shall My Presence, Who hath placed
than stone; they have refused become ru'ach, and the Devar the chol (sand) as the
to make teshuvah. is not in them; thus shall it be boundary of the yam by a
|4| Therefore I said, Surely done unto them. chok olam, that it cannot
these are poor; they are |14| Therefore thus saith transgress; and though the
foolish; for they know not the Hashem Elohei Tzva'os, waves thereof toss, yet they
Derech Hashem, nor the Because ye speak this devar, cannot prevail; though they
Mishpat Eloheihem. hinei, I will make My Devarim roar, yet can they not pass
|5| I will get me unto the in thy mouth an eish, and over it?
Gedolim, and will speak unto HaAm HaZeh etzim (wood), |23| But HaAm Hazeh hath a
them; for they have known the and it shall consume them. lev sorer (stubborn heart) and
Derech Hashem, and the |15| Hineni, I will bring a moreh (rebellious); they have
Mishpat Eloheihem; but these Goy (Nation) upon you from revolted and departed.
have altogether broken off the afar, O Bais Yisroel, saith |24| Neither say they in their
ol (yoke), and burst the bonds. Hashem; it is a powerful lev, Let us now fear Hashem
|6| Therefore an aryeh (lion) nation, a goy me'olam Eloheinu, that giveth geshem,
out of the forest shall slay (an ancient nation), a nation both the yoreh (former rain,
them, and a ze'ev (wolf) of the whose leshon thou knowest autumn rain) and the
deserts shall destroy them, a not, neither understandest malkosh (latter rain, spring
namer (leopard) shall prowl what they say. rain) in season; He secureth
near their towns; every one |16| Their quiver is as an unto us shavu'ot chukkot
that ventureth out from there open kever (grave), they are all katzir (the appointed weeks of
shall be torn to pieces; gibborim. the harvest).
because their peysha'im |17| And they shall devour |25| Your avonot (iniquities)
(rebellions) are many, and thine katzir (harvest), and thy have turned away these things,
their meshuvot (backslidings) lechem, which thy banim and and your chatta'ot (sins) have
are increased. thy banot should eat; they deprived hatov from you.
|7| How shall I forgive thee shall devour thy tzon and
for this? Thy banim have thine bakar; they shall eat up
|26| For among Ami are |5| Arise, and let us attack |13| For from the katan of
found resha'im; they lay wait, ba'lailah, and let us destroy them even unto the gadol of
as he that setteth snares; they her fortresses. them, every one is given to
set a mashkhit (trap), they |6| For thus hath Hashem greediness for unjust gain;
catch anashim. Tzva'os said, Cut ye down and from the navi even unto
|27| As a cage is full of oph, trees, and throw up a solelah the kohen, every one doeth
so are their batim (houses) full (siege ramp) against sheker (deceit, falsehood).
of mirmah; therefore they are Yerushalayim; this is the Ir |14| They have provided
become powerful and oshir that must be visited [for superficial treatment for Ami,
(rich, wealthy). punishment]; oshek saying, Shalom, shalom; v'ein
|28| They have grown fat and (oppression) is rampant within shalom.
sleek; yea, their wicked deeds her. |15| Were they ashamed
are without limit; the cause of |7| As a well casteth afresh when they had committed
the yatom they do not plead, her waters, so she [Jerusalem] to'evah (abomination)?
yet they prosper; and the casteth afresh her rah They were not at all ashamed,
mishpat evyonim (right of the (wickedness); chamas and neither could they blush;
poor people) they do not shod (destruction) is heard in therefore they shall fall among
defend. her; before Me tamid them that fall; at the time that
|29| Shall I not visit [to (continually) is sickness and I visit them [in punishment]
punish] for these things? saith wounds. they shall be brought down,
Hashem; shall not My nefesh |8| Be thou warned, O saith Hashem.
be avenged on such a Goy Yerushalayim, lest My nefesh |16| Thus saith Hashem,
(Nation) as this? depart from thee; lest I make Stand ye in the derakhim
|30| An astonishing and thee desolate, an eretz not (crossroads), and look, and ask
horrible thing is committed in inhabited. for the netivot olam (old
HaAretz; |9| Thus saith Hashem paths), where is the derech
|31| The nevi'im prophesy Tzva'os, They shall thoroughly hatov (good road, way), and
falsely, and the kohanim rule glean the She'erit Yisroel (the walk therein, and ye shall find
at their direction; and My Remnant of Israel) as a gefen margo'a (rest) for your
people love to have it this way; (vine); turn back thine yad nefashot. But they said, We
but what will ye do in the end? once again like a grape will not walk therein.
O ye Bnei Binyamin, gatherer over the vine tendrils. |17| Also I set tzofim
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out of the midst of
Yerushalayim, and blow the
|10| To whom can I speak,
and give warning, that they
may hear? Hinei, their ear is
(watchmen) over you, saying,
Pay heed to the kol shofar
(sound of the shofar). But they
shofar in Tekoa, and arelah (uncircumcised), and to said, We will not pay heed.
kindle the fire signal on Beit pay heed is beyond them; |18| Therefore hear, ye
HaKerem; for ra'ah (evil, hinei, the Devar Hashem is Goyim, and know, O Edah
disaster) appeareth out of the unto them a reproach; they (Congregation), what
tzafon (north), and shever find no pleasure in it. will happen to them.
gadol (great destruction). |11| Therefore I am full of the |19| Hear, HaAretz (O Earth);
|2| Bat Tziyon, so beautiful chamat Hashem; I am weary hinei, I will bring ra'ah (evil,
and delicate, I will destroy. with holding in; I will pour it disaster) upon HaAm Hazeh,
|3| The ro'im (shepherds) with out upon the olal in the street, even the p’ri (fruit) of their
their flocks shall come unto and upon the assembly of machsh'vot (schemes),
her; they shall pitch their bocherim together; for even because they have not paid
ohalim against her all around; the ish with the isha shall be heed unto My devarim, nor to
they shall pasture each his caught, the zaken, those My torah, but rejected it.
portion. weighed down with yamim |20| To what purpose cometh
|4| Prepare ye milchamah (days). there to Me frankincense from
against her; arise, and let us |12| And their batim (houses) Sheva [i.e., southwest Arabia],
go up to attack at noon. Oy shall be turned over unto and the sweet cane from a far
unto us! For the yom fadeth others, with their sadot and country? Your olot (burnt
away, for the shadows of erev nashim together; for I will offerings) are not acceptable,
are lengthening. stretch out My yad upon the nor your zevakhim pleasing
Yoshvei HaAretz (Inhabitants unto Me.
of the Land), saith Hashem.
Yirmeyah 6,7 438 Orthodox Jewish Bible
|21| Therefore thus saith men call them, because |10| And come and stand
Hashem, Hineni, I will lay Hashem hath rejected them. before Me in HaBeis Hazeh,
michsholim (stumblingblocks) which is called by Shmi, and
before HaAm HaZeh, and the say, We are delivered l'ma'an
Avot and the Banim together (in order to) do all these
shall stumble upon them; the to'evot (abominations)?
shakhen (neighbor) and his |11| Is HaBeis Hazeh, which
re'a (neighbor, friend) shall is called by Shmi, become a
perish. me'arah paritzim (a cave, a
|22| Thus saith Hashem, The Devar that came to den of robbers, criminals) in
Hinei, Am (an Army, a people)
cometh from the eretz tzafon,
and a Goy Gadol is aroused
7 Yirmeyah from Hashem,
saying,
|2| Stand at the Sha'ar Beis
your eyes? Hinei, even I have
been watching, saith Hashem.
|12| But go ye now unto My
from the ends of the earth. Hashem, and preach there Makom (Place) which was in
|23| They shall lay hold of this word, and say, Hear the Shiloh, where I made dwell
keshet (bow) and kidon Devar Hashem, all ye of Shmi barishonah (at the first),
(spear); they are cruel, and Yehudah, that enter in at and see what I did to it
have no mercy; their kol these She'arim (Gates) because of the ra'at Ami
(voice) roareth like the yam; l'hishta'chavot (to worship, to Yisroel (the wickedness of My
and they ride upon susim, set prostrate before) Hashem. people Israel).
in array as ish for milchamah |3| Thus saith Hashem |13| And now, because ye
against thee, O Bat Tziyon. Tzva'os, Elohei Yisroel, Amend have done all these ma'asim,
|24| We have heard the fame your ways and your deeds, and saith Hashem, and I spoke
thereof; our hands hang limp; I will cause you to dwell in unto you, rising up early and
tzarah (anguish) hath taken makom hazeh (this place). speaking, but ye paid not
hold of us, and pain, as of a |4| Trust ye not in divrei heed; and I called you, but ye
woman in labor. hasheker (lying words, words answered not;
|25| Go not forth into the of falsehood), saying, This is |14| Therefore will I do unto
sadeh, nor walk by the derech; the Heikhal Hashem, the this Beis, which is called by
for the cherev of the oyev Heikhal Hashem, the Shmi, wherein ye trust, and
(enemy) and magur (fear, Heikhal Hashem. unto the place which I gave to
terror) is on every side. |5| For if ye throughly amend you and to Avoteichem, as I
|26| O Bat Ami, gird thee with your ways and your deeds; if have done to Shiloh.
sackcloth, and roll thyself in ye throughly dispense mishpat |15| And I will cast you out of
ashes; make thee evel between an ish and his re'a My sight, as I have cast out all
(mourning), as for a yachid (neighbor); your achim, even the whole
(only son), most bitter |6| If ye oppress not the ger, zera Ephrayim.
lamentation; for the shoded the yatom, and the almanah, |16| Therefore pray not thou
(destroyer) shall suddenly and shed not dahm naki on behalf of HaAm Hazeh,
come upon us. (innocent blood) in this place, neither lift up plea nor tefillah
|27| I have set thee for a neither walk after elohim for them, neither make
bachon (tester, assayer) of Ami acherim to your hurt; intercession to Me; for I will
(My People); that thou mayest |7| Then will I cause you to not hear thee.
know and test their derech dwell in this place, in HaAretz |17| Seest thou not what they
(way, conduct). that I gave to Avoteichem, do in the towns of Yehudah
|28| They are all maximum l'min olam v'ad olam (from and in the chutzot (streets of)
rebels, going about as rachil forever to forever). Yerushalayim?
(talebearers, slanderers); they |8| Hinei, ye trust in divrei |18| The banim gather wood,
are nechoshet and barzel; they sheker (lying words), that are and the avot kindle the eish,
are all corrupt. worthless. and the nashim knead their
|29| The bellows blow, the |9| Will ye steal, murder, and batzek (dough), to make cakes
oferet (lead) is consumed by commit adultery, and swear to the Malkat HaShomayim
the eish; the smelter's refining l'sheker (falsely), and burn (Queen of Heaven), and to
is in vain; for the ra'im are not ketoret unto Ba'al, and walk pour out nesakhim (drink
drawn off. after elohim acherim whom ye offerings) unto elohim
|30| Nimas kesef (reprobate know not; acherim, that they may
silver, rejected silver) shall provoke Me to anger.
|19| Do they provoke Me to |28| But thou shalt say unto the atzmot of the melachim of
anger? saith Hashem; are they them, This is a Goy (Nation) Yehudah, and the atzmot of
not provoking themselves, that obeyeth not the voice of his sarim, and the atzmot of
even to boshet (shame) on Hashem Elohav, nor the kohanim, and the atzmot
their own faces? respondeth to musar; of the nevi'im, and the atzmot
|20| Therefore thus saith haemunah (the faith) is lost, of the inhabitants of
Adonoi Hashem; Hinei, Mine and is cut off from their Yerushalayim, out of their
anger and My fury shall be mouth. keverim;
poured out upon Hamakom |29| Cut off thine hair, O |2| And they shall spread
Hazeh (this place), upon Yerushalayim, and throw it them out before the shemesh,
haadam, and upon behemah, away, and take up a kinah and the yarei'ach, and all the
and upon the etz hasadeh, (lamentation) on barren tz'va haShomayim, whom they
and upon the pri ha’adamah; heights; for Hashem hath have loved, and whom they
and it shall burn, and shall rejected and abandoned the have served, and after whom
not be quenched. dor evrato (the generation of they have walked, and whom
|21| Thus saith Hashem His wrath). they have consulted, and
Tzva'os, Elohei Yisroel; Add |30| For the Bnei Yehudah whom they have worshiped;
your olot unto your zevakhim, have done rah in My sight, they shall not be gathered up,
and eat basar. saith Hashem; they have set nor be buried in a kever; they
|22| For I spoke not unto their shikkutzim shall be like domen upon the
Avoteichem, nor commanded (abominations) in the Beis surface of ha'adamah.
them in the day that I brought which is called by Shmi, to |3| And mavet shall be
them out of Eretz Mitzrayim, make it tameh. chosen rather than chayyim
concerning olah or zevach; |31| And they have built the by all the She'erit of them that
|23| But this thing I high places of Tophet, which remain of this mishpakhah
commanded them, saying, is in the Gey Ben Hinnom, to hara'ah, which remain in all
Obey My voice, and I will be burn their banim and their the places where I have
for you Elohim (your G-d), and banot in the eish; which I banished them, saith Hashem
ye shall be My people; and commanded them not, neither Tzva'os.
walk ye in kol HaDerech that I entered it into My mind. |4| Moreover thou shalt say
have commanded you, l'ma'an |32| Therefore, hinei, the unto them, Thus saith
(in order that) it may go well yamim are coming, saith Hashem: Shall they fall, and
with you. Hashem, that it shall no more not get up? Shall one turn
|24| But they paid heed not, be called Tophet, nor the Gey away, and not turn back?
nor inclined their ear, but Ben Hinnom, but the Gey |5| Why then does HaAm
walked in the inclinations of Haharegah (Valley of Hazeh turn away in perpetual
the stubbornness of their lev Slaughter); for they shall bury meshuvah (backsliding)? They
harah (evil heart), and went in Tophet, till there be no hold fast to deceit, refusing to
backward, and not forward. room. make teshuvah.
|25| Since the day that |33| And the nivlat HaAm |6| I paid heed and heard,
Avoteichem came forth out of Hazeh (carcass of this people) but they spoke not aright; no
Eretz Mitzrayim unto this day shall be food for the oph ish made teshuvah from his
I have even sent unto you all HaShomayim, and for the wickedness, saying, What have
My servants the Nevi'im, daily behemat ha'aretz; and none I done? Every one pursues his
rising up early and sending shall frighten them away. own course, like the sus (horse)
them; |34| Then will I cause to charging into milchamah.
|26| Yet they paid heed not cease from the towns of |7| Yea, the stork in the
unto Me, nor inclined their Yehudah, and from the Shomayim knoweth her
ear, but stiffened stubbornly chutzot Yerushalayim, the mo'adim (appointed times);
their neck; they did more evil sound of joy, and the sound of and the turtledove and the
than their Avot. simchah, the sound of the swift and the crane are
|27| Therefore thou shalt Choson (Bridegroom) and the shomer over their time for
speak all these devarim unto sound of the Kallah (Bride); migration; but Ami (My
them; but they will not pay for HaAretz shall be desolate. People) have no da'as
heed to thee; thou shalt also At that time, saith (knowledge) of the Mishpat
call unto them; but they will
not answer thee. 8 Hashem, they [i.e., the
invaders] shall remove
Hashem (rule, ordinance,
regulation, law of Hashem).
|8| How can ye say, We are things that I have given them the health of the Bat Ami not
chachamim (wise ones), and shall pass away from them. recovered?
the torat Hashem is with us, |14| Why do we sit still? Oh that my rosh (head)
when, hinei, the et sheker
(deceiving pen) of the sofrim
(scribes) has made it [the torat
Assemble yourselves, and let
us enter into the fortified
cities, and let us perish there;
9 were mayim, and mine
eyes a makor dimah (a
fountain of tears), that I might
Hashem] into sheker for Hashem Eloheinu hath weep yomam valailah for the
(a falsehood, i.e., falsely made us to perish, and given slain of the Bat Ami!
authoritative scribal us mey rosh (poisonous water) |2(9;1)] Oh that I had in the
interpretation has twisted to drink, because we have midbar a malon orkhim
Scripture, perverting its truth; sinned against Hashem. (travelers' lodge); that I might
see also Jer 2:8; 2K3:16; here is |15| We looked for shalom, leave my people, and go from
a warning against false but no tov came; and for et them! For they are all no'afim
teachers, and it is important marpeh (a time of healing), (adulterers), an atzeret
because the scribal group in and, hinei, terror! bogedim (band of treacherous
Israel would become the |16| The snorting of his [the traitors)
rabbinic group in time to come, foe from the north] susim |3(2)| And they bend to the
and here their doctrines are (horses) was heard from Dan; ready their leshon like their
coming into direct opposition kol ha'aretz trembled at the keshet (bow) for sheker; but
to the Torah and the inerrant sound of the neighing of his not for emunah have they
prophecies of Jeremiah.). stallions; for they are come, prevailed in ha'aretz; for they
|9| The chachamim (wise and have devoured eretz, and proceed from ra'ah to ra'ah,
men) are ashamed, they are all that is in it; the Ir (city, i.e., and they know not Me, saith
dismayed and trapped; they the city of Dan in the north of Hashem.
have rejected the Devar Israel), and those that dwell |4(3)| Be ye shomer every one
Hashem; so what chochmah therein. over his re'a (neighbor, friend)
(wisdom) is in them? |17| For, hinei, I will send and trust ye not in kol ach
|10| Therefore will I give their nachashim, tzifonim (vipers), (any brother); for kol ach will
nashim unto others, and their among you, which will not be ya'akov (utterly supplant,
sadot to them that shall charmed, and they shall bite deceive), and every re'a
inherit them; for every one you, saith Hashem. (neighbor) will holech rakhil
from the katan even unto the |18| When I would comfort (walk as the slanderer,
gadol is greedy for unjust gain, myself against sorrow, my lev gossiper).
from the navi even unto the is faint within me. |5(4)| And they will deceive
kohen every one doeth sheker. |19| Hinei, the voice of the every one his re'a, and will not
|11| For they give superficial cry of the Bat Ami from eretz speak emes; they have taught
treatment to the hurt of Bat markhakim (a land of places their leshon to speak sheker,
Ami, saying, Shalom, shalom; far away): is Hashem not in and weary themselves to
v'ein shalom. Tziyon? Is her Melech not in commit iniquity.
|12| Were they ashamed her? Why have they provoked |6(5)| Thine habitation is in
when they did to'evah Me to anger with their the midst of mirmah; through
(abomination)? No, they were pesilim (idols), and with alien mirmah they refuse to know
not at all ashamed, neither vanities (futile foreign g-ds)? Me, saith Hashem.
could they know to blush; |20| The katzir (harvest) is |7(6)| Therefore thus saith
therefore shall they fall among past, kayitz (summer) is Hashem Tzva'os, Hineni, I will
them that fall; in the time of ended, and loh noshanu (we refine them, and test them; for
their pekuddat (visitation [for are not saved [from coming what but this shall I do for the
punishment], time of judgment and punishment]). Bat Ami?
reckoning) they shall be |21| For the hurt of the Bat |8(7)| Their leshon is as an
brought down, saith Hashem. Ami am I hurt; I mourn; arrow shot out; it speaketh
|13| I would surely have desolation hath taken hold on mirmah; one speaketh shalom
harvested them, saith me. to his re'a with his mouth, but
Hashem, but no grapes are on |22| Is there no tzori inwardly he lieth in ambush.
the gefen, nor te'enim (figs) on (medicinal balsam or balm) in |9(8)| Shall I not visit them
the te'enah (fig tree), even the Gilàd; is there no rofeh [in punishment] for these
leaf shall wither; and the (physician) there? Why then is things? saith Hashem.
Shall not My
Nefesh be avenged on such a |18(17)| And let them make kol ketzutzei pe'ah (all in the
Goy (nation) as this? haste, and take up a nehi farthest corners), that dwell in
|10(9)| I take up a weeping (lamentation) for us, that our the midbar; for all these
and nehi (lamentation) for the eyes may run down with Goyim are uncircumcised, and
harim, and for the pastures of dimah (tears), and our eyelids kol Bais Yisroel are arlei
the midbar a kinah gush out with mayim. lev (uncircumcised in heart,
(lamentation), because they |19(18)| For a sound of nehi i.e., in need of regeneration,
are scorched, so that none (lamentation) is heard from see Yn 3:3; Dt 10:16; 30:6; Jer
can pass through them; Tziyon, How are we 4:4; 31:31-34; Ro 9:6; 2:28-29;
neither can men hear the plundered! We are greatly Isa 52:1; Ezek 36:25-27;
voice of the mikneh (cattle); ashamed, because we have 44:7,9; Co 2:11-12; 2C 5:17; Ti
both the oph haShomayim forsaken eretz, because 3:4-7].
and the behemah are fled; mishkenoteinu have expelled Hear ye the Davar
they are gone.
|11(10)| And I will make
Yerushalayim a heap of ruins,
us.
|20(19)| Yet hear the Devar
Hashem, O ye nashim, and let
10 which Hashem
speaketh unto you,
O Bais Yisroel.
and a ma'on of jackals; and I your ear receive the word of |2| Thus saith Hashem,
will make the towns of His mouth, and teach your Learn not the Derech
Yehudah desolate, without an banot nehi (lamentation), and HaGoyim, and be not in awe
inhabitant. everyone her re'a (neighbor) of the otot HaShomayim;
|12(11)| Who is the ish kinah (dirge). though the Goyim are in awe
hechacham (wise man), that |21(20)| For mavet (death) is of them.
may understand this? And come up into our windows, |3| For the [religious] chukkot
who is he to whom the mouth and is entered into our (customs, statutes) of the
of Hashem hath spoken, that fortresses, to cut off the olal nations are vain delusions; for
he may declare it, for what (children) from the street, and one cutteth etz out of the ya'ar
HaAretz perisheth and is the bochurim from the (forest), the ma'aseh
scorched like a midbar, that rechovot. (handiwork) of the hands of
none passeth through? |22(21)| Speak, Thus saith the charash (workman,
|13(12)| And Hashem saith, Hashem, Even the nevilah of artisan), with the axe.
Because they have forsaken adam shall fall like domen |4| They deck it with kesef
My torah which I set before (dung) upon the sadeh, and and with zahav; they fasten it
them, and have not obeyed My the omer (sheaf) after the with nails and with hammers,
voice, neither walked therein; kotzer (harvester), and none that it topple not.
|14(13)| But have walked shall gather them. |5| They [the idols] are
after the sherirut |23(22)| Thus saith Hashem, upright as the tomer (palm
(stubbornness) of their own Let not the chacham (wise tree], but speak not; they must
lev, and after Ba'alim, which man) glory in his chochmah, needs be carried, because they
their avot taught them; neither let the gibbor (mighty cannot go. Be not afraid of
|15(14)| Therefore thus saith man) glory in his gevurah them; for they cannot do rah,
Hashem Tzva'os, the Elohei (might), let not the oisher (rich neither also is it in them to do
Yisroel; Hineni, I will make man) glory in his riches; tov.
this people eat la'anah |24(23)| But let him that |6| Forasmuch as there is
(wormwood), and give them glorieth glory in this, that he none like unto Thee, Hashem;
poisoned water to drink. understandeth and knoweth Thou art gadol, and Thy Shem
|16(15)| I will scatter them Me, that I am Hashem Who is gadol in gevurah.
also among the Goyim, whom exercises chesed, mishpat, and |7| Who would not fear thee,
neither they nor their avot tzedakah, on ha'aretz; for in O Melech HaGoyim? For this
have known; and I will send a these things I delight, saith is Thy due; forasmuch as
cherev after them, till I have Hashem. among all the chachamim of
consumed them. |25(24)| Hinei, the yamim the Goyim, and in kol malchut
|17(16)| Thus saith Hashem come, saith Hashem, that I of them, there is none like
Tzva'os, Consider ye, and call will punish kol mul b'arlah (all unto Thee.
for the wailing women, that circumcized in arlah [only]); |8| But they are altogether
they may come; and send for 26(25)| Mitzrayim, and stupid and foolish; the etz is a
the chachamot (wise women), Yehudah, and Edom, and the musar havalim (discipline of
that they may come; Bnei Ammon, and Moav, and delusions).
|9| Hammered kesef is His nachalah; Hashem The Davar that

brought from Tarshish, and
zahav from Uphaz, the
ma'aseh (work, handiwork) of
Tzva'os Shmo.
|17| Gather up thy gear [for
Exile] meEretz (from the
11
saying,
came to Yirmeyah
from Hashem
the charash (workman, Land), O besieged inhabitant. |2| Hear ye the Divrei HaBrit
artisan), and of the hands of |18| For thus saith Hashem, Hazot, and speak unto the Ish
the goldsmith; blue and Behold, I will sling out the Yehudah, and to the
purple is their [the idols'] inhabitants of HaAretz at this inhabitants of Yerushalayim;
clothing; they are all the time, and will bring distress |3| And say thou unto them,
ma'aseh (work) of cunning upon them, so that find they Thus saith Hashem Elohei
men. may [i.e., what they deserve]. Yisroel; Arur (cursed) be the
|10| But Hashem is the |19| Oy li! (woe is me) for my ish that obeyeth not the Divrei
Elohim Emes, He is the disaster! My wound is HaBrit Hazot,
Elohim Chayyim, and the grievous; but I said, Truly this |4| Which I commanded
Melech Olam; at His wrath is a sickness, and I must bear Avoteichem in the day that I
ha'aretz shall tremble, and it. brought them forth out from
the Goyim shall not be able to |20| My ohel is destroyed, and Eretz Mitzrayim, from the kur
endure His indignation. all my tent cords are broken; habarzel (the furnace of iron),
|11| Thus shall ye say unto my banim are gone forth of saying, Obey My voice, and do
them, The g-ds that have not me, and are no more; there is all which I command you; so
made the heavens and the none to pitch any more my shall ye be My people, and I
earth, even they shall perish ohel, and to hang up my tent will be your Elohim;
from the earth, and min curtains. |5| That I may perform the
techot (from under) these |21| For the ro'im (shepherds, shevuah (oath) which I have
heavens. pastors) are become stupid, sworn unto Avoteichem to give
|12| He hath made eretz by and inquire not of Hashem; them an Eretz zavat cholov
His ko'ach, He hath therefore they shall not udevash as it is this day. Then
established the tevel (world) by prosper, and all their flock answered I, and said, Omein,
His chochmah, and hath shall be scattered. Hashem.
stretched out Shomayim by |22| Hinei, the noise! The |6| Then Hashem said unto
His understanding. report is come, and a great me, Proclaim all these
|13| When He uttereth His commotion out of Eretz Devarim in the towns of
voice, there is a multitude of Tzafon, to make the towns of Yehudah, and in the streets of
mayim in Shomayim, and He Yehudah desolate, and a Yerushalayim, saying, Hear ye
causeth the clouds to ascend haunt of jackals. the Divrei HaBrit Hazot, and
from the ends of ha'aretz; He |23| Hashem, I know that the do them.
maketh lightnings with matar derech of adam (man) is not in |7| For I earnestly warned
(rain), and bringeth forth the himself; it is not in man that Avoteichem in the day that I
ruach (wind) out of His walketh to direct his steps. brought them up out of Eretz
Otzerot. |24| Hashem, correct me, but Mitzrayim, even unto this day,
|14| Kol Adam is stupid in with mishpat; not in Thine rising early and warning,
his da'as; every goldsmith is anger, lest Thou bring me to saying, Obey My voice.
shamed by the pesel (idol); for nothing. |8| Yet they obeyed not, nor
his nesekh (molten image) is |25| Pour out Thy fury upon inclined their ozen (ear), but
sheker, and there is no ruach the Goyim that know Thee walked every one in the
in them. not, and upon the mishpekhot sherirut (stubbornness) of
|15| They are hevel (vanity, that call not on Shimecha their lev harah; therefore I
delusion), and the ma'aseh (Thy Name) [See Joel 2:32(3:5); brought upon them all the
(work) of delusion; in the time Ac 2:21; Ro 10:13]; for they Divrei HaBrit Hazot, which I
of their pekudat (visitation, have eaten up Ya'akov, and commanded them to do; but
punishment) they shall perish. devoured him, and consumed they did them not.
|16| The chelek of Ya'akov is him, and have made his |9| And Hashem said unto
not like them; for the Yotzer habitation desolate. me, A kesher (conspiracy) is
HaKol (Maker of All, found among the Ish
Creator of All) is He; and Yehudah, and among the
Yisroel is the shevet (rod) of inhabitants of Yerushalayim.
|10| They are turned back to pronounced ra'ah against |2| Thou hast planted them,
the avonot Avotam thee, for the evil of Bais and they take root; they grow,
HaRishonim, which refused to Yisroel and of Bais Yehudah, and they bring forth pri; Thou
hear My words; and they went which they have done against art karov (near) in their
after elohim acherim to serve themselves to provoke Me to mouth, and rachok (far) from
them; Bais Yisroel and Bais anger in offering ketoret their heart.
Yehudah have broken My Brit (incense) unto Ba'al. |3| But Thou, Hashem,
which I cut with Avotam. |18| And Hashem hath given knowest me; Thou hast seen
|11| Therefore thus saith me da'as (knowledge) of it, and me, and tested mine
Hashem, Look! I will bring I know it; then Thou opened lev toward Thee; pull them out
ra'ah (evil, disaster) upon my eyes to their deeds. like tzon for the tevakh
them, which they shall not be |19| But I was like an (slaughter), and prepare them
able to escape; and though innocent keves (lamb) that is for the Yom Haregah (Day of
they shall cry out unto Me, I brought to the slaughter; and I Slaughter, Killing).
will not pay heed unto them. knew not that they had |4| Ad mosai (until when)
|12| Then shall the towns of devised machashavot shall HaAretz mourn, and the
Yehudah and inhabitants of (plots) against me, saying, Let esev kol hasadeh (grass of
Yerushalayim go, and cry out us destroy the etz (tree) with every field) wither, because of
unto the elohim unto whom the fruit thereof, and let us cut the wickedness of them that
they offer ketoret; but they him off from Eretz Chayyim, dwell therein? The behemot
shall not save them at all in that shmo may be no more are consumed, and the oph;
the time of their ra'ah remembered. because they said, He [G-d] is
(disaster). |20| But, Hashem Tzva'os, blind to our future.
|13| For as many as the Shofet Tzedek, that testeth the |5| If thou hast run with the
mispar (number) of thy towns kelayot (kidneys) and the lev, ragelim (footmen), and they
were thy elohim, O Yehudah; let me see Thy vengeance on have wearied thee, then how
and according to the mispar them; for unto Thee have I canst thou contend with
(number) of the streets of committed my cause. susim? And if in the
Yerushalayim have ye set up |21| Therefore thus saith eretz shalom thou art
mizbechot to that boshet Hashem of the anshei Anatot, complacent, then how wilt
(shameful [idol]), even that seek thy life, saying, thou do in the thickets of the
mizbechot to burn ketoret Prophesy not B'Shem Hashem, Yarden?
unto Ba’al. that thou die not by our yad; |6| For even acheicha (thy
|14| Therefore pray not thou |22| Therefore thus saith brethren), and the bais avicha,
for HaAm Hazot, neither lift Hashem Tzva'os, Look! I will even they have dealt
up a rinnah (entreaty) or punish them; the bochurim treacherously with thee; even
tefillah on their behalf; for I shall die by the cherev; their they are in full cry behind
will not hear them in the time banim and their banot shall thee; trust them not, though
that they cry unto Me for their die by ra'av (famine); they speak unto thee tovot.
ra'ah (disaster). |23| And there shall be no |7| I have forsaken Mine Bais,
|15| What hath My yadid she'erit (remnant) of them; for I have abandoned Mine
(beloved [See 12:7] to do in I will bring ra'ah (evil) upon nachalah; I have given the
Mine Bais [HaMikdash], the Anshei Anatot, even the yedidut nafshi (the beloved of
seeing she hath with rabbim year of their visitation [i.e., My soul) into the palm of her
(many) wrought clever [ritual] divine visitation for enemies.
schemes--can basar kodesh punishment]. |8| Mine nachalah is unto Me
turn away from thee thy Tzaddik art Thou, as an aryeh in the ya'ar
disaster, that thou can rejoice?
|16| Hashem called thy shem,
A green zayit (olive tree),
12 Hashem, when I
make legal
pleading of my case before
(forest); it roareth out against
Me; therefore have I hated it.
|9| Mine nachalah is unto Me
yafeh, and of goodly pri (fruit); Thee; yet mishpatim (justice) I as a speckled bird of prey, the
with the noise of a great would speak with Thee: Why birds of prey round about are
tumult He hath kindled eish doth the Derech Rasha'im against her; come ye, assemble
upon it, and the branches of it prosper? Why live they all at all the chayyat hasadeh
are broken. ease whose dealings are that (beasts of the field), come to
|17| For Hashem Tzva'os, of the boged (traitor, devour.
that planted thee, hath treacherous)?
|10| Ro'im rabbim (many destroy that Goy (Nation), Yisroel and kol Bais Yehudah,
shepherds) have destroyed My saith Hashem. saith Hashem; that they might
kerem (vineyard), they have Thus saith Hashem be unto Me for a People, and
trodden My chelek under foot,
they have made My
chelet chemdat (portion
13 unto me, Go and
buy thee a linen
[i.e., priestly] ezor (belt) and
for Shem, and for Tehillah,
and for Teferet: but they
would not hear.
desired) a desolate midbar. put it around thy waist, and |12| Therefore thou shalt
|11| They have made it put it not in mayim. speak unto them this Davar;
desolate, and being desolate it |2| So I bought the ezor (belt) Thus saith Hashem Elohei
mourneth unto Me; kol according to the Devar Yisroel, Every wine jar shall be
HaAretz is made desolate, but Hashem, and put it around filled with yayin; and they
no ish taketh it to heart. my waist. shall say unto thee, Do we not
|12| The plunderers are come |3| And the Devar Hashem certainly know that every wine
upon all barren heights in the came unto me the second jar shall be filled with yayin?
midbar; for the Cherev time, saying, |13| Then shalt thou say unto
Hashem shall devour from the |4| Take the ezor that thou them, Thus saith Hashem,
one end of the Eretz even to hast bought, which is around Behold, I will fill all the
the other end of HaAretz; no thy waist, and arise, go to inhabitants of HaAretz Hazot,
basar shall have shalom. Parah (Josh 18:23 [Hebrew for even the melachim that sit
|13| They have sown chittim Euphrates is Perat]), and hide upon the kisse Dovid, and the
(wheat), but shall reap kotzim it there in a cleft of the rock. Kohanim, and the Nevi'im,
(thorns); they have tired |5| So I went, and hid it in and all the inhabitants of
themselves out, but shall not Parah, as Hashem Yerushalayim, with shikkaron
profit; and they shall be commanded me. (drunkenness).
ashamed of your harvests |6| And it came to pass at the |14| And I will dash them one
because of the Charon Af end of yamim rabbim, that against another, even the avot
Hashem (burning furious Hashem said unto me, Arise, and the banim together, saith
wrath of Hashem). go to Parah, and take the ezor Hashem; I will not pity, nor
|14| Thus saith Hashem: from there, which I spare, nor have rachamim,
Concerning all Mine evil commanded thee to hide but destroy them.
shchenim (neighbors), that there. |15| Hear ye, and give ozen
touch the nachalah which I |7| Then I went to Parah, and (ear); be not proud: for
have caused My people Yisroel dug, and took the ezor from Hashem hath spoken.
to inherit: See, I will uproot the makom where I had hid it; |16| Give kavod to Hashem
them out of their adamah, and, hinei, the ezor was Eloheichem, before He cause
and uproot the Bais Yehudah marred, it was profitable for darkness, and before your
from among them. nothing. raglayim stumble upon the
|15| And it shall come to |8| Then the Devar Hashem dark mountains, and, while ye
pass, after that I uproot them I came unto me, saying, look for ohr, He turn it into
will return, and have |9| Thus saith Hashem, After the tzalmavet (shadow of
rachamim (compassion) on this manner will I mar the death), and make it gross
them, and will bring them ga'on Yehudah (pride of darkness.
back again, every ish to his Judah), and the great ga'on of |17| But if ye will not listen,
nachalah, and every ish to his Yerushalayim. my nefesh shall weep in secret
eretz. |10| This evil people, which places for your ga'avah (pride);
|16| And it shall come to refuse to listen to My words, and mine eye shall weep
pass, if they will diligently which walk in the sherirut profusely, and run down with
learn the darkhei Ami (ways of (stubbornness) of their lev, tears, because the Eder
My people [i.e., Israel's Biblical and walk after elohim Hashem (Flock of Hashem) is
faith]), to swear in My Shem, acharim, to serve them, and to carried away captive.
As Hashem liveth; even as worship them, shall even be as |18| Say unto HaMelech and
they taught My people to make this ezor, which is good for to the Gevirah (Queen
avowal in Ba'al; then shall nothing. mother), Humble yourselves,
they be built up in the midst |11| For as the ezor has sit down; for your rule shall
of My People. deveykus with the waist of an come down, even the ateret
|17| But if they will not obey, ish, so have I caused to have (crown) of your tiferet (glory).
I will utterly uproot and deveykus unto Me kol Bais
|19| The cities of the Negev |2| Yehudah mourneth, and remember their avon
shall be shut up, and none the she'arim (gates, i.e., towns) (iniquity), and visit their sins.
shall open them; Yehudah thereof languish; they are |11| Then said Hashem unto
shall be all carried away into black unto the ground; and me, Pray not for HaAm Hazeh
the Golus, it shall be wholly the cry of Yerushalayim is for their tovah (well-being).
carried away into the Golus. gone up. |12| When they undergo a
|20| Lift up your eyes, and |3| And their nobles have tzom, I will not hear their cry;
behold them that come from sent their servants for mayim; and when they offer olah
the tzafon (north). Where is they came to the cisterns, and (burnt offering) and minchah
the eder (flock) that was given found no mayim; they (grain offering), I will not
thee, thy tzon tiferet? returned with their vessels accept them; but I will
|21| What wilt thou say when empty; they were ashamed consume them by the cherev,
He appoints over thy leaders and dismayed, and covered and by the ra'av (famine), and
those whom thou thyself has their rosh. by dever (pestilence).
taught, to be thy rosh? Shall |4| Because the adamah is |13| Then said I, Ah, Adonoi
not chavalim (pangs) seize cracked, for there was no Hashem! Hinei, the nevi'im
thee, as a woman in travail? geshem in the earth, the say unto them, Ye shall not see
|22| And if thou say in thine ikkarim (plowmen) were the cherev, neither shall ye
lev, Why come these things ashamed, they covered their have ra'av (famine); but I will
upon me? For the greatness of rosh. give you shalom emes in this
thine avon (iniquity) are thy |5| Indeed, the deer also makom.
skirts uncovered, and thy heels calved in the sadeh, and |14| Then Hashem said unto
violated. forsook it, because there was me, The nevi'im prophesy
|23| Can the Kushi no desheh (grass). sheker in My Shem; I sent
(Ethiopian) change his ohr |6| And the pera'im (wild them not, neither have I
(skin), or the namer (leopard) donkeys) did stand on the commanded them, neither
his spots? Then may ye also do bare heights, they pant for spoke unto them; they
tov, that are accustomed to do ruach like jackals; their eyes prophesy unto you a chazon
rah. did fail, because there was no sheker (false vision) and
|24| Therefore will I scatter esev (grass). kesem (divination, pagan
them as the chaff driven by |7| Hashem, though avoneinu fortunetelling), and a
the ruach of the midbar. (our iniquities) testify against worthless thing, and the
|25| This is thy goral (lot), the us, do Thou it l'ama'an (for the delusion of their lev.
portion of thy measures from sake of) Shemecha (Thy |15| Therefore thus saith
Me, saith Hashem; because Name); for meshuvoteinu (our Hashem concerning the
thou hast forgotten Me, and backslidings) are great; we nevi'im that prophesy in My
trusted in sheker (falsehood). have sinned against Thee. Shem, and I sent them not, yet
|26| Therefore will I uncover |8| O Mikveh Yisroel, the they say, Cherev and ra'av
thy skirts over thy panim, that Moshi'a thereof in time of (famine) shall not be in
thy shame may appear. tzoros, why shouldest Thou be HaAretz Hazot; By cherev and
|27| I have seen thine as a ger (stranger) in HaAretz, ra'av (famine) shall those
adulteries, and thy neighings, and as a wayfaring man that nevi'im be consumed.
the lewdness of thy zenut turneth aside to tarry for a |16| And HaAm to whom they
(whoredom), and thine night? prophesy shall be cast out in
abominations on the hills in |9| Why shouldest Thou be as the streets of Yerushalayim
the fields. Woe unto thee, O an ish astonished, as a gibbor because of the ra'av (famine)
Yerushalayim! Wilt thou not that cannot save? Yet Thou, and the cherev; and they shall
be made tahor (clean)? Until Hashem, art in the midst of have none to bury them--them,
when? us, and we are called by Thy their nashim, nor their banim,
Shem; forsake us not. nor their banot; for I will pour
|10| Thus saith Hashem unto out their ra'ah (wickedness,
The Davar Hashem this people, Thus have they disaster) upon them.
14 that came to
Yirmeyah
concerning the batzorot
loved to wander, they have not
restrained their raglayim,
therefore Hashem doth not
|17| Therefore thou shalt
say this davar unto
them, Let mine eyes
(droughts). accept them; He will now
run down with tears lailah Hashem: Such as are for deliver to the cherev before
and yomam, and let them not mavet, to mavet; and such as their oyevim, saith Hashem.
cease: for the Betulat Bat Ami are for the cherev, to the |10| Oy li, immi, that thou
is broken with a shever gadol cherev; and such as are for the bore me, an ish riv (a man of
(great calamity), with a severe ra'av (famine), to the ra'av strife) and an ish madon (a
wound. (famine); and such as are for man of contention) to kol
|18| If I go forth into the shevi (captivity, Golus) to the ha’aretz (the whole land)! I
sadeh, then hinei! The slain shevi. have neither lent, neither have
with the cherev! And if I enter |3| And I will appoint over any lent to me; yet every one of
into the Ir, then hinei them them four mishpechot them doth curse me.
that are ravaged with ra'av (families, categories [of |11| Hashem said, Verily I
(famine)! Indeed, both the covenant reprisal]), saith will deliver thee for tov; verily
navi and the kohen go Hashem; the cherev to slay, I will cause the oyev (enemy)
roaming to a land that they and the kelevim to drag off, to supplicate thee in the time
know not. and the oph HaShomayim, of ra'ah and in the time of
|19| Hast Thou utterly and the behemat ha'aretz, to tzarah (distress).
rejected Yehudah? Hath Thy devour and destroy. |12| Shall barzel (iron) break,
nefesh loathed Tziyon? Why |4| And I will cause them to barzel (iron) from tzafon
hast Thou afflicted us, and be a horrific sight to kol (north)? Or nechoshet?
there is no healing for us? We mamlechot ha'aretz, because |13| Thy wealth and thy
hoped for shalom, and there is of Menasheh Ben Chizkiyah otzerot (treasures) will I give as
no tov; and for the time of Melech Yehudah, for that plunder without mekhir
healing, and hinei terror! which he did in Yerushalayim. (price), and that for all thy
|20| We acknowledge, |5| For who shall have pity chataim (sins), even in all thy
Hashem, our wickedness, and upon thee, O Yerushalayim? territories.
the avon Avoteinu; for we have Or who shall mourn thee? Or |14| And I will make thee to
sinned against Thee. who shall go aside to inquire pass over thine oyevim
|21| Do not abhor us, for the regarding the shalom of thee? (enemies) into an eretz which
sake of Shimecha, do not |6| Thou hast forsaken Me, thou knowest not; for eish is
disgrace the Kisse Kevodecha saith Hashem, thou keepeth kindled in Mine anger, which
(throne of Thy glory); going backward; therefore will shall burn against you
remember, annul not Thy Brit I stretch out My yad against [plural].
with us. thee, and destroy thee; I am |15| Hashem, Thou knowest;
|22| Are there any among the weary with relenting. remember me, and visit me,
havalim (vanities, false g-ds) of |7| And I will winnow them and take vengeance for me of
the Goyim that can cause with a mizreh (winnowing my [pursuing] persecutors; in
geshem? Or can HaShomayim fork) in the sha’arei ha'aretz; I Thy patient forbearance take
give showers? Art not Thou will bereave them, I will me not away; know that for
He, Hashem Eloheinu? destroy My people since they Thy sake I have suffered
Therefore we will hope in and turn not from their drakhim. cherpah (reproach).
wait upon Thee; for Thou hast |8| Their almanot (widows) |16| Thy Devarim were
made all these things. are increased before Me above found, and I did eat them;
the chol (sand) of the seas; I and Thy Davar was unto me
have brought upon them, the sasson and simchat levavi;
Then said Hashem against the em bochur for I am called by Thy Shem,
15 unto me, Though

Moshe and Shmuel
stood before Me, yet My
(mother of youth), a shoded
(plunderer) at noonday; I let
fall upon her suddenly, Ir and
Hashem Elohei Tzva'os.
|17| I sat not in the sod
(company) of merrymakers,
Nefesh could not be toward terrors. nor rejoiced; I sat alone
HaAm Hazeh; cast them out |9| She that bore shivah because of Thy yad; for Thou
of My sight, and let them go (seven [sons]) languisheth; she hast filled me with
forth. hath gasped for her nefesh; za'am (indignation).
|2| And it shall come to pass, her shemesh is gone down |18| Why is my pain netzach
if they say unto thee, Where while it was yet day; she hath (perpetual, never ending) and
shall we go forth? Then thou been humiliated and my wound incurable, which
shalt tell them, Thus saith disgraced; and the she'erit refuseth to be healed?
(remnant) of them will I
Wilt Thou be altogether oph haShomayim, and for the worshiped them, and have
unto me like achzav behemat ha'aretz. forsaken Me, and have not
(deception) and mayim lo |5| For thus saith Hashem, been shomer over My torah;
ne'emanu (waters that have Enter not into the bais |12| And ye have done more
not proved reliable)? marzeach (house of wickedly than avoteichem; for,
|19| Therefore thus saith mourning), neither go to behold, ye walk every one after
Hashem, If thou make teshuva lament nor mourn them; for I the sherirut (stubbornness) of
(repentance), then will I have withdrawn away My his lev harah, that they may
restore thee, and thou shalt shalom from HaAm Hazeh, not pay heed unto Me:
stand before Me [for service, saith Hashem, even chesed |13| Therefore will I cast you
ministry]; and if thou bring and rachamim. out of ha'aretz hazot into
forth [utterance] of the |6| Both the gedolim and the ha'aretz that ye know not,
precious rather than the ketanim shall die in ha'aretz neither ye nor avoteichem;
worthless, thou shalt be as My hazot; they shall not be and there shall ye serve
Peh (Mouth): let them turn buried, neither shall men elohim acherim yomam
unto thee; but turn not thou mourn for them, nor make valailah; for I will not show
unto them. [pagan] cuttings on them- you [plural] chaninah (favor).
|20| And I will make thee selves, nor make themselves |14| Therefore, hinei, the
unto HaAm Hazeh (this [like pagan mourners] bald for days come, saith Hashem, that
people) a fortified chomat them [See Dt 14:1]: it shall no more be said,
nechoshet; and they shall fight |7| Neither shall men break Hashem liveth, that brought
against thee, but they shall not bread for them in mourning, up the Bnei Yisroel out of
prevail against thee; for I am to comfort them for the dead; Eretz Mitzrayim;
with thee to save thee and to neither shall men give them |15| But, Hashem liveth, that
deliver thee, saith Hashem. the kos tanechumim (cup of brought up the Bnei Yisroel
|21| And I will save thee out consolation) to drink for their from the eretz tzaphon, and
of the yad of the ra'im av or for their em. from kol ha'aratz where He
(wicked), and I will redeem |8| Thou shalt not go into the had dispersed them; and I will
thee out of the clutches of the bais mishteh (house of bring them again into their
ruthless. feasting), to sit with them to adamah that I gave unto their
The Davar Hashem eat and to drink. avot.
16 came also unto me,

saying,
|2| Thou shalt not take thee
|9| For thus saith Hashem
Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Behold,
I will cause to cease out of
|16| Behold, I will send for
many dayagim (fisherman),
saith Hashem, and they shall
an isha, neither shalt thou hamakom hazeh before your fish them out; and after that
have banim or banot in eyes, and in your days, the will I send for many tzayadim
makom hazeh (this place). voice of sasson, and the voice (hunters), and they shall hunt
|3| For thus saith Hashem of simcha, the voice of the them from every har
concerning the banim and choson, and the voice of the (mountain), and from every
concerning the banot that are kallah. givah (hill), and out of the
born in makom hazeh, and |10| And it shall come to crevices of the sela'im (rocks).
concerning their immahot pass, when thou shalt tell this |17| For Mine eyes are upon
(mothers) that bore them, and people all these Devarim, and all their drakhim; they are not
concerning their avot that they shall say unto thee, Why hid from My face, neither is
fathered them in ha’aretz hath Hashem pronounced all their avon (iniquity) hid from
hazot (this land); this ra'ah hagedolah against Mine eyes.
|4| The mot (death) they die us? Or what is avonenu (our |18| And first I will
will be of deadly diseases; they iniquity)? Or what is recompense their avon
shall not be mourned; neither chattatenu (our sin) that we (iniquity) and their sin
shall they be buried; but they have committed against mishneh (double); because
shall be as refuse upon the Hashem Eloheinu? they have defiled My Eretz
face of ha’adamah; and they |11| Then shalt thou say unto (land), they have filled Mine
shall be consumed by the them, Because avoteichem nachalah with the nevelot
cherev, and by ra'av (famine); have forsaken Me, saith (lifeless forms, carcasses) of
and their nevelot (dead Hashem, and have walked their detestable and
bodies) shall be food for the after acharei elohim, and have abominable idols.
served them, and have
|19| Hashem, my strength, parched places in the midbar, |15| Hinei, they say unto me,
and my ma'oz (fortress), and in an eretz melechah (salt Where is the Devar Hashem?
my refuge in the yom tzarah, land) and not inhabited. Let it come now.
the Goyim shall come unto |7| Baruch hagever asher |16| As for me, I have not
Thee from the ends of the yivtach baHashem (Blessed is hastened away from being a
earth, and shall say, Surely the man that trusteth in ro'eh (shepherd) to follow
Avoteinu have inherited Hashem), and whose mivtach Thee; neither did I lust for the
sheker, hevel, and things (confidence) Hashem is. woeful day; Thou knowest;
wherein there is no profit. |8| For he shall be as an etz that which came out of my lips
|20| Shall man make elohim planted by the mayim, and was before Thee.
unto himself and they are not that spreadeth out her |17| Be not a mechittah
Elohim? shorashim (roots) by the (terror) unto me; Thou art my
|21| Therefore, Behold, I will brook, and shall not fear when refuge in the Yom Ra'ah (Day
this time cause them to know, chom (heat) cometh, but its of Evil, Day of Disaster, Day of
I will cause them to know leaf shall be green; and shall Doom).
Mine yad and My gevurah; not be anxious in the shenat |18| Let them be ashamed
and they shall know that My batzoret (year of drought), that persecute me, but let not
Shem is Hashem. neither shall cease from me be put to shame; let them
yielding p’ri (fruit). be dismayed, but let not me be
|9| The lev (heart, mind) akov dismayed; bring upon them
The chattat (is deceitful) above all things, the Yom Ra'ah, and destroy
17 Yehudah is written
with an et barzel
(iron pen), and with the
and anush (incurable [in
wickedness]); who can know it?
|10| I, Hashem, search the
them with mishneh (double)
destruction.
|19| Thus said Hashem unto
tzipporen shamir (point of a lev, I test the kelayot (kidneys, me; Go and stand in the
diamond); it is engraved upon i.e., most inward parts), Sha'ar Bnei HaAm, whereby
the luach (tablet) of their lev, requiting to every ish the melachim of Yehudah
and upon the karenot (horns) according to his drakhim, and come in, and by the which
of your mizbechot (altars); according to the p’ri of his they go out, and in all the
|2| Whilst their banim deeds. Sha'arei Yerushalayim;
remember their mizbechot |11| As the partridge sitteth |20| And say unto them, Hear
and their asherim by the leafy on eggs, and hatcheth them ye the Devar Hashem, ye
trees upon the high hills. not; so he that getteth osher melachim of Yehudah, and all
|3| O My mountain in the (riches), and not by mishpat, Yehudah, and all the
sadeh, I will give over thy shall leave them in the midst inhabitants of Yerushalayim,
wealth and all thy otzerot of his days, and at his end that enter in by these she'arim
(treasures) as plunder, and thy shall be a naval (fool). (gates);
high places for sin, |12| A glorious high kisse |21| Thus saith Hashem: Be
throughout all thy territories. from the beginning is the shomer over your nefashot,
|4| And thou, even thyself, place of Mikdasheinu (our and bear no massa (burden)
shalt let go of thine nachalah Beis HaMikdash). on Shabbos, nor bring
that I gave thee; and I will |13| Hashem, the Mikveh through the Sha'arei
cause thee to serve thine Yisroel, all that forsake Thee Yerushalayim;
oyevim in ha'aretz which thou shall be put to shame, and |22| Neither carry forth a
knowest not; for ye have they that turn away from Me massa (burden) out of your
kindled an eish in Mine anger, shall be written down batim (houses) on Shabbos,
which shall burn ad-olam in ha'aretz, because they have neither do ye any melachah
(forever). forsaken Hashem, the Makor (work), but keep Shabbos set
|5| Thus saith Hashem: Arur Mayim Chayyim (Fountain of apart as kodesh, just as I
(cursed) be the gever that Living Waters). commanded Avoteichem.
trusteth in adam, and maketh |14| Heal me, Hashem, and I |23| But they obeyed not,
basar his zero'a, and whose lev shall be healed; hoshi'eini neither inclined their ozen
turneth away from Hashem. (save me), and I shall be (ear), but made their stubborn
|6| For he shall be like the saved; for Thou art my neck stiff, that they might not
shrub in the aravah (desert), tehillah (praise). hear, nor receive
and shall not see when tov musar (discipline).
cometh; but shall inhabit the
|24| And it shall come to wrought a work on the the Goyim, Who hath heard
pass, if ye diligently pay heed [potter's] wheel. such things? The Betulat
unto Me, saith Hashem, to |4| And the keli (vessel) that Yisroel hath done a most
bring in no massa (burden) he was making of khomer horrible thing.
through the she'arim (gates) of (clay) was marred in the yad of |14| Does the sheleg (snow) of
this city on the day of the yotzer; so he made it again Levanon vanish from the tzur
Shabbos, but keep the day of keli acher (another vessel, a of the slope? Or shall the cold
Shabbos holy, to do no different vessel), as seemed flowing mayim that come from
melachah (work) therein; good to the eyes of the yotzer distant sources cease?
|25| Then shall there enter to make it. |15| Because My people hath
into the she'arim (gates) of this |5| Then the Devar Hashem forgotten Me, they have
city melachim and sarim came to me, saying, burned ketoret to worthless
sitting upon the kisse Dovid, |6| O Bais Yisroel, cannot I do idols, and they have caused
riding in chariots and on with you as this yotzer? saith them to stumble in their
susim, they, and their sarim, Hashem. Hinei, as the khomer drakhim from the ancient
the Ish Yehudah, and the (clay) is in the yotzer's yad, so paths, to walk in bypaths, and
inhabitants of Yerushalayim; are ye in Mine yad, O Bais not on the derech built up;
and this city shall be Yisroel. |16| To make their eretz
inhabited l'olam (forever). |7| At what instant I shall desolate, and a perpetual
|26| And they shall come speak concerning a Goy hissing; every one that passeth
from the towns of Yehudah, (nation), and concerning a thereby shall be astonished,
and from the places around mamlachah (kingdom), to and shall shake his rosh.
Yerushalayim, and from Eretz uproot, and to pull down, and |17| I will scatter them as
Binyamin, and from the to destroy it; with an east ruach (wind)
Shephalah (Lowlands), and |8| If that Goy, against whom before the oyev; I will show
from the har (hill country), I have pronounced, turn from them My oref (back), and not
and from the Negev bringing their ra'ah, I will relent of the My panim (face), in the day of
olah (burnt offering), and ra'ah that I planned to do their calamity.
zevach (sacrifice), and unto them. |18| Then said they, Come
minchah (grain offering), and |9| And at what instant I and let us devise plans against
levonah (frankincense), and shall speak concerning a Goy, Yirmeyah; for the torah shall
bringing todah (thank and concerning a mamlachah, not perish from the kohen, nor
offering), unto the Bais to build and to plant it; etzah from the chacham, nor
Hashem. |10| If it do ra'ah in My sight, the davar from the navi.
|27| But if ye will not pay that it obey not My voice, then Come, and let us attack him
heed unto Me to keep the day I will relent of the tov, with the lashon, and let us not
of Shabbos holy, and not to wherewith I said I would give heed to any of his
bear a massa (burden), when benefit them. devarim.
entering in at the She'arim of |11| Now therefore go to, |19| Give heed to me,
Yerushalayim on the day of speak to the Ish Yehudah, and Hashem, and take notice of
Shabbos; then will I kindle an to the inhabitants of the voice of them that contend
eish in the she'arim thereof, Yerushalayim, saying, Thus with me.
and it shall devour the saith Hashem; Hinei, I yotzer |20| Shall ra'ah be repaid for
fortresses of Yerushalayim, (mold as a potter) ra'ah tovah? For they have dug a pit
and it shall not be quenched. against you, and devise a plan for my nefesh. Remember that
The Davar which against you; return ye now I stood before Thee to speak
18
saying,
came to Yirmeyah
from Hashem,
every ish from his derech
ra'ah, and make your ways
and your doings good.
tovah concerning them, and to
turn away Thy wrath from
them.
|2| Arise, and go down to the |12| And they said, It is |21| Therefore deliver up
bais hayotzer (the house of the useless; but we will walk their banim to the ra'av
potter, Creator), and there I according to our own plans, (famine), and pour out their
will cause thee to hear My and we will every ish do the dahm by the force of the
Devar. sherirut (stubbornness) cherev; and let their nashim
|3| Then I went down to the of his lev ra'ah. be bereaved as childless,
bais hayotzer, and, behold, he |13| Therefore thus saith
Hashem, Ask ye now among
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and be almanot (widows); and commanded not, nor spoke it, roofs they have burned ketoret
let their anashim be put to neither came it into My lev; unto all the Tzeva
death; let their bochurim be |6| Therefore, hinei, the days HaShomayim, and have
slain by the cherev in come, saith Hashem, that this poured out nesakhim (drink
milchamah. makom shall no more be offerings) unto elohim
|22| Let a cry be heard from called Tophet, nor Gey Ben- acherim.
their batim (houses), when Hinnom, but The Valley of |14| Then came Yirmeyah
Thou shalt bring a gedud Slaughter. from Tophet, from where
(troop) suddenly upon them; |7| And I will make void the Hashem had sent him to
for they have dug a pit to take etzah of Yehudah and prophesy; and he stood in the
me, and hid pachim (snares) Yerushalayim in this makom; khatzer (courtyard) of the Beis
for my raglayim. and I will cause them to fall by Hashem; and said to kol
|23| Yet, Hashem, Thou the cherev before their oyevim, HaAm,
knowest all their etzah against and by the hands of them that |15| Thus saith Hashem
me to slay me; do not make seek their nefesh; and their Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel; Hineni,
kapporah for their avon, nevelah (carcasses) will I give I will bring upon this city and
neither blot out their chattat to be food for the oph upon all her towns kol hara'ah
from Thy sight, but let them HaShomayim, and for the that I have pronounced
be overthrown before Thee; behemat ha'aretz. against it, because they have
deal thus with them in the |8| And I will make this city stiffened their necks, that they
time of Thine anger. desolate, and an object of might not hear My Devarim.
Thus saith hissing; every one that passeth
19 Hashem, Go and
acquire a yotzer's
thereby shall be astonished
and hiss because of all the Now Pashchur Ben
earthen jar, and take some of
the Ziknei HaAm, and of the
Ziknei HaKohanim;
makkot (plagues) thereof.
|9| And I will cause them to
eat the basar of their banim
20 Immer the kohen,
who was also
Pakid Nagid in the Beis
|2| And go forth unto the Gey and the basar of their banot, Hashem, heard that Yirmeyah
Ben-Hinnom, which is by the and they shall eat every one prophesied these things.
petach (entrance) of the the basar of his re'a in the |2| Then Pashchur struck
Potsherd Gate, and proclaim siege and desperation, Yirmeyah HaNavi, and put
there the Devarim that I shall wherewith their oyevim, and him in the stocks that were in
tell thee, they that seek their nefesh, the Upper Gate of Binyamin,
|3| And say, Hear ye the shall drive them to despair. which was at the Beis
Devar Hashem, O melachim |10| Then shalt thou break Hashem.
of Yehudah, and inhabitants the earthen jar in the sight of |3| And it came to pass on the
of Yerushalayim; Thus saith the anashim that go with thee, next day, that Pashchur
Hashem Tzva'os, the Elohei |11| And shalt say unto them, brought forth Yirmeyah out of
Yisroel; Behold, I will bring Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os; the stocks. Then said
ra'ah upon this makom, the Even so will I break this Yirmeyah unto him, Hashem
which whosoever heareth, his people and this city, as one hath not called thy shem
oznayim shall tingle. breaketh a yotzer's vessel, that Pashchur, but Magor Missaviv
|4| Because they have cannot be made whole again; (Terror on Every Side).
forsaken Me, and have made and they shall bury them in |4| For thus saith Hashem,
this an alien place, and have Tophet, until there be no Hineni, I will make thee a
burned [offerings] in it unto makom (place, room) to bury. magor (terror) to thyself, and
elohim acherim, whom |12| Thus will I do unto this to all thy friends; and they
neither they nor avoteihem makom, saith Hashem, and to shall fall by the cherev of their
have known, nor the the inhabitants thereof, and oyevim, and thine eynayim
melachim of Yehudah, and even make this city as Tophet; shall behold it; and I will give
have filled this makom with |13| And the batim (houses) kol Yehudah into the yad
the dahm of innocents; of Yerushalayim, and the Melech Bavel, and he shall
|5| They have built also the batim (houses) of the carry them captive into Bavel,
high places of Baal, to burn melachim of Yehudah, shall and shall slay them with the
their banim with eish for olot be tameh as the makom of cherev.
unto Baal, which I Tophet, because of all the
batim (houses) upon whose
|5| Moreover, I will deliver all |12| But, Hashem Tzva'os, |4| Thus saith Hashem
the wealth of this city, and all that tests the tzaddik, and Elohei Yisroel; Hineni, I will
the produce thereof, and all seest the kelayot and the lev, turn back against you the
the precious things thereof, let me see Thy vengeance on weapons of milchamah (war)
and all the otzarot of the them; for unto Thee have I that are in your hands,
melachim of Yehudah will I pled my cause. wherewith ye fight against
give into the yad of their |13| Sing unto Hashem, Melech Bavel, and against the
oyevim, which shall plunder hallelu Hashem; for He hath Kasdim (Chaldeans), which
them, and seize them, and saved the nefesh of the evyon besiege you outside the
carry them to Bavel. (poor) from the yad of chomah (wall), and I will
|6| And thou, Pashchur, and evildoers. assemble them inside this city.
all that dwell in thine bais |14| Arur (cursed) be the day |5| And I Myself will fight
shall go into the [Golus] wherein I was born; let not the against you with an
captivity: and thou shalt come day wherein immi bore me outstretched yad (hand) and
to Bavel, and there thou shalt yehi baruch (be blessed). with a zero'a chazakah (strong
die, and shalt be buried there, |15| Arur (cursed) be the ish arm), even in anger, and in
thou, and all thy friends, to who brought news to avi, chemah, and in ketzef gadol
whom thou hast prophesied saying, A ben zachar (male (great wrath).
sheker. child) is born unto thee; |6| And I will strike down the
|7| Hashem, Thou hast making him very glad. inhabitants of this city, both
induced me, and I was |16| And let that ish be as the ha’adam and habehemah;
induced; Thou art stronger towns which Hashem they shall die of dever gadol
than I, and hast prevailed; I overthrew, and relented not; (great plague).
am a laughingstock all day and let him hear the wailing |7| And afterward, saith
long, every one mocketh me. in the boker, and the teru'ah Hashem, I will deliver
|8| For since I spoke, I cried (battle cry) at noontide; Tzidkiyah Melech Yehudah,
out, I cried chamas and |17| Because he slaughtered and his avadim, and HaAm,
destruction; because the me not from the womb; or that and such as are survivors in
Devar Hashem was made a immi might have been my this city from dever, from the
cherpah (reproach) unto me, kever, and olam (forever) her cherev, and from the ra'av
and a derision, all day long. womb enlarged. (famine), into the yad
|9| Then I said, I will not |18| Why came I forth out of Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel,
make mention of Him, nor the womb to see amal (trouble, and into the yad of their
speak any more in Shmo. But toil) and sorrow, that my days oyevim (enemies), and into the
His word was in Mine lev as a should be consumed with yad of those that seek their
burning eish shut up in my shame? nefesh; and he shall strike
atzmot, and I was weary of them down with the edge of
holding back, and I could not. the cherev; he shall not spare
|10| For I heard the slander The Davar which them, neither have pity, nor
of many, Magor (terror) on
every side. Report, say they,
let's report him. Kol enosh
21 came unto
Yirmeyah from
Hashem, when HaMelech
have rachamim.
|8| And unto this people thou
shalt say, Thus saith Hashem;
shelomi watched for my Tzidkiyah sent unto him Hineni, I set before you the
stumbling, saying, Perhaps he Pashchur Ben Malkiyah, and Derech HaChayyim and the
will be enticed, and we shall Tzephanyah Ben Ma’aseiyah Derech HaMavet.
prevail against him, and we the kohen, saying, |9| He that abideth in this
shall take our revenge on him. |2| Inquire, now, of Hashem city shall die by cherev, and by
|11| But Hashem is with me for us; for Nevuchadretzar ra'av (famine), and by dever
as a Gibbor Aritz (Mighty Melech Bavel maketh war (plague); but he that goeth out,
Warrior): therefore my against us; if it be so that and falleth to the Kasdim
persecutors shall stumble, and Hashem will deal with us (Chaldeans) that besiege you,
they shall not prevail; they according to all His nifle'ot he shall live, and his nefesh
shall be greatly ashamed; for (wondrous deeds), that he may shall be unto him as plunder.
they shall not succeed; their withdraw from us. |10| For I have set my face
kelimat olam (everlasting |3| Then said Yirmeyah unto against this city
dishonor) shall never be them, Thus shall ye say to
forgotten. Tzidkiyah;
for ra'ah, and not for tovah, (innocent blood) in this |12| But he shall die in the
saith Hashem; it shall be given makom (place). makom where they have led
into the yad Melech Bavel, |4| For if ye carry out this him captive [into the Golus],
and he shall set eish to it to davar indeed, then, shall there and he shall see HaAretz
burn it down. enter in by the she'arim (gates) Hazot no more.
|11| And touching the Bais of this Bais, melachim sitting |13| Woe unto him that
Melech Yehudah, say, Hear ye upon the kisse Dovid, riding buildeth his bais but not by
the Devar Hashem; in chariots and on susim, he, tzedek (righteousness), and his
|12| O Bais Dovid, thus saith and his avadim, and his aliyyot (upper chambers) but
Hashem; Execute mishpat in people. not by mishpat; that useth his
the boker, and save him that is |5| But if ye will not hear neighbor's service without
robbed out of the yad oshek these devarim, I swear a wages, and giveth him no pay
(hand of the oppressor), lest shevuah by Myself, saith for his work;
My chemah (fury) go out like Hashem, that this Bais shall |14| That saith, I will build
eish, and burn that none can become a desolation. me a large bais (mansion) and
quench it, because of the |6| For thus saith Hashem spacious aliyyot (upper
wickedness of your deeds. unto the Bais Melech rooms), and cutteth him out
|13| Hineni, I am against Yehudah: Thou art [in chalonot (windows); and panel
thee, O inhabitant of the emek grandeur] Gilàd unto Me, it with erez (cedar), and paint
(valley), and tzur (rock) of the and the summit of the with bright red.
plain, saith Hashem; which Levanon; yet surely I will |15| Shalt thou reign, because
say, Who shall come down make thee a midbar, and thou enclose thyself in erez
against us? Or who shall enter towns which are not (cedar)? Did not Avicha eat
into our me'onot (dwelling inhabited. and drink, and do mishpat
places, homes)? |7| And I will prepare and tzedakah, and then it was
|14| But I will visit you in mashchitim (destroyers) tov (well) with him?
punishment according to the against thee, every ish with his |16| He defended the cause of
p’ri (fruit) of your deeds, saith weapons; and they shall cut the oni (poor) and evyon
Hashem; and I will kindle an down thy choice arazim (needy); then it was tov (well)
eish in the ya'ar (forest) (cedars), and cast them into with him; was not this to have
thereof, and it shall devour all the eish. da'as of Me? saith Hashem.
things round about it. |8| And Goyim rabbim shall |17| But thine eynayim (eyes)
pass by this city, and they and thine lev are but for thy
shall say every ish to his re'a betza (covetousness, greed)
(neighbor), Why hath Hashem and for to shed dahm hanaki
Thus saith done thus unto this ir (innocent blood), and for
22 Hashem; Go down
to the Bais Melech
Yehudah, and speak there this
hagedolah (great city)?
|9| Then they shall answer,
Because they have forsaken
oshek (oppression), and for
merutzah (extortion,
persecution), to do it.
Davar, the Brit Hashem Eloheihem, |18| Therefore thus saith
|2| And say, Hear the Devar and worshiped elohim Hashem concerning
Hashem, O Melech Yehudah, acherim, and served them. Y'hoyakim Ben Yoshiyah
that sittest upon the kisse of |10| Weep ye not for the one Melech Yehudah: They shall
Dovid, thou, and thy avadim, dead, neither mourn him; but not mourn for him, saying, Ah
and thy people that enter in weep bitterly for him that achi! Or, Ah achot (sister)!
by these she'arim (gates); goeth away [into the Golus]; for They shall not lament for him,
|3| Thus saith Hashem; he shall return no more, nor saying, Ah adon! Or, Ah his
Execute ye mishpat (justice) see his eretz moledet (native hod (glory)!
and tzedakah (righteousness), land). |19| He shall be buried with
and save the plundered out of |11| For thus saith Hashem the kevurat chamor (burial of
the yad of the oshek touching Shallum Ben a donkey), dragged and cast
(oppressor); and do no wrong, Yoshiyah Melech Yehudah, forth outside the Sha'arei
do no violence to the ger which reigned in place of Yerushalayim.
(alien), the yatom (orphan), Yoshiyah aviv, which went |20| Go up to the Levanon,
nor the almanah (widow), forth out of this makom; he and cry out; and lift up thy
neither shed dahm naki shall not return there any voice in Bashan,
more; and cry out from
Avarim; for all thy lovers are |30| Thus saith Hashem, that they shall no more say,
crushed. Write ye this ish ariri Hashem liveth, which brought
|21| I spoke unto thee in thy (childless, stripped of the up the Bnei Yisroel out of
security; but thou saidst, I will honor that progeny bestows), a Eretz Mitzrayim;
not hear. This hath been thy gever (man) who shall not |8| But, Hashem liveth, which
derech from thy youth, that prosper in his days; for none brought up and which led the
thou obeyedst not My kol of his zera shall prosper, zera Bais Yisroel out of the
(voice). sitting upon the kisse Dovid, eretz tzafonah, and from all
|22| The ruach shall eat up or moshel od (rule anymore) countries to where I had
all thy ro'im (rulers), and thy in Yehudah. driven them; and they shall
lovers shall go into captivity Woe be unto the dwell in their own land.
[in the Golus]; surely then
shalt thou be ashamed and
humiliated because of all thy
23 ro'im that destroy
and scatter the
tzon of My pasture! saith
|9| Mine lev within me is
broken because of the nevi'im;
all my atzmot shake; I am like
wickedness. Hashem. an ish shikkor, and like a
|23| O inhabitant of the |2| Therefore thus saith gever (man) whom yayin hath
Levanon, that makest thy ken Hashem Elohei Yisroel against overcome, because of Hashem,
(nest) in the arazim (cedars), the ro'im that shepherd My and because of Divrei Kadsho
how shalt thou groan when people; Ye have scattered My (His Holy Devarim).
chavalim (birth pangs) come tzon, and driven them away, |10| For ha'aretz is full of
upon thee, the pain as of a and have not attended to mena'afim; for because of a
woman in travail! them; hineni, I will attend to curse ha'aretz mourneth; the
|24| As I live, saith Hashem, you for the rah of your doings, pleasant places of the midbar
though Coniyahu [Yehoiakhin, saith Hashem. are dried up, and their course
Yechonyahu] Ben Y'hoyakim |3| And I will gather the is ra'ah, and their gevurah is
Melech Yehudah were the she'erit (remnant) of My tzon not right.
chotam (signet ring) upon Yad out of all countries where I |11| For both navi and kohen
Yemini (My right Hand), yet have driven them, and will are profane; indeed, in My
would I pluck thee from there bring them again to their Beis have I found their
[2Kgs 23:33-34]. folds; and they shall be wickedness, saith Hashem.
|25| And I will give thee into fruitful and increase. |12| Therefore their derech
the yad of them that seek thy |4| And I will set up ro'im shall be unto them as slippery
nefesh, and into the yad of (shepherds) over them which ways in the darkness; they
them of whom thou art afraid, shall shepherd them; and they shall be driven on, and fall
even into the yad of shall fear no more, nor be therein; for I will bring ra'ah
Nevuchadretzar Melech dismayed, neither shall they upon them, even the year of
Babylon, and into the yad of be lacking, saith Hashem. their visitation [for
the Kasdim. |5| Hinei, the days come, punishment], saith Hashem.
|26| And I will cast thee out, saith Hashem, that I will raise |13| And I have seen a
and immecha that bore thee, up unto Dovid a Tzemach repulsive thing in the nevi'im
into ha'aretz acheret (another Tzaddik [i.e., Moshiach Ben of Shomron; they prophesied
country), where ye were not Dovid Yehoshua, see 30:9; by Ba’al, and caused My
born; and there shall ye die. 33:15; Zech 3:8 Ezra 3:8; Zech people Yisroel to err.
|27| But to HaAretz 6:11-12; Mt 2:23; Isa 4:2; 9:2- |14| I have seen also in the
whereunto they desire to 7; 11:1-12; 53:2,11; Moshiach nevi'im of Yerushalayim a
return, to these shall they not the new “Joshua” Isa 49:8], horrible thing; they commit
return. and a Melech shall reign and ni’uf and walk in sheker; they
|28| Is this man Coniyahu a act wisely, and shall execute strengthen also the hands of
despised broken etzev (image, mishpat and tzedakah in evildoers, that none doth turn
statue)? Is he a vessel wherein ha'aretz. back from his wickedness; they
is no chefetz? Why are they |6| In his days Yehudah shall are all of them unto Me as
cast out, he and his zera, and be saved, and Yisroel shall Sodom and the inhabitants
are cast into ha'aretz which dwell safely; and this is Shmo thereof as Amora (Gomorrah).
they know not? whereby he shall be called |15| Therefore thus saith
|29| O eretz, eretz, eretz, hear Adonoi Tzidkeinu. Hashem Tzva'os concerning
the Devar Hashem. |7| Therefore, hinei, the days the nevi'im;
are coming, saith Hashem,
Hineni, I will feed them with not I fill Shomayim and |34| And as for the navi, and
wormwood, and make them Ha'Aretz? saith Hashem. the kohen, and HaAm, that
drink the bitter water of gall; |25| I have heard what the shall say, The massa (burden)
for from the nevi'im of nevi'im said, that prophesy of Hashem, I will even punish
Yerushalayim is chanupah sheker (lies) biShmi (in My that ish and his bais.
(profaneness) gone forth into Name), saying, I have |35| Thus shall ye say every
kol ha'aretz. dreamed, I have dreamed. ish to his neighbor, and every
|16| Thus saith Hashem |26| How long shall this be in ish to his brother, What hath
Tzva'os, Pay no heed unto the the lev of the nevi'im that Hashem answered? And, What
devarim of the nevi'im that prophesy sheker? Indeed, they hath Hashem spoken?
prophesy unto you; they are are nevi'im of the delusion of |36| And the massa (burden)
deluding you; they speak a their own lev; of Hashem shall ye mention
chazon (vision) of their own |27| Which think to cause My no more; for every man's word
lev, and not out of the mouth people to forget My Shem by shall be his massa (burden);
of Hashem. their chalomot (dreams) which for ye have perverted the
|17| They say continually they tell every ish to his Devarim of the Elohim
unto them that despise Me, neighbor, as their avot have Chayyim, of Hashem Tzva'os
Hashem hath said, Ye shall forgotten My Shem through Eloheinu.
have shalom; and they say Ba’al [worship]. |37| Thus shalt thou say to
unto everyone that walketh |28| The navi that hath a the navi, What hath Hashem
after the sherirut chalom, let him tell a chalom; answered thee? And, What
(stubbornness) of his own lev, and he that hath My Devar, let hath Hashem spoken?
No ra'ah shall come upon you. him speak My Devar emes |38| But since ye say, The
|18| For who hath stood in (faithfully). What is the chaff massa (burden) of Hashem;
the sod (council) of Hashem, to the wheat? saith Hashem. therefore thus saith Hashem,
and hath perceived and heard |29| Is not My Devar like an Because ye say this word, The
His Devar? Who hath marked eish? saith Hashem. And like massa (burden) of Hashem,
His word, and heard it? a hammer that breaketh the and I have sent unto you,
|19| Hinei, a whirlwind of rock in pieces? saying, Ye shall not say, The
Hashem is gone forth in fury, |30| Therefore, hineni, I am massa (burden) of Hashem;
even a violent whirlwind; it against the nevi'im, saith |39| Therefore, hineni, I, even
shall fall grievously upon the Hashem, that steal My I, will utterly forget you, and I
rosh of the resha'im. devarim every ish from his will forsake you, and the Ir
|20| The anger of Hashem neighbor. that I gave you and
shall not turn back, until He |31| Hineni, I am against the avoteichem, and cast you out
have executed, and until He nevi'im, saith Hashem, that of My presence;
have performed, the use their [own] lashon, and |40| And I will bring a
mezimmot (designs) of His say, He saith. cherpat olam (everlasting
lev; in the acharit hayamim ye |32| Hineni, I am against disgrace) upon you, and a
shall understand it perfectly. them that prophesy chalomot kelimut olam (perpetual
|21| I have not sent these sheker, saith Hashem, and do dishonor), which shall not be
nevi'im, yet they ran; I have tell them, and cause My forgotten.
not spoken to them, yet they people to err by their lies, and
prophesied. by their recklessness; yet I sent Hashem showed
|22| But if they had stood in
My sod (council), and had
caused My people to hear My
them not, nor commanded
them: therefore they shall not
profit this people at all, saith
24 me, and, hinei, two
baskets of figs were
set in front of the Heikhal
Devarim, then they should Hashem. Hashem; after that
have turned them from their |33| And when this people, or Nevuchadretzar Melech
derech harah, and from the the navi, or a kohen, shall ask Bavel had carried away into
ra'ah of their doings. thee, saying, What is the the Golus Melech Yehudah
|23| Am I Elohei mikarov, massa (burden, prophecy) of Yechanyah ben Y'hoyakim,
saith Hashem, and not Elohei Hashem? Thou shalt then say and the sarim (princes) of
merachok? unto them, What massa Yehudah, with the craftsmen
|24| Can any ish hide himself burden)? I will even forsake and artisans, from
in secret places that I shall not you, saith Hashem.
see him? saith Hashem. Do
Yerushalayim, and had the dever (pestilence), among and Avdi Nevuchadretzar
brought them to Babylon. them, until they are consumed Melech Bavel, and will bring
|2| One basket had figs tovot from off ha'aretz that I gave them against this land, and
me'od, even like the figs that unto them and to their avot. against the inhabitants
are early ripening; and the The davar that thereof, and against all these
other basket had figs ra'ot
me'od, which could not be
eaten, they were so bad.
25 came to Yirmeyah
concerning kol
HaAm Yehudah in the fourth
Goyim all around, and will
utterly destroy them, and
make them an astonishment,
|3| Then said Hashem unto year of Y'hoyakim Ben and a hissing, and perpetual
me, What seest thou, Yoshiyah Melech Yehudah, desolations.
Yirmeyah? And I answered, that was the first year of |10| Moreover I will cause to
Figs; the good figs, very good; Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel; perish from them the kol
and the bad, very bad, that |2| The which Yirmeyah sasson (voice of gladness), and
cannot be eaten they are so HaNavi spoke unto kol HaAm the kol simchah (voice of joy),
bad. Yehudah, and to all the the voice of the Choson, and
|4| Again the Devar Hashem inhabitants of Yerushalayim, the voice of the Kallah, the
came unto me, saying, saying, sound of the millstones, and
|5| Thus saith Hashem |3| From the thirteenth year the ohr of the ner.
Elohei Yisroel; Like these good of Yoshiyah Ben Amon Melech |11| And this whole land
figs, so will I acknowledge Yehudah, even unto this day, shall be a desolation, and an
them that of Yehudah are that is the three and twentieth astonishment; and these
carried away unto the Golus, year, the Devar Hashem hath Goyim shall serve Melech
whom I have sent out of this come unto me, and I have Bavel shiv'im shanah (seventy
place into the Eretz Kasdim spoken unto you, rising years). [T.N. Note: length of
(Chaldeans) for their good. early and speaking; but ye Exile predicted here.]
|6| For I will set mine eyes have not paid heed. |12| And it shall come to
over them for tovah, and I will |4| And Hashem hath sent pass, when shiv'im shanah are
bring them again to ha'aretz unto you all His avadim the accomplished, that I will
hazot; and I will build them nevi'im, rising early and punish Melech Bavel, and that
up, and not tear them down; sending them; but ye have not nation, saith Hashem,
and I will plant them, and not paid heed, nor inclined your for their avon, and the Eretz
uproot them. ozen to hear. Kasdim (Land of Chaldeans),
|7| And I will give them a lev |5| They said, Shuvu, make and will make it perpetual
to have da'as of me, that I am teshuvah now every ish from desolations.
Hashem; and they shall be My his derech ra'ah, and from the |13| And I will bring upon
people, and I will be their rah of your doings, and dwell that land all My Devarim
Elohim; for they shall return in ha'aretz that Hashem hath which I have pronounced
unto Me with all their lev. given unto you and to avo- against it, even all that is
|8| And as the bad figs, which teichem l'min olam v'ad olam; written in this sefer, which
cannot be eaten, they are so |6| And go not after elohim Yirmeyah hath prophesied
bad, surely thus saith acherim to serve them, and to against kol HaGoyim.
Hashem, So will I give worship them, and provoke |14| For Goyim rabbim and
Tzidkiyah Melech Yehudah, Me not to anger with the works melachim gedolim shall
and his sarim (princes), and of your hands; and I will do enslave them also; I will re-
the she'erit Yerushalayim, that you no harm. compense them according to
remain in ha'aretz hazot, and |7| Yet ye have not paid heed their deeds, according to the
them that dwell in Eretz unto Me, saith Hashem; that ma'aseh of their own hands.
Mitzrayim; ye might provoke Me to anger |15| For thus saith Hashem
|9| And I will deliver them for with the works of your hands Elohei Yisroel unto me, Take
abhorrence, for an offense to to your own hurt. this kos hayayin haChemah
kol mamlechot ha'aretz to be a |8| Therefore thus saith (wine cup of wrath, see Lk
reproach and a byword, a Hashem Tzva'os; Because ye 22:42) from My yad, and cause
taunt and a kelalah (curse) in have not paid heed to My kol HaGoyim, to whom I send
all places where I shall drive Devarim, thee, to drink it.
them. |9| Hinei, I will send and take |16| And they shall drink,
|10| And I will send the all the mishpekhot of the and stagger, and go mad,
cherev, the ra'av (famine), and tzafon (north), saith Hashem, because of the
cherev that I will send among the cherev which I will send fall like a precious pottery
them. among you. vessel.
|17| Then took I the Kos from |28| And it shall be, if they |35| And the ro'im
the yad Hashem, and made all refuse to take the Kos at thine (shepherds) shall have no
the Goyim to drink, unto yad to drink, then shalt thou refuge for fleeing, nor the
whom Hashem had sent me; say unto them, Thus saith leader of the tzon to escape.
|18| Namely, Yerushalayim, Hashem Tzva'os, Ye shall |36| A voice of the cry of the
and the towns of Yehudah, certainly drink. ro'im and a wailing of the
and the melachim thereof, |29| For, hinei, I begin to leaders of the tzon, shall be
and the sarim thereof, to make bring ra'ah on the Ir which is heard: for Hashem hath
them a desolation, an called by My Shem, and destroyed their pasture.
astonishment, a hissing, and a should ye be utterly |37| And the ne'ot hashalom
kelalah (curse); as it is this unpunished? Ye shall not be (peaceful folds) are laid waste
day; unpunished; for I will call for because of the Charon Af
|19| Pharaoh Melech a cherev upon all the Hashem.
Mitzrayim, and his avadim, inhabitants of ha'aretz, saith |38| He hath left His hiding
and his sarim and all his Hashem Tzva'os. place, as the lion; for their
people; |30| Therefore prophesy thou land is desolate because of the
|20| And all the mixed against them all these charon (anger) of the
multitude rabble, and kol Devarim, and say unto them, oppressor, and because of His
melachim of Eretz Utz, and Hashem shall roar from on charon af.
kol melachim of Eretz high, and utter His voice from In the beginning of
Pelishtim, and Ashkelon, and
Azzah (Gaza), and Ekron, and
the she'erit (remnant) of
His Ma'on Kodesh; He shall
mightily roar upon His Naveh
(Dwelling); He shall give a
26 the reign of
Y'hoyakim
(Jehoiakim) Ben Yoshiyah
Ashdod, shout, as they that tread the Melech Yehudah came this
|21| Edom, and Moav, and grapes, against all the Davar from Hashem saying
the Bnei Ammon, inhabitants of ha'aretz. |2| Thus saith Hashem:
|22| And kol melachim of |31| A noise shall come even Stand in the khatzer
Tzor, and kol melachim of to the ends of ha'aretz; for (courtyard) of the Bais
Tzidon, and the melachim of Hashem hath a legal Hashem, and speak unto all
the coastlands which are controversy with the Goyim, the towns of Yehudah, which
beyond the yam, He will plead His case with kol come to worship in the Bais
|23| Dedan, and Tema, and basar; He will give them that Hashem, all the Devarim that
Buz, and all that are in the are wicked to the cherev, saith I command thee to speak unto
utmost [desert] fringes, Hashem. them; diminish not a word;
|24| And kol melachim of |32| Thus saith Hashem |3| If so be they will pay heed,
Arabia, and kol melachim of Tzva'os, Hinei, ra'ah shall go turn every man from his
the mixed multitude rabble forth from Goy to Goy, and a derech hara'ah, that I may
that dwell in the desert, sa'ar gadol (great whirlwind) relent of the ra'ah, which I
|25| And kol melachim of shall be raised up from the purpose to do unto them for
Zimri, and kol melachim of farthest ends of Eretz. the evil of their doings.
Eilam, and kol melachim of |33| And the slain of Hashem |4| And thou shalt say unto
the Medes, shall be at that day from one them, Thus saith Hashem: If
|26| And kol melachim of the end of ha'aretz even unto the ye will not pay heed to Me, to
tzafon, far and near, one after other end of ha'aretz; they walk in My torah, which I have
another, and all the shall not be lamented, neither set before you,
mamlechot ha'aretz, which are gathered, nor buried; they |5| To pay heed to the
upon the face of adamah; and shall be dung upon the Devarim of My Avadim the
Melech Sheshach [Babylon] adamah. Nevi'im, whom I sent unto
shall drink after them. |34| Wail, ye ro'im you, both rising up early and
|27| Therefore thou shalt say (shepherds), and weep; and sending them, but ye have not
unto them, Thus saith wallow yourselves in the ashes, paid heed;
Hashem Tzva'os Elohei ye leaders of the tzon; for the |6| Then will I make this Bais
Yisroel; Drink ye, and become days of your slaughter and of like Shiloh, and will
shikkor, and vomit, and fall, your dispersions are make this city
and rise no more, because of accomplished; and ye shall
a kelalah (curse) to all the upon yourselves, and upon anashim with him into
Goyim of Ha'Aretz. this city, and upon the Mitzrayim.
|7| So the kohanim and the inhabitants thereof; for b'emes |23| And they brought Uriyah
nevi'im and kol HaAm heard Hashem hath sent me unto out of Mitzrayim, and brought
Yirmeyah speaking these you to speak all these Devarim him unto Y'hoyakim
Devarim in the Bais Hashem. in your oznayim. HaMelech; who slaughtered
|8| Now it came to pass, when |16| Then said the sarim and him with the cherev, and cast
Yirmeyah had made an end of kol HaAm unto the kohanim his nevelah (dead body) into
speaking all that Hashem had and to the nevi'im; This ish is the kevarim of the Bnei HaAm
commanded him to speak not mishpat mavet (worthy of (common people).
unto kol HaAm, that the death); for he hath spoken to |24| Nevertheless the yad
kohanim and the nevi'im and us B'Shem Hashem Eloheinu. (hand, influence) of Achikam
kol HaAm laid hold of him, |17| Then rose up anashim Ben Shaphan was with
saying, Thou shalt surely die. zekenim ha'aretz, and spoke Yirmeyah, that they should
|9| Why hast thou prophesied to kol kehal HaAm, saying, not give him into the yad
B'Shem Hashem, saying, This |18| Michah the Morashti HaAm to put him to death.
Bais shall be like Shiloh, and prophesied in the days of In the beginning of
this city shall be desolate
without an inhabitant? And
kol HaAm were gathered
Chizkiyah Melech Yehudah,
and spoke to kol Am Yehudah,
saying, Thus saith Hashem
27 the reign of
Y'hoyakim Ben
Yoshiyah Melech Yehudah
against Yirmeyah in the Bais Tzva'os: Tziyon shall be came this davar unto
Hashem. plowed like a sadeh, and Yirmeyah from Hashem,
|10| When the sarim of Yerushalayim shall become saying,
Yehudah heard these things, rubble heaps, and the Har |2| Thus saith Hashem to me:
then they came up from the HaBais (Temple Mount) like Make thee bonds and yokes,
Bais HaMelech to the Beis the bare heights of a ya'ar and put them upon thy tzavar
Hashem, and sat down in the (forest). (neck),
petach Sha'ar HeChadash |19| Did Chizkiyah Melech |3| And send them to Melech
(entrance of the New Gate) of Yehudah and kol Yehudah put Edom, and to Melech Moav,
[the Beis] Hashem. him to death? Did he not fear and to Melech Bnei Ammon,
|11| Then spoke the kohanim Hashem, and besought and to Melech Tzor, and to
and the nevi'im unto the sarim Hashem, and Hashem Melech Tzidon, by the
and to kol HaAm, saying, relented of the ra'ah which He yad of the malachim which
Mishpat mavet for this ish! had pronounced against come to Yerushalayim unto
For he hath prophesied them? Thus might we procure Tzidkiyah Melech Yehudah;
against this city, as ye have ra'ah gedolah against |4| And command them to
heard with your oznayim. nafshoteinu. say unto their adonim, Thus
|12| Then spoke Yirmeyah |20| And there was also an saith Hashem Tzva'os Elohei
unto all the sarim and to kol ish that prophesied B'Shem Yisroel: Thus shall ye say unto
HaAm, saying, Hashem sent Hashem, Uriyah Ben your adonim;
me to prophesy against this Shema'yahu of Kiryat |5| I have made ha'aretz (the
Bais and against this city all HaYearim, who prophesied earth), ha’adam and
the Devarim that ye have against this city and against habehemah that are upon the
heard. HaAretz Hazot according to face of the earth, by My great
|13| Therefore now reform all the devarim of Yirmeyah. ko'ach and by My outstretched
your drakhim and your |21| And when Y'hoyakim zero'a, and have given it unto
doings, and obey the voice of (Jehoiakim) HaMelech, with whom it seemed yashar unto
Hashem Eloheichem; and all his gibborim, and all the Me.
Hashem will relent of the sarim, heard his words, |6| And now have I given all
ra'ah that He hath HaMelech sought to put him these lands into the yad
pronounced against you. to death; but when Uriyah Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel,
|14| As for me, see, I am in heard it, he was afraid, and Avdi (My servant); and the
your yad; do with me as seem- fled, and went into Mitzrayim; beasts of the sadeh have I
eth tov and yashar unto you. |22| And Y'hoyakim given him also to serve him.
|15| But know ye for certain, HaMelech sent anashim into |7| And all Goyim shall serve
that if ye put me to death, ye Mitzrayim, namely, Elnatan him, and bno, and ben
shall surely bring dahm naki Ben Achbor, and certain bno, until the very
time of his land come; and saying, Ye shall not serve HaMelech Yehudah and
then many Goyim and great Melech Bavel; for they Yerushalayim;
melachim shall make him prophesy sheker unto you. [22] They shall be carried to
serve [in bondage to] them. [15] For I have not sent them, Bavel, and there shall they be
[8] And it shall come to pass, saith Hashem, yet they until the day that I visit them,
that the goy (nation) and prophesy sheker in My name; saith Hashem; then will I
mamlachah (kingdom) which that I might drive you out, and bring them up, and restore
will not serve the same that ye might perish, ye, them to this makon.
Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel, and the nevi’im that prophesy And it came to pass
and that will not put their
tzavar (neck) under the yoke of
HaMelech Bavel, that nation
unto you.
[16] Also I spoke to the
kohanim and to all this
28 The same year, in
the beginning of
the reign of Tzidkiyah Melech
will I punish, saith Hashem, people, saying, Thus saith Yehudah, in the fourth year,
with the cherev, and with the Hashem: Do not pay heed to and in the fifth month, that
ra’av (famine), and with the the devarim of your nevi’im Chananyah ben Azzur
dever, until I have consumed that prophesy unto you, HaNavi, who was from
them by his yad. saying, Hinei, the K’lei Beis Giveon, spoke unto me in the
[9] Therefore do not pay heed Hashem shall now shortly be Beis Hashem, before the eyes
to your nevi’im, nor to your brought back from Bavel; for of the kohanim and of kol
diviners, nor to your they prophesy sheker unto haAm, saying,
dreamers, nor to your you. [2] Thus says Hashem Tzva’os
soothsayers, nor to your [17] Do not pay heed unto Elohei Yisroel, saying, I have
sorcerers, which speak unto them; serve Melech Bavel, and broken the ol (yoke) of Melech
you, saying, Ye shall not live; why should this ir be laid Bavel.
serve Melech Bavel; waste? [3] Within two years will I
[10] For they prophesy sheker [18] But if they are nevi’im, bring back into makon hazeh
unto you, to remove you far and if the Devar Hashem be all the vessels of the Beis
from your land; and that I with them, let them now Hashem, that Nevuchadnetzar
should drive you out, and ye make intercession to Hashem Melech Bavel took away from
should perish. Tzva’os, that the kelim makon hazeh, and carried
[11] But the Goyim that bring (vessels) which are left in the them to Babylon;
their tzavar (neck) under the Beis Hashem, and in the Bais [4] And I will bring back to
yoke of the Melech Bavel, and HaMelech Yehudah, and at this place Yechanyah ben
serve him, those will I let Yerushalayim, go not to Bavel. Y’hoyakim Melech Yehudah,
remain still in their own [19] For thus saith Hashem with all of Yehudah of the
adamah, saith Hashem; and Tzva’os concerning the Golus, that went into Babylon,
they shall till it, and dwell Ammudim (Pillars) and saith Hashem; for I will break
therein. concerning the Yam (Sea), and the ol (yoke) of Melech Bavel.
[12] I spoke also to Tzidkiyah concerning the Mekhonot [5] Then Yirmeyah HaNavi
Melech Yehudah according to (Stands [supporting said unto Chananyah HaNavi
all these Devarim, saying, the lavers]), and concerning before the eyes of the
Bring your tzavarot (necks) the remainder of the kelim kohanim, and before the eyes
under the yoke of Melech that remain in this ir. of kol HaAm that stood in the
Bavel, and serve Him and his [20] Which Nevuchadretzar Beis Hashem,
people, and live. Melech Bavel took not, when [6] Even Yirmeyah HaNavi
[13] Why will ye die, thou and he carried away captive said, Omein; may Hashem do
thy people, by the cherev, by Yechanyah Ben Y’hoyakim so; Hashem perform thy words
the ra’av (famine), and by Melech Yehudah from which thou hast prophesied,
the dever, as Hashem hath Yerushalayim to Bavel, to bring back the vessels
spoken against the goy and all the nobles of of the Beis Hashem, and all
(nation) that will not serve Yehudah and Yerushalayim; that is carried away into the
Melech Bavel? [21]Thus saith Hashem Golus, from Babylon into
[14] Therefore do not pay heed Tzva’os Elohei Yisroel, makom hazeh.
unto the devarim of the concerning the kelim (vessels) [7] Nevertheless shema
nevi’im that speak unto you, that remain in the Beis now hadavar hazeh that I
Hashem, and in the Bais speak in thine ears, and
in the ears of kol haAm;
|8| The nevi'im that have shalt die, because thou hast shalom thereof shall ye have
been before me and before preached sarah (rebellion, shalom.
thee of old prophesied both apostasy, revolt, disobedience) |8| For thus saith Hashem
against many countries, and against Hashem. Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Let not
against mamlechot gedolot, of |17| So Chananyah HaNavi your nevi'im and your
milchamah, of ra'ah, of dever. died the same year in the kesamim that be in the midst
|9| The navi which seventh month. of you, deceive you, neither
prophesieth of shalom, when Now these are the pay heed to your chalomot
the devar of the navi shall
come to pass, then shall the
navi be recognized, that
29 Devarim of the
sefer that Yirmeyah
HaNavi sent from
which ye cause to be dreamed.
|9| For they prophesy
b'sheker (falsely) unto you in
Hashem hath truly sent him. Yerushalayim unto the My Name; I have not sent
|10| Then Chananyah surviving Zekenim of the them, saith Hashem.
HaNavi took the yoke from off Golus and to the Kohanim, |10| For thus saith Hashem,
the neck of Yirmeyah HaNavi and to the Nevi'im, and to kol That after shiv'im shanah
and broke it. HaAm whom Nevuchadretzar (seventy years) are
|11| And Chananyah spoke had carried away captive from accomplished at Bavel I will
before the eyes of kol haAm, Yerushalayim to Bavel-- visit you, and perform My
saying, Thus saith Hashem; |2| This was after Yechanyah Davar Hatov toward you, in
Even so will I break the yoke HaMelech, and the Gevirah causing you to return to this
of Nevuchadnetzar Melech (Queen Mother), and the makom.
Bavel from the neck of kol sarisim, the sarim of Yehudah |11| For I know the
HaGoyim within the space of and Yerushalayim, and the machshavot (thoughts, plans)
two years. And Yirmeyah carpenters, and the artisans that I think toward you, saith
HaNavi went on his way. had departed from Hashem, machshavot shalom,
|12| Then the Devar Hashem Yerushalayim; and not of ra'ah, to give you
came unto Yirmeyah, after |3| The sefer was sent by the an acharit (future) and a
Chananyah HaNavi had yad of Elasah Ben Shaphan, tikvah (hope).
broken the yoke from off and Gemaryah Ben Chilkiyah, |12| Then shall ye call upon
the neck of Yirmeyah HaNavi, whom Tzidkiyah Melech Me, and ye shall go and
saying, Yehudah sent unto Bavel v'hitpalaltem (and you [plural]
|13| Go and tell Chananyah, to Nevuchadretzar Melech will pray) unto Me, and I will
saying, Thus saith Hashem; Bavel—and it said, pay heed unto you [plural].
Thou hast broken the motot |4| Thus saith Hashem |13| And ye shall seek Me,
etz (yokes, bars of wood); but Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, unto all and find Me, when ye shall
thou shalt make for them that are carried away into the search for Me b'chol lvavchem
motot barzel (yokes of iron). Golus, whom I have caused to (with all your heart).
|14| For thus saith Hashem be carried away from |14| And I will be found by
Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: I have Yerushalayim unto Bavel; you, saith Hashem; and I will
put an ol barzel (yoke of iron) |5| Build ye batim (houses), bring you back from captivity,
upon the neck of kol and dwell in them; and plant and I will gather you from all
HaGoyim, that they may serve gannot (gardens), and eat the the Goyim, and from all the
Nevuchadnetzar Melech p’ri (fruit) of them; mekomot (places) where I have
Bavel; and they shall serve |6| Take ye nashim, and driven you, saith Hashem; and
him; and I have given him the father banim and banot; and I will bring you back into the
wild animals also. take nashim for your banim, makom (place) from which I
|15| Then said Yirmeyah and give your banot to caused you to be carried away
HaNavi unto Chananyah anashim, that they may bear into the Golus.
HaNavi, Shema nah, banim and banot; that ye may |15| Because ye have said,
Chananyah; Hashem hath not be increased there, and not Hashem hath raised up
sent thee; but thou makest diminished. nevi'im for us in Bavel;
HaAm HaZeh to trust in |7| And seek the shalom of |16| Know that thus saith
sheker (a lie). the city where I have caused Hashem of HaMelech that
|16| Therefore thus saith you to be carried away into sitteth upon the Kisse Dovid,
Hashem; Hineni, I will remove the Golus, and daven unto and of kol HaAm that dwell-
thee from off the face of Hashem for it; for in the eth in this city, and of your
ha’adamah; this year thou
achim that are not gone forth |24| Thus shalt thou also The Davar that
with you into the Golus;
|17| Thus saith Hashem
Tzva'os; Hineni, I will send
speak to Shemaiyahu the
Nechelami, saying,
|25| Thus speaketh Hashem
30
saying,
came to Yirmeyah
from Hashem,
upon them the cherev, the Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, saying, |2| Thus speaketh Hashem
ra'av, and the dever, and will Because thou hast sent Elohei Yisroel, saying, Write
make them like rotten figs, sefarim in thy shem unto kol thee all the Devarim that I
that cannot be eaten, they are HaAm that are in Yerusha- have spoken unto thee in a
so bad. layim, and to Tzephanyah Ben sefer.
|18| And I will pursue them Maaseiyah the kohen, and to |3| For, hinei, the days are
with the cherev, with the ra'av, all the kohanim, saying, coming, saith Hashem, that I
and with the dever, and will |26| Hashem hath made thee will bring back from captivity
make them a horror to all the kohen in the place of My people Yisroel and
mamlechot ha'aretz, to be a Yehoyada the kohen, that Yehudah, saith Hashem; and I
curse, and an astonishment, there should be pekidim will cause them to return to
and a hissing, and a cherpah, (officers) in the Beis Hashem, ha'aretz that I gave to their
among all the Goyim where I over every ish that is avot, and they shall possess it.
have driven them; meshuggah (mad, insane), and |4| And these are the
|19| Because they have not maketh himself a navi, that Devarim that Hashem spoke
paid heed to My devarim, thou shouldest put him in the concerning Yisroel and
saith Hashem, which I sent stocks, and in the neck iron. concerning Yehudah.
unto them by My Avadim the |27| Now therefore why hast |5| For thus saith Hashem:
nevi'im, rising up early and thou not reproved Yirmeyah of We have heard a cry of fear, of
sending them; but ye would Anatot, which maketh himself pachad (terror), and not of
not hear, saith Hashem. a navi to you? shalom.
|20| Hear ye therefore the |28| For therefore he sent |6| Ask ye now, and see
Devar Hashem, all ye of the unto us in Bavel, saying, This whether a zachar (male) doth
Golus, whom I have sent from captivity is long; build ye travail with child? Why do I
Yerushalayim to Bavel; batim (houses), and dwell in see every gever with his hands
|21| Thus saith Hashem them; and plant gannot on his stomach, like a woman
Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, about (gardens), and eat the fruit of in labor, and all faces are
Ach'av Ben Kolayah, and of them. turned deadly pale?
Tzidkiyah Ben Ma’aseiyah, |29| And Tzephanyah the |7| Alas! For gadol hayom, so
which prophesy sheker unto kohen read this sefer in the that none is like it; it is even
you in My Name; Hineni, I oznayim of Yirmeyah HaNavi. the Et (Time) of Tzarah
will deliver them into the yad |30| Then came the Devar l'Ya'akov (Jacob's Trouble), but
Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel; Hashem unto Yirmeyah, he shall be saved out of it.
and he shall slay them before saying, |8| For it shall come to pass
your eynayim; |31| Send to all them of the in that day, saith Hashem
|22| And of them shall be Golus, saying, Thus saith Tzva'os, that I will break his
taken up a kelalah (curse) by Hashem concerning yoke from off thy tzavar (neck),
all the Golus of Yehudah Shemaiyah the Nechelami; and will burst thy bonds, and
which are in Bavel, saying, Because that Shemaiyah hath zarim (foreigners) shall no
Hashem make thee like prophesied unto you, and I more make a slave of him;
Tzidkiyah and like Ach'av, sent him not, and he caused |9| But they shall serve
whom Melech Bavel roasted in you to trust in sheker; Hashem Eloheihem, and
the eish; |32| Therefore thus saith Dovid their Melech [i.e.
|23| Because they have done Hashem: Hinei, I will punish Moshiach], whom I will raise
nevalah (a foul deed, outrage) Shemaiyah the Nechelami, up for them.
in Yisroel, and have com- and his zera; he shall not have |10| Therefore, fear thou not,
mitted ni'uf with their an ish to dwell among this O Avdi Ya'akov, saith Hashem;
neighbors' nashim, and have people; neither shall he neither be dismayed, O
spoken davar sheker in My behold the tov that I will do Yisroel; for, hineni, I will save
Name, which I have not for My people, saith Hashem; thee from afar, and thy zera
commanded them; I know, because he hath spoken from the eretz of
and am Ed (Witness), saith sarah (rebellion) against their captivity; and
Hashem. Hashem.
Ya'akov shall return, and shall and the voice of them that |3(2)| Hashem hath appeared
be at rest, and be secure, and rejoice; and I will multiply of old unto me, saying, Yes, I
none shall make him afraid. them, and they shall not be have loved thee with an
|11| For I am with thee, saith few; I will also honor them, ahavat olam; therefore with
Hashem, to save thee; though and they shall not be chesed have I drawn thee.
I make a full end of all Goyim disdained. |4(3)| Again I will build thee
where I have scattered thee, |20| Their banim also shall up, and thou shalt be rebuilt,
yet I will not make a full end be as formerly, and their Edah O Betulat Yisroel; thou shalt
of thee; but I will correct thee (Congregation) shall be again adorn thyself with thy
in mishpat, and will not leave established before Me, and I timbrels, and shalt go forth in
thee altogether unpunished. will punish all that oppress the dance of merrymakers.
|12| For thus saith Hashem, them. |5(4)| Thou shalt yet plant
Thy bruise is incurable, and |21| And their Adir (Prince, keramim upon the hills of
thy makkah (blow, wound) is Leader) shall be one of their Shomron; the planters shall
grievous. own, and their Moshel (ruler) plant, and shall put the fruit
|13| There is none to uphold shall proceed from the midst to ordinary use [See Lv 19:24-
thy cause, no refu'ot for your of them; and I will cause him 25].
wound, no healing for you. to draw near, and he shall |6(5)| For there shall be a
|14| All thy lovers have approach unto Me; for who is yom, that the notzrim
forgotten thee; they seek thee this that devoted his lev to (watchmen) upon har
not; for I have wounded thee approach unto Me? saith Ephrayim shall cry, Arise ye,
with the makkat oyev, with the Hashem. and let us go up to Tziyon
musar (chastisement) of a |22| And ye shall be My unto Hashem Eloheinu.
cruel one, for the multitude of people, and I will be your |7(6)| For thus saith Hashem;
thine avon; because thy sins Elohim. Sing with simcha for Ya'akov,
were increased. |23| Hinei, the whirlwind of and shout among the Rosh
|15| Why dost thou cry out Hashem goeth forth with HaGoyim; publish ye, hallelu
over thine affliction? Thy pain chemah (wrath, fury), a (praise ye), and say, Hashem,
is incurable for the multitude sweeping whirlwind; it shall save Thy people, the She'erit
of thine avon; because thy fall violently upon the rosh of Yisroel (the Remnant of
chattot were increased, I have the resha'im. Israel).
done these things unto thee. |24| The Charon Af Hashem |8(7)| Hineni, I will bring
|16| Therefore all they that shall not return, until He hath them from the eretz tzafon
devour thee shall be devoured; accomplished it, and until He (land of the north), and gather
and all thine adversaries, have performed the them from the ends of
every one of them, shall go mezimmot (intents, purposes) ha'aretz, and with them the
into captivity; and they that of His lev; in the acharit ivver (blind) and the pise'ach
plunder thee shall become hayamim (latter days) ye shall (lame), the woman with child
plunder, and all that prey understand this. and her that travaileth with
upon thee will I give for prey. child together; a Kahal Gadol
|17| For I will restore health shall return here.
unto thee, and I will heal thee |9(8)| They shall come with
of thy makkot (wounds), saith (30:25) At the weeping, and with
Hashem; because they called
thee a Nidachah (Outcast),
saying, This is Tziyon, whom
31 same time, saith
Hashem, I will be
Elohim l'khol mishpekhot
techinnunim will I lead them
back; I will cause them to walk
by the nachalei mayim
no one careth for. Yisroel, and they shall be My (streams of water) in a derech
|18| Thus saith Hashem; people. yashar (straight road), wherein
Hineni, I will bring back the |2(1)| Thus saith Hashem, they shall not stumble; for I
captivity of Ya'akov's ohalim, The Am seridei cherev (the am an Av to Yisroel, and
and have compassion on his People that survived the Ephrayim is My bechor.
dwelling places; and the Ir cherev [as a Remnant]) found |10(9)| Hear the Devar
shall be rebuilt upon her own chen (grace) in the midbar; Hashem, O ye Goyim, and
ruins, and the armon (citadel) even Yisroel, when Yisroel preach it in the farthest
shall stand on its rightful site. journeyed to find [a place of] shores, and
|19| And out of them shall rest.
proceed todah (thanksgiving)
Yirmeyah 31 462 Orthodox Jewish Bible
say, He that scattered Yisroel (hope) in thine acharit (future, |24(23)| There shall dwell in
will gather Yisroel, and He latter end), saith Hashem, that Yehudah itself, in all the
shall be shomer over Yisroel, thy banim shall return to their towns thereof together,
like a Ro'eh over the Eder own border. ikkarim (farmers); they also
thereof. |18(17)| I have surely heard that go forth with the eder.
|11(10)| For Hashem hath Ephrayim bemoaning himself |25(24)| For I will refresh the
redeemed Ya'akov, and made thus; Thou hast chastised me, nefesh of the weary, and I will
Geulah (Redemption) and I was chastised, like an replenish even the stress-laden
for Ya'akov out of the yad of unbroken egel; turn Thou me, nefesh.
him that was chazak more and I shall be turned; for |26(25)| Upon this, I awoke,
than Ya'akov. Thou art Hashem Elohai. and beheld; and my sheynah
|12(11)| Therefore they shall |19(18)| Surely after I (sleep) was sweet unto me.
come and loudly, joyously sing turned away, I made teshuva; |27(26)| Hinei, the days are
on the height of Tziyon, and and after I was instructed, I coming, saith Hashem, that I
shall stream to the Tuv beat upon my yarech (thigh); I will sow again Bais Yisroel
Hashem (Bounty, Goodness of was ashamed, yes, even and Bais Yehudah with the
Hashem), for dagan (grain), humiliated, because nasati zera adam (human seed, i.e.,
and for tirosh (new wine) and cherpat neurai (I did bear, repopulation), and also with
for yitzhar (pure olive oil) carry the reproach, disgrace of the zera behemah (animal
and for the young of the tzon my youth). seed, i.e., replenishing
and of the herd; and their |20(19)| Is Ephrayim My ben livestock).
nefesh shall be like a well- yakir (dear son)? Is he a yeled |28(27)| And it shall come to
watered gan (garden); and in whom I delight? For when pass, that just as I watched
they shall not sorrow any more I spoke of him, I do earnestly over them, to uproot, and to
at all. remember him still; therefore tear down, and to overthrow,
|13(12)| Then shall the My heart yearns for him; I will and to destroy, and to bring
betulah rejoice in the machol surely have rachamim (mercy) catastrophe; so will I watch
(dance), both bocherim (young upon him, saith Hashem. over them, to build, and to
men) and zekenim together; |21(20)| Set thee up plant, saith Hashem.
for I will turn their evel tziyyunim (roadmarks, road |29(28)| In those days they
(mourning) into sasson (joy), signs), make thee tamurim shall say no more, The Avot
and will comfort them, and (guideposts); set thine lev have eaten the sour grape, and
make them have simcha from upon the highway, even the the shinayim (teeth) of the
their sorrow. derech thou art now walking; Banim are set on edge.
|14(13)| And I will satisfy the turn back, O Betulat Yisroel, |30(29)| But every one shall
nefesh of the Kohanim with turn back to these thy towns. die for his own avon (iniquity);
deshen (fatness, abundance) |22(21)| How long wilt thou kol haAdam that eateth the
and My people shall be sated dillydally, O Bat HaShovevah sour grape, his shinayim shall
with My Tuv (Bounty, (backsliding daughter)? For be set on edge.
Goodness), saith Hashem. Hashem barah chadashah |31(30)| Hinei, the days come,
|15(14)| Thus saith Hashem; (Hashem hath created a new saith Hashem, that I will cut a
A voice was heard in Ramah, thing) on ha'aretz; A nekevah Brit Chadasha with Bais
lamentation, and bitter (woman, female, i.e., Israel) Yisroel, and with Bais
weeping; Rachel, weeping for shall encircle [seek out] a gever Yehudah;
her banim, refused to (man, male, i.e., G-d). |32(31)| Not according to the
be comforted for her banim, |23(22)| Thus saith Hashem Brit that I cut with their Avot
because they were no more Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Once in the day that I took hold of
[see OJBC Mt.2:18]. again they shall use this their yad to take them out of
|16(15)| Thus saith Hashem; saying in Eretz Yehudah and Eretz Mitzrayim; which My
Refrain thy voice from in the towns thereof, when I Brit they broke, although I was
weeping, and thine eyes from shall turn them back from Ba'al (Husband) to them, saith
tears; for sachar (reward) there their captivity; yevarechecha Hashem;
will be for thy labor, saith Adonoi neveh tzedek har |33(32)| But this shall be the
Hashem; and they shall return hakodesh (may Hashem bless Brit that I will cut with Bais
from the eretz oyev (land of thee, O Righteous Abode, O Yisroel [T.N. OJBC is Jewish];
the enemy). Har HaKodesh!)
|17(16)| And there is tikveh
After those days, saith shall not be uprooted, nor possession) is thine, and the
Hashem, I will set My Torah destroyed any more l'olam. geulah (redemption) is thine;
in them inwardly, and I will The Davar that buy it for thyself. Then I knew
write ketuvim on their hearts;
and I will be their Elohim,
and they shall be My People.
32 came to Yirmeyah
from Hashem in
the tenth year of Tzidkiyah
that this was the Devar
Hashem.
|9| And I bought the sadeh of
|34(33)| And they shall teach Melech Yehudah, which was Chanam'el ben dodi, that was
no more every ish his re'a the eighteenth year of in Anatot, and weighed him
(neighbor), and every ish his Nevuchadretzar. out the kesef, even seventeen
brother, saying, Know |2| For then the army of shekels of kesef.
Hashem; for they shall all Melech Bavel besieged |10| And I signed the sefer
have da'as of Me, from the Yerushalayim; and Yirmeyah (deed), and sealed it, and took
katon of them unto the gadol HaNavi was imprisoned in the edim (witnesses), and weighed
of them, saith Hashem; for I Khatzer (courtyard) of the him out the kesef on the
will forgive their avon, and I Guard, which was in Bais scales.
will remember their chattat no Melech Yehudah. |11| So I took the sefer
more. |3| For Tzidkiyah Melech hamikneh (deed of purchase),
|35(34)| Thus saith Hashem, Yehudah had imprisoned him, both that which was sealed
which giveth the shemesh for saying, Why dost thou according to the mitzvah and
an ohr by day, and the prophesy, and say, Thus saith chukkim, and that which was
chukkot yarei'ach and chukkot Hashem, Hineni, I will give the unsealed copy:
kokhavim for an ohr by night, this city into the yad Melech |12| And I gave the sefer
which stirreth up the sea when Bavel, and he shall capture it; hamikneh unto Baruch Ben
the waves thereof roar; |4| And Tzidkiyah Melech Neriyah Ben Ma’aseiyah, in
Hashem Tzva'os is Shmo: Yehudah shall not escape out the sight of Chanam'el my
|36(35)| If those chukkim of the yad of the Kasdim cousin, and in the presence of
depart from before Me, saith (Chaldeans), but shall surely the edim that signed the sefer
Hashem, then the Zera Yisroel be delivered into the yad hamikneh, before all the
also shall cease from being a Melech Bavel, and shall speak Yehudim that sat in the
Goy (Nation) before Me with him mouth to mouth, khatzer (courtyard) of the
forever. and his eynayim shall behold prison.
|37(36)| Thus saith Hashem; his eynayim; |13| And I charged Baruch
If Shomayim above can be |5| And he shall lead before their eyes, saying,
measured, and, below, the Tzidkiyah to Bavel, and there |14| Thus saith Hashem
foundations of ha'aretz can be shall he be until I visit him, Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Take
searched out, I will also cast saith Hashem; though ye fight these sefarim, this sefer
off kol Zera Yisroel for all that against the Kasdim hamikneh, both which is
they have done, saith Hashem. (Chaldeans), ye shall not sealed, and this sefer which is
|38(37)| Hinei, the days are succeed. unsealed; and put them in an
coming, saith Hashem, that |6| And Yirmeyah said, The earthen vessel, that they may
the Ir shall be built unto Devar Hashem came unto me, last yamim rabbim.
Hashem from the Migdal saying, |15| For thus saith Hashem
Chananel unto the Sha'ar |7| Hinei, Chanam'el Ben Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Batim
HaPinnah (Corner Gate). Shallum thine dod (uncle) (houses) and sadot (fields) and
|39(38)| And the measuring shall come unto thee saying, kramim (vineyards) shall be
line shall yet go forth straight Buy thee my sadeh that is in bought again in this land.
ahead to Garev Hill, and Anatot: for the mishpat |16| Now when I had
around to Goah. haGeulah (right of delivered the sefer hamikneh
|40(39)| And the whole valley Redemption) is thine to buy it. unto Baruch Ben Neriyah, I
[of Hinnom] of the pegarim |8| So Chanam'el ben dodi davened unto Hashem, saying,
(corpses), and of the deshen came to me in the Khatzer |17| Ah Adonoi Hashem!
(ashes), and all the fields unto (court) of the Guard according Hinei, Thou hast made the
the brook of Kidron, unto the to the Devar Hashem, and Shomayim and the Eretz by
corner of the Sha'ar HaSusim said unto me, Buy my sadeh, Thy koach hagadol and Thy
(Horse Gate) to the east, shall now, that is in Anatot, which outstretched zero'a, and there
be kodesh unto Hashem; it is in Eretz Binyamin; for the is nothing too
mishpat hayerushah (right of
difficult for Thee; Hashem unto Yirmeyah, |35| And they built the high
|18| Thou showest chesed saying, places of Ba'al, which are in
unto alafim, and |27| Hinei, I am Hashem the Gey Ben Hinnom, to cause
recompensest avon avot into Elohei Kol Basar; is there any their banim and their banot to
the kheyk of their banim after thing too difficult for Me? pass through the eish unto
them; HaEl HaGadol |28| Therefore thus saith Molech; which I commanded
HaGibbor Hashem Tzva'os Hashem: Hineni, I will give them not, neither came it into
Shmo, this city into the yad of the My lev, that they should do
|19| Gadol in etzah (counsel), Kasdim (Chaldeans), and into this toe'vah (abomination) to
and mighty in deed; for Thine the yad of Nevuchadretzar cause Yehudah to sin.
eynayim are open upon all the Melech Bavel, and he shall |36| And now therefore thus
drakhim of Bnei Adam; to give capture it; saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel,
everyone according to his |29| And the Kasdim concerning this city, whereof
drakhim, and according to the (Chaldeans), that fight against ye say, It shall be delivered
fruit of his doings; this city, shall come and set into the yad Melech Bavel by
|20| Which hast set otot and eish to this city, and burn it the cherev, and by the ra'av
mofetim in Eretz Mitzrayim, with the batim (houses), upon and by the dever;
even unto this day, and in whose gagot (roofs) they have |37| Hineni, I will gather
Yisroel, and among adam offered ketoret unto Ba'al, and them out of all countries,
(mankind); and hast made poured out nesakhim (drink where I have driven them in
Thee a Shem, as at this day; offerings) unto elohim Mine anger, and in My fury,
|21| And hast brought forth acherim, to provoke Me to and in great wrath; and I will
Thy people Yisroel out of anger. bring them back unto this
Eretz Mitzrayim with otot, and |30| For the Bnei Yisroel and makom, and I will cause them
with mofetim, and with a yad the Bnei Yehudah have only to dwell securely;
chazakah, and with an done rah (evil) before Me from |38| And they shall be My
outstretched zero'a, and with their youth; for the Bnei people, and I will be their
great terror; Yisroel have only provoked Me Elohim;
|22| And hast given them this to anger with the work of their |39| And I will give them lev
land, which Thou didst swear hands, saith Hashem. echad (one heart), and derech
to their avot to give them, |31| For this city hath been to echad (one way), that they may
eretz zavat cholov udevash; Me as a provocation of Mine fear Me kol hayamim, for the
|23| And they came in, and anger and of My fury from the tov of them, and of their
possessed it; but they obeyed day that they built it even banim after them;
not Thy voice, neither walked unto this day; that I should |40| And I will make a Brit
in Thy torah; they have done remove it from before My face, Olam with them, that I will
nothing of all that Thou |32| Because of all the ra'ah not turn away from doing
commandedst them to do; of the Bnei Yisroel and of the them good; but I will put My
therefore Thou hast caused all Bnei Yehudah, which they fear in their hearts, that they
this ra'ah to come upon them. have done to provoke Me to shall not depart from Me.
|24| Hinei, the siege ramps, anger, they, their melachim, |41| Indeed, I will rejoice over
they are come unto the Ir to their sarim, their kohanim, them to do them good, and I
take it; and the Ir is given into and their nevi'im, and the Ish will plant them in this land
the yad of the Kasdim Yehudah, and the inhabitants b'emes with all My lev and
(Chaldeans), that fight against of Yerushalayim. with all My nefesh.
it, because of the cherev, and |33| And they have turned |42| For thus saith Hashem;
of the ra'av, and of the dever; unto Me the oref (back), and Just as I have brought all this
and what Thou hast spoken is not the panim; though I ra'ah hagedolah upon this
come to pass; and, behold, taught them, rising up early people, so will I bring upon
Thou seest it. and teaching them, yet they them kol hatovah that I have
|25| And Thou hast said unto have not paid heed to receive promised them.
me, O Adonoi Hashem, Buy musar. |43| And sadeh shall be
thee the sadeh for kesef, and |34| But they set their bought in this land,
take edim (witnesses); for the shikkutzim (abominations) in whereof ye say,
Ir is given into the yad of the the Beis [Hamikdash], which is
Kasdim (Chaldeans). called by Shmi, to make it
|26| Then came the Devar tameh (unclean).
It is desolate without adam or |7| And I will cause the |13| In the towns of the hill
behemah; it is given into the captives of Yehudah and the country, in the towns of the
yad of the Kasdim captives of Yisroel to return, Shephelah, and in the towns
(Chaldeans). and will rebuild those places, of the Negev, and in Eretz
|44| Sadot (fields) will be as at the first. Binyamin, and in the places
bought for kesef, and the sefer |8| And I will cleanse them around Yerushalayim, and in
(deed) will be signed and from all their avon (iniquity), the towns of Yehudah, shall
sealed and witnessed in Eretz whereby they have sinned the tzon pass again under the
Binyamin, and in the places against Me; and I will pardon hands of him that counteth
around Yerushalayim, and in all their avonot, whereby they them, saith Hashem.
the towns of Yehudah, and the have sinned, and whereby |14| Hinei, the days are
towns of the hill country, and they have committed coming, saith Hashem, that I
in the towns of the Shephelah, peysha'im against Me. will perform that davar hatov
and in the towns of the Negev; |9| And it shall be to Me a which I have promised unto
for I will cause their captivity Shem Sasson, a Tehillah and Bais Yisroel and unto Bais
to return, saith Hashem. a Teferet before kol HaGoyim Yehudah.
Moreover the of Ha'Aretz, which shall hear |15| In those days, and at
33 Devar Hashem
came unto
Yirmeyah the second
all the tovah that I do unto
them; and they shall fear and
tremble for all the tovah and
that time, will I cause the
Tzemach Tzedakah (Righteous
Branch, i.e., Moshiach Ben
time, while he was yet for all the shalom that I Dovid Yehoshua, see 30:9;
imprisoned in the Khatzer of procure unto it. 23:5; Zech 3:8 Ezra 3:8; 6:11-
the Guard, saying, |10| Thus saith Hashem; 12; Mt 2:23; Isa 4:2; 9:2-7;
|2| Thus saith Hashem the Again there shall be heard in 11:1-12; 53:2; Moshiach the
Oseh (Maker) thereof [of the this makom, which ye say new “Joshua” Isa 49:8) to
Earth], Hashem the Yotzer shall be desolate without sprout up unto Dovid; He
who formed it to establish it: adam and without behemah, shall execute mishpat and
Hashem Shmo; even in the towns of Yehudah, tzedakah in ha'aretz.
|3| Call unto Me, and I will and in the streets of |16| In those days shall
answer thee, and show thee Yerushalayim, that are Yehudah be saved, and
gedolot (great things) and desolate, without adam, and Yerushalayim shall dwell
unsearchable things, which without inhabitant, and securely; and this is what she
thou knowest not. without behemah, shall be called, Hashem
|4| For thus saith Hashem |11| The kol (sound, voice) of Tzidkeinu.
Elohei Yisroel, concerning the sasson, and the voice of |17| For thus saith Hashem;
batim (houses) of this city, and simchah, the voice of the Dovid shall never lack an ish
concerning the batim (houses) Choson, and the voice of the to sit upon Kisse Bais Yisroel;
of the melachim of Yehudah, Kallah, the voice of them that |18| Neither shall the
which are torn down for shall say, Hodu Hashem kohanim the Levi'im lack an
defense against siege ramps Tzva'os; for Hashem is tov; for ish before Me to offer olah,
and against the cherev; His chesed endureth l'olam; and to burn minchah, and to
|5| They come to fight against and of them that shall bring do zevakh continually.
the Kasdim (Chaldeans), but it the todah (thank offerings, |19| And the Devar Hashem
is to fill these places with the sacrifice of praise) into the came unto Yirmeyah, saying,
pegarim (dead bodies) of Beis Hashem. For I will cause |20| Thus saith Hashem: If ye
adam, whom I have slain in the captives of the land to can break My Brit HaYom,
Mine anger and in My wrath, return, as at the first, saith and My Brit HaLailah, that
and all for whose wickedness I Hashem. there should not be yomam
have hid My face from this |12| Thus saith Hashem v'lailah (day and night) in
city. Tzva'os; Again in this makom, their appointed times;
|6| Hineni, I will bring it which is desolate without |21| Then may also My Brit
health and marpeh (healing), adam and without behemah, (covenant) be broken with
and I will heal them, and will and in all the towns thereof, Dovid Avdi, that he should not
reveal unto them the shall be a naveh (dwelling) of have Ben to reign upon his
abundance of shalom and ro'im (shepherds) resting their kisse; and with the Levi'im the
emes. tzon. kohanim, My mesharetim
(ministers, servants).
|22| As the Tzeva he shall speak with thee shfakhot, whom they had set
HaShomayim cannot be mouth to mouth, and thou free, to return, and brought
numbered, neither the chol shalt go to Bavel. them into subjection for
(sand) of the yam (sea) |4| Yet hear the Devar avadim and for shfakhot.
measured, so will I multiply Hashem, O Tzidkiyah Melech |12| Therefore the Devar
the zera Dovid Avdi, and the Yehudah; Thus saith Hashem Hashem came to Yirmeyah
Levi'im that minister unto Me. of thee, Thou shalt not die by from Hashem, saying,
|23| Moreover the Devar the cherev; |13| Thus saith Hashem
Hashem came to Yirmeyah, |5| But thou shalt die in Elohei Yisroel; I cut a Brit
saying, shalom; and with the [royal with avoteichem in the day
|24| Considerest thou not funeral spice] burnings of thy that I brought them forth out
what this people have spoken, avot, the former melachim of Eretz Mitzrayim, out of the
saying, The two mishpekhot which were before thee, so bais avadim, saying,
which Hashem hath chosen, shall they burn for thee; and |14| At the end of sheva
He hath even cast them off? they will lament thee, saying, shanim let ye go free every ish
Thus they have despised My Hoy Adon! For I have his brother HaIvri, which hath
people, that they should be no pronounced the davar, saith been sold unto thee; and when
more a nation before them. Hashem. he hath served thee shesh
|25| Thus saith Hashem; If |6| Then Yirmeyah HaNavi shanim, thou shalt let him go
My Brit be not with yomam spoke all these devarim unto chofshi (free) from thee; but
valailah, and if I have not Tzidkiyah Melech Yehudah in avoteichem paid heed not
appointed the chukkot of Yerushalayim, unto Me, neither inclined
Shomayim vaAretz; |7| When the army of Melech their ozen.
|26| Then will I cast away the Bavel fought against |15| And recently ye turned,
zera Ya'akov and Dovid Avdi, Yerushalayim, and against all and did hayashar (the right) in
so that I will not take any of the towns of Yehudah that My sight, in proclaiming deror
his zera to be moshelim were left, against Lachish, and (liberty) every ish to his
(rulers) over the zera against Azekah; for these neighbor; and ye cut a Brit
Avraham, Yitzchak, and fortified cities remained of the (covenant) before Me in the
Ya'akov; for I will cause their cities of Yehudah. Beis which is called by Shmi;
captives to return, and have |8| This is the Davar that |16| But ye turned around
mercy on them. came unto Yirmeyah from and profaned Shmi, and
The Davar which Hashem, after that Tzidkiyah caused every ish his eved, and
34 came unto
Yirmeyah from
Hashem, when Nevucha-
HaMelech had cut a Brit with
kol HaAm which were at
Yerushalayim, to proclaim
every ish his shifchah, whom
he had set at liberty at their
desire, to return, and brought
dretzar Melech Bavel, and all deror (liberty) unto them; them into subjection, to be
his army, and all the mam- |9| That every ish should set unto you for avadim and for
lechot eretz (kingdoms of the free his eved, and every ish his shfakhot.
earth) of his dominion, and all shifchah, being Ivri (Hebrew |17| Therefore thus saith
the peoples fought against man) or Ivriyah (Hebrew Hashem; Ye have not paid
Yerushalayim, and against all woman); that none should heed unto Me, in proclaiming
the towns thereof, saying, hold another brother Yehudi deror (freedom), everyone to
|2| Thus saith Hashem in bondage. his brother, and every ish to
Elohei Yisroel; Go and speak |10| Now when all the sarim, his neighbor; hineni, I
to Tzidkiyah Melech Yehudah, and kol HaAm, which had proclaim deror (“freedom”)
and tell him, Thus saith entered into the brit for you, saith Hashem, to the
Hashem: Hineni, I will give (covenant), heard that every cherev, to the dever, and to the
this city into the yad Melech one should set free his ra'av; and I will make you to
Bavel, and he shall burn it eved, and every one his be a horror to all the
with eish, shifchah, that none should mamlechot ha'aretz.
|3| And thou shalt not escape keep them in bondage, then |18| And I will give the
out of his yad, but shalt surely they obeyed, and let them go. anashim that have
be captured, and delivered |11| But afterward they transgressed My Brit, which
into his yad; and thine changed their minds, and have not performed the
eynayim shall behold the caused avadim and the Devarim of the Brit
eynayim of Melech Bavel, and (covenant) which they
had cut before Me, when they the lishkah of the sarim, heed to My devarim? saith
cut the egel (calf) in two, and which was above the lishkah Hashem.
passed between the parts of Ma’aseiyah Ben Shallum, |14| The devarim of Yonadav
thereof, the Shomer HaSaf Ben Rechav, that he
|19| The sarim of Yehudah, (Gatekeeper); commanded his banim not to
and the sarim of |5| And I set before the Bnei drink yayin, has been carried
Yerushalayim, the sarisim, Bais Rechavim bowls full of out; for unto this day they
and the kohanim, and kol Am yayin, and kosot (cups), and I drink none, but obey the
HaAretz, which passed said unto them, Drink ye mitzvat avihem;
between the parts of the egel yayin. notwithstanding, I have
(calf); |6| But they said, We will spoken unto you, rising early
|20| I will even give them into drink no yayin; for Yonadav and speaking; but ye paid
the yad of their oyevim, and Ben Rechav avinu heed not unto Me.
into the yad of them that seek commanded us, saying, Ye |15| I have sent also unto you
their nefesh: and their nevilah shall drink no yayin, neither all My avadim the Nevi'im,
(dead body) shall be for food ye, nor your banim ad olam; rising up early and sending
unto the oph HaShomayim, |7| Neither shall ye build them, saying, Turn ye now
and to the behemat ha'aretz. bais, nor sow zera, nor plant every ish from his derech
|21| And Tzidkiyah Melech kerem (vineyard), nor have hara'ah, and amend your
Yehudah and his sarim will I any; but all your days ye shall doings, and go not after
give into the yad of their dwell in ohalim; that ye may elohim acherim to serve them,
oyevim, and into the yad of live yamim rabbim in the and ye shall dwell in
them that seek their nefesh, adamah where ye are ha’adamah which I have given
and into the yad of Melech sojourners. to you and to avoteichem; but
Bavel's army, which hast |8| Thus have we obeyed the ye have not inclined your ozen
withdrawn from you. voice of Yonadav Ben Rechav (ear), nor paid heed unto Me.
|22| Hineni, I will command, avinu in all that he hath |16| Indeed the Bnei Yonadav
saith Hashem, and cause charged us, to drink no yayin Ben Rechav have carried out
them to return to this city; and kol yameinu (all our days), we, the mitzvat avihem, which he
they shall fight against it, and our nashim, our banim, nor commanded them; but this
capture it, and burn it with our banot; people hath not paid heed
eish; and I will make the |9| Nor to build batim for us unto Me:
towns of Yehudah a desolation to dwell in; neither have we |17| Therefore, thus saith
without an inhabitant. kerem, nor sadeh, nor zera; Hashem Elohei Tzva'os Elohei
The Davar which |10| But we have dwelt in Yisroel: Hineni, I will bring
35 came unto
Yirmeyah from
Hashem in the days of
ohalim, and have obeyed, and
done according to all that
Yonadav avinu commanded
upon Yehudah and upon all
the inhabitants of
Yerushalayim all the ra'ah
Y'hoyakim Ben Yoshiyah us. that I have pronounced
Melech Yehudah, saying, |11| But it came to pass, against them; because I have
|2| Go unto the Bais of the when Nevuchadretzar Melech spoken unto them, but they
Rechavim, and speak unto Bavel invaded ha'aretz, that have not paid heed; and I
them, and bring them into the we said, Come, and let us go to have called unto them, but
Beis Hashem, into one of the Yerushalayim because of the they have not answered.
leshakhot (side rooms), army of the Kasdim |18| And Yirmeyah said unto
and give them yayin to drink. (Chaldeans), and because of the Bais Rechavim, Thus saith
|3| Then I took Ya’azanyah the army of Aram (the Hashem Tzva'os Elohei
Ben Yirmeyah Ben Syrians); so we dwell in Yisroel; Because ye have
Chavatzinyah, and his Yerushalayim. obeyed the mitzvat Yonadav
brethren, and all his banim, |12| Then came the Devar avichem, and have been
and kol Bais Rechavim; Hashem unto Yirmeyah, shomer over all his mitzvot,
|4| And I brought them into saying, and done according unto all
the Beis Hashem, into the |13| Thus saith Hashem that he hath commanded you,
lishkah (room) of the Bnei Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Go and |19| Therefore thus saith
Chanan Ben Yigdalyahu, an tell the Ish Yehudah and the Hashem Tzva'os Elohei
Ish HaElohim, which was by inhabitants of Yerushalayim, Yisroel: Yonadav Ben
Will ye not learn musar to pay Rechav shall not
lack an ish to stand before Me |8| And Baruch Ben Neriyah |16| Now it came to pass,
kol hayamim. did according to all that when they had heard kol
Yirmeyah HaNavi haDevarim, they were afraid
commanded him, reading the [looking fearfully] one to the
And it came to pass Sefer Divrei Hashem in the other, and said unto Baruch,
36 in the fourth year

of Y'hoyakim Ben
Yoshiyah Melech Yehudah,
Bais Hashem.
|9| And it came to pass in the
fifth year of Y'hoyakim Ben
We will surely tell HaMelech
of all these Devarim.
|17| And they asked Baruch,
that this Davar came unto Yoshiyah Melech Yehudah, in saying, Tell us now, How didst
Yirmeyah from Hashem, the ninth month, that they thou write all these Devarim
saying, proclaimed a tzom before at his peh (mouth [Jeremiah's
|2| Take thee megilat sefer Hashem to kol HaAm in dictation])?
(scroll book), and write therein Yerushalayim, and to kol |18| Then Baruch answered
all the Devarim that I have HaAm that came from the them, He pronounced all
spoken unto thee against towns of Yehudah unto these Devarim unto me with
Yisroel, and against Yehudah, Yerushalayim. his peh (mouth, dictation) and
and against kol HaGoyim, |10| Then Baruch read from I wrote them with dyo (ink) in
from the day I spoke unto the Sefer the Divrei Yirmeyah the Sefer.
thee, from the yamim of in the Bais Hashem, in the |19| Then said the sarim unto
Yoshiyah, even unto this day. lishkah (chamber) of Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou
|3| It may be that Bais Gemaryah Ben Shaphan the and Yirmeyah; and let no ish
Yehudah will hear all the ra'ah sofer, in the khatzer haelyon, have da'as of where ye be.
(disaster, evil) which I purpose at the Petach Sha'ar |20| And they went into the
to do unto them; that they HeChadash of Bais Hashem, khatzer HaMelech, but they
may turn every ish from his in oznayim kol HaAm. laid up the megilah in the
derech hara'ah; that I may |11| When Michayah Ben lishka of Elishama the Sofer,
forgive their avon and their Gemaryah, Ben Shaphan, had and told all the Devarim in
chattat. heard kol Divrei Hashem out the oznayim of HaMelech.
|4| Then Yirmeyah called of the Sefer, |21| So HaMelech sent
Baruch Ben Neriyah; and |12| Then he went down into Yehudi to bring the megilah;
Baruch wrote from the the Bais HaMelech, into the and he brought it out the
mouth of Yirmeyah all the lishkah of the sofer, and, lishka of Elishama the sofer.
Divrei Hashem, which he hinei, all the sarim sat there, And Yehudi read it in the
spoke unto him, upon a even Elishama the sofer, and oznayim of HaMelech, and in
megilat sefer. Delayahu Ben Shemayahu, the oznayim of all the sarim
|5| And Yirmeyah and Elnatan Ben Achbor, and which Tzidkiyah Ben
commanded Baruch, saying, I Gemaryah Ben Shaphan, and Chananyahu, and all stood
am atzur (restricted, barred); I the sarim (officials). beside HaMelech.
cannot go into Bais Hashem; |13| Then Michayah declared |22| Now HaMelech sat in the
|6| Therefore go thou, and unto them all the Devarim Bais Hakhoref (Winter House)
read from the megilah, which that he had heard, when in the ninth month [Kislev];
thou hast written from my Baruch read the Sefer in the and there was an akh
mouth, the Divrei Hashem in oznayim of HaAm. (fireplace) burning before
the oznayim (ears) of HaAm in |14| Therefore all the sarim him.
the Bais Hashem on the yom sent Yehudi Ben Netanyahu |23| And it came to pass, that
tzom; and also thou shalt read Ben Shelemyah Ben Cushi when Yehudi had read three
them in the oznayim of all unto Baruch, saying, Bring in or four delatot (columns), he
Yehudah that will be thine yad the megilah wherein cut it with a ta'ar hasofer
coming from their towns. thou hast read in the oznayim (razor of a scribe), and cast it
|7| It may be they will present of HaAm, and come. So into the eish that was in the
their techinnah (supplication) Baruch Ben Neriyah took the akh (fireplace), until all the
before Hashem, and they will megilah in his yad, and came megilah was consumed in the
turn every ish from his derech unto them. eish that was in the akh
hara'ah; for gadol is the anger |15| And they said unto him, (fireplace).
and the wrath that Hashem Sit down now, and read it in |24| Yet they were not afraid,
hath pronounced against ozneinu (our ears). So Baruch nor tore their begadim,
HaAm Hazeh. read it in their oznayim. neither HaMelech, nor
any of his avadim that heard |32| Then took Yirmeyah City, i.e., Jerusalem) and
all these Devarim. another megilah, and gave it capture it, and burn it down
|25| Nevertheless Elnatan to Baruch Ben Neriyah, with eish.
and Delayahu and Gemaryah HaSofer, who wrote therein |9| Thus saith Hashem;
had made intercession to from the peh of Yirmeyah all Deceive not nafshoteichem,
HaMelech that he would not the Divrei HaSefer which saying, The Kasdim
burn the megilah; but he Y'hoyakim Melech Yehudah (Chaldeans) shall surely
would not heed them. had burned in eish; and there depart from us; for they shall
|26| HaMelech ordered that were added besides not depart.
Yerachme'el Ben Hammelech, unto them many similar |10| For though ye had struck
Serayah Ben Azriel, and Devarim. down kol chayil Kasdim (the
Shelemyah Ben Avde'el, arrest And Melech whole army of the Chaldeans)
Baruch HaSofer and
Yirmeyah HaNavi; but
Hashem hid them.
37 Tzidkiyah Ben
Yoshiyah reigned
instead of Coneyahu
that fight against you, and
there remained but anashim
medukarim (wounded men)
|27| Then the Devar Hashem [Yehoyakin] Ben Y'hoyakim, among them, yet should they
came to Yirmeyah, after that whom Nevuchadretzar Melech rise up every ish in his ohel,
HaMelech had burned the Bavel put on the throne in and with eish burn down HaIr
megilah, and the Devarim Eretz Yehudah. hazot.
which Baruch wrote at the peh |2| But neither he, nor his |11| And it came to pass, that
of Yirmeyah, saying, avadim, nor the Am HaAretz, when the army of the Kasdim
|28| Shuv (turn) and take thee did pay heed unto the Divrei (Chaldeans) was withdrawn
again another megilah, and Hashem, which He spoke by from Yerushalayim because of
write on it all the Devarim Yirmeyah HaNavi. the army of Pharaoh,
HaRishonim (former words) |3| And HaMelech Tzidkiyah |12| Then Yirmeyah went
that were in the Megilah sent Yehukhal Ben Shelemyah forth out of Yerushalayim to
HaRishonah, which Y'hoyakim and Tzephanyah Ben go into the Eretz Binyamin, to
Melech Yehudah hath burned. Maaseiyah the Kohen to get [his] chelek from there
|29| And thou shalt say to Yirmeyah HaNavi, saying, among HaAm.
Y'hoyakim Melech Yehudah, Hitpalel na (pray now) |13| And when he was in the
Thus saith Hashem: Thou unto Hashem Eloheinu for us. Sha'ar Binyamin, a ba'al
hast burned this megilah, |4| Now Yirmeyah came in pekidut (captain of the guard)
saying, Why hast thou written and went out among HaAm; was there, shmo Yiriyah Ben
therein, saying, Melech Bavel for they had not put him into Shelemyah Ben Chananyah;
shall certainly come and bais hakeleh (prison). and he arrested Yirmeyah
destroy HaAretz Hazot, and |5| Then the army of Pharaoh HaNavi, saying, Thou fallest
shall cause to cease from it was come forth out of away as a deserter to the
adam and behemah? Mitzrayim; and when the Kasdim (Chaldeans).
|30| Therefore thus saith Kasdim (Chaldeans) that |14| Then said Yirmeyah,
Hashem of Y'hoyakim Melech besieged Yerushalayim heard Sheker; I fall not away as a
Yehudah: He shall have none news of them, they withdrew deserter to the Kasdim
to sit upon the kisse Dovid; from Yerushalayim. (Chaldeans). But he paid heed
and his nevelah (dead body) |6| Then came the Devar not to him; so Yiriyah arrested
shall be cast out in the chorev Hashem unto Yirmeyah Yirmeyah, and brought him to
(heat, drought) of the yom, HaNavi saying, the sarim.
and in the kerakh (ice, frost) of |7| Thus saith Hashem |15| Therefore the sarim were
the lailah. Elohei Yisroel; Thus shall ye enraged with Yirmeyah, and
|31| And I will visit him [for say to Melech Yehudah, that had him beaten, and put him
punishment] and his zera and sent you unto Me to enquire of in house arrest in the Bais
his avadim for their avon; and Me; Hinei, the army of Yohonatan the Sofer; for they
I will bring upon them, and Pharaoh, which is come forth had made that the bais
upon the inhabitants of l'ezrah (to help, support) you, hakeleh (prison).
Yerushalayim, and upon the shall return to Mitzrayim into |16| When Yirmeyah was
Ish Yehudah, all the ra'ah their own land. entered into the bais
(disaster, evil) that I have |8| And the Kasdim habor (dungeon), and
pronounced against them; (Chaldeans) shall return, and
yet they did not pay heed. fight against HaIr hazot (this
into the cells, and Yirmeyah that goeth forth to the Kasdim out of the bor (dungeon),
had remained there yamim (Chaldeans) shall live; for he before he dies.
rabbim; shall have his nefesh for |11| So Eved-melech took the
|17| Then HaMelech plunder, and shall live. anashim with him, and went
Tzidkiyah sent, and brought |3| Thus saith Hashem, This into the Bais HaMelech under
him out; and HaMelech asked city shall surely be given into the Otzar (Treasury), and took
him baseter (secretly) in the yad of the army of Melech from there old rags and old
his Bais (Palace), and said, Is Bavel, which shall capture it. worn out clothes, and let them
there Devar from Hashem? |4| Therefore the sarim said down by ropes into the bor to
And Yirmeyah said, There is; unto HaMelech, Let now this Yirmeyah.
for, said he, thou shalt be ish be put to death; for thus he |12| And Eved-melech
delivered into the yad Melech weakeneth the hands of the HaKushi said unto Yirmeyah,
Bavel. anshei hamilchamah that are Put now these old rags and
|18| Moreover Yirmeyah said left in this city, and the hands worn out clothes under thine
unto HaMelech Tzidkiyah, of all the people, in speaking armpits under the ropes. And
What have I offended against such devarim unto them; for Yirmeyah did so.
thee, or against thy avadim, this ish seeketh not the shalom |13| So they drew up
or against Am Hazeh, that ye of this people, but the hurt. Yirmeyah with ropes, and
have put me in bais hakeleh? |5| Then Tzidkiyah lifted him up out of the bor;
|19| Where are now your HaMelech said, Hinei, he is in and Yirmeyah remained in the
nevi'im which prophesied unto your yad (hand, power); for Khatzer (courtyard) of the
you, saying, Melech Bavel HaMelech is not he that can Guard.
shall not come against you, do anything against you. |14| Then Tzidkiyah
nor against HaAretz hazot? |6| Then took they Yirmeyah, HaMelech sent, and took
|20| Therefore hear now, O and cast him into the bor (pit, Yirmeyah HaNavi unto him
adoni HaMelech; let now my dungeon, cistern) of Malkiyah into the third entrance that is
techinnah be accepted before Ben Hammelech, that was in in the Bais Hashem; and
thee; that thou cause me not the Khatzer (courtyard) of the HaMelech said unto
to return to the Bais Guard; and they lowered Yirmeyah, I will ask thee a
Yehonatan HaSofer, lest I die Yirmeyah with ropes. And in thing; hide nothing from me.
there. the bor (pit) there was no |15| Then Yirmeyah said
|21| Then HaMelech mayim, but mud; so Yirmeyah unto Tzidkiyah, If I declare it
Tzidkiyah commanded that sank in the mud. unto thee, wilt thou not surely
they should commit Yirmeyah |7| Now when Eved-melech put me to death? And if I give
into the Khatzer (courtyard) of HaKushi (the Ethiopian), an thee etzah, wilt thou not
the Guard, and that they ish saris (official) in the Bais refuse to pay heed unto me?
should give him daily kikar HaMelech, heard that they |16| So Tzidkiyah HaMelech
lechem (loaf of bread) out of had put Yirmeyah in the bor; swore secretly unto Yirmeyah,
the street of ha'ofim (the HaMelech was then sitting in saying, As Hashem liveth, that
bakers), until all the lechem in the Sha'ar Binyamin; made our very nefesh, I will
the Ir was gone. Thus |8| Eved-melech went forth not put thee to death, neither
Yirmeyah remained in the out of the Bais HaMelech, and will I give thee into the yad of
Khatzer (courtyard) of the spoke to HaMelech saying, these anashim that seek thy
Guard. |9| Adoni HaMelech, these nefesh.
Then Shephatyah anashim have done ra'ah in |17| Then said Yirmeyah
38 Ben Mattan, and

Gedalyah Ben
Pashchur, and Yuchal Ben
all that they have done to
Yirmeyah HaNavi, whom they
have cast into the bor; and he
unto Tzidkiyah, Thus saith
Hashem Elohei Tzva'os Elohei
Yisroel: If thou wilt assuredly
Shelemyah, and Pashchur Ben is likely to die from hunger in surrender unto the sarim of
Malkiyah, heard the the place where he is; for there Melech Bavel, then thy nefesh
Devarim that Yirmeyah had is no more lechem in the Ir. shall live, and this city shall
spoken unto kol HaAm, |10| Then HaMelech not be burned down with eish;
saying, commanded Eved-melech and thou shalt live, and thine
|2| Thus saith Hashem, He HaKushi (the Ethiopian), Bais;
that remaineth in this city saying, Take from here |18| But if thou wilt not
shall die by the cherev, by the shloshim anashim with thee, surrender unto the sarim of
ra'av, and by the dever; but he and lift up Yirmeyah HaNavi Melech Bavel,
then shall this city be given before HaMelech, that he to Rivlah in Eretz Chamat,
into the yad of the Kasdim, would not cause me to return where he pronounced
and they shall burn it down to Bais Yonatan, to die there. mishpatim upon him.
with eish, and thou shalt not |27| Then came all the sarim |6| Then Melech Bavel
escape out of their yad. unto Yirmeyah, and slaughtered the Bnei
|19| And Tzidkiyah questioned him; and he Tzidkiyah in Rivlah before his
HaMelech said unto told them according to all eyes; also Melech Bavel
Yirmeyah, I am afraid of the these devarim that HaMelech slaughtered all the nobles of
Yehudim that are fallen as had commanded. So they left Yehudah.
defectors to the Kasdim off speaking with him; for the |7| Moreover he put out
(Chaldeans), lest they deliver matter had not been Tzidkiyah's eyes, and bound
me into their yad, and they overheard. him with bronze chains, to
abuse me. |28| So Yirmeyah abode in carry him to Babylon.
|20| But Yirmeyah said, They the Khatzer (courtyard) of the |8| And the Kasdim burned
shall not deliver thee. Now Guard until the day that the Bais HaMelech, and the
obey the voice of Hashem, Yerushalayim was captured; bais haAm, with eish, and
which I speak unto thee; so it and he was there when broke down the chomot
shall be well unto thee, and Yerushalayim was taken. Yerushalayim.
thy nefesh shall live. In the ninth year of |9| Then Nevuzar-Adan the
|21| But if thou refuse to go
forth, this is the davar that
Hashem hath showed me:
39 Tzidkiyah Melech
Yehudah, in the
tenth month, came
captain of the imperial guard
carried away into the Golus of
Babylon the remnant of the
|22| And, hinei, all the Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel people that remained in the
nashim that are left in the and all his army against city, and those that defected,
Bais Melech Yehudah shall be Yerushalayim, and they that went over to him, with the
brought forth to the sarim of besieged her. rest of the people that
Melech Bavel, and those |2| And in the eleventh year remained.
nashim shall say, Thy close of Tzidkiyah, in the fourth |10| But Nevuzaradan the
friends misled thee, and have month, the ninth yom of the captain of the imperial guard
prevailed against thee: thy feet month, the wall was broken left of the poor of the people,
are sunk in the mud, and they through. which had nothing, in Eretz
desert thee. |3| And all the sarim (princes) Yehudah, and gave them
|23| So they shall surrender of Melech Bavel came in, and kramim (vineyards) and fields
all thy nashim and thy banim sat in the Middle Gate, even at the same time.
to the Kasdim (Chaldeans); Nergal Sar-Etzer, Samgar- |11| Now Nevuchadretzar
and thou shalt not escape out Nevo, Sar-Sechim, Melech Bavel gave charge
of their yad, but shalt be Rav Saris, Nergal Sar-Etzer, concerning Yirmeyah to
captured by the yad Melech Rav-Mag, with all the Nevuzar-Adan the captain of
Bavel; and thou shalt cause remaining of the sarim of the imperial guard, saying,
this city to be burned down Melech Bavel. |12| Take him, and look well
with eish. |4| And it came to pass, that to him, and do him no harm;
|24| Then said Tzidkiyah when Tzidkiyah Melech but do unto him even as he
unto Yirmeyah, Let no ish Yehudah saw them, and all shall say unto thee.
know of these devarim, and the anshei hamilchamah, then |13| So Nevuzar-Adan the
thou shalt not die. they fled, and went forth captain of the imperial guard
|25| But if the sarim hear out of the Ir by lailah, by the sent, and Nebushazban, Rav-
that I have talked with thee, derech of the Gan HaMelech, Saris, and Nergal Sar-Etzer,
and they come unto thee, and by the sha'ar between the two Rav-Mag, and all the officers
say unto thee, Declare unto us walls; and he headed toward of Melech Bavel;
now what thou hast said unto the Aravah. |14| Even they sent, and took
HaMelech, hide it not from us, |5| But the army of the Yirmeyah out of the Khatzer
and we will not put thee to Kasdim pursued after them, (courtyard) of the Guard, and
death; also what HaMelech and overtook Tzidkiyah in the committed him unto Gedalyah
said unto thee; plains of Yericho; and when ben Achikam ben Shaphan,
|26| Then thou shalt say unto they had captured him, they that he should carry him
them, I presented my brought him up to home; so he remained and
techinnah (supplication) Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel dwelt among the people.
|15| Now the Devar Hashem ha'aretz is before thee: where and dwell in your towns that
came unto Yirmeyah, while he it seemeth tov and yashar ye took over.
was confined in the Khatzer there for thee to go, go there. |11| Likewise when kol
(court) of the Guard, saying, |5| Now if you remain, he HaYehudim that were in
|16| Go and tell Eved-Melech said, Go back also to Moav, and among the
the Ethiopian (the one from Gedalyah ben Achikam ben Bnei Ammon, and in Edom,
Kush), saying, Thus saith Shaphan, whom Melech and that were in all the
Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Bavel hath made governor countries, heard that Melech
Yisroel: Hineni, I am bringing over the cities of Yehudah, Bavel had left a she'erit
My words upon this city for and dwell with him among the (remnant) of Yehudah, and
ra'ah, and not for tovah; and people; or go wheresoever it that he had set over them
they shall be accomplished in seemeth yashar unto thee to Gedalyah ben Achikam ben
yom hahu before thee. go. So the captain of the Shaphan,
|17| But I will deliver thee in imperial guard gave |12| Then kol HaYehudim
yom hahu, saith Hashem; and him provision [of food] and a returned out of all places
thou shalt not be given into present, and let him go. whither they were driven, and
the yad of the anashim of |6| Then went Yirmeyah unto came to Eretz Yehudah, to
whom thou art afraid. Gedalyah ben Achikam to Gedalyah, unto Mitzpah, and
|18| For I will surely deliver Mitzpah; and dwelt with him gathered yayin and kayitz very
thee, and thou shalt not fall by among the people that were much.
the cherev, but thy nefesh left in ha'aretz. |13| Moreover Yochanan ben
shall be unto thee for plunder; |7| Now when all the officers Kareach, and all the officers
because thou hast put thy of the forces which were in the of the forces that were in the
trust in Me, saith Hashem. fields, even they and their fields, came to Gedalyah to
The Davar that anashim, heard that Melech Mitzpah,
40 came to Yirmeyah
from Hashem,
after Nevuzaradan the captain
Bavel had made Gedalyah ben
Achikam governor in the land,
and had committed unto him
|14| And said unto him, Dost
thou certainly know that
Baalis Melech Bnei Ammon
of the imperial guard had anashim, and nashim, and hath sent Yishmael ben
released him from Ramah, children, and of the poor of Netanyah to slay thee? But
when he had found him the land, of them that were Gedalyah ben Achikam
bound in chains among all of not carried away captive to the believed them not.
Yerushalayim and Yehudah of Golus of Babylon; |15| Then Yochanan ben
the Golus, which were being |8| Then they came to Kareach spoke to Gedalyah in
carried away captive unto Gedalyah to Mitzpah, even Mitzpah baseter (secretly)
Babylon. Yishmael ben Netanyah, and saying, Let me go, and I will
|2| And the captain of the Yochanan and Yonatan the slay Yishmael ben Netanyah,
imperial guard took Yirmeyah, Bnei Kareach, and Serayah and no man shall know it.
and said unto him, Hashem ben Tanchumet, and the Bnei Why should he slay thee, that
Eloheicha hath pronounced Ephai the Netophati, and all the Yehudim which are
this ra'ah upon this place. Yezanyah ben HaMa’achati, gathered unto thee should be
|3| Now Hashem hath they and their anashim. scattered, and the she'erit in
brought it about, and done |9| And Gedalyah ben Yehudah perish?
according as He hath said; Achikam ben Shaphan swore |16| But Gedalyah ben
because ye have sinned an oath unto them and to Achikam said unto Yochanan
against Hashem, have not their anashim, saying, Fear ben Kareach, Thou shalt not
obeyed His voice, so Davar not to serve the Kasdim do this thing; for thou
Hazeh is come upon you. (Chaldeans); dwell in the land, speakest sheker of Yishmael.
|4| And now, hinei, I loose and serve Melech Bavel, and it Now it came to
thee this yom from the chains
which were upon thine yad. If
it seem good in thy eyes to
shall be well with you.
|10| As for me, hineni, I will
dwell at Mitzpah, to serve the
41 pass in the seventh
month, that
Yishmael ben Netanyah ben
come with me into Babylon, Kasdim (Chaldeans), which Elishama, who was zera
come; and I will look well unto will come unto us; but ye, hameluchah, and the officers
thee; but if it seem ill unto gather ye yayin, and kayitz of HaMelech, even ten
thee to come with me into (summer fruit), and shemen, anashim with him, came unto
Babylon, forbear; hinei, kol and put them in your vessels, Gedalyah
ben Achikam to Mitzpah; and Gedalyah, was the same the sarisim, whom he had
there they did eat lechem cistern which Asa HaMelech brought from Giveon;
together in Mitzpah. had made for defense against |17| And they departed, and
|2| Then arose Yishmael ben Ba’asha Melech Yisroel: and dwelt in the Gerut Kimham,
Netanyah, and the ten Yishmael ben Netanyah filled which is near Beit-Lechem,
anashim that were with him, it with them that were slain. intending to go to Mitzrayim,
and struck down Gedalyah |10| Then Yishmael carried |18| Because of the Kasdim
ben Achikam ben Shaphan away captive all the she'erit of (Chaldeans); for they were
with the cherev, and killed the people that were in afraid of them, because
him, whom Melech Bavel had Mitzpah, even the banot Yishmael ben Netanyah had
made governor over ha'aretz. hamelech, and kol HaAm that slain Gedalyah ben Achikam,
|3| Yishmael also killed kol remained in Mitzpah, whom whom Melech Bavel made
haYehudim that were with Nevuzaradan the captain of governor in ha'aretz.
him, even with Gedalyah, at the imperial guard had Then all the army
Mitzpah, and the Kasdim
(Chaldeans) that were found
there, and the anshei
committed to Gedalyah ben
Achikam; and Yishmael ben
Netanyah carried them away
42 officers, and
Yochanan Ben
Kareach, and Yezanyah Ben
hamilchamah (men of war). captive, and departed to go Hoshayah, and kol HaAm
|4| It came to pass on the over to the Bnei Ammon. from the katon even unto the
second day after he had slain |11| When Yochanan ben gadol, came near,
Gedalyah and no man knew it, Kareach with all the officers of |2| And said unto Yirmeyah
|5| That there came certain the forces that were with him, HaNavi, Let, now,
men from Shechem, from heard of all the evil Yishmael techinnatenu (our
Shiloh, and from Shomron, ben Netanyah had done, supplication) be accepted
even 80 men, their beards |12| Then they took kol before thee, and pray on our
shaven, their clothes torn, ha’anashim, and went to fight behalf unto Hashem
having cut themselves, with with Yishmael ben Netanyah, Eloheicha, even on behalf of
minchah and incense in their and found him by the mayim all this she'erit (remnant); (for
hand, to bring them to the rabbim that are in Giveon. we are left but a few of many,
Beis Hashem. |13| Now it came to pass, that as thine eyes canst see;)
|6| And Yishmael ben when kol haAm which were |3| That Hashem Eloheicha
Netanyah went forth from with Yishmael saw Yochanan may show us the derech
Mitzpah to meet them, ben Kareach, and all the wherein we should walk, and
weeping all along as he went; officers of the forces that were the thing that we should do.
and it came to pass, as he met with him, then they were glad. |4| Then Yirmeyah HaNavi
them, he said unto them, |14| So kol haAm that said unto them, I have heard
Come to Gedalyah ben Yishmael had carried away you; hineni, I will pray unto
Achikam. captive from Mitzpah turned Hashem Eloheichem
|7| And it was so, when they and went over to Yochanan according to your devarim;
came into the midst of the Ir, ben Kareach. and it shall come to pass, that
that Yishmael ben Netanyah |15| But Yishmael ben whatsoever thing Hashem
slaughtered them, and cast Netanyah escaped from shall answer you, I will declare
them into the midst of the Yochanan with eight anashim, it unto you; I will keep nothing
cistern, he, and the anashim and went over to the Bnei back from you.
that were with him. Ammon. |5| Then they said to
|8| But ten anashim were |16| Then took Yochanan ben Yirmeyah, Hashem be an ed
found among them that said Kareach, and all the officers emes v'ne'eman (true
unto Yishmael, Slay us not, for of the forces that were with and faithful witness) against
we have hidden in the sadeh, him, all the she'erit haAm us, if we do not act even
chittim, se'orim, shemen, whom he had recovered from according to all things for the
devash. So he forbore, killed Yishmael ben Netanyah, from which Hashem Eloheicha
them not among the others. Mitzpah, after that he had shall send thee to us.
|9| Now the cistern wherein slain Gedalyah ben Achikam, |6| Whether it be tov, or
Yishmael had cast all the even gevarim anshei whether it be rah, we will obey
pigrei ha’anashim (dead hamilchamah, and the the voice of Hashem Eloheinu,
bodies of the men), whom he nashim, and the children, and to Whom we send thee; that it
had slain because of may be well with us,
when we obey the voice of the ra'av (famine), whereof ye And it came to
Hashem Eloheinu.
|7| And it came to pass after
aseret yamim (ten days), that
were afraid, shall follow close
after you there in Mitzrayim;
and there ye shall die.
43 pass, that when
Yirmeyah had
made an end of speaking unto
the Devar Hashem came unto |17| So shall it be with all the kol haAm all the divrei
Yirmeyah. anashim that set their faces to Hashem Eloheihem, for which
|8| Then he called Yochanan go into Mitzrayim to sojourn Hashem Eloheihem had sent
Ben Kareach, and all the army there; they shall die by the him to them, even all these
officers which were with him, cherev, by the ra'av (famine), words,
and kol HaAm from the katon and by the dever; and none of |2| Then spoke Azaryah ben
even to the gadol, them shall remain or escape Hoshayah, Yochanan ben Ka-
|9| And said unto them, Thus from the ra'ah (disaster) that I reach, and all the anashim ha-
saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, will bring upon them. zedim, saying unto Yirmeyah,
unto Whom ye sent me to |18| For thus saith Hashem Thou speakest sheker;
present your techinnah before Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: As Hashem Eloheinu hath not
Him; Mine anger and My wrath sent thee to say, Go not into
|10| If ye will still abide in hath been poured forth upon Mitzrayim to sojourn there;
this land, then will I build you the inhabitants of |3| But Baruch ben Neriyah
up, and not pull you down, Yerushalayim, so shall My inciteth thee against us, for to
and I will plant you, and not wrath be poured forth upon deliver us into the yad
uproot you; for I relent Me of you, when ye shall enter into haKasdim, that they might put
the ra'ah that I have brought Mitzrayim; and ye shall be an us to death, and carry us away
upon you. oath, and a horror, and a into the Golus of Babylon.
|11| Be not afraid of Melech kelalah (curse), and a |4| So Yochanan ben
Bavel, of whom ye are afraid; cherpah; and ye shall Kareach, and all the officers
be not afraid of him, saith see this makom no more. of the forces, and kol haAm,
Hashem; for I am with you to |19| Hashem hath said obeyed not the voice of
save you, and to deliver you concerning you, O ye she'erit Hashem, to dwell in Eretz
from his yad. Yehudah; Go ye not into Yehudah.
|12| And I will show Mitzrayim; know certainly that |5| But Yochanan ben
rachamim unto you, that he I have warned you, this day. Kareach, and all the officers
will have compassion |20| For ye acted deceitfully, of the forces, took all the
upon you, and cause you to erring in your nafshot, when she'erit Yehudah, that were
return to your own land. ye sent me unto Hashem returned from kol haGoyim,
|13| But if ye say, We will not Eloheichem, saying, Pray on where they had been driven
dwell in this land, disobeying our behalf unto Hashem there, to dwell in Eretz
the voice of Hashem Eloheinu; and according unto Yehudah;
Eloheichem, all that Hashem Eloheinu |6| Even men, and women,
|14| Saying, No; but we will shall say, so declare unto us, and children, and the banot
go into Eretz Mitzrayim, and we will do it. hamelech,and every nefesh
where we shall see no |21| And now I have this day that Nevuzaradan, the captain
milchamah, nor hear the declared it to you; but ye have of the imperial guard, had left
sound of the shofar, nor have not obeyed the voice of with Gedalyah ben Achikam
hunger for lechem; and there Hashem Eloheichem, nor ben Shaphan, and Yirmeyah
will we dwell; anything for the which He HaNavi, and Baruch ben
|15| And now therefore hear hath sent me unto you. Neriyah.
the Devar Hashem, ye She'erit |22| Now therefore know |7| So they came into Eretz
Yehudah (Remnant of Judah). certainly that ye shall die by Mitzrayim; for they obeyed not
Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os the cherev, by the ra'av the voice of Hashem; thus
Elohei Yisroel: If ye wholly set (famine), and by the dever, in came they even as far as
your faces to go to Mitzrayim, the makom where ye desire to Tahpanhes.
and go to sojourn there, go and to sojourn. |8| Then came the Devar
|16| Then it shall come to Hashem unto Yirmeyah in
pass, that the cherev, which ye Tahpanhes, saying,
feared, shall overtake you |9| Take avanim gedolim in
there in Eretz Mitzrayim, and thine yad, and bury
them in the clay in
the brick pavement, which is |3| Because of their ra'ah in My torah, nor in My
at the entrance of the bais (evil) which they have chukkot, that I set before you
Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, before committed to provoke Me to and before avoteichem.
the eyes of the anshei anger, in that they went to |11| Therefore thus saith
Yehudah; burn ketoret, and to serve Hashem Tzva'os Elohei
|10| And say unto them, Thus elohim acherim, whom they Yisroel: Hineni, I will set My
saith Hashem Tzva'os Elohei knew not, neither they, ye, nor face against you for ra'ah, and
Yisroel: Hineni, I will send avoteichem. to cut off kol Yehudah.
and take Nevuchadretzar |4| Howbeit I sent unto you |12| And I will take the
Melech Bavel, avdi (my all My avadim the Nevi'im, she'erit (remnant) of Yehudah,
servant), and will set his rising early and sending them, that have set their faces to go
throne upon these saying, Oh, do not this to'evah into Eretz Mitzrayim to
avanim that I have hid; and (abominable thing) that I hate. sojourn there, and they shall
he shall spread his royal |5| But they paid heed not, all be consumed, and fall in
pavilion over them. nor inclined their ozen to turn Eretz Mitzrayim; they shall
|11| And when he cometh, he from their ra'ah (wickedness), even be consumed by the
shall smite Eretz Mitzrayim, to burn no ketoret unto cherev and by the ra'av
and deliver such as are for elohim acherim. (famine); they shall die, from
mot to mot; and such as are |6| Wherefore My wrath and the katon even unto the gadol,
for captivity to captivity; and Mine anger was poured forth, by the cherev and by the ra'av;
such as are for the cherev to and was kindled in the towns and they shall be an object of
the cherev. of Yehudah and in the streets cursing, and a horror, and a
|12| And I will kindle an eish of Yerushalayim; and they are kelalah, and a cherpah.
in the batim (houses) of the become a desolate ruin, as at |13| For I will punish them
g-ds of Mitzrayim; and he this day. that dwell in Eretz Mitzrayim,
shall burn them, and carry |7| Therefore now thus saith just as I have punished
them away captive; and he Hashem Elohei Tzva'os Elohei Yerushalayim, by the cherev,
shall wrap himself with Eretz Yisroel: Why commit ye this by the ra'av, and by the dever;
Mitzrayim, as a ro'eh putteth ra'ah gedolah against your |14| So that none of the
on his garment; and he shall nefashot, to cut off from you she'erit (remnant) of Yehudah,
go forth from there in shalom. ish and isha, olel (child) and which are gone into Eretz
|13| He shall demolish also yonek (infant), out of Mitzrayim to sojourn there,
the matzevot Bais Shemesh, Yehudah, to leave you no shall escape or survive, that
that is in Eretz Mitzrayim; she'erit (remnant); they should return into Eretz
and the batim (houses) of the |8| In that ye provoke Me Yehudah, to the which they lift
g-ds of the Egyptians shall he unto wrath with the works of up [in desire] their nefesh to
burn with eish. your hands, burning ketoret return to dwell there; for none
unto elohim acherim in Eretz shall return but such as shall
Mitzrayim, where ye be gone escape.
to dwell, that ye might cut |15| Then all the anashim
yourselves off, and that ye which knew that their nashim
The davar that might be a kelalah (curse) and had burned ketoret unto
44 came to Yirmeyah
concerning all the
Yehudim which dwell in Eretz
a cherpah (reproach) among
kol HaGoyim of ha'aretz?
|9| Have ye forgotten the ra'ot
elohim acherim, and all the
nashim that stood by, a
kahal gadol (great multitude),
Mitzrayim, which dwell at (wickednesses) of avoteichem, even kol HaAm that dwelt in
Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and the ra'ot of the melachim Eretz Mitzrayim, in Patros,
and at Noph, and in the of Yehudah, and the ra'ot of answered Yirmeyah, saying,
country of Patros, saying, their nashim, and your own |16| As for the davar that
|2| Thus saith Hashem ra'ot, and the ra'ot of your thou hast spoken unto us
Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel; Ye have nashim, which they have b'Shem Hashem, we will not
seen all the ra'ah that I have committed in Eretz Yehudah, pay heed unto thee.
brought upon Yerushalayim, and in the streets of |17| But we will certainly
and upon all the towns of Yerushalayim? do whatsoever
Yehudah; and, behold, this |10| They are not contrite thing goeth forth out
day they are a ruin, and no even unto this day, neither
one dwelleth therein, have they feared, nor walked
of our own mouth, to burn torah, nor in His chukkot, nor into the yad of his oyevim, and
ketoret unto the Malkat in His edot; therefore this into the yad of them that seek
HaShomayim (the Queen of ra'ah has happened unto you, his nefesh; just as I gave
Heaven), and to pour out as at this day. Tzidkiyah Melech Yehudah
nesakhim (drink offerings) |24| Moreover Yirmeyah said into the yad of
unto her, as we have done, unto kol HaAm, and to all the Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel,
we, and Avoteinu, our nashim, Hear the Devar his oyev, and that sought his
Melachim, and our Sarim, in Hashem, all Yehudah that are nefesh (life).
the towns of Yehudah, and in in the Eretz Mitzrayim,
the streets of Yerushalayim; |25| Thus saith Hashem The Davar that
for then we had plenty of
lechem, and were tovim (well
off), and saw no ra'ah.
Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, saying:
Ye and your nashim have both
spoken with your mouths, and
45 Yirmeyah HaNavi
spoke unto Baruch
ben Neriyah, when he had
|18| But since we left off fulfilled with your yad, saying, written these words in a sefer
burning ketoret to the Malkat We will surely perform at the mouth of Yirmeyah, in
HaShomayim, and to pour out nedareinu (our vows) that we the fourth year of Y'hoyakim
nesakhim unto her, we have have vowed, to burn ketoret to ben Yoshiyah Melech
lacked all things, and have the Malkat HaShomayim, and Yehudah, saying,
been consumed by the cherev to pour out nesakhim unto |2| Thus saith Hashem,
and by the ra'av. her; ye will surely accomplish Elohei Yisroel, unto thee, O
|19| And when we burned your nedarim (vows), and Baruch:
ketoret to the Malkat surely perform your nedarim. |3| Thou didst say, Oy to me
HaShomayim, and poured |26| Therefore hear ye the now! For Hashem hath added
out nesakhim unto her, did we Devar Hashem, all Yehudah sorrow to my machovim
make for her in her image that dwell in Eretz Mitzrayim: (sorrows); I am worn out in my
cakes, and pour out nesakhim Hineni, I have sworn biShmi groaning, and I find no
unto her, without our HaGadol (by My great Name), menuchah.
anashim? saith Hashem, that Shmi shall |4| Thus shalt thou say unto
|20| Then Yirmeyah said no more be named in the him, Hashem saith thus:
unto kol HaAm, to the mouth of any Ish Yehudah in Hinei, that which I have built
gevarim, and to the all Eretz Mitzrayim, saying, will I tear down, and that
nashim, and to kol HaAm Adonoi Hashem liveth. which I have planted I will
which had given him that |27| Hineni, I will watch over uproot, even this kol haAretz.
answer, saying, them for ra'ah, and not for |5| And seekest thou gedolot
|21| The ketoret that ye tovah; and Kol Ish Yehudah (great things) for thyself? Seek
burned in the towns of that are in Eretz Mitzrayim them not; for, hineni, I will
Yehudah, and in the streets of shall be consumed by the bring ra'ah upon kol basar,
Yerushalayim, ye, and cherev and by ra'av, until saith Hashem; but thy nefesh
avoteichem, your melachim, there be an end of them. will I give unto thee for
and your sarim, and the am |28| Yet a small number that plunder in kol mekomot (all
ha'aretz, did not Hashem escape the cherev shall return places) whither thou goest.
remember them, and came it out of Eretz Mitzrayim into
not into His mind? Eretz Yehudah, and all the
|22| So that Hashem could she'erit (remnant) Yehudah, The Davar Hashem
no longer bear, because of the
wickedness of your doings,
and because of the to'evot
that are gone into Eretz
Mitzrayim to sojourn there,
shall know whose davar shall
46 which came to
Yirmeyah HaNavi
against the Goyim;
(abominations) which ye stand, Mine, or theirs. |2| Against Mitzrayim,
have committed; therefore is |29| And this shall be the ot against the army of Pharaoh
your land a desolation, and a (sign) unto you, saith Hashem, Necho Melech Mitzrayim,
ruin, and a kelalah, without that I will punish you in this which was by the river
an inhabitant, as at this day. makom, that ye may know that Euphrates in Carkemish
|23| Because ye have burned My Davar shall surely stand (Carchemish), which
ketoret, and because ye have against you for ra'ah: Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel
sinned against Hashem, and |30| Thus saith Hashem; defeated in the fourth year of
have not obeyed the voice of Hineni, I will give Pharaoh Y'hoyakim Ben Yoshiyah
Hashem, nor walked in His Chophra Melech Mitzrayim Melech Yehudah.
|3| Order ye the mogen and gibbor, and they are fallen |23| They shall cut down her
tzinnah (large shield), and both together. forest, saith Hashem, though
draw near to milchamah. |13| The Davar that Hashem it cannot be searched out;
|4| Harness the susim; and spoke to Yirmeyah HaNavi, because they are more in
get up, ye parashim how Nevuchadretzar Melech number than the arbeh
(horsemen), and stand forth Bavel would come and strike (locust), innumerable.
with your helmets; polish the Eretz Mitzrayim. |24| The Bat Mitzrayim shall
spears, and put on the armor. |14| Declare ye in Mitzrayim, be ashamed; she shall be
|5| What do I see? They are and publish in Migdol, and delivered into the yad of the
filled with terror and retreat! publish in Noph and in Am Tzafon (People of the
And their gibborim are beaten Tahpanhes; say ye, Stand fast, North).
down, and are fled speedily, prepare thee; for the cherev |25| Hashem Tzva'os Elohei
and look not back; for fear was shall devour all around thee. Yisroel, saith; Hineni, I will
all around, saith Hashem. |15| Why was it swept away? punish Amon of No, and
|6| Let not the swift flee away, They stood not, because Pharaoh, and Mitzrayim, with
nor the gibbor escape; they Hashem did drive them. their elohim, and their
shall stumble, and fall toward |16| He made many to melachim; even Pharaoh, and
the north by the river stumble, indeed, one fell upon all the botechim (ones
Euphrates. another; and they said, Arise, trusting) in him;
|7| Who is this that riseth like and let us go back to ammenu |26| And I will deliver them
the Nile, whose mayim surge (our own people), and to eretz into the yad of those that seek
like the rivers? moladteinu (land of our their nefesh, and into the yad
|8| Mitzrayim riseth up like birth), from the oppressing of Nevuchadretzar Melech
the Nile, and his mayim surge cherev. Bavel, and into the yad of his
like the rivers; and he saith, I |17| They did cry there, avadim; and afterward it shall
will go up, and will cover eretz Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim is be inhabited, as in the yemei
(earth); I will destroy cities but a noise; he hath passed kedem (days of old), saith
and the inhabitants thereof. the mo'ed (time appointed). Hashem.
|9| Come up, ye susim; and |18| As I live, saith |27| But fear not thou, O Avdi
rage, ye chariots; and let the HaMelech, Hashem Tzva'os Ya'akov, and be not dismayed,
Gibborim come forth; Kush Shmo, Surely as Tavor is O Yisroel; for, hineni, I will
and Put, that handle the among the harim, and as save thee from afar off, and
mogen; and the Ludim, Carmel by the yam, so shall he thy zera from the land of their
that handle and bend the [Nebuchadnezzar] come. captivity; and Ya'akov shall
keshet. |19| O thou Bat dwelling in return, and be in rest and
|10| For this is the Yom Mitzrayim, prepare thyself to securely at ease, and none
Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os, a day go into Golus; for Noph shall shall make him afraid.
of vengeance, that He may be waste and desolate without |28| Fear thou not, O Ya'akov
avenge Him on His an inhabitant. Avdi, saith Hashem; for I am
adversaries; and the cherev |20| Mitzrayim is like a very with thee; for I will make a full
shall devour, and it shall be fair eglah, but a gadfly comes; end of kol HaGoyim where I
satiate and made drunk with it comes out of the tzafon. have scattered thee; but I will
their dahm; for Adonoi |21| Also her mercenaries are not make a full end of thee,
Hashem Tzva'os hath a zevach in the midst of her like young but correct thee with mishpat
in eretz tzafon by the river calves of the stall; for they also (justice); yet will I not leave
Euphrates. are turned back, and are fled thee wholly unpunished.
|11| Go up into Gilàd, and away together; they did not The Devar Hashem
take balm, O Betulat Bat
Mitzrayim; in vain shalt thou
use many refu'ot (healing
stand, because the day of their
calamity was come upon
them, and the time of their
47 that came to
Yirmeyah HaNavi
against the Pelishtim
remedies, medicines); for thou pekuddat. (Philistines), before Pharaoh
shalt not be healed. |22| The noise thereof [the smote Azah (Gaza).
|12| The Goyim have heard of sound of Egypt fleeing] shall go |2| Thus saith Hashem:
thy shame, and thy cry hath like a nachash; for they [her Hinei, waters rise up out of
filled ha'aretz; for the gibbor enemies] shall march in force, the north, and shall be an
hath stumbled against the and come against her with overflowing
axes, as choppers of wood.
flood, and shall overflow the |4| Moav is destroyed; her |14| How say ye, We are
land, and all that is therein; little ones have caused a cry to gibborim and anshei chayil
the Ir, and them that dwell be heard. for the milchamah?
therein; then the adam shall |5| For in the Ascent of |15| Moav is destroyed, and
cry, and all the inhabitants of Luchit continual weeping gone up out of her towns, and
the land shall wail. shall go up; for in the descent his chosen bochurim are gone
|3| At the noise of the of Choronayim the anguished down to the slaughter, saith
stamping of the hooves of his ones have heard a cry HaMelech Hashem Tzva'os
mighty steeds, at the rushing of shever (destruction). Shmo.
of his chariots, and at the |6| Flee, save your nefesh, |16| The calamity of Moav is
rumbling of his wheels, the and be like Aroer in the near at hand, and his
avot shall not look back to midbar. affliction hasteth fast.
their banim for the limpness |7| For because thou hast |17| All ye that are around
of their hands; trusted in thy ma'asim (works) him, bemoan him; and all ye
|4| Because of the Yom and in thy otzarot, thou shalt that know shmo, say, How is
HaBah for destroying all the also be captured; and the matteh oz (strong staff)
Pelishtim (Philistines), and to Chemosh shall go forth into broken, and the beautiful rod!
cut off from Tzor and Tzidon Golus with his kohanim and |18| Thou Bat that dost
every helper that remaineth; his sarim together. inhabit Divon, come down
for Hashem will destroy the |8| And the destroyer shall from thy kavod, and sit on
Pelishtim (Philistines), the come upon every city, and no parched ground; for the
remnant of the coast of city shall escape: the emek plunderer of Moav shall come
Caphtor. (valley) also shall perish, and upon thee, and he shall
|5| The shaved head has the plain shall be shmad destroy thy strongholds.
come upon Azah (Gaza); (destroyed), as Hashem hath |19| O inhabitant of Aroer,
Ashkelon is silenced. Remnant spoken. stand by the derech, and
of their valley, how long wilt |9| Give wings unto Moav, watch; ask him that fleeth,
thou cut thyself? that it may flee and get away; and her that escapeth, and
|6| O thou cherev Hashem, for the towns thereof shall be say, What has happened?
how long will it be until thou desolate, without any to dwell |20| Moav is shamed; for it is
be quiet? Put up thyself into therein. broken down: wail and cry
thy scabbard, rest, and be still. |10| Cursed be he that doeth out; tell ye it in Arnon, that
|7| How can it be quiet, the work of Hashem remiyyah Moav is destroyed,
seeing Hashem hath given it a (deceitfully), and cursed be he |21| And mishpat is come
charge against Ashkelon, and that keepeth back his cherev upon the plain; upon Cholon,
against the sea coast? There from bloodshed. and upon Yahtzah, and upon
hath He appointed it. |11| Moav hath been at ease Mepha'at,
Against Moav thus from his youth, and he hath |22| And upon Divon, and
48 saith Hashem
Tzva'os Elohei
Yisroel: Hoy (woe, doom) unto
settled on his wine dregs, and
hath not been emptied from
keli (vessel) to keli, neither
upon Nevo, and upon Beit-
Divlatayim,
|23| And upon Kiryatayim,
Nevo! For it is made havoc; hath he gone into Golus: and upon Beit-Gamul, and
Kiryatayim is shamed and therefore his taste remained upon Beit-Me'on,
captured; Misgav is shamed in him, and his scent is not |24| And upon Keriot, and
and dismayed. changed. upon Botzrah, and upon all
|2| There shall be no more |12| But, hinei, the days the towns of Eretz Moav, far or
tehillah (praise) of Moav; in come, saith Hashem, that I near.
Cheshbon they have plotted will send unto him wine |25| The keren of Moav is cut
ra'ah against it; come, and let pourers, that shall pour him off, and his zero'a is broken,
us cut it off from being a out, and shall empty his kelim saith Hashem.
nation. Also thou shalt be (vessels), and smash their jars. |26| Make ye him drunken;
silenced, O Madmein; the |13| And Moav shall be for he magnified himself
cherev shall pursue thee. ashamed of Chemosh, just against Hashem; Moav also
|3| A voice of crying shall be as Bais Yisroel was ashamed shall wallow in his vomit, and
from Choronayim, havoc and of Beit-El, their confidence. he also shall be in derision.
shever gadol (great
destruction).
|27| For was not Yisroel a because the riches that he the bnei sha'on (sons of
derision unto thee? Was he hath gotten are perished. tumult).
found among ganavim |37| For every rosh shall be |46| Oy be unto thee, O Moav!
(thieves)? For since thou spoke shaved, and every zakan The people of Chemosh
of him, thou dost scornful (beard) cut: upon all the perisheth; for thy banim are
head wagging. hands shall be slashes, and taken captives, and thy banot
|28| O ye that dwell in Moav, upon the loins sackcloth. into captivity.
leave the towns, and dwell in |38| There shall be |47| Yet will I bring again the
the rock, and be like the yonah lamentation generally upon captives of Moav in the acharit
that maketh her nest in the all the gagot (roofs) of Moav, hayamim, saith Hashem.
sides of the cave's mouth. and in the streets thereof; for I Hinei, the mishpat Moav
|29| We have heard the ga'on have broken Moav like (judgment of Moab).
Moav, (he is exceeding proud), a keli (vessel) wherein is no
his highmindedness, and his chefets (pleasure) saith Concerning Bnei
conceit, and his ga'avah, and
the haughtiness of his lev.
|30| I know his insolence,
Hashem.
|39| They shall wail, saying,
How is it shattered! How hath
49 Ammon, thus saith
Hashem: Hath
Yisroel no banim? Hath he no
saith Hashem; but it shall not Moav turned the back with yoresh (heir)? Why then doth
be so; his boasts have made shame! So shall Moav be a Malcam (Molech) inherit Gad,
nothing right. laughingstock and a horror to and his people dwell in his
|31| Therefore will I wail for all them about him. towns?
Moav, and I will cry out for all |40| For thus saith Hashem; |2| Therefore, hinei, the days
Moav; I shall moan for the Hinei, one shall fly like the come, saith Hashem, that I
anashim of Kir- Cheres. nesher, and shall spread his will cause an alarm of
|32| O gefen (vine) of Sivmah, wings over Moav. milchamah to be heard in
I will weep for thee with the |41| Keriot is captured, and Rabbah of Bnei Ammon; and
weeping of Yazer; thy the strongholds are taken, and it shall become a desolate tel
branches are spread over the the lev gibborim in Moav at (mound), and her banot shall
yam, they reach even to the that day shall be as the lev be burned with eish: then
yam Yazer; the plunderer is isha in her birth pangs. shall Yisroel dispossess his
fallen upon thy summer fruits |42| And Moav shall be dispossessors, saith Hashem.
and upon thy vintage. destroyed from being a people, |3| Wail, O Cheshbon, for Ai
|33| And simchah and because he hath magnified is plundered: cry out, ye
gladness is taken from the himself against Hashem. banot of Rabbah, gird you
carmel, and from Eretz Moav, |43| Pachad (fear), and the with sackcloth; lament, and
and I have caused yayin to fail pakhat (pit), and the pach rush to and fro inside the
from the winepresses; none (snare), shall be upon thee, O walls; for Malcam (Molech)
shall tread with shouting; inhabitant of Moav, saith shall go into Golus, and his
their shouting shall not be Hashem. kohanim and his sarim
[joyful] shouting. |44| He that fleeth from the together.
|34| From the cry of pachad (terror) shall fall into |4| Why gloriest thou in the
Cheshbon even unto Elealeh, the pakhat (pit); and he that valleys, thy flowing emek
and even unto Yahatz, have getteth up out of the pakhat (valley), O Bat hashovevah
they uttered their voice, from shall be caught in the pach (backsliding Daughter)? That
Tzoar even unto Choronayim, (snare); for I will bring upon trusted in her otzarot, saying,
as Eglat-Shlishiyah; for the it, even upon Moav, the shnat Who shall come unto Me?
mayim also of Nimrim (year of) their pekuddat |5| Hineni, I will bring a
shall be dried up. (visitation), saith Hashem. pachad (terror) upon thee,
|35| Moreover I will cause to |45| They that fled stood saith Adonoi Hashem Tzva'os,
cease in Moav, saith Hashem, under the tzel (shadow) of from all those that be around
him that offereth in the high Cheshbon without ko'ach; for thee; and ye shall be driven
places, and him that burneth an eish shall come forth out of out, every ish before him; and
ketoret to his elohim. Cheshbon, and a flame from none shall gather up the
|36| Therefore Mine lev shall the midst of Sichon, and shall fugitive.
wail for Moav like flutes, and devour the forehead of Moav,
Mine lev shall wail like flutes and the crown of the head of
for the anashim of Kir-Cheres;
|6| And afterward I will bring |15| For, hinei, I will make Edom be as the lev of an isha
back the captivity of the Bnei thee katon among the Goyim, in her birth pangs.
Ammon, saith Hashem. and despised among adam. |23| Concerning Damascus:
|7| Concerning Edom, thus |16| Thy fierceness hath Chamat is shamed, and
saith Hashem Tzva'os; Is deceived thee, and the zadon Arpad, for they have heard
chochmah no more in Teman? (pride, malice) of thine lev, O bad news; they are
Is etzah perished from the thou that dwellest in the clefts fainthearted; there is anxiety
prudent? Is their chochmah of the rock, that holdest the on the yam (sea); it cannot be
vanished? height of the hill; though thou quiet.
|8| Flee ye, turn back, dwell shouldest make thy ken (nest) |24| Damascus has grown
in the depths, O inhabitants of as high as the nesher, I will feeble, and turneth herself to
Dedan; for I will bring the bring thee down from there, flee, and fear hath gripped
calamity of Esav upon him, saith Hashem. her; anguish and chavalim
the time that I will visit [to |17| Also Edom shall be a (pains) have taken her, as a
punish] him. horror; every one that goeth by woman in travail.
|9| If grape gatherers come to it shall be appalled, and shall |25| How is it that the Ir
thee, would they not leave hiss at all the makkot Tehillah is not deserted, the
some grape gleanings? If (wounds, blows) thereof. town of My joy!
ganavim balailah (thieves by |18| As in the overthrow of |26| Therefore her bochurim
night), they will destroy only Sodom and Amora shall fall in her streets, and all
till they have enough. (Gomorrah) and the the anshei milchamah shall
|10| But I have stripped Esav neighboring towns thereof, be destroyed in that day, saith
bare, I have uncovered his saith Hashem, no ish shall Hashem Tzva'os.
hiding places, and he shall not abide there, neither shall a |27| And I will kindle an eish
be able to hide himself; his ben adam dwell in it. in the chomat Damascus, and
zera are plundered, |19| Hinei, he shall come up it shall consume the fortresses
and his brethren, and his like an aryeh from the thicket of Ben-hadad.
shchenim (neighbors) and he of the Yarden against the rich |28| Concerning Kedar, and
is no more. pastureland; but I will concerning the mamlechot of
|11| Leave thy yatomim suddenly make him run away Chatzor, which
(fatherless, orphans), I will from her; and who is Bachur Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel
preserve them alive; and let (Chosen one), that I may shall strike, thus saith
thy almanot trust in Me. appoint over her? Mi khamoni Hashem; Arise ye, go up to
|12| For thus saith Hashem: (who is like Me)? And who will Kedar, and plunder the Bnei
Hinei, they [i.e., the innocent] arraign Me? And who is that Kedem.
whose mishpat was not to Ro'eh (shepherd) that will |29| Their ohalim and their
drink of the Kos have stand before Me? tzon shall they take away; they
assuredly drunken; and art |20| Therefore hear the etzat shall carry off for themselves
thou he that shall altogether Hashem, that He hath their tent curtains, and all
go unpunished? Thou shalt planned against Edom; and their kelim (vessels), their
not go unpunished, but thou His purposes, that He hath gemalim (camels); and they
shalt surely drink of it. purposed against the shall cry unto them, Magor
|13| For I have sworn by inhabitants of Teman; Surely (terror, fear) is on every side.
Myself, saith Hashem, that the young ones of the tzon |30| Flee, get you far off,
Botzrah shall become a shall drag them away; surely dwell in the depths, O ye
desolation, a cherpah, a He shall make their inhabitants of Chatzor, saith
reproach, and a kelalah; and habitation desolate because of Hashem; for Nevuchadretzar
all the towns thereof shall be them. Melech Bavel hath plotted an
perpetual ruins. |21| Ha'aretz shakes at the etzah (plot, plan, counsel)
|14| I have heard a message noise of their fall, at the cry against you, and hath
from Hashem, and an envoy is the noise thereof was heard in conceived a plan against you.
sent unto the Goyim, saying, Yam Suf. |31| Arise, get you up unto
Gather ye together, and come |22| Hinei, He shall come up the nation which is at
against her, and rise up to the and fly like the nesher, and ease, that dwelleth
milchamah. spread His wings over securely, saith Hashem,
Botzrah; and in that day shall which have neither gates
the lev of the Gibborim of
nor bars, which dwell alone. The Davar that |9| For, hinei, I will stir up
|32| And their gemalim
(camels) shall be for plunder,
and the multitude of their
50 Hashem spoke
against Bavel and
against Eretz Kasdim
and cause to come up against
Bavel a Kahal Goyim Gedolim
from eretz tzafon (land of the
mikneh (herds) a plunder; and (Chaldeans) by Yirmeyah north); and they shall set
I will scatter unto kol ruach HaNavi. themselves in array against
(all winds) them that cut off |2| Declare ye among the her; from there she shall be
the [hair] corners; and I will Goyim, and publish, and lift captured; their khitzim
bring their calamity from all up a nes (banner); publish, (arrows) shall be as of
sides thereof, saith Hashem. and conceal not; say, Bavel is a gibbor maskil, one that does
|33| And Chatzor shall be a captured, Bel is put not return empty-handed.
ma'on (dwelling) for jackals, to shame, Merodach is |10| And Kasdim (Chaldea)
and a desolation ad olam dismayed; her atzabim shall be a plunder: all that
(forever); there shall no ish (images) are shamed, her plunder her shall have their
abide there, nor any ben gilulim (idols) are dismayed. fill, saith Hashem.
adam dwell in it. |3| For out of the tzafon |11| Because ye were glad,
|34| The Devar Hashem that (north) there cometh up a because ye rejoiced, O ye
came to Yirmeyah HaNavi nation against her, which pillagers of Mine nachalah,
against Elam in the beginning shall make her land a horror, because ye frisk about as the
of the reign of Tzidkiyah and none shall dwell eglah (heifer) threshing grain,
Melech Yehudah, saying, therein; they shall wander, and neigh like stallions;
|35| Thus saith Hashem they shall depart, both adam |12| Your em shall be deeply
Tzva'os; Hineni: I will break and behemah. ashamed; she that bore you
the keshet (bow, power) of |4| In those yamim, and in shall be disgraced; hinei, the
Elam, the mainstay of their that time, saith Hashem, the least of the Goyim shall be a
might. Bnei Yisroel shall go, they and midbar, a dry land, and an
|36| And upon Elam will I the Bnei Yehudah together, aravah.
bring the arba ruchot (four in tears weeping; they shall go, |13| Because of the wrath of
winds) from the four quarters and seek Hashem Eloheihem. Hashem it shall not be
of Shomayim, and will scatter |5| They shall ask the derech inhabited, but it shall be
them toward all those ruchot; to Tziyon with their faces wholly desolate; every one that
and there shall be no nation turned toward it, saying, passeth by Bavel shall be
where the outcasts of Elam Come, and let us join horrified, and hiss at all her
shall not go. ourselves to Hashem in a makkot.
|37| For I will cause Elam to Brit Olam that shall not be |14| Put yourselves in array
be dismayed before their forgotten. against Bavel all around; all
oyevim, and before them that |6| My people hath been tzon ye that bend the keshet, shoot
seek their nefesh; and I will ovedot (lost sheep); their ro'im at her, spare no khetz (arrow);
bring ra'ah upon them, even (shepherds) have caused them for she hath sinned against
My charon af, saith Hashem; to go astray, they have turned Hashem.
and I will send the cherev them away on the harim; they |15| Shout against her all
after them, till I have have wandered from har to around; she hath surrendered
consumed them: givah (hill), they have her yad; her bulwarks are
|38| And I will set My Kisse in forgotten their resting place. fallen, her chomot (walls) are
Elam, and will destroy from |7| All that found them have torn down; for it is the
there melech and the sarim, devoured them; and their vengeance of Hashem; take
saith Hashem. adversaries said, We offend vengeance upon her; just as
|39| Yet it shall come to pass not, because they have sinned she hath done, do unto her.
in the acharit hayamim, that I against Hashem, the naveh |16| Cut off the sower from
will bring again the captivity tzedek, even Hashem, the Bavel, and him that reapeth
of Elam, saith Hashem. mikveh Avoteihem. with the magal (sickle) in the
|8| Flee out of the midst of time of katzir; for fear of the
Bavel, and go forth out of the oppressing cherev they shall
Eretz Kasdim (Chaldeans), turn every ish to his people,
and leave as the male goats and they shall flee every ish to
before the tzon. his own land.
|17| Yisroel is a seh pezurah work of Adonoi Hashem may bring rest to ha'aretz, and
(scattered sheep); the aryot Tzva'os in Eretz Kasdim. disquiet the inhabitants of
(lions) have driven him away; |26| Come against her from Bavel.
first Melech Ashur (King of afar, open her storehouses; |35| A cherev is upon the
Assyria) hath devoured him; pile her up like heaps of grain, Kasdim (Chaldeans), saith
and last this Nevuchadretzar and destroy her utterly; let Hashem, and upon the
Melech Bavel hath broken his nothing of her be she'erit inhabitants of Bavel, and
atzmot. (remnant). upon her sarim, and upon her
|18| Therefore thus saith |27| Slay all her bulls; let chachamim.
Hashem Tzva'os Elohei them go down latevach (to the |36| A cherev is upon the
Yisroel: Hineni, I will punish slaughter; see Isaiah 53:7); diviners [false prophets who
Melech Bavel and his land, as woe unto them! For their day practice divination]; and they
I have punished Melech is come, the time of their shall become fools; a cherev is
Ashur. visitation [for punishment]. upon her gibborim; and they
|19| And I will bring Yisroel |28| The voice of them that shall be dismayed.
back to his naveh (habitation), flee and escape as fugitives |37| A cherev is upon their
and he shall feed on Carmel out of Eretz Bavel, to declare susim, and upon their
and Bashan, and his nefesh in Tziyon the vengeance of chariots, and upon all the
shall be satisfied upon Har Hashem Eloheinu, the mixed rabble that are in the
Ephrayim and Gilàd. vengeance of His Heikhal. midst of her; and they shall
|20| In those yamim, and at |29| Call together the archers become as nashim; a cherev is
that time, saith Hashem, the against Bavel; all ye that bend upon her otzarot; and they
avon Yisroel shall be searched the keshet, encamp against it shall be plundered.
for, and there shall be none; all around; let none thereof |38| A chorev (drought) is
and the chattot Yehudah, and escape; repay her according to upon her mayim; and they
they shall not be found; for I her work; according to all that shall be dried up; for it is the
will pardon them whom I she hath done, do unto her; eretz pesalim (land of idols),
preserve as remnant. for she hath arrogantly defied and they go mad over idols.
|21| Go up against Eretz Hashem Kadosh Yisroel. |39| Therefore the wild
Meratayim, even against it, |30| Therefore shall her animals of the desert with the
and against the inhabitants of bochurim fall in the streets, hyenas shall dwell in her
Pekod; lay waste and utterly and all her anshei milchamah [Babylon], and the ostriches
destroy after them, saith shall be destroyed in that day, shall dwell therein; and it
Hashem, and do according to saith Hashem. shall be no more inhabited
all that I have commanded |31| Hineni, I am against lanetzach (forever); neither
thee. thee, O thou zadon (proud shall it be dwelt in from dor
|22| A sound of milchamah is one), saith Adonoi Hashem vador.
in ha'aretz, and of shever Tzva'os; for thy day is come, |40| As Elohim overthrew
gadol (great destruction). the time that I will visit Sodom and Amora
|23| How is the patish thee [for punishment]. (Gomorrah) and the
(hammer) of kol ha'aretz (the |32| And the zadon shall neighboring towns thereof,
whole earth) shattered and stumble and fall, and none saith Hashem; so shall no ish
broken! How is Bavel become shall raise him up; and I will abide there, neither shall any
a desolation among the kindle an eish in his towns, ben adam dwell therein.
Goyim! and it shall devour all around |41| Hinei, an am (people,
|24| I have laid a trap for him. army) shall come from the
thee, and thou art indeed |33| Thus saith Hashem tzafon (north), and a Goy
caught, O Bavel, and thou Tzva'os; The Bnei Yisroel and Gadol, and melachim rabbim
wast not aware; thou art the Bnei Yehudah were shall be stirred up from the
found, and also caught, oppressed together; and all ends of the earth.
because thou hast striven that took them captives held |42| They shall wield keshet
against Hashem. them fast; they refused to let and spear; they are cruel, and
|25| Hashem hath opened them go. shall show no rachamim; their
His armory, and hath brought |34| Their Go'el is chazak voice shall roar like the yam,
forth the weapons of His (strong), Hashem Tzva'os and they shall ride upon
indignation; for this is the Shmo: He shall thoroughly susim, every one put in
defend their cause, so that He array, like an ish for the
milchamah, against thee, O |5| For Yisroel hath not been end is come, and the cubit of
Bat Bavel. forsaken nor Yehudah by thy being cut off.
|43| Melech Bavel hath heard Elohav, by Hashem Tzva'os; |14| Hashem Tzva'os hath
the report of them, and his though their land be filled sworn by His Nefesh, saying,
hands fell feeble; anguish took with asham (guilt) against Surely I will fill thee with
hold of him, and labor pangs Kadosh Yisroel. adam, as with locusts; and
as of a woman in travail. |6| Flee out of the midst of they shall lift up a shout
|44| Hinei, like an aryeh Bavel, and deliver every ish against thee.
(lion) coming up from the his nefesh; be not slain |15| He hath made Eretz by
thicket of the Yarden unto because of her avon; for this is His ko'ach, He hath
perennial pastures, I will the time of Hashem's established the tevel by His
make them suddenly run away vengeance; He will render chochmah, and hath stretched
from her; and who is the unto her a full recompence. out Shomayim by His
Bachur (Chosen One) that over |7| Bavel hath been a Kos tevunah.
her I will appoint? For who is Zahav in the yad Hashem, |16| When He thundereth His
like Me? And who can arraign that made kol ha'aretz voice, there is a tumult of
Me? And who is that Ro'eh drunken; the Goyim drank of mayim in Shomayim; and He
that will stand before Me? her yayin; therefore the bringeth up clouds from the
|45| Therefore hear ye the Goyim go mad. ends of ha'aretz; He maketh
etzah of Hashem, that He |8| Bavel is suddenly fallen lightnings with matar, and
hath planned against Bavel; and broken; wail for her; take bringeth forth the ru'ach out
and His purposes, that He balm for her pain, perhaps of his otzarot.
hath purposed against the she may be healed. |17| Kol adam is dull-hearted
Eretz Kasdim; Surely the little |9| We would have healed and without da'as; every
ones of the tzon shall be Bavel, but she cannot be goldsmith is shamed by the
dragged away; surely He shall healed; forsake her, and let us pesel; for his nesekh (molten
make their naveh (pasture) go every ish into his own image) is sheker, and there is
desolate because of them. country; for her mishpat no ruach in them.
|46| At the noise of the reacheth unto Shomayim, and |18| They are hevel (futile,
capture of Bavel ha'aretz (the is lifted up even to the skies. vain), the work of delusion; in
earth) is shaken, and the |10| Hashem hath brought the time of their pekudah they
outcry is heard among the forth tzidkoteinu (our shall perish.
Goyim. righteousness, vindication); |19| The Chelek Ya'akov
Thus saith come, and let us declare in (Portion of Jacob) is not like
51 Hashem: Hineni, I
will stir up against
Bavel, and against them that
Tziyon the ma'aseh Hashem
Eloheinu.
|11| Sharpen the khitzim
them; for the Yotzer (Maker) of
all things is He; and Yisroel is
the Shevet of His nachalah:
dwell in Lev Kamai [i.e., (arrows); take up the shields; Hashem Tzva'os Shmo.
Babylon] a ruach mashchit Hashem hath stirred up the |20| Thou art my battle ax
(spirit of destruction); ruach of the melachim of the and klei milchamah (weapons
|2| And will send unto Bavel Medes: for His mezimah of war); for with thee will I
winnowers, that shall blow her (plan) is against Bavel, to break in pieces the Goyim,
chaff away, and shall empty destroy it; because it is the and with thee will I destroy
her land; for in the Yom Ra'ah vengeance of Hashem, the mamlechot (kingdoms);
(Day of Disaster) they shall be vengeance for His Heikhal. |21| And with thee will I
against her on every side. |12| Lift up the nes (banner) break in pieces the sus and his
|3| Against her let the archer upon the chomat Bavel, rider; and with thee will I
bend his keshet, and against reinforce the mishmeret break in pieces the merkavah
her let him rise up in his (guard), station the shomrim and his rider;
armor; and spare ye not her (watchmen), prepare |22| With thee also will I
bochurim; destroy ye utterly the ambushes; for Hashem break in pieces ish and isha;
all her army. hath both devised and done and with thee will I break in
|4| Thus the slain shall fall in that which He spoke against pieces zaken and na'ar; and
the Eretz Kasdim, and they the inhabitants of Bavel. with thee will I break in pieces
that are thrust through in her |13| O thou that dwellest the bochur and the betulah;
streets. upon mayim rabbim,
abundant in otzarot, thine
|23| I will also break in pieces (might) hath failed; they sleep shenat olam (a perpetual
with thee the ro'eh and his became as nashim; they have sleep), and never awake, saith
eder; and with thee will I burned her mishkenot Hashem.
break in pieces the ikkar (dwelling places); her bars are |40| I will bring them down
(farmer) and his yoke of oxen; broken. like lambs litvo'ach (to the
and with thee will I break in |31| One runner shall run to slaughter, see Isaiah 53:7), like
pieces pachot (rulers) and meet another, and one maggid rams with male goats.
seganim (officials). (messenger) to meet another |41| How is Sheshach
|24| And I will render unto maggid, to show Melech Bavel [Babylon] taken! And how is
Bavel and to all the that his city is captured on all the tehillat kol ha'aretz seized!
inhabitants of Kasdim all sides, How is Bavel become a horror
their ra'ah that they have done |32| And that the ma’abarot to behold among the Goyim!
in Tziyon in your sight, saith (fords, river-crossings) have |42| The yam (sea) will arise
Hashem. been seized, and the marshes over Bavel; she is covered with
|25| Hineni, I am against burned with eish, and the the tumult of the waves
thee, O Har HaMashchit anshei hamilchamah are thereof.
(Destroying Mountain), saith terrified. |43| Her towns are a horror
Hashem, which destroyest kol |33| For thus saith Hashem to behold, a dry land, and an
ha'aretz; and I will stretch out Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel: Bat aravah, a land wherein no ish
Mine Yad upon thee, and roll Bavel is like a goren (threshing dwelleth, neither doth any ben
thee down from the cliffs, and floor), when it is time to adam pass thereby.
will make thee a har serefah trample her; yet a little while, |44| And I will punish Bel
(burned out mountain). and the time of her katzir [Marduk] in Bavel, and I will
|26| And they shall not take shall come. bring forth out of his mouth
of thee an even (stone) for a |34| Nevuchadretzar Melech that which he hath gulped
pinnah (cornerstone), nor an Bavel hath devoured me, he down; and the Goyim shall not
even (stone) for mosadot hath crushed me, he hath stream together any more unto
(foundations); but thou shalt made me an empty vessel, he him; indeed, the chomat
be desolate forever, saith hath swallowed me up like Bavel shall fall.
Hashem. Tannin (Monster), he hath |45| My people, come ye out
|27| Lift ye up a nes (banner) filled his belly with delicacies of the midst of her, and save
in ha'aretz, blow the shofar of me, he hath vomited me ye every ish his nefesh from
among the Goyim, prepare the out. the charon af Hashem.
Goyim against her, call |35| The chamas done to me |46| And lest your lev faint,
together against her the and to my flesh be upon and ye fear at the rumor that
mamlechot of Ararat, Minni, Bavel, shall the inhabitant of shall be heard in ha'aretz; a
and Ashkhenaz; appoint a Tziyon say; my dahm upon the rumor shall both come one
commander against her; cause inhabitants of Kasdim, shall year, and after that in another
the sus to come up like the Yerushalayim say. year shall come a rumor,
swarming locusts. |36| Therefore thus saith rumors of chamas in ha'aretz,
|28| Prepare against her the Hashem; Hineni, I will defend moshel (ruler) against moshel.
Goyim with the melachim thy cause, and take vengeance |47| Therefore, hinei, the
(kings) of the Medes, the for thee; and I will dry up her days are coming when I will
pachot (rulers) thereof, and all yam, and make her makor visit [in punishment] the
the seganim (officials) thereof, (spring) dry. pesalim of Bavel; and her
and all the countries ruled |37| And Bavel shall become whole land shall be shamed,
thereof. heaps of ruin, a ma'on for and all her slain shall fall in
|29| And ha'aretz shall shake jackals, a horror to behold, the midst of her.
and tremble; for every purpose astonishment, and a hissing, |48| Then the Shomayim and
of Hashem shall be performed without an inhabitant. ha'aretz, and all that is
against Bavel, to make eretz |38| They shall roar together therein, shall sing joyously
Bavel a desolation without an like lions; they shall growl as over Bavel; for the plunderers
inhabitant. cubs of arayot (lions). shall come unto her from the
|30| The Gibborim of Bavel |39| In their excitement I will tzafon (north), saith Hashem.
have ceased to fight, they have prepare their mishtim (feasts), |49| Bavel must fall because
remained in their metzadot and I will make them shikkor, of the slain of Yisroel
(strongholds); their gevurah that they may rejoice, and as the slain of
kol ha'aretz have fallen burned with eish; and the rebelled against HaMelech
because of Bavel. people shall labor in vain, and Bavel.
|50| Ye that have escaped the the peoples wear themselves |4| And it came to pass in
cherev, leave, stand not still; out only for eish. the ninth year of his reign, in
remember Hashem afar off, |59| The Davar which the tenth month, in the tenth
and let Yerushalayim come Yirmeyah HaNavi day of the month, that
into your heart. commanded Serayah Ben Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel
|51| We are ashamed, Neriyah Ben Machseiyah, came, he and all his army,
because we have heard when he went with Tzidkiyah against Yerushalayim, and
cherpah; shame hath covered Melech Yehudah into Bavel in encamped against it, and built
our faces; for zarim are come the fourth year of his reign. siege-works against it round
into the Mikdeshei Beis And this Serayah was sar about.
Hashem. menuchah (quartermaster). |5| So HaIr went under siege
|52| Wherefore, hinei, the |60| So Yirmeyah wrote in a unto the eleventh year of
days are coming, saith sefer all the ra'ah that should Melech Tzidkiyah.
Hashem, that I will visit [in come upon Bavel, even all |6| And in the fourth month,
punishment] her pesalim these devarim that are written in the ninth day of the month,
(graven images); and through against Bavel. the ra'av (famine) was severe
all her land the wounded shall |61| And Yirmeyah said to in the Ir, so that there was no
groan. Serayah, When thou comest to lechem for the Am HaAretz.
|53| Though Bavel should Bavel, and shalt see, and shalt |7| Then the Ir was broken
ascend to Shomayim, and read all these Devarim; through, and all the anshei
though she should fortify the |62| Then shalt thou say, hamilchamah fled, and went
height of her stronghold, yet Hashem, Thou hast spoken forth out of the Ir by lailah by
from Me shall plunderers against this makom, to cut it the way of the gate between
come unto her, saith Hashem. off, that none shall remain in the two walls, which was near
|54| A sound of a cry cometh it, neither adam nor behemah, the Gan HaMelech; (now the
from Bavel, and shever gadol but that it shall be desolate Kasdim [Chaldeans] were
(great destruction) from Eretz forever. surrounding the Ir); and they
Kasdim; |63| And it shall be, when fled by the derech HaAravah.
|55| Because Hashem hath thou hast made an end of |8| But the army of the
plundered Bavel, and silenced reading this sefer, that thou Kasdim (Chaldeans) pursued
her kol gadol (great voice); shalt bind an even (stone) to it, after HaMelech, and overtook
when her waves do roar like and cast it into the midst of Tzidkiyah in the plains of
mayim rabbim, the sound of Euphrates; Yericho; and all his army was
her roaring resounds; |64| And thou shalt say, Thus separated from him and
|56| Because the plunderer is shall Bavel sink, and shall rise scattered.
come upon her, even upon no more because of the ra'ah |9| Then they captured
Bavel, and her gibborim are that I will bring upon her. HaMelech, and carried him
taken, every one of their Thus far are the Devarim of up unto Melech Bavel
keshatot (bows) is broken; for Yirmeyah. to Rivlah in Eretz Chamat;
El Gemulot Hashem (Hashem Tzidkiyah was one where he pronounced
the G-d of Recompense) shall
surely repay.
|57| And I will make shikkor
52 and twenty years
old when he began
to reign, and he reigned eleven
mishpatim upon him.
|10| And Melech Bavel
slaughtered the Bnei
(drunk) her sarim, and her shanah in Yerushalayim. And Tzidkiyah before his
chachamim, her pachot shem immo was Chamutal bat eyes; he slaughtered also all
(rulers), and her seganim Yirmeyah of Livnah. the sarim (princes) of Yehudah
(officials), and her gibborim; |2| And he did that which was in Rivlah.
and they shall sleep a shenat rah in the eyes of Hashem, |11| Then he put out the eyes
olam (perpetual sleep), and according to all that of Tzidkiyah; and Melech
never awake, saith HaMelech Y'hoyakim had done. Bavel bound him in chains,
Hashem Tzva'os Shmo. |3| For because of the anger and carried him to Babylon,
|58| Thus saith Hashem of Hashem it came to pass in and put him in the bais
Tzva'os: The thick chomot Yerushalayim and Yehudah, hapekudot (prison house) till
Bavel shall be utterly broken, that he finally cast them out the yom moto (day of his
and her high she'arim shall be from his presence. Tzidkiyah death).
|12| Now in the fifth month, wherewith they ministered, HaAretz; and threescore men
in the tenth day of the month they took away. of the Am HaAretz, that were
[T.N. Tisha B’Av the day before; on |19| And the cups, and the found in the midst of the Ir.
Tisha B’Av there is fasting and firepans [for incense], and the |26| So Nevuzaradan the
reading the Book of Lamentations
and prayer for the Jewish people in
bowls, and the caldrons, and captain of the guard
light of all their tragic history, the menorahs, and the took them, and brought
especially the destruction of the Beis pans, and the bowls; them to Melech Bavel to
Hamikdash; there is a reference in that which were made of Rivlah.
Lamentations Rabbati which
juxtaposes the Moshiach’s
zahav, and that which made |27| And Melech Bavel struck
ascendancy in reference to the of kesef, the captain of the them, and put them to death
Temple’s destruction—see Mk 13:2; guard carried away. in Rivlah in Eretz Hamat.
Lk 19:44], which was the |20| The two Ammudim, one Thus Yehudah was carried
nineteenth year of Yam, and twelve bronze bulls away captive out of his own
Nevuchadretzar Melech that were under the bases, land.
Bavel, came to Yerushalayim which HaMelech Sh'lomo |28| This is the people
Nevuzaradan, captain of the had made in the Beis whom Nevuchadretzar
guard, which served Melech Hashem: the bronze of all carried away captive: in the
Bavel, these vessels was beyond seventh year 3,023 Yehudim:
|13| And set fire to the Beis weight. |29| In the eighteenth year of
Hashem, and the Bais |21| And concerning the Nevuchadretzar he carried
HaMelech (the palace); and Ammudim, the height of one away captive from
all the batim (houses) of ammud was eighteen cubits; Yerushalayim 832 nefesh:
Yerushalayim, and all the and twelve cubits in |30| In the three and twentieth
bais hagadol, he burned with circumference; and the year of Nevuchadretzar
eish: thickness thereof was four Nevuzaradan the captain of
|14| And all the army of the fingers: it was hollow. the guard carried away
Kasdim (Chaldeans), that |22| And a capital of captive of the Yehudim 745
were with the captain of the nechoshet was upon it; and nefesh: the nefesh were 4,600
guard, broke down all the the height of one capital was in all.
chomot (walls) around five cubits, with network and |31| And it came to pass in
Yerushalayim. pomegranates upon the the seven and thirtieth year of
|15| Then Nevuzaradan the capitals round about, all of the Golus of Y'hoyakhin
captain of the guard sent into nechoshet. The second pillar Melech Yehudah, in the
the Golus certain of the poor also and the pomegranates twelfth month, in the five and
of the people, and the were similar unto these. twentieth day of the month,
remaining of the people that |23| And there were ninety that Eveel-Merodach Melech
were left in the Ir, and the and six pomegranates on a Bavel in the first year of his
defectors to Melech Bavel, side; and all the reign [562 B.C.E.] lifted up
and the rest of the craftsmen. pomegranates upon the the head of Y'hoyakhin
|16| But Nevuzaradan the surrounding network were a Melech Yehudah, and
captain of the guard left me'ah (hundred). brought him forth out of
certain of the poor of the land |24| And the captain of the prison [561 B.C.E.].
for koremim and for farmers. guard took Serayah the |32| And spoke kindly unto
|17| Also the Ammudei Kohen HaRosh, and him, and set his throne above
HaNechoshet that were in the Tzephanyah the second the kisse of the melachim that
Beis Hashem, and the kohen, and the three keepers were with him in Babylon,
moveable Stands, and the of the door: |33| And changed his prison
Yam Hanechoshet that was in |25| He took also out of the Ir garments: and he did
the Beis Hashem, the Kasdim the officer, which had the continually eat lechem before
(Chaldeans) broke, and charge of the anshei him all the days of his life.
carried all the bronze of them hamilchamah; and seven men |34| And for his allowance,
to Babylon. of them that were royal there was a regular allowance
|18| The caldrons also, and advisers which were found in given him of the Melech
the shovels, and the snuffers, the Ir; and the Sofer who was Bavel, every day a portion
and the basins, and the pans, the chief officer in charge of until the yom moto all the
and all the klei hanechoshet conscripting the Am days of his life.
YECHEZKEL
YECHEZKEL shor on the left side; they four |21| When those went, these
also had the face of a nesher. went; and when those stood
Now it came to pass in |11| Thus were their panim; still, these stood still; and
1 the thirtieth year, in the

fourth month, in the
fifth day of the month, while I
and their kenafayim were
stretched upward;
two wings of every one were
when those were lifted up
from ha'aretz, the
Ofanim were lifted up facing
was among those of the Golus joined one to another, and two them; for the Ruach
by the Nahar Kevar, that covered their geviyot. HaChayah was in the Ofanim.
Shomayim was opened, and I |12| And they went every one |22| And the demut of the
saw mar'ot Elohim. face forward; whither the raki'a upon the rashei
|2| In the fifth day of the Ruach was to go, they went; HaChayah was as the color of
month, which was the fifth and they turned not when they terrible ice crystal, spread
year of the Golus of HaMelech went. out upward above their
Yoyakhin [593 B.C.E.}, |13| As for the demut of the rashim.
|3| The Devar Hashem came Chayos, their appearance was |23| And under the raki'a
expressly unto Yechezkel the like coals of eish burning, and were their kenafayim
kohen, ben Buzi, in Eretz like the appearance of lapidim stretched out, the one toward
Kasdim (Chaldeans) by the (torches); it spread back and the other; every one had two,
Nahar Kevar; and the Yad forth among the Chayos; and which covered on this side,
Hashem was there upon him. the eish was brilliant, and out and every one had two, which
|4| And I looked, and, hinei, a of the eish went forth barak covered on that side, their
ruach se'arah came out of the (lightning). geviyot.
tzafon, an anan gadol, and |14| And the Chayos ran and |24| And when they went, I
flashing fire, with brilliant returned as the appearance of heard the kol of their
light all about it, and out of bazak (a flash of lightning). kenafayim, like the kol of
the midst thereof something |15| Now as I beheld the mayim rabbim, as the Kol
gleaming, shining out of the Chayos, hinei there was one Shaddai, the voice of a tumult,
midst of the eish. Ofan ba'aretz etzel the Chayos, as the sound of a machaneh;
|5| Also out of the midst with its four panim. when they stood still, they let
thereof came the demut |16| The appearance of the down their kenafayim.
(likeness) of four Chayos. And Ofanim and their making was |25| And there was a kol
this was their appearance: like unto the color of tarshish; (voice) from the raki'a that was
they had the demut adam. and they four had one demut; over their rosh, when they
|6| And every one had and their appearance and stood still, and had let down
arba'ah panim, and every one their making was as it were an their kenafayim.
had arba kenafayim. Ofan within an Ofan. |26| And above the raki'a that
|7| And their regalim were |17| Arba'at (four) sidedly was over their rosh was the
regel yesharah; and the sole of they went; and they turned not demut kisse, as the
their feet was like the sole of a as they went. appearance of a precious
regel egel; and they gleamed |18| As for their rims, they stone, a sapphire; and upon
like the shining of burnished were so high that they were the demut hakisse was the
nechoshet. dreadful; and their rims were demut like the appearance of
|8| And they had the hands of mele'ot einayim saviv (full of adam above upon it.
an adam under their eyes round about) the four of |27| And I saw something
kenafayim on their four sides; them. gleaming, shining out like the
and they four had their panim |19| And when the Chayos appearance of eish; inside it
and their kenafayim. went, the Ofanim went beside all around, from the
|9| Their kenafayim were them; and when the Chayos appearance of his loins even
joined one to another; they were lifted up from ha'aretz, upward, and from the
turned not as they went; they the Ofanim were lifted up. appearance of his loins even
went every one face forward. |20| Whithersoever the Ruach downward, I saw something
|10| As for the demut of their was to go, they went, thither like the appearance of eish,
panim, they four had the face was the Ruach to go; and the and it had radiance all
of an adam, and the face of an Ofanim were lifted facing around.
aryeh, on the right side; and them; for Ruach HaChayah |28| As the appearance of the
they four had the face of a was in the Ofanim. keshet (rainbow) that is in the
anan in yom hageshem,
487
Yechezkel 1, 2, 3 488 Orthodox Jewish Bible
so was the appearance of the bais hameri (rebellious house). (forehead strong) against their
radiance all around. This was Open thy mouth and eat what metzach.
the appearance of the demut I give thee. |9| As a shamir (adamant,
Kavod Hashem. And when I |9| And when I looked, hinei, hardest stone) more chazak
saw it, I fell upon my face, and a yad was sent unto me; and, than flint have I made thy
I heard a voice of one that hinei, a megillat sefer was metzach (forehead); fear them
spoke. therein; not, neither be terrified at
|10| And He unrolled the their looks, though they be a
megillah before me; and bais meri (house of rebellion).
And He said unto me, it was written on front and |10| Moreover He said unto
2 Ben Adam, stand upon

thy raglayim, and I will
speak unto thee.
back: and there was written
therein lamentations, and
mourning, and woe.
me, Ben Adam, all My words
that I shall speak unto thee
receive in thine lev, and hear
|2| And the Ruach with thine oznayim.
[Hakodesh] entered into me |11| And go, get thee to them
just as He spoke unto me, and of the Golus, unto the Bnei
stood me upon my raglayim, Moreover He said unto Amecha, and speak unto
that I heard Him that spoke
unto me.
|3| And He said unto me, Ben
3 me, Ben Adam, eat that
thou findest; eat this
megillah, and go speak unto
them, and tell them, Thus
saith Adonoi Hashem;
whether they will hear, or
Adam, I send thee to the Bnei Bais Yisroel. whether they will refrain.
Yisroel, to Goyim HaMoredim |2| So I opened my mouth, |12| Then the Ruach
(Rebellious Nations [Tribes]) and He caused me to eat that [Hakodesh] lifted me and took
that hath rebelled against Me; megillah. me up, and I heard behind me
they and their Avot have |3| And He said unto me, Ben a kol ra'ash gadol (a voice of a
rebelled against Me, even unto Adam, cause thy beten to eat, great rustling), saying, Baruch
this very day. and fill thy bowels with this Kavod Hashem from His
|4| For they are stubborn megillah that I give thee. Then makom (place, home).
banim and chizkei lev (stiff- did I eat it; and it was in my |13| I heard also the noise of
hearted). I do send thee unto mouth as devash for the wings of the Chayos that
them; and thou shalt say unto sweetness. touched one another, and the
them, Thus saith Adonoi |4| And He said unto me, Ben noise of the Ofanim (wheels)
Hashem. Adam, go, get thee unto the opposite them, and a voice of
|5| And they, whether they Bais Yisroel, and speak My ra'ash gadol.
will hear, or whether they will words unto them. |14| So the Ruach [Hakodesh]
refrain from heeding— |5| For thou art not sent to an lifted me up, and took me
for they are a bais meri (house Am Imkei Safah (a people of away, and I went in mar
of rebellion), yet shall they indecipherable language) and (bitterness), in the anger of my
know that there hath been a of obscure lashon, but to Bais ruach; but the yad Hashem
navi among them. Yisroel; was chazah upon me.
|6| And thou, Ben Adam, be |6| Not to amim rabbim of |15| Then I came to them of
not afraid of them, neither be indecipherable language and the Golus at Tel Aviv, that
afraid of their devarim, obscure lashon whose words dwelt by the Nahar Kevar, and
though briers and thorns be thou canst not understand. I sat where they sat, and
with thee, and thou dost dwell Surely, had I sent thee to remained there speechlessly
among akrabim (scorpions); them, they would have paid astounded among them shivat
be not afraid of their devarim, heed unto thee. yamim.
nor be afraid at their looks, |7| But Bais Yisroel will not |16| And it came to pass at
for they are a bais meri. pay heed unto thee; for they the end of shivat yamim, that
|7| And thou shalt speak My will not pay heed unto Me; for the Devar Hashem came unto
devarim unto them, whether kol Bais Yisroel are khizkei me, saying,
they will hear, or whether they metzach (hard-set of brow) |17| Ben Adam, I have made
will refrain from heeding; for and keshei-lev (hard-hearted). thee a tzofeh (watchman) unto
they are meri (rebellious). |8| Hinei, I have made thy the Bais Yisroel; therefore
|8| But thou, Ben Adam, hear face chazakim against their hear the word at My mouth,
what I say unto thee; Be not faces, and thy metzach chazak
thou meri (rebellious) like that
Nevi’im 489 Yechezkel 3, 4
and give them warning from and have bound thee with appointed thee a day for each
Me. them, that thou canst not go year.
|18| When I say unto the out among them; |7| Therefore thou shalt set
rasha, Thou shalt surely die; |26| And I will make thy thy face toward the Matzor
and thou givest him not leshon cleave to the roof of thy Yerushalayim (Siege of
warning, nor speakest to warn mouth, that thou shalt be Jerusalem), and thine zero'a
the rasha from his derech mute, and shalt not be to them shall be bared, and thou shalt
harasha'ah, to save his life; the an ish mokhi'ach prophesy against it.
same rasha shall die in his (admonisher); for they are a |8| And, hinei, I will tie ropes
avon; but I will hold bais meri. upon thee, and thou shalt not
accountable thine yad for his |27| But when I speak with turn thee from one side to
dahm. thee, I will open thy mouth, another, till thou hast ended
|19| Yet if thou warn the and thou shalt say unto them, the days of thy matzor (siege).
rasha, and he turn not from Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; |9| Take thou also unto thee
his resha, nor from his derech He that heareth, let him hear; chittin (wheat), and se'orim
harasha'ah, he shall die in his and he that refuseth, let him (barley), and fol (beans), and
avon; but thou hast saved thy refuse; for they are a bais adosim (lentils), and dochan
nefesh. meri. (millet), and kussemim (spelt),
|20| Again, When a tzaddik Thou also, Ben Adam, and put them in keli echad,
doth turn from his tzedek, and
commit evil, and I lay a
michshol (stumbling block of
4 take thee a levenah
(tile, brick), and lay it
before thee, and engrave upon
and make thee lechem thereof,
according to the mispar of the
yamim that thou shalt lie
temptation) before him, he it the Ir, even Yerushalayim; upon thy side, three hundred
shall die; because thou hast |2| And lay matzor (siege) and ninety days shalt thou eat
not given him warning, he against it, and erect against it thereof.
shall die in his chattat, and siege works, and build a ramp |10| And thy okhel (food)
his tzidkot which he hath against it; set the machanot which thou shalt eat shall be
worked shall not be also against it, and set by weight, twenty shekels a
remembered; but I will hold battering rams against it all day; from time to time shalt
accountable thine around. thou eat it.
yad for his dahm. |3| Moreover take thou unto |11| Thou shalt drink also
|21| Nevertheless if thou thee a machavat barzel (iron mayim by measure, the sixth
warn the tzaddik, that the griddle), and set it for a kir part of a hin: from time to
tzaddik sin not, and he doth barzel (wall of iron) between time shalt thou drink.
not sin, he shall surely live, thee and the Ir; and set thy |12| And thou shalt eat it as
because he is warned; also face against it, and it shall be cakes of se'orim, and thou
thou hast saved thy nefesh. besieged, and thou shalt lay shalt bake it with dung that
|22| And the Yad Hashem siege against it. This shall be cometh out of ha’adam, in
(Hand, Power of Hashem) was an ot (sign) to Bais Yisroel. their sight.
there upon me; and He said |4| Lie thou also upon thy left |13| And Hashem said, Even
unto me, Arise, go forth into side, and lay the avon Bais thus shall the Bnei Yisroel eat
the plain, and I will there Yisroel upon it; according to their lechem tameh among the
speak with thee. the mispar of the yamim that Goyim, whither I will drive
|23| Then I arose, and went thou shalt lie upon it thou them.
forth into the plain; and, shalt bear their avon. |14| Then said I, Not so
hinei, the Kavod Hashem |5| For I have laid upon thee Adonoi Hashem! Hinei, my
stood there, as the Kavod the shanim of their avon nefesh hath not been made
which I saw by the Nahar (iniquity), according to the tuma'ah for from my youth up
Kevar; I fell on my face. mispar (number) of the even till now have I not eaten
|24| Then the Ruach yamim, three hundred and nevelah or trefah; neither
[Hakodesh] entered into me, ninety days; so shalt thou bear came there basar piggul into
and set me upon my feet, and the avon Bais Yisroel. my mouth.
spoke with me, and said unto |6| And when thou hast |15| Then He said unto me,
me, Go, shut thyself in the accomplished them, lie again Behold, I have given thee
confines of thine bais. on thy right side, and thou cattle dung instead of dung of
|25| But thou, O Ben Adam, shalt bear the avon Bais adam, and thou
hinei, they tied on thee ropes, Yehudah forty days; I have shalt prepare thy
lechem therewith. around her: for they have have spoken in My kinah,
|16| Moreover He said unto refused My mishpatim and My when I have accomplished My
me, Ben Adam, hinei, I will chukkot, they have not walked chemah against them.
break the mateh lechem (staff in them. |14| Moreover I will make
of bread, food supply) in |7| Therefore thus saith thee a ruin, and a cherpah
Yerushalayim: and they shall Adonoi Hashem: Because among the Goyim that are all
eat lechem weighted out in more than the Goyim that are around thee, before the eyes of
rations, and with worry; and all around you, ye have been all that pass by.
they shall drink mayim by ungovernable, and have not |15| So it shall be a cherpah
measure, and with amazed walked in My chukkot, neither (reproach) and a gedufah
alarm: have done My mishpatim, (taunt), a musar and a
|17| In order that lechem and neither have done according meshammah (astonishment,
mayim be scarce, and that to the mishpatim of the Goyim object of horror) unto the
every ish and achiv be that are all around you; Goyim that are all around
confounded with shock |8| Therefore thus saith thee, when I shall execute
and rot away because of their Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I, shefatim (judgments) on thee
avon. even I, am against thee, and in anger and in chemah and
will execute mishpatim in the in tokhchot chemah (furious
And thou, Ben Adam, midst of thee in the sight of rebukes). I Hashem have
5 take thee a sharp cherev,

take thee a barber's ta'ar
(razor), and cause it to pass
the Goyim.
|9| And I will do to thee that
which I have not done, and
spoken.
|16| When I shall send upon
them disastrous khitzim
upon thine rosh and upon thy whereunto I will not do any (arrows) of ra'av (famine),
zakan (beard): then take thee more the like, because of kol which shall be for mashchit
scales for weighing and divide to'avot of thee. (destruction), and which I will
the hair. |10| Therefore the avot shall send to destroy you: and I will
|2| Thou shalt burn with eat banim in the midst of thee, increase the ra'av (famine)
flame a third part in the midst and the banim shall eat their upon you, and will break your
of the Ir, when the days of the avot; and I will execute mateh lechem (staff of bread,
siege are fulfilled: and thou shefatim (judgments, food supply):
shalt take a third part, and punishments) in thee, and kol |17| So will I send upon you
strike it all around with the she'erit of thee will I scatter ra'av (famine) and chayyah
cherev: and a third part thou unto kol ruach. ra'ah (wild beasts), and they
shalt scatter in the ruach; and |11| Therefore, as I live, saith shall leave thee bereaved as
I will draw out the cherev after Adonoi Hashem; Surely, childless: and dever and dahm
them. because thou hast made My shall pass through thee; and I
|3| Thou shalt also take Mikdash tameh with all will bring the cherev upon
thereof a few in mispar, and thy shikkutzim, and with all thee. I Hashem have spoken.
bind them in the folds of thy thine to'avot, therefore will I
robes. also withdraw; neither shall
|4| Then take of them again, Mine eye pity, neither will I And the Devar Hashem
and cast them into the midst
of the eish, and burn them in
the eish; for thereof shall an
spare.
|12| A third part of thee shall
die by dever, and by ra'av shall
6 came unto me, saying,
|2| Ben Adam, set thy
face toward the mountains of
eish spread unto kol Bais they be consumed in the midst Yisroel, and prophesy against
Yisroel. of thee: and a third part shall them,
|5| Thus saith Adonoi fall by the cherev all around |3| And say, Ye mountains of
Hashem; This is thee; and I will scatter a third Yisroel, hear the Devar Adonoi
Yerushalayim: I have set it in part into kol ruach, and I will Hashem; Thus saith Adonoi
the midst of the Goyim and draw out a cherev after them. Hashem to the harim
countries that are all around |13| Thus shall Mine anger (mountains), and to the geva'ot
her. be accomplished, and I will (hills), to the ravines, and to
|6| And she hath rebelled cause My chemah to be the valleys: Hineni, I, even I,
against My mishpatim with satisfied against them, and I will bring a cherev
resha'ah more than the will be avenged: and they shall upon you, and I
Goyim, and My chukkot more know that I Hashem
than the countries that are all
will destroy your regel, and say, Alas for kol |5| Thus saith Adonoi
[idolatrous] high places. to'avot ra'ot Bais Yisroel! For Hashem; A ra'ah, a singular
|4| And your [idolatrous] they shall fall by cherev ra'ah, hinei, has come.
mizbechot shall be decimated, (sword), by ra'av (famine), and |6| Ketz is come, the ketz is
and your incense altars shall by dever (plague). come; it is ripe for thee; hinei,
be demolished; and I will cast |12| He that is far off shall it is come.
down your slain before your die by dever; and he that is |7| The Tzefirah (the Web) is
gillulim (idols). near shall fall by cherev; and come upon thee, O thou that
|5| And I will lay the pigrei he that surviveth and is dwellest in ha'aretz; the time is
Bnei Yisroel (dead bodies of besieged shall die by ra'av come, the Yom Mehumah (Day
the children of Israel) before (famine); thus will I of Panic) is near, and not of
their gillulim; and I will accomplish My chemah (fury) rejoicing in the harim.
scatter your atzmot all around upon them. |8| Now will I shortly pour
your mizbechot. |13| Then shall ye know that I out My fury upon thee, and
|6| In all your moshevot am Hashem, when their slain spend Mine anger upon thee;
(dwellings) the towns shall be shall be among their gillulim and I will judge thee
laid waste, and the all around their mizbechot, according to thy drakhim, and
[idolatrous] high places shall upon every givah ramah (high will repay thee for all thine
be desolate; that your hill), in all the tops of the to'avot.
mizbechot will be laid waste harim, and under every |9| And Mine eye shall not
and made desolate, and your spreading tree, and under pity, neither will I spare; I will
gillulim (idols) will be broken every leafy elah (oak tree), the repay thee according to thy
and cease, and your incense makom (place) where they did drakhim and thine to'avot that
altars will be cut down, and offer rei'ach nicho'ach to all are in the midst of thee; and
your ma'asim will be their gillulim. ye shall know that I am
abolished. |14| So will I stretch out My Hashem that striketh.
|7| And the chalal (slain) yad upon them, and make |10| Hinei, the Yom, hinei, it
shall fall in the midst of you, HaAretz desolate, yes, more is come; The Tzefirah (Web) is
and ye shall know that I am desolate than the midbar gone forth; the mateh (rod)
Hashem. toward Divlah, in all their hath blossomed, zadon (pride)
|8| Yet will I leave a remnant, moshevot (dwellings); then hath budded.
that ye may have some that they shall know that I am |11| Chamas is risen up into
shall escape the cherev among Hashem. mateh resha (a rod of
the Goyim, when ye shall be Moreover the Devar wickedness); none of them
scattered among the countries.
|9| And they that escape of
you shall remember Me
7 Hashem came unto me,
saying,
|2| Also, thou ben adam, thus
shall remain, nor of their
tumult, nor of any of their's;
none of their preeminence.
among the Goyim where they saith Adonoi Hashem unto |12| The time is come, the
shall be carried captive, how I Eretz Yisroel: Ketz (End), the day draweth near; let not the
have known [a cuckold's] hurt End is come upon the four koneh (buyer) rejoice, nor the
by the lev hazoneh of them corners of ha'aretz. mokher (seller) mourn; for
which turned away from Me, |3| Now is the Ketz (End, charon (wrath) is upon all the
and by their einayot hazonot Doom) come upon thee, and I multitude thereof.
which went a-whoring after will send Mine anger upon |13| For the mokher (seller)
their gillulim; they shall lothe thee, and will judge thee shall not return to that which
themselves for the ra'ot (evils) according to thy drakhim, and is sold, as long as his life is
which they have committed in will repay thee for all thine alive; for the chazon (vision)
all their to'avot. to'avot (abominations). concerns the whole multitude
|10| And they shall know that |4| And Mine eye shall not thereof, which shall not be
I am Hashem, and that I have pity thee, neither will I spare; reversed; neither shall any
not served warning but I will repay thy drakhim strengthen himself in the avon
el-chinnom (in vain) that I upon thee, and thine to'avot of his life.
would bring hara'ah hazot shall be in the midst of thee; |14| They have blown the
upon them. and ye shall know trumpet, even to make all
|11| Thus saith Adonoi that I am Hashem. ready; but none
Hashem; strike with thine
hand, and stamp with thy
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goeth to the milchamah; for damim, and the ir is full of lock of mine rosh; and the
My charon (wrath) is upon all chamas. Ruach lifted me up between
the multitude thereof. |24| Therefore I will bring the Ha'Aretz and Shomayim, and
|15| The cherev is outside, worst of the Goyim, and they brought me in mar'ot Elohim
and the dever and the ra'av shall possess their batim ([divinely granted] visions) to
(famine) inside; he that is in (houses); I will also make the Yerushalayim, to the Petach
the sadeh shall die with the ga'on (pride) of the mighty to Sha'ar Hapenimit (entrance of
cherev; and he that is in the Ir, cease; and their mikdashim the inner gate), the one facing
ra'av (famine) and dever shall (holy places) shall be defiled. north; where was the moshav
devour him. |25| Terror cometh; and they (seat) of the semel hakinah
|16| But they that survive of shall seek shalom, and there (statue of jealousy), which
them shall escape, and shall shall be none. provoketh [Hashem's] jealousy.
be on the harim like doves of |26| Disaster shall come upon |4| And, hinei, the Kavod
the ge'ayot (valleys), all of disaster, and rumor shall be Elohei Yisroel was there,
them moaning, every one for upon rumor; then shall they according to the mareh
his avon. seek a chazon (vision) from the (vision) that I saw in the plain.
|17| All hands shall go limp, navi; but the torah shall |5| Then said He unto me,
and all birkayim (knees) shall perish from the kohen, and Ben adam, lift up thine
be weak as mayim. etzah from the zekenim eynayim now the derech
|18| They shall also gird (elders). (toward) north. So I lifted up
themselves with sackcloth, and |27| HaMelech shall mourn, mine eynayim the derech
terror shall cover them; and and the nasi shall be clothed (toward) north, and hinei
bushah (shame) shall be upon with despair, and the hands of northward at the Sha'ar
all faces, and shaved scalps the am ha'aretz shall fearfully HaMizbe'ach was this semel
[the sign of mourning] upon all tremble; I will do unto them hakinah in the entrance.
their heads. according to their derech, and |6| He said furthermore unto
|19| They shall cast their according to their mishpatim me, Ben adam, seest thou
kesef in the streets, and their will I judge them; and they what they do? Even the to'evot
zahav shall be like niddah; shall know that I am Hashem. gedolot (great abominations)
their kesef and their zahav that Bais Yisroel committeth
shall not be able to save them here, causing that I go far off
in the Yom Evrat Hashem from My Mikdash? But turn
(Day of the Wrath of Hashem); thee yet again, and thou shalt
they shall not satisfy their see to'evot gedolot (greater
nefashot, neither fill their abominations).
stomachs; for it has become |7| And He brought me to the
the stumbling block of their petach (entrance) of the
avon. khatzer (court); and when I
|20| As for the beauty of his And it came to pass in looked, hinei, a hole in the kir
jewelry, he set it in ga'on
(pride); but they made the
tzelem of their to'avot and of
8 the sixth year, in the
sixth month, in the fifth
day of the month, as I sat in
(wall)!
|8| Then said He unto me,
Ben adam, dig now in the kir
their shikkutzim therein; mine bais, and the zekenim of (wall); and when I had dug in
therefore I will make it like Yehudah sat before me, that the kir (wall), hinei, a petach
niddah to them. the yad Adonoi Hashem fell (entrance).
|21| And I will give it into the there upon me. |9| And He said unto me, Go
hands of the zarim (strangers) |2| Then I beheld, and hinei in, and behold the to'evot
for plunder, and to the a demut (likeness) as of the hara'ot (wicked abominations)
resha'im of ha'aretz for loot; appearance of eish; from the that they do here.
and they shall defile it. appearance of His waist and |10| So I went in and saw;
|22| My face will I turn also downward, eish; and from His and, hinei, every form of
from them, and they shall waist and upward, as the remes (creeping things), and
desecrate My treasure; for the appearance of zohar behemah sheketz (abominable
robbers shall enter into it [i.e., (brightness), as of gleaming beasts), and all the
Yerushalayim], and defile it. amber. gillulim (idols) of the Bais
|23| Make a chain; for |3| And He put forth the form Yisroel, portrayed upon the kir
ha'aretz is full of mishpat of a yad, and took me by a (wall) all around.
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|11| And there stood before provoke Me to anger; and, |6| Slay utterly zaken (old
them seventy ish of the behold, they put the branch to man) and bochur (young
zekenim of the Bais Yisroel, their nose. man), betulah, little children,
and in the midst of them stood |18| Therefore will I also deal and nashim; but come not
Ya’azanyahu Ben Shaphan, in chemah (fury); Mine eye near any ish upon whom is the
with every ish his mikteret shall not pity, neither will I TAV; and begin at My
(censer, incense burner) in his spare; and though they cry in Mikdash. Then they began
yad; and a thick anan (cloud) Mine oznayim with a kol with the anashim
of ketoret (incense) went up. gadol, yet will I not hear them. hazekenim which were before
|12| Then said He unto me, the Beis [HaMikdash][1K
Ben adam, hast thou seen 4:17].
what the zekenim of Bais Then He cried also in |7| And He said unto them,
Yisroel do in the choshech
(dark), every ish in the cheder
(room) of his maskit (image)?
9 mine oznayim with a
kol gadol (loud voice),
saying, Cause them that have
Make the Beis [HaMikdash]
tameh, and fill the khatzerot
(coutyards) with chalalim
For they say, Hashem charge over the Ir to draw (slain ones); go ye forth. And
seeth us not; Hashem hath near, even every ish with his they went forth, and
forsaken ha'aretz. keli mashcheh (destroying slaughtered in the Ir.
|13| He said also unto me, weapon) in his yad. |8| And it came to pass, while
Turn thee yet again, and thou |2| And, hinei, shishah they were slaying them, and I
shalt see to'evot gedolot anashim (six men) came from was left, that I fell upon my
(greater abominations) that the derech of the Sha'ar face, and cried out, and said,
they do. HaElyon, which lieth toward Ah, Adonoi Hashem! Wilt
|14| Then He brought me to the north, and every ish a keli Thou destroy kol She'erit
the petach sha'ar Beis Hashem mapatz (slaughter weapon) of Yisroel in Thy pouring out of
toward the north; and, hinei, his in his yad; and one ish Thy chemah (wrath, fury)
there sat nashim weeping for among them was clothed with upon Yerushalayim?
Tammuz. linen, with a keset hasofer |9| Then He said unto me,
|15| Then said He unto me, (writing case) at his side; and The avon Bais Yisroel and
Hast thou seen this, O ben they went in, and stood beside Yehudah is exceeding great,
adam? Turn thee yet again, the Mizbe'ach HaNechoshet. and HaAretz is full of damim,
and thou shalt see to'evot |3| And the Kavod Elohei and the Ir full of injustice; for
gedolot (greater abominations) Yisroel was gone up from the they say, Hashem hath
than these. Keruv (Cherub), whereupon it forsaken Ha'Aretz, and
|16| And He brought me into was, to the miftan HaBeis Hashem seeth not.
the khatzer Beis Hashem [HaMikdash] (the Threshold of |10| And as for Me, Mine eye
hapenimit [i.e., the Court of the Beis HaMikdash). And He shall show no pity, neither will
the Kohanim], and, hinei, at called to the ish clothed with I spare, but I will recompense
the petach (entrance) of the linen, which had the keset their derech upon their rosh.
Heikhal Hashem, between the hasofer at his side; |11| And, hinei, the ish
Ulam and the Mizbe'ach, were |4| And Hashem said unto clothed with linen, which had
about five and twenty ish, with him, Go through the midst of the keset ([writing] case) at his
their backs toward the the Ir, through the midst of side, reported, saying,
Heikhal Hashem, and their Yerushalayim, and put a I have done as Thou hast
faces toward the east; and they TAV upon the mitzekhot commanded me.
bowing down toward the east (foreheads) of the anashim
worshiping the sun. that grieve and lament for kol
|17| Then He said unto me, hato'evot that are being done Then I looked, and,
Hast thou seen this, O ben
adam? Is it a trivial thing to
Bais Yehudah that they
in the midst thereof.
|5| And to the others He said
in mine hearing, Go ye
10 hinei, above the
raki'a that was over
the rosh of the Keruvim there
commit the to'evot through the Ir after him [i.e., appeared over them
(abominations) which they the man with the scribal kit], something like a sapphire
commit here? For they have and strike down; let not your stone, as the appearance of
filled ha'aretz with chamas, eye have pity, and do not the demut (likeness) of a kisse
and yet have returned to spare; (throne).
|2| And He spoke unto the ish even (stone). Beis Hashem hakadmoni
clothed with linen, and said, |10| And as for their (eastern gate of the Beis
Come in between the galgal appearance, there was one HaMikdash of Hashem); and
(wheelwork), even under the demut (likeness) for the Kavod Elohei Yisroel was
Keruv, and fill thine yad with the four of them, like that it over them from above.
coals of eish from among the was the Ofan within the Ofan. |20| This is the Chayah that I
Keruvim, and scatter them |11| When they went, they saw under Elohei Yisroel by
over the Ir. And He went in in went toward their four sides; the Kevar River; and I knew
my sight. they did not turn aside as they that they were the Keruvim.
|3| Now the Keruvim stood went, but to the makom |21| Every one had four
on the right [south] side of the (place) where the rosh looked panim (faces) each, and every
Beis [Hamikdash], when the they followed it; they did not one four kenafayim (wings);
ish went in; and the anan turn aside as they went. and the demut (likeness) of the
(cloud) filled the khatzer |12| And their whole basar, yedei adam (human hand) was
hapenimit (innermost and their backs, and their under their kenafayim (wings).
courtyard, 1Kgs 8:10). hands, and their kenafayim |22| And the demut (likeness)
|4| Then the Kavod Hashem (wings), and the Ofanim, were of their panim (faces) was the
went up from the Keruv, and full of eynayim all around, same panim which I saw by
stood over the threshold of the even the Ofanim that they the Kevar River, their
Beis; and the Beis was filled four had. appearances and themselves:
with the anan (cloud), and the |13| As for the Ofanim, they they went every one straight
khatzer (courtyard) was full of were called in my hearing, The forward.
the radiance of the Kavod Galgal! Moreover the
Hashem.
|5| And the sound of the
wings of the Keruvim was
|14| And every one had four
panim (faces): the first face
was the face of a Keruv, and
11 Ruach lifted me
up, and brought
me unto the Sha'ar Beis
heard even as far as the the second face was the face of Hashem hakadmoni (eastern
khatzer hakhitzonah (the an Adam, and the third face of gate of the Beis HaMikdash of
outer court), like the voice of an Aryeh, and the fourth the Hashem), and hinei at the
El Shaddai when He speaketh. face of a Nesher. petach of the Sha'ar five and
|6| And it came to pass, that |15| And the Keruvim were twenty ish; among whom I saw
when He had commanded the lifted up. This is the Chayah Ya’azanyah Ben Azur, and
ish clothed with linen, saying, (Living Creature) that I saw by Pelatyahu Ben Benayahu,
Take eish from between the the Kevar River. sarim of HaAm.
Galgal (Wheelwork), from |16| And when the Keruvim |2| Then said He unto me,
between the Keruvim; then he went, the Ofanim went beside Ben adam, these are the
went in, and stood beside the them: and when the Keruvim anashim that plot evil, and
Ofan (Wheel). lifted up their kenafayim give atzat rah (evil counsel) in
|7| And one Keruv stretched (wings) to mount up from this ir,
forth his yad from between the ha'aretz, the Ofanim turned |3| Which say, The end is not
Keruvim unto the eish that not away from beside them. near; let us build batim
was between the Keruvim, and |17| When they stood, these (houses): this ir is the caldron,
took thereof, and put it into stood; and when they were and we are the basar.
the hands of him that was lifted up, these lifted up |4| Therefore prophesy
clothed with linen: who took themselves also: for the Ruach against them, prophesy, O ben
it, and went out. of the Chayah was in them. adam.
|8| And Keruvim appeared to |18| Then the Kavod Hashem |5| And the Ruach Hashem
have the tavnit (form) of a yad departed from off the fell upon me, and said unto
adam under their kenafayim threshold of the Beis, and me, Speak: Thus saith
(wings). stood over the Keruvim. Hashem; Thus have ye said, O
|9| And when I looked, hinei, |19| And the Keruvim lifted Bais Yisroel: for I know the
the four Ofanim (wheels) by up their kenafayim (wings), things that come into your
the Keruvim, one Ofan beside and mounted up from ha'aretz ruach, every one of them.
one Keruv, and another Ofan before my eyes: when they |6| Ye have multiplied your
beside another Keruv: and the went out, the Ofanim also slain in this ir,
appearance of the Ofanim was were beside them, and every and ye have filled
like the color of tarshish one stood at the petach sha'ar
the streets thereof with the have scattered them among |25| Then I spoke unto them
slain. the countries, yet will I be to of the Golus all the things that
|7| Therefore thus saith them as a mikdash me'at (little Hashem had showed me.
Adonoi Hashem: Your slain holy place) in the countries
whom ye have placed in the where they went.
midst of it, they are the basar, |17| Therefore say, Thus saith
and this ir is the caldron; but I Adonoi Hashem; I will even The Davar Hashem
will bring you forth out of the
midst of it.
|8| Ye have feared the cherev;
gather you from the nations,
and assemble you out of the
countries where ye have been
12 also came unto me,
saying,
|2| Ben adam, thou dwellest
and I will bring a cherev upon scattered, and I will give you in the midst of a bais hameri
you, saith Adonoi Hashem. Eretz Yisroel. (rebellious house) which have
|9| And I will bring you out of |18| And they shall come eynayim to see, and see not;
the midst thereof, and deliver there, and they shall remove they have oznayim to hear,
you into the yad of zarim, and all the shikkutzim thereof and and hear not; for they are a
will execute shefatim all the to'avot (abominations) bais meri (house of rebellion).
(judgments) among you. thereof from her [Eretz |3| Therefore, thou ben
|10| Ye shall fall by the Yisroel]. adam, pack for the Golus thy
cherev; I will judge you at the |19| And I will give them a lev belongings and go into
border of Yisroel; and ye shall echad, and I will put a ruach captivity by day before their
know that I am Hashem. chadashah (new regenerated eyes; and thou shalt remove
|11| This ir shall not be your spirit) within you; and I will from thy makom (place, home)
caldron, neither shall ye be remove the lev haeven (heart to another makom in their
the basar in the midst thereof; of stone) out of their basar, sight; it may be they will
but I will judge you at the and will give them a lev basar; consider, though they be bais
border of Yisroel; |20| That they may walk in meri (a rebellious house).
|12| And ye shall know that I My chukkot, and be shomer |4| Then shalt thou bring
am Hashem; for ye have not over Mine mishpatim, and do forth thy gear by day in their
walked in My chukkot, neither them; and they shall be My sight, as gear for the Golus;
executed My mishpatim, but people, and I will be their and thou shalt go forth at erev
have done after the mishpatim Elohim. in their sight, as they that go
of the Goyim that are all |21| But as for them whose forth into the Golus.
around you. lev walketh after the lev of |5| Dig thou through the kir
|13| And it came to pass, their shikkutzim and their (wall) in their sight, and carry
when I prophesied, that to'avot, I will repay their out [everything] thereby.
Pelatyah Ben Benayah died. derech upon their own rosh, |6| In their sight shalt thou
Then I fell down upon my saith Adonoi Hashem. bear it upon thy katef
face, and cried out with |22| Then did the Keruvim (shoulder), and carry it forth
a kol gadol, and said, Ah, lift up their wings, and the in the twilight; thou shalt
Adonoi Hashem! Wilt Thou Ofanim (wheels) beside them; cover thy face, that thou see
make a full end of the she'erit and the Kavod Elohei Yisroel not ha'aretz; for I have set thee
(remnant) Yisroel? was high above them. for a mofet (sign, symbol,
|14| Again the Devar Hashem |23| And the Kavod Hashem portent) unto Bais Yisroel [see
came unto me, saying, went up from the midst of the 2Kgs 25:7].
|15| Ben adam, thy brethren, Ir, and stood upon the har |7| And I did so as I was
even thy relatives, the which is on the east side of the commanded. I brought forth
anashim of thy geulah, and ir. my gear by day, as gear for the
kol Bais Yisroel wholly, are |24| Afterward the Ruach Golus, and at erev I dug
those of whom the inhabitants lifted me up, and brought me through the kir (wall) with
of Yerushalayim have said, in a mar'eh (vision) [inspired] mine yad; I carried it forth in
They [the Exiles] have gone far by the Ruach Elohim into the twilight, and I bore it upon
from Hashem; unto us is this Kasdimah (Chaldea, Babylon), my katef (shoulder) in their
land given in possession. to them of the Golus. So the sight.
|16| Therefore say, Thus saith mareh (vision) that I had seen |8| And in the boker came the
Adonoi Hashem; Although I went up from me. Devar Hashem unto me,
have cast them far off among saying,
the Goyim, and although I
|9| Ben adam, hath not Bais |19| And say unto the am Devarim be delayed any more,
Yisroel, the bais hameri (the ha'aretz: Thus saith Adonoi but the Davar which I have
rebellious house), said unto Hashem regarding the spoken shall be done, saith
thee, What doest thou? inhabitants of Yerushalayim, Adonoi Hashem.
|10| Say thou unto them, and of Admat Yisroel (Land of
Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; Israel); they shall eat their
This massa (burden) lechem with anxiety, and, as
concerneth the nasi [i.e. desolate, drink their mayim,
Zedekiah] in Yerushalayim, because her land shall be And the Devar
and kol Bais Yisroel that are
among them.
|11| Say, I am your mofet;
desolate from all that is
therein, because of the
chamas of all them that dwell
13 Hashem came unto
me, saying,
|2| Ben adam, prophesy
just as I have done, so shall it therein. against the nevi'im of Yisroel
be done unto them: they shall |20| And the towns that are that prophesy, and say thou
be carried away into the Golus inhabited shall be laid waste, unto them that prophesy out
and go into captivity. and ha'aretz shall be desolate; of their own levavot, Hear ye
|12| And the nasi that is and ye shall know that I am the Devar Hashem;
among them shall bear [his Hashem. |3| Thus saith Adonoi
gear] upon his katef (shoulder) |21| And the Devar Hashem Hashem: Hoy (woe, doom)
in the twilight, and shall go came unto me, saying, unto the foolish nevi'im, that
forth; they shall dig through |22| Ben adam, what is that follow their own ruach, and
the kir (wall) to carry out mashal that ye have in Admat have seen nothing!
thereby; he shall cover his Yisroel, saying, The days drag |4| O Yisroel, thy nevi'im are
face, that he see not ha'aretz on, and every chazon (vision) like the jackals among ruins.
with the ayin (eye) [See 2Kgs faileth [to come to anything]. |5| Ye have not gone up into
25:7]. |23| Tell them therefore, the peratzot (breaches),
|13| My net also will I spread Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: I neither repaired the wall for
over him, and he shall be will make this mashal to Bais Yisroel to stand firm in
caught in My snare; and I will cease, and they shall no more the milchamah (battle) in the
bring him to Bavel to Eretz use it as a mashal in Yisroel; Yom Hashem.
Kasdim (Chaldeans); yet shall but say unto them, The days |6| They have seen shav
he not see it, though he shall are at hand, even the (vanity) and kesem kazav
die there [See 2Kgs 25:7]. fulfillment of kol chazon. (lying divination), saying,
|14| And I will scatter toward |24| For there shall be no Hashem saith; and Hashem
every ruach (wind) all that are more any chazon shav (vain hath not sent them; yet they
about him to help him, and all vision) nor smooth divination hope that their davar will be
his troops; and I will draw out within Bais Yisroel. fulfilled.
the cherev after them. |25| For I am Hashem: I will |7| Have ye not seen a vain
|15| And they shall know that speak, and the davar that I vision, and have ye not spoken
I am Hashem, when I shall shall speak shall come to pass; a kesem kazav (lying
scatter them among the it shall be no more delayed; divination), whereas ye say,
Goyim, and disperse them for in your days, O Bais Hashem saith it; albeit I have
throughout the countries. Hameri (O Rebellious House), not spoken?
|16| But I will leave a few will I say the Davar (Word), |8| Therefore thus saith
anashim of them from the and will fulfill it, saith Adonoi Adonoi Hashem: Because ye
cherev, from the ra'av Hashem. have spoken shav (vanity,
(famine), and from the dever; |26| Again the Devar Hashem futility) and seen kazav (lie),
that they may declare all their came to me, saying. therefore, hineni, I am against
to'avot among the Goyim to |27| Ben adam, hinei, they of you, saith Adonoi Hashem.
where they come; and they Bais Yisroel say, The chazon 9| And Mine yad shall be
shall know that I am Hashem. that he seeth is for yamim against the nevi'im that see
|17| Moreover the Devar rabbim to come, and he shav (vanity, futility), and that
Hashem came to me, saying, prophesieth of the times that divine kazav (lie): they shall
|18| Ben adam, eat thy are far off. not be in the sod (council) of
lechem with fearful shaking, |28| Therefore say unto them, My people, neither shall they
and drink thy mayim with Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; be written in the
trembling and with anxiety; There shall none of My
Ketav (Register) of Bais her, v'ein shalom, saith Then came certain
Yisroel, neither shall they
enter into Admat Yisroel; and
ye shall know that I am
Adonoi Hashem.
|17| Likewise, thou ben
adam, set thy face against the
14 anashim of the
zekenim of Yisroel
unto me, and sat before me.
Adonoi Hashem. banot amecha (daughters of |2| And the Devar Hashem
|10| Because, even because your people), which prophesy came unto me, saying,
they have seduced My people out of their own lev; and |3| Ben adam, these anashim
to lead them astray, saying, prophesy thou against them, have set up their gillulim
Shalom; v'ein shalom; and one |18| And say, Thus saith (idols) in their lev, and put the
built up a chayitz (wall, Adonoi Hashem: Hoy (woe, michshol (stumbling block) of
partition, temporary wall), doom) to the seamstresses of their avon before their face;
and, hinei, others plastered it magic charms on wrists, who should I be inquired of at all
with [dissolving] mud-plaster. make mispachot (amulets) for by them?
|11| Say unto them that the rosh of every size to hunt |4| Therefore speak unto
plaster it with [dissolving, nefashot! Will ye hunt the them, and say unto them,
useless] mud-plaster that it nefashot of My people, and yet Thus saith Adonoi Hashem:
shall fall: there shall be an save your own nefashot alive? Every ish of Bais Yisroel that
overflowing geshem; and great |19| And will ye profane Me setteth up his gillulim in his
hailstones shall fall; and a among My people for handfuls lev, and putteth the michshol
ruach se'arot (storm wind) of se'orim and for pieces of (stumbling block) of his avon
shall burst forth. lechem, to slay the nefashot before his face, and cometh to
|12| Hinei, when the kir (wall) that should not die, and to the navi; I Hashem will
is fallen, shall it not be said save the nefashot alive that answer him that cometh
unto you, Where is the mud- should not live, by your kazav according to the multitude of
plaster wherewith ye have (lying) to My people that hear his gillulim;
daubed it? your kazav? |5| That I may seize Bais
|13| Therefore thus saith |20| Therefore thus saith Yisroel in their lev, who have
Adonoi Hashem; I will even Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I am become estranged from me, all
cause a ruach se'arot (storm against your magic charms, of them, for their gillulim
wind) in My wrath; and there wherewith ye there hunt to (idols).
shall be an overflowing ensnare the nefashot like |6| Therefore say unto Bais
geshem in Mine anger, and birds, and I will tear them Yisroel, Thus saith Adonoi
great hailstones in My fury to from your arms, and will let Hashem: Make teshuvah, and
destroy. the nefashot go, even the turn yourselves away from
|14| So will I break down the nefashot that ye hunt like your gillulim (idols); and turn
kir (wall) that ye have birds. away your faces from all your
plastered with mud-plaster, |21| Your mispachot to'avot (abominations).
and bring it down to the (amulets) also will I tear off, |7| For every one of Bais
ground, so that the yesod and I will save My people out Yisroel, or of the ger that
(foundation) thereof shall be of your yad, and they shall be sojourneth in Yisroel, which
laid bare, and it shall fall, and no more in your yad (hand, separateth himself from Me,
ye shall be destroyed in the power) to be hunted; and ye and setteth up his gillulim
midst thereof; and ye shall shall know that I am Hashem. (idols) in his lev (heart), and
know that I am Hashem. |22| Because with sheker putteth the michshol
|15| Thus will I spend My (falsehood) ye have made the (stumbling block) of his avon
chemah (wrath) upon the kir lev tzaddik sad, to whom I (iniquity) before his face, and
(wall), and upon them that have not brought sadness; and cometh to a navi (prophet) to
have plastered it with mud- strengthened the hands of the inquire of him concerning Me;
plaster, and will say unto you, rasha, that he should not turn I Hashem will answer him by
The kir (wall) is no more, from his derech harah to save Myself;
neither they that mud- his life; |8| And I will set My face
plastered it; |23| Therefore ye shall see no against that ish, and will make
|16| Namely, the nevi'im of longer shav (vanity, futility), him an ot (sign) and
Yisroel which prophesy nor practice divinations; for I for meshalim (proverbs [i.e.,
concerning Yerushalayim, and will save My people out of make him a byword
which see chazon shalom for your yad; and ye shall know and an object lesson]
that I am Hashem.
and I will cut him off from the so that I cut off adam and tree, or than a branch which is
midst of My people; and ye behemah from it; among the trees of the forest?
shall know that I am Hashem. |18| Though these sheloshet |3| Shall wood be taken
|9| And if the navi be induced ha’anashim were in it, as I thereof to do any work? Or will
to make a pronouncement, I live, saith Adonoi Hashem, men take a yated (peg) of it to
Hashem have induced that they would deliver neither hang any vessel thereon?
navi, and I will stretch out My banim nor banot, but they |4| Hinei, it is cast into the
yad against him, and will only themselves would be eish for fuel; the eish
make him shmad from the delivered. devoureth both the ends of it,
midst of My people Yisroel. |19| Or if I send a dever and the middle of it is
|10| And they shall bear the (plague) into that land, and charred. Is it fit for any
punishment of their avon; the pour out My chemah (fury) melachah (work)?
punishment of the navi shall upon it in dahm, to cut off |5| Hinei, when it was tamim
be even as the punishment of from it adam and behemah; (whole), it was fit for no work;
him that inquireth of him; |20| Though Noach, Daniel, how much less shall it be fit
|11| That Bais Yisroel may go and Iyov were in it, as I live, yet for any work, when the
no more astray from Me, saith Adonoi Hashem, they eish hath devoured it, and it is
neither be made tameh any would deliver neither ben nor charred?
more with all their peysha'im; bat; they would but deliver |6| Therefore thus saith
but that they may be My their own nefashot by their Adonoi Hashem: As the etz
people, and I may be to them tzedakah. hagefen among the trees of the
Elohim, saith Adonoi |21| For thus saith Adonoi forest, which I have given to
Hashem. Hashem: How much worse the eish for fuel, so will I give
|12| The Devar Hashem came will it be when I send My four the inhabitants of
again to me, saying, severe judgments upon Yerushalayim.
|13| Ben adam, when eretz Yerushalayim---the cherev, and |7| And I will set My face
sinneth against Me by the ra'av (famine), and the against them; they shall go out
persistent ma'al chayyah ra'ah (wild beast), from one eish, and another
(faithlessness, treachery), then and the dever---to cut off from eish shall devour them; and ye
will I stretch out Mine yad it adam and behemah? shall have da'as that I am
upon it, and will break the |22| Yet, hinei, therein shall Hashem, when I set My face
matteh lechem thereof, and be left a remnant that shall be against them.
will send ra'av (famine) upon brought out, both banim and |8| And I will make ha'aretz
it, and will cut off adam and banot; behold, they shall come desolate, because they have
behemah from it; forth unto you, and ye shall committed ma'al
|14| Though these three see their derech and their (unfaithfulness, betrayal of a
anashim--Noach, Daniel, and doings; and ye shall be trust), saith Adonoi Hashem.
Iyov--were in it, they would consoled concerning the ra'ah
deliver but their own nefesh that I have brought upon
by their tzedakah, saith Yerushalayim, even
Adonoi Hashem. concerning all that I have
|15| If I cause chayyah ra'ah brought upon it.
(wild beasts) to pass through |23| And they shall console
ha'aretz, and they bereave it of you, when ye see their Again the Devar
children, so that it be desolate,
that no one may pass through
because of the beasts;
drakhim and their doings; and
ye shall know that I have not
done without cause all that I
16 Hashem came unto
me, saying,
|2| Ben adam, cause
|16| Though these sheloshet have done in it, saith Adonoi Yerushalayim to know her
ha’anashim were in the midst Hashem. to'avot (abominations),
of it, as I live, saith Adonoi |3| And say, Thus saith
Hashem, they shall deliver And the Devar Adonoi Hashem unto
neither banim nor banot; only
they shall be delivered, but
ha'aretz shall be desolate.
15 Hashem came unto
me, saying,
[2] Ben adam, how is the etz
Yerushalayim: Thy origin and
thy birth are from Eretz
HaKena'ani; avicha was
[17] Or if I bring a cherev hagefen (wood of the HaEmori (the Amorite)
upon that land, and say, grapevine) better than any
Cherev, pass through ha'aretz;
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and your em Chittit (a Hittite). and a necklace chain on thy hannichoach; and it was thus,
[4] And as for thy moledot neck. saith Adonoi Hashem.
(birth), in the day thou wast |12| And I put a nezem (ring) |20| Moreover thou hast
born thy navel cord was not in thy nose, and earrings in taken thy banim and thy
cut, neither wast thou washed thine oznayim, and an ateret banot, whom thou hast borne
in mayim to cleanse thee; thou tiferet upon thine rosh. unto Me, and these hast thou
wast not salted at all, nor |13| Thus wast thou decked sacrificed unto them [the idols]
swaddled at all. with zahav and kesef; and thy to be devoured. Was this thy
|5| None eye pitied thee, to do raiment was of fine linen, and zonah harlotry not enough,
any of these unto thee, to have silk, and embroidered cloth; |21| That thou hast
compassion upon thee; but thou didst eat fine flour, and slaughtered My banim, and
thou wast cast out into the devash, and shemen; and thou offered them to cause them to
open sadeh, when thou thyself wast exceeding beautiful, and pass through the eish for them
were loathed, in your yom thou didst become fit for [the idols]?
huledet (day of birth). royalty. |22| And in all thine to'avot
|6| And when I passed by |14| And thy shem (name, and thy zonah harlotry thou
thee, and saw thee flailing renown) went forth among the hast not remembered the days
about in thine own dahm, I Goyim on account of thy of thy youth, when thou wast
said unto thee when thou wast beauty; for it was perfect, erom (naked) and bare, and
in thy dahm, Chayi! (live!) through My hadar (splendor) wast flailing about in thy
Indeed, I said unto thee when which I had set upon thee, dahm.
thou wast in thy dahm, Chayi! saith Adonoi Hashem. |23| And it came to pass after
|7| I have caused thee to |15| But thou didst trust in all thy ra'ah (wickedness) --Oy,
multiply as the tzemach of the thine own beauty, and oy unto thee! saith Adonoi
sadeh, and thou hast playedst the zonah because of Hashem--
increased and matured, and thy renown, and pouredst out |24| That thou hast also built
thou art come to excellent thy harlotry on every one that unto thee a gev (eminent
beauty; thy breasts are passed by; his it became. place, cult prostitution
fashioned, and thine hair is |16| And of thy begadim thou shrine), and hast made thee a
grown, whereas thou wast didst take, and adorned thy ramah (platform) in every
erom (naked) and bare. bamot te'lu'ot (gaudy high rechov (public square).
|8| Now when I passed by places, cult prostitution |25| Thou hast built thy
thee, and looked upon thee, brilliantly colored harlot ramah at rosh derech
hinei, thy time was the time of "beds"), and playedst the zonah (crossroad), and hast made thy
dodim (love); and I spread My thereupon; such things should beauty to be abhorred, and
kanaf (wing, corner of not come, neither should they hast spread open thy raglayim
garment) over thee, and be. to every one that passed by,
covered thy ervah (nakedness); |17| Thou hast also taken thy and multiplied thy zonah
indeed, I swore an oath unto fair jewels of My zahav and of harlotry.
thee, and entered into a brit My kesef, which I had given |26| Thou hast also played
with thee, saith Adonoi thee, and madest to thyself the zonah fornicator with the
Hashem, and thou becamest tzelamim (images) of zakhar Mitzrayim, thy very fleshy
Mine. (male, i.e., phallic symbols), neighbors; and hast increased
|9| Then washed I thee with and didst play the zonah with thy zonah harlotry, to provoke
mayim; indeed, I thoroughly them, Me to anger.
washed away thy dahm from |18| And tookest thy |27| Hinei, therefore I have
thee, and I anointed thee with embroidered garments, and stretched out My yad against
shemen. coveredst them [the idols]; and thee, and have diminished
|10| I clothed thee also with thou hast set Mine shemen thine food ration, and
embroidered cloth, and shod and Mine ketoret before them delivered thee unto the nefesh
thee with tachash leather, and [the idols]. (passionate desire) of them
I girded thee about with fine |19| My lechem also which I that hate thee, the banot
linen, and I covered thee with gave thee, solet (fine flour), Pelishtim (daughters of the
silk. and shemen, and devash, Philistines), which are
|11| I decked thee also with wherewith I fed thee, ashamed of thy derech
jewelry, and I put tzemidim thou hast even set it before zimmah (lewd deportment).
(bracelets) upon thy hands, them [the idols] for a re'ach
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|28| Thou hast played the that thou hast hated; I will mashal against thee, saying,
zonah also with Ashur, even gather them around As is the imma (mother), so is
because thou wast insatiable; about against thee, and will her bat (daughter).
indeed, thou hast played the uncover thy ervah (nakedness) |45| Thou art bat of thy em,
zonah with them, and yet unto them, that they may see that despised her ish and her
couldest not be satisfied. all thy ervah (nakedness, banim; and thou art the achot
|29| Thou hast moreover pudenda). (sister) of thy akhayot, which
multiplied thy zenut to eretz |38| And I will judge thee, as despised their anashim and
Kena'an unto Chaldea; and nashim that are guilty of their banim; your em was a
yet thou wast not satisfied no’afot (acts of adulteresses, Chittit (Hittite), and your av
therewith. breaking wedlock) and an Emori (Amorite).
|30| How degenerate is thine shefach dahm are judged; and |46| And thine elder achot
lev, saith Adonoi Hashem, I will bring dahm upon thee in (sister) is Shomron, she and
seeing thou doest all these chemah (wrath) and kina her banot that dwell to thy
things, the work of a brazen (jealousy). north; and thy younger achot,
isha zonah; |39| And I will also give thee that dwelleth to thy south, is
|31| In that thou buildest into their yad, and they shall Sodom and her banot.
thine gev in rosh kol derech, throw down thine gev, and |47| Yet hast thou not walked
and makest thine ramah in shall break down thy ramot after their drakhim, nor done
every rechov; and hast not (high places, cult prostitution after their to'avot; but, as if
been as a zonah, in that thou sites of pagan worship); they that were too little a thing,
scornest hire; shall strip thee also of thy thou wast corrupted more
|32| But as the isha (wife) the clothes, and shall take thy fair than they in all thy drakhim.
mena'efet (one that commit- jewels, and leave thee erom |48| As I live, saith Adonoi
eth adultery), which taketh (naked) and bare. Hashem, Sodom thy achot
zarim instead of her ish! |40| They shall also bring up (sister) hath not done, she nor
|33| They give nedeh (gifts) to a kahal against thee, and they her banot, as thou hast done,
all zonot; but thou givest thy shall stone thee with stones, thou and thy banot.
nadan (gift) to all thy lovers, and hack thee to bits with |49| Hinei, this was the avon
and hirest them, that they may their charavot (swords). Sodom thy achot; ga'on
come unto thee on every side |41| And they shall burn (pride), over fullness of
for thy zenut. thine batim (houses) with eish, lechem, and abundance of
|34| And the opposite is in and execute shefatim idleness was in her and in her
thee from other nashim in thy (judgments) upon thee in the banot, neither did she
zonah harlotry, whereas none sight of many nashim; and I strengthen the yad of the oni
doth solicit thee to commit will cause thee to cease from (poor) and evyon (needy).
zonah harlotry: and in that playing the zonah, and thou |50| And they were haughty,
thou givest an etnan also shalt give no etnan and committed to'evah before
(payment), and no etnan is (payment) any more. Me; therefore I took them
given unto thee, therefore |42| So will I make My away as I saw.
thou art opposite. chemah (wrath) toward thee to |51| Neither hath Shomron
|35| Therefore, O zonah, hear rest, and My kina (jealousy) committed half of thy chattot
the Devar Hashem. shall depart from thee, and I (sins); but thou hast
|36| Thus saith Adonoi will be quiet, and will be no multiplied thine to'avot more
Hashem: Because thy passion more angry. than they, and hast made thy
was poured out, and thy ervah |43| Because thou hast not akhayot (sisters) seem
uncovered through thy zonah remembered the days of thy righteous in all thine
harlotry with thy lovers, and youth, but hast provoked Me to'avot which thou hast done.
with all the gillulim (idols) of in all these things; therefore |52| Thou also, which hast
thy to'avot, and by the dahm surely I also will repay thy judged thy akhayot (sisters),
of thy banim, which thou didst derech upon thine rosh, saith bear thine own shame for thy
give unto them; Adonoi Hashem; and thou chattot (sins) that thou hast
|37| Hineni, therefore I will shalt not commit this zimmah committed more abominable
gather all thy lovers, with (lewdness) in addition to all than theirs; they are more
whom thou hast taken thine to'avot. righteous than thou; indeed,
pleasure, and all them that |44| Hinei, every one that be thou disgraced also, and
thou hast loved, with all them useth proverbs shall use this bear thy shame, in that
thou hast made thy akhayot covenant with Hashem]. this gefen (vine) did bend her
(sisters) seem righteous. |62| And I will establish My roots toward him, and shot
|53| When I shall restore Brit (covenant) with thee; and forth her branches toward
their fortunes, the fortunes of thou shalt know that I am him, that he might water it by
Sodom and her banot, and the Hashem; the furrows where it had been
fortunes of Shomron and her |63| That thou mayest planted.
banot, then will I restore the remember, and be ashamed, |8| It was planted in a sadeh
fortunes of thy fortune among and never open thy mouth any tov by mayim rabbim, that it
them: more because of thy shame, might bring forth branches,
|54| That thou mayest bear when I have made kapporah and that it might bear p’ri,
thine own shame, and mayest (atonement, i.e., when I am that it might be a majestic
be disgraced in all that thou pacified, appeased) toward gefen.
hast done, in that thou art a thee for all that thou hast |9| Say thou, Thus saith
comfort unto them. done, saith Adonoi Hashem. Adonoi Hashem: Shall it
|55| When thy akhayot thrive? Shall he not pull up
(sisters), Sodom and her the shorashim (roots) thereof,
banot, shall return to their and cut off the p’ri (fruit)
former state, and Shomron thereof, that it wither? All of
and her banot shall return to And the Devar its tzemach (sprouted) leaves
their former state, then thou
and thy banot shall return to
your former state.
17 Hashem came unto
me, saying,
|2| Ben adam, put forth an
shall wither, even without
great power or many peoples
to pluck it up by the
|56| For thy achot (sister) allegory, and speak a mashal shorashim (roots) thereof.
Sodom was not mentioned by unto the Bais Yisroel; |10| Indeed, hinei, being
thy mouth in the day of thy |3| And say, Thus saith transplanted, shall it thrive?
ga'on (pride), Adonoi Hashem: A nesher Shall it not utterly wither,
|57| Before thy ra'ah hagadol with great when the east wind toucheth
(wickedness) was uncovered, kenafayim (wings), long it? It shall wither in the
as at the time of the cherpah pinions, full of plumage, furrows where it tzemach
(disgrace) of the banot Aram which had various colors, (sprouted).
(Syria), and all that are came unto Levanon, and took |11| Moreover the Devar
around her, the banot of the the highest branch of the Hashem came unto me,
Pelishtim (Philistines), which cedar. saying,
despise thee all around. |4| He broke off its topmost |12| Say now to bais hameri
|58| Thou hast borne [the young twig, and carried it into (the rebellious house), Know
penalty of] thy zimmah an eretz kena'an (land of ye not what these things
(lewdness) and thine to'avot, trade); he set it in a city of mean? Tell them: Hinei,
saith Hashem. merchants [i.e., Babylon]. Melech Bavel is come to
|59| For thus saith Adonoi |5| He took also of the zera of Yerushalayim, and hath taken
Hashem: I will even deal with ha'aretz, and planted it in a HaMelech thereof, and the
thee as thou hast done, which fertile sadeh; he placed it by sarim thereof, and led them
hast despised the oath in abundant mayim, and set it with him to Bavel;
breaking the brit (covenant). out like a willow tree. |13| And hath taken of the
|60| Nevertheless I will |6| And it yitzmach royal zera, and cut a Brit with
remember My Brit (covenant) (sprouted), and became a him, and hath taken an oath
with thee in the days of thy spreading gefen of low stature, of him; he hath also taken
youth, and I will establish whose branches turned toward away the mighty of ha'aretz;
unto thee a Brit Olam. him, and the roots thereof |14| That the mamlachah
|61| Then thou shalt were under him; so it became (kingdom) might be abased,
remember thy drakhim, and a gefen (vine), and brought that it might not exalt itself,
be ashamed, when thou shalt forth branches, and shot forth but that by being shomer over
receive thy akhayot (sisters), sprigs. his brit it might stand.
thine elder and thy younger; |7| There was also another |15| But he rebelled against
and I will give them unto thee nesher hagadol with great him in sending his malachim
for banot, but not because of kenafayim (wings) and many into Mitzrayim, that they
thy brit (convenant) [i.e., feathers; and, hinei, might give him susim and
Sodom and Shomron had no
much people. Shall he shall bring forth boughs, and |8| He that hath not loaned
prosper? Shall he escape that bear p’ri (fruit), and be a gelt on neshekh, neither hath
doeth such things? Or shall he majestic cedar; and under it taken any tarbit (interest,
break the brit (covenant), and shall dwell kol tzippor (every usury), that hath withdrawn
be delivered? bird) of every wing; in the tzel his yad from iniquity, hath
|16| As I live, saith Adonoi (shadow) of the branches executed mishpat emes
Hashem, surely in the makom thereof shall they dwell. between ish and ish,
where the melech dwelleth |24| And all the trees of the |9| Hath walked in My
that made him melech, whose sadeh shall know that I chukkot, and hath been
oath he despised, whose brit Hashem have brought down shomer over My mishpatim, to
he broke, even with him in the the high etz (tree), have do emes; he is tzaddik, he
midst of Bavel he shall die. exalted the low etz (tree), have shall surely live, saith Adonoi
|17| Neither shall Pharaoh dried up the green etz (tree), Hashem.
with his mighty army and and have made the etz yavesh |10| If he father a ben-paritz
great kahal do anything for (dry tree) to flourish. I shofech dahm (a violent son
him in the milchamah, by Hashem have spoken and who sheds blood), and that
casting up siege mounds, and have done it. doeth the like to his brother,
building siegework, to cut off The Devar Hashem |11| Though he [the av] doeth
many nefashot.
|18| Seeing he despised the
oath by breaking the brit,
18 came unto me
again, saying,
|2| What mean ye, that ye use
none of these; he [the ben]
hath eaten [sacrifices to idols]
upon the harim, and made
when, hinei, he had given his this mashal concerning Admat tameh the isha of his
yad [i.e., promised by oath], Yisroel, saying, Avot have neighbor,
and still did all these things, eaten sour grapes, and the |12| Hath oppressed the oni
he shall not escape. teeth of the banim are set on and evyon, hath spoiled by a
|19| Therefore thus saith edge? robber's violence, hath not
Adonoi Hashem; As I live, |3| As I live, saith Adonoi restored the chavol (pledge),
surely Mine oath that he hath Hashem, ye shall not have and hath lifted up his eyes
despised, and My Brit occasion any more to use this to the gillulim, hath
(covenant) that he hath mashal in Yisroel. committed to'evah
broken, even it will I repay |4| Behold, all nefashot are (abomination),
upon his own rosh. Mine; as the nefesh of the av, |13| Hath loaned gelt upon
|20| And I will spread My net so also the nefesh of the ben is neshekh (usury), and hath
upon him, and he shall be Mine; the nefesh that sinneth, taken tarbit (interest); shall he
caught in My snare, and I will it shall die. then live? He shall not live; he
bring him to Bavel, and will |5| But if an ish be tzaddik, hath done all these to'evot; he
execute justice on him there and do that which is mishpat shall surely die; his dahm
for his ma'al (unfaithfulness) and tzedakah, shall be upon him.
that he hath been unfaithful |6| And hath not eaten |14| Now, hinei, if he father a
against Me. [sacrifices of gillulim, idols] ben, that seeth all the chattot
|21| And all his fugitives with upon the harim, neither hath aviv which he hath done, and
all his troops shall fall by the lifted up his eyes to the considereth, and doeth not
cherev, and they that survive gillulim of Bais Yisroel, like such,
and remain shall be scattered neither hath made tameh the |15| That hath not eaten
toward kol ruach (all winds); isha of his neighbor, neither [sacrifices to idols] upon the
and ye shall know that I hath come near to an isha harim, neither hath lifted up
Hashem have spoken it. niddah, his eyes to the gillulim of Bais
|22| Thus saith Adonoi |7| And hath not oppressed Yisroel, hath not made tameh
Hashem; I will also take of the any ish, but hath restored to the isha of his neighbor,
highest branch of the high the debtor his chavolah |16| Neither hath oppressed
cedar, and will plant it; I will (pledge, collateral), hath any ish, hath not withheld the
break off from the top of its spoiled none by a robber's chavol (pledge), neither hath
young twigs a tender one, and violence, hath given his spoiled by a robber's violence,
will plant it upon a high lechem to the hungry, and but hath given his lechem to
mountain and prominent; hath covered the eirom the hungry, and hath covered
|23| On the high mountain of (naked) with a garment; the eirom (naked)
Yisroel will I plant it; and it with a garment,
|17| That hath taken off his that he hath done shall not be Moreover take thou
yad from the oni, that hath
not received neshekh (usury)
nor tarbit (interest), hath
remembered; in his ma'al
(unfaithfulness) that he hath
committed treachery, and in
19 up a kinah
(lament) for the
nasi’im of Yisroel,
executed My mishpat, hath his chattat that he hath |2| And say, What is
walked in My chukkot; he sinned, in them shall he die. immecha, a lioness? She lay
shall not die for the avon aviv, |25| Yet ye say, The Derech down among arayot (lions),
he shall surely live. Adonoi is not proper. Hear rearing her cubs among young
|18| As for aviv, because he now, O Bais Yisroel: Is My lions.
cruelly oppressed with Derech not proper? Is it not |3| And she brought up one
extortion, spoiled his brother the drakhim of you that are of her cubs; it became a strong
by a robber's violence, and did not proper? lion, and it learned to tear
that which is not tov among |26| When a tzaddik turneth teref (prey); it devoured adam.
his people, hinei, even he shall away from his tzedek, and |4| The Goyim also heard of
die in his avon. committeth iniquity, and him; he was trapped in their
|19| Yet say ye, Why? Doth dieth in them, for his iniquity shachat (pit), and they
not the ben bear the avon that he hath done shall he die. brought him with hooks unto
(iniquity, guilt) of the av? |27| Again, when a rashah Eretz Mitzrayim.
When the ben hath done that turneth away from his |5| Now when she saw that in
which is mishpat and wickedness that he hath vain she had waited, and her
tzedakah, and hath been committed, and doeth that tikvah (hope) was lost, then
shomer over all My chukkot, which is mishpat and she took another of her cubs,
and hath done them, he shall tzedakah, he shall save his and made him a strong lion.
surely live. nefesh alive. |6| And he went up and down
|20| The nefesh that sinneth, |28| Because he considereth, among the arayot (lions), he
it shall die. The ben shall not and turneth away from all his became a strong lion, and
bear the avon of the av, peysha'im that he hath learned to tear the teref, and
neither shall the av bear the committed, he shall surely devoured adam.
avon of the ben; the tzedakat live; he shall not die. |7| And he destroyed their
hatzaddik shall be upon him, |29| Yet saith Bais Yisroel, strongholds, and he laid waste
and the rishat rashah shall be The Derech Adonoi is not their towns; and eretz and the
upon him. proper. O Bais Yisroel, is My fulness thereof became
|21| But if the rashah will Derech not proper? Is it not desolate, through the sound of
turn from all his chattot that the drakhim of you that are his roaring.
he hath committed, and be not proper? |8| Then the Goyim set
shomer over all My chukkot, |30| Therefore I will judge against him on every side from
and do that which is you, O Bais Yisroel, every one the medinot (provinces), and
mishpat and tzedakah, he according to the drakhim of spread their reshet (net) over
shall surely live, he shall not him, saith Adonoi Hashem. him; he was trapped in their
die. Make teshuvah, and turn shachat (pit [trap]).
|22| All his peysha'im that he yourselves from all your |9| And they put him in a
hath committed, they shall not peysha'im, so avon shall not neckstock with hooks, and
be remembered against him: be your michshol (stumbling brought him to Melech Bavel;
in his tzidkat that he hath block, downfall). they brought him into
done he shall live. |31| Cast away from you all metzodot (fortresses),
|23| Have I any pleasure at your peysha'im, whereby ye that his voice should no more
all in the mot rashah? saith have committed peysha; and be heard upon the harim of
Adonoi Hashem. And not that get you a lev chadash and a Yisroel.
he should make teshuvah ruach chadashah [i.e., |10| Immecha is like a gefen
from the darkhei of him, and regeneration, new birth see Yn (vine) full of shoots, planted
live? 3:3]; for why will ye die, O Bais by the mayim; she was fruitful
|24| But when the tzaddik Yisroel? and full of branches by reason
turneth away from his tzedek, |32| For I have no pleasure in of mayim rabbim.
and committeth iniquity, and the mot of him that dieth, |11| And she had strong
doeth according to all the saith Adonoi Hashem; branches that became the
to'evot that the rashah doeth, therefore, make teshuva and shivtei moshlim
shall he live? All his tzedek live! (scepters of rulers),
and her stature towered above had searched out for them, |14| But I acted for My
the thick branches, and she zavat cholov udevash, which is Name's sake, that it should not
was seen in her height amid the most beautiful of all lands; be profaned before the eyes of
the dense branches. |7| Then said I unto them, the Goyim, in whose sight I
|12| But she was uprooted in Cast ye away every ish the brought them out.
chemah (fury), she was cast shikkutzim before his |15| Yet also I lifted up My
down to the ground, and the eynayim, and make not Yad unto them in the midbar,
east wind dried up her p’ri; yourselves tameh with the that I would not bring them
her strong branches were gillulim (idols) of Mitzrayim; I into ha'aretz which I had given
broken and withered; the eish am Hashem Eloheichem. them, zavat cholov udevash,
consumed them. |8| But they rebelled against the most beautiful of all lands;
|13| And now she is planted Me, and would not pay heed |16| Because they despised
in the midbar, in a dry and unto Me; they did not every ish My mishpatim, and walked
thirsty eretz. cast away the shikkutzim from not in My chukkot, but
|14| And eish is gone out of a before their eynayim, neither profaned My Shabbatot; for
rod of her branches, which did they forsake the gillulim their lev went after their
hath devoured her p’ri, so that (idols) of Mitzrayim; then I gillulim (idols).
she hath no strong branch to said, I will pour out My |17| Nevertheless since Mine
be a shevet (sceptre) to rule. chemah (wrath) upon them, to eye spared them from
This is a kinah lament, and vent My anger against them in destroying them, I did not
shall be for a funeral dirge. the midst of Eretz make an end of them in the
Mitzrayim. midbar.
And it came to pass |9| But I acted for My Name's |18| But I said unto their
20 in the seventh year,

in the fifth month,
the tenth day of the month,
sake, that it should not be
profaned before the eyes of
the Goyim, among whom they
banim in the midbar, Walk ye
not in the chukkot of
avoteichem, neither be shomer
that certain anashim of the were living. In bringing them over their mishpatim, nor
zekenim of Yisroel came to forth out of Eretz Mitzrayim, make yourselves tameh with
inquire of Hashem, and sat in their sight I made Myself their gillulim (idols).
before me. [publicly] known unto them. |19| I am Hashem
|2| Then came the Devar |10| Therefore I caused them Eloheichem; walk in My
Hashem unto me, saying, to go forth out of Eretz chukkot, and be shomer over
|3| Ben adam, speak unto the Mitzrayim, and brought them My mishpatim, and do them;
zekenim of Yisroel, and say into the midbar. |20| And be shomer shabbos
unto them, Thus saith Adonoi |11| And I gave them My over My Shabbatot, keeping
Hashem: Are ye come to chukkot, and made known to them kodesh; and they shall
inquire of Me? As I live, saith them My mishpatim, which if be an Ot between Me and you,
Adonoi Hashem, I will not be ha’adam does, he shall even that ye may know that I am
inquired of by you. live in them. Hashem Eloheichem .
|4| Wilt thou judge them, ben |12| Moreover also I gave |21| Notwithstanding, the
adam, wilt thou judge them? them My Shabbatot, to be an banim rebelled against Me;
Cause them to know the Ot between Me and them, that they walked not in My
to'avot of their avot. they might know that I am chukkot, neither were shomer
|5| And say unto them, Thus Hashem that set them apart over My mishpatim to do
saith Adonoi Hashem: In the as kodesh. them, which if ha’adam does,
day when I chose Yisroel, and |13| But Bais Yisroel rebelled he shall even live in them;
lifted up Mine yad [i.e., took a against Me in the midbar; they they profaned My Shabbatot;
shevua] unto the zera Bais walked not in My chukkot, and then I said, I would pour out
Ya'akov, and made Myself they despised My mishpatim, My chemah (wrath) upon
known unto them in Eretz which if ha’adam does, he them, to accomplish My anger
Mitzrayim, when I lifted up shall even live in them; and against them in the midbar.
Mine yad unto them, saying, I My Shabbatot they greatly |22| Nevertheless, I withdrew
am Hashem Eloheichem; defiled; then I said, I would Mine yad, and acted for My
[6] In the day that I lifted up pour out My chemah (wrath) Name's sake, that it should not
Mine yad unto them, to bring upon them in the midbar, to be profaned before the
them forth from Eretz consume them. eyes of the Goyim, in
Mitzrayim into a land that I
whose sight I brought them do ye commit zenut after their since ye will not pay heed unto
forth. shikkutzim? Me; and do not profane Shem
|23| I lifted up Mine yad unto |31| For when ye offer your Kodshi anymore with your
them also in the midbar, that gifts, when ye make your gifts, and with your gillulim.
I would scatter them among banim to pass through the |40| For in Har Kodshi, in
the Goyim, and disperse them eish, ye make yourselves the mountain of the height of
through the countries; tameh with all your gillulim Yisroel, saith Adonoi Hashem,
|24| Because they had not (idols), even unto this day; and there shall all Bais Yisroel, all
executed My mishpatim, but shall I be inquired of by you, of them in ha'aretz, serve Me;
had despised My chukkot, and O Bais Yisroel? As I live, saith there will I accept them, there
had profaned My Shabbatot, Adonoi Hashem, I will not be will I require your terumot,
and their eynayim were after inquired of by you. the reshit of your offerings,
the gillulim of their fathers. |32| And that which cometh with all your kodeshim.
|25| Therefore I gave them into your mind shall not be at |41| I will accept you as a
also chukkot that were not all--that ye say, We will be as re'ach hannichoach, when I
tovim, and mishpatim the Goyim, as the mishpekhot bring you out from the
whereby they could not live; of the countries, to serve wood peoples, and gather you out of
|26| And I pronounced them and even (stone). the countries wherein ye have
tameh (unclean) because of |33| As I live, saith Adonoi been scattered; and I will show
their own [ritual] gifts, in that Hashem, surely with a yad Myself Kadosh among you
they caused to pass through chazakah, and with an before the eyes of the Goyim.
the eish all that openeth the outstretched zero'a, and with |42| And ye shall know that I
womb, that I might make chemah (fury) poured out, will am Hashem, when I shall
them desolate, to the end that I rule over you; bring you into Admat Yisroel,
they might know that I am |34| And I will bring you out into the country for which I
Hashem. from the peoples, and will lifted up Mine yad to give it to
|27| Therefore, ben adam, gather you out of the countries avoteichem.
speak unto Bais Yisroel, and wherein ye are scattered, with |43| And there shall ye
say unto them, Thus saith a yad chazakah, and with an remember your drakhim, and
Adonoi Hashem: Yet in this outstretched zero'a, and with all your doings, wherein ye
avoteichem have made gidduf chemah (wrath) poured out. have made yourselves tameh;
(blasphemy) against Me, in |35| And I will bring you into and ye shall loathe yourselves
that they have been ma'al the midbar of the peoples, and in your own sight for all your
(unfaithful) to Me. there will I execute judgment evils that ye have committed.
|28| For when I had brought with you face to face. |44| And ye shall know that I
them into ha'aretz, for the |36| Just as I judged am Hashem when I have dealt
which I lifted up Mine yad to avoteichem in the midbar of with you for the sake of Shmi,
give it to them, then they saw the Eretz Mitzrayim, so will I not according to your wicked
every high hill, and all the enter into judgment with you, drakhim, nor according to
thick trees, and they offered saith Adonoi Hashem. your corrupt doings, O ye Bais
there their zevakhim, and |37| And I will cause you to Yisroel, saith Adonoi Hashem.
there they presented the ka'as pass under the shevet (rod), |45[21:1]| Moreover the Devar
(provocation) of their korban; and I will bring you into the Hashem came unto me,
there also they made their bond of the brit (covenant); saying,
re'ach hannichoach, and |38| And I will purge out |46[21:2]| Ben adam, set thy
poured out there their from among you the rebels face toward the south, and
nesakhim. and the posh'im against Me; I preach against the south, and
|29| Then I said unto them, will bring them forth out of prophesy against the forest
What is the bamah whereunto the country where they land of the Negev;
ye go? And the shem whereof sojourn as gerim, and they |47[21:3]| And say to the
is called Bamah (High Place) shall not enter into Eretz forest of the Negev, Hear the
unto this day. Yisroel; and ye shall know that Devar Hashem: Thus saith
|30| Therefore say unto Bais I am Hashem. Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I will
Yisroel, Thus saith Adonoi |39| As for you, O Bais kindle an eish in thee, and it
Hashem: Are ye ones making Yisroel, thus saith Adonoi shall devour
yourself tameh after the Hashem: Go ye, serve ye every
manner of avoteichem? And one his gillulim, and hereafter
every green etz (tree) in thee, |8[21:13]| Again the Devar |18[21:23]| The Devar
and every dry etz (tree); the Hashem came unto me, Hashem came unto me again,
blazing flame shall not be saying, saying,
quenched, and all faces from |9[21:14]| Ben adam, |19[21:24]| Also, thou, ben
the Negev to the north shall be prophesy, and say, Thus saith adam, appoint thee two
scorched by it. Adonoi: Say, A cherev, a drakhim, that the cherev of
|48[21:4]| And all basar shall cherev is sharpened, and also Melech Bavel may come; both
see that I Hashem have polished; two shall come forth out of
kindled it; it shall not be |10[21:15]| It is sharpened to one land; and make a sign,
quenched. make a dreadful tevo'ach; it is put it at the rosh derech
|49[21:5]| Then said I, Ah polished and lightening-like it (crossroads) to the Ir.
Adonoi Hashem! They say of flashes; should we then make |20[21:25]| Appoint a derech,
me, Doth he not speak mirth? The Shevet of Beni that the cherev may come to
meshalim (parables)? [Moshiach, Gn 49:10; 2Sm 7] Rabbah Bnei Ammon, and to
And the Devar despiseth kol etz (every tree). Yehudah in fortified
21 Hashem came unto

me, saying,
|2[21:7]| Ben adam, set thy
|11[21:16]| And it is given to
be polished, that it may be
grasped with the palm; this
Yerushalayim.
|21[21:26]| For Melech Bavel
stood at the fork in the derech,
face toward Yerushalayim, cherev is sharpened, and it is at the rosh of the two
and preach against the polished, to deliver it into the drakhim, to use divination; he
mikdashim, and prophesy yad of the slayer. shook his khitzim (arrows), he
against Admat Yisroel, |12[21:17]| Cry and wail, ben consulted with teraphim, he
|3[21:8]| And say to Admat adam; for it shall be upon My looked in the liver.
Yisroel, Thus saith Hashem: people, it shall be upon all the |22[21:27]| At his right hand
Hineni, I am against thee, will nasi'im of Yisroel; including was the kesem (divination) for
draw forth My cherev out of its terrors by reason of the cherev Yerushalayim, to set up
sheath, will cut off from thee shall be upon My people; battering rams, to call for a
the tzaddik and the rasha. strike therefore upon thy slaughter, to lift up the voice
|4[21:9]| Seeing then that I thigh. with teru'ah (shouting), to
will cut off from thee the |13[21:18]| Because it is a appoint battering rams
tzaddik and the rasha, testing, and what? Even if you against the she'arim, to heap
therefore shall My cherev go despise the scepter [of up a siege mound, and to
forth out of its sheath against Moshiach], will it be no more? build a siege work.
kol basar from the Negev to saith Adonoi Hashem. |23[21:28]| And it shall be
the tzafon (north); |14[21:19]| Thou therefore, unto them as a kesem shav
|5[21:10]| That kol basar may ben adam, prophesy, and (false divination) in their
know that I Hashem have strike thine hands together, sight, to them that have sworn
drawn forth My cherev out of and let the cherev do double shevu'ot (oaths); but he will
its sheath; it shall not return damage the third time, the call to remembrance the avon,
any more. cherev of the slain; it is the that they may be seized.
|6[21:11]| Sigh therefore, cherev for great slaughter--it |24[21:29]| Therefore thus
thou ben adam, with a surrounds them. saith Adonoi Hashem;
breaking heart; and with |15[21:20]| I have set the Because ye have made your
bitterness groan before their point of the cherev against all avon to be remembered, in
eynayim. their she'arim, that their lev that your peysha'im are
|7[21:12]| And it shall be, may faint, and many may uncovered, so that in all your
when they say unto thee, Why stumble. Ah! It is made for doings your sins do appear;
sighest thou? That thou shalt flashing, it is wrapped for because, that ye are come to
answer, For the news; because slaughter. remembrance, ye shall be
it cometh; and every lev shall |16[21:21}| Go thee one way captured with the palm.
melt, and all hands shall go or the other, either on right |25[21:30]| And thou, profane
limp with fear, and every hand, or on left, wherever thy wicked nasi of Yisroel, whose
ruach shall faint, and all face is appointed. day is come, when avon shall
birkayim (knees) shall be weak |17[21:22]| I will also strike have an end,
as mayim; hinei, it cometh, Mine palm together, and I will |26[21:31]| Thus saith Adonoi
and shall be brought to pass, appease My chemah (wrath). Hashem; Remove
saith Adonoi Hashem. I Hashem have said it.
the mitznefet (turban), V'hoda'tah (thou shalt show, |11| And ish hath committed
and take off the ateret; make to know, arraign) her all to'evah with his neighbor's
nothing shall be the same; her to'avot (abominations). isha; and another hath lewdly
exalt him that is low, and |3| Then say thou, Thus saith made tameh his kallah
abase him that is exalted. Adonoi Hashem, The Ir has (daughter-in-law); and another
|27[21:32]| I will make it shefach dahm in the midst of in thee hath raped his achot,
overthrown, overthrown, it, that her time may come, his bat aviv.
overthrown: and it shall be no and maketh gillulim (idols) |12| In thee have they taken
longer, ad bo asher lo against herself to make herself shochad (bribe) for shefach
hamishpat (until He come tameh (unclean). dahm; thou hast taken
to whom the right it is); and I |4| Thou art become guilty by neshekh (usury) and tarbit
will give it him [Gn 49:10]. thy shefach dahm; and hast (interest), and thou hast
|28[21:33]| And thou, ben made thyself tameh in thine unjustly profited from thy
adam, prophesy and say, Thus gillulim (idols) which thou neighbors by oshek (opression,
saith Adonoi Hashem hast made; and thou hast extortion), and hast forgotten
concerning Bnei Ammon, and caused thy days to draw near, Me, saith Adonoi Hashem.
concerning their cherpah; and art come even unto thy |13| Hinei, therefore I have
even say thou: The cherev, the shanot (years); therefore have struck Mine palm at thy betza
cherev is drawn; for the I made thee a cherpah unto (dishonest gain) which thou
slaughter it is polished, to the Goyim, and a kallasa hast made, and at thy
consume like lightning; (mockery, laughingstock) to all bloodshed which hath been in
|29[21:34]| While they see countries. the midst of thee.
chazon shav (vain visions) for |5| Those that be near, and |14| Can thine lev stand firm,
thee, while they divine a kazav those that be far from thee, or can thine hands be strong,
(lie) unto thee, to bring thee shall mock at thee, which art in the days that I shall deal
upon the tzavarot (necks) of tameh hashem (defiled, with thee? I Hashem have
them that are slain, of the unclean of name, reputation) spoken it, and will do it.
resha'im, whose day is come, and much in turmoil. |15| And I will scatter thee
when their avon shall have an |6| Hinei, the nasi’im (rulers) among the Goyim, and
end. of Yisroel, every one has used disperse thee throughout the
|30[21:35]| Shall I cause it to his zero'a (arm, power) for countries, and will remove thy
return into its sheath? I will shefach dahm in thee. tum'a (uncleanness) out of
judge thee in the makom |7| In thee have they treated thee.
where thou wast created, in with contempt av and em in |16| And thou shalt defile
thine eretz moledet. the midst of thee; they have thyself in the sight of the
|31[21:36]| And I will pour dealt by oshek (oppression) Goyim, and thou shalt know
out Mine za'am (indignation) with the ger (alien, proselyte); that I am Hashem.
upon thee, I will blow against in thee have they mistreated |17| And the Devar Hashem
thee in the eish of My wrath, the yatom and the almanah. came unto me, saying,
and deliver thee into the yad |8| Thou hast despised Mine |18| Ben adam, Bais Yisroel is
of brutal anashim, skillful in kadoshim, and hast profaned to Me become sig (dross,
destruction. My Shabbatot. smelting waste product); all
|32[21:37]| Thou shalt be for |9| In thee are anashim that they are nechoshet, and bedil
fuel to the eish; thy dahm slander to cause shefach (tin), and barzel (iron), and
shall be in the midst of dahm; and in thee are they oferet (lead), in the midst of
ha'aretz; thou shalt be no who eat upon the harim; in the kur (furnace); they are
more remembered; for I the midst of thee they commit even the siggim (drosses) of
Hashem have spoken it. zimmah (lewdness). kesef.
|10| In thee have they |19| Therefore thus saith
uncovered the ervat av Adonoi Hashem; because ye
Moreover the (nakedness of their father, i.e., are all become siggim, hineni,
22
saying,
Devar Hashem
came unto me,
had incest with mother or step-
mother), in thee have they
raped her that had the teme'at
therefore I will gather you into
the midst of Yerushalayim.
|20| As they gather kesef,
|2| Now, thou ben adam, wilt haniddah (the uncleanness of and nechoshet, and
thou judge, wilt thou judge the the menstruation period). barzel (iron), and
ir hadamim (bloody city)?
oferet (lead), and bedil (tin), seeing vain visions, and parashim (charioteers) driving
into the midst of the kur divining kazav (lies) unto susim.
(furnace), to blow the eish them, saying, Thus saith |7| Thus she committed her
upon the ore to melt it down; Adonoi Hashem, when zonah harlotry with them,
so will I gather you in Mine af Hashem hath not spoken. with all them that were the
(anger) and in My chemah |29| The am ha'aretz have choice Bnei Ashur, and with
(wrath), and I will position you used oshek (oppression, all for whom she lusted; with
there, and melt you down. extortion) and commmitted all their gillulim (idols) she
|21| Indeed, I will gather you, gazel (robbery), and have made herself tameh.
and blow upon you in the eish mistreated the oni and |8| Neither did she give up
of My evrah (wrath), and ye evyon; indeed, they have her zonah harlotry brought
shall be melted down in the treated the ger without from Mitzrayim; for in her
midst therof. mishpat (justice). youth they lay with her, and
|22| As kesef is melted down |30| And I sought for an ish they caressed her betulah
in the midst of the kur among them, that should bosom, and poured out their
(furnace), so shall ye be melted repair the gader (fence), and zenut fornication upon her.
down in the midst thereof; stand in the peretz (gap, |9| Therefore I have delivered
and ye shall know that I breach) before Me on behalf of her into the yad of her lovers,
Hashem have poured out My ha'aretz, that it might not be into the yad of the Bnei Ashur,
chemah (wrath) upon you. destroyed; but I found none. upon whom she lusted.
|23| And the Devar Hashem |31| Therefore have I poured |10| These uncovered her
came unto me, saying, out Mine za'am (indignation, ervah (nakedness); they took
|24| Ben adam, say unto her, rage) upon them; I have her banim and her banot, and
Thou art eretz that is not consumed them with the eish slaughtered her with the
metoharah (cleansed), nor of My evrah (wrath); their own cherev; and she became a
rained upon in the Yom Za'am derech have I brought back shem (byword) among nashim;
(Day of Indignation). upon their rosh, saith Adonoi for they had executed
|25| There is a kesher of her Hashem. judgments upon her.
nevi'im in the midst thereof, The Davar Hashem |11| And when her achot
like a roaring ari (lion) tearing
the prey; they have devoured
nefesh; they have taken the
23 came again unto
me, saying,
|2| Ben adam, there were two
Oholivah saw this, she was
more depraved in her craving
than she, her zonah harlotry
khosen (treasure, wealth) and nashim, the banot of one em; became worse than the zonah
precious things; they have |3| And they committed harlotry of her achot.
made her many almanot zonah harlotry in Mitzrayim; |12| She lusted after the Bnei
(widows) in the midst thereof. they committed zonah Ashur warriors, pachot and
|26| Her kohanim have done harlotry in their youth; there seganim, clothed most
violence to My torah, and have were their breasts pressed, gorgeously, parashim driving
profaned Mine kadoshim; they and there their betulah bosom susim, all of them desirable
have put no difference was caressed. bochurim.
between the kodesh and chol |4| And the shmot of them |13| Then I saw that she had
(common, profane), neither were Oholah the elder, and made herself tameh, that both
have they made a distinction Oholivah her achot; and they of them had gone derech
between the tameh and the were Mine, and they bore echad (the same road).
tahor, and have hid their banim and banot. Thus were |14| And that she increased
eynayim from My Shabbatot, their shmot: Shomron is her zonah harlotry; for when
and I am profaned among Oholah, and Yerushalayim she saw anashim portrayed
them. Oholivah. upon the kir (wall), the
|27| Her sarim in the midst |5| And Oholah (unfaithful to tzelamim (idol images) of the
thereof are like ze'evim Me) played the zonah when Kasdim (Chaldeans) portrayed
(wolves) tearing the prey, to do she was Mine; and she lusted in bright red,
shefach dahm, and to destroy for her lovers, for Ashur [the |15| Girded with ezor (belts)
nefashot, to get betza Assyrian] warriors, upon their waists, with flowing
(dishonest gain). |6| Which were clothed with tevulim (turbans) upon their
|28| And her nevi'im have royal blue, pachot (governors) heads, all of them
plastered them with and seganim (officials), all of shalishim (ranking
[dissolving] mud plaster, them desirable bochurim,
officers) to look to, after the kahal amim, which shall set and held in derision; it
demut (appearance) of those against thee shield and mogen containeth so much, filled to
of Bnei Bavel Kasdim, their and kova (helmet) all around; the brim.
eretz moledet; they will array themselves |33| Thou shalt be filled with
|16| And as soon as she saw against thee; and I will shikkaron (drunkenness) and
them with her eynayim, she delegate mishpat to them, and sorrow, with the kos of horror
lusted upon them, and sent they shall judge thee and desolation, with the kos of
malachim unto them into according to their mishpatim. thy achot Shomron.
Chaldea. |25| And I will set My kina |34| Thou shalt even drink it
|17| And the Bnei Bavel came (jealousy) against thee, and and drain it dry, and thou
to her into the mishkav dodim they shall deal in chemah shalt break it into shards, and
(bed of love), and they made (wrath) with thee; they shall tear at thine own breasts; for I
her tameh with their zenut cut off thy nose and thine have spoken it, saith Adonoi
(whoredom), and she was oznayim; and thy remnant Hashem.
defiled by them, and her shall fall by the cherev; they |35| Therefore thus saith
nefesh turned away from shall take thy banim and thy Adonoi Hashem: Because thou
them in disgust. banot; and thy remnant shall hast forgotten Me, and thrust
|18| So she uncovered her be devoured by the eish. Me behind thy back, therefore
zonah harlotry, and |26| They shall also strip thee bear thou also thy zimmah
uncovered her ervah: then My out of thy begadim, and take and thy zonah harlotry.
Nefesh was alienated from away thy beautiful jewels. |36| Hashem said moreover
her, just as My Nefesh was |27| Thus will I make thy unto me: Ben adam, wilt thou
alienated from her achot. zimmah (lewdness) to cease judge Oholah and Oholivah?
|19| Yet she multiplied her from thee, and thy Indeed, declare unto them
zonah harlotry, in calling to zenut brought from Eretz their to'avot;
remembrance the days of her Mitzrayim; so that thou shalt |37| That they have
youth, wherein she had played not lift up thine eynayim unto committed ni'uf, and dahm is
the zonah in Eretz Mitzrayim. them, nor remember on their hands, and with their
|20| For she lusted upon their Mitzrayim any more. gillulim (idols) have they
pilagshim (illicit lovers), whose |28| For thus saith Adonoi committed ni'uf, and have also
basar is as the basar of Hashem; Hineni, I will deliver caused their banim, whom
chamorim, and whose issue is thee into the yad of them they bore unto Me, to pass for
like the issue of susim. whom thou hatest, into the them through the eish,
|21| Thus thou calledst to yad of them from whom thy offering them as [sacrificial]
remembrance the zimmah nefesh is alienated; food.
(lewdness) of thy youth, when |29| And they shall deal with |38| Moreover this they have
those of Mitzrayim caressed thee b'sinah (in hatred), and done unto Me: they have
thy bosom because of thy shall take away all thou hast defiled My Mikdash in the
youthful bosom. labored for, and shall leave same day, and have profaned
|22| Therefore, O Oholivah, thee erom (naked) and bare; My Shabbatot.
thus saith Adonoi Hashem: and the ervah of thy zonah |39| For when they had
Hineni, I will stir up thy lovers harlotry shall be uncovered, slaughtered their banim to
against thee, from whom thou both thy zimmah (lewdness) their gillulim (idols), then they
hast alienated thy nefesh, and and thy zonah harlotry. came the same day, entering
I will bring them against thee |30| I will do these things into My Mikdash to profane it;
on every side; unto thee, because thou hast and, hinei, thus have they
|23| The Bnei Baval, and all gone a-whoring after the done in the midst of Mine
the Kasdim, Pekod, Shoa, Goyim, and because thou art Bais.
Koa, and all the Bnei Ashur made tameh with their |40| And furthermore, they
with them; all of them gillulim. sent for anashim to come from
desirable bochurim, pachot |31| Thou hast walked in the afar, unto whom malach
and seganim, shalishim and derech of thy achot; so will I (messenger) had been sent;
renowned, all of them riding give her kos into thine yad. and, hinei, they came; the men
upon susim. |32| Thus saith Adonoi for whom thou didst wash
|24| And they shall come Hashem: Thou shalt drink of thyself, didst paint thy
against thee with weapons, thy achot's kos deep and wide; eynayim, and didst deck
wheeled chariots, and with a thou shalt be laughed to scorn thyself with jewelry,
|41| And satest upon a Again in the ninth and may burn, and that the
glorious mittah (couch), and a
shulchan spread before it,
whereupon thou hast set Mine
24 year, in the tenth
month, in the tenth
day of the month, the Devar
filthiness of it may be melted
in it, that the scum of it may
be consumed.
ketoret and Mine shemen. Hashem came unto me, saying |12| All efforts are wearied,
|42| And a voice of a carefree [i.e., note Fast of Tevet], [scum] is not removed, and her
multitude was with her; and |2| Ben adam, write thee the great scum went not forth out
with the anashim of the shem of the day, even of this of her; in the eish shall be her
common rabble were brought very day; Melech Bavel laid his scum.
Sabeans from the midbar, siege against Yerushalayim |13| In thy tum'a is zimmah;
which put bracelets upon their this very day. because I have made thee
hands, and ateret tiferet |3| And utter a mashal unto tahor, and thou wast not
(beautiful crowns) upon their the bais hameri (the rebellious tahor, thou shalt not be made
heads. house), and say unto them, tahor from thy tum'a any
|43| Then said I unto her that Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; more, until I have caused My
was old in niufim (adulteries), Set on the siyr (cooking pot), chemah (fury, wrath) to
Will they now commit zonah set it on, and also pour mayim subside upon thee.
harlotry with her, and she into it; |14| I Hashem have spoken it;
with them? |4| Gather the pieces of meat it shall come to pass, and I
|44| Yet they went in unto thereof into it, even every good will do it; I will not go back,
her, as they go in unto an isha piece, the thigh, and the neither will I spare, neither
that playeth the zonah; so shoulder; fill it with the choice will I relent: according to thy
went they in unto Oholah and atzmot (bones). drakhim, and according to thy
unto Oholivah, the women of |5| Take the choice of the doings, shall they judge thee,
zimmah (lewdness). tzon, and arrange also the saith Adonoi Hashem.
|45| And the anashim atzmot at its bottom, and |15| Also the Devar Hashem
tzaddikim, they shall judge make it boil well, and let them came unto me, saying,
them after the mishpat of cook the atzmot of it therein. |16| Ben adam, hineni, I take
no'afot (adulteresses), and |6| Therefore thus saith away from thee the makhmad
after the mishpat of those Adonoi Hashem: Oy to the ir (darling delight) of thine
guilty of shefach dahm; hadamim (bloody city), to the eynayim with a magefah
because they are no'afot siyr (pot) whose scum is (stroke); yet neither
(adulteresses), and dahm is on therein, and whose scum has shalt thou wail nor weep,
their hands. not been removed from it! neither shall thy dema'ot
|46| For thus saith Adonoi Remove it piece by piece; no (tears) run down.
Hashem: I will bring up a goral has fallen on it. |17| Forbear to cry, make no
kahal upon them, and will |7| For her dahm is in the evel (mourning) for the mesim
give them over to be terrorized midst of her; she set it upon (dead ones); bind the turban
and plundered. an exposed rock; she poured it of thine rosh upon thee, and
|47| And the kahal shall not upon the ground, to cover put thy sandals upon thy feet,
stone them with stones, and it with aphar; and cover not thy safam
cut them down with their |8| That it might cause (mustache), and eat not
charavot (swords); they shall chemah (fury) to come up to lechem anashim (bread of
slay their banim and their take vengeance; I have set her sorrow).
banot, and burn up their dahm upon the exposed rock, |18| So I spoke unto HaAm
batim (houses) with eish. that it should not be covered. (the people) in the boker
|48| Thus will I cause |9| Therefore thus saith (morning); and at erev
zimmah (lewdness) to cease Adonoi Hashem: Oy to the ir (evening) my isha (wife) died;
out of ha'aretz, that all nashim hadamim (bloody city)! I will and I did in the boker
may be warned not to practice even make the pyre great. (morning, i.e., the next
your zimmah (lewdness). |10| Heap on wood, kindle morning after her death the
|49| And they shall bring the eish, cook the basar, and previous evening) just as I was
your zimmah (lewdness) upon spice it well, and let the commanded.
you, and ye shall bear sins of atzmot be burned. |19| And haam (the people)
your gillulim (idols); and ye |11| Then set it empty upon said unto me, Wilt
shall know that I am Adonoi the coals thereof, that the thou not tell us
Hashem. nechoshet of it may be hot,
what these things are to us, The Devar Hashem will I give them as a
that thou art so doing?
|20| Then I answered them.
The Devar Hashem came unto
25 came again unto
me, saying,
|2| Ben adam, set thy face
morashah, so that the Bnei
Ammon will not be
remembered among the
me, saying, against the Bnei Ammon, and Goyim.
|21| Speak unto Bais Yisroel, prophesy against them; |11| And I will execute
Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: |3| And say unto the Bnei shfatim (punishments) upon
Hineni, I will desecrate My Ammon, Hear the Devar Moav; and they shall know
Mikdash, the ga'on (pride) of Adonoi Hashem: thus saith that I am Hashem.
your power, the makhmad of Adonoi Hashem: Because thou |12| Thus saith Adonoi
your [plural] eynayim, and the saidst, Aha, against my Hashem: Because Edom hath
very passion of your nefesh; [Beis Ha] Mikdash, when it dealt against the Bais
and your banim and your was desecrated; and against Yehudah by taking vengeance,
banot whom ye have left Admat Yisroel, when it was and with great asham (guilt)
behind shall fall by the laid waste; and against the offended, and revenged
cherev. Bais Yehudah, when they went himself upon them;
|22| And ye shall do just as I into Golus; |13| Therefore thus saith
have done: ye shall not cover |4| Hineni, therefore I will Adonoi Hashem: I will also
your safam (mustache), nor deliver thee to the Bnei Kedem stretch out Mine yad upon
eat lechem anashim. for a morashah (possession, Edom, and will cut off adam
|23| And your turbans shall inheritance), and they shall set and behemah from it; and I
be upon your heads, and your up their camps in thee, and will make it desolate; from
sandals upon your feet; ye make their mishkanim in thee; Teman even to Dedan shall
shall not wail nor weep; but ye they shall eat thy pri, and they they fall by the cherev.
shall waste away for your shall drink thy cholov (milk). |14| And I will take My
avonot, and groan one toward |5| And I will make Rabbah a vengeance upon Edom by the
another. pasture for gemalim (camels), yad of My people Yisroel; and
|24| Thus Yechezkel is unto and the Bnei Ammon a resting they shall do in Edom
you as a mofet [See Zech 3:8; place for tzon; and ye shall according to Mine anger and
Isa 8:18]; according to all that have da'as that I am Hashem. according to My fury; and they
he hath done shall ye do; and |6| For thus saith Adonoi shall know My vengeance,
when this cometh, ye shall Hashem: Because thou hast saith Adonoi Hashem.
know that I am Adonoi clapped thine hands, and |15| Thus saith Adonoi
Hashem. stamped with the regel, and Hashem: Because the
|25| Also, thou ben adam, rejoiced with all thy malice Pelishtim (Philistines) have
shall it not be in the day when against Admat Yisroel; dealt by revenge, and have
I take from them their ma'oz |7| Hineni, therefore I will taken vengeance with malice
(stronghold), the joy of their stretch out mine yad upon in nefesh, to destroy it for the
tiferet (glory), the makhmad thee, and will hand thee over eyvat olam (ancient enmity);
(desire) of their eynayim, and for plunder to the Goyim; and |16| Therefore thus saith
that on which their nefesh is I will cut thee off from the Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I will
uplifted--even their banim and nations, and I will cause thee stretch out Mine yad upon the
their banot, to perish from the countries; I Pelishtim (Philistines), and I
|26| That he that escapeth in will destroy thee; and thou will cut off the Keretim, and
that day shall come unto thee, shalt know that I am Hashem. destroy the she'erit (remnant)
to cause thee to hear the news |8| Thus saith Adonoi of the seacoast.
[of the fall of Jerusalem] with Hashem: Because Moav and |17| And I will execute great
thine oznayim? Seir do say, Hinei, the Bais vengeance upon them with
|27| In that day shall thy Yehudah is like all the Goyim; tokhechot chemah
mouth be opened to him |9| Therefore, hineni, I will (punishments of wrath); and
which is escaped, open the flank of Moav of its they shall know that I am
and thou shalt speak, and be towns, of its towns which are Hashem, when I shall take my
no more mute; and thou shalt on its frontier, the glory of the vengeance upon them.
be a mofet unto them; and Eretz Beit HaYeshimot, Ba’al
they shall know that I am Meon, and Kiryataim.
Hashem. |10| Unto the Bnei Kedem
along with the Bnei Ammon
And it came to pass he shall break down thy tremble at every moment, and
26 in the eleventh
year, in the first
day of the month, that the
migdalim (towers).
|10| By reason of the
abundance of his susim their
be horrified at thee.
|17| And they shall take up a
kinah (lament, funeral dirge)
Devar Hashem came unto me, dust shall cover thee; thy for thee, and say to thee, How
saying, chomot (walls) shall shake at thou hast perished, that wast
|2| Ben adam, because that the noise of the parash (war- inhabited of seafaring men,
Tzor (Tyre) hath said against horse), and of the galgal the renowned ir (city), which
Yerushalayim, Aha, she is (wheel), and of the chariots, wast chazakah on the yam,
broken that was the daletot when he shall enter into thy she and her inhabitants,
(gates) of the nations; she is she'arim, as invaders swarm which spread their terror--all
turned over to me; I shall be into a breached ir. who live there [in Tyre].
filled, now that she is laid |11| With the hooves of his |18| Now shall the coastlands
waste; susim shall he trample down tremble in the day of thy fall;
|3| Therefore thus saith all thy streets; he shall slay thy indeed, the coastlands that are
Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I am people by the cherev, and thy in the yam shall be
against thee, O Tzor (Tyre), strong pillars shall fall to the traumatized at thy exile.
and will cause Goyim rabbim eretz. |19| For thus saith Adonoi
to come up against thee, like |12| And they shall plunder Hashem: When I shall make
the yam (sea) causeth its waves thy riches, and pillage thy thee a desolate ir, like the
to come up. merchandise; and they shall towns that are not inhabited;
|4| And they shall destroy the break down thy chomot, and when I shall bring up the
chomot (walls) of Tzor (Tyre), destroy thy batim (houses) of tehom upon thee, and the
and break down her migdalim chemdah (desire, i.e., thy mayim harabbim (great
(towers); I will also scrape her finest dwellings); and they waters) shall cover thee;
aphar from her, and make her shall lay thy stones and thy |20| When I shall bring thee
into a barren rock. timber and thy aphar in the down with them that descend
|5| It shall be a place for the midst of the mayim. into the bor (pit), with the
spreading of nets in the midst |13| And I will cause the people of old time, and shall
of the yam; for I have spoken sound of thy shirim (songs) to set thee in the low parts of
it, saith Adonoi Hashem; and cease; and the sound of thy ha'aretz, in places desolate
it shall become a plunder to kinnorot shall be no more from of old, with them that go
the Goyim. heard. down to the bor (pit), so that
|6| And her banot which are |14| And I will make thee like thou be not inhabited; but I
in the sadeh shall be slain by the top of a barren rock; thou shall bestow splendor on Eretz
the cherev; and they shall shalt be for spreading nets Chayyim;
know that I am Hashem. upon; thou shalt be rebuilt no |21| I will make thee a terror,
|7| For thus saith Adonoi more; for I Hashem have and thou shalt be no more;
Hashem; Hineni, I will bring spoken it, saith Adonoi though thou be sought for, yet
upon Tzor (Tyre) Hashem. shalt thou never be found
Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel, |15| Thus saith Adonoi again, saith Adonoi Hashem.
a melech melachim, from the Hashem to Tzor (Tyre): Shall
tzafon (north), with sus, and not the coastlands tremble
with chariots, and with fearfully at the sound of thy
parashim, and a kahal with fall, when the chalal
much people. (wounded) cry, when the The Davar Hashem
|8| He shall slay with the
cherev thy banot in the sadeh;
and he shall heap up a siege
slaughter is made in the midst
of thee?
|16| Then all the nasi’im of
27 came again unto
me, saying,
|2| Now, thou ben adam, take
mound against thee, and the yam shall come down from up a kinah (lamentation) for
build a ramp against thee, their kisse'ot (thrones), and lay Tzor (Tyre);
and lift up the shield against aside their robes, and put off |3| And say unto Tzor (Tyre),
thee. their embroidered garments; O thou that dwell at the
|9| And he shall set battering they shall clothe themselves entrance of the yam, which art
rams against thy chomot with trembling; they shall sit a merchant of the peoples
(walls), and with his weapons upon ha'aretz, and shall
for many coastlands, with kesef, barzel (iron), bedil yekarah (precious stones), and
Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; O (tin), and oferet (lead), they zahav.
Tzor (Tyre), thou hast said, I traded for thy goods. |23| Charan, and Canneh,
am perfect in beauty. |13| Yavan, Tuval, and and Eden, the merchants of
|4| Thy borders are in the Meshech, they were thy Sheva, Asshur (Assyria), and
midst of the seas, thy bonim merchants; they traded the Kilmad, were thy merchants.
(builders) have perfected thy nefesh adam and kelim |24| These were thy
beauty. (vessels) of nechoshet for thy merchants in choice things, in
|5| They have built all thy merchandise. purple clothes, and
ship plank boards of beroshim |14| They of the Bais embroidered work, and in
(juniper) of Senir; they have Togarmah traded for thy chests of multicolored
taken cedars from Levanon to wares with susim and parash apparel, bound with chavalim
make masts for thee. and peradim (mules). (cords) and cedar boxed in thy
|6| Of the oaks of Bashan |15| The Bnei Dedan were thy marketplace.
have they made thine oars; thy merchants; many coastlands |25| The oniyyot of Tarshish
hull of pines inlaid with ivory, were the market of thine yad; were carriers of thy
they made from that brought they brought thee for a merchandise; and thou wast
out of the isles of Kittim payment karnot (tusks) of shen filled, and made very glorious
(Cyprus). (ivory) and ebony. in the midst of the yamim
|7| Fine linen with |16| Aram (Syria) was thy (seas).
embroidered work from merchant by reason of the |26| Thy oarsmen have
Mitzrayim was that which multitude of the goods of thy brought thee into mayim
thou spreadest forth to be thy making; they gave thee for thy rabbim; the east wind hath
nes (sail); blue and purple wares emeralds, purple, and broken thee in the midst of the
from the coasts of Elishah was embroidered work, and fine yamim (seas).
that which covered thee. linen, and coral, and rubies. |27| Thy riches, and thy
|8| The inhabitants of Tzidon |17| Yehudah, and Eretz wares, thy merchandise, thy
and Arvad were thy oarsmen; Yisroel, they were thy mariners, and thy sailors, thy
thy chachamim, O Tzor (Tyre), merchants; they traded for thy caulkers, and the dealers in
that were in thee, were thy merchandise chittim (wheat) thy merchandise, and all thy
helmsmen. of Minnit, and balsam oil, and anshei hamilchamah, that are
|9| The elders of Geval and devash, and shemen, and in thee, and in all thy kahal
the chachamim thereof were balm. (company) which is in the
in thee thy caulkers to caulk |18| Damascus was thy midst of thee, shall fall into
thy seams; all the oniyyot of merchant in the multitude of the midst of the yamim (seas)
the yam with their oarsmen the wares of thy making, for in the day of thy shipwreck.
were in thee to market thy the multitude of all riches; in |28| The migroshot (open
merchandise. the yayin of Chelbon, and pasturelands) shall shake at
|10| They of Paras (Persia) white wool. the sound of the cry of thy
and of Lud (Lydia] and of Put |19| Vedan also and Yavan seamen.
(Libya) were in thine army, thy (Greece) provided for your |29| And all that handle the
anshei hamilchamah; they wares with fine yarn; wrought oar, the mariners, and all the
hanged the mogen and kova iron, cassia, and cane, were sailors of the yam, shall come
(helmet) in thee; they set forth among thy merchandise. down from their oniyyot, they
thy splendor. |20| Dedan was thy merchant shall stand upon the shore;
|11| The anashim of Arvad in saddle blankets for riding. |30| And shall cause their kol
with thine army were upon thy |21| Arabia, and all the (voice) to be heard because of
chomot (walls) all around, and nasi'im of Kedar, they traded thee, and shall cry bitterly,
the men of Gammad were in with thee in lambs, and rams, and shall cast up aphar (dust)
thy migdalim (towers); they and goats; in these were they upon their heads, they shall
hung their shields upon thy thy merchants. roll themselves in the ashes;
chomot (walls) all around; |22| The merchants of Sheva |31| And they shall [in
they have made thy beauty and Ra’amah, they were thy mourning] make themselves
perfect. merchants; they traded as utterly bald for thee, and gird
|12| Tarshish was thy peddlers with choicest spices, themselves with sackcloth and
merchant by reason of the and with all kinds of even shall weep for thee with mar
multitude of all kind of riches; nefesh and bitter mourning.
|32| And in their wailing they thy riches, and thine lev is |14| Thou art the keruv
shall take up a kinah lifted up [in pride] because of mimshach (anointed cherub)
(lamentation) for thee, and thy riches; that guardeth; and I have set
lament over thee, saying, Who |6| Therefore thus saith thee so; thou wast upon the
is like Tzor, like the destroyed Adonoi Hashem: Because thou Har Kodesh Elohim; thou hast
in the midst of the yam? hast set thine mind as the lev walked up and down in the
|33| When thy wares went elohim; midst of the stones of eish.
forth by sea, thou filledst |7| Hineni, therefore I will |15| Thou wast tamim in thy
many people; thou didst bring zarim upon thee, the drakhim from the day that
enrich the melachim of most terrible of the Goyim; thou wast created, until
ha'aretz with the multitude of and they shall draw their wickedness was found in thee.
thy riches and of thy charavot (swords) against the |16| By the multitude of thy
merchandise. beauty of thy chochmah, and trading they have filled the
|34| In the time when thou they shall defile thy splendor. midst of thee with chamas,
shalt be broken by the yamim |8| They shall bring thee and thou hast sinned;
(seas) in the depths of the down to the shachat (pit), and therefore I will banish thee as
mayim, thy merchandise and thou shalt die the deaths profane out of the Har
all thy kahal (company) in the [actually death; see intensive Elohim; and I will destroy
midst of thee shall fall. plural, Isa 53:9] of them that thee, O guardian keruv, from
|35| All the inhabitants of the are slain in the midst of the the midst of the stones of eish.
coastlands shall be astonished yamim (seas). |17| Thine lev was lifted up
at thee, and their melachim |9| Wilt thou yet say before [in pride] because of thy
shall be very afraid, they shall him that slayeth thee, Elohim beauty, thou hast corrupted
be troubled in their ani? But thou art adam, and thy chochmah by reason of thy
countenance. no El, in the yad of him that splendor; I will cast thee to
|36| The socharim slayeth thee. eretz (earth), I will lay thee
(merchants) among the people |10| Thou shalt die the before melachim, that they
shall hiss at thee; thou shalt deaths [actually death, see v.8] may gaze upon thee.
be a horror, and ad olam of the arelim (uncircumcised) |18| Thou hast defiled thy
(forever) thou shalt be no by the yad of zarim; for I have mikdashim by the multitude
more. spoken it, saith Adonoi of thine avonot, by the avon of
The Davar Hashem Hashem. thy trading; therefore will I
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me, saying,
|2| Ben adam, say unto the
|11| Moreover the Devar
Hashem came unto me,
saying,
bring forth an eish from the
midst of thee; it shall devour
thee, and I will reduce thee to
Nagid Tzor, Thus saith |12| Ben adam, take up a ashes upon ha'aretz in the
Adonoi Hashem: Because kinah (lamentation) upon sight of all them that gaze
thine lev is lifted up [in pride], HaMelech Tzor (Tyre), and say upon thee.
and thou hast said, El ani (I unto him, Thus saith Adonoi |19| All they that know thee
am a g-d), and I sit on a Hashem: Thou wast the among the peoples shall be
moshav elohim (seat of g-ds), chotam (seal) of perfection, appalled at thee; thou shalt be
in the midst of the yamim full of chochmah, and perfect a horror, and thou shalt be no
(seas); yet thou art adam, and in beauty. more, ad olam.
not El, though thou set thine |13| Thou hast been in Eden, |20| Again the Devar Hashem
mind as the lev elohim; Gan Elohim; every even came unto me, saying,
|3| Hinei, thou art more yekarah (precious stone) was |21| Ben adam, set thy face
chacham than Daniel; there is thy covering, the ruby, topaz, toward Tzidon (Sidon), and
no secret that they can hide and the diamond, the beryl, prophesy against it,
from thee; the onyx, and the jasper, the |22| And say, Thus saith
|4| With thy chochmah and sapphire, the turquoise, and Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I am
with thine tevunah the emerald, and zahav; the against thee, O Tzidon; and I
(understanding) thou hast workmanship of thy hand will be glorified in the midst of
gotten thee riches, and hast drums and of thy wind thee; and they shall know that
gotten zahav and kesef into instruments was prepared in I am Hashem, when I shall
thy otzarot; thee in the day that thou wast have executed shefatim
|5| By thy great chochmah in created. (punishments, judgments) in
thy trade hast thou increased her, and I shall show
Myself as set apart as kodesh of his channels, which hath midst of the countries that are
in her. said, My Nile is mine own, and desolate, and her towns
|23| For I will send into her I have made it for myself. among the towns that are laid
dever, and dahm into her |4| But I will put hooks in thy waste shall be desolate
streets; and the slain shall be jaws, and I will cause the dag arba'im shanah; and I will
judged in the midst of her by (fish) of thy channels to stick scatter the Mitzrayim among
the cherev upon her on every unto thy scales, and I will the Goyim, and will disperse
side; and they shall know that bring thee up out of the midst them through the countries.
I am Hashem. of thy river channels, and all |13| Yet thus saith Adonoi
|24| And there shall be no the dag (fish) of thy channels Hashem: At the end of arba'im
more a pricking brier unto the shall stick unto thy scales. shanah will I gather
Bais Yisroel, nor any painful |5| And I will throw thee out Mitzrayim from the peoples
kotz (thorn) of all that are into the midbar, thee and all where they were scattered;
around them, that despised the dag (fish) of thy river |14| And I will bring back the
them; and they shall know channels; thou shalt fall upon captives of Mitzrayim, and will
that I am Adonoi Hashem. the open sadeh; thou shalt not cause them to return into
|25| Thus saith Adonoi be picked up together, nor Eretz Patros, into the land of
Hashem: When I shall have gathered; I have given thee for their ancestry; and they shall
gathered the Bais Yisroel from food to the beasts of ha’aretz be there a lowly mamlachah.
the people among whom they and to the oph HaShomayim. |15| It shall be the shefalah
are scattered, and I shall show |6| And all the inhabitants of (lowliest) of the mamlechot;
Myself as set apart as kodesh Mitzrayim shall know that I neither shall it exalt itself any
in them in the sight of the am Hashem, because they more above the Goyim; for I
Goyim, then shall they dwell have been mishenet kaneh (a will diminish them, that they
in their adamah (land) that I staff of reed) to Bais Yisroel. shall no more rule over the
have given to Avdi Ya'akov (My |7| When they took hold of Goyim.
servant Jacob). thee by thy palm, thou didst |16| And it shall be no more
|26| And they shall dwell splinter, and tear all their the confidence of Bais Yisroel,
securely therein, and shall katef (shoulder); and when but shall bring their avon to
build batim (houses), and they leaned upon thee, thou remembrance, when they
plant kramim (vineyards); broke, and madest all their turned toward them; but they
indeed, they shall dwell loins unsteady. shall know that I am Adonoi
securely, when I have executed |8| Therefore thus saith Hashem.
shefatim (judgments) upon all Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I will |17| And it came to pass in
those that despise them all bring a cherev upon thee, and the seven and twentieth year,
around them; and they shall cut off adam and behemah in the first month, in the first
know that I am Hashem from thee. day of the month, the Davar
Eloheihem. |9| And Eretz Mitzrayim shall Hashem came unto me,
be desolate and in ruins; and saying,
they shall know that I am |18| Ben adam,
Hashem; because he hath Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel
In the tenth year, said, The Nile is Mine, and I caused his army to
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in the twelfth day
of the month, the Devar
have made it.
|10| Hineni, therefore I am
against thee, and against thy
avodah gedolah (labor
strenuously) against Tzor
(Tyre); every rosh was rubbed
Hashem came unto me, river channels, and I will bare, and every katef
saying, make Eretz Mitzrayim utterly (shoulder) was rubbed raw; yet
|2| Ben adam, set thy face ruins and desolate, from had he no sachar (pay), nor
against Pharaoh Melech Migdol to Aswan even unto the his army, from Tzor (Tyre), for
Mitzrayim, and prophesy border of Kush. the avodah that he had served
against him, and against all |11| No regel of adam shall against it;
Mitzrayim: pass through it, nor regel of |19| Therefore thus saith
|3| Speak, and say, Thus behemah shall pass through Adonoi Hashem; Hineni, I will
saith Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, it, neither shall it be inhabited give Eretz Mitzrayim unto
I am against thee, Pharaoh arba'im shanah. Nevuchadretzar Melech Bavel;
Melech Mitzrayim, the great |12| And I will make Eretz and he shall take
monster that lieth in the midst Mitzrayim desolate in the
her wealth, and take her an eish in Mitzrayim, and |17| The bochurim of On and
plunder, and pillage her when all her allies shall be of Pi-veset shall fall by the
booty; and it shall be the destroyed. cherev; and these towns shall
sachar (wages) for his army. |9| In that day shall go into captivity.
|20| I have given him Eretz malachim go forth from Me in |18| At Tehaphnehes also the
Mitzrayim as his pay for which ships to make the day shall be darkened, when I
he worked, because they complacently secure shall break there the yokes of
worked for Me, saith Adonoi Ethiopians afraid, and great Mitzrayim; and the ga'on
Hashem. anguish shall come upon (pride) of her strength shall
|21| In that day will I cause them, as in the Yom cease in her; as for her, an
the keren (horn, strength) of Mitzrayim; for, hinei, it anan (a cloud) shall cover her,
Bais Yisroel to atzmiach cometh. and her banot shall go into
(branch, sprout), and I will |10| Thus saith Adonoi captivity.
give thee the opening of the Hashem; I will also cause the |19| Thus will I execute
mouth in the midst of them; multitude of Mitzrayim to shefatim (judgments) in
and they shall know that I am cease by the yad of Mitzrayim; and they shall
Hashem. Nevuchadretzar Melech know that I am Hashem.
The Davar Hashem Bavel. |20| And it came to pass in
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me, saying,
|2| Ben adam, prophesy, say,
|11| He and his army with
him, the most terrible of the
Goyim, shall be brought in to
the eleventh year, in the first
month, in the seventh day of
the month, that the Devar
Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: destroy ha'aretz; and they Hashem came unto me,
Wail ye, Alas for the day! shall draw their charavot saying,
|3| For the day is near, even (swords) against Mitzrayim, |21| Ben adam, I have broken
the Yom Hashem is near, a and fill ha'aretz with the slain. the zero'a of Pharaoh Melech
Yom Anan (Day of Cloud); it |12| And I will make the river Mitzrayim; and, hinei, it shall
shall be the time of the Goyim. channels dry, and sell ha'aretz not be bound up to bring
|4| And the cherev shall come to the yad ra'im; I will make refu'ot (healing), nor a splint
upon Mitzrayim, and great eretz desolate, and all that is put on to bind it, to make it
anguish shall be in Kush therein, by the yad of zarim. I strong to hold the cherev.
(Ethiopia), when the slain Hashem have spoken it. |22| Therefore thus saith
shall fall in Mitzrayim, and |13| Thus saith Adonoi Adonoi Hashem: Hinei, I am
they shall take away her Hashem: I will also destroy the against Pharaoh Melech
wealth, and her yesodot gillulim (idols), and I will Mitzrayim, and will break his
(foundations) shall be broken cause their elilim (images, zero'ot (arms), the chazakah
down. false g-ds) to cease out of (strong), and that which was
|5| Kush, and Put, and Lud, Noph; and there shall be no broken; and I will cause the
and all the mixed horde, and more a nasi of Eretz cherev to fall out of his yad.
Libya, and the Bnei Eretz Mitzrayim; and I will put fear |23| And I will scatter
HaBrit with them, shall fall by in Eretz Mitzrayim. Mitzrayim among the Goyim,
the cherev. |14| And I will make Patros and will disperse them
|6| Thus saith Hashem: They desolate, and will kindle eish, through the countries.
also that support Mitzrayim setting fire to Tzoan, and will |24| And I will strengthen the
shall fall; and the ga'on (pride) execute shefatim (judgments, zero'ot (arms) of Melech Bavel,
of her strength shall come punishments) in No. and put My cherev in his yad;
down; from Migdol to Aswan |15| And I will pour My fury but I will break the zero'ot of
shall they fall within her by upon Siyn, the ma'oz Pharaoh, and he shall groan
the cherev, saith Adonoi (stronghold) of Mitzrayim; and before him with the groanings
Hashem. I will cut off the multitude of of the mortally wounded.
|7| And they shall be desolate No. |25| But I will strengthen the
betoch (in the midst of) the |16| And I will kindle eish, zero'ot (arms) of Melech Bavel,
countries that are desolate, setting fire to Mitzrayim; Siyn and the zero'ot (arms) of
and her towns shall be in the shall writhe in anguish, and Pharaoh shall fall down; and
midst of the towns that are No shall be breached, and they shall know that I am
laid waste. Noph shall be taken by storm Hashem, when I shall put My
|8| And they shall know that I in broad daylight.
am Hashem, when I have set
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cherev into the yad of Melech not like his boughs, and the and I restrained the rivers
Bavel, and he shall stretch it plane trees were not like his thereof, and the mayim
out against Eretz Mitzrayim. branches; nor any etz (tree) in rabbim were held back; and I
|26| And I will scatter the the Gan Elohim was like unto caused Levanon to mourn for
Mitzrayim among the Goyim, him in his beauty. him, and all the trees of the
and disperse them among the |9| I have made him sadeh wilted and fainted for
countries; and they shall know beautiful by the multitude of him.
that I am Hashem. his branches: so that all the |16| I made the Goyim to
And it came to pass trees of Eden, that were in the shake at the sound of his fall,
31 in the eleventh
year, in the third
month, in the first day of the
Gan Elohim, envied him.
|10| Therefore thus saith
Adonoi Hashem: Because thou
when I cast him down to Sheol
with them that descend into
the bor (pit); and all the trees
month, that the Devar hast increased thyself in of Eden, the choice and best of
Hashem came unto me, height, and he hath shot up Levanon, all that drink
saying, his top above the thick mayim, shall be consoled in
|2| Ben adam, speak unto boughs, and his lev is proudly the depths of ha'aretz.
Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim, lifted up in his height, |17| They also went down
and to his multitude: Whom |11| I have therefore into Sheol with him unto them
art thou like in thy greatness? delivered him into the yad of that be slain with the cherev;
|3| Hinei, Ashur (the the mighty one of the Goyim; and they that were his zero'a,
Assyrian) was a cedar in he shall surely deal with him; that dwelt under his tzel
Levanon with yafeh I have driven him out (shade) in the midst of the
branches, and with a forest according to his wickedness. Goyim.
shade, and of a high stature; |12| And zarim, the most |18| To whom art thou thus
and his top was above the terrible of the Goyim, have cut like in kavod and in greatness
thick boughs. him down, and have left him; among the trees of Eden? Yet
|4| The mayim made it grow, upon the harim and in all the shalt thou be brought down
the tehom (underground ge'ayot (valleys) his branches with the trees of Eden unto
water) set him up in height by are fallen, and his boughs are the depths of ha'aretz; thou
her streams flowing all around broken by all the ravines of shalt lie in the midst of the
its planting, and sent her the earth; and kol Amei arelim (uncircumcised) with
rivulets unto all the trees of HaAretz (all the nations them that be slain by the
the sadeh. of the earth) departed from his cherev. This is Pharaoh and
|5| Therefore his height was tzel (shade), and forsook him. all his multitude, saith Adonoi
exalted above kol atzei |13| Upon his ruin shall all Hashem.
hasadeh (all the trees of the the oph Shomayim remain,
field), and his boughs were and all the beasts of the sadeh
multiplied, and his branches shall come to his branches; And it came to pass
became long because of the
mayim rabbim, as it sent them
out.
|14| To the end that none of
all the trees by the mayim
exalt themselves for their
32 in the twelfth year,
in the twelfth
month, in the first day of the
|6| All the oph HaShomayim height, neither shoot up their month, that the Devar
made their nests in his top above the thick boughs, Hashem came unto me,
boughs, and under his and that no trees that drink saying,
branches did all the beasts of mayim may reach up to them |2| Ben adam, take up a
the sadeh give birth to their in height; for they are all kinah (lamentation) for
young, and under his tzel delivered unto mavet, to the Pharaoh Melech Mitzrayim,
(shadow) dwelt kol Goyim depths of ha'aretz, in the and say unto him, Thou art
rabbim. midst of the bnei adam, with like a lion of the Goyim, and
|7| Thus was he beautiful in them that go down to the bor thou art as a sea monster in
his gadol (greatness), in the (pit). the yamim (seas); and thou
length of his branches; for his |15| Thus saith Adonoi thrash about in thy rivers, and
shoresh (root) reached to Hashem: In the day when he troubledst the mayim with thy
mayim rabbim. went down to Sheol I caused a feet, and fouledst their rivers.
|8| The cedars in the Gan mourning; I covered the |3| Thus saith Adonoi
Elohim could not compare tehom (deep) for him, Hashem: I will therefore
with him; the pine trees were
spread out My net over thee plunder the ga'on (pomp) of |22| Ashur (Assyria) is there
with a kahal of amim rabbim; Mitzrayim, and all the and all her kahal; his kevarim
and they shall draw thee up in multitude thereof shall be are about him; all of them
My net. made shmad. slain, fallen by the cherev;
|4| Then will I throw thee |13| I will destroy also all the |23| Whose kevarim are set in
upon ha'aretz, I will cast thee behemah thereof from beside the recesses of the bor (pit),
forth upon the open sadeh, the mayim rabbim; neither and her kahal (company) is all
and will cause all the oph shall the regel adam muddy around her kevurah; all of
HaShomayim to settle upon them any more, nor the them slain, fallen by the
thee, and I will fill the beasts hooves of beasts muddy them. cherev, which caused terror in
of kol ha'aretz (the whole |14| Then will I make their Eretz Chayyim.
earth) with thee. mayim clear, and cause their |24| There is Elam and all
|5| And I will lay thy basar rivers to run like shemen, her multitude around her
upon the harim, and fill the saith Adonoi Hashem. kevurah, all of them slain,
ge'ayot (valleys) with thy |15| When I shall make Eretz fallen by the cherev, which are
height. Mitzrayim desolate, and the gone down arelim (uncircum-
|6| I will also water with thy country shall be destitute of cised) into the lower parts of
flowing dahm eretz even up to that whereof it was full, when ha'aretz, which caused their
the harim; and the ravines I shall strike all them that terror in Eretz Chayyim; yet
shall be full of thee. dwell therein, then shall they have they borne their shame
|7| And when I shall put out know that I am Hashem. with them that go down to the
thy light, I will cover the |16| This is the kinah bor (pit).
Shomayim, and make the (lamentation) wherewith they |25| They have set her a
kokhavim thereof dark; I will shall lament her; the banot of mishkav (bed) in the midst of
cover the shemesh with the Goyim shall lament her; the slain with all her
an anan (cloud), and the they shall lament for her, even multitude; her kevarim are all
yarei'ach (moon) shall not give for Mitzrayim, and for all her around him; all of them
her light. multitude, saith Adonoi arelim (uncircumcised), slain
|8| All the bright lights of Hashem. by the cherev; for they spread
Shomayim will I make dark |17| It came to pass also in terror in Eretz Chayyim, yet
over thee, and set choshech the twelfth year, in the have they borne their shame
upon thy land, saith Adonoi fifteenth day of the month, with them that go down to the
Hashem. that the Devar Hashem came bor (pit); he is put in the midst
|9| I will also trouble the unto me, saying, of them that are slain.
hearts of amim rabbim (many |18| Ben adam, wail for the |26| There is Meshech, Tuval,
peoples), when I shall bring multitude of Mitzrayim, and and all her multitude; her
thy destruction among the send them down, even her, kevarim are all around him;
Goyim, into the countries and the banot of the mighty all of them arelim (uncircum-
which thou hast not known. Goyim, unto the depths of cised), slain by the cherev,
|10| Indeed, I will make ha'aretz, with them that go though they caused their
amim rabbim (many peoples) down into the bor (pit). terror in Eretz Chayyim.
appalled at thee, and their |19| Whom dost thou surpass |27| And they shall not lie
melachim shall be horribly in beauty? Go down, and be with the gibborim that are
afraid because of thee when I thou laid with the arelim fallen of the arelim
brandish My cherev before (uncircumcised). (uncircumcised), which are
them; and they shall tremble |20| They shall fall in the gone down to Sheol with their
at every moment, every ish for midst of them that are slain by weapons of milchamah; and
his own nefesh, in the day of the cherev; she is delivered to they have laid their charavot
thy downfall. the cherev; drag her off and all (swords) under their heads,
|11| For thus saith Adonoi her multitudes. but their avonot shall be upon
Hashem: Cherev of Melech |21| The mightiest among the their atzmot, though they were
Bavel shall come upon thee. gibborim shall speak to him the terror of the gibborim in
|12| By the charavot (swords) out of the midst of Sheol with Eretz Chayyim.
of the gibborim (mighty) will I them [that as allies] help him; |28| Indeed, thou shalt be
cause thy multitude to fall, the they are gone down, they lie broken in the midst of the
most terrible of the Goyim, all with the arelim (uncircum- arelim (uncircumcised), and
of them; and they shall cised), slain by the cherev. shalt lie with them that
are slain with the cherev. |5| He heard the sound of the Amecha, The tzidkat
|29| There is Edom, her shofar, and took not warning; hatzaddik (righteousness of a
melachim, and all her nasi'im, his dahm shall be upon him. righteous man) shall not save
which despite their gevurah But he that taketh warning him in his Yom Peysha (Day
(might) are laid beside them shall save his nefesh. of Rebellion, Day of his
that were slain by the cherev; |6| But if the tzofeh Transgession); as for the rishat
they shall lie with the arelim (watchman, sentinel) see the harashah, he shall not fall
(uncircumcised), and with cherev coming, and blow not thereby in his Yom Shuv (Day
them that go down to the bor. the shofar, and HaAm be not of Turning, Repentance) from
|30| There are the princes of warned; if the cherev come, his resha; neither shall the
the north, all of them, and all and take any nefesh from tzaddik be able to live his
those of Tzidon, which are among them, he is taken away tzedakah in his Yom Chattot
gone down with the slain; in in his avon (iniquity); but for (day when he commits sin).
shame at the terror which they his dahm will I require [an |13| When I shall say to the
caused by their gevurah accounting] at the yad tzaddik, that he shall surely
(might); and they lie as arelim HaTzofeh. live, if he trust in his own
(uncircumcised) with them |7| So thou, O Ben Adam, I tzedakah, and commit evil, all
that be slain by the cherev, have set thee a tzofeh unto the his tzidkot (righteousnesses)
and bear their shame with Bais Yisroel; therefore thou shall not be remembered; but
them that go down to the bor. shalt hear the Davar at My for his evil that he hath
|31| Pharaoh shall see them, mouth, and give them warning committed, he shall die in it.
and shall be consoled over all from Me. |14| Again, when I say unto
his multitude, even Pharaoh |8| When I say unto the the rashah, Thou shalt surely
and all his army slain by the rashah (wicked man), O die and he turn from his
cherev, saith Adonoi Hashem. rashah, thou shalt surely die; chattat, and do that which is
|32| For I have caused My if thou dost not speak to warn mishpat and tzedakah;
terror in Eretz Chayyim; and the rashah from his derech, |15| If the rashah give back
he shall be laid in the midst of that rashah shall die the chavol (borrower's pledge),
the arelim (uncircumcised) in his avon (iniquity); but for give back what he has stolen,
with them that are slain with his dahm will I require [an walk in the chukkot
the cherev, even Pharaoh and accounting] at thine yad. hachayyim, without
all his multitude, saith Adonoi |9| Nevertheless, if thou warn committing evil; he shall
Hashem. the rashah of his derech to surely live, he shall not die.
turn from it; if he does not |16| None of his chattot that
turn from his derech, he shall he hath committed shall be
Again the Devar die in his avon (iniquity); but remembered against him; he
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me, saying,
|2| Ben Adam, speak to the
thou hast saved thy nefesh.
|10| Therefore, O thou Ben
Adam, speak unto Bais
hath done that which is
mishpat and tzedakah; he
shall surely live.
Bnei Amecha, and say unto Yisroel: Thus ye have spoken, |17| Yet the Bnei Amecha say,
them, When I bring the cherev saying, If peysha'einu (our The Derech Adonoi is not
upon eretz, if the Am HaAretz transgressions, rebellions) and proper; but as for them, their
take ish echad (one man) chattoteinu (our sins) be upon derech is not proper.
within their midst, and us, and because of them we |18| When the tzaddik
appoint him for their tzofeh are rotting away, how should turneth from his tzedakah,
(watchman, sentinel), we then live? and committeth evil, he shall
|3| If when he seeth the |11| Say unto them, As I live, even die thereby.
cherev come upon HaAretz, he saith Adonoi Hashem, I have |19| But if the rashah turn
blow the shofar, and warn no pleasure in the mot of the from his resha, and do that
HaAm; rashah; but that the which is mishpat and
|4| Then whosoever heareth rashah make teshuvah from tzedakah, he shall live
the sound of the shofar, and his derech and live; shuvu thereby.
taketh not warning; if the (turn ye), shuvu (turn ye) from |20| Yet ye say, The Derech
cherev come, and take him your drakhim hara'im; for why Adonoi is not proper. O ye
away, his dahm shall be upon will ye die, O Bais Yisroel? Bais Yisroel, I will judge you
his own rosh. |12| Therefore, thou Ben every one according
Adam, say unto the Bnei
to his drakhim. desolate, that none pass (wool), ye slaughter the

|21| And it came to pass in through. healthy; but ye are not ro'im
the twelfth shanah of our |29| Then shall they know that tend the tzon.
Golus, in the tenth month, on that I am Hashem, when I |4| The weak have ye not
the fifth day of the month, have made HaAretz a strengthened, neither have ye
that one that had escaped out desolation and a waste healed that which was cholah
of Yerushalayim came unto because of all their to'avot (sick), neither have ye bound
me, saying, The Ir (City, which they have committed. up the nishberet (injured
Jerusalem) has fallen [see |30| Also, thou Ben Adam, ones), neither have ye brought
Ezek. 24:26]. the Bnei Amecha still are back that which was straying,
[22| Now the Yad Hashem talking against thee by the neither have ye sought
was upon me in the erev kirot (walls) and in the haovedet (the lost); but with
before he that was escaped doorways of the batim chazekah (force) and with
arrived; and He had opened (houses), and speak one to perek (harshness, severity)
my mouth before he came to another, every one to achiv have ye ruled them.
me in the boker; and my (his brother), saying, Come, |5| And they were scattered,
mouth was opened, and I was now, and hear what is the because there is no ro'eh; and
no more dumb. Davar that cometh forth from they became okhel (food) to
|23| Then the Devar Hashem Hashem. kol chayyat hasadeh, when
came unto me, saying, |31| And they come unto thee they were scattered.
|24| Ben Adam, they that as Am cometh, and they sit |6| My tzon wandered
inhabit those ruins of Admat before thee as Ami, and they through all the harim, and
Yisroel speak, saying, hear thy devarim, but they will upon every high givah (hill);
Avraham was one, and he not practice them; for with yes, My tzon was scattered
inherited HaAretz; but we are their mouth there is agavim upon all the face of ha'aretz,
rabbim; HaAretz is given to us (lusts), but their lev pursueth and none did search or seek
for an inherited possession. after their betza (unjust gain). after them.
|25| Therefore say unto them, |32| And, hinei, thou art unto |7| Therefore, ye ro'im, hear
Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; them nothing more than one the Devar Hashem:
Ye eat al hadahm [Leviticus with a kol yafeh (beautiful |8| As I live, saith Adonoi
19:26] and lift up your eyes voice) who sings shir agavim Hashem, surely because My
toward your gillulim, and do (sensual love songs) and can tzon became a prey, and My
shefach dahm--even so shall play well on a musical tzon became okhel to kol
you inherit the possession of instrument; for they hear thy chayyat hasadeh, because
HaAretz? devarim, but they do them there was no ro'eh, neither did
|26| Ye rely upon your cherev, not. My ro'im (shepherds) search
ye work toevah, and ye defile |33| And when this cometh to for My tzon, but the ro'im
every one his neighbor's isha; pass--hinei, it will come-- then (shepherds) were ro'im tending
and shall ye inherit as a shall they know that a navi to themselves, and tended not
possession HaAretz? hath been among them. My tzon;
|27| Say thou thus unto them, |9| Therefore, O ye ro'im,
Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: And the Devar hear the Devar Hashem:
As I live, surely they that are
in the ruins shall fall by the
cherev, and him that is in the
34 Hashem came unto
me, saying,
|2| Ben Adam, prophesy
|10| Thus saith Adonoi
Hashem: Hineni, I am against
the ro'im; and I will require an
open sadeh will I give to the against the ro'im (shepherds) accounting for My tzon at
wild animals to be devoured, of Yisroel, prophesy, and say their yad, and cause them to
and they that be in the unto them, Thus saith Adonoi cease from being ro'im to the
metzudot (strongholds) and in Hashem unto the ro'im tzon; neither shall the ro'im
the me'arot (caves) shall die of (shepherds); Oy to the ro'im (shepherds) be ro'im tending
dever (plague). (shepherds) of Yisroel who are to themselves any more; for I
|28| For I will make HaAretz ro'im tending to themselves! will save My tzon from their
most desolate, and the ga'on Should not the ro'im mouth, that they may not be
(pride, pomp) of her oz (shepherds) be ro'im tending okhel for them.
(strength) shall cease; and the to the tzon (flock)? |11| For thus saith Adonoi
harim of Yisroel shall be |3| Ye eat the chelev, and ye Hashem: Hineni,
clothe you with the tzemer
I, even I, will both search for of the clear mayim, but ye (hand, power of enslavers) of
My tzon, and seek after them. must also foul the rest with them.
|12| As a ro'eh seeketh after your raglayim? |28| And they shall no
his tzon in the day that he is |19| And as for My tzon, they more be a prey to the Goyim,
among his tzon that are feed on that which ye have neither shall the chayyat
scattered; so will I seek after trampled with your raglayim; HaAretz devour them; but
My tzon, and will save them and they drink that which ye they shall dwell safely, and
out of kol hamekomot (all the have fouled with your none shall make them afraid.
places) where they have been raglayim. |29| And I will raise up for
scattered there in the yom |20| Therefore thus saith them a planting of renown,
anan va'arafel (day of clouds Adonoi Hashem unto them; and they shall be no more
and thick darkness). Hineni, I, even I, will act as consumed with ra'av in
|13| And I will bring them out shofet between the seh biryah HaAretz, neither bear the
from HaAmim, and gather (fat lamb) and between the seh shame of the Goyim any more.
them from the aratzot razah (emaciated lamb). |30| Thus shall they know
(countries), and will bring |21| Because ye have thrust that I Hashem Eloheihem am
them to their own adamah, with flank and with shoulder, with them, and that they, even
and I will tend them as Ro'eh and butted all the weak Bais Yisroel, are My people,
upon the harim of Yisroel by emaciated ones with your saith Adonoi Hashem.
the ravines, and in all the karnayim, till ye have |31| And ye My tzon, the tzon
moshevei HaAretz. scattered them abroad; of My mireh, are adam, and I
|14| I will give them feeding |22| Therefore will I save My am Eloheichem, saith Adonoi
of a roeh in a mireh tov (good tzon, and they shall no more Hashem.
pasture) and upon the high be a prey; and I will act as Moreover the
harim of Yisroel shall their
naveh (fold, abode of sheep)
be; there shall they lie in a
shofet between seh and seh.
|23| And I will set up Ro'eh
Echad over them, He shall
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saying,
Devar Hashem
came unto me,
naveh tov, and in a mireh tend them as ro'eh, even Avdi |2| Ben adam, set thy face
shamen (fat pasture) shall Dovid; He shall feed them. He against Har Se’ir, and
they feed upon the harim of shall be their Ro'eh. prophesy against it,
Yisroel. |24| And I Hashem will be |3| And say unto it, Thus
|15| As a ro'eh will I tend My their Elohim, and Avdi Dovid saith Adonoi Hashem: Hineni,
tzon, and I will cause them to [Moshiach] a Nasi among O Har Se’ir, I am against thee,
lie down, saith Adonoi them; I Hashem have spoken. and I will stretch out Mine yad
Hashem. [25| And I will make with against thee, and I will make
|16| I will seek haovedet (that them a Brit Shalom, and will thee a desolation and a waste.
which was lost), and bring cause the chayyah ra'ah to |4| I will lay thy towns waste,
back that which was straying, cease out of HaAretz; and they and thou shalt be desolate,
and will bind up the nishberet shall dwell safely in the and thou shalt know that I am
(that which was injured), and midbar, and sleep in the Hashem.
will strengthen the cholah ye'arot (forests). |5| Because thou hast had an
(sick); but I will destroy the |26| And I will make them eivat olam (ancient enmity),
shemenah (stout, sleek) and and the places surrounding and delivered over the Bnei
the chazakah; I will tend to My givah (hill) a berakhah; Yisroel to the power of the
them with mishpat (justice). and I will cause the geshem to cherev at the time of their
|17| And as for you, O My come down in its season; there calamity, in the time of their
tzon, thus saith Adonoi shall be gishmei berakhah avon ketz (final punishment).
Hashem; Hineni, I judge (showers of blessing). |6| Therefore, as I live, saith
between seh and seh, between |27| And the etz hasadeh Adonoi Hashem, I will turn
the rams and the goats. shall yield her p’ri, and thee unto dahm, and dahm
|18| Seemeth it a small thing ha'aretz shall yield her shall pursue thee; since thou
unto you to have eaten up the increase, and they shall be hast not hated dahm, even
mireh hatov (good pasture), safe in their adamah, and dahm shall pursue thee.
that ye must also trample shall know that I am Hashem, |7| Thus will I make Har Se’ir
down with your raglayim what when I have broken the bars most desolate, and cut off
is left of your mirim of their ol (yoke), and saved
(pastures)? And to have drunk them out of the yad haovedim
from it him that goeth and Yisroel, and say, Ye harim of Yisroel, ye shall shoot forth
him that cometh. Yisroel hear the Devar your branches, and yield your
|8| And I will fill his harim Hashem. p’ri to My people Yisroel; for
with his slain; in thy geva'ot |2| Thus saith Adonoi their return [home] is at hand.
(hills), and in thy ge'ayot Hashem: Because the oyev |9| For, hineni, I am for you,
(valleys) and in all thy hath said against you, Aha, and I will turn unto you, and
ravines, shall they fall that even the bamot olam (ancient ye shall be plowed and sown;
are slain with the cherev. heights) are ours in |10| And I will multiply adam
|9| I will make thee shimemot possession, upon you, kol Bais Yisroel,
olam (eternal desolations), |3| Therefore prophesy and even all of it; and the towns
and thy towns shall not be say, Thus saith Adonoi shall be inhabited, and the
inhabited; and ye shall know Hashem: Because they have ruins shall be rebuilt;
that I am Hashem. made you desolate, and |11| And I will multiply upon
|10| Because thou hast said, crushed you on every side, you adam and behemah; and
These two Goyim [Israel and that ye might be a possession they shall increase and
Judah] and these two unto the she'erit HaGoyim, become numerous; and I will
countries shall be mine, and and ye are taken up in the lips make you inhabited as in
we will possess it; although of talkers, and are slandered former times, and I will make
Hashem was there; by the people: you more prosperous than
|11| Therefore, as I live, saith |4| Therefore, ye harim of before; and ye shall know that
Adonoi Hashem, I will even Yisroel, hear the Devar Adonoi I am Hashem.
do according to thine anger, Hashem: Thus saith Adonoi |12| Indeed, I will cause
and according to thine kina Hashem to the harim, and to adam to walk upon you, even
(jealousy) which thou hast the geva'ot, to the ravines, and My people Yisroel; and they
showed in thy hatred against to the ge'ayot, to desolate shall possess thee, and thou
them; and I will make Myself ruins, to towns deserted which shalt be their nachalah, and
known among them, when I became a plunder and thou shalt no more again
have judged thee. mockery to the she'erit bereave them of their
|12| And thou shalt know HaGoyim that are all around; children.
that I am Hashem, and that I |5| Therefore thus saith |13| Thus saith Adonoi
have heard all thy insults Adonoi Hashem: Surely in the Hashem: Because they say
which thou hast spoken eish of My kina have I spoken unto you, Thou art a land
against the harim of Yisroel, against the she'erit HaGoyim, which devourest adam, and
saying, They are laid desolate, and against all Edom, which hast bereaved thy nation of
they are given to us to have given My land into their children;
consume. possession with simchat kol |14| Therefore thou shalt
|13| Thus with your mouth ye levav, with she'at nefesh (scorn devour adam no more, neither
have boasted of your greatness of soul, contempt), as her bereave thy nation any more,
against Me, have multiplied migrash for plunder. saith Adonoi Hashem.
your devarim against Me; I |6| Prophesy therefore |15| Neither will I cause men
have heard them. concerning Admat Yisroel, to hear in thee the taunts of
|14| Thus saith Adonoi and say unto the harim, and the Goyim any more, neither
Hashem: When kol ha'aretz to the geva'ot (hills), to the shalt thou bear the cherpah of
(the whole earth) rejoiceth, I ravines, and to the ge'ayot the people any more, neither
will make thee desolate. (valleys), Thus saith Adonoi shalt thou cause thy nation to
|15| As thou didst rejoice at Hashem: Hineni, I have stumble any more, saith
the nachalah of the Bais spoken in My kina (jealousy) Adonoi Hashem.
Yisroel, because it was and in My chemah (fury), |16| Moreover the Devar
desolate, so will I do unto because ye have borne the Hashem came unto me,
thee; thou shalt be desolate, O scorn of the Goyim; saying,
Har Se’ir, and all Edom, even |7| Therefore thus saith |17| Ben adam, when Bais
all of it; and they shall know Adonoi Hashem; I have lifted Yisroel dwelt in their own
that I am Hashem. up Mine yad [in oath-taking], land, they made it tameh by
Surely the Goyim that are their own derech and by their
Also, thou Ben around you, they shall bear doings; their derech was
36 Adam, prophesy
unto the harim of
their own scorn.
|8| But ye, O harim of
before Me as the tumat |26| A lev chadash also will I ruined towns are become
haniddah (contamination of a give you, and a ruach fortified, and are inhabited.
woman during her menstrual chadashah will I put within |36| Then the Goyim that are
period). you; and I will take away the left all around you shall know
|18| Therefore I poured My lev haeven (stony heart) out of that I Hashem rebuilt the
chemah upon them for their your basar, and I will give you ruined places, and replanted
shefach dahm upon ha'aretz, a lev basar. that that was desolate; I
for their gillulim wherewith |27| And I will put My Ruach Hashem have spoken it, and I
they had made it tameh; [Hakodesh] within you, and will do it.
|19| And I scattered them cause you to walk in My |37| Thus saith Adonoi
among the Goyim, and they chukkot, and ye shall be Hashem: Also I will be
were dispersed through the shomer over My mishpatim, inquired of by Bais Yisroel, to
countries; according to their and do them. act in behalf of them; I will
derech and according to their |28| And ye shall dwell in increase them adam as
doings I judged them. ha'aretz that I gave to numberous as tzon.
|20| And when they entered avoteichem; and ye shall be |38| As the tzon kadashim, as
unto the Goyim, to where they My people, and I will be your the tzon Yerushalayim in her
went, they profaned Shem Elohim. mo'adim, so shall the ruined
Kodshi (Name of My Holiness, |29| I will also save you from cities be filled with tzon adam;
Holy Name), when they said to all your tumot (unclean- and they shall know that I am
them, These are the Am nesses); and I will call for the Hashem.
Hashem, and are gone forth dagan (grain), and will The Yad Hashem
out of His land.
|21| But I had concern for
Shem Kodshi (Name of My
increase it, and lay no ra'av
(famine) upon you.
|30| And I will multiply the
37 was upon me, and
carried me out in
the Ruach [Hakodesh] of
Holiness, Holy Name), which p’ri ha'etz, and the increase of Hashem, and set me down in
Bais Yisroel had profaned the sadeh, that ye shall receive the midst of the valley which
among the Goyim, where they no more cherpah of ra'av was full of atzmot,
went. (famine) among the Goyim. |2| And caused me to pass by
|22| Therefore say unto Bais |31| Then shall ye remember them round about; and, hinei,
Yisroel, thus saith Adonoi your own drakhim ra'im, and there were rabbot me'od in the
Hashem: I do not this for your your doings that were not open valley; and, hinei, they
sakes, O Bais Yisroel, but for tovim, and shall loathe were very dry.
the sake of Shem Kodshi, yourselves in your own |3| And He said unto me, Ben
which ye have profaned sight for your avonot and for Adam, can these atzmot live?
among Goyim where ye went. your to'avot. And I answered, Adonoi
|23| And I will show as |32| Not for your sakes do I Hashem, Thou knowest.
kodesh My Shem HaGadol, this, saith Adonoi Hashem, be |4| Again He said unto me,
which was profaned among it known unto you; be Prophesy upon these atzmot,
the Goyim, which ye have ashamed and humiliated for and say unto them, O ye
profaned in the midst of them; your own drakhim, O Bais atzmot hayeveshot, hear the
and the Goyim shall know that Yisroel. Devar Hashem.
I am Hashem, saith Adonoi |33| Thus saith Adonoi |5| Thus saith Adonoi
Hashem, when I shall be set Hashem; In the day that I Hashem unto these atzmot:
apart as kodesh in you before shall have made you Hinei, I will cause ruach to
their eynayim. tahor from all your avonot, I enter into you, and ye shall
|24| For I will take you from will also cause you to resettle live;
among the Goyim, and gather the towns, and the ruins shall |6| And I will lay gidim
you out of all countries, and be rebuilt. (sinews, tendons) upon you,
will bring you into your own |34| And the desolate land and will bring up basar upon
adamah (land). shall be tilled, whereas it lay you, and cover you with ohr
|25| Then will I sprinkle shemamah (desolate) in the (skin), and put ruach in
mayim tehorim upon you, and sight of all that passed by. you, and ye shall live; and ye
ye shall be tahor; from all your |35| And they shall say, This shall have da'as that I am
tum'a, and from all your land that was desolate is Hashem.
gillulim (idols), will I make become like Gan Eden; and |7| So I prophesied as I was
you tahor. the waste and desolate and commanded; and as I
prophesied, there was a noise, another Etz Echad, and write and observe My chukkot, and
and hinei a rattling, and the upon it, For Yosef, the Etz do them.
atzmot came together, etzem Ephrayim and for kol Bais |25| And they shall dwell in
to its etzem. Yisroel his chaverim; HaAretz that I have given
|8| And when I beheld, hinei, |17| And join them one to unto Avdi Ya'akov, wherein
the gidim and the basar came another into Etz Echad; and your Avot have dwelt; and they
up upon them, and the ohr they shall become achadim shall dwell therein, even they,
covered them above; but there (one) in thine yad. and their banim, and their
was no ruach in them. |18| And when the Bnei bnei banim ad olam; and
|9| Then said He unto me, Amecha speak unto thee, Dovid Avdi [Moshiach] shall
Prophesy unto the ruach; saying, Wilt thou not show us be their Nasi l'olam.
prophesy, Ben Adam, and say what thou meanest by these? |26| Moreover I will make a
to the ruach, Thus saith |19| Say unto them, Thus Brit Shalom with them; it
Adonoi Hashem: Come from saith Adonoi Hashem: Hinei, I shall be a Brit Olam with
the arba ruchot, O ruach, and will take the Etz Yosef, which them; and I will establish
breathe upon these slain, that is in the Yad Ephrayim, and them, and multiply them, and
they may live. the Shivtei Yisroel his will set My Mikdash in the
|10| So I prophesied as He chaverim, and will put them midst of them l'olam.
commanded me, and the with him, even with the Etz |27| My Mishkan also shall be
ruach came into them, and Yehudah, and make them Etz with them; yes, I will be their
they lived, and stood up upon Echad, and they shall be Elohim, and they shall be My
their raglayim, a chayil Echad in Mine Yad. people.
gadol me'od me'od. |20| And the Etzim whereon |28| And the Goyim shall
|11| Then He said unto me, thou writest shall be in thine know that I Hashem set apart
Ben Adam, these atzmot are yad before their eyes. as kodesh Yisroel, when My
the kol Bais Yisroel. Hinei, |21| And say unto them, Thus Mikdash shall be in the midst
they say, Our atzmot are dried saith Adonoi Hashem: Hinei, I of them l'olam (forever).
up, and tikvateinu (our hope) will take the Bnei Yisroel from And the Devar
is gone; nigzarnu lanu (we are
cut off).
|12| Therefore prophesy and
among the Goyim, whither
they be gone, and will gather
them on every side, and bring
38 Hashem came unto
me, saying,
|2| Ben adam, set thy face
say unto them, Thus saith them into their own land; against Gog, Eretz HaMagog,
Adonoi Hashem: Hinei, O My |22| And I will make them the nasi rosh Meshech and
people, I will open your Goy Echad in the land upon Tuval, and prophesy against
keverot, and cause you to the mountains of Yisroel; and him,
come up out of your keverot, Melech Echad shall be Melech |3| And say, Thus saith
and bring you into Admat to them all; and they shall be Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I am
Yisroel (the Land of Israel). no more two Goyim, neither against thee, O Gog, the nasi
|13| And ye shall know that I shall they be divided into two rosh Meshech and Tuval;
am Hashem, when I have Mamlachot any more at all. |4| And I will turn thee
opened your keverot, O My |23| Neither shall they make around, and put hooks into
people, and brought you up themselves tameh any more thy jaws, and I will take thee
out of your keverot, with their gillulim, nor with out, and all thine army, susim
|14| And shall put My Ruach their shikkutzim, nor with any and parashim, all of them
in you, and ye shall live, and I of their peysha'im; but I will splendidly outfitted, even a
shall place you in your own save them out of all their kahal rav with body shields
land; then shall ye know that I moshavot wherein they have and mogen, all of them
Hashem have spoken it, and sinned, and will make them handling charavot (swords);
performed it, saith Hashem. tahor; so shall they be My |5| Paras, Kush, and Put with
|15| The Devar Hashem came people, and I will be their them; all of them with mogen
again unto me, saying, Elohim. and kova (helmet);
|16| Moreover, thou ben |24| And Avdi Dovid |6| Gomer, and all its hordes;
adam, take thee Etz Echad, [Moshiach] shall be Melech Bais Togarmah of the north
and write upon it, For over them; and they all shall parts, and all his
Yehudah, and for the Bnei have Ro'eh Echad; they shall troops; and amim
Yisroel his chaverim; then take also walk in My mishpatim,
rabbim (many peoples) with plunder? Hast thou gathered presence, and the harim shall
thee. thine army to take booty? be thrown down, and the steep
|7| Be thou prepared, and To carry away kesef and places shall fall, and every
prepare for thyself, thou, and zahav, to take away mikneh chomah shall fall to the
all thy kahal that are (livestock) and goods, to take a ground.
assembled unto thee, and great plunder? |21| And I will call for a
serve thou as guard unto |14| Therefore, Ben Adam, cherev against him throughout
them. prophesy and say unto Gog, all My harim, saith Adonoi
|8| After yamim rabbim thou Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Hashem; cherev of every ish
shalt be visited; in the acharit In that day when My people shall be against his brother.
hashanim (future years) thou Yisroel dwelleth securely, thou |22| And I will judge him with
shalt invade eretz that is wilt know it! dever and with dahm; and I
recovering from cherev (sword, |15| And thou shalt come will rain upon him, and upon
war), and [whose inhabitants] from thy makom (place) out of his troops, and upon the
have been regathered out of the far north, thou, and amim amim rabbim (many peoples)
amim rabbim, on the harim of rabbim (many peoples) with that are with him, a torrential
Yisroel, which have long lain thee, all of them riding upon rain, and great hailstones,
desolate; but it [the regathered susim, a kahal gadol, and a eish, and burning gofrit.
people] is brought forth out of mighty army; |23| Thus will I magnify
the nations, and they shall |16| And thou shalt come up Myself, and set Myself apart as
dwell securely, all of them. against My people Yisroel, like kodesh and I will make Myself
|9| Thou shalt ascend and an anan (cloud) covering known in the eynayim of
advance like a storm, thou ha'aretz; it shall be in the Goyim rabbim, and they shall
shalt be like a storm cloud acharit hayamim, and I will know that I am Hashem.
covering ha'aretz, thou, and bring thee against My land, so Therefore, thou
all thy troops, and
many peoples with thee.
|10| Thus saith Adonoi
that the Goyim may know Me,
when I shall be shown as set
apart as kodesh in thee, O
39 Ben Adam,
prophesy against
Gog, and say, Thus saith
Hashem; It shall also come to Gog, before their eynayim. Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I am
pass, that on that day |17| Thus saith Adonoi against thee, O Gog, nasi rosh
thoughts will arise into thy Hashem: Art thou he of whom Meshech and Tuval;
mind, and thou shalt devise a I have spoken in old time by |2| And I will turn thee
machashevet ra'ah (an evil My avadim the nevi'im of around, and drive thee on,
plan); Yisroel, which prophesied in and will cause thee to come up
|11| And thou shalt say, I will those days that after many from the far north, and will
go up and invade eretz of years I would bring thee bring thee upon the harim of
unwalled villages; I will go to against them? Yisroel;
them that are at rest, that |18| And it shall come to pass |3| And I will knock thy
dwell securely, all of them at the same time when Gog keshet out of thy left hand,
dwelling without chomot shall come against Admat and will cause thine khitzim
(walls), and having neither Yisroel, saith Adonoi Hashem, to fall out of thy right hand.
bars nor gates, that My hot chemah (fury) |4| Thou shalt fall upon the
|12| To take a plunder, and shall be aroused. harim of Yisroel, thou, and all
to take a booty; to turn thine |19| For in My kina (jealousy) thy troops, and the peoples
yad upon the desolate places and in the eish of My evrah with thee; I will give thee unto
that are now inhabited, and (wrath) have I spoken, Surely the birds of prey of every sort,
upon the people that are in that day there shall be a and to the beasts of the sadeh
regathered out of the Goyim, ra'ash gadol (great to be devoured.
which have gotten mikneh earthquake) in Admat Yisroel; |5| Thou shalt fall upon the
(livestock) and goods, that |20| So that the dagim of the open sadeh; for I have spoken
dwell in the midst of ha'aretz. yam, and the oph it, saith Adonoi Hashem.
|13| Sheva, and Dedan, and HaShomayim, and the beasts |6| And I will send an eish on
the merchants of Tarshish, of the sadeh, and all creeping Magog, and among them that
with all the young lions things that creep upon dwell complacently secure in
thereof, shall say unto thee, ha’adamah, and kol ha'adam the coastlands; and they
Art thou come to take that are upon the face of
adamah, shall shake at My
shall know that I am Hashem. passing through, those bodies because they were unfaithful
|7| So will I make Shem remaining upon the face of to Me; therefore hid I My face
Kodshi (Name of My Holiness, ha'aretz, to make it tahor; for from them, and gave them
Holy Name) known in the the whole of seven months into the yad of their enemies;
midst of My people Yisroel; shall they make the search. so fell they all by the cherev.
and I will not let them profane |15| And the ones passing |24| According to their tumah
Shem Kodshi (Name of My through ha'aretz, when any and according to their
Holiness, Holy Name) any seeth an etzem adam (human peysha'im have I dealt with
more: and the Goyim shall bone), then shall he build a them, and hid My face from
know that I am Hashem tziyun (marker) beside it, until them.
Kadosh b'Yisroel. the mekabberim (buriers) |25| Therefore thus saith
|8| Hinei, it is coming, and it have buried it in the Gey Adonoi Hashem: Now will I
shall be done, saith Adonoi Hamon Gog. bring back the captives of
Hashem; this is the day |16| And also the shem of the Ya'akov, and have compassion
whereof I have spoken. Ir shall be Hamonah. Thus upon kol Bais Yisroel, and will
|9| And they that dwell in the shall they make ha'aretz tahor. be jealous for Shem Kodshi
towns of Yisroel shall go forth, |17| And, thou ben adam, (Name of My Holiness, Holy
and shall use for fuel and set thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Name);
on fire the weapons, both the Speak unto every feathered |26| After that they have
mogen and the bucklers, the fowl, and to every beast of the borne their shame, and all
keshet and the khitzim, sadeh, Assemble yourselves, their unfaithfulness whereby
and the clubs, and the spears, and come; gather yourselves they have been unfaithful
and they shall burn them with on every side to My zevach against Me, when they dwelt
eish sheva shanim; (sacrificial feast) that I do securely in their adamah, and
|10| So that they shall take no sacrifice for you, even a none made them afraid.
wood [for fuel] out of the Zevach Gadol upon the harim |27| When I have brought
sadeh, neither cut down any of Yisroel, that ye may eat them back from the nations,
out of the forests; for they basar, and drink dahm. and regathered them out of
shall burn the weapons with |18| Ye shall eat the basar the lands of their oyevim, and
eish; and they shall plunder gibborim, and drink the dahm am set apart as kodesh
those that plundered them, of the nasi’im of ha'aretz, as of through them in the sight of
and pillage those that looted rams, of lambs, and of goats, Goyim rabbim;
them, saith Adonoi Hashem. of bulls, all of them fatlings of |28| Then shall they know
|11| And it shall come to pass Bashan. that I am Hashem Eloheihem,
in that day, that I will give |19| And ye shall eat chelev Who caused them to be led
unto Gog a makom kever until ye be glutted, and drink into the Golus among the
(burial place) there in Yisroel-- dahm until ye be shikkaron, Goyim; but I have regathered
the valley of those who pass from My Zevach which I have them unto their own adamah
by, east of the yam; and it sacrificed for you. (land), and have left none of
shall block the path of the |20| Thus ye shall be filled at them behind any more in the
passersby; and there shall they My shulchan with susim and Golus.
bury Gog and all his riders, with gibbor, and with |29| Neither will I hide My
multitude; and they shall call all ish hamilchamah, saith face any more from them; for I
it Gey Hamon Gog. Adonoi Hashem. have poured out My Ruach
|12| And seven months shall |21| And I will set My Kavod upon Bais Yisroel, saith
Bais Yisroel be burying them, among the Goyim, and kol Adonoi Hashem.
that they may make ha'aretz HaGoyim shall see My
tahor. mishpat that I have executed, In the five and
|13| Indeed, kol Am Ha'Aretz
shall bury them; and it shall
give them renown the day that
and My yad that I have laid
upon them.
|22| So Bais Yisroel shall
40 twentieth year of
our Golus, in the
rosh hashanah [of Yovel
I shall be glorified, saith know that I am Hashem (Jubilee)], in the tenth day of
Adonoi Hashem. Eloheihem from that day and the month in the fourteenth
|14| And they shall set apart forward. year [573 B.C.E.] after the fall
anshei tamid (a regular detail |23| And the Goyim shall of the Ir [Yerushalayim] in the
of men) to work at passing know that Bais Yisroel went selfsame day the
through ha'aretz to bury those into the Golus for their avon;
Yad Hashem was upon me, next to the ulam of the sha'ar |17| Then he [the angelic
and brought me there. on the inside was one rod. being] brought me into the
|2| In the marot Elohim |8| He [the angelic being] khatzer hakhitzonah (outer
(visions of G-d, Divine visions) measured also the ulam of the courtyard), and, hinei, there
He brought me to Eretz sha'ar on the inside, one rod. were leshakhot (chambers),
Yisroel, and set me upon a |9| Then he measured the and ritzpah (pavement)
very high mountain, on which ulam of the sha'ar, eight constructed for the khatzer
was a mivneh (structure) cubits; and the jambs thereof, (courtyard) all around; thirty
resembling an ir to the negev two cubits; and the ulam of leshakhot were along the
(south). the sha'ar was on the inside. ritzpah.
|3| And He brought me there, |10| And the ta'im of the |18| And the ritzpah was by
and, hinei, there was an ish, sha'ar eastward were shloshah the side of the she'arim
whose appearance was like the on this side, and shloshah on running the length of the
appearance of nechoshet, with that side; they three were of she'arim, the lower ritzpah.
a cord of linen in his yad, and the same measurement; and |19| Then he [the angelic
a keneh hamiddah (measuring the jambs had the same being] measured the width
rod); and he [the angelic being] measurement on this side and from the forefront of the lower
stood in the sha'ar (i.e., the on that side. sha'ar unto the forefront of the
Eastern Gate; see further 43:1- |11| And he measured the khatzer hapenimi (inner
5; 44:1-3; Hashem’s glory width of the petach (opening) courtyard) on its outside, a
enters and exits here and of the sha'ar, ten cubits; and hundred cubits eastward and
Moshiach, see 44:3). the length of the sha'ar, northward.
|4| And the ish said unto me, thirteen cubits. |20| And the sha'ar of the
Ben Adam, behold with thine |12| The boundary line also khatzer hakhitzonah that
eyes, and hear with thine ears, before the ta'ot (recesses) was looked toward the north, he
and set thine lev upon all that one cubit on this side, one measured the length thereof,
I shall show thee; for l'ma'an cubit on that side; and the ta and the width thereof.
(to the intent, in order that) I were six cubits deep on this |21| And the ta'im thereof
might show them unto thee art side, and six cubits on that were shloshah on this side and
thou brought here; declare all side. shloshah on that side; and the
that thou seest to Bais Yisroel. |13| He [the angelic being] jambs thereof and the ulam
|5| And, hinei, a chomah measured then the sha'ar from thereof were after the measure
(wall) was on the outside of the the ceiling of one ta to the of the first sha'ar; the length
Bais [Hamikdash] compound ceiling of another; the width thereof was fifty cubits, and
and was surrounding it, and was five and twenty cubits; the width five and twenty
in the yad of the ish was a petach [opening of the recess] cubits.
keneh hamiddah of six long was opposite to petach. |22| And their chalonot, and
cubits, each a cubit and a |14| He [the angelic being] their ulam vestibules, and
handbreadth; so he [the made [measurement] of the their timorim, had the same
angelic being] measured the ulam, threescore cubits, even measurements as the sha'ar
thickness of the structure [of unto the jamb of the khatzer that looketh toward the east;
the chomah], one rod; and the at the sha'ar all around. and they went up unto it by
wall's height, one rod. |15| And from the front of the ma'alot sheva; and the ulam
|6| Then came he [the angelic sha'ar, the outer side, unto the thereof were before them.
being] unto the sha'ar front of the interior ulam |23| And the sha'ar of the
(gateway) which faceth vestibule was fifty cubits. khatzer hapenimi (inner
eastward, and went up the |16| And there were chalonot courtyard) was facing toward
ma'alot (steps, stairs) thereof, atumot (closed niches) for the the north, and toward the east;
and measured the saf ta'im, the sha'ar and for their and he [the angelic being]
(threshold) of the sha'ar, which side walls and these were measured from sha'ar to sha'ar
was one rod deep; interior of the sha'ar all a hundred cubits.
|7| And every ta (recess) was around, and likewise the ulam |24| After that he [the angelic
one rod wide, and one rod vestibules: and chalonot were being] brought me toward the
deep; and between the ta'im round about on the inside; south, and, hinei, a sha'ar
(rooms) were five cubits; and and upon each jamb were toward the south; and he
the saf (threshold) of the sha'ar timorim (palm trees). measured the jambs
thereof and the ulam |33| And the ta'im thereof, were on this side, and four
vestibules thereof according to and the jambs thereof, and shulchanot on that side, by
these measures. the ulam vestibule thereof, the side of the sha'ar; eight
|25| And there were chalonim were according to these shulchanot, whereupon they
in it and in the ulam vestibule measures; and there were slaughtered [shachat].
thereof round about, like chalonot therein and in the |42| And the four shulchanot
those chalonot; the length was ulam vestibule thereof round were of hewn stone for the
fifty cubits, and the width five about; it was fifty cubits long, olah (burnt offering), of a
and twenty cubits. and five and twenty cubits cubit and a half long, and a
|26| And there were ma'alot wide. cubit and a half wide, and one
shivah (seven steps, stairs) to |34| And the ulam vestibule cubit high; whereupon also
go up to it, and the ulam thereof was toward the khatzer they placed the kelim
vestibule thereof were before hakhitzonah; and timorim wherewith they slaughtered
them; and it had timorim, one were upon the jambs thereof, the olah (burnt offering) and
on this side, and another on on this side, and on that side; the zevach.
that side, upon the jambs and the going up to it had |43| And within were hooks,
thereof. ma'alot shmoneh. one handbreadth, set up
|27| And there was a sha'ar in |35| And he [the angelic inside all around; and upon
the khatzer hapenimi toward being] brought me to the the shulchanot was the basar
the south; and he [the angelic northern sha'ar, and of the korban.
being] measured from sha'ar measured it according to these |44| And outside the sha'ar
to sha'ar toward the south a measures: hapenimi were the lishkhot of
hundred cubits. |36| The ta'im thereof, the the sharim (singers) in the
|28| And he [the angelic jambs thereof, and the ulam khatzer hapenimi, which was
being] brought me to the vestibules thereof, and the at the side of the northern
khatzer hapenimi through the chalonot to it round about; sha'ar; and their view was
south sha'ar; and he [the the length was fifty cubits, and toward the south; one at the
angelic being] measured the the width five and twenty side of the eastern sha'ar
south sha'ar according to these cubits. having the view toward the
measures; |37| And the jambs thereof north.
|29| And the ta'im thereof, were toward the khatzer |45| And he [the angelic
and the jambs thereof, and hakhitzonah; and timorim being] said unto me, This
the ulam vestibule thereof, were upon the jambs thereof, lishka, whose view is toward
according to these measures; on this side, and on that the south, is for the Kohanim,
and there were chalonot in it side; and the going up to it the Shomrei Mishmeret
and in the ulam vestibule had ma'alot shmoneh. HaBeis [HaMikdash].
thereof round about; it |38| And the lishka and the |46| And the lishka whose
was fifty cubits long, and five entryways thereof were by the view is toward the north is for
and twenty cubits wide. ulam vestibules of the the Kohanim, the Shomrei
|30| And the ulam vestibules she'arim, where they washed Mishmeret HaMizbe'ach; these
round about were five and the olah (burnt offering). are the Bnei Tzadok among
twenty cubits long, and five |39| And in the ulam of the the Bnei Levi, which come
cubits wide. sha'ar were two shulchanot near to Hashem to minister
|31| And the ulam vestibules (tables) on this side, and two unto Him.
thereof were facing the shulchanot on that side, to |47| So he [the angelic being]
khatzer hachatzonah (the slaughter thereon the olah measured the khatzer (court),
outer courtyard); and timorim and the chattat and the a hundred cubits long, and a
were upon the jambs thereof; asham. hundred cubits wide,
and the going up to it had |40| And at the side outside, foursquare; and the Mizbe'ach
ma'alot shmoneh (eight steps, as one goeth up to the petach was before the Beis
stairs). hasha'ar hatzafonah, were two [HaMikdash].
|32| And he [the angelic shulchanot; and on the other |48| And he [the angelic
being] brought me into the side, which was at the ulam of being] brought me to the Ulam
khatzer hapenimi toward the the sha'ar, were two of the Beis [HaMikdash], and
east; and he measured the shulchanot. measured each jamb of the
sha'ar according to these |41| Four shulchanot Ulam, five cubits on
measures.
this side, and five cubits on Beis for the tzela'ot round |14| Also the width of the face
that side; and the width of the about, that they might take of the Beis [HaMikdash], and
sha'ar was shalosh cubits on hold there, but they had not of the Gizrah toward the east,
this side, and shalosh cubits hold in the wall of the Beis a hundred cubits.
on that side. [HaMikdash]. |15| And he [the angelic
|49| The length of the Ulam |7| And tzela'ot (side being] measured the length of
was twenty cubits, and the chambers, cells) were broader the Binyan along the front of
width eleven cubits, and he at each story; a ramp spiraled the Gizrah which was behind
[the angelic being] brought me upward by stages around the it, and the atikeha (corner
by the ma'alot whereby they Beis [HaMikdash]; therefore structures) thereof on the one
went up to it; and there were the width of the Beis increased side and on the other side, a
ammudim (pillars) by the as it went upward, so from the hundred cubits, with the
doorposts, one on this side, lowest to the highest through Heikhal Hapenimi, and the
and another on that side. the middle. ulam vestibules of the
Afterward he [the |8| I saw also the height of the Khatzer;
41 angelic being]
brought me to the
Heikhal, and measured the
Beis [HaMikdash] all around;
the yesodot (foundations) of
the tzela'ot were a full rod of
|16| The doorposts, and the
narrow chalonim, and the
atikim balconies around on
jambs, six cubits wide on the six cubits long. their three stories, opposite
one side, and six cubits wide |9| The thickness of the wall, the saf (threshold), paneled
on the other side, which was which was for the tzela toward with etz all around, and from
the width of the Ohel. the outside, was five cubits; the ground up to the chalonot,
|2| And the width of the and that which was open was and the chalonot were
Petach (Entrance) was ten the space at the end of the covered;
cubits; and the ketefot tzela'ot of the Beis |17| To that above the
(shoulders, sidewalls) of the [HaMikdash]. Petach, even unto the Beis
Petach were five cubits on the |10| And between the HaPenimi, and at the outside,
one side, and five cubits on leshakhot was the space the and by the wall all around
the other side; and he [the width of twenty cubits around penimi (inner) and khitzon
angelic being] measured the the Beis [HaMikdash] all (outer), by measure.
depth thereof, forty cubits; around. |18| And it was carved with
and the width, twenty cubits. |11| And the petach of the keruvim and timorim, so that
|3| Then he went into the tzela were toward the space a palm tree was between a
Penimah (the Innermost [Holy that was open, one petach keruv and a keruv; and every
of Holies]), and measured toward the north, and another keruv had two faces;
the jamb of the Petach, two petach toward the south; and |19| So that the face of an
cubits; and the Petach, six the width of the place that was adam was toward the palm
cubits; and the width of the open was five cubits all tree on the one side, and the
Petach, sheva (seven) cubits. around. face of a young lion toward
|4| So he measured the depth |12| Now the Binyan the palm tree on the other
thereof, twenty cubits; and the (building, structure) that was side; it was carved throughout
width, twenty cubits, along the before the Gizrah (separation, kol HaBeis all around.
Heikhal; and he [the angelic separating courtyard, |20| From the ground unto
being] said unto me, This is restricted space, behind the above the Petach were
the Kodesh HaKodashim. Beis HaMikdash) at the end keruvim and timorim carved,
|5| After he [the angelic being] toward the west was seventy and on the wall of the
measured the wall of the Beis cubits wide; and the wall of Heikhal.
[HaMikdash], six cubits; and the Binyan was five cubits |21| The mezuzas of the
the width of every tzela (side thick all around, and the Heikhal were squared; as for
chamber, cell), four cubits, length thereof ninety cubits. the front of the Kodesh
around the Beis [HaMikdash] |13| So he [the angelic being] [HaKodashim], the
on every side. measured the Beis appearance of the one
|6| And the tzela'ot (side [HaMikdash], a hundred [mezuzah] was like the
chambers, cells) were tzela cubits long; and the Gizrah, appearance of the other.
over tzela, thirty-three in and the Binyan, with the walls |22| The Mizbe'ach was of etz
number; and there were ledges thereof, a hundred cubits and was three cubits high,
on the wall which was of the long; and the length
thereof two cubits; and the cubits in width leading hatzafon and the leshakhot
corners thereof, and the length inward, a way of one cubit; hadarom, which are before the
thereof, and the sides thereof, and their doors toward the Gizrah, they are leshakhot
were of etz; and he [the angelic north. hakodesh, where the Kohanim
being] said unto me, This is |5| Now the upper leshakhot that approach unto Hashem
the shulchan that is before were narrow; for the atikim shall eat the kadshei
Hashem. took space from these, from hakadashim; there shall they
|23| And the Heikhal and the the lower, and from the put the kadshei
Kodesh had two delatot. middlemost of the Binyan. hakadashim, and the
|24| And the delatot had two |6| For they were in three minchah, and the chattat, and
doors apiece, two turning stories, but had not ammudim the asham (trespass offering);
doors; two delatot for the one like the ammudim of the for the place is kadosh.
door, and two delatot for the khatzerot; therefore they were |14| When the Kohanim enter
other door. set back from the ground more therein, then shall they not go
|25| And there were carved than the lowest and the out of the Kodesh into the
on them, on the delatot of the middlemost. khatzer hakhitzonah, but
Heikhal,keruvim and timorim, |7| And the wall that was there they shall lay their
like those carved upon the outside over against the garments wherein they
[interior] walls; and there was leshakhot, toward the khatzer minister; for they are kodesh;
a beam upon the face of the hakhitzonah on the forepart and shall put on begadim
Ulam at the outside. of the leshakhot, the length acherim (other garments);
|26| And there were narrow thereof was fifty cubits. then shall they approach the
chalonim and timorim on the |8| For the length of the precinct of the people.
one side and on the other side, leshakhot that were in the |15| Now when he [the
on the sides of the Ulam, and khatzer hakhitzonah was fifty angelic being] had made an
upon the tzela'ot of the Beis cubits; and, hineh, before the end of measuring the
[HaMikdash], and thick Heikhal were a hundred Beis HaPenimi, he brought
beams. cubits. me forth toward the sha'ar
|9| And from below these whose view is toward the east,
leshakhot was the entrance and measured it all around.
on the east side, as one goeth |16| He measured the eastern
into them from the khatzer side with the measuring rod,
hakhitzonah. five hundred rods, with the
|10| In the thickness of the keneh hamiddah (measuring
wall of the khatzer toward the rod) all around.
Then he [the east, facing the Gizrah, and |17| He measured the
42 angelic being]
brought me forth
into the khatzer hakhatzonah,
over against the Binyan, were
leshakhot (side rooms).
|11| And the derech before
northern side, five hundred
rods, with the keneh
hamiddah all around.
the way toward the north; and them was like the appearance |18| He measured the
he brought me into the lishka of the leshakhot which were southern side, five hundred
that was opposite the Gizrah, toward the north, as long as rods, with the keneh
and which was opposite the they, and as wide as they; and hamiddah.
Binyan toward the north. all their exits were both |19| He turned about to the
|2| Before the length of a according to their western side, and measured
hundred cubits was the Petach arrangements, and according five hundred rods with the
HaTzafon, and the width was to their doorways. keneh hamiddah.
fifty cubits. |12| And according to the |20| He measured it by the
|3| Opposite the twenty cubits doorways of the leshakhot that four sides; it had a wall all
of the khatzer hapenimah, were toward the south was a around, five hundred rods
and opposite the ritzpah petach in the rosh of the long, and five hundred wide,
which was for the khatzer derech, even the derech lehavdil (to make a
hakhitzonah, was atik directly before the wall toward separation) between the
(balcony) against atik in three the east, as one entereth into Kodesh (Holy Precinct, area)
stories. them. and the Chol (Common
|4| And before the leshakhot |13| Then said he [the angelic Precinct, area).
was a mahalach (walkway) ten being] unto me, The leshakhot
Afterward he [the |9| Now let them put away |15| So the ariel (surface of
43 angelic being]
brought me to the
sha'ar, even the sha'ar that
their zenut (whoredom), and
the pegarim (buried dead
bodies) of their melachim, far
the altar, hearth) shall be four
cubits; and from the hearth
and upward shall be four
looketh toward the east; from Me, and I will dwell in keranot (horns).
|2| And, hinei, the Kavod the midst of them l'olam. |16| And the hearth shall be
Elohei Yisroel came from the |10| Thou Ben Adam, declare square, twelve cubits long, by
derech of the east; and His the Beis [HaMikdash] to Bais twelve wide.
voice was like a kol mayim Yisroel, that they may be |17| And the enclosure shall
rabbim and ha'aretz was ashamed of their avonot; and be square, fourteen cubits
radiant with His Kavod. let them measure the tachnit long and fourteen wide; and
|3| And it was according to (perfection, design). the moulding about it shall be
the appearance of the vision |11| And if they be ashamed half a cubit; and the base
which I saw, even according to of all that they have done, thereof shall be a cubit about;
the vision that I saw when He make known to them the and its ma'alot (steps, stairs)
came to destroy the Ir; and the tzurah (form, fashion) of the shall look toward the east.
visions were like the vision Beis [HaMikdash], and the |18| And He said unto me,
that I saw by the Nahar Kevar; techunah (arrangement) Ben Adam, thus saith Adonoi
and I fell upon my face. thereof, and the exits Hashem: These are the
|4| And the Kavod Hashem thereof, and the entrances chukkot HaMizbe'ach in the
came into the Beis thereof, and all the tzurot Yom when they shall build it,
[HaMikdash] by the derech of thereof, and all the chukkot to offer olah thereon, and to
the sha'ar whose view is thereof, and all the tzurot sprinkle dahm thereon.
toward the east. thereof, and all the torot |19| And thou shalt give to
|5| So the Ruach [Hakodesh] thereof; and write it before the Kohanim the Levi'im that
lifted me up, and brought me their eyes, that they may be are of the Zera Tzadok, which
into the khatzer hapenimi shomer over the whole tzurah approach unto Me, to minister
and, hinei, the Kavod Hashem thereof, and all the chukkot unto Me, saith Adonoi
filled the Beis [HaMikdash]. thereof, and do them. Hashem, a young bull for a
|6| And I heard Him speaking |12| This is the torat HaBeis chattat.
unto me out of the Beis [HaMikdash]: upon the rosh |20| And thou shalt take of
[HaMikdash]; and the ish was hahar the entire boundary the dahm thereof, and put it
standing beside me. thereof round about shall be on the four karnot of it, and
|7| And He said unto me, Ben kodesh kadashim. Hinei, on the four pinnot of the
Adam, this is the makom this is the torat HaBeis enclosure, and upon the
(place, home) of My Kisse, and [HaMikdash]. moulding round about; thus
the makom of the soles of My |13| And these are the middot shalt thou cleanse and make
feet, where I will dwell in the HaMizbe'ach (measurements kapporah for it.
midst of the Bnei Yisroel of the Mizbe'ach) in cubits. |21| Thou shalt take the bull
l'olam, and My Shem Kadosh, The cubit is a cubit and a also of the chattat, and shall
shall Bais Yisroel no more handbreadth; even the base burn it in the mifkad
make tameh, neither they, nor shall be a cubit (in height), (appointed place) of the Beis
their melachim, by their zenut and the width a cubit, and the [HaMikdash], outside the
(whoredom), nor by the moulding thereof by the edge Mikdash.
pegarim (buried dead bodies) thereof round about shall be a |22| And on the second day
of their melachim in their span; and this shall be for the thou shalt offer a male of the
high places. gav (height, back) of the goats tamim (without blemish)
|8| In their setting of their Mizbe'ach. for a chattat; and they shall
threshold by My threshold, |14| And from the base upon purify the Mitzbe'ach, as they
and their mezuzah by My ha'aretz even to the lower did purify it with the bull.
mezuzah, and the wall enclosure shall be two cubits, |23| When thou hast made an
between Me and them, they and the width one cubit; and end of purifying it, thou shalt
have even made tameh My from the lesser enclosure even offer a young bull tamim
Shem Kodesh by their to'evot to the greater enclosure shall (without blemish),
that they have committed; be four cubits, and the width and a ram out
therefore I have consumed one cubit.
them in Mine anger.
of the tzon (flock) tamim |5| And Hashem said unto |12| Because they ministered
(without blemish). me, Ben Adam, mark well, and unto them before their
|24| And thou shalt offer behold with thine eyes, and gillulim, and caused Bais
them before Hashem, and the hear with thine ears all that I Yisroel a michshol avon;
Kohanim shall cast melach say unto thee concerning all therefore have I lifted up Mine
upon them, and they shall the chukkot Beis Hashem, and Yad against them, saith
offer them up for an all the torot thereof; and mark Adonoi Hashem, and nas'u
olah unto Hashem. well the entrances of the Beis (they shall bear) their avon.
|25| Shivat yamim shalt thou [HaMikdash], with every exit |13| And they shall not come
prepare daily a se'ir (goat) for of the Mikdash. near unto Me, to do the office
a chattat; they shall also |6| And thou shalt say to the of a Kohen unto Me, nor to
prepare a young bull, and a meri (rebellious), even to the come near to any of My
ram out of the tzon (flock), Bais Yisroel, Thus saith kadashim, in the Kodesh
temimim (ones without Adonoi Hashem; O ye Bais HaKodashim; but nas'u their
blemish). Yisroel, let it suffice you of all shame, and their to'avot which
|26| Shivat yamim shall they your to'avot (abominations), they have committed.
make kapporah for the |7| In that ye have admitted |14| But I will make them
Mizbe'ach and make it tahor into My Mikdash bnei nechor Shomrei Meshmeret HaBeis
and so consecrate it. (foreigners), arelim in lev, and [HaMikdash], for all the
|27| And when these yamim arelim in basar, to be in My avodah thereof, and for all
are expired, it shall be, that Mikdash, to defile it, even My that shall be done therein.
upon the Yom HaShemini, Beis, when ye offer My lechem, |15| But the Kohanim the
and so forward, the Kohanim the chelev and the dahm, and Levi'im, the Bnei Tzadok, that
shall make your olot upon the they have broken My Brit were shomer over the
Mizbe'ach, and your (Covenant) because of all your Mishmeret of My Mikdash
Shelamim; and I will accept to'avot (abominations). when the Bnei Yisroel went
you, saith Adonoi Hashem. |8| And ye have not been astray from Me, they shall
Then he [the shomer over the mishmeret of come near to Me to minister
44 angelic being]
brought me back
the derech sha'ar HaMikdash
Mine Kadashim; but ye have
set as shomrim of My
mishmeret in My Mikdash
unto Me, and they shall stand
before Me to offer unto Me the
chelev and the dahm, saith
HaKhitzon, which looketh any for yourselves. Adonoi Hashem;
toward the east; and it was |9| Thus saith Adonoi |16| They shall enter into My
shut. Hashem: No ben nechor, arel Mikdash, and they shall come
|2| Then said Hashem unto lev, nor arel basar, shall enter near to My Shulchan, to
me: This sha'ar shall be shut, into My Mikdash, of any ben minister unto Me, and they
it shall not be opened, and no nechor that is among the Bnei shall be shomer over My
ish shall enter in by it; Yisroel. mishmeret.
because Hashem Elohei |10| And the Levi'im that |17| And it shall come to
Yisroel, hath entered in by it, went far away from Me, when pass, when they enter in at the
therefore it shall be shut. Yisroel went astray, which Sha'arei HeKhatzer
|3| It is for the Nasi; the Nasi went astray away from Me HaPenimit, they shall be
[see 34:23-24; 37:24-25, a after their gillulim (idols); they clothed with linen; and no
"Dovid" or Messianic figure], he shall even bear their avon. tzemer shall come upon them,
only shall sit in it to eat |11| Yet they shall be while they minister at the
lechem before Hashem; he mesharetim (ministers) in My Sha'arei HeKhatzer
shall enter by the derech ulam Mikdash, pekuddot HaPenimit, within.
hasha'ar, and shall exit by its (the ones who have charge) at |18| They shall have linen
derech. the Sha'arei HaBeis turbans upon their rosh, and
|4| Then he [the angelic [HaMikdash] and mesharetim shall have linen breeches
being] brought me the derech in HaBeis [HaMikdash]; they upon their loins; they shall not
sha'ar hatzafon to the front of shall do the shochet slaughter gird themselves with that
the Beis {HaMikdash]; and I of the olah (burnt offering) [clothing] with which one
looked, and, hinei, the Kavod and the zevach for the people, perspires.
Hashem filled the Beis and they shall stand before |19| And when they go forth
Hashem; and I fell upon my them to minister unto them. into HaKhatzer
face. HaKhitzonah, even into
the Khatzer HaKhitzonah to give them no achuzzah in ten thousand of width shall
HaAm, they shall take off Yisroel; I am their achuzzah. also the Levi'im, the
their garments wherein they |29| They shall eat the Mesharetim of the Beis
ministered, and lay them in minchah, and the chattat, and [HaMikdash], have for
the lishkhot hakodesh (holy the asham; and kol cherem in themselves, for a achuzzah for
chambers) and they shall put Yisroel shall be theirs. twenty leshakhot.
on begadim acharim; and they |30| And the reshit kol |6| And ye shall allot the
shall not set apart as kodesh bikkurim of all things, and achuzzah of the Ir five
HaAm with their begadim. every terumah of all, of every thousand wide, and five and
|20| Neither shall they shave sort of your terumot, shall twenty thousand long,
their rosh, nor allow their hair belong to the Kohanim; ye alongside the terumat
to grow long; they shall keep shall also give unto the Kohen hakodesh; it shall be for kol
trimmed their rosh. the reshit of your dough, that Bais Yisroel.
|21| Neither shall any Kohen he may cause the berakhah to |7| And a portion shall be for
drink yayin, when they enter rest on thine bais. the Nasi on the one side and
into the Khatzer HaPenimit. |31| The Kohanim shall not on the other side of the
|22| Neither shall they take eat of any thing nevelah, or terumat hakodesh, and of the
for their nashim an almanah, terefah, whether it be oph or achuzzah of the Ir, before the
nor a gerushah; but they shall behemah. terumat hakodesh, and before
take betulot of the zera Bais the achuzzah of the Ir, from
Yisroel, or an almanah who the west side westward, and
was almanah of a Kohen. Moreover, when ye from the east side eastward;
|23| And they shall teach My
people the difference between
the kodesh and chol, and
45 shall divide by lot
HaAretz as
nachalah, ye shall offer a
and the length shall
correspond to one of the
chalakim (portions, i.e., tribal
cause them to discern between terumah (holy portion, gift) portions or allotments) from
the tameh and the tahor. unto Hashem, kodesh [a holy the west boundary unto the
|24| And in a riv they shall precinct, district] from east boundary.
stand as shofet; and they shall HaAretz; the length shall be |8| In the land shall be his
judge it according to My five and twenty thousand [six- achuzzah in Yisroel; and My
mishpatim; and they shall cubit rods] long, and the width Nasiim (Princes, Rulers) shall
adjudicate them in shall be ten thousand. This no more oppress My people;
accordance with My torot and shall be kodesh in all the and the rest of HaAretz shall
My chukkot in all Mine boundary thereof round they give to Bais Yisroel
mo'adim; and they shall be about. according to their Shivtei
shomer to keep My Shabbatot |2| Of this area there shall be [Bnei Yisroel].
kodesh. for the Kodesh a square five |9| Thus saith Adonoi
|25| And they shall come hundred by five hundred all Hashem: Let it suffice you, O
near no met adam to make around; and fifty cubits round Nasi’im (Princes, Rulers) of
themselves tameh; but for av, about for the migrash (open Yisroel: remove chamas and
or for em, or for ben, or for space) thereof. oppression, and execute
bat, for ach, or for achot that |3| And of this middah shalt mishpat and tzedakah, take
hath had no ish, they may thou measure the length of away your gerushot (exactions)
make themselves tameh. five and twenty thousand, and from My people, saith Adonoi
|26| And after he is made the width of ten thousand; Hashem.
tahor, they shall reckon unto and in it shall be the Mikdash |10| Ye shall have me'oznei
him shivat yamim. and the Kodesh HaKodashim. tzedek (honest scales), and an
|27| And in the yom that he |4| The kodesh of HaAretz ephah tzedek, and a bas
goeth into the Kodesh, unto shall be for the Kohanim the tzedek.
the Khatzer HaPenimit, to Mesharetim of the Mikdash, |11| The ephah and the bas
minister in the Kodesh, he which shall come near to shall be of one measure, that
shall offer his chattat, saith minister unto Hashem; and it the bas may contain the tenth
Adonoi Hashem. shall be a place for their part of a chomer, and the
|28| And it shall be unto batim (houses), and a mikdash ephah the tenth part of a
them for a nachalah; I am for the Mikdash. chomer; the measure thereof
their nachalah; and ye shall |5| And the five and twenty shall be after the chomer.
thousand of length, and the
|12| And the shekel shall be so shall ye make kapporah for the Shabbatot and in Rosh
twenty gerah; twenty shekalim, the Beis [HaMikdash]. Chodesh.
five and twenty shekalim, |21| In the first month, in the |4| And the Olah that the
fifteen shekel, shall be the fourteenth day of the month, Nasi shall offer unto Hashem
minah for you. ye shall have the Pesach, a in the Yom HaShabbos shall
|13| This is the terumah that Chag shevu'ot yamim; matzot be six kevasim temimim, and
ye shall offer; the sixth part of shall be eaten. a ram without blemish.
an ephah of a chomer of |22| And upon that day shall |5| And the minchah shall be
chittim, and ye shall give the the Nasi prepare for himself an ephah for a ram, and the
sixth part of an ephah of a and for kol Am HaAretz a bull minchah for the kevasim
chomer of se'orim; for a chattat [See MJ 4:15]. whatever his hand gives, and a
|14| Concerning the chok of |23| And shivat yamim of the hin of shemen to an ephah.
shemen, the bas of shemen, ye Chag he shall prepare an olah |6| And in the yom of the
shall offer the tenth part of a to Hashem, seven bulls and Rosh Chodesh it shall be a
bas out of the cor, which is seven rams temimim (without young bull temimim, and six
a chomer of ten bas; for ten blemish) daily the shivat kevasim, and a ram; they shall
basim are a chomer; hayamim; and a goat daily for be without blemish.
|15| And one seh out of the a chattat. |7| And he shall prepare a
tzon, out of two hundred, out |24| And he shall prepare a minchah, an ephah for a bull,
of the mashkeh of Yisroel; for minchah of an ephah for a and an ephah for a ram, and
a minchah, and for an olah, bull, and an ephah for a ram, for the kevasim as much as he
and for shelamim, to make and a hin of shemen for an wishes, and a hin of shemen to
kapporah for them, saith ephah. an ephah.
Adonoi Hashem. |25| In the seventh month, in |8| And when the Nasi shall
|16| Kol HaAm HaAretz shall the fifteenth day of the month, enter, he shall go in by the
give this terumah for the Nasi shall he do the same in the derech ulam HaSha'ar and he
in Yisroel. Chag [of Sukkot] of the shivat shall go out by the derech
|17| And it shall be the part hayamim, according to the thereof.
of the Nasi to give olot, and chattat, according to the olah, |9| But when the Am HaAretz
minchah, and nesekh, in the and according to the minchah, shall come before Hashem in
Chagim, and in the Rosh and according to the shemen. the Mo'adim, he that entereth
Chodesh, and in the Thus saith Adonoi in by the derech Sha'ar Tzafon
Shabbatot, in all Mo'adim of
the Bais Yisroel; he shall
prepare the chattat, and the
46 Hashem: The
Sha'ar HeKhatzer
HaPenimit that looketh
to worship shall exit by the
derech Sha'ar Negev; and he
that entereth by the derech
minchah, and the olah, and toward the east shall be shut Sha'ar Negev shall go out by
the shelamim, to make during the sheshet yemei derech Sha'ar Tzafonah; he
kapporah for Bais Yisroel. hama'aseh (the six days of shall not return by the derech
|18| Thus saith Adonoi labor); but on Shabbos it shall HaSha'ar whereby he came in,
Hashem: In the first month, in be opened, and in the yom of but shall go out opposite it.
the first day of the month, the Rosh Chodesh it shall be |10| And the Nasi in the
thou shalt take a young bull opened. midst of them, when they go
tamim (without blemish), and |2| And the Nasi shall enter in, shall go in; and when they
cleanse the Mikdash; by the derech ulam haSha'ar go out, shall go out.
|19| And the Kohen shall take from without, and shall stand |11| And in the Chagim and
of the dahm of the chattat, by the mezuzat HaSha'ar, and in the Mo'adim the minchah
and put it upon the mezuzat the Kohanim shall prepare his shall be an ephah to a bull,
HaBeis [HaMikdash], and Olah (burnt offering) and his and an ephah to a ram, and to
upon the four pinnot of the Shelamim, and he shall the kevasim as much as one
enclosure of the Mizbe'ach, worship at the threshold of the wishes to give, and a hin of
and upon the mezuzat Sha'ar Sha'ar; then he shall go out; shemen to an ephah.
HeKhatzer HaPenimit. but the Sha'ar shall not be |12| Now when the Nasi shall
|20| And so thou shalt do the shut until the erev. prepare a nedavah olah or
seventh day of the month for |3| Likewise the Am HaAretz shelamim nedavah unto
every one that is unwitting, shall worship at the Petach Hashem, one shall
and for him that is ignorant; HaSha'ar before Hashem in then open for him the
Sha'ar that looketh toward the |20| Then said he [the angelic flowed out mayim on the right
east, and he shall prepare his being] unto me, This is the side.
Olah and his Shelamim, as he place where the Kohanim |3| And when the ish that had
did on the Yom HaShabbos; shall cook the asham (trespass the measuring line in his yad
then he shall go out; and after offering) and the chattat, went forth eastward, he
his going out one shall shut where they shall bake the measured a thousand cubits,
the Sha'ar. minchah; that they bear them and he brought me through
|13| Thou shalt daily prepare not out into the Khatzer the mayim; the mayim were to
an Olah unto Hashem of a HaKhitzonah and so set apart the ankles.
keves of the first year tamim as kodesh HaAm. |4| Again he measured a
(without blemish); thou shalt |21| Then he [the angelic thousand, and brought me
prepare it baboker baboker. being] brought me forth into through the mayim; the
|14| And thou shalt prepare a the Khatzer HaKhitzonah, mayim were to the knees.
Minchah for it baboker and caused me to pass by the Again he measured a
baboker, the sixth part of an four corners of the Khatzer; thousand, and brought me
ephah, and the third part of a and, hinei, in the Khatzer I through; the mayim were to
hin of shemen, to moisten saw in every corner of the the loins.
with the fine flour; a minchah Khatzer there was a Khatzer. |5| Afterward he measured a
chukkot olam tamid unto |22| In the four corners of the thousand; and it was a nachal
Hashem. Khatzer there were enclosed (stream) that I could not cross
|15| Thus shall they prepare Khatzerot forty cubits long over; for the mayim were
the keves, and the minchah, and thirty wide; these four risen, mayim to swim in, a
and the shemen, baboker corners were of one measure. nachal that could not be
baboker for an olat tamid. |23| And there was a row of crossed over.
|16| Thus saith Adonoi masonry saviv (around) inside |6| And he [the angelic being]
Hashem: If the Nasi give a them, round about these four, said unto me, Ben Adam, hast
mattanah (gift) unto any of his and it was made with hearths thou seen this? Then he
banim, the nachalah thereof at the bottom of the rows brought me, and caused me to
shall belong to his banim; it round about. return to the bank of the
shall be their achuzzah by |24| Then said he [the angelic nachal.
nachalah. being] unto me, These are the |7| Now when I had returned,
|17| But if he give a mattanah Bais HaMevashelim, where hinei, at the bank of the
of his nachalah to one of his the Mesharetim of the Bais nachal were etz rav me'od
avadim, then it shall be his to shall cook the zevach (very many trees) on the one
the Shenat HaDeror [Jubilee HaAm. side and on the other.
Year]; then it shall return to Afterward he [the |8| Then said he [the angelic
the Nasi; but his nachalah
shall belong only to
his banim [see Isa 53:10].
47 angelic being]
brought me again
unto the Petach HaBeis
being] unto me, These mayim
issue out toward the east
country, and go down into the
|18| Moreover the Nasi shall [HaMikdash]; and, hinei, Aravah, and go into the [Dead]
not take of the nachalah mayim issued out from under Sea; which being brought
HaAm by oppression, to thrust the threshold of the Beis forth into the Sea, the mayim
them out of their achuzzah; [HaMikdash] eastward; for the shall be healed.
but he shall give his banim forefront of the Beis |9| And it shall come to pass,
nachalah out of his own [HaMikdash] stood toward that every nefesh chayyah,
achuzzah; that My people be the east, and the mayim came which moveth, whithersoever
not scattered each man from down from under from the the nachalim shall come, shall
his achuzzah. right side of the Beis live; and there shall be a very
|19| After he [the angelic [HaMikdash], at the south side great multitude of dag (fish),
being] brought me through the of the Mizbe'ach. because these mayim shall
entrance, which was at the |2| Then he [the angelic come there; for they shall be
side of the Sha'ar, into the being] brought me out of healed; and every thing shall
lishkhot hakodesh of derech Sha'ar Tzafonah, and live whither the nachal
the Kohanim, which looked led me about the derech cometh.
toward the tzafonah; and, outside unto the outer Sha'ar |10| And it shall come to
hinei, there was a place at its by the derech that looketh pass, that the
western sides. eastward; and, hinei, there fishermen shall stand
upon it from En-Gedi even |18| And the east side ye shall |4| And by the border of
unto En-Eglaim; they shall be measure from Chavran, and Naphtali, from the east side
a place to spread forth nets; from Damascus, and from unto the west side, Menasheh,
their dag (fish) shall be Gilàd, and from Eretz Yisroel one portion.
according to their kinds, as by Yarden, from the boundary |5| And by the border of
the dag (fish) of the Yam unto the eastern sea [Dead Menasheh, from the east side
HaGadol [Mediterranean Sea], Sea]. And this is the east side. unto the west side, Ephrayim,
exceeding many. |19| And the south side one portion.
|11| But the miry places southward, from Tamar even |6| And by the border of
thereof and the marshes to the waters of Merivot in Ephrayim, from the east side
thereof shall not be healed; Kadesh, the nachalah to the even unto the west side,
they shall be given to melach. Yam HaGadol. And this is the Reuven, one portion.
|12| And by the nachal upon south side southward. |7| And by the border of
the bank thereof, on this side |20| The west side also shall Reuven, from the east side
and on that side, shall grow be the Yam HaGadol from the unto the west side, Yehudah,
kol etz ma'achal, whose aleh boundary, until opposite the one portion.
(leaf) shall not fade, neither approach to Chamat. This is |8| And by the border of
shall the p’ri thereof fail; it the west side. Yehudah, from the east side
shall yield fresh fruit every |21| So shall ye divide unto the west side, shall be the
month, because the mayim for HaAretz Hazot unto you terumah [dedicated reserve of
them flowed out of the according to the Shivtei land] which ye shall offer of
Mikdash; and the p’ri thereof Yisroel. five and twenty elef [cubits]
shall be for food, and the aleh |22| And it shall come to wide, and in length equal to
(leaf) thereof for terufah pass, that ye shall divide it by one of the other portions, from
(healing). lot for a nachalah unto you, the east side unto the west
|13| Thus saith Adonoi and to the gerim that sojourn side; and the Bais [HaMik-
Hashem: This shall be the among you, which shall father dash] shall be within it.
boundary, whereby ye shall banim among you; and they |9| The terumah that ye shall
inherit HaAretz according to shall be unto you as native- offer unto Hashem shall be of
the Shnei Asar Shivtei Yisroel: born among the Bnei Yisroel; five and twenty elef [cubits] in
Yosef shall have two portions. they shall have nachalah with length, and of ten elef
|14| And ye shall inherit it, you among the Shivtei Yisroel. [cubits] in width.
one as well as another; |23| And it shall come to |10| And for them, even for
concerning the which I lifted pass, that in what shevet the kohanim, shall be this
up Mine Yad to give it unto (tribe) the ger sojourneth, terumat hakodesh; toward the
your Avot; and HaAretz HaZot there shall ye give him his north five and twenty elef, and
shall fall unto you for nachalah, saith Adonoi toward the west ten elef in
nachalah. Hashem. width, and toward the east ten
|15| And this shall be the Now these are the elef in width, and toward the
boundary of HaAretz toward
the north side, from the Yam
HaGadol, the derech Chetlon,
48 shmot of the
Shevatim (Tribes).
From the northern frontier
south five and twenty elef in
length; and the Mikdash
Hashem shall be within
as men go to Tzedad; near the derech Chetlon, as thereof.
|16| Chamat, Berotah, one goeth to Chamat, to |11| It shall be for the
Sibrayim, which is between Chatzar Enan, to the kohanim hamekudash (set
the boundary of Damascus northward border of apart as kodesh) of the Bnei
and the boundary of Chamat; Damascus, near Chamat; for Tzadok; which have been
Chamat Khatzer Hattikhon, these are his, from the eastern shomer over My mishmeret,
which is by the boundary of side to the western side, Dan, which went not astray when
Chavran. one portion. the Bnei Yisroel went astray,
|17| And the boundary from |2| And by the border of Dan, as the Levi'im went astray.
the Yam shall be Khatzar from the east side unto the |12| And this terumiyyah
Einon, the boundary of west side, Asher, one portion. (separated portion) for the
Damascus, and the north |3| And by the border of kohanim, out of the terumat
northward, and the boundary Asher, from the east side even ha'aretz, kodesh
of Chamat. And this is the unto the west side, Naphtali, kodashim, next to the
north side. one portion.
border of the Levi'im. |21| And the remainder shall |30| And these are the
|13| And over against the be for the Nasi, on the one outer limits of the Ir
border of the kohanim, the side and on the other of the on the north side, four alafim
Levi'im shall have five and terumat hakodesh, and of the and five hundred measures.
twenty elef in length, and ten property of the Ir, along the |31| And the she'arim of the
elef in width; all the length five and twenty elef of the Ir shall be after the shmot of
shall be five and twenty elef, terumah toward the east the Shivtei Yisroel; three
and the width ten elef. border, and westward along she'arim northward: one
|14| And they shall not sell of the five and twenty elef toward sha'ar of Reuven, one sha'ar of
it, neither exchange, nor the west border, along the Yehudah, one sha'ar of Levi.
transfer the reshit ha'aretz chalakim (tribal portions) for |32| And at the east side four
(prime land); for it is kodesh the Nasi; and it shall be the alafim and five hundred; and
unto Hashem. terumat hakodesh; and the three she'arim: one sha'ar of
|15| And the five alafim, that Mikdash HaBayit shall be Yosef, one sha'ar of Binyamin,
are left in the width over within thereof. one sha'ar of Dan.
against the five and twenty |22| Moreover from the |33| And at the south side
elef, shall be chol (secular, property of the Levi'im, and four alafim and five hundred
unconsecrated) for the Ir, for from the property of the Ir, measures; and three she'arim:
dwelling, and for migrash being in the midst of that one sha'ar of Shim'on, one
(open lands); and the Ir shall which belongs to the Nasi, sha'ar of Yissakhar, one sha'ar
be within thereof. between the border of of Zevulun.
|16| And these shall be the Yehudah and the border of |34| At the west side four
measurement thereof; the Binyamin, shall be for the alafim and five hundred, with
north side four alafim and five Nasi. their three she'arim: one sha'ar
hundred, and the south side |23| As for the rest of the of Gad, one sha'ar of Asher,
four alafim and five hundred, Shevatim, from the east side one sha'ar of Naphtali.
and on the east side four unto the west side, Binyamin, |35| It was all around
alafim and five hundred, and one portion. eighteen elef in circumference;
the west side four alafim and |24| And by the border of and the shem of the Ir from
five hundred. Binyamin, from the east side that day shall be, Hashem
|17| And the migrash (open unto the west side, Shim'on, Shammah (Hashem is there).
land) of the Ir shall extend one portion. [T.N. Ezekiel 34:24 speaks of
toward the north two hundred |25| And by the border of the Davidic Nasi. Here is a
and fifty [cubits], and toward Shim'on, from the east side Messianic Kingdom where
the south two hundred and unto the west side, Yissakhar, Hashem has His Prince who is
fifty, and toward the east two one portion. also referred to in 37:25; 44:3;
hundred and fifty, and toward |26| And by the border of 45:7, 16-17, 22; 46:2-18; 48:21-
the west two hundred and Yissakhar, from the east side 22. Anytime a Davidic ruler is
fifty. unto the west side, Zevulun, mentioned in Scripture, that
|18| And the remainder of one portion. Davidic office points forward
that area running lengthwise |27| And by the border of to Moshiach, even if the
along the terumat hakodesh Zevulun, from the east side foreshadow only imperfectly
shall measure ten alafim unto the west side, Gad, one (see 45:22) points toward the
[cubits] eastward, and ten portion. perfect fulfillment to come.
alafim westward; and the |28| And by the border of
increase thereof shall be for Gad, at the south side In the next book, a preacher
lechem unto them that serve southward, the border shall be (Hosea) is victimized by the sin
the Ir. even from Tamar unto the of adultery, one torment of
|19| And they that serve waters of Merivat-Kadesh, to which is the fact that adultery
the Ir shall serve it out of all the wadi [of Egypt] the the throws into question the
the Shivtei Yisroel. Yam HaGadol (the Great Sea, paternity of the children (Hos
|20| All the terumah shall be i.e., Mediterranean Sea). 2:4 [2:6]), even as G-d is made
foursquare, five and twenty |29| This is ha'aretz which ye a cuckold by devotion to false
elef by five and twenty elef; ye shall allot unto the Shivtei religion, and the legitimacy as
shall set apart as the terumat Yisroel for nachalah, and His children of such wayward
hakodesh and the property of these are their portions, religious adherents is thereby
the Ir. saith Adonoi Hashem. made questionable.
HOSHEA
HOSHEA ALEFH HEH YOD HEH 1 |6 [2:8]| Therefore, hinei, I

The Devar Hashem that common sg form of YOD HEH will hedge up thy path with
1 came unto Hoshea, ben

Be'eri, in the yamim of
Uziyah, Yotam, Achaz, and
VAV HEH--HASHEM, i.e., to
you I am not Hashem).
|10 [2:1]| Yet the
thorns, and wall in her wall,
that she shall not find her
netivah (way).
Yechizkiyah, melachim of
Yehudah, and in the yamim of
Yarovàm ben Yoash, Melech
2 number of the Bnei
Yisroel shall be as the
sand of the yam (sea), which
|7 [2:9]| And she shall chase
after her lovers, but she shall
not overtake them; and she
Yisroel. cannot be measured nor shall seek them, but shall not
|2| The beginning of the numbered; and it shall come find them; then shall she say, I
Devar Hashem by Hoshea: to pass, that in the place will go and return to my ish
And Hashem said to Hoshea, where it was said unto them, harishon (first husband); for
Go, take unto thee an eshet Ye are lo ami (not My people), then was it better with me
zenunim (wife of whoredoms) there it shall be said unto than now.
and yeladim of zenunim; for them, Ye are the Bnei El Chai. |8 [2:10]| For she did not
ha'aretz hath committed great |11 [2:2]| Then shall the Bnei have da'as that I gave her
whoredom, by departing from Yehudah and the Bnei Yisroel dagan (grain), and tirosh (new
Hashem. be gathered together, and wine), and yitzhar (oil), and
|3| So he went and took appoint for them Rosh Echad multiplied her kesef and
Gomer bat Divlayim; which [Moshiach; see Isa chp 11; zahav, which they prepared
conceived, and bore him ben. Hoshea 3:5], and they shall for Ba’al.
|4| And Hashem said unto come up out of ha'aretz; for |9 [2:11]| Therefore will I
him, Call shmo Yizre'el (G-d gadol shall be the Yom Yizre'el return, and take away My
will sow); for yet a little while, (Day of Jezreel [G-d will sow]). dagan in the season thereof,
and I will visit vengeance |2:1 [2:3]| Say ye unto your and My tirosh in the season
upon Bais Yehu for the demei achim, Ami (My people); and thereof, and will take back My
Yizre'el (massacre at Yizre'el), to your achayot, Ruchamah wool and My flax given to
and will cause to cease [722 BCE] (Pitied). cover her nakedness.
Mamlechut Bais Yisroel |2 [2:4]| Plead with |10 [2:12]| And now will I
[See 1Kg chp 21; 2Kg chp 9]. immechem (your mother), expose her navlut (lewdness)
|5| And it shall come to pass plead; for she is not my isha in the sight of her lovers, and
on Yom Hahu, that I will (wife), neither am I her ish none shall deliver her out of
break the keshet Yisroel (bow (husband); let her therefore Mine hand.
of Israel), in the Emek Yizre'el put away her zenunim |11 [2:13]| I will also cause all
(Jezreel Valley). (whoredoms) out of her sight, her masos (exultation, joy) to
|6| And she conceived again, and her na'afufim (adulteries) cease, her Chag (feast),
and bore a bat. And G-d said from between her breasts; her Chodesh (New Moons),
unto him, Call her shem Lo- |3 [2:5]| Lest I strip her and her Shabbatot, and all
ruchamah (not pitied); for I naked, and set her as bare as her Mo'adim (appointed
will no more have pity upon the day she was born, and feasts).
Bais Yisroel; since I have been make her as a midbar, and |12 [2:14]| And I will destroy
utterly betrayed by them [1K turn her like an eretz tziyyah her gefanim (vines) and her
2:10]. (parched land), and kill her te'enim (fig trees), whereof she
|7| But I will have mercy with tzamah (thirst). hath said, These are my etnan
upon the Bais Yehudah, and |4 [2:6]| And I will not have (harlot's wages) that my lovers
will save them by Hashem mercy upon her banim; for have given me; and I will
Eloheihem, and will not save they are the bnei zenunim. make them a forest, and the
them by keshet, nor by cherev, |5 [2:7]| For their em hath wild beasts of the sadeh shall
nor by milchamah, by susim, played the zonah (prostitute); devour them.
nor by parashim. she that conceived them hath |13 [2:15]| And I will visit
|8| Now when she had done shamefully; for she said, upon her the yamim of
weaned Lo-ruchamah, she I will go after my lovers, that Ba’alim, wherein she
conceived, and bore ben. give me my lechem and my burned incense to them, and
|9| Then said G-d, Call shmo mayim, my wool and my flax, she decked herself with her
Lo-ami; for ye are lo ami (not mine shemen (oil) and my ring and her jewelry, and she
My people), and to you (pl) not shikkui (drink). went after her lovers, and
eh’h’yeh (I am, which is
538
Nevi’im 539 Hoshea 2, 3, 4
forgot Me, saith Hashem. |23 [2:25]| And I will sow her |2| By aloh (false swearing,
|14 [2:16]| Therefore, hinei, I for Myself in ha'aretz; and I perjury), and kachash (lying),
will allure her, and bring her will have rachamim upon lo and ratzo'ach (murder), and
into the midbar, and speak to ruchamah; and I will say to ganov (stealing), and na'of
her lev. them which were lo ami, Thou (committing adultery)
|15 [2:17]| And there I will art ami (My people); and they they break away, and damim
give her her kramim shall say, Thou art Elohai (my b'damim they follow
(vineyards), and the Emek G-d). (bloodshed follows bloodshed).
Achor (Valley of Trouble) I will Then said Hashem unto |3| Therefore shall ha'aretz
make a petach tikvah (door of
hope); and she shall sing
there, as in the yamim of her
3 me, Go again, love an
isha (woman, wife)
beloved of her re'a (friend,
mourn, and every one that
dwelleth therein shall waste
away languishing, with the
youth, and as in the yom when companion), yet a noefet wild beasts of the sadeh, and
she came up out of Eretz (adulteress), just like the with the fowls of Shomayim;
Mitzrayim. ahavat Hashem toward the yea, the dagim of the yam also
|16 [2:18]| And it shall be in Bnei Yisroel, who look to shall disappear.
Yom Hahu, saith Hashem, elohim acharim, and love |4| Yet let no ish bring a point
that thou shalt call Me Ishi heathen religion raisin cakes of contention, nor reprove
(my Husband); and shalt call [Yirmeyah 44:19]. another; for thy people are as
Me no more Ba’ali. |2| So I bought her to me for they that strive with the
|17 [2:19]| For I will take fifteen pieces of kesef, and for kohen.
away the shemot (names) of a chomer and a half of |5| Therefore shalt thou
Ba’alim out of her mouth, and se'orim, [1K 1:18-19 OJBC]; stumble and fall in the yom,
they shall be remembered by |3| And I said unto her, Thou and the navi also shall
their names no more. shalt abide with me yamim stumble and fall with thee in
|18 [2:20]| And in Yom Hahu rabbim and shalt not play the the lailah, and I will destroy
will I make a brit (covenant) zonah, and thou shalt not be thy em.
for them with the beasts of the for another ish; and thus will I |6| Ami are destroyed for lack
sadeh and with the fowls of also towards thee. of da'as (knowledge); because
Shomayim, and with the |4| For the Bnei Yisroel shall thou hast rejected da'as, I will
creeping things of the abide yamim rabbim without also reject thee, that thou
adamah; and I will abolish the a melech, and without a sar, shalt be no kohen to Me;
keshet and the cherev and the and without a zevach, and seeing thou hast forgotten the
milchamah from ha'aretz, and without a matzevah (stone torat Eloheicha, I will also
will make them to lie down in pillar, monument) and forget thy banim.
betach (safety). without an ephod (sacred vest |7| The more they increased,
|19 [2:21]| And I will betroth used for consulting a deity), the more they sinned against
thee unto Me l'olam; yea, I will and without teraphim Me; therefore will I change
betroth thee unto Me in (household idols); their kavod into kalon
tzedek, and in mishpat, and in |5| Afterward shall the Bnei (ignominy, shame).
chesed, and in rachamim. Yisroel return, and seek |8| They [i.e., the kohanim]
|20 [2:22]| I will even betroth Hashem Eloheihem, and feed on the chattat (sin) of
thee unto Me in emunah Dovid their melech [i.e., Ami, and they relish their
(faithfulness, fidelity): then Moshiach]; and shall fear avon (iniquity).
thou shalt know Hashem. Hashem and His goodness in |9| And there shall be, like
|21 [2:23]| And it shall come the acharit hayamim (last Am (People), like kohen; and I
to pass in Yom Hahu, I will days). will visit them with
answer, saith Hashem, I will punishment for their ways,
answer HaShomayim (the Hear the Devar Hashem, and repay them for their
heavens), and they shall
answer Ha'Aretz;
|22 [2:24]| And Ha'Aretz shall
4 ye Bnei Yisroel: for
Hashem hath a
controversy with the yoshvei
doings.
|10| For they shall eat, and
not have enough; they shall
answer with dagan, and ha'aretz, because there is no commit whoredom, and shall
tirosh, and yitzhar; and they emes, nor chesed, nor da'as not increase; because they
shall answer Yizre'el (G-d will Elohim in ha'aretz. [See 11:7- have abandoned being
sow). 9; 1K 1:18-19 OJBC] shomer to heed Hashem.
Hoshea 4, 5, 6 540 Orthodox Jewish Bible
|11| Zenut (prostitution, deeply love kalon (ignominy, |9| Ephrayim shall be
whoredom) and yayin and shame). desolate in the Yom
tirosh take away the lev |19| The wind hath bound Tokheichah (Day of Rebuke):
(understanding). her up in her wings, and their among the Shivtei Yisroel have
|12| Ami (My people) consult zevakhot (sacrifices) shall I made known that which is
a piece of wood, and their staff bring them bushah (shame). certain.
declareth unto them; for the Hear ye this, O kohanim; |10| The sarim (princes) of
ruach zenunim hath caused
them to err, and they have
played the zonah, forsaking
5 and pay heed, ye Bais
Yisroel; and give ye ear,
O Bais HaMelech; for
Yehudah were like them that
remove the gevul (boundary
stone); therefore I will pour
Eloheihem. hamishpat (the judgment) is out My wrath upon them like
|13| They sacrifice upon the against you, because ye have mayim.
tops of the mountains, and been a pach (snare, bird trap) |11| Ephrayim is oppressed
burn incense upon the hills, at Mitzpah, and a reshet (net) and crushed in mishpat
under oak and poplar and spread upon Tavor. (judgment), because he
terebinth, because the shade |2| And the revolters have willingly walked after tzav
thereof is tov; therefore your deepened their slaughter, and (human statute [Isa 28:10,13]).
daughters shall commit I will be musar (punishment; |12| Therefore will I be unto
whoredom, and your see regarding Moshiach, Ephrayim like maggots, and to
daughters-in-law shall commit Isa.53:5) of them all. the Bais Yehudah like
ni’uf (adultery). |3| I know Ephrayim, and rottenness.
|14| I will not visit Yisroel is not hid from Me; for |13| When Ephrayim saw his
punishment upon your now, O Ephrayim, thou sickness, and Yehudah saw his
daughters when they commit committest whoredom, and sores, then went Ephrayim to
whoredom, nor your Yisroel is tameh (unclean, the Assyrian, and sent to the
daughters-in-law when they defiled). great king; yet he was not able
commit ni’uf (adultery); |4| Their doings do not to heal you, nor cure you of
because the men consort with permit them to turn unto your wound.
zonot, and they sacrifice Eloheihem; for the ruach |14| For I will be unto
with kedeshot (temple zenunim is in the midst of Ephrayim like a lion, and as a
prostitutes); thus the Am them, and they have not great lion to the Bais
without binah (understanding) known Hashem. Yehudah; I, even I, will tear
shall come to ruin. |5| And the ga'on Yisroel and go away; I will carry off,
|15| Though thou, Yisroel, (pride of Yisroel) doth testify and there will be no one
play the zonah, yet let not to his face; therefore shall rescuing.
Yehudah become guilty; and Yisroel and Ephrayim stumble |15| I will go and return to
come not ye unto Gilgal, and fall in their avon My place, till they acknow-
neither go ye up to (iniquity); Yehudah also shall ledge their guilt, and seek My
Beit-Aven (House of Iniquity, fall with them. face; in their tzar (affliction,
pejorative name for Bethel), |6| They shall go with their distress) they will beg My
nor swear, Chai Hashem (As flocks and with their herds to favor.
the L-rd lives). seek Hashem; but they shall Come, and let us return
|16| For Yisroel slideth back
(i.e., is stubborn, rebellious,
unmanageable) like a
not find Him; He hath
withdrawn Himself from
them.
6 unto Hashem; for He
hath torn, and He will
heal us; He hath struck, and
backsliding parah (stubborn, |7| They have dealt He will bind us up.
rebellious cow); can Hashem treacherously against |2| After two days He will
now feed them like a lamb in a Hashem; for they have revive us; in the Yom
wide field? begotten banim zarim HaShelishi He will
|17| Ephrayim [i.e., the (strange, illegitimate children); raise us up, and we shall live
Northern Kingdom, Israel] is now shall a [Rosh] Chodesh in His sight.
joined to atzabim (idols); leave devour them with their fields. |3| Then shall we know, if we
him alone. |8| Blow ye the shofar in follow on to know Hashem;
|18| When their drink is sour Giveah, and the trumpet in His going forth is prepared as
[i.e., when intoxicated], they Ramah; cry aloud at Beit- the shachar (dawn); and He
have committed whoredom; Aven; after thee, O Binyamin! shall come unto us as
her mogenim (shields, rulers)
the geshem (winter rain), as all their ra'ah; now their own because they have committed
the malkosh (spring rain, i.e., evil doings surround them; pesha against Me! Though I
as the latter and former rain, they are before My face. have redeemed them, yet they
which is the winter and spring |3| They make the Melech have spoken kazav (lies)
rain) unto ha'aretz. glad with their ra'ah, and the against Me.
|4| O Ephrayim, what shall I sarim (princes) with their lies. [14| And they have not cried
do unto thee? O Yehudah, |4| They are all no'afim unto Me with their levavot,
what shall I do with thee? For (adulterers), as an oven heated when they wailed upon their
your chesed (faithfulness, by the baker, who ceaseth beds; they congregate
loyalty) is as an anan boker stirring from the kneading of themselves for dagan and
(morning cloud), and as the the batzek (dough), until its tirosh, and they depart from
early dew that disappears. chametz leavening rises. Me.
|5| Therefore have I cut them |5| In the Yom Malkeinu the |15| Though I have trained
to pieces with the nevi'im; I sarim (princes) have made and strengthened their zero'ot
have slain them by the words him sick with the heat of (arms), yet do they plot rah
of My mouth; thy mishpatim yayin; he has stretched out his against Me.
are as the ohr (light, lightning) hand with the letzim |16| They return, but not to
that goeth forth. (mockers). Most High; they are like a
|6| For I desired chesed, and |6| For they have made ready faulty keshet; their sarim
not zevach; and the da'as their lev like an oven, while (princes) shall fall by the
Elohim more than olot (burnt they lie in wait; their anger cherev for the insolence of
offerings). [Mt 9:13 OJBC] smolders kol halailah; in the their leshon; this shall be their
|7| But they are like Adam, boker it burneth like an eish derision in Eretz
they have transgressed the brit of flame. Mitzrayim.
(covenant); there have they |7| They are all hot as an Set the shofar to thy lips.
dealt treacherously against
Me.
|8| Gilàd is a city of evil-
oven, and have devoured their
shofetim; all their melachim
are fallen; there is none
8 He [the Assyrian enemy]
shall come as a nesher
against the Bais Hashem,
doers, is trodden with dahm. among them that calleth unto because they have
|9| And as gedudim Me. transgressed My brit
(marauders) lie in wait for a |8| Ephrayim, he hath mixed (covenant), and committed
man, so the chever (band) [of] himself among the people; pesha against My torah.
kohanim murder in the way to Ephrayim is a flat cake not |2| Yisroel shall cry unto Me,
Shechem; for they commit turned over. Elohai, we know Thee. We,
shameful crimes. |9| Zarim have devoured his Yisroel!
|10| I have seen a horrible ko'ach, and he knoweth it not; |3| Yisroel hath cast off the
thing in Bais Yisroel: there is yea, gray hairs are sprinkled thing that is tov; the oyev
the zenut (whoredom) of upon him, yet he hath no (enemy) shall pursue him.
Ephrayim; Yisroel is tameh da'as. |4| They have set up
(unclean, defiled). |10| And the ga'on Yisroel melachim, but not from Me;
|11| Also, O Yehudah, he testifieth to his face; and they they have made sarim
hath set a katzir (harvest [of do not return to Hashem (princes), and I knew it not; of
punishment]) for thee, when I Eloheihem, nor seek Him for their kesef and their zahav
turn the Shevut Ami (Captivity all this. have they made them atzabim
of My people, i.e., restore their |11| Ephrayim also is like an (idols), that they may be cut
fortunes). easily deceived yonah without off.
When I would have sense; they call to Mitzrayim, |5| Thy egel (calf-idol), O
7 healed Yisroel, then the

avon (iniquity) of
Ephrayim was exposed, and
they turn to Assyria.
|12| When they shall go, I will
spread My reshet (net) upon
Shomron, I am casting off;
Mine anger is kindled against
them; how long will they be
the ra'ot (crimes) of Shomron; them; I will bring them down incapable of nikkayon
for they practice sheker; and as the fowls of Shomayim; I (innocency, freedom from
the ganav intrudes, and the will chastise them, when I punishment)?
bandit robs bachutz (in the hear them congregating. |6| They are from Yisroel!
street). |13| Woe unto them! For they The craftsman made
|2| And they consider not in have strayed from Me. Sod it; therefore it
their levavot that I remember (destruction) unto them
is not Elohim; but the egel of |2| The floor and the wine- abominations were according
Shomron shall be broken in press shall not feed them, and as they loved.
pieces. the tirosh shall fail in her. |11| As for Ephrayim, their
|7| For they have sown the |3| They shall not dwell in kavod shall fly away like a
wind, and they shall reap the Hashem's land; but Ephrayim bird, from the birth, and from
whirlwind; the stalk [of shall return to Mitzrayim, and the beten (womb), and from
standing grain] hath no they shall eat unclean things the conception.
tzemach (shoot); it shall yield in Assyria. |12| Though they bring up
no kemach (flour); and even if |4| They shall not offer yayin their banim, yet will I bereave
it yielded it, zarim would offerings to Hashem, neither them, that there shall not be a
devour it. shall they be pleasing unto man left: yea, woe also to them
|8| Yisroel is swallowed up; Him; their sacrifices shall be when I depart from them!
now shall they be among the unto them as the bread of |13| Ephrayim, as I saw Tzor,
Goyim like a worthless keli mourners; all that eat thereof is planted in a pleasant place;
(vessel). shall be polluted; for their but Ephrayim shall bring
|9| For they are gone up to bread for their nefesh shall forth his banim to the
Assyria, a pere (wild donkey) not come into the Beis murderer.
off by itself alone; Ephrayim Hashem. |14| Give them, O Hashem.
hath sold herself to ahavim |5| What will ye do in the What wilt Thou give? Give
(lovers). Yom Mo’ed, and in the Yom them a miscarrying rechem
|10| Yea, though they have Chag Hashem? (womb) and dry breasts.
bargained among the Goyim, |6| For, lo, they are gone |15| All their wickedness is in
now will I gather them, and because of destruction; Gilgal; for there I hated them;
they shall begin to diminish Mitzrayim shall gather them for the wickedness of their
on account of the massa up, Memphis shall bury them; doings I will drive them out of
(burden) of Melech Sarim. nettles shall possess their Mine bais, I will love them no
|11| Because Ephrayim hath valuables of kesef; thorns shall more; all their sarim (princes)
built many mizbechot for sin, be in their tents. are sorerim (rebels).
mizbechot shall be unto him |7| The days of pekudah |16| Ephrayim is struck, their
to sin. (visitation for divine shoresh (root) is dried up, they
|12| I have written to him the punishment) are come, the shall bear no fruit; yea,
many things of My torah, but yamim of recompence are though they bring forth, yet
they were regarded as a zar come; Yisroel shall know it; will I slay even the beloved
(strange thing). the navi is a fool, the ish fruit of their beten (womb).
|13| They sacrifice basar for haruach (spiritual man) is |17| My G-d will cast them
the sacrifices of Mine meshuga, for the multitude of away, because they did not
offerings, and eat it; but thine iniquity and great pay heed unto Him; and they
Hashem accepteth them not; hatred. shall be nodedim (wanderers)
now will He remember their |8| The watchman of among the Goyim.
avon (iniquity), and visit Ephrayim was with my G-d; Yisroel is a running
punishment on their sins; they
shall return to Mitzrayim.
|14| For Yisroel hath
but the navi is a snare of a
fowler in all his ways, and
hatred in the bais of his G-d.
10 gefen, he bringeth
forth p’ri unto
himself; according to the
forgotten his Maker, and |9| They have deeply multitude of his fruit he hath
buildeth heikhalot; and corrupted themselves, as in increased the mizbechot;
Yehudah hath multiplied the yamim of Giveah; according to the goodness of
fortified towns; but I will send therefore He will remember his land they have made
eish upon his towns, and it their iniquity, He will visit goodly matzevot (stone pillars,
shall devour the citadels their sins. monuments).
thereof. |10| I found Yisroel like |2| Their lev is deceitful; now
Rejoice not, O Yisroel, grapes in the midbar; I saw shall they bear guilt; He
9 for joy, as other people;

for thou hast gone a-
whoring from thy G-d, thou
your avot as the bikkurah in
the fig tree at her first season;
but they went to Ba’al-peor,
shall break down their
mizbechot, He shall destroy
their matzevot.
hast loved a reward upon and separated themselves |3| For now they shall say, We
every threshing floor. unto that shame; and their have no Melech, because
we feared not
Hashem; but if we did have a |12| Sow to yourselves in |7| And Ami are bent to
Melech, what could he do for tzedakah, reap in chesed; backsliding from Me; though
us? break up your fallow ground; they called to the Most High,
|4| They have spoken words, for it is time to seek Hashem, none at all would exalt Him.
swearing falsely in cutting brit till He come and rain tzedek |8| How shall I give thee up,
(covenant); thus mishpat upon you. Ephrayim? How shall I hand
springeth up as poisonous |13| Ye have plowed resha, ye thee over, Yisroel? How shall I
herb in the furrows of the have reaped avlah; ye have make thee as Admah? How
sadeh. eaten the pri kachash (fruit of shall I make thee as Tzvoyim?
|5| The inhabitants of lies); because thou didst trust Mine lev is turned within Me,
Shomron tremble because of in thy way, in the multitude of My relentings are kindled
the eglot (calf-idols) of Beit- thy gibborim (mighty men). together.
Aven; for the people thereof |14| Therefore shall a tumult |9| I will not execute Mine
shall mourn over it, likewise arise among thy people, and charon af, I will not return to
the komer (idolatrous priests) all thy fortresses shall be destroy Ephrayim; for El ani,
over it, who shout for joy over devastated, as Shalman and not ish; the Kadosh (Holy
its kavod, for it has gone into devastated Beit-Arbel on One) in the midst of thee; and
the Golus for them. the yom milchamah; the em I will not come in wrath.
|6| It shall be also carried were dashed in pieces with |10| They shall walk after
unto Assyria for a minchah their banim. Hashem; He shall roar like an
(present) to the great king; |15| So shall Beit-El do unto aryeh; when He shall roar,
Ephrayim shall receive you because of your great then the banim shall come
disgrace, and Yisroel shall be wickedness; in the shachar trembling from the west.
ashamed of his own counsel. (dawn) shall the Melech |11| They shall come
|7| As for Shomron, her Yisroel utterly be cut off [Isa trembling as a bird out of
melech will float off like a twig 53:8]. Mitzrayim, and as a yonah out
upon the surface of the When Yisroel was a of Eretz Assyria; and I will
mayim.
|8| The high places also of
Aven, the chattat Yisroel, shall
11 na'ar (child), I
loved him, and
called Beni (My son) out of
place them in their batim
(houses), saith Hashem.
|12 [12:1]| Ephrayim
be made shmad; the kotz Mitzrayim [Mt 2:15]. compasseth Me about with
(thorn) and the dardar (thistle) |2| The more I called them, kachash (lies), and Bais
shall come up on their the more they went from Me; Yisroel with mirmar (deceit;
mizbechot; and they shall say they sacrificed unto Ba’alim, T.N. See Isa 53:9 which says
to the mountains, Cover us; and burned incense to peselim Moshiach will have no
and to the hills, Fall on us. (graven images). mirmar); but Yehudah still is
|9| O Yisroel, thou hast |3| Yet it was I who taught unruly against El, and against
sinned from the yamei Giveah; Ephrayim to walk, taking Kadoshim (Holy One; see Prov
there they have continued. them by their zero'ot; but they 9:10) Who is ne'eman.
Did not milchamah (war) knew not that it was I who [12:2] Ephrayim
overtake the bnei alvah
(children of unruliness) in
Giveah?
healed them.
|4| I drew them with cords of
man, with bands of ahavah;
12 feedeth on wind,
and chasing after
the east wind; he daily
|10| When I please, I will and I was to them as they that increaseth kazav (lies) and sod
chastise them; amim shall be ease the ol (yoke) on their (desolation); and cuts brit with
gathered against them, when jaws, and I bent down to feed the Assyrians, and shemen is
they are punished for their them. sent to Mitzrayim.
shtei avon (double iniquity). |5| Will they not return into |2 [3]| Hashem hath also a
|11| And Ephrayim is an Eretz Mitzrayim? And will not charge against Yehudah, and
eglah melummadah (a trained the Assyrian be his melech, will visit punishment on
heifer), and loveth to tread out because they refused to make Ya'akov according to his ways;
the grain; but I will put a yoke teshuvah. according to his doings will He
on her fair neck; I will drive |6| And the cherev shall flash repay him.
Ephrayim; Yehudah shall in his towns, and shall destroy |3 [4]| In the beten (womb) he
plow, and Ya'akov shall break his gate bars, and devour (Ya'akov) akav (took at the heel
his clods. them, because of their own [of]) his brother
counsels.
and by his strength he sarah blood-guiltiness upon him, in all thy cities are thy
(struggled with, persevered) and his scorn shall Adonoi of shofetim of whom thou saidst,
with Elohim; him return and repay unto Give me a melech and sarim?
|4 [5]| Yea, he (Yisroel) sarah him. |11| I gave thee a melech in
(had power over) the malach, When Ephrayim Mine anger, and took him
and prevailed; he wept, and
made techinnah unto Him;
He found him at Beit-El, and
13 spoke there was
trembling; he was
exalted in Yisroel; but when
away in My wrath [Isa 53:10].
|12| The avon (iniquity) of
Ephrayim is bound up; his
there He spoke with us; he became guilty in Ba’al, he chattat is lurking.
|5 [6]| Even Hashem Elohei died. |13| The chevlei yoledah
Tzva'os; Hashem is His |2| And now they sin more (birth pangs of a woman in
[memorial] Name! and more, and have made for childbirth) shall come upon
|6 [7]| Therefore turn thou to themselves massekhah (idol) him; he is a ben lo chacham;
Eloheicha; be shomer over of their kesef, and atzabim for when it is time he does not
chesed and mishpat and wait according to their faculty of come to the opening of the
on Eloheicha tamid binah (understanding), all of womb.
(continually). it the work of the craftsmen; |14| Should I ransom them
|7 [8]| A Kena'an (merchant), they say of them, Let adam from the power of Sheol?
in whose hand are the scales that sacrifice kiss calf-idols. Should I redeem them from
of mirmar (deceit) He loveth to |3| Therefore they shall be mavet? O Mavet, where are the
oppress. like the anan boker (morning dever (pestilence, plague) of
|8 [9]| And Ephrayim boasts, cloud) and as the early dew thee? O Sheol, where is thy
Yet I am become an oisher, I that disappears, like the motz destruction? Nocham (sorrow,
have found me out wealth; in (chaff) that is driven with the compassion, pity) shall be
all my gain they shall find whirlwind out of the threshing hidden from Mine eyes.
none avon (iniquity, offense) floor, and as the smoke out of |15| Even though he thrives
in me that would be chet (sin). the window. among his achim, an east
|9 [10]| And I that am |4| Yet I am Hashem wind shall come, the Ruach
Hashem Eloheicha from Eretz Eloheicha from Eretz Hashem shall come up from
Mitzrayim will yet make thee Mitzrayim, and thou the midbar (desert), and his
to dwell in oholim, as in the shalt know no Elohim but Me; makor (spring, fountain) shall
yamei mo'ed [i.e., Sukkot]. for there is no Moshia besides become dry, and his well shall
|10 [11]| I have also spoken to Me. be dried up; it shall plunder
the nevi'im, and I have |5| I did know thee in the the otzar of every keli
multiplied chazon (vision, midbar, in the eretz taluvot chemdah (precious vessel).
revelation, prophecy), and (land of burning heat). |16[ 14:1]| Shomron shall
spoken parables by the |6| According to their pasture bear guilt; for she hath
nevi'im. [i.e., as I fed them], so were rebelled against her Elohim;
|11 [12]| Is there aven they filled; they were filled, they shall fall by the cherev;
(iniquity) in Gilàd? Surely and their lev became proud; their olalim shall be dashed in
they are vanity; they sacrifice therefore have they forgotten pieces, and their women with
bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their Me. child shall be ripped open.
mizbechot are as piles of |7| Therefore I will be unto
stones in the furrows of the them as a lion; as a leopard by
fields. the derech will I lie in wait;
|12 [13]| And Ya'akov fled |8| I will meet them as a dov
into the country of Aram, and (bear) that is bereaved of her [2] O Yisroel,
Yisroel served for an isha, and
for an isha he was shomer
[over sheep].
cubs, and will rip open the
covering of their lev, and there
will I devour them like a lion;
14 return unto
Hashem
Eloheicha; for thy downfall
|13 [14]| And by a navi as the wild beast of the sadeh hast been thine avon
Hashem brought Yisroel out of would tear them. (iniquity).
Mitzrayim, and shomer |9| O Yisroel, thou art |2 [3]| Take devarim (words)
[Yisroel] a navi was. destroyed; because thou art with you, and turn to Hashem;
|14 [15]| Ephrayim has against Me, thine Ezer (Help). say unto Him, Take away avon
provoked bitter anger; |10| Where now is thy melech (iniquity), and receive us
therefore shall He leave his that he may save thee? Where graciously that we
YOEL
may render the sacrifices of YOEL wheat and for the barley;
our lips.[MJ 13:15] because the katzir (harvest) of
|3 [4]| Assyria shall not save The Devar Hashem that the sadeh is perished.
us; we will not ride upon
susim; neither will we say any
more to the work of our hands,
1 came to Yoel Ben Petuel:
|2| Hear this, ye
zekenim, and give ear, all ye
|12| The gefen is dried up,
and the teenah languisheth;
the pomegranate tree, the
Ye are Eloheinu; for in Thee yoshvei ha'aretz (inhabitants palm tree also, and the apple
the yatom (orphan) findeth of the land). Hath anything tree, even all the trees of the
compassion. like this been in your days, or sadeh, are withered; because
|4 [5]| I will heal their even in the days of your avot sasson (joy) is withered away
meshuvah (backsliding); I will (fathers)? from the bnei Adam.
love them freely; for |3| Tell ye your banim |13| Gird yourselves, and
Mine anger is turned away (children) of it, and let your lament, ye kohanim; howl, ye
from him. banim tell their banim, and mesharetim of the Mizbe'ach;
|5 [6]| I will be as the tal (dew) their banim to the next come, lie all night in
unto Yisroel: he shall blossom generation. sackcloth, ye mesharetim of
as the lily, and strike root as |4| That which the locust my G-d; for the minchah and
Levanon. swarm hath left hath the the nesekh is withheld from
|6 [7]| His branches shall arbeh (great locust) eaten; and the Beis of your G-d [i.e., the
spread, and his beauty shall that which the arbeh hath left Beis Hamikdash].
be as the zayit (olive tree), and hath the crawling locust eaten; |14| Sanctify ye a tzom (fast),
his hod (splendor) as Levanon. and that which the crawling call an atzarah (solemn
|7 [8]| They that dwell under locust hath left hath the other assembly), gather the zekenim
his tzel (shade) shall return; locust eaten. and all the yoshvei ha'aretz
they shall revive as the dagan, |5| Awake, ye shikkorim into the Beis Hashem
and grow as the gefen; the (drunkards), and weep; and Eloheichem, and cry unto
remembrance thereof wail, all ye drinkers of yayin, Hashem,
shall be as the yayin of because of the new wine; for it |15| Alas for the day! For the
Levanon. is cut off from your mouth. Yom Hashem [see Isa13: 9-13;
|8 [9]| Ephrayim shall say, |6| For a Goy is come up Am 5:18-20; 8:9-14; Zeph 1:14-
What have I to do any more upon my land, strong, and 23 on the coming Day of the
with atzabim? It is I who without number, whose teeth L-rd when Hashem intervenes
answer and look after him; I are the teeth of an aryeh (lion), to execute mishpat and
am like an evergreen cypress. and he hath the fangs of a righteousness] is karov (near,
From Me is thy p’ri found. lioness. at hand), and like destruction
|9 [10]| Who is chacham, and |7| He hath laid my gefen from Shaddai shall it come.
he shall have binah of these (vine) waste, and barked my [16] Is not the okhel
things? Prudent, and he shall teenah (fig tree); he hath made (food) cut off before our eyes,
know them? For the Darkhei it clean bare, and cast it away; yea, simchah (joy) and
Hashem are right, and the the branches thereof are made gladness from the Beis
tzaddikim shall walk in them; white. Eloheinu [the Beis
but the poshe'im |8| Lament like a betulah Hamikdash]?
(transgressors) shall fall girded with sackcloth for the [17| The seed is rotten under
therein. ba'al (husband) of her youth. their clods, the otzarot
T.N. In the next book we have |9| The minchah and the (storehouses) are laid desolate,
the prophecy that the Ruach nesekh is cut off from the Beis the barns are broken down;
Hakodesh will be poured out Hashem; the kohanim, the for the grain is withered.
in the last days and even the mesharetim (ministers) of |18| How do the beasts groan!
most humble people will be Hashem, mourn. The herds of cattle are
empowered thereby to witness. |10| The sadeh (field) is perplexed, because they have
When 120 Messianic Spirit- wasted, the adamah (land) no pasture; yea, the edrei
filled Jewish people began to mourneth; for the grain is hatzon (flocks of sheep)
preach the Besuras HaGeulah wasted; the new wine is dried are made desolate.
for the first time, they knew up, the oil languisheth. |19| To Thee, Hashem, will I
that something of this very |11| Be ye ashamed, O ye cry; for the eish hath devoured
prophecy had come to pass husbandmen [i.e., farmers]; the pastures of the midbar,
(See Ac chp 2). wail, O ye vinedressers, for the and the flame hath
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burned all the trees of the when they burst through Spare Thy people, Hashem,
field. defenses, they shall not and make not Thine nachalah
|20| The beasts of the field break ranks. (inheritance) an object
cry also unto Thee; for the |9| They shall run to and fro of scorn, a byword among the
rivers of mayim (water) are in the ir (city); they shall run Goyim. Why should they say
dried up, and the eish hath upon the chomah, they shall among the peoples, Where is
devoured the pastures climb up into the batim their G-d?
of the midbar. (houses); they shall enter in at |18| Then will Hashem be
Blow ye the shofar in the windows like the ganav. jealous for His land, and take
2 Tziyon, and sound an

alarm on My Har
Kodesh; let all the yoshvei
|10| The eretz shall quake
before them; the Shomayim
shall tremble; the shemesh
pity on His people.
|19| Yea, Hashem will answer
and say unto His people,
ha'aretz tremble; for the Yom and the yarei'ach shall be Hineni, I am sending you
Hashem cometh, for it is near dark, and the kokhavim shall dagan, and tirosh, and
at hand; withdraw their shining; yitzhar, and ye shall be
|2| A day of choshech and of |11| And Hashem shall utter satisfied therewith; and I will
gloominess, a day of anan His voice before His army; His no more make you an object of
(cloud) and of thick darkness, machaneh (camp) is very scorn among the Goyim;
as the shachar (dawn) spread great; for the executor of His |20| But I will remove far off
upon the mountains; an devar (word, command) is from you the northern [army,
am rav (great people, army) strong; for the Yom Hashem is army of locusts], and will drive
and strong; there hath not gadol and very terrible; and him into an eretz barren and
been ever the like, neither who can endure it? desolate, with his vanguard
shall be any more after it, |12| Therefore also now, saith toward the eastern sea [Dead
even to the years of dor v'dor. Hashem, turn ye back to Me Sea], and his rearguard
|3| An eish devoureth before with all your lev, and with toward the western sea
them; and behind them a tzom, and with weeping, and [Mediterranean Sea], and his
flame burneth; ha'aretz is as with mourning; stench and foul smell will go
the Gan Eden before them, |13| And rend your lev, and up. Surely it hath done great
and behind them a desolate not your garments, and turn things.
midbar; yea, and nothing unto Hashem Eloheichem; for |21| Fear not, O land; be glad
shall escape them. He is channun (gracious) and and rejoice; for Hashem hath
|4| The appearance of them rachum (merciful), slow to done great things.
is as the appearance of susim; anger, and of rav chesed, and |22| Be not afraid, ye beasts
and as horsemen, so shall they He relents from sending of the field; for the pastures of
run. calamity. the midbar do spring up, for
|5| Like the noise of merkavot |14| Who knoweth but that the etz beareth her fruit, the
(chariots) on the tops of He will return and have pity, te’enah and the gefen do yield
mountains shall they leap, like and leave behind Him a their strength.
the noise of a flame of eish berakhah; even a minchah |23| Be glad then, ye bnei
that devoureth the stubble, as and a nesekh unto Hashem Tziyon, and rejoice in Hashem
a strong people drawn up in Eloheichem? Eloheichem; for He hath given
milchamah (battle). |15| Blow the shofar in you the former rain according
|6| Before their face, the Tziyon, sanctify a tzom, call to (His) tzedakah, and He will
amim (nations) shall be in an atzarah (solemn assembly); cause to come down for you
anguish; every face turns pale. |16| Gather the people, set the rain, the yoreh (former
|7| They shall run like apart as kodesh the kahal rain), and the malkosh (latter
gibborim; they shall climb the (congregation), assemble the rain) as before.
chomah (wall) like anshei zekenim, gather the olalim, |24| And the threshing floors
milchamah; and they shall even those nursing at the shall be full of wheat, and the
march every one in formation, breast; let the choson go forth vats shall overflow with yayin
and they shall not swerve from of his cheder, and the kallah and yitzhar.
their course; out of her chuppah (canopy). |25| And I will restore to you
|8| Neither shall one push |17| Let the kohanim, the the shanim (years) that the
another; they shall walk every mesharetim of Hashem, weep arbeh (great locust) hath
one in his own column; and between the Ulam and the eaten, the crawling
Mizbe'ach, and let them say, locust, and the other
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locust, and the locust swarm, judgment against them there together round about;
My great army which I sent concerning My people and for Hashem, thither cause Thy
among you. My nachalah Yisroel, whom gibborim to come down.
|26| And ye shall eat in they have scattered among the |12 (4:12)| Let the Goyim be
plenty, and be satisfied, and Goyim, and My land they wakened, and come up to the
praise the Shem of Hashem divided up. valley of Yehoshafat; for there
Eloheichem, that hath dealt |3 (4:3)| And they have cast will I sit to judge all the Goyim
wondrously with you; and My lots for My people; and have round about.
people shall never be traded the yeledim as barter |13 (4:13)| Put ye in the
ashamed. for zonot, and sold the yaldah sickle, for the katzir is ripe; go
|27| And ye shall know that I for yayin, that they might in, tread; for the winepress is
am in the midst of Yisroel, drink. full, the vats overflow; for their
and that I am Hashem |4 (4:4)| Yea, and what have ra'ah is great.
Eloheichem, and there is no ye to do with Me, O Tzor, and |14 (4:14)| Multitudes,
other; and My people shall Tzidon, and all the coasts of multitudes in the valley of
never be put to shame. Peleshet? Will ye render Me a decision; for the Yom
|28 (3:1)| And it shall come to pay-back? And if ye Hashem is near in the valley
pass afterward, that I will recompense Me, swiftly and of decision.
pour out My Ruach speedily will I return your |15 (4:15)| The shemesh and
[Hakodesh] upon all basar; recompense upon your own the yarei'ach shall be
and your banim and your rosh; darkened, and the kokhavim
banot shall prophesy, your |5 (4:5)| Because ye have shall withdraw their shining.
zekenim shall dream taken My kesef and My zahav, |16 (4:16)| Hashem also shall
chalomot, your bochurim and have carried into your roar out of Tziyon, and utter
shall see chezyonot (visions): temples My goodly pleasant His voice from Yerushalayim;
|29 (3:2)| And also upon the things: and the heavens and the earth
avadim and upon the |6 (4:6)| Also the Bnei shall shake; but Hashem will
shefachot in those days will I Yehudah and the Bnei be the machseh (refuge) of His
pour out My Ruach Yerushalayim have ye sold people, and the maoz of the
[Hakodesh, see Ac 2:1-42]. unto the Yevanim (Greeks), Bnei Yisroel.
|30 (3:3)| And I will show that ye might remove them far |17 (4:17)| So shall ye have
mofetim in the heavens and in from their territory. da'as that I am Hashem
the earth, dahm, and eish, |7 (4:7)| Hineni, I will raise Eloheichem dwelling in
and pillars of smoke. them out of the place whither Tziyon, My Har Kodesh; then
|31 (3:4)| The shemesh shall ye have sold them, and will shall Yerushalayim be kodesh,
be turned into choshech, and return your recompense upon and there shall no zarim pass
the yarei'ach into dahm, your own rosh; through her any more.
before the great and terrible |8 (4:8)| And I will sell your |18 (4:18)| And it shall come
Yom Hashem come. banim and your banot into to pass in that day, that the
|32 (3:5)| And it shall come to the hand of the Bnei Yehudah, mountains shall drop down
pass, that whosoever shall call and they shall sell them to the new wine, and the hills shall
on the Shem of Adonoi shall Sabeans, to a Goy far off; for flow with cholov; and all the
be saved; for in Mt Tziyon and Hashem hath spoken it. ravines of Yehudah shall flow
in Yerushalayim shall be |9 (4:9)| Proclaim ye this with mayim, and a ma’ayon
deliverance, as Hashem hath among the Goyim; Prepare shall come forth out of the
said, and in the seridim milchamah, wake up the Beis Hashem, and shall water
whom Hashem shall call. gibborim, let all the anshei the valley of Sheetim.
[Jer 23:5-6; Zech 6:11-12; Ezra 3:8]. hamilchamah draw near and |19 (4:19)| Mitzrayim shall be
(4:1) For, hinei, in those attack; a desolation, and Edom shall
3 days, and in that time,

when I shall restore the
fortunes of Yehudah and
|10 (4:10)| Beat your plow-
blades into charavot (swords)
and your pruning knives into
be a desolate midbar, for the
chamas against the Bnei
Yehudah, because they have
Yerushalayim, spears; let the weak say, I am shed dahm naki (innocent
|2 (4:2)| I will also gather all strong. blood) in their land.
Goyim, and will bring them |11 (4:11)| Assemble |20 (4:20)| But Yehudah shall
down into the valley of yourselves, and come, all ye dwell for ever, and
Yehoshafat, and will enter into Goyim, and gather yourselves Yerushalayim from
AMOS
dor v'dor. |8| And I will cut off the Thus saith Hashem: For
|21 (4:21)| For I will cleanse
them of bloodguilt which I
have not yet cleansed; for
inhabitant from Ashdod, and
him that holdeth the shevet
(sceptre) from Ashkelon, and I
2 shloshah peysha'im of
Moav, even for arba'ah, I
will not turn away the
Hashem dwelleth in Tziyon. will turn Mine hand against punishment thereof; because
Ekron; and the she’erit he burned the bones of
AMOS Pelishtim shall perish, saith Melech Edom into lime;
Adonoi Hashem. |2| But I will send an eish
The words of Amos, who |9| Thus saith Hashem: For upon Moav, and it shall
1 was among the

shepherds of Tekoa,
which he saw concerning
shloshah peysha'im of Tzor,
even for arba'ah, I will not
turn away the punishment
devour the fortresses of
Keriyot; and Moav shall die
with tumult, with war cries,
Yisroel in the yamim of thereof; because they and with the blast of the
Uziyah Melech Yehudah, and delivered up the golus shofar;
in the yamim of Yarovàm shleimah to Edom, and |3| And I will cut off the
ben Yoash Melech Yisroel, two remembered not the brit shofet (judge) from the midst
years before the earthquake. achim; thereof, and will slay all the
|2| And he said, Hashem |10| But I will send an eish sarim (princes) thereof with
roars from Tziyon, and utters on the chomah (wall) of Tzor, him, saith Hashem.
His voice from Yerushalayim; which shall devour the |4| Thus saith Hashem: For
and the pastures of the ro'im fortresses thereof. shloshah peysha'im of
(shepherds) mourn, and the |11| Thus saith Hashem: For Yehudah, even for arba'ah, I
summit of Mt Carmel withers. shloshah peysha'im of Edom, will not turn away the
|3| Thus saith Hashem: For even for arba'ah, I will not punishment thereof; because
shloshah peysha'im of turn away the punishment they have despised the torat
Damascus, even for arba'ah, I thereof; because he did pursue Hashem, and have not been
will not turn away the his brother with the cherev, shomer over His chukkim, and
punishment thereof; because and did cast off all rachamim, their lies caused them to err,
they have threshed Gilàd and his anger did rage after the halakhah of their
with threshing sledges of perpetually, and he kept his avot;
barzel (iron); wrath netzach; |5| But I will send an eish
|4| But I will send an eish |12| But I will send an eish upon Yehudah, and it shall
onto Bais Chatzael, which upon Teman, which shall devour the fortresses of
shall devour the fortresses of devour the fortresses of Yerushalayim.
Ben-hadad. Botzrah. |6| Thus saith Hashem: For
|5| I will break down also the |13| Thus saith Hashem: For shloshah peysha'im of Yisroel,
gate bar of Damascus, and cut shloshah peysha'im of the even for arba'ah, I will not
off the inhabitant from Bikeat- Bnei Ammon, even for turn away the punishment
Aven, and him that holdeth arba'ah, I will not turn away thereof; because they sold the
the shevet (sceptre) from Bais the punishment thereof; tzaddik for kesef, and the
Eden; and the people of Aram because they have ripped needy for a pair of sandals;
shall go into golus unto Kir, open the women with child of |7| They who pant after the
saith Hashem. Gilàd, that they might dust of the ground on the rosh
|6| Thus saith Hashem: For enlarge their border; of the poor, and turn aside the
shloshah peysha'im of Azah |14| But I will kindle an eish derech of the anavim; and an
(Gaza), even for arba'ah, I will in the chomah (wall) of ish and his av will go in unto
not turn away the punishment Rabbah, and it shall devour the same na'arah, to commit
thereof; because they carried the fortresses thereof, with war chillul Hashem against
away captive the golus cries in the yom milchamah, My Shem kodesh;
shleimah (entire exiled with a tempest in the yom |8| And they lay themselves
population), to deliver them sufah (day of the storm); down upon clothes taken in
up to Edom; |15| And their melech shall pledge by every mizbe'ach,
|7| But I will send an eish on go into golus, he and his sarim and they guzzle the yayin of
the chomah (wall) of Azah (princes) together, saith the fined in the Beis
(Gaza), which shall devour the Hashem. Eloheichem.
fortresses thereof; |9| Yet destroyed I HaEmori
before them,
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whose height was like ha’adamah: therefore I will |13| Hear ye, and testify in
the height of the cedars, and punish you for kol Bais Ya’akov, saith Adonoi
he was strong as the oaks; yet I avonotechem. Hashem Elohei HaTzva'os,
destroyed his p’ri from above, |3| Can shnayim walk |14| On the Yom that I visit
and his shorashim from together, except they be her to punish the peysha'im of
beneath. agreed? Yisroel, I will also visit to
|10| Also I brought you up |4| Will an aryeh roar in the punish the mizbechot of Beit-
from Eretz Mitzrayim, and led thicket, when he hath no prey? El; and the horns of the
you arba'im shanah through Will a lion roar from his den, mizbe'ach shall be cut off, and
the midbar, to possess the if he has taken nothing? fall to ha'aretz.
Eretz HaEmori (land of the |5| Can a bird fall in a pach |15| And I will strike the bais
Amorite). ha'aretz (trap on the ground), hachoref with the bais
|11| And I raised up of your when his snare is not set? Can hakayitz; and the batim
banim for nevi'im, and of your a pach spring up from ha'aretz (houses) of ivory shall perish,
bochurim for Nezirim. Is it without making a capture? and the batim rabbim (great
not even thus, O ye Bnei |6| Shall a shofar be blown in houses) shall have an end,
Yisroel? saith Hashem. the city, and the people not be saith Hashem.
|12| But ye gave the Nezirim afraid? Shall there be disaster Hear this word, ye cows
yayin to drink; and
commanded the nevi'im,
saying, Prophesy not.
in a city, and Hashem hath
not caused it?
|7| Surely Adonoi Hashem
4 of Bashan, that are on
Mt Shomron, which
oppress the poor, which crush
|13| Hinei, I am pressed will do nothing, but He the needy, which say to their
under you, as a cart is pressed revealeth His sod (secret) unto adonim, Bring, and let us
that is full of sheaves. His avadim hanevi'im. drink.
|14| Therefore flight shall |8| The aryeh hath roared, |2| Adonoi Hashem hath
perish from the swift, and the who will not fear? Adonoi sworn by His Kodesh, that,
chazak shall not strengthen Hashem hath spoken, who can hinei, the yamim shall come
his ko'ach, neither shall the but prophesy? upon you, that He will take
gibbor deliver his own nefesh; |9| Publish in the fortresses you away with hooks, and the
|15| Neither shall he stand at Ashdod, and in the last of you with fishhooks.
that handleth the keshet; and fortresses in Eretz Mitzrayim, |3| And ye shall go out of the
he that is swift of foot shall and say, Assemble yourselves breaks in the wall, every cow
not deliver his own nefesh; upon harei Shomron, and right behind the next; and ye
neither shall he that rideth the behold the great tumults in shall be cast out toward
sus deliver himself. the midst thereof, and the Harmonah, saith Hashem.
|16| And he that is oppression in the midst |4| Come to Beit-El, and
courageous among the thereof. transgress; at Gilgal multiply
gibborim shall flee away |10| For they have no da'as to peysha'im; and bring your
naked in that Yom, saith do right, saith Hashem, who zevakhim every boker, and
Hashem. store up chamas and shod in your ma'asrot (tithes) every
their fortresses. third day;
|11| Therefore thus saith |5| And offer a todah thank
Adonoi Hashem: An adversary offering with chametz
shall surround the land; and (leavened bread), and
he shall bring down thy proclaim and publish the
strongholds from thee, and thy nedavot (freewill offerings); for
fortresses shall be plundered. this ye love, O Bnei Yisroel,
|12| Thus saith Hashem: As saith Adonoi Hashem.
Hear this word that the ro'eh taketh out of the |6| And I also have given you
3 Hashem hath spoken

against you, O Bnei
Yisroel, against the kol
mouth of the aryeh two legs, or
a piece of an ozen; so shall the
Bnei Yisroel be saved that
cleanness of teeth [i.e., famine]
in all your towns, and want of
lechem in all your places; yet
hamishpochoh which I dwell in Shomron—with the have ye not returned unto Me,
brought up from Eretz corner of a mittah (bed), and saith Hashem.
Mitzrayim, saying, the edge of a couch. |7| And also I have
|2| You only have I known of withheld the geshem from
all the mishpechot
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you, when there were Hear ye this word which but ye shall not drink yayin of
yet shloshah chodashim to the
harvest; and I caused it to rain
upon one town, and caused it
5 I take up against you,
even a kinah
(lamentation), O Bais Yisroel.
them.
|12| For I have da'as of your
manifold peysha'im and your
not to rain upon another |2| The Betulat Yisroel is mighty chattaim (sins); they
town; one chelek (part) was fallen; she shall no more rise; afflict the tzaddik, they take a
rained upon, and the chelek, she is forsaken in her own bribe, and they turn aside the
whereupon it rained not, land; there is none to raise her poor in the sha'ar (gate, court)
withered. up. from their right.
|8| So two or three towns |3| For thus saith Adonoi |13| Therefore the maskil
wandered unto one town, to Hashem: The city that went (prudent) shall keep silence in
drink mayim; but they were out by a thousand will be left such times; for it is an evil
not satisfied; yet have ye not a hundred, and that which time.
returned unto Me, saith went forth by an hundred will |14| Seek tov, and not rah,
Hashem. be left ten, for Bais Yisroel. that ye may live; and so
|9| I have struck you with |4| For thus saith Hashem Hashem Elohei Tzva'os shall
blight and mildew; when your unto Bais Yisroel: Seek ye Me, be with you, just as ye say He
ganim (gardens) and your and live; is.
kramim (vineyards) and your |5| But seek not Beit-El, nor |15| Hate the rah, and love
fig trees and your olive trees enter into Gilgal, and pass not the tov, and establish mishpat
increased, the locust devoured to Beer Sheva; for Gilgal shall in the sha'ar; it may be that
them; yet have ye not returned surely go into golus, and Beit- Hashem Elohei Tzava'os will
unto Me, saith Hashem. El shall come to naught. be gracious unto the she’erit
|10| I have sent among you |6| Seek Hashem, and live; Yosef.
the dever after the manner of lest He break out like eish in |16| Therefore Hashem
Mitzrayim; your bocherim Bais Yosef, and devour it, and Adonoi Elohei Tzva'os saith
have I slain with the cherev, there be none to quench it in thus: Wailing shall be in all
and have taken away your Beit-El. rechovot; and they shall cry in
susim; and I have made the |7| Ye who turn mishpat into all the public squares, Alas!
stench of your machanot to wormwood, and cast tzedakah Alas! And they shall call the
come up unto your nostrils; to the ground, ikkar (farmer) to mourning,
yet have ye not returned unto |8| Seek Him that maketh the and such as are skillful of
Me, saith Hashem. Pleiades and Orion, and lamentation to wailing.
|11| I have overthrown some turneth tzalmavet into boker, |17| And in all kramim
of you, as Elohim overthrew and maketh the yom into (vineyards) shall be wailing;
Sodom and Amora lailah; that calleth for the for I will pass through thee,
(Gomorrah), and ye were like a waters of the yam, and saith Hashem.
firebrand snatched from the poureth them out upon the |18| Hoy unto you that desire
burning; yet have ye not face of ha'aretz; Hashem the Yom Hashem! Why do ye
returned unto Me, saith Shmo; seek it? The Yom Hashem is
Hashem. |9| Who causeth shod choshech, and not ohr.
|12| Therefore thus will I do (destruction) to flash upon the |19| As if a man did flee from
unto thee, O Yisroel; and strong, and shod upon the an ari, and a dov met him; or
because I will do this unto fortified city. went into the bais, and leaned
thee, prepare to meet |10| They hate the mochiach his hand on the kir (wall),
Eloheicha, O Yisroel. (reprover [of injustice]) in the and a nachash bit him.
|13| For, hinei, He that gate, and they abhor him that |20| Shall not the Yom
formeth the harim, and speaketh tamim (uprightly). Hashem be choshech, and not
createth the ruach, and |11| Forasmuch therefore as ohr? Even very dark, and no
declareth unto man what is your treading is upon the brightness in it?
his thought, that maketh the poor, and ye take from him |21| I hate, I despise your
shachar darkness, and burdens of wheat; ye have chagim (religious festivals),
treadeth upon the high places built batim (houses) of hewn and I will not stand in your
of the earth, Hashem Elohei stone, but ye shall not dwell in atzerot (solemn assemblies).
Tzva'os Shmo. them; ye have planted |22| Though ye offer Me olot
pleasant kramim (vineyards), and your minchot, I will not
accept them; neither
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will I regard your choice shouting of the revellers will Thus hath Adonoi
shelamim (peace offerings).
|23| Take thou away from Me
the noise of thy shirim (songs);
die.
|8| Adonoi Hashem hath
sworn by Himself, saith
7 Hashem showed unto
me; and, hinei, He
formed locusts in the
for I will not hear the melody Hashem Elohei Tzva'os: beginning of the
of thy nevalim (harps). I abhor the ga’on Ya'akov, and springing up of the second
|24| But let mishpat run hate his fortresses; therefore crop; and, hinei, it was the
down as mayim, and tzedakah will I deliver up the city with second crop after the mowing
as a never failing stream. all that is therein. of the melech.
|25| Did ye offer unto Me |9| And it shall come to pass, |2| And it came to pass, that
zevakhim and minchah in the if there remain asarah when they had made an end
midbar arba'im shanah, O anashim in one bais, they of eating the vegetation of
Bais Yisroel? shall die. ha'aretz, then I said, O Adonoi
|26| But ye have borne the |10| And a man's relative Hashem, forgive, I beseech
shrine of your Moloch and the shall take him up, and he that thee; how shall Ya'akov
pedestal of your tzelamim, burieth him, to carry out the survive? For he is katon.
your star g-d, which ye made bones out of the bais, and |3| Hashem relented for this;
for yourselves. shall say unto him still hiding It shall not be, saith Hashem.
|27| Therefore will I cause inside, Is there yet any with |4| Thus hath Adonoi
you to go into golus beyond thee? And he shall say, Not Hashem showed unto me;
Damascus, saith Hashem one. Then shall he say, Hold and, hinei, Adonoi Hashem
Elohei Tzva'os Shmo. thy tongue; for the Shem called to punish with eish, and
Hoy to them that are Hashem is not to be invoked. it devoured the tehom rabbah
6 complacent in Tziyon,
and have their bitachon
in Har Shomron, the notables
|11| For, hinei, Hashem
commandeth, and He will
strike the bais hagadol into
(great deep), and did devour
the chelek (portion).
|5| Then said I, O Adonoi
of the foremost Goyim, to ruins, and the bais hakaton Hashem, cease, I beseech thee;
whom Bais Yisroel comes! into pieces. how shall Ya'akov survive? For
|2| Pass ye unto Calneh, and |12| Do susim run upon the he is katon.
see; and from thence go ye to rock? Do men plow there with |6| Hashem relented for this:
great Chamat; then go down to oxen? For ye have turned This also shall not be, saith
Gat of the Pelishtim mishpat into poison, and the Adonoi Hashem.
(Philistines); be they better p’ri of tzedakah into |7| Thus He showed me; and,
than these mamlachot? Or wormwood; hinei, Hashem stood upon a
their territory more vast than |13| Ye which rejoice over chomah (wall) made with a
your territory? what is worthless, which say, plumb line, and a plumb line
|3| Ye that put far away the Have we not taken to us horns in His hand.
Yom Rah, and cause the [i.e., symbols of military |8| And Hashem said unto
shevet chamas to come near; resources] by chazekeinu (our me, Amos, what seest thou?
|4| That lie upon beds of own strength)? And I said, A plumb line.
ivory, and stretch themselves |14| But, hineni, I will raise Then said Hashem, Hineni, I
upon their couches, and eat up against you a Goy (Nation), will set a plumb line in the
the lambs out of the tzon, and O Bais Yisroel, saith Hashem midst of My people Yisroel; I
the calves from the stall; Elohei Tzva'os; and they shall will not again pass by them
|5| Who prattle to the tune of afflict you from the territory of [and spare them] anymore;
the nevel (harp); like Dovid Chamat unto the Wadi of the |9| And the high places of
[HaMelech] they invent string Aravah. Yitzchak shall be desolate,
instruments. T.N. Notice in the next chapter and the mikdeshei Yisroel (i.e.,
|6| That drink yayin in that Amos refuses to be heathen sanctuaries) shall be
sacrificial bowls, and anoint intimidated by an apostate laid waste; and I will rise
themselves with the finest religious leader who dares to against the Bais Yarovàm
ointments; but they are not war against Scripture. Amos with the cherev.
grieved for the shever Yosef gives a prophetic prediction |10| Then Amatzyah the
(ruin of Yosef). that this chalatan will be kohen of Beit-El sent to
|7| Therefore now shall they defrocked by Hashem by being Yarovàm Melech Yisroel,
go into captivity at the head of dragged off to an unclean saying, Amos hath
the golus, and the merry heathen land.
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conspired against thee in the not again pass by them [and mayim, but of hearing the
midst of Bais Yisroel; the land spare them] anymore. Divrei Hashem;
is not able to bear all his |3| And the shirot of the |12| And they shall wander
words. heikhal shall turn to wailings from yam to yam, and from
|11| For thus Amos saith, in that Yom, saith Adonoi the tzafon (north) even to the
Yarovàm shall die by the Hashem; there shall be many mizrach (east), they shall run
cherev, and Yisroel shall dead bodies in every place; to and fro to seek the Devar
surely be led away into the they shall cast them forth. Hashem, and shall not find it.
golus out of their own land. Silence! |13| In that Yom shall the
|12| Also Amatzyah said unto |4| Hear this, O ye that betulot hayafot (fair virgins)
Amos, O thou seer, go, flee swallow up the needy, even to and bochurim faint for thirst.
thee away into Eretz Yehudah, make the anivvei aretz (poor |14| They that swear by the
and there eat lechem, and of the land) to fail, sin of Shomron, and say, Chai
prophesy there: |5| Saying, When will the Elohecha, O Dan; and, The
|13| But prophesy not again Rosh Chodesh be over, that we Derech Beer Sheva liveth; even
any more at Beit-El; for it is may sell grain? And Shabbos, they shall fall, and never rise
the Mikdash Melech, and it is that we may market wheat, up again.
the Bais Mamlachah. making the eifah (bushel) I saw Adonoi standing
|14| Then answered Amos,
and said to Amatzyah, I was
no navi, neither was I a ben
small, and the shekel great,
and falsifying the balances by
mirmah (deceit)?
9 by the mizbe'ach; and
He said, Strike the pillar
capitals [of the heathen
navi; but I was a herder, and a |6| That we may buy the poor shrine], that the thresholds
dresser of sycamore-fig trees; for kesef, and the needy for a may shake; and smash them
|15| And Hashem took me as pair of sandals; yea, and sell upon the heads of all; and I
I followed the tzon, and the sweepings with the wheat? will slay the last of them with
Hashem said unto me, Go, |7| Hashem hath sworn by the cherev; he that fleeth of
prophesy unto My people the ga’on Ya'akov, Surely I will them shall not get away, and
Yisroel. never forget any of their he that escapeth of them shall
|16| Now therefore hear thou ma'asim. not be delivered.
the Devar Hashem: Thou |8| Shall not ha'aretz (the |2| Though they dig down to
sayest, Prophesy not against land) tremble for this, and Sheol, thence shall Mine hand
Yisroel, and drop not thy word every one mourn that dwelleth take them; though they climb
against the Bais Yitzchak. therein? And the whole land up to Shomayim, thence will I
|17| Therefore thus saith shall rise like the Nile; and bring them down;
Hashem: Thy isha shall be a heave and sink, as by the Nile |3| And though they hide
zonah in the city, and thy of Mitzrayim. themselves in the summit of
banim and thy banot shall fall |9| And it shall come to pass Carmel, I will search and take
by the cherev, and thy land in that Yom, saith Adonoi them out thence; and though
shall be divided by line; and Hashem, that I will cause the they be hid from My sight in
thou shalt die in an adamah shemesh to go down at noon, the bottom of the yam, thence
temei'ah (unclean land); and and I will darken ha'aretz in will I command the nachash,
Yisroel shall surely go forth of the yom ohr (day light); and he shall bite them;
his land into golus (exile). |10| And I will turn your |4| And though they go into
chagim into mourning, and all golus (exile) before their
your shirot into lamentation; enemies, thence will I
and I will bring up sackcloth command the cherev, and it
Thus hath Adonoi upon all loins, and baldness shall slay them; and I will set
8 Hashem showed unto

me: and hinei a basket
of kayitz (summer fruit).
upon every rosh; and I will
make it as the mourning of a
yachid (only son), and the end
Mine eyes upon them for rah,
and not for tov.
|5| And Adonoi Hashem
|2| And Hashem said, Amos, thereof as a yom mar (bitter HaTzva'os is He that toucheth
what seest thou? And I said, A day). the land, and it shall melt,
basket of kayitz (summer |11| Hinei, the yamim come, and all that dwell therein
fruit). Then said Hashem unto saith Adonoi Hashem, that I shall mourn; and it shall rise
me, The ketz (end) is come will send a ra'av (famine) in up wholly like the Nile;
upon My people Yisroel; I will the land, not a ra'av (famine) and sink like the
of lechem, nor a thirst for
OVADYAH
Nile of Mitzrayim. again the captivity of My |7| All the men of thy alliance
|6| It is He that buildeth his people Yisroel, and they shall have forced thee and brought
ma'alot (stairs) in Shomayim, build the waste cities, and thee even to the border; the
and hath founded His inhabit them; and they shall anshei shlomecha (the men
aguddah (fitted together vault) plant kramim (vineyards), and that were at peace with thee)
over Eretz; He that calleth for drink the yayin thereof; they have deceived thee, and
the waters of the yam, and shall also make gannot, and prevailed against thee; they
poureth them out upon the eat the p’ri of them. that eat thy lechem (bread)
face of ha'aretz; Hashem |15| And I will plant them have laid a mazor (net, trap)
Shmo. upon their land, and they under thee; there is none
|7| Are ye not as children of shall no more be torn up out detecting it.
Ethiopia unto Me, O Bnai of their land which I have |8| Shall I not in that day,
Yisroel? saith Hashem. Have given them, saith Hashem saith Hashem, even destroy
not I brought up Yisroel out of Eloheicha. the chachamim (wise men) out
Eretz Mitzrayim? And the of Edom, and understanding
Pelishtim (Philistines) from out of the Har Esav?
Caphtor, and Aram from Kir? |9| And thy gibborim (mighty
|8| Hinei, the eyes of Adonoi OVADYAH men), O Teman, shall be
Hashem are upon the dismayed and lose courage, to
mamlachah hachatta'ah, and I the end that every one of the
will destroy it from off the face The chazon (vision) of Har Esav may be cut off by
of ha'aretz; nevertheless I will
not utterly destroy Bais
Yaakov, saith Hashem.
1 Obadyah: Thus saith
Adonoi Hashem
concerning Edom: We have
slaughter.
|10| For thy chamas against
thy brother Ya’akov, bushah
|9| For, hinei, I will heard a report from Hashem, (shame) shall cover thee, and
command, and I will sift Bais and an envoy is sent among thou shalt be cut off l'olam (for
Yisroel among all Goyim, like the Goyim, Arise ye, and let us ever).
as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet rise up against her (Edom) in |11| In the day that thou
shall not the least grain fall battle. stood aloof on the other side,
upon ha'aretz. |2| Hinei, I have made thee in the day that the zarim
|10| All the chatta'ei ami small among the Goyim; thou (strangers) carried away
(sinners of My people) shall art greatly despised. captive his forces, and
die by the cherev, which say, |3| The zadon (pride, foreigners entered into his
the ra'ah shall not overtake presumption, arrogance) of gates, and cast lots for
nor come to us. thine lev (heart) hath deceived Yerushalayim, even thou wast
|11| In that Yom will I raise thee, thou that dwellest in the as one of them.
up the Sukkat Dovid that is clefts of the rock, whose |12| But thou shouldest not
fallen, and close up the habitation is high; that saith have gloated over the day of
breaches thereof; and I will in his lev, Who shall bring me thy brother in the day of his
raise up his ruins, and I will down to the ground? misfortune; neither shouldest
build it as in the yamei olam; |4| Though thou exalt thyself thou have rejoiced over the
|12| That they may possess to soar as the nesher, and Bnei Yehudah in the day of
the she’erit Edom and all the though thou set thy nest their destruction; neither
Goyim, which are called by among the kokhavim (stars), shouldest thou have spoken
Shmi, saith Hashem that thence will I bring thee down, proudly in the Yom Tzarah
doeth this. saith Hashem. (Day of Trouble).
|13| Hinei, the yamim are |5| If ganavim (thieves) came |13| Thou shouldest not have
coming, saith Hashem, that to thee, if shodedei lailah entered into the sha'ar Ami
the plowman shall overtake (robbers by night) – oh how art (gate of My people) in the day
the kotzer (reaper), and the thou cut off! --would they not of their calamity; yea, thou
treader of grapes him that have stolen only till they had shouldest not have looked
soweth zera; and the enough? If the grape down on their affliction in the
mountains shall drop sweet gatherers came to thee, would day of their calamity, nor have
wine, and all the hills shall they not leave some grapes? laid hands on their substance
melt. |6| How is Esau searched out! in the day of their calamity;
|14| And I will bring How are his hidden treasures
pillaged!
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YONAH
|14| Neither shouldest thou comest thou? What is thy

YONAH
have stood in the crossroads, country? And of what people
to cut off those of his that did art thou?
escape; neither shouldest thou |9| And he said unto them,
have delivered up those of his Ivri anochi (I am a Hebrew);
Now the Devar Hashem
that did survive in the Yom
Tzarah.
|15| For the Yom Hashem is
near upon all the Goyim: as
1 came unto Yonah ben
Amittai, saying,
|2| Arise, go to Nineveh, that
and I fear Hashem, Elohei
HaShomayim, which hath
made the yam and the
yabashah (dry land, Bereshis
ha'ir hagedolah (great city),
thou hast done, it shall be
and preach against it; 1:9).
done unto thee: thy reward |10| Then were the men of
for their wickedness is come
shall return upon thine own yirah gedolah (great terror),
up before Me.
head. and said unto him: Why hast
|3| But Yonah rose up to run
|16| For as ye have drunk thou done this? For the men
away unto Tarshish from the
upon My Har Kodesh (Holy knew that he was running
presence of Hashem, and went
Mountain), so shall all the away from the presence of
down to Yafo; and he found
Goyim drink continually; yea, Hashem, because he had told
an oniyah going to Tarshish;
they shall drink, and they them.
so he paid the fare thereof,
shall swallow down, and they |11| Then said they unto him,
and went down into it, to go
shall be as though they had What shall we do unto thee,
with them unto Tarshish from
not been. that the yam against us may
the presence of Hashem.
|17| But upon Mt Tziyon
|4| But Hashem sent out a be calm [see Yeshayah 53:5,8;
shall be deliverance, and there
ruach gedolah (great wind) Mt 12:39-40; 16:4]? For the
shall be kodesh (holiness); and yam did rage and was
into the yam (sea), and there
the Beis Ya'akov shall possess tempestuous.
was a sa'ar gadol (mighty
their inheritances. |12| And he said unto them,
tempest) in the yam, so that
|18| And the Beis Ya'akov Take me up, and cast me forth
the oniyah was like to be
shall be an eish (fire), and the into the yam; so shall the yam
broken.
Beis Yosef a flame, and the be calm unto you: for I know
|5| Then the mariners were
Beis Esav for stubble, and that for my sake this sa'ar
afraid, and cried every man
they shall kindle in them, and hagadol (great tempest, storm)
unto his g-d, and cast forth the
devour them; and there shall is upon you.
cargoes that were in the
not be any remaining of the |13| Nevertheless the men
oniyah into the yam, to lighten
Beis Esav; for Hashem hath rowed hard to bring it to the
it of them. But Yonah was
spoken. yabashah; but they could not:
gone down into the hold of the
|19| And they of the Negev for the yam did rage, and was
ship; and he lay, and was fast
shall possess Har Esav; and tempestuous against them.
asleep.
they of the Shefelah, the |14| Wherefore they cried
|6| So the shipmaster came to
Philistines; and they shall unto Hashem, and said, We
him, and said unto him, What
possess the fields of Ephraim, beseech Thee, Hashem, we
meanest thou, O sleeper?
and the fields of Shomron; beseech Thee, let us not perish
Arise, call upon Eloheicha, if
and Benjamin shall possess for this man's nefesh, and lay
so be that HaElohim will
Gile’ad. not upon us dahm naki
think upon us, that we perish
|20| And those of the Golus of (innocent blood); for Thou,
not.
Bnei Yisroel shall possess that Hashem, hast done just as it
|7| And they said every one to
of the Canaanites, even unto pleased Thee.
his fellow, Come, and let us
Tzarphat; and those of the |15| So they took up Yonah,
cast goralot (lots), that we may
Golus of Yerushalayim, which and cast him forth into the
have da'as for whose cause
is in Sepharad, shall possess yam [see Yeshayah 53:5,8; Mt
this ra’ah is upon us. So they
the cities of the Negev. 12:39-40; 16:4]; and the yam
cast goralot (lots), and the
|21| And Moshi'im ceased from her raging.
goral (lot) fell upon Yonah.
(Deliverers) shall come up on |16| Then the men feared
|8| Then said they unto him,
Mt Tziyon to judge the Har Hashem with a yirah gedolah,
Tell us, we pray thee, for
Esav; and HaMamlachah (the and offered a sacrifice unto
whose cause ra'ah hazot (this
Kingdom) shall be Hashem’s. Hashem, and vowed nedarim.
evil) is upon us; What is thine
occupation? And whence
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Nevi’im 555 Yonah 1, 2, 3, 4
|17 (2:1)| Now Hashem had And the Devar Hashem But it displeased Yonah
prepared a dag gadol (great
fish) to swallow up Yonah.
And Yonah was in the belly of
3 came unto Yonah the
second time, saying,
|2| Arise, go unto Nineveh,
4 with a ra'ah gedolah,
and he was very angry.
|2| And he davened unto
the dag shloshah yamim and that ir hagedolah, and preach Hashem, and said, I pray
shloshah leilot (three days and unto it the preaching that I Thee, Hashem, was not this
three nights). give thee. my saying, when I was yet in
(2:2) Then Yonah |3| So Yonah arose, and went my country? Therefore I was
2 davened unto Hashem

Elohav from out of the
dag's belly,
unto Nineveh, according to
the Devar Hashem. Now
Nineveh was an exceeding ir
quick to flee unto Tarshish
before; for I had da'as that
Thou art an EL CHANNUN
|2 (2:3)| And said, I cried by gedolah of a journey of V'RACHUM ERECH APAYIM
reason of mine tzoros unto shloshet yamim. V'RAV CHESED and relentest
Hashem, He heard me; out of |4| And Yonah began to enter Thee of the ra’ah. [SHEMOT
the belly of Sheol cried I, and into the city one day's journey, 34:6]
Thou heardest my voice. and he cried out and |3| Therefore now, Hashem,
|3 (2:4)| For Thou hadst cast preached, and said, Yet take, I beseech Thee, my
me into the deep, in the midst arba'im yamim (40 days), and nefesh from me; for it is better
of the yamim (seas); and the Nineveh shall be overthrown. for me to die than to live.
current swirled about me; all |5| So the people of Nineveh |4| Then said Hashem, Doest
Thy billows and Thy waves had emunah in Elohim, and thou well to be angry?
passed over me. proclaimed a tzom, and put |5| So Yonah went out of the
|4 (2:5)| Then I said, I am cast on sackcloth, from their city, and sat on the east side of
out of Thy sight; yet I will look gedolim even to their the city, and there made him a
again toward Thy Heikhal ketanim. sukkah, and sat under it in the
Kodesh. |6| For word came unto shadow, till he might see what
|5 (2:6)| The mayim HaMelech of Nineveh, and he would happen to the city.
compassed me about, even to arose from his kisse, and he |6| And Hashem Elohim
the nefesh; the depth laid aside his royal robe, and prepared a climbing gourd,
closed me round about, the covered him with sackcloth, and made it to come up over
seaweed were wrapped about and sat in ashes. Yonah, that it might be a tzel
my head. |7| And he caused it to be (shade) over his rosh, to
|6 (2:7)| I went down to the proclaimed and published deliver him from his
bottoms of the mountains; throughout Nineveh by the displeasure. So Yonah had
ha'aretz with her bars closed decree of HaMelech and his simchah gedolah about the
behind me l'olam; yet hast gedolim, saying, Let neither climbing gourd.
Thou brought up my life from man nor beast, herd nor flock, |7| But HaElohim prepared a
shachat (corruption; see Ps taste any thing; let them not tola'at (worm) when the
16:10), Hashem Elohai. eat, nor drink mayim; shachar (dawn) came the next
|7 (2:8)| When my nefesh |8| But let man and beast be day, and it chewed the
fainted within me, I covered with sackcloth, and climbing gourd that it
remembered Hashem; and my cry mightily unto Elohim; yea, withered.
tefillah came unto Thee, into let them turn every one from |8| And it came to pass, when
Thine Heikhal Kodesh. his evil way, and from the the shemesh did arise, that
|8 (2:9)| They that observe chamas that is in their hands. Elohim prepared a vehement
lying vanities forsake their |9| Who can tell if HaElohim scorching east ruach (wind);
own chesed. will turn and relent, and turn and the shemesh beat upon
|9 (2:10)| But I will sacrifice away from His fierce anger, the rosh Yonah, that he grew
unto Thee with the voice of that we perish not? faint, and wanted to
todah; I will pay that which I |10| And HaElohim saw their [T.N. Moshiach is the Navi like
have vowed. Yeshuah ma'asim, that they shavu Moshe, the Navi like Yonah,
(Salvation) is from Hashem. (turned) from their derech whom Mavet swallows and
|10 (2:11)| And Hashem hara’ah; and HaElohim then vomits up so that he can
spoke unto HaDag (The Fish), relented of hara’ah, that He divide the spoil with those
and it vomited out Yonah had said that He would do whose chet he bears away to
upon the yabashah (dry land). unto them; and He did it not. death like the Yom Kippur
scapegoat (see Isa 53:12)].
MICHOH
die, and said, It is chattot Bais Yisroel. What is transgressions of Yisroel were
better for me to die than to the peysha of Ya'akov? Is found in thee.
live. it not Shomron? And what are |14| Therefore shalt thou give
|9| And Elohim said to the high places of Yehudah? shilluchim (parting gifts) to
Yonah, Doest thou well to be Are they not Yerushalayim? Moreshet-Gat; the batim
angry for the climbing gourd? |6| Therefore I will make (houses) of Achziv shall be a
And he said, I do well to be Shomron like a rubble heap of deception to the melachim of
angry, even unto mot (death). the sadeh, and like a place for Yisroel.
|10| Then said Hashem, planting a kerem (vineyard); |15| Yet will I bring HaYoresh
Thou hast had pity on the and I will pour down the (The Heir, the one who takes
climbing gourd, though thou stones thereof into the valley, possession) unto thee, O
hast not labored for it, neither and I will lay bare her inhabitant of Mareshah; the
madest it grow; which foundations. kavod Yisroel shall come unto
came up a ben lailah, and |7| And all the pesilim Adullam.
perished a ben lailah; thereof shall be beaten to |16| Shave your head in
|11| And should not I spare pieces, and all the etnan mourning for the children
Nineveh, that ir hagedolah, (temple proceeds of cult who were your delight; make
wherein are more then prostitution) shall be burned yourselves as bald as the
sixscore thousand persons with the eish, and all the idols nesher (vulture); for they are
that cannot discern between thereof will I lay desolate; for gone into the golus from thee.
their yamin (right hand) and she [i.e., Shomron] gathered of
their semol (left hand); and the etnan (wage) of a zonah, Hoy (Woe) to them that
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and they shall revert to the
etnan (wage) of a zonah.
|8| Therefore I will weep and
2 devise aven (iniquity),
and plot rah (evil) upon
their mishkavim (beds)! At ohr
MICHOH wail, I will go barefoot and haboker they carry it out,
arom (half-naked); I will wail because it is in the power of
like the jackals, and mourn their hand.
The Devar Hashem that like the ostriches. |2| And they covet sadot, and
1 came to Michah
HaMorashti in the
yamim of Yotam, Achaz, and
|9| For her wound is
incurable; for it is come unto
Yehudah; it is come unto the
seize them; and batim
(houses), and take them away;
so they oppress a man and his
Yechizkiyah, melachim of sha'ar ami (gate of my people) bais, even a man and his
Yehudah, which he saw even to Yerushalayim. nachalah (inheritance).
concerning Shomron and |10| Declare ye it not at Gat, |3| Therefore thus saith
Yerushalayim: weep ye not at all; at Beit Hashem: Hineni, against this
|2| Hear, all ye peoples; L'aphrah (House of Dust) roll mishpochah do I plan a ra'ah,
hearken, O Eretz (earth), and thyself in the aphar (dust). from which ye shall not
all that is therein; and let |11| Pass ye on your way, remove your tzavarot (necks);
Adonoi Hashem be witness thou inhabitant of Shaphir, in neither shall ye walk
against you, Adonoi from nakedness and shame; the haughtily; for an et ra'ah
His Heikhal Kodesh. inhabitants of Tza'anan dare (time of evil) it is.
|3| For, hinei, Hashem not come out. Beit-Ha'etzel is |4| In Yom HaHu shall one
cometh forth out of His in mourning; it withdraws take up a mashal against you,
dwelling place, and will from you its support. and lament with a doleful
come down, and tread upon |12| For the inhabitant of lamentation, and say, We are
the high places of ha'aretz. Marot waited anxiously for utterly ruined; He (Hashem)
|4| And the mountains shall relief; but rah (evil) came hath changed the chelek of
melt under Him, and the down from Hashem unto the Ami (my People); how hath He
valleys shall be split apart, sha'ar Yerushalayim. (Hashem) removed it from me!
like wax before the eish, and |13| O thou inhabitant of To the shovev (faithless,
like mayim that are poured Lachish, harness the apostate) He (Hashem)
down a steep place. merkavah to the swift apportions our sadot.
|5| Because of the peysha horses; it was the reshit |5| Therefore thou shalt have
(transgression) of Ya'akov is all chattat (beginning of sin) to none that shall divide for you
this, and because of the Bat Tziyon; for the the land by lot in the Kahal
Hashem.
556
Nevi’im 557 Michoh 2, 3, 4
|6| Preach ye not, they And I said, Hear, O |9| Hear this, I pray you, ye
preach; but if they
[Hashem’s nevi’im] do not
preach concerning these
3 Rashei Ya'akov, and ye
Ketzinim of Bais Yisroel.
Is it not for you to have da'as
Rashei Bais Ya’akov, and
Ketzinim of Bais Yisroel, that
abhor mishpat, and twist kol
things, kellimot (disgraces, of Mishpat (Justice)? haYesharah (all the right, the
reproaches) will not be turned |2| Who hate the tov, and love straight).
back [Ezekiel 3:18]. the rah; who tear off their skin |10| Boneh Tziyon b'damim
|7| O thou that art named from off them, and their flesh (they build up Tziyon with
Bais Yaakov, is the Ruach from off their atzamot (bones); blood), and Yerushalayim with
[Hakodesh] of Hashem angry? |3| Who also eat the flesh of avlah (iniquity).
Are these His doings? Do not Ami, and flay their skin from |11| Her Rashim judge for a
My words do good to him that off them; and they break their bribe, and her kohanim play
walketh uprightly? atzamot, and chop them in the hireling moreh (teacher),
|8| Even of late Ami is risen pieces, like for the pot, and and her nevi'im are fortune-
up as an oyev (enemy); ye pull like the basar within the tellers for kesef; yet will they
off the cloak from the garment caldron. lean upon Hashem? And say,
from them that pass by |4| Then shall they cry unto Is not Hashem among us? No
securely as men averse to Hashem, but He will not hear ra'ah will come upon us.
milchamah (war). them; He will even hide His |12| Therefore because of
|9| The women of Ami have face from them at that time, you, Tziyon shall be plowed as
ye cast out from their pleasant because of the evil way they a sadeh, and Yerushalayim
homes; from their ollalim behaved themselves in their shall become a rubble heap,
have ye taken away My glory doings. and the Har HaBeis
l'olam. |5| Thus saith Hashem [HaMikdash, i.e., the Temple
|10| Arise ye, and depart; for concerning the nevi'im that Mount] shall become a mound
this is not the menuchah (the make Ami err, leading them of scrubs [T.N. fulfilled 586,
place of rest); because of the astray, the nevi'im that bite B.C.E., 70 C.E.).
4
tameah (defilement) that with their teeth, and preach, But in the acharit
brings sore destruction. Shalom! And whoever putteth hayamim (the last days)
|11| If a man, walking after nothing into their mouths, it shall come to pass,
the wind and sheker, do lie, v'kiddeshu milchamah (they that the Har Beis Hashem
saying, I will prophesy unto sanctify war) against him. shall be established as the
thee of yayin and of strong |6| Therefore lailah shall be rosh heharim (chief of
drink; he shall even be the unto you, because of the mountains), and it shall be
mattif (preacher) of Am chazon; and choshech shall exalted above the hills; and
HaZeh (this people). come upon you because of the amim (peoples) shall stream
|12| I will surely assemble, O soothsaying, the divination; unto it.
Ya'akov, all of thee; I will and the shemesh shall go |2| And Goyim rabbim shall
surely gather the She'erit down over the nevi'im, and come, and say, Come, and let
Yisroel; I will put them hayom shall be dark over us go up to the Har Hashem,
together like the tzon of the them. and to the Beis Elohei Ya'akov;
pen, like the eder (flock) in the |7| Then shall the chozim and He (Hashem) will be
meadow; they shall throng (seers) be ashamed, and the moreinu of His drakhim
with people. kosemim (diviners) blush in (ways), and we will walk in His
|13| The one who breaks bushah; yea, they shall all orkhot (ways); for torah shall
through comes up before cover their safam (mustache, go forth from Tziyon, and the
them; they break through, and i.e., their lips); ki ein ma'aneh Devar Hashem from
pass through the sha'ar, and Elohim (for there is no answer Yerushalayim.
go out by it; and their Melech of G-d). |3| And He shall judge among
[Moshiach, Hoshea 3:5] goes |8| But truly I am full of amim rabbim, and Hashem
before them, and Hashem at ko'ach by the Ruach will be mochiach
their head. [Hakodesh] of Hashem, and of (arbitrator) for Goyim
mishpat, and of gevurah atzumim afar off; and they
(might), to preach unto shall beat their charavot
Ya'akov his peysha, and to (swords) into plow
Yisroel his chattat. [Yeshayah blades, and their
53:5,8,12]
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khanitot (spears) into pruning |11| Now also Goyim |4 [5:3]| And He [Moshiach]
knives; And Goy el Goy (nation rabbim are gathered against shall stand and shall
against nation) will not take thee, that say, Let her be shepherd in the strength of
up cherev (sword), neither profaned and desecrated, and Hashem, in the majesty of the
shall they learn milchamah let our eye gloat over Tziyon. Shem of Hashem Elohav, and
(war) any more. |12| But they have no da'as of they [Bnei Yisroel] shall live;
|4| But they shall sit every the machshevot Hashem for then shall He [Moshiach]
man under his gefen (vine) (thoughts of Hashem), neither be great unto the ends of
and under his te'enah (fig have they binah ha'aretz.
tree); and none shall make (understanding) of His etzah |5 [5:4]| And this shall be
them afraid; for the mouth of (divine plan); for He shall Shalom. When the Assyrian
Hashem Tzva'os hath spoken. gather them like the sheaves shall invade our land; and
|5| For Kol HaAmmim will into the threshing floor. when he shall set foot on our
walk every one b'shem Elohav, |13| Arise and thresh, O Bat armenot (citadels), then shall
and we will walk b'shem Tziyon; for I will make thine we raise against him shivah
Hashem Eloheinu l'olam keren (horn) barzel (iron), and ro'im (seven shepherds), and
va'ed. I will make thy hooves bronze; shmoneh nesikhei adam (eight
|6| In Yom HaHu, saith and thou shalt beat in pieces leaders [tribal princes] of
Hashem, will I gather that amim rabbim; and I will men).
which is lame, and I will devote unto Hashem as [6 [5:5]| And they shall
gather those which have been cherem their ill-gotten gains, shepherd Eretz Ashur
thrust out, and those that I and their wealth unto Adon (Assyria) with the cherev, and
have afflicted; Kol HaAretz [T.N. Moshiach is Eretz Nimrod at its gates; thus
|7| And I will make that called this in Malachi 3:1]. shall He [Moshiach] deliver us
which is lame a She'erit 5:1|14|Now gather thyself in from the Assyrian, when he
(remnant), v'hannahala'ah troops, O Bat Gedud cometh into our land, and
(and that which is far (Daughter of Troops, i.e., when he sets foot within our
removed) a Goy atzum (mighty warlike Yerushalayim); a borders.
nation); and Hashem shall matzor (siege) hath been laid |7 [5:6]| And the She'erit
reign over them in Har Tziyon against us; they shall strike the Ya'akov shall be in the midst
me'attah ve'ad olam (from Shofet Yisroel with a rod upon of many people like tal (dew)
henceforth, even for ever). the cheek [see The Besuras from Hashem, like the
|8| And thou, O migdal eder HaGeulah According to showers upon the grass, that
(tower of the flock), hill of Bat Mattityahu 27:30]. doth not await man's bidding,
Tziyon, unto thee shall it nor tarry for the bnei adam.
come, even the hammem- |2[5:1]| But thou, Beit- |8 [5:7]| And the She'erit
shalah harishonah (former
dominion); the mamlachah
(kingdom) shall come to Bat
5 lechem Ephratah,
though thou be little
among the Alphei Yehudah
Ya'akov shall be among the
Goyim in the midst of many
people like an aryeh among
Yerushalayim. (Thousands of Yehudah), yet the beasts of the forest,
|9| Now why dost thou cry out out of thee shall He like a young lion among the
aloud? Is there no melech in [Moshiach] come forth unto edrei tzon (flocks of sheep);
thee? Is thy yo'eitz (counselor) Me [Hashem] that is to be who, if he go through, both
perished? For pangs have Moshel Yisroel; whose goings treadeth down, and teareth in
taken thee like a woman forth (i.e. origins) have been pieces, and none can deliver.
in labor. mikedem, (from everlasting; |9 [5:8]| Thine hand shall be
|10| Be in pain, and labor to see Chabakuk 1:12), mimei lifted up upon thine
bring forth, O Bat Tziyon, like olam (from the days of adversaries, and kol oyvecha
a woman in labor; for now eternity). (all thine enemies) shall be cut
shalt thou go forth out of |3 [5:2]| Therefore will He off.
the city, and thou shalt dwell give them up, until the Et |10 [5:9]| And it shall come to
in the sadeh, and thou shalt Yoledah (time when she who is pass in Yom HaHu, saith
go even to Babylon; there shalt in labor) hath brought forth; Hashem, that I will
thou be rescued; there then the rest of His cut off thy susim
Hashem shall redeem thee [Moshiach’s] Brethren shall
from the hand of thine oyvim return unto Bnei Yisroel.
(enemies).
Nevi’im 559 Michoh 5, 6, 7
out of the midst of |5| O Ami (My people), |13| Therefore also will I
thee, and I will destroy thy remember now what Balak make thee sick in striking
merkavot (chariots); Melech Moav did plot, thee, in making thee desolate
|11 [5:10]| And I will cut off and what Bala’am ben Beor because of chattotecha.
the cities of thy land, and answered him from Sheetim to |14| Thou shalt eat, but not
throw down all thy mivtzarim Gilgal [See Yehoshua chps 3-4]; be satisfied; and thy
(fortresses); that ye may have da'as of the emptiness remains in thee;
|12 [5:11]| And I will cut off tzidkot (righteous acts of) and thou shalt put away but
keshafim (witchcrafts) out of Hashem. not save; and that which thou
thine hand; and thou shalt |6| With what shall I come deliverest will I give up to the
have no more sorcerers; before Hashem, and bow cherev (sword).
|13 [5:12]| Thy graven images myself before Elohei Marom |15| Thou shalt sow the zera,
also will I cut off, and thy (G-d on High)? Shall I come but thou shalt not reap the
sacred pillars out of the midst before Him with olot (burnt katzir (harvest); thou shalt
of thee; and lo tishtachaveh offerings), with calves a year tread the zayit (olives), but
(thou shalt no more bow down old? thou shalt not anoint thee
to, worship) the work of thine |7| Will Hashem be pleased with shemen (olive oil); and
hands. with thousands of eilim yayin shalt thou not drink.
|14 [5:13]| And I will pluck up (rams), or with ten thousand |16| For the chukkot Omri
thy Asherim (i.e., sacred poles rivers of shemen (olive oil)? (statutes of Omri) are kept,
of the Asherah cult of Canaan) Shall I give my bechor and kol ma'aseh Bais Ach'av
out of the midst of thee; so will (firstborn) for my peysha, the (all the works of the House of
I destroy thy cities. p’ri (fruit) of my beten for the Ahab); and ye walk in their
|15 [5:14]| And I will execute chattat (sin) of my nefesh? mo'atzot (advise, counsel);
vengeance in anger and fury |8| He hath showed thee, O therefore, I should make thee
upon the Goyim that were adam (man), what is tov. And a desolation, and the
without mishma'at what doth Hashem require of inhabitants thereof an object
(obedience). thee, but to do mishpat, and of hissing; therefore ye shall
ahavat chesed, and to walk bear the cherpah (scorn,
humbly with Eloheicha? abuse, disgrace) of Ami (My
|9| Hashem's voice crieth people).
unto the ir (city): To fear Thy
Hear ye now what Shem (Name) is wisdom; heed
6 Hashem saith: Arise,

contend thou before
the rod and the One who
appointed it. Woe is me! For I am
heharim (the mountains), and
let the hills hear thy voice.
|2| Hear ye, O harim
|10| Are there yet the otzerot
(treasures) of wickedness in
the bais rasha (the house of
7 become like a gathering
of kayitz (summer fruit),
like a gleaning of the vintage;
(mountains), the riv Hashem the wicked), and the scant there is no grape cluster to eat,
(dispute, case, lawsuit of measure, the too small eifah none of the early figs my
Hashem); listen, ye enduring (bushel) which is accursed? nefesh desired.
mosedei eretz (foundations of |11| Shall I acquit the one |2| The chasid has
the earth); for Hashem hath a with dishonest scales, and disappeared from ha'aretz;
case against His people, and with the bag of mirmah and there is none yashar
He will contend with Yisroel. (deceitful) weights? [T.N. see (upright, straight) among men;
|3| O Ami (My people), what Moshiach without mirmah, they all lie in wait for dahm;
have I done unto thee? And Yeshayah 53:9] they hunt every man his
wherein have I been a burden |12| For the oisher (the brother with a net.
to thee? Testify against Me. wealthy) thereof are full of |3| That they may do evil with
|4| For I brought thee up out chamas (violence), and the both hands skillfully, the sar
of Eretz Mitzrayim, and inhabitants thereof have and the shofet asketh for a
redeemed thee out of the bais spoken sheker, and their bribe; and hagadol
avadim (house of slaves); and leshon (tongue) is remiyah uttereth the evil of his nefesh
sent before thee Moshe, (guile) in their mouth. [see (soul); so they weave it.
Aharon, and Miryam. Moshiach without chamas, |4| The best of them is like a
Yeshayah 53:9] brier; the yashar
NACHUM
([most] upright) is sharper therein, for the fruit of their NACHUM

than a thorn hedge; the yom of doings.
thy watchmen and thy |14| Tend as a shepherd Thy
pekuddah (visitation) cometh; people with Thy staff, the tzon
now shall their confusion of Thine nachalah, which
follow. dwell solitarily in the wood, in
|5| Trust ye not in a re'a, put the midst of Carmel; let them The burden concerning
ye not confidence in an alluf
(confidant); keep the doors of
thy mouth from her that lieth
feed in Bashan and Gilàd, as
in days of old.
|15| According to the days of
1 Nineveh. The sefer
chazon (book of the
vision) of Nachum of Elkosh.
in thy kheyk (bosom). thy coming out of Eretz |2| A jealous G-d and taking
|6| For the ben dishonoureth Mitzrayim will I show unto it vengeance is Hashem; an
the av, the bat riseth up marvellous things. avenger is Hashem, Ba'al
against her em, the kallah |16| The Goyim shall see and Chemah (L-rd of Wrathful
against her chamot; a man's be ashamed at all their might; Fury); Hashem will take
enemies are the men of his they shall lay their hand upon vengeance on His adversaries,
own bais. their mouth, their ears shall and He reserveth wrath for
|7| Therefore I will look [in be deaf. His enemies.
hope] for Hashem; I will wait |17| They shall lick the aphar |3| Hashem is slow to anger,
for Elohei Yishi (the G-d of my (dust) like the nachash, like and great in ko'ach, and will
Salvation); Elohai (my G-d) crawlers that crawl on eretz not at all leave the guilty
will hear me. (ground) they will come unpunished; Hashem hath
|8| Don't joyously gloat over trembling out of their dens; His way in the whirlwind
me, O mine enemy; when I they shall be afraid of and in the tempest, and the
fall, I shall rise; when I sit in Hashem Eloheinu, and shall anan (clouds) are the dust of
choshech, Hashem shall be turn in fear because of Thee. His feet.
ohr unto me. |18| Mee El kamocha (Who |4| Hashem rebuketh the
|9| I will bear the wrath of is a G-d like unto Thee), yam, and drieth it up, and
Hashem, because I have removing avon, and passing maketh all the neharot (rivers)
sinned against Him, until He over peysha of the She'erit of run dry; Bashan languisheth,
plead my case, and execute His Nechalah? Hashem and Carmel, and the flower of
mishpat for me; He will bring retaineth not His anger the Levanon fadeth.
me forth into the ohr, and I forever, because He delighteth |5| The mountains quake
shall behold His tzedakah. in chesed. before Hashem, and the hills
|10| Then mine enemy shall |19| He will turn again; He melt away, and ha'aretz
see it, and bushah (shame) will have compassion upon us; heaveth at His presence, yea,
shall cover her which said He will subdue avonoteinu tevel (the world), and all that
unto me, Where is Hashem (our iniquities); and tashlich dwell therein.
thy G-d? Mine eyes shall (thou wilt cast, throw) all their |6| Who can stand before
behold her; now shall she be sins into the depths of the Hashem's fury? And who can
trodden down like the mire of yam. endure His charon af (burning
the streets. |20| Thou wilt give emes to anger, see Ro 1:18)? His
|11| In the yom that thy Ya'akov, and chesed to chemah (wrath) is poured out
fences are to be built, in Yom Avraham, as Thou hast sworn like eish (fire) and the tzurim
HaHu (that Day) shall the unto avoteinu from days of (rocks) are rent in pieces
chok (prescribed limit, long ago. before Him.
boundary) be far away. [T. N. Notice that Moshiach, in |7| Hashem is tov, a maoz
|12| In that yom also it shall spite of his humble birth is not (stronghold) in the Yom
come into your possession a mere human being, as it says Tzarah; and Hashem
from Assyria and the cities of of Moshiach that the One who knoweth them that take refuge
Egypt, even from Egypt to the shall come forth unto Me in Him.
Euphrates, from yam to yam, [Hashem] that is to be Moshel |8| But with an overwhelming
and from har to har. Yisroel; whose goings forth (i.e. flood He will make an utter
|13| Notwithstanding origins) have been mikedem, end of her [Nineveh’s] site,
ha'aretz shall be desolate (from everlasting; see and Hashem shall pursue His
because of them that dwell Chabakuk 1:12), mimei olam enemies into choshech.
(from the days of eternity).
560
Nevi’im 561 Nachum 1, 2, 3
|9| Whatever plot ye against |2 (2:3)| For Hashem is about even the lioness, walked with
Hashem, Hashem will make to restore the eminence of their cubs, and none made
an utter end of anyone doing Ya'akov, like the eminence of them afraid?
it; tzarah (affliction) will not Yisroel; for plunderers have |12 (2:13)| The aryeh did tear
arise a second time. plundered them, and made in pieces enough for his cubs,
|10| For while they be twisted their vine branches as and strangled for his
together as sirim (thorns), and shachat. lionesses, and filled his lairs
while they are drunken as |3 (2:4)| The mogen (shield) of with prey, and his dens with
drunkards, they shall be his gibborim is made red, the torn flesh.
devoured as stubble anshei chayil (valiant men) |13 (2:14)| Hineni, I am
fully dry. are in scarlet; the chariot shall against thee [O Nineveh], saith
|11| There is one come out of flash like fire in the day of its Hashem Tzva'os, and I will
thee [see 1:1], that imagineth array, and the spears shall be burn your chariots in the
evil against Hashem, a yo'etz brandished. smoke, and the cherev shall
Beliya'al (a counselor of |4 (2:5)| The chariot shall devour thy young lions; and I
Beliya'al [i.e., Sennacherib]). rage in the streets, they shall will cut off thy prey from
|12| Thus saith Hashem: jostle one against another in ha'aretz, and the voice of thy
Though they are strong, and the rechovot, they shall seem malachim (messengers) shall
likewise rabbim, yet shall they like flaming torches, they shall no more be heard.
thus be cut down, and he [the dart about like the lightnings.
Assyrian] shall pass away. |5 (2:6)| He [the Assyrian
Though I have afflicted thee king] shall remember his
[O Yehudah], I will afflict thee mighty ones; they stumble in
no more. their walk; they shall make
|13| For now will I break his haste to the chomah (wall) of it
motah (yoke) from off thee, [Nineveh], and the defense
and will break thy fetters in shall be prepared.
pieces. |6| (2:7) The sha'arei
|14| And Hashem hath given haneharot (the gates of the Hoy (woe) to the ir
a command concerning thee,
that no more of thy name be
sown [i.e., to perpetuate his
rivers) shall be thrown open,
and the heikhal (palace) reels.
|7 (2:8)| Her [Nineveh's] golus
3 damim (bloody city)! It
is all full of lies and
booty; no end to the plunder;
name]; out of the bais of thy (exile) is decreed, she shall be |2| The crack of the shot
g-ds will I cut off the pesel carried away, her slave girls (whip), and the noise of the
(graven image) and the molten moaning like the kol yonim rattling of the wheels, and of
image; I prepare thy kever (voice of doves), beating their the prancing susim, and of the
(grave); for thou art vile. breasts. jolting merkavah (chariot);
|15 (2:1)| Hinei, upon the |8 (2:9)| But Nineveh is like a |3| The parash (horsemen,
mountains the feet of him that pool of mayim; and her cavalry) charging, the flash of
bringeth Besorah (Good mayim is draining away. the cherev and the glittering
News), that publisheth Stop, stop, shall they cry; but spear; and there is a multitude
Shalom! O Yehudah, keep thy no one turns back. of slain, and a great number
chagim, fulfill thy nedarim; |9 (2:10)| Take ye the plunder of dead bodies; and there is no
for the Beliya'al shall no more of kesef, take the plunder of end of their geviyot (corpses);
pass through thee; he is utterly zahav; for there is no end of they stumble over their
cut off. the treasures, heaps of kol geviyot;
keli chemdah (every delightful |4| Because of the multitude
vessel). of the harlotries of the
|10 (2:11)| She is empty, and alluring zonah, the ba'alat
void, and stripped; and the lev keshafim (the mistress of
(2:2) A shatterer melteth, and the knees give sorceries), that enslaveth
2 [Nineveh's overpowering
enemy] is come up
before thy face, [O Nineveh];
way, bodies tremble, and the
faces of them all grow pale.
|11 (2:12)| Where is the
Goyim through her
prostitutions, and
mishpochot through her
guard thy fortress, watch the ma’on arayot (den of lions), keshafim;
derech, fortify thy loins, and the feeding place of the |5| Hineni, I am against thee,
marshal all thy koach (power). young lions, where the aryeh, saith Hashem
CHABAKUK
Tzva'os; and I will |15| There shall the eish therefore mishpat (justice)
lift thy skirts over thy faces, devour thee, the cherev shall proceedeth perverted.
and I will show the Goyim thy consume thee, it shall eat thee |5| [Hashem says:] Behold ye
nakedness, and the up like the grasshopper. the Goyim, and regard, and
mamlachot thy shame. Make thyself many as the wonder marvelously; for I will
|6| And I (Hashem) will cast grasshopper, make thyself work a work in your yamim
abominable filth upon thee, many as the arbeh (locust). which, though it be told you,
and make thee contemptibly |16| Thou hast multiplied thy of it ye will have no emunah
vile, and will make thee a merchants more than the (faith).
spectacle. kokhavim of HaShomayim; |6| For, hineni, I raise up the
|7| And it shall come to pass, but, like the locust, they strip Kasdim (Chaldeans), that Goy
that all they that look upon the land, then fly away. bitter and impetuous, which
thee shall flee from thee, and |17| Thy commanders are as shall march far and wide over
say, Nineveh is in ruins; who the swarming locusts, and thy the earth, to confiscate the
will bemoan her? From where officials as the great mishkanot (dwelling places)
shall I seek menachamim grasshoppers, which camp in that are not their own.
(comforters) for thee? the hedges on a cold day, but |7| They are terrible and
|8| Art thou better than No when the shemesh ariseth they dreadful; their mishpat and
Amon (Thebes), that was flee away, and their place is their dignity shall proceed
situated on the Nile, that had whereabouts unknown. from themselves.
the mayim round about it, |18| Thy ro'im (shepherds) |8| Their susim also are
whose rampart was the yam, slumber, O melech of Asshur swifter than the leopards,
and her waters were her (Assyria); thy nobles shall keener than the evening
chomah? dwell in the dust; thy people wolves; and their parash
|9| Ethiopia and Mitzrayim are scattered upon the (cavalry) shall charge ahead,
were her strength, and it was mountains, and no man and their parash shall come
boundless; Put and Luvim gathereth them. from afar; they shall fly as the
(Libya) were her allies. |19| There is no healing of nesher (eagle), swooping to
|10| Yet she went into golus, thy shever (fracture, injury); devour.
she went into captivity; her thy wound is grievous; all that |9| They shall come all for
olalim also were dashed in hear the news of thee shall chamas; the swarm of their
pieces at the head of all the clap their hands over faces is directed forward, and
streets; and they cast goral thy fall; for upon whom hath they shall gather the captivity
(lots) for her honorable men, not thy wickedness passed as the sand.
and all her gedolim were tamid (continually)? |10| And they shall scoff at
bound in chains. the melachim, and the roznim
CHABAKUK
|11| Thou also shalt be (dignitaries) shall be a scorn
The burden which
drunken, thou shalt be hid,
thou also shalt seek maoz
from the enemy.
|12| All thy strongholds shall
1 Chabakuk HaNavi did
see.
[2| Until when, Hashem, must
unto them; they shall laugh at
every stronghold; for they shall
heap dirt (earthen ramps),
and take it.
I cry for help, and Thou wilt
be like te'enim (fig trees) with |11| Then they sweep on like
not hear? Even cry out unto
the first ripe figs; if they be the ruach (wind), guilty men
Thee, Chamas (violence!), and
shaken, they shall even fall whose g-d is his own koach.
Thou wilt not save?
into the peh (mouth) of the |12| Art thou not mikedem
|3| Why dost Thou show me
ochel (eater). (from everlasting, [T.N. Also
iniquity, and cause me to
|13| Hinei, thy troops in the said of Moshiach, indicating
behold trouble? For
midst of thee are nashim Moshiach’s coeternal divine
plundering and chamas are
(women); the gates of thy land nature: see Michoh 5:1[2]; see
before me; and there are those
shall be set wide open unto Dan 7:13-14; 3:12), Hashem
that raise up strife and
thine enemies; the eish shall Elohai (my G-d) Kedoshi (my
contention.
devour thy (gate) bars. Holy One)? We shall not die.
|4| Therefore the torah is
|14| Draw thee water for the Hashem, Thou hast appointed
slacked, and mishpat
matzor (siege), fortify thy them for mishpat; O Tzur,
(judgment) doth never
strongholds, go unto clay, and Thou hast ordained them for
prevail; for the rasha doth
tread the mortar, repair the reproof.
hem in the tzadik;
brickwork.
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|13| Thou art of eyes of tehor |5| Yea also, yayin is a boged kavod Hashem, as the waters
(pureness), not to behold rah, (betrayer, treacherous); he is a cover the yam.
and canst not look on proud man, never at rest, who |15| Hoy (Woe) unto him
wickedness; why lookest Thou enlargeth his appetite as that giveth his neighbor drink,
upon them that deal Sheol; like Mavet, it cannot be pressing thy bottle to him, and
treacherously, and holdest satisfied, but gathereth unto it makest him drunken also, that
Thy tongue when the rasha kol HaGoyim, and collecteth thou mayest look on their
devoureth the tzaddik, the unto it kol HaAmim; nakedness!
man that is more righteous |6| Shall not all these take up |16| Thou art filled with
than he? a mashal against such, with shame instead of kavod; drink
|14| And makest adam as the mocking poem riddles against thou also, and let thy foreskin
dagim of the yam, as the him, and say, Hoy (Woe) to be uncovered; the kos of
creeping things, that have no him that increaseth that Hashem's right hand shall be
moshel over them? which is not his! For how turned against thee, and utter
|15| They take up all of them long? And to him that loadeth shame shall be on thy kavod.
with a khakkah (hook), they himself by the weight of |17| For the chamas of the
catch them in their net, and pledges (i.e., heaps up by Levanon shall cover thee, and
gather them in their dragnet; borrowing)! the decimation of animals, by
therefore they have simcha |7| Shall not thy biters which you terrorized them,
(joy) and are glad. (charging neshekh) arise because of [shefach] dahm,
|16| Therefore they make suddenly and awake that shall and for the chamas eretz, and
zevakhim (sacrifices) unto oppress thee, and thou shalt to the city, and all that dwell
their net, and burn incense be for plunder unto them? therein.
unto their dragnet; because by |8| Because thou hast |18| What profiteth the pesel
them their portion is plundered many Goyim, all (graven image) that the maker
sumptuous, and their food the remnant of the thereof hath shaped it; the
plenteous. Amim shall plunder thee; molten image, and moreh
|17| Shall they therefore because of [shefach] dahm, sheker, that the maker of his
empty their net, and without and for the chamas eretz, the work trusteth therein, to make
mercy continually slay the city, and of all that dwell dumb elilim (idols)?
Goyim? therein. |19| Hoy (woe) unto him that
|9| Hoy (Woe) to him that saith to the wood, Awake; to
I will stand upon my coveteth an evil gain for his the dumb even (stone), Arise,
2 watch, and set me upon

the matzor (rampart),
and will watch to see what
bais, that he may set his ken
(nest) on high, that he may be
delivered from the power of
it shall teach! Hinei, it is laid
over with zahav and kesef, and
there is no ruach at all in it.
Hashem will speak in me, and ruin! |20| But Hashem is in His
what He shall answer to my |10| Thy counsel hast Heikhal Kodesh; let kol
tokhakhah (complaint). brought shame to thy bais by ha'aretz keep silence before
|2| And Hashem answered cutting off amim rabbim and Him.
me, and said, Write the hast sinned against thy
chazon, and make it plain nashamah. A tefillah of Chabakuk
upon tablets, so that a herald
may run with it.
|3| For the chazon is yet for a
|11| For the even (stone) shall
cry out of the wall, and the
beam out of the timber shall
3 HaNavi. On Shigionoth.
|2| Hashem, I have
heard Thy speech, and was
mo’ed (an appointed time); it answer it. afraid; Hashem, revive Thy
speaks of HaKetz (the End), |12| Hoy (Woe) to him that work in the midst of the
and does not lie; though it buildeth a town with [shefach] shanim, in the midst of the
tarry, wait for him [Moshiach— dahm, and foundeth a city by shanim make known; in wrath
see Sanhedrin 97b]; because iniquity! remember mercy.
he will surely come, and will |13| Hinei, is it not from |3| G-d came from Teman,
not tarry. Hashem Tzva'os that the and HaKadosh from Mt
|4| Hinei, his nashamah people shall labor only to feed Paran. Selah. His hod (glory)
which is puffed up is not the eish, and the people shall covered HaShomayim, and
upright in him; but weary themselves in vain? ha'aretz was full of His
the tzaddik shall live by his |14| For the earth shall be tehillah (praise).
emunah. [Bereshis 15:6] filled with the da'as of the
TZEFANYAH
|4| And His brightness whirlwind to scatter me; their what causes to fall into sin)
was like the ohr; He had rays rejoicing was like unto with the resha'im; and I will
of light flashing from His yad; devouring the aniyim (the cut off adam from off the
and there was His power poor) in secret. adamah, saith Hashem.
hidden. |15| Thou didst walk through |4| I will also stretch out Mine
|5| Before Him went the the yam with Thine susim, hand against Yehudah, and
dever (plague), and pestilence through the heap of mayim against all the inhabitants of
went forth at His feet. rabbim. Yerushalayim; and I will cut
|6| He stood, and measured |16| When I heard, my heart off from this place the she'ar
ha'aretz; He beheld, and made trembled; my lips quivered at HaBa'al (remnant of Baal),
the Goyim tremble; and the the voice; rottenness entered and the shem (name) of the
everlasting mountains were into my bones, and I trembled Kemarim (the idolatrous
scattered, the perpetual hills in myself, that I might wait priests; see 2Kgs 23:5) with the
did bow; His ways are olam patiently for the Yom Tzarah [idolatrous] kohanim;
(everlasting). to come on the nation |5| And those that worship
|7| I saw the tents of Kushan invading us. the Tz'va HaShomayim (Army
in affliction; and the dwellings |17| Although the etz te'enah of Heaven, star g-ds) upon the
of Eretz Midyan did tremble. shall not blossom, neither rooftops; and those that
|8| Was Hashem displeased shall grape be on the gefen; worship and that swear [oaths]
against the rivers? Was Thine the labor of the olive shall fail, by Hashem, but also swear by
anger against the rivers? Was and the fields shall yield no Milcom (i.e., Their King
Thy wrath against the yam, okhel; the tzon shall be cut off [Baal]);
that Thou didst ride upon from the fold, and there shall |6| And those that turned
Thine susim and Thy be no herd in the stalls; back from following Hashem;
merkavot of yeshuah |18| Yet I will rejoice in and those that have not sought
(salvation)? Hashem, I will joy in the G-d Hashem, nor inquired of Him.
|9| Thy keshet (bow) was of my salvation. |7| Hold thy peace (keep
made bare. Oathes were sworn |19| Hashem Adonoi is my silent) at the presence of
over mattot (rods, arrows). strength, and He will make my Adonai Hashem: for the Yom
Selah. Thou didst cleave the feet like the feet of a deer, and Hashem is at hand; for
earth with rivers. He will make me to walk upon Hashem hath prepared a
|10| The harim (mountains) mine high places. To the chief zevach (sacrifice), Hashem
saw Thee, and they trembled; singer on my stringed hath consecrated His guests
the overflowing of the water instruments. [i.e., made HaKeru'im (the
passed by; the tehom (deep) Invited ones) of Him His
uttered its voice, and lifted up TZEFANYAH Mequddashim, Consecrated
its hands on high. ones, i.e., the nations set apart
|11| The shemesh and to consume His apostate
yarei'ach stood still in their The Devar Hashem people, see Yeshayah 13:3].
habitation; at the ohr of Thine
arrows they went, and at the
lightning of Thy glittering
1 which came unto
Tzephanyah ben
Cushi, ben Gedalyah, ben
in the Yom Zevach Hashem,
that I will punish the sarim
spear. Amaryah, ben Chizkiyah, in (princes), and Bnei HaMelech,
|12| Thou didst march the yamim of Yoshiyahu and all such as are clothed
through the land in (Josiah) ben Amon, Melech with malbush nochri (foreign
indignation, Thou didst Yehudah. apparel).
thresh the Goyim in anger. |2| I will utterly sweep away |9| In the same Yom also will
|13| Thou wentest forth for all things from off the I visit to punish all those that
the salvation of Thy people, adamah, saith Hashem. leap over the threshold [See 1
even for deliverance of Thy |3| I will sweep away Adam Sm 5:5], which fill their
Moshiach; Thou crushed the (humankind) and Behemah masters' batim (houses) with
rosh of the bais of the wicked, (beast, animal, cattle); I will chamas (violence) and
Thou stripped him thigh to sweep away Oph mirmah (deceit).
neck. Selah. HaShomayim (Birds of the |10| And it shall come to pass
[14| Thou didst pierce with Air) and the Dagim of HaYam in that Yom, saith
his spears the head of his (Fish of the Sea), and the Hashem, that there
horde; they came out like a michsholim (stumbling blocks,
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shall be the noise of a cry from |18| Neither their kesef nor |8| I have heard the reproach
Sha'ar HaDagim, and a wail their zahav shall be able to of Moav, and the revilings of
from the Second Quarter of save them in the Yom Evrat the Bnei Ammon, whereby
the city, and a loud crash Hashem (Day of Hashem’s they have reproached My
from the hills. Wrath); but kol ha'aretz (the nation, and magnified
|11| Howl, ye inhabitants of whole earth) shall be devoured themselves against their
HaMakhtesh [a locality in by the eish of Hashem's kina territory.
Yerushalayim], for all the (jealousy, zeal, passion); for |9| Therefore as I live, saith
merchants are cut down; all He shall make a complete end, Hashem Tzva'os, Elohei
they that weigh out kesef are a terrible end, of kol yoshvei Yisroel, Surely Moav shall be
cut off. ha'aretz (all them that dwell as Sodom, and the Bnei
|12| And it shall come to pass on the earth). Ammon as Amora
at that time, that I will search Gather yourselves (Gomorrah), a place of weeds
Yerushalayim with nerot
(lamps), and visit to punish
the [proud] men that are
2
nation;
together, yea, gather
together, O shameful
and salt pits, and desolation
ad olam; the She’erit Ami
shall plunder them, and the
[complacently] settled on their |2| Before the decree brings remnant of My nation shall
lees [wine dregs]; that say in forth, before the day passes possess them.
their lev, Hashem will not do like the chaff, before the |10| This shall they have in
tov, neither will Hashem do charon af Hashem comes return for their ga’on (pride),
rah. upon you, before the Yom Af because they have reproached
|13| Therefore their goods Hashem (Day of Hashem's and magnified themselves
shall become a booty, and Anger) comes upon you; against the Am Hashem
their batim a desolation; they |3| Seek ye Hashem, all ye Tzva'os.
shall also build batim, but not anvei ha'aretz (humble of the |11| Hashem will be terrible
inhabit them; and they shall land), which have wrought His unto them; for He will reduce
plant kramim (vineyards), but mishpat; seek tzedek, seek to nothing all the elohei
not drink the yayin thereof. anavah (meekness, humility); ha'aretz (g-ds of the land); and
|14| The Yom Hashem it may be ye shall be hid in the men shall worship Hashem,
HaGadol is near, near and Yom Af Hashem. everyone from his place, even
hastening quickly; the sound |4| For Azah (Gaza) shall be all the coasts and islands of
of the Yom Hashem is mar abandoned, and Ashkelon a the Goyim.
(bitter); there the gibbor desolation; they shall drive out |12| Ye Ethiopians also, ye
(mighty man, warrior) cries Ashdod in broad day, and shall be slain by My cherev.
aloud. Ekron shall be uprooted. |13| And Hashem will stretch
|15| That Yom is a Yom |5| Hoy (Woe) unto the out His hand against the
Evrah (day of wrath), a Yom inhabitants of the seacoast, tzafon (north), and destroy
Tzarah and Metzukah (a day the nation of the Keretim Assyria; and will make
of trouble and distress, (Cretans)! The Devar Hashem Nineveh a desolation, a dry
pressure), a Yom of Sho’ah is against you, O Kena’an, waste like a midbar.
(catastrophe) and Meshoah eretz of the Pelishtim |14| And herds shall lie down
(desolation), a Yom of (Philistines). I will even in the midst of it, all the
Choshech and Afelah (gloom), destroy thee, that there no beasts of the Goyim; both the
a Yom of Anan and Arafel inhabitant remains. desert owl and the screech owl
(thick darkness), |6| And the seacoast shall be will roost on her columns;
|16| A Yom of the Shofar and dwellings and meadows for their voice shall hoot in the
Teruah (battle cry) against the ro'im (shepherds), and pens windows; desolation
fortified cities, and against the for tzon. shall be in the thresholds; the
high battlements. |7| And the coast shall be for beams of cedar will be
|17| And I will bring distress the she’erit Bais Yehudah; exposed.
upon adam, that they shall they shall feed thereupon; in |15| This is HaIr HaAlizah
walk like ivrim, because they the batim (houses) of Ashkelon (the rejoicing city) that dwelt
have sinned against Hashem; shall they lie down in the erev; carelessly, that said in her lev,
and their dahm shall be for Hashem Eloheichem shall I am, and there is none beside
poured out like dust, and their visit them, and restore their me; how is she become a
bowels like dung. fortunes. desolation, a place for
Tzefanyah 2, 3 566 Orthodox Jewish Bible
beasts to lie down in! Every with the eish of My kina the feast), who are of thee [O
one that passeth by her shall (jealousy). Tziyon], to whom the cherpah
hiss, and shake his fist. |9| For then will I restore to (reproach of the Golus) presses
Hoy (woe) to her that is the people a safah berurah upon them [see 2C 7:10].
3 filthy and polluted, to

the oppressing city
[i.e.,Jerusalem]!
(pure language, purified lip),
that they may all call upon the
Shem Hashem, to serve Him
|19| Hinei, at that time I will
undo all that afflict thee; and
I will save her that is lame,
|2| She obeyed not the voice; with shekhem echad (one and gather her that was driven
she received not musar shoulder, one accord). out; and I will get them praise
(correction); her bitachon |10| From beyond the rivers and fame in every land of
(trust) was not in Hashem; she of Ethiopia My suppliants, their boshet (shame).
drew not near to her G-d. even the daughter of My |20| At that time will I bring
|3| Her sarim (princes) within dispersed, shall bring Mine you again, even in the time
her are roaring arayot; her minchah. that I gather you; for I will
shofetim are evening wolves; |11| In that Yom shalt thou make you a shem and a
they leave nothing for the not be ashamed for all thy tehillah among Kol Amei
boker (morning). doings, wherein thou hast Ha'aretz (all the peoples of the
|4| Her nevi'im are arrogant, transgressed against Me; for earth), when I turn back your
anshei bogedot (treacherous then I will take away out of the captivity and restore your
persons); her kohanim have midst of thee them that rejoice fortunes before your eyes,
profaned the kodesh, they in thy ga'avah (pride), and saith Hashem.
have done violence to the thou shalt no more be haughty
torah [T.N. which they were because of My Har Hakodesh.
ordained to faithfully observe |12| I will also leave in the
and teach]. midst of thee an afflicted and
|5| Hashem Tzaddik is in the poor people, and they shall T.N. Tzefanyah (640-622)
midst thereof; He will do no take refuge in the Shem prophesied between the time of
injustice; boker by boker doth Hashem. Isaiah and Jeremiah, roughly
Hashem dispense mishpat; |13| The she’erit Yisroel shall 626 B.C.E. near the time of
He faileth not; but the unjust not do iniquity, nor speak lies; Jeremiah's call to
knoweth no boshet (shame). neither shall a leshon tarmit the office of prophet.
|6| I have cut off the Goyim; (tongue of deceitfulness) be Tzefanyah's preaching helped
their towers are desolate; I found in their mouth; for they (with Jeremiah's) to spark King
made their streets waste, that shall feed and lie down, and Josiah's revival (621 B.C.E.--see
none passeth by; their cities none shall make them afraid. 2 Kgs chp 23) after the wicked
are destroyed, so that there is |14| Sing, O Bat Tziyon; reigns of Manassah and his
no ish (man), that there is no shout, O Yisroel; be glad and son Amon had left the people
inhabitant. rejoice with all the lev, O Bat of Judah in need of a spiritual
|7| I said, Surely thou wilt Yerushalayim. awakening. We know he
fear Me, thou wilt accept |15| Hashem hath taken prophesied before Ninevah
musar (correction, away thy judgments, he hath was destroyed in 612 B.C.E.
instruction); so that her cast out thine enemy. The (see 2:13). Mankind is in
dwelling place should not be Melech Yisroel, even Hashem, danger of being swept off the
cut off, despite everything for is in the midst of thee; thou face of the earth (1:2-3).
which I punished her; but they shalt not see evil any more. Backsliders, if they don't
rose early [i.e., eagerly], and |16| In that Yom it shall be repent, will be destroyed
corrupted all their doings. said to Yerushalayim, Fear (see 1:6). For the great, dark,
|8| Therefore wait ye upon thou not; and to Tziyon, Let terrifying Day of the L-rd is
Me, saith Hashem, until the not thine hands hang limp. karov (near, 1:7, l5-16) and
Yom that I rise up for a |17| Hashem thy G-d in the hastening fast (1:14). The
witness; for My determination midst of thee is gibbor; He will superstitious (1:9) and those
is to gather the Goyim, that I save, He will rejoice over thee syncretists who try to mix the
may assemble the mamlachot, with simchah; He will quiet faith with Canaanite,
to pour upon them Mine [you] in His ahavah (love), He Ammonite, and Assyrian
indignation, even all My will joy over thee with singing. religion (1:4-5) will be
charon af; for kol ha'aretz (all |18| They that mourn I will destroyed, as will the
the earth) shall be devoured gather for the mo'ed (time of complacent (1:12).
CHAGGAI
CHAGGAI and Ha'Aretz is stayed from |3| Who is left among you
her fruit. that saw this Beis
|11| And I called for a [Hamikdash] in her kavod
In the second year of drought upon ha'aretz, and harishon? And how do ye see
1 Daryavesh HaMelech, in
the sixth month, in yom
echad of the month, came the
upon the harim (mountains),
and upon the grain, and upon
the new wine, and upon the
it now? In comparison to it, is
it not in your eyes as nothing?
|4| Yet now chazak (be
Devar Hashem by Chaggai oil, and upon that which strong), O Zerubavel, saith
HaNavi unto Zerubavel ben ha’adamah bringeth forth, Hashem; and chazak (be
Sh'altiel, Governor of and upon ha’adam, and upon strong), O Yehoshua ben
Yehudah, and to Yehoshua livestock, and upon all the Yehotzadak, Kohen HaGadol;
ben Yehotzadak [i.e., the labor of the hands. and chazak (be strong), kol Am
namesake of Moshiach, see |12| Then Zerubavel ben Ha'Aretz, saith Hashem, and
Zech 6:11-12], the Kohen Sh'altiel, and Yehoshua ben work; for I am with you, saith
HaGadol, saying, Yehotzadak, the Kohen Hashem Tzva'os.
|2| Thus saith Hashem HaGadol, with kol she'erit |5| According to the word that
Tzva'os: This people say, The HaAm, obeyed the voice of I covenanted with you when ye
time is not come, the time that Hashem Eloheichem, and the came out of Mitzrayim, so My
Beis Hashem should be built. words of Chaggi HaNavi, Ruach [Hakodesh] remaineth
|3| Then came the Devar as Hashem Eloheichem had among you; fear ye not.
Hashem by Chaggai HaNavi, sent him, and the people |6| For thus saith Hashem
saying, did fear before Hashem. Tzva'os: Once more, it is a
|4| Is it time for you, O ye, to |13| Then spoke Chaggai little while, and I will shake
dwell in your paneled batim, malach Hashem with the HaShomayim and Ha'Aretz
and this Beis [HaMikdash] lie message of Hashem unto the and the yam (sea) and the
in ruins? people, saying, I am with you, kharavah (arid land);
|5| Now therefore thus saith saith Hashem. |7| And I will shake kol
Hashem Tzva'os; Consider |14| And Hashem stirred up Goyim, and the Chemdat kol
your ways. the ruach of Zerubavel ben HaGoyim [desired of all
|6| Ye have sown harbeh Sh'altiel, Governor of nations; i.e., Moshiach,
(much), and bring in me'at Yehudah, and the ruach of Shmuel Alef 9:20, Malachi 3:1]
(little); ye eat, but ye have not Yehoshua ben Yehotzadak, the shall come: and I will fill this
enough; ye drink, but ye are Kohen HaGadol, and the Beis [HaMikdash] with kavod,
not filled with drink; ye clothe ruach of kol she'erit HaAm; saith Hashem Tzva'os.
yourselves, but there is no and they came and did work |8| The kesef is Mine, and the
warming; and he that earneth in the Beis [HaMikdash] of zahav is Mine, saith Hashem
wages earneth wages to put Hashem Tzva'os, Eloheichem, Tzva'os.
them into a purse of holes. |15| In the four and twentieth |9| The kavod of this latter
|7| Thus saith Hashem yom of the sixth month, in the Beis shall be greater than of
Tzva'os: Consider your ways. second year of Daryavesh the former, saith Hashem
|8| Go up to the har HaMelech [520 B.C.E.]. Tzva'os: and in this place will I
(mountain), and bring etz, and give shalom, saith Hashem
build HaBeis [HaMikdash]; Tzva'os.
and I will take pleasure in it, |10| In the four and twentieth
and I will be glorified, saith In the seventh month, in yom of the ninth month, in the
Hashem.
|9| Ye looked for harbeh
(much), and, hinei, it came to
2 the one and twentieth
yom of the month, came
the Devar Hashem by Chaggai
second year of Daryavesh,
came the Devar Hashem by
Chaggai HaNavi, saying,
me'at (little); and when ye HaNavi, saying, |11| Thus saith Hashem
brought it home, I blew it |2| Speak now to Zerubavel Tzva'os; Ask now the kohanim
away. Why? saith Hashem ben Sh'altiel, Governor of concerning the torah, saying,
Tva'os. Because of Mine Beis Yehudah, and to Yehoshua |12| If one carry basar kodesh
[HaMikdash] that is in ruins, ben Yehotzadak, the Kohen in the fold of his garment, and
and ye run every man for his HaGadol, and to the she'erit with his fold do touch lechem,
own bais. HaAm, saying, or that which is
|10| Therefore the Shomayim boiled, or yayin, or
over you is stayed from dew,
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ZECHARYAH
shemen (olive oil), or any |22| And I will overthrow the they made teshuvah and said,
food, shall it thus be made throne of mamlachot Just as Hashem Tzva'os
kodesh? And the kohanim (kingdoms), and I will destroy determined to do unto us,
answered and said, Lo (No). the chozek (strength) of the according to our ways, and
|13| Then said Chaggai, If mamlachot HaGoyim; and I according to our doings, so
one that is tamei (unclean) by will overthrow the merkavot, hath He dealt with us.
a nefesh (dead body) touch and those that ride in them; |7| Upon the four and
any of these, shall it be tamei? and the susim and their riders twentieth yom of the eleventh
And the kohanim answered shall fall, every one by the chodesh, which is the chodesh
and said, It shall be tamei. cherev (sword) of achiv. Shevat, in the shnat shtayim
|14| Then answered Chaggai, |23| In that yom, saith of Daryavesh, [519 B.C.E.]
and said, So is this people, Hashem Tzva'os, will I take came the Devar Hashem unto
and so is this nation before thee, O Zerubavel ben Zecharyah, ben Berechyah
Me, saith Hashem; and so is Sh'altiel, Avdi (My Servant; ben Iddo, HaNavi, saying,
every work of their hands; and T.N. see Yeshayah 52:13 for |8| I had a vision by halailah,
that which they offer there is this Avdi-- My Servant-- as a and, hinei, a man riding upon
tamei (unclean). reference which is ultimately a sus adom (a red-brown
|15| And now, I pray you, related to Moshiach), saith horse), and he stood among
consider from this yom and Hashem, and will make thee the myrtles that were in the
onward, from before an even as a chotam (signet ring); for I hollow; and behind him there
(stone) was laid upon an even have chosen thee, saith were susim: red-brown,
(stone) in the Heikhal Hashem Tzva'os. sorrel, and white.
Hashem; |9| Then said I, O adoni,
|16| Since those yamim were, what are these? And the
when one came to a heap of ZECHARYAH malach that spoke with me
grain of twenty measures, said unto me, I will show thee
there were but ten; when one In the chodesh hashmini what these are.
came to the wine vat for to
draw out fifty vessels, there
were but twenty.
1 (eighth month), in the
shnat shtayim (second
year) of Daryavesh, came the
|10| And the man that stood
among the myrtles answered
and said, These are they
|17| I struck you with blight Devar Hashem unto whom Hashem hath sent to
and with mildew and with hail Zecharyah ben Berechyah ben patrol ha'aretz.
in all the labors of your hands; Iddo HaNavi, saying, |11| And they reported to the
yet ye made not teshuvah to |2| Hashem hath been very Malach Hashem that stood
Me, saith Hashem. angry with your avot. among the myrtles, and said,
|18| Consider now from this |3| Therefore, say thou unto We have patrolled ha'aretz,
yom and onward, from the them, Thus saith Hashem and, hinei, kol ha'aretz
four and twentieth yom of the Tzva'os: Return ye unto Me, is quiet, and at peace.
ninth month, even from the saith Hashem Tzva'os, and I |12| Then the Malach
yom that the Yesod will return to you, saith Hashem answered and said, O
(Foundation) of the Heikhal Hashem Tzva'os. Hashem Tzva'os, until when
Hashem was laid, consider it. |4| Do not be like your avot, wilt Thou withhold mercy on
|19| Is the seed still in the unto whom the nevi'im Yerushalayim and on the
granary? As yet the gefen, harishonim preached, saying, towns of Yehudah, against
and the [etz] te'enah, and the Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: which Thou hast been angry
pomegranate, and etz hazayit Turn ye now from your evil these threescore and ten
(olive tree), hath not brought ways, and from your evil shanah?
forth. From this yom forth will doings; but they did not hear, |13| And Hashem answered
I bless you. nor listen to Me, saith the Malach that spoke with me
|20| And again the Devar Hashem. with devarim tovim and with
Hashem came unto Chaggai |5| Your avot, where are they? comforting words.
in the four and twentieth yom And the nevi'im, do they live |14| So the malach that
of the month, saying, hal'olam (forever)? communed with me said unto
|21| Speak to Zerubavel, |6| But My devarim and My me, Preach, saying,
Governor of Yehudah, saying, chukkim, which I commanded Thus saith Hashem
I will shake HaShomayim and My avadim hanevi'im, did they
Ha'Aretz; not overtake your avot? And
568
Nevi’im 569 Zecharyah 1, 2, 3
Tzva'os; I have been jealous man with a measuring line in Tzva'os hath sent me unto
for Yerushalayim and for his hand! thee.
Tziyon with a kina gedolah |2:2 [2:6]| Then said I, |2:12 [2:16]| And Hashem
(great jealousy). Whither goest thou? And he shall inherit Yehudah as His
|15| And I am very angry with said unto me, To measure chelek in the Admat
the Goyim that are [self] Yerushalayim, to see what is HaKodesh (Holy Land), and
secure; for I was but a little the breadth thereof, and what shall choose Yerushalayim
angry, and they added to the is the length thereof. again.
ra'ah. |2:3 [2:7]| And, hinei, the |2:13 [2:17]| Be silent, Kol
|16| Therefore thus saith malach that spoke with me Basar, before Hashem; for He
Hashem: I am returning to went forth, and another has roused Himself from His
Yerushalayim with rachamim; malach went out to meet him, Ma'on Kadosh (holy
My Beis [Hamikdash] shall be |2:4 [2:8]| And said unto him, habitation).
rebuilt in her [Yerushalayim], Run, speak to this na'ar
saith Hashem Tzva'os; and a (young man, i.e., see 2:1 [2:5]) And he [the malach]
measuring line shall be
stretched forth upon
Yerushalayim.
saying, Yerushalayim shall be
inhabited like unwalled
cities because of the multitude
3 showed me Yehoshua the
Kohen HaGadol
standing before the Malach
|17| Preach also, saying, Thus of men and cattle therein; Hashem, and HaSatan
saith Hashem Tzva'os; My |2:5 [2:9]| For I, saith standing at his right hand to
towns will overflow with tov; Hashem, will be unto her a accuse him.
and Hashem shall yet comfort chomat eish (wall of fire) |2| And Hashem said unto
Tziyon, and shall yet choose round about, and will be the HaSatan, Hashem rebuke
Yerushalayim. kavod in the midst of her. thee, O HaSatan; even
|18 [2:1]| Then I lifted up |2:6 [2:10]| Come, come, and Hashem that hath chosen
mine eyes, and saw, and hinei flee out of the Eretz Tzafon, Yerushalayim rebuke thee. Is
four keranot (horns, powers, saith Hashem; for I have not this a brand, a burning
i.e., empires; see Dan chps 2 scattered you like the Arbah stick, snatched out of the eish?
and 7)! Ruchot HaShomayim, |3| Now Yehoshua was
|19 [2:2]| And I said unto the saith Hashem. clothed with filthy garments,
malach that spoke with me, |2:7 [2:11]| Come, save and stood before the malach.
What are these? And he thyself, O Tziyon, thou that |4| And he [the malach]
answered me, These are the dwellest with the Bat Bavel. answered and spoke unto
keranot which have scattered |2:8 [2:12]| For thus saith those that stood before him,
Yehudah, Yisroel, and Hashem Tzva'os: After Kavod saying, Take away the filthy
Yerushalayim. (Glory) sent me unto the garments from him. And unto
|20 [2:3]| And Hashem Goyim who plundered you him he said, See, I have taken
showed me arba'ah charashim --the one that toucheth you away thine avon (iniquity,
(four craftsmen). toucheth the apple of His eye-- guilt) from thee, and I will
|21 [2:4]| Then said I, What |2:9 [2:13]| Hineni, I will clothe thee with machalatzot
come these to do? And he surely raise Mine hand against (extra fine, white clothing).
spoke, saying, These are the them, and they shall be |5| And I said, Let them set a
keranot which have scattered plunder to their avadim; and tzanif tahor (clean turban,
Yehudah, so that no man ye shall know that Hashem mitznefet, Shemot 28:4) upon
did lift up his head; but these Tzva'os hath sent me. his head. So they set a tzanif
[craftsmen] are come to terrify |2:10 [2:14]| Sing and rejoice, tahor upon his head, and
them, to throw down the O Bat Tziyon; for, hineni, I clothed him with garments.
karnot haGoyim, which lifted will come, and I will dwell in And the Malach Hashem
up their keren (horn) over the midst of thee, saith stood by.
Eretz Yehudah to scatter her. Hashem. |6| And the Malach Hashem
|2:11 [2:15]| And Goyim testified unto Yehoshua,
rabbim shall be joined to saying,
Hashem in Yom HaHu |7| Thus saith Hashem
|2:1 [2:5]| I lifted up (that day), and shall be Ami Tzva'os: If thou shalt walk in
2 mine eyes again, and

looked, and, hinei, a
(My People): and I will dwell
in the midst of thee, and thou
shalt know that Hashem
My ways, and if thou shalt
keep My charge, then thou
shalt also judge My Beis
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[Hamikdash], and shalt also |5| Then the malach that HaA'retz [T.N. See Malachi 3:1
keep My courts, and I will give spoke with me answered and where Moshiach is referred to
thee ways to walk among these said unto me, Knowest thou similarly].
standing here. not what these be? And I said, Then I turned, and lifted
|8| Hear now, O Yehoshua
the Kohen HaGadol, thou,
and thy fellows that sit before
Lo (no), adoni.
|6| Then he answered and
spoke unto me, saying, This is
5 up mine eyes, and
looked, and hinei a
megillah flying!
thee, for they are Anshei Mofet the Devar Hashem unto |2| And he said unto me,
(men of portent); for, hinei, I Zerubavel, saying, Not by What seest thou? And I
will bring forth Avdi Tzemach might, nor by ko'ach (power), answered: I see a megillah
[My Servant, the Branch i.e., but by My Ruach [Hakodesh], flying; the length thereof is
Moshiach Ben Dovid saith Hashem Tzva'os. twenty cubits, and the breadth
Yehoshua, see Jer 23:5; 30:9; |7| Who art thou, O har thereof ten cubits.
33:15; Ezra 3:8; Zech 6:11-12; hagadol (great mountain), |3| Then said he unto me,
Mt 2:23; Isa 4:2; 9:2-7; 11:1- before Zerubavel? Thou shalt This is ha'alah (the curse) that
12; 53:2, 11; Moshiach the become a plain; and he shall goeth forth over the face of kol
new “Joshua” Isa 49:8]. bring forth the even haroshah ha'aretz; for every ganav that
|9| For hinei the even (stone) (cornerstone) thereof with stealeth shall be purged out
that I have set before shoutings, crying, Chen, chen [i.e., banished] according to
Yehoshua; upon one even (Grace, grace) unto it. what it says on one side
(stone) shall be shivah |8| Moreover the Devar of the megillah; and every
einayim (seven eyes); hineni, I Hashem came unto me, perjurer that sweareth falsely
will engrave the inscription saying, shall be purged out according
thereof, saith Hashem Tzva'os, |9| The hands of Zerubavel to what it says on the other
and I will remove the avon have laid the Yesod side. [Shemot 20:15,7]
(iniquity, guilt) of that land in (foundation) of this Beis |4| I will send it [ha'alah, the
Yom Echad. [HaMikdash]; his hands shall curse] forth, saith Hashem
|10| In Yom HaHu, saith also finish it; then thou shalt Tzva'os, and it shall enter into
Hashem Tzva'os, shall ye know that Hashem Tzva'os the bais haganav, and into the
invite every man his neighbor hath sent me unto you. bais of him that sweareth
under the vine and under the |10| For who hath despised falsely biShmi (by My Name);
fig tree. the Yom Ketannot (day of and it [ha'alah] shall remain
And the malach that small things)? For they shall inside his bais, and shall
4 spoke with me returned,

and awakened me, like
a man that is wakened out of
have simcha, and shall see the
plumb line in the hand of
Zerubavel with these shivah;
destroy it with the timber
thereof and the stones thereof.
|5| Then the malach that
his sleep. they are the eyes of Hashem, spoke with me came forward,
|2| And he said unto me, which run to and fro and said unto me, Lift up now
What seest thou? And I said, I throughout kol ha'aretz. thine eyes, and see what is this
have looked, and hinei a |11| Then I replied by asking that cometh into view.
menorat zahav, solid gold, him, What are these two olive |6| And I said, What is it?
with an oil vessel upon the top trees upon the right side of the And he said, This is the eifah
of it, and shivah nerot (lamps) menorah and upon the left (measuring basket) going out.
thereon, and shivah tubes to side thereof? He said moreover,
the shivah nerot (lamps), |12| And I asked again, and This is their [i.e., that of
which are upon the top said unto him, What are these ganavim and perjurors]
thereof: two branches of the zeytim appearance throughout kol
|3| And two zeytim (olive which through the two golden ha'aretz.
trees) by it, one upon the right sprouts pour the gold-colored |7| And, hinei, there was
side of the oil vessel, and the oil out of themselves? lifted up a lead cover; and
other upon the left side |13| And he answered me and there was an isha (woman)
thereof. said, Knowest thou not what yoshevet (sitting) inside the
|4| So I answered and spoke these be? And I said, Lo (no), eifah (measuring basket)!
to the malach that spoke with adoni. |8| And he said, This is
me, saying, What are these, |14| Then said he, These are HaRishah (The Wickedness).
adoni? the two bnei hayitzhar (sons of
oil), that stand by Adon Kol
And he pushed her inside the (land of the north); and the kohen [Tehillim 110:4] upon
eifah; and he pushed the lead levanim (white ones) go forth his throne; and the atzat
cover over the mouth of the after them; and the speckled shalom (counsel of peace)
eifah. go forth toward the eretz shall be between them both.
|9| Then lifted I up mine hateyman (land of the south). |14| And the atarot (crowns)
eyes, and looked, and, hinei, |7| And the powerful ones shall be to Chelem, and to
there came forth two nashim went forth, and strained to go Toviyah, and to Yedayah, and
(women), and the ruach (wind) around to and fro throughout to Chen ben Tzephanyah, for
was in their kenafayim ha'aretz; and He said, Get you a memorial in the Heikhal
(wings); for they had hence, go to and fro Hashem.
kenafayim (wings) like the throughout ha'aretz. So they |15| And they that are far off
kenafayim of a stork: and they went to and fro throughout shall come and build the
lifted up the eifah between ha'aretz. Heikhal Hashem, and ye shall
ha'aretz and HaShomayim. |8| Then called He to me, and know that Hashem Tzva'os
|10| Then said I to the spoke unto me, saying, Look, hath sent me unto you. And
malach that spoke with me, these that go toward the eretz this shall come to pass, if ye
Whither are these taking the tzafon have given rest to My will diligently obey the kol
eifah? Ruach [HaKodesh] in the eretz (voice) Hashem Eloheichem.
|11| And he said unto me, To tzafon. And it came to pass in
build it a bais [i.e., ziggurat] in
Eretz Shinar (Babylon); and it
is shall be placed there and set
|9| And the Devar Hashem
came unto me, saying,
|10| Take of them of the
7 the shnat arba of
Daryavesh HaMelech,
that the Devar Hashem came
upon its own base. Golus, even of Cheldai, of unto Zecharyah in the fourth
And I looked again, and Toviyah, and of Yedayah, of the chodesh hateshi'i (ninth
6 lifted up mine eyes, and,

hinei, there came arbah
merkavot (four chariots) and
which have arrived from
Babylon, and thou go into the
bais of Yoshiyah ben
month), even in Kislev;
|2| And Beth-El had sent Sar-
Etzer and Regem-Melech, and
they were coming out from Tzephanyah; their men, to make entreaty
between two harim |11| Then take kesef and for favor before Hashem,
(mountains); and the harim zahav, and make atarot |3| And to speak unto the
were harim of nechoshet (crowns), and set them upon kohanim which were in the
(bronze). the rosh Yehoshua ben Beis Hashem Tzva'os, and to
|2| In the merkavah Yehotzadak, the Kohen the nevi'im, saying, Should I
harishonah were red-brown HaGadol mourn in the fifth month,
susim; and in the merkavah |12| And speak unto him, hinnazer (separating myself
hashenit susim shechorim saying, Thus saith Hashem by fasting), as I have done
(black horses); Tzva'os: Hinei Ish, TZEMACH these so many shanim?
|3| And in the merkavah Shmo ; [Yehoshua is said to be |4| Then came the Devar
hashlishit susim levanim the namesake of the coming Hashem Tzva'os unto me,
(white horses); and in Moshiach Ben Dovid; see Ezra saying,
the merkavah harevi'it 3:8 for the Aramaic |5| Speak unto kol Am
speckled, powerful susim. translation of Yehoshua’s Ha'Aretz, and to the kohanim,
|4| Then I answered and said name, Yeshua; see Jer 23:5; saying, When ye did a tzom
unto the malach that spoke 30:9; 33:15; Ezra 3:8; Zech and mourned in the fifth and
with me, What are these, 3:8; Mt 2:23; Isa 4:2; 9:2-7; seventh, even these past
adoni? 11:1-12; 53:2, 11; Moshiach shivim shanah, did ye at all
|5| And the malach answered the new “Joshua” Isa 49:8].]; fast the tzom unto Me, even to
and said unto me, These are and out of his place yitzmach Me?
the arba ruchot HaShomayim, (he [Moshiach] shall sprout |6| And when ye did eat, and
which go forth from standing up, Yeshayah 53:2), and he when ye did drink, did not ye
before Adon Kol HaAretz shall build the Heikhal eat for yourselves, and drink
[T.N. See Malachi 3:1 where Hashem. for yourselves?
Moshiach is referred to |13| It is he who shall build |7| Should ye not hear the
similarly]. the Heikhal Hashem; and he devarim which Hashem hath
|6| The one with the susim shall carry hod (majesty), and preached by the nevi'im
shechorim (black horses) go shall sit and rule upon his harishonim, when
forth toward the eretz tzafon throne; and he shall be a Yerushalayim was inhabited
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and at ease, and the towns |3| Thus saith Hashem: I will |12| For the zera is of shalom;
thereof round about her, when return unto Tziyon, and will the gefen shall yield her fruit,
men inhabited the Negev and dwell in the midst of and ha'aretz shall give her
the Shefelah? Yerushalayim; and increase, and HaShomayim
|8| And the Devar Hashem Yerushalayim shall be called shall give their tal; and I will
came unto Zecharyah, saying, Ir HaEmes; and Har Hashem cause the she'erit HaAm
|9| Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os, Har HaKodesh. HaZeh to possess all these
Tzva'os, saying, Administer |4| Thus saith Hashem things for a nachalah.
mishpat emes. And let every Tzva'os: Zekenim and zekenot |13| And it shall come to
man show chesed and shall yet dwell in the rechovot pass, that as ye were a kelalah
rachamim to his brother; of Yerushalayim, and every (curse) among the Goyim, O
|10| And oppress not the man with his staff in his hand Bais Yehudah, and Bais
almanah, nor the yetomim, me'rov yamim (because of Yisroel; so will I save
the ger, nor the aniyim; and many days, i.e., old age). you, and ye shall be a
let none of you imagine ra'ah |5| And the rechovot of the berakhah; fear not, but let
against his brother in your lev. city shall be full of yeladim your hands be strong.
|11| But they refused to heed, and yeladot playing in the |14| For thus saith Hashem
and stubbornly stiffened their rechovot thereof. Tzva'os: As I determined to
shoulders, stopped up their |6| Thus saith Hashem bring rah on you, when your
oznayim, that they not hear. Tzva'os; If it be marvellous in avot provoked Me to wrath,
|12| Yea, they made their the eyes of the she'erit HaAm saith Hashem Tzava'os, and I
hearts as shamir (diamond, HaZeh in those days, should it relented not with rachamim:
i.e., hard as shamir), and also be marvellous in Mine |15| So again have I
would not yield in mishma'at eyes? saith Hashem Tzva'os. determined in these days to do
(obedience) to the Torah and |7| Thus saith Hashem good unto Yerushalayim and
the devarim which Hashem Tzva'os: Hineni, I will save My to Bais Yehudah; fear ye not.
Tzva'os hath sent by His people from the eretz mizrach |16| These are the things that
Ruach [Hakodesh] through the (land of the east), and from ye must do: Speak ye every
hand of the nevi'im the eretz of the setting sun; man emes to his neighbor;
harishonim; therefore came a |8| And I will bring them, and execute the judgment of
ketzef gadol (great wrath) from they shall dwell in the midst of mishpat shalom in your
Hashem Tzva'os. Yerushalayim; and they shall she'arim (gates, courts);
|13| Therefore it is come to be My people, and I will be |17| And let none of you
pass, that as He [Hashem] their G-d, in emes and in imagine ra'ah in your levavot
called, and they would not tzedakah. against his neighbor; and love
hear; so they called, and I |9| Thus saith Hashem no shevuat sheker (false oath);
would not hear, saith Hashem Tzva'os: Let your hands be for all these are things that I
Tzva'os; strong, ye that hear in these hate, saith Hashem.
|14| But I dispersed them days these devarim by the |18| And the Devar Hashem
with a whirlwind among kol mouth of the nevi'im, on the Tzva'os came unto me, saying,
HaGoyim which they had not yom that the Yesod of the Beis |19| Thus saith Hashem
known. Thus HaAretz was Hashem Tzava'os was laid, the Tzva'os: The tzom of the
desolate after them, that no Heikhal, that it may be built. fourth month, and the tzom of
man passed through nor |10| For before these days the fifth, and the tzom of the
returned; for they laid the there was no sachar for man, seventh, and the tzom of the
Eretz Chemdat [Yirmeyah nor any sachar for beast; tenth, shall be to the Bais
3:19] desolate. neither was there any shalom Yehudah for sasson and
Again the Devar Hashem to him that went out or came simcha, and mo'adim tovim;
8 Tzva'os came to me,

saying,
in because of the tzar
(oppressor); for I set all men
every one against his
therefore love emes and
shalom.
Tzva'os; I am jealous for neighbor. Tzva'os: It shall yet come to
Tziyon with kina gedolah |11| But now I will not be pass, that there shall come
(great jealousy) and I am unto the she'erit HaAm HaZeh amim (nations), and the
jealous for her with chemah as in the former days, saith inhabitants of many cities;
gedolah (great fury). Hashem Tzva'os.
|21| And the inhabitants of |7| And I will take away his shall go forth as the lightning;
one city shall go to another, dahm out of his mouth, and and Adonoi Hashem shall
saying, Let us go speedily to his abominations from sound the shofar, and shall
make entreaty before Hashem, between his teeth; but he will march forth with storms of the
and to seek Hashem Tzva'os. I also remain to Eloheinu, and south.
myself am going. he shall be as a tribe prince in |15| Hashem Tzva'os shall
|22| Yea, amim rabbim and Yehudah, and Ekron like the shield them; and they shall
Goyim powerful shall come to Yevusi (Jebusite). devour, and subdue with sling
seek Hashem Tzva'os in |8| And I will encamp about stones; and they shall drink,
Yerushalayim, and to daven Mine Bais against military and shall roar as through
before Hashem. power, because of him that yayin; and they shall be full
|23| Thus saith Hashem goes maurading to and fro; like a bowl, like the corners of
Tzva'os: In those days it shall and no oppressor shall pass the mizbe'ach.
come to pass, that asarah through them any more; for |16| And Hashem Eloheihem
anashim (ten men) out of kol now I am keeping watch with shall save them in Yom HaHu
leshonot HaGoyim (all the Mine eyes. as the tzon of His people; for
tongues of the nations) shall |9| Rejoice greatly, O Bat they shall be as the jewels of a
take hold, even take hold of Tziyon; shout, O Bat crown, sparkling in His land.
the hem of the robe of a Yerushalayim; hinei, thy |17| For how great is its
Yehudi (Jew), saying, Let us go Melech cometh unto thee, goodness, and how great is its
with you; for we have heard tzaddik, and having Salvation; beauty! Grain shall make the
that Elohim is with you. ani (lowly, meek), and riding bochurim thrive, and tirosh,
upon a chamor, even upon a the betulot.
colt the foal of a donkey. [Mt
The burden of the Devar 21:5; Yn 12:15]
9 Hashem against Eretz

Chadrach, and
Damascus its menuchah
|10| And I will cut off the
chariot from Ephrayim, and
the war horse from 10
Ask ye of Hashem
rain in the time of
the latter rain;
(resting place); for toward Yerushalayim, and the battle from Hashem who makes the
Hashem shall be the eyes of bow shall be cut off. He shall storm clouds, and gives them
man as of Kol Shivtei Yisroel proclaim shalom unto the showers of rain, to every one
(all the tribes of Israel). Goyim; and His [Moshiach’s] esev [Gn 1:12] in the sadeh.
|2| And Chamat at its border; dominion shall be from yam |2| For the terafim (idols)
Tzor and Tzidon, though it be even to yam, and from the have spoken aven (deceit,
very wise. [Euphrates] river even to the nothing), and the diviners [i.e.,
|3| And Tzor did build herself ends of ha'aretz. fortune tellers] envision sheker,
a matzor (stronghold), and |11| As for thee also, by the and have told false chalomot
heaped up kesef like the dust, dahm of thy Brit I release thy (dreams); hevel is their
and fine gold like the mire of prisoners out of the pit comfort; therefore the people
the streets. wherein is no mayim [T.N. wander like sheep, oppressed
|4| Hinei, Adonoi will cause it Notice the blood of the for lack of a ro'eh (shepherd).
to be taken, and He will strike Covenent is essential to Israel’s |3| Mine anger was kindled
her power on the yam; and she Orthodox faith]. against the ro'im (shepherds),
shall be devoured with eish. |12| Return to the stronghold, and I punished the attudim
|5| Ashkelon shall see it, and ye prisoners of tikvah (hope); (he-goats, leaders); for Hashem
fear; Azah (Gaza) also shall even today do I proclaim that Tzva'os hath visited His eder
see it, and tremble greatly, I will repay double unto thee; (flock), Bais Yehudah, and
and Ekron; for her hope shall |13| I will bend Yehudah as I hath made them like His
be put to shame; and Melech bend My keshet (bow), fill it majestic war horse.
shall perish out of Azah with Ephrayim, and I will |4| From him [Yehudah] will
(Gaza), and Ashkelon shall not rouse thy banim, O Tziyon, come forth the Pinnah
be inhabited. against thy banim, O Yavan (Cornerstone, i.e., Moshiach,
|6| And mamzer shall dwell (Greece), and make thee like Yeshayah 28:16; Bereshis
in Ashdod, and I will cut off the cherev (sword) of a gibbor 49:10), from him, the Yated
the ga'on (pride) of the (mighty man). (Tent Peg, support, i.e.
Pelishtim (Philistines). |14| And Hashem shall be leader of the people, Yeshayah
seen over them, and his arrow 22:23-24), from
him, the Keshet Milchamah |12| And I will strengthen |8| Shloshet haro'im (three of
(battle bow, Tehillim 45:5), them [Ephrayim (10:7)] in the shepherds) also I disposed
from him every ruler. Hashem; and they shall walk of in one month; and my
|5| Together they [Bais in Shmo (His Name), saith nefesh wearied of them, and
Yehudah, (10:3)] shall be like Hashem. their nefesh also abhorred me.
gibborim, which tread down |9| Then said I, I will not
their enemies in the mire of shepherd you; that which
the streets in the milchamah; dieth, let it die; and that which
and they shall fight, because Open thy delatot is to be cut off, let it be cut off;
Hashem is with them, and
they shall overthrow the riders
on susim.
11 (gates), O Levanon,
that the eish (fire)
may devour thy cedars.
and let those that are left eat
every one the basar of
another.
|6| And I will strengthen the |2| Wail, O cypress, for the |10| And I took my staff, even
Bais Yehudah, and I will save cedar is fallen; the mighty is No'am, and I broke it asunder,
the Bais Yosef, and I will despoiled; wail, O ye oaks of breaking off my Brit
restore them; for I have Bashan; for the dense forest is (covenant) which I had made
rachamim upon them; toppled. with kol ha'amim (all the
and they shall be as though I |3| Hear the sound of the peoples).
had not rejected them; for I wailing of the ro'im |11| And it was broken on
am Hashem Eloheihem, and I (shepherds); for their that day; and so the aniyei
will answer them. glory is destroyed; the sound hatzon (poor of the flock), who
|7| And they of Ephrayim of the roaring of young lions; were the shomrim giving heed
shall be like a gibbor (mighty for the ga'on of the Yarden to me, perceived that this was
man), and their lev shall have (Jordan) is laid waste. the Devar Hashem.
simcha as through yayin; yea, |4| Thus Hashem Elohai |12| And I said unto them, If
their banim shall see, and said: Shepherd the tzon ye think tov, give me my
have simcha, and their lev haharegah (the flock marked sachar (price); and if not,
shall rejoice in Hashem. for slaughter); refrain. So they weighed out
|8| I will whistle for them, |5| Whose buyers slaughter for my sachar (price) shloshim
and I will gather them in; for I them, and hold themselves not kesef (thirty pieces of silver).
have redeemed them; and they guilty; and they that sell them |13| And Hashem said unto
shall multiply as they have say, Baruch Hashem, I have me, Throw it unto the yotzer
multiplied. become rich! And their own (potter); the magnificent price
|9| And I will sow them ro'im (shepherds) spare them that I was priced of them. So I
among the peoples; and they not. took the shloshim hakesef,
shall remember Me in far |6| Nor will I any more pity and threw them to the yotzer
countries; and they shall the yoshvei ha'aretz (the (potter) in the Beis Hashem.
survive and live with their inhabitants of the land), saith [Shemot 21:32; Mt 26:14-15;
banim, and they will return. Hashem; and hinei, I will 27:3-10; Ac 1:18-19]
|10| I will bring them back deliver the men every one into |14| Then I broke my second
again also out of Eretz his neighbor's hand, and into staff, called Chovelim,
Mitzrayim, and gather them the power of his melech; and breaking off the achavah
out of Assyria; and I will bring they shall strike ha'aretz, and (brotherhood) between
them into the Eretz Gilàd out of their hand I will not Yehudah and Yisroel.
and Levanon; until no more deliver them. |15| And Hashem said unto
room shall be found for |7| So I did shepherd the tzon me, Take unto thee yet the keli
them. haharegah (the flock marked (implements) of a foolish ro'eh
|11| And He [Hashem] shall for slaughter), even aniyei (shepherd).
pass through the yam of hatzon (the poor of the flock). |16| For, hinei, I will raise up
tzarah, and shall strike the And I took unto me two a ro'eh in ha'aretz, which shall
waves in the yam, and all the maklot (staffs); the one I called not care for the dying, nor
depths of the Nile shall dry No'am (gracious care), and the look for the na'ar (young one),
up; and the ga'on (pride) of other I called Chovelim nor heal that which is injured,
Assyria shall be cast down, (bindings [of union, cf.11:14]); nor feed the healthy; but he
and the shevet (scepter, i.e., and I did shepherd the tzon shall eat the basar
power) of Mitzrayim shall (flock). of the choice, and
depart.
tear off their hooves. in her own site, even in |14| All the mishpochot that
|17| Hoy (woe) to the Yerushalayim. remain, all mishpochot apart,
worthless ro'eh (shepherd) that |7| Hashem also shall save and their wives apart.
deserteth the tzon! May the the oholei Yehudah (tents of
cherev (sword) be upon his Yehudah) first, that the glory
zero'a (arm), and upon his of the Bais Dovid and the In Yom HaHu
right eye; let his zero'a wither
away, and his right eye be
utterly extinguished.
glory of the inhabitants of
Yerushalayim do not magnify
themselves against Yehudah.
13 there shall be a
makor (fountain
[see Tehillim 36:10 (9)]) opened
|8| In Yom Hahu shall to the Bais Dovid and to the
Hashem defend the inhabitants of Yerushalayim
The burden of the inhabitants of Yerushalayim; for sin and for niddah
12 Devar Hashem
concerning Yisroel,
saith Hashem, who stretcheth
and he that is feeble among
them in Yom Hahu shall
be like Dovid; and the Bais
(impurity, i.e., used
figuratively but refers
especially to untouchability of
forth Shomayim, and layeth Dovid shall be like Elohim, women during menstruation
the yesod aretz, and formeth like the Malach Hashem and other kinds of
the ruach adam within him. before them. uncleanness).
|2| Hinei, I will make |9| And it shall come to pass |2| And in Yom HaHu it shall
Yerushalayim a cup of reeling in Yom Hahu, that I will seek come to pass, saith Hashem
unto kol ha’amim (all the to destroy kol HaGoyim that Tzva'os, that I will cut off the
peoples) round about, when attack Yerushalayim. shmot (names) of the atzabim
they shall be in the siege both |10| And I will pour upon the (idols) out of ha'aretz, and they
against Yehudah and against Bais Dovid, and upon the shall no more be remembered;
Yerushalayim. inhabitants of Yerushalayim, and also I will cause the
|3| And on Yom HaHu will I the Ruach (Spirit) of Chen nevi'im and the ruach
make Yerushalayim an even (grace) and of Tachanunim hatum'ah (unclean spirit) to
ma'amasah (a burdensome (supplications for favor); and pass from ha'aretz.
stone) for kol ha’amim: all they shall look upon Me whom |3| And it shall come to pass,
that burden themselves with it they have pierced [dakar, that if any shall still prophesy,
[i.e., try to lift it] shall be cut in "pierce through" cf. Yeshayah then his av and his em that
pieces, though kol Goyei 53:5; Targum HaShivim bore him shall say unto him,
Ha'Aretz be gathered together Tehillim 22:17], and they shall Thou shalt not live; for thou
against her. mourn for Him (Moshiach) as speakest sheker b'Shem
|4| In Yom HaHu, saith one mourneth for his yachid Hashem; and his av and his
Hashem, I will strike every sus (only son), and shall grieve in em that bore him shall thrust
with panic, and his rider with bitterness for him, as one that him through [dakar, 12:10]
madness; and I will open mine is in bitterness for his bechor when he prophesieth.
eyes upon the Bais Yehudah, (firstborn). |4| And in Yom HaHu it shall
and will strike every sus of the |11| In Yom Hahu shall there come to pass, that the nevi'im
people with blindness. be a great mourning in shall be ashamed, every one of
|5| And the Aluphei Yehudah Yerushalayim, as the his chizzayon (vision,
(leaders of Yehudah) shall say mourning of Hadad-rimmon revelation), when he hath
in their lev, The yoshvei in the valley of Megiddon. prophesied; neither shall they
Yerushalayim are my strength |12| And ha'aretz shall wear an adderet se'ar (garment
in Hashem Tzva'os mourn, all mishpochot apart; of hair, hairy mantle) to
Eloheihem. the mishpachat Bais Dovid deceive;
|6| In Yom HaHu will I make apart, and their wives apart; |5| But he shall say, I am no
the Aluphei Yehudah like a the mishpachat Bais Natan navi, I am an ish oved
fire pot in the woods, and like apart, and their wives apart; adamah (a man who works the
a torch of eish in the omer [Shmuel Bais 5:14] soil); for land I owned from
(sheaves); and they shall |13| The mishpachat Bais my youth.
devour kol haAm round Levi apart, and their wives |6| And if one shall say unto
about, on the right hand and apart; the mishpachat him, What are these makkot
on the left; and Yerushalayim Shimei apart, and their wives (strokes, marks
shall be inhabited again apart; [Bamidbar 3:17-18,21]
of strokes, scars, wounds) |4| And in Yom HaHu, His Migdal Chanan'el unto the
between thine hands? Then he raglayim (feet; see Ac 1:11-12) king's wine presses.
shall answer, Those with shall stand upon the Mount of |11| And men shall inhabit
which I was wounded in the Olives, which is east of her, and there shall be no
bais of my friends. Yerushalayim, and the more cherem (utter
|7| Awake, O Cherev (sword), Mount of Olives shall be split destruction, holy war); but
against My Ro'eh (shepherd, in two from east to west by a Yerushalayim shall be
i.e. Moshiach, see Isa 40:11; gey gedolah me'od (a very great inhabited labetach (in
Ezek 34:23,24; 37:24), against valley), with half of the confidence, security).
the Gever (man) that is My mountain moving to the |12| And this shall be the
Amit (fellow, intimate north, and half of it to the magefah (plague [produced by
companion, associate), saith south. Hashem]) wherewith Hashem
Hashem Tzva'os; strike the |5| And ye shall flee to the gey will strike kol ha'amim (all the
Ro'eh (shepherd), and the (valley) in the mountains; for peoples) that have fought
Tzon (sheep, flock) shall be the gey (valley) of the harim against Yerushalayim; their
scattered; and I will turn Mine (mountains) shall extend unto basar shall rot while they
hand upon the tzo'arim (little Atzel; yea, ye shall flee, just as stand upon their feet, and
ones; see Zech 11:7; see Mt ye fled from before the ra'ash their eyes shall rot in their
26:31,56) (earthquake) in the days of sockets, and their tongue shall
|8| And it shall come to pass, Uziyah Melech Yehudah; and rot in their mouth.
that in kol ha'aretz, saith Hashem Elohai shall come, |13| And in Yom HaHu it
Hashem, two-thirds therein and kol Kadoshim (all the shall come to pass, that there
shall be cut off and die; but holy ones) with Thee [see shall be among them a
one-third shall remain Daniel 7:13-14]. mehumat Hashem (a panic
therein. |6| And it shall come to pass from Hashem), and they shall
|9| And I will bring the one- in Yom HaHu, that there shall seize every one the hand of his
third through the eish, and no longer be cold or frost: neighbor, and the hand of
will refine them as kesef is |7| But it shall be Yom each shall rise up against the
refined, and will test them as Echad, known to Hashem, hand of his neighbor.
zahav is tested; they shall call with no Yom, nor Lailah; but |14| And Yehudah also shall
biShmi (on My Name), and I it shall come to pass, that at fight at Yerushalayim; and the
will hear them; I will say, This erev it shall be ohr. wealth of kol HaGoyim round
is My people; and they shall |8| And it shall be in Yom about shall be gathered
say, Hashem is Elohai. HaHu, that mayim chayyim together, zahav, and kesef,
(living waters) shall go out and apparel, in great
Hinei, a day from Yerushalayim; half abundance.
14 cometh for
Hashem, when the
plunder taken from thee shall
toward the eastern sea [i.e.,
Dead Sea], and half toward
the western sea [i.e.,
|15| And so shall be the
magefat hasus (plague on the
horse), on the mule, on the
among thee be divided. Mediterranean Sea]; in kayitz camel, and on the donkey, and
|2| For I will gather kol (summer) and in khoref on all the beasts that shall be
HaGoyim against (winter) shall it be. in those camps, like this
Yerushalayim for milchamah |9| And Hashem shall be magefah (plague).
(battle, war); and HaIr (the Melech Al Kol HaAretz (King |16| And it shall come to
city, Yerushalayim) shall be over all the earth); in Yom pass, that all who are left of
taken, and the batim (houses) HaHu (in that day) shall kol HaGoyim which came
plundered, and the women Hashem be echad, and Shmo against Yerushalayim shall
ravished; and half of HaIr Echad. even go up from year to year
shall go forth into the Golus [10| And kol ha'aretz shall be to worship HaMelech,
(exile), and the rest of the made like the Aravah from Hashem Tzva'os, and to
people shall not be cut off Geva to Rimmon in the Negev. keep Chag HaSukkot.
from HaIr. Yerushalayim shall be lifted |17| And it shall be, that
|3| Then shall Hashem go up, and inhabited in her whosoever will not make this
forth, and fight against those place, from Sha'ar Binyamin aliyah from the mishpekhot
Goyim, as He fights in the unto the place of the Sha'ar ha'aretz unto Yerushalayim to
Yom Krav (day of battle). Harishon (the first gate), unto worship HaMelech, Hashem
the Corner Gate; and from the Tzva'os, even upon them
MALACHI
shall be no geshem (rain). |4| Whereas Edom saith, We down of the same My name
|18| And if the mishpakhat are dashed to pieces, but we shall be gadol among the
Mitzrayim go not up, and will return and rebuild the Goyim; and in every place
come not, upon them shall fall ruins; thus saith Hashem incense shall be offered unto
the magefah (plague) Tzva'os: They may build, but I My name, and a minchah
wherewith Hashem will strike will throw down; and they tehorah; for My name shall be
the Goyim that come not up to shall call them, Gevul Rishah gadol among the Goyim, saith
keep Chag HaSukkot. (territory of wickedness), and Hashem Tzva'os.
|19| This shall be the the people against whom |12| But ye have committed
punishment of Mitzrayim, and Hashem hath indignation ad chillul Hashem (desecration of
the punishment of kol olam (for ever). the Name), in that ye say, The
HaGoyim that come not up to |5| And your eyes shall see, shulchan Adonoi is mego'al
keep Chag HaSukkot. and ye shall say, Hashem is (defiled); and the fruit, even
|20| In Yom HaHu shall gadol (great) even beyond the the food thereof, is
there be upon the metzillot Gevul Yisroel. contemptible.
(bells) of the susim, KODESH |6| A ben honoreth his av, |13| Ye said also, Hinei, what
L'HASHEM; and the sirot and an eved his adon; if then I a burden it is! And ye have
(cooking pots) in the Beis be an Av, where is Mine sniffed scornfully at it, saith
Hashem shall be like the honor? And if I be Adonim, Hashem Tzva'os; and ye
mizrakim (libation bowls) where is My reverence? saith brought that which was
before the mizbe'ach. Hashem Tzva'os unto you, O injured, and the lame, and the
|21| Yea, every siyr (pot) in kohanim, that despise My diseased; thus ye brought a
Yerushalayim and in Yehudah Name. But ye say, Wherein minchah; should I accept this
shall be KODESH L'HASHEM have we despised Thy name? of your hand? saith Hashem.
TZVA'OS: and all the |7| Ye offer lechem mego'al |14| But cursed be the nokhel
zovechim (the ones sacrificing) (defiled food) upon Mine (cheat, swindler, charlatan),
shall come and take of them, mizbe'ach; and ye say, which hath in his flock a male,
and they shall cook in them; Wherein have we defiled and voweth, and sacrificeth
and in Yom HaHu there shall Thee? In that ye say, The unto Hashem the one being
be no more Kena'ani shulchan of Hashem is to be blemished; for I am a Melech
(Canaanite, merchant; see Mt despised. Gadol, saith Hashem Tzva'os,
21:12-13; Mk 11:15-18]) in the |8| And when ye offer the and My name is to be feared
Beis Hashem Tzva'os. blind animal for sacrifice, is it among the Goyim.
not rah? And when ye offer the
lame and diseased, is it not
rah? Offer it now unto thy
governor; will he be pleased
with thee, or receive thee?
MALACHI saith Hashem Tzva'os.
|9| And now, I pray you, And now, O ye kohanim,
beseech G-d that He will be
gracious unto us; with such
offerings from your hand, will
2 this mitzvah is for you.
|2| If ye will not hear,
and if ye will not take it to lev,
He receive you? saith Hashem to give kavod unto My name,
The burden of the Devar
1 Hashem to Yisroel by
Malachi.
|2| I have loved you, saith
Tzva'os.
|10| Who is there even among
you that would shut the
dlatayim of the Beis
saith Hashem Tzva'os, I will
even send a me'erah (curse)
upon you, and I will curse
your brakhot; yea, I have
Hashem. Yet ye say, Wherein
Hamikdash so that eish would cursed them already, because
hast Thou loved us? Was not
not be kindled on Mine ye do not take it to lev.
Esav Ya'akov's brother? saith
mizbe'ach in vain? There is no |3| Hineni, I am rebuking
Hashem; yet I loved Ya'akov,
chefetz (pleasure) to Me with your zera, and I will spread
|3| But I hated Esav, and his
you, saith Hashem Tzva'os, dung upon your faces, even
mountains and his nachalah I
neither will I accept a the dung of your chagim; and
laid waste into wasteland for
minchah at your hand. it will take you away with it.
the jackals of the midbar.
|11| For from the rising of the
shemesh even unto the going
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|4| And ye shall have da'as |13| And this too have ye refiner's eish, and like fullers'
that I have sent this mitzvah done, covering the mizbe'ach soap:
unto you, that My brit might of Hashem with tears, with |3| And He shall sit as a
continue with Levi, saith weeping, and with crying out, refiner and purifier of kesef;
Hashem Tzva'os. because that He regardeth not and He shall purify the Bnei
|5| My brit was with him of the minchah any more, nor Levi, and purge them as zahav
chayyim and shalom; and I receiveth it with ratzon (good and kesef, that they may offer
gave them to him that he will) at your hand. unto Hashem an offering in
might fear Me; so he feared |14| Yet ye say, Wherefore? tzedakah.
Me, and stood in reverence Because Hashem hath been ed |4| Then shall the offering of
before My name. (witness) between thee and the Yehudah and Yerushalayim
|6| Torat emes was in his wife of thy youth, against be pleasing unto Hashem, as
mouth, and iniquity was not whom thou hast dealt in the yamei olam (days of
found on his lips: he walked treacherously, breaking faith: old), and as in shanim
with Me in shalom and yet is she thy chaveret, and the kadmoniyyot (former years).
yashrus, and did turn rabbim wife of thy brit. |5| And I will come near to
(many) away from avon |15| And did not Hashem you for mishpat; and I will be
(iniquity). make echad? And the remnant a swift ed (witness) against the
|7| For the kohen's lips of the ruach is Hashem's. And mekhashfim (sorcerers), and
should preserve da'as, and why echad? That He might against the mena'afim
they should seek torah at his seek zera Elohim. Therefore (adulterers), and against false
mouth: for he is the malach be shomer of your ruach, and swearers, and against those
Hashem Tzva'os. let none deal treacherously that oppress the hireling in his
|8| But ye are departed out of against the wife of his youth. wages, the almanah (widow),
HaDerech; ye have caused |16| For Hashem Elohei and the fatherless, and that
rabbim to fall into a michshol Yisroel saith that He hateth turn aside the ger from his
(stumbling block) at the torah putting away: for it covereth right, and fear not Me, saith
(teaching); ye have corrupted one’s garment with chamas Hashem Tzva'os.
the Brit of Levi saith Hashem (violence), saith the Hashem |6| For I am Hashem, I
Tzva'os. Tzva'os: therefore, be shomer change not; therefore ye Bnei
|9| Therefore have I also of your ruach, that ye Ya'akov are not consumed.
made you contemptible and deal not treacherously, |7| Even from the yamei
shefalim before kol HaAm breaking faith. avoteichem ye are gone away
because ye have not been |17| Ye have wearied Hashem from Mine chukkim, and have
shomrim of darkhei of Me, but with your devarim. Yet ye say, not been shomer over them.
have shown partiality in torah. Wherein have we wearied Return unto Me, and I will
|10| Have we not all Av Him? When ye say, Everyone return unto you, saith
Echad? Hath not El Echad that doeth rah is tov in the Hashem Tzva'os. But ye said,
created us? Why do we commit sight of Hashem, and in them Wherein shall we return?
chillul Brit Avoteinu by every Hashem finds chafetz; or, |8| Will a man rob G-d? Yet ye
man breaking faith with his Where is Elohei HaMishpat? have robbed Me. But ye say,
brother? Hineni, I will send Wherein have we robbed
|11| Yehudah hath broken
faith, and a toeva
(abomination) is committed in
3 malachi, and he shall
prepare the Derech
before me: and HaAdon (the
Thee? In ma'aser (tithes) and
terumah (offerings,
contributions).
Yisroel and in Yerushalayim; L-rd [Moshiach] Zech 4:14), |9| Ye are cursed with a
for Yehudah hath committed whom ye seek, shall suddenly me'erah (curse); for ye have
chillul against the Beis come to His Heikhal, even the robbed Me, even this whole
Hamikdash Hashem loves, by Malach HaBrit, in whom ye Goy (nation).
marrying the bat el nekhar. have chafetz (delight): hinei, |10| Bring ye kol hama'aser
|12| May Hashem cut off the He is coming, saith Hashem (all the tithes) into the Beis
man that doeth this, Tzva'os. HaOtzar (House of the
[offspring] awake and |2| But who may abide the Treasury), that there may be
answering, from the ohalim of Yom Bo'o (day of His coming)? teref (food) in Mine Beis
Ya'akov, that offereth a Who shall stand when He [Hamikdash], and prove Me
minchah unto Hashem appeareth? For He is like a now herewith, saith
Tzva'os. Hashem Tzva'os, if
TEHILLIM
I will not open you the (3:19) For, hinei, mayim, that bringeth forth its
windows of Shomayim, and
pour you out a berakhah, that
there shall not be room
4 HaYom bah (the day
cometh), that shall burn
as an oven; and kol zedim (all
p’ri in its season; the leaf
thereof also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall
enough to receive it. the proud), yea, and all that prosper.
|11| And I will rebuke the do wickedly, shall be stubble; |4| The Resha'im are not so,
devourer for your sakes, and and HaYom that cometh shall but are like the chaff which
he shall not destroy the p’ri burn them up, saith Hashem the ruach driveth away.
ha’adamah; neither shall your Tzva'os, that it shall leave |5| Therefore the Resha'im
gefen cast her fruit before the them neither shoresh (root) shall not stand in the Mishpat,
time in the sadeh, saith nor anaf (branch). nor Chatta'im (sinners) in the
Hashem Tzva'os. |2 (3:20)| But unto you that Adat Tzaddikim.
|12| And kol HaGoyim shall fear My name shall the |6| For Hashem knoweth the
call you blessed; for ye shall Shemesh Tzedakah (sun of Derech Tzaddikim, but the
be an Eretz Chefetz, saith righteousness) arise with Derech Resha'im shall perish.
Hashem Tzva'os. healing in his wings; and ye T.N. The next Psalm says that
|13| Your devarim have been shall go forth, and grow up as the whole world, all the earth,
harsh against Me, saith calves of the stall. is, or will be, the possession of
Hashem. Yet ye say, What |3 (3:21)| And ye shall Moshiach, and that Hashem
have we spoken so much trample down the resha'im; for assures Moshiach of this;
against Thee? they shall be ashes under the therefore, the Great
|14| Ye have said, Avod soles of your feet in HaYom Commission (Mt 28:19-20) was
Elohim is vain; and what that I shall do this, saith given to preach Moshiach to
profit is it that we have been Hashem Tzva'os. the ends of the earth that the
shomer over His mishmeret, |4 (3:22)| Remember ye the whole world may hear.
and that we have walked as Torat Moshe Avdi, which I Why do the Goyim rage,
mourners before Hashem
Tzva'os?
|15| And now we call the
commanded unto him in
Chorev for kol Yisroel, with
the chukkim (statutes) and
2 and the Amim (peoples)
imagine a vain thing?
|2| The Malchei Eretz rise up
zedim (proud) happy; yea, they mishpatim (judgments). in rebellion, and the rulers
that work rishah (wickedness) |5 (3:23)| Hinei, I will send take counsel together against
are set up; yea, they that tempt you Eliyahu HaNavi before Hashem and against His
Elohim even go free. the coming of the great and Moshiach, saying,
|16| Then they that feared dreadful Yom Hashem; |3| Let us break their chains
Hashem spoke often one to |6 (3:24)| And he shall turn asunder, and cast away their
another; and Hashem paid the lev-avot to the banim, and fetters from us.
heed, and heard it, and a the lev-banim to their avot, |4| He that sitteth enthroned
Sefer Zikaron (book of lest I come and strike the in Shomayim laughs; Adonoi
remembrance) was written earth with cherem. hath them in derision.
before Him for them that |5| Then shall He speak unto
feared Hashem, and that TEHILLIM them in His wrath, and
meditated upon Shmo (His distress them in His hot
Name). displeasure.
|17| And they shall be Mine, Blessed is the ish that |6| I have set Malki (My King)
saith Hashem Tzva'os, in that
Yom when I make up My
segullah (special treasure,
1 walketh not in the Etzah
(counsel, scheme) of the
Resha'im, nor standeth in the
upon Tziyon, My Har Kodesh.
|7| I will declare the chok
(decree): Hashem hath said
possession); and I will spare Derech Chatta'im, nor sitteth unto me, Thou art Beni (My
them, as a man spareth his in the Moshav (seat) of the Son, i.e. Ben HaElohim
own ben haoved oto (son that Leitzim (scornful, ones Moshiach); HaYom (today) I
serveth him). mocking and reviling). have begotten thee.
|18| Then shall ye return, |2| But his delight is in the |8| Ask of Me, and I shall give
and discern between the Torat Hashem; and in His thee the Goyim for thine
tzaddik and the rasha, torah doth he meditate nachalah, and the uttermost
between oved Elohim (him yomam v'lailah. parts of ha'aretz for thy
that serveth G-d) and him that |3| And he shall be like an etz possession.
serveth Him not. planted by the streams of
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|9| Thou shalt rule them with (For the one directing. neither shall rah dwell with
a shevet barzel; thou shalt
dash them in pieces like a
potter's vessel.
4 With stringed
instruments. Mizmor
Dovid.) Hear me when I call,
Thee.
|5 [6]| The holelim (arrogant)
shall not stand in Thy sight;
|10| Have seichel now Elohei tzidki (O G-d of my Thou hatest all workers of
therefore, O ye Melachim; be righteousness); Thou hast iniquity.
warned, ye Shoftei Aretz. relieved me when I was in |6 [7]| Thou shalt destroy
|11| Serve Hashem with fear, distress; channeini, and hear them that speak kazav
and rejoice with trembling. my tefillah. (falsehood); Hashem will
|12| Kiss the Bar (Ben, Son, |2| O ye Bnei Ish, how long abhor the ish damim
[see Hebrew Mishlei 31:2; Ben will ye turn my kavod into u'mirmah (bloody and
HaElohim Moshiach; see 2:2,7, shame? How long will ye love deceitful man).
above]), lest he be angry, and delusion, and seek kazav (lie, |7 [8]| But as for me, I will
ye perish from the Derech, for falsehood)? Selah. come into Thy Bais in the
his wrath can flare up in a |3| But know that Hashem multitude of Thy chesed; and
moment. Ashrei are all they hath set apart the chasid for in Thy fear will I bow down
that take refuge in him Himself; Hashem will hear toward Thy Heikhal Kodesh.
[Moshiach]. when I call unto Him. |8 [9]| Lead me, Hashem, in
|4| Be angry, yet sin not; Thy tzedakah because of mine
commune with your own levav enemies; make Thy Derech
(A psalm of Dovid, when upon your mishkav, and be straight before my face.
3 he fled from Avshalom

bno)
Hashem, how are they
still. Selah.
|5| Offer the zivkhei-tzedek,
and put your trust in Hashem.
|9 [10]| For there is nothing
trustworthy in their mouth;
their inwardness is a
increased that are my foes! |6| There be many that say, corruptible abyss; their throat
Many are they that rise up Who will show us any tov? is an open kever; they speak
against me. Hashem, lift Thou up the ohr smooth deceit with their
|2 (3)| Many there be which of Thy countenance upon us. leshon.
say of my nefesh, There is no |7| Thou hast put simcha in |10 [11]| Punish them,
yeshuah for him in Elohim. my lev, more than in the time Elohim; let them fall by their
Selah. that their dagan and their own intrigues; in the
|3 (4)| But Thou, Hashem, art tirosh increased. multitude of their peysha'im
a mogen around me; my |8| In shalom I will both lay cast them out; for they have
kavod, and the One who lifts me down, and sleep, for Thou rebelled against Thee.
up mine head. alone, Hashem, makest me |11 [12]| But let all those that
|4 (5)| I cried unto Hashem dwell in safety. take refuge in Thee rejoice; let
with my voice, and He heard them shout for joy l'olam, and
me out of His Har Kodesh. spread Thou protection over
Selah. them that they be joyful in
|5 (6)| I laid me down and (For the one directing. Thee, who love Shemecha
slept; I awaked, for Hashem
sustains me.
|6 (7)| I will not be afraid of
5 For the flutes. Mizmor
Dovid)
Give ear to my words,
(Thy Name).
|12 [13]| For Thou, Hashem,
wilt bless the Tzaddik; with
ten thousands of am (people), Hashem, consider my ratzon (favor) wilt Thou
that have set themselves meditation. encompass him as with a
against me round about. |2 [3]| Pay heed unto the tzinnah (large rectangular
|7 (8)| Arise, Hashem; voice of my cry, Malki shield).
hoshieini (save me), O Elohai; v'Elohai; for unto Thee will I
for Thou hast struck all mine daven.
enemies upon the cheekbone; |3 [4]| My voice shalt Thou (For the one directing.
Thou hast broken the teeth of
the resha'im.
|8 (9)| HaYeshuah (salvation)
hear in the boker, Hashem; in
the boker will I bring my
prayer before Thee as a
6 With stringed
instruments. Al
HaSheminit. Mizmor Dovid)
belongeth unto Hashem; the spiritual sacrifice and wait for Hashem, rebuke me not in
Birkhat (blessing) of Thee is an answer. Thine anger, neither chasten
upon Thy people. Selah. |4 [5]| For Thou art not El me in Thy hot displeasure.
that hath pleasure in resha;
Ketuvim 581 Tehillim 6, 7, 8, 9
|2(3)| Have mercy upon me, |5(6)| Then let the enemy tzedek; and will sing praise to
Hashem; for I am weak: persecute my nefesh, and take the Shem of Hashem Elyon.
Hashem, heal me; it; yea, let him tread down my
for my atzmot are shaking. life to the earth, and lay mine (For the one directing.
|3(4)| My nefesh is also much
shaken; but Thou, Hashem,
ad mosai (how much longer)?
kavod to sleep in the dust.
Selah.
|6(7)| Arise, Hashem, in
8 According to the gittit.
Mizmor of Dovid).
Hashem Adoneinu, how
|4(5)| Turn, Hashem, deliver Thine anger, lift up Thyself excellent is Shimecha in kol
my nefesh; hoshieini (save me) because of the rage of mine ha'aretz Who hast set Thy
for the sake of Thy chesed. enemies; awake, o my El, to glory above HaShomayim.
|5(6)| For in mavet there is no the mishpat Thou hast |2(3)| Out of the mouth of
remembrance of Thee; in decreed. olelim and infants hast Thou
Sheol who shall give Thee |7(8)| So let the Adat l’Umim established strength because
thanks? surround Thee; and over it of Thine enemies, that Thou
|6(7)| I am weary with my return Thou on high [to judge]. mightest still the enemy and
groaning; all the lailah flood I [8(9)| Hashem shall judge the the avenger.
my mittah with weeping; I people; judge me, Hashem, |3(4)| When I consider Thy
water my couch with my tears. according to my tzedek, and heavens, the ma'asim of Thy
|7(8)| Mine eye is consumed according to mine integrity fingers, the yarei'ach and the
because of ka'as (grief); it that is in me. kokhavim, which Thou hast
groweth old because of all |9(10)| Oh let the wickedness ordained;
mine enemies. of the resha'im come to an |4(5)| What is enosh
|8(9)| Depart from me, all ye end; but make the tzaddik (mankind), that Thou art
workers of iniquity; for secure; for the Elohim mindful of him? And the ben
Hashem hath heard the voice Tzaddik trieth the minds and adam, that Thou visitest him?
of my weeping. hearts. |5(6)| For Thou hast made
|9(10)| Hashem hath heard |10(11)| My mogen (shield) is him a little lower than elohim
my techinnah (supplication); Elohim, Moshi'a of the upright [or Elohim, Gn 1:27], and hast
Hashem will receive my in heart. crowned him with kavod and
tefillah (prayer). |11(12)| Elohim is a Shofet hadar.
|10(11)| Let all mine oyevim Tzaddik, and El expresses |6(7)| Thou madest him to
be ashamed and much wrath kol yom. have dominion over the
troubled; let them |12(13)| If He relent not, He ma'asim of Thy hands; Thou
turn back and suddenly be will sharpen His cherev; He hast put all things under his
ashamed. hath bent His keshet (bow) feet:
and made it ready. |7(8)| All sheep and oxen, yea,
|13(14)| He hath also and the behemot sadeh;
(Shiggayon of Dovid, prepared for Him the |8(9)| The fowl of the air, and
7 which he sang unto

Hashem, regarding Kush
of Binyamin)
instruments of mavet; He
ordaineth His flaming khitzim
(arrows).
the dag (fish) of the yam, and
whatsoever passeth through
the paths of the seas.
Hashem Elohai, in Thee do I |14(15)| Hinei, he [an evil |9(10)| Hashem Adoneinu,
seek refuge; hoshieini (save person] travaileth with how excellent is Shimecha in
me) from all them that iniquity, and hath kol ha'aretz!
persecute me, and deliver me; conceived trouble, and
|2(3)| Lest he tear my nefesh brought forth falsehood.
like a lion, rending it in |15(16)| He makes a pit, and (For the one directing.
pieces, while there is none to
rescue.
|3(4)| Hashem Elohai, if I
digs it, and is fallen into the
shachat (pit) which he made.
|16(17)| His trouble shall
9 To The Death of the Son.
Mizmor of Dovid)
I will give thanks to Thee,
have done this; if there be return upon his own rosh, and Hashem, with kol lev of me; I
guilt in my hands; his chamas shall come down will show forth all Thy
|4(5)| If I have recompensed upon his own kodkod (crown marvellous works.
with evil him that held out of the head). |2(3)| I will be glad and
shalom unto me; or, without |17(18)| I will give thanks to rejoice in Thee; I will
cause plundered my opposers, Hashem according to His sing praise to Thy Shem, O
Thou Elyon.
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|3(4)| When mine oyevim are |16(17)| Hashem is known by (innocent); his eyes are secretly
turned back, they shall fall the mishpat which He set against the poor.
and perish at Thy presence. executeth; the wicked is |9| He lieth in wait secretly as
|4(5)| For Thou hast snared in the work of his own a lion in his den; he lieth in
maintained my mishpat and hands. Higgayon. Selah. wait to catch the poor; he doth
my cause; Thou as Shofet |17(18)| The resha'im shall be catch the poor when he
Tzedek dost sit on the kisse. turned into Sheol, and all the draweth him into his reshet.
|5(6)| Thou hast rebuked the Goyim that forget Elohim. |10| He crouches, and stoops,
Goyim, Thou hast destroyed |18(19)| For the needy shall that the poor may fall by his
the wicked, Thou hast blotted not always be forgotten; the atzum (might).
out their shem l'olam va'ed. tikveh of the poor shall not |11| He hath said in his lev,
|6(7)| Choravot lanetzach perish forever. El hath forgotten; He hideth
(endless ruins) have come to |19(20)| Arise, Hashem; let his face; He will never see it.
the enemy: and Thou hast not enosh (mankind) prevail; |12| Arise, Hashem; O El, lift
rooted out cities; their memory let the Goyim be judged in up Thine yad; forget not the
is perished with them. Thy sight. aniyim.
|7(8)| But Hashem shall reign |20(21)| Put them in terror, |13| For why doth the reshah
l'olam; He hath established Hashem; that the Goyim may renounce Elohim? He hath
His kisse (throne) for mishpat. know themselves to be but said in his lev, Thou wilt not
|8(9)| And He shall judge the enosh. Selah. call me to account.
tevel (world) in tzedek, He Why standest |14| Thou hast seen it; for
shall govern the nations with
justice.
|9(10)| Hashem also will be a
10 Thou afar off,
Hashem? Why
hidest Thou Thyself in times
Thou beholdest trouble and
ka'as (grief), to requite it with
Thy yad; the helpless
refuge for the oppressed, a of tzoros? committeth himself unto
stronghold in times of tzoros. |2| The reshah in his ga'avah Thee; Thou art the Ozer
|10(11)| And they that know (haughtiness) doth persecute (helper) of the yatom (orphan).
Shemecha will put their trust the ani (poor, see Zech 9:9 |15| Break Thou the zero'a of
in Thee; for Thou, Hashem, where ani is Moshiach); let the reshah and the evil man;
hast not forsaken them that them be caught in the devices call to account his wickedness
seek Thee. that they have schemed. that would not be found out.
|11(12)| Sing praises to |3| For the reshah boasteth of |16| Hashem is Melech olam
Hashem, enthroned in Tziyon; his ta'avat nefesh (soul's lust), va'ed; the Goyim are perished
declare among the nations His and blesseth the covetous, out of His land.
deeds. whom Hashem abhorreth. |17| Hashem, Thou hast
|12(13)| When He avenges |4| The reshah, through the heard the desire of the aniyim;
[shefach] dahm, He pride of his countenance, will Thou wilt strengthen their lev,
remembereth them; He not seek after Him; Elohim is Thou wilt cause Thine ear to
forgetteth not the cry of the not in all his thoughts. hear;
aniyim (humble, afflicted, the |5| His ways are always |18| To judge the yatom
helpless ones). prosperous; Thy mishpatim (orphan) and the oppressed,
|13(14)| Have mercy upon are on high, out of his sight; as that enosh of the earth may no
me, Hashem; consider my for all his enemies, he sneers more strike terror.
sufferings which I suffer of at them.
them that hate me, Thou that |6| He hath said in his lev, I
liftest me up from the sha'arei shall not be shaken; (For the one
mavet (gates of death);
|14(15)| That I may show
forth all Thy praise in the
throughout all generations I
shall never be in trouble.
|7| His mouth is full of
11 directing. Of
Dovid.) In Hashem
do I take refuge; how say ye to
Sha'arei Bat Tziyon. I will cursing and deceit and fraud; my nefesh, Flee as a bird to
rejoice in Thy Yeshuah under his leshon (tongue) is your mountain?
(salvation). trouble and iniquity. |2| For, hinei, the resha'im
|15(16)| The Goyim are sunk |8| He sitteth in the lurking bend their bow, they make
down in the shachat (pit) that places of the villages; in the ready their arrow upon the
they dug; in the reshet (net) places for ambush doth he string,
which they hid is their own murder the naki
foot caught.
Ketuvim 583 Tehillim 11, 12, 13, 14,15,16
that they may secretly shalt preserve him [see 5(6)] of iniquity no da'as? Who eat
shoot at the yishrei lev from this generation forever. up my people as they eat
(upright in heart). |8(9)| The resha'im strut on lechem, and call not upon
|3| If the foundations be every side, when the vilest Hashem.
destroyed, what can the among the Bnei Adam are |5| There they shall be in
tzaddik do? exalted. great dread, for Elohim is with
|4| Hashem is in His Heikhal the dor tzaddik.
Kodesh, Hashem's kisse is in |6| Would ye confound the
Shomayim; His eyes examine, (For the one etzah (counsel, plan) of the oni
His eyelids try, Bnei Adam.
|5| Hashem trieth the
tzaddik, but the resha'im and
13 directing. Mizmor
Dovid)
How long wilt Thou forget me,
(poor), for Hashem is indeed
his refuge!
|7| Oh that the Yeshuah
him that loveth chamas Hashem? Netzach (forever?) (salvation) of Yisroel were
(violence) His Nefesh hateth. How long wilt Thou hide Thy come out of Tziyon!
|6| Upon the resha'im He face from me? When Hashem turns
shall rain snares, eish and |2(3)| How long shall I take misfortune and brings back
gofrit, and a burning wind; counsel in my nefesh, having the captives of His people,
this shall be the portion of sorrow in my lev daily? How Ya'akov shall rejoice, and
their kos (cup). long shall mine oyev be Yisroel shall be glad.
|7| For Hashem is tzaddik exalted over me?
(righteous), Hashem loveth |3(4)| Consider and hear me, (Mizmor Dovid)
tzedakot; His countenance
doth behold the yashar
(upright).
Hashem Elohai; enlighten
mine eyes, lest I sleep the
sleep of mavet;
15 Hashem, who shall
abide in Thy Ohel?
Who shall dwell in Thy Har
|4(5)| Lest mine oyev say, I Kodesh?
(For the one have prevailed against him; |2| He that walketh
12 directing.
According to the
Sheminit. Mizmor Dovid)
and those that trouble me
rejoice when I am defeated.
|5(6)| But I have trusted in
blamelessly, and worketh
tzedek, and speaketh emes
from his lev.
Help, Hashem; for the chasid Thy chesed; my lev shall |3| He that backbiteth not
is no more; for the emunim rejoice in Thy Yeshuah with his leshon, nor doeth
(faithful ones) vanish from (salvation). ra'ah to his re'a, nor taketh up
among Bnei Adam. |6| I will sing unto Hashem, a slur to discredit his
|2(3)| They speak vanity every because He hath dealt neighbor.
one with his re'a (neighbor); bountifully with me. |4| In whose eyes a vile
with flattering lips and with a person is despicable; but he
double heart do they speak. (For the one honoreth them that fear
|3(4)| Hashem shall cut off all
flattering lips, and the leshon
that speaketh gedolot;
14 directing. Of
Dovid)
The naval (fool) hath said in
Hashem. He that sweareth to
his own hurt, and changeth
not.
|4(5)| Who have said, With his lev, There is no Elohim. |5| He that putteth not out
leshoneinu (our tongue) will They are corrupt, they have his kesef to neshekh (usury),
we prevail; our lips are our done abominable works, ein nor taketh bribes against the
own: who is Adon over us? oseh tov (there is none that naki (innocent). He that doeth
|5(6)| For the oppression of doeth good). these things shall never be
the aniyim, for the groaning of |2| Hashem looked down shaken.
the needy, now will I arise, from Shomayim upon Bnei
saith Hashem; I will set him in Adam, to see if there is any (A mikhtam Dovid).
safety from him that sneers at
him.
|6(7)| The words of Hashem
with seichel, that seeketh
Elohim.
|3| They are all turned aside,
16 Be shomer over me,
O El: for in Thee
do I hide myself.
are amarot tehorot (pure they are all together become |2| I said unto Hashem, Thou
words); as kesef refined in the corrupt; there is none that art Adonoi of me; besides
furnace on the earth, purified doeth tov, no, not one. Thee I have no good;
seven times. |4| Have all the workers |3| But to the Kadoshim that
|7(8)| Thou shalt be shomer are in ha'aretz, they
over them, Hashem, Thou are the glorious
ones, in whom is all my |3| Thou hast probed mine (For the one
delight.
|4| Their sorrows shall be
multiplied that hasten after
lev; Thou hast visited me in
the lailah; Thou hast tested
me and shalt find nothing; I
18 directing. Of
Dovid Eved
Hashem who sang to Hashem
other g-ds; their nesakhim am purposed that my mouth the lyrics of this shirah on the
(drink offerings) of dahm will I shall not transgress. day Hashem delivered him
not offer, nor take up their |4| Concerning the works of from the hand of all his
shmot (names [of idols]) on my men, by the Devar of Thy lips oyevim and from the hand of
lips. I have kept myself from the Sha'ul; and he said)
|5| Hashem is the chelek paths of the cruel. I will love Thee, Hashem, my
(allotted share) of mine |5| Uphold my goings in Thy strength.
inheritance and of my kos paths, that my footsteps |2(3)| Hashem is my rock,
(cup [of blessing]); Thou stumble not. and my fortress, and my
maintainest my goral (lot, |6| I have called upon Thee, deliverer; Eli my Tzur (rock),
allotment by the divine will). for Thou wilt hear me, O El; in whom I take refuge; my
|6| The boundary lines are incline Thine ear unto me, mogen, and the keren of my
fallen unto me in pleasant and hear my prayer. salvation, and my misgav
places; yea, I have a goodly |7| Show Thy marvellous (high place as a refuge).
nachalah (inheritance). chesed, O Thou Moshi'a Who |3(4)| I will call upon
|7| I will bless Hashem, Who saves by Thy right hand them Hashem, Who is worthy to be
hath given me counsel; my which put their trust in Thee praised; so shall I be saved
mind also instructs me in the from those that rise up against from mine oyevim.
night seasons. them. |4(5)| The chevlei mavet
|8| I have set Hashem always |8| Be shomer over me as the entangled me, and the floods
before me; because He is at apple of Thy eye; hide me in of Beliya'al terrorized me.
my right hand, I shall not be the shadow of Thy wings, |5(6)| The chevlei Sheol
shaken. |9| From the resha'im that snaked around me; the snares
|9| Therefore my lev is glad, oppress me, from my deadly of mavet confronted me.
and my kavod rejoiceth; my enemies threatening my |6(7)| In my distress I called
basar also shall dwell securely nefesh, who surround me. upon Hashem, and cried unto
[see 1Th 5:23 OJBC]. |10| They have closed up Elohai; He heard my voice out
|10| For Thou wilt not callously and mercilessly of His Heikhal, and my cry
abandon my nefesh in Sheol; against me; with their mouth came before Him, even into
neither wilt Thou allow Thine they speak with ge'ut (pride). His ears.
Chasid to see shachat |11| At every step they have |7(8)| Ha'aretz shook and
(corruption, the pit, the grave, surrounded me; their purpose trembled; the foundations also
the abyss of corruption; see Ac is to strike down to ha'aretz; of the mountains quaked and
2:24). |12| Like aryeh eager to tear were shaken, because He was
|11| Thou wilt show me the his prey, and like a young lion angry.
Orach Chayyim (the path of lurking in ambush. |8(9)| Smoke went up from
life); in Thy presence is fulness |13| Arise, Hashem, confront His nostrils, and eish out of
of joy, at Thy right hand there him, cast him down; deliver His mouth devoured; coals
are pleasures netzach (for my nefesh from the resha with were kindled by it.
evermore). Thy cherev; |9(10)| He parted Shomayim,
|14| From men with Thy yad, and descended, and dark
(Tefillah of Dovid) Hashem, from men of the clouds were under His feet.
17 Hear the tzedek

(righteous plea of a
just cause), Hashem, attend
world, whose portion is in this
life, and with Thy treasures
Thou fillest their belly;
|10(11)| And He rode upon a
keruv (cherub), and did fly;
yea, He soared upon the wings
unto my cry, give ear unto my they are satisfied with of the ruach.
tefillah, that goeth not out of children, and leave their |11(12)| He made choshech
lips of mirmah (deceit). abundance to their babes. His secret place; His sukkah
|2| Let my mishpat (right) |15| As for me, in tzedek I will round about Him was dark
come forth from Thy presence; behold Thy face; I shall be waters and thick clouds of the
let Thine eyes behold the satisfied, when I awake, with skies.
things that are right. Thy temunah (form; see Num
12:8).
Ketuvim 585 Tehillim 18
|12(13)| Out of the brightness |25(26)| With the chasid |39(40)| For Thou hast armed
that was before Him there Thou wilt show Thyself me with chayil unto the
broke through barad chesed; with a perfect man milchamah; Thou hast made
(hailstones) and coals of eish Thou wilt show Thyself bow down under me those
out of His clouds. perfect; that rose up against me.
|13(14)| Hashem also |26(27)| With the pure Thou |40(41)| Thou hast also given
thundered in Shomayim, and wilt show Thyself pure; and me the necks of mine oyevim;
Elyon gave His voice amid with the ikesh (crooked, that I might destroy them that
barad and coals of eish. perverted, false) Thou wilt hate me.
|14(15)| Yea, He sent out His show Thyself shrewd. |41(42)| They cried for help,
khitzim (arrows), and |27(28)| For Thou wilt save but there was no Moshi'a to
scattered them; and He shot the ani (poor); but wilt bring save them, even unto Hashem,
out great lightning bolts, and down low haughty looks. but He answered them not.
did put them to rout. |28(29)| For Thou wilt light |42(43)| Then did I beat them
|15(16)| Then the channels of my ner; Hashem Elohai will small as the dust before the
waters were exposed, and the enlighten my choshech. ruach; I did empty them out
foundations of the tevel |29(30)| For by Thee have I as the dirt in the chutzot
(world) were laid bare at Thy scattered a troop; and by (streets).
rebuke, Hashem, at the blast Elohai have I leaped over a |43(44)| Thou hast delivered
of the ruach of Thy nostrils. wall. me from the strivings of the
|16(17)| He sent from on |30(31)| As for El, His derech people; and Thou hast made
high, He took hold of me, He is tamim (perfect); the word of me the Rosh (head) of the
drew me out of mayim rabbim Hashem is tzerufah (tested Goyim (nations); an Am
(many waters). and proved flawless, inerrant); (people) whom I have not
|17(18)| He delivered me He is a mogen to all those that known shall serve me.
from my strong oyev, and from take refuge in Him. |44(45)| As soon as they hear
them which hated me; for they |31(32)| For who is Elohim of me, they shall obey me; the
were too strong for me. besides Hashem? Or who is Bnei Nekhar (foreigners) shall
|18(19)| They confronted me Tzur but Eloheinu? submit themselves unto me.
in the day of my calamity; but |32(33)| It is El that armeth |45(46)| The Bnei Nekhar
Hashem was my stay. me with chayil, and maketh shall fade away, and come
|19(20)| He brought me forth my derech tamim (perfect). forth trembling out of their
also into a place merkhav |33(34)| He maketh my misgerot (stongholds,
(spacious); He delivered me, raglayim like deer feet, and fastnesses, secure places).
because He delighted in me. setteth me upon my |46(47)| Hashem chai; and
|20(21)| Hashem dealt with high places. baruch be my Tzur; and let
me according to my tzedek; |34(35)| He traineth my the Elohei of my salvation be
according to the cleanness of hands for milchamah, so that exalted.
my hands hath He a keshet-nechushah |47(48)| It is El that avengeth
recompensed me. mine arms can bend. me, and subdueth the nations
|21(22)| For I have been |35(36)| Thou hast also given under me.
shomer regarding the Darkhei me the mogen of Thy |48(49)| He saveth me from
Hashem, and have not salvation; and Thy right hand mine oyevim; yea, Thou liftest
wickedly departed from hath held me up, and Thy me up above those that rise up
Elohai. lowliness hath made me great. against me; Thou hast
|22(23)| For all His |36(37)| Thou hast made delivered me from the ish
mishpatim were before me, rakhav (broad) the place for chamas.
and I did not put away His my footsteps under me, that |49(50)| Therefore will I give
chukkot from me. my ankles did not turn. thanks unto Thee, Hashem,
|23(24)| I was also tamim |37(38)| I have pursued mine among the Goyim, and sing
(blameless) before Him, and I oyevim, and overtaken them; praises unto Shimecha.
kept myself from mine avon. neither did I turn back till |50(51)| Great deliverance
|24(25)| Therefore hath they were consumed. giveth He to His Melech; and
Hashem recompensed me |38(39)| I have crushed them showeth chesed to His
according to my tzedek, that they were not able to rise; Moshiach, to Dovid, and to his
according to the cleanness of they are fallen under my Zera ad olam.
my hands before His eyes. raglayim.
(For the one let them not have dominion Melech shall have simcha in
Dovid)
HaShomayim declare the
over me; then shall I be
upright, and I shall be
innocent from the peysha rav
Thy strength, Hashem; and in
Thy Yeshuah (salvation) how
greatly shall he rejoice!
kavod of G-d; and the raki'a (great transgression). |2 [3]| Thou hast given him
(firmament) showeth His |14 (15)| Let the words of my the desire of his lev, and hast
handiwork. mouth, and the meditation of not withheld the request of his
|2 (3)| Yom unto yom uttereth my lev, be acceptable in Thy lips. Selah.
speech, and lailah unto lailah sight, O Hashem, my Tzur |3 [4]| For Thou meeteth him
showeth da'as. (rock), and Go'ali (my with the birkhot tov; Thou
|3 (4)| There is no speech nor Redeemer). settest an ateret of pure gold
devarim (language), where on his head.
their voice is not heard. |4 [5]| He asked Chayyim of
|4 (5)| Their measuring line is (For the one Thee, and Thou gavest it him,
gone out through kol ha'aretz,
and their words to the end of
the tevel (world). In them hath
Dovid)
Hashem hear thee in the Yom
even length of yamim olam
va'ed [see 1C 15:4; Ps 16:10];
|5 [6]| Gadol is his kavod in
He set an ohel for the Tzarah (day of trouble); the Thy Yeshuah (salvation); hod
shemesh, Shem Elohei Ya'akov set thee v'hadar hast Thou bestowed
|5 (6)| Which is like a choson up on high [i.e., out of reach of upon him.
coming out of his chuppah, your enemies]; |6 [7]| For Thou hast made
and rejoiceth as a gibbor to |2| Send thee help from the him birkhot forever; Thou
run a race. Kodesh (Holy Sanctuary), and hast made him exceeding glad
|6 (7)| Its going forth is from strengthen thee out of Tziyon; with simcha in Thy presence.
the end of HaShomayim, and |3| Remember all thy |7 [8]| For HaMelech trusteth
its circuit unto the ends of it; minchot, and accept thy olat; in Hashem, and through the
and there is nothing hid from Selah. chesed of Elyon he shall not
the heat thereof. |4| Grant thee according to be moved.
|7 (8)| The torah of Hashem thine own levav, and fulfil kol |8 [9]| Thine yad shall find
is temimah (perfect), reviving etzah (plan, counsel) of thine. out all thine enemies; thy right
the nefesh; the edut of |5| We will shout for joy at thy hand shall find out those that
Hashem is ne'emanah (sure), Yeshuah (salvation), and in hate thee.
making wise the simple. the Shem of Eloheinu we will |9 [10]| Thou shalt make
|8 (9)| The precepts of lift up our banners; Hashem them like an oven of eish in
Hashem are yasharim (right), grant all thy requests. the time of thine presence;
rejoicing the lev; the mitzvat |6| Now I have da'as that Hashem shall swallow them
Hashem is bara (clear, pure), Hashem hoshi'a (He saves) His up in His wrath, and the eish
enlightening the eyes. Moshiach; He will answer him shall devour them.
|9 (10)| The yirat Hashem from His Sh'mei Kodesh (Holy |10 [11]| Their fruit shalt
(fear of the L-rd) is tehorah Heaven) with the saving Thou destroy from ha'aretz,
(clean), enduring forever; the strength of His right hand. and their zera from among
mishpatim of Hashem are |7| Some trust in chariots, Bnei Adam.
emes and righteous altogether. and some susim: but we will |11 [12]| For they intended
|10 (11)| More to be desired trust in the Shem Hashem ra'ah against Thee; they
are they than zahav, yea, than Eloheinu. devised a plot, which they are
much fine gold; sweeter also |8| They are brought down not able to perform.
than devash and the and fallen, but we are risen |12 [13]| Ki (therefore) shalt
honeycomb. up, and stand firm. Thou make them turn their
|11 (12)| Moreover by them is |9| Hoshi'ah, Hashem, backs, when Thou shalt aim
Thy eved warned; and in HaMelech! May He hear us on Thine bowstrings at their
being shomer over them there the day when we call. faces.
is great reward. |13 [14]| Be Thou exalted,
|12 (13)| Who can discern Hashem, in Thine Own
his errors? Cleanse Thou me (For the one Strength; so will we sing and
from nistarot (secret ones).
|13 (14)| Keep back Thy eved
also from presumptuous sins;
Dovid)
praise Thy gevurah (power).
Ketuvim 587 Tehillim 22, 23
(For the one |14 [15]| I am poured out like will fulfill my nedar before
22 directing. To the
Deer of the Dawn.
Mizmor Dovid.)
mayim, and all my atzmot are
out of joint; my lev is like wax;
it is melted away within me.
them that fear Him.
|26 [27]| The anavim (meek)
shall eat and be satisfied; they
Eli, Eli, lamah azavtani? [See |15 [16]| My ko'ach is dried that seek Him shall praise
Mt 27:46 OJBC] Why art Thou up like baked clay; and my Hashem. Let your levav live
so far from my yeshuah, and leshon cleaveth to my jaws; forever!
from the words of my and Thou layest me in the |27 [28]| All the ends of
groaning? aphar mavet (dust of death). HaAretz shall remember and
|2 [3]| Elohai, I cry yomam, |16 [17]| For kelavim have turn unto Hashem; and all the
but Thou hearest not; and surrounded me; the Adat mishpechot of the Goyim shall
v'lailah, and am not silent. Mere'im (congregation of evil bow down in worship before
|3 [4]| But Atah Kadosh, O men) have enclosed me; Thee.
Thou enthroned on the ka'aru yadai v'ragelai (they |28 [29]| For the Meluchah is
tehillot Yisroel. pierced my hands and my feet; Hashem's: and He is the
|4 [5]| Avoteinu trusted in see Isa 53:5; Zech 12:10 and Moshel over the Goyim.
Thee; they had bitachon, and medieval Hebrew Scripture |29 [30]| All they that thrive
Thou didst deliver them. manuscripts as well as the upon HaAretz shall eat and
|5 [6]| They cried unto Thee, Targum HaShivim). worship; all they that go down
and were delivered; they had |17 [18]| I can count all my to the aphar (dust) shall bow
bitachon in Thee, and were atzmot; the people stare and before Him; even he who
not disappointed. gloat at me. cannot keep alive his own
|6 [7]| But I am a tola'at, and |18 [19]| They divide up my nefesh.
no ish; a reproach of men, and garments among them, and |30 [31]| Zera shall serve
despised of the people [see for my clothing they cast goral Him; it shall be told to the
Yeshayah 53:3 on the despised (lots) [Mt 27:35; Lk 23:34; Yn generation [to come]
Moshiach]. 19:24]. concerning Adonoi.
|7 [8]| All they that see me |19 [20]| But be not Thou far |31 [32]| They shall come,
mock me; they shoot out the from me, Hashem; O my and shall declare His tzedek
lip, they shake the rosh, strength, hasten Thee to help unto an Am Nolad (a [future]
saying, me. people that shall be born),
|8 [9]| He trusted in Hashem; |20 [21]| Deliver my nefesh that He hath done this.
let Hashem rescue him; let from the cherev, my yechid
Him deliver him, since He (only one, only [nefesh]) from (Mizmor of Dovid).
delights in him.
|9 [10]| But Thou art He that
took me out of the womb;
the power of the kelev (dog).
|21 [22]| Hoshieini from the
mouth of the aryeh; for Thou
23 Hashem is my
Ro'eh (Shepherd); I
shall not lack.
Thou didst make me trust hast heard me from the |2| He maketh me to lie down
when I was upon the breasts karnayim of the wild bulls. in green pastures; He leadeth
of immi. |22 [23]| I will declare Thy me beside the mei menuchot
|10 [11]| I was cast upon Thee Shem unto my Achim; in the (tranquil waters).
from the womb; Thou art Eli midst of the Kahal will I |3| He restoreth my nefesh;
from the womb of immi. praise Thee. He guideth me in the paths of
|11 [12]| Be not far from me; |23 [24]| Ye that fear tzedek l'ma'an Shmo
for tzoros is near; and there is Hashem, praise Him; all ye (righteousness for the sake of
none to help. Zera Ya'akov, give Him kavod; His Name).
|12 [13]| Parim rabbim and fear Him, all ye Zera |4| Yea, though I walk
(many bulls) have Yisroel. through the Gey Tzalmavet
encompassed me; strong bulls |24 [25]| For He hath not (Valley of the Shadow of
of Bashan have beset me despised nor disdained the Death), I will fear no rah (evil);
round about. enut ani (affliction of the for Thou art with me; Thy
|13 [14]| They opened wide afflicted); neither hath He hid shevet (rod) and Thy staff they
their mouths upon me, like an His face from him; but when comfort me.
aryeh roaring and tearing he cried unto Him, He heard. |5| Thou preparest a
prey. |25 [26]| My tehillah shall be shulchan before me in the
from Thee in the Kahal Rav; I presence of mine
Tehillim 23, 24, 25, 26 588 Orthodox Jewish Bible
enemies: Thou anointest my up my nefesh. pluck my feet out of the reshet

head with shemen (olive oil); |2|[Bais] O Elohai, I trust in (net).
my kos runneth over. Thee: let me not be ashamed, |16|[Peh] Turn Thee unto me,
|6| Surely tov and chesed let not mine oyevim triumph and be gracious unto me; for I
shall follow me kol y'mei over me. am yachid (alone, lonely) and
chaiyyai (all the days of my |3|[Gimel] Yea, let none that afflicted.
life): and I will dwell in the wait [hoping in] Thee be |17|[Tzade] The tzoros of my
Bais Hashem l’orech yamim ashamed; let them be lev are multiplied; O bring
(for length of days, whole life ashamed which transgress Thou me forth out of my
long, forever). without cause. distresses.
(Mizmor of Dovid) |4|[Dalet] Show me Thy ways, |18|[Resh] Look upon mine
24 Ha’aretz is
Hashem’s, and the
fullness thereof; the tevel
Hashem; teach me Thy paths.
|5|[Heh Vav] Lead me in Thy
emes, and teach me; for Thou
affliction and my pain; and
take away all my chattot.
|19|Resh] Look upon mine
(world), and they that dwell art the Elohei of my Salvation; enemies; for they are
therein. on Thee do I wait kol hayom. increased; and they hate me
[2] For He hath founded it |6|[Zayin] Remember, with sinas chamas.
upon the yamim (seas), and Hashem, Thy rachamim and |20|Shin] Be shomer over my
established it upon the waters. Thy lovingkindnesses; nefesh, and deliver me; let me
[3] Who shall ascend the Har for they have ever been of old. not be ashamed; for I take
Hashem? Or who shall stand |7|[Chet] Remember not the refuge in Thee.
in His Makom Kodesh? chattot of my youth, nor my |21|[Tav] Let tohm (integrity,
[4] He that hath clean hands, peysha'im; according to Thy guilelessness) and uprightness
and a bar levav (pure heart); chesed remember Thou me for preserve me; for I wait on
who hath not lifted up his the sake of Thy goodness, Thee.
nefesh unto shahv (vanity), Hashem. |22|Redeem Yisroel, O
nor sworn l’mirmah |8|[Tet] Tov and yashar is Elohim, out of all his tzoros.
(deceitfully). Hashem; therefore will He (Of Dovid)
[5] He shall receive the
berakhah (blessing) from
Hashem, and tzedakah from
teach chatta'im in the Derech.
|9|[Yod] The meek will He
guide in mishpat; and the
26 Vindicate me,
Hashem; for I have
walked in mine tohm
Elohei Yisho (the G-d of his aniyim will He teach (guilelessness); I have trusted
Salvation). His way. also in Hashem without
[6] This is the generation of |10|[Kaph] All the paths of wavering.
them that seek Him, that seek Hashem are chesed and emes |2| Examine me, Hashem,
Thy face, O Ya’akov. Selah. unto such as keep His Brit and prove me; try my heart
[7] Lift up your heads, O ye (covenant) and His Edot and my mind.
she’arim; and be ye lifted up, (covenant demands, urgings, |3| For Thy chesed is before
ye Pitchei Olam (everlasting reminders, testimonies). mine eyes; and I have walked
doorways); and Melech |11|[Lamed] For the sake of in Thy emes.
HaKavod shall come in. Thy Shem, Hashem, pardon |4| I do not sit with metei-
[8] Who is this Melech mine iniquity; for it is great. shav (men of vanity), neither
HaKavod? Hashem strong and |12|[Mem] What man is he will I go in with dissemblers.
mighty, Hashem Gibbor that feareth Hashem? Him |5| I have hated the kehal
Milchamah. shall He teach in the Derech mere'im (congregation of evil
[9] Lift up your heads, O ye that he shall choose. doers); and will not sit
she’arim; even lift them up, ye |13|[Nun] His nefesh (soul) with the resha'im.
Pitchei Olam; and Melech shall dwell in prosperity; and |6| I will wash mine hands in
HaKavod shall come in. his zera shall inherit the nikkayon (innocency,
[10] Who is this Melech earth. cleanness, freedom from
HaKavod? Hashem Tzva’os, |14|[Samech] The secret of punishment); so will I
He is Melech HaKavod. Selah. Hashem is with them that fear encompass Thine Mizbe’ach,
Him; and He will show them Hashem;
His Brit (covenant). |7| That I may publish with
(Of Dovid) |15|[Ayin] Mine eyes are ever the voice of todah, and tell of
25 [Aleph] Unto Thee,

Hashem, do I lift
toward Hashem; for He shall all Thy wondrous works.
|8| Hashem, I have loved the joy; I will sing, yea, I will make endeavors; give them after the
ma'on of Thy Bais music unto Hashem. work of their hands; render to
[HaMikdash], and the |7| Shema, Hashem, when I them their gemul (deserts).
Mishkan where Thine kavod call with my voice; chaneini |5| Because they regard not
dwelleth. also upon me, and answer me. the Pe’ulot Hashem, nor the
|9| Take not away my nefesh |8| When my lev said of Thee, Ma'aseh of His hands, He
with chatta'im (sinners), nor Seek ye My face, my lev said shall tear them down, and not
my Chai (life) with anshei unto Thee, Thy face, Hashem, build them up.
damim; will I seek. |6| Baruch Hashem, because
|10| In whose hands is |9| Hide not Thy face far He hath heard the kol (voice)
zimmah (wicked plans), and from me; turn not Thy eved of my supplications.
their right hand is full of away in anger; Thou hast been |7| Hashem is my strength
shochad (bribery). my ezer; leave me not, neither and my mogen; my lev trusts
|11| But as for me, I will walk forsake me, Elohei Yishi (G-d in Him, and I am helped;
in mine integrity; redeem me, of my Salvation). therefore my lev greatly
v'chaneini (and be merciful |10| When avi and immi rejoiceth; and with my song
and gracious unto me). forsake me, then Hashem will will I thank Him.
|12| My regel standeth on take me up. |8| Hashem is their oz
level ground; in the great |11| Teach me Thy Derech, (strength), and He is the Ma'oz
assemblies unto Hashem will I Hashem, and lead me in a Yeshu'ot (saving refuge) of His
render berakhah. plain path, because of mine Moshiach.
enemies. |9| Save Thy people, and
(Of Dovid) |12| Deliver me not over unto bless Thine nachalah;
27 Hashem is my ohr
and Yishi (my
Salvation); whom shall I fear?
the desire of mine enemies; for
edei sheker are risen up
against me, and such as
shepherd them also, and carry
them ad olam.
Hashem is the ma'oz breathe out chamas. (Mizmor of Dovid)

(stronghold) of my life; of
whom shall I be afraid?
|2| When the resha'im, even
|13| Did I not believe to see
Hashem's goodness in the
Eretz Chayyim!
29 Ascribe unto
Hashem, O ye bnei
elim (sons of the mighty),
mine enemies and my foes, |14| Wait for Hashem: ascribe unto Hashem kavod
came upon me to devour my Chazak! And strengthen and oz (strength).
basar, they stumbled and fell. thine lev. Wait, I say, for |2|Ascribe unto Hashem the
|3| Though an army should Hashem. Kavod Shmo; worship
encamp against me, my lev Hashem in the Hadrat
shall not fear; though (Of Dovid) Kodesh (beauty of holiness).
milchamah should break out
against me, in this will I be
confident.
28 Unto Thee will I
cry, Hashem my
Tzur; do not turn a deaf ear to
|3| The voice of Hashem is
upon the waters; El HaKavod
thundereth; Hashem is over
|4| One thing have I asked of me: lest, if Thou be silent to the mayim rabbim.
Hashem, that will I seek after: me, I become like them that go |4| The voice of Hashem is in
that I may dwell in the Bais down into the pit. Ko'ach; the voice of Hashem is
Hashem all the days of my |2| Shema (hear) kol (voice) of in hadar (majesty).
life, to behold the gracefulness my supplications, when I cry |5| The voice of Hashem
of Hashem, and to inquire in unto Thee, when I lift up my breaketh the cedars; Hashem
His Heikhal. hands toward Thy Devir breaketh the cedars of the
|5| For in the Yom Ra'ah (day Kodesh (Innermost Sanctuary, Levanon.
of evil) He shall keep me safe Kodesh HaKodashim). |6| He maketh them also to
in His Sukkah; in the shelter |3| Draw me not away with skip like an egel (calf);
of His Ohel shall He conceal the resha'im, and with the Levanon and Siryon, like a
me; He shall set me up upon a workers of iniquity, which young reimim (wild ox).
Tzur (rock). speak shalom to their |7| The voice of Hashem hews
|6| And now shall mine head neighbors, but malice out with flashes of eish.
be lifted up above mine is in their hearts. |8| The voice of Hashem
enemies around about me; |4| Give to them according to shaketh the midbar; Hashem
therefore will I offer in His their deeds, and according to shaketh the Midbar Kadesh.
Ohel sacrifices with shouts of the wickedness of their
|9| The voice of Hashem |11 [12]| Thou hast turned for because of mine avon
causes the deer to calve, and me my mourning into (iniquity), and my atzmot
strips bare the ye'arot (forests); dancing; Thou hast put off my waste away.
and in His Heikhal doth sackcloth, and girded me with |11(12)| I was a cherpah
everyone say, Kavod! simcha; (reproach, scorn, disgrace)
|10| Hashem sitteth upon the |12 [13]| That kavod (my among all mine enemies, but
mabbul (flood); yea, Hashem glory, my soul) may sing praise especially among my
sitteth enthroned as Melech to Thee, and not be silent. shchenim (neighbors), and a
l'olam. Hashem Elohai, I will give dread to mine acquaintance;
|11| Hashem will give oz thanks unto Thee l'olam. they that did see me outside
(strength) unto His people; fled from me.
Hashem will bless His people |12(13)| I am forgotten like a
with shalom. dead man out of mind; I am
(For the one like a keli oved (broken vessel).
(Mizmor. Shir
Dovid)
In Thee, Hashem, do I take
|13(14)| For I have heard the
dibbah (evil report, slander) of
many; terror was on every
30 Chanukat HaBeis.
Of Dovid)
I will exalt Thee, Hashem, for
refuge; let me never be put to
shame; deliver me in Thy
tzedakah.
side; while they conspire
against me, they plot to take
my nefesh.
Thou hast lifted me up, and |2(3)| Incline Thine ear to me; |14(15)| But I trust in Thee,
hast not made my foes to gloat deliver me speedily; be Thou Hashem; I said, Thou art
over me. for me a Tzur Ma'oz, a Bais Elohai.
|2 [3]| Hashem Elohai, I cried Metzudot (fortress) to save me. |15(16)| My times are in Thy
unto Thee, and Thou hast |3(4)| For Thou art my Sela yad; deliver me from the yad
healed me. (rock) and my Metzudah of mine oyevim (enemies), and
|3 [4]| Hashem, Thou hast (fortress); therefore for the from them that persecute me.
brought up my nefesh from sake of Thy Name, lead me, |16(17)| Make Thy face to
Sheol; Thou hast kept me and guide me. shine upon Thy eved;
alive, that I should not go |4(5)| Pull me out of the hoshi'eini (save me) for the
down to the pit. reshet (trap, net) that they sake of Thy chesed.
|4 [5]| Sing unto Hashem, O have laid for me; for Thou art |17| Let me not be put to
ye chasidim of His, and give my ma'oz (stronghold). shame, Hashem; for I have
thanks to His Zekher Kodesh. |5(6)| Into Thine yad I called upon Thee; let the
|5 [6]| For His anger commit my ruach; Thou hast resha'im be put to shame, and
endureth but a rega; in His redeemed me, Hashem let them keep silent in Sheol.
favor is Chayyim; weeping El Emes [Lk 23:46; Ac 7:59]. |18(19)| Let the siftei sheker
may endure for an erev, but |6(7)| I hate them that are the (lying lips) be put to silence;
joy cometh in the boker. shomrim of lying vanities [i.e., which speak insolent things
|6 [7]| And in my shalvah idols]; but I trust in Hashem. with ga'avah (pride) and
(security) I said, I shall never |7(8)| I will be glad and contemptuously against the
be moved. rejoice in Thy chesed; for tzaddik.
|7 [8]| Hashem, by Thy favor Thou hast seen my affliction; |19(20)| Oh how great is Thy
Thou hast made my mountain Thou hast known the tzoros goodness, which Thou hast
to stand firm; Thou didst hide (troubles) of my nefesh; stored up for them that fear
Thy face, and I was troubled. |8(9)| And hast not shut me Thee; which Thou hast
|8 [9]| I cried to Thee, up into the yad of the oyev wrought for them that take
Hashem; and unto Adonoi I (enemy); Thou hast set my feet refuge in Thee before the Bnei
made supplication. in a merkhav (large place, Adam!
|9 [10]| What profit is there in spacious or broad place). |20(21)| Thou shalt hide them
my dahm, in my going down |9(10)| Channeni, Hashem, b'seter (in the shelter) of Thy
into the pit? Shall the aphar for I am in tzoros; mine eye is presence from the intrigues of
(dust) praise Thee? Shall it consumed with ka'as (grief), ish; Thou shalt keep them safe
declare Thy emes? my nefesh and my beten. in a sukkah from the riv
|10 [11]| Shema, Hashem, |10(11)| For my life is spent l’shonot (the strife of tongues,
and channeini; Hashem, be with grief, and my years with contentious lashon hora,
Thou my helper. groaning; my ko'ach faileth backbiting, slander).
Ketuvim 591 Tehillim 31, 32, 33
|21| Baruch Hashem! For He found; surely in the floods of |8| Let kol ha'aretz fear
hath showed me His wondrous mayim rabbim they shall not Hashem; let kol yoshvei tevel
chesed in an Ir Matzor overtake him. (all the inhabitants of the
(besieged city). |7| Thou art my seter (hiding world) stand in awe of Him.
|22(23)| For I said in my place, shelter); Thou shalt |9| For He spoke, and it was
haste, I am cut off from before preserve me from tzoros; Thou done; He commanded, and it
Thine eyes; nevertheless Thou shalt envelop me with songs of stood firm.
heardest the voice of my deliverance. Selah. |10| Hashem annuls the atzat
tachanun (supplications) |8| I will instruct thee and Goyim (plan of the Goyim); He
when unto Thee I cried for teach thee in the Derech foils the machsh'vot Amim
help. which thou shalt go; I will (schemes of the peoples).
|23(24)| O love Hashem, all counsel thee with Mine eye. |11| The atzat Hashem
ye His Chasidim; for Hashem |9| Be ye not like the sus, or standeth firm l'olam, the
preserveth the emunim (the like the pered (mule), which machsh'vot of His lev l'dor
faithful ones), but He pays have no binah; whose mouth va'dor (from generation to
back in full the oseh ga'avah must be harnassed with bit generation).
(the one acting in pride, and bridle, else they come not |12| Ashrei is the Goy whose
haughtily). near thee. Elohav is Hashem; and HaAm
|24(25)| Chazak! Be strong, |10| Many sorrows shall be to whom He hath chosen for His
let your levav take courage, all the resha'im, but he that own nachalah.
ye that hope in Hashem. trusteth in Hashem, chesed |13| Hashem looketh down
(Of David. A shall envelop and cover him. from Shomayim: He
32 maskil).
Ashrei is he whose
peysha (rebellion) is forgiven,
|11| Be glad in Hashem, and
rejoice, ye tzaddikim; and
shout for joy, all ye yishrei lev
beholdeth kol Bnei HaAdam.
|14| From the place of His
habitation He looketh upon
whose chata'ah (sin) is (upright in heart). kol yoshvei ha'aretz.
covered. Sing with joy in |15| He formeth their hearts
|2| Ashrei is the adam unto
whom Hashem imputeth not
avon (iniquity), and in whose
33 Hashem, O ye
tzaddikim; for
tehillah is fitting for
yachad; He considereth all
their ma'asim (deeds).
|16| There is no melech saved
ruach there is no remiyyah the yesharim (upright ones). by the multitude of an army; a
(guile, deceit). |2| Hodu l'Hashem with gibbor is not delivered by rav
|3| When I kept silent [i.e., kinnor (harp); make music ko'ach.
refused to confess my sin, unto Him with the ten |17| A sus is a sheker (vain,
which was still naked and stringed nevel (lyre). false thing) for teshu'ah
uncovered (see 32:1) and had |3| Sing unto Him a shir (deliverance, salvation, safety);
no kapporah covering for my chadash (new song); play neither shall it save any by its
guilt before G-d], my atzmot skillfully with a teru'ah (shout great strength.
wasted away through my of joy). |18| Hinei, the eye of Hashem
groaning kol hayom (all the |4| For the Devar Hashem is is upon them that fear Him,
day). yashar; and kol ma'aseihu (all upon them that hope in His
|4| For yomam valailah Thy His deeds) are done in chesed;
yad was heavy upon me; my emunah (faithfulness). |19| To deliver their nefesh
strength was sapped as by the |5| He loveth Tzedakah and from mavet (death), and to
droughts of kayitz (summer). Mishpat; ha'aretz is full of the keep them alive in ra'av
Selah. chesed Hashem. (famine).
|5| I acknowledge my chattat |6| By the Devar Hashem |20| Our nefesh waiteth for
unto Thee, and mine avon were Shomayim made; and all Hashem; He is ezrienu (our
(iniquity) have I not covered the tz'va (host) of them by the help) and moginneinu (our
up. I said, I will confess my ruach (breath) of His mouth shield).
peysha'im (rebellions) unto [MJ 11:3; Yn 1:1; Psa 56:5]. |21| For libeinu (our heart)
Hashem; and Thou forgavest |7| He gathereth the mey shall rejoice in Him, because
the avon (iniquity) of my hayam (waters of the sea) like we have trusted b'Shem
chattat. Selah. a mound; He layeth up the Kadsho (in His holy Name).
|6| Therefore shall every tehomot (ocean depths) in |22| Let Thy chesed, Hashem,
Chasid pray unto Thee in a otzarot (storehouses, vaults). be upon us, even as we have
time when Thou mayest be hoped in Thee.
Tehillim 34, 35 592 Orthodox Jewish Bible
(Of Dovid, when he |15 (16)| The eyes of Hashem |7| For without cause have
34 feigned insanity
before Avimelech,
who drove him away, and he
are upon the tzaddikim, and
His ears open to their cry.
|16 (17)| The face of Hashem
they hid for me their reshet
(net) in a shachat (pit), which
without cause they dug for my
went out) is against them that do rah, to nefesh.
|1 (2)| I will make a bracha of cut off the zekher (remem- |8| Let sho'ah (disaster) come
praise unto Hashem at all brance) of them from ha'aretz. upon him unawares; and let
times; His praise shall |17 (18)| The tzaddikim cry, his own reshet (net) that he
continually be in my mouth. and Hashem heareth, and hath hid ensnare him; into
|2 (3)| My nefesh shall make delivereth them out of all their that very sho'ah let him fall.
its boast in Hashem; the tzoros. |9| And my nefesh shall
anavim (humble) shall hear |18 (19)| Hashem is near unto rejoice in Hashem; it shall be
thereof, and be glad. them whose lev is broken; and joyful in His Yeshuah
|3 (4)| O magnify Hashem saveth such whose ruach is (salvation).
with me, and let us exalt Shmo contrite. |10| All my atzmot shall say,
together. |19 (20)| Many are the Hashem, mi khamocha (who
|4 (5)| I sought Hashem, and afflictions of the tzaddik; but is like Thee), Who
He heard me, and delivered Hashem delivereth him out of deliverest the oni (poor) from
me from all my fears. them all. him that is too strong for him,
|5 (6)| They looked unto Him, |20 (21)| He keepeth shomer yes, the oni and the evyon
and were radiant; and their over all his bones; not one of (needy) from him that
panim were not ashamed. them is broken [Yn 19:36]. despoileth him?
|6 (7)| The oni (poor man) |21 (22)| Evil shall slay the |11| Edei chamas (witnesses
cried, and Hashem heard him, resha'im; and they that hate of violence, false witnesses)
and saved him out of all his the tzaddik shall be desolate. rise up; they lay to my charge
tzoros. |22 (23)| Hashem redeemeth things, questioning me of that
|7 (8)| The Malach Hashem the nefesh of His avadim; and which I have no da'as.
encampeth round about them none of them that take refuge |12| They repay me ra'ah for
that fear Him, and delivereth in Him shall be condemned tovah to the forlornness of my
them. [see Ro 5:1; 8:1 OJBC]. nefesh.
|8 (9)| O taste and see that (Of Dovid) |13| But as for me, when they
Hashem is tov; ashrei is the
man that taketh refuge in
Him.
35 Contend, Hashem,
with them that
contend with me; fight against
were choleh (ill), my clothing
was sackcloth; I humbled my
nefesh with tzom (fasting); and
|9 (10)| O fear Hashem, ye them that fight against me. my tefillah (prayer) turned
His kadoshim; for there is no |2| Take hold of mogen and back on mine own kheyk
lack to them that fear Him. tzinnah (large shield) and (bosom).
|10 (11)| The young lions do arise to my aid. |14| I went about as though
lack, and suffer hunger; but |3| Draw out also the khanit he had been my re'a or ach; I
they that seek Hashem shall (spear), and block the way bowed in sadness, as one that
not lack any good thing. against them that persecute mourneth for his em.
|11 (12)| Come, ye banim, pay me; say unto my nefesh, I am |15| But at mine stumbling
heed unto me; I will teach you Thy Yeshuah (salvation). they rejoiced, and gathered
the fear of Hashem. |4| Let them be put to shame themselves together; yes, the
|12 (13)| What ish is he that and disgraced that seek after attackers gathered themselves
desireth chayyim, and loveth my nefesh; let a rout in retreat together against me, and I had
many days, that he may see be theirs and let them be no da'as; they did tear at me
tov? brought to dismay that plot [with slander], and ceased not:
|13 (14)| Keep thy tongue my ruin. |16| Like chanef (hypo-
from rah, and thy lips from |5| Let them be like motz critical) mockers at cake, they
speaking mirmah (guile, see (chaff) before the ruach; and gnashed upon me with their
Isaiah 53:9 where it says let the Malach Hashem drive teeth.
Moshiach will lack mirmah). them away. |17| Adonoi, how long wilt
|14 (15)| Depart from rah, |6| Let their derech be Thou look on? Rescue my
and do tov; seek shalom, and choshech and slippery; and let nefesh from their
pursue it. the Malach Hashem pursue destructions, my
them.
yechidah (only one, my life) tehillah (praise) kol hayom (all yad of the resha'im drive me
from the lions. the day). away.
|18| I will give Thee thanks in |12(13)| There are the po'alei
the kahal rav (great (For the one aven (workers of iniquity)
congregation); I will praise
Thee among the mighty
throng.
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Hashem)
directing. Of
Dovid, the eved
fallen; they are thrown down,
and shall not be able to rise.
|19| Let not them that are Peysha speaketh to the rashah (Of Dovid)
mine oyevim gloat over me;
neither let them wink with the
eye that have sinas chinom
within my lev, that there is no
pachad Elohim (fear of G-d)
before his eyes.
37 Fret not thyself
because of re'im
(evildoers); neither have thou
(baseless hatred) toward me. |2(3)| For he flattereth kina (jealousy, envy) of the
|20| For they speak not himself in his own eyes, until workers of iniquity.
shalom, but they scheme his avon (iniquity) be found to |2| For they shall soon be cut
divrei mirmot (deceitful be hateful. down like the khatzir (grass),
matters) against the rigei eretz |3(4)| The words of his mouth and wither as the green
(them that are quiet in the are iniquity and mirmah desheh (herb, plant).
land). (deceit); he hath ceased to be |3|Trust in Hashem, and do
|21| Yea, they opened their wise, and to do tov (good). tov; so shalt thou dwell in the
mouth wide against me, and |4(5)| He deviseth evil upon Eretz (land), ure'eh emunah
said, Aha, aha, our eye hath his mishkav (bed); he setteth (and thou be pastured
seen it. himself in a derech that is not securely).
|22| This Thou hast seen, tov; he abhorreth not rah. |4| Delight thyself also in
Hashem; keep not silent; |5(6)| Thy chesed, Hashem, is Hashem, and He shall give
Adonoi, be not far from me. in HaShomayim; and Thy thee the desires of thine lev.
|23| Stir up Thyself, and emunah (faithfulness) |5| Commit thy derech (road,
awake to my mishpat, even to reacheth unto the clouds. way) unto Hashem; trust also
my cause, Elohai and Adonoi. |6(7)| Thy tzedakah is like the in Him; and He shall bring it
|24| Vindicate me, Hashem great mountains; Thy to pass.
Elohai, according to Thy mishpatim are tehom rabbah |6| And He shall bring forth
tzedakah; and let them not (a great deep); Hashem, Thou thy tzedakah (righteousness)
gloat over me. preservest adam (man) and as the ohr (light), and thy
|25| Let them not say in their behemah (beast). mishpat (justice) as the
lev, Ah, so would we have it; |7(8)| How precious is Thy tzohorayim (noonday).
let them not say, We have chesed, O Elohim! Therefore |7| Rest in Hashem, and wait
swallowed him up. the Bnei Adam find refuge patiently for Him; fret not
|26| Let them be put to under the shadow of Thy thyself because of him who
shame and brought to wings. prospereth in his derech,
confusion together that |8(9)| They shall be because of the ish who
gloat at mine ra'ah (disaster, abundantly satisfied with the bringeth wicked schemes to
distress); let them be clothed abundance of Thy Beis pass.
with boshet (shame) and [Hamikdash]; and Thou shalt |8| Cease from anger, and
kelimah (dishonor, disgrace) give them to drink of Thy river forsake chemah (wrath); fret
that exalt themselves against of delight. not thyself in any wise to do
me. |9(10)| For with Thee is the rah.
|27| Let them sing for joy, Makor Chayyim (fountain of |9| For evildoers shall be cut
and be glad, that favor my life); in Thy Ohr shall we see off; but those that wait upon
tzedek (righteousness, ohr. Hashem, they shall inherit the
vindication); yes, let them say |10(11)| O continue Thy Eretz (land).
tamid (continually), Let chesed unto them that know |10| For yet a little while, and
Hashem be magnified, which Thee; and Thy tzedakah to the the rasha shall not be; yes,
hath pleasure in the shalom yishrei lev (the ones upright of thou shalt watch his place,
(welfare) of His eved. heart). and he will not be.
[28] And my leshon (tongue) |11(12)| Let not the regel |11| But the anavim (meek
shall speak of Thy tzedek ga'avah (foot of pride) come ones) shall inherit Eretz; and
(righteousness) and of Thy against me, and let not the shall delight themselves in
rov shalom (great peace; see |24| Though he stumble, he [i.e., future] of the resha'im
Psa 119:165). shall not utterly fall; for shall be cut off.
|12| The rasha plotteth Hashem upholdeth him with |39| But the Teshu'at
against the tzaddik, and His yad (hand, power). Tzaddikim is of Hashem; He
gnasheth upon him with his |25| I have been na'ar is their ma'oz (stronghold,
teeth. (young), and now am old; yet I refuge) in the time of tzoros.
|13| Adonoi shall laugh at have not seen the tzaddik |40| And Hashem helps
him, for He seeth that his yom forsaken, nor his zera begging them, and delivers them; He
is coming. lechem. shall deliver them from the
|14| The resha'im have drawn |26| He is ever chonen resha'im, and save them,
out the cherev, and have bent (generous, merciful; see verse because they take refuge in
their keshet, to cast down the 21), and lendeth; and his zera Him.
oni (poor) and evyon (needy), is blessed. (Mizmor Dovid.
and to slay such as be yishrei
derech (upright ones on the
road, that walk uprightly).
|27| Depart from rah, and do
tov; and dwell l'olahm (for
evermore).
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mincha)
For the memorial
portion of the
|15| Their cherev shall enter |28| For Hashem loveth Hashem, rebuke me not in
into their own lev, and their mishpat, and forsaketh not Thy wrath; neither chasten me
keshatot (bows) shall be His chasidim; they are in Thy hot displeasure.
broken. preserved l'olahm; but the zera |2(3)| For Thine khitzim
|16| A little that a tzaddik resha'im shall be cut off. (arrows) pierce me, and Thy
hath is better than the riches |29| The tzaddikim shall Yad presseth upon me.
of resha'im rabbim. inherit Eretz, and dwell |3(4)| There is no health in
|17| For the zero'ot (arms, therein forever. my basar because of Thine
powers) of the resha'im shall |30|The mouth of the tzaddik anger; neither is there any
be broken; but Hashem speaketh chochmah, and his shalom in my atzmot because
upholdeth the tzaddikim. leshon uttereth mishpat. of my chattat.
|18| Hashem knoweth the |31| The torat Elohav is in his |4(5)| For mine avonot
yamim of the temimim lev; no steps of his shall slip. (iniquities) are gone over mine
(blameless ones); and their |32| The rashah lieth in wait head; as a weighty massa
nachalah (inheritance) shall to ambush the tzaddik, and (burden) they are too heavy for
be l'olahm (forever). seeketh to slay him. me.
|19| They shall not be put to |33| Hashem will not leave |5(6)| My chaburot (wounds)
shame in time of evil; and in him in his yad (hand, power), are foul and festering because
the days of famine yisba'u nor condemn him b'hishshafto of my wicked folly.
(they shall be satisfied, enjoy (when he is judged, brought to |6(7)| I am bent down; I am
plenty). trial). brought low ad me'od; I go
|20| But the resha'im shall |34| Wait on Hashem, and be about mourning all day long.
perish, and the oyvei Hashem shomer over His Derech, and |7(8)| For my loins are filled
(enemies of Hashem) shall be He shall exalt thee to inherit with burning; and there is no
like the glory of the meadows; Eretz; when the resha'im are health in my basar.
they shall disappear like cut off, thou shalt see it. |8(9)| I am feeble and broken
ashan (smoke), they shall |35| I have seen the violently ad me'od; I have groaned by
vanish. powerful rashah, spreading reason of the disquietness of
|21| The rasha borroweth, himself like an indigenous my lev.
and repayeth not; but the green tree. |9(10)| Adonoi, all my ta'avah
tzaddik showeth chonen |36| Yet he passed away, and, (desire, longing) is before
(generosity), and giveth. hinei, he was no more; yes, I Thee; and my groaning is not
|22| For such as be blessed of sought him, but he could not hid from Thee.
Him shall inherit Eretz; and be found. |10(11)| My lev panteth, my
they that be cursed of Him |37| Mark the blameless man, ko'ach faileth me; as for the
shall be cut off. and observe the yashar ohr of mine eyes, it also is
|23| The steps of a gever (upright); for the end of that gone from me.
(man) konanu (are ordered, ish is shalom. |11(12)| My loved ones and
made firm) by Hashem and |38| But the poshe'im (rebels, my re'a stand aloof from my
He delighteth in his derech. transgressors) shall be made nega [see Isa 53:8 on
shmad together; the latter end Moshiach’s nega]; and my
neighbors stand afar off. |3(4)| My lev became hot (40;2)(For the one
|12(13)| They also that seek
after my nefesh lay snares for
me; and they that seek my
within me; while I was musing
the eish burned; then I spoke
with my leshon,
40 directing, Of
Dovid. Mizmor)
I waited patiently for Hashem;
hurt speak of ruin, and plot |4(5)| Hashem, make me to and He inclined unto me, and
mirmot (deceptions, deceits) know mine end, and the heard my cry.
all the day long. measure of my yamim, what it |2 (3)| Hashem brought me
|13(14)| But I, like a cheresh is; that I may have da'as of up also out of a horrible pit,
(deaf man), heard not; and I how chadel (fleeting, frail) I out of the miry clay, and set
was like a mute that openeth am. my feet upon a rock, and
not his mouth. |5(6)| Hinei, Thou hast made established my goings.
|14(15)| Thus I was like an my yamim as a handbreadth, |3 (4)| And He hath put a shir
ish that heareth not, and in and mine lifespan is as chadash in my mouth, even
whose mouth are nothing before Thee; verily kol tehillah (hymn of praise) unto
no tokhachot (reproofs). adam stand as kol hevel Eloheinu; many shall see it,
|15(16)| For I wait for Thee, (altogether vanity). Selah. and fear, and shall trust in
Hashem; Thou wilt hear, |6(7)| Surely every ish walketh Hashem.
Adonoi Elohai. in a tzel (shadow); surely they |4 (5)| Ashrei is that man that
|16(17)| For I said, Hear me, are in turmoil in vain; he maketh Hashem his trust, and
lest otherwise they should heapeth up riches, and hath looketh not to the proud ones,
gloat over me; when my regel no da'as of who shall gather nor such as turn aside to lies
slippeth, they magnify them. (false g-ds).
themselves against me. |7(8)| And now, Adonoi, what |5 (6)| Many, O Hashem
|17(18)| For I am ready to do I wait for? My hope is in Elohai, are Thy wonderful
fall, and my sorrow is before Thee. works which Thou hast done,
me tamid. |8(9)| Save me from all my and Thy thoughts which are to
|18(19)| For I will declare peysha'im; make me not the us-ward; they cannot be
mine avon; I will be in reproach of the foolish. recounted unto Thee; if I
anguish over my chattat. |9(10)| I was silent, I opened would declare and speak of
|19(20)| But mine oveyim are not my mouth; because Atah them, they are more than can
chayyim (vigorous), and they (Thou) did it. be numbered.
are strong; and they that hate |10(11)| Remove Thy nega |6 (7)| Zevach and minchah
me sheker (wrongfully) are (stroke, scourge) away from Thou didst not desire; mine
multiplied. me; I am consumed by the ears hast Thou pierced [cf Psa
|20(21)| They also that repay blow of Thine yad. 22:17]; olah (burnt offering)
ra'ah for tovah are mine |11(12)| When Thou with and chata'ah (sin offering)
adversaries; because I pursue rebukes dost correct man for hast Thou not required.
the thing that is tov. avon (iniquity), Thou makest |7 (8)| Then said I, Hinei, I
|21(22)| Forsake me not, his beauty to consume away come; in the megillat sefer it is
Hashem Elohai; be not far like a moth: surely kol adam written of me [cf MJ 10:5-7],
from me. are hevel (vanity). Selah. |8 (9)| I delight to do Thy will,
|22(23)| Make haste to help |12(13)| Hear my tefillah, O Elohai; yea, Thy torah is
me, Adonoi Teshuati (L-rd of Hashem, and give ear unto my within my heart.
my salvation). cry; hold not Thy peace at my |9 (10)| I have preached
(For the one weeping; for I am a ger with tzedek in the kahal rav (great
39
Dovid).
directing, even to
Yedutun. Mizmor
Thee, and a sojourner, as were
all my Avot.
|13(14)| O spare me from Thy
congregation); hinei, I have
not restrained my lips, O
Hashem, Thou knowest.
I said, I will be shomer over frown, that I may recover |10 (11)| I have not hid thy
my ways, that I sin not with strength, before I depart, tzedek within my lev; I have
my leshon; I will be shomer v’eineni (and I be no more). declared Thy emunah
over my mouth with a muzzle, [T.N. Animal sacrifices cannot (faithfulness) and Thy teshuah
while the rashah is before me. take away sin; they are only a (salvation); I have not
|2(3)| I was dumb with shadow of the korban nefesh of concealed Thy chesed and Thy
silence, I held my peace for Moshiach. See Ps 40 and MJ emes from the kahal rav.
the sake of tov; and my chp 10; Isa 53:10.]
distress grew severe.
|11 (12)| Withhold not Thou me); heal my nefesh; for I have |3 (4)| My tears have been my
thy rachamim from me, O sinned against Thee. lechem yomam valailah, while
Hashem; let Thy chesed and |6(5)| Mine enemies speak they continually say unto me,
Thy emes continually preserve rah (evil) of me: When will he Where is Eloheicha?
me. die, and shmo (his name) |4 (5)| When I remember
|12 (13)| For innumerable perish? these things, I pour out my
evils have compassed me |7(6)| And if one cometh to nefesh within me; for I had
about; mine avonot see me, he speaketh falsely; his gone with the multitude, I
(iniquities) have overtaken me, lev gathereth wickedness to went with them to the Beis
so that I am not able to look itself; when he goeth lachutz Elohim with the voice of
up; they are more than the (outside, around) he telleth it. rinnah and todah, with the
hairs of mine head; therefore |8(7)| All that hate me multitude keeping Chag (holy
my lev faileth me. whisper together against me; day, pilgrim feast).
|13 (14)| Be pleased, O against me do they devise my |5 (6)| Why art thou cast
Hashem, to deliver me; O hurt. down, O my nefesh? And why
Hashem, make haste to help |9(8)| A thing of beliya'al (a groanest thou (i.e., murmuring
me. wicked fate, i.e., a terminal in discouragement) within me?
|14 (15)| Let them be illness), say they, cleaveth fast Hope thou in (i.e., wait for)
ashamed and mutually unto him, that when he lieth Elohim; for I shall yet give
confounded that seek after my he shall rise up no more. Him thanks, for He is the
nefesh to destroy it; let them |10(9)| Yea, mine own ish yeshuah (salvation) of my
be driven backward and put to shalom (familiar friend, close countenance and Elohai.
shame that wish me evil. friend), in whom I trusted, |6 (7)| My nefesh is cast down
|15 (16)| Let them be which did eat of my lechem, within me; therefore will I
appalled because of their hath lifted up his heel remember Thee from Eretz
boshet (shame) that say unto (i.e., deceitfully showed Yarden, and from Chermon's
me, Aha, aha. enmity) against me [see Yn peaks, from Har Mitzar
|16 (17)| Let all those that 13:18]. [mountain near Mt Chermon].
seek Thee rejoice and be glad |11(10)| But Thou, O |7 (8)| Tehom el Tehom
in Thee; let such as love Thy Hashem, channeni (be ([oceanic] deep unto [oceanic]
teshuah say continually, gracious, merciful unto me), deep) calleth at the noise of
Hashem be magnified. and raise me up, that I may Thy waterfalls; all Thy
|17 (18)| But I am poor and repay them. breakers and Thy billows are
needy; yet Adonoi thinketh |12(11)| By this I know that passed over me.
upon me; Thou art my ezer Thou favorest me, because |8 (9)| Yet Hashem will
and my deliverer; make no mine enemy doth not triumph command His chesed by day,
tarrying, O Elohai. over me. and in the night His shir
(For the one |13(12)| And as for me, Thou (song) shall be with me, my
41 directing, Mizmor
of Dovid).
[2(1) Blessed is he that
upholdest me in mine
integrity, and settest me before
Thy face l'olam (forever).
tefillah (prayer) unto the El
Chayyai (G-d of my life).
|9 (10)| I will say unto El Sali
considereth the helpless; |14(13)| Baruch Hashem (G-d my Rock), Why hast Thou
Hashem will deliver him in Elohei Yisroel m'haolam v'ad forgotten me? Why go I
time of ra'ah (evil, trouble). haolam. Omein and Omein. mourning because of the
|3(2)| Hashem will be shomer (For the one oppression of the oyev
over him, and keep him alive;
and he shall be blessed in
ha'aretz; and Thou wilt not
42
Korah).
directing, Maskil,
for the Bnei
(enemy)? [Mt 27:46]
|10 (11)| As with the crushing
of my atzamot (bones), mine
surrender him unto the desire As the deer panteth after the tzorer (vexers, harassers)
of his enemies. water brooks, so panteth my reproach me; while they say
|4(3)| Hashem will support nefesh after Thee, O Elohim. all day long unto me, Where is
him upon the sickbed; in his |2 (3)| My nefesh thirsteth for Eloheicha?
illness, all his bedridden Elohim, for El Chai. When |11 (12)| Why art thou cast
languishing Thou wilt change shall I come and appear down, O my nefesh? And why
(i.e., toward recovery). before Elohim [in the Beis art thou disquieted within me?
|5(4)| I said, Hashem, Hamikdash]?
channeni (be gracious unto
Hope thou in (wait for) |5(6)| Through Thee will we |19(20)| Though Thou hast
Elohim; for I shall yet give push down our enemies; crushed us in the makom
Him thanks, for He is the through Thy Shem will we (place, home, haunt) of
yeshuah (salvation) of my trample them under that rise jackals, and covered us with
countenance and Elohai. up against us. the tzalmavet (shadow of
Vindicate me, O |6(7)| For I will not trust in death).
43 Elohim, and plead

my cause against a
nation lo chasid; O deliver me
my keshet (bow), neither shall
my cherev save me.
|7(8)| But Thou hast saved us
|20(21)| If we have forgotten
the Shem of Eloheinu, or
stretched out our palms [in
from the ish mirmah v'avlah from tzareinu (our enemies), worship] to an el zar
(deceitful and unjust man). and hast put them to shame (foreign g-d);
|2| For Thou art the Elohei that hated us. |21(22)| Shall not Elohim
Ma'oz of me. Why dost Thou |8(9)| In Elohim we boast kol search this out? For He
cast me off? Why must I go hayom, and praise Thy Shem knoweth the secrets of the lev.
mourning because of the l'olam (forever). Selah. |22(23)| Yes, for Thy sake are
oppression of the oyev? |9(10)| But Thou hast cast off, we killed kol hayom; we are
|3| O send out Thy Ohr and and disgraced us; and goest counted as tzon (sheep) for the
Thy Emes; let them guide me; not forth with tzivoteinu (our tivchah (slaughter).
let them bring me unto Thy armies). |23(24)| Awake. Why sleepest
Har Kodesh, and to Thy |10(11)| Thou makest us to Thou, Adonoi? Arise, cast us
Mishkan. turn back from before the tzar not off lanetzach (forever).
|4| Then will I go unto the (enemy); and they which hate |24(25)| Why hidest Thou Thy
Mizbe'ach of Elohim, unto El us have taken plunder for face, and forgettest our oni
my exceeding joy; yea, upon themselves. (misery, affliction) and our
the kinnor will I praise Thee, |11(12)| Thou hast given us oppression?
O Elohim Elohai. up like tzon appointed for |25(26)| For our nefesh is
|5| Why art thou cast down, O food; and hast scattered us bowed down to the aphar
my nefesh? And why art thou among the Goyim. (dust); our beten (belly, body)
disquieted within me? Hope in |12(13)| Thou sellest Amecha has deveykus with the dirt.
Elohim; for I shall yet praise (Thy People) for a mere |26(27)| Arise for our help,
Him, Who is the Yeshu'ot of nothing, and art not enriched and redeem us for the sake of
my countenance, and Elohai. by their price. Thy chesed.
(For the one |13(14)| Thou makest us a (For the one
44
maskil).
directing. Of the
Bnei Korach. A
cherpah (reproach) to our
shchenim (neighbors), a scorn
and a derision to them that
45 directing upon
Shoshannim, for
the Bnei Korach. A Maskil.
We have heard with our are all around us. Shir yedidot, i.e., a love song).
oznayim, O Elohim, Avoteinu |14(15)| Thou makest us a My lev is stirred with davar
have told us, what po'al (work) mashal (byword) among the tov; I speak my verses to
Thou hast wrought in their Goyim, a shaking of the rosh HaMelech; my leshon (tongue)
days, in the times of old. among the peoples. is the et (pen, stylus) of a sofer
|2(3)| How Thou didst drive |15(16)| Kol hayom my mahir (ready scribe, skillful
out the Goyim with Thy Yad, dishonor is continually before writer).
but plantedst them; how Thou me, and the shame of my face |2(3)| Thou art fairer than
didst afflict the people, but for hath covered me, Bnei Adam; chen (grace, favor)
them Thou madest room. |16(17)| At the voice of him is poured upon Thy sfatayim
|3(4)| For they got not eretz in that reproacheth and revileth; (lips); therefore Elohim hath
possession by their own by reason of the oyev (enemy) blessed Thee l’olam.
cherev, neither did their own and avenger. [T.N. The coming Messianic
zero'a save them, but Thy |17(18)| All this is come upon King is called Elohim [Ps
Yamin (Right Hand), and us; yet have we not forgotten 45:6(7)] just as this coming
Thine Zero'a, and the ohr Thee, neither have we dealt personage is called El Gibbor
(light) of Thy countenance, falsely in Thy Brit. in Isa 9:5; see MJ 1:8; The
because Thou favored them. |18(19)| Libenu (our heart) is Targumist renders Psa 45:2(3)
|4(5)| Thou art my Melech, O not turned back, neither have as a reference to Moshiach.]
Elohim; command yeshu'ot our steps departed from Thy
(deliverances) for Ya'akov. way;
|3(4)| Gird Thy cherev upon |14(15)| She shall be brought |9(10)| He maketh milchamot
Thy side, O Gibbor [See Isaiah unto HaMelech in woven to cease unto the end of
9:5(6)], with Thy hod (glory, apparel; the betulot (virgins), ha'aretz; He breaketh the
splendor) and Thy hadar her companions that follow keshet (bow), and cutteth the
(majesty). her, shall be brought unto khanit (spear); He burneth the
|4(5)| And in Thy hadar Thee. chariots in the eish.
(majesty) ride forth |15(16)| With simchah and |10(11)| Be still, and know
victoriously for the sake of gladness shall they be led that I am Elohim: I will be
emes and anavah and tzedek; forth; they shall enter into the exalted among the Goyim, I
and Thy Yamin (Right Hand) Heikhal Melech. will be exalted in ha'aretz.
shall guide Thee to nora'ot |16(17)| Instead of thy avot |11(12)| Hashem Tzva'os is
(things of awe). shall be thy sons, whom thou with us; Elohei Ya'akov is our
|5(6)| Thine khitzim (arrows) mayest make sarim (princes) stronghold. Selah.
are sharp in the lev oyvei in kol ha'aretz.
HaMelech (in the heart of the |17(18)| I will make Thy
King's enemies); the Amim Shem to be remembered kol
(nations) fall under Thee. dor vador; therefore shall the
|6(7)| Thy kisse (throne), O Amim (nations) praise Thee
Elohim, is olam va'ed; the l'olam va'ed.
shevet (sceptre) of Thy
Malchut is a shevet of (For the one (For the one
uprightness.
|7(8)| Thou lovest tzedek, and
hatest resha; therefore
46 directing. Of the
Bnei Korach. Al-
alamot [after the manner of
47
Mizmor.)
directing. Of the
Bnei Korach. A
Elohim, Eloheicha, hath virgins, i.e., in the treble]. O clap your hands, all ye
anointed Thee with shemen Shir.) nations; shout unto Elohim
sasson (the oil of gladness) Elohim is our refuge and with the voice of joy.
above Thy chaverim. strength, a very present help |2(3)| For Hashem Elyon is
|8(9)| All Thy robes smell of in tzoros. awesome; He is Melech Gadol
myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; |2(3)| Therefore we will not over kol ha'aretz.
out of the ivory heikhalim fear, though eretz be shaken, |3(4)| He shall subdue the
stringed instruments have and though the harim peoples under us, and the
made Thee glad. (mountains) fall into the lev nations under our raglayim.
|9(10)| Banot Melachim were yamim (heart of the seas); |4(5)| He shall choose
among Thy ladies of honor; |3(4)| Though the mayim nachalateinu for us, the ga'on
upon Thy Yamin (Right Hand) thereof roar and be troubled, Ya'akov (pride, glory of Jacob)
is stationed the Shegal (Queen though the harim shake with whom He loves. Selah.
consort, spouse of the reigning the surging thereof. Selah. |5(6)| Elohim is ascended
monarch) in golden jewelry of |4(5)| There is a nahar (river), with a shout of joy, Hashem
Ophir. the streams whereof shall with the sound of a shofar.
|10(11)| Pay heed, O Bat make glad the Ir Elohim, the |6(7)| Sing praises to Elohim,
(daughter), and consider, and Kedosh Mishkenei Elyon (the sing praises; sing praises unto
incline thine ear; forget also holy dwelling of the Most Malkeinu, sing praises.
thine own people, and thy High). |7(8)| For Melech kol ha'aretz
Bais Avi; |5(6)| Elohim is in the midst is He; sing ye praises with
|11(12)| Then shall HaMelech of it [i.e., the Ir Elohim}; it understanding.
be enthralled with thy beauty; shall not be moved; Elohim |8(9)| Elohim reigneth over
since He is thy Adon, shall help it at early boker. the Goyim; Elohim sitteth
hishtachavi lo (bow to Him). |6(7)| The Goyim raged, the upon the Kisse Kadsho.
|12(13)| And the Bat Tzor kingdoms totter; He uttered |9(10)| The princes of the
(Tyre) shall be there with a His voice, eretz melted. nations are gathered together,
minchah (gift); even the |7(8)| Hashem Tzva'os is with even the Am Elohei Avraham;
ashirim (rich ones) among the us; Elohei Ya'akov is our for the moginei Eretz (shields
people shall entreat thy favor. stronghold. Selah. of the Earth) belong unto
|13(14)| The Bat Melech is all |8(9)| Come, behold the works Elohim; He is greatly exalted.
glorious within; her clothing is of Hashem, what desolations
zahav embroidered. He hath made in ha'aretz.
(Shir. Mizmor. Of lamb or the Isa 53 sa’ir like the behemot (beasts) that
48 the Bnei Korach.)

Gadol is Hashem,
l’azazel kapporah.]
(For the one
perish.
|13(14)| This is their derech,
and greatly to be praised in
the Ir Eloheinu, in His Har
Kodesh.
49
Bnei Korach).
directing. A
Mizmor for the
kesel (folly, imprudent
confidence) is theirs; and the
fate after them of those who
|2(3)| Yafeh in its loftiness, Hear this, kol HaAmim; give approve their words.
the joy of kol ha'aretz, is Mt ear, all ye inhabitants of the |14(15)| Like tzon they are
Tziyon, on the sides of the cheled (world, duration): destined for She'ol; mavet
north, the City of Melech Rav. |2(3)| Bnei Adam and bnei shall pasture them; and the
|3(4)| Elohim is in her ish, ashir (rich) and evyon yesharim (upright ones) shall
citadels, known as her fortress. (poor) alike, have dominion over them in
|4(5)| For, hinei, the |3(4)| My mouth shall speak the boker; and their tzir (form)
melachim were assembled, chochmot; and the meditation shall waste away to Sheol, so
they advanced together. of my lev tevunot (under- there is no dwelling place for
|5(6)| They saw, and ken standing). it.
(thus) they marvelled; they |4(5)| I will incline mine ear |15(16)| But Elohim will
were troubled, and fled. to a mashal; I will disclose my redeem my nefesh from the
|6(7)| Trembling took hold dark saying upon the kinnor yad (hand, power) of Sheol; for
upon them sham (there), and (harp). He shall receive me. Selah.
pain, as of a woman in labor. |5(6)| Why should I fear in |16(17)| Be not thou afraid
|7(8)| Thou breakest the ships the days of rah, when the avon when one is made an ish
of Tarshish with an east wind. (iniquity) of my akev oishir, when the kavod of his
|8(9)| As we have heard, so (supplanters, deceivers) bais is increased;
have we seen in the Ir Hashem surrounds me? |17(18)| For in his mot
Tzvaos, in the Ir Eloheinu; |6(7)| They that trust in their (death), he shall carry nothing
Elohim will establish it ad chayil (wealth), and boast away; his kavod (glory, wealth)
olam. Selah. themselves in the rov of their shall not descend after him.
|9(10)| We meditate on Thy oshir (riches); |18(19)| Though his nefesh
chesed, O Elohim, in the |7(8)| A brother cannot by during his life yevarech (he
midst of Thy Heikhal. any means redeem ish (man), blessed) --for they praise thee
|10(11)| According to Thy nor give to Elohim a kofer when thou doest well for
Shem, O Elohim, so is Thy (ransom) for him-- thyself--
tehillah unto the ends of |8(9)| For the pidyon |19(20)| He shall go to the dor
ha'aretz; Thy right hand is full [ransom] of their nefesh is (generation) of his avot; they
of tzedek. costly, and is forever beyond shall never see ohr (light).
|11(12)| Let Mt Tziyon their power to pay-- |20(21)| Adam that is in his
rejoice, let the Banot Yehudah |9(10)| That he should live on pomp, and understandeth not,
(Daughters of Judah) be glad, lanetzach, and not see shachat is like the behemot (beasts)
because of Thy mishpatim. (corruption, decay, that perish.
|12(13)| Walk about Tziyon, the pit [cf Psa16:10]).
and go around her; count the |10(11)| For he seeth that (Mizmor of Asaph)
towers thereof.
|13(14)| Mark ye well her
ramparts, consider her
chachamim die, likewise the
kesil (foolish) and the ba'ar
(brutish, senseless person,
50 El Elohim, even
Hashem, hath
spoken, and called
citadels; that ye may tell it to dolt) perish, and leave their Eretz from the mizrach
the dor acharon. chayil (wealth) to others. shemesh (rising of sun) unto
|14(15)| For this Elohim is |11(12)| Their inward thought the going down thereof.
Eloheinu olam vaed; He will is, that their batim (houses) |2| Out of Tziyon, the
be our guide even unto death. shall continue l'olam and their perfection of yofi, Elohim
[T.N. Notice v.8(9)-9(10) in Psa mishkenot (dwelling places) shineth forth.
49, which tells why Moshiach l'odor vador; though they call |3| Eloheinu shall come, and
can not be a mere man, in their lands by their shmot shall not keep silent; an eish
which case he could not (names). shall devour before Him, and
redeem another, or be |12(13)| Nevertheless adam in it shall be tempestuous me'od
Hashem’s Isa 53 redemption his pomp endureth not; he is round about Him.
|4| He shall summon |19| Thou lettest loose thy |7(9)| Purge me with ezov
Shomayim from above, and mouth to ra'ah, and thy leshon (hyssop), and I shall be tahor;
ha'aretz, that He may judge frameth mirmah (deceit). wash me, and I shall be whiter
His people. |20| Thou sittest and speakest than sheleg (snow).
|5| Gather My chasidim against thy brother; thou |8(10)| Make me to hear
together unto Me; those that slanderest thine own ben sasson and simchah; that the
have cut a Brit (covenant) with immecha. atzmot which Thou hast
Me by zevach (blood sacrifice, |21| These things hast thou broken may rejoice.
T.N. cf Gn 4:5 on the true done, and I kept silent; thou |9(11)| Hide Thy face from
Jewish religion). thoughtest that I was my chatta'im, and blot out all
|6| And Shomayim shall altogether like thee; but I will mine avonot.
declare His tzedek; for Elohim reprove thee, and set the |10(12)| Create in me a lev
Shofet hu. Selah. charge before thine eyes. tahor, O Elohim; and renew a
|7| Hear, O My people, and I |22| Now consider this, ye ruach nekhon (steadfast spirit
will speak; O Yisroel, and I that forget Elo'ah (G-d), lest I [i.e., regeneration Ezek 36:26;
will testify against thee; I am tear you to pieces, and there Yn 3:3,6]) within me.
Elohim, even Eloheicha. be none to rescue. |11(13)| Cast me not away
|8| I will not reprove thee for |23| Whoso offereth todah from Thy presence; and take
thy zevakhim. And thy olot glorifieth Me; and to him that not Thy Ruach Hakodesh
are before Me tamid. ordereth his derech aright will from me.
|9| I will accept no par (bull) I show the Salvation of |12(14)| Restore unto me the
from thy bais, nor he-goats out Elohim. sasson of Thy salvation; and
of thy folds. uphold me with a ruach
|10| For every beast of the (For the one nedivah (a willing spirit; see
ya'ar (forest) is Mine, and the
behemot upon a thousand
hills.
Dovid. When
Natan HaNavi confronted
Jer 31:31-34).
|13(15)| Then will I teach
poshe'im (transgressors) Thy
|11| I know kol oph (every him after he went into Bat- drakhim; and chatta'im
bird) of the harim; and the Sheva--2Sm. 11:2) (sinners) shall be converted
animals of the wild are Mine. Have mercy upon me, O [have a spiritual turnaround;
|12| If I were hungry, I would Elohim, according to Thy see Isa 6:10] unto Thee.
not tell thee; for the tevel is chesed; according unto the |14(16)| Save me from damim
Mine, and the fulness thereof. multitude of Thy rachamim (bloodguiltiness), O Elohim,
|13| Will I eat the basar of blot out my peysha'im Thou Elohei Teshuati; and my
bulls, or drink the dahm of (transgressions, rebellions). leshon shall sing aloud of Thy
goats? |2(4)| Wash me thoroughly tzedakah.
|14| Sacrifice unto Elohim from mine avon (iniquity), and |15(17)| Adonoi, open Thou
todah; and pay thy nedarim cleanse me from my chattat my lips; and my mouth shall
(vows, pledges) unto Elyon; (sin). show forth Thy tehillah
|15| And call upon Me in the |3(5)| For I acknowledge my (praise).
Yom Tzarah; I will deliver peysha'im (transgressions, |16(18)| For Thou desirest
thee, and thou shalt glorify rebellions); and my not zevach (sacrifice); else
Me. chattat (sin) is ever before me. would I give it; Thou
|16| But unto the rasha, |4(6)| Against Thee, Thee delightest not in olah (burnt
Elohim saith, What right hast only, have I sinned, and done offering).
thou to declare My chukkot, or the rah in Thy sight; that |17(19)| The zivkhei Elohim
that thou shouldest take My Thou mightest be found just are a ruach nishbarah (broken
Brit in thy mouth? when Thou speakest, and be spirit); a broken and contrite
|17| Seeing thou hatest blameless when Thou judgest. lev, O Elohim, Thou wilt not
musar (correction), and |5(7)| Surely, I was brought despise.
casteth My devarim behind forth in avon; and in chet did |18(20)| Do good in Thy good
thee. immi conceive me [i.e., I was pleasure unto Tziyon; build
|18| When thou sawest a a sinner from conception]. Thou the chomot
ganav (thief), then thou |6(8)| Surely Thou desirest Yerushalayim.
consentedst with him, and emes in the inward parts; and |19(21)| Then shalt Thou be
hast taken thy chelek (lot) with in the inmost place Thou shalt pleased with zivkhei tzedek
mena'afim (adulterers). make me to know chochmah. (true sacrifices,
Ketuvim 601 Tehillim 51, 52, 53, 54, 55
sacrifices of righteousness), (For the one oppressors seek after my

with olah (burnt offering)
and whole burnt offering; then
shall they offer parim (bulls)
53 directing.
According to
ma'alot. Maskil of Dovid).
nefesh; they have not set
Elohim before them. Selah.
|4(6)| Hinei, Elohim is mine
upon Thine Mizbe'ach. The naval (fool) hath said in Ozer (helper); Adonoi is with
[T.N. This Psalm, Ps 51, his lev, Ein Elohim (There is them that uphold my nefesh.
teaches the doctrine of Chet no G-d). Corrupt are they, and |5(7)| He shall recompense
Kadmon from which comes the have done abominable the rah (evil) unto mine
seminal corrupting human iniquity; there is none that enemies; in Thy emes cut
condition necessitating doeth tov. them off.
hitkhadshut for all fallen Bnei |2|(3) Elohim looked down |6(8)| I will sacrifice a
Adam] from Shomayim upon Bnei nedavah (freewill offering)
(For the one Adam, to see if there were any unto Thee; I will praise
52 directing. A maskil
of Dovid. When
Doeg HaAdomi [the Edomite]
of seichel, that did seek
Elohim.
|3|(4) Every one of them has
Shimecha, Hashem; for it is
tov (good).
|7(9)| For He hath delivered
went to Sha'ul and said to fallen away; they are me out of all my tzoros; and
him, Dovid has gone to Bais altogether perverse; there is mine eye hath looked in
Achimelech). none that doeth tov, no, not triumph upon mine oyevim
Why boastest thou thyself in echad (one). (enemies.)
ra'ah, O gibbor? The chesed El |4|(5) Have the workers of
is kol hayom. iniquity no da'as? Who eat up
|2(4)| The leshon (tongue) My people as they eat lechem; (For the one
deviseth treachery; like a
sharp ta'ar (razor), working
remiyyah (deceit).
they have not called upon
Elohim.
|5|(6) There were they in
55
Dovid)
directing. With
Neginos. Maskil of
|3(5)| Thou lovest rah more great pachad (fear), pachad Give ear to my tefillah, O
than tov; and sheker rather such as never was; for Elohim Elohim; and veil not Thyself
than to speak tzedek. Selah. hath scattered the atzmot of from my techinnah
|4(6)| Thou lovest all him that encampeth against (supplication).
devouring words, O thou thee; thou [Yisroel] hast put |2(3)| Attend unto me, and
leshon mirmah (deceitful them to shame, because hear me; I wander restlessly in
tongue). Elohim hath rejected them. my si'ach (anxiety), and aloud
|5(7)| El shall likewise |6|(7) Oh that the Yeshuat I groan;
demolish thee for netzach Yisroel would come out of |3(4)| Because of the voice of
(eternity), He shall break thee, Tziyon! When Elohim the oyev (enemy), because of
and pluck thee out of thy ohel, bringeth back the captivity of the oppression of the rasha
and uproot thee out of the Amo (His people), Ya'akov (evildoer); for they cast aven
Eretz Chayyim. Selah. shall rejoice, and Yisroel shall (iniquity) upon me, and in af
|6(8)| The tzaddikim also be glad. (wrath, anger) cherish
shall see, and fear, and shall their malice against me.
laugh at him: (For the director. |4(5)| My lev writhes within
|7(9)| Hinei, this is the gever
(man) that made not Elohim
his ma'oz; but trusted in the
54 With stringed
instruments. A
maskil. For Dovid, when the
me; and the terrors of mavet
are fallen upon me.
|5(6)| Yirah va'ra'ad (fear and
abundance of his osher Ziphim came and said to trembling) are come upon me,
(riches), and strengthened Sha'ul, Dovid is in hiding and pallatzut (horror,
himself in his treachery. among us.) Hoshieini (save shuddering) overwhelmed me.
|8(10)| But I am like a green me), O Elohim, by Shimecha, |6(7)| And I said, Oh that I
zayit (olive tree) in the Beis and vindicate me by Thy had wings like a yonah! For
Elohim; I trust in the chesed gevurah (might, power). then would I fly away and be
Elohim olam va'ed. |2(4)| Hear my tefillah, O at rest.
|9(11)| I will give Thee thanks Elohim; give ear to the words |7(8)| Hinei, then would I flee
l'olam, because Thou hast of my mouth. far off and lodge in the
done it; and I will wait on |3(5)| For zarim (strangers) midbar. Selah.
Shimecha; for it is tov before are risen up against me, and |8(9)| I would hasten to my
Thy chasidim. place of shelter from
the ruach so'ah (wind of the do not change, therefore they |7(8)| Shall they escape by
tempest) and storm. fear not Elohim. iniquity? In Thine anger cast
|9(10)| Destroy, Adonoi, and |20(21)| He [the faithless down the amim (peoples), O
confuse their leshon; for I see friend of verse 13-14] hath laid Elohim.
chamas (violence) and riv his hands on such as are at |8(9)| Thou hast acted as a
(strife) in the Ir (city, i.e., shalom with him; he hath sofer, recording my
Jerusalem). broken his Brit. wanderings; put Thou my
|10(11)| Yomam and lailah |21(22)| The words of his tears into Thy wineskin; are
they go about her mouth were smoother than they not in Thy Sefer (Book)?
[Yerushalayim] upon the butter, but war was in his lev; |9(10)| On the day when I cry
chomot thereof; aven also and his devarim were softer than unto Thee, then shall mine
amal are in the midst of her shemen, yet they were drawn oyevim turn back; of this I
[Yerushalayim]. swords. have da'as; for Elohim is for
|11(12)| Ruin is in the midst |22(23)| Cast thy burden me [Ro 8:31].
thereof; oppression and upon Hashem, and He shall |10(11)| In Elohim will I
mirmah (guile, fraud, deceit) sustain thee; He shall never praise His Word; in Hashem
depart not from her rechov. suffer the tzaddik to be will I praise His Word [Yn 1:1;
|12(13)| For it was not an moved. Mishlei 30:4; Ps 33:6; Mishlei
oyev (enemy) that reproached |23(24)| But Thou, O Elohim, 8:30].
me; then I could bear it; shalt bring them down into |11(12)| In Elohim have I put
neither was it he that had the pit of shachat; anshei my trust; I will not be afraid.
sinah (hatred) for me that did damim umirmah (bloody and What can adam do unto me?
exalt himself against me; then deceitful men) shall not live |12(13)| Thy nederim are
I could have hid myself from out half their yamim; but I upon me, O Elohim; I will
him; will trust in Thee. render todot (thank offerings)
|13(14)| But it was thou, an unto Thee.
enosh (a man) equally [valued |13(14)| For Thou hast
with myself], my aluf delivered my nefesh from
(intimate, friend), and (For the director. mavet (death). Wilt not Thou
me'yuda'i (deep acquaintance,
familiar friend, see Psalm
41:9)
56 Set to The Silent,
Distant Yonah. Of
Dovid. A mikhtam—when the
deliver my feet from
stumblimg, that I may walk
before Elohim in the Ohr
|14(15)| Together we took Pelishtim seized him in Gat.) HaChayyim (the light of the
sweet sod (intimate Chaneini (be merciful) unto living)?
conversation, fellowship, me, O Elohim: for enosh (man)
counsel), and walked unto the tramples upon me; kol hayom (For the one
Beis Elohim with the throng.
|15(16)| Let mavet seize upon
them, and let them go down
they press their attack against
me.
|2(3)| Mine adversaries kol
57 directing. Set to Do
Not Destroy.
Mikhtam of Dovid, when he
chayyim into Sheol; for ra'ot hayom trample me; for they be had fled from Sha'ul into the
(evils) are in their dwellings, rabbim that fight against me, me'arah [cave]).
and among them. Marom (Most High). Channeni, O Elohim,
|16(17)| As for me, I will call |3(4)| What time I am afraid, channeni; for my nefesh
upon Elohim; and Hashem I will trust in Thee. taketh refuge in Thee; yes, in
shall save me. |4(5)| In Elohim I will praise the tzel (shadow) of Thy wings
|17(18)| Erev, and boker, and His Word [See Yn 1:1,14]. In will I make my refuge, until
at tzohorayim (noon), will I Elohim I have put my trust; I these devastations pass by.
pray, and cry aloud; and He will not fear what basar can |2|(3) I will cry out unto
shall hear my kol (voice). do unto me. Elohim Elyon; unto El that
|18(19)| He hath redeemed |5(6)| Kol hayom they twist fulfilleth all things for me.
my nefesh in shalom from the my words; all their machsh'vot |3|(4) He shall send from
battle that was against me; for (thoughts) are against me for Shomayim, and save me from
there were rabbim against me. rah (evil). the disgrace of him that would
|19(20)| El (G-d) shall hear, |6(7)| They gather themselves swallow me up. Selah. Elohim
and afflict them, even He that together, they hide themselves, shall send forth His chesed
abideth kedem (of old, they are shomer over my steps, (lovingkindness) and His emes
forever). Selah. Because they when they wait for my nefesh. (truth).
|4|(5) My nefesh is among |5(6)| That it may not pay Yisroel, rouse Thyself to visit
lions, and I lie even among heed to the voice of charmers, [in punishment] kol HaGoyim;
them that devour Bnei Adam, casting spells ever so be not merciful to any
whose shinayim (teeth) are cunningly. bogedei aven (wicked boged
spears and khitzim (arrows), |6(7)| Break their teeth, O [traitor]). Selah.
and their leshon a sharp Elohim, in their mouth; tear |6| They return at erev; they
cherev. out the fangs of the young growl like a kelev (dog), and
|5|(6) Be Thou exalted, O lions, Hashem. prowl around the Ir.
Elohim, above Shomayim; let |7(8)| Let them melt away like |7| Hinei, they belch out with
Thy kavod be above kol draining mayim; when he their mouth; charavot (swords)
ha'aretz. bendeth his bow to shoot his are in their sfatot (lips); for
|6|(7) They have prepared a khitzim (arrows), let them be who, say they, doth hear?
reshet (net) for my steps; my crumbled to pieces. |8| But Thou, Hashem, shalt
nefesh is bowed down; they |8(9)| As a snail which laugh at them; Thou shalt
have dug a pit before me, into melteth, let every one of them have all the Goyim in derision.
the midst whereof they are pass away; like the stillborn |9| O my Strength, I will be
fallen themselves. Selah. child of an isha, that they may shomer to watch for Thee; for
|7|(8) My lev is nachon not see the shemesh. Elohim is my stronghold.
(steadfast), O Elohim, my lev is |9(10)| Before your sirot (pots) |10| The G-d of my chesed
nachon; I will sing and make can feel the burning thorns, shall come to meet me;
music. may He with a whirlwind blow Elohim shall let me see [the
|8|(9) Awake, my kavod (glory, them away, both green end] of my shorer (watchers,
soul, life); awake, nevel and and dry alike. [i.e., slandering foes
kinnor; I myself will awake the |10(11)| The tzaddik shall insidiously fixated on me and
shachar (dawn). rejoice when he seeth the lying in wait]).
|9|(10) I will give thanks unto vengeance; he shall wash feet |11| Slay them not, lest my
Thee, Adonoi, among the in the dahm harasha. people forget; scatter them by
peoples; I will sing of Thee |11(12)| So that adam shall Thy power; and bring them
among the peoples. say, Verily there is a reward down, Adonoi mogineinu (our
|10|(11) For Thy chesed is for the tzaddik; verily yesh Shield).
gadol unto Shomayim, and Elohim Shofetim ba'aretz |12| For the chattat of their
Thy emes unto the heights. (there is a G-d that judgeth in mouth and the davar of their
|11|(12) Be Thou exalted, O the earth). sfatayim let them even be
Elohim, above Shomayim; let (For the one caught in their ga'on (pride);
Thy kavod be above kol
ha'aretz (all the earth).
(For the one
Not Destroy.
Mikhtam Dovid. When Sha'ul
and for the cursing and lying
which they speak.
|13| Consume them in
Not Destroy.
Mikhtam Dovid).
sent and they watched
[Dovid's] bais to kill him)
Save me from mine enemies,
chemah (wrath), consume
them, till they are no more;
and let them know that
Do ye indeed decree tzedek, O O Elohai; protect me from Elohim ruleth in Ya'akov unto
elim (g-ds, Ex 22:28[27])? Do them that rise up against me. the ends of ha'aretz. Selah.
ye judge uprightly the Bnei |2| Deliver me from the |14| And at erev let them
Adam? po'alei aven (workers of return; and let them growl like
|2(3)| No, in lev (heart) ye iniquity), and save me from a kelev, and prowl around the
work wickedness; ye weigh out anshei damim (bloody men). Ir.
the chamas (violence) of your |3| For, hinei, they lie in wait |15| Let them wander up and
hands in Ha'Aretz. for my nefesh; the fierce stir down for okhel (food), and
|3(4)| The resha'im are up strife against me; not for howl if they be not satisfied.
perverted from the rekhem my peysha, nor for my chattat, |16| But I will sing of Thy oz;
(womb); gone astray from Hashem. yes, I will sing aloud of Thy
birth are they, speaking kazav |4| They run and prepare chesed in the boker; for Thou
(lie, falsehood). themselves without my avon hast been my stronghold and
|4(5)| Their venom is like the (wrong, fault); awake to help refuge in the day of my tzoros.
venom of a nachash; they are me, and see. |17| Unto Thee, O my
like the deaf adder that |5| Thou therefore, Hashem Strength, will I sing;
stoppeth its ear; Elohim Tzva'os, Elohei
for Elohim is my strongold, off? And Thou, O Elohim, Elohim; from Him cometh my
and the Elohim of my chesed. which didst not go out with Yeshuah (salvation).
tzivoteinu (our armies)? |2(3)| Truly He is my Tzur
|11|(13) Give us help against and my Yeshuah (salvation);
the enemy; for vain is the He is my stronghold; I shall
(For the one teshuat adam (help, salvation not be greatly shaken.
60 directing. Set to
The Shushan of
the Edut. Mikhtam Dovid to
of or from Man).
|12|(14) In Elohim shall we
obtain the victory; for He it is
|3(4)| How long will ye rush to
attack an ish? To thrust at, all
of you, as at a leaning kir
instruct. When he fought that shall tread down tzareinu (wall), and as at a tottering
Aram Naharayim and Aram (our enemies, oppressors). gader (fence).
Tzovah and when Yo'av |4(5)| Truly they consult to
returned and struck down bring down a person of
12,000 of Edom in the Gey prominence; they delight in
Melach.) (For the one kazav (lie, falsehood, deceptive
O Elohim, Thou hath rejected
us, scattered us; Thou hast
been angry; O restore us!
61 directing. With
stringed
instruments. Of Dovid).
thing); they make a berakhah
with their mouth, but they
curse inwardly. Selah.
|2(4)| Thou hast made eretz Hear my cry, Elohim; attend |5(6)| Truly in Elohim wait
to tremble; Thou hast torn it unto my tefillah. silently [in submission], my
asunder, heal the fractures |2(3)| From the end of nefesh, for my tikvah (hope) is
thereof; for it tottereth. ha'aretz will I call unto Thee, from Him.
|3(5)| Thou hast showed Thy when my lev is overwhelmed; |6(7)| Truly He is my Tzur
people kashah (hard times); lead me to the Tzur that is and my Yeshuah (salvation);
Thou hast made us to drink higher than I. He is my stronghold; I shall
the yayin of tarelah |3(4)| For Thou hast been a not be shaken.
(bewilderment, reeling). refuge for me, and a migdal oz |7(8)| In Elohim is my
|4|(6) Thou hast set up a nes (tower of strength) from the salvation and my Kavod: the
(banner) to them that fear enemy. Tzur of my strength,
Thee, that it may be unfurled |4(5)| I will abide in Thy ohel and my refuge, is in Elohim.
on account of the truth. Selah. forever; I will take refuge in |8(9)| Trust in Him at all
|5|(7) That Thy Yedidot the covert of Thy wings. Selah. time; ye people, pour out your
(beloved ones) may be saved; |5(6)| For Thou, Elohim, hast lev before Him; Elohim is a
save with Thy Yamin (Right heard my nederim; Thou hast refuge for us. Selah.
Hand) and hear me. given me the yerushat yirei |9(10)| Truly Bnei Adam
|6|(8) Elohim hath spoken in Shemecha (inheritance of (those of low estate) are hevel
His Kodesh (Holiness); I will those that fear Thy Name). (vanity), and Bnei Ish (those
exult, I will parcel Shechem as |6(7)| Thou wilt prolong days who are highborn) are kazav
chelek, and measure out the of the Melech, and his shanot (a lie); they go up in the
Valley of Sukkot. dor vador. balances; they are altogether
|7|(9) Gilàd is Mine, and |7(8)| He shall abide before lighter than hevel (vanity).
Menasheh is Mine; Ephrayim Elohim forever; O appoint |10(11)| Trust not in oshek
also is the ma'oz of Mine Rosh; chesed and emes, to preserve (oppression, extortion) and
Yehudah is My Mekhokek him. become not vain in gazel (the
(prescriber of laws, |8(9)| So will I sing praise thing taken as plunder); if
lawgiver; see Gn 49:10; Isa unto Shimecha forever, that I riches increase, set not your
42:4 on Moshiach’s torah). may yom yom (daily) perform lev upon them.
|8|(10) Moav is My washpot; my nederim. |11(12)| Elohim hath spoken
over Edom will I cast My once; twice have I heard this;
sandal; over Philistia I shout that oz (strength) belongeth
in triumph. unto Elohim.
[9](11) Who will bring me to (For the one |12(13)| Also unto Thee,
the Ir Matzon (city of
fortification)? Who will bring
me to Edom?
62 directing.
According to
Yedutun. Mizmor of Dovid.)
Adonoi, belongeth chesed; for
Thou renderest to ish (every
man) according to his ma'asim
|10|(12) Wilt not Thou, O Truly my nefesh waiteth (deeds).
Elohim, which hadst cast us silently [in submission] upon
(Mizmor Dovid. (For the one (For the one
63 When he was in the

midbar Yehudah).
O Elohim, Thou art Eli; early
of Dovid).
Hear my voice, O Elohim, in
Dovid. Shir).
Tehillah (praise) is due Thee,
will I seek Thee; my nefesh my si'akh (complaint); preserve O Elohim, in Tziyon;
thirsteth for Thee; my basar my life from the pachad And unto Thee shall the neder
longeth for Thee in a dry and (terror) of the oyev (enemy). (vow) be performed.
thirsty land, where no mayim |2|(3) Hide me from the sod |2|(3) O Thou that hearest
is; (secret counsel, conspiracy) of tefillah (prayer), unto Thee
|2(3)| To see Thy oz (might, the re'im; from the rigshah shall kol basar come.
power) and Thy kavod, as I (insurrection, noisy crowd, |3|(4) Divrei avonot (instances
have beheld Thee in the assembly) of the workers of of iniquity) overwhelm me; as
Kodesh (holy place, iniquity; for peysha'einu (our
sanctuary). |3|(4) Who whet their tongue transgressions), Thou hast
|3(4)| Because Thy chesed is like a cherev, and aim their made kapporah for them.
better than chayyim, my lips khitzim (arrows), even davar |4|(5) Ashrei is the one whom
shall praise Thee. mar (bitter words); Thou choosest, and causest to
|4(5)| Thus will I bless Thee |4|(5) That they may shoot in come near unto Thee, that he
while I live; I will lift up my secret at the tam (innoent); may dwell in Thy khatzerot;
hands b'Shimcha (in Thy pitom (suddenly) do they shoot we shall be satisfied with the
Name.) at him, and fear not. tov of Thy Beis, even of Thy
|5(6)| My nefesh shall be |5|(6) They encourage Heikhal Kodesh.
satisfied as with chelev (fat) themselves in a davar rah (an |5|(6) By nora'ot (awesome
and deshen (abundance); and evil plan); they speak in order deeds, awe-inspiring things) of
my mouth shall praise Thee to set mokshim (snares, tzedek (justice) wilt Thou
with lips of joyful singing; hidden traps); they say, Who answer us, O Elohei Yish'einu
|6(7)| When I remember Thee shall see them? (G-d of our salvation); Who art
upon my bed, and meditate on |6|(7) Or search out their the hope of all the ends of
Thee in the ashmurot (night iniquities? They have eretz, and of them that are on
watches). accomplished a cunningly the farthest seas;
|7(8)| Because Thou hast devised plot; for the mind of |6|(7) Which by His ko'ach
been my help, therefore in the ish (man) and the lev (heart) established the harim
tzel (shadow) of Thy wings will are deep, (mountains), being girded with
I sing with joy. |7|(8) But Elohim shall shoot gevurah;
|8(9)| My nefesh followeth at them with a khetz (arrow); |7|(8) Which stilleth the roar
hard after Thee; Thy Yamin pitom (suddenly) shall their of the seas, the roar of their
(Right Hand) upholdeth me. wounds be. waves, and the tumult of the
|9(10)| But those that seek my |8|(9) So the leshon of them Amim (peoples, nations).
nefesh, to destroy it, shall go will bring ruin upon them; all |8|(9) They also that dwell in
into the abysses of ha'aretz. that see them shall shake their the uttermost parts are afraid
|10(11)| They deliver him into head. at Thy otot (signs); Thou
the power of the cherev; they |9|(10) And kol adam shall makest the outgoing exits of
shall be a portion for jackals. fear, and shall declare the boker and erev to resound
|11(12)| But HaMelech shall po'al Elohim (work of G-d); for with joy.
rejoice in Elohim; every one they shall ponder His ma'aseh. |9|(10) Thou visitest ha'aretz,
that sweareth by Him shall |10|(11) The tzaddik shall be and waterest it; Thou greatly
glory; but the mouth of them glad in Hashem, and shall enrichest it with the peleg
that speak sheker shall be take refuge in Him; and all the Elohim (fountain of G-d),
stopped. yishrei lev (upright of heart) which is full of mayim; Thou
shall glory. preparest them dagan (grain),
for so Thou didst prepare it.
|10|(11) Thou waterest the |8| Barchu Eloheinu, Amim, (For the one
furrows thereof abundantly;
Thou settlest the ridges
thereof; Thou makest it soft
and make the kol (sound) of
His tehillah (praise) to be
heard.
67 directing. On
Neginot. With
stringed instruments. Mizmor.
with showers; Thou blessest |9| He is the One who set Shir.)
the tzemach (sprout, branch, nafsheinu in chayyim and Elohim be channun (gracious)
see Zech 6:12) thereof. does not permit ragleinu (our unto us, and put a berakhah
|11|(12) Thou crownest shnat foot) to slip. upon us; and may He make
tovatecha (the year with Thy |10| For Thou, Elohim, hath His face to shine upon us.
goodness, bounty); and Thy tested us and hast proved us; Selah.
paths drip with plenty. Thou hast put us in the |2(3)| That Thy Derech may
|12|(13) They drip upon the crucible's refining and refined be known upon HaAretz, Thy
pastures of the midbar; and us as kesef. Yeshuah (salvation) among kol
the hills are enrobed with |11| Thou broughtest us into Goyim.
gladness. the metzudah (prison); Thou |3(4)| Let the Amim praise
|13|(14) The meadows are laidst a mu'akah (burden) Thee, O Elohim; let kol Amim
clothed with tzon; the amakim upon our loins. praise Thee.
(valleys) also are covered over |12| Thou hast caused enosh |4(5)| O let the peoples be
with grain; they shout for joy, (mankind) to ride over glad and sing for joy, for Thou
they also sing. rosheinu (our head); we went shalt judge the people
(For the one through eish and through righteously, and govern the
66 directing. Shir.
Mizmor.)
Make a joyful shout unto
mayim; but Thou broughtest
us out into plenty.
|13| I will come into Thy Beis
peoples upon HaAretz. Selah.
|5(6)| Let the people praise
Thee, O Elohim; let kol Amim
Elohim, kol HaAretz; [HaMikdash] with olot; I will praise Thee.
|2| Sing forth the kavod fulfill for Thee my nedarim, |6(7)| Then shall eretz yield
Shmo; make kavod (glorious) |14| Which my sfatayim have her yevul (increase, produce,
His tehillah (praise). uttered, and my mouth hath harvest); and Elohim, even
|3| Say unto Elohim, How spoken, when I was in tzoros. Eloheinu, shall put a
norah (awesome) art Thou in |15| I will offer unto Thee berakhah upon us.
Thy ma'asim (works)! Through olot mekhim (burnt offerings |7(8)| Elohim shall bless us;
the greatness of Thy oz (might) of fat animals), with the and kol afsei aretz (all the
shall Thine oyevim cower ketoret (incense, offering) of ends of the earth) shall fear
before Thee. rams; I will offer bakar with Him.
|4| Kol ha'aretz shall goats. Selah. (For the one
prostrate before Thee, and
shall sing unto Thee; they
shall sing praise to Shimecha.
|16| Come and hear, Kol
Yirei Elohim, and I will
declare what He hath done for
68
Shir.)
directing. Of
Dovid. Mizmor.
Selah. my nefesh. Let Elohim arise, let His

|5| Come and see the works of |17| I cried unto Him with my oyevim be scattered; let them
Elohim; He is norah mouth, and He was extolled also that hate Him flee before
(awesome) in deed toward with my leshon. Him.
Bnei Adam. |18| If I regard avon (iniquity, |2(3)| As ashan (smoke) is
|6| He turned the yam into sin) in my lev, Adonoi will not blown away, so drive them
yabashah (dry land; see Gn hear me; away; as wax melteth before
1:10); they passed through the |19| But surely Elohim hath the eish, so let the resha'im
nahar on regel; there did we heard me; He hath attended perish at the presence of
rejoice in Him. to the kol tefillati (voice of my Elohim.
|7| He ruleth by His gevurah prayer). |3(4)| But let the tzaddikim
(power) olam (forever); His |20| Baruch Elohim, Who have simchah; let them rejoice
eyes are a watchman's eyes hath not turned away my before Elohim; and, let them
over the Goyim; let not the tefillah, nor His chesed from rejoice with simchah.
sorerim (rebellious ones) exalt me. |4(5)| Sing unto Elohim, sing
themselves. Selah. praises to Shmo; extol Him
that rideth on
the clouds by Shmo Hashem, is the har which Elohim hath and the throng of them, the
and rejoice before Him. chosen to dwell in; indeed, sarim (princes) of Zevulun,
|5(6)| Avi yetomim (father of Hashem will dwell in it and the sarim (princes) of
orphans), and a dayan (judge) lanetzach (forever). Naphtali.
of almanot (widows), is |17(18)| The merkavot of |28(29)| Eloheicha hath
Elohim in His Ma'on Kodesh. Elohim are myriads, a commanded thy oz;
|6(7)| Elohim setteth the thousand thousands; Adonoi strengthen, O Elohim,
yechidim (alone ones) in a is among them, as in Sinai, in that which Thou hast wrought
family; He bringeth out those kodesh (holiness). for us.
which are asirim (prisoners, |18(19)| Thou hast ascended |29(30)| Because of Thy
those bound with chains); but on marom (high), Thou hast Heikhal at Yerushalayim shall
the sorerim (rebels) dwell in a led captivity captive; Thou melachim bring offerings unto
dry land. hast received mattanot among Thee.
|7(8)| O Elohim, when Thou adam; yes, even from the |30(31)| Rebuke the company
wentest forth before Thy sorerim (the rebellious) also, of spearmen, the adat (herd)
people, when Thou didst that Hashem Elohim might of bulls, with the agalim
march through the wilderness; dwell [there]. (calves) of the nations, till
Selah; |19(20)| Baruch Adonoi, Who every one prostrate himself
|8(9)| Eretz shook, Shomayim yom yom bears us up, even with ingots of kesef; He
also poured rain at the HaEl Yeshuateinu (the G-d of scatters the people that delight
presence of Elohim; even our salvation). Selah. in wars.
Sinai itself was moved at the |20(21)| Our G-d is a G-d who |31(32)| Magnates shall come
presence of Elohim, Elohei saves; and from Hashem out of Mitzrayim; Ethiopia
Yisroel. Adonoi come escapes from shall soon stretch out her
|9(10)| Thou, O Elohim, didst mavet (death). hands unto Elohim.
send a plentiful geshem (rain), |21(22)| But Elohim shall |32(33)| Sing unto Elohim, ye
whereby Thou didst restore shatter the rosh of His oyevim, mamlechot of ha'aretz; O sing
Thine nachalah, when it was and the hairy kodkod (crown praises unto Adonoi. Selah.
parched. of the head, scalp) of such a |33(34)| To Him that rideth
|10(11)| Thy congregation one as continueth on in his upon the skies of Shomayim of
hath dwelt therein; Thou, O trespasses. old; lo, He doth send out His
Elohim, hast prepared of Thy |22(23)| Adonoi said, I will voice, and that a kol oz
bounty for the oni. bring back from Bashan, I will (mighty voice).
|11(12)| Adonoi gave the bring back from the depths of |34(35)| Ascribe ye oz (power)
word; rav (great) was the tzava the sea; unto Elohim; His majesty is
(company, army) of the |23(24)| That thy regel may over Yisroel, and His oz is in
mevaserot (heralds, those that be bathed in dahm, that the the skies.
published it, the lady leshon of thy klavim (dogs) |35(36)| O Elohim, Thou art
evangelists). may partake of the oyevim. norah (awesome, terrible) out
|12(13)| Melachim of tzeva'ot |24(25)| They have seen Thy of Thy Mikdashim; the El
(armies) shall flee, they flee; processions, O Elohim; even (G-d) of Yisroel is He that
and she that tarried at home the goings of my G-d, my giveth oz and strength unto
shall divide the plunder. Melech, in the Kodesh. His people. Baruch Elohim.
|13(14)| Though ye have lain |25(26)| The sharim (singers) (For the one
among the cooking pots, yet
shall ye be as the wings of a
yonah covered with kesef, and
went before, the nogenim
(players on instruments)
followed after; among them
69 directing. Al
Shoshanim. Of
Dovid.) Hoshi'eini, O Elohim;
her feathers with glistening were the alamot (young for the mayim are come unto
gold. unmarried virgins) playing my nefesh (i.e., neck).
|14(15)| When Shaddai timbrels. |2(3)| I sink in deep mire,
scattered melachim therein, it |26(27)| Barchu Elohim in where there is no standing; I
was white as snow in Tzalmon. the congregations, even am come into the depths of
|15(16)| The Har Elohim is Hashem, out of the Makor the mayim, where the floods
the Har Bashan; a mountain Yisroel (Fountain of Israel). overflow me.
of peaks is the Har Bashan. |27(28)| There is Binyamin, |3(4)| I am weary of my
|16(17)| Why gaze ye in envy, the youngest at the head; the crying out; my garon
ye many-peaked harim? This sarim (princes) of Yehudah (throat) is dry; mine
eyes fail while I wait for from them that hate me, and |26(27)| For they persecute
Elohai. out of the depths of the him whom Thou hast struck;
|4(5)| They that have sinas mayim. and they tell of the makh'ov
chinom (baseless hatred) |15(16)| Let not the (pain, grief) of those whom
toward me are more than the floodwaters overflow me, Thou hast wounded.
hairs of mine rosh; they that neither let the deep swallow |27(28)| Add avon (iniquity)
would destroy me, being mine me up, and let not the be'er unto their avon; and let them
oyevim (enemies) sheker (pit) shut her mouth upon me. not come into Thy tzedakah.
(baselessly) are mighty; then I |16(17)| Hear me, Hashem, |28(29)| Let them be blotted
restored that which I did not for Thy chesed is tov; turn out of the Sefer Chayyim, and
steal. unto me according to the not be recorded with the
|5(6)| O Elohim, Thou multitude of Thy rachamim; tzaddikim.
knowest my folly; and my |17(18)| And hide not Thy |29(30)| But I am ani (poor)
ashmot (guiltinesses) are not face from Thy eved; for I am and in pain; let Thy Yeshuah
hid from Thee. in tzoros. Hear me speedily. (salvation), O Elohim, set me
|6(7)| Let not them that wait |18(19)| Draw near unto my up on high.
on Thee, Adonoi Hashem nefesh, and make the go'el |30(31)| I will praise Shem
Tzva'os, be ashamed because redemption of it; deliver me Elohim b'shir (in song), and
of me; let not those that seek because of mine oyevim will magnify Him with todah
Thee be disgraced because of (enemies). (thanksgiving).
me, O Elohei Yisroel. |19(20)| Thou hast known the |31(32)| This also shall please
|7(8)| Because for Thy sake I cherpah (scorn) I bear, and my Hashem better than shor (ox)
have borne cherpah; shame shame, and my dishonor; or bull that hath keren (horn)
hath covered my face. mine adversaries are all and parsah (hoof).
|8(9)| I am become a stranger before Thee. |32(33)| Those that have
unto my achim, and a nochri |20(21)| Reproach hath anavah (meekness, humility)
(foreigner) unto the bnei immi broken my lev; and I have shall see this, and have
(sons of my mother). sickness as unto death; and I simchah; and your [pl.] lev
|9(10)| For kinas Beitcha looked for some to take pity, shall live that seek Elohim.
(zeal for Thy House) hath but there was none; and for |33(34)| For Hashem heareth
consumed me; and the menachamim (comforters), the evyonim (needy ones,
cherpot of them that scorned but I found none. poor), and despiseth not His
Thee are fallen upon me [Yn |21(22)| They gave me also prisoners.
2:17]. gall in my food; and in my |34(35)| Let the Shomayim
|10(11)| When I wept, and tzamah (thirst) they gave me v'Aretz praise Him, the seas,
chastened my nefesh in the chometz (vinegar) to drink [See and every thing that moveth
tzom (fast), that became my Mt.27:34,48; Mk.15:23,36; therein.
cherpot (reproaches). Lk.23:36 Yn.19:28-30 OJBC]. |35(36)| For Elohim yoshi'a
|11(12)| I made sackcloth also |22(23)| Let their shulchan (will save) Tziyon, and will
my garment; and I became a become a pach (snare, trap) build the cities of Yehudah;
mashal (byword) to them. before them; and that which that they may dwell there, and
|12(13)| They that sit [as should have been for their have it in possession.
judges] in the sha'ar (gate) shlomim (peacefulnesses), let |36(37)| The zera also of His
speak against me; and I was it become a mokesh (trap). avadim shall inherit it; and
the neginot (drinking songs) of |23(24)| Let their eyes be they that love Shmo shall
the drunkards. darkened, that they see not; dwell therein.
|13(14)| But as for me, may and make their loins shake (For the one
my tefillah be unto Thee,
Hashem, in an et ratzon
(acceptable time, time of
tamid.
|24(25)| Pour out Thine
indignation upon them, and
of Dovid. For the
memorial portion of the
favor); O Elohim, in the let Thy charon af (burning minchah)
multitude of Thy chesed hear wrath) overtake them. Make haste, Elohim, to deliver
me, in the emes of Thy |25(26)| Let their habitation me; make haste to help me,
salvation. be desolate; and let none Hashem.
|14(15)| Save me out of the dwell in their ohalim [See Ac |2 [3]| Let them have
teet (mire, clay, soil) and let 1:20 OJBC]. bushah and be confounded
me not sink; let me be saved that seek my nefesh;
let them be turned back, and |10| For mine oyevim speak |21| Thou shalt increase my
be put to confusion, that against me; and they that lay gedolah, and comfort me on
desire my hurt. in wait for my nefesh conspire every side.
|3 [4]| Let them be turned together, |22| I will also praise Thee
back for a reward of their |11| Saying, Elohim hath with the nevel (lyre), even Thy
bushah that say, Aha, aha. forsaken him; persecute and emes, O Elohai; unto Thee will
|4 [5]| Let all those that seek lay hold of him; for there is I sing with the kinnor (harp),
Thee rejoice and have simcha none to rescue him. O Thou Kadosh Yisroel.
in Thee; and let such as love |12| O Elohim, be not far |23| My lips shall shout for
Thy Yeshuah (salvation) say from me; O Elohai, make joy when I sing unto Thee; and
continually, Let Elohim be haste for my help. my nefesh, which Thou hast
magnified. |13| Let them be ashamed purchased for redemption.
|5 [6]| But I am poor and and consumed that are |24| My leshon also shall tell
needy; make haste unto me, [satanic] adversaries to my of Thy tzedakah kol hayom;
Elohim; Thou art my help and nefesh; let them be covered for they are brought unto
my deliverer. Hashem, make with cherpah (reproach) and shame, they are humiliated
no delay. dishonor that seek my hurt. that seek my hurt.
In Thee, Hashem, |14| But I will hope tamid (Of Sh'lomo).
71 do I put my trust;
let me not be put to
shame l'olam.
(continually), and will yet give
tehillah to Thee more and
more.
72 Give HaMelech
Thy mishpatim, O
Elohim, and Thy tzedakah
|2| Deliver me in Thy |15| My mouth shall proclaim unto the Ben Melech.
tzedakah, and cause me to Thy tzedakah and Thy |2| He shall judge Thy people
escape; incline Thine ear unto Teshuah (salvation) kol with tzedek, and Thy poor
me, and hoshi'eini (save me). hayom; for I know not the with mishpat.
|3| Be Thou Tzur Ma'on (a limits thereof. |3| The harim (mountains)
rock of habitation), whereunto |16| I will come in the gevurot shall bear shalom to the
I may resort tamid (mighty acts) of Adonoi people, and geva'ot (hills) in
(continually); Thou hast given Hashem; I will make mention tzedakah.
commandment to save me; for of Thy tzedakah, even of |4| He shall judge the poor of
Thou art my rock and my Thine only. the people; yoshia (He shall
fortress. |17| O Elohim, Thou hast save) the bnei evyon (children
|4| Deliver me, O Elohai, out taught me from my youth; and of the needy), and shall break
of the yad of the rasha, out of hitherto have I declared Thy in pieces the oppressor.
the palm of the unrighteous nifle'ot (wondrous works). |5| They shall fear Thee as
and cruel man. |18| Now also when I am in long as the shemesh and
|5| For Thou art my tikveh ziknah (old age) and yarei'ach endure, dor dorim
(hope), Adonoi Hashem; Thou grayheaded, O Elohim, (throughout all generations).
art my trust from my youth. forsake me not; until I have |6| He shall come down like
|6| By Thee have I been declared Thy zero'a matar (rain) upon the mown
upheld from the beten [Moshiach; see Isa 53:1] unto field, as showers watering
(womb); Thou art He that took this generation, and Thy eretz.
me out of the womb of immi; gevurah to everyone that is to |7| In his yamim shall the
my tehillah (praise) shall be of come. tzaddik flourish; and
Thee tamid (continually). |19| Thy tzedakah also, O abundance of shalom so long
|7| I am as a mofet (portent) Elohim, is ad marom (to the as the yarei'ach endureth.
unto rabbim (many); but Thou heights). Thou Who hast done |8| He [Moshiach Ben Dovid]
art my strong refuge. gedolot (great things); O shall have dominion also from
|8| Let my mouth be filled Elohim, mi khamocha (who is yam to yam, and from nahar
with Thy tehillah (praise) and like unto Thee)? (river) unto the afsei eretz (the
with Thy tiferet (glory) kol |20| Thou, which hast showed ends of the earth).
hayom. me great and severe tzoros, |9| They that dwell in the
|9| Cast me not off in the shalt revive me again, and desert shall bow before him;
time of ziknah (old age); shalt bring me up again from and his oyevim (enemies) shall
forsake me not when my the tehomot (abysses) of lick the aphar (dust).
ko'ach faileth. ha'aretz. |10| The melachim of
Tarshish and of the iyim
(islands) shall bring minchah G-d’s house is wealth they can faithlessly with the dor
(tribute); the melachim of never attain to, revealing their banecha (the generation of
Sheva and Seva shall offer true eternal poverty. See Ps Thy children).
gifts. 73:24 on afterlife in G-d’s |16| When I thought to
|11| Kol melachim shall fall presence.] comprehend this, it was amal
down before him [Moshiach]; (Mizmor of Asaph). (difficulty) in my eyes;
kol Goyim shall serve him.
|12| For he shall deliver the
evyon (needy) when he crieth;
73 Truly Elohim is tov
to Yisroel, even to
the barei levav (pure of heart).
|17| Until I went into the
Mikdeshei El; then I had
binah (understanding) of their
the oni (poor, afflicted) also, |2| But as for me, my (the wicked's) destiny.
and him that hath no ozer raglayim had almost |18| Surely Thou didst set
(helper). stumbled; my steps them in slippery places; Thou
|13| He shall pity the weak had well near slipped. castedst them down into
and evyon (needy), and yoshi'a |3| For I had kina (envy) of mashu'ot (ruins, destruction).
(he shall save) the nefashot of the holelim (arrogant ones), |19| How are they brought
the evyonim (needy). when I saw the shalom of the into desolation, as in a rega
|14| He shall be the Go'el resha'im. (moment)! They are utterly
Redeemer of their nefesh from |4| For there are no consumed with balahot
deceit and chamas; and chartzubot (fetters, bonds, (terrors).
precious shall their dahm be pains) in their mot; healthy is |20| As a chalom when one
in his sight. their belly. awaketh; so, Adonoi, when
|15| And he shall live, and to |5| They are not in amal Thou art aroused [in
him shall be given of the (trouble) as enosh; neither are judgment], Thou shalt despise
zahav of Sheva; and prayer they plagued like adam. their tzelem (shadowy form).
shall be for him continually; |6| Therefore ga'avah |21| Thus my levav was
and daily shall a berakhah be encircleth them like a chain grieved, and I was pricked in
made on him. necklace; chamas enwraps my mind.
|16| There shall be an them like a garment. |22| So senseless was I, and
abundance of grain on |7| Their eyes bulge with ignorant; I was like behemot
ha'aretz upon the top of the chelev; they have more than before Thee.
harim (mountains); the fruit levav could imagine. |23| Nevertheless I am with
thereof shall shake [in the |8| They mock, and speak Thee tamid (always); Thou
trees like in] Levanon; and wickedly concerning oshek hast taken hold of me by my
they of the city shall flourish (oppression); they speak from yamin.
like esev ha'aretz. marom (on high). |24| Thou shalt guide me
|17| Shmo (His Name) shall |9| They set their mouth with Thy etzah (counsel), and
endure l'olam; Shmo shall be against Shomayim, and their afterward take me to kavod
continued as long as the leshon stalketh in ha'aretz. (glory).
shemesh; and men shall be |10| Therefore their people |25| Whom have I in
blessed in him; kol Goyim return here; and mayim to the Shomayim but Thee? And
shall call him blessed. full are swallowed down by there is none upon HaAretz
|18| Baruch Hashem Elohim, them. that I desire beside Thee.
Elohei Yisroel, who only doeth |11| And they say, How doth |26| My flesh and my levav
nifla'ot (wondrous things). El (G-d) know? And is there may fail; but Elohim is the
|19| And baruch Shem knowledge in Elyon? Tzur of my levav, and my
kevodo l'olam (and blessed be |12| Hinei, these are the chelek l'olam.
His Glorious Name forever); resha'im; at ease olam, they |27| For, hinei, they that are
and let the whole earth be increase in riches. far from Thee shall perish;
filled with His glory. Omein, |13| Surely in vain have I Thou hast destroyed all them
and Omein. cleansed my lev, and washed that go zoneh (a-whoring) from
|20| The tefillot Dovid Ben my hands in innocency. Thee.
Yishai are ended. |14| For kol hayom have I |28| But kiravat Elohim
[T.N. The next Psalm concerns been plagued, and chastened (drawing near to Elohim) is
a revelation received in the in the bekarim (mornings). tov for me; I make in Adonoi
Holy Place, namely the fate of |15| If I say, I will speak thus; Hashem my refuge, that I may
the wicked whose prosperity is hinei, I would have dealt declare all Thy deeds.
delusional since the riches of
(A Maskil of Asaph) |12| For Elohim is my Melech (For the one
74 O Elohim, why hast

Thou cast us off
lanetzach? Why doth Thine
mikedem (from of old),
working Yeshuah (salvation) in
the midst of Ha'Aretz.
Not Destroy.
Mizmor Asaph. Shir)
anger smoke against the tzon |13| Thou didst divide the Hodinu l'cha Elohim (Unto
(sheep) of Thy mireh yam by Thy oz (power); Thou thee, Elohim, do we give
(pasture)? didst break the heads of the thanks). Hodinu; that Thy
|2| Remember Thy Edah sea serpents in the waters. Shem is near Thy wondrous
(congregation), which Thou |14| Thou didst break the works declare.
hast purchased of old; the head of Leviathan in pieces, |2 [3]| I shall seize the mo'ed
shevet (tribe) of Thine and gavest him to be ma'akhal (appointed time, Chabakuk
nachalah, which Thou hast (food) to the people inhabiting 2:3) I will judge uprightly.
redeemed: this Har Tziyon, the wilderness. |3 [4]| Eretz and all the
wherein Thou hast dwelt. |15| Thou didst break open inhabitants thereof are
|3| Lift up Thy footsteps unto the fountain and the flood; dissolving; I, even I, hold up
the mashu'ot netzach Thou driedst up mighty the ammudim (pillars) of it.
(perpetual ruins); even all that naharot (rivers). Selah.
the oyev hath done wickedly in |16| The yom is Thine, the |4 [5]| I said unto the hollelim
the Kodesh [the Beis lailah also is Thine; Thou hast (arrogant), Deal not boastfully;
HaMikdash]. prepared the ma'ohr and to the resha'im, Lift not
|4| Thine enemies roar in the (luminary, moon) and the up the keren;
midst of Thy Mo'ed (place of shemesh. |5 [6]| Lift not up your keren
meeting); they set up their |17| Thou hast set all the on high; speak not with a stiff
banners for otot (signs, i.e., boundaries of Eretz; Thou neck.
their heathen insignia). hast made kayitz (summer) |6 [7]| For promotion cometh
|5| It had been as though one and choref (winter). lo (not) from the east, nor
lifted up kardumim (axes) |18| Remember this, that the from the west, nor from the
upon the thicket of etz. oyev (enemy) hath reproached desert.
|6| But now they break down Hashem, and that the am |7 [8]| But Elohim is the
the carved panels [of the Beis naval (foolish people) have Shofet; He bringeth down one,
HaMikdash] at once with blasphemed Shimcha. and setteth up another.
hammers and chisels. |19| O deliver not the nefesh |8 [9]| For in the yad Hashem
|7| They have set ablaze Thy of Thy turtledove unto the there is a kos, and the yayin is
Mikdash, burning it to the wild beast; forget not the life foaming; full of mixture; and
ground; they have brought of Thy aniyim (poor) lanetzach He poureth out of the same;
chillul to the Mishkan (forever). but the dregs thereof, all rishei
Shemecha (the dwelling place |20| Have regard unto the aretz (wicked of the earth)
of Thy Name). Brit (covenant); for the dark shall drain them down, and
|8| They said in their hearts, places of the earth are full of drink them [Lk 22:42].
Let us crush them altogether; the habitations of chamas. |9 [10]| But I will proclaim
they have burned up all the |21| O let not the oppressed l'olam; I will sing zemirot to
Mo'adei El in HaAretz. return in shame; let the oni Elohei Ya'akov.
|9| We see not our otot (signs); and evyon praise Thy Shem. |10 [11]| All the karnayim of
there is no longer any navi; |22| Arise, O Elohim, fight for the resha'im also will I cut off;
neither is there among us any Thine Own cause; remember but the karnayim of the
that knoweth ad mah (until how the naval (foolish man) tzaddik shall be exalted.
when). revileth Thee kol hayom.
|10| O Elohim ad mosai, (how |23| Forget not the kol (voice)
long) shall the adversary of Thine enemies, the tumult [T.N. In this Psalm we see that
revile? Shall the oyev (enemy) of those against Thee that G-d is Judge. The Bible speaks
blaspheme Thy Shem rises up tamid (continually). of a great Assize where there
lanetzach (forever)? [T.N. Cf Lk 2:23-24 and Ps will be a verdict regarding the
|11| Why withdrawest Thou 74:19 remembering that the sheep and the goats, the
Thy Yad, even Thy Yamin turtledove was the sacrifice of redeemed and the reprobate.
(Right Hand)? Take it out of the poor, which Moshiach See Rev 19:11 and 20:4-5.]
Thy Kheyk (bosom) and would be, not a rich man but
destroy [them]. ani, according to Zech 9:9.]
(For the one (For the one holiness). Who is so gadol El
76 directing. On
stringed
instruments. Mizmor of
Yedutun. Mizmor
of Asaph) I cried unto Elohim
as Elohim?
|14(15)| Thou art HaEl oseh
peleh (the G-d that doest
Asaph. Shir.) with my voice, even unto wonders); Thou hast declared
In Yehudah is Elohim known; Elohim with my voice; and He Thy oz (strength) among the
Shmo is gadol in Yisroel. gave ear unto me. amim (peoples, nations).
|2(3)| In Shalem [i.e., |2(3)| In my yom tzoros (day |15(16)| Thou hast with
Yerushalayim] also is His of trouble) I sought Adonoi; Thine zero'a (strong arm)
Sukkah, and His Ma'on my hand was stretched up in redeemed Thy people, the
(dwelling place) in Tziyon [see the lailah, and ceased not; my Bnei Ya'akov and Yosef. Selah.
Yochanan chp 14 OJBC]. nefesh refused to be |16(17)| The mayim saw
|3(4)| There He broke the comforted. Thee, O Elohim, the mayim
flashing arrows, the mogen, |3(4)| I remembered Elohim, saw Thee; they were afraid;
and the cherev, and the and groaned; I pondered, and the tehomot (ocean depths)
milchamah. Selah. my ruach was overwhelmed. also writhed.
|4(5)| Thou art more glorious Selah. |17(18)| The clouds poured
and adir (majestic) than the |4(5)| Thou holdest mine down mayim; the skies
mountains of prey. eyelids awake; I am so resounded in thunder; Thine
|5(6)| The stouthearted are troubled that lo adaber (I khitzim (arrows, i.e., lightning
plundered; now their last cannot speak). bolts) also went forth
sleep they sleep; and none of |5(6)| I have considered the |18(19)| The voice of Thy
the anshei chayil can find yamim mikedem (days of old), thunder was in the galgal
their hands. the shnot olamim (years long (whirlwind); the lightning lit
|6(7)| At Thy rebuke, O Elohei past). up the tevel (world); ha'aretz
Ya'akov, both the merkavah |6(7)| I called to trembled and quaked.
and sus are cast into a dead remembrance my neginah |19(20)| Thy derech is in the
sleep. balailah (song in the night); I yam (sea), and Thy path is
|7(8)| Thou, even Thou, art to communed with mine own lev; through the mayim rabbim
be feared; and who may stand and my ruach pondered with (great waters), and Thy
in Thy sight when once Thou diligent search. footsteps are not to be
art angry? |7(8)| Will Adonoi cast off discerned.
|8(9)| Thou didst pronounce forever? And will He show |20(21)| Thou didst lead Thy
din (sentence, judgment) from favor no more? people like a tzon (flock) by
Shomayim; Eretz feared, and |8(9)| Is His chesed passed the yad Moshe and Aharon.
was still, away forever? Is His promise (Maskil of Asaph.)
|9(10)| When Elohim arose to
mishpat, to save all the meek
of Eretz. Selah.
at an end l'dor vador?
|9(10)| Hath El (G-d)
forgotten to be channot
78 Give ear, O my
people, to my
torah; incline your ears to the
|10(11)| Surely the chamat (gracious)? Hath He in anger words of my mouth.
adam (the wrath of man) shall shut up His rachamim |2| I will open my mouth in a
praise Thee; the she'erit (mercy)? Selah. mashal; I will utter dark
(remnant, survivor) of wrath |10(11)| And I said, This is sayings from of old,
shalt Thou restrain [from my affliction; but I will |3| Which we have heard and
doing evil]. remember the shanot of the known, and Avoteinu have
|11(12)| Make neder (vow), Yemin Elyon (Right Hand of told us.
and pay unto Hashem the Most High). |4| We will not hide them
Eloheichem; let all that be |11(12)| I will remember the from their banim, recounting
around Him bring gifts unto deeds of Hashem; surely I will to the dor acharon the tehillot
Him that ought to be feared. remember Thy wonders Hashem, and His power,
|12(13)| He shall cut short the mikedem (of old, of long ago). and His nifla'ot (wonderful
ruach of negidim (nobles); He |12(13)| I will meditate also works) that He hath done.
is fearsome to the Malkhei- on kol po'al (all work) of |5| For He established edut
Aretz (Kings of the Earth). Thine, and consider Thy in Ya'akov, set torah in Yisroel,
mighty deeds. which He commanded Avo-
|13(14)| Thy Derech, O teinu, that they should make
Elohim, is bakodesh (in them known to their banim;
|6| So that the dor acharon out, and the streams and they returned and
might know them, even the overflowed; can He give inquired diligently after G-d.
banim which should be born; lechem also? Can He provide |35| And they remembered
who should arise and recount meat for His people? that Elohim was their Tzur,
them to their banim; |21| Therefore Hashem heard and the El Elyon their Go'el
|7| That they might put their this, and was in wrath; so an (Redeemer).
confidence in Elohim, and not eish was kindled against |36| Nevertheless they did
forget the ma'allei El (works of Ya'akov, and anger also came flatter Him with their mouth,
G-d), but keep His mitzvot; up against Yisroel; and they lied unto Him with
|8| And might not be as their |22| Because they believed their leshon.
Avot, a dor sorer u'moreh not in Elohim, and trusted not |37| For their lev was not
(stubborn and rebellious in His Yeshuah (salvation); right with Him, neither were
generation); a generation that |23| Though He had they faithful in His Brit.
set not its lev aright, and commanded the clouds from |38| But He, being full of
whose ruach was not faithful above, and opened the daletei compassion, made kapporah
to G-d. Shomayim (doors of heaven), for their avon and destroyed
|9| The Bnei Ephrayim, being |24| And had rained down them not; and He many times
armed, and shooting keshet manna upon them to eat, and turned His anger away, and
(the bows), turned back in the had given them of the bread of did not stir up all His wrath.
day of battle. Shomayim [see Yn 6:31 OJBC]. |39| For He remembered that
|10| They kept not the Brit |25| Ish did eat the bread of they were but basar; a ruach
Elohim, and refused to walk angels; He sent them lechem (wind) that passeth away, and
in His torah; to the full. cometh not again.
|11| And forgot His works, |26| He caused an east wind |40| How oft did they provoke
and His nifla'ot (wonders) that to blow from Shomayim; and Him in the midbar, and grieve
He had shown them. by His oz He brought in the Him in the desert!
|12| Peleh (marvellous things) south wind. |41| Again and again they
did He in the sight of their |27| He rained meat also turned back and tested G-d,
avot, in Eretz Mitzrayim, in upon them like aphar, and and imposed limits on Kadosh
the sadeh (area) of Tzoan. winged fowls like the chol Yisroel.
|13| He divided the yam, and (sand) of the sea; |42| They remembered not
caused them to pass through; |28| And He let it fall in the His Yad (Hand, Power), nor
and He made the mayim to midst of their machaneh, all the yom (day) when He
stand like a heap. around their mishkenot redeemed them from the
|14| In the daytime also He (habitations). enemy.
led them with an anan, and |29| So they did eat, and were |43| How He had wrought
all the lailah with an ohr of well filled; for He gave them His otot in Mitzrayim, and His
eish. their own ta'avah (evil desire). mofetim in the area of Tzoan.
|15| He split the rocks in the |30| They were not estranged |44| And had turned their
midbar, and gave them drink from their ta'avah. But while rivers into dahm; and their
as out of the great tehomot. their food was yet in their streams, that they could not
|16| He brought streams also mouths, drink.
out of the rock, and caused |31| The Af Elohim (wrath of |45| He sent swarms of flies
mayim to run down like rivers. G-d) came upon them, and among them, which devoured
|17| And they sinned yet slaughtered the stoutest of them; and tzfarde'a (frogs),
more against Him by them, and cut down the which destroyed them.
provoking Elyon in the bochurim of Yisroel. |46| He gave also their crop
wilderness. |32| For all this they sinned unto the grasshopper, and
|18| And they tested G-d by still, and believed not in His their produce unto the arbeh
their lev by demanding ochel nifla'ot (wondrous works). (locust).
for their lust. |33| Therefore their yamim |47| He destroyed their gefen
|19| And they spoke against did He consume in hevel with barad (hail), and their fig
Elohim; they said, Can G-d (futility, vanity) and their trees with frost.
spread a shulchan in the shanim in terror. |48| He gave up their cattle
midbar? |34| When He slaughtered also to the barad (hail), and
|20| Behold, He struck the them, then they sought Him; their livestock herds to hot
Tzur, that the mayim gushed thunderbolts.
|49| He cast upon them His |62| He gave His people over |3| Their shefach dahm
charon af, evrah (wrath), and also unto the cherev; and was (shedding of blood) is like
za'am (indignation), and in wrath with His nachalah. mayim all around
tzarah, by sending malachim |63| The eish consumed their Yerushalayim; and there is
ra'im among them. bochurim; and their betulot none to bury them.
|50| He made a way for His had no wedding celebration. |4| We are become a reproach
anger; He spared not their |64| Their kohanim fell by to our shekhenim (neighbors),
nefesh from mavet (death), but the cherev; and their almanot a scorn and derision to them
gave their beasts over to the made no lamentation. that are around us.
dever (plague); |65| Then Adonoi awaked as |5| How long, Hashem? Wilt
|51| And struck all the bechor one from sleep, and like a Thou be angry lanetzach
in Mitzrayim; the reshit (first gibbor that shouteth from (forever)? Shall Thy kina
fruit) of their strength in the yayin. (jealousy) burn like eish?
ohalim of Cham; |66| And He struck down His |6| Pour out Thy wrath upon
|52| But made His own enemies behind; He put them the Goyim that have no da'as
people to go forth like tzon, to cherpat olam (perpetual of Thee, and upon the
and guided them in the reproach). mamlachot that have not
midbar like an eder (flock). |67| Moreover He rejected the called upon Thy Shem.
|53| And He led them in Ohel Yosef, and chose not the |7| For they have devoured
safety, so that they had no Shevet Ephrayim; Ya'akov, and laid waste his
terror; but the yam |68| But chose the Shevet naveh (home).
overwhelmed their oyevim. Yehudah, Har Tziyon which |8| O remember not against
|54| And He brought them to He loved. us avonot rishonim (former
His gevul kadosh (His holy |69| And He built His iniquities); let Thy rachamim
border), even to this Har, Mikdash like heavenly heights, speedily come to us; for we
which His Yamin had like Eretz which He hath are brought very low.
purchased. established l'olam. |9| Help us, O Elohei
|55| He cast out the Goyim |70| He chose Dovid also His Yisheinu, (G-d of our
also before them, and divided Eved, and took him from the salvation), for the kavod of
by measure a nachalah for mikhle'ot tzon (sheepfolds); Thy Shem; and deliver us, and
them, and made the Shivtei |71| From following the make kapporah for our sins,
Yisroel to dwell in their nursing ewes He brought him for Thy Name's sake.
ohalim. to shepherd Ya'akov His |10| Why should the Goyim
|56| Yet they tested and people, and Yisroel His say, Where is Eloheihem? Let
provoked Elohim Elyon, and nachalah. there be known among the
were not shomer over His |72| So he shepherded them Goyim in our sight, vengeance
edot; according to the tohm for the shefach dahm of Thy
|57| But turned back, and (integrity, guilelessness) of his avadim.
dealt unfaithfully like their lev; and led them by the |11| Let the groaning of the
avot; they turned like a skillfulness of his hands. asir (prisoner) come before
treacherous keshet. Thee; according to the
|58| For they provoked Him greatness of Thy Zero'a
to anger with their high (A Mizmor. Of preserve Thou those that are
places, and moved Him to
jealousy with their pesilim.
|59| When Elohim heard this,
79 Asaph)
O Elohim, the
Goyim are come into Thine
Bnei Temutah (sons of death,
i.e., appointed to die, doomed
to die);
He was in wrath, and greatly Nachalah; Thy Heikhal |12| And repay unto our
abhorred Yisroel; Kodesh have they defiled; they shekhenim (neighbors)
|60| So that He forsook the have reduced Yerushalayim to sevenfold into their kheyk
Mishkan of Shiloh, the Ohel rubble. their reproach, wherewith they
which He placed among adam |2| The dead bodies of Thy have reproached Thee,
(men); avadim have they given to be Adonoi.
|61| And delivered His oz food unto the oph |13| So we Thy people and
(strength) into captivity, and HaShomayim, the basar of tzon of Thy pasture will give
His tiferet into the hand of the Thy Chasidim, unto the beasts Thee thanks l'olahm (forever);
enemy. of the earth. we will show forth Thy praise
l'dor vador.
(For the one pass by the derech do pluck his hands were delivered from
The Lilies of the
Edut. Of Asaph. Mizmor.)
her?
|13|(14) The chazir (wild
boar) out of the forest doth lay
the basket.
|7(8)| In tzoros thou calledst,
and I delivered thee; I
Give ear, O Ro'eh Yisroel, it waste, and the beasts of the answered thee in the seter
Thou that leadest Yosef like sadeh doth devour it. ra'am (secret place of
a tzon; Thou that art |14|(15) Shuv nah (return thunder); I tested thee at the
enthroned between the now), we beseech Thee, O waters of Merivah. Selah.
Keruvim, shine forth. Elohim Tzva'os; look down |8(9)| Shema, O My people,
|2|(3) Before Ephrayim and from Shomayim, and behold, and I will admonish thee; O
Binyamin and Menasheh, Stir and visit gefen zot (this vine); Yisroel, if thou wilt pay heed
up Thy gevurah (might), and |15|(16) And the stock which unto Me;
come and save us. Thy Yamin (Right Hand) hath |9(10)| There shall no el zar
|3|(4) Turn us again, O planted, and the Ben that (strange, foreign g-d) be among
Elohim, and cause Thy face to Thou madest strong for thee; neither shalt thou
shine that we may be saved. Thyself. worship any el nechar (foreign
|4|(5) Hashem Elohim |16|(17) It is burned with g-d).
Tzva'os, ad mosai (how long) eish, it is cut down; they |10(11)| I am Hashem
wilt Thou be angry against the perish at the ge'arah (rebuke) Eloheicha Who brought thee
tefillat amecha (prayer of Thy of Thy countenance. out of Eretz Mitzrayim; open
people)? |17|(18) Let Thy Yad be upon thy mouth wide, I will fill it.
|5|(6) Thou feedest them with the Ish Yeminecha (the Man of |11(12)| But My people would
the lechem dimah (bread of your Right Hand), upon the not pay heed to My voice; and
tears); and givest them Ben Adam whom Thou Yisroel would have none of
dima’ot (tears) to drink in madest strong for Thyself [cf Me.
great measure. Psalm 110:1; Dan 7:13]. |12(13)| So I gave them up
|6|(7) Thou makest us a |18|(19) So will we never turn unto their own hearts' sherirut
madon (strife, contention) back from Thee; revive us, and (stubbornness); and they
unto shcheneinu (our we will call upon Thy Shem. walked in their own mo'atzot
neighbors), and oyveinu (our |19| Turn us again, Hashem (counsels).
enemies) mock us. Elohim Tzva'os; cause Thy |13(14)| Oh that My people
|7|(8) Turn us again, O face to shine that we may be had paid heed unto Me, and
Elohim Tzva'os, and cause saved. Yisroel had walked in My
Thy face to shine that we may (For the one ways!
be saved.
|8|(9) Thou hast brought a
gefen (vine) out of Mitzrayim;
81 directing. On the
gittis. Of Asaph.)
Sing with joy unto Elohim
|14(15)| I should soon have
subdued their oyevim and
turned My Yad (hand, power)
Thou hast drove out Goyim, uzeinu (our strength); make a against their adversaries.
and planted it. joyful noise unto Elohei |15(16)| The haters of
|9|(10) Thou preparedst room Ya'akov. Hashem should have cringed
before it, and didst cause it to |2(3)| Begin a song, and bring before Him; their et (time,
take deep root, and it filled hither the tambourine, the fate, punishment) endures
the eretz. pleasant kinnor (harp) with l'olam.
|10|(11) The harim were the nevel (lyre). |16(17)| He would have fed
covered with the tzel (shadow) |3(4)| Blow the shofar at Rosh them also with the finest of
of it, and the branches thereof Chodesh, at the full moon, on the chittah (wheat); and with
were like the mighty cedars. Yom Chageinu. devash (honey) from the Tzur
|11|(12) It sent out its |4(5)| For this was a chok for would I have satisfied thee.
branches unto the yam (sea, Yisroel, and a mishpat of the (Mizmor of Asaph.)
i.e., Mediterranean
Sea) and its shoots unto the
Nahar (river, i.e., the
Elohei Ya'akov.
|5(6)| This He ordained in
Yosef for an edut, when He
82 Elohim standeth in
the Adat El; He
judgeth among the elohim [See
Euphrates). went out over Eretz Mitzra- Ps 82:6 and Yn 10:34].
|12|(13) Lammah (why) hast yim; where a language of one |2| Ad mosai (How long) will
Thou then broken down her not known did I hear. ye judge unjustly, and show
walls, so that all they which |6(7)| I removed his shekhem partiality to the resha'im?
(shoulder) from the burden; Selah.
|3| Defend the poor and |9(10)| Do unto them as unto |4(5)| Ashrei are they that
yatom (fatherless); do justice Midyan; as to Sisra, as to dwell in Thy Beis
to the oni (afflicted) and Yavin, at the Wadi Kishon [see [Hamikdash]; they are ever
needy. Shofetim chp 4-8]; praising Thee. Selah.
|4| Deliver the poor and |10(11)| Which became |5(6)| Ashrei is the adam
needy; rid them out of the yad shmad at Ein-Dor; they whose oz (strength) is in Thee;
resha'im. became like domen (dung, in whose lev are their
|5| They know not, neither fertilizer) for ha'adamah. highways [to Tziyon; see verse
will they understand; they |11(12)| Make their nobles 7(8)].
walk on in choshech; all the like Orev, and like Ze'ev; yes, |6(7)| Who passing through
foundations of ha'aretz are all their princes like Zevach, the valley of Baca (weeping)
shaken. and like Tzalmunna; make it a ma'ayon (spring,
|6| I have said, elohim ye are; |12(13)| Who said, Let us take fountain); the moreh (early
and all of you are Bnei possession for ourselves of the rain) also covereth it with
HaElyon. pasturelands of Elohim. berakhot (blessings).
|7| But ye shall die like adam, |13(14)| O Elohai, make them |7(8)| They go from strength
and fall like one of the sarim like galgal (tumbleweed); like to strength, every one of them
(princes). chaff before the ruach (wind). who appeareth before Elohim
|8| Arise, Elohim, judge |14(15)| As the eish in Tziyon.
ha'aretz; for Thou shalt inherit consumeth the forest, and as |8(9)| O Hashem Elohim
kol HaGoyim. the flame setteth ablaze Tzva'os, hear my tefillah; give
harim; ear, O Elohei Ya'akov. Selah.
|15(16)| So pursue them with |9(10)| Behold mogineinu
(Shir. Mizmor of Thy sa'ar (tempest, storm), and (our shield), O Elohim, and
83 Asaph).
Keep not Thou
silent, O Elohim; hold not Thy
make them afraid with Thy
storm.
|16(17)| Fill their faces with
look upon the face of Thine
Moshiach.
|10(11)| For a yom in Thy
peace, and be not still, O El shame; that they may seek khatzrot is better than a
(G-d). Shimcha, Hashem. thousand. I had rather be a
|2(3)| For, hinei, Thine |17(18)| Let them be put to doorkeeper in the Beis Elohai,
oyevim are in tumult; and they shame and dismayed adei ad than to dwell in the ohalim
that hate Thee have lifted up (forever); yes, let them perish resha (tents of wickedness).
the rosh. in disgrace; |11(12)| For Hashem Elohim
|3(4)| They lay out a crafty |18(19)| Let them have da'as is a shemesh and a mogen;
conspiracy against Amecha that Thou alone, Shimcha Hashem will give chen and
(Thy people), and plot against Hashem, art Elyon al kol kavod; no good thing will He
Tzefunecha (Thy sheltered, HaAretz. withhold from the holekhim
protected, hidden ones). b'tamim (them that walk
|4(5)| They have said, Come, (For the one uprightly).
and let us cut them off from
being a goy (nation); that the
shem Yisroel may be no more
84 directing. On the
gittit. Mizmor for
the Bnei Korach).
|12(13)| O Hashem Tzva'os,
ashrei is the adam bote'ach
(man that trusteth, hath
remembered. How yedidot (lovely) are thy confident faith) in Thee.
|5(6)| For they have plotted mishkanot, O Hashem
together with one lev; they cut Tzva'os!
a brit against Thee; |2(3)| My nefesh longeth, yea, (For the one
|6(7)| The ohalim Edom, and
the Yishm'elim; of Moav, and
the Hagerim;
even fainteth for the khatzrot
Hashem (courts of Hashem);
my lev and my basar crieth
85 directing. Of the
Bnei Korach.
Mizmor.) Hashem, Thou hast
|7(8)| Geval, and Ammon, out for El Chai. been favorable unto Thy land;
and Amalek; Peleshet |3(4)| Yea, the sparrow hath Thou hast brought back the
(Philistia) with the found a bais, and the swallow captivity of Ya'akov.
inhabitants of Tzor; a ken (nest) for herself, where |2(3)| Thou hast forgiven the
|8(9)| Assyria also is joined she may lay her young, even avon (iniquity) of Amecha
with them; they are the zero'a Thine mizbechot, O (Thy people); Thou hast
(strong arm) of the Bnei Lot. Hashem Tzva'os Malki covered all their chattat (sin).
Selah. v'Elohai. Selah.
|3(4)| Thou hast withdrawn ha'aretz; and tzedek shall look |13| For gadol is Thy chesed
all Thy wrath; Thou hast down from Shomayim. toward me; and Thou hast
turned from Thine charon af. |12(13)| Yes, Hashem shall saved my nefesh from the
|4(5)| Turn us, O Elohei give that which is tov; and lowermost Sheol.
Yisheinu (G-d of our Artzeinu (our land) shall yield |14| O Elohim, the zedim
salvation), and put away her yevul (increase, produce). (arrogant ones, proud,
Thine ka'as (anger) toward us. |13(14)| Tzedek shall go insolent ones) are risen
|5(6)| Wilt Thou be angry before Him; and shall set us in up against me, and the adat
with us l'olam? Wilt Thou the Derech of His steps. aritzim (band of violent men)
draw out Thine anger l'dor (A tefillah of seek my nefesh; and have not
vador?
|6(7)| Wilt Thou not revive us
again; that Amecha (Thy
86 Dovid)
Incline Thine ear,
Hashem; hear me; for I am
set Thee before them.
|15| But Thou, Adonoi, art El
Rachum and Channun, slow
people) may rejoice in Thee? ani (poor) and evyon (needy). to anger, and plenteous in
|7(8)| Show us chasdecha |2| Be shomer over my chesed and emes.
(Thy chesed, kindness, nefesh; for I am chasid; O |16| O turn unto me, and be
steadfast love), Hashem, Thou Elohai, save Thy eved gracious upon me; give Thy oz
and grant us Thy salvation. that trusteth in Thee. (strength) unto Thy eved, and
|8(9)| I will hear what HaEl |3| Channeni (be merciful) save the ben amatecha (the
Hashem will say; for He will unto me, Adonoi; for I cry son of Thy handmaid).
speak shalom unto His people, unto Thee kol hayom. |17| Show me an ot (sign) for
and to His Chasidim; but let |4| Samei'ach (rejoice) the tovah; that they which hate me
them not turn again to folly. nefesh of Thy eved; for unto may see it, and be put to
|9(10)| Surely His salvation is Thee, Adonoi, do I lift up my shame; because Thou,
karov (near) them that fear nefesh. Hashem, hast helped me, and
Him; that kavod may dwell in |5| For Thou, Adonoi, art tov, comforted me.
Artzeinu (our land). and ready to forgive; and (Of the Bnei
|10(11)| Chesed and emes will
meet together; tzedek and
shalom will kiss each other.
plenteous in chesed unto all
them that call upon Thee.
|6| Give ear, Hashem, unto
87 Korach. A mizmor.
A shir)
On the Harei Kodesh (Holy
|11(12)| Emes shall titzmach my tefillah (prayer); and Mountain) stands His
(sprout forth [T.N. Tzemach-- attend to the voice of my foundation.
Branch, Sprout--is the code techinnot (supplications). |2| Hashem loveth the
name for Moshiach and the |7| In my yom tzoros I will sha'arei Tziyon more than all
coming Tzemach's Namesake call upon Thee; for Thou wilt the mishkenot Ya'akov.
in Zecharyah 6:11-12 is answer me. |3| Glorious things are
Yehoshua, Yeshua--see Ezra |8| Ein kamocha vaelohim spoken of thee, O Ir
3:8; Zech 3:8; 6:11-12. Go to (there is none like Thee among HaElohim. Selah.
Jer 23:5 and look at all the the g-ds), Adonoi; nor are |4| To them that know me, I
references. These are among there any ma'asim like Thine. will make mention of Rachav
the most important Scriptures |9| Kol Goyim whom Thou and Babylon; hinei, Philistia,
in the Bible because it is here hast made shall come and and Tzor, with Ethiopia: this
that the saving Name of worship before Thee, Adonoi; man was born there.
Moshiach Tzidkeinu is and shall glorify Shimcha. |5| But of Tziyon it shall be
prophetically communicated |10| For Thou art gadol, and said, This one and that one
for salvation; the word doest nifla'ot (wondrous were born in her; and Elyon
Tzemach means “Moshiach” things); Thou alone art Himself shall establish it.
and it is the code word par Elohim. |6| Hashem shall register,
excellence for Moshiach in the |11| Teach me Thy Derech, when He writeth up the
post-Exilic references in the Hashem; I will walk in Thy people, that this one was born
minor prophets; this veiled emes; Yachad (make there. Selah.
reference to Moshiach was undivided) levavi (my heart) to |7| The sharim (ones singing)
necessary in the situation of fear Thy Shem. as well as the cholelim
the Return under Persian rule |12| I will praise Thee, (players on instruments) shall
when talk of a coming king Adonoi Elohai, with all my lev; be there; all my fountains are
was a delicate matter.]) out of and I will glorify Shimecha in thee.
l'olam.
(Shir. Mizmor of [13(14)] But unto Thee have I is awesome over all them that
88 the Bnei Korach.

For the one
directing. According to
cried, Hashem; and in the
boker shall my tefillah come
before Thee.
are around Him.
|8(9)| Hashem Elohei Tzva'os,
who is like Thee, O Mighty
Machalat le‘annot. Maskil of [14(15)] Hashem, why castest One, Hashem? Thy emunah
Herman the Ezrachi.) Thou off my nefesh? Why also surrounds Thee!
Hashem Elohei Yeshuati (G-d hidest Thou Thy face from |9(10)| Thou rulest the raging
of my salvation), I have cried me? of the yam; when the waves
out yom valailah before Thee. [15(16)] I am afflicted and thereof arise, Thou stillest
[2(3)] Let my tefillah come govei’a (one being close to them [see Mk 4:41].
before Thee; incline Thine ear death) from my youth up; |10(11)| Thou hast broken
unto my cry; while I suffer Thy terrors I am Rachav in pieces, as one that
[3(4)] For my nefesh is full of distraught. is slain; Thou hast scattered
troubles; and my life draweth [16(17)] Thy charon (fierce Thine oyevim with Thy strong
near unto Sheol. wrath) goeth over me; Thy Zero'a.
[4(5)] I am counted with them terrors have flayed me. |11(12)| Shomayim are
that go down into the bor (pit); [17(18)] They came round Thine, Eretz also is Thine; as
I am like a gever (man) that about me daily like mayim; for the tevel (world) and the
hath no strength; they close in, engulfing me. fulness thereof, Thou hast
[5(6)] Forsaken among the [18(19)] Ohev (lover) and re’a founded them.
mesim, like the slain that lie (companion) hast Thou |12(13)| The tzafon (north)
in the kever, whom Thou estranged from me, and mine and the yamin (south) Thou
rememberest no more; and acquaintances are in hast created them; Tavor and
nigzaru (they are cut off, darkness. Chermon shall sing for joy in
excluded; see Isa 53:8) from [T.N. Ps 89 is a messianic Ps.] Thy Shem.
Thy Yad (hand, power, care). (A maskil of Eitan |13(14)| Thou hast a mighty
[6(7)] Thou hast laid me in the
lowest bor (pit), in darkness, in
the deeps.
89 the Ezrachi).
I will sing of the
mercies of Hashem olam; with
Zero'a; strong is Thy Yad, and
exalted is Thy Yamin.
|14(15)| Tzedek and mishpat
[7(8)] Thy wrath lieth hard my mouth will I make known are the foundation of Thy
upon me, and Thou hast Thy emunah (faithfulness) to kisse; chesed and emes shall
overwhelmed me with kol dor vador. go before Thy face.
mishbarecha (all Thy waves, |2(3)| For I have said, Chesed |15(16)| Ashrei is the people
breakers). Selah. shall be built up olam; Thy that know the joyful sound;
[8(9)] Thou hast estranged emunah (faithfulness) shalt they shall walk, Hashem, in
mine acquaintances far from Thou establish in Shomayim the ohr (light) of Thy
me; Thou hast made me itself. countenance.
to’evot unto them; I am shut |3(4)| I have made a Brit with |16(17)| In Thy Shem shall
up, and I cannot escape. My Bechir (Chosen one), I they rejoice kol hayom; and in
[9(10)] Mine eye groweth dim have sworn unto Dovid Avdi, Thy tzedakah shall they be
by reason of oni (affliction); |4(5)| Thy Zera will I exalted.
Hashem, I have called daily establish ad olam, and build |17(18)| For Thou art the
upon Thee, I have stretched up thy kisse to dor vador. tiferet (splendor, glory) of their
up my hands unto Thee. Selah. strength; and in Thy favor our
[10(11)] Wilt Thou show |5(6)| And Shomayim shall keren shall be exalted.
wonders to the mesim? Shall praise Thy wonders, O |18(19)| For Hashem is our
the lifeless arise and praise Hashem; Thy emunah mogen; and the Kadosh
Thee? Selah. (faithfulness) also in the Yisroel is Malkeinu (our king).
[11(12)] Shall Thy chesed be Kahal Kadoshim. |19(20)| Then Thou spoke in
declared in the kever? Or Thy |6(7)| For who in the heavens chazon (vision) to Thy
emunah in Avaddon? can be compared unto chasidim, and saidst, I have
[12(13)] Shall Thy wonders be Hashem? Who among the bnei laid ezer (help) upon one that
known in the choshech? And elim can be likened unto is mighty; I have exalted one
Thy tzedakah in the Eretz Hashem? chosen out of the people.
Neshiyyah (land of |7(8)| G-d is greatly to be |20(21)| I have found
forgetfulness, oblivion)? feared in the sod kadoshim Dovid Avdi; with My
(council of the holy ones), and
shemen kadosh (holy oil) |36(37)| His zera shall endure which Thou didst swear unto
meshachtiv (I anointed him); l'olam, and his kisse as the Dovid in Thy emunah?
|21(22)| With whom My yad shemesh before Me. |50(51)| Remember, Adonoi,
shall be established; Mine |37(38)| It shall be the reproach of Thy avadim;
zero'a also shall strengthen established olam as the how I do bear in my kheyk
him. yarei'ach, and as an ed (bosom) the reproach of all
|22(23)| The oyev (enemy) ne'eman (a faithful witness) in rabbim amim (many peoples);
shall not ensnare him; nor the the heavens. Selah. |51(52)| Wherewith Thine
ben avlah (son of wickedness) |38(39)| But Thou hast cast oyevim have reproached,
afflict him. off [mem-alef-samech, see same Hashem; wherewith they have
|23(24)| And I will beat down word Psalm 118:22] and reproached the ikkevot
his tzar before his face, and abhorred, Thou hast been (footsteps) of Thine Moshiach.
strike down them that hate in wrath with Thine |52(53)| Baruch Hashem
him. Moshiach. l'olam. Omein and Omein.
|24(25)| But My emunah |39(40)| Thou hast made void (Tefillah of Moshe,
(faithfulness) and My chesed
shall be with him; and in My
Shem shall his keren be
the Brit of Thy eved; Thou
hast profaned his nezer
(diadem) to the ground.
90 ish HaElohim)
Adonoi, Thou hast
been our ma'on (dwelling
exalted. |40(41)| Thou hast broken place) b'dor vador.
|25(26)| I will set his yad also down all his gederot (hedges); |2| Before the harim were
upon the yam, and his yamin Thou hast brought his brought forth, or ever Thou
upon the neharot (rivers). strongholds to ruin. hadst formed eretz and the
|26(27)| He shall cry out unto |41(42)| All that pass by the tevel (inhabited world), even
Me, Thou art Avi, Eli, and the derech plunder him; he is a from olam ad olam, Thou art
Tzur of my Yeshuah cherpah (reproach) to his El (G-d).
(salvation) [Mt 16:16]. shchenim [Mt 27:39]. |3| Thou turnest enosh to
|27(28)| Also I will make him |42(43)| Thou hast exalted dakka (dust); and sayest,
My Bechor, elyon (most the yamin of his adversaries; Shuvu, ye Bnei Adam.
exalted) of the Malkhei Aretz. Thou hast made all his oyevim |4| For an elef shanim in Thy
|28(29)| My chesed will I be to rejoice. sight are but as yom etmol
shomer over for him |43(44)| Thou hast also (yesterday) when it is past, and
forevermore, and My Brit shall turned back the edge of his as an ashmurah (watch,
stand unfailing with him. cherev, and hast not made division of time)
|29(30)| His zera also will I him to stand in the in the lailah.
make to endure forever, and milchamah. |5| Thou carriest them away
his kisse as the days of |44(45)| Thou hast made his as with a flood; they are as a
Shomayim. glory to cease, and cast his sheinah (sleep); in the boker
|30(31)| If his banim forsake kisse down to the ground. they are like khatzir (grass)
My torah, walk not in My |45(46)| The days of his youth which withereth.
mishpatim, hast thou shortened; Thou |6| In the boker it flourisheth,
|31(32)| If they violate My hast covered him with bushah and groweth up; in the erev it
chukkot, and are not shomer (shame). Selah. is cut down, and drieth up.
over My mitzvot; |46(47)| How long, Hashem? |7| For we are consumed by
|32(33)| Then will I visit their Wilt Thou hide Thyself Thine anger, and by Thy
peysha with shevet (rod), and lanetzach (forever)? Shall Thy chemah are we troubled.
their avon (iniquity) with wrath burn like eish? |8| Thou hast set avonoteinu
stripes. |47(48)| Remember how short before Thee, our secret sins in
|33(34)| Nevertheless My my time is. For what vanity the ohr of Thy countenance.
chesed will I not utterly take hast Thou created kol bnei |9| For kol yameinu are
from him, nor suffer My adam? passed away in Thy evrah
emunah (faithfulness) to fail. |48(49)| What gever is he that (fury); we spend shaneinu (our
|34(35)| My Brit will I not liveth, and shall not see years) like a sigh.
violate, nor alter the thing that mavet? Shall he deliver his |10| The yamim of shnoteinu
is gone out of My lips. nefesh from the yad Sheol (our years, life) are threescore
|35(36)| Once have I sworn by (power of Sheol)? Selah. shanah and ten; and if
My Kodesh; I will not lie unto |49(50)| Adonoi, where are
Dovid. Thy former lovingkindnesses,
by reason of gevurot they are lailah; nor of the khetz (arrow) make music unto Thy Shem, O
fourscore shanah, yet is their that flieth yomam (by day); Elyon;
boast amal (trouble, toil) and |6| Nor for the dever (plague) |2(3)| To proclaim Thy chesed
sorrow; for it is soon cut off, that walketh in darkness; nor in the boker, and Thy emunah
and we fly away. for the ketev (pestilence, baleilot,
|11| Who has da'as of the oz destruction) that destroyeth at |3(4)| Upon a ten-stringed
(power) of Thine anger? Thy tzohorayim (noon). instrument, and upon the
evrah is as great as Thy yirah |7| An elef (thousand) may nevel (lyre); to the melody of
(fear of, reverence owed G-d). fall at thy side, and ten the kinnor (harp).
|12| So teach us to number thousand at thy yamin (right |4(5)| For Thou, Hashem,
yameinu, that we may apply hand); but it shall not come hast made me glad through
levav unto chochmah. near thee. Thy work; I will joy in the
|13| Shuvah, Hashem. Ad |8| Only with thine eyes shalt works of Thy hands.
mosai? Have compassion on thou behold and see the |5(6)| Hashem, how great are
Thy avadim. shillumah (recompense, Thy works! And Thy
|14| O satisfy us baboker with retribution) of the resha'im. machshe'vot (thoughts) are
Thy chesed; that we may sing |9| Because thou hast made very deep.
for joy and be glad kol Hashem, which is my refuge, |6(7)| An ish ba'ar (brutish,
yameinu (all our days). even Elyon, thy ma'on senseless man, dolt) knoweth
|15| Make us glad according (habitation, dwelling; see Yn not; neither doth a kesil (fool)
to the days wherein Thou hast 14:2 OJBC) understand this.
afflicted us, and the years |10| There shall no ra'ah (evil, |7(8)| When the resha'im
wherein we have seen ra'ah. disaster) befall thee, neither spring up like the esev (grass),
|16| Let Thy work appear shall any nega come near thy and when all the workers of
unto Thy avadim, and Thy ohel. iniquity do flourish, it is that
glory unto their banim. |11| For He shall give charge they shall be destroyed
|17| And let the no'am (favor, to His malachim (angels) adei-ad (forever).
delightfulness) of Adonoi concerning thee, to be shomer |8(9)| But Thou, Hashem, art
Eloheinu be upon us; and over thee in kol drakhim of exalted l'olam.
establish Thou the ma'aseh thee. |9(10)| For, hinei, Thine
yadeinu upon us; yes, the |12| They [the malachim of enemies, Hashem, for, hinei,
ma'aseh yadeinu establish Hashem] shall bear thee up on Thine enemies shall perish; all
Thou it. their palms, lest thou dash thy the workers of iniquity shall
regel against an even (stone). be scattered.
|13| Thou shalt tread upon |10(11)| But my keren shalt
He that dwelleth in the lion and adder; the young Thou exalt like the keren of a
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(covering, hiding
place of the Most High) shall
lion and the tannin (serpent)
shalt thou trample under foot.
|14| Because he hath set his
re'eim (wild ox); I shall be
anointed with fresh shemen.
|11(12)| Mine eye also shall
abide under the tzel Shaddai longing upon Me, therefore look on mine foes, and mine
(shadow of the Almighty). will I rescue him; I will set him ears shall hear of the resha'im
|2| I will say of Hashem, He on high, because he hath that rise up against me.
is my refuge and my fortress; da'as of Shmi (My Name). |12(13)| The tzaddik shall
Elohai (my G-d); in Him will I |15| He shall call upon Me, flourish like the palm tree; he
trust. and I will answer him; I will shall grow like a cedar in
|3| Surely He shall save thee be with him in tzoros; I will Levanon.
from the pach yakosh ([deadly] deliver him, and honor him. |13(14)| Those that are
snare of the fowler), and from |16| With orech yamim planted in the Beis Hashem
the devastating dever (plague). (length of days, long life) will I shall flourish in the khatzerot
|4| He shall cover thee with satisfy him, and show him My Eloheinu (courts of our G-d).
His evrah (pinion, flight Yeshuah (salvation). |14(15)| They shall still bear
feathers), and under His forth fruit in old age; they
kenafayim (wings) shalt thou shall be deshenim (stalwart,
find defense; His Emes shall (Mizmor. Shir. For vigorous) and ra'ananim
be thy shield and buckler.
|5| Thou shalt not be afraid
of the pachad (terror) by
92 Shabbos)
It is tov to give
thanks unto Hashem, and to
(luxuriant, fresh);
Ketuvim 621 Tehillim 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
|15(16)| To proclaim that |9| He that planted the ozen their own wickedness; Hashem
Hashem is yashar; He is my (ear), shall He not hear? He Eloheinu shall destroy them.
Tzur, and there is no that formed the ayin (eye),
unrighteousness in Him. shall He not see? O come, let us sing
Hashem reigneth,
|10| He that chastiseth the
Goyim, shall not He reprove? 95 unto Hashem; let
us make a joyful
93 He is robed with
majesty; Hashem is
clothed with strength,
He that is the melamed
(teacher) of da'as to adam?
|11| Hashem knoweth the
noise to the Tzur of our
salvation.
|2| Let us come before His
wherewith He hath girded machshevot (thoughts) of presence with todah, and extol
Himself; the tevel (world) also adam, that they are hevel Him with zemirot (joyful
is established, that it cannot (vanity, futile). songs).
be moved. |12| Ashrei (blessed) is the |3| For Hashem is El Gadol,
|2| Thy kisse is established of gever whom Thou chastenest, and Melech Gadol above kol
old; Thou art me'olam (from Hashem, and teachest him out elohim (g-ds).
everlasting). of Thy torah; |4| In His yad are the deep
|3| The floods have lifted up, |13| That Thou mayest grant places of ha'aretz; the peaks of
Hashem, the floods have lifted him relief from the days of the harim are His also.
up their voice; the floods lift rah, until a shachat (pit) is |5| The yam is His, and He
up their waves. dug for the rasha. made it; and His hands
|4| Hashem on high is |14| For Hashem will not cast formed the yabashah (dry
mightier than the noise of off His people, neither will He land).
mayim rabbim, yea, than the forsake His nachalah. |6| O come, let us worship
mighty waves of the yam. |15| But mishpat shall revert and bow down; let us kneel
|5| Thy testimonies are very unto tzedek; and all the before Hashem Oseinu (our
sure; Kodesh becometh Thine yishrei lev (upright in heart) Maker).
Beis, Hashem, forever. shall follow after it. |7| For He is Eloheinu; and
|16| Who will rise up for Me we are the people of His
Hashem G-d, to against the evildoers? Or who pasture, and the tzon of His
94 whom vengeance
belongeth; O G-d,
to whom vengeance belongeth,
will take a stand for Me
against the po’alei aven
(workers of iniquity)?
yad. Today if ye will hear His
voice,
|8| Harden not your lev, as in
show Thyself. |17| Unless Hashem had Merivah, and as in the Yom
|2| Rise up, Thou Shofet been my help, my nefesh had Massah in the midbar;
HaAretz; render gemul almost dwelt in dumah |9| When your avot tested Me,
(recompense, desert) to the (silence). tried Me, and saw My work.
ge'im (proud ones). |18| When I said, My regel |10| Arba'im shanah was I
|3| Ad mosai, Hashem, shall (foot) slippeth, Thy chesed, grieved with this generation,
the resha'im, how long shall Hashem, held me up. and said, It is a people that do
the resha'im triumph? |19| In the multitude of my stray in their lev, and they
|4| How long shall they utter anxieties within me Thy have no da'as of My ways;
and speak malicious lies? And comforts delight my nefesh. |11| Unto whom I swore an
all the po’alei aven (workers of |20| Shall the kisse of oath in My wrath that they
iniquity) glorify themselves? corruption have chavurah should not enter into My
|5| They crush Thy people, (fellowship) with Thee, those, menuchah.
Hashem, and afflict Thine which deviseth evil by a chok O sing unto
nachalah.
|6| They slay the almanah
and the ger, and murder the
(statute)?
|21| They band together
against the nefesh of the
96 Hashem a shir
chadash; sing unto
Hashem, kol ha'aretz.
yetomim (fatherless, orphans). tzaddik, and condemn dahm |2| Sing unto Hashem,
|7| Yet they say, Hashem naki (innocent blood). barakhu Shmo, show forth His
shall not see, neither shall the |22| But Hashem is my Yeshuah (salvation)
Elohei Ya'akov regard it. stronghold; and Elohai is the from day to day.
|8| Understand, ye brutish Tzur of my refuge. |3| Declare His kavod among
among the people; and ye |23| And He shall turn back the Goyim, His nifle'ot
kesilim (fools), when will ye get upon them their own iniquity, (marvelous deeds) among all
seichel? and shall destroy them for peoples.
|4| For Hashem is gadol, and |5| The harim melted like |6| With trumpets and sound
me'od to be praised; He is to wax at the presence of of the shofar make a joyful
be feared above all elohim. Hashem, at the presence of noise before HaMelech
|5| For kol elohei HaAmim Adon kol HaAretz. Hashem.
are elilim (idols); but Hashem |6| HaShomayim declare His |7| Let the yam roar, and the
made Shomayim. tzedek, and kol ha’amim see fullness thereof; the tevel, and
|6| Hod and hadar are before His kavod. they that dwell therein.
Him; oz and tiferet are in His |7| Shamed be all they that |8| Let the floods clap their
Mikdash. serve pesel, that boast hands; let the harim be joyful
|7| Render unto Hashem, O themselves of elilim; worship together
ye mishpekhot of the nations, Him, kol elohim. |9| Before Hashem; for He
render unto Hashem kavod |8| Tziyon heard, and was cometh to judge ha'aretz; with
and oz. glad; and the banot Yehudah tzedek shall He judge the
|8| Render unto Hashem the rejoiced because of Thy tevel, and the people with
kavod due unto Shmo; bring a mishpatim, Hashem. meisharim (uprightness).
minchah, and come into His |9| For Thou, Hashem, art
khatzerot (courtyards). Elyon above kol ha'aretz; Hashem reigneth;
|9| O worship Hashem in the
hadrat Kodesh; fear before
Him, kol ha'aretz.
Thou art exalted far above kol
elohim.
|10| Ye that love Hashem,
99 let the nations
tremble; He sitteth
between the keruvim; let
|10| Say among the Goyim hate rah; He preserveth the ha'aretz be shaken.
that Hashem reigneth; the nefashot of His chasidim; He |2| Hashem is great in
tevel also is established that it delivereth them out of the yad Tziyon; and He is high above
shall not be moved; He shall resha'im. all the nations.
judge the Amim bemeysharim |11| Ohr dawns for the |3| Let them praise Thy Shem
(in equity, in uprightness). tzaddik, and simchah for the gadol v'nora; for it is kadosh.
|11| Let Shomayim rejoice, yishrei lev (upright in heart). |4| The Mighty King also
and let ha'aretz be glad; let the |12| Rejoice in Hashem, ye loveth mishpat; Thou dost
yam roar, and the fullness tzaddikim; and give thanks at establish equity, Thou
thereof. the remembrance of His executest mishpat and
|12| Let the sadeh be kodesh (holiness). tzedakah in Ya'akov.
jubilant, and all that is |5| Exalt ye Hashem
therein; then shall (A Mizmor) Eloheinu, and worship at His
kol atzei ya'ar (all the trees of
the forest) sing for joy
|13| Before Hashem; for He
98 O sing unto
Hashem a shir
chadash; for He hath done
footstool; for He is kadosh.
|6| Moshe and Aharon among
His kohanim, and Shmuel
cometh, for He cometh to marvellous things; His right among them that call upon
judge ha'aretz; He shall judge hand, and His zero'a kodesh, Shmo; they called upon
tevel betzedek (world in hath gotten Him victory. Hashem, and He answered
righteousness), and Amim |2| Hashem hath made them.
with His emunah (truth). known His Yeshuah |7| He spoke unto them in the
(salvation); His tzedek hath ammud anan (pillar of cloud);
He openly showed in the sight they were shomer over His
Hashem reigneth; of the Goyim. statutes, and the chok
97 let ha'aretz rejoice;

let the multitude of
isles thereof be glad.
|3| He hath remembered His
chesed and His emes toward
the Bais Yisroel; all the ends of
(ordinance) that He gave
them.
|8| Thou answeredst them,
|2| Anan and darkness are ha'aretz have seen the Hashem Eloheinu; Thou wast
round about Him; tzedek and Yeshu’at Eloheinu (salvation El (G-d) that forgavest them,
mishpat are the foundation of of our G-d). though Thou tookest
His kisse. |4| Make a joyful noise unto vengeance of their misdeeds.
|3| Eish goeth before Him, Hashem, kol ha'aretz; make a |9| Exalt Hashem Eloheinu,
and burneth up His enemies loud noise, and rejoice, and and worship at His Har
on every side. sing praise. Kodesh; for Hashem Eloheinu
|4| His lightnings light up the |5| Sing unto Hashem with is kadosh.
tevel; ha'aretz saw, and the kinnor; with the kinnor,
trembled. and the voice of singing.
(Mizmor |8| In the bokerim I will mo'ed (set time, appointed
100 l'todah)
Make a joyful
shout unto Hashem, all ye
destroy all rishei eretz (wicked
ones of the land); that I may
cut off all doers of evil from
time) has come.
|14(15)| For Thy avadim
cherish her avanim (stones),
lands. the Ir Hashem. and pity her aphar.
|2| Serve Hashem with (A tefillah of |15(16)| So the Goyim shall
simchah; come before His
presence with joyful singing.
|3| Know ye that Hashem He
102 one afflicted;
when he is
faint, he pours out his si'akh
fear the Shem Hashem, and
all the melachim of ha'aretz
will revere Thy glory.
is Elohim; it is He that hath [complaint] before Hashem) |16(17)| When Hashem shall
made us, and not we Hear my tefillah, Hashem, build up Tziyon, He shall
ourselves, His people, the tzon and let my cry for help come appear in His Kavod.
of His pasture. unto Thee. |17(18)| He will regard the
|4| Enter into His she'arim |2(3)| Hide not Thy face from tefillah of the destitute, and
(gates) with todah, and into me in the yom tzar (day of not despise their tefillah.
His khatzerot (courts) with distress); incline Thine ear |18(19)| This shall be written
tehillah; be thankful unto unto me; in the yom when I for a dor acharon (future
Him, and bless Shmo. call, answer me speedily. generation); and the people
|5| For Hashem is good; His |3(4)| For my yamim are which shall be created shall
chesed is l'olam; and His consumed like ashan (smoke), praise Hashem.
emunah (faithfulness) and my atzmot burn like a |19(20)| For He hath looked
endureth dor vador. furnace. down from the height of His
|4(5)| My lev is struck, and Kodesh; from Shomayim did
(Of Dovid. withered like esev; so that I Hashem behold Eretz;
101 Mizmor)
I will sing of
chesed and mishpat; unto
forget to eat my lechem.
|5(6)| By reason of the voice
of my groaning my atzmot
|20(21)| To hear the groaning
of the asir (prisoner); to
release those that are bnei
Thee, Hashem, will I sing. have deveykus to my basar. temutah (men [appointed to]
|2| I will study the derech |6(7)| I am like a bird of the death);
tamim. O when wilt Thou midbar; I am like an owl of |21(22)| To declare the Shem
come unto me? I will walk the desert. Hashem in Tziyon, and His
within my bais with tam levav. |7(8)| I keep watch, and am tehillah (praise) in
|3| I will set no devar like a tzippor (bird) alone Yerushalayim;
beliyya'al before mine eyes; I upon the gag (housetop, roof). |22(23)| When the peoples are
hate the work of them that fall |8(9)| Mine oyevim (enemies) gathered together in assembly,
away; it shall not cleave to me. reproach me kol hayom; and and the mamlachot
|4| A lev ikkesh (perverse they that revile me curse by (kingdoms), to serve Hashem.
heart) shall be far from me; I me. |23(24)| He bowed down my
will not tolerate rah. |9(10)| For I have eaten ashes ko'ach in the derech; He cut
|5| The one who slandereth like lechem, and mingled my short my yamim.
ba'seter (in secret) his drink with tears. |24(25)| I said, O my G-d, take
neighbor, him will I destroy; |10(11) Because of Thine me not away in the midst of
him that hath haughty za'am (indignation) and Thy my yamim; Thy years are dor
einayim (eyes) and a proud ketsef (wrath, anger); for Thou dorim (throughout all
levav will I not endure. hast lifted me up, and cast me generations).
|6| Mine eyes shall be upon down. |25(26)| Of old hast Thou laid
the ne'emenei eretz (faithful of |11(12)| My days are like a the foundation of ha'aretz;
the land), that they may dwell tzel (shadow) that lengtheneth; and Shomayim is the ma'aseh
with me; he that walketh in a and I am withered like esev (work) of Thy hands.
derech tamim, he shall (grass). |26(27)| They shall perish,
minister to me. |12(13)| But Thou, Hashem, but Thou shalt remain; and
|7| He that worketh remiyyah shall endure l'olam; and Thy all of them shall wear out like
(deceit) shall not dwell within memory unto dor vador. a beged (garment); like a
my bais; he that speaketh |13(14)| Thou shalt arise, and vesture shalt Thou change
shekarim (falsehoods, lies) have mercy upon Tziyon; for them, and they shall be
shall not continue in my the time to favor her, the changed;
presence.
|27(28)| But Thou art the |14| For He has da'as of Who maketh the clouds His
same, and Thy shanot (years) yitzreinu (our nature); He merkavah; Who walketh upon
shall have no end. remembereth that the wings of the ruach (wind);
|28(29)| The children of Thy aphar anachnu (dust we are). |4| Who maketh ruchot
avadim shall dwell, and their |15| As for enosh (mankind), (spirits, winds) His malachim;
zera shall be established his yamim are like khatzir His mesharetim (ministers),
before Thee. (green grass, herbage); like flaming eish;
(Of Dovid). tzitz hasadeh (a flower of the |5| Who laid the mekhonim
103 Barachi
(Bless)
Hashem, O my nefesh; and all
field), so he flourisheth.
|16| For the ruach (wind)
passeth over it, and it is gone;
(foundations) of ha'aretz, that
it should not move out of
place olam va'ed.
that is within me, bless His and the place thereof shall |6| Thou coveredst it with the
Shem kodesh. remember it no more. tehom (deep) as with a
|2| Barachi Hashem, O my |17| But the chesed Hashem garment; the mayim stood
nefesh, and forget not all His is me'olam v'ad olam (from above the harim (mountains).
gmulim (benefits); everlasting to everlasting) |7| At Thy ga'arah (rebuke)
|3| Who forgiveth all thine upon them that fear Him, and they fled; at the voice of Thy
avonim (iniquities); Who His tzedakah unto bnei thunder they hasted away.
healeth all thy diseases; banim; |8| They go up by the harim
|4| Who is the Go'el |18| To such as are shomer (mountains); they go down by
(Redeemer) of thy life from over His Brit, and to those the beka'ot (valleys) unto the
shachat (corruption, pit, that remember His precepts to makom (place) which Thou
grave); Who crowneth thee do them. hast assigned for them.
with chesed and rachamim; |19| Hashem hath |9| Thou hast set a boundary
|5| Who satisfieth thy mouth established His kisse (throne) that they [the waters] may not
with tov; so that thy ne'urim is in Shomayim; and His pass over; that they return not
made chadash like the nesher. malchut ruleth over all. to cover ha'aretz.
|6| Hashem executeth |20| Barachu Hashem, ye His |10| He sendeth the
tzedakot and mishpatim for malachim, gibborei ko'ach ma’ayanim (springs) into the
all that are oppressed. (mighty ones of power), that do ravines, which run among the
|7| He made known His His bidding, paying heed unto harim.
drakhim unto Moshe, His the voice of His Davar. |11| They give drink to every
deeds unto the Bnei Yisroel. |21| Barachu Hashem, all ye beast of the sadeh; the pera'im
|8| Hashem is rachum and His Tzivos; ye mesharetim (donkeys) quench their thirst.
channun, slow to anger, and (ministers) of His, that do His |12| By them shall the oph
plenteous in chesed. ratzon (will). HaShomayim have their
|9| He will not strive |22| Barachu Hashem, all His habitation, which sing among
l'netzach; neither will He keep ma'asim in all places of His the branches.
His anger l'olam. memshalet (dominion); |13| He watereth the harim
|10| He hath not dealt with Barachi Hashem, O my from His aliyyot (upper
us according to chata'einu (our nefesh. rooms); ha'aretz is satisfied
sins); nor repaid us according Barachi with the p’ri (fruit) of Thy
to avonoteinu (our iniquities).
|11| For as Shomayim is high
above ha'aretz, so great is His
104 (bless)
Hashem, O
my nefesh. Hashem Elohai,
ma'asim.
|14| He causeth the khatzir
(grass) to grow for the
chesed toward them that fear Thou art gadol me'od; Thou behemah, and esev for the
Him. art clothed with hod (honor) avodas ha’adam; that he may
|12| As far as the mizrach and hadar (majesty). bring forth lechem out of
(east) is from the ma'arav |2| Who coverest Thyself with ha'aretz;
(west), so far hath He removed ohr (light) as with a garment; |15| And yayin that maketh
peysha'einu (our trans- Who stretchest out Shomayim glad levav enosh, and shemen
gressions) from us. like a tent (curtain); to make panim (faces) to
|13| As an av has compassion |3| Who layeth the beams of shine, and lechem which
on banim so Hashem has His aliyyot (upper rooms) on strengtheneth levav enosh.
compassion on them that fear the mayim;
Him.
|16| The trees of Hashem are |29| Thou hidest Thy face, |9| Which Brit He made with
full of sap, the arazim (cedars) they are troubled; Thou takest Avraham, and His shevu'ah
of Levanon, which He hath away their ruach, they expire, (oath) unto Yitzchak;
planted; and return to their aphar. |10| And confirmed the same
|17| Where the tzipporim |30| Thou sendest forth Thy unto Ya'akov for a chok
(birds) make their nests; as for Ruach [Hakodesh], they are (decree), and to Yisroel as Brit
the khasidah (stork), the created; and Thou renewest Olam;
beroshim (cypresses) are her the face of adamah (earth). |11| Saying, Unto thee will I
bais. |31| The Kavod Hashem shall give Eretz Kena'an, the chevel
|18| The high hills are a endure l'olam; Hashem shall (lot, portion) of your nachalah.
makhseh (refuge, shelter) for rejoice in His ma'asim (works). |12| When they were but few
the wild goats; and the rocks |32| He looketh on ha'aretz, in mispar (number), very few,
for the gophers. and it trembleth; He toucheth and gerim (strangers) in it.
|19| He appointed the the harim, and they smoke. |13| When they went from
yarei'ach for mo'adim; the |33| I will sing unto Hashem one goy (nation) to another,
shemesh knoweth the place of as long as I live; I will sing from one mamlachah
its going down. praise to Elohai while I have (kingdom) to am acher
|20| Thou makest choshech, my being. (another people);
and it is lailah; wherein all the |34| May my si'akh (musing, |14| He permitted no adam to
beasts of the ya'ar (forest) do meditation) be acceptable to oppress them; and He
creep forth. Him; I will have simchah in reproved melachim for their
|21| The young lions roar Hashem. sakes;
after their teref (prey), and |35| Let the chatta'im |15| Saying, Touch not Mine
seek their okhel from G-d. (sinners) be consumed from meshichim (anointed ones, My
|22| The shemesh ariseth, ha'aretz, and let the resha'im Messianics), and do My
they retreat, and lay (wicked) be no more. Baruch nevi'im no harm.
themselves down in their Hashem, O my nefesh. Praise |16| Moreover He called for a
me'onot (dwelling places, dens, Hashem! ra'av (famine) upon ha'aretz;
homes [Yn 14:2 OJBC]). O give thanks He broke the kol matteh
|23| Adam goeth forth unto
his work and to his avodah
(labor, service) until erev.
105 unto
Hashem; call
upon Shmo; make known His
(whole staff of, all supply of)
lechem.
|17| He sent an ish before
|24| Hashem, how manifold deeds among the amim. them, even Yosef, who was
are Thy ma'asim! In |2| Sing unto Him, sing sold as an eved (slave);
chochmah (wisdom; cf Psa praise unto Him; talk ye of all |18| Whose regel they hurt
33:6; Yn 1:1) hast Thou made His nifle'ot (wondrous works). with the kevel (shackle); his
them all; ha'aretz is full of Thy |3| Glory ye in the Shem nefesh was laid in barzel;
creatures. Kadosh of Him; let the lev of |19| Until the time that his
|25| So is this gadol (great) them that seek Hashem be dvar (prophecy, word) came to
and rekhav (wide, spacious) glad. pass; the Imrat Hashem
yam (sea), wherein are remes |4| Seek Hashem, and His oz (revelation, word of G-d, i.e.,
(creeping things), innumerable (strength); seek His face tamid. revelation of that which set
swarming chayyot (creatures), |5| Remember His nifla'ot forth saving promises) had
ketanot and gedolot. (marvellous works) that He tested him.
|26| There go the oniyyot hath done; His mofetim |20| The Melech sent and
(ships); there is that (wonders), and the mishpatim released him, the Moshel
Leviathan, whom Thou hast of His mouth; Amim, and set him free.
made lesakhek (to play, to |6| O ye zera Avraham His |21| He made him adon of
sport, to frolic) therein. eved, ye Bnei Ya'akov His his bais, and moshel of all his
|27| These wait all upon Bechirim (chosen ones). possessions;
Thee; that Thou mayest give |7| He is Hashem Eloheinu; |22| To bind [in prison] his
them their ochel (food) in due His mishpatim are in kol sarim (princes) at his pleasure;
season. ha'aretz. and teach his zekenim
|28| That Thou givest them |8| He hath remembered His chochmah.
they gather; Thou openest Brit l'olam, the Dvar which He |23| Yisroel also came into
Thine yad, they are satisfied commanded to an elef dor (a Mitzrayim; thus Ya'akov
with tov. thousand generations) sojourned in Eretz Cham.
|24| And He increased Amo |39| He spread an anan for a remembered not the
(His people) greatly; and made curtain; and eish to give light multitude of Thy mercies
them stronger than their in the lailah. but provoked Him at the yam,
enemies. |40| The people asked, and even at the Yam Suf.
|25| He turned their lev to He brought slav (quails), and |8| Nevertheless He saved
hate Amo, to deal cunningly satisfied them with the lechem them for the sake of Shmo,
with His avadim. Shomayim. that He might make His
|26| He sent Moshe His Eved; |41| He opened the Tzur, and gevu'rot (mighty power) to be
and Aharon whom He had the mayim gushed out; it ran known.
chosen. in the dry places like a nahar. |9| He rebuked the Yam Suf
|27| They showed His Otot |42| For He remembered His also, and it dried up; so He led
(signs) among them, and Davar Kadosh, and Avraham them through the tehomot, as
mofetim (wonders) in Eretz His eved. through the midbar.
Cham. |43| And He brought forth |10| And He saved them from
|28| He sent choshech, and His people with sasson, and the yad of him that hated
made it dark; and they His chosen with joyful shouts; them, and He acted to make
rebelled not against His |44| And gave them the lands the go'el redemption from the
Devar. of the Goyim; and they yad of the oyev (enemy).
|29| He turned their mayim inherited the amal (labor, toil) |11| And the mayim covered
into dahm, and made their of the amim; their enemies; there was not
dag (fish) die. |45| That they might be echad (one) of them left
|30| Their land brought forth shomer over His chukkot, and surviving.
tzfarde'im (frogs) in observe His torot (laws). Praise |12| Then believed they in
abundance, even in the Hashem. His Devarim; they sang His
chadarim (rooms) of their Praise tehillah.
melachim.
|31| He spoke, and there
came arov (flies), and kinim
106 Hashem! O
give thanks
unto Hashem; for He is tov;
|13| Then they hurried, they
forgot His ma'asim; they
waited not for His etzah
(lice) in all their territory. for His chesed endureth (counsel, advice, wisdom);
|32| He gave them barad l'olam. |14| But lusted exceedingly in
(hail) for geshem (rain), and |2| Who can speak of the the midbar, and tempted G-d
eish of lightning in their land. gevurot (mighty acts) of in the desert.
|33| He struck down their Hashem? Who can show forth |15| And He gave them their
gefen also and their te'enah all His tehillah (praise)? she'elah (request); but sent
(fig tree); and broke the trees |3| Ashrei (happy, blessed) leanness into their nefesh.
of their territory. are they who are shomrei |16| They envied Moshe also
|34| He spoke, and the arbeh mishpat, and he that doeth in the machaneh, and Aharon
(locusts) came, and tzedakah at all times. the kadosh Hashem (Aaron
grasshoppers, and that |4| Remember me, Hashem, the holy one of Hashem).
without number, with the favor that Thou |17| Eretz opened and
|35| And did eat up all the bearest unto Thy people; O swallowed up Datan and
esev (herbs) in their land, and visit me with Thy Yeshuah covered over the Adat Aviram
devoured their p’ri adamah (salvation); (the company of Aviram).
(fruit of the ground). |5| That I may see the good of |18| And an eish was kindled
|36| He struck down also kol Bechireicha (Thy chosen in their edah (assembly); the
bechor in their land, the reshit ones), that I may rejoice in the flame burned up the resha'im.
(firstfruit) of all their strength. simchah of Thy nation, that |19| They made an egel (a
|37| He brought them forth I may glory with Thine calf) in Chorev, and worshiped
also with kesef and zahav; and nachalah (the people of Thy a massekhah (molden image).
there was not one stumbling inheritance). |20| Thus they exchanged
among His Shvatim (tribes). |6| We have sinned with their kavod for a tavnit shor
|38| Mitzrayim was glad Avoteinu, we have committed (likeness of an ox) that eateth
when they departed; for the iniquity, we have done esev (grass).
pachad (terror, dread) of them wickedly. |21| They forgot G-d their
had fallen upon them. |7| Avoteinu had no seichal Moshi’a, Who had done
concerning Thy nifla'ot gedolot in Mitzrayim;
(wonders) in Mitzrayim; they
|22| Nifla'ot (wondrous works) |36| And they served their haOlam; and let kol HaAm
in Eretz Cham, and nora'ot atzabim (idols); which were a say, Omein. Praise Hashem!
(awesome things) by the Yam mokesh (snare) unto them. O give thanks
Suf.
|23| Therefore He said that
He would destroy them, had
|37| And, they sacrificed their
banim and their banot unto
shedim (demons),
107 unto
Hashem, for
He is tov; ki l'olam chasdo (for
not Moshe His bechir (chosen |38| And they shed dahm His mercy endureth forever).
one) stood before Him in the naki (innocent blood), even |2| Let the Geulei Hashem
peretz (breach), to turn away the dahm of their banim and (the redeemed of Hashem) say
His wrath, lest He should of their banot, whom they so, whom He hath redeemed
destroy them. sacrificed unto the atzabei from the yad tzar;
|24| Then they despised the Kena'an (idols of Canaan); |3| And gathered them out of
eretz chemdah (desirable and HaAretz was polluted the lands, from the mizrach
land); they believed not His with blood-guilt. (east), and from the ma’arav
Devar; |39| Thus they made (west), from the tzafon (north),
|25| But murmured in their themselves tameh with their and from the yam (sea).
ohalim, and paid heed not own ma'asim, and went a- |4| They wandered in the
unto the kol (voice) of whoring with their own midbar in a desolate region;
Hashem. inventions. they found no derech to an ir
|26| Therefore [in oath] He |40| Therefore was the wrath moshav (inhabited city).
lifted up His yad against of Hashem kindled against |5| Re'evim (hungry) and
them, that He would His people, insomuch that He tzeme'im (thirsty), their nefesh
overthrow them in the midbar; abhorred His own nachalah. fainted within them.
|27| To make their zera fall |41| And He gave them into |6| Then they cried unto
also among the Goyim, and to the yad Goyim; and they that Hashem in their tzoros, and
scatter them among the hated them ruled over them. He delivered them out of their
aratzot (lands). |42| Their oyevim also distresses.
|28| They joined themselves oppressed them, and they |7| And He led them forth by
also unto Ba’al-Pe'or, and ate were brought into subjection the derech yesharah that they
the zivkhei mesim (sacrifices under their yad. might go to an ir moshav.
offered to the dead). |43| Many times did He |8| Oh that men would praise
|29| Thus they provoked Him deliver them; but they Hashem for His chesed, and
to anger with their inventions; provoked Him with for His nifla'ot (wonderful
and the magefah (plague) their etzah (counsel), and so works) to the Bnei Adam!
broke out among them. perished in their avon |9| For He satisfieth the
|30| Then stood up Pinchas, (iniquity). longing nefesh, and filleth the
and interposed; and so the |44| Nevertheless He hungry nefesh with the tov.
magefah (plague) was halted. regarded their affliction, when |10| Such as sit in choshech
|31| And that was counted He heard their rinnah (cry of and in tzalmavet, being bound
unto him for tzedakah l'dor grief); in oni and barzel (iron);
vador ad olam. |45| And He remembered for |11| Because they rebelled
|32| They angered Him also their sake His Brit, and against the words of G-d, and
at the waters of Merivah, so relented according to the despised the atzat Elyon
that it went ill with Moshe on multitude of His chasadim (counsel of the Most High);
their account; (lovingkindnesses). |12| Therefore He brought
|33| Because they provoked |46| He made them also to be down their lev with amal (toil);
His Ruach [Hakodesh] and he pitied with rachamim by all they stumbled, and there was
[Moshe] spoke unadvisedly those that carried them away no ozer (helper).
with his sfatayim (lips). as captives. |13| Then they cried out unto
|34| They did not destroy the |47| Hoshieini (save us), Hashem in their tzoros, and
amim (peoples), as Hashem Hashem Eloheinu, and gather He saved them out of their
commanded them; us from among the Goyim, to distresses.
|35| But they mingled with give thanks unto Thy Shem |14| He brought them out of
the Goyim, and learned their Kadosh, and to glory in Thy choshech and tzalmavet, and
ma'asim (works, customs). tehillah (praise). broke apart their chains.
|48| Baruch Hashem Elohei
Yisroel min haOlam v'ad
|15| Oh that men would galim (waves) thereof were still with simchah; and all iniquity
praise Hashem for His chesed, [Mk 4:41]. shall shut its mouth.
and for His nifla'ot (wonderful |30| Then were they glad [43] Whosoever is chacham,
works) to the Bnei Adam! because they were quiet; so He and will be shomer over these
|16| For He hath broken brought them unto their things, even they shall
down the dlatot nechoshet, makhoz chefetz (desired understand the chasdei
and cut asunder the bars of haven, city, district, Hashem (lovingkindnesses of
barzel (iron). boundary). Hashem).
|17| Fools because of their |31| Oh that men would (Shir. Mizmor
derech peysha, and because of
their avonot (iniquities), were
afflicted.
praise Hashem for His chesed,
and for His nifla'ot (wonderful
works) to the Bnei Adam!
108 of Dovid)
O Elohim, my
lev is nachon; I will sing and
|18| Their nefesh abhorreth |32| Let them exalt Him also make music, even with my
all manner of ochel (food); in the Kehal Am, and praise kavod (glory, soul).
and they drew near unto the Him in the moshav zekenim |2(3)| Awake, nevel and
sha'arei mavet (gates of death). (council of the elders). kinnor; I will awaken the
|19| Then they cried unto |33| He turneth neharot shachar (dawn).
Hashem in their tzoros, and (rivers) into a midbar, and the |3(4)| I will praise Thee,
He saveth them out of their springs of water into dry Hashem, among the peoples;
distresses. ground; and I will sing praises unto
|20| He sent His Davar, and [34| An eretz p’ri (fruitful Thee among the nations.
healed them, and delivered land) into salt wasteland, |4(5)| For Thy chesed is gadol
them from their destructions because of the wickedness of above Shomayim; and Thy
[See Yn 1:1, 14; Mt 4:23]. them that dwell therein. emes reacheth unto the
|21| Oh that men would |35| He turneth the midbar clouds.
praise Hashem for His chesed, into an agam (pool, lake) of |5(6)| Be Thou exalted,
and for His nifla'ot (wonderful mayim, and dry ground into Elohim, above Shomayim;
works) to the Bnei Adam! springs of water. and Thy kavod above kol
|22| And let them sacrifice |36| And there He maketh the ha'aretz;
the zivkhei todah (sacrifices of hungry to dwell, that they may |6(7)| That Thy beloved may
thanksgiving), and recount His found an ir moshav (an be delivered; hoshiah (save)
works with joyful singing. inhabited city); with Thy Yamin, and answer
|23| They that go down to the |37| And sow the sadot, and me.
yam in oniyot (ships), that do plant kramim, and acquire |7(8)| Elohim hath spoken in
business on mayim rabbim p’ri tevu'ah (fruits of increase). His Kodesh; I will rejoice, I
(great waters); |38| He made a berakhah on will divide Shechem, and mea-
|24| These have seen the them also, so that they are sure out the Valley of Sukkot.
ma'asei Hashem, and His multiplied greatly; and He |8(9)| Gilàd is Mine;
nifla'ot (wonders) in the deep. doth not permit their Menasheh is Mine; Ephrayim
|25| For He commandeth, behemah to decrease. also is the maoz of Mine rosh;
and raiseth up a ruach sa'arah |39| Again, they are Yehudah is My mechokek
(stormy wind), which lifteth up diminished and brought low (lawgiver);
the galim (waves) thereof. through otzer (oppression), |9(10)| Moav is My
|26| They [the galim] mount ra'ah (calamity, peril, trouble) washbasin; over Edom will I
up to Shomayim, they went and yagon (sorrow, grief). toss My na'al (sandal); over
down again to the tehomot |40| He poureth contempt Philistia will I shout in
(depths); their nefesh melted upon nedivim (nobles), and triumph.
in ra'ah (peril, trouble). causeth them to wander in the |10(11)| Who will bring me
|27| They reeled and wilderness, where there is no into the fortified city? Who
staggered like a shikkor, and derech. will lead me into Edom?
were at their wit's end. |41| Yet setteth He the evyon |11(12)| Wilt not Thou,
|28| Then they cried unto (needy) up above oni Elohim, Who hast cast us off?
Hashem in their tzoros, and (affliction), and maketh him And wilt not Thou, Elohim, go
He brought them out of their mishpekhot like a tzon (flock). forth with our Tzivos?
distresses. |42| The yesharim (upright |12(13)| Give us help against
|29| He made the sa'arah ones) shall see it, and rejoice the enemy; for vain is the
(storm) a calm, so that the teshuat adam (help of man).
|13(14)| Through Elohim we |14| Let the avon of his avot |28| Let them make kelalah
shall do valiantly; for He it is be remembered before (curse), but do Thou make
that shall tread down our Hashem; and let not the berakhah; when they arise, let
enemies. chattat immo be blotted out. them be ashamed; but let Thy
(For the one |15| Let them be before eved rejoice.
109 directing. Of
Dovid.
Mizmor) Hold not Thy peace,
Hashem tamid, that He may
cut off the memory of them
from ha'aretz.
|29| Let mine adversaries be
clothed with shame, and let
them cover themselves with
O Elohei tehillati; |16| Because he remembered their own shame, as with a
|2| For the mouth of the not to show chesed, but me'il (cloak).
rasha and the mouth of the persecuted the ish oni and the |30| I will greatly praise
mirmah are opened against evyon, that he might even slay Hashem with my mouth; and,
me; they have spoken against the nikheh levav (broken- I will praise Him among the
me with a leshon sheker (a hearted person). multitude.
lying tongue). |17| As he loved kelalah |31| For He shall stand at the
|3| They surrounded me also (cursing), so it came on him; yamin (right hand) of the
with divrei sinah (words of as he delighted not in evyon (needy), to save him
hatred); and attacked me berakhah (blessing), so it was from those that judge with
without cause. far from him. condemnation his nefesh
|4| In return for my ahavah |18| As he clothed himself [cf Mt 9:10-11].
they are my adversaries; but I with kelalah as with his (Of Dovid.
give myself unto tefillah
(prayer).
|5| Thus they have laid upon
garment, so let it come into his
inward parts like mayim, and
like shemen into his atzmot.
110 Mizmor).
Hashem said
unto Adoni [i.e., Moshiach
me ra'ah for tovah, and sinah |19| Let it be unto him like a Adoneinu; Malachi 3:1], Sit
for my ahavah. beged which covereth him, thou at My right hand, until I
|6| Set Thou a rasha (wicked and for a belt wherewith he is make thine enemies a
man) over him; and let Satan girded tamid (continually). footstool for thy feet.
(the Accuser) stand at his |20| This is the reward of |2 [3]| Hashem shall stretch
yamin (right hand). mine adversaries from forth the rod of thy might out
|7| When he shall be tried, let Hashem, and of them that of Tziyon; rule thou in the
him be in the judgment speak rah against my nefesh. midst of thine [Moshiach’s]
condemned; and let his |21| But Thou O Hashem enemies [i.e., anti-Moshiachs].
tefillah (prayer) become sin. Adonoi, do with me for the |3 [4]| Thy [Moshiach's
|8| Let his yamim be few; and sake of Thy Name; because Messianic] people, willing in
let another take his pekuddat Thy chesed is tov, deliver the Day of thy [Moshiach’s
[See Ac 1:20 OJBC]. Thou me. called up] Army, will be
|9| Let his banim be |22| For I am oni and evyon, arrayed in the splendor of
yetomim, and his isha an and my lev is wounded within kodesh (holiness); from the
almanah. me. womb of the dawn, cometh to
|10| Let his banim be |23| I am gone like a thee [Moshiach] thy young
continually vagabonds, and lengthening tzel (shadow); I men [cf Isa 53:10] as the tal
beg; let them seek from their am shaken off like the arbeh. (dew) [Rv 19:14].
ruins. |24| My knees are weak from |4 [5]| Hashem hath sworn,
|11| Let the nosheh (creditor) a tzom; and my basar faileth and will not relent, Thou
seize all that he hath; and let of fatness. [Moshiach] art a kohen l'olam
the zarim (strangers) plunder |25| I became also a cherpah al divrati Malki-Tzedek (kohen
his labor. (reproach) unto them; when forever in respect to the order
|12| Let there be none to they looked upon me, they of Malki-Tzedek; [see Bereshis
extend chesed unto him; shaked their heads. 14:18; note it is the kohen who
neither let there be any to |26| Help me, O Hashem makes kapporah for sin—see
favor his yetomim. Elohai; O hoshi'eini (save me) Leviticus 4:20; Isa 53:8).
|13| Let his posterity be cut according to Thy chesed; |5 [6]| Adonoi at thy right
off; and in the dor acher |27| That they may know that hand shall dash melachim
(generation following) let their this is Thy Yad; that Thou, (kings) in pieces in the Yom
shem be blotted out. Hashem, hast done it. Afo (Day of His Wrath).
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|6 [7]| He [Adonoi acting |10| The fear of Hashem is |2| Blessed be the Shem of
through Moshiach] shall judge the reshit chochmah; seichel Hashem from this time forth
among the Goyim, He shall tov have all they that live by it; and forevermore.
heap up geviyyot (corpses); He His tehillah (praise) endureth |3| From the rising of the
shall dash in pieces Rosh forever. shemesh unto the going down
(Head; Gn 3:15] al Eretz Praise of the same the Shem of
Rabbah (over Great, Whole
Earth, cf 2Th 2:8).
|7| Of the brook in the
112 Hashem.
Ashrei is the
ish that feareth Hashem, that
Hashem is to be praised.
|4| Hashem is high above kol
Goyim, and His kavod above
Derech shall he [Moshiach] delighteth greatly in His HaShomayim.
drink; therefore shall he lift mitzvot. |5| Who is like unto Hashem
up [as victor] the Rosh |2| His zera shall be gibbor Eloheinu, Who dwelleth on
[Moshiach’s head; PP 2:8-10; ba'aretz; the dor (generation) high,
Ep 4:15]. of the Yesharim (upright ones) |6| Who stoopeth down to
Praise shall be blessed. behold the things that are in
111 Hashem. I
will praise
Hashem with kol levav, in the
|3| Wealth and osher (riches)
shall be in his bais; and his
tzedakah endureth forever.
Shomayim, and in ha'aretz!
|7| He raiseth up the poor out
of the aphar (dust), and lifteth
Sod (company, council) of the |4| Unto the Yesharim the needy out of the ash heap;
Yesharim (upright ones), and (upright ones) there ariseth |8| That he may seat him
in the Edah (assembly). ohr in the choshech; he is with princes, even with the
[2| The ma'asei Hashem are channun, and rachum, and princes of amo (His
gedolim, derushim (sought tzaddik. people).
out, pondered) of all them that |5| A tov ish is generous, and |9| He settleth the akeret
have delight therein. lendeth; he will guide his (barren woman) in her bais to
|3| His po'al (deed, work) is affairs with mishpat. be a happy em of banim.
glorious and majestic; and His |6| Surely he shall never Praise ye Hashem.
tzedakah (righteousness) falter; the tzaddik shall be in
endureth forever. remembrance olam (forever). When Yisroel
|4| He hath caused His
nifla'ot (wonderful works) to
be remembered; Hashem is
|7| He shall not be afraid of
mishmu'ah ra'ah (news of
misfortune, evil tidings); his
114 went out of
Mitzrayim,
Bais Ya’akov from a people of
channun (gracious) and lev is nachon (steadfast), foreign tongue,
rachum (compassionate). trusting in Hashem. |2| Yehudah was His kodesh
|5| He hath given food unto |8| His lev is samuch (sanctuary), and Yisroel His
them that fear Him; He will be (sustained), he shall not be dominion.
mindful of His Brit (covenant) afraid, until he look in |3| The yam saw it, and fled;
l'olam. triumph upon his foes. Yarden was driven back.
|6| He hath showed His |9| He hath contributed |4| The harim skipped like
people the ko'ach of His works, freely, he hath given to the rams, and the little hills like
that He may give them the evyonim (needy); his tzedakah lambs.
nachalat Goyim. endureth forever; his keren |5| What ailed thee, O thou
|7| The works of His hands shall be lifted up in kavod. yam, that thou didst flee?
are emes and mishpat; all His |10| The rasha shall see it, Thou Yarden, that thou wast
pikkudim (precepts, and be incensed; he shall driven back?
commands) are ne'emanim gnash his teeth, and waste |6| Ye harim, that ye skipped
(sure, trustworthy ones). away; the ta'avot resha'im like rams; and ye little hills,
|8| They stand fast la'ad (desire of the wicked ones) like lambs?
l'olam (forever and ever), and shall come to nothing. |7| Tremble, thou earth, at
are done in emes and yashar the presence of Hashem, at
(uprightness). Praise ye the presence of Elohei Ya'akov;
|9| He sent redemption unto
His people; He hath ordained
His Brit (covenant) l'olam
113 Hashem.
Praise O ye
avadim of Hashem, praise the
|8| Which turned the rock
into a pool of mayim, the flint
into a spring of mayim.
(forever); Kadosh (holy) and Shem of Hashem.
Nora (awesome, reverend) is
Shmo.
Not unto us, |16| The heavens, even |11| I said in my chafaz
115 Hashem, not

unto us, but
unto Thy Shem give kavod, for
Shomayim, is Hashem's, but
HaAretz He gave to the Bnei
Adam.
(haste, alarm, consternation),
Kol HaAdam Kozev (all men
are liars).
the sake of Thy chesed, and |17| The mesim (dead ones) |12| How shall I repay
for Thy emes. praise not Hashem, neither do Hashem for all His benefits to
|2| Why should the Goyim any that descend into Dumah me?
say, Where is now their (the silent [place of Sheol]). |13| I will raise the Kos
Elohim? |18| But we will bless Yeshu'ot (the Cup of
|3| But Eloheinu is in Hashem from this time forth Salvation), and call upon
Shomayim; He hath done v'ad olam (and to Hashem b'Shem (by Name).
whatsoever He hath pleased. forevermore). Praise Hashem. |14| I will fulfill my nederim
|4| Their atzabim (idols) are I love (vows) now in the presence of
kesef and zahav, the ma'aseh
(work) of the hands of adam.
|5| Peh (mouth) they have,
116 Hashem,
because He
hath heard my kol (voice),
all His people.
|15| Precious in the eyes of
Hashem is the mavet of His
but they speak not; einayim even my techinnah. Chasidim.
(eyes) have they, but they see |2| Because He hath inclined |16| O Hashem, truly I am
not; His ozen (ear) unto me, Thy eved; I am Thy eved, ben
|6| Oznayim (ears) they have, therefore will I call upon Him amatecha (the son of Thy
but they hear not; af (nose) while I have days. maid servant); Thou hast
have they, but they smell not; |3| Chevlei mavet (pangs of removed my chains.
|7| They have hands, but they death) encompassed me, and |17| I will sacrifice to Thee
handle not; raglayim (feet) the metzarei She'ol (confines, the zevach todah (the
have they, but they walk not; straitnesses of She'ol) have thanksgiving offering) and will
neither speak they through caught up with me and found call on the Shem Hashem.
their garon (throat). me; tzoros and yagon (sorrow) |18| I will fulfill my nederim
|8| They that make them will I found. to Hashem now in the
be like them; so is kol asher (4) Then called I b'Shem presence of all His people.
bote'ach (every one that Hashem: O Hashem, save my |19| In the khatzerot Beis
trusteth) in them. nefesh! Hashem, in the midst of thee,
|9| O Yisroel, trust thou in |5| Channun (gracious) is O Yerushalayim. Praise ye
Hashem. He is their ezrah Hashem, and tzaddik; yes, Hashem.
(help) and their mogen. Eloheinu is merciful. O praise
|10| O Bais Aharon, trust
thou in Hashem; He is their
ezrah (help) and their mogen.
|6| Hashem is shomer over
the petayim (simple-hearted,
helpless); I was in need and li
117 Hashem, all
ye Goyim;
praise Him, all ye peoples.
|11| The ones fearing yehoshia (me He saved). |2| For His chesed is mighty
Hashem, trust in Hashem; He |7| Return, my nefesh, to thy toward us; and the Emes
is their ezrah (help) and their menuchah (rest, resting place); Hashem endureth l'olam
mogen (shield). for Hashem hath dealt (forever). Praise ye Hashem.
|12| Hashem hath been bountifully with thee. O give thanks
mindful of us; Yevarech.
Yevarech es Bais Yisroel;
Yevarech es Bais Aharon.
|8| For Thou hast saved my
nefesh from mavet (death),
mine eye from dimah (tears),
118 unto
Hashem; for
He is tov; Ki l'olam chasdo (for
|13| Yevarech Yirei Hashem and mine regel (foot) from His mercy endureth forever).
(He will bless those who fear stumbling. |2| Let Yisroel now say, Ki
Hashem), the ketanim with |9| I will walk before Hashem l'olam chasdo.
the gedolim. in the Artzot HaChayim (the |3| Let the Bais Aharon now
|14| May Hashem give you Land of the Living). [T.N. Note say, Ki l'olam chasdo.
increase, upon you and your that I can do that because |4| Let them now that fear
banim. Moshiach was cut off from Hashem say, Ki l'olam chasdo,
|15| May a barukhah be upon there in my place and for my |5| I called upon Hashem in
you by Hashem, Oseh sins—Isa 53:8] distress; Hashem answered
Shomayim va'Aretz (Maker |10| He'emaneti (I believed); me, and set me in a broad
of Heaven and Earth). therefore have I spoken; I was place.
greatly afflicted.
|6| Hashem is on my side; I become my Yeshuah heart) when I shall have

will not fear; what can adam (salvation). learned Thy righteous
do unto me? |22| The Even (Stone) which mishpatim (ordinances).
|7| Hashem taketh my part the Bonim (Builders) rejected |8| I will keep Thy chukkot; O
through them that help me; [mem-alef-samech, see same forsake me not utterly.
therefore shall I see my desire word Psalm 89:38 (39)] has
upon them that hate me. become the Rosh Pinnah ʡ BEIS
|8| It is better to trust in (Cornerstone). |9| How shall a na'ar cleanse
Hashem than to put [23| This is Hashem's doing; it his way? By being shomer
confidence in adam. is marvellous in our eyes. thereto according to Thy
|9| It is better to trust in |24| This is the yom which Davar (Word).
Hashem than to put Hashem hath made; let us |10| With my kol lev have I
confidence in nedivim rejoice and be glad in it. sought Thee; O let me not
(nobles). |25| Save now, we beseech wander from Thy mitzvot.
|10| All Goyim surrounded Thee, Hashem; Hashem, we |11| Thy word have I hid in
me; but in the Shem Hashem beseech thee, send now my lev, lema'an (so that) I
will I cut them off. prosperity. might not sin against Thee.
|11| They surrounded me; |26| Baruch habah b'Shem |12| Baruch atah, Adonoi;
yes, they compassed me about; Hashem; we have blessed you teach me Thy chukkot.
but in the Shem Hashem I will from the Beis Hashem. |13| With my sfatayim (lips)
cut them off. |27| Hashem is G-d, Who have I declared all the
|12| They compassed me hath showed us light; bind the mishpatim of Thy mouth.
about like devorim (bees); they chag (festival offering) with |14| I have rejoiced in the
are extinguished like the eish cords, even until [you come to] derech of Thy edot
of kotzim (thorns); for in the the karnot of the Mizbe'ach. (testimonies), as much as in all
Shem Hashem I will cut them |28| Thou art my G-d, and I riches.
off. will praise Thee; Thou art |15| I will meditate in Thy
|13| Thou hast hard pushed Elohai, I will exalt Thee. pikkudim, and consider Thy
at me that I fell; but Hashem |29| O give thanks unto orkhot (paths).
helped me. Hashem; for He is tov; ki |16| I will delight myself in
|14| Hashem is my oz l'olam chasdo (for His mercy Thy chukkot; I will not forget
(strength) and zimrah (song), endureth forever). Thy Davar.
and He is become my Yeshuah [T.N. A ma’amin b’Moshiach
(salvation). will carry Scripture with him ʢ GIMEL
|15| The voice of rejoicing at all times, as the following |17| Deal bountifully with
and Yeshuah (salvation) is in Psalm teaches.] Thy eved, that I may live, and
the ohalim of the tzaddikim; be shomer over Thy Davar.
the Yamin Hashem doeth
valiantly.
|16| The Yamin Hashem is
119 ɖ ALEF
Ashrei are the
blameless ones in the derech,
|18| Open Thou mine eyes,
that I may behold nifla'ot out
of Thy torah.
exalted; the Yamin Hashem who walk in the torat Hashem. |19| I am a ger on ha'aretz;
doeth valiantly. |2| Ashrei are they that keep hide not Thy mitzvot from me.
|17| I shall not die, but live, His edot (testimonies), and |20| My nefesh is shattered
and declare the ma'asim that seek Him with kol lev. with ta'avah for Thy
(works) of Hashem. |3| They also do no iniquity; mishpatim at all times.
|18| Hashem hath hard they walk in His drakhim. |21| Thou hast rebuked the
chastened me severely; but He |4| Thou hast commanded us zedim (arrogant ones) that are
hath not given me over unto to be diligently shomer over arurim (cursed ones), which
mavet (death). Thy pikkudim (precepts). do wander from Thy mitzvot.
|19| Open to me the sha'arei |5| O that my drakhim were |22| Remove from me
tzedek; I will go through them, directed to be shomer over cherpah (reproach) and
and I will praise Hashem; Thy chukkot (statutes)! contempt; for I have kept Thy
|20| This is the sha'ar of |6| Then shall I not be edot (testimonies).
Hashem, into which the ashamed, when I have respect |23| Though sarim (princes)
tzaddikim shall enter. unto all Thy mitzvot. also sit and speak slander
|21| I will praise Thee; for |7| I will praise Thee with against me, yet Thy eved
Thou hast heard me, and art yosher levav (uprightness of meditates on Thy chukkot.
|24| Thy edot (testimonies) |40| Hinei, I have longed and have been shomer over
also are my delight and anshei after Thy precepts; revive me Thy torah.
atzati (my counsellors). in Thy tzedakah. |56| Zot hayetah li, because I
kept Thy pikkudim.
ə DALET ɛ VAV
|25| My nefesh has deveykus |41| Let Thy chasadim come ɝ CHET
unto the aphar; revive Thou also unto me, Hashem, even
me according to Thy Davar. Thy Teshu'ah (salvation), |57| Thou art my chelek,
|26| I have recounted my according to Thy word. Hashem; I have said I would
drakhim, and Thou heardest |42| So shall I have be shomer over Thy words.
me; teach me Thy chukkot. wherewith to answer him that |58| I sought Thy Face with
|27| Make me to understand reproacheth me; for I trust in my kol lev; be gracious unto
the derech of Thy pikkudim; Thy Davar. me according to Thy word.
so shall I meditate on Thy |43| And take not the devar |59| I thought on my
nifla'ot. emes utterly out of my mouth; drakhim, and turned my feet
|28| My nefesh drops with for I have hoped in Thy unto Thy edot (testimonies).
heavy sorrow; strengthen Thou mishpatim. |60| I made haste, and
me according unto Thy Davar. |44| So shall I be shomer over delayed not to be shomer over
|29| Remove from me the Thy torah tamid l'olam va'ed. Thy mitzvot.
derech sheker; and graciously |45| And I will walk freely in |61| The ropes of the resha'im
grant me Thy torah. a wide place; for I seek Thy have bound me; but I have not
|30| I have chosen the derech pikkudim. forgotten Thy torah.
emunah; thy mishpatim have |46| I will speak of Thy edot |62| At midnight I will rise to
I accounted worthy. (testimonies) also before give thanks unto Thee because
|31| I have deveykus with Thy melachim, and will not be of Thy righteous mishpatim.
edot (testimonies); Hashem, ashamed. |63| I am a chaver of all them
let me not be ashamed. |47| And I will delight myself that fear Thee, and of them
|32| I will run the derech of in Thy mitzvot, which I love. that are shomer over Thy
Thy mitzvot, for Thou shalt set |48| My palms also will I lift pikkudim.
my lev free. up unto Thy mitzvot, which I |64| Ha'aretz, Hashem, is full
love; and I will meditate on of Thy chesed; teach me Thy
ʤ HEH Thy chukkot. chukkot.
|33| Teach me, Hashem, the
derech of Thy chukkot; and I ɜ ZAYIN ʨ TET
shall keep it unto the end. |49| Remember the davar to |65| Thou hast dealt well with
|34| Give me understanding, Thy eved, on which Thou hast Thy eved, Hashem, according
and I shall keep Thy torah; made me hope. unto Thy word.
yes, I shall be shomer over it |50| This is my comfort in my |66| Teach me good judgment
with my kol lev. oni (affliction); for Thy word and da'as; for I have believed
|35| Make me to go in the hath revived me. in Thy mitzvot.
path of Thy mitzvot; for |51| The zedim (arrogant |67| Before I was afflicted I
therein do I delight. ones) have had me greatly in went astray; but now have I
|36| Incline my lev unto Thy derision; yet have I not turned been shomer over Thy word.
edot, and not to betza aside from Thy torah. |68| Thou art tov, and doest
(covetousness, selfish gain). |52| I remembered Thy tov; teach me Thy chukkot.
|37| Turn away mine eyes mishpatim from of old, |69| The zedim (arrogant
from beholding shav (vanity); Hashem; and have comforted ones) have forged a sheker
and revive Thou me in Thy myself. against me; but I will keep Thy
derech. |53| Zalafah (indignation) pikkudim with my kol lev.
|38| Establish Thy word unto hath taken hold upon me |70| Their lev is callous like
Thy eved, which is for the fear because of the resha’im that chelev; I delight in Thy torah.
of Thee. forsake Thy torah. |71| It is tov for me that I
|39| Turn away my cherpah |54| Thy chukkot have been have been afflicted l'ma'an (in
(reproach) which I fear; for my zemirot (songs) in the bais order that) I might learn Thy
Thy mishpatim are tovim. of my pilgrimage. chukkot.
|55| I have remembered Thy
Shem, Hashem, in the lailah,
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|72| The torah of Thy mouth |87| They had almost |103| How sweet are Thy
is better unto me than consumed me ba'aretz; but I words unto my palate! Sweet-
thousands of zahav and kesef. forsook not Thy pikkudim. er than devash to my mouth!
|88| Revive me after Thy |104| Through Thy pikkudim
' YOD chesed; so shall I be shomer I get understanding: therefore
|73| Thy hands have made over the edut of Thy mouth. I hate every orakh sheker.
me and established me: give
me understanding, that I may ʬ Lamed ʰ Nun
learn Thy mitzvot. |89| Forever, Hashem, Thy |105| Thy word is a ner unto
|74| They that fear Thee will Davar is settled and stands my feet, ohr unto my path.
be glad when they see me; for I firm in Shomayim. |106| I have sworn a shevuah,
have hoped in Thy Davar. |90| Thy emunah (faith- and I will perform it, that I
|75| I know, Hashem, Thy fulness) is to all generations: will keep Thy righteous
mishpatim are tzedek, and Thou hast established eretz, mishpatim.
Thou in emunah (faith- and it stands enduring. |107| I am afflicted very
fulness) hast afflicted me. |91| They continue enduring much: revive me, Hashem,
|76| Let now Thy chesed be to this day according to Thine according unto Thy word.
for my comfort, according to mishpatim: for all things are |108| Accept the nidvot of my
Thy word unto Thy eved. Thy avadim. mouth, O Hashem, and teach
|77| Let Thy rachamim come |92| Unless Thy torah had me Thy mishpatim.
unto me, that I may live: for been my delight, I should then |109| My nefesh is contin-
Thy torah is my delight. have perished in mine oni. ually in my yad: yet do I not
|78| Let the zedim (arrogant |93| I will never forget Thy forget Thy torah.
ones) be ashamed; for they pikkudim: for with them Thou |110| The resha'im have laid
dealt perversely with me hast revived me. a pach for me: yet I erred not
without a cause: but I will |94| I am Thine, save me: for from Thy pikkudim.
meditate on Thy pikkudim I have sought out Thy |111| Thy edot have I taken
(percepts). pikkudim. as a heritage forever: for they
|79| Let those that fear Thee |95| The resha'im have waited are the sasson lev of me.
turn unto me, and those that for me to destroy me: but I will |112| I have inclined mine lev
have known Thy edot. think on Thy edot. to perform Thy chukkot
|80| Let my lev be tamim |96| I have seen an end of all forever, even unto the end.
(blameless, complete) in perfection: but Thy mitzvah is
Thy chukkot; that I be not boundless. ʱ Samech
ashamed. |113| I hate the double-
ɤ Mem minded: but Thy torah do I
ʫ Kaf |97| O how I love Thy torah! love.
|81| My nefesh fainteth for It is my meditation kol hayom. |114| Thou art my seter
Thy salvation: but I hope in |98| Thou through Thy (hiding place) and my mogen:
Thy davar. mitzvot hast made me wiser I hope in Thy Devar.
|82| Mine eyes fail for Thy than mine enemies: for they |115| Depart from me, ye
word saying, Mosai (when) wilt are ever with me. evildoers: for I will keep the
Thou comfort me? |99| I have more under- mitzvot of Elohai.
|83| For I am become like a standing than every melamed |116| Uphold me according
wineskin in the smoke; yet do I of mine: for Thy edot are my unto Thy imrah, that I may
not forget Thy chukkot. meditation. live: and let me not be
|84| How many are the days |100| I understand more than ashamed from my hope.
of Thy eved? Mosai (when) wilt the zekenim, for I keep Thy |117| Hold Thou me up, and
Thou execute mishpat on pikkudim. I shall be safe: and I will have
them that persecute me? |101| I have refrained my feet respect unto Thy chukkot
|85| The zedim (arrogant from every orakh rah, in order continually.
ones) have dug pits for me, that I might be shomer over |118| Thou hast rejected all
which are not in accordance Thy Devar. them that err from Thy
with Thy torah. |102| I have not departed chukkot: for their
|86| All Thy mitzvot are from Thy mishpatim: for Thou deceitfulness is sheker
faithful: they persecute me hast taught me. (falsehood).
wrongfully; help Thou me.
|119| Thou puttest away all |135| Make Thy face to shine |152| Concerning Thy edot
resha'im of eretz like dross; upon Thy eved; and teach me (testimonies), I have known of
therefore I love Thy edot. Thy chukkot. old that Thou hast founded
|120| My basar trembleth for |136| Rivers of waters run them forever.
fear of Thee; and I am afraid down mine eyes, for they are
of Thy mishpatim. not shomer over Thy torah. ʸ RESH
|153| Consider mine oni
ʲ AYIN ʶ TZADDI (affliction), and deliver me; for
|121| I have done mishpat |137| Righteous art Thou, I do not forget Thy torah.
and tzedek; leave me not to Hashem, and yashar are Thy |154| Plead my cause; for me
mine oppressors. mishpatim. make go'el redemption; revive
|122| Be surety for Thy eved |138| Thy edot (testimonies) me according to Thy word.
for good; let not the zedim that Thou hast commanded |155] Yeshuah (salvation) is
(arrogant ones) oppress me. are tzedek and emunah me'od far from the resha'im, for they
|123| Mine eyes fail for Thy (very faithful). seek not Thy chukkot.
Yeshuah (salvation), and for |139| My zeal hath consumed |156| Great are Thy
the word of Thy tzedakah. me, because mine enemies rachamim, Hashem; revive me
|124| Deal with Thy eved have forgotten Thy devarim. according to Thy mishpatim.
according unto Thy chesed, |140| Thy word is very tested; |157| Many are my
and teach me Thy chukkot. therefore Thy eved loveth it. persecutors and mine
|125| I am Thy eved; give me |141| I am small and enemies; yet do I not turn
understanding, that I may despised; yet do not I forget aside from Thy edot.
know Thy edot (testimonies). Thy pikkudim. |158| I beheld the bogedim,
|126| It is time for Thee, |142| Thy tzedakah is tzedek and was grieved because they
Hashem, to work; for they l'olam, and Thy torah emes. were not shomer over Thy
have made void Thy torah. |143| Tzoros and anguish word.
|127| Therefore I love Thy have taken hold on me; yet |159| Consider how I love
mitzvot above zahav; yes, Thy mitzvot are my delight. Thy pikkudim; revive me,
above fine gold. |144| The tzedek of Thy edot Hashem, according to Thy
|128| Therefore I esteem right is l'olam; give me under- chesed.
all Thy pikkudim concerning standing, and I shall live. |160| Thy word is emes from
all things; and I hate every the beginning; and every one
orakh sheker. ɭ KOPH of Thy righteous mishpatim
|145| I cried with my kol lev; endureth forever.
ɪ PEH hear me, Hashem; I will keep
|129| Thy edot (testimonies) Thy chukkot. ʹ SHIN
are wonderful; therefore doth |146| I cried unto Thee; save |161| Sarim (princes) have
my nefesh keep them. me, and I shall be shomer over persecuted me without a
|130| The petach (entrance, Thy edot (testimonies). cause; but my lev standeth in
doorway) of Thy words giveth |147| I rose before the dawn, awe of Thy Davar.
light; it giveth understanding and cried out for help; I hoped |162| I rejoice at Thy imrah
unto the simple. in Thy Davar. (word), as one that findeth
|131| I opened my mouth, |148| Mine eyes are awake great plunder.
and panted; for I longed for through the ashmurot (night |163| I hate and abhor she-
Thy mitzvot. watches), that I might ker; but Thy torah do I love.
|132| Look Thou upon me, meditate on Thy word. |164| Shevah times a day do I
and be merciful unto me, as |149| Hear my voice praise Thee because of Thy
Thy manner is unto those that according unto Thy chesed; righteous mishpatim.
love Shimcha. Hashem, revive me according |165| Great shalom have they
|133| Order my footsteps in to Thy mishpat. which love Thy torah; nothing
Thy imrah; and let not any |150| They draw near that shall cause them to stumble.
iniquity have dominion over follow after wicked schemes; |166| Hashem, I have hoped
me. they are far from Thy torah. for Thy Yeshuah (salvation),
|134| Redeem me from the |151| Thou art karov (near), and do Thy mitzvot.
oppression of adam; so will I Hashem; and all Thy mitzvot |167| My nefesh is shomer
keep Thy pikkudim. are emes. over Thy edot (testimonies);
and I love them exceedingly.
Tehillim 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124 636 Orthodox Jewish Bible
|168| I have kept Thy (Shir |7| Shalom be within thy

pikkudim and Thy edot; for all
my ways are before Thee. 121 HaMa'alot)
I will lift up
mine eyes unto the harim
wall, and security within thy
citadels.
|8| L'ma'an (for the sake of)
ɰ TAV (hills), from whence cometh my achim and companions, I
|169| Let my cry come near ezri (my help). will now say, Shalom be
before Thee, Hashem; give me |2| Ezri (my help) cometh within thee.
understanding according to from Hashem, Oseh |9| L'ma'an the Bais Hashem
Thy Davar. Shomayim v'Aretz. Eloheinu I will seek thy tov.
|170| Let my techinnah come |3| He will not allow thy regel
before Thee; deliver me to slip; He that is shomer over (Shir
according to Thy word.
|171| My lips shall utter
tehillah, when Thou hast
thee will not slumber.
|4| Hinei, He that is shomer
over Yisroel shall neither
123 HaMa'alot,
[Song of
Ascents]) Unto Thee lift I up
taught me Thy chukkot. slumber nor sleep. mine eyes, O Thou that
|172| My leshon shall speak |5| Hashem is the One dwellest in Shomayim.
of Thy word; for all Thy shomer over thee; Hashem is |2| Hinei, as the eyes of
mitzvot are tzedek. thy shade upon thy right avadim look unto the yad
|173| Let Thine Yad help me; hand. adoneihem, and as the eyes of
for I have chosen Thy |6| The shemesh shall not a shifchah (maiden) unto the
pikkudim. strike thee by day, nor the yad of her gevirah; so our eyes
|174| I have longed for Thy yarei'ach by night. wait upon Hashem Eloheinu,
Yeshuah (salvation), Hashem; |7| Hashem shall preserve until He have channun (favor,
and Thy torah is my delight. thee from kol rah; He shall grace) upon us.
|175| Let my nefesh live, and preserve thy nefesh. |3| Channenu Hashem,
it shall praise Thee; and let |8| Hashem shall be shomer channenu; for we are more
Thy mishpatim sustain me. over thy going out and thy than sated with buz
|176| I have gone astray like a coming in from this time (contempt).
seh oved (lost sheep); seek Thy forth, and even v'ad olam. |4| Nafsheinu (our nefesh) is
eved; for I do not forget Thy more than sated with the
mitzvot. (Shir scorn of those that are at ease,
(Shir HaMa'a- 122 HaMa'alot,

[Song of
and with the buz (contempt) of
the g'eiyonim (proud ones,
120 lot [Song of

Ascents])
In my tzoros I cried unto
Ascents] of Dovid).
I was glad when they said unto
me, Let us go into the Bais
arrogant ones).
Hashem, and He heard me. Hashem.

|2| Save my nefesh, Hashem, |2| Our feet shall stand (Shir
from sefat sheker (lying lips),
and from lashon remiyyah (a
tongue of deceit).
within thy she'arim, O
Yerushalayim.
|3| Yerushalayim is built as
124 HaMa'alot,
[Song of
Ascents] of Dovid).
|3| What shall be given unto an Ir bound firmly together; If it had not been Hashem
thee? Or what shall be done |4| That is where the Who was lanu (for us, on our
unto thee, thou lashon Shevatim (tribes) go up, the side), now may Yisroel say;
remiyyah? Shivtei Hashem, according to |2| If it had not been Hashem
|4| Sharp khitzim (arrows) of the edut l'Yisroel (the statute Who was lanu, when adam
the gibbor, with burning to Yisroel), to give thanks unto (man) rose up against us;
(charcoal) coals of the broom the Shem of Hashem. |3| Then they had swallowed
plant. |5| For there are set kise'ot us up chayyim (alive); when
|5| Woe is me, that I sojourn l'mishpat (thrones of their wrath was kindled
in Meshech, that I dwell in the judgment), the kise'ot of the against us;
ohalim of Kedar! Bais Dovid. |4| Then the mayim would
|6| My nefesh hath long dwelt |6| Sha'alu shalom have overwhelmed us, the
with him that hateth shalom. Yerushalayim (pray for the torrent would have swept over
|7| I am for shalom; but when peace of Jerusalem); they shall nafsheinu (our nefesh);
I speak, they are for prosper that love thee.
milchamah (war).
Ketuvim 637 Tehillim 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129,130
|5| Then the mayim (joyful song); then said they shalt thou be, and it shall be
hazedonim (treacherous among the Goyim, Hashem tov with thee.
waters) would have swept over hath done great things for |3| Thy isha shall be as a
nafsheinu (our nefesh). them. fruitful gefen inside thine
|6| Baruch Hashem, Who |3| Hashem hath done great bais; thy banim like olive
hath not given us up as a prey things for us; whereof we are shoots around thy shulchan.
to their shinayim (teeth). glad. |4| Hinei, thus shall the gever
|7| Nafsheinu (our nefesh) is |4| Return our captivity and be blessed that feareth
escaped as a tzippor (bird) out restore our fortunes, Hashem, Hashem.
of the pach (snare of the like torrents in the Negev. |5| Hashem shall bless thee
fowlers); the pach is broken, |5| They that sow in dimah out of Tziyon; and thou shalt
and we are escaped. (tears) shall reap in rinnah see the tov of Yerushalayim all
|8| Ezreinu (our help) B'Shem (joyful song). the days of thy life.
Hashem Oseh Shomayim |6| He that goeth forth and |6| Yea, thou shalt see thy
vaAretz. weepeth, bearing meshek bnei banim, and shalom upon
hazara (seed to be sown) shall Yisroel.
(Shir doubtless come again with
125
Ascents]).
HaMa'alot,
[Song of
rinnah, bearing his alummot
(sheaves [of harvest]).
129
(Shir
HaMa'alot)
Many a time
They that trust in Hashem have they afflicted me from
shall be as Mt Tziyon, which is (Shir my ne'ur, may Yisroel now say;
immoveable, and abideth
l'olam.
[2| As harim (the mountains)
127 HaMa'alot, of
Shlomo).
Except Hashem build the
|2| Many a time have they
afflicted me from my ne'ur
(youth); yet they have not
surround Yerushalayim, so bais, they that build it labor in prevailed against me.
Hashem surrounds His people vain; except Hashem is |3| The choreshim (plowers)
from henceforth v'ad olam shomer over the city, the plowed upon my back; they
(and to forever). shomair (watchman) stands made long their furrows.
|3| For the shevet (scepter) of guard in vain. |4| Hashem is tzaddik; He
the resha shall not rest upon |2| It is vain for you to rise up hath cut asunder the cords of
the goral (allotment, property) early, to sit up late, to eat the the resha'im.
of the tzaddikim; lest the lechem ha'atzavim (bread of |5| Let them all be
tzaddikim put forth their toils); for so He giveth his confounded and turned back
hands unto iniquity. beloved sleep. that hate Tziyon [i.e, all anti-
|4| Do good, Hashem, unto |3| Hinei, banim are nachalat Semites].
the tovim, and to them that Hashem; and the p’ri habeten |6| Let them be as the khatzir
are upright in their hearts. is a zachar (reward). (grass) upon the housetops,
|5| As for such as turn aside |4| As khitzim (arrows) are in which withereth before it
unto their crooked ways, the yad of a gibbor; so are groweth up;
Hashem shall turn them away bnei haneurim (children born |7| With it the kotzer (reaper)
with the workers of iniquity; in one's youth). filleth not his yad; nor he that
but shalom shall be upon |5| Ashrei hagever that hath gathereth sheaves, his bosom.
Yisroel. his quiver full of them; they |8| Neither do they which go
shall not be ashamed, but they by say, Birkat Hashem be
shall speak with the oyevim upon you; we bless you b'Shem
(Shir basha'ar (enemy at the gate). Hashem.
126 HaMa'alot,
[Song of (Shir
Ascents])
When Hashem brought the
return of the captivity of 128
(Shir
HaMa'alot)
Ashrei kol
130 HaMa'alot)
Out of the
depths have I cried unto
Tziyon, we were like the yerei (fearers of) Hashem; that Thee, Hashem.
cholemim (them that dream). walketh in His drakhim. |2| Adonoi, hear my voice; let
|2| Then was our mouth filled |2| For thou shalt eat the Thine ears be attentive to the
with laughter, and leshoneinu labor of thine hands; happy voice of my techinnot
(our tongue) with rinnah (supplications).
Tehillim 130,131,132,133,134,135 638 Orthodox Jewish Bible
|3 If Thou, Hashem, mishkanot for the Avir (Shir

shouldest record iniquities,
Adonoi, who could stand?
|4| But there is selichah
Ya'akov.
|6| Hinei, we heard of it at
Ephratah; we found it in the
133 HaMa'alot, of
Dovid).
Hinei, mah tov umah na'im
(forgiveness) with Thee; sedei Ya'ar (fields of Ya'ar). shevet achim gahm yachad
therefore, Thou art feared. |7| We will go into His (how good and how pleasant it
|5| I wait for Hashem, my mishkanot; we will worship at is for brethren to dwell
nefesh doth wait, and in His the hadom (footstool) of His together in unity)!
Devar do I hope. raglayim. |2| It is like the precious
|6| My nefesh waiteth for |8| Arise, Hashem, into Thy shemen upon the rosh, that
Adonoi more than the menuchah (resting place); ran down upon the beard,
shomrim that watch for the Thou, and the Aron of Thy oz even Aharon's beard; that
boker; I say, more than the (might). went down to the collar of his
shomrim that watch for the |9| Let Thy Kohanim be robes;
boker. clothed with tzedek; and let |3| As the tal of Chermon,
|7| Let Yisroel hope in Thy chasidim sing for joy. and as the dew that descended
Hashem; for with Hashem |10| For the sake of Dovid upon the mountains of
there is chesed, and with Him Thy Eved, do not turn away Tziyon; for there Hashem
is plenteous pedut the face of Thine Moshiach commanded the berakhah,
(redemption). [see Isa 52:13; 53:11]. even Chayyim Ad Olam.
|8| And He shall redeem |11| Hashem hath sworn in
Yisroel from all his iniquities. emes unto Dovid; He will not (Shir
(Shir
turn from His oath: Of the p’ri
(fruit) of thy beten (body) will I 134 HaMa'alot)
Hinei,
131 HaMa'alot, of
Dovid).
Hashem, my lev is not
set upon thy kisse (throne).
|12| If thy Banim are shomer
over My Brit and My Edot that
barakhu Hashem, kol avedei
Hashem, which balailah stand
[ministering] in the Bais
haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; I shall teach them, their Hashem.
neither do I exercise myself in Banim shall also sit upon |2| Lift up your hands in the
gedolot, or in things too high thy kisse adei-ad Kodesh [Beis Hamikdash], and
for me. (forevermore). barakhu Hashem.
|2| Surely I have stilled and |13| For Hashem hath chosen |3| Yevarekhecha Adonoi
quieted my nefesh, as a child Tziyon; He hath desired her from Tziyon, Oseh Shomayim
that is weaned of immo; my for His moshav. v'Aretz (the Maker of Heaven
nefesh is even as a weaned |14| This is My menuchah and Earth).
child. (resting place) adei-ad
|3| Let Yisroel hope in (forever); here will I dwell; for Praise
Hashem from henceforth and
ad olam.
I have desired her.
|15| I will place a bountiful
berakhah on her provision; I
135
Hashem; Halelu,
Hashem.
Halelu Shem
(Shir will satisfy her poor with O ye avadim of Hashem.
132 HaMa'alot)
Hashem,
remember Dovid, and all his
lechem.
|16| I will also clothe her
Kohanim with Yesha
|2| Ye that stand ministering
in the Beis Hashem, in the
khatzerot Beis Eloheinu.
afflictions; (salvation); and her chasidim |3| Praise Hashem; for
|2| How he swore unto shall sing aloud for joy. Hashem is tov; sing praise
Hashem, and vowed unto Avir |17| There atzmi'ach (I will unto Shmo; for it is na'im
Ya'akov (the Mighty One of make sprout i.e., Tzemach) the (lovely, pleasing).
Ya'akov); Keren of Dovid; I have [4| For Hashem hath chosen
|3| Surely I will not come into ordained a ner (lamp) for My Ya'akov unto Himself, and
the ohel of my bais, nor go up Moshiach. Yisroel for His segullah
into my bed; |18| His oyevim will I clothe (peculiar treasure).
[4| I will not give sleep to with boshet (shame); but upon |5| For I know that Hashem
mine eyes, nor tenumah him [Moshiach] shall his nezer is gadol, and that Adoneinu is
(slumber) to mine eyelids, (crown) be resplendent. above kol elohim.
|5| Until I find a makom
(place) for Hashem, even
|6| Whatsoever Hashem O give thanks |21| And gave their land for a
pleases, that He does in
Shomayim, and in HaAretz, in
HaYam, and kol tehomot.
136 unto
Hashem; for
He is tov; ki l'olam chasdo (His
nachalah; ki l'olam chasdo.
|22| Even a nachalah unto
Yisroel His eved; ki l'olam
|7| He causeth the clouds to chesed indures forever). chasdo.
ascend at the end of HaAretz; |2| O give thanks unto Elohei |23| Who remembered us in
He maketh lightning for the HaElohim; ki l'olam chasdo. our low estate; ki l'olam
matar (rain); He bringeth the |3| O give thanks to Adonei chasdo.
ruach out of His otzarot. HaAdonim; ki l'olam chasdo. |24| And hath released us
|8| Who struck down the |4| To Him Who alone doeth from our enemies; ki l'olam
Bechorei Mitzrayim, both of nifla'ot gedolot; ki l'olam chasdo.
adam and behemah. chasdo. |25| Who giveth lechem to kol
|9| Who sent otot and |5| To Him that by tevunah basar; ki l'olam chasdo.
mofetim into the midst of (understanding) made |26| O give thanks unto the
thee, O Mitzrayim, upon HaShomayim; ki l'olam G-d of Shomayim; ki l'olam
Pharaoh, and upon all his chasdo. chasdo.
avadim. [6| To Him that stretched out
|10| Who struck down Goyim ha'aretz above the mayim; ki By the rivers
rabbim, and slaughtered
melachim atzumim (powerful
kings);
l'olam chasdo.
|7| To Him that made ohrim
gedolim (great lights); ki l'olam
137
down, yes, we wept,
of Babylon,
there we sat
|11| Sichon Melech HaEmori, chasdo. when we remembered Tziyon.

and Og Melech HaBashan, |8| The shemesh to rule by |2| We hung up our kinnorot
and all the mamlechot yom; ki l'olam chasdo. (lyres) upon the willows in the
Kena'an; |9| The yarei'ach and midst thereof.
|12| And gave their land for a kokhavim to rule by lailah; ki |3| For there they that carried
nachalah, an inheritance unto l'olam chasdo. us away captive required of us
Yisroel Amo (His people). |10| To Him that struck down a shir (song); and they that
|13| Thy Shem, Hashem, Mitzrayim in their bechorot tormented us required of us
endureth l'olam; and Thy (firstborn); ki l'olam chasdo. simchah, saying, Sing us one
remembrance, Hashem, |11| And brought out Yisroel of the Shir Tziyon.
l'dor vador. from among them; ki l'olam |4| How shall we sing Shir
|14| For Hashem will vindi- chasdo. Hashem in an admat nekhar
cate His people; He will have |12| With a yad chazakah, (foreign land).
compassion on His avadim. and with a stretched out |5| If I forget thee, O
|15| The idols of the Goyim zero'a; ki l'olam chasdo. Yerushalayim, let my yamin
are kesef and zahav, the |13| To Him Who divided (right hand) forget [i.e., have
ma'aseh yedei adam. asunder Yam Suf; ki l'olam paralysis].
|16| They have mouths, but chasdo. |6| If I do not remember thee,
they speak not; einayim have |14| And made Yisroel to pass let my leshon cleave to the
they, but they see not; through the midst of it; ki roof of my mouth; if I prefer
|17| They have oznayim, but l'olam chasdo. not Yerushalayim above my
they hear not; neither is there [15| But overthrew Pharaoh rosh simchah (chief joy).
any ruach in their mouths. and his army in the Yam Suf; |7| Remember, Hashem, the
|18| They that oseihem (make ki l'olam chasdo. Bnei Edom in the Yom
them) will be like them; so is |16| To Him Who led His Yerushalayim; who said, Raze
every one that trusteth in people through the midbar; ki it, raze it, even to the yesod
them. l'olam chasdo. (foundation) thereof.
|19| Barakhu Hashem, O [17| To Him Who struck down |8| O Bat Bavel, who art to be
Bais Yisroel; barakhu melachim gedolim; ki l'olam destroyed, ashrei shall he be,
Hashem, O Bais Aharon; chasdo. that repayeth thee the gemul
|20| Barakhu Hashem, O |18| And slaughtered mighty thou hast done to us.
Bais HaLevi; ye that fear melachim; ki l'olam chasdo. |9| Ashrei shall he be, that
Hashem, barakhu Hashem. |19| Sichon Melech HaEmori; taketh and dasheth thy olalim
|21| Baruch Hashem out of ki l'olam chasdo. against the sela.
Tziyon, which dwelleth at |20| And Og Melech
Yerushalayim. Praise Hashem. HaBashan; ki l'olam chasdo.
(Of Dovid) I |5| Thou hast enclosed me the chol (sand); when I awake,
138 will thank

Thee with my
whole lev; before the elohim
achor (behind) and kedem
(before), and laid Thine hand
upon me.
I am still with Thee.
|19| Surely Thou wilt slay the
rasha, O Eloah; depart from
will I sing praise unto Thee. |6| Such da'as is too me therefore, ye anshei
|2| I will worship toward Thy wonderful for me; it is high, I damim (bloodthirsty men).
Heikhal Kodesh, and praise cannot attain unto it. |20| For they speak of Thee
Shmecha (Thy Name) for Thy |7| To where can I go from craftily, and it is taken lashav
chesed and for Thy emes; for Thy Ruach [Hakodesh]? Or to [Ex 20:7] by Thy enemies.
Thou hast magnified Thy where shall I flee from Thy |21| Should not I hate them,
Word above Kol Shimcha (all presence? Hashem, that hate Thee? And
Thy Name; Yn 1:1, 14 OJBC). |8| If I ascend up into am not I to be at odds with
|3| In the day when I called Shomayim, Thou art there; if I those that rise up against
out, Thou answeredst me, and make my bed in Sheol, hinei, Thee?
madest me bold with oz Thou art there. |22| I abhor them with
(strength) in my nefesh. |9| If I take the wings of the complete sinah; I count them
|4| Kol Malchei Aretz shall shachar (dawn), and dwell in mine enemies.
praise Thee, Hashem, when the uttermost acharit yam (the |23| Search me, O El, and
they hear the words of Thy extreme end of the sea); know my levav; test me, and
mouth. |10| Even there shall Thy yad know my thoughts;
|5| Yes, they shall sing of the lead me, and Thy yamin shall |24| And see if there be any
Darkhei Hashem; for gadol is hold me. derech otzev (torturous
the Kavod Hashem. |11| If I say, Surely the cho- crooked road) in me, and lead
|6| Though Hashem be on shech shall cover me, even the me in the Derech Olam.
high, yet He looks upon the lailah shall be ohr about me. (For the one
lowly; but the proud He
knoweth from afar.
|7| Though I walk in the
|12| Even the choshech is not
dark to Thee; but the lailah
shineth as the yom; the
140
Dovid).
directing.
Mizmor of
midst of tzoros, Thou wilt choshech and the ohr are both Deliver me, Hashem, from
preserve me alive; Thou shalt alike to Thee. adam rah; preserve me from
stretch forth Thine yad |13| For Thou hast created ish chamasim (violent men);
against the wrath of mine my inmost being; Thou didst |2(3)| Which plan ra'ot (evils)
enemies, and Thy Yamin interweave me in the beten in their lev; kol yom they incite
(Right Hand) shall save me. immi. milchamot (wars).
|8| Hashem will fulfill that |14| I will praise Thee; for I |3(4)| They have sharpened
which concerneth me; Thy am fearfully and wonderfully their leshonot like a nachash;
chesed, O Hashem, endureth made; marvellous are Thy the venom of a spider is under
l'olam; forsake not the works ma'asim; and that my nefesh their sfatayim (lips). Selah.
of Thine own yadayim. knoweth very well. |4(5)| Be shomer over me,
(For the one |15| My atzamim (bones, Hashem, and keep me from
139 directing,
Mizmor of
Dovid). Hashem, Thou hast
frame) were not hid from
Thee, when I was made
beseter (in secret), and
the hands of the
rashah; protect me from ish
chamasim, whose scheme is to
searched me, and known me. skillfully wrought in the cause my steps to trip.
|2| Thou knowest my depths of the Eretz. |5(6)| The ge'im (proud,
downsitting and mine |16| Thine eyes did see my arrogant ones [of inordinate
uprising, Thou hast golem (embryo), yet being ambition]) have hid a pach for
binah of my thought from unformed; and in Thy Sefer me, and chavalim (cords,
afar off. (Book) all the yamim (days) ropes); they have spread a
|3| Thou comprehendeth my ordained for me were written reshet (net) close by the path;
path and my lying down, and down, when as yet there were they have set mokshim (traps)
art acquainted with all my none of them. for me. Selah.
drakhim. |17| How precious also are |6(7)| I said unto Hashem,
|4| For there is not a milah Thy thoughts unto me, O El! Thou art Eli; hear the kol
(word) in my leshon, but, lo, How great is the sum of them! tachanunai (voice of my
Hashem, Thou knowest it |18| If I should count them, supplications), Hashem.
altogether. they are more in number than
|7(8)| Hashem Adonoi, Oz not refuse; for still shall my |7|(8) Release my nefesh from
Yeshuati (strength of my tefillah be against their evil prison, to praise Shemecha
(salvation), Thou hast covered deeds. (Thy Name); the tzaddikim
my rosh in the Yom Neshek |6| Their shofetim are shall gather about me; for
(Day of Arms, Day of Battle). overthrown in stony places; Thou shalt deal bountifully
|8(9)| Grant not, Hashem, the they hear my words; for they with me.
desires of the rashah; let not are pleasant.
his plot succeed; lest they exalt |7| Atzameinu (our bones) are (Mizmor of
themselves. Selah.
|9(10)| As for the rosh of
those that surround me, let
scattered at the mouth of
Sheol, as when one cutteth
and cleaveth wood upon
143 Dovid)
Hear my
tefillah, Hashem, give ear to
the amal (trouble) of their own ha'aretz. my techinot (supplications); in
sfatayim (lips) cover them. |8| But mine eyes are unto Thy emunah answer me, and
|10(11)| Let burning coals fall Thee, Hashem Adonoi; in in Thy tzedakah.
upon them; let them be cast Thee do I take refuge; leave |2| And enter not into
into the eish; into mahamorot not my nefesh defenseless. mishpat with Thy eved; for in
(watery pits), that they rise not |9| Keep me from the pach Thy sight shall no man living
up again. (snare, trap) which they have be yitzadak (justified).
|11(12)| Let not an ish lashon laid for me, and the traps of |3| For the oyev (enemy) hath
(idle talker, slanderer) be the workers of iniquity. persecuted my nefesh; he hath
established in ha'aretz; rah |10| Let the resha'im fall into struck down my life to the
shall hunt down the ish their own nets, while I escape ground; he hath made me to
chamas to overthrow safely. dwell in places of
him. choshech (darkness), like
|12(13)| I know that Hashem metei olam (those long dead).
will maintain the din oni (Mashkil of |4| Therefore is my ruach
(cause of the poor), and the
mishpat evyonim (the right of
the needy).
142 Dovid; A
tefillah when
he was in the me'arah)
become faint within me; my
lev within me is desolate.
|5| I remember yamim
|13(14)| Surely the tzaddikim I cried out unto Hashem with mikedem (days of old), I
shall give thanks unto Thy my voice; with my voice unto meditate on all Thy works; I
Shem; the upright shall dwell Hashem did I make my muse on the ma'aseh (work) of
in Thy presence. techinnah (supplication). Thy hands.
|2|(3) I poured out my |6| I stretch forth my hands
complaint before Him; I unto Thee; my nefesh thirsteth
(Mizmor of showed before Him my after Thee, like an eretz
141 Dovid)
Hashem, I cry
unto Thee; make haste unto
tzoros.
|3|(4) When my ruach
became faint within me, then
ayefah (a parched, thirsty
land). Selah.
|7| Hear me speedily,
me; give ear unto my voice, Thou had da'as of my path. In Hashem; my ruach faileth;
when I cry unto Thee. the way wherein I walked have hide not Thy face from me,
|2| Let my tefillah be set forth they laid a pach (snare, lest I be like those that go
before Thee like ketoret; and hidden trap) for me. down into the bor (pit).
the lifting up of my hands as |4|(5) I looked on my right, |8| Cause me to hear Thy
the minchat erev. and behold, there was no man chesed in the boker; for in
|3| Be shomer, Hashem, over that would know me; refuge Thee do I trust; cause me to
my mouth; guard the door of failed me; no man cared for know the Derech wherein I
my lips. my nefesh. should walk; for I lift up my
|4| Let not my lev incline to |5|(6) I cried unto Thee, nefesh unto Thee.
any evil thing, to practice Hashem; I said, Thou art my |9| Save me, Hashem, from
wicked works with men that refuge and my chelek (portion) mine oyevim (enemies); I flee
work iniquity; and let me not in the Eretz HaChayyim. unto Thee to hide me.
eat of their dainties. |6|(7) Attend unto my cry; for |10| Teach me to do
|5| Let the tzaddik strike me; I am brought very low; save Retzonecha (Thy will); for
it shall be chesed; and let him me from my persecutors; for Thou art Elohai; may Thy
reprove me; it shall be they are stronger than I. Ruach Tov lead me on level
shemen, which my rosh shall ground.
|11| Revive me, Hashem, whose mouth speaketh shav |9| [Tet] Tov is Hashem to all;
l'ma'an (for the sake of) Thy (lies) and their right hand is a and His rachamim is over all
Shem (Name); in Thy right yad of sheker; His ma'asim.
tzedakah bring my nefesh out |12| In their youth, may |10| [Yod] All Thy ma'asim
of tzoros. baneinu (our sons) be like shall praise Thee, Hashem;
|12| And in Thy chesed plants full grown; may and Thy chasidim shall bless
silence mine enemies, and benoteinu (our daughters) be Thee.
destroy all them that oppress like cornerstones, columns |11| [Khaf] They shall speak
my nefesh; for I am Thy eved. wrought for the Heikhal; of the kavod of Thy Malchus,
|13| That our barns may be and tell of Thy gevurah;
full, affording all manner of |12| [Lamed] To make known
(Mizmor of provision; that our tzon may to the Bnei HaAdam His
144 Dovid).
Baruch
Hashem my Tzur (rock) which
bring forth thousands and ten
thousands in our meadows;
|14| That our oxen may be
gevurah, and the kavod hadar
of His Malchus.
|13| [Mem] Thy Malchus is a
teacheth my hands for war, strong to labor; that there be Malchus kol olamim, and Thy
and my fingers for milchamah no peretz (breach) nor golus; Memshelet for kol dor vador.
(battle); that there be no cry of |14| [Samekh] Hashem
|2| My Chesed, and my anquish in our streets. upholdeth all that fall, and
Metzudah (Fortress); my |15| Ashrei are such people; raiseth up all those that are
Stronghold, and my Deliverer; Ashrei is the people that bowed down.
my Mogen, and He in Whom I Hashem is Elohav. |15| [Ayin] The eyes of all
take refuge; Who subdueth (Tehillah of look to Thee; and Thou givest
my people under me.
|3| Hashem, what is adam,
that Thou takest knowledge of
145 Dovid).
[Alef} I will
extol Thee, Elohai HaMelech;
them their okhel (food) in its
season.
|16| [Peh] Thou openest
him! Or the ben enosh, that and I will bless Thy Shem Thine Yad, and satisfiest the
Thou takest account of him! l'olam va'ed . ratzon of kol chai.
|4| Adam is like hevel; his |2| [Beis] Kol yom will I bless |17| [Tzadi] Tzaddik is
days are as a tzel that passeth Thee; and I will praise Thy Hashem in all His drakhim,
away. Shem l'olam va'ed. and chasid in all His ma'asim,
|5| Part Thy heavens, |3| [Gimel] Gadol is Hashem, |18| [Koph] Karov (near) is
Hashem, and come down; and me'od to be praised; and Hashem unto all them that
touch the harim, and they His greatness is not cheker call upon Him, to all that call
shall smoke. (searchable). upon Him in emes.
|6| Cast forth lightning, and |4| [Dalet] Dor l'dor |19| [Resh] He will fulfil the
scatter them; shoot Thine (generation to generation) ratzon of them that fear Him;
khitzim (arrows), and destroy shall praise Thy ma'asim, and He also will hear their cry,
them. shall declare Thy gevurot and will save them.
|7| Send Thine Yad from (mighty acts). |20| [Shin] Shomer is
above; rescue me, and deliver |5| [Heh] I will speak of the Hashem over all them that
me out of mayim rabbim, hadar kavod of Thy hod, and love Him; but kol
from the yad Bnei Nekhar; of Thy nifle'ot (wonderful haresha'im will He destroy.
|8| Whose mouth speaketh works). |21| [Tav] My mouth shall
shav (lies), and their right |6| [Vav] And men shall speak speak the tehillat Hashem;
hand is a right hand of sheker. of the power of Thy norot; and and let kol basar bless His
|9| I will sing a shir chadash I will declare Thy greatness. Shem Kodesh l'olam va'ed.
unto Thee, O Elohim; upon a |7| [Zayin] They shall utter
nevel of ten strings will I make the zekher (memory, [T.N. See Messianic Psalms
music unto Thee. recollection) of Thy rav tov which include Ps 2, 22, 45, 72,
|10| It is He that giveth and shall sing of Thy 110, 47, 93, 96-99, 89 and
Teshu'ah (deliverance, tzedakah. which indicate Moshiach’s
salvation) unto melachim; |8| [Chet] Channun (gracious) righteous character,
Who delivereth Dovid His is Hashem, and full of experience, ideals, call, and
eved from the cherev ra'ah. compassion; erech apayim reign.]
|11| Rescue me, and save me (slow to anger), and of great
from the yad Bnei Nekhar, chesed.
Praise |4| He determines the mispar He causeth His ruach to blow,
146 Hashem.
Praise
Hashem, O my nefesh.
of the kokhavim; He calleth
them all by their shemot.
|5| Gadol is Adoneinu, and of
and the mayim to flow.
|19| He declareth His Devar
unto Ya'akov, His chukkot and
|2| While I live will I praise rav ko'ach; to His tevunah His mishpatim unto Yisroel.
Hashem: I will sing praise (understanding, intelligence) |20| He hath not dealt so with
unto Elohai while I have any there is no mispar (number, any Goy (nation): and as for
being. limit). His mishpatim, they have not
|3| Put not your trust in |6| Hashem lifteth up the known them. Praise ye
princes, nor in the ben adam, anavim (meek ones, humble Hashem.
in whom there is no teshuah ones); He casteth
(salvation). the resha'im down to the Praise
|4| His ruach departs, he
returneth to his adamah; in
yom hahu his plans come to
ground.
|7| Sing unto Hashem with
todah; make music upon the
148 Hashem.
Praise
Hashem from HaShomayim:
nothing. kinnor (harp) unto Eloheinu: praise Him in the heights
|5| Ashrei is he that hath El |8| Who covereth Shomayim above.
Ya'akov for his ezer, whose with clouds, Who prepareth |2| Praise ye Him, all His
hope is in Hashem Elohav: matar (rainfall) for ha'aretz, malachim: praise ye Him, all
|6| Oseh Shomayim vaAretz, HaMatzemi'ach (Who maketh Tzivos Hashem.
the yam, and all that therein to spring up) the khatzir |3| Praise ye Him, shemesh
is: HaShomer Emes l'olam (grass) upon the harim (hills, and yarei'ach: praise Him, all
(Who keepeth Truth forever): mountains). ye kokhavim of ohr.
|7| Oseh mishpat for the |9| He giveth to the behemah |4| Praise Him, ye heavens of
oppressed; Who giveth lechem her lechem, and to the bnei heavens, and ye waters that be
to the hungry. Hashem mattir orev (young ravens) when they above HaShomayim.
asurim (sets free the cry out. |5| Let them praise the Shem
prisoners): |10| He delighteth not in the of Hashem: for He
|8| Hashem openeth the eyes gevurat hasus: He taketh not commanded, and they were
of the ivrim: Hashem raiseth pleasure in the shokayim of an created.
them that are bowed down: ish (legs of a man). |6| He hath also established
Hashem loveth the tzaddikim: |11| Hashem taketh pleasure them forever and ever: He
|9| Hashem shomer over the in them that fear Him, in hath made a Chok (decree)
gerim; He relieveth the yatom those that hope in His chesed. which shall not pass away.
(fatherless, orphan) and |12| Praise Hashem, O |7| Hallelu Hashem from
almanah; but the Derech Yerushalayim; praise thy G-d, ha'aretz, ye sea creatures, and
Resha'im He frustrates. O Tziyon. all tehomot:
|10| Hashem shall reign |13| For He hath |8| Eish, and barad; snow,
l'olam, even thy G-d, O Tziyon, strengthened the bars of thy and cloud; stormy wind
l'dor vador. Praise Hashem. she'arim (gates); He hath fulfilling His Devar:
blessed thy banim within thee. |9| Mountains, and all hills;
Praise ye |14| He granteth shalom etz pri (fruitful trees), and all
147 Hashem: for

it is tov to
sing praises unto Eloheinu;
within thy borders, and filleth
thee with the chelev chittim
(the finest of wheat).
cedars:
|10| Beasts, and all cattle;
remesh (creeping things), and
for it is na'im (pleasant); and |15| He sendeth forth His flying fowl:
tehillah is fitting. imrah (command) upon eretz: |11| Malchei eretz, and all
|2| Hashem is the Boneh His Devar runneth swiftly. people; sarim (princes), and
Yerushalayim (builder of |16| He giveth sheleg (snow) all shoftei aretz:
Jerusalem): He gathereth like tzemer (wool); He |12| Both bochurim, and
together the nidkhei Yisroel scattereth the kfor (frost) like betulot; zekenim, and ne'arim:
(the outcasts Of Israel, those of ashes. |13| Let them praise the
the Golus). |17| He casteth down His Shem of Hashem: for Shmo
|3| He is the Rofeh (healer) of kerach (ice) like crumbs: who alone is excellent; His hod is
the Shevurei-lev (broken in can stand before His cold? above Eretz and Shomayim.
heart), binds up their wounds. |18| He sendeth out His
Devar, and melteth them:
MISHLE
|14| He also exalteth the hallelu Him with the nevel appeals to the passersby in
keren of His people, tehillah (harp) and kinnor (lyre). front of their respective houses.
(the praise) of all His |4| Hallelu Him with the The house of one is blessed
Chasidim; even of the Bnei tambourine and dance; and the other is cursed (see
Yisroel, an Am (people) close hallelu Him with stringed also 14:1), and all who enter
unto Him. Hallelu Hashem. instruments and flute. the house of one or the other
|5| Hallelu Him upon the will share in either the house's
Praise clashing cymbals; hallelu Him blessing or its curse. This
149 Hashem.
Shiru
l'Adonoi shir chadash (Sing
upon the resounding cymbals.
|6| Let every thing that hath
neshamah praise Hashem.
poetic teaching against sexual
immorality falls within the
larger theme of "bad company
unto Hashem a new song), Praise Hashem! destroys good morals"
and His praise in the Kahal (I C 15:33) which includes
Chasidim. T.N. The Book of Mishle 1:10-19; 2:12-22; 3:31-35; 4:14-
|2| Let Yisroel rejoice in Him (Proverbs) says that the fear of 19; 14:7; 22:5,14,24-25; 28:7;
that made him; let the Bnei Hashem is the beginning of 29:3; 31:3 and passages which
Tziyon be glad in their Wisdom (1:7,29; 9:10; deal with ethical qualities like
Melech. 15:33) and "life indeed" (19:23). envy, greed, covetousness,
|3| Let them praise Shmo in Moreover, whether to fear violence, mercy, generosity,
the dance; let them sing Hashem is a choice (1:29) with and kindness (11:24-26; 15:27;
zemirot unto Him with the ethical implications (14:2; 21:13,31,26; 22:9,16,22-23;
tambourine and kinnor. 16:6) that are a matter of life 23:4-6,17; 24:1; 27:4;
|4| For Hashem taketh and death (21:16). The aim of 28:20,22,25; 28:27; 29:7;
pleasure in His people; He acquiring wisdom is acquiring 30:14-15). Seen in a feminine
will crown the meek with more trust in Hashem (22:19) image, Wisdom is the most
Yeshuah (salvation). as we seek Him (28:5). The desirable of women and the
|5| Let the Chasidim be joyful waywardly complacent fool tree of life (3:13-18; 4:22; 8:35-
in kavod; let them sing for joy makes the wrong choice 36--see also 11:30). Seen in a
upon their beds. (14:16,33; 15:17, 17:16), and masculine image, he is the
|6| Let the high praises of G-d the Book of Proverbs Father's Son (Prov 30:4),
be in their mouth, and a two- strongly exhorts the pursuit of working as the master worker
edged sword in their hand; Biblical wisdom as something Chochmah, a carpenter's
|7| To execute vengeance of incomparable value (16:16; assistant used instrumentally
upon the Goyim, and 23:23), asserting that whoever to create the world (3:19; 8:22-
punishments upon the people; does not tremble at the wise 34). Mishle 8:30 "Then I was
|8| To bind their melachim words of Scripture is a doomed by Him (at His side), as an
with chains, and their nobles fool (19:16), even if he is artisan (artistic craftsman). I
with shackles of barzel (iron); outwardly religious (15:8; was daily His delight, rejoicing
|9| To execute upon them the 21:27; 28:9) and generally always before Him."
mishpat katuv (written presumed righteous (20:9; (When the Word became flesh,
judgment); this honor have all 21:2; 30:12). The Book of he became the craftsman at
His Chasidim. Hallelu Proverbs also deals with Yosef Ben Dovid’s side, having
Hashem. practical wisdom, with matters already been from all eternity
like marrying well and finding Hashem’s Amon (Builder)
Praise a good spouse (see 18:22; Oman (Artist). The feminine
150 Hashem.
Hallelu El
(Praise G-d) in His Kodesh
31:10-31). In fact, Wisdom
(chochmah) is presented
metaphorically as a lady street
metaphor with which chapter
8 began has changed to a
masculine one. Amon is a
[Beis Hamikdash]; preacher (1:20-33; 8:1-9:12) masculine noun meaning
Hallelu Him in the raki'a [see and is contrasted with the artisan or craftsman. Another
Bereshis 1:6] of His might. lethal allure of Dame Folly possible meaning is
|2| Hallelu Him for His (Aishet Kesilut "a woman of foster-child. In any case, as
gevurot (mighty acts); hallelu folly"), presented, in Keil and Delitzsch have shown,
Him according to His contrast, as an adulterous at this point in the chapter the
surpassing greatness. street walker (2:16-19; 6:24- feminine determination
|3| Hallelu Him with the 7:27; 9:13-18; 23:27-28; 30:20). disappears. See how the word
sound of the shofar; Both women make strong is used in Jer 52:15. To be
644
Ketuvim 645 Mishle1
filled with the Spirit of G-d like See also 11:2; 12:9; 14:12; 27:14,23). "Hatred stirs up
Bezalel meant to be filled with 15:25,33; 16:5,18-19; 18:12; strife, but love covers all
wisdom to build creatively as a 19:3; 21:4,24; 25:6-7,27; offenses" (10:12). “Whoever
craftsman--see Ex 31:3. Thus 26:12; 27:1-2; 28:26; 29:23, walks with the wise becomes
Wisdom is pictured as an which touch on the sin of pride wise” (13:20), meaning that
artisan with G-d, even as and presumption. we should stay in fellowship
Yochanan 1:1 says, "In the The book advocates honoring with fellow believers and
beginning was the Word and G-d with the tithe (3:9-10) and maintain a loving relationship
the Word was with G-d." In remaining docile before Him to with them (see 17:9). But "the
Proverbs 30:4 more light is hear and obey His Scriptural one who is a loner is self-
thrown on this passage: commands (3:11-12; 10:8,17; indulgent" (18:1a). "What is
Wisdom is like a Son, a Son 12:1,15; 13:1,13; 15:5,10,12, desirable in a person is loyalty"
working creatively at his 31-32; 19:20,25; 20:18,30; (19:22a; 20:6; 25:19; 27:10).
Father's side. However, Hosea 21:11; 24:6; 25:12; 27:5-6,17; Notice that the sage no less
11:1-4 shows that the divine 28:23; 29:1) lest one backslide than the prophet preaches the
fatherhood is moral and (26:11; 28:4). Obeying G-d Torah and warns about its
spiritual, in contrast to the requires zeal, diligence, and curses (See 2:22; 10:30; Deut.
sexual or physical ideas of the shrewd planning for future 28:63-67). This book was
Ba’al cults, or in contrast to needs (6:6-11; 10:4-5, 26; written "for the wise" (1:5) but it
the ignorant scoffers at the 12:11,24,27, 13:4; 14:4,23; was also written for young
Biblical doctrine of G-d and 15:19; 16:26; 18:9; 19:15,24; people (1:8,10; 19:27; 22:6),
His Messianic saving 20:4,13; 21:5,17,25; 22:7,13; who will perish without
Chochmah. Hashem has a 24:27,30-34; 26:13-16; discipline (13:24; 19:18; 22:15;
“Son” according to Proverbs 27:18,25-27; 28:19), as well as 23:13-14; 29:15,17). This book
30:4 and this text reflects back self-control (16:32; 19:19; 20:1; reminds us, and we always
to Proverbs 8 and especially 23:19-21, 29-35; 25:28; need reminding, that "a good
8:30. This “Son” is not Israel, 29:11,22; 31:4-5), name is to be chosen rather
which is scarcely mentioned in straightforwardness and than great riches" (22:1).
Proverbs. The figure of a son honesty of speech (4:24; 6:12;
toiling by the side of his father 10:10-11; 12:17,19,22; MISHLE
was a familiar one, and is an 14:5,25; 19:9,28; 21:6,28;
Mishlei Sh'lomo Ben
1
arresting metaphor for G-d's 26:23-28; 30:8) and
primordial Wisdom toiling foreswearing all treachery, Dovid, Melech Yisroel;
creatively in the beginning dishonesty, and injustice (3:29; |2| To have da'as of
with G-d and being sent on a 10:2; 11:1,9,20; chochmah and musar
healing redemptive mission (Ps 13:5; 16:11; 17:23; 18:5; (discipline); to understand the
107:20). Likewise, Psalm 2:7, 20:17,23; 22:28; 24:10-12,24- words of binah;
Psalm 89:27-28, and Isa 9:(5)6 25; 38:13), remembering that |3| To receive the musar of
are passages where the G-d hates the slanderer (10:18), those with seichel, tzedek and
Moshiach is pictured as G-d's the gossip (11:13; 16:28; 18:8; mishpat, and meisharim
Son, His firstborn in the sense 20:19; 26:20,22), the sower of (equity, uprightness);
of His agent and heir coming discord (6:12-19; 13:10; 26:21), |4| To give subtlety to the
in divine glory (see Daniel 7:13- and the one who gloats (24:17) simple, to the na'ar, da'as and
14 on the Son who comes in or belittles people (11:12) or is discretion.
the clouds with G-d) to "divide bitterly vengeful (24:29; |5| A chacham (wise person)
the spoil with the strong" 25:21-22) or is a mocker will hear, and will increase
(Isaiah 53:12) and to rule (30:17). Part of the task of learning, and a man of
eternally at His side—see Psa teaching shrewdness to the understanding shall attain
110; Isa 9:7(6). The folly of the simple (1:4) is warning him not unto wise counsels:
Fall (Gen. 3:1-24) itself is to offer property as collateral |6| To understand a mashal
alluded to in Prov.3:5-7, “Do for his neighbor's debts or to (proverb), and the melitzah
not rely on your own insight. similarly go into debt himself (enigma); the divrei
In all your ways acknowledge (6:1-5; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; chachamim, and their chidot
Him, and He will make 22:26-27; 27:13). Also he must (riddles).
straight your paths. Do not be be taught to be sensitive to the |7| The Yirat Hashem is the
wise in your own eyes; fear the reactions of others and how reshit da'as, but fools despise
L-rd, and turn away from evil." they are perceiving him (25:17; chochmah and musar.
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|8| Beni (my son), hear the scoffers delight in their accomplish our healing from
musar Avicha, and forsake not mockery, and kesilim (fools) guilt and punitive dread—Isa
the Torat Immecha. hate da'as? 53:5] shall dwell safely, and
|9| For they shall be a |23| Turn you at my shall be secure from pachad
garland of chen unto thy rosh, tokhechah (reproof); hinei, I ra'ah (terror of evil).
and a chain about thy neck. will pour out my ruach unto Beni (my son), if thou
|10| Beni (my son), if
chatt'aim (sinners) entice thee,
consent thou not.
you, I will make known my
devarim unto you.
|24| Because I have called,
2 wilt receive my words,
and treasure my mitzvot
with thee;
|11| If they say, Come with and ye refused, I have |2| So that thou incline thine
us, let us lie in wait for dahm, stretched out my yad, and no ear unto chochmah, and apply
let us lurk secretly for the naki man regarded; thine lev to tevunah
(innocent, harmless) chinnom |25| But ye have disdained all (understanding);
(without cause); my etza (counsel), and would |3| Yea, if thou criest out after
|12| Let us swallow them up have none of my tokhechah binah, and liftest up thy voice
chayyim (alive) like She'ol; and (reproof); for tevunah (understanding)
whole, as those that go down |26| I also will laugh at your |4| If thou seekest her as
into the bor (pit); calamity; I will mock when kesef, and searchest for her as
|13| We shall find all your pachad (terror) cometh; for matmonim (hidden
precious substance, we shall |27| When your pachad treasures);
fill bateinu (our houses) with (terror) cometh like a storm, |5| Then shalt thou
plunder; and your calamity cometh like understand the Yirat Hashem,
|14| Throw in thy goral (lot) a whirlwind; when tzarah and find the Da'as Elohim.
among us; let all of us have kis (distress) and oppression |6| For Hashem giveth
echad (one pouch, purse). cometh upon you. chochmah; out of His Peh
|15| Beni (my son), walk not |28| Then shall they call (mouth) cometh da'as
thou in the derech with them; upon me, but I will not (knowledge) and tevunah
refrain thy regel from their answer; they shall look for me (understanding).
path; diligently, but they shall not |7| He layeth up tushiyyah
|16| For their raglayim run to find me; (wise Torah counsel) for the
rah, and make haste for |29| For that they hated da'as, yesharim (upright ones); He is
shefach dahm (shedding of and did not choose the Yirat a mogen (shield) to them that
blood). Hashem; walk in blamelessness.
|17| Surely in vain the reshet |30| They would have none of |8| He keepeth the orkhot
(net) is spread in the eyes of my etza (counsel); they mishpat, and is shomer over
kol ba'al kanaf (all the birds, despised all my tokhechah the derech of His Chasidim.
i.e., lit. master of [the] wing); (reproof). |9| Then shalt thou
|18| And they lie in wait for |31| Therefore shall they eat understand tzedek, and
their own dahm; they lurk of the p’ri (fruit) of their own mishpat, and mesharim
secretly for their own nafshot. derech, and be filled with (equity, fairness) --every
|19| So are the ways of every their own mo'atzot (schemes, ma'agal tov (good path).
one that is greedy for betza devices). |10| When chochmah
(ill-gotten gain); which taketh |32| For the waywardness of entereth into thine lev, and
away the nefesh of the be'alim the simple shall slay them, da'as (knowledge) is pleasant
(owners) thereof. and the complacent unto thy nefesh;
|20| Chochmot crieth out in contentment of kesilim (fools) |11| Mezimah (discretion)
the street; she lifts up her shall destroy them. shall be shomer over thee,
voice in the rechovot (city |33| But the one who payeth tevunah (understanding)
squares); heed unto me [Chochmat shall safeguard thee;
|21| She crieth out in the Hashem, i.e., the Redemptive |12| To save thee from the
chief place of concourse, in Word, not only Hashem’s derech rah, from the ish
the openings of the she'arim creative agent (Ps 33:6; Prov medaber tahpukhot (man
(gates); in the Ir (city) she 3:19) but the one who comes speaking perverse things);
uttereth her words, saying, with a healing mission |13| Who leaving the orkhot
|22| Ad mosai, ye simple according to Ps 107:20, though yosher (paths of uprightness),
ones, will ye love being Moshiach has to die in the walk in the drakhei choshech
simpletons? And the midst of his healing Mission to (ways of darkness);
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[14] Who rejoice to do |5| Trust in Hashem with all |20| By His da'as (knowledge)
rah, and delight in the thine lev, and lean not unto the tehomot (oceanic depths)
tahpukhot (perverse things) of thine own binah were divided, and the clouds
rah (evil); (understanding). drop down the tal (dew).
|15| Whose orkhot (paths) are |6| In all thy drakhim |21| Beni (my son), let not
crooked ones, and they are acknowledge Him, and He them depart from thine eyes;
devious in their ma'agalot shall make yosher thy keep sound judgment and
(paths); orkhot (paths). mezimah (discretion);
|16| To save thee from the |7| Be not chacham in thine |22| So shall they be chayyim
isha zarah (strange woman), own eyes; fear Hashem, and unto thy nefesh, and chen to
even from the nokhriyah depart from rah. thy neck.
(strange [immoral] woman) |8| It shall be rife'ut (health) |23| Then shalt thou walk in
which useth smooth words; to thy navel, and marrow to thy derech safely, and thy
|17| Which forsaketh the thy atzmot. regel shall not stumble.
alluf (companion, husband) of |9| Honor Hashem with thy |24| When thou liest down,
her youth, and forgetteth the substance, and with the reshit thou shalt not be afraid; when
brit (covenant) of her G-d. (firstfruit) of all thine increase; thou liest down, thy sheynah
|18| For her bais inclineth |10| So shall thy barns be (sleep) shall be sweet.
toward mavet, and her filled with plenty, and thy vats |25| Be not afraid of sudden
ma'agalot (paths) to the refa'im shall burst out with tirosh. pachad (terror), neither of the
(spirits of the dead). |11| Beni (my son), despise desolation of the resha'im
|19| None that go unto her not the musar Hashem; (wicked ones), when it cometh.
return again, neither attain neither be weary of His |26| For Hashem shall be thy
they to the orkhot chayyim tokhakhah (reproof); confidence, and shall be
(paths of life). |12| For whom Hashem shomer over thy regel from the
|20| That thou mayest walk loveth, He correcteth; even as snare.
in the derech tovim, and be an av the ben in whom he |27| Withhold not tov from
shomer over the orkhot delighteth. them to whom it is due, when
tzaddikim (paths of the |13| Ashrei (happy) is the it is in the power of thine yad
righteous). man that findeth chochmah, to do it.
|21| For the yesharim and the man that getteth |28| Say not unto thy
(upright ones) shall dwell in tevunah (understanding). neighbor, Go, and come again,
the land, and the tamimim |14| For the gain of it is and makhar (tomorrow) I will
(blameless, faultless ones) better than the gain of kesef, give; when thou hast it by
shall remain in it. and the increase thereof than thee.
|22| But the resha'im shall be fine gold. |29| Devise not ra'ah against
cut off from ha'aretz, and the |15| She is more precious thy re'a, seeing he dwelleth
bogedim (treacherous ones) than peninim (pearls); and all securely by thee.
shall be rooted out of it. the things thou canst desire |30| Strive not with adam
are not to be compared unto without cause, if he have done
her. thee no ra'ah.
|16| Orekh yamim is in her |31| Envy thou not the ish
Beni (my son), forget not right hand; and in her left chamas, and choose none of
3 my torah; but let thine

lev keep my mitzvot;
|2| For orekh yamim (length
hand osher and kavod.
|17| Her drakhim are
drakhim of pleasantness, and
his drakhim.
|32| For the perverse person
is to'avat (detestable) to
of days), and shnot chayyim, all her netivot (trodden paths) Hashem; but His sod (secret,
and shalom, shall they add to are shalom. intimate counsel) is with the
thee. |18| She is an Etz Chayyim yesharim (upright ones).
|3| Let not chesed and emes (Tree of Life) to them that lay |33| The curse of Hashem is
forsake thee; bind them about hold upon her; and me'usher in the bais of the rasha; but
thy neck; write them upon the (blessed) is every one that He puts a bracha on the
luach (tablet) of thine lev; holdeth her fast. dwelling of the tzaddikim.
|4| So shalt thou find chen |19| Hashem by chochmah |34| Surely He scorneth the
and seichel tov in the eyes of hath founded Eretz (Earth); by scorners; but He giveth chen
Elohim and adam. tevunah (understanding) hath (grace, favor) unto the anayim
He established Shomayim. (lowly, humble ones).
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|35| The chachamim shall |14| Enter not into the orach found by few but leading to life
inherit kavod, but shame shall resha'im, and go not on the and redemption--Mt 7:13-14].
be the promotion of kesilim derech ra'im (road of the Beni (my son), attend
(fools).
Hear, ye banim, the
wicked).
|15| Avoid it, travel al (not) 5 unto my chochmah, and
bow thine ozen to my
4 musar (instruction,
discipline) of an av, and
attend to know binah
on it, turn from it, and pass
on.
|16| For they sleep not, unless
tevunah (understanding);
|2| That thou mayest regard
mezimah (discretion), and
(understanding). they have done evil; and their that thy sfatayim (lips) may
|2| For I give you lekach tov sheynah (sleep) is robbed, keep da'as (knowledge).
(good doctrine, good unless they cause some to fall. |3| For the sfatayim (lips) of a
instruction), forsake ye |17| For they eat the lechem zarah (strange woman) drip as
not my torah. of resha, and drink the yayin a honeycomb, and her
|3| For I was ben to avi, of chamasim (violences). mouth is smoother than
tender and yachid (an only |18| But the orach tzaddikim shemen (olive oil);
child) before immi. (path of the righteous) is as the |4| But her end is marah
|4| He taught me also, and bright light, that shineth (bitter) as wormwood, sharp as
said unto me, Let thine lev brighter and brighter unto the a two-edged cherev.
retain my words; be shomer full day. |5| Her raglayim go down to
over my mitzvot, and live. |19| The derech resha'im is as mavet; her steps lead to Sheol.
|5| Acquire chochmah, deep darkness; they know not |6| Lest thou shouldest
acquire binah (under- at what they stumble. compare [hers] to the orach
standing); forget it not; neither |20| Beni (my son), attend to chayyim, her ma'agalot (paths)
turn from the words of my peh my words; incline thine ozen are crooked, that thou canst
(mouth). unto my sayings. not know them.
|6| Forsake her not, and she |21| Let them not depart |7| Hear me now therefore, O
shall be shomer over thee; love from thine eyes; be shomer ye banim, and turn not from
her, and she shall protect thee. over them within thine lev. the words of my peh (mouth).
|7| Chochmah is the |22| For they are chayyim |8| Remove thy derech far
principal thing; therefore get unto those that find them, and from her, and come not near
chochmah, and with all thy health to all their basar. the petach (doorway) of her
getting get binah |23| Set watch over and guard bais;
(understanding). thy lev with all diligence; for |9| Lest thou give thine hod
|8| Exalt her, and she shall out of it are the totze'ot (strength) unto others, and thy
promote thee; she shall honor chayyim (issues, wellsprings of shanim unto the cruel one;
thee with kavod, when thou life cf Mk 7:20-23). |10| Lest zarim (strangers) be
dost embrace her. |24| Put away from thee a filled with thy koach; and thy
|9| She shall give to thine deceitful peh (mouth), and toilings be in the bais nochri;
head a garland of chen; an perverse sfatayim (lips) put far |11| And thou mourn at the
ateret (crown) of tiferet (glory) from thee. acharit (last, latter end,
shall she present to thee. |25| Let thine eynayim look future), when thy basar and
|10| Hear, O beni (my son), straight forward, and let thine thy body are consumed,
and receive my sayings; and eyelids look straight before |12| And say, How have I
thy shnot chayyim shall be thee. hated musar, and my lev
many. |26| Ponder the ma'agal spurned tokhakhat (reproof);
|11| I have taught thee in the (path) of thy raglayim, and let |13| And have not obeyed the
derech chochmah; I have led all thy drakhim be firm. voice of my morim (teachers),
thee in ma'aglei yosher (right |27| Turn not to the right nor inclined mine ear to the
paths). hand nor to the left; remove ones who were my melamed!
|12| When thou goest, thy thy regel from rah |14| I was at the brink of all
steps shall not be hindered; [T.N. Everyone in life has two rah (evil, ruin) in the midst of
and when thou runnest, lo paths to choose from just as the kahal (congregation) and
tikashel (thou shalt not Moshiach Tzidkeinu spoke of edah (assembly).
stumble). two gates, a wide one crowded |15| Drink mayim out of
|13| Take firm hold of musar; with traffic and leading to thine own bor (cistern), and
let her not go; guard her; for destruction, and another one running waters out
she is thy chayyim. of thine own well.
|16| Should thy fountains be consider her drakhim (ways), |22| When thou goest, it shall
dispersed abroad, and and be chacham (wise); guide thee; when thou
channels of mayim in the |7| Which having no katzin sleepest, it shall be shomer
rekhovot (town squares)? (officer, leader) or shoter over thee; and when thou
|17| Let them be only thine (policeman) or moshel, awakest, it shall talk with thee.
own, and never zarim |8| Prepareth her lechem in |23| For the mitzvah is a ner
(strangers) with thee. the kayitz (summer), and (lamp); and torah an ohr; and
|18| Let thy makor (fountain) gathereth her food in the tokhakhot musar (reproofs of
be blessed; and rejoice with katzir (harvest). discipline) are the Derech
the isha of thy youth. |9| Ad mosai wilt thou lie Chayyim (Life Lane);
|19| Let her be as the loving down, O atzel (sluggard, lazy |24| To be shomer over thee,
deer and graceful doe; let her one)? When wilt thou arise out keeping thee from the eshet
breasts satisfy thee at all of thy sheynah (sleep)? rah, from the smooth lashon
times; and be thou enraptured |10| Yet a little sheynot (sleep of the nokhriyah (strange
tamid (ever) with ahavat (love [pl.]), a little slumber, a little woman).
of) her. folding of the yadayim to |25| Lust not after her beauty
|20| And why wilt thou, beni sleep; in thine lev; neither let her
(my son), be intoxicated with a |11| So shall thy poverty allure thee with her eyelids.
zarah (strange woman), and come as a prowler, and thy |26| For by means of an isha
embrace the kheyk (bosom) of need as an ish mogen (man of zonah a man is reduced to a
a nochriyah (foreign [heathen] armor). kikar lechem; and [another]
woman)? |12| A worthless person, a man's wife will prey on the
|21| For the drakhim ish are wicked man, walketh with a nefesh yekara (precious soul).
before the eyes of Hashem, perverse peh (mouth). |27| Can a man take eish in
and He pondereth all his |13| He winketh with his eyes, his kheyk, and his clothes not
ma'agalot (paths). he shuffleth with his regel, he be burned?
|22| His own avonot shall pointeth with his fingers; |28| Can one walk upon hot
entrap the rashah himself, |14| Tahpukhot (perversity) is coals, and his regel not be
and he shall be held fast by in his lev, he deviseth rah burned?
the cords of his chattat. continually; he stirs up |29| So is he that goeth into
|23| He shall die without medanim (contention, strife, his eshet re'a; whosoever
musar; and in the greatness of discord [pl.]). toucheth her shall not go
his folly he shall be led astray. |15| Therefore shall his unpunished.
calamity come suddenly; |30| Men do not despise a
Beni (my son), if thou suddenly shall he be destoyed ganav if he steal to satisfy his
6 put up collateral for thy

re'a, if thou hast
shaken hands in pledge with a
without marpeh (remedy).
|16| These shesh (six) things
doth Hashem hate; indeed,
nefesh when he is starving;
|31| But if he be found out,
he shall restore sevenfold; he
zar (stranger), shevah (seven) are an shall give hon (substance, wealth)
|2| Thou art snared with the abomination unto His Nefesh; of his bais;
words of thy peh (mouth), thou |17| Haughty eyes, a lashon |32| But the no'ef (one who
art trapped with the words of sheker, and hands guilty of committeth adultery) with an
thy peh (mouth). shefach dahm naki, isha lacketh lev [of
|3| Do this now, beni (my |18| A lev that deviseth understanding]; he that doeth
son), and deliver thyself, since wicked machshevot (plans), it destroyeth his own nefesh.
thou art come into the palm of raglayim that are swift in |33| A nega [see Isaiah 53:8
thy re'a; go, humble thyself, running to ra'ah, for Moshiach’s nega taken for
and plead with thy re'a. |19| An ed sheker that unfaithful Israel] and dishonor
|4| Give not sheynah to thine speaketh lies, and he that shall he get; and his cherpah
eyes, nor slumber to thine soweth medanim (contention, (reproach) shall not be wiped
eyelids. strife, discords) among achim. away.
|5| Deliver thyself as a gazelle |20| Beni (my son), keep the |34| For kina (jealousy) is the
from the yad [of the hunter], mitzvat Avicha, and forsake chamat gever (husband's rage);
and as a tzippor (bird) from not the torat Immecha; therefore he will not spare in
the yad of the fowler. |21| Bind them tamid the yom nakam (day of
|6| Go to the nemalah (ant), (continually) upon thine lev, vengeance).
thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one); and tie them about thy neck.
|35| He will not regard kofer |16| I have decked my bed Doth not Chochmah cry
(compensation); neither will
he be the appeased, though
shochad (bribe) be great.
with coverings of tapestry,
with a bedspread of fine linen
of Mitzrayim.
8 out? And Tevunah
(understanding) put
forth her voice?
|17| I have perfumed my |2| In the top of high hills,
Beni (my son), be shomer mishkav (bed) with myrrh, beside the derech (road) in the
7 over my words, and

treasure up my mitzvot
with thee.
aloes, and cinnamon.
|18| Come, let us take our fill
of dodim (loves) until boker;
bais netivot (meeting place of
trodden paths, crossroads)
nitzavah (she [Lady Wisdom,
|2| Be shomer over my let us delight ourselves with the lady street preacher]
mitzvot, and live, and over my ahavim (loves, pl. of intensity). stands).
torah as the apple of thine eye. |19| For the ish (man, i.e., |3| She crieth out at the
|3| Bind them upon thy husband) is not b'bais, he is she'arim (gates), at the entry of
fingers, write them upon the gone a derech merachok the city, at the entrance at the
luach (tablet) of thine lev. (distant journey); petachim (doorways):
|4| Say unto chochmah, Thou |20| He hath taken a bag of |4| Unto you, O ishim, I call
art my achot; and call binah kesef with him, and will come out; and my voice is to the
(understanding) thy kinsman; back to his bais at the Bnei Adam.
|5| That they may be shomer appointed time. |5| O ye simple ones,
over thee and keep thee from |21| By her enticing speech understand armah (prudence);
the zarah, from the nokhriyah she caused him to yield, with and, ye kesilim, understand
with her smooth words. the smoothness of her in your lev.
|6| For at the chalon sfatayim she seduced him. |6| Hear; for I will speak
(window) of my bais I looked |22| He goeth after her and negidim (noble things, worthy
through my lattice, followeth immediately, as a [words]); and the opening of
|7| And beheld among the shor (ox) goeth to tavach (stock my sfatayim (lips) shall be
simple ones, I discerned yard, slaughter-house), or as meisharim (upright, fair
among the banim, a na'ar the fettered to the musar of things).
(young man) devoid of lev [of the fool; |7| For my mouth shall speak
understanding, sense], |23| Till a khetz (arrow) strike emes; and resha is an
|8| Passing through the street through his liver; as a tzippor abomination to my sfatayim
near her corner; and he went hasteth to the pach (snare), (lips).
on the derech to her bais, and knoweth not that it is for |8| All the words of my peh
|9| In the twilight, at erev, in his nefesh (life). (mouth) are in tzedek; there is
the black and dark lailah; |24| Pay heed unto me now nothing crooked or perverse in
|10| And, hinei, there met therefore, O ye banim, and them.
him an isha with the attire of attend to the words of my peh |9| They are all correct to him
a zonah, and crafty of lev (mouth). that discerneth, and yesharim
|11| --She is loud and soreret |25| Let not thine lev turn (straight ones) to them that
(rebellious, defiant); her aside to her drakhim; go not find da'as (knowledge).
raglayim abide not in her astray in her netivot (trodden |10| Receive my musar, and
bais; paths). not kesef; and da'as (know-
|12| Now is she without, now |26| For she hath cast down ledge) rather than choice gold.
in the rechovot, and lurketh in many chalalim (wounded); |11| For chochmah is tovah
wait at every pinnah (corner)-- indeed, many strong men have (better, more precious) than
|13| So she caught hold of been slain by her. pearls; and all the things that
him, and kissed him, and with |27| Her bais is the drakhei may be desired are not to be
a brazen ponem said unto Sheol, going down to the compared to it.
him, chadarim (chambers, rooms) |12| I, Chochmah, dwell with
|14| I have zivkhei shelamim of mavet (death). armah (prudence), and find
vowed; this yom have I payed [T.N. The off-stage character out da'as (knowledge) of
my neder. here in chp 7 has been the mezimot (discretions).
|15| Al ken (therefore) came I cuckold. Because of her Ba’al |13| The Yirat Hashem is to
forth to meet thee, diligently affair, Hashem became the hate rah; pride, and ga'on
to seek thy face, and I have cuckold of Israel even as Hosea (arrogance), and the derech
found thee. became the cuckold of Gomer.] rah, and the perverse peh
(mouth), do I hate.
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|14| Etzah (counsel, advice) is should not pass its limits, wicked man getteth
mine, and sound judgment; I when He appointed the himself a blot stain.
am binah; I have gevurah. foundations of the Eretz; |8| Reprove not a letz, lest he
|15| By me melachim reign, |30| Then I was etzel (at the hate thee; rebuke a chacham,
and nobles decree tzedek. side of, beside [see Yn 1:1]) and he will love thee.
|16| By me sarim (princes) Him, as an Amon (master |9| Give instruction to a
rule, and nobles, even all the craftsman, builder, architect, chacham, and he will be yet
shofetim of tzedek. artist); and I was daily His wiser; teach a tzaddik, and he
|17| I love them that have delight, rejoicing always will increase in learning.
ahavah for me; and those that before Him; |10| The Yirat Hashem is the
seek me shall find me. |31| Rejoicing in the tevel of beginning of chochmah, and
|18| Osher and kavod are His Eretz; and my delights the da'as Kedoshim
with me; indeed, enduring were with the Bnei Adam. (knowledge of the Holy One) is
hon (wealth) and tzedakah. |32| Now therefore pay heed binah (understanding).
|19| My p’ri is better than unto me, O ye banim; for |11| For by me thy yamim
gold, indeed, than fine gold; ashrei (blessed, happy) are shall be multiplied, and
and my revenue than choice they that are shomer over my shanot chayyim shall be
kesef. drakhim. increased to thee.
|20| I walk in the orach |33| Hear musar, and be |12| If thou be chacham, thou
tzedakah (way of chacham, and disdain it not. shalt be wise for thyself, but if
righteousness), in the midst of |34| Ashrei is adam that thou mockest, thou alone shalt
the netivot (paths) of mishpat, heareth me, watching daily at suffer.
|21| That I may cause those my dalatot, waiting at the |13| Aishes Kesilut (Dame
that love me to inherit mezuzot of my doors. Folly) is clamorous; she is
substance; and I will fill their |35| For whosoever findeth simple, and knoweth nothing.
otzarot. me findeth Chayyim, and |14| For she sitteth at the
|22| Hashem possessed me in shall obtain ratzon petach (doorway) of her bais,
the reshit of His derech, Hashem. on a seat in the high places of
before His works of old. |36| But he that sinneth the city,
|23| I was set up [to reign] against me doth chamas |15| To call those passing on
me'olam (from eternity), from against his own nefesh; all the derech (road) who go
the beginning, or ever they that hate me love mavet. straight on their way:
eretz was. Chochmah hath built |16| Whoso is simple, let him
|24| When there were no
tehomot, I was brought forth;
when there were no springs
9 her bais, she hath hewn
out her seven ammudim;
|2| She hath prepared her
turn in here, and as for him
that lacketh lev (heart of
understanding), she saith to
abounding with mayim. meat; she hath mixed her him,
|25| Before the harim were yayin; she hath also set her |17| Stolen waters are sweet,
settled, before the geva'ot shulchan. and lechem eaten in secret is
(hills) was I brought forth; |3| She hath sent forth her pleasant.
|26| While as yet He had not na'arot; she calleth from the |18| But he has no da'as that
made eretz, nor the outer highest points of the city; the dead ones are there; and
places, nor the beginning of |4| Whosoever is simple, let that her guests are in the
the dust of the tevel. him turn in here; as for him depths of Sheol.
|27| When He set in place that lacketh lev (a heart of The mishle
Shomayim, I was there; when
He drew a khoog (circle,
horizon) upon the face of the
understanding), she saith to
him,
|5| Come, eat of my lechem,
10 (proverbs) of
Sh'lomo. A ben
chacham maketh glad an
tehom, and drink of the yayin which I av, but a ben kesil is the grief
|28| When He established the have mixed [Yn 6:53-54 OJBC]. of his em.
clouds above, when He |6| Forsake the simple ways, |2| Otzarot resha profit
strengthened the fountains of and live; and go in the derech nothing, but tzedakah
the tehom, binah. (righteousness) saveth from
|29| When He gave to the |7| He that reproveth a letz mavet.
yam His chok (decree, limits), (mocker) getteth to himself |3| Hashem will not suffer
that the mayim shame, and he that is a the nefesh of the
mochiach (reprover) of a tzaddik to famish,
but He thwarteth the craving over musar, but he that |31| The peh (mouth) of the
of the resha'im. abandoneth tokhakhat tzaddik bringeth forth
|4| He becometh poor that (reproof) goes astray. chochmah, but the
dealeth with a negligent palm, |18| He that hideth sin’ah lashon tahpukhot (tongue of
but the yad of the diligent with sfatayim sheker, and he perversion, distortion) shall be
maketh wealth. that uttereth a slander, is a cut off.
|5| He that gathereth in kesil (fool). |32| The sfatayim (lips) of the
kayitz is a ben maskil (son of |19| In the multitude of tzaddik know what is ratzon
wisdom), but he that sleepeth devarim there wanteth not sin, (acceptable), but the peh
in katzir (harvest) is a ben that but he that restraineth his (mouth) of the resha'im
causeth shame. sfatayim (lips) is maskil (wise). speaketh tahpukhot
|6| Brakhot are upon the |20| The lashon of the (perversity).
head of the tzaddik, but tzaddik is as choice kesef; the A balance of
chamas covereth the peh
(mouth) of the resha'im.
|7| The memory of the
lev of the resha'im is of little
worth.
|21| The sfatayim (lips) of the
11 mirmah
(dishonesty,
deception) is abomination to
tzaddik is as bracha, but the tzaddik feed rabbim (many), Hashem, but an even
shem resha'im shall rot. but fools die for lack of lev [of shelemah (perfect stone, just
|8| The chacham lev will chochmah]. weight) is His ratzon.
receive mitzvot, but one with |22| The Birkat Hashem, it |2| When zadon (pride)
foolish sfatayim (lips) shall be maketh wealthy, and He cometh, then cometh kalon
thrust down. addeth no sorrow with it. (shame, disgrace), but with the
|9| He that walketh uprightly |23| It is as sport to a kesil to humble is chochmah.
walketh securely, but he that do zimmah (evil design), but |3| The integrity of the
perverteth his drakhim shall an ish tevunah (man of yesharim (upright ones) shall
be known. understanding) hath guide them, but the deceit of
|10| He that winketh with the chochmah. the bogedim (treacherous
ayin causeth trouble, but one |24| What the rashah dreads, ones) shall destroy them.
with foolish sfatayim shall it shall come upon him, but |4| Hon (riches) profit not in
come to ruin. the ta'avat tzaddikim shall be the yom evrah (day of wrath),
|11| The peh (mouth) of a granted. but tzedakah (righteousness)
tzaddik is a Makor Chayyim, |25| As the whirlwind delivereth from mavet.
but chamas covereth the peh passeth, so is the rashah no |5| The tzidkat tamim
(mouth) of the resha'im. more, but the tzaddik is a (righteousness of the
|12| Sin'ah (hatred) stirreth yesod olam (an everlasting blameless) shall make his
up medanim (dissensions), but foundation). derech straight, but the rasha
ahavah covereth all |26| As chometz to the teeth, shall fall by his own evil.
peysha'im. and as smoke to the eyes, so is |6| The tzidkat yesharim shall
|13| In the sfatayim (lips) of the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) deliver them, but bogedim
him that hath understanding to them that send him. (treacherous ones) shall be
chochmah is found, but a |27| The Yirat Hashem caught in their own evil desire.
shevet (rod) is for the back of prolongeth yamim; but the |7| At the mot adam rasha,
him that is devoid of shanot of the resha'im shall be his tikveh shall perish, and the
lev [understanding]. cut short. expectation of his [surviving]
|14| Chachamim treasure up |28| The prospect of the strong ones perisheth.
da'as (knowledge); but the peh tzaddikim shall be simchah, |8| The tzaddik is delivered
(mouth) of the foolish is near but the tikveh of the resha'im out of tzoros, but the rashah
destruction. shall perish. cometh on to take his place.
|15| The oisher's wealth is his |29| The Derech Hashem is |9| A chanef (hypocrite, man
strong city; the destruction of maoz to the blameless, but without G-d) with his peh
the poor ones is their poverty. destruction shall be to the (mouth) destroyeth his re'a,
|16| The wage of the tzaddik workers of iniquity. but through da'as (knowledge)
leadeth to Chayyim; the wage |30| The tzaddik shall never shall the tzaddikim be
of the rashah is for chattat [Ro be removed, but the resha'im delivered.
6:23]. shall not inhabit Eretz. |10| When it goeth well with
|17| He is in the orach (path) the tzaddikim, the
of Chayyim that is shomer
city rejoiceth, and when the |23| The ta'avat tzaddikim is |4| An aishes chayil (a woman
resha'im perish, there is only tov, but the tikveh of the of valor, an excellent wife) is
rinnah (joyful shouting). resha'im is wrath. an ateret to her ba'al, but she
|11| By the birkat yesharim |24| There is that which that bringeth shame is like
the city is exalted, but it is scattereth, and yet increaseth rottenness in his atzmot.
overthrown by the peh more; and there is that which |5| The thoughts of the
(mouth) of the resha'im. withholdeth more than is tzaddikim are right, but the
|12| He that is devoid of lev yosher, but it leadeth to tachbulot (guidance) of the
[of understanding] despiseth machsor (want, need, poverty). resha'im are mirmah
his re'a, but an ish tevunot |25| The nefesh berakhah (deceitful).
holdeth his peace. (generous person) shall be |6| The devarim of the
|13| A bringer of rekhil made to prosper, and resha'im are to lie in wait for
(gossip, rekhilut) revealeth sod he that watereth shall be dahm, but the peh (mouth) of
(secrets, confidences), but he refreshed also himself. the yesharim (upright ones)
that is of a ne'eman ruach |26| He that withholdeth shall deliver them.
concealeth the matter. grain, the people shall curse |7| The resha'im are
|14| Where no strategic policy him, but berakhah shall be overthrown, and are no more,
is, the nation falls, but in the upon the head of him that but the bais tzaddikim shall
multitude of yoetz selleth it. stand.
(counsellors, advisors) there is |27| He that diligently |8| An ish shall be
teshu'ah (victory, safety). seeketh tov procureth ratzon, commended according to his
|15| He that is guaranty for a but he that seeketh ra'ah, it seichel, but he that is of a
zar shall suffer for it, and he shall come unto him. perverse mind shall be
that hateth pledging collateral |28| He that trusteth in his despised.
is secure. riches shall fall; but the |9| He that is lightly
|16| An eshet chen retaineth tzaddik shall flourish like the esteemed, and hath an eved, is
kavod (honor, respect), but green leaf. better than he that honoreth
ruthless men retain osher. |29| He that troubleth his himself, and lacketh lechem.
|17| The ish chesed (merciful own bais shall inherit the |10| A tzaddik regardeth the
man) doeth good to his own ruach (wind), and the fool nefesh (life) of his behemah
nefesh, but he that is cruel shall be eved to the chacham (beast), but the compassion of
harmeth his own self. lev. the reshaim is cruel.
|18| The reshah worketh a |30| The p’ri tzedek is Etz |11| He that worketh his
wage of sheker, but to him Chayyim, and he that adamah shall be satisfied with
that soweth tzedakah winneth nefashot is chacham lechem, but he that chaseth
(righteousness) shall be a (wise). after worthless persons is
sachar emes (sure reward). |31| If the tzaddik are devoid of lev [of under-
|19| As tzedakah recompensed on ha'aretz (the standing].
(righteousness) leadeth to earth), much more the rashah |12| The resha coveteth the
Chayyim, so he that pursueth and the choteh (sinner). catch of ra'im (evil men), but
12
ra'ah pursueth it to his own He who loveth the shoresh (root) of the
mot (death). musar loveth tzaddikim yieldeth fruit.
|20| They that are of a da'as, but he that |13| The rah is ensnared by
perverse lev are an hateth tokhakhat (reproof, the peysha (transgression) of
abomination to Hashem, correction) is ba'ar (a boorish, his sfatayim (lips), but the
but such as are upright in ignorant person). tzaddik shall escape from
their derech are His delight. |2| A tov (good man) tzoros.
|21| Though yad join in yad, obtaineth ratzon (favor) from |14| An ish shall be filled
the rah shall not go Hashem, but an ish with tov by the fruit of his peh
unpunished, but the zera of mezimor (a man of crafty (mouth), and the recompence
the tzaddikim shall be devices) will He condemn. of the hands of adam shall be
delivered. |3| An adam shall not be rendered unto him.
|22| As a ring of zahav in the made secure by resha, but the |15| The derech of a fool is
snout of a chazir, so is an isha shoresh tzaddikim (root of the yashar (right) in his own
yafah which is without ta'am righteous ones) shall not be eynayim, but he that payeth
(judgment, discretion). moved. [T.N. Cf 12:4 and heed unto etzah is chacham
31:10.] (wise).
|16| A fool's wrath is known A ben chacham |13| He who despiseth the
immediately, but a prudent
man covereth kalon (shame,
disgrace, shameful
13 heareth his musar
av, but a scoffer
heareth not ge'arah (scolding,
davar shall be destroyed, but
he that feareth the mitzvah
shall be rewarded.
nakedness). rebuke). |14| The torat chacham
|17| He that speaketh |2| An ish shall eat tov by the (teaching of the wise) is a
emunah declareth tzedek, but fruit of his peh (mouth), but makor chayyim (fountain of
an ed shekarim, mirmah. the nefesh of the bogedim life), to turn one away from
|18| There is one who (unfaithful ones, traitors) shall the snares of mavet.
speaketh rash words like the eat chamas. |15| Seichel tov giveth favor,
wounding of a cherev, but the |3| He that is shomer over his but the derech bogedim (way
lashon of the chachamim peh (mouth) guards his of traitors) is hard.
promotes marpeh (healing). nefesh, but he that openeth |16| Every prudent man acts
|19| The lip of emes shall be wide his sfatayim (lips) shall with da'as, but a kesil (fool)
established forever, but a have ruin. displays his folly.
lashon sheker is but for a |4| The nefesh of the atzel |17| A malach rasha falleth
moment. (sluggard, lazy one) desireth, into rah (trouble), but a tzir
|20| Mirmah (deceit) is in the and hath nothing, but the emunim (trustworthy envoy) is
lev of them that plot rah, but nefesh of the kharutzim marpeh (healing).
to the counsellors of shalom is (diligent ones) shall have |18| Poverty and shame shall
simchah. ample provision. be to him that disdains
|21| There shall no harm |5| A tzaddik hateth sheker, musar, but he that is shomer
befall the tzaddik, but the but a wicked man is over tokhakhat (reproof) shall
resha'im shall be filled with shamefully loathsome, and be honored.
rah. bringeth disgrace. |19| The ta'avah (desire,
|22| Sfatayim (lips) of sheker |6| Tzedakah is guard over longing) fulfilled is sweet to
are to'evah to Hashem, but him whose derech is the nefesh, but it is to'evat
they that deal emunah blameless, but wickedness kesilim (the abomination of
(faithfully, truthfully) are His overthroweth the chattat fools) to depart from rah.
delight. (sinner). |20| He that walketh with
|23| A prudent man |7| There is one who maketh chachamim shall be wise, but
concealeth da'as, but the lev himself out to be rich, yet hath a companion of kesilim (fools)
kesilim (mind of fools) nothing; there is one that shall come to harm.
preaches folly. maketh himself out to be poor, |21| Ra'ah (disaster) pursueth
|24| The yad of the kharutzim yet hath hon rav (great chatta'im (sinners), but tov
(diligent ones) shall rule, but wealth). is the reward of the tzaddikim.
the remiyyah (deceitfully lazy |8| The riches of an ish is |22| A tov (good man) leaveth
man) shall be put to forced kofer (ransom) for his nefesh an inheritance to his bnei
labor. (life), but the poor heareth no banim, and the wealth of the
|25| Anxiety in the lev ish threat. choteh (sinner) is laid up for
causeth depression, but a |9| The ohr (light) of the the tzaddik.
davar tov cheers it up. tzaddik rejoiceth, but the ner |23| Rav ochel (much food) is
|26| The tzaddik prevaileth (lamp) of the resha'im (wicked) in the untilled ground of the
advantageously over his shall be put out. poor, but for want of mishpat
neighbor, but the derech |10| By zadon (pride) cometh (justice) it is swept away.
resha'im leads them astray. only contention, but with the |24| He that spareth his
|27| The remiyyah teachable is chochmah. shevet (rod) hateth bno (his
(deceitfully lazy man) roasteth |11| Hon (wealth) gotten by son), but he that loveth him is
not that which he took in dishonesty shall be diligent in his musar
hunting, but diligence is the diminished, but he that (discipline).
precious possession of man. gathereth incrementally shall |25| The tzaddik (righteous)
|28| In the orach tzedakah have an increment. eateth to the satisfying of his
(way of righteousness) is |12| Hope deferred maketh nefesh (soul), but the beten
chayyim, and in the derech the lev sick, but when the (stomach) of the resha'im shall
netivot (pathway) thereof there ta'avah (desire) cometh, it is want.
is no mavet. an Etz Chayyim (Tree of Life).
14
Chachmot nashim |15| The naive believeth every |30| A lev marpeh (sound
buildeth her bais, davar, but the prudent looketh mind) is life to the basar, but
but the foolish with care to his steps. kinah (envy) is the rottenness
pulleth it down with her |16| A chacham feareth, and of the atzmot (bones).
hands. departeth from rah, but the |31| He that oppresseth the
|2| He that walketh in his kesil throweth off restraint dal (poor) showeth contempt
yashar feareth Hashem, but and is arrogantly reckless. for his Oseh (Maker), but he
he that is devious in his |17| He that is quick- that honoreth Him is kind to
drakhim despiseth Him. tempered dealeth folly, and an the evyon (needy).
|3| In the peh (mouth) of the ish mezimot (a man of crafty |32| The reshah is banished
fool is a rod of ga'avah (pride), schemes) is hated. in his ra'ah, but the tzaddik
but the sfatayim (lips) of the |18| The naive inherit folly, hath refuge in his mot (death).
chachamim shall be shomer but the prudent are crowned |33| In the lev of the
over them and preserve them. with da'as. discerning reposes chochmah,
|4| Where no oxen are, the |19| The ra'im will bow before but that which is in kesilim is
evus (feeding trough) is clean, the tov'im, and the resha'im at made known.
but much increase is by the the she'arim of the tzaddik. |34| Tzedakah exalteth a
ko'ach of the shor (ox). |20| The poor is hated even nation, but chattat (sin) is a
|5| An ed emunim will not lie, by his own re'a (neighbor), but reproach to any people.
but an ed sheker will utter lies. the oisher hath many friends. |35| The ratzon melech
|6| A scoffer seeketh |21| He that despiseth his re'a (king's favor) is toward an eved
chochmah, and findeth it not, sinneth, but he that is kind to maskil (a wise servant), but his
but da'as cometh easily unto the anayim (needy ones), wrath is against him that
him that is discerning. happy is he. bringeth shame.
|7| Go from the presence of |22| Do they not go astray
an ish kesil, when thou that plot rah? But chesed and
perceivest not in him the emes shall be to them that A soft answer
sfatayim (lips) of da'as
(knowledge).
|8| The chochmah of the
plan tov.
|23| In all hard work there is
profit, but idle chatter of the
15 turneth away
chemah (wrath);
but harsh devarim stir up
prudent is to understand his sfatayim (lips) tendeth only to anger.
derech, but the folly of kesilim makhsor (poverty, want). |2| The lashon of chachamim
is mirmah (deceit). |24| The ateret chachamim is useth da'as aright, but the peh
|9| Fools mock at guilt, but their riches, but the (mouth) of kesilim (fools)
among the yesharim (upright foolishness of kesilim is folly. poureth out folly.
ones) there is ratzon (favor). |25| An ed emes (true witness) |3| The eynayim of Hashem
|10| The lev knoweth its own saveth nefashot (souls, lives), are in kol makom (every
bitterness, and a zar (stranger) but a lying witness is a place), watching the ra'im and
doth not share its simchah. betrayer. the tovim.
|11| The bais of the resha'im |26| In the Yirat Hashem is |4| A marpeh lashon (a
shall be shmad, but the ohel strong confidence, and his tongue of healing) is an Etz
of the yesharim shall flourish. banim shall have a place of Chayyim, but selef (perversity)
|12| There is a derech (road) refuge. therein is crushing to the
which seemeth yashar (right) |27| The Yirat Hashem is a ruach (spirit).
unto an ish, but the acharit makor chayyim (fountain of |5| A fool spurns his musar
(latter end, future) thereof are life) to turn one away from the av, but he that is shomer over
the drakhim of mavet. snares of mavet. tokhakhat (reproof) is
|13| Even in sekhok |28| In the multitude of prudent.
(laughter) the lev is sad, and people is the glory of a melech, |6| In the bais of the tzaddik
the acharit (latter end) of that but in the lack of subjects is is much treasure, but in the
simchah is grief. the ruin of the prince. revenues of the rashah is
|14| The sug (backslider, |29| He that is slow to wrath trouble.
faithless one) in lev is filled is of rav tevunah (great |7| The sfatayim (lips) of
with his own drakhim (roads), understanding), but he that is chachamim disperse da'as, but
but an ish tov shall be angrily impulsive exalteth the lev of kesilim doeth not so.
satisfied from above himself. folly.
|8| The zevach of the resha'im of yo'atzim (counsellors) they |4| Hashem works out all
is a to'evah to Hashem, but the are established. things for Himself, indeed,
tefillah (prayer) of the |23| An ish hath simchah in even the rasha (wicked) for the
yesharim is His delight. the apt reply of his peh Yom Ra'ah (day of evil).
|9| The derech rashah is a (mouth), and a timely davar, |5| Every one that is proud in
to'evah unto Hashem, but He mah tov (how good!) lev is to'evat Hashem; though
loveth him that pursueth |24| The Orach Chayyim yad join in yad, he shall not go
tzedakah. leads upward to the wise, in unpunished.
|10| Musar is grievous unto order that he may depart from |6| By chesed and emes avon
him that forsaketh the orach Sheol beneath. is purged, and by the Yirat
(way), and he that hateth |25| Hashem will destroy the Hashem men depart from rah.
tokhakhat (reproof) shall die. bais of the proud, but he will |7| When drakhei ish please
|11| Sheol and Avaddon are maintain the boundary of the Hashem, He maketh even his
before Hashem, how much almanah. oyevim to be in shalom with
more then the hearts of Bnei |26| The thoughts of the rah him.
Adam? are a to'evah to Hashem, but |8| Better is a little with
|12| A scoffer loveth not one the words of the tehorim (pure tzedakah than great revenues
that correcteth him, neither ones) are pleasant. without mishpat (justice).
will he go unto chachamim. |27| He that is greedy of |9| The lev adam plans his
|13| A lev same'ach maketh a unjust gain troubleth his own derech, but Hashem directeth
cheerful countenance, but by bais, but he that hateth his steps.
sorrow of the lev the ruach is mattanot (bribes) shall live. |10| A kesem (oracle) is on the
broken. |28| The lev tzaddik studieth sfatayim (lips) of Melech, his
|14| The lev of him that hath how to answer, but the peh peh (mouth) must not betray
understanding seeketh da'as, (mouth) of the resha'im mishpat.
but the peh (mouth) of kesilim poureth out evil things. |11| A just weight and
feedeth on folly. |29| Hashem is far from the balance are Hashem's, all the
|15| All the days of the oni resha'im, but He heareth the weights of the bag are His
are ra'im, but he that is of a tefillah of the tzaddikim. concern.
tov lev hath a mishteh tamid |30| The ohr (light) of the |12| It is to'evat melachim to
(a continual feast). eynayim rejoiceth the lev, and commit resha (wickedness), for
|16| Better is little with the a good report giveth health to the kisse is established
Yirat Hashem than otzar rav the etzem. through tzedakah.
(great treasure) and trouble |31| The ozen that heareth |13| Sfatayim (lips) of tzedek
therewith. the tokhakhat chayyim are the delight of melachim;
|17| Better is a meal of yarak (reproof of life) lodgeth among and they love him that
(vegetables) where love is, than chachamim. speaketh yesharim (upright
a fatted calf and sinah |32| He that refuseth musar things).
(hatred) therewith. despiseth his own nefesh, but |14| The wrath of a melech is
|18| An ish chemah (angry he that heareth tokhakhat as malachim of mavet, but an
man) stirreth up madon (reproof) gaineth lev [of ish chacham will appease it.
(strife), but he that is slow to understanding]. |15| In the light of the
anger pacifies a quarrel. |33| The Yirat Hashem is the countenance of melech is
|19| The derech (road) of the musar of chochmah; and chayyim, and his favor is like
atzel (sluggard, lazy one) is a before kavod (honor) is the cloud of a spring rain.
thorny hedge, but the orach anavah (humility). |16| How much better is it to
16
yesharim (way of the upright) The plans of the acquire chochmah than
is a highway. lev belong to gold, and acquiring binah
|20| A ben chacham maketh adam, and the (understanding) a better
glad an av, but a kesil adam answer of the lashon is from choice than kesef!
despiseth immo. Hashem. |17| The mesilat yesharim
|21| Folly is simchah to him |2| All the drakhei ish are (highway of the upright) is to
that is destitute of lev [of pure in his own eynayim, but depart from rah; he that
discernment], but an ish Hashem weigheth the ruchot. guards his derech is shomer
tevunah walketh uprightly. |3| Commit thy ma'asim over his nefesh (soul).
|22| Without counsel, plans (works) unto Hashem, and thy
go amiss, but in the multitude plans shall be established.
|18| Ga'on (pride) goeth he that ruleth his ruach than |13| He who rewardeth ra'ah
before shever (destruction), he that captures a city. for tovah, ra'ah shall not
and a ruach of haughtiness |33| The goral is cast into the depart from his bais.
before a fall. kheyk (lap), but the whole |14| The beginning of madon
|19| Better it is to be of a decision thereof is from (strife) is like releasing mayim,
humble ruach among the Hashem. therefore stop contention
anayim, than to divide the Better is a dry before a quarrel begins.
plunder with the proud.
|20| He that wisely heeds the
Davar shall find tov (good),
17 crust, and
quietness
therewith, than a bais full of
|15| He that justifieth the
rashah, and he that
condemneth the tzaddik, even
and he who trusteth in zevakhim (sacrificial religious they both are to'evah to
Hashem, happy is he. meals) with strife. Hashem.
|21| The chacham lev shall |2| An eved maskil (wise |16| Why is there the
be called prudent, and the servant) shall have rule over a purchase price in the yad of a
sweetness of the sfatayim (lips) ben that causeth shame, and kesil (fool) to acquire
adds to learning. shall have a share of the chochmah, seeing he hath no
|22| Seichel is a Makor nachalah among the achim. lev for it?
Chayyim unto him that hath |3| The crucible is for kesef, |17| The re'a (friend) loveth at
it, but the musar (instruction, and the furnace for zahav, but all times, and a brother is
discipline) of fools is folly. Hashem is the testor of hearts. born for tzarah (adversity).
|23| The lev chacham guides |4| An evildoer giveth heed to |18| Adam devoid of lev [of
his peh (mouth), and addeth false sfatayim (lips), and a understanding] shaketh hands
learning to his sfatayim (lips). sheker (liar) giveth ear to a in pledge, and becometh the
|24| Pleasant words are as a spiteful lashon. security deposit for his
honeycomb, sweet to the |5| He who mocketh the poor neighbor.
nefesh, and marpeh (healing) showeth contempt for his |19| He loveth peysha
to the atzmot (bones). Oseh (Maker), and he that (transgression, sin) that loveth
|25| There is a derech that gloats at calamities shall not strife, and he that maketh his
seemeth yashar (right) before go unpunished. threshold high seeketh shever
an ish, but its acharit (future, |6| Bnei banim are the ateret (fracture).
latter end) is the drakhei of zekenim; and the tiferet of |20| He that hath a crooked
mavet. banim are their avot. mind findeth no tov, and he
|26| The nefesh (appetite) of |7| Eloquent speech that hath a deceitful lashon
the laborer works for him, for becometh not a naval (fool), falleth into ra'ah.
his peh (mouth) of hunger much less do lying sfatayim |21| He that begetteth a kesil
driveth him on. (lips) a ruler. doeth it to his sorrow, and the
|27| An ish Beliya'al diggeth |8| A shochad (gift, bribe) is avi naval hath no simchah.
up ra'ah, and in his sfatayim like a charm in the eynayim of |22| A lev same'ach doeth tov
(lips) there is as a scorching him that hath it: wherever he like a medicine, but a
eish. turneth, he prospereth. downcast ruach drieth up the
|28| A perverse ish soweth |9| He that covereth a peysha bones.
madon (strife, dissension), and (transgression) seeketh love; |23| A rasha accepts a
a whisperer separateth close but he that repeateth a matter shochad (bribe) out of the
friends. separateth the best of friends. kheyk (bosom, i.e., secretly) to
|29| An ish chamas enticeth |10| Ge'arah (scolding) goeth pervert the orkhot mishpat
his re'a, and leadeth him into deeper into a meiven than a (paths of justice).
the derech that is not good. hundred blows into a kesil |24| Chochmah is before the
|30| He winking his eynayim (fool). meiven (discerning one); but
to plot perverse things, |11| A rah seeketh only the eynayim of a kesil are on
compressing his sfatayim rebellion; therefore a the ends of ha'aretz.
(lips), bringeth ra'ah to pass. merciless malach shall be sent |25| A ben kesil is a ka'as
|31| The silvery hair is an to him. (grief) to aviv (his father), and
ateret tiferet; it is found in the |12| Let an ish meet a dov bitterness to her that bore
derech tzedakah. robbed of her cubs rather him.
|32| He that is slow to anger than a kesil in his folly. |26| Also to punish the
is better than the gibbor; and tzaddik is not tov, nor to
flog officials for
their yashar (uprightness, |11| The oisher's wealth is his Better is the poor
integrity).
|27| He that hath da'as
spareth his words, and an ish
strong city, and is a high
chomah in his own conceit.
|12| Before shever
19 that walketh in his
tohm (integrity,
guilelessness), than he that is
tevunah (man of under- (destruction) the lev ish is perverse in his sfatayim (lips),
standing) is of a calm ruach. haughty, and before kavod is and is a kesil (fool).
|28| Even a fool, when he anavah (humility). |2| Also, that the nefesh
holdeth his peace, is counted |13| He that answereth a (desire) be without da'as, it is
chacham, and he that shutteth matter before he heareth it, it not tov, and he that hasteth
his sfatayim (lips) is esteemed is folly and kelimmah with his raglayim (feet)
a man of understanding. (reproach, shame) unto him. sinneth.
|14| The ruach ish will |3| The folly of adam maketh
A man who sustain him in sickness, but a his derech crooked, yet his lev
18 separates himself
seeks his own
ta'avah (desire); he defies all
crushed ruach who can bear?
|15| The lev of the prudent
acquireth da'as, and the ozen
rages against Hashem.
|4| Wealth maketh many
friends, but the dal (poor) is
tushiyyah (wisdom, sound of the chachamim seeketh separated from his re'a
judgment). da'as. (neighbor).
|2| A kesil (fool) hath no |16| The mattan adam (gift of |5| An ed shekarim (false
delight in tevunah a man) openeth the way for witness) shall not go
(understanding), but only in him, and bringeth him before unpunished, and he that
airing out his lev (mind, gedolim. speaketh kezavim (lies) shall
opinions). |17| He that is harishon (the not escape.
|3| When the rashah cometh, first) to make his case seemeth |6| Rabbim (many) will
then cometh also contempt, tzaddik, but his re'a cometh entreat the favor of the ruler,
and with dishonor, cherpah and doth cross-examine him. and every ish is the re'a
(reproach, disgrace). |18| The goral (lot) causeth (friend) to him that giveth
|4| The devarim of a man's contentions to cease, and mattan (gifts).
mouth are deep mayim; the keepeth the mighty apart. |7| All the kin of the rahsh
makor chochmah is a flowing |19| A brother offended is (pauper) do hate him; how
stream. harder to be won than a much more does his friend
|5| It is not tov to show strong city, and their avoid him? He pursueth them
partiality to the rashah, to contentious quarrelings are with words, yet they are not
subvert the tzaddik in like the bars of an armon there.
mishpat. (citadel). |8| He that getteth lev [of
|6| The sfatayim (lips) of a |20| An ish's beten shall be understanding] loveth his own
kesil enter into contention, filled with the fruit of his peh nefesh; he that is shomer over
and his peh (mouth) inviteth (mouth), and with the produce tevunah (understanding) shall
blows. of his sfatayim (lips) shall he find tov.
|7| The peh (mouth) of a kesil be satisfied. |9| An ed shekarim (false
is his undoing, and his |21| Mavet and chayyim are witness) shall not go
sfatayim (lips) are the mokesh in the power of the lashon, unpunished, and he that
(snare) of his nefesh. and they that love it shall eat speaketh kezavim (lies) shall
|8| The devarim of a nirgan the p’ri (fruit) thereof. perish.
(gossip, talebearer, slanderer) |22| He who findeth an isha |10| Luxury is not fitting for a
are like mitlachamim (wife) findeth tov, and kesil (fool); much less for an
(delicious tidbits), and they go obtaineth ratzon (favor) from eved to have rule over sarim.
down into the innermost parts Hashem. |11| The seichel adam
of the beten (belly). |23| The poor useth deferreth his anger, and it is
|9| He also that is slack in his entreaties, but the oisher his tiferet (glory) to pass over a
work is brother to him that is answereth roughly. peysha (transgression).
ba'al mashchit (master of |24| An ish of many |12| The wrath of a melech is
destruction). companions may come to like the roaring of a lion, but
|10| The Shem of Hashem is ruin, but there is an ohev his ratzon (favor) is as tal
a strong migdal (tower), the (friend) that sticketh closer (dew) upon the esev (grass).
tzaddik runneth into it, and is than a brother.
safe.
|13| A ben kesil is the hath understanding, and he |9| Who can say, I have made
calamity of aviv (his father), will understand da'as. my lev pure, I am tahor from
and the contentions of an isha |26| He that mistreateth his my chattat?
are a constant dripping [i.e., av, and driveth out his em, is a |10| Differing weights, and
an irritant]. ben that causeth shame, and differing measures, both of
|14| Bais and hon (wealth) bringeth cherpah. them are alike to'evah to
are the nachalah avot, and a |27| Cease, beni (my son), to Hashem.
prudent isha (wife) is from hear musar and thou shalt go |11| Even a na'ar (child) is
Hashem. astray from the words of da'as. known by his ways, whether
|15| Atzlah (slothfulness, |28| An ed beliya'al (corrupt his conduct be pure, and
laziness) casteth into a witness) scorneth mishpat whether it be yashar (right).
tardemah (deep sleep), and a (justice), and the peh (mouth) |12| The hearing ozen, and
nefesh remiyyah (a deceitfully of the resha'im devoureth the seeing ayin, Hashem hath
lazy soul) shall suffer hunger. iniquity. made even both of them.
|16| He that is shomer over |29| Shefatim (penalties, |13| Love not sheynah (sleep),
the mitzvah is shomer over his judgments) are prepared for lest thou come to poverty;
own nefesh, but he that is scoffers, and for kesilim, open thine eynayim, and thou
reckless in his drakhim shall beatings for the back. shalt have enough lechem.
die. |14| It is good for nothing, it
|17| He that hath compassion is naught, saith the koneh
on the dal (poor) lendeth unto (buyer), but when he is gone
Hashem; and for his benefits The yayin is a his way, then he boasteth.
He will repay him.
|18| Chasten binecha (thy
son) while there is yet tikvah,
20 mocker, strong
drink a brawler;
and whosoever is seduced to
|15| There is zahav, and a
multitude of rubies, but the
sfatayim (lips) of da'as are a
and give not in to thy nefesh be led astray thereby is not precious jewel.
(desire) to kill him. wise. |16| Take his garment that is
|19| One of gadol chemah |2| The wrath of a melech is guaranty for a zar (stranger),
(great temper) shall bear as the roaring of a lion; he and hold it as his pledge for a
onesh (punishment), for if who provoketh him to anger nokhriyah (foreign woman,
thou deliver him, yet thou sinneth against his own strange woman, seductress).
must do it again. nefesh. |17| Lechem from sheker
|20| Hear etzah, and accept |3| It is kavod for an ish to (deceit) is sweet to an ish, but
musar, that thou mayest be cease from strife, but any fool afterwards his peh (mouth)
wise in thy acharit (latter end, can start a quarrel. shall be filled with gravel.
future). |4| The atzel (sluggard, lazy |18| Every plan is established
|21| There are many plans in one) will not plow by reason of by etzah, and with tachbulot
a lev ish; nevertheless it is the choref (winter, cold); therefore (guidance) wage milchamah.
etzah of Hashem that shall shall he beg at katzir (harvest), |19| He that goeth about as a
stand. and have nothing. rakhil (gossip, slanderer,
|22| The ta'avah (what is |5| Etzah (purpose; see Yn talebearer) revealeth secrets;
desirable) in an adam is his 2:24-25 ) in the lev ish is like therefore associate not with
chesed, and a rahsh (pauper) deep mayim, but an ish the babbler.
is better than an ish kazav tevunah will draw it out. |20| He who curseth aviv or
(liar). |6| Rav adam will proclaim immo, his ner (lamp) shall be
|23| The Yirat Hashem every one his own chesed, but put out in deep choshech.
tendeth to chayyim, and he an ish emunim (faithful man, |21| A nachalah (inheritance)
that hath it shall rest secure; loyal man) who can find one? may be gotten hastily at the
he shall not be visited by rah. |7| The tzaddik walketh in his rishonah (beginning); but the
|24| An atzel (sluggard, lazy tohm (integrity, guilelessness); acharit (latter end) thereof
one) thrusteth his yad into his his banim after him are shall not have a bracha.
dish, and will not so much as blessed. |22| Say not thou, I will pay
bring it back to his peh |8| A melech that sitteth in back rah; but wait on
(mouth) again. the kisse din (throne of Hashem, and He shall save
|25| Strike a scoffer, and the judgment) winnows out all rah thee.
simple will learn what is with his eynayim.
prudent, and reprove one that
|23| Differing weights are a surely to machsor (poverty, |18| The reshah shall be a
to'evah unto Hashem, and want). kofer (ransom) for the tzaddik,
scales of mirmah (deceit) are |6| The getting of otzarot by a and the boged (the unfaithful)
not tov. lashon sheker is hevel (vain, for the yesharim.
|24| The steps of a gever are empty, meaningless) and |19| It is better to dwell in
from Hashem; how can an fleeting for them that seek eretz midbar, than with a
adam then understand his mavet. quarrelsome and an angry
own derech (way, life's course)? |7| The violence of the isha.
|25| It is a mokesh adam to resha'im shall drag them |20| There is otzar to be
devote rashly as kodesh, and away; because they refuse to desired and shemen in the
after nedarim (vows) to do mishpat (justice). naveh (dwelling) of the
reconsider his consecration. |8| The derech of the guilty chacham; but a kesil adam
|26| A melech chacham ish is hafachpach (crooked, squanders it.
winnows out the resha'im and tortuous), but as for the pure, |21| He that pursueth
bringeth the ofan (threshing his conduct is yashar (right). tzedakah and chesed findeth
wheel) over them. |9| It is better to dwell in a chayyim, tzedakah, and
|27| The neshamah of adam corner of the gag (roof), than kavod.
is the ner (light) of Hashem, with a quarrelsome isha in a |22| A chacham scaleth the
searching all the innermost shared bais. city of the gibborim (mighty
beten. |10| The nefesh of the rashah ones), and casteth down the
|28| Chesed and emes guard desireth rah; his re'a findeth trusted stronghold thereof.
the Melech, and his kisse is no mercy in his eynayim. |23| He who is shomer over
upheld by chesed. |11| When the scoffer is his peh (mouth) and his
|29| The tiferet (glory) of punished, the simple is made lashon (tongue) is shomer over
bochurim is their ko'ach wise, and when insight is his nefesh from tzoros.
(strength), and the hadar disclosed to the chacham, he |24| Proud and haughty
(splendor) of zekenim is the receiveth da'as. scoffer is shmo, who acteth in
silvery head. |12| The tzaddik (righteous superfluity of zadon (pride).
|30| Blows that wound one) wisely considereth the |25| The ta'avah (desire,
cleanseth away rah; so do bais of the rashah, and craving) of the atzel (sluggard,
beatings the innermost beten. hurleth the resha'im to rah. lazy one) killeth him, for his
|13| He who stoppeth his yadayim refuse to work.
ozen at the cry of the dal |26| He craveth greedily kol
(poor), he also shall cry out hayom, but the tzaddik giveth
himself, but shall not be and spareth not.
heard. |27| The zevach of the
|14| A mattan (gift) in secret resha'im is to’evah
pacifieth af (anger), and a (detestable, abomination);
The lev melech is shochad (bribe) in the kheyk how much more, when he
21 in the yad
Hashem, as the
channels of mayim; He
(bosom, i.e., a concealed bribe)
strong wrath.
|15| It is simchah to the
bringeth it with zimmah (evil
intent).
|28| An ed kezavim (lying
directeth it wherever He will. tzaddik to do mishpat, but witness) shall perish, but the
|2| Every derech ish is yashar terror for the po'alei aven ish that heareth [emes]
(right) in his own eynayim, but (workers of iniquity). speaketh lanetzach (unto
Hashem weigheth the hearts. |16| The adam that eternity).
|3| To do tzedakah and wandereth astray from the |29| An ish rasha defiantly
mishpat is more acceptable to derech haseichel (road of hardeneth his face, but as for
Hashem than zevach. understanding) shall rest in the yashar (upright) he
|4| A high and haughty eye, the kahal of the refa'im maketh his derech (road) sure.
and a proud lev--ner resha'im (congregation of the dead). |30| There is no chochmah
(the lamp of the wicked ones)-- |17| The ohev simchah (lover nor tevunah (understanding)
are chattat (sin). of pleasure) shall be an ish nor etzah against Hashem.
|5| The plans of the kharutz machsor (man of poverty, |31| The sus is prepared
(diligent) lead surely to profit; want, shortage); he that loveth against the yom milchamah,
but of every one that is hasty yayin and shemen shall not but teshuah (victory,
be rich. deliverance) is from Hashem.
A shem tov is |14| The peh (mouth) of zarot take away thy mishkav (bed)
22 rather to be
desired than osher
rav, and chen (grace) rather
(strange women) is a deep pit;
he that is under the wrath of
Hashem shall fall therein.
from under thee?
|28| Remove not the gevul
olam (ancient landmark),
than kesef and zahav. |15| Folly is bound in the lev which avoteicha have set.
|2| The oisher (rich man) and na'ar, but the shevet musar |29| Seest thou an ish mahir
the rahsh (pauper) have this in (rod of correction) shall drive (diligent, one who excells) in
common: Hashem is the Oseh it far from him. his work? He shall stand
(Maker) of them all. |16| He that oppresseth the before melachim; he shall not
|3| A prudent man foreseeth dal (poor) in order to increase, stand before obscure men.
the ra'ah, and hideth himself, and he that giveth to the
but the naïve trudge on, and oisher, shall surely come to
are punished. machsor (poverty, want).
|4| By anavah (humility) and |17| Bow down thine ozen,
the Yirat Hashem are osher, and hear the devarim of
and kavod, and chayyim. chachamim, and apply thine When thou sittest
|5| Thorns and pachim
(snares) are in the derech of
the crooked; he that is shomer
lev (mind, heart) unto my
da'as.
|18| For it is a pleasant thing
23 to dine with a
moshel (ruler),
consider diligently what is
over his nefesh shall be far if thou be shomer over them before thee,
from them. within thee; they shall |2| And put a sakin (knife) to
|6| Train up a na'ar in the therewith abide ready upon thy throat, if thou be a ba'al
derech (road) he should go, thy sfatayim (lips). nefesh (man given to gluttony).
and when he is old, he will not |19| That thy trust may be in [3| Be not desirous of his
depart from it. Hashem, I have made thee delicacies, for they are lechem
|7| The oisher ruleth over the know this yom, even thee! kezavim (deceitful food).
rahshim (paupers), and the |20| Have not I written to |4| Overwork not to get rich;
loveh (borrower, debtor) is thee shloshim (thirty sayings) cease from thine own binah
eved (slave) to the ish malveh in mo'etzot (counsels) and (understanding).
(lender). da'as, |5| Wilt thou let thine
|8| He that soweth iniquity |21| That I might make thee eynayim fly after that which is
shall reap aven (iniquity), and know the certain truth of the not? For such [wealth]
the shevet (rod) of his wrath words of emes; that thou certainly sprouts kenafayim
shall disappear. mightest bring back words of (wings); they fly away as a
|9| He that hath a tov ayin emes to them that send thee? nesher (eagle) toward
(generous eye) shall have a |22| Exploit not the dal Shomayim.
bracha; for he giveth of his (poor), because he is dal |6| Eat thou not the lechem of
lechem to the dal (poor). (poor); neither oppress the oni him that hath a rah ayin (evil
|10| Cast out the scoffer, and (afflicted) in the sha'ar, eye, i.e., a miser), neither
contention shall leave; indeed, |23| For Hashem will plead desire thou his delicacies;
strife and kalon (shame) shall their cause, and plunder the |7| For as he reckoneth in his
cease. nefesh of those that plundered nefesh, so is he. Eat and
|11| He that loveth tahor lev them. drink, saith he to thee, but his
(a pure heart), for the chen |24| Make no friendship with lev is not with thee.
(grace) on his sfatayim (lips) a ba'al af (angry man), and |8| The morsel which thou
the Melech shall be his re'a with an ish chemot (man of hast eaten shalt thou vomit
(friend). wrath) thou shalt not go, up, and lose thy pleasant
|12| The eynayim of Hashem |25| Lest thou learn his devarim.
preserve da'as, and He orkhot (ways), and take a |9| Speak not in the oznayim
overthroweth the devarim of mokesh (snare) for thy nefesh. of a kesil (fool), for he will
the boged (unfaithful, |26| Be not thou one of them despise the seichel of thy
treacherous, traitor). that shake hands in a pledge, words.
|13| The atzel (sluggard, lazy or of them that are collateral |10| Remove not the gevul
one) saith, There is an ari for masha'ot (debts, loans). olam (ancient landmark); and
(lion) outside; I shall be |27| If thou hast nothing with enter not into the sadot of the
murdered in the streets. which to pay, why should he
yetomim (fatherless ones, |26| Beni (my son), give me |4| And by da'as shall the
orphans), thine lev, and let thine chadarim (chambers, rooms)
|11| For their Go'el is chazak eynayim delight be filled with all precious and
(strong); He shall plead their in my drakhim. pleasant hon (riches, wealth).
cause against thee. |27| For a zonah is a deep pit, |5| A gever chacham is strong;
|12| Apply thine lev unto and a nokhriyah (strange indeed, an ish da'as (man of
musar, and thine oznayim to woman, foreign woman, knowledge) increaseth ko'ach.
the words of da'as. seductress, unfaithful wife) is |6| For by tachbulot
|13| Withhold not musar a narrow well. (guidance) thou shalt wage thy
(correction) from the na'ar |28| She also lieth in wait like milchamah (war), and in a
(child), for if thou spank him a road bandit, and increaseth multitude of yo'etz
with the shevet, he shall not the bogedim (unfaithful) (counselors) there is teshu'ah
die. among adam (mankind). (victory, safety).
|14| Thou shalt spank him |29| Who hath oy (woe)? Who |7| Chochmah is too lofty for
with the shevet, and shalt save hath sorrow? Who hath a fool; he openeth not his peh
his nefesh from Sheol. strifes? Who hath complaint? (mouth) at the sha'ar.
|15| Beni (my son), if thine lev Who hath needless wounds? |8| He that plotteth to do evil
be chacham, my own lev shall Who hath bloodshot eynayim? shall be called a ba'al
have simchah. |30| They that tarry long at mezimmot (master of
|16| Indeed, my inmost being the yayin, they that turn in to schemes).
shall rejoice, when thy sample mixed wine. |9| The scheme of folly is
sfatayim (lips) speak |31| Stare not thou into the chattat (sin), and the scoffer is
meisharim (upright things). yayin when it is red, when it a to'evah to adam (man).
|17| Let not thine lev envy sparkles in the kos (cup), when |10| If thou faint in the yom
chatta'im, but be thou in the it goeth down smoothly. tzarah, thy strength is small.
Yirat Hashem kol hayom. |32| At the acharit (latter end, |11| Save those who are
|18| For surely there is an future) it biteth like a drawn away toward mavet,
acharit (latter end, future), nachash, and stingeth with and hold back those
and thine tikvah shall not be venomous poisons like a viper. stumbling toward slaughter.
cut off. |33| Thine eynayim shall |12| If thou sayest, See, we
|19| Hear thou, beni (my behold zarot (strange women), knew it not, doth not He that
son), and be chacham, and and thine lev shall utter weigheth the levavot consider
guide thine lev straight on the perverse things. it? And He that is guard over
derech. |34| Indeed, thou shalt be as thy nefesh, doth not He know
|20| Be not among yayin he that lieth down in the lev it? And shall not He render to
gluttons; among gluttonous yam (heart of the sea), or as he every adam according to his
eaters of basar, that lieth upon the top of a works?
|21| For the drunkard and mast. |13| Beni (my son), eat thou
the zolel (glutton) shall come |35| They have stricken me, devash, because it is tov; and
to poverty, and drowsiness shalt thou say, and I was not the honeycomb, which is sweet
shall clothe with rags. hurt; they have beaten me, to thy taste;
|22| Pay heed unto avicha and I felt it not. Mosai (when) |14| So shall the knowledge of
that fathered thee, and shall I awake? I will seek yet chochmah be unto thy nefesh;
despise not immecha when another drink. when thou hast found it, then
she is old. there shall be an acharit
|23| Buy emes, and sell it not; Be not thou (latter end, future), and thy
also chochmah, and musar,
and binah (understanding).
|24| Avi tzaddik (the father of
24 envious of anshei
ra'ah, neither
desire to be with them.
tikvah (hope) shall not be cut
off.
|15| Lay not in wait, O rasha,
a righteous one) shall greatly |2| For their lev plotteth against the naveh (dwelling) of
rejoice, and he that fathereth violence, and their sfatayim the tzaddik; assault not his
a chacham shall have simchah (lips) talk of amal (trouble). resting place;
in him. |3| Through chochmah is a |16| For a tzaddik falleth
|25| Avicha and immecha bais built, and by tevunah sheva (seven times), and riseth
shall be glad, and she that (understanding) it is up again, but the resha’im
bore thee shall rejoice. established.
are overthrown in ra'ah. |31| And, hinei, it was all not what to do in the acharit
|17| Gloat not when thine grown over with thorns, and thereof, when thy re'a hath put
oyev falleth, and let not thine charullim (nettles) had thee to shame.
lev rejoice when he stumbleth, covered the surface thereof, |9| Plead thy cause with thy
|18| Lest Hashem see it, and and the stone wall thereof was re'a himself; and betray not a
it is rah in His eyes, and He broken down. sod (confidence) to another,
turn away His wrath from |32| Then I saw, and |10| Lest he that heareth it
him. considered it well in my lev; I put thee to shame, and the evil
|19| Fret not thyself because looked upon it, and received report of thee never depart.
of ra'im, neither be thou musar. |11| A word aptly spoken is
envious of the resha'im, |33| Yet a little shenot like tapukhim (apples) of
|20| For there shall be no (slumber), a little sleep, a little zahav in settings of kesef.
acharit (latter end, future) to folding of the yadayim to rest; |12| As a nezem (earring) of
the rah; the ner (light) of the |34| So shall thy poverty zahav, and an ornament of
resha'im shall be put out. come like a prowler; and thy fine gold, so is a mochi'ach
|21| Beni (my son), fear thou want like an ish mogen (armed chacham (a wise reprover)
Hashem and the Melech, and warrior). upon an obedient ozen.
do not associate with them |13| As the cold of sheleg
that are otherwise disposed. (snow) in the yom katzir (day
|22| For their calamity shall of harvest), so is a tzir ne'eman
arise suddenly; and who hath (faithful envoy) to them that
da'as of ruin those two [i.e., send him; for he refresheth
Hashem and the Melech] can the nefesh of his adonim.
bring? |14| He who boasteth falsely
|23| These things also belong of giving is like clouds and
to chachamim: it is not tov to ruach (wind) without geshem
show partiality in mishpat. These are also (rain).
|24| He that saith unto the
rashah, Thou are tzaddik, him
shall the people curse, nations
25 mishlei Sh'lomo,
which the anashim
of Chizkiyah Melech Yehudah
|15| By forbearance is a
katzin (ruler) persuaded, and
a gentle lashon breaketh the
shall detest him; copied out: bone.
|25| But to them that rebuke |2| It is the Kavod Elohim to |16| Hast thou found devash?
the wicked, it is well, and conceal a thing, but the kavod Eat only as much as is
birkat tov shall come upon melachim is to search out a sufficient for thee, lest thou be
them. matter. filled therewith, and vomit it
|26| He that giveth an answer |3| The Shomayim for height, out.
that is nakhon (right, correct), and Eretz for depth, so the lev |17| Let thy regel (foot)
giveth a kiss on the sfatayim. melachim is unsearchable. seldom be in thy neighbor's
|27| Set in order thy outside |4| Take away the dross from bais; lest he be weary of thee,
work, and make ready for the kesef, and there shall come and so hate thee.
thyself in the sadeh; then forth a vessel for the tzoref |18| An ish that beareth ed
afterwards build thine bais. (silversmith); sheker (false witness) against
|28| Be not an ed (witness) |5| Take away the rasha from his re'a is a club, and a cherev,
against thy re'a without cause, before Melech, and his kisse and a sharp khetz (arrow).
and deceive not with thy shall be established in tzedek. |19| Confidence in a boged in
sfatayim (lips). |6| Do not exalt thyself in the the yom tzarah is like a shen
|29| Say not, I will do so to presence of Melech, and stand ra'ah (bad tooth), and a regel
him as he hath done to me, I not in the makom (place) of out of joint.
will render to the ish gedolim; |20| As he that taketh away a
according to his work. |7| For better it is that it be beged (garment) on a cold day,
|30| I went by the sadeh of said unto thee, Come up here, and as chometz (vinegar) upon
the ish atzel (sluggard, lazy than that thou shouldest be lye, so is he that singeth
one), and went past the kerem put lower in the presence of shirim (songs) to a lev rah
(vineyard) of the adam chasar the noble whom thine (heavy heart, i.e., depressed
lev (the man void of lev [of eynayim have seen. person).
understanding]), |8| Go not forth hastily to
bring a lawsuit, lest thou know
|21| If thine enemy be |8| As he that bindeth an |22| The devarim of a nirgan
hungry, give him lechem to even (stone) in a sling, so is he (gossip, slanderer, talebearer)
eat, and if he be thirsty, give that giveth kavod to a kesil are like tasty morsels, and they
him mayim to drink; (fool). go down into the innermost
|22| For so shalt thou heap |9| As a thornbush goeth up chambers of the beten.
hot coals upon his rosh, and into the yad of a shikkor, so is |23| Fervent sfatayim (lips)
Hashem shall reward thee. a mashal in the peh (mouth) and a lev rah are like
|23| The ruach tzafon (north of kesilim. earthenware covered
wind) brings forth geshem; so |10| Like an archer wounding with silver dross.
doth a lashon seter all, so is he that hireth the |24| He that hateth disguises
(backbiting tongue) bring an kesil (fool), or hireth the it with his sfatayim (lips), and
angry countenance. passerby. within harboreth mirmah
|24| It is better to dwell in the |11| As a kelev returneth to (deceit);
corner of the gag (roof), than his vomit, so a kesil (fool) |25| When he speaketh fair,
in a bais shared with a returneth to his folly. believe him not; for there are
quarrelsome isha. |12| Seest thou an ish sheva to'avot in his lev.
|25| As cold mayim to a chacham in his own eyes? |26| Whose hatred is covered
weary nefesh, so is good news There is more tikvah by guile, yet his wickedness
from a far country. (hope) for a kesil (fool) than shall be exposed before the
|26| A tzaddik who falters for him. whole kahal.
before the rasha is like a |13| The atzel (sluggard, lazy |27| He who diggeth a
muddy spring, and a polluted one) saith, There is a lion in shachat (pit) shall fall therein,
makor (fountain). the derech; an ari is in the and he that rolleth an even
|27| It is not tov to eat much rechovot. (stone), it will roll back upon
devash; so for men to seek |14| As the delet (door) him.
their own kavod is not glory. turneth upon its hinges, so |28| A lashon sheker hateth
|28| He that hath no rule doth the atzel (sluggard, lazy those that are crushed by it;
over his own ruach is like an ir one) upon his mittah (bed). and a flattering peh (mouth)
that is broken down, and |15| The atzel (sluggard, lazy worketh ruin.
without a chomah (wall). one) hideth his yad in his dish;
it's too tiring to bring it back to
As sheleg (snow) in his peh (mouth) again.
26 kayitz (summer),
and as matar (rain)
|16| The atzel (sluggard, lazy
one) is chacham in his own Boast not thyself of
at katzir (harvest), so kavod is
not fitting for a kesil (fool).
|2| As the tzippor in its
eyes, more than seven that
give an excellent answer.
|17| He that passeth by, and
27 yom makhar
(tomorrow), for
thou hast no da'as of what a
fluttering, as the swallow in its meddleth in a quarrel that yom may bring forth.
flying, so the kelelah (curse) doth not belong to him, is like |2| Let another praise thee,
without cause shall not alight. one that taketh a kelev by the and not thine own peh
|3| A shot (whip) for the sus, a oznayim. (mouth); a nokhri (stranger),
bridle for the chamor, and a |18| As a mad man who and not thine own sfatayim
shevet for the back of kesilim. shooteth firebrands, khitzim (lips).
|4| Answer not a kesil (fool) (arrows), and mavet, |3| An even (stone) is heavy,
according to his folly, lest thou |19| So is the ish that and the chol (sand) weighty;
also be like unto him. deceiveth his re'a, and saith, but a fool's wrath is heavier
|5| Answer a kesil (fool) Am I not just having a laugh? than them both.
according to his folly, lest he |20| Where no wood is, there |4| Chemah (anger) is cruel,
be chacham in his own eyes. the eish goeth out; so where and fury is a torrent, but who
|6| He that sendeth a there is no nirgan (gossip, is able to stand before kinah
message by the yad of a kesil slanderer, talebearer), the (jealousy, envy)?
(fool) cutteth off the raglayim, strife dieth down. |5| Open tovah tokhakhat
and drinketh chamas. |21| As charcoal is to burning (good, constructive reproof) is
|7| The legs of the pisei'ach coals, and wood to eish; so is a better than secret ahavah.
(lame man) hang limp; so is a contentious ish to kindle
mashal in the peh (mouth) of strife.
kesilim.
|6| Ne'emanim (faithful) are is shomer over his adon shall |4| They that forsake the
the wounds of an ohev be honored. torah praise the rasha, but
(friend); but deceitful the |19| As mayim reflecteth the such as be shomer over the
neshikot (kisses) of an enemy. face, so one lev ha’adam torah contend against them.
|7| The full nefesh trampleth reflects another. |5| Anshei rah understand
a honeycomb, but to the |20| Sheol and Avaddon are not mishpat, but they that
hungry nefesh every mar never full; so the eynayim of seek Hashem understand all
(bitter thing) is sweet. adam are never satisfied. things.
|8| As a tzippor that |21| As the crucible is for |6| Better is the rahsh (poor)
wandereth from her ken (nest), kesef, and the furnace for that walketh in his integrity,
so is an ish that wandereth zahav; so is an ish tested by than he that is perverse in his
from his makom (place, the praise he receives. drakhim (ways), though he be
home). |22| Though thou shouldest rich.
|9| Shemen and ketoret grind a fool in the makhtesh |7| He who keepeth torah is a
rejoice the lev; so doth the (mortar) among grain with the ben meiven, but he that is a
sweet discourse of a re'a pestle, yet will not his folly be companion of zolelim
(friend) from an atzat nefesh removed from him. (gluttons) shameth aviv.
(a counselling of the soul). |23| Be thou diligent to know |8| He that by neshekh
|10| Thine own re'a (friend), the condition of thy tzon, and (interest) and increase
and the re'a avicha, forsake look well to thy adarim increaseth his substance, he
not; neither go into thy (flocks). shall gather it for him that will
brother's bais in the yom of |24| For riches are not l'olam pity the dalim (poor ones).
thy calamity; for better is a (forever); and doth the nezer |9| He that turneth away his
shakhen (neighbor) that is (crown) endure dor vador? ozen from mishmo'a torah
near than a brother far off. |25| The hay is removed, and (heeding torah), even his
|11| Beni (my son), be the deshe (tender grass) tefillah (prayer) shall be
chacham, and make my lev showeth itself, and herbs of to'evah (abomination).
glad, that I may answer my the harim are gathered, |10| He who causeth the
accusers. |26| The kevasim (lambs) are yesharim (upright ones) to go
|12| A prudent man foreseeth for thy clothing, and the goats astray in a derech rah, he
ra'ah, and hideth himself; but are the purchase price of the shall fall himself into his own
the naïve ones trudge on, and sadeh. trap, but the blameless ones
are punished. |27| And thou shalt have shall inherit tov.
|13| Take his beged (garment) cholov of izzim (goats) enough |11| The ish oisher is
that is collateral for a zar; for thy lechem, for the lechem chacham in his own eyes, but
seize the pledge given for of thy bais, and for the the dal meiven (poor man with
surety for a nokhriyah (strange nourishment of thy na'arot understanding) searcheth him
woman, foreign woman, (servant girls). out.
seductress). |12| When tzaddikim do
|14| He that maketh a bracha triumph, there is rabbah
on his re'a (friend) with a kol The rasha flee tiferet (great glory), but when
gadol (loud voice), rising early
in the boker, it shall be
counted a kelalah to him.
28 when none
pursueth; but the
tzaddikim are bold as a lion.
the resha'im rise, the people go
into hiding.
|13| He that covereth his
|15| A continual dripping in |2| For the peysha eretz (land peysha'im (sins) shall not
a very rainy day and a in rebellion) many are the prosper, but he who
quarrelsome isha are alike; sarim (rulers) thereof, but by confesseth and forsaketh them
|16| To restrain her is like an adam meiven yodei'a (a shall find mercy.
restraining the ruach (wind), man of wisdom and |14| Ashrei adam that is
and like grasping shemen in knowledge) shall be lasting reverent always, but he that
the right hand. order. hardeneth his lev shall fall
|17| Barzel (iron) sharpeneth |3| A gever rahsh (poor man) into ra'ah.
barzel (iron); so one ish that oppresseth the dalim |15| As a roaring ari, and a
sharpeneth another. (poor ones) is like a sweeping charging dov (bear), so is a
|18| He who is guard over the matar (rain) which leaveth no wicked moshel (ruler) over the
te'enah (fig tree) shall eat the lechem (food, crop). am dal (poor people).
p'ri (fruit) thereof, so he that
|16| The nagid (ruler) lacking when they perish, the |14| If Melech shofet be'emes
tevunot (understanding) is tzaddikim increase. (judges in truth) the dalim, his
also a great oppressor, but he kisse shall be established
that hateth betza (ill-gotten He, that being forever.
gain) shall prolong his yamim
(days).
|17| If an adam is burdened
29 often reproved,
stiffeneth his neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed,
|15| The shevet (rod) and
tokhakhat (reproof) give
chochmah, but a na'ar (child)
with dahm (blood, murder) of and that without marpeh left to himself bringeth immo
any nefesh, let him be a (remedy). to shame.
fugitive ad bor (till the pit, |2| When the tzaddikim are |16| When the resha'im are
death); let no ish help him. increased, the people rejoice, multiplied, peysha
|18| He who walketh tamim but when the rasha beareth (transgression)
(blamelessly) shall be saved, rule, the people groan. increaseth, but the tzaddikim
but he that is perverse in his |3| He who loveth chochmah shall see their downfall.
drakhim shall fall suddenly. rejoiceth aviv, but he that |17| Correct binecha, and he
|19| He that tilleth his keepeth company with zonot shall give thee rest; indeed, he
adamah shall have plenty of squanders his hon (substance, shall give delight unto thy
lechem, but he that chaseth wealth). nefesh.
after empty things shall have |4| Melech by mishpat |18| Where there is no chazon
poverty enough. establisheth eretz, but an ish (prophetic vision), the people
|20| An ish emunot (faithful terumot (a man of bribes) cast off restaint [i.e., perish
man, loyal man) shall abound bringeth it down. ungovernable], but he that is
with birkhot, but he that |5| A gever that flattereth his shomer over the torah, happy
maketh haste to be rich shall neighbor spreadeth a reshet is he.
not go unpunished. (net) for his feet. |19| An eved will not be
|21| To show partiality is not |6| By peysha (transgression) corrected by devarim, for
tov; for a piece of lechem that an ish rah is snared, but the though he understand he will
gever will transgress. tzaddik doth sing and have not answer.
|22| He that hasteth to be simchah. |20| Seest thou an ish that is
rich hath a rah ayin, and |7| The tzaddik considereth hasty in his devarim? There is
considereth not that want the cause of the dalim, but the more tikvah for a kesil (fool)
shall come upon him. rasha (wicked) doeth not than for him.
|23| He that rebuketh an understand such da'as |21| He that pampers his
adam afterwards shall find (knowledge). eved from youth up shall have
more chen (favor) than he that |8| Scornful men enflame a him as his ben at the acharit
flattereth with the lashon. city, but chachamim turn (end).
|24| He who robbeth aviv or away af (wrath). |22| An ish af (angry man)
immo, and saith, It is no |9| If an ish chacham has to stirreth up strife, and a ba'al
peysha (transgression), the contend with a fool, he [the chemah (ill-tempered man)
same is the chaver (fellow, fool] rageth or laugheth, and aboundeth in peysha
companion) of an ish hath no rest. (transgression).
mashchit (man of destruction). |10| The anshei damim hate |23| Ga'avat adam (pride of
|25| The covetous stirreth up integrity, but the yesharim man) shall bring him low, but
strife, but he that putteth his seek his nefesh (soul, i.e., his the humble in ruach shall
trust in Hashem shall be soul’s well-being). attain kavod.
prospered. |11| A kesil (fool) uttereth all |24| He who is partner with a
|26| He that trusteth in his his wrath, but a chacham ganav hateth his own nefesh;
own lev is a kesil (fool), but he keepeth it back quietly. he heareth the curse of the
who walketh in chochmah, he |12| If a moshel pays heed to victim but discloses nothing.
shall be delivered. davar sheker, all his |25| The fear of adam
|27| He that giveth unto the mesharetim (officials, bringeth a mokesh (snare), but
rahsh (poor) shall not lack, but ministers) are resha'im. he who putteth his trust in
he that hideth his eynayim |13| The rahsh (pauper) and Hashem shall be secure.
meeteth many curses. the oppressor have this in |26| Many seek the moshel's
|28| When the resha'im rise, common: Hashem favor, but mishpat ish cometh
adam hide themselves, but enlighteneth both their from Hashem.
eynayim.
Ketuvim 667 Mishle 29, 30, 31
|27| An unjust man is a |12| There is a dor |22| For an eved (slave) when
to'evah to the tzaddikim, and (generation) that is tahor he reigneth; and a naval (fool)
he that is yeshar derech (pure) in its own when he is full with lechem;
(upright in the way) is to'evah eynayim, and yet is not |23| For an unloved woman
to the rasha. washed from its filthiness. when she is married; and a
The devarim of |13| There is a dor shifchah that displaces her
30 Agur Ben Yakeh,

even the massa; the
gever (man) spoke unto Itiel,
(generation), O how haughty
in loftiness are their eynayim!
And their eyelids are proudly
gevirah (lady, mistress).
|24| There are four things
which are little upon eretz,
even unto Itiel and Uchal: lifted up. but they are exceeding
|2| Surely I am more stupid |14| There is a dor chachamim:
than any ish, and have not the (generation), whose teeth are |25| The nemalim (ants) are
binat adam. as charavot (swords), and their an am (people) not strong, yet
|3| I neither learned jaw teeth are as knives, to they store up their lechem in
chochmah, nor have the da'as devour the aniyim (oppressed the kayitz (summer);
of the kadoshim. poor ones) from off ha'aretz, |26| The badgers are but a
|4| Who hath ascended into and the evyonim (needy ones) feeble folk, yet they make their
Shomayim, or descended? from among adam. bais in the rocks;
Who hath gathered ruach in |15| The leech hath two |27| The arbeh (locusts) have
the hollows of His hands? Who banot: Give! Give! There are no melech, yet they go forth all
hath bound the mayim in a shalosh (three) that are never of them in ranks;
cloak? Who hath established satisfied, indeed, four things |28| The lizard can be held in
all the afsei aretz (ends of the never say, Enough! the hands, yet is in heikhelot
earth)? What is Shmo (His |16| Sheol, and the barren (palaces) of a melech.
Name), and what is Shem Bno womb; eretz that is never |29| There are shloshah
(the Name of His Son [See satisfied with mayim; and eish which are majestic in stride,
Memra, creative Word of G-d in that saith not, Enough! indeed, four are stately in
Targumim]), if thou canst tell? |17| The ayin (eye) that walk:
|5| Every word of G-d is mocketh at av, and scorneth to |30| A lion which is gibbor
flawless; He is a mogen unto obey em, the ravens of the among behemah (beasts), and
them that take refuge in Him. valley shall peck it out, and retreateth not from any;
|6| Add thou not unto His the bnei nesher shall eat it. |31| The strutting rooster; the
devarim, lest He rebuke thee, |18| There are shalosh which he-goat also; and a melech,
and thou be found a kazav are too wonderful for me, when his army is with him.
(liar). indeed, four which I |32| If thou hast done
|7| Two things have I understand not; foolishly in exalting thyself, or
required of thee; deny me |19| The derech hanesher if thou hast devised rah, lay
them not before my mot; (way of the eagle) in the sky; thine yad upon thy peh.
|8| Remove far from me shav the derech nachash upon a |33| Surely the churning of
(vanity, falsehood) and davar tzur (rock); the derech oniyah cholov (milk) bringeth forth
kazav (word of a liar); give me (way of a sailing vessel) in the khemah (butter), and the
neither poverty nor osher; feed midst of the yam (sea); and the wringing of the nose bringeth
me lechem chukki (my daily derech gever (way of a man) forth dahm; so the stirring up
bread); with an almah (unmarried of anger bringeth forth strife.
|9| Lest I be full, and deny young virgin; see Gn The devarim of
Thee, and say, Who is
Hashem? Or lest I be poor,
and become a ganav, and
24:43,16,63-65.
|20| Such is the derech isha
mena'efet (way of an
31 Lemuel Melech,
the massa (burden,
oracle) that immo taught him.
profane the Shem of Elohai. adulterous woman): she |2| What, my bar (son, see
|10| Do not slander an eved eateth, and wipeth her peh Ps 2:12)? And what, the bar of
unto his adon, lest he curse (mouth), and saith, I have my womb? And what, the bar
thee, and thou be found done no wrong. of my nedarim (vows)?
guilty. |21| For shalosh the eretz is |3| Give not thy strength unto
|11| There is a dor disquieted, and for four which nashim, nor thy drakhim to
(generation) that curseth its it cannot bear: that which destroyeth
av, and doth not make a melachim.
bracha on its em.
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|4| It is not for melachim, O |19| She layeth her yadayim Edom--see Job 1:1; Lam. 4:21)
Lemuel, it is not for melachim to the distaff, and her fingers grapples with is: in the face of
to drink yayin; nor for rulers lay hold of the spindle. the riddle of life's sufferings,
to crave strong drink; |20| She extends her palms to what answer can
|5| Lest they drink, and forget the oni; indeed, she reacheth chochmah (wisdom) bring to
the decree, and pervert the forth her yadayim to the evyon vindicate both G-d and
justice of the bnei oni (all the (needy). suffering Man as nevertheless
oppressed afflicted people). |21| She is not afraid of the righteous and worthy? The
|6| Give strong drink unto sheleg (snow) for her bais; for divine answer comes in the
him that is ready to perish, all her bais are clothed with form of a drama whose diction
and yayin unto those that be scarlet. is a long dialogue poem
of bitter nefesh. |22| She maketh herself sandwiching its dialogical
|7| Let him drink, and forget coverings of tapestry; her wisdom between a prose
his poverty, and remember his levush (clothing) is fine linen prologue and a prose epilogue.
amal (misery) no more. and purple. If we were thinking of staging
|8| Open thy peh (mouth) for |23| Her ba'al (husband) is it, we might have Job himself
the illem (mute) in the cause known in the she'arim, when be the narrator who goes in
of all such as are bnei chalof he sitteth among the ziknei and out of the story. At the
(sons of destitution). eretz. beginning of the drama, a
|9| Open thy peh (mouth), |24| She maketh fine demonic wager puts both G-d
judge tzedek, and plead the garments, and selleth them; (G-d's worth in Himself) and
cause of the oni and the and delivereth sashes Man (the worth of Man's love
evyon. unto the kena'ani (merchant). for G-d) to the test. See 1:8-11;
|10| Who can find an aishes |25| Oz (strength) and hadar 2:3-5. Is G-d really worth
chayil (a woman of valor, an (dignity) are her clothing; and everything (do His people
excellent wife Prov 12:4)? For her smile is toward the yom really believe so?), or is religion
her worth is far above rubies. acharon (coming day, future). merely a convenient opiate of
|11| The lev of her ba'al |26| She openeth her peh the people, as in Karl Marx's
(husband) doth securely trust (mouth) with chochmah; and demonic challenge? Remem-
in her, so that he shall have no on her lashon is the torat ber, now, Job is a type of
lack of gain. chesed (teaching of kindness). Moshiach, as we will show.
|12| She will do him tov and |27| She watcheth well over Since Job's life, as seen in these
not rah all the days of her life. the halichot (goings, ways) of Scriptures, is exposed to
|13| She seeketh tzemer her bais (household), and Satanic attack, this very
(wool), and flax, and worketh eateth not the lechem atzlut attack also points forward
willingly with her palms. (bread of idleness). prophetically to the attacks of
|14| She is like the oniyyot |28| Her banim rise up, and Satan against Moshiach
socher (ship merchant); she call her blessed; her ba'al Adoneinu, both at the
bringeth her lechem from (husband) also, and he beginning of his ministry, at
afar. praiseth her. the turning point after he
|15| She riseth also while it is |29| Rabbot banot have done shares with his Shluchim his
yet lailah, and provideth food virtuously, but thou excellest coming histalkus, and at
to her bais, and a chok them all. Moshiach’s Tish (see Mk 1:13;
(portion) to her na'arot |30| Chen (charm) is sheker 8:27-33; Yn 13:2). We see that
(servant girls). (deceitful), and yofi (beauty) is Job 1:21 offers the instinct of
|16| She considereth a sadeh, fleeting; but an isha Yirat faith to answer life's biggest
and buyeth it; with the fruit of Hashem (a G-d fearing wife), riddle: why do we suffer? Or
her palms she planteth a she shall be praised. rather, how can G-d be good if
kerem (vineyard). |31| Give her of the p’ri (fruit) He allows us to suffer? The
|17| She girdeth her loins of her yadayim; and let her answer of 1:21 must be
with strength, and own ma'asim praise her in the elaborated as the protagonist
strengtheneth her zero'ot she'arim. (hero) is tested in depth, and
(arms). the probe that follows
|18| She perceiveth that her T.N. The Book of Job raises a necessitates a dramatic
merchandise is tov; her ner question. The question for the dialogical interrogation of both
(light) goeth not out balailah. sages of Israel that the book of G-d and Man, utilizing wise
Job (a non-Jewish sage from men or sages.
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Chapter 3:1-31:40 offers the cried out to G-d for vindi- from suffering in the flesh (1K
solution to the riddle given by cation. This minister waited for 4:1). Like our Moshiach, Job
Job's three friends: you are G-d to vindicate his innocence prays for his enemies in 42:8.
suffering for sin; therefore, and to stop the mouths of his Shliach Sha'ul says, "All men
repent and your sufferings will detractors. Satan was behind forsook me." Job's question in
vanish! In chapter 32:1-37:24, the whole plot, because it was 9:2 is answered in Habakkuk
Elihu presents his solution to the ministry of the man of G-d 2:4. Look at 9:33 and 16:18-
Job's riddle: you are under- that was being unjustly 21. Is not our Moshiach our
going a divine discipline of love discredited. After a long period defender, our paraclete [a
to deter you from further sin; of being put to the test, the friend of the accused person
therefore, stop claiming L-rd restored everything that called to speak in his favor]
innocence like the wicked do He had allowed to be taken against Satan's accusations?
before G-d, and stop calling from the man of G-d. In fact, See Job 31:35, I Yn 2:1; Job
G-d's justice into question. the man of G-d received back 33:23-26. Job 14:14 is
G-d's solution finally appears from the L-rd his ministry answered by Job 19:25-26.
in chps 38--41. In brief, appointment, etc. He even Remember the Go'el from
G-d replies that to encounter received back more than he the book of Ruth? This word is
G-d, whether in abasement or lost! Then he learned by found in Job 19:25. Job 38:33
abundance, is enough and is experience what he had is a good point for Besuras
worth everything. Then, in the believed already by faith: that Hageulah rejecters or
epilogue, G-d "restores what G-d is worth everything and is for proud scientists who accept
has been taken" (Yoel 2:25; worth losing everything for. the g-dless cosmogony of
Job 42:10f) and "all things Have you ever had a Job evolution instead of the book of
work together (co-operate) for experience of dying to self for Genesis properly interpreted in
good for those who love G-d Moshiach and coming back to the light of other Scripture.
and are called according to his life with "all these things added The whole section starting
purpose" (Ro 8:28). unto you as well"? Could you from chapter 38 reveals the
Have you ever had a Job tell your story and let it weakness, ignorance,
experience? Our Moshiach did. minister in kiruv outreach for unworthiness and stupidity of
Shliach Sha'ul did. Shliach the Moshiach, using the theme puny man so prone to
Sha'ul seems to be talking of Job to show how G-d proved arrogance. To sum up, in the
about all true witnessing Himself real to you at the end book of Job the hero is
kadoshim in 2C chp 4. Can of your struggle of faith? What presented as the ideal man of
you give your edus (testimony) is a theodicy? See chapter wisdom literature, a sage,
of faith in the form of a before- 36:2. What is the two-tier prosperous, blessed of G-d and
and-after Job experience so structure of reality presented in honored of men, one who is
that G-d gets the glory and is Job? How is it like the upright in character and on no
presented as worth it all in the structure of reality presented in account can be tempted to
end? We will overcome the Revelation and the rest of curse G-d, so great is his wise
devil by the word of our Scripture? What is a fear of the Almighty. A crisis
testimony (Rv 12:11). There theophany? See 38:1-42:6. Do occurs in Job's life that leads
was once a minister who had a you see how religious him to seek G-d in a deeper
"Job" experience. He was called functionaries who earn way. So extreme is Job's
on the carpet by his overseers, outlandish salaries might situation that nothing less
who accused him of heresy. bring HaSatan's accusation than a personal encounter
Then his family deserted him against themselves (1:9)? with G-d will suffice. Job's
and he lost his home. Then his Look at chapter 5. Eliphaz despair brings him to the point
friends came around and infers that Job is a fool (5:2) of discovering that philosophy
lectured him on not being a whom G-d is correcting (5:17). and religion are amal
good family man. Then all the He tries to comfort Job but m’nachamim “miserable
religious people avoided him. wounds him with false comforters” (16:2). He needs to
He even lost his ministry accusations. Job is pictured know G-d personally, nothing
appointment and was left all more and more as a less will satisfy the gnawing
alone. In all this he had done kicked-down sage, who is a yearning within his soul. This
nothing wrong, but he held on type of Moshiach, and Job's is the promise of Jer.31:31 New
to his integrity and wisdom is that which comes Covenant, knowing Hashem.
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However, to seek an encounter own righteousness. Ask the before Hashem, and Hasatan
with a Holy G-d requires an Ruach Hakodesh to help you came also among them.
answer to the question raised see the perfect and yashar ish, |7| And Hashem said unto
by Bildad who asks Job, "How Moshiach Tzidkeinu and Hasatan, From where comest
can a man be yitz'dak Moshieinu. Though we were thou? Then Hasatan answered
(righteous, justified) before created for mitzvos (Ep 2:10), it Hashem, and said, From
G-d?" This question is is Moshiach Tzidkeinu (our roaming to and fro in ha'aretz,
answered in Chabakuk and Righteousness, Jer 23:6) and and from walking up and
Romans, and Galatians and not mitzvos which is our down in it.
has to do with our Melitz justification, and this is not |8| And Hashem said unto
Yosher also mentioned in Job. our own doing but an act of Hasatan, Hast thou
He is our intercessor in Hashem whereby we are considered in thy heart avdi
Heaven, Moshiach Tzidkeinu mercifully accounted free from Iyov, that there is none like
(MJ 4:14-16) without whom no the penalty of averos, even free him in ha'aretz, a perfect and
man can stand vindicated and of guilt, and graciously a yashar ish, yire Elohim, and
redeemed as righteous before a bestowed the status divine shunneth evil?
righteous G-d. While Job stands acquittal restores. |9| Then Hasatan answered
rejected and forsaken with Hashem, and said, Is Iyov a
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mockers around him (17:2), he yire Elohim (G-d fearer) for
reminds the reader of the nothing?
There was an ish in
picture we have of the suffering
Servant of the L-rd in Isaiah
53 or the mocked Dovidic King
in Psalm 22 (compare Job 27:4
1 Eretz Uz, shmo Iyov; and
that ish was blameless
and yashar, and yire Elohim,
|10| Hast not Thou made a
hedge [of protection] about
him, and about his bais, and
about all that he hath on every
and shunned evil.
to Isa. 53:9). In the midst of side? Thou hast blessed the
|2| And there were born unto
the satanic accusations Job ma'aseh (work) of his hands,
him seven banim and shalosh
"holds fast to his integrity" and his possessions are
banot.
(27:6) and waits on the L-rd to increased in ha'aretz.
|3| His possessions also were
confirm his innocence and |11| But put forth Thine yad
seven thousand tzon and three
accept him and his cause as now, and strike all that he
thousand gemalim, and five
just (Job 42:7-8). So the hath, and he will curse Thee
hundred yoke of oxen, and
mocked sage who becomes a to Thy face.
five hundred she-donkeys, and
fool that the world curses and |12| And Hashem said unto
very many avadim; so that this
makes sport of is depicted here. Hasatan, Hinei, all that he
ish was the greatest of kol bnei
This points the reader to hath is in thy yad; only upon
kedem.
Moshiach Tzidkeinu (Jeremiah himself put not forth thine
|4| And his banim went and
23:6) whom we embrace by yad. So Hasatan went out
held a mishteh in their bais,
faith and who enfolds us in his from the presence of Hashem.
every one in his turn in his
righteousness. This is |13| And there was a yom
bais; and sent and called for
Hashem’s imputation of the when his banim and his banot
their three achayot to eat and
righteousness of G-d, the were eating and drinking
to drink with them.
righteousness through which yayin in the bais achihem
|5| And it was so, when the
we are made righteous. For in habechor (the house of their
yamim of their mishteh were
the Besuras HaGeulah is the firstborn brother):
gone, that Iyov sent and set
righteousness of G-d revealed, |14| And there came a
them apart as kodesh, and
as it is written, the tzaddik malach (messenger) unto Iyov,
rose up early in the boker, and
(righteous one) shall live by his and said, The oxen were
offered olot (burnt offerings)
emunah (Chabakuk 2:4; plowing, and the donkeys
according to the mispar
Bereshis 15:6). Hashem’s “My feeding beside them:
(number) of them all: for Iyov
Righteous Servant (Isa 53:11)” |15| And the Sabeans
said, It may be that my banim
makes others to be declared attacked, and took them away;
have sinned, and cursed
righteous in right standing yea, they have slain the
Elohim in their hearts. Thus
with Hashem. The person of na'arim with the edge of the
did Iyov kol hayamim.
faith can be justified in the cherev; and I only am escaped
|6| Now there was a yom
sight of Hashem only through alone to tell thee.
when the Bnei HaElohim
trust in the righteousness of
came to present themselves
Moshiach and not through his
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|16| While he was yet |2| And Hashem said unto Temani, and Bildad the
speaking, there came also Hasatan, From where comest Shuchi, and Tzophar the
another, and said, thou? And Hasatan answered Na’amati; for they had
The eish Elohim is fallen from Hashem, and said, From made an appointment
Shomayim, and hath burned going to and fro through together to come to
up the tzon, and the na'arim, ha'aretz, and from walking up sympathize with him and to
and consumed them; and I and down in it. comfort him.
only am escaped alone to tell |3| And Hashem said unto |12| And when they lifted up
thee. Hasatan, Hast thou their eyes afar off, and
|17| While he was yet considered in your meditation recognized him not, they lifted
speaking, there came also Avdi (My Servant) Iyov, that up their voice, and wept; and
another, and said, there is none like him in they made the keri'ah every
The Kasdim (Chaldeans) ha'aretz, ish tam and yashar, one on his mantle, and
formed shloshah rashim, and yire Elohim, and shunning sprinkled dust upon their
fell upon the gemalim and rah? And still he holdeth fast heads toward Shomayim.
have carried them away, yea his integrity, although thou |13| So they sat [shiva] with
and slain the na'arim with the inciteth Me against him, to him upon the ground shivat
edge of the cherev; and I only ruin him for no reason. yamim and shivat lailah, and
am escaped alone to tell thee. |4| And Hasatan answered none spoke a word unto him;
|18| While he was yet Hashem, and said, Skin for for they saw that his suffering
speaking, there came also skin, yea, all that an ish hath was very great.
another, and said, will he give for his nefesh.
Thy banim and thy banot |5| But stretch forth Thine After this opened Iyov
were eating and drinking
yayin in the bais achihem
habechor;
yad now, and touch his etzem
and his basar, and he will
curse Thee to Thy face.
3 his mouth, and cursed
his yom.
|2| And Iyov spoke, and said,
|19| And, hinei, there came a |6| And Hashem said unto |3| Let the yom perish
ruach gedolah from the Hasatan, Hinei, he is in thine wherein I was born, and
midbar, and struck the arbah yad; but spare his nefesh. halailah in which it was said,
pinot (four corners) of the |7| So went Hasatan out from There is a gever born.
bais, and it fell upon the the presence of Hashem, and |4| Let that yom be choshech;
na'arim, and they are dead; afflicted Iyov with shekhin rah let not Elohim regard it from
and I only am escaped alone (foul boils) from the sole of his above, neither let the light
to tell thee. regel unto the top of his head. shine upon it.
|20| Then Iyov arose, and |8| And he took him a cheres |5| Let choshech and the
made the keri'ah on his (potsherd, piece of broken tzalmavet (shadow of death)
mantle, and shaved his head, pottery) to scrape himself claim it; let an anan dwell
and fell down upon the withal; and he sat down upon it; let the blackness of
ground, and worshiped, among the ashes. the yom terrify it.
|21| And said, Arom came I |9| Then said his isha unto |6| As for that lailah, let
out of beten immi, and arom him, Dost thou still retain darkness seize upon it; let it
shall I return there; Hashem thine integrity? Curse Elohim, not be joined unto the yamim
gave, and Hashem hath taken and die. of the shanah, let it not come
away; yehi Shem Hashem |10| But he said unto her, into the number of the
mevorach. Thou speakest as one of the months.
|22| In all this Iyov sinned nevalot (foolish women) |7| Hinei, let that lailah be
not, nor natan tiflah leElohim speaketh. What? Shall we barren; let no joyful shout
(charged G-d with folly). receive hatov from Elohim, come therein.
and shall we not accept |8| Let them curse it that
Again there was a day harah? In all this did not Iyov curse the yam, who are ready
2 when the Bnei

HaElohim came to
present themselves before
sin in what he said.
|11| Now when the three
friends of Iyov heard of all this
to rouse Leviathan.
|9| Let the kokhavim of the
dawn thereof be dark; let it
Hashem, and Hasatan came ra'ah that had come upon look for ohr, but have none;
also among them to present him, they came every one from neither let it see the dawning
himself before Hashem. his own place; Eliphaz the of the shachar,
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|10| Because it shut not up |26| I was not in safety, [15| Then a ruach passed
the dalatot of my mother's neither had I rest, neither was before my face; the hair of my
womb, nor hid amal (tzoros) I quiet; and rogez (tzoros, basar stood up;
from mine eyes. turmoil) came. |16| It stood still, but I could
|11| Why did I not come to not discern the appearance
mot at birth? Why did I not Then Eliphaz the thereof; a temunah (form) was
perish when I came out of the
beten (belly, womb)?
|12| Madua (why) were there
4 Temani answered and
said,
|2| If we attempt a davar with
before mine eyes, there was
silence, and I heard a voice,
saying,
birkayim to receive me? Or thee, wilt thou be offended? |17| Shall enosh (mortal
why the shadayim that from But who can withhold himself man) be more righteous than
them I should nurse? from speaking? Eloah? Shall a man be more
|13| For atah (now) I would |3| Hinei, thou hast tahor than his Maker?
be lying still and quiet, have instructed rabbim (many), and |18| Behold, He puts no trust
slept and been at rest, thou hast strengthened the in His avadim, and His
|14| With melachim and weak hands. malachim (angels) He charged
yo'atzim of ha'aretz, which |4| Thy words have upheld with toholah (error).
build ruins for themselves; him that was falling, and thou |19| How much more them
|15| Or with sarim (princes) hast strengthened the feeble that dwell in batim (houses) of
that had zahav, who filled birkayim (knees). clay, whose yesod (foundation,
their batim (houses) with |5| But atah (now) it is come origin) is in the dust, which
kesef; upon thee, and thou art are crushed like the moth?
|16| Or as a hidden stillborn-- impatient; it toucheth thee, |20| They are destroyed from
I had not been!--as olelim and thou art troubled. boker to erev; they perish for-
which never saw ohr. |6| Is not this thy fear, thy ever without any regarding it.
|17| There the resha'im cease confidence, thy tikveh, and the |21| Is not the cord of their
from troubling; and there the blamelessness of thy ways? tent which is in them pulled
weary are at rest. |7| Consider now, who ever up? They die, even without
|18| There the asirim perished, being naki chochmah (wisdom).
(prisoners, captives) rest (innocent)? Or where were the
together; they hear not the yesharim (upright ones) cut
voice of the oppressor. off? Call now, if there be any
|19| The katon and gadol are
there; and the eved is free
from his adon.
|8| Even as I have seen, they
that plow iniquity, and sow
amal (trouble), reap the same.
5 that will answer thee,
and to which of the
kadoshim (holy ones) wilt thou
|20| Why is ohr given to him |9| By the neshamah (breath) turn?
that is in misery, and chayyim of Eloah they perish, and by |2| For ka'as (anger) killeth
unto the bitter in nefesh; the ruach of His nostrils are the foolish man, and kinah
|21| Which long for mavet, they consumed. (envy) slayeth the simple one.
but it cometh not; and dig for |10| The roaring of the aryeh, |3| I have seen the fool taking
it more than for hidden and the voice of the fierce lion, shoresh (root), but suddenly I
treasures; and the teeth of the young cursed his habitation.
|22| Which rejoice lions, are broken. |4| His banim are far from
exceedingly, and are glad, |11| The old lion perisheth yesha (safety, salvation), and
when they can find the kever? for lack of teref (prey), and the they are crushed in the sha'ar
|23| Why is ohr given to a stout lion's cubs are scattered. (gate, before the public),
gever whose derech is hidden, |12| Now a davar was secretly neither is there any to deliver
and whom Elohim hath brought to me, and mine ear them.
hedged in? received a whisper thereof. |5| Whose katzir (harvest) the
|24| For my sighing cometh |13| In thoughts from the hungry eateth up, and taketh
instead of lechem, and my chezyonot lailah, when it even from among of the
groanings are poured out like tardemah (deep sleep) falleth tzinnim (thorns), and the
the mayim. on anashim, intriguer pants after their
|25| For the pachad (terror) |14| Pachad came upon me, wealth.
which I greatly feared is come and trembling, which made all |6| Although affliction
upon me, and that which I my atzmot to shake. springeth not forth of the
dreaded is come unto me. aphar (dust), neither doth
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amal (trouble, tzoros) sprout |22| At destruction and |9| Even that it would please
out of the adamah; famine thou shalt laugh; Eloah to crush me; that He
|7| Yet adam is born unto neither shalt thou be afraid of would let loose His yad, and
amal (trouble, tzoros), even as the chayyat ha'aretz. cut me off!
sparks fly upward. |23| For thou shalt be in |10| Then should I yet have
|8| I would seek El (G-d), and league with the avanim of the nechamah (consolation); yea, I
before Elohim would I lay my sadeh, and the chayyat sadeh would exult in chilah (pain);
cause; shall be hashelemah (at peace) let him not spare; for I have
|9| Who doeth gedolot with thee. not concealed the imrei
unsearchable, marvellous |24| And thou shalt know Kadosh (words of the Holy
things without mispar; that shalom shall be thy ohel; One).
|10| Who giveth matar upon and thou shalt visit thy |11| What is my koach, that I
eretz, and sendeth mayim habitation, and find nothing should wait? And what is mine
upon the fields; wanting. end, that I should make
|11| To set up on high those |25| Thou shalt know also patient my nefesh?
that be the shefalim (the lowly that thy zera shall be rav, and |12| Is my koach the koach of
ones); that those which mourn thine offspring as the esev avanim? Or is my basar
may be exalted to safety, ha'aretz. bronze?
|12| Thwarting the |26| Thou shalt come to thy |13| Is it that my help is not
machshevot of the arumim kever in a ripe age, like a within me? And is tushiyyah
(crafty ones), so that their shock of grain cometh in its (success) driven from me?
hands cannot accomplish season. |14| To him that is afflicted,
tushiyyah (success). |27| Hinei zot, this we have chesed should be shown from
|13| He taketh the searched out, so it is; hear it, his friend; otherwise, he
chachamim in their own arum and apply thou it for thy good. forsaketh the fear of Shaddai.
(craftiness), and the etzah of But Iyov answered and |15| Achai (my brethren) have
the wily is swiftly swept away.
|14| They meet with choshech
in the daytime, and grope in
6 said,
|2| Oh that my ka'as
(vexation) were throughly
dealt deceitfully as a wadi,
and as the torrents of wadis
they vanish away;
the noonday as in the lailah, weighed, and my calamity laid |16| Which are blackish
|15| But He saveth the needy in the scales together! muddy by reason of the
from the cherev of their |3| For now it would be kerakh (ice), and wherein the
mouth, and from the yad heavier than the chol of the sheleg (snow) is melted.
chazak. seas; therefore my words are |17| What season they
|16| So the poor hath tikveh, impetuous. become warm, they vanish;
and olatah (perversity, |4| For the khitzim (arrows) of when it is hot, they disappear
wickedness) stoppeth her Shaddai are in me, the poison from their makom.
mouth. whereof drinketh my ruach; |18| The paths of their derech
|17| Hinei, ashrei is the the terrors of Eloah do set wind about; they go up to tohu
enosh whom Eloah correcteth; themselves in array against [Gn 1:2], and perish.
therefore despise not thou the me. |19| The caravans of Tema
musar (chastening) of |5| Doth the pereh (wild looked for them; the halichot
Shaddai; donkey) bray when he hath (traveling companies) of Sheva
|18| For He woundeth, and desheh? Or loweth the ox over hoped for them.
bindeth up; He injureth, and his fodder? |20| They were disappointed
His yadayim (hands) heal. |6| Can that which is tasteless because of their bitachon; they
|19| He shall deliver thee in be eaten without melach? Or come there and are
shesh tzoros; yea, in shivah is there any taste in the white confounded.
there shall no rah touch thee. of an egg? |21| For now ye are become
|20| In ra'av (famine) He shall |7| The things that my nefesh such; ye see my chatat (casting
redeem thee from mavet; and refused to touch are like my down), and are afraid.
in milchamah from the loathsome lechem. |22| Did I say, Bring unto
power of the cherev. |8| Who will grant that I me? Or, Give a present for me
|21| Thou shalt be hid from might have my she'elah of your ko'ach (power, wealth)?
the scourge of the leshon, (request); oh that Eloah would |23| Or, Deliver me from the
neither shalt thou be afraid of grant me my tikveh! yad tzar (hand of the enemy,
destruction when it cometh. oppressor)? Or, Redeem
me with a ransom from the |7| O remember that my life (mark, target, something to be
yad of the tyrants? is ruach (wind); mine eye shall hit) to Thee, so that I am a
|24| Teach me, and I will no more see tov. massa (burden) to Thee?
hold my tongue, and cause me |8| The ayin (eye) of him that |21| And why dost Thou not
to have binah wherein I have hath seen me shall see me no pardon my peysha
erred. longer; thine eyes are upon (transgression), and
|25| How forcible are the me, and I am no more. take away my avon (iniquity)?
imrei yosher (words of |9| Like the anan that fades For now shall I sleep in the
rectitude)! But what doth your and vanisheth away, so he aphar; and Thou shalt search
hokhiach (reproof) reprove? that goeth down to Sheol shall for me, but I shall be no more.
|26| Do ye think to reprove come up no more. Then answered Bildad
words? The words of one in
despair, which are as ruach?
|27| Yea, ye cast lots for the
|10| He shall return no more
to his bais, neither shall his
makom know him any more.
8 the Shuchi, and said,
|2| How long wilt thou
speak these things? And how
yatom, and over your friend ye |11| Therefore I will not curb long shall the words of thy
barter. my mouth; I will speak in the mouth be like a raging ruach
|28| Now therefore be pleased anguish of my ruach; I will (wind)?
to look upon me; for it is complain in the mar |3| Doth El pervert mishpat
evident unto you if in me there (bitterness) of my (justice)? Or doth Shaddai
is kazav (falsity). nefesh. pervert tzedek?
|29| Turn, now, let there be |12| Am I a yam, or a tannin |4| If thy banim have sinned
no iniquity; yea, turn again; at (monster of the yam [sea]), against Him, and He have cast
issue is my tzedek that Thou settest a mishmar them away for their peysha
(righteousness). (guard watch) over me? (transgression);
|30| Is there iniquity on my |13| When I say, My bed shall |5| If thou wouldest seek El
leshon? Cannot my palate give me nachamah (comfort), (G-d) earnestly, and make thy
discern havvot (perverse my couch shall ease my techinnah (supplication) to
things)? complaint, Shaddai;
|14| Then Thou frightenest |6| If thou wert pure and
Is there not a tzava me with chalomot (dreams), yashar; surely now He would
7 (forced hard service in

the army) to enosh (man)
upon earth? Are not his
and terrifiest me through
chezyonot (visions),
|15| So that my nefesh
rouse Himself for thee, and
restore the habitation of thy
tzedek.
days also like the yamim of a chooseth machanak |7| Though thy reshit
sachir (hired laborer)? (strangling) and mavet (death) (beginning) was small, yet thy
|2| As an eved earnestly rather than this skeleton. acharit (end) shall be
longeth for tzel (shade), and as |16| I loathe it; I would not exceedingly great.
a sachir waiteth for the wage live l'olam, let me alone; for |8| For inquire, now, of the
of his work, my yamim are hevel (vanity, dor rishon (former age), and
|3| So am I made to possess meaningless). consider the research of their
months of shav (vanity, |17| What is enosh (man), avot;
futility), and lailot amal that Thou shouldest make |9| --For we are but of temol
(nights of weariness) are much of him? And that Thou (yesterday, etmol) and know
appointed to me. shouldest set Thine lev upon nothing, because yameinu
|4| When I lie down, I say, him? (our days) upon earth are a
Mosai (how long) till I arise? |18| And that Thou shouldest tzel (shadow)--
But the erev drags on, and I visit him every boker, and try |10| Shall not they teach thee,
am full of tossings to and fro him every moment? and tell thee, and bring forth
unto dawn. |19| How long dost Thou not words out of their lev?
|5| My basar is clothed with look away from me? Nor let |11| Can the papyrus grow up
worm and clod of aphar; my me alone till I swallow down without marsh? Can the reed
ohr (skin) is broken, and my rok (spittle)? grow without mayim?
become loathsome. |20| Chatati (I have sinned); |12| Whilst it is yet in its
|6| My yamim are swifter what shall I do unto Thee, O greenness, and not cut
than a weaver's shuttle, and Thou Notzer HaAdam down, it withereth
are spent without tikveh. (Observer of men)? Why hast
Thou set me as a mifgah
before kol khatzir (all grass). |5| Which removeth the |19| If I speak of ko'ach,
|13| So are the paths of all harim (mountains), and they hinei, He is mighty, and if of
that forget El (G-d), and the know not; which overturneth mishpat, who can give Him a
tikvat chanef (hope of the them in His anger; court summons?
hypocrite, the irreligious, the |6| Which shaketh eretz out |20| If etzdak (I am justified,
secretly wicked profane of its place, and the ammudim in the right), mine own mouth
person) shall perish, thereof tremble; would condemn me; if I say, I
|14| Whose hope shall be cut |7| Which commandeth the am blameless, He would prove
off, and whose reliance shall cheres (sun), and it riseth not; me perverse.
be a bais akavish (spider's and sealeth up the kokhavim; |21| Though I were
web). |8| Which spreadeth out blameless, yet would I not
|15| He shall lean upon his Shomayim by Himself alone, know my nefesh; I would
bais, but it shall not stand, he and treadeth upon the waves despise my life.
shall cling to it, but it shall not of the yam; |22| This is one thing;
hold. |9| Which maketh the Bear, therefore I said it, He
|16| He is like a green plant Orion, and the Pleiades, and destroyeth the tam (blameless)
before the shemesh, and its the chambers of the and the rasha (wicked).
branch shooteth forth in its constellations on the south |23| If the shot (scourge) slay
gan (garden). side of the heavens; suddenly, He laugheth at the
|17| Its shorashim (roots) are |10| Which doeth gedolot past melting away [in anguish] of
wrapped about the rock heap, finding out; yea, and nifla'ot the nekiyim (innocent ones,
and it looks on the bais (wonders) without number. the guiltless ones).
avanim (place of stones). |11| Hen (lo), He passeth by |24| Eretz is given into the
|18| But when cast away from me, and I see Him not; He yad of the resha; He
its makom, then its place shall goeth on also, but I perceive blindfoldeth the faces of the
deny it, saying, Loh re'iticha (I Him not. shofetim (judges) thereof; if
never saw thee). |12| Hinei, He taketh away, not, then, who doeth it?
|19| Behold, thus was the joy who can stop Him? Who will |25| Now my yamim are
of its derech, and others say unto Him, Mah ta'aseh swifter than a runner; they
spring forth from the aphar (what are You doing)? flee away, they see no tovah.
(dust). |13| If Eloah restraineth not |26| They slip by like oniyyot
|20| Surely El (G-d) will not His anger, the helpers of (boats) of reed; as the nesher
cast away a blameless man, Rahab must bow themselves that swoopeth down on the
neither will He help the under Him. prey.
resha'im (evil-doers); |14| How much less shall I |27| If I say, I will forget my
|21| Till He fill thy mouth dispute with Him, and choose si’akh (complaint), I will leave
with sechok (laughter), and thy my dvarim with Him? off my heaviness, and comfort
lips with teruah (shouts of joy). |15| Whom, though I were myself,
|22| They that hate thee shall tzaddik (righteous, innocent, |28| I am afraid of all my
be clothed with bushah in the right), yet would I not sorrows; I have da'as that
(shame), and the ohel resha'im answer, but I would make Thou wilt not hold me
shall be no more. techinnah (supplication, plea innocent.
for mercy) for my mishpat |29| If I be wicked, why then
Then Iyov answered and (right). labor I in hevel (vain)?
9 said,
|2| I know it is indeed
thus, but how should yitzdak
|16| If I had summoned, and
He had responded to me, yet
would I not believe that He
|30| If I wash myself with
sheleg (snow), and make my
hands clean with lye,
Enosh im El (Man be in the had paid heed unto my kol |31| Yet shalt Thou plunge
right, justified, before G-d)? (voice); me in the shachat (slime pit),
|3| If he will contend with |17| For He breaketh me in a and mine own clothes shall
Him, once of a thousand can sa'arah (tempest, storm), and abhor me.
Man not answer G-d back. multiplieth my wounds |32| For He is not an ish, as I
|4| G-d is chochom in lev, and without cause. am, that I should answer Him,
mighty in ko'ach; who hath |18| He will not allow me to and we should come together
hardened himself to defy Him take my ruach (breath), but in mishpat (in the court).
and remained unhurt? filleth me with bitterness.
[33] Neither is there any |11| Thou hast clothed me Then answered
mochiach (arbitrator) between
us, that might lay his yad
upon us both.
with ohr and basar, and hast
knitted me together with
atzmot and sinews.
11 Tzophar the
Na'amati, and said,
|2| Should not the multitude
[34] Let Him take His shevet |12| Thou hast granted me of dvarim be answered? And
(rod) away from me, and let chayyim and chesed, and Thy should an ish full of talk
not His fear terrify me. visitation hath been shomer yitzdak (be justified)?
[35] Then would I speak, and over my ruach. |3| Should thy vain talk
not fear Him; but it is not ken |13| And these things hast silence men, so that thou
(so) with me. Thou hid in Thine lev; I have mockest, v'ein machlim
da'as that this was in Thy (without anyone putting thee
My nefesh is sick of mind. to shame)?
10 my life; I will give

free rein to my
si’akh (complaint); I will speak
|14| If I sin, then Thou art
shomer over me, and Thou
wilt not let my avon go
|4| For thou hast said, My
lekach (doctrine, teaching,
belief) is pure, and I am clean
in the mar (bitterness) of my unpunished. in Thine eyes.
nefesh. |15| If I am guilty, woe unto [5| But oh that Eloah would
|2| I will say unto Eloah, Do me; even if I be tzaddik speak, and open His lips
not condemn me; show me (innocent), yet will I not lift up against thee,
what charge Thou dost my head, being full of kalon |6| And that He would show
contend with me. (shame) and conscious of my thee the secrets of chochmah,
|3| Is it hatov (pleasing) unto oni (misery), that tushiyyah (true wisdom)
Thee that Thou shouldest |16| For if my head is held has two sides! Have da'as
oppress, that Thou high, Thou stalkest me like a therefore that Eloah forgetteth
shouldest reject the work of fierce lion, and ever Thou much of thy avon.
Thine hands, and shine [favor] displayest Thy awesome power |7| Canst thou search out the
upon the etzah (scheme) of the against me. cheker Eloah (depths of G-d)?
resha'im? |17| Thou bringest Thy fresh Canst thou probe to the
|4| Hast Thou eyes of basar? edim (witnesses) against me, tachlis Shaddai (the end,
Or seest Thou as enosh seeth? and increasest Thine hot completeness of Almighty)?
|5| Are Thy yamim like the indignation toward me; in |8| It is like the heights of
yamim of enosh? Are Thy waves Thy tzava troop against Shomayim; what canst thou
years like the days of gever me. do? Deeper than Sheol; of
(man), |18| Why then hast Thou what canst thou have da'as?
|6| That Thou seekest after brought me forth out of the |9| The measure thereof is
mine avon, and searchest after rechem (womb)? Oh longer than ha'aretz, and
my chattat? that I had expired, and no eye broader than the yam (sea).
|7| Though Thou has da'as had seen me! |10| When Eloah passes by
that I am not a resha, and |19| I should have been as and arrests and convenes for
there is none that can deliver though I had never been; I judgment, who then can
out of Thine yad, should have been carried from constrain Him?
|8| Thine yadayim have the beten straight to the kever. |11| For He has da'as of
formed me and altogether |20| Are not my yamim few? deceitful men; He seeth
round about have fashioned Then cease, and let me alone, wickedness also; will He not
me; yet Thou hast now that I may take a little cheer then take note of it?
swallowed me. |21| Before I go from where I |12| But before a witless ish
|9| Remember, now, that shall not return, even to the can become wise, a colt of a
Thou hast molded me like the Eretz Choshech V'Tzalmavet, pereh (wild donkey) would be
chomer (clay), and wilt Thou |22| An eretz of darkness, like born an adam!
turn me into aphar again? darkness itself; and of |13| If thou direct thine lev,
|10| Hast Thou not poured tzalmavet, no sedarim (order), and stretch out thine
me out like cholov, and where the light is like hands to Him,
curdled me like gvinah darkness.
(cheese)?
[14] If iniquity be in thine yad, who Eloah brought forth by |22| He uncovers the depths
put it far away, and let not His yad. of choshech, and bringeth
wickedness dwell in thy |7| But ask now the behemot, tzalmavet to light.
ohalim. and they shall teach thee, and |23| He giveth prosperity to
|15| For then shalt thou lift the oph haShomayim (birds of the Goyim, and then
up thy face without mum; yea, the air), and they shall tell destroyeth them; He enlargeth
thou shalt be firm, and shalt thee; them, and then carrieth the
not fear, |8| Or speak to ha'aretz, and Goyim away.
|16| Because thou shalt forget it shall teach thee; and the |24| He taketh away the lev
thy amal (grief), and dagim of the yam shall declare (understanding) of the Rashei
remember it as waters that unto thee. Am HaAretz, and sendeth
flow by, |9| Of all of these, who them to tohu lo derech
|17| And thine cheled lacketh da'as that the yad (trackless wilderness).
(duration of life) shall be Hashem hath wrought this? |25| They grope in the
brighter than the tzohorayim |10| In whose yad is the choshech without ohr, and He
(noonday); thou shalt shine nefesh of every living thing, maketh them to stagger like a
forth; thou shalt be as the and the ruach of kol basar ish. shikkor (drunken man).
boker. |11| Doth not the ozen (ear)
|18| And thou shalt be test words? And the mouth See, mine eye hath
secure, because now there is
tikveh; yea, thou shalt search,
and thou shalt take thy rest in
tastes its ochel?
[12| With the ancient ones is
chochmah; and in orech
13 seen all this, mine
ozen hath heard
and understood it.
safety. yamim (length of days) is |2| What ye know, of the same
|19| Also thou shalt lie down, binah (understanding). I have da'as also; I am not
and none shall make thee |13| With Him is chochmah inferior unto you.
afraid; yea, rabbim (many) and gevurah; He hath etzah |3| Surely I would speak to
shall court thy favor. and understanding. Shaddai, and I desire to
|20| But the eyes of the |14| See, what He tears down reason with El (G-d).
resha'im faileth, and they shall cannot be reconstructed; He |4| But ye are forgers of
not escape, and their tikveh shutteth up an ish, and there sheker, ye are all rofim
shall be as the last gasp of the can be no prison release. (physicians) of no value.
nefesh. |15| See, He withholdeth the |5| O that ye would altogether
And Iyov answered waters, and they dry up; also hold your peace! And it should
12 and said,
|2| Doubtless then
ye are the people, and
He sendeth them out, and
they overturn eretz.
|16| With Him is oz (strength)
be your chochmah.
|6| Hear now my tokhachat
(protest, public argumenta-
chochmah shall die with you. and tushiyyah (true wisdom); tion), and pay heed to the
|3| But I have levav the deceived and the deceiver pleadings of my lips.
(understanding) as well as you; are His. |7| Will ye talk wickedly on
I am not inferior to you; yea, |17| He leadeth yoatzim behalf of El (G-d) and speak
who knoweth not such things (counsellors) away stripped, deceitfully for Him?
as these? and maketh the shofetim |8| Will ye be partial to Him?
|4| I am as a laughingstock to (judges) fools. Will ye play the part of the
his neighbor: The man who [18| He looseth the shackle of defense attorney for El?
calleth upon Eloah [they say melachim (kings), and girdeth |9| Is it hatov that He should
of me], and He answereth him! their loins with loincloth. search you out? Or do you play
[To them I am] a |19| He leadeth kohanim the jester with Him, as one
laughingstock, the tzaddik, the away stripped, and plays the jester with enosh?
tamim (blameless one)! overthroweth the mighty. |10| He will surely reprove
|5| Those at ease have buz |20| He removeth the speech you, if ye do act with partiality
(contempt) for a downfall of the ne'emanim (trusted beseter (secretly).
which awaits the one whose ones), and taketh away the |11| Shall not His majesty
regel is slipping. understanding of the zekenim. make you afraid? And the
|6| The ohalim of shodedim |21| He poureth buz pachad of Him fall upon you?
(robbers) remain in peace; (contempt) upon nobles, and
they that defy El are secure, loosens the belt of the mighty.
|12| Your zichron meshalim |27| Thou puttest my feet also |12| So ish lieth down, and
(memorable sayings) are like in the stocks, and observest riseth not, till Shomayim be
unto ashes, your defenses are kol orkhot (paths, ways) of me; no more, they shall not awake,
strongholds of chomer (clay). Thou settest a mark upon the nor be raised out of their
|13| Hold your peace, let me soles of my raglayim, sleep.
alone, that Ani (I) may speak, |28| Around one who wastes |13| O that Thou wouldest
and let come on me what will. away as a rotten thing, as a hide me in Sheol, that Thou
|14| Why do I take my basar beged (garment) that is moth wouldest conceal me until Thy
in my teeth, and take my eaten. wrath has passed, that Thou
nefesh in mine yad? wouldest appoint me a chok
|15| Though He slay me, yet Adam that is born (set time), and remember me!
will I wait for and trust in Him;
but I will maintain my derech
before Him [Isaiah 53:8,10].
14 of isha is of few
yamim and full of
rogez (unrest).
|14| If a gever die, shall he
live again? All the days of my
tzava (hard army service) will I
|16| He also shall be my |2| He cometh forth like a wait, till my chalifah
Yeshuah (salvation); for a tzitz (flower), and is cut down; (changing, renewal) come.
chanef (irreligious man, he fleeth also as a tzel, and |15| Thou shalt call, and I
hypocrite) shall not come continueth not. will answer Thee; Thou wilt
before Him. |3| And doth Thou open have a desire for the ma'aseh
[17| Hear diligently my Thine eyes upon such a one, (work) of Thine hands.
confession, and my and bringest me into mishpat |16| For now Thou countest
declaration with your with Thee? my steps. Dost Thou not watch
oznayim. |4| Who can bring a tahor over my chattat?
|18| Hinei now, I have (clean thing) out of a tameh |17| My peysha is sealed up
prepared my mishpat (cause, (an unclean, cf Ro 5:12)? Loh in a bag, and Thou would
case); I know that I shall be echad (No one). cover over mine avon.
acquitted. |5| Seeing his yamim are |18| And surely the har
|19| Who is he that can determined, the number of his (mountain) falling crumbles,
contend against me? For atah chodashim (months) are with and the tzur (rock) is moved
(now), if I hold my tongue, I Thee, Thou hast appointed his out of its place.
shall expire. limits that he cannot exceed. |19| The mayim wear away
|20| Only do not shtayim (two |6| Turn from him, that he the avanim; Thou washest
things) unto me; then will I may rest, till he shall away the things which grow
not hide myself from Thee. accomplish, as a sachir (a out of the aphar aretz; and
|21| Withdraw Thine hand hired man), his day. Thou destroyest the tikvat
far from me, and let not Thy |7| For there is tikveh of an enosh.
eimah (dread, terror) make me etz, if it be cut down, that it |20| Thou prevailest
afraid. will sprout again, and that the lanetzach (forever) against
|22| Then kerah (summon), tender branch thereof will not him, and he passeth away;
and I will answer; or let me cease. Thou changest his
speak, and answer me. |8| Though the shoresh (root) countenance, and sendest him
|23| How many are mine thereof grow old in ha'aretz, away.
avonot and chatta'ot? Make and the stump thereof die in |21| His banim come to
me to know my peysha and my the aphar (dust), honor, and he knoweth it not;
chattat. |9| Yet through the scent of and they are brought low, but
|24| Lammah (why) hidest mayim it will bud, and bring he perceiveth it not of them.
Thou Thy face, and holdest forth branches like a young |22| Only his basar shall have
me for Thine enemy? plant. pain upon him, and his nefesh
|25| Wilt Thou frighten away |10| But gever dieth, and within him shall mourn.
a leaf driven to and fro? And wasteth away; yea, adam
wilt Thou pursue the dry kash breathes his last, and where is Then answered
(straw, chaff)?
|26| For Thou writest down
merorot (bitter things) against
he?
|11| As the mayim flow away
from the yam, and the nahar
15 Eliphaz the
Temani, and said,
|2| Should a chacham (wise
me, and makest me to inherit (stream) becomes parched and man) utter vain knowledge,
the avonot of my neurim drieth up, and fill his inner being with
(youth). the east wind?
|3| Should he reason with |18| Things which |33| He shall shake off his
unprofitable davar (talk)? Or chachamim declare from their unripe grape like the gefen,
with speeches wherewith no avot without concealment; and shall cast off his blossom
good is done? |19| Unto whom alone like the zayit (olive tree).
|4| Yea, thou makest void ha'aretz was given, and no zar |34| For the Adat Chanef
yireh [Elohim], and doth passed among them. (congregation of hypocrites)
diminish si’akh (meditation) |20| The reshah travaileth shall be barren, and eish shall
before El. with pain all his yamim, and consume the ohalim of
|5| For thy mouth uttereth numbered shanim are bribery.
thine avon, and thou choosest reserved for the oppressor. |35| They conceive amal
the leshon arumim (tongue of |21| A dreadful sound is in (trouble), and give birth to
the crafty). his oznayim; during shalom evil, and their belly worketh
|6| Thine own mouth the shoded (destroyer) shall mirmar (deceit).
condemneth thee, and loh Ani come upon him. Then Iyov
(not I); yea, thine own lips
testify against thee.
|7| Art thou harishon adam
|22| He believeth not in a
return from choshech, and he
is marked for the cherev.
16 answered and said,
|2| I have heard
many such things;
(the first man) that was born? |23| He wandereth about menachamei amal (miserable
Or wast thou made before the after lechem, saying, Where is comforters) are ye all.
hills? it? He has da'as the Yom Cho- |3| Shall divrei ruach (vain
|8| Hast thou attended to the shech is near at hand for him. words) have an end? Or what
sod Eloah (counsel of G-d)? |24| Distress and anguish provoketh thee that thou
And dost thou limit chochmah shall make him afraid; they answerest?
to thyself? shall seize him as a melech |4| I also could speak as ye
|9| Of what dost thou have poised for battle. do; if your nefesh were in
da'as, that we know not? What |25| For he stretcheth out his place of my nefesh, I could
understandest thou, which is yad against El (G-d), and with heap up words against you,
not in us? insolence vaunts himself and shake mine head at you.
|10| Both the grayheaded and against Shaddai. |5| But I would strengthen
very aged men are among us, |26| He charges against Him, you with my mouth, and the
much elder than avicha. with a stiff neck, with the thick moving of my shfatayim (lips)
|11| Are the tanechumot El bosses of his mogen (shield); should relieve your grief.
(consolations of G-d) not |27| Though he covereth his |6| Though I speak, my grief
enough for thee? Or panim with his fatness, and is not relieved, and though I
the davar that deals gently addeth fat on his flanks; forbear, mah (what)
with thee? |28| And he dwelleth in alleviation is it for me?
|12| Why doth thine lev carry desolate towns, and in batim |7| But now He hath worn me
thee away? And why do thy (houses) which no man out; Thou hast made desolate
eyes flash, inhabiteth, which are ready to kol adat (whole household) of
|13| That thou ventest thy crumble to rubble. me.
ruach against El (G-d), and |29| He shall not be osher, |8| And Thou hast filled me
lettest such words pour out of neither shall his substance with wrinkles, which is an ed
thy mouth? continue; neither shall their (witness) against me; and my
|14| What is enosh, that he possessions spread over leanness rising up in me
should be pure [in the sight of ha'aretz. beareth witness to my face.
Hashem]? And he which is |30| He shall not escape from |9| He teareth me in his
born of an isha, that yitzdak choshech; the flame shall wrath, who warreth against
(he should be in the right)? wither his branches, and in me; He gnasheth upon me
|15| If He trusteth not His the ruach of his mouth shall with His shinayim (teeth);
Kadoshim; yea, Shomayim is he perish. mine adversary sharpeneth
not pure in His eyes. |31| Let not him that is His eyes against me.
|16| How much more vile and deceived trust in shav (vanity); |10| They have struck at me
corrupt is ish, which drinketh for shav shall be his with their mouth; they have
iniquity like mayim? recompense. struck me upon the lekhi
|17| I will show thee, shema |32| His Yom is not yet; then (cheek) reproachfully; [Isa
to me; and that which I have it is accomplished, and his 50:6; Lam 3:30]
seen I will declare; branch shall not flourish.
they have conspired |3| Lay down an eravon end of words? Gain binah,
themselves together against (pledge) with Thee; who is he and afterwards we will speak.
me. that will put up security for |3| Why are we counted as
|11| El hath delivered me to me? behemah (cattle), and reputed
evil men, and turned me over |4| For Thou hast hid their stupid in your sight?
into the hands of the resha'im. lev from seichel; therefore |4| Thou art he who teareth
|12| I was at ease, but He shalt Thou not exalt them. his nefesh in his anger; shall
hath shattered me; He hath |5| He that informs on re'im eretz (earth) be forsaken for
also taken me by my neck, and for chelek, even the eyes of his thee? And shall the tzur be
shaken me to pieces, and set banim shall fail. removed out of its place?
me up for His mattarah |6| He hath made me also a |5| Yea, the ohr of the
(object of attack, target). mashal (byword) of the resha'im shall be put out, and
|13| His archers surround peoples; and I am one the flame of his eish shall not
me, He pierces my klayot in whose face they spit. burn.
(kidneys), and doth not show |7| Mine eye also is dim by |6| The ohr shall be choshech
mercy; He poureth out my gall reason of ka'as, and all my in his ohel, and his ner (lamp)
upon the ground. members are like a tzel above him is extinguished.
|14| He bursteth upon me (shadow). |7| The steps of his vigor shall
again and again; He runneth |8| Yesharim shall be be shortened, and his own
upon me like a gibbor appalled at this and the naki etzah (counsel, scheme) shall
(warrior). (pure, innocent) shall stir up cast him down.
|15| I have sewed sackcloth himself against the chanef |8| For he is cast into a reshet
upon my skin, and laid my (profane, irreligious). by his own raglayim, and he
keren (horn, strength) in the |9| The tzaddik also shall walketh into a pitfall.
aphar (dust). hold to his derech, and he |9| The pach (trap) shall take
|16| My face is red with whose yadayim are tahor shall him by the akev (heel), and the
weeping, and on my eyelids is grow stronger and stronger. snare shall prevail against
the tzalmavet; |10| But as for all you, do ye him.
|17| Not for any chamas in return, and come back now; |10| The noose is laid for him
mine hands; also my tefillah is for I cannot find one chacham ba'aretz (on the ground), and a
pure. among you. trap for him in the path.
|18| O earth, cover not thou |11| My yamim are past, my |11| Ballahot (terrors, terrible
my dahm, and let my outcry plans are broken, even the thoughts) shall make him
have no makom (place of rest). morashot (possessions, afraid on every side, and shall
|19| Also now, hinei, my Ed is desires) of my lev. dog him behind his feet.
in Shomayim, and my Sahed |12| They change the lailah |12| Calamity is ra'ev (hungry)
(witness, one who vouches for into yom; the ohr is near to for him, and destruction shall
me) is on high [MJ 4:15]. choshech, say they. be ready for his fall.
|20| My friends scorn me; but |13| If I wait, Sheol is mine |13| It shall devour the limbs
mine eye poureth out tears bais; I have made my bed in of his ohr (skin); even the
unto Eloah. the choshech. bechor mavet (plague) shall
|21| O that one might plead |14| I have said to Shachat, devour his members.
for a man with Eloah, as a thou art avi; to the worm, thou |14| That in which he trusted
man pleadeth for his art immi, and achoti. is rooted out of his ohel, and it
neighbor! |15| And where is now my shall march him to Melech
|22| When a few shanot are tikveh? As for my tikveh, who Ballahot (King of Terrors).
come, then I shall go the way regards it? |15| In his ohel nothing
whence I shall not return. |16| Will it go down to the dwells; gofrit (brimstone) is
gates of Sheol? Shall we go scattered upon his habitation.
My ruach is down together into the dust? |16| His shorashim shall be
17 broken, my yamim
are extinct, the Then answered
dried up beneath, and above
his branch shall wither.
kevarim are ready for me.
|2| Does not hatulim
(mockery) surround me? And
18 Bildad the Shuchi,
and said,
|2| Ad anah (Until when, how
|17| His memory shall perish
from the earth, and he shall
have no shem in the land.
doth not mine eye continue in long) will it be ere ye make an
their provocation?
|18| He shall be driven from |13| He hath put achai (my shoresh (root) of the matter is
ohr into choshech, and chased brethren) far from me, and found in me?
out of the tevel. mine acquaintances are verily |29| Be ye afraid of the
|19| He shall neither have estranged from me. cherev; for wrath bringeth the
offspring nor descendent |14| My kerov (near and dear) avonot (punishments) of the
among his am (people), nor is have failed, and my familiar cherev, that ye may know
there a sarid in his dwellings. friends have forgotten me. there is a judgment.
|20| The acharonim shall be |15| They that dwell in mine
astonished at his yom, as the bais, and my maidservants, Then answered
kadmonim were affrighted.
|21| Surely such are the
mishkenot (dwellings) of the
count me for a zar; I am a
nokhri in their sight.
|16| I summoned avdi, and
20
said,
Tzophar the
Na’amati, and
resha'im, and this is the place he gave me no answer; I |2| Therefore do my thoughts
of him that has no da'as of El. entreated him with my mouth. cause me to answer, and
|17| My ruach is repulsive to ba'avur (because of [this]) I
Then Iyov my isha, loathsome to bnei make haste.

|2| How long will
ye torment my nefesh, and
beten of mine.
|18| Even avilim (little
children) treat me with
|3| I hear the musar that
insults me, and the ruach of
my understanding causeth me
crush me with words? contempt; I appear, and they to answer.
|3| These ten times have ye ridicule me. |4| Knowest thou not this of
reproached me; ye have no |19| All my metei sod old, since adam was placed
bushah that ye cause me (confidants) detest me, and upon earth,
astonishment. they whom I loved are turned |5| That the triumphing of
|4| And be it indeed that I against me. the resha'im is short, and the
have erred, mine meshugah |20| My etzem cleaveth to my simchat chanef (joy of the
(error) remaineth with myself. ohr (skin) and to my basar, hypocrite) but for a moment?
|5| If indeed ye will magnify and I am escaped only by the |6| Though his excellency
yourselves above me, and use skin of my teeth. mount up to Shomayim, and
against me my cherpah |21| Chanuni, chanuni, O ye his rosh reach unto the clouds;
(reproach, humiliation), my friends; for the |7| Yet he shall perish
|6| Have da'as now that yad Eloah hath touched me. lanetzach (forever) like his
Eloah hath put me in the |22| Why do ye persecute me own dung; they which
wrong, and hath encompassed like El, not satisfied with my have seen him shall say,
me with his matzud (net). basar? Where is he?
|7| Behold, when I cry |23| Oh that my words were |8| He shall fly away as a
chamas, I am not heard; I cry but written! O that they were chalom, and shall not be
for help, but there is no recorded in a sefer! found; yea, he shall be chased
mishpat. |24| That they were engraved away as a chezyon lailah.
|8| He hath fenced around with a pen of barzel and with |9| The ayin also which saw
my way that I cannot pass, oferet (lead) in the tzur him shall see him no more;
and set choshech in my paths. forever! neither shall his makom any
|9| He hath stripped me of |25| For Ani yadati Goeli chai more behold him.
my kavod, and taken the (I know that my Redeemer |10| His banim shall seek the
ateret from my rosh. liveth), and that he shall stand favor of the poor, and his
|10| He breaks me down on up at Acharon (at the Last) hands shall restore their
every side till I am gone, and upon aphar (dust, the earth); goods.
mine tikveh hath He uprooted |26| And though after my ohr |11| His atzmot are full of
like an etz. (skin) has been thus destroyed, youthful vigor, which shall lie
|11| He hath also kindled His yet from my basar I shall see down with him in the aphar.
wrath against me, and He Eloah; |12| Though wickedness be
counteth me unto Him as His |27| Whom I shall see for sweet in his mouth, though he
tzar (enemy). myself, and mine eyes shall hide it under his leshon;
|12| His forces come together, behold and no other; my heart |13| Though he savor it, and
and raise up their seige ramp faints within me. forsake it not, but keep it still
against me, and encamp |28| But ye think, How we will betoch (within) his mouth;
around my ohel. persecute him, seeing the
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|14| Yet his lechem in his |27| Shomayim shall reveal desire not the da'as of Thy
stomach is turned sour; it is his iniquity; and eretz shall ways.
the venom of vipers within rise up against him. |15| What is Shaddai, that we
him. |28| The increase of his bais should serve Him? And what
|15| He hath swallowed down shall depart, and his goods profit should we have, if we
riches, and he shall vomit shall flow away in [G-d’s] Yom importune Him?
them up again; El shall drive Af. |16| Lo, their tov is not in
them out of his beten. |29| This is the chelek of an their yad; the etzah (counsel,
|16| He shall suck the venom adam rasha from Elohim, and scheme) of the resha'im is far
of asps; the viper's leshon shall the nachalah decreed unto from me.
slay him. him by El (G-d). |17| How oft is the ner (light)
|17| He shall not see the But Iyov answered of the resha'im put out! And
rivers, the floods, the brooks of
devash and khemah (butter,
curds).
21 and said,
|2| Hear diligently
my speech, and let this be
how oft cometh their
destruction upon them and
He distributeth pains in His
|18| That which he labored your tanechumot anger.
for shall he give back, and (consolations). |18| They are as straw before
shall not swallow it down; he |3| Bear with me that I may the ruach, and as chaff that
shall not rejoice according to speak; and achar (after) that I the storm carrieth away.
his chayil temurah (business have spoken, mock on. |19| Eloah layeth up his
profit). |4| As for me, is my iniquity for his banim; He
|19| Because he hath complaint to adam (mortals)? payeth him back, and he shall
oppressed and hath forsaken Or why should my ruach not know it.
the destitute; because he hath become impatient? |20| His eyes shall see his
violently seized a bais which |5| Look at me, and be destruction, and he shall
he built not; astonished, and lay your yad drink of the wrath of Shaddai.
|20| Surely he knew no quiet upon your peh (mouth). |21| For what pleasure hath
in his beten; he shall not save |6| Even when I remember I he in his bais after him, when
anything which he desired. am afraid, and trembling the mispar (number) of his
|21| There shall none of his taketh hold on my basar. months is cut off?
ochel be left; therefore his |7| Madu'a (why) do the |22| Shall any teach El da'as,
posterity will not endure. resha'im live, become old, yea, seeing He judgeth those that
|22| In the fulness of his are mighty in power? are on high?
sufficiency he shall be in |8| Their zera is established |23| Zeh (this one) dieth in
distress; kol yad of misery in their sight with them, and his full prosperity, being
shall come upon him. their offspring before their wholly at ease and secure.
|23| When he is about to fill eyes. |24| His troughs are full of
his beten, He shall cast the |9| Their batim (houses) are cholov, and his atzmot are
charon af (fury of His wrath) shalom from pachad; neither moistened with marrow.
upon him, and shall rain it is the shevet Eloah upon |25| And another dieth in the
upon him while he is eating. them. marah (bitterness) of his
|24| He shall flee from the |10| Their shor (bull) breeds, nefesh, and never eateth with
weapon of barzel (iron), and and faileth not; their cow pleasure.
the keshet of bronze shall calveth, and doth not miscarry |26| They shall lie down alike
strike him through. her calf. in the aphar, and the worms
|25| It is drawn, and cometh |11| They send forth their shall cover them.
out of their body; yea, the little ones like a tzon, and |27| Behold, I know your
glittering point cometh out of their yeladim jump about. machshevot, and the
his gall; emim (terrors [of |12| They sing to the stratagems which ye
death]) are upon them. tambourine and kinnor, and wrongfully imagine against
|26| Kol choshech is reserved rejoice at the sound of the me.
for his treasures; an eish not flute. |28| For ye say, Where is the
fanned shall consume him; it |13| They spend their yamim bais of the tyrant? And where
shall go ill with him that is left in tov, and in a moment go are the ohel mishkenot of the
in his ohel. down to Sheol. resha'im?
|14| Therefore they say unto |29| Have ye not asked
El, Depart from us; for we them that travel the
derech? And do ye not accept |10| Therefore pachim shalt lift up thy face unto
their testimony, (snares) are around thee, and Eloah.
|30| That the rah is spared in sudden pachad troubleth thee; |27| Thou shalt make thy
the yom eid (day of calamity)? |11| Or choshech, that thou prayer unto Him, and He
They shall be rescued in the canst not see; and overflow of shall hear thee, and thou shalt
yom avarot (day of wrath). mayim cover thee. fulfill thy nederim.
|31| Who shall declare his |12| Is not Eloah in the |28| Thou shalt also decide a
derech to his face? And who height of Shomayim? And matter, and it shall be
shall repay him what he hath hinei the rosh kokhavim, how established unto thee, and the
done? high they are! ohr shall shine upon thy ways.
|32| Yet shall he be brought |13| And thou sayest, How |29| When they are cast
to the grave, and shall remain doth El know? Can He judge down, thou shalt say, Arise,
in the gadish (gravemound). through the thick cloud? and He shall save the one with
|33| The clods of the valley |14| Thick clouds veil Him, low eynayim (i.e., humility).
shall be sweet unto him, and that He seeth not; and He |30| He shall deliver even the
kol adam shall draw after walketh in the vault of guilty; and he is delivered by
him, as there are innumerable Shomayim. the bar (cleanness) of thine
before him. |15| Wilt thou note the orach hands.
|34| How then comfort ye me olam which wicked men have
with hevel (empty nothings), trodden? Then Iyov
seeing in your answers there is
nothing left but falsehood?
|16| Who were cut down
before their time, whose yesod
was overflown with a flood;
|2| Even hayom
(today) is my complaint bitter;
Then Eliphaz of |17| Who said unto El, my stroke is heavier than my
22 Teman answered
and said,
|2| Can a gever be profitable
Depart from us; and what can
Shaddai do to them?
|18| Yet He filled their batim
groaning.
|3| Oh that I knew where I
might find Him! That I might
unto El, as he that has seichel (houses) with tov; but the etza come even to His techunah
may be profitable unto (counsel) of the resha'im is far (abode)!
himself? from me. |4| I would order my mishpat
|3| Is it any pleasure to |19| The tzaddikim see it, and (cause) before Him, and fill
Shaddai, that thou art are glad, and the naki my mouth with arguments.
tzaddik? Or is it gain to Him, (innocent) laugh them to |5| I would know the words
that thou makest thy ways scorn. which He would answer me,
blameless? |20| Verily our foe is and have binah of what He
|4| Is it for thy yireh [Elohim] destroyed, and the abundance would say unto me.
that He reproves thee? Will He of them the eish consumeth. |6| Will He contend against
enter with thee into mishpat? |21| Acquaint now thyself me with His great koach? No,
|5| Is not thy rah great? And with Him, and so hast thou but He would pay heed to me.
thine avonot infinite? shalom; thereby tovah shall |7| There the yashar might
|6| For thou hast exacted a come unto thee. dispute with Him; so should I
pledge from thy brother for |22| Receive, now, torah from be delivered forever from my
naught, and stripped the His mouth, and lay up His Shofet (Judge).
arummim (naked ones) of words in thine lev. |8| Hen (behold), I go
their clothing. |23| If thou return to forward, but He is not there;
|7| Thou hast not given Shaddai, thou shalt be and backward, but I cannot
mayim to the weary to drink, restored; if thou shalt put perceive him;
and thou hast withheld away iniquity far from thy |9| On the left hand, where
lechem from the hungry. ohalim; He doth work, but I cannot
|8| But as for the ish zeroa |24| Then shalt thou lay up behold Him; He hideth
(mighty man), his is ha'aretz; gold as aphar, and that of himself yamin (on the right
and the honorable man dwelt Ophir as the tzur of the hand), that I cannot see Him;
therein. brooks. |10| But He knoweth the
|9| Thou hast sent almanot |25| Yea, Shaddai shall be thy derech that I take; when He
away empty, and the arms of gold, and thy precious kesef. hath tried me, I shall come
the yetomim have been |26| For then shalt thou have forth as zahav.
broken. thy delight in Shaddai, and
|11| My regel hath held to His (clothing), they have no more remembered; and
steps, over His way have I covering in the cold. wickedness shall be broken
been shomer, and not turned |8| They are wet with the rain like an etz.
aside. of the harim, and embrace the |21| He plundereth the
|12| Neither have I gone back tzur for want of a shelter. barren that beareth not; and
from the mitzvah of His lips; I |9| They pluck the yatom doeth not good to the
have treasured the words of from the breast, and seize the almanah.
His mouth more than my oni for debt. |22| He drags away also the
appointed portion. |10| They cause him to go mighty with his ko'ach; he
|13| But He stands alone, and arom without levush, and they riseth up, and no man is sure
who can turn Him? And what take away the omer (sheaf) of life.
His nefesh desireth, even that from the hungry; |23| Though it be given him
He doeth. |11| Which crush olives to be in safety, and he be
|14| For He accomplisheth within their walls, and tread sustained, yet His eynayim are
the thing that is appointed for their winepresses, yet suffer upon their ways.
me; and rabbot (many) thirst. |24| They are exalted me'at
such things are with Him. |12| Men groan from out of (for a little while), then they
|15| Al-ken (therefore) am I the Ir, and the nefesh of the are no more and are withered
troubled at His presence; chalalim (wounded ones) and snatched away like all
when I consider, I am afraid crieth out, yet Eloah chargeth others, and cut off like the
of Him. not tiflah (folly) to them. tops of the ears of grain.
|16| For El maketh my lev |13| They are of those that |25| And if it be not so, who
dejected, and Shaddai are moredei ohr (rebelling will charge me with lying, and
troubleth me, ones against the light); they make my milah (word) worth
|17| Because I was not cut off know not the ways thereof, nor nothing?
from before the choshech, abide in the paths thereof. [T.N. Notice the question
neither hath He hidden deep |14| The rotzeach rising with answered by Romans,
darkness from my face. the daylight killeth the oni Galatians, and Gn 15:6 as well
Why are times [for and needy, and in the lailah is as Chabakuk 2:4 is stated in
24 judgment] from
Shaddai not kept,
and why do those who have
like a ganav.
|15| The eye also of the no'ef
is shomer, watching for the
Job 25:4 below; see Ephesians
2:8-9 and Ro 3:24,26, 28; 4:2;
5:1,9; Ga 2:16,17; 3:11, 24;
da'as of him not see his yamim dusk's twilight, saying, No eye 5:4; Ti 3:7; this the most
[days [of assize])? shall see me, and puts important question raised in
|2| Some move the boundary something to hide his face. the Bible: it is for eternity]
stones; they steal edar, and |16| In the choshech they dig
pasture them.
|3| They drive away the
chamor of the yetomim, they
through batim (houses); in the
daytime they shut themselves
in; they have no da'as of the
25
and said,
Then answered
Bildad the Shuchi,
take the ox of the almanah for ohr. |2| Dominion and pachad are
a pledge. [17| For the boker is to them with Him, oseh shalom
|4| They thrust the needy out even as the tzalmavet; they are bimromav.
of the derech; the poor of the friends with the terrors of |3| Is there any number of
eretz needs hide themselves tzalmavet. His armies? And upon whom
together. |18| Swiftly vanishing is he doth not His ohr arise?
|5| Look, as wild donkeys in on the surface of the mayim; |4| Mah yitzdak Enosh im El
the midbar go they forth to their chelek is cursed in (how then can man be
their work; foraging for teref ha'aretz; he turneth no more justified, set right, with G-d?)
(nourishment); the wilderness in the derech of the Or how can he be clean that is
yieldeth lechem for them and kramim (vineyards). born of isha?
for their na'arim. |19| Drought and heat |5| If even the yarei'ach
|6| They reap every one his consume the snow waters; so shineth not, yea, the kokhavim
fodder in the sadeh, and they doth Sheol those which have are not pure in His sight,
glean the kerem of the sinned. |6| How much less enosh,
resha'im. |20| The rechem (womb) shall that is a maggot? And the ben
|7| They spend the night forget him; the worm shall adam, which is a tola'at
arom (naked) without levush feast on him; he shall be no (worm)?
But Iyov answered Moreover Iyov |16| Though he heap up kesef
26 and said,
|2| How hast thou
helped him that is without
27 continued his
mashal, and said,
|2| As El liveth, Who hath
as the aphar, and pile up
raiment as the clay,
|17| He may prepare it, but
ko'ach? How savest thou the taken away my mishpat, and the tzaddik shall put it on,
zero'a that hath no oz Shaddai, Who hath saddened and the innocent shall divide
(strength)? my nefesh; the kesef.
|3| How hast thou counseled |3| All the while my |18| He buildeth his bais as a
him that hath no chochmah? neshamah is in me, and the moth, and as a sukkah that
And how hast thou plentifully ruach of Eloah is in my the watchman maketh.
declared the tushiyyah nostrils, |19| The oisher (rich man)
(efficient wisdom)? |4| My lips shall not speak shall lie down, but he shall do
|4| To whom hast thou falsehood, nor my leshon utter so no more; he openeth his
uttered words? And whose deceit. eyes, and he is not.
neshamah came from |5| Far be it from me I should |20| Terrors take hold on him
thee? justify you; till I die I will not as a flood, a tempest stealeth
|5| Dead things tremble from remove mine tom (integrity) him away in the lailah.
under the mayim, and the from me. |21| The east wind carrieth
inhabitants thereof. |6| My tzedakah I hold fast, him away, and he departeth as
|6| Sheol is naked before and will not let it go; my lev a storm hurleth him forth
Him, and Avaddon hath no shall not reproach for any of from his makom.
cover. my days. |22| For it will hurl against
|7| He stretcheth out the |7| Let mine enemy be as the him, without sparing; he
Tzafon over the tohu, and rasha (evildoer), and he that desperately flees from its yad.
hangeth eretz upon nothing. riseth up against me as |23| Men shall clap their
|8| He bindeth up the mayim unrighteous. hands at him, and shall hiss
in His thick clouds; and the |8| For what is the tikveh of him away from his makom.
anan doeth not burst under the chanef, when He cutteth
them. off, when Eloah taketh away, Surely there is a
|9| He covers the face of [His]
kisse, and spreadeth His anan
upon it.
his nefesh?
|9| Will El hear his cry when
tzarah cometh upon him?
28 mine for the kesef,
and a makom for
zahav where they refine it.
|10| He hath circled the |10| Will he delight himself in |2| Barzel (iron) is taken out
horizon on the face of the Shaddai? Will he always call of aphar, and nechoshet is
mayim for a boundary upon Eloah? smelted out of the even (stone,
between ohr and choshech. |11| I will teach you ore).
|11| The ammudim of concerning the yad El; that |3| He setteth a ketz to
Shomayim tremble and are which is with Shaddai will I choshech, and searcheth out
aghast at His rebuke. not conceal. all extremities, the even (ore)
|12| He divideth the yam with |12| Hen (behold), all ye of darkness and tzalmavet.
His ko'ach, and by His yourselves have seen it; why |4| He cuts out a shaft down
understanding He struck then are ye thus altogether far from the inhabitant;
down Rahav. vain? forgotten of the regel, they
|13| By His Ruach He hath |13| This is the chelek (lot) of dangle, suspended, away from
made fair Shomayim; His yad the adam rasha with El and enosh.
hath pierced the fleeing the nachalah of oppressors, |5| As for eretz, out of it
nachash. which they shall receive from cometh lechem, and under it
|14| Lo, these are but the Shaddai. is transformed as by eish.
ketzot of His ways, but how |14| If his banim be |6| The stones of it are the
faint the davar we hear of multiplied, it is for the cherev, makom of the sapphire, and it
Him. And the thunder of His and his offspring shall not hath ore of zahav.
gevurah who can understand? have lechem enough. |7| There is a hidden path of
|15| Those that survive him which no bird of prey has
shall be buried in mavet, and da'as, and which the falcon's
his almanot shall not weep. eye hath not seen.
|8| The proud beasts have not |23| Elohim understandeth |11| When the ozen heard
trodden it, nor the shachal the way to it, and He knoweth me, then it commended me;
(lion’s cub) passed over it. the makom thereof. and when the ayin saw me, it
|9| He [the miner] putteth |24| For He looketh to the did bear witness of me,
forth his yad upon the rock; he ketzot ha'aretz, and seeth all |12| Because I delivered the
upturneth the mountains by under Shomayim. oni that cried out, and the
the shoresh. |25| The weight He appointed yatom that had no ozer
|10| He cutteth out channels for the ruach, and He (helper) for him.
through the tzurot (rocks), and weigheth the mayim by |13| The birkat oved (blessing
his eye seeth every precious measure. of the oppressed) came upon
thing. |26| When He made a decree me, and I caused the lev
|11| He dams up the streams for the matar, and a derech almanah to sing for joy.
from flowing, and the thing for the lightning of the |14| I put on tzedek, and it
that is hidden bringeth he thunder, clothed me; my mishpat was
forth to ohr. |27| Az (then) did He see it, as a robe and a tzanif
|12| But where shall and declare it; He prepared it, (turban).
chochmah be found? And yea, and searched it out. |15| I was eyes to the ivver,
where is the makom binah? |28| And unto adam He said, and feet was I to the pisei'ach.
|13| Enosh knoweth not the See, the Yirat Adonoi, that is |16| I was an av to the
price thereof; neither is it chochmah, and to depart from evyonim (needy); and the
found in the Eretz rah is binah. cause which I knew not I
HaChayyim. Moreover Iyov investigated.
|14| The tehom (abyss) saith,
It is not in me; and the yam
saith, It is not with me.
29 continued his
mashal, and said,
|2| Oh that I were as in
|17| And I broke the fangs of
the wicked, and plucked the
prey out of his shinayim.
|15| It cannot be gotten in months past, as in the days |18| Then I said, I shall die in
exchange for fine gold, neither when Eloah was shomer over my ken (nest, house), and I
shall kesef be weighed for the me; shall multiply my yamim like
price thereof. |3| When His ner (lamp) the chol (sand).
|16| It cannot be valued with shined upon my rosh, and |19| My shoresh was spread
the fine gold of Ophir, with when by His ohr I walked out to the mayim, and the tal
the precious onyx, or the through choshech; lay all night upon my branch.
sapphire. |4| As I was in the days of my |20| My kavod was fresh with
|17| The zahav and the prime, when the Sod Eloah me, and my keshet was ever
crystal cannot equal it, and (friendship, counsel of G-d) new in my yad.
the exchange of it shall not be was over my ohel; |21| Unto me men gave ear,
for the jewel of gold. |5| When Shaddai was yet and waited, and kept silence
|18| Nor shall mention be with me, when my children at my etzah (counsel).
made of coral or crystal, for were around me; |22| Acharei (after) my words
the price of chochmah is |6| When I washed my steps they spoke not again; and my
above pearls. with khemah, and the tzur speech fell upon them.
|19| The chrysolite of poured me out streams of |23| And they waited for me
Ethiopia shall not equal it, shemen; as for the matar; and they
neither shall it be valued with |7| When I went out to the opened their mouth wide as
tahor gold. sha'ar through the city, when I for the malkosh (spring, late
|20| From where then cometh took my moshav in the rekhov! rain).
chochmah? And where is the |8| The ne'arim saw me, and |24| I smiled on them when
makom binah? stepped aside, and the aged they did not believe; and the
|21| Seeing it is hidden from arose, and stood up. ohr of my countenance they
the eyes of kol chai, and |9| The sarim (nobles) did not cast down.
concealed from the oph refrained from talking, and |25| I chose out their derech,
HaShomayim. laid their hand on their and sat as Rosh, and dwelt as
|22| Abaddon and Mavet say, mouth. a melech with his army, as one
We have heard a rumor |10|The nobles held their that comforteth the avelim
thereof with our ears. peace, and their leshon (mourners).
cleaved to the roof of their
mouth.
But now they that my safety passeth away like a I made a brit
30 are younger than I

have me in
derision, whose avot I would
cloud.
|16| And now my nefesh ebbs
away from me; the yemei oni
31 (covenant) with
mine eyes; how
then look I upon a betulah?
have disdained to have set have taken hold upon me. |2| For what chelek of Eloah
with the dogs of my tzon. |17| My atzmot are pierced in is there from above? And what
|2| Yea, what use was the me in the night, and my nachalah of Shaddai from on
koach of their hands to me, gnawing pains take no rest. high?
since their vigor hath |18| By great koach is my |3| Is not destruction to the
perished? garment disfigured; it bindeth wicked? And a disaster to the
|3| For choser (want, lack) me about like the collar of my poalei aven (workers of
and hunger they gnawed the kuttonet (chiton, robe). wrong)?
parched ground desolate and |19| He hath cast me into the |4| Doth not He see my
waste. chomer, and I am become like derech, and count all my
|4| They cut up mallow plants aphar and ashes. steps?
by the bushes, and juniper |20| I cry unto Thee, and |5| If I have walked with shav
roots for their lechem. Thou dost answer me lo (not); (vanity, falsehood), or if my
|5| They were banished from I stand up, and Thou regel hath hasted to mirmah
among men, (they shouted regardest me not. (deceit),
after them as after a ganav); |21| Thou art become cruel to |6| Let me be weighed in
|6| To dwell in the clefts of me; with Thy strong yad Thou scales of tzedek that Eloah
the wadis, in holes of aphar, opposest Thyself against me. may know mine tom
and in the rocks. |22| Thou liftest me up to the (integrity).
|7| Among the bushes they ruach; Thou causest me to |7| If my step hath turned out
brayed; tachat (under) the drive along, and vanish in the of the derech, and mine lev
underbrush they were roaring of the storm. walked after mine eyes, and if
huddled together. |23| For I know that Thou any mum hath cleaved to
|8| They were bnei naval, yea, wilt bring me down to mavet, mine hands,
sons of base men; they were to the bais mo'ed l'khol chai. |8| Then let me sow, and let
driven forth out of ha'aretz. |24| Yet will not one stretch acher (another) eat; yea, let my
|9| And atah (now) am I their out his yad in a heap of ruin, harvest be uprooted.
mocking song, yea, I am their or cry out for help in his |9| If mine lev have been
byword. disaster. deceived by an isha, or if I
|10| They abhor me, they flee |25| Did not I weep for him have lurked at petach
far from me, and spare not rok that was in trouble? Was not (doorway) of my re'a;
(spit) in my face [Mt 26:67]. my nefesh grieved for the |10| Then let my isha grind
|11| Because He hath loosed evyon (needy)? for another, and let another
my bowstring, and afflicted |26| When I looked for tov, kneel over her.
me, they have also let loose the then rah came unto me; and |11| For this is a heinous
resen (bridle) before me. when I waited for ohr, there crime; yea, it is an avon to be
|12| Upon my yamin (right came ofel (darkness). brought before judges.
hand) rise up the rabble; they |27| My bowels boiled, and |12| For it is an eish that
push away my feet, and they rested not; yemei oni met me. consumeth to Abaddon, and
raise up against me the ways |28| I went mourning without would root out all mine
of their destruction. the sun; I stood up, and I cried increase.
|13| They break up my road, out in the kahal. |13| If I did despise the
they set forward my overthrow, |29| I am an ach to jackals, mishpat (cause) of my eved or
they have no ozer (helper). and a re'a to owls. of my amah, when they
|14| They approach me as |30| My ohr (skin) grows black contended with me,
through a wide breach; in the upon me, and my atzmot are |14| What then shall I do
shoah (desolation, Holocaust), burned with fever. when El riseth up? And when
they rolled themselves upon |31| My kinnor (harp) also is He visiteth, what shall I
me. turned to evel (mourning), and answer Him?
|15| Ballahot (terrors) are my flute into the voice of them |15| Did not He that made
turned upon me; they pursue that weep. me in the beten make them?
my dignity like the ruach, and And did not Echad fashion us
in the rechem?
|16| If I have withheld the |31| Have the men of my ohel |3| Also against his three
poor from their chefetz not said, Where can we find friends was his wrath kindled,
(desire), or have caused the one who has not been sated because they had found no
eyes of the almanah to grow with his basar (meat)? ma'aneh (refutation, answer),
weary, |32| The stranger did not and yet had condemned Iyov.
|17| Or have eaten my morsel spend the night in the street, |4| Now Elihu had waited till
myself alone, and the yatom but I opened my delet to the Iyov had spoken, because they
hath not eaten thereof; ger. were elder than he.
|18| (For from my youth he |33| If I concealed my peysha |5| When Elihu saw that
was brought up with me, as like Adam, by hiding mine there was no ma'aneh in the
with an av, and I have guided avon in my heart, mouth of these shloshet
her from beten immi;) |34| Did I fear a great ha’anashim, then his wrath
|19| If I have seen any oved multitude, or did the was kindled.
(one perishing) for want of contempt of mishpekhot |6| And Elihu ben Barachel
clothing, or any evyon (needy) terrify me, that I kept silence, the Buzi answered and said, I
without covering, and went not out of doors? am young, and ye are very old;
|20| If his heart did not bless |35| Oh that one would hear wherefore I was afraid, and
me for warming him with the me! See, my tav [signature], dared not tell you of what I
giz (fleece) of my sheep, that Shaddai would answer have da'as.
|21| If I have lifted up my yad me, and that mine adversary |7| I said, Yamim should
against the yatom, when I saw had written a sefer [of speak, and multitude of
my influence in the sha'ar indictment]; shanim should teach
(gate, court); |36| Surely I would carry it chochmah.
|22| Then let mine arm fall upon my shoulder, and bind it |8| But there is a ruach in
from my shoulder, and mine to me like atarot (crowns). enosh, and the neshamat
zero'a be broken from its |37| I would declare unto Shaddai giveth them binah.
socket. Him the number of my steps; |9| Great men are not always
|23| For destruction from El like a nagid (prince) would I wise, neither do the zekenim
was a pachad to me, and by go near unto Him. understand mishpat.
reason of His majesty I could |38| If my adamah cry |10| Therefore I said, Pay
not endure. against me, or if the furrows heed to me; I also will tell of
|24| If I have made zahav my had wept together, what I have da'as.
hope, or have said to the fine |39| If I have eaten the yield |11| Hen (behold), I waited
gold, Thou art my security, thereof without kesef for your dvarim; I gave ear to
|25| If I rejoice because my (payment), or have broken the your reasons, whilst ye
wealth was rav (great), and nefesh of the tenants thereof, searched out what to say.
because mine yad had gotten |40| Let thistles grow instead |12| Yea, I attended unto you,
much, of chittim (wheat), and weed and, hinei, there was none of
|26| If I beheld the ohr when instead of barley. The divrei you that proved Iyov wrong, or
it shined, or the yarei'ach Iyov are ended. that answered his words.
moving in splendor, |13| Yet do not say, We have
|27| And my lev hath been found chochmah; El may
secretly enticed, or my mouth vanquish him, lo ish (not
hath kissed my yad [in man).
heathen worship]; So these shloshet |14| Now he hath not directed
|28| This also were an avon to
be punished by the judge; for
then I would have been
32 ha’anashim ceased
to answer Iyov,
because he was tzaddik in his
his millin (words) against me;
neither will I answer him with
your speeches.
unfaithful, denying El that is eyes. |15| They were amazed; they
on high. |2| Then was kindled the answered no od (more); they
|29| If I rejoice at the wrath of Elihu ben Barachel left off speaking.
misfortune of him that hated the Buzi, of the mishpochah |16| When I had waited, (for
me, or gloated when rah found Ram; against Iyov was his they spoke not, but stood still,
him, wrath kindled, because Iyov and answered no od [more]);
|30| Neither have I allowed justified his nefesh rather |17| I said, I will answer also
my mouth to sin by invoking a than Elohim. my chelek (portion); I also will
curse to his nefesh. show of mine da'as.
|18| For I am full of millim [12| But in this thou art not |26| He shall pray unto
(words), the ruach within me right; I will answer thee, that Eloah, and be accepted by
compelleth me. Eloah is greater than enosh. Him, and he shall see His face
|19| Hinei, my beten is like |13| Why dost thou contend with teruah (shouts of joy);
yayin which hath no vent; it is against Him? For He giveth thus He recompenseth unto
ready to burst like ovot not account of any of His enosh his tzedek.
chadashim (new wineskins). matters. |27| He looketh upon
|20| I will speak that I may be |14| For El speaketh once, anashim, and if any say, I
relieved; I will open my yea twice, yet man perceiveth have sinned, and
sfatayim and answer. it not. perverted that which was
|21| Let me not, now, show |15| In a chalom, in a yashar, and it was not
any man partiality, neither let chezyon lailah, when deep recompensed to me,
me flatter adam. sleep falleth upon anashim, in |28| He will redeem his
|22| For I am not skilled in slumberings upon the nefesh from going into the
flattery; in so doing Oseini (my mishkav (bed), shachat, and his life shall see
Maker) would soon take me |16| Then He openeth the the ohr.
away. ozen anashim, and sealeth |29| Lo, all these things
their admonition worketh El, twice, shalosh with
Wherefore, Iyov, |17| That He may turn them gever (man)
33 now, hear my
speeches, and pay
heed to all my words.
aside from their deeds, and
hide pride from gever (man).
|18| He keepeth back his
|30| To bring back his nefesh
from the shachat (pit), to be
enlightened with the Ohr
|2| Hinei, now I have opened nefesh from the shachat, and HaChayyim (light of the
my mouth, my leshon hath his life from the overthrow of living).
spoken in my mouth. the sword. |31| Mark well, O Iyov, pay
|3| My words shall be of my |19| He is chastened also with heed unto me; hold thy peace,
yosher lev (the uprightness of pain upon his mishkav, and and I will speak.
my heart), and my lips shall the continual strife in his |32| If thou hast anything to
utter da'as that is pure. atzmot; say, answer me; dabbir
|4| The Ruach El [Ruach |20| So that his life abhorreth (speak), for I desire to justify
Hakodesh] hath made me, and lechem, and his nefesh dainty thee.
the Neshamah of Shaddai food. |33| If not, pay heed unto me;
hath given me life. |21| His basar is consumed hold thy peace, and I shall
|5| Im (If) thou canst, answer away, that it cannot be seen; teach thee chochmah.
me; set thy words in order in and his atzmot that were not
my presence; take thy stand. seen stick out. Furthermore Elihu
|6| See, I am like thee, of El,
from chomer (clay) was I taken
also.
|22| Yea, his nefesh draweth
near unto the shachat, and his
life to the ones bringing death.
|2| Hear my
words, O ye chachamim; and
|7| Hinei, my terror shall not |23| If there be a malach give ear unto me, ye that have
make thee afraid, neither shall (messenger, i.e., Malach da'as.
my pressure be heavy upon HaBrit, HaAdon |3| For the ozen trieth words,
thee. [see Malachi 3:1] ) as melitz as the mouth tasteth food.
|8| Surely thou hast spoken (mediator) for him, one of a |4| Let us choose for
in my ozen, and I have heard thousand, who declares a ourselves what is mishpat
the voice of thy words, saying, person yashar (upright, Isa (right); let us know among
|9| I am pure without peysha; 53:11), ourselves what is tov.
I am clean; neither is there |24| Then he is gracious unto |5| For Iyov hath said, I am
avon in me [Yn 8:46]. him, and saith, Deliver him innocent; and El hath taken
|10| Yet He findeth tenuot from going down to the away my mishpat (right).
(occasions) against me, He shachat (pit); I have found a |6| I declare the mishpat
counteth me for his oyev, kofer (ransom) [Mk 10:45]. (case) against me a lie; though
|11| He putteth my raglayim |25| His basar shall be without peysha, my arrow
in the stocks, He watcheth all restored like a na'ar; he shall wound is incurable.
my orkhot. return to the yamim of his |7| What gever is like Iyov,
youthful vigor; who drinketh up the scorn [of
his friends] like mayim?
[8] Who goeth in chaverah |22| There is no choshech, |36| Iyov ought to be tried
with the po'alei aven (workers nor tzalmavet, where the unto the limit, because his
of iniquity, evildoers), and po'alei aven (evildoers) may answers are those of anshei
walketh with anshei resha. hide themselves. aven.
|9| For he hath said, It |23| For He does not need to |37| For he addeth peysha
profiteth a gever nothing that consider an ish further for unto his chattat, he clappeth
he should please Elohim. anyone to go before El in his hands [shaking fist at G-d]
|10| Therefore pay heed unto mishpat (judgment). among us, and multiplieth his
me ye anashei levav (men of |24| He shall break in pieces words against El.
understanding); far be it from kabirim (mighty men) without Elihu spoke
El, that He should do evil, and
from Shaddai, that He should
do wrong.
investigation, and sets
acherim (others) in their place.
|25| Therefore He knoweth
35 moreover, and
said,
|2| Thinkest thou this to be
|11| For the po'al adam (work their works, and He mishpat (right, just), that thou
of a man) shall He repay unto overthroweth them in the saidst, Tzidki meEl (I am
him, and make every man to lailah, so that they are cleared, in the right, justified
find according to the man's crushed. before G-d)?
ways. |26| He striketh them as |3| Ki (yet) thou saidst, What
|12| Yea, surely El will not do resha'im in the open sight of advantage will it be unto thee?
wickedly, neither will Shaddai others; and, What profit shall I have,
pervert mishpat (justice). |27| Because they turned more than if I had sinned [see
|13| Who hath given Him back from following Him, and 9:22]?
right to rule the earth? Or who would not regard any of His |4| I will answer thee, and thy
hath appointed Him over the drakhim; companions with thee.
tevel? |28| So that they caused the |5| Look unto Shomayim,
|14| If He should so cry of the poor to come unto and see; and behold the
determine, if He gather unto Him, and He heareth the cry clouds which are higher than
Himself His Ruach and His of the aniyim. thou.
Neshamah, |29| When He giveth |6| If thou sinnest, what doest
|15| All basar would perish quietness, who then can thou against Him? Or if thy
together, and adam would condemn? When He hideth peysha'im be multiplied, what
return unto aphar. His panim, who then can doest thou unto Him?
|16| If now thou hast binah, behold Him? Whether it be a |7| If thou be tzaddik
hear this: pay heed to the kol nation, or an individual only? (righteous), what givest thou
(voice) of my words. |30| That the chanef Him? Or what receiveth He of
|17| Shall even one that (hypocrite) reign not, nor those thine yad?
hateth mishpat (right) govern? who ensnare the people. |8| Thy resha (wickedness)
And wilt thou condemn Him |31| For has anyone said may hurt an ish as thou art;
that is Tzaddik and Kabir (the unto El, I have borne and thy tzedek may profit the
Mighty One)? chastisement, I will not offend ben adam.
|18| Is it fit to say to a any more; |9| They cry out under a load
melech, Thou art beli'ya'al? |32| Teach Thou me what I of oppression; they plead for
And to nobles, Ye are rasha. see not; im (if) I have done relief from the zero'a of the
|19| Who shows no partiality iniquity, I will do no more? rabbim.
to sarim (princes), nor |33| Will He then recompense |10| But none saith, Where is
regardeth the rich more than to suit you, just because you Eloah Osai (G-d my Maker),
the poor? For they all are the disavow it? Thou must choose, Who giveth zemirot balailah
ma'aseh (work) of His hands. not I; therefore speak that of (songs in the night);
|20| In a moment shall they which thou hast da'as. |11| Who teacheth us more
die, and at chatzot lailah the |34| Let anshei levav (men of than the behamot eretz, and
people shall be shaken, and understanding) say to me, and maketh us wiser than the oph
pass away, and the mighty let a gever chacham who pays HaShomayim?
shall be taken away without heed unto me say, |12| There they cry out, but
human hand. |35| Iyov hath spoken without none giveth answer, because
|21| For His eyes are upon da'as, and his words were of the ga'on (pride, arrogance)
the darkhei ish and without seichel. of ra'im (wicked men).
He seeth all his goings.
|13| Surely El will not hear |11| If they obey and serve mispar of His shanim be
shav (vanity), neither will Him, they shall spend their searched out.
Shaddai regard it. yamim in tov (prosperity), and |27| For He draws up the
|14| Although thou sayest their shanim in contentment. drops of mayim; He distills
thou cannot see Him, yet Din |12| But if they obey not, they His mist as matar;
(the court case) is before Him; shall perish by the sword, and |28| Which the clouds do
therefore trust thou, waiting they shall die without da'as. drop and distill upon adam
for Him, |13| But the chanefei lev abundantly.
|15| though ye say His anger (irreligious in heart, |29| Also can any understand
does not pakad (visit, punish) hypocrites) incur wrath; they the spreadings of the clouds,
anything and that He does not do not cry for help when He or the thunderings of His
regard wickedness much; bindeth them. sukkah?
|16| Therefore doth Iyov open |14| They die in youth, their |30| See, He spreadeth His
his mouth hevel (in vain); he nefesh among the kedeshim ohr upon it, and covereth the
multiplieth words without (cult male prostitutes, depths of the yam.
da'as. youthful lusts). |31| For by them governeth
|15| He delivereth the oni in He the amim (nations); He
his affliction, and openeth giveth okhel in abundance.
Elihu also their ears in oppression. |32| His hands He covers
36 proceeded, and
said,
|2| Bear with me a little, and
|16| Even so would He have
removed thee out of the tzar
(distress) into a rachav (broad
with the ohr (lightning), and
commandeth it to strike the
mark.
I will show thee that I have yet place), free from restriction, to |33| The thunder thereof
to speak on behalf of Eloah. the comfort of thy shulchan, showeth concerning Him; the
|3| I will get my da'as from full of choice food. storm tells His indignant af
afar, and will ascribe tzedek to |17| But thou hast been (wrath).
my Maker. fixated on the din of the
|4| For truly my words shall rasha; din and mishpat take
not be sheker; one that is hold on thee.
tamim (complete) in da'as is |18| Because there is chemah,
among thee. beware lest He take thee away
|5| See, El is kabir (mighty), with His stroke; then a rav
and despiseth not any; He is kopher (great ransom) cannot
kabir in ko'ach lev (strength of deliver thee. At this also my lev
understanding).
|6| He preserveth not the life
of the rasha, but giveth
|19| Will He esteem thy
riches? No, not zahav, nor all
the forces of ko'ach.
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place.
trembleth, and is
moved out of its
mishpat to the aniyim. |20| Desire not halailah (the |2| Hear attentively the rogez
|7| He withdraweth not His night), when people are cut off of His voice, and the sound
eyes from the tzaddik, but in their place. that goeth out of His mouth.
with melachim are they on the |21| Take heed, regard not |3| He directeth it under kol
kisse; yea, He doth establish iniquity; for this hast thou HaShomayim, and His ohr
them lanetzach (forever), and chosen rather than oni. (lightning) unto the ends of
they are exalted. |22| See, El exalted by His ha'aretz.
[8| And if they be bound in ko'ach. Who is a moreh |4| After it His kol (voice)
chains, and be held fast in (teacher) like Him? roareth; He thundereth with
chevlei oni (cords of |23| Who hath enjoined Him the kol of His majesty; one
affliction), His derech? Or who can say, cannot hold them back when
|9| Then He showeth them Thou hast done wrong? His kol is heard.
their work, and their |24|Remember that thou |5| El thundereth
peysha'im that they have done must extol His work, of which marvellously with His kol;
arrogantly. anashim have sung praises. gedolot doeth He, beyond our
|10| He openeth also their |25| Kol adam has seen it; understanding.
ozen to musar (discipline), enosh beholds it afar off. |6| For He saith to the snow,
and commandeth that they |26| See, El is great, and we Fall thou to the eretz; likewise
make teshuvah and turn from know Him not, neither can the to the geshem matar, the
evil. heavy downpour of rain.
|7| He sealeth up kol adam; |22| Splendor of zahav |13| That it might seize the
that all men may know His cometh out of the north; with ends of ha'aretz, that the
work. Elo’ah is awesome hod resha'im be shaken out of it?
|8| Then the chayyah (beasts) (majesty). |14| It is changed like chomer
go into their lair, and remain |23| Touching Shaddai, we (clay) under the khotam (seal);
in their places. cannot reach Him; He is and they stand out like a
|9| Out of its cheder exalted in ko'ach, and in garment.
(chamber) cometh the mishpat, and rov tzedakah; |15| And from the resha'im
whirlwind; and cold out of the He does not oppress. their ohr is denied, and the
driving winds. |24| Anashim do therefore upraised zero'a shall be
|10| By the neshamah of El fear Him; He regardeth not broken.
frost is given, and the broad any that are wise of heart. |16| Hast thou entered into
mayim are frozen. Then Hashem the springs of the yam? Or
|11| Also by watering He
loadeth the thick cloud; He
scattereth the anan of His ohr
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and said,
answered Iyov out
of the whirlwind,
hast thou walked in the
recesses of the tehom?
|17| Have the sha'arei mavet
(lightning), |2| Who is this that darkeneth been disclosed unto thee? Or
|12| And it is turned round etzah (counsel) with words hast thou seen the sha'arei
about by His guidance; that without da'as? tzalmavet?
they may do whatsoever He |3| Gird up now thy loins like |18| Hast thou perceived the
commandeth them upon the a gever; for I will ask of thee, expanse of eretz? Tell Me if
face of the tevel (habitable and thou wilt answer Me. thou hast da'as of it all.
world). |4| Where wast thou when I |19| Where is the derech
|13| He causeth it to happen, laid the foundations of eretz? where ohr dwelleth? And as
whether for correction, or for Tell, if thou hast binah. for choshech, where is the
His land, or for chesed. |5| Who hath drafted the place thereof,
|14| Pay heed unto this, O dimensions thereof, if thou |20| That thou shouldest take
Iyov; stand still, and consider hast da'as? Or who hath it to its border, and that thou
the nifle'ot El (wondrous works stretched a measuring line shouldest have da'as of the
of G-d). across it? paths to its bais?
|15| Dost thou know how |6| Whereupon are the |21| Knowest thou it, because
Elo’ah controls them, and foundations thereof set? Or thou wast then born? Or
caused the ohr (lightning) of who laid the even-pinnah because the mispar of thy
His cloud to flash? (cornerstone) thereof yamim is so great?
|16| Dost thou know the |7| When the kokhvei boker |22| Hast thou entered into
spreading out of the clouds, sang together, and all the Bnei the otzrot (storehouses) of the
the wondrous works of Him Elohim shouted for joy? snow? Or hast thou seen the
which is tamim in da'as? |8| Or who shut up the yam otzrot of barad (hail),
|17| You whose garments are behind doors? Who brought it |23| Which I have reserved
hot, when the eretz is still forth, issuing out of the for the time of tzar, for the
because of the south wind, rekhem (womb) yom kerav (battle) and
|18| Hast thou with Him |9| When I made the anan milchamah (war)?
spread out the shekhakim the garment thereof, and thick |24| Which is the derech
(clouds), hard as a molten darkness its swaddling band, where the ohr is distributed,
mirror? |10| And fixed bounds for it, where is scattered the east
|19| Teach us what we shall and set bars and dlatot wind upon eretz?
say unto Him, for we cannot (doors), |25| Who hath cut a channel
order our case by reason of |11| And said, Hitherto shalt for the overflowing of waters,
choshech. thou come, but no further; or a derech for the lightning of
|20| Should it be told Him and poh (here) shall thy proud thunder,
that I wish to speak? Or waves be stopped? |26| To cause it to rain on
should an ish say that he |12| Hast thou commanded eretz, where lo ish is; on mid-
would be swallowed up? the boker since thy yamim bar, wherein there is lo adam;
|21| And now men cannot began; or caused the shachar |27| To saturate a desolate
look at the bright ohr which is (dawn) to know its place; and waste ground; and to
in the clouds, when the ruach cause the bud of the desheh to
passeth, and cleareth them. spring forth?
|28| Hath the rain an av? Or |2| Canst thou number the not hers; though her labor
who hath begotten the drops months that they fulfil, or dost should be in vain, yet she is
of tal (dew)? thou have da'as of the et (time) without pachad (fear, care),
|29| Out of whose beten when they give birth? |17| Because Elo’ah hath
cometh the ice? And the frost |3| They crouch down, they deprived her of chochmah,
of Shomayim, who giveth birth bring forth their yeledim, their neither hath he imparted to
to it? chavalim (birth pains) are cast her binah.
|30| The mayim harden like off in riddance. |18| Yet at the et (time) she
even (stone), and the face of |4| Their banim gain flaps her wings [to run], she
tehom is frozen. strength, they grow up in the laughs at the sus and his rider.
|31| Canst thou bind the bar (open, wild); they go forth, |19| Hast thou given the sus
chains of the Pleiades, or loose and return not unto them. gevurah? Hast thou clothed
the bonds of Orion? |5| Who hath sent out the his neck with a flowing mane?
|32| Canst thou bring forth pere (wild donkey) free, or who |20| Canst thou make him
Mazzarot in their times? Or hath untied the ropes of the leap like an arbeh (locust)?
canst thou guide the Bear with arod (wild donkey, onager), The hod (glory) of his snorting
its banim? |6| Whose bais I have made strikes terror.
|33| Knowest thou the the aravah, and the barren |21| He paweth in the emek
chukkot of Shomayim? Canst land his mishkenot (valley), and rejoiceth in his
thou set the rule over ha'aretz? (dwellings)? koach; he chargeth into the
|34| Canst thou lift up thy kol |7| He laughs at the tumult of fray.
(voice) to the clouds, that the kiryah (city), neither |22| He laugheth at pachad,
abundance of mayim may regardeth he the shouts of the and nothing fears; neither
cover thee? driver. turneth he back from the
|35| Canst thou send |8| The range of the harim is cherev.
lightning bolts, that they may his pasture, and he searcheth |23| The quiver rattleth at his
go and say unto thee, Hineinu after every green thing. side, the glittering spear and
(here we are)? |9| Will the wild ox be willing the kidon (scimitar, curved
|36| Who hath put chochmah to be thy eved, or stay the sword).
in the inward parts, or who night by thy evus (animal |24| He eats up the eretz with
hath given binah to the mind? feeding trough)? fierceness and rogez (rage);
|37| Who can number the |10| Canst thou bind the wild neither standeth he still at the
clouds in chochmah, or who ox to the furrow with a rope, sound of the shofar.
can tip the waterskins of or will it behind thee till the |25| As often as the shofar, he
Shomayim, amakim (valleys)? snorts Aha! and he smelleth
|38| When the dust hardens |11| Wilt thou depend on the milchamah afar off, the
into a clump, and the clods him, because his ko'ach is shout of the sarim, and the
cleave fast together? great, or wilt thou hand over teru'ah (battle cry).
|39| Wilt thou hunt the teref thy heavy work to him? |26| Doth the hawk fly by thy
for the lioness, or fill the |12| Wilt thou believe him, binah, and stretch her wings
appetite of her whelps, that he will bring in thy zera toward the south?
|40| When they crouch in (grain), and gather it into thy |27| Doth the nesher (eagle)
their me’onot (dens), and goren (threshing floor)? mount up at thy command,
abide in the lair to lie in |13| Joyfully flapping are the and make her ken (nest) on
ambush? wings of the ostrich, but are high?
|41| Who provideth for the her wings and feathers like the |28| She dwelleth and
raven his food? When his khasidah (stork)? abideth on the cliff, upon the
young ones cry unto El, they |14| For the ostrich layeth her crag of the rock, its metzudah
wander about for lack of betzim (eggs) la'aretz (on the (stronghold).
okhel. ground), and warmeth them in |29| From there she seeketh
the sand, the okhel (food, prey), and her
Dost thou have |15| And forgetteth that the eyes behold it from afar off.
39 da'as of the et
(time) when the
mountain goats give birth, or
regel may crush them, or that
the wild beast may break
them.
|30| Her young ones feast on
dahm; and where the chalalim
(slain ones) are, there it is.
art thou shomer to watch |16| She treats harshly her
when the doe bears her fawn? banim, as though they were
Moreover Hashem sinews of his thighs are firmly |8 (32)| Lay thine hand upon
40 answered Iyov, and

said,
|2| Shall he that contendeth
interwoven.
|18| His atzmot are like tubes
of nechoshet; his limbs are
him; remember the
milchamah. Thou wilt not do
it more.
with Shaddai correct him? like rods of barzel (iron). |9 (41:1)| See, every tokhelet
The mokhiach Eloah (rebuker |19| He is the reshit (firstling) (expectation) is false; shall not
of G-d), let him answer it. of the ways of El; He, his one be cast down even at the
|3| Then Iyov answered Maker, can approach it with sight of him?
Hashem, and said, His cherev. |10 (41:2)| None is so
|4| See, I am vile; what shall I |20| Surely the harim bring foolhardy that dare stir him
answer Thee? I will lay mine forth food for him, where all up. Mi (who) then is able to
yad upon my mouth. the wild beasts play. stand before Me?
|5| Once have I spoken, but I |21| He lieth under the shade |11 (41:3)| Mi (who) hath
will not answer; yea, shtayim of lotus plants, beseter (in the given Me, that I must repay
(twice), but I will proceed no covert) of the reed and marsh. him? Whatsoever is under the
further. |22| The lotus plants cover kol HaShomayim is Mine.
|6| Then answered Hashem him with their shadow; the |12 (41:4)| I will not keep
unto Iyov out of the willows by the nakhal (brook, silent about his members, nor
whirlwind, and said, stream) surround him. his gevurah, nor the grace
|7| Gird up thy loins now like |23| See, when the nahar of his form.
a gever. I will question thee, (river) rages, he is not |13 (41:5)| Mi (who) can
and thou shall answer Me. alarmed; he is confident, remove his outer garment? Or
|8| Wilt thou also annul My though Yarden breaketh forth mi (who) can come near him
mishpat (justice)? Wilt thou upon his mouth. with a double bridle?
condemn Me, that thou |24| While he is looking can |14 (41:6)| Mi (who) can open
mayest be justified? one capture him? With the doors of his face? Terror is
|9| Hast thou a zero'a like El? mokeshim (hooks) round about his teeth.
Or canst thou thunder with a can one pierce his nose? |15 (41:7)| His scales are his
kol (voice) like Him? ga'avah (pride), shut up
|10| Adorn thyself now with together as with a rigid
majesty and excellency; and Canst thou draw chotam (seal).
array thyself with hod (glory)
and hadar (splendor).
|11| Unleash thy evrot af
41 out Leviathan with
a khakah
(fishhook)? Or tie down his
|16 (41:8)| One is so near to
another, that no ruach (air)
can pass between them.
(furious wrath); and behold leshon with a cord? |17 (41:9)| They are joined
every one that is proud, and |2 (26)| Canst thou put a one to another; they stick
bring him low. hook into his af (nose)? Or together, inseparably.
|12| Look on every one that is bore his jaw through with a |18 (41:10)| By his sneezings
proud, and humble him, and barb? ohr flares out, and his eyes are
tread down the resha'im in |3 (27)| Will he make many like the eyelids of the shachar.
their place. tachanunim unto thee? Will |19 (41:11)| Out of his mouth
|13| Bury them in the aphar he speak soft words unto thee? goeth flame, and sparks of
together; shroud their faces in |4 (28)| Will he make a brit eish leap out.
the crypt. (covenant) with thee? Wilt |20 (41:12)| Out of his nostrils
|14| Then odecha (will I thou take him for an eved goeth forth smoke, like a
confess, admit unto thee) that olam? seething pot or caldron.
thine own right hand can save |5 (29)| Wilt thou play with |21 (41:13)| His breath
thee. him as with a pet bird? Or wilt kindleth coals, and a flame
|15| Hinei now behemot thou leash him for thy na'arot goeth out of his mouth.
(hippopotamus), which I made (maidens)? |22 (41:14)| In his neck
along with thee; he eateth |6 (30)| Shall traders barter resideth oz (strength), and
grass like an ox. for him? Shall they divide him terror dances before him.
|16| Hinei now, his koach is among the Kena'anim |23 (41:15)| The flanks of his
in his loins, and his force is in (Canaanites, merchants)? basar are joined together; they
the sinews of his beten (belly). |7 (31)| Canst thou fill his ohr are firm in themselves,
|17| He moveth his zanav (skin) with harpoons? Or his immoveable.
(tail) like a cedar branch; the head with fishing spears?
SHIR HASHIRIM
[24 (41:16)] His lev (chest) is as |5| I have heard of Thee by and a thousand yoke of oxen,
firm as an even (stone); yea, as the hearing of the ozen, but and a thousand she-donkeys.
hard as the lower millstone. now mine eye hath seen Thee. |13| He had also seven banim
|25 (41:17)| When he raiseth |6| Therefore I abhor myself, and shalosh banot.
up himself, the mighty are and nichamti (I am sorry, I |14| And he called the shem
afraid; shuddering they make teshuvah) in dust and of the first, Yemima, and the
retreat. ashes. shem of the second, Ketziah,
|26 (41:18)| The cherev of |7| And it was so, that after and the shem of the third,
him that reacheth at him Hashem had spoken these Keren-hapuch.
cannot hold--the spear, the words unto Iyov, Hashem said |15| And in kol ha'aretz were
dart, nor the harpoon. to Eliphaz the Temani, My no nashim found so fair as the
|27 (41:19)| He esteemeth wrath is kindled against thee, banot Iyov; and their av gave
barzel (iron) like straw, and and against thy two friends; them nachalah with their
nechoshet as rotten wood. for ye have not spoken in achim.
|28 (41:20)| The arrow cannot reference to Me the thing that |16| After this lived Iyov an
make him flee; sling stones are is nekhonah (correct), like hundred and forty shanah,
turned with him into stubble. Avdi Iyov hath. and saw his banim, and his
|29 (41:21)| Clubs are |8| Therefore take unto you banei banim, even arba'ah
counted as straw; he laugheth now seven bulls and seven dorot.
at the shaking of a spear. rams, and go to Avdi Iyov, and |17| So Iyov died, being zaken
|30 (41:22)| Sharp shards are offer up for yourselves olah and full of yamim.
his under parts; he leaveth a (burnt offering); and Avdi Iyov
trail in the mud like a shall pray for you; for him will
threshing sledge. I accept; lest I deal with you
|31 (41:23)| He maketh the after your nevalah (folly), in
deep to boil like a pot; he that ye have not spoken in T.N. A book that is tradi-
stirreth the yam like a pot of reference to Me the thing tionally read at Pesach is Shir
ointment. which is nekhonah (correct), HaShirim, "The Song of Songs"
|32 (41:24)| He maketh a like Avdi Iyov. (meaning "the best of all
wake to shine after him; one |9| So Eliphaz the Temani possible songs"). There are
would think the deep to be and Bildad the Shuchi and several reasons why Shliach
white hair. Tzophar the Na’amati went, Sha'ul is correct when he
|33 (41:25)| Upon earth there and did according as Hashem interprets the book as making
is not his equal, who is created commanded them. reference to the Moshiach and
without fear. Hashem also accepted Iyov. his wedding banquet with his
|34 (41:26)| He beholdeth all |10| And Hashem restored people. In Ep 5:25-27, Shliach
things lofty; he is a melech the fortunes of Iyov, when he Sha'ul says, "Husbands, love
over every proud beast. prayed for his friends; also your wives." The Song of Songs
Hashem gave Iyov twice as contains love poems and refers
Then Iyov much as he possessed before. to Ben Dovid's Chasunoh
42 answered Hashem,
and said,
|2| I have da'as that Thou
|11| Then came there unto
him all his brethren, and all
his sisters, and all they that
"wedding ceremony and
celebration") in Song of Songs
3:11. Shlomo HaMelech here,
canst do all things, and that had been of his acquaintance the son of Dovid, is not the
no purpose of Thine can be before, and did eat lechem ultimate Prince who brings
thwarted. with him in his bais; and they peace. One greater than
|3| Who is this that hideth expressed sympathy with him, Shlomo is here, the Sar
etzah (counsel) without da'as? and comforted him over all Shalom, the rose
Therefore have I judged the ra'ah that Hashem had of Sharon, the lily of the
without understanding things brought upon him; every ish Valley, the fairest of ten
too wonderful for me, which I also gave him a kesitah, and thousand. And He does have a
knew not. every ish a ring of zahav. Kehillah Bride who is faithful
|4| Shema, I beseech Thee, |12| So Hashem blessed the to his Brit Chadasha covenant
and I will speak; I will ask of acharit (latter end) of Iyov with her. He is her king
Thee, and declare Thou unto more than his reshit; for he (1:2-4,12) and her shepherd
me. had fourteen thousand tzon, (1:7-8). She is tahm-mah-tee
and six thousand gemalim, "my perfect one" (5:2; 6:9).
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SHIR HASHIRIM way forth by the footprints of |5| Sustain me with cakes of
the tzon, and feed thy young raisins, comfort me with
goats beside the mishkenot apples: ki cholat ahavah ani
Shir HaShirim, which is
1
haro'im (the tents of the (for I am faint with ahavah,
Sh'lomo's shepherds). lovesick).
|2| Let him kiss me with |9| O my love, to a susah |6| His left hand is under my
the neshikot (kisses) of his (mare) among the chariots of rosh, and his right hand doth
mouth; for better is dodecha Pharaoh do I compare thee. embrace me.
(thy love) than yayin (wine). |10| Thy cheeks are lovely |7| I charge you, O ye banot
|3| Tovim is the fragrance of with ornaments, thy tzavar Yerushalayim, by the gazelles,
thy shmanim (ointments); thy (neck) with necklaces. and by the deer of the sadeh,
shem (name) is like shemen |11| Ornaments of zahav will that ye arouse nor awake
(ointment) poured forth; we make for thee, studded HaAhavah till it pleases [i.e.,
therefore do the alamot love with kesef. until its own time--see 3:5; 8:4].
thee [alamot, young unmarried |12| While the Melech is at |8| Kol dodi (the voice of my
virgins; pl of almah virgin; see his table, my spikenard beloved)! Hinei, he cometh
Shir HaShirim 6:8; Yeshayah perfume has yielded its leaping upon the harim,
7:14; Bereshis 24:43; Shemot fragrance. bounding over the hills.
2:8; Mishlei 30:19, where the |13| Dodi (my beloved) is to |9| Dodi (my beloved) is like a
word has this explicit or me a sachet of myrrh that gazelle or a young deer; hinei,
implicit meaning throughout lieth in my bosom. he standeth behind our Kotel
the Tanakh; see page vii]. |14| Dodi (my beloved) is to (Wall); he looketh forth at the
|4| Draw me; so will we run me as a cluster of henna chalonot (windows), peering
after thee; the Melech hath blooms in the kramim through the lattices [Rev 3:20].
brought me into his chadarim (vineyards) of Ein-Gedi. |10| Dodi (my beloved) spoke,
(chambers); we will be glad |15| See, thou art yafeh (fair), and said unto me, Rise up, my
and rejoice in thee; we will my love; see, thou art fair; love, my fair one, and come
extol dodecha (thy love) more thine eynayim are yonim away.
than yayin; uprightly have (doves). |11| For, hinei, the winter is
they loved thee. |16| See, thou art yafeh past, the geshem (rain) is over
|5| Shechorah (black, dark, (handsome), dodi (my and gone;
sun-blackened) am I, yet beloved), yea, na'im (pleasing); |12| The flowers appear on
lovely, O ye banot also our couch is verdant. ha'aretz; the time of zemer
Yerushalayim, like the oholim |17| The beams of our bais (song, singing of birds) has
(tents) of Kedar, like the are cedar, and our rafters are come; and the voice of the
curtains of Sh'lomo. cypress. turtledove is heard in Artzeinu
|6| Let your eyes burn not (our Land);
into me because I am black, |13| The te'enah (fig tree)
because the shemesh hath I am the rose of Sharon, putteth forth her early figs,
burned its eyes into me; bnei
immi (my step-brothers) were
angry with me; they made me
2 and the shoshan (lily) of
the valleys.
|2| As the shoshan (lily)
and the vines with the tender
grape give forth fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one,
the keeper of the kramim among thorns, so is my love and come away.
(vineyards); but mine own among the banot. |14| O my yonah (dove), that
kerem (vineyard) have I not |3| As the tapuach (apple art in the clefts of the rock, in
kept. tree) among the trees of the the seter (secret place) of the
|7| O tell me, thou whom my wood, so is dodi (my beloved) cliff, let me see thy
nefesh loveth, where feedest among the banim. Betzilloh countenance, let me hear thy
thou? Where makest thou thy (in his shade, shadow) voice; for sweet is thy voice,
flock to lie down at noon? For chimmadti (I desire [see Shir and thy countenance is lovely.
why should I be as one who HaShirim 5:16]), and his p’ri |15| Catch the shu'alim
veils herself among the edrei (fruit) is sweet to my taste. (foxes), the shu'alim ketanim
chaverecha (the flocks of thy |4| He brought me to the Bais (little foxes), that spoil the
chaverim, fellow com- HaYayin, and his degel kramim (vines); for krameinu
panions)? (standard, banner, flag) over (our [blooming] vines) have
|8| If thou know not, O thou me is ahavah. tender grapes.
fairest among nashim, go thy
Ketuvim 697 Shir Hashirim 2, 3, 4
|16| Dodi (my beloved) is against the pachad (terror, hang a thousand mogen
mine, and I am his; he feedeth dread) of the nights. [Dovid], all the shields of
among the lilies. |9| HaMelech Sh'lomo made Gibborim.
|17| Until HaYom (the day) himself an appiryon |5| Thy two breasts are like
break, and the shadows flee (palanquin, mobile throne two ofarim (fawns, young deer)
away, turn, dodi (my beloved), carried on a litter on the that are twins, which graze
and be thou like a gazelle or a shoulders of men) of the wood among the lilies.
young deer upon the hills of of the Levanon. |6| Until HaYom (the day)
Beter. |10| He made the pillars break, and the shadows flee
thereof of kesef, the support away, I will get me to the har
thereof of zahav, the cushion hamor (mountain of myrrh),
In the nights on my bed of it of purple, the interior and to the hill of frank-
3 I sought him whom my

nefesh loveth; I sought
him, but I found him not.
thereof being inlaid with
Ahavah, by the banot
Yerushalayim.
incense.
|7| Thou art all yafeh, my
love; there is no mum
|2| So I will rise then, and go |11| Come out, O ye banot (blemish, spot, defect, flaw) in
about the city in the streets, Tziyon, and behold Sh'lomo thee.
and in the rechovot (open HaMelech with the atarah |8| Come with me from the
squares, places); I will seek (crown) wherewith his em Levanon, my kallah (bride),
him whom my nefesh loveth; I crowned him in the Yom with me from the Levanon;
sought him, but found him Chasunoh (day of his come down from the heights of
not. wedding), and in the Yom Amanah, from the top of
|3| The shomrim (watchmen) Simchat Libo (day of the Senir and Chermon, from the
that go about the city found gladness of his heart [see Rv dens of the arayot (lions), from
me; to whom I said, Saw ye 19:6-10; Ep 5:22-33; Yn 3:29; the hills of the nemerim
him whom my nefesh loveth? 2C 11:1-2; Yeshayah 54:5-6; (leopards).
|4| Scarcely had I passed Yirmeyah 2:2 Yechezkel 16:8- |9| Thou hast ravished my
from them, when I found him 14,20-21,32,38; Hoshea lev, my sister, my kallah; thou
whom my nefesh loveth; I held 2:16,18-20 and here see the hast ravished my lev with one
him, and would not let him go, Shulamite as a type of the of thy glances, with one link of
until I had brought him into Kehillah of Moshiach thy necklace.
the bais immi (the house of and Sh'lomo Ben Dovid a type |10| How fair is thy love, my
my mother), and into the of Moshiach Ben Dovid the sister, my kallah! How much
cheder of her that conceived Ro'eh HaTov, the Good better is thy love than yayin!
me. Shepherd]) And the scent of thine
|5| I charge you, O ye banot Behold, thou art yafeh, perfumes than any spice!
Yerushalayim, by the gazelles,
and by the deer of the sadeh,
that ye arouse nor awake
4 my love; behold, thou art
yafeh; thine eyes are
yonim (doves) behind your
|11| Thy lips, O my kallah,
drip like the honeycomb;
devash and cholov are under
HaAhavah till it pleases [i.e., veil; thy hair is like an eder thy tongue; and the scent of
until its own time, see 2:7; 8:4]. (flock) of goats descending thy garments is like the scent
|6| Who is this that cometh from Mount Gilàd. of the Levanon.
out of the midbar like pillars |2| Thy teeth are like an eder |12| A gan (garden) locked is
of smoke, perfumed with of sheep that are just shorn, my sister, my kallah; a spring
myrrh and frankincense from coming up from washing; enclosed, a ma'ayan (fountain)
all the fragrant powders of the whereof every one is matched, sealed.
rokhel (merchant)? and none is missing among |13| Thy plants are a pardeis
|7| Hinei, his conveyance [see them. (park, paradise) of
palanquin, 3:9], which is |3| Thy lips are like a thread pomegranates, with pleasant
Sh'lomo's; threescore gibborim of scarlet, and thy mouth is p’ri; henna with spikenard,
(valiant men) are around it, of naveh (lovely); thy temple is |14| Spikenard and saffron;
the Gibborei Yisroel. like a half-pomegranate within calamus and cinnamon, with
|8| They all hold swords, thy veil. kol atzei levonah (all kinds of
being expert in michamah |4| Thy tzavar (neck) is like incense trees); myrrh and
(war); every man hath his the migdal Dovid girt with aloes, with all the finest spices:
cherev (sword) at his side battlements, whereon there |15| A na'yan (fountain) of
gardens, a be'er (well) of
Shir Hashirim 4, 5, 6 698 Orthodox Jewish Bible
mayim chayyim (well of living wounded me; the shomrei 7:14 and its foundational
waters), and streams from the hachomat (i.e., the shomrim, meaning.]
Levanon. the guardians [of the city on Where is thy beloved
|16| Awake, O north wind;
and come, thou south wind;
blow upon my gan (garden),
the wall]) took away my cloak
from me.
|8| I charge you, O banot
6 gone, O thou fairest
among nashim? Where is
thy beloved turned aside, that
that the fragrances thereof Yerushalayim, if ye find dodi we may seek him with thee?
may flow out. Let dodi (my (my beloved), what will ye tell |2| Dodi (my beloved) is gone
beloved) come into his gan him? Tell him shecholat down into his gan (garden), to
(garden), and let him taste its ahavah ani (I am faint with the beds of spices, to feed in
choice pri (fruits). ahavah, lovesick [see 2:5]). the ganim (gardens), and to
|9| How is thy beloved more gather shoshanim (lilies).
I am come into my gan than another beloved, O thou |3| I am my beloved's, and my
5 (garden), my sister, my
kallah; I have gathered
my myrrh with my spice; I
fairest among nashim? How is
thy beloved more than
another beloved, that thou
beloved is mine; he feedeth
among the shoshanim.
|4| Thou art yafeh, O my love,
have eaten my honeycomb dost so charge us? as Tirtzah, lovely as
with my devash (honey); I have |10| Dodi (my beloved) is Yerushalayim, awe-inspiring
drunk my yayin with my radiant and ruddy, unrivaled as bannered troops on the
cholov (milk): Eat, O friends; by ten thousand. march.
drink, yea, drink abundantly, |11| His head is like the |5| Turn away thine eyes
dodim. purest gold, his hair is wavy from me, for they overwhelm
|2| I sleep, but my lev waketh: and shachor (black) as the me; thy hair is as an eder of
it is the voice of dodi (my raven. goats that descend from
beloved) that knocketh, saying, |12| His eyes are like yonim Gilàd.
Open to me, my sister, my (doves) by the streams of |6| Thy teeth are as an eder
love, my yonah (dove) tammati mayim, washed with cholov, harechalim (flock of ewes)
(my undefiled, my perfect jewels fitly set. which go up from the washing,
one); for my head is filled with |13| His cheeks are like beds whereof every one is matched,
tal (dew), and my hair with the of spices, like sweet flowers; and there is not one missing
drops of the lailah. his lips like shoshanim (lilies), among them.
|3| I have put off my kuttonet dripping sweet scented myrrh. |7| As a half pomegranate is
(kesones, chiton, robe); how |14| His hands are like rods thy temple within thy veil.
shall I put it on? I have of zahav set with chrysolites; |8| There are threescore
washed my feet; how shall I his body is like a polished melakhot (queens), and
defile them? work of ivory decorated with fourscore pilagshim
|4| Dodi (my beloved) thrust sapphires. (concubines), and alamot
his hand through the latch- |15| His legs are like pillars of (young unmarried virgins)
opening, my heart began marble, set upon sockets of without number [T.N. Alamot
pounding for him. fine zahav; his countenance is is plural of almah, "virgin,"
|5| I arose to open to dodi like the Levanon, bachor (one alamot, "virgins;" see Shir
(my beloved); and my hands being choice) like the cedars. HaShirim 1:3; Yeshayah 7:14;
dripped with myrrh, and my |16| His mouth is most sweet; Bereshis 24:43; Shemot 2:8;
fingers with sweet smelling yea, he is machamaddim Mishlei 30:19 where the word
myrrh, upon the handles of (altogether desirable [see Shir means explicitly or implicitly
the man'ul (lock, door bolt). HaShirim 2:3; Chaggai 2:7 "virgin" and where "young
|6| I opened to dodi (my says Moshiach is the Desired of woman" is not an adequate
beloved); but dodi had all Nations]). This is dodi (my rendering, in this case, since
withdrawn and gone; my beloved), and this is my the King was hardly interested
nefesh departed when he friend, O banot Yerushalayim. in only young women in his
spoke; I sought him, but [T.N. The next chapter is harem, but demanded "virgins";
I could not find him; I called commented on extensively the older Jewish translations
him, but he gave me no beginning at page vii. This like Harkavy's so translated
answer. section is one of the most the word as "virgin" in this verse
|7| The shomrim (watchmen) important Scriptures in the until it became politically
that went about the city found Bible because it buttresses Isa incorrect to do so in later, more
me, they beat me, they
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liberal Jewish translations into which looketh toward O that thou were like my
English].
|9| My yonah (dove), tammati
(my perfect one, my undefiled)
Damascus.
|5 (7:6)| Thine head upon
thee is like Carmel, and the
8 brother, that nursed the
breasts of immi (my
mother)! Then, if I should
is unique; she is the only one hair of thine head like royal find thee outside, I would kiss
of her em (mother), she is the tapestry; Melech is held thee; yea, and no one would
barah (choice one) of her that captive in its tresses. look down on me.
bore her. The banot saw her, |6 (7:7)| How fair and how |2| I would lead thee, and
they called her blessed; yea, pleasant art thou, O Ahavah, bring thee into bais immi [see
the melakhot and the for delights! 3:4]. Thou wouldest instruct
pilagshim [see 6:8] praise her. |7 (7:8)| This thy stature is me; I would cause thee to
|10| Who is she that looks like a tamar (palm tree), and drink of spiced yayin and the
forth like the shachar (dawn), thy breasts eshkolot (clusters nectar of my pomegranate.
yafeh as the levanah (moon), [of fruit]). |3| His left hand should be
clear as the sun, and awe- |8 (7:9)| I said, I will climb up under my rosh, and his right
inspiring as bannered troops to the tamar, I will take hold hand embrace me.
on the march? of the branches thereof; now |4| I charge you, O banot
|11| I went down into the also thy breasts shall be as Yerushalayim, that ye arouse
grove of nut trees to see the eshkelot hagefen (clusters of nor awake HaAhavah (the
blossoms of the valley, and to the vine), and the scent of thy Love) till it pleases [i,e., until
see whether hagefen (the vine) breath like apples; its own time, see 2:7; 3:5] .
flourished and the |9 (7:10)| And the roof of thy |5| Who is this that cometh
pomegranates bloomed. mouth like the best yayin of up from the midbar, leaning
|12| Before I was aware, my dodi (my beloved), that goeth upon her beloved? Under the
nefesh lifted me up to the down sweetly, causing the lips tapuach (apple tree) I
merkevot of ammi (my people) of those that are asleep to awakened thee; it was there
of one, a royal one. speak. thy em conceived thee; there
|13 (7:1)| Return, return, O |10 (7:11)| I am my beloved's, she who brought thee forth
Shulamite; return, return, that and to me goeth forth his conceived thee.
we may gaze upon thee. What teshukah (desire). |6| Set me as a chotam (seal)
will ye see in the Shulamite? |11 (7:12)| Come, dodi (my upon thine lev, as a chotam
As it were the mecholat beloved), let us go forth into upon thine zero'a (arm); for
Machanayim (dance of the the sadeh; let us lodge in the ahavah is strong as mavet
Machanayim [see Bereshis villages. (death); kinah (jealousy) as
32:3]). |12 (7:13)| Let us get up early unyielding as Sheol; the
How beautiful are thy to the kramim (vineyards); let flames thereof are flames of
7 feet in sandals, O
prince's daughter! Thy
graceful legs are like jewels,
us see if the gefen budded,
whether the tender grape
appears, and the
eish, the flame of Hashem.
|7| Mayim rabbim (many
waters) cannot quench
ma'aseh yedei amon (the work pomegranates bloom; there HaAhavah, neither can the
of the hands of an artist, see will I give thee my love. floods drown it; if a man
Prov 8:30). |13 (7:14)| The mandrakes would give all the wealth of his
|2 (7:3)| Thy navel is like a send out their fragrance, and bais for ahavah, it would be
round goblet, which wanteth at our doors are all manner of utterly scorned.
not wine: thy waist is like a pleasant fruits, chadashim |8| We have an achot
mound of chittim (wheat) (new ones) and yeshanim (old ketannah (little sister), and
encircled by shoshanim ones), which I have stored up she hath as yet no breasts.
(lilies). and kept for thee, O dodi (my What shall we do for
|3 (7:4)| Thy two breasts are beloved). achoteinu (our sister) in the
like two fawns that are twins [T.N. Just as there are different day when she shall be spoken
of a gazelle. classes of women in the for?
|4 (7:5)| Thy tzavar (neck) is harem—so there are different |9| If she be a chomah (wall),
like a migdal of ivory; thine residences in the book of we will build upon her a
eyes like the pools of Esther, for the malkah, for the pinnacle of kesef; and if she
Cheshbon, by the sha'ar (gate) pilegesh and for the almah or be a delet (door), we will
of Bat-Rabbim; thy nose is like betulah; cf Song 6:8 and enclose her with panels of
the migdal of the Levanon Esther chp 2.] cedar.
RUTH
|10| I am a chomah (wall), 6

4 Job 42:6
and my breasts, like migdalot; YOSHER IN HEAVEN , 5 Isa 44:22
then was I in his eyes like one 7
6 Job 33:23
that findeth shalom. MOSHIACH ADONEINU ; 7 Mal 3:1
|11| Sh'lomo had a kerem 8 Song 2:4
(vineyard) at Baal-Hamon; he YOUR BANNER, OVER ME, 9 Isa 53 :11-12 ; Lv 16 :20-22
gave over the kerem (vineyard) 10 Zech 4 :3-5 ; 3 :8 ; 6 :11-12
unto caretakers; each had to HOLY MOSHIACH, IS 11 Song 2 :4
pay a thousand pieces of 8
12 Isa 53 :7 ; Ruth 3 :12
kesef for the p’ri (fruit) LOVE ; YOU 13 2Sm 22 :3 ; Dan 3 :25
thereof. 14 PS 110 :4
|12| My kerem (vineyard), CARRIED MY SIN AWAY ON 15 Isa 53:8
which is mine, is at my own 16 Jer 3:19
disposal [see 7:13 (12)]; thou, THE TREE AS THE SA’IR 17 Prov 30:4; 8:30
O Sh'lomo, the thousand are 18 Psa 51:11
for thee, and two hundred for L’AZAZEL YOM KIPPUR T.N. The Book of Ruth is
those that tend the p’ri arguably the greatest short
thereof! SCAPEGOAT KAPPORAH TO story ever written, though of
|13| Thou that dwellest in the 9
course, it is history and not
ganim (gardens), the chaverim SATISFY THE TORAH. fiction. Judges and Ruth are so
are listening for thy voice; different in tone that it is
cause me to hear it. YOU REMOVED MY FILTHY amazing that they take place
|14| Make haste, dodi (my 10
during the same time period.
beloved), and be thou like to a ROBES AND SEATED ME In contrast to the murder and
gazelle or a young deer upon lust of Judges, there is the
the mountains where spices AT YOUR BANQUETING wonder of how much Ruth
grow. www.afii.org/ruth.WMA 11
endeared herself to people who
TABLE. I TRUST YOU AS should have been strangers. A
WHY NOT PRAY THESE miracle quietly transpires in
HASHEM’S PESACH this story, and people who
WORDS FROM THE might have considered Ruth an
KORBAN FOR MY enemy because of her Moabite
TANAKH: “I BELIEVED; 12
ancestry, were instead drawn
REDEMPTION . I OPEN to her by the cords of G-d's love.
THEREFORE HAVE I Love is a wonderful thing. The
1
THE LATCH AND INVITE story of Ruth is saying, look
SPOKEN. O HASHEM, SAVE how G-d's love binds people
2
YOU TO COME THROUGH together, with a bond that even
MY NEFESH. I ADMIT I death cannot sever, for G-d is
THE DOOR OF MY HEART the G-d of the living, and even
HAVE SINNED, NOT ONLY the dead are not beyond his
AS MY GO’EL AND protective, redemptive hand.
IN WHAT I HAVE DONE, 13 14
See 1C 15:3-4. Look at Ruth's
MOSHI’A AND KOHEN story. Ruth's husband Mahlon
3
BUT IN WHAT I AM, I is dead; he left her no son,
15
AND KAPPORAH Naomi he left no grand-
4
ABHOR MYSELF AND MY children. Mahlon's property is
FOREVER. IN THE NAME languishing untilled in
IDOLS WITH G-DLY Bethlehem. All seems
16 17
hopelessly lost. Who can help
SORROW FOR MY OF HA’AV , HABEN , AND Naomi? Who can help Ruth?
18
Who can reclaim the land and
SIN, TURNING IN HARUACH HAKODESH . bring a harvest of prosperity
5
OMEIN.” again? Who can redeem the
TESHUVAH TO MY MELITZ 1 Ps 116:10a dead? No one, it seems. The
2 Ps 116:4 land has seen famine, the dead
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Ruth a supernatural love for almanot. In the Bible, G-d is RUTH

her mother-in-law and for the also the protector of almanot.
people of G-d. G-d gives her the In Bible times, a woman
Now it came to pass in
1
courage to say good-bye to her without the covering of a
heathen sister and to go to husband was in danger of the yamim when
Israel with her mother-in-law. exploitation or of sexual HaShofetim (the Judges)
Then G-d brings her to a very molestation or even being ruled, that there was a ra'av
special man, a man of carried off. Because of our sin (famine) in the land. And a
substance, a man of destiny, nature and our sin practices, certain ish (man) of Beit-
the most wonderful husband we were carried off and on the Lechem Yehudah went to
she could ever have dreamed slave market auction block of sojourn in the sadei Moav, he,
of, in fact a husband far sin. We needed a redeemer to and his isha (wife), and his
beyond her imagination, an buy us back. Moshiach Ben two banim (sons).
absolutely unique man of Dovid is rich and can do that |2| And the shem (name) of
royal blood, the only man in because Moshiach is free from the ish (man) was Elimelech,
the world who was Ruth's a sin nature tie to Adam [Gen and the shem (name) of his
contemporary and was at the 3:15; Isa 7:14) and rich in isha (wife) Naomi, and the
same time destined to become mercy. If we humble ourselves shem of his two banim
a direct ancestor of King David like a poor widow and turn to Machlon and Kilyon,
and of the Moshiach. And the him to redeem us, he will put Ephrathites of Beit-Lechem
wonder is that G-d led this the wings of his garment over Yehudah. And they came into
Gentile woman Ruth to find us and protect us from all the sadei Moav, and
favor in his sight and become doom and loss. Moshiach will continued there.
related to him in holy covenant be to us what Boaz was to |3| And Elimelech, Naomi's
love. For this man (Boaz) from Ruth and Naomi. This book of husband, died; and she was
the Messianic tribe of Judah the Bible is extremely left (alive) and her two banim.
became Ruth's kinsman Go'el important because it shows the |4| And they took them wives
(redeemer), protecting the tribe of Judah and a coming of the nashim (women) of
family, the dead as well as the redeemer of the Jews and Moav; the shem (name) of the
living. This man from the tribe Gentiles, the Moshiach, who one was Orpah, and the shem
of the Moshiach married Ruth will fulfill Gen. 49:10. The (name) of the other Ruth: and
and redeemed (bought back) secret of Ruth's blessing was they dwelled there about eser
the land of Ruth's dead her faithfulness. She shanim (ten years).
husband and raised up an heir continued working where G-d |5| And Machlon and Kilyon
to carry on the dead man's placed her. She refused to died also both of them; and
name. So the dead man's leave her mother-in-law, the isha was left (alive),
inheritance was not wiped out. she remained with her in life surviving with neither her
G-d is the G-d who saves the and refused to leave her in yeladim nor her ish.
living and the dead (1C 15:51; death (1:16-18). Ruth |6| Then she arose with her
1Th 4:15-17) through a remained in faith where G-d kallot, that she might make
Redeemer from the tribe of placed her. She remained in teshuvah (return) from the
Judah. Here it is important to Boaz's field. Boaz said, "Stay sadei Moav: for in the sadeh of
remember that the PEDUT (the with my workers until they Moav she had heard how that
payment of ransom for geulah finish harvesting all my grain," Hashem had visited His
redemption as in Ro 3:24) (2:21) and she obeyed him. people in giving them lechem
comes about through the Go’el Ruth didn't go to the field of (bread).
Moshiach Tzidkeinu. Had someone else where she might |7| Wherefore she went forth
Moshiach not paid the ransom have been harmed (2:22). If out of the place where she was,
of his korban Pesach blood (Isa we stay close to the harvesters, and her two kallot with her;
53:7) as our Go'el (Redeemer), and refuse to leave the harvest and they set on the derech
we could never have been field where G-d has placed us, (way, road) to make teshuvah
bought back from sin and we will be blessed like this (return) unto Eretz Yehudah.
death and judgment. Our lowly and loving and faithful |8| And Naomi said unto her two
plight would have been more mevaseret (lady evangelist) kallot, Go, go back each to her beis
hopeless than Ruth and Ruth who won a Jewish lady to em www.afii.org/ruth.WMA
Naomi, these two tragic the L-rd (Ro 11:11; Ruth 1:15).
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(mother's house): may Hashem |18| When she saw that she |5| Then said Boaz unto his
show chesed (lovingkindness) was steadfastly minded to go servant that was set over the
to you, as ye have dealt with with her, then she left urging kotzerim, Whose na'arah is
hamesim (the dead ones), and her. this?
with me. |19| So they two went until |6| And the servant that was
|9| Hashem grant you that ye they came to Beit-Lechem. set over the kotzerim answered
may find menuchah (resting And it came to pass, when and said, It is the na'arah
place), each of you in the bais they were come to Beit- from Moav that came back
of her ish. Then she kissed Lechem, that kol ha'ir (all the with Naomi out of the sadeh
them; and they lifted up their town) was moved about them, of Moav.
voice, and wept. and they said, Is this Naomi? |7| And she said, I pray you,
|10| And they said unto her, |20| And she said unto them, let me glean and gather after
Surely we will make teshuvah Call me not Naomi [Pleasant], the kotzerim among the
(return) with thee unto thy call me Mara [Bitter]; for omarim (sheaves); so she
people. Shaddai hath dealt very came, and hath worked
|11| And Naomi said, Turn bitterly with me. steadily from the boker even
back, my banot; why will ye go |21| I went away full and until now, except for a short
with me? Are there yet any Hashem hath brought me rest in the bais.
more banim in my womb, that back empty; why then call me |8| Then said Boaz unto
they may be your husbands? Naomi, seeing Hashem hath Ruth, Hearest thou not, my
|12| Turn back, my banot, go testified against me, and daughter? Go not to glean in
your way; for I am too old to Shaddai hath made me very another sadeh, neither go
have an ish. If I should say, I bitter? from hence, but abide here
have tikvah, if I should have |22| So Naomi returned, and close by my ne'arot;
an ish halailah (tonight), and Ruth the Moabitess, her |9| Let thine eyes be on the
should also bear banim, kallah, with her, which sadeh that they do reap, and
|13| Would ye tarry for them returned out of the sadei go thou after them; have I not
till they were grown? Would ye Moav; and they came to Beit- charged the ne'arim that they
stay from having ba'alim Lechem in the beginning of shall not touch thee? And
(husbands) for them? Nay, my katzir seorim (barley harvest). when thou art athirst, go unto
banot; for it is more mar And Naomi had a the kelim (vessels), and drink
(bitter) for me than you, for
the Yad Hashem has gone out
against me.
2 relative of her husband's,
an ish gibbor chayil, of
the mishpochah of Elimelech;
of that which the ne'arim have
drawn.
|10| Then she fell on her face,
|14| And they lifted up their and shmo was Boaz. and bowed herself to the
voice, and wept again; and |2| And Ruth the Moabitess ground, and said unto him,
Orpah kissed [cf Mt 26:49] her said unto Naomi, Let me now Why have I found chen (favor,
chamot; but Ruth clung unto go to the sadeh, and glean grace) in thine eyes, that thou
her. heads of grain after him in shouldest take knowledge of
|15| And she said, Hinei, thy whose sight I shall find chen me, seeing I am a nokhriyah
sister-in-law is gone back unto (grace, favor). And she said (foreigner, alien)?
her people, and unto her g-ds; unto her, Go, my daughter. |11| And Boaz answered and
return thou after thy sister-in- |3| And she went, and came, said unto her, It hath fully
law. and gleaned in the sadeh been shown me, all that thou
|16| And Ruth said, Entreat behind the kotzerim hast done unto thy chamot
me not to leave thee, or to (harvesters); and it so since the mot (death) of thine
return from following after happened that she came on a ish; and how thou hast left thy
thee; for whither thou goest, I part of the sadeh belonging av and thy em, and the eretz
will go; and where thou unto Boaz, who was of the moledet, and art come unto
lodgest, I will lodge; thy people mishpochah of Elimelech. an Am (people) which thou
shall be my people, and thy |4| And, hinei, Boaz came knewest not heretofore.
G-d shall be Elohai; from Beit-Lechem, and said |12| Hashem recompense thy
|17| Where thou diest, will I unto the kotzerim, Hashem be work, and a full reward be
die, and there will I be buried. with you. And they answered given thee of Hashem Elohei
Hashem do so to me, and him, Yevarech'chah Adonoi Yisroel,
more also, if anything but (Hashem bless thee).
HaMavet part thee and me.
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under Whose wings thou art chasdo et haChayyim v'et according to kol that her
come to seek refuge. haMesim (Blessed be he of chamot bade her.
|13| Then she said, Let me Hashem who hath not |7| And when Boaz had eaten
find chen (favor, grace) in thy abandoned his chesed to the and drunk, and his lev was
sight, adoni; for that thou hast living and to the dead). And merry, he went to lie down at
brought nachamah (comfort) Naomi said unto her, The the end of the heap of grain;
to me, and for that thou hast man is karov unto us. and she came softly, and
spoken to the lev of thine MiGoaleinu hu (he is one of uncovered his feet, and laid
shifcha, though I be not like our kinsmen redeemers). her down.
unto one of thine shfakhot. |21| And Ruth the Moabitess |8| And it came to pass in the
|14| And Boaz said unto her, said, He said unto me also, middle of the night, that the
At et haokhel (mealtime) come Thou shalt keep close by my man was afraid, and turned
thou hither, and eat of the ne'arim, until they have ended himself; and, hinei, an isha
lechem, and dip thy morsel in kol HaKatzir that is mine. lay at his feet!
the chometz. And she sat |22| And Naomi said unto |9| And he said, Who art
beside the kotzerim; and he Ruth her kallah, It is tov, my thou? And she answered, I am
offered her roasted grain, and daughter, that thou go out Ruth thine handmaid; spread
she did eat, and was filled, with his ne'arot, because in therefore thy robe over thine
and had left over [shirayim]. someone else's sadeh you amah (handmaid); for thou art
|15| And when she was risen might be harmed. a Go'el (Redeemer).
up to glean, Boaz commanded |23| So she kept close by the |10| And he said, Berukhah
his ne'arim, saying, Let her ne'arot of Boaz to glean unto at laHashem, my daughter; for
glean even among the the end of katzir haseorim thou hast showed more chesed
omarim, and reproach her and of katzir chittim; and in the latter end than at the
not; dwelt with her chamot. beginning, inasmuch as thou
|16| And let fall also some followedst not the bochurim,
[out from the omarim] of the Then Naomi her whether poor or rich.
handfuls on purpose for her,
and leave them, that she may
glean them, and rebuke her
3 chamot said unto her,
My daughter, shall I not
seek manoach (a resting place)
|11| And now, my daughter,
fear not; I will do to thee all
that thou requirest; for kol
not. for thee, that it may be well sha'ar ami doth have da'as
|17| So she gleaned in the with thee? that thou art an aishes chayil
sadeh until the erev, and she |2| And now is not Boaz our (virtuous woman, Prov 31).
threshed what she had relative, with whose ne'arot |12| And now it is true that I
gleaned; and it was about an thou wast? Hinei, he am thy Go'el; howbeit there is
ephah of seorim. winnoweth haseorim halailah a Go'el karov mimeini
|18| And she took it up, and in the threshing floor. (Redeemer nearer than I).
went into the town; and her |3| Wash thyself therefore, |13| Tarry this night, and it
chamot saw what she had and anoint thee, and put thy shall be in the boker, that if he
gleaned; and she brought raiment upon thee, and get will perform unto thee the
forth, and gave to her the left thee down to the threshing part of a Go'el, well; let him do
over [shirayim] after she had floor; but make not thyself the Go'el's part; let him
been filled. known unto the Ish, until he redeem you. But if he will not
|19| And her chamot said shall have done eating and do the part of a Go'el to thee,
unto her, Where hast thou drinking. then will I do the part of a
gleaned hayom (today)? And |4| And it shall be, when he Go'el to thee, as Hashem
where did you work? Baruch lieth down, that thou shalt liveth. Lie down until
be he who did take knowledge mark the makom (place) where HaBoker.
of thee. And she showed her he shall lie, and thou shalt go |14| And she lay at his feet
chamot with whom she had in, and uncover his feet, and until HaBoker; and she rose
worked, and said, Shem HaIsh lay thee down; and he will tell up before one could know
with whom I worked hayom thee what thou shalt do. another. And he said, Let it
(today) is Boaz. |5| And she said unto her, not be known that an isha
|20| And Naomi said unto Kol that thou sayest unto me I came into the threshing floor.
her kallah, Baruch hu will do. |15| Also he said, Bring the
l'Hashem asher lo azav |6| And she went down unto mitpachat (shawl) that thou
the threshing floor, and did hast upon thee, and hold it.
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And when she held it, he upon his nachalah went in unto her, Hashem
measured six measures of (inheritance). gave her conception, and she
seorim (barley) and laid it on |6| And the Go'el said, I bore ben [see Isa 7:14].
her; and she went into the cannot redeem it for myself, |14| And the nashim said
town. lest I mar mine own nachalah; unto Naomi, Baruch Hashem,
|16| And when she came to redeem thou my right to which hath not left thee this
her chamot, she said, Who art thyself; for I cannot redeem it. yom without a Go'el. May
thou, my daughter? And she |7| Now this was the manner shmo be famous in Yisroel.
told her all that HaIsh had in former time in Yisroel |15| And may he restore your
done to her. concerning the geulah nefesh and be a nourisher of
|17| And she said, These six (redemption) and concerning thine old age; for thy kallah,
measures of seorim gave he the temurah (the substitute, which loveth thee, which is
me; for he said to me, Go not exchange), for to confirm all better to thee than shiva
empty-handed unto thy things; a man plucked off his banim, hath born him.
chamot (mother-in-law). sandal, and gave it to his |16| And Naomi took the
|18| Then said she, Wait, my neighbor; and this was an yeled, and laid him in her
daughter, until thou know attestation in Yisroel. kheyk (bosom), and became
how the matter will fall; for |8| Therefore the Go'el said omenet (nurse) unto it.
HaIsh will not rest until the unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So |17| And the women her
matter is settled HaYom. he drew off his sandal. shchenim gave him a name,
Then went Boaz up to |9| And Boaz said unto the saying, There is a ben born to
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down there; and, hinei,
the Go'el of whom Boaz spoke
zekenim, and unto kol haAm,
Ye are witnesses this day, that
I have bought all that was
Naomi; and they called his
name Oved; he is the father of
Yishai, the father of Dovid.
came by; unto whom he said, Elimelech's, and all that was |18| Now these are the toldot
Ho, such a one! Turn aside, sit Kilyon's and Machlon's, of the of Peretz; Peretz fathered
down here. And he turned hand of Naomi. Chetzron,
aside, and sat down. |10| Moreover Ruth the |19| And Chetzron fathered
|2| And he took a minyan of Moabitess, the wife of Ram, and Ram fathered
the zekenim of the town, and Machlon, have I purchased to Amminadav,
said, Sit ye down here. And be my wife, lahakim (to raise |20| And Amminadav
they sat down. up, resurrect) the shem hamet fathered Nachshon, and
|3| And he said unto the (name of the dead man) upon Nachshon fathered Salmon,
Go'el, Naomi, that is come his nachalah, that the shem of |21| And Salmon fathered
again out of the sadeh of the dead man be not cut off Boaz, and Boaz fathered
Moav, selleth a share of sadeh, from among his brethren, and Oved,
which was achinu (our from the sha'ar of his place; ye |22| And Oved fathered
brother) Elimelech's; are edim (witnesses) HaYom. Yishai, and Yishai fathered
|4| And I thought to advise |11| And kol HaAm that were Dovid.
thee, saying, Buy it before the in the sha'ar, and the zekenim, [T. N. This genealogy is
inhabitants, and before the said, We are edim. Hashem important not only because it
zekenim of my people. If thou make the isha haba'ah (the is Dovid’s, but also because it
wilt redeem it, redeem it; but woman coming, see Gn 3:15; is Moshiach’s. See 1Chr 2:4;
if thou wilt not redeem it, then Isa 7:14) into thine bais [i.e. 3:5 and the genealogy in Mt
tell me, that I may know; for Bais Dovid] like Rachel and chp 1 and Lk 3:23-38 of
there is none to redeem it like Leah, which two did build Yeshua, an abbreviated and
beside thee; and I am after the Bais Yisroel; and do thou Aramaic form of Yehoshua,
thee. And he said, I will worthily in Ephrat, and be which came into use in the
redeem it. famous in Beit-Lechem; Exilic period of Israel’s history.
|5| Then said Boaz, What day |12| And let thy bais be like So we see here that the royal
thou buyest the sadeh of the the bais of Peretz, whom line did not encumber itself
hand of Naomi, thou must Tamar bore unto Yehudah, of with pride over racial purity,
buy it also of Ruth the the zera (Bereshis 22:18; Ga just as Yochanan of the tevilah
Moabitess, the eshet hamet 3:16) which Hashem shall give of teshuvah warned certain
(wife of the dead man), thee of this na'arah. purists that G-d could raise up
lahakim (to raise up, |13| So Boaz took Ruth, and sons of Abraham from stones
resurrect) the shem hamet she was his isha; and when he (Mt 3:9)]
EKHAH
The Book of Lamentations, the city is naked and Jerusalem is still a rebuke and
especially 1:21; 2:2f speak of humiliated and left to be seen a challenge against them.
two phases of the Day of the by passers-by. "Is it nothing to Note for street ministry:
L-rd, the first already past in you, all you who pass by? homelessness is mentioned in
the fall of Jerusalem and the Look and see if there is any 5:2. Jerusalem's survivors are
dissolution of the people of sorrow like my sorrow which homeless after G-d's judgment
Judah, and a second in store was brought upon me, which falls on them. But see the song
for the gloating enemies of Hashem inflicted on the day of of hope in 3:22-23. We see that
G-d’s people. Therefore those His charon af (fierce anger)" to be thus humbled is good
who speak of "Israel's (Lam l:12). See Lam 2:22. (3:27-29). There is hope in
Final Holocaust" had better be Jerusalem remembers her false 3:31-32. If we don't grow bitter
reminded that it will also be a prophets with their false and toward G-d but instead test
holocaust for all the nations of misleading visions (2:14) and and examine our ways and
the world. Jeremiah is the her prophets who obtain no return to the L-rd, then there is
traditional author of vision from the L-rd (2:9) and indeed good in being humbled
Lamentations in the closing she remembers her own by Hashem (3:39-40). The hope
days of Judah's conflict with rebellion against G-d's word of Israel's ultimate return to
Babylon around 586, the date (1:18), and sees that all this G-d is stated in 4:22 and 5:21.
of Jerusalem's final capitu- desolation of altar and This is still the great hope of all
lation to Nebuchadnezzar. sanctuary, all this abolition of Biblically defined believers.
The ninth of Av (August) is the festival and Shabbos, is just When one reads this book one
Jewish commemoration of this punishment from Hashem needs to revisit the material in
disaster, and on that day, a Himself. The Gentile enemies Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy
full fast day, this scroll is read gloat over her when they see 27-28. See. Lam 2:17. This
in the synagogue following the Jerusalem's destruction in the book is a vindication of
evening services. The other Babylonian Exile, but she calls Jeremiah’s ministry and many
days associated in some way on G-d to bring on the Day of of the prophetic themes of his
with this event are the Tenth of the L-rd when all the Gentile preaching. Immediately in
Tevet (marking the beginning nations of the world will Jeremiah's ministry G-d shows
of the Babylonian siege of become as Jerusalem is him the coming crisis that we
Jerusalem), the Seventeenth of (1:21). Judgment only begins at see has played out in
Tammuz (which marks the first the household of G-d. See 3:64 Lamentations, represented by
breach in the walls of and Zech l:l5; 2:8. A terrible a "boiling pot, tilted away from
Jerusalem during the picture of Gehinnom is seen in the north" (Jer 1:13). This pot
Babylonian siege), and the 3:7-8, for here we view a people was going to boil over and
Fast of Gedaliah (the third day (pre-Exilic Jerusalem) who pour its hot lava of destruc-
of Tishri, the day following refused to know G-d and we see tion as foreign soldiers came
Rosh HaShanah, Tzom them frozen in Gehinnom-like down on Jerusalem from the
Gedaliah commemorating his divine judgment. We are north. This threat from the
assassination after he was reminded again of the pierced north (Jer 1:14; 4:6; 6:1,22;
appointed Governor of the Moshiach surrounded by 10:22; 13:20; 16:15; 25:9,26;
Jewish people by Nebuchad- mockers when we read 3:14. 31:8) became concrete in the
nezzar). In this book of Ekhah See also 3:30, 52-57. persons of King Nebuchad-
(Lamentations), Jerusalem is The burden of proof today is nezzar's Babylonian soldiers.
personified and she weeps still on Judah's religious G-d is telling Jeremiah to
bitterly (1:2) because Judah leaders as to whether or not preach that there is no escape
has gone into the Golus (Exile)-- they rebel against G-d's word from these soldiers. The people
see 1:3-5. The prodigal city (1:18), since it was their sins have broken G-d's Law and
remembers the wonderful days which caused the destruction now Hashem is sending
of old when her festivals of Jerusalem (4:13-16). They His divine marshalls to put the
brought rejoicing multitudes to were as unreliable as that ally people under arrest and take
her Beis Hamikdash. Now Egypt, a nation that could not them off to Babylon to serve a
those days are gone, and she is save (4:17). Jewish religious Seventy Year Exile prison
mocked and despised, and leaders must prove that they sentence (Jer 25:11-12; 29:10).
enemies have invaded her rightly interpret the word of Go peaceably,
sanctuary (1:10). Like the G-d, because that desolate
Moshiach, hanged on the etz,
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will live. If the nation humbles no place to marry or to bear
itself and waits on Hashem, children (Jer 16:3-4). Jeru-
the nation will return. But salem will be like a rejected
whoever attempts to resist the prostitute (3:2-3; 4:29-31)
divine arrest will be put to because she has stubbornly
death. They will be like bad rejected Hashem, her true
figs (Jer 24:8), and because of husband, and has given herself
How doth HaIr (the city,
1
their disobedience G-d will not in spiritual adultery to false
give them a heart to know Him g-ds, the Baals and all the Yerushalayim) sit
(Jer 24:7). This was Jeremiah's worthless foreign idols that solitary, that was full of
hard message, which cost him have taken over her land. people! How is she become
dearly, and brought great Nothing short of the Baby- like an almanah (widow)! She
persecution down on his head. lonian exile would cure her that was great among the
But, ironically, weak, isolated of this sin of changing her g-ds Goyim, and sarah (princess)
Jeremiah, the maggid with the (Jer 2:11). What is amazing is among the provinces, how is
dangerous and wrath- that the kingdom of Judah she become a forced laborer!
provoking message, is in much does not learn her lesson by |2| She weepeth bitterly in
safer hands than the sonerous- seeing the idolatrous northern the lailah (night), and her
voiced false prophets and kingdom of Israel go off (722 tears are on her cheeks;
power-weilding political B.C.E.) into captivity because among all her lovers she hath
leaders, who stir up violence of this very sin (Jer 3:6-10); no Menachem (comforter); all
against Jeremiah as a traitor. Judah has to undergo a similar her friends have dealt
For Hashem promises to punishment herself to get treacherously with her; they
protect Jeremiah but to put to cured of idolatry. But, to have become her enemies.
death these enemies of his, put it simply, the main fault |3| Yehudah is gone into the
both Jews and Gentiles, with that brought all this Golus (Exile) under affliction,
judgment beginning at the punishment on G-d's people and under great avodah
household of G-d (see Jer1:18- was refusal to listen to the (servitude); she dwelleth
19; 25:8-9,29) and climaxing prophetic Word of the among the Goyim; she findeth
in the Day of the L-rd (Jer Scriptures (Jer 25:4-7; 32:33- no manoach (rest); all her
25:33; 46:10). "Flight shall fail 35; 35:15-17). Jeremiah did not rodefim (persecutors) overtook
the shepherds" (Jer 25:35), a have a popular message to her in dire straits.
prophecy that proved true for preach (look at it—Jer 13:19; |4| The darkhei Tziyon
fleeing King Zedekiah, the last also 15:10), and many people (approaches to Tziyon) do
king of Judah (52:1-11). All the opposed him. Who wanted to mourn, because none come to
wicked must drink the lethal hear someone prophesy mo'ed (set feasts); all her
cup of judgment that is coming massacre and national she'arim (gates) are desolate;
(Jer 25:28), even ultimately desolation (see, for example Jer her kohanim sigh, her betulot
that anti-Moshiach King of 9:22)? But all Jeremiah was (virgins) are afflicted, and she
Babylon (Jer. 25:26). preaching was Deuteronomy is in bitterness.
The reason for the coming 28 and its covenant reprisals |5| Her adversaries are now
Babylonian Exile is given in and curses (see Jer. 11:2-4; the rosh (supreme, master);
Jer 5:18-19, the land of Israel 34:18). Nevertheless, some her enemies prosper; for
was full of elilim (idols). See men from Jeremiah's Hashem hath afflicted her
also Jer 9:12-16; 10:5,18,21; hometown (Anathoth near because of the multitude of
16:11-13. The sin of Manasseh Jerusalem) were so her peysha'im (transgressions);
(Jer 15:4; 2 Kgs 21:6), embarrassed and infuriated by her olalim (little children) are
especially child sacrifice (Jer his preaching that they started gone into captivity before the
7:30-34) brought great a conspiracy to kill him (Jer enemy.
national disaster on Judah, 11:8-23). The political leaders |6| And from Bat Tziyon all
just as the abortion holocaust were stupid, because they did her beauty has departed; her
will bring great grief on any not inquire of the L-rd sarim (princes) are become
country. Consequently, G-d's (Jer 10:21) but had rejected the like deer that find no pasture,
wrath burns against her, and Word of G-d (Jer 8:9). and they are gone
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before the rodef (persecutor, against them; He hath spread (i.e., outside), the cherev
pursuer). a net for my feet, He hath (sword) bereaveth, within (i.e.,
|7| In the yamim (days) of her turned me back; He hath babayit, at home) it is like
affliction and of her made me desolate and kol mavet (death).
persecutions, Yerushalayim hayom (ever) languishing. |21| They have heard that I
remembers all her pleasant |14| The yoke of my sigh; there is no Menachem
things that she had miymei peysha'im hath been fastened (comforter); all mine enemies
kedem (in the days of old), by His hand; they [i.e., my have heard of my trouble; they
when her people fell into the sins] intertwine themselves are glad that Thou hast done
hand of the enemy, and there and set upon my tzavar (neck); it; Thou bringest the Yom
was no ozer (helper) for her; He hath made my strength to Karata (the day that Thou has
the adversaries saw her, and fall; Hashem hath delivered proclaimed), that they (all the
did mock at her downfall. me into their hands, from peoples; see 1:18) may be like
|8| Yerushalayim hath whom I am not able to rise up. me.
grievously sinned; therefore |15| Hashem hath taken |22| Let all their wickedness
she is niddah (unclean, Jewish away all my strong ones in my come before Thee; and do
woman's untouchability midst; He hath proclaimed a unto them, as Thou hast done
during menstruation; Vayikra mo'ed (set time) against me to unto me for all my peysha'im;
15:19); all that honored her crush my young men; Hashem for my sighs are many, and my
despise her, because they have hath trodden the winepress lev is faint.
seen her erom (nakedness); for the Betulat Bat Yehudah.
yea, she sigheth, and turneth |16| For these things I weep; How hath Adonoi
away for shame.
|9| Her filthiness is in her
skirts; she remembereth not
mine eye, mine eye runneth
down with mayim, because the
Menachem (comforter) that
2 covered Bat Tziyon with
a cloud in His anger,
and hurled down from
her latter end; therefore she should refresh my nefesh is Shomayim unto Eretz the
sank appallingly; she had no far from me; my children are tiferet Yisroel, and
Menachem (comforter). O desolate, because the enemy remembered not His hadom
Hashem, behold my affliction; hath prevailed. (footstool) in the Day of His
for the enemy hath |17| Tziyon stretcheth forth Wrath!
triumphed. her hands, yet there is no |2| Adonoi hath swallowed up
|10| The adversary hath Menachem (comforter) for her; all the habitations of Ya'akov,
spread out his hand upon all Hashem hath commanded and hath not pitied; He hath
her precious things; for she concerning Ya'akov, that his torn down in His Wrath the
hath seen how the Goyim adversaries should be round strongholds of Bat Yehudah;
entered into her [Beis] about him; Yerushalayim is as He hath brought them down
Hamikdash, whom Thou didst a niddah (menstruous woman) to the ground; chillel (He hath
command that they should not among them. defiled) the mamlachah and
enter into Thy Kahal |18| Tzaddik is Hashem; for I the sarim (princes) thereof.
(congregation, community). have rebelled against His |3| He hath cut off in His
|11| All her people sigh, they mouth; hear, I pray you, kol fierce anger kol keren Yisroel;
seek lechem; they have given amim (all people), and behold He hath drawn back His right
their precious things for bread my sorrow; my betulot and my hand from before the oyev,
to revive the nefesh; see, O bochurim are gone into and He burned against
Hashem, and consider that I captivity. Ya'akov like a flaming eish,
am become despised. |19| I called for my lovers, which devoureth all around.
|12| Is it nothing to you, all ye but they have deceived me; my |4| He hath bent His keshet
that pass by? Consider, and kohanim and my zekenim (bow) like an oyev; He took His
see if there be any sorrow like gave up the ghost (i.e., expired) stand with His right hand as
my sorrow, which is done unto in HaIr (the City), while they an adversary, and slaughtered
me, wherewith Hashem hath sought okhel (food) to revive all that were pleasant to the
afflicted me in the Yom their nefashot. eye in the ohel Bat Tziyon; He
Charon Af (day of His fierce |20| Consider, O Hashem poured out His fury like eish.
anger). how I am in distress; my |5| Adonoi was like an oyev;
|13| From above hath He bowels are troubled; mine lev He hath swallowed up
sent eish into my atzamot is turned within me; for I have Yisroel, He hath
(bones), and it prevaileth grievously rebelled; without
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swallowed up all her armonot the wounded in the rechovot Him for the nefesh of thy
(palaces); He hath destroyed Ir, when their nefesh ebbed ollelim, that faint for hunger
His strongholds, and hath away into the kheyk imahot of on every street corner.
increased in Bat Yehudah them. |20| Look, Hashem, and
mourning and lamentation. |13| What thing shall I say to consider to whom Thou hast
|6| And He hath violently thee? What thing shall I liken done this. Shall the nashim
destroyed His sukkah, as if it to thee, O Bat Yerushalayim? eat their offspring, the
were of a gan (garden); He What shall I equal to thee, children they have cared for?
hath laid waste His Mo'ed; that I may comfort thee, O Shall the Kohen and the Navi
Hashem hath caused Mo'ed Betulat Bat Tziyon? For thy be slain in the Mikdash
and Shabbos to be forgotten shever (destruction) is as gadol Adonoi?
in Tziyon, and in the as the yam. Who can heal |21| The na'ar and the zaken
indignation of His anger hath thee? lie in the dust of the streets;
spurned Melech and Kohen. |14| Thy nevi'im have seen my betulot and my bochurim
|7| Adonoi hath cast off His false and worthless visions for are fallen by the cherev; Thou
Mizbe'ach, He hath disowned thee; and they have not hast slain them in the Day of
His Mikdash, He hath given exposed thine avon, to ward Thy Wrath; Thou hast
up into the yad oyev the off thy captivity; but have seen slaughtered, and not pitied.
chomot armonot of hers; they for thee mase'ot shav and |22| Thou hast summoned as
have raised shouts in the Beis madduchim (false and in a Yom Mo'ed my terrors all
Hashem, as in the Yom Mo'ed. misleading burdens, oracles). around, so that in the Yom Af
|8| Hashem hath purposed to |15| All that pass by clap Hashem none escaped nor
destroy the Chomat Bat their hands at thee; they hiss remained; those that I have
Tziyon; He hath stretched out and wag their head at Bat swaddled and reared hath
a measuring line, He hath not Yerushalayim, saying, Is this mine oyev consumed.
withdrawn His hand from the Ir that men call Kelilat
destroying; therefore He made Yofi Masos L'Khol HaAretz
the rampart and the chomah (perfection in beauty, the joy
to lament; they languished of the whole earth)?
together. |16| All thine enemies have
|9| Her she'arim are sunk into opened their mouth against
the ground; He hath destroyed thee; they hiss and gnash their
and broken her bars; her teeth; they say, We have
melech and her sarim swallowed her up; certainly
(princes) are among the this is the Yom that we waited
Goyim; the torah is no more; for; we have found, we have I am the gever that hath
her nevi'im also find no
chazon (vision) from Hashem.
|10| The Ziknei Bat Tziyon sit
seen it.
|17| Hashem hath done that
which He had devised; He
3 seen affliction by the rod
of His wrath.
|2| He hath driven me away,
upon the ground, and keep hath fulfilled His word that and brought me into
silence; they have cast up He decreed in the yemai choshech, but not into ohr.
aphar upon their heads; they kedem; He hath overthrown, |3| Surely against me is He
have girded themselves with and hath not pitied, and He turned; He turneth His yad
sackcloth; the Betulot hath caused thine oyev to against me kol hayom.
Yerushalayim hang down their gloat over thee, He hath |4| My basar and my ohr
heads to the ground. exalted the keren of (skin) hath He made old; He
|11| Mine eyes do fail from thine adversaries. hath broken my atzmot.
weepings, my insides are |18| Their lev cried unto |5| He hath set up seigeworks
troubled, empty and poured Adonoi, O Chomat Bat Tziyon, against me, and surrounded
upon ha'aretz, for the let tears run down like a river me with bitterness and
destruction of Bat Ami; yomam valailah; give thyself hardship.
because the olel and the no relief; let not thine eye rest. |6| He hath set me in dark
infant swoon in the rechovot |19| Arise, cry out balailah; in places, like the mesei olam
of the city. the beginning of the night (long dead).
|12| They say to their imahot, watches pour out thine lev like |7| He hath hedged me about,
Where is grain and yayin? Say mayim before the face of that I cannot escape; He hath
they when they swooned like Adonoi; lift up thy hands to made my chain heavy.
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|8| Also when I cry and call |26| It is good that a man Thou hast slain, Thou hast
out, He shutteth out my should both hope and quietly not pitied.
tefillah. wait for the Teshu'at Hashem. |44| Thou hast covered
|9| He hath barred my ways |27| It is tov for a gever that Thyself with an anan, that our
with hewn stone, He hath he bear the ol (yoke) from his tefillah not pass through.
made my paths crooked. youth. |45| Thou hast made us as
|10| He was unto me like a |28| He sitteth alone and the offscouring and refuse
dov (bear) lying in wait, and keepeth silence, because He among the amim.
like an aryeh in mistarim hath laid it upon him. |46| Kol oyveinu (all our
(hiding places). |29| He putteth his mouth in enemies) have opened their
|11| He hath turned aside the the aphar; there may yet be mouths against us.
darkhei of mine, and pulled tikvah. |47| Pachad (terror) and a
me in pieces; He hath made |30| He offereth his lekhi snare is come upon us, ruin
me desolate. (cheek) to him that striketh and destruction.
|12| He hath bent His keshet, him; he is filled full with |48| Mine eye runneth down
and set me as a target for the reproach [Isa 50:6]. with streams of mayim for the
khetz (arrow). |31| For Adonoi will not cast destruction of Bat Ami.
|13| He hath caused the off l'olam (forever); |49| Mine eye will flow down,
arrows of His quiver to enter |32| But though He cause and ceaseth not, without any
into my organs. grief, yet will He have intermission
|14| I was a derision to kol compassion according to the |50| Till Hashem look down,
ami; and their [mocking] song rov chasadav (the multitude of and behold from Shomayim.
kol hayom. His mercies). |51| Mine eye affecteth mine
|15| He hath filled me with |33| For He doth not afflict nefesh because of all the
merorim (bitter herbs); He willingly nor bring grief to banot of my city.
hath made me drunk with Bnei Ish. |52| Mine enemies hunted me
suffering. |34| To crush under His feet down, like a tzippor (bird),
|16| He hath also broken my kol asirei eretz (all the without cause.
teeth with gravel, He hath prisoners of the earth), |53| They have cut off my life
covered me with aphar. |35| To turn aside the in the bor (pit) and cast an
|17| And Thou hast removed mishpat gever (the right of a even (stone) upon me.
my nefesh far off from man) before the face of Elyon, |54| Mayim flowed over mine
shalom; I forgot tovah |36| To subvert a man in his rosh; then I said, I am cut off.
(prosperity). cause, Adonoi approveth not. |55| I called upon Thy Shem,
|18| And I said, My strength |37| Who is he that saith, and Hashem, out of the lowest pit.
and my hope is perished from it cometh to pass, when |56| Thou hast heard my
Hashem; Adonoi commandeth it not? voice; close not thine ear at my
|19| Remember mine oni |38| Out of the mouth of sighing, at my cry.
(affliction) and my misery, the Elyon proceedeth not hara'ot |57| Thou drewest near on
sorrow and the trouble. (the woe) and hatov (the good)? the Yom that I called upon
|20| My nefesh hath them |39| Why doth an adam chai Thee; Thou saidst, Fear not.
still in remembrance, and is (any man alive) complain, a |58| Adonoi, Thou hast
downcast in me. gever for the punishment of pleaded the causes of my
|21| This I recall to my lev, his sins? nefesh; Thou hast redeemed
therefore have I hope: |40| Let us search and test my life.
|22| Because of the chasdei derakheinu (our ways), and let |59| Hashem, Thou hast seen
Hashem we are not consumed, us turn again to Hashem. my wrong; uphold my cause.
for His rachamim fail not. |41| Let us lift up levavenu |60| Thou hast seen all their
|23| They are chadashim (our heart) with our hands vengeance and all their
every boker; great is Thy unto El baShomayim. machsh'vot against me.
faithfulness. |42| We have transgressed |61| Thou hast heard their
|24| Hashem is my chelek, and have rebelled; Atah lo reproach, Hashem, and all
saith my nefesh; therefore in salachta (Thou hast not their machsh'vot against me;
hope will I wait for Him. pardoned, forgiven). |62| The whisperings of those
|25| Hashem is tov unto them |43| Thou hast covered with that rose up against me, and
that wait for Him, to the af (anger), and pursued us; their muttering against me kol
nefesh that seeketh Him. hayom.
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|63| Behold their sitting |9| They that are slain with yamim are numbered; for
down, and their rising up; Ani the cherev are better than they kitzeinu is come.
(I) am their mocking song. that are slain with hunger; for |19| Our pursuers are swifter
|64| Render unto them a these pine away, being pierced than the eagles of Shomayim;
gemul (recompence), Hashem, for want of the increase of the they pursued us upon the
according to the work of their sadeh. mountains, they laid wait for
hands. |10| The hands of the pitiful us in the midbar.
|65| Give them hardness of nashim have cooked their own |20| The Moshiach of
lev as thy curse unto them. yeladim; they were their meat Hashem, who was our very
|66| Pursue in anger and in the destruction of the Bat life, was taken in their traps,
destroy them from under Ami. of whom we said, Under his
HaShomayim of Hashem. |11| Hashem hath shadow [of protection] we
accomplished His fury; He shall live among the Goyim.
How has the zahav lost hath poured out His |21| Rejoice and be glad, O
4 its luster! How is the

most fine gold changed!
The avnei kodesh are poured
charon af, and hath kindled
an eish in Tziyon, and it hath
devoured the yesodot thereof.
Bat Edom, that dwellest in
Eretz Uz; the kos (cup) also
shall pass unto thee; thou
out on every street corner. |12| The malkhei eretz, and shalt be drunk, and shalt be
|2| The precious Bnei Tziyon, all the inhabitants of the tevel stripped naked.
comparable to fine gold, how (world), would not have |22| The punishment of thine
are they esteemed as earthen believed that the adversary iniquity is accomplished, O
pitchers, the work of the and the oyev should have Bat Tziyon; He will no more
hands of the yotzer (potter)! entered into the sha'arei prolong your Golus; He will
|3| Even the jackals offer the Yerushalayim. visit thine iniquity, O Bat
breast; they nurse their young |13| For the sins of her Edom; He will expose thy sins.
ones; the Bat Ami is become Nevi'im, and the iniquities of
heartless, like the ostriches in her Kohanim, that have shed
the midbar. the dahm of the Tzaddikim in
|4| The leshon of the nursing the midst of her, Remember, Hashem,
infant cleaveth to the roof of
his mouth for thirst; the
olalim beg for lechem, and no
|14| They have groped about
like ivrim (blind men) in the
streets; they have defiled
5 what is come upon us;
consider, and behold our
reproach.
man giveth it unto them. themselves with dahm, so that |2| Our nachalah is turned
|5| They that did feed men dare not touch their over to zarim, our batim
delicately are destitute in the garments. (houses) to foreigners.
chutzot; they that were |15| They cried unto them, |3| We are yetomim and
brought up in purple lie on Go away; tamei (unclean)! fatherless, immoteinu are like
dunghills. Depart, depart, touch not; so almanot.
|6| For the punishment of the they fled away and wandered. |4| We must pay kesef for our
iniquity of the Bat Ami is They said among the Goyim, own mayim; our wood is sold
greater than the punishment They shall no more sojourn unto us.
of the sin of Sodom, that was there. |5| Our necks are under
overthrown as in a moment, |16| The anger of Hashem persecution; we are weary, and
and no hands helped her. hath scattered them; He will have no rest.
|7| Her nobles were purer no more regard them; they |6| We have submitted to the
than snow; they were whiter respected not the persons of Mitzrayim, and to the
than cholov, they were more the Kohanim; they showed no Assyrians, to get enough
ruddy in body than rubies, favor to the Zekenim. lechem.
their appearance was of |17| As for us, our eyes failed |7| Avoteinu have sinned,
sapphire; looking in vain for ezratenu and are no more; and we have
|8| Their visage is blacker (our help); from our towers we borne their iniquities.
than soot; they are not known have watched for a nation that |8| Avadim have ruled over
in the streets; their skin could not save us. us; there is none that doth
cleaveth to their atzmot; it is |18| They stalk our steps, that deliver us out of their yad.
dried up, it is become like a we cannot go in our streets; |9| We get our lechem with
stick. kitzeinu (our end) is near, our the peril of our lives because
of the cherev of the midbar.
KOHELET
|10| Our skin was hot like an T.N. The Book of Kohelet to be Jewish claim that life is
oven because we burn with shows us that in the gruesome wonderful as it is, but these
ra'av (hunger, famine). shadow of death, the whole people are not Biblical Jews,
|11| They ravished the life of Man is made to seem as any more than that Jewish
nashim in Tziyon, and the so much empty and lonely man Karl Marx was a Biblical
betulot in the towns of loitering at the gates of an Jew with all his philosophizing
Yehudah. infinite abyss. There is a word about the worker's existence
|12| Sarim (princes) are for this emptiness in Hebrew, "under the sun.” The French
hanged by their yad; the faces the word hevel which means philosopher Pascal noticed
of Zekenim were not empty, unsubstantial, a how we habitually block out
respected. passing elusive vapor. This is the thought of our own coming
|13| They took the bochurim what life is without a personal demise. We do this in order to
to grind, and the ne'arim knowledge of G-d. The author, maintain a fragile sense of
staggered under the wood. who calls himself Kohelet mental happiness. Death is an
|14| The zekenim have ceased "leader of the Assembly," end too incomprehensibly
from the sha'ar, the bochurim “Ben Dovid Melech ominous to contemplate. Yet
from their music. B’Yerushalayim" finds that our thoughts keep returning to
|15| The joy of our heart is death has thrown a shroud of glower at its reality. And
gone; mekholeinu (our dance) gloom and meaninglessness though we try to divert
is turned into mourning. over every kind of work that ourselves with continuous
|16| The ateret is fallen from man does "under the sun." activity and company and
our head; woe unto us, for we G-d's work endures (3:14; 7:13), "unhappy business," we know
have sinned! but man's does not. Death sees that each of us must ultimately
|17| For this our lev is faint; to that. And therein is the die alone and see everything
because of these things our riddle of life. What can dying we have done unraveled into
eyes are dim. man gain from all his work nothingness. Where can we
|18| Because of the Har (1:3)? What can mortal man then find pleasure in anything
Tziyon, which is desolate, the achieve from all his labor, in we do? What in the world,
jackals prowl upon it. view of his rapidly what under the sun, are dying
|19| Thou, Hashem, approaching demise (2:22)? men to do with their
remainest forever;Thy throne There is a time to die (3:2), but meaningless lives?
from generation to generation. death is life's biggest riddle. The author makes a test of
|20| Why dost Thou forget us What possible gain can various activities and pursuits:
forever, and forsake us for so workers have from all their life- wisdom, madness, folly,
long? long toil (3:9), since death pleasure, laughter, wine,
|21| Restore us, Hashem, to causes them in the end to toil women, song, great building
Thyself that we may return; "for the wind (5:16)?" A projects, great "life works,"
renew yamenu (our days) as of generation comes and goes great acquisitions, possessions,
old. and expires in death and is treasure-collecting; and in the
|22| Unless Thou hast utterly forgotten (1:4; 2:16). Death end he finds only emptiness
rejected us and Thou art makes all toil "wearisome" and and meaninglessness in all
angry with us beyond predictably futile. Also, since these. Whatever pleasures
measure. everything dies, everything is these things brought him were
afii.org/mahzor/mahzorA.pdf déja vu (disagreeably the fleeting indeed. The more
afii.org/mahzor/mahzorB.pdf same). People of long ago and wisdom he acquired, the more
afii.org/mahzor/mahzorC.pdf people yet to come will both sorrow he became aware of.
www.afii.org etc /mahzorD.pdf alike be forgotten and all their The more money he acquired,
/mahzorE.pdf labors will be forgotten the more vexation came with
/mahzorF.pdf because of that great leveler it. Death robs all men,
/mahzorG.pdf called Death. Death is what because everyone goes to the
/mahzorH.pdf makes life at heart such an grave naked and penniless. So
/mahzori.pdf unhappy business, and there is what use is money, in the face
/mahzorJ.pdf nothing man can do about this of death? And since the sage
/mahzorK.pdf crooked state of dying affairs and the fool must both
/mahzorL.pdf (1:15). So this life in itself is go to the same
/mahzorM.pdf found wanting, and death is
the reason. Many who claim
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all-consuming grave, what use The work of G-d. It endures the tomb in his glorious
is wisdom, in the face of death? and death has no dominion resurrection body. Otherwise,
The author acquired much over it (3:14). But what is the "there is no work or thought or
wisdom and his wisdom work of G-d? What does G-d knowledge or wisdom in Sheol
remained with him (2:9), do, in the final analysis? G-d (the abode of the dead), to
although wisdom can be judges everyone, and he has which you are going" (9:10).
ephemeral even in this life, in appointed a time to judge the The righteous and the wise
view of senility and the effects world (3:17). G-d judges the and their deeds are "in the
of aging, so grimly portrayed sinner by bringing all things he hand of G-d" Who endures and
in chapter 12. But since man does into judgment (11:9). The Whose judgment not even
cannot really extend his life or sinner's life is dispensed with death can thwart. This is the
control what happens after his not as the sinner pleases but as assurance of wisdom that
death, all that his wisdom G-d pleases, and the wages of makes the resurrection of the
attains for him may fall into sin that G-d pleases to dispense dead the vibrant hope and the
the hands of some foolish is a meaningless death (2:26). only answer to the riddle that
oblivion as soon as he dies, so, But death cannot obliterate death poses to the author of
in the final analysis, what this judgment that G-d metes this book. Philosophers like
good is wisdom? The same fate out. Therein is where lies the David Hume may say that they
(death) befalls everyone. No hope of the resurrection from are not afraid to die, but put a
man has an heir he can really the dead, which this book pistol to their breasts, then
trust, since even one's posterity questions but does not negate. threaten to kill them, and see
is also subject to death, which The author does not merely (with Boswell and Johnson)
can, and eventually will, given say, "Eat, drink and be merry, how the wisest philosopher will
sufficient time, play havoc with for tomorrow we die." In fact behave. The illusions of
anyone's legacy. So death he says just the opposite. He genteel philosophy will not
destroys life's meaning. Death says, "I've tried that, and I don't help us face the rude
makes one hate life (2:17). recommend it." G-d will bring indignities of death when they
Death makes one hate one's everything into judgment brutally rap at the door.
work (2:18). Wise men, for all (11:9); therefore, fear G-d (5:7). The problem of evil as it
the work of their minds, are no Do not live for this world churns bitterly around in our
better than mad men or fools because this world in itself is minds often tempts us to doubt
because all alike die. Indeed, meaningless and empty and the existence of G-d, especially
man is no better than the fallen and dying. Live for a G-d who is safely removed
beasts who are also subject to G-d and enjoy everything that from both suffering and death
the same fate. And man is He gives you as a gift from and waits austerely in heaven
ignorant! Man doesn't know Him. Otherwise, there is no to judge us [but this is not the
what G-d has done or will do pleasure in this life. Death is G-d of the Bible, the G-d in
(3:11). Man doesn't know what man's lot. To be able to accept Moshiach, the G-d who as
will take place after his death. this as a fact of life is itself a Immanu-El suffers with us in
Man doesn't know if his gift from G-d. G-d is a mystery this world]. But if we think of
human spirit awaits a fate and creation was created good death's inescapableness, where
different than animal but it is now fallen (7:29). do we have to go with the guilt
extinction (3:20-22). Man Man has limits to his wisdom. of our moral failures as our
needs G-d to give him some There is no power in man that years quickly arraign us into
answers, because if death will save him from the day of the courts of the inevitable
completely swallows and death. All he can say is that graveyard? Facing the
obliterates man, then Mankind death cannot take away the universal evil of the human
that G-d created to work and good that the G-d-fearer has. condition and the absurd,
till the ground and have "It will be well with those who meaningless, sniper fire of
dominion over the animals (Gn fear G-d, because they stand in death picking off everyone
1:26; 2:15) is himself no better fear before Him." The author around us, we begin to feel a
than an animal. This is the seems to be questioning and deep inner unhappiness and
problem. Death. What is the looking for something new anxiety. We ask ourselves,
answer? Is there anything that under the sun (1:9-10), which what is lurking at the bottom
death cannot obliterate? Yes, was what the Moshiach is of our fears—is it not the
the author of Kohelet says. when he comes walking out of fear of death?
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Yet the English philosopher and hasteth to its place, there they that have been before me
Hobbes once wrote, "G-d, that to arise again. over Yerushalayim; yea, my lev
could give life to a piece of |6| The ruach (wind) goeth had great experience of
clay, hath the same power to toward the darom (south), and chochmah and da'as.
give life again to a dead man, turneth about unto the tzafon |17| And I applied my lev to
and renew his inanimate and (north); it whirleth about have da'as of chochmah, and
rotten carcass into a glorious, continually, and the ruach to have da'as of holelot
spiritual and immortal body." returneth again according to (madness) and sichlut (folly); I
This very point is what its circuits. perceived that this also is
separates the religion of the |7| All the neharot (rivers) striving after ruach (wind).
Jews from that of Homer, run into the yam; yet the yam |18| For in much chochmah
for the Greek g-ds could not is not full; unto the place from (wisdom) is much ka'as (grief,
revive the dead. They were not whence the neharot come, vexation); and he that
truly omnipotent. But thither they return to go again. increaseth da'as increaseth
omnipotence is precisely the |8| All things are wearisome; mach'ov (sorrow).
claim of the G-d of the Bible, no ish can express it; the ayin
Whose Hebrew prophets even is not satisfied with seeing,
predicted the Moshiach’s nor the ozen full with hearing.
coming victory over death. The |9| The thing that hath been, I said in mine lev, Come
prophets said that the coming
Moshiach would be an eternal
kohen and his death would be
it is that which shall be; and
that which is done is that
which shall be done; and there
2 now, I will test thee with
simchah, therefore enjoy
tov; and, hinei, this also is
a momentous "ah-sham" guilt is nothing chadash under the hevel.
offering for sin (see Psalm shemesh. |2| I said of laughter, It is
110:4; Isaiah 53:10). Further, |10| Is there anything mad; and of simchah, What
these Hebrew prophets whereof it may be said, See, doeth it accomplish?
predicted that after the this is chadash? L'olamim |3| I searched in mine lev to
Moshiach offered himself as an (ages ago), which were before draw my basar on with yayin,
offering for sin he would see us, it hath been already. my mind guiding me with
the light of resurrection life (see |11| There is no zichron chochmah; and to lay hold on
Isaiah 52:13-53:12 in the Dead (remembrance) of former sichlut (folly), till I might see
Sea Scrolls). things; neither shall there be what was tov for bnei
with those who come after any haAdam, which they should
zikaron (recollection) of things do under Shomayim all the
that are to come. few days of their life.
|12| I, Kohelet, was Melech |4| I undertook me great
over Yisroel in Yerushalayim. works; I built me batim
KOHELET |13| And I set my lev to seek (houses); I planted me
and search out by chochmah kramim (vineyards);
concerning all things that are |5| I made me ganot (gardens)
Divrei Kohelet, Ben done under Shomayim; what and parks, and I planted all
1 Dovid, Melech in
Yerushalayim.
|2| Hevel havalim, saith
grievous task hath Elohim
given to the bnei haAdam to
be afflicted therewith.
kinds of fruit trees in them;
|6| I made me reservoirs of
mayim, to water therewith the
Kohelet, hevel havalim; all is [14] I have seen all the forest of trees tzomeiach
hevel. ma'asim that are done under (sprouting up);
|3| What profit hath a man the shemesh; and, hinei, all is |7| I bought me avadim and
from all his amal (toil) which hevel and chasing after ruach shfakhot, and had bnei bayit
he hath toiled under the (wind). (avadim born in my bais); also
shemesh? |15| That which is crooked I had great possessions of
|4| Dor v'dor, generations cannot be made straight; and herds and tzon more than all
come and go, passing away; chesron (that which is lacking) that were in Yerushalayim
but ha'aretz remaineth l'olam. cannot be numbered. before me;
|5| The shemesh also ariseth, |16| I communed with mine |8| I amassed for me also
and the shemesh goeth down, own lev, saying, Hinei, I am kesef and zahav, and the
come to greatness, even treasure of melachim
greater chochmah than all and of the
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provinces; I acquired for me |17| Therefore I hated choteh (sinner) Hashem giveth
men singers and women HaChayyim (Life); because the travail; Hashem giveth the
singers, and the delights of ma'aseh that is wrought under work of gathering and storing
bnei haAdam, musical the shemesh is grievous unto up, that Hashem may give to
instruments of all kinds. me; for all is hevel and him that pleases HaElohim.
|9| So I was great, and chasing after ruach. This also is hevel and chasing
excelled more than all that |18| Yea, I hated all my amal after ruach.
were before me in for which I had toiled under To every thing there is a
Yerushalayim; also my
chochmah remained with me.
|10| And whatsoever mine
the shemesh; because I must
leave it unto the adam that
shall occupy my place after
3 zeman (time), and an et
(season) for every matter
under Shomayim;
eyes desired I kept not from me. |2| An et (season) to be born,
them, I withheld not my lev |19| And who hath da'as and an et (season) to die; an et
from any simchah; for my lev whether he shall be a (season) to plant, and an et
rejoiced in all my amal (labor); chacham or a kesil? (season) to uproot that which
and this was my chelek Nevertheless shall he have is planted;
(portion) for all my amal. shlitah (control, authority) |3| An et (season) to kill, and
|11| Then I looked on kol over all my amal for which I an et (season) to heal; an et
ma'asim that my hands had have toiled, and have poured (season) to tear down, and an
wrought, and on the amal that out my chochmah under the et (season) to build up;
I had labored to do; and, shemesh. This also is hevel. |4| An et (season) to weep,
hinei, all was hevel and |20| Therefore I turned aside and an et (season) to laugh; an
chasing after ruach, and there to give up my lev to despair et (season) to mourn, and an
was no profit under the over all the wearisome amal et (season) to dance;
shemesh. with which I toiled under the |5| An et (season) to throw
|12| And I turned myself to shemesh. stones away, and an et
consider chochmah, and |21| For there is an adam (season) to gather stones
holelot, and sichlut; for what whose amal is with chochmah, together; an et (season) to
can the adam do who cometh and da'as, and kishron (skill); embrace, and an et (season) to
after HaMelech? Even that yet to an adam that hath not refrain from embracing;
which hath been done worked for it he must leave it |6| An et (season) to look for,
already. for his chelek. This also is and an et (season) to lose; an
|13| Then I saw that hevel and a ra'ah rabbah. et (season) to keep, and an et
chochmah excelleth sichlut, as |22| For what hath adam for (season) to throw away;
far as ohr excelleth choshech. all his amal, and for all the |7| An et (season) to tear, and
|14| The chacham (wise man) striving of his lev, wherein he an et (season) to mend; an et
hath eyes in his rosh; but the hath labored under the (season) to keep silent, and an
kesil (fool) walketh in shemesh? et (season) to speak;
choshech; but I myself |23| For all his yamim are |8| An et (season) to love, and
perceived also that the same machovim (sorrows), and his an et (season) to hate; an et
mikreh (fortune) happeneth to travail ka'as (grief, vexation); (season) of milchamah, and an
them all. yea, his lev taketh not rest et (season) of shalom.
|15| Then said I in my lev, As balailah. This also is hevel. |9| What profit hath the
the mikreh befalls the kesil, so |24| There is nothing better worker from his amal (labor)?
also will the same mikreh for adam, than that he should |10| I have seen the
befall me; and wherein have I eat and drink, and that he occupation, which Elohim
then been of more chochmah? should make his nefesh find hath given to the bnei
Then I said in my lev, This satisfaction in his amal. Also HaAdam to keep them
also is hevel. this I saw; even this was from occupied.
|16| For no zichron the Yad HaElohim. |11| Hashem hath made
(remembrance) of the |25| For who can eat, or who every thing yafeh in its et
chacham---no less the kesil-- can find enjoyment without (season); also He hath set
remains l'olam; seeing that in Hashem? HaOlam in their lev, yet so
hayamim haba'im (the days to |26| For to the adam that is that no adam can find out the
come) all shall be forgotten. pleasing in His sight, Hashem ma’aseh that HaElohim hath
How can the chacham die just gives chochmah, and da'as, done from the beginning to
like the kesil? and simchah; but to the the end.
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|12| I have da'as that there is that the adam find simchah in |10| For if they fall, the echad
nothing better for adam, than his ma’asim; for that is his will lift up his partner, but
that they have simchah and chelek; for who shall bring woe to him that is alone when
do tov while they live. him to see what shall be after he falleth; for he hath not
|13| And also that kol him? another to help him up.
haAdam should eat and drink, So I returned, and |11| Also, if two lie down,
and enjoy the good of all his
amal. This is a gift of Elohim.
|14| I have da'as that, all that
4 considered all the
oppressions that are
done under the shemesh, and,
then they have chom (heat),
but how can one be warm
alone?
HaElohim doeth will endure hinei, the tears of such as were |12| Though echad may be
l'olam; nothing can be added oppressed, and they had no overpowered, shnayim shall
to it, nor any thing taken from menachem (comforter); and withstand him; and a khoot
it; HaElohim doeth it, that on the side of their oppressors hameshulash (threefold cord)
men should fear before Him. there was ko'ach (power); but is not quickly broken.
|15| That which is hath been they had no menachem |13| Better is a poor and a
already; and that which is to (comforter). wise yeled than an old and
be hath already been; and |2| Wherefore I praised the foolish melech, who will no
HaElohim will call that which mesim which are already dead more be admonished.
is past to account. more than the living ones |14| For out of the bais
|16| And moreover I saw which are yet alive. hasohar he cometh to reign,
under the shemesh that in the |3| Yea, better is he than both although he was born a poor
Mekom Mishpat (place of they, which hath not yet been, man in his malchut
judgment) resha (wickedness) who hath not seen the ma'aseh (kingdom).
was there; and in the Mekom harah that is done under the |15| I considered all the
Tzedek, resha (wickedness) shemesh. living ones which walk under
was there. |4| Again, I considered all the shemesh in the throng of
|17| I said in mine lev, amal, and every kishron the yeled, that is, the second
HaElohim shall judge the hama'aseh (skillful achieve- one that shall enter into the
tzaddik and the resha ment), that such is a simple place of the former [melech].
(wicked); for an et (season) for derivative of kinat ish |16| There is no ketz of kol
every matter and for every meirei'eihu (the envy of man haAm, all those at whose head
ma’aseh is there. of his neighbor). This also is he stands; and yet they who
|18| I said in mine lev, As for hevel, a chasing after ruach. come after shall not rejoice in
bnei haAdam, HaElohim tests |5| The kesil foldeth his him. Surely this also is hevel
them, that they might see that hands together, and eateth his and striving for ruach.
they themselves are like own basar.
beheimah. |6| Better is a handful with
|19| For bnei haAdam and tranquility than both the (4:17) Keep thy footing
beheimah share one and same
mikreh (fortune); as the one
dieth, so dieth the other; yea,
hands full with amal and
chasing after ruach.
|7| Then I returned, and I
5 when thou goest to the
Bais HaElohim, and be
more ready to listen than to
they have all one breath; so saw under the shemesh this give the zevach of kesilim, for
that the adam hath no hevel: they have no da'as that they do
advantage above the |8| There was a man all rah.
beheimah; for all is alone, and there was with him |2 (5:1)| Be not rash with thy
hevel. neither ben nor ach (brother); mouth, and let not thine lev
|20| All go unto mekom yet there was no ketz (end) to be hasty to utter any thing
echad; all are of the afahr all his amal; neither was his before HaElohim; for
(dust), and all return to the ayin satisfied with osher HaElohim is in Shomayim,
afahr again. (riches); neither saith he, For and thou upon ha'aretz;
|21| Who hath da'as of the whom do I toil, and deprive therefore let thy dvarim be
ruach bnei haAdam that goeth my nefesh of tovah? This also few.
upward, and the ruach is hevel, yea, it |3 (5:2)| As by a multitude of
habeheimah that goeth down- is an evil matter. cares cometh a chalom, so by
ward to ha'aretz [see 12:7]? |9| Two are better than one a multitude of dvarim
|22| Wherefore I perceive that because they have a sachar tov
there is nothing better than for their amal.
cometh the kol kesil (the voice hoarded by the ba'al thereof to nothing for his nefesh of all
of the fool). his hurt; that he desireth, yet
|4 (5:3)| When thou vowest a |14 (5;13)| The same osher HaElohim giveth him not
neder unto Elohim, defer not (riches) perish by an evil event shlitah (empowerment) to
to pay it; for Hashem hath no and he begetteth a ben; thus have enjoyment thereof, but
pleasure in kesilim; pay that this one hath nothing in his an ish nochri (stranger) hath
which thou hast vowed. hand. the enjoyment thereof;
|5 (5:4)| Better it is that thou |15 (5:14)| As he came forth this is hevel, and it is a
shouldest not make a neder, of the womb of his Em grievous ill.
than that thou shouldest vow (mother), arom (naked) shall |3| If an ish beget a
and not fulfill the neder. he return to go as he came, hundredfold, and live shanim
|6 (5:5)| Suffer not thy mouth and shall take nothing of his rabbot, so that rav be the
to lead thy basar into chet amal (labor), which he may yamim of his shanim, and his
(sin); neither say thou before carry away in his hand. nefesh be not filled with
the Malach [of G-d], that it was |16 (5:15)| And this also is a hatovah, and also that he have
a mistake. Wherefore grievous evil, that in every no kevurah (grave); I say, that
should HaElohim be angry at respect as he came, just so a nefel (stillborn) is better
thy voice, and destroy the shall he go; and what profit than he.
work of thine hands? hath he that hath toiled for |4| For he cometh in with
|7 (5:6)| For in the multitude the ruach (wind)? hevel, and departeth in
of chalomot and many dvarim |17 (5:16)| All his yamim also choshech, and shmo shall be
there are also divers havalim he eateth in choshech, and he shrouded with choshech.
[see 1:2]; but fear thou hath much ka'as (grief, |5| Moreover though he hath
HaElohim. vexation) and sickness and not seen the shemesh, nor
|8 (5:7)| If thou seest the anger. known any thing, this hath
oppression of the poor, and |18 (5:17)| Hinei I have seen more nakhat (rest, quietness)
violent perverting of mishpat it is tov and yafeh for one to than the other.
and tzedek in a province, eat and to drink, and to find |6| Yea, though he live an elef
marvel not at the matter; for tovah in all his amal (labor) shanim twice over, yet hath he
he that is higher watches over that he toils under the seen no tovah. Do not all go to
him that is high; and there be shemesh all the few days of his mekom echad?
higher than they. life, which HaElohim giveth |7| All the amal (labor) of
|9 (5:8)| Moreover the profit him; for it is his chelek. haAdam is for his mouth, and
of eretz is for all; Melech |19 (5:18)| Also kol ha’adam yet the nefesh is not satisfied.
himself is served by the sadeh. to whom HaElohim hath |8| For what hath the
|10 (5:9)| He that loveth kesef given osher and possessions, chacham more than the kesil?
shall never have enough kesef; and hath given him power to What hath the poor man, who
nor shall he that loveth eat thereof, and to take his has da'as of how to conduct
abundance have enough chelek, and to rejoice in his himself before the living?
increase; this also is amal; this is the gift of |9| Better what the eynayim
hevel. Elohim. see than the roving of the
|11 (5:10)| When hatovah |20 (5:19)| For he shall not nefesh; this also is hevel and
(good things) increase, they much remember the days of chasing after ruach.
are increased that consume his life; because HaElohim |10| That which is, its shem
them; and what kishron keeps him occupied with hath already been named, and
(useful result) is there to the simchat libbo (gladness of his it is known what adam shall
ba’al (owner) thereof, except heart). be; neither may he contend
as an onlooker? with what is stronger than he.
|12 (5:11)| The sleep of the There is a ra'ah which I |11| Seeing there be many
oved (working man) is sweet,
whether he eat little or much;
but the abundance of the
6 have seen under the
shemesh, and it is a
great weight upon the adam;
things that increase hevel,
what profit is there for adam?
|12| For who has da'as what
oisher (rich man) will not |2| An ish to whom is tov for adam in this life, all
permit him to sleep. HaElohim hath given osher the few days of his chayyei
|13 (5:12)| There is a grievous (riches), nekhasim hevel which he spendeth as a
ra'ah which I have seen under (possessions), and kavod shadow? For who can
the shemesh; osher (riches) (honor), so that he wanteth
tell adam what shall be after chochmah giveth chayyim cheshbon (scheme, plan) of
him under the shemesh? (life) to them that possess it. things, and to have
|13| Consider the ma'aseh da'as of resha (wickedness) of
A shem tov is better than HaElohim; for who can make kesel (stupidity), even of
7 precious ointment; and

the yom hamavet
than the day of one's birth.
straight what Hashem hath
made crooked?
|14| In the yom tovah be
sichlut (folly) and holelot
(madness).
|26| And I find more mar
|2| It is better to go to the joyful, but in the yom ra'ah (bitter) than mavet the isha,
bais evel (house of mourning), consider: HaElohim also hath whose lev is snares and traps,
than to go to the bais mishteh set the one over against the and her hands are as chains;
(house of feasting); for that is other in such a way that adam whoso pleaseth HaElohim
the sof (end, conclusion; see may not find out anything shall escape from her; but the
12:13) of kol haAdam; and the that will come after him. choteh (sinner) shall be
living will take it to heart. |15| All things have I seen in ensnared by her.
|3| Ka'as (sorrow) is better the yamim of my hevel; there |27| Look, this have I
than laughter; for sadness of is a tzaddik that perisheth in discovered, saith Kohelet,
the countenance is good for his tzedakah, and there is a adding one point to another to
the lev. rasha that prolongeth his life find out the cheshbon (the
|4| The lev of chachamim is in his ra'ah. scheme, plan of things);
in the bais evel (house of |16| Do not be over much the |28| Which yet my nefesh
mourning); but the lev of tzaddik nor over much the seeketh, but I have not found;
kesilim is in the bais simchah. chacham; why cause thyself one man among a thousand
|5| It is better to hear the desolation? have I found, but a woman
rebuke of the chacham, than |17| Be not over much resha, among all those have I not
for an ish to hear the shir neither be thou foolish; why found.
kesilim. shouldest thou die before thy |29| Lo, this only have I
|6| For as is the crackling of time? found, that HaElohim hath
thorns under a pot, so is the |18| It is good that thou made man yashar (upright, Gn
laughter of the kesil; this also holdest fast to the one and 1:27); but they have sought out
is hevel. withdrawest not thine hand chishvonot rabbim (many
|7| Surely oppression maketh from the other; for he is a yire schemes, Gn 3:6-7; Ps 51; Ro
a chacham mad; and a bribe Elohim (G-d fearer) who shall 5:12; 3:23).
corrupts the heart. fulfill both.
|8| Better is the acharit (end) |19| Chochmah makes one
of a thing than the reshit chacham stronger than asarah
(beginning) thereof; and erech shalitim (ten rulers) which are
ruach (patience) is better than in the city. Who is the chacham?
gavoah ruach (haughtiness).
|9| Be not hasty in thy ruach
to be angry; for ka'as (anger)
|20| For there is not a tzaddik
upon earth, that doeth tov,
and sinneth not [Ro 3:23].
8 And who knoweth the
pesher (interpretation,
explanation) of a thing? A
resteth in the kheyk (bosom) of |21| Also take no heed unto man's chochmah maketh his
kesilim. kol dvarim that are spoken; face bright, and the rudeness
|10| Say thou not, What is the lest thou hear thy eved curse of his face is changed.
cause that the yamim thee; |2| I counsel thee to keep the
harishonim were better than |22| For oftentimes also thine king's commandment, and
these? For it is not because of own lev hath da'as that thou that because of the shevuat
chochmah that thou dost thyself likewise hast cursed Elohim (the oath of G-d).
inquire concerning this. others. |3| Be not hasty to go out of
|11| Chochmah is better than |23| I tested all this with his sight; stand not in a rah
a nachalah (inheritance); and chochmah; I said, I will be (an evil matter); for he
by it there is an advantage to wise; but it was far from me. executeth whatsoever pleaseth
them that see the shemesh. |24| That which is far off, and him.
|12| For chochmah is a exceeding deep, whose |4| For the devar melech is
protective tzel (shade), and chochmah can find it out? shilton (supreme), and who
kesef is as well; but the |25| I applied mine lev to may say unto him, What doest
advantage of da'as is, that have da'as, and to search, and thou?
to seek out chochmah, and the
|5| Whoso is shomer mitzvah happeneth according to the |4| For to him that is joined
shall meet no harm; and a lev ma'aseh hatzaddikim; I say to all the living there is
of a chacham discerneth both that this also is hevel. bitachon; for a kelev chai
et (time) and mishpat |15| Then I commended (living dog) is better than an
(judgment). simchah, because a man hath aryeh hamet (dead lion).
|6| Because every matter has no better thing under the |5| For the living have da'as
its et (time) and mishpat shemesh, than to eat, and to that they shall die; but the
(judgment), though the ra'at drink, and to have simchah; mesim do not have da'as of
haAdam be great upon him. for that shall accompany him anything, neither have they
|7| For he has no da'as of that in his amal the yamim of his any more a sachar, for the
which shall be; for who can life, which HaElohim giveth memory of them is forgotten.
tell him how it will be? him under the shemesh. |6| Also their ahavah, and
|8| There is no adam that |16| When I applied mine lev their sinah, and their kina, is
hath power over the ruach to to have da'as of chochmah, now perished; neither have
restrain ruach; neither hath and to see the business that is they any more a chelek l'olam
he shilton (power) over the done upon ha'aretz, though in any thing that is done
yom hamavet; and there is no one's eynayim see sleep under the shemesh.
discharge in war; neither shall neither yom nor lailah, |7| Go thy way, eat thy
resha deliver its possessor. |17| then I beheld kol lechem with simchah, and
|9| All this have I seen, and ma'aseh HaElohim, that drink thy yayin with a
applied my lev unto every haAdam cannot comprehend lev tov; for HaElohim now
ma'aseh (labor, work) that has the ma'aseh that is done under accepteth thy ma'asim.
been done under the shemesh the shemesh; because though |8| Let thy garments be
wherein one adam ruleth over haAdam labor to seek it out, always white; and let thy head
another adam to the other's yet he shall not comprehend lack no shemen (ointment).
hurt. it; moreover, though a |9| Live joyfully with the isha
|10| And so I saw the resha'im chacham claim to have da'as whom thou lovest all the days
buried, who had come and of it, yet shall he not be able to of thy chayyei hevel, which he
gone out of the mekom kadosh comprehend it. hath given thee under the
(the holy place), and they were shemesh, all the days of thy
forgotten in the city where All this I took to my lev, hevel; for that is thy chelek in
they had done such things;
this is also hevel.
|11| Because pitgam
9 explaining it all, that the
tzaddikim, and the
chachamim, and their works,
this life, and in thy amal (toil)
which thou laborest under the
shemesh.
(sentence) against a ma'aseh are in the yad HaElohim; |10| Whatsoever thy hand
hara'ah (an evil work) is not adam does not have da’as of findeth to do, do it with thy
executed speedily, therefore whether it will be ahavah or koach; for there is no ma'aseh,
the lev of the bnei haAdam is sinah; all lies before him. nor cheshbon, nor da'as, nor
fully set in them to do rah. |2| All things come alike to chochmah in Sheol, whither
|12| Though a choteh do rah all; there is one mikreh thou goest.
an hundred times, and his (fortune) to the tzaddik, and to |11| I returned, and saw
yamim be prolonged, yet the rasha; to the tov and to the under the shemesh, that the
surely I know that it shall be tahor, and to the tameh; to race is not to the swift, nor the
well with them that fear him that sacrificeth, and to battle to the gibborim, neither
HaElohim, which fear before him that sacrificeth not; as is yet lechem to the chachamim,
Hashem; the tov, so is the choteh; and nor yet osher to the intelligent,
|13| But it shall not be well he that sweareth, as he that nor yet chen (favor) to the
with the rasha, neither shall feareth a shevuah (an oath). experts; but et (time) and pega
he lengthen his yamim like a |3| This is a rah among all (chance) happeneth to them
tzel (shadow); because he things that are done under the all.
feareth not before Elohim. shemesh, that there is one |12| For haAdam also hath
|14| There is a hevel which is mikreh (fortune) unto all; yea, no da'as of his et
done upon ha'aretz; that there also the lev of the bnei (time, hour, but see Yn 13:1;
be tzaddikim, unto whom it haAdam is full of rah, and 8:20; 7:30; 2:4 regarding the
happeneth according to the holelot (madness) is in their Moshiach’s knowledge of his
ma'aseh haresha'im; again, lev while they live, and after hour); as the dagim
there be resha'im, to whom it that they go to the mesim.
that are caught in a metzodah thy mekom; for calmness |18| By much atzlut
rah (evil net), and as the birds pacifieth chata'im gedolim. (slothfulness) the rafters
that are trapped in the pach |5| There is a ra'ah which I falleth; and through idleness
(snare), so are the Bnei have seen under the shemesh, of the hands the bais leaketh.
HaAdam snared in an et ra'ah the sort of error which |19| Lechem is made for
(evil time), when it falleth proceedeth from a shalit laughter, and yayin maketh
suddenly upon them. (ruler); merry; but kesef answereth
|13| This chochmah have I |6| Sekhel (folly) is set in great everything.
seen also under the shemesh, dignity, and the rich sit in low |20| Curse not the Melech, no
and it seemed gedolah (great) place. not in thy thought; and curse
unto me: |7| I have seen avadim not the oisher in thy
|14| There was an ir ketanah (servants) upon susim, and bedchamber; for an Oph
(little city), and few men sarim (princes) walking as haShomayim may carry the
within it; and there came a avadim upon ha'aretz. voice, and that which hath
melech gadol against it, and |8| He that diggeth a gumatz wings may report what you
besieged it, and built (pit) shall fall into it; and say.
metzorim gedolim (huge whoso breaketh through a Cast thy lechem
siegeworks) against it.
|15| Now there was found in
it a poor chacham, and he by
wall, a nachash shall bite him.
|9| Whoso pulleth out avanim
(stones) may be hurt
11 upon the waters,
for thou shalt find
it after many yamim.
his chochmah delivered the therewith; and he that |2| Give chelek (portions) to
city; yet no man remembered cleaveth wood may be shivah, and also to shmonah;
that same poor man. endangered thereby. for thou knowest not what
|16| Then said I, Chochmah |10| If the barzel (iron [of the ra'ah shall be upon ha'aretz.
is better than gevurah axe]) be blunt, and he do not |3| If the clouds be full of
(strength); nevertheless the whet the edge, then must more geshem, they empty
poor man's chochmah is strength be marshalled; but themselves upon ha’aretz; and
despised, and his devarim are chochmah brings success. if the etz fall toward the
not heard. |11| If the nachash will bite darom (south), or toward the
|17| Divrei chachamim in before it is charmed, there is tzafon (north), in the makom
quiet are more to be heeded no use in a charmer. (place) where the etz falleth,
than the shouting of the |12| The words of a there it lieth.
moshel (one ruling) among chacham's mouth are chen |4| He that observeth the
kesilim. (gracious); but the lips of a ruach (wind) shall not sow;
|18| Chochmah is better than kesil will swallow up himself. and he that regardeth the
weapons of war, but one |13| The beginning of the clouds shall not reap.
choteh destroyeth much good. words of his mouth is sichlut; |5| As thou knowest not what
and the end of his talk is is the derech haruach [see Yn
holelot ra'ah. 3:3-8], nor how the bones do
Dead flies cause |14| A kesil also is full of grow in the womb of her that
10 the perfumer's
shemen to send
forth a foul odor; so doth a
devarim; haAdam has no da'as
of what shall be, and what
shall be after him, who can
is with child; even so thou
knowest not the ma'asei
HaElohim who maketh all.
little sichlut outweigh tell him? |6| In the boker sow thy zera,
chochmah and kavod. |15| The amal of the kesilim and in the erev do not let
|2| A chacham's lev is at his wearieth him, because he has thine hand be idle; for thou
yamin (right hand); but a no da'as of how to go to town. knowest not which shall
kesil's lev is at his semol (left |16| Woe to thee, O eretz, prosper, either this or that, or
hand). when thy melech is a na'ar, whether they both shall be
|3| Yea also, when he that is a and thy sarim (princes) feast alike tovim.
kesil even walketh along the in the boker! |7| Truly the ohr is sweet, and
derech, his sense faileth him, |17| Blessed art thou, O eretz, a pleasant thing it is for the
and he saith to every one that when thy melech is a eynayim to behold the
he is a kesil. nobleman, and thy sarim shemesh;
|4| If the ruach of the moshel (princes) eat in due season, for |8| But if haAdam live many
rise up against thee, leave not strength, and not for shanim, and rejoice in
drunkenness! them all; yet let him
ESTHER
remember the yamim of |6| Or ever the silver cord be T.N. A note on the Book of
choshech; for they shall be loosed, or the golden bowl be Esther. Five books of the
many. All that cometh is hevel. broken, or the pitcher be Hebrew Bible are known as
|9| Rejoice, O bochur, in thy broken at the fountain, or the the Five Scrolls (Chamesh
yaldut (youth); and let thy lev wheel broken at the bor Megillot). Song of Songs is
cheer thee in the yamim of thy (cistern). read on the Shabbos of
bechurim (youth), and walk in |7| Then shall the aphar Passover week (Sepherdim
the ways of thine lev, and in return to ha'aretz as it was; read it on Seder night and
the sight of thine eynayim; but and the ruach shall return Friday afternoons). Ruth is
have da'as of this; that for all unto HaElohim who gave it. read on Shavuos (Pentecost).
these things HaElohim will |8| Hevel havalim, saith Kohelet is read on the Shabbos
bring thee into mishpat. Kohelet; all is hevel. of the week of Sukkot.
|10| Therefore banish ka'as |9| And moreover, because Ekhah (Lamentations) is read
(sorrow) from thy lev, and put Kohelet was chacham, he of the Ninth of Av, a fast
away ra'ah from thy basar; for taught the people da'as; yea, commemorating the
yaldut and shacharut (prime he applied, and searched out, destruction of the Beis
of life) are hevel. and set in order many Hamikdash. And, finally, the
meshalim (proverbs). book we are studying, the
Remember now thy |10| Kohelet searched to find Scroll of Esther, is read on
12 Bo're (Creator) in
the yamim of thy
bechurot, while the yamei
out divrei chefetz; and that
which was written was yosher,
even divrei emes.
Purim. Both Esther and Job
could certainly be produced as
plays or musicals with a high
hara'ah come not, nor the |11| Divrei chachamim are professional production level.
shanim draw nigh, when thou like goads, and like nails In writing a musical, the
shalt say, I have no chefetz firmly fixed are the collected scenario has to be laid out for
(pleasure) in them; sayings that are given by Ro'eh the story by identifying the
|2| While the shemesh, or the Echad (One Shepherd). points in the play, visualized
ohr, or the yarei'ach, or the |12| And further, by these, as a series of scenes, where the
kokhavim, be not darkened, beni, be admonished; of conflicts in each scene rise to a
nor the clouds return after making many sefarim there is crescendo requiring song
the rain; no ketz; and much study is a and/or choreography. Here
|3| In the yom when the weariness of the basar. are a few ideas on how to
shomrei habayit shall tremble, |13| Let us hear the sof organize the telling of Esther's
and the strong men shall (conclusion) of the whole story in this way. A few
stoop, and the grinders cease matter; Fear HaElohim, and possible lyric lines for songs
because they are few, and of His commandments be have been put in quotation
those that look out of the shomer mitzvot; for this is the marks. Why not think of how
windows grow dim, whole duty of haAdam. you could write an original
|4| And the delatayim (doors) |14| For HaElohim shall play or musical to be presented
shall be shut in the street, bring kol ma'aseh (every work) every Purim? Try your own
when the sound of the into mishpat (judgment), with creative hand---you can polish
grinding fades, and he shall every ne’lam (secret thing, the ideas below or come up
arise at the sound of a concealed thing), whether it be with better ones: Scene:
tzipor (bird), and all their tov (good), or whether it be rah Persian city of Susa (modern
banot hashir (daughters of (evil). Iran). Time: 483 B.C.E.
song) are brought low; Possible ideas for a scenario
|5| Also when they shall be with a few song lyric ideas:
afraid of height, and fears King Ahasuerus and company
shall be in the derech, and the www.afii.org/job1.pdf (tipsy): "Queen Vashti, you're
almond tree shall blossom, not acting very pretty." Queen
and the grasshopper drags Vashti could sing a song to her
himself along, and desire shall maidens to go tell the King she
fail; because haAdam goeth is now a "liberated" woman.
to his bais olam (eternal The chorus made up of King
home), and the mourners go
about the streets;
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Ahasuerus's counselors ("wise ESTER |8| And the drinking was

men [chachamim]"--Esth 1:13) according to the dat ein ones
Now it came to pass in
1
could lament the rebellious (rule [which was] not
female population of the the yamim of compulsory, restricting); for so
country and how Queen Vashti Achashverosh, (this is HaMelech had ordered all the
will start an insurrection in Achashverosh which reigned, wine stewards in his bais, that
every home. A national from India even unto they should serve kirtzon ish
domestic revolt is imminent, Ethiopia, over a hundred and va'ish (according to the good
right in homes of the nation! twenty-seven provinces;) pleasure of each man).
These wise men could sing, |2| That in those yamim, |9| Also Vashti HaMalkah
“It's a scandal! Things are when HaMelech Achashverosh gave a mishteh (feast,
getting out of hand… Queen sat on his kisse malkhut (royal banquet) for the nashim
Vashti refuses to come at the throne), which was in the (women, wives) in the Beit
king's command!” (see Esth [Persian] capital, Shushan, HaMalkhut (the royal palace)
1:12)." Purim is to be a time of |3| In the shnat shalosh (third which belonged to HaMelech
joy (simcha) and feasting and year) of his reign, he gave a Achashverosh.
gladness and yontef (holiday) mishteh (feast, banquet) unto |10| On the yom hashevi'i,
and a time to send gifts of food all his sarim (princes) and his when the lev of HaMelech was
to one another and presents to avadim (officials); the might of tov with yayin, he commanded
the poor (Esth 9:22). Saddam Persia and Media, the nobles Mehuman, Bizta, Charvona,
Hussein, dictator of Iraq, and sarim (princes) of the Bigta, and Avagta, Zetar, and
boasted that his scud missiles provinces, being before him; Carkas, the shivat hasarisim
would burn half of Israel, but |4| When he displayed the (the seven eunuchs) that
then he should have studied osher kavod malkhut (riches of served in the presence of
the whole megilah of Esther the glorious kingdom) of his HaMelech Achashverosh,
because then he would have and the yekar (honor [see |11| To bring Vashti
understood why his elite 1:20]) of his tiferet gedulah HaMalkah before HaMelech
Republican Guard tank (glorious majesty) yamim with the keter malkhut (royal
divisions would suffer a rabbim, even a hundred and crown), to show the people
“turkey shoot” from the air eighty days. and the sarim (princes) her
and be defeated on Thursday, |5| And when these yamim beauty, for she was lovely to
February 28, 1991 (5751), were expired, HaMelech gave behold.
Adar 14, the very day of Purim a mishteh (feast) unto all the |12| But HaMalkah Vashti
(Esther 9:19), proving that any people that were present in refused to come at the devar
Haman who threatens to the capital of Shushan, both HaMelech at the agency of his
destroy Israel can still be gadol (great) and katan sarisim (eunuchs); therefore
brought down by the G-d of (small), shivat yamim (seven HaMelech became furious,
Esther. G-d, Whose Name is days), in the khatzer and his wrath burned in him.
never mentioned in the text of (courtyard) of the garden of |13| Then HaMelech said to
Esther, is nevertheless a the palace of HaMelech, the chachamim, which had
presence felt in every chapter |6| Where were white and da'as of the times; for so was
of the story, just as He was a blue linen curtains, fastened the custom of HaMelech
presence felt by that disciple of with cords of fine linen and toward all the meyvinim
Amalek, Stalin, Hitler, and purple to rings of silver and (experts) in dat (law) and din
Haman—Saddam Hussein—on pillars of marble; the mittot (judgment),
Purim Day, 1991 (but (couches) were of zahav and |14| And the next unto him
ironically not on many so- kesef, upon an inlaid floor of was Carshena, Shetar,
called American believers who purplish-red exquisite stone Admata, Tarshish, Meres,
are not at all grieved over the and mother-of-pearl and Marsna, and Memuchan, the
ruin of Joseph (Am 6:6), not at marble. shivat sarim (princes) of
all gladdened over the reading |7| And they gave them drink Persia and Media, which had
of this whole Hebrew megilah, in vessels of zahav, the vessels access to HaMelech and which
not at all aware of what the being different one from ranked rishonah (highest) in
G-d of Israel is doing, even now another, and yayin malkhut the Malkhut (kingdom);
under our own noses, even, in (royal wine) in abundance, |15| What shall we do unto
the case of the U.S. military according to the [bountiful] the Malkah Vashti according
and Purim, 1991. yad HaMelech. to dat (law),
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because she hath not |21| And the proposal was captive with Yechanyah
performed the commandment good in the eyes of HaMelech Melech Yehudah, whom
of HaMelech Achashverosh at and the sarim (nobles); and Nevuchadnetzar Melech Bavel
the agency of the sarisim HaMelech did according to had carried away.
(eunuchs)? the devar Memuchan; |7| And he brought up
|16| And Memuchan |22| For he sent sefarim into Hadassah, that is, Ester, the
answered before HaMelech all the provinces of HaMelech, bat of his dod (uncle); for she
and the sarim (princes), Vashti into every province according had neither av nor em, and
HaMalkah hath not done to the script thereof, and to the na'arah was lovely in form
wrong to HaMelech only, but every people after their and beautiful in appearance,
also to all the sarim (nobles), leshon, that every ish should whom Mordechai, when her av
and to kol haAmim that are in bear rule in his own bais, and and em were dead, took for
all the provinces of HaMelech speak in the leshon of his own the bat of his own.
Achashverosh. people. |8| So it came to pass, when
|17| For this deed of After these things, when the commandment of
HaMalkah shall spread
abroad unto all the nashim
(women, wives), so that they
2 the wrath of HaMelech
Achashverosh was
appeased, he remembered
HaMelech and his dat (decree,
law) was heard, and when
ne'arot rabbot (many maidens)
shall despise their be'alim Vashti, and what she had were gathered together unto
(husbands) in their eyes, when done, and what was decreed Shushan the capital, to the
it shall be reported that against her. custody of Hegai, that Ester
HaMelech Achashverosh |2| Then said the attendants was brought also unto the Beis
commanded Vashti HaMalkah of HaMelech that ministered HaMelech, to the custody of
to be brought in before him, unto him, Let there be Hegai, Shomer HaNashim.
but she came not. beautiful ne'arot betulot |9| And the na'arah pleased
|18| Likewise, when they will (young virgins) sought for HaMelech, and she took up
have heard of the conduct of HaMelech; chesed before HaMelech; and
HaMalkah, the sarot (ladies of |3| And let HaMelech appoint he speedily had her be given
the nobility) of Persia and pekidim (overseers) in all the her (bodily) rubbings, with her
Media shall similarly respond provinces of his malkhut portion of special food; and
this day unto all the sarim (kingdom, realm), that they also he selected sheva
(nobles) of HaMelech. Thus may gather together all the hane'arot (seven maids) for her
shall there arise too much beautiful na'arah betulah from the Beis HaMelech; and
bizzayon (contempt) and (young virgins) unto Shushan he transferred her and her
ketzef (wrath). the capital, to the Bais ne'arot to the preferred
|19| If it please HaMelech, let HaNashim (House of the quarters in the Bais
there go forth a royal decree Women, Harem), unto the HaNashim.
from him, and let it be written custody of Hegai the Saris |10| Ester had not revealed
in the laws of the Persians and HaMelech (the Eunuch of the her Am (People, i.e., the Jewish
the Medes, laws that shall not King), the Shomer HaNashim people) nor her moledet
pass away, that Vashti come (Custodian of the Women); (kindred, i.e., her Jewishness),
no more before HaMelech and let their (bodily) rubbings for Mordechai had charged
Achashverosh; and let be given them. her she should not show it.
HaMelech give her royalty |4| And let the na'arah which |11| And Mordechai walked
unto another that is better pleaseth HaMelech be Malkah kol yom vayom before the
than she. (Queen) instead of Vashti. And khatzer Bais HaNashim
|20| And when the edict of the thing pleased HaMelech; (courtyard of the House of the
HaMelech which he shall and he did so. Women, Harem) to have da'as
make shall be published |5| Now in Shushan the of the shalom Ester (welfare of
throughout all his Malkhut capital there was an ish Ester), and what would
(realm)--for it is great---all Yehudi, shmo Mordechai ben become of her.
the nashim (women, wives) Yair ben Shim'i ben Kish, a |12| Now before the turn of
shall give to their be'alim Binyamini. every na'arah came to go in to
(husbands) yekar (honor, |6| He had been carried away HaMelech Achashverosh, she
respect), both to gadol and from Yerushalayim in the had to complete the yemei
katan. Golus among those taken merukeihen (the days of
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her [bodily] rubbings) which upon her head, and made her bowed, and paid homage to
were prescribed for the Malkah instead of Vashti. Haman, for HaMelech had so
nashim and which involved |18| Then HaMelech gave a commanded concerning him.
shneym asar chodesh (twelve mishteh gadol (great feast) But Mordechai bowed not, nor
months), shisha chodashim unto all his sarim (nobles) and did him reverence.
(six months) of shemen (oil) of his avadim (servants, |3| Then avadim of
myrrh and shisha chodashim officials), even Mishteh Ester; HaMelech, which were in the
(six months) of perfumes and and he decreed a holiday Sha'ar HaMelech, said unto
beauty treatments for nashim. throughout the provinces and Mordechai, Why transgressest
|13| Then thus came every distributed gifts according to thou the mitzvat HaMelech?
na'arah unto HaMelech; the [bountiful] yad HaMelech. |4| Now it came to pass, when
whatsoever she desired was |19| And when the betulot they spoke yom vayom unto
given her to go with her out of (virgins) were gathered him, and his was a lo shema
the Bais HaNashim unto the together again, then (not listen) unto them, that
Beis HaMelech. Mordechai yoshev b'Sha'ar they told Haman, to see
|14| Ba'erev (in the evening) HaMelech (sat in the King's whether Mordechai's behavior
she went, and ba'boker (in the Gate). would be tolerated; for he had
morning) she returned to a |20| Ester had not yet told them that hu Yehudi (he
Bais HaNashim Sheni (a revealed her moledet (kindred) was a Jew).
second House of the Women, nor her Am (people, i.e., the |5| And when Haman saw
Harem) to the custody of Jewish people) as Mordechai that Mordechai ein korei'a
Shaashgaz, Saris HaMelech, had charged her; for Ester did (bowed not), nor to him
Shomer HaPilagshim (Eunuch the commandment of mishtachaveh (would
of the King, Custodian of the Mordechai, like as when she prostrate, worship [Devarim
Concubines). She came in was brought up with him. 5:9]), then was Haman full of
unto HaMelech no more, |21| In those yamim, while chemah (wrath).
except HaMelech delighted in Mordechai yoshev b'Sha'ar |6| And he scorned to lay
her, and she were summoned HaMelech, two of the Sarisim hands on Mordechai alone;
b'shem (by name). of HaMelech, Bigtan and since they had told him the
|15| Now when the turn of Teresh, of the Mishomrei Am Mordechai; therefore
Ester bat Avichayil, dod HaSaf (Keepers of the Door, Haman sought to make shmad
Mordechai, who had adopted Doorkeepers), were angry, and of kol haYehudim that were
her as his bat, was come to go conspired to assassinate throughout the kol Malkhut
in unto HaMelech, she HaMelech Achashverosh. Achashverosh, even the Am
required nothing but what |22| And Mordechai came to Mordechai.
Hegai, Saris HaMelech, the da'as of the plot, and told it |7| In the chodesh harishon
Shomer HaNashim, suggested. unto Ester HaMalkah; and (first month), that is, the
And Ester took up chen (favor, Ester informed HaMelech month Nisan, in the twelfth
grace) in the sight of all them thereof b'shem Mordechai. year of HaMelech
that looked upon her. |23| And when inquiry was Achashverosh, they cast Pur,
|16| So Ester was taken unto made of the matter, it was that is, the goral (lot), before
HaMelech Achashverosh into found true; therefore the two Haman miyom l'yom (from
his Bais Malkhut (royal of them were made talui al etz day to day, every day), and
residence) in the chodesh (hanged on a tree), and it was me'chodesh l'chodesh (from
ha'asiri (tenth month), which written in the sefer of the month to month, every month)
is the month Tevet, in the divrei hayamim before until the twelfth month, that
shnat sheva (seventh year) of HaMelech. is, the month Adar.
his reign. After these things did |8| And Haman said unto
|17| And HaMelech loved
Ester mikol hanashim (more
than all the women), and she
3 HaMelech Achashverosh
promote Haman ben
Hamdata the Agagi [Num
HaMelech Achashverosh,
There is Am Echad scattered
abroad and dispersed among
took up chen vachesed (favor 24:7], and advanced him, and the amim in all the provinces
and grace) in his sight more set his rank above all the other of thy malkhut (kingdom,
than kol habetulot (all the sarim (nobles). realm); and their dat (law) is
virgins), so that he set the |2| And all the avadim of different from kol am; neither
keter malkhut (royal crown) HaMelech, that were in the
Sha'ar HaMelech,
obey they the datei HaMelech; province was published unto which was before the Sha'ar
therefore it is not suitable for kol ha'amim, that they should HaMelech.
HaMelech to tolerate them. be atidim (ready, prepared) |7| And Mordechai told him
|9| If it please HaMelech, let for yom hazeh (that day). of all that had happened unto
it be written that they may be |15| The couriers went out, him, and of the parashat
killed, and I will weigh ten being hastened by the devar hakesef (exact amount of the
thousand talents of kesef into HaMelech, and the dat was money) that Haman had
the hands of those that are the issued in Shushan the capital. promised to pay to the
osei hamelachah (doers of the And HaMelech and Haman genazim of HaMelech for the
work, T.N. i.e., the S.S.), to sat down to drink, but the city Yehudim, to destroy them.
bring it into genazim Shushan was in confusion. |8| Also he gave him the copy
(treasuries [T.N. see the word of the edict of the dat (decree,
genizah here]) of HaMelech. When Mordechai Final Solution) that was
|10| And HaMelech took his
taba'at (signet ring) from his
hand, and gave it unto
4 perceived all that was
done, Mordechai rent his
garments, and put on
published at Shushan to make
them shmad, to show it unto
Ester, and to declare it unto
Haman ben Hamdata the sackcloth with ashes, and went her, and to charge her that she
Agagi, the tzorer (vexer, out into the midst of the city, should go in unto HaMelech,
harasser) of the Yehudim. and cried with a zeakah to make supplication unto
|11| And HaMelech said unto gedolah umarah (loud and a him, and to make bakash
Haman, The kesef is given to bitter wailing); (request, pleading) before him
thee, HaAm also, to do with |2| And came even before the for her Am (People, the Jewish
them as it seemeth good in Sha'ar HaMelech; for none People).
thine eyes. might enter into the Sha'ar |9| And Hatach came and
|12| Then were the soferim of HaMelech clothed with told Ester the divrei
HaMelech summoned on the sackcloth. Mordechai.
shloshah asar yom of chodesh |3| And in every province, |10| Again Ester spoke unto
harishon, and there was whithersoever the Devar Hatach, and gave him
written according to all that HaMelech and his dat (decree) commandment unto
Haman had commanded, came, there was evel gadol Mordechai:
unto the satraps of HaMelech, (great mourning) among the |11| All the avadim of
and to the governors that were Yehudim, and a tzom, and HaMelech, and the people of
over every province, and to the weeping, and wailing; and the provinces of HaMelech
sarim of every people of every many lay on sackcloth and have da'as that whosoever,
province according to the ashes. whether ish or isha, shall
script thereof, and to every |4| So Ester's na'arot and her come unto HaMelech into the
people after their leshon; sarisim came and told it her. pnimiyus khatzer (innermost
b'shem HaMelech Then was HaMalkah courtyard), who is not called,
Achashverosh was it written, exceedingly distressed; and there is echat dat (one law)
and sealed with the taba'at she sent begadim (raiment) to of his to put him to death,
HaMelech (the signet ring of clothe Mordechai, and to take except such to whom
HaMelech). away his sackcloth from him, HaMelech shall hold out the
|13| And the sefarim were but he received it not [see Am sharvit hazahav (golden
sent by couriers into all the 6:6]. sceptre), that he may live. But
provinces of HaMelech, to |5| Then called Ester for I have not been called to come
make shmad, to kill, and to Hatach, one of the sarisim of in unto HaMelech these
annihilate kol HaYehudim, HaMelech, whom he had shloshim yom.
both na'ar and zaken (young appointed to attend upon her, |12| And they told to
and old), little children and and gave him a Mordechai Ester's words.
nashim, on yom echad (one commandment about |13| Then Mordechai
day), even upon the thirteenth Mordechai, to have da'as of commanded to answer Ester,
day of the twelfth month, mah zeh (what is this?), and Think not with thyself that
which is the month Adar, and al mah zeh (why is this?) thou shalt escape in the Beis
to plunder their possessions. |6| So Hatach went forth to HaMelech, more than kol
|14| The copy of the edict to Mordechai unto the rechov HaYehudim.
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|14| For if thou altogether HaMalchut (half of the |12| Haman said moreover,
holdest thy peace at this time, kingdom). Yea, Ester HaMalkah did let
then shall there revach (relief) |4| And Ester answered, If it no man come in with
and hatzalah (deliverance) seem tov unto HaMelech, let HaMelech unto the mishteh
arise to the Yehudim from HaMelech and Haman come that she had prepared but
another place; but thou and today unto the mishteh that I myself; and makhar
thy bais Avicha (house of thy have prepared for him. (tomorrow) am I invited unto
father) shall be destroyed; and |5| Then HaMelech said, her also with HaMelech.
who knoweth whether thou art Cause Haman to make haste, |13| Yet all this availeth me
come to the Malkhut for such that he may do as Ester hath nothing, so long as I see
a time as this [1C 9:16; Ro said. So HaMelech and Mordechai HaYehudi sitting
1:16] ? Haman came to the mishteh at the Sha'ar HaMelech.
|15| Then Ester bade them that Ester had prepared. |14| Then said Zeresh his
return Mordechai this answer, |6| And HaMelech said unto isha and all his ohavim
|16| Go, gather together kol Ester at the mishteh hayayin (friends) unto him, Let an etz
HaYehudim that are found in (feast), What is thy she'elah (hanging tree) be made of fifty
Shushan, and declare ye a (petition)? And it shall be cubits high, and baboker (in
tzom for me, and neither eat granted thee. And what is thy the morning) speak thou unto
nor drink shloshet yamim, bakash (request)? Even to HaMelech that Mordechai
lailah vayom. I also and my chatzi HaMalchut it shall be may be hanged thereon [see
na'arot will undergo a tzom granted. Lk 23:21 OJBC]; then go thou
likewise; and so will I go in |7| Then answered Ester, and samei'ach (joyfully) with
unto HaMelech, though it is said, My she'elah and my HaMelech unto the mishteh.
not according to the dat; and bakash is: And the thing was tov to
if I perish, I perish. |8| If I have found chen Haman; and he caused HaEtz
|17| So Mordechai went his (favor, grace) in the sight of to be built.
way, and did according to all HaMelech, and if it is tov to
that Ester had commanded HaMelech to grant my On that night
him.
Now it came to pass on
she'elah, and to perform my
bakash, let HaMelech and 6 HaMelech's sleep fled
away, and he
5 the yom hashelishi, that

Ester put on her royal
apparel, and stood in the
Haman come to the mishteh
that I shall prepare for them,
and I will do makhar
commanded to bring the sefer
of records of the chronicles;
and they were read before
pnimiyus [khatzer] of the Beis (tomorrow) as HaMelech hath HaMelech.
HaMelech in front of the Beis said. |2| And it was found written,
HaMelech; and HaMelech sat |9| Then went Haman forth that Mordechai had told of
upon his kisse malkhut (royal that day sameiach (joyful, Bigtan and Teresh, two of the
throne) in the Beis happy) and with a tov lev; but sarisim of HaMelech, the
Hamalkhut, facing the Petach when Haman saw Mordechai Mishomrei HaSaf (Keepers of
HaBeis (Entrance of HaBeis). in the Sha'ar HaMelech, that the Door, the Doorkeepers)
|2| And it was so, when he stood not up, nor trembled who conspired to assassinate
HaMelech saw Ester because of him, he was full of HaMelech Achashverosh.
HaMalkah standing in chemah (indignation, rage) |3| And HaMelech said, What
the Khatzer (Court), that she against Mordechai. yekar (honor [see 1:4,20]) and
took up chen (favor, grace) in |10| Nevertheless Haman what recognition hath been
his sight, and HaMelech held restrained himself, and when done to Mordechai for this?
out to Ester the sharvit he came home, he sent and Then said the servants of
hazahav (golden sceptre) that called for his ohavim (friends), HaMelech that ministered
was in his hand. So Ester drew and Zeresh his isha. unto him, Nothing has been
near, and touched the top of |11| And Haman told them of done for him.
the sharvit (sceptre). the kavod of his osher, and the |4| And HaMelech said, Who
|3| Then said HaMelech unto multitude of his children, and is in the khatzer (court)? Now
her, What wilt thou, Ester all the things wherein Haman was come into the
HaMalkah? And what is thy HaMelech had promoted him, Khatzer HaKhitzonah (Outer
bakash (request)? It shall be and how he had advanced Court) of the Beis HaMelech,
given thee even to the chatzi him above the sarim (princes) to speak unto HaMelech lit’lot
and avadim of HaMelech. (to hang; see Esth 2:23)
Mordechai on HaEtz that he |11| Then took Haman the to be annihilated. But if we
had erected for him. [T.N. See levush and the sus, and had been sold for avadim and
Moshiach Ben Dovid hanging arrayed Mordechai, and shfakhot, I would have held
on a tree 2Sm 18:10 as well as brought him on horseback my tongue, since then the
the specter of the same fate for through the rechov of the ir, tzoros would not have
this descendant of the first and proclaimed before him, been such as to injure the
royal family of Israel]. Thus shall it be done unto the interests of HaMelech.
|5| And the servants of ish whom HaMelech |5| Then HaMelech
HaMelech said unto him, delighteth to show yekar. Achashverosh answered and
Hinei, Haman standeth |12| And Mordechai came said unto Ester HaMalkah,
in the khatzer. And HaMelech again to the Sha'ar HaMelech. Who is he, and where is he,
said, Let him come in. But Haman hasted to his bais, who dares to presume in his
|6| So Haman came in. And having his head covered in lev to do such?
HaMelech said unto him, evel (mourning [see 4:3]). |6| And Ester said, HaTzar
What shall be done unto the |13| And Haman told Zeresh (the foe) and the oyev (enemy)
ish whom HaMelech his isha and all his ohavim is this Haman HaRah (Vile
delighteth to show yekar (see everything that had befallen Haman). Then Haman was
1:4,20: 6:3)? Now Haman him. Then said his terrified before HaMelech and
thought in his lev, To whom chachamim and Zeresh his HaMalkah.
would HaMelech delight to do isha unto him, If Mordechai |7| And HaMelech, arising in
yekar more than to myself? be of the zera of the Yehudim, his wrath from the mishteh
|7| And Haman answered before whom thy downfall hayayin, went into the palace
HaMelech, For the ish hast begun, thou shalt not garden; and Haman stood up
HaMelech delighteth to show prevail against him, but shalt to make bakash (request)
yekar (honor) nafol tipol (surely fall) before for his nefesh (life) to Ester
|8| Let the levush malkhut him [see Mt 27:19]. HaMalkah; for he saw that
(royal robe, clothing) be |14| And while they were yet harm was determined against
brought which HaMelech has talking with him, came the him by HaMelech.
worn, and the sus (horse) that sarisim of HaMelech, and |8| Then HaMelech returned
HaMelech rideth upon, and hasted to bring Haman unto out of the palace garden into
the keter malkhut (royal the mishteh (banquet) that the Bais Mishteh HaYayin,
crown, crest) which is set upon Ester had prepared. and Haman was fallen upon
its head, So HaMelech and the mittah (couch, [see 1:6
|9| And let this levush and
sus be delivered to the hand of
one of the most noble sarim
7 Haman came to banquet
with Ester HaMalkah.
|2| And HaMelech said again
mittot, couches]) whereon
Ester was. Then said
HaMelech, Will he ravish
(princes) of HaMelech, that unto Ester on the yom hasheni HaMalkah also before me in
they may array the ish (second day) at the mishteh the bais? As the davar (word)
therewith whom HaMelech hayayin (feast), What is thy went out of the mouth of
delighteth to show yekar [see she'elah (petition), Ester HaMelech, they covered
1:4,20;6:3,6], and bring him HaMalkah? And it shall be Haman's face.
on horseback through the granted thee; and what is thy |9| And Charvonah, one of
rechov of the ir, and proclaim bakash (request)? And it shall the sarisim, said before
before him, Thus shall it be be performed, even to chatzi HaMelech, Hinei, also, HaEtz
done to the ish whom HaMalchut. fifty cubits high, which
HaMelech delighteth to show |3| Then Ester HaMalkah Haman had made for
yekar. answered and said, If I have Mordechai, who has spoken
|10| Then HaMelech said to found chen (favor) in thy sight, tov for HaMelech, standeth in
Haman, Make haste, and take O HaMelech, and if it is tov to the Bais Haman. Then
the levush and the sus, as thou HaMelech, let nafshi (my life) HaMelech said, Hang him
hast said, and do even so to be given me at my she'elah thereon.
Mordechai HaYehudi, that (petition), and my Am at my |10| So they hanged Haman
sitteth at the Sha'ar bakash (request); on HaEtz that he had
HaMelech; leave nothing |4| For we are sold, Ani (I) prepared for Mordechai. Then
undone of all that thou hast and Ami (my People), to be was the wrath of HaMelech
spoken. made shmad, to be slain, and pacified [Ps 24:10; Isa 53:11].
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On that day did Haman, and him they have the thirteenth day of the
8 HaMelech Achashverosh
give the Bais Haman
Tzorer HaYehudim (the estate
hanged upon the etz, because
he laid his hand against
HaYehudim.
twelfth month, which is the
month Adar.
|13| A copy of the edict was to
of Haman the Vexer, |8| Write ye also in behalf of be issued as dat (law) in every
Harasser, Enemy of the Jews) HaYehudim, as you please, province and was galui (made
unto Ester HaMalkah. And b'shem HaMelech, and seal it known) unto kol ha'amim (all
Mordechai came before with the taba'at (signet ring) of nationalities), and that the
HaMelech; for Ester had told HaMelech; for the writing Yehudim should be atidim
what he was unto her. which is written b'shem (ready, prepared, [see 3:14])
|2| And HaMelech took off HaMelech, and sealed with for yom hazeh to avenge
his taba'at (signet ring), which the taba'at (signet ring) of themselves on their oyvim
he had reclaimed from HaMelech may no man (enemies).
Haman, and gave it unto reverse. |14| So the couriers that rode
Mordechai. And Ester set |9| Then were the soferim of upon royal steeds went out,
Mordechai over the Bais HaMelech summoned at that being hastened and pressed
Haman. time in the chodesh on by the devar HaMelech.
|3| And Ester spoke yet again hashelishi, that is, the month And the dat (decree) was given
before HaMelech, and fell Sivan, on the three and at Shushan the capital.
down at his feet, and she wept twentieth day thereof; and |15| And Mordechai went out
and made supplication to him according to all that from the presence of
to avert the rah of Haman Mordechai ordered it was HaMelech in levush malkhut
HaAgagi and the machshevet written unto HaYehudim, and (royal robe, clothing) of blue
of him (his scheme, i.e., final to the satraps, and the and white, and with an ateret
solution plan) that he had governors and nobles of the zahav gedolah (a great crown
devised against the Yehudim. provinces which are from of gold), and with a tachrich
|4| Then HaMelech held out India unto Ethiopia, an (garment, robe, [see OJBC Mt
the sharvit hazahav (golden hundred twenty and seven 27:59]) of fine linen and
sceptre) toward Ester. So Ester provinces, unto every purple; and the city of
arose, and stood before province according to the Shushan celebrated and
HaMelech, script thereof, and unto every rejoiced.
|5| And said, If it is tov to people after their leshon, and |16| The Yehudim had orah
HaMelech, and if I have found to the Yehudim according to (light), and simcha, and
chen (favor, grace) in his sight, their script, and according to sasson, and yekar (honor).
and the thing seem kosher (fit, their leshon. |17| And in every province,
right, proper) before |10| And he wrote b'shem and in every city,
HaMelech, and I be tovah HaMelech Achashverosh, and whithersoever the
(pleasing) in his eyes, let it be sealed it with the taba'at of devar HaMelech and his dat
written to revoke the seferim HaMelech, and sent seferim came, the Yehudim had
machashevet Haman (letters by couriers on horseback simcha and sasson, a mishteh
devised by Haman) ben riding thoroughbred royal (feast) and a yontef. And many
Hamdata the Agagi, which he steeds; of the people of the land
wrote to destroy the Yehudim |11| Wherein HaMelech mityahadim (became
which are in all the provinces granted the Yehudim which Yehudim); for the pachad
of HaMelech; were in every city to assemble HaYehudim fell upon them.
|6| For how can I endure to themselves together, and to Now in the twelfth
see the ra'ah that shall come
unto Ami (my people)? Or how
can I endure to see the
engage in self-defense, to make
shmad, to slay and to
annihilate, any chayil (armed
9 month, that is, the
month Adar, on the
thirteenth day of the same,
destruction of my force) of any people or when the devar HaMelech and
moledet (kindred, Jewish province that would attack his dat drew near to be put in
kinsmen)? them, both little ones and execution, in the day that the
|7| Then HaMelech nashim, and to plunder their oyvei HaYehudim hoped to
Achashverosh said unto Ester property have power over them, (though
HaMalkah and to |12| On yom echad in all the it was turned to the contrary,
Mordechai HaYehudi, Hinei, I provinces of HaMelech that the Yehudim had rule
have given Ester the Bais Achashverosh, namely, upon over them that hated them);
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|2| The Yehudim assembled |13| Then said Ester, If it be |21| To establish this among
themselves together in their tov to HaMelech, let it be them, that they should keep
cities throughout all the granted to the Yehudim which the 14 day of the month
th
provinces of HaMelech are in Shushan to do tomor- Adar, and the fifteenth day of
Achashverosh, to lay row also according unto the the same, shanah v'shanah,
hands on such as sought their dat of this day, and let the |22| As the yamim wherein
hurt, and no man could aseret bnei Haman be hanged the Yehudim got relief from
withstand them, for the upon haetz [see Esth 6:4]. their oyvim, and the month
pachad of them fell upon all |14| And HaMelech which was turned unto them
people. commanded it so to be done; from yagon (sorrow) to simcha
|3| And all the nobles of the and the dat (decree) was given (joy), and from evel (mour-
provinces, and the satraps, at Shushan; and they hanged ning) into yontef; that they
and the governors, and aseret bnei Haman. should make them yemei
officials of HaMelech helped |15| For the Yehudim that mishteh v'simcha, and of
the Yehudim; because the were in Shushan assembled sending presents one to
pachad of Mordechai fell themselves together on the 14 th
another, and mattanot (gifts)
upon them. day also of the month Adar, to the evyon (needy, poor).
|4| For Mordechai was gadol and slew 300 men at Shushan; |23| And the Yehudim
in the Bais HaMelech, and his but on the plunder they laid undertook to do as they had
fame went out throughout all not their hand. begun, and as Mordechai had
the provinces; for haish |16| But the she'ar written unto them;
Mordechai grew more and (remainder, remnant) of the |24| Because Haman ben
more powerful. Yehudim that were in the Hamdata, the Agagi, the
|5| Thus the Yehudim struck provinces of HaMelech tzorer kol HaYehudim,
all their oyvim with makkat assembled themselves had devised against the
cherev, slaughter, destruction, together, engaged in self- Yehudim to destroy them,
and did what they would unto defense, got relief from their and had cast Pur, that is, the
those that hated them. oyvim, slew of those hating goral (lot), to utterly defeat
|6| And in Shushan the them 75,000, but they laid not them, and to destroy them;
capital the Yehudim slew and their hands on the plunder. |25| But when Ester came
destroyed 500 men. |17| This was on the 13 day th
before HaMelech, he
|7| And Parshandata, of the month Adar, and on the commanded by hasefer that
Dalphon, Aspata, 14 day of the same rested
th
his wicked machashevah,
|8| Porata, Adalya, Aridata, they, and made it a yom which he devised against the
|9| Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, mishteh and simcha. Yehudim, should return upon
and Vaizata, |18| But the Yehudim that his own head, and that he and
|10| The aseret bnei Haman were at Shushan assembled his banim should be hanged
ben Hamdata, tzorer (enemy together on the 13 day
th
on the etz.
of) HaYehudim; but on the thereof, and on the 14 th
|26| Wherefore they called
plunder laid they not their thereof, and on the 15 day of
th
these yamim Purim after the
hand. the same they rested, and shem of the Pur. Therefore for
|11| On that day the number made it a yom mishteh and all the words of this iggeret
of those that were slain in simcha. (letter), and of that which they
Shushan the capital was |19| Therefore the Yehudim had seen concerning this
brought before HaMelech. of the villages, that dwelt in matter, and which had
|12| And HaMelech said unto the unwalled towns, made the happened unto them,
Ester HaMalkah, The 14 day of the month Adar a
th
|27| The Yehudim
Yehudim have slain and simcha and mishteh, and a established, and took upon
destroyed 500 men in yontef, and of sending them, and upon their zera,
Shushan the capital, and the presents each one to his and upon all such as joined
ten bnei Haman. What have neighbor. themselves unto them, so as it
they done in the rest of the |20| And Mordechai wrote should not fail, that they
provinces of HaMelech? Now these things, and sent seferim would keep these two days
what is thy she'elah (petition)? unto all the Yehudim that according to their writing, and
And it shall be granted thee. were in all the provinces of according to their appointed
Or what is thy bakash further? HaMelech Achashverosh, time shanah v'shanah;
And it shall be done. both near and far,
DANIEL
|28| And that these yamim among the Yehudim, and Chananyah, Mishael, and
should be remembered and esteemed of the multitude of Azaryah;
kept dor v'dor (throughout his achim, seeking the tov of |7| Unto whom the chief of
every generation), in every his people, and speaking the eunuchs gave names; for
mishpachah, every province, shalom to all their zera. he gave unto Daniel the name
and every city; and that these of Beltshatzar; and to
yemei HaPurim should never [T.N. The following book was Chananyah, of Shadrach; and
cease from among the written during the Sixth to Mishael, of Meshach; and to
Yehudim, nor the memorial of Century B.C.E. by Daniel Azaryah, of Abednego.
them perish from their zera. HaNavi. See Mt.24:15.] |8| But Daniel purposed in
[29| Then Ester HaMalkah, his heart that he would not
the bat Avichayil, and defile himself with the portion
Mordechai HaYehudi, wrote DANIEL of the king's delicacies, nor
with kol tokef (all authority, with the yayin which he drank;
In the third year of the
1
see Yn 1:12-13), to confirm this therefore he requested of the
second iggeret (letter of) reign of Yehoiakim chief of the eunuchs that he
Purim. Melech Yehudah came might not defile himself.
|30| And he sent seferim unto Nevuchadnetzar king of |9| Now G-d had brought
all the Yehudim, to the Babylon unto Yerushalayim, Daniel into chesed and
hundred twenty and seven and besieged it. sympathy with the chief of the
provinces of the malchut of |2| And Hashem gave eunuchs.
Achashverosh, with words of Yehoiakim Melech Yehudah |10| And the chief of the
shalom and emes, into his hand, with part of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I
|31| To confirm these yemei vessels of the Beis HaElohim; fear adoni hamelech, who
HaPurim in their times which he carried into the land hath appointed your meat and
appointed, according as of Shinar to the house of his your drink; for why should he
Mordechai HaYehudi and g-d; and he brought the vessels see your faces worse looking
Ester HaMalkah had enjoined into the treasure house of his than the yeladim which are of
them, and as they had decreed g-d. your age? Then shall ye make
for themselves and for their |3| And the king spoke unto me endanger my head to the
zera, the matters of the tzomot Ashpenaz the master of his king.
(fasts) and their ze'akah eunuchs, that he should bring |11| Then said Daniel to the
(lamentation). certain of the Bnei Yisroel, steward, whom the chief of the
|32| And the decree of Ester and of the king's zera (seed), eunuchs had set over Daniel,
confirmed these matters of and of the princes, Chananyah, Mishael, and
Purim; and it was written in |4| Yeladim in whom was no Azaryah,
the sefer. blemish, but well-favored, and |12| Prove thy servants, I
skillful in all chochmah beseech thee, yamim asarim
And HaMelech (wisdom), and cunning in (ten days); and let them give us
10 Achashverosh laid
a tribute upon the
land, even to its distant
da'as (knowledge), and
understanding science, and
such as had ability in them to
vegetables to eat, and mayim
(water) to drink.
|13| Then let our
shores. stand in the heikhal hamelech countenances be looked upon
|2| And all the acts of his (king's palace), and whom they before thee, and the
authority and of his might, might teach the sefer and countenance of the yeladim
and the parashat gedulat lashon of the Kasdim that eat of the portion of the
Mordechai (full account of the (Chaldeans). king's meat, and as thou seest,
greatness of Mordechai), |5| And the king appointed deal with thy servants.
whereunto HaMelech them a daily provision of the |14| So he consented to them
advanced him, are they not king's food, and of the yayin in this matter, and tested
written in the sefer of the which he drank, so nourishing them yamim asarim
divrei hayamim of the kings of them shanim shalosh (three (ten days).
Media and Persia? years), that at the end thereof |15| And at the end of ten
|3| For Mordechai HaYehudi they might stand before the days their countenances
was next unto HaMelech king. appeared fairer and fatter in
Achashverosh, and gadol |6| Now among these were of flesh than all the yeladim
the Bnei Yehudah, Daniel, which did eat the
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portion of the king's meat. Aramaic, O king, live for ever; |11| And it is a rare thing that
|16| Thus the steward took tell thy servants the chalom the king requireth, and there
away the portion of their (dream), and we will show the is none other that can show it
meat, and the yayin that they pesher (interpretation, before the king, except the
should drink; and gave them explanation). g-ds, whose dwelling is not
vegetables. |5| The king answered and with basar (flesh).
|17| As for these four said to the Kasdim |12| For this cause the king
yeladim, G-d gave them (Chaldeans), The decision was angry and very furious,
knowledge and skill in all from me is firm; if ye will not and commanded to destroy all
sefer and chochmah, and give me da'as of the chalom the chachamim (wise men) of
Daniel had understanding in (dream), with the pesher Babylon.
all chazon (visions) and (interpretation, explanation) |13| And the decree went
chalomot (dreams). thereof, ye shall be cut in forth that the chachamim
|18| Now at the end of the pieces, and your houses shall should be slain; and they
days that the king had said he be made a pile of rubble; sought Daniel and his
would bring them in, then the |6| But if ye show the chalom chaverim to be slain.
chief of the eunuchs brought (dream), and the pesher |14| Then Daniel answered
them in before (interpretation, explanation) with counsel and wisdom to
Nevuchadnetzar. thereof, ye shall receive of me Aryoch the captain of the
|19| And the king communed gifts and rewards and great king's guard, which was gone
with them; and among them honor; therefore show me the forth to slay the
all was found none like chalom (dream), and the chachamim of Babylon;
Daniel, Chananyah, Mishael, pesher (interpretation, |15| He answered and said to
and Azaryah; therefore stood explanation) thereof. Aryoch the king's captain, Why
they before the king. |7| They answered again and is the decree so hasty from the
|20| And in all matters of said, Let the king tell his king? Then Aryoch made the
chochmah and binah that the servants the chalom (dream), thing known to Daniel.
king questioned them, he and we will show the pesher |16| Then Daniel went in,
found them ten times better (interpretation, explanation) and desired of the king that he
than all the magicians and of it. would give him time, and that
astrologers that were in all his |8| The king answered and he would show the king the
realm. said, I have da'as of certainty pesher (interpretation,
|21| And Daniel continued that ye would gain time, explanation).
even unto the first year of because ye see the decision |17| Then Daniel went to his
King Koresh (Cyrus). from me is firm. bais, and made the decree
And in the second year |9| But if ye will not give me known to Chananyah,
2 of the reign of
Nevuchadnetzar,
Nevuchadnetzar dreamed
da'as of the chalom (dream),
there is but one decree for
you; for ye have prepared
Mishael, and Azaryah, his
chaverim,
|18| That they would plead
chalomot (dreams), wherewith lying and corrupt words to for rachamim from the G-d of
his ruach was troubled, and speak before me, till the tide is Shomayim concerning this raz
his sleep left him. turned; therefore tell me the (mystery, secret); that Daniel
|2| Then the king chalom (dream), and I shall and his chaverim should not
commanded to call the have da'as that ye can show perish with the rest of the
magicians, and the me the pesher (interpretation, chachamim of Babylon.
enchanters, and the sorcerers, explanation) thereof. |19| Then was the raz
and the Kasdim (Chaldeans) |10| The Kasdim (Chaldeans) revealed unto Daniel in a
for to show the king his answered before the king, and chazon of the lailah.
chalomot. So they came and said, There is not a man upon Then Daniel said a brakhah to
stood before the king. the earth that can show the the G-d of Shomayim.
|3| And the king said unto king's matter; therefore there |20| Daniel answered and
them, I have dreamed a is no melech, no matter how said, Baruch hashem Elohim
chalom (dream) and my ruach rav (great) or powerful, l'olam va'ed; for chochmah
was troubled to have da'as of that asked such things of any (wisdom) and gevurah (might)
the chalom (dream). magician, or enchanter, or are His;
|4| Then spoke the Kasdim Kasdai (Chaldean).
(Chaldeans) to the king in
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|21| And He changeth the shall be in the acharit |37| Thou, O king, art a king
times and the zmanim hayamim. Thy chalom of kings; for the G-d of
(seasons); He removeth (dream), and the visions of thy Shomayim hath given thee a
melachim, and setteth up head upon thy bed, are these: kingdom, power, and strength,
melachim; He giveth |29| As for thee, O king, thy and glory.
chochmah unto the thoughts came into thy mind |38| And wheresoever the
chachamim, and da'as to them upon thy bed, what should children of men dwell, the
that know binah; come to pass hereafter; and beasts of the field and the
|22| He revealeth the deep He that revealeth razim fowls of the heaven hath He
and secret things; He knoweth (secrets) maketh known to thee given into thine hand, and
what is in the choshech, and what shall come to pass. hath made thee shalit (ruler)
the light dwelleth with Him. |30| But as for me, this raz is over them all. Thou art this
|23| I thank Thee, and praise not revealed to me for any head of gold.
Thee, O Thou G-d of my chochmah that I have more |39| And after thee shall arise
fathers, Who hast given me than any living, but in order another kingdom inferior to
chochmah and gevurah, and that the pesher (interpre- thee, and another third
hast given unto me da'as now tation, explanation) may be kingdom of bronze, which
of what we desired of Thee; for known to the king, and that shall bear rule over kol
Thou hast now made known thou mightest understand the ha'aretz.
unto us the king's matter. thoughts of thy heart. |40| And the fourth
|24| Therefore Daniel went in |31| Thou, O king, sawest, mamlachah shall be strong as
unto Aryoch, whom the king and behold a great tzelem iron; forasmuch as iron
had appointed to destroy the (image, idol, statue). This great breaketh in pieces and
chachamim of Babylon; he tzelem, whose brightness was subdueth all things; and as
went and said thus unto him: extraordinary, stood before iron that breaketh all these,
Destroy not the chachamim of thee; and the form thereof was shall it break in pieces and
Babylon; bring me in before awesome. crush.
the king, and I will show unto |32| This tzelem's head was of |41| And whereas thou sawest
the king the pesher fine gold, his chest and his the feet and toes, part of
(interpretation, explanation). arms of silver, his middle and potters' clay and part of iron,
|25| Then Aryoch brought in his thighs of bronze, the mamlachah shall be
Daniel before the king in |33| His legs of iron, his feet divided; but there shall be in
haste, and said thus unto him, part of iron and part of clay. it of the strength of the iron,
I have found a man of the |34| Thou sawest till that an forasmuch as thou sawest the
Bnei Golus of Yehudah, that even (stone [Moshiach; see iron mixed with baked clay.
will give da'as unto the king of Tehillim 118:22; Yeshayah |42| And as the toes of the
the pesher (interpretation, 53:3, Tehillim 2:9]) was cut out feet were part of iron, and part
explanation). without hands, which struck of clay, so the mamlachah
|26| The king answered and the tzelem upon his feet that shall be partly strong, and
said to Daniel whose name were of iron and clay, and partly fragile.
was Beltshatzar, Art thou able broke them to pieces. |43| And whereas thou sawest
to give da'as unto me of the |35| Then was the iron, the iron mixed with baked clay, so
chalom (dream) which I have clay, the bronze, the silver, the zera of the people will be a
seen, and the pesher and the gold, broken to pieces mixture and will not remain
(interpretation, explanation) together, and became like the united, even as iron is not
thereof? chaff of the summer mixed with clay.
|27| Daniel answered in the threshingfloors; and the wind |44| And in the days of these
presence of the king and said, carried them away, that no melachim shall the G-d of
The raz which the king hath trace was found of them; and Shomayim set up a kingdom,
demanded cannot the wise the even (stone) that struck the which shall never be
men, the enchanters, the tzelem became a great destroyed; and the kingdom
magicians, the soothsayers, mountain, and filled kol shall not be left to other
show unto the king; ha'aretz. people, but it shall break in
|28| But there is a G-d in |36| This is the chalom pieces and consume all these
Shomayim that revealeth (dream); and we will tell the mamlechot (kingdoms), and it
razim, and maketh known to pesher thereof before the king. shall stand for ever [Lk 1:32-
the king Nevuchadnetzar what 33].
|45| Forasmuch as thou which Nevuchadnetzar the should be cast into the midst
sawest that the even (stone) king had set up. of a burning fiery attun
was cut out of the mountain |3| Then the satraps, the (furnace).
without hands, and that it prefects, and governors, the |12| There are certain
broke in pieces the iron, the judges, the treasurers, the Yehudim whom thou hast set
bronze, the clay, the silver, counselors, the magistrates, over the affairs of the province
and the gold, the great G-d and all the rulers of the of Babylon, Shadrach,
hath made known to the king provinces, were gathered Meshach, and Abednego;
what shall come to pass after together unto the dedication these men, O king, have
this; and the chalom (dream) of the tzelem that disregarded thee; they serve
is certain, and the pesher Nevuchadnetzar the king had (pay-lammed-chet, serve as
(interpretation, explanation) set up; and they stood before deity) not thy g-ds, nor worship
thereof trustworthy. the tzelem that the golden tzelem which thou
|46| Then the king Nevuchadnetzar had set up. hast set up.
Nevuchadnetzar fell upon his |4| Then a karoz (herald) |13| Then Nevuchadnetzar in
face, prostrate before Daniel, cried aloud, To you it is his rage and fury commanded
and paid him honor and ommanded, O people, nations, to bring Shadrach, Meshach,
ordered that a minchah and and languages, and Abednego. Then they
incense be presented to him. |5| That at what time ye hear brought these men before the
|47| The king answered unto the sound of the horn, flute, king.
Daniel, and said, Of a surety it harp, lyre, psaltery, pipes, and |14| Nevuchadnetzar spoke
is, that your G-d is G-d of g-ds, all kinds of music, ye fall and said unto them, Is it true,
and L-rd of melachim, and a down and worship the golden O Shadrach, Meshach, and
revealer of razim (secrets), tzelem that Nevuchadnetzar Abednego, do ye not serve my
seeing thou couldest reveal the king hath set up; g-ds, nor worship the golden
this raz. |6| And whoso falleth not tzelem which I have set up?
|48| Then the king exalted down and worshipeth shall |15| Now if ye be ready that
Daniel to a high position, and the same hour be cast into the at what time ye hear the sound
gave him many great mattanot midst of a burning fiery attun of the horn, flute, harp, lyre,
(gifts), and made him shalit (furnace). psaltery, and pipes, and all
(ruler) over the whole province |7| Therefore at that time, kinds of music, ye fall down
of Babylon, and placed him in when all the people heard the and worship the tzelem which
charge of all the chachamim sound of the horn, flute, harp, I have made, well; but if ye
of Babylon. lyre, psaltery, and all kinds of worship not, ye shall be cast
|49| Then Daniel requested music, all the people, the the same hour into the midst
of the king, and he set nations, and the languages, of a burning fiery attun; and
Shadrach, Meshach, and fell down and worshiped the who is that G-d that shall
Abednego, over the affairs of golden tzelem that deliver you out of my hands?
the province of Babylon, but Nevuchadnetzar the king had |16| Shadrach, Meshach, and
Daniel remained at the royal set up. Abednego, answered and said
court. |8| Wherefore at that time to the king, O
certain Kasdim (Chaldeans) Nevuchadnetzar, we are not
Nevuchadnetzar the king came near, and accused the needful to answer thee in this
3 made a tzelem of gold,

whose height was
threescore cubits, and the
Yehudim.
|9| They spoke and said to
the king Nevuchadnetzar, O
matter.
|17| If it be so, Eloheinu
whom we serve is able to
breadth thereof six cubits; he king, live for ever. deliver us from the burning
set it up in the plain of Dura, |10| Thou, O king, hast made fiery furnace, and He will
in the province of Babylon. a decree, that every man that deliver us out of thine hand, O
|2| Then Nevuchadnetzar the shall hear the sound of the king.
king sent to gather together horn, flute, harp, lyre, |18| But if not, be it known
the satraps, the prefects, and psaltery, and pipes, and all unto thee, O king, that we will
the governors, the judges, the kinds of music, shall fall down not be the ones serving as
treasurers, the counselors, the and worship the golden deity (pey-lammed-chet) thy
magistrates, and all the rulers tzelem; g-ds, nor worship the
of the provinces, to come to |11| And whoso falleth not
the dedication of the tzelem down and worshipeth, that he
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golden tzelem which thou hast burning fiery furnace, and Elyon hath wrought toward
set up. spoke, and said, Shadrach, me.
|19| Then was Meshach, and Abednego, ye |3 (3:33)| How great are His
Nevuchadnetzar full of fury, servants of El Elyon (G-d Most otot (signs)! And how mighty
and the expression on his High), come forth, and come are His mofetim (wonders)!
visage was changed against hither. Then Shadrach, His kingdom is a malchut
Shadrach, Meshach, and Meshach, and Abednego, olam (everlasting kingdom),
Abednego; therefore he spoke, came forth of the midst of the and His dominion is from dor
and commanded that they eish (fire). v'dor (generation to
should heat the attun seven |27| And the satraps, generation).
times hotter than usual. governors, and |4 (4:1)| I, Nevuchadnetzar,
|20| And he commanded administrators, and the king's was at rest in mine bais, and
certain gibborim (mighty men) counselors, being gathered prospering in my heikhal
of valor that were in his army together, saw these men, upon (palace).
to bind Shadrach, Meshach, whose bodies the eish (fire) |5 (4:2)| I saw a chalom
and Abednego, and to cast had no power, nor was a hair (dream) which made me
them into the burning fiery of their head singed, neither afraid, and the thoughts
attun. were their garments affected, upon my bed and the
|21| Then these anashim nor the smell of eish (fire) had chazonot (visions) of my head
(men) were bound in their passed on them. troubled me.
mantles, their tunics, and |28| Then Nevuchadnetzar |6 (4:3)| Therefore made I a
their turbans, and their other spoke, and said, Baruch decree to bring in all the
garments, and were cast into Elohim shel Shadrach, chachamim of Babylon before
the midst of the burning fiery Meshach, and Abednego, Who me, that they might give me
furnace. hath sent His malach, and da'as of the pesher
|22| Therefore because the delivered His servants that (interpretation, explanation)
king's commandment was trusted in Him, and frustrated of the chalom (dream).
severe, and the furnace the king's word, and yielded |7 (4:4)| Then came in the
exceedingly hot, the flames of their bodies, that they might magicians, the enchanters, the
the eish (fire) violently killed not serve ([as deity], pey- Kasdim (Chaldeans), and the
those men that took up lammed-chet) nor worship any soothsayers; and I told the
Shadrach, Meshach, and g-d, except their own G-d. chalom (dream) before them;
Abednego. |29| Therefore I make a but they did not make known
|23| And these three men, decree, that every people, unto me the pesher thereof.
Shadrach, Meshach, and nation, and language, which |8 (4:5)| But at the last Daniel
Abednego, fell down bound speak any thing amiss against came in before me, whose
into the midst of the burning the G-d of Shadrach, Meshach, name was Beltshatzar,
fiery furnace. and Abednego, shall be cut in according to hashem of my
|24| Then Nevuchadnetzar pieces, and their houses shall G-d, and in whom is the
the king was astonished, and be made a pile of rubble, Ruach Elohin Kadishin
rose up in haste, and spoke, because there is no other g-d (Ruach Elohim HaKadosh);
and said unto his counselors, that can deliver like this. and before him I told the
Did not we cast shloshah |30| Then the king promoted chalom (dream), saying,
anashim (three men) bound Shadrach, Meshach, and |9 (4:6)| O Beltshatzar, chief
into the midst of the eish Abednego, in the province of of the magicians, because I
(fire)? They answered and said Babylon. know that the Ruach Elohin
unto the king, True, O king. Nevuchadnetzar the Kadishin (Ruach Elohim
|25| He answered and said,
Lo, I see anashim arba'ah
(four men) free (not bound,
4 king, unto all people,
nations and languages,
that dwell in all the earth;
HaKadosh) is in thee, and no
raz (secret, mystery) troubleth
thee, tell me the visions of my
loose), walking in the midst of Shalom aleichem l'machbir chalom (dream) that I have
the eish (fire), and they have (Peace be multiplied unto seen, and the pesher thereof.
no hurt; and the form of the you). |10 (4:7)| Thus were the
fourth is like the Bar Elohin |2 (3:32)| I thought it good to chazonot of mine head in my
(Ben Elohim, Hebrew). show the otot (signs) and bed; I was looking, and hinei,
|26| Then Nevuchadnetzar mofetim (wonders) that El an etz (tree)
came near to the door of the
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in the midst of the earth, and Nevuchadnetzar, have seen. iron and bronze, in the tender
the height thereof was great. Now thou, O Beltshatzar, grass of the field; and let it be
|11 (4:8)| The etz grew, and declare the pesher wet with the dew of heaven,
was strong, and the height (interpretation, and let him partake with the
thereof reached unto explanation) thereof, beasts of the field, till seven
Shomayim, and visibility forasmuch as all the times (seasons, years) pass
thereof extended to the end of chachamim of my malchut over him.
kol ha'aretz; are not able to make known |24 (4:21)| This is the pesher
|12 (4:9)| The leaves thereof unto me the pesher (interpretation, explanation),
were lovely, and the p’ri (interpretation, explanation); O king, and this is the decree
thereof abundant, and in it but thou art able; for the of Elyon (Most High), which is
was food for all; the beasts of Ruach Elohin Kadishin come upon mari (my master)
the field found shade under it, (Ruach Elohim HaKadosh) is the king;
and the fowls of the heaven in thee. |25 (4:22)| That they shall
dwelt in the boughs thereof, |19 (4:16)| Then Daniel, drive thee from anashim, and
and kol basar was fed of it. whose name was Beltshatzar, thy dwelling shall be with the
|13 (4:10)| I saw in the was perplexed for a time, and beasts of the field, and they
chazonot of my head upon my his thoughts troubled him. shall make thee to eat grass as
bed, and, hinei, an ir (watcher, The king spoke, and said, oxen, and they shall wet thee
messenger), a malach Beltshatzar, let not the chalom with the dew of heaven,
hakodesh, came down from (dream), or the pesher and seven times (seasons,
Shomayim. (interpretation, explanation) years) shall pass over thee, till
|14 (4:11)| He cried with thereof, trouble thee. thou have da'as that Elyon
strength, and said thus, Chop Beltshatzar answered and (Most High) ruleth in the
down the tree, and cut off his said, Mari (my master), if only malchut haAdam, and giveth
branches, strip off his leaves, the chalom (dream) concerned it to whomsoever He will.
and scatter his p’ri; let the them that hate thee, and the |26 (4:23)| And whereas they
beasts get away from under it, pesher (interpretation, commanded to leave the
and the fowls from his explanation) thereof thine stump of the etz with its roots,
branches. enemies. thy malchut shall be assured
|15 (4:12)| Nevertheless leave |20 (4:17)| The etz that thou unto thee, after that thou shalt
the stump of his roots in the sawest, which grew, and was have da'as that Shomayim
earth, even with a band of strong, whose height reached (G-d) does rule.
iron and bronze, in the tender unto Shomayim, and the |27 (4:24)| Wherefore, O king,
grass of the field; and let it be visibility thereof extended to let my counsel be acceptable
wet with the dew of heaven, kol ha'aretz; unto thee, and break off thy
and let him partake with the |21 (4:18)| Whose leaves were sins by tzedek (righteousness),
beasts in the grass of ha'aretz; lovely, and the p’ri thereof and thine iniquities by
|16 (4:13)| Let his lev (heart) abundant, and in it was food showing mercy to the poor; if
be changed from man's, and for all; under which the beasts it may be a prolonging of thy
let a beast's lev be given unto of the field dwelt, and upon tranquillity.
him; and let seven times whose branches the fowls of |28 (4:25)| All this came upon
(seasons, years) pass over him. heaven had their habitation; the king Nevuchadnetzar.
|17 (4:14)| This matter is by |22 (4:19)| It is thou, O king, |29 (4:26)| At the end of
the decree of the irin that art grown and become twelve months he walked
(watchers), and the strong; for thy greatness is about the heikhal of the
demand by the word of the grown, and reacheth unto malchut of Babylon.
Kadoshim (holy ones), to the Shomayim, and thy dominion |30 (4:27)| The melech spoke,
intent that the living may have to the end of ha'aretz. and said, Is not this great
da'as that Elyon (Most High) |23 (4:20)| And whereas the Babylon, that I have built for
ruleth in the malchut king saw an ir (watcher), a a royal dwelling by the might
haAdam, and giveth it to malach hakodesh, come down of my power, and for the
whomsoever He will, and from Shomayim, and saying, honor of my majesty?
setteth up over it the basest of Chop the etz down, and |31 (4:28)| While the word
men. destroy it; yet leave the stump was in the king's mouth, there
|18 (4:15)| This chalom of the roots thereof in the fell a voice from Shomayim,
(dream) I, king earth, even with a band of
saying, O king HaShomayim, all Whose explanation) thereof, shall be

Nevuchadnetzar, to thee it is works are emes, and His ways clothed with purple, and have
spoken: The malchut has been mishpat; and those that walk a chain of gold about his neck,
taken from thee. in ga'avah (pride) He is able to and shall be the third ruler in
|32 (4:29)| And they shall abase. the malchut.
drive thee from anashim, and |8| Then came in all the
thy dwelling shall be with the king's chachamim, but they
beasts of the field; they shall Belshatzar the king could not read the mikhtav
make thee to eat grass as oxen,
and seven times (seasons,
years) shall pass over thee,
5 made a mishteh gadol
(great feast) to a
thousand of his nobles, and
(writing), nor make known to
the king the pesher
(interpretation, explanation)
until thou have da'as that drank wine before the thereof.
Elyon ruleth in the malchut thousand. |9| Then was king Belshatzar
haAdam, and giveth it to |2| Belshatzar, while he greatly troubled, and his
whomsoever He will. tasted the wine, commanded countenance was changed in
|33 (4:30)| The same hour to bring the golden and silver him, and his nobles were
was the thing fulfilled upon vessels which his forefather perplexed.
Nevuchadnetzar, and Nevuchadnetzar had taken |10| Now the malkah (queen)
he was driven from anashim, out of the Beis Hamikdash by reason of the words of the
and did eat grass as oxen, and which was in Yerushalayim, king and his nobles came into
his body was wet with the dew that the king, and his princes, the banquet house; and the
of heaven, till his hair had his wives, and his concubines, malkah (queen) spoke and
grown like eagles' feathers, might drink therein. said, O king, live forever; let
and his nails like birds' claws. |3| Then they brought the not thy thoughts trouble thee,
|34 (4:31)| And at the end of golden vessels that were taken nor let thy countenance be
the time, I, Nevuchadnetzar, out of the Beis Hamikdash of changed.
lifted up mine eyes unto the Beis HaElohim which was |11| There is a man in thy
Shomayim, and mine da'as at Yerushalayim, and the king, malchut, in whom is the
returned unto me, and I said and his princes, his wives, and Ruach Elohin Kadishin
Baruch El Elyon, and I his concubines, drank in (Ruach Elohim HaKadosh)
praised and honored Him that them. and in the days of thy
liveth forever, Whose |4| They drank wine, and forefather ohr and seichel and
dominion is an everlasting praised the g-ds of gold, and of chochmah, like the
dominion, and His Malchut is silver, of bronze, of iron, of chochmah of HaElohim, was
from dor v'dor; wood, and of stone. found in him; the king
|35 (4:32)| And all the |5| In the same hour came Nevuchadnetzar thy
inhabitants of ha'aretz are forth fingers of a man's yad forefather, the king, I say, thy
considered as nothing, and He (hand), and wrote opposite the forefather, made him chief of
doeth according to His will in menorah upon the plaster of the magicians, enchanters,
the Tzivos HaShomayim, and the wall of the king's heikhal, Kasdim (Chaldeans), and
among the inhabitants of and the king saw the part of soothsayers;
ha'aretz; and none can the yad that wrote. |12| Forasmuch as an
restrain His hand, or say unto |6| Then the king's excellent ruach, and da'as,
Him, What doest Thou? countenance was changed, and seichel, interpreting of
|36 (4:33)| At the same time and his machsh'vot troubled chalomot, and solving riddles,
my da'as returned unto me; him, so that the joints of his and explaining enigmas, were
and for the kavod of my hips were loosed, and his found in the same Daniel,
malchut, mine honor and knees knocked together. whom the king named
splendor returned unto me; |7| The king cried aloud to Beltshatzar. Now let Daniel be
and my counselors and my bring in the enchanters, the called, and he will show the
nobles sought unto me; and I Kasdim (Chaldeans), and the pesher (interpretation,
was established in my soothsayers. And the king explanation).
malchut, and excellent spoke, and said to the |13| Then was Daniel
majesty was added unto me. chachamim of Babylon, brought in before the king.
|37 (4:34)| Now I Whosoever shall read this And the king spoke and said
Nevuchadnetzar praise and mikhtav (writing), and show unto Daniel,
extol and honor the Melech me the pesher (interpretation,
Art thou that Daniel, which |20| But when his heart was Daniel with purple, and put a
art of the Bnei Golus of lifted up, and his ruach chain of gold about his neck,
Yehudah, whom the king my hardened in ga'avah (pride), and made a proclamation
forefather brought out of he was deposed from his concerning him, that he
Yehudah? kingly throne, and they took should be the third ruler in
|14| I have even heard of his kavod (glory) from him; the malchut.
thee, that the Ruach Elohim is |21| And he was driven from |30| In that night was
in thee, and that ohr and the bnei haAdam; and his lev Belshatzar the king of the
seichel and excellent was made like the beasts, and Kasdim slain.
chochmah is found in thee. his dwelling was with the wild |5:31(6:1)| And Daryavesh the
|15| And now the donkeys; they fed him with Mede took the malchut, being
chachamim, the enchanters, grass like oxen, and his body about 62 years old.
have been brought in before was wet with the dew of
me, that they should read this heaven; till he knew that El It pleased Daryavesh to
mikhtav (writing), and give me
da'as of the pesher
(interpretation, explanation)
Elyon ruled in the malchut
haAdam, and that He
appointeth over it whomsoever
6 set over the malchut an
hundred and twenty
satraps, which should be over
thereof, but they could not He will. the whole malchut;
show the pesher |22| And thou his son, O |2 (6:3)| And over these three
(interpretation, explanation) Belshatzar, hast not humbled overseers, of whom Daniel was
of the thing; thine lev, though thou had one, that the satraps might
|16| And I have heard of thee, da'as of all this; give accounts unto them, and
that thou canst give |23| But hast lifted up thyself that the king should suffer no
interpretations, and explain against Hashem of Shomayim; loss.
enigmas; now if thou canst and they have brought the |3 (6:4)| Then this Daniel
read the mikhtav (writing), vessels of His Beis Hamikdash distinguished himself above
and make known to me the before thee, and thou, and thy the overseers and satraps,
pesher (interpretation, nobles, thy wives, and thy because an excellent ruach
explanation) thereof, thou concubines, have drunk wine was in him; and the king
shalt be clothed with purple, in them; and thou hast thought to set him over the
and have a chain of gold praised the g-ds of silver, and whole malchut.
about thy neck, and shalt be gold, of bronze, iron, wood, |4 (6:5)| Then the overseers
the third ruler in the malchut. and stone, which see not, nor and satraps sought to find
|17| Then Daniel answered hear, nor know; and the G-d in occasion against Daniel
and said before the king, Let Whose hand thy breath is, and concerning the malchut; but
thy gifts be to thyself, and give Whose are all thy ways, hast they could find none occasion
thy rewards to another; yet I thou not glorified. nor fault; forasmuch as he was
will read the mikhtav (writing) |24| Then was the part of the trustworthy, neither was there
unto the king, and make yad sent from Him; and this any negligence or corrupt
known to him the pesher mikhtav (writing) was written. thing found in him.
(interpretation, explanation). |25| And this is the mikhtav |5 (6:6)| Then said these
|18| O thou king, El Elyon (writing) that was written, anashim, We shall not find
gave Nevuchadnetzar thy MENE, MENE, TEKEL, any occasion against this
forefather a malchut, and UFARSIN. Daniel, except we find it
gedulah (greatness), and |26| This is the pesher against him concerning the
kavod (glory), and hadar (interpretation, explanation) dat (law, religion) of his G-d.
(majesty); of the thing; MENE; G-d hath |6 (6:7)| Then these overseers
|19| And for the gedulah that numbered thy malchut, and and satraps assembled
he gave him, all people, finished with it. together to the king, and said
nations, and languages, |27| TEKEL; Thou art thus unto him, King
trembled and feared before weighed in the balances, and Daryavesh, L'olam yicheyeh
him; whom he would he art found wanting. (live for ever!)
violently killed; and whom he |28| PERES; Thy malchut is |7 (6:8)| All the overseers of
would he kept alive; and divided, and given to the the malchut, the
whom he would he set up; and Medes and Persians. administrators, and the
whom he would he put down. |29| Then commanded
Belshatzar, and they clothed
satraps, the counselors, and his petition three times a day. lions' mouths that they have
the governors, have consulted |14 (6:15)| Then the king, not hurt me; forasmuch as
together to establish a royal when he heard these words, before Him innocence was
statute, and to make a firm was greatly displeased with found in me; and also before
decree, that whosoever shall himself, and set his heart on thee, O king, have I done no
make a petition of any g-d or Daniel to deliver him, and he rah (wrong).
man for shloshim yom (thirty did strive till the going down |23 (6:24)| Then was the king
days), except of thee, O king, of the shemesh to deliver him. exceedingly glad for him, and
he shall be cast into the den of |15 (6:16)| Then these commanded that they should
lions. anashim assembled unto the take Daniel up out of the den.
|8 (6:9)| Now, O king, king, and said unto the king, So Daniel was taken up out of
establish the decree and sign Have da'as, O king, that the the den, and no manner of
the ketav (writing, document), law of the Medes and Persians hurt was found upon him,
that it cannot be changed, is, That no decree nor statute because he had emunah in his
according to the law of the which the king establisheth G-d.
Medes and Persians, which may be changed. |24 (6:25)| And the king
altereth not. |16 (6:17)| Then the king commanded, and they
|9 (6:10) Wherefore king commanded, and they brought those anashim which
Daryavesh signed the written brought Daniel, and cast him had accused Daniel, and they
decree. into the den of lions. Now the cast them into the den of
|10 (6:11)| Now when Daniel king spoke and said unto lions, them, their children,
knew that the ketav was Daniel, Elohecha (Thy G-d) and their wives; and the lions
signed, he went into his bais; whom thou servest overpowered them, and broke
and his windows being open continually, He will deliver all their bones in pieces before
in his chamber toward thee. they ever came to the bottom
Yerushalayim, he kneeled |17 (6:18)| And an even of the den.
down three times that day, (stone) was brought, and laid |25 (6:26)| Then king
and davened, and gave thanks upon the mouth of the den; Daryavesh wrote unto all
before his G-d, as he had been and the king sealed it with his people, nations, and
doing before this. own signet ring, and with the languages, that dwell in kol
|11 (6:12)| Then these signet ring of his nobles, that ha'aretz; Shalom aleichem
anashim assembled, and the purpose might not be l'machbir (Peace be
found Daniel davening changed concerning Daniel. multiplied unto you).
and making supplication |18 (6:19)| Then the king |26 (6:27)| I make a decree,
before his G-d. went to his heikhal, and spent That in every dominion of my
|12 (6:13)| Then they came the night fasting, neither were malchut men must tremble
near, and spoke before the entertainments brought before and fear before the G-d of
king concerning the king's him, and his sheynah fled Daniel, for He is HaElohim
decree: Hast thou not signed a from him. HaChai, and stedfast l'olamim
decree, that every man that |19 (6:20)| Then the king (forever), and His malchut
shall make a petition of any arose very early in the boker, that which shall not be
g-d or man within shloshim and went in haste unto the destroyed, and His dominion
yom, except of thee, O king, den of lions. shall be even ad hasof (unto
shall be cast into the den of |20 (6:21)| And when he came the end).
lions? The king answered and to the den, he cried with an |27 (6:28)| He delivereth and
said, The thing is true, anguished voice unto Daniel; rescueth, and He worketh otot
according to the law of the and the king spoke and said to and mofetim in Shomayim
Medes and Persians, which Daniel, O Daniel, eved of and in ha'aretz, Who hath
cannot be changed. HaElohim HaChai, is thy G-d, delivered Daniel from the
|13 (6:14) Then answered they whom thou servest power of the lions.
and said before the king, That continually, able to deliver |28 (6:29)| So this Daniel
Daniel, which is of the Bnei thee from the lions? prospered in the reign of
Golus of Yehudah, shows no |21 (6:22)| Then said Daniel Daryavesh, and in the reign of
regard for thee, O king, nor unto the king, O king, L'olam Koresh (Cyrus) the Persian.
the decree that thou hast yicheyeh (live for ever).
signed, but maketh |22 (6:23)| My G-d hath sent
his malach, and hath shut the
Ketuvim 739 Daniel 7
In the first year of another keren (horn), a little (Messianic) Kingdom that
7 Belshatzar melech
Babylon, Daniel saw a
dream and visions of his head
one, before whom there were
three of the first karnayim
plucked up by the roots; and,
which shall not be destroyed.
|15| As for me, Daniel, my
ruach was anxious in the
upon his bed; then he wrote hinei, in this keren were eyes midst of my body, and the
down the dream, and the sum like the eyes of man, and a visions of my head were
of the matters he related. mouth speaking great things. troubling me.
|2| Daniel answered and said, |9| I was beholding until kisot |16| I drew near to one of the
I saw in my vision that came (thrones) were placed, and the attendants to ask him the
by night, and, hinei, the arbah Atik Yomin (Ancient of Days, certainty concerning all this;
ruchot (four winds) of i.e., Hashem) did sit, whose and he said to me that he
Shomayim burst forth upon raiment was like white snow, would make me to have da'as
the yam hagadol (great sea). and the hair of His rosh like of the pesher (interpretation)
|3| And four chayyot pure wool; His kes (throne) of the things.
hagedolot (great beasts) came was like the fiery flames, and |17| These chayyot hagedolot
up from the yam, different one its wheels like burning eish. (great beasts), which are arbah
from another. |10| A river of eish was (four), are four melachim,
|4| Harishonah (the first) was flowing and came forth from which shall arise out of
like an arye (lion), and had before Him; thousand ha'aretz.
eagle's wings. I was beholding thousands ministered unto |18| But the kadoshim Elyon
until its wings were plucked Him, and ten thousand times (holy ones of the Most High)
off, and it was lifted up from ten thousand stood before shall receive the Kingdom,
ha'aretz, and was made to Him; the court sat, and the and shall possess the
stand upon two feet like a sfarim (books) were opened. Kingdom forever, even forever
man, and a man's lev was |11| I was beholding from and ever.
given to it [see Daniel 4:34 (the time of) the voice of the |19| Then I desired to make
(4:31)]. arrogant words which the sure concerning the fourth
|5| And hinei another beast, a keren [Anti-Moshiach] spoke, I Chayyah (Beast), which was
second, like a bear, and it was was beholding even till the different from all the others,
raised up on one side, and Chayyah (Beast) was slain, exceeding dreadful, whose
three ribs were in its mouth and his body destroyed, and teeth were of iron, and its
between its teeth; and it was given to the burning eish. claws brass; it was devouring,
said thus unto it, Arise, devour |12| As concerning the rest of crushing, and stamped the
much basar (flesh). the beasts, their dominion was residue with its feet;
|6| After this I beheld, and taken away, yet their lives were |20| And concerning the eser
hinei another, like a leopard, prolonged for a time and a karnayim (ten horns) that
which had upon its sides four season. were in its head, and of the
wings of a bird; the beast had |13| I was beholding in other which came up, and
also arba'ah rashim (four visions of the night, and, before whom three fell, even of
heads) and dominion was hinei, one like a Bar Enosh that horn (Anti-Moshiach) that
given to it. (Ben Adam, i.e., Moshiach) had eyes, and a mouth that
|7| After this I saw in the came with the clouds of spoke arrogant things, which
night visions, and hinei a Shomayim, and came to the seemed greater than the
fourth Chayyah (Beast), Atik Yomin (Ancient of Days, others.
dreadful and terrible, and i.e., Hashem), and before Him |21| I was beholding, and the
strong exceedingly; and it He was brought. same keren (horn, Anti-
had great iron teeth; it was |14| And there was given Him Moshiach) made war against
devouring and crushing, and (Moshiach) dominion, and the kadoshim, and prevailed
trampling the residue with its honor, and sovereignty, that against them;
feet; and it was different from all people, Goyim, tongues, |22| Until the Atik Yomin
all the beasts that were before should pey-lammed-chet (see (Ancient of Days, Hashem)
it, and it had eser karnayim Dan 3:12, serve, reverence as came, and judgment was given
(ten horns). deity Him (Moshiach). His for the kadoshim Elyon; and
|8| I was contemplating the dominion is an everlasting the time came that the
karnayim (horns), and, hinei, dominion, which shall not kadoshim possessed the
there came up among them pass away, and His Kingdom.
|23| This is what he said: The after that which appeared arbah ruchot HaShomayim
fourth Chayyah (Beast) shall unto me in the beginning. (the four winds of Heaven).
be a fourth kingdom upon |2| And I beheld in a chazon; |9| And out of one of them
earth, which shall be different and it came to pass, while I came forth a little horn
from all kingdoms, and shall was seeing, that I was in [Antiochus Epiphanes], which
devour kol ha'aretz, and shall Shushan (Susa) the fortress, became exceeding great,
tread it down, and break it in which is in the province of toward the south, and toward
pieces. Elam; and I saw in a chazon, the east, and toward the [eretz]
|24| And the eser karnayim and I was by the stream Ulai. hatzevi (the glorious land, [i.e.,
(ten horns) out of this |3| Then I lifted up mine Eretz Israel]).
kingdom are asarah melachim eyes, and saw, and, hinei, |10| And it became great,
(ten kings) that shall arise, and there stood before the stream even unto the tzva
another shall arise after them; a ram which had two HaShomayim; and it caused
and he shall be different from karnayim (horns), and the two to fall down to the earth some
the first, and he shall subdue karnayim were high; but one of the host and some of the
three melachim. was higher than the other, and kokhavim it trampled.
|25| And he (Anti-Moshiach) the higher was coming up last. |11| Yea, he magnified
shall speak great words |4| I saw the ram pushing himself even unto the Sar
against Elyon, and shall wear westward, and northward, and HaTzava, and the daily
out the kadoshim Elyon, and southward; so that no chayyot sacrifice was taken away from
think to change set times and (beasts) might stand before Him, and the place of His
law, and they shall be given him, neither was there any Mikdash was cast down.
into his hand until a time and that could deliver out of his |12| And a tzva (army) was
times and half a time. hand; but he did according to given over to oppose the daily
|26| But judgment was given, his will, and made a great sacrifice on account of peysha
and there was taken away its display of strength. (transgression, rebellion), and
[Anti-Moshiach's] power to |5| And as I was considering, it cast down emes to the
destroy and to annihilate unto hinei, a he-goat was coming ground; and it acted, and
the end. from the west on the face of prospered.
|27| And the dominion and kol ha'aretz, and it was not |13| Then I heard one kadosh
sovereignty, and greatness of touching the earth; and as to (angel) speaking, and another
the kingdom under kol the goat it had a conspicuous kadosh said unto that certain
HaShomayim, shall be given keren (horn) between its eyes. kadosh which spoke, How long
to the people of the kadoshim |6| And he came to the ram shall be the chazon
Elyon, whose kingdom is a that had two karnayim, which concerning the daily sacrifice,
malchut olam (an everlasting I had seen standing before the and the desolating peysha
kingdom), and all dominions stream, and he ran against (transgression), to give both
shall serve and obey them. him with the wrath of his the Kodesh (Sanctuary) and
|28| Unto this point is the koach (strength). the tzva (host) to be trodden
end of the matter. As for me, |7| And I saw him under foot?
Daniel, my thoughts much approaching the ram, and he |14| And he said unto me,
troubled me, and the color of was enraged against him, and Unto erev-boker two thousand
my countenance changed he smote the ram, broke his and three hundred; then shall
upon me, but I kept the matter two karnayim, and there was the Kodesh (Sanctuary) be
in my lev. no koach in the ram to stand vindicated.
[T.N. Chanukah remembers before him, and he cast him |15| And it came to pass,
the restored and re-dedicated down to the ground, and when I, even I Daniel, was
worship in Jerusalem 164 trampled him; there was none beholding the chazon, that I
B.C.E. after the Anti-Moshiach- to deliver the ram from him. sought the meaning; then,
like activities of Antiochus |8| Therefore the he-goat was hinei, there stood before me as
Epiphanes predicted in chp 8 acting very presumptuously; the appearance of a man.
below.] and when he was powerful, |16| And I heard a kol adam
In the shnat shalosh the keren hagedolah (great (man's voice) amidst the Ulai,
8 (third year) of the reign

of Belshatzar
HaMelech, a chazon (vision)
horn, [i.e., Alexander's
Empire]) was broken; and in
the place of it came up
and he called, and said,
Gavriel, cause this one to
understand the vision [see
appeared unto me, Daniel, conspicuously four, toward the Daniel 9:21].
|17| So he came near where I destroy rabbim (many); he we have rebelled, even by
stood; and as he came, I was shall also stand up against the departing from Thy
filled with fear, and I fell Sar Sarim (Prince of Princes); mitzvot and from Thy
down upon my face, but he but he shall be broken without mishpatim;
said unto me, Understand, O [human] hand. |6| Neither have we heeded or
ben adam, the chazon (vision) |26| And the vision of the listened unto Thy avadim the
points to the time of the ketz evening and the morning nevi'im, which spoke in Thy
(end). which was told is emes; and Name unto our Melachim, our
|18| Now while he was thou! Shut up the chazon; for Sarim (princes), and our
speaking with me, I swooned it shall be for many yamim Avot, and to kol Am HaAretz.
upon my face toward the [i.e., distant times]. |7| To Thee, Adonoi, is the
ground, but he touched me, |27| And I Daniel was faint, tzedakah, but unto us is
and made me stand upright. and lay ill several yamim; boshet hapanim (shame of
|19| And he said, Hineni, I afterward I rose up, and did face), as at yom hazeh; to the
will cause thee to know that the king's business; and I was men of Yehudah, and to the
which shall take place in astonished at the vision, but yoshvei Yerushalayim,
the latter part of HaZa'am (the without understanding it. and unto kol Yisroel, that are
Wrath period), since at a near, and that are far off,
mo'ed (an appointed time) the through all the countries
Ketz (End) shall be. whither Thou hast driven
|20| The ram which thou In the shnat achat (first them, because of their ma'al
sawest having two karnayim
are the melachim of Media
and Paras (Persia).
9 year) of Daryavesh ben
Achashverosh, by zera
(descent) a Mede, who was
(betrayal, treachery) wherein
they have dealt unfaithfully
against Thee.
|21| And the shaggy he-goat is made melech over the realm |8| O Hashem, to us
melech Yavan (the king of of the Kasdim (Chaldeans); belongeth boshet hapanim, to
Greece), and the keren |2| In the shnat achat of his our Melachim, to our Sarim
hagedolah (great horn) that is reign, I, Daniel, received (princes), and to our Avot,
between his eyes is the binah (understanding) from because we have sinned
melech harishon (the first king the Sfarim (books, Kitvei against Thee.
[ i.e., Alexander]). Hakodesh) of the number of |9| To Adonoi Eloheinu
|22| Now one being broken the shanim, that the Devar belong the rachamim and the
and four stood up in its place, Hashem was unto Yirmeyah selichot (forgiveness), for we
four kingdoms shall stand up HaNavi, with respect to the have rebelled against Him;
out of the nation, but not in desolations of Yerushalayim, |10| Neither have we obeyed
its koach (strength). SHIVIM SHANAH must be the voice of Hashem Eloheinu,
|23| And in the latter time of completed [Yirmeyah 25:11; to walk in His torot, which He
their kingdom, when 29:10]. has set before us by the hand
haposhe'im (the |3| And I set my face unto of His avadim the Nevi'im.
transgressors, the ones Adonoi HaElohim, to plead by |11| Yea, kol Yisroel has
rebelling) are come to the full, tefillah and tachanunim transgressed Thy Torah, even
a melech of unyielding (supplications), with a tzom, by departing, refusing to obey
countenance, and mastering and sackcloth, and ashes; Thy kol (voice); therefore
intrigues, shall stand up. |4| And I davened unto ha'alah (the curse [Devarim
|24| And his koach shall be Hashem Elohai, and I made 29:18]) is poured upon us, and
mighty, but not by his own vidduy (confession of sin), and hashevuah (the oath) that is
koach; and he shall cause said, O Adonoi, HaEl written in the Torat Moshe the
astounding destruction, and HaGadol V'HaNorah (the Eved HaElohim, because we
shall prosper, and accomplish, great and dreadful G-d), have sinned against
and shall destroy the mighty Shomer HaBrit V'HaChesed Him. [Vayikra 26:14f; Devarim
and Am Kedoshim (the Holy (Who keepeth covenant and 28:15f]
People). lovingkindness) to them that |12| And He hath confirmed
|25| And by his cunning also love Him, and to them that His words, which He spoke
he shall cause mirmah (deceit) are shomrei mitzvot; concerning us, and concerning
to prosper through his hand; |5| We have sinned, and we our shofetim who
and he shall magnify himself have committed iniquity, and judged us, that He
in his lev, and by peace shall we have done wickedly, and
would bring upon us a ra'ah before Thee on account of and threescore and two
gedolah, so that there has not tzidkoteinu, but for the sake of heptads; the rechov shall be
been done under kol Thy rachamim harabbim. built again, and the charutz,
HaShomayim what has been |19| Adonoi, hear; Adonoi, even in troublous times.
done to Yerushalayim. forgive; Adonoi, hearken and |26| And after threescore and
|13| Even as it is written in act; delay not, for Thine own two heptads, yikaret (will be
the Torat Moshe, all hara'ah sake, O Elohai; for Thy city cut off) Moshiach [Yeshayah
hazot (this evil) is come upon and Thy people are called by 53:8], but not for himself
us, yet we have not mollified Thy Name. [Yeshayah 53:4-6,8]; and the
the face of Hashem Eloheinu, |20| And while I was troops of the coming nagid
by turning away from speaking, and davening shall destroy the Ir and the
avoneinu (our iniquities), and tefillos, and making Kodesh (Beis Hamikdash, i.e.,
by having seichel vidduy (confession of sin) for 70.C.E.); and the end thereof
(discernment) in Thy Emes. me and for Ami Yisroel, and shall come with a flood, and
|14| Therefore hath Hashem laying my techinnah (petition) unto the end there shall be
watched upon the rah, and before Hashem Elohai for the war. Desolations are
brought it upon us; for sake of the Har Kodesh of determined.
Hashem Eloheinu is tzaddik Elohai; |27| And he shall confirm
in all His ma'asim which He |21| Yea, while I was brit (covenant) with rabbim
doeth, for we obeyed not His davening in tefillah, even for one heptad; and in the
kol (voice). haish [see 8:15] Gavriel, whom midst of the heptad he shall
|15| And now, Adonoi I had seen in the chazon in cause the zevach and the
Eloheinu, Who hast brought the beginning, being caused to minchah to cease, and on the
Thy people forth out of Eretz fly in weariness, reached me kenaf (wing) of the
Mitzrayim with a yad about the time of the minchat abominations is one making
chazakah (mighty hand), and erev. desolate, even until the
hast gotten Thee renown, as at |22| And he instructed me, complete destruction, a
yom hazeh, we have sinned, and spoke with me, and said, destruction that is decreed,
we have done wickedly. O Daniel, I am now come shall be poured out upon the
|16| O Adonoi, according to forth to make thee have Shomem (Desolator,
all Thy tzidkot, I beseech seichel in binah. Destroyer).
Thee, let Thine anger and Thy |23| At the beginning of thy In the shnat
fury be turned away from Thy
Ir (City) Yerushalayim, Thy
Har Kodesh, because for
tachanunim (supplications) a
commandment went forth,
and I am come to make the
10 shlosh of Koresh
(Cyrus) melech
Paras (Persia) a davar (word)
chatta'einu, and for word known; for thou art was revealed unto Daniel,
the avonot Avoteinu, greatly valued; therefore shmo (his name) called
Yerushalayim and Thy people understand the devar, and Beltshatzar; and emes was the
are become a reproach, an consider the vision. davar, and of a tzava gadol
object of scorn to all around |24| Shivi'im heptads is (great conflict, affliction); and
about us. decreed upon thy people and he understood the davar, and
|17| Now therefore, shema, upon thy Ir Kodesh (Holy had binah of the vision.
Eloheinu, hear the tefillah of City), to restrain the peysha |2| In those days I Daniel was
Thy eved, and his tachanunim (transgression), and to make mourning a full shloshah
(supplications), and cause Thy an end of chattat (sin), and to shavu'im (three weeks).
face to shine upon Thy make kapporah for avon, and |3| Choice lechem I did not
Mikdash [Beis HaMikdash] to bring in Tzedek Olamim eat, neither came basar nor
that is desolate, lema'an (for (Everlasting Righteousness), yayin into my mouth, neither
the sake of) Adonoi. and to seal up the chazon and did I anoint myself at all, until
|18| O Elohai, incline Thine navi, and to anoint the the completing of the full
ear, and shema; open Thine Kodesh HaKodashim. shloshet shavu'im.
eyes, and behold our |25| Have da'as, therefore, |4| And in the four and
desolations, and HaIr which is and get seichel, that from twentieth yom of the chodesh
called by Thy Name; for we do the going forth of the decree to harishon (first month), as I
not present tachanuneinu (our restore and to rebuild was on the bank of the nahar
supplications) Yerushalayim unto Moshiach hagadol (the great river) which
Nagid shall be shivah heptads, is the Tigris;
|5| Then I lifted up mine Eloheicha, thy words were am gone forth, hinei! The Sar
eyes, and looked, and, hinei, heard, and I am come because Yavan (Prince of Greece)
there before me was as an ish of thy words. comes.
clothed in linen, around |13| But the Sar Malchut |21| But I shall make known
whose waist was a belt of the Paras (Prince of the Kingdom to thee that which is inscribed
finest gold of Uphaz. of Persia) was standing before in the Writing of Emes; and
|6| His geviyah (body) also me 21 yamim; but, hinei, there is no one mitchazak
was like the chrysolite, and his Micha'el, one of the Sarim (putting forth strength) with
face like the appearance of HaRishonim came to help me; me in these things, but
lightning, and his eyes like and I was detained there with Micha'el your Sar.
torches of eish, and his zero'ot the Melachim Paras. Also I, in the shnat
(arms) and his raglayim (feet)
like in color to polished
bronze, and the sound of his
|14| Now I am come to give
thee binah (understanding) of
what shall befall thy People in
11 achat of Daryavesh
the Mede, I stood
to support and to strengthen
words like the kol hamon the acharit hayamim him.
(voice of a multitude). ([Messianic] latter days); for |2| And now will I show thee
|7| And I Daniel alone saw there is still a chazon (vision) the emes. Hinei, yet shloshah
the vision, for the anashim for [those] yamim (days). melachim will arise in Paras
that were with me saw not the |15| And while he was (Persia); and the fourth shall
vision; but a charadah speaking such devarim unto with osher gadol (great
gedolah (great terror) fell upon me, I bowed my face toward richness) be abundantly rich
them, and they fled, for they the ground, and I became above all; and by his strength
hid themselves. unable to speak. through his riches he shall stir
|8| Therefore I was left alone, |16| And, hinei, one with the up all against the realm of
and saw this great vision, and likeness of the bnei adam Yavan (Greece).
there remained no ko'ach touched my lips; then I |3| And a melech gibbor shall
(strength) in me, for my hod opened my mouth, and spoke, arise, that shall rule with
(comeliness) was changed and said unto him that stood mimshal rav (great dominion),
upon me into disfigurement, before me, Adoni, because of and do kirtzono (according to
and I retained no ko'ach. the vision my pangs have his will).
|9| Then I heard the kol overcome me, and I have |4| And when he shall arise,
(voice) of his words, and when retained no ko'ach. his malchut (kingdom) shall
I heard the kol of his words, |17| For how is the eved be broken, and shall be
then I was in a deep sleep on adoni here able to speak with divided to the araba ruchot
my face, and my face was on such as adoni? For as for me, HaShomayim; and not to his
the ground. now no ko'ach remains in me, posterity, nor according to his
|10| And, hinei, a yad (hand) neither is there neshamah rule which he ruled, for his
touched me, and raised me, (breath) left in me. kingdom shall be plucked up,
trembling, upon my knees and |18| Then there came again even for others apart from
upon the palms of my hands. and touched me one like the these [see Daniel 8:8].
|11| And he said unto me, O appearance of a man, |5| And HaMelech HaNegev
Daniel, ish chamudot (man v'yechazkeini (and he (the King of the South) shall
greatly valued, beloved), strengthened me), be strong, and one of his
understand the devarim that I |19| And said, Al tira, ish sarim (princes), and he shall
speak unto thee, and stand chamudot (fear not, O man be strong above him, and will
upright, for unto thee now greatly valued, beloved); rule; a great rule is his rule.
shulachti (I was sent). And Shalom to you; chazak (be |6| And at the end of some
when he had spoken the davar strong), yea, chazak. And shanim they shall join
hazeh (this word) unto me, I when he had spoken unto me, themselves together as allies;
stood trembling. I felt myself strengthened, and for the daughter of HaMelech
|12| Then said he unto me, Al said, Let adoni speak; for thou HaNegev shall come unto the
tirah (fear not), Daniel, for hast strengthened me. Melech HaTzafon (King of the
from the yom harishon (first |20| Then said he, Knowest North) to make an agreement;
day) that thou didst set thine thou why I have come unto but she shall not retain the
lev to understand, oo- thee? And now I shall return
lehitannot (and to afflict, to fight against the Sar Paras
humble thyself) before (Prince of Persia); and when I
koach hazero'a; neither shall HaMelech HaNegev; also the before him, and shall be
he stand, nor his zero'a, but sons of the transgressors of thy broken; yea, also the Nagid
she shall be given up, and they people shall exalt themselves Brit.
that brought her, and he that to establish the vision; but |23| And after the league
fathered her, and he that they shall stumble. made with him he shall
strengthened her in those |15| So HaMelech HaTzafon practice deceit, for he shall go
times. shall come, and shall cast up up, and shall become strong
|7| But out of a netzer of her an entrenchment, and shall with a small people.
roots shall one stand up in his take a fortified city; and the |24| He shall enter unawares
place, which shall come unto forces of the South shall not even into the fattest of the
an army, and shall enter into stand, even their choicest provinces; and he shall do
the stronghold of HaMelech troops, and there is no power that which his avot have not
HaTzafon, and shall deal with to stand. done, nor his avot of his avot;
them, and shall show strength; |16| But he that cometh he shall scatter among them
|8| And also their g-ds with against him shall do according the spoil and booty and
their molten images and with to his own will, and none shall possessions, yea, and he shall
their precious vessels of silver stand before him; and he shall plan his devices against the
and gold he will bring into stand in Eretz HaTzevi strongholds, even for a time.
captivity to Mitzrayim; (Beautiful Land), and |25| And he shall stir up his
and he shall refrain some destruction (shall be) in his power and his courage against
shanim from (attacking) hand. the Melech HaNegev with a
HaMelech HaTzafon. |17| He shall also set his face great army; and HaMelech
|9| So he (HaMelech to come with the strength of HaNegev shall be stirred up
HaTzafon) shall come into his his whole kingdom, and an for battle with a very great and
kingdom of HaMelech agreement is with him; and he mighty army; but he shall not
HaNegev and shall return into shall make it; and he shall stand; for they shall devise
his own land. give him the daughter of devices against him.
|10| But his banim shall be women to destroy it, but she |26| Yea, they that eat of the
stirred up, and shall assemble shall not stand, neither be for portion of his meat shall
a multitude of great forces; him. destroy him, and his army
and he shall certainly come, |18| After he turns his face shall overflow, and many shall
and overflow, and pass unto the isles, and shall take fall down slain.
through; then shall he return, many, a magistrate shall cause |27| And the hearts of both of
and shall stir himself up, even his reproach to cease for him these melachim shall be for
to his fortress. except that his reproach shall evil, and they shall speak lies
|11| And HaMelech HaNegev return to him. at one shulchan, but it shall
shall be moved with rage, and |19| Then he shall turn his not prosper; for yet the end
shall go forth and fight with face toward the fortresses of shall be at the time appointed.
him, even with HaMelech his own land, but he shall |28| Then shall he return into
HaTzafon; and he shall raise stumble and fall, and will not his land with great riches; and
a great multitude; but the be found. his lev shall be against the Brit
multitude shall be given into |20| Then shall stand up in Kodesh; and he shall do
his hand. his place one who causes an exploits, and return to his own
|12| And the multitude shall exactor to pass through for the land.
be carried away; his lev shall glory of the malchut, but |29| At the time appointed he
be lifted up; and he shall within a few yamim he shall shall return, and come again
cause thousands to fall, but be broken, neither in anger, to the South; but it shall not
will not be strong. nor in battle. be as at the first so at the last.
|13| For HaMelech HaTzafon |21| And in his place shall |30| For the ships of Kittim
shall again raise a multitude, stand up a vile person, to shall come against him;
greater than the former, and whom they shall not give the therefore he shall be
at the end of some shanim he glory of the malchut but he disheartened and shall return,
will certainly come with a shall come in unawares, and and rage against the Brit
great army and with great obtain the kingdom by Kodesh so shall he do; he shall
substance; intrigues. even return, and will fix his
|14| And in those times many |22| And an overwhelming attention upon those that
shall stand up against army will be swept away forsake the Brit Kodesh.
|31| And forces from him will |40| And at the time of the Dera'on Olam (Everlasting
stand, and they shall end shall HaMelech HaNegev Contempt, Abhorrence,
desecrate the Mikdash, the butt against him, and Aversion, i.e., Everlasting
Citadel, and shall do away HaMelech HaTzafon shall Gehinnom.[T.N. Onesh Olam
with HaTamid, and set up the storm against him with is here made more fearsome in
Shikkutz MeShomem. chariots, and with parash, and light of the prevalent neglect of
|32| And such as do wickedly with many ships; and he shall Scripture in favor of non-
against the Brit shall he enter into the countries and Biblical studies]).
pervert in intrigue, but the shall overflow and pass over. |3| And they that are wise
people who know their G-d |41| He shall enter also into shall shine as the brightness
shall be strong and will do. the Eretz HaTzevi, and many of the firmament; and they
|33| And they that will stumble, but these shall that turn many to tzedakah
understand among the people escape out of his hand, even (righteousness) as the
shall instruct many; yet they Edom, and Moav, and kokhavim (stars) leolam v'ed
shall fall by the sword, and by the chief of the bnei Ammon. (forever and ever).
flame, by captivity, and |42| He shall stretch forth his |4| But thou, O Daniel, shut
through despoilment for many hand also upon the countries, up the devarim (words), and
yamim. and Eretz Mitzrayim shall not seal the sefer, until the Et Ketz
|34| Now when they shall fall, escape. (Time of the End): rabbim
they shall be helped with a |43| But he shall rule over the shall run to and fro, that da'as
little help, but many shall deposits of zahav and of kesef, (knowledge) may be increased.
cleave to them in intrigue. and over all the desired things |5| Then I Daniel looked,
|35| And some of them of of Mitzrayim; and the Libyans and, hinei, two others were
understanding shall fall to try and the Cushites shall be at standing, the one on this side
them, and to purify, and to his heels. of the bank of the river, and
make them white, even to the |44| But reports out of the the other on that side of the
time of the end, because it is east and out of the north shall bank of the river.
yet for a time appointed. trouble him; therefore he shall |6| And one said to the man
|36| And HaMelech shall do go forth with cheimah gedolah clothed in linen, who was
according to his will; and he (great fury) to destroy, and to above the waters of the river,
shall exalt himself, and annihilate many. How long shall it be to the
magnify himself above every |45| And he shall plant the Ketz of these wonders?
g-d, and shall speak monstous tents of his pavilion between |7| And I heard the man
things against the G-d of g-ds, the sea and the Har Tzevi clothed in linen, who was
and shall prosper till the Kodesh (Beautiful Holy above the waters of the river,
wrath be accomplished; for Mountain); yet he shall come when he held up his right
that is determined shall be to his end, and there is none hand and his left hand unto
done. to help him. Shomayim, and swore, By the
|37| Neither shall he regard And at that time One who liveth haolam
the g-d of his avot, nor the
desire of women, nor regard
any g-d, for he shall magnify
12 shall Micha'el
stand, the Sar
HaGadol who standeth over
(forever), it shall be for a time,
times, and a half a time; and
when there is an end of
himself above all. the banim of thy people, and breaking in pieces the yad Am
|38| But in his place shall he there shall be an et tzarah Kodesh (power of the Holy
honor the g-d of fortresses, (time of tribulation), such as People), all these things shall
and a g-d whom his avot knew has not been from the come to an end.
not shall he honor with zahav, existence of a nation to that |8| And I heard, but I
and kesef, and with precious time; and in that time thy understood not. Then said I,
stones, and things desired. people shall be delivered, Adoni, what shall be the end
|39| Thus shall he do to the every one that shall be found of these things?
fortresses of the strongholds written in the Sefer. |9| And he said, Go thy way,
with the help of a foreign g-d, |2| And rabbim of them that Daniel, for the devarim are
whom he shall acknowledge sleep in the admat aphar (dust closed up and sealed till the
and increase with glory; and of the ground) shall awake, Et Ketz (Time of the End).
he shall cause them to rule some to Chayyei Olam |10| Many shall be purified,
over many, and shall (Everlasting Life), and some to and made white, and refined;
distribute the land for a price. reproaches (shames) and but the reshaim (wicked)
EZRA
shall do wickedly; and none of made a proclamation the Nasi of Yehudah.

the resha'im shall understand; throughout all his Malchut, |9| And this is the number of
but the wise shall understand. and put it also in writing, them; thirty basins of zahav, a
|11| And from the time that saying, thousand basins of kesef, nine
HaTamid (the Daily Sacrifice) |2| Thus saith Koresh Melech and twenty knives,
shall be taken away, and the Paras (Persia), Hashem Elohei |10| Thirty bowls of zahav,
Shikkutz Shomem HaShomayim hath given me kesef basins of a second kind
(Abomination Causing all the kingdoms of ha'aretz; four hundred and ten, and
Desolation) set up, there shall and he hath charged me other vessels one thousand.
be a thousand two hundred to build him Beis [Hamikdash] |11| All the vessels of zahav
and ninety yamim. at Yerushalayim, which is in and of kesef were five
|12| Ashrei (blessed) is he Yehudah. thousand and four hundred.
who waiteth, and attains to |3| Who is there among you of All these did Sheshbatzar
the thousand three hundred all His people, Elohav be with bring up with them of the
and five and thirty yamim. him, let him go up to Golus that were brought up
|13| But thou, go till HaKetz; Yerushalayim, which is in from Bavel unto
for thou shalt rest, and shall Yehudah, and build the Beis Yerushalayim.
arise to thy allotted Hashem Elohei Yisroel, (He is
inheritance at the Ketz HaElohim) which is in Now these are the
HaYamin (End of Days). Yerushalayim.
|4| And whosoever remaineth
in any place where he
2 people of the province
that went up out of the
captivity, of those of the
sojourneth, let the men of his Golus, whom Nevuchadnetzar
[T.N. Next we have Ezra’s place help him with kesef, and Melech Bavel had carried
description of the Return from with zahav, and with goods, away unto Babylon, and
the Golus and the rebuilding of and with livestock, beside the returned unto Yerushalayim
the Beis Hamikdash. Note nedavah (freewill offering) for and Yehudah, every one unto
who is standing up alive from the Beis HaElohim that is in his town;
the death of the Babylonian Yerushalayim. |2| Which came with
Exile… Yeshua (Ezra 3:2) who |5| Then rose up the chief of Zerubavel; Yeshua,
was the grandson of Serayah, the avot of Yehudah and Nechemyah, Serayah,
that Chief Kohen before the Binyamin, and the kohanim, Re'elyah, Mordechai, Bilshan,
destruction of Jerusalem (2Kgs and the Levi'im, with all them Mispar, Bigvai, Rechum,
25:18) and also descendent of whose ruach HaElohim had Ba'anah. The number of the
Tzadok or Zadok.] stirred up, to go up to build men of the Am Yisroel;
the Beis Hashem which is in |3| The Bnei Parosh, 2,172.
afii.org/texts/hw2p2rb.htm Yerushalayim. |4| The Bnei Shephatyah,
www.afii.org/yeshiva.pdf |6| And all they that were 372.
www.afii.org/studywithus.htm about them did strengthen |5| The Bnei Arach, 775.
afii.org/texts/eyntgams.htm their hands with vessels of |6| The Bnei Pachat-Moav, of
afii.org/texts/eyntgamy.htm kesef, with zahav, with goods, the Bnei Yeshua and Yoav,
and with livestock, and with 2,812.
precious things, in addition to |7| The Bnei Elam, 1,254.
all their nedavot (freewill |8| The Bnei Zattu, 945.
offerings). |9| The Bnei Zaccai, 760.
|7| Also HaMelech Koresh |10| The Bnei Bani, 642.
brought forth the vessels of the |11| The Bnei Bevai, 623.
EZRA Beis Hashem, which |12| The Bnei Azgad, 1,222.
Nevuchadnetzar had carried |13| The Bnei Adonikam,
Now in the first year
1
off out of Yerushalayim, and 666.
[539 B.C.E.] of Koresh had put them in the bais |14| The Bnei Bigvai, 2,056.
Melech Paras (Persia), (temple) of his g-ds; |15| The Bnei Adin, 454.
that the Devar Hashem by the |8| Even those did Koresh |16| The Bnei Ater of
mouth of Yirmeyah might be Melech Paras (Persia) bring Yechizkiyah, 98.
fulfilled, Hashem stirred up forth by the hand of Mitredat |17| The Bnei Betzai, 323.
the ruach of Koresh Melech the treasurer, and counted |18| The Bnei Yorah, 112.
Paras (Persia), so that he them unto Sheshbatzar,
746
Ketuvim 747 Ezra 2
|19| The Bnei Chashum, 223. |47| The Bnei Giddel, the genealogy, but they were not
|20| The Bnei Gibbar, 95. Bnei Gachar, the Bnei found; therefore were they, as
|21| The Bnei Beit-Lechem, Reayah, polluted, put from the
123. |48| The Bnei Retzin, the kehunah.
|22| The men of Netophah, Bnei Nekoda, the Bnei |63| And the Tirshata
56. Gazzam, (Governor) said unto them,
|23| The men of Anatot, 128. |49| The Bnei Uzza, the Bnei that they should not eat of
|24| The Bnei Azmavet, 42. Paseach, the Bnei kodesh hakodashim, until
|25| The Bnei Kiryat-Arim, Besai, there stood up a kohen with
Kephirah, and Be'erot, 743. |50| The Bnei Asnah, the Urim and with Tummim.
|26| The Bnei Ramah and Bnei Meunim, the Bnei |64| The Kol HaKahal
Geva, 621. Nephusim, together was forty and two
|27| The men of Michmas, |51| The Bnei Bakbuk, the thousand three hundred and
122. Bnei Chakupha, the Bnei threescore.
|28| The men of Beit-El and Chachur, |65| This was in addition to
Ai, 223. |52| The Bnei Batzlut, the their avadim (man servants)
|29| The Bnei Nevo, 52. Bnei Mechida, the Bnei and their amahot (female
|30| The Bnei Magbish, 156. Charsha, servants) of whom there were
|31| The children of the other |53| The Bnei Barkos, the seven thousand three hundred
Elam, 1,254. Bnei Sisra, the Bnei thirty and seven; and there
|32| The Bnei Charim, 320. Temach, were among them two
|33| The Bnei Lod, Chadid |54| The Bnei Netziach, the hundred singing men and
and Ono, 725. Bnei Chatipha. singing women.
|34| The Bnei Yericho, 345. |55| The Bnei Avdei Sh'lomo; |66| Their susim were seven
|35| The Bnei Senaah, 3,630. the Bnei Sotai, the Bnei hundred thirty and six; their
|36| The kohanim; the Bnei Hasopheret, the Bnei Peruda, mules, two hundred forty and
Yedayah, of the Bais Yeshua, |56| The Bnei Ya’alah, the five;
973. Bnei Darkon, the Bnei Giddel, |67| Their camels, four
|37| The Bnei Immer, |57| The Bnei Shephatyah, hundred thirty and five; their
1,052. the Bnei Chattil, the Bnei donkeys, six thousand seven
|38| The Bnei Pashchur, Pocheret-Hatzvayim, the Bnei hundred and twenty.
1,247. Ami. |68| And some of the chief of
|39| The Bnei Charim, 1,017. |58| All the Netinim, and the the avot, when they came to
|40| The Levi'im; the Bnei Bnei Avdei Sh'lomo, were the Beis Hashem which is at
Yeshua and Kadmiel, of the three hundred ninety and two. Yerushalayim, offered nedavot
Bnei Hodavyah, 74. |59| And these were they for the Beis HaElohim to
|41| The singers; the Bnei which went up from rebuild it in its place.
Asaph, 128. Telmelach, Telcharsa, |69| They gave according to
|42| The children of the Keruv, Addan, and Immer; their ability unto the Otzar for
gatekeepers; the Bnei but they could not show their the work threescore and one
Shallum, the Bnei Ater, the Bais Avot, and their zera, thousand drachmas of zahav,
Bnei Talmon, the Bnei Akuv, whether they were of Yisroel; and five thousand minas of
the Bnei Chatita, the Bnei |60| The Bnei Delaiah, the kesef, and one hundred
Shovai; in all 139. Bnei Toviyah, the Bnei ketanot for the kohanim.
|43| The Netinim; the Bnei Nekoda, six hundred fifty and |70| So the kohanim, and the
Tzicha, the Bnei Chasupha, two. Levi'im, and some of the
the Bnei Tabbaot, |61| And of the Bnei people, and the singers, and
|44| The Bnei Keros, the Bnei HaKohanim; the Bnei the gatekeepers, and the
Siaha, the Bnei Padon, Chaviyah, the Bnei Hakotz, Netinim (servants of the Beis
|45| The Bnei Levanah, the the Bnei Barzillai; which took Hamikdash), dwelt in their
Bnei Chagavah, the children a wife of the banot of Barzillai towns, and kol Yisroel in their
of Akuv, the Gileadi, and was named towns.
|46| The Bnei Chagav, the after their shem.
Bnei Shalmai, the Bnei |62| These sought their
Chanan, register among those that were
reckoned by
Ezra 3, 4 748 Orthodox Jewish Bible
And when the seventh that they had of Koresh loud voice, and many shouted
3 month was come, and

the Bnei Yisroel were in
the towns, the people gathered
Melech Paras (Persia).
|8| Now in the second year of
their coming unto the Beis
aloud for simchah;
|13| So that the people could
not discern the noise of the
themselves together as one HaElohim at Yerushalayim, in shout of simchah from the
man to Yerushalayim. the second month, began noise of the weeping of the
|2| Then stood up Yeshua Zerubavel ben Sh'altiel, and people; for the people shouted
ben Yehotzadak [T.N. This Yeshua ben Yehotzadak, and with a loud shout, and the
man is the prophetic namesake the she'ar (remnant) of their noise was heard afar off.
of the coming Moshiach—see brethren the kohanim and the Now when the
Zech 6:11-12], and his
brethren the kohanim, and
Zerubavel ben Sh'altiel, and
Levi'im, and all they that were
come out of the captivity unto
Yerushalayim; and appointed
4 adversaries [i.e., the
enemies, the Samaritans]
of Yehudah and Binyamin
his brethren, and built the the Levi'im, from twenty years heard that the Banim of the
Mizbe'ach Elohei Yisroel, to old and upward, to set Golus were the Bonim
offer olot (burnt offerings) forward the melechet Beis (Builders) of the Heikhal for
thereon, as it is written in the Hashem (work of the Hashem Elohei Yisroel,
Torat Moshe Ish HaElohim. construction of the Beis |2| Then they came to
|3| And they set the Mizbe'ach Hamikdash). Zerubavel, and to the chief of
upon its bases; despite their |9| Then stood Yeshua with the avot, and said unto them,
fear upon them because of the his banim and his brethren, Let us build with you, for we
people of those lands, they Kadmiel and his banim, the seek Eloheichem, as ye do,
offered olot (burnt offerings) Bnei Yehudah, together, to set and we do sacrifice unto Him
thereon unto Hashem, even forward the workmen in the since the days Esar-Hadon
olot boker and erev. Beis HaElohim; the Bnei Melech Assur (Assyria), which
|4| They kept also the Chag Chenadad, with their banim brought us here [see Melachim
HaSukkot, as it is written, and and their brethren the Levi'im. Bais 19:37; also 17:33].
offered the daily olah by |10| And when the Bonim |3| But Zerubavel, and
number, according to the (Builders) laid the foundation Yeshua, and the rest of the
mishpat, as the duty of every of the Heikhal Hashem, they chief of the avot of Yisroel,
yom required; set the kohanim in their robes said unto them, Ye have
|5| And afterward offered the with trumpets, and nothing to do with us to build
olat tamid, both of the the Levi'im the Bnei Asaph a Beis [Hamikdash] unto
chodeshim, and of all the with cymbals, to praise Eloheinu; but we alone will
Mo'adim of Hashem that were Hashem according to the build unto Hashem Elohei
set apart as kodesh, and of instructions of Dovid Melech Yisroel, as HaMelech Koresh
every one that willingly offered Yisroel. (Cyrus) Melech Paras (Persia)
a nedavah (freewill offering) |11| And they sang together hath commanded us.
unto Hashem. by course in praising and |4| Then the Am HaAretz
|6| From the first day of the giving thanks unto Hashem weakened the hands of the Am
seventh month began they to because He is good, for His Yehudah, and troubled them
offer olot (burnt offerings) chesed endureth forever from building,
unto Hashem. But the Yesod toward Yisroel. And kol haAm |5| And hired counselors
(Foundation) of the Heikhal shouted with a great shout, against them, to frustrate their
Hashem was not yet laid. when they praised Hashem, etza (plan), all the days of
|7| They gave kesef also unto because the foundation of the Koresh (Cyrus) Melech Paras
the chotzvim (masons, stone- Beis Hashem was laid. (Persia), even until the reign of
cutters), and to the charashim |12| But many of the Daryavesh (Darius) Melech
(craftsmen, carpenters); kohanim and Levi'im and Paras (Persia).
and food, and mishteh (drink), chief of the avot, who were |6| And in the reign of
and shemen (oil), unto them of zekenim (ancient men), that Achashverosh [Xerxes I 486-
Tzidon, and to them of Tzor, had seen the Beis HaRishon 465 B.C.E., the husband of
to bring cedar trees from (Beis HaMikdash of Shlomo), Queen Esther], in the
Lebanon to the sea and on to when the foundation of this beginning of his reign, they
Yafo, according to the rishyon Beis [Hamikdash] was laid wrote unto him a sitnah
(authorization, grant) before their eyes, wept with a (accusation, related to the
word Satan, Accuser)
Ketuvim 749 Ezra 4, 5
against the inhabitants of |14| Now because we have |22| Take heed now that ye
Yehudah and Yerushalayim. covenant maintenance ("share fail not to do this; lamah (why)
|7| Then, in the days of the King's salt") from the should damage grow to the
Artachshasta [Artaxerxes I palace, and it was not proper hurt of the Melech?
465-424 B.C.E.], it was for us to see the dishonor of |23| Now when the copy of
Bishlam, Mitredat, Tavel, and the Melech, therefore we have letter of Melech Artachshasta
the rest of their companions, sent and informed the Melech was read before Rechum, and
who wrote unto Artachshasta |15| That search may be Shimshai the scribe, and their
Melech Paras (Persia); and the made in the sefer of the companions, they went up in
writing of the letter was archives of thy avot; so shalt haste to Yerushalayim unto
written in Aramaic script, and thou find in the sefer of the the Yehudim, and made them
set forth in Aramaic. archives, and know that this to cease by force and
|8| Rechum the high city is a rebellious city, and compulsion.
commissioner and Shimshai hurtful unto melachim and |24| Then ceased the work of
the scribe wrote a letter provinces, a place of sedition the Beis HaElohim which is at
against Yerushalayim to from ancient times, for which Yerushalayim. So it ceased
Melech Artachshasta as cause was this city destroyed. unto the second year [i.e., 520
follows; |16| We inform the Melech B.C.E.] of the reign of
|9| Then wrote Rechum the that, if this city be built again, Daryavesh (Darius) Melech
high commissioner, and and the walls thereof set up, Paras (Persia).
Shimshai the scribe, and the by this means thou shalt have
rest of their companions; the no possession in the province Then the nevi'im,
judges, the officials, the
Tarplim, the Apharsim, the
Arkvim, the Babylonians, and
Beyond-the-River [Euphrates].
|17| Then the Melech sent an
answer: Unto Rechum the
5 Chaggai HaNavi, and
Zecharyah ben Iddo,
prophesied unto the Yehudim
those of Shushan, that is, the high commissioner, and to that were in Yehudah and
Elma'im, Shimshai the scribe, and to Yerushalayim in the shem
|10| And the rest of the the rest of their companions Elohei Yisroel, Who was [in
nations whom the great and that dwell in Shomron authority] over them.
noble Osnapar deported, and (Samaria), and unto the rest |2| Then rose up Zerubavel
settled in the city of Shomron Beyond-the River [Euphrates], ben Sh'altiel, and Yeshua ben
(Samaria), and elsewhere in Shalom, and now Yotzadak, and began to build
Beyond-the-River [Euphrates] |18| The nish'tevan (official the Beis Elohim which is
wrote; and now document) which ye sent unto at Yerushalayim; and with
|11| This is the copy of the us hath been fully read before them were the nevi'im of
letter that they sent unto him, me; Elohim helping them.
even unto Artachshasta |19| And I commanded, and |3| At the same time came to
HaMelech; From thy avadim, search hath been made, and it them Tatnai, governor of the
the men Beyond- is found that this city for a province Beyond-the-River
the-River [Euphrates]; and long time hath made [Euphrates], and Shetar-
now insurrection against Boznai and their companions,
|12| May it be known unto melachim, and that rebellion and said thus unto them, Who
the Melech, that the Yehudim and sedition have been made hath authorized you to build
which came up from thee to us therein. this Beis [Hamikdash], and to
are come unto Yerushalayim, |20| There have been mighty finish this structure?
building the rebellious and melachim also over |4| Then said we unto them
the wicked city, and finishing Yerushalayim, which have accordinging what were the
its walls, and repairing the ruled over all territory Beyond- shmot of the men that are
foundations. the-River [Euphrates], to constructing this building.
|13| Be it known now unto whom tax, tribute, and duty |5| But the Ayn Eloheihem
the Melech, that, if this city be were paid. (Eye of their G-d) was upon
built, and the walls set up |21| Give ye now ta'am the leaders of the Yehudim,
again, then they will not pay (command) to cause these men that they could not cause them
tax, tribute, or duty, and so to cease, and that this city be to cease, until the matter came
thou shalt damage the royal not built, until another ta'am to Daryavesh (Darius); and
revenues. shall be given from me.
then answer was returned by |14| And the vessels also of sacrifices, and let the
letter concerning this matter. zahav and kesef of the Beis foundations thereof be
|6| The copy of the letter that Elohim, which strongly laid; the height
Tatnai, governor of the Nevuchadnetzar took out of thereof threescore cubits, and
province Beyond-the-River the Heikhal that was in the breadth thereof threescore
[Euphrates], and Shetar- Yerushalayim, and brought cubits;
Boznai and his companions into the Heikhal of Babylon, |4| With three courses of
the envoys which were in the those did Koresh the Melech great stones, and a course of
province Beyond-the-River take out of the Heikhal of new timber; and let the
[Euphrates], sent unto Babylon, and they were expenses be given out of the
Daryavesh (Darius) the Melech delivered unto one, whose Melech's treasury;
[see 6:6]; shem was Sheshbatzar, whom |5| And also let the vessels of
|7| They sent a letter unto he had made governor; zahav and kesef of the Beis
him, wherein was written thus: |15| And said unto him, Take Elohim, which
Unto Daryavesh HaMelech, all these vessels, go, deposit them Nevuchadnetzar took forth
Shalom. into the Heikhal that is in out of the Heikhal which is at
|8| Be it known unto the Yerushalayim, and let the Beis Yerushalayim, and brought
Melech, that we went into the Elohim be built in its place. unto Babylon, be returned,
province of Yehudah, to the |16| Then came the same and brought again unto the
Beis of the great Elohim, Sheshbatzar, and laid the Heikhal which is at
which is being built with great foundation of the Beis Elohim Yerushalayim, every one to its
stones, and timber is laid in which is in Yerushalayim; and place, and deposit them in the
the walls, and this work goeth since that time even until now Beis Elohim.
fast on, and prospereth in hath it been under |6| Now therefore, Tatnai,
their hands. construction, and yet it is not governor Beyond-the-River
|9| Then asked we those finished. [Euphrates], Shetar-Boznai,
leaders, and said unto them |17| Now therefore, if it seem and your companions the
thus, Who commanded you to good to the Melech, let there envoys, which were in the
build this Beis [Hamikdash], be search made in the bais of province Beyond-the-River
and to restore this structure? royal archives, which is there [Euphrates], you stay far from
|10| We asked their shmot at Babylon, whether it be so, there!
also, to inform thee, that we that a decree was made of |7| Let the work of this Beis
might write down the shmot of Koresh (Cyrus) the Melech to Elohim alone; let the governor
the men that were their heads build this Beis Elohim at of the Yehudim and the
for thy information. Yerushalayim, and let the leaders of the Yehudim build
|11| And thus they returned Melech send his pleasure to us this Beis Elohim in its place.
us answer, saying, We are the concerning this matter. |8| Moreover I make a decree
avadim of the Elohei what ye shall do to the leaders
Shomayim vAretz, and build of these Yehudim for the
the Beis that was built these Then Daryavesh (Darius) building of this Beis Elohim;
many years ago, which a great
Melech Yisroel built and set
up.
6 the Melech made a
decree, and search was
made in the bais of the
that of the royal treasuries,
even of the revenue of the
province Beyond-the-River
|12| But because Avoteinu archives, where the treasures [Euphrates], forthwith
had provoked the Elohei were stored in Babylon. expenses be given unto these
Shomayim unto them into the |2| And there was found at men, that they be not
hand of Nevuchadnetzar Achmeta, in the palace that is hindered.
Melech Bavel, the Kasdai in the province of the Medes, a |9| And that which they have
(Chaldean), who destroyed this megillah, and therein was a need of, both young bulls, and
Beis, and carried the people record thus written; rams, and lambs, for the
away into the Golus of Bavel |3| In the first year of Koresh burnt offerings of the Elohei
(Babylon). the Melech, Koresh the Melech Shomayim, wheat, salt, wine,
|13| But in the first year of made a decree concerning and oil, according to the
Koresh (Cyrus) Melech Bavel the Beis Elohim at request of the kohanim which
the same Melech Koresh made Yerushalayim, Let are at Yerushalayim, let it be
a decree to build this Beis the Beis [Hamikdash] be built, given them day by day
Elohim. the place where they offered
without fail; |17| And offered at the |5| Ben Avishua, ben
|10| That they may offer dedication of this Beis Elohim Pinchas, ben Eleazar,
sacrifices of sweet savours one hundred bulls, two ben Aharon HaKohen
unto the Elohei Shomayim, hundred rams, four hundred HaRosh;
and pray for the chayyei lambs; and for a sin offering |6| This Ezra went up from
Melech, and of his banim. for kol Yisroel, twelve he-goats, Babylon, and he was a sofer
|11| Also I have made a according to the number of mahir expert in the Torat
decree, that whosoever shall the tribes of Yisroel. Moshe, which Hashem Elohei
alter this word, let timber be |18| And they installed the Yisroel had given, and
pulled down from his bais, kohanim in their divisions, HaMelech granted him all his
and being set up, let him be and the Levi'im in their request, for the yad
impaled hanging dead courses, for the Avodas Hashem Elohav was upon
thereon; and let his bais be Elohim, which is at him.
made a dunghill for this. Yerushalayim, as it is written |7| And there went up some
|12| And the Elohim that in the Sefer Moshe. of the Bnei Yisroel, and of the
hath caused Shmo to dwell |19| And the Banim of the Kohanim, and the Levi'im,
there destroy all Melech or Am Golus kept the Pesach upon and the singers, and the
that shall lift up their hand to the 14 day of the first month.
th
gatekeepers, and the Netinim,
alter and to destroy this Beis |20| For the Kohanim and unto Yerushalayim, in the
Elohim which is at the Levi'im made themselves seventh year of
Yerushalayim. I Daryavesh tahor, all of them were Artachshasta [Artaxerxes]
have issued a decree; let it be tehorim, and slaughtered the HaMelech [i.e., 458 B.C.E.].
done with speed. Pesach for all the Banim of |8| And he came to
|13| Then Tatnai, governor of the Golus, and for their Yerushalayim in the fifth
Beyond-the-River [Euphrates], brethren the Kohanim, and month, which was in the
Shetar-Boznai, and their for themselves. seventh year of the Melech.
companions, according to that |21| And the Bnei Yisroel, |9| For upon the first day of
which Daryavesh the Melech which were come again out of the first month he began to go
had sent, so they did speedily. Golus, and all such as had up from Babylon, and on the
|14| And the leaders of the separated themselves unto first day of the fifth month he
Yehudim built, and they them from the tum'a of the came to Yerushalayim, for the
prospered through the Goyim of ha'aretz, to seek good yad Elohav was upon
prophesying and preaching of Hashem Elohei Yisroel, did him.
Chaggai HaNavi and eat, |10| For Ezra had prepared
Zecharyah ben Iddo. And they |22| And kept the Chag his lev to study the Torat
built, and finished it, Matzot seven days with Hashem, and to do it, and to
according to the simchah; for Hashem had teach in Yisroel chok and
commandment of the Elohei made them joyful, and turned mishpat.
Yisroel, and according to the the lev Melech Assyria unto |11| Now this is the copy of
commandment of Koresh them, to strengthen their the letter that HaMelech
(Cyrus), and Daryavesh hands in the work of the Beis Artachshasta gave unto Ezra
(Darius), and Artachshasta Elohim, Elohei Yisroel. HaKohen, HaSofer, even a
(Artaxerxes) Melech Paras Sofer of the divrei mitzvot
(Persia). Hashem, and of his chukkot
|15| And this Beis Now after these things, for Yisroel:
[Hamikdash] was finished on
the third day of the month
Adar, which was in the sixth
7 in the reign of
Artachshasta Melech
Paras (Persia), Ezra ben
|12| Artachshasta, Melech
Melachim, unto Ezra Kohen,
Sofer of the law of Elohei
year of the reign of Daryavesh Serayah ben Azaryah ben Shomayim, Greetings! And
the Melech [i.e., March 12, 515 Hilkiyah, now
B.C.E.]. |2| Ben Shallum, ben Tzadok, |13| I issued a decree, that all
|16| And the Bnei Yisroel, the ben Achituv, they of the Am Yisroel, and of
Kohanim, and the Levi'im, |3| Ben Amaryah, ben Kohanim and Levi'im, in my
and the rest of the Banim of Azaryah, ben Merayot, kingdom, which are minded of
the Golus, kept the dedication |4| Ben Zerachyah, ben Uzzi, their own freewill to go up to
of this Beis Elohim with joy. ben Bukki, Yerushalayim, go with thee.
|14| Forasmuch as thou art |22| Unto one hundred These are now the
sent of the Melech, and of his
seven counselors, to inquire
concerning Yehudah and
talents of kesef, and to one
hundred cors of wheat, and to
one hundred baths of wine,
8 Rashei Avoteihem, and
this is the register of
them that went up with me
Yerushalayim, according to and to one hundred baths of from Babylon, in the
the law of thy G-d which is in oil, and unlimited melach reign of Artachshasta the
thine hand; (salt). Melech:
|15| And to carry the kesef |23| Whatsoever is |2| Of the Bnei Pinchas,
and zahav, which the Melech commanded by Elohei Gershom; of the Bnei Itamar,
and his counselors have freely Shomayim, let it be diligently Daniel; of the Bnei Dovid,
offered unto the Elohei done for the Beis of Elohei Chattush;
Yisroel, Whose habitation is in Shomayim; for why should |3| Of the Bnei Shechanyah,
Yerushalayim, there be ketzaf (wrath) against of the Bnei Parosh,
|16| And all the kesef and the malchut of the Melech and Zecharyah; and with him were
zahav that thou canst find in his banim? reckoned by register of the
all the province of Babylon, |24| Also we make known to zakhar 150.
with the freewill offering of you, that touching any of the |4| Of the Bnei Pachat-Moav,
the people, and of the Kohanim and Levi'im, singers, Elyehoeinai ben Zerachyah,
Kohanim, offering willingly gatekeepers, Netinim, or and with him 200 zakhar.
for the Beis Eloheihem which ministers of this Beis Elohim, |5| Of the Bnei Shechanyah,
is in Yerushalayim; it shall not be lawful to ben Yachziel, and with him
|17| That thou mayest buy impose tax, tribute, or duty, 300 zakhar.
speedily with this kesef bulls, upon them. |6| Of the banim also of Adin,
rams, lambs, with their |25| And thou, Ezra, after the Eved ben Yonatan, and with
minchot and their nesakhim, chochmah of thy G-d, that is him 50 zakhar.
and offer them upon the in thine hand, set magistrates |7| And of the Bnei Elam,
Mizbe'ach of the Beis and judges, which may judge Yeshayah ben Atalyah, and
Eloheichem which is in all the people that are in with him 70 zakhar.
Yerushalayim. Beyond-the-River [Euphrates], |8| And of the Bnei
|18| And whatsoever shall all such as know the laws of Shephatyah, Zevadyah ben
seem good to thee, and to thy thy G-d; and teach ye them Michael, and with him 80
brethren, to do with the rest of that know them not. zakhar.
the kesef and the zahav, that |26| And whosoever will not |9| Of the Bnei Yoav,
do according to the will of do the law of thy G-d, and the Ovadyah ben Yechiel, and
Eloheichem. law of the Melech, let with him 218 zakhar.
|19| The vessels also that are punishment be executed |10| And of the Bnei Shlomit,
given thee for the service of speedily upon him, whether it ben Yosiphyah, and with him
the Beis of thy G-d, those be unto death, or to 160 zakhar.
deliver thou before the Elohei banishment, or to confiscation |11| And of the Bnei Bevai,
Yerushalayim. of goods, or to imprisonment. Zecharyah ben Bevai, and
|20| And whatsoever more |27| Baruch Hashem Elohei with him 28 zakhar.
shall be needful for the Beis of Avoteinu, Who hath put such |12| And of the Bnei Azgad,
thy G-d, which thou shalt have a thing as this in the lev Yochanan ben Hakkatan, and
occasion to bestow, bestow it HaMelech, to honor the Beis with him 110 zakhar.
out of the bais of treasuries of Hashem which is in |13| And of the younger Bnei
the Melech. Yerushalayim; Adonikam, whose shmot are
|21| And I, even I |28| And hath extended these, Eliphelet, Ye'i'el, and
Artachshasta the Melech, do chesed unto me before Shemayah, and with them 60
issue a decree to all the HaMelech, and his counselors, zakhar.
treasurers which are in and before all the mighty |14| Of the banim also of
Beyond-the-River [Euphrates], officials of the Melech. And I Bigvai, Utai, and Zakkur, and
that whatsoever Ezra was strengthened because the with them 70 zakhar.
HaKohen, the Sofer of the law Yad Hashem Elohai was upon |15| And I gathered them
of the Elohei Shomayim, shall me, and I gathered together together by the river that
require of you, it be done out of Yisroel chief men to go runneth to Ahava,
speedily, up with me.
and there abode we in tents His wrath is against all them |32| And we came to
three days; and I reviewed the that forsake Him. Yerushalayim, and abode
people, and the Kohanim, and |23| So we did a tzom and there three days.
found there none of the Bnei besought Eloheinu for this, |33| Now on the fourth day
Levi. and He was entreated of us. was the kesef and the zahav
|16| Then sent I for Eliezer, |24| Then I separated twelve and the vessels weighed in the
for Ariel, for Shemayah, and of the chief of the Kohanim, Beis Eloheinu by the yad of
for Elnatan, and for Yariv, Sherevyah, Chashavyah, and Meremot ben Uriyah
and for Elnatan, and for ten of their brethren with HaKohen; and with him was
Natan, and for Zecharyah, them, Eleazar ben Pinchas; and with
and for Meshullam, chief men; |25| And weighed out unto them was Yozavad ben
also for Yoyariv, and for them the kesef, and the zahav, Yeshua, and Noadyah ben
Elnatan, men of discernment. and the vessels, even the Binnui, the Levi'im;
|17| And I sent them with terumat Beis Eloheinu, which |34| By mispar (number) and
commandment unto Iddo the the Melech, and his by weight of every one; and all
chief at the place called counselors, and his officials, the weight was written at that
Casiphya, and I told them and kol Yisroel there present, time.
what they should say unto had given as an offering. |35| Also the children of
Iddo, and to his brethren the |26| I even weighed out unto those that had been carried
Netinim, at the place their hand six hundred and away, the Bnei HaGolus,
Casiphya, that they should fifty talents of kesef, and offered olot unto Elohei
bring unto us ministers for the vessels of kesef one hundred Yisroel, twelve bulls for kol
Beis Eloheinu. talents, and of zahav one Yisroel, ninety and six rams,
|18| And by the good Yad of hundred talents; seventy and seven lambs,
Eloheinu upon us they |27| Also twenty bowls of twelve he-goats for a sin
brought us an Ish Seichel, of zahav, of a thousand darics; offering; all this was an olah
the Bnei Machli, ben Levi, ben and two vessels of nechoshet, unto Hashem.
Yisroel; and Sherevyah, with precious as zahav. |36| And they delivered the
his banim and his brethren, |28| And I said unto them, Ye orders of the Melech unto the
eighteen; are kodesh unto Hashem; the Satraps of the Melech, and to
|19| And Chashavyah, and vessels are kodesh also; and the governors of Beyond-the-
with him Yeshayah of the Bnei the kesef and the zahav are a River [Euphrates] and they
Merari, his brethren and their nedavah unto Hashem Elohei gave support to HaAm, and
banim, twenty; Avoteichem. the Beis HaElohim.
|20| Also of the Netinim, |29| Watch ye, and guard
whom Dovid and the sarim them, until ye weigh them Now when these things
(princes) had appointed for
the Avodas HaLevi'im, two
hundred and twenty Netinim;
before the chief of the
Kohanim and the Levi'im, and
chief of the avot of Yisroel, at
9 were completed, the
sarim came to me,
saying, HaAm Yisroel, and the
all of them were registered by Yerushalayim, in the Kohanim, and the
shemot. chambers of the Beis Levi'im, have not separated
|21| Then I proclaimed a Hashem. themselves from the Am
tzom there, at the Ahava |30| So took the kohanim and HaAretz, doing according to
River, that we might afflict the Levi'im the weight of the their abominations, even of
ourselves before Eloheinu, to kesef, and the zahav, and the the Kena'ani, the Chitti, the
seek of Him a derech yesharah vessels, to bring them to Perizzi, the Yevusi, the
for us, and for our little ones, Yerushalayim unto the Beis Ammoni, the Moavi, the
and for all our possessions. Eloheinu. Egyptians, and the Emori.
|22| For I was ashamed to |31| Then we departed from |2| For they have taken of
require of the Melech a band the Ahava River on the twelfth their banot for themselves,
of soldiers and parashim to day of the first month, to go and for their banim, so that
protect us against the enemy unto Yerushalayim; and the the zera hakodesh have
on the road; because we had Yad Eloheinu was upon us, mingled themselves with
spoken unto the Melech, and delivered us from the the Am HaAretz; yea, the yad
saying, The Yad Eloheinu is hand of the enemy, and the of the sarim (princes) and
upon all them for tovah that bandit laying in wait along the officials hath been chief in
seek Him, but His power and Derech (road). this trespass.
|3| And when I heard this |10| And now, O Eloheinu, me'od, anashim, nashim, and
thing, I made keriah of my what shall we say after this? yeladim, gathered to
garment and my mantle, and For we have forsaken Thy him from Yisroel, for the
plucked off the hair of my mitzvot, people wept bitterly.
head and of my beard, and sat |11| Which Thou hast |2| And Shechanyah ben
down appalled. commanded by Thy avadim Yechiel, of the Bnei Elam,
|4| Then were assembled the nevi'im, saying, HaAretz, answered and said to Ezra, We
around me every one that unto which ye go to possess it, have been unfaithful to
trembled at the Divrei Elohei is an eretz niddah (unclean Eloheinu, have married for-
Yisroel, because of the land) with the filthiness of the eign am ha'aretz women; yet
transgression of those of the Am HaAretz, with their now there is mikveh for
Golus; and I sat appalled until abominations, which have Yisroel in spite of this.
the minchat haerev. filled it from one end to |3| So now let us make a Brit
|5| And at the minchat another with their tum'a. with Eloheinu to put away all
haerev I arose up from my |12| Now therefore give not nashim and that born of
abasement, and having made your banot unto their banim, them, according to the counsel
the keriah of my garment and neither take their banot unto of Adonoi and the charedim at
my mantle, I fell upon my your banim, nor further their the mitzvot of Eloheinu; and
knees, and spread out my shalom or their prosperity ad let it be done according to the
hands unto Hashem Elohai, olam, that ye may be strong, Torah.
|6| And davened, O Elohai, I and eat the good of the land |4| Arise! For this matter is
am ashamed and am and leave it for your banim ad your responsibility; but we will
disgraced to lift up my face to olam. be with you; chazak and act.
thee, Elohai, for avonoteinu |13| And after all that is come |5| Then Ezra rose and made
are increased over our head, upon us for our evil deeds, the leading Kohanim, the
and ashmateinu (our guilt) is and for our great guilt, seeing Levi'im, and kol Yisroel take
reached up unto Shomayim. that Thou Eloheinu hast an oath that they would do
|7| Since the days of Avoteinu punished us less than according to this proposal; so
have we been in a great avoneinu deserve, and hast they took the oath.
trespass unto this day; and for given us such deliverance as |6| Then Ezra arose from
avonoteinu have we, our this, before the Beis HaElohim
melachim, and our Kohanim, |14| Should we again break and went into the chamber of
been delivered into the hand Thy mitzvot, and join in Yehochanan ben Elyashiv.
of the melachim of the lands, affinity with the people of Although he went there, he did
to the cherev, to captivity, and these to'evot (abominations)? not eat lechem, nor drink
to spoil, and to humiliation of Wouldest not Thou be angry water, for he was mourning
face, as it is this day. with us till Thou hadst over the unfaithfulness of
|8| And now for a little space consumed us, so that there those of the Golus.
grace hath been shown from should be no she'erit |7| And they issued a
Hashem Eloheinu, to leave us (remnant) nor escaping? proclamation throughout
to escape a she'ar (remnant), |15| Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Yehudah and Yerushalayim to
and to give us a peg in his Thou art tzaddik; for we all the Banim of the Golus,
Makom Kodesh, that Eloheinu remain yet escaped, as it is that they should assemble at
may lighten our eyes, and give this day; hineni, we are before Yerushalayim
us a little reviving in our Thee in our guilt, though we |8| And that whoever would
bondage. cannot stand before Thee not come within three days,
|9| For we were avadim; yet because of it. according to the counsel of the
Eloheinu hath not forsaken us sarim and the zekenim, all his
in our bondage, but hath possessions should be
extended chesed unto us in forfeited and he himself
the sight of the Melachim of |1| Now while excluded from the Kahal of
Paras (Persia), to give us a
reviving, to set up the Beis
Eloheinu, and to repair the
10 Ezra was davening
and making
vidduy, weeping and
those of the Golus.
|9| So all the men of Yehudah
and Benyamin assembled at
ruins thereof, and to give us a prostrating himself before the Yerushalayim within the three
wall in Yehudah and in Beis HaElohim, a Kahal rav days. It was the ninth month
Yerushalayim. on the twentieth of the month,
NECHEMYAH
and kol HaAm sat in the the Bnei Yeshua ben |32| Benyamin, Malluch, and
rechov before the Beis Yotzadak, and his brothers; Shemaryah;
HaElohim, distressed by the Ma’aseiyah, Eliezer, Yariv, |33| Of the Bnei of Chashum;
occasion and the heavy rain. and Gedalyah. Matnai, Mattattah, Zavad,
|10| Then Ezra HaKohen |19| And they pledged to put Eliphelet, Yeremai,
stood up and said to them, away their women, and being Manasheh, and Shimei;
You have been unfaithful and guilty, they offered a ram of |34| Of the Bnei Bani;
have married foreign women the flock for their asham. Ma'adai, Amram, U'el,
adding to Ashmat Yisroel. |20| And of the Bnei Immer |35| Benayah, Bedyah,
|11| Now, therefore, make there were Chanani and Keluhi,
confession to Hashem Elohei Zevadyah; |36| Vanyah, Meremot,
Avoteichem and do His will; |21| and of the Bnei of Elyashiv,
separate yourselves from the Charim; Ma’aseiyah, Eliyah, |37| Mattanyah, Mattnai,
am ha’aretz and from the Shemayah, Yechiel, and Ya'asai,
foreign women. Uzziyah; |38| Bani, Binnui, Shimei,
|12| Then Kol HaKahal |22| and of the Bnei of |39| Shelemyah, Natan,
answered and said with a kol Pashchur; Elyoeinai, Adayah,
gadol, Ken! As you have said, Ma’aseiyah, Yishmael, |40| Machnavdai, Shashai,
so it is our duty to do. Netanel, Yozavad, and Elasah. Sharai,
|13| But there are Am rav, it |23| And of Levi'im there |41 Azarel, Shelemyah,
is the rainy season, and we are were Yozavad, Shimei, Shemaryah,
not able to stand bachotz Kelayah (that is, Kelita), |42| Shallum, Amaryah, and
(outside). Nor can the matter Petachyah, Yehudah, and Yosef.
be done in one or two days, for Eliezer. |43| Of the Bnei Nevo there
we have transgressed greatly |24| And of the singers there were Ye'iel, Mattityah, Zavad,
in this matter. was Elyashiv; and of the Zevina, Yadai, Yoel, and
|14| Let our leaders represent gatekeepers; Shallum, Telem, Benayah.
the Kol HaKahal and let all and Uri. |44] All these had taken
those in our towns who have |25| And of Yisroel, of the foreign women, and some of
married foreign women come Bnei of Parosh there were them wives by whom they had
at appointed times, together Ramyah, Yizziyah, banim.
with the ziknei ir and shofetim Malchiyah, Miyamin, Eleazar,
of each town until the charon Malkiyah, and Benayah; NECHEMYAH
af Eloheinu on account of this |26| And of the Bnei Elam;
The Divrei Nechemyah
1
matter is turned away from us. Mattanyah, Zecharyah,
|15| Only Yonatan ben Yechi'el, Avdi, Yeremot, and ben Chachalyah. And it
Asah'el and Yachzeyah Eliyah; came to pass in the
ben Tikvah supported by |27| And of the Bnei Zattu; month Kislev, in the twentieth
Meshulam and Shabtai the Elyoeinai, Elyashiv, year [i.e., 445 B.C.E.], as I was
Levi stood opposed. Mattanyah, Yeremot, Zavad, in Shushan the capital [of
|16| But the Banim of the and Aziza; Persia],
Golus did so. And Ezra |28| And of the Bnei Bevai; |2| That Chanani, one of my
HaKohen selected Yehochanan, Chananyah, achim [see 7:2], came, he and
anashim who were Rashei Zabbai, and Atlai; certain men, from Yehudah;
HaAvot for each of their |29| And of the Bnei Bani; and I asked them concerning
father's households, all of Meshullam, Malluch, and the remnant of the Yehudim
them by shemot. So Adayah, Yashuv, Sheal, and that had survived the Exile
they convened on the Ramot; [the Golus], and concerning
first day of the tenth month to |30| And of the Bnei Pachat- Yerushalayim.
investigate the matter. Moav; Adna, Kelal, Benayah, |3| And they said unto me,
|17| And they finished Ma’aseiyah, Mattanyah, The remnant that have
investigating all men who had Betzalel, Binnui, and survived the Exile [the Golus]
married foreign women by the Menasheh; there in the province are in
1st day of the 1st month. |31| And of the Bnei Charim; ra'ah gedolah and reproach;
|18| And among the Bnei Eliezer; Yishiyah, Malkiyah, the Chomat Yerushalayim also
HaKohanim who had married Shemayah, Shim'on, is broken down, and the gates
foreign women were found of thereof are burned with eish.
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|4| And it came to pass, when of Thy Avadim, who desire to he may give me timber to
I heard these words, that I sat fear Thy Shem; and give make beams for the gates of
down and wept, and mourned success to Thy eved today, and the fortress by the Beis, and
for several yamim, and did a grant him rachamim in the for the Chomat HaIr, and for
tzom, and davened before sight of this man. For I was the bais that I shall occupy.
Elohei HaShomayim, the Mashkeh L'Melech. And HaMelech granted me,
|5| And said, O Hashem And it came to pass in according to the Yad Elohai
Elohei HaShomayim, HaEl
HaGadol vHaNora, that is
shomer habrit vachesed for
2 the month Nisan, in the
twentieth year of
Artachshasta HaMelech, that
Hatovah upon me.
|9| Then I came to the
governors Beyond the River
them that love Him and are yayin was before him; and I [Euphrates], and gave them
shomer mitzvot over His took up the yayin, and gave it the Iggrot HaMelech. Now
commandments, unto HaMelech. Now I had HaMelech had sent captains
|6| Let Thine ear now be not been previously sad in his of the army and parashim (a
attentive, and Thine eyes presence. troop of horsemen) with me.
open, that Thou mayest hear |2| Wherefore HaMelech said |10| When Sanvalat the
the tefillah of Thy eved, which unto me, Why is thy counte- Choroni, and Toviyah the eved
I am davening before Thee nance sad, seeing thou art not (official), the Ammoni, heard
now, yomam valailah, for the choleh (sick)? This is nothing of it, it grieved them with a
Bnei Yisroel Thy avadim, and else but ro'ah lev. Then I was ra'ah gedolah that there was
mitvaddeh al chattot (confess very much afraid, come an adam to seek the
the sins) of the Bnei Yisroel, |3| And said unto HaMelech, welfare of the Bnei Yisroel.
which we have sinned against HaMelech l'olam yicheyeh. |11| So I came to Yerusha-
Thee. Both I and the Bais Avi Why should not my counte- layim; was there 3 yamim.
have sinned. nance look sad, when HaIr, |12| And I arose in the lailah,
|7| We have dealt very the Bais Kivrot Avotai, lieth in I and some few men with me;
corruptly against Thee, and ruins, and the gates thereof neither told I any man what
have not been shomer are consumed with eish? Elohai had put in my lev to do
mitzvot, neither over the |4| Then HaMelech said unto for Yerushalayim; neither was
chukkim, nor the mishpatim, me, For what dost Thou make there any mount with me, save
which Thou commandedst request? So I davened to the mount that I rode upon.
Moshe Thy eved. Elohei HaShomayim. |13| And I went out by lailah
|8| Remember, the word that |5| And I said unto by the Valley Gate, even
Thou commandedst Moshe HaMelech, If it please before the Dragon's Spring,
Thy eved, saying, If ye HaMelech, and if thy eved and to the Dung Gate [3:13],
transgress, I will scatter you have found favor in thy sight, and made inspection of the
abroad among the nations, that thou wouldest send me Chomat Yerushalayim, which
|9| But if ye make teshuvah unto Yehudah, unto the Ir had been broken down, and
and turn unto Me, and are Kivrot Avotai, that I may the gates thereof that were
shomer over My mitzvot, and rebuild her. consumed with eish.
do them; though there were of |6| And HaMelech said unto |14| Then I went on to the
you those exiled unto the me, (the queen also sitting by Fountain Gate, and to the
uttermost part of him,) For how long shall thy King's Pool [Pool of Shiloah],
HaShomayim, yet will I gather journey be, and when wilt but there was no place for the
them from there, and will thou return? So it pleased mount that was under me
bring them unto the place [i.e., HaMelech to send me; and I to pass.
Yerushalayim] that I have set for him a zman. |15| Then went I up in the
chosen to make dwell Shmi |7| Moreover I said unto lailah by way of the valley,
(My Name) there. HaMelech, If it please and viewed the Chomah
|10| Now these are Thy HaMelech, let iggrot be given (Wall), and turned back, and
Avadim and Thy Am, whom me to the governors Beyond entered by the Valley Gate,
Thou hast redeemed by Thy the River, that they may and so returned.
ko'ach hagadol, and by Thy provide me safe conduct till I |16| And the officials knew
Yad HaChazakah. come into Yehudah; not where I went, or what I
|11| O Adonoi, let now Thine |8| And an iggeret unto did; neither as yet to the
ear be attentive to the tefillah Asaph the Shomer of the Yehudim, nor to the Kohanim,
of Thy eved, and to the tefillah forest of HaMelech, that
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nor to the Nobles, nor to the laid the beams thereof, and of Zanoach; they rebuilt it,
Rulers, nor to the rest that set up the daletot thereof, the and set up the daletot thereof,
were to do the melachah locks , and the bars thereof. the locks thereof, and the bars
(work) had I said anything. |4| And next unto them thereof, and 1,000 cubits of
|17| Then said I unto them, Meremot ben Uriyah ben Chomah unto the Dung Gate.
Ye see hara'ah (the trouble) Hakotz made repairs. And |14| But the Dung Gate did
that we are in, how next unto them Meshullam Malkiyah ben Rechav, the
Yerushalayim lieth in ruins, ben Berekhyah ben ruler of the district of Beit
and the gates thereof are Meshezav'el made repairs. Hakerem repair; he rebuilt it,
burned with eish; come, and And next unto them and set up the daletot thereof,
let us rebuild the Chomat Tzadok ben Ba’ana did so. the locks thereof, and the bars
Yerushalayim, that we |5| And next unto them the thereof.
suffer derision no more. Tekoim built; but their Nobles |15| But the Fountain Gate
|18| Then I told them of the put not their necks to the did Shallun ben Kol-Chozeh,
Yad Elohai Hatovah which Avodas adoneihem. ruler of Mitzpah district
was upon me; as also the |6| Moreover Yoyada ben repair; he rebuilt it, covered it,
Divrei HaMelech that he had Paseach and Meshullam ben set up the daletot thereof, the
spoken unto me. And they Besodyah made repairs on the locks thereof, and the bars
said, Let us rise up and Sha'ar HaYeshanah; they laid thereof, and the chomah of
rebuild. So they strengthened the beams thereof, and set up the Pool of Shelach [Shiloah]
their hands in tovah (in the the daletot, and the locks, and by the Gan HaMelech, and
good). the bars thereof. upto the stairs that go down
|19| But when Sanvalat the |7| And next unto them from the Ir Dovid.
Choroni, and Toviyah the eved repaired Melatyah the |16| After him repaired
(official), the Ammoni, and Giveoni, and Yadon the Nechemyah ben Azbuk, the
Geshem the Arab, heard it, Meronoti, the men of Giveon, ruler of half the district of
they laughed at us in mockery, and of Mitzpah, upto the seat Beit-tzur, unto the place
and despised us, and said, of the governor of Beyond the opposite the Kivrei Dovid, and
What is this thing that ye do? River [Euphrates]. to the artificial pool, and unto
Against HaMelech will you be |8| Next unto him repaired the Bais HaGiborim.
moredim (ones rebelling)? Uzziel ben Charhayah, one of |17| After him repaired the
|20| Then answered I them, the goldsmiths. Next unto him Levi'im, Rechum ben Bani.
and said unto them, Elohei also repaired Chananyah son Next unto him repaired
HaShomayim, He will give us of the perfumers, and they Chashavyah, the ruler of half
success; therefore we His fortified Yerushalayim upto the district of Keilah, in his
avadim will arise and rebuild; the Broad Wall. district.
but ye have no chelek (allotted |9| And next unto them |18| After him repaired their
portion), nor tzadakah (right), repaired Refayah ben Chur, achim, Bavai ben Chenadad,
nor zikaron b'Yerushalayim the ruler of half the district of ruler half the Keilah district.
(history to commemorate in Yerushalayim. |19| And next to him repaired
Jerusalem). |10| And next unto them Ezer ben Yeshua, the ruler of
Then Elyashiv the repaired Yedayah ben Mitzpah, another section
3 Kohen HaGadol rose up

with his achim the
Kohanim, and they rebuilt the
Charumaph, opposite his bais.
And next unto him repaired
Chattush ben Chashavneyah.
fronting the ascent to the
armory at the Corner.
|20| After him Baruch ben
Sheep Gate; they set it apart |11| Malkiyah ben Charim, Zakkai zealously repaired the
as kodesh, and set up the and Chashuv ben Pachat- other section, from the Corner
daletot of it; even unto the Moav, repaired the other unto the petach Bais Elyashiv
Migdal HaMe’ah they set it section, and the Migdal the Kohen HaGadol.
apart as kodesh, unto the HaTannurim. |21| After him repaired
Migdal Chanan’el. |12| And next unto him Meremot ben Uriyah ben
|2| And next unto him the repaired Shallum ben Hakotz another section, from
Anshei Yericho built. And next Halochesh, the ruler of half the entrance of the Bais
to them built Zakkur ben the district of Yerushalayim, Elyashiv even to the end of the
Imri. he and his banot. Bais Elyashiv.
|3| But the Fish Gate did the |13| The Valley Gate repaired |22| And after him repaired
Bnei Hasnaah build, who also Chanun, and the inhabitants the Kohanim,
who were the men of the Gate repaired the goldsmiths |10 [4:4]| And Yehudah said,
surrounding area. and the merchants. The koach of the bearers of
|23| After him repaired [3:33] But it came to burdens is giving out, and
Binyamin and Chashuv
opposite their bais. After him
repaired Azaryah ben
4 pass, that when Sanvalat
heard that we were re-
building the Chomah, he was
there is much rubble, so that
we are not able to rebuild the
Chomah (Wall).
Maaseiyah ben Ananyah etzel angered, took great indigna- |11 [4:5]| And our adversaries
(beside, Prov 8:30) his bais. tion, mocked the Yehudim. said, They shall have no da'as,
|24| After him repaired |2 [3:34]| And he spoke before neither see, till we come in the
Binnui ben Chenadad another his brethren and the army of midst among them, and slay
section, from the bais Azaryah Shomron, and said, What do them, and cause the melachah
unto the Corner, even unto the these feeble Yehudim? Will (work) to cease.
Pinnah. they fortify themselves? |12 [4:6]| And it came to pass,
|25| Palal ben Uzai, opposite Will they sacrifice? Will they that when the Yehudim which
the Corner, and the Migdal finish in a day? Will they dwelt near them came, they
which projects from upper revive the avanim out of the said unto us eser p'amim,
part of the Bais HaMelech, heaps of the burned rubble? Wherever ye turn, they will be
that was by the khatzer (court) |3 [3:35]| Now Toviyah the upon us.
of the Guard. After him Ammoni was by him, and he |13 [4:7]| Therefore set I
Pedayah ben Parosh said, Even that which they behind the lower places of the
|26| And the Netenim build, if a fox climb up on it, Chomah, and on the exposed
(servants of the Bais even he shall break down places, I even set HaAm by
Hamikdash) dwelt on Ophel, their chomat avanim. their mishpekhot with their
made repairs unto the place |4 [3:36]| Shema, Eloheinu, swords, their spears, and their
opposite the Water Gate on for we are despised; turn their bows.
the east, and the migdal that insults upon their own head, |14 [4:8]| And I looked, and
projects out. and give them as plunder in a rose up, and said unto the
|27| After them the Tekoim land of captivity; Nobles, and to the Officials,
repaired another section, |5 [3:37]| And cover not their and to the rest of HaAm, Be
opposite the great migdal that avon, and let not their chattat not ye afraid of them.
projects out, even unto the be blotted out from before Remember Adonoi HaGadol
Chomat Ophel. thee, for they threw insults in vHaNorah, and fight for your
|28| From above the Horse the face of HaBonim. achim, your banim, and your
Gate repaired the Kohanim, |6 [3:38]| So we rebuilt banot, your nashim, and your
every one opposite his bais. HaChomah, and kol HaCho- batim.
|29| After them repaired mah was joined together unto |15 [4:9]| And it came to pass,
Tzadok ben Immer opposite half the height thereof, for when our enemies were aware
his bais. After him repaired HaAm had a mind to work. that it was known unto us, and
also Shemayah ben |7 [4:1]| But it came to pass, HaElohim had brought their
Shechanyah, the Shomer of that when Sanvalat, and etzah (plan) to nought, that we
the East Gate. Toviyah, and the Arabs, and returned all of us to
|30| After him repaired the Ammonim, and the HaChomah, every one unto
Chananyah ben Shelemyah, Ashdodim, heard about his melachah (work).
and Chanun the sixth son of the Chomat Yerushalayim, |16 [4:10]| And it came to
Tzalaph, another section. that its repairs had gone pass from that day forth, that
After him repaired Meshullam ahead, and that the gaps half of my men did the
ben Berekhyah opposite his began to be closed up, then melachah, and the other half
living quarters. they were very angry, of them held the spears, the
|31| After him repaired |8 [4:2]| And they plotted all shields, and the bows, and the
Malkiyah one of the of them together to come and body armor; and the officials
goldsmiths unto the place of to fight against Yerushalayim, posted themselves behind Kol
the Netenim, and of the and to hinder it. Bais Yehudah
merchants, opposite the |9 [4:3]| Nevertheless we |17 [4:11]| Who were
Sha'ar HaMifkad, and to the davened unto Eloheinu, and HaBonim BaChomah. And
aliyyat hapinnah. set a watch against them they that bore burdens,
|32| And between the aliyyat yomam valailah, because of carried their loads such that
hapinnah unto the Sheep them. each one with one
of his hands did the dagan, because of the ra'av the usury of the hundredth
melachah, and with the other (famine). part of the kesef, and of the
hand held a weapon. |4| There were also that said, dagan, the tirosh (new wine),
|18 [4:12]| For the Bonim, We have borrowed kesef for and the yitzhar (olive oil), that
every one had his cherev the tax of HaMelech, and that ye exact of them.
girded by his side, and so upon our sadot and kramim. |12| Then said they, We will
built. And he that sounded the |5| Yet now our basar is the restore them, and will require
shofar was by me. same as the basar of acheinu nothing of them; so will we do
|19 [4:13]| And I said unto (our brethren, countrymen), as thou sayest. Then I
the Nobles, and to the our banot as their banot; and, summoned the Kohanim, and
Officials, and to the rest of hinei, we bring into the took an oath of them, that
haAm, The melachah is great bondage of slavery our they should do according to
and spread out, and we are banim and our banot, and this promise.
separated along the Chomah, some of our banot are brought |13| Also I shook out the fold
one far from another. unto bondage already, neither of my robe, and said, So may
|20 [4:14]| In what place is it in our power to redeem HaElohim shake out every
therefore ye hear the kol them, for other men have our man from his bais, and from
haShofar, rally ye thither unto sadot and kramim. that which belongs to him,
us; Eloheinu shall fight for us. |6| And I was very angry that keepeth not this promise,
|21 [4:15]| So we labored in when I heard their outcry and even thus be he shaken out,
the melachah, and half of these devarim. and emptied. And Kol
them held the spears from the |7| Then I consulted my own HaKahal said, Omein, and
break of dawn till the thoughts, and I rebuked the praised Hashem. And HaAm
kokhavim appeared. Nobles [see 3:5], and the did according to this promise.
|22 [4:16]| Likewise at the officials, and said unto them, |14| Moreover, from the yom
same time said I unto HaAm, Ye exact massa (usury, i.e., that I was appointed to be
Let every one with his servant seizing what is pledged against their governor in Eretz
lodge within Yerushalayim, debts, whether people, land, or Yehudah, from the twentieth
that in halailah they may be a property), every one year even unto the two and
mishmar (guard) to us, and at from his brother. And I called thirtieth year of Artachshasta
hayom a melachah a kehillah gedolah against HaMelech, that is, twelve
(workman). them. shanim, I and my brethren
|23 [4:17]| So neither I, nor |8| And I said unto them, We have not eaten the Lechem
my brethren, nor my men, nor as far as we have ability have HaPechah (Allowance of the
the anshei hamishmar (the redeemed acheinu (bought Governor).
men of the guard) which back our brethren) the |15| But the former governors
followed me, none of us put Yehudim, which were sold that had been before me
off our clothes; every one unto the Goyim; and will placed a heavy burden on
carried his weapon, even when ye even sell your brethren? Or HaAm, and had taken of them
he went for water. shall they be sold back unto lechem and yayin, in addition
us? Then they were speechless, to the forty shekels of kesef;
And there was a great and found nothing to answer. yea, even their assistants
5 outcry of HaAm and of

their nashim against
their achim the Yehudim.
|9| Also I said, It is not tov
this thing ye are doing. Ought
ye not to walk in the fear of
domineered HaAm; but so did
not I, because of yirat Elohim.
|16| But instead I continued
|2| For there were that said, Eloheinu and end the derision in the melekhet HaChomah
We, our banim, and our of the Goyim oyveinu (our (work of this Wall), neither
banot, are rabbim (many); enemies)? acquired we any sadeh; and
therefore we must get dagan |10| I likewise, and my all my men were gathered
(grain) for them, that we may brethren, and my men, have there unto the melachah
eat, and live. allowed them to borrow kesef (work).
|3| Some also there were that and dagan; let us stop now |17| Moreover there were at
said, We have mortgaged our this massa (burden of debt). my shulchan a hundred and
sadot (fields), kramim |11| Restore, now, to them, fifty of the Yehudim and
(vineyards), and batim even today, their sadot, their officials, besides those that
(houses), that we might buy kramim, their zayit groves, came unto us from among the
and their batim (houses), also Goyim around us.
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|18| Now that which was mayest be their Melech, |15| So the Chomah was
prepared daily was one shor according to these reports. finished in the twenty and
(ox) and six choice sheep; also |7| And thou hast also fifth day of the month Elul, in
poultry were prepared at my appointed nevi'im to make this fifty and two days.
expense, and every ten days proclamation about thee at |16| And it came to pass, that
skins of yayin in quantity of Yerushalayim, saying, There is when all oyveinu (our
all kinds; yet for all this a Melech in Yehudah! Now enemies) heard thereof, and
required not I the Lechem this report will get back to all the Goyim around us saw
HaPechah, because the HaMelech. Come now these things, they were much
avodah was heavy upon this therefore, and let us take cast down in their own eyes,
people. counsel together. for they perceived that this
|19| Remember me, Elohai, |8| Then I sent unto him, melachah was accomplished
for tovah, according to all that saying, There are no such by Eloheinu.
I have done for this people. devarim (things) done as thou |17| Moreover in those days
sayest, but thou inventest the nobles of Yehudah sent
Now it came to pass them out of thine own lev. many iggerot unto Toviyah,
6 when Sanvalat, and

Toviyah, and Geshem
the Arab, and the rest of
|9| For they all were trying to
make us afraid, saying, Their
hands shall get too weakened
and the iggrot of Toviyah were
making reply unto them.
|18| For there were many
oyveinu (our enemies), heard for the melachah, that it be ba'alei shevuah in Yehudah
that I had rebuilt HaChomah, not completed. Now therefore, unto him, because he was the
and that there was no peretz strengthen my hands! choson (son-in-law) of
(gap) left therein (though at |10| Afterward I came unto Shechanyah ben Arach, and
that time I had not set up the the bais Shemayah ben his son Yehochanan had taken
dalatot in the she'arim), Delayah ben Mehetave'el, who the bat Meshullam ben
|2| That Sanvalat and was confined; and he said, Let Berechyah.
Geshem sent unto me, saying, us meet together in the Bais |19| Also they reported his
Come, let us meet together in HaElohim, within the [Toviyah's supposed] merits
one of the villages in the plain Heikhal, and let us close the before me, and uttered my
of Ono. But they were dalatot of the Heikhal, for words to him. And Toviyah
choshevim (the ones they will come to slay thee; sent letters with the intent of
scheming) to do me ra'ah yea, tonight they come to slay intimidating me.
(harm). thee. [T.N. We see that the work of
|3| And I sent malachim unto |11| And I said, Should such G-d had to be accomplished,
them, saying, I am doing a a man as I flee? And who is not in a vacuum of peace and
melachah gedolah, so that I there, that, being as I am, tranquility, but against the
cannot come down. Why would go into the Heikhal to backdrop of manipulation and
should the melachah cease, save his life? I will not go in. intimidation. Nehemiah gives
whilst I leave it, and come |12| And, hinei, I perceived G-d the credit and the glory for
down to you? that Elohim had not sent him; his escaping every snare.]
|4| Yet they sent unto me this but that he pronounced this Now it came to pass,
message arbah pe'amim; and I
answered them after the same
manner.
nevu'ah (prophecy) against
me, for Toviyah and Sanvalat
had hired him.
7 when the chomah was
rebuilt, and I had set up
the dalatot, and the
|5| Then sent Sanvalat his |13| Therefore was he hired, gatekeepers and the singers
aid unto me in like manner that I should be afraid, and do and the Levi'im were
the fifth time with an so, and sin, and that they appointed,
unsealed iggeret in his hand; might have given me a shem |2| That I gave my brother
|6| Wherein was written, It is rah (bad name), that they Chanani, along with
reported among the Goyim, might discredit me. Chananyah (the commander
and Gashmu saith it, that |14| Remember, Elohai, of the citadel), charge over
thou and the Yehudim are Toviyah and Sanvalat Yerushalayim, for he was an
choshevim (the ones according to these their ish emes, and feared
scheming) revolt, for which ma'asim, and also the neviah HaElohim more than many.
cause thou buildest the (prophetess) Noadyah, and the |3| And I said unto them, Let
Chomah, that thou rest of the nevi'im, that would not the gates of Yerushalayim
have intimidated me. be opened until the shemesh
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be hot; and while they stand |20| The Bnei Adin, |47| The Bnei Keros, the Bnei
by, let them shut the dalatot, 655. Sia, the Bnei Padon,
and bar them, and appoint |21| The Bnei Ater of |48| The Bnei Levanah, the
watches of the inhabitants of Yechizkiyah, 98. Bnei Chagava, the Bnei
Yerushalayim, every one in his |22| The Bnei Chashum, 328. Salmai,
watch, and every one to be |23| The Bnei Betzai, 324. |49| The Bnei Chanan, the
near his bais. |24| The Bnei Chariph, 112. Bnei Giddel, the Bnei
|4| Now the Ir was large and |25| The Bnei Giveon, 95. Gachar,
gedolah, but HaAm were few |26| The men of Beit-Lechem |50| The Bnei Reayah, the
therein, and the batim and Netophah, 188. Bnei Retzin, the Bnei Nekoda,
(houses) were not rebuilt. |27| The men of Anatot, |51| The Bnei Gazzam, the
|5| And Elohai put into mine 128. Bnei Uzza, the Bnei
lev to gather together the |28| The men of Beit- Paseach,
nobles, and the officials, and Azmavet, 42. |52| The Bnei Besai, the Bnei
the people, that they might be |29| The men of Kiryat- Meunim, the Bnei
reckoned by genealogy. And I Yearim, Kephirah, and Nephishesim,
found a Sefer HaYachash Be'erot, 743. |53| The Bnei Bakbuk, the
(record of the genealogy) of |30| The men of Ramah and Bnei Chakupha, the Bnei
them which came up at the Geva, 621. Charchur,
first, and found written |31| The men of Michmas, |54| The Bnei Batzlit, the
therein: 122. Bnei Mechida, the Bnei
|6| These are the people of |32| The men of Beit-El and Charsha,
the province, that went up out Ai, 123. |55| The Bnei Barkos, the
of the Golus captivity, of those |33| The men of the other Bnei Sisra, the Bnei Tamach,
that had been carried away, Nevo, 52. |56| The Bnei Netziach, the
whom Nevuchadnetzar |34| The people of the other Bnei Chatipha.
Melech Bavel had carried Elam, 1,254. |57| The Bnei Avdei Sh'lomo;
away, and came again to |35| The Bnei Charim, 320. the Bnei Sotai, the Bnei
Yerushalayim and to |36| The Bnei Yericho, Sopheret, the Bnei Perida,
Yehudah, everyone unto his 345. [T.N. This book teaches that
town; |37| The Bnei Lod, Chadid, the work of G-d is so difficult,
|7| Who came with and Ono, 721. that no one person can do it
Zerubavel, Yeshua, |38| The Bnei Senaah, alone. People working
Nechemyah, Azaryah, 3,930. together is a picture of what is
Ra’amyah, Nachmani, [39| The kohanim; the Bnei involved in being in a
Mordechai, Bilshan, Misperet, Yedayah, of the Bais Yeshua, Messianic kehillah or any
Bigvai, Nechum, and Ba’anah. 973. ministry for G-d. We are
The number of the men of the |40| The Bnei Immer, inspired as we see how the wall
people of Yisroel was this: 1,052. came together in only 52 days
|8| The Bnei Parosh, 2,172. |41| The Bnei Pashchur, (see Neh 6:15) when Nehemiah
|9| The Bnei Shephatyah, 1,247. arrived in 445. However,
372. |42| The Bnei Charim, everything was not
|10| The Bnei Arach, 652. 1,017. accomplished quite so fast. The
|11| The Bnei Pachat-Moav, |43| The Levi'im; the Bnei Mizbe’ach and the Beis
of the Bnei Yeshua and Yoav, Yeshua, of Kadmiel, and of Hamikdash were restored and
2,818. the Bnei Hodvah, 74. the work took place from 538-
|12| The Bnei Elam, 1,254. |44| The singers; the Bnei 515 B.C.E. and was finally
|13| The Bnei Zattu, 845. Asaph, 148. completed after Darius I (522-
|14| The Bnei Zaccai, 760. |45| The gatekeepers; the 486 B.C.E.) gave his official
|15| The Bnei Binnui, 648. Bnei Shallum, the Bnei Ater, permission, though the
|16| The Bnei Bevai, 628. the Bnei Talmon, the Bnei foundation of the Beis
|17| The Bnei Azgad, Akuv, the Bnei Chatita, the Hamikdash was laid as early
2,322. Bnei Shovai, 138. as 536 B.C.E. Then came the
|18| The Bnei Adonikam, |46| The Netinim [servants of reforming work of Ezra in 458
667. the Beis Hamikdash]; the Bnei B.C.E. during the reign of
|19| The Bnei Bigvai, Tzicha, the Bnei Chasupha, Artaxerxes I (465-424).
2,067. the Bnei Tabbaot,
|58| The Bnei Yaala, the Bnei to the treasury a thousand which they had made for the
Darkon, the Bnei Giddel, drachmas of zahav, fifty purpose; and beside him stood
|59| The Bnei Shephatyah, basins, five hundred and Mattityah, and Shema, and
the Bnei Chattil, the Bnei thirty kasenos (garments) for Anayah, and Uriyah, and
Pocheret-Hatzvayim, the Bnei the Kohanim. Chilkiyah, and Ma’aseiyah, on
Amon. |71| And some of the chief of his right hand; and on his left
|60| All the Netinim, and the the avot gave to the treasury of hand, Pedayah, and Mishael,
Bnei Avdei Sh'lomo, were the work twenty thousand and Malkiyah, and Chashum,
three hundred ninety and two. drachmas of zahav, and two and Chashbadana,
|61| And these were they thousand and two hundred Zecharyah, and Meshullam.
which went up also from Tel- manim of kesef. |5| And Ezra opened the
Melach, Tel-Charsha, Keruv, |72| And that which the rest Sefer before the eyes of kol
Addon, and Immer, but they of the people gave was twenty HaAm (for he was above kol
could not show their bais avot, thousand drachmas of zahav, HaAm); and when he opened
nor their zera, whether they and two thousand manim of it, all the people stood up.
were of Yisroel. kesef, and threescore and [6| And Ezra blessed Hashem,
|62| The Bnei Delayah, the seven kasenos for the HaElohim HaGadol. And kol
Bnei Toviyah, the Bnei Kohanim. HaAm answered, Omein,
Nekoda, 642. |73| So the Kohanim, and the Omein, with lifting up their
|63| And of the kohanim; the Levi'im, and the gatekeepers, hands; and they bowed, and
Bnei Chavayah, the Bnei and the singers, and some of worshiped Hashem with their
Hakotz, the Bnei Barzillai, the people, and the Netinim, faces to the ground.
which took one of the banot of and kol Yisroel, dwelt in their |7| Also Yeshua, and Bani,
Barzillai the Gileadi to wife, towns; and Sherevyah, Yamin, Akuv,
and was named after their |8:1| and when the seventh Shabtai, Hodiyah,
shem. month [Tishri] came, the Bnei Ma’aseiyah, Kelita, Azaryah,
|64| These sought their Yisroel were in their towns. Yozavad, Chanan, Pelayah,
register among those that were and the Levi'im caused the
reckoned by genealogy, but it people to understand the
was not found; therefore were And kol HaAm gathered Torah; and the people stood
they, as polluted, put from the
Kehunah (Priesthood).
|65| And the Tirshata said
8 themselves together as
one man into the rechov
that was before the Water
in their place.
|8| So they read from the
Sefer Torat HaElohim
unto them that they should Gate; and they spoke unto distinctly, and gave the sense,
not eat of the kodesh Ezra HaSofer to bring the and caused them to
hakodashim until there stood Sefer Torat Moshe, which understand the reading.
up a kohen with Urim and Hashem had commanded to |9| And Nechemyah the
Tummim. Yisroel. Tirshata, and Ezra HaKohen
|66| The kol hakahal together |2| And Ezra HaKohen HaSofer, and the Levi'im that
was 42,360, brought the Torah before the taught the people, said unto
|67| not counting their Kahal both of men and all the people, This day is
manservants and their women, and all that could kadosh unto Hashem
maidservants, of whom there hear with understanding, Eloheichem; mourn not, nor
were 7,337; and they had 245 upon the first day of the weep. For kol HaAm wept,
meshorarim (singing men) and seventh month [Rosh when they heard the words of
meshorarot (singing women). Hashanah]. the Torah.
|68| Their susim, seven |3| And he read therein |10| Then he said unto them,
hundred thirty and six; their before the rechov that was Go your way, eat the choice
mules, two hundred forty and before the Water Gate from foods, and drink the sweet
five; the morning until midday, things, and send portions unto
|69| Their camels, four before the men and the them for whom nothing is
hundred thirty and five; six women, and those that could prepared; for this day is
thousand seven hundred and understand; and the ears of kadosh unto Adoneinu;
twenty donkeys. kol HaAm were attentive unto neither be ye grieving; for the
|70| And some of the chief of the Sefer HaTorah. chedvah (joy) of Hashem is
the avot gave unto the work. |4| And Ezra HaSofer stood your strength.
The Tirshata (governor) gave upon a platform of wood,
|11| So the Levi'im calmed came Shmini Atzeret, the Yevusi, and the Girgashi,
kol HaAm, saying, Be still, for according unto the mishpat. to give it to his zera, and hast
the day is kadosh; neither be Now in the 24 day of
th
performed Thy words; for
ye grieved.
|12| And kol HaAm went
their way to eat, and to drink,
9 this month the Bnei
Yisroel were assembled
with a tzom, with sack-cloth,
Thou art tzaddik;
|9| And didst see the
affliction of Avoteinu in
and to send portions, and to and adamah upon them. Mitzrayim, and heardest their
make simchah gedolah, |2| And the Zera Yisroel cry by the Yam Suf;
because they had understood separated themselves from all |10| And showedst otot and
the words that were declared foreigners, and stood and mofetim upon Pharaoh, and
unto them. confessed their chattot, and on all his avadim, and on kol
|13| And on the second day the avonot of their avot. HaAm of his land; for Thou
were gathered together the |3| And they stood up in their knewest that they dealt
chief of the avot of kol HaAm, place, and read in the Sefer proudly against them. So didst
the Kohanim, and the Levi'im, Torat Hashem Eloheihem one Thou get Thee a Shem, as it is
unto Ezra HaSofer, to under- fourth part of the day; and this day.
stand the words of the Torah. another fourth part they |11| And Thou didst divide
|14| And they found written confessed, and worshiped the yam before them, so that
in the Torah which Hashem Hashem Eloheihem. they went through the midst of
had commanded by Moshe, |4| Then stood up upon the the yam on the yabashah; and
that the Bnei Yisroel should platform, of the Levi'im, their persecutors Thou
dwell in sukkot in the Chag of Yeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, threwest into the depths, as an
the seventh month, Shevanyah, Bunni, Sherevyah, even (stone) into the mighty
|15| And that they should Bani, and Kenani, and cried waters.
publish and proclaim in all with a kol gadol unto Hashem |12| Moreover Thou leddest
their towns, and in Eloheihem. them in the day by an Ammud
Yerushalayim, saying, Go |5| Then the Levi'im, Yeshua, Anan; and in the night by an
forth unto the hill country, and Kadmiel, Bani, Chashav- Ammud Eish, to give them ohr
and bring back olive neyah, Sherevyah, Hodiyah, in the way wherein they
branches, and wild olive Shevanyah, and Petachyah, should go.
branches, and myrtle, and said, Stand up and bless |13| Thou camest down also
palm branches, and branches Hashem Eloheichem for ever upon Mt Sinai, and spoke with
of leafy trees, to make sukkot, and ever; and blessed be them from Shomayim, and
as it is written. Shem Kevodecha, which is gavest them mishpatim
|16| So the people went forth, exalted above all berakhah yesharim, and torot emes,
and brought them, and made and tehillah. chukkim and mitzvot tovim;
themselves sukkot, every one |6| Thou, even Thou, art |14| And madest known unto
upon the roof of his bais, and Hashem alone; Thou hast them Thy Shabbos Kadosh,
in their courtyards, and in the made HaShomayim, the and commandedst
khatzerot Bais HaElohim, and heaven of heavens, with all them mitzvot, chukkim, and
in the rechov of the Water their host, ha'aretz, and all torah, by the yad of Moshe
Gate, and in the rechov of the things that are therein, the Thy eved;
Ephrayim Gate. seas, and all that is therein, |15| And gavest them lechem
|17| And kol HaKahal of and Thou preservest them all; from Shomayim for their
them that were come again and the Tz'va HaShomayim hunger, and broughtest forth
out of the captivity made worshipeth Thee. mayim for them out of the
sukkot, and sat under the |7| Thou art Hashem rock for their thirst, and
sukkot; for since the days of HaElohim, Who didst choose promisedst them that they
Yeshua ben Nun unto that day Avram, and broughtest him should go in to possess
had not the Bnei Yisroel done forth out of Ur Kasdim, and Ha'Aretz which Thou hadst
so. And there was simchah gavest shmo Avraham; sworn to give them.
gedolah. |8| And foundest his lev |16| But they and Avoteinu
|18| Also day by day, from the ne'eman before Thee, and dealt proudly, and hardened
first day unto the last, he read madest habrit (the covenant) their necks, and paid heed not
from the Sefer Torat with him to give the eretz to Thy mitzvot,
HaElohim. And they kept the HaKena'ani, the Chitti, the |17| And refused to obey,
Chag seven days; and then Emori, and the Perizzi, and neither were
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mindful of Thy wonders that the inhabitants of the land, which if a man do, he shall
Thou didst among them; but the Kena'anim, and gavest live in them; and they
hardened their necks, and in them into their hands, with stubbornly turned their backs,
their rebellion appointed a their melachim, and the and hardened their neck, and
rosh to return to their people of the land, that they would not hear.
bondage; but Thou art Eloah might do with them as they |30| Yet many shanim didst
Selichot, channun and would. Thou forbear them, and
rachum, slow to anger, and of |25| And they took fortified testifiedst against them by Thy
great chesed, and forsookest cities, and an adamah Ruach [Hakodesh] by Thy
them not. shemenah, and possessed nevi'im; yet would they not
|18| Yea, when they had batim full of all goods, wells give ear; therefore gavest Thou
made them an egel dug, kramim, and oliveyards, them into the yad of the
massekhah, and said, This is and fruit trees in abundance; peoples of the lands.
Eloheicha that brought thee so they did eat, and were |31| Nevertheless for Thy
up out of Mitzrayim, or when filled, and became fat, and great mercies' sake Thou didst
they committed ne'atzot delighted themselves in thy not utterly consume them, nor
gedolot (great blasphemies); great goodness. forsake them; for Thou art El
|19| Yet Thou in Thy |26| Nevertheless they were Channun v'Rachum.
manifold mercies forsookest disobedient, and rebelled |32| Now therefore, Eloheinu,
them not in the midbar; the against Thee, and cast Thy the great, the mighty, and the
Ammud heAnan departed not torah behind their backs, and terrible G-d, Who keepest brit
from them by day, to lead slaughtered Thy nevi'im which and chesed, let not all the
them in HaDerech; neither the testified against them to turn hardships seem little before
Ammud HaEish by night, to them to Thee, and they Thee, that hath come upon us,
show them light, and wrought ne'atzot gedolot. on melacheinu, on sareinu,
HaDerech wherein they |27| Therefore Thou and on Kohaneinu, and on
should walk. deliveredst them into the yad nevi'einu, and on Avoteinu,
|20| Thou gavest also Thy of their enemies, who and on all Thy people, since
Ruach HaTovah to instruct oppressed them; and in the the time of the melachim of
them, and withheldest not Thy time of their tzoros, when they Assyria unto this day.
manna from their mouth, and cried unto Thee, Thou |33| Howbeit Thou art
gavest them mayim for their heardest them from tzaddik in all that is brought
thirst. Shomayim; and according to upon us; for Thou hast done
|21| Yea, arba'im shanah Thy manifold mercies Thou emes, but we have done
didst Thou sustain them in gavest them moshi'im wrong;
the midbar, so that they (deliverers), who saved them |34| Neither have
lacked nothing; their clothes out of the yad of their melacheinu, sareinu,
did not wear out, and their enemies. Kohaneinu, nor Avoteinu,
feet swelled not. |28| But after they had rest, kept Thy torah, nor paid heed
|22| Moreover Thou gavest they did rah again before unto Thy mitzvot and Thy
them kingdoms and nations, Thee; therefore Thou testimonies, wherewith Thou
allotting them as a boundary; abandoned them unto the didst testify against them.
so they possessed Eretz hand of their enemies, so that |35| For they have not served
Sichon, and Eretz Melech they had the dominion over Thee in their malchut, and in
Cheshbon, and Eretz Og them; yet when they returned, Thy great goodness that Thou
Melech HaBashan. cried unto Thee, Thou gavest them, and in the large
|23| Their children also heardest them from and fertile land which Thou
multipliedst Thou as the Shomayim; and many gavest before them, neither
kokhavim of Shomayim, times didst Thou deliver them turned they from their wicked
and broughtest them into according to Thy mercies; works.
Ha'Aretz, concerning which |29| And testifiedst against |36| Hinei, we are avadim
Thou hadst promised to their them, that Thou mightest this day, and for the land that
avot, that they should go in to bring them again unto Thy Thou gavest unto Avoteinu to
possess it. torah; yet they dealt proudly, eat the fruit thereof and the
|24| So the children went in and paid heed not unto Thy good thereof, hinei, we are
and possessed Ha'Aretz, and mitzvot, but sinned against avadim in it;
Thou subduedst before them Thy mishpatim,
|37| And it yieldeth much |19 (20)| Chariph, Anatot, ourselves yearly with the third
increase unto the melachim Neivai, part of a shekel for the Avodat
whom Thou hast set over us |20 (21)| Magpiash, Beis Eloheinu [Mt 17:24];
because of chattoteinu; also Meshullam, Chezir, |33 (34)| For the Lechem
they have dominion over |21 (22)| Meshezav'el, Tzadok, HaMa'arekhet, and for the
geviyyoteinu, and over our Yaddua, Minchat HaTamid, and
cattle, at their pleasure, and |22 (23)| Pelatyah, Chanan, for the Olat HaTamid, of the
we are in tzarah gedolah. Anayah, Shabbatot, of the Chodashim,
|38 (10:1)| And because of all |23 (24)| Hoshea, for the Mo'adim, and for the
this we make a sure covenant, Chananyah, Chashuv, Kodashim, and for the
and write it; and our sarim, |24 (25)| Halochesh, Pilcha, Chatta'ot to make kapporah
Levi'im, and Kohanim, seal Shovek, for Yisroel, and for all the
unto it. |25 (26)| Rechum, Chashav- work of the Beis Eloheinu.
(10:2) Now those nah, Ma’aseiyah, |34 (35)| And we cast the
10 that sealed were,

Nechemyah the
tirshata ben Chachalyah, and
|26 (27)| And Achiyah,
Chanan, Anan,
|27 (28)| Maluch, Charim,
goralot among the Kohanim,
the Levi'im, and the people,
for the korban of the wood, to
Tzedekyah, Ba’anah. bring it into the Beis
|2 (3)| Serayah, Azaryah, |28 (29)| And the rest of the Eloheinu, after the batim of
Yirmeyah, people, the Kohanim, the Avoteinu, at times appointed
|3 (4)| Pashchur, Amaryah, Levi'im, the gatekeepers, the year by year, to burn upon the
Malkiyah, singers, the Netinim, and all Mizbe'ach of Hashem
|4 (5)| Chattush, Shevanyah, they that had separated Eloheinu, as it is written in
Maluch, themselves from the peoples of the Torah [Lv 6:12-13];
|5 (6)| Charim, Meremot, the lands unto the Torat |35 (36)| And to bring the
Ovadyah, HaElohim, their wives, their bikkurei admateinu, and the
|6 (7)| Daniel, Ginton, banim, and their banot, every bikkurei kol pri kol etz, year
Baruch, one having knowledge, and by year, unto Beis Hashem;
|7 (8)| Meshullam, Aviyah, having understanding; |36 (37)| Also the bechorot
Miyamin, |29 (30)| They were the baneinu, and of our cattle, as
|8 (9)| Ma’azyah, Bilgai, machazikim (the ones joining) it is written in the Torah, and
Shemayah; these were the with their brethren, their the firstlings of our herds and
kohanim. nobles, and bound themselves of our flocks, to bring to the
|9 (10)| And the Levi'im; both with a curse, and into an oath, Beis Eloheinu, unto the
Yeshua ben Azanyah, Binnui to walk in Torat HaElohim, Kohanim that minister in the
of the Bnei Chenadad, which was given by Moshe Beis Eloheinu;
Kadmiel; Eved HaElohim, and to be |37 (38)| And that we should
|10 (11)| And their brethren, shomer to do all the bring the reshit arisoteinu,
Shevanyah, Hodiyah, Kelita, mitzvot of Hashem Adoneinu, and our offerings, and the
Pelayah, Chanan, and His mishpatim and His fruit of all manner of trees, of
|11 (12)| Micha, Rechov, chukkot; tirosh and of oil, unto the
Chashavyah, |30 (31)| And that we would Kohanim, to the storerooms of
|12 (13)| Zakkur, Sherevyah, not give our banot unto the the Beis Eloheinu; and the
Shevanyah, peoples of the land, not take ma'aser of our land unto the
|13 (14)| Hodiyah, Bani, and their banot for our banim; Levi'im, that the same Levi'im
Beninu. |31 (32)| And if the people of might collect me'a'serim in all
|14 (15)| The chief of the the land bring merchandise or the cities of avodateinu.
people: Parosh, Pachat-Moav, any grain on Shabbos or on |38 (39)| And the Kohen Ben
Elam, Zattu, Bani, Yom Kodesh to sell, that we Aharon shall be with the
|15 (16)| Bunni, Azgad, Bevai, would not buy it of them on Levi'im, when the Levi'im
|16 (17)| Adoniyah, Bigvai, Shabbos, or on Yom Kodesh; receive tithes; and the Levi'im
Adin, and that we would every shall bring up the ma'aser
|17 (18)| Ater, Chizkiyah, Shanah HaShevi'it [Ex 23:11] hama'aser unto the Beis
Azzur, forgo working the land and Eloheinu, to the storerooms,
|18 (19)| Hodiyah, Chashum, will cancel all debts. into the Beis HaOtzar.
Betzai, |32 (33)| Also we will assume |39 (40)| For the Bnei Yisroel
on us mitzvot, to charge and the Bnei Levi shall bring
the terumah of the grain, of Yehudah ben Hasnuah was |21| But the Netinim dwelt in
the tirosh, and the oil, unto second over the Ir. Ophel, and Tzicha and Gishpa
the storerooms, where are Keli |10| Of the Kohanim; were over the Netinim.
HaMikdash, and the Kohanim Yedayah ben Yoyariv, Yachin, |22| The overseer also of the
that minister, and the |11| Serayah ben Chilkiyah Levi'im at Yerushalayim was
gatekeepers, and the singers; ben Meshullam ben Tzadok Uzzi ben Bani, ben
and we will not forsake the ben Merayot ben Achituv the Chashavyah ben Matanyah
Beis Eloheinu. Nagid Bais HaElohim. ben Micha. Of the Bnei Asaph,
And the rulers of |12| And their brethren that the singers were responsible
11 the people dwelt at

Yerushalayim; the
rest of the people also cast
did the work of the Beis
{HaMikdash] were eight
hundred twenty and two; and
for the Beis HaElohim.
|23| For it was the king's
commandment concerning
goralot, to bring one of ten to Adayah ben Yerocham, ben them, that a regulation be for
dwell in Yerushalayim Ir Pelalyah, ben Amtzi, ben the singers, over their daily
HaKodesh, and nine parts to Zecharyah, ben Pashchur, ben actities.
dwell in other cities. Malkiyah. |24| And Petachyah ben
|2| And the people blessed all |13| And his brethren, chief Mesheizav'el, of the Bnei
the men, that willingly offered of the avot, two hundred forty Zerach ben Yehudah, was the
themselves to dwell at and two; and Amashsai ben king's deputy in all matters
Yerushalayim. Azare'el ben Achzai concerning the people.
|3| Now these are the chiefs ben Meshillemot ben Immer, |25| And for the villages, with
of the province that dwelt in |14| And their brethren, their fields, some of the
Yerushalayim, but in the gibborei chayil, one hundred children of Yehudah dwelt at
towns of Yehudah dwelt every twenty and eight; and their Kiryat-Arba, and in the
one in his possession in their overseer was Zavdiel ben villages thereof, and at Divon,
towns--Yisroel, the Kohanim, HaGedolim. and in the villages thereof,
and the Levi'im, and the |15| Also of the Levi'im; and at Yekabze'el, and in the
Netinim, and the Bnei Avdei Shemayah ben Chashuv ben villages thereof,
Sh'lomo. Azrikam ben Chashavyah ben |26| And at Yeshua, and at
|4| And at Yerushalayim Bunni; Moladah, and at Beit-Pelet,
dwelt certain of the Bnei |16| And Shabtai and |27| And at Chatzar Shual,
Yehudah, and of the Bnei Yozavad, of the chief of the and at Beer Sheva, and in the
Binyamin. Of the Bnei Levi'im, had the oversight of villages thereof,
Yehudah; Atayah ben Uziyah, the outside work of the Beis |28| And at Tziklag, and at
ben Zecharyah, ben Amaryah, HaElohim. Mechonah, and in the villages
ben Shephatyah, ben |17| And Matanyah ben thereof,
Mahalal'el, of the children of Micha ben Zavdi ben |29| And at En-Rimmon, and
Peretz; Asaph was the Rosh leading at Tzorah, and at Yarmut,
|5| And Ma’aseiyah ben techillah in tefillah, and |30| Zanoach, Adulam, and
Baruch, ben Colchozeh, ben Bakbukyah the second among in their villages, at Lachish,
Chazayah, ben Adayah, ben his brethren, and Avda ben and the fields thereof, at
Yoyariv, ben Zecharyah, ben Shammua ben Galal ben Azekah, and in the villages
Shelah. Yedutun. thereof. And they dwelt from
|6| All the Bnei Peretz that |18| All the Levi'im in the Ir BeerSheva unto the valley of
dwelt at Yerushalayim were HaKodesh were two hundred Gehinnom.
four hundred threescore and fourscore and four. |31| The children also of
eight anshei chayil. |19| Moreover the Binyamin from Geva dwelt at
|7| And these are the Bnei gatekeepers, Akuv, Talmon, Michmas, and Ayah, and Beit-
Binyamin: Sallu ben and their brethren that kept El, and in their villages.
Meshullam, ben Yoed, ben the gates, were one hundred |32| And at Anatot, Nov,
Pedayah, ben Kolayah, ben seventy and two. Ananyah,
Ma’aseiyah, ben Itiel, ben |20| And the rest of Yisroel, of |33| Chatzor, Ramah,
Yeshayah. the Kohanim, and the Levi'im, Gittayim,
|8| And after him Gabai, were in all the cities of |34| Chadid, Tzvo'im,
Sallai, 928. Yehudah, every one in his Nevalat,
|9| And Yoel ben Zichri was nachalah. |35| Lud, and Ono, the Gey-
their pakid (overseer), and HaCharashim.
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|36| And of the Levi'im were |19| And of Yoyariv, Matnai; |30| Kohanim and Levi'im
divisions in Yehudah and in of Yedayah, Uzzi; made themselves tahor, and
Binyamin. |20| Of Sallai, Kallai; of made the people tahor, the
Now these are Amok, Ever; gates, and the chomah.
12 the Kohanim
and the Levi'im
that went up with Zerubavel
|21| Of Chilkiyah,
Chashavyah; of Yedayah,
Netanel.
|31| Then I brought up the
sarim of Yehudah upon the
chomah, and appointed two
ben Sh'altiel, and Yeshua; |22| The Levi'im in the days great choirs to give thanks,
Serayah, Yirmeyah, Ezra, of Elyashiv, Yoyada, and whereof one went on the right
|2| Amaryah, Maluch, Yochanan, and Yaddua, were hand upon the wall toward
Chattush, recorded rashei haAvot; also the Dung Gate;
|3| Shechanyah, Rechum, the kohanim, to the reign of |32| And after them went
Meremot, Daryavesh the Persian. Hoshayah, and half of the
|4| Iddo, Gintoi, Achiyah, |23| The Bnei Levi, the rashei sarim of Yehudah,
|5| Miyamin, Ma’adiyah, haAvot, were written in the |33| And Azaryah, Ezra, and
Bilgah, Sefer Divrei Hayamim, even Meshullam,
|6| Shemayah, and Yoyariv, until the days of Yochanan |34| Yehudah, Binyamin,
Yedayah, ben Elyashiv. Shemayah, and Yirmeyah,
|7| Sallu, Amok, Chilkiyah, |24| And the chiefs of the |35| And certain of the banim
Yedayah. These were the chief Levi'im: Chashavyah, of kohanim with trumpets;
of the Kohanim and of their Sherevyah, and Yeshua namely Zecharyah ben
brethren in the days of ben Kadmiel, with their Yonatan ben Shemayah ben
Yeshua. brethren over against them, to Matanyah ben Michayah ben
|8| Moreover the Levi'im; praise and to give thanks, Zaccur ben Asaph;
Yeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, according to the mitzvat Dovid |36| And his brethren,
Sherevyah, Yehudah, and Ish HaElohim, choir opposite Shemayah, and Azarael,
Matanyah, which was over the choir. Milalai, Gilalai, Ma’ai,
huyedot, he and his brethren. |25| Matanyah, and Netanel, and Yehudah,
|9| Also Bakbukyah and Bakbukyah, Ovadyah, Chanani, with the musical
Unni, their brethren, were Meshullam, Talmon, Akuv, instruments of Dovid the Ish
opposite them in the were gatekeepers keeping the HaElohim, and Ezra the Sofer
mishmarot (services). storerooms of the gates. before them.
|10| And Yeshua fathered |26| These were in the days of |37| And at the Fountain
Yoyakim, Yoyakim also Yoyakim ben Yeshua ben Gate they went up by the steps
fathered Elyashiv, and Yotzadak, and in the days of of Ir Dovid, at the going up of
Elyashiv fathered Yoyada, Nechemyah the governor, and the wall, above the Bais Dovid,
|11| And Yoyada fathered of Ezra HaKohen HaSofer. even the Water Gate eastward.
Yonatan, and Yonatan |27| And at the dedication of |38| The other company of
fathered Yaddua. the Chomat Yerushalayim them that gave thanks went
|12| And in the days of they sought the Levi'im from opposite them, I after them,
Yoyakim these were Kohanim all their places, to bring them and half the people upon the
rashei haAvot; of Serayah, to Yerushalayim, to keep the wall, from beyond the Migdal
Merayah; of Yirmeyah, dedication with simchah, both of the Ovens even unto the
Chananyah; with todot, and with singing, Broad Wall;
|13| Of Ezra, Meshullam; of with cymbals, nevalim, and |39| And from above the
Amaryah, Yehochanan; with kinorot. Ephrayim Gate, and above the
|14| Of Melichu, Yonatan; of |28| And Bnei HaMishorerim Old Gate, and above the Fish
Shevanyah, Yosef; gathered themselves together, Gate, and the Migdal of
|15| Of Charim, Adna; of both out of the region around Chanane’el, and the Migdal of
Merayot, Chelkai; Yerushalayim, and from the the Hundred, even unto the
|16| Of Iddo, Zecharyah; of villages of Netophati; Sheep Gate; and they stood
Ginton, Meshullam; |29| Also from the Bais still in the Prison Gate.
|17| Of Achiyah, Zichri; of Gilgal, and out of the fields of |40| So stood the two
Minyamin, of Moadyah, Piltai; Geva and Azmavet; for the companies of them that gave
|18| Of Bilgah, Shammua; of singers had built villages thanks in the Beis HaElohim,
Shemayah, Yehonatan; around Yerushalayim. and I, and the half of the
officials with me;
|41| And the Kohanim: namesake of Moshiach Zech HaElohim, with the
Elyakim, Ma’aseiyah, 6:11-12] minchah and the levonah.
Minyamin, Michayah, On that day they |10| And I perceived that the
Elyoeinai, Zecharyah, and
Chananyah, with trumpets;
|42| And Ma’aseiyah,
13 read in the Sefer
Moshe in the ears
of HaAm; and therein was
portions of the Levi'im had
not been given them, for the
Levi'im and the singers, that
Shemayah, Eleazar, Uzzi, found written, that the did the work, had gone back
Yehochanan, Malchiyah, Ammoni and the Moavi every one to his sadeh.
Eilam, and Ezer. And the should not come into the |11| Then contended I with
singers sang loud, with Kehal HaElohim forever, the officials, and said, Why is
Yizrachyah their overseer. |2| Because they met not the the Beis HaElohim forsaken?
|43| Also that day they Bnei Yisroel with lechem and And I gathered them together,
offered zevakhim gedolim, with mayim, but hired Balaam and set them in their place.
and rejoiced, for HaElohim against them, that he should |12| Then brought all
had made them rejoice with curse them; howbeit Eloheinu Yehudah the ma'asar of the
great joy; the wives also and turned the kelalah into a grain and the tirosh and the
the children rejoiced, so that berakhah. oil unto the Otzarot.
the joy of Yerushalayim was |3| Now it came to pass, when |13| And I made over the
heard even afar off. they had heard the Torah, Otzarot Shelemyah the
|44| And at that time were that they separated from Kohen, and Tzadok the Sofer,
some appointed over the Yisroel all the foreign descent. and of the Levi'im, Pedayah;
storerooms for the Otzarot, for |4| And before this, Elyashiv and next to them was Chanan
terumot, for the reshit, and for the Kohen, having the ben Zakkur, ben Matanyah;
ma'aserot (tithes), to gather oversight of the storeroom of for they were considered
into them out of the fields of the Beis Eloheinu, was allied ne'emanim, and their office
the cities the portions unto Toviyah; was to distribute unto their
required by the Torah for the |5| And he had prepared for brethren.
Kohanim and Levi'im: for him a great chamber, where |14| Remember me, O Elohai,
Yehudah rejoiced for the aforetime they laid the concerning this, and wipe not
Kohanim and for the Levi'im minchah, the levonah, and the out my faithful deeds that I
stationed [in Beis Hashem]. vessels, and the ma'aser of the have done for the Beis Elohai,
|45| They performed the grain, the tirosh, and the oil, and for the offices thereof.
Mishmeret Eloheihem and the which was commanded to be |15| In those days saw I in
Mishmeret HaTahorah given to the Levi'im, and the Yehudah some treading
according to the command- singers, and the gatekeepers; winepresses on Shabbos, and
ment of Dovid, and of Sh'lomo and the terumat hakohanim. bringing in sheaves, and
bno. |6| But in all this time was loading donkeys; as also yayin,
|46| For in the days of Dovid not I at Yerushalayim; for in grapes, and figs, and all
and Asaph of old there were the two and thirtieth year of manner of massa (burdens),
chiefs of the singers, and shir Artachshasta Melech Bavel which they brought into
tehillah and hodot unto came I unto HaMelech, and Yerushalayim on Shabbos;
Elohim. after certain days obtained I and I warned them against
|47| And kol Yisroel in the leave of HaMelech; selling food on Shabbos.
days of Zerubavel, and in |7| And I came to |16| There dwelt men of Tzor
the days of Nechemyah, gave Yerushalayim, and under- also therein, which brought
the portions for the singers stood of the evil that Elyashiv dag (fish), and all manner of
and the gatekeepers, every day did for Toviyah, in preparing merchandise, and sold on
its portion; and they set aside him a chamber in the courts Shabbos unto the Bnei
as kodesh the portion for the of the Beis HaElohim. Yehudah, and in
Levi'im; and the Levi'im set |8| And it grieved me much; Yerushalayim.
aside as kodesh the portion for therefore I cast forth all the |17| Then I contended with
the Bnei Aharon. [T.N. See household stuff of Toviyah out the nobles of Yehudah, and
“days of Yeshua” Neh 12:7, of the chamber. said unto them, What evil
Kohen Gadol ca. 560-490 |9| Then I commanded, and thing is this that ye do, being
B.C.E. resurrected from the they made tahor the Mechallel Shabbos (desecrator
national death in Golus and chambers, and there brought I of Shabbos)?
again the vessels of the Beis
DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF
|18| Did not your avot thus, take their banot unto your |7| And the Bnei Yavan:
and did not Eloheinu bring all banim, or for yourselves. Elishah, and Tarshishah,
this evil upon us, and upon |26| Did not Sh'lomo Melech Kittim, and Rodanim.
this city? Yet ye bring more Yisroel sin by these things? Yet |8| The Bnei Cham: Cush,
wrath upon Yisroel by among many Goyim was there and Mitzrayim, Put, and
committing Chillul Shabbos no melech like him, who was Kena'an.
(desecration of Shabbos). beloved of Elohav, and |9| And the Bnei Cush: Seva,
|19| And it came to pass, that Elohim made him melech over and Chavilah, and Savta, and
when the gates of Yerusha- kol Yisroel. Nevertheless even Ra’amah, and Savtecha. And
layim began to be dark before him did foreign women cause the Bnei Ra’amah: Sheva, and
Shabbos, I commanded that to sin. Dedan.
the gates should be shut, and |27| Shall we then pay heed |10| And Cush fathered
charged that they should not unto you to do all this great Nimrod; he began to be a
be opened till after Shabbos, evil, to transgress against gibbor (mighty) one upon
and some of my own men set I Eloheinu in marrying strange ha'aretz.
at the gates, that there should wives? |11| And Mitzrayim fathered
no massa (burden) be brought |28| And one of the Bnei Ludim, and Anamim, and
in on Shabbos. Yoyada ben Elyashiv, the Lehavim, and Naphtuchim,
|20| Once or twice the Kohen HaGadol, was son-in- |12| And Patrusim, and
merchants and sellers of all law to Sanvalat the Choroni; Casluchim (of whom came the
kinds of merchandise lodged therefore I drove him away Pelishtim [Philistines]), and
outside Yerushalayim. from me. Caphtorim.
|21| Then I warned them, |29| Remember them, O |13| And Kena'an fathered
and said unto them, Why Elohai, because they have Tzidon his bechor, and Chet,
lodge ye about the wall? If ye defiled the kehunah, and the |14| The Yevusi also, and the
do so again, I will lay hands brit (covenant) of the Emori, and the Girgashi,
on you. From that time forth kehunah, and of the |15| And the Chivi, and the
came they no more on Levi'im. Arki, and the Sini,
Shabbos. |30| Thus I cleansed them |16| And the Arvadi, and the
|22| And I commanded the from all that is foreign, and Tzemari, and the Chamati.
Levi'im that they should make had them attend again to the |17| The Bnei Shem: Elam,
themselves tahor, and that duties of the Kohanim and the and Ashur, and Arphachshad,
they should come and be Levi'im, every one in his and Lud, and Aram, and Utz,
shomer over the gates, to set appointed work; and Chul, and Geter, and
apart as kodesh Shabbos. |31| And for the korban of Meshech.
Remember me, O Elohai, wood, at times appointed, and |18| And Arphachshad
concerning this also, and for the bikkurim. Remember fathered Shelach, and Shelach
spare me according to the me, O Elohai, for good. fathered Ever.
greatness of Thy mercy. |19| And unto Ever were born
|23| In those days also saw I DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF two banim; the shem of the
Yehudim that had married one was Peleg because in his
Adam, Shet, Enosh,
wives of Ashdod, of Ammon,
and of Moav,
|24| And their children spoke
half in the speech of Ashdod,
1 |2| Kainan, Mahalal'el,
Yered,
|3| Chanoch, Metushelach,
days ha'aretz was divided [Gn
11:1-9]; and his brother's shem
was Yoktan.
|20| And Yoktan fathered
Lemech,
and could not speak in the Almodad, and Sheleph, and
|4| Noach, Shem, Cham, and
language of the Yehudim, but Chatzarmavet, and
Yephet.
according to the language of Yerach,
|5| The Bnei Yephet: Gomer,
each people. |21| Hadoram also, and Uzal,
and Magog, and Madai, and
|25| And I contended with and Diklah,
Yavan, and Tuval, and
them, and cursed them, and |22| And Eval, and Avimael,
Meshech, and Tiras.
smote certain of them, and and Sheva,
|6| And the Bnei Gomer:
plucked off their hair, and |23| And Ophir, and
Ashkenaz, and Diphat, and
made them swear by Elohim, Chavilah, and Yovav. All
Togarmah.
saying, Ye shall not give your these were the Bnei Yoktan.
banot unto their banim, nor [24] Shem, Arphachshad,
Shelach,
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|25| Ever, Peleg, Reu, Yisroel: Bela Ben Beor; and Peretz and Zerach. All the
|26| Serug, Nachor, Terach, the shem of his city was Bnei Yehudah were five.
|27| Avram, the same is Dinhavah. |5| The Bnei Peretz:
Avraham. |44| And when Bela was Chetzron, and Chamul.
|28| The Bnei Avraham: dead, Yovav Ben Zerach of |6| And the Bnei Zerach;
Yitzchak, and Yishmael. Botzrah reigned in his place. Zimri, and Eitan, and Heman,
|29| These are their toldot; |45| And when Yovav was and Calcol, and Dara, five of
The bechor of Yishmael, dead, Chusham of Eretz them in all.
Nevayot; then Kedar, Adbe'el, Temani reigned in his place. |7| And the Bnei Carmi:
Mivsam, |46| And when Chusham was Achar, the troubler of Yisroel,
|30| Mishma, Dumah, Massa, dead, Hadad Ben Bedad, who transgressed the cherem.
Chadad, Tema, which defeated Midyan in the |8| And the Bnei Eitan;
|31| Yetur, Naphish, sadeh Moav, reigned in his Azaryah.
Kedemah. These are the Bnei place; and the shem of his city |9| The Bnei Chetzron also,
Yishmael. was Avit. that were born unto him:
|32| Now the Bnei Keturah, |47| And when Hadad was Yerachme'el, and Ram, and
Avraham's pilegesh; she bore dead, Samlah of Masrekah Keluvai.
Zimran, Yokshan, Medan, reigned in his place. |10| And Ram fathered
Midyan, Yishbak, and Shuach. |48| And when Samlah was Amminadav; and Amminadav
And the Bnei Yokshan; Sheva, dead, Sha’ul of Rechovot-by- fathered Nachshon Nasi
and Dedan. the-river reigned in his place. Bnei Yehudah;
|33| And the Bnei Midyan: |49| And when Sha’ul was |11| And Nachshon fathered
Ephah, Epher, Chanoch, dead, Ba’al-Chanan Ben Salma; Salma fathered Boaz,
Avida, and Eldaah. All these Achbor reigned in his place. |12| And Boaz fathered Oved,
are the Bnei Keturah. |50| And when Baal-Chanan and Oved fathered Yishai,
|34| And Avraham fathered was dead, Hadad reigned in |13| And Yishai fathered his
Yitzchak. The Bnei Yitzchak: his place; and the shem of his bechor Eliav, and Avinadav
Esav and Yisroel. city was Pai; and the shem of the second, and Shimma the
|35| The Bnei Esav: Eliphaz, his isha was Mehetavel Bat third,
Reuel, Yeush, Ya’alam, Matred Bat Mei-Zahav. |14| Netanel the fourth,
Korach. |51| Hadad died also. And Raddai the fifth,
|36| The Bnei Eliphaz: the Allufim of Edom were; |15| Otzem the sixth, Dovid
Teman, Omar, Tzephi, Gatam, Timnah, Alvah, Yetet, the seventh;
Kenaz, Timna, Amalek. |52| Oholivamah, Elah, |16| Whose achayot (sisters)
|37| The Bnei Reuel: Nachat, Pinon, were Tzeruyah, and Avigal.
Zerach, Shammah, Mizzah. |53| Kenaz, Teman, Mivtzar, And the Bnei Tzeruyah:
|38| And the Bnei Seir: |54| Magdiel, Iram. These are Avishai, and Yoav, and Asah-
Lotan, Shoval, Tziveon, Anah, the Allufim of Edom. el, three.
Dishon, Etzer, and Dishan. These are the Bnei |17| And Avigal bore Amasa,
|39| And the Bnei Lotan:
Chori, Homam; Timna was
Lotan's achot.
2 Yisroel: Reuven,
Shim'on, Levi, and
Yehudah, Yissakhar, and
and avi Amasa was Yeter the
Yishme'eli.
|18| And Kalev Ben Chetzron
|40| The Bnei Shoval: Alyan, Zevulun, fathered by Azuvah his isha,
Manachat, Eval, Shephi, |2| Dan, Yosef, and and by Yeriot; her banim are
Onam. The Bnei Tziveon: Binyamin, Naphtali, Gad, and these; Yesher, and Shovav,
Ayah and Anah. Asher. and Ardon.
|41| The Bnei Anah: Dishon. |3| The Bnei Yehudah: Er, |19| And when Azuvah was
And the Bnei Dishon: and Onan, and Shelah, which dead, Kalev took [as isha] unto
Chamran, Eshban, Yitran, three were born unto him of him Ephrat, which bore him
and Keran. Bat-Shua the Kanaanit. And Chur.
|42| The Bnei Etzer: Bilhan, Er, the bechor of Yehudah, |20| And Chur fathered Uri,
Za’avan, Ya’akan. The Bnei was rah in the eyes of and Uri fathered Betzale'el.
Dishan: Utz, and Aran. Hashem; and He put him to |21| And afterward Chetzron
|43| Now these are the death. went in to the Bat Machir avi
melachim that reigned in |4| And Tamar his kallah Gil’ad, whom he
Eretz Edom before any (daughter-in-law) bore him married when his
melech reigned over the Bnei
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age was threescore shanim; |36| And Attai fathered the Puti, and the Shumati,
and she bore him Seguv. Natan, and Natan fathered and the Mishra'i; of them
|22| And Seguv fathered Yair, Zavad, came the Tzareati, and the
who had three and twenty |37| And Zavad fathered Eshtauli.
towns in Eretz Gil’ad. Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered |54| The Bnei Salma; Beit-
|23| And he took Geshur, and Oved, lechem, and the Netophati,
Aram, with Chavvot Yair, from |38| And Oved fathered Yehu, Atarot Bais Yoav, and half of
them, with Kenat, and the and Yehu fathered Azaryah, the Manachati, the Tzori.
towns thereof, even threescore |39| And Azaryah fathered |55| And the mishpekhot of
towns. All these belonged to Cheletz, and Cheletz fathered the sofrim (scribes) which
the Bnei Machir avi Gil’ad. Eleasah, dwelt at Yabetz; the Tiratim,
|24| And after that Chetzron |40| And Eleasah fathered the Shimeatim, and Sukhatim.
was dead in Kalev Ephratah, Sismai, and Sismai fathered These are the Kinim that
then Aviyah Chetzron's isha Shallum, came of Chamat avi Bais
bore him Ashchur avi Tekoa. |41| And Shallum fathered Rechav.
|25| And the Bnei Yekamyah, and Yekamyah Now these were the
Yerachme'el the bechor of
Chetzron were Ram the
bechor, and Bunah, and Oren,
fathered Elishama.
|42| Now the Bnei Kalev the
brother of Yerachme'el were
3 Bnei Dovid, which were
born unto him in
Chevron; the bechor Amnon,
and Otzem, and Achiyah. Mesha his bechor, who was avi of Achinoam of Yizre’el; the
|26| Yerachme'el had also Ziph; and the Bnei Mareshah second Daniel, of Aviga'il of
another isha, whose shem was avi Chevron. Carmel;
Atarah; she was the em of |43| And the Bnei Chevron; |2| The third, Avshalom Ben
Onam. Korach, and Tapuach, and Ma’achah Bat Talmai Melech
|27| And the Bnei Ram the Rekem, and Shema. Geshur; the fourth, Adoniyah
bechor of Yerachme'el were |44| And Shema fathered Ben Chaggit;
Ma’atz, and Yamin, and Eker. Racham avi Yorkeam; and |3| The fifth, Shephatyah of
|28| And the Bnei Onam were Rekem fathered Shammai. Avital; the sixth, Yitream by
Shammai, and Yada. And the |45| And the Ben of Shammai Eglah his isha.
Bnei Shammai; Nadav and was Maon, and Maon was avi |4| These six were born unto
Avishur. Beit-tzur. him in Chevron; and there he
|29| And the shem of the isha |46| And Ephah, Kalev's reigned sheva shanim and
of Avishur was Avichayil, and pilegesh, bore Charan, Motza, shishah chodashim; and in
she bore him Achban, and Gazez; and Charan fathered Yerushalayim he reigned
Molid. Gazez. shloshim and shalosh shanah.
|30| And the Bnei Nadav: |47| And the Bnei Yahdai; |5| And these were born unto
Seled, and Apayim, but Seled Regem, and Yotam, and him in Yerushalayim: Shimea,
died without banim. Geshan, and Pelet, and and Shovav, and Natan, and
|31| And the Bnei Apayim; Eiphah, and Sha’aph. Sh'lomo, four, by Bat-Shu'a
Yishi. And the Bnei Yishi; |48| Ma’achah, Kalev's Bat Ammiel;
Sheshan. And the Bnei pilegesh (concubine), bore |6| Yivchar also, and
Sheshan; Achlai. Shever, and Tirchanah. Elishama, and Eliphelet,
|32| And the Bnei Yada the |49| She bore also Sha’aph |7| And Nogah, and Nepheg,
brother of Shammai: Yeter, avi Madmannah, Sheva avi and Yaphia,
and Yonatan, and Yeter died Machbenah, and avi Givea; |8| And Elishama, and
without banim. and the Bat Kalev was Achsa. Elyada, and Eliphelet, nine.
|33| And the Bnei Yonatan: |50| These were the Bnei |9| These were all the Bnei
Pelet, and Zaza. These were Kalev Ben Chur, the bechor of Dovid, besides the Bnei
the Bnei Yerachme'el. Ephratah; Shoval avi Kiryat Pilagshim (concubines), and
|34| Now Sheshan had no Yearim. Tamar their achot.
banim, but only banot. And |51| Salma avi Beit-lechem, |10| And Ben Sh'lomo was
Sheshan had an eved, a Mitzri Chareph avi Beit-gader. Rechav’am, Aviyah bno, Asa
(an Egyptian), shmo Yarcha. |52| And Shoval avi Kiryat bno, Yehoshaphat bno,
|35| And Sheshan gave his Yearim had banim; Haroeh, |11| Yoram bno, Achazyahu
bat to Yarcha his eved as isha; and half of Manuchot. bno, Yoash bno,
and she bore him Attai. |53| And the mishpekhot of
Kiryat Yearim; the Yitri, and
|12| Amatzyahu bno, Azaryah shem of their achot (sister) was Asare'el.
bno, Yotam bno, Hatzlelponi; |17| And the Bnei Ezrah were
|13| Achaz bno, Chizkiyahu |4| And Penuel avi Gedor, Yeter, and Mered, and Epher,
bno, Menasheh bno, and Ezer avi Chushah. These and Yalon; and she bore
|14| Amon bno, Yoshiyahu are the Bnei Chur, the bechor Miryam, and Shammai, and
bno. of Ephratah avi Beit- Lechem. Yishbach avi Eshtemo'a.
|15| And the Bnei Yoshiyahu |5| And Ashchur avi Tekoa |18| And his isha Yehudiyah
were, the bechor Yochanan, had two nashim (wives), bore Yered avi Gedor, Chever
the second Y'hoyakim, the Chelah and Na’arah. avi Socho, and Yekutiel avi
third Tzidkiyahu, the fourth |6| And Na’arah bore him Zanoach. And these are the
Shallum. Achuzam, Chepher, Temeni, Bnei Bityah Bat Pharaoh,
|16| And the Bnei Y'hoyakim; Achashtari, the Bnei Na'arah. which Mered took [as isha].
Yechanyah bno, Tzidkiyah |7| And the Bnei Chelah were |19| And the Bnei eshet
bno. Tzeret, and Yetzochar, and Hodiyah the achot (sister) of
|17| And the Bnei Yechanyah: Etnan. Nacham avi Keilah the Garmi,
Assir, She'alti'el bno, |8| And Kotz fathered Anuv, and Eshtemo'a the Ma’achati.
|18| Malkiram also, and and Tzovevah, and the |20| And the Bnei Shimon
Pedayah, Shenatzar, mishpekhot of Acharchel Ben were Amnon, and Rinnah,
Yekamuyah, Hoshama, and Harum. Ben-Chanan, and Tilon. And
Nedavyah. |9| And Yabetz was more the Bnei Yishi were Zochet,
|19| And the Ben Pedayah honorable than his brethren; and Ben-Zochet.
were: Zerubavel and Shimei. and immo (his mother) called |21| The Bnei Shelah Ben
And Bnei Zerubavel: shmo Yabetz, saying, Because Yehudah were Er avi Lechah,
Meshullam, and Chananyah, I bore him beotzev (with and La'adah avi Mareshah,
and Shlomit their achot; sorrow). and the mishpekhot of the
|20| And Chashuvah, Ohel, |10| And Yabetz called on bais of them that were workers
Berechyah, Chasadyah, Elohei Yisroel, saying, O that with fine linen, of the Bais
Yushav-chesed, 5. Thou wouldest put a barucha Ashbe'a,
|21| And the Ben Chananyah: on me indeed, and enlarge my |22| And Yokim, and the
Pelatyah, and Yeshayah, the territory, and that Thine yad anashim of Chozeva, and
Bnei Refayah, the Bnei Arnan, might be with me, and that Yoash, and Saraph who
the Bnei Ovadyah, the Bnei Thou wouldest keep me from ruled in Moav, and Yashuvi
Shechanyah. ra'ah, that it may not grieve Lechem. And these are
|22| And the Bnei She- me! And Elohim granted him ancient records.
chanyah: Shema'yah; and the that which he requested. |23| These were the yotzerim,
Bnei Shema'yah: Chattush, |11| And Keluv achi (brother (potters) and those that dwelt
Igeal, Bariach, Nearyah, of) Shuchah fathered Mechir in Neta'im and Gederah; there
Shaphat, 6. avi Eshton. they dwelt and worked for the
|23| The Ben Nearyah: El- |12| And Eshton fathered melech.
yoenai, Chizkiyah, Azrikam, 3. Beit Rapha, and Paseach, and |24| The Bnei Shim'on were
|24| And the Bnei Elyoenai Techinnah avi Ir Nachash. Nemuel, and Yamin, Yariv,
were Hodavahu, and Elyashiv, These are the anashim of Zerach and Sha'ul;
and Pelayah, and Akuv, and Rechah. |25| Shallum bno, Mivsam
Yochanan, and Delayah, and |13| And the Bnei Kenaz; bno, Mishma bno.
Anani, 7. Otniel, and Serayah; and the |26| And the Bnei Mishma:
The Bnei Yehudah; Bnei Otniel; Chatat. Chamuel bno, Zakkur bno,
4 Peretz, Chetzron, and

Carmi, and Chur, and
Shoval.
|14| And Meonotai fathered
Ophrah; and Serayah fathered
Yoav avi Gey Charashim; for
Shimei bno.
|27| And Shimei had sixteen
banim and six banot, but his
|2| And Reayah Ben Shoval they were charashim brethren had not many
fathered Yachat; and Yachat (craftsmen). banim, neither did all their
fathered Achumai, and |15| And the Bnei Kalev Ben mishpakhat multiply like the
Lahad. These are the Yephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Bnei Yehudah.
mishpekhot of the Tzorati. Na'am; and the Bnei Elah, |28| And they dwelt at Beer-
|3| And these were the sons of even Kenaz. Sheva, and Moladah, and
Etam; Yizre'el (Jezreel), |16| And the Bnei Yehallelel; Chatzar Shual,
Yishma, Yidbash; and the Ziph, and Ziphah, Tirya, and
|29| And at Bilhah, and at hundred anashim, went to |11| And the Bnei Gad dwelt
Etzem, and at Tolad, Har Seir, having for their next to them, in the Eretz
|30| And at Betuel, and at leaders Pelatyah, and Bashan as far as Salchah;
Chormah, and at Tziklag, Nearyah, and Refayah, and [12| Yoel the rosh, and
|31| And at Beit Marcavot, Uzziel, the Bnei Yishi. Shapham the mishneh
and Chatzar Susim, and at |43| And they struck the (second), and Ya'nai,
Beit Biri, and at Sha’arayim. she'erit (remnant) of Amalek and Shaphat in Bashan.
These were their towns until that were escaped, and dwelt |13| And their achim of the
the reign of Dovid. there unto this day. bais avoteihem were Micha'el,
|32| And their villages were Now the Bnei Reuven and Meshullam, and Sheva,
Etam, and Ayin, Rimmon, and
Tochen, and Ashan, five
towns;
5 the bechor Yisroel, for he
was the bechor; but
forasmuch as he defiled the
and Yorai, and Yakan, and
Zia, and Ever, shivah (seven)
in all.
|33| And all their villages bed of aviv, his bechorah |14| These are the Bnei
were all around these towns as (firstborn birthright) was given Avichayil Ben Churi Ben
far as Baal. These were their unto the Bnei Yosef Ben Yaroach Ben Gil’ad Ben
settlements, and their Yisroel, though [the latter was] Micha'el Ben Yeshishai Ben
genealogical records. not listed in the family Yachdo Ben Buz.
|34| And Meshovav, and registers as the bechorah. |15| Achi Ben Avdi'el Ben
Yamlech, and Yoshah Ben |2| For Yehudah prevailed Guni was rosh of the bais
Amatzyah, above his brethren, and of avoteihem.
|35| And Yoel, and Yehu Ben him came the nagid; but the |16| And they dwelt in Gil’ad
Yoshivyah Ben Serayah Ben bechorah (portion of the in Bashan, and in her towns,
Asiel, firstborn) was Yosef's. and in all the migrashim
|36| And Elyo'enai, and |3| The Bnei Reuven bechor (open lands) of Sharon, within
Ya’akovah, and Yeshochayah, Yisroel were Chanoch, and their borders.
and Asayah, and Adiel, and Pallu, Chetzron, and Carmi. |17| All these were reckoned
Yesimiel, and Benayah, |4| The Bnei Yoel: Shema'yah by genealogies in the days of
|37| And Ziza Ben Shiphi bno, Gog bno, Shimei bno, Yotam Melech Yehudah, and
Ben Allon Ben Yedayah Ben |5| Michah bno, Reayah bno, in the days of Yarov’am
Shimri Ben Shema'yah. Ba'al bno, Melech Yisroel.
|38| These listed by their |6| Be'erah bno, whom Tilgat |18| The Bnei Reuven, and
shmot were nasi'im in their Pilneser Melech Ashur carried the Gadi, and half the shevet
mishpekhot; and the bais of away into the Golus; he was (tribe) of Menasheh, of bnei
avoteihem increased greatly. nasi of the Reuveni. chayil, anashim able to bear
|39| And they went to the |7| And his relatives by their mogen and cherev, and to
outlying area of Gedor, even mishpekhot, when the shoot with keshet, and trained
unto the east side of the gey genealogy of their toldot was for milchamah, were four and
(valley), to seek mireh reckoned, were the rosh, Ye'i'el, forty elef seven hundred and
(pasture) for their tzon. and Zecharyah, threescore, that were ready for
|40| And they found mireh |8| And Bela Ben Azaz Ben military service.
fertile and tov, and ha'aretz Shema Ben Yoel who dwelt in |19| And they waged
was spacious, and quiet, and Aroer, even unto Nevo and milchamah against the
peaceful; for they of Cham Baal Meon; Hagari'im, with Yetur, and
had dwelt there of old. |9| And eastward he Naphish, and Nodav.
|41| And these listed by inhabited as far as the [20| And they were helped
shemot came in the days of beginning of the midbar from against them, and the
Chizkiyah Melech Yehudah, the river Euphrates, because Hagari'im were delivered into
and attacked their ohalim, their mikneh (livestock) were their yad, and all that were
and the habitations that were multiplied in Eretz Gil’ad. with them, for they cried to
found there, and destroyed |10| And in the days of Sha'ul Elohim in the milchamah,
them utterly unto this day, they made milchamah with and He was entreated of them
and dwelt in their place, the Hagari'im, who fell by [T.N. These genealogies
because there was mireh there their yad; and they dwelt in establish the massively eye-
for their tzon. their ohalim (tents) witnessed veracity of the death
|42| And some of them, even throughout all the area east of and resurrection of Israel in
of the Bnei Shim'on, five Gil’ad. and from the Golus.]
because they put their trust in |5[31]| And Avishua fathered |22[6:7]| The Bnei Kehat:
Him. Bukki, and Bukki fathered Amminadav bno, Korach bno,
|21| And they took away their Uzzi, Assir bno,
mikneh: of their gemalim fifty |6[32]| And Uzzi fathered |23[6:8]| Elkanah bno, and
elef, and of tzon two hundred Zerachyah, and Zerachyah Evyasaph bno, and Assir bno,
and fifty elef, and of chamo- fathered Merayot, |24[6:9]| Tachat bno, Uriel
rim two thousand, and of |7[33]| Merayot fathered bno, Uziyah bno, and Sha'ul
nefesh adam a hundred elef. Amaryah, and Amaryah bno.
|22| For there fell down many fathered Achituv, |25[6:10]| And the Bnei
slain, because the milchamah |8[34]| And Achituv fathered Elkanah: Amasai, and
was Elohim's. And they took Tzadok, and Tzadok fathered Achimot.
up residence in their place Achima'atz, |26[6:11]| As for Elkanah, the
until the Golus. |9[35]| And Achima'atz Bnei Elkanah: Tzophai bno,
|23| And Bnei chatzi (half) fathered Azaryah, and and Nachat bno,
shevet Menasheh dwelt in the Azaryah fathered Yochanan, |27[6:12]| Eliav bno,
land. They increased from |10[36]| And Yochanan Yerocham bno, Elkanah bno.
Bashan unto Ba’al Chermon fathered Azaryah (he it is that |28[6:13]| And the Bnei
and Senir, and unto Har executed the kohen's office in Shmuel: the bechor [Yoel], and
Chermon. the Beis [Hamikdash] that the second, Aviyah.
|24| And these were the heads Sh'lomo built in |29[6:14]| The Bnei Merari:
of the bais avotam, even Yerushalayim), Machli, Livni bno, Shimei
Epher, Yishi, Eliel, Azriel, |11[37]| And Azaryah bno, Uzzah bno,
Yirmeyah, and Hodavyah, and fathered Amaryah, and |30[6:15]| Shimea bno,
Yachdiel, anashim gibborei Amaryah fathered Achituv, Chagiyah bno, Asayah bno.
chayil, famous men, and |12[38]| And Achituv fathered |31[6:16]| And these are they
heads of the bais avotam. Tzadok, and Tzadok fathered whom Dovid set over the
|25| And they transgressed Shallum, service of shir (song) in the
against Elohei Avoteihem, and |13[39]| And Shallum Beis Hashem, after the
went a-whoring after the fathered Chilkiyah, and Menoach HaAron (the
elohim of the peoples of the Chilkiyah fathered Azaryah, coming to rest of the Ark).
land, whom Elohim made |14[40]| And Azaryah |32[6:17| And they were the
shmad before them. fathered Serayah, and mesharetim (ministers) before
|26| And Elohei Yisroel Serayah fathered Yehotzadak, the Mishkan Ohel Mo'ed with
stirred up the ruach of Pul |15[41]| And Yehotzadak singing, until Sh'lomo had
Melech Ashur, and the ruach went into the Golus, when built the Beis Hashem in
of Tilgat Pilneser Melech Hashem carried away Yerushalayim, and then they
Ashur, and he carried them Yehudah and Yerushalayim performed their avodas
away into Golus, even the by the yad of Nevuchadnetzar. [kodesh service] according to
Reuveni, and the Gadi, and |16[6:1]| The Bnei Levi: their mishpatim (regulations).
the half tribe of Menasheh, Gershom, Kehat, and Merari. |33[6:18]| And these are they
and brought them unto |17[6:2]| And these are the that stood [ministering] with
Chalach, and Chavor, and shmot of the Bnei Gershom: their banim. Of the Bnei
Hara, and to the river Gozan, Livni and Shimei. Kehati; Heman the meshorer
unto this day. |18[6:3]| And the Bnei Kehat (singer) Ben Yoel Ben
The Bnei Levi: Gershon, were Amram, and Yitzhar, and Shemuel,
6 Kehat, and Merari.

|2[28]| And the Bnei
Kehat: Amram, Yitzhar, and
Chevron, and Uzziel.
|19[6:4]| The Bnei Merari:
Machli and Mushi. And these
|34[6:19| Ben Elkanah Ben
Yerocham Ben Eliel Ben
Toach,
Chevron, and Uzziel. are the mishpekhot of the |35[6:20]| Ben Tzuph Ben
|3[29]| And the Bnei Amram: Levi'im according to Elkanah Ben Machat Ben
Aharon, and Moshe, and avoteihem. Amasai,
Miryam. The bnei Aharon; |20[6:5]| Of Gershom: Livni |36[6:21]| Ben Elkanah Ben
Nadav, and Avihu, Eleazar, bno, Yachat bno, Zimmah Yoel Ben Azaryah Ben
and Itamar. bno, Tzephanyah,
|4[30]| Eleazar fathered |21[6:6]| Yoach bno, Iddo |37[6:22]| Ben Tachat Ben
Pinchas, Pinchas fathered bno, Zerach bno, Yeaterai Assir Ben Evyasaph
Avishua, bno.
Ketuvim 775 Divrey Hayamim Alef 6
Ben Korach, Yehudah, and the migrashim had towns of their territories
|38[6:23]| Ben Yitzhar Ben thereof all around it. out of the tribe of Ephrayim.
Kehat Ben Levi Ben Yisroel. |56[6:41]| The sadeh of the Ir, |67[6:52]| They gave unto
|39[6:24]| And achiv Asaph, and the villages thereof, they them, of the cities of refuge,
who stood at his right hand, gave to Kalev Ben Yephunneh. Shechem in Har Ephrayim
even Asaph Ben Berechyah |57[6:42]| And to the Bnei with her migrashim; they gave
Ben Shimea, Aharon they gave the cities of Gezer with her migrashim,
|40[6:25]| Ben Micha'el Ben refuge, namely, Chevron, and |68[6:53]| And Yokmeam with
Ba'aseyah Ben Malkiyah, Livnah with her migrashim, her migrashim, and Beit
|41[6:26]| Ben Etni Ben and Yatir, and Eshtemoa, with Choron with her migrashim,
Zerach Ben Adayah, her migrashim, |69[6:54]| And Ayalon with
|42[6:27]| Ben Eitan Ben |58[6:43]| Chilez with her her migrashim, and Gat
Zimmah Ben Shimei, migrashim, Devir with hers, Rimmon with her migrashim;
|43[6:28]| Ben Yachat Ben |59[6:44]| And Ashan with |70[6:55]| And out of the half
Gershom Ben Levi. her migrashim, and Beit tribe of Menasheh; Aner with
|44[6:29]| And their achim Shemesh with her migrashim; her migrashim, and Bileam
the Bnei Merari stood on the |60[6:45]| And out of the tribe with her migrashim, for the
left hand; Eitan Ben Kishi Ben of Binyamin; Geva with her mishpakhat of the rest of the
Avdi Ben Maluch, migrashim, and Alemet with Bnei Kehat.
|45[6:30]| Ben Chashavyah her migrashim, and Anatot |71[6:56]| Unto the Bnei
Ben Amatzyah Ben Chilkiyah, with her migrashim. All their Gershom were given out of the
|46[6:31]| Ben Amtzi Ben towns throughout their mishpakhat of the half tribe of
Bani Ben Shemer, mishpekhot were 13 towns. Menasheh Golan in Bashan
|47[6:32]| Ben Machli Ben |61[6:46]| And unto the Bnei with her migrashim, and
Mushi Ben Merari Ben Levi. Kehat, which were left of the Ashtarot with her migrashim;
|48[6:33]| Their achim also mishpakhat of that tribe, were |72[6:57]| And out of the tribe
the Levi'im were appointed towns given out of the half of Yissakhar; Kedesh with her
unto all the avodas Mishkan tribe, namely, out of the half migrashim, Davrat with her
Beis HaElohim. tribe of Menasheh, by goral, migrashim,
|49[6:34]| But Aharon and his ten towns. |73[6:58]| And Ramot with
banim presented the offerings |62[6:47]| And to the Bnei her migrashim, and Anem
upon the Mizbe'ach HaOlah Gershom throughout their with her migrashim;
and on the Mizbe'ach mishpekhot out of the tribe of |74[6:59]| And out of the tribe
HaKetoret, and were Yissakhar, out of that of of Asher; Mashal with her
appointed for all the work of Asher, out of that of Naphtali, migrashim, and Avdon with
the Kodesh HaKodashim, and out of the tribe of Menasheh her migrashim,
to make kapporah for Yisroel, in Bashan, 13 towns. |75[6:60]| And Chukok with
according to all that Moshe |63[6:48]| Unto the Bnei her migrashim, and Rechov
eved HaElohim had Merari were given by goral, with her migrashim;
commanded. throughout their mishpekhot, |76[6:61]| And out of the tribe
|50[6:35]| And these are the out of the tribe of Reuven, and of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galil
Bnei Aharon; Eleazar bno, out of that of Gad, and out of (Galilee) with her migrashim,
Pinchas bno, Avishua bno, that of Zevulun, 12 towns. and Chammon with her
|51[6:36]| Bukki bno, Uzzi |64[6:49]| And the Bnei migrashim, and Kiryatayim
bno, Zerachyah bno, Yisroel gave to the Levi'im with her migrashim.
|52[6:37]| Merayot bno, these towns with their |77[6:62]| Unto the rest of the
Amaryah bno, Achituv bno, migrashim. Bnei Merari were given out of
|53[6:38]| Tzadok bno, |65[6:50]| And they gave by the tribe of Zevulun,
Achima'atz bno. goral out of the tribe of the Rimmono with her
|54[6:39]| Now these are their Bnei Yehudah, and out of the migrashim, Tavor with her
moshevot throughout their tribe of the Bnei Shim'on, and migrashim.
assigned territories, of the out of the tribe of the Bnei |78[6:63]| And on the other
Bnei Aharon, of the Binyamin, these towns, which side of the Yarden by
mishpekhot of the Kehati, for are called by their shmot. Yericho, on the east
the goral (lot) fell upon them. |66[6:51]| For some of the
|55[6:40]]| And they gave mishpekhot of the Bnei Kehat
them Chevron in Eretz
side of Yarden, were given |8| And the Bnei Becher: |19| And the Bnei Shemidah
them out of the tribe of Zemira, and Yoash, and were Achyan, and Shechem,
Reuven, Betzer in the midbar Eliezer, and Elyo'enai, and and Likchi, and Ani'am.
with her migrashim, and Omri, and Yerimot, and |20| And the Bnei Ephrayim:
Yachtzah with her migrashim, Aviyah, and Anatot, and Shutalach, and Bered bno,
|79[6:64]| Kedemot also with Alemet. All these are the Bnei and Tachat bno, and Eladah
her migrashim, and Mepha'at Becher. bno, and Tachat bno,
with her migrashim; |9| And the number of them, |21| And Zavad bno, and
|80[6:65]| And out of the tribe listed by their toldot, heads of Shutalach bno, and Ezer, and
of Gad: Ramot in Gil’ad with their bais avot, gibborei Elead, whom the anashim of
her migrashim, and chayil, was twenty elef and two Gat that were born in that
Machanayim with her hundred. land slaughtered, because
migrashim, |10| The Bnei Yedia'el: they came down to take away
|81[6:66]| And Cheshbon Bilhan; and the Bnei Bilhan; their mikneh (livestock).
with her migrashim, and Yeush, and Binyamin, and |22| And Ephrayim avihem
Ya'zer with her migrashim. Ehud, and Kena'anah, and mourned many days, and his
Zetan, and Tarshish, and achim came to comfort him.
Achishachar. |23| And when he went in to
|11| All these the Bnei his isha, she conceived, and
Yedia'el, by the heads of bore ben, and he called shmo
Now the Bnei Yissakhar families, gibborei chayalim, Beri'ah, because it went in
7 were Tola, Pu'ah,

Yashuv, Shimrom, 4.
|2| And the Bnei Tola: Uzzi,
were seventeen elef and two
hundred soldiers, fit to go
forth for milchamah.
ra'ah (evil, disaster,
misfortune) with his bais.
|24| (And his bat was
Refayah, Yeriel, Yachmai, |12| Shuppim also, and She'erah, who built Lower
Yivsam, and Shmuel, heads of Chuppim, the Bnei Ir, and Beit-Choron, and the Upper,
their bais avot, namely, of Chushim, the Bnei Acher. and Uzzen She'erah.)
Tola; they were gibborei chayil |13| The Bnei Naphtali: |25| And Refach was bno,
(warriors of valor) in their Yachtziel, and Guni, and also Resheph, and Telach
toldot (generations), whose Yetzer, and Shallum, the Bnei bno, and Tachan bno,
number was in the days of Bilhah. |26| La’adan bno, Ammihud
Dovid 22,600. |14| The Bnei Menasheh: bno, Elishama bno,
|3| And the Bnei Uzzi: Ashriel, whom his Aramean |27| Non (Nun) bno,
Yizrachyah; and the Bnei pilegesh bore; she bore Machir Yehoshuah bno.
Yizrachyah: Micha'el, and avi Gil’ad; |28| And their possessions
Ovadyah, and Yoel, Yishiyah, |15| And Machir took an isha and settlements were Beit-El
5, all of them rashim (leaders). from the Chuppim and and the villages thereof, and
|4| And with them, by their Shuppim, whose achot's shem to the east Na’aran, and to the
toldot, after their bais avot, was Ma’achah; and the shem west Gezer, with the villages
were bands of soldiers for of the second was thereof; Shechem also and the
milchamah, 36,000, for they Tzelophechad, and villages thereof, unto Ayyah
had many nashim and banim. Tzelophechad had banot. and the villages thereof;
|5| And their brethren among |16| And Ma’achah eshet |29| And by the borders of
all the mishpekhot of Machir bore ben, and she the Bnei Menasheh, Beit-
Yissakhar were gibborei called shmo Peresh; and the She'an and her villages,
chayil, reckoned in all by their shem of his brother was Taanach and her villages,
genealogies 87,000. Sheresh; and his banim were Megiddo and her villages, Dor
|6| The Bnei Binyamin: Bela, Ulam and Rakem. and her villages. In these
and Becher, and Yedia'el, 3. |17| And the Bnei Ulam: dwelt the Bnei Yosef Ben
|7| And the Bnei Bela: Bedan. These were the Bnei Yisroel.
Etzbon, and Uzzi, and Uzzi'el, Gil’ad Ben Machir Ben |30| The Bnei Asher: Yimnah,
and Yerimot, and Iri, 5; heads Menasheh. and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and
of their bais avot, gibborei |18| And his achot Beri'ah, and Serach their
chayalim (warriors of valor); Hammolekhet bore Ishhod, achot.
and were reckoned by their and Aviezer, and Machlah. |31| And the Bnei Beriah:
genealogies 22,034. Chever, and Malki'el, who is
avi Birzavit.
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|32| And Chever fathered them away: Chushim and |32| And Miklot fathered
Yaphlet, Shomer, Chotam, Ba'ara were his nashim. Shime'ah. And these also
and Shu'a their achot. |9| And he fathered of dwelt near their achim in
|33| And the Bnei Yaphlet: Chodesh his isha, Yovav, Yerushalayim with their
Pasach, Bimhal, Ashvat. Tzivya, Mesha, and Malkam, achim.
These are the Bnei Yaphlet. |10| And Yeutz, Sochya, |33| And Ner fathered Kish,
|34| And the Bnei Shemer: Mirmah. These were his and Kish fathered Sha'ul, and
Achi, Rohgah, Chubbah, and banim, rashei avot. Sha'ul fathered Yonatan, and
Aram. |11| And of Chushim he Malki-Shua, and Avinadav,
|35| And the Ben Helem his fathered Avituv, and Elpa'al. and Eshba'al.
brother: Tzophach, Yimna, |12| The Bnei Elpaal: Ever, |34| And the Ben Yonatan
Shelesh, and Amal. Misham, Shemed, who built was Meriv Ba'al; and Meriv
|36| The Bnei Tzophach: Ono, and Lod, with the Ba'al fathered Michah.
Suach, Charnepher, Shu'al, villages thereof; |35| And the Bnei Michah
Beri, and Yimrah, |13| Beriah also, and Shema, were Piton, and Melech, and
[37| Betzer, Hod, Shamma, who were rashei avot of the Tarea, and Achaz.
Shilshah, Yitran, and Be'era. inhabitants of Ayalon, who |36| And Achaz fathered
|38| And the Bnei Yeter: drove away the inhabitants Yehoadah; and Yehoadah
Yephunneh, Pispah, Ara. of Gat; fathered Alemet, Azmavet,
|39| And the Bnei Ulla: |14| And Achyo, Shashak, and Zimri; and Zimri fathered
Arach, Channiel, Ritzyah. and Yeremot, Motza,
|40| All these were the Bnei |15| Zevadyah, Arad, Eder, |37| And Motza fathered
Asher, heads of their bais |16| Micha'el, Yishpah, and Binea; Rapha bno, Eleasah
avot, choice gibborim Yocha, the Bnei Beri'ah; bno, Atzel bno.
chayalim, outstanding of the |17| And Zevadyah, and |38| And Atzel had six banim,
nasi'im. And the number Meshullam, and Chizki, and whose shmot are these:
throughout the genealogy of Chever, Azrikam, Bocheru, and
them that were battle-ready |18| Yishmerai also, and Yishma'el, and She'aryah, and
was twenty and six elef Yizli'ah, and Yovav, the Bnei Ovadyah, and Chanan. All
anashim. Elpa'al; these were the Bnei Atzel.
|19| Yakim, Zichri, Zavdi, |39| And the Bnei Eshek his
|20| Elienai, Tziltai, Eli'el, brother were Ulam his bechor,
Now Binyamin fathered |21| Adayah, Berayah, and Ye'ush the second, and
8 Bela his bechor, Ashbel

the second, and Achrach
the third,
Shimrat, the Bnei Shimei;
|22| Yishpan, Ever, Eli'el,
|23| Avdon, Zichri, Chanan,
Eliphelet the third.
|40| And the Bnei Ulam were
anashim gibbrei chayil,
|2| Nochah the fourth, and |24| Chananyah, Eilam, and archers, and had many
Rapha the fifth. Antotyah, banim, and bnei banim, a
|3| And the Bnei Bela were |25| Yiphdeyah, and Penuel, hundred and fifty. All these
Addar, Gera, Avihud, the Bnei Shashak; are of the Bnei Binyamin.
|4| Avishua, Na’aman, and |26| And Shamsherai, and
Achoach, Shecharyah, and Atalyah,
|5| Gera, Shephuphan, and |27| And Ya'areshyah, and
Churam. Eliyah, and Zichri, the Bnei So kol Yisroel were
|6| And these are the Bnei
Echud: these are the rashei
avot of the inhabitants of
Yerocham.
|28| These were rashei avot,
by their toldot, leaders. These
9 reckoned by genealogies;
and, hinei, they were
recorded and written down in
Geva, and they drove them out dwelt in Yerushalayim. the sefer of the melachim of
to Manachat; |29| And at Giveon dwelt avi Yisroel and Yehudah, who
|7| And Na’aman, and Giveon, shem of his isha: were carried away into the
Achiyah, and Gera drove them Ma’achah; Golus to Bavel for their
out, and fathered |30| And his bechor was unfaithfulness.
Uzza, and Achichud. Avdon, and Tzur, and Kish, |2| Now the first inhabitants
|8| And Shacharayim and Ba’al, and Nadav, that dwelt in their possessions
fathered banim in the country |31| And Gedor, and Achyo, in their towns were Yisroel, the
of Moav, after he had sent and Zecher. kohanim, Levi'im, and the
Netinim [i.e., Temple servants].
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|3| And in Yerushalayim in the villages of the in their emunah (set office,
dwelt of the Bnei Yehudah, Netophati. entrusted responsibility), and
and of the Bnei Binyamin, |17| And the sho'arim were were over the rooms and
and of the Bnei Ephrayim, Shallum, Akkuv, Talmon, otzarot (treasuries) of the Bais
and Menasheh: Achiman, and their brethren; HaElohim.
|4| Utai Ben Ammihud Ben Shallum was HaRosh, |27| And they spent the night
Omri Ben Imri Ben Banimin, |18| Who up to now had been around the Bais HaElohim,
of the Bnei Peretz Ben stationed at Sha'ar HaMelech because the mishmeret was
Yehudah. eastward; they were sho'arim upon them; they were
|5| And of the Shiloni: in the machanot Bnei Levi. responsible for the mafte'ach
Asayah the bechor, and his |19| And Shallum Ben Kore (key) thereof laboker laboker.
banim. Ben Evyasaph Ben Korach |28| And certain of them had
|6| The Bnei Zerach: Yeu'el and his brethren of the bais the charge of the kelim
and their brethren, 690. aviv, the Korechim, were over (vessels) of the avodah (service,
|7| And of the Bnei the work of the avodah, ministry), that they should
Binyamin: Sallu Ben shomrei hasapim laOhel bring them in and out by
Meshullam Ben Hodavyah (keepers of the thresholds of inventory count.
Ben Hasenuah, the Tent [of Meeting]); and |29| Some of them also were
|8| And Yivneyah Ben avoteihem, being over the appointed to oversee the kelim
Yerocham, and Elah Ben Uzzi Machaneh Hashem, were (vessels), and all the k'lei
Ben Michri and Meshullam shomrim of the entrance. haKodesh, and the solet
Ben Shephatyah Ben Reuel |20| And Pinchas Ben (flour), and the yayin, and the
Ben Yivniyah; Eleazar was nagid over them shemen, and the incense, and
|9| And their brethren, in time past, and Hashem was the spices.
according to their toldot, 956. with him. |30| And some of the Bnei
All these anashim were rashei |21| And Zecharyah Ben HaKohanim mixed the
avot in the bais avoteihem. Meshelemyah was sho'er blending of the spices [of the
|10| And of the kohanim; (doorkeeper, gatekeeper) shemen mishchat kodesh, holy
Yedayah, and Yehoyariv, and of the Petach of the Ohel anointing oil].
Yachin, Mo'ed. |31| And Mattityah, one of
|11| And Azaryah Ben |22| All these which were the Levi'im, who was the
Chilkiyah Ben Meshullam Ben haberurim (the ones being bechor of Shallum the
Tzadok Ben Merayot Ben chosen) to be sho'arim Korechi, had the emunah (set
Achituv, the nagid of the Bais (gatekeepers) in the sapim office, entrusted
HaElohim; (thresholds) were 212. These responsibility) over the things
|12| And Adayah Ben were reckoned by their that were made in
Yerocham Ben Pashchur Ben genealogy in their villages, hachavitim (panbaking
Malkiyah, and Ma’asai Ben whom Dovid and Shmuel the [offerings]).
Adiel Ben Yachzerah, Ro'eh (seer) did assign in their |32| And other of their
Ben Meshullam Ben emunah (set office, entrusted brethren, of the Bnei
Meshilmit Ben Immer; responsibility). HaKehati, were over the
|13| And their brethren, |23| So they and their banim Lechem HaMaarechet (Bread
heads of their bais avot, 1,760; had the oversight of the of Array, Showbread), to
gibborei chayil for the work of she'arim (gates) of the Beis prepare it Shabbos Shabbos.
the avodas Bais HaElohim. Hashem, namely, the Beis |33| And these are the
|14| And of the Levi'im: HaOhel, by mishmarot (shifts, meshorerim (singers), family
Shema'yah Ben Chashshuv watches). heads of the Levi'im, who
Ben Azrikam Ben Chashavyah |24| In four quarters were the remained in the Peturim
of the Bnei Merari; sho'arim, toward the east, Chambers; for they were
|15| And Bakbakkar, west, north, and south. employed in that work yomam
Cheresh, Galal, and Matanyah |25| And their brethren, valailah.
Ben Michah Ben Zichri Ben which were in their villages, |34| These family heads of
Asaph; were to come after shivat the Levi'im were heads
|16| And Ovadyah Ben hayamim from time to time throughout their
Shema'yah Ben Galal Ben with them. toldot; these dwelt at
Yedutun, and Berechyah Ben |26| For these Levi'im, the Yerushalayim.
Asa Ben Elkanah, that dwelt four gibborei hasho'arim, were
|35| And in Giveon dwelt the |4| Then said Sha'ul to his Devar Hashem, over which he
avi Giveon, Yeiel, the shem of noseh keli (armor bearer), was not shomer, and also for
whose isha was Ma’achah, Draw thy cherev, and thrust consulting an ov (one with a
|36| And his bechor Avdon, me through therewith; familiar spirit) to seek
then Tzur, and Kish, and lest these arelim guidance;
Ba’al, and Ner, and Nadav. (uncircumcised ones) come |14| And inquired not of
|37| And Gedor, and Achyo, and abuse me. But his noseh Hashem; therefore He
and Zecharyah, and Miklot. keli would not; for he was very slaughtered him, and turned
|38| And Miklot fathered afraid. So Sha'ul took a over the kingdom unto Dovid
Shimeam. And they also dwelt cherev, and fell upon it. Ben Yishai.
near their brethren at |5| And when his noseh keli Then kol Yisroel
Yerushalayim with their
brethren.
|39| And Ner fathered Kish;
saw that Sha'ul was dead, he
fell likewise on the cherev, and
died.
11 gathered
themselves to
Dovid unto Chevron,
and Kish fathered Sha'ul; and |6| So Sha'ul died, and his saying, Hinei, we are thy
Sha'ul fathered Yonatan, and shloshet banim, and all his etzem (bone) and thy basar.
Malki-Shua, and Avinadav, Bais died together. |2| And moreover in time
and Eshba’al. |7| And when kol Ish Yisroel past, even when Sha'ul was
|40| And the Ben Yonatan that were in the emek (valley) melech, thou wast
was Meriv-Ba’al; and Meriv- saw that they fled, and that he that hamotzi (led out) and
Ba’al fathered Michah. Sha'ul and his banim were brought in Yisroel; and
|41| And the Bnei Michah dead, then they abandoned Hashem Eloheicha said unto
were Piton, and Melech, and their towns, and fled; and the thee, Thou shalt shepherd My
Tachre'a. Pelishtim came and took people Yisroel, and thou shalt
|42| And Achaz fathered occupation of them. be Nagid over My people
Yarah; and Yarah fathered |8| And it came to pass on the Yisroel.
Alemet, and Azmavet, and next day, when the Pelishtim |3| Therefore came all the
Zimri; and Zimri fathered came to strip the chalalim, Ziknei Yisroel to HaMelech to
Motza; that they found Sha'ul and his Chevron; and Dovid cut a Brit
|43| And Motza fathered banim fallen on Mt Gilboa. with them in Chevron before
Binea; and Refayah bno, |9| And when they had Hashem; and vayimeshechu
Eleasah bno, Atzel bno. stripped him, they took his (they anointed) Dovid Melech
|44| And Atzel had six banim, rosh (head), and his keli over Yisroel, according to the
whose shmot are these; (armor), and sent into eretz Devar Hashem by Shmuel.
Azrikam, Bocheru, and Pelishtim all around, to carry |4| And Dovid and Kol
Yishmael, and Shearyah, and the news unto their atzabim, Yisroel went to Yerushalayim,
Ovadyah, and Chanan; these and to the people. which is Yevus; where the
were the Bnei Atzel. |10| And they put his keli in Yevusi were, the inhabitants of
Now the Pelishtim the Bais eloheihem, and ha'aretz.
10 (Philistines) fought
against Yisroel;
and the men of Yisroel fled
fastened his head in the Bais
Dagon.
|11| And when kol Yavesh
|5| And the inhabitants of
Yevus said to Dovid, Thou
shalt not come in here.
from before the Pelishtim, and Gilead heard all that the Nevertheless Dovid took the
fell down chalalim (slain ones) Pelishtim had done to Sha'ul, Metzudat Tziyon, which is Ir
on Mt Gilboa. |12| They arose, kol ish Dovid.
|2| And the Pelishtim chayil, and took the gufat |6| And Dovid said,
followed hard after Sha'ul, Sha'ul (body of Sha'ul), and Whosoever attacketh the
and after his banim; and the the gufot of his banim, and Yevusi barishonah shall
Pelishtim slaughtered brought them to Yavesh, and be Rosh and Sar. So Yoav Ben
Yonatan, and Avinadav, and buried their atzmot under Tzeruyah went up first, and
Malki Shua, the Bnei Sha'ul. the elah (oak tree) in Yavesh, became Rosh.
|3| And the milchamah and underwent a tzom shivat |7| And Dovid dwelt in the
became intense against Sha'ul, yamim. Metzad; therefore they called
and the archers overtook him, |13| So Sha'ul died for his it Ir Dovid.
and he was wounded by the ma'al (unfaithfulness) which |8| And he built the Ir around
archers. he committed against it, even from the
Hashem, even against the
Millo to the surrounding the mayim from the bor (well) |25| Behold, he was honored
area, and Yoav repaired the of Beit-Lechem, that is at the among the Shloshim, but
rest of the Ir. sha'ar (gate) attained not to the Shloshah;
|9| So Dovid continued |18| And the Shlosha broke and Dovid set him over his
greater and greater, for through the machaneh mishma'at.
Hashem Tzva'os was with him. Pelishtim (Philistines), and |26| Also the valiant men of
|10| These also are the drew mayim out of the bor the armies were, Asah-El the
Roshei HaGibborim whom Beit-Lechem, that was by the brother of Yoav, Elchanan
Dovid had, who strengthened sha'ar, and took it, and Ben Dodo of Beit-Lechem,
themselves with him in his brought it to Dovid; but Dovid |27| Shammot the Harori,
Malchut, and with all Yisroel, would not drink of it, but Cheletz the Peloni,
to make him Melech, poured it out [like a nesekh |28| Ira Ben Ikkesh the Tekoi,
according to the Devar offering] to Hashem. Aviezer the Antoti,
Hashem concerning Yisroel. |19| And said, Chalilah li |29| Sibchai the Chushati,
|11| And this is the mispar meElohai (Elohai forbid it Ilai the Achochi,
(number) of the Gibborim me), that I should do this |30| Maharai the Netophati,
whom Dovid had: thing. Shall I drink the dahm Cheled Ben Ba’anah the
Yashov’am, a ben Chachmoni, of these anashim at their Netophati,
Rosh HaShaloshim: he lifted nafshot? For at jeopardy of |31| Ithai Ben Rivai of
up his khanit against shlosh their nafshot they brought it. Giveah, that pertained to the
me'ot slain by him at one time. Therefore he would not drink Bnei Binyamin, Benayah the
|12| And after him was it. These things did these Piratoni,
Eleazar Ben Dodo, the Shloshet HaGibborim. |32| Churai of the brooks of
Achochi, who was one |20| And Avishai the brother Ga’ash, Aviel the Arvati,
of the Shloshah HaGibborim. of Yoav, he was Rosh |33| Azmavet the Bacharumi,
|13| He was with Dovid at HaSheloshah; for lifting up Elyachba the Sha’alvoni,
Pas Dammim, and there the his khanit against Shlosh |34| The Bnei Hashem the
Pelishtim (Philistines) were Me'ot, he slaughtered them, Gizoni, Yonatan Ben Shageh
gathered together to battle, and had a shem among the the Harari,
where was chelekat hasadeh Shloshah. |35| Achiam Ben Sachar the
(a parcel of ground) full of |21| Of the Shloshah, he was Harari, Eliphal Ben Ur,
se'orim (barley); and HaAm more honored than the two; |36| Chepher the Mecherati,
(the people, troops, army) fled for he was their Sar; howbeit Achiyah the Peloni,
from before the Pelishtim he attained not to the [first] |37| Chetzro the Carmeli,
(Philistines). Shloshah [in comparison]. Na’arai Ben Ezbai,
|14| And they set themselves |22| Benayah Ben Yehoyada, |38| Yoel the brother of
in the midst of that chelekah a valiant man of Kavtze'el, Natan, Mivchar Ben Hagri,
(parcel), and delivered it, and who had done many exploits; |39| Tzelek the Ammoni,
slaughtered the Pelishtim he slaughtered two lion-like Naharai the Beroti, the
(Philistines); vayosha Hashem men of Moav; also he went armorbearer of Yoav ben
(and Hashem saved) them by down and slaughtered an ari Tzeruyah,
a teshu'ah gedolah (great in a bor (pit) on a yom sheleg |40| Ira the Yitri, Garev the
deliverance). (snowy day). Yitri,
|15| Now three of the |23| And he slaughtered the |41| Uriyah the Chitti, Zavad
sheloshim rosh went down to ish HaMitzri, a man of great Ben Achlai,
the Tzur to Dovid, into the stature, five cubits high; and |42| Adina Ben Shiza the
me'arah (cave) of Adulam; and in the yad HaMitzri was a Reuveni, a rosh of the
the machaneh of the Pelishtim khanit like a rod of an oreg Reubeni, and shloshim with
(Philistines) encamped in the (weaver); and he went down to him,
Emek Rephaim. him with a shevet (club), and |43| Chanan Ben Ma’achah,
|16| And Dovid was then in plucked the khanit out of the and Yoshaphat the Mitni,
the Metzudah, and the yad HaMitzri, and slaughtered |44| Uzzia the Ashterati,
garrison of the Pelishtim was him with his own khanit. Shama and
then at Beit-Lechem. |24| These things did [T.N. Dovid knew he did not
|17| And Dovid had a [thirsty] Benayah Ben Yehoyada, and come to be served but to serve
longing, and said, Oh that one had the shem among the cf 1Chr 11:19; Mk 10:45]
would draw for me drink of Shloshah HaGibborim.
Ye'iel the Bnei Chotam |9[10]| Ezer the head, Pelishtim after etzah (counsel)
the Aroeri, Ovadyah the second, Eliav the sent him [Dovid] away, saying,
|45| Yedia'el Ben Shimri, and third, He [Dovid] will defect to his
Yocha his brother, the Titzi, |10[11]| Mishmannah the adon Sha'ul to the jeopardy of
|46| Eliel the Mahavi, Yeri- fourth, Yirmeyah the fifth, our heads.
vai, Yoshavyah, the Bnei |11[12]| Attai the sixth, Eliel |20[21]| As he went to
Elna’am, Yitmah the Moavi, the seventh, Tziklag, there defected to him
|47| Eliel, Oved, and Ya’asiel |12[13]| Yochanan the eighth, those of Menasheh, Adnach,
the Metzovayah. Elzavad the ninth, and Yozavad, and Yedia'el,
Now these are they |13[14]| Yirmeyah the tenth, and Micha'el, and Yozavad,
12 that came to Dovid

to Tziklag, while he
was still a fugitive because of
Machbanai the eleventh.
|14[15]| These were of the
Bnei Gad, commanders of the
and Elihu, and Tziltai, heads
of the alafim that were of
Menasheh.
Sha'ul Ben Kish; and they tzava (army). One of the least |21[22]| And they helped
were among the gibborim, was equal to a hundred, and Dovid against the gedud, for
helpers in milchamah. the greatest to an elef. they were all gibborei chayil,
|2| They were armed with |15[16]| These are they that and were sarim in the tzava
keshet (bow), and could use went over Yarden in the first (army).
both the right hand and the month, when it was over- |22[23]| For at that time day
left in hurling stones and flowing all its banks; they put by day there came men to
shooting khitzim (arrows) to flight all them of the Dovid to help him, until it was
from a keshet; they were valleys, both toward the east, a machaneh gadol, like the
kinsmen of Sha'ul, of and toward the west. Machaneh Elohim.
Binyamin. |16[17]| And there came of |23[24]| And these are the
|3| The head was Achiezer, the Bnei Binyamin and numbers of the leaders that
then Yoash, the Bnei Yehudah to the stronghold were ready-armed for the
Shema'ah the Giveati; Yeziel, unto Dovid. army, and came to Dovid to
Pelet, the Bnei Azmavet; Ber- |17[18]| And Dovid went out Chevron, to turn over the
achah, and Yehu the Antoti. before them, and answered Malchut Sha'ul to him,
|4[5]| And Yishmayah the and said unto them, If ye be according to the word of
Giveoni, a gibbor among the come in shalom unto me to Hashem.
Shloshim (Thirty), and over help me, mine lev shall be |24[25]| The Bnei Yehudah
the Shloshim; and Yirmeyah, united unto you, but if ye be that bore shield and romach
Yachaziel, Yochanan, come to betray me to mine (spear) were six alafim and
and Yozavad the Gederati, enemies, seeing there is no eight hundred, ready-armed
|5[6]| Eluzai, Yerimot, chamas in mine hands, Elohei for tzva.
Bealyah, Shemaryahu, and Avoteinu look thereon, and |25[26]| Of the Bnei Shim'on,
Shephatyahu the Charuphi, pass [His] judgment. gibborei chayil for tzava,
|6[7]| Elkanah, Yishiyahu, |18[19]| Then the Ruach shivat alafim and one
Azare'el, Yoezer, and [HaKodesh] came upon hundred.
Yashovàm, the Korchi, Amasai, who was head of the |26[27]| Of the Bnei Levi four
|7[8]| And Yoelah, and Thirty, and he said, Thine are alafim and six hundred.
Zevadyah, the Bnei Yerocham we, Dovid, and on thy side, |27[28]| And Yehoyada was
of Gedor. thou Ben Yishai. Shalom, the nagid of those of Aharon,
|8[9]| And of the Gadi there shalom be unto thee, and and with him were three
separated themselves unto shalom be to thine helpers; for alafim and sheva hundred;
Dovid into the stronghold in Eloheicha helpeth thee. Then |28[29]| And Tzadok, a na'ar
the midbar gibborei hachayil Dovid received them, and gibbor chayil, and of bais aviv
(men of valor), and anshei made them heads of the gedud twenty and two sarim.
tzavah (army men) for (raiding band, troop). |29[30]| And of the Bnei
milchamah, that could handle |19[20]| And there defected Binyamin, the kindred of
shield and spear, whose faces some of Menasheh to Dovid, Sha'ul, three alafim; for up
were like the faces of aryeh, when he went with the until then the greatest part of
and were as swift as the Pelishtim (Philistines) against them had kept shomrim
gazelles upon the harim; Sha'ul for milchamah, but mishmeret Bais Sha’ul
they helped them [Pelishtim] (guarded loyalty
not; for the rulers of the
Divrey Hayamim Alef 12, 13, 14 782 Orthodox Jewish Bible
to the House of Sha'ul). eating and drinking, for their chadashah from the bais
|30[31]| And of the Bnei brethren had prepared for Avinadav, and Uzza and
Ephrayim twenty elef and them. Achyo guided the agalah.
eight hundred, gibborei |40[41]| Moreover they that |8| And Dovid and Kol
chayil, famous throughout the were kerovim (near ones, Yisroel rejoiced before
bais of their avot. neighbors) to them, even unto HaElohim with kol oz and
|31[32]| And of the half tribe Yissakhar and Zevulun and with shirim (songs), and with
of Menasheh eighteen elef, Naphtali, brought lechem on kinnorot (harps), and with
which were designated by chamorim, and on gemalim nevalim (lyres), and with
shmot, to come and make (camels), and on peradim, and tambourines, and with
Dovid Melech. on bakar, and food of kemach cymbals, and with
|32[33]| And of the Bnei (flour), cakes of figs, and raisin chatzotzerot (trumpets).
Yissakhar, which were men cakes, and yayin, and shemen, |9| And when they came unto
that had binah and bakar, and tzon the goren Kidon, Uzza
(understanding) of the times, abundantly; for there was reached his yad to steady the
to know what Yisroel ought to simchah in Yisroel. Aron; for the ox tilted it.
do; the heads of them were And Dovid |10| And the Af Hashem was
two hundred; and all their
brethren were under their
commandment.
13 consulted with the
sarei ha’alafim
and me'ot, and with every
kindled against Uzza, and He
struck him down, because he
put his yad to the Aron, and
|33[34]| Of Zevulun, such as nagid. there he died before Elohim.
went forth to tzava (military |2| And Dovid said unto kol |11| And Dovid burned with
service), expert in milchamah, Kehal Yisroel, If it seem tov anger, because Hashem had
with all instruments of unto you, and that it be of made a peretz (outburst),
milchamah, fifty elef, which Hashem Eloheinu, let us send breaking out upon Uzza,
could keep rank; they were not out everywhere unto acheinu wherefore that makom is
of double heart. (our brethren), that remain in called Peretz-Uzzah to this
|34[35]| And of Naphtali elef kol Aratzot Yisroel, and with day.
sarim, and with them with them also to the Kohanim and |12| And Dovid was afraid of
shield and khanit (spear) Levi'im which are in their HaElohim that day, saying,
thirty and shivah elef. towns and migroshot (adjacent How shall I bring the Aron
|35[36]| And of the Dani open lands), that they may HaElohim to me?
expert in milchamah twenty gather themselves unto us; |13| So Dovid brought not the
and eight elef and six |3| And let us bring back the Aron to himself to Ir Dovid,
hundred. Aron Eloheinu to us, for we but took it aside into the bais
|36[37]| And of Asher, such as inquired not of him in the Oved-Edom the Gitti.
went forth to tzava (military yamim of Sha'ul. |14| And the Aron HaElohim
service), expert in milchamah, |4| And kol HaKahal said remained with the Bais Oved-
forty elef. that they would do so, for the Edom in his bais three
|37[38]| And on the other side thing was yashar in the eyes of months. And Hashem made a
of Yarden, of the Reuveni, and kol HaAm. berakhah upon the Bais Oved-
the Gadi, and of the half |5| So Dovid assembled kol Edom, and all that he had.
shevet (tribe) of Menasheh, Yisroel together, from Shichor [T.N. When translating the
with all manner of in Mitzrayim even unto the OJB our team of proofreaders
instruments of tzava for the entrance of Chamat, to bring discovered the truth of this
milchamah, a hundred and the Aron HaElohim from verse, 1Chr 13:14]
twenty elef. Kiryat Ye'arim. Now Churam
|38[39]| All these anshei
milchamah, that could keep
rank, came with a levav
|6| And Dovid went up, and
kol Yisroel, to Ba’alah, that is,
to Kiryat Ye'arim, which
14 Melech Tzor sent
malachim to
Dovid, and timber of cedars,
shalem to Chevron, to make belonged to Yehudah, to bring with masons and carpenters,
Dovid Melech over kol Yisroel; up from there the Aron to build him a bais (palace).
and all the rest also of Yisroel HaElohim Hashem, that is |2| And Dovid perceived that
were of lev echad to make enthroned upon the keruvim, Hashem had established him
Dovid Melech. that is called by [His] Shem. Melech over Yisroel, for his
|39[40]| And there they were |7| And they moved the Aron malchut was lifted up on
with Dovid yamim shloshah, HaElohim on an agalah
high, for the sake of His them opposite the mulberry |11| And Dovid summoned
people Yisroel. trees. Tzadok and Evyatar
|3| And Dovid took more |15| And it shall be, when (Abiathar) the Kohanim,
nashim at Yerushalayim; and thou shalt hear a sound of as well as the Levi'im, for
Dovid fathered more banim marching in the tops of the Uriel, Asayah, and Yoel,
and banot. mulberry trees, that then thou Shema'yah, and Eliel, and
|4| Now these are the shmot shalt go out to milchamah; for Amminadav,
of his banim which were born HaElohim is gone forth before |12| And said unto them, Ye
in Yerushalayim: Shammua, thee to strike the machaneh are the rashei ha’avot of the
and Shovav, Natan, and Pelishtim. Levi'im; set yourselves apart as
Sh'lomo, |16| Dovid therefore did as kodesh, both ye and your
|5| And Yivchar, and Elishua, Elohim commanded him, and brethren, that ye may bring up
and Elpalet, they struck down the Aron Hashem Elohei Yisroel
|6| And Nogah, and Nepheg, machaneh Pelishtim from unto the place that I have
and Yaphia, Giveon even to Gezer. prepared for it.
|7| And Elishama, and |17| And the shem (fame) of |13| For because ye did it not
Be'elyada, and Eliphalet. Dovid went out into all lands; at the first, Hashem Eloheinu
|8| And when the Pelishtim and Hashem brought the broke out upon us, for that we
(Philistines) heard that Dovid pachad (terror) of him upon inquired of Him not according
nimshach (was anointed) kol HaGoyim. to the mishpat (due order,
Melech over kol Yisroel, all the And Dovid made ordinance).
Pelishtim went up to search
for Dovid. Dovid heard of it,
and went out against them.
15 him batim
(buildings) in Ir
Dovid, and prepared a makom
|14| So the Kohanim and the
Levi'im set themselves apart as
kodesh to bring up Aron
|9| And the Pelishtim for Aron HaElohim, and Hashem Elohei Yisroel.
(Philistines) came and spread pitched for it an ohel. |15| And the Bnei HaLevi'im
out in the Emek Rephaim. |2| Then Dovid said, None bore the Aron HaElohim upon
|10| And Dovid inquired of may carry Aron HaElohim but their shoulders with the motot
Elohim, saying, Shall I go up the Levi'im; for them hath (poles) thereon, as Moshe
against the Pelishtim? And Hashem bachar (chosen) to commanded according to the
wilt Thou deliver them into carry the Aron HaElohim, and Devar Hashem.
mine yad? And Hashem said to minister unto Him ad olam. |16| And Dovid spoke to the
unto him, Go up; for I will |3| And Dovid assembled kol Sarei HaLevi'im to appoint
deliver them into thine yad. Yisroel together at their brethren to be the
|11| So they came up to Ba’al- Yerushalayim, to bring up meshorerim (singers) with
Peratzim; and Dovid defeated Aron Hashem unto his instruments of music, nevalim
them there. Then Dovid said, makom (place, home) which (lyres) and kinnorot (harps)
Elohim hath broken out upon he had prepared for it. and cymbals, sounding, by
mine oyevim by mine |4| And Dovid assembled the lifting up the voice with
yad like the peretz mayim Bnei Aharon, and the Levi'im; simchah.
(breaking forth of waters); |5| Of the Bnei Kehat; Uriel |17| So the Levi'im appointed
therefore they called the shem the sar, and his brethren a Heman Ben Yoel; and of his
of that makom Ba’al-Peratzim. 120; brethren, Asaph Ben
|12| And when they [the |6| Of the Bnei Merari; Berechyahu; and of the Bnei
Pelishtim] had abandoned Asayah the sar, and his Merari their brethren, Eitan
their elohim there, Dovid gave brethren 220; Ben Kushayahu;
a commandment, and they |7| Of the Bnei Gershom; Yoel |18| And with them their
were burned with eish. the sar and his brethren 130; brethren of the next rank,
|13| And the Pelishtim |8| Of the Bnei Elitzaphan; Zecharyah, Ben, and Ya'aziel,
(Philistines) yet again spread Shema'yah the sar, and his and Shemiramot, and Yechiel,
out in the emek (valley). brethren 200; and Unni, Eliav, and
|14| Therefore Dovid |9| Of the Bnei Chevron; Eliel Benayahu, and Ma’aseiyahu,
inquired again of Elohim, and the sar, and his brethren 80; and Mattityahu, and
Elohim said unto him, Go not |10| Of the Bnei Uzziel; Eliph'lehu, and Mikneyahu,
up after them; circle around Amminadav the sar, and his and Oved Edom, and Ye'i'el,
upon them, and come upon brethren 112. the sho'arim (gatekeepers).
|19| So the meshorerim shouting, and with sound of among the nations.
(singers), Heman, Asaph, and the shofar, and with trumpets, |9| Sing unto Him, sing
Eitan, sounded the cymbals of and with cymbals, sounding psalms unto Him, tell ye of all
nechoshet; nevalim (lyres) and His nifle'ot (wondrous deeds).
|20| And Zecharyah, and kinnorot (harps). |10| Glory ye in Shem
Aziel, and Shemiramot, and |29| And it came to pass, as Kadesho; let the lev of them
Yechiel, and Unni, and Eliav, the Aron Brit Hashem came to rejoice that seek Hashem.
and Ma’aseiyahu, and Ir Dovid, that Michal Bat |11| Seek Hashem and His
Benayahu, with nevalim Sha’ul, looking out at the oz, seek His face tamid.
(lyres) al-alamot (after the chalon, saw Dovid HaMelech |12| Remember His nifle'ot
manner of virgins, i.e., in the dancing and whirling. And she that He hath done, His
treble--see Ps 46:1); despised him in her lev. mofetim, and the mishpatim
|21| And Mattityahu, and So they brought of His mouth;
Eliph'lehu, and Mikneyahu,
and Oved Edom, and Ye'i'el,
and Azazyahu, with kinnorot
16 the Aron
HaElohim, and set
it inside the Ohel that Dovid
|13| O ye zera Yisroel His
eved, ye Bnei Ya'akov, His
chosen ones.
(harps) al-HaSheminit to had pitched for it; and they |14| He is Hashem Eloheinu;
direct. offered olot (burnt sacrifices) His mishpatim are in kol
|22| And Kenanyahu, sar and shelamim before ha'aretz.
HaLevi'im, was for singing; he HaElohim. |15| Be ye mindful l'olam of
directed the song, because of |2| And when Dovid had His Brit; the davar which He
his understanding. made an end of offering the commanded to an elef dor;
|23| And Berechyah and olot and the shelamim, he |16| Even of the Brit which
Elkanah were shoarim blessed HaAm b'Shem He cut with Avraham, and of
(doorkeepers) for the Aron. Hashem. His shevu'a (oath) unto
|24| And Shevanyahu, and |3| And he apportioned to kol Yitzchak;
Yehoshaphat, and Netanel, Ish Yisroel, both ish and isha, |17| And hath confirmed the
and Amasai, and to every one a kikar lechem, same to Ya'akov for a chok
Zecharyah, and Benayahu, and a good piece of meat, and (decree), and to Yisroel for a
and Eliezer, the Kohanim, did a raisin cake. Brit Olam,
blow the trumpets before the |4| And he appointed certain |18| Saying, Unto thee will I
Aron HaElohim; and Oved of the Levi'im as mesharetim give Eretz Kena'an, the chevel
Edom and Yechiyah were (ministers) before the Aron (portion), the lot of your
shoarim (doorkeepers) for the Hashem, and to remember, nachalah
Aron. and to thank and to praise |19| When ye were but few,
|25| So Dovid, and the Ziknei Hashem Elohei Yisroel; even a few, and gerim in it.
Yisroel, and the sarim over |5| Asaph HaRosh, and |20| And when they went
alafim, went to bring up Aron mishneh to him Zecharyah, from goy (nation) to goy, and
Brit Hashem out of the Bais Ye'i'el, and Shemiramot, and from one mamlachah to an
Oved Edom with simchah. Yechiel, and Mattityah, and Am acher (another people),
|26| And it came to pass, Eliav, and Benayah, and |21| He permitted no ish to
when HaElohim helped the Oved-Edom; and Ye'i'el with oppress them; he reproved
Levi'im that bore the Aron Brit instruments of nevalim (lyres) melachim for their sakes,
Hashem, that they offered in and with kinnorot; but Asaph |22| Saying, Touch not Mine
sacrifice shivah bulls and made a sound with cymbals; anointed ones, and do My
shivah rams. |6| Benayah also and nevi'im no harm.
|27| And Dovid was clothed Yachziel the Kohanim with |23| Sing unto Hashem, kol
with a me'il butz (fine linen chatzotzerot (trumpets) tamid ha'aretz; show forth from day
robe), and all the Levi'im that (continually) before the Aron to day His Yeshuah
bore the Aron, and the Brit HaElohim. (salvation).
meshorerim (singers); and |7| Then on that day Dovid |24| Declare His kavod
Kenanyah the master of the first committed the giving of among the Goyim; His nifle'ot
song with the meshorerim; thanks unto Hashem into the among kol
Dovid also had upon him a yad Asaph and his achim.
linen ephod [see Psalm 110:4]. |8| Give thanks unto
|28| Thus kol Yisroel brought Hashem, call upon Shmo,
up the Aron Brit Hashem with make known His deeds
haAmim. before the Aron tamid shalt not build Me HaBayit to

|25| For gadol is Hashem, (continually), accordingly yom dwell in,
and greatly to be praised; He by its yom; |5| For I have not dwelt in a
also is to be feared above kol |38| And Oved-Edom with Bayit since the day that I
elohim. their achim, threescore and brought up Yisroel until this
|26| For kol elohei haAmim eight; Oved-Edom Ben Yeditun day, but have gone from ohel
are elilim, but Hashem made and Chosah as Shoarim to ohel, and from one mishkan
Shomayim. (gatekeepers); to another.
|27| Hod and Hadar are in |39| And Tzadok HaKohen, |6| Wheresoever I have
His presence; oz and chedvah and his achim the Kohanim, walked with kol Yisroel, spoke
(joy) are in His makom (place, before the Mishkan Hashem I a word to any of the
home, dwelling). in the bamah (high place) that Shofetim of Yisroel, whom I
|28| Ascribe unto Hashem, ye was at Giveon, commanded to shepherd My
mishpechot Amim, ascribe |40| To offer olot (burnt people, saying, Why have ye
unto Hashem Kavod and oz. offerings) unto Hashem upon not built me a Bais Arazim?
|29| Ascribe unto Hashem the Mizbe'ach HaOlah tamid |7| Now therefore thus shalt
the kavod due unto Shmo; (continually) boker and erev, thou say unto Avdi Dovid,
bring a minchah, and come and to do according to all that Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os, I
before Him; worship Hashem is written in the Torat took thee from the naveh, even
in the hadar (splendor) of Hashem, which He from following the tzon, that
kodesh (holiness). commanded Yisroel; thou shouldest be Nagid over
|30| Fear before Him, kol |41| And with them Heman My people Yisroel;
ha'aretz; the tevel (world) also and Yedutun, and the rest that |8| And I have been with thee
shall be firmly established, were the Chosen ones, who whithersoever thou hast
that it be not moved. were designated by shemot, to walked, and have cut off all
|31| Let HaShomayim have give thanksgiving to Hashem, thine oyevim from before thee,
simcha, and let ha'aretz ki l'olam chasdo. and have made thee a shem
rejoice; and let them say |42| And with them Heman like the shem of the gedolim
among the Goyim, Hashem and Yedutun with that are in ha'aretz.
reigneth. Chatzotzerot (trumpets) and |9| Also I will ordain a
|32| Let the yam roar, and cymbals for those that should makom for My people Yisroel,
the fulness thereof; let the make a sound, and with klei and will plant them, and they
sadeh rejoice, and all that is Shir HaElohim (musical shall dwell in their place, and
therein. instruments of G-d). And the shall be moved no more;
|33| Then shall the trees of Bnei Yedutun were neither shall the bnei avel
the ya'ar (forest, woods) sing at the Sha'ar (gate). oppress them any more, as
out before Hashem, because |43| And kol haAm departed they did at the beginning,
He cometh to judge ha'aretz. every ish to his bais; and |10| And since the time that I
|34| O give thanks unto Dovid returned to bless his commanded Shofetim to be
Hashem, for He is tov; for His bais. over My people Yisroel.
chesed endureth l'olam. Now it came to Moreover I will subdue all
|35| And say ye, Hosheini,
Elohei Yisheinu (G-d of our
salvation), and gather us
17 pass, as Dovid sat
in his bais, that
Dovid said to Natan HaNavi,
thine oyevim. Furthermore I
tell thee that Hashem will
build thee a Bais (House,
together, and deliver us from Hinei, I dwell in a bais Dynasty).
the Goyim, that we may give ha’arazim (a palace of cedars) |11| And it shall come to
thanks to Shem Kadshecha, but the Aron Brit Hashem pass, when thy yamim are
and glory in Thy tehillah [dwelleth] under tent curtains. expired that thou must go to
(praise). |2| Then Natan said to Dovid, be with Avoteicha, that I will
|36| Baruch Hashem Elohei Do all that is in thine levav; raise up thy zera after thee,
Yisroel min HaOlam v'ad for HaElohim is with thee. which shall be of thy banim;
HaOlam. And kol HaAm |3| And it came to pass the and I will establish his
said, Omein, and praised same lailah, that the Devar Malchut ([Messianic]
Hashem. Elohim came to Natan, saying, Kingdom).
|37| So he left there before |4| Go and tell Dovid Avdi, |12| He shall build for Me a
the Aron Brit Hashem Asaph Thus saith Hashem, Thou Bais, and I will establish his
and his achim, to minister kisse ad olam.
|13| I will be his Av, and he Hashem, became their |5| And when the Syrians of
shall be My Ben [HaElohim]; Elohim. Damascus came to help
and I will not take My chesed |23| Therefore now, Hashem, Hadadezer Melech Tzovah,
away from him, as I took it let the davar that Thou hast Dovid slaughtered of the
from him that was before thee, spoken concerning Thy eved Syrians 22,000 ish.
|14| But I will set him in and concerning his Bais be |6| Then Dovid put garrisons
Mine Bais and in My Malchut established ad olam, and do in Aram Damascus; and the
ad olam, and his kisse shall be as Thou hast said. Syrians became Dovid's
established ad olam. |24| Let it even be estab- avadim (subjects), bearing
|15| According to all these lished, that Thy Shem may be minchah (tribute). Thus
devarim, and according to all magnified ad olam, saying, Hashem saved Dovid wherever
this chazon (revelation), so did Hashem Tzva'os is Elohei he went.
Natan speak unto Dovid. Yisroel, even Elohim to |7| And Dovid took the
|16| And Dovid HaMelech Yisroel; let Bais Dovid shields of zahav that were on
came and sat before Hashem, Avdecha be established before avadim of Hadadezer, and
and said, Who am I, Hashem Thee. brought them to
Elohim, and what is mine |25| For Thou, O Elohai, hast Yerushalayim.
bais, that Thou hast brought revealed in the ozen of Thy |8| Likewise from Tivchat,
me hitherto? eved that Thou wilt build him and from Kun, towns of
|17| And as if this were not a Bais; therefore Thy eved Hadadezer, Dovid took very
sufficient in Thine eyes, O hath found to daven in prayer much nechoshet, wherewith
Elohim, Thou hast also before Thee. Sh'lomo made the Yam
spoken of Bais Avdecha in the |26| Now, Hashem, Thou art HaNechoshet, and the
future afar off, and hast HaElohim, and hast promised Ammudim, and the kelei
regarded me according to the this tovah unto Thy eved. hanechoshet.
estate of ha’adam hama'alah |27| Now therefore let it |9| Now when To'u Melech
(the man of high degree), O please Thee to make berakhah Chamat heard how Dovid had
Hashem Elohim. upon the Bais of Thy eved, struck down the whole army of
|18| What more can Dovid that it may be before Thee Hadadezer Melech Tzovah,
speak to Thee regarding the l'olam; for Thou makest |10| He sent Hadoram bno to
kavod of Thy eved? For Thou berakhah, Hashem, and it HaMelech Dovid, to give him
hast da'as of Thy eved. shall be mevorech l'olam a shalom greeting, and to
|19| Hashem, for the sake of (blessed forever). congratulate him, because he
Thy eved, and according to had fought against Hadad-
Thine own lev (heart, will), Now after this it ezer, and struck him down (for
hast Thou done all this
gedullah (greatness), in
making known kol hagedulot
18 came to pass, that
Dovid struck the
Pelishtim, and subdued them,
Hadadezer was an ish
milchamah often against
To'u); and he sent all
(all great things). and took Gat and her villages manner kelim zahav, kesef
|20| Hashem, there is none out of the yad of the Pelishtim. and nechoshet.
like Thee, neither is there any |2| And he struck Moav, and |11| Them also Dovid
Elohim zulah (besides) Thee, Moav became Dovid's avadim, HaMelech dedicated as
according to all that we have and brought minchah. kodesh unto Hashem, with the
heard with our ears. |3| And Dovid struck kesef and the zahav that he
|21| And what one goy Hadadezer Melech Tzovah brought from all these Goyim;
(nation) in ha'aretz is like Thy unto Chamat, as he from Edom, and from Moav,
people Yisroel, whom [Hadadezer] went to establish and from the Bnei Ammon,
HaElohim went to redeem to his dominion over the river and from the Pelishtim, and
be His own people, to make Euphrates. from Amalek.
for Thee Shem Gedullot and |4| And Dovid captured from |12| Moreover Avishai Ben
Nora'ot, by driving out Goyim him elef chariots, and 7,000 Tzeruyah slaughtered of
from before Thy people whom parashim, and 20,000 foot Edom in the Gey HaMelach
Thou hast redeemed out of soldiers. Dovid also eighteen elef.
Mitzrayim? hamstrung all the chariot |13| And he put garrisons in
|22| For Thy people Yisroel horses, but reserved of them Edom, and kol Edom
didst Thou make Thine own 100 chariot horses. became Dovid's
people ad olam; Thou
avadim. Thus Hashem saved Yericho until your zakan be |15| And when the Bnei
Dovid wherever he went. grown, and then return. Ammon saw that the Syrians
|14| So Dovid reigned over |6| And when the Bnei were fled, they likewise fled
kol Yisroel, and executed Ammon saw that they had before Avishai his brother,
mishpat and tzedakah among made themselves odious to and entered into the ir
all his people. Dovid, Chanun and the Bnei [Rabbah]. Then Yoav returned
|15| And Yoav Ben Tzeruyah Ammon sent elef kikar to Yerushalayim.
was over the tzava (army), and (talents) kesef to hire them |16| And when the Syrians
Yehoshaphat Ben Achilud was chariots and parashim out of saw that they were routed
mazkir (recorder, secretary). Aram Naharayim, and out of before Yisroel, they sent
|16| And Tzadok Ben Aram Ma'achah, and out of malachim, and drew forth the
Achituv, and Avimelech Ben Tzovah. Syrians that were beyond the
Evyatar (Abiathar), were the |7| So they hired thirty and River, and Shophach sar tzava
Kohanim, and Shavsha was two elef chariots, and Melech Hadadezer went before them.
sofer (scribe), Ma'achah and his troop, who |17| And it was told Dovid;
|17| And Benayahu Ben came and encamped before and he gathered kol Yisroel,
Yehoyada was over the Kereti Meidva. And the Bnei Ammon and crossed over Yarden, and
and the Peleti; and the Bnei gathered themselves together came upon them, and set the
Dovid were the rishonim (first from their towns, and moved battle in array against them.
ones) at the side of HaMelech. out for milchamah. So when Dovid had so
Now it came to |8| And when Dovid heard of deployed, they fought with
19 pass after this, that

Nachash Melech
Bnei Ammon died, and bno
it, he sent Yoav, and kol tzava
hagibborim.
|9| And the Bnei Ammon
him.
|18| But the Syrians fled
before Yisroel; and Dovid
reigned in his place. came out, and drew up for slaughtered of the
|2| And Dovid said, I will milchamah before the gate of Syrians shivah alafim in
show chesed unto Chanun the Ir, and the melachim that chariots, and forty elef foot
Ben Nachash, because aviv were come were by themselves soldiers, and killed Shophach
(his father) showed chesed to in the sadeh. sar hatzava.
me. And Dovid sent malachim |10| Now when Yoav saw that |19| And when avadim of
to bring condolences to him the milchamah was set against Hadadezer saw that they were
concerning aviv. So the him before and behind, he routed before Yisroel, they
avadim of Dovid came into the chose out of all the best of made shalom with Dovid, and
eretz Bnei Ammon to Chanun, Yisroel, and deployed them to became his avadim; neither
to console him. engage Aram (the Syrians). would the Syrians help the
|3| But the sarim of the Bnei |11| And the rest of the Bnei Ammon any more.
Ammon said to Chanun, people he delivered unto the [T.N. 2Sm chp 11 is not
Thinkest thou that Dovid doth yad of Avishai his brother, repeated here, but the going of
honor avicha, that he hath and they deployed to engage Dovid to Rabbah---see 2Sm
sent menachamim the Bnei Ammon. 12:27-29-- is elucidated. In the
(comforters) unto thee? Are |12| And he said, If the hero lists, it is important to
not his avadim come unto Syrians be too strong for me, remember that some in their
thee for to reconnoiter, and to then thou shalt save me, but if heroism were corruptible and
overthrow, and to spy out the Bnei Ammon be too strong some were incorruptible, Uriah
ha'aretz? for thee, then I will save thee. being one of the latter]
|4| Therefore Chanun |13| Chazak (Be strong)! And And it came to
arrested Dovid's avadim, and
shaved them, and cut off their
garments in the middle at the
let us behave ourselves
valiantly for our people, and
for the towns of Eloheinu, and
20 pass, at the time of
eshuvat hashanah,
at the time that melachim go
buttocks, and sent them away. let Hashem do that which is out to battle, Yoav led forth
|5| Then there went certain hatov in His eyes. the chayl hatzava, and laid
ones, and told Dovid about |14| So Yoav and the troop waste the eretz Bnei Ammon,
the anashim. And he sent to that were with him drew near and came and besieged
meet them, for the anashim before the Syrians unto the Rabbah. But Dovid tarried at
were greatly humiliated. And milchamah; and they fled Yerushalayim. And Yoav
HaMelech said, Tarry at before him. struck Rabbah, and destroyed
it.
|2| And Dovid took the ateret the mispar (number) of them throughout all the borders of
of their melech from off his to me, that I may know it. Yisroel. Now therefore advise
rosh, and found it to weigh a |3| But Yoav answered, thyself what davar I shalll
talent of zahav, and there Hashem make His people a bring to Him that sent me.
were precious stones in it; and hundred times so many more |13| And Dovid said unto
it was set upon rosh Dovid; as they be, but, adoni Gad, I am in a great distress;
and he brought also exceeding HaMelech, are not they all the let me fall now into the Yad
much plunder out of the Ir. avadim of adoni? Why then Hashem; for rabbim me'od
|3| And he brought out the doth adoni require this thing? (very great) are His rachamim
people that were in it, and Why will he be a cause of but let me not fall into the yad
consigned them to saws, and ashmah to Yisroel? adam.
to picks of barzel (iron), and to |4| Nevertheless the davar |14| So Hashem sent dever
axes. Even so dealt Dovid with HaMelech prevailed against upon Yisroel, and there fell of
all the towns of the Bnei Yoav. Therefore, Yoav Yisroel shiv'im elef ish.
Ammon. And Dovid and kol departed, and went |15| And HaElohim sent a
HaAm returned to throughout kol Yisroel, and Malach unto Yerushalayim to
Yerushalayim. came to Yerushalayim. destroy her, and as he was
|4| And it came to pass after |5| And Yoav gave up the sum destroying, Hashem beheld,
this, that there arose of the number of HaAm unto and He relented Him of the
milchamah at Gezer with the Dovid. And kol Yisroel were ra'ah, and said to the Malach
Pelishtim (Philistines); at 1,100,000 ish that drew that destroyed, It is enough,
which time Sibbechai the cherev; and Yehudah was stay now thine yad. And the
Chushati slaughtered Sippai, 470,000 ish that drew cherev. Malach Hashem stood by the
that was of the yeledim of the |6| But Levi and Binyamin goren (threshing floor) of
Refa'im, and they were counted he not among them, Ornan the Yevusi.
subdued. for the davar HaMelech was |16| And Dovid lifted up his
|5| And there was milchamah abominable to Yoav. eyes, and saw the Malach
again with the Pelishtim |7| And HaElohim was Hashem stand between
(Philistines); and Elchanan displeased with this thing; Ha'Aretz and HaShomayim,
ben Yair slaughtered Lachmi therefore He struck Yisroel. having a drawn cherev in his
the brother of Golyat (Goliath) |8| And Dovid said unto yad stretched out over
the Gitti, whose spear staff HaElohim, I have sinned Yerushalayim. Then Dovid
was like a weaver's beam. greatly, because I have and the Zekenim, who were
|6| And yet again there was done this thing, but now, take clothed in sackcloth, fell upon
milchamah at Gat, where was away the avon of Thy eved, for their faces.
a man of great stature, whose I have done very foolishly. |17| And Dovid said unto
fingers and toes were four and |9| And Hashem spoke unto HaElohim, Is it not I that
twenty, six on each yad, and Gad, Chozeh Dovid (seer of commanded the people to be
six on each foot and he also David) saying, numbered? Even I it is that
was of Rapha descent. |10| Go and tell Dovid, have sinned and done harah
|7| But when he defied saying, Thus saith Hashem, I indeed; but as for these tzon,
Yisroel, Yehonatan ben offer thee shalosh (three); what have they done? Let
Shimea achi Dovid choose thee one of them, that I Thine Yad, Hashem Elohai,
slaughtered him. may do it unto thee. be on me, and on the Bais Avi,
|8| These were from the |11| So Gad came to Dovid, but not on Thy people, not
Rapha descended in Gat; and and said unto him, Thus saith with magefah (plague, see Isa
they fell by the yad of Dovid, Hashem, Choose for thee 53:8 for fulfillment).
and by the yad of his avadim. |12| Either shalosh shanim |18| Then the Malach
And Satan stood ra'av (famine); or shloshah Hashem commanded Gad to
21 up against Yisroel,
and provoked
Dovid to number Yisroel.
chodashim to be subdued
before thy foes, while that the
cherev of thine oyevim
say to Dovid, that Dovid
should go up, and set up a
Mizbe'ach unto Hashem in the
|2| And Dovid said to Yoav overtaketh thee; or else goren (threshing floor) of
and to the sarei HaAm, Go, sheloshet yamim cherev Ornan the Yevusi.
number Yisroel from Beer Hashem, even the dever, in |19| And Dovid went up at
Sheva even to Dan; and bring HaAretz, and the Malach the davar of Gad, which he
Hashem destroying spoke B'Shem Hashem.
|20| And Ornan turned back, (threshing floor) of Ornan the |8| But the Devar Hashem
and saw the Malach, and his Yevusi, then he sacrificed came to me, saying, Thou hast
four banim with him hid there. done much shefach dahm,
themselves. Now Ornan was |29| For the Mishkan and hast made milchamot
threshing chittim (wheat). Hashem, which Moshe made gedolot. Thou shalt not build
|21| And as Dovid came to in the midbar, and the Bayit (House) unto Shemi (My
Ornan, Ornan looked and saw Mizbe'ach HaOlah, were at Name), because thou hast
Dovid, and went out from the that time in the bamah (high done much shefach dahm
goren (threshing floor), and place) at Giveon. upon ha'aretz in My sight.
prostated himself to Dovid |30| But Dovid could not go |9| Hinei, Ben shall be born
with his face to the ground. before it to inquire of Elohim, to thee, who shall be an ish
|22| Then Dovid said to for he was afraid because of menuchah (man of rest); and I
Ornan, Give me the makom of the cherev Malach Hashem. will give him rest from all his
this goren (threshing floor), oyevim all around; for shmo
that I may build a Mizbe'ach Then Dovid said, shall be Sh'lomo, and I will
therein unto Hashem; thou
shalt give it me for the kesef
male (full price), that the
22 This is the Beis
Hashem
HaElohim, and this is the
grant shalom and sheket
(quiet) unto Yisroel in his
yamim (days).
magefah (plague) may be Mizbe'ach L'olah (Altar of the |10| He shall build Bayit
withdrawn from HaAm. Burnt Offering) for Yisroel. (House) for Shmi (My Name);
|23| And Ornan said unto |2| And Dovid commanded to and he shall be to Me as Ben
Dovid, Take it to thee, and let gather together the gerim and I will be to him as Av
adoni HaMelech do that (aliens) that were in Eretz (Father); and I will establish
which is tov in his eyes; see, I Yisroel; and he set masons to the kisse of his Malchut over
give thee the bakar also for carve hewn stones to build the Yisroel ad olam.
olot (burnt offerings), and the Beis HaElohim. |11| Now, beni (my son),
threshing tools for wood, and |3| And Dovid prepared Hashem be with thee; and
the chittim (wheat) for the barzel (iron) in abundance for prosper thou, to succeed
minchah (grain offering, meal the masmerim (nails) for the building the Beis Hashem
offering); I give it all. daletot (doors) of the she'arim, Eloheicha, just as He hath
|24| And HaMelech Dovid and for the joints; and said about thee.
said to Ornan, Lo (no), but I nechoshet unweighable in |12| Only Hashem give thee
will verily buy it for the kesef abundance; seichel and binah, so that
male (full price), for I will not |4| Also cedar timber in when He give you command
take that which is thine for abundance, for the Tzidonim over Yisroel, that thou mayest
Hashem, nor offer olah (burnt and the Tzorim brought much be shomer over the torat
offerings) without cost. cedar lumber to Dovid. Hashem Eloheicha.
|25| So Dovid gave to Ornan |5| And Dovid said, Sh'lomo |13| Then shalt thou prosper,
for the makom (place, site) six beni (my son) is na'ar and if thou art shomer to observe
hundred shekels of zahav by tender, and the Bayit that is to the chukkim and mishpatim
weight. be built for Hashem must be which Hashem charged Moshe
|26| And Dovid built there a exceeding magnificent, of with concerning Yisroel.
Mizbe'ach unto Hashem, and fame and of tiferet before all Chazak (be strong)! And be of
offered olot (burnt offerings) nations. I will therefore now good courage! Dread nothing
and shelamim (peace make preparation for it. So in fear, nor be dismayed.
offerings), and called upon Dovid prepared abundantly |14| Now, hinei, in my oni
Hashem, and He answered before his mot (death). (poor strivings) I have
him from Shomayim by eish |6| Then he called for prepared for the Beis Hashem
upon the Mizbe'ach HaOlah. Sh'lomo bno, and charged him a hundred elef talents of
|27| And Hashem to build Bayit (House) for zahav, and an elef alafim
commanded the Malach, and Hashem Elohei Yisroel. talents of kesef; and of
He put back his cherev again |7| And Dovid said to nechoshet and barzel (iron) an
into the nedan (sheath) Sh'lomo, Beni (my son), as for unweighable abundance;
thereof. me, it was in my mind to build timber also and even (stone)
|28| At that time when Dovid Bayit (House) for the Shem of have I provided; and thou
saw that Hashem had Hashem Elohai, mayest add thereto.
answered him on the goren
|15| Moreover there are four alafim praised Hashem the seond, Yachziel the third,
workmen with thee in with the kelim (instruments) and Yekam’am the fourth.
abundance, hewers and which I made, said Dovid, to |20| Of the Bnei Uzziel:
carvers of even (stone) and etz praise therewith. Michah the first and Yishiyah
(wood), and all manner of |6| And Dovid divided them the second.
artisans chacham in every into divisions among the Bnei |21| The Bnei Merari: Machli,
task. Levi, namely, Gershon, Kehat, and Mushi. The Bnei Machli;
|16| Of the zahav, the kesef, and Merari. Eleazar, and Kish.
and the nechoshet, and the |7| Of the Gershoni were |22| And Eleazar died, and
barzel, there is no number. La'dan, and Shimei. had no banim, only banot,
Arise therefore, and begin and |8| The Bnei La'dan; the rosh and their brethren the Bnei
work, and Hashem be with was Yechiel, and Zetam, and Kish took them as wives.
thee. Yoel, three. |23| The Bnei Mushi; Machli,
|17| Dovid also commanded |9| The Bnei Shimei; Shlomit, and Eder, and Yeremot, three.
all the sarim of Yisroel to help and Chaziel, and Haran, |24| These were the Bnei Levi
Sh'lomo bno, saying, three. These were the rashei after the bais avoteihem; even
|18| Is not Hashem avot of La'dan. the rashei avot, as they were
Eloheichem with you? And |10| And the Bnei Shimei counted by number of shmot
hath He not given you rest on were Yachat, Zina, and Yeush, by their head count, that did
every side? For He hath given and Beriah. These four were the work for the avodas Beis
the inhabitants of ha'aretz the Bnei Shimei. Hashem, from the age of
into mine yad, and ha'aretz is |11| And Yachat was rosh, twenty shanah and upward.
subdued before Hashem, and and Zizah the second; but |25| For Dovid said, Hashem
before His people. Yeush and Beriah had not Elohei Yisroel hath given rest
|19| Now set your levav and many banim; therefore they unto His people, that they
your nefesh to seek Hashem were in pekudah echad (one may dwell in Yerushalayim ad
Eloheichem; arise therefore, reckoning), according to their l'olam;
and build ye the Mikdash bais av. |26| And also unto the
Hashem HaElohim, to bring |12| The Bnei Kehat; Amram, Levi'im; they shall no more
Aron Brit Hashem, and the Yitzhar, Chevron, and Uzziel, carry the Mishkan, nor any
K'lei Kodesh HaElohim (Holy four. kelim (vessels) of it for the
Vessels of G-d), into the Bayit |13| The Bnei Amram; avodah thereof.
that is to be built to the Shem Aharon and Moshe; Aharon |27| According to the last
of Hashem. was separated, to set him instructions of Dovid the Bnei
apart as Kodesh Kodashim, he Levi were numbered from
So when Dovid was and his banim ad olam, to those twenty shanah and
23 old and full of

days, he made
Sh'lomo bno Melech Yisroel.
burn offerings before
Hashem, to minister unto
Him, and to bless b'Shmo ad
above;
|28| Because their ma'amad
(position) was to wait on the
|2| And he gathered together olam. Bnei Aharon for the avodas
all the sarim of Yisroel, with |14| Now concerning Moshe Beis Hashem, in the khatzerot,
the Kohanim and the Levi'im. the Ish HaElohim, his banim and in the rooms, and in the
|3| Now the Levi'im were were reckoned of the Shevet tahorat (cleansing) of kol
numbered from the age of Levi. kodesh, and the work of the
thirty years and upward; and |15| The Bnei Moshe were avodas Beis HaElohim;
their number by their gulgelot Gershom, and Eliezer. |29| Both for the Lechem
(totals, head count), gevarim |16| Of the Bnei Gershom, HaMa’arechet (showbread),
(men), was thirty and eight Shevuel was the rosh. and for the solet (flour) for
elef. |17| And the Bnei Eliezer minchah, and for the cakes of
|4| Of which, twenty and four were Rechavyah the rosh. And matzot, and for that which is
elef were to look after the work Eliezer had no banim baked in the pan, and for that
of the Beis Hashem; and six acharim; but the Bnei which is scalded, and for all
alafim were shoterim Rechavyah were very many. manner of measure and size;
(officials) and shofetim |18| Of the Bnei Yitzhar: |30| And to stand baboker
(judges); Shlomit the rosh. baboker to thank and praise
|5| Moreover four alafim were |19| Of the Bnei Chevron: Hashem, and
sho'arim (gatekeepers); and Yeriyahu the first, Amaryah
likewise at erev (evening); Rashei HaAvot of the |24| Of the Bnei Uzziel:
|31| And to offer all olot Kohanim and Levi'im, Michah; of the Bnei Michah:
(burnt offerings) unto Hashem Bais Avechad being chosen for Shamir.
on Shabbatot, at Rosh Eleazar, and one chosen for |25| The brother of Michah
Chodesh, and at mo'adim, Itamar. was Yishshiyah; of the Bnei
according to their number |7| Now the first goral (lot) Yishshiyah: Zecharyah.
ordained for them, tamid came forth to Yehoyariv, the |26| The Bnei Merari were
before Hashem; second to Yedayah, Machli and Mushi; the Bnei
|32| And that they should be |8| The third to Charim, the Ya’aziyahu, Beno.
shomer to keep the mishmeret fourth to Seorim, |27| The Bnei Merari: by
(watch, guard responsibility) |9| The fifth to Malkiyyah, the Yaaziyahu: Beno, and
of the Ohel Mo'ed and the sixth to Miyamin, Shoham, and Zakkur, and
mishmeret of the Kodesh, and |10| The seventh to Hakotz, Ivri.
the mishmeret of the Bnei the eighth to Aviyah, |28| Of Machli came Eleazar,
Aharon their brethren, in the |11| The ninth to Yeshua, the who had no banim.
avodas Beis Hashem. tenth to Shekhanyahu, |29| Concerning Kish: the
Now these are the |12| The eleventh to Elyashiv, ben Kish was Yerachme'el.
24 divisions of the
Bnei Aharon; the
Bnei Aharon; Nadav, and
the twelfth to Yakim,
|13| The thirteenth to
Chuppah, the fourteenth to
|30| The Bnei Mushi: Machli,
and Eder, and Yerimot. These
were the Bnei HaLevi'im after
Avihu, Eleazar, and Itamar. Yeshevav, the Bais Avoteihem.
|2| But Nadav and Avihu |14| The fifteenth to Bilgah, |31| These likewise cast
died before avihem (their the sixteenth to Immer, goralot (lots) corresponding to
father), and had no banim; |15| The seventeenth to their brethren the Bnei
therefore Eleazar and Itamar Chezir, the eighteenth to Aharon in the presence of
became Kohanim. Happitztzetz, Dovid HaMelech, and Tzadok,
|3| And Dovid with both |16| The nineteenth to and Achimelech, and the
Tzadok of the Bnei Eleazar, Petakhyah, the twentieth to Rashei HaAvot LaKohanim
and Achimelech of the Bnei Yechezkel, and Levi'im, even the Avot
Itamar, divided them |17| The one and twentieth to HaRosh as well as Achiv
according to their pekudim Yachin, the two and twentieth HaKatan.
(offices, assignments) in their to Gamul, Moreover Dovid
avodah.
|4| And there were more
Rashei HaGevarim found of
|18| The three and twentieth
to Delayahu, the four and
twentieth to Ma'azyahu.
25 and the sarim of
the tzava separated
for avodah of the Bnei Asaph,
the Bnei Eleazar than of the |19| These were the pekudim and of Heman, and of
Bnei Itamar, and thus were (offices, assigments) of them in Yedutun, who should
they divided. Among the Bnei their avodah to come into the prophesy with kinnorot, with
Eleazar there were sixteen Bais Hashem, according to nevalim, and with cymbals;
Rashim l'Bais Avot, and eight their mishpatim (regulations), and the number of the
among the Bnei Itamar under Aharon Avihem just as workmen according to their
according to the Bais of their Hashem Elohei Yisroel avodah (service) was;
Avot. had commanded him. |2| Of the Bnei Asaph;
|5| Thus were they divided by |20| And the rest of the Bnei Zakkur, and Yosef, and
goralot (lots) with one another; Levi were these: Of the Bnei Netanyah, and Asarelah, the
for the Sarei Kodesh and Amram: Shuvael; of the Bnei Bnei Asaph under the hand of
Sarei HaElohim, were of the Shuvael: Yechdeyahu. Asaph, which prophesied
Bnei Eleazar, and of the Bnei |21| Concerning Rechavyahu, according to the order of
Itamar. of the Bnei Rechavyahu, the HaMelech.
|6| And Shema'yah ben first was Yishshiyah. |3| Of Yedutun, the Bnei
Netanel the Sofer, one of the |22| Of the Yitzhari: Yedutun: Gedalyah, and Tzeri,
Levi'im, wrote them before Shelomot; of the Bnei and Yeshayahu, Chashavyahu,
HaMelech, and the Sarim, Shelomot: Yachat. and Mattityahu, six, under the
and Tzadok HaKohen, and |23| And [the Bnei Chevron]: hands of their av Yedutun,
Achimelech ben Evyatar Yeriyahu the first, Amaryahu who prophesied with a kinnor,
(Abiathar), and before the the second, Yakhaziel the to give thanks and to praise
third, Yekam'am the fourth.
Hashem. |15| The eighth to Yeshayahu, (gatekeepers); Of the Korchim

|4| Of Heman, the Bnei he, his banim, and his was Meshelemyahu Ben Kore,
Heman: Bukiyahu, brethren, were 12; of the Bnei Asaph.
Matanyahu, Uzziel, |16| The ninth to Matanyahu, |2| And the banim of
Shevuel, and Yerimot, he, his banim, and his Meshelemyahu were
Chananyah, Chanani, Eliatah, brethren, were 12; Zecharyahu the bechor,
Giddalti, and Romamti, Ezer, |17| The tenth to Shimei, he, Yedia'el the second,
Yoshbekashah, Maloti, Hotir, his banim, and his brethren, Zevadyahu the third, Yatniel
and Machazi'ot; were 12; the fourth,
|5| All these were the banim |18| The eleventh to Azare'el, |3| Eilam the fifth,
Heman the chozer (seer) of he, his banim, and his Yehochanan the sixth,
HaMelech in the devarim of brethren, were 12; Elyehoei'nai the seventh.
Elohim, to lift up the keren. |19| The twelfth to |4| Moreover the banim of
And HaElohim gave to Chashavyah, he, his banim, Oved Edom were Shema'yah
Heman fourteen banim and and his brethren, were 12; the bechor, Yehozavad the
three banot. |20| The thirteenth to second, Yoach the third, and
|6| All these were under the Shuva'el, he, his banim, and Sachar the fourth, and
hands of their av for shir in his brethren, were 12; Netan'el the fifth,
the Beis Hashem, with |21| The fourteenth to |5| Ammi'el the sixth,
cymbals, nevalim, and Mattityahu, he, his banim, Yissakhar the seventh, Peultai
kinnorot, for avodas Beis and his brethren, were 12; the eighth; for Elohim blessed
HaElohim, under the support |22| The fifteenth to Yeremot, him.
of HaMelech to Asaph, he, his banim, and his |6| Also unto Shema'yah bno
Yedutun, and Heman. brethren, were 12; were banim born, that ruled
|7| So the number of them, |23| The sixteenth to throughout the bais avihem,
with their brethren that were Chananyahu, he, his banim, for they were gibborei
trained in the shir Hashem and his brethren, were 12; chayil.
(music, songs of Hashem), |24| The seventeenth to |7| The Bnei Shema'yah:
even all that were skilled, was Yoshbekashah, he, his banim, Otni, and Repha'el, and Oved,
two hundred fourscore and and his brethren, were 12; Elzavad, whose brethren were
eight. |25| The eighteenth to bnei chayil, Elihu, and
|8| And they cast goralot, Chanani, he, his banim, and Semachyahu.
shift against shift, katon as his brethren, were 12; |8| All these of the Bnei Oved
well as gadol, the meiven as |26| The nineteenth to Edom; they and their banim
well as the talmid (student). Maloti, he, his banim, and his and their brethren, ish chayil
|9| Now the first goral which brethren, were 12; for ko'ach for the avodah, were
was for Asaph fell to Yosef; the |27| The twentieth to threescore and two of Oved
second to Gedalyahu, who Eliyatah, he, his banim, and Edom.
with his brethren and banim his brethren, were 12; |9| And Meshelemyahu had
were 12; |28| The one and twentieth to banim and brethren, bnei
|10| The third to Zakkur, he, Hotir, he, his banim, and his chayil, eighteen.
his banim, and his brethren, brethren, were 12; |10| Also Chosah, of the Bnei
were 12; |29| The two and twentieth to Merari, had banim; Shimri
|11| The fourth to Yitzri, he, Giddalti, he, his banim, and the rosh, (for though he was
his banim, and his brethren, his brethren, were not the bechor, yet avihu
were 12; 12; appointed him rosh);
|12| The fifth to Netanyahu, |30| The three and twentieth |11| Chilkiyahu the second,
he, his banim, and his to Machziot, he, his banim, Tevalyahu the third,
brethren, were 12; and his brethren, were 12; Zecharyahu the fourth; all the
|13| The sixth to Bukiyahu, |31| The four and twentieth banim and brethren of
he, his banim, and his to Romamti Ezer, he, his Chosah were thirteen.
brethren, were 12; banim, and his brethren, were |12| Among these were the
|14| The seventh to 12. divisions of the sho'arim, even
Yesarelah, he, his banim, and among the rashei hagibborim,
his brethren, were 12; Concerning the having mishmeret (duties),
26 divisions of the
sho'arim
just as their brethren,
to minister
service in the Beis Hashem. bno, and Zichri bno, and Now the Bnei
|13| And they cast goralot,
the katon as well as the gadol,
to their bais avot, for every
Shlomit bno.
|26| Which Shlomit and his
brethren were over all the
27 Yisroel after their
number, namely,
the rashei ha’avot and sarim
sha'ar. otzarot of the kodashim, of alafim and me'ot
|14| And the goral for the east which Dovid HaMelech, and (hundreds), and their shoterim
fell to Shelemyahu. Then for the rashei ha’avot, the sarim that served HaMelech in any
Zecharyahu bno, a yo'etz over alafim and me'ot, and the matter of the divisions, which
(counselor) with seichel sarim of the tzava (army), had came in and went out chodesh
(wisdom), they cast goralot; dedicated as kodesh. b'chodesh (month by month)
and his goral fell out |27| Out of the plunder won throughout all the months of
northward. in battles did they dedicate as the shanah, each division
|15| To Oved Edom kadosh to maintain the Beis consisting of twenty and four
southward; and to his banim Hashem. elef.
the Asuppim Bais. |28| And all that Shmuel the |2| Over the first division for
|16| To Shuppim and Chosah ro'eh (seer), and Sha'ul Ben the chodesh harishon was
the goral came forth westward, Kish, and Avner Ben Ner, Yashov’am Ben Zavdiel; and
with the Sha'ar Shallechet, by and Yoav Ben Tzeruyah, had in his division were twenty
the upper road, mishmar dedicated as kodesh; and and four elef.
(guard) corresponded to whosoever had dedicated any |3| Of the Bnei Peretz was the
mishmar. thing, it was under the yad of rosh of all the sarim of the
|17| Eastward were six Shlomit, and of his brethren. tzava'os (armies) for the first
Levi'im, northward four a day, |29| Of the Yitzhari, month.
southward four a day, and Kenanyahu and his banim |4| And over the division of
toward Asuppim shnayim were for the outside labor of the second month was Dodai
shnayim (two and two). Yisroel, for shoterim (officials) the Achochi, and of his
|18| At Parbar westward, four and shofetim (judges). division was Miklot also the
at the road, and two at |30| And of the Chevroni, nagid; in his division likewise
Parbar. Chashavyahu and his were twenty and four elef.
|19| These are the divisions brethren, bnei chayil, an elef |5| The third sar
of the sho'arim among the and shivah me'ot (hundred), (commander) of the tzava
Bnei Korchi, and among the were in charge of Yisroel on (army) for the third month was
Bnei Merari. this side of the Yarden Benayahu Ben Yehoyada, the
|20| And of the Levi'im, westward in all the work of Kohen Rosh; and in his
Achiyah was over the otzarot Hashem, and in the avodas division were twenty and four
of the Beis HaElohim, and HaMelech. elef.
over the otzarot of the |31| Among the Chevroni was |6| This is that Benayahu,
kodashim. Yeriyah the rosh, even among who was gibbor among the
|21| As concerning the Bnei the Chevroni, according to the Shloshim (Thirty), and over
La'dan; the Bnei HaGershuni toldot of his avot. In the the Shloshim; and in his
through La'dan, rashei fortieth year of the reign of division was Ammizabad bno.
ha’avot, even of La'dan the Dovid they were sought, and |7| The fourth for the fourth
Gershoni, were Yechieli. there were found among them month was Asah-el the brother
|22| The Bnei Yechieli: gibborei chayil at Yazer of of Yoav, and Zevadyah bno
Zetam, and Yoel his brother, Gil’ad. after him; and in his division
which were over the otzarot of |32| And his brethren, bnei were twenty and four elef.
the Beis Hashem. chayil, were two thousand and |8| The fifth sar for the fifth
|23| Of the Amrami, and the shivah hundred rashei month was Shamhut the
Yitzhari, the Chevroni, and ha’avot, whom Dovid Yizrach; and in his division
the Uzzieli; HaMelech put over the were twenty and four elef.
|24| And Shevuel Ben Reuveni, the Gadi, and the |9|The sixth for the sixth
Gershom Ben Moshe, was half tribe of Menasheh, for month was Ira Ben Ikkesh the
nagid of the otzarot. every matter pertaining to Tekoi; and in his division were
|25| And his brethren by Elohim, and the affairs of twenty and four elef.
Eliezer: Rechavyahu bno, and HaMelech.
Yesha'yahu bno, and Yoram
|10| The seventh for the |24| Yoav Ben Tzeruyah sar tzava (commander of the
seventh month was Cheletz began to number, but he army) of HaMelech was Yoav.
the Peloni, of the Bnei finished not, because there fell
Ephrayim; and in his division ketzef (wrath) on account of And Dovid
were 24,000.
|11| The eighth for the eighth
month was Sibbchai the
this against Yisroel; neither
was the number put in the
Divrei HaYamim of Melech
28 assembled kol
Sarei Yisroel, the
Sarei HaShevatim, and the
Chushati, of the Zarchi; and Dovid. Sarei HaMachlekot that
in his division were 24,000. |25| And over the otzarot ministered to HaMelech by
|12| The ninth for the ninth HaMelech was Azmavet Ben course, and the Sarei
month was Aviezer the Adiel; and over the HaAlafim, and Sarei HaMe'ot,
Anetoti, of Binyamin; and in storehouses in the sadot, in and the Sarei kol rechush
his division were 24,000. the towns, and in the villages, (stewards over all the property)
|13| The tenth for the tenth and in the migdalot was and mikneh (livestock) of
month was Maharai the Yehonatan Ben Uziyahu; HaMelech, and of his banim,
Netophati, of the Zarchi; and |26| And over them that did with the sarisim (palace
in his division were 24,000. the work of the sadeh to till officials), and with the
|14| The eleventh for the the adamah was Ezri Ben Gibborim, and with all the
eleventh month was Benayah Keluv; Gibbor chayil, unto
the Piratoni, of the Bnei |27| And over the kramim Yerushalayim.
Ephrayim; and in his division was Shimei the Ramati; over |2| Then Dovid HaMelech
were 24,000. the increase of the kramim for stood up upon his feet, and
|15| The twelfth for the the wine vats was Zavdi the said, Hear me, my brethren,
twelfth month was Cheldai the Shiphmi; and my people. As for me, I
Netophati, of Otniel; and in |28| And over the zeitim and had in mine levav to build a
his division were 24,000. the sycomore trees that were Bais Menuchah for the Aron
|16| Furthermore over the in the Shefelah was Ba’al Brit Hashem, and for the
Shivtei Yisroel; the nagid of Chanan the Gederi; over the hadom (footstool) of Eloheinu,
the Reuveni was Eliezer Ben shemen storehouses, Yoash; and had made ready to build;
Zichri; of the Simeoni, |29| And over the bakar |3| But HaElohim said unto
Shephatyahu Ben Ma’achah; (herd) that fed in Sharon was me, Thou shalt not build a
|17| Of the Levi'im, Shirtai the Sharoni; over the Bais for My Shem, because
Chashavyah Ben Kemu'el; of bakar that were in the valleys thou hast been an ish
Aharon, Tzadok; was Shaphat Ben Adlai; milchamot of shefach damim.
|18| Of Yehudah, Elihu, one |30| Over the gemalim |4| Howbeit Hashem Elohei
of the brethren of Dovid; of (camels) also was Ovil the Yisroel chose me before all the
Yissakhar, Omri Ben Micha'el; Yishmaeli; and over the Bais Avi to be Melech over
|19| Of Zevulun, Yishmayahu donkeys was Yechdeyahu the Yisroel l'olam; for He hath
Ben Ovadyah; of Naphtali, Meronoti; chosen Yehudah to be Nagid;
Yerimot Ben Azri'el; |31| And over the tzon (flock) and of the Bais Yehudah, the
|20| Of the Bnei Ephrayim, was Yaziz the Hageri. All these Bais Avi; and among the Bnei
Hoshea Ben Azazyahu; of the were the sarim of the property Avi He was pleased to make
half tribe of Menasheh, Yoel which pertained to Melech me Melech over kol Yisroel.
Ben Pedayahu; Dovid. |5| And of all my banim, (for
|21| Of the half tribe of |32| Also Yonatan Dovid's Hashem hath given me
Menasheh in Gil’ad, Yiddo dod (uncle) was a yoetz rabbim banim,) He hath
Ben Zecharyahu; of Binyamin, (counsellor), an ish meivin, chosen Sh'lomo beni (my son)
Ya’asiel Ben Avner; and a sofer; and Yechiel Ben to sit upon the kisse Malchut
|22| Of Dan, Azare'el Ben Chachmoni was with the Hashem over Yisroel.
Yerocham. These were the Bnei HaMelech; |6| And He said unto me,
sarim of the Shivtei Yisroel. |33| And Achitophel was the Sh'lomo binecha, he shall
|23| But Dovid took not the yoetz l'Melech; and Chushai build My Bais and My
number of them from twenty the Arki was the re'a khatzerot (courts, courtyards),
shanim and under; because HaMelech; for I have chosen him to be
Hashem had said he would |34| And after Achitophel was Beni (My Son), and I will be
increase Yisroel like to the Yehoyada Ben Benayahu, and his Av.
kokhavim of HaShomayim. Evyatar (Abiathar); and the
[7] Moreover I will establish all the kelei Avodas Bais thee, until thou hast finished
his Malchut ad l'olam, if he be Hashem. all the work for the Avodas
steadfast to do My mitzvot and |14| He gave zahav by weight Bais Hashem.
My mishpatim, as on this for things of zahav, for all |21| And, hinei, the divisions
yom. kelei Avodah of every kind of of the Kohanim and the
|8| Now therefore in the sight avodah (service); for all kelei Levi'im, even they shall be
of kol Yisroel the kehal hakesef by weight, for all kelei with thee for all the Avodas
Hashem, and in the ears of avodah va'avodah (vessels for Bais HaElohim and there
Eloheinu, be shomer and seek every kind of service), shall be with thee for all
for all the Mitzvot Hashem |15| Even the weight for the manner of workmanship every
Eloheichem lema'an (in order menorot hazahav, and for willing man, bringing their
that) ye may possess this eretz their nerot (lamps) of zahav chochmah for kol Avodah;
hatovah; and leave it for a was according to the weight also the Sarim and kol HaAm
nachalah for your banim after for every menorah, and for the will be wholly at thy
you ad olam. nerot (lamps) thereof; and for commandment.
|9| And thou, Sh'lomo beni the menorat hakesef by Furthermore Dovid
(my son), know thou the
Elohei Avicha, and serve Him
with a lev shalem and with a
weight, both for the menorah,
and also for the nerot (lamps)
thereof, according to the use
29 HaMelech said
unto kol HaKahal,
Sh'lomo beni (my son), the one
nefesh chafetzah (willing of every menorah. Elohim hath chosen, is yet
mind), for Hashem searcheth |16| And by weight he gave na'ar and tender, and the
kol levavot, and zahav for the Shulchanot melachah (work, task) is
understandeth all the yetzer HaMa'arechet (the tables of gedolah; for the palace is not
machashavot. If thou seek the spreading out [showbread]) for adam, but for Hashem
Him, He will be found by thee; for each shulchan; and Elohim.
but if thou forsake Him, He likewise kesef for the |2| Now I have provided with
will cast thee off forever. shulchanot hakesef (silver all my ko'ach for the Bais
|10| Take heed now, for tables); Elohai the zahav for things to
Hashem hath chosen thee to |17| Also pure zahav for the be made of zahav, and the
build a Bais l'Mikdash. mizlagot (forks), and the kesef for things of kesef, and
Chazak! And do it! mizrakot (blood bowls), and the nechoshet for things of
|11| Then Dovid gave to shelves; kesot zahav tahor and nechoshet, the barzel (iron) for
Sh'lomo bno the tavnit (plan, the kipor hazahav (golden things of barzel (iron), and
pattern) of the ulam, and of basin) for every kipor (basin); etzim for things of etzim; onyx
the structures thereof, and of and likewise kesef by weight stones to be set, turquoise,
the Ganzakim (storerooms) for every kipor hakesef (silver and stones of various colors,
thereof, and of the Aliyyot basin); and all manner of precious
(upper rooms) thereof, |18| And for the Mizbe'ach stones, and marble, all in
and of the Penimim (Inner HaKetoret refined zahav by abundance.
ones) thereof, and of the Bais weight; and zahav for the |3| Moreover, because I have
Hakappores (house of the tavnit of the Merkavah, the set my affection on the Bais
kapporet), Keruvim Zahav, that spread Elohai, I have of mine own
|12| And the tavnit of all that out their wings, and covered segullah (treasure) zahav and
he had by the Ruach the Aron Brit Hashem. kesef, which I have given to
[Hakodesh], of the |19| All this, said Dovid, is in the Bais Elohai, over and
khatzerot (courtyards) of the writing by the Yad Hashem on above all that I have prepared
Bais Hashem, and of all the me, giving me seichel to for the Beis HaKodesh.
surrounding chambers, of the understand all the works of |4| Even shloshet alafim
Otzerot of the Bais HaElohim, this tavnit (plan, pattern). talents of zahav, of the zahav
and of the Otzerot of the |20| And Dovid said to of Ophir, and shivat alafim
kadashim (consecrated Sh'lomo bno, Chazak! talents of refined kesef, to
things); Ve'emetz! (Be strong overlay the walls of the
|13| Also for the courses of and take courage!) And do it; buildings;
the Kohanim and the Levi'im, fear not, nor be discouraged; |5| The zahav for things of
and for all the work of the for Hashem Elohim, even zahav, and the kesef for things
Avodas Bais Hashem, and for Elohai, will be with thee; He of kesef, and for all manner of
will not fail thee, nor forsake
melachah (work) to be made |14| But who am I, and what even a thousand parim (bulls),
by the hands of charashim is my people, that we should a thousand eilim (rams), and a
(artisans). And who then is have ko'ach to make this thousand kevasim, with their
willing to consecrate his yad freewill offering? For all things nesakim, and zevakhim in
today unto Hashem? come of Thee, and of Thine abundance for kol Yisroel;
|6| Then the sarei ha'avot and own have we given Thee. |22| And did eat and drink
the sarei shivtei Yisroel and |15| For we are gerim before before Hashem on that day
the sarei ha’alafim and of Thee, and toshavim (resident with simchah gedolah. And
me'ot, with the sarei melechet aliens), as were kol Avoteinu; they crowned Sh'lomo Ben
hamelech (officials over the our yamim on ha'aretz are as Dovid Melech the second time,
work of the King), made a tzel (shadow), and there is and anointed him unto
freewill offerings. no mikveh (hope). Hashem to be Nagid (ruler),
|7| And gave for the Avodas |16| Hashem Eloheinu, all and Tzadok to be Kohen.
Beis HaElohim five thousand this great abundance that we |23| Then Sh'lomo sat on the
talents and ten thousand have provided to build Thee a kisse Hashem as Melech
darkons of zahav, and ten Bais for Shem Kadshecha instead of Dovid Aviv, and
thousand talents of kesef, and cometh of Thine yad, and is prospered, and kol Yisroel
eighteen thousand talents of all Thine own. obeyed him.
nechoshet, and one hundred |17| I know also, Elohai, that |24| And all the sarim, and
thousand talents of barzel. Thou doth test the levav, and the gibborim, and all the Bnei
|8| And they with whom hast pleasure in meisharim HaMelech Dovid submitted
precious stones were found (integrities, uprightness, themselves unto Sh'lomo
gave them to the Otzer Bais equity). As for me, in the HaMelech.
Hashem, by the yad of Yechiel yosher levavi I have made |25| And Hashem magnified
the Gershoni. freewill offerings of all these Sh'lomo exceedingly in the
|9| Then the people rejoiced, things, and now have I seen eyes of all Yisroel, and
for theirs were freewill with simchah Thy people, bestowed upon him such hod
offerings, because with lev which are present here, malchut (royal majesty) as had
shalem they offered willingly willingly offer freewill not been on any melech before
to Hashem; and Dovid offerings unto Thee. him in Yisroel.
HaMelech also rejoiced with |18| Hashem Elohei |26| Thus Dovid Ben Yishai
simchah gedolah. Avraham, Yitzchak, and of reigned over kol Yisroel.
|10| Wherefore Dovid blessed Yisroel, Avoteinu, be shomer |27| And the time that he
Hashem before the eyes of kol over this l'olam in the yetzer reigned over Yisroel was
HaKahal; and Dovid said, (inclination) of the arba'im shanah; sheva shanim
Baruch atah Adonoi Elohei machshevot (thoughts) of the reigned he in Chevron, and
Yisroel Avinu meOlam v'ad levav of Thy people, and set thirty and three reigned he in
olam. their lev unto Thee. Yerushalayim.
|11| Thine, Hashem is |19| And give unto Sh'lomo |28| And he died in a good
HaGedulah, and HaGevurah, beni a levav shalem, to be old age, full of yamim, oisher,
and HaTiferet and HaNetzach shomer over Thy mitzvot, Thy and kavod; and Sh'lomo bno
and HaHod; for all that is in edot, and Thy chukkot, and to reigned in his place.
the Shomayim and in Ha'aretz do all these things, and to |29| Now the acts of Dovid
is Thine; Thine is the build the Bayit, for the which I HaMelech, first and last,
Mamlachah, O Hashem, have made provision. behold, they are written in the
and Thou art exalted as Rosh |20| And Dovid said to kol Divrei Shmuel HaRo'eh, and
above all. HaKahal, Barchu nah es in the Divrei Natan HaNavi,
|12| Both osher and kavod Hashem Eloheichem. and in the Divrei Gad the
come of Thee, and Thou art And kol HaKahal blessed chozeh (seer),
Moshel over all; and in Thine Hashem Elohei Avoteihem, |30| With all his malchut and
yad is ko'ach and gevurah; and and bowed down, and fell his gevurah, and the times
in Thine yad it is to make prostrate before Hashem and that passed around him, and
great, and to give strength before HaMelech. around Yisroel, and over kol
unto all. |21| And they sacrificed mamlechot ha’aratzot
|13| Now therefore, Eloheinu, zevakhim unto Hashem, and (kingdoms of the lands).
we thank Thee, and praise offered olot unto Hashem, on
Thy Shem Tiferet. the next day after that yom,
DIVREY HAYAMIN BAIS
And Sh'lomo Ben Dovid in before HaAm Hazeh, for [1:18] And Sh'lomo
1 was strengthened in his

kingdom, and Hashem
Elohav was with him, and
who can judge this Thy
people, that is so great?
|11| And Elohim said to
2 determined to build a
Bais for the Shem of
Hashem, and a Bais (palace)
magnified him exceedingly. Sh'lomo, Because this was in for his kingdom.
|2| Then Sh'lomo spoke unto thine levav, and thou hast not |2 (2:1)| And Sh'lomo
kol Yisroel, to the asked osher, riches, or kavod, conscripted threescore and ten
commanders of thousands nor the nefesh of thine thousand ish to bear burdens,
and of hundreds, and to the enemies, neither yet hast and fourscore thousand ish as
shofetim, and to every Nasi in asked yamim rabbim (many stonecutters in the hill
kol Yisroel, the Rashei days, long life), but hast asked country, and three thousand
HaAvot. chochmah and intelligence for and six hundred to be their
|3| So Sh'lomo, and Kol thyself, that thou mayest judge foremen to oversee them.
HaKahal with him, went to My people, over whom I have |3 (2:2)| And Sh'lomo sent to
the high place that was at made thee melech, Churam Melech Tzor, saying,
Giv'on, for there was the Ohel |12| Chochmah and As thou didst deal with Dovid
Mo'ed HaElohim, which intelligence is granted unto Avi, and didst send him
Moshe eved Hashem had thee; and I will give thee cedars to build him a Bais
made in the midbar. osher, and riches, and kavod, (palace) to dwell therein, even
|4| But the Aron HaElohim such as none of the melachim so deal with me.
Dovid had brought up from have had that be before or |4 (2:3)| Hinei, I build a Bais
Kiryat-Yearim to the place after thee. for the Shem of Hashem
which Dovid had prepared for |13| Then Sh'lomo came from Elohai, to set it apart as
it; for he had pitched an Ohel his journey to the high place kodesh and to dedicate it to
for it at Yerushalayim. that was at Giv'on, from before Him, and to burn before Him
|5| Moreover the Mizbe'ach the Ohel Mo'ed, to ketoret sammim (fragrant
Hanechoshet, that Betzalel Yerushalayim, and reigned incense), and for the
ben Uri ben Chur had made, over Yisroel. ma'arekhet tamid (regular
he put in front of the Mishkan |14| And Sh'lomo gathered offering of the rows of bread),
Hashem; and Sh'lomo and chariots and parashim and for the olot boker and
HaKahal inquired of Him. (horsemen); and he had a erev, on the Shabbatot, and
|6| And Sh'lomo went up thousand and four hundred on every Rosh-Chodesh, and
there to the Mizbe'ach chariots, and twelve thousand on the Mo'adei Hashem
Hanechoshet before Hashem, parashim, which he placed in Eloheinu. This is for l'olam
which was at the Ohel Mo'ed, the chariot cities, and with (forever) to Yisroel.
and offered a thousand olot HaMelech at Yerushalayim. |5 (2:4)| And HaBeis which I
upon it. |15| And HaMelech made build is gadol, for gadol is
|7| In that lailah did Elohim kesef and zahav at Eloheinu above kol HaElohim
appear unto Sh'lomo, and said Yerushalayim as plenteous as (all the g-ds).
unto him, Ask what I shall give avanim, and cedar trees he |6 (2:5)| But who has the
thee. made as abundant as the ko'ach to build Him a Bais,
|8| And Sh'lomo said unto sycomore fig trees that are in seeing the Shomayim and
Elohim, Thou hast showed the Shefelah. Shomayim of Shomayim
chesed gadol unto Dovid Avi, |16| And Sh'lomo had susim cannot contain Him? Who am
and hast made me to reign in imported from Mitzrayim and I then, that I should build
his place. from Keve; the royal buyers Him a Bais, except to burn
|9| Now, Hashem Elohim, let purchased them from Keve. sacrifices before Him?
Thy Davar unto Dovid Avi be |17| And they imported from |7 (2:6)| Send me now
established, for Thou hast Mitzrayim, and then exported therefore an ish chacham in
made me melech over Am Rav a merkavah (chariot) for six zahav, and in kesef, and in
like the aphar ha'aretz in hundred shekels of kesef, and nechoshet, and in barzel, and
multitude. a sus (horse) for a hundred in purple, and in crimson, and
|10| Give me now chochmah and fifty; and so they exported in blue wool, and that has skill
and intelligence, that I may go susim to all the melachim of in the art of engraving to work
out and come the Chittim, and to the with my chachamim in
melachim of Aram (Syria). Yehudah and in Yerushalayim
whom Dovid Avi did provide.
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|8 (2:7)| Send me also cedar, |15 (2:14)| Now therefore the Place), the length of it was
pine, and algum logs, from the chittim, and the se'orim, the according to the width of the
Levanon, for I know that thy shemen, and the yayin, which Bais, twenty cubits, and the
avadim have skill to cut adoni hath spoken of, let him height was twenty, and he
timber in the Levanon; and, send unto his avadim, overlaid it within with zahav
hinei, my avadim shall be with |16 (2:15)| And we will cut tahor.
thy avadim, etzim out of the Levanon, as |5| And the Bais HaGadol he
|9 (2:8)| Even to provide me much as thou shalt need; and paneled with cypress, which
lumber in abundance, for the we will float it to thee in rafts he overlaid with zahav tov,
Bais which I am about to by yam to Yafo, and thou shalt and carved thereon timorim
build shall be gadol v'hafeleh carry it up to Yerushalayim. (palm trees) and sharsherot
(great and magnificent). |17 (2:16)| And Sh'lomo took (chainwork).
|10 (2:9)| And, hinei, I will a census of all the gerim that |6| And he decorated the Bais
give to thy avadim, the were in Eretz Yisroel, after the with precious stones for tiferet
woodsmen that cut timber, census wherewith Dovid Aviv (beauty), and the zahav was
twenty thousand measures of had numbered them; and they zahav from Parvayim.
beaten chittim, and twenty were found a hundred and |7| He overlaid also the Bais,
thousand measures of se'orim, fifty thousand and three the ceiling beams, the
and twenty thousand baths of thousand and six hundred. thresholds, and the walls
yayin, and twenty thousand |18 (2:17)| And he set thereof, and the daletot
baths of shemen (olive oil). threescore and ten thousand (doors) thereof, with zahav;
|11 (2:10)| Then Churam of them to be bearers of and carved keruvim on the
Melech Tzor answered by burdens, and fourscore walls.
letter, which he sent thousand to be stonecutters in |8| And he made the Bais
to Sh'lomo, Because Hashem the hill country, and three Kodesh HaKadashim, the
hath loved His people, He thousand and six hundred length whereof was according
hath made thee Melech over menatzkhim (foremen to the width of the bais, twenty
them. overseers) to keep HaAm cubits long, and the width
|12 (2:11)| Churam said working. thereof twenty cubits, and he
moreover, Baruch Hashem [T.N. See 1Kgs 6:1. 966 B.C.E. overlaid it with zahav tov of
Elohei Yisroel, that the construction began on the six hundred talents.
made Shomayim v'et HaAretz, Beis HaMikdash.] |9| And the weight of the
Who hath given to Dovid Then Sh'lomo began to masmerot (nails) was fifty
HaMelech a ben chacham
(wise son), endued with seichel
and binah, that might build a
3 build the Bais Hashem
at Yerushalayim in Mt
Moriyah, where Hashem
shekels of zahav. And he
overlaid the upper rooms with
zahav.
Bais for Hashem, and a Bais appeared unto Dovid Avihu, |10| And in the Bais Kodesh
(palace) for his kingdom. in the makom (place) which HaKadashim he made two
|13 (2:12)| And now I have Dovid had prepared in the keruvim of ma'aseh tza'atzu'im
sent an ish chacham, endued goren (threshing floor) of (sculpture work), and overlaid
with binah, namely my master Ornan the Yevusi. them with zahav.
craftsman Churam-Avi, |2| And he began to build in |11| And the wings of the
|14 (2:13)| ben isha of the the second day of the second keruvim were twenty cubits
Banot Dan, and his av was an month, in the fourth year of long; one wing of the one
ish Tzor, trained to work in his [Sh'lomo's 970-930 B.C.E.] keruv was five cubits, reaching
zahav, and in kesef, in reign. to the wall of the Bais; and
nechoshet, in barzel, in |3| Now these are the the other wing was likewise
avanim (stone), and in etzim foundations which Sh'lomo five cubits, reaching to the
(wood), in purple, in blue laid for the building of the wing of the other keruv.
wool, and in fine linen, and in Bais HaElohim. The length by |12| And one wing of the
crimson; also to engrave every cubits using the middah other keruv was five cubits,
kind of engraving, and to harishonah (old standard) was reaching to the wall of the
execute every design which threescore cubits, and the Bais; and the other wing was
shall be put to him, with thy width twenty cubits. five cubits also, joining to
chachamim, and with the |4| And the Ulam that was in the wing of the other keruv.
chachmei adoni Dovid Avicha. the front of the Bais (porch or
vestibule in front of the Holy
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|13| The wings of these looking toward the north, and nettings to cover the two bases
keruvim spread themselves three looking toward the of the capitals which were on
forth twenty cubits; and they west, and three looking the top of the Ammudim;
stood on their feet, and their toward the south, and three |13| And four hundred
faces turned inward. looking toward the east; and pomegranates on the two
|14| And he made the the Yam was set above upon nettings; two rows of
Parochet of blue wool, and them, and all their pomegranates on each netting,
purple, and crimson, and fine hindquarters were toward the to cover the two bases of the
linen, and wrought keruvim inside. capitals which were upon the
thereon. |5| And the thickness of it was Ammudim.
|15| Also he made before the a handbreadth, and the brim |14| He made also stands,
Bais two [freestanding] of it like the work of the brim and kiyyorot made he upon
Ammudim (pillars) of thirty of a kos, like the flower of a the stands,
and five cubits high [53 feet], lily; and it received and held |15| One Yam, and twelve
and the capital that was on the capacity of shloshet alafim bakar under it.
the top of each of them was baths. |16| The sirot also, and the
five cubits. |6| He made also ten shovels, and the mizlagot, and
|16| And he made sharsherot kiyyorim (lavers, basins for all their instruments, did
in the Devir, and put them on washing), and put five on the Churam Aviv make for Melech
the rosh of the Ammudim; right and five on the left, to Sh'lomo for the Bais Hashem
and made a hundred wash in them; such things as of nechoshet maruk.
pomegranates, and put them they offered for the olah |17| In the plain of Yarden
on the sharsherot. (burnt offering) they washed did HaMelech cast them, in
|17| And he erected the in them; but the Yam was for the avi ha’adamah between
Ammudim before the Heikhal, the Kohanim to wash in. Sukkot and Tzeredatah.
one on the right, and the other |7| And he made ten Menorot |18| Thus Sh'lomo made all
on the left; and called the HaZahav as prescribed, and these vessels in great
shem of that on the right set them in the Heikhal, five abundance, for the weight of
Yachin, and the shem of that on the right, and five the nechoshet could not be
on the left Boaz. on the left. found out.
|8| He made also ten |19| And Sh'lomo made all
Shulchanot, and placed them the vessels that were for the
in the Heikhal, five on the Beis HaElohim, the Mizbe'ach
right, and five on the left. And HaZahav also, and the
he made a hundred mizrekei Shulchanot whereon the
Moreover he made a zahav (golden basins). Lechem HaPanim was set;
4 Mizbe'ach nechoshet,
twenty cubits the length
thereof, and twenty cubits the
|9| Furthermore he made the
Khatzer HaKohanim, and the
Azarah HaGedolal (the Great
|20| Moreover the Menorot
with their nerot (lamps), that
they should burn as
width thereof, and ten cubits Temple Courtyard area), and prescribed before the Devir, of
the height thereof. delatot laAzarah, and zahav sagur;
|2| Also he made a Yam overlaid the daletot of them |21| And the flowers [see
Mutzak (Molten "Sea") of ten with nechoshet (bronze). Ex.25:31], and the nerot
cubits from brim to brim. It |10| And he set the Yam on (lamps), and the tongs, he
was round, and five cubits the the right, eastward, opposite made of zahav, and that
height thereof, and a line of the south. perfect zahav;
thirty cubits did completely |11| And Churam made the |22| And the snuffers, and
encircle it. sirot, and the shovels, and the the basins, and the ladles, and
|3| And under it was the mizrakot. And Churam the firepans, of zahav sagur;
demut (likeness) of bulls, all finished the melachah that he and the Petach (Doorway) the
around, ten per cubit, was to make for Melech Beis, the Daltot HaPenimiyyot
surrounding the Yam. Sh'lomo for the Beis (Inner Doors) thereof for the
Two rows of bulls were cast, HaElohim, Kodesh HaKadashim, and the
when it was cast. |12| The two Ammudim, and Daltot HaBeis laHeikhal, were
|4| It stood upon shneym asar the bases, and the capitals of zahav.
bakar (twelve bulls), three which were on the top of the
two Ammudim, and the two
Thus all the melachah from the outside. And there it |2| But I have built Thee a
5 (work) that Sh'lomo

made for the Beis
Hashem was completed; and
is unto this day.
|10| There was nothing in the
Aron except the two Luchot
lofty Beis, even a place for
Thee to dwell olamim.
|3| And HaMelech turned his
Sh'lomo brought in all the which Moshe put therein at face, v'yevarech at kol Kehal
things that Dovid Aviv had Chorev, when Hashem made a Yisroel, and all the Kehal
dedicated as kodesh; and the Brit with the Bnei Yisroel, Yisroel stood.
kesef, and the zahav, and all when they came out of |4| And he said, Baruch
the articles, he put among the Mitzrayim. Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Who
otzerot of the Bais HaElohim. |11| And it came to pass, hath with His hands fulfilled
|2| Then Sh'lomo gathered when the Kohanim were come that which He spoke with His
unto Yerushalayim the Ziknei out of the Kodesh (for all the mouth to Dovid Avi, saying,
Yisroel, and kol Rashei Kohanim that were present |5| Since HaYom when I
HaMattot (all the Heads of the were set apart as kodesh, and brought forth Ami out of Eretz
Tribes), the Nesi'ei HaAvot the divisions were not Mitzrayim I chose no city
(Family Chiefs) of the Bnei observed; among all the Shivtei Yisroel
Yisroel, to bring up the Aron |12| Also the Levi'im which to build a Bais in, that Shmi
Brit Hashem out of Ir Dovid, were the meshorarim (singers), might be there; neither chose I
which is Tziyon. all of them of Asaph, of any ish to be a Nagid over Ami
|3| Kol Ish Yisroel assembled Heman, of Yedutun, with their Yisroel,
themselves unto the Melech in banim and their achim, being |6| But I chose Yerushalayim,
the Chag (Feast, i.e., Sukkot) arrayed in white linen, having that Shmi might be there; and
which was in the seventh cymbals and lyres and chose Dovid to be over Ami
month [Tishri]. kinnorot (harps), stood at Yisroel.
|4| And all the Ziknei Yisroel the east of the Mizbe'ach, and |7| Now it was in the levav
came; and the Levi'im took up with them a hundred and Dovid Avi to build a Bais for
the Aron. twenty Kohanim sounding the Shem of Hashem Elohei
|5| And they brought up the trumpets: Yisroel.
Aron, and the Ohel Mo'ed and |13| It came even to pass, as |8| But Hashem said to Dovid
kol Klei HaKodesh (all the the trumpeters and Avi, Because it was in levavcha
Holy Articles) that were in the meshorarim were as one, to build a Bais for Shmi, thou
Ohel, these did the Kohanim making kol echad (one voice, didst well in that it was in
and the Levi'im bring up. one sound) to be heard in levavcha.
|6| Also HaMelech Sh'lomo, praising and thanking |9| Nevertheless thou shalt
and Kol Adat Yisroel that were Hashem; and when they lifted not build HaBeis; but bincha
assembled unto him before up their voice with the (your Son) which shall come
the Aron, sacrificed tzon and trumpets and cymbals and forth out of thy loins, he shall
bakar, which could not be told musical instruments, and build HaBeis for Shmi.
nor numbered for multitude. praised Hashem, saying, Ki |10| Hashem therefore hath
|7| And the Kohanim brought tov ki l'olam chasdo (For He performed His Devar that He
in the Aron Brit Hashem unto is good; for His mercy hath spoken; for I am risen up
its makom (place), to the Devir endureth forever), that then after Dovid Avi, and I sit on
HaBeis, into the Kodesh the Beis was filled with an the kisse Yisroel, just as
HaKadoshim, even under the anan, even the Beis Hashem, Hashem promised, and
wings of the Keruvim; |14| So that the Kohanim I built HaBeis for the Shem of
|8| For the Keruvim spread could not stand to minister by Hashem Elohei Yisroel.
forth their wings over the reason of the anan; for the |11| And in it have I put the
place of the Aron, and the Kavod Hashem had filled the Aron, wherein is the Brit
Keruvim covered over the Beis HaElohim [see Ac chps 1- Hashem that He cut with the
Aron and the carrying poles 2]. Bnei Yisroel.
thereof. [T.N. See 1C 3:16-17 regarding |12| And he stood before the
|9| And they drew out the the Messianic fulfillment of Mizbe'ach Hashem in front
poles of the Aron, that the 1Chr 6:9] kol Kehal Yisroel, and spread
ends of the poles were seen Then said Sh'lomo, forth his hands;
from the Aron before the
Devir; but they were not seen 6
cloud.
Hashem hath said that
He would dwell in a dark
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|13| For Sh'lomo had made a (place) whereof Thou hast said Thy land, which Thou hast
kiyyor nechoshet (bronze that Thou wouldest put given unto Thy people for a
platform) five cubits long, and Shimcha there; to pay heed nachalah.
five cubits wide, and three unto the tefillah which Thy |28| If there be ra'av (hunger,
cubits high, and had set it in eved prayeth toward this famine) in the land, if there be
the midst of the Azarah [see makom. dever, if there be blight, or
4:9], and upon it he stood, and |21| Pay heed therefore unto mildew, locust, or grass-
knelt down upon his knees the tachanunei Avdecha hopper; if their enemies
before kol Kehal Yisroel, and (suppplications of Thy besiege them in the cities of
spread forth his hands toward servant), and of Thy people their land; whatsoever nega or
Shomayim. Yisroel, which they shall machalah there be,
|14| And said, Hashem daven toward this place; hear |29| Then what tefillah or
Elohei Yisroel, ein kmocha Thou from Thy dwelling place, what techinnah soever shall
Elohim (there is no G-d like even from Shomayim; and be made of kol ha’adam, or of
Thee) in Shomayim, nor in when Thou hearest, salachta all Thy people Yisroel, when
Ha'aretz; shomer HaBrit, who (forgive). every one shall know his own
showest chesed unto Thy |22| If an ish sin against his nega and his own pain, and
avadim, that walk before Thee neighbor, and he is made to shall spread forth his hands in
with all their hearts. swear under oath and he this Beis,
|15| Thou which has been swears an oath before Thine |30| Then hear Thou from
shomer over Thy eved Dovid Mizbe'ach in this Beis, Shomayim Thy dwelling place,
Avi over that which Thou hast |23| Then hear Thou from and forgive, and render unto
promised him; and spoke with Shomayim, and act, and judge every man according unto all
Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled Thy avadim, by requiting the his ways, whose lev Thou
it with Thine hand, as it is this guilty, by recompensing his knowest; (for Thou only
day. way upon his own rosh; and knowest the hearts of the Bnei
|16| Now therefore, Hashem by justifying the tzaddik, by HaAdam),
Elohei Yisroel, be shomer over giving him according to his |31| That they may fear Thee,
Dovid Avi to keep that which tzedakah. to walk in Thy ways, so long as
Thou hast promised him, |24| And if thy people Yisroel they live in HaAdamah which
saying, There shall not fail be defeated before the oyev Thou gavest unto Avoteinu.
thee an ish in My sight to sit (enemy), because they have |32| Also concerning the
upon the Kisse Yisroel; if only sinned against Thee; and shall nokhri, who is not of Thy
Banecha are shomer over their return and confess Shmecha, people Yisroel, but is come
way to walk in My torah, as and pray and make techinnah from a far country for the sake
thou hast walked before Me. before Thee in this Beis, of Shimcha Hagadol, Thy yad
|17| Now then, Hashem |25| Then hear Thou from hachazakeh, and Thy zero'a
Elohei Yisroel, let Thy Davar Shomayim, and forgive the sin stretched out; if they come and
come true, which Thou hast of Thy people Yisroel, and pray toward this Beis,
spoken unto Thy eved Dovid. bring them back to |33| Then hear Thou from
|18| But will Elohim really HaAdamah which Thou gave Shomayim, even from Thy
dwell with HaAdam on to them and to Avoteichem. dwelling place, and do
ha'aretz? Hinei, |26| When Shomayim is shut according to all that the
Shomayim and the Shmei up, and there is no matar nokhri calleth for to Thee, that
HaShomayim cannot contain (rain), because they have kol Amei Ha'aretz may know
Thee; how much less this Beis sinned against Thee; yet if Shmecha, and fear Thee,
which I built! they pray toward this place, as doth Thy people Yisroel,
|19| Yet give attention to the and confess Shmecha, and and may know that this Beis
tefillah of Thy eved, and to his turn from their sin, when which I have built is called by
techinnah (supplication), O Thou dost afflict them; Shimcha.
Hashem Elohai, to pay heed |27| Then hear Thou from |34| If Thy people go out to
unto the cry and the tefillah Shomayim, and forgive the sin milchamah against their
which Thy eved prayeth before of Thy avadim, and of Thy enemies by the derech that
Thee; people Yisroel, when Thou Thou shalt send them, and
|20| That Thine eyes may be hast taught them the Derech they pray unto Thee toward
open toward this Beis yomam HaTovah, wherein they should this city which Thou hast
valailah, toward the makom walk; and send matar upon
chosen, and the Beis which I Moshiach. Remember the Sh'lomo had made was not
have built for Shmecha, Chasdei Dovid Avdecha. able to receive the Olot, and
|35| Then hear Thou from Now when Sh'lomo had the Mincha, and HaChalavim
Shomayim their tefillah and
their techinnah, and uphold
their mishpat.
7 made an end of
davening, the eish came
down from Shomayim, and
(the fats).
|8| Also at the same time
Sh'lomo kept the Chag (see v.
|36| If they sin against Thee, consumed the olah and the 9) shivat yamim, and kol
(for there is no adam which zevakhim; and the kavod Yisroel with him, a Kahal
sinneth not), and Thou be Hashem filled HaBeis. Gadol Me'od, from the Levo
angry with them, and deliver |2| And the Kohanim could (Approach) Chamat unto the
them over before their not enter into the Beis Wadi Mitzrayim.
enemies, and they carry them Hashem, because the kavod |9| And on the Yom
away captive unto an Eretz Hashem had filled the Beis HaShemini they held an
rechokah or kerovah, Hashem. Atzeret (solemn assembly); for
|37| Yet if they change in |3| And when all the Bnei they kept the chanukat
their heart in the land where Yisroel saw how the eish came HaMizbe'ach (dedication of
they are carried captive, and down, and the kavod Hashem the altar, i.e., the Beis
repent and supplicate unto upon HaBeis, they bowed Hamikdash) shivat yamim,
Thee in the land of their themselves with their faces to and the chag [Sukkot] shivat
captivity, saying, Chatanu (we the ground upon the ritzpah yamim.
have sinned), he'evnu (we have (floor, pavement) and |10| And on the three and
done wrong), and rashanu (we worshiped, and gave thanks to twentieth day of the seventh
acted wickedly); Hashem, saying, Ki tov ki month he sent HaAm away
|38| If they return to Thee l'olam chasdo (For He is good; into their ohalim joyful and
with all their lev and with all for His mercy endureth tovei lev for the goodness that
their nefesh in the land of forever). Hashem had showed unto
their captivity, where they |4| Then HaMelech and kol Dovid, and to Sh'lomo, and to
have carried them captive, HaAm offered zevach before Yisroel His Am.
and pray toward their land, Hashem. |11| Thus Sh'lomo finished
which Thou gavest unto |5| And HaMelech Sh'lomo the Beis Hashem, and the Beis
Avotam, and toward HaIr offered zevach of 22,000 HaMelech; and all that came
which Thou hast chosen, and bakar, and 120,000 tzon; so into the lev Sh'lomo to do in
toward the Beis which I have HaMelech and kol HaAm the Beis Hashem, and in his
built for Thy Shem, dedicated the Beis HaElohim. own palace, he prosperously
|39| Then hear Thou from |6| And the Kohanim stood at effected.
Shomayim, even from Thy their mishmerot (watches); the |12| And Hashem appeared
dwelling place, their tefillah Levi'im also with kelei shir to Sh'lomo balailah, and said
and their techinnah, and Hashem, (musical instruments unto him, I have heard thy
uphold their mishpat, and of Hashem) which Dovid tefillah, and have chosen this
forgive Thy people which have HaMelech had made to give makom for Myself for a Beis
sinned against Thee. thanks to Hashem-- ki l'oham Zevach.
|40| Now, Elohai, may Thine chasdo (for His mercy |13| When I shut up
eyes be open, and let Thine endureth forever)-- whenever Shomayim that there be no
ears be attentive unto the Dovid praised by their means; matar, or when I command
tefillah that is davened in this and the Kohanim sounded the locusts to devour HaAretz,
place. khatzotzrot (trumpets) or when I send dever among
|41| Now therefore arise, opposite them, and kol Yisroel Ami (My People)
Hashem Elohim, into Thy stood. |14| If Ami, which are called
resting place, Thou, and the |7| Moreover Sh'lomo set by Shmi, shall humble
Aron of Thy might; let Thy apart as kodesh the toch themselves, and daven, and
Kohanim, Hashem Elohim, be hekhatzer (center of the seek my face, and turn from
clothed with Teshu'ah, and let courtyard) that was in front of their derakhim hara'im
Thy Chasidim rejoice in the Beis Hashem; for there he (wicked ways), then will I hear
goodness. offered HaOlot and the from Shomayim, and will
|42| Hashem Elohim, turn chelvei hashelamim (fat of forgive their chattat, and will
not away the face of Thine peace offerings), because the heal their land.
Mizbe'ach hanechoshet which
|15| Now Mine eyes shall be And it came to pass at had built for her, for he said,
open, and Mine ears attentive
unto the tefillah that is made
in Makom HaZeh.
8 the end of esrim shanah,
wherein Sh'lomo had
built the Beis Hashem, and
Isha li (wife for me) shall not
dwell in the Bais Dovid
Melech Yisroel, because the
|16| For now have I chosen his own bais (palace), places whereunto the Aron
and set apart as kodesh |2| That the cities which Hashem hath come are
HaBeis HaZeh, that Shmi may Churam had restored to Kodesh.
be there ad olam, and Mine Sh'lomo, Sh'lomo rebuilt them, |12| Then Sh'lomo offered up
eyes and Mine lev shall be and caused the Bnei Yisroel to Olot unto Hashem on the
there kol hayamim. dwell there. Mizbe'ach Hashem, which he
|17| And as for thee, if thou |3| And Sh'lomo went to had built before the Ulam,
wilt walk before Me, as Dovid Chamat Tzovah, and captured |13| Even according to the
Avicha walked, and do it. requirement of each day on its
according to all that I have |4| And he built Tadmor in day, offering according to the
commanded thee, and shalt the midbar, and all the mitzvat Moshe, on the
observe My chukkot and My storage towns, which he built Shabbatot, and on Rosh
mishpatim; in Chamat. Chodesh, and on the Mo'adot,
|18| Then will I establish the |5| Also he rebuilt Upper Beit three times in the year, even in
kisse of thy Malchut, just as I Choron, and Lower Beit the Chag HaMatzot, and in
have covenanted with Dovid Choron, fortified cities, with the Chag HaShavuot, and in
Avicha, saying, Lo yikaret walls, gates, and bars, the Chag HaSukkot.
lecha ish moshel b'Yisroel. |6| And Ba’alat, and all the |14| And he appointed,
|19| But if ye turn away, and storage towns that Sh'lomo according to the mishpat
forsake My chukkot and My had, and all the towns for the Dovid Aviv, the machlekot
mitzvot, which I have set chariots, and the towns for the (divisions) of the Kohanim to
before you, and shall go and parashim (horsemen, cavalry) their avodah service, and the
serve elohim acherim, and all the cheshek Sh'lomo (desire Levi'im to their mishmerot
worship them, of Solomon) that he desired to (watches), to praise and
|20| Then will I uproot them build in Yerushalayim, and in minister before the Kohanim,
out of My Adamah which I the Levanon, and throughout as the requirement of every
have given them; and HaBeis all the eretz of his Memshalet. yom required; the Sho'arim
HaZeh, which I have set apart |7| As for kol haAm that were (Gatekeepers) also by their
as kodesh for Shmi, will I cast left of the Chitti, and machlekot (divisions) at every
out of My sight, and will make HaEmori, and the Perizzi, sha'ar; for thus was the
it to be a Mashal (byword) and and the Chivi, and the Yevusi, mitzvot Dovid Ish HaElohim.
an object of ridicule among who were not of Yisroel, |15| And they deviated not
Kol haAmim. |8| From their banim, who from the mitzvat HaMelech
|21| And HaBeis HaZeh, were left after them in unto the Kohanim and Levi'im
which is elyon, shall be an HaAretz, whom the Bnei concerning any matter, or
astonishment to every one that Yisroel consumed not, them concerning the otzarot.
passeth by it; so that he shall did Sh'lomo conscript for |16| Now all the work of
say, Why hath Hashem done forced labor until yom hazeh. Sh'lomo was carried out from
thus unto HaAretz HaZot, and |9| But of the Bnei Yisroel did the yom musad (day of the
unto HaBeis Hazeh? Sh'lomo make no avadim for foundation) of the Beis
|22| And it shall be answered, his melachah; for they were Hashem until its completion.
Because they forsook Hashem anshei milchamah, and So the Beis Hashem was
Elohei Avoteihem, Who commanders of his officers, perfected.
brought them forth out of and commanders of his |17| Then went Sh'lomo to
Eretz Mitzrayim, and they laid chariots and parash. Etzyon-Gever, and to Eilat, on
hold on elohim acherim, and |10| And these were the chief the seacoast of Eretz Edom.
worshiped them, and served of the officials of Sh'lomo [T.N. See Ep 2:20 in
them; therefore hath He HaMelech, even two hundred connection with the musad
brought all this ra'ah upon and fifty, that exercised (foundation in 2Chr 8:16)
them. authority over HaAm. where the OJBC speaks about
|11| And Sh'lomo brought up Shluchim and Nevi’im and
the Bat Pharaoh out of Ir Moshiach as the Rosh Pinah]
Dovid unto the palace that he
[18| And Churam sent him by |7| Ashrei are thy anashim, |15| And Melech Sh'lomo
the hands of his avadim and ashrei are these thy made 200 shields of ham-
oniyot, and avadim that were avadim, which stand mered zahav; 600 measures of
experienced seamen; and they continually before thee, and hammered zahav went to one
went with the avadim of hear thy chochmah. shield.
Sh'lomo to Ophir, and took |8| Baruch Hashem |16| And 300 moginnim he
from there four hundred and Eloheicha Who delighted in made of hammered zahav;
fifty talents of zahav, and thee to set thee on His kisse, to 300 measures of zahav went to
brought them to Sh'lomo be Melech for Hashem one mogen. And HaMelech
HaMelech. Eloheicha, because Eloheicha put them in Beis Ya'ar
And when the Malkat loved Yisroel, to establish HaLevanon (House of the
9 Sheva (Queen of Sheba)

heard of the fame of
Sh'lomo, she came to test
them l'olam, therefore He
made thee Melech over them,
to maintain Mishpat and
Forest of Levanon).
|17| Moreover HaMelech
made a kisse shen gadol (great
Sh'lomo with chidot (hard Tzedakah. ivory throne) and overlaid it
questions, riddles) at |9| And she gave HaMelech a with zahav tahor.
Yerushalayim, with a very hundred and twenty talents of |18| And there were six steps
great caravan, and camels that zahav, and spices in great to the kisse, with a kevesh
carried spices, and zahav in abundance, and precious (ramp) of zahav, which was
abundance, and precious stones; neither was there ever attached to the kisse, and
stones; and when she was any such spice as the Malkat arms on each side of the seat,
come to Sh'lomo, she Sheva gave Sh'lomo and two aroyot (lions)
communed with him of all HaMelech. standing by the armrests;
that was in her levav. |10| And the avadim also of |19| And 12 aroyot stood
|2| And Sh'lomo gave answer Churam, and the avadim of there on the one side and on
to all her questions; and there Sh'lomo, which brought zahav the other upon 6 steps. There
was nothing hid from Sh'lomo from Ophir, brought atzei was nothing like it made for
which he explained not to her. algummim (algum trees) and any other mamlechah.
|3| And when the Malkat precious stones. |20| And all the kelei
Sheva had seen the Chochmat |11| And HaMelech made of mashkeh (drinking vessels) of
Sh'lomo, and HaBais (the the atzei algummim steps for Sh'lomo HaMelech were of
Palace) that he had built, the Beis Hashem, and for the zahav, and all the kelei Beis
|4| And the ma'akhal (food) of Beis HaMelech, and kinnorot Ya'ar HaLevanon were of
his shulchan, and the moshav and nevalim for the pure zahav; none were of
of his avadim, and the musicians; and there were kesef; it [silver] was not
attendance of his ministers, none such seen before in the accounted as anything in the
and their apparel; his Eretz Yehudah. days of Sh'lomo.
cupbearers also, and their |12| And Sh'lomo HaMelech |21| HaMelech had a fleet of
apparel; and his aliyah gave to Malkat Sheva all her oniyyot that went to Tarshish
(ascent) by which he went up chefetz, whatsoever she asked, with the avadim of Churam.
to the Beis Hashem; there was beside such that she had Once every three years came
no more ruach in her. brought unto HaMelech. So the oniyyot Tarshish bringing
|5| And she said to she turned, and went away to zahav, and kesef, ivory, and
HaMelech, Emes was the her own land, she and her monkeys, and peacocks.
davar (report) which I heard avadim. |22| And Sh'lomo HaMelech
in mine own country about |13| Now the weight of zahav surpassed all the Malkhei
thine acts, and of thy that came to Sh'lomo in one HaAretz in riches and
chochmah; year was six hundred and chochmah.
|6| Howbeit I believed not threescore and six talents of |23| And all the Malkhei
their words, until I came, and zahav; Ha'Aretz sought the presence
mine eyes had seen it; and, |14| Besides that which of Sh'lomo, to hear his
hinei, the one half of the traders and merchants chochmah, that HaElohim
greatness of thy chochmah brought. And all the had put in his lev.
was not told me, for thou melachim of Arabia and |24| And they brought every
exceedest the report that I governors of the country ish his minchah (present),
heard. brought zahav and kelei kesef, kelei zahav, and
kesef to Sh'lomo.
clothing, weapons, and spices, Yisroel came and spoke to chastise you with akrabim
susim, and peradim (mules), Rechav’am, saying, (scorpions).
at a set rate. |4| Avicha made our ol (yoke) |12| So Yarov’am and kol
|25| And Sh'lomo had four kasheh (difficult, harsh); now HaAm came to Rechav’am on
thousand stalls for susim and therefore ease thou somewhat the Yom HaShelishi, as
markovot (chariots), and the grievous avodas Avicha, HaMelech said, Shuva (return)
twelve thousand parashim and his heavy ol (yoke i.e., to me on the Yom HaShelishi.
whom he kept in the chariot taxes, see verse 18) that he put |13| And HaMelech answered
cities, and with HaMelech at upon us, and we will serve them kashah (harshly); and
Yerushalayim. thee. HaMelech Rechav’am forsook
|26| And he reigned over all |5| And he said unto them, the Atzat HaZekenim,
the melachim from the River Shuvu (come back, return) |14| And answered them after
[i.e., the Euphrates] even unto unto me after shloshet yamin. the Atzat HaYeladim, saying,
the Eretz Pelishtim, and to the And HaAm departed. Avi made your ol (yoke) heavy,
border of Mitzrayim. |6| And HaMelech but I will add thereto; Avi
|27| And HaMelech made Rechav’am took counsel with chastised you with shotim
kesef in Yerushalayim as the Zekenim that had stood (whips), but I will chastise
common as stones, and cedar before Sh'lomo Avi while he you with akrabim (scorpions).
trees he made like sycamore yet lived, saying, What counsel |15| So HaMelech paid heed
trees that are in the Shefelah give ye me to return answer to not unto HaAm, for the
in abundance. HaAm HaZeh? nesibah (turn of events,
|28| And they imported unto |7| And they spoke unto him, circumstance) was of
Sh'lomo susim out of saying, If thou be kind to HaElohim, that Hashem
Mitzrayim, and from HaAm HaZeh, and please might perform His Devar,
all the lands. them, and speak devarim which He spoke by the yad
|29| Now the rest of the tovim to them, they will be thy Achiyah HaShiloni to
Divrei Sh'lomo, harishonim avadim kol hayamim (all the Yarov’am ben Nevat. [1Kgs
and ha’acharonim, are they days). 11:29-39]
not written in the Divrei |8| But he forsook the Atzat |16| And when kol Yisroel
Natan HaNavi, and in the HaZekenim they gave him, saw that HaMelech would not
Nevu'at Achiyah the Shiloni, and took counsel with the pay heed unto them, HaAm
and in the chazot Yadai yeladim that were brought up answered HaMelech, saying,
HaChozer against Yarov’am with him, that stood before What chelek have we in
ben Nevat? him. Dovid? We have none
|30| And Sh'lomo reigned in |9| And he said unto them, nachalah in Ben Yishai. Every
Yerushalayim over kol Yisroel What advice give ye that we ish to your ohalim, O Yisroel;
arba'im shaneh. may return answer to HaAm and now, Dovid, see to
|31| And Sh'lomo slept with HaZeh, which have spoken to thine own Bais. So kol Yisroel
Avotav, and he was buried in me, saying, Ease somewhat went to their ohalim.
Ir Dovid Aviv. And Rechav’am haOl that Avicha did put upon |17| But as for the Bnei
Bno reigned in his place. us? Yisroel that dwelt in the towns
|10| And the yeladim that of Yehudah, Rechav’am
And Rechav’am grew up with him spoke unto reigned over them.
10 went to Shechem,
for to Shechem
were kol Yisroel come to make
him, saying, Thus shalt thou
answer HaAm that spoke unto
thee, saying, Avicha made our
|18| Then HaMelech
Rechav’am sent Hadoram [I
Kgs 12:18 "Adoram"] who was
him melech. ol (yoke) heavy, but make thou over the mas (tax, tribute); and
|2| And it came to pass, when it somewhat lighter for us; the Bnei Yisroel stoned him
Yarov’am ben Nevat, who was thus shalt thou say unto them, with stones, that he died. But
in Mitzrayim, where he fled My little finger is thicker than HaMelech Rechav’am made
from the presence of Sh'lomo the loins of Avi. speed to get up into his
HaMelech heard it, that |11| For whereas Avi put an merkavah, to escape to
Yarov’am returned out of ol kaved (a heavy yoke) upon Yerushalayim.
Mitzrayim. you, I will add more to your ol |19| And Yisroel rebelled
|3| And they sent and called (yoke). Avi chastised you with against the Bais Dovid unto
him. So Yarov’am and kol shotim (whips), but I will Hayom Hazeh.
And when |14| For the Levi'im all of the arei hametzurot
11 Rechav’am was
come to
Yerushalayim, he gathered of
abandoned their common-
lands and their achuzzah
(possession, estate) and came
(fortified cities); and he gave
them mazon (provision, food)
in abundance. And he took for
the Bais Yehudah and to Yehudah and them many wives.
Binyamin a hundred and Yerushalayim; for Yarov’am And it came to
fourscore thousand bachur
oseh milchamah (chosen men,
which were warriors), to make
and his banim had cast them
off from executing the office of
Kohen unto Hashem.
12 pass, when
Rechav’am had
established the malchut, and
war against Yisroel, that he |15| And he ordained him had strengthened himself, he
might restore the mamlachah kohanim for the high places, forsook the Torat Hashem,
to Rechav’am. and for the se'irim (goat idols, and kol Yisroel with him.
[2| But the Devar Hashem demons) and for the agalim |2| And it came to pass, that
came to Shemayah the Ish (calf idols) which he had in the shanah hachamishit of
HaElohim, saying, made. Melech Rechav’am Shishak
|3| Speak unto Rechav’am |16| And after them from all Melech Mitzrayim came up
ben Sh'lomo Melech Yehudah, the Shivtei Yisroel such as set against Yerushalayim, because
and to kol Yisroel in Yehudah their hearts to seek Hashem they were unfaithful to
and Binyamin, saying, Elohei Yisroel came to Hashem,
|4| Thus saith Hashem, Ye Yerushalayim, to sacrifice |3| With 1200 chariots, and
shall not go up, nor make war unto Hashem Elohei 60,000 parashim, and troops
against your achim. Shuvu Avoteihem. without number that came
(return) every ish to his bais, |17| So they strengthened the with him out of Mitzrayim, the
for this thing is done from Me. Malchut Yehudah, and made Luvim, the Sukkiim, and the
And they obeyed the divrei Rechav’am ben Sh'lomo Cushim.
Hashem, and returned back strong, shanim shalosh. For |4| And he captured the arei
from going against Yarov’am. shanim shalosh they hametzurot (fortified cities)
|5| And Rechav’am dwelt in walked in the Derech Dovid which are of Yehudah, and
Yerushalayim, and built arim u’Sh'lomo. came as far as Yerushalayim.
lematzor (cities for defense) |18| And Rechav’am took |5| Then came Shemayah
in Yehudah. him Machalat bat Yerimot HaNavi to Rechav’am, and to
|6| He built even Beit- Ben Dovid as isha, and the Sarim of Yehudah, that
Lechem, and Eitam, and Avichayil bat Eliav ben Yishai, were assembled in
Tekoa, |19| Which bore him banim: Yerushalayim because of
|7| Bei-Tzur, Socho, Adulam, Yeush, and Shemaryah, and Shishak, and said unto them,
|8| Gat, Mareshah, Ziph, Zaham. Thus saith Hashem, Ye have
|9| And Adorayim, and |20| And after her he took forsaken me, and therefore
Lachish, and Azekah, Ma’achah bat Avshalom, who have I also abandoned you in
|10| And Tzorah, and Ayalon, bore him Aviyah, and Attai, the yad Shishak.
and Chevron, which are in and Ziza, and Shlomit. |6| Whereupon the Sarim
Yehudah and in Binyamin |21| And Rechav’am loved (princes) of Yisroel and
arei metzurot (fortified cities). Ma’achah bat Avshalom more HaMelech humbled
|11| And he fortified the than any of his nashim and themselves; and they said,
metzurot (fortifications), and his pilagshim; (for he took Tzaddik Hashem.
put negidim (rulers) in them, eighteen nashim, and |7| And when Hashem saw
and otzerot ma'achal (storage threescore pilagshim, and that they humbled themselves,
places of food), and of shemen fathered twenty and eight the Devar Hashem came to
and yayin. banim, and threescore banot.) Shemayah, saying, They have
|12| And in all the cities he |22| And Rechav’am made humbled themselves; therefore
put shields and spears, and Aviyah ben Ma’achah the I will not destroy them, but I
made them exceeding strong, rosh, to be nagid among his will grant them some peleitah
having Yehudah and achim, for he intended to (deliverance, rescue); and My
Binyamin on his side. make him melech. chamah (anger, wrath) shall
|13| And the Kohanim and |23| And he acted wisely, and not be poured out upon
the Levi'im that were in kol dispersed kol banim of him Yerushalayim by the yad
Yisroel availed themselves to throughout all the lands of Shishak.
him from all their territories. Yehudah and Binyamin, unto
|8| Nevertheless they shall be Rechav’am and Yarov’am Yarov’am made you for
his avadim; that they may continually. elohim.
differentiate My avodah, and |16| And Rechav’am slept |9| Have ye not cast out the
the avodat mamlechut of the with Avotav, and was buried Kohanim of Hashem, the Bnei
lands. in Ir Dovid; and Aviyah bno Aharon, and the Levi'im, and
|9| So Shishak Melech reigned in his place. have made you kohanim after
Mitzrayim came up against Now in the the manner of the peoples of
Yerushalayim, and carried
away the otzerot of the Beis
Hashem, and the otzerot Bais
13 eighteenth year of
Melech Yarov’am
began Aviyah to reign over
other lands? So whosoever
cometh to consecrate himself
with a young bull and 7 rams,
HaMelech. He took all; he Yehudah. the same may be a kohen of
carried away also the moginei |2| He reigned 3 shanim in them that are no elohim.
hazahav (shields of gold) Yerushalayim. And the shem |10| But as for us, Hashem is
which Sh'lomo had made. immo was Michayah bat Uriel Eloheinu, and we have not
|10| Instead of which of Giveah. And there was forsaken Him, and the
HaMelech Rechav’am made milchamah between Aviyah Kohanim, mesharetim unto
moginei nechoshet, and and Yarov’am. Hashem, are the Bnei Aharon,
committed them to the hands |3| And Aviyah led the and the Levi'im do their work;
of the commanders of the milchamah with an army of |11| And they burn unto
guard, the Shomrim who kept gibborei milchamah, Hashem baboker baboker and
the Petach Bais Hamelech. even 400 elef ish bachur. baerev baerev olot and ketoret
|11| And as often as Yarov’am also drew up for sammim; the array of lechem
HaMelech entered into the milchamah against him with is also set in order upon the
Beis Hashem, the guard came 800 elef ish bachur, gibbor shulchan hatahor; and the
and got the shields, and chayil. menorah hazahav with the
afterward brought them again |4| And Aviyah stood up nerot thereof is lit erev ba'erev,
into the guardroom. upon Mt Tzemarayim, which for we are the Shomrim of the
|12| And when he humbled is in the hill country of Mishmeret Hashem Eloheinu;
himself, the Af Hashem Ephrayim, and said, Hear me, but ye have forsaken Him.
turned from him, that He thou Yarov’am, and kol |12| And, hinei, HaElohim
would not destroy him Yisroel. Himself is with us as Rosh,
altogether; and also in |5| Ought ye not to know that and His Kohanim have their
Yehudah things went well. Hashem Elohei Yisroel gave chatzotzerot to sound the
|13| So HaMelech Rechav’am the Mamlachah over Yisroel to alarm against you. O Bnei
strengthened himself in Dovid l'olam (forever), even to Yisroel, fight ye not against
Yerushalayim, and reigned; him and to his banim by a Hashem Elohei Avoteichem;
for Rechav’am was one and Brit Melach [see Num 18:19]? for ye shall not prosper.
forty years old when he began |6| Yet Yarov’am ben Nevat |13| But Yarov’am caused a
to reign, and he reigned eved Sh'lomo ben ma'arav to come about behind
seventeen years in Dovid is risen up, and hath them so that they were before
Yerushalayim, HaIr that rebelled against Adonav. Yehudah, and the ma'arav was
Hashem had chosen out of all |7| And there are gathered behind them.
the Shivtei Yisroel, to put unto him anashim rekim, the |14| And when Yehudah
Shmo there. And the shem Bnei Beliyaal, and have turned, hinei, the milchamah
immo was Na’amah strengthened themselves was before and behind, and
HaAmmonit. against Rechav’am ben they cried unto Hashem, and
|14| And he did rah, because Sh'lomo, when Rechav’am was the Kohanim sounded the
he set not his lev to seek na'ar and rakh levav (faint- battle trumpets.
Hashem. hearted), and could not |15| Then the Ish Yehudah
|15| Now the acts of withstand them. gave a shout, and as the Ish
Rechav’am, harishonim and |8| And now ye think to Yehudah shouted, it came to
ha'acharonim, are they not withstand the Mamlechet pass, that HaElohim routed
written in the Divrei Hashem in the yad Bnei Yarov’am and kol Yisroel
Shemayah HaNavi, and of Dovid; and ye be a great before Aviyah and Yehudah.
Iddo HaChozer with multitude, and there are with |16| And the Bnei Yisroel fled
genealogies? And there were you eglei zahav, which before Yehudah, and Elohim
milchamot between
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delivered them into their yad. idols); and the mamlachah Gerar, and HaCushim fell,
|17| And Aviyah and his was at peace under him. until they could not survive,
army slaughtered them with a |6| (14:5) And he built arei for they were crushed before
makkah rabbah metzurah in Yehudah; for Hashem, and before His
(great slaughter); so there fell HaAretz was at peace, and he Machaneh. They carried off
down slain of Yisroel five had no milchanah in those very much plunder.
hundred thousand ish bachur. years, because Hashem had |14| (14:13) And they
|18| Thus the Bnei Yisroel given him rest. destroyed all the towns
were subdued at that time, |7| (14:6) Therefore he said around Gerar; for the Pachad
and the Bnei Yehudah unto Yehudah, Let us build up Hashem fell upon them, and
prevailed, because they relied these cities, and make about they plundered all the towns,
upon Hashem Elohei them chomah, and migdalim, for there was exceeding much
Avoteihem. gates, and bars. HaAretz is yet booty in them.
|19| And Aviyah pursued before us, because we have |15| (14:14) They attacked
after Yarov’am, and took cities sought Hashem Eloheinu, we also the ohalim of herdsmen,
from him: Beit-El with the have sought Him, and He and carried off tzon and
towns thereof, and Yeshanah hath given us rest on every gemalim in abundance, and
with the villages thereof, and side. So they built and returned to Yerushalayim.
Ephrayim with the villages prospered. And the Ruach
thereof.
|20| Neither did Yarov’am
recover ko'ach again in the
|8| (14:7) And Asa had an
army of men that bore shields
and spears, out of Yehudah
15
Oded;
Elohim came upon
Azaryahu ben
days of Aviyah; and Hashem three hundred thousand; and |2| And he went out to meet
struck him, and he died. out of Binyamin, that bore Asa, and said unto him, Hear
|21| But Aviyah grew strong, mogen and drew keshet (bow), ye me, Asa, and kol Yehudah
and married fourteen nashim, two hundred and fourscore and Binyamin. Hashem is
and fathered twenty and two elef; all these were gibborei with you, while ye be with
banim, and sixteen banot. chayil. Him; if ye seek Him, He will
|22| And the rest of the acts |9| (14:8) And there came out be found of you; if ye forsake
of Aviyah, and his deeds, and against them Zerach HaCushi Him, He will forsake you.
his words, are written in the with a host of elef alafim, and |3| Now for yamim rabbim
Midrash HaNavi Iddo. three hundred merkavot; and Yisroel hath been without the
(13:23) So Aviyah came as far as Mareshah. Elohei Emes, and without a
14 slept with Avotav,

and they buried
him in Ir Dovid, and Asa bno
|10| (14:9) Then Asa went out
against him, and they took up
position for the milchamah in
Kohen Moreh, and without
Torah.
|4| But when they in their
reigned in his place. In his the valley of Zephatah at tzoros did turn unto Hashem
days HaAretz was at peace Mareshah. Elohei Yisroel, and sought
eser shanim. |11| (14:10) And Asa cried Him, He was found by them.
|2| (14:1) And Asa did that unto Hashem Elohav, and |5| And in those times there
which was hatov and yashar in said, Hashem, there is none was no shalom to him that
the eyes of Hashem Elohav; besides Thee to help, whether went out, nor to him that
|3| (14:2) For he took away with rav, or with them that came in, but mehumot rabbot
the mizbechot hanekhar have no ko'ach. Help us, (great turmoil) was upon all
(foreign altars), and the high Hashem Eloheinu, for we rely the inhabitants of the lands.
places, and smashed the on Thee; in Shimecha we go |6| And nation was destroyed
matzevot, and cut down the against this multitude. of nation, and city of city, for
Asherim; Hashem Thou art Eloheinu; Elohim did trouble them with
|4| (14:3) And commanded let no enosh prevail against every tzuris.
Yehudah to seek Hashem Thee. |7| Be ye strong therefore,
Elohei Avoteihem, and |12| (14:11) So Hashem and let not your hands be
to observe the Torah and the struck down HaCushim before weak, for there is sachar
Mitzvah. Asa, and before Yehudah, and (reward) for your pe'ulah
|5| (14:4) Also he took away HaCushim fled. (work).
out of all the towns of |13| (14:12) And Asa and
Yehudah the high places and HaAm that were with him
the chammanim (sun-pillar pursued them as far as
|8| And when Asa heard these and Asa cut down her away the stones of Ramah,
words, and the nevu'ah of mifletzet, and ground it up, and the timber thereof,
Oded HaNavi, he took and burned it at the Wadi wherewith Ba’asha was
courage, and put away the Kidron. building; and he built
shikkutzim (abominable idols) |17| But the high places were therewith Geva and Mitzpah.
from kol Eretz Yehudah and not removed from Yisroel; |7| And at that time Chanani
Binyamin, and from the cities nevertheless the levav Asa was HaRo'eh came to Asa Melech
which he had captured from shalem all his days. Yehudah, and said unto him,
Mt Ephrayim, and renewed |18| And he brought into the Because thou hast relied on
the Mizbe'ach Hashem, that Beis HaElohim the things that Melech Aram, and not relied
was in front of the Ulam Aviv had dedicated as kodesh, on Hashem Eloheicha,
Hashem. and that he himself had therefore is the army of
|9| And he gathered all dedicated as kodesh, Melech Aram escaped out of
Yehudah and Binyamin, and kesef, and zahav, and kelim. thine yad.
the gerim with them from |19| And there was no more |8| Were not the Cushim and
Ephrayim and Menasheh, and milchamah unto the five and the Luvim a huge army, with
from Shim'on, for they thirtieth year of the reign of very many chariots and
fell to him from Yisroel in Asa. parashim? Yet, because thou
abundance, when they saw In the six and didst rely on Hashem, He
that Hashem Elohav was with
him.
|10| So they gathered
16 thirtieth year
Malchut Asa (of the
reign of Asa) Ba’asha Melech
delivered them into thine yad.
|9| For the eyes of Hashem
run to and fro kol HaAretz, to
themselves together at Yisroel went up against strengthen them whose lev is
Yerushalayim in the chodesh Yehudah, and fortified shalem (wholehearted) toward
hashelishi, in the fifteenth Ramah, to the intent that he Him. Herein thou hast done
year of the reign of Asa. might let none go out or come foolishly; therefore from
|11| And they offered unto in to the territory of henceforth thou shalt have
Hashem on that day, of the Asa Melech Yehudah. milchamot.
plunder which they had |2| Then Asa brought out |10| Then Asa was wroth with
brought back, 700 bakar and kesef and zahav out of the the ro'eh, put him in a prison
7000 tzon. otzarot of the Beis Hashem house; for he was in a rage
|12| And they entered into and of the Bais HaMelech, with him because of this thing.
the Brit to seek Hashem and sent to Ben-Hadad And Asa oppressed some of
Elohei Avoteihem with all Melech Aram (Syria), the one HaAm at the same time.
their lev and with all their ruling in Damascus, saying, |11| And, hinei, the acts of
nefesh; |3| There is a brit between me Asa, harishonim and
|13| That whosoever would and thee, as there was ha'acharonim, see, they are
not seek Hashem Elohei between Avi and Avicha. written in the Sefer HaMel-
Yisroel should be put to death, Hinei, I have sent thee kesef achim Yehudah and Yisroel.
whether katan or gadol, and zahav; come, break thy |12| And Asa in the thirty and
whether ish or isha. brit with Ba’asha Melech ninth year of his malchut
|14| And they swore unto Yisroel, that he may withdraw (reign) became diseased in his
Hashem with a kol gadol, and from me. raglayim, until his disease was
with teruah, and with |4| And Ben-Hadad paid exceedingly great. Yet even in
trumpets, and with shoferot. heed unto HaMelech Asa, and his disease he sought not
|15| And all Yehudah sent the officers of his forces Hashem, but only the rofe'im.
rejoiced at the shevu'ah, for against the cities of Yisroel, |13| And Asa slept with his
they had sworn with all their and they struck down Iyon, Avotav, and died in the one
lev, and sought Him with their and Dan, and Abel Mayim, and fortieth year of his reign.
whole ratzon; and He was and all the storage cities of |14| And they buried him in
found by them; and Hashem Naphtali. his own kever (sepulchre,
gave them rest all around. |5| And it came to pass, when burial cave), which he had
|16| And also concerning Ba’asha heard it, that he left cut for himself in Ir Dovid,
Ma’achah em Asa HaMelech, off building of Ramah, and let and laid him on a mishkav
he deposed her from being his work cease. (bed) which was filled with
gevirah, because she had |6| Then Asa HaMelech took sweet spices and
made to Asherah a mifletzet, all Yehudah, and they carried perfumes prepared by
Divrey Hayamim Bais 16, 17, 18 810 Orthodox Jewish Bible
the apothecaries art; and they |10| And the Pachad Hashem himself with Ach'av.
burned for him a very large fell upon all the kingdoms of |2| And l'ketz shanim he went
serefah gedolah (great fire, the lands that were down to Ach'av in Shomron.
pyre). surrounding Yehudah, so that And Ach'av killed tzon and
And Yehoshaphat they made no war against bakar for him in abundance,
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place, and
strengthened himself against
Yehoshaphat.
|11| Also some of the
Pelishtim (Philistines) brought
and for HaAm that he had
with him, and persuaded him
to go up with him to Ramot
Yisroel. Yehoshaphat minchah, and Gil’ad.
|2| And he placed troops in kesef massa (tribute); and the |3| And Ach'av Melech Yisroel
all the fortified cities of Arabs brought him tzon, seven said unto Yehoshaphat
Yehudah, and set netzivim thousand seven hundred Melech Yehudah, Wilt thou go
(garrisons) in Eretz Yehudah, rams, and seven thousand with me to Ramot Gil’ad? And
and in the towns of Ephrayim, seven hundred goats. he answered him, I
which Asa Aviv had captured. |12| And Yehoshaphat grew am as thou art, and my people
|3| And Hashem was with great exceedingly; and he built as thy people; and we will be
Yehoshaphat, because he in Yehudah fortresses and with thee in the milchamah.
walked in the darkhei Dovid storage cities. |4| And Yehoshaphat said
Aviv harishonim, and sought |13| And he had melachah unto the Melech Yisroel,
not unto Ba’alim; rabbah in the cities of Inquire, now at the Devar
|4| But sought Hashem Yehudah; and the anshei Hashem today.
Elohei Aviv, and walked in milchamah, gibborei chayil |5| Therefore the Melech
His mitzvot, and not after the were in Yerushalayim. Yisroel gathered together of
ma'asei Yisroel. |14| And these are the nevi'im four hundred men,
|5| Therefore Hashem pekuddat (enrollment and said unto them, Shall we
established the Mamlachah in numbers) of them according to go to war against Ramot
his yad; and all Yehudah the Bais Avoteihem: of Gil’ad, or shall I forbear? And
brought to Yehoshaphat Yehudah, the sarei alafim; they said, Go up; for
minchah; and he had osher Adnah HaSar, and with him HaElohim will deliver it into
and kavod in abundance. gibborei chayil three hundred the yad HaMelech.
|6| And his lev was elevated elef. |6| But Yehoshaphat said, Is
in the darkhei Hashem; |15| And next to him was there not here a navi of
moreover he removed the high Yehochanan HaSar, and with Hashem, that we might
places and Asherim from him two hundred and inquire of him?
Yehudah. fourscore elef. |7| And the Melech Yisroel
|7| Also in the third year of |16| And next to him was said unto Yehoshaphat, There
his reign he sent to his sarim Amasyah ben Zichri, who is yet ish echad (one man), by
(officials), even to Ben-Chayil, volunteered unto Hashem, whom we may inquire of
and to Ovadyah, and to and with him two hundred Hashem, but I hate him
Zecharyah, and to Netanel, elef gibbor chayil. because he never prophesied
and to Michayahu, to teach in |17| And from Binyamin, for tov about me, but always
the cities of Yehudah. Elyada a gibbor chayil, and ra'ah; the same is Mikhay'hu
|8| And with them he sent with him armed men with ben Imla. And Yehoshaphat
Levi'im, even Shemayahu, and keshet and mogen two said, HaMelech should not say
Netanyahu, and Zevadyahu, hundred elef. that.
and Asahel, and Shemiramot, |18| And next to him was |8| And the Melech Yisroel
and Yehonatan, and Yehozavad, and with him a called for one of his officials,
Adoniyahu, and Tuviyahu, hundred and fourscore elef and said, Bring at once
and Tov Adoniyah, Levi'im; battle-ready. Mikhay'hu ben Imla.
and with them Elishama and |19| These waited on |9| And the Melech Yisroel
Yehoram, Kohanim. HaMelech, beside those whom and Yehoshaphat Melech
|9| And they taught in HaMelech put in the fortified Yehudah sat either of them on
Yehudah, and had with them cities throughout all Yehudah. his kisse, clothed in their
the Sefer Torat Hashem, and Now Yehoshaphat begadim, and they sat in the
went about throughout all the
cities of Yehudah, and taught
HaAm.
18 had osher and
kavod in
abundance, and allied
goren (threshing floor) at the
petach (entrance)
Sha'ar Shomron; and all the HaShomayim standing on his Yehudah went up to Ramot
nevi'im prophesied before right and on his left. Gil’ad.
them. |19| And Hashem said, Who |29| And the Melech Yisroel
|10| And Tzidkiyahu ben shall entice Ach'av Melech said unto Yehoshaphat, I will
Kena’anah had made him Yisroel, that he may go up and disguise myself, and I will go
karnayim of barzel, and said, fall at Ramot Gil’ad? And one to the milchamah; but put
Thus saith Hashem, With spoke saying after this thou on thy robes. So the
these thou shalt gore Aram manner, and another saying Melech Yisroel disguised
(Syria) until they be after that manner. himself; and they went
consumed. |20| Then there came out a to the milchamah.
|11| And all the nevi'im ruach, and stood before |30| Now Melech Aram had
prophesied so, saying, Go up Hashem, and said, I will commanded the commanders
to Ramot Gil’ad, and be entice him. And Hashem said of the chariots that were with
victorious, for Hashem shall unto him, How? him, saying, Fight ye not with
deliver it into the yad |21| And he said, I will go katon or gadol, only with the
HaMelech. out, and be a ruach sheker Melech Yisroel.
|12| And the malach that (lying spirit) in the mouth of |31| And it came to pass,
went to call Mikhay'hu spoke all his nevi'im. And Hashem when the commanders of the
to him, saying, Hinei, the said, Thou shalt entice him, chariots saw Yehoshaphat,
divrei hanevi'im declare tov to and thou shalt also succeed; that they said, It is the Melech
HaMelech with peh echad go out, and do even so. Yisroel. Therefore they
(one mouth); let thy word |22| Now therefore, hinei, surrounded him to fight, but
therefore, now, be like one of Hashem hath put a ruach Yehoshaphat cried out, and
theirs, and speak thou tov. sheker in the mouth of these Hashem helped him; and
|13| And Mikhay'hu said, As thy nevi'im, and Hashem hath Elohim moved them away
Hashem liveth, only what decreed ra'ah against thee. from him.
Elohai saith, that will I speak. |23| Then Tzidkiyahu ben |32| For it came to pass, that,
|14| And when he was come Kena’anah came near, and when the commanders of the
to HaMelech, HaMelech said struck Mikhay'hu upon the chariots perceived that it was
unto him, Mikhay'hu, shall we lechi (cheek), and said, Which not Melech Yisroel, they
go to war against Ramot way went the Ruach Hashem turned back from pursuing
Gil’ad, or shall I forbear? And from me to speak unto thee? him.
he said, Go ye up, and be |24| And Mikhay'hu said, |33| And an ish drew a keshet
victorious, and they shall be Thou shalt find out on that at random, and struck Melech
delivered into your yad. yom when thou shalt go into Yisroel between the devakim
|15| And HaMelech said to cheder b'cheder (inner (joints) of the shiryon (armor);
him, How many times shall I chamber) to hide thyself. therefore he said to his chariot
adjure thee that thou say |25| Then the Melech Yisroel driver, Turn thine yad, that
nothing but the emes to me in said, Take ye Mikhay'hu, and thou mayest take me out of the
the Shem of Hashem? carry him back to Amon Sar machaneh, for I am wounded.
|16| Then he said, I saw kol HaIr, and to Yoash ben |34| And the milchamah
Yisroel scattered upon the HaMelech, increased that day. Howbeit
mountains, like tzon that have |26| And say, Thus saith the Melech Yisroel propped
no ro'eh, and Hashem said, HaMelech, Put this in the bais himself up in his merkavah
These have no adonim; let hakeleh, and feed him with facing Aram (the Syrians)
them return therefore every only a scanty prison diet of until the erev; and about the
ish to his bais in shalom. lechem and only mayim, time of the shemesh going
|17| And the Melech Yisroel until I return b'shalom. down he died.
said to Yehoshaphat, Did I not |27| And Mikhay'hu said, If [T.N. This story illustrates the
tell thee that he would not thou certainly return in great difficulty in being a
prophesy tov unto me, but shalom, then hath not preacher that people will listen
rah? Hashem spoken by me. And to: they want to hear what
|18| Again he said, Therefore he said, Mark words, all ye they want to hear, and, being
hear the Devar Hashem: I saw people. set in their ways, have decided
Hashem sitting upon His |28| So the Melech Yisroel to mold the House of G-d to
Kisse, and all Tzva and Yehoshaphat Melech their stubbornness, rather than
change or grow in the L-rd]
And Yehoshaphat cities, between dahm and none is able to withstand
19 Melech Yehudah
returned to his
Bais (Palace) in shalom in
dahm, between torah and
mitzvah, chukkot and
mishpatim, ye shall even warn
thee?
|7| Art not Thou Eloheinu,
Who didst drive out the
Yerushalayim. them that they trespass not inhabitants of this land before
|2| And Yehu ben Chanani against Hashem, and so ketzef Thy people Yisroel, and gavest
HaChozer (the Seer) went out (wrath) come upon you, and it to the Zera Avraham
to meet him, and said to upon your achim; this do, and ohav'cha l'olam (Thy friend
HaMelech Yehoshaphat, ye shall not trespass. forever)?
Shouldest thou help the rasha, |11| And, hinei, Amaryahu |8| And they dwelt therein,
and love them that hate Kohen HaRosh is over you in and have built Thee a
Hashem? Therefore ketzef all matters of Hashem; and Mikdash therein for Thy
(wrath) is upon thee from Zevadyahu ben Yishmael, the Shem, saying,
before Hashem. Nagid of the Bais Yehudah, |9| If, when ra'ah cometh
|3| Nevertheless there are for all the matters of upon us, as the cherev, shefot,
devarim tovim (good things) HaMelech; also the Levi'im or dever, or ra'av (famine), we
found in thee, in that thou shall be shoterim (officers) stand before HaBeis HaZeh,
hast removed HaAsherot from before you. Deal courageously, and in Thy presence, (for Thy
HaAretz, and hast prepared and Hashem be with hatov. Shem is in HaBeis HaZeh,)
thine lev to seek HaElohim. and cry unto Thee in
|4| And Yehoshaphat dwelt in It came to pass tzarateinu (our affliction),
Yerushalayim; and he went
out again among HaAm from
Beer Sheva to Mt Ephrayim,
20 after this also, that
the Bnei Moav, and
the Bnei Ammon, and with
then Thou wilt hear and save.
|10| And now, hinei, the Bnei
Ammon and Moav and Mt
and he turned them back unto them some Ammonim, came Seir, whom Thou wouldest not
Hashem Elohei Avoteihem. against Yehoshaphat to make let Yisroel invade, when they
|5| And he appointed milchamah. came out of Eretz Mitzrayim,
Shofetim in HaAretz |2| Then there came some but they turned from them,
throughout all the fortified that told Yehoshaphat, saying, and destroyed them not,
cities of Yehudah, city by city, There cometh a great |11| Hinei, what gomelim
|6| And said to the Shofetim, multitude against thee from (ones repaying) they are to us,
Take heed what ye do, for ye beyond the Yam (Dead Sea), to come to drive us out of Thy
judge not for adam, but for from Aram; and, hinei, they yerushah (inheritance), which
Hashem, Who is with you in are in Chatzatzon-Tamar, Thou hast given us.
the devar mishpat (verdict). which is Ein-Gedi. |12| O Eloheinu, wilt Thou
|7| Wherefore now let the |3| And Yehoshaphat feared, not judge them? For we have
Pachad Hashem be upon you; and set his face to inquire of no ko'ach against this great
be shomer and do it, for there Hashem, and proclaimed a multitude that cometh against
is no avlah (injustice) with tzom throughout all Yehudah. us; neither know we what to
Hashem Eloheinu, nor |4| And Yehudah gathered do, but our eyes are upon
massa panim (respect of themselves together, to ask Thee.
persons), nor mikkach help of Hashem, even from all |13| And all Yehudah stood
shochad (taking of bribes). the towns of Yehudah they before Hashem, with their
|8| Moreover in Yerushalayim came to seek help of Hashem. little ones, their nashim, and
did Yehoshaphat station |5| And Yehoshaphat stood in their banim.
Levi'im, and Kohanim, and the Kehal Yehudah and |14| Then upon Yachziel ben
Rashei HaAvot Yisroel, for the Yerushalayim, in the Beis Zecharyahu ben Benayah ben
Mishpat Hashem, and for riv Hashem, before the khatzer Ye'i'el ben Matanyah, a Levi of
(disputes), and they returned hachadashah, the Bnei Asaph, came the
to Yerushalayim. |6| And he said, Hashem Ruach Hashem in the midst of
|9| And he charged them, Elohei Avoteinu, art not Thou the Kahal,
saying, Thus shall ye do in the Elohim in Shomayim? And |15| And he said, Pay heed
yirat Hashem, be'emunah and moshel (rulest) not Thou over ye, all Yehudah, and ye
with a levav shalem. kol mamlechot haGoyim? And inhabitants of
|10| And what riv soever shall in Thine yad is there not Yerushalayim, and thou
come before you of your ko'ach and gevurah, so that
achim that dwell in your
Melech Yehoshaphat. Thus |22| And when they began |29| And the Pachad Elohim
saith Hashem unto you: Be with rinnah and tehillah, was on all the kingdoms of
not afraid nor dismayed by Hashem set me'arevim those lands, when they had
reason of this great multitude; (ambushers) against the Bnei heard that Hashem fought
for the milchamah is not Ammon, Moav, and Mt Seir, against the oyevei Yisroel.
yours, but that of Elohim. which were come against |30| So the Malchut
|16| Makhar (tomorrow) go ye Yehudah, and they were struck Yehoshaphat was at peace, for
down against them; hinei, they down. Elohav gave him rest on
come up by the Ascent of |23| For the Bnei Ammon every side.
Tzitz; and ye shall find them and Moav stood up against the |31| And Yehoshaphat
at the end of the wadi, inhabitants of Mt Seir, utterly reigned over Yehudah. He was
before the midbar of Yeruel. to slay and destroy them. And thirty and five years old when
|17| Ye shall not need to fight when they had made an end he began to reign, and he
in this; take up your battle of the inhabitants of Seir, reigned twenty and five years
positions, stand ye firm, and every one helped to destroy in Yerushalayim. And shem
see the Yeshuat Hashem with another. immo was Azuvah bat Shilchi.
you, O Yehudah and |24| And when Yehudah |32| And he walked in the
Yerushalayim. Fear not, nor came toward the mitzpeh derech Aviv Asa, and departed
be dismayed; makhar (guard tower) in the midbar, not from it, doing that which
(tomorrow) go out against they looked toward the was yashar in the sight of
them, for Hashem will be with multitude, and, hinei, they Hashem.
you. were pegarim (corpses) fallen |33| Howbeit the high places
|18| And Yehoshaphat bowed on the ground, and there was were not removed; for HaAm
his head with his face to the no escapee. as yet had not set their hearts
ground; and all Yehudah and |25| And when Yehoshaphat unto Elohei Avoteihem.
the inhabitants of and his people came to carry |34| Now the rest of the acts
Yerushalayim fell down before off the plunder of them, they of Yehoshaphat, harishonim
Hashem, worshiping Hashem. found among them in and ha'acharonim, hinei, they
|19| And the Levi'im, of the abundance both property are written in the Annals of
Bnei HaKehatim, and of the with the pegarim, and articles Yehu ben Chanani, who is
Bnei HaKorchim, stood up to of value, which they stripped recorded in the Sefer of the
praise Hashem Elohei Yisroel off for themselves, more than Melachim of Yisroel.
with an exceeding kol gadol. they could carry away, and |35| And after this did
|20| And they rose early in they were yamim shelosha in Yehoshaphat Melech Yehudah
the boker, and went forth into gathering of the plunder, it join himself in alliance with
the Midbar Tekoa; and as they was so much. Achazyah Melech Yisroel, who
went forth, Yehoshaphat stood |26| And on the fourth day did very wickedly;
and said, Hear me, O they assembled themselves in |36| And he joined himself
Yehudah, and ye inhabitants the Berachah Valley, for there with him to make oniyot
of Yerushalayim. Ha'aminu they blessed Hashem; (ships) to go to Tarshish, and
BaHashem Eloheichem therefore the shem of that they made the oniyot in
(Believe in Hashem place was called, The Etzyon-Gever.
Eloheichem), so shall ye be Berachah Valley unto this day. |37| Then Eliezer ben
established; have faith in His |27| Then they returned, kol Dodavahu of Mareshah
Nevi'im, so shall ye be ish Yehudah and prophesied against
victorious. Yerushalayim, and Yehoshaphat, saying, Because
|21| And when he had Yehoshaphat in the forefront thou hast joined thyself in
consulted with HaAm, he of them, to go again to alliance with Achazyahu,
appointed meshorarim Yerushalayim with simcha; for Hashem hath wrecked thy
(singers) unto Hashem, and Hashem had made them to ma'asim. And the oniyot were
that should praise the hadrat rejoice over their enemies. wrecked, that they were not
kodesh, as they went out |28| And they came to able to sail to Tarshish.
before the army, and to say, Yerushalayim with nevalim [T.N. Yehoshaphat had a
Hodu L'Adonoi ki l'olam and kinnorot and weakness for entangling
chasdo (Give thanks to chatzotzerot unto the Beis himself with non-believers and
Hashem, for His mercy Hashem. suffering the consequences.]
endureth forever).
Now Yehoshaphat surrounded him, and the ben except Yehoachaz
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and was buried
with his avot in Ir Dovid. And
commanders of the chariots.
|10| So the Edomites rebelled
from under the yad Yehudah
(Achazyahu, Ahaziah), the
youngest of his banim.
|18| And after all this
Yehoram bno reigned in his unto this day. At the same Hashem struck him in his
place. time also did Livnah rebel bowels with a choli for which
|2| And he had achim, the from under his yad, because there was no marpeh.
Bnei Yehoshaphat, Azaryah, he had forsaken Hashem |19| And it came to pass that
and Yechiel, and Zecharyahu, Elohei Avotav. in process of time, after the
and Azaryahu, and Michael, |11| Moreover he built high end of two years, his bowels
and Shephatyahu. All these places [unlawful altars] in the protruded out by reason of his
were the Bnei Yehoshaphat mountains of Yehudah and choli; so he died in great pain.
Melech Yisroel. caused the inhabitants of And his people kindled no
|3| And their av have given Yerushalayim to commit pyre in his honor, as they had
them mattanot rabbot of fornication, and led Yehudah done for his avot.
kesef, and of zahav, and of astray. |20| Thirty and two years old
precious things, with fortified |12| And there came a miktav was he when he began to
cities in Yehudah, but the (letter) to him from Eliyahu reign, and he reigned in
Mamlachah (Kingdom) he HaNavi, saying, Thus saith Yerushalayim shemoneh
gave to Yehoram; because he Hashem Elohei Dovid Avicha, shanim, and departed without
was the bechor. Because thou hast not walked chemdah (desire [for him]).
|4| Now when Yehoram was in the darkhei Yehoshaphat Howbeit they buried him in
risen up to the Mamlachah of Avicha, nor in the darkhei Asa the Ir Dovid, but not in the
his av, he strengthened Melech Yehudah, kevarot hamelachim.
himself, and slaughtered all |13| But hast walked in the And the
his achim with the cherev, and
also a number of the sarim
(leading political figures) of
derech of the melachim of
Yisroel, and hast made
Yehudah and the inhabitants
22 inhabitants of
Yerushalayim
made Achazyahu (Ahaziah of
Yisroel. of Yerushalayim to go a- Judah) his (i.e., Yehoram's)
|5| Yehoram was thirty and whoring, like the whoredoms youngest son melech in his
two years old when he began of the Bais Ach'av, and also place; for the troops that came
to reign, and he reigned hast murdered thy achim of with the Arabs into the
shemoneh shanim in Bais Avicha, which were better machaneh had slain all the
Yerushalayim. than thee; eldest. So Achazyahu
|6| And he walked in the |14| Hinei, with a maggefah (Ahaziah) ben Yehoram
derech of the melachim of gedolah (great plague) will Melech Yehudah reigned.
Yisroel, as did the Bais Ach'av, Hashem strike thy people, and |2| Twenty and two years old
for he had the Bat Ach'av to thy banim, and thy nashim, was Achazyahu (Ahaziah)
wife, and he wrought that and all thy possessions; when he began to reign, and
which was rah in the eyes of |15| And thou shalt have he reigned one year in
Hashem. cholayim rabbim with machla Yerushalayim And shem
|7| However, Hashem was not (disease) of thy bowels, until immo was Atalyah bat Omri
willing to destroy the Bais thy bowels come out by reason (i.e., granddaughter of Omri
Dovid, for the sake of HaBrit of the choli yamim al yamim. the father of Ahab).
that He had cut with Dovid, |16| Moreover Hashem |3| He also walked in the
and since He promised to give stirred up against Yehoram darkhei Bais Ach'av (Ahab);
a ner (lamp) to him and to his the ruach HaPelishtim, and of for immo (his mother) was his
banim kol hayamim. the Arabs, who lived near the counselor to do rah.
|8| In the days of Yehoram, Kushim; |4| Therefore he did rah in
Edom rebelled from under the |17| And they came up the eyes of Hashem like the
yad Yehudah, and made against Yehudah, and Bais Ach'av (House of Ahab);
themselves a melech. invaded, and carried for they were his yo'atzim
|9| Then Yehoram went forth away all the possessions that (counselors) after the mot
with his sarim (princes), and were found in the Bais (death) of his av to his (i.e.,
all his chariots with him, and HaMelech, and also his Achazyahu’s, Ahaziah’s) ruin.
he rose up by lailah, and banim, and his nashim; so
struck down Edom which had that there was left him not a
|5| He walked also after their Achazyahu, and stole him they are kodesh; but Kol
etza (advice, counsel), and away from among the Bnei HaAm shall be shomer over
went with Yehoram ben Ach'av HaMelech that were being the mishmeret Hashem (the
Melech Yisroel to war against murdered, and put him and instructions of Hashem).
Chatzael Melech Aram (Syria) his nurse in a cheder hamittot |7| And the Levi'im shall
at Ramot Gil’ad; and the (bedroom). So Yehoshavat Bat surround HaMelech, every ish
Syrians wounded Yoram. HaMelech Yehoram, the isha with his weapon in his yad;
|6| And he (Yoram) returned of Yehoyada HaKohen, (for and whosoever else cometh
to Yizre'el (Jezreel) to recover she was the achot of into the Beis, he shall be put
from his wounds which were Achazyahu), hid him from to death, but be ye with
inflicted upon him at Ramah, Atalyah, so that she HaMelech when he cometh in,
when he fought with Chatzael slaughtered him not. and when he goeth out.
Melech Aram. And Achazyahu |12| And he was with them |8| So the Levi'im and all
(Ahaziah) ben Yehoram hid in the Bais Elohim shesh Yehudah did according to all
Melech Yehudah went down to shanim. And Atalyah reigned things that Yehoyada
see Yehoram ben Ach'av at over HaAretz. HaKohen had commanded,
Yizre'el (Jezreel), because he And in the seventh and took every ish his men
was wounded.
|7| And the tevusat
Achazyahu (downfall of
23 year Yehoyada
strengthened
himself, and took the
that were to go on duty on
Shabbos, with them that were
to go off duty on Shabbos; for
Ahaziah) was of Elohim in commanders of hundreds, Yehoyada HaKohen dismissed
coming to Yoram, for when he Azaryah ben Yerocham, and not the machlekot.
arrived, he went out with Yishmael ben Yehochanan, |9| Moreover Yehoyada
Yehoram against Yehu ben and Azaryahu ben Oved, and HaKohen delivered to the
Nimshi, whom Hashem had Ma’aseiyahu ben Adayahu, commanders of hundreds
anointed to cut off the Bais and Elishaphat ben Zichri, spears, and large shields, and
Ach'av (the House of Ahab). into brit with him. small shields, that had
|8| And it came to pass, that, |2| And they went about in belonged to Dovid HaMelech,
when Yehu was executing Yehudah, and gathered the which were in the Beis
mishpat upon the Bais Ach'av, Levi'im out of all the towns of Elohim.
and found the sarei Yehudah, Yehudah, and the Rashei |10| And he stationed kol
and the bnei achei Achazyahu HaAvot of Yisroel, and they haAm, every ish having his
that were in attendance with came to Yerushalayim. weapon in his yad, from the
Achazyahu, he slaughtered |3| And Kol HaKahal made a right side of the Beis to the left
them. brit with HaMelech in the Beis side of the Beis, near the
|9| And he searched for Elohim. And he (i.e., Kohen Mizbe'ach and Beis , and
Achazyahu, and they captured Gadol Yehoyada) said unto around HaMelech.
him while he was hiding in them, Hinei, the Ben |11| Then they brought out
Shomron (Samaria), and HaMelech shall reign, just as the Ben HaMelech, and put
brought him to Yehu; and Hashem hath said of the Bnei upon him the nezer, and gave
when they had slain him, they Dovid. him the Edut, and proclaimed
buried him. Because, they |4| This is the thing that ye him Melech. And Yehoyada
said, he is a ben Yehoshaphat, shall do: A third part of you and his banim anointed him,
who sought Hashem with all coming on duty on Shabbos, and shouted, Yechi HaMelech!
his levav. So the Bais of the Kohanim and of the |12| Now when Atalyah heard
Achazyahu had no koach to Levi'im, shall keep watch at the noise of HaAm running
retain the mamlachah the doors; and cheering HaMelech, she
(kingdom). |5| And a third part shall be came to HaAm into the Beis
|10| But when Atalyah em at the Bais HaMelech; and a Hashem,
Achazyahu saw that her son third part at the Sha'ar |13| And she looked, and,
was dead, she arose and began HaYesod; and Kol HaAm shall hinei, HaMelech stood at his
destroying kol zera be in the Khatzerot of the Beis ammud at the entrance, and
hamamlachah (all the royal Hashem. the sarim and the
seed) of the Bais Yehudah. |6| But let none enter into the chatzotzerot (trumpeters)
|11| But Yehoshavat Bat Beis Hashem, except the
HaMelech, took Yoash ben Kohanim, and the ministering
Levi'im; they shall go in, for
beside HaMelech; and Kol Hashem; and they came Hashem the mas'at Moshe
HaAm HaAretz same'ach through the Sha'ar HaElyon Eved HaElohim laid upon
(rejoiced), and sounded the into the Beis HaMelech, and Yisroel in the midbar.
chatzotzerot, also the seated HaMelech upon the |10| And all the sarim and
meshorarim with instruments Kisse HaMamlachah. kol HaAm rejoiced, and
of music, and the praise |21| And kol Am HaAretz brought in, and dropped into
leaders. Then Atalyah tore her rejoiced; and the Ir was the aron, until it was full.
robe, shouted, Kesher, Kesher! quiet after that they had put |11| Now it came to pass, that
|14| Then Yehoyada to death Atalyah with the at what time the aron was
HaKohen brought out the cherev. brought unto the Pekuddat
commanders of hundreds that Yoash was seven HaMelech by the yad of the
were set over the army, and
said unto them, Bring her out
between the sederot (ranks);
began to reign, and
he reigned arba'im shanah in
Levi'im, and when they saw
that there was much kesef, the
Sofer HaMelech and the
and whosoever followeth her, Yerushalayim. Shem immo official, the Pakid Kohen
let him be put to death with also was Tzivyah of Beer HaRosh came and emptied
the cherev. For the Kohen Sheva. the aron, and took it, and
said, Do not put her to death |2| And Yoash did that which carried it to its place again.
in the Beis Hashem. was yashar in the eyes of Thus they did yom b'yom,
|15| So they laid hands on Hashem kol yemei Yehoyada and collected kesef in
her; and when she was come HaKohen. abundance.
to the entrance of the Sha'ar |3| And Yehoyada took for |12| And HaMelech and
HaSusim by the Beis him nashim shtayim; and he Yehoyada gave it to such as
HaMelech, they put her to fathered banim and banot. did the work of the Avodas
death there. |4| And it came to pass after Beis Hashem, and hired
|16| And Yehoyada made a this, that Yoash was minded to masons and carpenters to
brit between him, and renovate the Bais Hashem. renovate the Beis Hashem,
between Kol HaAm, and |5| And he called together the and also such as wrought
between HaMelech, that they Kohanim and the Levi'im, and barzel and nechoshet to repair
should be Am LaHashem. said to them, Go out unto the the Beis Hashem.
|17| Then kol HaAm went to towns of Yehudah, and collect |13| So the workmen
the Beis HaBa’al, and tore it from Kol Yisroel kesef to wrought, and the work in the
down, and broke in pieces its repair the Bais Eloheichem yad of them was furthered,
mizbechot and its tzelem, and annually, and see that ye and they restored the Beis
slaughtered Mattan Kohen hasten the matter. Howbeit HaElohim to its original form
HaBaal in front of the the Levi'im hastened it not. and reinforced it.
mizbechot. |6| And HaMelech called for |14| And when they had
|18| Also Yehoyada assigned Yehoyada HaRosh, and said finished it, they brought the
the Pekudot of the Beis unto him, Why hast thou not rest of the kesef before
Hashem by the yad of the required of the Levi'im to HaMelech and Yehoyada,
Kohanim the Levi'im, whom bring in from Yehudah and whereof were made vessels for
Dovid had assigned in the Beis from Yerushalayim the mas'at the Beis Hashem, even keli
Hashem, to offer olot Hashem, (the tax of) Moshe Eved sharet, and for the olot, and
as it is written in the Torat Hashem and the Kahal ladles, and vessels of zahav
Moshe, with simcha and with L'Yisroel L'Ohel HaEdut? and kesef. And they offered
shir, as it was ordained by |7| For the sons of that olot in the Beis Hashem
Dovid. wicked woman Atalyah had continually all the days of
|19| And he set the Sho'arim broken in the Beis HaElohim; Yehoyada.
at the Sha'arei Beis Hashem, all the Kadshei Beis Hashem |15| But Yehoyada was old,
that none tamei in any thing did they bestow upon Ba’alim. and was full of yamim when
should enter in. |8| And at the commandment he died: 130 years old was he
|20| And he took the of HaMelech they made aron in his mot.
commanders of hundreds, and echad and set it outside at the |16| And they buried him in
the nobles, and the moshelim Sha'ar Beis Hashem. Ir Dovid among the Melachim,
of HaAm, and Kol HaAm |9| And they made a because he had
HaAretz, and brought down proclamation in Yehudah and
HaMelech from the Beis in Yerushalayim, to bring in to
done tovah in Yisroel, both they executed shefatim against throughout all Yehudah and
toward HaElohim, and His Yoash. Binyamin; and he mustered
Beis. |25| And when they withdrew them from esrim shanah and
|17| Now after the mot from him, (for they left him above, and found them three
Yehoyada came the sarim of with machaluyim rabbim hundred elef bachur, battle-
Yehudah, and paid homage to [many wounds]), his own ready choice men, that could
HaMelech. Then HaMelech avadim conspired against him handle spear and shield.
paid heed unto them. on account of the dahm of the |6| He hired also a hundred
|18| And they forsook the Bnei Yehoyada HaKohen, and elef gibbor chayil out of
Beis Hashem Elohei slaughtered him on his bed, Yisroel for a hundred talents
Avoteihem, and served and he died; and they buried of kesef.
HaAsherim and the atzabim; him in Ir David, but they |7| But there came an Ish
and ketzef (wrath) came upon buried him not in the Kivrot HaElohim to him, saying, O
Yehudah and Yerushalayim HaMelachim. HaMelech, let not the Tzeva
because of their trespass. |26| And these are they that Yisroel go with thee; for
|19| Yet He sent Nevi'im to conspired against him: Zavad Hashem is not with Yisroel,
them, to bring them back unto ben Shim'at an Ammonit, and not with kol Bnei Ephrayim.
Hashem; and they testified Yehozavad ben Shimrit |8| But if thou wilt go, do it;
against them; but they would the Moavit. chazak (be strong) for the
not give ear. |27| Now concerning his milchamah; HaElohim shall
|20| And the Ruach Elohim banim, and the rav hamassa make thee fall before the
came upon Zecharyah ben concerning him, and the enemy, for Elohim hath ko'ach
Yehoyada HaKohen, which repairing of the Beis to help, and to cast down.
stood before HaAm and he HaElohim, hinei, they are |9| And Amatzyahu said to
said unto them, Thus saith written in the Midrash Sefer the Ish HaElohim, But what
HaElohim, Why transgress ye HaMelachim. And Amatzyah shall we do for the hundred
the mitzvot Hashem, that ye bno reigned in his place. talents which I have paid for
cannot prosper? Because ye Amatzyah was 25 the army of Yisroel? And the
have forsook Hashem, He
hath also forsaken you.
|21| And they conspired
25 old when he began
to reign,and he
reigned 29 shanah in
Ish HaElohim answered,
Hashem is able to give thee
much more than this.
against him, and stoned him Yerushalayim. And shem |10| Then Amatzyahu
with stones at the order of immo was Yehoadan of separated them, the army that
HaMelech in the khatzer of Yerushalayim. had come to him from
the Beis Hashem. |2| And he did that which was Ephrayim, to go home again;
|22| Thus Yoash HaMelech yashar in the eyes of Hashem, therefore their anger was
remembered not the chesed but not with a levav shalem. greatly kindled against
which Yehoyada Aviv had |3| Now it came to pass, when Yehudah, and they returned
done to him, but slaughtered the mamlachah was home in chari af (great anger).
bno. And when he died, he established under him, |11| And Amatzyahu
said, May Hashem look upon that he slaughtered his strengthened himself, led
it, and may He call to account. avadim that had murdered forth his army, went to the
|23| And it came to pass at HaMelech Aviv. Gey HaMelach, struck down
the end of the year, that the |4| But he slaughtered not 10,000 of the Bnei Se'ir.
army of Aram came up against their banim, but did as it is |12| And another 10,000 left
him, they invaded Yehudah written in the Torah in the chayyim (alive) did the Bnei
and Yerushalayim, destroyed Sefer Moshe, where Hashem Yehudah carry away captive,
all the sarim of the people commanded, saying, The avot and brought them unto the
from among HaAm, sent all shall not die for the banim, top of the cliff, and cast them
their plunder unto Melech neither shall the banim die for down from the top of the cliff,
Darmasek (Damascus]. the avot, but every ish shall that they all were dashed to
|24| For the army of Aram die for his own chet. pieces.
came with a small company of |5| Moreover Amatzyahu |13| But the soldiers of the
men, and Hashem delivered a gathered Yehudah together, army which Amatzyahu sent
very great army into their yad, and set them in order in Bais back, that they
because they had forsaken Avot by officers of thousands
Hashem Elohei Avoteihem. So and officers of hundreds,
should not go with him to thou meddle to thine hurt, |28| And they brought him
milchamah, fell upon the that thou shouldest fall, even upon susim, and buried him
cities of Yehudah, from thou, and Yehudah with thee? with Avotav in Ir Yehudah.
Shomron even unto Beit- |20| But Amatzyah would not Then kol HaAm
Choron, and struck down
three thousand of them, and
took much plunder.
hear, for it came from
HaElohim, that He might
deliver them into the yad of
26 Yehudah took
Uziyahu, who was
sixteen years old, and made
|14| Now it came to pass, their enemies, because they him Melech in the place of
after that Amatzyahu returned sought after the elohei Edom. Aviv Amatzyahu.
from the slaughter of the |21| So Yoash Melech Yisroel |2| He built up Eilat, and
people of Edom, that he went up and they met face to restored it to Yehudah, after
brought the elohei Bnei face, both he and Amatzyahu that HaMelech [Amatzyahu]
Se'ir, and set them up for him Melech Yehudah, at Beit slept with Avotav.
to be elohim, and bowed down Shemesh, which belongeth to |3| Sixteen years old was
himself before them, and Yehudah. Uziyahu when he began to
burned ketoret unto them. |22| And Yehudah was routed reign, and he reigned fifty and
|15| Therefore the Af before Yisroel, and they fled two shanah in Yerushalayim.
Hashem was kindled against every ish to his ohel. Shem immo also was
Amatzyahu, and he sent unto |23| And Yoash Melech Yecholyahu of Yerushalayim.
him a navi, which said unto Yisroel captured Amatzyahu |4| And he did that which was
him, Why hast thou sought Melech Yehudah ben Yoash yashar in the eyes of Hashem,
after the elohei haAm, which ben Yehoachaz, at Beit according to all that Aviv
could not deliver their own Shemesh, and brought him to Amatzyahu did.
people out of thine yad? Yerushalayim, and broke |5| And he sought Elohim in
|16| And it came to pass, as down the Chomat the days of Zecharyahu, who
he talked with him, that Yerushalayim from had understanding in the
HaMelech said unto him, Art the Sha'ar Ephrayim to the visions of HaElohim; and as
thou appointed the adviser to Sha'ar HaPinnah, a section long as he sought Hashem,
HaMelech? Forbear. Why the length of which was four HaElohim made him to have
shouldest thou be struck hundred cubits. success.
down? Then the navi forbore, |24| And he took all the |6| And he went forth and
and said, I know that Elohim zahav and the kesef, and all warred against the Pelishtim
hath determined to destroy the vessels that were found in (Philistines), and broke down
thee, because thou hast done the Beis HaElohim with Oved the chomat Gat, and the
this, and hast not paid heed Edom, and the otzerot Bais chomat Yavneh, and the
unto my etza (counsel). HaMelech, the hostages also, chomat Ashdod, and built
|17| Then Amatzyahu Melech and returned to Shomron. towns near Ashdod, and
Yehudah consulted, and sent |25| And Amatzyahu ben among the Pelishtim
to Yoash ben Yehoachaz ben Yoash Melech Yehudah lived (Philistines).
Yehu, Melech Yisroel, saying, after the mot Yoash ben |7| And HaElohim helped
Come, let us meet face to face. Yehoachaz Melech Yisroel him against the Pelishtim
|18| And Yoash Melech fifteen years. (Philistines), and against the
Yisroel sent to Amatzyahu |26| Now the rest of the acts Arabs that dwelt in Gur Ba'al,
Melech Yehudah, saying, The of Amatzyahu, harishonim and the Me'unim.
thistle that was in the and ha'acharonim, hinei, |8| And the Amonim gave
Levanon sent to the cedar that are they not written in the minchah to Uziyahu, and
was in the Levanon, saying, Sefer of the Melachim of shmo spread abroad even to
Give thy bat to beni (my son) Yehudah and Yisroel? the approach to Mitzrayim; for
as isha; then there passed by a |27| Now after the time that he strengthened himself
chayyat hasadeh (wild beast) Amatzyah did turn away from exceedingly.
that was in the Levanon, and following Hashem they made |9| Moreover Uziyahu built
trode down the thistle. a kesher against him in migdalim (towers) in
|19| Thou sayest, Hinei, thou Yerushalayim; and he fled to Yerushalayim at the Sha'ar
hast struck down the people of Lachish, but they sent to HaPinnah, and at the Sha'ar
Edom; and thine lev lifteth Lachish after him, and of the Gey, and at the
thee up to be proud. Abide slaughtered him there. Miktzo'a, and
now at home. Why shouldest he fortified them.
|10| Also he built migdalim the Heikhal Hashem to burn Bais HaMelech, governing the
in the midbar, and dug borot ketoret upon the Am HaAretz.
rabbim (many wells), for he Mizbe'ach HaKetoret. |22| Now the rest of the acts
had much livestock, both in |17| And Azaryahu HaKohen of Uziyah, harishonim and
the Shefelah (Lowlands), and went in after him, and with ha’acharonim, did Yeshayahu
in the Mishor (Plains, Level him shemonim Kohanim of ben Amoz, HaNavi, record.
Country); ikkarim (field Hashem, that were men of |23| So Uziyahu slept with
workers, farmers) also, and courage. Avotav, and they buried him
koremim (vineyard workers, |18| And they stood up with Avotav in the sadeh
vine-keepers) in the hills, against Uziyahu HaMelech, hakevurah which belonged to
and in the Carmel, for he and said unto him, It is not for the Melachim; for they said,
loved adamah (the soil). you, Uziyahu, to burn ketoret He is a metzorah. And Yotam
|11| Moreover Uziyahu had unto Hashem, but to the bno reigned in his place.
an army of fighting men that Kohanim the Bnei Aharon,
went out to tzava (battle) in that are hamekudashim Yotam was twenty
troops, according to the
number of their mustering by
the yad Ye'i'el the Sofer and
(consecrated and ritually pure)
to burn ketoret. Go out from
the Mikdash, for thou hast
27 and five shanah
when he began to
reign, and he was king sixteen
Ma’aseiyahu the Shoter been treacherous; neither shanah in Yerushalayim. The
(Officer), under the yad shall it be for thine kavod shem immo also was Yerushah
Chananyahu, one of the (honor) from Hashem Elohim. bat Tzadok.
officials of HaMelech. |19| Then Uziyahu became |2| And he did that which was
|12| The whole mispar angry, and had a mikteret yashar (right) in the eyes of
(number) of the Rashei (censer) in his yad to burn Hashem, according to all that
HaAvot over the mighty ketoret, and while he was his av Uziyah did; howbeit he
warriors were two thousand raging with the Kohanim, the entered not into the Heikhal
and six hundred. tzara'at even broke out on his Hashem. And the people did
|13| And under their yad was metzach (forehead) before the corruptly still.
a battle group, three hundred Kohanim in the Beis Hashem, |3| He built the upper sha'ar
thousand and seven thousand near the Mizbe'ach HaKetoret. Beis Hashem, and on the
and five hundred, that made |20| And Azaryahu the chomat Ophel he built much.
milchamah with mighty Kohen HaRosh, and all the |4| Moreover he built towns
ko'ach, to help HaMelech Kohanim, looked upon in the har Yehudah, and in
against the enemy. him, and, hinei, he was the forests he built fortresses
|14| And Uziyahu prepared leprous on his metzach, and and migdalim.
for them throughout all the they thrust him out from |5| He fought also with
army moginim (shields), and there; yea, he himself hasted Melech Bnei Ammon, and
spears, and helmets, and also to go out, because prevailed against them. And
armor, and bows, and Hashem nun-gimmel-ayin-vav the Bnei Ammon gave him the
slingstones. [had smitten him, afflicted same year a hundred talents
|15| And he made in him, see Isaiah 53:8,10 where of kesef, and ten thousand
Yerushalayim machines Hashem has the "nega" fall on measures of chittim (wheat),
designed by inventive not on this Ben Dovid and ten thousand of se'orim
engineers, for use on the Uziyahu, but on Moshiach Ben (barley). The Bnei Ammon did
migdalim and upon the Dovid]. pay this amount unto him,
corners of the city wall, to |21| And Uziyahu HaMelech both the second year, and the
shoot khitzim (arrows) and was metzorah (a leper) unto third.
avanim gedolot. And shmo his yom mot, and dwelt in a |6| So Yotam became mighty,
spread far abroad, for he was leper asylum house, because because he made the darkhei
marvellously helped, until of his leprosy; for he was Yotam steadfast before
when chazak (he became nigzar [see Isaiah 53:8 which Hashem Elohav.
powerful). uses same word nigzar, |7| Now the rest of the divrei
|16| But when he became "excluded," of Moshiach who Yotam, and all his milchamot,
powerful, his lev was lifted up was nigzar from the land of and his ways, lo, they are
to his downfall, for he was the living, meaning Moshiach written in the sefer of
unfaithful against Hashem died] from the Beis Hashem;
Elohav, and he entered into and Yotam bno was over the
the melachim of Yisroel and |8| And the Bnei Yisroel them, and arrayed them, and
Yehudah. carried away captive of their shod them, and gave them to
|8| He was five and twenty achim 200 elef nashim, eat and to drink, and put
shanah when he began to banim, and banot, and took balm on them, and carried all
reign, and reigned sixteen also away much plunder from the weak of them upon
shanah in Yerushalayim. them, and carried back the donkeys, and brought them to
|9| And Yotam slept with his plunder to Shomron. Yericho, the Ir Temarim, to
avot, and they buried him in |9| But a navi of Hashem was their achim. Then they
Ir Dovid; and Achaz bno there shmo Oded, and he went returned to Shomron.
reigned in his place. out before the faces of the |16| At that time did
Achaz was 20 tzava returning to Shomron, HaMelech Achaz send unto
28 when he began to
reign, and he
reigned 16 years in
and said unto them, Hinei,
because Hashem Elohei
Avoteichem was angry with
the melachim of Assyria to
help him.
|17| For again the people of
Yerushalayim; but he did not Yehudah, He hath delivered Edom had come and attacked
that which was yashar in the them into your yad, and ye Yehudah, and carried away
eyes of Hashem, like Dovid have slain them in a rage that prisoners.
Aviv, reacheth up unto Shomayim. |18| The Pelishtim also had
|2| For he walked in the ways |10| And now ye intend to invaded the towns of the
of the melachim of Yisroel, keep under the Bnei Yehudah Shefelah, and of the Negev of
and made also massekhot for and Yerushalayim for avadim Yehudah, and had taken Beit
Ba’alim. and shefachot unto you, but Shemesh, Ayalon, Gederot,
|3| Moreover he burned are there not with you, even and Shocho with the villages
ketoret in the Gey Ben with you, sins against Hashem thereof, and Timnah with the
Hinnom, and burned his Eloheichem? villages thereof, Gimzo also
banim in the eish, after the |11| Now hear me therefore, and the villages thereof, and
to'avot of the Goyim whom and send back the prisoners, they dwelt there.
Hashem had driven out before which ye have taken captive of |19| For Hashem brought
the Bnei Yisroel. your achim, for the Charon Af Yehudah low because of
|4| He also sacrificed and Hashem is upon you. Achaz Melech Yisroel, for he
burned ketoret on the high |12| Then certain anashim of brought disgrace to Yehudah,
places, and on the hilltops, the Rashei Bnei Ephrayim, and acted treacherously
and under every green tree. Azaryahu ben Yehochanan, against Hashem.
|5| Therefore Hashem Elohav Berechyahu ben Meshillemot, |20| And Tilgat Pilneser
delivered him into the yad Yechizkiyahu ben Shallum, Melech Ashur came unto him,
Melech Aram; and they and Amasa ben Chadlai, stood and oppressed him, but
defeated him, and carried off up against them that came helped him not.
a great multitude of prisoners, from the tzava, |21| For Achaz took away a
and brought them to |13| And said unto them, Ye portion out of the Beis
Damascus. And he was also shall not bring in the Hashem, and out of the Bais
delivered into the yad Melech prisoners here; for whereas we HaMelech, and of the sarim,
Yisroel, who inflicted on him have offended against and gave it unto Melech
makkah gedolah. Hashem already, ye intend to Ashur, but he helped him not.
|6| For Pekach ben add more to chattotenu and to |22| And in the time of his
Remalyahu slaughtered in ashmatenu, for our guilt is distress he did act even more
Yehudah 120 elef in yom great, and there is Charon Af unfaithfully against Hashem.
echad, which were all valiant against Yisroel. This is that Melech Achaz.
men; because they had |14| So the soldiers released |23| For he sacrificed unto
forsaken Hashem Elohei the prisoners and the plunder the elohei Damascus, which
Avotam. before the sarim and kol defeated him, and he said,
|7| And Zichri, a gibbor of HaKahal. Because the elohim of the
Ephrayim, slaughtered |15| And the men which were melachim of Syria help them,
Ma’aseiyahu ben HaMelech, designated by shemot rose up, therefore will I sacrifice to
and Azrikam the Nagid and took the prisoners, and them, that they may help me.
HaBais, and Elkanah with the plunder clothed all But they were the ruin of him,
Mishneh HaMelech. that were naked among and of kol Yisroel.
|24| And Achaz gathered |6| For Avoteinu have been Hashem, to make tahor the
together the vessels of the Beis unfaithful, and have done Beis Hashem.
HaElohim, and cut up the that which is rah in the eyes of |16| And the Kohanim went
vessels of the Beis HaElohim Hashem Eloheinu, have into the penimah (inner part)
and shut up the daletot Beis forsaken Him, have turned Beis Hashem, to make it
Hashem, and he set up for away their faces from the tahor, and brought out all
him mizbechot in every corner Mishkan Hashem, and to it tumah that they found in the
of Yerushalayim. they have turned their backs. Heikhal Hashem into the
|25| And in every town in |7| Also they have shut the khatzer (courtyard) of the Beis
Yehudah he made high places daletot of the Ulam, and put Hashem. And the Levi'im took
to burn ketoret unto elohim out the nerot, and have not it, to carry it outside into the
acherim, and provoked to burned ketoret nor offered Wadi Kidron.
anger Hashem Elohei Avotav. olah in HaKodesh unto Elohei |17| Now they began on the
|26| Now the rest of his acts Yisroel. first day of the chodesh
and of all his ways, the |8| Therefore the wrath of harishon to set apart as
rishonim and the acharonim, Hashem was upon Yehudah kodesh, and on the eighth day
hinei, they are written in the and Yerushalayim, and he of the month they came to the
Sefer of the Melachim of hath caused them to be a Ulam Hashem; so they set
Yehudah and Yisroel. horror and an object of scorn apart as kodesh the Beis
|27| And Achaz slept with and hissing, as ye see with Hashem in eight days; and in
Avotav, and they buried him your eyes. the sixteenth day of the first
in the city, even in |9| For, hinei, Avoteinu have month they finished.
Yerushalayim, but they fallen by the cherev, our |18| Then they went penimah
brought him not into the banim, our banot, our nashim to Chizkiyah HaMelech, and
keverim of the Melachim of are in captivity for this. said, We have made tahor all
Yisroel. And Chizkiyah bno |10| Now it is in mine lev to the Beis Hashem, and the
reigned in his place. make a Brit with Hashem Mizbe'ach HaOlah, with all
Chizkiyahu began Elohei Yisroel, that His fierce the vessels thereof, and the
29 to reign when he
was 25 years old,
and he reigned 29 years in
wrath may turn away from us.
|11| My banim, be not now
negligent, for Hashem hath
Shulchan HaMa'arechet
(Table of the Stacks of
Showbread), with all the
Yerushalayim. And the shem chosen you to stand before vessels thereof.
immo was Aviyah bat Him, to serve Him, and that |19| Moreover all the kelim
Zecharyahu. ye should minister unto Him, (vessels), which HaMelech
|2| And he did that which was and burn ketoret. Achaz in his reign did remove
yashar in the eyes of Hashem, |12| Then the Levi'im arose: in his unfaithfulness, have we
according to all that Dovid Machat ben Amasai, and Yoel prepared and set apart as
Aviv had done. ben Azaryahu, of the Bnei kodesh, and, hinei, they are
|3| He in the first year of his HaKehati; and of the Bnei before the Mizbe'ach Hashem.
reign, in the chodesh Merari, Kish ben Avdi, |20| Then Chizkiyah
harishon, opened the daletot Azaryahu ben Yehallelel; and, HaMelech got up, and
Beis Hashem, and repaired of the Gershoni, Yoach ben gathered the sarim of
them. Zimmah, and Eden ben HaIr, and went up to the Beis
|4| And he brought in the Yoach; Hashem.
Kohanim and the Levi'im, and |13| And of the Bnei |21| And they brought seven
gathered them together into Elitzaphan, Shimri, and bulls, and seven rams, and
the rechov hamizrach (eastern Ye'i'el; and of the Bnei Asaph; seven lambs, and seven male
plaza), Zecharyahu, and Matanyahu; goats, for a chattat (sin
|5| And said unto them, Hear |14| And of the Bnei Heman, offering) for the Mamlachah
me, ye Levi'im, set yourselves Yechiel, and Shimei; and of (Kingdom), and for the
apart as kodesh now and the Bnei Yedutun, Shemayah, Mikdash, and for Yehudah.
consecrate the Beis Hashem and Uzziel. And he commanded the
Elohei Avoteichem, and |15| And they gathered their Bnei Aharon HaKohanim to
remove the niddah achim, and set themselves offer them on the Mizbe'ach
(contamination) from apart as kodesh, and went in, Hashem.
HaKodesh. according to the mitzvat
HaMelech, by the words of
|22| So they slaughtered the present with him bowed And Chizkiyah sent
bulls, and the kohanim
received the dahm, and
sprinkled it on the Mizbe'ach;
themselves, and worshiped.
|30| Moreover Chizkiyah
HaMelech and the sarim
30 to kol Yisroel and
Yehudah, and
wrote iggerot also to Ephrayim
likewise, when they had commanded the Levi'im to and Menasheh, that they
slaughtered the rams, they praise Hashem with the words should come to the Beis
sprinkled the dahm upon the of Dovid, and of Asaph the Hashem at Yerushalayim, to
Mizbe'ach; they slaughtered Chozeh (seer). And they sang keep the Pesach Hashem
also the lambs, and they praises with simchah, and Elohei Yisroel.
sprinkled the dahm upon the they bowed their heads and |2| For HaMelech had
Mizbe'ach. worshiped. conferred and agreed with his
|23| And they brought forth |31| Then Chizkiyah sarim, and kol HaKahal in
the male goats for the chattat answered and said, Now ye Yerushalayim, to keep the
before HaMelech and have consecrated yourselves Pesach in the second month.
HaKahal; and they laid their unto Hashem, come near and |3| For they could not keep it
hands upon them, bring zevakhim and todot into at its time, because the
|24| And the Kohanim the Beis Hashem. And the Kohanim had not set
slaughtered them, and they Kahal brought in zevakhim themselves apart as kodesh in
made a sin offering with their and todot; and, as many as sufficient numbers, neither
dahm upon the Mizbe'ach, to were of a willing heart, olot had HaAm gathered
make kapporah for kol (burnt offerings). themselves together to
Yisroel; for HaMelech |32| And the number of the Yerushalayim.
commanded that the olah olah, which the Kahal |4| And the thing pleased
(burnt offering) and the brought, was threescore and HaMelech and kol HaKahal.
(chattat) should be made for ten bulls, a hundred rams, |5| So they established a
kol Yisroel. and two hundred lambs; all decree to make proclamation
|25| And he stationed the these were for an olah (burnt throughout kol Yisroel, from
Levi'im in the Beis Hashem offering) to Hashem. Beer Sheva even to Dan, that
with cymbals, with nevalim, |33| And the kadashim were they should come to keep
and with kinnorot, according six hundred bulls and three Pesach unto Hashem Elohei
to the mitzvat Dovid, and of thousand sheep. Yisroel in Yerushalayim, for
Gad the Chozeh HaMelech |34| But the Kohanim were not many had kept Pesach as
and Natan HaNavi; for so was too few, so that they could not prescribed.
the commandment of Hashem skin all the olot; therefore |6| So the runners went with
by His Nevi'im. their achim the Levi'im did the iggerot from HaMelech
|26| And the Levi'im stood help them, until the work was and his sarim throughout kol
with the instruments of Dovid, completed, and until the other Yisroel and Yehudah, and
and the Kohanim with the Kohanim had set them apart according to the
trumpets. as kodesh for the Levi'im were commandment of HaMelech,
|27| And Chizkiyah more yashar in lev to set saying, Ye Bnei Yisroel, shuvu
commanded to offer the olah themselves apart as kodesh (turn, return) unto Hashem
(burnt offering) upon the than the Kohanim. Elohei Avraham, Yitzchak,
Mizbe'ach. And when the olah |35| And also the olah were in and Yisroel, and He will
(burnt offering) began, the abundance, with the fat of the return to the remnant of you,
Shir Hashem began also with shelamim, and the nesakhim that are escaped out of the yad
the trumpets, and with the for every olah. So the Avodas of the Kings of Assyria.
instruments ordained by Beis Hashem was set in order. |7| And be not ye like
Dovid Melech Yisroel. |36| And Chizkiyah rejoiced, Avoteichem, and like your
|28| And Kol HaKahal and kol HaAm, that achim, which were unfaithful
worshiped, and the Shir was HaElohim had prepared the against Hashem Elohei
being sung, and sounded, and people, for the matter was Avoteihem, Who therefore
all this continued until the done suddenly. gave them up to a desolation,
olah was completed. as ye see.
|29| And when it had made |8| Now be ye not stiffnecked,
an end of being offered up, as Avoteichem were, but
HaMelech and all that were
yield yourselves unto manner, according to the thousand sheep; and the
Hashem, and come to His Torat Moshe Ish HaElohim; sarim gave to the Kahal a
Mikdash, which He hath set the Kohanim sprinkled the thousand bulls and ten
apart as kodesh l'olam; and dahm, which they received of thousand sheep; and a
serve Hashem Eloheichem, the yad of the Levi'im. great number of Kohanim set
that the fierceness of His |17| For there were rabbim in themselves apart as kodesh.
wrath may turn away from HaKahal that were not set |25| And kol Kehal Yehudah,
you. apart as kodesh; therefore the with the Kohanim and the
|9| For if ye turn again unto Levi'im had the charge of the Levi'im, and kol HaKahal that
Hashem, your achim and your shechitah (ritual slaughter) of came out of Yisroel, and
banim shall find rachamim the Pesachim for every one the gerim that came out of
before them that lead them that was not tahor and Eretz Yisroel, and that dwelt
captive, so that they shall therefore could not set them in Yehudah, rejoiced.
come back into HaAretz apart as kodesh unto Hashem. |26| So there was simchah
HaZot, for Hashem |18| For most of HaAm, even gedolah in Yerushalayim; for
Eloheichem is channun many of Ephrayim, and since the days of Sh'lomo Ben
(gracious) and rachum Menasheh, Yissakhar, and Dovid Melech Yisroel there
(compassionate), and will not Zevulun, had not made was not the like in
turn away His face from you, themselves tahor, yet did they Yerushalayim.
if ye return unto Him. eat the Pesach contrary to |27| Then the Kohanim and
|10| So the runners passed what was written. But the Levi'im arose and blessed
from town to town through Chizkiyah davened for them, HaAm, and their voice was
Eretz Ephrayim and saying, May Hashem Hatov heard, and their tefillah came
Menasheh even unto Zevulun, grant kapporah to up to His Ma'on Kodesh, even
but they laughed them to |19| Everyone that prepareth unto Shomayim.
scorn, and mocked them. his lev to seek HaElohim, Now when all this
|11| Nevertheless anashim of
Asher and Menasheh and of
Zevulun humbled themselves,
Hashem Elohei Avotav,
though he be not tahor
according to the taharat
31 was completed, kol
Yisroel that were
present went out to the towns
and went to Yerushalayim. HaKodesh. of Yehudah, and smashed the
|12| Also in Yehudah the Yad |20| And Hashem paid heed matzevot, and cut down the
HaElohim was to give them to Chizkiyah, and healed Asherim, and threw down the
lev echad to carry out the HaAm. high places and the mizbechot
mitzvat HaMelech and of the |21| And the Bnei Yisroel that throughout kol Yehudah and
sarim, by the word of Hashem. were present at Yerushalayim Binyamin, in Ephrayim also
|13| And there assembled at kept the Chag HaMatzot and Menasheh, until they had
Yerushalayim Am Rav (Much shivat yamim with simchah utterly destroyed them all.
People) to keep Chag gedolah; and the Levi'im and Then all the Bnei Yisroel
HaMatzot in the second the Kohanim praised Hashem returned, every ish to his
month, a kahal larov me'od (a yom b'yom, singing with loud achuzzah, into their own
very great congregation). instruments unto Hashem. towns.
|14| And they arose and |22| And Chizkiyah spoke |2| And Chizkiyah appointed
removed the mizbechot that words of comfort unto all the the machlekot of the Kohanim
were in Yerushalayim, and all Levi'im who taught the seichel and the Levi'im after their
the incense altars they took tov of Hashem, and they did divisions, every ish according
away, and threw them into the eat the mo'ed seven days, to his avodas service, the
Wadi Kidron. offering zivkhei shelamim, Kohanim and Levi'im for olah
|15| Then they slaughtered and making confession to and for shelamim, to minister,
the Pesach on the fourteenth Hashem Elohei Avoteihem. to give thanks, to praise in the
day of the second month; and |23| And the kol HaKahal Sh'arei Machanot Hashem.
the Kohanim and the Levi'im conferred and agreed to |3| A gift from HaMelech,
were ashamed, and they set celebrate still another shivat from his own possessions, was
themselves apart as kodesh, yamim; and they kept another for the olot, for the boker and
and brought olot to the Beis shivat yamim with simcha. erev olot, and the olot
Hashem. |24| For Chizkiyah Melech for the Shabbatot, and
|16| And they stood in their Yehudah did give to the Kahal
place after their prescribed a thousand bulls and seven
for Rosh Chodesh, and for the leshakhot (storerooms) in the Kahal, for be'emunah (in
Mo'adim, as it is written in the Beis Hashem; and they faithfulness) they set
Torat Hashem. prepared them, themselves apart as kodesh in
|4| Moreover he commanded |12| And brought in the kodesh (holiness);
HaAm that dwelt in terumah and the ma'aser and |19| Also of the Bnei Aharon
Yerushalayim to give the the kadashim be'emunah the Kohanim, which were in
menat HaKohanim (faithfully), over which the pasture lands of their
v’HaLevi'im (support of the Conanyah the Levi was Nagid, towns, in each town, the men
Kohanim and the and Shimei his brother was that were designated by name
Levi'im), that they might mishneh (second). to give manot [see 1Chr 31:4]
strengthen themselves in the |13| And Yechiel, and to every zakhar among the
Torat Hashem. Azazyahu, and Nachat, and Kohanim, and to all that were
|5| And as soon as the devar Asahel, and Yerimot, reckoned by genealogies
went out, the Bnei Yisroel and Yozavad, and Eliel, and among the Levi'im.
brought in abundance the Yismachyah, and Machat, and |20| And thus did Chizkiyahu
reshit of dagan, tirosh, and Benayahu, were pekidim throughout kol Yehudah, and
yitzhar (pure olive oil), and (overseers) under the yad wrought that which was tov
devash, and of all the increase Conanyah and Shimei his and yashar and emes before
of the sadeh; and the ma'aser brother, by the command of Hashem Elohav.
(tithe) of all things they Chizkiyahu HaMelech, and |21| And in every ma'aseh
brought in abundantly. Azaryahu the nagid of the Beis that he began in the Avodas
|6| And concerning the Bnei HaElohim. Beis HaElohim, and in the
Yisroel and Yehudah, that |14| And Kore ben Imnah the Torah, and in the Mitzvah, to
dwelt in the towns of Levi, the sho'er (gatekeeper) at seek Elohav, he did it with all
Yehudah, they also brought in the east, was over the nidvot his heart, and prospered.
the ma'aser of bakar and tzon, HaElohim (freewill offerings After these things,
and the ma'aser of kadashim
which were hamekudashim
(consecrated, set apart as
of G-d), to distribute the
terumat Hashem, and the
kadshei hakadashim.
32 and haemes
thereof, Sancheriv
(Sennacherib) Melech Assyria
kodesh) unto Hashem |15| And next to him came, and invaded Yehudah,
Eloheihem, and piled them in be'emunah were Eden, and and laid siege against the
heaps. Minyamin, and Yeshua, and fortified cities, and thought to
|7| In the chodesh hashelishi Shemayahu, Amaryahu, and conquer them for himself.
they began to lay foundations Shechanyahu, in the towns of |2| And when Chizkiyahu saw
for the heaps, and completed the Kohanim, to give to their that Sancheriv was come, and
them in the chodesh hashevi'i. achim by machlekot, to the that he was purposed to make
|8| And when Chizkiyahu and gadol as well as the katan. milchamah against
the sarim came and saw the |16| This was besides those Yerushalayim,
heaps, they blessed Hashem, males who were recorded in |3| He took counsel with his
and His Am Yisroel. the genealogical records, sarim and his gibborim to
|9| Then Chizkiyahu from three years old and cover over the waters of the
questioned the Kohanim and upward, even unto every one springs [Spring of Gihon]
the Levi'im concerning the that entereth into the Beis which were outside the Ir; and
heaps. Hashem for its daily duty for they did support him.
|10| And Azaryahu HaKohen their avodas service in their |4| So there was gathered Am
HaRosh of the Bais Tzadok mishmerot (watches, shifts) Rav together, who covered the
answered him, and said, Since according to their machlekot, springs, and the wadi that
the people began to bring the |17| Both to the genealogy of flowed through the midst of
terumah into the Beis the Kohanim by the Bais HaAretz, saying, Why should
Hashem, we have had enough Avoteihem, and the Levi'im the melachim of Assyria come,
to eat, and have plenty to from twenty years old and and find mayim rabbim?
spare, for Hashem hath upward, in their mishmerot by |5| Also he strengthened
blessed His people; and that their machlekot (divisions); himself, and repaired all the
which is notar (left over) is this |18| And to the genealogy of chomah that was broken
great amount. all their little ones, their down, and raised
|11| Then Chizkiyahu nashim, and their banim, and
commanded to prepare their banot, throughout kol
it on the migdalot, and the elohei goyei ha'aratzot disgrace) to his own land. And
another chomah outside of it, able to deliver their land out when he was entered the bais
and repaired Millo [terraces] of mine yad? elohav, they that came forth of
in Ir Dovid, and made |14| Who was there among his own loins [i.e., his sons] cut
weapons and shields in kol elohei haGoyim that avotai him down there with the
abundance. utterly destroyed, that could cherev.
|6| And he appointed sarim save his people out of mine |22| Thus Hashem saved
milchamot over HaAm, and yad, that Eloheichem should Chizkiyahu and the
gathered them together before be able to save you out of inhabitants of Yerushalayim
him in the rechov of the Sha'ar mine yad? from the yad Sancheriv
HaIr, and spoke |15| Now therefore let not Melech Ashur, and from the
encouragingly to them, saying, Chizkiyahu deceive you, nor yad of all other, and guided
|7| Chizku (be strong) and mislead you on this manner, them on every side.
courageous, be not afraid nor neither yet believe him, for no |23| And many brought
dismayed because of the g-d of any goy or mamlachah minchah unto Hashem to
melech Assyria, nor because of was able to deliver his people Yerushalayim, and
all the vast army that is with out of mine yad, and out of migdanot (expensive gifts) to
him, for there be more with us the yad of avotai. How much Chizkiyahu Melech Yehudah,
than with him. less shall Eloheichem deliver so that he was magnified in
|8| With him is zero'a basar, you out of mine yad? the sight of Kol HaGoyim
but with us is Hashem |16| And his avadim spoke from thenceforth.
Eloheinu to help us, and to yet more against Hashem |24| In those yamim
fight milchamoteinu (our HaElohim, and against His Chizkiyah became ill, to the
battles). And HaAm took heart eved Chizkiyahu. point of mot, and davened
upon the words of Chizkiyahu |17| He wrote also sefarim to unto Hashem, and He
Melech Yehudah. blaspheme Hashem Elohei answered him, and He gave
|9| After this did Sancheriv Yisroel, and to speak against him a mofet [see 2Kgs 20:1-11].
melech Assyria send his Him, saying, As the elohei |25| But Chizkiyahu did not
avadim to Yerushalayim, (but goyei ha'aratzot have not render back according to the
he himself laid siege against saved their people out of mine benefit done unto him; for his
Lachish, with all his forces yad, so shall not the Elohei lev was lifted up in pride;
with him,) unto Chizkiyah Chizkiyahu save his people therefore there was ketzef
Melech Yehudah, and unto out of mine yad. (wrath) upon him, and upon
kol Yehudah that were in |18| Then they cried with a Yehudah and Yerushalayim.
Yerushalayim, saying, kol gadol in the language of |26| Notwithstanding
|10| Thus saith Sancheriv the Yehudim unto the Am Chizkiyahu humbled himself
melech Assyria, Whereon do Yerushalayim that were on the for the pride of his lev, both he
ye base confidence, that ye chomah, to frighten them, and and the inhabitants of
abide in the siege in to terrorize them, that they Yerushalayim, so that the
Yerushalayim? might capture the Ir. ketzef Hashem came not upon
|11| Doth not Chizkiyahu |19| And they spoke against them in the days of Chizkiyah.
mislead you to give over the Elohei Yerushalayim, as |27| And Chizkiyahu had
yourselves to die by ra'av and against the g-ds of the peoples exceeding much osher and
by tzama, saying, Hashem of the land, which were the kavod, and he made
Eloheinu shall deliver us out work of the hands of ha'adam. himself otzarot for kesef, and
of the yad Melech Assyria? |20| And for this cause for zahav, and for precious
|12| Is not this the same Chizkiyahu HaMelech, and stones, and for spices, and for
Chizkiyah that has removed Yeshayah ben Amoz, HaNavi, moginim, and for all manner
His high places and His davened and cried out to of valuable things;
mizbechot, and commanded Shomayim. |28| Silos also for the
Yehudah and Yerushalayim, |21| And Hashem sent a increase of dagan, and tirosh
saying, Ye shall worship malach, which destroyed all and yitzhar (pure olive oil);
before Mizbe'ach echad, and the fighting gibborim, and the and stalls for the livestock,
burn ketoret upon it? nagid and sar in the and pens for all the sheep.
|13| Know ye not what I and machaneh of the melech |29| Moreover he built him
avotai have done unto all the Assyria. So he withdrew in towns, and possessions of tzon
people of other lands? Were boshet panim (shamefaced and bakar in abundance, for
Elohim had given him wealth |5| And he built mizbechot |13| And davened unto Him,
very much. for all the tzva HaShomayim and He was entreated of him,
|30| This same Chizkiyahu in the two khatzerot and heard his techinnah, and
also covered over the upper (courtyards) of the Beis brought him back again
source of the Gichon Spring Hashem. to Yerushalayim into his
and tunneled it straight down |6| And he caused his banot malchut. Then Menasheh
to the west side of Ir Dovid. to pass through the eish in the knew that Hashem hu
Chizkiyahu prospered in all Gey Ben Hinnom; also he HaElohim.
his works. practiced astrology, fortune- |14| Now after this he rebuilt
|31| Howbeit in the business telling, and witchcraft, and a chomah chitzonah of Ir
of the ambassadors of the necromancy and consulted Dovid, on the west side of
sarim of Babylon, who sent mediums and spiritists; he Gichon, in the valley, at the
unto him to inquire of the wrought rah in the eyes of approach of Sha'ar HaDagim,
mofet that was done in Hashem, to provoke Him to and encompassed the Ophel,
HaAretz, HaElohim left him, anger. and raised it up a very great
to test him, that He might |7| And he set a pesel height, and stationed military
know all that was in his lev. hasemel which he had made commanders in all the
|32| Now the rest of the acts in the Beis HaElohim, of fortified cities of Yehudah.
of Chizkiyahu, and his acts of which Elohim had said to |15| And he removed the
chesed, hinei, they are written Dovid and to Sh'lomo bno, In elohei hanekhar, and the
in the Chazon Yeshayahu ben this Beis, and in semel (image) from the Beis
Amoz HaNavi, and in the Yerushalayim, which I have Hashem, and all the
Sefer Melachim of Yehudah chosen before all the Shivtei mizbechot that he had built in
and Yisroel. Yisroel, will I put Shmi the har of the Beis Hashem,
|33| And Chizkiyahu slept forever; and in Yerushalayim, and cast
with Avotav, and they buried |8| Neither will I anymore them outside the Ir.
him on the ascent in kivrei remove the regel Yisroel from |16| And he rebuilt the
Bnei Dovid; and all Yehudah HaAretz which I have Mizbe'ach Hashem, and
and the inhabitants of appointed for Avoteichem; so sacrificed thereon zivkhei
Yerushalayim did him kavod that they will take heed to do shelamim and todah, and
at his mot. And Menasheh all that I have commanded commanded Yehudah to serve
bno reigned in his place. them, according to kol Hashem Elohei Yisroel.
HaTorah and the Chukkim |17| Nevertheless the people
and the Mishpatim by the yad did sacrifice still in the high
Moshe. places, albeit unto Hashem
Menasheh was 12 |9| So Menasheh made Eloheihem.

began to reign, and
he reigned 55 years in
Yehudah and the inhabitants
of Yerushalayim to be led
astray, and to do rah more
|18| Now the rest of the acts
of Menasheh, and his tefillah
unto Elohav, and the divrei
Yerushalayim, than the Goyim, whom HaChozim that spoke to him
|2| But did that which was Hashem had destroyed before b'Shem Hashem Elohei
rah in the eyes of Hashem, the Bnei Yisroel. Yisroel, hinei, they are written
like unto the to'avot HaGoyim, |10| And Hashem spoke to in the annals of the Melachim
whom Hashem had driven out Menasheh, and to his people, of Yisroel.
before the Bnei Yisroel. but they would not pay heed. [19| His tefillah also, and how
|3| For he rebuilt the high |11| Therefore Hashem He was entreated of him, and
places which Chizkiyahu Aviv brought upon them the sarei all his chattat, and his
had demolished, erected miz- hatzavah of Melech Ashur unfaithfulness, and the
bechot for Ba’alim, and made (Assyria), which captured mekomot (sites, places)
Asherot, and worshiped all the Menasheh with a hunter's wherein he built high places,
tzva HaShomayim, and served hooks, and bound him with and set up Asherim and
them. bronze shackles, and pesilim, before he was
|4| Also he built mizbechot in hauled him off to Babylon. humbled; hinei, they are
the Beis Hashem, whereof |12| And when he was in written among the records of
Hashem had said, In Yerusha- distress, he besought Hashem Chozai.
layim shall Shmi be forever. Elohav, and humbled himself
greatly before Elohei Avotav,
|20| So Menasheh slept with and the pesilim, and the builders gave they it, to buy
Avotav, and they buried him massekhot he demolished quarried stones, and timber
in his own bais; and Amon and made dust of them, and for rafters and beams, for the
bno reigned in his place. scattered upon the buildings which the Melachim
|21| Amon was 22 shanah keverim (graves) of them that of Yehudah had destroyed.
when he began to reign, and had sacrificed unto them. |12| And the men did the
reigned two shanim in |5| And he burned the atzmot melachah (work) be'emunah
Yerushalayim. of the Kohanim upon their (faithfully, with integrity); and
|22| But he did that which mizbechot, and made tahor the mufkadim (overseers) of
was rah in the eyes of Yehudah and Yerushalayim. them were Yachat and
Hashem, as did Menasheh |6| And so did he in the towns Ovadyahu, the Levi'im, of the
Aviv, for Amon sacrificed unto of Menasheh, and Ephrayim, Bnei Merari; and Zecharyah
all the pesilim (idols) which and Shim'on, even as far as and Meshullam, of the Bnei
Menasheh Aviv had made, Naphtali, and in their ruins Kehati, to give oversight; and
and served them; all around. other of the Levi'im, all that
|23| And humbled not |7| And when he had broken were meiven (expert) in
himself before Hashem, as down the mizbechot and the musical instruments.
Menasheh Aviv had humbled Asherim, and had beaten the |13| Also they were over the
himself; but Amon increased pesilim into powder, and cut sabalim (bearers of burdens)
more and more in ashmah. down all the incense stands and the overseers of all that
|24| And his avadim made a throughout all Eretz Yisroel, wrought the work in every
kesher against him, assassin- he returned to kind of avodah; and of the
ated him in his own bais. Yerushalayim. Levi'im there were soferim
|25| But the am ha'aretz |8| Now in the eighteenth (scribes), shoterim (officers)
slaughtered all them that had year of his reign, when he had and sho'arim (doorkeepers).
made the kesher against made tahor HaAretz, and |14| And when they brought
HaMelech Amon; and the am HaBeis, he sent Shaphan ben out the kesef that was brought
ha'aretz made Yoshiyahu Atzalyahu, and Ma’aseiyahu into the Beis Hashem,
(Josiah) bno Melech in his the Sar HaIr, and Yoach ben Chilkiyahu HaKohen found a
place. Yo'achaz the recorder, to Sefer Torat Hashem given
repair the Beis Hashem through Moshe.
Yoshiyahu was 8 Elohav. |15| And Chilkiyahu

began to reign, and
he reigned in Yerushalayim 31
|9| And when they came to
Chilkiyahu the Kohen
HaGadol, they delivered
answered and said to
Shaphan the Sofer, I have
found the Sefer HaTorah in
shanah. the kesef that was brought into the Beis Hashem. And
|2| And he did that which was the Beis Elohim, which the Chilkiyahu delivered the Sefer
yashar in the eyes of Hashem, Levi'im, the Shomrei HaSaf to Shaphan.
and walked in the ways of (the Doorkeepers), had |16| And Shaphan carried
Dovid Aviv, and veered off collected from the people of the Sefer to HaMelech, and
neither right nor left. Menasheh and Ephrayim, and brought HaMelech word back
|3| For in the eighth year of from kol She'erit Yisroel, and again, saying, All that was
his reign, while he was yet kol Yehudah and Binyamin, committed into the yad of
na'ar (young), he began to seek and they returned to avadim, they are doing.
after Elohei Dovid Aviv; and Yerushalayim. |17| And they have emptied
in the twelfth year he began to |10| And they entrusted it out the kesef that was found in
make tahor Yehudah and into the yad oseh hamelachah the Beis Hashem, and have
Yerushalayim from the high (hand of the master workmen) entrusted it into the yad
places, and the Asherim, and that had hamufkadim hamufkadim and to the yad
the pesilim, and the (oversight) of the Beis osei hamelachah.
massekhot (molten images). Hashem, and they paid it to |18| Then Shaphan the Sofer
|4| And they demolished the the workmen that wrought in told HaMelech, saying,
mizbechot of Ba’alim in his the Beis Hashem, to repair Chilkiyahu HaKohen hath
presence; and the incense and restore HaBeis given me a Sefer. And
stands erected above them he [HaMikdash]; Shaphan read it in the
smashed; and the Asherim, |11| Even to the charashim presence of HaMelech.
(craftsmen, artisans) and
|19| And it came to pass, say unto him, Thus saith territories that pertained to
when HaMelech had heard Hashem Elohei Yisroel the Bnei Yisroel, and made all
the divrei HaTorah, that he concerning the words which that were present in Yisroel to
tore his garments. thou hast heard; do avodas [kodesh] service to
|20| And HaMelech |27| Because thine lev was Hashem Eloheihem. And all
commanded Chilkiyahu, and tender, and thou didst humble his days they veered
Achikam ben Shaphan, thyself before Elohim, when not from following Hashem,
and Avdon ben Michah, and thou heardest His words Elohei Avoteihem.
Shaphan HaSofer, and against this place, and against Moreover
Asayah eved HaMelech,
saying,
|21| Go, inquire of Hashem
the inhabitants thereof, and
humbledst thyself before Me,
and didst tear thy garments,
35 Yoshiyahu kept
Pesach unto
Hashem in Yerushalayim, and
for me, and for them that are and weep in My Presence, I they slaughtered the Pesach
nishar (left, remaining, the have even heard thee also, on the fourteenth day of the
remnant) in Yisroel and in saith Hashem. first month.
Yehudah, concerning the |28| Hinei, I will gather thee |2| And he set up the
divrei hasefer that is found; to Avoteicha, thou shalt be Kohanim in their mishmerot,
for gadolah chamat Hashem gathered to thy kever in and encouraged them to the
is poured out upon us, shalom, neither shall thine Avodas Beis Hashem,
because Avoteinu have not eyes see all ra'ah I will bring |3| And said unto the Levi'im
been shomer over the Devar upon this place, and upon the that taught kol Yisroel, which
Hashem, to do after all that is inhabitants of it. So they were hakedoshim unto
written in HaSefer Hazeh. brought back HaMelech word. Hashem, Put the Aron
|22| And Chilkiyahu, and |29| Then HaMelech sent and HaKodesh in the Beis which
they that HaMelech had sent, gathered together all the Sh'lomo Ben Dovid Melech
went to Chuldah the neviah, Ziknei Yehudah and Yisroel did build; it shall not
the wife of Shallum ben Yerushalayim. be a massa (burden,
Tokehat ben Chasrah, Shomer |30| And HaMelech went up something carried) upon your
HaBegadim (Keeper of the to the Beis Hashem, and kol ketefayim (shoulders); serve
Wardrobe) (now she dwelt in Ish Yehudah, and the now Hashem Eloheichem and
Yerushalayim in the Mishneh), inhabitants of Yerushalayim, His people Yisroel,
and they spoke to her to this and the Kohanim, and the |4| And prepare yourselves by
effect. Levi'im, and kol haAm, gadol Bais Avoteichem, after your
|23| And she answered them, and katan; and he read in machlekot, according to the
Thus saith Hashem Elohei their ears kol divrei Sefer writing of Dovid Melech
Yisroel, Tell ye the ish that HaBrit that was found in the Yisroel, and according to the
sent you to me, Beis Hashem. mikhtav of Sh'lomo bno.
|24| Thus saith Hashem, |31| And HaMelech stood at |5| And stand in HaKodesh
Hinei, I will bring ra'ah upon his place, and cut HaBrit in according to the pelugot Bais
this place, and upon the the presence of Hashem, to HaAvot (groupings of families)
inhabitants thereof, even all walk after Hashem, and to be of your achim the Bnei HaAm,
the alot (curses) that are shomer over His mitzvot, and and after the chalukat Bais Av
written in the Sefer which they His testimonies, and His (family subdivisions) of the
have read in the presence of chukkot, with all his lev, and Levi'im.
Melech Yehudah, with all his nefesh, to perform |6| So slaughter the Pesach,
|25| Because they have the divrei HaBrit which are and set yourselves apart as
forsaken Me, and have burned written in Sefer HaZeh. kodesh, and prepare your
ketoret unto elohim acherim, |32| And he caused all that achim, that they may do
that they might provoke Me to being found in Yerushalayim according to the Devar
anger with all the works of and Binyamin to make a Hashem by the yad Moshe.
their hands; therefore My pledge to it. And the |7| And Yoshiyahu gave to
wrath shall be poured out inhabitants of Yerushalayim HaAm, of the tzon, kevasim
upon this place, and shall not did according to the Brit and goats, all for the
be quenched. Elohim, Elohei Avoteihem. Pesachim, for all that were
|26| And as for Melech |33| And Yoshiyah removed present, to the number of
Yehudah, who sent you to kol hato'evot out of all the 30,000 plus 3,000 bakar; these
inquire of Hashem, so shall ye were from the property
of HaMelech. sho'arim (gatekeepers) were at |23| And the archers shot at

|8| And his sarim gave every sha'ar; neither did they Melech Yoshiyahu; and
linedavah (voluntarily) unto need to depart from their HaMelech said to his avadim,
HaAm, to the Kohanim, to the Avodah, for their achim the Take me away; for I am badly
Levi'im. Chilkiyah, Levi'im prepared for them. wounded.
Zecharyahu, Yechiel, negidei |16| So all the Avodas |24| His avadim therefore
Beis HaElohim, gave unto the Hashem was prepared that took him out of that
Kohanim for the Pesachim same day, to keep the Pesach, merkavah, and put him in the
2,600 and 300 bakar. and to offer olot upon the mishneh merkavah that he
|9| Conanyah also, and Mizbe'ach Hashem, according had; and they brought him to
Shemayahu and Netanel, his to the mitzvat HaMelech Yerushalayim, and he died,
achim, and Chashavyahu and Yoshiyahu. and was buried in the kivrot
Ye'i'el and Yozavad, Sarei |17| And the Bnei Yisroel that Avotav. And all Yehudah and
HaLevi'im, gave unto the were present kept the Pesach Yerushalayim mourned for
Levi'im for Pesachim 5,000 at that time, and the Chag Yoshiyahu.
and 500 bakar. HaMatzot seven days. |25| And Yirmeyahu
|10| So the Avodah (Service) |18| And there was no Pesach lamented for Yoshiyahu; and
was prepared, and the like it in Yisroel from the all the sharim (singing men)
Kohanim stood in their place, days of Shmuel HaNavi; and the sharot (singing
and the Levi'im in their neither did all the Melachim women) commemorate
machlekot, according to the of Yisroel keep such a Pesach Yoshiyahu in their laments to
mitzvat HaMelech. as Yoshiyahu kept, and the this day, and made them as
|11| And they slaughtered the Kohanim, and the Levi'im, chok [set custom] in Yisroel;
Pesach, and the Kohanim and kol Yehudah and Yisroel and, hinei, they are written in
sprinkled the dahm from their that were present, and the HaKinot (the Laments).
hands, and the Levi'im inhabitants of Yerushalayim. |26| Now the rest of the acts
skinned them. |19| In the eighteenth shanah of Yoshiyahu, and his acts of
|12| And they removed the of the reign of Yoshiyahu was chesed, according to what is
olah, that they might give this Pesach kept. written in the Torat Hashem,
according to the pelugot l'Bais |20| After all this, when |27| And his deeds,
Avot l'Bnei HaAm, to offer Yoshiyahu had set in order the harishonim and
unto Hashem, as it is written Beis [HaMikdash], Necho ha'acharonim, hinei, they are
in the Sefer Moshe. And so did Melech Mitzrayim went up to written in the Sefer of the
they with the bakar. fight at Carchemish on the Melachim of Yisroel and
|13| And they roasted the Euphrates, and Yoshiyahu Yehudah.
Pesach with eish according to went up against him.
the mishpat; but the other |21| But he sent malachim to
kadashim they boiled in pots, him, saying, Mah li valach Then the Am
and in caldrons, and in pans,
and distributed them in haste
among kol Bnei HaAm.
(What have I to do with thee),
thou Melech Yehudah? I come
not against thee this day, but
36 Ha'Aretz took
Yehoachaz ben
Yoshiyahu, and made him
|14| And afterward they against the Bais wherewith I melech in the place of Aviv in
made ready for themselves, have war [i.e., Babylon], for Yerushalayim.
and for the Kohanim; because Elohim commanded me to |2| Yehoachaz was twenty
the Kohanim the Bnei Aharon make haste; forbear thee from and three years old when he
were busied in offering olah meddling with Elohim, Who is began to reign, and he reigned
and the chalavim (fats) until with me, that He destroy thee three months in Yerusha-
lailah; therefore the Levi'im not. layim.
prepared for themselves, and |22| Nevertheless Yoshiyahu |3| And Melech Mitzrayim
for the Kohanim, the would not turn his face from deposed him at Yerushalayim,
Bnei Aharon. him, but disguised himself, and laid on HaAretz a tribute
|15| And the meshorarim that he might fight with him, of a hundred talents of kesef
(singers), the Bnei Asaph, were and paid heed not unto the and a talent of zahav.
in their place, according to the words of Necho from the |4| And Melech Mitzrayim
mitzvat Dovid, and Asaph, mouth of Elohim, and went to made Elyakim his brother
and Heman, and Yedutun, fight in the Valley of Megiddo.
Chozeh HaMelech; and the
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melech over Yehudah Nevuchadnetzar, who had kingdom of Paras (Persia)

and Yerushalayim, and made him take an oath by began to reign;
changed shmo to Y'hoyakim. Elohim, but he stiffened his |21| To fulfil the Devar
And Necho took Yehoachaz neck, and hardened his lev Hashem by the mouth of
his brother, and carried him against making teshuva unto Yirmeyahu, until HaAretz had
off to Mitzrayim. Hashem Elohei Yisroel. made up for its Shabbatot, for
|5| Y'hoyakim was twenty and |14| Moreover all the Sarei as long as she lay desolate she
five years old when he began HaKohanim, and HaAm was shomer Shabbos, to fulfil
to reign, and he reigned eleven became more unfaithful, Shivim Shanah (seventy years,
years in Yerushalayim; and he following all the to'avot see Jeremiah 25:11).
did that which was rah in the HaGoyim, and they made the |22| Now in the first year of
eyes of Hashem Elohav. Beis Hashem tameh which Koresh (Cyrus) Melech Paras
|6| Against him came up Hashem had consecrated and (Persia), that the word of
Nevuchadnetzar Melech set apart as kodesh in Hashem spoken by the mouth
Bavel, and bound him in Yerushalayim. of Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah)
bronze shackles, to carry him |15| And Hashem Elohei might be accomplished,
off to Babylon. Avoteihem sent to them by His Hashem stirred up the ruach
|7| Nevuchadnetzar also malachim, time and again; of Koresh Melech Paras
carried off the vessels of the because He took pity on His (Persia), that he made a
Beis Hashem to Babylon, and people and on His Ma'on proclamation throughout all
put them in his heikhal (Dwelling Place); his Malchut, and put it also in
(temple) at Babylon. |16| But they mocked the writing, saying,
|8| Now the rest of the acts of malachim of Elohim, and |23| Thus saith Koresh
Y'hoyakim, and his to'avot despised His words, and Melech Paras (Persia), Kol
which he did, and that which derided His nevi'im, until the Mamlechot HaAretz (all the
was found in him, hinei, they Chamat Hashem was aroused kingdoms of the earth) hath
are written in the Sefer of the against His people, until there Hashem Elohei HaShomayim
Melachim of Yisroel and was no marpeh (remedy, given me; and He hath
Yehudah; and Y'hoyakhin bno healing). charged me to build Him a
became king in his place. |17| Therefore He brought Beis in Yerushalayim, which is
|9| Y'hoyakhin was eight years upon them Melech Kasdim, in Yehudah. Who is there
old when he began to reign, who slaughtered their among you of all His people?
and he reigned three months bochurim with the cherev in Hashem Elohav be with him
and ten days in Yerushalayim; their Beis Mikdash, and had and let him go up!
and he did that which was rah no pity upon bochur or
in the eyes of Hashem. betulah, zaken or the aged
|10| And when the year was man. He gave them all into his
expired, HaMelech yad.
Nevuchadnetzar sent, and |18| And all the kelei Beis
brought him to Babylon, with HaElohim, hagedolim and
the kelei chemdat Beis haketanim, and the otzerot of
Hashem, and made the Beis Hashem, and the
Tzidkiyahu his brother Melech otzerot HaMelech, and of his
over Yehudah and sarim; all these he brought to
Yerushalayim. Babylon.
|11| Tzidkiyah was one and |19| And they burned the
twenty years old when he Beis HaElohim, and broke
began to reign, and reigned down the Chomat [T.N. The glory cloud that
eleven years in Yerushalayim. Yerushalayim, and burned all appears at the dedication of
|12| And he did that which the palaces thereof with eish, both the wilderness Mishkan
was rah in the eyes of Hashem and destroyed all its precious and the Beis HaMikdash of
Elohav, and humbled not vessels.[Tisha B'Av] Shlomo HaMelech is a
himself before Yirmeyahu |20| And them that had prophetic type and foreshadow
HaNavi speaking from the escaped from the cherev of the Moshiach and the
mouth of Hashem. carried he off to Babylon coming sod hitgashmut (see
|13| And he also rebelled where they were avadim to 2Chr 5:7-14; Ex 40:34-35; Yn
against Melech him and his banim until the 1:1, 14)

THE ORTHODOX
JEWISH
BRIT CHADASHA
@BESURAS HAGEULAH
@GEVUROT MEYRUACH HAKODESH
@IGGROT KODESH
@HISGALUS
Ani hu
the Techiyah
and the
Chayim
--Yn 11:25
BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO MATTITYAHU
This is the sefer toldot of Hakodesh. Num 24:17) in the Mizrach and
1 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach

Yehoshua Ben Dovid, Ben
Avraham.
|19| Her shidduch, Yosef [ben
Dovid], being a tzaddik and not
wanting to humiliate her publicly,
come to fall down before him.
|3| Because Herod the king heard
this, he was terribly shaken, and
|2| Avraham, then Yitzchak, planned to deal with the get all Yerushalayim with him.
Yaakov, Yehudah and his (divorce) in a private |4| And assembling all the Rashei
brothers; arrangement. Hakohanim and Sofrim of the
|3| then, through Yehudah, |20| Now just when Yosef [ben people, he inquired of them the
Peretz and Zerach by Tamar; then Dovid] had thought through to this place where Rebbe, Melech
Chetzron, Ram; tachlis (purpose) hinei! A malach HaMoshiach was to be born.
|4| then Amminadav, Nachshon, Hashem appeared to him in a |5| They told him, In Beit-
Salmon; chalom, and said, Yosef ben Lechem Yehudah; because so it
|5| then Boaz by Rachav; then Dovid, do not shrink from taking stands written by the Navi:
Oved by Ruth, then Yishai; Miryam in nisuim (marriage) as |6| And YOU, BEIT-LECHEM,
|6| then Yishai fathered Dovid your [basherte (destined mate) (Bethlehem, Mic 5:1[2]) in eretz
HaMelech; then Shlomo by the aishes chayil (virtuous woman)] Yehudah are by no means least
wife of Uriyah; kallah (bride), because what has among the shtetlach (towns) or
|7| then Rechavam, Aviyah, Asa, been conceived in her is through ruling [alafim] of Yehudah;
|8| then Yehoshafat, Yoram, the Ruach Hakodesh. because out of you will come a
Uziyahu; |21| And she shall bear BEN Moshel (Ruler) who will be the
|9| then Yotam, Achaz, (Son) and you will call SHMO (his Ro’eh Ami Yisroel.
Chizkiyahu, name, Zech 6:12) YEHOSHUA |7| Then Herod secretly sum-
|10| then Mnasheh, Amon, (Zech 6:11-12) because he will moned the chachamim and
Yoshiyahu, bring his people yeshuah (rescue, ascertained from them the exact
|11| then Ykhanyahu and his salvation, deliverance) from their date of the manifestation of the
achim from the days of the Golus peyshaim (rebellions). KOCHAV.
in Babylon. |22| Now all this occurred so that |8| Then he sent them to Beth-
|12| After Ykhanyahu, then which was spoken by Hashem Lechem, saying, Go and make a
Shaltiel, then Zrubavel, through the Navi might be thorough search for the yeled
|13| then Avichud, then Elyakim, fulfilled, (child); as soon as you have found
then Azur; |23| HINEI, HAALMAH HARAH him, report to me, so that I, as
|14| then Tzadok, then Yakhin, VYOLEDET BEN VKARAT you, may come and fall down
then Elichud; SHMO IMMANU-EL (Behold, the before him.
|15| then Elazar, then Mattan, Virgin will be with child and will |9| After they heard the king, they
then Yaakov. bear Son and will call his name departed, and hinei! The
|16| Yaakov fathered Yosef, the Immanu-El--Isa 7:14; cf page vii), KOCHAV they had seen in the
baal (husband) of Miryam, from which translated means G-d is Mizrach (East) was going ahead of
whom was born Yehoshua, who is with us. them until it came and stood
called Rebbe, Melech |24| Then Yosef [ben Dovid], above the place where the yeled
HaMoshiach. [Yochanan 1:49] rising up from sleep, did as the was.
|17| So then, there were arbaa malach Hashem commanded him |10| When they saw the
asar (fourteen) dorot (generations) and he took his kallah. KOCHAV, they rejoiced with
from Avraham to Dovid [T.N. |25| And Yosef [ben Dovid] did exceedingly great nachas (joy).
Dovid= DVD in Hebrew = [d = 4, v not know her until she bore BEN |11| And, entering the bais
= 6, d = 4] = (4 + 6 + 4 = 14)], and and Yosef [Ben Dovid] called him (house), they beheld the yeled with
there were arbaa asar dorot from by name of Yehoshua [Ben Miryam, his Em, and prostrated
Dovid to the Golus in Babylon, Dovid][See Baba Bathra 8:6]. themselves before him. Then,
and there were arbaa asar dorot Now after Yehoshua was opening their treasure chests, they
from the Golus in Babylon to
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
|18| The huledet (birth) of Rebbe,
2 born in Beit-Lechem
Yehudah, in the days of
Herod [the Great, the Roman
offered gifts of gold, frankincense,
and myrrh.
|12| And having been warned in
Melech HaMoshiach was as client] king --hinei!--chachamim a chalom (dream) not to return to
follows. When Moshiach’s Em, from eretz Mizrach (the land of Herod, they took refuge in their
Miryam, had been given in erusin the East) arrived in Yerushalayim, own country by another way.
to Yosef [ben Dovid], but before |2| saying, Where is he that is |13| And when they’d gone--
they came together, she was found born Melech HaYehudim? For we hinei! –a malach Hashem
with child through the Ruach have seen his KOCHAV (star, appeared to Yosef [Ben Dovid] in
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a chalom (dream), saying, had succeeded his father the Yarden as a mikveh
Arise, and take the yeled and Herod as king of Yehudah, mayim, Yochanan said to
his Em, and flee to Eretz Yosef [ben Dovid] was afraid to them, You banim (sons) of
Mitzrayim (Egypt), and stay go there. And, having been nachashim (snakes)! Who
there until I tell you, for warned in a chalom, he warned you to flee from the
Herod is about to seek the departed into the districts of charon af [Hashem] habah
yeled to destroy him. the Galil. (the coming burning wrath of
|14| So, having got up, Yosef |23| And Yosef [ben Dovid] Hashem)?
[ben Dovid] took the yeled, made his home in the shtetl |8| Produce pri tov l’teshuva
and his Em by night and (Jewish village) called (fruit worthy of repentance)!
departed for Eretz Mitzrayim. Natzeret, so that which was |9| Do not presume to say to
|15| And Yosef [ben Dovid] spoken by the Neviim might yourselves, We have the yichus
was there until the mot Herod. be fulfilled: He will be called a (proud lineage), we have
This was to fulfill what had Natzri [i.e., Moshiach the the zechut Avot (merit of the
been spoken by Hashem Netzer,Tzemach, Isa 11:1; Jer Fathers) of Avraham Avinu
through the Navi, 23:5; Zech 3:8; Isa 53:2; Zech (our father Abraham). For I
UMIMITZRAYIM KARATI 6:11-12]. say to you that Hashem is able
LIVNI (Out of Egypt have I to raise up from these avanim
called my Son, HOSHEA (stones) banim (sons) of
11:1). Now in those days Avraham.
|16| When Herod saw that he
had been outwitted by the
chachamim, he was greatly
3 Yochanan of the tevilah
of teshuva appears,
preaching, crying out as a
10| And already the ax is laid
at the shoresh haetzim (the
root of the trees); therefore,
enraged, and he ordered the maggid (preacher) [for the every etz not producing pri tov
slaughter of all the yeladim in Moshiach] in the midbar (good fruit) is cut down and
Beit-Lechem and its vicinity (wilderness) of Yehudah, thrown into the eish (fire).
who were two years old or |2| saying, Make teshuva, for |11| I give you a tevilah
under, in accordance with the the Malchut HaShomayim has (immersion) in a mikveh
time that he had learned from come near. mayim for teshuva, but Hu
the chachamim. |3| For this [Yochanan] is the Habah (He who Comes; T.N.
|17| Then came the one spoken of through i.e., the Moshiach) after me
fulfillment of what was spoken Yeshayah the Navi, saying, has more chozek (strength)
through Yirmeyah HaNavi: KOL KOREY BAMIDBAR (A than me. I am not worthy to
|18| KOL BRAMAH voice of one shouting in the remove his sandals. He will
NISHMAH (A voice was heard wilderness, Isa 40:3): Prepare give you a tevilah (immersion)
in Ramah, Jer 31:14[15]), a the Derech Hashem (the way with the Ruach Hakodesh and
voice of bitter weeping and of the L-rd). Make his paths eish (fire).
mourning. Rachel is crying straight! |12| The winnowing fork is in
for her yeladim; she refuses to |4| Now Yochanan himself his hand, and he will clear out
be comforted, because they had camel-hair clothing and a his threshing floor, and he will
are no more. leather belt around his waist, gather his wheat into the
|19| When Herod died, hinei, and his food was arbe (locusts) storehouse; but the chaff he
in Eretz Mitzrayim a malach and devash (wild honey). will burn with unquenchable
Hashem appeared to Yosef |5| Then all Yerushalayim eish (fire).
[ben Dovid] in a chalom and all Yehudah and the |13| Then Yehoshua comes
(dream), whole region of the Yarden from the Galil to the Yarden to
|20| saying, Arise, and take were going out to him. Yochanan, to submit to
the yeled and his Em and go |6| Making vidduy (confession Yochanan’s tevilah.
to Eretz Yisroel, for those of sin) [to Hashem] of their |14| But Yochanan would
seeking the life of the yeled are averos (sins), they were have deterred him, saying, I
dead. submitted to a tevilah have need to submit to your
|21| And Yosef [ben Dovid] (immersion) by him, using the tevilah [T.N. i.e., Moshiach’s
arose and took the yeled and Yarden River as a mikveh tevilah], and yet you come to
his Em, and entered Eretz mayim (gathering of water). me?
Yisroel. |7| But when he saw many of |15| But answering him,
|22| And when Yosef [ben the Perushim and Tzedukim Yehoshua said, Permit it
Dovid] heard that Archelaus coming to where he was using now, for thus it is proper
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to fulfill all Tzidkat Hashem [Dan TEHILLIM 91:11,12.) saying, LAlter LiTeshuvah
9:24]. |7| Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (Immediate Repentance ), for the
|16| And having received the said to Hasatan, Again, it is Malchut HaShomayim has come
tevilah in the Yarden’s mikveh written, LO TENASSU ES near.
mayim, Rebbe, Melech HASHEM ELOHEICHEM (Do |18| And walking beside Lake
HaMoshiach immediately came not test Hashem your G-d, Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Rebbe,
up. And, hinei! The Shomayim DEVARIM 6:16). Melech HaMoshiach saw two
were opened to him, and he saw |8| Again, Hasatan takes Rebbe, achim, Shimon, the one being
the Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem Melech HaMoshiach to a very called Kefa (Petros), and his
descending like a yonah (dove) high mountain and shows him all brother Andrew, casting a net into
and coming upon him. the mamlechot (kingdoms) of the the sea, for they were daiyagim
|17| And, hinei, a bat kol (a voice Olam Hazeh and the kavod (glory) (fishermen).
from heaven) came out of of them. |19| And Rebbe, Melech
Shomayim, saying, ZEH BNI |9| And Hasatan said to Rebbe, HaMoshiach says, Come, follow
AHUVI ASHER BO CHAFATZTI Melech HaMoshiach, All these me, and I will make you daiyagei
(This is my Son, the beloved, with things I will give to you, if you will adam (fishers of men).
whom I am well pleased). fall down VTISHTACHAVEH |20| And immediately, leaving
Then Rebbe, Melech (and you will bow down to their nets, they followed Rebbe,
4 HaMoshiach was led up

into the midbar by the
Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem to
[DEVARIM 5:9]) me.
|10| Then Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach says to him, Depart,
Melech HaMoshiach.
|21| And having gone on from
there, he saw two other achim,
undergo nisyonos (temptations) by Hasatan! For katuv (it is written), Yaakov Ben Zavdai and Yochanan
Hasatan. ES HASHEM ELOHEICHA TIRA his brother, in the sirah (boat)
|2| And, having undergone a VOTO TAAVOD (The L-rd your with Zavdai their father, repairing
tzom (fast) for arbaim yom G-d you shall fear and Him you their nets, and he summoned
varbaim lailah (forty days and shall worship, DEVARIM 6:13). them.
forty nights), afterward Rebbe, |11| Then Hasatan leaves him, |22| Immediately, leaving the
Melech HaMoshiach was and, hinei, malachim came and sirah (boat) and their father, they
famished. attended to Rebbe, Melech followed Rebbe, Melech
|3| And the tempter came to him HaMoshiach. HaMoshiach [Mt 19:29].
and said to him, If you are the |12| Now, having heard that |23| And Rebbe, Melech
Ben HaElohim, then speak the Yochanan was arrested, Rebbe, HaMoshiach went about in all the
command that these avanim Melech HaMoshiach departed Galil, exercising the ministry of
(stones) become lechem (bread). into the Galil. moreh (teacher) in their shuls and
|4| But Rebbe, Melech |13| And having left behind of darshan (preacher) of the
HaMoshiach answered, Katuv (It Natzeret, Rebbe, Melech Besuroh Tovoh (Good Tiding of a
is written), LO AL HALECHEM HaMoshiach headquartered in Joyous Event), the Besuras
LVADOH YCHEYEH HAADAM, Kfar-Nachum by the sea, in the HaGeulah (the Good News of
KI AL KOL MOTZAH FI environs of Zvulun and Naftali. Redemption) of the Malchut
HASHEM. (Man does not live on |14| This was to fulfill what was Hashem, and Rebbe, Melech
bread alone but on every word spoken through Yeshayah HaMoshiach went about bringing
that comes from the mouth of HaNavi, refuah (healing) to every disease
Hashem, Dt 8:3). |15| ARTZAH ZVULUN and every illness of the people.
|5| Then Hasatan takes Rebbe, VARTZAH NAFTALI (To the land |24| And the report went out
Melech HaMoshiach to the Ir of Zvulun and to the land of about Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
Hakodesh (the Holy City) and set Naftali, Isa 8:23-9:1 [9:1-2]), the throughout all Syria; and they
him atop the pinnacle of the Beis way to the sea beyond the Yarden, brought to him all the cholim
Hamikdash, Galil HaGoyim, (sick) with various illnesses and
|6| and says to Rebbe, Melech |16| the people sitting in machalot, demoniacs, epileptics,
HaMoshiach, If you are the Ben CHOSHECH RAU OHR GADOL and paralytics; and Rebbe,
HaElohim, then throw yourself (darkness saw a great light), Melech HaMoshiach brought
down, for katuv (it is written), YOSHVEI V’ERETZ them refuah.
MALACHAV YTZAV-VEH LACH TZALMAVET (the ones living in |25| And from the Galil, the
(His angels he will command the land of the shadow of death), a Decapolis, Yerushalayim,
concerning you) and upon their light has dawned among them. Yehudah, and Ever-HaYarden
hands they will lift you up lest you |17| From then Rebbe, Melech from all these places great
strike your foot against a stone, HaMoshiach began to proclaim, multitudes followed him.
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When Rebbe, Melech your sachar (reward) is great HaShomayim.
5 HaMoshiach saw the

multitudes, he ALAH
HAHAR (went up the
in Shomayim, for thus they
persecuted the Neviim before
you.
21| You have heard that it
was said to the ancients, LO
TIRTZACH (Do not murder,
mountain, SHEMOT 19:3) |13| You are the melach SHEMOT 20:13; DEVARIM
and when he sat down, his haaretz (salt of the earth), but 5:17), and every rotzeach
talmidim came to him. if the salt becomes tasteless, in (murderer) shall be liable
|2| Then Rebbe, Melech what way will it become salty before the Bet Din (Court).
HaMoshiach began to speak, again? It is no longer good for |22| But I say to you, that
and gave them this torah anything, but is thrown out everyone who harbors kaas
(teaching), saying, and trampled by men. (anger) against his Ach
|3| Ashrey ANIYEI |14| You are the Ohr HaOlam [b’Moshiach], his chaver, shall
HARUACH (Blessed, Happy (the Light of the World). A city be subject to mishpat
are the poor in spirit, lying on a mountaintop (judgment); and whoever shall
YESHAYAH 66:2) for theirs is cannot be nistar (hidden). say to his Ach [b’Moshiach],
the Malchut HaShomayim. |15| No one, after lighting a Reyka! (Good for nothing!) will
|4| Ashrey are the AVELIM menorah, places it under a be subject to the Sanhedrin;
(the ones mourning, measuring basket, but on the and whoever shall say Shoteh!
YESHAYAH 61:2), for they shulchan (table), and it gives (Fool) shall be subject to Eish
will be comforted. ohr (light) to kol anshei habais Gehinnom (Fire of Hell).
|5| Ashrey are the ANAVIM (all in the house). |23| Therefore, if you bring
(humble, YESHAYAH |16| In like manner, let your your korban (sacrifice) to the
29:19; ZEFANYAH 2:3), for light so shine before Bnei Mizbeach (altar), and there
YIRESHU ARETZ (they will Adam, that they may see your you remember that your Ach
inherit the land, TEHILLIM maasim tovim (good works) [b’Moshiach] has something
37:11). and give kavod (glory) to your against you,
|6| Ashrey are the ones Av shbaShomayim (Father in |24| leave your korban there
hungering and thirsting for Heaven). before the Mizbeach, and go
Tzidkat Hashem (Tzedek |17| Do not think that I came and first be reconciled to your
Olamim, Everlasting to abolish the Torah or the Ach [b’Moshiach]; and then
Righteousness, DANIEL 9:24), Neviim. I did not come to come offer your korban.
for they will be satisfied. abolish but to complete. |25| Come to terms quickly
|7| Ashrey are the merciful, |18| For, omein, truly I say to with your ish riv (opponent in
for they will be shown you, until Shomayim and a lawsuit), while you are a
rachamim (mercy). haaretz pass away, not one fellow-traveler on the derech
|8| Ashrey are those of LEV yod, not one tag (ornamental eretz, lest the ish riv might
TAHOR (pure heart, flourish), will pass from the deliver you to the shofet
TEHILLIM 51:12 [10]), for Torah until everything is (judge), and the shofet might
they will see Hashem. accomplished. deliver you to the shoter (law
|9| Ashrey are the peace- |19| Therefore, whoever official), and the shoter might
makers, for they will be called annuls one of the least of deliver you to the beit hasohar
bnei haElohim (sons of G-d). these mitzvot (divine (prison house).
|10| Ashrey are the ones commandments given by |26| For, omein, truly I say to
being persecuted because of Hashem to Moshe Rebbenu) you, you may never come out
Tzidkat Hashem and so teaches Bnei Adam, from there until you repay the
(righteousness, DANIEL 9:24), shall be called katon (least) in last peruta (small coin).
for theirs is the Malchut the Malchut HaShomayim; |27| You have heard that it
HaShomayim. but whoever practices and was said, LO TINAF (Do not
|11| Ashrey are you when teaches them, this one will be commit adultery, SHEMOT
they reproach you and called gadol (great) in the 20:14).
persecute you and speak all Malchut HaShomayim. |28| But I say to you that
kinds of lashon horah against |20| For I say unto you that everyone looking upon a
you, speaking sheker unless the Tzedek woman with taavah (lust) for
(falsehood, lies) because of me (Righteousness) of you exceeds her has already committed
[Moshiach]. that of the Sofrim and niuf (adultery) with her in his
|12| Have simcha (joy) and Perushim, you will certainly heart.
lev sameach (glad heart), for not enter the Malchut
|29| And if your right eye |38| You have heard that it Be careful that you don’t
causes you to commit chet
(sin), tear it out and throw it
from you, for it is better for
was said, AYIN TACHAT
AYIN, SHEN TACHAT SHEN
(An eye for an eye and a tooth
6 practice your tzedakah
(charity giving) before
Bnei Adam in order to varf
you that one of your evarim for a tooth SHEMOT 21:24). (show off, flaunt) to be seen by
(members) be lost and not |39| But I say to you, Do not Bnei Adam; for then you have
your whole basar (body, flesh) set yourself against the rasha no sachar (reward) with your
be thrown into Gehinnom. (evil person), but whoever hits Av shbaShomayim.
|30| And if your right hand you on your right cheek, turn |2| Therefore, whenever you
causes you to commit chet, cut to him also the other cheek. contribute tzedakah, don’t
it off and throw it from you, |40| And the one wishing to blow the shofar before you, as
for it is better for you that one sue you and take your tunic, the tzevuim (hypocrites) do in
of your evarim (members) be give to him also your kaftan. the shuls and in the streets, in
lost and not that your whole |41| And whoever will force order that they may receive
basar may go into Gehinnom. you to go one mile, go with kavod (glory) from Bnei Adam.
|31| It was also said, Whoever him two. Omein, truly I say to you, they
divorces his wife, let him give |42| And the one asking you have their sachar (reward).
to her a “get,” a SEFER to give and the one wishing to |3| But when you contribute
KERITUT (bill of divorce, borrow from you, from these tzedakah, do not let your left
DEVARIM 24:1). do not turn away. hand have da’as (knowledge)
|32| But I say to you that |43| You have heard that it of what your right hand is
everyone divorcing his wife, was said, VAHAVTAH doing,
except for the DVAR (indecent LREIACHAH (You shall love |4| so that your tzedakah may
thing, DEVARIM 24:1) of your neighbor, VAYIKRA be nistar (hidden, in secret),
zenut (fornication), makes her 19:18) and you shall hate your and your Av HaRoeh b’seter
become a noefet (adulteress), oyev (enemy). (Father, the One seeing in
and whoever marries a |44| But I say to you, Love secret) [His] sachar (reward)
gerusha (divorcee) commits your enemies, and offer will give you.
niuf (adultery). tefillos (prayers) for the ones |5| And whenever you daven
|33| Again, you have heard bringing redifah (persecution) (pray), do not be as the
that it was said to the upon you. tzevuim (hypocrites); for they
ancients, You shall not break |45| Do this so that you may love to stand and daven in the
your nederim (vows), but you become banim of your Av shuls and on the street corners
shall repay your vows to shbaShomayim, for His so that they may be seen by an
Hashem.[T.N.See VAYIKRA shemesh (sun) He makes to audience. Omein, truly I say
19:12; BAMIDBAR 30:3; rise on the ra’im (evil ones) to you, they have their sachar.
DEVARIM 23:22] and the tovim (good ones), and |6| But you, whenever you
|34| But I say to you, Do not He sends His geshem (rain) daven, enter into the secret
swear shevuot (oaths) at all, upon the tzaddikim (righteous place, your secret cheder, and,
neither by Shomayim, for it is ones) and the resha’im having shut your door, offer
the kes malchut of Hashem (unrighteous ones). tefillos to your Av Asher
(throne of G-d), |46| For if you have ahavah bSeter (Father Who is in
|35| nor by haaretz, for it is (love) for the ones who have Secret), and your Av haRoeh
the hadom (footstool) of his ahavah for you, what sachar b’seter (Father the One seeing
feet, nor by Yerushalayim, for (reward) do you have? Even in secret) [His] sachar will give
it is the kiryat melech rav (city the mochesim (tax collectors) you.
of the great king, TEHILLIM do that, don’t they? |7| But when you daven, do
48:3[2]). |47| And if you give Drishat not babble on and on maarich
|36| Neither are you to swear Shalom (greetings) only to (extended, long winded) and
by your rosh, for you are not your Achim [b’Moshiach], vacuously and without
able to make one hair turn what extraordinary thing are kavvanah (heartfelt direction,
white or black. you doing? Don’t even the intention) like the Goyim.
|37| But let your word be ken, Goyim do the same? For the Goyim
ken (yes, yes) or lo, lo (no, no), |48| Therefore, be shlemim
but anything beyond this is (complete), even as is your Av
lashon horah. shbaShomayim.
think that in their verbosity |17| But when you undergo a do not sow nor reap nor
their techinnah will be heard. tzom, anoint your rosh with gather into storehouses, and
|8| Therefore, nisht azoi (not shemen and wash your face your Av shbaShomayim feeds
so)! Be different, for your Av them. Are you yourselves not
has daas (knowledge) of what |18| so that your tzom is worth more than they?
things you have need before concealed from Bnei Adam |27| And who among you by
you ask Him. but not from your Av Asher a LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM
|9| Therefore, when you offer b’Seter (Father Who is in 28:65) is able to add to his life
tefillos, daven like this, in this Secret). And your Av HaRoeh span one cubit?
manner: Avinu b’seter (Father the One seeing |28| And why have a LEV
shbaShomayim (Our Father in in secret) will give you sachar. ROGEZ (anxious heart) about
heaven), yitkadash shmecha |19| Do not store up for malbush (clothing)? Observe
(hallowed be your Name). yourselves otzarot (treasures) the lilies of the field, how they
|10| Tavo malchutechah (Thy on haaretz, where moth and grow. They do not labor nor
Kingdom come) Ye’aseh rust destroy and where spin.
rtzonechah (Thy will be done) ganavim (thieves) break in and |29| But I say to you that not
kmoh vaShomayim ken steal. even Shlomo HaMelech in all
baaretz (on earth as it is in |20| But zamlet (collect) for his kavod (glory) was clothed
heaven). yourselves otzarot (treasures) as one of these.
|11| Es lechem chukeinu ten in Shomayim, where neither |30| And if Hashem thus
lanu hayom (Give us today our moth nor rust destroys; clothes the grass of the field
daily bread), neither do ganavim break in that exists today and
|12| u-slach lanu es and steal. tomorrow is thrown into a
chovoteinu kaasher salachnu |21| For where your otzar furnace, how much more will
(and forgive us our debts as we is, there also will be your lev. he clothe you, you ones of
forgive) gam anachnu little emunah?
lachayaveinu (also our |22| The eye is the menorah |31| Therefore, do not have a
debtors). of the basar. Therefore, if LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM
|13| V’al tvi’einu lidey your eye is unblurred, then 28:65), saying, What might we
nisayon (And lead us not into your whole basar will be eat? or What might we drink?
temptation [Mt 26:41]) ki im lighted. or With what might we clothe
chaltzeinu min harah (but |23| But if yours is the ayin ourselves?
deliver us from evil). [Ki horo, your kol is choshech; |32| For all these things the
l’chah hamamlachah (for if ohr choshech, great choshech! Goyim strive. For your Av
thine is the Kingdom) shbaShomayim bavorn
vhagvurah (and the power) |24| No one is able to serve (anticipates) that you need all
vhatiferet (and the glory) two adonim (masters). For these things.
l’olmei olamim (forever). either he will have sinah |33| But seek first the
Omein]. (hatred) for the one and Malchut Hashem and the
14| For if you give men ahavah (love) for the other, or Tzidkat Hashem, and all these
mechila (pardon, forgiveness) he will be devoted to the one things will be added to you.
for their chattaim (sins), so and despise the other. You |34| Therefore, do not have a
also your Av shbaShomayim cannot serve Hashem and LEV ROGEZ (DEVARIM
will give selicha (forgiveness) Mammon (Money). 28:65) for tomorrow, for
to you. |25| Therefore, I say to you, makhar (tomorrow) will care
|15| But if you do not give Do not have a LEV ROGEZ for itself. Each day has
men mechila (forgiveness), (anxious heart, [DEVARIM enough tzoros of its own.
neither will your chattaim 28:65]) about your life, what Judge not lest you be
receive selicha from your Av.
|16| And whenever you
undergo a tzom (fast), don’t be
you might wear or what you
might drink, nor for your
basar, what you might put on.
7 judged.
|2| For with what gezar
din (verdict) you judge, you
like the sullen tzevuim Is not life more than okhel will be judged, and with what
(hypocrites), for they disfigure (food) and basar more than measure you measure, it will
their faces to parade their malbush (clothing)? be measured to you.
tzom (fast). Omein, truly I say |26| Look to the OPH |3| And why do you see the
to you, they have received HASHOMAYIM (birds of speck in the eye of your Ach
their sachar (reward). heaven, IYOV 35:11), for they [b’Moshiach], but you do not
consider the beam in your delet and constricted is the hears these dvarim (words) of
own eye. Derech (Way) that leads to mine and does them, is like a
|4| Or how will you say to Chayyim (life) and few are the chacham (wise man) who built
your Ach [b’Moshiach], Let me ones finding it. his bais (house) upon the Tzur
take the speck out from your |15| Beware of the neviei (Rock).
eye! (And, hinei! The beam is hasheker (false prophets), who |25| And the geshem (rain)
in your own eye!) come to you in the malbush came down, the floods arrived,
|5| Tzevua (hypocrite), first (clothing) of kevasim (sheep), and the winds blew and beat
take the beam out of your eye, but within are ravenous against that bais, and it did
and then you will see clearly ze’evim (wolves). not fall, for it had been
enough to take out the speck |16| By their perot (fruits) you founded upon the Tzur (Rock).
from the eye of your Ach will have da’as of them. Surely |26| And everyone hearing
[b’Moshiach]. grapes are not gathered from these words of mine [Divrei
|6| Do not give the kodesh to thorns nor figs from thistles, Moshiach] and not doing them
kelevim nor throw your pearls are they? is like the shoteh (fool), who
before chazirim, lest they will 17| So every etz tov (good tree) built his bais upon the sand.
trample them with their feet produces pri tov (good fruit), |27| And the geshem (rain)
and turn around and tear you but the etz nishchat (corrupt came down, and the floods
into pieces. tree) produces pri rah. arrived, and the winds blew
|7| Keep asking and it shall |18| An etz tov is not able to and beat against that bais,
be given to you; keep produce pri rah nor is an etz and it fell, and gadolah was
searching and you shall find; nishchat able to produce pri the mapalah (fall, downfall,
keep knocking and the delet tov. defeat) of it.
shall be opened to you. |19| Kol etz (every tree) not |28| And it came about when
|8| For everyone asking producing pri tov is cut off Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
receives, and the one and is thrown into HaEish finished these divrei torah
searching finds, and to the (the Fire) (YESHAYAH 66:24; (words of teaching), the
one knocking the delet will be DANIEL 12:2). multitudes were filled with
opened. |20| Therefore, by their perot fear and wonder at his torah.
|9| Or what man is there (fruits) you shall have da’as of |29| For his ministry of
among you the ben of whom them. moreh (teacher) was as one
will ask for lechem (bread), |21| Not all the ones saying to having samchut (authority)
and he will give him a stone. me, Adoneinu, Adoneinu, will and not as their Sofrim
|10| Or if he asks for a dag enter the Malchut (scribes, torah teachers,
(fish), will give him a nachash HaShomayim, but the one rabbonim).
(snake)? doing the ratzon Avi shba- And when Rebbe,
|11| Therefore, if you, being
ra’im (evil ones), know to give
matanot tovot (good gifts) to
Shomayim (the will of my
Father in Heaven [Mt 26:39]).
|22| Many [messianic
8 Melech HaMoshiach
came down from the
mountain, many multitudes
your yeladim, how much more darshanim] will say to me followed him.
does your Av shbaShomayim [Moshiach] on that Day [the |2| And an ish metzorah (a
give hatov (the good) to the Yom HaDin, the Day of leper) there was who
ones asking Him. Judgment], Adoneinu, approached him and fell
|12| Therefore, everything Adoneinu, did we not speak as down before Rebbe, Melech
that you wish Bnei Adam do neviim in your Name? Did we HaMoshiach, saying,
for you, thus also you do for not cast out shedim (evil Adoneinu, if you choose, you
them. For this is the Torah spirits, demons) in your can make me tahor (clean).
and the Neviim. Name? Did we not |3| And, having stretched out
|13| Enter through the derech accomplish many niflaot his hand, Rebbe, Melech
(way) of the shaar hatzarut (miracles) in your Name? HaMoshiach touched him,
(gate of narrowness), for wide |23| And then I will tell them saying, I am willing. Be made
is the delet and broad is the to their face, I never had da’as tahor. And immediately he was.
rekhov (street) leading to of you. Depart from me, you |4| And Rebbe, Melech
Avaddon (destruction, hell, workers of mufkarut HaMoshiach says to him, See
Abbadon), and rabbim (many) (lawlessness) [TEHILLIM that you tell no one, but go
are they who enter through it. 6:9(8)]. and show yourself to the
|14| But tzar (narrow) is the |24| Therefore, everyone who kohen and offer the korban
about which Moshe gave HaMoshiach entered the bais without hitkhadshut,
mitzvah as an edut to them. (house) of Kefa, he saw the spiritually unregenerate ones)
|5| Now when Rebbe, Melech chamot (mother-in-law, to bury their own mesim
HaMoshiach entered into shviger) bedridden and fever (deceased ones, niftarim).
Kfar-Nachum, a centurion stricken. |23| And when he embarked
approached him, begging him |15| Rebbe, Melech into the sirah, Moshiach’s
|6| and saying, Adoneinu, my HaMoshiach touched her talmidim followed him.
servant has been bedridden in hand, and the fever left her. |24| And hinei! a great storm
the house, paralyzed, in She then began functioning as came up on the lake, so that
terrible tza’ar. his mesharetet (servant, lady the sirah (boat) was about to
|7| And Rebbe, Melech minister), serving Rebbe, be covered by the waves. But
HaMoshiach says to him, I am Melech HaMoshiach. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
coming. I will bring him |16| And when erev (evening) was sleeping.
refuah (healing). had come, they brought to |25| And Moshiach’s
|8| The centurion answered, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach talmidim approached and
Adoneinu, I am not worthy many possessed by shedim woke him, saying, Adoneinu,
that you might come under my (evil spirits, demons), and he hoshieinu! We are perishing!
roof, but only say the dvar, cast out the shedim with a |26| And Rebbe, Melech
and my servant will receive dvar, and all the cholim (sick HaMoshiach says to them,
the refuah (healing). persons) he healed. Why are you fearful, you ones
|9| For I also am a man |17| Thus was fulfilled what of little emunah? Then,
under marut (authority), was spoken by Yeshayah the arising, Rebbe, Melech
having soldiers subordinate to Navi, saying, ACHEN HaMoshiach rebuked the
myself, and I say to this one, CHOLAYEINU HU NASA winds and the sea. And there
Go! And he goes, and to UMACHOVEINU was a great calm.
another, Come! And he comes, SVALAM (Surely he took up |27| And the men were
and to my servant, Do this! our sicknesses and he carried astonished, saying, What sort
And he does it. away [T.N. like the Yom Kippur of man is this!? That even the
|10| And having heard this, sa’ir l’Azazel scapegoat winds and the sea obey him!
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach kapporah] our sorrows, |28| And when Rebbe,
was amazed and said to those YESHAYAH 53:4). Melech HaMoshiach came to
who followed him, Omein, I |18| And when he saw the the other side of the lake, in
say to you, in no one in Yisroel crowd around him, he gave the land of the people of
have I found such great orders to go over to the other Gadara, he was met by two
emunah. side. men possessed by shedim
|11| And I say to you, that |19| A sofer (scribe, Torah (demons); these men were
many from the mizrach (east) teacher) approached Rebbe, coming out of the kevarim
and the maarav (west) will Melech HaMoshiach and said, (tombs) of the burial caves
come and will sit bimesibba Rebbe, I will follow you and were so dangerous no one
(reclining at tish) with wherever you go. could pass by on that road.
Avraham and Yitzchak and |20| And Rebbe, Melech |29| And they screamed,
Yaakov in the Malchut HaMoshiach says to him, saying, Mah lanu valach, Ben
HaShomayim. Foxes have holes and the OPH HaElohim? (What to us and to
|12| But the Bnei HaMalchut HASHOMAYIM (birds of you, Ben HaElohim? T.N. i.e.,
will be thrown out into the heaven, IYOV 35:11) have What business do you have
outer choshech (darkness), nests, but the Bar Enosh with us, Ben HaElohim) Have
where there will be weeping [Moshiach, DANIEL 7:13- you come here to torture us
and grinding of teeth. 14] does not have a place before the time [of the Yom
|13| And Rebbe, Melech where he may lay his head. HaDin, the Day of Judgment]?
HaMoshiach said to the |21| And another of |30| Now there was feeding
centurion, Go! According to Moshiach’s talmidim said to far away from them a large
your bitachon (trust), your him, Adoneinu, allow me first herd of chazirim (swine).
emunah (faith), let it be for to go and bury my father. |31| And the shedim begged
you. And his servant was given |22| But Rebbe, Melech him, saying, If you cast us out,
refuah (healing) punkt HaMoshiach says to him, send us into the herd of
(exactly) at that hour. Follow me, and permit the chazirim.
|14| When Rebbe, Melech mesim (spiritually dead ones
|32| And Rebbe, Melech |7| And arising, he went away avelim (mourners) as long as
HaMoshiach said to them, Go to his bais. the Choson (Bridegroom, i.e.,
away! So the shedim, coming |8| And having witnessed Moshiach) is with them. But
out, went away into the this, the multitudes the days will come when the
chazirim. And, hinei, all the experienced yirat Shomayim Choson is taken away from
herd of chazirim rushed down and gave kavod to Hashem, them, and then they will
the bank into the lake, and who had given such samchut undergo tzomot.
they perished in the water. to men. |16| No one sews a patch of
|33| And the herdsmen of the |9| And going away from unshrunk cloth on an old
chazirim fled, and, having there, Rebbe, Melech garment, for the patch pulls
gone away into the town, they HaMoshiach saw a man called away from the garment, and a
told the whole story of what Mattityahu sitting in the tax worse tear results.
had happened to the men office. And Rebbe, Melech |17| Neither do men put
possessed by shedim. HaMoshiach says to him, yayin chadash (new wine) into
|34| And hinei! The whole Follow me. And Mattityahu old wineskins; otherwise, the
town came out to meet Rebbe, arose and followed him. wineskins burst, and the wine
Melech HaMoshiach. And |10| And it came about that is spilled, and the wineskins
seeing him, they begged him while Rebbe, Melech are ruined. But they pour
to depart from their area. HaMoshiach was sitting yayin chadash into new
bimesibba (reclining) at tish wineskins, and both are
(table) in the bais, hinei! Many preserved.
And, having embarked mochesim (tax collectors) and |18| While Rebbe, Melech
9 into a sirah (boat),

Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach crossed over [to
choteim (sinners) came and
were sitting bimesibba
(reclining) at tish (table) with
HaMoshiach was speaking
these things to them one of the
nichbadim (dignitaries) [of the
the other side of the lake] and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach shul] came and fell down
came into his own shtetl. and his talmidim. before Rebbe, Melech
|2| And hinei! They brought |11| When the Perushim saw HaMoshiach, saying, The bat
to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach this, they were saying to (daughter) of me has just
a paralytic lying upon a mat. Moshiach’s talmidim, Why become niftar (passed away),
Having seen their emunah, he does your Rebbe eat with the but come lay your hand upon
said to the paralytic, Chazak! mochesim and the choteim? her and she will live.
(Be strong!) Selicha |12| But when Rebbe, Melech |19| And Rebbe, Melech
(forgiveness) is granted on HaMoshiach heard this, he HaMoshiach got up and, with
your averos (sins)! said, It is not the bariim his talmidim, followed him.
|3| And hinei! Some of the (healthy ones) who have need |20| And hinei! An isha
Sofrim said to themselves, of a rofeh (physician), but the (woman) hemorrhaging twelve
This one commits Chillul cholim. years approached him from
Hashem! [VAYIKRA 22:32] |13| Go and learn what this behind and touched the
|4| And Rebbe, Melech means: CHESED garment of Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach, reading their CHAFATZTI VLO ZEVACH (I HaMoshiach’s tzitzit.
minds, said, Why are you desire loving kindness and not |21| For she was saying to
thinking ra’ah (evil) in your sacrifice HOSHEA 6:6), for I herself, If only I might touch
levavot (hearts)? have not come to call the his garment, I will receive
|5| For which is easier to say, tzaddikim but the choteim refuah (healing).
Selicha is granted on your (sinners) [to teshuva]. |22| Turning and seeing her,
averos! Or...Arise and walk!? |14| Then Yochanan’s Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
|6| But in order that you may talmidim approached Rebbe, said, Chazak, bat (daughter) of
have da’as that the Bar Melech HaMoshiach, saying, me! Your emunah has
Enosh [Moshiach] Why do we and the Perushim brought you refuah. And the
has samchut (authority) on often undergo tzomot (fasts), isha was healed from that
earth to pronounce selicha but your talmidim do not hour.
(forgiveness) on chattaim (sins) undergo tzomot? |23| And having come into
Moshiach then declared to the |15| And Moshiach said to the bais (house) of the
paralytic, Arise, take up your them, Surely the Bnei nichbad (dignitary), and
mat and go to your bais HaChuppah (wedding having seen the flute players
(house). invitees) are not able to act as and the unruly crowd,
|24| Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went about all |5| These Shneym Asar
HaMoshiach was saying, Go the shtetlach and villages (Twelve) did Rebbe, Melech
away! For the yaldah is not exercising the ministry of HaMoshiach send out with the
among the mesim--she sleeps! moreh (teacher) in their shuls following directives, saying: In
And they were making and of darshan (preacher) of the Derech HaGoyim (Way of
leitzonus (mockery, fun) of the Besuras HaGeulah of the the Gentiles, Gentile territory)
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. Malchut Hashem and do not go, and do not enter
|25| But when the crowd had bringing refuah to all the into any Shomron town,
been put outside, Rebbe, cholim, every machla (disease) |6| but go rather to the Seh
Melech HaMoshiach went in and every illness. Oveid Beis Yisroel (the Lost
and took the yaldah by the |36| And looking out on the Sheep of the House of Israel).
hand and the yaldah was multitudes, Rebbe, Melech |7| And, while going, preach
made to stand up alive. HaMoshiach felt rachmei that the Malchut
|26| And this report went out Shomayim (heavenly HaShomayim is imminent
into all that region. compassion and mercy) for his and miyad.
|27| And as Rebbe, Melech people, for they were |8| Heal the cholim, raise the
HaMoshiach went on from distressed and weary mesim, cleanse the metzoraim
there, two ivrim (blind men) KATZON ASHER EIN (lepers), cast out the shedim;
followed him, shouting loudly, LAHEM ROEH (like sheep freely you received, freely give.
Chaneinu, Ben Dovid! without a shepherd |9| Take neither gold nor
|28| And when Rebbe, BAMIDBAR 27:17). silver nor copper for your
Melech HaMoshiach [Ben |37| Then Rebbe, Melech money belts,
Dovid] entered the bais HaMoshiach says to his |10| nor a schnorrer’s
(house), the ivrim (blind men) talmidim, The katzir (harvest) (beggar’s) bag for the road,
approached him, and he says is indeed great but the nor two tunics, nor sandals,
to them, Do you have emunah kotzerim (harvesters) are few. nor a staff, for the oseh
that I am able to do this? |38| Therefore, offer tefillos hamelachah (the one doing
They say to Rebbe, Melech to the Adon HaKatzir (the the work) is worthy of his
HaMoshiach, Ken, Adoneinu. L-rd of the Harvest) that He lechem.
|29| Then Rebbe, Melech may send out Kotzerim into |11| And into whichever town
HaMoshiach touched their His Katzir. or shtetl you enter, inquire
eyes, saying, According to your And summoning who in it is a ben chayil (son
emunah, let it be done for you.
|30| And their eyes were
opened. Rebbe, Melech
10 his Shneym Asar
(Twelve) Talmidim,
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
of worthiness), and there
remain until you leave.
|12| And when you enter into
HaMoshiach sternly warned gave to them samchut the bais (house), give that
them, saying, See to it that no (authority) over shedim household your “Shalom!”
one knows! (unclean spirits), so as to cast |13| And if indeed the bais is
|31| But having gone out, them out, and samchut a bais chayil (a house of
they made him known in that (authority) to call forth refuah worthiness), let your shalom
entire district. for every machla and every come upon it; but if it is not a
|32| After they had departed, illness. bais chayil, let your shalom
the people brought to him a |2| Now of the Shneym Asar return to you.
mute man who was possessed Shlichim, the names are these: |14| And whoever neither
by shedim. first, Shimon, the one being receives you nor listens to your
|33| And when the shedim called Kefa, and Andrew his divrei [Moshiach], as you are
had been cast out by Rebbe, brother, Yaakov Ben leaving and as you go outside
Melech HaMoshiach, the mute Zavdai and Yochanan his of that bais (house) or city,
man spoke. And the brother, then let it be NIER CHATZNO
multitudes marveled, saying, |3| Philippos and Bar- (shake out the fold of the robe,
Never was anything like this Talmai, Toma and Mattityahu i.e., wash ones hands of),
seen in Eretz Yisroel! the moches, Yaakov Bar- shake off the dust of your feet.
|34| But the Perushim said, It Chalfai and Taddai, |15| Omein, I say to you, it
was by the Sar HaShedim (the |4| Shimon the Zealot and will be more tolerable on Yom
Prince of Demons) that this Yehudah from Kriot, who HaDin (the Day of Judgment)
man casts out shedim! betrayed Rebbe, Melech for Sdom and Amora than
|35| And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
Besuras HaGeulah 843 Mt 10
for that shtetl. above his Baal Bayit (master). |35| For I came to divide a
|16| Hinei! I send you as |25| It is enough for the man against his Av, and a bat
kevesim (sheep) in the midst of talmid that he be like his against her Em, and a kallah
ze’evim; therefore, have the Rebbe, and the eved like his (bride) against her chamot
seichel (intelligence) of Baal Bayit. If they called the (mother-in-law, shviger).
nachashim (serpents) and be Baal Bayit Baal-zibbul, how |36| And the OIYVEI ISH
tamim (faultless) as yonim much more the anashim (men) ANSHEI VEITO (the enemies
(doves). in his bais. of a man will be the members
|17| And beware of Bnei |26| Therefore, do not fear of his own household,
Adam, for they will deliver you them; for nothing has been MICHOH 7:6).
up to the sanhedriyot (local veiled which will not be |37| The one who has more
councils, bet din courts) and unveiled; and nothing has ahavah (love) for a tata (papa)
in their shuls they will subject been nistar (hidden) which or a mama than for me
you to the shot (whip). will not be made known. [Moshiach] is not worthy of me
|18| And before moshelim |27| What I say to you in the [Moshiach], and the one who
(governors) and also melachim choshech (darkness), you has more ahavah (love) for a
(kings) you will be led for my declare in the ohr (light); and ben or a bat than me is not
sake [for the sake of Moshiach], what you hear whispered into worthy of me.
for an edut (testimony) to your ears, shout, preach, from |38| The one who does not
them and to the Goyim. the rooftops. take up his etz shel mesiros
|19| But when they deliver |28| And do not fear those nefesh (tree of self-
you up, do not be of a LEV who kill the basar (flesh), but sacrifice) and follow after
ROGEZ (anxious heart, are unable to kill the nefesh me, is not worthy of me.
DEVARIM 28:65) worried (soul); but rather fear the One |39| The one who has found
about how or what you are to who is able to destroy both his nefesh will lose it; the one
say; for it will be given to you basar and nefesh in who has lost his nefesh for my
in that hour what you are to Gehinnom. sake [lemaan Moshiach] will
speak. |29| Are not two sparrows find it.
|20| For you are not the ones sold for the least valuable |40| The one who gives the
speaking, but the Ruach copper coin? And yet not one kabbalat panim (welcome) to
Avichem (the Spirit of your of them will fall to the ground you gives the Baruch Habah
Father) is the one speaking in apart from Avichem! (welcome) to me [to Moshiach],
you. |30| But, as far as you are and the one who gives the
|21| And brother will deliver concerned, even the hairs of Baruch Habah to me
up to death his own brother, your rosh have been [Moshiach] gives the Baruch
even an abba his own yeled. inventoried. Habah to the One [Elohim
And yeladim will stand up |31| Therefore, al taarotz (do HaAv] who sent me.
against their horim (parents) not be afraid)! You are of |41| The one who gives the
and put them to death. more value than many Baruch Habah to a navi
|22| And you will be under sparrows! (prophet) in the name of a
the sinas chinom (baseless |32| Therefore, everyone who navi will receive the sachar
hatred) of kol Bnei Adam on shall declare publicly the Ani (reward) of a navi, and the one
account of my Name; but the Maamin hoda’ah of me [as who gives the Baruch Habah
one enduring ad es HaKetz Moshiach], before Bnei to a tzaddik (righteous man) in
(until the End) will receive the HaAdam, I will make hoda’ah the name of a tzaddik will
Yeshuat Eloheinu (the (acknowledgment) of him receive the sachar of a
Salvation of our G-d). before Avi shbaShomayim. tzaddik.
|23| But when they persecute |33| But everyone who makes |42| And whoever in the
you in one shtetl, flee to the hakhchashah (denial) of me name of a talmid [of
other; for, omein, I say to you, [as Moshiach], I also will make Moshiach] gives only a cup of
by no means will you complete hakhchashah (denial) of him cold water to one of these little
the shtetlach of Eretz Yisroel before Avi shbaShomayim. ones [the least of the talmidim
until the Bias HaMoshiach |34| Do not think that I have of Moshiach], omein, I say to
(Coming of the Moshiach, the come to bring shalom al you, he will by no means lose
Bar Enosh, DANIEL 7:13). haaretz (peace on the earth); I his sachar.
|24| A talmid is not above his have not come to bring
Rebbe nor an eved (servant) shalom but a cherev (sword).
And it came about |10| This is he about whom it reproach the shtetlach
11 when he finished
giving directives to
his Shneym Asar Talmidim,
has been written, HINNENI
SHOLEIACH MALACHI
(Behold, I will send my
(villages) in which were
accomplished most of his
gevurot (mighty deeds),
he moved on from there, messenger) before your face, because they did not make
exercising the ministry of UPINNAH DERECH teshuva.
moreh (teacher) and darshan LEFANAI (and he will prepare |21| Oy l’chah (Woe to you!),
(preacher, maggid) in their the way before me, [SHEMOT Korazin! Oy l’chah, Beit
shtetlach. 23:20; MALACHI 3:1]). Tzaidah! For if in Tzor and
|2| Now when Yochanan, in |11| Omein, I say to you, of Tzidon were accomplished the
the beit hasohor (prison), those born of women, there gevurot that were accom-
heard of the maasei has not appeared one greater plished among you, they
haMoshiach (works of than Yochanan of the tevilah would have made teshuva long
Moshiach), he sent his of teshuva, yet the person with ago in sackcloth and ashes.
talmidim to Rebbe, Melech the least chashivut in the |22| Nevertheless, I say to
HaMoshiach. Malchut HaShomayim is you, it will be more bearable
|3| They asked him, Tell us. greater than he. for Tzor and Tzidon than for
Are you Hu Habah (He who |12| From the days of you on Yom HaDin.
comes) or is our chikiah (wait) Yochanan of the tevilah of |23| And you, Kfar-Nachum,
to be for the Bias (Coming) of teshuva until now, the were you lifted up as far as
another? Malchut HaShomayim has Shomayim? You shall be
|4| And Rebbe, Melech been under violent attack and brought down as far as Sheol
HaMoshiach answered them, the violent seize it with [YESHAYAH 14:13,15]. For if
saying, Go give the report of coercion. in Sdom were accomplished
what you see and hear to |13| For all the Neviim and the gevurot that were
Yochanan: the Torah prophesied until accomplished among you,
|5| The ivrim (blind people) Yochanan. Sdom would have a sheerit
see, the pisechim (lame |14| And, if you are willing it (remnant) today!
people) walk, the metzoraim to be mekabel (accept, |24| Nevertheless, I say to
(lepers) are cleansed, the receive), he is the “Eliyahu,” you, it will be more bearable
chereshim (deaf people) hear, who is to come [MALACHI for the land of Sdom on Yom
the mesim are made to stand 3:23]. HaDin than for you.
up alive, and the aniyim |15| The one having ears, let |25| At that time, Rebbe,
(poor) have the Besuras him hear. Melech HaMoshiach said,
HaGeulah preached to |16| But to what will I Modeh Ani, Avi, Adon
them. [Isa 35:5f; 61:1] compare this generation? It is HaShomayim vHaAretz, (I
|6| Ashrey (Happy) is the one like yeladim sitting in the thank you, Father, L-rd of
who does not find a cause of marketplaces, calling out to Heaven and Earth), because
michshol (falling, stumbling) one another, you hid these things from the
in me [as Moshiach]. |17| We played the chalil chachamim (wise) and those
|7| As they were leaving, he (flute) for you, but you did not with seichel, and to them they
began to speak to the dance; we sang a kina (lament, are nistar (hidden, esoteric),
multitudes about Yochanan, funeral dirge) for you, and you and you made a hisgalus
What did you go out into the did not mourn. (revelation) of them unto
midbar (wilderness) to see? A |18| For Yochanan came ollelim (infants).
reed being shaken by the neither eating nor drinking, |26| Ken, Avi, for thus it was
wind? and they say, He has a shed. pleasing in your sight.
|8| What did you go out to |19| The Bar Enosh |27| All things were given to
see? Someone shtats [Moshiach] came eating and me by Avi, and no one has
(imposing, impressive) in drinking, and they say, Hinei! daas (knowledge) of HaBen
appearance, attired in soft A zolel (glutton) and a shikkor except HaAv, nor does anyone
raiment? Hinei, the ones (drunkard), a friend of have daas of HaAv, except
wearing soft raiment are in mochesim (tax collectors) and HaBen, and anyone to whom
houses of melachim (kings). choteim (sinners). Yet, HaBen chooses to unveil him.
|9| But what did you go out to Chochmah (Wisdom) is |28| Come to me, all you who
see? A Navi? Ken, I tell you. vindicated by her maasim. are burden-weary and heavy
And one greater than a Navi. |20| Then he began to laden, and I will
give you Shabbos menuchah. there, he went into their shul. bring Justice to the Nations,
|29| Take my ol (yoke) upon |10| And hinei! There was a YESHAYAH 42:1)
you and learn from me, for I man with a withered hand. |19| LO YITZAK VLO
am anav (humble) and have And they questioned Rebbe, YISSAH VLO YASHMIA
shiflut (lowliness) in lev Melech HaMoshiach, asking, BACHUTZ KOLO (He will not
(heart), and you will find Is it mutar (permissible) to shout nor cry out nor raise the
menuchah (rest, security bring refuah (healing) on sound of his voice in the
[RUTH 1:9]) for your nefashot Shabbos? They did this in street.)
(souls, YIRMEYAH 6:16]. order to bring accusation |20| KANEH RATZUTZ LO
|30| For my [Moshiach’s] ol against him. YISHBOR UFISHTAH
(yoke) is easy and my burden |11| But Rebbe, Melech CHEHAH LO YECHABENAH
is light. [See Mt 23:4] HaMoshiach said to them, LE-EMET YOTZI MISHPAT
At that time Rebbe, What man will there be among (A bruised reed he will not
12 Melech
HaMoshiach went
on Shabbos through the
you, who owns a keves (lamb),
and if it falls into a pit on
Shabbos, will not take hold of
break nor a smoldering wick
will he snuff out) until Rebbe,
Melech HaMoshiach leads
grainfields. And his talmidim it and lift it out? mishpat (justice) to victory.
were hungry and began to pick |12| Therefore, how much |21| And in his Name,
the heads of wheat and to eat more valuable is a man than a HAGOYIM will put their
them. keves. For this reason, it is tikvah (hope) [YESHAYAH
|2| But the Perushim, seeing mutar (permissible) on 42:1-4; YESHAYAH 11:10
this, said to Moshiach: Hinei! Shabbos to do HaTov. TARGUM HA-SHIVIM]
Your talmidim are doing what |13| Then Rebbe, Melech |22| Then a man, blind and
is asur on Shabbos! HaMoshiach says to the man, mute, who was possessed by
|3| But Moshiach said to Stretch out your hand. And shedim, was brought to
them, Have you not read what the man stretched out his Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach,
Dovid HaMelech did when he hand. And it was restored to and he brought refuah to him,
and those with him were health, as sound as the other so that the mute man was able
hungry, hand. to speak and to see.
|4| how he entered into the |14| But the Perushim went |23| And all the multitudes
Beis Hashem and ate the out and took counsel against were amazed and they were
Lechem HaPanim (the Bread Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach saying, Surely this is not the
of the Presence), which was so that they might destroy Ben Dovid [Moshiach], is he?
not mutar (permissible) for him. |24| But, having heard this,
him to eat nor the ones with |15| But Rebbe, Melech the Perushim said, This one
him, but only the kohanim? HaMoshiach, having da’as of does not cast out shedim
|5| Or have you not read in this, departed from there. And except by Baal-zibbul, the Sar
the Torah that on many multitudes followed HaShedim (the Prince of
Shabbos the kohanim Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Demons).
are mechallel and he brought refuah to |25| But having daas of their
Shabbos them all. thoughts, Rebbe, Melech
in the Beis Hamikdash |16| And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them,
and yet are blameless? HaMoshiach warned them Every malchut that is divided
[BAMIDBAR 28:9-10] that they should not make him against itself is made desolate,
|6| But I say to you that manifest. and every ir (city) and bais
something greater than the |17| This was to fulfill what (house) that is divided against
Beis Hamikdash is here. was spoken through Yeshayah itself will not stand.
|7| But if you’d had daas HaNavi, saying, |26| And if Hasatan casts out
what this means, CHESED |18| HEN AVDI ETMACH Hasatan, he is divided against
CHAFATZTI VLO ZEVACH (I BO, BECHIRI RATZTAH himself. How, therefore, will
desire mercy and not sacrifice NAFSHI, NATATI RUCHI the Malchut Hasatan stand?
HOSHEA 6:6), you would not ALAV, MISHPAT LAGOYIM |27| And if by Baal-zibbul I
have condemned the innocent. YOTZI cast out the shedim, by whom
|8| For the Bar Enosh (Here is my Servant, whom I do your banim (sons) cast
(Moshiach) is Adon uphold, my Chosen One in them out? Therefore, they will
HaShabbos. whom my Soul delights, I will be your shofetim (judges).
|9| And having gone from put my Spirit on him, he will
|28| But if by the Ruach dvarim you will be charged beseder (in order).
Hakodesh I [Moshiach] cast with guilt. |45| Then it goes and takes
out the shedim, then upon you |38| Then some of the Sofrim along with itself seven other
the Malchut Hashem has and Perushim answered ruchot more evil than itself
arrived. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and, having entered the
|29| Or how is someone able saying, Rabbi, we desire to see residence, it sets up house
to enter the Bayit HaGibbor an ot (miraculous sign) from there, and the last state of that
and confiscate his furnishings you. man has become worse than
unless he binds the Gibbor |39| But Rebbe, Melech the first. Thus it will be with
first. Then he will plunder the HaMoshiach answered them, this evil generation also.
Bayit HaGibbor. Dor rah umnaef (an evil and |46| While he was still
|30| The one not with me adulterous generation) seeks speaking to the multitudes,
[Moshiach] is against me [anti- for an ot (miraculous sign), hinei, Moshiach’s Em and
Moshiach]. And the one not but no ot will be given it achim stood outside, seeking
gathering with me scatters. except the ot of Yonah to speak with him.
|31| Therefore, I say to you, HaNavi. |47| And someone said to
every chet (sin) and gidduf |40| For just as Yonah was in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach,
(blasphemy) will be forgiven the belly of the great fish Hinei! Your Em and your
men, but whoever commits SHLOSHAH YAMIM achim have stood outside
Chillul Hashem against the USHLOSHAH LAILAH (three seeking to speak with you.
Ruach Hakodesh will not be days and three nights, YONAH |48| And Rebbe, Melech
forgiven. 1:17), so will be the Bar HaMoshiach said in reply to
|32| And whoever speaks a Enosh (Moshiach) in the the one speaking with him,
word against the Bar Enosh heart of the earth Who is my Em and who are
[Moshiach] will be granted SHLOSHAH YAMIM my achim?
selicha (forgiveness), but USHLOSHAH LAILOT (three |49| And stretching out his
whoever speaks against the days and three nights). hand upon his talmidim,
Ruach Hakodesh, selicha will |41| The men of Nineveh will Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
not be granted him either in stand up at the Yom HaDin said, Hinei, my Em and my
the Olam Hazeh or in the with this generation and they achim.
Olam Habah. will condemn it, for the men |50| For whoever does the
|33| Either make the etz of Nineveh made teshuva at ratzon (will) of Avi
(tree) tov (good) and its pri the hatafah (preaching) of shbaShomayim(see Mt6:10;
(fruit) will be tov, or make the Yonah, and, hinei, something 26:39) he is my ach (brother)
etz nishchat (corrupt) and its much greater than Yonah is and achot (sister)and Em
pri will be rah; for by its pri here. (Mother).
the etz is known. |42| The Queen of the South On that day,
|34| You banim of nechashim
(sons of snakes), how are you
able to speak tovot (good
will be made to stand up alive
at the Yom HaDin with this
generation and will condemn
13 having gone out of
the bais, Rebbe,
Melech HaMoshiach sat
things), for out of the it, for she came from the ends beside the lake.
abundance of the lev (heart) of the earth to listen to the |2| And many multitudes
the mouth speaks. chochmah of Shlomo and, gathered together to him so
|35| The ish tov (good man) hinei, something much greater that he got into a sirah (boat)
out of the good otzar (treasure) than Shlomo is here. to sit down, and the entire
brings forth good; and the ish |43| Now when the ruach multitude stood along the
rah out of the evil otzar brings hatameh (unclean spirit) goes shore.
forth evil. out from the man, it goes |3| And Rebbe, Melech
|36| But I say to you, that for through dry places seeking a HaMoshiach told them many
every careless lashon horah manoach (resting place) and it things in meshalim (parables),
(evil speech) that men speak, does not find one. saying Hinei! The Sower went
they will be called to account |44| Then it says, Into my out to sow [seeds].
on the Yom HaDin (the Day of haunt I will return from where |4| And while he sowed, on
Judgment). I came out. And having come the one hand, this [seed] fell
|37| For by your dvarim you out, it finds the bais standing along the road, and the birds
will be pronounced tzodek empty, having been swept having come, devoured them.
(righteous), and by your and having been put
|5| And others fell upon the PEN YIREH VEINAV unfruitful. [YESHAYAH 53:9]
rocky places, where there is UVEAZNAV YISHMAH |23| And the zera sown upon
not much soil, and ULEVAVO YAVIN, VSHAV the adamah tovah (the good
immediately it sprouts on NRAFAH LOH. (For the ground), this is the one who
account of the lack of the heart of this people has been hears the Dvar Hashem and,
soil’s depth. made dull, and with [their] understanding [it], indeed
|6| And when the shemesh ears are hard of hearing, and bears pri and, one produces a
(sun) arose, the zera (seed) was their eyes are shut, lest they hundred, the other sixty, the
scorched, and because it did see with the their eyes and other thirty.
not have a root, it withered. with [their] ears they hear, and |24| Another mashal Rebbe,
|7| And others fell among the with the lev (heart) they Melech HaMoshiach placed
thorns, and the thorns grew understand and they turn and before them, saying, The
up and choked them. I will give them refuah Malchut HaShomayim is like
|8| But others fell on the [healing] YESHAYAH 6:9-10). a man sowing zera tov (good
adamah tovah (good ground), |16| But ashrey are your eyes, seed) in his field.
and they yielded fruit: the one, for they see, and your ears, for |25| But while men slept, his
one hundred, the other, sixty, they hear. oyev (enemy) came and
the other, thirty. |17| For truly I say to you oversowed weeds in between
|9| The one having oznayim that many Neviim and the wheat and went away.
(spiritual ears), let him hear! tzaddikim desired to see what |26| But when the wheat
|10| And, approaching, the you see, and they did not see sprouted and produced pri,
talmidim said to Rebbe, [it], and to hear what you hear, then the weeds also appeared.
Melech HaMoshiach, Why in and they did not hear it. |27| So the servants of the
meshalim (parables) are you |18| You, therefore, listen to Baal Bayit said to him,
speaking to them? the mashal of the sower. Adoneinu, did you not sow
|11| And Rebbe, Melech |19| When anyone hears the zera tov (good seed) in your
HaMoshiach answered them, Dvar HaMalchut and does not field? How then does it have
Because to you it has been have binah, HaRah (the Evil weeds?
granted to have daas of the one) comes and seizes that |28| And he said to them, An
razim (mysteries) of the which was sown in his lev oyev did this. So the servants
Malchut HaShomayim, but to (heart). This is the zera (seed) say to him, Do you want us to
those it has not been granted. sown along the path. go and pull them all?
|12| For whoever has, [more] |20| And the zera sown upon |29| But he says, No, lest
will be given to him, and he the rocky places is the person gathering the weeds you
will have an abundance. But listening to the Dvar Hashem should uproot the wheat
whoever does not have, even and immediately with simcha together with them.
what he has will be taken from receives it. |30| Permit both to grow
him (see Mt 25:14-29). |21| Yet he has no root in together until the Katzir
|13| For this reason in himself but is short-lived, and (harvest); and in time of the
meshalim I am speaking to when ES TZARAH comes or Katzir, I will say to the
them, for while seeing they do persecution on account of the kotzerim, Collect first the
not see, and [while] hearing Dvar Hashem, immediately he weeds, and bind them into
they do not hear, nor do they ceases being a maamin bundles to burn them. But the
have binah (understanding). Meshichi (Messianic believer) wheat gather into my
|14| And in them is fulfilled and becomes meshummad storehouse.
the nevuah (prophecy) of (apostate), falling away and |31| Another mashal Rebbe,
Yeshayah HaNavi, saying, giving up the [true Orthodox Melech HaMoshiach placed
SHIMU SHAMOA VAL Jewish] faith. [YIRMEYAH before them, saying, The
TAVINU UREU RAO VAL 30:7] Malchut HaShomayim is like
TEIDAU (In hearing you will |22| And the [zera] sown a mustard seed, which a man
hear and by no means among the thorns is the one took and sowed in his field.
understand, and seeing you hearing the dvar (word), and |32| This that is indeed less
will see and by no means the rogez HaOlam Hazeh (the than all the zeraim (seeds),
perceive). anxiety of this age, DEVARIM but when it grows, it is larger
|15| HASHMEIN LEV HAAM 28:65) and the mirmah than the garden vegetables
HAZEH VAZNAV (deceit) of riches, choke the and it becomes an etz (tree), so
HACHBEID VEINAV HASHA, Dvar Hashem and it becomes that the OPH HASHOMAYIM
IYOV 35:11) come and dwell |41| The Bar Enosh will be weeping and
in its branches. [Moshiach] will send forth his gnashing of teeth.
|33| Another mashal Rebbe, malachim, and they will pull [51| Did you have binah of all
Melech HaMoshiach spoke to up and gather out of the these things? They say to
them. The Malchut Moshiach’s Malchut all the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach,
HaShomayim is like seor things making meshummad Ken.
(leaven), which having taken, a (apostate) and the ones who |52| So Rebbe, Melech
woman hid in three satas of are without Torah and HaMoshiach said to them,
wheat flour until the whole antinomian. Therefore, every sofer (scribe,
was leavened. |42| And Moshiach’s Torah teacher, rabbi) who
|34| All these things Rebbe, malachim will throw them becomes a talmid of the
Melech HaMoshiach spoke in into the furnace of Eish; there Malchut HaShomayim is like
meshalim to the multitudes. will be weeping and grinding a man [who is] a Baal Bayit,
And apart from meshalim of teeth. who takes out of his otzar
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach |43| Then the tzaddikim will (treasure), chadashot (new
did not speak to them: shine as the shemesh (sun) in things) and also yeshanot (old
|35| So that might be fulfilled the Malchut of their Father. things).
what was spoken through the The one having oznayim |53| And it came about when
Navi, saying, EFTCHA (spiritual ears), let him hear. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
VMASHAL PI AVIAH |44| The Malchut finished these meshalim, that
CHIDOT (I will open my HaShomayim is like otzar he went away from there.
mouth with parables, I will (treasure) hidden in the field, |54| And having come into
utter things having been which, having found, a man Moshiach’s shtetl, he began
hidden) from the foundation hid. And from the simcha he ministering as a moreh
of the world. --TEHILLIM 78:2 experienced, he goes away and (teacher) in their shul, so that
|36| Then having sent away sells everything he has and they were amazed and said,
the multitudes, Rebbe, Melech buys that field. From where did this
HaMoshiach came into the |45| Again, the Malchut chochmah come to this one,
bais (house). And Moshiach’s HaShomayim is like a this chochmah and these
talmidim approached him, merchant searching for fine moftim (miracles, wonders,
saying, Explain to us the pearls. omens)?
mashal of the weeds of the |46| And having found one |55| Is this not the ben
field. precious peninah (pearl), he hanaggar (the carpenter’s
|37| And answering, Rebbe, went away and liquidated son)? Is not his Em called
Melech HaMoshiach said, The everything he had and Miryam? And are not his
Sower of the zera tov is the acquired it. achim Yaakov*, Yosef, Shimon
Bar Enosh (Moshiach). |47| Again, the Malchut and Yehuda**?
|38| The field is HaOlam HaShomayim is like a reshet |56| And are not his achayot
Hazeh. And the zera tov, the (net) having been cast into the (sisters) with us? From where,
good seed, these are the Bnei lake, a reshet collecting and therefore, came to this one all
HaMalchut, and the weeds, gathering dagim (fish) of all these things?
these are the bnei HaRah descriptions, |57| And they were taking
(sons of the Evil one, |48| which, when this reshet offense at Rebbe, Melech
BERESHIS 3:15). (net) was filled, they hoisted HaMoshiach. But Rebbe,
|39| And the Oyev (the it upon the shore, sat down, Melech HaMoshiach said to
Enemy) sowing them is collected the tov (good) into a them, A Navi (prophet) is not
Hasatan. And the Katzir creel, and the rah (evil), they without honor except in his
(Harvest), this is HaKetz threw out. hometown and in his bais.
HaOlam (the end of the age). |49| Thus it will be at HaKetz |58| And Rebbe, Melech
And the kotzerim (reapers, HaOlam Hazeh (The End of HaMoshiach did not
harvesters) are malachim This World). The malachim accomplish in that place many
(angels). will go out and they will moftim, because of their lack
|40| As the weeds are pulled separate the reshaim from of emunah (faith) and
up and gathered and are among the tzaddikim. bitachon (trust).
consumed with Eish (Fire), so |50| And they will throw the [T.N. *This is the author of the
also it will be at the Ketz reshaim into the furnace of writing found p.1099. **See
HaOlam. Eish. In that place there p.1118.]
At that time (deceased person) and buried |20| And everyone ate and
14 reports about
Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach came to the
him. Then they went and
reported [it] to Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach.
they were satisfied, and they
took away shirayim (Rebbe’s
remainders, leftovers), shneym
oznayim (ears) of Herod the |13| And when he heard asar (twelve) baskets full.
Tetrarch. [this], he withdrew from there |21| And the ones eating were
|2| And he said to his in a sirah (boat) to a desolate about chamesh elafim (five
servants, This one is place by himself. And when thousand) men, apart from
Yochanan of the tevilah of the multitudes heard [this], the nashim and yeladim.
teshuva. He has had his they followed Rebbe, Melech |22| And immediately Rebbe,
Techiyah (Resurrection) from HaMoshiach by land from the Melech HaMoshiach
HaMesim (the Dead) and for shtetlach. compelled the talmidim to
this reason the moftim |14| And having gone out, board a sirah (boat) and to go
(wonders) are working in him. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach on ahead of him to the other
|3| For Herod had Yochanan saw a great multitude, and side until he might send away
arrested and bound him and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach the multitudes.
threw him into the beit felt rachmei shomayim |23| And having sent away
hasohar (prison), on account (heavenly compassion) for the multitudes, Rebbe, Melech
of Herodias, the wife of his them and brought refuah HaMoshiach went up to the
brother Philip. (healing) to their cholim. mountain by himself to daven.
|4| For Yochanan kept on |15| Now when erev (evening) Now when erev had come, he
saying to him, It is asur for came, Moshiach’s talmidim was alone there.
you to have her. came to him, saying, This |24| Now the sirah (boat),
|5| And [although] Herod was place is desolate and the time being tossed by the waves (for
desiring to kill Yochanan, he is late. Dismiss the multitude, the wind was against them),
feared the crowd, because they so that, having gone into the was by this time many stadia
considered Yochanan a Navi. shtetlach, they may buy for distant from the land.
|6| Now at the yom huledet themselves okhel (food). |25| Now in the fourth watch
celebration of Herod, it came |16| But Rebbe, Melech of the night (between three
about that the daughter of HaMoshiach said to them, o’oclock and six o’clock in the
Herodias danced before them They have no need to go away. morning), Rebbe, Melech
and Herod was pleased. You yourselves give them HaMoshiach came to them,
|7| Herod, therefore, with a something to eat. walking on the lake.
shevuah, promised to give to |17| But Moshiach’s talmidim |26| But Moshiach’s
her whatever she might ask. say to him, We do not have talmidim, having seen him
|8| So she, prompted by her here anything except five walking on the lake, were
mother, said, Give to me here loaves and of dagim (fish), terribly shaken, saying, It is a
upon a serving tray the rosh only two. ruach refaim (an apparition)!
(head) Yochanan of the tevilah |18| But Rebbe, Melech From pachad they cried out.
of teshuva. HaMoshiach said, Bring them |27| And immediately Rebbe,
|9| And, although grieving, here to me. Melech HaMoshiach spoke to
the king commanded [it] to be |19| And having commanded them, saying, Chazak! Ani Hu.
given, on account of the the multitudes to recline on (I am he, SHEMOT 3:14) Do
shevuot (oaths) and the fellow the grass [as at tish] and not be afraid.
muzmanim (guests) having taken the five loaves |28| And Kefa said in reply to
|10| And he sent and had and the two dagim, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach,
Yochanan beheaded in the having looked up to Adoni, if it is really you,
beit hasohar. Shomayim, Rebbe, Melech command me to come to you
|11| And the rosh Yochanan HaMoshiach said a bracha al pnei hamayim (on the
of the tevilah of teshuva was over the okhel, and having surface of the waters).
brought upon a serving tray, offered the betziat halechem |29| And Rebbe, Melech
and it was presented to the (the breaking of the bread), HaMoshiach said, Boh!
girl and she presented it to her Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (Come!) And having gone
mother. gave the lechem to the down from the sirah (boat),
|12| And Yochanan’s talmidim, and Moshiach’s Kefa walked al pnei hamayim
talmidim approached and talmidim served the lechem to (on the surface of the waters)
carried away the niftar the multitudes and came toward him.
|30| And seeing the strong 20:12; DEVARIM 5:16), and will fall into a pit.
wind, Kefa was afraid, and MKALEL AVIV VIMMO MOT |15| And Kefa said in reply to
having begun to sink, Kefa YUMAT (the one cursing his Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach,
cried out, saying, Azreini! father and mother to die he Explain to us the mashal.
Adoni, hoshieini! (Help! L-rd, must die, SHEMOT 21:17; |16| And Rebbe, Melech
save me!) VAYIKRA 20:9). HaMoshiach said, Are you still
|31| And immediately Rebbe, |5| But you say, Whoever says devoid of binah
Melech HaMoshiach, having to his abba or his em, (understanding)?
stretched out (his) hand, took whatever support you might |17| Do you not have daas
hold of Kefa and says to him, have had from me, [it is] a gift that everything which enters
One of little emunah, why did [i.e., korban, dedicated to G-d]. into the mouth goes into the
you doubt? |6| By no means does [anyone stomach and passes into a
|32| And as they were going who says this] honor his abba latrine?
up into the sirah (boat), the or em. And you nullify the |18| But the things coming
wind became still. Dvar Hashem on account of out from the mouth come out
|33| And the ones in the sirah your masoros. from the lev (heart), which
(boat) fell down before Rebbe, |7| You tzevuim, well did makes tameh.
Melech HaMoshiach, saying, Yeshayah give a dvar hane- |19| For out of the lev comes
Beemes (Actually) you are the vuah concerning you, saying, evil machshavot (thoughts):
Ben HaElohim! |8| YAAN KI NIGASH HAAM retzichot (murders), niufim
|34| And having crossed over, HAZEH BEFIV UVISHFATAV (adulteries), zenunim
they came onto the land at KI-BDUNI VLIBO RICHAK (fornications), genevot (thefts),
Gennesaret. MIMENI VATEHI YIRATAM eduyot sheker (false
|35| And having recognized OTI MITZVAT ANASHIM testimonies), giddufim
him, the men of that place MELUMADAH (This people (revilements).
sent into all the surrounding with their lips honor me, but |20| These are the things
region around, and they their heart is far away from making the man tameh, but
brought to Rebbe, Melech me, eating with hands lacking the
HaMoshiach all the cholim, |9| and in vain do they netilat yadayim (ritual of the
|36| and they were appealing worship me, teaching as washing of the hands, see Mt
to him that they might touch doctrines the mitzvot of [mere] 27:24), this does not make the
even the Moshiach’s tzitzit on men, YESHAYAH 29:13.) man tameh.
his garment, and all who did, |10| And having summoned |21| And having gone from
received Moshiach’s refuah the multitude, Rebbe, Melech that place, Rebbe, Melech
(healing). [YESHAYAH 53:5] HaMoshiach said to them, HaMoshiach withdrew into
Then Perushim Listen and understand! the districts of Tzor and
15 and Sofrim
(rabbonim) from
Yerushalayim approach
|11| It is not the thing
entering into the mouth that
makes the man tameh
Tzidon.
|22| And a woman from
Canaan came out from those
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, (unclean), but the thing going regions, and was shouting,
saying, out from the mouth this Have mercy on me, Adoni,
|2| Why do your talmidim makes the man tameh. Ben Dovid! My bat is in
transgress the Masoret |12| Then Moshiach’s torment possessed by shedim.
HaZekenim (the Tradition of talmidim approached and say |23| But Rebbe, Melech
the Elders)? For they do not to him, Do you know that the HaMoshiach did not answer
do the netilat yadayim before Perushim took offense when her a word. And Moshiach’s
meals. they heard [this] dvar? talmidim having approached,
|3| But Rebbe, Melech |13| But Rebbe, Melech were asking him, saying, Send
HaMoshiach, in reply to them, HaMoshiach, in reply, said, her away; she shouts after us.
said, Why [do] also you Every plant which Avi |24| But, Rebbe, Melech
transgress the mitzvat shbaShomayim did not plant HaMoshiach said in reply, I
Hashem for the sake of your will be uprooted. was not sent except to the Seh
own masoros? |14| Leave them. They are Oveid Beis Yisroel (the Lost
|4| For Hashem has said, blind morei derech (guides, Sheep of the House of Israel).
KABED ES AVICHA VES teachers) of [the] blind. And if |25| But she came and fell
IMMECHA (honor your father the ivver (blind man) leads the down before him,
and your mother, SHEMOT ivrim (blind), both
saying, Adoni, azreini (L-rd, where bamidbar (in the the times? [T.N. See Ro 1:18]
help me). wilderness) is there enough |4| A dor rah umnaef (an evil
|26| But, Rebbe, Melech lechem for us to feed such a and adulterous generation)
HaMoshiach said in reply, It vast multitude? demands an ot (sign), and no
is not good to take the lechem |34| And he says to them, ot will be given it except the ot
of the Banim and throw it to How much lechem, how many of Yonah HaNavi. And having
the kelevim (dogs). loaves do you have? And they left them, Rebbe, Melech
|27| But she said, Ken, Adoni, said, Sheva, and a few dagim. HaMoshiach went away.
but even the kelevim eat the |35| And when Rebbe, |5| When the Moshiach’s
crumbs falling from the tish Melech HaMoshiach gave the talmidim arrived at the other
(table) of their masters. command for the multitude to side, they had forgotten to
|28| Then, in reply, Rebbe, recline on the ground, take lechem.
Melech HaMoshiach said to |36| Rebbe, Melech |6| But Rebbe, Melech
her, O woman, great [is] your HaMoshiach took the loaves HaMoshiach said to them,
emunah. Let it be done for numbering sheva and the Take special precaution
you as you wish. And the bat dagim, and, making a bracha, against the chametz (swelling
(daughter) of her was given Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach leaven) of the Perushim and
refuah (healing) at that very offered the betziat halechem Tzedukim.
hour. (the breaking of the bread) |7| But they began reasoning
|29| And having passed over and served them to the among themselves, saying, We
from that place, Rebbe, talmidim, and Moshiach’s took no lechem.
Melech HaMoshiach came talmidim served them to the |8| But Rebbe, Melech
beside Lake Kinneret, and multitudes. HaMoshiach, aware of their
having gone up the mountain, |37| And everyone ate and machshavot (thoughts), said,
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach they were satisfied, and the You men of little emunah, why
was sitting there. Rebbe’s farbrengen shirayim do you reason among
|30| And great multitudes were numbering sheva baskets yourselves that you have no
approached Rebbe, Melech full. lechem?
HaMoshiach, having with |38| And the ones eating were |9| Do you not yet have binah
them pisechim (lame), ivrim arbaat elafim (four thousand) or remember the five loaves of
(blind), the crippled, the mute, men, not counting nashim the chamesh elafim (five
and many others, and they and yeladim. thousand), and how many
laid them at Moshiach’s feet, |39| And having sent away baskets full you took up?
and Rebbe, Melech the multitudes, Rebbe, Melech |10| Or the shevah loaves of
HaMoshiach gave the cholim HaMoshiach embarked in the the arbaat elafim (four
(sick persons) refuah (healing). sirah (boat), and came to the thousand), and how many
|31| The result was that the region of Magadan. large baskets full you took up?
multitude was astounded, And the Perushim |11| How is it that you do not
witnessing mute people
speaking, cripples made
whole, the pisechim (lame)
16 and Tzedukim
approached, to test
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach,
chap (grasp mentally) that I
did not speak to you
concerning lechem? But
walking, and the ivrim (blind asking him to present them beware of the chametz
people) seeing, and they gave with an ot (sign) from (swelling [like evil, like gaavah,
kavod to Elohei Yisroel. Shomayim. pride], all-permeating leaven)
|32| And Rebbe, Melech |2| But in reply, Rebbe, of the Perushim and
HaMoshiach, having Melech HaMoshiach said to Tzedukim.
summoned his talmidim, said, them, When it is erev, you say, |12| Then Moshiach’s
I have rachmei shomayim for It will be fair weather, for the talmidim understood that
the multitudes, for already sky is fiery red. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
shloshah yamim (three days) |3| And in the boker did not say to beware of the
they remain with me and they (morning) you say, There will chametz of the lechem, but of
do not have anything they may be stormy weather today, for the chametz of the teaching of
eat, and I do not want to send the sky is overcast fiery red the Perushim and the
them away famished, lest they and threatening. You have Tzedukim.
might faint on the way. daas to distinguish the signs of |13| Now, having arrived
|33| And Moshiach’s the appearance of the sky, but in the district of
talmidim say to him, From you can’t discern the signs of
Caesarea Philippi, Rebbe, that Rebbe, Melech [Moshiach] coming in his

Melech HaMoshiach began HaMoshiach go to Malchut.
asking his talmidim, saying, Yerushalayim, and suffer And after shisha
Who do men say that [I] the
Bar Enosh am?
|14| And Moshiach’s
many things from the
Zekenim (Elders), and the
Rashei Hakohanim (the Chief
17 yamim (six days),
Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach took Kefa,
talmidim said, Some say Priests) and the Sofrim Yaakov and Yochanan his
Yochanan of the tevilah of (Scribes) and it was necessary brother; he brings them up to
teshuva, and others say, for Moshiach to be killed and a high mountain in yechidus.
Eliyahu HaNavi, but still have his histalkus (passing), |2| And Rebbe, Melech
others say, Yirmeyah or one of that he would undergo the HaMoshiach was transfigured
the Neviim. Techiyas HaMoshiach before them, and Moshiach’s
|15| He says to them, But (Resurrection of Moshiach) on face shone like the shemesh
you, who do you consider me Yom HaShlishi. (sun), and his garments
to be? |22| And Kefa took him aside became brilliant like the ohr.
|16| And, Shimon Kefa said and began to rebuke him, |3| And hinei! There
in reply, You are the Rebbe, saying, Chas vshalom (G-d appeared before them Moshe
Melech HaMoshiach, the Ben forbid)! Adoni, this shall never Rabbenu and Eliyahu HaNavi
Elohim Chayyim! happen to you! conferring with Rebbe, Melech
|17| And Rebbe, Melech |23| But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
HaMoshiach said in reply to HaMoshiach turned and said |4| And Kefa said in reply to
him, Ashrey atah (happy are to Kefa, Get behind me, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach,
you), Shimon Bar Yonah, Hasatan! You are a michshol Adoni, it is good for us to be
because basar vadahm (flesh (stumbling block) to me; for here. If you wish, I will make
and blood) did not give you you are not setting your mind shalosh sukkot here: one for
this hisgalus (revelation), but on the things of Hashem, but you, and one for Moshe
Avi shbaShomayim. the things of Bnei Adam! Rabbenu, and one for Eliyahu
|18| And I also say to you that |24| Then Rebbe, Melech HaNavi.
you are Shimon Kefa [Petros] HaMoshiach said to his |5| While he was speaking,
and upon this TSUR I will talmidim, If anyone wishes to hinei! A brightly shining anan
build my Kehillah, my come after me, let him turn in (cloud) overshadowed them,
Chavurah (the Community of hinnazrut (self-denial), and and hinei! A bat kol (a voice
Moshiach) and the shaarei take up his etz shel mesiros from heaven) out of the anan
Sheol (gates of Sheol) shall not nefesh (tree of self-sacrifice), was saying, This is My Ben
overpower it. and follow me. ahuvi (beloved Son) with
|19| I will give you the |25| For whoever wishes to whom I am well-pleased.
maftechot Malchut save his nefesh shall lose it; Listen to him.
HaShomayim (keys of the but whoever loses his nefesh |6| And having heard this, the
Kingdom of Heaven); and on account of me [Moshiach] talmidim fell on their faces
whatever you shall bind as shall find it. and were filled with pachad.
asur (prohibited) on haaretz |26| For what will a man be |7| And Rebbe, Melech
shall be bound as asur benefited if he acquires the HaMoshiach came to them,
(prohibited) in Shomayim, whole world and forfeits his and touched them, and said,
and whatever you shall loose neshamah, or what will a man Arise, and do not be afraid.
as mutar (permitted) on give in exchange for his |8| And lifting their eyes, they
haaretz shall be loosed as neshamah? saw no one except only Rebbe,
mutar (permitted) in |27| For the Bar Enosh Melech HaMoshiach himself,
Shomayim. [Moshiach] is about to come in alone.
|20| Then Rebbe, Melech the kavod of his Av with his |9| And as Moshiach’s
HaMoshiach gave the directive malachim and will then talmidim were coming down
to his talmidim that they recompense every man from the mountain, Rebbe,
should tell no one that he was according to his maasim. Melech HaMoshiach gave
the Rebbe, Melech |28| Omein, I say to you, them this directive saying, Tell
HaMoshiach. there are some of those who the mareh (vision) to no one
|21| From that point he are standing here who shall until the Bar Enosh
began to explain to his not taste death until they see [Moshiach] has undergone the
talmidim that it was necessary the Bias of the Bar Enosh Techiyas HaMoshiach.
|10| And Moshiach’s account of your little emunah, mouth, you will find a stater
talmidim asked him, saying, for, omein, I say to you, if you (coin). Take that and give it to
Why then do the Sofrim say have emunah as a mustard them for you and for me.
that it is necessary for Eliyahu seed, you shall say to this At that time, the
HaNavi to come first?
|11| And Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach said in reply,
mountain, Move from here,
and it shall be moved; and
nothing shall be impossible
18 talmidim
approached Rebbe,
Melech HaMoshiach with this
Eliyahu HaNavi does indeed for you. she’elah saying, Who then is
have his coming and will |21| But this kind [i.e., kind of greatest in the Malchut
restore all things. mazikim (malicious spirits)] do HaShomayim?
|12| But I say to you, that not come out except by tefillah |2| And having called a yeled
Eliyahu has come already, and tzom. to himself, he set him before
and they did not have daas of |22| And as they were them,
him, but did to him whatever gathering together in the Galil, |3| and said, Omein, I say to
they willed [Mt 6:10]. So also Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach you, unless you change
the Bar Enosh [Moshiach] said to them, The Bar inwardly and have a complete
is about to suffer by them. Enosh [Moshiach] is about turn around and become like
|13| Then the Moshiach’s to be handed over, even yeladim, you shall never enter
talmidim had binah that he betrayed, into the hands of the Malchut HaShomayim.
spoke to them about Bnei Adam. |4| Therefore, whoever
Yochanan of the tevilah of |23| And they will kill him, humbles himself as this yeled,
teshuva. and Rebbe, Melech he is the greatest in the
|14| And when they came to HaMoshiach will have a Malchut HaShomayim.
the multitude, a man came up histalkus (passing) and will |5| And whoever receives one
to Rebbe, Melech undergo the Techiyas such yeled in my Name
HaMoshiach, falling down HaMoshiach on the Yom receives me [Moshiach].
before him. HaShlishi. And Moshiach’s |6| But whoever causes a
|15| And the man said, talmidim were deeply moved michshol (stumbling block) for
Adoni, grant rachamim with agmat nefesh (grief). one of these little ones, who
(mercy) on this ben (son) of |24| And when they had come have emunah in me, it is
mine, for he is an epileptic, to Kfar-Nachum, those who better for him that a heavy
and suffers horribly; for often collected the two drachma tax millstone be hung around his
he falls into the eish, and approached Kefa, and said, neck, and that he be drowned
often into the mayim. Does your rebbe not pay the in the depth of the sea.
|16| And I brought him to two drachma tax? |7| Oy lOlam (Woe to the
your talmidim, and they could |25| Kefa said, Ken. And World) because of its
not give him refuah. when Kefa came into the bais michsholim (stumbling
|17| And Rebbe, Melech (house), Rebbe, Melech blocks)! For it is inevitable
HaMoshiach said in reply, O HaMoshiach anticipated Kefa that michsholim come; but oy
perverted generation without with this question, What think to that man through whom the
emunah, how long shall I be you, Shimon? From whom do michshol comes.
with you? How long shall I the melechei haaretz (kings of |8| And if your hand or your
put up with you? Bring him the earth) collect customs or foot causes a michshol for you,
here to me. poll tax, from their banim cut it off, and throw it from
|18| And Rebbe, Melech (sons) or from zarim you. It is better for you to
HaMoshiach rebuked it, and (strangers)? enter Chayyim crippled or as
the shed came out of him, and |26| And upon Kefa’s saying, one of the pisechim (lame),
the bocher received his refuah From zarim, Rebbe, Melech than, having two hands and
that hour. HaMoshiach said to Kefa, two feet, to be cast into the
|19| Then the talmidim came Veha raya (consequently), the Eish Olam (Eternal Fire).
to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach banim are patur (exempt, |9| And if your eye causes a
in a yechidus (private meeting free). michshol for you, pluck it out
with the Rebbe), and said, |27| But, lest we give them and throw it from you. It is
Why were we not able to cast it offense, go to the yam (sea), better for you to enter
out? and cast in a hook, and take Chayyim one-eyed than,
|20| And Rebbe, Melech the first dag (fish) that comes having two eyes, to be cast into
HaMoshiach said to them, On up; and when you open its the Gehinnom HaEish.
|10| See to it that you do not in Shomayim. what you owe me!
look down on one of these |19| Again, omein, I say to |29| And, falling down, the
little ones, for I say to you that you, that if two of you will be servant said to the debtor,
their malachim which are in in agreement about anything Have zitzfleisch (patience)
Shomayim continually behold on haaretz that you petition with me and I will repay you.
the face of Avi shbaShomayim for, it will be done for them by |30| But the debtor was not
(my Father who is in Heaven). Avi shbaShomayim. willing. Then the debtor went
|11| For the Bar Enosh |20| For where two or three and threw the servant into the
[Moshiach] came to save that are gathered as a Chavurah beit hasohar (prison) until he
which was lost. and are a Kehillah in my should repay the debt.
|12| What do you think? If name [Moshiach], there I am |31| Therefore, when the
any man owns a hundred in the midst of them. man’s fellow servants saw
kevesim (sheep) and one of |21| Then, having what had taken place, great
them has gone astray, does he approached, Kefa said to was their agmat nefesh (grief),
not leave the ninety-nine on Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach: and they went and reported to
the hillsides and go and Adoni, how often will my their adon all that had taken
search for the one that is brother sin against me and I place.
straying? will grant to him selicha |32| Then having summoned
|13| And if it turns out that (forgiveness)? As many as the debtor, his adon said to
he finds it, beemes I say to shevah (seven) times? him, Wicked servant, all that
you, he has more simcha (joy) |22| Rebbe, Melech choiv (debt) I forgave you,
over it than over the ninety- HaMoshiach says to Kefa, I do because you begged me.
nine which have not gone not say to you as many as |33| Was it not necessary also
astray. shevah, but as many as shivim for you to have rachamim
|14| Thus it is not the ratzon (seventy) times shevah. (mercy) upon your fellow
Hashem, the will of your Av |23| Therefore, the Malchut servant?
shbaShomayim, that one of HaShomayim is like a melech, |34| And in charon af (wrath),
these little ones perish. a king, who wished to settle his adon handed the debtor
|15| And if your Ach accounts with his servants. over to the keepers of the beit
b’Moshiach sins against you, |24| And having begun to hasohar until the debtor
go and reprove him in private, settle accounts, a debtor owing should repay the entire choiv
just between the two of you; if ten thousand talents was (debt).
he listens to you, you have brought to the melech. |35| Thus also Avi
gained your Ach b’Moshiach. |25| And, as this debtor did shbaShomayim will do to you,
|16| But if he does not listen not have the means to pay unless you grant selicha
to you, take one or two more what was owed his adon, the (forgiveness), each one to his
Achim b’Moshiach with you, king commanded that he and brother from your lev (heart).
so that by the PI SHNAYIM his wife and children and And it came to pass
SHLOSHAH EDIM (by the
mouth of two or three
witnesses, DEVARIM 19:15)
everything he possessed be
sold and the debt repaid.
|26| Therefore, crying out for
19 when Rebbe,
Melech
HaMoshiach finished these
every word shall be rachamim (mercy) and falling dvarim, he departed from the
established. down before him, the servant Galil and came into the
|17| But if he refuses to listen said, Have zitzfleisch regions of Yehudah east of the
to them, speak to the shtiebel (patience) with me and I will Yarden River.
kehillah, and if he even pay back to you everything! |2| And a great multitude
refuses to hear the kehillah, |27| And out of rachamanut followed Rebbe, Melech
let him be to you as the Goy (compassion), the adon of that HaMoshiach, who brought
(heathen, pagan) and the servant pardoned him and refuah (healing) to them there.
moches (tax-collector). forgave the choiv (debt). |3| And the Perushim
|18| Omein, I say to you, |28| Then the debtor went out approached him with a
whatever you bind as asur and found one of the other she’elah to test him, and they
(prohibited) on haaretz will fellow servants who happened asked him, Is it mutar
have been bound in to owe the debtor one hundred (permissible) for a man to give
Shomayim, and whatever you denarii. And seizing and a get (divorce) to his wife
permit as mutar on haaretz choking the servant, the
is mutar (permitted) debtor said, Repay
for any and every reason? make sarisim of themselves for all these things, so where do I
|4| But Rebbe, Melech the sake of the Malchut still fall short?
HaMoshiach said in reply, HaShomayim. The one able |21| Rebbe, Melech
Have you not read that to receive this, let him receive HaMoshiach said to him, If
HaBoreh (The Creator, Yotzer) it. you wish to be tamim (perfect),
bereshis (in the beginning) |13| Then yeladim were if you wish to have shelemut
created them zachar (male) brought to Rebbe, Melech (perfection, completeness),
and nekevah (female) HaMoshiach that he might then go and sell your
[BERESHIS 1:27, 5:2]? place his hands on them and possessions and give to the
|5| And he said, Because of say a bracha. However, aniyim (poor) and you will
this, YAAZAV ISH ES AVIV Moshiach’s talmidim rebuked have otzar (treasure) in
VES IMMO VDAVAK BISHTO them. Shomayim. Then come and
VHAYU LVASAR ECHAD (a |14| But he said, Permit the follow me [Moshiach].
man will leave his father and yeladim to come to me, and |22| But having heard the
his mother and will be joined forbid them not, for of such is divrei Moshiach, the young
to his isha (wife), and the two the Malchut HaShomayim. man went away with agmat
will be one flesh, BERESHIS |15| And having placed his nefesh (grief), for he was
2:24). hands on the yeladim, Rebbe, having many possessions.
|6| So they are no longer Melech HaMoshiach departed |23| And he said to his
shnayim (two) but basar echad from there. talmidim, Omein, I say to you
(one flesh). Therefore, |16| And one, having that an oisher with difficulty
whatever Hashem joined approached Rebbe, Melech will enter into the Malchut
together, let no man divide HaMoshiach, said, Rebbe, HaShomayim.
asunder. what mitzvah, what good may |24| And again I say to you, it
|7| They say to him, Why then I do that I may have Chayyei is easier for a camel to go
did Moshe Rabbenu give the Olam? through the eye of a needle
mitzvah to give the get, the |17| And Rebbe, Melech than for an oisher to enter
sefer keritut, and send her HaMoshiach said to him, Why into the Malchut
away? do you ask me about the good? HaShomayim.
|8| He says to them, Moshe, There is only One who is good, |25| And when Moshiach’s
because of your hardness of nu? But if you wish to enter talmidim heard this, they were
heart, permitted you to give into Chayyim (Life), do not exceedingly astounded, saying,
the get to your wives; but from fail to be shomer mitzvot. Who then is able to receive the
bereshis (in the beginning), |18| He says to Rebbe, Yeshuat Eloheinu?
however, it was not so. Melech HaMoshiach, Which |26| And having looked upon
|9| But I [Moshiach] say to mitzvah? And Rebbe, Melech them, Rebbe, Melech
you that whoever, the case of HaMoshiach said, LO HaMoshiach said to them,
zenut (fornication) being TIRTZACH, LO TINAF, LO With Bnei Adam it is
excepted, gives the get to his TIGNOV, LO TAANEH impossible; but with Hashem
wife and marries another, is VREIACHAH ED SHAKER, all things are possible.
guilty of niuf (adultery). KABEID ES AVICHA VES |27| Then Kefa said in reply
|10| Moshiach’s talmidim say IMMECHAH, VAHAVTAH to him, Hinei! We have left
to him, If thus is the case of LREACHA KAMOCHA (You everything and followed you
the man with the wife, shall not murder, commit [as Moshiach]! Where does
nikhnas lchuppah (to be wed) adultery, steal, bear false that leave us?
is not advantageous. witness; |28| And Moshiach said to
|11| But Rebbe, Melech |19| Honor your father and them, Omein, I say to you, that
HaMoshiach said to them, Not your mother, and you shall you, the ones having followed
everyone is able to accept this love your neighbor as yourself, me, when the Briah (Creation)
dvar torah, but rather those to SHEMOT 20:13(13-16); becomes Chadasha (New),
whom it has been given. DEVARIM 5:17-20; SHEMOT when the Bar Enosh
|12| For there are sarisim 20:12; DEVARIM 5:16; [Moshiach] sits upon his Kisei
(eunuchs) who from the womb VAYIKRA 19:18. Kavod (Throne of Glory), you
of their Em were born thus, |20| The bocher (bachelor, also will sit upon the Shneym
and there are sarisim who young man) says to Rebbe, Asar Kisot (Twelve Thrones)
were made sarisim by men, Melech HaMoshiach, I was judging the Shneym Asar
and there are sarisim who shomer mitzvot and frum in Shivtei Yisroel.
|29| And anyone who left bais |10| And when the rishonim mock and to whip and to hang
or achim or achayot or Abba came, they were under the him up TALUI AL HAETZ
or Em or banim or sadot impression that they would (being hanged on the Tree
(fields) on account of me receive a larger sum; instead, DEVARIM 21:23), and after
[Moshiach] and my Name they themselves each received his histalkus (passing), on the
(Yehoshua, Yeshua), will a denarius. Yom HaShlishi (Third Day)
receive a hundred times over |11| And when they received there will be Techiyas
and will inherit Chayyei Olam. the denarius, they were HaMoshiach.
|30| And many who are complaining against the Baal |20| Then the Em of Zavdai’s
Rishonim (first ones) will be Bayit, banim, along with the sons,
Acharonim (last ones), and the |12| saying, These acharonim approached Rebbe, Melech
Acharonim, Rishonim. worked one hour, and you HaMoshiach and, prostrating
The Malchut made them equal to us, the herself before him, she made a
20 HaShomayim is
like a man, the
Baal Bayit, who went out early
ones having endured the
burden and the heat of the
whole day.
bakosha (request) of him.
HaMoshiach said to her, What
in the boker, to hire poalim |13| But the Baal Bayit said do you wish? She says to
(workers) for his kerem. in reply to one of them, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach,
|2| And having agreed with Chaver, I am not cheating you. Say that these, my two banim,
the poalim to salary them a Did you not agree that I would may sit, one on your right, the
denarius for their day’s pay, pay you the usual day’s wage, other on your left, in your [the
the Baal Bayit sent them into a denarius? Moshiach’s] Malchut.
his kerem. |14| Take what belongs to |22| And Rebbe, Melech
|3| And having gone out you, your denarius, and go. HaMoshiach said in reply,
around the third hour, the But it is my ratzon, my good You do not have daas of what
Baal Bayit saw others loitering pleasure, to give to this one you are asking. Are you able
in the marketplace, who is last also what I gave to to drink the Kos which I am
|4| and he said to those, You you. about to drink? They say, We
go also into the kerem. And |15| Or is it not allowable for are able.
whatever is right, this is what me to do what I wish with the |23| Moshiach says to them,
your pay will be. things that are mine? Or do Indeed, you will drink my Kos,
|5| And they left. And again, you look with a jealous ayin but to sit on the right and on
having gone out around the horo upon my goodness? the left of me, this is not mine
sixth and the ninth hour, the |16| Thus the Rishonim will to grant, but it is for those for
Baal Bayit did the same thing. be Acharonim, and the whom it has been prepared by
|6| And around the eleventh Acharonim will be Rishonim. my [Moshiach’s] Av.
hour, having gone out, the For the invited ones are many, |24| And having heard this,
Baal Bayit found others but the nivcharim (chosen HaAsarah (The Ten) became
standing around, and he says ones) are few. indignant about the two
to them, Why have you been |17| And going up to achim (brothers).
standing here all the day not Yerushalayim, Rebbe, Melech |25| But Moshiach, having
working? HaMoshiach took the Shneym summoned them, said, You
|7| The idle workers say to the Asar Talmidim aside in a have daas that those who have
Baal Bayit, Because no one yechidus and, on the way, the rule over the Goyim
hired us. The Baal Bayit says Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach domineer them like tyrants.
to them, You go also into the said to them, |26| But it will not be thus
kerem. |18| Hinei! We are going up among you. For whoever
|8| And when erev had come, to Yerushalayim, and the Bar wishes to be gadol among you
another man, the owner of the Enosh [Moshiach] will be will become your mesharet
kerem, says to his foreman, handed over to the Rashei (servant, minister).
Call the poalim and give to Hakohanim and the Sofrim |27| And whoever wishes
them the wage, beginning with (scribes, Torah-teachers, or among you to be rishon (first)
the acharonim and going to rabbonim), and they will will be your eved (servant).
the rishonim. condemn him to death. |28| Just as the Bar Enosh
|9| And the ones that came |19| And they will hand [Moshiach] did not come to be
around the eleventh hour each Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach served, to be ministered to,
received a denarius. over to the Goyim in order to but to serve, to minister,
and to give his neshamah, his And he will send them chairs of those selling the
nefesh, as a kofer (ransom, immediately. yonim (doves).
pedut) LARABBIM (for the |4| And this took place in |13| And Rebbe, Melech
sake of many, for the Geulah order that might be fulfilled HaMoshiach says to them, It
Redemption of many, the thing spoken by the Navi has been written, BEITI BEIT
YESHAYAH 53:11). (Prophet), saying: TEFILLAH YIKAREI (My
|29| And, as they were going |5| IMRU LBAT TZIYON! House shall be called a House
out from Yericho, a great (Tell the Daughter of Zion!) of Prayer, YESHAYAH 56:7),
multitude followed Rebbe, Hinei! Your Melech comes, but you are making it into a
Melech HaMoshiach. ANI VROCHEV AL CHAMOR MEARAT PARITZIM (den of
|30| And hinei! Two ivrim VAL AYIR BEN ATONOT robbers, YIRMEYAH 7:11).
(blind men), sitting beside the (poor, humble and riding on a |14| And ivrim (blind
road, having heard that donkey and upon a colt, the persons) and pisechim (lame
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is foal of donkeys YESHAYAH persons) came to Rebbe,
passing by, shouted, crying 62:11; ZECHARYAH 9:9). Melech HaMoshiach in the
out, Adoneinu, Ben Dovid, |6| And having accomplished Beis Hamikdash, and he
chaneinu, yhi chasedcha just what Rebbe, Melech brought refuah to them.
aleinu (have mercy on us HaMoshiach had commanded |15| And the Rashei
TEHILLIM 33:22)! them, Hakohanim and the Sofrim
|31| However, the crowd |7| they brought the donkey were indignant, having seen
rebuked the two ivrim, that and the colt and they put their the niflaot (wonders) which
they be silent, but they garments upon them, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
shouted even more, saying Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach accomplished and the yeladim
Chaneinu, Adoneinu Ben sat upon them. shouting in the Beis
Dovid! |8| And the very large Hamikdash, Hoshannah to
|32| And having stopped, multitudes spread out their the Ben Dovid [Moshiach].
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach garments on the road, and |16| And they said to
called to them and said, What others were cutting lulavim Moshiach, Do you hear what
do you wish that I should do from the trees, and were these are saying? And Rebbe,
for you? spreading them out on the Melech HaMoshiach says to
|33| They say to Rebbe, road. them, Ken. Have you never
Melech HaMoshiach: |9| And the multitudes going read, MIPI OLLELIM
Adoneinu, that our eyes may before him and the multitudes VYONKIM YISSADETAH OZ
be opened! following after him were (From the lips of children and
|34| And having been filled crying out, saying, HOSHAN infants You ordained strength,
with rachmei shomayim NAH (Save now, TEHILLIM praise, TEHILLIM 8:3[2])?
(heavenly mercy, compassion), 118:25-26) to Ben Dovid! |17| And having left them, he
he touched their eyes, and BARUCH HABAH BSHEM went out of the city to Beit-
immediately their eyes were ADONOI! Hoshannah in the Anyah (Bethany) and spent
opened and they followed Highest! the night there.
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. |10| And when Rebbe, |18| Now going up early into
When they came Melech HaMoshiach had the city, he was hungry.
21 near to Yerusha-
layim and arrived
at Beit-Pagey on the Mount of
entered into Yerushalayim,
the whole city was stirred,
saying, Who is this!?!
|19| And observing the etz
teenah (fig tree) on the way, he
went up to it and found
Olives, then Rebbe, Melech |11| And the multitudes were nothing on it, except leaves,
HaMoshiach sent two saying, This is Yehoshua and he says to it, No longer
talmidim, HaNavi! From Natzeret in the from you will there ever be pri
|2| saying to them, Go into Galil. (fruit)! And the etz teenah
the shtetl ahead of you, and |12| And Rebbe, Melech withered then and there.
immediately you will find a HaMoshiach arrived at the |20| And observing this, the
donkey having been tied and a Beis Hamikdash and expelled talmidim were astounded,
colt with her; untie them and the ones selling and buying in saying, How did the etz teenah
bring them to me. the Beis Hamikdash. And he instantly wither?
|3| And if anyone should say turned over the tishen (tables) |21| And he said in reply,
to you anything, you say, of the machalifei hakesafim Omein, I say to you, if you
HaAdon has need of them. (money changers) and the have emunah
and do not doubt, not only |30| And having approached us take possession of his
will you do what was done to the other son, the man spoke bechorah (inheritance).
the etz teenah, but also if you similarly. But the second son, |39| And having seized the
say to this mountain, Be lifted in reply, said, I will go, Adoni. Ben, they threw the Ben out of
up and be thrown into the sea, Yet he did not go. the kerem and they killed him.
it will happen. |31| Which of the two did the |40| Therefore, when the Baal
|22| And, when you daven, all ratzon haAv (the will of the HaKerem (Owner of the
things whatever for which you Father)? They say, The rishon Vineyard) comes, what will he
may make techinnah (petition, (the first). Rebbe, Melech do to those koremim (vine
supplication) with emunah, HaMoshiach says to them, keepers)?
you will receive. Omein, I say to you, that the |41| They say to Rebbe,
|23| And after Rebbe, Melech mochesim (tax-collectors) and Melech HaMoshiach, Those
HaMoshiach had gone into the zonot (prostitutes) are reshaim (evil-doers) the Baal
the Beis Hamikdash, while he going in ahead of you into the HaKerem will bring to a
was bringing forth his torah, Malchut Hashem. terrible mavet, and the Kerem
the Rashei Hakohanim and |32| For Yochanan of the the Baal HaKerem will lease
the Zekenim of the people tevilah of teshuva came to you to other koremim, who will
approached him, saying, By in the Derech Tzidkat Hashem render unto the Baal
what samchut (authority) do (Way of Righteousness), and HaKerem the PRI BITO (fruit
you do these things? And who you did not believe him. But in its season, TEHILLIM 1:3).
granted you this samchut? the mochesim and the zonot |42| Rebbe, Melech
|24| And Rebbe, Melech believed him. But you, even HaMoshiach says to them,
HaMoshiach said in reply to after you saw, did not change Have you never heard in the
them, I also will ask you a your mind [i.e., make teshuva] Kitvei Hakodesh (Holy
question, which, if you will tell and believe him. Scriptures), EVEN MAASU
me, I also will tell you by what |33| Listen to another HABONIM HAYTAH
samchut I do these things... mashal. There was a man, a LEROSH PINAH; MEIES
|25| The tevilah in the Baal Bayit, who planted a HASHEM HAYTAH ZOT HI
mikveh mayim of kerem (vineyard). And he put NIFLAT BEINEINU (The
Yochanan...it was from where, a fence around it, and he dug Stone which the Builders
from Shomayim or from Bnei a yekev (winepress) in it, and rejected, this one has become
Adam? And they were built a migdal (tower) and Head of the Corner; this came
discussing it among leased it to koremim (vine- about from the L-rd, and it is
themselves, saying, If we say, keepers) and departed. marvelous in our eyes,
From Shomayim, he will say |34| And when the time of the TEHILLIM 118:22-23)?
to us, Why then do you not Katsir (Harvest) came, the |43| For this reason, I say to
believe him? Baal Bayit sent his servants to you, the Malchut Hashem will
|26| But if we say, From Bnei the koremim to receive the pri be taken from you and it will
Adam, we fear the multitude, (fruit). be given to a people that
for everyone considers |35| And the koremim, produces its pri.
Yochanan a Navi. having seized his servants, one |44| And the one having
|27| And in reply to him, they they beat, another they killed, fallen on this EVEN (Stone,
said, We do not have daas. and another they stoned. [Moshiach] DANIEL 2:35;
And Rebbe, Melech |36| And the Baal Bayit sent YESHAYAH 8:14-15) will be
HaMoshiach said to them, other servants, more than the crushed; and it will crush
Neither will I tell you by what rishonim (first ones), and the anyone on whom it falls.
samchut I do these things. koremim did the same thing to |45| And having heard
|28| What do you think? A them. Moshiach’s mashal, the
man had two banim (sons). |37| Lemaskana (finally, at Rashei Hakohanim and the
And having approached the last), the Baal Bayit sent to the Perushim understood that he
rishon (first), the man said, koremim his Ben, saying, They spoke about them.
Beni (my son), go today and will respect my Ben. |46| And seeking to arrest
work in the kerem (vineyard). |38| And when the koremim him, they were afraid of the
|29| But the first son said in saw the Ben, they said among multitudes, vi-bahlt (since) the
reply, I will not. But later, themselves, This is the Bechor multitudes considered him a
having changed his mind, he (Firstborn), the Yoresh (Heir). Navi.
went. Come, let us kill him and let
And, in reply, bimesibba (reclining at tish), they were amazed and, having
22 Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach again
spoke in meshalim (parables)
spotted there a man lacking
the attire proper for the
chasunoh [see Yn 3:3,5].
left Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach, they went away.
|23| On that day some
to them, saying, |12| And the Melech says to Tzedukim (Sadducees)
|2| The Malchut him, Chaver, how did you get approached Rebbe, Melech
HaShomayim is like a man, a in here, not having the attire HaMoshiach, saying, There is
Melech (King), who prepared a proper for the chasunoh? But no Techiyas HaMesim! And
feast for the chasunoh the man had nothing to say. they interrogated Rebbe,
(wedding) of Bno. |13| Then the King said to Melech HaMoshiach,
|3| And the Melech sent out the servants, Bind him feet |24| Saying, Rabbi, Moshe
his servants to summon the and hands and expel him into Rabbenu said that if someone
Bnei HaChuppah (wedding the outer choshech, where dies, not having banim, his
invitees--Mt 9:15) to the there will be weeping and brother shall marry his isha
chasunoh, and they did not grinding of teeth. (wife) to raise up zera (seed)
want to come. |14| For the invited ones are for his brother.
|4| Again, the Melech sent out many, but the nivcharim |25| Now there were among
other servants, saying, Tell the (chosen ones) are few. us shiva achim (seven
Bnei HaChuppah, the |15| Then, having departed, brothers), and the first, having
wedding invitees, Hinei! My the Perushim took counsel married, died. And not
Seudah I have prepared, my together so that they might having zera (offspring), left his
oxen and fattened calves have entrap Yehoshua in his own isha to his brother.
been slaughtered, and words. |26| Likewise, also the second
everything is ready: Come to |16| And they are sending to brother, and the third, up to
the chasunoh! Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach the seventh.
|5| But the Bnei HaChuppah, their talmidim with the |27| And last of all, the isha
the chasunoh invitees, having Herodians, saying, Rabbi, we died.
treated it all as a mere trifle, know that you are an ehrliche |28| In the Techiyas
departed, one to his farmer’s Yid (a good Jew) and of the HaMesim, therefore, she will
field, one to his business. Derech Hashem you give be the wife of which of the
|6| Meanwhile, the others Divrei Torah in Emes, and seven? For all had her.
seized the Mesharetim you show no deference to |29| And Rebbe, Melech
HaMelech (Ministers of the flesh, for you are impartial HaMoshiach said in reply to
King) and abused them and toward Bnei Adam. them, You are in error, not
killed them. |17| Therefore, tell us what to having known the Kitvei
|7| So the Melech was angry you seems right: is it mutar Hakodesh or the gevurat
and, having sent his armies, (permissible) to pay poll tax to Hashem (power of G-d).
the King destroyed those Caesar or not? |30| For in the Techiyas
ratzchaniyot (murderers), and |18| But he, having known HaMesim they neither marry
their city he burned. their rah (evil), said to them, nor are given in marriage, but
|8| Then the King says to his Why do you test me, tzevuim? are like the malachim in
ministers, The chasunoh is |19| Show me the coin of the Shomayim.
ready, but the invited ones poll tax. And they brought to |31| But concerning the
were not worthy. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach a Techiyas HaMesim, have you
|9| Therefore, go to the denarius. not read the thing spoken to
intersections of the streets, |20| And Rebbe, Melech you by Hashem, saying,
and, whoever you find, invite HaMoshiach says to them, |32| ANOCHI ELOHEI
as muzmanim (guests) to the Whose image is this and AVRAHAM ELOHEI
chasunoh. whose title? YITZCHAK VEELOHEI
|10| And having gone out to |21| They say to him, YAAKOV (I am the G-d of
the highways, those ministers Caesar’s. Then Rebbe, Melech Avraham, the G-d of Yitzchak,
congregated everyone they HaMoshiach says to them, and the G-d of Yaakov,
found, rah and tov, and the Give, therefore, unto Caesar [SHEMOT 3:6])? Hashem is
chasunoh was filled with the things of Caesar, and the not the G-d of the Mesim
muzmanim (guests). things of Hashem, give unto (dead ones) but the G-d of the
|11| And the Melech, having Hashem. Chayyim (living).
entered to see the ones sitting |22| And having heard this,
|33| And having heard this, until I make your enemies a anyone in the Olam Hazeh as
the multitudes were amazed at footstool for your feet your Abba, for One is your Av
Moshiach’s torah (teaching). TEHILLIM 110:1). shbaShomayim.
|34| But the Perushim, |45| Therefore, if Dovid calls |10| Neither be called
having heard that he silenced him Adon [i.e., Adoneinu], how Moreinu, for One is your
the Tzedukim, assembled is Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Moreh (teacher) the Rebbe,
together, [merely] Ben Dovid? [cf. Melech HaMoshiach
|35| And one of them, a Baal MALACHI 3:1; ZECHARYAH [Moreinu].
Torah (learned Torah scholar, 4:14] |11| And the greatest among
a Ben Torah), tried to trip up |46| And no one was able to you will be your eved
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach give an answer to him, nor did mesharet (servant, minister).
with a she’elah (question): anyone dare to pose another |12| But whoever will lift up
|36| Rabbi, which mitzvah is she’elah (question) to Rebbe, himself will be humbled, and
gedolah (great) in the Torah? Melech HaMoshiach from that whoever will humble himself
|37| And Rebbe, Melech day on. will be lifted up.
HaMoshiach gave this teshuva Then Moshiach |13| But oy to you, Sofrim
(answer) to the Baal Torah,
VAHAVTAH ES ADONOI
ELOHECHA BCHOL
23 spoke to the
multitudes and to
his Talmidim,
and Perushim, tzevuim
(hypocrites), for in front of
Bnei Adam you shut the
LEVAVCHA UVCHOL |2| Saying, Upon the Kisei Malchut HaShomayim. You
NAFSHECHA UVCHOL Moshe (Chair of Moses) sit the do not go in yourselves, and
MODECHA (And thou shalt Sofrim and the Perushim. the ones entering, you do not
love the L-rd thy G-d with all |3| Therefore, everything permit to enter.
thy heart and with all thy soul whatever they may tell you, be |14| Oy to you, Sofrim and
and with all thy might frum and be shomer, but Perushim, tzevuim! You
[DEVARIM 6:5]). according to their ma’asim devour the batim of almanot
|38| This is the gedolah and (works) do not be shomer, for and for the sake of chashuve
rishonah mitzvah. they do not practice what they (importance) appearance you
|39| And the second mitzvah preach. make long tefillot; therefore
is like it: VAHAVTAH |4| And they tie up heavy your gezar din (verdict) will be
LREIACHA KAMOCHA (And [extra-Biblical, Mt 4:4; 15:3,6- more severe.
thou shalt love thy neighbor as 9; 22:29] loads, hard to bear, |15| Oy to you, Sofrim and
thyself, [VAYIKRA 19:18]). and they place them upon the Perushim, tzevuim. You travel
|40| On these two mitzvot shoulders of men, but they, over the sea and the dry land
hang the entire Torah and the with so much as a finger, are for the giyyur (proselytization)
Neviim. not willing to lift the of one proselyte; then, when
|41| And, the Perushim, oppressive burdens. he becomes one, you make
having been assembled, |5| And all their maasim him twice as much a son of
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach hamitzvot (works of the Gehinnom as you.
confronted with this she’elah, commandments) they do in |16| Oy to you, morei derech
|42| Saying, What do you order to be seen by Bnei ivrim (blind guides), the, ones
think concerning the Rebbe, Adam, for they broaden their saying, Whoever swears by the
Melech HaMoshiach? Whose tefillin and lengthen their Beis Hamikdash, it is a
Ben is he? The Perushim gave tzitziyot worthless shevuah (oath): but
this teshuva (answer) to him: |6| and they love the places of whoever swears by the gold of
Ben Dovid. honor at the seudot (banquet the Beis Hamikdash, he is
|43| Moshiach says to them, dinners), and the shuls, obligated.
How then can Dovid, in the |7| And the [obsequious] |17| Ivrim! (blind ones), for
Ruach Hakodesh, call Rebbe, Birkat Shalom greetings in the which is greater, the gold or
Melech HaMoshiach Adon?... market places, and to be the Beis Hamikdash which
saying called by Bnei Adam, Rebbe. gives the gold its kedushah
|44| NEUM HASHEM |8| But you are not to have (holiness, sanctity)?
LAADONI, SHEV LIMINI pretentious titles like Rebbe, |18| And whoever swears by
AD ASHIT OYVECHA for One is your Rebbe [Rebbe the Mizbeach (altar), it is
HADOM LERAGLECHA Melech HaMoshiach], and all worthless; but whoever swears
(Utterance of Hashem to my of you are Achim b’Moshiach. by the korban upon it, he is
L-rd, Sit at My right hand |9| And do not refer to obligated.
|19| Ivrim, blind ones, for lawlessly against the Torah. were not willing!
which is greater, the korban or |29| Oy to you, Sofrim and |38| Hinei! Look! KI
Mizbeach which gives the Perushim, tzevuim, for you LECHARBAH YIH’YEH
korban its kedushah (holiness, build kevarim of the Neviim HABEIT HAZEH (for this
sanctity)? and decorate matsevot House will become a ruin (i.e.
|20| Therefore, the one (gravestones) of the tzaddikim, churban) YIRMEYAH 22:5).
having sworn by the Mizbeach |30| And you say, If we were |39| For I say to you, by no
swears by it and everything in the yamim (days) of means will you see me
upon it. Avoteinu (our Fathers), we [Moshiach] from now until you
|21| And the one having would not have been say, BARUCH HABAH
sworn by the Beis Hamikdash shuttafim (partners) with them BSHEM ADONOI.
swears by it and by everything in the dahm haNeviim (blood And having exited
indwelling it.
|22| And the one having
sworn by Shomayim swears by
of the Prophets).
|31| Therefore, you are edim
(witnesses) against yourselves
24 from the Beis
Hamikdash,
the kes malchut of Hashem that you are the banim (sons) departed, and his talmidim
and by the One sitting upon of the ratzchaniyot approached to show him the
the kes malchut. (murderers) of the Neviim. buildings of the Beis
|23| Oy to you, Sofrim and |32| And you fill up the Hamikdash.
Perushim, tzevuim, for you measure of your Avot. |2| But he said in reply to
give maasros (tithe) of mint |33| Snakes, you banim of them, Do you not see all these
and dill and cumin, and you nachashim, how can you things? Omein, I say to you, by
have neglected the matters of escape the Yom HaDin of no means will be left here one
the Torah of greater Gehinnom? stone upon another, for all
consequence: mishpat, chesed, |34| For this reason hinei! I will be demolished.
and emunah. These things it send to you Neviim and |3| And while Rebbe, Melech
was necessary to do and those Chachamim and Sofrim, some HaMoshiach was sitting upon
[others] not to neglect. of whom you will kill and the Mount of Olives, his
|24| Morei derech ivrim some you will make talui al talmidim approached him in
(blind guides), the ones that haetz (being hanged on the a yechidus, saying, Tell us ad
strain out a gnat and swallow Tree, DEVARIM 21:23) and mosai (how much longer),
a camel. some you will subject to the when will these things be and
|25| Oy to you, Sofrim and shot (whip) in your shuls, and what about the ot (sign) of the
Perushim, tzevuim, you you will drive them out from Bias Moshiach, of your
cleanse the outside of the kos city to city, Coming, and the Ketz
(cup) and the dish, but inside |35| So that upon you may HaOlam Hazeh?
they are full of chamdanut come all the dahm naki |4| And Rebbe, Melech
(greed) and taavanut (lust). (innocent blood) shed upon HaMoshiach said in reply to
|26| Blind Parush, first the earth from the blood of them, See to it that someone
cleanse the inside of the kos, Hevel to the blood of does not deceive you.
that perhaps also the outside Zecharyah, whom you |5| For many will come in my
may become clean. murdered between the Name, saying, I am the Rebbe,
|27| Oy to you, Sofrim and Heikhal and the Mizbeach. Melech HaMoshiach. And they
Perushim, tzevuim, for you [trans. note: cf. Lk 11:51 for will deceive many.
are like kevarim (graves) Mt’s probable original text |6| But you are about to hear
having been whitewashed, here] about milchamot (wars) and
which on the outside indeed |36| Omein, I say to you, that rumors of milchamot. See to
appear ois vaist (ostensibly) all these things will come it that you are not alarmed,
shein (beautiful), but on the upon this generation. for it is necessary for this to
inside are full of the unclean |37| Yerushalayim, happen, but it is not yet
bones of the mesim (dead Yerushalayim, the ones that HaKetz (the End).
ones) and every trayfnyak. kill the Neviim and stone |7| For there will be an
|28| Thus on the outside you those having been sent to you! intifada of ethnic group
indeed appear tzodek How often have I wanted to against ethnic group, and
(righteous) to Bnei Adam, but gather your yeladim, as a hen malchut against malchut.
on the inside you are full of gathers her chickens under There will be famines, earth-
tzeviut (hypocrisy) and you are her wings, but you quakes in place after place.
|8| But all these things are |21| For then will be Tzarah Son of Man) in Shomayim. All
but the beginning of the Gedolah (Great Tribulation) the tribes of kol haaretz (all
Chevlei [Moshiach]. such as has not been from the earth) will see the Bar
|9| Then they will hand you Reshit HaOlam (Beginning of Enosh Moshiach and his
over to tzoros and they will kill the World) until now nor will Bias, his Coming, on the
you and you will be hated by it by any means happen again. ananim of Shomayim (clouds
all the ethnic groups on |22| And if those days were of glory of Heaven) with
account of the Name of me not cut short, kol basar (all gevurah (power) and great
(Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach flesh) would not be saved. kavod (glory).
Yehoshua, Yeshua). But, on account of the |31| Moshiach will send his
|10| And then many will be Kadoshim, the Bechirim malachim with a loud blast of
led into chet (sin), and others (Chosen Ones), those days will the Shofar, and the malachim
they will hand over, and they be cut short. will gather together
will hate others. |23| Then, if someone says to Moshiach’s Bechirim from the
|11| And many neviei sheker you, Hinei, here is the Rebbe, four winds, from one end of
(false prophets) will arise and Melech HaMoshiach!, Or, Shomayim to the other.
will deceive many. Hinei! Here! Do not have |32| And from the etz teenah
|12| And because of the emunah (faith) [in that]. (fig tree), learn its parabolic
increased mufkarut |24| For meshichei sheker lesson: when its branch has
(lawlessness, anarchy--Mt (false Moshiachs) will arise, become tender already and
7:23), the agape (love) of many and neviei sheker (false sprouts leaves, you know that
will become cold. prophets), and they will give Kayitz (Summer) is near;
|13| But the one having otot gedolim (great signs) and |33| thus also you, when you
endured to HaKetz (the End), moftim (wonders), so as to see all these things, know that
this one will receive Yeshuat deceive, if possible, even the it is near, at the very doors.
Eloheinu. Bechirim (Chosen ones). |34| Omein, I say to you, that
|14| And this Besuras |25| Hinei! I have told you this dor (generation) will by no
HaGeulah of the Malchut will beforehand! means pass away until all
be announced in kol haOlam |26| If, therefore, they say to these things come about.
(all the world) as an edut to all you, Hinei! He [Moshiach] is |35| Shomayim vHaAretz will
the Goyim, and then will come in the desert! Do not go out pass away, but my Dvar will
HaKetz (the End). [there]. Hinei! [Moshiach] is in by no means pass away.
|15| Therefore, when you see the secret cheder (room)! Do |36| But concerning that day
the SHIKUTS MESHOMEM not have emunah [in that]. and hour, no one has daas,
[Mk 13:14] (Abomination of |27| For as lightning goes out not the malachim of
Desolation), the thing spoken from the mizrach (east) and Shomayim, but only HaAv
through Daniel HaNavi, shines to as far as the maarav (the Father) of me.
having stood in the Makom (west), thus will be the Bias |37| For as in the days of
Kadosh (Holy Place, i.e., the HaMoshiach (coming of the Noach, thus will be the Bias
Beis Hamikdash)--let the Messiah, the Bar Enosh, HaMoshiach, the Coming of
reader understand! Son of Man--DANIEL 7:13). the Bar Enosh.
|16| Then the ones in |28| Wherever the place of |38| For as they were in those
Yehudah, let them flee to the the Geviya (Corpse) is, there days before HaMabbul (the
mountains. will be gathered together the Flood), eating and drinking,
|17| The one upon the roof, nesharim (vultures, eagles marrying and being given in
let him not come down to [popularly]). marriage, until the day when
carry away the things from his |29| Immediately after the Noach entered the Tevah,
bais (house). Tzarah (Tribulation |39| and they did not have
|18| And the one in the field, Mt 24:21) of those days, the daas until HaMabbul came
let him not turn back to get his shemesh will be darkened, and took away everything
kaftan. and the levanah will not give --thus also will be the Bias
|19| But oy to the ones with its light. And the kokhavim HaMoshiach, the Coming of
child and the ones with will fall from Shomayim, and the Bar Enosh.
nursing infants in those days. the powers of the heavens will |40| Then two men will be in
|20| But offer tefillos that be shaken. the field, one is snatched
your escape may not be in |30| And then will appear the away, and one is left behind
winter or on Shabbos. Ot Bar Enosh (the Sign of the (not retained).
|41| Two women are grinding Then the Malchut |13| Be shomer, be on the
in the mill house, one is
snatched away, one is left
behind.
25 HaShomayim will
be compared to ten
alamot (young unmarried
alert, therefore, for you do not
have daas of the Yom or the
Shaah (hour, time).
|42| So be shomer, be on your virgins), who, having taken |14| For it is as a man going
guard, because you do not their menorahs, went out to on a journey, who called to his
have daas on which day will meet the Choson own avadim (slaves) and
be the Bias of [Moshiach] (Bridegroom). handed over to them his
Adoneichem (your L-rd). |2| Now five of them were possessions.
|43| But understand this: if foolish and five were wise. |15| And to this one, he gave
the Baal Bayit had known in |3| When the foolish took five talents, and to this one,
which watch the ganav is their menorahs, they neglected two, and to this one, one, each
coming, he would have stayed to take shemen (oil). according to his own ability.
awake and would not have |4| But the wise took shemen Then the man went on his
allowed his bais to be dug in containers with their journey. Immediately
through. menorahs. |16| After the man had gone,
|44| For this reason also you |5| Now the Choson, being the one having received the
be shomer, for in the hour delayed, here is what five talents, went to work with
when you do not think, then happened: all the alamot them, and gained five others.
will be the Bias HaMoshiach became drowsy and were |17| Likewise, the one having
(the Coming of the Bar sleeping. received the two talents, this
Enosh, DANIEL 7:13). |6| And at chatsot halailah one gained two others.
|45| Who then is the faithful (midnight) there was a shout, |18| But the one, having
and wise eved (servant), whom Hinei! The Choson received one, went out and
the Adon appointed over the (Bridegroom)! Go out to meet dug a hole in the ground and
household servants to give the him! buried the gelt (money) of his
other servants their okhel at |7| Then all the ten alamot Adon in a hiding place.
the prescribed time? awakened and they trimmed |19| And after much time,
|46| Ashrey (happy) is that their menorahs. here comes the Adon of those
eved whom, when his Adon |8| But the foolish said to the servants. And he conducts a
comes, finds him so doing. wise, Give us from your settling of accounts with them.
|47| Omein, I say to you, the shemen (oil), for our |20| Then the one who had
Adon will ordain him to menorahs are going out. received five talents came
oversee all his possessions. |9| But the wise answered, forward, bringing five more
|48| But if that wicked slave saying, Perhaps there might talents, saying, Adoni, five
says in his heart, Adoni (My not be enough for us and for talents you gave me. Hinei!
Master) is dragging his feet, you. Instead, you go to the Five more talents I gained.
|49| and that slave begins to ones selling and buy for |21| And his Adon said to
beat his fellow avadim (slaves), yourselves. him, Shkoyach (well done),
and he eats and drinks with |10| And as they were going eved tov vneeman (good and
the ones getting drunk, away to buy, the Bias of the faithful servant)! A few things
|50| the Adon of that slave Choson (Bridegroom) you were faithful over, over
will come on a day which he occurred! The ones prepared many things I will ordain you.
does not expect and at an entered with him into the Enter into the simchah of your
hour of which he does not Chasunoh (Wedding) feast Adon.
have daas. and the door was shut. |22| And having come
|51| And the Adon will cut in |11| And later, here comes forward, the one having
two that slave, and the slave’s also the other alamot, saying, received two talents, said, You
portion he will put with the Adoneinu, Adoneinu, open the bestowed upon me two talents.
tzevuim (hypocrites). There door for us. Hinei! Two more talents I
will be weeping and grinding |12| But he, in reply, said, gained.
of teeth. Omein, I say to you, I do not
know you.
|23| His Adon said to him, |33| And he will put the orchim to me; I was naked and
Shkoyach (well done), eved tov Kevasim on the right of him, you did not clothe me; ill and
vneeman! A few things you but the Izzim on his left. in the beit hasohar and you
were faithful over, over many |34| Then he will say to the did not visit me.
things I will ordain you. Enter ones on his right, Come! |44| Then, also they will
into the simcha of your Adon. Baruchei Avi (Blessed of my answer, saying, [Moshiach]
|24| And also the one who Father), receive the bechorah Adoneinu, when did we see
had received one talent (inheritance), the Malchut you hungering or thirsting or a
stepped forward. He said, prepared for you from before sojourner or naked or sick or
Adoni, I knew that you are a Hivvased HaOlam (the in the beit hasohar and we did
hard man, reaping where you establishing of the world). not minister to you?
did not sow and gathering |35| For I hungered and you |45| Then he will answer
from that which you did not gave me something to eat. I them, saying, Omein, I say to
scatter seed. thirsted and you gave drink to you, in as much as you did
|25| And having been afraid me. I was a sojourner, and you not do it for one of these least
and having gone away, I hid extended hachnosas orchim ones, neither did you do it for
your talent by burying it in the (hospitality) to me. me.
ground. Here, see, you have |36| I was naked and you |46| And these will go away
that which belongs to you. gave me malbish arumim into Onesh Olam (Eternal
|26| And, in reply, his Adon (clothing the naked). I was ill; Punishment), but the
said to him, You farbissener with bikkur cholim (visiting tzaddikim into Chayyei Olam
(mean) eved rah vatzel (wicked the sick) you ministered to me. (Eternal Life). YESHAYAYAH
and lazy slave), so you had I was in the beit hasohar 66:24; DANIEL 12:2]
daas that I reap where I did (prison); you came to me. And it came about
not sow and I gather from
which I did not scatter seed?
|27| Then why was it not
|37| Then the tzaddikim will
answer him, [Moshiach]
Adoneinu, when did we see
26 when Rebbe,
Melech
HaMoshiach completed all
necessary for you to deposit you hungering and we fed you, these divrei torah, he said to
my gelt with the bankers, and or thirsting and we gave you his talmidim,
having returned, I would have drink? |2| You know, that after two
received back that which was |38| And when did we see you days, there is Pesach, and the
mine with interest? a sojourner and we extended Bar Enosh is handed over
|28| Take, therefore, from hachnosas orchim (hospitality) for talui al HaEtz (DEVARIM
him the talent and give it to to you, or naked and we 21:23; DANIEL 7:13).
the one having the ten talents. clothed you? |3| Then the Rashei
|29| For to every one having, |39| And when did we see you Hakohanim and the Ziknei
it will be given and he will ill or in the beit hasohar and haAm (Elders of the People)
have abundance; but from we came to you? were assembled in the
the one not having, even what |40| And in reply, HaMelech courtyard of the residence of
he has will be taken from him. [HaMoshiach] will say to them, the Kohen Gadol (High
|30| And as for the useless Omein, I say to you, in as Priest), the one being called
slave, throw him into the outer much as you did it to one of Caiapha.
choshech, where there will be the least of these achim of |4| And they planned to
weeping and grinding of teeth. mine, you did it to me. arrest Yeshoshua by a trap
|31| And when the Bar Enosh |41| Then Rebbe, Melech and kill him.
(Daniel 7:13) comes, in his HaMoshiach will say also to |5| But they were saying, Not
kavod and all his malachim the ones on his left, Depart during the Chag (Feast), lest a
with him, then he will sit upon from me, the ones having been riot break out among the am
his Kissei Kavod (Glorious cursed, into the Eish Olam haaretz.
Throne). having been prepared for [T.N. A careful reading of this
|32| And there will be HaSatan and his malachim. book shows that the Moshiach
assembled all the Goyim, and |42| For I hungered and you pointed to the One in Ps 110:1,
he will separate them from did not give me something to Dan 7:13, and Isa 53 and Ps
each other as the Roeh (the eat; I thirsted and you did not 118:22 and declared that the
Shepherd) separates the give drink to me. same person is being referred
Kevasim (Sheep) from the |43| I was a sojourner and to in all these Scriptures:
Izzim (Goats). you did not extend hachnosas Moshiach Adoneinu.]
|6| And, while Rebbe, Melech you your Seder? [Moshiach’s, see Isa 53:7-8]
HaMoshiach was in Beit- |18| And he said, Go into the Dahm HaBrit HaChadasha
Anyah in the bais of Shimon city to such and such person [Isa 42:6; Jer 31:31-34], which
the leper, and say to him, Our Rebbe is poured out LARABBIM (for
|7| An isha approached him says, My time is at hand. With many YESHAYAH 53:11-12)
with an alabaster flask of you I am observing Pesach for the selicha (forgiveness) of
costly perfume, and she with my talmidim. chattaim (sins).
poured it out on Moshiach’s |19| And the talmidim did as |29| And I say to you, I will by
rosh, as he sat bimesibba Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach no means drink from now on
(reclining at tish [table]). commanded them, and they of this pri hagefen (fruit of the
|8| And having seen this, prepared the Seder. vine) until that Day when I
Moshiach’s talmidim were |20| When erev came, Rebbe, drink it with you chadash
angry, saying, For what is this Melech HaMoshiach was (new) in the Malchut Avi.
waste? sitting bimesibba (reclining) at |30| And having sung the
|9| For it would have been tish with the Shneym Asar Hallel, they went out to the
possible to sell this for a Talmidim. Har HaZeytim.
generous sum and give to the |21| And as they were eating |31| Then Rebbe, Melech
aniyim (poor ones). with their Rebbe, he said, HaMoshiach says to them, All
|10| Aware of this, Rebbe, Omein, I say to you that one of of you will be offended at me
Melech HaMoshiach said to you will be my betrayer. [Moshiach] during this night,
them, Why are you bringing |22| And much distressed, for it has been written, HACH
about difficulty for the isha each one began to say to him, ES HAROEH UTEFUTSEN
for the ma’aseh tov (good Surely I am not the one, HATSON (Strike the Shepherd
deed) she does to me. Adoni? and the sheep will be scattered
|11| For the aniyim you have |23| But, in reply, he said, ZECHARYAH 13:7).
with you always, but you do The one having dipped the |32| But after I undergo
not always have me. hand into the bowl [SHEMOT Techiyas HaMoshiach I will go
|12| For this isha (woman) 12:8] with me, this one is my ahead of you to the Galil. [Mt
has poured this ointment on betrayer. 28:7]
my basar (body) in order to |24| Indeed the Bar Enosh |33| And, in reply, Kefa said
prepare me for kevurah [Moshiach] goes as it was to him, If everyone will be
(burial). [Isa 53:9 Ps 16:9-10] written concerning him, but offended at you, I never will
|13| Omein, I say to you, oy to that man through whom be offended.
wherever this Besuras the Bar Enosh is betrayed. |34| He said to him, Omein, I
HaGeulah is preached bchol It would have been better for say to you that balailah hazeh
HaOlam (in all the world), in that man if he had not been (during this night), before a
her memory it will be spoken born. tarnegol (cock) crows, you will
also what was done by her. |25| And, in reply, Yehudah make hakhchashah (denial) of
|14| Then, one of the Shneym the betrayer of Rebbe, Melech me [as Moshiach] shalosh
Asar (Twelve), Yehudah from HaMoshiach, said, Surely I paamim (three times).
Kriot, went to the Rashei am not the one, Rabbi? |35| Kefa says to him, Even if
Hakohanim Moshiach says to Yehudah, it is necessary for me to die al
|15| and said, What are you You have said it. kiddush ha-Shem with you, by
willing to give me? And I will |26| And at the Seudah, no means will I deny you.
hand him over to you. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Likewise all the talmidim
they weighed out for him having taken matzah, having spoke also.
sheloshim shiklei kesef (thirty made HaMotzi, he broke the |36| Then Rebbe, Melech
pieces of silver). [middle] matzah, giving the HaMoshiach comes with them
|16| And from then on he was afikoman to the talmidim, and to a place being called Gat-
seeking an opportunity that he said, Take and eat, this is my Shmanim, and Rebbe, Melech
might hand Rebbe, Melech basar. HaMoshiach says to the
HaMoshiach over. |27| And having taken the talmidim, Sit here until I go
|17| But at the onset of Chag Cup of Redemption and over there and daven.
HaMatzot, Moshiach’s having made the bracha, he |37| And having taken Kefa
talmidim approached him, gave it to them, saying, Drink and the two sons of
saying, Where do you wish we from it, all of you. Zavdai, Rebbe, Melech
should prepare for |28| For this is my
HaMoshiach began to be multitude with swords and arrested Rebbe, Melech

sorrowful and distressed with clubs from the Rashei HaMoshiach led him away to
agmat nefesh (grief). Hakohanim (Chief Priests) Caiapha the Kohen Gadol,
|38| Then he says to them, My and the Ziknei HaAm (the where the Sofrim and the
nefesh is deadly grieved, even Elders of the People). Zekenim (Elders) were
to the point of mavet. Remain |48| Now the betrayer had gathered together.
here and stay awake with me. given them a signal, saying, |58| And Kefa was following
|39| And having gone forward Whomever I may give the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
a short distance, Rebbe, neshikah (kiss), he is the one. from far away. He followed
Melech HaMoshiach fell upon Chap (grab) him! him as far as the courtyard of
his face, davening and saying, |49| And immediately, he the Kohen Gadol and, having
Avi, if it is possible, let this approached Rebbe, Melech gone inside it, Kefa was sitting
Kos pass from me. But not as I HaMoshiach, and said, down with the servants to see
will, but as you will (Mt 6:10; Shalom, Rebbe. And he gave the maskana (outcome).
12:50). him the neshikah. |59| And the Rashei
|40| Then he comes to the |50| And Rebbe, Melech Hakohanim and the
talmidim and finds them HaMoshiach said to him, Sanhedrin all were seeking
sleeping, and he says to Kefa, Chaver, do what you came for. edut sheker (false testimony of
So were you not strong enough Then, having approached, false witnesses) against
to be awake for one hour with they laid hands on Rebbe, Yehoshua so that they might
me? Melech HaMoshiach and put him to death.
|41| Stay awake and offer arrested him. |60| And they found none,
tefillos, lest you enter lidey |51| And hinei! One of the though many shakranim
nisayon (Mt 6:13). Indeed the ones with him stretched out (liars) came forward. At last,
ruach is willing but the basar his hand, drew his cherev, and two came forward
is weak. struck the servant of the |61| and said, This one said, I
|42| Again, for a second time, Kohen Gadol, cutting off his am able to bring about a
having left, he davened, ear. churban (destruction) of the
saying, Avi, if it is not possible |52| Then Rebbe, Melech Beis Hamikdash of Hashem
for this to pass by except I HaMoshiach says to him, and within shloshah yamim to
drink it, let yeaseh rtzonechah Return your cherev into its rebuild it.
(your will be done). [Mt 6:10] place; for all who take the |62| And having got up, the
|43| And having come again, sword will die by the sword. Kohen Gadol said to Rebbe,
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach |53| Or do you think that I Melech HaMoshiach, Do you
found the talmidim sleeping, am not able to call upon Avi, answer nothing? For what do
for their eyes were too heavy to and He will provide me now these men give edut
stay open. more than Shneym Asar (testimony) against you?
|44| And having left them legions of malachim? |63| But Rebbe, Melech
again and having gone away, |54| But how then may the HaMoshiach was silent. And
he was davening for the Kitvei Hakodesh be fulfilled the Kohen Gadol said to him,
shlishit (third) time, saying the that say it must happen thus? I adjure you by Hashem,
same words. |55| At that moment, he said Elohim Chayyim, to tell us if
|45| Then he comes to the to the crowd, Do you have the you are the Rebbe, Melech
talmidim and says to them, chutzpah (nerve) to come out, HaMoshiach Ben HaElohim.
Sleep on now and take your as against a revolutionary, |64| Rebbe, Melech
rest. Hinei! The hour is at with swords and clubs to HaMoshiach says to him, You
hand, and the [Daniel 7:13] arrest me? Daily in the Beis said it. But I say to you, From
Bar Enosh is Hamikdash I was sitting now on you will see the Bar
being betrayed into the hands saying my shiurim and you Enosh [Moshiach] sitting at
of choteim (sinners). did not arrest me. the right hand of Gevurah
|46| Arise, and let us go. |56| But this all happened (Power) and his Bias (Coming)
Hinei! My betrayer has drawn that the Kitvei Hakodesh of will be with ANENEI
near. the Neviim might be fulfilled. HASHOMAYIM (clouds of
|47| And while he was still Then the talmidim deserted Heaven, DANIEL 7:13-14).
speaking hinei! Yehudah, one Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach |65| Then the Kohen Gadol
of the Shneym Asar, came and and fled. made the keriah
with him came a great |57| But the ones having (rending, tearing of his
garments), saying, He has Now when boker directed ---ZECHARYAH

committed Chillul Hashem.
What further need do we have
of edut? Hinei! Now you have
27 had come, all the
Rashei Hakohenim
and the Ziknei HaAm took
11:12-13.
|11| Now Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach stood before the
heard the Chillul Hashem. counsel together against Governor, and the Governor
|66| What does it seem to Yehoshua to put him to death. questioned Rebbe, Melech
you? And, in reply, they said, |2| And having performed the HaMoshiach saying, Are you
He is deserving of mishpat akedah (binding), they led him the Melech HaYehudim? And
mavet, the death penalty. away, and delivered him up to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
|67| Then they spat into his Pilate the Governor. said to him, It is as you say.
face and they struck him and |3| Then when Yehudah, who |12| And while Rebbe,
they slapped him, had betrayed Moshiach, saw Melech HaMoshiach was
|68| saying, Give us a dvar that Yehoshua had been being accused by the Rashei
nevuah, Rebbe, Melech condemned, he felt remorse Hakohanim and the Zekenim,
HaMoshiach. Who is the one and returned the sheloshim he answered nothing
who hit you? shiklei kesef (thirty pieces of [YESHAYAH 53:7].
|69| Now Kefa was sitting silver) to the Rashei |13| Then Pilate said to
outside in the courtyard. And Hakohanim and the Zekenim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
one maid approached Kefa, |4| saying Chatati (I have Do you not hear how many
saying, And you were with sinned). I have betrayed dam things they give edut against
Yehoshua of the Galil! naki (innocent blood). But you?
|70| But Kefa denied it before they said, What is that to us? |14| And Rebbe, Melech
everyone, saying, I do not have See to that yourself! HaMoshiach did not answer
daas of what you are saying. |5| And Yehudah threw the him with even one word, so
|71| And having gone out to shiklei kesef (pieces of silver) that the Governor was quite
the gate, another saw Kefa into the Beis Hamikdash and amazed.[YESHAYAH 53:7]
and says to the bystanders, departed; and, having gone |15| Now at the Chag
There! This one was with away, Yehudah hanged (Festival, Pesach) the
Yehoshua of Natzeret! himself. Governor was accustomed to
|72| And again Kefa denied it |6| And the Rashei release for the multitude any
with a shevuah (oath), I do not Hakohanim took the shiklei one prisoner they wanted.
know the man! kesef and said, It is asur |16| And they were holding at
|73| And after a little while (forbidden) to put these into the time a notorious prisoner,
the bystanders came and said the Beis Hamikdash otzar called [Yeshua] Bar-Abba [son
to Kefa, Truly also you are one (treasury), vi-bahlt (since) it is of the father].
of them, for even your accent blood money. |17| When, therefore, they
gives you away! |7| And they took counsel were gathered together, Pilate
|74| Then Kefa began to together and they bought the said to them, Whom do you
curse and swear, I do not Potter’s Field as a beis want me to release for you,
know the man! And hakevoros (cemetery) for zarim Bar Abba or Yehoshua called
immediately a tarnegol (cock) (foreigners). Moshiach?
crowed. |8| For this reason that field |18| For Pilate knew that
|75| And Kefa remembered has been called the Sadeh because of kinah (envy) they
the word which Rebbe, Melech HaDahm (Field of Blood) to had delivered Yehoshua up.
HaMoshiach had said: Before this day. |19| And while Pilate was
a tarnegol (cock) crows you |9| Then that which was sitting on the judgment seat,
will deny me shalosh paamim spoken through Yirmeyah his wife sent to him, saying,
(three times). And Kefa went HaNavi was fulfilled, saying, Have nothing to do with that
out and wept bitterly. And they took the Tzaddik; for last night I
[T.N. Read the letters of this SHELOSHIM KASEF (thirty suffered greatly in a chalom
Kefa on p.1104-1112, both pieces of silver), HAYEKAR (dream) because of Yehoshua.
attested by early Kehillah (the price) of the one whose |20| However, the Rashei
tradition or manuscript price had been set by the Bnei Hakohanim and the Zekenim
evidence.] Yisroel. persuaded the multitudes to
|10| And they gave them for ask for Bar-Abba, but
the potters field as Hashem Yehoshua they should destroy.
|21|But the Governor leitzonus (mockery) of Rebbe, |43| He trusts in Hashem; let
answered, saying to them, Melech HaMoshiach, they Hashem be his Moshi’a
Which of the two do you want took off his robe and put his (Deliverer) and deliver him
me to release for you? And garments on him, and led him now, if Hashem takes pleasure
they said, Bar-Abba. away to hang him on HAETZ. in him, for this one said, Ben
|22| In reply, Pilate says to |32| And as they were coming HaElohim Ani!
them, What, therefore, may I out, they found a man from |44| And the shodedim
do with Yehoshua, the one Cyrene named Shimon, whom (robbers), hanging, each on his
called the Rebbe, Melech they pressed into service to etz, with him, were casting
HaMoshiach? Everyone says, bear Moshiach’s Etz. similar insults at Rebbe,
Let him be made TALUI AL |33| And when they had come Melech HaMoshiach,
HAETZ (being hanged on the to a place called Gulgolta, reproaching him.
Tree!) Be hanged on HAETZ! which means place of a skull, |45| Now, from the sixth
[DEVARIM 21:23] |34| They gave him wine to hour, choshech fell upon all
|23| But Pilate said, Why? drink mingled with gall. And, the land until the ninth hour.
What rah (evil) has he done? after tasting it, he was |46| And about the ninth
But they kept shouting all the unwilling to drink. hour, Rebbe, Melech
more, saying, Let him be |35| When they had hanged HaMoshiach cried out with a
hanged on HAETZ! Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach kol gadol, saying Eli, Eli,
|24| And when Pilate saw on HAETZ, they divided up lemah sabachthani! (that is,
that he was accomplishing Moshiach’s garments among My G-d, my G-d, why hast thou
nothing, but rather that a riot themselves, casting lots; forsaken me? TEHILLIM
was starting, he took water |36| And, sitting down, they 22:2[1]).
and washed his hands in front began to keep watch over him |47| And some of those who
of the multitude, saying, I am there. were standing there, when
innocent of this man’s blood; |37| They put up above his they heard, began saying, This
see to that yourselves. head the charge against him one calls for Eliyahu HaNavi.
|25| And, in reply, all the which read, THIS IS |48| And immediately one of
people said, His dahm be on YEHOSHUA, MELECH them ran and, taking a
us and on our yeladim. HAYEHUDIM. sponge, filled it with sour wine
|26| Then Pilate released Bar- |38| At that time, two and put it on a reed and gave
Abba to them. But after shodedim were each hanged him a drink.
having Rebbe, Melech on his own etz with Rebbe, |49| But the rest of them said,
HaMoshiach scourged, he Melech HaMoshiach, one on Wait. We will see whether
handed him over to be hanged the right and one on the left. Eliyahu HaNavi will come to
on HAETZ [DEVARIM 21:23]. |39| And those passing by save him.
|27| Then the soldiers of the were hurling insults at Rebbe, |50| And Rebbe, Melech
Governor took him into the Melech HaMoshiach, wagging HaMoshiach cried out again
praetorium and gathered the their heads, with a loud voice, and
whole cohort against Rebbe, |40| And saying, You who are dismissed his ruach.
Melech HaMoshiach. going to cause the churban |51| And hinei! The parochet
[TEHILLIM 2:1] (destruction) of the Beis of the Beis Hamikdash was
|28| And they stripped him Hamikdash and rebuild it in torn in two from top to
and put a royal scarlet robe on shloshah yamim (three days), bottom, and the earth shook;
him, and, save yourself! If you are the and the rocks were split,
|29| After weaving a keter of Ben HaElohim, come down |52| And the kevarim (graves)
thorns, they placed it on his from HAETZ (the Tree). were opened, and many gufot
head and put a reed in his |41| Likewise, also the Rashei (bodies) of the kadoshim who
right hand, and they fell down Hakohanim along with the had fallen asleep were made
before him and mocked him Sofrim and Zekenim, were to stand up alive.
saying, Hail, Melech mocking him, and saying, |53| And coming out of the
HaYehudim! |42| He saved others; yet kevarim after the Techiyas
|30| And they spat on Rebbe, himself he is not able to save. HaMoshiach, they entered the
Melech HaMoshiach and took He is Melech Yisroel? Let him Ir Hakodesh (Holy City) and
the reed and began to beat now come down from the Etz, appeared to many.
him on the head. and we shall have emunah in |54| Now when the
|31| And after they had made him. centurion, and those who
were with him keeping shomer come and steal him away and Aleichem. And they came up
(guard) over Rebbe, Melech say to the people, He has and took hold of his feet and
HaMoshiach, saw the stood up alive from the fell prostrate before him.
earthquake and the things mesim. And the last deception |10| Then he said to them, Do
that were happening, they will be worse than the first. not be afraid; go and take
became very frightened and |65| Pilate said to them, You word to my Achim that they
said, Truly this was the Ben have a guard, go make the may go away to the Galil, and
HaElohim. kever as secure as you know there they shall see me.
|55| And many nashim were how. |11| Now while they were on
there, looking on from a |66| And they went and made their way, hinei! Some of the
distance, who had followed the kever secure, and, along shomrim came into the city
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach with the guard, they set a seal and reported to the Rashei
from the Galil and had on the stone. Hakohanim all the things that
ministered to him. Now after Shabbos, had happened.
|56| Among them was
Miryam of Magdala, Miryam
the Em of Yaakov and Yosef,
28 at the time of
Shacharis on Yom
Rishon (the first day of the
|12| And when they had
assembled with the Zekenim
and counseled together, they
and the Em of Zavdai’s sons. week), Miryam of Magdala gave a large sum of money to
|57| And when it was erev, and the other Miryam came to the soldiers,
there came an oisher (rich look at the kever. |13| And said, You are to say,
man) from Ramatayim named |2| And hinei! a great His talmidim came by night
Yosef who himself had also earthquake had occurred, for and stole him away while we
become a talmid of Rebbe, a malach Adonoi (an angel of were asleep.
Melech HaMoshiach. Hashem) descended from |14| And if this should come
|58| This man went to Pilate Shomayim and came and to the Governor’s ears, we will
and asked for the gufat rolled away the stone and sat win him over and keep you out
Yehoshua [TEHILLIM 16:9- upon it. of trouble.
10]. Then Pilate ordered it to |3| And his appearance was |15| And the ones who took
be given over to Yosef. like lightning and his garment the kesef did as they had been
|59| And Yosef took the gufat as white as snow. instructed and this story was
Yehoshua, and wrapped it in |4| And the shomrim (guards) widely spread among the
the tachrichim, shook for fear of him and Yehudim to this day.
|60| and laid it in Yosef’s own became like dead men. |16| But the Achad Asar
new kever, which he had hewn |5| And the malach, in reply, Talmidim proceeded to the
out in the rock; and he rolled said to the nashim, Do not be Galil, to the mountain which
a large stone against the afraid, for I know that you are Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
entrance of the kever (tomb) seeking Yehoshua, who has had designated.
and went away [Isa 53:9]. been hanged on HaEtz. |17| And when they saw him,
|61| And Miryam of Magdala, |6| He is not here. To him has they prostrated themselves
and the other Miryam, stayed come the Techiyas HaMesim, before him, but some were
there, sitting opposite the just as he said. Come, see the doubtful.
kever. place where HaAdon was |18| And he came up and
|62| Now on the next day [i.e., lying. spoke to them, saying, All
Motzoei Shabbos], which is the |7| And go quickly, tell his samchut (authority) has been
one after the Preparation, the talmidim about the Techiyas given to me in Shomayim and
Rashei Hakohanim and the HaMoshiach from HaMesim. on HaAretz.
Perushim gathered together And, hinei! He is going ahead |19| Go, therefore, make
with Pilate of you into the Galil. There talmidim for Rebbe, Melech
|63| and said, Sir, we you will see him. Hinei! I HaMoshiach of all the
remember that when he was have told you! nations, giving them a tevilah
still alive that mateh (deceiver) |8| And they departed quickly in a mikveh mayim in
said, After shloshah yamim I from the kever with fear and Hashem, in the Name of
am to stand up alive. great simcha and ran to report HaAv, and HaBen, and
|64| Therefore, give orders for everything to Moshiach’s HaRuach Hakodesh,
the kever to be made secure talmidim. |20| Teaching them to
until the Yom HaShlishi (the |9| And hinei! Moshiach met observe all that I have
Third Day), lest his talmidim them, saying Shalom
BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO MARKOS
commanded you. And hinei! I |9| And it was during that followed Moshiach.
[Moshiach] am with you period that Yehoshua from |19| And going on a little, he
always, even unto the Ketz Natzeret of the Galil came and saw Yaakov Ben Zavdai and
HaOlam Hazeh. submitted to Yochanan's Yochanan his brother, who
The Beginning of the tevilah in the mikveh mayim were also in the sirah (boat)
1 Besuras HaGeulah (the

Good News of
Redemption) of Yehoshua,
of the Yarden.
|10| And ofen ort Rebbe,
Melech HaMoshiach came up
repairing the nets.
|20| And ofen ort he
summoned them; and, leaving
Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach out of the mikveh mayim, and Zavdai their father in the
[the] Ben HaElohim. he saw Shomayim being torn sirah with the sachirim (hired
|2| Just as it has been written open, the Ruach Hakodesh of workers), they went away to
in Yeshayah HaNavi, Hashem descending like a follow Moshiach.
HINNENI SHOLEIACH yonah on him. |21| And they enter into Kfar-
MALACHI (Behold, I send my |11| And there was a bat kol Nachum, and ofen ort on
messenger) before your face, out of Shomayim, ATAH BNI Shabbos, entering into the
UPINNAH DERECH AHUVI ASHER BCHA shul, Rebbe, Melech
LEFANAI (and he will prepare CHAFATSTI (You are my Son, HaMoshiach exercised the
the way before me, [SHEMOT the beloved, with whom I am ministry of moreh (teacher).
23:20; MALACHI 3:1]), he will well pleased). |22| And they were astounded
prepare your way. |12| Then the Ruach at Moshiach's torah (teaching),
|3| KOL KOREY BAMIDBAR Hakodesh ofen ort thrusts for he was teaching them as
(A voice of one shouting in the him out into the midbar. one having samchut, and not
wilderness, TARGUM |13| And Rebbe, Melech as the Sofrim.
HASHIVIM YESHAYAH 40:3): HaMoshiach was in the |23| And, ofen ort, there was
Prepare the Derech Hashem midbar arbaim yom varbaim in their shul a man with a
(the way of the L-rd). Make his lailah, undergoing nisyonos ruach hatameh, and he
paths yashar (straight)! by Hasatan; and he was with shouted,
|4| Yochanan came with a the chayyat hassadeh (wild |24| Saying, Yehoshua of
mikveh mayim in the midbar, beasts, IYOV 5:23), and the Natzeret, mah lanu vlach?
preaching a tevilah of teshuva malachim were the meshartei (What to us and to you?) Have
for the selichat avon. Hashem ministering to you come to bring us churban
|5| And all Yehudah and all Moshiach. (destruction)? I have daas [of
Yerushalayim were going out |14| Now after Yochanan was the raz, secret, mystery of] who
to him, and they were arrested, Rebbe, Melech you are, HaKadosh of
submitted to a tevilah using HaMoshiach came to the Hashem (the Holy One of G-d).
the Yarden River as a mikveh Galil, proclaiming the |25| But he rebuked the shed,
mayim, making vidduy [to Besuras HaGeulah of saying, Shekit! Gey zich! And
Hashem] of their averos (sins). Hashem, come out of him.
|6| And Yochanan had camel |15| And saying, The |26| And, the ruach hatumah,
hair clothing and a leather appointed time has been throwing him into
belt around his waist, and his fulfilled and the Malchut convulsions, let out a shrai
food was arbe and devash. Hashem has come near. Make and came out of him.
[MELACHIM BAIS 1:8; teshuva, and have emunah in |27| And all were astounded
VAYIKRA 11:22] the Besuras HaGeulah. so that they began to discuss
|7| And he was preaching, |16| And passing along with each other, saying, What
crying out as a maggid [for the beside Lake Kinneret, Rebbe, is this? Torah Chadasha with
Moshiach], saying, Hu Habah Melech HaMoshiach saw samchut? He gives orders to
(He who Comes, i.e. Moshiach) Shimon and Andrew, the the shedim and they obey
after me has more chozek brother of Shimon, casting a him?
(strength) than me. I am not reshet into the sea, for they |28| And the besuroh (news)
worthy to stoop down and were daiyagim (fishermen). of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
remove his sandals. |17| And he said to them, ofen ort (immediately) went
|8| I give you a tevilah in a Come, follow me [as my forth everywhere into the
mikveh mayim, but he talmidim], and I will make you surrounding region of the
[Moshiach] will give you a to become daiyagei adam Galil.
tevilah in the Ruach |18| And ofen ort, leaving
Hakodesh. their nets, they
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Besuras HaGeulah 871 Mk 1, 2
|29| And ofen ort HASHIRIM 1:4; CHAGGAI to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
(immediately), coming out of 2:7]. from every direction.
shul, they went into the bais |38| And Rebbe, Melech [T.N. Ac 12:12,25;15:37,39; Co
(house) of Shimon and HaMoshiach says to them, Let 4:10; PM 24; 2Ti4:11 1K5:13
Andrew with Yaakov and us go elsewhere into the attest to Markos’ authorship
Yochanan. neighboring shtetlach, so that credentials.]
|30| And the chamot (shviger, also there I may preach. For it And having entered
mother-in-law) of Shimon was
bedridden and fever-stricken,
and ofen ort (immediately)
was for this [purpose, tachlis] I
came. [YESHAYAH 61:1]
|39| And he came preaching
2 again into Kfar-Nachum
after [many] yamim, it
was heard that Rebbe, Melech
they tell Rebbe, Melech in their shuls (synagogues) HaMoshiach is at home.
HaMoshiach about her. and casting out shedim in |2| And many were gathered
|31| And approaching, [the] whole [region of] the together so that there was no
holding her hand, Rebbe, Galil. longer any room at the delet,
Melech HaMoshiach lifted her |40| And an ish metzorah and Rebbe, Melech
up, and the kaddachat (fever, (leper) comes to Rebbe, HaMoshiach was speaking the
DEVARIM 28:22) left her, and Melech HaMoshiach begging dvar Hashem to them.
she then began functioning as him and kneeling down and |3| And they come bringing to
their mesharetet (servant, keli saying, If you are willing, you Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach a
kodesh, lady minister), waiting are able to make me tahor paralytic being carried along
on them. (clean). by arba’a anashim (four men).
|32| When erev (evening) |41| And being filled with |4| And not being able to
came, with the setting of the rachmei Shomayim [and] bring [the paralytic] to Rebbe,
shemesh (sun), they brought to stretching out his hand, Melech HaMoshiach on
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach account of the multitude, they
all the cholim (sick persons) touched [the man] and says to removed the roof where
and all those possessed by him, I am willing. Be made Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
shedim (demons). tahor. was, and having made an
|33| And the whole shtetl |42| And ofen ort opening, they lowered the mat
gathered together at the delet (immediately) the ish upon which the paralytic was
(door). metzorah (leper) went away lying.
|34| And Rebbe, Melech from Rebbe, Melech |5| And Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach administered HaMoshiach and he was made HaMoshiach, having seen the
refuah (healing) to many tahor. emunah of them, says to the
cholim (sick persons) suffering |43| And having sternly paralytic, Beni, your averos
from various machlot warned him, ofen ort are granted selicha.
(illnessess), and he cast out (immediately) Rebbe, Melech |6| And there were some of
many shedim (demons). And HaMoshiach sent him away. the Sofrim (Scribes) sitting
he did not permit the shedim |44| And Rebbe, Melech there and thinking about
to give utterance, for the HaMoshiach says to him, See these things in their levavot
shedim knew the raz (mystery, [that] you say nothing to (hearts),
secret) of his identity, that he anyone, but rather go show |7| Why is this one speaking
was the Rebbe, Melech yourself to the kohen and offer thus? He is guilty of Chillul
HaMoshiach. [the korban] for the tohorah Hashem gidduf
|35| And very early, while it (purification) of you which (Desecration of the Name,
was still dark, having got up, Moshe (Rabbeinu) gave blasphemy). Who is able to
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach mitzvah, for an edut grant selicha (forgiveness) to
went out and away to a (testimony) to them. averos (sins) except Hashem?
desolate place, and was [VAYIKRA 13:49, 14:1-32] [YESHAYAH 43:25]
davening shacharis there. |45| But the one having gone |8| And, ofen ort
|36| And Shimon and those out began to preach many (immediately), having had
with him searched for Rebbe, things and to spread the dvar, daas in his ruach that in this
Melech HaMoshiach. so that no longer was Rebbe way they were thinking, Rebbe
|37| And they found Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach able to Melech HaMoshiach says to
Melech HaMoshiach and they openly enter into [the] shtetl, them, Why are you
say to him, Everyone is but he was outside in desolate considering such things in
seeking you [SHIR places. And they were coming your levavot?
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|9| Which is easier? To say to does he eat? to him, Look, why are they
the paralytic, Your averos are |17| And having heard this, engaging in what is not mutar
granted selicha, or to say, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (permissible) in the Torah on
Stand and pick up your mat says to them, It's not the strong Shabbos?
and walk? ones that have need of a rofeh |25| And Rebbe, Melech
|10| But in order that you (physician) but rather the HaMoshiach says to them,
may have daas that the Bar cholim (sick persons). I did Have you never read in the
Enosh [Moshiach, DANIEL not come to call [the] Tanakh what Dovid HaMelech
7:13-14] has samchut tzaddikim (righteous ones) but did when he was in need and
(authority) on haaretz to grant the choteim (sinners) [to he was hungry, he and the
that averos receive selicha, teshuva]. ones with him?
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach |18| And the talmidim of |26| How he entered into the
says to the paralytic Yochanan and the Perushim Beis Hashem during the
|11| To you I say, Stand, pick came with tzomot (fasts). And yamim of Evyatar the Kohen
up your mat, and go to your they come and say to Rebbe, Gadol and the Lechem
bais. Melech HaMoshiach, Why HaPanim he ate, which to be
|12| And the man arose, and, [do] the talmidim of the eaten it is not mutar
ofen ort (immediately), in Perushim and the talmidim of (permissible) except by the
front of everyone, taking the Yochanan come with tzomot, Kohanim, and he gave [some]
mat, he went outside. So but your talmidim do not? also to the ones with him.
everyone was astonished and |19| And Rebbe, Melech [DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF
gave kavod to Hashem saying, HaMoshiach, said to them, 24:6, SHMUEL BAIS 8:17,
Never have we seen anything Surely the Bnei HaChuppah VAYIKRA 24:5 9, SHMUEL
like this! of the Choson (Bridegroom) ALEF 21:1-6]
|13| And Rebbe, Melech are not able to undergo |27| And Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach went out again tzomot as long as they have HaMoshiach said to them,
beside the lake; and all the the Choson with them, nu? As Shabbos was created for the
multitude was coming to him, long as they have the Choson sake of man and not man for
and he was teaching them with them, they are not able to the sake of Shabbos.
Torah. undergo tzomot. [SHEMOT 23:12; DEVARIM
|14| And as he was passing |20| But yamim (days) will 5:14]
by, he saw Levi Ben Chalfai come when the Choson is |28| Therefore, the Bar
sitting in the tax office, and taken away from them, and Enosh [Moshiach, DANIEL
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach then they will undergo tzomot 7:13, 14] is even Adon
says to him, Follow me. And, HaYom HaHu. HaShabbos.
getting up, Levi (Mattityahu) |21| No one sews a patch of [T.N. This book, which
followed Rebbe, Melech unshrunk cloth on an old depends heavily on the
HaMoshiach. garment; otherwise, the patch preaching of Kefa from earliest
|15| And it came to pass that will pull away from it, the new times has been dated in the
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach from the old, and a worse tear late forties or fifties, C.E.]
reclined at tish in Levi's house, results. And Rebbe, Melech
and many mochesim (tax
collectors) and choteim
(sinners) were reclining at tish
|22| And no one puts yayin
chadash (new wine) into old
wineskins; otherwise, the yayin
3 HaMoshiach entered
again into the shul. And
there was there a man having
with Rebbe, Melech will burst the wineskins and a withered hand.
HaMoshiach and with his the yayin is lost and so are the |2| And they were watching
talmidim. For there were wineskins. Instead yayin Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
many, and they were following chadash (new wine) [is put] [to see] if on Shabbos he will
him. into new wineskins. heal him, in order that they
|16| And the Sofrim (scribes) |23| And it came about [that] might accuse him.
of the Perushim, seeing that on Shabbos, Rebbe, Melech |3| And he says to the man,
Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach HaMoshiach was passing the one with the withered
eats with choteim (sinners) through the grainfields, and hand, Stand up here in the
and mochesim (tax collectors), his talmidim began to make center.
were saying to his talmidim, [their] way picking the heads |4| And Rebbe, Melech
With mochesim (tax collectors) of grain. [DEVARIM 23:25] HaMoshiach says to them,
and choteim (sinners) |24| And the Perushim said Is it mutar
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(permissible) on Shabbos to mountain and summons those possible for that malchut to
do tov or rah, to restore nefesh whom he wanted, and they stand.
or to destroy [it]? But they were came to him. |25| And if a bais is divided
silent. |14| And Rebbe, Melech against itself, it will not be
|5| And having looked [at] HaMoshiach appointed and possible for that bais to stand.
them with ka’as and having gave smichah to Shneym Asar |26| And if Hasatan has risen
agmat nefesh (grief) at the (Twelve), whom also he up against himself and is
stubborn hardness of their designated Shlichim, that they divided, it is not possible for
levavot, Rebbe, Melech might be with him [be him to stand, but his end has
HaMoshiach says to the man, mishtatef in Moshiach’s arrived.
Stretch out your hand. And chavurah], and that he might |27| But no one is able,
the man stretched it out, and send them out as his Shlichim having entered into the house
his hand was restored. to preach, of the Gibbor to plunder his
|6| And ofen ort |15| and to have samchut possessions, unless first, he
(immediately) the Perushim (authority) to cast out shedim. binds HaGibbor, and then he
went out and held |16| And Rebbe, Melech will plunder the Bayit
consultation with the party of HaMoshiach appointed the HaGibbor.
Herod against him, as to how Shneym Asar: Shimon, to |28| Omein, I say to you that
they might destroy him. whom he gave the name Kefa, for everything—for the averos
|7| And Rebbe, Melech |17| And Yaakov Ben Zavdai (sins) and the Chillul Hashem
HaMoshiach with his and Yochanan, Yaakov's (Desecration of the Name),
talmidim went away to the brother. He gave to them the whatever blasphemies they
lake, and a great multitude name Bnei Regesh, (Sons of may utter--the Bnei Adam will
from the Galil and also from Thunder). be granted selicha.
Yehudah followed Rebbe, |18| And Andrew and |29| But whoever commits
Melech HaMoshiach. Philippos and Bar-Talmai, Chillul Hashem gidduf
|8| And from Yerushalayim and Mattityahu, and Toma, against the Ruach Hakodesh,
and from Idumea and from and Yaakov Ben Chalfai, and can never have selicha, but is
the other side of the Yarden Taddai, and Shimon the guilty of a Chet Olam.
and from around Tzor- Zealot, |30| For they were saying, He
Tzidon area, a great multitude |19| And Yehudah from has a ruach hatumah (an
[followed], hearing everything Kriot, the one who betrayed unclean spirit).
that he was doing, and they Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. |31| And the Em (Mother) of
came to Rebbe Melech |20| And Rebbe, Melech Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
HaMoshiach. HaMoshiach goes to his home and his achim come and stand
|9| And he said to his shtetl; and again the outside and they sent word to
talmidim that a sirah (boat) multitude assembles, with the him.
should stand ready for him, result that they were not able |32| And a multitude was
lest the multitude might crush to have okhel (food). sitting around him, and they
him. |21| And when his own are saying to him, Hinei! Your
|10| For he had brought mishpochah heard of this, Em (Mother)! And your achim
refuah to many, with the they went out to constrain (brothers)! And your achayot
result that as many as had him. For they were saying, He (sisters) are outside looking for
afflictions pressed in on him is meshuga. you.
in order to touch him. |22| And the Sofrim (Scribes), |33| And in reply to them,
|11| And the ruchot the ones coming down from Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
hatemeiot (unclean spirits), Yerushalayim, were saying, He says, Who is immi? And my
whenever they saw Rebbe, is possessed by Baal-zibbul achim (brothers)?
Melech HaMoshiach, were and by the Sar HaShedim he |34| And having looked
falling before him and were casts out shedim. around at the ones sitting
crying out, saying, You are the |23| But having called them, around him, Rebbe, Melech
Ben HaElohim! Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach HaMoshiach says, Hinei!
|12| And he sternly rebuked was speaking to them in Immi and my achim!
them, lest they should make meshalim: How can Hasatan |35| For whoever does the
him known. cast out Hasatan? ratzon Hashem, this one is my
|13| And Rebbe, Melech |24| And if a malchut is brother and my sister and
HaMoshiach goes up to the divided against itself, it is not mother.
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And again Rebbe Melech VSHIMU they may hear and the couch? Rather, is it not
4 HaMoshiach began to
say shiurim (Torah talks)
beside the lake. And a huge
not have binah, lest they
should turn and they should
receive refuah and selicha.
brought out that it may be
placed on the shulchan?
|22| For there is not
multitude gathered together to (YESHAYAH 6:9- [anything] nistar except that it
him so that he got into a sirah 10, TARGUM HASHIVIM) may be made nikar nor has it
(boat) on the lake and sat |13| And Rebbe Melech become concealed but that it
down. The whole multitude HaMoshiach says to them, Do may come into [the] open.
was by the lake on the shore. you not have daas of the [YIRMEYAH 16:17]
|2| And Rebbe Melech meaning of this mashal? |23| If anyone has ears to
HaMoshiach was giving them Then how will you have binah hear, let him hear.
torah with many meshalim of all the meshalim? |24| And Rebbe, Melech
(parables) and in the shiurim |14| The one sowing sows the HaMoshiach was saying to
he said, he was saying to them: dvar Hashem. them, Pay attention! By what
|3| Listen. Hinei! The Sower |15| And these are the ones measure you measure, it will
went out to sow (seeds). beside the road where the dvar be measured to you, and still
|4| And it came about that Hashem is sown. And when more will be added to you.
when he went to sow, that they hear it, ofen ort Hasatan |25| For whoever has,
some [seeds] fell beside the comes and takes the dvar that it will be given to him, and
road. And the birds came and has been sown in them. whoever does not have, even
devoured it. |16| And these are the ones what he has will be taken
|5| And other [seeds] fell sown upon the rocky places: away from him.
upon the rocky places where it when they hear the dvar, ofen |26| And he was saying, Thus
did not have much soil, and ort with simcha they receive it. is the Malchut Hashem: like a
ofen ort (immediately) it |17| Yet they do not have a man who casts seed upon the
sprang up because it did not shoresh (root) in themselves soil,
have depth of soil. but are transitory; then when |27| And goes to sleep blailah
|6| And when the shemesh ES TZARAH comes or redifah (at night) and arises byom (at
rose, it was scorched and, (persecution) on account of day), and the seed sprouts up
because it did not have a the dvar, ofen ort they fall and grows in such a way that
shoresh (root), it withered. away, they become shmad. he does not have daas of how
|7| And other seed fell among [YIRMEYAH 30:7; Mattityahu it does so.
the thorns, and the thorns 24:21-22] |28| On its own, the soil bears
grew up and choked them, |18| And others are the ones pri: first the blade, then a
and it did not yield pri. sown among thorns. These head of grain, then full wheat
|8| And other seed fell into are the ones having heard the in the head.
the adamah tovah (good dvar, |29| But when the crop is
ground) and it was giving pri |19| and the worries of the ripe, ofen ort (immediately) he
(fruit), rising up and growing, Olam Hazeh and the puts forth the MAGGAL, KI
thirty, sixty, and one seduction of ashires (riches) VASHAL KATZIR (sickle, for
hundredfold. and the desires for other the harvest is ripe. [YOEL
|9| And Rebbe, Melech things come in and choke the 3:13]
HaMoshiach was saying, He dvar Hashem and it does not |30| And Rebbe, Melech
who has ears to hear, let him bear pri. HaMoshiach was saying, To
hear. |20| And these are the ones what should we compare the
|10| And when he was alone, sown upon adamah tovah: Malchut Hashem or by what
the Shneym Asar were asking they hear the dvar Hashem mashal (parable) may we
him for a hezber (explanation) and are mekabel (receive) the present it?
of the meshalim (parables). dvar Hashem and bear pri, |31| The Malchut Hashem is
|11| And he was saying to thirty, sixty and one like a mustard seed, which,
them, To you the raz (secret) of hundredfold. when it is sown on the soil, is
the Malchut Hashem has been |21| And Rebbe, Melech smaller [than] all the seeds on
given. But to the outsiders, HaMoshiach was saying to the earth:
everything remains in them, Surely a menorah is |32| But when it is sown, it
meshalim, not brought out in order that grows up and becomes greater
|12| In order that YIRU they it may be put under a [than] all the plants of the
may see and not have daas measuring bucket or under garden and puts forth
large branches, so that the And they came to the |12| And they (the ruchot
OPH HASHOMAYIM can nest
under its shade.
|33| And with many such
5 other side of the lake, to
the country of the
Gerasenes.
hatemeiot, the shedim)
implored Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach, saying, Send us
meshalim, Rebbe, Melech |2| And as soon as Rebbe into the chazirim, so that we
HaMoshich was speaking to Melech HaMoshiach stepped may go into them.
them the dvar Hashem as they out of the sirah (boat), ofen ort |13| And he permitted them.
were able to hear. (immediately), a man with a And having come out, the
|34| But apart from ruach hatumah from the ruchot hatemeiot entered into
meshalim, Rebbe, Melech kevarim (tombs) of the burial the chazirim. And the herd of
HaMoshiach was not speaking caves met him. chazirim rushed down the
to them. Only privately, in a |3| This man had (his) slope into the lake, and there
yechidus, was Rebbe Melech dwelling among the kevarim. were about two thousand of
HaMoshiach explaining And no one could keep him them, and they were drowned
everything to his own tied any longer, even with in the lake. [MICHOH 7:19]
talmidim. sharsherot (chains, fetters); |14| And the herdsmen
|35| And on that day, when |4| Because often he had feeding them fled and
erev had come, Rebbe Melech been bound with shackles and reported it in the village and
HaMoshiach says to them, Let the shackles had been torn in the sadot (fields), and the
us go over to the other side of apart by him, and no one had people came to see what had
the lake. the koach (power) to subdue come to pass.
|36| And leaving the him. |15| And they come to
multitude, they took Rebbe, |5| And constantly, yomam Yehoshua, and they see the
Melech HaMoshiach, just as valailah (day and night), one that had been possessed
he was, in the sirah (boat), and among the kevarim and in the by the shed sitting, clothed
other sirot (boats) were with mountains, he was crying out and in his right mind the very
him. and beating himself with one having had the Legion!
|37| And there arose a stones. And they were afraid.
fierce gale of wind and the |6| And, having seen Rebbe, |16| And the edei reiyah
waves were beating against the Melech HaMoshiach from (eyewitnesses) of what had
sirah (boat), so that it was afar, he ran and fell down happened to the man
already filling up. before him. possessed by shedim and of
|38| And Rebbe, Melech |7| And having cried out with what had happened to the
HaMoshiach was in the stern a kol gadol (loud voice), he chazirim reported it.
on the cushion sleeping, and says, Mah lanu valach, |17| Then they began to
they woke him up, and they Yehoshua, Ben HaElohim implore Rebbe, Melech
say to him, Rebbe, does it not HaElyon? I implore you by HaMoshiach to depart from
matter to you that we are Hashem, [do] not torment me. their region.
perishing? |8| For Rebbe, Melech |18| And as Rebbe Melech
|39| And having been HaMoshiach had been saying HaMoshiach was stepping
awakened, Rebbe Melech to him, Come out of the man, into the sirah (boat), the one
HaMoshiach rebuked the ruach hatumah (unclean who had been possessed by
wind, and he spoke to the spirit)! shedim was imploring him
lake, Sha! Be still! And there |9| And Rebbe, Melech that he might accompany him.
was a great calm. HaMoshiach was questioning |19| And Rebbe, Melech
|40| And Rebbe, Melech him, saying, What is your HaMoshiach did not permit
HaMoshiach said to them, name? And he says to him, him, but says to him, Go home
Why do you have morech lev Legion [is] my name, for we to your people and report to
(cowardliness)? Do you still are many! them everything that Hashem
not have emunah? |10| And he begged Rebbe has done for you and [that]
|41| And they were afraid Melech HaMoshiach again Hashem had rachmanim
with a terrible pachad (terror), and again not to exorcise him (mercy) upon you.
and they were saying to one and banish him from that |20| And the man left and
another, Who then is this that place. began to preach in the
even the wind and the sea |11| Now there was a large Decapolis everything that
obey him? herd of chazirim feeding Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
nearby on the hillside. had done for him, and
everyone was amazed. |31| And the talmidim of HaMoshiach takes the Abba of
|21| And when he had Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach the naarah (girl) and the Em
crossed over again in the sirah were saying to him, You see and the ones with him, and
(boat) to the other side, a large the multitude pressing against goes into where the naarah
multitude gathered together to you, and you say, Who was.
him, and he was beside the touched me? |41| And having grasped the
lake. |32| And Rebbe, Melech hand of the naarah, Moshiach
|22| And one of the Roshei HaMoshiach was looking says to her, Talitha Koum,
Beit HaKnesset comes name around to see the one having which, being translated,
of Yair and, having seen done this. means Little girl, to you I say,
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, |33| Now the isha, BYIRAH arise!
he falls down at his feet, (with fear) and BIRADAH |42| And ofen ort the naarah
|23| and he begs him (trembling), aware of what had got up and she was walking
earnestly saying, Biti (my happened to her, came and around. She was twelve years
daughter) is at the point of fell down before him and told old. And ofen ort they were
mavet. Come and put your him the emes (truth). amazed with great wonder.
hand on her that she may |34| And Rebbe, Melech |43| And he gave orders to
receive refuah and may live. HaMoshiach said to her, Bat them earnestly that no one
|24| And Moshiach went with (Daughter), your emunah has should have daas of this. And
Yair. And a large multitude brought you refuah (healing). Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
were following him and they Go in shalom and receive said to give her some okhel
were pressing against refuah from your machla. (food).
Moshiach. |35| While Rebbe Melech
|25| And [there was] an isha HaMoshiach was still
having a flow of dahm for speaking, some came from the And Rebbe, Melech
twelve years. [VAYIKRA 15:25-
30]
|26| And having suffered
Rosh Beit HaKnesset, saying,
Your yaldah is a nifteret
(deceased person); are you still
6 HaMoshiach came out
from there and comes
into his shtetl and his
much by many rofim causing a shter (bother) for the talmidim follow him.
(physicians) and having spent rabbi? |2| And Shabbos having
everything she had, instead |36| But Rebbe, Melech come, Rebbe, Melech
of recovering, her condition HaMoshiach, having HaMoshiach began to say
deteriorated. overheard what was being shiurim in the shul, and
|27| And having heard about spoken, says to the Rosh Beit many, listening, were amazed,
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, HaKnesset, Do not be afraid; saying, From where [did] this
she came up behind him in only have emunah. one get lernen (Torah
the multitude, and touched |37| And Rebbe Melech learning), and what [is] the
his garment. HaMoshiach did not permit chochmah (wisdom) that has
|28| For she was saying, If I anyone to follow after him, been given to this one? And
may touch even the garment except Kefa and Yaakov and what gevurot (mighty deeds)
of Rebbe, Melech Yochanan, the brother of are being done by his hands?
HaMoshiach, I will receive Yaakov. |3| Is not this one the Naggar
refuah. |38| And they come into the (Carpenter), Ben Miryam? The
|29| And ofen ort the flow of bais of the Rosh Beit brother of Yaakov*, Yosef,
her dahm was dried up and HaKnesset, and Rebbe, Yehuda and Shimon? And,
she felt in (her) basar that she Melech HaMoshiach beheld are not his achayot here with
has been given refuah from much commotion and us? And they were taking
the shrekliche (terrible) weeping and loud wailing. offense at Rebbe, Melech
machla (illness). |39| And having entered, he HaMoshiach.
|30| And ofen ort Rebbe, says to them, Why are you |4| And Rebbe, Melech
Melech HaMoshiach, having distressed and weeping? The HaMoshiach was saying to
perceived within himself that yaldah is not a nifteret but is them, A navi is not without his
gevurah (miraculous power) only sleeping. kavod, except in his own shtetl
had gone forth from him, |40| And they began making and among his own
turned around in the crowd leitzonus (mockery, fun) of mishpochah and in his own
and said, Who touched my him. But having put everyone bais.
garments? out, Rebbe Melech [*T.N. See page 848]
|5| And he was not able there are at work in him. should I ask [for]? And her
to do many nissim (miracles), |15| But others were saying, It mother said, The rosh
except on a few cholim (sick is Eliyahu HaNavi. Still others Yochanan of the tevilah of
people) he laid (his) hands were saying, He is a navi, like teshuva.
and administered refuah one of the neviim of old. |25| And having entered, ofen
(healing) to them. [MALACHI 4:5] ort, with haste before the king,
|6| And he wondered on |16| But when Herod heard she made a request, saying,
account of their lack of of it, he kept saying, Yochanan You may give to me upon a
emunah. And he was going whom I beheaded has stood platter the rosh Yochanan of
around the shtetlach in a up alive from the mesim! the tevilah of teshuva.
circuit, saying shiurim. |17| For Herod himself had |26| And having become very
|7| And Rebbe Melech sent and had Yochanan sad, the king, on account of
HaMoshiach summons the arrested and bound in the his shevuah and on account of
Shneym Asar, and he began to beis hasohar, on account of the ones reclining at the
send them out two by two, and Herodias, the wife of his seudah [with him], was
he was giving to them samchut brother, Philip, for he had unwilling to refuse her.
[over] the ruchot hatumah. married her. |27| And, ofen ort, the king
[DEVARIM 17:6] |18| But Yochanan was sent an executioner and
|8| And Rebbe, Melech saying to Herod, It is not commanded him to bring the
HaMoshiach gave directives to mutar according to the Torah rosh Yochanan. And having
them that they should take for you to have your brother's left, the executioner beheaded
nothing on [the] derech except wife. [VAYIKRA 18:16, 20:21] Yochanan of the tevilah of
a mere walking stick, not |19| And Herodias bore a teshuva in the beit hasohar.
lechem, not a schnorrer’s sack, grudge against Yochanan and |28| And he brought the rosh
nor a money belt; desired to kill him. But she Yochanan upon a platter and
|9| But instead, to wear could not. gave it to the young girl, and
sandals, and not to take an |20| For Herod feared the young girl gave it to her
extra kaftan. Yochanan, knowing him [to mother.
|10| And he was saying to be] a tzaddik and kadosh, and |29| And, having heard this,
them, Wherever you enter into Herod was protecting Yochanan's talmidim came
a bais, stay there until you Yochanan. And when Herod and carried away his geviyah
leave that area. heard Yochanan, he was (body) and placed it in a kever
|11| And whatever place does greatly disturbed, and [yet] (grave).
not give you the kabbalat gladly Herod was listening to |30| And the Shlichim
panim (welcome), and does Yochanan. gathered together with Rebbe,
not listen to you, then, as you |21| And, an opportune day Melech HaMoshiach and
are leaving there, let it be having come, when Herod, on reported to him everything
NIER CHATZNO, shake off his yom huledet (birthday), which they did and the torah
the dust of your feet, for an gave a mishteh for the court of which they had taught.
edut to them. his nobles, and the military |31| And Rebbe, Melech
|12| And having gone out, commanders, and those of HaMoshiach says to them,
they preached that Bnei Adam chashivut (prominence) of the Come away a while, you
should make teshuva. Galil, [ESTHER 1:3, 2:18] yourselves, for a yechidus in a
|13| And many shedim they |22| And when his daughter quiet place for a Shabbaton
were casting out, and they entered and danced, she (rest from work). For there
were anointing with shemen pleased Herod and the ones were many coming and going,
many cholim, and they were reclining at the seudah with and they did not even have
administering refuah to them. him. And the king said to the time for okhel (food).
|14| And Herod the king girl, Ask me whatever you wish |32| And they departed in the
heard of it, for the name of and I will give [it] to you. sirah (boat) to a secluded
Yehoshua had become bavust |23| And he made a shevuah place for a yechidus.
(famous), and some were (oath) to her solemnly, |33| And the people,
saying, Yochanan of the Whatever you ask me, I will recognizing them, saw them
tevilah of teshuva has been give you, up to half of my departing, and from all the
made to stand up alive from Malchut. [ESTHER 5:3,6; 7:2] shtetlach they ran
[the] mesim, and for this |24| And having gone out, she there and arrived
reason the nissim (miracles) said to her mother, What
ahead of them. said a bracha. And having exceedingly amazed.

|34| And having gotten out of offered the betziat halechem, |52| For they did not have
the sirah (boat), Rebbe, Moshiach was giving to his binah concerning the loaves
Melech HaMoshiach saw a talmidim in order that they [See 6:43], but their levavot
large multitude and he had might set them before the (hearts) had been hardened.
rachmei shomayim (heavenly people. And Moshiach |53| And having crossed over
mercy) on them, for they were divided the shnei hadagim onto the land, they came to
KATSON ASHER AIN (two fish) among them all. Gennesaret and anchored.
LAHEM ROEH (like sheep |42| And everyone ate, and |54| And when they
without a shepherd), and he they were satisfied. disembark from the sirah
began with his torah to teach |43| And they picked up (boat), the people ofen ort
them many things. shirayim (Rebbe’s recognized Rebbe, Melech
(BAMIDBAR 27:17; remainders), shneym asar HaMoshiach.
MELACHIM ALEF 22:17; (twelve) baskets full, and from |55| And the people rushed
DIVREY HAYAMIM BAIS the dagim. everywhere in that region, and
18:16; YECHEZKEL 34:8) |44| And those who had eaten they began carrying about on
|35| And when it was already the loaves numbered chamesh their mats cholim where they
a late hour, his talmidim came elafim (five thousand). heard he was.
up to him and were saying, |45| And ofen ort Rebbe, |56| And wherever Rebbe,
This place is desolate and Melech HaMoshiach Melech HaMoshiach was
already [it is] late. compelled his talmidim to entering into the shtetlach or
|36| Send them away, that, embark into the sirah (boat) into towns or into the
having departed to the and to go before [him] to the countryside, thy laid the
surrounding farms and other side to Beit-Tzaidah, cholim in the marketplaces,
shtetlach, they may buy for while he dismisses the entreating him that they might
themselves okhel (food) they multitude. just touch Moshiach’s tzitzit.
may eat. |46| And with a Shalom And as many as touched it
|37| But in reply, Rebbe, farewell to them, Rebbe were receiving refuah
Melech HaMoshiach said to Melech HaMoshiach departed (healing). [BAMIDBAR 15:38-
them, You yourselves give to the mountain to daven. 41; DEVARIM 22:12]
them [something] to eat. And |47| And erev having come, And, when they had
they say to him, Shall we go
and spend two hundred
denarii for lechem and give to
the sirah (boat) was in [the]
middle of the lake, and Rebbe
Melech HaMoshiach was
7 come down from
Yerushalayim, the
Perushim and some of the
them to eat? [MELACHIM alone on shore. Sofrim come together around
BAIS 4:42-44] |48| And having seen them Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach,
|38| And Rebbe, Melech laboring at the oars, for the |2| And they had observed
HaMoshiach says to them, wind was against them, about that some of his talmidim
How much lechem do you the fourth watch of halailah, were eating their lechem with
have? Go [and] see. And he comes to them, walking on yadayim temeiot, that is,
knowing, the talmidim of the lake. And he wanted to go hands ritually unclean.
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach by them. |3| [For the Perushim, and
say, Chamesh (five), and |49| But having seen him on indeed this was the Jewish
dagim, shenayim (two). the lake, they thought that it is minhag, do not eat without
|39| And Rebbe, Melech a ruach refaim (an appari- doing netilat yadayim (ritual
HaMoshiach commanded tion). And they cried out; of the washing of the hands)
them to recline at tish, as it |50| For everyone saw him. and also observing the
were, everyone group by And ofen ort he spoke with Masoret HaZekenim (the
group, on the green grass. them, and they were filled Torah Shebal peh, Oral
|40| And they reclined, group with pachad (terror). Torah, see Ga 1:14).
by group, in hundreds and in Moshiach says to them, |4| And when they come from
fifties. Chazak! (Be strong!) Ani hu. (I [the] marketplace, unless they
|41| And, having taken the am He) Do not be afraid. do so, they do not eat. And
chamesh loaves and the shnei |51| And he got into the sirah there are many other things
hadagim (two fish) and (boat) with them. And the which they have received in
looking up to Shomayim, wind died down. And in order to observe, such as the
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach themselves they were tevilah of cups and pitchers
and copper pots. means of your Masoret you and departed to the district of
|5| And the Perushim and the received. And you do many Tzor and Tzidon. And having
Sofrim question Rebbe, similar things. entered into a bais he wanted
Melech HaMoshiach, Why do |14| And having summoned no one to know, [yet] he was
your talmidim not follow the again the multitude, he was not able to escape notice.
halakhah according to the saying to them, Give ear to me |25| But, after hearing about
Masoret HaZekenim, but eat and have binah him, ofen ort, an isha, whose
their lechem with yadayim (understanding). yaldah was having a ruach
temeiot? |15| There is nothing outside temeiah, came and fell down
|6| And Rebbe, Melech of a ben Adam (human being) at his feet.
HaMoshiach said to them, entering into him which is |26| Now the woman was a
Yeshayah rightly gave a dvar able to make him tameh, but Yevanit (Greek), by birth a
nevuah of you tzevuim, as it it is the things coming out Syrophoenician, and she was
has been written, HAAM from the ben Adam that make asking him to cast the shed
HAZEH BISFATAV KIBDUNI him tameh. out of her bat (daughter).
VLIBO RIKHAK MIMENI |16| He who has oznayim to |27| And he was saying to
VATEHI YIRATAM OTI hear, let him hear. her, Rishonah allow the
MITZVAT ANASHIM |17| And when he left the banim to be satisfied, for it is
MELUMMADAH (This people multitude and entered a bais, not tov to take the lechem of
with [their] lips honor me, but his talmidim were asking him the yeladim and throw it to
their heart is removed far [about] the mashal. kelevim (dogs).
away from me. |18| And he says to them, Are |28| But she replied, saying,
|7| And in vain do they you so lacking in binah also? Ken, Adoni, but even the
worship me, teaching as Do you not have binah that it kelevim under the shulchan
doctrines the mitzvot of men.) is not what is outside and eat from the crumbs of the
[YESHAYAH 29:13] entering into the ben Adam yeladim.
|8| Abandoning the mitzvat that is able to make him |29| And he said to her,
Hashem, you are holding to tameh (unclean)? Because of this answer, go
the Masoret HaBnei Adam. |19| Because it does not enter your way, the shed has gone
|9| And he was saying to into his lev, but into his out from the bat of you.
them, You have a fine knack stomach and goes out into the |30| And having departed to
for setting aside the mitzvat latrine, making all the okhel her bais, she found the yaldah
Hashem in order that your tohar [T.N. See Ro 14:14-23]. lying on the bed, the shed
own Masorot might stand |20| And Rebbe, Melech having gone out.
undisturbed. HaMoshiach was saying, It is |31| When he returned from
|10| For Moshe [Rabbeinu] the thing proceeding out of the the region of Tzor, and then
said, KABED ES AVICHA ben Adam that makes him went through Tzidon to Lake
VES IMMECHA (Honor your tameh. Kinneret within the region of
father and your mother), and, |21| For from within the lev the Decapolis,
The one reviling AVIV VIMMO of the ben Adam comes evil |32| They bring to him [a
MOT YUMAT (father or cravings and machshavot: man who was] cheresh
mother let him be put to then zenunim (fornications), illem (deaf and mute) and they
death. [SHEMOT 20:12, gneyvot (thefts), retzichot entreated him to lay hands on
DEVARIM 5:16, SHEMOT (murders), him.
21:17, VAYIKRA 20:9] |22| Niufim (adulteries), |33| And he took him aside
|11| But you say, If a man chamdanut (greediness), from the multitude by himself
says to his Abba or to his Em, rishah (wickedness), nechalim and put his fingers into his
whatever by me you might (scheming deceitfulness), ears, and spat, and with that
have benefited is Korban [that zimmah (lewdness, sensuality), touched the tongue of the
is, the taitsh (translation) of an ayin horo or roah ayin (an mute man;
korban is an offering to envious evil eye), lashon hora, |34| And, looking up to
Hashem], gaavah (pride), and ivvelet Shomayim with a deep sigh,
|12| Then no longer do you (foolishness). he says to him, Ephphatha,
permit him to do anything for |23| All these evil things (which means, Be opened!).
his Abba or his Em. proceed from within and |35| Ofen ort his ears were
|13| You nullify and make make the ben Adam tameh. opened, and the
void the dvar Hashem by |24| And from there he got up impediment of his lashon
(tongue) was loosed and he |7| And they also had a few you not yet have binah
was speaking properly. small dagim. And after he (understanding) nor
|36| And Rebbe, Melech had made the bracha over comprehend? Have your
HaMoshiach was directing them, he directed these to be levavot fallen into timtum
them not to tell anyone. But as served as well. halev (hardening of the heart),
much as he ordered them, |8| And they ate and were KESHI (hardness,
they were proclaiming [it] all satisfied. And there was an stubbornness, DEVARIM
the more. abundance of shirayim 9:27)? [YESHAYAH 6:9,10]
|37| And they were all (Rebbe’s remainders), sheva |18| EINAYIM LAKHEM
astonished beyond all baskets [full]. VLO TIRU VOZNAYIM
measure, saying, He has done |9| And there were LAKHEM VLO TISHMAU
all things tov meod (very well), approximately arbaat elafim (Having eyes, do you not see?
and he makes even the (four thousand [people]). And And having ears, do you not
chereshim (deaf people) to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach hear? YIRMEYAH 5:21;
hear and the illemim (mute) to sent them away. YECHEZKEL 12:2) And do
speak. [YESHAYAH 35:5,6] |10| And ofen ort you not remember,
In yamim hahem (those (immediately), having |19| When I offered the
8 days), again, when there

was a great multitude
and they had no okhel (food),
embarked onto the sirah
(boat) with his talmidim,
beziat halechem with the
chamesh kikrot (five loaves)
for the chameshet elafim (five
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach came into the region of thousand), how many baskets
called his talmidim, and says Dalmanutha. of shirayim you picked up?
to them, |11| And the Perushim came And they say to him, Shneym
|2| I have rachmei shomayim out and began to argue with Asar.
(heavenly mercy, compassion) him, seeking from him an ot |20| And when I offered the
on the multitude, because they min HaShomayim (a sign beziat halechem over the
already shlosha yamim (three from heaven), testing him. shevah (seven) for the arbaat
days) have remained with me |12| And sighing deeply in his haalafim (four thousand), how
and they do not have anything ruach, Rebbe, Melech many baskets full of shirayim
they may eat; HaMoshiach said, Why does did you pick up? And they say
|3| And if I send them away hador hazeh (this generation) to him, Shiva.
hungry to their batim (houses), seek for an ot? Omein, I say to |21| And Rebbe, Melech
they will give out on the way; you, no ot shall be given to HaMoshiach was saying to
and some of them have come hador hazeh (this generation). them, Do you not yet have
from far away. |13| And having left them, binah?
|4| And his talmidim Moshiach again embarked |22| And they come to Beit-
answered him, From where and departed to the other side. Tzaidah. And they bring to
will anyone be able to find |14| And his talmidim had him an ivver (blind man), and
enough lechem to feed these forgotten to take lechem and entreated him to touch him.
ones here in the midbar? did not have anything except |23| And having grasped the
[BAMIDBAR 11:21] one kikar (loaf) in the sirah hand of the ivver, he took him
|5| And Rebbe, Melech (boat) with them. outside the shtetl; and, having
HaMoshiach was asking them, |15| And Rebbe, Melech put spittle on his eyes, [and]
How many loaves do you HaMoshiach was giving orders having laid hands upon him,
have? And they said, Shevah. to them, saying, Take care! he was questioning him, Do
|6| And Rebbe, Melech Beware of the chametz you see anything?
HaMoshiach directed the (leaven) of the Perushim and |24| And after looking up, the
multitude to recline at tish, as the chametz of Herod. ivver was saying, I see bnei
it were, on the ground. And |16| And the talmidim were Adam-- they look like trees
having taken the sheva kikrot beginning to discuss among walking!
(loaves), he made a bracha, themselves that they do not |25| Then again Rebbe,
saying the ha-Motzi, and have [any] kikrot (loaves). Melech HaMoshiach placed
offered the betziat halechem |17| And aware of this, his hands upon his eyes; and
(the breaking of the bread) Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach the man looked intently and
and was giving [them] to his says to them, Why are you was restored, and was seeing
talmidim to serve to them, and discussing that you do not everything clearly.
they served the multitude. have kikrot? Do
|26| And Rebbe, Melech talmidim, Rebbe, Melech |5| And in reply, to Rebbe,
HaMoshiach sent the man to HaMoshiach said to them, If Melech HaMoshiach, Kefa
his bais, saying, Do not even anyone wishes to follow after says: Rebbe, it is tov [for] us to
enter the shtetl. me, let him make denial of be here, and let us make
|27| And Rebbe, Melech himself, and take up his etz shalosh sukkot, one for you
HaMoshiach went out along shel mesiros nefesh (tree of and one for Moshe (Rabbeinu)
with his talmidim, to the self-sacrifice), and follow me. and one for Eliyahu Hanavi.
shtetlach of Caesarea Philippi; |35| For whoever wishes to |6| Kefa did not know what
and on the way he was save his nefesh will lose it; but he was answering, for they
questioning his talmidim, whoever loses his nefesh for were tzufloigen (dazed) with
saying to them, Who do Bnei my sake and for the sake of pachad (terror).
Adam say that I am? the Besuras HaGeulah will |7| And there came an anan
|28| And the talmidim spoke save it. (cloud) that was over-
to him, saying, Yochanan of |36| For how is the ben Adam shadowing them, and there
the tevilah of teshuva; and (human being) benefited if he came a bat kol out of the
others say, Eliyahu HaNavi; gain the kol haOlam, and anan, ZEH BENI AHUVI,
but others, One of the neviim. forfeit his neshamah? ELAV TISHMAUN (Listen to
[MALACHI 4:5] |37| For what shall a ben him!) (TEHILLIM 2:7)
|29| And he continued Adam give in exchange [for] [SHEMOT 24:16]
questioning them, But who do his neshamah? |8| And suddenly, when they
you say that I am? In reply, |38| For whoever feels looked around, they saw no
Kefa says to him, You are the bushah (shame) regarding me one in their company any
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. and my dvarim in this dor rah more, except only Rebbe,
|30| And he warned them to umnaef (evil and adulterous Melech HaMoshiach.
tell no one about him. generation), the Bar Enosh |9| And [as] they were coming
|31| And Rebbe, Melech [Moshiach] will also be down from the mountain, he
HaMoshiach began to teach ashamed of him, when gave instructions to them that
them that it is necessary [for] Moshiach comes in the kavod they should tell no one what
the Bar Enosh [Moshiach, of his Av with the malachim they saw, except when the Bar
DANIEL 7:13-14] to suffer hakedoshim. Enosh [Moshiach, DANIEL
many things and to be rejected And Rebbe, Melech 7:13-14] should stand up in
by the Zekenim and the
Rashei Hakohanim (the Chief
Priests) and the Sofrim
9 HaMoshiach was saying
to them, Omein, I say to
you, there are some of those
his Techiyas HaMoshiach.
|10| And they retained
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach's
(Scribes) [YESHAYAH 53:3], standing here who shall not dvar, discussing among
and to be killed and after his taste mavet (death) until they themselves what he might
histalkus (passing) after see that the Malchut Hashem mean by the Techiyas
Shlosha Yamim (Three Days) has come in gevurah. HaMoshiach from HaMesim.
to undergo the Techiyas |2| And after shishah yamim |11| And they were
HaMoshiach. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach questioning him, saying, Why
|32| And Rebbe, Melech takes Kefa and Yaakov and is it that the Sofrim (Scribes)
HaMoshiach was speaking Yochanan, and brought them say it is necessary for Eliyahu
about the matter plainly. And up a high mountain by Hanavi to come rishonah
Shimon Kefa took him aside themselves. And Rebbe, (first)?
and began to rebuke him. Melech HaMoshiach was |12| And Rebbe, Melech
|33| But having turned transfigured before them; HaMoshiach said to them,
around and having looked at |3| And his garments became Eliyahu Hanavi indeed does
his talmidim, Rebbe, Melech like a dazzlingly brilliant come rishonah and brings
HaMoshiach rebuked Kefa, kittel, gantz (exceedingly) tikkun (restoration) to all
and says, Get behind me, white, more white than things. And yet how is it
Hasatan; for you are not anyone on earth could bleach written of the Bar Enosh
putting your machshavot them. [Moshiach] that he must suffer
(thoughts) on the interests of |4| And Eliyahu Hanavi many things and be NIVZEH
Hashem but on that of Bnei appeared to them along with VACHADAL (despised and
Adam. [cf Mk 7:9] Moshe (Rabbeinu), and they rejected YESHAYAH 53:3)?
|34| And having summoned were talking with Rebbe,
the multitude along with his Melech HaMoshiach.
|13| But I say to you, that |22| And also it has often HaMoshiach was teaching his
Eliyahu Hanavi has indeed thrown him into the eish and talmidim and was saying to
come, and they did to him into the mayim that it might them, The Bar Enosh
whatever they pleased, just as destroy him. But if you can do [Moshiach, DANIEL 7:13-14] is
it has been written concerning anything, grant rachmei to be betrayed into the hands
him. [MELACHIM ALEF 19:2, shomayim upon us and help of Bnei Adam, and
10; MALACHI 3:23f (4:5f)] us! MOSHIACH YIKARET
|14| And when they returned |23| Rebbe, Melech (Moshiach will be violently
to the talmidim, they saw a HaMoshiach said to him, If killed, DANIEL 9:26), and
great multitude around them you can?!! All things are when he has been killed and
and [the] Sofrim (Scribes) possible to him who has has his histalkus (passing), he
arguing with Rebbe, Melech emunah! will rise in his Techiyas
HaMoshiach's talmidim. |24| Ofen ort (immediately) HaMoshiach from HaMesim
|15| And ofen ort, as soon as the abba of the bocher cried on Yom HaShelishi (the Third
the multitude saw Rebbe, out and began saying, Ani Day).
Melech HaMoshiach, they maamin (I believe)! Help my |32| But they did not have
were surprised and began lack of emunah! binah concerning this dvar,
running up to [him] with |25| And Rebbe, Melech and they were afraid to
Birkat Shalom greetings. HaMoshiach, having seen that inquire further.
|16| And Rebbe, Melech a multitude was gathering, |33| And they came to Kfar-
HaMoshiach questioned them, rebuked the ruach hatumah Nachum. And when Rebbe,
About what are you arguing (unclean spirit), saying to it, Melech HaMoshiach was in
with them? You cheresh-illem (deaf and the bais, he began questioning
|17| And one of the multitude mute) ruach hatemeiah, I them, What were you arguing
answered Rebbe, Melech command you, come out from about baderech (on the road)?
HaMoshiach: Rabbi, I him and do not ever enter into |34| But they were keeping
brought beni (my son) to you, him again! silent, for baderech they were
because he has a shed that |26| And after shrieking a discussing with one another
makes him illem (mute). shrai (scream) and throwing which of the talmidim was
|18| And whenever it seizes the bocher into violent hagadol.
him, it throws him into seizures, the ruach hatemeiah |35| And sitting down, Rebbe,
convulsions and he foams at came out. And the bocher was Melech HaMoshiach called
the mouth, and grinds his so like a geviyah (corpse) that the Shneym Asar and says to
teeth, and becomes rigid. And many exclaimed he was niftar. them, If anyone wishes to be
I told your talmidim in order |27| But Rebbe, Melech Rishon (First), he shall be
that they might cast it out, and HaMoshiach, having grasped Acharon (Last), and mesharet
they did not have the koach. the hand of the bocher, lifted (minister, servant) of all.
|19| In reply to them, Rebbe, him up; and the bocher stood |36| And having taken a
Melech HaMoshiach says, O up. yeled, Rebbe, Melech
dor without emunah, how long |28| And, having entered into HaMoshiach set him in [the]
will I be with you? How long a bais, his talmidim began center of them, and, having
will I put up with you? Bring questioning Rebbe, Melech taken the yeled into his arms,
the bocher to me! HaMoshiach in a yechidus: he said to them,
|20| They brought the bocher Why were we not able to |37| Whoever receives one
to him. And when the shed perform the gerush shedim yeled such as this biShmi (in
saw Rebbe, Melech (exorcism)? my Name) receives me, and
HaMoshiach, it threw the |29| And Rebbe, Melech whoever receives me, receives
bocher into convulsions, and, HaMoshiach said to them, not only me but the One who
falling to the ground, the This kind of gerush shedim is sent me.
bocher began rolling around accomplished only by |38| Yochanan said to him,
foaming at the mouth. davening with tzomot. Rebbe, we saw someone
|21| And Rebbe, Melech |30| And from there they performing a gerush shedim
HaMoshiach questioned the went forth and were passing in your Name, and we were
bocher's abba, How long has through the Galil, and Rebbe, trying to stop him, because he
this been happening to him? Melech HaMoshiach did not was not one of your chasidim.
And he said, From kinder- want anyone to have daas. [BAMIDBAR 11:27-29]
yoren. |31| For Rebbe, Melech
|39| But Rebbe, Melech enter the Malchut Hashem [BERESHIS 1:27,5:2]
HaMoshiach said, Do not stop one-eyed, than, having both |7| AL KEN YAAZAV ISH ES
him, for no one who will eynayim, to be cast into AVIV VES IMMO VDAVAK
accomplish niflaot (wonders) Gehinnom, BISHTO
biShmi (in my Name) will be |48| Where their TOLAAT LO |8| VHAYU LVASAR ECHAD
able soon afterward to speak TAMUT (worm does not die (A man will leave his father
lashon hora about me. YESHAYAH 66:24) and EISH and his mother and he will be
|40| For the one who is not LO TIKHBEH (the fire not joined to his isha (wife), and
our mitnagged is for us. [ever] extinguished the two will be one flesh;)
|41| For whoever gives you to YESHAYAH 66:24). [BERESHIS 2:24] For this
drink a kos of mayim (cup of |49| For everyone will have reason, they are no longer
water) biShmi (in my Name) eish as his melach (salt). Shnayim but Basar Echad.
because you are talmidim of [VAYIKRA 2:13] |9| Therefore, what Hashem
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, |50| Melach is tov, but if the has joined together, let no ben
omein, I say to you, he shall melach becomes unsalty, by Adam separate.
not lose his sachar (reward). what [means] will you make it |10| And in the bais, the
|42| And whoever causes a salty again? Have melach in talmidim began to question
michshol (stumbling block) for yourselves. And among Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
one of these little ones, the yourselves let there be shalom. about this again.
maaminim b'Moshiach who And from there, |11| And he says to them,
have emunah in me, it would
be better for him if a heavy
millstone, one turned by a
10 having got up,
Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach comes into the
Whoever gives a get to his isha
and marries another, commits
niuf (adultery) against his
donkey, were hung around his region of Yehudah and on the isha.
neck and he were cast into the other side of the Yarden, and |12| And if she gets a get
sea. again multitudes gather to (divorce) from her baal
|43| And if your yad causes him, and as was his minhag (husband) and marries
you a michshol, cut off your (custom), once more he was another, she commits niuf
yad; for it is better for you if teaching them Torah. (adultery). [Mt 19:9]
you enter Chayyei Olam as an |2| And, having approached, |13| And they brought to
amputee, than, having both the Perushim, testing him, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
yadayim, you go away into were asking him, Is it mutar yeladim that he might lay his
Gehinnom, into the EISH LO for a man to give a get hands on them. But the
TIKHBEH (fire not [ever] (divorce) to his wife? talmidim rebuked them.
extinguished, YESHAYAH |3| But in reply, Rebbe, |14| And having seen this, he
66:24), Melech HaMoshiach said to became displeased and
|44| Where their TOLAAT LO them, What mitzvah indignant, and said to his
TAMUT (worm does not die (commandment) did Moshe talmidim, Permit the yeladim
YESHAYAH 66:24) and EISH [Rabbeinu] give you? to come to me, and do not
LO TIKHBEH (the fire not |4| And they said, Moshe hinder them, for of such as
[ever] extinguished Rabbeinu made it mutar these is the Malchut Hashem.
YESHAYAH 66:24).] (permissible) for a man to |15| Omein, I say to you,
|45| And if your regel (foot) write SEFER KERITUT (a get, Whoever is not mekabel
causes you a michshol, cut off bill of divorcement) and to Malchut Hashem (receives the
your regel; it is better for you send her away (dismiss her, Kingdom of G-d) as a yeled
to enter Chayyei Olam lame, divorce her). [DEVARIM 24:1- would be mekabel Malchut
than, having both raglayim, to 4] Hashem, will by no means
be cast into Gehinnom, |5| But Rebbe, Melech enter it.
|46| Where their TOLAAT LO HaMoshiach said to them, |16| And having taken the
TAMUT (worm does not die Because of the hardness of yeladim into his arms, Rebbe,
YESHAYAH 66:24) and EISH your levavot, he wrote you this Melech HaMoshiach laid his
LO TIKHBEH (the fire not mitzvah. [TEHILLIM 95:8] hands on them and made a
[ever] extinguished |6| But in the beginning of bracha over them.
YESHAYAH 66:24).] the Beriah (Creation) |17| And as Rebbe, Melech
|47| And if your ayin (eye) ZACHAR UNEKEVAH BARA HaMoshiach was setting out to
causes you a michshol, take it OTAM (Hashem made them travel, one running and falling
out; for it is better for you to male and female). down before him, was
asking him, Rabbi haTov, Malchut Hashem. over to the Goyim.

what mitzvah may I do that I |26| And they were even more |34| And they will mock him
might inherit Chayyei Olam? amazed, saying to one and spit on him and scourge
|18| And Rebbe, Melech another, Then who with the him and will kill [him], and
HaMoshiach said to him, Why Yeshuat Eloheinu is able to be after his histalkus (passing),
do you call me tov? No one [is] saved? on Yom HaShlishi, he in his
tov except echad, Elohim, nu? |27| Having looked at them, Techiyas HaMoshiach from
|19| You have daas of the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach HaMesim will stand up alive
mitzvot, the Aseres HaDibros says, With Bnei Adam [this is] again.
(The Decalogue), LO impossible, but not with |35| And Yaakov and
TIRTZACH, LO TINAF, LO Hashem. For all things are Yochanan, the banim of
TIGNOV, LO TAANEH possible with Hashem. Zavdai, approached Rebbe,
VREIACHA ED SHAKER, |28| Shimon Kefa began to Melech HaMoshiach, saying to
KABEID ES AVICHA VES say to Rebbe, Melech him, Rebbe, we wish that
IMMECHAH (Do not murder, HaMoshiach, Hinei! We left whatever bakosha we may ask
do not commit adultery, do everything and have followed you, you may do for us.
not steal, do not bear false you! |36| And Rebbe, Melech
witness (do not defraud), |29| Yehoshua said, Omein, I HaMoshiach said to them,
honor your father and say to you, there is no one who What do you wish me to do for
mother.) [SHEMOT 20:12-16; left bais or achim or achayot you?
DEVARIM 5:16-20] or em or abba or banim or |37| And they said to him,
|20| And the man was saying sadot (fields) for the sake of Grant to us that one may sit
to him, Rabbi, from kinder- me and for the sake of the limin (at the right hand) of
yoren I have been frum and Besuras HaGeulah, you and one lismol (at the left
shomer mitzvot, keeping all |30| But that he shall receive hand) in your kavod.
these things. a hundredfold now in the |38| But he said to them, You
|21| And looking at him and Olam Hazeh, batim (houses) do not have daas of what you
having ahavah for his and achim and achayot and ask. Are you able to drink the
neshamah, Rebbe, Melech imahot and banim and sadot kos which I drink or to under-
HaMoshiach said to him, One with redifot (persecutions); go my tevilah? [IYOV 38:2]
thing you lack: go and sell all and in Olam Habah, Chayyei |39| And they said to him, We
your possessions and give to Olam. are able. And he said to them,
the aniyim, and you will have |31| And many Rishonim The kos which I drink you
otzar (treasure) in Shomayim; (First Ones) will be Acharonim shall drink; and you shall
and come, follow me. (Last Ones); and the have the tevilah in which I am
|22| But at the dvar Acharonim, will be Rishonim. submerged.
HaMoshiach, his face turned |32| And they were on the |40| But to sit limin or lismol
gloomy and he departed with derech making aliyah leregel of me is not mine to grant, but
agmat nefesh (grief), for he (pilgrimage) to Yerushalayim, for the ones for whom it has
had many possessions. and Rebbe, Melech been prepared.
|23| And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was leading out, |41| And hearing this, the
HaMoshiach, looking around, walking ahead of them, and Asarah (Ten) became
says to his talmidim, How they were astounded, and the indignant with Yaakov and
difficult it will be for the ones following were afraid. Yochanan.
oisher to enter the Malchut And again Rebbe, Melech |42| And having summoned
Hashem! [Psa 52:7, 62:10] HaMoshiach took the Shneym them, Rebbe, Melech
|24| And the talmidim were Asar aside for a yechidus and HaMoshiach says to them,
amazed at his dvarim. But began to tell them what was to You have daas that among the
again Rebbe, Melech happen to him, Goyim those whom they
HaMoshiach in reply, says to |33| Saying, Hinei, we are recognize as their moshlim
them, Yeladim, how difficult it making aliyah leregel to (rulers) domineer them and
is to enter into the Malchut Yerushalayim, and the Bar their Gedolim exercise
Hashem. Enosh will be betrayed to the authority over them.
|25| It is easier [for] a camel Rashei Hakohanim and the |43| However, it is not so
to go through the eye of a Sofrim and they will condemn among you. He who wishes to
needle than for an oisher (rich him with onesh mavet (death become gadol among you
person) to enter the penalty) and will hand him must be your mesharet.
|44| And whoever wishes to And when they Yerushalayim into the Beis
be first among you must be
eved of all.
|45| For even the Bar
11 draw near to
Yerushalayim at
Beit-Pagey and Beit-Anyah
HaMikdash and, having
looked around at everything,
and, the hour now being late,
Enosh (Moshiach, DANIEL near the Mount of Olives, he went out to Beit-Anyah with
7:13-14) did not come to be Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach the Shneym Asar (Twelve).
served but to serve and to give sends two of his talmidim, |12| And on the next day,
his NEFESH as a kofer |2| And says to them, Go into when they came from Beit-
(ransom, pedut) LARABBIM the shtetl ahead of you, and Anyah, Rebbe, Melech
(for many, for the Geulah ofen ort (immediately) as you HaMoshiach was hungry.
Redemption of many). enter it, you will find an AYIR |13| And having seen in the
[YESHAYAH 53:10-11] (colt, ZECHARYAH 9:9) tied distance an etz te’enah (fig
|46| And they come to there, on which no one of Bnei tree) in leaf, Rebbe, Melech
Yericho. And as Rebbe, Adam yet has ever sat; untie it HaMoshiach approached it to
Melech HaMoshiach was and bring it here. see whether he might find pri
going forth from Yericho with [BAMIDBAR 19:2, DEVARIM (fruit) on it. But when he
his talmidim and a great 21:3, SHMUEL ALEF 6:7] came to it, he found nothing
multitude, Bar-Timai [son of |3| And if anyone says to you, except leaves. For it was not
Timai], an ivver, a poor betler Why are you doing this? You the te’enim season.
(beggar), was sitting beside the say, HaAdon has need of it |14| And in reply, Rebbe,
road. and will send it here again. Melech HaMoshiach said to it,
|47| And when he heard that |4| And Rebbe, Melech May no one ever be nourished
it was Yehoshua from Natzeret HaMoshiach's talmidim left from pri from you again! And
coming, he began to cry out and found an AYIR Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach's
and to shout, Ben Dovid (ZECHARYAH 9:9) tied at the talmidim were listening.
Yehoshua, chaneini! shaar (gate) outside on the |15| Then they came to
|48| And many were rebuking rekhov (street). And they Yerushalayim. And having
him that he should shekit, but untied him. entered the Beis HaMikdash,
he kept crying out all the |5| And some by-standers Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach
more, Ben Dovid, chaneini! were saying to them, What are began to drive out the ones
|49| Having stopped, Rebbe, you doing untying the AYIR? buying and selling in the Beis
Melech HaMoshiach said, |6| And the talmidim spoke to HaMikdash, and he
Summon him here. And they them just as Rebbe, Melech overturned the shulchanot
called the ivver, saying to him, HaMoshiach had instructed (tables) of the machalifei
Chazak! Cheer up! He is them. And the by-standers hakesafim (money changers)
calling you! permitted them. and the chairs of the ones
|50| And having tossed aside |7| And the talmidim brought selling the yonim (doves).
his kaftan, and having jumped the AYIR to Rebbe, Melech |16| And he was not allowing
up, he came to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and they lay anyone to carry things
HaMoshiach. upon it their garments, and he through the Beis HaMikdash.
|51| And in reply, Yehoshua sat upon it. |17| And he was teaching
said, What do you wish that I |8| And many spread their Torah and he was saying to
may do for you? And the ivver garments on the derech, but them, Has it not been written,
said to Rebbe, Melech others spread leafy branches BEITI BEIT TEFILLAH
HaMoshiach, Rabboni, that I they had cut from the sadot YIKAREI LKHOL HAAMMIM
may see. (fields). (My House shall be called a
|52| And Rebbe, Melech |9| And the vanguard and House of Prayer [for] all
HaMoshiach said to him, Go. rearguard of the procession peoples), but you have made it
Your emunah has brought you were crying out, HOSHAN a MEARAT PARITZIM (den of
tikkun (restored you). And NAH (Save now, TEHILLIM robbers). [YESHAYAH 56:7;
ofen ort (immediately) he 118:25-26) BARUCH HABAH YIRMEYAH 7:11]
regained his sight and he B'SHEM ADONOI! |18| And the Rashei
began following Rebbe, |10| A bracha on the coming Hakohanim (the Chief Priests)
Melech HaMoshiach baderech Malchut Dovid Avinu! and the Sofrim (Scribes)
(on the road). Hoshan nah in the highest! heard this,
HaMoshiach entered into
and they were seeking how the Zekenim come to him. the kerem (vineyard).
they might destroy him, for |28| And they were saying to |3| But they seized the eved
they were afraid of him, for all him, By what kind of samchut and they beat him and sent
the multitude were amazed at do you do these things? Or him away empty.
his torah (teaching). who gave to you this samchut |4| And again the Baal Bayit
|19| And when it became late, that you may do these things? sent to the tenants, the
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach |29| But Rebbe, Melech koremim, another eved; and
and his talmidim went out of HaMoshiach said to them, I that one they struck on the
the city. will ask you one dvar, and you rosh and insulted.
|20| And in the boker answer me and I will tell you |5| And the Baal Bayit sent
(morning), early, as they by what kind of samchut I do another; and that one they
passed by, they saw the etz these things: killed, and many others, some
teenah (fig tree) having been |30| The tevilah [of teshuva] beating, and others killing.
withered from [the] roots. of Yochanan--was it from |6| Still he had one BEN
|21| And, having Shomayim or from Bnei AHUV [T.N. see 9:7].
remembered, Shimon Kefa Adam? Answer me! Lemaskana (finally), the Baal
says to him, Rebbe, look, the |31| And they were discussing Bayit sent him to them saying,
etz teenah (fig tree) which you among themselves, saying, If They will respect BENI.
cursed has been withered. we say, from Shomayim, he |7| But those koremim said to
|22| And in reply Rebbe, will say, Why then did you not themselves, This one is the
Melech HaMoshiach says to believe him? Yoresh (Heir) the Bechor.
them, Have emunah in |32| But [if] we say from Bnei Come, let us kill him, and the
Hashem. Adam, they were afraid of the nachalah, the bechorah, will
|23| Omein, I say to you, multitude, for everyone was be ours.
whoever says to this considering Yochanan beemes |8| And having seized [him],
mountain, be lifted up and be (in truth) a navi. they killed him and threw him
thrown into the sea, and does |33| And in reply to Rebbe, out of the kerem.
not waver in his lev (heart) but Melech HaMoshiach, they say, |9| What then will the Baal
has emunah that what he says We do not have daas. And Bayit of the kerem do? He will
happens, so it will be for him. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach come and destroy the
|24| For this reason, I say to says to them, Neither will I tell koremim and will give the
you, everything for which you you by what kind of samchut I kerem to others.
daven (pray), everything you do these things. |10| Have you not read the
request in tefillos (prayers), Kitvei Hakodesh? EVEN
have emunah (faith) that you MAASU HABONIM HAYTAH
have received it, and so it will LEROSH PINAH; MEIET
be for you. HASHEM HAYTAH ZOT, HI
|25| And when you stand NIFLAT BEINEINU (The
davening, grant selicha And Rebbe, Melech stone which the ones building
(forgiveness) if something you
hold against someone, in
order that your Avinu
12 HaMoshiach began
to speak to them in
meshalim (parables). A man, a
rejected, this one has come to
be for [the] chief cornerstone.
|11| From Adonoi this came
shbaShomayim may grant you Baal Bayit, planted a kerem to be and it is wonderful in
selicha for your peyshaim (vineyard), and he put around our eyes? [TEHILLIM
(transgressions). [it] a fence and dug a pit for 118:22,23]
|26| [But if you do not give the yekev (winepress) and built |12| And they were seeking to
mechila (forgiveness) neither a migdal (tower), and he seize him, and they were
will your chattaim receive leased it to koremim (vine afraid of the multitude, for
selicha (forgiveness) from your keepers) and then the man they knew that against them
Av shbaShomayim.] went on a journey. he told the mashal. And
|27| And again they come [YESHAYAH 5:1-7] leaving him, they went away.
into Yerushalayim. And in the |2| And the Baal Bayit sent |13| And they send to him
Beis Hamikdash, [when] an eved to the tenants, the some of the Perushim
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach koremim, in the season [of (Pharisees) and the Herodians
was walking about, the Rashei katzir (harvest)] in order that in order that they might catch
Hakohanim (the Chief Priests) from the koremim he might him in a dvar.
and the Sofrim (Scribes) and receive from the perot (fruit) of
|14| And having come, they not leave a descendant. KAMOCHA [VAYIKRA 19:18].
say to him: Rabbi, we have |21| And the second took her There is not another mitzvah
daas that you are an ish Emes and he died, not having left greater than these.
and you do not show behind a descendant. And the |32| And the Baal Torah said
deference toward anyone. Ki third likewise. to him, Well spoken, Rabbi,
ein masso panim (For there is |22| And the seven did not beemes you have said that
no partiality) with you but leave a descendant. Hashem is ECHAD (one,
rather on the Derech Hashem |23| In the Techiyas DEVARIM 6:4), and EIN OD
you give Divrei Torah in HaMesim, when they are and there is no other
Emes. Is it mutar to give a made to stand up alive, of [YESHAYAH 45:18] except
poll tax to Caesar or not? which of them will she be [the] him. [DEVARIM 4:35,39;
Should we give or should we isha? For seven had her as YESHAYAH 45:6,14; 46:9]
not give? wife. |33| and to have ahavah for
|15| But Rebbe, Melech |24| Rebbe, Melech him BECHOL LVAVCHA
HaMoshiach, having seen HaMoshiach, said to them, Is (with all your heart) and with
their tzeviut (hypocrisy), said not this the reason you are in all your binah UVECHOL
to them, Why are you testing error, having daas neither of MODECHA (with all your
me? Bring me a denarius that the Kitvei Hakodesh nor of the strength DEVARIM 6:5) and
I may look [at it]. gevurat Hashem? LREACHA KAMOCHA (your
|16| And they brought [one]. |25| But concerning the neighbor as yourself,
And Rebbe, Melech Mesim that are made to stand VAYIKRA 19:18) is greater
HaMoshiach says to them, up alive, they do not marry [than] all of the burnt
Whose demut is this and nor are they given in nisuim, offerings and sacrifices.
whose inscription? And they but are like the malachim in [SHMUEL ALEF 15:22;
said to him, Caesar's. Shomayim. HOSHEA 6:6; MICHOH 6:6 8]
|17| And he said to them, The |26| But concerning the |34| And Rebbe, Melech
things of Caesar, give to Mesim, that they are made to HaMoshiach, when he saw
Caesar, and the things of stand up alive, have you not that this Torah teacher
Hashem [give] to Hashem. read in the sefer Moshe at the answered with chochmah
And they were amazed at bush, how Hashem spoke to (wisdom), said to him, You are
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. him, saying, ANOCHI not far from the Malchut
|18| And [the] Tzedukim ELOHEI AVRAHAM ELOHEI Hashem. And no one was
come to Rebbe, Melech YITZCHAK VELOHEI daring to put a she’elah
HaMoshiach, the ones who say YAAKOV, SHEMOT 3:6) (question) in front of Rebbe,
that there is not to be a |27| Hashem is not the G-d of Melech HaMoshiach again.
Techiyas HaMesim, and they the Mesim (Dead ones) but of |35| While Rebbe, Melech
were questioning him, saying, the Chayyim (Living ones). HaMoshiach was saying
|19| Rabbi, Moshe You are greatly mistaken. shiurim (Torah talks) in the
(Rabbeinu) wrote to us that if |28| And one of the Sofrim Beis Hamikdash, he was
an ACH of someone should approached and heard them saying: How is it that the
die and leave behind an isha debating, and seeing that Sofrim say that Moshiach is
UVEN EIN LO (and there is Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach [merely] ben Dovid?
no son to him) YEVAMAH answered them well, asked |36| Dovid himself said by
YAVO ALEIHA ULEKAKHAH him, Which mitzvah is the Ruach Hakodesh, NEUM
LO LISHA VHAYAH rishonah of all the mitzvot? HASHEM LADONI: SHEV
HABECHOR ASHER TELED |29| Rebbe, Melech LIMINI, AD ASHIT
YAKUM AL SHEM ACHIV HaMoshiach answered, OYVECHA HADOM
HAMET (the brother of her SHEMA YISROEL ADONOI LRAGLECHA [SHMUEL
husband must come to her ELOHEINU ADONOI BAIS 23:2; TEHILLIM 110:1]
and he must take her to him ECHAD is harishonah. |37| Dovid himself calls
as wife and the Bechor she |30| VAHAVTA ES ADONOI Moshiach Adon; how then is
bears shall raise up the name ELOHECHA BKHOL Moshiach [merely] ben Dovid?
of the dead brother. LVAVCHA UVECHOL And the large multitude found
DEVARIM 25:5) NAFSHECHA UVECHOL it a huge oneg (pleasure) to
|20| Now there were shiva MODECHA. [DEVARIM 6:4,5] listen to him.
achim. And the first took a |31| And the shneyah is this,
wife and, dying, did VAHAVTA LREACHA
|38| And in his torah, Rebbe, |2| And Rebbe, Melech |11| And when they arraign
Melech HaMoshiach was HaMoshiach said to him, Do you and hand you over for
saying, Beware of the Sofrim you see these great binyanim? trial, do not be worried
(Scribes, Torah teachers, Not one even (stone) will be beforehand about what you
rabbonim), the ones left resting on another even might say; but whatever is
enamored of strutting about (stone). All will be thrown given to you in that hour, this
in extremely long kaftans and down! you shall say, for it is not you
with equally lengthy Birkat |3| And Rebbe, Melech yourselves who are the ones
Shalom greetings in the HaMoshiach was sitting on speaking, but the Ruach
marketplaces, the Mount of Olives opposite Hakodesh.
|39| And places of honor in the Beis HaMikdash having a |12| And ach will hand over
the shuls and places of honor yechidus (private meeting) ach to mavet, and Av [his] own
at the seudot (banquet with Kefa and Yaakov and yeled, and yeladim will rise up
dinners). Yochanan and Andrew. against horim (parents) and
|40| Beware particularly of |4| Tell us when these things cause them to be condemned
the ones devouring the batim will be and what [will be] the with onesh mavet (the death
(houses) of the almanot ot (sign) when all these things penalty). [MICHOH 7:6]
(widows) and making a grand are about to be consummated? |13| And everyone will hate
show of davening long tefillos. |5| And Rebbe, Melech you with sinas chinom
Mishpat (Judgment) will fall HaMoshiach began to say to (baseless hatred) because of
more heavily on these. them, Beware lest anyone my Name [Yehoshua, Yeshua].
|41| And having sat [down] deceive you. But the one having endured to
opposite the Beis Hamikdash |6| For many will come in my HaKetz, this one will receive
Otzar (Treasury), Rebbe, name [i.e., arrogating my title Yeshuat Eloheinu.
Melech HaMoshiach was and authority as Rebbe, |14| And when you see the
observing how the multitude Melech HaMoshiach] saying I SHIKUTS MESHOMEM (the
throws copper [coins] into the am [here]. And they will abomination of desolation,
Otzar. And many ashirim deceive many. [YIRMEYAH the abomination that causes
(rich people) were throwing 29:8] desolation, DANIEL 9:27;
[in] much. [MELACHIM BAIS |7| But when you hear of wars 11:31; 12:11) standing where
12:9] and rumors of wars, do not be it ought not-- let the one
|42| And a poor almanah troubled. It is necessary for reading this, take heed-- then
(widow) came and threw [in] these things to occur, but it is let the ones in Yehudah flee to
two leptas, which is a not yet HaKetz (the End [of the mountains.
kodrantes. the OlamHazeh]). |15| And the one on the roof,
|43| And having summoned |8| For there will be an let him not come down back
his talmidim, Rebbe, Melech intifada of ethnic group inside, and let him not enter
HaMoshiach said to them: against ethnic group and his bais to take anything away.
Omein, I say to you that this malchut against malchut, |16| And the one in the sadeh
poor almanah has put in more there will be earthquakes in (field) let him not turn back to
tzedakah (charity place after place, [and] there get his kaftan.
contribution) than all those will be famines. These things |17| And oy to the ones with
contributing to the Otzar, are but the beginning of the child and the ones with
|44| For everyone threw in Chevlei [Moshiach]. nursing infants in those days.
from their abundance, but |9| But as for yourselves, take |18| But daven tefillos that it
this almanah from her need heed and be careful. For they may not occur in khoref
has put in everything she had, will hand you over to the (winter).
all her michyah (subsistence). sanhedrin and in the shuls |19| For in those days will be
And as Rebbe, you will be beaten and before Tzarah Gedolah (Great
13 Melech
HaMoshiach was
going out from the Beis
moshlim (governors) and
melachim (kings) you will take
your stand for the sake of me
Tribulation) of such a kind as
has not happened from [the]
Reshit Yedei HaBriah
HaMikdash, one of his [Moshiach] as a solemn edut (Beginning of the Days of
talmidim says to him, Hinei! (testimony) to them. Creation) which Hashem
Rebbe, what large stones and |10| And it is necessary that created until now, and never
impressive binyanim the Besuras HaGeulah first be again will be. [DANIEL 9:26;
(buildings)! proclaimed to all nations. 12:1; YOEL 2:2]
|20| And unless Hashem has become tender and it puts haaretz.
makes those yamim forth the leaves, you have daas |3| And he was in Beit-
shortened, no one would be that Kayitz is near; Anyah at the bais of Shimon
delivered in the Yeshuat |29| So also you, when you the leper, reclining at tish, and
Eloheinu. But for the sake of see these things happening, an isha (woman) came, having
the Bechirim, whom Hashem have daas that it is near, at an alabaster flask of costly
chose, he shortened the the doors. perfume, pure nard, and
yamim. |30| Omein, I say to you that having broken open the
|21| And, then, if someone by no means HaDor HaZeh alabaster flask, she poured [it
says to you, Hinei! Here [is] passes away until all these on] the head of Rebbe, Melech
the Rebbe, Melech things take place. [Mk 13:24; HaMoshiach.
HaMoshiach! Hinei! There! Mt 27:45] |4| Now some were there who
do not have emunah in what |31| Shomayim and haaretz in ka’as (anger) said to one
they say. will pass away, but the dvarim another, For what reason has
|22| For meshichei sheker of me [Rebbe, Melech this waste of ointment taken
(false moshiachs) will arise, HaMoshiach] will by no place?
and neviei sheker (false means pass away. |5| For this was able to be
prophets), and they will [YESHAYAH 40:8] sold for more than three
perform otot and moftim so as |32| But concerning HaYom hundred denarii and to be
to deceive and lead astray, if HaHu or the shaah, no one given to the aniyim. And they
possible, the Bechirim. has daas, neither the were reproaching her.
[DEVARIM 13:6,7,11,14] malachim in Shomayim nor |6| But Rebbe, Melech
|23| But you beware. I have HaBen, but only HaAv. HaMoshiach said, Leave her
forewarned you concerning all |33| Beware, stay shomer (on alone. Why are you bringing
things. guard), for you do not have about difficulty for the isha?
|24| But after the Tzarah daas when the time is. Has she not performed one of
[13:19] of yamim hahem, the |34| It is like a man, when the Gemilut Chasadim on me?
shemesh will be darkened, departing on a journey and |7| For always the aniyim you
and the levanah will not give leaving his bais (house) and, have with you, and when you
its ohr, having put his avadim wish you are able to do
|25| And the kokhavim (stars) (servants) in charge, each with maasim tovim for them, but
will be falling out of his assigned avodah (work), me you do not always have.
Shomayim, and the kochot gives orders to the gatekeeper [DEVARIM 15:11]
(powers), the ones in to be shomer. |8| With what she had she did
Shomayim, will be shaken. |35| Therefore you be all she could. She prepared
[YESHAYAH 13:10; 34:4; shomer, for you do not have ahead of time to anoint my
YECHEZKEL 32:7-8; AMOS daas when the Baal Bayit basar for the kevurah (burial)
8:9; YOEL 3:3f (2:30f)] comes, either late in the yom [TEHILLIM 16:9-10; IYOV
|26| And then you will see the or at chatzot halailah or at 19:25-27; YESHAYAH 53:9].
BAR ENOSH BA cockcrow or baboker, |9| And, omein, I say to you,
BAANANIM (the Son of Man |36| Lest having come wherever the Besuras
[Moshiach] coming in clouds PITOM (suddenly MALACHI HaGeulah is proclaimed in
DANIEL 7:13- 3:1) he finds you sleeping. kol haaretz, also what this
14) with gevurah rabbah |37| And what I say to you, I isha did will be spoken in her
(great power) and kavod say to all, be shomer. memory.
(glory). Now it was two |10| And Yehudah from
|27| And then he will send
the malachim and he will
gather together his Bechirim
14 days before
Pesach, the Chag
HaMatzot. And the Rashei
Kriot, one of the Shneym Asar,
went to the Rashei Hakoha-
nim in order that he might
[13:20] from the four winds, Hakohanim and the Sofrim betray him to them.
from the ends (extremities) of were seeking how they might |11| And there was chedvah
haaretz to the ends by ormah (cunning) do away (joy, gaiety, rejoicing) with the
(extremities) of Shomayim. with Rebbe, Melech ones having heard and they
[ZECHARYAH 2:6] HaMoshiach. gave the havtachah (promise)
|28| And from the etz teenah |2| For they were saying, Not of a matnat kesef (gift of
(fig tree) learn the mashal: at the Chag, for fear that a riot money) to Yehudah.
when by that time its branch break out among the am
And he was seeking how he |21| For the Bar Enosh him, Even if everyone will fall
might conveniently betray [Moshiach, DANIEL 7:13 away, yet I will not.
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach. 14] goes just as it has been |30| And he says to him,
|12| And at the rishon of the written concerning him Omein, I say to you, that you
Chag HaMatzot, when it was [YESHAYAH 53:3; DANIEL today, balailah hazeh (during
customary to prepare the 9:26; ZECHARYAH 12:10], this night) before the tarnegol
Pesach Korban for mo’ed but woe to that man through crows twice, you will make
zevach, his talmidim say to whom the Bar Enosh is hakhchashah (denial) of me
him, Where do you wish us to betrayed. [It would have been] shalosh paamim (three times).
go and make the preparations better for him if that man had |31| But Kefa kept saying
for you to conduct the Seder? not been born. with vehemence, If it is
[SHEMOT 12:1-11; DEVARIM |22| And at [Moshiach’s] necessary for me to die al
16:1-4] Seudah, while they were kiddush ha-Shem for you, by
|13| And Rebbe, Melech eating, Rebbe, Melech no means will I make
HaMoshiach sends two of his HaMoshiach, having taken hakhchashah of you. And so
talmidim and he says to them, the matzah, having made the also everyone declared.
Go into the city, and you will HaMotzi, broke the middle |32| And they come to a place
meet a man carrying a jar of matzah, giving the afikoman of which the name [was] Gat
water; follow him; to Moshiach’s talmidim, and Shmanim and Rebbe, Melech
|14| And wherever he enters, said, Take and eat, this is my HaMoshiach says to his
tell the Baal Bayit that the BASAR. [SHEMOT 12:8] talmidim, Sit down here while
Rebbe says, Where is my |23| And having taken the I daven.
mekom linah where I can Cup of Redemption [and] |33| And he takes Kefa and
conduct the Pesach Seder with having made the bracha, he Yaakov and Yochanan with
my talmidim? gave it to Moshiach’s talmi- him and he began to be
|15| And he will show you a dim, and everyone drank of it. distressed and to be troubled.
large aliyyah having been |24| And Rebbe, Melech |34| And Rebbe, Melech
furnished and ready. And HaMoshiach said to them, HaMoshiach says to them, My
there prepare for us. HINEI DAHM HABRIT agmat nefesh (grief) is great,
|16| And the talmidim went (SHEMOT 24:8), the dahm of even to the point of mavet
out and they came into the me (Moshiach, see Isa 53:7), (death). Remain here and stay
city and found things just as which is being poured out awake and shomer (on guard).
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach lama’an RABBIM (for the sake |35| And having gone forth a
told them, and they made of MANY YESHAYAH 53:11). little, he was falling on the
preparations for Pesach. |25| Omein, I say to you, that ground and was davening
|17| And erev having come, no longer will I by any means that, if it is possible, this
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach drink of the p’ri hagefen (fruit shaah (hour) might pass from
arrives with the Shneym Asar. of the vine) until Yom HaHu him.
|18| And while they were at when I drink it chadash (new) |36| And Rebbe, Melech
tish in a yechidus, reclining in the Malchut Hashem. HaMoshiach was saying,
and eating, Rebbe, Melech |26| And having sung the Abba, Avi, all things [are]
HaMoshiach said, Omein, I Hallel, they went out to the possible for you. Take away
say to you, that one of you will Mount of Olives. this KOS [YESHAYAH 51:17;
betray me, OKHEL LACHEMI |27| And Rebbe, Melech 53:12] from me. But not what
(the one eating my bread HaMoshiach says to them, All I will, but what you [will].
TEHILLIM 41:10 (9). of you will fall away, for it has |37| And he comes and finds
|19| They began to have been written, I will strike them sleeping, and he says to
agmat nefesh (grief), and, one down ES HAROEH Shimon Kefa, Are you
by one, to say to Rebbe, UTEFUTEN HATZON (the sleeping? Did you not have
Melech HaMoshiach, Surely I Shepherd and the sheep will chozek (strength) to stay awake
am not the one? be scattered). [ZECHARYAH one hour?
|20| And Rebbe, Melech 13:7] |38| Stay shomer and daven
HaMoshiach said to them, It is |28| But after I am made to that you may not enter into
one of the Shneym Asar, the stand up alive in the Techiyas nisayon (trial, temptation).
one dipping with me into the HaMoshiach, I will go before Indeed the ruach [is] ready
bowl [SHEMOT 12:8; you into the Galil. but the basar [is] weak.
TEHILLIM 41:10 (9)]. |29| But Shimon Kefa said to
|39| And again he went away |49| Every day I was with you questioned Rebbe, Melech
and davened the same dvarim in the Beis HaMikdash HaMoshiach, saying, Do you
(words) as before. [14:36] teaching Torah and you did not answer anything to what
|40| And once again he came not arrest me; but let the these bear solemn edut
and found them sleeping, for Kitvei Hakodesh be fulfilled. (testimony) against you?
their eyes were falling shut, [YESHAYAH 53:7-12] |61| But Rebbe, Melech
and they did not have daas of |50| And, having left Rebbe, HaMoshiach was silent and
what they might answer him. Melech HaMoshiach, everyone did not answer anything.
|41| And he comes the fled. [YESHAYAH 53:7-8] Again
shlishit (third) time and says [51] And a certain bocher was the Kohen Gadol was
to them, Sleep [for] the following along with Rebbe, questioning him and says to
remainder and take your rest. Melech HaMoshiach, and the him, Are you the Rebbe,
It is enough. The shaah (hour) bocher was wearing nothing Melech HaMoshiach, HaBen
has come. Hinei, the Bar but a linen garment around Hamevorakh?
Enosh [Moshiach] is his naked body, and they |62| And Rebbe, Melech
betrayed into the hands of seized the bocher. HaMoshiach said, Ani hu, and
choteim (sinners). |52| But the bocher ran away you will see the BAR
|42| Get up, let us go. Hinei, naked, leaving the linen ENOSH [DANIEL 7:13-14]
the one betraying me has garment behind. YOSHEV LIMIN HaGevurah
drawn near. |53| And they led away [TEHILLIM 110:1] UVA IM
|43| And, ofen ort, bishas Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach to ANENEI HASHOMAYIM (the
maise (at the same time) the Kohen Gadol. And all the Bar Enosh [Moshiach]
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is Rashei Hakohanim and the sitting at the right hand of
speaking, Yehudah arrives, Zekenim and the Sofrim were power and coming with the
one of the Shneym Asar, and assembled. clouds of heaven).
with him a crowd with swords |54| And Shimon Kefa from a |63| And the Kohen Gadol,
and clubs with Rashei distance followed Rebbe, making the keriah (ritual
Hakohanim and the Sofrim Melech HaMoshiach right into tearing) of his tunic, says,
and the Zekenim. the courtyard of the Kohen What further need do we have
|44| Now the one betraying Gadol. And Kefa was sitting of edim (witnesses)? [VAYIKRA
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach together with the servants and 10:6; 21:10; 24:16;
had given a signal to them, warming himself near the ohr BAMIDBAR 14:6]
saying, Whomever I may give of the hadlakah (bonfire). |64| You heard him commit
the neshikah (kiss), he is [the |55| And the Rashei Chillul Hashem gidduf
one], chap him (seize him)! Hakohanim and [the] whole (blasphemy). How does it
And lead [him] away under Sanhedrin were seeking edut seem to you? And they all
guard. against Rebbe, Melech condemned Rebbe, Melech
|45| And when he came, he HaMoshiach in order to have HaMoshiach to be deserving
ofen ort approached Rebbe, him under the onesh mavet, of mishpat mavet. [VAYIKRA
Melech HaMoshiach and says, and they were not finding any. 24:16]
Rebbe. And he gave him the |56| For many gave edut |65| And some began to spit
neshikah (kiss). sheker against Rebbe, Melech on him and to cover his face
|46| And they laid their HaMoshiach, and the eduyot and to strike him and to say to
hands on Rebbe, Melech were not in agreement. him, Let's hear a dvar nevuah
HaMoshiach and arrested |57| And some, taking the (word of prophecy)! And the
him. stand, were giving edut sheker shomrim (guards) took custody
|47| But one of those (false testimony) against him: of him by slapping Rebbe,
standing by drew his cherev |58| We heard him saying, I Melech HaMoshiach.
and struck the servant of the will bring churban to this Beis |66| And Shimon Kefa being
Kohen Gadol and cut off his HaMikdash made with human below in the courtyard, one of
ear. hands, and, after shlosha the maids of the Kohen Gadol
|48| And Rebbe, Melech yamim, another, not made comes by.
HaMoshiach answered and with hands, I will build. |67| And having seen Kefa
said to them, Do you come out |59| So their eduyot were not warming himself, having
with swords and clubs as in agreement. looked him over, she says,
against a shoded (robber) to |60| And having stood up in You also were
arrest me? their midst, the Kohen Gadol
with the one from Natzeret, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach placate the crowd, released to
Yehoshua! [of] many things. them Bar-Abba, and handed
|68| But he denied [it], saying, |4| And Pilate again over Rebbe, Melech
I do not have daas (knowledge) questioned him, saying, Do HaMoshiach to be scourged
or binah (understanding) of you not answer anything? [with the flagellum] and to be
what you are saying. And he Look how many things they talui al HaEtz (to be hanged
walked away and went outside accuse you [of]. on the Tree, DEVARIM 21:23).
into the entryway. And a |5| But Rebbe, Melech |16| And the chaiyalim
tarnegol crowed. HaMoshiach no longer (soldiers) led away Rebbe,
|69| And the maid, having answered anything, so Pilate Melech HaMoshiach into the
seen him, began again to say was astounded. [YESHAYAH courtyard, which is [the]
to the ones standing by, This 53:7] Praetorium, the governor's
is one of them! |6| Now [at] every Chag he headquarters, and they called
|70| But again he made was releasing to them one together [the] whole cohort.
hakhchashah (denial). And prisoner for whom they were |17| And they clothe him in
after a little [while] again the making bakosha (request). [royal] purple and place upon
ones having stood by were |7| Now there was the one him a keter (crown) of thorns
saying to Kefa, You are one of being called Bar-Abba, who that they had woven together.
them, for indeed you are a had been imprisoned with his |18| And they began to greet
Gelili (inhabitant of the Galil). fellow insurrectionists and him, Hail, Melech
|71| And Kefa began to speak who, at the time of the Mered HaYehudim!
a klalah (curse) and to swear, I (Revolt, Uprising), had |19| And they were striking
do not have daas of this man committed retzach (murder). him [on] the rosh with a staff
I don't know the one of whom |8| So the crowd came and and they were spitting on him
you speak! began to ask Pilate to do for and bending their knees and
|72| And ofen ort for a second them just as in the past was bowing down before him.
time, a tarnegol crowed. And his custom. [TEHILLIM 22:8,17]
then Kefa remembered the |9| But Pilate answered them, |20| After mocking him, they
dvar that Rebbe, Melech saying, Do you wish [that] I stripped him of [royal] purple
HaMoshiach had spoken to should release to you the and clothed him in his
him, Before a tarnegol crows Melech HaYehudim? garments. And they lead him
twice, shalosh paamim (three |10| For Pilate knew that out that they might make him
times) you will make because of kinah (envy) the be talui al HaEtz (being
hakhchashah (denial) of me. Rashei Hakohanim had hanged on the Tree).
(Mk 14:30). And having handed him over to him. [DEVARIM 21:23]
broken down, Kefa was |11| But the Rashei |21| And a certain Shimon
weeping. Hakohanim incited the crowd from Cyrene was passing by,
that Pilate should instead who was coming in from [the]
release Bar-Abba to them. countryside. He was the
And as soon as it |12| But Pilate, in reply father of Alexander and
15 was boker, the

Rashei Hakohanim
(the Chief Priests) with the
again, was saying to them,
What then do you wish [that] I
should do with the one whom
Rufus. The chaiyalim
(soldiers) requisition him in
order that he carry Moshiach's
Zekenim and Sofrim (Scribes) you call the Melech Etz. [DEVARIM 21:23;
and [the] whole Sanhedrin, HaYehudim? YESHAYAH 53:4-5]
having performed the akedah |13| And again they cried out, |22| And they bring Rebbe,
(binding) of Rebbe, Melech Let him be talui al HaEtz Melech HaMoshiach to a
HaMoshiach, led [him] away (being hanged on the Tree)! place called Gulgotha, which
and handed [him] over to [DEVARIM 21:23] means, being translated, Place
Pilate. [BERESHIS 22:9] |14| But Pilate was saying to of the Skull.
|2| And Pilate questioned them, Why? What ra’ah has he |23| And they were giving to
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, committed? But they all the him yayin having been mixed
Are you the Melech more cried out, Let him be with myrrh, but this one did
HaYehudim? And, in reply, he talui al HaEtz (being hanged not take it. [TEHILLIM
says, You say so. on the Tree)! [DEVARIM 69:22 (21); MISHLE 31:6]
|3| And the Rashei 21:23]
Hakohanim were accusing |15| So Pilate, desiring to
|24| And they hanged Rebbe, hour. [AMOS 8:9] |42| And already, erev
Melech HaMoshiach on HaEtz |34| And at the ninth hour, (evening) fast approaching, vi-
and YICHALLEKU VEGADAI he cried out in a kol gadol bahlt (since) it was
(they divide the garments) of (loud voice), Eloi, Eloi lamah Preparation Day, which is the
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, sabachthani? --which means, day before Shabbos,
and VAPPILU GORAL (they being translated, ELI ELI |43| Yosef of Ramatayim, a
cast lots) for them, to decide LAMAH AZAVTANI? (My G-d, member of the Sanhedrin and
what each might take. my G-d, why have you a man of chashivut
[TEHILLIM 22:19 (18)] forsaken me? [TEHILLIM (prominence) there, a man
|25| Now it was [the] third 22:1]) who was also himself looking
hour when they nailed and |35| And some of the ones forward to the Malchut
hanged Rebbe, Melech having been standing nearby Hashem, had the bold chozek
HaMoshiach on HAETZ. and having heard, were to go into Pilate and ask for
[DEVARIM 21:23] saying, Hinei! He calls for the gufat Yehoshua.
|26| And the inscription of Eliyahu HaNavi! |44| And Pilate was amazed
the charge against him was |36| And someone having run that Rebbe, Melech
inscribed above his rosh, and having filled a sponge HaMoshiach was already
Melech HaYehudim. with CHOMETZ (vinegar niftar (deceased), and Pilate
|27| And with him they also TEHILLIM 69:21), and summoned the centurion to
nailed, each to his own etz, having placed it on a staff, question him whether
shnei shodedim, one on [the] gave a drink to him, saying, Yehoshua was niftar already.
right, one on [the] left of him. Leave him alone. Let us see if |45| And having found out
|28| [And the Kitvei Eliyahu Hanavi comes to take from the centurion, he gave
Hakodesh was fulfilled, VES him down. the geviyah (body) to Yosef.
POSHEIM NIMNAH (and |37| And Rebbe, Melech [BERESHIS 47:18]
with lawless persons he was HaMoshiach, having uttered a |46| And having bought linen
numbered YESHAYAH kol gadol (loud voice) and cloth tachrichim (shrouds)
53:12).] having breathed his last, and having taken Rebbe,
|29| And the ones passing by expired. Melech HaMoshiach down, he
were reviling him and shaking |38| And the Parochet in the wrapped him in the
their heads and saying, Ha! Heikhal was torn in two from tachrichim (shrouds) and
The one bringing churban on top to bottom. placed him in a kever which
the Beis HaMikdash and |39| And the centurion, had been cut from rock, and
rebuilding [it] in shlosha having stood nearby opposite he rolled a stone against the
yamim, [TEHILLIM 22:7; him, and having seen that he entrance of the kever.
109:25] expired this way, said Beemes |47| And Miryam of Magdala
|30| Save yourself! Come (actually, in truth), this man and Miryam the Em of Yosi
down from the etz! was the Ben HaElohim! were observing [T.N. as chevra
|31| Likewise, also, the |40| And there were also kadesha shomrim eye-
Rashei Hakohanim with the nashim (women) looking on witnesses] of where Rebbe,
Sofrim were also mocking from a distance, among whom Melech HaMoshiach had been
him, saying, He saved others, [were] Miryam from Magdala, laid.
but himself he is not able to and Miryam the Em of the And when Shabbos
save. [TEHILLIM 22:7]
|32| Let the Moshiach, let
Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach of
younger Yaakov and of Yosi,
and Shlomit. [TEHILLIM
38:11]
16 had ended,
Miryam Magdalene
and Miryam Em of Yaakov,
Yisroel, let [him] come down |41| They were with Rebbe, and Shlomit bought spices in
now from the etz, in order that Melech HaMoshiach in the order that they might go and
we may see and have emunah! Galil and they had been anoint him.
And the ones having been following him [as talmidat] |2| And at Shachrit on Yom
hanged on the etz on either and serving him, and there Rishon, the first day of the
side of him were reproaching were many other Jewish shavua (week), the shemesh
him. [Mk 8:31] women who, with Rebbe (sun) just coming up, they
|33| And when the sixth hour Melech HaMoshiach, had come to the kever.
came [high noon], it became made their aliyah leregel |3| And they were saying to
choshech over kol haaretz (pilgrimage) up to themselves, Who will roll
until [the] ninth Yerushalayim. away the stone for
BESURAS HAGEULAH ACCORDING TO LUKAS
us from the entrance of the [12] And after these things, (Proclamation, Kerygma)
kever? Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach everywhere, [while] Adonoi was
[4] And having looked up they appeared in another form to two working with them, confirming
observe that the stone, which of them walking along into the the Besuras HaGeulah through
was extremely large, had already country. the accompanying otot (signs).
been rolled aside! [13] And those went and Omein.
[5] And having entered into the reported to the rest, but the rest
kever, they saw a young man did not have emunah either.
enrobed in white, sitting on the [14] But later Rebbe, Melecvh
right side, and they were HaMoshiach appeared to the
shocked with astonishment. Achad Asar (The Eleven),
[6] But he says to them, Do not themselves reclining at tish, and
be alarmed. You seek Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Vi-bahlt (since) many
Yehoshua/Yeshua from
Natzeret, who has been made
talui al HaEtz (being hanged on
reproached them for their lack of
emunah and the KESHI
[stubbornness, hardness
1 Messianic Sofrim have
attempted to compile a
sefer, a historical narrative,
the Tree). He has been made to DEVARIM 9:27] of their about the momentous events that
stand up alive. He is not here. levavot (hearts), because they have been fulfilled among us,
Hinei the place where they laid had not believed those who saw |2| Just as these [massoret
him. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach haShluchim] have been handed
[7] But go tell his talmidim and after he had been made to stand down to us by those who from
Kefa that he goes before you into up alive. HaReshit [of the Besuras
the Galil. There you will see [15] And Rebbe, Melech HaGeulah] were edei reiyah
him, just as he told you [Mt HaMoshiach said to them, Go (eyewitnesses) and mesharetim
26:32]. into kol haOlam (all the World), [ministers] of the Dvar Hashem,
[8] And having gone out, they and proclaim the Besuras |3| I thought it expedient also,
fled from the kever, and haGeulah to all HaBriah (the having done an iyun
trembling and amazement seized Creation). (investigative research),
them. And they told no one [16] The one having had emunah accurately and carefully being
anything, for they were afraid. (faith) and having submitted to a meayen (engaged in research) in
tevilah of teshuva (immersion of every source and making a
repentance) will be delivered in medakdeke (pain-stakingly
the Yeshuat Eloheinu (Salvation thorough) investigation of every
of our G-d), but the one not aspect from HaReshit (the
having emunah will come under Beginning), to write for you and
The following verses are an the gezar din (verdict) of to mesader (arrange, place in
integral portion of the inspired harshaah (condemnation as succession) an orderly account,
record delivered from early guilty). most noble Theophilus,
times to the Kehillah of Hashem [17] And these otot (signs) will |4| That you may have daas of
and should be feared as the canonical, accompany those that have HaEmes regarding the Divrei
inspired and inerrant Word of emunah. BiShmi (In my Name) Moshiach about which you took
G-d. they will cast out shedim shiurim (lessons).
(demons); they will speak with |5| At the time of Herod king of
leshonot chadashot (new Yehudah, there was a certain
tongues, Ac 2:4; 10:45-46); kohen by the name Zecharyah,
[18] And with their hands they who belonged to the Aviyah
will pick up nechashim (snakes, division. His isha was of the
[9] And now after Rebbe, Ac 28:3-5); and, if any deadly banot Aharon, name of Elisheva.
Melech HaMoshiach stood up poison they drink, it will in no [DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF
alive early on Yom Rishon he way harm them; upon [the] 24:10]
appeared rishonah (first) to cholim (sick people) they will |6| And they were both tzaddikim
Miryam of Magdala, from whom lay their hands and they will before Hashem, walking a
he had cast out shiva shedim. bring them refuah. derech tamim in all the mitzvos
[10] She went out and [19] And then Adoneinu and chukkim of the Torah of
announced to the ones who had Yehoshua, after speaking to Adoneinu. [BERESHIS 6:9;
been with Rebbe, Melech them, was taken up into DEVARIM 5:33; MELACHIM
HaMoshiach while they were in Shomayim and VYASHAV ALEF 9:4]
avelut (mourning) and weeping. LIMIN HASHEM (sat down at |7| But they had no ben,
[11] And those who heard that the right hand of Hashem. because Elisheva was
Rebbe,Melech HaMoshiach lives {TEHILLIM 110:1]) barren, and they were
and he was seen by her, refused [20] And those having gone
to have emunah. forth preached the Hachrazah
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both advanced in their |17| And he will go forth |25| Hashem has done this
yamim. before Adonoi in the ruach for me. In these yamim he
|8| And it came to pass in the (spirit) and koach (power) of looked with Chen vChesed
performance of his avodas Eliyahu HaNavi, VEHESHIV (favor and mercy, loving
kodesh sherut as a kohen LEV AVOT AL BANIM (And kindness) on me to take away
before Hashem in the he will turn the heart of the my reproach among Bnei
appointed order of his fathers to the children Adam. [BERESHIS 30:23;
division, [DIVREY HAYAMIM MALACHI 3:24 [4:6]) and YESHAYAH 4:1]
ALEF 24:19; DIVREY those without mishmaat |26| Now in the chodesh
HAYAMIM BAIS 8:14] (obedience) he will turn to the shishi the malach Gavriel was
|9| According to the minhag chochmah of the tzaddikim to sent from Hashem to a shtetl
(custom) of the kehunah, prepare for Adonoi an Am in the Galil called Natzeret,
Zecharyah was chosen by lot (People) having been made |27| To a betulah (virgin)
to enter the Beis Hamikdash ready. [MALACHI 4:5,6] given in erusin (betrothal,
and to offer ketoret (incense). |18| And Zecharyah said to engagement) to an ish from
[SHEMOT 30:7,8; DIVREY the malach, Just how will I the Beis Dovid named Yosef
HAYAMIM ALEF 23:13; have daas that this is so? For [ben Dovid], and the shem of
DIVREY HAYAMIM BAIS I am old and my isha is the almah was Miryam.
29:11; TEHILLIM 141:2] advanced in her yamim (days). |28| And when the malach
|10| And when the hour of [BERESHIS 15:8; 17:17] approached her, he said,
the offering of the ketoret |19| And in reply, the malach Shalom, favored one!
came, all the multitude were said to Zecharyah, I am Hashem is with you!
davening outside. [VAYIKRA Gavriel, I stand before |29| But she was greatly
16:17] Hashem. And I was sent to perplexed at the message, and
|11| And there appeared to speak to you and to announce kept pondering what sort of
Zecharyah a malach Hashem, these things to you. [DANIEL Shalom greeting this might be.
standing on the right side of 8:16; 9:21] |30| And the malach said to
the Mizbeach of ketoret. |20| And hinei! You will be her, Do not have pachad
[SHEMOT 30:1-10] illem (mute) and not be able (fear), Miryam, for you have
|12| And, seeing the malach, to speak, until the yom (day) found chen before Hashem.
Zecharyah was terrified, and when these things come to |31| And in your womb you
pachad (fear) fell on him. pass, because you did not have will conceive and bear BEN
[SHOFETIM 6:22,23; 13:22] emunah in my dvarim (words), [YESHAYAH 7:14] and you
|13| But the malach said to which will be fulfilled in their will call SHMO YEHOSHUA.
him, Do not have pachad time. [SHEMOT 4:11; [ZECHARYAH 6:11-12]
(fear), Zecharyah. Your tefillah YECHEZKEL 3:26] |32| He will be gadol (great)
(prayer) was heard and your |21| And the people were and will be called Ben
isha, Elisheva, will bear a ben expecting Zecharyah and they HaElyon (Son of the Most
to you and you will call his were bewildered at his delay High). Adonoi Elohim will give
shem Yochanan. in the Beis HaMikdash. him the kisse Dovid Aviv,
|14| And he will be a simcha |22| And when he came out, |33| And he will rule over the
to you and sasson (joy), and he was illem (mute) and not Beis Yaakov Olam vaed, and
there will be sasson rav (great able to speak to them, and his Malchut will never come to
joy) at his huledet (birth). they had daas that he had an end. [SHMUEL BAIS 7:16;
|15| And he will be gadol seen a chazon in the Heikhal. TEHILLIM 89:3,4;
before Hashem, and he will He kept motioning to them YESHAYAH 9:7; YIRMEYAH
not drink yayin or strong and he remained illem. 33:17; DANIEL 2:44; 7:14,27;
drink, and he will be filled |23| And it came about as the MICHOH 4:7]
with the Ruach Hakodesh yamim of his sherut (service in |34| But Miryam said to the
from the womb of his Em the Beis HaMikdash) as a malach, How will this be, vi-
(mother), [BAMIDBAR 6:3; kohen were fulfilled, he went bahlt (since) I do not have
VAYIKRA 10:9; SHOFETIM to his bais (house). daas of an ish?
13:4; YIRMEYAH 1:5] |24| And after these yamim, |35| And in reply, the malach
|16| And many of the Bnei Elisheva, his isha, became said to her, The Ruach
Yisroel he will turn back in with child, and she kept Hakodesh will come upon you
teshuva to Hashem herself in hitbodedut for and the gevurah of HaElyon
Eloheihem. chamesh chodashim, saying, will overshadow you.
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Therefore, also, the one being exalts in Hashem Yishi (G-d demonstrated his rachamim
born will be called HaKadosh my savior, Moshi’a) to her, and they had much
(The Holy One), Ben CHABAKUK 3:18, simcha with her.
HaElohim. [TEHILLIM 18:46; |59| And it came about on the
|36| And Elisheva your YESHAYAH 17:10; 61:10] yom hashemini (the eighth
krovah also has conceived a |48| For HASHEM day) they came for the bris
ben in her old age, and this VISHAFAL YIREH milah of the yeled, and they
chodesh is hashishi (the sixth) (TEHILLIM 138:6) looked were calling him by the name
for her who is called barren. upon the humble state of His of his abba, Zecharyah.
|37| For nothing will be shifcha (bond maid) for from |60| And in reply, his Em
impossible with Hashem. now on kol hadorot ishruni said: Lo, but he will be called
|38| And Miryam said, Hinei! (all generations will call me Yochanan.
I am the shifcha of Hashem. happy, BERESHIS 30:13) |61| And they said to her,
May it be done to me [TEHILLIM 138:6] There is no one from your
according to your dvar. And |49| For Shaddai (the krovim who is called by this
the malach departed from her. Almighty) did gedolot for me shem.
|39| And in those yamim, and Kadosh is Shmo, |62| And they began
Miryam got up and traveled [TEHILLIM 111:9] motioning to the yeled’s abba
into the hill country with haste |50| And the chesed of to find out what shem he
to a shtetl of Yehudah. Hashem is DOR VDOR wanted to give him.
|40| And she entered into the [TEHILLIM 100:5] to those |63| And having asked for a
bais of Zecharyah and gave with yirat Shomayim. luach (tablet), Zecharyah
Birkat Shalom greetings to [SHEMOT 20:6; TEHILLIM wrote, saying, Yochanan
Elisheva. 103:17] shmo. And everyone was
|41| And it came about, when |51| Hashem has done niflaot amazed.
Elisheva heard the Birkat (wonders) with his zeroa [arm, |64| And Zecharyah's mouth
Shalom of Miryam, the yeled YESHAYAH 53:1]. He was loosed at once and the
leaped in Elisheva’s womb, scattered those who in the lashon of him, and he began
and she was filled with the machshavot (thoughts) of their speaking, saying Baruch
Ruach Hakodesh. levavot are the Gaayonim (the Hashem!
|42| And Elisheva cried out Haughty ones). |65| And upon all their
with a kol gadol (loud voice) |52| He brought down shchenim (neighbors) came
and said, Brucha at shalitim (rulers) from their much yirat Shomayim, and in
miNashim (Blessed art thou kisot (thrones) and lifted up the entire hill country of
among women), and baruch the Anavim (Humble), Yehudah everyone was
(blessed is) the pri (fruit) of |53| The ones hungering, shmoozing about these
your womb! [SHOFETIM 5:24] Hashem made full of tov, and matters.
|43| And why has this the ashirim he sent away |66| All who heard these
happened to me that the Em empty. [TEHILLIM 107:9] things pondered them in their
Adoni should come to me? |54| Hashem helped his levavot, saying, What then will
|44| For hinei! When the servant Yisroel, in this yeled become? For,
sound of your Birkat Shalom remembrance of his indeed, the yad Hashem was
came into my ears, the yeled rachamim (mercy), on him. [BERESHIS 39:2]
leaped with simcha in my |55| Just as Hashem spoke to |67| And Zecharyah, his
womb. Avoteinu, to Avraham Avinu abba, was filled with the
|45| And ashrey is the one and his Zera ad Olam. Ruach Hakodesh and brought
having had emunah that there |56| And Miryam remained forth a dvar nevuah, saying,
will be a fulfillment to the with Elisheva about shlosha |68| BARUCH HASHEM
things having been spoken to chodashim, and then Miryam ELOHEI YISROEL, for
Miryam by Hashem. returned to her bais. Adonoi has visited his Am
|46| And Miryam said, My |57| Now when the time of Berit and accomplished a
soul doth magnify Hashem Elisheva to give birth was pedut kofer ransom for the
[TEHILLIM 34:2,3] fulfilled, she bore a ben. Geulah of his people.
|47| ALATZ LIBI |58| And Elisheva’s shchenim |69| And Hashem raised up a
BAHASHEM (My heart (neighbors) and krovim Keren Yeshuah (Horn of
rejoices in Hashem SHMUEL (relatives) heard that Salvation), a mighty Moshia,
ALEF 2:1) and my neshamah Adoneinu greatly for us in the
Besuras HaGeulah 897 Lk 1, 2
Beis Dovid, His eved, CHOSHECH (darkness) and |9| And, suddenly, a malach
|70| Just as Hashem spoke YOSHVEI BERETZ Hashem stood before them,
through the mouth of His TZALMAVET (sitting in the and the kavod Hashem shone
neviim hakedoshim meOlam land of the shadow of death), around them; and they were
(holy prophets from long ago), to direct our feet into the afraid with a yirah gedolah
[YIRMEYAH 23:5] Derech Shalom. [Psa 107:14; (great fear).
|71| That we should have Isa 9:1-2; 59:9] |10| And the malach said to
Yeshuat Eloheinu from our |80| And the yeled was them, Do not have pachad
oyvim (enemies) and from the growing and was being given (fear, terror); for hinei I
hand of all the ones who chizzuk (strengthening) in the announce Besuras HaGeulah
regard us with sinas chinom Ruach Hakodesh, and to you of great simcha (joy)
(baseless hatred). Yochanan was in the desolate which will be for kol Am Berit
|72| Thus Hashem has places until the day of his (all the People of the
demonstrated his rachamim hisgalus (revelation, Covenant);
(mercy) to Avoteinu (our manifestation) to Yisroel. |11| Because hayom, in Ir
Fathers) and has remembered And it came about at Dovid, has been born to you a
his Brit HaKodesh (Holy
Covenant), [MICHOH 7:20;
TEHILLIM 105:8,9; 106:45;
2 that time that a dvar
malchut (decree) was
sent out from Caesar Augustus
Moshia (Go’el, Savior,
Oisleizer), who is Rebbe
Melech HaMoshiach HaAdon.
YECHEZKEL 16:60] to register everyone in the [YESHAYAH 9:5(6)]
|73| The Brit HaShevuah (the entire Roman Empire. |12| And this will be HaOt
Covenant of the oath) which |2| This mifkad (census) was [The Sign] to you: you will find
He swore to Avraham Avinu to before that taken while a small child, an infant,
grant us, [BERESHIS 22:16- Quirinius was governor in wrapped in swaddling clothes
18] Syria. and lying in an evus.
|74| Having been delivered |3| And everyone was [SHMUEL ALEF 2:34;
from the yad haoyvim (hand traveling to register, each to MELACHIM BAIS 19:29;
of enemies) of us to serve his own shtetl. TEHILLIM 86:17;
Hashem fearlessly, |4| Now Yosef [ben Dovid] YESHAYAH 7:14]
|75| In kedushah (holiness) also went up from the Galil, |13| And, suddenly, there was
and tzedek (righteousness) from the shtetl of Natzeret, to with the malach a multitude
before Him all our yamim Yehudah, to the Ir Dovid (City of the Tzivos Hashem, the
(days). of David), which is called Beit- Tzivos HaShomayim (Armies
|76| And you also, yeled Lechem, because he was of the or Hosts of Heaven) praising
(child), will be called Navi mishpochah and Bais of Hashem, and saying,
HaElyon (Prophet of the Most Dovid. |14| Kavod to Hashem in the
High); for you will go LIFNEI |5| And Yosef [ben Dovid] Highest; and on haaretz
HAADON (before the L-rd) to went up to register with shalom among Bnei Adam
prepare the DERECH Miryam, who had been given kavvanah tovah (of good
HASHEM (The Way of the to him in erusin (betrothal) intention). [YESHAYAH 9:5-6;
L-rd) [MALACHI 3:1; and who was with child. 52:7; 53:5; MICHOH 5:4-5]
YESHAYAH 40:3] |6| And it came about, while |15| And it came about, when
|77| To give daas (knowledge) they were there, the yamim the malachim withdrew from
of Yeshuat Eloheinu (the (days) were fulfilled for them to Shomayim, the roim
Salvation of our G-d) to Miryam to give birth. (shepherds) were saying to one
Hashem's Am Berit (People of |7| And she bore her ben, her another, Let us go now up to
the Covenant) by the selichat Bechor (firstborn); and she Beit-Lechem and let us see
(forgiveness) of their avon (sin) wrapped him in swaddling this thing that has come about
[YIRMEYAH 31:34] clothes, and laid him in an which Hashem has made
|78| Through the rav evus (animal feeding trough), known to us.
rachamim of Eloheinu because there was no place for |16| And they came in haste
(through the great mercy of them in the malon (inn). and found both Miryam and
our G-d), by which has visited |8| And ro’im (shepherds) Yosef [ben Dovid], and the
us the rising SHEMESH [Sun, were in the same region, living child was lying in the evus
Moshiach] from Shomayim, outside in the open air, and (animal feeding trough, see Isa
[MALACHI 3:20 (4:2)] keeping shomer over their 53:7 on Moshiach the Seh).
|79| To appear to the ones in eder (flock) balailah.
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|17| And when the roim saw Hakodesh that he was not to from her betulim (virginity),
this, they made known the see mavet until he had seen |37| And then to the age of
dvar concerning this yeled Hashem's Moshiach. eighty-four she had lived as an
which had been told them. |27| And Shimon came in the almanah (widow) who was not
|18| And all who heard it Ruach Hakodesh into the departing from the Beis
were amazed about the things courts of the Beis HaMikdash; HaMikdash, serving yomam
which were told them by the and when the horim (parents) valailah (day and night) with
roim (shepherds). brought in the yeled, tzomot (fastings) and tefillos.
|19| But Miryam was Yehoshua, to do concerning |38| And at that very moment
treasuring up all these things, him the required mitzvah of she came and stood nearby,
pondering them in her lev. the Torah [Lv 12:6-8], exclaiming, Baruch Hashem.
|20| And the roim went back, |28| Then Shimon took him And she continued speaking
and as they returned, they into his arms, saying, Baruch about him to all the ones
cried, Baruch Hashem! They Hashem, and the following: anticipating the Geulah
gave kavod to G-d for all that |29| And now, Adonoi, (Redemption) of
they had heard and seen, just dismiss Your eved in shalom, Yerushalayim. [YESHAYAH
as it had been foretold to according to Your dvar (word); 40:2; 52:9]
them. |30| Because my eynayim |39| And when they had been
|21| And when shemonah have beheld the Yeshu’at shomer mitzvot and
yamim were completed for his Eloheinu, [YESHAYAH 40:5; completed everything
bris milah, YEHOSHUA was 52:10] according to the Torat
given as SHMO, which he was |31| Which You prepared in Hashem, they returned to the
called by the malach, before the presence of kol haammim Galil and to their own shtetl of
he was conceived in the womb. (all the peoples), Natzeret.
[ZECHARYAH 6:11-12; 3:8] |32| An Ohr (Light) to give |40| And the yeled continued
|22| And when the yamim hisgalus (revelation) to the growing and was given chozek
(days) for their tohorah Nations and the kavod (glory) (strength), being filled with
(purification) according to the of Your Am (people), Yisroel. chochmah (wisdom), and the
Torah of Moshe were [YESHAYAH 42:6; 49:6] Chen vChesed Hashem was
completed, they brought him |33| And the Abba and Em of upon him.
up to Yerushalayim to present the yeled were amazed at the |41| And his horim (parents)
him to Hashem [VAYIKRA things being spoken about used to make aliyah leregel
12:2-8; also see NUM 3 on him. (pilgrimage) to Yerushalayim
Pidyon haben] |34| And Shimon said a shanah bshanah (year by year)
|23| As it has been written in bracha over them and said to for Chag HaPesach (the Feast
the Torat Hashem, KHOL Miryam his Em, Hinei this of Pesach). [SHEMOT 23:15;
ZAKHAR opening the one is destined for the DEVARIM 16:1-8]
RECHEM KODESH to michshol (stumbling) and |42| And when he became a
Hashem tekumah (revival) of RABBIM bocher of twelve years of age,
[SHEMOT 13:2,12,15; [YESHAYAH 53:11-12] in they made aliyah leregel
BAMIDBAR 3:13] Yisroel and for an Ot (Sign) (pilgrimage), as usual,
|24| And to offer a korban that will be opposed (against according to the mitzvah and
according to the thing having which there will be minhag of the Chag.
been said in the Torat mitnaggedim, opponents). |43| And as they were
Hashem, SHTEI TORIM O [YESHAYAH 8:14; 53:3] returning, having fulfilled the
SHNEI BENI YONAH (a pair |35| And a cherev (sword) will prescribed number of yamim
of turtle doves or two young pierce the neshamah of you (days), the bocher Yehoshua
pigeons). [VAYIKRA 12:8] yourself also so that the stayed behind in
|25| And there was an ish in machshavot of many levavot Yerushalayim. And his horim
Yerushalayim whose shem was (hearts) will be revealed. (parents) did not have daas
Shimon, a tzaddik, a chasid, |36| And there was a neviah (knowledge) of this,
awaiting the Nechamat Yisroel (prophetess) named Chanah |44| But supposed him to be
(Consolation of Israel), and Bat Pnuel, of the shevet (tribe) in the caravan, and went a
the Ruach Hakodesh was of Asher. This isha (woman) day's journey. And they
upon him. [YESHAYAH 52:9] was advanced in age, having began looking for him among
|26| And it had been revealed lived with her baal (husband) the krovim (relatives) and
to him by the Ruach sheva shanim (seven years) acquaintances.
Besuras HaGeulah 899 Lk 2, 3
|45| And, not having found tetrarch of Abilene, these avanim (stones) to raise
him, they returned to |2| And when, during the up banim to Avraham Avinu.
Yerushalayim, looking for same historical period, Anan |9| And already the ax is laid
him. and Caiapha were Kohanim at the shoresh haetzim (the
|46| And it came about, that Gedolim, then it was that the root of the trees). Therefore,
after shlosha yamim (three dvar Hashem came to [the every etz not producing pri tov
days) they found him in the kohen-navi] Yochanan Ben is cut down and is thrown into
courts of the Beis HaMikdash, Zecharyah bamidbar (in the the Eish.
sitting in the midst of the wilderness). |10| And the multitudes were
rabbis, both listening to them |3| And Yochanan went into questioning him, saying, What
and asking them she’elot all the surrounding region of then should we do?
(kashes, questions). the Yarden preaching a |11| And in reply, Yochanan
|47| And all t

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17 was ninety and

22 pass after these

29 on his journey, and

30 saw that she did

32 on his derech, and

34 Leah, which she

35 unto Ya'akov, Arise,

38 at that time, that

40 after these things,

46 his journey with all

47 and told Pharaoh,

49 unto his banim,

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16 journey from Elim,

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