(34) PARASHAT B'MIDBAR[♦]
In Wilderness
1:1 - 4:20
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CHAPTER 1 1:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh b'midbar Sinai b'Ohel Mo`ed, b'echad la-chodesh ha-sheni ba-shanah ha-shenit after they had come me-eretz Mitzrayim, lemor,
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"Take a census [lit. “lift the heads”] of kol adat b'nei Yisra'el, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of sh'mot, every male by their polls,
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from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war b'Yisra'el. You shall count them by their divisions, attah v'Aharon.
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With you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers' house.
5V'eleh sh'mot ha-anashim who shall stand with you:
Of R'uven: Elitzur ben Shedei'ur.
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Of Shim'on: Sh'lumiel ben Tzurishaddai.
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Of Y'hudah: Nachshon ben Amminadav.
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Of Yissachar: N'tan'el ben Tzu`ar.
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Of Z'vulun: Eliav ben Chelon.
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Of b'nei Yosef: of Efrayim: Elishama ben Ammihud; of M'nashsheh: Gamli'el ben P'dahtzur.
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Of Binyamin: Avidan ben Gid'oni.
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Of Dan: Achi'ezer ben Ammishaddai.
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Of Asher: Pag'iel ben Ochran.
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Of Gad: Elyasaf ben D'u'el.
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Of Naftali: Achira ben Einan."
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These are those who were called of ha-edah, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Yisra'el.
1:17Mosheh v'Aharon took anashim ha-eleh who are mentioned by name.
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They assembled kol ha-edah together b'echad la-chodesh ha-sheni; and they declared their ancestry by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
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As YHWH commanded Mosheh, so he counted them b'midbar Sinai.
1:20B'nei R'uven, firstborn of Yisra'el, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, by their polls [lit. by their heads], every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of R'uven, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
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Of b'nei Shim`on, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, those who were counted of it, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Shim`on, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
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Of b'nei Gad, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
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Of b'nei Y'hudah, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Y'hudah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
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Of b'nei Yissakhar, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Yissakhar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
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Of b'nei Z'vulun, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Z'vulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
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Of b'nei Yosef liv'nei Efrayim, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Efrayim, were forty thousand five hundred.
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Of b'nei M'nashsheh, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of M'nashsheh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
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Of b'nei Binyamin, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Binyamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
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Of b'nei Dan, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
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Of b'nei Asher, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
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Of b'nei Naftali, their tol'dot, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war:
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those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Naftali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
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These are those who were counted, whom Mosheh v'Aharon counted, and the twelve men who were princes of Yisra'el, each one for his fathers' house.
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So all those who were counted of the children of Yisra'el by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Yisra'el --
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all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
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But ha-L'viyyim after the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.
48Vaidaber YHWH el Mosheh, lemor,
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"Only the tribe of L'vi you shall not count, neither shall you take a census [lit. lift the heads] of them among b'nei Yisra'el;
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but appoint ha-L'viyyim al-ha-Mishkan ha-Edut, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry ha-Mishkan and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
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When ha-Mishkan is to move, ha-L'viyyim shall take it down; and when ha-Mishkan is to be set up, ha-L'viyyim shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
52B'nei Yisra'el shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.
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But ha-L'viyyim shall encamp around the Mishkan ha-Edut, that there may be no wrath on adat b'nei Yisra'el. Ha-L'viyyim shall be responsible for Mishkan ha-Edut."
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Thus b'nei Yisra'el did. According to all that YHWH commanded Mosheh, so they did.
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CHAPTER 2 2:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh v'el-Aharon, lemor,
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"B'nei Yisra'el shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses. They shall encamp around the Ohel Mo`ed at a distance from it."
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Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Y'hudah, according to their divisions. The prince of b'nei Y'hudah shall be Nachshon ben Amminadav.
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His division, and those who were counted of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
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Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Yissakhar. The prince of b'nei Yissakhar shall be N'tanel ben Tzu'ar.
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His division, and those who were counted of it, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
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The tribe of Z'vulun: the prince of b'nei Z'vulun shall be Eliav ben Chelon.
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His division, and those who were counted of it, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
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All who were counted of the camp of Y'hudah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
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"On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of R'uven according to their divisions. The prince of b'nei R'uven shall be Elitzur ben-Sh'de'ur.
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His division, and those who were counted of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
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"Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Shim'on. The prince of ben-Shim'on shall be Shlumi'el ben-Tzurishaddai.
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His division, and those who were counted of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
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"The tribe of Gad: the prince of the b'nei-Gad shall be Elyasaf ben-R'u'el.
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His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
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"All who were counted of the camp of R'uven were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. They shall set out second.
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"Then the Ohel Mo`ed shall set out, with the camp of ha-L'viyyim in the middle of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.
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"On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Efrayim according to their divisions. The prince of b'nei-Efrayim shall be Elishama ben-Ammihud.
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His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty thousand five hundred.
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"Next to him shall be the tribe of M'nashsheh. The prince of b'nei-M'nashsheh shall be Gamli'el ben-P'dahtzur.
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His division, and those who were counted of them, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
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"The tribe of Binyamin: the prince of b'nei-Binyamin shall be Avidan ben-Gid'oni.
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His army, and those who were counted of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
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"All who were counted of the camp of Efrayim were one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out third.
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"On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions. The prince of b'nei-Dan shall be Achiezer ben-Ammishaddai.
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His division, and those who were counted of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
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"Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher. The prince of b'nei-Asher shall be Pag'iel ben-Ochran.
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His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.
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"The tribe of Naftali: the prince of b'nei-Naftali shall be Achira ben-Enan.
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His division, and those who were counted of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
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"All who were counted of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards."
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These are those who were counted of b'nei-Yisra'el by their fathers' houses. All who were counted of the camps according to their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
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But ha-L'viyyim were not counted among b'nei-Yisra'el, as YHWH commanded Mosheh.
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Thus b'nei-Yisra'el did. According to all that YHWH commanded Mosheh, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their mishp'chot, according to their fathers' houses.
PEREQ ג
CHAPTER 3 3:1V'eleh tol'dot Aharon u'Mosheh, b'yom diber YHWH et-Mosheh b'Har Sinai.
2V'eleh sh'mot b'nei Aharon: The firsborn Nadav va-Avihu, El'azar, v'Itamar.
3Eleh sh'mot b'nei Aharon, ha-kohanim who were anointed [m'shuchim], whom he consecrated to minister in the office of kohen.
4Nadav va'Avihu died lif'nei YHWH when they offered strange fire lif'nei YHWH b'midbar Sinai, and they had no children. El'azar v'Itamar ministered in the office of kohen in the presence of Aharon avihem.
3:5Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aharon ha-kohen, that they may minister to him.
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They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of kol ha-edah lif'nei Ohel Mo`ed, to do the service of ha-Mishkan.
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They shall keep all the furnishings of the Ohel Mo`ed, and the obligations of b'nei Yisra'el, to do the service of ha-Mishkan.
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You shall give ha-L'viyyim l'Aharon and to his banim. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of b'nei Yisra'el.
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You shall appoint Aharon and his banim, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
3:11Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Behold, I have taken ha-L'viyyim from among b'nei Yisra'el instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among b'nei Yisra'el; and ha-L'viyyim shall be mine,
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for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn b'eretz Mitzrayim I made kadosh to me all the firstborn b'Yisra'el, me-adam ad-b'hemah. They shall be mine. Ani YHWH."
3:14Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh b'midbar Sinai, lemor,
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"Count b'nei Levi by their fathers' houses, by their mishp'chot. You shall count every male mi-ben chodesh [from a month old] and upward."
16Mosheh counted them al-pi YHWH, as he was commanded.
17Eleh b'nei Levi by their names: Gershon u'K'hat u'M'rari.
18V'eleh sh'mot b'nei Gershon by their mishp'chot: Livni v'Shim'i.
19U'v'nei K'hat by their mishp'chot: Amram v'Yitzhar, Chevron v'Uzzi'el.
20U'v'nei M'rari by their mishp'chot: Machli u'Mushi.
These are the mishp'chot of ha-L'viyyi according to their fathers' houses.
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Of Gershon was mishpachat ha-Livni v'mishpachat ha-Shim'i. These are mishpachot ha-Gershuni.
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Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males mi-ben chodesh and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.
23Mishpachot ha-Gershuni acherei ha-Mishkan shall encamp westward.
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The prince of beit av, la-Gershuni Elyasaf ben-La'el.
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The duty of b'nei Gershon b'Ohel Mo`ed ha-Mishkan v'ha-ohel and its covering, the screen for petach Ohel Mo`ed,
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the hangings of the court, the screen for the petach of the court asher al-ha-Mishkan v'al-ha-Mizbeach, and its cords for all of its service.
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Of Kohat mishpachat ha-Amrami u'mishpachat ha-Yitzhari u'mishpachat ha-Chevroni u'mishpachat ha-Azzieli. These are mishp'chot ha-K'hati.
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According to the number of all the males mi-ben chodesh and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the requirements of ha-Kodesh.
29Mishp'chot b'nei K'hat shall encamp on the south side of ha-Mishkan.
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The prince of beit-av l'mishp'chot ha-K'hati (shall be) Elitzfan ben-Uzziel.
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Their duty shall be ha-aron v'ha-shulchan v'ha-m'norah v'ha-mizb'chot and the vessels of ha-Kodesh with which they minister, the screen, and all its service.
32El'azar ben-Aharon ha-kohen shall be prince of the princes of ha-L'vi, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of ha-Kodesh.
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Of Merari (was) mishpachat ha-Machli u'mishpachat ha-Mushi. These are the mishp'chat Merari.
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Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males mi-ben chodesh and upward, were six thousand two hundred.[♦]35
The prince of bet-av l'mishp'chot Merari was Tzuriel ben-Avichayil. They shall encamp on the north side of ha-Mishkan.
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The appointed duty of b'nei-M'rari shall be the boards of ha-Mishkan, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
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the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
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Those who encamp lif'nei ha-Mishkan eastward, lif'nei Ohel Mo`ed toward the sunrise, shall be Mosheh v'Aharon and his banim, keeping the requirements of ha-Mikdash for the duty of b'nei Yisrael. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
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All who were counted of ha-L'viyyim, whom Mosheh v'Aharon counted al-pi YHWH, by their mishp'chot, all the males mi-ben chodesh and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
3:40Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "Count all the firstborn males of b'nei Yisra'el mi-ben chodesh and upward, and take the number of their names.
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You shall take ha-L'viyyim for me -- ani YHWH -- instead of all the firstborn among b'nei Yisra'el; and b'hemat ha-L'viyyim instead of all the firstborn among b'hemat b'nei Yisra'el."
42Mosheh counted, as YHWH commanded him, all the firstborn among b'nei Yisra'el.
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All the firstborn males according to the number of names mi-ben chodesh and upward, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
3:44Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Take ha-L'viyyim instead of all the firstborn among b'nei Yisra'el, and b'hemat ha-L'viyyim instead of their b'hemot; and ha-L'viyyim shall be mine. Ani YHWH.
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For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of b'nei Yisra'el who exceed the number of ha-L'viyyim,
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you shall take five sh'kalim apiece for each one; b'shekel[*]ha-Kodesh you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerah[*]);
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and you shall give ha-kesef, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aharon and to his banim."
49Mosheh took ha-kesef of redemption from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by ha-L'viyyim;
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from the firstborn of b'nei Yisra'el he took ha-kesef, one thousand three hundred sixty-five (shekels), b'shekel[♦]ha-kodesh;
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and Mosheh gave kesef of redemption l'Aharon and to his banim, al-pi YHWH, as YHWH commanded Mosheh.
PEREQ ד
CHAPTER 4 4:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh v'el-Aharon, lemor,
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"Count the heads of b'nei K'hat from among b'nei L'vi by their misp'chot, by their fathers' houses,
3mi-ben sh'loshim shanah and upward v'ad ben-chamishim, all who enter into the service to do the work b'Ohel Mo`ed.
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"This is the service of b'nei K'hat b'Ohel Mo`ed (regarding) Kodesh ha-Kodashim.
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When the camp moves forward, Aharon shall go in with his banim; and they shall take down the parokhet of the screen, cover Aron ha-Edut with it,
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put a covering of `or tachash[♦] on it, spread a cloth of t'khelet over it, and put in its poles.
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"V'al shulchan ha-panim they shall spread a cloth of t'khelet, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual lechem shall be on it.
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They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover it with a covering of `or tachash, and shall put in its poles.
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"They shall take a cloth of t'khelet and cover the m'norah of the light, its lamps, its snuffers, its snuff dishes, and all its vessels of shemen, with which they minister to it.
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They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of `or tachash, and shall put it on the frame.
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"V'al ha-mizbeach ha-zahav they shall spread a cloth of t'khelet, and cover it with a covering of `or tachash, and shall put in its poles.
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"They shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister ba-Kodesh, and put them in a cloth of t'khelet, cover them with a covering of `or tachash, and shall put them on the frame.
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"They shall take away the ashes from ha-mizbeach, and spread a purple cloth on it.
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They shall put on it all its vessels with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the meat hooks, the shovels, and the basins -- all the vessels of ha-mizbeach; and they shall spread on it a covering of `or tachash, and put in its poles.
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"When Aharon and his banim have finished covering the furniture of ha-Kodesh and all the vessels of ha-Kodesh, as the camp moves forward -- after that, b'nei-K'hat shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch ha-Kodesh, lest they die. B'nei-K'hat shall carry these things b'Ohel Mo`ed.
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"The duty of El'azar ben-Aharon ha-kohen shall be the shemen for the light, the sweet samim, the continual minchah, and shemen for anointing, the requirements of kol ha-Mishkan, and of all that is in it, b'Kodesh, and its furnishings."
4:17Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh v'el-Aharon, lemor,
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"Don't cut off the tribe of mishp'chot ha-K'hati from among ha-L'viyyim;
19v'zot asu to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach Kodesh ha-Kodashim: Aharon and his banim shall go in and appoint ish ish [everyone] to his service and to his burden;
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but they shall not go in to see ha-Kodesh even for a moment, lest they die."
(35) PARASHAT NASO
Take (a census)
4:21 - 7:89
4:21Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Number rosh [take a census of] b'nei Gershon also, by their fathers houses, by their mishp'chot;
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you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old: all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work b'Ohel Mo`ed.
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"This is the service of mishp'chot ha-Gershuni, in serving and in bearing burdens:
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they shall carry the curtains of ha-Mishkan v'Ohel Mo`ed, its covering, the covering of ha-tachash that is on it, and the screen for petach Ohel Mo`ed,
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the hangings of the court, the screen for petach of the gate of the court asher al-ha-Mishkan v'al ha-mizbeach, their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. They shall serve in there.
27Al pi Aharon and his banim shall be all the service of b'nei ha-Gershuni, in all their burden and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.
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This is the service of mishp'chot b'nei ha-Gershuni b'Ohel Mo`ed. Their duty shall be b'yad Itamar ben-Aharon ha-kohen.
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"(As for) b'nei Merari, you shall count them by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses;
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you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old --everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of Ohel Mo`ed.
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This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in Ohel Mo`ed: the boards of ha-Mishkan, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
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the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service. You shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden to them by name.
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This is the service of the mishp'chot b'nei M'rari, according to all their service b'Ohel Mo`ed b'yad Itamar ben-Aharon ha-kohen."
4:34Mosheh v'Aharon and the princes of ha-edah counted b'nei ha-K'hati by their mishp'chot, and by their fathers' houses,
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from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work b'Ohel Mo`ed.
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Those who were counted of them by their mishp'chot were two thousand seven hundred fifty.
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These are those who were counted of mishp'chot ha-K'hati, all who served b'Ohel Mo`ed, whom Mosheh v'Aharon counted according to the commandment of YHWH b'yad Mosheh.
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Those who were counted of b'nei Gershon, by their mishp'chot, and by their fathers' houses,
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from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old -- everyone who entered into the service for work b'Ohel Mo`ed,
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even those who were counted of them, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.
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These are those who were counted of the mishp'chot of the sons of Gershon, all who served b'Ohel Mo`ed, whom Mosheh v'Aharon counted according to the commandment of YHWH.
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Those who were counted of the mishp'chot b'nei Merari, by their mishp'chot, by their fathers' houses,
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from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old -- everyone who entered into the service for work b'Ohel Mo`ed,
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even those who were counted of them by their mishp'chot, were three thousand two hundred.
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These are those who were counted of the mishp'chot b'nei M'rari, whom Mosheh v'Aharon counted al-pi YHWH, b'yad Mosheh.
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All those who were counted whom Mosheh v'Aharon and the princes of Yisra'el counted, of ha-L'viyyim by their mishp'chot and by their fathers' houses,
47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens b'Ohel Mo`ed,
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even those who were counted of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.
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According to the commandment of YHWH they were counted by Mosheh, everyone according to his service and according to his burden. Thus they were counted by him, as YHWH commanded Mosheh.
PEREQ ה
CHAPTER 5 5:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Command b'nei Yisra'el that they put out of the camp kol tsaru'a, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is unclean by a nefesh [dead body].
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You shall put both male and female outside of the camp so that they don't defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell."
4B'nei Yisra'el did so, and put them outside of the camp; as diber YHWH el-Mosheh, so b'nei Yisra'el did.
5:5Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el: '(When an) ish o ishshah commits any chet that ha-adam commit, so as to trespass against YHWH, and that nefesh is guilty,
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then he shall confess his chet which he has done; and he shall make restitution for his asham in full, add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom has been his asham.
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But if ha-ish has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for ha-asham, the restitution for asham which is made to YHWH, to ha-kohen, in addition to the ram of ha-kippurim, by which kippur shall be made for him.
9V'khol t'rumah of all the holy things of b'nei Yisra'el, which they present to ha-kohen, shall be his.
10
Every man's k'doshim shall be his; whatever any man gives la-kohen, it shall be his.'"
5:11Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
12
"Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el, and tell them: '(If) ish ish [any man's] ishshah goes astray and is unfaithful to him,
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and an ish lies with her with zera, and it is hidden from the eyes of ishah and this is kept concealed, and she is defiled, there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;
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and the ruach of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his ishshah and she is defiled; or if the ruach of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his ishshah and she isn't defiled;
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then ha-ish shall bring his ishshah el-ha-kohen, and shall bring her korban for her: one tenth of an eifah[♦] of barley meal. He shall pour no shemen on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a minchah of jealousy, a minchah of memorial, bringing iniquity to memory.
5:16Ha-kohen shall bring her near, and set her lif'nei YHWH.
17Ha-kohen shall take mayim k'doshim in an earthen vessel; and the priest shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of ha-Mishkan and put it el-ha-mayim.
18Ha-kohen shall set ha-ishshah lif'nei YHWH, and let the hair of rosh ha-ishshah go loose, and put ha-minchah of memorial in her hands, which is ha-minchah of jealousy. Ha-kohen shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.
19Ha-kohen shall cause her to take an oath and shall tell ha-ishshah, "If no ish has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside to uncleanness, being under (the authority of) your ish, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.
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But if you have gone astray from (under your the authority of) your ish, and if you are defiled, and some ish has lain with you besides your ish --"
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then ha-kohen shall cause ha-ishshah to swear with the oath of cursing, and ha-kohen shall tell ha-ishshah, "May YHWH make you a curse and an oath among your people, when YHWH allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
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and ha-mayim ha-eleh that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away." Ha-ishshah shall say, "Amen, amen."
5:23
"'Ha-kohen shall write these curses ba-sefer, and he shall wipe them into the water of bitterness.
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He shall make ha-ishshah drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and ha-mayim that causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.
25Ha-kohen shall take mi-yad ha-ishshah the minchah of jealousy, and shall wave ha-minchah lif'nei YHWH, and bring it el-ha-mizbeach.
26Ha-kohen shall take a handful of ha-minchah, as its memorial portion, and smoke it on ha-mizbeach, and afterward shall make ha-ishshah drink ha-mayim.
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When he has made her drink ha-mayim, then it shall happen, if she is defiled and has committed a trespass against ishah, that ha-mayim that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away; and ha-ishshah will be a curse among her people.
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If ha-ishshah isn't defiled, but is tahor; then she shall be free, and shall conceive zerah.
5:29
"'This is the torah of jealousy, when an ishshah, being under ishah, goes astray, and is defiled,
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or when the ruach of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his ishshah; then he shall set ha-ishshah lif'nei YHWH, and ha-kohen shall execute on her kol ha-torah hazot.
31Ha-ish shall be free from iniquity, v'ha-ishshah ha-hi shall bear her iniquity.'"
PEREQ ו
CHAPTER 6 6:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
2
"Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el, and tell them: '(When either) ish o ishah shall make a special vow, neder Nazir, to separate himself to YHWH,
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he shall separate himself from vinegar of yayin and vinegar of strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar of yayin or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.
4Kol y'mei of his separation he shall eat nothing that is made mi-gefen ha-yayin, from the seeds even to the skins.
6:5
"'Kol y'mei neder (of his) nezer, no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled in which he separates himself la-YHWH. He shall be kadosh. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
6:6
"'Kol y'mei that he separates himself la-YHWH, al-nefesh met lo yavo.
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He shall not make himself tameh for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to his Elohim is on his head.
8Kol y'mei (of his) nezer, kadosh hu la-YHWH.
6:9
"'If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his nezer, then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. Ba-yom ha-sh'vi'i he shall shave it.
10U'va-yom ha-shmini he shall bring two turtledoves or two b'nei yonah el-ha-kohen, el-petach Ohel Mo`ed.
11Ha-kohen shall offer echad la-chattat, v'acher la-olah, and make atonement for him, because chata al-ha-nefesh [he sinned on account of the dead], and shall make his head holy ba-yom ha-hu.
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He shall separate la-YHWH the days of his nezer, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for an asham; but the former days shall be void, because his nezer was tameh.
6:13
"'V'zot torat ha-Nazir: when the days of his nezer are fulfilled, he shall bring it el-petach Ohel Mo`ed,
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and he shall offer his qorban la-YHWH: one male lamb a year old without defect l'olah, one ewe lamb a year old without defect l'chattat, one ram without defect li'shlamim,
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a basket of matzot, cakes of challot mixed with shemen, and wafers of matzot anointed with shemen with their minchot and their nesekhim.
16Ha-kohen shall present them lif'nei YHWH, and shall offer his chattat and his olah.
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He shall offer the ram for a zevach shlamim la-YHWH, with the basket of matzot. Ha-kohen shall offer also its minchah and its nesekh.
18Ha-Nazir shall shave at the petach Ohel Mo`ed the head of his nezer, take the hair of the head of his nezer, and put it on the fire which is under zevach ha-shlamim.
19Ha-kohen shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, v'challat matzah achat out of the basket, and one matzah wafer, and shall put them on the palms of ha-Nazir after he has shaved (the head of) his nezer;
20v'ha-kohen shall wave them for a t'nufah lif'nei YHWH. Kodesh hu la-kohen, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that ha-Nazir may drink yayin.
6:21
"'Zot torat ha-Nazir who vows and of his korban la-YHWH for his nezer, in addition to that which he is able to afford. According to his vow which he vows, so he must do (after) the torah of his nezer.'"
6:22Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Daber el-Aharon and to his banim, lemor, 'This is how you shall bless b'nei Yisra'el.' You shall tell them, 24
'Y'vare'kh'kha YHWH v'yish,'m'rekha.'
('YHWH bless you, and keep you.) 25
'Ya'er YHWH panav eleikha, vi'chunekha.”
('YHWH make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you.') 26
'Yissa YHWH panav eleikha, v'yasem l'kha shalom.'
('YHWH lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.')
6:27
"So they shall put my name al-b'nei Yisra'el; and I will bless them."
PEREQ ז
CHAPTER 7 7:1Va'y'hi b'yom that Mosheh had finished setting up ha-Mishkan and had anointed it and sanctified it with all its furniture, and ha-mizbeach with all its vessels, and had anointed and sanctified them;
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that the princes of Yisra'el, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes. These are they who were over those who were counted;
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and they brought their korban lif'nei YHWH, six covered wagons and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox. They presented them lif'nei ha-Mishkan.
4Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
5
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of Ohel Mo`ed; and you shall give them el-ha-L'viyyim, to every man according to his service."
6Mosheh took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them el-ha-L'viyyim.
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He gave two wagons and four oxen to b'nei Gershon, according to their service.
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He gave four wagons and eight oxen to b'nei M'rari, according to their service, b'yad Ithamar ben-Aharon ha-kohen.
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But to b'nei K'hat he gave none, because the service of ha-kodesh belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
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The princes gave chanukkat ha-mizbeach b'yom that it was anointed. The princes gave their korbanot lif'nei ha-mizbeach.
11Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "They shall offer their korbanot, nasi echad la-yom, nasi echad la-yom [each prince on his day], la-chanukkat ha-mizbeach."
7:12
He who offered his korban on ha-yom ha-rishon was Nachshon ben-Amminadav, of the tribe of Y'hudah,
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and his korban was: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
17u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban Nachshon ben-Amminadav.
7:18Ba-yom ha-sheni, N'tan'el ben-Tzu'ar, n'si Yissachar, gave his offering.
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He offered for his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
23u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban N'tan'el ben-Tzu'ar.
7:24Ba-yom ha-shlishi, nasi liv'nei Z'vulun, Eliav ben-Chelon,
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gave his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
29u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban Eliav ben-Chelon.
7:30
On the fourth day, nasi liv'nei R'uven, Elitzur ben-Sh'de'ur,
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gave his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
35u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban Elitzur ben-Sh'de'ur.
7:36
On the fifth day, nasi liv'nei Shim`on, Sh'lumi'el ben-Tzurishaddai,
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gave his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
41u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old: Zeh korban Sh'lumi'el ben-Tzurishaddai.
7:42
On the sixth day, nasi liv'nei Gad, Elyasaf ben-D'u'el,
43
gave his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
47u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban Elyasaf ben-D'u'el.
7:48
On the seventh day, nasi liv'nei Efrayim, Elishama ben-Ammihud,
49
gave his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
53u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban Elishama ben-Ammihud.
7:54
On the eighth day, nasi liv'nei M'nashsheh, Gamli'el ben-Pedahtzur,
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gave his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
59u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban Gamli'el ben-Pedahtzur.
7:60
On the ninth day, nasi liv'nei Binyamin, Avidan ben-Gid'oni,
61
gave his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
65u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban Abidan ben-Gid'oni.
7:66
On the tenth day nasi liv'nei Dan, Achiezer ben-Ammishaddai,
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gave his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
71u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban Achiezer ben-Ammishaddai.
7:72
On the eleventh day, nasi liv'nei Asher, Pagi'el ben-Okhran,
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gave his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
77u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban Pagi'el ben-Okhran.
7:78
On the twelfth day nasi liv'nei Naftali, Achira ben-Einan,
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gave his korban: one platter of kesef, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekel, one bowl of kesef of seventy shekel, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; both of them full of fine flour mixed ba-'shemen l'minchah;
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one ladle of zahav of ten (shekel), full of incense;
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one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, l'olah;
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one male goat l'chattat;
83u'l'zevach ha-shlamim, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. Zeh korban Achira ben-Einan.
7:84Zot chanukkat ha-mizbeach b'yom when it was anointed by the princes of Yisra'el: twelve platters of kesef, twelve bowls of kesef, twelve ladles of zahav;
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each platter of kesef weighing one hundred thirty (shekels), and each bowl seventy; all the kesef of the vessels two thousand four hundred (shekels), b'shekel ha-Kodesh;
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the twelve ladles of zahav, full of incense, weighing ten (shekels) apiece, b'shekel ha-Kodesh; all the zahav of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty (shekels);
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all the cattle la-olah twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old twelve, and their minchah; and twelve male goats l'chattat;
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and all the cattle for zevach ha-shlamim: twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. Zot chanukkat ha-mizbeach, after it was anointed.
7:89
When Mosheh went into Ohel Mo`ed to speak with him, he heard ha-Qol speaking to him me-al ha-Kapporet asher al Aron ha-Edut mi-ben sh'nei ha-k'ruvim, vaidaber to him.
(36) PARASHAT B'HA`ALOTKHA
When you light
8 - 12
PEREQ ח
CHAPTER 8 8:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
2
"Daber el-Aharon, and tell him, 'When you light ha-nerot, toward the face of ha-m'norah shall be the light of shiv'at ha-nerot.'"
3Aharon did so. In front of the face of ha-m'norah he lit ha-nerot, as YHWH commanded Mosheh.
4V'zeh ma'`aseh ha-m'norah, beaten work of zahav. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work. He made ha-m'norah according to the pattern which YHWH had shown Mosheh.
8:5Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
6
"Take ha-L'vi'im from among b'nei Yisra'el, and cleanse them.
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You shall do this to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of chattat on them, let them shave their whole basar with a razor, let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
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Then let them take a young bull and its minchah, fine flour mixed with shemen; and another young bull you shall take for a chattat.
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You shall present ha-L'viyyim lif'nei Ohel Mo`ed. You shall assemble kol `adat b'nei Yisra'el.
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You shall present ha-L'viyyim lif'nei YHWH. B'nei Yisra'el shall lay their hands al'ha-L'viyyim,
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and Aharon shall offer ha-L'viyyim lif'nei YHWH for a t'nufah on behalf of b'nei Yisra'el, that it may be theirs to do the service of YHWH.
12
"Ha-L'viyyim shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a chattat and the other for an `olah la-YHWH, to make atonement for ha-L'viyyim.
13
You shall set ha-L'viyyim lif'nei Aharon v'lif'nei banav, and offer them as a t'nufah la-YHWH.
8:14
Thus you shall separate ha-L'viyyim from among b'nei Yisra'el, and ha-L'viyyim shall be mine.
15
"After that, ha-L'viyyim shall go in to do the service of Ohel Mo`ed. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a t'nufah.
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For they are wholly given to me from among b'nei Yisra'el; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of kol b'nei Yisra'el, I have taken them to me.
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For all the firstborn among b'nei Yisra'el are mine, ba-adam u'va-b'hemah. On the day that I struck all the firstborn b'eretz Mitzrayim, I sanctified them for myself.
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I have taken ha-L'viyyim instead of all the firstborn among bn'ei Yisra'el.
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I have given ha-L'viyyim as a gift to Aharon and to his banim from among b'nei Yisra'el, to do the service of b'nei Yisra'el b'Ohel Mo`ed, and to make atonement for b'nei Yisra'el, so that there will be no plague among b'nei Yisra'el when b'nei Yisra'el come near el-Kodesh."
8:20Mosheh v'Aharon v'khol `adat b'nei Yisra'el did so to ha-L'viyyim. According to all that YHWH commanded Mosheh concerning ha-L'viyyim, so b'nei Yisra'el did to them.
21Ha-L'viyyim purified themselves, and they washed their clothes; and Aharon offered them for a t'nufah lif'nei YHWH and Aharon made atonement for them to cleanse them.
22
After that, ha-L'viyyim went in to do their service b'Ohel Mo`ed lif'nei Aharon v'lif'nei banav: as YHWH had commanded Mosheh concerning ha-L'viyyim, so they did to them.
8:23Vaidaber YHWH el Mosheh, lemor24
"This is what is assigned to ha-L'viyyim: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of Ohel Mo`ed;
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and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more,
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but shall assist their brothers b'Ohel Mo`ed, to perform the duty, and shall perform no service. This is how you shall have ha-L'viyyim do their duties."
PEREQ ט
CHAPTER 9 9:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh b'midbar Sinai ba-shanah ha-shenit after they had come out me-eretz Mitzrayim ba-chodesh ha-rishon, lemor,
2
"Let b'nei Yisra'el keep ha-Pasach in its mo`ed.
3
On the fourteenth day ba-chodesh, at evening, you shall keep it in its mo`ed. You shall keep it according to all its chukkim and according to all its mishpatim."
4Vaidaber Mosheh el-b'nei Yisra'el that they should keep ha-Pasach.
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They kept ha-Pesach in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, ba-midbar Sinai. According to all that YHWH commanded Mosheh, so b'nei Yisra'el did.
6Va'y'hi [and there were] anashim who were t'me'im because of a (dead) nefesh adam, so that they could not keep ha-Pesach ba-yom ha-hu, and they came lif'nei Mosheh v'lif'nei Aharon ba-yom ha-hu.
7Vayomru ha-anashim ha-hemah to him, "Anachnu t'me'im l'nefesh adam. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer korban YHWH in its mo`ed among b'nei Yisra'el?"
8Vayomer Mosheh to them, "Wait, that I may hear what YHWH will command concerning you."
9:9Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
10
"Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el, lemor, 'If any man of you or of your dorot is tameh la-nefesh o b'derekh far away, he shall still keep Pesach la-YHWH.
11Ba-chodesh ha-sheni, on the fourteenth day ba-erev they shall keep it; they shall eat it al-matzot and maror.
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They shall leave none of it `ad-boker, nor break a bone of it. According to kol chuttat ha-Pesach they shall keep it.
13V'ha-ish asher-hu tahor u'v'derekh lo-hayah, and fails to keep ha-Pesech, ha-nefesh ha-hi shall be cut off from his people; because he didn't offer korban YHWH in its mo`ed, ha-ish ha-hu shall bear his chet.
14
"'If a ger lives among you, and desires to keep Pesach la-YHWH, then he shall do so according to chukkat ha-Pesach, and according to its mishpat. Chukkah achat you shall have, both for ha-ger and for him who is born in ha-aretz.'"
9:15U'v'yom that ha-Mishkan was raised up, the cloud covered ha-Mishkan, l'Ohel ha-Edut. U'va-erev it was over ha-Mishkan, as it were the appearance of esh `ad-boker.
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So it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance of esh by lailah.
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Whenever the cloud was taken up from me-al ha-Ohel, then after that b'nei Yisra'el traveled; u'vi'm'qom where the cloud remained, there b'nei Yisra'el encamped.
18Al-pi YHWH, b'nei Yisra'el traveled, v'al-pi YHWH they encamped. As long as the cloud remained al-ha-Mishkan they remained encamped.
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When the cloud stayed al-ha-Mishkan yamim rabbim, then b'nei Yisra'el kept the command of YHWH, and didn't travel.
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Sometimes the cloud was a few days al-ha-Mishkan; then al-pi-YHWH they remained encamped, v'al-pi YHWH they traveled.
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Sometimes the cloud was me-erev ad-boker; and when the cloud was taken up ba-boker, they traveled; o yoman va-lailah, when the cloud was taken up, they traveled.
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Whether it was two days o chodesh o yamim that the cloud stayed al-ha-Mishkan, remaining on it, b'nei Yisra'el remained encamped and didn't travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled.
23Al-pi YHWH they encamped, v'al-pi YHWH they traveled. They kept the command of YHWH, al-pi YHWH b'yad Mosheh.
PEREQ י
CHAPTER 10 10:1Vaidaber YHWH el Mosheh, lemor,
2
"Make two trumpets of kesef. You shall make them of beaten work. You shall use them for the calling of ha-`edah, and for the journeying of the camps.
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When they blow them, kol-ha-`edah shall gather themselves to you el-Petach Ohel Mo`ed.
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If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Yisra'el, shall gather themselves to you.
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When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.
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When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall go forward. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
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But when ha-qahal is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.
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"B'nei Aharon, ha-kohanim shall blow the trumpets. This shall be to you for a chukkat olam throughout your dorot.
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When you go to war in your eretz against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered lif'nei YHWH Eloheikhem, and you will be saved from your enemies.
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"Also in the day of your simchah, and in your mo`adim, and in the beginnings of your chodashim, you shall blow the trumpets over your olot, and over the sacrifices of your shlamim; and they shall be to you for a memorial lif'nei Eloheikhem. Ani YHWH Eloheikhem."
10:11Va'y'hi ba-shanah ha-shenit, ba-chodesh, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up me-al Mishkan ha-`Edut.
12B'nei Yisra'el went forward on their journeys mi-midbar Sinai; and the cloud stayed b'midbar Paran.
13Ha-rishon went forward al-pi YHWH b'yad Mosheh.
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The standard of the camp of b'nei Y'hudah went forward b'rishonah according to their armies. Nachshon ben-`Amminadav was over his army.
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Over the army of the tribe of b'nei Yissachar (was) N'tan'el ben-Tzu'ar.
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And over the army of the tribe of b'nei Z'vulun (was) Eli'av ben Chelon.
10:17Ha-Mishkan was taken down; and b'nei Gershon u'v'nei M'rari, who bore ha-Mishkan, went forward.
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The standard of the camp of R'uven went forward according to their armies. Eli'tzur ben-Sh'de'ur was over his army.
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And over the army of the tribe of b'nei Shim`on (was) Sh'lumi'el ben-Tzurishaddai.
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And over the army of the tribe of b'nei Gad (was) Elyasaf ben-D'u'el.
10:21Ha-K'hatim set forward, bearing ha-Mishkan to set up ha-Mishkan on their coming.
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The standard of the camp of b'nei Efrayim set forward according to their armies. Elishama ben-Ammihud was over his army.
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And over the army of the tribe of b'nei M'nassheh (was) Gamli'el ben-P'dah'tzur.
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And over the army of the tribe of b'nei Binyamin (was) Avidan ben-Gid'oni.
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The standard of the camp of b'nei Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Over his army was Achi`etzer ben-`Ammishaddai .
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And over the army of the tribe of b'nei Asher (was) Pag'iel ben-Ochran.
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And over the army of the tribe of b'nei Naftali (was) Achira ben-`Einan.
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Thus were the travels of b'nei Yisra'el according to their armies; and they went forward.
10:29Vayomer Mosheh l'Chovav, ben-R'u'el ha-Midyani, father-in-law of Mosheh, "We are journeying el-ha-maqom asher amar YHWH, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well; for YHWH-diber tov `al-Yisra'el."
30Vayomer to him, "I will not go; but I will depart to my own eretz, and to my relatives."
31Vayomer, "Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp ba-midbar, and you can be our eyes.
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It shall be, if you go with us -- yes, it shall be -- that whatever good YHWH does to us, we will do the same to you."
10:33
They set forward me-har YHWH three days' journey; v'aron b'rit YHWH went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
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The cloud of YHWH was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
10:35
And ha-aron went forward, vayomer Mosheh, "Rise up, YHWH, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!"
36 When it rested, he said, "Return, YHWH, to the ten thousands of Yisra'el."
PEREQ יא
CHAPTER 11 11:1
The people were as murmurers in the ears of YHWH. When YHWH heard it, his anger burned; and esh YHWH burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
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The people cried to Mosheh; and Mosheh prayed to YHWH, and the fire abated.
3Vayikra shem-ha-maqom ha-hu Tav'erah ["burning"], because esh YHWH burned among them.
11:4
The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and b'nei Yisra'el also wept again, and said, "Who will give us meat to eat?
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We remember the fish which we ate b'Mitzrayim for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
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but now we have lost our nefesh [appetite]. There is nothing at all except this man to look at."
11:7V'ha-man was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium.[♦]8Ha-am went around, gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it. Its taste was like the taste of fresh shemen.
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When the dew fell on the camp in the night, ha-man fell on it.
11:10Mosheh heard ha-am weeping throughout their mishp'chot, every man at the petach of his ohel; and the anger of YHWH burned greatly; and Mosheh was displeased.
11Vayomer Mosheh el-YHWH, "Why have you treated your eved so badly? Why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of kol ha-am hazeh on me?
12
Have I conceived kol ha-am hazeh? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, al-ha-adamah which you swore to their avot?'
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Where could I get basar to give l'khol ha-am hazeh? For they weep before me, saying, 'Give us basar that we may eat.'
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I am not able to bear kol ha-am hazeh alone, because it is too heavy for me.
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If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
11:16Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "Gather to me seventy men mi-ziqnei Yisra'el, whom you know to be ziqnei ha-am and officers over them; and bring them el-Ohel Mo`ed, that they may stand there with you.
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I will come down and talk with you there. I will take min-ha-ruach which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of ha-am with you, that you don't bear it yourself alone.
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"V'el ha-am say, 'Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, and you will eat basar; for you have wept in the ears of YHWH, saying, "Who will give us basar to eat? Ki tov la-nu b'Mitzrayim." Therefore YHWH will give you basar, and you will eat.
19Lo yom echad you will not eat, v'lo yomayim, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,
20ad chodesh yamim, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have rejected YHWH who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, "Why did we come mi-Mitzrayim?"'"
21Vayomer Mosheh, "The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, 'I will give them basar, that they may eat chodesh yamim.'
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Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Shall kol d'gei ha-yam be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?"
23Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "Is yad YHWH grown short? Now you will see whether my davar will happen to you or not."
11:24Mosheh went out, vaidaber el-ha-am et divrei YHWH; and he gathered seventy men mi-ziqnei ha-am, and set them around ha-Ohel.
25YHWH came down in the cloud, vaidaber to him, and took min-ha-Ruach that was on him, and put it on the seventy ish ha-zqenim. When ha-Ruach rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
11:26
But two anashim remained in the camp. Shem ha-echad Eldad ["God has loved"], v'shem ha-sheni Medad; and ha-Ruach rested on them. They were of those who were written, but had not gone out to ha-Ohel; and they prophesied in the camp.
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A young man ran, and told Mosheh, and said, "Eldad u'Medad are prophesying in the camp!"
28Y'hoshua ben-Nun, the servant of Mosheh, one of his chosen men, answered, "Adoni Mosheh, forbid them!"
29Vayomer Mosheh to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that kol-am YHWH were n'vi'im, that YHWH would put his Ruach on them!"
30Mosheh went into the camp, hu v'ziqnei Yisra'el.
11:31Ruach [a wind] from YHWH went out and brought quails min-ha-yam, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits al-p'nei ha-aretz.
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And arose ha-am kol-ha-yom ha-hu v'khol ha-lailah, and all the next day, and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten chomarim;[*] and they spread them all out for themselves around the camp.
33
While ha-basar was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of YHWH burned against ha-am, and YHWH struck ha-am with a very great plague.
34Vayikra et-shem ha-maqom ha-hu Kivrot-ha-Ta'avah, because there they buried ha-am who lusted.
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From Kivrot-ha-Ta'avah[♦]ha-am traveled to Chatzerot ["villages"]; and they stayed ba-Chatzerot.
PEREQ יב
CHAPTER 12 12:1Miryam v'Aharon spoke against Mosheh because of ha-ishshah ha-Cushit whom he had married; for he had married an ishshah Cushit.
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They said, "Has YHWH indeed spoken only with Mosheh? Hasn't he spoken also with us?" And YHWH heard it.
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Now ha-ish Mosheh was very humble mi-kol ha-adam asher al-p'nei ha-adamah.
4Vayomer YHWH suddenly el-Mosheh v'el-Aharon v'el-Miryam, "You three come out el-Ohel Mo`ed!" The three of them came out.
5YHWH came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at petach ohel, vayikra Aharon u'Miryam; and they both came forward.
6Vayomer, "Now hear my d'varim. If there is a navi among you, I, YHWH, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.
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My eved Mosheh is not so. In all my bayit, ne'eman hu.
8Peh al-peh will I speak with him, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see the form of YHWH. Why, then, were you not afraid to speak against my eved, against Mosheh?"
12:9
The anger of YHWH burned against them; and he departed.
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The cloud departed me-al-ohel; v'hinneh, Miryam was leprous, as white as snow. Aharon looked at Miryam, v'hinneh, she was leprous.
11Vayomer Aharon el-Mosheh, "Oh, adoni, please don't count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.
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Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom ha-basar is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb."
13Mosheh cried to YHWH, saying, El, heal her now, I beg you!"
14Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't she be ashamed shiv'at yomim? Let her be shut up outside of the camp shiv'at yomim, and after that she shall be brought in again."
15Miryam was shut up outside of the camp shiv'at yomim, and the people didn't travel until Miryam was brought in again.
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Afterward the people traveled me-Chatzerot, and encamped b'midbar Paran.
(37) PARASHAT SH'LACH-L'KHA
Send for yourself
13 - 15
PEREQ יג
CHAPTER 13 13:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
2
"Send anashim, that they may spy out eretz K'na'an, which I give to b'nei Yisra'el. Ish echad ish echad of every tribe of their avot, kol nasi among them."
3Mosheh sent them mi-midbar Paran al-pi YHWH. All of them anashim roshei b'nei Yisra'el. 4
These were their names:
Of the tribe of Re'u'ven, Shammua ben-Zaccur. 5
Of the tribe of Shim`on, Shafat ben-Chori. 6
Of the tribe of Y'hudah, Kalev ben-Yefunneh. 7
Of the tribe of Issakhar, Yigal ben-Yosef. 8
Of the tribe of Efrayim, Hoshea ben-Nun. 9
Of the tribe of Binyamin, Palti ben-Rafu. 10
Of the tribe of Z'vulun, Gaddi'el ben-Sodi. 11
Of the tribe of Yosef, of the tribe of Manassheh, Gaddi ben-Susi. 12
Of the tribe of Dan, Ammi'el ben-G'malli. 13
Of the tribe of Asher, Setur ben-Micha'el. 14
Of the tribe of Naftali, Nachbi ben-Vofsi. 15
Of the tribe of Gad, G'u'el ben-Machi. 16Eleh sh'mot anashim asher-shalach Mosheh to spy out ha-aretz. Vayikra Mosheh et-Hoshea ben-Nun Y'hoshua.
13:17Mosheh sent them to spy out eretz K'na'an vayomer to them, "Go up this way ba-negev, and go up into ha-har.
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See ha-aretz, what it is; v'ha-am who dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many;
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and what ha-aretz is that they dwell in -- ha-tovah, im-ra'ah; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
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and what ha-aretz is, whether it is fertile or poor, whether there is wood therein, or not. Be courageous, and bring mi-p'ri ha-aretz." Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.
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So they went up, and spied out ha-aretz mi-midbar Tzin ad-R'chov to the entrance to Chamat.
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They went up ba-negev, and came to Chevron; v'sham Achiman, Sheshai, v'Talmai, y'lidei ha-Anak. (Now Chevron was built seven years lifnei Tzo'an Mitzrayim.)
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They came to the valley of Eshkol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
24Ha-maqom ha-hu was called the valley of Eshkol, because of the cluster [eshkol] which b'nei Yisra'el cut down from there.
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They returned from spying out ha-aretz at the end of forty days.
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They went and came el-Mosheh v'el-Aharon v'el-kol-adat b'nei Yisra'el el-midbar Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to kol ha-edah. They showed them p'ri ha-aretz.
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They told him, and said, "We came el-ha-aretz where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
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However, the people who dwell ba-aretz are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.
29Amalek dwells b'eretz ha-negev, v'ha-Chitti v'ha-Y'vusi v'ha-Amori dwell ba-har, v'ha-K'na'ani dwells al-ha-yam, v'al-ha-Yarden."
13:30Kalev stilled ha-am al-Mosheh, vayomer, "Let's go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it!"
31V'ha-anashim who went up with him said, "We aren't able to go up against ha-am; for they are stronger than we."
32
They brought up an evil report of ha-aretz which they had spied out el-b'nei Yisra'el, lemor, "Ha-aretz, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; v'khol ha-am who we saw in it are men of great stature.
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There we saw ha-N'filim, b'nei-Anak, who come from ha-N'filim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."
PEREQ יד
CHAPTER 14 14:1Kol ha-edah lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept ba-lailah ha-hu.
2Kol b'nei Yisra'el murmured al-Mosheh v'al-Aharon. Kol ha-edah said to them, "We wish that we had died b'eretz Mitzrayim, or that we had died ba-midbar hazeh!
3
Why does YHWH bring us al-ha-aretz hazot, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be captured or killed! Wouldn't it be better for us to return into Mitzrayim?"
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They said to one another, "Let's choose a leader, and let's return into Mitzrayim."
5Mosheh v'Aharon fell on their faces lifnei kol-qahal adat b'nei Yisra'el.
6Y'hoshua ben-Nun v'Khalev ben-Y'funneh, who were of those who spied out ha-aretz, tore their clothes.
7Vayomru el-kol adat b'nei Yisra'el, lemor, "Ha-aretz, which we passed through to spy it out -- tovah ha-aretz, me'od me'od.
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If YHWH delights in us, then he will bring us el-ha-aretz hazot, and give it to us: eretz flowing with milk and honey.
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Only don't rebel against YHWH, neither fear am ha-aretz; for they are lechem for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and YHWH is with us. Don't fear them."
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But kol ha-edah threatened to stone them with stones.
Kavod YHWH appeared b'Ohel Mo`ed el-kol b'nei Yisra'el.
11Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "How long will ha-am hazeh despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, b'khol ha-otot which I have worked among them?
12
I will strike them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a goy gadol mightier than they."
14:13Vayomer el-YHWH, "Then Mitzrayim will hear it; for you brought up ha-am hazeh in your might from among them.
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They will tell it to the inhabitants of ha-aretz hazot. They have heard ki attah YHWH are among ha-am hazeh; for you YHWH are seen ayin b'ayin, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of esh lailah.
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Now if you kill ha-am hazeh k'ish echad, then ha-goyim which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
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'Because YHWH was not able to bring ha-am hazeh el-ha-aretz which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them ba-midbar.'
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Now please let the power of YHWH be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
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'YHWH is slow to anger, and of rav chesed, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.'
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Please pardon the iniquity of ha-am hazeh according to the greatness of your chesed, and just as you have forgiven this people, mi-Mitzrayim even until now."
14:20Vayomer YHWH, "I have pardoned according to your davar;
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but in very deed -- as I live, and as kol ha-aretz shall be filled with k'vod YHWH --
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because kol anashim who have seen my kavod, and my otot, which I worked b'Mitzrayim u'vamidbar, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;
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surely they shall not see ha-aretz which I swore la-avotam, neither shall any of those who despised me see it.
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But my eved Kalev, because he had a ruach acheret with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring el-ha-aretz into which he went. His zera shall possess it.
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Since ha-`Amaleki v'ha-K'na'ani dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn and go into ha-midbar derekh Yam Suf."
14:26Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh v'el-Aharon, lemor,
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"How long shall I bear with ha-edah ha-ra'ah hazot that complain against me? I have heard the complaints of b'nei Yisra'el, which they complain against me.
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Tell them, 'Chai-Ani, n'um YHWH, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so I will do to you.
29Ba-midbar hazeh, your dead bodies shall fall ; and all who were counted of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have complained against me,
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surely you shall not come el-ha-aretz concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Kalev ben-Y'funneh v'Y'hoshua ben-Nun.
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But your little ones that you said would be a prey, them shall I bring in, and they shall know ha-aretz which you have rejected.
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But your corpses shall fall ba-midbar hazeh.
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Your banim shall be shepherds ba-midbar forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies are consumed ba-midbar.
34
After the number of the days in which you spied out ha-aretz, forty days, yom la-shanah yom la-shana, you will bear your infidelity forty years, and you will know my alienation.'
35Ani YHWH have spoken. I will surely do this l'khol ha-edah ha-ra'ah who are gathered together against me. Ba-midbar hazeh they shall be consumed, and there they shall die."
14:36V'ha-anashim asher shalach Mosheh to spy out ha-aretz, who returned and made kol-ha-edah to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report al-ha-aretz,
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even ha-anashim who brought up an evil report of ha-aretz, died by the plague lif'nei YHWH.
38
But Y'hoshua ben-Nun v'Khalev ben-Y'funneh remained alive min-ha-anashim who went to spy out ha-aretz.
14:39Vaidaber Mosheh et ha-d'varim ha-eleh el-kol-b'nei Yisrae'l, and ha-am mourned greatly.
40
They rose up early ba-boqer and went up el-rosh ha-har, lemor, "Hinneh, we are here, and will go up el-ha-maqom which YHWH has promised; for we have sinned."
41Vayomer Mosheh, "Why now do you disobey pi YHWH, since it shall not prosper?
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Don't go up, for YHWH isn't among you; that way you won't be struck down before your enemies.
43Ki ha-Amaleki v'ha-K'na'ani sham lif'neikhem, and you will fall by the sword because you turned back from following YHWH; therefore YHWH will not be with you."
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But they presumed to go up el-rosh ha-har. Va-aron b'rit YHWH u'Mosheh didn't depart out of the camp.
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Then ha-Amaleki v'ha-K'na'ani who lived ba-har ha-hu came down, and struck them and beat them down, ad-ha-Chormah.
PEREQ טו
CHAPTER 15 15:1 (See the names of the offerings HERE) Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
2
"Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el, and tell them, 'When you have come el-eretz of your habitations, which I give to you,
3
and will make an ishsheh la-YHWH -- olah o zevach, to accomplish a neder, or as a n'devah, or in your mo`edei, to make a pleasant aroma to YHWH, of the herd, or of the flock --
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then he who offers his korban shall offer to YHWH a minchah of one tenth (of an eifah[*]) of fine flour mixed with one fourth of a hin[*] of shemen.
5V'yayin la-nesekh, one fourth of a hin al-ha-olah o la-zavach, for each lamb.
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"'For an ayil, you shall prepare for a minchah two tenths (of an eifah) of fine flour mixed with shemen the third part of a hin;
7v'yayin la-nesekh you shall offer the third part of a hin, of a pleasant aroma to YHWH.
8
When you prepare a bull for an olah o zavach, to accomplish a neder o shlamim la-YHWH,
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then he shall offer with the bull a minchah of three tenths (of an eifah) of fine flour mixed ba-shemen, half a hin;
10v'yayin you shall bring la-nesekh, half a hin; an ishsheh of a fragrance pleasing to YHWH.
15:11
Thus it shall be done for each bull, for each ram, for each of the male lambs, or of the young goats.
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According to the number that you shall prepare, so you shall do to everyone according to their number.
13
"'All who are native-born shall do these things in this way, in offering an ishsheh of a fragrance soothing to YHWH.
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If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, or whoever may be among you throughout your dorot, and will offer an ishsheh of a fragrance soothing to YHWH, as you do, so he shall do.
15Ha-qahal, chukkah echat for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner, chukkat olam throughout your dorot. As you are, so the foreigner shall be before YHWH.
16Torah achat u'mishpat echad shall be for you and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.'"
15:17Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
18
"Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el, and tell them, 'When you come el-ha-aretz where I bring you,
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then it shall be that when you eat mi-lechem ha-aretz, you shall lift up a t'rumah la-YHWH.
20
Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a challah for a t'rumah.. As a t'rumah of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up.
21
Of the first of your dough, you shall give to YHWH t'rumah throughout your dorot.
15:22
"'When you err, and don't observe kol ha-mitzvot ha-eleh which YHWH has spoken to Mosheh --
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even all that YHWH has commanded you by Mosheh, from the day that YHWH gave commandment and onward throughout your dorot --
24
then it shall be, if it was done unwittingly, without the knowledge of ha-edah, that kol ha-edah shall offer one young bull l'olah, for a pleasant aroma to YHWH, with its minchah and its nesekh, according to ha-mishpat, and one male goat for a chattat.
25Ha-kohen shall make atonement al-kol-adat b'nei Yisra'el, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their korban, ishsheh la-YHWH, and their chattat before YHWH, for their error.
26Kol-adat b'nei Yisra'el shall be forgiven, as well as the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them; for with regard l'khol ha-am, it was done unwittingly.
15:27
"'V'im nefesh achat sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old l'chattat.
28Ha-kohen shall make atonement for ha-nefesh who errs when he sins unwittingly before YHWH. He shall make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven.
29
You shall have Torah achat for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native-born among b'nei Yisra'el, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them.
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"'V'ha-nefesh who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, blasphemes YHWH. Ha-nefesh ha-hu shall be cut off from among his people.
31
Because he has despised d'var YHWH, and has broken his mitzvah, ha-nefesh ha-hu shall be utterly cut off. His iniquity shall be on him.'"
15:32
While b'nei Yisra'el were ba-midbar, they found a man gathering sticks b'yom ha-Shabbat.
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Those who found him gathering sticks brought him el-Mosheh v'al-Aharon, v'el kol ha-edah.
34
They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
35Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "Ha-ish shall surely be put to death. Kol ha-edah shall stone him with stones outside of the camp."
36Kol ha-edah brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as YHWH commanded Mosheh.
15:37Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
38
"Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el, and tell them that they should make themselves tzitzit al-kanfot of their garments throughout their dorot, and that they put al-tzitzit kanaf a cord of t'khelet.
39
It shall be to you for a tzitzit that you may see it, and remember kol mitzvot YHWH, and do them; and that you don't follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to play the prostitute;
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so that you may remember and do all my mitzvot, and be k'doshim l'Eloheikhem.
41Ani YHWH Eloheikhem, who brought you out me-eretz Mitzrayim, to be l'Elohim: Ani YHWH Eloheikhem."
(38) PARASHAT KORACH
Korach
16 - 18
PEREQ טז
CHAPTER 16 16:1V'Korach ben-Yitz'har ben-K'hat ben-Levi, v'Natan v'Aviram b'nei Eli'av v'On ben-Pelet, b'nei R'uven, took some men.
2
They rose up lif'nei Mosheh, v'anashim mi-b'nei-Yisra'el, two hundred fifty princes of ha-edah, called to ha-edah, men of renown.
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They assembled themselves together al-Mosheh v'al-Aharon vayomru to them, "You take too much on yourself, ki kol ha-edah are k'doshim, everyone of them, and YHWH is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up al-q'hal YHWH?"
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When Mosheh heard it, he fell on his face.
5Vaidaber al-Korach v'al kol adato, "(In the) boqer, YHWH will show who are his, and ha-kadosh, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him.
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Do this: have Korach and all his company take censers,
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put fire in them, and put incense on them lif'nei YHWH tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom YHWH chooses, hu ha-kadosh. You have gone too far, b'nei Levi!"
8Vayomer Mosheh el-Korach, "Hear now, b'nei Levi!
9
Is it a small thing to you that Elohei Yisra'el has separated you me-adat Yisra'el, to bring you near to himself, to do avodat Mishkan YHWH, and to stand lif'nei ha-edah to minister to them;
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and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers b'nei Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also?
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Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against YHWH! What is Aharon that you complain against him?"
16:12Mosheh sent to call l'Datan v'la-Aviram, b'nei-Eliav; vayomru, "We won't come up!
13
Is it a small thing that you have brought us up me-eretz flowing with milk and honey, to kill us ba-midbar, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?
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Moreover you haven't brought us el-eretz flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of ha-anashim ha-hem? We won't come up."
16:15Mosheh was very angry, vayomer el-YHWH, "Don't respect their minchah. Lo chamor echad have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them."
16Vayomer Mosheh el-Korach, "You and all your company go lif'nei YHWH, you, and they, v'Aharon, tomorrow.
17
Each man take his censer and put incense on it, and each man bring lif'nei YHWH his censer, two hundred fifty censers; v'attah v'Aharon, each with his censer."
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They each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and stood at petach Ohel Mo`ed, u'Mosheh v'Aharon.
19Korach assembled kol ha-edah opposite them el-petach Ohel Mo`ed. Kavod YHWH appeared el-kol-ha-edah.
16:20Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh v'el-Aharon, lemor,
21
"Separate yourselves from among ha-edah hazot, that I may consume them in a moment!"
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They fell on their faces, vayomru, "El, Elohei ha-ruchot l'khol-basar, shall ha-ish echad sin, and will you be angry with kol ha-edah?"
23Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
24
"Dabar el-ha-edah, lemor, 'Get away from around mishkan Korach, Datan, va-Aviram!'"
16:25Mosheh rose up and went el-Datan va-Aviram; and ziqnei Yisra'el followed him.
26Vaidaber el-ha-edah, lemor, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their chata'im!"
27
So they went away from mishkan Korach, Datan, v'Aviram, on every side. Datan v'Aviram came out, and stood at the petach of their tents with their nashim, their banim, and their little ones.
28Vayomer Mosheh, "Hereby you shall know that YHWH has sent me to do kol ha-ma'asim ha-eleh; for they are not from my own heart.
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If these men die the common death of kol ha-adam, or if they experience what all men experience, then YHWH hasn't sent me.
30
But if YHWH makes a b'riah, and ha-adamah opens its mouth, and swallows them up with all that belong to them, and they go down chayyim into she'ol, then you shall understand that ha-anashim ha-eleh have despised YHWH."
16:31
As he finished speaking kol ha-d'varim ha-eleh, ha-adamah that was under them split apart.
32Ha-aretz opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their households, kol ha-adam asher l'Korach, and all their goods.
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So they, and all that belonged to them went down chayyim into she'ol, and ha-aretz closed on them, and they perished from among ha-qahal.
34V'khol Yisra'el that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, "Lest ha-aretz swallow us up!"
35
Fire came out from YHWH, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
16:36 (17:1 in Heb. Bible)Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
37 (17:2)
"Speak to El'azar ben-Aharon ha-kohen, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are kadesh,
38 (17:3)
even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering l'mizbeach, for they offered them lif'nei YHWH. Therefore they are kadash. They shall be a sign to b'nei Yisra'el."
39 (17:4)El'azar ha-kohen took the censers of n'choshet which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of ha-mizbeach,
40 (17:5)
to be a memorial to b'nei Yisra'el, to the end that no stranger who isn't of zera Aharon, would come near to burn incense lif'nei YHWH, that he not be as Qorach, and as his company; as YHWH spoke to him by Mosheh.
16:41 (17:6)
But on the next day kol adat b'nei Yisra'el complained al-Mosheh v'al-Aharon, lemor, "You have killed am YHWH!"
42 (17:7)
When ha-edah was assembled al-Mosheh v'al-Aharom, they looked el-Ohel Mo`ed. V'hinneh, the cloud covered it, and kavod YHWH appeared.
43 (17:8)Va-yavo Mosheh v'Aharon el-p'nei Ohel Mo`ed.
44 (17:9)4
Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
45 (17:10)
"Get away from among ha-edat hazot, that I may consume them in a moment!" They fell on their faces.
46 (17:11)Vayomer Mosheh el-Aharon, "Take your censer, put esh me-al ha-mizbeach in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly el-ha-edah, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from YHWH! The plague has begun."
47 (17:12)Aharon did ka-asher diber Mosheh, and ran into the middle of ha-qahal. The plague had already begun among ha-am. He put on the incense, and made atonement al-ha-am.
48 (17:13)
He stood bein ha-metim u'vein-ha-chayyim; and the plague was stayed.
49 (17:14)
Now ha-metim by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Qorach.
50 (17:15)Aharon returned el-Mosheh el-petach Ohel Mo`ed, and the plague was stopped.
PEREQ יז
CHAPTER 17 17:1 (16)Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
2 (17)
"Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el, and take rods from them, one for each of their fathers' houses, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods. Write each man's name on his rod.
3 (18)
You shall write shem Aharon on the rod of Levi. There shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
4 (19)
You shall lay them up b'Ohel Mo`ed lif'nei ha-edut, where I meet with you.
5 (20)
It shall happen that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. I will make the murmurings of b'nei Yisra'el, which they murmur against you, cease from me."
6 (21)Vaidaber Mosheh el-b'nei Yisra'el; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, a total of twelve rods. The rod of Aharon was among their rods.
7 (22)Mosheh laid up the rods lif'nei YHWH b'Ohel ha-Edut.
17:8 (23)
On the next day, Mosheh went into Ohel ha-Edut; v'hinneh, the rod of Aharon l'veit Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
9 (24)Mosheh brought out all the rods mi-lif'nei YHWH el-kol-b'nei Yisra'el. They looked, and each man took his rod.
10 (25)Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "Put back the rod of Aharon lif'nei ha-Edut, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their complaining against me, that they not die."
11 (26)Mosheh did so. As YHWH commanded him, so he did.
17:12 (27)Vayomer b'nei Yisra'el el-Mosheh, lemor, "Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
13 (28)
Everyone who keeps approaching el-mishkan YHWH dies! Will we all perish?"
PEREQ יח
CHAPTER 18 18:1Vayomer YHWH el-Aharon, "You and your banim and your fathers' house with you shall bear the iniquity of ha-mikdash; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2
Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be lif'nei Ohel ha-Edut.
3
They shall keep your commands and the duty of kol ha-Ohel; only they shall not come near to the vessels of ha-Kodesh v'el-ha-mizbeach, that they not die, neither they nor you.
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They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of Ohel Mo`ed, for all the service of ha-Ohel. A stranger shall not come near to you.
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"You shall perform the duty of ha-kodesh and the duty of ha-mizbeach, that there be no more wrath al-b'nei Yisra'el.
6V'ani, hinneh, have taken your brothers ha-L'vi'im from among b'nei Yisra'el. They are given as a gift to you la'YHWH, to do the service of Ohel Mo`ed.
7
You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of ha-misbeach, and for that within ha-parokhet, and you shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
18:8Vaidaber YHWH el-Aharon, "V'ani, hinneh, have given you the command of my t'rumot, even all the holy things of b'nei Yisra'el. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your banim, as a portion forever.
9
This shall be yours mi-kodesh ha-kadoshim min-ha-esh: kol qorban l'kol mincha u'l'khol chattat u'l'kol asham, which they shall render to me, shall be kodesh kadashim for you and for your sons.
10B'kodesh ha-kadoshim you shall eat of it. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be kodesh to you.
11
"This is yours, too: the t'rumah of their gift, l'khol-t'nufot b'nei Yisra'el. I have given them to you, and to your banim and to your banot with you, as a portion forever. Kol (who are) tahor in your bayit shall eat of it.
12
"I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the tirosh, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to YHWH.
13
The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their eretz, which they bring to YHWH, shall be yours. Kol tahor in your bayit shall eat of it.
14
"Everything devoted b'Yisra'el shall be yours.
15
Everything that opens the womb, of kol basar which they offer to YHWH, ba-adam u'va'b'hemah, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn ba-adam, and you shall redeem the firstborn of b'hemah ha-t'me'ah.
16
You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five sh'kalim of kesef, according to shekel ha-kodesh, which weighs twenty gerah.
17
"But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. Kodesh hu. You shall sprinkle their blood al-ha-mizbeach, and shall burn their fat for an ishsheh, for a pleasant aroma la-YHWH.
18
Their basar shall be yours, as ha-t'nufah and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.
19Kol t'rumot ha-kodashim which b'nei Yisra'el offer to YHWH, I have given you and your banim and your banot with you, as a portion forever. B'rit melach olam hu lif'nei YHWH to you and to your zera with you."
20Vayomer YHWH el-Aharon, "You shall have no inheritance in their aretz, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among b'nei Yisra'el.
18:21
"U'li'vnei Levi, hinneh, I have given kol-ma`aser b'Yisra'el for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, avodat Ohel Mo`ed.
22
Henceforth b'nei Yisra'el shall not come near el-Ohel Mo`ed, lest they bear chet, and die.
23
But Levi shall do avodat Ohel Mo`ed, and they shall bear their iniquity. (It shall be a) chukat olam throughout your dorot. Among b'nei Yisra'el they shall have inheritance.
24
For ma'asar b'nei Yisra'el, which they offer as a t'rumah to YHWH, I have given la-L'viyyim for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, 'Among b'nei Yisra'el they shall have no inheritance.'"
18:25Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
26
"Moreover you shall speak to ha-L'viyyim, and tell them, 'When you take of b'nei Yisra'el et ha-ma'asar which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a t'rumat YHWH, a ma`aser min ha-ma`aser.
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Your t'rumah shall be credited to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press.
28
Thus you also shall offer a t'rumat YHWH of all your ma'asrot, which you receive of b'nei Yisra'el; and of it you shall give t'rumat YHWH la-Aharon ha-kohen.
29
Out of all your gifts, you shall offer kol t'rumat YHWH, of all its best parts, even the holy part of it.'
30
"Therefore you shall tell them, 'When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited la-L'viyyim as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.
31
You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service b'Ohel Mo`ed.
32
You shall bear no chet by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of b'nei Yisra'el, that you not die.’"
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"Parashat": parashat (construct state [see instructions in
Glossary] of parashah: portion). The Torah is divided into 54 parashot (pl) as one traditional method of reading through and studying it in the course of a year. 3:34: + 22,000 is the sum rounded to 2 significant digits. The sum of the Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites given above is 22,300, but the traditional Hebrew text has the number rounded to 2 significant digits, not 3 significant digits. 4:6: or tachash: skin of a dugong? Dolphin? (BDB); Antelope? Badger? (KJV,DBY,YLT); Manatee? (HCSB); Porpoise? (NASB); Seal? (ASV). Mod.: badger. 11:7: Bdellium is a resin extracted from certain African trees. 11:34: Kivrot-ha-Ta'avah means "graves of lust."
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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1365 shekels is about 13.65 kilograms or about 30 pounds.
A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.
An eifah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel.
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
1 chomer (H2563 - a heap; pl. chomarim) is about 220 liters or 6 bushels.
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