PEREQ יט
CHAPTER 19 19:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh v'el-Aharon, lemor,
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"Zot chukkat ha-Torah which YHWH has commanded. Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el to bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no defect, and which was never yoked.
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You shall give her el-El'azar ha-kohen, and he shall bring her outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face.
4El'azar ha-kohen shall take some of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Ohel Mo`ed seven times.
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One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her meat, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn.
6Ha-kohen shall take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the middle of the burning of the heifer.
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Then ha-cohen shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his basar ba-mayim, and afterward he shall come into the camp, v'tameh ha-kohen ad-ha-arev.
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He who burns her shall wash his clothes ba-mayim, and bathe his basar ba-mayim, (and shall be) tameh ad-ha-arev.
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"Ish tahor shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp b'maqom tahor; and it shall be kept la-adat b'nei Yisra'el for use in water for cleansing impurity. Chattat hi.
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He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be tameh ad-ha-arev. It shall be to b'nei Yisra'el v'la-ger who lives as a foreigner among them, l' chukkat olam.
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"He who touches the dead, l'chol nefesh adam [body of any (dead) man] (shall be) tameh shiv'at yamim.
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He shall purify himself ba-yom ha-sh'lishi, u'va-yom ha-sh'vi'i (he shall be) tahor; but if he doesn't purify himself ba-yom ha-sh'lishi, u'va-yom ha-sh'vi'i, he shall not be tahor.
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Whoever touches a dead person, nefesh ha-adam who has died, and doesn't purify himself, defiles Mishkan YHWH; and ha-nefesh ha-hi shall be cut off mi-Yisra'el; because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be tameh. His uncleanness is yet on him.
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"Zot ha-torah ha-adam who dies b'ohel: kol ha-ba el-ha-ohel v'khol asher ba-ohel, shall be tameh shiv`at yamim.
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Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, tameh hu.
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"Whoever al-p'nei ha-sadeh touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be tameh shiv`at yamim.
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"For ha-tameh, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of ha-chattat; and mayim chayyim shall be poured on them in a vessel.
18Ish tahor shall take hyssop, dip it ba-mayim, and sprinkle it al-ha-ohel, on all the vessels, on ha-nafshot who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave.
19Ha-tahor shall sprinkle al-ha-tameh ba-yom ha-shlishi u'va-yom ha-sh'vi`i, u'va-yom ha-sh'vi`i, he shall purify him. He shall wash his clothes and bathe himself ba-mayim, and v'taher ba-arev.
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But ha-ish who shall be tameh, and shall not purify himself, ha-nefesh ha-hi shall be cut off from among ha-qahal, because he has defiled Mikdash YHWH. The water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him. Tameh hu.
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It shall be a chukkat olam to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be tameh ad-ha-arev.
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"Whatever ha-tameh (person) touches shall be tameh; and ha-nefesh that touches it shall be tameh ad-ha-arev."
PEREQ כ
CHAPTER 20 20:1Va-yavo b'nei Yisra'el kol-ha-edah midbar Tzin ba-chodesh ha-rishon. Ha-am stayed b'Kadesh. Miryam died there, and was buried there.
20:2V'lo ha-yah mayim la-edah; and they assembled themselves together against Mosheh and against Aharon.
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The people quarreled with Mosheh, and spoke, saying, "We wish that we had died when our brothers died before YHWH!
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Why have you brought qahal YHWH el-midbar hazeh, that we should die there, we and our animals?
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Why have you made us to come up mi-Mitzrayim, to bring us el-ha-maqom ha-ra hazeh? Lo m'qom zera, or of figs, or of gefen, or of pomegranates; u'mayim ayin to drink."
6Va-yavo Mosheh v'Aharon mi-p'nei ha-qahal el-petach Ohel Mo`ed, and fell on their faces; v'kavod YHWH appeared to them.
7Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Take the rod, and assemble ha-edah, attah v'Aharon your brother, and speak el-ha-sela before their eyes, that it pour out its mayim. You shall bring to them mayim min-ha-sela; so you shall give ha-edah and their livestock drink."
9Mosheh took the rod from before YHWH, as he commanded him.
20:10Mosheh v'Aharon gathered ha-qahal el-p'nei ha-sela, vayomer to them, "Hear now, you rebels! Min-ha-sela hazeh shall we bring mayim for you?"
11Mosheh lifted up his hand, and struck ha-sela with his rod twice, and mayim came out abundantly. Ha-edah and their livestock drank.
12Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh v'el-Aharon, "Because you didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of b'nei Yisra'el, therefore you shall not bring ha-qahal hazeh el-ha-aretz which I have given them."
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These are the waters of M'rivah ["place of strife"], because b'nei Yisra'el strove with YHWH, and he was sanctified in them.
20:14Mosheh sent mal'akhim mi-Kadesh el-melekh Edom, saying:
"Your brother Yisra'el says: You know all the travail that has happened to us;
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how our fathers went down into Mitzrayim, and we lived b'Mitzrayim yamim rabbim. And Mitzrayim mistreated us and our fathers.
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When we cried to YHWH, he heard our voice, sent a mal'akh, and brought us out of Mitzrayim. V'hinneh, anachnu b'Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.
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"Please let us pass through your aretz. We will not pass through sadeh or through kerem, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along derekh ha-melekh. We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border."
18Vayomer Edom to him, "You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you."
19Vayomer b'nei Yisra'el to him, "We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet."
20Vayomer, "You shall not pass through." Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.
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Thus Edom refused to give Yisra'el passage through his border, so Yisra'el turned away from him.
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They traveled from Kadesh, and b'nei Yisra'el kol ha-edah came to Hor ha-har.
23Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh v'el-Aharon b'Hor ha-har, by the border of eretz Edom, lemor,
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"Aharon shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter el ha-aretz which I have given to b'nei Yisra'el, because you rebelled against my word [lit. "mouth"] at the waters of M'rivah.
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Take Aharon v'-et-El`azar b'no, and bring them up to Hor ha-har;
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and strip Aharon of his garments, and put them on El`azar b'no, v'Aharon shall be gathered, and shall die there."
27Mosheh did as YHWH commanded. They went up el-Hor ha-har in the sight of kol ha-edah.
28Mosheh stripped Aharon of his garments, and put them on El`azar b'no, and Aharon died there b'rosh ha-har, and Mosheh v'El`azar came down min-ha-har.
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When kol ha-edah saw that Aharon was dead, they wept for Aharon thirty days, kol beit Yisra'el.
PEREQ כא
CHAPTER 21 21:1Ha-K'na`ani, melekh Arad, who lived ba-negev, heard that Yisra'el came by derekh ha-Atarim. He fought against Yisra'el, and took some of them captive.
2Yisra'el vowed a neder la-YHWH vayomar, "If you will indeed deliver ha-am hazeh into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities."
3YHWH listened b'qol Yisra'el, and delivered up ha-K'na`ani; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. They called shem ha-maqom Chormah ["asylum"].
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They traveled me-Hor ha-har, derekh Yam Suf, to go around Eretz Edom; nefesh ha-am was very discouraged because of ha-derekh.
5Vaidaber ha-am b'Elohim u'v'Mosheh: "Why have you brought us up mi-Mitzrayim la-mut ba-midbar, ki ein lechem v'ein mayim, and our nefesh loathes this contemptible lechem!"
6YHWH sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Am rav mi-Yisra'el died.
7V'yavo ha-am el-Mosheh vayomru, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against YHWH and against you. Pray to YHWH, that he take away the serpents from us." Mosheh prayed for ha-am.
8Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "Make a saraf [a fiery serpent], and set it on a pole. It shall happen that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live."
9Mosheh made a "nachash n'choshet, and set it on the pole. If a nachash had bitten any man, when he looked at the nachash n'choshet, he lived.
10B'nei Yisra'el traveled, and encamped b'Ovot.
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They traveled from Ovot, and encamped b`Iyei-Ha`avarim, ba-midbar asher al-p'nei Moav, toward the rising of ha-shamesh.
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From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
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From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, asher ba-midbar that comes out of the border of ha-Emori; for the Arnon is the border of Moav, ben Moav u'ven ha-Emori.
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Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of YHWH, "Vahev b'Sufah, the valleys of Arnon,
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the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moav."
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From there they traveled to Be'er; that is the well of which YHWH said to Mosheh, "Gather the people together, and I will give them mayim."
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Then Yisra'el sang ha-shir hazot:
"Spring up, be'er! Sing to it,
18be'er, which the sarim dug,
which the nobles of ha-am dug,
with the scepter, and with their poles."
Mi-midbar they traveled to Mattanah;
19u'mi-Mattanah (to) Nachaliel; u'mi-Nachaliel (to) Bamot;
20u'mi-Bamot (to) ha-gei asher bi's'deh Moav, (to) rosh ha-Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
21:21Yisra'el sent malakhim el-Sichon, melekh ha-Emori, lemor,
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"Let me pass through your eretz. We will not turn away b'sadeh u'v'kerem. We will not drink of the water of the wells. B'derekh ha-melekh we will go, until we have passed your border."
23Sichon would not allow Yisra'el to pass through his border, but Sichon gathered all his people together, and went out against Yisra'el into ha-midbar, and came to Yahtzah. He fought against Yisra'el .
24Yisra'el struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his eretz me-Arnon ad-Yabbok, ad-b'nei Ammon; for the border of b'nei Ammon was fortified.
25Yisra'el took all these cities. Yisra'el lived in all the cities of ha-Emori, b'Cheshbon, and in all its villages.
26Ki Cheshbon ir Sichon, melekh ha-Emori hi, who had fought against melekh Moav ha-rishon, and taken all his eretz out of his hand, ad-Arnon.
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Therefore those who speak in moshlim say,
"Come to Cheshbon. Let be built and established ir Sichon; 28
for a fire has gone out me-Cheshbon,
a flame mi-kiryat Sichon.
It has devoured Ar Moav, ba'alei bamot Arnon. 29Oy to you, Moav!
You are undone, am-Chemosh!
He has given his banim as fugitives,
and his banot into captivity, l'melekh Emori, Sichon. 30
We have shot at them. Cheshbon has perished even to Divon.
We have laid waste even to Nofach, which reaches to Med'va."
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And Yisra'el lived b'eretz ha-Emori.
32Mosheh sent to spy out Yazer. They took its villages, and drove out ha-Emori who were there.
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They turned and went up by derekh ha-Bashan, and Og, melekh ha-Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Ed'rei.
34Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "Don't fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, with all his people, and his land. You shall do to him as you did to Sichon, melekh ha-Emori, who lived at Cheshbon."
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So they struck him, with his banim and all his people, until there were no survivors; and they possessed his land.
PEREQ כב
CHAPTER 22 22:1B'nei Yisra'el traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moav across the Yarden (at) Y'recho.
(40) PARASHAT BALAK
Balak
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2Balak ben-Tzippor saw all that Yisra'el had done to ha-Emori.
3Moav was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moav was distressed mi-p'nei b'nei Yisra'el.
4Vayomer Moav el-ziqnei Midyan, "Now ha-qahal will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of ha-sadeh."
Balak ben-Tzippor (was) melekh Moav at that time.
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He sent mal'akhim el-Bil`am ben-B`or and to P'tor asher el-ha-nahar asher b'nei amo, to call him, lemor, "Hinneh, a people come mi-Mitzrayim. Hinneh, they cover the surface of ha-aretz, and they are staying opposite me.
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Please come now therefore, and curse this people for me; for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them min-ha-aretz; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."
22:7Ziqnei Moav v'ziqnei Midyan departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. They came to Bil`am, and spoke to him divrei Valak.
8Vayomer to them, "Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as YHWH shall speak to me." Sarei Moav stayed with Bil`am.
9Va-yavo Elohim el-Bil`am, vayomer, "Mi ha-anashim ha-eleh with you?"
10Vayomer Bil`am el-ha-Elohim, "Balak ben-Tzippor, melekh Moav, has sent to me (saying),
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'Hinneh, ha-am that has come mi-Mitzrayim covers the surface of ha-aretz. Now, come curse me them. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.'"
12Vayomer Elohim el-Bil`am, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse ha-am, for they are blessed."
13Bil`am rose up ba-boqer, vayomer el-sarei Valak, "Go to your eretz; for YHWH refuses to permit me to go with you."
14Sarei Moav rose up, and they went to Balak, vayomru, "Bil`am refuses to come with us."
22:15Balak again sent sarim rabbim, and more honorable than they.
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They came to Bil`am vayomru to him, "Balak ben Tzippor says, 'Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
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for I will promote to you kavod me'od, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse ha-am hazeh for me.'"
18Bil`am answered avdei Balak, "If Balak would give me his bayit full of kesef v'zahav, I can't go beyond pi YHWH Elohai, to do less or more.
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Now therefore please stay here ha-lailah as well, that I may know what else YHWH will speak to me."
20Va-yavo Elohim el-Bil`am lailah, vayomer to him, "If ha-anashim have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only ha-davar which I speak to you, that you shall do."
22:21Bil`am rose up ba-boqer, and saddled his aton, and went im-sarim Mo'av.
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The anger of Elohim burned because he went; and mal'akh YHWH placed himself ba-derekh as a satan against him. Now he was riding on his aton, and his two servants were with him.
23Ha-aton saw mal'akh YHWH standing ba-derekh, with his sword drawn in his hand; and ha-aton turned min-ha-derekh, and went ba-sadeh, and Bil`am struck ha-aton, to turn her into ha-derekh.
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Then mal'akh YHWH stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, gader mizeh v'gader mizeh [a wall on this side and a wall on that side].
25Ha-aton saw mal'akh YHWH, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed the foot of Bil`am against the wall. He struck her again.
26Mal'akh YHWH went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27Ha-aton saw mal'akh YHWH, and she lay down under Bil`am. Bil`am's anger burned, and he struck ha-aton with his staff.
28YHWH opened the mouth of ha-aton, vatomer l'Bil`am, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"
29Vayomer Bil`am la-aton, "Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you."
30Vatomer ha-aton el-Bil`am, "Am I not your aton, on which you have ridden all your life long ad ha-yom hazeh? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?"
He said, "No."
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Then YHWH opened the eyes of Bil`am, and he saw mal'akh YHWH standing ba-derekh, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
32Vayomer Mal'akh YHWH to him, "Why have you struck your aton these three times? Hinneh, I have come out l'satan, because ha-derekh is perverse before me.
33Ha-aton saw me and turned away before me these three times. Unless she had turned away from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive."
34Vayomer Bil`am el-mal'akh YHWH, "I have sinned; for I didn't know that you stood ba-derekh against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again."
35Vayomer mal'akh YHWH el-Bil`am, "Go with ha-anashim; but only ha-davar that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak." So Bil`am went im-sarei Balak.
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When Balak heard that Bil`am had come, he went out to meet him el-ir Mo'av, which is on the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
37Vayomer Balak el-Bil`am, "Didn't I earnestly send for you to summon you? Why didn't you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to kavod?"
38Vayomer Bil`am el-Balak, "Hinneh, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all daber anything? Ha-davar that Elohim puts in my mouth, that shall I speak."
39Bil`am went with Balak, and they came to Qiryat Chuzoth.
40Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Bil`am, v'la-sarim who were with him.
22:41Va'y'hi ba-boqer that Balak took Bil`am, and brought him up into Bamot Ba'al; and he saw from there the remotest of ha-am.
PEREQ כג
CHAPTER 23 23:1Vayomer Bil`am el-Balak, "Build here seven miz'b'chot for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me."
2Balak did as Bil`am had spoken; and Balak u'Vil`am offered on every mizbeach a bull and a ram.
3Vayomer Bil`am l'Valak, "Stand by your olah, and I will go. Perhaps YHWH will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you." He went to a bare height.
4Elohim met Bil`am vayomer to him, "I have prepared the seven miz'b'chot, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every mizbeach."
5YHWH put a davar in the mouth of Bil`am vayomer, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."
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He returned to him, v'hinneh, he was standing by his olah, hu v'khol sarei Mo'av.
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He took up his mashal vayomar,
"Min Aram has Balak brought me, melekh Mo'av from the mountains of the East.
Come, curse Ya`akov for me.
Come, defy Yisra'el. 8
How shall I curse whom Elohim has not cursed?
How shall I defy whom YHWH has not defied? 9
For from the top of the rocks I see him.
From the hills I see him.
Behold, it is a people that dwells alone,
and shall not be listed among ha-goyim. 10
Who can count the dust of Ya`akov,
or count the fourth part of Yisra'el?
Let me die the death of the righteous!
Let my last end be like his!"
23:11Vayomer Balak el-Bil`am, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, v'hinneh, you have blessed them altogether."
12Vaya`an vayomar, "Must I not take heed to speak that which YHWH puts in my mouth?"
23:13Vayomer Balak to him, "Please come with me to another place, where you may see them. You shall see just part of them, and shall not see them all. Curse them from there for me."
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He took him into s'deh Tzofim, el-rosh ha-Pisgah, and built shiv`ah miz'b'chot, and offered up a bull and a ram on every mizbeach.
15Vayomer el-Balak, "Stand here by your olah, while I go to a meeting yonder (with Elohim)."
16YHWH met Bil`am, and put a davar in his mouth, vayomer, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall say."
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He came to him, v'hinneh, he was standing by his olah, v'sarei Mo'av with him. Vayomer Balak to him, "Ma-diber YHWH?"
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He took up his mashal, vayomar,
"Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, you son of Tzippor. 19Lo ish El, that he should lie, u'ven adam, that he should repent.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? 20Hinneh, I have received (a command) to bless.
He has blessed, and I can't reverse it. 21
He has not seen iniquity b'Ya`akov.
Neither has he seen perverseness b'Yisra'el. YHWH his Elohim is with him.
The shout of a melekh is among them. 22El brings them mi-Mitzrayim.
He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. 23
Surely there is no enchantment b'Ya`akov;
Neither is there any divination b'Yisra'el.
Now it shall be said l'Ya`akov u'l'Yisra'el,
'What has El done!' 24
Behold, a people rises up as a lioness.
As a lion he lifts himself up.
He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey,
and drinks the blood of the slain."
25Vayomer Balak el-Bil`am, "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all."
26Vaya'an Bil`am vayomer el-Balak, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Kol asher y'daber YHWH, that I must do?'"
27Vayomer Balak el-Bil`am, "Come now, I will take you el-maqom acher; perhaps it will please ha-Elohim that you may curse them for me from there."
28Balak took Bil`am rosh ha-P`or, that looks down on the desert.
29Vayomer Bil`am el-Balak, "Build shiv`ah miz'b'chot for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here."
30Balak did as Bil`am had said, and offered up a bull and a ram ba-mizbeach.
PEREQ כד
CHAPTER 24 24:1
When Bil`am saw that it pleased YHWH to bless Yisra'el, he didn't go, as at the other times, to use divination, but he set his face el-ha-midbar.
2Bil`am lifted up his eyes, and he saw Yisra'el dwelling according to their tribes; and ruach Elohim came on him.
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He took up his mashal, vayomer,
"N'um Bil`am b'no B`or,
the man whose eyes are open says; 4
he says, who hears the words of El,
who sees the vision of Shaddai,[♦]
fallen down, yet with opened eyes : 5
How goodly are your ohalim, Ya`akov,
and your dwellings, Yisra'el! 6
As valleys they are spread out,
as gardens by the riverside,
as aloes which YHWH has planted,
as cedar trees beside mayim. 7Mayim shall flow from his buckets.
His zera shall be b'mayim rabbim.
His melekh shall be higher than Agag.
His malkhut shall be exalted. 8El brings him mi-Mitzrayim.
He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
He shall consume the goyim his adversaries,
shall break their bones in pieces,
and pierce them with his arrows. 9
He couched, he lay down as a lion,
as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
Blessed be everyone who blesses you,
And cursed be everyone who curses you."
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The anger of Balak burned against Bil`am, and he struck his hands together. Vayomer Balak el-Bil`am, "I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.
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Therefore, flee to your place, now! I thought to promote you to great kavod; v'hinneh, YHWH has kept you back mi-kavod."
12Vayomer Bil`am el-Balak, "Didn't I also tell your malakhim whom you sent to me, saying,
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If Balak would give me his bayit full of kesef v'zahav, I can't go beyond pi YHWH, to do either tovah o ra`ah from my own mind. I will say what YHWH says'?
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Now, hinneh, I go to my people. Come, I will inform you what ha-am hazeh shall do to your people b'acharit ha-yamim."
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He took up his mashal, vayomar,
"N'um Bil`am b'no B'or,
the man whose eye is open says; 16
he says, who hears the words of El,
knows the knowledge of Elyon,
and who sees the vision of Shaddai,
Fallen down, yet with opened eyes: 17
I see him, but not now.
I see him, but not near.
There will come kokhav mi-Ya`akov.
A scepter will rise mi-Yisra'el,
and shall strike through the corners of Mo'av,
and crush kol b'nei Shet. 18Edom shall be a possession. Se`ir, his enemies, also shall be a possession,
while Yisra'el does valiantly. 19Mi-Ya`akov shall one have dominion,
and shall destroy the remnant from the city."
24:20
He looked at `Amalek, and took up his mashal, vayomar,
"Reshit goyim `Amalek,
But his latter end shall come to destruction."
24:21
He looked at ha-Keini, and took up his mashal, vayomar,
"Your dwelling place is strong.
Your nest is set ba-selah. 22
Nevertheless Kayin shall be wasted,
until Asshur carries you away captive."
24:23
He took up his mashal, vayomar,
"Oy, who shall live when El does this? 24
But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim.
They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Ever.
He also shall come to destruction."
24:25Bil`am rose up, and went and returned to his maqom; and Balak also went on his derekh.
PEREQ כה
CHAPTER 25 25:1Yisra'el stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with b'not Mo'av;
2
for they called the people to the sacrifices of their elohim. The people ate and bowed down to their elohim.
3Yisra'el joined himself to Ba`al P`or, and the anger of YHWH burned against Yisra'el.
4Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "Take kol roshei ha-am, and hang them up to YHWH before ha-shemesh, that the fierce anger of YHWH may turn away mi-Yisra'el."
5Vayomer Mosheh el-shoftei Yisra'el, "Kill his anashim who have joined themselves l'Ba`al P`or."
25:6V'hinneh, ish mi-b'nei Yisra'el came and brought to his brothers a Midyanit (woman) in the sight of Mosheh, and in the sight of kol-adat b'nei Yisra'el, while they were weeping at petach Ohel Mo`ed.
7
When Pinchas, ben-El`azar, ben-Aharon ha-kohen, saw it, he rose up from the middle of ha-edah, and took a spear in his hand.
8Va-yavo achar ish Yisra'el into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, ish Yisra'el, v'et ishshah through her body. So the plague was stopped among b'nei Yisra'el.
9
Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
(41) PARASHAT PINCHAS
Pinchas
25:10 - 29:40
25:10Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
11
"Pinchas, ben-El`azar, ben-Aharon ha-kohen, has turned my wrath me-al b'nei-Yisra'el, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn't consume b'nei-Yisra'el in my jealousy.
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Therefore say, 'Hinneh, I give to him b'riti shalom.
13
It shall be to him, and to his zera after him, b'rit of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his Elohim, and made atonement for b'nei-Yisra'el.'"
25:14V'shem ish Yisra'el that was slain, who was slain with ha-Midyanit (woman), was Zimri, ben-Salu, a prince of a fathers' house la-Shim`oni.
15V'shem ha-ishshah Midyanit who was slain was Cozbi, bat-Tzur. He was head of the people of beit-av Midyan.
25:16Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor;
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"Harass ha-Midyanim, and strike them;
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for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of P`or, and in the incident regarding Cozbi, bat-n'si Midyan, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague al-d'var P`or."
PEREQ כו
CHAPTER 26 26:1
After the plague, YHWH spoke to Mosheh v'el-El`azar ben-Aharon ha-kohen, lemor,2
"Take a census [lit. lift the heads] of kol adat b'nei-Yisra'el, from twenty years old and upward, l'veit avotav, all who are able to go out to war b'Yisra'el."
3Vaidaber Mosheh v'El`azar ha-kohen with them in the plains of Mo`av al-Yarden (at) Y'recho, lemor,
4
"[Take a census,] from twenty years old and upward, as YHWH commanded Mosheh u'v'nei Yisra'el that came me-Eretz Mitzrayim.
26:5R'uven, firstborn of Yisra'el; b'nei R'uven: (of) Chanoch, mishhpachat ha-Chanochi; l'Fallu, mishpachat ha-Pallui;
6l'Chetzron, mishpachat ha-Chetzroni; l'Charmi, mishpachat ha-Carmi.
7Eleh mishp'chot ha-R'uveni; and those who were counted of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.
8U'v'nei Pallu: Eliav.
9U'v'nei Eliav: N'muel v'Datan v'Aviram. These are that Datan v'Aviram who were called by ha-edah,
who rebelled al-Mosheh v'al-Aharon in the company of Korach when they rebelled against YHWH;
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and ha-aretz opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korach when that company died; at the time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.
11U'v'nei Korach didn't die.
26:15B'nei Gad l'mishp'chotam: li-Tz'phon, mishpachat ha-Tz'phoni; l'Chaggi, mishpachat ha-Chaggi; l'Shuni, mishpachat ha-Shuni;
16l'Ozni, mishhpachat ha-Ozni; l'Eri, mishpachat ha-Eri;
17la-Arod, mishpachat ha-Arodi; l'Ar'eli, mishpachat ha-Ar'eli.
18Eleh mishp'chot Gad according to those who were counted of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
26:19B'nei Y'hudah: Er v'Onan. And Er v'Onan died b'eretz K'na'an.
20B'nei Y'hudah were l'mishpachat: l'Shelah, mishpachat ha-Shelani; l'Peretz, mishpachat ha-Partzi; l'Zerach, mishpachat ha-Zar'chi.
21B'nei Peretz were: l'Chetzron, mishpachat ha-Chetzroni; l'Chamul, mishpachat he-Chamuli.
22Eleh mishp'chot Y'hudah according to those who were counted of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
26:23B'nei Yissachar l'mishp'chotam: Tola, mishpachat ha-Tola`i; l'Puvah, mishpachat ha-Puni;
24l'Yashuv, mishpachat ha-Yashui; l'Shimron, mishpachat ha-Shimroni.
25Eleh mishp'chot Yissachar according to those who were counted of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.
26:26B'nei Z'vulun l'mishp'chotam: l'Sered, mishpachat ha-Sardi; l'Elon, mishpachat ha-Eloni; l'Yach'l'el, mishhpachat ha-Yach'l'eli.
27Eleh mishp'chot ha-Z'vuloni according to those who were counted of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
26:28B'nei Yosef l'mishp'chotam: M'nassheh v'Efrayim.
29B'nei Manassheh: l'Machir, mishpachat ha-Machiri; and Machir begot Gil'ad; l'Gil'ad, mishpachat ha-Gil'adi.
30Eleh b'nei Gil'ad: Iezer, mishpachat ha-I'ezri; l'Chelek, mispachat ha-Chelki;
31v'Asri'el, mishpachat ha-Asri'eli; v'Shekhem, mishpachat ha-Shikh'mi;
32u'Sh'mida, mishpachat ha-Sh'mida'i; v'Chefer, mishpachat ha-Chefri.
33U'Tz'lof'chad ben-Chefer had no banim, but banot: u'shem banot Tz'lof'chad -- Machlah v'No`ah, Choglah, Milkah v'Tir'tzah.
34Eleh mishp'chot M'nassheh. Those who were counted of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
26:35Eleh b'nei Efrayim l'mishp'chotam: l'Shutelach, mishpachat ha-Shutalchi; l'Bekher, mishpachat ha-Bakhri; ha-Tachan, mishpachat ha-Tachani.
36V'eleh b'nei ha-Shutalach: l'Eran, mishpachat ha-Erani.
37Eleh mishp'chot b'nei Efrayim according to those who were counted of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. Eleh b'nei Yosef l'mishp'chotam,.
26:38B'nei Binyamin l'mishp'chotam: l'Vela, mishpachat ha-Bal'i; l'Ashbel, mishp'chot ha-Ashbeli; l'Achiram, mishpachat ha-Achirami;
39li'Sh'fufam, mishpachat ha-Shufami; l'Chufam, mishpachat ha-Chufami.
40B'nei Bela were Ard v'Na`aman: mishpachat ha-Ardi; l'Na`aman, mishpachat ha-Na`ami.
41Eleh b'nei Binyamin l'mishp'chotam; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
26:42Eleh b'nei Dan l'mishp'chotam: l'Shucham, mishpachat ha-Shuchami. Eleh mishp'chot Dan l'mishp'chotam.
43Kol mishp'chot ha-Shuchami, according to those who were counted of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
26:44B'nei Asher l'mishp'chotam: l'Yimnah, mishpachat ha-Yimna; l'Yishvi, mishp'chat ha-Yishvi; li-V'ri`ah, mishp'chat ha-B'ri`i.
45Li-V'riah: l'Chever, mishpachot ha-Chevri; l'Malki'el, mishpachat ha-Malki'eli.
46V'shem bat Asher, Sarach.
47Eleh mishhp'chot b'nei-Asher according to those who were counted of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred.
26:48B'nei Naftali l'mishp'chotam: l'Yach'tz'el, mishpachat ha-Yach'tz'eli; l'Guni, mishpachat ha-Guni;
49l'Ye'tzer, mishpachat ha-Yitz'ri; l'Shillem, mishpachat ha-Shi'llimi.
50Eleh mishp'chot Naftali l'mishp'chotam; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
26:51
These are those who were counted of b'nei Yisra'el, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
26:52Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
53
"La-eleh shall ha-aretz be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
54
To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. To everyone according to those who were counted of him shall his inheritance be given.
55
Notwithstanding, ha-aretz shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
56
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer."
26:57
These are those who were counted of ha-Levi, l'mishp'chotam: l'Gershon, mishpachot ha-Gershoni; li-K'hat, mishpachat ha-K'hati; l'M'rari, mishpachat ha-M'rari.
58Eleh mishp'chat L'vi: misphchat ha-Livni, mishpachat ha-Chevroni, mishpachat ha-Machli, mishpachat ha-Mushi, mishpachat ha-Korti. K'hat begot Amram.
59V'shem eshet Amram, Yocheved, bat-Levi, asher yaldah otah l'L'vi b'Mitzrayim. She bore to Amram Aharon v'et-Mosheh v'et-Miryam their sister.
60
To Aharon were born Nadab v'et-Avihu, et-El`azar v'et-Itamar.
61Nadav v'Avihu died when they offered strange fire lif'nei YHWH.
62
Those who were counted of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted among b'nei Yisra'el, because there was no inheritance given them among b'nei Yisra'el.
26:63
These are those who were counted by Mosheh v'El`azar ha-kohen, who counted b'nei Yisra'el in the plains of Moav al-Yarden Y'recho.
64
But among these there was not a man of them who were counted by Mosheh v'Aharon ha-kohen, who counted b'nei Yisra'el b'midbar Sinai.
65
For YHWH had said of them, "They shall surely die ba-midbar." There was not a man left of them, except Calev ben-Yefunneh v'Y'hoshua bin-Nun.
PEREQ כז
CHAPTER 27 27:1
Then banot Tz'lof'chad, ben-Chefer, ben-Gil'ad, ben-Machir, ben-M'nassheh, l'mishp'chot M'nassheh ben-Yosef came near, v'eleh sh'mot of his banot: Maclah, No`ah, v'Choglah, u'Milcah, v'Tir'tzah.
2
They stood lif'nei Mosheh v'lif'nei El`azar ha-kohen, v'lif'nei ha-n'si'im v'khol ha-edah, at the petach Ohel Mo`ed, lemor,
3
"Avinu died ba-midbar. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against YHWH in the company of Korach, but he died in his own chet. He had no banim.
4
Why should shem avinu be taken away from among his mishpachah, because he had no ben? Give to us a possession among the brothers of avinu."
27:5Mosheh brought their cause lif'nei YHWH.
6Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
7
"Banot Tz'lof'chad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among the brothers of their av. You shall cause the inheritance of their av to pass to them.
8
You shall speak to b'nei Yisra'el, lemor, 'If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
9
If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
10
If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
11
If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. This shall be li'v'nei Yisra'el l'chukat mishpat, as YHWH commanded Mosheh.'"
27:12Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "Go up el-har ha-Avarim hazeh, and see ha-aretz which I have given li'v'nei Yisra'el.
13
When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aharon your brother was gathered;
14
because you rebelled against my word b'midbar Tzin in the strife of ha-edah, to honor me as holy ba-mayim before their eyes." (These are the waters of M'rivat Kadesh, midbar Tzin.)
15Vayomer Mosheh el-YHWH, lemor,
16
"Let YHWH, Elohe ha-ruchot l'khol basar, appoint ish al-ha-edah,
17
who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that adat YHWH may not be as sheep which have no ro`eh."
18Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, "Take Y'hoshua bin-Nun, ish asher ruach, and lay your hand on him.
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Set him lif'nei El`azar ha-kohen, v'lif'nei ha-edah; and commission him in their sight.
20
You shall give authority to him, that kol-edat b'nei Yisra'el may obey.
21
He shall stand lif'nei El`azar ha-kohen, who shall inquire for him b'mishpat ha-Urim[♦] lif'nei YHWH. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, hu v'khol b'nei Yisra'el with him, v'khol ha-edat."
22Mosheh did as YHWH commanded him. He took Y'hoshua, and set him life'nei El`azar ha-kohen v'lif'nei kol ha-edah.
23
He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, ka-asher diber YHWH b'yad Mosheh.
PEREQ כח
CHAPTER 28 28:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
2
"Command b'nei Yisra'el, and tell them, 'See that you present my korban, my food for my ishsheh, as a pleasant aroma to me, in their moed.'
3
You shall tell them, 'Zeh ha-ishsheh which you shall offer to YHWH: male lambs b'nei shanah without defect, sh'nayim la-yom, `olah tamid.
4
You shall offer the one lamb ba-boqer, and you shall offer the other lamb between the evenings,
5
with one tenth of an efah* of fine flour for a minchah, mixed with the fourth part of a hin*; of beaten shemen.
6
It is an olah tamid which was ordained b'Har Sinai for a pleasant aroma, an ishsheh la-YHWH.
7
Its nesekh shall be the fourth part of a hin* for each lamb. Ba-qodesh (place) you shall pour out a nesekh of strong drink la-YHWH.
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The other lamb you shall offer between the evenings. K'minchat ha-boqer, and as its nesekh, you shall offer it, an ishsheh, for a pleasant aroma la-YHWH.
28:9
"'U'v'yom ha-Shabbat, you shall offer two male lambs a year old without defect, and two tenths of an efah of fine flour for a minchah mixed with shemen, and its nesekh:
10Olat Shabbat b'shabbato, in addition to the olah ha-tamid and its nesekh.
28:11
"'B'rashei of your chodashim, you shall offer an olah la-YHWH: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect,
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and three tenths (of an efah) of fine flour for a minchah mixed ba-shemen, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a minchah mixed ba-shemen, for the one ram;
13
and one tenth part of fine flour mixed ba-shemen for a minchah to every lamb, as an olah of a pleasant aroma, ishsheh la-YHWH.
14
Their n'sakhim shall be half a hin for a bull, the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb -- of yayin. Zot olat chodesh of every month throughout the months of ha-shanah.
15
Also, one male goat la-chattat la-YHWH shall be offered in addition to the olah ha-tamid and its nesekh.
28:16
"Ba-chodesh ha-rishon, on the fourteenth day of ha-chodesh Pesach la-YHWH.
17
On the fifteenth day la-chodesh hazeh, chag. Shivat yamim matzot shall be eaten.
18Ba-yom ha-rishon, mikra kodesh. You shall do no regular work,
19
but you shall offer an ishsheh olah la-YHWH: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. They shall be without defect,
20
with their minchah, fine flour mixed with shemen. You shall offer three tenths for a bull, and two tenths for the ram.
21
You shall offer one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs;
22
and one male goat for a chattat, to make atonement for you.
23
You shall offer these besides `olat ha-boqer, which is for an olat ha-tamid.
24
In this way you shall offer daily, shiv`at yamim, lekhem ishsheh, of a pleasant aroma la-YHWH. It shall be offered in addition to olat ha-tamid and its nesekh.
25U'va-yom ha-sh'vi'i you shall have a mikra kodesh. You shall do no regular work.
28:26
"'U'v'yom ha-bikkurim, when you offer a minchah chadashah la-YHWH in your Shavu'ot, you shall have a mikra kodesh. You shall do no regular work;
27
but you shall offer an olah for a pleasant aroma la-YHWH: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;
28
and their minchah, fine flour mixed with shemen, three tenths for each bull, two tenths for the one ram,
29
one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs;
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and one male goat, to make atonement for you.
31
Besides the olat ha-tamid and its minchah, you shall offer them and their nesekh. See that they are without defect.
PEREQ כט
CHAPTER 29 29:1
"'U'va-chodesh ha-sh'vi'i b'echad ha-chodesh, you shall have a mikra kodesh; you shall do no regular work. (It shall be) Yom t'ru'`ah to you.
2
You shall offer an olah for a pleasant aroma to YHWH: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect;
3
and their minchah, fine flour mixed with shemen: three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the ram,
4
and one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs;
5
and one male goat for a chattat, to make atonement for you;
6
in addition to olat ha-chodesh with its minchah, and olat ha-tamid with its minchah, and their n'sakhim, according to their mishpat, for a pleasant aroma, an ishsheh la-YHWH.
29:7
"'On the tenth day of ha-chodesh ha-sh'vi'i hazeh you shall have a mikrah chodesh. You shall afflict your nafshot. You shall do no kind of work;
8
but you shall offer an olah la-YHWH for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old, all without defect;
9
and their minchah, fine flour mixed with shemen: three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the one ram,
10
one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs;
11
one male goat for a chattat, in addition to the chattat ha-kippurim v'olat ha-tamid, and its minchah, and their n'sakhim.
29:12
"'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a mikra kodesh. You shall do no regular work. You shall keep a chag la-YHWH shiv`at yamim.
13
You shall offer an olah ishsheh, of a pleasant aroma to YHWH: thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old, all without defect;
14
and their minchah, fine flour mixed with shemen: three tenths for every bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenths for each ram of the two rams,
15
and one tenth for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
16
and one male goat for a chattat, in addition to olat ha-tamid, its minchah, and its nesekh.
29:17
"'U'va-yom ha-sheni you shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
18
and their minchah and their nesekh for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after ha-mishpat;
19
and one male goat for a chattat, in addition to olat ha-tamid, with its minchah and their n'sakhim.
29:20
"'U'va-yom ha-sh'li'shi: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
21
and their minchah and their n'sakhim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after ha-mishpat;
22
and one male goat for a chattat, in addition to olat ha-tamid, and its minchah, and its nesekh.
29:23
"'On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
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their minchah and their n'sakhim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after ha-mishpat;
25
and one male goat for a chattat; in addition to olat ha-tamid, its minchah, and its nesekh.
29:26
"'On the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
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and their minchah and their n'sakhim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after ha-mishpat,
28
and one male goat for a chattat, in addition to olat ha-tamid, and its minchah, and its nesekh.
29:29
" 'On the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
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and their minchah and their n'sakhim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after ha-mishpat,
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and one male goat for a chattat; in addition to olat ha-tamid, its minchah, and the n'sakhim of it.
29:32
" 'On the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect;
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and their minchah and their n'sakhim for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after ha-mishpat,
34
and one male goat for a chattat; in addition to olat ha-tamid, its minchah, and its nesekh.
29:35
"'On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. You shall do no regular work;
36
but you shall offer an olah ishsheh, a pleasant aroma la-YHWH: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect;
37
their minchah and their n'sakhim for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after ha-mishpat,
38
and one male goat for a chattat, in addition to olat ha-tamid, with its minchah, and its nesekh.
29:39
"'You shall offer these to YHWH in your mo`adim - in addition to your vows and your nid'varot - for your olot, your minchot, your n'sakhim, and your shlamim.'"
29:40 (30:1 in Heb. Bible)Vayomer Mosheh el-b'nei Yisra'el according to all that YHWH commanded Mosheh.
(42) PARASHAT MATTOT
Tribes
30:2 - 32:42
PEREQ ל
CHAPTER 30 30:1(2)Vaidaber Mosheh el-roshei ha-mattot li'v'nei Yisra'el, lemor, "Zeh ha-davar which YHWH has commanded.
2(3)
When a man vows a neder la-YHWH, or swears an oath to bind his nefesh with a bond, he shall not break his davar. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
3(4)
"Also, when an ishshah vows a neder la-YHWH and binds herself by a pledge, being b'veit aviha, in her youth,
4(5)
and her father hears her neder and her pledge with which she has bound her nefesh, and her father says nothing to her, then all her n'darim shall stand, and every pledge with which she has bound her nefesh shall stand.
5(6)
But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows or of her pledges with which she has bound her nefesh, shall stand. YHWH will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her.
6(7)
"If she (is married) l'ish, while her n'darim are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips with which she has bound her nefesh,
7(8)
and her ish hears it, and says nothing to her in the day that he hears it; then her n'darim shall stand, and her pledges with which she has bound her nefesh shall stand.
8(9)
But if her ish forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he makes void her neder which is on her and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her nefesh, YHWH will forgive her.
9(10)
"But the neder of an almanah, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her nefesh shall stand against her.
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"If she vowed in beit ishah or bound her nefesh by a bond with an oath,
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and her ishah heard it, and kept silent at her and didn't disallow her, then all her n'darim shall stand, and every pledge with which she bound her nefesh shall stand.
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But if her ishah made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her n'darim, or concerning the bond of her nefesh, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void. YHWH will forgive her.
13(14)Kol neder, and every binding oath to afflict the nefesh, her ishah may establish it, or her ishah may make it void.
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But if her ishah says nothing to her mi-yom el-yom, then he establishes all her n'darim or all her pledges which are on her. He has established them, because he said nothing to her in the day that he heard them.
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But if he makes them null and void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity."
30:16(17)Eleh ha-chukkim which YHWH commanded Mosheh, ben-ish l'ishto, bein av and his bat, being in her youth, in beit aviha.
PEREQ לא
CHAPTER 31 31:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Avenge b'nei Yisra'el on ha-Midyanim. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people."
3Vaidaber Mosheh el-ha-am, lemor, "Arm anashim from among you for war, that they may go against Midyan, to execute the vengeance of YHWH b'Midyan.
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You shall send one thousand out of every matteh, l'khol mattot Yisra'el, to the war."
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So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Yisra'el, a thousand from every matteh, twelve thousand armed for war.
6Mosheh sent them, one thousand of every matteh, to the war with Pin'chas ben-El`azar ha-kohen, to the war, with the vessels of ha-Kodesh and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
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They fought against Midyan, as YHWH commanded Mosheh. They killed every male.
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They killed malkhei Midyan with the rest of their slain: Evi v'et Rekem v'et Tzur v'et Chur v'et Reva, the five malkhei Midyan; v'et Bil`am ben-B`or with the sword.
9B'nei Yisra'el took the women of Midyan captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.
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All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
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They took all the captives, and all the plunder, ba-adam u'va-b'hemah.
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They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Mosheh, and to El`azar ha-kohen, v'el adat b'nei-Yisra'el, to the camp at the plains of Moav, asher al-Yarden Y'recho.
31:13Mosheh v'El`azar ha-kohen, with all the princes of ha-edah, went out to meet them outside of the camp.
14Mosheh was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
15Vayomer Mosheh to them, "Have you saved all the women alive?
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Behold, these caused b'nei Yisra'el bi'd'var Bil`am, to commit trespass against YHWH in the matter of P`or, and so the plague was ba-`adat YHWH.
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Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill kol ishshah who has known man by lying with him.
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But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
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"Encamp outside of the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed any nefesh, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
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You shall purify every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood."
31:21Vayomer El`azar ha-kohen to the men of war who went to the battle, "Zot chukkat ha-Torah which YHWH has commanded Mosheh:
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however ha-zahav v'et ha-kasef v'et ha-n'choshet, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
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everything that may withstand ha-esh, you shall make to go through ha-esh, and it shall be tahor; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn't withstand ha-esh you shall make to go through ha-mayim.
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You shall wash your clothes ba-yom ha-sh'vi'i, and you shall be tahor. Afterward you shall come into the camp."
31:25Vayomer YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Count the plunder that was taken, ba-adam u'va'b'hemah, attah v'El`azar ha-kohen, v'roshei avot ha-`edah;
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and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, u'vein kol-ha-edah.
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Levy a tribute to YHWH of the men of war who went out to battle: echad nefesh of five hundred; min-ha-adam, of the cattle, u'min ha-chamorim, and of the flocks.
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Take it from their half, and give it l'El`azar ha-kohen, (for a) t'rumat YHWH.
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Of the half of b'nei Yisra'el, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, min-ha-adam, of the cattle, min-ha-chamorim, of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to ha-L'vi'im, who perform the duty of mishkan YHWH."
31Mosheh v'El`azar ha-kohen did as YHWH commanded Mosheh.
31:32
Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
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seventy-two thousand head of cattle,
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sixty-one thousand chamorim,
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and thirty-two thousand nefesh adam in all, min-ha-nashim who had not known man by lying with him.
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The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;
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and the tribute to YHWH of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
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The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the tribute to YHWH was seventy-two.
39Chamorim were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the tribute to YHWH was sixty-one.
40Nefesh adam were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute to YHWH was thirty-two persons.
41Mosheh gave the tribute, which was t'rumat YHWH, l'El`azar ha-kohen, as YHWH commanded Mosheh.
31:42
The half of b'nei Yisra'el, which Mosheh divided off from the men who fought
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(now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
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thirty-six thousand head of cattle,
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thirty thousand five hundred chamorim,
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and sixteen thousand nefesh adam),
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even of the half of b'nei Yisra'el, Mosheh took one drawn out of every fifty, min-ha-adam u'min-ha-b'hemah, and gave them la-L'vi'im, who performed the duty of mishkan YHWH, as YHWH commanded Mosheh.
31:48
The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Mosheh.
49Vayomru el-Mosheh, "Your avadim have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.
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We have brought korban YHWH, what every man found: ornaments of zahav, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our nafshot lif'nei YHWH."
51Mosheh v'El`azar ha-kohen took ha-zahav, all worked jewels.
52Kol zahav ha-t'rumah that they offered up to YHWH, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekel*.
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The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.
54Mosheh v'El`azar ha-kohen took ha-zahav of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it el-Ohel Mo`ed for a memorial li'v'nei Yisra'el lif'nei YHWH.
PEREQ לב
CHAPTER 32 32:1Li'v'nei R'uven u'li'v'nei Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw eretz Yazer, v'et-eretz Gil`ad. V'hinneh, ha-maqom was a place for livestock.
2B'nei Gad u'v'nei R'uven came and spoke to Mosheh v'el-El`azar ha-kohen, and to the princes of ha-`edah, lemor,
3
"`Atarot v'Divon v'Yazer v'Nimrah v'Cheshbon v'El`aleh u'S'vam u'N'vo u'V`on,
4ha-aretz asher YHWH struck lif'nei adat Yisra'el, eretz for livestock; and your avadim have livestock."
5Vayomru, "If we have found favor in your sight, let ha-aretz ha-zot be given to your avadim for a possession. Don't bring us over ha-Yarden."
32:6Vayomer Mosheh li'v'nei Gad u'li'v'nei R'uven, "Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
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Why do you discourage the heart of b'nei Yisra'el from going over el-ha-aretz which YHWH has given them?
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Your fathers did so when I sent them mi-Kadesh Barnea to see ha-aretz.
9
For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw ha-aretz, they discouraged lev b'nei Yisra'el, that they should not go el-ha-aretz which YHWH had given them.
10
The anger of YHWH burned ba-yom ha-hu, and he swore, saying,
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'Surely none of ha-anashim who came up mi-Mitzrayim, from twenty years old and upward, shall see ha-aretz which I swore l'Avraham, l'Yitzchak, u'l'Ya`akov; because they have not wholly followed me,
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except Kalev ben-Y'funneh ha-K'nizzi, vi'Y'hoshua ben-Nun, because they have followed YHWH completely.'
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And the anger of YHWH burned against Yisra'el, and he made them wander back and forth ba-midbar forty years, until kol ha-dor who had done evil in the sight of YHWH was consumed.
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"Behold, you have risen up in your fathers' place, an increase of anashim chatta'im, to increase the fierce anger of YHWH toward Yisra'el.
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For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them ba-midbar; and you will destroy kol ha-am hazeh."
32:16
They came near to him, and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones;
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but we ourselves will be ready armed to go lif'nei b'nei Yisra'el, until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of ha-aretz.
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We will not return to our houses until b'nei Yisra'el have all received their inheritance.
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For we will not inherit with them on the other side of ha-Yarden and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this side of ha-Yarden eastward."
20Vayomer Mosheh to them: "If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before YHWH to the war,
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and every one of your armed men will pass over ha-Yarden lif'nei YHWH until he has driven out his enemies from before him,
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and ha-aretz is subdued lif'nei YHWH; then afterward you shall return, and be clear of obligation to YHWH and to Yisra'el. Then ha-aretz hazot shall be your possession lif'nei YHWH.
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"But if you will not do so, hinmeh, you have sinned against YHWH; and be sure your chata'im will find you out.
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Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth."
25Vayomer b'nei-Gad u'v'nei R'uven el-Mosheh,lemor, "Your avadim will do as adoni commands.
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Our little ones, our nashim, our flocks, and all our b'hemot shall be there in the cities of ha-Gil`ad;
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but your avadim will pass over, every man who is armed for war, lif'nei YHWH to battle, as adoni says."
32:28
So Mosheh commanded concerning them to El`azar ha-kohen v'et Y'hoshua ben-Nun, v'et roshei avot ha-mattot li'v'nei Yisra'el.
29Vayomer Mosheh to them, "If b'nei Gad u'v'nei R'uven will pass with you over ha-Yarden, every man who is armed to battle lif'nei YHWH, and ha-aretz is subdued before you, then you shall give them eretz ha-Gil`ad for a possession;
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but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you b'eretz K'na`an."
31B'nei Gad u'v'nei R'uven answered, saying, "As YHWH has said to your avadim, so will we do.
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We will pass over armed lif'nei YHWH (into) eretz K'na`an, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond ha-Yarden."
32:33Mosheh gave to them, li'v'nei-Gad u'li'v'nei R'uven, and to the half-tribe of M'nassheh ben-Yosef, mamlekhet Sichon melekh ha-Emori, v'et-mamlekhet Og melekh ha-Bashan, ha-aretz, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of ha-aretz around.
34B'nei Gad built Divon v-et-Atarot v'et-`Aro`er,
35v'et-`At'rot Shofan v'et Yazer v'Yogb'hah,
36v'et-Beit Nimrah v'et-Beit Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
37U'v'nei R'u'ven built Cheshbon v'et-El`aleh v'et-Kiryatayim,
38v'et-N'vo v'et-Ba`al M`on, (their names being changed), v'et-Sivmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.
39B'nei Makhir ben-M'nassheh went to Gil`ad and took it, and dispossessed ha-Emori who were therein.
40Mosheh gave Gil`ad to Machir ben-M'nassheh; and he lived therein.
41Yair ben-M'nassheh went and took its villages, and called them Chavvot Yair.
42V'Novach went and took K'nat and its villages, and called it Novach after his own name.
(43) PARASHAT MAS`EI
Journies of
33 - 36
PEREQ לג
CHAPTER 33 33:1
These are the journeys of b'nei Yisra'el, when they went out me-eretz Mitzrayim by their armies b'yad Mosheh v'Aharon.
2Mosheh wrote the starting points of their journeys al-pi YHWH. These are their journeys according to their starting points.
3
They traveled me-Ra'm'ses ba-chodesh ha-rishon, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after ha-Pesach, b'nei Yisra'el went out with a high hand in the sight of kol-Mitzrayim,
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while Mitzrayim was burying all their firstborn, whom YHWH had struck among them. YHWH also executed mishpatim on their elohim.
33:5B'nei Yisra'el traveled me-Ra'm'ses, and encamped b'Succot [Booths].
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They traveled mi-Succot and encamped b'Etam, which is in the edge of ha-midbar.
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They traveled me-Etam, and turned back al-Pi Hachirot,[♦]asher al-p'nei Ba`al Tzefon, [Ba'al of Winter] and they encamped lif'nei Migdol.
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They traveled mi-p'nei Hachirot, and crossed through the middle of ha-yam into ha-midbar. They went derekh sh'loshet yamim b'midbar Etam, and encamped b'Marah [Bitter].
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They traveled mi-Marah, and came to Elim; u'v'Elim [Terebinths], there were twelve springs of mayim and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there.
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They traveled me-Elim, and encamped al-Yam Suf.
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They traveled mi-Yam Suf, and encamped b'midbar Sin [Ara. "clay"].
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They traveled mi-midbar Sin, and encamped b'Dofkah.
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They traveled mi-Dofkah, and encamped b'Alush.
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They traveled me-Alush, and encamped bi'R'fidim, v'lo hayah sham mayim for the people to drink.
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They traveled me-R'fidim, and encamped b'midbar Sinai.
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They traveled mi-midbar Sinai, and encamped b'Kivrot Hattaavah [The Desire].
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They traveled mi-Kivrot Hattaavah, and encamped ba-Cha'tzerot [Villages].
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They traveled me-Cha'tzerot, and encamped b'Ritmah [Attached].
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They traveled me-Ritmah, and encamped b'Rimmon Paretz [Pomegranate of the Breach].
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They traveled me-Rimmon Paretz, and encamped b'Livnah [White].
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They traveled mi-Livnah, and encamped b'Rissah.
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They traveled me-Rissah, and encamped bi'K'helatah [Assembly].
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They traveled mi-K'helatah, and encamped b'Har Shafer [Beautiful Mountain].
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They traveled me-Har Shafer, and encamped ba-Charadah [Trembling].
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They traveled me-Charadah, and encamped b'Mak'helot [Place of Assembly].
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They traveled mi-Mak'helot, and encamped b'Tachat [Beneath].
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They traveled mi-Tachat, and encamped b'Terach.
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They traveled mi-Tarach, and encamped b'Mitkah [Sweet Place].
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They traveled mi-Mitkah, and encamped b'Chashmonah [Ambassador].
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They traveled me-Chashmonah, and encamped b'Moserot [Bonds].
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They traveled mi-Moserot, and encamped bi-V'nei Ya`akan [Sons of Ya`akan].
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They traveled mi-B'nei Ya`akan, and encamped b'Chor Haggidgad [Hollow of Gidgad].
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They traveled me-Chor Haggidgad, and encamped b'Yotbatah [Pleasantness].
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They traveled mi-Yotbathah, and encamped b`Avronah [Pass Over].
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They traveled me-Avronah, and encamped b'Etz'yon Gaver.
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They traveled me-Etz'yon Gaver, and encamped b'midbar Tzin; hu Kadesh.
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They traveled mi-Kadesh, and encamped b'Hor ha-Har, in the edge of eretz Edom.
33:38Aharon ha-kohen went up el-Hor ha-Har al-pi YHWH and died there, in the fortieth year after b'nei Yisra'el had come out me-eretz Mitzrayim, in the fifth month, b'echad la-chodesh.
39Aharon was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died b'Hor ha-Har.
33:40Ha-K'na`ani melekh Arad, who lived ba-negev b'eretz K'na`an, heard of the coming of b'nei Yisra'el.
33:41
They traveled me-Hor ha-Har, and encamped b'Tzalmonah [Image].
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They traveled mi-Tzalmonah, and encamped b'Funon [Helpless?].
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They traveled mi-Punon, and encamped b'Ovot [Waterskins].
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They traveled me-Ovot, and encamped at the ruins of Avarim [Regions Beyond], in the border of Moav.
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They traveled from the ruins, and encamped b'Divon-Gad .
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They traveled mi-Divon-Gad, and encamped b`Almon Divlatayim.
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They traveled me-`Almon Divlatayim, and encamped b'harei ha-`Avarim, lif'nei N'vo.
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They traveled me-harei ha-`Avarim, and encamped in the plains of Moav al-Yarden Y'recho.
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They encamped al-ha-Yarden mi-Beit ha-Y'shimot ad Avel ha-Shittim in the plains of Moav.
33:50Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh in the plains of Moav al-Yarden Y'recho, lemor,
51Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el, and tell them, "When you pass over ha-Yarden el-eretz K'na`an,
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then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of ha-aretz from before you, destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.
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You shall take possession of ha-aretz, and dwell therein; for I have given ha-aretz to you to possess it.
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You shall inherit ha-aretz by lot according to your mishp'chot; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit l'matot avoteikhem.
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"But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of ha-aretz from before you, then those you let remain of them will be like pricks in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will harass you in ha-aretz in which you dwell.
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It shall happen that as I thought to do to them, so I will do to you."
PEREQ לד
CHAPTER 34 34:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
2
"Command b'nei Yisra'el, and tell them, 'When you come el-ha-aretz K'na`an (zot ha-aretz that shall fall to you for an inheritance, eretz K'na`an according to its borders),
3
then your south quarter shall be mi-midbar Tzin along by the side of Edom, and your negev border shall be from the end of Yam ha-Melakh eastward.
4
Your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Tzin; and it shall pass southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go from there to Cha'tzar Addar, and pass along to Atzmon.
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The border shall turn about me-Atzmon to the brook of Mitzrayim,[♦] and it shall end at ha-yam.
34:6
"'For the western border, you shall have ha-yam ha-gadol and its border. This shall be your west border.
34:7
"'This shall be your north border: min-ha-yam ha-gadol you shall mark out for yourselves Hor ha-har.
8Me-Hor ha-har you shall mark out to the entrance of Chamat; and the border shall pass by Tzedad.
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Then the border shall go to Zifron, and it shall end at Chatzar Enan. This shall be your north border.
34:10
"'You shall mark out your east border me-Chatzar Enan to Sh'fam.
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The border shall go down from Sh'pham to Rivlah, on the east side of Ayin. The border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of Yam Kinneret eastward.
12
The border shall go down to ha-Yarden, and end at Yam ha-Melakh. This shall be your eretz according to its borders around it.'"
34:13Mosheh commanded b'nei Yisra'el, lemor, "Zot ha-aretz which you shall inherit by lot, which YHWH has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
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for the tribe of b'nei R'uven according to their fathers' houses, the tribe of b'nei-Gad according to their fathers' houses, and the half-tribe of Manassheh have received their inheritance.
15
The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond ha-Yarden Y'recho eastward, toward the sunrise."
34:16Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
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"Eleh sh'mot ha-anashim who shall divide ha-aretz to you for inheritance: El`azar ha-kohen, v'Y'hoshua ben-Nun.
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You shall take nasi echad nasi echad mi-mateh, to divide ha-aretz for inheritance.
19V'eleh sh'mot ha-anashim: L'mateh Y'hudah, Kalev ben-Y'funneh.
20U'l'mateh b'nei Shim`on, Sh'mu'el ben-Ammihud.
21L'mateh Binyamin, Elidad ben-Kislon.
22U'l'mateh b'nei-Dan, nasi Bukki, ben-Yogli.
23Li'v'nai Yosef: l'mateh b'nei M'nassheh nasi, Channi'el ben-Efod.
24U'l'mateh b'nei-Efrayim nasi, K'mu'el ben-Shiftan.
25U'l'mateh b'nei-Z'vulun nasi, Eli'tzafan ben-Parnakh.
26U'l'mateh b'nei-Yissachar nasi, Palti'el ben-`Azzan.
27U'l'mateh b'nei Asher nasi, Achihud ben-Sh'lomi.
28U'l'mateh b'nei-Naftali nasi, P'dah'el ben-`Ammihud."
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These are they whom YHWH commanded to divide the inheritance to b'nei Yisra'el b'eretz K'na`an.
PEREQ לה
CHAPTER 35 35:1Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh in the plains of Moav al-Yarden Y'recho, lemor,
2
"Command b'nei Yisra'el to give to ha-L'viyyim cities to dwell in out of their inheritance. You shall give pasture lands for the cities around them to the L'viyyim.
3
They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their pasture lands shall be for their livestock, and for their possessions, and for all their b'hemot.
4
"The pasture lands of the cities, which you shall give to ha-L'viyyim, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it.
5
You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall be the pasture lands of their cities.
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"The cities which you shall give to ha-L'viyyim, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the man slayer to flee to. Besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
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All the cities which you shall give to ha-L'viyyim shall be forty-eight cities together with their pasture lands.
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Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of b'nei Yisra'el, from the many you shall take many, and from the few you shall take few. Everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give some of his cities to ha-Lv'iyyim."
35:9Vaidaber YHWH el-Mosheh, lemor,
10
"Daber el-b'nei Yisra'el, and tell them, 'When you pass over ha-Yarden into eretz K'na`an,
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then you shall appoint for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the man slayer who kills any nefesh unwittingly may flee there.
12
The cities shall be for your refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die until he stands lif'nei ha-edah la-mishpat.
13
The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.
14
You shall give three cities beyond ha-Yarden, and you shall give three cities b'eretz K'na`an. They shall be cities of refuge.
15Li'v'nei Yisra'el, and for the stranger and for the foreigner living among them, shall these six cities be for refuge, that everyone who kills any nefesh unwittingly may flee there.
35:16
"'But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
17V'im b'even (in the) yad, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
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Or if he struck him with a weapon of etz (in the) yad, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
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The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death.
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If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled something at him while lying in wait, so that he died,
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or in hostility struck him with his hand, so that he died, he who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.
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"'But if he shoved him suddenly without hostility, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait,
23im b'khol even, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him so that he died, and he was not his enemy and not seeking his harm,
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then ha-edah shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to ha-mishpachot ha-eleh.
25Ha-edah shall deliver the man slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and ha-edah shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he had fled. He shall dwell therein until the death of ha-kohen ha-gadol, who was anointed b'shemen ha-kodesh.
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"'But if the man slayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge where he flees,
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and the avenger of blood finds him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the man slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood,
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because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of ha-kohen ha-gadol. But after the death of ha-kohen ha-gadol, the man slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
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"'These things shall be l'chukkat ha-mishpat to you throughout your dorot in all your dwellings.
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"'Whoever kills any nefesh, the murderer shall be slain based l'pi edim; v'ed echad shall not testify alone against any nefesh so that he dies.
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"'Moreover you shall take no kofer for the nefesh of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.
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"'You shall take no kofer for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land before the death of ha-kohen.
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"'So you shall not pollute ha-aretz where you live; for blood pollutes ha-aretz. No atonement can be made for ha-aretz, for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
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You shall not defile ha-aretz which you inhabit, where I dwell; for I, YHWH, dwell among b'nei Yisra'el.'"
PEREQ לו
CHAPTER 36 36:1Roshei ha-avot l'mishpachat b'nei-Gil`ad, ben-Machir, ben-M'nassheh, mi-mishpachot b'nei Yosef, came near, and spoke lif'nei Mosheh v'lif'nei ha-n'si'im, roshei avot li'v'nei Yisra'el.
2Vayomru, "YHWH commanded adoni to give ha-aretz for inheritance by lot li'v'nei Yisra'el. Adoni was commanded by YHWH to give the inheritance of Tz'lof'chad our brother to his banot.
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If they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of b'nei-Yisra'el, then their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of ha-mateh to which they shall belong. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
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When ha-yovel li'v'nai Yisra'el comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of ha-mateh to which they shall belong. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of ha-mateh avoteinu."
36:5Mosheh commanded b'nei Yisra'el `al-pi YHWH, lemor, "Mateh b'nei-Yosef speaks right.
6Zeh ha-davar which YHWH commands concerning batot Tz'lof'chad, lemor, 'Let them be married to whom they think best, only they shall marry l'mishpachat mateh avihem.
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So shall no inheritance of b'nei Yisra'el move mi-mateh el-mateh; for b'nei Yisra'el shall all keep the inheritance of mateh avotav.
8Kol bat who possesses an inheritance mi-matot b'nei Yisra'el shall be wife to one of the mishpachah of the mateh of her father, that b'nei Yisra'el may each possess the inheritance of his fathers.
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So shall no inheritance move mi-mateh l'mateh acher; for matot b'nei Yisra'el shall each keep his own inheritance.'"
36:10B'not Tz'lof'chad did as YHWH commanded Mosheh:
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for Machlah, Tir'tzah, v'Choglah, u'Milcah, v'No`ah, banot Tz'lof'chad, were nashim to their father's brothers' sons.
12Mi-mishp'chot b'nei M'nassheh ben-Yosef they were nashim. Their inheritance remained al-mateh mishpachot avihen.
36:13Eleh ha-mitzvot v'ha-mishpatim which YHWH commanded b'yad Mosheh el-b'nei Yisra'el in the plains of Moav al-Yarden Y'recho.
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24:4: The Tanakh never says "'the' Almighty" (ha-Shaddai); hence, it thereby treats "Almighty" as a proper name.
27:21: Urim: part of the high priest's breastplate; lit. "lights."
33:7: (Possible?) Pi Hachirot, from peh (6312), mouth + ha (the) + chirot (from Chirah [2437], a friend of Judah [from 2357 per NASBC, to be or grow white]; hence "Mouth of a White Place." (See photo "Nuweiba beach" at http://www.creationoutreach.com/id68.html)
34:5: The "brook (river/stream/wadi) of Egypt" is NOT the Nile River. Most Bibles that have maps in the back show this brook/river/stream/wadi just south of the southern boundary of Gaza. This first map is NOT biblically accurate.
This one is much more likely correct.
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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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