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Weekly Scripture Reading
Torah: Exodus 1-6
Prophets: Isaiah 1
Historical Writings: Joshua 23-24
New Testament: Matthew 21
Wisdom Writings: Psalms 34
Non-Canonical: Jubilees 19
The following translation is from The Scriptures | ISR98
Exodus 1-6
1 | 1 And these are the names of the children of Yisra’ĕl who came to Mitsrayim with Ya‛aqoḇ, each one with his household:
2 Re’uḇĕn, Shim‛on, Lĕwi, and Yehuḏah;
3 Yissasḵar, Zeḇulun, and Binyamin;
4 Dan and Naphtali, Gaḏ and Ashĕr.
5 And all those who were descendants of Ya‛aqoḇ were seventy beings, as Yosĕph was already in Mitsrayim.
6 And Yosĕph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation.
7 And the children of Yisra’ĕl bore fruit and increased very much, multiplied and became very strong, and the land was filled with them.
8 Then a new sovereign arose over Mitsrayim, who did not know Yosĕph,
9 and he said to his people, “See, the people of the children of Yisra’ĕl are more and stronger than we,
10 come, let us act wisely towards them, lest they increase, and it shall be when fighting befalls us, that they shall join our enemies and fight against us, and shall go up out of the land.”
11 So they set slave-masters over them to afflict them with their burdens, and they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Ra‛amses.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they increased and grew, and they were in dread of the children of Yisra’ĕl.
13 And the Mitsrites made the children of Yisra’ĕl serve with harshness,
14 and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all kinds of work in the field, all their work which they made them do was with harshness.
15 Then the sovereign of Mitsrayim spoke to the Heḇrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Pu‛ah,
16 and he said, “When you deliver the Heḇrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death, but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
17 But the midwives feared Elohim, and did not do as the sovereign of Mitsrayim commanded them, and kept the male children alive.
18 So the sovereign of Mitsrayim called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and kept the male children alive?”
19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Heḇrew women are not like the Mitsrite women. For they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.”
20 So Elohim was good to the midwives, and the people increased and became very numerous.
21 And it came to be, because the midwives feared Elohim, that He provided households for them.
22 And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Throw every son who is born into the river, and keep alive every daughter.”
2 | 1 And a man of the house of Lĕwi went and married a daughter of Lĕwi.
2 And the woman conceived and bore a son. And she saw that he was a lovely child, and she hid him three months.
3 And when she could hide him no longer, she took an ark of wicker for him, and coated it with tar and pitch, and put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the edge of the river.
4 And his sister stood at a distance, to know what would be done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, and her young women were walking by the river-side. And when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her female servant to get it,
6 and opened it and saw the child, and see, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the children of the Heḇrews.”
7 And his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Heḇrew women to nurse the child for you?”
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” And the girl went and called the child’s mother.
9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, then I shall pay your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.
10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Mosheh, saying, “Because I have drawn him out of the water.”
11 And in those days it came to be, when Mosheh was grown, that he went out to his brothers and looked at their burdens. And he saw a Mitsrite beating a Heḇrew, one of his brothers.
12 So he turned this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he smote the Mitsrite and hid him in the sand.
13 And he went out the second day and saw two Heḇrew men fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, “Why do you smite your neighbour?”
14 And he said, “Who made you a head and a judge over us? Do you intend to slay me as you slew the Mitsrite?” And Mosheh feared and said, “Truly, the matter is known!”
15 And Pharaoh heard of this matter, and he sought to kill Mosheh. But Mosheh fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Miḏyan. And he sat down by a well.
16 And the priest of Miḏyan had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their father’s flock,
17 but the shepherds came and drove them away. Then Mosheh stood up and came to their rescue, and watered their flock.
18 And they came to Re‛uw’ĕl their father, and he said, “How is it that you have come so soon today?”
19 And they said, “A Mitsrite rescued us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock.”
20 And he said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why did you leave the man? Call him and let him eat bread.”
21 And Mosheh agreed to dwell with the man, and he gave Tsipporah his daughter to Mosheh.
22 And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gĕreshom, for he said, “I have become a sojourner in a foreign land.”
23 And it came to be after these many days that the sovereign of Mitsrayim died. And the children of Yisra’ĕl groaned because of the slavery, and they cried out. And their cry came up to Elohim because of the slavery.
24 And Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered His covenant with Aḇraham, with Yitsḥaq, and with Ya‛aqoḇ.
25 And Elohim looked on the children of Yisra’ĕl, and Elohim knew!
3 | 1 And Mosheh was shepherding the flock of Yithro his father-in-law, the priest of Miḏyan. And he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to Ḥorĕḇ, the mountain of Elohim.
2 And the Messenger of יהוה appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. And he looked and saw the bush burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.
3 And Mosheh said, “Let me turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.”
4 And יהוה saw that he turned aside to see, and Elohim called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Mosheh! Mosheh!” And he said, “Here I am.”
5 And He said, “Do not come near here. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is set-apart ground.”
6 And He said, “I am the Elohim of your father, the Elohim of Aḇraham, the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ.” And Mosheh hid his face, for he was afraid to look at Elohim.
7 And יהוה said, “I have indeed seen the oppression of My people who are in Mitsrayim, and have heard their cry because of their slave-drivers, for I know their sorrows.
8 “And I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Mitsrites, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Kena‛anites and the Ḥittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Ḥiwwites and the Yeḇusites.
9 “And now, see, the cry of the children of Yisra’ĕl has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Mitsrites oppress them.
10 “And now, come, I am sending you to Pharaoh, to bring My people, the children of Yisra’ĕl, out of Mitsrayim.”
11 And Mosheh said to Elohim, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Yisra’ĕl out of Mitsrayim?”
12 And He said, “Because I am with you. And this is to you the sign that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Mitsrayim, you are to serve Elohim on this mountain.”
13 And Mosheh said to Elohim, “See, when I come to the children of Yisra’ĕl and say to them, ‘The Elohim of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His Name?’ what shall I say to them?”
14 And Elohim said to Mosheh, “I am that which I am.”a And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ”
15 And Elohim said further to Mosheh, “Thus you are to say to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘יהוה Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Aḇraham, the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ, has sent me to you. This is My Name forever, and this is My remembrance to all generations.’
16 “Go, and you shall gather the elders of Yisra’ĕl together, and say to them, ‘יהוה Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Aḇraham, of Yitsḥaq, and of Ya‛aqoḇ, appeared to me, saying, “I have indeed visited you and seen what is done to you in Mitsrayim;
17 and I say: I am bringing you up out of the affliction of Mitsrayim to the land of the Kena‛anite and the Ḥittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Ḥiwwite and the Yeḇusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’
18 “And they shall listen to your voice. And you shall come, you and the elders of Yisra’ĕl, to the sovereign of Mitsrayim, and you shall say to him, ‘יהוה Elohim of the Heḇrews has met with us. And now, please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness to slaughter to יהוה our Elohim.’
19 “But I know that the sovereign of Mitsrayim is not going to let you go, not even by a strong hand.
20 “And I shall stretch out My hand and smite Mitsrayim with all My wonders which I shall do in its midst. And after that he shall let you go.
21 “And I shall give this people favour in the eyes of the Mitsrites. And it shall be, that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.
22 “But every woman shall ask from her neighbour and from the stranger in her house, objects of silver, and objects of gold, and garments. And you shall put them on your sons and on your daughters, and shall plunder the Mitsrites.”
4 | 1 And Mosheh answered and said, “And if they do not believe me, nor listen to my voice, and say, ‘יהוה has not appeared to you?’ ”
2 And יהוה said to him, “What is that in your hand?” And he said, “A rod.”
3 And He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent. And Mosheh fled from it.
4 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” – so he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand –
5 so that they believe that יהוה Elohim of their fathers, the Elohim of Aḇraham, the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ, has appeared to you.”
6 And יהוה said to him again, “Now put your hand in your bosom.” And he put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it out, and see, his hand was leprous, like snow.
7 And He said, “Put your hand in your bosom again.” So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and see, it was restored like his other flesh.
8 “And it shall be, if they do not believe you, nor listen to the voice of the first sign, they shall believe the voice of the latter sign.
9 “And it shall be, if they do not believe even these two signs, or listen to your voice, that you shall take water from the river and pour it on the dry land. And the water which you take from the river shall become blood on the dry land.”
10 And Mosheh said to יהוה, “O יהוה, I am not a man of words, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
11 And יהוה said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, יהוה?
12 “And now, go, and I shall be with your mouth and teach you what to say.”
13 But he said, “O יהוה, please send by the hand of him whom You would send.”
14 And the displeasure of יהוה burned against Mosheh, and He said, “Is not Aharon the Lĕwite your brother? I know that he speaks well. And see, he is also coming out to meet you. And when he sees you, he shall be glad in his heart.
15 “And you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I am with your mouth and with his mouth, and I shall teach you what to do.
16 “And he shall speak for you to the people. And it shall be that he shall be a mouth for you, and you shall be an elohim for him.
17 “And take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”
18 Then Mosheh went and returned to Yithro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Mitsrayim to see whether they are still alive.” And Yithro said to Mosheh, “Go in peace.”
19 And יהוה said to Mosheh in Miḏyan, “Go, return to Mitsrayim, for all the men are dead who sought your life.”
20 So Mosheh took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Mitsrayim. And Mosheh took the rod of Elohim in his hand.
21 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “As you go back to Mitsrayim, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I am going to harden his heart, so that he does not let the people go.
22 “And you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Yisra’ĕl is My son, My first-born,
23 so I say to you, let My son go to serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, see, I am killing your son, your first-born.” ’ ”
24 And it came to be on the way, in the lodging place, that יהוה met him and sought to kill him.
25 And Tsipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and threw it at Mosheh’s feet, and said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me!”
26 So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.
27 And יהוה said to Aharon, “Go to meet Mosheh in the wilderness.” And he went and met him on the mountain of Elohim, and kissed him.
28 Mosheh then told Aharon all the words of יהוה who had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him.
29 And Mosheh went with Aharon and gathered together all the elders of the children of Yisra’ĕl.
30 And Aharon spoke all the words which יהוה had spoken to Mosheh. Then he did the signs before the eyes of the people.
31 And the people believed. And they heard that יהוה had visited the children of Yisra’ĕl and that He had looked on their affliction, and they bowed their heads and did obeisance.
5 | 1 And afterwards Mosheh and Aharon went in and said to Pharaoh, “Thus said יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Let My people go, so that they keep a festival to Me in the wilderness.’”
2 And Pharaoh said, “Who is יהוה, that I should obey His voice to let Yisra’ĕl go? I do not know יהוה, nor am I going to let Yisra’ĕl go.”
3 And they said, “The Elohim of the Heḇrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness and slaughter to יהוה our Elohim, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”
4 But the sovereign of Mitsrayim said to them, “Mosheh and Aharon, why do you take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens.”
5 And Pharaoh said, “See, the people of the land are many now, and you make them cease from their burdens!”
6 And the same day Pharaoh commanded the slave-drivers of the people and their foremen, saying,
7 “You are no longer to give the people straw to make bricks as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.
8 “And lay on them the required amount of bricks which they made before, do not diminish it. For they are idle, that is why they cry out, saying, ‘Let us go and slaughter to our Elohim.’
9 “Let more work be laid on the men, so that they labour in it, and not pay attention to words of falsehood.”
10 And the slave-drivers of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus said Pharaoh, ‘I do not give you straw.
11 ‘Go, take straw for yourselves, wherever you find it, for your work shall not be diminished.’ ”
12 And the people were scattered in all the land of Mitsrayim – to gather stubble for straw.
13 And the slave-drivers were hurrying them on, saying, “Complete your work, your daily amount, as when there was straw.”
14 Also the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl, whom Pharaoh’s slave-drivers had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not completed your task in making bricks both yesterday and today, as before?”
15 And the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you treat your servants this way?
16 “There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And see, your servants are beaten, but your own people are at fault.”
17 But he said, “You are idle! You are idle! That is why you say, ‘Let us go and slaughter to יהוה.’
18 “So now go, work. And straw is not given to you, but deliver the amount of bricks.”
19 And the foremen of the children of Yisra’ĕl saw that they were in trouble after it was said, “You are not to diminish your daily amount of bricks.”
20 And when they came out from Pharaoh, they met Mosheh and Aharon who stood there to meet them.
21 And they said to them, “Let יהוה look on you and judge, because you have made us loathsome in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to give a sword in their hand to kill us.”
22 And Mosheh returned to יהוה and said, “יהוה, why have You done evil to this people? Why did You send me?
23 “For ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your Name, he has done evil to this people. And You have not delivered Your people at all.”
6 | 1 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Now see what I do to Pharaoh, for with a strong hand he is going to let them go, and with a strong hand he is going to drive them out of his land.”
2 And Elohim spoke to Mosheh and said to him, “I am יהוה.
3 “And I appeared to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya‛aqoḇ, as Ěl Shaddai. And by My Name, יהוה, was I not known to them?
4 “And I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Kena‛an, the land of their sojournings, in which they have sojourned.
5 “And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Yisra’ĕl whom the Mitsrites are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
6 “Say, therefore, to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘I am יהוה, and I shall bring you out from under the burdens of the Mitsrites, and shall deliver you from their enslaving, and shall redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments,
7 and shall take you as My people, and I shall be your Elohim. And you shall know that I am יהוה your Elohim who is bringing you out from under the burdens of the Mitsrites.
8 ‘And I shall bring you into the land which I swore to give to Aḇraham, to Yitsḥaq, and to Ya‛aqoḇ, to give it to you as an inheritance. I am יהוה.’ ”
9 And Mosheh spoke thus to the children of Yisra’ĕl, but they did not listen to Mosheh, because of shortness of spirit, and from hard slavery.
10 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
11 “Go in, speak to Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim, to let the children of Yisra’ĕl go out of his land.”
12 And Mosheh spoke before יהוה, saying, “The children of Yisra’ĕl have not listened to me, and why would Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?”
13 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh and to Aharon, and gave them a command for the children of Yisra’ĕl and for Pharaoh, sovereign of Mitsrayim, to bring the children of Yisra’ĕl out of the land of Mitsrayim.
14 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Re’uḇĕn, the first-born of Yisra’ĕl: Ḥanoḵ and Pallu, Ḥetsron and Karmi. These are the clans of Re’uḇĕn.
15 And the sons of Shim‛on: Yemu’ĕl, and Yamin, and Ohaḏ, and Yaḵin, and Tsoḥar, and Sha’ul the son of a Kena‛anite woman. These are the clans of Shim‛on.
16 These are the names of the sons of Lĕwi according to their generations: Gĕreshon, and Qehath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Lĕwi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
17 The sons of Gĕreshon: Liḇni and Shim‛i according to their clans.
18 And the sons of Qehath: Amram, and Yitshar, and Ḥeḇron, and Uzzi’ĕl. And the years of the life of Qehath were one hundred and thirty-three.
19 And the sons of Merari: Maḥli and Mushi. These are the clans of Lĕwi according to their generations.
20 And Amram took for himself Yoḵeḇeḏ, his father’s sister, as wife. And she bore him Aharon and Mosheh. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.
21 And the sons of Yitshar: Qoraḥ, and Nepheg̅, and Ziḵri.
22 And the sons of Uzzi’ĕl: Misha’ĕl, and Eltsaphan, and Sithri.
23 Aharon took to himself Elisheḇa, daughter of Amminaḏaḇ, sister of Naḥshon, as wife. And she bore him Naḏaḇ, and Aḇihu, El‛azar, and Ithamar.
24 And the sons of Qoraḥ: Assir, Elqanah, and Aḇiyasaph. These are the clans of the Qorḥites.
25 And El‛azar, Aharon’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Puti’ĕl as wife. And she bore him Pineḥas. These are the heads of the fathers of the Lĕwites according to their clans.
26 This is Aharon, and Mosheh, to whom יהוה said, “Bring out the children of Yisra’ĕl from the land of Mitsrayim according to their divisions.”
27 They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim, to bring out the children of Yisra’ĕl from Mitsrayim. This is Mosheh, and Aharon.
28 And it came to be, on the day when יהוה spoke to Mosheh in the land of Mitsrayim,
29 that יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, “I am יהוה. Speak to Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim all that I say to you.”
30 And Mosheh said before יהוה, “See, I am of uncircumcised lips, and why would Pharaoh listen to me?”
Isaiah 1
1 | 1 The vision of Yeshayahu son of Amots, which he saw concerning Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim in the days of Uzziyahu, Yotham, Aḥaz, Ḥizqiyahu – sovereigns of Yehuḏah.
2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth! For יהוה has spoken, “I have reared and brought up children, but they have transgressed against Me.
3 An ox knows its owner and a donkey its master’s crib – Yisra’ĕl does not know, My people have not understood.”
4 Alas, sinning nation, a people loaded with crookedness, a seed of evil-doers, sons acting corruptly! They have forsaken יהוה, they have provoked the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl, they went backward.
5 Why should you be beaten any more? You continue in apostasy! All the head is sick, and all the heart faints.
6 From the sole of the foot, to the head, there is no soundness in it – wounds and bruises and open sores; they have not been closed or bound up, or soothed with ointment.
7 Your land is laid waste, your cities are burned with fire, strangers devour your land in your presence. And it is laid waste, as overthrown by strangers.
8 And the daughter of Tsiyon is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a hut in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
9 Unless יהוה of hosts had left to us a small remnant, we would have become like Seḏom, we would have been made like Amorah.
10 Hear the word of יהוה, you rulers of Seḏom; give ear to the Torah of our Elohim, you people of Amorah!
11 “Of what use to Me are your many slaughterings?” declares יהוה. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs or goats.
12 “When you come to appear before Me, who has required this from your hand, to trample My courtyards?
13 “Stop bringing futile offerings, incense, it is an abomination to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, the calling of meetings – I am unable to bear unrighteousness and assembly.
14 “My being hates your New Moons and your appointed times, they are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.
15 “And when you spread out your hands, I hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I do not hear. Your hands have become filled with blood.
16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Stop doing evil!
17 “Learn to do good! Seek right-ruling, reprove the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” says יהוה. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19 “If you submit and obey, you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword,” for the mouth of יהוה has spoken.
21 How the steadfast city has become a whore! I have filled it with right-ruling; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.
22 Your silver has become dross, your wine is mixed with water.
23 Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.
24 Therefore the Master declares, יהוה of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, “Ah, I shall be eased of My adversaries, and I shall be avenged of My enemies.
25 “And I shall turn My hand against you, and shall refine your dross as with lye, and shall remove all your alloy.
26 “And I shall give back your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning. After this you shall be called the city of righteousness, a steadfast city.”
27 Tsiyon shall be redeemed with right-ruling, and her returning ones with righteousness.
28 And the destruction of transgressors and of sinners is together, and those who forsake יהוה shall be consumed.
29 For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees which you have desired. And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens which you have chosen.
30 For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
31 The strong shall be for tow, and his work for a spark. And both shall burn together, with no one to extinguish.
Joshua 23-24
23 | 1 And it came to be, a long time after יהוה had given rest to Yisra’ĕl from all their enemies round about, that Yehoshua was old, advanced in years.
2 And Yehoshua called for all Yisra’ĕl, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years.
3 “And you, you have seen all that יהוה your Elohim has done to all these nations because of you, for יהוה your Elohim is He who was fighting for you.
4 “See, I have divided to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Yardĕn, with all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun.
5 “And יהוה your Elohim thrust them out from before you, and shall drive them out from before you, and you shall possess their land, as יהוה your Elohim has promised you.
6 “And you shall be very strong to guard and to do all that is written in the Book of the Torah of Mosheh, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,
7 so as not to go in among these nations, these who remain among you. And make no mention of the name of their mighty ones, a nor swear by them, nor serve them nor bow down to them.
8 “But cling to יהוה your Elohim, as you have done to this day.
9 “For יהוה has driven out from before you great and strong nations. As for you, no one has stood against you to this day.
10 “One man of you put a thousand to flight, for יהוה your Elohim is He who is fighting for you, as He has promised you.
11 “And you shall diligently guard yourselves, to love יהוה your Elohim.
12 “But if you do turn back at all, and cling to the remnant of these nations, these that remain among you, and intermarry with them, and go in to them and they to you,
13 know for certain that יהוה your Elohim shall no longer drive these nations out from before you. And they shall be snares and traps to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which יהוה your Elohim has given you.
14 “And see, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And you know in all your hearts and in all your beings that not one word has failed of all the good words which יהוה your Elohim spoke concerning you. All of it has come to you, and not one word of them has failed.
15 “And it shall be, that as every good word has come upon you which יהוה your Elohim promised you, so יהוה does bring upon you every evil word, until He has destroyed you from this good land which יהוה your Elohim has given you,
16 when you transgress the covenant of יהוה your Elohim, which He commanded you, and shall go and serve other mighty ones, and bow down to them. And the displeasure of יהוה shall burn against you, and you shall perish quickly from the good land which He has given you.”
24 | 1 And Yehoshua gathered all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl to Sheḵem and called for the elders of Yisra’ĕl, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers. And they presented themselves before Elohim.
2 And Yehoshua said to all the people, “Thus said יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Long ago your fathers dwelt beyond the River – Teraḥ, the father of Aḇraham and the father of Naḥor. And they served other mighty ones.b
3 ‘So I took your father Aḇraham from beyond the River, and caused him to go through all the land of Kena‛an, and multiplied his offspring and gave him Yitsḥaq.
4‘ And to Yitsḥaq I gave Ya‛aqoḇ and Ěsaw. And to Ěsaw I gave the mountains of Sĕ‛ir to possess, but Ya‛aqoḇ and his children went down to Mitsrayim.
5 ‘Then I sent Mosheh and Aharon, and plagued Mitsrayim, as I did in their midst. And afterward I brought you out.
6 ‘And I brought your fathers out of Mitsrayim, and you came to the sea. And the Mitsrians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Sea of Reeds.
7 ‘And they cried out to יהוה, and He put thick darkness between you and the Mitsrians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them. And your eyes saw what I did in Mitsrayim. And you dwelt in the wilderness a long time.
8 ‘And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt beyond the Yardĕn, and they fought with you. But I gave them into your hand, and you possessed their land, and I destroyed them from before you.
9 ‘And Balaq son of Tsippor, sovereign of Mo’aḇ, rose up and fought against Yisra’ĕl, and sent and called for Bil‛am son of Be‛or to curse you.
10 ‘But I refused to listen to Bil‛am, so he continued to bless you, and I delivered you out of his hand.
11 ‘And you passed over the Yardĕn and came to Yeriḥo. And the masters of Yeriḥo, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Kena‛anite, and the Ḥittite, and the Girgashite, and the Ḥiwwite, and the Yeḇusite fought against you. But I gave them into your hand.
12 ‘And I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, also the two sovereigns of the Amorites, but not with your sword or with your bow.
13 ‘And I gave you a land for which you did not labour, and cities which you did not build. And you dwell in them, you eat of the vineyards and olive-trees which you did not plant.’
14 “And now, fear יהוה, serve Him in perfection and in truth, and put away the mighty ones which your fathers served beyond the River and in Mitsrayim, and serve יהוה!
15 “And if it seems evil in your eyes to serve יהוה, choose for yourselves this day whom you are going to serve, whether the mighty ones which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the mighty ones of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But I and my house, we serve יהוה.”
16 And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us to forsake יהוה, to serve other mighty ones,
17 for יהוה our Elohim is He who has brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs before our eyes, and has guarded us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed.
18 “And יהוה drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land. We too serve יהוה, for He is our Elohim.”
19 Then Yehoshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve יהוה, for He is a set-apart Elohim, a jealous Ěl is He. He does not bear with your transgression and with your sins,
20 if you forsake יהוה and shall serve mighty ones of a stranger. Then He shall turn back and do you evil and consume you, after He has been good to you.”
21 And the people said to Yehoshua, “No, but we do serve יהוה!”
22 Then Yehoshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen יהוה for yourselves, to serve Him.” And they said, “Witnesses!”
23 “And now, put away the mighty ones of the stranger which are in your midst, and incline your heart to יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.”
24 And the people said to Yehoshua, “יהוה our Elohim we serve, and His voice we obey.”
25 And Yehoshua made a covenant with the people that day, and laid on them a law and a right-ruling in Sheḵem.
26 Then Yehoshua wrote these words in the Book of the Torah of Elohim. And he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the set-apart place of יהוה.
27 And Yehoshua said to all the people, “See, this stone is a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of יהוה which He spoke to us. And it shall be a witness against you, lest you lie against your Elohim.”
28 Then Yehoshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
29 And after these events it came to be that Yehoshua son of Nun, the servant of יהוה, died, one hundred and ten years old.
30 And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Seraḥ, which is in the mountains of Ephrayim, on the north side of Mount Ga‛ash.
31 And Yisra’ĕl served יהוה all the days of Yehoshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Yehoshua, who had known all the works of יהוה which He had done for Yisra’ĕl.
32 And the bones of Yosĕph, which the children of Yisra’ĕl had brought up out of Mitsrayim, they buried at Sheḵem, in the plot of ground which Ya‛aqoḇ had bought from the sons of Ḥamor the father of Sheḵem for one hundred pieces of silver, and which had become an inheritance of the children of Yosĕph.
33 And El‛azar son of Aharon died, and they buried him in a hill that belonged to Pineḥas his son, which was given to him in the hill country of Ephrayim.
Matthew 21
21 | 1 And when they came near to Yerushalayim, and came to Bĕyth Phag̅i, at the Mount of Olives, then יהושע sent two taught ones,
2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and straightaway you shall find a donkey tied, and a colt with her, loosen them, and bring them to Me.
3 “And if anyone says whatever to you, you shall say, ‘The Master needs them,’ and immediately he shall send them.”
4 And all this took place that it might be filled what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5 “Say to the daughter of Tsiyon, ‘See, your Sovereign is coming to you, meek, and sitting on a donkey, even a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
6 And the taught ones went, and having done as יהושע ordered them,
7 they brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their garments on them, and He sat on them.
8 And most of the crowd spread their garments on the way, while others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the way.
9 And the crowds who went before and those who followed cried out, saying, “Hoshia-na to the Son of Dawiḏ! Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of יהוה! Hoshia-na in the highest!”
10 And as He entered into Yerushalayim, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”
11 And the crowds said, “This is יהושע, the prophet from Natsareth of Galil.”
12 And יהושע went into the Set-apart Place of Elohim and drove out all those buying and selling in the Set-apart Place, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves.
13 And He said to them, “It has been written, ‘My House shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers.’ ”
14 And blind and lame ones came to Him in the Set-apart Place, and He healed them.
15 But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonders which He did, and the children crying out in the Set-apart Place and saying, “Hoshia-na to the Son of Dawiḏ!” they were greatly displeased,
16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these say?” And יהושע said to them, “Yea, have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nurslings You have perfected praise’?”
17 And having left them He went out of the city to Bĕyth Anyah, and spent the night there.
18 And returning to the city early in the morning, He became hungry.
19 And seeing a single fig tree by the way, He came to it and found naught on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” And immediately the fig tree withered.
20 And the taught ones, seeing it, marvelled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither so soon?”
21 And יהושע answering, said to them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have belief and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be thrown into the sea,’ it shall be done.
22 “And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.”
23 And when He had come into the Set-apart Place, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these? And who gave You this authority?”
24 And יהושע answering, said to them, “I shall ask you one question too, which if you answer Me, I also shall say to you by what authority I do these:
25 “The immersion of Yoḥanan, where did it come from? From heaven or from men?” So they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He shall say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’
26 “But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the crowd, for all hold Yoḥanan as a prophet.”
27 And they answered יהושע and said, “We do not know.” And He said to them, “Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these.
28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’
29 “And he answering, said, ‘I do not wish to,’ but afterwards he repented and went.
30 “And having come to the second, he said similarly. And he answering, said, ‘I go, master,’ but he did not go.
31 “Which of the two did the desire of the father?” They said to Him, “The first.” יהושע said to them, “Truly, I say to you that tax collectors and whores are entering into the reign of Elohim before you,
32 for Yoḥanan came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but tax collectors and whores believed him. And when you saw it, you did not repent afterwards, to believe him.
33 “Hear another parable: There was a certain man, a householder who planted a vineyard and placed a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. And he leased it to farmers and went abroad.
34 “And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive its fruit.
35 “And the farmers took his servants and beat one, and they killed one, and they stoned another.
36 “Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them.
37 “And at last he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They shall respect my son.’
38 “But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and let us possess his inheritance.’
39 “And they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 “Therefore, when the master of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those farmers?”
41 They said to Him, “Evil ones! He shall bring them to evil destruction, and lease the vineyard to other farmers who shall give to him the fruits in their seasons.”
42 יהושע said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief corner-stone. This was from יהוה, and it is marvellous in our eyes’?
43 “Because of this I say to you: the reign of Elohim shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it.
44 “And he who falls on this stone shall be broken, but on whomever it falls, he shall be pulverised.”
45 And the chief priests and Pharisees, having heard His parables, knew that He was speaking of them.
46 And seeking to lay hands on Him, they feared the crowds, seeing they held Him to be a prophet.
Psalms 34
34 | 1 I bless יהוה at all times; His praise is continually in my mouth.
2 My being makes its boast in יהוה; Let the humble hear and be glad.
3 Oh, make יהוה great with me, And let us exalt His Name together.
4 I sought יהוה, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked to Him and were lightened, And their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor one cried out and יהוה heard him, And saved him out of all his distresses.
7 The messenger of יהוה encamps all around those who fear Him, And rescues them.
8 Oh, taste and see that יהוה is good; Blessed is the man that takes refuge in Him!
9 Fear יהוה, you His set-apart ones, For there is no lack to them who fear Him!
10 Young lions have lacked and been hungry; But those who seek יהוה lack not any good matter.
11 Come, you children, listen to me; Let me teach you the fear of יהוה.
12 Who is the man who desires life, Who loves many days, in order to see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Turn away from evil and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of יהוה are on the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.
16 The face of יהוה is against evil-doers, To cut off their remembrance from the earth.
17 The righteous cried out, and יהוה heard, And delivered them out of all their distresses.
18 יהוה is near to the broken-hearted, And saves those whose spirit is crushed.
19 Many are the evils of the righteous, But יהוה delivers him out of them all.
20 He is guarding all his bones; Not one of them is broken.
21 Evil does slay the wrong, And those who hate the righteous are guilty.
22 יהוה redeems the lives of His servants, And none of those taking refuge in Him are guilty.
Jubilees 19
(CEPHER TRANSLATION)
19 | 1 AND in the first year of the first week in the forty second jubilee, Avraham returned and dwelt opposite Chevron, that is Qiryat Arba, two weeks of years.
2 And in the first year of the third week of this jubilee the days of the life of Sarah were accomplished, and she died in Chevron.
3 And Avraham went to mourn over her and bury her, and we tried him to see if his ruach were patient and he were not indignant in the words of his mouth; and he was found patient in this, and was not disturbed.
4 For in patience of the ruach he conversed with the children of Cheth, to the intent that they should give him a place in which to bury his dead.
5 And YAHUAH gave him grace before all who saw him, and he besought in gentleness the sons of Cheth, and they gave him the land of the double cave over against Mamre, that is Chevron, for four hundred pieces of silver.
6 And they besought him saying, We shall give it to you for nothing; but he would not take it from their hands for nothing, for he gave the price of the place, the money in full, and he bowed down before them twice, and after this he buried his dead in the double cave.
7 And all the days of the life of Sarah were one hundred and twenty seven years, that is, two jubilees and four weeks and one year: these are the days of the years of the life of Sarah.
8 This is the tenth trial wherewith Avraham was tried, and he was found faithful, patient in the ruach.
9 And he said not a single word regarding the rumour in the land how that ELOHIYM had said that he would give it to him and to his seed after him, and he begged a place there to bury his dead; for he was found faithful, and was recorded on the heavenly tablets as the friend of ELOHIYM.
10 And in the fourth year thereof he took a woman for his son Yitschaq and her name was Rivqah the daughter of Bethu’el, the son of Nachor, the brother of Avraham the sister of Lavan and daughter of Bethu’el; and Bethu’el was the son of Milkah, who was the woman of Nachor, the brother of Avraham.
11 And Avraham took to himself a third woman, and her name was Qeturah, from among the daughters of his household servants, for Ha’ger had died before Sarah.
12 And she bore him six sons, Zimran, and Yoqshan, and Medan, and Midyan, and Yishbaq, and Shuach, in the two weeks of years.
13 And in the sixth week, in the second year thereof, Rivqah bore to Yitschaq two sons, Ya`aqov and Esau, and Ya`aqov was a smooth and upright man, and Esau was fierce, a man of the field, and hairy, and Ya`aqov dwelt in tents.
14 And the youths grew, and Ya`aqov learned to write; but Esau did not learn, for he was a man of the field and a hunter, and he learned war, and all his deeds were fierce.
15 And Avraham loved Ya`aqov, but Yitschaq loved Esau.
16 And Avraham saw the deeds of Esau, and he knew that in Ya`aqov should his name and seed be called; and he called Rivqah and gave commandment regarding Ya`aqov, for he knew that she too loved Ya`aqov much more than Esau.
17 And he said unto her: my daughter, watch over my son Ya`aqov, for he shall be in my stead on the earth, and for a blessing in the midst of the children of men, and for the glory of the whole seed of Shem.
18 For I know that YAHUAH will choose him to be a people for possession unto himself, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
19 And behold, Yitschaq my son loves Esau more than Ya`aqov, but I see that you truly love Ya`aqov. Add still further to your kindness to him,
20 And let your eyes be upon him in love; For he shall be a blessing unto us on the earth from henceforth unto all generations of the earth. Let your hands be strong and let your heart rejoice in your son Ya`aqov; For I have loved him far beyond all my sons.
21 He shall be blessed forever, and his seed shall fill the whole earth.
22 If a man can number the sand of the earth, his seed also shall be numbered.
23 And all the blessings wherewith YAHUAH has blessed me and my seed shall belong to Ya`aqov and his seed always.
24 And in his seed shall my name be blessed, and the name of my fathers, Shem, and Noach, and Chanok, and Mahalal’el, and Enosh, and Sheth, and A’dam.
25 And these shall serve to lay the foundations of the heaven, and to strengthen the earth, and to renew all the luminaries which are in the expanse.
26 And he called Ya`aqov before the eyes of Rivqah his mother, and kissed him, and blessed him, and said:
27 Ya`aqov, my yachiyd, whom my soul loves, may ELOHIYM bless you from above the expanse, and may he give you all the blessings wherewith he blessed A’dam, and Chanok, and Noach, and Shem; and all the things of which he told me, and all the things which he promised to give me, may he cause to cleave to you and to your seed forever, according to the days of heaven above the earth.
28 And the ruachoth of Mastema shall not rule over you or over your seed to turn you from YAHUAH, who is your ELOHIYM from henceforth forever.
29 And may YAHUAH ELOHIYM be a Father to you and you the firstborn son, and to the people always.
30 Go in peace, my son.’ And they both went forth together from Avraham.
31 And Rivqah loved Ya`aqov, with all her heart and with all her soul, very much more than Esau; but Yitschaq loved Esau much more than Ya`aqov.
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