Professional Documents
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Roots
Bible
with Study notes
4th Edition
Introduction.
Since I started my international humanitarian mission work over 21 years ago,
it became apparent to me that many Bible translations are flawed at best, or
absolutely corrupted at worst. As African Brethren would read to me the
scriptures that were written in their native tongue, I found it difficult to believe
Biblical scholars could be so deficient when translating the written word into the
vernacular of these peoples.
I will say upfront that I am neither a Hebrew or Aramaic scholar, and don’t
claim to be one. I have lived in the land of Israel for at least half of the year over
the last 20 years, and have been a true covenant believer in Yahshua Messiah for
over 37 years and also have been a Pastor and teacher of the Word for more than
25 years. I will also publicly state that I am firmly convinced that it was the Holy
Spirit’s inspiration and not the intellectual knowledge of myself that has put this
Hebraic Roots Bible together. I have fervently prayed and asked our Heavenly
Father for guidance throughout the five years that I have been working on this
project. I can also tell you that many times while doing this work I felt the spirit
of YAHWEH directing and guiding me to the finished work of this translation.
This work is to the glory of YAHWEH for the end time remnant to have the closest
manuscript possible to the original Scriptures that were inspired for the
Congregations of YAHWEH.
Eventually, I conceded that it was not in ignorance that most Bible translations
have many flaws. Since the invention of the printing press and the Protestant
Reformation when the Holy Scriptures were translated from the original Hebrew
and Aramaic languages respectively, translators in almost every case have used
an anti-Torah and anti-Hebrew premise during the production of their particular
translations.
I have studied and perceived that some translations are third and forth
generations away from the original language. Each translation strays farther from
the original text and becomes watered down and more distant from the truth. An
example is you could start with the word couch and then, translate it into sofa,
and from there to love-seat, then to chair, bench, plank etc. So you can see if you
are not using the original language and meaning you can stray from the truth
very quickly. It is very clear from the historical, archeological and Biblical
evidence in the world today that the original Tanach, known to many as the Old
Testament was indeed first written in the ancient Paleo Hebrew language.
It is also proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the New Testament was not
originally written in Greek, but was written in Aramaic (the everyday spoken
language of our Savior Yahshua) and later translated into Greek. It is not the
purpose of this manuscript to try to prove this fact with countless details and
examples to the skeptic, but to simply put the original Hebrew and Aramaic
manuscripts together for the true body of Messiah. (This is another prophetic
point of "all things being restored" in the last days.) The following are a few
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examples:
The New Testament is filled with Aramaic words such as “Talithaqumi” in Mark
5:41, and “Corban” in Mark 7:11, or “Ephatha” in Mark 7:34 as well as many
other places. What is most interesting is that in the Greek manuscripts where
these Aramaic words are, it states directly after the Aramaic phrase the words
"which is being translated as". What is quite striking is you never see these
words in the original Peshitta Aramaic New Testament manuscripts. So which
came first, the Greek or the Aramaic? The answer is self evident by the
manuscript that is clearly identifying itself as the translation.
Also, there are several instances in the translated Greek manuscript where the
translator transliterated an Aramaic phrase into the Greek copy, with a
transliterated word that does not exist in the Greek language. One such example
is in Mark 3:17 where Yahshua has nicknamed two of His apostles as “B’nai
Ragshee”, which in English means “Sons of thunder”, but this phrase is
transliterated into the Greek as “Boanerges”, which is not a word or phrase in
Greek. The fact that an Aramaic phrase is transliterated into Greek with no
identical translation clearly proves that the original was the Aramaic. So very
distinctly, when you do a scientific primacy test, as scholars have done, in every
case the Aramaic Peshitta manuscript comes out as the original over the Greek
and other Aramaic manuscripts.
This is not to say that the Greek Textus Receptus manuscript on which the King
Good News Bible is translated is a flawed or ingenuous translation. On the
contrary, I believe that the Greek Textus Receptus is generally a very good
translation from the original Aramaic Peshitta, but as in any translated work,
there are mistakes and things that were missed in the translation from one
language to another.
When putting together this Hebraic Roots Bible, I took the Peshitta text for the
New Testament and its translation by several predominant scholars, such as
George Lamsa, Murdock, Paul Yonan, Janet M. Magiera, and compared passages
from both the Khabouris Codex, and from Gabriel Roth’s Ruach Qadim book. In
checking with these various Aramaic translations of the Peshitta text, I also
closely compared them to the Greek translation and prayerfully tried to give a
literal translation of what the original intent was of each books writer from the
original language and circumstances. I do believe that the Greek translation
helped much in this regard.
You will be much surprised to find that contrary to the translations of most
Greek manuscripts today, the original Aramaic manuscripts do NOT have an
anti-Torah (law) bias, and clearly shows that not only did our Savior Yahshua
uphold the Torah perfectly, but that the Torah was also a prerequisite for His
disciples that followed after Him. You will also notice something most striking in
this translation that has never been done before. Close to 100 times in the Tanach
(Old Testament) you find the personal name of our Savior Yahshua personified in
the Holy Scriptures and yet because most translators do not recognize the true
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Hebrew name of our Savior Yahshua, they do not translate these references about
our Messiah into the English language.
In Hebrew every word goes back to a two or three letter root word, and
originally Hebrew was actually 22 pictures or characters and not letters to which
it later developed. The root letters in Hebrew of our Saviors name, Yahshua, is
Yod, Shin, Ayin. In the Hebrew language according to whether a word is a verb
or noun or adjective, it reflects in the grammatical structure of the root word with
the proper prefix or suffix added to show what form the word is in the sentence.
I find it most amazing though that whether the root word Yod, Shin, Ayin, is
in the noun form or verb form, adjective form, or even at times as the personal
pronoun "He", it still always means the same as our savior’s name Yahshua,
which is "salvation". So I have translated the root word Yod, Shin, Ayin, as I
believe it was intended, in the personal name of our Savior Yahshua. Since I know
that some others may differ, I have marked each one of these references with an
asterisk * so as to let the reader know each time one of these occurrences appears.
The fact that these references in the Tanach are clearly inspired by the Holy Spirit
and are indeed references about Yahshua Messiah can easily be seen by the
following scripture comparison.
Isa 49:6 And He said, It is too little that You should be My servant to raise up
the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give
You, my Yahshua* (salvation), to be for a light of the nations, to the end of
the earth.
Luk 2: 26-30 And it happened to him, having been divinely instructed by the
Holy Spirit, he was not to see death before he would see the Messiah of
YAHWEH. 27 And by the Spirit he came into the sanctuary. And as the parents
were bringing in the child Yahshua for them to do according to the custom of
the Torah concerning Him, 28 even Simeon received Him into his arms. And he
blessed YAHWEH and said, 29 "Now dismiss your servant in peace, Adonai,
according to your word. 30 Because my eyes saw Your Salvation
(Yahshua),
Luk 3:5 All the valleys will be filled and all the mountains and heights will be
leveled. And the rough will become smooth, and the difficult land a plain 6 " and
all flesh shall see the salvation of YAHWEH." (Isa 40:3-5)
Now can anyone deny that “the salvation” that was seen by Simeon in verse 30
of Luke the second chapter and Luke 3:5 is indeed referring directly to Yahshua?
And if that is the case than I believe I can just as strongly argue that the
somewhat 100 references to Yahshua in the Old Testament also do indeed most
certainly personally infer to Him, even when the grammatical form may be a verb
or adjective, as Yahshua is all living and created all things and is all things. Also,
our Savior clearly calls Himself the Aleph and the Tav (Alpha and Omega in the
Greek text) in Rev 1:8, and also Rev 22:13. The Aleph and the Tav are the first
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and last letter in the Hebrew alphabet. Interesting enough is the fact that in the
Hebrew language an aleph and tav are inserted in certain places to show
possession, however it is not translatable. Since some of the places could not be
coincidental, as they are extremely important Messianic scriptures, such as
Zechariah 12:10, I have left the pertinent aleph/tav’s in place for the reader to
see, even though they don’t translate into English.
I would also like to say that although I do believe the Hebrew Masoretic text of
the Tanach or Old Covenant is indeed the oldest and overall most reliable source
of Scripture that we have, I also want to caution that the lying pen of the scribes
has not kept the Masoretic text without fault. There has been several areas where
the translators of the Masoretic text purposely changed scripture to fit their own
theology. So what I did was to check and reference each discrepancy with the
Masoretic text with at least two other witnesses of written ancient Scriptures,
which in most cases would have been the Septuagint Greek translation from the
second century B.C.E., or the Brit Hadashah (New Testament writings)and also
the Dead Sea Scrolls, written between the 1st and 2nd century B.C.E. I will list
some of the scribal errors of the Masoretic text below.
1) The personal name of YAHWEH was changed 113 times to Adonai in the
Masoretic Text from the original Hebrew manuscripts.
2) The Masoretic text takes the word for pierced in Psalm 22:16 (a clear
crucifixion Psalm) kaaru and changes the last letter from a vav to a yud. The
change of letter changes the meaning from pierced my hands, and feet, to lion, as
in as a lion they are at my hands and feet. The Septuagint has pierced from the
original Hebrew karu not kaari. According to the Dead Sea Scrolls dated about
100 B.C.E., the Hebrew Word in verse 16 is kaaru pierced and not lion. Not only
that but the Aramaic Peshitta also agrees with the Septuagint.
3) In Isaiah 53 the Masoretic is missing a key word in verse 11. After the word
"see", there should be another word "light" qualifying what the Suffering Servant
sees. But the missing word LIGHT is found in the Septuagint, and the Dead Sea
Scrolls.
4) In the Masoretic text Exodus 1:5 and Gen 46:27 states that 70 souls came to
Egypt from Canaan. But the Septuagint and Dead Sea Scroll say 75 souls.
6) In Deuteronomy 32:8 the Masoretic text uses the term "children of Israel."
The Septuagint uses the term "Cherubs Of Elohim" as do the Dead Sea Scrolls.
7) In Isaiah 61:1 the Masoretic does not contain the phrase "recovery of sight to
the blind." Yet Luke 4:18 does as does the Septuagint.
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8) In Psalm 40:6 the Masoretic text has purposely changed the phrase "a
BODY you have prepared for me", as properly quoted again in Hebrews 10:5,
and verified by the Septuagint and also the Dead Sea Scrolls to the phrase "you
have opened up my ears."
The original names of our Creator, YAHWEH, and His Son, our Savior Yahshua,
are also used throughout. The name YAHWEH or jwjy is in the original Paleo
Hebrew manuscripts 6,823 times. Almost every translation on earth, including
the King James, takes out the Creator’s personal name and replaces it with the
name “Lord”, a generic title that means 'Baal or Master'. Also, our Savior’s true
given Hebrew name, Yahshua, which means "Yah is salvation" is changed to a
Greek hybrid of Jesus, which is a poor transliteration from the Greek IE-Zeus.
The English transliteration of Yahshua would be the equivalent to Yahoshua.
There was no letter “J” in any language until the 16th century. So the Greek name
"Jesus" would not be the name of our Savior.
The third commandment strictly forbids taking the name (of) YAHWEH in vain.
In vain literally means to 'change, falsify, or make common'. Taking the name
YAHWEH or Yahshua and changing it to 'Lord or Jesus' is definitely going
against the clear instruction of the third commandment. So we will use the
original, true Hebrew names of the Father YAHWEH and the Son Yahshua
throughout this Bible translation.
We will also use the original Hebrew word, Elohim, instead of the incorrectly
translated "god". God is the personal name of the Babylonian deity of fortune.
Please see the note on Isa 65:11. We will keep all Hebrew titles for our Heavenly
Father such as El Shaddai, Adonai, El Elyon, etc exactly as they appear in the
original manuscripts. Also, the Catholic Church changed the original Hebrew
book order, so we have arranged the book order back into its original place. In the
1st covenant we have the Torah, the prophets and the writings, which make up the
Tanach, and in the New Testament we have the 4 Good News messages and Acts,
and then, the 7 epistles by the early congregational leaders, and then, the Apostle
Paul's epistles ending with John's Revelation. This was the original book order.
The epistle of Jacob, which was changed to James by the King has been restored
to the original name. The book order of Scripture is extremely important as if you
were reading a book you would not read chapter 8 before chapter 5
I pray that this work, which has been blessed by YAHWEH Almighty will be as
much of a blessing to each one reading it, as it was to me putting it together. You
can download this Bible for free at www.coyhwh.com.
B’Shem Yahshua,
Don Esposito
Senior Elder, Congregation of YHWH Jerusalem
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the earth, on the face of the expanse of multiply, and fill the land, and subdue
the heavens. it, and rule over the fish of the seas, and
21 And Elohim created the great over birds of the heavens, and over all
crocodiles, and all that creeps, having a beasts creeping on the earth.2
living soul, which swarmed the waters, 29 And Elohim said, Behold, I have
according to its kind; and every bird given you every plant seeding seed
with wing according to its kind. And which is on the face of all the earth, and
Elohim saw that it was good. every tree in which is the fruit of a tree
22 And Elohim blessed them, saying, seeding seed; it shall be food3 for you.
Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the 30 And to every beast of the earth,
waters in the seas; and let the birds and to all birds of the heavens, and to
multiply in the earth. every creeper on the earth which has in
23 And there was evening, and there it a living soul, every green plant is for
was morning, the fifth day. food. And it was so.
24 And Elohim said, Let the earth 31 And Elohim saw everything that
bring forth the soul of life according to He had made and behold, it was very
its kind cattle, and creepers, and its good. And there was evening, and there
beasts of the earth, according to its was morning, the sixth day.
kind. And it was so.
25 And Elohim made the beasts of the Chapter 2
earth according to its kind, and cattle
according to its kind, and all creepers of 1 And the heavens and the earth were
the ground according to its kind. And finished, and all their host.
Elohim saw that it was good. 2 And on the seventh day Elohim
26 And Elohim said, let Us make completed His work which He had
mankind in Our image, according to made. And He rested on the seventh
Our likeness1; and let them rule over day from all His work which He had
the fish of the sea, and over the birds of made.4
the heavens, and over the cattle, and 3 And Elohim blessed the seventh day
over all the earth, and over all the
creepers creeping on the earth. (Gen 2 Yahweh promised man “rulership” not
9:6) ownership over the earth. Nowhere in
27 And Elohim created the man in Scripture is heaven ever promised as the
His own image; in the image of Elohim reward of the saved, but always dominion
He created him. He created them male over the earth, Psa 115:16, Isa 66:1. Also, we
and female. see from the very beginning that the
28 And Elohim blessed them; and command given by Elohim was for man to
Elohim said to them, Be fruitful and “be fruitful and multiply”. Adam was to
teach the Torah of YHWH to others but
1 Man was made in the image of Yahweh as he failed. Yahshua who was the second Adam
has 2 hands and feet and 2 eyes etc. gave the same command in the New
However, to be made in His likeness, denotes Covenant, Joh 15:1-8.
to have the character that He has and that 3 The Hebrew root for the word food can also
does not come by instantaneous fiat but by a mean destruction and shows that if you allow
life-long commitment to conquer ones fallen the physical things to control your life it
human nature, to build patience and self- could destroy you.
control and to 100% fully submit to the spirit 4 Clearly, the setting apart of the Sabbath day
of YHWH and His Torah on how to love and as holy time goes back to creation week and
worship Him and how to love our neighbor was there from the very beginning. The
as ourselves. Hebrew word for “rested” is “Shabbat”.
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and sanctified it, because He rested is Gihon. It is the one surrounding all
from all His work on it, which Elohim the land of Cush.
had created to make. 14 And the name of the third river is
4 These are the generations of the Hiddakel; it is the one going east of
heavens and of the earth when they Assyria. And the fourth river is
were created in the day of the making Euphrates.
of YAHWEH Elohim’s earth and 15 And YAHWEH Elohim took the
heavens. man and put him into the Garden of
5 And every shrub of the field was not Eden, to work it and to keep it.3
yet on the earth, and every plant of the 16 And YAHWEH Elohim
field had not yet sprung up; for commanded the man, saying, Eating
YAHWEH Elohim had not sent rain on you may eat of every tree in the garden;
the earth, and there was no man to till 17 but of the Tree of the Knowledge of
the ground.1 Good and Evil you may not eat, for in
6 And mist went up from the earth the day that you eat of it, surely you
and watered the whole face of the shall die.4
ground. 18 And YAHWEH Elohim said, It is
7 And YAHWEH Elohim formed the not good, the man being alone. I will
man from the dust of the ground, and make a helper suited to him.
blew into his nostrils the breath of life; 19 And YAHWEH Elohim formed
and the man became a living soul.2 every animal of the field, and every bird
8 And YAHWEH Elohim planted a of the heavens out of the ground. And
garden in Eden to the east; and He put He brought them to the man, to see
the man whom He had formed there. what he would call it. And all which the
9 And out of the ground YAHWEH man might call it, each living soul that
Elohim made to spring up every tree was its name.
that is pleasant to the sight, and good 20 And the man called names to all
for food. The Tree of Life was also in the cattle, and to the birds of the
the middle of the garden; also the Tree heavens, and to every animal of the
of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. field. But for a man, no helper suited to
10 And a river went out of Eden to him was found.
water the garden, and from there it 21 And YAHWEH Elohim caused a
was divided and became four heads. deep sleep to fall on the man, and he
11 The name of the first was Pishon; it slept. And He took one of his ribs, and
is the one surrounding all the land of closed up the flesh underneath.
Havilah where gold is; 22 And YAHWEH Elohim formed the
12 the gold of that land is good; there rib which He had taken from the man
is bdellium gum resin, and the onyx into a woman, and brought her to the
stone. man.
13 And the name of the second river 23 And the man said, This now at last
1 It is interesting to note that Adam was not in
the garden yet. 3 “Keep it”- the Hebrew literally means to
2 Man “became” a living soul, he does not guard and protect it.
“possess” a soul. A soul can die and is not 4 The tree of life signifies 100% faith and trust
immortal as the soul that sins it will die, Eze in YHWH unconditionally, as where the tree
18:4, Rom 6:23. Please see lesson 17 on the of the knowledge of good and evil represents
immortal soul in the Bible on line course at man's free choice to make his own decision
www.coyhwh.com in the study section. apart from the word of YHWH.
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is bone from my bones, and flesh from opened, and they knew that they were
my flesh; For this shall be called naked. And they sewed leaves of the fig
Woman, because out of man this has tree, and made girdles for themselves.
been taken. 8 And they heard the sound of
24 Therefore, a man shall leave his YAHWEH Elohim walking up and down
father and his mother, and shall cleave in the garden at the breeze of the day.
to his wife and they shall become one And the man and his wife hid
(echad, unified) flesh.1 themselves from the face of YAHWEH
25 And they were both naked, the Elohim in the middle of the trees of the
man and his wife, and they were not garden.
ashamed.
9 And YAHWEH Elohim called to the
man and said to him, Where are you?
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10 And he said, I have heard Your
sound in the garden, and I was afraid,
1 And the serpent was cunning2 above
for I am naked, and I hid myself.
every beast of the field which YAHWEH 11 And He said, Who told you that
Elohim had made. And he said to the you were naked? Have you eaten of the
woman, Is it so that Elohim has said, tree of which I commanded you not to
You shall not eat from any tree of the eat?
garden? 12 And the man said, The woman
2 And the woman said to the serpent, whom You gave to be with me, she has
of the fruit of the trees of the garden, given to me of the tree, and I ate.
We may eat,
13 And YAHWEH Elohim said to the
3 but of the fruit of the tree in the
woman, What is this you have done?
middle of the garden, Elohim has said,
And the woman said, The serpent
You shall not eat of it, nor shall you
deceived me, and I ate.
touch it, lest you die.
4 And the serpent said to the woman, 14 And YAHWEH Elohim said to the
surely, you shall not die, serpent, Because you have done this,
5 for Elohim knows that in the day you are cursed above all beasts, and
you eat of it, even your eyes shall be above every animal of the field. You
opened, and you shall be as Elohim, shall go on your belly, and you shall eat
knowing good and evil. dust all the days of your life.
6 And the woman saw that the tree 15 And I will put enmity between you
was good for food, and that it was and the woman, and between your seed
pleasant to the eyes, and the tree was and her Seed; He will bruise your head,
desirable to make one wise. And she and you shall bruise His heel.3
took of its fruit and ate; and she also 16 He said to the woman, I will
gave to her husband with her, and he greatly increase your sorrow and your
ate. conception; you shall bear sons in
7 And the eyes of both of them were sorrow, and your desire shall be toward
3 This is the very first messianic scripture
1 The word “echad” is a Hebrew word that promising redemption directly after the sin
although could denote the number one can of the man and woman. It is interesting that
also denote (as in this case) a unified state the prophecy is for a redeemer to come from
between 2 things or people. the seed of a woman when most times in
2 The word for “naked” in Gen 2:25 and the Scripture legal genealogies come through a
word for “cunning” are derived from the man. This is a hint to the virgin birth, Isa
same root word in Hebrew. 7:14.
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your husband; and he shall rule over Behold! The man has become as one of
you.1 Us, to know good and evil. And now,
17 And He said to the man, Because lest he put forth his hand and also take
you have listened to the voice of your from the Tree of Life, and eat, and live
wife, and have eaten of the tree about forever,
which I commanded you, saying, You 23 YAHWEH Elohim sent him out of
shall not eat from it, the ground shall the Garden of Eden to till the ground
be cursed because of you; you shall eat out of which he was taken.
of it in sorrow all the days of your life. 24 And He drove the man out. And
18 And it shall bring forth thorns and He lodged the cherubs at the east of the
thistles for you, and you shall eat the Garden of Eden, and the flaming sword
plant of the field. (Mar 4:18-19, Isa whirling around to guard the way of the
5:6) Tree of Life.
19 By the sweat of your face you shall
eat bread until your return to the Chapter 4
ground. For you have been taken out of
it; for you are dust, and to dust you 1 And the man knew his wife Eve. And
shall return.2 (Job 7:21, Psa 146:4) she conceived and bore Cain, and said,
20 And the man called the name of I have gotten5 a man, YAHWEH.
his wife, Eve; because she became the 2 And she continued to bear his
mother of all living3. brother, Abel. And Abel became a
21 And YAHWEH Elohim made coats shepherd of flocks. And Cain became a
of skin for the man and his wife, and tiller of the ground.
clothed them4. 3 And it was in the end of days, it
22 And YAHWEH Elohim said, happened that Cain brought an offering
1 A very clear scripture showing in Yahweh's to YAHWEH from the fruit of the
judicial order the wife's desire should be ground.
toward her husband as a helpmate and not 4 And Abel brought, he also, from the
toward her own independent private goals. firstlings of his flocks, even from their
Due to the rejection of Yahweh's judicial fat. And YAHWEH looked to Abel and
order today divorce is at an all time high. to his offering.
2 This scripture is very clear that man is mortal 5 And He did not look to Cain and to
and will die, (Heb 9:27, Ecc 9:5). After this
his offering. And Cain glowed greatly
there will be a first and second resurrection
for all those who ever lived (Rev 20:4-15)
with anger, and his face fell.6
and those who have done good will receive 6 And YAHWEH said to Cain, Why
eternal life and those who have done evil have you angrily glowed, and why has
will go to the lake of Fire and cease to exist.
3 When Eve was created she was simply called 5 This Hebrew word for gotten “Kanati” also
eshah or woman, but now since it was means to purchase and the root can mean to
prophesied that the Messiah would be born fix, repair or restore. Understandably, Adam
from her lineage in verse 15, she has become and Eve thought that Cain was the
the mother of all living through the coming prophesied messiah of Gen 3:15, and he
Messiah. would repair the covenant that they had
4 Here, Yahweh Yahshua the High priest of the broken.
Melchizedek order does the first sacrifice 6 In Gen 3:21 YHWH already set the
and since death came through man, we see precedent that sin brings the shedding of
that also restoration of life would also come innocent blood. Here, Cain was trying to
through man, and the seed of Adam Rom bring a bloodless sacrifice without a true
5:12-16. heart for YHWH.
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YAHWEH. died.
15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty five
Chapter 5 years and fathered Jared.
16 And after he fathered Jared,
1 This is the book of the generations Mahalaleel lived eight hundred and
of Adam in the day that Elohim created thirty years. And he fathered sons and
mankind, He made him in the likeness daughters.
of Elohim. 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were
2 He created them male and female, eight hundred and ninety five years.
and blessed them, and called their And he died.
name "Adawm1" in the day when they 18 And Jared lived one hundred and
were created. sixty two years and fathered Enoch.
3 And Adam lived one hundred and 19 And after he fathered Enoch, Jared
thirty years and fathered a son in his lived eight hundred years. And he
own likeness, according to his image, fathered sons and daughters.
and called his name Seth. 20 And all the days of Jared were
4 And the days of Adam after he nine hundred and sixty two years. And
fathered Seth were eight hundred years. he died.
And he fathered sons and daughters. 21 And Enoch lived sixty five years
5 And all the days that Adam lived and fathered Methuselah.
were nine hundred and thirty years. 22 And Enoch walked with Elohim
And he died. three hundred years after he fathered
6 And Seth lived one hundred and Methuselah. And he fathered sons and
five years, and fathered Enos. daughters.
7 And after he fathered Enos, Seth 23 And all the days of Enoch were
lived eight hundred and seven years. three hundred and sixty five years.
And he fathered sons and daughters. 24 And Enoch walked with Elohim.
8 And all the days of Seth were nine Then he was not, for Elohim took him.
hundred and twelve years. And he died. 25 And Methuselah lived one
9 And Enosh lived ninety years and hundred and eighty seven years and
fathered Cainan. fathered Lamech.
10 After he fathered Cainan, Enosh 26 And after he fathered Lamech,
lived eight hundred and fifteen years, Methuselah lived seven hundred and
and he fathered sons and daughters. eighty two years. And he fathered sons
11 And all the days of Enosh were and daughters.
nine hundred and five years. And he 27 And all the days of Methuselah
died. were nine hundred and sixty nine
12 And Cainan lived seventy years years; and he died.
and fathered Mahalaleel. 28 And Lamech lived one hundred
13 And after he fathered Mahalaleel, and eighty two years and fathered a
Cainan lived eight hundred and forty son.
years. And he fathered sons and 29 And he called his name Noah,
daughters. saying, This one shall comfort us
14 And all the days of Cainan were concerning our work and the toil of our
nine hundred and ten years. And he hands because of the ground which
YAHWEH has cursed.
1 Although, also, the personal name of the first 30 And after he fathered Noah,
human being, here “Adawm” means Lamech lived five hundred and ninety
mankind.
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five years. And he fathered sons and heavens; for I repent that I made
daughters. them.3
31 And all the days of Lamech were 8 And Noah found grace in the eyes of
seven hundred and seventy seven years. YAHWEH.
And he died. 9 These are the generations of Noah.
32 And Noah was five hundred years Noah, a righteous man, had been
old. And Noah fathered Shem, Ham, without blemish in his generations.
and Japheth. Noah walked with Elohim.
10 And Noah fathered three sons,
Chapter 6 Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 And the earth was corrupt before
1 And it came about that men began the Elohim, and the earth was filled
to multiply on the face of the earth, and with violence4.
daughters were born to them. 12 And Elohim looked on the earth,
2 The sons of the Elohim saw the and behold, it was corrupted. For all
daughters of the men, that they were flesh had corrupted its way on the
good, and they took wives for earth.
themselves from all those whom they 13 And Elohim said to Noah, The end
chose. of all flesh has come before Me, for the
3 And YAHWEH said, My Spirit shall earth is filled with violence through
not always strive with mankind; in their them. And behold, I will destroy them
going astray he is flesh. And his days along with the earth.
shall be a hundred and twenty years1 14 Make an ark of cypress timbers for
(times). yourself. You shall make rooms in the
4 The nephilim2 were in the earth in ark; and you shall cover it with asphalt
those days, and even afterwards when inside and out.
the sons of the Elohim came in to the 15 And you shall make it this way;
daughters of the men, and they gave The length of the ark shall be three
birth to them; they were the heroes who hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits,
existed from ancient time, men of and its height thirty cubits.
renown. 16 You shall make a window in the
5 And YAHWEH saw that the evil of ark, and you shall finish it above to a
man was great on the earth, and every cubit. And you shall set the door of the
imagination of the thoughts of his heart ark in its side. You shall make it with
was only evil all the day long. lower, second, and third stories.
6 And YAHWEH sighed with sorrow 17 And behold, I, even I, am bringing
that He had made man on the earth, a flood of waters on the earth in order
and He was grieved to His heart. to destroy all flesh in which is the
breath of life from under the heavens.
7 And YAHWEH said, I will wipe off
Everything which is on the earth shall
man whom I have created from the face
die.
of the earth, from man to beast, to the
18 And I will establish My covenant
creeping thing and to the birds of the
with you. And you shall come into the
1 The Hebrew word for years can also mean
“times” and may be referring to 120 jubilees 3 Truly a sobering scripture for all humans to
or 120×50=6,000 yrs allotted to man until see the fallen nature of man and the sadness
YHWH would bring His kingdom, 2Pet 3:8. of the Creator in making him, Rom 3:10-23.
2 The Hebrew root for Nephilim is to fall 4 The Hebrew word used for violence here is
down, so they were fallen ones. “Hamas”, the same as the terror group today.
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ark, you and your sons and your wife and of animals that are not clean, and
and your sons' wives with you. of fowl, and of everything that creeps
19 And you shall bring into the ark on the earth,1 (Lev 11:1-47, Gen 8:20)
two of every kind, of every living thing 9 two by two, as Elohim had
of all flesh, to keep alive with you; they commanded Noah, they went into the
shall be male and female; ark, male and female.
20 from the birds according to its 10 And it was after the seven days,
kind, and from the cattle according to the waters of the flood came into being
its kind, from every creeping thing of on the earth.
the ground according to its kind. Two 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's
from each shall come in to you to keep life, in the second month, in the
alive. seventeenth day of the month, in this
21 And take for yourself all food that day all the fountains of the great deep
is eaten, and gather to yourself. And let were risen, and the windows of the
it be for you and for them for food. heavens were opened up. (Gen 5:32)
22 And Noah did so, according to all 12 And the rain was on the earth forty
that Elohim appointed him to do, so he days and forty nights.2
did. 13 In this same day Noah and Shem
and Ham and Japheth, the sons of
Chapter 7 Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three
wives of his sons with them, went into
1 And YAHWEH said to Noah, You the ark;
and all your house come into the ark, 14 they, and every animal according
for I have seen you righteous before Me to its kind, and every beast according to
in this generation. its kind, and every creeping thing that
2 You shall take to yourself from creeps on the earth according to its
every clean animal by sevens, male and kind; and every fowl according to its
female, and from the animal that is not kind, every bird of every wing.
clean by two, male and female. 15 And they went in to Noah into the
3 And take of the fowl of the heavens ark, two and two of all flesh, in which is
by sevens, male and female, to keep the breath of life.
alive seed on the face of the earth. 16 And those going in went in male
4 For after seven more days I will and female of all flesh, as Elohim had
cause it to rain on the earth forty days commanded him. And YAHWEH shut
and forty nights and will wipe away the door behind him.
every living substance that I have made 17 And the flood was on the earth
from off the face of the earth. forty days. And the waters increased,
5 And Noah did as to all that and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up
YAHWEH commanded him. above the earth.
6 Noah was a son of six hundred 18 And the waters prevailed, and
years, and the flood of waters was on were greatly increased on the earth.
the earth. And the ark floated on the face of the
7 And Noah went in, and his sons,
and his wife, and his sons' wives with 1 The fact that Noah distinguished between
him into the ark, because of the water clean and unclean animals undoubtedly
of the flood. shows that the clean and unclean laws of
8 And they went in to Noah into the Leviticus 11 existed from creation.
ark, male and female of clean animals, 2 Forty is the number of trial but also of
overcoming.
16
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17
Genesis 8
19 every animal, every creeping thing, animal I will demand it, and at the
and every fowl; all which creeps on the hand of man. I will demand the life of
earth. They went forth out of the ark man at the hand of every man's
according to their families. brother.
20 And Noah built an altar to 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, his
YAHWEH, and took of every clean blood shall be shed by man; For He
animal, and of every clean bird, and made the man in the image of Elohim.
offered burnt offerings on the altar. (Gen 1:26-27)
21 And YAHWEH smelled the 7 And you, be fruitful and multiply.
Swarm over the earth and multiply in
soothing fragrance, and YAHWEH said
it.
in His heart, I will never again curse the
8 And Elohim spoke to Noah, and to
ground for the sake of man, because the
his sons with him, saying,
imagination of the heart of man is evil
9 Behold! I, even I, am establishing
from his youth. Yea, I will not again
My covenant with you, and with your
smite every living thing as I have done.
seed after you,
22 While the earth remains, seed-
10 and with every living creature
time and harvest, cold and heat,
which is with you, among fowl, among
summer and winter, and day and night
cattle, and among every animal of the
shall not cease.1
earth with you, from all that go out
from the ark, to every animal of the
Chapter 9
earth.
11 And I have established My
1 And Elohim blessed Noah and his
covenant with you, and all flesh shall
sons. And He said to them, Be fruitful
not be cut off again by the waters of a
and multiply, and fill the earth2.
flood; nor shall there ever again be a
2 And your fear and your dread shall
flood to destroy the earth.
be on all the animals of the earth, and
12 And Elohim said, This is the sign
on every bird of the heavens, on all that
of the covenant which I am about to
moves on the earth, and on all the fish
make between Me and you, and every
of the sea. They are given into your
living soul which is with you, for
hands.
everlasting generations.
3 Every creeping thing which is alive
13 I have set My bow in the cloud,
shall be food for you. I have given you
and it shall be a sign of a covenant
all things, even as the green plant.3
between Me and the earth.
4 But you shall not eat flesh in its life,
14 And it will be when I gather the
its blood.
clouds on the earth, then the bow shall
5 And surely the blood of your lives I
be seen in the clouds.
will demand. At the hand of every
15 And I will remember My covenant
which is between Me and you, and
1 In Israel there are only 2 seasons, winter and every living soul in all flesh. And the
summer. The sun makes its revolution
waters shall not again become a flood
around the earth and when it passes the
equator at the spring equinox, (called
to destroy all flesh.
“tekufah” in Hebrew) the next new moon is 16 And the bow shall be in the clouds,
the first month of the new year. and I shall see it, to remember the
2 The same command given in Gen 1:28. everlasting covenant between Elohim
3 Of course this is with the already given and every living soul, in all flesh on the
instructions on clean and unclean animals, earth.
Gen 7:2, Gen 8:20.
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17 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and Mesha, as you go to Sephar, an eastern
the Sinite, mountain.
18 and the Arvadite and the Zemarite, 31 These were the sons of Shem,
and the Hamathite. And afterward the according to their families, according to
families of the Canaanites were their tongues, in their lands, according
dispersed. to their nations.
19 And the border of the Canaanites 32 These were the families of the
was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, sons of Noah, by their generations, in
as far as Gaza, as you go in towards their nations. And from these the
Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, nations were divided in the earth after
and Zeboim, even to Lasha. the flood.
20 These were the sons of Ham,
according to their families, according to Chapter 11
their tongues, in their countries, in
their nations. 1 And the whole earth was of one lip
21 And to Shem was born, even to and of one speech1.
him, the father of all the sons of Eber, 2 And it happened, as they traveled
the brother of Japheth the elder. from the east, they found a level valley
22 The sons of Shem were Elam, and in the land of Shinar. And they lived
Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and there.
Aram. 3 And each one said to his neighbor,
23 And Aram's sons were Uz, and Come, let us make brick, and burn
Hul, and Gether, and Mash. them thoroughly. And they had brick
24 And Arpachshad fathered Cainan for stone, and they had asphalt for
and Cainan fathered Salah; and Salah mortar.
fathered Eber. 4 And they said, Come, let us build a
25 And two sons were born to Eber; city and a tower with its top the
the name of the one was Peleg, for in heavens, and make a name for
his days the earth was divided; and his ourselves, that we not be scattered on
brother's name was Joktan. the face of all the earth.
26 And Joktan fathered Almodad, 5 And YAHWEH came down to see
and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and the city and the tower which the sons of
Jerah, man had built.
27 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and 6 And YAHWEH said, Behold, the
Diklah, people is one, and the lip one to all of
28 and Obal, and Abimael, and them, and this they are beginning to do,
Sheba, and now all which they have
29 and Ophir, and Havilah, and determined to do will not be restrained
Jobab. These all were the sons of from them.
Joktan. 7 Come, let Us2 go down and mix up
30 And their dwelling was from their language so that they cannot
5 Caphtorim- Crete, which was anciently understand man's evil speech.
known as Caphtor was the home to several 8 And YAHWEH scattered them from
Philistine groups (Jer 47:4, Amo 9:7). The
Philistines were an Indo-European maritime 1 This can mean they were united in language,
people who invaded Egypt in the 12th century speech or purpose.
B.C.E. And were driven out and went to 2 Again the plurality in the YHWH family is
southwest Canaan, and other parts of the distinctly stated here as in the creation
land. account, Gen 1:26, Gen 3:22.
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there, over the face of all the earth. And 25 And after he fathered Terah,
they ceased from building the city. Nahor lived a hundred and nineteen
9 On account of this its name is called years. And he fathered sons and
Babel1, because YAHWEH mixed up the daughters.
speech of all the earth there. And 26 And Terah lived seventy years and
YAHWEH scattered them abroad from fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
there on the face of all the earth. 27 And these are the generations of
10 These are the generations of Terah: Terah fathered Abram, Nahor,
Shem: Shem was a son of a hundred and Haran. And Haran fathered Lot.
years and fathered Arpachshad two 28 And Haran died before his father
years after the flood. Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of
11 And after he fathered Arpachshad, the Chaldeans.
Shem lived five hundred years. And he 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives
fathered sons and daughters. for themselves. The name of Abram's
12 And Arpachshad lived thirty five wife was Sarai. And the name of
years and fathered Salah. Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter
13 And after he fathered Salah, of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the
Arpachshad lived four hundred and father of Iscah.
three years. And he fathered sons and 30 And Sarai was barren; there was
daughters. no child to her.
14 And Salah lived thirty years and 31 And Terah took his son Abram,
fathered Eber. and Lot, Haran's son, his grandson and
15 And after he fathered Eber, Salah his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son
lived four hundred and three years. Abram's wife.2 And he went forth with
And he fathered sons and daughters. them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go
16 And Eber lived thirty four years into the land of Canaan. And they came
and fathered Peleg. to Haran and lived there.
17 And after he fathered Peleg, Eber 32 And the days of Terah were two
lived four hundred and thirty years. hundred and five years; and Terah died
And he fathered sons and daughters. in Haran.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years and
fathered Reu. Chapter 12
19 And after he fathered Reu, Peleg
lived two hundred and nine years. And 1 And YAHWEH had said to Abram,
he fathered sons and daughters. Go out from your land and from your
20 And Reu lived thirty two years and kindred, and from your father's house,
fathered Serug. to the land which I will show you.
21 And after he fathered Serug, Reu 2 And I will make of you a great
lived two hundred and seven years. And nation. And I will bless you and make
he fathered sons and daughters. your name great; and you will be a
22 And Serug lived thirty years and blessing.
fathered Nahor. 3 And I will bless those who bless you,
23 And after he fathered Nahor, and curse the one despising you. And in
Serug lived two hundred years. And he you all families of the earth shall be
fathered sons and daughters. blessed3.
24 And Nahor lived twenty nine years 4 And Abram went out, even as
and fathered Terah.
2 Sarah was also the granddaughter of Terah
1 “Babel” means confusion. and a relative to Abraham, Gen 20:12.
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YAHWEH had spoken to him. And Lot so that it may be well with me for your
went with him. And Abram was a son sake, and my soul shall live because of
of seventy five years when he departed you.
from Haran. 14 And it happened, when Abram had
5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, and come into Egypt, the Egyptians saw the
his brother's son, Lot, and all their woman, that she was very beautiful.
substance that they had gained, and the 15 And Pharaoh's princes saw her,
persons they had gotten in Haran. And and they praised her before Pharaoh.
they went out to go into the land of And the woman was taken into
Canaan. And they came into the land of Pharaoh's house.
Canaan. 16 And he did good to Abram because
6 And Abram passed through the land of her. And he had sheep, and oxen, he-
as far as the place of Shechem, to the donkeys, and male slaves, and slave-
Oak of Alon-Moreh. And the Canaanite girls, and she-donkeys, and camels.
was then in the land. 17 And YAHWEH touched Pharaoh
7 And YAHWEH appeared to Abram and his house with great plagues
and said, I will give this set apart land because of Sarai, Abram's wife. (Deu
to your seed. And he built an altar there 11:25)
to YAHWEH, who appeared to him. 18 And Pharaoh called for Abram and
8 And he moved from there to a said, What is this you have done to me?
mountain on the east of Bethel, and Why did you not tell me she is your
stretched his tent with Bethel toward wife?
the sea, and Ai on the east. And he built 19 Why did you say, She is my sister?
And so I took her for my wife. And now,
an altar there to YAHWEH, and called
behold your wife. Take her and go.
on the name of YAHWEH.1 (Gen 20:12)
9 And Abram setting forth and going 20 And as Pharaoh ordered his men
on toward the Negev. as to him, they sent away him and his
10 And a famine was in the land, so wife and all that he had.
Abram went down into Egypt to stay
there. For the famine was severe in the Chapter 13
land.
11 And it happened when he had 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he
drawn near to come to Egypt, he said to and his wife and all that he had, and
his wife Sarai, Behold, please, I know Lot being with him into the Negev.
that you are a beautiful woman to look 2 And Abram was very rich in
upon. livestock, in silver and in gold.
12 And it will be, when the Egyptians 3 And he went on his journeys from
see you, then they will say, This is his the south, even to Bethel, to the place
wife, and they will kill me, and they will where his tent had been there at the
save you alive. beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
13 Please say that you are my sister, 4 to the place of the altar which he
3 Yahweh's first promise of covenant blessing had made there at the first. And Abram
to Abraham and a prophecy for all time that called there on the name of YAHWEH.
all nations should support Israel if they want 5 And Lot, who went with Abram,
to be blessed. also had flocks and herds and tents.
1 Bethel is 20 miles south of Shechem and 6 And the land was not able to bear
Abraham built an altar here and called on them, for dwelling together, for their
YAHWEH.
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count the stars, if you are able to count 17 And it happened, the sun had gone
them. And He said to him, So shall your down, and it was dark. Behold! A
seed be. (Luk 16:22) smoking furnace and a torch of fire that
6 And he believed in YAHWEH. And passed over between those pieces!
He counted it to him for righteousness. 1 18 In that day YAHWEH cut a
(Rom 4:3, Gal 3:6, Ja 2:23) covenant with Abram, saying, I have
7 And He said to him, I am YAHWEH given this land to your seed, from the
who caused you to come out of Ur of river of Egypt to the great river, the
the Chaldeans, to give you this land to river Euphrates,
inherit it. 19 the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and
8 And he said, Adonai YAHWEH, by the Kadmonite,
what shall I know that I shall inherit it? 20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite,
9 And He said to him, Take for Me a and the Rephaim,
heifer three years old, and a she-goat 21 and the Amorite and the
three years old, and a ram three years Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the
old, and a turtledove, even a nestling. Jebusite.
10 And he took all these for Him, and
he divided them in the middle; and he Chapter 16
laid each piece opposite its neighbor,
but he did not divide the bird. 1 And Sarai, Abram's wife, did not
11 And the birds of prey came down bear to him; and to her belonged a
on the carcasses, and Abram drove female slave, an Egyptian, and her
them away. name was Hagar.
12 And it happened, as the sun was 2 And Sarai said to Abram, See, now,
setting, and a deep sleep fell on Abram. YAHWEH has kept me from bearing; go
And behold, a terror of great darkness in now to my maid-servant; perhaps I
was falling on him! may be built up2 from her. And Abram
13 And He said to Abram, surely you listened to the voice of Sarai.
must know that your seed shall be an 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took her
alien in a land not theirs; and they shall slave-girl, Hagar, the Egyptian, and
serve them. And they shall afflict them gave her to her husband Abram to be
four hundred years; his wife, after Abram had lived ten
14 and I also will judge the nation years in the land of Canaan.
whom they shall serve; and afterward 4 And he went in to Hagar and she
they shall come out with great conceived; and she saw that she had
substance. conceived, and her mistress was
15 And you shall come to your fathers despised in her eyes.
in peace. You shall be buried in good 5 And Sarai said to Abram, My injury
old age. be upon you; I gave my slave-girl into
16 And in the fourth generation they your bosom, and she saw that she had
shall come here again; for the iniquity conceived, and I was despised in her
of the Amorites is not yet full until now. eyes. Let YAHWEH judge between me
and you.
1 “He believed YHWH” the Hebrew word for
“believe” comes from the verb “aman” 2 The Hebrew word here is “Baneh” and is
which is literally to confirm, and where the where the word ben or son comes from, so
word “amen” comes from at the end of a Sarai is saying she will be completed by the
prayer, confirming what was prayed for in son from her handmaid, the reality was just
faith. the opposite.
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12 And a son of eight days shall be you at this set apart time next year.
circumcised among you, every male in 22 And He finished talking with him.
your generation, he that is born in the And Elohim ascended up from
house, or bought with silver from any Abraham.
son of a foreigner who is not of your 23 And Abraham took his son
seed. Ishmael, and all the ones born of his
13 The child of your house and the house, and all that were bought with his
purchase of your money circumcising silver, every male among the men of the
must be circumcised. And My covenant house of Abraham. And he circumcised
shall be in your flesh for a perpetual the flesh of their foreskins in that same
covenant. day, even as Elohim spoke to him.
14 And an uncircumcised male who is 24 And Abraham was a son of ninety
not circumcised in the flesh of his nine years when being circumcised in
foreskin, his soul shall be cut off from the flesh of his foreskin.
his people; he has broken My covenant. 25 And his son Ishmael was a son of
15 And Elohim said to Abraham, You thirteen years when being circumcised
shall not call your wife Sarai by her in the flesh of his foreskin.
name Sarai, for Sarah shall be her 26 In the same day that Abraham was
name1; circumcised, Ishmael his son also was.
16 and I have blessed her and have 27 And all the men of his house, born
also given to you a son from her. Yea, I in the house or bought with silver from
have blessed her and she shall become a son of a foreigner, were circumcised
nations; kings of people shall be from with him.
her.
17 And Abraham fell on his face and Chapter 18
laughed. And he said in his heart, Shall
one be born to a son of a hundred 1 And YAHWEH visually appeared to
years? And shall Sarah bear a daughter him by the oaks of Mamre. And he was
of ninety years? sitting at the door of the tent in the heat
18 And Abraham said to Elohim, Oh of the day.
that Ishmael might live before You! 2 And he lifted up his eyes and
19 And Elohim said, Your wife Sarah looked; and, behold, three men were
truly shall bear you a son, and you shall standing by him. And he saw, and he
call his name Isaac. And I have ran to meet them from the entrance of
established My covenant with him for a the tent. And he bowed to the ground.
perpetual covenant with his seed after 3 And he said, YAHWEH, if now I
him. have found favor in Your sight, I beg
20 And as to Ishmael, I have heard You, do not leave from near Your
you. Behold, I have blessed him and servant.2
will make him fruitful and will multiply 4 Please allow a little water to be
him exceedingly. He shall father twelve taken and You wash Your feet, and rest
princes, and I will make him a great under the tree.
nation.
21 And I will establish My covenant 2 This is quite an interesting story as first we
with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to see Yahweh appear as a man with two
cherubs (Gen 19:10) who also appeared as
1 Both names means princess, but the later men. Then, we see that Abraham recognized
name shows she will be a mother of nations Yahweh, as he met Him in Gen 14:18 using
and kings. the title of Melchizedek.
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5 And I will bring a bite of bread and 16 And the men rose up from there
will sustain Your heart. Then You may and looked on the face of Sodom. And
pass on, for this is why You have passed Abraham was going with them, to send
over to Your servant. And they said, Do them away.
so, as you have said. 17 And YAHWEH said, Shall I hide
6 And Abraham ran into the tent to from Abraham that which I am doing?
Sarah and said, Hurry, prepare three 18 And Abraham shall surely become
measures of fine meal, knead it and a great and powerful nation, and all the
make cakes. nations of the earth shall be blessed in
7 And Abraham ran to the herd and him?
brought a son of the herd, tender and 19 For I have known him, so that
good, and gave it to a youth. And he whatever he may command his sons
hurried to prepare it. and his house after him, even they may
8 And he took curds and milk and the keep the way of YAHWEH, to do
son of the herd which he had prepared, righteousness and justice; to the intent
and he set before them1. And he stood
that YAHWEH may bring on Abraham
by them under the tree. And they ate.
that which He has spoken of him.
9 And they said to him, Where is your
wife Sarah? And he said, See, in the 20 And YAHWEH said, The cry of
tent. Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and
10 And He said, Certainly I will their sin is exceedingly heavy.
return to you at the time of life; and, 21 I will go down and see if they have
Behold! A son shall be to your wife at all done according to the cry coming
Sarah. And Sarah was listening at the to Me. And if not, I will know.
entrance to the tent, and it was behind 22 And the men faced around from
Him. there and went toward Sodom. And
11 And Abraham and Sarah were Abraham was still standing before
aged, going on in days. The custom as YAHWEH.
to women had ceased to be to Sarah. 23 And Abraham drew near and said,
12 And Sarah laughed within herself, Is it so? Will You cut off the righteous
saying, After my being old2, shall there with the wicked?
be pleasure to me; my master also 24 Perhaps there are fifty righteous
being old? within the city; is it so You will cut off
13 And YAHWEH said to Abraham, and will not spare the place for the sake
Why has Sarah laughed at this, saying, of the fifty righteous ones that are
Indeed, truly shall I bear, even I who within it?
am old? 25 Far be it from You to act in this
14 Is anything too difficult for way, to put to death the righteous with
YAHWEH? At the appointed set apart
the wicked. Far be it from You. The
Judge of all the earth, shall He not do
time I will return to you, at the time of
right?
life, and there will be a son to Sarah.3
15 And Sarah denied, saying, I did not
laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, 3 This is Aviv and Passover time, that is why
No, but you did laugh. verses 5-6 state about passing over and also
about quickly making bread without yeast.
1 Abraham prepared meat and milk together Gen 19:3 confirms that this is the time of
for Yahweh and the two messengers, so Passover and the time prophesied when Isaac
clearly they can be eaten together. would be born, who was a type of Messiah,
2 “Old” to be withered, or past nursing age. Gen 22:1-17.
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26 And YAHWEH said, If I find fifty house and lodge, and wash your feet;
righteous within the city, in Sodom, and rise early and go to your way. And
then I will spare all the place because of they said, No, for we will lodge in the
them. street.
27 And Abraham answered and said, 3 And he much urged them, and they
Behold, I pray, I have undertaken to turned in to him and came into his
speak to YAHWEH, and I am dust and house. And he made a feast for them.
ash. And he baked unleavened matzos, and
28 Perhaps there will be lacking five they ate.
from the fifty righteous, will You 4 Before they had laid down, even the
destroy all the city for the five? And He men of the city, the men of Sodom,
said, If I find forty five there, I will not circled the house; from the young to the
destroy. aged, all the people from its limits.
29 And he continued still to speak to 5 And they called to Lot and said to
Him and said, Perhaps forty will be him, Where are the men who came to
found there. And He said, I will not do you tonight? Bring them out to us, that
it because of the forty. we may have sex with them.2
6 And Lot went out to them, to the
30 And he said, Please YAHWEH do
door, and he closed the door behind
not be angry, that I may speak; perhaps
him.
thirty will be found there. And He said,
7 And he said, My brothers, please do
I will not do it if I find thirty there.
not act evilly.
31 And he said, Behold, I pray, I have
8 Behold, now, I have two daughters
undertaken to speak to Adonai;
who have not known a man; please let
perhaps twenty will be found there.
me bring them out to you and do to
And He said, I will not destroy because
them as you see fit; only do not do a
of the twenty.
thing to these3 men, on account of this
32 And he said, I pray, let not
they came into the shade of my roof.
YAHWEH be angry that I may speak 9 And they said, Stand back! And they
only this time; perhaps ten will be said, This one came in to visit, and
found there. And He said, I will not must he always judge? Now we will do
destroy because of the ten.1 evil to you rather than to them. And
33 And when YAHWEH had finished they pressed on the man, upon Lot
speaking to Abraham, He left. And violently, and drew near to break the
Abraham returned to his place. door.
10 But the men put out their hands
Chapter 19 and brought Lot in to them, into the
house, and shut the door.
1 And the two cherubs came into 11 And they struck the men at the
Sodom at evening. And Lot was sitting door of the house with blindness, from
at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw, and the small to the great; and they
he rose up to meet them and bowed his struggled to find the door.
face to the earth. 12 And the men said to Lot, Who still
2 And he said, Behold, now, my
masters, please turn in to your servant's 2 Sodom and Gomorrah had become a most
depraved place and full of idolatry and
1 This is where the idea came from that to homosexuals and violence.
have a minion to start a synagogue you must 3 The Hebrew word here can either be 'these
have at least 10 able men. men' or 'the men of the El'.
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is here to you? Bring out of this place 22 Hurry, escape there, for I am not
your sons and your sons-in-law and able to do anything until you have come
your daughters, and whoever belongs there. So the name of the city was
to you in the city. called Zoar.
13 For we are about to destroy this 23 The sun had gone forth on the
place, for the cry of them is great before earth, and Lot came into Zoar 2.
YAHWEH, and YAHWEH has sent us to 24 And YAHWEH (on earth) rained
destroy it. fire and brimstone on Sodom and
14 And Lot went out to speak to his Gomorrah, from YAHWEH out of the
sons-in-law, those taking his daughters. heavens3.
And he said, Rise up, go out from this 25 And He overthrew those cities,
place, for YAHWEH is about to destroy and all the plain, and all those living in
the city. And he seemed as one joking the cities, and the produce of the
to his sons-in-law. ground.
15 And when the dawn rose, then the 26 And his wife looked back with
cherubs urged Lot, saying, Rise up, take pleasure from behind him, and she
your wife and your two daughters who became a pillar of salt.
are found, lest you be consumed in the 27 And Abraham started up early in
perversity of the city. the morning, going to the place where
16 And he lingered. And the men lay he had stood there before YAHWEH.
hold of his hand and his wife's hand, 28 And he looked toward the face of
and on the hand of his two daughters, Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all
YAHWEH having mercy on him. And the land of the plain. And he saw. And,
they caused him to go out, and they put behold, the smoke of the country went
him down outside the city.1 up like the smoke of a furnace.
17 And it happened as they led them 29 And it happened when Elohim
outside, he said, Escape for your life! destroyed the cities of the plain, Elohim
Do not look behind you, and do not stay remembered Abraham; and He sent Lot
in all the plain. Escape to the mountain, out from the overthrow when
lest you be swept away. overturning the cities in which Lot
18 And Lot said to them, Please, no, lived.
my master! 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar and
19 Behold, now, Your servant has lived in the mount. And his two
found grace in Your sight, and You have daughters were with him. For he feared
magnified Your mercy which You have to live in Zoar. And he lived in a cave,
done to me in saving my life. And I am he and his two daughters.
not able to escape to the mountain lest 31 And the first-born said to the
some evil overtake me and I die. younger, Our father is old, and there is
20 Please, now, this city is near, to no man in the land to come in to us as
flee there, and it is a little one. Please is the way of all the earth.
let me escape there! Is it not a little 32 Come, let us make our father drink
thing, that my soul may live? wine, and let us lie with him, that we
21 And He said to him, See, I have
lifted up your face also as to this thing, 2 “Zoar” means little.
without overthrowing the city for which 3 No man has ever seen Yahweh the Father
you have spoken. (Joh 1:18, 1Joh 4:12) so this is Yahweh the
Son and this scripture shows that Yahweh is
1 A great lesson that when YHWH is bringing a family name consisting of two Yahweh
judgment you don't want to linger. beings, Isa 44:6, Psa 110:1-2, Jer 23:6.
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may keep alive seed of our father. and the purity of my hands I have done
33 And they caused their father to this.
drink wine that night. And the first- 6 And Elohim said to him in a dream,
born went in and lay with her father. Yes, I know that you did this in the
And he did not know when she lay honor of your heart, and I also withheld
down nor when she rose up. you from sinning against Me. On
34 And on the next day it happened, account of this I did not allow you to
the first-born said to the younger, touch her.
Behold, I lay with my father last night. 7 And now return the wife of the man,
Let us cause him to drink wine tonight for he is a prophet, and he will pray for
also. And you go in and lie with him, so you, and you shall live. And if you do
that we may keep alive seed of our not restore her, know that surely, you
father. shall die, you and all that are yours.
35 And they caused their father to 8 And Abimelech rose up early in the
drink wine that night also. And the morning and called for all his servants.
younger rose up and lay with him. And And he spoke all these words in their
he did not know when she lay down, ears. And the men were greatly afraid.
nor when she rose up. 9 And Abimelech called Abraham and
36 And both the daughters of Lot said to him, What have you done to us?
were with child by their father. And in what have I offended you that
37 And the first-born bore a son and you have brought on me and on my
called his name Moab; he is the father kingdom a great sin? You have done
of Moab to this day. things to me that ought not to be done.
38 And the younger also bore a son 10 And Abimelech said to Abraham,
and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is What did you see that you have done
the father of the Ammonites to this day. this thing?
11 And Abraham said, Because I
Chapter 20 thought, Surely the fear of Elohim is
not in this place, and they will kill me
1 And Abraham pulled up stakes from for my wife's sake.
there to the land of the Negev, and lived 12 And yet she really is my relative,
between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed daughter from my father; only not
in Gerar. daughter from my mother. And she
2 And Abraham said with regards to became my wife. (Gen 11:31, 12:11-20)
his wife Sarah, She is my sister. And 13 And it happened when Elohim
Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and made me wander from my father's
took Sarah. house, even I said to her, This is your
3 But Elohim came to Abimelech in a kindness which you do to me: at every
dream by night and said to him, place where we come there, say of me,
Behold, you are about to die because of He is my brother.
the woman you have taken, she being 14 Abimelech took sheep and oxen,
married to a husband. and male slaves, and slave-girls, and
4 And Abimelech had not come near gave to Abraham. And he returned his
to her. And he said, YAHWEH, will You wife Sarah to him.
slay even a righteous nation? 15 Abimelech said, Behold, my land is
5 And did he not say to me, She is my before you. Live where it pleases you.
sister? And she, even herself said, He is 16 And he said to Sarah, I, behold, I
my brother. In the honor of my heart have given a thousand of silver to your
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brother. Behold, it is for you a covering 12 And Elohim said to Abraham, Let
of the eyes to all who are with you. And it not be evil in your eyes because of the
with all this you are reproved. boy, and on account of your slave-girl.
17 And Abraham prayed to Elohim, All that Sarah says to you, listen to her
and Elohim healed Abimelech and his voice, for in Isaac your Seed shall be
wife and his concubines, and they gave called.
birth. 13 And also I will make a nation of
18 For YAHWEH had completely the son of the slave-girl, for he is your
closed up every womb of the house of seed.
Abimelech because of Sarah, the wife of 14 And Abraham started up early in
Abraham. the morning and took bread and a skin
of water and gave them to Hagar,
Chapter 21 putting them on her shoulder, and the
child, and sent her away. And she left
1 And YAHWEH visited Sarah as He and wandered in the wilderness of
Beer-Sheva.
had said. And YAHWEH did to Sarah as
15 And the water from the skin was
He had promised.
finished, and she put the boy under one
2 And Sarah conceived and bore a son
of the shrubs.
to Abraham in his old age, at the
16 And she went and sat down
appointed time, that which Elohim had
opposite him, about a bow shot away.
spoken with him.
For she said, Let me not see the death
3 And Abraham called the name of
of the boy. And she sat opposite and
the son who was born to him, whom
raised her voice and wept.
Sarah had borne to him, Isaac.
17 And Elohim heard the voice of the
4 And Abraham circumcised his son
young boy. And the Messenger of
Isaac, a son of eight days, as Elohim
Elohim called to Hagar out of the
had commanded him.
heavens. And He said to her, What ails
5 And Abraham was a son of a
you, Hagar? Do not fear, for Elohim has
hundred years when his son Isaac was
heard the voice of the boy, there where
born to him.
he is.
6 And Sarah said, Elohim has made
18 Rise up, lift up the boy and make
laughter for me; all who hear will laugh
your hand strong on him, for I will
with me.
make of him a great nation.
7 And she said, Who would have said
19 And Elohim opened her eyes, and
to Abraham, Will Sarah suckle sons?
she saw a well of water. And she went
For I have borne a son to his old age.
and filled the skin with water, and gave
8 And the child grew and was
drink to the young boy.
weaned. And Abraham made a great
20 And Elohim was with the boy. And
feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
he grew up. And he lived in the
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the
wilderness and became a great archer.
Egyptian, whom she had borne to
21 And he lived in the wilderness of
Abraham, mocking.
Paran. And his mother took a wife for
10 And she said to Abraham, Drive
him out of the land of Egypt.
away this slave-girl and her son, for the
22 And it happened at that time
son of this slave-girl shall not inherit
Abimelech and Phicol, the general of
with my son, with Isaac. (Gal 4:22-26)
his army, spoke to Abraham, saying,
11 And the thing was very evil in the
Elohim is with you in all that you do.
eyes of Abraham, on account of his son.
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23 And now swear to me here by 2 And He said, Now take your son,
Elohim, that you will not lie to me, and Isaac, your only one whom you love,
to my son, and to my heir, according to and go into the land of Moriyah. And
the kindness which I have sworn to there offer him for a burnt offering on
you. Do to me and to the land in which one of the mountains which I will say to
you have lived in. you.3 (2Chr 3:1)
24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 3 And Abraham rose up early in the
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech morning and saddled his donkey, and
on account of a well of water which the he took two of his youths with him, and
slaves of Abimelech had seized. his son Isaac. And he split wood for a
26 And Abimelech said, I do not burnt offering, and rose up and went to
know who has done this thing; and also the place which Elohim had said to
you have not told me; even I have not him.
heard, except today. 4 And on the third day Abraham lifted
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen up his eyes and saw the place from a
and gave to Abimelech, and both of distance.
them cut a covenant. 5 And Abraham said to his young
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs men, You stay here with the donkey. I
of the flock by themselves. and the boy will go over there that we
29 And Abimelech said to Abraham, may worship and may return to you.4
What are these seven ewe lambs which 6 And Abraham took the wood of the
you have set by themselves? burnt offering and laid it on Isaac, his
30 And he said, You shall take the son; and he took the fire and the knife
seven ewe lambs from my hand so that in his hand. And the two went
it may become for me a witness that I together.5
dug this well. 7 And Isaac spoke to his father
31 On account of this that place is Abraham and said, My father. And he
called Beer Sheva1 , because the two of said, Behold I am here. And he said,
them swore there. see, the fire and the wood! But where is
32 And they cut a covenant in Beer- the lamb for a burnt offering?
Sheva. And Abimelech and Phicol, the 8 And Abraham said, My son, Elohim
general of his army, rose up; and they will see for Himself, the lamb for a
returned to the land of the Philistines.
33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk 2 The Hebrew root word here means to lift up,
tree in Beer-Sheva, and there he called and was a test for others to see. The same
on the name of YAHWEH El Olam root is used in Num 21:8 when Moses was
(Everlasting). commanded to make a Seraph on a pole to
34 And Abraham lived in the land of lift up the sin of Israel.
the Philistines many days. 3 What a test to try Abraham but what faith he
shows in obedience to YHWH. The Hebrew
word for “only” son, is “yachid” and can
Chapter 22 only mean “one”, whereas the word “echad”
is a unity word denoting plurality, Gen 2:24,
1 And it happened after these things, Deu 6:4. Also, YHWH states to Abraham to
The Elohim, testing2 Abraham said to take his only son, when he also had Ismael as
him, Abraham! And he said, Behold I a son, but this shows that Isaac was the son
am here. of promise. Gal 3:16.
4 Even though Abraham was fully intent on
1 The Well of the oath, and also means seven; sacrificing Isaac, he also believed that
Hebraic wordplay. Yahweh would raise him up, Heb 11:17-19.
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burnt offering. And the two of them and have not withheld your son, your
went together. only son,
9 And they came to the place which 17 that blessing I will bless you, and
Elohim had said to him. And Abraham multiplying I will multiply your seed as
built there the altar, and arranged the the stars of the heavens, and as the
wood. And he bound his son Isaac and sand which is on the lip of the sea. And
laid him on the altar1, on the wood. your Seed shall possess the gate of His
10 And Abraham stretched out his enemies. (Exo 32:13, Gen 26:5)
hand and took the knife to slay his son. 18 And in your Seed shall all the
11 And the Messenger of YAHWEH nations of the earth be blessed, because
called to him from the heavens and you have listened to My voice. (Gen
said, Abraham! Abraham! And he said, 12:2-3)
I am here. 19 And Abraham returned to his
12 And He said, Do not lay your hand young men, and they rose up and went
on the boy, nor do anything to him. For together to Beer-Sheva. And Abraham
now I know that you fear Elohim and lived at Beer-Sheva.
you have not withheld your son, your 20 And it happened after these things
only one, from Me. it was told to Abraham, saying, Behold!
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes Milcah, she also has borne sons to your
and looked. And behold! A ram behind brother Nahor:
him was entangled in a thicket by its 21 Uz, his first-born, Buz, and his
horns. And Abraham went and took the brother Kemuel, the father of Aram,
ram and offered it for a burnt offering 22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and
instead of his son. Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
14 And Abraham called the name of 23 And Bethuel fathered Rebekah.
that place YAHWEH Yireh 2; so that it Milcah bore these eight to Nahor, the
is said until this day, In the mount of brother of Abraham.
24 And his concubine, whose name
YAHWEH it will be seen.
was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and
15 And the Messenger of YAHWEH Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
called to Abraham out of the heavens a
second time. Chapter 23
16 And He said, I have sworn by
Myself, declares YAHWEH, that on 1 And the life of Sarah was a hundred
account of this thing you have done, and twenty seven years, the years of the
life of Sarah.
5 Abraham laid the wood on Isaac, and the two 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath Arba, it is
went together. This is clearly showing the Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And
unity with both the father Abraham and the Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah
son Isaac in this sacrifice. It parallels and to weep for her.
beautifully the Son of Yahweh, Yahshua who 3 And Abraham rose up from before
also took the wood (cross beam) on His back
his dead and spoke to the sons of
(Joh 19:16-17) as He also willingly went to
the tree of crucifixion to die for the penalty
Heth3, saying,
of the sins of the people. 4 I am an alien and a visitor with you.
1 Isaac's age indicates that he had to be willing Give to me a possession among you, so
to be a sacrifice, as he easily could have
fought against Abraham in his old age if he 3 The sons of Heth were Hittites (Gen 23:10)
desired. and descendents of Ham and Canaan, Gen
2 “Yahweh Yireh” means Yahweh will provide. 10:15.
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that I may bury my dead from before ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred
the eyes. silver shekels which passes with the
5 And the sons of Heth answered merchant.
Abraham, saying to him, 17 And was certified the field of
6 Hear us, my master. You are a Ephron in Machpelah, which was
prince of Elohim among us. Bury your before Mamre, the cave and the field in
dead in the best of our burying places. it, and all the trees in the field, which
Not a man of us will withhold his were in all its borders around it,
burying place from you, from burying 18 to Abraham for a purchase before
your dead. the sons of Heth, with all entering the
7 And Abraham rose up and bowed gate of his city.
himself to the people of the land, to the 19 And after this Abraham buried his
sons of Heth. wife Sarah at the cave of the field of
8 And he spoke with them, saying, If Machpelah before Mamre; it is Hebron,
it is your desire to bury my dead out of in the land of Canaan.1
my sight, hear me. Ask for me of 20 And the field was certified, and the
Ephron the son of Zohar, cave in it, to Abraham for a burial
9 that he may give to me the cave of possession from the sons of Heth.
Machpelah which he has, which is in
the edge of his field. In full silver let Chapter 24
him give it to me among you, for a
possession of a burying place. 1 And Abraham was old, going on in
10 And Ephron was sitting among the days, and YAHWEH had blessed
sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite Abraham in all things.
replied to Abraham in the ears of the 2 And Abraham said to his slave, the
sons of Heth, to all those entering the oldest in his house, the one who ruled
gate of his city, saying, in all that was to him2, Please put your
11 No, my master, hear me. I have hand under my thigh.3
given the field to you; also the cave that 3 And I will cause you to swear by
is in it. I have given it to you. Before the YAHWEH, Elohim of the heavens and
eyes of the sons of my people I have Elohim of the earth, that you will not
given it to you. Bury your dead. take a wife for my son from the
12 And Abraham bowed before the daughters of the Canaanite, among
people of the land, whom I dwell.
13 and spoke to Ephron in the ears of 4 But you shall go to my country and
the people of the land, saying, Only if to my kindred and take a wife for my
you would hear me. I have given the son, for Isaac.
silver for the field; take it from me, that 5 And the slave said to him, Perhaps
I may bury my dead there. the woman will not be willing to go
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, after me to this land; shall I indeed
saying to him,
15 My master, hear me; the land is
1 This cave located in Hebron is still there
worth four hundred shekels of silver; today with the bones of Abraham and Sarah,
what is that between me and you? And Rebecca and Isaac and also Leah and Jacob.
bury your dead. 2 This was Eleazar, Gen 15:2.
16 And Abraham listened to Ephron, 3 In ancient times this represented the
and Abraham weighed to Ephron the reproductive organ and the symbolism was
silver of which he had spoken in the that any unborn children would avenge the
oath if violated.
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bring back your son into the land from the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
out of which you came? the brother of Abraham, with her
6 And Abraham said to him, Take pitcher on her shoulder.
heed for yourself that you not take my 16 And the girl was very good of
son back there. form1, a virgin, a man not having
7 YAHWEH, Elohim of the Heavens, known her. And she went down to the
who took me from the house of my well and filled her pitcher and came up.
father and from the land of my birth, 17 And the slave ran to meet her and
and who spoke to me, and who swore to said, Please let me sip a little water
me, saying, I will give this land to your from your pitcher.
Seed; He shall send His Messenger 18 And she said, Drink, my master.
before you, and you shall take a wife And she hurried and let down her
from there for my son. pitcher on her hand and gave him a
8 And if the woman will not be willing drink.
to go after you, then you shall be clear 19 And she finished giving drink to
from this oath of mine; only do not take him. And she said, I also will draw for
my son back there. your camels until they have finished
9 And the slave put his hand under drinking.
the thigh of his master Abraham and 20 And she hurried and emptied her
swore to him concerning this thing. pitcher into the trough. And she again
10 And the slave took ten camels from ran to the well to draw, and drew for all
his master's camels and left. And all his his camels.2
master's goods were in his hand. And 21 And watching her, the man kept
he rose up and went to Mesopotamia, silent in order to know if YAHWEH had
to the city of Nahor. prospered his way, or not.
11 And he made the camels kneel 22 And it happened when the camels
outside the city, by a well of water at had finished drinking, the man took a
the time of the evening, the time that golden ring, its weighing a half shekel,
women go out to draw. and two bracelets for her hands, ten of
12 And he said, YAHWEH, Elohim of gold their weighing.3
my master Abraham, I pray, cause her 23 And he said, Whose daughter are
to meet before me this day, and show you? Please tell me, is there room for us
kindness to my master Abraham. to stay in your father's house?
13 Behold! I am standing by the well 24 And she said to him, I am the
of water, and the daughters of the men daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah,
of the city are coming out to draw whom she bore to Nahor.
water. 25 And she said to him, Both straw
14 And let the girl to whom I shall
1 This was not signifying beauty but that she
speak this: Please let down your pitcher was a functional hard worker.
that I may drink; and she will say, 2 A camel can hold up to about 150 liters of
Drink and also I will water your camels; water. There were 10 camels and the
let it be her You have approved for Your traditional bucket would have held 5 liters
servant, for Isaac. And by this I shall with each pull from the well. This means that
know that You have shown kindness to Rebecca pulled the bucket of water from the
my master. well about 30 times for each camel or 300
15 And it happened before he had times total. This was why Eleazar had such a
finished speaking. Behold! Rebekah test to see how much of a functional hard
came out, she who was born to Bethuel worker Rebecca truly would have been.
3 Clearly, she passed the test.
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and fodder are plentiful with us, also a Canaanite, in whose land I live.
room to pass the night. 38 But you shall go to the house of
26 And the man bowed and my father and to my family and you
worshiped YAHWEH. shall take a wife for my son.
27 And he said, Blessed be YAHWEH, 39 And I said to my master, Perhaps
Elohim of my master Abraham, who the woman will not go after me.
has not left off His kindness and His 40 And he said to me, YAHWEH,
truth with my master, I being in the before whom I walk, will send His
way, YAHWEH guided me to the house Messenger with you and prosper your
of the brother of my master. way. And you shall take a wife for my
28 And the girl ran and told these son from my family, from my father's
things to the house of her mother. house.
29 And Rebekah had a brother, his 41 Then you shall be released from
name being Laban. And Laban ran out my oath, when you have come to my
to the man, to the fountain. family, and if they do not give one to
30 And it happened when he saw the you; then you shall be released from my
ring, and the bracelets on his sister's oath.
hands, and when he heard his sister's 42 And today I came to the well. And
words, Rebekah, saying, So the man I said, YAHWEH, Elohim of my master
spoke to me, then he came to the man Abraham, I pray, if You will, prosper
and saw him standing by the camels at the way in which I am about to go.
the fountain. 43 Behold! I stand at the well of
31 And he said, Come in, blessed of water, and when the virgin comes out
YAHWEH! Why are you standing to draw water, and I say to her, Please
outside? I have prepared the house and let me drink a little water from your
a place for the camels. pitcher,
32 And the man came into the house. 44 and she says to me, Both you drink
And he unloaded the camels and gave and also I will draw for your camels,
straw and fodder to the camels, and may she be the woman whom
water to wash his feet and the feet of YAHWEH has approved for my master's
the men who were with him. son.
33 And food was set before him to 45 Before I had finished speaking
eat, but he said, I will not eat until I within my heart, even behold, Rebekah
have spoken my message. And he said, was coming out, her pitcher on her
Speak. shoulder. And she went down to the
34 And he said, I am the slave of well and drew. And I said to her, Please
Abraham. let me drink.
35 And YAHWEH has blessed my 46 And she hurried and let down her
master much, and he is great. And He pitcher from her and said, Drink, and I
has given to him flocks and herds, and also will water your camels. And I
silver and gold, and male slaves and drank, and also she watered the camels.
slave-girls, and camels and donkeys. 47 And I asked her and I said, Whose
36 And my master's wife bore a son to daughter are you? And she said, The
my master when she was old, and he daughter of Bethuel the son of Nahor,
has given to him all that is his. whom Milcah bore to him. And I put
37 And my master caused me to
swear, saying, You shall not take a wife
for my son from the daughters of the
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the ring on her nose1, and the bracelets she said, I will go.
on her hands. 59 And they sent away their sister
48 And I bowed and worshiped Rebekah, and her nurse, and
YAHWEH, and I blessed YAHWEH, Abraham's slave and his men.
Elohim of my master Abraham, who 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and
had guided me in the true way, to take said to her, Our sister, may you become
for his son the daughter of the brother myriads of thousands, and may your
of my master. seed possess the gate of the ones hating
49 And now, if you are going to do them.
kindness and truth with my master, tell 61 And Rebekah and her maidens
me. And if not, tell me so that I may rose up, and they rode on the camels
turn to the right or to the left. and went after the man. And the slave
50 And Laban and Bethuel answered took Rebekah and went.
and said, The thing has come from 62 And Isaac had come from the gate
YAHWEH; we are not able to speak to Lahai-Roi 2. And he was dwelling in the
you good or evil. land of the Negev.
51 Behold! Rebekah is before you, 63 And Isaac had gone out to
take her and go. And let her become the meditate in the field as it turned
wife of the son of your master, as evening. And he raised his eyes and
looked. And behold, camels were
YAHWEH has spoken.
coming.
52 And it happened when the slave of
64 And Rebekah lifted her eyes and
Abraham heard their words, he bowed
she saw Isaac. And she dismounted
himself to the earth to YAHWEH. from the camel.
53 And the slave brought out vessels 65 And she said to the slave, Who is
of silver and vessels of gold and this man walking in the field to meet
garments, and he gave to Rebekah. And us? And the slave said, It is my master.
he gave precious things to her brother And she took the veil and covered
and to her mother. herself.
54 And they ate and drank, he and 66 And the slave told Isaac all the
the men who were with him; and they things that he had done.
stayed the night. And they rose up in 67 And Isaac brought her into the
the morning, and he said, Send me tent of his mother Sarah. And he took
away to my master. Rebekah, and she became his wife; and
55 And her brother and her mother he loved her. And Isaac was comforted
said, Let the girl stay with us, perhaps after his mother.
ten days. Afterwards she may go.
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me, for YAHWEH has prospered my
way. Send me away that I may go to my 1 And Abraham added and took a
master. wife, and her name was Keturah.
57 And they said, we will call the girl 2 And she bore to him Zimran, and
and inquire of her mouth. Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and
58 And they called Rebekah and said Ishbak, and Shuah.
to her, Will you go with this man? And 3 And Jokshan fathered Sheba and
Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were
1 In ancient days a ring on the nose was a sign Asshurim, and Letushim and
of possession, but they were also used as
amulets for witchcraft. 2 The Well of the Living One, My Seer.
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was in his mouth. And Rebekah loved nations of the earth shall bless
Jacob. themselves in your Seed,
29 And Jacob boiled soup. And Esau 5 because Abraham listened to My
came from the field, and he was faint. voice and heeded My charge, My
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Please let commandments, My statutes, and My
me eat of the red, this red soup, for I Torah.4
am faint. On account of this his name is 6 And Isaac lived in Gerar.
called Edom.1 7 And the men of the place asked
31 And Jacob said, Sell me your about his wife. And he said, She is my
birthright today2. (Deu 21:17) sister, for he was afraid to say, My wife,
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am going lest the men of the place kill me on
to die, and what good is this, a account of Rebekah, for she was
birthright to me? beautiful of form.
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me 8 And it happened when his days
today. And he swore to him and sold were many to him there, Abimelech
his birthright to Jacob. king of the Philistines looked through
34 And Jacob gave bread and soup of the window and saw; and, behold, Isaac
lentils to Esau. And he ate and drank, was sporting with his wife Rebekah.
and rose up and left. And Esau despised 9 And Abimelech called Isaac and
the birthright3. (Heb 12:16, Mal 1:2-3) said, See, surely she is your wife, and
how have you said, She is my sister?
Chapter 26 And Isaac said to him, Because I said,
lest I die on account of her.
1 And a famine was in the land 10 And Abimelech said, What is this
besides the famine in the days of you have done to us? One of the people
Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech had in a little lain with your wife, and
king of the Philistines, to Gerar. you would have brought on us guilt.
2 And YAHWEH appeared to him and 11 And Abimelech commanded all the
said, Do not go down into Egypt; but people, saying, Anyone touching this
dwell in the land which I shall say to man and his wife surely shall die.
you. 12 And Isaac sowed in that land. And
3 Stay in this land, and I will be with a hundredfold was found in that year,
you and bless you, for to you and to and YAHWEH blessed him.
your seed I will give all these lands. And 13 And the man grew great, and he
I will cause to rise My oath which I went on, going on to be great, until he
swore to your father Abraham. became exceedingly great.
4 And I will increase your seed like 14 And possessions of flocks and
the stars of the heavens, and I will give possessions of herds, and many slaves
to your seed all these lands. And all the were his. And the Philistines envied
1 Edom comes from the word “adom” which 4 The reason stated here why Abraham was
means red after Adam who came from the blessed to be the heir of the everlasting
red earth. covenant was that in faith he kept the Torah
2 Jacob realized the great blessing of the and commandments of YAHWEH. This
birthright promise. proves that the Torah was present here at the
3 Esau despised the birthright because it beginning of the covenant and was not added
rightfully belonged to his brother Jacob and at Mount Sinai 430 yrs after the covenant
he wanted the blessing from it, not because was made with Abraham. Only the Levitical
he had true remorse or repentance for the priesthood was added later, see note on Gal
grave sin he committed by selling it. 3:17, 19.
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and go to the field and hunt game for hand of her son Jacob.
me. 18 And he went in to his father and
4 And make for me savory meat, such said, My father. And he said, I am here.
as I love, and bring to me, and I will Who are you, my son?
eat; so that my soul may bless you 19 And Jacob said to his father, I am
before I die. your first-born1, Esau. I have done as
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac you said to me. Rise up now, sit and eat
spoke to his son Esau. And Esau went of my game, so that your soul may bless
to the field to hunt game, to bring it in. me.
6 And Rebekah spoke to her son 20 And Isaac said to his son, How
Jacob, saying, Behold, I heard your then have you so quickly found it, my
father speaking to your brother Esau son? And he said, Because YAHWEH
saying, your Elohim made it come to me.
7 Bring game to me and make 21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Come
delicious meat that I may eat, that I near now and let me feel you, whether
may bless you before YAHWEH before then you are my son Esau, or not.
my death. 22 And Jacob came near to his father
8 And now my son hear my voice, that Isaac. And he felt him, and he said, The
which I command you. voice is the voice of Jacob and the
9 Go now to the flock and bring me hands are Esau's hands.
from there two good kids of the goats. 23 And he did not know him, because
And I will make them into delicious his hands were like the hairy hands of
things for your father which he loves; his brother Esau. And he blessed him.
10 and you shall bring it to your 24 And he said, Are you then my son
father and let him eat, so that he may Esau? And he said, I am.
bless you before his death. 25 And he said, Bring to me and let
11 And Jacob said to his mother me eat of my son's game, so that my
Rebekah, Behold, my brother Esau is a soul may bless you. And he came near
hairy man, and I a smooth man. to him; and he took and he ate. And he
12 Perhaps my father will feel me, and came to him, and he drank wine.
I shall be like a deceiver in his eyes, and 26 And his father Isaac said to him,
I shall bring a curse on me, and not Now come and kiss me, my son.
blessing. 27 And he came near and kissed him.
13 And his mother said to him, Your And he smelled the smell of his clothes.
curse be on me, my son; only listen to And he blessed him, and said, See, the
my voice and go, take for me. smell of my son is as the smell of a field
14 And he went and took and came to which YAHWEH has blessed.
his mother. And his mother made 28 And may Elohim give you of the
savory meat, such as his father loved. dew of the heavens, and of the fatness
15 And Rebekah took the clothing of of the earth, and much grain and wine.
her elder son Esau, the costly ones 29 May the nations serve you and
which were with her in the house. And peoples bow to you; be a ruler to your
she dressed her younger son Jacob; brothers, and may your mother's sons
16 and she put the skins of the kids of bow to you, and cursed be those who
the goats on his hands, and on the curse you, and blessed be those who
smoothness of his neck.
17 And she put the savory meat and 1 Although Jacob lied about being Esau, he did
the bread which she had made in the not lie about being the firstborn as he
rightfully bought the right from Esau earlier.
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1 Esau now compounds the sin of selling his 1 And Jacob lifted his feet and went to
birthright by intermarrying with the seed of
Ismael, who was born from the handmaid 3 “Bethel” means The House of Elohim.
Hagar, and was not the seed of promise. 4 The vow of tithing came long before the
2 Amo 9:6. Torah was given to Moses on Mount Sinai.
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the land of the sons of the east. 13 And it happened when Laban
2 And he looked, and, behold, a well heard the report of Jacob, his sister's
in the field. And, behold, three flocks of son, he ran to meet him and embraced
sheep were lying by it; for from that him and kissed him. And he took him
well they watered the flocks, and the to his house. And he told Laban all
stone on the mouth of the well was these things.
great. 14 And Laban said to him, Truly you
3 And all the flocks were usually are my bone and my flesh. And he lived
gathered there, and they rolled the with him a month of days.
stone off the mouth of the well and 15 And Laban said to Jacob, are you
watered the sheep, and replaced the not my brother? And should you serve
stone on the mouth of the well, to its me for nothing? Tell me, what shall be
place. your wages?
4 And Jacob said to them, My 16 And Laban had two daughters, the
brothers, from where are you? And name of the older, Leah, and the name
they said, We are from Haran. of the younger, Rachel.
5 And he said to them, Do you know 17 And the eyes of Leah were weak,
Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, and Rachel was beautiful of form and
We know him. beautiful of appearance.
6 And he said to them, Well-being to 18 And Jacob loved Rachel, and said,
him? And they said, Well-being. And, I will serve you seven years for Rachel,
behold, his daughter Rachel is coming your younger daughter.
with the sheep. 19 And Laban said, It is better for me
7 And he said, Behold, the day is still to give her to you than to give her to
high; it is not time to gather the another man; live with me.
livestock. Water the sheep and go feed 20 And Jacob served seven years for
them. Rachel; and they were in his eyes like a
8 And they said, We are not able until few days, in his love for her.
all the flocks are gathered and they roll 21 And Jacob said to Laban, Give my
the stone from the mouth of the well; wife, for my days are completed. And
then we water the sheep. let me go in to her.
9 He still was speaking with them, 22 And Laban gathered all the men of
and Rachel came with the sheep which the place and made a feast.
were her father's; for she was feeding 23 And it happened in the evening, he
them. took his daughter Leah and brought her
10 And it happened when Jacob saw to him; and he went in to her.
Rachel the daughter of Laban, brother 24 And Laban gave to her Zilpah, his
to his mother, and the sheep of Laban, slave-girl, to his daughter Leah as a
his mother's brother, Jacob came near slave.
and rolled the stone from the mouth of 25 And it happened in the morning;
the well and watered the sheep of behold! She was Leah. And he said to
Laban, his mother's brother. Laban, What have you done to me? Did
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted I not serve with you for Rachel? And
up his voice and wept. why have you tricked me?
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was 26 And Laban said, It is not done this
her father's brother, and that he was way in our place, to give the younger
the son of Rebekah. And she ran and before the first-born.
told her father. 27 Fulfill the week of this one and we
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will also give you this other one, for the 3 And she said, Behold my servant
service which you will serve with me, Bilhah! Go in to her and let her bear on
yet another seven years. my knees; yea, let me be built up from
28 And Jacob did so, and he fulfilled her, me also.
the week of this one, and he gave to him 4 And she gave her slave-girl Bilhah
his daughter Rachel, to him for a wife. to him for a wife. And Jacob went in to
29 And Laban gave his slave-girl her.
Bilhah to his daughter Rachel, to her 5 And Bilhah conceived and bore a
for a slave-girl. son to Jacob.
30 And he also went in to Rachel, and 6 And Rachel said, Elohim has judged
he also loved Rachel more than Leah. and has also heard my voice, and has
And he served with him yet another given me a son. So she called his name
seven years. Dan.
31 And YAHWEH saw that Leah was 7 And Bilhah, Rachel's slave-girl,
hated. And He opened her womb, but conceived again, and bore a second son
Rachel was barren. to Jacob.
32 And Leah conceived and bore a 8 And Rachel said, With struggles of
son. And she called his name Reuben; Elohim I have struggled with my sister;
for she said, Surely YAHWEH has yea, I have prevailed. And she called his
looked on my affliction, for now my name Naphtali.
husband will love me. 9 And Leah saw that she had ceased
33 And she conceived again and bore from bearing. And she took Zilpah, her
slave-girl, and gave her to Jacob for a
a son, and said, Surely YAHWEH has
wife.
heard that I am hated and has given
10 And Leah's slave-girl Zilpah bore a
this one to me also. And she called his
son to Jacob.
name Simeon.
11 And Leah said, With fortune. And
34 And she conceived again and bore
she called his name Gad.
a son. And she said, Now, this time my
12 And Zilpah, Leah's slave-girl, bore
husband will be joined to me, because I
a second son to Jacob.
have borne to him three sons. So his
13 And Leah said, In my happiness;
name was called Levi.
for the daughters shall call me happy.
35 And she conceived again and bore
And she called his name Asher.
a son. And she said, This time I will
14 And in the days of wheat harvest
praise YAHWEH. So she called his Reuben went out and found mandrakes
name Judah. And she ceased from in the field. And he brought them to his
bearing. mother Leah. And Rachel said to Leah,
Please give to me from the mandrakes
Chapter 30 of your son.
15 And she said to her, is your taking
1 And Rachel saw that she did not my husband a little thing? Will you also
bear to Jacob, and Rachel was jealous take my son's love-apples? And Rachel
of her sister. And she said to Jacob, said, So he shall be with you tonight,
Give me sons; and if there is none, I for your son's mandrakes.
shall die. 16 And Jacob came in from the field
2 And Jacob's anger glowed against at evening. And Leah went out to meet
Rachel, and he said, Am I in Elohim's him. And she said, You must come in to
place, who has kept you from the fruit me, for surely I have hired you with my
of the womb?
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them with the flock of Laban. 10 And it happened at the time the
41 And it happened that whenever the flock was in heat, I lifted up my eyes
strong flocks conceived, Jacob placed and saw in a dream: And behold! The
the rods before the eyes of the flocks, rams leaping on the flock were striped,
before the troughs, that they might speckled, and spotted.
conceive by the rods. 11 And the Messenger of Elohim
42 And the flocks being feeble, he did spoke to me in a dream, Jacob! And I
not set them. And usually it happened said, I am here.
that the weak were for Laban, and the 12 And He said, Lift up your eyes and
strong for Jacob. see all the rams leaping on the flock;
43 And the man increased very much, they are striped, speckled and spotted.
and many flocks were his, and slave- For I have seen all that Laban is doing
girls, and male slaves, and camels and to you.
donkeys. 13 I am the El of Bethel, there where
you anointed the pillar, where you
Chapter 31 vowed a vow to Me. Now rise up; go out
of this land and go back to the land of
1 And he heard the words of the sons your kindred.
of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken away 14 And Rachel and Leah answered
all that was to our father, and from that and said to him, Is there yet to us a
which was to our father he has gotten portion and an inheritance in the house
all this wealth. of our father?
2 And Jacob saw the face of Laban, 15 Are we not counted strangers by
and, behold, it was not toward him as him. For he has sold us, and selling he
before. has sold us for silver.
3 And YAHWEH said to Jacob, Go 16 For all the wealth which Elohim
back to the land of your fathers and to has taken from our father, it is for us
your kindred. And I will be with you. and for our sons. And now all that
4 And Jacob sent and called for which Elohim has said to you, do.
Rachel and for Leah to come to the 17 And Jacob arose and set his sons
field, to his flocks. and his wives on camels.
5 And he said to them, I see your 18 And he drove all the livestock, and
father's face, that it is not toward me as he took all his goods which he had
before. But the Elohim of my father has gotten, livestock of his property which
been with me. he had gotten in Padan-Aram, to come
6 And you know that with all my to his father Isaac, to the land of
power I have served your father. Canaan.
7 And your father has cheated me and 19 And Laban went to shear his
has changed my wages ten times. And sheep. And Rachel stole the terafeen 1
Elohim has not let him do evil to me. idols which were her father's.
8 And if he said this: The speckled 20 And Jacob deceived the heart of
shall be your wages, then all the flocks Laban the Syrian, for he did not tell
bore speckled. And if he said this, The him that he was about to flee.
striped shall be your wages, then all the 21 And he and all that was to him
flocks bore striped. fled. And he rose up and crossed the
9 And Elohim has taken away the River and set his face to Mount Gilead.
livestock of your father and has given to 22 And on the third day Laban was
me.
1 A terafeen was a household idol.
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told that Jacob had fled. of the two slave-girls; and he did not
23 And he took his brothers with him find. And he went out of Leah's tent
and pursued him, seven days journey. and came into Rachel's tent.
And he overtook him in the Mountain 34 And Rachel had taken the
of Gilead. household idols and put them into the
24 And Elohim came to Laban the camel's saddle; and she sat on them.
Syrian in a dream of the night, and said And Laban felt around all the tent, but
to him, Watch out for yourself, that you did not find.
not speak with Jacob from good to evil. 35 And she said to her father, Let no
25 And Laban overtook Jacob. And anger be in the eyes of my master, for I
Jacob had pitched his tent at the am not able to rise before your face, for
Mount. And Laban with his brothers the way of women is to me. And he
had pitched at Mount Gilead. searched for and did not find the
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What household idols.
have you done? And you have deceived 36 And Jacob was angry, and he
my heart and have taken my daughters argued with Laban. And Jacob
like captives of the sword. answered and said to Laban, What is
27 Why did you hide so as to flee, and my transgression; what is my sin that
have deceived me and have not told me. you have hotly pursued me?
And I would have sent you away with 37 For you have felt around all my
rejoicing and with music, with tabret articles; what have you found from all
and with harp. the articles of your house? Set it here
28 And you have not let me kiss my before my brothers and your brothers
sons and my daughters. Now you have and let them decide between the two of
been foolish to do this. us.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do 38 Now I was with you twenty years.
you harm. But the Elohim of your Your ewes and your she-goats have not
fathers spoke to me last night, saying, failed to bear, and I have not eaten the
Watch out for yourself that you do not rams of your flock.
speak with Jacob from good to evil. 39 I did not bring to you the
30 And now surely you have gone mangled; I replaced it. From my hand
because you have longed after your you exacted it, that stolen by day and
father's house. Why have you stolen my that stolen by night.
gods? 40 I was there; by day the heat
31 And Jacob answered and said to consumed me, and the cold by night.
Laban, Because I was afraid. For I said, And my sleep fled from my eyes.
Lest by force you take your daughters 41 Now I have been twenty years in
from me. your house; I served you fourteen years
32 With whomever you find your for your two daughters and six years for
gods, he shall not live before our your flock. And you have changed my
brothers here.1 See for yourself what is wages ten times.
with me, and take it to you. For Jacob 42 Except the Elohim of my father,
did not know that Rachel had stolen the Elohim of Abraham and the Fear of
them. Isaac, had been for me, truly now you
33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent would have sent me away empty.
and into Leah's tent, and into the tent Elohim has seen my affliction and the
toil of my palm, and last night He
1 Rachel who stole the idol (vs 19) died later judged.
in chapter 3518-19 according to this word.
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43 And Laban answered and said to to eat bread. And they ate bread and
Jacob, The daughters are my daughters lodged on the mountain.
and the sons my sons. And the flocks 55 And Laban rose up early in the
are my flocks; yea, all which you see, it morning and kissed his sons and his
is mine and my daughters'. What can I daughters and blessed them. And
do to these today, or to their sons Laban went away and returned to his
whom they have borne? own place.
44 And now come, let us cut a
covenant, you and me; and let it be a Chapter 32
witness between you and me.
45 And Jacob took a stone and set it 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the
up as a memorial. cherubs of Elohim met him.
46 And Jacob said to his brothers, 2 And when he saw them, Jacob said,
Gather stones. And they took stones This is the camp of Elohim. And he
and they made a heap and they ate called the name of that place,
there upon the heap. Mahanaim 3.
47 And Laban called it, Heap of the 3 And Jacob sent messengers before
Testimony. And Jacob called it in his face to his brother Esau, to the land
Hebrew, Galeed 1. of Seir, the field of Edom.
48 And Laban said, This heap is a 4 And he commanded them, saying,
witness between you and between me You shall say to my master, to Esau:
today; so he called its name Galeed Your servant Jacob says this: I have
(Heap of Testimony); sojourned with Laban and remained
49 also, Mitzpah 2; for he said, May until now.
YAHWEH watch between you and me, 5 And it is mine to have oxen, and
for we are hidden, when we are out of donkeys, flocks, and slaves and slave-
sight, each from his neighbor. girls. And I have sent to tell my master,
50 If you will not afflict my to find favor in your eyes.
daughters, and if you will not take 6 And the messengers came back to
wives above my daughters, no man is Jacob, saying, We came to your brother
with us. Behold! Elohim is a witness Esau, and also he is coming to meet
between you and me. you, and four hundred men are with
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold him.
this heap, and behold the pillar which I 7 And Jacob was afraid, and he was
have set between you and me. very distressed. And he divided the
52 This heap is a witness, and the people with him, and the flocks, and
pillar is a testimony. As for me, I will the herds, and the camels, into two
not pass over this heap to you; and as camps.
for you, you will not pass over this heap 8 And he said, If Esau comes to the
and this pillar for evil to me. one company and strikes it, then it will
53 The Elohim of Abraham, the be, the company that is left shall
Elohim of Nahor, the Elohim of their escape.
father, let judge between us. And Jacob 9 And Jacob said, Oh Elohim of my
swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. father Abraham and Elohim of my
54 And Jacob sacrificed a sacrifice on father Isaac, YAHWEH, who said to me,
the mountain, and called his brothers Go back to your land and to your
kindred and I will deal well with you.
1 “Galeed” means Heap of Testimony.
2 “Mitzpah” means Watchtower. 3 “Mahanaim” means Two Camps.
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10 I am not worthy of all the mercies 21 And the present passed before his
and all the truth which You have done face, and he remained in the camp that
for Your servant, for I passed over this night.
Jordan with my staff, and now I have 22 And he rose up that night and took
become two companies. his two wives, and his two slave-girls,
11 Deliver me, I pray, from the hand and his eleven children. And he passed
of my brother, from the hand of Esau; over the ford Jabbok.
for I fear him, lest he come and strike 23 And he took them and sent them
me, mother to sons. over the stream, and sent over that
12 And You said, dealing I will deal which was his.
well with you, and I will make your 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a
seed like the sand of the sea, which Man wrestled with him until the rising
cannot be numbered for multitude. of the dawn.
(Gen 22:17) 25 And He saw that He had not
13 And he remained there that night. prevailed against him. And He touched
And he took a present from what came on his hip socket, and Jacob's hip
into his hand, for his brother Esau: socket was unhinged as he wrestled
14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he- with Him.
goats, two hundred rams, 26 And He said, Send Me away, for
15 thirty nursing camels with their the dawn has ascended. And he said, I
thirty colts, forty cows and ten bulls, will not let You go unless You bless me.
twenty she-donkeys and ten young 27 And He said to him, What is your
donkeys. name? And he said, Jacob.
16 And he gave into the hand of his 28 And He said, Your name shall no
slaves every drove by itself. And he said longer be called Jacob, but Israel,
to his slaves, Pass over before my face because you have struggled with
and put a space between drove and Elohim and with men, and have
drove. prevailed.
17 And he commanded the first ones, 29 And Jacob asked and said, Please
saying, When my brother Esau meets reveal Your name. And He said, Why is
you and asks, saying, Whose are you, it that you ask about My name? And He
and where do you go, and whose are blessed him there. (Hos 12:4-5)
these before your face? 30 And Jacob called the name of the
18 Then you will say, Your servant place Peni'El1, because I saw Elohim
Jacob's. It is a present sent to my face to face, and my life is delivered.
master, to Esau; and, behold, also he is 31 And the sun rose on him as he
behind us. passed over Peniel, and he was limping
19 And he also commanded the on his thigh.
second, also the third, even all the ones 32 On account of this the sons of
going after the droves, saying, You shall Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh
speak this word to Esau when you find that is on the hip socket until this day,
him. because He struck on Jacob's hip
20 And you shall also say, Behold, socket, on the sinew of the thigh.
your servant Jacob is behind us. For he
said, I will cover his face by the present,
the one going before my face, and
afterward I will see his face; perhaps he
will lift up my face. 1 Means Face of El, it was Elohim the Son
who Jacob wrestled, Hos 12:3-6.
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29 And they took all their wealth, and 7 And he built an altar there and
all their little ones, and their wives, and called the place El Bethel; because
looted all that was in the house. there the Elohim revealed Themselves2
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and to to him when he fled from the face of his
Levi, You have troubled me, to make brother.
me stink among those living in the 8 And Deborah died, the nurse of
land, among the Canaanites, and Rebekah, and she was buried below
among the Perizzites. And I being few Bethel, under the oak. And he called its
in number, and they gathering against name, Oak of Weeping.
me, they will strike me, and I and my 9 And Elohim appeared to Jacob
house shall be wasted. again when he came out of Padan-
31 And they said, Should he treat our Aram, and He blessed him.
sister like a harlot? 10 And Elohim said to him, Your
name is Jacob; your name will not
Chapter 35 anymore be called Jacob, but Israel will
be your name. And He called his name
1 And Elohim said to Jacob, Rise up, Israel.
go to Bethel and live there. And make 11 And Elohim said to him, I am El
an altar there to El, who appeared to Shaddai3; be fruitful and multiply. A
you when you fled before your brother nation and a company of nations shall
Esau. be from you. And kings shall go forth
2 And Jacob said to his house, and to from your loins.
all those with him, Put away the strange 12 And the land which I gave to
Elohim in your midst, and purify Abraham and to Isaac, I will give it to
yourselves, and change your clothing. you; and after you I will give the land to
3 And let us rise up and go up to your seed. (Gen 13:15, Gen 17:7-8)
Bethel. And I will make an altar there 13 And Elohim went up from him, in
to El, who answered me in the day of the place where He had spoken with
my distress. And He was with me in the him.
way in which I went. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the
4 And they gave all the strange place where He had spoken with him, a
Elohim in their hand to Jacob, and the pillar of stone. And he poured out a
earrings which were in their ears. And drink offering on it; and he poured oil
Jacob hid them under the oak which on it.
was near Shechem.1 15 And Jacob called the name of the
5 And they pulled up, and there was place, there where Elohim had spoken
the terror of Elohim on the cities all with him, Bethel.
around them, and they did not pursue 16 And they pulled up stakes from
the sons of Jacob. Bethel. And there was yet a length of
6 And Jacob came to Luz, which is in land to come to Ephrath. And Rachel
the land of Canaan; it is Bethel, he and bore; and she had hard labor in her
all the people with him came. bearing.
17 And it happened, when she had
1 Verses 2-4: In showing commitment to
YHWH for the covenant he was entering, 2 Here, it is distinctly indicated showing more
Jacob wanted to sanctify himself and his than one El and another indication of
family from any idolatry that they possessed. Yahweh the Father and Yahweh the Son,
Earrings were used as amulets in pagan Yahweh being a family name.
worship, Hos 2:13. 3 Means El Almighty.
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18 And they saw him from a distance. and he tore his clothes.
And before he came near to them, they 30 And he returned to his brothers
plotted against him, to kill him. and said, The child, he is not. And I,
19 And they said, each to his brother, where shall I go?
Behold, this master of dreams is 31 And they took Joseph's long robe,
coming. and killed a ram of the goats, and
20 And, Come now, and let us kill dipped the robe in the blood. (Rev
him, and throw him into one of the pits. 19:13)
And let us say, An evil beast has eaten 32 And they sent the long robe
him. And let us see what will become of reaching to the feet, and they took it to
his dreams. their father, and said, We have found
21 And Reuben heard, and he this. Now look, is it not your son's
delivered him from their hands, and robe?
said, Let us not strike his soul. 33 And he knew it, and said, My son's
22 And Reuben said to them, Do not robe! An evil beast has eaten him.
shed blood. Throw him into this pit in Surely Joseph is torn to pieces.
the desert, but do not lay a hand on 34 And Jacob tore his clothing and
him; so that he might deliver him from put sackcloth on his loins. And he
their hands, to return him to his father. mourned many days for his son.
23 And it happened when Joseph 35 And all his sons and all his
came to his brothers, they stripped his daughters rose up to comfort him. And
robe which was on him, from Joseph, he refused to be comforted, and said, I
the long robe reaching to the feet. will go down to Sheol mourning for my
24 And they took him and threw him son. And his father wept for him.
into the pit, the pit being empty, no 36 And the Midianites sold him into
water in it. Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of
25 And they sat down to eat bread. Pharaoh, the chief of the executioners.
And they lifted up their eyes and
looked. And, behold, a caravan of Chapter 38
Ishmaelites coming from Gilead! And
their camels were bearing spices, and 1 And it happened at that time that
balsam gum, and sticky gum, going Judah went down, away from his
down to take them to Egypt. brothers, and turned aside to a man of
26 And Judah said to his brothers, Adullam named Hirah.
What gain is it that we kill our brother 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of
and conceal his blood? a Canaanite man named Shuah. And he
27 Come, let us sell him to the took her, and went in to her.
Ishmaelites, and do not let our hand be 3 And she conceived and bore a son.
on him. For he is our brother, our flesh. And he called his name Er.
And his brothers listened. 4 And she conceived again and bore a
28 And men, Midianites, traders, son and called his name Onan.
passed. And they drew up and took 5 And she continued still and bore a
Joseph out of the pit, and they sold son. And she called his name Shelah.
Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty And he was at Chezib when she bore
pieces of silver. And they brought him.
Joseph into Egypt. (Act 7:9) 6 And Judah took a wife for his
29 And Reuben came back to the pit. firstborn, Er, and her name, Tamar.
And, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; 7 And Er, Judah's first-born, was evil
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in the eyes of YAHWEH. And YAHWEH 17 And he said, I will send a kid of the
killed him. goats from the flock. And she said, Will
8 And Judah said to Onan, Go in to you give me a pledge until you send it?
your brother's wife and marry her, and 18 And he said, What pledge shall I
raise up seed to your brother. give to you? And she said, Your signet
9 And Onan knew that the seed would ring, and your bracelet and your staff in
not be his. And it happened when he your hand. And he gave to her, and
went in to his brother's wife, he wasted came in to her.2 And she conceived by
his semen to the ground, not giving him.
seed to his brother. (Deu 25:5-10) 19 And she rose up and left, and took
10 And what he did was evil in the off her veil from her face. And she put
eyes of YAHWEH, and He also killed on her widow's robes.
him. 20 And Judah sent the kid of the
11 And Judah said to his daughter-in- goats by the hand of his friend, the
law Tamar, Live as a widow in your Adullamite, to receive the pledge from
father's house until my son Shelah is the woman's hand. And he did not find
grown. For he said, Lest he also die like her.
his brothers. And Tamar went and lived 21 And he asked the men of her place,
in her father's house. saying, Where is the harlot that was at
12 And the days were many, and the Enaim, by the roadway? And they said,
wife of Judah, the daughter of Shuah, There was no harlot here.
died. And Judah was comforted, and he 22 And he returned to Judah and
went up to the shearers of his flocks, he said, I have not found her. And also the
and his friend Hirah of Adullam, to men of the place said, There was no
Timnah. harlot here.
13 And Tamar was told, saying, 23 And Judah said, Let her take them
Behold, your father-in-law is going up for herself, that we not become a
to Timnah to shear his flocks. laughing stock. See, I sent this kid, and
14 And she took off her widow's robes you did not find her.
from her, and veiled herself with a veil, 24 And after three months, it
and disguised herself. And she sat at happened. It was told to Judah, saying,
the entrance of Enaim, which is on the Your daughter-in-law Tamar has
way to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah committed adultery, and also, behold,
had grown up and she had not been she is pregnant by whoredom. And
given to him for a wife. Judah said, Bring her out and let her be
15 And Judah saw her. And he burned.
thought her to be a harlot, because she 25 She was being brought out, and
had veiled her face.1 she sent to her father-in-law, saying, I
16 And he turned aside to her by the am pregnant by a man to whom these
roadway, and said, Come now, let me belong. And she said, Note now whose
come in to you. For he did not know are these, the signet ring, the bracelet,
that she was his daughter-in-law. And and the staff?
she said, What will you give me that 26 And Judah knew and said, She is
you may come in to me?
2 The signet ring, the bracelet and the staff
1 In ancient times harlots wore veils and used were all signs of Judah holding the right of
them to cover their faces not to be the scepter and it was a serious mistake to
recognized. The practice of wearing a veil use such an important blessing as collateral
still prevails today in Islamic countries. for such an immoral act.
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more righteous than I, because I did 6 And he left all he owned in Joseph's
not give her to my son Shelah. And he hand. And he did not know anything
never knew her again. that he had, except the bread which he
27 And in the time of her bearing, was eating. And Joseph was beautiful
behold, it happened! Twins were in her in form and beautiful of appearance.
womb. 7 And after these things, it happened
28 And in her bearing, it happened that his master's wife lifted up her eyes
that one put forth a hand, and the to Joseph, and said, Lie with me.
midwife took it and tied crimson on his 8 And he refused, and said to his
hand, saying, This one came out first. master's wife, Behold, my master does
29 And it happened as he withdrew not know what is in the house with me,
his hand, behold, his brother came out. and all that he owns he has given into
And she said, How have you broken a my hand.
break for yourself? And one called his 9 No one in this house is greater than
name Pharez 1. I, and he has not withheld anything
30 And then his brother came out, on from me except you, because you are
whose hand was the crimson. And one his wife. And how should I do this great
called his name Zarah. evil and sin against Elohim?
10 And it happened, as she spoke to
Chapter 39 Joseph day after day, he did not listen
to her, to lie beside her, to be with her.
1 And Joseph was carried down to 11 And it happened on this day, that
Egypt. And Potiphar, a eunuch of he went into the house to do his work.
Pharaoh, the chief of the executioners, And none of the men of the house were
an Egyptian man, bought him from the there in the house.
hand of the Ishmaelites who had 12 And she caught him by his robe,
carried him down there. saying, Lie with me! And he left his
2 And YAHWEH was with Joseph, robe in her hand and fled, and went
and he was a prosperous man. And he outside.
was in the house of the Egyptian, his 13 And it happened, when she saw
master. that he had left his robe in her hand,
3 And his master saw that YAHWEH and had fled outside,
was with him, and Joseph was 14 she called to the men of her house
prospering in his hand everything and spoke to them, saying, Behold! He
which he did. has brought to us a Hebrew man in to
4 And Joseph found favor in his sight, mock at us. He came in to me to lie
and served him. And he appointed him with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
over his house, and he gave all he 15 And it happened when he heard
owned into his hand. that I raised my voice and cried, he left
5 And it came about that from the his robe by me and fled, and went
time he appointed him over his house outside.
16 And she kept his robe beside her
and over all he owned, YAHWEH
until the coming of his master to his
blessed the Egyptian's house for
house.
Joseph's sake. And the blessing of
17 And she spoke these same words to
YAHWEH was on all that he had, in the him, saying, The Hebrew slave whom
house and in the field. you brought in to us came in to mock at
me.
1 “Pharez” means divider.
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have not done anything that they going up from the River, beautiful of
should have put me into the dungeon. appearance and fat of flesh; and they
16 And the chief of the bakers saw were eating in the reeds.
that the interpretation was good. And 3 And, behold, seven other cows were
he said to Joseph, I also in my dream going up after them from the River, evil
saw three baskets of white bread on my of appearance and lean of flesh. And
head. they were standing beside the cows on
17 And in the top basket some from the lip of the River.
all the food of Pharaoh, the work of a 4 And the evil-appearing and lean-
baker. And the birds were eating them fleshed cows were eating the seven
from the basket off my head. cows of beautiful and fat appearance.
18 And Joseph answered and said, And Pharaoh awoke.
This is its interpretation: the three 5 And he slept and dreamed a second
baskets are three days. time. And, behold, seven ears of grain
19 Yet within three days Pharaoh will were coming up on one stalk, fat and
lift up your head from you and hang good.
you on a tree, and the birds will eat 6 And, behold, seven ears of grain,
your flesh off you. being lean and blasted by the east
20 And it happened, on the third day, wind, sprouting forth after them.
the day of Pharaoh's birth, he made a 7 And the seven lean ears were
feast for all his servants. And he lifted swallowing the seven fat and full ears.
up the head of the chief of the cup- And Pharaoh awakened; and, behold, it
bearers and the head of the chief of the was a dream.
bakers in the midst of his servants. 8 And it happened in the morning, his
21 And he restored the chief of the spirit was troubled. And he sent and
cupbearers to his cupbearer office; and called for all the magicians of Egypt,
he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told
22 And he hanged the chief of the them his dream, and there was no
bakers, as Joseph interpreted to them.1 interpreter of them to Pharaoh.
23 And the chief of the cupbearers 9 And the chief of the cupbearers
did not mention Joseph, but forgot spoke with Pharaoh, saying, I mention
him. my sin today.
10 Pharaoh was angry against his
Chapter 41 servants, and gave me into custody in
the house of the chief of the
1 And it happened at the end of two executioners, me and the chief of the
years of days, Pharaoh was dreaming. bakers.
And, lo, he was standing by the River. 11 And we dreamed a dream in one
2 And, behold! Seven cows were night, he and I; we each dreamed
according to the interpretation of his
1 Three being the number of the resurrection dream.
for those who believe in it (Mat 12:38-40).
12 And a Hebrew youth was with us,
The cupbearer was restored after 3 days and
the baker hung on a tree. This typifies the 2
a slave to the chief of the executioners.
thieves who died with Yahshua, one came to And we told him, and he interpreted
faith on the tree of crucifixion and one did our dreams to us; he interpreted to
not. Also, you can equate this parable with each according to his dream.
the two goats on Yom Kippur, one went alive 13 And it happened, as he had
into the wilderness and one was killed, Lev interpreted to us, so it was; he returned
16:8-10.
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the land, the one selling to all the 19 If you are honest, let one of your
people of the earth. And Joseph's brothers be bound in your prison
brothers came in and bowed to him, house, and you go bring grain for the
face down to the earth. famine of your houses.
7 And Joseph saw his brothers and 20 And you bring your youngest
recognized them; but he remained a brother to me, and let your words be
stranger to them and spoke harsh true, and you shall not die. And so they
things to them, and said to them, From did.
where have you come? And they said, 21 And they said each to his brother,
From the land of Canaan to buy food. We are truly guilty because of our
8 And Joseph recognized his brother whom we saw in distress of his
brothers, but they did not recognize soul, when he begged us, and we did
him. not hear. So this distress has come to
9 And Joseph remembered the us.
dreams which he had dreamed about 22 And Reuben replied to them,
them. And he said to them, You are saying, Did I not speak to you, saying,
spies! You have come in to see the Do not sin against the youth, and you
bareness of the land. did not listen? And, behold, his blood is
10 And they said to him, No, my also required.
master, but your servants have come to 23 And they did not know that
buy food. Joseph heard, for the interpreter was
11 We are all of us sons of one man; between them.
we are honest; your servants are not 24 And he turned away from them
spies. and wept, and returned to them and
12 And he said to them, No, but you spoke to them. And he took Simeon
have come to see the bareness of the from them and bound him before their
land. eyes.
13 And they said, Your servants are 25 And Joseph commanded, and they
twelve brothers; we are sons of one filled their vessels with grain and
man in the land of Canaan; and, lo, the returned their silver, each into his sack,
youngest is with our father today; and and gave to them food for the way; and
one is not. he did so to them.
14 And Joseph said to them, This is 26 And they lifted their grain on their
that which I have spoken to you, saying, donkeys and walked from there.
You are spies! 27 And one opened his sack to give
15 By this you shall be tested. As fodder to his donkey in the camp, and
Pharaoh lives you shall not go out from he saw his silver. And, behold! It was in
here except your younger brother the mouth of his sack!
comes in here. 28 And he said to his brothers, My
16 Send one of you and let him bring silver has been put back, and also look
your brother; and you be bound, and let in my sack. And their hearts went out,
your words be proven, whether truth is and they were each terrified, saying to
with you. And if not, as Pharaoh lives, his brother, What is this Elohim has
surely you are spies. done to us?
17 And he gathered them into custody 29 And they came to their father
three days. Jacob to the land of Canaan. And they
18 And on the third day Joseph said told him all that met them, saying,
to them, Do this and live. I fear Elohim. 30 The man, the master of the land,
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the mouth of his sack. 14 And Judah and his brothers came
2 And put my cup, the cup of silver, in to Joseph's house, and he was still
the mouth of the sack of the youngest, there. And they fell before him to the
and the silver for his grain. And he did earth.
according to Joseph's word, that which 15 And Joseph said to them, What is
he spoke. this deed which you have done? Did
3 At the morning light, the men were you not know that a man like me would
sent away, they and their donkeys. practice divination?
4 They had gone out from the city, not 16 And Judah said, What can we say
having gone far, and Joseph said to the to my master? What can we speak, and
one over his house, Rise up, pursue the in what can we justify ourselves?
men and overtake them, and say to Elohim has found out the iniquity of
them, Why have you repaid evil for your servants; behold, we are slaves to
good? my master, both we and he in whose
5 Is this not that in which my master hand the cup was found.
usually drinks in, and surely he divines 17 And he said, Far be it from me to
by it? You have done evil in what you do this. The man in whose hand the cup
have done. was found, he shall become a slave to
6 And he overtook them and spoke me; and you go up in peace to your
these words to them. father.
7 And they said to him, Why should 18 And Judah came near to him and
my master speak according to these said, O my master, please let your
words? Far be it from your servants to servant speak a word in the ears of my
do according to this word. master, and let not your anger glow on
8 See the silver which we found in the our servant, for you are like Pharaoh.
mouth of our sacks, we returned to you 19 My master asked his servants,
from the land of Canaan. And how saying, Is there a brother or a father to
should we steal silver or gold from the you?
house of your master? 20 And we said to my master, An
9 With whomever it may be found, aged father is to us, and a young child
with him of your servants, he shall die; of his old age; and his brother is dead;
and we also will become slaves to my and he alone is left of his mother; and
lord. his father loves him.
10 And he said, Now also let it be 21 And you said to your servants,
according to your words; with Bring him down to me, and let me see
whomever it is found with him, he shall him.
become a slave to me, and you shall be 22 And we said to my master, The
innocent. youth is not able to leave his father; and
11 And they hurried, and each one if he should leave his father, he will die.
brought down his sack to the earth. 23 And you said to your servants, If
And each one opened his sack. your youngest brother does not come
12 And he searched, with the oldest down with you, you shall not see my
first, and with the youngest last, and face any more.
the cup was found in the sack of 24 And it happened, when we had
Benjamin. gone up to your servant, my father, we
13 And they tore their clothes; and told him the words of my master.
they each one loaded his donkey and 25 And our father said, Go back, buy
returned to the city. a little food for us.
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15 And he kissed all his brothers, and words which he had spoken to them.
wept on them. And afterwards his And he saw the wagons that Joseph had
brothers spoke with him. sent to carry him; and the spirit of their
16 And the report was heard in father Jacob revived.
Pharaoh's house, saying, The brothers 28 And Israel said, It is enough! My
of Joseph have come. And it was good son Joseph is alive; I will go and see
in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes him before I die.
of his servants.
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your brothers, Do this; load your
animals and depart; go to the land of 1 And Israel and all which were to
Canaan. him departed, and he came to Beer-
18 And take your father, and your Sheba. And he sacrificed sacrifices to
houses, and come to me. And I will give the Elohe of his father Isaac.
to you the good of the land of Egypt; 2 And Elohim said to Israel in visions
and you shall eat the fat of the land. of the night, and He spoke, Jacob!
19 And you are commanded; you do Jacob! And he answered, I am here.
this: Take for yourselves wagons from 3 And He said, I am Elohe, The El of
the land of Egypt, for your little ones, your fathers. Do not fear to go down
and for your wives. And take your into Egypt, for I will make of you a
father and come. great nation there.
20 And your eye, let it have no regard 4 I will go down with you into Egypt,
for your vessels, for the good of all the and I will also surely return you. And
land of Egypt is yours. Joseph shall put his hand on your eyes.
21 And the sons of Israel did so. And 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-
Joseph gave wagons to them according Sheba; and the sons of Israel carried
to the mouth of Pharaoh, and he gave their father Jacob, and their little ones,
provisions to them for the way. and their wives in the wagons which
22 He gave to all of them, to each one, Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
changes of clothing. And he gave to 6 And they took their livestock and
Benjamin three hundred pieces of their property which they had acquired
silver, and five changes of clothing. in the land of Canaan. And they came
23 And to his father he sent this: ten into Egypt, Jacob and all his seed with
donkeys bearing the good things of him.
Egypt, and ten she-donkeys bearing 7 His sons and the sons of his sons
grain, and bread, and food for his were with him, his daughters and his
father for the way. sons' daughters, and all his seed he
24 And he sent his brothers away; brought with him into Egypt.
and they went. And he said to them, Do 8 And these were the names of the
not quarrel along the way. sons of Israel, those coming into Egypt,
25 And they went up from Egypt and Jacob and his sons: the first-born of
came into the land of Canaan, to their Jacob was Reuben.
father Jacob. 9 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch,
26 And they told him, saying, Joseph and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
is still alive, and he is ruler in all the 10 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel,
land of Egypt. And his heart froze up, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and
for he did not believe them. Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a
27 And they spoke to him all Joseph's Canaanitess.
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11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, coming into Egypt, those springing
Kohath, and Merari. from his loins, besides the wives of the
12 And the sons of Judah: Er, and sons of Jacob, all the souls were sixty
Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and six.
Zerah. And Er and Onan died in the 27 And the sons of Joseph which were
land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez: born to him in Egypt, two souls. All the
Hezron, and Hamul. souls belonging to the house of Jacob
13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and coming into Egypt were seventy-five.
Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 28 And he sent Judah before him to
14 And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, Joseph, to give directions before him to
and Elon, and Jahleel. Goshen; and they came into the land of
15 These were the sons of Leah, Goshen.
whom she bore to Jacob in Padan- 29 And Joseph prepared his chariot
Aram, and his daughter Dinah. All the and went up to meet his father Israel to
souls of his sons and his daughters Goshen. And he appeared to him, and
were thirty three. fell on his neck and wept on his neck a
16 And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and long time.
Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and 30 And Israel said to Joseph, This
Arodi, and Areli. time let me die after seeing your face,
17 And the sons of Asher: Jimnah, because you are still alive.
and Ishuah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and 31 And Joseph said to his brothers,
their sister Serah. And the sons of and to the house of his father, I will go
Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. up and report to Pharaoh. And I will
18 These were the sons of Zilpah, say to him, my brothers and the house
whom Laban gave to his daughter of my father, who were in the land of
Leah; and she bore these to Jacob, Canaan, have come in to me.
sixteen souls. 32 And the men are shepherds of
19 The sons of Rachel the wife of flocks for they have been men of cattle.
Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin. And their flocks and their herds, and all
20 And Manasseh and Ephraim were which belongs to them they have
born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, brought in.
whom Asenath the daughter of 33 And it shall be, when Pharaoh calls
Potipherah, priest of On, bore to him. to you and says, What is your
21 And the sons of Benjamin: Belah, occupation?
and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and 34 You shall say, Your servants have
Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, and Muppim, been men of livestock from our youth
and Huppim, and Ard. even until now, both we and our
22 These were the sons of Rachel fathers. This is so that you may live in
which were born to Jacob; all the souls the land of Goshen. For the
were fourteen. abomination of Egypt is every shepherd
23 And the son of Dan was Hushim. of flocks.
24 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel,
and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. Chapter 47
25 These were the sons of Bilhah
whom Laban gave to his daughter 1 And Joseph came in and made
Rachel; and she bore these to Jacob, all known to Pharaoh, and said, My father
the souls were seven. and my brothers, and their flocks and
26 All the souls belonging to Jacob their herds, and all which is theirs, have
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come in from the land of Canaan. house with bread for the mouth of the
2 And, behold, they are in the land of little ones.
Goshen. And he took five men from 13 And no bread was in the land,
among his brothers and set them before because the famine was exceedingly
Pharaoh. severe. And the land of Egypt and the
3 And Pharaoh said to his brothers, land of Canaan were completely burned
What is your occupation? And they said up from the famine.
to Pharaoh, Your servants are 14 And Joseph gathered up all the
shepherds of flocks, both we and our silver found in the land of Egypt and in
fathers. the land of Canaan in return for the
4 And they said to Pharaoh, We have grain they were buying. And Joseph
come in to stay in the land, because brought in the silver to the house of
there is no pasture for the flocks which Pharaoh.
belong to your servants, for the famine 15 And the silver failed from the land
is heavy in the land of Canaan. And of Egypt, and from the land of Canaan.
now please let your servants live in the And all Egypt came in to Joseph,
land of Goshen. saying, Give us bread; and, Why should
5 And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, we die before you? For the silver has
saying, Your father and your brothers failed.
have come in to you. 16 And Joseph said, Give your live-
6 The land of Egypt is before you; stock, and I will give to you for your
cause your father and your brothers to livestock, if silver has failed.
live in the best of the land; let them live 17 And they brought in their livestock
in the land of Goshen. And if you know to Joseph. And Joseph gave bread to
men of ability among them, make them them for the horses, and for the
chiefs of livestock over what is mine. livestock of the flocks, for the livestock
7 And Joseph brought in his father of the herds, and for the donkeys. And
Jacob and placed him before Pharaoh. he satisfied them with bread in that
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh. year for all their livestock.
8 And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How 18 And that year ended, and they
many are the days of the years of your came in to him in the second year and
life? said to him, We cannot hide from my
9 And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The master that the silver and the livestock
days of the years of my camps are a of the animals have failed, going to my
hundred and thirty years. Few and evil master. Nothing is left before my
have been the days of the years of my master except our bodies and our
life and they have not reached the days lands.
of the years of the life of my fathers, in 19 Why should we die before your
the days of their camps. eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and our land for bread; and let us, we and
went out from before Pharaoh. our land, become slaves to Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph caused his father and And give seed so that we may live and
his brothers to live, and gave them a not die, and the land not be desolate.
place in the land of Egypt, in the best of 20 And Joseph bought all the land of
the land, in the land of Ramses, as Egypt for Pharaoh, because each one in
Pharaoh commanded. Egypt sold his field, because this
12 And Joseph nourished his father famine was severe on them; and the
and his brothers, and all his father's land became Pharaoh's.
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21 And as for the people, he caused 31 And he said, Swear to me. And he
them to pass over into the cities, and swore to him. And Israel bowed on the
from the end of the border of Egypt to head of the bed.
its other end.
22 Only he did not buy the land of the Chapter 48
priests; for Pharaoh had appointed a
portion for the priests, and they usually 1 And after these things it happened,
ate their appointed portion which one said to Joseph, Behold, your father
Pharaoh gave to them. For this reason is sick. And he took his two sons with
they did not sell their land. him, Manasseh and Ephraim.
23 And Joseph said to the people, 2 And one spoke to Jacob and said,
Behold, I have bought you and your Behold, your son Joseph has come to
land today. Behold! Here is seed for you. And Israel took strength and sat
you; and you sow the land. on the bed.
24 And it shall be, as you gather you 3 And Jacob said to Joseph, El
shall give a fifth part to Pharaoh; and Shaddai 1 appeared to me in Luz in the
four parts shall be yours, for the seed of land of Canaan and blessed me,
the field and for your food, and for 4 and said to me, Behold, I will make
those in your houses, and for food for you fruitful and will multiply you, and
your little ones. will give you a multitude of peoples.
25 And they said, You have saved our And I will give this land to your seed
lives; let us find favor in the eyes of my after you as a continual possession.
master, and we will become slaves to 5 And now your two sons, those born
Pharaoh. to you in the land of Egypt before my
26 And Joseph made it a law until coming to you in Egypt, are mine,
this day on the land of Egypt, the fifth Ephraim and Manasseh, like Reuben
part is for Pharaoh; only the land of the and Simeon, even they shall be mine.
priests being excepted; it did not 6 And your offspring which you father
become Pharaoh's. after them, they shall be yours.
27 And Israel lived in the land of According to the name of their brothers
Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they they shall be called in their
owned in it, and were fruitful, and inheritance.2
multiplied exceedingly. 7 And I, when I came from Padan,
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Rachel died on me in the land of
Egypt seventeen years. And the days of Canaan in the way, with only a little
Jacob, the years of his life were a way to come to Ephrath. And I buried
hundred and forty seven years. her there in the way to Ephrath, it
29 And the days of Israel to die drew being Bethlehem.
near. And he called to his son Joseph 8 And Israel saw the sons of Joseph,
and said to him, Now if I have found and he said, Who are these?
favor in your eyes, please put your hand 9 And Joseph said to his father, They
under my thigh, and do kindness and are my sons, whom Elohim has given to
truth with me. Please do not bury me in me here. And he said, Now bring them
Egypt;
30 but let me lie with my fathers, and 1 “El Shaddai” means El Almighty.
carry me from Egypt, and bury me in 2 Ephraim and Manasseh were literally
their burying place. And he said, I will adopted by Jacob and became Joseph's
do according to your words. double portion for his birthright now having
2 tribes out of 13.
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to me and I will bless them. greater than he, and his seed shall
10 And the eyes of Israel were heavy become the fullness of the nations.1
from age, he not being able to see. And 20 And he blessed them in that day,
he brought them near to him. And he saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying,
kissed them and embraced them. May Elohim make you like Ephraim
11 And Israel said to Joseph, I did not and like Manasseh.
think to see your face, and, behold, 21 And Israel said to Joseph, See, I
Elohim also causes me to see your seed. am dying; and Elohim will be with you,
12 And Joseph brought them out and will return you to the land of your
from his knees; and he bowed his face fathers.
to the earth. 22 And I will give to you one spur of
13 And Joseph took both of them, land beyond your brothers, which I
Ephraim in his right hand, to the left of took from the hand of the Amorite with
Israel; and Manasseh in his left hand, my sword and with my bow.
to the right of Israel. And he brought
them to him. Chapter 49
14 And Israel sent forth his right
hand and put it on the head of 1 And Jacob called his sons and said,
Ephraim; and he was the younger. And Gather yourselves and I will tell you
he put his left hand on the head of what will happen to you in the latter
Manasseh, crossing his hands; for days.
Manasseh was the first-born. 2 Gather yourselves and hear, sons of
15 And he blessed Joseph and said, Jacob; yea, listen to your father Israel:
The Elohim before whom my fathers 3 Reuben, you are my first-born, my
Abraham and Isaac walked, the Elohim strength and the first-fruit of my
who has fed me since I was born until power; excellence of dignity and
today; excellence of might.
16 The Messenger that redeemed me 4 Like boiling water you shall not
from every evil, may He bless the excel, for you went up to the bed of
youths; and may my name be called on your father; then you defiled it; he went
them, and the name of my fathers up to my couch.
Abraham and Isaac, and may they like 5 Simeon and Levi, brothers; their
fishes grow into a multitude in the weapons are instruments of violence.
midst of the earth. 6 Let not my soul come into their
17 And Joseph saw that his father was counsel; let not my spirit be joined to
putting his right hand on the head of their company. For in their anger they
Ephraim; and it was evil in his eyes. killed a man; and in self-will they
And he took hold of his father's hand to lamed an ox.
turn it from Ephraim's head to the head 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was
of Manasseh. fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel.
18 And Joseph said to his father, Not I will divide them in Jacob, and I will
so, my father! For this one is the scatter them in Israel.2
firstborn; put your right hand on his 8 Judah, may your brothers praise
head.
19 And his father refused and said, I 1 Ephraim would go into captivity and lose his
know, my son, I know. He also shall be identity and his calling back into covenant
a people, and he shall become great. relationship from his Diaspora in the last
But his younger brother shall become days would be the fullness of the nations.
See Rom 11:25-26.
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you, your hand be on the neck of your 17 Let Dan be a serpent on the way, a
enemies. May the sons of your father horned snake on the path that bites the
bow themselves to you.1 (Zec 12:6) horses' heels, and its rider falls
9 Judah is a lion's whelp. My son, you backward. (Amo 9:3)
have risen up from the prey; he stoops, 18 I have waited for your
he crouches like a lion; and like a Y'shua*(salvation), O YAHWEH.
lioness, who can rouse him? (Rev 5:5) 19 Gad, an army shall attack him, and
10 The scepter shall not depart from he shall overcome on their heel.5
Judah, nor the lawmaker from between 20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat,
his feet, until He comes to whom it and he shall give a king's delicacies.
belongs (Shiloh), and the obedience of 21 Naphtali is a deer let loose giving
the people to him.2 one beautiful answers.6
11 Binding his foal to the vine, and his 22 Joseph is a fruitful son, a fruitful
donkey 's colt to the choice vine, he son by a spring; his daughters run over
washes his clothing in wine, and his a wall.7
covering in the blood of grapes. 23 And the masters of arrows harass
12 His eyes shall be dark from wine him, and shoot, and an archer lurks for
and his teeth white from milk.3 him.
13 Zebulun shall live at the seashore, 24 His bow abides in strength, and
and he shall be a haven of ships, even the hands of his arms are made agile by
his border beside Sidon. the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
14 Issachar is a strong donkey, from the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
crouching between the sheepfolds. 25 From the El of your father, may
15 And he saw a resting place that it He help you. And may the Almighty
was good, and that the land was bless you with blessings of Heaven
pleasant. And he bowed his neck to from above, blessings of the deep that
bear, and became a tribute slave. lies beneath, blessings of the breasts
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one and womb.
of the tribes of Israel.4 26 The blessings of your father are
above the blessings of my offspring, to
2 Simeon wound up getting a portion from the the limit of everlasting hills; may they
land of Judah that was mostly desert and be for the head of Joseph and for the
later mostly assimilated into the other tribal crown of the one separated 8of his
regions. brothers.
1 The kingship in Israel came from Judah 27 Benjamin is a wolf that tears. In
fulfilling this verse. the morning he devours the prey, and
2 Verses 9-10 show that the kingly line was at evening he divides the spoil.9
promised to come through Judah and so the 28 All these were the tribes of Israel,
Lion of Judah (Yahshua) would be born from two and ten. And this is what their
this tribe and have universal rule, Psa 2:8,
Dan 7:13-14, Isa 42:1-4, Rev 5:5,9. 5 Because Gad was located on the eastern side
3 Verses 11-12: show the bountifulness of of the Jordan, they were vulnerable to attack
blessing promised to Judah. Wine is a rare by the Moabites to the south of them.
commodity used for feasts and special times 6 Naphtali like a swift deer was known for his
of celebration but Judah will wash clothes in eloquence in speech, Jdg 4:6, 15, 5:1-31.
good wine showing the continual blessing 7 Joseph had the double blessing of the
that would be afforded to them. birthright and his son's name “Ephraim”
4 Samson came from the tribe of Dan, Jdg 13:2 means fruitfulness.
The tribe of Dan also officially brought idol 8 The word separated here is the Hebrew word
worship into Israel, Jdg 18:30-31. “nazeer” which is a form from Nazerene.
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father spoke to them. And he blessed in the grave which I have dug for myself
them, each one with what was in the land of Canaan. And now please
according to his blessing, he blessed let me go up and bury my father, and
them. return.
29 And he commanded them, and 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury
said to them, I am about to be gathered your father, as he made you swear.
to my people. Bury me beside my 7 And Joseph went up to bury his
fathers, at the cave in the field of father; and all the servants of Pharaoh
Ephron the Hittite, went up with him, the elders of his
30 in the cave in the field of house, even all the elders of the land of
Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in Egypt,
the land of Canaan, the field which 8 and all the house of Joseph and his
Abraham bought from Ephron the brothers, and the house of his father.
Hittite for a burying place. Only, they left their little ones and their
31 They buried Abraham and his wife flocks and their herds in the land of
Sarah there, and they buried Isaac and Goshen.
his wife Rebekah; and I buried Leah 9 And both horsemen and chariots
there; went up with him; and the company
32 the purchase of the field and the was very great.
cave in it, from the sons of Heth. 10 And they came as far as the
33 And Jacob finished commanding threshing floor of thorns, which is on
his sons, and he gathered his feet into the other side of the Jordan. And they
the bed. And he expired, and was mourned there with a great and very
gathered to his people. heavy mourning. And he made a heavy
wailing for his father seven days.
Chapter 50 11 And those living in the land, the
Canaanites, saw the wailing in the grain
1 And Joseph fell on the face of his floor of thorns. And they said, This is a
father and wept on him, and kissed very great wailing to Egypt; for this
him. reason its name was called Abel
2 And Joseph commanded the Mizraim 1, which is on the other side of
physicians, his servants, to embalm his Jordan.
father; and the physicians embalmed 12 And his sons did to him as he had
Israel. commanded them.
3 And forty days were fulfilled, for so 13 And his sons carried him to the
are fulfilled the days of those land of Canaan, and buried him in the
embalmed. And Egypt wept for him cave of the field of Machpelah; the field
seventy days. which Abraham bought for a burying
4 And the days of his weeping passed place from Ephron the Hittite, before
by, and Joseph spoke to the house of Mamre.
Pharaoh, saying, Now if I have found 14 And after he buried his father,
favor in your eyes, please speak in the Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his
ears of Pharaoh, saying, brothers, and all those going up with
5 My father made me swear, saying, him to bury his father.
Lo, I am dying; you shall bury me there 15 And Joseph's brothers saw that
their father was dead. And they said,
9 Benjamin is compared to a ravenous wolf, What if Joseph should bear a grudge
who is mighty in battle but also cruel, Jdg
20, Jdg 3:12-20, 1Sam 9:1-2. 1 “Mizraim” means The Meadow of Egypt.
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a distance, to know what would be the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and
done to him. said, Surely the thing is known.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh went 15 And Pharaoh heard this word,
down to bathe at the Nile. And her and he sought to kill Moses. And
slave women were walking on the side Moses fled from before Pharaoh, and
of the Nile. And she saw the basket in lived in the land of Midian. And he sat
the midst of the reeds, and sent her down by the well.
slave-girl and took it. 16 And the priest of Midian had
6 And she opened it and saw the seven daughters. And they came and
child, and, behold, a boy crying! And drew and filled the troughs to water
she had pity on him and said, This one their father's flocks.
is of the children of the Hebrews. 17 And the shepherds came and
7 And his sister said to Pharaoh's drove them away; and Moses rose up
daughter, Shall I go and call a woman and saved them, and watered their
for you, a nurse of the Hebrew women, flocks.
that she may nurse the child for you? 18 And they came to their father
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to Reuel; and he said, Why have you
her, Go. And the girl went and called hurried to come today?
the child's mother. 19 And they said, An Egyptian man
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to rescued us from the hand of the
her, Take this child away and nurse shepherds, and he even drew for us
him for me, and I will give your wages. and watered the flock.
And the woman took the child and 20 And he said to his daughters, And
nursed him. where is he? Why then have you left
10 And the child grew, and she the man? Call him, and let him eat
brought him to the daughter of bread.
Pharaoh. And he became a son to her, 21 And Moses consented to live with
and she called his name Moses, and the man; and he gave his daughter
said, Because I drew him out of the Zipporah to Moses.
water. 22 And she bore a son, and he called
11 And it happened in those days, his name Gershom; for he said, I have
when Moses was grown, and he went become an alien in a foreign land.
out to his brothers and looked upon 23 And it happened after many days
their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian that the king of Egypt died, and the
man strike a Hebrew man of his sons of Israel groaned from the
brothers. slavery. And they cried, and their cry
12 And he turned here and there and went up to Elohim from the slavery.
saw that no man was there. And he 24 And Elohim heard their groaning,
struck the Egyptian and hid him in the and Elohim remembered His covenant
sand. with Abraham, with Isaac, and with
13 And he went out on the second Jacob.
day, and, behold, two men, Hebrews, 25 And Elohim saw the sons of
were fighting. And he said to the guilty Israel, and Elohim understood them.
one, Why should you strike your
neighbor? Chapter 3
14 And he said, Who appointed you
as a man, a ruler and a judge over us? 1 And Moses was tending the flock of
Are you saying to kill me, as you killed his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of
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Midian. And he led the flock behind 9 And now, behold, the cry of the
the wilderness and came to the sons of Israel has come to Me, and I
mountain of the Elohim, to Horeb. also have seen the oppression with
2 And the Messenger of YAHWEH1 which the Egyptians are oppressing
appeared to him in a flame of fire from them.
the middle of a thorn bush. And he 10 And now, come, and I will send
looked, and behold, the thorn bush you to Pharaoh, and you bring My
was burning with fire, and the thorn people out, the sons of Israel out of
bush was not burned up! (Act 7:35) Egypt.
3 And Moses said, I will turn aside 11 And Moses said to the Elohim,
now and see this great sight, why the Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh,
thorn bush is not burned up. and that I should bring out the sons of
4 And YAHWEH saw that he turned Israel from Egypt?
aside to see, and Elohim called to him 12 And He said, I will be with you,
from the midst of the thorn bush, and and this shall be the sign for you that I
said, Moses! Moses! And he said, I am have sent you, when you bring out the
here. people from Egypt: You shall serve
5 And He said, Do not come near Elohim on this mountain.
here. Pull off your sandals from your 13 And Moses said to the Elohim,
feet, for the place on which you are Behold, I shall come to the sons of
standing is holy ground. Israel and say to them, the Elohe of
6 And He said, I am the Elohim of your fathers has sent me to you; and
your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, they will say to me, What is His name?
the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of What shall I say to them?
Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he 14 And Elohim said to Moses,
feared to look upon the Elohim. EHYAH ASHER EHYAH (I AM THAT
I AM); and He said, You shall say this
7 And YAHWEH said, Surely, I have
to the sons of Israel, EHYAH (I AM)
seen the affliction of My people who
has sent me to you.3
are in Egypt, and I have heard their
15 And Elohim said to Moses again 4,
cry from before their taskmasters; for I
You shall say this to the sons of Israel,
know their sorrows.
8 And I have come down to deliver YAHWEH, the Elohe of your fathers,
them from the hand of the Egyptians, the Elohe of Abraham, the Elohe of
and to bring them up from that land to Isaac, and the Elohe of Jacob, has sent
a good and broad land, to a land me to you. This is My name forever,
flowing with milk and honey2; to the and this is how I should be
place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, remembered from generation to
and the Amorite, and the Perizzite and generation5. (Deu 6:13, Exo 20:7)
the Hivite and the Jebusite. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel
and say to them, YAHWEH, the Elohe
1 As we know from the Brit Hadashah (New
Testament) no man has ever seen Yahweh 3 Literally, I will be what I will be. This
the Father and clearly the Messenger of verse used the past, present and future verb
YHWH is Yahshua His Son. tense, showing who was, who is and who is
2 Israel went as shepherds in Egypt to farmers to come, the Eternal Yahweh.
in Israel. Here, showing a land of “milk and 4 The fact that in Hebrew it mentions Elohim
honey” is showing the abundance of food speaking again indicates that possibly 2
and drink for both them and their animals, a different people are speaking. Elohim the
shepherds dream. Father and Elohim the Son.
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29 And Moses and Aaron went on the third day you shall put on them.
and gathered all the elders of the sons You shall not diminish from it. For
of Israel. they are idle; so they are crying,
30 And Aaron spoke all the words saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our
which YAHWEH had spoken to Moses. Elohim.
And he did the signs before the people. 9 Let the bondage be heavy on the
31 And the people believed. And they men, that they may work in it, and
heard that YAHWEH had visited the may not trust in the lying words.
sons of Israel, and that He had seen 10 And the taskmasters of the
their affliction. And they bowed and people, and their overseers went out
worshiped. and spoke to the people, saying,
Pharaoh has said this, I will not give
Chapter 5 you straw.
11 You go take straw for yourselves
1 And afterward Moses and Aaron from wherever you may find it. For not
came in and said to Pharaoh, So says a thing will be reduced from your
work.
YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel, Send
12 And the people scattered in all the
away My people, and they shall feast
land of Egypt to pick up stubble for
to Me in the wilderness.
straw.
2 And Pharaoh said, Who is
13 And the taskmasters were
YAHWEH that I should listen to His demanding, saying, Finish your work,
voice to send away Israel? I do not the matter of a day in its day, as when
know YAHWEH, and I also will not there was straw.
send Israel away. 14 And the overseers of the sons of
3 And they said, The Elohim of the Israel were beaten, those whom the
Hebrews has met with us. Now let us taskmasters of Pharaoh had put over
go a journey of three days into the them, saying, Why have you not
wilderness and sacrifice to YAHWEH finished your appointed task, to make
our Elohim, lest He fall on us with bricks as a day ago and the day before,
plague or with sword. both yesterday and today?
4 And the king of Egypt said to them, 15 And the overseers of the sons of
Moses and Aaron, why do you loose Israel came in and cried to Pharaoh,
the people from their work? You go to saying, Why do you do this way to
your burdens. your slaves?
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the 16 No straw is given to your slaves,
people of the land are many now, and and they are saying to us, Make bricks.
you make them cease from their And, behold, your slaves are beaten,
burdens. but your people are at fault.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the 17 And he said, You are lazy and
taskmasters of the people, and their idle. So you are saying, Let us go, let
overseers, that day, saying, us sacrifice to YAHWEH.
7 You shall not go on giving straw to 18 Therefore, go now and work. And
the people to make bricks, as straw will not be given to you; and a
yesterday and the third day. They shall certain number of bricks you shall
go and pick up straw for themselves. deliver.
8 And the fixed number of bricks 19 And the overseers of the sons of
which they were making yesterday and Israel saw themselves in affliction,
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16 And these were the names of the I am YAHWEH! Speak to Pharaoh king
sons of Levi by their generations: of Egypt all which I am about to speak
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the to you.
years of the life of Levi were a hundred 30 And Moses said before YAHWEH,
and thirty seven years. Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips.
17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and How could Pharaoh listen to me? (Exo
Shimei, by their families. 6:12)
18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram,
Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. And the
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years of the life of Kohath were a
hundred and thirty three years.
19 And the sons of Merari: Mahli, 1 And YAHWEH said to Moses, See, I
and Mushi. These were the families of have made you a Elohim to Pharaoh;
Levi according to their generations. and your brother Aaron shall be your
20 And Amram took his aunt prophet.
Jochebed to him for a wife. And she 2 You shall speak all that I command
bore to him Aaron and Moses. And the you, and your brother Aaron shall
years of the life of Amram were a speak to Pharaoh. And he will send
hundred and thirty seven years. away the sons of Israel from his land.
21 And the sons of Izhar: Korah, 3 And I will harden the heart of
Nepheg and Zichri. Pharaoh. And I will multiply My signs
22 And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and My wonders in the land of Egypt.
Elzaphan and Zithri. 4 And Pharaoh will not listen to you.
23 And Aaron took Elisheba the And I will put My hand on Egypt, and
daughter of Amminadab, the sister of will bring My armies, My people, the
Nahshon, to him for a wife. And she sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt
bore to him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and with great judgments.
Ithamar. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that
24 And the sons of Korah: Assir, I am YAHWEH when I send forth My
Elkanah and Abiasaph. These were the hand on Egypt and bring out the sons
families of the Korahites. of Israel from their midst.
25 And Aaron's son Eleazar took of 6 And Moses and Aaron did as
the daughters of Putiel for his wife. YAHWEH commanded them, so they
And she bore to him Phinehas. These did.
were the heads of the fathers of the 7 And Moses was a son of eighty
Levites by their families. years, and Aaron was a son of eighty
26 That is the Aaron and Moses to three years when they spoke to
whom YAHWEH said, Bring out the Pharaoh.
sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, 8 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses and
according to their armies. to Aaron, saying,
27 Those were the ones speaking to 9 When Pharaoh speaks to you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring out the saying, Give a miracle for yourselves,
sons of Israel from Egypt; it was you shall say to Aaron, Take your staff
Moses and Aaron. and throw it before Pharaoh; and let it
28 And it happened on the day become a crocodile.
YAHWEH spoke to Moses in the land 10 And Moses and Aaron came to
of Egypt: Pharaoh, and they did so, as YAHWEH
29 YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying, had commanded. And Aaron threw his
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staff before Pharaoh and before his wooden and in stone vessels.
servants. And it became a crocodile1. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as
11 And Pharaoh also called wise men YAHWEH had commanded. And he
and the sorcerers. And they, the lifted up the staff and struck the water
priests of Egypt, also performed by which was in the river before
their secret arts. Pharaoh's eyes, and before his
12 And they each one threw down his servants' eyes. And all the water in the
staff, and they became crocodiles. But river turned to blood.
Aaron's staff swallowed their staffs. 21 And the fish in the river died, and
13 And the heart of Pharaoh was the river stunk. And the Egyptians
hardened, and he did not listen to were not able to drink water from the
them, as YAHWEH had said. Nile. And the blood was in all the land
14 And YAHWEH said to Moses, The of Egypt.
heart of Pharaoh is heavy; he refuses 22 And the magicians of Egypt did so
to send away the people. by their secret arts. And Pharaoh's
15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning. heart was hardened, and he did not
Behold, he is about to go out to the listen to them, as YAHWEH had said.
water. And you stand to meet him on 23 And Pharaoh turned and went
the lip of the river. And you shall take into his house. And he did not set his
in your hand the staff that was turned heart to this also.
into a hissing creature. 24 And all the Egyptians dug around
16 And you shall say to him, the river to drink water, for they were
YAHWEH the Elohim of the Hebrews not able to drink from the water of the
has sent me to you, saying, Send away river.
My people, so that they may serve Me 25 And seven days were fulfilled
in the wilderness. And, behold, you after YAHWEH struck the river.
have not listened until now.
17 So says YAHWEH, By this you Chapter 8
shall know that I am YAHWEH:
Behold, I am about to strike the water 1 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Go to
in the river with the staff in My hand, Pharaoh, and say to him, So says
and it shall be turned to blood. YAHWEH, Send away My people that
18 And the fish in the river will die, they may serve Me.
and the river will stink, and the 2 And if you refuse to send them
Egyptians will become weary of away, behold, I am about to smite all
drinking water from the river. your territory with frogs.
19 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Say 3 And the river will swarm with
to Aaron, Take your staff, and stretch frogs. And they shall go up and enter
out your hand over the waters of into your house, and into your
Egypt, over the rivers, over their bedroom, and on your couch, and into
canals, and over their pools, and over your servants' house, and on your
every body of their waters, so that they people, and into your ovens and into
may become blood. And blood shall be your kneading troughs.
in all the land of Egypt, both in 4 And the frogs will come up on you,
and on your people, and on all your
1 The Hebrew word “taneen” literally means servants.
crocodile and not snake. Crocodiles were 5 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Say
worshiped in ancient Egypt.
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to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with strike the dust of the earth, and let it
your staff over the rivers, over the become lice in all the land of Egypt.
canals, and over the pools. And bring 17 And they did so, and Aaron
up frogs on the land of Egypt. stretched out his hand with his staff
6 And Aaron stretched out his hand and struck the dust of the earth. And
over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs the lice were on man and on beast. All
came up and covered the land of the dust of the earth became lice in the
Egypt. land of Egypt.
7 And the priests did so with their 18 And the priests performed with
secret arts. And they brought up the their secret arts to bring forth lice, and
frogs on the land of Egypt. they could not. And the lice were on
8 And Pharaoh called Moses and man and on beast.
Aaron, and said, Pray to YAHWEH 19 And the priests said to Pharaoh, It
that He may remove the frogs from me is the finger of Elohim. And Pharaoh's
and from my people. And I will send heart was hardened, and he did not
away the people that they may listen to them, as YAHWEH had said.
sacrifice to YAHWEH. 20 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Get
9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, Glory up early in the morning, and stand
over me. For when shall I pray for you before Pharaoh. Behold, he is about to
and for your servants and for your go out to the water. And say to him, So
people, to cut off the frogs from you, says YAHWEH, Send away My people
and from your house, that they may be that they may serve Me.
left only in the river? 21 And if you do not send away My
10 And he said, For tomorrow. And people, behold, I am about to send
he said, According to your word, so swarms of flies on you, and on your
that you may know that none is like servants, and on your people, and on
YAHWEH our Elohim. your house. And the houses of the
11 And the frogs will depart from Egyptians will be full of swarms of
you, and from your houses, and from flies, and also the ground on which
your servants, and from your people. they are.
They will only be in the river. 22 And in that day I will separate the
12 And Moses and Aaron went out land of Goshen with My people resting
from Pharaoh. And Moses cried to on it, that there be no swarms of flies,
YAHWEH concerning the frogs which so that you may know that I am
He had set on Pharaoh. YAHWEH in the midst of the earth.
13 And YAHWEH did according to 23 And I will put a distinction
the word of Moses. And the frogs died between My people and your people.
from the houses, from the courts, and This miracle shall be for tomorrow.
from the fields. 24 And YAHWEH did so. And
14 And they gathered them in heaps teeming swarms of flies came into
and heaps; and the land stunk. Pharaoh's house, and the house of his
15 And Pharaoh saw that there was servants, and into all the land of
relief. And he made his heart heavy, Egypt. And the land was destroyed
and he did not listen to them, as before the swarms of flies.
YAHWEH had said. 25 And Pharaoh called for Moses
16 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Say and for Aaron, and said, Go! Sacrifice
to Aaron, Stretch out your staff and to your Elohim in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not right to
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do so, for we sacrifice the abomination on the camels, on the herds1, and on
of the Egyptians to YAHWEH our the flocks, a very heavy pestilence.
Elohim. Behold! If we sacrifice the 4 And YAHWEH will make a
abomination of the Egyptians before distinction between Israel's livestock
their eyes, will they not stone us? and Egypt's livestock. Also of all that
27 We will go into the wilderness, a belongs to the sons of Israel, not a
journey of three days, and sacrifice to thing will die.
YAHWEH our Elohim, as He may say 5 And YAHWEH set a time, saying,
to us. Tomorrow YAHWEH will do this thing
28 And Pharaoh said, I will send you in the land.
away, and you may sacrifice to 6 And YAHWEH did this thing on the
YAHWEH your Elohim in the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt
wilderness; only do not go very far off. died. And from the livestock of the
And pray for me. sons of Israel, not one died.
29 And Moses said, Behold, I am 7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not
about to go out from you, and to pray even one was dead from Israel's
to YAHWEH. And the swarms of flies livestock! And Pharaoh's heart was
will depart from Pharaoh, and from hardened, and he did not send away
his servants, and from his people the people.
tomorrow. But do not let Pharaoh 8 And YAHWEH said to Moses and
continue to deceive, not to send the to Aaron, Take for yourselves the
people to sacrifice to YAHWEH. fullness of your hands of soot from the
30 And Moses went out from furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it
Pharaoh. And he prayed to YAHWEH. toward the heaven before Pharaoh's
31 And YAHWEH did according to eyes.
the word of Moses, and the swarms of 9 And let it become dust on all the
flies departed from Pharaoh, from his land of Egypt, and let it become boils
servants, and from his people; and not breaking out into sores on man and on
one was left. livestock in all the land of Egypt.
32 And Pharaoh made heavy his 10 And they took soot of the furnace
heart this time also, and he did not and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses
send away the people. sprinkled it toward the heavens, and it
became a boil breaking out into sores
Chapter 9 on man and on livestock.
11 And the priests were not able to
stand before Moses, because of the
1 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Go in
boils. For the boils were on the priests
to Pharaoh and say to him, So says
and on all the Egyptians.
YAHWEH the Elohim of the Hebrews,
12 And YAHWEH made heavy
Send away My people that they may
Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen
serve Me.
2 And if you refuse to send away, and to them, as YAHWEH had said to
you still hold onto them, Moses.
3 behold the hand of YAHWEH is 13 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Get
going to be on your livestock in the up early in the morning and stand
field, on the horses, on the donkeys, before Pharaoh, and say to him, So
1 The Egyptians worshiped bull gods such as
Apis and Hathor.
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says YAHWEH the Elohim of the 24 And there was hail, and fire
Hebrews, Send away My people that flashing in the midst of the hail, very
they may serve Me. heavy, which never had been in all the
14 For at this time I am going to land of Egypt since it became a nation.
send all My plagues to your heart, and 25 And the hail struck in all the land
on your servants, and on your people, of Egypt, all that was in the field, from
so that you may know that none is like men and to livestock. And the hail
Me in all the land. struck every plant of the field, and it
15 For now I have sent forth My broke in pieces every tree of the field.
hand and have stricken you and your 26 Only in the land of Goshen,
people with pestilence, and you have where the sons of Israel lived, there
been destroyed from the earth. was no hail.
16 And for this reason I have made 27 And Pharaoh sent and called
you stand, in order to cause you to see Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I
My power, and in order to declare My have sinned this time. YAHWEH is the
name in all the land. righteous One, and I and my people
17 You still are exalting yourself the wicked ones.
against My people, so as not to send 28 Pray to YAHWEH and let it be
them away. (Rev 16:11) enough of the thunders and hail of
18 Behold! I will rain very heavy hail Elohim. And I will send you away and
about this time tomorrow, such as has you shall not continue any longer.
never been in Egypt from the day of its 29 And Moses said to him, As I go
foundation until now. out of the city I will spread out my
19 And now send out, bring your hands to YAHWEH. The thunder will
livestock to safety, and all belonging to cease, and the hail will not still be, so
you in the field. All men and livestock that you may know that the earth
found in the field, and not brought to
belongs to YAHWEH. (Psa 24:1-2)
the house, the hail will come on them,
30 And as for you and your servants,
and they will die.
I know that you do not yet fear before
20 Of the servants of Pharaoh, the
YAHWEH Elohim.
one who feared the Word of YAHWEH
31 And the flax and the barley were
made his slaves and his livestock flee
stricken. For the barley was in head,
to the houses.
and the flax in bud1.
21 And the one who did not set his
32 And the wheat and the spelt were
heart on the Word of YAHWEH left his not stricken, for they were late.
slaves and his livestock in the field. 33 And Moses went out from
22 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Pharaoh, from the city, and he spread
Stretch out your hand to the heavens, out his hands to YAHWEH. And the
so that hail may be in all the land of thunder and the hail ceased. And rain
Egypt, on man, and on livestock, and was not poured out toward the earth.
on every plant of the field in the land 34 And Pharaoh saw that the rain
of Egypt. and the hail and the thunder had
23 And Moses stretched out his staff ceased, and he continued to sin. And
to the heavens. And YAHWEH gave
sounds and hail. And fire came down 1 Northern Egypt which gets virtually no rain
to the earth, and YAHWEH rained hail barley is sown in August and reaped in
on the land of Egypt. (Rev 16:21) February. There is a different growing
season in Israel.
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he made his heart heavy, he and his Elohim. Do you not yet know that
servants. Egypt is perishing?
35 And Pharaoh's heart was made 8 And Moses and Aaron were
strong, and he did not send away the brought back to Pharaoh. And he said
sons of Israel, as YAHWEH had said by to them, Go, serve YAHWEH your
the hand of Moses. Elohim. Who and who are the ones
going?
Chapter 10 9 And Moses said, We will go with
our young and with our old, with our
1 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Go in sons and with our daughters. We will
to Pharaoh, for I have made his heart go with our flocks and with our herds.
heavy and the heart of his servants, so For it is a feast of YAHWEH to us.
that I may set these signs of Mine in 10 And he said to them, May
their midst; YAHWEH be so with you, as I send you
2 and so that you may recount in the away, and your little ones. Watch! For
ears of your son and the son of your evil is before your face!
son what I exerted Myself to do 11 Not so! You and the men go now
against Egypt, and My signs which I and serve YAHWEH; for you were
have done among them, and you may seeking it. And he drove them out
know that I am YAHWEH. from the face of Pharaoh.
3 And Moses and Aaron went in to 12 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
Pharaoh and said to him, So says Stretch out your hand for the locusts
YAHWEH Elohe of the Hebrews, Until over the land of Egypt, so that they
when will you refuse to humble may go up on the land of Egypt and
yourself before Me? Send away My may eat every plant of the land, all that
people so that they may serve Me. the hail left.
4 For if you refuse to send away My 13 And Moses stretched out his staff
people, behold, I am going to bring over the land of Egypt. And YAHWEH
locusts into your territory tomorrow. brought an east wind on the land all
5 And they will cover the eye of the that day and all that night. And at
land, and no one will be able to see the morning the east wind lifted up the
land. And they will eat the rest of that locusts.
which escaped, that which is left to 14 And the locusts went up over all
you from the hail. And they will eat the land of Egypt, and rested on all the
every tree that sprouts to you from the territory of Egypt, exceedingly many.
field. Never were there locusts like them
6 And your houses will be full, and before, and afterward none will be like
the houses of all your servants, and the them.
houses of the Egyptians, which neither 15 And they covered the eye of the
your fathers nor the fathers of your earth, and the land became dark. And
fathers have seen; from the day of they ate every plant of the land, and all
their being on the earth until this day. the fruit of the trees that the hail had
And he turned and went out from left. And no greenness was left in the
Pharaoh. trees and in the plants of the field in
7 And Pharaoh's servants said to all the land of Egypt.
him, How long shall this one be a 16 And Pharaoh hurried to call
snare to us? Send away the men that Moses and Aaron. And he said, I have
they may serve YAHWEH their
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sinned against YAHWEH your Elohim Do not see my face again, for in the
and against you. day you see my face you shall die.
17 And now pray forgive my sins only 29 And Moses said, You have spoken
this time, and pray to YAHWEH your rightly. I will not see your face again.
Elohim that He may take away from
me this death only. Chapter 11
18 And he went out from Pharaoh,
and he prayed to YAHWEH. 1 And YAHWEH said to Moses, I will
bring yet one more plague on Pharaoh
19 And YAHWEH changed to a west
and on Egypt. Afterward he will send
wind, very strong. And it carried the
you from here. When he sends you
locusts and threw them into the Sea of
away completely, surely He will drive
Reeds. Not one locust was left in all
you out from here.
the territory of Egypt.
2 Now speak in the ears of the
20 And YAHWEH made strong the people, and let them ask, each man
heart of Pharaoh, and he did not send from his neighbor, articles of silver
away the sons of Israel. and articles of gold.
21 And YAHWEH said to Moses, 3 And YAHWEH gave favor in the
Stretch out your hand to the heavens eyes of the Egyptians toward the
so that darkness may be on the land of people. And the man Moses was very
Egypt, and one may feel darkness. great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes
22 And Moses stretched out his hand of the servants of Pharaoh, and in the
to the heavens, and darkness of gloom eyes of the people.
was in all the land of Egypt three days. 4 And Moses said, So says YAHWEH,
23 They did not see each one his
About the middle of the night I will go
brother, and they did not rise up, each
out in the midst of Egypt.
one from his place for three days. Yet
5 And every first-born in the land of
to all the sons of Israel there was light
Egypt shall die, from the first-born of
in their dwellings.
Pharaoh, the one sitting on his throne,
24 And Pharaoh called to Moses and
to the first-born of the slave-girl who
said, Go, serve YAHWEH. Only leave is behind the mill; and every first born
your flocks and your herds behind. of animals.
Your little ones may go with you. 6 And a great cry shall be in all the
25 And Moses said, You must also land of Egypt, such as never has been,
give into our hands sacrifices and and nothing like it shall be again.
burnt offerings so that we may prepare 7 And a dog shall not sharpen his
for YAHWEH our Elohim. tongue against all the sons of Israel,
26 And also our livestock shall go toward man and toward livestock, so
with us. Not a hoof shall be left. For we that you may know that YAHWEH
shall take from them to serve distinguishes between Egypt and
YAHWEH our Elohim. And we do not Israel.
know with what we shall serve 8 And all these servants of yours will
YAHWEH until we come there. come down to me, and bow to me,
27 And YAHWEH made strong the saying, Go out, you and all the people
heart of Pharaoh, and he was not at your feet. And afterward I will go
willing to send them away. out. And he went out from Pharaoh in
28 And Pharaoh said to him, Go the heat of anger.
away from me. Be careful for yourself. 9 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
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Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that eat it with unleavened bread and
My miracles may multiply in the land bitter herbs.3 (Num 9:1-5, Lev 23:5-6)
of Egypt. 9 Do not eat it raw, or at all boiled in
10 And Moses and Aaron did all water, but roasted with fire; its head
these miracles before Pharaoh. And with its legs and with its inward parts.
YAHWEH hardened the heart of 10 And you shall not leave any of it
Pharaoh, and he did not send away the until morning. And you shall burn
sons of Israel from his land. with fire that left from it until
morning.
Chapter 12 11 And you shall eat it this way: with
your loins girded, your sandals on
1 And YAHWEH said to Moses and to your feet, and your staff in your hand.
Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, And you shall eat it in awe. It is the
2 This month shall be the head of Passover to YAHWEH.4
months for you. It shall be the first of 12 And I will pass through in the
the months of the year for you.1 land of Egypt in this night. And I will
3 Speak to all the congregation of strike every first-born in the land of
Israel, saying, On the tenth of this Egypt, from man even to livestock.
month, they shall each take for And I will execute judgments on all the
themselves an animal of the flock for a Elohe of Egypt. I am YAHWEH!
father's house, a flock animal for a 13 And the blood shall be a sign to
house. you, on the houses where you are. And
4 And if the house is too small for a I will see the blood, and I will pass
flock animal, he and his neighbor next over you. And the plague shall not be
to his house shall take according to the on you to destroy, when I strike in the
number of souls, each one according land of Egypt.
to the mouth of his eating, you shall 14 And the day shall be a memorial
count concerning the flock animal. for you. And you shall celebrate it as a
5 A flock animal, a male without feast to YAHWEH, for your
blemish, a yearling, shall be to you. generations. You shall celebrate it as a
You shall take from the sheep or from law forever.5
the goats. 15 You shall eat unleavened bread
6 And it shall be for you to keep until seven days. Indeed, on the first day
the fourteenth day of this month. And
all the assembly of the congregation of 3 If the Passover was being eaten on the 15th
Israel shall kill it between the day all the leaven would have already been
evenings.2 removed from the homes and this statement
would be redundant and unnecessary. The
7 And they shall take from the blood,
Passover was eaten on the evening portion
and put it on the two side doorposts of the 14th day of Aviv.
and on the upper doorpost, on the 4 This command was only given for the first
houses in which they eat it. (Joh 10:9) Passover meal as the Israelites would be
8 And they shall eat the flesh in this preparing for leaving at the break of dawn
night, roasted with fire, and they shall the next morning.
5 The day of Passover shall be celebrated
1 This month- “Aviv”, Exo 13:4. forever. However, YHWH has the
2 The Passover is kept until the beginning of prerogative to change the symbols of the
the 14th day and killed between the evenings Passover as He did in the New Covenant
of the ending of the 13th and beginning of using bread and wine to symbolize the slain
the 14th. blood of the Lamb of Yah.
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you shall cause leaven to cease from 21 And Moses called to all the elders
your houses. For anyone eating any of Israel and said to them, Draw out
leaven, that soul shall be cut off from and take of the flock for you and for
Israel, from the first day until the your families, and kill the Passover.
seventh day. 22 And take a bunch of hyssop and
16 And on the first day shall be a dip in the blood in the basin. And
holy assembly1, and in the seventh day touch some of the blood in the basin to
a holy assembly2, shall be to you. Not the lintel and on the two doorposts.
any work may be done on them. Only And you shall not go out, anyone from
what must be eaten by each soul that the door of his house until morning.4
alone may be done by you. 23 And YAHWEH will pass through
17 And you shall observe the to strike Egypt. And He will see the
unleavened bread for on this very day blood on the lintel and on the two
I brought out your armies from the doorposts, and YAHWEH will pass
land of Egypt. And you shall observe over the door. And He will not allow
this day for your generations, a statute the destroyer to come into your houses
forever. to strike you.
18 In the first month, on the 24 And you shall observe this Word
fourteenth day of the month, at for an ordinance for you, and for your
evening3 you shall eat unleavened sons forever.
bread, until the twenty-first day of the 25 And it shall be, when you come
month, at evening. (Lev 23:5-8)
into the land which YAHWEH shall
19 For seven days no leaven shall be
give to you, as He has spoken, you
found in your houses. For anyone
shall observe this service.
eating any leaven, that soul shall be
26 And it shall be, when your sons
cut off from the congregation of Israel,
say to you, What is this service to you?
among the foreigners, and among the
27 Then you shall say, A sacrifice of a
natives of the land.
20 You shall not eat anything leaven. Passover of YAHWEH, who passed
You shall eat unleavened bread in all over the houses of the sons of Israel in
your dwellings. Egypt when He struck Egypt. And He
delivered our houses. And the people
1 The Hebrew word for Holy Assembly is bowed and worshiped.
“mikraw” and can also mean “ a
28 And the sons of Israel went out
rehearsal”. The Holy Days tell the plan of
salvation through redemption in the blood and did as YAHWEH commanded
of Yahshua and each time the true believer Moses and Aaron. So they did.
celebrates these commanded days, each 29 And it happened at midnight 5.
yearly cycle, they are rehearsing for the YAHWEH struck every first-born in
soon coming kingdom of YHWH. the land of Egypt, from the first-born
2 Although this is holy time, the first and last of Pharaoh, the one sitting on the
days of unleavened are not called Sabbaths, throne, to the first-born of the captive
so not to confuse the count to Shavuot and
who was in the prison house, and
the day of the first-fruit omer which is the
day after the weekly Sabbath during the every first-born of animals.
days of unleaven (Lev 23:15). 30 And Pharaoh arose by night, he
3 Whereas in Exo 12:6 the word for between and all his servants, and all the
the evenings in Hebrew is “Bin Ha Egyptians. And there was a great cry
arbayim,” which connotates the start of a
day, here the word used is “ereb” which 4 No Israelite was to leave their home before
simply means evening. the break of day if they wanted protection.
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in Egypt, for there was not a house from Rameses2 to Succoth, the men
where there was not a one who had being about six hundred thousand on
died. foot, apart from little ones.
31 And he sent a proclamation to 38 And also a mixed multitude went
Moses and Aaron by night1, and it up with them, and flocks, and herds,
read, Arise, go out from the midst of very many livestock.
my people, both you and the sons of 39 And they baked the dough which
Israel. And go serve YAHWEH they brought out from Egypt into
according to your word. unleavened cakes. For it was not
32 Take both your flocks and your leavened, because they were driven
herds, as you said, and go. And bless out from Egypt, and they were not able
me also. to delay. And also they had not
33 And the Egyptians were strong on prepared food for a journey for
the people, to hasten to send them themselves.
away from the land. For they said, All 40 And the time of the dwelling of
of us will be dead. the sons of Israel, which they dwelt in
34 And the people took up their Egypt, was four hundred and thirty
dough before it was leavened, their years3.
kneading troughs being bound up in 41 And it happened, from the end of
their clothing on their shoulders. four hundred and thirty years, it
35 And the sons of Israel did happened on this day, all the armies of
according to the word of Moses. And YAHWEH went out from the land of
they asked from the Egyptians articles Egypt.
of silver and articles of gold, and 42 It is a night of celebration to
clothing. YAHWEH, for bringing them out from
36 And YAHWEH gave favor to the the land of Egypt. This night is a
people in the eyes of the Egyptians. celebration for all the sons of Israel to
And they granted their requests. And their generations4. (Exo 16:1)
they plundered Egypt. 43 And YAHWEH said to Moses and
37 And the sons of Israel traveled Aaron, This is the ordinance of the
Passover. No heathen may eat of it.
5 Although there may be confusion to the 44 And every man's slave, a
timing of Passover due to there being two purchase of silver, you shall circumcise
evenings in a day, a beginning and ending him, then he may eat of it5.
evening, there is only one “midnight” and if
Passover is named for the “passing-over” of 2 They left from Goshen where they lived and
the death angel, and scriptures states the first traveled to Ramses, which was about 6
14th day of the month is Passover, (Lev miles from Goshen and would have taken
23:5), then the death angel passed over on the better part of the daylight portion of the
the 14th of Aviv at midnight, showing the 14th of Aviv to travel.
meal had to be eaten early in the beginning 3 If you add up the years this scripture is
of the 14th and not late in the day at the stating from the time of Abraham it was 430
beginning of the 15th as some wrongly do years till the leaving of Egypt.
today. The custom of celebrating the 4 This night to be remembered is not
Passover on the 15th day of Aviv came from Passover when the death angel passed, but
modern Judaism but is not supported by the next night and beginning of the 15th of
Scripture. Aviv when Israel actually left Egypt, Exo
1 Exo 10:29 Pharaoh sent a declaration to 16:1.
Moses by messenger, but they did not see 5 You must be in the covenant to partake of
each other, Exo 10:28-29. the Passover.
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at its appointed time, from year to first-born of men even to the first-born
year.1 of animals. On account of this I
11 And it shall be when YAHWEH sacrifice to YAHWEH every one of the
brings you into the land of the males opening the womb, and I
Canaanite, as He swore to you and to redeem every first-born of my sons.
your fathers, and gives it to you, 16 And it shall be for a sign on your
12 you shall set apart to YAHWEH hand, and frontlets between your eyes.
every one opening the womb, and For YAHWEH brought us out from
every firstling, the offspring of animals Egypt by the might of His hand. (Pro
which are yours; the males belong to 3:3, Pro 6:20-21, Deu 6:8, 11:18)
YAHWEH. 17 And it happened, in Pharaoh's
13 And every firstling of a donkey sending away the people, Elohim did
you shall redeem with a flock animal. not lead them by the way of the land of
And if you do not redeem, you shall the Philistines, though it was near. For
break its neck. And every first-born of Elohim said, Lest the people repent3
men among your sons you shall when they see war, and return to
redeem.2 Egypt.
14 And it shall be when your son 18 But Elohim made the people turn
asks you in the future, saying, What is toward the way of the wilderness, to
this? You shall say to him, YAHWEH the Sea of Reeds. And the sons of
brought us out from Egypt by the Israel went up armed from the land of
might of His hand, from the house of Egypt.
slaves. 19 And Moses took the bones of
15 And it happened when Pharaoh Joseph with him. For he had made the
hardened himself against sending us sons of Israel certainly swear, saying,
surely Elohim will visit you, and you
away, YAHWEH killed every first-born
shall cause my bones to go from here
one in the land of Egypt, from the
with you.4 (Gen 50:24-25)
1 The appointed time to keep the Passover is 20 And they pulled up stakes from
on the 14th day of the first month Aviv, Succoth, and they camped at Etham,
according to the Biblical calendar. There is in the edge of the wilderness.
no Biblical precedent for taking the 21 And YAHWEH was going before
Passover symbols of the bread and wine them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead
weekly, or monthly, that came into practice them in the way; and by night in a
by Catholicism almost a hundred yrs after
pillar of fire, to give light to them, to
the resurrection of Yahshua by a Catholic
bishop, but the instruction by Yahshua was
go by day and by night. (Gen 15:17)
to celebrate His death once a yr on the 14 of 22 The pillar of cloud did not cease
Aviv, 1Cor 11:23-26, Luk 22:19-20. by day, and the pillar of fire by night,
2 Every first-born to YHWH had to be before the people.5 (Exo 14:19, 33:9-
redeemed for 5 shekels. This wondrously 11)
shows YHWH's grace as the person was not
enslaved or sacrificed but redeemed and 3 This word means to turn back, and in the
YHWH provided the means of redemption Hebrew mind set, when one repents, he
of the first-born, which belonged to Him. turns back from his old way and does a 180
This is expounded in the New Covenant as degree turn to a new way of life.
all true covenant believers are firstborn 4 This shows that Joseph believed in a
(Rev 14:4) and the redemption was resurrection and wanted his bones to be
provided by YHWH through the blood of with his family in Israel at the time it would
Yahshua. happen.
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chariots, and through his horsemen. 28 And the waters returned and
19 And the Messenger of Elohim covered the chariots and the
withdrew, the One going before the horsemen, together with all the army
camp of Israel. And He went behind of Pharaoh, those going after them,
them. And the pillar of cloud withdrew into the sea. And not even one was left
from before them, and it stood behind among them.
them. 29 And the sons of Israel walked on
20 And it came between the camp of dry ground in the middle of the sea,
Egypt and the camp of Israel. And it the waters being a wall for them, from
was cloudy and dark. And it lit up the their right and from their left.
night; and this one did not come near 30 And YAHWEH saved Israel in
to that one all night. that day from the hand of Egypt. And
21 And Moses stretched out his hand Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the
over the sea, and YAHWEH caused the seashore.
sea to go back by a strong east wind all 31 And Israel saw the great hand
night. And He made the sea dry land, with which YAHWEH worked against
and the waters divided. Egypt. And the people feared
22 And the sons of Israel came into YAHWEH, and they believed in
the middle of the sea on dry ground,
YAHWEH and in His servant Moses.
the waters being a wall to them from
their right and from their left.
Chapter 15
23 And the Egyptians pursued, and
all the horses of Pharaoh came after
1 Then Moses and the sons of Israel
them, his chariots and his horsemen,
into the middle of the sea. sang this song to YAHWEH, and
24 And it happened in the morning spoke, saying, I will sing to YAHWEH,
watch: YAHWEH looked on the camp for He is highly exalted. He has
of the Egyptians in the pillar of fire thrown the horse and his rider into the
and cloud. And He confused the camp sea. (Psa 106:12)
of the Egyptians. 2 My strength and song is Yah, and
25 And He took off the wheels of He was to me salvation; this is my Eli
their chariots, and made them drive and I will glorify Him; the Elohe of my
with difficulty. And the Egyptians said, father, and I will exalt Him.
I will flee from the face of Israel, for 3 YAHWEH is a Man of war;
YAHWEH is fighting for them against YAHWEH is His name. (Exo 3:15)
the Egyptians. 4 He has cast Pharaoh's chariots and
26 And YAHWEH said to Moses, his army in the sea; and the choice
Stretch out your hand over the sea, ones of his officers are drowned in the
and let the waters return on the Sea of Reeds,
Egyptians, on their chariots, and on 5 the depths cover them; they have
their horsemen. dropped into the depths like a stone.
27 And Moses stretched out his hand 6 Your right hand, O YAHWEH, is
over the sea, and the sea returned to glorious in power; O YAHWEH, Your
its usual flow, at the turning of the right hand dashes the enemy to pieces.
morning, and the Egyptians were 7 And in Your majesty's greatness
fleeing to meet it. And YAHWEH You pull down those rising up against
shook off the Egyptians into the You; You send forth Your wrath; it
middle of the sea. consumes them like stubble.
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8 And by the spirit of Your anger 20 And the sister of Aaron, Miriam
waters were heaped up; the running the prophetess, took the timbrel in her
waters stood like a wall; the depths hand, and all the women went out
congealed in the heart of the sea. after her with timbrels and with
9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I dances.
will overtake, I will divide the spoil; 21 And Miriam answered to them,
my soul shall be filled with them; I will Sing to YAHWEH, for triumphing He
draw my sword; my hand will destroy has triumphed gloriously; He has
them. thrown the horse and its rider into the
10 You blew with Your wind, the sea sea.
covered them; they sank like lead in 22 And Moses made Israel to pull
mighty waters. out from the Sea of Reeds. And they
11 Who is like You among the went out into the wilderness of Shur.
Elohim, O YAHWEH? Who is like You, And they went into the wilderness
glorified in holiness, fearful in praises, three days, and did not find water.
O Worker of wonders? 23 And they came to Marah. And
12 You stretched Your right hand; they were not able to drink water from
the earth swallowed them. Marah, for it was bitter. Therefore,
13 In Your mercy You led the people one called its name Marah.
whom You redeemed; You guided in 24 And the people murmured
Your strength to Your holy dwelling. against Moses, saying, What shall we
14 Peoples heard; they tremble; drink?
trembling seized the dwellers of 25 And he cried to YAHWEH, and
Philistia. YAHWEH showed him a tree. And he
15 Then the chiefs of Edom were threw it into the water, and the water
terrified; the leaders of Moab were became sweet. He made a statute and
seized by trembling; all the dwellers of an ordinance for them there, and He
Canaan were melted. tested them there.
16 Terrors and dread fell on them; 26 And He said, If you carefully
by the greatness of Your arm; they are
listen to the voice of YAHWEH your
silent as a stone, until Your people
Elohim, and do what is right in His
pass through, O YAHWEH, until pass eyes, and you give ear to His
through the people whom You have commandments, and keep all His
bought. statutes, I will not put on you all the
17 You shall bring them in and plant diseases which I have put on Egypt;
them in the mountain of Your
for I am YAHWEH Rapha1.
inheritance, the place You have made
27 And they came to Elim. And there
for Your dwelling place, O YAHWEH; were twelve springs of water and
the sanctuary which Your hands have seventy palm trees. And they camped
prepared, O YAHWEH. by the waters.
18 YAHWEH reigns forever and ever!
19 For the horses of Pharaoh went in Chapter 16
with his chariots and his horsemen
into the sea, and YAHWEH brought 1 And they pulled up stakes from
back the waters of the sea on them; Elim. And all the congregation of the
and the sons of Israel walked on dry
land in the midst of the sea. 1 Yahweh “Rapha” means Yahweh your
healer.
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they gathered; the one gathering much 26 You shall gather it six days, and
and the one gathering little. on the seventh day is a sabbath; in it
18 And they measured with an none shall be found.4
omer1. And the one gathering much 27 And it happened on the seventh
did not have too much. And the one day, some of the people went out to
gathering little did not have any need. gather, and did not find any.
Each one gathered according to the 28 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
mouth of his eating. (Act 2:43-47) Until when do you refuse to keep My
19 And Moses said to them, Do not commandments and My laws?5
let anyone leave from it until 29 Behold! Because YAHWEH has
morning.2 given the sabbath to you, therefore He
20 And they did not listen to Moses. is giving to you two days of bread on
And some left from it until morning; the sixth day. Each one of you remain
and it became rotten with maggots, in his place. Do not let anyone go out
and stunk. And Moses was angry from his place on the seventh day.6
against them. 30 And the people rested on the
21 And they gathered it in the seventh day.
morning, each one in the morning 31 And the house of Israel called its
according to the mouth of his eating. name, Manna. And it was like the seed
And it melted in the heat of the sun. of coriander, white; and its taste like
22 And it came about on the sixth cakes with honey.
day, they gathered double bread, two 32 And Moses said, This is the thing
omers for one. And all the leaders of
which YAHWEH has commanded, Fill
the congregation came and reported to
an omer from it, to keep for your
Moses.
generations, so that they may see the
23 And he said to them, That is what
bread which I caused you to eat in the
YAHWEH said, Tomorrow is a rest, a
holy Sabbath to YAHWEH. What you 4 The Sabbath day is based on a 7 day cycle
will bake, bake. And boil what you will that started at creation (Gen 2:1-3). In the
boil. And lay up for yourselves all that original Hebrew it has the perfect article,
is left over, to keep it until the which makes it one specific day and not a
morning.3 rotating cycle. The Sabbath day is from
24 And they laid it up until the sunset to sunset, starting on Friday and
morning, as Moses commanded. And ending at sunset on Saturday according to
it did not stink and no maggot was in the Roman calendar. Everywhere it is
it. mentioned in Scripture it is always
25 And Moses said, Eat it today, for associated with a 7 day weekly cycle that
does not change. Some have wrongly
today is a Sabbath to YAHWEH. Today concluded the Sabbath rotates with the
you will not find it in the field. moon cycle but we find absolutely zero
evidence for any such false theory in
1 An omer is a measurement that is about 2 Scripture.
quarts or liters. 5 This is only one month after leaving Egypt
2 As with the Passover sacrifice none was to and disobedience and rebellion is more of a
be left till morning showing that Yahweh character trait to Israel than simply an
sustains our daily needs (Exo 12:10). action and will prove to be their downfall.
3 There should be no cooking, boiling or 6 They were given instruction not to go out
baking of food on the Sabbath day. All and work and gather food. However, they
cooking should be done on day six, which is were allowed and commanded to assemble
the preparation day. together on the Sabbath day, Lev 23:2-3.
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wilderness, as I brought you out from take in your hand your staff with
the land of Egypt. which you smote the Nile, and go.
33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take 6 Behold, I will stand before you
one pitcher, and put there the fullness there on the rock in Horeb. And you
of an omer of manna, and deposit it shall smite the rock, and water will
before YAHWEH, to keep for your come out of it; and the people will
generations. drink. And Moses did so before the
34 Even as YAHWEH commanded eyes of the elders of Israel.
Moses, Aaron laid it up before the 7 And one called the name of the
Testimony, to keep it. place, Massah, and Meribah, because
35 And the sons of Israel ate the of the contention of the sons of Israel,
manna forty years, until their coming and because of their testing of
into an inhabited land. They ate the YAHWEH, saying, Is YAHWEH in our
manna until their coming to the midst or not?
border of the land of Canaan. 8 And Amalek came and fought
36 And the omer was the tenth of an against Israel in Rephidim.
ephah. 9 And Moses said to Yahoshua,
Choose men for us, and go fight
Chapter 17 against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand
on the top of the hill, with the staff of
1 And all the congregation of the Elohim in my hand.
sons of Israel pulled up stakes from 10 And Yahoshua did as Moses had
the Wilderness of Sin, according to said to him, to fight against Amalek.
their journeys, by the mouth of And Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to
YAHWEH. And they camped in the top of the hill.
11 And so it was that when Moses
Rephidim. And there was no water for
lifted his hand, Israel prevailed. And
the drinking of the people.
when he rested his hand, Amalek
2 And the people fought with Moses,
prevailed.
and said, Give us water that we may
12 And the hands of Moses became
drink. And Moses said to them, Why
heavy. And they took a stone and put
do you fight with me? Why do you
it under him. And he sat on it. And
tempt YAHWEH1? Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one
3 And the people thirsted there for from this and one from that side. And
water, and the people murmured his hands were steady until the going
against Moses, and said, Why, then, of the sun.
have you caused us to go up from 13 And Yahoshua defeated Amalek
Egypt, to kill me and my sons and my and his people by the mouth of the
livestock with thirst? sword.
4 And Moses cried to YAHWEH, 14 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
saying, What shall I do to this people? Write this, a memorial in a book, and
Yet a little and they will stone me. set it in the ears of Yahoshua, that I
5 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Pass will utterly wipe away the
on in front of the people, and take with remembrance of Amalek under the
you some of the elders of Israel. And heavens.
15 And Moses built an altar. And he
1 By contending against Yahweh's appointed
leadership, they were actually contending
with Yahweh.
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11 And be ready for the third day. mountain; and YAHWEH called Moses
For on the third day YAHWEH will go to the top of the mountain, and Moses
down before the eyes of all the people went up.
on the mountain of Sinai1. 21 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Go
12 And you shall set limits to the down, warn the people lest they break
people all around, saying, Be careful through to see YAHWEH, and many of
for yourselves, not going up into the them fall.2
mountain and touching its border; 22 And also the priests, those
everyone touching the mountain
approaching YAHWEH, let them
surely shall die.
13 Not a hand shall touch him, but sanctify themselves that YAHWEH not
stoning he shall be stoned, or piercing burst forth among them.
he shall be shot through. He shall not 23 And Moses said to YAHWEH, The
live, whether animal or man. At the people are not able to come up to the
long sounding of the horn, they shall mountain of Sinai. For You warned us,
go up into the mountain. saying, Set limits to the mountain and
14 And Moses went from the sanctify it.
mountain to the people. And he 24 And YAHWEH said to him, Come,
sanctified the people, and they washed go down. And you come up, and Aaron
their clothes. with you. And let not the priests and
15 And he said to the people, Be the people break through to come up
ready for the third day. Do not to YAHWEH, lest He burst forth
approach a woman. among them.
16 And on the third day, it being 25 And Moses went down to the
morning, it happened: There were people and spoke to them.
thunders and lightnings, and a heavy
cloud on the mountain, and the sound Chapter 20
of a ram's horn, very strong! And all
the people in the camp trembled. 1 And Elohim spoke all these words,
17 And Moses caused the people to saying,
go up from the camp to meet The 2 I am YAHWEH your Elohim, who
Elohim. And they took their stand at has brought you out from the land of
the lower part of the mountain. Egypt, from the house of bondage.
18 And the mountain of Sinai was 3 You shall not have any other
smoking, all of it, because YAHWEH Elohim before My face.
came down on it in fire. And its smoke 4 You shall not make a graven image
went up like the smoke of a furnace; for yourself, or any likeness in the
and the mountain quaked exceedingly. heavens above, or in the earth
19 And it happened while the sound beneath, or in the waters under the
of the ram's horn was sounding, and earth;
becoming very strong, Moses spoke. 5 you shall not bow to them, and you
And The Elohim answered him by a shall not serve them; for I am
voice. YAHWEH your Elohim, a jealous El,
20 And YAHWEH came down on the visiting the iniquity of fathers on sons,
mountain of Sinai, to the top of the
2 Verses 17-21: See Heb 12:25-29 If the fear
1 Law (Torah) was given on the third day, the of YHWH is not present with someone then
same day as the resurrection, showing how pride will rule their soul and be their
both give life. downfall.
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to you and I will bless you. himself, he shall allow her redemption.
25 And if you make an altar of stone He shall not have power to sell her to a
for Me, you shall not build them of cut foreign people, in his deceiving her.
stones. When you swing your tool on 9 And if he chooses her for his son,
it, you defile it. he shall do to her as is the custom of
26 And you shall not go up by steps daughters.
to My altar, that your nakedness may 10 If he takes another for himself,
not be uncovered on it. (Rev 1:13) her flesh, her clothing, and her
conjugal right shall not be diminished.
Chapter 21 11 And if he does not do these three
for her, she shall go out for nothing,
1 And these are the judgments which without silver.
you shall put before them:1 12 He that strikes a man so that he
2 When you buy a Hebrew slave, he dies, surely he shall die.
shall serve six years and in the seventh 13 But he who does not lie in wait,
he shall go out free for nothing. and Elohim lets fall into his hand, I
3 If he comes in with his body, he will appoint a place for you where he
shall go out with his body. If he was may flee. (Num 35:9-28)
the husband of a wife, his wife shall go 14 And when a man seethes
out with him. insolently against his neighbor, to kill
4 If his master gives him a wife, and him by deceit, you shall take him from
she bears sons or daughters to him, My altar to die.
the wife and her children shall belong 15 And he who strikes his father or
to her master; and he shall go out with his mother dying shall die.
his body. 16 And he that steals a man and sells
5 And if the slave truly says, I love him, or if he is found in his hand,
my master, my wife and my children; I dying he shall die.
do not desire to go out free, 17 And he who curses his father or
6 his master shall bring him to his mother, dying he shall die.
Elohim, and one shall bring him to the 18 And when men quarrel, and one
door, or to the doorpost; and his strikes his neighbor with a stone, or
master shall pierce his ear with an awl, with a fist, and he does not die, but
and he shall serve him forever.2 (Deu falls on his bed,
15:12-18) 19 if he rises and walks about in the
7 And when a man sells his daughter street on his staff, the one who struck
for a slave-girl, she shall not go out as him shall be innocent; only he shall
the male slaves go out. pay his sitting; paying he shall pay for
8 If she is bad in the eyes of her his healing.
master who has appointed her for 20 And if a man strikes his male
slave or his slave-girl with a rod, and
1 This will show the personal responsibility he dies under his hand, avenging he
involved with the covenant person.
shall be avenged.
2 Verses 2-6: This is a perfect example of
one's servitude toward YHWH in covenant
21 But if he continues a day or two,
relationship. If we truly love YHWH with he shall not be avenged, for he is his
all our hearts and minds, then we will want silver.
to serve Him forever. However, if we decide 22 And when men fight, and they
to leave the covenant and turn back, we strike a pregnant woman, and her
don't take other covenant believers with us, child goes forth, and there is no injury,
even if they are family members.
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being fined he shall be fined. As much 34 the owner of the pit shall pay; he
as the husband of the woman shall put shall give silver to its owner, and the
on him, even he shall give through the dead shall be his.
judges. 35 And when a man's ox strikes
23 But if injury occurs, you shall give against the ox of his neighbor, and it
life for life1, dies, they shall sell the living ox, and
24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand they shall divide the silver; and they
for hand, foot for foot, shall also divide the dead.
25 branding for branding, wound for 36 Or if it was known that he was an
wound, stripe for stripe. ox apt to gore from yesterday and the
26 And when a man strikes the eye third day, and his owner does not
of his male slave, or the eye of his watch him, he shall pay ox for ox, and
slave-girl and destroys it, he shall send the dead shall be his.
him away free for his eye.
27 And if he causes the tooth of his Chapter 22
male slave, or the tooth of his slave-
girl, to fall out, he shall send him away 1 When a man steals an ox or a
free for his tooth. sheep, and kills it, or sells it, he shall
28 And when an ox gores a man so pay five oxen for the ox, and four
that he dies, the ox stoning shall be sheep for the sheep. (2Sam 12:6)
stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, 2 If the thief is found breaking in,
and the owner of the ox is innocent. and is stricken and dies, no blood
29 And if he was an ox apt to gore shall be shed for him.
from yesterday and the third day, and 3 If the sun has risen on him, blood
its owner is given warning, and he is due for him; repaying he shall repay.
does not watch him, and he kills a man If he has nothing, then he should be
or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, sold for his theft.
and its owner also shall be killed. 4 If the stolen thing finding is found
30 If a ransom is put on him, he in his hand alive, from ox to donkey to
shall give the redemption of his life, flock animal, he shall pay double.
according to all which is put on him. 5 When a man consumes a field or a
31 Whether he gores a son or he vineyard, and he lets his beast loose
gores a daughter, according to this and it consumes another's field, he
judgment it shall be done to him. shall repay the best of his field and the
32 If the ox gores a male slave or a best of his vineyard.
slave-girl, he shall give thirty silver 6 When fire breaks out and finds
shekels to his master, and the ox shall thorns, and shocked grain, or standing
be stoned2. (Mat 26:14-15) grain, or the field is burned up,
33 And when a man opens a pit, or repaying the one kindling the fire shall
when a man digs a pit, and does not repay.
cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls 7 When a man gives silver or vessels
into it, to his neighbor to keep, and it is stolen
1 Clearly the unborn child is considered a life from the man's house, if the thief is
and life starts at conception. found, he shall repay double. (Lev 6:1-
2 Thirty silver pieces was the worth of a 7)
slave, which was considered the cheapest 8 If the thief is not found, the master
form of life. Messiah was sold for 30 pieces of the house shall be brought to
of silver to show that He came to die for Elohim, to see whether or not he put
everyone from the least to the greatest.
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out his hand to his neighbor's goods. YAHWEH1. (Exo 23:13, Isa 42:8)
9 In every matter of trespass, for ox, 21 You shall not be violent toward an
for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, for alien. You shall not oppress him, for
anything lost of which it is said that it you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
is his, the case of both of them shall 22 You shall not afflict an orphan or
come to Elohim. Whom Elohim a widow.
declares guilty, he shall repay double 23 If you afflict him, if he at all cries
to his neighbor. to Me, hearing I will hear his cry,
10 When a man gives a donkey or an 24 and My anger shall glow, and I
ox to his neighbor; or a sheep, or any will kill you with the sword; and your
animal to keep, and it dies, or is wives shall become widows, and your
injured, or is captured, no one seeing sons orphans.2
it, 25 If you lend money to My people,
11 an oath of YAHWEH shall be the poor with you, you shall not be as a
between them both, that he has not money-lender to him; you shall not
put his hand to his neighbor's goods. put interest on him.
And its owner shall take it, and he 26 If you indeed take the clothing of
shall not repay. your neighbor as a pledge, you shall
12 And if it is indeed stolen from return it to him by the going of the
him, he shall repay to its master. sun,
13 If it is completely torn in pieces, 27 for that is his only covering, that
he shall bring it as a witness; he shall is his covering for his skin. In what
not repay that which was torn. shall he lie down? And it shall be,
14 And when a man borrows from when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I
his neighbor, and it is hurt, or dies, its am compassionate.
owner not being with it, paying he 28 You shall not revile Elohim, and
shall repay. you shall not curse a ruler among your
15 If its owner is with it, he shall not people. (Heb 13:7, 17, Rom 13:1)
repay. If it is hired, it comes for its 29 You shall not delay giving the
hire. fullness of your crops and the juices of
16 And when a man lures a virgin your vintage. You shall give to Me the
who is not betrothed, and lies with first-born of your sons. (Exo 13:2)
her, paying he shall pay her dowry for 30 So you shall do to your oxen, to
a wife to himself. (Deu 22:28-29) your sheep: it shall be seven days with
17 If her father absolutely refuses to its mother; on the eighth day you shall
give her to him, he shall weigh money give it to Me.
according to the dowry of virgins. 31 And you shall be holy men to Me.
18 You shall not allow a sorceress to And you shall not eat flesh torn in
live. (Lev 20:27, Deu 18:10, Jer 27:9) pieces; you shall throw it to the dogs.
19 Anyone lying with an animal, (Exo 19:6, Lev 11:44, Heb 12:14)
surely he shall be executed. (Lev
18:23) 1 If you sacrifice to any other deity but
20 One sacrificing to a god shall be Yahweh it is an abomination, yet most
destroyed, unless it is only to Christians will pray daily to a deity called
“god”, which is the personal name of the
Babylonian deity. See note on Isa 65:11.
2 Verses 22-24: YHWH has many laws to
protect the weak, Deu 14:29, 16:11,14, Deu
24:19-21, 26:12-13.
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all the judgments. And all the people written, to teach them.2
answered with one voice and said, We 13 And Moses rose up, and Yahoshua
will do all the Words which YAHWEH his attendant. And Moses went up to
has spoken. the mountain of Elohim.
4 And Moses wrote all the Words of 14 And he said to the elders, Wait
YAHWEH1. And he rose early in the here for us until we return to you. And,
morning and built an altar below the behold, Aaron, who is a master of
mountain and twelve memorial pillars matters, and Hur, are with you; let
for the twelve tribes of Israel. him approach to them.
5 And he sent young men of the sons 15 And Moses went up into the
of Israel. And they offered up burnt mountain. And a cloud covered the
offerings, and offered sacrifices of mountain.
bulls, peace offerings to YAHWEH. 16 And the glory of YAHWEH dwelt
6 And Moses took half of the blood, on the mountain of Sinai. And the
and he put it in basins. And he cloud covered it six days. And He
sprinkled half of the blood on the called to Moses on the seventh day
altar. from the midst of the cloud.
7 And he took the book of the 17 And the appearance of the glory of
covenant, and read in the ears of the YAHWEH was like fire burning on the
people. And they said, We will do all top of the mountain before the eyes of
that YAHWEH has spoken, and we will the sons of Israel.
hear. 18 And Moses came into the midst of
8 And Moses took the blood and the cloud, and he went up into the
sprinkled on the people, and said, mountain. And Moses was in the
Behold, the blood of the covenant mountain forty days and forty nights3.
which YAHWEH has cut with you
Chapter 25
concerning these words. (Exo 34:27)
9 And Moses and Aaron went up
with Nadab and Abihu, and seventy 1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
from the elders of Israel. saying,
10 And they saw the Elohim of 2 Speak to the sons of Israel, and let
Israel. And under His feet was as the them take a heave offering for Me.
work of a pavement of sapphire, and From every man whose heart impels
as the heavens for clearness. him, let them take My offering.
11 And He did not stretch out His 3 And this is the offering which you
hand to the nobles of the sons of shall take from them: gold, silver, and
Israel. And they saw Elohim, and they copper;
ate and drank. 4 and blue, and purple, and crimson,
and fine linen, and goats hair;
12 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
Come up to Me to the mountain, and
2 Up to this point only hieroglyphic
be there. And I will give to you the
languages existed, but it would have
tablets of stone, and the Torah, and violated the second commandment to write
the commandments which I have the Torah in etched pictures of animals so
1 Clearly, we see that Moses wrote all the Yahweh states here that He wrote the first
words and there is no indication in the alphabet. Dr. Miles Jones confirms this in
Torah of a hidden oral law that the Rabbis his book - The finger of God.
profess today. Jos 1:8, Jos 8:34-35, Jos 3 Forty being in Scripture the number of trial
23:6. or overcoming.
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5 and rams' skin dyed red, and 18 And you shall make two cherubs
tachash1 skins, and acacia wood; of gold; you shall make them of beaten
6 oil for the light, spices for the oil of work from the two ends of the mercy-
anointing, and for the incense of seat.
perfumes; 19 And make one cherub from the
7 onyx stones, and stones for setting, end here, and one cherub from the end
for the ephod, and for the breast there. You shall make the cherubs
pocket. from the mercyseat, on its two ends.
8 And let them make a sanctuary for 20 And the cherubs shall be
Me, that I may dwell in their midst. spreading out wings above, covering
9 According to all which I am going the mercyseat with their wings, and
to reveal to you, the plan of the their faces each toward its brother; the
tabernacle, and the plan of all its faces of the cherubs shall be toward
vessels, even so you shall do2. the mercy-seat.
10 And they shall make an ark of 21 And you shall put the mercyseat
acacia wood, two and a half cubits on the ark from above. And you shall
long, and a cubit and a half wide, and a put the testimony into the ark, which I
cubit and a half high. shall give to you.
11 And you shall overlay it with pure 22 And I will meet you there, and
gold; you shall overlay it inside and will speak with you, above the
outside. And you shall make a wreath mercyseat, from between the two
of gold all around on it. cherubs which are on the ark of
12 And you shall cast four rings of testimony, all which I shall command
gold for it, and shall put it on its four you as to the sons of Israel.
feet; two rings on its one side, and two 23 And you shall make a table of
rings on the second side. acacia wood, its length two cubits, and
13 And you shall make poles of its width a cubit, and its height a cubit
acacia wood, and you shall overlay and a half.
them with gold. 24 And you shall overlay it with pure
14 And you shall put the poles into gold, and you shall make on it a
the rings on the sides of the ark, to wreath of gold all around.
carry the ark by them. 25 And you shall make a border of a
15 The poles shall be in the rings of hand's breadth for it all around. And
the ark; they shall not depart from it. you shall make a wreath of gold all
16 And you shall put the testimony around on its border.
into the ark, which I shall give to you. 26 And you shall make four rings of
17 And you shall make a mercyseat gold for it, and you shall put the rings
of pure gold, its length two and a half on the four corners which are to its
cubits, and its width a cubit and a half. four feet.
27 The rings shall be near the border
1 This Hebrew word is somewhat archaic, but for housings for the poles to carry the
the root can mean a blue color, and the verb
table.
form means to move quickly, such as an
antelope, which brings the ambiguity of the
28 And you shall make the poles of
meaning; see Eze 16:10, and for the verb acacia wood, and you shall overlay
form Job 31:5. them with gold. And the table shall be
2 Understandably, Yahweh has judicial order carried by them.
in everything that He has created and we 29 And you shall make its platters,
must strive to keep and obey Yahweh's and its bowls, and its pitchers, and its
judicial order in every aspect of our life.
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sacrificial cups with which to pour a skilled workman, of twined linen, and
libation. You shall make them of pure blue and purple and crimson.
gold. 2 The length of one curtain shall be
30 And you shall put on the table the twenty eight by the cubit; and the
showbread before Me continually. width four by the cubit, for the one
31 And you shall make a Menorah of curtain; one measure to all the
pure gold. The Menorah shall be made curtains.
of beaten work; its base and its shaft, 3 Five curtains shall be joined
its calyxes, its knobs, and its blossoms together, each to her sister. And five
shall be from it. curtains shall be joined each to its
32 And six branches shall go out sister-piece.
from its sides, three branches of the 4 And you shall make loops of blue
lamp from its one side and three on the edge of one curtain, from the
branches of the Menorah from its end at the juncture; and so you shall
second side; do at the edge of the last curtain, at the
33 three almond like calyxes on the second juncture.
one branch with knob and blossom; 5 You shall make fifty loops on the
and three almond like calyxes on the one curtain; and you shall make fifty
one branch with knob and blossom, so loops in the end of the curtain at the
for the six branches, those going out second juncture; the corresponding
from the Menorah. loops each to her sister.
34 And on the Menorah shall be four 6 And you shall make fifty hooks of
almond like calyxes, each with its gold. And you shall join the curtains,
knobs and its blossoms; each to her sister, by the hooks. And it
35 and a knob under two branches of shall become one (echad, united)
it; and a knob under two branches of tabernacle.
it; and a knob under two branches of 7 And you shall make curtains of
it, to the six branches, those going goats' hair for a tent over the
from the Menorah. tabernacle; you shall make eleven
36 Their knobs and their branches curtains.
shall be of it, all of it one beaten work 8 The length of the one curtain shall
of pure gold. be thirty by the cubit; and the width
37 And you shall make its seven four by the cubit for the one curtain;
lamps, and one shall set up its lamps, one measure to the eleven curtains.
and they shall give light before its face. 9 And you shall join the five curtains
38 And its tongs, and its pans shall separately, and the six curtains
be of pure gold. separately. And you shall double the
39 One shall make it of a talent of six curtains before the front of the
pure gold, with all these vessels. tabernacle.
40 And see that they are made by 10 And you shall make fifty loops on
their patterns which you have been the edge of the one curtain, the last at
shown in the mountain. the juncture; and fifty loops on the
edge of the second curtain that joins.
Chapter 26 11 And you shall make fifty hooks of
copper. And you shall put the hooks in
1 And you shall make the tabernacle the loops and join the tent together.
with ten curtains. You shall make
them with cherubs, the work of a
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And it shall become one1. beneath. And in like manner they shall
12 And the overlapping part of the be joined on the top, to the one ring.
rest of the curtains of the tabernacle, So it shall be to both of them; they
the half curtain that remains, shall shall be for the two corners.
hang on the back of the tabernacle. 25 And there shall be eight boards,
13 And the cubit from this side, and and their silver sockets, sixteen
the cubit from that side that remains sockets, two sockets under the one
in the length of the curtains of the tent board, and two sockets under the one
shall be hung over the sides of the board.
tabernacle from this and from that 26 And you shall make bars of acacia
side, to cover it. wood, five to the boards of the one side
14 And you shall make a cover for of the tabernacle;
the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a 27 and five bars to the boards of the
covering of tachash2 skins from above. second side of the tabernacle; and five
15 And you shall make the boards for bars to the boards of the side of the
the tabernacle of acacia wood standing tabernacle for the rear, westward.
up. 28 And there shall be a middle bar in
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of the midst of the boards, going through
one board; and a cubit and a half the from end to end.
width of one board. 29 And you shall overlay the boards
17 Two pins shall be in one board, with gold and you shall make their
each connected to her sister piece. So rings gold, housings for the bars. And
you shall do to all the boards of the you shall overlay the bars with gold.
tabernacle. 30 And you shall set up the
18 And you shall make the boards for tabernacle according to the decree
the tabernacle; twenty boards on the which you were shown in the
south side, southward. mountain.
19 And you shall make forty sockets 31 And you shall make a veil of blue
of silver for the twenty boards; two and purple and crimson, and twined
sockets under the one board for its two linen. One shall make it by the work of
pins, and two sockets under the one the skilled workman, with cherubs.
board for its two pins. 32 And you shall put it on four
20 And for the second side of the pillars of acacia wood overlaid with
tabernacle, on the north side twenty gold. Their hooks shall be gold, on
boards; four sockets of silver.
21 and their forty silver sockets; two 33 And you shall hang the veil under
sockets under the one board, and two the hooks. And you shall bring the ark
sockets under the one board. of the testimony there inside to the
22 And you shall make six boards for veil. And the veil shall divide for you
the sides of the tabernacle westward. between the sanctuary and the Holy of
23 And you shall make two boards Holies.
for the corners of the tabernacle, in the 34 And you shall put the mercy seat
sides. on the ark of the testimony, in the
24 And they shall be double from Holy of Holies.
35 And you shall set the table
1 The word for one here is “echad” and outside the veil, and the lamp across
means that they were united in one, Gen from the table on the side of the
2:24. tabernacle southward. And you shall
2 See note on Exo 25:5.
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put the table on the north side. boards; as He showed you in the
36 And you shall make a screen for mountain, so they shall make it.
the door of the tent of blue, and of 9 And you shall make the court of
purple and crimson, and twined the tabernacle; for the south side
bleached linen, the work of an southward, hangings for the court of
embroiderer. twined linen, a hundred by the cubit in
37 And you shall make five pillars of length, for the one side.
acacia wood for the screen. And you 10 And its pillars shall be twenty,
shall overlay them with gold, their and their sockets twenty in copper; the
nails gold. And you shall cast for them hooks of the pillars and their bands of
five sockets of copper. silver.
11 And so for the north side in
Chapter 27 length, hangings a hundred in length;
and its pillars twenty, and their
1 And you shall make the altar of sockets twenty in copper; the hooks of
acacia timbers; five cubits long and the pillars and their bands of silver.
five cubits wide. The altar shall be 12 And the width of the west side of
square, and its height three cubits.1 the court shall have fifty cubits of
2 And you shall make its horns on its hangings; their pillars ten, and their
four corners. Its horns shall be a part sockets ten.
of itself. And you shall overlay it with 13 And the width of the court for the
copper.2 east side eastward fifty cubits;
3 And you shall make its pots to 14 and the hangings to the side
remove its ashes, and its shovels and fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and
its sacrificial bowls, and its flesh forks, their sockets three.
and its pans. You shall make all its 15 And to the hangings for the
vessels to be copper. second side, fifteen; their pillars three,
4 And you shall make a grating for it, and their sockets three.
a network of copper. And you shall 16 And for the gate of the court a
make four rings of copper on the four screen of twenty cubits, blue and
ends of the net. purple and crimson, and twined linen;
5 And you shall put it under the the work of an embroiderer; their
ledge of the altar from beneath. And pillars four and their sockets four.
the net shall be as far as half of the 17 All the pillars of the court round
altar. about shall be banded with silver,
6 And you shall make poles for the their hooks silver, and their sockets
altar, poles of acacia timbers. And you copper.
shall overlay them with copper. 18 The length of the court shall be a
7 And its poles shall be brought into hundred by the cubit, and the width
the rings. And the poles shall be on the fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits,
two sides of the altar, for carrying it. twined linen; and their sockets copper.
8 You shall make it hollow with 19 As to all the vessels of the
1 The same wood is used for the altar as the
tabernacle, in all its service, and all its
Ark of the Covenant being a hard wood, pins, and all the pins of the court, they
and the size of the altar is 7 ½ ft square, by shall be copper.
4 ½ feet high. 20 And you shall command the sons
2 The horns represented the transferring of of Israel, and let them bring to you
the blood from earth to heaven and also
were used to bind the sacrifice. (Psa 118:27)
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him; and you shall anoint them, and and shall anoint him.
you shall consecrate them, and you 8 And you shall take his sons and
shall sanctify them. And they shall clothe them with tunics.
minister as priests to Me. 9 And you shall gird them with
42 And make bleached linen girdles, Aaron and his sons; and you
breeches for them, to cover the naked shall bind on turbans for them; and it
flesh, from the loins as far as the shall be a never ending statute for
thighs they shall be. them in the priest's office. And you
43 And they shall be on Aaron and shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
on his sons in their going into the 10 And you shall bring near the bull
tabernacle of the congregation, or in before the tabernacle of the
their drawing near to the altar to congregation. And Aaron and his sons
minister in the sanctuary, and so that shall lay their hands on the head of the
they shall not raise up iniquity and die. bull.
It is a never ending statute to him and 11 And you shall slaughter the bull
to his seed after him. before the face of YAHWEH, at the
door of the tabernacle of the
Chapter 29 congregation.
12 And you shall take of the bull's
1 And this is the thing which you blood and shall put it on the horns of
shall do to them, to sanctify them to the altar with your finger. And you
minister as priests to Me: take one shall pour out all the blood at the base
bull, the son of the herd, and two rams of the altar.
without blemish, 13 And you shall take all the fat that
2 and unleavened bread, and covers the inward parts, and the lobe
unleavened cakes poured over with oil, on the liver, and the two kidneys, and
and unleavened wafers anointed with the fat on them, and you shall burn
oil; you shall make them of fine wheat them on the altar.
flour. 14 And you shall burn the flesh of
3 And you shall put them into one the bull, and its skin, and its dung,
basket and shall bring them near in with fire outside the camp; it is a sin
the basket, and the bull and the two offering.
rams. 15 And you shall take one ram, and
4 And you shall take Aaron and his Aaron and his sons shall lay their
sons to the door of the tabernacle of hands on the head of the ram.
congregation. And you shall wash 16 And you shall slaughter the ram,
them in water. and you shall take its blood and shall
5 And you shall take the garments, sprinkle it on the altar all around.
and you shall clothe Aaron with the 17 And you shall cut the ram into
tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and pieces; and you shall wash its inward
the ephod, and the breast plate. And parts, and its legs, and shall place
you shall bind it to him with the band them on its pieces and on its head.
of the ephod. 18 And you shall burn all the ram on
6 And you shall put the miter on his the altar; it is a burnt offering to
head; and you shall put the holy crown YAHWEH, a soothing fragrance; it is a
on the miter.
fire offering to YAHWEH.
7 And you shall take the oil of
19 And you shall take the second
anointing and shall pour on his head,
ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay
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their hands on the head of the ram. from the sons of Israel; it is for a heave
20 And you shall slaughter the ram; offering, and it shall be a heave
and you shall take of its blood and offering from the sons of Israel from
shall put it on the tip of the right ear of the sacrifices of their peace offerings,
Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear their heave offering to YAHWEH.
of his sons, and on the thumb of the 29 And the holy garments which are
right hand, and on the big toe of their Aaron's shall be his sons' after him, for
right foot; and you shall sprinkle the anointing in them and for filling their
blood on the altar all around. hands in them.
21 And you shall take of the blood on 30 The priest shall put them on
the altar, and the oil of anointing, and seven days, the one from his sons
you shall sprinkle on Aaron and on his taking his place; the one who comes
garments, and on his sons, and on his into the tabernacle of the congregation
sons' garments with him. to minister in the sanctuary.
22 And you shall take the fat from 31 And you shall take the ram of
the ram, and the fat tail, and the fat consecration, and you shall boil its
that covers the inward parts, and the flesh in a sanctuary.
lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat
and the fat on them, and the right leg; the flesh of the ram and the bread
for it is a ram of consecration; which is in the basket at the door of
23 also one loaf of bread, and one the tabernacle of the congregation.
cake of oil bread, and one wafer, from 33 And they shall eat those things by
the basket of unleavened bread which which atonement is made to
is before the face of YAHWEH. consecrate them, to sanctify them; and
24 And you shall put all on the a stranger shall not eat, for they are
hands of Aaron and on the hands of holy.
his sons. And you shall wave them, a 34 And if any is left of the flesh of
wave offering before the face of consecration, and of the bread, until
YAHWEH. the morning, you shall burn what is
25 And you shall take them from left with fire; it shall not be eaten, for
their hands, and you shall burn the it is holy.
burnt offering on the altar for a 35 And so you shall do to Aaron and
soothing fragrance before the face of to his sons, according to all which I
YAHWEH; it is a fire offering to have commanded you; you shall
consecrate them seven days.
YAHWEH.
36 And you shall offer a bull of a sin
26 And you shall take the breast
offering daily for atonement; and you
from the ram of consecration which is
shall purify the altar in your making
on Aaron. And you shall wave it a wave
atonement for it; and you shall anoint
offering before the face of YAHWEH; it it to sanctify it.
shall be your portion. 37 You shall make atonement seven
27 And you shall sanctify the breast days for the altar, and shall sanctify it;
of the wave offering, and the shoulder and the altar shall become most holy,
of the heave offering, which is waved all touching the altar becomes holy.
and which is lifted from the ram of 38 And this is what you shall offer
consecration, from what is Aaron's, on the altar: two lambs daily, sons of a
and from what is to his sons. year, continually.
28 And it shall be for Aaron and for 39 The one lamb you shall offer in
his sons for a never ending statute
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the morning, and the second lamb you cubit in width; it shall be square. And
shall offer between the evenings.1 its height shall be two cubits, its horns
40 And a tenth of fine flour anointed are to be a part of itself.
with beaten oil, a fourth of a hin; and a 3 And you shall overlay it with pure
drink offering, a fourth of a hin of gold, its top, and its walls all around,
wine, for the one lamb. and its horns. And you shall make a
41 And you shall offer the second wreath of gold for it all around.
lamb between the evenings; you shall 4 And you shall make two rings of
do to it like the morning food offering gold for it under its wreath; you shall
and its drink offering, for a soothing make its two corners on its two sides;
fragrance, a fire offering to YAHWEH. and they shall be housings for poles, to
42 This shall be a continual burnt lift them up by it.
offering to your generations, at the 5 And you shall make the poles of
door of the tabernacle of the acacia wood; and you shall overlay
congregation before the face of them with gold.
YAHWEH; there where I meet you to 6 And you shall put it before the veil
speak to you there. which is beside the ark of the
43 And I will meet the sons of Israel testimony; in front of the mercyseat
here and it shall be sanctified by My which is over the testimony, there
glory. where I meet you.
44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle 7 And Aaron shall burn incense of
of the congregation and the altar. And perfume on it morning by morning;
I will sanctify Aaron and his sons to when he dresses the lamps he shall
minister as priests to Me. burn it.
45 And I will dwell in the midst of 8 And when Aaron sets up the lamps
the sons of Israel; and I will be Elohim between the evenings he shall burn it,
to them. a perpetual incense before the face of
46 And they shall know that I am YAHWEH for your generations.
YAHWEH their Elohim, who brought 9 You shall not offer up strange
them out from the land of Egypt, that I incense on it, and burnt offering and
may dwell in their midst. I am food offering; and you shall not pour
out a drink offering, to go up on it.
YAHWEH their Elohim.2
10 And Aaron shall make atonement
on its horns once in a year; from the
Chapter 30
blood of the sin offering of the
atonement once in the year he shall
1 And you shall make an altar, a
make atonement on it for your
place for burning incense; you shall
generations; it is most holy to
make it of acacia wood.
2 It shall be a cubit in length and a YAHWEH.
11 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
1 The actual times listed here are from sunrise saying,
for the morning sacrifice and sunset for the 12 When you lift up the head of the
evening one. During temple times due to sons of Israel, of those numbered, each
the amount of sacrifices being done they one shall give the ransom of his soul to
actually did them at 9:00am and 3:00pm, YAHWEH when numbering them; and
Num 28:4.
2 Verses 44-46: YHWH dwelt among the
there shall not be a plague among
people through His set-apart priesthood of them when numbering them.
Aaron whom He consecrated. 13 They shall give this, everyone
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37 And the incense which you make, and the garments of his sons, to
in its proportion, you shall not make minister as priests;
for yourselves; it shall be holy to you 11 and the oil of anointing, and the
for YAHWEH. incense of perfumes for the sanctuary;
38 If a man makes any like it, to according to all which I have
smell of it, he shall be cut off from his commanded you, they shall do.
people1. 12 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
saying,
Chapter 31 13 And you speak to the sons of
Israel, charging them, only My
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, Sabbaths you shall keep2; for it is a
saying: sign between Me and you for your
2 Behold, I have called by name generation; to know that I am
Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of YAHWEH your sanctifier.
Hur, to the tribe of Judah. 14 And you shall keep the Sabbath,
3 And I have filled him with the for it is holy for you; the profaners of it
spirit of Elohim in wisdom, and in shall surely be executed; for everyone
intelligence, and in knowledge, and in doing work3 in it, that soul shall be cut
all workmanship, off from the midst of his people.
4 to devise designs, to work in gold 15 Work may be done six days, and
and in silver and in copper, on the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest,
5 and in cutting of stones for holy to YAHWEH; everyone doing
finishings, and in carving of wood, to work on the Sabbath day surely shall
work in all workmanship. be put to death.
6 And behold! I have given with him 16 And the sons of Israel shall guard
Aholiab the son of Ahisamach of the the Sabbath, to observe and do the
tribe of Dan; and in the heart of every Sabbath for their generations; it is a
wise-hearted one I have given wisdom; never ending covenant.
and they shall make all which I have 17 It is a sign forever between Me
commanded you: and the sons of Israel; for in six days
7 the tabernacle of the congregation, YAHWEH made the heavens and the
and the ark of the testimony, and the earth, and on the seventh day He
mercyseat which is going up over it, rested and was refreshed.4
and all the vessels of the tabernacle, 18 And when He finished speaking
8 and the table and its vessels, and with him on Mount Sinai, He gave to
the pure Menorah and all its vessels, Moses the two tablets of the
and the altar of incense; testimony, tablets of stone, written by
9 and the altar of burnt offering and the finger of Elohim.5
all its vessels, and the laver and its
base;
10 and the woven garments, and the 2 Exo 31:12-18 clearly shows the eternal
holy garments for Aaron the priest, Sabbath covenant that Yahweh has made to
His children for eternity which shows who
1 In Scripture the things that are set apart to He is as Creator and His blessing of rest to
Yahweh are not to be copied, yet in our those that enter His family covenant.
modern world today many commercialize 3 The word for doing means to expand and
anything from Scripture and there are work is 'melaka' which is a form of the
trinkets of almost anything you can imagine Hebrew word for Kingdom, so we are not to
to purchase. expand our own Kingdom on Shabbat.
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go up out from the land of Egypt, to rose and bowed themselves, each one
the land which I swore to Abraham, to at the door of his tent.2
Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give 11 And YAHWEH would speak to
it to your seed. Moses face to face, as a man speaks to
2 And I will send a Messenger before his friend. And he would return to the
your face1, and I will drive out the camp. And his attendant, Yahoshua
Canaanite, the Amorite, and the the son of Nun, a young man did not
Hittite and the Perizzite, and the leave the middle of the tabernacle.
Hivite, and the Jebusite; 12 And Moses said to YAHWEH,
3 to a land flowing with milk and Behold, You are saying to me, Cause
honey. For I will not go up among you, this people to go up. And You, You
for you are a stiffnecked people, lest I have not told me whom You will send
consume you in the way. with me. And yet You have said, I
4 And the people heard this evil know you by name, and also you have
word, and they mourned, and did not found favor in My eyes.3
put any ornaments on themselves. 13 And now, if I have found favor in
5 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Say Your eyes, please make me see Your
to the sons of Israel, You are a stiff- ways, and let me know You, so that I
necked people; in one instant I will go may find favor in Your eyes; and
up among you and I will consume you. consider that this nation is Your
And now lay off from you your people.
ornaments, that I may know what I 14 And He said, My presence4 will go
shall do to you. with you, and I will give you rest.
6 And the sons of Israel pulled off 15 And they said to Him, If Your
their ornaments, from Mount Horeb. presence does not go, do not cause us
7 And Moses took the tent and to go up from here.
pitched it outside the camp, far off 16 And now by what can it be known
from the camp. And he called it the that I and Your people have found
tabernacle of the congregation. And it favor in Your eyes? Is it not in Your
happened that everyone seeking going with us? And we are
YAHWEH went to the tabernacle of the distinguished, I and Your people, from
congregation which was outside the all the nations which are on the face of
camp. the earth?
8 And it happened as Moses went to 17 And YAHWEH said to Moses, This
the tabernacle, the people all rose and thing which you have spoken I will do.
stood, each one at the door of his tent. For you have found favor in My eyes,
And they looked after Moses until he and I know you by name.
had gone into the tabernacle. 18 And he said, I pray, let me see
9 And it happened as Moses went Your glory. (Luk 9:23-35)
into the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud 19 And He said, I will cause all My
would come down and stand at the
door of the tabernacle. And He spoke 2 Yahweh's presence brought a spirit of
with Moses. worship.
10 And all the people would see the 3 Yahweh knew Moses by name, and Moses
pillar of the cloud standing at the door wanted to know the name of the messenger
of the tabernacle. And all the people of Yahweh that would be going with them.
4 Presence in Hebrew 'pene' meaning my
1 Yahweh will send His Messenger, but He is face, one with equal authority who had His
not the messenger. name. Exo 23:20-21.
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goodness to pass before your face. And cloud. And he placed himself there
I will call out the name of YAHWEH with Him, and he called on the name
before your face. And I will be gracious of YAHWEH.
to whom I will be gracious, and I will 6 And YAHWEH passed by before his
have mercy on whom I will have face and called out: YAHWEH!
mercy.
YAHWEH Elohim! Merciful and
20 And He said, You are not able to
gracious, slow to anger, and great in
see My face; for no man can see Me
goodness and truth,
and live.
7 keeping mercy for thousands,
21 And YAHWEH said, Behold, a forgiving iniquity and transgression
place by Me! And you shall stand on a and sin, and not leaving entirely
rock. unpunished, visiting the iniquity of
22 And as My glory is passing it will fathers on sons, and on sons of sons,
be that I will put you in a cleft of the to the third and to the fourth
rock; and I will cover My hand over generation.
you during My passing. 8 And Moses hurried and bowed to
23 And I will remove My hand, and the earth and worshiped.
you shall see My back1; but My face 9 And he said, If now I have found
cannot be seen.
favor in Your eyes, O YAHWEH, please
let my Adonai go in our midst, for it is
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a stiffnecked people; and You forgive
our iniquity and our sin, and take us as
1 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Cut a possession.
out for yourself two tablets of stone, 10 And He said, Behold, I am cutting
like the former. And I will write on the a covenant;2 I will do wonderful things
tablets the words which were on the before all your people which not have
former tablet, which you broke. been done in all the earth, and among
2 And be prepared in the morning, all nations. And all the people in
and go up in the morning to Mount whose midst you are shall see the
Sinai. And place yourself there by Me,
work of YAHWEH, for that which I am
on the top of the mountain.
about to do is awesome.
3 And a man shall not go up with
11 Take heed for yourself what I am
you. And also let no man be seen on all
commanding you today. Behold, I am
the mountain. Also do not allow the
about to drive out from before your
flocks and the herds to feed before that
face the Amorite, and the Canaanite,
mountain.
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and
4 And he cut out two tablets of stone
the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
like the former. And Moses rose early
12 Take heed to yourself, that you
in the morning and went up into
not cut a covenant with the people of
Mount Sinai, as YAHWEH had the land to which you are going in,
commanded him. And he took in his that it not be a snare in your midst.
hand the two tablets of stone. 13 But you shall cut down their
5 And YAHWEH came down in the altars, break their pillars, and you
1 This Hebrew word does not necessarily shall cut off their Asherahs.
mean a physical back, but the after result, 14 For you shall not bow to another
YHWH would allow Moses in vision to see
that his request for His presence to be with 2 This is written in the present tense showing
the Israelites would be granted. the covenant hadn't been ratified before this.
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Elohim, for YAHWEH whose name is face of Adonai YAHWEH, the Elohim
Jealous1, He is a jealous Elohim; of Israel.
15 that you not cut a covenant with 24 For I will expel nations from
the people of the land, and they before your face and will make broad
fornicate with their Elohims, and they your territory; and no one shall covet
call to you, and you eat from his your land, as you go up to appear
sacrifice; before YAHWEH your Elohim three
16 and you take from their daughters times in the year.
for your sons, and their daughters 25 You shall not slaughter the blood
fornicate with their Elohims, and they of my sacrifice with leaven, nor shall
lead your sons to fornicate with their the sacrifice of the Passover Feast pass
Elohims.2 the night until morning.
17 You shall not make for yourself 26 You shall bring the first of the
casted Elohims. first-fruits of your ground to the house
18 You shall keep the Feast of of YAHWEH your Elohim. You shall
Unleavened; seven days you shall eat not boil a kid in the milk of its mother.
unleavened things, which I command-
27 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
ed you, at the time appointed, the
Write these words for yourself, for on
month of Abib; for in the month of
the mouth of these words I will cut a
Abib you went out from Egypt.
covenant with you and with Israel4.
19 Every one opening the womb is
Mine, and all your male livestock, a 28 And he was there with YAHWEH
firstling of ox or sheep, forty days and forty nights; he did not
20 and a firstling of a donkey, you eat bread and he did not drink water.
shall redeem with a lamb. And if you And He wrote on the tablets the words
do not redeem, you shall break its of the covenant, the Ten Words.
neck. You shall redeem every firstborn 29 And it happened as Moses was
of your sons, and they shall not be going down from Mount Sinai, the two
seen before My face empty. tablets of the testimony being in
21 You may work six days, and on Moses' hand as he went down from the
the seventh day you shall rest. In mountain, Moses did not know that
plowing time and in harvest you shall the skin of his face had become shiny
rest. through His speaking with him.
22 And you shall observe a Feast of 30 And Aaron and all the sons of
Weeks for yourself, the first-fruits of Israel saw Moses. And, behold! The
the harvest of wheat; also the Feast of skin of his face shone. And they were
Ingathering after the turn of the year3. afraid to draw near to him.
23 Three times in the year every 31 And Moses called to them. And
male of yours shall be seen before the Aaron and all the leaders among the
congregation turned back to him. And 4 And Moses said to all the
Moses spoke to them. congregation of the sons of Israel,
32 And afterwards all the sons of saying, This is the thing which
Israel drew near. And he commanded YAHWEH commanded, saying,
them all that which YAHWEH had 5 Take from among you an offering
spoken with him in Mount Sinai. to YAHWEH. Everyone willing of heart
33 And Moses finished speaking shall bring it, the offering of
with them, and he put a veil on his YAHWEH: gold and silver and copper,
face. 6 and blue, and purple, and crimson,
34 And as Moses came in before and bleached linen, and goats' hair,
YAHWEH to speak with Him, he took 7 and rams' skins dyed red, and
off the veil until he went out 1. And he tachash skins, and acacia wood,
would go out and speak to the sons of 8 and oil for the light, and spices for
Israel that which he was commanded. the oil of anointing, and for the
35 And the sons of Israel would see incense of perfumes;
the face of Moses, that the skin of 9 and onyx stones, and stones of
Moses' face shone2. And Moses would settings, for the ephod and for the
put back the veil on his face until he breast pocket.
went in to speak with Him. 10 And every wise-hearted one
among you, let them come and make
Chapter 35 all which YAHWEH has commanded;
11 the tabernacle, its tent, and its
1 And Moses assembled all the cover, its hooks, its boards, its bars, its
congregation of the sons of Israel and pillars, and its sockets;
said to them, These are the Words 12 the ark, and its poles, the
which YAHWEH has commanded, to mercyseat and the veil of the covering,
do them: 13 the table and its poles, and all its
2 Work may be done six days and on vessels, and the Bread of the Presence;
the seventh day it shall be holy to you, 14 and the Menorah of the light, and
a Sabbath of rest to YAHWEH; its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil of
everyone doing work in it surely shall the light;
die. 15 and the incense altar and its
3 You shall not kindle a fire in all poles, and the oil of anointing, and the
your dwellings on the day of the incense of perfumes, and the screen of
Sabbath. the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
16 the altar of burnt offering, and its
1 It would have been disrespectful for Moses copper grating, its poles, and all its
to have his head covered while speaking to vessels, the laver and its base;
Yahweh. 1Cor 11:4. 17 the screens of the court, its pillars,
2 The Hebrew word “keren” means to radiate, and its sockets, and the screen for the
as the sun radiates from heaven to earth. It gate of the court;
also means horn, as the horn from the 18 the pins of the tabernacle, and the
animal radiates up to heaven also; that is pins of the court, and their cords;
why the priests hold the horns of the animal 19 the woven garments to minister in
before sacrifice as he is transferring the sins
the sanctuary, the holy garments for
from the horn of the animal up to heaven
and that is why a horn is blown on the
Aaron the priest, and the garments for
Holy-Days as joy is being radiated from the his sons, to minister as priests.
horn up to the heavens. 20 And all the congregation of the
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sons of Israel went out from Moses. name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son
21 And they came, every one whose of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
heart was lifted up, and everyone 31 And He has filled him with the
whose spirit made him willing. They spirit of Elohim, in wisdom, in
brought the offering of YAHWEH for intelligence, and in knowledge, and in
the work of the tabernacle of the all workmanship,
congregation, and for all its service, 32 and to devise designs, to work in
and for the holy garments. gold, and in silver, and in copper,
22 And the men came in together 33 and in cuttings of stones for
with the women, everyone willing of finishings, and in carving of wood, to
heart. They brought in bracelets, and work in all workmanship of design.
nose rings, and rings, and ornaments, 34 And He has put in his heart to
every gold article, and every one who teach, he and Aholiab the son of
waved a wave offering of gold to Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan,
YAHWEH. 35 He has filled them with wisdom
23 And everyone with whom blue of heart, to do every work of a smith,
was found, and purple, and crimson, and an artisan, and an embroiderer in
and bleached linen, and goats' hair, blue, and in purple, and in crimson,
and rams' skins dyed red, and tachash and in bleached linen, and a weaver;
skins, they brought. doers of every work and devisers of
24 Everyone rising up with an designs.
offering of silver and copper, they
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brought the offering of YAHWEH; and
everyone with whom was found acacia
1 And Bezaleel and Aholiab shall
wood for any work of the service, they
work with everyone wise of heart to
brought.
25 And every wise-hearted woman whom YAHWEH has given wisdom
spun with her hands; and they brought and intelligence, to know how to do
spun yarn, blue, and purple, and every work of the service of the
crimson and bleached linen. sanctuary, concerning all which
26 And all the women whose hearts YAHWEH had commanded.
were lifted up in wisdom spun the 2 And Moses called to Bezaleel, and
goats' hair. to Aholiab, and to everyone wise of
27 And the leaders brought the onyx heart, to whom YAHWEH had given a
stones, and stones for the setting, for heart of wisdom, everyone whose
the ephod and for the breast pocket, heart had lifted him up to come near
28 and the spice, and the oil for the the work, to do it.
light, and for the anointing oil, and for 3 And they took every offering before
the incense of the perfumes. Moses which the sons of Israel had
29 And every man and woman brought for the work of the service in
whose hearts made them willing to the holy place, to do it. And they
bring for all the work which YAHWEH brought to him still more willing
commanded to be done by the hand of offerings morning by morning.
Moses; the sons of Israel brought a 4 And all the wise men came, those
willing offering to YAHWEH. doing every kind of work for the
30 And Moses said to the sons of sanctuary, each one from his work
they were doing.
Israel, Behold! YAHWEH has called by
5 And they spoke to Moses, saying,
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blossom; and three almond-like bowls sacrificial bowls, the fleshhooks and
on the one branch, with knob and the firepans. He made all its vessels of
blossom; so for the six branches, those copper.
going out from the Menorah. 4 And he made a network of copper
20 And on the Menorah were four grating for the altar, from below under
almond-like bowls, its knobs and its its ledge, as far as its middle.
blossoms. 5 And he cast four rings in its four
21 And a knob was under two ends to the copper grating, housings
branches of it, to the six branches, for the poles.
those going out from it. 6 And he made the poles of acacia
22 The knobs and the branches of it wood; and he overlaid them with
were one beaten work of pure gold. copper.
23 And he made its seven lamps and 7 And he put the poles into the rings
its snuffers and its pans of pure gold. on the sides of the altar, to lift it with
24 He made it and all its vessels them. He made it hollow with planks.
from a talent of pure gold. 8 And he made the laver copper, and
25 And he made the altar of incense its base copper, from the mirrors of
of acacia wood; its length a cubit, and the serving women, those assembling,
its width a cubit, square. And its who served at the door of the
height was two cubits; its horns were tabernacle of the congregation.
of it. 9 And he made the court. To the side
26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, of the Negev, to the south, the curtains
its top and its sides and its horns all of the court were twined bleached
around. And he made for it a wreath of linen, a hundred by the cubit.
gold all around. 10 Their pillars were twenty and
27 And he made for it two rings of their sockets twenty, of copper. The
gold, from beneath its wreath, on its hooks of the pillars and their bands
two corners, on its two sides, for were silver.
housings for poles, to lift it. 11 And for the north side, a hundred
28 And he made its poles of acacia by the cubit, their pillars were twenty
wood; and he overlaid them with gold. and their sockets twenty, of copper.
29 And he made the holy oil of The hooks of the pillars and their
anointing, and the pure incense of bands were silver.
fragrant spices, the work of a 12 And for the west side, curtains of
perfumer. fifty cubits; their pillars ten and their
sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars
Chapter 38 and her bands were silver.
13 And for the east side eastward
1 And he made the altar of the burnt fifty cubits,
offering of acacia wood; five cubits its 14 curtains of fifteen cubits to the
length and five cubits its width, side, their pillars three and their
square; and its height was three sockets three.
cubits. 15 And for the second side on this
2 And he made its horns on its four side and on that side to the opening of
corners; its horns were of it. And he the court, curtains of fifteen cubits,
overlaid it with copper. their pillars three and their sockets
3 And he made all the vessels of the three.
altar, the pots and the shovels and the 16 All the curtains of the court all
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around were twined bleached linen. by the shekel of the holy place, for
17 And the sockets for the pillars everyone passing over to those
were copper, the hooks of the pillars numbered, from a son of twenty years
and their bands of silver. And the and upward, for six hundred and three
overlaying of their capitals were silver; thousand, five hundred and fifty per-
and all the pillars of the court were sons.
banded with silver. 27 And the hundred talents of the
18 And the screen of the opening of silver were for casting the sockets of
the court was an embroiderer's work, the sanctuary, and for the sockets of
blue and purple and crimson, and the veil, a hundred sockets for a
bleached twined linen, and twenty hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
cubits long, and the height was five 28 And the thousand, seven hundred
cubits in width; the curtains of the and seventy five shekels he made into
court joining. hooks for the pillars; and he overlaid
19 And their pillars were four, and their capitals and joined them.
their sockets four, of copper; their 29 And the copper of the wave
hooks silver, and the overlaying of offering was seventy talents and two
their capitals and their bands were thousand and four hundred shekels.
silver. 30 And he made with it the sockets
20 And all the pins for the of the door of the tabernacle of the
tabernacle and for the court all around congregation, and the copper altar and
were copper. its copper grating, and all the vessels
21 These are the numbered things of of the altar.
the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the 31 And the sockets of the court all
testimony, which were numbered at around, and the sockets of the opening
Moses' command for the service of the of the court, and all the pins of the
Levites in the hand of Ithamar, the son tabernacle, and all of the pins of the
of Aaron the priest. court all around were copper.
22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the
son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made Chapter 39
all that YAHWEH commanded Moses.
23 And with him Aholiab the son of 1 And from the blue and the purple
Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an and the crimson they made woven
engraver and a craftsman, and an garments for serving in the sanctuary.
embroiderer in blue and in purple and And they made the holy garments
in crimson and in bleached linen. which were for Aaron, as YAHWEH
24 All the gold used was for the commanded Moses.
work, in all the work of the sanctuary; 2 And he made the ephod of gold,
and it was the gold of the wave blue, and purple, and crimson, and
offering, twenty nine talents and seven twined bleached linen.
hundred and thirty shekels, by the 3 And they beat out sheets of gold,
shekel of the sanctuary. and cut threads to work into the midst
25 And the silver of the numbered of the blue, and into the midst of the
ones of the assembly was a hundred purple, and into the midst of the
talents, and a thousand seven hundred crimson, and into the midst of the
and seventy five shekels, by the shekel bleached linen, the work of an artisan.
of the sanctuary, 4 They made shoulderpieces for it,
26 a bekah for a head, half a shekel, joined together; it was joined on its
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12 And you shall cause to draw near 23 And he set the bread in order on
Aaron and his sons to the door of the it before the face of YAHWEH, as
tabernacle of the congregation. And YAHWEH commanded Moses.
you shall wash them with water. 24 And he put the Menorah in the
13 And you shall clothe Aaron with tabernacle of the congregation,
the holy garments. And you shall opposite the table, on the side of the
anoint him and sanctify him. And he tabernacle southward.
shall serve as priest to Me.1 25 And he set up the lamps before
14 And you shall cause his sons to
YAHWEH, as YAHWEH had
draw near. And you shall clothe them
commanded Moses.
with tunics.
26 And he set up the altar of gold in
15 And you shall anoint them as you
the tabernacle of the congregation,
anointed their father. And they shall
before the veil.
serve as priests to Me. And their
27 And he burned on it incense of
anointing shall be for an everlasting
priesthood for their generations. fragrant spices, as YAHWEH
16 And Moses did so, according to all commanded Moses.
that YAHWEH commanded him; so he 28 And he set up the screen of the
door to the tabernacle.
did.
29 And he put the altar of burnt
17 And it happened in the first
offering at the door of the tent of the
month, in the second year, on the first
tabernacle of the congregation. And he
of the month, the tabernacle was
offered up on it the burnt offering and
raised up.2
18 And Moses raised up the the food offering, as YAHWEH
tabernacle, and he gave its sockets, commanded Moses.
and he set up its boards, and he gave 30 And he put the laver between the
its bars, and he raised up its pillars. tabernacle of the congregation and the
19 And he spread out the tent over altar. And he gave there water for
the tabernacle. And he put the cover of washing.
the tent over it from above, as 31 And from it Moses and Aaron and
YAHWEH commanded Moses.
his sons washed their hands and their
feet.
20 And he took and gave the
32 As they came into the tabernacle
testimony into the ark. And he put the
of the congregation, and as they drew
poles on the ark. And he gave the
near to the altar, they would wash, as
mercyseat on the ark from above.
21 And he caused the ark to go in YAHWEH commanded Moses.
into the tabernacle. And he placed the 33 And he raised up the court all
veil of the covering, and he covered around the tabernacle and the altar.
over the ark of testimony, as YAHWEH And he gave the screen of the opening
of the court. And Moses finished the
commanded Moses.
work.
22 And he gave the table into the
34 And the cloud covered the
tabernacle of the congregation, on the
tabernacle of the congregation; and
side of the tabernacle, northward
outside the veil. the glory of YAHWEH filled the
tabernacle.3
1 Rev 19:7-8. 35 And Moses was not able to come
2 Before YHWH's presence could be with into the tabernacle of the congregation
them there had to be judicial order.
(Exo 19:1). 3 Exo 24:16-17, Exo 16:10.
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17 And he shall cleave it with its YAHWEH, and shall bring it to the
wings, not dividing it, and the priest priest. And the priest shall bring it
shall burn it as incense on the altar, on near to the altar.
the wood which is on the fire; a burnt 9 And the priest shall lift up the food
offering; it is a fire offering of soothing offering, its memorial offering, and
fragrance to YAHWEH. shall burn it as incense on the altar, a
fire offering, a soothing fragrance to
Chapter 2 YAHWEH.
10 And the rest of the food offering
1 And when a person brings near an is for Aaron and his sons, most holy, of
offering, a food offering to YAHWEH, the offerings of YAHWEH.
his offering shall be of flour. And he 11 Any food offering which you shall
shall pour oil on it; and he shall put bring to YAHWEH, you shall not make
frankincense on it. with leaven; for all leaven and all
2 And he shall bring it to the sons of honey you shall not burn it as incense,
Aaron the priest, and he shall take
a fire offering to YAHWEH.2
from it the fullness of his handful from
12 As an offering of first-fruits, you
its flour, and from its oil, with all its
frankincense. And the priest shall burn shall bring them to YAHWEH, but they
it as incense on the altar, a memorial shall not go up on the altar for a
offering, a fire offering, a soothing soothing fragrance.
fragrance to YAHWEH.1 13 And every offering of your food
offering you shall season with salt, and
3 And the rest of the food offering is
you shall not let the salt of the
for Aaron and for his sons, most holy,
covenant of your Elohim be lacking
of the fire offerings of YAHWEH. from your food offering; you shall offer
4 And when you bring near an salt with all your offerings.3
offering, a food offering baked in an 14 And if you bring near a food
oven, it shall be of fine flour,
offering of first-fruits to YAHWEH,
unleavened cakes mixed with oil, or
fresh ears roasted with fire, grains
unleavened thin cakes anointed with
from a garden, you shall bring near
oil.
your first-fruits for a food offering.
5 And if your offering is a food
offering baked in a pan, it shall be of
2 This offering was to accompany one of the
unleavened fine flour, mixed with oil. other sacrifices and was made without yeast
6 You shall divide it into bits, and or honey as both of these items can ferment,
you should pour oil on it; it is a food which would disqualify the offering.
offering. 3 The offering was salted to symbolize the
7 And if your offering is a food eternal relationship YHWH had with His
offering on a griddle, your offering people. Salt was a preservative for meat in
shall be fine flour mixed with oil; ancient times and extremely important to
8 And you shall bring the food the life of animals and people. Salt is
offering made of these things to essential for our health and plays a crucial
role in keeping our bodies functioning
1 The grain offering was a continual reminder properly. The two elements of salt, sodium
for the people that YHWH is the provider of and chloride each play a variety of crucial
their daily bread and sustainer of their life. roles in one's body. In ancient times salt was
The Hebrew word for this offering also can used to pay wages and the word 'salary'
mean 'a gift' and recognized the gift of life comes from the word salt. Mat 5:13, Num
that YHWH provides to the one offering. 18:19.
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15 And you shall put oil on it, and lay or female, without blemish, he shall
frankincense on it; it is a food offering. bring it near.
16 And the priest shall burn it as 7 If he is bringing near a sheep for
incense, with its memorial offering his offering, then he shall bring it near
from its grains, and from its oil, before the face of YAHWEH.
besides all its frankincense, a fire 8 And he shall lay his hand on the
offering to YAHWEH. head of his offering and shall slaughter
it in front of the tabernacle of the
Chapter 3 congregation. And the sons of Aaron
shall sprinkle its blood on the altar all
1 And if his offering is a sacrifice of around.
peace offering, if he is offering it from 9 And he shall bring near from the
the herd, whether male or female, sacrifice of the peace offerings a fire
without blemish, he shall bring it near offering to YAHWEH, its fat; he shall
before the face of YAHWEH.1 remove the entire fat tail close by the
2 And he shall lay his hand on the backbone, and all the fat that covers
head of his offering and slaughter it at the inward parts, and all the fat that is
the opening of the tent of the on the inward parts,
congregation. And the sons of Aaron, 10 and the two kidneys, and the fat
the priests, shall sprinkle the blood on on them, on the loins, and he shall
the altar all around. remove the lobe by the liver, beside
3 And he shall bring near from the the kidneys; he shall remove it.
sacrifice of the peace offering a fire 11 And the priest shall burn it as
offering to YAHWEH, the fat which incense on the altar, bread of the fire
covers the inward parts, and all the fat offering to YAHWEH.
on the inward parts, 12 And if his offering is a goat, then
4 and the two kidneys, and the fat on he shall bring it near before the face of
them, on the loins, and the fatty lobe YAHWEH.
by the liver beside the kidneys, he shall 13 And he shall lay his hand on its
remove. head and shall slaughter it in front of
5 And the sons of Aaron shall burn it the tabernacle of the congregation.
as incense on the altar, on the burnt And the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle
offering on the wood on the fire, a fire its blood all around on the altar.
offering of a soothing fragrance to 14 And he shall bring near from it
YAHWEH. his offering, a fire offering to
6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of YAHWEH, the fat covering the inward
peace offerings is from the flock, male parts, and all the fat on the inward
parts,
1 The peace offering comes from the Hebrew 15 and the two kidneys, and the fat
word “shelem”, which comes from the root on them, on the loins, and the lobe on
of the word for peace, which is “shalom.” It the liver, beside the kidneys, he shall
is the only offering where the offerer may remove.
also eat of the sacrifice with the priest. This
16 And the priest shall burn them as
showed the unity of the offerer with YHWH
through the priestly mediator who made the
incense on the altar, bread of the fire
sacrifice on his behalf. This also greatly offering for a soothing fragrance; all
symbolized the unity that one has with the fat belongs to YAHWEH.
YHWH through the sacrifice of Yahshua, 17 It shall be a never ending statute
the Prince of Peace. Isa 9:6, Heb 7:2.
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for your generations in all your offering, he shall lift up the fat which is
dwellings. You shall not eat any fat or covering over the inward parts, and all
any blood. the fat which is on the inward parts,
9 and the two kidneys, and the fat
Chapter 4 which is on them, which is on the
flanks, and he shall remove the lobe on
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, the liver beside the kidneys.
saying, 10 As it is raised up from the
2 Speak to the sons of Israel saying, sacrifice of the peace offerings of the
When a person sins against any of the bull, the priest shall burn them as
commands of YAHWEH through incense on the altar of burnt offering.
ignorance, which is not to be done, 11 And the skin of the bull, and all its
and shall do any one of them; flesh with its head, and with its legs,
3 if the priest who is anointed sins, and the inward parts, and its dung,
resulting in guilt to the people, then he 12 he shall bring out all the bull to
shall bring near for his sin which he the outside of the camp, to a clean
has sinned a bull, a son of the herd, place, to the place of the pouring of
ashes; and he shall burn it on the
without blemish, to YAHWEH for a sin
wood with fire; it shall be burned at
offering.
the place of pouring of ashes.2
4 And he shall bring the bull into the
13 If all the company of Israel shall
opening of the tabernacle of the
sin through ignorance, and the thing
congregation, before the face of
has been hidden from the eyes of the
YAHWEH. And he shall lay his hand assembly, and they do that which is
on the head of the bull and shall not to be done to any of all the
slaughter the bull before the face of commands of YAHWEH, and are
YAHWEH. guilty;
5 And the priest who is anointed1 14 when the sin shall be known, that
shall take some of the blood of the bull which they have sinned against it, then
and shall bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation shall bring near a
the congregation. bull, a son of the herd, for a sin
6 And the priest shall dip his finger offering. And they shall bring it in
in the blood and sprinkle some of the front of the tabernacle of the
blood seven times before the face of
YAHWEH, at the front of the veil of the 2 Verses 1-12: The sin sacrifice was done by
holy place. the priest who was a mediator for the
7 And the priest shall put some of the people in symbolically shedding blood for
blood on the horns of the altar of their sins. The Torah states 'eye for eye', and
sweet incense, at the opening of the 'life for life', so this symbolic act could not
tent of the congregation, before the pay the penalty of the sins, as the life of an
animal is not equal with the life of a human,
face of YAHWEH. but merely was a symbolic reminder to
8 And all the fat of the bull of the sin them (Heb 10:1-4). During Temple times
the bodies were burned and the ashes were
1 This literally says in Hebrew, “And the placed at the third altar (Miphkad Altar)
priest who is The Mashiach (Messiah)” across the Kidron Valley on the lower part
showing that the priest doing the sin of the Mount of Olives where the Red
offering symbolized Yahshua's great Heifer sacrifice was done (Num 19) and
sacrifice He did for the sins of the people. also where Yahshua was crucified,
Isa 53:12. Heb 13:10-13.
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11 And if his hand cannot reach to priest. And the priest shall atone for
two turtledoves, or two offspring of a him, for his sin of error which he
dove, then he who sinned shall bring erred, and he did not know; and it
his offering, a tenth of an ephah 1 of shall be forgiven him.
fine flour for a sin offering; he shall 19 It is a guilt offering; truly he is
not put oil on it, nor put frankincense guilty before the face of YAHWEH.3
on it; for it is a sin offering.
12 And he shall bring it to the priest, Chapter 6
and the priest shall take from it his full
handful, the memorial offering, and 1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
shall burn it as incense on the altar, on saying,
the fire offering of YAHWEH; it is a sin 2 If any person sins and is slyly
offering. treacherous against YAHWEH, and
13 And the priest shall atone for him, deals falsely with his neighbor
for his sin which he sinned from one of concerning a deposit, or concerning
these; and it shall be forgiven him. security, or by robbery, or has extorted
And it shall be for the priest as a food his neighbor,
offering. 3 or has found a lost thing and has
14 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses lied about it, and has sworn to a
saying, falsehood in regard to any one of all
15 If a person acts unfaithfully and these which a man does, sinning in
sins through ignorance2, against the them,
holy things of YAHWEH, then he shall 4 then it shall be, when he sins and is
bring his guilt offering to YAHWEH, a guilty, he shall return what he got by
ram, without blemish out of the flock, robbery, that which he robbed, or the
at your evaluation in silver shekels, by extorted thing which he extorted, or
the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt the deposit which had been deposited
offering. with him, or the lost thing which he
16 And he shall make good that in had found;
which he sinned against the holy 5 or all that about which he swore
thing, and he shall add its fifth part to falsely; he shall even repay it in its
it, and give it to the priest. And the principal, and the fifth part he shall
priest shall atone for him with the ram add to it; to whomever it belongs. He
of the guilt offering; and it shall be shall give it on the day of his guilt
forgiven him. (Isa 53:10) offering.
17 And if a person sins, and he has 6 And he shall bring his guilt offering
done that which is not to be done from to YAHWEH: a ram, without blemish
any one of all the commands of out of the flock, at your evaluation for
YAHWEH, and does not know it, and a guilt offering, to the priest.
he is guilty, and bears his iniquity, 7 And the priest shall make
18 then he shall bring a ram, without atonement for him before YAHWEH,
blemish from the flock, at your and as regards to one thing of all that
evaluation for a guilt offering to the he has done, it shall be forgiven him,
1 An ephah is about 22 liters.
by being guilty in it.4
2 This Hebrew word does not mean that the 8 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
person completely did not know what they saying,
were doing, but that they were not defiantly
doing the sin. 3 Rom 3:23-25.
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9 Command Aaron and his sons, 15 And he shall lift from it his
saying, This is the law of the burnt handful of the flour of the food
offering; it is the burnt offering offering, and of its oil, and all the
because it is burned on the altar all the frankincense on the food offering. And
night until the morning, and the fire of he shall burn it as incense on the altar,
the altar is kept burning on it. a soothing fragrance from its
10 The priest shall put on his long memorial to YAHWEH.
robe of fine linen, and he shall put his 16 And Aaron and his sons shall eat
linen underpants on his flesh. And he the rest. It shall be eaten with
shall lift up the ashes which the fire unleavened things in the holy place, in
consumed with the burnt offering on the court of the tabernacle of the
the altar, and shall put them beside congregation they shall eat it.
the altar. 17 It shall not be baked with leaven. I
11 And he shall strip off his have given it as their portion out of My
garments, and shall put on other fire offerings. It is most holy, like the
garments, and shall bring the ashes sin offering, and like the guilt offering.
out to the outside of the camp, to a 18 Every male among the sons of
clean place. Aaron shall eat it, a never ending
12 And the fire on the altar shall be statute throughout your generations
kept burning on it; it shall not be put from the fire offerings of YAHWEH. All
out. And the priest shall burn wood on that touches them shall be holy.
it morning by morning. And he shall
19 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
lay the burnt offering in order on it.
saying,
And he shall burn it as incense with
20 This is the offering of Aaron and
the fat of the peace offering.
his sons which they shall bring near to
13 Fire shall be continually burning
on the altar; it shall never go out. YAHWEH on the day he is anointed: a
14 And this is the law of the food tenth of an ephah of flour, a continual
offering: the sons of Aaron shall bring food offering; half of it in the morning,
it near before YAHWEH, to the front of and half of it in the evening.
21 It shall be made on a griddle with
the altar.
oil. You shall bring it in mixed. You
shall bring baked pieces of the food
4 Verses 1-6: Now we start to see specific
offering, a soothing fragrance to
cases of guilt with repentance, where there
has to be both a sacrifice made by the YAHWEH.
mediator (priest), and also restitution for 22 And the priest who is anointed in
what was lost by the perpetrator. When his place, from among his sons, shall
Yahshua magnified the Torah, He showed make it. It is a never ending statute of
that all sin starts in the mind, (Mat 5:21-28) YAHWEH. It shall be completely
and to think lustful thoughts was considered burned;
adultery. Also, to be angry with someone is 23 and every food offering of a priest
considered murder. By magnifying the
is a whole burnt offering. It shall not
Torah in such a way, Yahshua showed the
people that all humans have not only sinned be eaten.
but have committed crimes that bring the 24 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
death penalty (Rom 3:10-25), and only by saying,
repenting of those sins and allowing His 25 Speak to Aaron and to his sons,
shed blood to pay the penalty for them can saying, This is the law of the sin
one be justified before Yahweh, and gain offering: In the place where the burnt
eternal life.
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for a soothing fragrance; it is a fire on his garments, and on his sons, and
offering to YAHWEH, as YAHWEH had on his sons' garments with him. And
commanded Moses. he sanctified Aaron, his garments, and
22 And he brought the second ram, a his sons, and the garments of his sons
ram of the consecrations, and Aaron with him.
and his sons lay their hands on the 31 And Moses said to Aaron and to
head of the ram. his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of
23 And one killed it, and Moses took the tabernacle of the congregation,
some of its blood and put it on the tip and you shall eat it there, and the
of the right ear of Aaron, and on the bread in the basket of the
thumb of his right hand, and on the consecrations, as I have commanded,
big toe of his right foot. saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and 32 And the rest of the flesh and of
Moses put some of the blood on the tip the bread you shall burn with fire;
of their right ear, and on the thumb of 33 and you shall not go out of the
their right hand, and on the big toe of door of the tabernacle of the
their right foot. And Moses sprinkled congregation for seven days, until the
the blood on the altar all around, days of your consecration are fulfilled.
25 and took the fat, and the fat tail, For He shall consecrate you seven
and all the fat on the inward parts, and days; (Gen 7:10)
the lobe above the liver, and the two 34 as He has done on this day,
kidneys, and their fat, and the right YAHWEH has commanded you to do,
leg. to make atonement for you.
26 And out of the basket of 35 And you shall remain at the door
unleavened bread which was before of the tabernacle of the congregation
YAHWEH, he took one unleavened day and night for seven days, and you
cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and shall keep the charge of YAHWEH and
one wafer, and put them on the fat, shall not die; for so I have been
and on the right leg; commanded.
27 and placed the whole on the 36 And Aaron and his sons did all
hands of Aaron, and on the hands of the things which YAHWEH had
his sons, and waved them, a wave commanded by the hand of Moses.
offering before YAHWEH.
28 And Moses took them off their Chapter 9
hands and burned them with incense
on the altar, on the burnt offering; 1 And it happened, on the eighth day,
they are consecrations for a soothing Moses called for Aaron and for his
fragrance; it is a fire offering to sons, and for the elders of Israel.
YAHWEH. 2 And he said to Aaron, Take a calf to
29 And Moses took the breast and yourself, a son of the herd, for a sin
waved it, a wave offering before offering, and a ram for a burnt
YAHWEH, of the ram of the offering, ones without blemish, and
consecrations. It was Moses' portion, bring them near before YAHWEH.
as YAHWEH had commanded Moses. 3 And speak to the sons of Israel,
30 And Moses took some of the saying, Take a kid of the goats for a sin
anointing oil, and some of the blood offering, and a calf, and a lamb, sons
on the altar, and sprinkled on Aaron, of a year, ones without blemish, for a
burnt offering;
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4 and a bull and a ram for peace 15 And he brought the offering of the
offerings, to sacrifice before YAHWEH; people, and took the he-goat of the sin
and a food offering mixed with oil; for offering which is for the people, and
today YAHWEH will be seen. killed it, and made it a sin offering like
5 And they took that which Moses the first.
had commanded to the front of the 16 And he brought the burnt
tent of meeting, and the entire offering, and offered it, according to
congregation drew near and stood the ordinance.
17 And he brought the food offering
before YAHWEH.
and filled his hand from it, and burned
6 And Moses said, This is the thing
it as incense on the altar, besides the
that YAHWEH has commanded; do it, burnt offering of the morning.
and the glory of YAHWEH shall appear 18 And he killed the bull and the
to you. ram, a sacrifice of the peace offerings,
7 And Moses said to Aaron, Draw which are for the people, and Aaron's
near to the altar and make your sin sons presented the blood to him, and
offering, and your burnt offering, and he sprinkled it on the altar all around;
make atonement for yourself, and for 19 and the fat of the bull, and of the
the people, and make the offering of ram, the fat tail, and the covering, and
the people, and atone for them, as the kidneys, and the lobe above the
YAHWEH has commanded. liver.
8 And Aaron drew near to the altar 20 And they set the fat on the
and killed the calf of the sin offering, breasts, and he burned as incense the
which is for himself; fat on the altar.
9 and Aaron's sons brought the 21 And Aaron waved the breasts, and
blood near to him, and he dipped his the right leg as a wave offering before
finger in the blood and put it on the YAHWEH, as Moses commanded.
horns of the altar. And he poured out 22 And Aaron lifted up his hands
the blood at the base of the altar; toward the people and blessed them,
10 and the fat, and the kidneys, and and came down from offering the sin
the lobe of the liver, of the sin offering, offering, and the burnt offering, and
he burned with incense on the altar, as the peace offerings.
YAHWEH had commanded Moses. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into
11 And he burned the flesh and the the tabernacle of the congregation.
skin with fire, at the outside of the And they came out and blessed the
camp. people; and the glory of YAHWEH
12 And he killed the burnt offering. appeared to all the people.
And Aaron's sons presented the blood 24 And fire came out from before
to him and he sprinkled it on the altar YAHWEH and consumed the burnt
all around; offering and the fat on the altar. And
13 and they presented to him the all the people saw, and cried aloud,
burnt offering, by its pieces, and the and fell on their faces.
head, and he burned them with
incense on the altar. Chapter 10
14 And he washed the inward parts
and the legs, and burned them as 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of
incense for the burnt offering on the
altar.
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Aaron, each took his censer 1 and put the congregation. As to your brothers,
fire in them; and they put incense on it the whole house of Israel, they shall
and brought profane fire before mourn the burning which YAHWEH
YAHWEH, which He had not has kindled.
commanded them.2 7 And you shall not go out of the
2 And fire went out from before door of the tent of the meeting, lest
YAHWEH and consumed them; and you die. For the anointing oil of
they died before YAHWEH. YAHWEH is on you. And they did
3 And Moses said to Aaron, It is that according to the word of Moses.
which YAHWEH has spoken, saying, I 8 And YAHWEH spoke to Aaron,
will be treated holy by those drawing saying,
near to Me; and I will be honored 9 You shall not drink wine and
before all the people. And Aaron was fermented drink, you nor your sons
silent.3 with you, as you go into the tabernacle
4 And Moses called Mishael and of the congregation, and you shall not
Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, Aaron's die; a never ending statute throughout
uncle, and said to them, Come near, your generations;
carry your brothers from the front of 10 and to make a distinction
the sanctuary to the outside of the between the holy and profane, and
camp. between the unclean and the clean;
5 And they came near and carried 11 and to teach the sons of Israel all
them in their coats to the outside of the statutes which YAHWEH has
the camp, as Moses had commanded. spoken to them by the hand of Moses.
6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to 12 And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to
Eleazar, and to Ithamar, his sons, You Eleazar, and to Ithamar, his sons who
shall not uncover your heads and you were left, Take the food offering that
shall not tear your garments, that you remains from the fire offerings of
may not die, and He be angry on all YAHWEH, and eat it unleavened near
the altar, for it is most holy.
1 A censor was a ceremonial vessel 13 And you shall eat it in the holy
containing hot coals and was used for
place, for it is your portion, and the
burning incense.
2 Yahweh is quickly setting the standard of
portion of your sons, from the fire
His judicial order and the grave offerings of YAHWEH; for so I have
consequences for breaking it. Nadab and been commanded.
Abihu apparently had used coals that were 14 And the breast of the wave offering,
not taken from the brazen altar (Lev 6:12- and the leg of the heave offering, you
13, 16:12). They also did not come in at the shall eat in a clean place, you and your
prescribed time of day that YHWH sons, and your daughters with you.
commanded (Exo 30:7-8), and considering For they have been given for your
the prohibition for a priest from alcohol portion and the portion of your sons
when serving (verse 9), they were most
out of the sacrifices of peace offerings
likely intoxicated at this time also.
3 There is a great responsibility for covenant of the sons of Israel.
believers to live a holy, sanctified, life from 15 The leg of the heave offering, and
worldliness and sin; and someone cannot the breast of the wave offering, besides
think that they can come to YHWH on their fire offerings of the fat, they shall bring
own terms without respecting His judicial in to wave a wave offering before
order in the congregation or in their YAHWEH; and it shall be to you, and
personal lives, Heb 12:14.
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to your sons with you, a never ending 4 Only, you may not eat these, of
statute, as YAHWEH has commanded. those bringing up the cud, and of those
16 And Moses sought carefully for dividing the hoof: the camel, though it
the goat of the sin offering; and, brings up the cud, yet it does not
behold, it had been burned! And he divide the hoof; it is unclean to you;
was angry against Eleazar and against 5 and the rock badger, though it
Ithamar, Aaron's remaining sons, brings up the cud, yet it does not
saying, divide the hoof; it is unclean to you;
17 Why have you not eaten the sin 6 and the hare, though it brings up
offering in the holy place, for it is most the cud,2 yet it does not divide the
holy, and He has given it to you to take hoof; it is unclean to you;
away the iniquity of the congregation, 7 and the swine, though it divides the
to make atonement for them before hoof and is cloven footed, yet it does
YAHWEH? not bring up the cud; it is unclean to
18 Behold, its blood has not been you.
brought into the holy place inside. You 8 You shall not eat of their flesh, and
should certainly have eaten it in the you shall not touch their dead body;
sanctuary, as I have commanded. they are unclean to you.
19 And Aaron said to Moses, Behold, 9 Of all that are in the waters, you
today they have brought their sin shall eat these; any one that has fins
offering and their burnt offering and scales in the waters, in the seas,
and in the brooks, you may eat them.
before YAHWEH; and such things
10 But any one that does not have
have happened to me. And if I had
fins and scales in the seas, and in the
eaten the sin offering today, would it
brooks, of any swarming creature of
have been accepted in the sight of
the waters, and of any creature which
YAHWEH? lives in the waters; they are to be
20 And when Moses heard, then it detested by you.
was good in his eyes. 11 Yes, they shall be an abomination
to you; you shall not eat of their flesh
Chapter 11 and you shall shun their dead bodies.
12 Any one that does not have fins
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses and and scales in the waters, it shall be an
to Aaron, saying to them, unclean thing to you.
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 13 And these you shall count unclean
These are the living things which you among the fowls; they shall not be
shall eat out of all the animals which eaten; they are unclean: the eagle, and
are on the earth.1 the black vulture and the bearded
3 Any that divides the hoof and is vulture,
wholly cloven footed, bringing up the 14 and the kite, and the falcon,
cud, among the living things, you may according to its kind;
eat it. 15 every raven according to its kind;
1 Chapter 11 defines the food laws of what
16 and the ostrich, and the great owl,
animal life YHWH created for consumption and the gull, and small hawks,
and what animal life that He did not. It is according to its kind;
paralleled in Deu 14:3-21. An animal had to
chew the cud and have a split hoof to be 2 Chewing the cud had to deal with the
considered clean to eat and sea life had to method for chewing not the manner of
have fins and scales. digesting.
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17 and the little owl, and the swarm on the earth: the weasel, and
Egyptian vulture, and the eared owl; the mouse, and the great lizard
18 and the barn owl, and the pelican according to its kind,
and the owl-vulture; 30 and the gecko, and the monitor,
19 and the stork, the heron and the lizard, and the sand lizard, and
according to its kind, and the hoopoe, the barn owl.
and the bat.1 31 These are unclean to you among
20 Every flying swarming creature all which swarm; anyone who touches
going on all four, it is an abomination them in their death is unclean until the
to you. evening.
21 Only, this you may eat of any 32 And anything on which any one
swarming thing which flies, which of them falls in their death is unclean,
goes on all four, which has legs above whether of any vessel of wood, or
its feet, to leap with them on the earth; garment, or skin, or sack; any vessel in
22 these are those you may eat: the which work is done shall be caused to
locusts according to its kind, and the go into water, and shall be unclean
bald locust according to its kind, and until the evening; then it shall be
the long horned grasshopper cleaned.
according to its kind, and the short 33 And any earthen vessel into the
horned grasshopper according to its midst of which any one of them falls,
kind. whatever is in it shall be unclean, and
23 But every swarming thing which you shall break it.
flies, which has four feet, it is unclean 34 And of all the food which may be
to you. eaten, that on which such water falls
24 And by these you shall be made shall be unclean, and all drink that
unclean; any who touches their dead may be drunk in any such vessel shall
body is unclean until the evening. be unclean.
25 And anyone who lifts up their 35 And anything on which any part
dead body shall wash his garments of their dead body falls shall be
and shall be unclean until the evening; unclean; an oven or hearth shall be
26 even every living thing which broken down; they are unclean; yes,
divides the hoof, and is not cloven they are unclean to you.
footed, and does not bring up the cud, 36 But a fountain or a well, a
they are unclean to you; anyone who collection of water, shall be clean; only
touches them shall be unclean. that touching the dead body is
27 And any going on its paws among unclean.
all the living things which go on all 37 And when any part of their dead
four, they are unclean to you; anyone body falls on any sowing seed which is
who touches their dead body is sown, it shall be clean;
unclean until the evening; 38 but when water is put on the
28 and he who lifts up their dead seed, and any of its dead body has
body shall wash his garments and shall fallen on it, it shall be unclean to you.
be unclean until the evening; they are 39 And when any of the animals
unclean to you. which are food for you dies, he who
29 And these shall be unclean to you touches its dead body is unclean until
among the swarming things which the evening;
40 and he who eats of its dead body
1 Verses 13-19: All of the unclean birds shall wash his garments and shall be
names are carnivores.
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8 And if her hand is not able to find a be seen a second time by the priest.
lamb, then she shall take two turtle 8 And the priest shall look, and,
doves, or two young doves one for a behold, if the scab has spread in the
burnt offering, and one for a sin skin, the priest shall pronounce him
offering, and the priest shall atone for unclean; it is leprosy.
her; and she shall be cleansed. 9 When the plague of leprosy is in a
man, then he shall be brought in to the
Chapter 13 priest.
10 And the priest shall look, and,
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses and behold, if a white rising is in the skin,
to Aaron, saying, and it has turned the hair white, and a
2 When a man has a swelling in the living flesh is in the swelling,
skin of his flesh, or a scab, or a bright 11 it is an old leprosy in the skin of
spot, and it shall become in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall
his flesh like the plague of leprosy, pronounce him unclean; he shall not
then he shall be brought in to Aaron shut him up, for he is unclean.
the priest, or to one of his sons the 12 And if the leprosy breaks out
priests. greatly on the skin, and the leprosy
3 And the priest shall look upon the covers all the skin of the one who has
plague in the skin of the flesh; and if the plague, from his head even to his
the hair in the plague has turned feet, to all that appears to the priest's
white, and the appearance of the eyes,
plague is deeper than the skin of his 13 then the priest shall look, and
flesh, it is a plague of leprosy, and the behold, if the leprosy has covered all
priest shall look upon him and shall his flesh, he shall pronounce the
pronounce him unclean. plague-spot clean; it has all turned
4 And if the bright spot is white in white; he is clean.
the skin of his flesh, and its 14 And in the day living flesh is seen
appearance is not deeper than the in him, he is unclean.
skin, and its hair has not turned white, 15 And the priest shall look on the
then the priest shall shut up the plague living flesh and shall pronounce him
seven days. unclean; the living flesh is unclean; it
5 And the priest shall look on him on is leprosy.
the seventh day, and, behold, if the 16 Or when the living flesh turns
plague stays in its appearance, and the back and shall be turned to white, then
plague has not spread in the skin, then he shall come in to the priest;
the priest shall shut him up seven 17 and the priest shall look on him;
more days. and, behold, the plague has turned to
6 And the priest shall look upon him white; the priest shall pronounce the
again the seventh day; and, behold, if plague-spot clean; he is clean.
the plague has become dim, and the 18 And when the flesh has a boil in
plague has not spread in the skin, then its skin, and it has been healed,
the priest shall pronounce him clean; 19 and a white swelling has replaced
it is a scab, and he shall wash his the boil, or a bright white spot, very
garments and shall be clean. red, a reddish white, then it shall be
7 But if the scab spreads greatly in seen by the priest.
the skin, after he has been seen by the 20 And the priest shall look; and,
priest for his cleansing, then he shall behold, if its appearance is lower than
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the skin, and its hair has turned white, plague. And, behold, if its appearance
the priest shall pronounce him is deeper than the skin, and a thin
unclean; it is the plague of leprosy; it shining hair in it, the priest shall
has broken out in a boil. pronounce him unclean; it is a scab, a
21 But if the priest looks at it; and, leprosy on the head or beard.
behold, there is no white hair in it, and 31 And when the priest looks on the
it is not lower than the skin, and has plague of the scab; and, behold, it is
become dim, then the priest shall shut not in sight deeper than the skin, and
him up seven days. there is no black hair in it, then the
22 And if it spreads greatly in the priest shall shut up the plagued one
skin, then the priest shall pronounce with the scab seven days.
him unclean; it is a plague. 32 And in the seventh day the priest
23 And if in its place the bright spot shall look on the plague. And, behold,
is stayed, it has not spread; it is an if the scab has not spread, and there is
inflamed boil, and the priest shall no shining hair in it, and the
pronounce him clean. appearance of the scab is not deeper
24 Or if there is flesh in which the than the skin,
skin has a hot burning, and the raw 33 then he shall shave himself, but
flesh of the burning becomes a bright he shall not shave the scab. And the
white spot, being very red or white; priest shall shut up the one who has
25 and the priest shall look on it; the scab a second seven days.
and, behold, the hair has turned white 34 And the priest shall look on the
in the bright spot, and its appearance scab on the seventh day. And, behold,
is deeper than the skin, it is leprosy. It if the scab has not spread in the skin,
has broken out in the burning, and the and its appearance is not deeper than
priest shall pronounce him unclean; it the skin, then the priest shall
is the plague of leprosy. pronounce him clean. And he shall
26 But if the priest looks on it, and, wash his garments, and shall be clean.
behold, there is no white hair in the 35 And if the scab has spread further
bright spot, and it is no lower than the in the skin after his cleansing,
other skin, but is somewhat faded, 36 and the priest has looked on him;
then the priest shall shut him up seven and, behold, the scab has spread in the
days. skin, the priest shall not seek for the
27 And the priest shall look at him shining, yellow hair; he is unclean.
the seventh day. And if it is spread 37 But if in his eyes the scab has
abroad very much in the skin, the stabilized, and black hair has sprung
priest shall pronounce him unclean. It up in it, the scab has been healed; he is
is the plague of leprosy. clean. And the priest shall pronounce
28 And if the bright spot stays in its him clean.
place, and does not spread in the skin, 38 And when a man or a woman has
but is somewhat faded, it is a swelling bright spots, white bright spots, in the
of the burning; and the priest shall skin of their flesh,
pronounce him clean, for it is a scar of 39 and the priest has seen it; and,
the burning. behold there are pale white spots in
29 And if a man or a woman has in the skin of their flesh, it is a pale spot
them a plague in the head or in the springing up in the skin; he is clean.
beard, 40 And when a man's head grows
30 then the priest shall look on the bald, he is bald, he is clean.
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41 And if his head grows bald from the warp, or the woof, in wool or in
the corner of his head toward his face, linen, or anything of leather, in which
he is forehead bald; he is clean. the plague is; for it is a corroding
42 And if there is in the bald head, leprosy; it shall be burned with fire.
or the bald forehead, a reddish white 53 And if the priest shall look, and,
plague, it is a leprosy breaking out in behold, the plague has not spread in
the bald head, or in the bald forehead. the garment, or in the warp, or in the
43 And the priest shall look on him, woof, or in anything of leather,
and, behold, if the rising of the plague 54 then the priest shall command,
is reddish white in his bald head, or in and they shall wash that in which the
his bald forehead, as the appearance of plague is. And he shall shut it up a
leprosy, in the skin of the flesh, second seven days.
44 he is a leprous man; he is 55 And the priest shall look on that
unclean. The priest shall pronounce in which the plague is after it has been
him utterly unclean; his plague is in washed. And, behold, if the plague has
his head. not changed its appearance, and if the
45 And the leper who has the plague plague has not spread, it is unclean;
in him, his garments shall be torn, and you shall burn it with fire; it is eaten
his head shall be uncovered, and he away in its inside or in its outside.
shall cover the upper lip; and he shall 56 And if the priest shall look, and,
call out, Unclean! Unclean! behold, the plague has become pale
46 And the days that the plague shall after it has been washed, then he shall
be in him, he is unclean; he shall live tear it out of the garment, or out of the
alone, he is unclean; his dwelling shall leather, or out of the warp, or out of
be at the outside of the camp. the woof.
47 And if there is in any garment a 57 And if it is still seen in the
plague of leprosy, in a garment of garment, or in the warp, or in the
wool, or in a garment of linen, woof, or in anything of leather, it is a
48 or in the warp, or in the woof, or spreading plague; you shall burn it
of linen, or of wool, or in leather, or in with fire, that in which the plague is.
any work of leather, 58 And the garment, or the warp, or
49 and if the plague is greenish or the woof, or anything of leather which
reddish in the garment, or in the you shall wash when the plague has
leather, or in the warp, or in the woof, been taken off them, then it shall be
or in anything of leather, it is a plague washed a second time, and shall be
of leprosy; and it shall be seen by the clean.
priest. 59 This is the law of the plague of
50 And the priest shall look on the leprosy in a garment of wool or of
plague, and shall shut up the plagued linen, or of the warp, or of the woof, or
thing seven days. of anything of leather, to pronounce it
51 And he shall look on the plague clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
on the seventh day. And if the plague
has spread in the garment, or in the Chapter 14
warp, or in the woof, or in the leather,
of all that is made of skin for use, the 1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
plague is a corroding leprosy; it is saying,
unclean. 2 This shall be the law of the leper in
52 And he shall burn the garment, or the day of his cleansing, that he shall
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be brought to the priest. male lamb and shall bring it near for a
3 And the priest shall go out to the guilt offering, and the log of oil, and
outside of the camp. And the priest shall wave them as a wave offering
shall look; and, behold, if the plague of before YAHWEH.
leprosy is healed in the leper, 13 And he shall kill the lamb in the
4 then the priest shall command, and place where he killed the sin offering
he shall take for him who is to be and the burnt offering, in the holy
cleansed two clean living birds, and place. For like the sin offering, the
cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is
5 And the priest shall command, and most holy.
he shall kill the one bird on an earthen 14 And the priest shall take some of
vessel, over running water; the blood of the guilt offering; and the
6 he shall take the living bird, and priest shall put it on the tip of the right
the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and ear of him who is to be cleansed, and
the hyssop, and shall dip them and the on the thumb of his right hand, and on
living bird in the blood of the slain the big toe of his right foot.
bird, over the running water. 15 And the priest shall take some of
7 And he shall sprinkle on him who the log of oil and shall pour it on the
is to be cleansed from the leprosy left hand of the priest.
seven times, and shall pronounce him 16 And the priest shall dip his right
clean. And he shall send out the living finger in the oil on his left palm and
bird into the open field. shall sprinkle some of the oil with his
8 And he who is to be cleansed shall finger seven times before YAHWEH.
wash his garments, and shall shave all 17 And of the rest of the oil on his
his hair, and shall bathe with water, palm, the priest shall put on the tip of
and shall be clean. And afterwards he the right ear of him who is to be
shall come into the camp, and shall cleansed, and on the thumb of his
live on the outside of his tent seven right hand, and on the big toe of his
days. right foot, on the blood of the guilt
9 And it shall be on the seventh day, offering;
he shall shave all his hair, his head, 18 and the rest of the oil on the palm
and his beard, and his eyebrows; he of the priest, he shall put on the head
shall even shave all his hair. And he of him who is to be cleansed. And the
shall wash his garments, and shall priest shall make atonement for him
bathe his flesh with water, and shall be
before YAHWEH.
clean.
19 And the priest shall make a sin
10 And on the eighth day he shall
offering, and shall atone for him who
take two male lambs without blemish,
is to be cleansed from his uncleanness.
and one ewe lamb, daughter of a year,
And afterwards he shall slaughter the
without blemish, and three tenth parts
burnt offering;
of flour for a food offering, mixed with
20 and the priest shall offer the
oil, and one log of oil.
burnt offering, and the food offering,
11 And the priest who is cleansing,
on the altar; and the priest shall make
and the man who is to be cleansed,
atonement for him; and he shall be
shall stand with them before
clean.
YAHWEH, at the door of the 21 And if he is poor, and his hand is
tabernacle of the congregation. not able to reach these things, then he
12 And the priest shall take the one shall take one lamb as a guilt offering,
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for a wave offering, to atone for him- 32 This is the law of him in whom is
self, and one tenth part of flour mixed a plague of leprosy whose hand could
with oil for a food offering, and a log of not reach to his cleansing.
oil, 33 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses
22 and two turtledoves, or two and to Aaron, saying,
young doves, which his hand can 34 When you come into the land of
reach; and one shall be a sin offering, Canaan, which I am giving to you for a
and the other a burnt offering. possession, and I have put a plague of
23 And he shall bring them in to the leprosy in the house in the land of
priest on the eighth day for his your possession;
cleansing, to the door of the tabernacle 35 then if he who owns the house
of the congregation, before YAHWEH. shall come in and declare to the priest,
24 And the priest shall take the lamb saying, I have seen a plague in the
of the guilt offering, and the log of oil, house.
and the priest shall wave them as a 36 And the priest shall command,
wave offering before YAHWEH; and they shall turn out from the house
25 and he shall kill the lamb of the before the priest comes in to see the
guilt offering; and the priest shall take plague that all in the house may not be
some of the blood of the guilt offering, unclean; and afterwards the priest
and he shall put it on the tip of the shall come in to see the house.
right ear of him who is to be cleansed, 37 And he shall look upon the
and on the thumb of his right hand, plague; and, behold, if the plague is in
and on the big toe of his right foot. the walls of the house with
26 And the priest shall pour the oil depressions greenish or reddish, and
on the left hand of the priest; the appearance of it is lower than the
27 and the priest shall sprinkle with wall;
his right finger some of the oil on his 38 then the priest shall go out of the
palm, seven times before YAHWEH. house to the door of the house, and
28 And the priest shall put some of shut up the house seven days.
the oil on his palm on the tip of the 39 And the priest shall come again
right ear of him who is to be cleansed, the seventh day, and shall look; and,
and on the thumb of the right hand, behold, if the plague has spread in the
and on the big toe of his right foot, on walls of the house;
the place of the blood of the guilt 40 then the priest shall command
offering. that they take out the stones in which
29 And the rest of the oil on the the plague is, and throw them into an
priest's palm he shall put on the head unclean place outside the city.
of him who is to be cleansed, to atone 41 And he shall cause the house to be
for him, before YAHWEH. scraped inside all around, and they
30 And he shall offer one of the shall pour out the dust which they
turtledoves, or of the young doves, have scraped off at the outside of the
from that which he is able to reach; city, at an unclean place.
31 that which his hand has reached 42 And they shall take other stones
out to, the one a sin offering, and the and bring them in to the place of the
other a burnt offering, besides the food stones; and he shall take other clay
offering. And the priest shall make and shall plaster the house.
atonement for him who is to be 43 And if the plague returns and
breaks out in the house after he has
cleansed before YAHWEH.
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taken away the stones, and after he 55 and for leprosy of a garment, and
has scraped the house, and after it has of a house,
been plastered, 56 and for a rising, and for a scab,
44 then the priest shall come in and and for a bright spot;
look; and, behold, if the plague has 57 to teach when it is unclean and
spread in the house, it is a corroding when it is clean; this is the law of
leprosy in the house; it is unclean. leprosy.
45 And he shall break down the
house; its stones, and its wood, and all Chapter 15
the clay of the house; and he shall
carry it out to the outside of the city, to 1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses and
an unclean place. to Aaron, saying,
46 And he who goes into the house 2 Speak to the sons of Israel, and you
all the days he has shut it up shall be shall say to them, to any man, When
unclean until the evening. there is a discharge from his flesh; it is
47 And he who lies in the house shall unclean because of his flow.
wash his clothes and he who eats in 3 And this is his uncleanness in his
the house shall wash his clothes. issue, if his flesh has run with his
48 And if the priest shall come in issue, or his flesh has ceased from
and carefully look, and, behold, the issue, it is his uncleanness.
plague has not spread in the house 4 Every bed on which the issuing one
after the house has been plastered, lies shall be unclean. And every thing
then the priest shall pronounce the on which he sits shall be unclean.
house clean; for the plague has been 5 And anyone who touches his bed
healed. shall wash his garments, and shall
49 And he shall take two birds for bathe with water, and shall be unclean
the cleansing of the house, and cedar until the evening.
wood, and scarlet dye, and hyssop; 6 And he who sits on a thing on
50 and he shall kill the one bird on which he who discharges sat, shall
an earthen vessel, over running water; wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
51 and he shall take the cedar wood, water, and shall be unclean until the
and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and evening.
the living bird, and shall dip them in 7 And he that touches the flesh of
the blood of the slain bird, and in the him who discharges shall wash his
running water, and shall sprinkle on clothes, and bathe himself in water,
the house seven times. and be unclean until evening.
52 And he shall cleanse the house 8 And if he who issues spits on a
with the blood of the bird, and with clean one, then he shall wash his
the running water, and with the living clothes, and bathe himself in running
bird, and with the cedar wood, and water, and be unclean until the
with the hyssop, and with the scarlet evening.
dye; 9 And every saddle on which he who
53 and he shall send away the living discharges rides shall be unclean.
bird to the outside of the city, to the 10 And whoever touches anything
open field, and shall atone for the that was under him shall be unclean
house; and it shall be clean. until the evening. And the one
54 This is the law for every plague of carrying those things shall wash his
the leprosy and for scabs; clothes, and bathe himself in water,
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and be unclean until the evening. anything on which she sits shall be
11 And whomever he who has the unclean.
discharge touches, and has not rinsed 21 And whoever touches her bed
his hands in water, he shall wash his shall wash his clothes and bathe in
clothes, and bathe himself in water, water, and be unclean until the
and be unclean until the evening. evening.
12 And the earthen vessel that he 22 And whoever touches anything on
who discharges touches shall be which she sits shall wash his clothes
broken; and every wooden vessel shall and bathe himself in water, and be
be rinsed in water. unclean until the evening.
13 And when he who discharges is 23 And if it is on the bed, or on
cleansed of his issue, then he shall anything on which she sits when he
number to himself seven days for his touches it, he shall be unclean until
cleansing, and wash his clothes. And the evening.
he shall bathe his flesh in running 24 And if lying any man lies with
water, and shall be clean. her, and her impurity is on him, he
14 And on the eighth day he shall shall be unclean seven days, and every
take to himself two turtle doves, or two bed on which he lies shall be unclean.
young doves, and come before 25 And if a woman has an issue of
YAHWEH to the door of the tabernacle her blood many days outside the time
of the congregation and give them to of her impurity, or if she issues beyond
the priest. the time of her impurity, all the days of
15 And the priest shall offer them, the issue of her uncleanness, she shall
the one for a sin offering, and the be as in the days of her impurity; she is
other for a burnt offering. And the unclean.
priest shall atone for him before 26 Every bed on which she lies all
YAHWEH for his discharge. the days of her issue shall be to her as
16 And if any man's semen goes out the bed of her impurity to her; and
from him, then he shall bathe all his everything on which she sits shall be
flesh in water, and be unclean until the unclean as the uncleanness of her
evening. impurity.
17 And every garment, and every 27 And whoever touches those things
skin on which the semen is, shall be shall be unclean, and shall wash his
washed with water, and be unclean clothes and bathe himself in water,
until the evening. and be unclean until the evening.
18 And a woman with whom a man 28 And if she is cleansed of her issue
lies with an emission of semen shall then she shall number to herself seven
bathe with water, and be unclean until days, and after that she shall be clean.
the evening. 29 And on the eighth day she shall
19 And if a woman's issue in her take to herself two turtledoves, or two
flesh is a flow of blood, she shall be in young doves, and bring them to the
her impurity seven days; and whoever priest, to the door of the tabernacle of
touches her shall be unclean until the the congregation.
evening. 30 And the priests shall offer the one
20 And anything on which she lies in for a sin offering, and the other for a
her impurity shall be unclean;1 and burnt offering; and the priest shall
atone for her before YAHWEH for the
1 The Hebrew word used here is “Tamaa” issue of her uncleanness.
and refers to a ceremonial uncleanness.
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31 So you shall separate the sons of kids of the goats for a sin offering, and
Israel from their uncleanness, and one ram for a burnt offering.
they shall not die in their uncleanness, 6 And Aaron shall bring near the bull
when they defile My tabernacle that is of the sin offering which is his own,
in their midst. and shall make atonement for himself,
32 This is the law of him that and for his house.
discharges, and of him from whom 7 And he shall take the two he-goats
semen goes out, for uncleanness by it; and shall cause them to stand before
33 and of her who is menstruating in YAHWEH, at the door of the
her impurity, and of him from whom tabernacle of the congregation.
the issue goes, of a male or of a female, 8 And Aaron shall give lots over the
and of a man who lies with an unclean two he-goats, one lot for YAHWEH,
woman. and one lot for the scapegoat2.
9 And Aaron shall bring the goat on
Chapter 16
which the lot of YAHWEH fell and
shall make it a sin offering.
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses after 10 And the goat on which the lot fell
the death of the two sons of Aaron, as for a complete removal shall be made
they drew near before YAHWEH, and to stand living before YAHWEH to
they died. atone by it, to send it away for a
2 And YAHWEH said to Moses, complete removal into the wilderness.3
Speak to your brother Aaron, and he 11 And Aaron shall bring the bull of
shall not come in at all times to the the sin offering which is his own, and
sanctuary within the veil, to the front shall atone for himself, and for his
of the mercy-seat.1 house, and shall kill the bull of the sin
3 With this Aaron shall come into the offering which is his own.
sanctuary: with a bull, a son of the 12 And he shall take a censer full of
herd, for a sin offering, and a ram for a coals of the fire from off the altar
burnt offering. before YAHWEH, and his hands full of
4 He shall put on a holy linen coat, fragrant perfumes beaten small, and
and linen underpants shall be on his bring it within the veil.
flesh, and he shall gird himself with a 13 And he shall put the incense on
linen girdle, and he shall wrap himself
the fire before YAHWEH, and the
in a linen miter; they are holy
garments. And he shall bathe his flesh
2 The Hebrew word means “complete
with water and shall put them on.
removal”, the two goats are both
5 And he shall take from the representative of the Messiah. One goat
congregation of the sons of Israel two shows the dying Messiah, and the goat that
1 “Mercy-seat” - The Hebrew word is was completely removed shows the
“Kapporeth”, coming from the word for the Messiah completely taking away our sins
day of Yom Kippur, meaning to cover. The and also the resurrection.
kapporeth was the actual cover of the ark 3 This is a most amazing parallel on Yom
(Exo 25:17) and where the priest sprinkled Kippur of the work of the Messiah. Both
the blood to atone for the people on this goats represent Yahshua; the slain goat
day. The same word is used in Rom 3:25 for represents the dying Messiah, and the
“a sacrifice for atonement” referring to scapegoat that is let into the wilderness
Yahshua's sacrifice for sin. Undoubtedly, represents the resurrected Messiah. It is also
this was the connection the Apostle Paul interesting to note this is the only living
was trying to make. sacrifice in the Tanach.
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cloud of the incense shall cover the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all
mercy-seat on the testimony; and he their transgressions, and all their sins,
shall not die. and shall put them on the head of the
14 And he shall take some of the goat, and shall send it by the hand of a
blood of the bull, and shall sprinkle chosen man into the wilderness.
with his finger on the front of the 22 And the goat shall bear on him all
mercy-seat eastward. And he shall their iniquities to a land not inhabited.
sprinkle at the front of the mercy-seat And he shall send the goat away into
seven times from the blood with his the wilderness.
finger. 23 And Aaron shall come into the
15 And he shall kill the goat of the tabernacle of the congregation, and
sin offering which is the people's, and shall strip off the linen garments
shall bring in its blood to the inside of which he had put on as he went into
the veil, and shall do with its blood as the sanctuary, and shall leave them
he has done with the blood of the bull, there.
and shall sprinkle it on the mercy-seat, 24 And he shall bathe his flesh with
and at the front of the mercy-seat. water in the sanctuary and shall put on
16 And he shall atone for the his garments, and shall come out, and
sanctuary because of the pollutions of shall offer his burnt offering, and the
the sons of Israel, and because of their burnt offering of the people, and shall
transgressions for all their sins. And so atone for himself and for the people.
he shall do for the tent of meeting 25 And he shall burn as incense the
dwelling in the midst of their fat of the sin offering on the altar.
pollutions. 26 And he who let the goat go for a
17 And not any man shall be in the scapegoat shall wash his garments and
tent of meeting as he goes in to atone shall bathe his flesh with water; and
in the sanctuary, until he comes out. later he shall come into the camp.
And he shall atone for himself, and for 27 And the bull of the sin offering,
his house, and for all the congregation and the goat of the sin offering, whose
of Israel. blood has been brought in to atone in
18 And he shall go out to the altar the sanctuary, one shall carry them out
before YAHWEH, and shall atone for to the outside of the camp; and they
it. And he shall take some of the blood shall burn their skins with fire and
of the bull, and some of the blood of their flesh, and their dung.
the goat, and shall put it on the horns 28 And he burning them shall wash
of the altar all around. his garments, and shall bathe his flesh
19 And he shall sprinkle on it from with water, and afterwards he shall
the blood with his finger seven times, come into the camp.
and shall cleanse it, and shall purify it 29 And it shall be for a never ending
from the uncleanness of the sons of statute, in the seventh month, in the
Israel. tenth of the month, you shall humble
20 And when he has finished yourself and do no work, the native,
atoning for the sanctuary, and the tent and the alien who is staying in your
of meeting, and the altar, and has midst.
brought near the living goat; 30 For on this day He shall atone for
21 then Aaron shall lay his two you, to cleanse you from all your sins
hands on the head of the living goat, you shall be clean before YAHWEH.
and shall confess over it all the 31 It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and
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you shall humble yourself. It is a never blood on the altar of YAHWEH, at the
ending statute. door of the tent of meeting, and shall
32 And the priest whom He shall burn the fat as incense for a soothing
anoint, and whose hand He shall fragrance to YAHWEH.
consecrate to act as priest instead of 7 And they shall not sacrifice their
his father, shall make atonement, and sacrifices any more to devil like goats,
shall put on the linen garments, the after which they have gone whoring.
holy garments. This is a perpetual statute to them
33 And he shall atone for the holy throughout their generations1.
sanctuary, and for the tabernacle of 8 And you shall say to them, Any
the congregation, and for the altar he man of the house of Israel, or of aliens
shall atone; yes, for the priests, and for who sojourn in your midst, who offers
all the people of the congregation he burnt offering or sacrifice,
shall atone. 9 and does not bring it in to the door
34 And this shall be to you a never of the tabernacle of the congregation
ending statute to atone for the sons of
to offer it to YAHWEH, that man shall
Israel, because of all their sins, once a
be cut off from his people.
year. And he did as YAHWEH had 10 And any man of the house of
commanded Moses. Israel, or of the alien who is staying in
your midst, who eats any blood, I will
Chapter 17 set My face against that person that
eats blood and will cut him off from
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, his people.
saying, 11 For the life of the flesh is in the
2 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, blood, and I have given it to you on the
and to all the sons of Israel. And you altar, to atone for your souls; for it is
shall say to them, This is the thing the blood which makes atonement for
which YAHWEH has commanded, the soul.2
saying, 12 For this reason I have said to the
3 Any man of the house of Israel who sons of Israel, No person among you
kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the shall eat blood; and the alien who is
camp, or who kills at the outside of the staying in your midst shall not eat
camp, blood.
4 and has not brought it in to the 13 And any man of the sons of Israel,
door of the tent of meeting as an or of the aliens who stay in your midst,
offering to YAHWEH, before the 1 The Canaanites had a practice of sacrificing
tabernacle of YAHWEH, blood shall be to goat deities, and Satan has long been
imputed to that man; he has shed known as a goat. There was even a half
blood. And that man shall be cut off man/half goat deity called Pan. This is why
from the midst of his people; Yahweh prohibits the cutting of the corner
5 so that the sons of Israel shall of the beard to have a devil goat like
bring in their sacrifices which they are appearance. Cross reference Lev 21:5, 2Chr
11:15, Lev 19:27, Jer 9:25-26.
sacrificing in the open field to the door
2 From this verse it is an undeniable fact that
of the tent of meeting, to the priest, there is no atonement for sin without the
and sacrifice them for sacrifices of shedding of blood. YHWH Himself
peace offerings to YAHWEH. instituted this principle in the Garden of
6 And the priest shall sprinkle the Eden (Gen 3:21) and it shows that sin
brings the shedding of innocent blood.
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who hunts game, beast or fowl, which the nakedness of your father.
is eaten, shall even pour out its blood 9 You shall not uncover the
and shall cover it with dust. nakedness of your sister, the daughter
14 For it is the life of all flesh; its of your father, or the daughter of your
blood is for its life. And I say to the mother, born at home, or born away;
sons of Israel, You shall not eat blood you shall not uncover their nakedness.
of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is in 10 You shall not uncover the
the blood; anyone eating it is cut off.1 nakedness of your son's daughter, or
15 And any person who eats a dead your daughter's daughter; you shall
body or torn thing, be he a native, or not uncover their nakedness, for theirs
an alien, he shall wash his clothes and is your own nakedness.
bathe in water, and be unclean until 11 The nakedness of the daughter of
the evening; then he shall be clean. your father's wife, begotten by your
16 And if he does not wash them, nor father, she is your sister; you shall not
bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his uncover her nakedness.
iniquity. 12 You shall not uncover the
nakedness of a sister of your father;
Chapter 18 she is a relative of your father.
13 You shall not uncover the
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, nakedness of your mother's sister; for
saying, she is your mother's relative.
2 Speak to the sons of Israel and say 14 You shall not uncover the
to them, I am YAHWEH your Elohim. nakedness of your father's brother;
3 You shall not do according to the you shall not draw near to his wife; she
doings of the land of Egypt in which is your aunt.
you lived; and you shall not do 15 You shall not uncover the
according to the doings of the land of nakedness of your daughter-in-law;
Canaan to which I am bringing you; she is your son's wife; you shall not
nor shall you walk in their statutes. uncover her nakedness.
4 You shall do My judgments and 16 You shall not uncover the
you shall keep My statutes, to walk in nakedness of your brother's wife; it is
your brother's nakedness.
them; I am YAHWEH your Elohim,
17 You shall not uncover the
5 and you shall keep My statutes and
nakedness of a woman and her
My judgments, which if a man does, he
daughter; you shall not undertake to
shall live by them. I am YAHWEH. uncover her son's daughter, or her
6 None of you shall draw near to any daughter's daughter; they are her
relative of his flesh to uncover their relatives; it is wickedness.
nakedness; I am YAHWEH. 18 And you shall not take a wife with
7 You shall not uncover the her sister, to vex her, to uncover her
nakedness of your father or the nakedness, beside the other in her
nakedness of your mother; she is your lifetime.
mother; you shall not uncover her 19 And you shall not draw near to
nakedness. uncover the nakedness of a woman in
8 You shall not uncover the her menstrual impurity.
nakedness of your father's wife; it is 20 And you shall not give your
1 Although the life is in the blood, humans semen to your neighbor's wife by lying
also needed the breath of life from YHWH with her, to be unclean with her.
to make man a living soul, Gen 2:7.
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neighbor, nor rob; you shall not allow with the ram of the guilt offering
the wages of one hired to remain with before YAHWEH for his sin which he
you until morning. has sinned; and it shall be forgiven
14 You shall not revile the deaf, nor him because of his sin he has sinned.
put a stumbling block before the blind; 23 And when you come into the land
for you shall revere your Elohim. I am and have planted all of the food trees,
YAHWEH. then you shall expose its foreskin, its
15 You shall do no unrighteousness fruit, it shall be as uncircumcised for
in judgment; you shall not respect the you three years; it shall not be eaten.2
face of the poor, nor favor the face of 24 And in the fourth year all its fruit
the mighty; but in righteousness you is holy; it is for praises for YAHWEH.
shall judge your neighbor. 25 And in the fifth year you shall eat
16 You shall not go as a slanderer its fruit, that it may yield to you its
among your people; you shall not increase; I am YAHWEH your Elohim.
stand up against the blood of your 26 You shall not eat with the blood;
neighbor; I am YAHWEH. you shall not divine, nor conjure
17 You shall not hate your brother in spirits.
your heart; you shall certainly reprove 27 You shall not round the side of
your neighbor, and not allow sin on your head, nor mar the corners of your
him. beard.
18 You shall not take vengeance, nor 28 And you shall not make any
bear any grudge against the sons of cuttings in your flesh for the dead; and
your people; but you shall love your you shall not put on yourself any
neighbor as yourself; I am YAHWEH. etched tattoo writing or marking; I am
19 You shall keep my statutes; you YAHWEH.
shall not cause your livestock to breed 29 You shall not pollute your
with different kinds; you shall not sow daughter, to cause her to be a
two kinds in your field; and you shall prostitute, that the land may not go
not allow a garment mixed of mixed whoring, and the land become full of
fabric to come upon you.1 (Deu 22:11) wickedness.
20 And when a man lies with a 30 You shall keep My Sabbaths; and
woman with semen, and she is a slave- you shall revere My sanctuary. I am
girl, betrothed to a man, and not truly YAHWEH.
redeemed, and freedom not having 31 You shall not turn to mediums,
been given to her, there shall be an and you shall not seek to spiritualists
inquest; they shall not be put to death,
to be defiled by them; I am YAHWEH
because she was not free.
your Elohim.
21 And he shall bring in his guilt
32 You shall rise up in the face of
offering to YAHWEH, to the door of gray hair; and you shall honor the face
the tabernacle of the congregation, a of an old man; and be afraid of your
ram for a guilt offering.
Elohim. I am YAHWEH.3
22 And the priest shall atone for him
1 The Hebrew word 'Shahatnaze' means a 2 The count starts from the time of the
forbidden mixture. Just as one should not planting of the tree.
mix different seed in their field they also 3 It is extremely important to Yahweh and
should not mix fabrics such as wool (from proper judicial order to honor the older,
sheep) and linen (from a plant) as it would more mature people in our families and
violate Yahweh's judicial order. communities, Pro 16:31, Pro 20:29.
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33 And when an alien lives with you whoring after them, I shall set my face
in your land, you shall not oppress against that person, and cut him off
him; from the midst of his people.1
34 as the native among you, so shall 7 And you shall sanctify yourselves,
be the alien who is staying with you; and you shall be holy, for I am
and you shall love him as yourself, for YAHWEH your Elohim;
you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I 8 and you shall keep My statutes and
am YAHWEH your Elohim. shall do them; I am YAHWEH who is
35 You shall do no unrighteousness sanctifying you.
in judgment, in measures and weights, 9 And any man who curses his father
or in quantity. and his mother shall surely be put to
36 You shall have just balances, just death;2 he has cursed his father and
weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I his mother; his blood shall be on him.
am YAHWEH your Elohim, who 10 And a man who commits adultery
brought you out from the land of with a man's wife, who commits
Egypt; adultery with the wife of his neighbor,
37 and you shall observe all My the adulterer and the adulteress dying
statutes, and all My judgments and shall die.
shall do them; I am YAHWEH. 11 And a man who lies with his
father's wife, who has uncovered the
Chapter 20 nakedness of his father, both of them
dying shall die; their blood shall be on
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, them.
12 And a man who lies with his
saying,
daughter-in-law, both of them dying
2 And you shall say to the sons of
shall die; they have performed a
Israel, Any man of the sons of Israel,
perversion; their blood shall be on
and of the aliens who are living in
them.
Israel, who gives of his seed to Molech
13 And a man who lies with a male
shall certainly be put to death. The
as one lies with a woman, both of them
people of the land shall stone him with
have done a detestable thing, surely
stones! (2Kgs 23:10, Jer 32:35)
they shall die; their blood shall be on
3 And I, I shall set My face against
them. (Lev 18:22, Rom 1:27)
that man, and shall cut him off from
14 And a man who takes a woman
the midst of his people, for he has
and her mother, it is wickedness; they
given of his seed to Molech, so as to
shall burn him and them; and there
defile My sanctuary, and to pollute My
shall be no wickedness in your midst.
holy name.
15 And a man who lies with an
4 And if the people of the land truly
animal dying shall die. And you shall
hide their eyes from that man, as he
kill the animal.
gives his seed to Molech, so as not to
16 And if a woman draws near to any
put him to death,
animal to lie with it, you shall even put
5 then I shall set My face against that
to death the woman and the animal;
man, and against his family, and shall
surely they shall die; their blood shall
cut him off, and all who go whoring
be on them. (Lev 18:23, Exo 22:19)
after him, even going whoring after
Molech from the midst of their people. 1 1Sam 28:3-11 Saul did this.
6 And the person who turns to 2 The Hebrew implies blasphemy and maybe
mediums, and to spiritists, to go even using magic. Mar 7:10, Exo 20:12.
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17 And if a man takes his sister, the you apart from the nations.
daughter of his father or daughter of 25 And you shall make a difference
his mother, and he has seen her between the clean animals and the
nakedness, and she sees his unclean, and between the unclean fowl
nakedness, it is a shame. And they and the clean. And you shall not defile
shall be cut off before the eyes of the yourself by beast or by fowl, or by
sons of their people; he has uncovered anything which swarms the ground,
his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his which I have set apart to you as
iniquity. unclean;
18 And if a man lies with a 26 and you shall be holy to Me, for I,
menstruating woman, and has YAHWEH, am holy; and I have set you
uncovered her nakedness, he has apart from the nations to become
made her fountain bare; and she has Mine.
uncovered the fountain of her blood; 27 And a man or woman, when there
even both of them shall be cut off from is among them a medium, or a fortune
the midst of their people. teller, certainly they shall die; they
19 And you shall not uncover the shall stone them with stones; their
nakedness of your mother's sister, nor blood is on them. (Lev 19:31, 20:6)
of your father's sister, because he has
made naked his near kin; they shall Chapter 21
bear their iniquity.
20 If a man lies with his aunt, he has 1 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
uncovered the nakedness of his uncle; Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and
they shall bear their sin; they shall die you shall say to them, None shall be
childless. defiled for the dead among his people.
21 And if a man takes his brother's 2 But for his relative who is near to
wife, it is an unclean thing; he has him, for his mother, and for his father,
uncovered his brother's nakedness; and for his son, and for his daughter,
they shall be childless.1 and for his brother,
22 And you shall keep all My 3 and for his sister, the virgin, who is
statutes, and all My judgments, and near to him, who has not been with a
shall do them, and the land where I man, for her he may be defiled.
am bringing you to live in it shall not 4 A leader shall not defile himself
vomit you out. among his people, to pollute himself;
23 And you shall not walk in the 5 they shall not make their heads
statutes of the nation which I am bald, and they shall not shave the
casting out from before you, for all corner of their beard2; and they shall
these they have done, and I am not make a cutting in their flesh;
disgusted with them. 6 they are holy to their Elohim, and
24 But I have said to you, You shall they shall not pollute the name of their
surely possess their land; and, I, I am Elohim. For they offer the fire
giving it to you to possess it, a land
flowing with milk and honey; I am 2 The Canaanites had a practice of sacrificing
YAHWEH your Elohim, who has set to goat deities, and Satan has long been
known as a goat. There was even a half
1 This rule is excepted by the Levirite law man/half goat god called Pan. This is why
(Deu 25:5) but only after the death of his Yahweh prohibits the cutting of the corner
brother and if the widow of the brother was of the beard to have a devil goat like
childless and the brother in law was single. appearance. Lev 17:7.
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offerings of YAHWEH, bread of their blemish shall draw near, a blind man,
Elohim, and they are holy. or one lame, or disfigured, or
7 They shall not take a woman who is deformed;
a harlot, or polluted; nor shall they 19 or a broken footed man, or a
take a woman divorced from her broken handed man,
husband; for he is holy to his Elohim.1 20 or one humpbacked, or a crushed
8 And you shall sanctify him, for he one, or with a spot in his eye, or a
brings near the bread of your Elohim; scurvy one, or one scabbed, or one
he is holy to you; for I am holy, with crushed testicles.
YAHWEH who is sanctifying you. 21 No man of the seed of Aaron the
9 And when a daughter of any priest priest in whom there is a blemish shall
pollutes herself by going whoring, she come near to offer the fire offerings of
is polluting her father; she shall be YAHWEH; a blemish is in him; he
burned with fire. shall not come near to offer the bread
10 And the high priest of his of his Elohim.
brothers, on whose head the anointing 22 He shall eat of the bread of his
oil is poured, and whose hand is Elohim, of the most holy things, and of
consecrated to put on the garments, the holy things.
his head shall not be bared 2, nor his 23 But he shall not enter into the
garments torn; veil, and he shall not draw near to the
11 nor shall he come near any dead altar; for a blemish is in him; and he
person; he shall not defile himself for shall not pollute My sanctuary; for I
his father or for his mother; am YAHWEH who sanctifies them.
12 nor shall he go out from the 24 And Moses spoke to Aaron, and
sanctuary; nor shall he pollute the to his sons, and to all the sons of
sanctuary of his Elohim. For the crown Israel.
of the anointing oil of his Elohim is on
him; I am YAHWEH. Chapter 22
13 And he shall take a wife in her
virginity. 1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
14 He shall not take a widow, or one saying,
divorced, or a polluted one, a harlot, 2 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons,
but he shall take a virgin of his own that they set themselves apart3 from
people for a wife; the holy things of the sons of Israel,
15 and he shall not pollute his seed and that they do not profane My holy
among his people; for I am YAHWEH name in what they devote to Me; I am
who sanctifies him. YAHWEH.
16 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, 3 Say to them, Out of all your seed
saying, throughout your generations, any man
17 Speak to Aaron, saying, No man of who draws near to the holy things
your seed throughout their which the sons of Israel set apart to
generations shall draw near to offer YAHWEH, and his uncleanness being
the bread of his Elohim if there is a upon him, that person shall be cut off
blemish in him. from before Me; I am YAHWEH.
18 For no man in whom there is a
3 The Hebrew is “netzar” and the same root
1 Eze 44:22. as the word for one who takes a nazarite
2 Means he should not shave his head. vow.
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fragrance; and its drink offering, a ending statute in all your dwellings
fourth of a hin of wine. throughout your generations.
14 And you shall not eat bread, nor 22 And when you reap the harvest of
roasted grain, nor fresh ears 1, until your land, you shall not completely
this same day, until you have brought reap the corner of your field, nor shall
the offering of your Elohim; it is a you gather the gleaning of your
never ending statute throughout your harvest; you shall leave them for the
generations in all your dwellings. poor, and for the alien: I am YAHWEH
15 And you shall number to you from your Elohim. (Lev 19:9-10)
the next day after the Sabbath, from 23 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
the day you bring in the omer of the saying,
wave offering; they shall be seven 24 Speak to the sons of Israel,
complete Sabbaths; saying, In the seventh month, on the
16 to the next day after the seventh first of the month, a Holy Day Sabbath
Sabbath, you shall number fifty days; shall be to you, a memorial
and you shall bring near a new food acclamation of the resounding of
offering to YAHWEH; trumpets, a holy gathering.2
17 you shall bring in bread out of 25 You shall do no laborious work
your dwellings for a wave offering, two and you shall bring a fire offering to
loaves; they shall be of two tenth YAHWEH.
ephah of flour; they shall be baked
26 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses
with leaven; first-fruits to YAHWEH saying,
18 And besides the bread, you shall 27 Also, on the tenth of this seventh
offer seven lambs, without blemish, month shall be a day of atonement;
sons of a year, and one bull, a son of there shall be a holy gathering, and
the herd, and two rams; they are a you shall humble and weaken your
burnt offering to YAHWEH, with their bodies and shall bring a fire offering to
food offering and their drink offerings, YAHWEH. (Isa 58:3,5)
a fire offering of soothing fragrance to 28 And you shall do no work in this
YAHWEH. same day, for it is a day of atonement,
19 And you shall offer one he-goat to atone for you before YAHWEH your
for a sin offering, and two lambs, sons Elohim.
of a year, for a sacrifice of peace 29 For any person who is not
offerings. humbled in this same day shall be cut
20 And the priest shall wave them, off from his people.
besides the bread of the first-fruits, a 30 And any person who does any
wave offering before YAHWEH, work in this same day, I shall even cut
besides the two lambs; they are holy to off that person from the midst of his
YAHWEH for the priest. people.
21 And you shall make a 31 You shall do no work; it is a never
proclamation on this same day; it is a ending statute throughout your
holy gathering to you. You shall do no generations, in all your dwellings.
laborious work of service. It is a never 32 It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and
1 There are three Hebrew words used here for you shall humble your souls in the
the grain to show the different stages it
matures in and it shows that no grain 2 Memorial acclamation - literally a clamor
whatsoever could be eaten until the first- of shouting with joy, could be with shofars
fruit wavesheaf was accepted. and trumpets.
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ninth of the month at evening; from increase of the land4, you shall keep
evening until evening you shall keep 1 the feast of YAHWEH seven days; on
your Sabbath2. the first day a Holy Day Sabbath, and
33 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, on the eighth day a Holy Day
saying, Sabbath5. (Exo 23:16)
34 Speak to the sons of Israel, 40 And you shall take to yourselves
saying, In the fifteenth day of this on the first day the fruit of majestic
seventh month shall be a Feast of trees6, palm branches, and boughs of
Booths, seven days to YAHWEH. thick oak trees, and willows of the
35 On the first day shall be a holy valley,7 and shall rejoice before
gathering; you shall do no laborious YAHWEH your Elohim seven days.
work. 41 And you shall celebrate it a feast
36 Seven days you shall bring a fire to YAHWEH, seven days in a year, a
offering to YAHWEH; on the eighth never ending statute throughout your
day you shall have a holy gathering; generations; in the seventh month you
and you shall bring the fire offering to shall keep it.
YAHWEH; it is a solemn assembly; 42 You shall sit in Sookkuhs for
you shall do no laborious work of seven days; all who are native in Israel
service.3 shall sit down in Sookkuhs8,
37 These are the set feasts of 43 so that your generations shall
YAHWEH which you shall proclaim, know that I caused the sons of Israel to
holy gatherings, to bring a fire offering live in Sookkuhs, when I brought them
out of the land of Egypt; I am
to YAHWEH, a burnt offering, and a
food offering, a sacrifice, and drink YAHWEH your Elohim.
offerings, the thing of a day on its own 44 And Moses declared the
day; appointed feasts of YAHWEH to the
38 besides the Sabbaths of sons of Israel9.
YAHWEH, and besides your gifts, and
besides all your vows, and besides all
your freewill offerings which you shall 4 The feast runs according to the agricultural
give to YAHWEH. cycle of Israel and should not be before the
39 Also, in the fifteenth day of the autumn equinox.
seventh month, when you gather the 5 The eighth day although connected to
Sukkot, was in actuality a separate holy day
1 The Hebrew word for 'keep' is “Shabbath” and pictures the great white throne
and the same word used here was used in judgment, directly after the Millennium,
Gen 2:2. Rev 20:11-15.
2 This is not only for Yom Kippur, but with 6 The Rabbis interpret this fruit to be the
the Hebrew calendar, days are from sunset citron, but citrons were not indigenous to
to sunset, therefore the Sabbath is also from Israel and it is more likely referring to the
sunset to sunset. pomegranate.
3 Sukkot is the 7th feast in the 7th month and 7 These were used for building the Sookkah.
lasts for 7 days. The first day of Sukkot 13 8 As a reminder of their exodus, they were to
bulls are sacrificed and each day one less make temporary dwellings called Sookkahs
are sacrificed with 7 bulls being sacrificed and sit in them during the 7 days of Sukkot.
on the 7th day (Num 29:13-32). Sukkot This 7 day festival also pictures the
pictures the millennial reign and 7 is the Millennium rule of Messiah.
number of perfection picturing how society 9 These are Yahweh's feasts, not merely the
will be at that time. Jewish feast days.
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fewness of the years you shall diminish 26 But when a man has no kinsman
its price, for he is selling to you the redeemer to him, and his own hand
number of crops. has reached out, and he has enough
17 And you shall not oppress each for its redemption,
man his neighbor, and you shall fear 27 then he shall count the years
your Elohim, for I am YAHWEH your since its sale, and shall give back the
Elohim. surplus to the man to whom he sold;
18 And you shall do My statutes, and and he shall return to his possession.
you shall keep my judgments and shall 28 And if his hand has not found
do them; and you shall live on the land enough to give back to him, then the
securely. thing he sold shall be in the hand of
19 And the land shall give its fruit, him who buys it until the year of
and you shall eat to satisfaction; and jubilee. And it shall go out in the
you shall dwell securely on it. jubilee, and he shall return to his
20 And when you say, What shall we possession.
eat in the seventh year; for, lo, we may 29 And when a man sells a dwelling
not sow nor gather our increase? house in a walled city, then his right of
21 Then I have commanded My redemption shall be the end of the
blessing on you in the sixth year, and it year of its sale; his right of redemption
shall produce the increase for three shall be a year of days.
years; 30 And if it is not redeemed until a
22 and you shall sow the eighth year, full year is complete, then the house in
and shall eat of the old crop until the the walled city shall be established to
ninth year, until the coming in of its perpetuity to its buyer, throughout his
crop; you shall eat of the old. generations; it shall not go out in the
23 And the land shall not be sold in jubilee.
perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for 31 But the houses of the villages
you are aliens and tenants with Me1. which have no walls all around shall be
24 And you shall grant a redemption counted as the field of the country;
for the land in all the land of your there are redemption rights to it. And
possession. it shall go out in the jubilee.
25 If your brother has become poor 32 As to the cities of the Levites,
and has sold his property, then his houses of the cities of their possession,
kinsman redeemer2 shall come, and he never ending redemption rights shall
shall redeem the thing sold by his be to the Levites.
brother. 33 And that which one redeems from
the Levites, both the sale of a house,
1 The land of Israel belongs to Yahweh and and the city of his possession, shall go
whomever He shares it with. out in the jubilee. For the houses of
2 This word indicates the rightful next of kin the cities of the Levites are their
who would redeem his relative who has possession in the midst of the sons of
fallen into bondage, and is indicative in
Israel.
Scripture of the Messiah who redeems those
who seek Him of the bondage of the debt of
34 And the field, the open land of
their sins, which according to the Torah their cities, shall not be sold; for it is a
would be punishable by death. This is why never ending possession to them.
it is very clear the Messiah must return 35 And when your brother has
directly before the Jubilee year of become poor, and his hand has failed
redemption. Isa 60:16, Isa 59:19-21, with you, then you shall help him. He
Rth 2:20, 3:9, 4:1-10.
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shall live with you as an alien and a another, you shall not rule over him
tenant. with severity.
36 You shall take no interest or 47 And if an alien or a tenant lifts up
increase from him, and you shall fear a hand with you, and your brother
your Elohim; and the life of your grows poor with him, and he sells
brother is with you. himself to an alien, a tenant with you,
37 You shall not give silver to him or to the offshoot of the family of an
with interest, and you shall not give alien,
your food for increase. 48 after he has been sold, there is a
38 I am YAHWEH who has brought redemption to him; one of his brothers
you out of the land of Egypt, to give to may redeem him,
you the land of Canaan, to become 49 or his uncle, or a son of his uncle,
your Elohim. may redeem him, or any of his fleshly
39 And when your brother becomes relations of his family may redeem
poor with you, and he has been sold to him. Or, if his own hand has reached
you, you shall not lay on him the out to gain, then he may be redeemed.
service of a slave. 50 And he shall count with his buyer
40 He shall be with you as a hireling, from the year of his being sold to him
as a tenant he shall be with you; he until the year of jubilee, and the silver
shall serve with you until the year of of his sale shall be by the number of
jubilee; years. As the days of a hireling, it shall
41 then he shall go out from you, he be with him.
and his sons with him, and shall 51 If there are yet many years, by
return to his family; he shall even mouth he shall give back his
return to the possession of his father. redemption, from the silver of his
42 For they are My servants, whom I purchase.
have brought out from the land of 52 And if few are left of the years till
Egypt; they shall not be sold with the the year of jubilee, then he shall count
sale of a slave. with him according to his years he
43 You shall not rule over him with shall give back his redemption price.
severity, and you shall fear your 53 As a hireling, year by year, he
Elohim. shall be with him, and he shall not rule
44 And your male slave and your him with severity before your eyes.
female slave whom you have shall be 54 And if he is not redeemed in this
from the nations who are all around way, then he shall go out in the year of
you, you shall buy them as male slave jubilee, he and his sons with him.
or female slave; 55 For the sons of Israel are servants
45 and also you may buy of the sons to Me; they are My servants whom I
of the tenants who are residing with brought forth out of the land of Egypt;
you, and of their families who are with I am YAHWEH your Elohim.
you, which they have fathered in your
land. And they shall be a possession to Chapter 26
you.
46 And you shall take them for 1 You shall not make idols to
inheritance to your sons after you, to yourselves; and you shall not set up for
hold for a possession; you may lay yourselves graven images, or a
service on them forever. But on your memorial pillar. And you shall not
brothers, the sons of Israel, one over place any stone image in your land, to
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bow yourselves to it; for I am midst, and shall be Elohim to you, and
YAHWEH your Elohim. you, you shall be people to Me;
2 You shall keep My Sabbaths, and 13 I am YAHWEH your Elohim, who
revere My sanctuary; I am YAHWEH. has brought you out from the land of
3 If you walk in My statutes, and the Egyptians, from being their slaves;
keep My commandments, and do and I will break the bars of your yoke,
them, and cause you to stand erect.
4 then I will give you rains in their 14 And if you will not listen to Me,
season, and the land shall give her and do not do all these commands;
produce, and the tree of the field shall 15 and if you reject My statutes, and
give its fruit; if your soul hates My judgments, so as
5 and your threshing shall reach to not to do all My commands, to the
the vintage, and the vintage shall reach breaking of My covenant;
to the sowing time; and you shall eat 16 I will also do this to you, and I
your bread to satisfaction, and live in shall appoint terror over you, the
your land securely1. wasting, and the burning fever,
6 And I will give peace in the land, destroying the eyes, and consuming
and you shall lie down, and none shall the soul; and you shall sow your seed
terrify you. And I shall cause evil in vain, and your enemies will eat it.
beasts to cease out of the land, and the 17 And I shall set My face against
sword shall not pass over into your you, and you shall be smitten before
land. your enemies; and those who hate you
7 And you shall pursue your shall rule over you, and you shall flee,
enemies, and they shall fall before you and there will be no one pursuing you.
by the sword. 18 And if after these things you will
8 And five of you shall pursue a not listen to Me, then I will chastise
hundred, and a hundred of you shall you seven times more for your sin;
pursue a ten thousand; and your 19 and I will break the pride of your
enemies shall fall before you by the strength, and will make your heavens
sword. as iron, and your earth as copper;
9 And I shall turn My face toward 20 and your strength shall be
you and make you fruitful, and consumed in vain, and your land shall
multiply you, and shall establish My not give her produce, and the tree of
covenant with you. the land shall not give its fruit.
10 And you shall eat very old store, 21 And if you walk contrary to Me,
and clear away the old store because of and are not willing to listen to Me,
the new. then I will bring seven times more
11 And I will set My tabernacle in plagues on you according to your sins,
your midst, and My soul shall not 22 and send against you the beast of
loathe you; the field, and it shall bereave you. And
12 and I shall walk always in your I shall cut off your livestock and shall
make you few, so that your ways are
1 Due to replacement theology, many have desolate.
lost the fact that being in covenant 23 And if you are not chastised by
relationship in Scripture is synonymous Me by these things, and shall walk
with being in the land of Israel. More than contrary to Me,
half of the covenant blessings directly deal 24 then I, I also, shall walk contrary
with the blessing of the physical land of to you, and shall smite you, even I,
Israel.
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his property to YAHWEH, then your then it shall be sold at your evaluation.
valuation shall be according to its 28 But any devoted thing which a
seed; a homer of barley seed at fifty man devotes to YAHWEH from all
shekels of silver. which belongs to him, of man or of
17 If he shall sanctify his field from animal, or of the field of his
the year of jubilee, it shall stand possession, it shall not be sold nor
according to your valuation. redeemed. Every devoted thing to
18 And if he shall sanctify his field YAHWEH is most holy.
after the jubilee, then the priest shall 29 No devoted thing which is
count to him the silver according to dedicated by man shall be ransomed,
the years which are left, to the year of dying it shall die.
the jubilee. And it shall be deducted 30 And all the tithe of the land, of
from your estimation. the seed of the land, of the fruit of the
19 And if he sanctifying the field tree, shall belong to YAHWEH; it is
really will redeem it, then he shall add
holy to YAHWEH1.
a fifth of the silver of your evaluation
31 And if a man really redeems any
to it, and it shall rise to become his.
of his tithes, he shall add its fifth to it.
20 And if he does not redeem the
32 And all the tithe of the herd and
field, or if he has sold the field to
of the flock, all that passes under the
another man, it is not to be redeemed
rod, a tenth shall be holy to
any more.
21 And the field shall be holy to YAHWEH2;
YAHWEH when it goes out in the
33 he shall not search whether it is
good or bad, nor shall he change it.
jubilee, as a field which is devoted. It
And if he at all changes it, then it shall
shall be a possession to the priest.
be that it and its substitute shall be
22 And if he should devote a field of
holy; it shall not be redeemed.
his purchase, which is not of the fields
34 These are the commands which
of his possession,
23 then the priest shall count to him YAHWEH has commanded Moses for
the amount of your valuation to the the sons of Israel, on Mount Sinai.
year of jubilee. And he shall give your
valuation in that day, a holy thing to
YAHWEH.
24 In the year of jubilee the field
shall return to him from whom he
bought it, to him who owns it in the
1 Tithing is a principle that goes back to the
land. beginning of time (Gen 28:22). It is a
25 And all your valuation shall be by principle that all belongs to Yahweh
the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty (Psa 24:1) and He allows us to keep 90% of
gerahs shall be the shekel. our increase if we rightfully give back 10%
26 However, no man shall dedicate a to Him for His work. Yahweh says it is
firstling, which is first-born to stealing not to pay the tithe for the work of
YAHWEH among animals, whether ox His sanctuary, Mal 3:8-10.
2 A shepherd would literally count each of his
or sheep; it belongs to YAHWEH.
sheep by having them pass under a rod. As
27 And if it is among the unclean true believers are called the sheep of
animals, then he shall ransom it at Yahshua Messiah's pasture (Joh 10:1-10)
your valuation, and he shall add its they are literally the tithe from this world to
fifth to it. And if it is not redeemed, be part of the family of Yahweh.
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which is to it. They shall bear the of them were fifty four thousand and
tabernacle, and all its furniture. And four hundred.
they shall serve it, and shall encamp 7 And the tribe of Zebulun; the ruler
around the tabernacle. of the sons of Zebulun being Eliab the
51 And when the tabernacle goes son of Helon.
forward, the Levites shall take it down. 8 And his army, and those numbered
And when the tabernacle is to be of them were fifty seven thousand and
encamped, the Levites shall set it up. four hundred.
And the stranger that draws near shall 9 All numbered of the camp of Judah
die. were a hundred and eighty six
52 And the sons of Israel shall thousand and four hundred, by their
encamp their tents, each man with his armies. They shall set forth first.
own camp, and each man with his own 10 On the south side shall be the
standard, according to their armies. standard of the camp of Reuben,
53 But the Levites shall encamp according to their armies; the ruler of
around the tabernacle of the the sons of Reuben being Elizur the
testimony, that there be no wrath on son of Shedeur.
the congregation of the sons of Israel. 11 And his army, and those
And the Levites shall keep the charge numbered of it were forty six thousand
of the tabernacle of the testimony. and five hundred.
54 And the sons of Israel did 12 And those that encamp next to
according to all that YAHWEH him shall be the tribe of Simeon; the
commanded Moses, so they did. ruler of the sons of Simeon being
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Chapter 2 13 And his army, and those
numbered of them were fifty nine
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses and thousand and three hundred.
Aaron, saying, 14 And the tribe of Gad: the ruler of
2 The sons of Israel shall encamp by the sons of Gad being Eliasaph the son
their fathers' house, every man with of Reuel.
his own standard, according to the 15 And his army, and those
ensigns. They shall encamp around the numbered of them were forty five
tabernacle of the congregation, afar thousand, six hundred and fifty.
off. 16 All numbered of the camp of
3 And those who encamp on the east Reuben were a hundred and fifty one
side, toward the sun rising, are of the thousand four hundred and fifty
standard of Judah's camp, according according to their armies. And they
to their armies, the ruler of the sons of shall pull out second.
Judah being Nahshon the son of 17 And the camp of the Levites, with
Amminadab. the tabernacle of the congregation
4 And his army and those numbered shall pull out in the middle of the
of them were seventy four thousand camps. As they encamp, so they shall
and six hundred. pull out, each man in his place, by
5 And those encamping next to him their standards.
shall be the tribe of Issachar; the ruler 18 On the west side shall be the
of the sons of Issachar being standard of the camp of Ephraim,
Nethaneel the son of Zuar; according to their armies; the ruler of
6 and his army, and those numbered the sons of Ephraim being Elishama
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22 Lift the heads of the sons of 32 the pillars of the court all around
Gershon also, by their fathers' house, and their sockets, their pins and their
by their families, cords, of all their vessels and of all
23 from a son of thirty years and their service. And you shall number
upward, you shall number them, until the vessels of the charge of their
a son of fifty years, all that enter to burden by name.
wait on the service, to serve in the 33 This is the service of the families
tabernacle of the congregation. of the sons of Merari, for all their
24 This is the service of the families service, in the tabernacle of the
of the Gershonites in serving and in congregation, by the hand of Ithamar,
bearing burdens. son of Aaron the priest.
25 They shall bear the curtains of the 34 And Moses and Aaron and the
tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the ruler of the congregation numbered
congregation, its covering, and the the sons of the Kohathites by their
covering of tachash skins that is on its families, and by their fathers' house,
top, and the hanging for the door of 35 from a son of thirty years and
the tabernacle of the congregation; upward, even to a son of fifty years,
26 and the hangings of the court, everyone who is going into the service,
and the hanging for the door of the for work in the tabernacle of the
gate of the court by the tabernacle and congregation.
by the altar all around, and their 36 Their numbered ones, by their
cords, and all the vessels of their families, were two thousand, seven
service, and whatever there may be to hundred and fifty.
do with them; in this they shall serve. 37 These were those numbered of
27 At the mouth of Aaron, and of his the families of the Kohathites,
sons shall be all the service of the sons everyone who is serving in the
of the Gershonites, and all their tabernacle of the congregation, whom
burden, and all their service. And you Moses and Aaron numbered by the
shall lay a charge on them concerning mouth of YAHWEH, by the hand of
the duty of all their burden. Moses.
28 This is the service of the families 38 And those numbered of the sons
of the sons of the Gershonites in the of Gershon, by their families, and by
tabernacle of the congregation; and their fathers' house,
their charge is under the hand of 39 from a son of thirty years and
Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. upward, even to a son of fifty years,
29 You shall number the sons of and everyone who is going into the
Merari by their families, by their service, for work in the tabernacle of
fathers' house, the congregation,
30 from a son of thirty years and 40 even those numbered of them, by
upward, even to a son of fifty years you their families, by their father's house
shall number them, everyone who is were two thousand, six hundred and
going into the service, to do the work thirty.
of the tabernacle of the congregation. 41 These were those numbered of
31 And this is the charge of their the families of Gershon, everyone who
burden, according to all their service is serving in the tent of meeting, whom
in the tabernacle of the congregation: Moses and Aaron numbered at the
the boards of the tabernacle, and its mouth of YAHWEH.
bars and its pillars and its sockets, 42 And those numbered of the
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2 Speak to the sons of Israel and you and shall bring a he lamb of the first
shall say to them, When a man or a year for a guilt offering. But the former
woman shall vow a vow, the vow of a days shall be void, for his separation
Nazarite to be separated to YAHWEH: was defiled.
3 He shall separate from wine and 13 And this is the law of the
fermented drink; he shall not drink Nazarite: when the days of his
vinegar of wine or vinegar of separation are fulfilled, bring him in to
fermented drink; he shall not drink the door of the tent of meeting,
any juice of the grapes; and he shall 14 and he shall offer his offering to
not eat dry or moist grapes. YAHWEH, one he-lamb of the first
4 All the days of his separation he year, without blemish, for a burnt
shall not eat from all that is made of offering; and one she-lamb, a yearling,
the vine, from pressed grapes, even to without blemish, for a sin offering;
the stem. and one ram, without blemish, for a
5 All the days of the vow of his peace offering;
separation, a razor shall not pass over 15 and a basket of unleavened cakes
his head; he shall be holy until all the of flour, cakes mixed with oil, and
days are fulfilled which he has unleavened wafers anointed with oil,
separated to YAHWEH. He shall allow and their food offering, and their drink
the locks of the hair of his head to offerings.
grow long. 16 And the priest shall bring them
6 All the days of his separation to before YAHWEH, and shall offer his
YAHWEH he shall not go near a dead sin offering and his burnt offering.
person. 17 And he shall offer the ram for a
7 He shall not make himself unclean sacrifice of peace offering to
for his father or his mother or for his YAHWEH, with the basket of
brother or his sister at their death; unleavened cakes. And the priest shall
because his separation to his Elohim is offer its food offering and its drink
on his head. offering.
8 All the days of his separation he 18 And the Nazarite shall shave the
shall be holy to YAHWEH. head of his separation at the door of
9 And if any man dies very suddenly the tent of meeting and shall take the
beside him, and he defiles his hair of the head of his separation and
consecrated head, then he shall shave shall put it on the fire which is under
his head on the day of his cleansing, the sacrifice of the peace offering1.
on the seventh day he shall shave it. 19 And the priest shall take the
10 And on the eighth day he shall boiled shoulder from the ram and one
bring two turtledoves or two young unleavened cake out of the basket, and
pigeons to the priest, to the door of the one unleavened wafer, and shall put
tent of meeting. them on the hands of the Nazarite
11 And the priest shall prepare one after he has shaved his separation.
for a sin offering, and one for a burnt
offering, and shall atone for him, 1 He did this because it was a shame for a
because he sinned by reason of the man to have long hair or to have his head
covered before Yahweh and he could not
dead body. And he shall dedicate his
enter the sanctuary of Yahweh until he
head on that day. shaved his head. The long hair of the vow
12 And he shall separate to caused the separation from the sanctuary.
YAHWEH the days of his consecration, 1Cor:11:4, 14, Exo 34:34, Eze 44:20.
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20 And the priest shall wave them, a and twelve oxen; a wagon for every
wave offering before YAHWEH. It is two of the rulers, for each one an ox.
holy to the priest, besides the breast of And they presented them before the
the wave offering, and besides the leg tabernacle.
of the heave offering. And afterward 4 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
the Nazarite shall drink wine1. saying,
21 This is the law of the Nazarite 5 Take it from them, that they may
who vows his offering to YAHWEH for be used to do the service of the
his separation, besides that which his tabernacle of the congregation. And
hand may get: according to his vow you shall give them to the Levites, to
which he vows, so he shall do by the each man according to his service.
law of his separation. 6 And Moses took the wagons and
22 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
saying, 7 He gave two wagons and four oxen
23 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, to the sons of Gershon, according to
saying, In this way you shall bless the their service.
sons of Israel, saying to them: 8 And he gave four wagons and eight
oxen to the sons of Merari, according
24 YAHWEH bless you and keep
to their service under Ithamar, the son
you;
of Aaron the priest.
25 YAHWEH cause His face to shine 9 But he did not give any to the sons
on you, and be gracious to you; of Kohath, because the service of the
26 YAHWEH lift up His face to you, holy things belonged to them. They
and give you peace. bore them on their shoulders.
27 So they shall put My name on the 10 And the rulers brought the
sons of Israel, and I Myself will bless dedication offering of the altar in the
them. day it was anointed. And the rulers
brought near their offering before the
Chapter 7 altar.
11 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
1 And it happened on the day that They shall present their offering, one
Moses finished setting up the to the day, one ruler to the day, for the
tabernacle, he anointed it and dedication of the altar.
sanctified it, and all its vessels, and the 12 And he who brought his offering
altar and all its vessels. And he the first day was Nahshon the son of
anointed them and sanctified them. Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;
2 And the rulers of Israel, the chiefs 13 his offering: one silver dish, its
of their fathers' houses offered. These weight a hundred and thirty, one silver
were the rulers of the tribes, these basin of seventy shekels according to
were they that stood over the the sanctuary shekel, both of them full
numbered ones. of flour mixed with oil for a food
3 And they brought their offerings offering;
before YAHWEH, six covered wagons 14 one golden pan of ten shekels full
of incense;
1 Some have falsely assumed that any 15 one young bull, one ram, one he-
drinking of alcohol is sin, but we clearly see lamb, the son of a year, for a burnt
from this and many scriptures that offering;
drunkenness is sin and not simply drinking 16 one male of the goats for a sin
a small amount of wine or alcohol.
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72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the thirty in weight, and each basin
son of Ocran, ruler of the sons of seventy; all the silver of the vessels
Asher offered; was two thousand and four hundred
73 his offering: one silver dish, its shekels by the sanctuary shekel;
weight a hundred and thirty, one silver 86 twelve golden pans full of
basin of seventy shekels according to incense, ten to this and ten to that pan,
the sanctuary shekel, both of them full according to the sanctuary shekel; all
of flour mixed with oil for a food the gold of the pans was a hundred
offering; and twenty.
74 one golden pan of ten shekels full 87 All the animals for the burnt
of incense; offering, twelve bulls, twelve rams,
75 one young bull, one ram, one he- twelve yearling he-lambs, and their
lamb, the son of a year, for a burnt food offering; and the twelve males of
offering; the goats for a sin offering;
76 one male of the goats for a sin 88 and all the animals for the
offering; sacrifice of the peace offering, twenty
77 and for the sacrifice of the peace four bulls, sixty rams, sixty he-goats,
offering, two oxen, five rams, five he- sixty he-lambs, sons of a year. This
goats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. was the dedication of the altar after it
This was the offering of Pagiel the son was anointed.
of Ocran. 89 And when Moses went into the
78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son tent of meeting to speak with Him, he
of Enan, ruler of the sons of Naphtali heard the voice speaking to him from
offered; the mercy-seat which is on the ark of
79 his offering: one silver dish, its the testimony, from between the two
weight a hundred and thirty, one silver cherubs; and He spoke to him.
basin of seventy shekels according to
the sanctuary shekel, both of them full Chapter 8
of flour mixed with oil for a food
offering; 1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
80 one golden pan of ten shekels full saying,
of incense; 2 Speak to Aaron and say to him,
81 one young bull, one ram, one he- When you go up with the lamps, the
lamb, the son of a year, for a burnt seven lamps shall give light in the
offering; front of the menorah.
82 one male of the goats for a sin 3 And Aaron did so. He went up with
offering; its lamps in front of the menorah, as
83 and for the sacrifice of the peace YAHWEH commanded Moses.
offering, two oxen, five rams, five he- 4 And this was the work of the
goats, five he-lambs, sons of a year. menorah: hammered work of gold to
This was the offering of Ahira the son its base, and to its flowers; it was
of Enan. hammered work, according to the
84 This was the dedication of the
pattern which YAHWEH caused Moses
altar, in the day when it was anointed,
to see. So he made the menorah.
at the hand of the rulers of Israel:
twelve silver dishes, twelve silver 5 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
basins, twelve golden pans; saying,
85 each silver dish a hundred and 6 Take the Levites from among the
sons of Israel and cleanse them.
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7 And thus you will do to them to Myself in the day I smote every first-
cleanse them: sprinkle water of sin born in the land of Egypt.
offering on them. And they shall make 18 And I take the Levites instead of
a razor pass over all their flesh and every first-born among the sons of
wash their garments and cleanse Israel. (Num 18:6)
themselves. 19 And I have given the Levites as
8 And they shall take a bull, a son of given to Aaron and to his sons from
the herd, and its food offering, flour the midst of the sons of Israel to serve
mixed with oil, and a second bull, a in the service of the sons of Israel in
son of the herd, you shall take for a sin the tabernacle of the congregation,
offering. and to atone for the sons of Israel, and
9 And you shall bring the Levites there shall not be a plague among the
near before the tent of meeting. And sons of Israel to the sons of Israel by
you shall assemble all the company of coming near to the sanctuary.
the sons of Israel. 20 And Moses and Aaron, and all the
10 And you shall bring the Levites congregation of the sons of Israel, did
before YAHWEH; and the sons of to the Levites according to all that
Israel shall lay their hands on the YAHWEH had commanded Moses
Levites. concerning the Levites; so the sons of
11 And Aaron shall wave the Levites Israel did to them.
as a wave offering before YAHWEH, 21 And the Levites cleansed them-
from the sons of Israel, that they may selves, and washed their garments.
serve at the service of YAHWEH. And Aaron waved them as a wave
12 And the Levites shall lay their offering before YAHWEH; and Aaron
hands on the head of the bulls. And atoned for them, to cleanse them.
you shall offer the one for a sin 22 And afterward the Levites went in
offering, and one a burnt offering to to do their service in the tent of
YAHWEH, to atone for the Levites. meeting, before Aaron and before his
13 And you shall cause the Levites to sons; as YAHWEH commanded Moses
stand before Aaron and before his concerning the Levites, so they did to
sons, and shall wave them as a wave them.
offering to YAHWEH. 23 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
14 And you shall separate the Levites saying,
from the midst of the sons of Israel, 24 This is that which pertains to the
and the Levites shall become Mine. Levites: from twenty five years old and
(Num 18:6, Jos 13:33) upward he shall go in to do the service
15 And afterward the Levites shall and the works of the tabernacle of the
come in to serve in the tent of meeting; congregation.
and you shall cleanse them, and shall 25 And from a son of fifty years they
wave them, a wave offering. shall return from the service of the
16 For they are wholly given to Me work, and shall not serve any more.
from among the sons of Israel; instead 26 But he shall serve with his
of the one who opens any womb, the brothers in the tent of meeting, to
first-born of all, from the sons of keep the charge; only he shall not
Israel. I have taken them to Myself. serve at a service. So you shall do to
17 For every first-born among the the Levites concerning their charge.
sons of Israel among man and among
animal, is Mine. I set them apart for
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23 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Is had least had gathered ten homers.
the hand of YAHWEH shortened? Now And they spread them out for
you shall see whether My Word shall themselves around the camp.
come to pass to you or not. 33 The flesh was yet between their
24 And Moses went out and spoke to teeth, it was not yet cut off, and the
the people the words of YAHWEH and anger of YAHWEH glowed among the
gathered seventy men of the elders of people. And YAHWEH struck among
the people, and caused them to stand the people with a very great plague.
around the tabernacle. 34 And one called the name of that
25 And YAHWEH came down in the place, The Graves of Lust; for there
cloud and spoke to him, and set apart they buried the people who lusted.
of the spirit which was on him, and 35 From the Graves of Lust the
put it on the seventy men of the elders. people pulled up stakes to go to
And it happened, as the spirit rested Hazeroth, and they remained in
on them, that they prophesied, but Hazeroth.
they did not continue.
26 And two of the men were left in Chapter 12
the camp, the name of the one being
Eldad, and the name of the second 1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke
Medad; and the spirit rested on them, against Moses, because of the Cushite
and they were among those written, woman whom he had taken. For he
but did not go out to the tabernacle. had taken a Cushite woman.
And they prophesied in the camp. 2 And they said, Has YAHWEH
27 And a young man ran and told spoken only by Moses? Has He not
Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad are also spoken by us? And YAHWEH
prophesying in the camp. heard.
28 And Yahoshua the son of Nun, 3 And the man Moses was very
minister to Moses, of his young men, depressed, more than any man who
answered and said, My master Moses, was on the face of the earth.
stop them. 4 And YAHWEH said suddenly to
29 And Moses said to him, Are you Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam,
jealous for my sake? Oh that all the You three come out to the tent of the
people of YAHWEH were prophets, meeting. And the three of them came
that YAHWEH would put His Spirit on out.
them! 5 And YAHWEH came down in the
30 And Moses withdrew into the pillar of the cloud and stood at the
camp, he and the elders of Israel. tabernacle door, and called Aaron and
31 And a wind went forth from Miriam. And both of them came out.
YAHWEH and cut off quails from the 6 And He said, Now hear My words,
sea, and let them fall by the camp, as a If your prophet is of YAHWEH, I will
day's journey here, and as a day's make Myself seen by him in an
journey there, all around the camp, appearance; I will speak to him in a
and about two cubits above the face of dream.
the land. 7 It is not so with My servant Moses!
32 And the people rose up all that He is faithful in all My house.
day, and all that night, and the day 8 I speak to him mouth to mouth,
after, and gathered the quails; he who and by an appearance, and not in
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riddles; and he looks upon the form of Moses sent them from the wilderness
YAHWEH. So why have you not been of Paran they were all of them men,
afraid to speak against My servant, heads of the sons of Israel.
against Moses? 4 And these were their names: of the
9 And the anger of YAHWEH glowed tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of
against them, and He left. Zaccur;
10 And the cloud turned away from 5 of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the
the tent. And, behold Miriam was son of Hori;
leprous as snow! And Aaron turned 6 of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son
toward Miriam, and, behold, she was of Jephunneh;
leprous! 7 of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son
11 And Aaron said to Moses, Oh my of Joseph;
master, I beg you, do not lay sin upon 8 of the tribe of Ephraim, Yahoshua
us, by which we have done foolishly, the son of Nun;
and by which we have sinned. 9 of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the
12 I pray, do not let her be as one son of Raphu;
who is dead, of whom the flesh is half 10 of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel
consumed when he comes out of his the son of Sodi;
mother's womb. 11 of the tribe of Joseph, of the tribe
13 And Moses cried to YAHWEH, of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
saying, O Elohim, I beg you, please 12 of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the
heal her. son of Gemalli;
13 of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the
14 And YAHWEH said to Moses, If
son of Michael;
her father had but spit in her face,
14 of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the
should she not be ashamed seven
son of Vophsi;
days? She shall be shut out seven days
15 of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son
at the outside of the camp, and
of Machi.
afterward she shall be brought in.
16 These were the names of the men
15 And Miriam was shut out at the
whom Moses sent to spy out the land.
outside of the camp seven days, and
And Moses called Hoshea the son of
the people did not pull up stakes until
Nun, Yahoshua.
Miriam was brought in.
17 And Moses sent them to spy out
16 And afterward the people pulled
the land of Canaan, and said to them,
up stakes from Hazeroth, and they
You go up this way into the Negev, and
encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
go up into the hills;
18 and you shall see the land, what it
Chapter 13 is, and the people who are living on it,
whether it is strong or feeble; whether
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, it is few or many;
saying, 19 and what the land is in which they
2 Send men for you, and they shall live, whether good or bad; and what
spy out the land of Canaan which I am are the cities in which they live,
giving to the sons of Israel; you shall whether in camps or in fortresses;
send one man for the tribe of his 20 and what the land is, whether it is
fathers, one man, every one a leader fat or lean; whether wood is in it or
among them. not. And you shall make yourselves
3 And by the command of YAHWEH strong and shall take of the fruit of the
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29 Your dead bodies shall fall in this remained alive of those men that went
wilderness, even all your numbered to spy out the land.
sons, as to your whole number, from 39 And Moses told these words to all
twenty years old and upward, in that the sons of Israel; and the people
you have murmured against Me. mourned deeply.
30 You shall certainly not come into 40 And they rose up early in the
the land which I lifted up My hand to morning and went up to the top of the
cause you to live in it, except Caleb the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here,
son of Jephunneh and Yahoshua the and we will go up to the place which
son of Nun.1 YAHWEH has said, for we have
31 As for your infants, of whom you sinned.
have said, They shall be a prey, I shall 41 And Moses said, Why do you now
bring them in, and they shall know the transgress the mouth of YAHWEH,
land which you have rejected. since it will not prosper?
32 As for you, your carcasses shall
42 Do not go up, for YAHWEH is not
fall in this wilderness. (Jud 1:5)
in your midst, and you will be defeated
33 And your sons shall be shepherds
by your enemies.
in the wilderness forty years, and shall
43 For the Amalekite and the
bear your fornications until your
Canaanite are there before you; and
carcasses are wasted in the wilderness;
you shall fall by the sword because you
34 by the number of the days in
have turned back from following
which you spied out the land, forty
days, a day for a year, a day for a year; YAHWEH; and YAHWEH is not with
you shall bear your iniquities forty you.
years2; you shall know My alienation 44 And they presumed to go up to
from you. the top of the mountain, but the ark of
35 I am YAHWEH; I have spoken. I the covenant of YAHWEH and Moses
shall do this to all this evil company did not leave the middle of the camp.3
who are gathered together against Me. 45 And the Amalekite and the
They shall be brought to an end in this Canaanite living in that mountain
wilderness, and there they shall die. came down and struck them, and beat
36 And the men whom Moses had them down, to Hormah.
sent to spy out the land, and who,
when they returned, made all the Chapter 15
congregation to murmur against him,
by bringing up an evil report against 1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
the land, saying,
37 even those men bringing up an 2 Speak to the sons of Israel and say
evil report of the land died by the to them, When you have come to the
plague before YAHWEH. land of your dwellings, which I am
38 But Yahoshua the son of Nun, giving to you,
and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, 3 then you shall prepare a fire
offering to YAHWEH, a burnt offering,
1 Caleb was from the tribe of Judah and or a sacrifice, in fulfillment of a vow,
Yahoshua was an Ephraimite, showing the or as a freewill offering, or in your
two represented the two Houses of Israel. appointed seasons, to make a soothing
2 This day for a year principle is used
different times in Scripture to delineate the 3 Yahweh's presence only goes with His
times of certain punishments for Israel. ordained leadership.
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fragrance to YAHWEH, out of the for the alien that lives with you, a
herd, or out of the flock. never ending statute throughout your
4 And he who is bringing his offering generations; as you are, so shall the
to YAHWEH shall bring near a food alien be before YAHWEH1.
offering of flour, a tenth part, mixed 16 There shall be one law and one
with a fourth of a hin of oil; ordinance both for you and for the
5 and wine for a drink offering, a alien that lives with you.
fourth of a hin you shall prepare for 17 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
the burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, saying,
for the one lamb. 18 Speak to the sons of Israel and
6 Or you shall prepare a food say to them, When you come into the
offering of flour for a ram, two tenth land to which I bring you,
parts mixed with oil, a third of a hin; 19 then it shall be that when you eat
7 and wine for a drink offering, a of the bread of the land, you shall lift
third part of a hin. You shall bring it up a heave offering to YAHWEH.
near, a soothing fragrance to 20 You shall lift up a cake of the first
YAHWEH. of your dough as a heave offering; as
8 And when you prepare a son of the the heave offering of the threshing
herd for a burnt offering, or for a floor, so you shall lift it up.
sacrifice, in fulfillment of a vow, or 21 You shall give of the first of your
peace offerings to YAHWEH, dough to YAHWEH, a heave offering
9 then he shall bring near for the son for your generations.
of the herd a food offering of flour, 22 And when you shall err and shall
three tenth parts, mixed with oil, a half not perform all these commands
of a hin; which YAHWEH has spoken to Moses,
10 and you shall bring wine near for 23 even all that YAHWEH has
a drink offering, a half of a hin, as a commanded you by the hand of Moses
fire offering of soothing fragrance to
from the day that YAHWEH
YAHWEH. commanded, and onward for your
11 So it shall be done for one ox, or generations,
for the one ram, or for a lamb of the 24 then it shall be, if it be done in
sheep, or of the goats. ignorance by the congregation,
12 You shall prepare according to the without knowledge, even all the
number. So you shall do for everyone congregation shall offer a son of the
according to their number. herd, one bull, for a burnt offering, for
13 All that are native shall do these
a soothing fragrance to YAHWEH, and
things in this way, in bringing in an
its food offering, and its drink offering,
offering made by fire, of a soothing
according to the ordinance; and one
fragrance to YAHWEH. kid of the goats for a sin offering.
14 And if an alien lives with you, or 25 And the priest shall atone for all
whoever may be among you, through- the congregation of the sons of Israel;
out your generations, and desires to and it shall be forgiven them. For it
offer a fire offering of a soothing was in ignorance, and they have
fragrance to YAHWEH; as you do, so brought their offering, a fire offering
he shall do.
15 As for the congregation, there 1 There are not separate laws for Israelites
shall be one statute both for you and and Gentiles grafted into Israel, but one
Torah for everyone.
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to YAHWEH, and their sin offering you shall say to them that they shall
before YAHWEH for their error. make themselves fringes on the
26 And all the congregation of the corners of their garments, for their
sons of Israel, and the alien that lives generations. And they shall put a
among them, shall be forgiven; for as thread of blue with the fringe of each
to all the people, it was in ignorance. corner. (Deu 22:12)
27 And if one person sins through 39 And He1 shall be to you for a
ignorance, then he shall bring a she fringe, that you may look on it and
goat of the first year for a sin offering. remember all the commandments of
28 And the priest shall atone for the YAHWEH, and do them; and that you
soul that errs when he sins through do not go about after your own heart
ignorance before YAHWEH to atone and your own eyes after which you
for him. And he shall be forgiven, fornicate;
29 both the native among the sons of 40 that you may remember and do
Israel, and the alien that lives among all My commandments, and be holy to
them; one law shall be to you for him your Elohim.
who acts in error. 41 I am YAHWEH your Elohim who
30 And the soul that does anything brought you out of the land of Egypt,
with a high hand in defiance, whether to be your Elohim. I am YAHWEH
of a native or of the alien, the same your Elohim.
blasphemes YAHWEH. And that
person shall be cut off from the midst Chapter 16
of his people.
31 For he has despised the Word of 1 And Korah, the son of Izhar, the
YAHWEH and has broken His son of Kohath, the son of Levi, took
command; that soul shall utterly be also Dathan and Abiram the sons of
cut off; his iniquity shall be on him. Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, the
32 And while the sons of Israel were sons of Reuben;
in the wilderness they found a man 2 and they rose up before Moses,
gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. with certain of the sons of Israel, two
33 And those who found him hundred and fifty rulers of the
gathering sticks brought him to Moses congregation, elect men of the
and Aaron, and to all the congregation. assembly, men of name.
34 And they put him under guard; 3 And they were assembled against
for it had not been declared what Moses and against Aaron, and said to
should be done to him. them, You take too much! For all the
congregation, all of them are holy, and
35 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
surely, the man shall die; all the YAHWEH is among them. Why then
congregation shall stone him with do you lift up yourselves above the
stones outside the camp. assembly of YAHWEH?
36 And all the congregation brought 4 And Moses heard and fell on his
him outside the camp and stoned him face.
with stones. And he died, as YAHWEH 5 And he spoke to Korah, and to all
commanded Moses. 1 The verb “shall be” is in the third person
37 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, future tense and can mean either “he” or
saying, “it”, but in context it seems to be speaking
38 Speak to the sons of Israel and of the Messiah being the authority to them
by the tassel. Mat 9:20-21.
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his company, saying, In the morning these men? We will not come up!
YAHWEH will know who are His, and 15 And Moses was very angry, and
him who is holy, and shall cause him said to YAHWEH, Do not respect their
to come near Him; even him whom He offering; I have not taken one donkey
may choose, He will cause to come from them, nor have I done evil to one
near to Him. of them.
6 Do this: take fire-pans for your- 16 And Moses said to Korah, You
selves, Korah, and all his company, and all your company, you be there
7 and put fire in them, and put before YAHWEH, you and they, and
incense on them before YAHWEH Aaron tomorrow.
tomorrow; and it shall be, the man 17 And each one take his fire-pan,
whom YAHWEH chooses, he shall be and you shall put incense on them,
the holy one. You take too much, sons and shall offer before YAHWEH, each
of Levi! his fire-pan, two hundred and fifty
8 And Moses said to Korah, Hear fire-pans; even you and Aaron, each
now, you sons of Levi, his fire-pan.
9 is it too little a thing to you that the 18 And they each took his fire-pan,
Elohim of Israel has separated you and put fire on them, and lay incense
from the congregation of Israel to on them, and they stood at the door of
bring you near to Himself, to do the the tent of meeting, with Moses and
service of the tabernacle of YAHWEH, Aaron.
and to stand before the congregation 19 And Korah assembled all the
to minister to them? congregation against them, to the door
10 Yea, He has brought you near, of the tent of meeting, and the glory of
and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, YAHWEH was seen by all the
with you. And will you seek the congregation.
priesthood also? 20 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses
11 Therefore, you and all your and to Aaron, saying,
company that have gathered against 21 Separate yourselves from the
YAHWEH, What is Aaron that you midst of this company, and I will
murmur against him? consume them in a moment2.
12 And Moses sent to call for Dathan 22 And they fell on their faces, and
and for Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and said, O Elohim, Elohim of the spirits of
they said, We will not come up. all flesh; shall one man sin, and will
13 Is it a small thing that you have You be angry with all the
brought us up out of a land flowing congregation?
with milk and honey, to kill us in the 23 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
wilderness, but must you also seize saying,
dominion over us1? 24 Speak to the congregation,
14 Yea, you have not brought us into saying, You get away from around the
a land flowing with milk and honey, tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
nor given us inheritance in fields and 25 And Moses rose up and went to
vineyards; will you put out the eyes of Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of
1 This is paramount to blasphemy, as they are 2 We see the consequences when Yahweh's
condemning the great work Yahweh did by judicial order is challenged. Yahweh's
taking them out of Egypt and then calling mercy is unending but only when there is
the slavery in Egypt a land flowing with repentance and not when there is a prideful
milk and honey. hardened heart of rebellion.
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46 And Moses said to Aaron, Take Israel, and all their rulers gave to him
the fire-pan, and put fire on it from the one rod for each ruler, one rod for a
altar, and lay on incense, and go, hurry ruler, for their fathers' house, twelve
to the congregation, and atone for rods; and the rod of Aaron was among
them, for the wrath has gone out from the rods.
the presence of YAHWEH; the plague 7 And Moses placed the rods before
has begun. YAHWEH, in the tent of the testimony.
47 And Aaron did as Moses had 8 And it happened on the next day,
spoken, and ran into the midst of the Moses went into the tent of the
assembly. And, behold, the plague had testimony, and, behold! The rod of
begun among the people! And he laid Aaron for the house of Levi had
on the incense and atoned for the budded, and put forth buds, and
people, bloomed blossoms, and bore ripe
48 and stood between the dead and almonds1.
the living, and the plague was stayed. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods
49 And those who died by the plague from before YAHWEH to all the sons
were fourteen thousand and seven of Israel. And they looked, and each
hundred, besides those who died for one took his rod.
the matter of Korah. 10 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Put
50 And Aaron turned back to Moses, back the rod of Aaron, before the
to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, to be kept as a token to the
congregation; and the plague was sons of rebellion. And you shall end
stayed. their murmurings from Me; and they
shall not die.
Chapter 17
11 And Moses did as YAHWEH had
commanded him; so he did.
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, 12 And the sons of Israel spoke to
saying, Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, and perish, we all perish.
take from each of them a rod, for a 13 Anyone who draws near to the
father's house, from all their rulers, for
tabernacle of YAHWEH shall die; shall
the house of their fathers, twelve rods.
we be consumed to die?
You shall write the name of each on
his rod.
Chapter 18
3 And you shall write Aaron's name
on the staff of the tribe of Levi; for one
rod shall be for the head of their 1 And YAHWEH said to Aaron, You,
fathers' house. and your sons, and your father's house
4 And you shall place them in the with you shall bear the iniquity of the
tent of meeting, before the testimony, sanctuary. And you, and your sons
where I shall meet with you. with you, shall bear the iniquity of
5 And it shall be that the man's rod your priesthood;
which I choose shall blossom. And I 2 and also your brothers, the tribe of
shall cause the murmurings of the 1 The almond tree is the first tree each year to
sons of Israel, which they are bear flowers and bud but the last to bear its
murmuring against you, to stop from fruit, and was known in ancient times for its
Me. diligence. Due to this Yahweh used it to
6 And Moses spoke to the sons of show His unswerving backing of Aaron as
High Priest.
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Levi, the tribe of your father, you shall 10 You shall eat it in the Holy Place;
bring near with you, that they may be every male shall eat it; it shall be holy
joined to you and may minister to you, to you.
you and your sons in your being before 11 And this is yours, the heave
the tent of the testimony. offering of their gift with all the wave
3 And they shall keep your charge offerings of the sons of Israel. I have
and the charge of all the tabernacle; given them to you, and to your sons,
only, they shall not go near to the and to your daughters with you, by a
vessels of the sanctuary and to the never ending statute; every clean one
altar. And they shall not die, either in your house shall eat it.
they or you. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the
4 And they shall be joined to you, best of the new wine, and wheat, the
and shall keep the charge of the tent of first fruits of them which they give to
meeting, for all the service of the YAHWEH, I have given to you.
tabernacle, and a foreigner shall not go 13 The first-fruits of all that is in
near to you. their land, which they bring in to
5 And you shall keep the charge of YAHWEH shall be yours; every clean
the sanctuary, and the charge of the one in your house shall eat it;
altar, and there shall be no more wrath 14 every devoted thing in Israel shall
against the sons of Israel. be yours;
6 And I, behold, I have taken your 15 every one opening a womb of all
brothers the Levites from the midst of
flesh which they offer to YAHWEH,
the sons of Israel; as a gift they are
among man and among animal, shall
given to you by YAHWEH, to do the be yours. Only, you shall certainly
service of the tent of meeting. (Num redeem the first-born of man, and you
8:14-19) shall redeem the firstling of the
7 And you, and your sons with you, unclean beasts.
shall keep your priesthood, in 16 And their redeemed ones, from a
everything that pertains to the altar, month old, you shall redeem with your
and to that inside the veil. And you valuation of silver, five shekels, by the
shall serve; I have given you the shekel of the sanctuary; it is twenty
priesthood as a service of gift; and the gerahs.
stranger who comes near shall be 17 But the firstling of an ox, or the
caused to die. firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a
8 And YAHWEH spoke to Aaron, goat, you shall not redeem; they are
saying, And I, behold, I have given to holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on
you the charge of My heave offerings, the altar, and you shall burn their fat
of all the devoted things of the sons of as incense, a fire offering of soothing
Israel. I have given them to you for the fragrance to YAHWEH.
anointing, and to your sons, by a 18 And their flesh shall be yours, as
perpetual statute. the breast of the wave offering, and as
9 This shall be yours of the most holy the right leg; it shall be yours.
things, from the fire: every offering of 19 All the heave offerings of the holy
theirs, even every food offering of things which the sons of Israel shall
theirs, and every sin offering of theirs,
lift up to YAHWEH, I have given to you
and every guilt offering of theirs,
and to your sons, and to your
which they may render to Me; it shall
daughters with you, by a never ending
be most holy to you, and to your sons.
statute, a covenant of salt, it shall be
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forever before YAHWEH to you and to tithes which you receive from the sons
your seed with you. of Israel. And you shall give from it the
20 And YAHWEH said to Aaron, You heave offering of YAHWEH to Aaron
shall have no inheritance in their land, the priest.
nor shall you have any portion among 29 You shall lift up the whole heave
them; I am your portion and your offering of YAHWEH out of all your
inheritance among the sons of Israel1. gifts, out of all its fat, its holy part, out
21 And, behold, I have given all the of it.
tithe in Israel to the sons of Levi for an 30 And you shall say to them, When
inheritance, in return for their service you lift up its fat out of it, then it shall
which they are serving, the service of be counted to the Levites as increase of
the tent of meeting. a threshing floor, and as increase of a
22 And the sons of Israel shall not winepress.
come near to the tent of meeting any 31 And you shall eat it in every place,
more, lest they bear sin, and die. you and your households, for it is your
23 But the Levites shall do the reward in return for your service in the
service of the tent of meeting, and they tabernacle of the congregation.
shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a 32 And you shall bear no sin because
never ending statute throughout your of it, since you have lifted up from it
generations, that in the midst of the the best of it. And you shall not
sons of Israel they shall have no profane the holy things of the sons of
inheritance; Israel so that you may not die.
24 but the tithes of the sons of Israel
which they shall lift up to YAHWEH, a Chapter 19
heave offering, I have given to the
Levites for inheritance; therefore I 1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses and
have said to them, They shall have no to Aaron, saying,
inheritance among the sons of Israel. 2 This is the statute of the law which
25 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, YAHWEH has commanded, saying,
saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they
26 And you shall say to the Levites; bring you a red heifer, without
and you shall speak to them, When blemish, in which there is no blemish,
you take the tithe from the sons of on which no yoke ever came. (Mat
Israel, which I have given to you from 11:28-30)
them, for your inheritance, then you 3 And you shall give her to Eleazar
shall lift from it a heave offering of the priest, and she shall be brought
YAHWEH, a tithe of the tithe. forth outside the camp; and she shall
27 And your heave offering shall be be slaughtered before his face. (Heb
counted to you as grain from the 13:11-13)
threshing floor, and as fullness from 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of
the winepress. her blood with his finger, and shall
28 So you also shall lift up the heave sprinkle of her blood toward the front
offering of YAHWEH from all your of the tent of meeting seven times.
5 And the heifer shall be burned
before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh,
1 True priests of Yahweh do not gather and
and her blood with her dung, shall be
hoard mammon, but live by faith and trust
Yahweh to provide as they are His burned.
possession. 6 And the priest shall take cedar
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wood, and hyssop and scarlet, and does not cleanse himself, he shall have
shall cast it into the midst of the defiled the tabernacle of YAHWEH;
burning of the heifer. and that person shall be cut off from
7 Then the priest shall wash his Israel, for the water of impurity shall
clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in not be sprinkled upon him. He shall be
water, and afterward he may come unclean; his uncleanness shall be still
into the camp; and the priest shall be on him.
unclean until the evening. 14 This is the law when a man dies in
8 And he that burned her shall wash a tent: Everyone who comes into the
his clothes in water, and shall bathe tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be
his flesh in water, and shall be unclean unclean seven days.
until the evening. 15 And every open vessel which has
9 And a man that is clean shall no covering of thread on it shall be
gather up the ashes of the heifer, and unclean.
shall lay them up outside the camp in 16 And whoever in the open field
a clean place. And it shall be kept for touches one that has been pierced with
the congregation of the sons of Israel a sword, or one that has died of
for a water of impurity1; it is a sin himself, or the bone of a man, or a
offering. grave, shall be unclean seven days.
10 And he that gathers the ashes of 17 And for the unclean they shall
the heifer shall wash his clothes, and take the ashes of the burning of the sin
shall be unclean until the evening; and offering, and living water in a vessel
it shall be to the sons of Israel, and to shall be put on it.
the stranger that lives among them, for 18 And a clean person shall take
a never ending statute. hyssop, and shall dip it in the water,
11 He that touches the dead body of and shall sprinkle it upon the tent, and
any man shall be unclean seven days. upon all the vessels, and upon the
12 He shall cleanse himself for it on persons that were there, and upon him
the third day, and on the seventh day that touched the bone, or the slain, or
he shall be clean. And if he does not the dead, or the grave.
cleanse himself on the third day, then 19 And the clean person shall
on the seventh day he shall not be sprinkle on the unclean on the third
clean2. day, and on the seventh day; and on
13 Anyone who touches the dead the seventh day he shall purify
body, the body of a man who dies, and himself; and he shall wash his clothes,
and bathe himself in water, and shall
1 This water was used for the ceremonial be clean at evening.
washings for when one became 20 But the man that shall be
ceremonially unclean. unclean, and shall not purify himself,
2 The Red Heifer was the only sacrifice that
that soul shall be cut off from the
was done on the third altar across the
Kidron Valley on the slope of the Mount of
midst of the congregation, because he
Olives right below where the crucifixion of has defiled the sanctuary of YAHWEH;
Yahshua the Messiah took place. This the water for impurity has not been
sacrifice was clearly pointing toward His sprinkled on him; he shall be unclean3.
cleansing of all sin through baptism in His 21 And it shall be a continual statute
name. If one did not cleanse himself on the
third day (through the resurrection) he 3 Another clear prelude to the baptism
would not be clean on the 7th day (picturing ceremony which would become the sign of
the Millennium and the resurrection). the New Covenant.
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to them; and he that sprinkles the 9 And Moses took the rod from before
water of impurity shall wash his YAHWEH, as He commanded him.
clothes; and he that touches the water 10 And Moses and Aaron assembled
of sprinkling shall be unclean until the congregation before the rock. And
evening. he said to them, Hear now, you rebels,
22 And whatever the unclean person shall we bring forth water to you out of
touches shall be unclean; and the soul this rock?
that touches it shall be unclean until 11 And Moses lifted up his hand and
evening. smote the rock with his rod twice; and
much water came out; and the
Chapter 20 congregation and their animals drank.
12 And YAHWEH said to Moses and
1 And the sons of Israel, even the Aaron, Because you did not believe in
whole congregation, came into the Me, to sanctify Me before the eyes of
wilderness of Zin in the first month; the sons of Israel, therefore you shall
and the people remained in Kadesh. not bring in this congregation to the
And Miriam died there, and was land which I have given to them.1
buried there. 13 These are the Waters of Meribah2,
2 And there was no water for the because the sons of Israel contended
congregation, and they were gathered
with YAHWEH, and He was sanctified
against Moses, and against Aaron.
among them.
3 And the people contended with
14 And Moses sent messengers from
Moses, and spoke, saying, Oh that we
Kadesh to the king of Edom: So says
had died when our brothers died
your brother Israel, You surely have
before YAHWEH! known all the travail which has found
4 And, why have you brought the us;
assembly of YAHWEH to this 15 that our fathers went down to
wilderness to die there, we and our Egypt, and we lived in Egypt many
animals? days, and the Egyptians did evil to us
5 And, why have you brought us up and to our fathers.
out of Egypt to bring us to this evil 16 And we cried to YAHWEH, and
place, not a place of seed, nor fig, nor He heard our voice, and sent a
vine, nor pomegranate; and there is no messenger, and is bringing us out of
water to drink? Egypt; and, behold, we are in Kadesh,
6 And Moses and Aaron went in a city on the edge of your border.
from the eyes of the assembly, to the 17 Please let us pass over, through
door of the tent of meeting; and fell on your land; we shall not pass over
their faces. And the glory of YAHWEH through a field, nor through a
appeared to them.
7 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, 1 This was a grave sin before Yahweh, as
saying, Moses had started to take for granted the
8 Take the rod, and assemble the great power that Yahweh had given him,
congregation, you and your brother and did not follow the instructions of
Aaron. And speak to the rock before speaking to the rock but pridefully struck
the rock in defiance to Elohim's command.
their eyes. And it shall give forth its
This loss of self-control and lack of
water; and you shall bring water out of judgment cost him entrance into the
the rock to them; so you shall water Promised Land. Deu 1:37-38.
the congregation and their animals. 2 “Meribah” means strife.
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YAHWEH may speak to me1. What have I done to you that you have
20 And Elohim came to Balaam at beaten me these three times?
night and said to him, If the men have 29 And Balaam said to the donkey,
come to call you, rise up, go with them Because you have insulted me. If only
and say only the thing that I speak to there were a sword in my hand now I
you; it you shall do. would kill you.
21 And Balaam rose up in the 30 And the donkey said to Balaam,
morning and saddled his donkey and Am I not your donkey on which you
went with the chiefs of Moab. have ridden all your life long to this
22 And the anger of Elohim glowed day? Was I ever known to do so to
because he went. And the Messenger you? And he said, No.
of YAHWEH set Himself in the road, 31 And YAHWEH opened the eyes of
as a foe against him. And he was riding Balaam, and he saw the Messenger of
on his donkey, and two of his young YAHWEH standing in the road with
men with him. His sword drawn in His hand. And he
23 And the donkey saw the bowed and fell on his face.
Messenger of YAHWEH standing in 32 And the Messenger of YAHWEH
the road, and His sword was drawn in said to him, Why have you struck your
His hand. And the donkey turned out donkey these three times? Behold, I
of the road and went into a field. And have come out as an enemy because
Balaam struck the donkey, to turn it your way is contrary to Me.
back into the road. 33 And the donkey saw Me and
24 And the Messenger of YAHWEH turned aside before Me these three
stood in a narrow path of the vine- times. If she had not turned aside
yards, a wall being on this side and a surely now I would have killed you and
wall on that. saved her alive.
25 And the donkey saw the 34 And Balaam said to the
Messenger of YAHWEH, and she Messenger of YAHWEH, I have sinned,
pushed herself to the wall and crushed for I did not know that You stood
the foot of Balaam against the wall. against me in the way. Now if evil is in
And again he struck her. Your eyes, I will turn back by myself.
26 And again the Messenger of 35 And the Messenger of YAHWEH
YAHWEH passed on and stood in a said to Balaam, Go with the men. But
narrow place, where there was no way only the word that I speak to you, it
to turn, either to the right or to the you shall speak. And Balaam went
left. with the leaders of Balak.
27 And the donkey saw the 36 And when Balak heard that
Messenger of YAHWEH, and she lay Balaam had come, and had gone out to
down under Balaam. And the anger of meet him, to a city of Moab which is
Balaam glowed, and he struck the on the border of Arnon, which is in the
donkey with his staff. outermost border,
37 then Balak said to Balaam,
28 And YAHWEH opened the mouth
Sending, did I not send to you, to call
of the donkey, and she said to Balaam,
for you? Why did you not come to me?
1 Yahweh had distinctly already given His Am I not truly able to honor you?
answer in verse 12, and he should not have 38 And Balaam said to Balak,
even allowed these men in his house to Behold, I have come to you. Now am I
tempt him from the word Yahweh gave him. able to speak anything at all? The
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word which Elohim puts in my mouth him, and I behold him from the
that I will speak. heights. Behold, it is a people that
39 And Balaam went with Balak. shall dwell alone and not be reckoned
And they came to Kirjath-Huzoth. among the nations.
40 And Balak sacrificed oxen and 10 Who can count Jacob's dust, and
sheep, and sent to Balaam and to the the number of the fourth part of
leaders who were with him. Israel? Let me die the death of the
41 And it happened in the morning, righteous, and let my last end be like
and Balak took Balaam and caused his!
him to go up to the high places of Baal. 11 And Balak said to Balaam, What
And from there he saw the edge of the have you done to me? I took you to
people. curse my enemies, and lo you have
surely blessed.
Chapter 23 12 And he replied and said, Must not
I take heed to speak what YAHWEH
1 And Balaam said to Balak, Build has put in my mouth?
seven altars for me here, and prepare 13 And Balak said to him, Now come
seven bulls and seven rams for me with me to another place where you
here. will see it; only you will see its edge
2 And Balak did as Balaam had and shall not see all of it; and curse it
spoken. And Balak and Balaam offered for me there.
a bull and a ram on the altar. 14 And he took him to the field of
3 And Balaam said to Balak, Station Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built
yourself by your burnt offering, and I seven altars, and offered a bull and a
will go on; it may be that YAHWEH ram on the altar.
will come to meet me, and I will 15 And he said to Balak, Station
declare to you the things which He yourself by the burnt offering while I
reveals to me. And he went to a high go to meet Him over there.
place. 16 And YAHWEH met Balaam and
4 And Elohim came to Balaam, and put a word in his mouth and said,
he said to Him, I have set up seven Return to Balak, and say this.
altars. And I have offered a bull and a 17 And he came to him, and, lo, he
ram on the altar. stood by his burnt offering, and
5 And YAHWEH put a word in Moab's chiefs with him. And he said to
Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to him, What has YAHWEH spoken?
Balak, and you shall say this. 18 And he took up his parable and
6 And he returned to him. And, lo, said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; give ear
he was standing by his burnt offering, to me, son of Zippor.
he and all the leaders of Moab. 19 El is not a man that He should lie,
7 And he took up his parable and or a son of man that He should repent.
said, He has led me from Aram, Balak Has He said, and shall He not do it?
king of Moab; from the mountains of And has He spoken, and shall He not
the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for make it good?
me; and, come, rage at Israel. 20 Behold, I have received word to
8 How shall I curse him whom El has bless; yes, He has blessed; I cannot
not cursed? And how shall I rage at reverse it.
him at whom YAHWEH has not raged? 21 He has seen no iniquity in Jacob,
9 For from the top of the rocks I see nor has He seen mischief in Israel.
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YAHWEH his Elohim is with him, and Beor, and the saying of the man whose
the shout of a king is in him. eyes have been opened;
22 El who brought them out of Egypt 4 the saying of him who hears the
is for him like the lofty horns of the Words of Elohim, who sees the vision
wild ox. of the Almighty (Shaddai), fallen
23 For there is not a spell against down, yet with open eyes:
Jacob, nor any fortune telling against 5 How good are your tents, O Jacob,
Israel. Now it is said of Jacob and your dwellings, O Israel!
Israel, See what El has done! 6 They are spread out like valleys,
24 Behold, the people shall rise like like gardens by a river; and YAHWEH
a lioness and like a lion he shall lift has planted aloes, as cedars beside the
himself up; he shall not lie down until water.
he eats the prey and drinks the blood 7 He makes water flow from his
of the slain. buckets, and his seed shall be in many
25 And Balak said to Balaam, Do not waters; his king shall be higher than
curse it at all, nor bless it at all. Agag, and his kingdom exalted.
26 And Balaam answered and said to 8 Elohim who has brought him out
Balak, Did I not speak to you, saying, of Egypt is for him like the lofty horns
All that YAHWEH speaks, that I will of the wild ox; he shall eat up the
do? nations that are his foes, and shall
27 And Balak said to Balaam, Come, break their bones in pieces, and shall
please, I will take you to another place. pierce them through with his arrows.
It may be that it will be right in the 9 He has crouched; he has lain down
eyes of Elohim to curse it for me from like a lion, and like a lioness; who shall
there. rouse him up? Blessed is everyone that
28 And Balak took Balaam to the top blesses you, and cursed is everyone
of Peor, which looks toward the that curses you.
wilderness. 10 And Balak's anger glowed against
29 And Balaam said to Balak, Build Balaam, and he struck his hands
seven altars for me here, and prepare together. And Balak said to Balaam, I
seven bulls and seven rams for me called you to curse my enemies; and,
here. behold, you have altogether blessed
30 And Balak did as Balaam said; them these three times.
and he offered a bull and a ram on the 11 And now, flee to your place. I said
altar. to honor you with great riches, but,
behold, YAHWEH has kept you back
Chapter 24 from honor.
12 And Balaam said to Balak, Did I
1 And Balaam saw that it pleased not speak to your messengers that you
YAHWEH to bless Israel, and he did sent to me, saying,
not go, as at other times to seek spells. 13 If Balak would give me his house
And he set his face toward the full of silver and gold, I cannot go
wilderness. beyond the mouth of YAHWEH, to do
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes and good or bad of my own heart. What
saw Israel camping, by its tribes. And YAHWEH speaks, that I will speak.
the Spirit of Elohim was on him. 14 And now, behold, I go to my
3 And he took up his parable and people. Come, and I will counsel you
said, The saying of Balaam the son of what this people shall do to your
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Eleazar the priest, and before the as your brother Aaron was gathered.
rulers and all the congregation at the 14 For you rebelled against My
door of the tent of meeting, saying, mouth in the desert of Zin, in the strife
3 Our father died in the wilderness, of the congregation, to sanctify Me at
and he was not among the company the waters before their eyes. They were
who met together against YAHWEH in the Waters of Strife in Kadesh, in the
the company of Korah, but he died for desert of Zin.
his own sins, and had no son. 15 And Moses spoke to YAHWEH,
4 Why is our father's name taken saying,
away from the midst of his family 16 Let YAHWEH, the Elohim of the
because there is no son to him? Give spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over
us an inheritance among our father's the congregation
brothers. 17 who may go out before them, and
5 And Moses brought their cause who may go in before them, and who
before YAHWEH. may lead them out, and who may
6 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, bring them in, so that the congregation
saying, of YAHWEH may not be as sheep to
7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak whom there is no shepherd.
rightly. Giving you shall give them a 18 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
possession, an inheritance among Take Yahoshua the son of Nun, a man
their father's brothers. And you shall in whom is the Spirit, and lay your
cause their father's inheritance to pass hands on him. (Deu 34:9)
to them. 19 And cause him to stand before
8 And you shall speak to the sons of Eleazar the priest, and before all the
Israel, saying, When a man dies, and congregation, and give him a charge
has no son, then you shall pass on his before their eyes.
inheritance to his daughter. 20 And you shall put from your
9 And if he has no daughter, then dignity on him, so that all the
you shall give his inheritance to his congregation of the sons of Israel will
brothers. listen.
10 And if he has no brothers, then 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar
you shall give his possession to his the priest, who shall ask for him
father's brothers. (Num 36:1-12) according to the judgment of the Urim
11 And if his father has no brothers before YAHWEH. At his mouth they
then you shall give his inheritance to shall go out, and at his mouth they
his nearest relative, of his family. And shall come in, he and all the sons of
he shall own it, and it shall be a statute Israel with him, even all the
of judgment to the sons of Israel, as congregation.
YAHWEH has commanded Moses. 22 And Moses did as YAHWEH
12 And YAHWEH said to Moses, Get commanded him. And he took
up into this mountain of Abarim, and Yahoshua and made him stand before
see the land which I have given to the Eleazar the priest, and before all the
sons of Israel.1 congregation.
13 And when you have seen it, you 23 And he laid his hands on him,
also shall be gathered to your people and gave him a charge, even as
YAHWEH commanded by the hand of
1 This was Mount Nebo, Abarim means to
crossover. Deu 34:1, Deu 3:27.
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morning, the continual burnt offering, 4 and one tenth part for each of the
you shall prepare these. seven lambs;
24 In this way you shall prepare 5 and one kid of the goats, a sin
daily, seven days, bread for a fire offering to atone for you;
offering, a soothing fragrance to 6 besides the burnt offering of the
YAHWEH. It shall be prepared besides month, and its food offering, and the
the continual burnt offering and its continual burnt offering, and its food
drink offering. offering, and their drink offerings,
25 And on the seventh day you shall according to their ordinance for
have a holy gathering; you shall do no soothing fragrance, a fire offering to
work of service. YAHWEH.
26 And in the day of the first-fruits, 7 And on the tenth of this seventh
as you offer a new food offering to month you shall have a holy gathering;
YAHWEH in your Feast of Weeks, you you shall do no work of service, you
shall have a holy gathering; you shall shall humble your souls.
do no work of service; 8 And you shall offer a burnt offering
27 and you shall offer a burnt to YAHWEH, a soothing fragrance: one
offering for a soothing fragrance to bull, a son of the herd, one ram, seven
YAHWEH: two bulls, sons of the herd, lambs, sons of a year, they shall be
one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year without blemish for you;
28 and their food offering, flour 9 and their food offering, flour mixed
mixed with oil, three tenth parts to the with oil, three tenths parts for the bull
one bull, two tenth parts to the one two tenths parts for the one ram;
ram, 10 one tenth part for the one lamb,
29 one tenth part to the one lamb, for the seven lambs;
for the seven lambs; 11 one kid of the goats, a sin offering,
30 one kid of the goats to atone for besides the sin offering of the
you. atonement, and the continual burnt
31 You shall offer them besides the offering, and its food offering, and
continual burnt offering and its food their drink offerings.
offering and drink offerings; they shall 12 And on the fifteenth day of the
be ones without blemish for you. seventh month, you shall have a holy
gathering; you shall do no work of
Chapter 29 service; and you shall celebrate a feast
to YAHWEH seven days.
1 And in the seventh month, on the 13 And you shall offer a burnt
first of the month you shall have a holy offering, a fire offering, a soothing
gathering; you shall do no work of fragrance to YAHWEH: thirteen bulls,
service. It shall be a day of blowing the sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen
trumpets to you. lambs, sons of a year; they shall be
2 And you shall prepare a burnt without blemish;
offering for a soothing fragrance to 14 and their food offerings, flour
YAHWEH: one bull, a son of the herd, mixed with oil, three tenths parts to
one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, the one bull, for the thirteen bulls; two
without blemish; tenths parts to each of the two rams;
3 and their food offering, flour mixed 15 and one tenth part to each of the
with oil, three tenths parts for the bull, fourteen lambs;
two tenths parts for the ram, 16 and one kid of the goats, a sin
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offering, besides the continual burnt 29 And on the sixth day eight bulls,
offering, its food offering and its drink two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a
offering. year, without blemish;
17 And on the second day twelve 30 their food offerings, and their
bulls, sons of the herd, two rams, four- drink offerings for the bulls, for the
teen lambs, sons of a year, without rams, and for the lambs, in their
blemish; number, according to the ordinance;
18 and their food offerings, and their 31 and one goat, a sin offering;
drink offerings for the bulls, for the besides the continual burnt offering,
rams, and for the lambs, in their and its food offering, and its drink
number, according to the ordinance; offering.
19 and one kid of the goats, a sin 32 And on the seventh day seven
offering; besides the continual burnt bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons
offering, and its food offering, and of a year, without blemish;
their drink offerings. 33 their food offerings, and their
20 And in the third day eleven bulls, drink offerings for the bulls, for the
two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a rams, and for the lambs, in their
year, without blemish; number, according to the ordinance;
21 and their food offerings, and their 34 and one goat, a sin offering;
drink offerings for the bulls, for the besides the continual burnt offering,
rams, and for the lambs, in their and its food offering, and its drink
number, according to the ordinance; offering.
22 and one goat as a sin offering; 35 And you shall have a solemn
besides the continual burnt offering, assembly on the eighth day; you shall
and its food offering, and its drink do no work of service.
offering. 36 And you shall offer a burnt
23 And on the fourth day ten bulls, offering, a fire offering, a soothing
two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a fragrance to YAHWEH: one bull, one
year, without blemish; ram, seven lambs, sons of a year,
24 their food offering, and their without blemish;
drink offerings for the bulls, for the 37 their food offerings, and their
rams, and for the lambs, in their drink offerings for the bull, for the
number, according to the ordinance; ram, and for the lambs, in their
25 and one kid of the goats, a sin number, according to the ordinance;
offering, besides the continual burnt 38 and one goat, a sin offering,
offering, and its food offering, and its besides the continual burnt offering,
drink offering. and its food offering, and its drink
26 And on the fifth day nine bulls, offering.
two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a 39 You shall prepare these for
year, without blemish; YAHWEH in your appointed seasons,
27 their food offering, and their apart from your vows and your freewill
drink offerings for the bulls, for the offerings, for your burnt offerings, and
rams and for the lambs, in their for your food offerings, and for your
number, according to the ordinance; drink offerings, and for your peace
28 and one goat, a sin offering; offerings.
besides the continual burnt offering, 40 And Moses spoke to the sons of
and its food offering, and its drink
Israel according to all that YAHWEH
offering.
had commanded Moses.
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beast, you and Eleazar the priest, and YAHWEH, sixty one;
the heads of the fathers of the 40 and the human beings sixteen
congregation. thousand; and their tribute to
27 And you shall divide the prey YAHWEH, thirty two persons.
between those skilled in war, that went 41 And Moses gave the tribute, the
out to battle, and all the congregation.
heave offering of YAHWEH, to Eleazar
28 And you shall levy a tribute to
the priest, as YAHWEH had
YAHWEH from the men of war who
commanded Moses.
went out to the battle: one body out of
42 And of the sons of Israel's half,
five hundred, of men, and of the herd,
which Moses divided from the men
and of the donkeys, and of the flock,
who warred:
29 you shall take from their half, and
43 even the congregation's half was
you shall give to Eleazar the priest as
three hundred and thirty seven
the heave offering of YAHWEH. thousand, five hundred of the flock;
30 And from the sons of Israel's half, 44 and of the oxen, thirty six
you shall take one portion out of fifty, thousand;
of man, and of the herd, and of the 45 and thirty thousand, five hundred
donkeys, and of the flock, of all the donkeys;
livestock, and you shall give them to 46 and sixteen thousand human
the Levites keeping the charge of the beings.
tabernacle of YAHWEH. 47 Moses took from the sons of
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest Israel's half the one portion from the
did as YAHWEH had commanded fifty of man and of animal. And he
Moses. gave them to the Levites keeping the
32 And the prey, the rest of the spoil charge of the tabernacle of YAHWEH,
which the people of the army as YAHWEH had commanded Moses.
plundered, was six hundred and 48 And the officers who were over
seventy five thousand sheep, the thousands of the army, heads of
33 and seventy two thousand oxen, the thousands and heads of the
34 sixty one thousand of the hundreds, drew near to Moses.
donkeys; 49 And they said to Moses, Your
35 and of human beings, of the servants have lifted the heads of the
women who had not known a man by men of war who were with us, and not
lying with a male, the persons were a man of us is missing.
thirty two thousand. 50 And we bring near the offering of
36 And the half, the portion of those
YAHWEH, each what he has found,
who went out to the war, the number
vessels of gold, chains, and bracelets,
of the flock was three hundred and
rings, earrings, and jewels, to atone for
thirty seven thousand, five hundred.
ourselves before YAHWEH.
37 And the tribute to YAHWEH of
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest
the sheep was six hundred and seventy
took the gold from them, all crafted
five,
things.
38 and the oxen, thirty six thousand;
52 And all the gold of the heave
and their tribute to YAHWEH, seventy offering which they lifted up to
two;
YAHWEH was sixteen thousand, seven
39 and the donkeys thirty thousand,
hundred and fifty shekels, from the
five hundred; and their tribute to
heads of thousands and from the
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19 For we will not inherit with them among you in the land of Canaan.
on the other side of the Jordan, and 31 And the sons of Gad and the sons
beyond; for our inheritance has fallen of Reuben replied, saying, As
to us eastward on this side of Jordan. YAHWEH has said to your servants, so
20 And Moses said to them, If you we will do.
will do this thing; if you will arm for 32 We ourselves will pass over
battle before YAHWEH, armed before YAHWEH into the land
21 and all of you will go over Jordan of Canaan, so that the land of our
armed before YAHWEH, until He has inheritance on that side of Jordan may
driven His enemies out before Him, be ours.
22 and the land is subdued before 33 And Moses gave to them, even to
YAHWEH, then afterwards you shall the sons of Gad and to the sons of
return and be guiltless before Reuben, and to the half-tribe of
YAHWEH, and before Israel. And this Manasseh, the son of Joseph, the
land shall be your possession before kingdom of Sihon king of the
Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king
YAHWEH.
of Bashan, the land, by its cities with
23 But if you will not do so, behold,
their borders, even the cities of the
you have sinned against YAHWEH, land all around.
and know that your sin will find you 34 And the sons of Gad built Dibon,
out. and Ataroth, and Aroer,
24 Build cities for your little ones, 35 and Ataroth-Shophan, and
and folds for your sheep and do that Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
which has come out of your mouth. 36 and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-
25 And the sons of Gad and the sons Haran, fortified cities, and folds for
of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, sheep.
Your servants will do as my master 37 And the sons of Reuben built
commands. Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjath-
26 Our little ones, our wives, our Aim,
flocks, and all our livestock shall be 38 and Nebo, and Baal-Meon, their
there in the cities of Gilead. names being changed, and Sibmah.
27 But your servants will go over, And they called by name the names of
every man armed for war, before the cities which they had built.
YAHWEH to battle, as my master says. 39 And the sons of Machir the son of
28 And Moses directed Eleazar the Manasseh went to Gilead and captured
priest concerning them, and Yahoshua it, and expelled the Amorite who was
the son of Nun, and the heads of the in it.
fathers of the tribes of the sons of 40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir
Israel; the son of Manasseh, and he lived in it.
29 even Moses said to them, If the 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh
sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben went out and captured their towns,
pass over the Jordan with you each and called them Towns of Jair.
armed for battle before YAHWEH, and 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath
the land shall be subdued before you, and its villages; and he called it Nobah
then you shall give to them the land of after his own name.
Gilead for a possession.
30 But if they will not go over armed
with you, they shall have possession
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2 Command the sons of Israel, and of Israel, saying, This is the land which
you shall say to them, When you have you shall receive as inheritance by lot,
come into the land of Canaan, this is which YAHWEH has commanded to
the land which falls to you by give to the nine tribes and the half
inheritance, the land of Canaan, by its tribe:
borders: 14 For the tribe of the sons of
3 And your south quarter shall be Reuben according to their fathers'
from the wilderness of Zin, along by houses, and the tribe of the sons of
the land of Edom, and it shall be to Gad according to their fathers' houses
you a south border from the end of the have received; and the half tribe of
Salt Sea, eastward. Manasseh shall have received their
4 And the border shall turn around inheritance.
to you from the south to the ascent of 15 The two tribes and the half tribe
Akrabbim, and shall pass on to Zin, shall have received their inheritance
and its end shall be from the south to beyond the Jordan at Jericho
Kadesh-Barnea; and it shall go out at eastward, toward the sunrising.
Hazar-Addar, and it shall pass on to 16 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
Azmon. saying,
5 And the border shall turn from 17 These are the names of the men
Azmon to the torrent of Egypt, and its that shall take possession of the land
border shall be at the sea. for you: Eleazar the priest, and
6 As to the western border, even the Yahoshua the son of Nun.
Great Sea shall be a border to you; this 18 And you shall take one ruler of
is your western border. every tribe, to take possession of the
7 And this is your northern border: land.
from the Great Sea you shall mark out 19 And these are the names of the
for yourselves Mount Hor; men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the
8 from Mount Hor you shall mark son of Jephunneh;
out a line to the entrance to Hamath; 20 and of the tribe of the sons of
and the edge of the border shall be at Simeon, Shemuel the son of
Zedad. Ammihud;
9 And the border shall go forth to 21 of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad
Ziphron, and the edge of it shall be at the son of Chislon;
Hazar-Enan; this shall be your 22 and of the tribe of the sons of
northern border. Dan, Bukki the ruler, son of Jogli;
10 And you shall mark out your line 23 of the sons of Joseph, of the tribe
for the eastern border from Hazarenan of the sons of Manasseh, Hanniel the
to Shepham. ruler, the son of Ephod;
11 And the border shall go down 24 and of the tribe of the sons of
from Shepham to Riblah on the east Ephraim, Kemuel the ruler, the son of
side of Ain; and the border shall go Shiphtan;
down and shall reach on the shoulder 25 and of the tribe of the sons of
of the Sea of Chinnereth eastward. Zebulun, Elizaphan the ruler, the son
12 And the border shall go down to of Parnach;
the Jordan, and the end of it shall be 26 and of the tribe of the sons of
at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land Issachar, Paltiel the ruler, the son of
according to its borders all around. Azzan;
13 And Moses commanded the sons 27 and of the tribe of the sons of
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Asher, Ahihud the ruler, the son of From the many you shall increase, and
Shelomi; take away from the few. According to
28 and of the tribe of the sons of its inheritance which it inherits each
Naphtali, Pedahel the ruler, the son of tribe shall give of its cities to the
Ammihud. Levites.
29 These are the ones whom 9 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses,
YAHWEH commanded to divide the saying,
land to the sons of Israel in the land of 10 Speak to the sons of Israel and
Canaan. say to them, When you pass over the
Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Chapter 35 11 then you shall choose cities to be
cities of refuge for you, so that the
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Moses in man-slayer may flee there, he that kills
the plains of Moab, beside Jordan, a person through error1.
near Jericho, saying, 12 And the cities shall be to you for
2 Order the sons of Israel that they refuge from the kinsman avenger, that
give to the Levites cities to live in, the manslayer may not die until he
from the land of their possessions, and stands before the congregation for
you shall give to the Levites open land judgment.
for the cities. 13 As to the cities which you shall
3 And they shall have the cities to give six shall be cities of refuge for you.
live in, and their open lands shall be 14 You shall give three of the cities
for their livestock, and for their beyond the Jordan, and you shall give
substance, and for all their animals. three of the cities in the land of
4 And the open land around the Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
cities which you shall give to the 15 These six cities shall be for a
Levites shall be from the wall of the refuge to the sons of Israel, and to an
city and outward a thousand cubits all alien, and to a sojourner in their
around. midst, that any person who kills
5 And you shall measure outside the anyone unawares may flee there.
city for the east side two thousand 16 And if he strikes him with an
cubits, and for the south side two instrument of iron, and he dies, he is a
thousand cubits, and on the north side murderer; dying the murderer shall
two thousand cubits, and for the west die.
side two thousand cubits; the city 17 And if he strikes him with a stone
being in the middle. This shall be to in the hand, by which he dies, and he
them the open land around the cities. dies, he is a murderer; the murderer
6 And the cities which you shall give certainly shall die.
to the Levites shall be the six cities of 18 And if he strikes him with a
refuge which you shall give for the wooden instrument in the hand, by
manslayer that he may flee there; and which he dies, and he dies, he is a
besides them you shall give forty two murderer; the murderer certainly shall
cities. die.
7 All the cities which you shall give to 19 The avenger of blood shall cause
the Levites shall be forty eight cities,
them and the open land around them. 1 Six cities of refuge were to be set apart as
8 And you shall give the cities from follows; Bezer, Ramoth, Golan east of the
the possession of the sons of Israel. Jordan River, and Kedesh, Shechem, and
Hebron west of the Jordan River.
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the murderer to die; when he meets shall not testify against a person, to
with him, he shall cause him to die. die.
20 And if he pushes him down, or 31 And you shall take no ransom for
has thrown at him by lying in wait, and the life of a murderer; he is punishable
he dies; for death, the murderer certainly shall
21 or if he has struck him with his die.
hand in enmity, and he dies, the 32 And you shall take no ransom for
striker shall certainly be put to death; him to flee to the city of his refuge, to
he is a murderer. When the avenger of return to dwell in the land, until the
blood meets him he shall put to death death of the priest.
the murderer. 33 And you shall not pollute the land
22 And if in an instant he pushed in which you are, for blood pollutes
him without enmity, or has thrown at the land. And no ransom is to be taken
him anything without lying in wait; for the land for blood which is shed in
23 or with any stone without seeing, it, except for the blood of him who
by which he dies, and has caused it to sheds it;
fall on him, and he dies, and he is not 34 and you shall not defile the land
an enemy to him, nor seeking his evil; in which you are living. I dwell in its
24 then the congregation shall judge midst, for I, YAHWEH, am dwelling
between the striker and the avenger of among the sons of Israel.
blood, by these judgments.
25 And the congregation shall Chapter 36
deliver the manslayer out of the
avenger of blood's hand. And the 1 And the heads of the fathers of the
congregation shall return him to the families of the sons of Gilead, the son
city of refuge to which he had fled, and of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the
he shall live in it until the high priest families of the sons of Joseph, came
dies, he who was anointed with the near. And they spoke before Moses,
holy oil. and before the rulers, the heads of the
26 But if the manslayer at all goes fathers' houses of the sons of Israel.
out from the border of the city of his 2 And they said: YAHWEH
refuge, there to which he has fled, commanded my master to give the
27 and the avenger of blood finds land for inheritance by lot to the sons
him outside the border of the city of of Israel. And my master was
his refuge, and the avenger of blood
commanded by YAHWEH to give the
kills the manslayer, there shall be no
inheritance of our brother Zelophehad
blood guiltiness to him,
to his daughters.
28 because he should have dwelt in
3 And if they shall be for wives to one
the city of his refuge until the death of
of the sons of the other tribes of the
the high priest. And after the death of
sons of Israel, then their inheritance
the high priest the manslayer may
will be taken away from the
return to the land of his possession.
inheritance of our fathers and will be
29 And these things shall be to you
added to the inheritance of the tribe to
for a statute of judgment for your
which they shall belong. So it shall be
generations, in all your dwellings.
taken away from the lot of our
30 Whoever kills any person, the
inheritance.
murderer shall be put to death by the
4 And when the Jubilee of the sons
mouth of witnesses. And one witness
of Israel shall come, then their
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Amorites, as YAHWEH our Elohim before you shall fight for you,
commanded us. And we came into according to all that He did for you in
Kadesh-Barnea. Egypt before your eyes;1
20 And I said to you, You have come 31 and in the wilderness, where you
into the hills of the Amorites, which have seen how YAHWEH your Elohim
YAHWEH our Elohim is giving to us. has borne you as a man bears his son,
21 See, YAHWEH your Elohim has in all the way which you have gone
given the land before you; go up, until you have come to this place.
32 Yet in this thing you are not
possess it, as YAHWEH the Elohim of
your fathers has spoken to you; do not believing in YAHWEH your Elohim,
fear or be afraid. 33 who went before you in the way
22 And you came near to me, every to seek out a place for your camping,
one of you, and said, Let us send men in fire by night, to show you the way in
before us, and they shall search out the which you should go, and in a cloud by
land for us, and they shall bring us the day. (Num 9:15-23)
back word as to the way in which we 34 And YAHWEH heard the sound of
shall go up, and the cities to which we your words and was angry, and swore,
shall come. (Num 13:1-3) saying,
23 And the thing was good in my 35 Not one of these men of this evil
eyes, and I took twelve men of you, generation shall see the good land
one man for each tribe. which I have sworn to give to your
24 And they turned and went up to fathers,
the hills and came into the valley of 36 except Caleb the son of
Eshcol, and searched it. (Num 13:21- Jephunneh, he shall see it, and I shall
25) give the land on which he has walked
25 And they took of the fruit of the to him, and to his sons, because he has
land with their hands and brought it fully followed YAHWEH. (Num 14:24)
down to us, and brought us back word, 37 And YAHWEH was angry with me
and said, The land which YAHWEH for your sake, saying, Also you shall
our Elohim has given us is good. not go in there.2 (Num 20:1-13)
26 And you were not willing to go 38 Yahoshua the son of Nun, who
up; yea, you rebelled against the stands before you, he shall go in there;
mouth of YAHWEH your Elohim, you shall strengthen him; for he shall
27 and murmured in your tents, and cause Israel to inherit.
said, Because YAHWEH hates us, He 39 And your infants, of whom you
has brought us out of the land of said, They are a prey, and your sons
Egypt, to give us into the hand of the who today have no knowledge of good
Amorite to destroy us. or evil, they shall go in there, and I will
28 Where shall we go up? Our give it to them, and they shall possess
brothers have melted our hearts, 1 “Anak” means giant. This tribe lived near
saying, We have seen there a people Hebron and and the surrounding mountains;
greater and taller than we, cities great later Yahoshua conquered them, Jos 11:21-
and walled up to the heavens, and also 22. A remnant remained in Gaza, Asdod and
the sons of Anak. (Deu 2:10) Gath, the city that Goliath came from.
29 And I said to you, do not be 2 This shows the consequences of our
terrified; nor be afraid of them; decisions and even Moses, a great man of
30 YAHWEH your Elohim who goes Elohim lost out on the Promised Land due
to this grave mistake.
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10 The Emim6 lived there in days tall as the Anakim. And YAHWEH
gone by, a great and plentiful people, destroyed them before them, and they
and tall as the Anakim; (Deu 1:28) expelled them, and lived in their place;
11 they are reckoned to be giants, 22 as He had done for the sons of
they too, like the Anakim; but the Esau, who live in Seir, when He
Moabites call them Emim. (Gen 6:4) destroyed the Horites from before
12 And the Horites lived in Seir them and they expelled them, and
before; and the sons of Esau lived in their place until today.
dispossessed them and destroyed 23 And the Avvim3 who lived in
them from before them, and lived in villages as far as Azzah, the
their place, as Israel has done to the Caphtorites4 coming out of Caphtor
land of his possession, which destroyed them, and lived in their
YAHWEH has given to them. place.
13 Now, rise up and you yourselves 24 Rise up; pull up stakes and cross
pass over the torrent Zered; and we over the Arnon River; behold, I have
crossed over the torrent Zered. given Sihon the king of Heshbon, the
14 And the days in which we came Amorite, and his land into your hand.
from Kadesh-Barnea, until we had Begin to possess, and stir yourselves
crossed over the torrent Zered, were up against him in battle.
thirty eight years, until the end of all 25 Today I will begin to put your
the generation, even the men of war dread and your fear on the face of the
were destroyed from the midst of the people under all the heavens, who will
camp, as YAHWEH swore to them. hear your fame, and will tremble and
15 And the hand of YAHWEH was writhe because of you.
also against them, to destroy them 26 And I sent messengers from the
from the midst of the camp, until they wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the
were consumed. king of Heshbon with words of peace,
16 And it happened, when all the saying,
men of war had finished dying from 27 Let me pass on the highway
among the people, through your land; I will go on the
highway; I will not turn aside to the
17 YAHWEH spoke to me, saying,
right or the left;
18 You are passing over the border of
28 you shall sell me food for silver,
Moab today, to Ar,
and I shall eat; and you shall give me
19 and you shall draw near, across
water for silver, and I will drink. Only,
from the sons of Ammon. You shall
let me pass through on my feet,
not besiege them nor be stirred up
29 as the sons of Esau who live in
against them, for I have not given of
Seir, and the Moabites who live in Ar,
the land of the sons of Ammon to you
have done to me, until I have crossed
for a possession. For I have given it for
over the Jordan, to the land which
a possession to the sons of Lot.
20 It is reckoned a land of giants 2, YAHWEH our Elohim is giving to us.
even it; giants formerly lived in it, and 30 And Sihon the king of Heshbon
the Ammonites call them was not willing to let us pass by him,
Zamzummim; for YAHWEH your Elohim had
21 a great and plentiful people, and
3 Avvim were a Pre-Philistine people other
6 E'ma in Hebrew means to frighten. wise unknown, Jos 13:3.
2 These giants are called Rephaim. 4 Caphtorites- see Gen 10:14.
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hardened his spirit, and had hands, and all his people. And we
emboldened his heart, so as to give struck him until not one survivor was
him into your hand, as it is this day. left to him.
31 And YAHWEH said to me, Behold, 4 And we captured all his cities at
I have begun to give Sihon and his that time, there not being a city which
land before you; begin to possess, in we did not take from them, sixty cities,
order to possess his land. all the region of Argob, the kingdom of
32 And Sihon came out to meet us, Og in Bashan1.
he and all his people, to battle at 5 All these cities were fortified with
Jahaz. high walls, gates with bars and double-
33 And YAHWEH our Elohim leaved doors, besides a great many of
delivered him before us, and we struck the unwalled towns.
him and his sons, and all his people. 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as
34 And we captured all his cities at we had done to Sihon the king of
that time, and utterly destroyed every Heshbon, destroying every city, the
city, men and women and little ones. men, the women and the little ones.
We did not leave a remnant. 7 And we plundered for ourselves all
35 Only, we plundered the cattle for the livestock, and the plunder of the
ourselves, and we took the plunder of cities.
the cities. 8 And we took the land that was
36 From Aroer, which is by the edge beyond the Jordan from the valley of
of the Arnon River, and the city beside Arnon to Mount Hermon, out of the
the river, even to Gilead, there was not hand of the two kings of the Amorites.
a city which was too high for us. 9 The Sidonians call Hermon Sirion,
and the Amorites call it Senir;
YAHWEH our Elohim delivered all
10 all the cities of the plain, and all
before us.
Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salcah and
37 Only, you did not come near to
Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in
the land of the sons of Ammon, any
Bashan.
part of the Jabbok River, and the cities
11 For only Og the king of Bashan
of the hill country, and all which
remained of the rest of the giants.
YAHWEH our Elohim had forbidden Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of
us. iron2; is it not in Rabbath of the sons
of Ammon, nine cubits long and four
Chapter 3 cubits broad, by the cubit of a man?
12 And we possessed this land at that
1 And we turned and went up by the time: from Aroer by the valley of
way of Bashan, and Og the king of Arnon, and half the hill country of
Bashan came out to meet us, he and all Gilead and its cities I gave to the
his people, to battle at Edrei. Reubenites and to the Gadites.
2 And YAHWEH said to me, Do not
fear him, for I have given him into
your hand, and all his people, and his 1 Bashan- The area east of the Sea of Galilee
commonly known as the Golan Heights,
land. And you shall do to him as you
which was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh.
have done to Sihon the king of the 2 This is speaking of his coffin, which was
Amorites who lived in Heshbon. made of a stone structure called a dolmen.
3 And YAHWEH our Elohim also Many hundreds of these have been located
gave Og the king of Bashan into our in archeological excavations in the Golan
Heights today.
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13 And the rest of Gilead, and all your Elohim, He shall fight for you.
Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to 23 And I prayed to YAHWEH for
the half tribe of Manasseh; all the favor at that time, saying,
region of Argob, to all Bashan that is 24 Adonai YAHWEH, You have
called the land of the giants. begun to show Your servant Your
14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all greatness and Your mighty hand (for
the region of Argob, to the border of who is a El in the heavens or in the
the Geshurites and the Maachathites, earth who can do according to Your
and called them, even Bashan, after works and according to Your might?)
his own name, Towns of Jair, until 25 Please let me pass over and see
today. the good land which is beyond the
15 And I gave Gilead to Machir. Jordan, this good hill country, and
16 And to the Reubenites and to the Lebanon.
Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the
26 But YAHWEH was angry with me
valley of Arnon, the middle of the
on your account, and would not listen
valley and its border; even to the
Jabbok River, which is the border of to me. And YAHWEH said to me, Let it
the sons of Ammon; be enough for you; do not speak any
17 and the Arabah, the Jordan and more to Me about this thing.
its border, from Chinnereth even to 27 Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift
the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, up your eyes westward and northward
under the Slopes of Pisgah eastward. and southward and eastward, and see
18 And I commanded you at that with your eyes; for you shall not cross
time, saying, YAHWEH your Elohim over this Jordan.
28 And command Yahoshua and
has given you this land to possess it.
make him strong, and make him
And you shall pass over armed before
brave, for he shall cross over before
your brothers, the sons of Israel, all
this people, and he shall cause them to
the warriors.
inherit the land which you shall see.
19 Only, your wives and your little
29 So we stayed in the valley across
ones, and your livestock, shall dwell in
from Beth-Peor.
your cities which I have given to you. I
know that you have much livestock.
Chapter 4
20 It shall be until YAHWEH shall
give rest to your brothers like 1 And now, Israel, listen to the
yourselves, and they, too, have statutes and to the judgments which I
possessed the land which YAHWEH am teaching you to do1, so that you
your Elohim is giving to them beyond may live and go in, and possess the
the Jordan. Then you shall each man land which YAHWEH the Elohim of
return to his possession which I have your fathers is giving to you.
given to you. 2 You shall not add to the Word
21 And I at that time commanded which I command you, nor take from
Yahoshua, saying, Your eyes have seen it, to keep the commandments of
all that YAHWEH your Elohim has YAHWEH your Elohim which I
done to these two kings; so YAHWEH
shall do to all the kingdoms to which 1 “Israel listen”- Literally, “hear and obey”.
you are passing over. This is written in command form.
22 Do not fear them, for YAHWEH Obedience is a prerequisite for all
covenants of Yahweh.
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command you1. (Deu 12:30) from your heart all the days of your
3 Your eyes have seen that which life. And you shall make them known
YAHWEH has done in Baal-Peor. For to your sons, and to your sons' sons.
YAHWEH your Elohim has destroyed (Pro 22:6, Deu 6:7)
them from among you, the men that 10 The day that you stood before
followed Baal-Peor. YAHWEH your Elohim in Horeb, when
4 And those of you clinging to YAHWEH said to me, Gather the
YAHWEH your Elohim are alive today, people to Me, and I will make them
all of you. hear My Words, that they may learn to
5 See, I have taught you statutes and fear Me all the days that they live on
ordinances, as YAHWEH my Elohim the earth; and that they may teach
has commanded me, to do them, in the their sons.
midst of the land where you are going 11 And you drew near and stood
in, to possess it, below the mountain, and the
6 and you shall keep and do them, mountain burned with fire to the heart
for it shall be your wisdom and your of the heavens, darkness, cloud and
understanding before the eyes of the thick gloom.
peoples who hear all these statutes. 12 And YAHWEH spoke to you out of
And they shall say, This great nation is the midst of the fire; you heard the
a people wise and understanding2. sound of words, but you did not see a
7 For who is a great nation whose form, only a voice.4 (1Joh 4:12, Joh
Elohim is coming near to them, as 1:18)
YAHWEH your Elohim is, in all our 13 And He declared His covenant to
calling on Him? you which He has commanded you to
8 And who is a great nation whose do, the Ten Words; and He wrote
statutes and judgments are as them on two tablets of stone.
righteous as all the Torah, which I set 14 And YAHWEH commanded me at
before you today3? that time to teach you statutes and
9 Only, be on guard for yourself and judgments, for you to do them in the
keep your soul carefully, that you do land which you shall pass over to
not forget the things which your eyes possess it.5
have seen; and that they not depart 15 Therefore you shall carefully be
on guard for your souls, for you have
1 Many Christians forget that the New
not seen any likeness in the day
Testament was not written until late first YAHWEH spoke to you in Horeb out of
century/early second century and early the midst of the fire,6
believers would have only had the Torah 16 lest you act corruptly, and make
and would have highly upheld the words for yourselves a carved image, a
that are written here to esteem the Torah of
Yahweh greatly, Act 28:23. 4 No human being has ever seen Yahweh the
2 The word “Torah” means instruction. It was Father (1Joh 4:12), they have only heard the
given as a manual to teach the people how sound of His voice. When YHWH visibly
to live a righteous, wisdom filled life. appears in the Tanach it is Yahshua Yahweh,
Understanding this fact; how could a spirit the Son appearing, Gen 19:24, Gen 18:1.
filled person ever say it is done away with? 5 Verses 9-14: It is not enough to just know
Pro 1:7-9, Pro 2:1-2, Pro 3:1-2. the commandments but they must be
3 The Torah separates believers from other internalized, loved and obeyed.
people of the world. Rom 7:12, 6 They did not see an image so they would
Psa 119:172, Psa 19:7-11. not try to recreate an idol.
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likeness of any figure, the shape of a because of your words, and swore I
male or female, (Deu 9:12) would not pass over the Jordan, and
17 the shape of any animal in the that I might not go into the good land
earth; the shape of any winged bird which YAHWEH your Elohim is giving
that flies in the heavens; to you as an inheritance.
18 the shape of any creeping thing 22 For I will not be in this land; I
on the ground; the shape of any fish in shall not pass over the Jordan. But you
the waters under the earth;1 shall pass over, and shall possess this
19 and that you not lift up your eyes good land.
towards the heavens and shall see the 23 Be on guard for yourselves, that
sun, and the moon and the stars, all you not forget the covenant of
the host of the heavens, and you be YAHWEH your Elohim, which He has
drawn away and worship them, and made with you, and make to
serve them; which YAHWEH your yourselves a graven image, a likeness
Elohim has allotted to all the peoples of anything which YAHWEH your
under all the heavens.2 Elohim has forbidden you.
20 And YAHWEH has taken you, and 24 For YAHWEH your Elohim is a
has brought you forth out of the iron consuming fire; He is a jealous El3.
furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people to 25 When you father sons and son's
Him, an inheritance, as it is this day. sons, and you have been long in the
21 And YAHWEH was angry with me land, and have dealt corruptly, and
have made a graven image, a likeness
1 Verses 16-18: It is interesting to note from of anything, and have done evil in the
these verses that there was no religious art sight of YAHWEH your Elohim, to
with depictions of people or animals until provoke Him to anger;
the 3rd century C.E. And the start of the 26 I call the heavens and the earth to
Byzantine era. It was considered breaking witness against you today that you
the 2nd commandment. shall soon utterly perish from off the
2 It is inconceivable to think that YHWH land to which you go over the Jordan
would command Israel every month to go to possess it; you shall not prolong
out and visibly sight a crescent moon in the
your days on it, but shall utterly be
context of this verse. The Biblical calendar
started the month by conjunction and the
destroyed. (Jer 33:19-21)
sighting of the crescent came much later 27 And YAHWEH shall scatter you
after the Babylonian captivity as it was among the peoples, and you shall be
adopted from Babylon. Yahweh works in left few in number among the nations
the circular pattern and the day starts with to which YAHWEH shall lead you
the absence of the sun (at sunset) as the away.
month starts with the absence of the moon 28 And there you shall serve other
(Heb 11:1-2) at conjunction. Knowing
gods, the work of man's hands, wood
Israel's propensity to follow their pagan
neighbors, Elohim would never purposely and stone, which cannot see, nor hear,
tempt them (Ja 1:13-14) by commanding nor eat, nor smell.4
His people to visibly sight a crescent moon 29 And if you shall seek YAHWEH
each month. The sign of the crescent moon your Elohim from there, then you shall
has traditionally been used in the occult and
even is the sign of Islam. You can study the 3 Yahweh is living and whatever does not
complete Biblical calendar in lesson 11 draw close to Him will be consumed. He is
online at www.coyhwh.com in the study jealous means He maintains His rights. Deu
section. 9:3, Exo 24:17.
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find Him, if you seek Him with your fathers, and chose their seed after
whole heart, and with all your soul, them, and brought you out with His
30 in your distress, when all these presence, with His great power, out of
things have found you, in the latter Egypt,
days, then you shall return to 38 in order to drive out nations
YAHWEH your Elohim, and shall greater and mightier than you from
listen to His voice. (Eze 36:16-38, before you, to bring you in, to give
Amo 9:14-15, Zec 10:1-12) their land for an inheritance, as it is
31 For YAHWEH your El is a this day;
merciful Elohim. He will not forsake 39 know today, and lay it to your
you, nor destroy you, nor forget the heart, that YAHWEH, He is The
covenant of your fathers which He Elohim in the heavens above and on
swore to them. (Mal 3:6) the earth beneath. Nothing Else1.
32 For ask now of the days past 40 And you shall keep His statutes
which were before you, since the day and His commandments which I am
that Elohim created man on the earth, commanding you today, so that it may
and from the one end of the heavens to be well with you, and with your sons
the other end of the heavens, whether after you, and so that you may prolong
there has been a thing as great as this, your days on the earth, which
or has anything like it been heard. YAHWEH our Elohim is giving to you
33 Has a people heard the voice of all the days.2 (Ecc 12:13)
Elohim speaking from the midst of the 41 Then Moses separated three cities
fire, as you have heard, and lived? beyond the Jordan, toward the sun-
34 Or has Elohim gone forth to take rising,
to Himself a nation from the midst of a 42 that the manslayer might flee
nation, by trials, by signs, and by there, he who killed his neighbor
wonders, and by war, and by a mighty unawares, and did not hate him in
hand, and by a stretched out arm, and times before, and that he fleeing to one
by great terrors, according to all that of these cities might live: (Num 35:9-
YAHWEH your Elohim did for you in 29)
Egypt before your eyes? 43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the
35 To you it was revealed, so that tableland, for the Reubenites; and
you might know that YAHWEH He is Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and
The Elohim, and nothing exists Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.3
without Him. (Isa 45:18) 44 And this is the Torah which
36 He made you hear His voice out Moses set before the sons of Israel;
of the heavens, that He might 45 these are the testimonies and the
discipline you; and He made you to see
His great fire on earth; and you heard 1 This verse means there is no life without
His Word from the midst of the fire. Yahweh as the source.
37 And because He loved your 2 This was north and east of the Dead Sea on
the east side of the Jordan and again shows
4 All three major religions worship paganism that Mount Sinai had to be east of the Sinai
in some form through stone and wood. peninsula in Saudi Arabia.
Christians have the wooden cross, Muslims 3 All three of these places are on the eastern
have the stone in Mecca and even Judaism side of the Jordan River. “Ramoth” means
bows daily to the stone wall in Jerusalem heights and was between Hesbon and
which is the remains of the Roman Fort Bashan divided by the Jabbok River and
Antonia. was heavily wooded during Biblical times.
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statutes and the ordinances which 5 I stood between YAHWEH and you
Moses spoke to the sons of Israel when at that time to declare to you the Word
they came out of Egypt; of YAHWEH4; for you were afraid from
46 beyond the Jordan in the valley the face of the fire, and you did not go
opposite Beth-Peor, in the land of up into the mountain, when He spoke,
Sihon the king of the Amorites, who saying: (Exo 19:16-24)
lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and
6 I am YAHWEH your Elohim who
the sons of Israel struck when they
brought you out of the land of Egypt,
came out of Egypt.
from the house of slavery.
47 And they took possession of his
7 You shall have no other Elohim
land, and the land of Og the king of
before Me. (Mat 22:36-38)
Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites
8 You shall not make a carved image
who were beyond the Jordan, toward
for you, any likeness of anything in the
the sunrising;1
heavens above, or in the earth
48 from Aroer, which is on the edge
beneath, and in the waters from under
of the river of Arnon, even to Mount
the earth.
Sion, which is Hermon;2
9 You shall not bow yourself to them
49 and all the Arabah beyond the
Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the nor serve them, for I, YAHWEH your
Arabah, under the Slopes of Pisgah. Elohim, am a jealous El, visiting the
iniquity of fathers on sons, and on the
Chapter 5 third, and on the fourth generation of
those that hate Me5, (Exo 34:7)
1 And Moses called to all Israel and 10 and doing kindness to thousands
said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes of those who love Me and keep My
and the judgments which I speak in commandments.
your ears today. And you shall learn 11 You shall not take the name of
them, and be on guard to do them. YAHWEH your Elohim in vain; for
2 YAHWEH your Elohim cut a YAHWEH will not hold him guiltless
covenant with us in Horeb. who takes His name in vain 6. (Exo
3 YAHWEH did not cut this covenant 22:20, 23:13)
with our fathers, but with us, even us, 12 Observe the Sabbath day, to keep
these here today, all of us alive. 3 (Num it holy7, as YAHWEH your Elohim has
26:63-65, Jdg 5, Heb 3:19) commanded you. (Exo 20:8-11)
4 YAHWEH talked with you face to
4 Moses as a type of Messiah paralleled
face in the mountain out of the midst
Yahshua in that they were both deliverers,
of the fire. prophets, mediators, and intercessors.
5 Verses 8-9: The premise of this command is
1 Ruth was from this area and was not a the worshiping of a graven image.
Moabite, but from the tribe of Manasseh. 6 “In vain” means to change, falsify or make
2 “Mount Sion” - possibly a spelling error of common. The sacred name Yahweh is so set
“Sirion” (Deu 3:9). If the Scripture apart from any other name on earth, it must
correctly names Mount Hermon as also be revered above everything. The rabbis
Sion it could have some interesting took this to the point of not even
implications for the last days, Rev 14:1-3, mentioning it, and inadvertently have
Mat 24:14-15. brought it to nothing. How could we,
3 This shows there was a betrothal but the according to Scripture, praise His name,
covenant was never ratified due to the sin of glorify His name, sing praises to His name,
the golden calf. call on His name if we did not mention it?
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13 Six days you shall labor, and shall adultery. (Mat 5:27-28)
do all your work, 19 And you shall not steal.
14 and the seventh day shall be a 20 And you shall not bear false
Sabbath to YAHWEH your Elohim. witness against your neighbor.
You shall not do any work, you nor 21 You shall not lust after your
your son, nor your daughter, nor your neighbor's wife; nor shall you covet
male slave, nor your female slave, nor your neighbor's house, his field 2, nor
your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of his male slave, nor his female slave,
your livestock, nor your stranger that his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything
is within your gates; so that your male which is your neighbor's3.
slave and your female slave may rest 22 YAHWEH spoke these Words to
like yourself. all your assembly on the Mount, out of
15 And remember that you were a the midst of the fire of the cloud and
slave in the land of Egypt, and out of the thick darkness with a great
YAHWEH your Elohim brought you voice. And He added no more; and He
out from there by a mighty hand and wrote them on two tablets of stone,
by a stretched out arm. On account of and gave them to me.4
this YAHWEH your Elohim has 23 And it happened, when you heard
commanded you to keep the Sabbath the voice out of the midst of the
day1. darkness, while the mountain burned
16 Honor your father and your with fire, you came near to me, all the
rulers of your tribes, and your elders,
mother, as YAHWEH your Elohim has
commanded you, so that your days 24 and you said, Behold! YAHWEH
may be prolonged, and so that it may your Elohim has made us see His glory
be well with you in the land which and His greatness to us, and we have
heard His voice out of the midst of the
YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to
fire; we have seen today that Elohim
you. (Eph 6:2-3)
speaks with man, and he lives.
17 You shall not commit murder.
25 And then why should we die? For
18 And you shall not commit
this great fire will consume us. If we
hear the voice of YAHWEH your
7 The Hebrew word for “holy” is “Kadosh” Elohim any more, then we shall die.
and literally means “set apart”. 26 For who of all flesh that has
1 In Exodus, the Sabbath commandment
reverts back to creation, whereas here it is
to remember their slavery. This shows us 2 This was not in Exo 20 under the law
the two-fold commission of the Sabbath day against coveting and shows in covenant
to revere Yahweh as creator and look relationship the former obligations remain
forward to His soon coming Kingdom when and updates can simply be added according
all will be as it was in the Garden of Eden. to the spirit of the law.
Secondly, it also reminds us every 7th day of 3 The last commandment ties up all ten by
the bondage that our sins brought us into not only telling what to do and not do, but
and we give reverence to Yahshua Messiah that our thoughts can defile us and sin starts
(Mar 2:28) from saving us from that in the mind. Ja 1:14-15, 1Cor 6:9-10, Eph
spiritual bondage by paying the penalty of 5:5.
our sins. Keeping these two most important 4 There is nothing written in the Torah that
aspects in remembrance is vital for true would make one think that there was a
covenant believers and clearly shows the hidden oral law. Everything commanded by
Sabbath is important to keep and is still a YHWH was written in the book of the
commandment today. Torah, Jos 8:33-35, Deu 31:9, Exo 24:4.
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heard the voice of the living Elohim teach you, to do them in the land to
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as which you are crossing over, to possess
we have, and has lived? it,
27 You go near and hear all that 2 that you might fear YAHWEH your
YAHWEH our Elohim may say, and Elohim, to keep all His statutes and
you shall speak to us all that YAHWEH His commandments which I command
our Elohim may speak to you. And we you; you, and your son, and your son's
will hear it and do it. son, all the days of your life; and that
28 And YAHWEH heard the voice of your days may be prolonged. (Deu
your words when you spoke to me. 4:40, Deu 5:33)
3 Hear, then, O Israel, and take heed
And YAHWEH said to me, I have
to do it, that it may be well with you,
heard the voice of the words of this
that you may increase greatly, as
people, which they have spoken to
you; they have well said all that they YAHWEH the Elohim of your fathers
have spoken. has promised you, in the land flowing
29 Would that this heart of theirs with milk and honey2.
would be like this always, to fear Me, 4 Hear, O Israel, YAHWEH our
and to keep all My commandments, Elohim is YAHWEH echad.3
that it might be well with them, and 5 And you shall love YAHWEH your
with their sons forever. (Jer 31:31-34) Elohim with all your heart, and with
30 Go say to them, Return to your all your soul, and with all your might.
tents. 6 And these Words which I am
31 But as for you, you stand here by commanding you today shall be on
Me, and I will speak to you all the your heart.
commandments and the statutes and 7 And you shall diligently teach them
the judgments which you shall teach
them, that they may do them in the 2 This phrase is used 14 times in the Torah
land which I am giving to them, to and 19 times throughout the Tanach and
possess it. would be a desert wanderers' dream. The
32 And you shall be careful to do as milk and honey idiom shows much water
YAHWEH your Elohim has and unlimited grazing for animals with
sweetness of honey all around, something
commanded you; you shall not turn they did not have in the wilderness. Also it
aside to the right or left. is showing a food source naturally from
33 You shall walk in all the ways trees of date palm, pomegranate, and figs
which YAHWEH your Elohim has and not from having to plant a garden.
commanded you, so that you may live, Isa 7:15, Deu 32:13-14.
and that good may be to you, and you 3 This verse called “The Great Shema”
may prolong your days in the land because “Hear O Israel” means to listen or
which you will possess1. be attentive to. The Hebrew word “echad”
is a unity word such as family, see Gen
2:24, and means “Yahweh united”. If the
Chapter 6
intention of the verse was to show there was
only one YHWH, the Hebrew word used
1 Now this is the commandment, the would have been “yachid”, see Gen 22:12.
statute and the judgments which It would also make no sense to state there is
YAHWEH your Elohim commanded to only Yahweh, when Scripture undeniably
states there are cherubs and Seraphs and
1 Being obedient to the Torah was indicative elders around His throne amongst other
of being able to dwell in the land. beings, Rev 4:4, Isa 6:1-3.
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to your sons, and shall speak of them 17 Diligently, you shall keep3 the
as you sit in your house, and as you commandments of YAHWEH your
walk in the way, and as you are lying Elohim, and His testimonies, and His
down, and as you are rising up. statutes which He has commanded
(Pro 22:6) you.
8 And you shall bind them for a sign 18 And you shall do the right thing
on your hand; and they shall be for and the good thing in the eyes of
frontlets between your eyes.1 YAHWEH, so that it may be well with
9 And you shall write them on the you, and that you may go in and
doorposts of your house, and on your
possess the good land which YAHWEH
gates.
has sworn to your fathers,
10 And it shall be, when YAHWEH 19 to drive out all your enemies from
your Elohim shall bring you into the
before you, as YAHWEH has spoken.
land which He has sworn to your
20 When your son asks you
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to
hereafter, saying, What are the
Jacob, to give to you great and good
testimonies and the statutes and the
cities, which you have not built,
11 and houses full of every good judgments which YAHWEH your
thing which you have not filled, and Elohim has commanded you?
wells dug which you did not dig, 21 Then you shall say to your son,
vineyards and olive yards which you We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt,
did not plant; and you shall eat and be and YAHWEH brought us out of Egypt
satisfied; with a strong hand.
12 then you shall be on guard that 22 And YAHWEH gave signs and
you do not forget YAHWEH who great and grievous wonders on Egypt,
brought you out of the land of Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household,
out of the house of slaves. before our eyes.
13 You shall fear YAHWEH your 23 And He has brought us out from
Elohim, and you shall serve Him, and there in order to bring us in, to give us
you shall swear by His name.2 the land which He had sworn to our
14 You shall not go after other gods, fathers.
of the Elohim of the people who are 24 And YAHWEH commanded us to
around you, do all these statutes, to fear YAHWEH
15 for YAHWEH your Elohim is a our Elohim for our good forever, to
jealous Elohim in your midst, lest the keep us alive, as today.4
anger of YAHWEH your Elohim burn 25 And it shall be righteousness for
against you, and He destroy you from us when we take heed to do all this
off the face of the earth. (Exo 34:14) commandment before YAHWEH our
16 You shall not test YAHWEH your Elohim, as He has commanded us.
Elohim as you tested Him in Massah.
you, and multiply you. He will also among you, a mighty and fearful El.
bless the fruit of your body, and the 22 And YAHWEH your Elohim will
fruit of your land, your grain and your clear out those nations before you little
wine and your oil, the increase of your by little. You may not consume them
oxen and the wealth of your flock, in at once, lest the beasts of the field
the land which He has sworn to your increase upon you.
fathers, to give it to you1. 23 And YAHWEH your Elohim shall
14 You shall be blessed above all deliver them up before you, and
people; there shall not be a barren destroy them with a great destruction
man or a barren woman among you, until they are exterminated.
nor among your livestock. 24 And He shall give their kings into
15 And YAHWEH shall turn aside your hand; and you shall destroy their
every sickness from you; and He will name from under the heavens. No
not put on you any of the evil diseases man shall be able to stand before you
of Egypt, which you have known, but until you have destroyed them.
He will put them on all who hate you. 25 You shall burn the carved images
16 And you shall destroy all the of their Elohim with fire; and you shall
people whom YAHWEH your Elohim not lust after the silver and gold on
is giving to you. And your eye shall them, nor shall you take it to yourself,
have no pity on them; and you shall that you not be snared by it; for it is an
not serve their gods; for it shall be a abomination to YAHWEH.
snare to you. 26 And you shall not bring an
17 If you shall say in your heart, abomination into your house, that you
These nations are more plentiful than not be a cursed thing like it. You shall
I; how can I throw them out? utterly detest it, and you shall utterly
18 You shall not be afraid of them; hate it; for it is a cursed thing. (Jos
remembering you shall remember that 7:1)
which YAHWEH your Elohim has done
to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt, Chapter 8
19 the great trials which your eyes
have seen, and the miracles, and the 1 You shall be watchful to do every
wonders and the mighty hand, and the commandment which I am
stretched out arm with which commanding you today, so that you
YAHWEH your Elohim has brought may live and may multiply and may go
you out. So YAHWEH your Elohim in and possess the land which
shall do to all the peoples of whose YAHWEH has sworn to your fathers.2
face you are afraid. 2 And you shall remember all the
20 And YAHWEH your Elohim shall way which YAHWEH your Elohim has
send the hornets among them, until caused you to go these forty years in
the ones who are left perish, even the wilderness, in order to humble
those who hide themselves from your you, to try you, to know that which is
face. (Exo 23:27-33) in your heart, whether you will keep
21 You shall not tremble before His commandments or not3.
them, for YAHWEH your Elohim is
2 Obedience to the Torah is a prerequisite for
1 The physical land of Israel is always an possessing the land.
integral part of Yahweh's everlasting 3 The wilderness was simply a test of faith
covenant. and obedience, Heb 3:7-19, 4:1-3.
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3 And He has humbled you, and judgments, and His statutes, which I
caused you to hunger, and caused you am commanding you today;
to eat the manna, which you had not 12 that when you have eaten and are
known, and your fathers had not satisfied, and have built goodly
known, in order to cause you to know houses, and have lived in them;
that man shall not live by bread alone, 13 and when your herds and your
but man shall live by every Word that flocks multiply, and your silver and
proceeds from the mouth of your gold have multiplied, and all that
YAHWEH1. (Mat 4:4) you have is multiplied,
4 Your clothing did not wear out on 14 then it rises up into your heart,
you, and your foot did not swell, these and you forget YAHWEH your Elohim
forty years. who brought you out of the land of
5 And you have known with your Egypt, out of the house of slaves;4
heart that as a man disciplines his son, 15 who led you through the great and
YAHWEH your Elohim disciplines you. dreadful wilderness, with burning
(Heb 12:5-8) serpent, and scorpion, and thirsty
6 And you shall keep the ground where no water is; who
commandments of YAHWEH your brought you water out of the flinty
Elohim, to walk in His ways, and to rock; (Isa 30:6)
fear Him. 16 who made you eat manna in the
wilderness, which your fathers did not
7 For YAHWEH your Elohim brings
know; that He might humble you and
you into a good land, a land of streams
that He might prove you, to do you
of water, of fountains and depths that
good at your latter end; (Deu 8:2)
spring out of valleys and hills,
17 that you not say in your heart, My
8 a land of wheat and barley and
power and the might of my hand have
vines and fig trees and pomegranates,
made for me this wealth.5
a land of olive oil and honey,2
18 But you shall remember
9 a land in which you shall eat bread
without want; you shall not lack YAHWEH your Elohim, for it is He
anything in it; a land whose stones are who gives to you power to make
iron; and you shall dig copper out of wealth; that He may establish His
its mountains3. covenant which He swore to your
10 And you shall eat and be satisfied; fathers, as it is this day.
19 And it shall be, if you shall forget
and you shall bless YAHWEH your
Elohim in the good land which He has YAHWEH your Elohim, and walk after
given you. other gods, and serve them, and
11 Take heed to yourself, lest you worship them, I testify against you
today that you shall utterly perish;
forget YAHWEH your Elohim so as not
to keep His commandments, and His
4 Verses 11:14- It is much easier to forget
Elohim during the times when everything is
1 Bread sustains life but does not give life. going good, instead of the times of trial
2 All of these are part of the seven species for when He is more needed. This is a warning
Sukkot and are listed in order of to always remember the one who freed
importance. them.
3 The Timna copper mines in the south were 5 This is the prideful, blinded thought of the
used to mine copper for Solomon's Laodicean that thinks his own might got
sanctuary and also the trans-Jordan him all he has acquired and doesn't realize
mountains. his pathetic spiritual state, Rev 3:14-18.
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was burning with fire, and the two 25 And I fell down before YAHWEH
tablets of the covenant were in my two the forty days and the forty nights as I
hands; had thrown myself down before, for
16 and I looked; and, behold! You YAHWEH had said to destroy you.
had sinned against YAHWEH your 26 And I prayed to YAHWEH, and
Elohim; you had made a casted calf for
said, O Adonai YAHWEH, do not
yourselves; you had quickly turned out
destroy Your people, and Your
of the way which YAHWEH had inheritance whom You have redeemed
commanded you. in Your greatness; whom You have
17 And I took hold of the two tablets brought out of Egypt with a mighty
and threw them out of my two hands, hand.
and broke them before your eyes. 27 Remember Your servants,
18 And I fell down before YAHWEH, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; do not look
as at the first, forty days and forty to the stubbornness of this people, nor
nights; I ate no bread and drank no to their wickedness nor to their sin,
water; because of all your sins which 28 lest the land from which You
you had sinned, in doing that which brought us say, Because YAHWEH was
was evil in the eyes of YAHWEH, to not able to bring them into the land
make Him angry. which He promised them; and,
19 For I was afraid because of the because He hated them, He has
anger and the fury with which brought them out to kill them in the
YAHWEH had been angry against you, wilderness.
to destroy you. And YAHWEH listened 29 And they are Your people, and
to me at this time also. Your inheritance, whom You have
20 And YAHWEH was very angry brought out by Your great power, and
with Aaron, to destroy him, and I also by Your stretched out arm. (Psa
prayed for Aaron at that time. 106:39-40)
21 And I took your sin, the calf which
you made, and I burned it with fire, Chapter 10
and beat it, grinding it very small until
it was as fine as dust; and I threw its 1 At that time YAHWEH said to me,
dust into the torrent that came down Cut out for yourself two tablets of
out of the mountain. stone like the first, and come up to Me,
22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, into the mountain, and you shall make
and at The Graves of Lust you for yourself an ark of wood;
provoked YAHWEH to anger. 2 and I shall write on the tablets the
words which were on the first tablets,
23 And when YAHWEH sent you
which you have broken, and you shall
from Kadesh-Barnea, saying, Go up
place them in the ark.
and possess the land which I have
3 And I made an ark of acacia wood,
given to you, then you rebelled against
and cut out two tablets of stone like
the mouth of YAHWEH your Elohim, the first, and went up into the
and did not believe Him, nor listen to mountain; and the two tablets were in
His voice. my hand.
24 You have been rebellious against 4 And He wrote on the tablets
YAHWEH from the day that I knew according to the writing, the Ten
you.
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Words1, which YAHWEH had spoken YAHWEH your Elohim asked of you,
to you in the mountain, out of the except to fear YAHWEH your Elohim,
midst of the fire in the day of the to walk in all His ways, and to love
assembly. And YAHWEH gave them to Him, and to serve YAHWEH your
me, Elohim with all your heart, and with
5 and I turned and came down from all your soul;
the mountain and put the tablets in 13 to keep the commandments of
the ark which I had made. And they YAHWEH, and His statutes which I am
are there, as YAHWEH commanded commanding you today, for your
me. good.4 (Deu 5:33, Deu 6:24)
6 And the sons of Israel pulled up 14 Behold, the heavens and the
stakes from Beeroth of the sons of Heaven of the heavens, the earth and
Jaakan to Mosera2; Aaron died there all in it, belong to YAHWEH your
and he was buried there; and his son Elohim.
Eleazar was acting as priest in his
15 Only, YAHWEH has delighted in
place.
your fathers, to love them; and He
7 From there they pulled up stakes to
chose their seed after them, on you out
Gudgodah;and from Gudgodah to
of all the peoples, as it is today.
Jotbath, a land of water brooks.3
16 And you shall circumcise the
8 At that time YAHWEH separated foreskin of your heart, and you shall
the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the not harden your neck any more.
covenant before YAHWEH, to stand 17 For YAHWEH your Elohim, He is
before YAHWEH and to minister to the Elohim of Elohims, and the Master
Him, and to bless in His name, until of Masters; the great, the mighty, the
today. fearful Elohim who does not lift up
9 Therefore, Levi has no portion nor faces, nor take a bribe.
inheritance with his brothers; 18 He executes justice for the
YAHWEH is his inheritance, according fatherless and the widow, and loves
as YAHWEH your Elohim spoke to the alien, to give to him food and
him. clothing.
10 And I stayed in the mountain 19 And you shall love the alien, for
forty days and forty nights, as at the you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
first. And YAHWEH listened to me 20 You shall fear YAHWEH your
that time also; YAHWEH did not will Elohim; you shall serve Him; and you
to destroy you. shall cleave to Him; and you shall
swear by His name.
11 And YAHWEH said to me Rise up!
21 He shall be your praise, and He
Go before the people, causing them to
shall be your Elohim, who has done for
set forward, that they may go in and
you these great and fearful things
possess the land which I swore to their
which your eyes have seen.
fathers, to give it to them.
22 Your fathers went down to Egypt
12 And now, Israel, what has
with seventy persons5; and now
1 The 10 commandments called words here. 4 There are only blessings for obedience
2 Mosera means chastisement and was a (Psa 19:7-11) and curses for disobedience,
province in which Mount Hor was located. Deu 28:58-67.
3 “Gudgodah”- The place is unknown but the 5 This does not include Joseph and his family,
name is after a false pagan goddess. whereas Gen 46:27 does.
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YAHWEH your Elohim has made you and to their seed, a land flowing with
as the stars of the heavens for milk and honey.
multitude. 10 For the land to which you are
going, to possess it, is not as the land
Chapter 11 of Egypt, from where you came, where
you sowed your seed and watered it
1 And you shall love YAHWEH your with your foot, as a garden of herbs1.
Elohim, and keep His charge, and His 11 But the land which you are
statutes and His judgments, and His entering to possess it is a land of hills
commandments all the days. and valleys, drinking water from the
2 And you know today, for I do not rain of the heavens;2
speak with your sons who have not 12 a land which YAHWEH your
known, and who have not seen the Elohim cares for; the eyes of YAHWEH
chastisement of YAHWEH your your Elohim are always on it from the
Elohim, His greatness, His mighty beginning of the year to the end of the
hand, and His stretched out arm, year.3
3 and His signs, and His works 13 And it shall be, if listening you
which He did in the midst of Egypt to will listen to My commands which I
Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all command you today, to love YAHWEH
his land; your Elohim, and to serve Him with all
4 and that which He has done to the your heart, and with all your soul4,
army of Egypt, to its horses, and to its 14 that I will give the rain of your
chariots, when He caused the waters of land in its season, the early rain and
the Red Sea to flow over them as they the latter rain, that you may gather in
pursued them. And YAHWEH your grain, and your new wine, and
destroyed them to this day; your oil.
5 and that which He has done to you 15 And I will give grass in your fields
in the wilderness, until you came to for your livestock; and you shall eat
this place; and be satisfied.
6 and that which He has done to 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your
Dathan, and to Abiram, sons of Eliab, heart not be deceived, and you turn
Reuben's son, when the earth opened aside and serve other elohim, and bow
her mouth and swallowed them and down to them;
their houses and their tents and all the 17 and the anger of YAHWEH glow
living substance at their feet, in the against you, and He shut up the
midst of all Israel. heavens, and there be no rain, and the
7 But your eyes see all the great work ground not give her increase, and you
of YAHWEH which He has done. perish quickly from off the good land
8 And you shall keep all the
commandments which I am 1 In Egypt due to lack of rain water channels
commanding you today, so that you had to be dug out by foot to allow water to
shall be strong, and shall go in and flow from reservoirs or cisterns.
2 This verse is contrasted with verse 10
possess the land to which you are
showing in Israel Yahweh is giving the land
crossing over, to possess it; rain from heaven in due season.
9 and so that you may prolong your 3 Although man thinks in the linear, YHWH
days in the land which YAHWEH has works in the circular. The Biblical year goes
sworn to your fathers, to give to them around in a circle from equinox to equinox.
4 Love is equated with obedience.
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which YAHWEH is giving to you. 28 and a curse if you will not hear
18 And you shall lay these Words up the commandments of YAHWEH your
in your hearts, and in your souls, and Elohim, but will turn aside out of the
shall bind them for a sign on your way which I command you today, to go
hand. And they shall be for frontlets after other gods which you have not
between your eyes1. known. (Deu 30:11-19)
19 And you shall teach them to your 29 And it shall be when YAHWEH
sons by speaking of them as you sit in your Elohim shall bring you into the
your house, and as you walk in the land to which you go to possess it, that
way, and as you lie down, and as you you shall set the blessing on Mount
rise up. (Deu 6:7) Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.
20 And you shall write them on the (Jos 8:33, Deu 27:10-13)
side posts of your house, and on your 30 Are they not beyond the Jordan,
gates, (Deu 6:9) behind the way of the sunset, in the
21 that your days and the days of land of the Canaanites that live in the
your sons may be multiplied in the Arabah, opposite to Gilgal, beside the
land which YAHWEH has sworn to oaks of Moreh?
your fathers, to give to them, as the 31 For you are to cross over the
days of the heavens over the earth. Jordan to go in to possess the land
(Deu 34:4) which YAHWEH your Elohim is giving
22 For if keeping you will keep this to you; and you shall possess it and
command which I am commanding live in it.
you, to do it, to love YAHWEH your 32 And take heed to do all the
Elohim, to walk in all His ways, and to statutes and the judgments which I am
cleave to Him, giving before you today.
23 then YAHWEH shall dispossess
all these nations from before you, and Chapter 12
you shall possess nations greater and
mightier than you. 1 These are the statutes and the
24 Every place where the sole of judgments which you shall take heed
your foot treads shall be yours, from to do in the land which YAHWEH the
the wilderness and Lebanon, from the Elohim of your fathers has given to
river, the Euphrates River even to the you, to possess it, all the days that you
furthest sea shall be your border.2 live on the earth:
25 No man shall stand before you. 2 You shall completely destroy all the
YAHWEH your Elohim shall put your places where the nations which you
dread and your fear on the face of all are dispossessing served their gods, on
the land on which you tread, as He has the high mountains, and on the hills,
spoken to you. and under every leafy tree.3
26 Behold! I set before you today a 3 And you shall break down their
blessing and a curse: altars, and shatter their standing
27 a blessing if you hear the pillars. And you shall burn their
commandments of YAHWEH your Asherahs with fire. And you shall cut
Elohim which I command you today;
3 So not to be enticed with false worship,
1 One thinks with the brain, and does with the Israel was commanded to destroy all the
hands. Deu 6:8, Exo 13:9, Pro 3:1-4. altars of worship where pagans were
2 The promise given Abraham in Gen 15:18. sacrificing to their false deities.
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down the carved images of their gods, around; and you shall live securely 4.
and shall destroy their names out of (Lev 25:18)
that place. (Deu 7:1-6) 11 And it shall be the place which
4 You shall not do so to YAHWEH YAHWEH your Elohim shall choose to
your Elohim. (Joh 4:24) cause His name to dwell there
5 But you shall seek to the place (Jerusalem), there you shall bring all
which YAHWEH your Elohim shall that I am commanding you, your
choose out of all your tribes burnt offerings, and your sacrifices,
(Jerusalem)1; for you shall seek His your tithes, and the heave offering of
dwelling, to put His name there. And your hand, and all your choice freewill
you shall go there.2 (Deu 16:16) offerings which you vow to YAHWEH.
6 And you shall bring your burnt 12 And you shall rejoice before
offerings there, and your sacrifices, YAHWEH your Elohim, you and your
and your tithes, and the heave offering sons, and your daughters, and your
of your hand, and your vows, and your male slaves, and your female slaves,
freewill offering, and the firstlings of and the Levite within your gates
your herd and of your flock. because he has no portion or
7 And you shall eat there before inheritance with you.
YAHWEH your Elohim, and shall 13 Take heed to yourself that you not
rejoice in all that you put your hand to, offer your burnt offerings in every
you and your households, with which place that you see;
YAHWEH your Elohim has blessed 14 but in the place which YAHWEH
you. shall choose in one of your tribes
8 You shall not do according to all (Jerusalem), there you shall offer your
that we are doing here today, each burnt offerings, and there you shall do
doing all that is right in his own eyes. all that I command. (Lev 17:8-9)
(Jdg 21:25) 15 Only with all the desire of your
9 For you have not come to the rest soul you shall sacrifice and shall eat
and to the inheritance which meat within all your gates according to
YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to the blessing of YAHWEH your Elohim
you.3 which He has given you; the unclean
10 And you shall cross over the one and the clean one may eat of it, as
Jordan, and shall live in the land of the gazelle and as of the hart.
which YAHWEH your Elohim is 16 Only, you shall not eat the blood;
causing you to inherit. And He shall you shall pour it as water on the earth.
give you rest from all your enemies all 17 You are not able to eat the tithe of
your grain within your gates, and of
1 Jerusalem, since the Garden of Eden, has your new wine, and your oil, and the
always been the eternal headquarters of firstlings of your herd and of your
Yahweh and will continue to be so in the flock, and any of your vows which you
Millennium Mic 4:2-4, Psa 132:13-14, Psa vow, and your freewill offering, and
122:1, Kgs 14:21, Psa 135:21, Joe 2:32, the heave offering of your hand.
3:17, 21, Jer 3:17.
18 But you shall eat it before
2 YHWH's way is always leading to
sanctification of His chosen people. YAHWEH your Elohim in the place
3 As in ancient Israel, so it is today that one
must be an over-comer to come to the rest 4 A clear parallel is shown of entering the
(millennium) of YHWH, Phi 2:12, Rev 2:4- Promised Land of Israel with the
5. Millennium. Heb 3:7-19.
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which YAHWEH your Elohim shall your Elohim; and you shall eat the
choose (Jerusalem), you and your son, flesh.
and your daughter, and your male 28 Take heed to listen to all these
slave, and your female slave, and the Words which I am commanding you,
Levite who is within your gates. And in order that it may be well with you
you shall rejoice before YAHWEH your and with your sons after you forever,
Elohim in all that you put your hand when you do that which is good and
to. right in the eyes of YAHWEH your
19 Take heed to yourself that you do Elohim.
not forsake the Levite as long as you 29 When YAHWEH your Elohim
live on the land. shall cut off the nations from before
20 Then YAHWEH your Elohim you, where you are going in to possess
shall enlarge your border, as He has them, and you shall possess them, and
promised you, and you shall say, I will shall live in their land,
eat flesh, because your soul desires to 30 take heed to yourself that you not
eat flesh, you may eat flesh according be snared to follow them after they
to all the desire of your soul. have been destroyed before you; and
21 If the place which YAHWEH your that you not inquire after their gods,
Elohim shall choose to put His name saying, How did these nations serve
there is too far from you, then you their Elohim? And I shall do so, even I.
shall kill of your herd and of your flock (Lev 18:2-3, Lev 20:22-23)
which YAHWEH has given you, as I 31 You shall not do so to YAHWEH
have commanded you; and you shall your Elohim; for everything hateful to
eat within your gates according to all YAHWEH, which He detests, they have
the desire of your soul. done to their gods. For they have even
22 Only, as the gazelle and the hart burned their sons and their daughters
are eaten, so you shall eat of it; the in the fire to their gods1.
unclean and the clean may eat of it 32 All the things that I command
alike. you, take heed to do them and you
23 Only, be sure not to eat the blood, shall not add to it, nor take away from
for the blood is the life, and you shall it. (Deu 4:2)
not eat the life with the flesh;
24 You shall not eat it; you shall Chapter 13
pour it on the earth as water.
25 You shall not eat it in order that it 1 If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams
may be well with you and with your rises among you, and gives you a sign
sons after you, when you do that which or a wonder,
is right in the eyes of YAHWEH. 2 and the sign or the wonder which
26 Only, your holy things which you he spoke to you occurs, saying, Let us
have, and your vows, you shall take up go after other Elohim which you have
and shall go to the place which not known, and let us serve them,
YAHWEH shall choose (Jerusalem). 1 The sacrifices of the pagans were so
27 And you shall offer your burnt abominable, even sacrificing children, that
offerings, the flesh and the blood, on Yahweh would have no part of any mixture
the altar of YAHWEH your Elohim; of paganism with Biblical practices. Today
and the blood of your sacrifices shall many Christians mix pagan practices such
as Christmas and Easter and clearly go
be poured out by the altar of YAHWEH
against the direct command of Scripture.
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nor make any baldness between your 15 and the ostrich, and the great owl,
eyes for the dead1. and the sea gull, and small hawks by
2 For you are a holy people to their kinds,
YAHWEH your Elohim; and YAHWEH 16 the little owl, and the eared owl,
has chosen you to be a people to Him, and the barn owl,
a special treasure out of all the peoples 17 and the pelican, and the owl, and
who are on the face of the earth2. the cormorant,
3 You shall not eat any abominable 18 and the stork, and the heron after
thing. its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
4 These are the animals which you 19 And every teeming thing that flies
shall eat: the ox, the flocked sheep, shall be unclean to you; they shall not
and the flocked goat, be eaten.3
5 the hart and gazelle, and roe deer, 20 You may eat of all clean birds.
and wild goat, and antelope, and Oryx, 21 You shall not eat of anything that
and moufflon. died of itself. You may give it to the
6 And you may eat every animal that alien who is within your gates, that he
divides the hoof, and divides two hoofs may eat it. Or you may sell it to a
wholly, and chews the cud among the foreigner. For you are a holy people to
animals. YAHWEH your Elohim. You shall not
7 But you shall not eat of those that boil a kid in its mother's milk.4
only chew the cud, or those only 22 Tithing you shall tithe all the
dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, increase of your seed that the field
and the hare, and the rock badger; for yields year by year5.
they chew the cud but do not divide 23 And you shall eat before
the hoof. They shall be unclean to you. YAHWEH your Elohim in the place
8 And the swine, because it divides which He shall choose to cause His
the hoof, but does not chew the cud; it name to dwell there (Jerusalem), the
is unclean to you. You shall not eat of tithe of your grain, of your wine 6, and
their flesh, nor touch their dead body. of your oil, and the first-lings of your
9 These you shall eat of all in the herd and of your flock; that you may
waters: you shall eat all that have fins learn to fear YAHWEH your Elohim all
and scales. your days7.
10 And whatever does not have fins 24 And if the way is too long for you,
and scales, you shall not eat. It shall be so that you cannot carry it, because the
unclean to you. place is too far from you which
11 You shall eat of all clean birds.
YAHWEH your Elohim shall choose to
12 But you shall not eat of these: the
eagle, the black vulture, and the set His name there, when YAHWEH
bearded vulture,
3 Verse 11-19: All unclean birds are
13 and the hawk, and falcons, and
carnivores.
the kite by its kinds, 4 This was a Canaanite cultist practice dating
14 and all ravens by their kinds; back to the 15th century B.C.E.
5 Tithing is an Elohim given principle that all
1 The practices mentioned here are pagan and belongs to Yahweh, and when we receive
cultic. Pagan priests also many times increase from Him we give 10% tithe on all
shaved their heads and even cut themselves increase. Mat 23:23, Gen 28:18-22, Num
to draw blood as a cultic ritual.1Kgs 18:26- 18:21-29, Deu 26:12, Deu 12:5-8.
28, Lev 19:28, Lev 21:5-8, Jer 15:5-6. 6 The Hebrew word used here for wine,
2 1Pet 2:9. “terosh” indicates it is new wine.
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your Elohim shall bless you; widow who are within your gates shall
25 Then you shall give it for silver, come and shall eat and be satisfied; so
and bind up the silver in your hand. that YAHWEH your Elohim may bless
And you shall go to the place which you in all the work of your hand which
YAHWEH your Elohim shall choose you do. (Gal 2:9-10, Gal 6:10)
(Jerusalem)1.
26 And you shall pay the silver for Chapter 15
whatever your soul rightly desires, for
oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for 1 At the end of every seven years you
fermented drink, or for whatever your shall make a release. (Lev 25:1-7)
soul desires. And you shall eat there 2 And this is the manner of the
before YAHWEH your Elohim, and you release: Everyone who has a loan to
shall rejoice, you and your household2. his neighbor shall release it; he shall
27 And you shall not forsake the not exact it of his neighbor and his
Levite who is within your gates, for he brother, because a release has been
has no portion nor inheritance with proclaimed for YAHWEH. (Deu 31:10)
you. 3 You may exact it from a foreigner,
28 At the end of three years, even but your hand shall release whatever is
the same year, you shall bring forth all yours with your brother4,
the tithe of your increase, and shall lay 4 only that there shall be no one in
it up within your gates3. need among you. For YAHWEH will
29 And the Levite, because he has no greatly bless you in the land that
portion nor inheritance with you, and YAHWEH your Elohim is giving you
the alien, and the fatherless, and the for an inheritance, to possess it,
5 only if carefully you will listen to
7 This here is speaking of the festival tithe. the voice of YAHWEH your Elohim, to
Ten percent was already tithed in verse 22, take heed to do all this command-
and here in verse 23, it is stating by being ments, which I am commanding you
faithful and putting aside Yahweh's 10%, today.
you can now use 10% of the tithe for you
6 For YAHWEH your Elohim will
and your family at feast time in Jerusalem.
Deu 26:1-4,9-19, Neh 10:31-39. bless you as He promised you. And
1 Coming up to Jerusalem at feast time was a you shall lend to many nations, but
great blessing and also a commandment. you shall not borrow. And you shall
One of the worst punishments of Israel’s rule over many nations, but they shall
Diaspora was that they could no longer not rule over you.
appear before Yahweh at feast time in His 7 If there is a poor man among you,
set apart city Jerusalem. Many today, due to
Diaspora, have totally missed the point of 3 Yahweh commanded that every third year
the Biblical calendar being agricultural to the tithe was to be used for the poor and
connect Israel to the land all year long. By less fortunate to make sure that the poor
keeping the feast in captivity worldwide were not neglected. Also note, that the tithe
there is a great blessing missed by not was brought to the elders who would have
coming to Jerusalem at feast time. been sitting in the city gate for distribution.
2 Not only did Yahweh condone happiness 4 Israel was to have a very special
and joy at feast time, but He actually relationship with each other as brothers. If
commanded it. You were able to use your followed, it ensured that there would not be
second tithe for special meals etc that you needy or poor among them. Unfortunately,
may not be able to enjoy other times of the as a nation they never implemented these
year. practices.
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one of your brothers inside any of your loves you and your house, because it
gates in your land which YAHWEH was good for him with you;
your Elohim is giving to you, you shall 17 then you shall take an awl, and
not harden your heart, nor shut your shall put it through his ear, and
hand from your needy brother. through the door, and he shall be your
8 But you shall open your hand wide slave forever. And you shall do so to
to him, and surely you shall lend him your slave-girl also. (Exo 21:1-6)
enough for his need in that which he 18 It shall not seem hard in your
lacks. (2Cor 9:6-8) eyes when you send him away free
9 Beware that there is no evil from you. For to the double of the hire
thought in your heart, saying, The of a hireling he has served you six
seventh year, the year of release draws years. And YAHWEH your Elohim will
near; and your eye be evil against your bless you in all that you do.
needy brother, and you give him 19 The firstling males that are born
nothing, and he cry to YAHWEH of your herd and of your flock, you
against you and it be sin to you. shall sanctify to YAHWEH your
10 Surely, you shall give to him, and Elohim. You shall do no work with the
your heart shall not be grieved when firstling of your ox, nor shear the
you give to him, because YAHWEH firstling of your flock. (Exo 13:2)
your Elohim will bless you for this 20 You shall eat it before YAHWEH
thing, in all your work, and in all that your Elohim year by year in the place
you put your hand to. (2Cor 9:7) which YAHWEH shall choose, you and
11 For the needy will never cease your household. (Deu 12:5-7, 17,18)
from the midst of the land. On account 21 And if there is any blemish in it,
of this I command you, saying, lameness, or blindness, or any evil
Opening you shall open your hand to blemish whatever, you shall not
your poor and needy brother in your sacrifice it to YAHWEH your Elohim.
land. 22 You shall eat it inside your gates;
12 If your brother, a Hebrew man, or the unclean one and the clean one
a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and alike, as the gazelle and as the hart1.
serves you six years, then in the 23 Only, you shall not eat its blood;
seventh year you shall let him go free you shall pour it on the ground like
from you. (Jer 34:14) water. (Lev 17:10-12)
13 And when you send him out free
from you, you shall not let him go Chapter 16
away empty.
14 You shall richly adorn him from 1 Observe the month Aviv, and
your flock, and from your threshing
perform the Passover to YAHWEH
floor, and from your winepress, with
your Elohim. For in the month of Aviv,
that which YAHWEH your Elohim has
YAHWEH your Elohim brought you
blessed you, you shall give to him.
out of Egypt by night. (Num 33:3)
15 And you shall remember that you
2 And you shall sacrifice a Passover
were a slave in the land of Egypt, and
to YAHWEH your Elohim of the flock,
YAHWEH your Elohim redeemed you.
and of the herd, in the place which He
On account of this I command you this
shall choose to cause His name to
thing today. (Exo 13:3, Deu 24:18)
16 And it shall be, if he says to you, I 1 Speaking of people who may have been
will not go out from you, because he ceremonially unclean at the time.
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widow that are inside your gates. which YAHWEH your Elohim gives
15 You shall keep a solemn feast you, tribe by tribe. And they shall
seven days to YAHWEH your Elohim judge the people with righteous
in the place which YAHWEH shall judgment. (Exo 18:24-26)
choose (Jerusalem); for YAHWEH 19 You shall not pervert judgment.
your Elohim shall bless you in all your You shall not regard faces, nor shall
produce, and in every work of your you take a bribe; for a bribe blinds the
hands, and you shall be altogether eyes of the wise, and perverts the
joyful. words of the righteous. (Exo 23:7-8)
16 Three times in a year shall all 20 You shall follow perfect justice,
that you may live and possess the land
your males appear before YAHWEH
your Elohim in the place which He which YAHWEH your Elohim is giving
shall choose (Jerusalem): In the Feast you.
of Unleavened Bread, and in the Feast 21 You shall not set up for yourself
of Weeks and in the Feast of pillars of any trees, which you make
Tabernacles. And they shall not appear for yourself near the altar of YAHWEH
before YAHWEH empty, (2Chr 6:6, your Elohim3.
Isa 33:20, Psa 122:3-4) 22 And you shall not raise up for
17 but each with his gift of his hand, yourself any standing image, which
according to the blessing of YAHWEH YAHWEH your Elohim detests.4
your Elohim, which He has given you.1
18 You shall appoint judges and Chapter 17
officers2 for yourself in all your gates
1 You shall not sacrifice to YAHWEH
your Elohim an ox or sheep in which
5 Clearly, the feast of Sukkot must be after there is a blemish, any evil thing, for it
the summer harvest and after the fall is a hateful thing to YAHWEH your
equinox. Not only must the fruit be ripe Elohim.
enough for harvest but there would have
2 When there is found among you, in
had to be enough time to actually harvest
the crop to bring the tithe to Jerusalem as one of your gates which YAHWEH
commanded. It is inconceivable that your Elohim is giving to you, a man or
Israelites would have came empty handed woman who does that which is evil in
to Jerusalem for about a month's journey the sight of YAHWEH your Elohim, in
round-trip, while their crops would fall and transgressing His covenant,
rot on the ground while they would be gone 3 and has gone and served other
feasting with no harvest fruit.
gods, and worshiped them; or the sun,
1 It was a great blessing and a command to
appear before Yahweh at feast time with
your blessing in your hand for your 2 These were subordinates who would carry
obedience. It was one of the greatest out the sentence given by the judge.
punishments of their Diaspora that Israel 3 The word for pillar is Asherim. These were
could no longer appear before Yahweh in images of Asherah, the mother goddess of
Jerusalem at feast times. Being in the land 70 false gods including Baal. The symbol of
was synonymous with being in covenant this cult was the trunk of a tree. Pagans
relationship. We don't see any land believed that Asherah was the wife of
covenant promises outside the land of Yahweh.
Israel, only promises of restoration in the 4 Speaking of pagan worship. Anywhere a
last days back into the physical land of believer goes the Torah should sanctify
Israel and back into covenant relationship. them from the ways of pagan worship.
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or the moon, or of the host of the Elohim there, or to the judge, even
heavens, which I have not that man shall die; and you shall cut
commanded; off the evil from Israel1.
4 and it has been revealed to you, 13 And all the people shall hear, and
and you have heard, and searching fear, and shall not presume any more.2
have searched; and, behold, it is true; 14 When you come into the land
and the thing is confirmed, that this which YAHWEH your Elohim is giving
hateful thing has been done in Israel, to you, and have possessed it, and
5 then you shall bring out to your settled in it; and you shall say, Let me
gates that man or that woman who has set a king over me like all the nations
done this evil thing, the man or the around me,
woman; and you shall stone them with 15 then you shall certainly set a king
stones, and they shall die. over you whom YAHWEH your Elohim
6 At the mouth of two witnesses or shall choose from among your
three witnesses shall he that is to die brothers. You may not give an alien
be put to death. He shall not be put to the rule over you, one who is not your
death at the mouth of one witness. brother.
7 The hand of the witnesses shall be 16 Only, he shall not multiply horses
first on him, to put him to death; and to himself, nor cause the people to
the hand of all the people last. And you turn back to Egypt so as to multiply
shall cut off the evil from among you.
horses, since YAHWEH has said to
8 If a matter is too hard for you in
you, You shall not again return in this
judgment, between blood and blood,
way any more.
between cause and cause, or between
17 And he shall not multiply wives to
stroke and stroke, matters of strife
himself, and his heart shall not turn
within your gates, then you shall rise
aside. And he shall not greatly
and go up to the place which YAHWEH multiply to himself silver and gold.
your Elohim shall choose (Jerusalem). 18 And it shall be, when he sits on
9 And you shall come in to the priest, the throne of his kingdom, he shall
of the Levites, and to the judge who is write for himself a copy of this Torah
in those days, and shall inquire. And in a book, from before the priests, the
they shall declare the word of Levites.
judgment to you. 19 And it shall be with him, and he
10 And you shall do according to the shall read in it all the days of his life,
word which they declare to you from
that he may learn to fear YAHWEH
that place which YAHWEH shall
choose (Jerusalem). And you shall be
1 It is noteworthy to state that one was
careful to do according to all that they
obligated to listen to the judgment of the
direct you. priest whether it was correct in their eyes or
11 You shall do according to the not.
mouth of the Torah which they direct 2 Verses 8-13: Yahweh is setting His judicial
you, and according to the judgment order in matters of judgment and also
which they deliver to you. You shall setting the precedent that He appoints His
not turn aside from the word which leaders and His authority is with them in
they declare to you, right or left. their decision making. By going against the
12 And the man who acts with pride judgment of the leader that Yahweh
so as not to listen to the priest who is appointed, in essence, they would be going
against Yahweh Himself who placed the
standing to serve YAHWEH your
leader. (Exo 16:1-8)
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your Elohim, to keep all the Words of 8 They shall eat portion like portion,
this Torah and these statutes, to do except of the sales of what belonged to
them; his father2.
20 so that his heart may not be lifted 9 When you come to the land which
up above his brothers, and that he may YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to
not turn aside from the command- you, you shall not learn to do
ment, to the right or to the left; so that according to the hateful acts of those
he may prolong his days over his nations.
kingdom, he and his sons in the midst 10 There shall not be found in you
of Israel. one who passes his son or his daughter
through the fire, one that uses
Chapter 18 divination, an observer of clouds, or
one fortune-telling, or a spell caster,
1 The priests, the Levites, all the 11 or a magic charmer, or one
tribe of Levi shall have no portion or consulting spirits, or a wizard, or one
inheritance with Israel. They shall eat communicating with the dead. (Deu
fire offerings of YAHWEH, even His 12:29-32, Exo 22:18)
inheritance. 12 For all doing these things are an
2 And he shall have no inheritance abomination to YAHWEH. And
among his brothers. YAHWEH because of these filthy acts YAHWEH
Himself is his inheritance, as He has your Elohim is expelling these nations
spoken to him. (Num 8:13-18, Num before you.
18: 6-14, 20-24) 13 You shall be perfect with
3 And this shall be the priest's due YAHWEH your Elohim.
from the people, from those that offer 14 For these nations whom you shall
a sacrifice, whether an ox or sheep, expel listen to observers of clouds, and
that they shall give to the priest the to those divining. But as to you,
leg, and the two cheeks, and the
YAHWEH your Elohim has not given
stomach,
to you to do so.
4 the first of your grain, of your new
wine, and of your oil, and the first of 15 YAHWEH your Elohim shall raise
the fleece of your flock, you shall give up to you a prophet from among you,
to him1. of your brothers, one like me; you
5 For YAHWEH your Elohim has shall listen to him3,
16 according to all that you desired
chosen him out of all your tribes to
stand to serve in the name of of YAHWEH your Elohim in Horeb in
YAHWEH, he and his sons continually.
the day of the assembly, saying, Let me
6 And if a Levite comes from one of not hear again the voice of YAHWEH
your gates of all Israel, where he has my Elohim, nor let me see this great
been living, and comes with all the fire any more, lest I die.
desire of his soul to the place which
YAHWEH shall choose, 2 There was equality of portion except for
what belonged to family inheritance. Num
7 then he shall serve in the name of
35:1-8, Jos 21:1-42.
YAHWEH his Elohim, as all his 3 Relating to the prophecy of Gen 3:15, the
brothers the Levites who stand before Messiah would be from the seed of a
YAHWEH do. woman and He would be like Moses in that
they both are intercessors, redeemers,
1 Num 8:13-18, Num 18:6, 14, 20-24. prophets, and shepherds. Exo 32:30.
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17 And YAHWEH said to me, They YAHWEH your Elohim shall cause you
have spoken well, what they have said. to inherit, so that every manslayer may
18 I shall raise up a prophet to them flee there.
from among their brothers, one like 4 And this is the case of the man-
you; and I will put My Words in his slayer who shall flee there, that he may
mouth; and he shall speak to them all live: whoever strikes his neighbor
that I shall command him. (Joh 1:21, without knowing, and has not hated
Joh 5:45-47, Joh 6:14, 7:40 ) him yesterday and the day before;
19 And it shall be, whoever will not 5 even he who goes into the forest
listen to My Words which he shall with his neighbor to cut wood, and his
speak in My name, I will require it at hand brings a stroke with the axe to
his hand. cut down the tree, and the iron head
20 But the prophet who presumes to slips from the wood and finds his
speak a word in My name, that which I neighbor so that he dies; he shall flee
have not commanded him to speak, to one of these cities, and shall live;
and who speaks in the name of other 6 that the avenger of blood not
gods, even that prophet shall die1. pursue the manslayer when his heart
21 And if you say in your heart, How is hot, and shall overtake him because
shall we know the word which the way is long, and shall strike him so
YAHWEH has not spoken? (Isa 8:20) as to die, and he had no sentence of
22 When a prophet speaks in the death, for he did not hate him
name of YAHWEH, if the thing does yesterday or the day before.
not happen or come about, that is the 7 On account of this I am
commanding you, saying, You shall
thing which YAHWEH has not spoken;
separate to yourself three cities. (Num
that prophet has spoken it proudly;
35:9-29)
you shall not be afraid of him.
8 And if YAHWEH your Elohim shall
Chapter 19 enlarge your border, as He has sworn
to your fathers, and shall give to you
all the land which He has spoken to
1 When YAHWEH your Elohim shall
give to your fathers,
cut off the nations whose land
9 if you will keep these
YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to commandments which I am
you, and when you dispossess them, commanding you today, to love
and live in their cities, and in their YAHWEH your Elohim, and to walk in
houses,
His ways forever, then you shall add to
2 you shall separate three cities for
yourself another three cities to these
you in the midst of your land, which
three.
YAHWEH your Elohim is giving you to 10 And innocent blood shall not be
possess it. shed in the midst of your land, which
3 You shall prepare the way for YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to you
yourself, and shall divide into three
as an inheritance, and there be blood
parts the border of your land which
on you.
11 And if a man hates his neighbor,
1 Any prophet in the Bible without fail was
and lies in wait for him, and rises up
spoken to by the Creator's name Yahweh. In
against him, and strikes his life from
turn, anyone claiming to be a prophet must
only speak in the name of Yahweh or he him, so that he dies, and flees to one of
would be put to death. these cities,
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who is afraid, and faint of heart? Let and you would sin against YAHWEH
him go and return to his house; then your Elohim.1
the heart of his brothers will not melt 19 When you shall lay siege to a city
like his heart. (Jdg 7:2-3) many days, to fight against it, to
9 And it shall be, when the officers capture it, you shall not destroy its
have finished speaking to the people, trees in order to force an axe against
commanders of the armies shall be them. For you shall eat of them, and
appointed at the head of the people. you shall not cut them down; for is the
10 When you come near a city to tree of the field a man, that it should
fight against it, then call to it for peace. be used by you to lay siege?
11 And it shall be, if it answers peace 20 Only the tree which you know not
to you, and shall open to you, then it to be a fruit tree, you may destroy it,
shall be that all the people found in it and may cut it down2, and may build a
shall be forced laborers for you, and bulwark against the city making war
shall serve you. with you, until you have subdued it.
12 And if it shall not make peace
with you, and shall make war with you, Chapter 21
then you shall lay siege against it.
13 And YAHWEH your Elohim shall 1 If one is found slain in the land
give it into your hand; and you shall which YAHWEH your Elohim is giving
strike every male of it by the mouth of to you, to possess it, lying in the field,
the sword. and it is not known who has struck
14 Only, the women, and the little him;
ones, and the livestock, and all in the 2 then your elders and your judges
city, all its plunder, you shall seize for shall come out. And they shall
yourself. And you shall eat the plunder measure to the cities which are around
of your enemies which YAHWEH your the one slain.
Elohim has given to you. 3 And it shall be, that the city nearest
15 So you shall do to all the cities to the one slain, even the elders of that
very far away from you, which are not city shall take a heifer of the herd,
of the cities of these nations. which has not been worked with, and
16 But of the cities of these peoples which has not drawn in the yoke.
which YAHWEH your Elohim is giving 4 And the elders of that city shall
to you as an inheritance, you shall not bring the heifer down to an ever-
keep alive any that breathes. flowing stream, which is not plowed
17 But you shall utterly destroy nor sown. And they shall break the
them, the Hittites, and the Amorites, heifer's neck there by the stream3.
the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the 5 And the priests, the sons of Levi,
Hivites, and the Jebusites, as shall come near (for YAHWEH your
YAHWEH your Elohim has Elohim has chosen them to minister to
commanded you; (Deu 7:1)
18 so that they may not teach you to 1 Yahweh strictly commands that His
do according to all their filthy deeds covenant people do not follow the pagan
which they have done for their elohim; wicked practices of the people of the land,
but only His judgments and Torah. Deu
12:30-32, 18:10-12. Lev 18:3-4, 24-26.
4 Here we see how compassionate YHWH is 2 This truly showed how debase people were
even in times of war considering each and that trees were more valued than people.
every detail of one's life. Jon 4:9-11.
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Him, and to bless in the name of at her desire1; and you shall not at all
YAHWEH) and by their mouth shall sell her for silver; you shall not treat
every controversy and every stroke be her as a slave, because you have
tried. humbled her.
6 And all the elders of that city 15 If a man has two wives, the one
nearest to the one slain shall wash loved, and the other hated; and they
their hands by the stream, over the have borne him sons, both the loved
heifer whose neck was broken. one and the hated one; and if the
7 And they shall answer and say, Our firstborn son was of her who was
hands have not shed this blood, nor hated2,
have our eyes seen it. 16 then it shall be, in the day that he
8 O YAHWEH, be merciful to Your causes his sons to inherit that which is
people Israel, whom You have his, he is not able to cause to inherit
redeemed, and do not allow innocent the first-born son of the one loved
blood in the midst of Your people before the first-born son of the one
Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven hated, who is truly the first-born.
them. 17 But he shall respect the first-born,
9 And you shall put away the the son of the hated one, by giving him
innocent blood from among you, for a double portion of all that he has; for
you shall do that which is right in the he is the first-fruit of his strength, the
right of the first-born is his3.
eyes of YAHWEH.
18 If a man has a stubborn and
10 When you go out to battle against
rebellious son who will not listen to his
your enemies, and YAHWEH your father's voice, or his mother's voice;
Elohim has given them into your even though they discipline him, he
hands, and you have taken them will not listen to them;
captive; 19 then his father and his mother
11 and you have seen in the captivity shall lay hold on him and bring him
a woman of beautiful form, and you out to the elders of his city, and to the
desire her, even to take her to you for a gate of his place;
wife, 20 and they shall say to the elders of
12 then you shall bring her into the his city, This son of ours is stubborn
midst of your household. And she shall and rebellious; he will not listen to our
shave her head, and prepare her nails,
13 and shall remove the clothing of 1 This could only take place if the woman
her captivity from her, and shall live in agreed to leave and then the law was meant
your house, and shall sorrow for her as a humane act to the slave woman.
father and her mother a month of 2 Although having multiple wives is never
days. Then afterwards you shall go in condoned in Scripture, we also never see it
to her, and shall marry her; and she to be clearly defined as sin in the Tanach.
shall be a wife to you. Yet, it is evident by example that family
14 And it shall be, if you do not dysfunction would occur, and from the New
delight in her, you shall send her away Testament and Yahshua, we clearly see it
was never the will of Yahweh and is
forbidden to any New Covenant believer,
Mar 10:1-10.
3 The shedding of innocent blood for sin 3 The right of the first born is conditional and
showed the importance that was put on can be lost by the first-born himself, but not
compensation for life, even if it was not simply taken. 1Chr 5:1, Gen 48:22,
known who killed the man (verse 9). Gen 25:29-34.
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15 Then the girl's father and her out to the gate of that city. And you
mother shall take and bring the girl's shall stone them with stones so that
tokens of virginity1 to the elders of the they die, the girl because she did not
city in the gate. cry out, being in the city; and the man,
16 And the girl's father shall say to because he has humbled his neighbor's
the elders, I have given my daughter to wife3. And you shall put away the evil
this man for a wife, and he hates her. from among you.
17 And, behold, he has laid shameful 25 But if a man finds a betrothed girl
charges, saying, I have not found in in the field, and the man forces her
your daughter the tokens of virginity. and lies with her; then only the man
And yet see these tokens of my that lay with her shall die.
daughter's virginity. And they shall 26 And you shall do nothing to the
spread the garment before the elders girl; the girl has no sin worthy of
of the city. death; for as when a man rises against
18 And the elders of that city shall his neighbor and murders him, even
take that man and punish him2. so is this matter.
19 And they shall fine him a hundred 27 For he found her in the field, and
pieces of silver, and give them to the the betrothed girl cried out, but no one
girl's father, because he has brought saved her.
an evil name on a virgin of Israel. And 28 If a man finds a virgin girl, not
she shall be his wife; he may not put being betrothed, and manipulates her
her away all his days. and commits fornication with her4,
20 But if this thing is true that and they be found;
tokens of virginity have not been 29 then the man lying with her shall
found for the girl, give to the girl's father fifty pieces of
21 then they shall bring out the girl silver, and she shall be his wife,
to the door of her father's house. And because he has humbled her. He may
the men of her city shall stone her with not put her away all his days.
stones, and she shall die; for she has 30 A man shall not take his father's
done folly in Israel, to commit wife, and shall not uncover his father's
fornication in her father's house. And skirt. (1Cor 5:1)
you shall put away the evil from
among you. (Deu 23:17-18, Lev 19:29, Chapter 23
Lev 21:9, Deu 17:6)
22 If a man is found lying with a 1 He being wounded, crushed, or cut
woman married to a husband, then in his male member shall not enter
they shall both of them die, the man into the assembly of YAHWEH5.
that lay with the woman, and the 2 An illegitimate child shall not enter
woman. And you shall put away the into the congregation of YAHWEH,
evil from Israel. even to the tenth generation none of
23 If there is a girl that is a virgin,
betrothed to a man, and a man finds
3 Even though they were only engaged
her in the city, and they commit according to ancient Middle Eastern
fornication together, tradition she was by contract still
24 then you shall bring them both considered to be his wife. Mat 1:18-19.
4 In the Hebrew it denotes that both parties
1 This was the stained bloody sheet from the were willing participants in the act.
wedding night proving her virginity. 5 Seems to indicate someone was purposely
2 Deu 25:2-3, 2Cor 11:24. doing this to mimic a pagan practice.
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his shall enter into the assembly of 12 Also you shall have a place
YAHWEH. outside the camp, and you shall go out
3 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall there.
not enter into the congregation of 13 And you shall have a tool on your
YAHWEH; even to the tenth staff. And it shall be, as you sit outside,
generation shall none of them enter you shall dig with it, and shall turn
back, and shall cover that which comes
into the assembly of YAHWEH,
from you.
perpetually;1
4 because they did not meet you with 14 For YAHWEH your Elohim walks
bread and with water in the way when in the middle of your camp to deliver
you came out of Egypt; and because you and to give up your enemies
they hired against you Balaam the son before you; therefore your camp shall
of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, be holy, so that He may see no unclean
to curse you. thing in you, and turn away from you.3
15 You shall not hand over to his
5 But YAHWEH your Elohim would
master a slave that has escaped from
not listen to Balaam, and YAHWEH his master to you. (Deu 24:7)
your Elohim turned the curse into a 16 He shall live with you, among
blessing to you, because YAHWEH you, in the place which he chooses
your Elohim loved you. (Num 24:10, inside one of your gates, wherever it is
Pro 26:2, Pro 16:7, 1Joh 4:4) good to him. You shall not oppress
6 You shall not seek their peace nor him.4
their prosperity all your days, 17 There shall be no harlot among
perpetually. the daughters of Israel, nor shall there
7 You shall not despise an Edomite, be a homosexual among the sons of
for he is your brother.2 You shall not Israel. (1Cor 6:9)
despise an Egyptian, for you were an 18 You shall not bring the hire of a
alien in his land; prostitute, or the price of a dog5, into
8 sons of the third generation that the house of YAHWEH your Elohim
are born to them may enter into the for any vow; for even both of these are
assembly of YAHWEH. an abomination to YAHWEH your
9 When you go forth into camp Elohim.
against your enemies, then keep 19 You shall not lend at interest to
yourself from every evil thing. your brother; interest of silver, interest
10 If there is among you any man of food, interest of anything loaned at
who is not clean because of a discharge interest. (Lev 25:35-37)
at night, then he shall go to the outside 20 To a stranger you may lend at
of the camp; he shall not come in to interest, but you shall not lend at
the middle of the camp. interest to your brother, so that
11 And it shall be, as evening is YAHWEH your Elohim may bless you
turning, he shall bathe with water, and
in all that you put your hand to, in the
as the sun is going, he shall come into
the middle of the camp. 3 Verses 12-14, are speaking of making sure
you bury your stool outside the camp for
1 The word for “Moabite” is in the masculine hygiene and due to YHWH's presence
form denoting that this only applies to men among them.
and not woman. 4 This is speaking of a foreign slave seeking
2 Edomites come from Esau, who was the refuge in Israel.
brother of Jacob. 5 This Hebrew term means a male prostitute.
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the dead shall not go outside to a 14 You shall not have in your house
strange man; her brother-in-law shall an ephah and an ephah, a great and a
go in to her, and take her to himself small.
for a wife, and shall perform the duty 15 You shall have a perfect and just
of the levirate; weight; you shall have a perfect and
6 and it shall be, the first-born which just ephah; so that they prolong your
she bears shall rise up for his dead days in the land which YAHWEH your
brother's name, and his name shall not Elohim is giving to you.
be wiped out of Israel. 16 For anyone doing these things is
7 And if the man does not desire to hateful to YAHWEH your Elohim,
take his brother's wife then his everyone doing unrighteousness.2
brother's wife shall go up to the gate, 17 Remember what Amalek did to
to the elders, and say, My husband's you by the way as you came forth out
brother is refusing to raise up a name of Egypt; (Exo 17:8-16)
to his brother in Israel; he has not 18 how he met you on the way and
been willing to perform the duty of my attacked your back, all the feeble ones
levirate. (Ecc 4:8) in the rear, when you were faint and
8 And the elders of his city shall call weary; and he did not fear Elohim.
for him and shall speak to him. And he
19 And it shall be, when YAHWEH
shall stand and say, I have no desire to
your Elohim gives you rest from all
take her. (Rth 4:1-10)
your enemies all around in the land
9 Then his brother's wife shall draw
near to him before the elders, and which YAHWEH your Elohim is giving
shall take his shoe from his foot, and to you as an inheritance to possess it,
spit in his face, and shall answer and you shall blot out the remembrance of
say, So it shall be done to the man who Amalek from under the heavens; you
will not build up the house of his shall not forget. (Deu 7:1, Neh 13:1)
brother. (Gen 38:8-10)
10 And his name shall be called in Chapter 26
Israel, The house of him whose shoe
was taken off.1 1 And it shall be, when you have
11 When men fight together, a man come into the land which YAHWEH
and his brother, and the wife of the your Elohim is giving to you as an
one shall come near to deliver her inheritance, and you have possessed it,
husband from his assailant's hand, and live in it;
and shall put out her hand and lay 2 then you shall take of the first of all
hold on his genitals, the fruit of the ground which you shall
12 then you shall cut off her palm; bring in from your land which
your eye shall not pity. YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to
13 You shall not have in your bag a you, and shall put it in a basket, and
stone and a stone weight, a great and a shall go to the place which YAHWEH
small. (Pro 11:1, 20:23, Mic 6:11) your Elohim shall choose to cause His
name to dwell there (Jerusalem). (Exo
1 Verses 5-10 is called the law of the levirate
and shows the importance in ancient days 2 Verses 13-16: In ancient times many things
about continuation of seed in a family and were bartered and the seller would use a
inheritance in the eyes of the people. Dying scale of weights or a measure and some
without an heir was about the worst thing dishonest people had a false weight or
that could happen to someone, Ecc 4:8. measure with the intent to cheat people.
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praise, and in name, and in glory; and Keep silence, and hear, O Israel: Today
that you may be a holy people to you have become the people of
YAHWEH your Elohim, as He has YAHWEH your Elohim.
spoken. 10 Therefore you shall obey the voice
of YAHWEH your Elohim and do His
Chapter 27 commandments and His statutes
which I command you today.
1 And Moses and the elders of Israel 11 And Moses charged the people the
commanded the people, saying, Keep same day, saying,
all the commands which I am 12 These shall stand on Mount
commanding you today, Gerizim to bless the people when you
2 and it shall be in the day you cross have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon,
over the Jordan to the land which and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar,
YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to and Joseph, and Benjamin.
you, that you shall raise up for yourself 13 And these shall stand on Mount
great stones, and plaster them with Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, and
plaster. (Jos 4:1-3) Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and
3 And you shall write on them all the Naphtali. (Jos 8:33)
Words of this Torah when you have 14 And the Levites shall answer, and
crossed over, so that you may go into shall say to all the men of Israel with a
the land which YAHWEH your Elohim loud voice:
is giving you, a land flowing with milk 15 Cursed is the man who makes a
and honey, as YAHWEH the Elohim of carved and cast image, an
your fathers has promised you. abomination to YAHWEH, the work of
4 And it shall be when you have a crafts-man's hands, and who sets it
crossed over the Jordan, that you shall up in a secret place! And all the people
raise up these stones as to which I am shall answer and say, Amen! (Exo
commanding you today, in Mount 20:4)
Ebal, and you shall plaster them with 16 Cursed is he who dishonors his
plaster. (Deu 11:29) father or his mother! And all the
5 And you shall build an altar there people shall say, Amen! (Exo 20:12)
to YAHWEH your Elohim, an altar of 17 Cursed is he who removes his
stones. You shall not wield any iron neighbor's landmark! And all the
tool on them. people shall say, Amen! (Deu 19:14)
6 You shall build the altar of 18 Cursed is he who makes the blind
to wander out of the way! And all the
YAHWEH your Elohim of uncut
people shall say, Amen! (Lev 19:14)
stones. And you shall offer burnt
19 Cursed is he who perverts the
offerings on it to YAHWEH your judgment of the alien, the fatherless,
Elohim. (Jos 8:30-34) and widow! And all the people shall
7 And you shall offer peace offerings, say, Amen! (Exo 22:21, Ja 1:27)
and shall eat there. And you shall 20 Cursed is he who lies with his
rejoice before YAHWEH your Elohim. father's wife, because he uncovers his
8 And you shall write on the stones father's skirt! And all the people shall
all the Words of the Torah very say, Amen! (Lev 18:7)
plainly. 21 Cursed is he who lies with any
9 And Moses and the priests, the kind of animal! And all the people
Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, shall say, Amen! (Exo 22:19)
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22 Cursed is he who lies with his 3 You shall be blessed in the city, and
sister, his father's daughter, or his you shall be blessed in the field.
mother's daughter! And all the people 4 The fruit of your body shall be
shall say, Amen! (Lev 18:9) blessed, and the fruit of your ground,
23 Cursed is he who lies with his and the fruit of your livestock, the
mother-in-law! And all the people offspring of your oxen, and the young
shall say, Amen! (Lev 20:14) ones of your flock.
24 Cursed is he who strikes his 5 Your basket and your kneading-
neighbor secretly! And all the people trough shall be blessed.
shall say, Amen! (Exo 21:12) 6 You shall be blessed when you
25 Cursed is he who takes a bribe to come in, and you shall be blessed
strike a life, to shed innocent blood! when you go out.
And all the people shall say, Amen! 7 YAHWEH shall cause your enemies
(Exo 23:7-8, Lev 19:16) that rise up against you to be stricken
26 Cursed is he who does not carry before your face. They shall come out
out to do all the Words of this Torah, against you one way, and flee before
to do them! And all the people shall you seven ways.
say, Amen!1 (Gal 3:10) 8 YAHWEH shall command the
blessing on you in your storehouses
Chapter 28 and all that you set your hand to. And
He shall bless you in the land which
1 And it shall be if carefully you will
YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to
listen to the voice of YAHWEH your you.
Elohim, taking heed to do all His
9 YAHWEH shall establish you a holy
commandments which I command
people to Himself, as He has sworn to
you this day, YAHWEH your Elohim you, if you shall keep the
shall give you to be on high above all
commandments of YAHWEH your
nations of the earth.
Elohim and walk in His ways.
2 And all these blessings shall come
10 And all the peoples of the earth
on you and overtake you if you will
shall see that you are called by the
listen to the voice of YAHWEH your
name of YAHWEH, and they shall be
Elohim2.
afraid of you3.
11 And YAHWEH shall prosper you
1 By repeating and confirming this scripture in goods, and in the fruit of your body,
the recipient would put themselves under a and in the fruit of your livestock, and
curse of disobedience because no one is in the fruit of your ground in the land
righteous who can keep the Torah
which YAHWEH swore to your fathers
completely. See note on Gal 3:11. Joshua
warned against joining the covenant under to give it to you.
such conditions without having an avenue
to remove the penalty of sin, Jos 24:14-28. 3 Yahweh is a family name consisting of Yah
2 This chapter clearly shows that you cannot Yahweh the Father, and Yahshua Yahweh
separate the land of Israel from the the Son. When someone is baptized into the
covenant of Yahweh. If the people of Israel New Covenant into the family name of
would be obedient to the Torah, then they Yahweh they are literally joining His family
would be blessed and the land would be and that brings great blessing and protection
blessed. If they did not, then they would be and people will see this and have fear to go
cursed and the land cursed and eventually against a family member of YHWH. Rom
they would be dispelled from the land. 8:14-17, Gen 20:1-18.
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it. You shall plant a vineyard, and shall daughters, and they shall not be with
not use its fruit. (Amo 5:11, Jer 12:13) you; for they shall go into captivity.
31 Your ox shall be slaughtered 42 The locust shall possess all your
before your eyes, and you shall not eat trees and the fruit of your ground.
of it. Your donkey shall be violently 43 The alien in your midst shall go
taken away from before you, and it will above you, higher and higher; and you
not be given back. Your sheep shall be shall come down, lower and lower.
given to your enemies, and you shall 44 He shall lend to you, and you
have no deliverer. shall not lend to him. He shall be the
32 Your sons and your daughters head, and you shall be the tail.
shall be given to another people; and 45 And all these curses shall come
your eyes shall look and fail for them on you and shall pursue you and
all the day. And no power shall be in overtake you, until you are destroyed;
your hand. (Joe 3:6) for you did not heed the voice of
33 The fruit of your ground, and all YAHWEH your Elohim, to keep His
your labor, shall be eaten up by a commandments and His statutes
nation which you do not know. And which He commanded you.
you shall always be oppressed and 46 And they shall be on you for a
crushed. (Jer 22:17) sign and for a wonder, and on your
34 And you shall be maddened seed forever,
because of that which you shall see 47 because you did not serve
with the sight of your eyes. YAHWEH your Elohim with joyfulness
35 YAHWEH shall strike you with an and with gladness of heart for the
evil boil on the knees, and on the legs, abundance of all things,
of which you cannot be healed from 48 and you shall serve your enemies
the sole of your foot even to your whom YAHWEH shall send on you, in
crown. (Rev 16:2, Deu 28:27) hunger, and in thirst, and in
36 YAHWEH shall cause you and nakedness, and in lack of all things.
your king whom you shall raise up And He shall put an iron yoke on your
over you, to go to a nation which you neck until He has destroyed you.
have not known, you and your fathers. 49 YAHWEH shall raise a nation
And you shall serve other gods there, against you from afar, from the end of
wood and stone. (Deu 4:27-28) the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation
37 And you shall be an whose tongue you will not understand,
astonishment, a proverb and a byword 50 a nation fierce of face, who will
among all the peoples where YAHWEH not regard the person of the aged, nor
shall lead you. show favor to the young.
38 You shall carry much seed out to 51 And he shall eat the fruit of your
the field, and you shall gather in little; livestock, and the fruit of your land,
for the locusts will devour it. until you are destroyed. He shall not
39 You shall plant vineyards, and leave to you grain, new wine, and oil,
shall labor, and you shall not gather, offspring of your oxen, or young ones
nor drink wine; for the worm will of your flock, until he has destroyed
devour it. (Joe 1:4, Isa 5:10, 17:10-11) you.
40 You shall have olive trees in all 52 And he shall lay siege to you in all
your border, and you shall not anoint your gates, until your high and
with oil; for your olive shall fall off. fortified walls in which you are
41 You shall father sons and trusting come down, in all your land;
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evening you shall say, Oh that it were have not drunk wine or fermented
morning! For the fear of your heart drink, so that you might know that I
with which you fear, and for the sight am YAHWEH your Elohim.
of your eyes which you shall see. 7 And you came into this place, and
68 And YAHWEH shall bring you Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the
into Egypt again with ships, by the way king of Bashan, came out to meet us,
of which I said to you, You shall never to battle. And we struck them,
see it again. And you shall be sold to 8 and took their land, and gave it for
your enemies there, for male slaves an inheritance to the Reubenites, and
and slave-girls; and there shall be no to the Gadites, and for the half tribe of
buyer. Manasseh. (Num 32:33)
9 Then pay attention to the Words of
Chapter 29 this covenant, and do them, that you
may act wisely in all that you do. (Rom
1 These are the Words of the 2:13)
covenant which YAHWEH 10 You are standing today, all of you,
commanded Moses to cut with the1 before YAHWEH your Elohim; your
sons of Israel in the land of Moab, rulers, your tribes, your elders, and
besides the covenant which He made your officers, every man of Israel;
with them in Horeb. 11 your little ones, your wives, and
2 And Moses called to all Israel, and your foreigner who is in the midst of
said to them, You have seen all that your camps, from the woodchopper to
YAHWEH did before your eyes in the the one drawing your water;
land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his 12 so that you should enter into the
servants, and to all his land. covenant of YAHWEH your Elohim,
3 Your eyes have seen the great and into His oath, which YAHWEH
trials, the signs, and those great your Elohim is cutting with you today;
miracles. 13 so that He may establish you
4 Yet YAHWEH has not given to you today for a people to Himself, and He
a heart to know, and eyes to see, and Himself be your Elohim, as He has
ears to hear, until this day. spoken to you, and as He has sworn to
5 And I have led you forty years in your fathers, to Abraham to Isaac, and
the wilderness; your garments have to Jacob.
not worn out from off you, and your 14 And I am not cutting this
sandal has not worn away off your covenant and this oath with you alone,
foot2. (Deu 8:4) 15 but with him who stands here
6 You have not eaten bread, and you with us today before YAHWEH your
Elohim; and also with him that is not
1 Agreements between men are made and here with us today.
broken but covenants are cut and binding 16 For you know how we lived in the
and lasting. land of Egypt, and how we came
2 As a mother cares for her suckling child, through the nations through which
Yahweh cared for His people (Isa 49:15)
you passed.
and provided every need for 40 yrs in the
wilderness. This was to teach them full faith
17 And you have seen their
in Him for everything and is a stark detestable things, and their idols of
difference from the world we live in today wood and stone, silver and gold, which
where most things in the west are provided were among them;
by an individual himself or the government. 18 that there not be among you man,
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or woman, or family, or tribe, whose has YAHWEH done this to this land?
heart turns away today from YAHWEH For what is the heat of this great
our Elohim, to go and serve the gods anger?
of these nations; lest there should be 25 Then they shall say, Because they
among you today a root that bears gall have forsaken the covenant of
and wormwood;1 YAHWEH, the Elohim of their fathers,
19 and it happens when he hears the which He made with them when He
words of this curse, that he should brought them out of the land of Egypt.
bless himself in his heart, saying, I 26 For they went and served other
shall have peace, even though I walk in gods, and worshiped them, elohim
the stubbornness of my heart, to which they did not know, and who had
snatch away the drunken with the not divided to them any portion.
thirsty. 27 And the anger of YAHWEH was
20 YAHWEH will not be willing to kindled against this land to bring on it
forgive him, for then the anger of all the curses that are written in this
YAHWEH and His zeal shall smoke, book.
and His zeal shall be against that man, 28 And YAHWEH rooted them out of
and all the curses written in this book their land in anger and wrath, and in
shall lie upon him. And YAHWEH great indignation, and cast them into
shall blot out his name from under the another land, as it is this day.
heavens. (Exo 32:32, Rev 3:5, 29 The secret things belong to
20:12,15) YAHWEH our Elohim; and the things
21 And YAHWEH shall set him apart revealed belong to us and to our sons
to evil, out of all the tribes of Israel, forever, that we may do all the Words
according to all the curses of the of this Torah.3 (Pro 25:2)
covenant that are written in this book
of the Torah; Chapter 30
22 so that the generation to come,
your sons who rise after you, and the 1 And it shall be when all these
foreigner who comes in from a distant things have come on you, the blessing
land, shall say when they see the and the curse which I have set before
plagues of that land, and its sicknesses you among all the nations where
which YAHWEH shall send into it, YAHWEH your Elohim shall banish
23 The whole land shall be burned you, you shall bring these things back
with brimstone and salt; it shall not be to your heart;
sown, nor shall it sprout; nor shall 2 and shall turn back to YAHWEH
there be any herb in it. It shall be like your Elohim and listen to His voice,
the overthrow of Sodom and according to all that I am commanding
Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which you today, you and your sons with all
YAHWEH overthrew in His anger and your heart, and with all your soul;
in His fury.2 3 then YAHWEH your Elohim will
24 And all the nations shall say, Why turn your captivity, and He will have
1 These were poisonous bitter plants. 3 One need not get caught up on all the
2 Just like what happened at the Dead Sea. mysteries of the universe, but simply read
Brimstone is a sulfurous gas that comes and obey the Torah and his life will be
from a volcanic eruption. You can still find greatly blessed and he will inherit eternal
remains of sulfur balls in this area. life. Psa 19:7-11, Pro 3:1-3.
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pity on you, and will return and gather commanding you today is not too
you from all the nations where wonderful for you, nor is it too far off.
YAHWEH your Elohim has scattered 12 It is not in the heavens that you
you.1 should say, Who shall go up into the
4 If you are cast out to the end of the heavens for us, and bring it to us, and
heavens, YAHWEH your Elohim shall cause us to hear it, that we may do it?
gather you from there, and He shall 13 And it is not beyond the sea that
take you from there. you should say, Who shall cross over
for us to the region beyond the sea and
5 And YAHWEH your Elohim shall
take it for us, and cause us to hear it,
bring you into the land which your
that we may do it?
fathers have possessed, and you shall
14 For the Word is very near to you,
inherit it; and He shall do you good
in your mouth and in your heart, that
and multiply you above your fathers.
you may do it. (Heb 8:10-11)
6 And YAHWEH your Elohim will 15 Behold, I have set before you
circumcise your heart, and the heart of today life and good and death and evil,
your seed, to love YAHWEH your 16 in that I am commanding you
Elohim with all your heart, and with today to love YAHWEH your Elohim,
all your soul, that you may live. (Deu to walk in His ways, and to keep His
10:16, Rom 2:28-29) commandments and His statutes, and
7 And YAHWEH your Elohim will His judgments, and you shall live and
put all these curses on your enemies, multiply, and YAHWEH your Elohim
and on those that hate you, who have shall bless you in the land where you
persecuted you. are going in, to possess it2.
8 And you shall return and obey the 17 But if you turn away your heart,
voice of YAHWEH, and do all His and you do not listen, and are impelled
commandments which I am to, even bow down to other gods, and
commanding you today. serve them;
9 And YAHWEH your Elohim will 18 I have declared to you today that
make you abundant in every work of you shall certainly perish. You shall
your hand, in the fruit of your body, not prolong your days in the land to
and in the fruit of your livestock, and which you are crossing the Jordan, to
in the fruit of your ground, for good. go in there to possess it.
For YAHWEH will again rejoice over 19 I call Heaven and earth to witness
you for good, as He rejoiced over your against you today that I have set
fathers. before you life and death, the blessing
10 For you shall listen to the voice of and the curse. Therefore, choose life,
YAHWEH your Elohim, to keep His that you and your seed may live,3
commandments and His statutes 20 to love YAHWEH your Elohim, to
which are written in the book of this
Torah. For you shall turn back toward 2 Verses 10-16 is a beautiful poetic stanza
YAHWEH your Elohim, with all your that shows Yahweh's Torah is very simple
and needs to be written in our heart for us to
heart and with all your soul.
obey it and obedience to it is life.
11 For this command which I am Throughout the entire Bible you will only
see blessings for obedience and cursing for
1 Jer 30:18, Eze 36:24, Eze 34:13, Jer 31:8, disobedience.
Jer 3:18, Jer 50:4-5, Mic 4:6-7, Amo 9:14- 3 A great scripture showing life starts at
15. conception.
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listen to His voice, and to cleave to you. Do not fear nor be afraid.
Him. For He is your life, and the 9 And Moses wrote this Torah, and
length of your days so that you may delivered it to the priests, the sons of
live in the land which YAHWEH has Levi, those bearing the ark of the
sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to covenant of YAHWEH, and to all the
Isaac, and to Jacob, to give it to them. elders of Israel1.
10 And Moses commanded them,
Chapter 31 saying, At the end of seven years in the
appointed time, in the year of release,
1 And Moses went out and spoke in the Feast of Sukkot,
these words to all Israel. 11 when all Israel comes in to see the
2 And he said to them, I am a face of YAHWEH in the place which
hundred and twenty years old today. I He chooses2, you shall proclaim this
am not able any more to go out and to Torah before all Israel, in their ears.
come in. And YAHWEH has said to (Deu 12:5, Deu 16:6, Jos 8:34-35)
me, You shall not cross over this 12 Assemble the people, men and
Jordan. (Num 27:12-14) women, and the little ones, and your
3 YAHWEH your Elohim will cross foreigner who is within your gates, so
over before you; He shall destroy these that they may hear, and so that they
nations from before you, and you shall may learn, and may fear YAHWEH
possess them. Yahoshua is the one your Elohim, and take heed to do all
who shall cross over before you, as the Words of this Torah;
YAHWEH has spoken. 13 and their sons who have not
4 And YAHWEH shall do to them as known shall hear, and shall learn to
He has done to Sihon and to Og, kings fear YAHWEH your Elohim all the
of the Amorites, and to their land, days which you live on the land where
which He destroyed before them. you are crossing over the Jordan to
5 And YAHWEH shall give them up possess it. (Deu 4:10, Deu 6:7)
before your face, and you shall do to 14 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
them according to all the Behold, your days are coming near to
commandment which I have die. Call Yahoshua, and present your-
commanded you. selves at the tent of meeting, and I
6 Be strong and brave. Do not fear shall charge him. And Moses and
them, or be afraid of them. For Yahoshua went, and they presented
YAHWEH your Elohim is He who is themselves at the tent of meeting.
going with you; He shall not fail you 15 And YAHWEH appeared at the
nor forsake you. tabernacle in a pillar of cloud; and the
7 And Moses called for Yahoshua, pillar of cloud stood at the door of the
and said to him before the eyes of all tabernacle. (Exo 33:9)
Israel, Be strong and brave, for you 16 And YAHWEH said to Moses,
shall go in with this people to the land Behold, you shall lie with your fathers,
which YAHWEH has sworn to their and this people shall rise up and go
fathers, to give it to them, and you
shall cause them to inherit it. 1 Moses wrote the entire Torah, there is no
8 And YAHWEH is He who is going mention of an oral law that later came as a
tradition of the Rabbis. Jos 8:34-35, Exo
before you; He Himself shall be with
24:4. Deu 31:24.
you; He shall not fail you nor forsake 2 Jerusalem, 1Kgs 14:21.
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lusting after the gods of the strangers and brave; for you shall bring the sons
of the land into which they are going, of Israel into the land which I have
and shall forsake Me, and shall break sworn to them, and I shall be with you.
My covenant which I cut with them.1 24 And it happened, when Moses
17 And My anger shall burn against finished writing, until their
them in that day, and I shall forsake completion, all the Words of this
them and hide My face from them. Torah in a book2,
And it shall be consumed, and many 25 that Moses commanded the
evils and distresses shall find this Levites who bore the ark of the
people. And it shall say in that day, Is covenant of YAHWEH, saying,
it not because my Elohim is not in my 26 Take this book of the Torah, and
midst, that these evils have found me? you shall put it in the side of the ark of
18 And hiding I will hide My face in the covenant of YAHWEH your
that day, because of all the evil which Elohim, so that it may be there for a
this people has done, for it shall turn witness against you.
to other gods. 27 For I have known your rebellion
19 Now, then, write this song for and your stiff neck. Behold, while I am
you, and teach it to the sons of Israel. yet alive with you this day, you have
Put it in their mouths, so that this
been rebellious against YAHWEH. And
song shall be for a witness to Me
how much more after my death!
against the sons of Israel.
28 Gather to me all the elders of
20 And I shall bring them into the
your tribes, and your officers, and I
land flowing with milk and honey,
shall speak in their ears these words,
which I have sworn to their fathers.
and cause the heavens and the earth to
And you shall eat and be satisfied, and
testify against them.
become fat, and shall turn to other
29 For I know that after my death
gods; and they shall serve them, and
you shall utterly corrupt yourselves,
despise Me, and break My covenant.
and will turn aside from the way which
21 And it shall be, when many evils
I have commanded you. And evil shall
and distresses have found them, this
happen to you in the latter end of the
song shall testify against them as a
days because you shall do evil in the
witness. For it shall not be forgotten
out of the mouths of their seed. For I eyes of YAHWEH, to make Him angry
know their scheme, which they are with the work of your hands.
making today, before I bring them into 30 And Moses spoke in the ears of
the land which I have sworn. all the assembly of Israel the words of
22 And Moses wrote this song on this song, until their conclusion:
that day, and taught it to the sons of
Israel. Chapter 32
23 And He commanded Yahoshua
the son of Nun, and said, Be strong 1 Give ear, O heavens, and I will
speak. And hear, O earth, the words of
my mouth.
1 Verses 16-18: YHWH did not state this due 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain;
to predestination as man has free will to
choose his path, but because He knew their
hardened hearts and prideful attitude to 2 Moses wrote the entire Torah, there is no
refuse to humble themselves before Him mention of an oral law that came as a
and repent and receive His spirit and grace, tradition of the Rabbis later. Jos 8:34-35,
Ja 4:6, Act 7:51. Exo 24:4, Deu 31:9, Jos 1:8.
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my speech shall drop down as the dew, cared for him; He guarded him as the
as the small rain on the tender plant, pupil of His eye.
and as the showers on the grass; 11 As the eagle stirs up its nest; it
3 because I will proclaim the name of hovers over its young; it spreads out
YAHWEH and ascribe greatness to our its wings and takes it, and bears it on
Elohim.1 its wing.
4 He is the Rock; His work is perfect. 12 YAHWEH alone led him, and
For all His ways are just, an El of there was no strange god with him.
faithfulness, and without evil; just and 13 He made him ride on the high
upright is He. places of the earth, so that he might
5 He has not corrupted Himself; His eat the increase of the fields. And He
sons; it is their blemish; they are a made him suck honey out of the rock,
crooked and perverse generation. and oil out of the flinty rock;
6 Do you thus give back to 14 butter from cows, and milk from
YAHWEH, O foolish and unwise the flock, with fat from lambs, and
people? Is He not your Father who rams of the sons of Bashan, and he-
bought you? Has not He made you and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of
established you? (Mal 2:10) wheat, and of the blood of the grape
7 Remember the ancient days, you shall drink wine.
consider the years of many 15 But Jeshurun3 grew fat, and
generations; ask your father, and he kicked; you grew fat, thick and sated.
will declare to you, your elders, and And he abandoned Elohim who made
they shall say to you; (Psa 78:5-8) him, and fell away from the Rock of
8 when the Most High divided to the his salvation (Y'shua*).
nations their inheritance; when He 16 With strange gods they moved
separated the sons of mankind, He set Him to jealousy; and with idols they
up the boundaries of the peoples, provoked Him to anger.
according to the number of the 17 They sacrificed to demons4 who
cherubs of Elohim2. were not Eloha, to Elohim whom they
9 For the portion of YAHWEH is His did not know, new ones who came
people; Jacob is the lot of His lately. Your fathers had not dreaded
inheritance. them. (Lev 17:7)
10 He found him in a desert land, 18 The Rock that begat you, you
and in the waste, a howling neglected, and forgot the El who
wilderness. He encircled him and formed you. (Exo 23:20-22, 1Cor
10:4)
19 And YAHWEH looked and
1 As the “Our Father” prayer in Mathew 6:9,
despised them because of the
prayers always starts out by glorifying the
wonderful, glorious name of YAHWEH. provoking of His sons and of His
2 The Masoretic text changed the text here to
read “according to the number of the sons 3 Verses 15-18 shows Israel's rebellion,
of Israel”, but clearly the Dead Sea scrolls however YHWH uses the word “Jeshurun”,
and the Septuagint both correctly states which means ‘upright one’ and is a term of
“according to the number of the Cherubs of endearment to describe Israel's great
Elohim”. This verse is relating back to potential in later years when they would
creation when Yahweh separated mankind turn back to Yahshua, the Son of YHWH.
by their races into the different regions of 4 The Hebrew word for demon is 'shad' and
the earth and set cherubs in each area comes from the root meaning robbers or
according to the number of people. desolate ones.
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Dash the loins of those rising against himself, for there was the portion of
him, those who hate him, that they the lawgiver hidden; and he came with
may not rise! the rulers of the people; he executed
12 Of Benjamin he said, The beloved the justice of YAHWEH, and His
of YAHWEH shall dwell securely judgments with Israel.
beside Him, covering him all the day 22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a
long; yea he shall dwell between His lion's whelp; he shall leap from
shoulders. (Gen 49:27) Bashan. (Gen 49:16)
13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of 23 And of Naphtali he said, O
YAHWEH be his land, with the best of Naphtali, satisfied with good will and
the heavens, for the dew, for the deep full of the blessing of YAHWEH;
crouching beneath; (Gen 49:22-26) possess the west and the south. (Gen
14 and with the best of the produce 49:21)
of the sun, and with the best yield of 24 And of Asher he said, Asher shall
the months; be blessed with sons; let him be
15 and with the first of the ancient accepted by his brothers, and dip his
mountains, and with the best of the foot in oil.2 (Gen 49:20)
everlasting hills; 25 May your shoe latches be iron
16 and with the best of the earth, and and copper, and your days as your
its fullness; and the good will of Him strength.
who dwelt in the Bush; let it come on 26 None is like the El of Jeshurun,
the head of Joseph, and on the crown riding the heavens for your help, and
of the separated one 1 of his brothers. the clouds in His majesty.
17 His glory is as the first-born of his 27 The Elohim of old is a refuge, and
ox, and the horns of the wild ox are his underneath are the everlasting arms.
horns; with them he shall butt the And He shall cast the enemy out from
peoples together to the ends of the before you, and shall say, Destroy!
earth. And they are the myriads of 28 And Israel shall live alone in
Ephraim, and they are the thousands safety; the fountain of Jacob in a land
of Manasseh. (Num 23:22, Isa 34:7) of grain and wine; and His heavens
18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, drop down dew.
O Zebulun, in your going out, and O 29 Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is
Issachar, in your tents; (Gen 49:13-15) like you? A people saved by YAHWEH,
19 to the mountains they call the the Shield of your help, and He who is
peoples; there they shall offer the Sword of your Excellency! And
righteous sacrifices for they shall suck your enemies shall be found liars
the bounty of the seas, and treasures before you, and you shall tread on
hidden in the sand. their high places.
20 And of Gad he said, Blessed is he
who enlarges Gad; he shall live like a Chapter 34
lioness, and shall tear the arm, also the
top of the head. (Gen 49:19) 1 And Moses went up from the plains
21 And he eyes the first part for of Moab to Mount Nebo, the top of
Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho.1 sons of Israel listened to him and did
And YAHWEH caused him to see all as YAHWEH commanded Moses.
the land; Gilead to Dan; 10 And never since has a prophet
2 and all Naphtali, and the land of like Moses arisen in Israel, whom
Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the YAHWEH knew face to face,
land of Judah to the sea beyond; (Num 12:6-8, Deu 18:15)
3 and the Negev, and the plain of the 11 in regard to all the signs and
valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, wonders which YAHWEH sent him to
to Zoar. do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh,
4 And YAHWEH said to him, This is and to all his servants and to all his
the land which I have sworn to land;
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, 12 and in regard to all the mighty
saying, I will give it to your seed. I hand, and in all the great terror which
have caused you to see with your eyes, Moses showed in the sight of all Israel.
but you shall not cross over there2.
5 And Moses the servant of
YAHWEH died there in the land of
Moab, according to the command of
YAHWEH.
6 And He buried him in a valley in
the land of Moab, opposite Beth-Peor;
and no man knows his grave to this
day.
7 And Moses was a son of a hundred
and twenty years at his death; his eye
had not become dim, and his vigor did
not flee him.
8 And the sons of Israel mourned
Moses in the plains of Moab thirty
days. And the days of weeping and
mourning for Moses were ended. (Gen
50:3)
9 And Yahoshua the son of Nun was
full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses
had laid his hands on him3. And the
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outside from the doors of your house measure. You shall not come near it,
his blood shall be on his head, and we so that you may know the way in
shall be innocent. And anyone who is which you are to go in. For you have
with you in the house, his blood shall not crossed over this way in time past.
be on our head, if any hand is on him. 5 And Yahoshua said to the people,
20 But if you reveal this business of Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow
ours, then we shall be guiltless from YAHWEH will do wonders among you.
your oath which you have made us 6 And Yahoshua spoke to the priests,
swear. saying, Take up the ark of the
21 And she said, Let it be according covenant and go before the people.
to your words. And she sent them And they took up the ark of the
away. And they went. And she bound covenant and went before the people.
the line of scarlet thread in the 7 And YAHWEH said to Yahoshua,
window. This day I will begin to make you great
22 And they departed and came to in the eyes of all Israel, so that they
the mountain, and stayed there three shall know that as I was with Moses, I
days, until the pursuers had returned. am with you.
And the pursuers searched in all the 8 And you shall command the priests
way, but did not find them. bearing the ark of the covenant,
23 And the two men returned and saying, When you come to the edge of
came down from the mountain, and the waters of the Jordan you shall
crossed over, and came to Yahoshua stand still in the Jordan.
the son of Nun, and reported to him all 9 And Yahoshua said to the sons of
that had happened to them. Israel, Come near here and hear the
24 And they said to Yahoshua, Words of YAHWEH your Elohim.
Surely YAHWEH has given all the land 10 And Yahoshua said, By this you
into our hands. And also, all those shall know that the living Elohim is
living in the land have melted before among you. And He shall certainly
us. dispossess from before you the
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the
Chapter 3 Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the
Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the
1 And Yahoshua rose up early in the Jebusites.
morning. And they set forth from 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of
Shittim and came to the Jordan, he YAHWEH of all the earth shall pass
and all the sons of Israel. And they over before you into the Jordan.
stayed there before they crossed over. 12 And now, take for yourselves
2 And it happened, at the end of twelve men out of the tribes of Israel,
three days, the officers passed into the one man for each tribe.
midst of the camp. 13 And it shall be, when the soles of
3 And they commanded the people, the feet of the priests bearing the ark
saying, When you see the ark of the
of YAHWEH, Master of all the earth,
covenant of YAHWEH your Elohim, come to rest in the waters of the
and the priests, and the Levites Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall
bearing it, then you shall set forth be cut off, the waters which come
from your place and shall go after it. down from above. And they shall stand
4 Only, keep a distance between you in one heap.
and it, about two thousand cubits by 14 And it happened, as the people set
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forth from their tents to cross over the number of the tribes of the sons of
Jordan, and as the priests bore the ark Israel,
of the covenant before the people, 6 that this shall be a sign among you,
15 and as those bearing the ark came when your children ask hereafter,
into the Jordan, and the feet of the saying, What are these stones to you?
priests bearing the ark were dipped in 7 You shall say to them, Because the
the edge of the waters (and the Jordan waters of the Jordan were cut off
was full, over all its banks all the days before the ark of the covenant of
of harvest), YAHWEH, as it crossed over into the
16 that the waters stood still, those Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were
coming down from above rose up into cut off. And these stones are for a
a heap, very far above the city Adam, memorial to the sons of Israel all the
which is beside Zaretan; and those days.
going down by the sea of the Arabah, 8 And the sons of Israel did as
the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. Yahoshua commanded, and took up
And the people passed over opposite twelve stones out of the middle of the
to Jericho. Jordan, as YAHWEH had spoken to
17 And the priests bearing the ark of Yahoshua, according to the number of
the covenant of YAHWEH stood firm the tribes of the sons of Israel, and
on dry ground in the middle of the crossed over with them to the lodging
Jordan. And all Israel crossed over on place, and laid them down there;
dry ground until all the nation had 9 even the twelve stones that
completely passed over the Jordan. Yahoshua lifted up in the middle of the
Jordan, in the place where the feet of
Chapter 4 the priests bearing the ark of the
covenant stood firm. And they are
1 And it was, when all the nation had there until this day.
completely crossed over the Jordan, 10 And the priests bearing the ark
YAHWEH spoke to Yahoshua, saying, were standing in the middle of the
2 Take twelve men for you out of the Jordan until everything was finished
people, one man of each tribe. that YAHWEH had commanded
3 And charge them, saying, Take Yahoshua to speak to the people,
twelve stones from this place, from the according to all that Moses
middle of the Jordan, from the place commanded Yahoshua. And the
where the feet of the priests were people hurried and crossed over.
fixed. And you shall carry them over 11 And it happened, when the people
with you and lay them down in the had finished crossing over, the ark of
lodging place which you stay in it YAHWEH and the priests crossed over
tonight. before the people.
4 And Yahoshua called to the twelve 12 And the sons of Reuben, and the
men whom he had readied from the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of
sons of Israel, one man out of each Manasseh crossed over in battle array
tribe. before the sons of Israel, as Moses had
5 And Yahoshua said to them, Cross spoken to them;
over before the ark of YAHWEH your 13 about forty thousand armed men
Elohim to the middle of the Jordan, of the army crossed over before
and each man of you lift up one stone YAHWEH for battle, to the plains of
on his shoulder, according to the Jericho.
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father, and all whom she had. And she the ark of YAHWEH until the evening,
lives in the midst of Israel to this day. he and the elders of Israel. And they
For she hid the messengers whom threw dust on their heads.
Yahoshua sent to spy out Jericho. 7 And Yahoshua said, Oh Adonai
26 And at that time Yahoshua YAHWEH, why have You at all caused
adjured, saying, Cursed be the man this people to cross over the Jordan to
who rises up before the face of give us into the hands of the Amorites,
YAHWEH and builds this city of to destroy us? And, Oh that we had
Jericho. He shall lay its foundation in been willing, and that we had dwelt
his first-born, and he shall set up its beyond the Jordan!
doors in his youngest son. 8 Oh YAHWEH, what shall I say,
27 And YAHWEH was with after Israel has turned its back before
Yahoshua, and his fame was in all the its enemies?
land. 9 And the Canaanites, and all the
ones living in the land shall hear, and
Chapter 7 shall come around against us, and
shall cut off our name out of the earth.
1 And the sons of Israel sinned a sin And what shall You do for Your great
in the cursed things. And Achan, the name?
son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son 10 And YAHWEH said to Yahoshua,
of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah took of Get yourself up! Why do you fall on
the cursed things. And the anger of your face this way?
YAHWEH glowed against the sons of 11 Israel has sinned, and they also
Israel. have transgressed My covenant which
2 And Yahoshua sent men from I commanded them, and have also
Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-Aven, taken of the cursed things, and have
on the east of Bethel, and spoke to also stolen, and also deceived, and also
them, saying, Go up and spy out the put it among their stuff1.
land. And the men went up and spied 12 And the sons of Israel have not
out Ai. been able to stand before their
3 And they returned to Yahoshua, enemies; they have turned the back
and said to him, Do not let all the before their enemies because they
people go up. Let about two thousand have become cursed. I will not be with
men, or about three thousand men, go you again if you do not destroy the
up, and they shall strike Ai. Do not cursed things from among you.
cause all the people to labor there, for 13 Rise up, sanctify the people, and
they are few. you shall say, Sanctify yourselves for
4 And about three thousand men of tomorrow. For so says YAHWEH, the
the people went up there. And they Elohim of Israel, A cursed thing is
fled before the men of Ai. among you, Israel; you are not able to
5 And the men of Ai struck about stand before your enemies until you
thirty six men of them, and pursued take away the cursed thing from
them before the gate to Shebarim. And among you.
they struck them in the descent. And 14 And you shall be brought near in
the heart of the people was melted, the morning, by your tribes. And it
and became as water.
6 And Yahoshua tore his clothing, 1 The whole camp of Israel was defiled due
and fell on his face to the earth before to one mans sin.
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shall be, the tribe which YAHWEH 23 And they took them out of the
takes shall draw near by families. And middle of the tent, and brought them
the family which YAHWEH takes shall to Yahoshua, and to all the sons of
draw near by households. And the Israel, and laid them out before
house-hold which YAHWEH takes YAHWEH.
shall draw near by men. 24 And Yahoshua, and all Israel with
15 And it shall be, he who is taken him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and
with the accursed thing shall be the silver, and the robe, and the wedge
burned with fire, he and all that he of gold, and his sons, and his
has, because he has transgressed the daughters, and his oxen, and his
donkey, and his flock, and his tent,
covenant of YAHWEH and because he
and all that he had. And they made
has committed folly in Israel.
them go up to the valley of Achor.
16 And Yahoshua rose early in the
25 And Yahoshua said, How you
morning, and brought Israel near by
its tribes. And the tribe of Judah was have troubled us! YAHWEH shall
taken. trouble you today! And all Israel threw
17 And he brought the family of stones at him, and they burned them
Judah near; and he took the family of with fire, and they stoned them with
the Zerahites. And he brought near the stones.
family of the Zerahites by men, and 26 And they raised over him a great
Zabdi was taken. heap of stones to this day. And
18 And he brought near his YAHWEH turned back from the heat of
household by men, and Achan, the son His anger. On this account the name of
of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of that place is The Valley of Achor until
Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was this day1.
taken.
19 And Yahoshua said to Achan, My Chapter 8
son, now give glory to YAHWEH, the
Elohim of Israel, and give thanks to 1 And YAHWEH said to Yahoshua,
Him, and please tell me what you have Do not fear, nor be afraid. Take all the
done. Do not hide it from me. people of war with you, and rise up, go
20 And Achan answered Yahoshua, up to Ai. Behold, I have given the king
and said, Truly I have sinned against of Ai, and his people, and his city, and
YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, and his land into your hand.
this I have done: 2 And you shall do to Ai and to its
21 When I saw among the spoil a king as you have done to Jericho and
goodly robe of Shinar, and two its king. Only, its spoil and its cattle
hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge you shall take for yourselves. Set
of gold, one of fifty shekels in weight, yourself an ambush for the city behind
then I lusted after them, and took it.
them. And behold, they are hidden in 3 And Yahoshua rose up, and all the
the earth, in the middle of my tent, people of war, to go up to Ai. And
and the silver under it. Yahoshua chose thirty thousand men,
22 And Yahoshua sent messengers, mighty warriors and sent them away
and they ran to the tent; and behold, it by night.
was hidden in his tent, and the silver 4 And he commanded them, saying,
under it. See, you will be an ambush against the
1 “Achor” means grief, Hos 2:15.
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city, behind the city. You shall not go Israel in battle, he and all his people at
very far off from the city, and all of you the appointed time before the plain.
shall be ready. He did not know that an ambush was
5 And I and all the people with me against him behind the city.
shall draw near to the city. And it shall 15 And Yahoshua and all Israel were
be, when they come out to meet us as stricken before them, and they fled the
at the first, and we have fled before way of the wilderness.
them, 16 And all the people in the city were
6 and they will come out after us called to chase them. And they
until we have drawn them out of the pursued Yahoshua, and were drawn
city. For they will say, They are fleeing away out of the city.
before us, as at the first. And we will 17 And there was not a man left in Ai
flee from them; and Bethel who had not gone out after
7 then you shall rise from the Israel. And they left the city open, and
ambush and shall possess the city. And chased Israel.
YAHWEH your Elohim shall give it 18 And YAHWEH said to Yahoshua,
into your hand. Stretch out the javelin in your hand
8 And it shall be when you capture toward Ai. For I will give it into your
the city, you shall burn the city with hand. And Yahoshua stretched out the
fire. You shall do according to the javelin in his hand toward the city.
Word of YAHWEH. See, I have 19 And the ambush rose up quickly
commanded you. out of their place, and they ran as soon
9 And Yahoshua sent them away, as he had stretched out his hand, and
and they went to the ambush, and entered the city, and took it. And they
stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the hastened and burned the city with fire.
west of Ai. And Yahoshua remained 20 And the men of Ai looked behind
that night in the midst of the people. them, and saw; and, behold! The
10 And Yahoshua rose early in the smoke of the city had gone up into the
morning and called up the people, and heaven. And there was no power in
they went up, he and the elders of them to flee here or there. And the
Israel in the sight of the people of Ai. people who had fled to the wilderness
11 And all the people of war with him turned back against the pursuers.
went up and drew near, and came 21 And Yahoshua and all Israel saw
before the city. And they camped on that the ambush had captured the city,
the north of Ai, and the valley was and that the smoke of the city had
between him and Ai. gone up. And they turned back and
12 And he took about five thousand struck the men of Ai.
men and set them as an ambush 22 And the others came out from the
between Bethel and Ai, on the west of city to meet them. And they were in
the city. the midst of Israel, some on this side,
13 And they set the people, all the and some on that. And they struck
camp on the north of the city; and its them until not a survivor was left to
rear on the west of the city. And them, not one that escaped.
Yahoshua went into the middle of the 23 And they caught the king of Ai
valley on that night. and brought him alive to Yahoshua.
14 And it happened, when the king 24 And it happened, when Israel had
of Ai saw, the men of the city rose made an end to slaying all the ones
early and hurried to go out to meet living in Ai in the field, even in the
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wilderness where they pursued them standing on this side, the alien as well
(and they, all of them, fell by the as the native, and on that of the ark,
mouth of the sword until they were before the priests, the Levites, who
consumed) all Israel turned back to Ai, bore the ark of the covenant of
and struck it with the mouth of the YAHWEH, half of them in front of
sword. Mount Gerizim, and half of them in
25 And all who fell during that day, front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the
of men and of women, were twelve servant of YAHWEH had commanded
thousand, all the men of Ai. at the first, that they should bless the
26 And Yahoshua did not draw back people of Israel.
his hand with which he stretched out 34 And afterward he read all the
the javelin until he had destroyed all Words of the Torah, the blessing and
the ones living in Ai. the curse, according to all that was
27 Only, Israel seized for themselves written in the book of the Torah.
the livestock, and the plunder of the 35 There was not a word of all that
city, according to the Word of Moses commanded which Yahoshua
YAHWEH which He commanded did not read before all the assembly of
Yahoshua. Israel, and the women, and the little
28 And Yahoshua burned Ai, and ones, and the aliens that walked
made it a heap forever, a desolation to among them2.
this day.
29 And he hanged the king of Ai on Chapter 9
the tree until evening time. And at
sundown Yahoshua commanded, and 1 And it happened, when all the
they took his dead body down from the kings who were beyond the Jordan in
tree1, and threw it into the opening of the hills and in the Lowlands, and in
the gate of the city; and raised over it a all the coast of the Great Sea toward
great heap of stones until this day. Lebanon, heard of it, the Hittite, and
30 Then Yahoshua built an altar to the Amorite, the Canaanite, the
YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, in Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,
Mount Ebal, 2 they with one mouth gathered
31 as Moses, the servant of themselves to fight with Yahoshua and
YAHWEH, commanded the sons of with Israel.
Israel, as it is written in the book of 3 And the ones living in Gibeon
the Torah of Moses; an altar of whole heard what Yahoshua had done to
stones, on which had been wielded no Jericho and to Ai.
iron. And they offered upon it burnt 4 And they acted slyly, and they went
offerings to YAHWEH, and offered and acted like envoys, and took old
peace offerings. sacks for their donkeys, and old wine-
32 And he wrote there on the stones skins, even torn and bound up;
the copy of the Torah of Moses which 5 and old and patched sandals on
he had written in the presence of the their feet; and old garments on them.
sons of Israel. And all their provision of bread was
33 And all Israel, and its elders, and dry; it was crumbs.
authorities, and its judges were
2 Verses 34-35: Moses wrote the entire Torah,
1 Since a Biblical day starts and ends at there is no mention of an oral law that came
sunset the body had to be removed before as a tradition of the Rabbis later. Exo 24:4,
the new day would begin, Deu 21:22. Deu 31:9, 24.
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6 And they went to Yahoshua, to the to keep them alive. And the leaders of
camp at Gilgal. And they said to him the congregation swore to them.
and to the men of Israel, We have 16 And at the end of three days after
come from a distant land. And now cut they had cut a covenant with them.
a covenant with us. And it happened that they heard that
7 And the men of Israel said to the they were their neighbors, and they
Hivites, Perhaps you are living in our were living in their midst.
midst, and how shall we cut a 17 And the sons of Israel journeyed
covenant with you? and came to their cities on the third
8 And they said to Yahoshua, We are day. And their cities were Gibeon, and
your servants. And Yahoshua said to Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-
them, Who are you? And from where Jearim.
do you come? 18 And the sons of Israel did not
9 And they said to him, Your strike them, for the leaders of the
servants have come from a very congregation swore to them by
distant land, because of the name of YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel.2 And
YAHWEH your Elohim, for we have all the congregation murmured
heard of His fame, and all that He has against the leaders.
done in Egypt. 19 And all the leaders said to all the
10 Also what He has done to the two congregation, We have sworn to them
kings of the Amorites beyond the by YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel; and
Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, now we cannot touch them.
and to Og the king of Bashan who was 20 We shall do this to them, and
in Ashtaroth. shall keep them alive, and wrath shall
11 And our elders and all the people not be on us because of the oath which
of our land spoke to us, saying, Take we have sworn to them.
provisions in your hand for the way, 21 And the leaders said to them,
and go to meet them. And you shall They shall live and be woodcutters,
say to them, We are your servants; and and drawers of water for all the
now, cut a covenant with us. congregation, as the leaders spoke to
12 We provided ourselves with this them.
hot bread out of our houses on the day 22 And Yahoshua called for them;
we came out to go to you. And now, and he spoke to them, saying, Why
behold, it is dry and it is crumbs. have you deceived us, saying, We are
13 And these are the wineskins very far from you, yet you are living in
which we filled new; and, behold, they our midst?
have torn. And these garments of ours, 23 And now, you are cursed, and
and our sandals, have become old none of you shall fail to be slaves, and
because of the exceeding greatness of woodcutters, and drawers of water for
the way. the house of my Elohim.
14 And the men took of their 24 And they answered Yahoshua and
provision, and did not ask at the said, Because it was certainly told to
mouth of YAHWEH.1 your servants what YAHWEH your
15 And Yahoshua made peace with Elohim commanded His servant
them, and cut a covenant with them,
2 Once they gave their solemn word they
1 This was their first mistake as they should could not rescind even though they were
have immediately prayed and asked deceived showing the importance of
Yahweh what to do. keeping our vows. Num 30:2.
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struck its king by the sword; for Hazor against Israel in battle, so that they
was formerly head of all these might be destroyed, so that they might
kingdoms. have no favor, but that He might
11 And they struck every person in it destroy them, as YAHWEH
by the mouth of the sword. He commanded Moses.
destroyed them, he did not leave 21 At that time Yahoshua came and
anyone breathing; and he burned cut off the Anakim from the
Hazor with fire. mountains, from Hebron, from Debir,
12 And Yahoshua captured all the from Anah, and from all the
cities of these kings, and all their mountains of Judah, and from all the
kings. And he struck them by the mountains of Israel. Yahoshua
mouth of the sword. He destroyed completely destroyed them with their
them, as Moses the servant of cities.
YAHWEH had commanded. 22 There were none of the Anakim
13 But as for all the cities which left in the land of the sons of Israel;
stood by their mounds, Israel did not only some remained in Gaza, in Gath,
burn them; but Yahoshua only burned and in Ashdod.
Hazor. 23 And Yahoshua took the whole of
14 And the sons of Israel seized for the land, according to all that
themselves all the plunder of these YAHWEH had spoken to Moses. And
cities, and the livestock. But they Yahoshua gave it for Israel according
struck every human being by the to their divisions, by their tribes. And
mouth of the sword, until they had the land had rest from war.
destroyed them; they did not leave
anyone breathing. Chapter 12
15 As YAHWEH commanded His
servant Moses, so Moses commanded 1 And these are the kings of the land
Yahoshua, and so Yahoshua did. He whom the sons of Israel struck, and
did not turn aside from anything of all they seized their land beyond the
that YAHWEH commanded Moses. Jordan, at the sunrising, from the river
16 And Yahoshua took all this land: Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the
the heights, and all the Negev, and all Arabah eastward:
the land of Goshen, and the Shefelah, 2 Sihon the king of the Amorites who
and the Arabah and the mountains of lived in Heshbon, and ruled from
Israel, and its lowlands, Aroer, which is on the bank of the river
17 from Mount Halak, that goes up Arnon, and from its valley floor, and
to Seir, even to Baal-Gad in the Valley half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok,
of Lebanon, below Mount Hermon. the border of the sons of Ammon;
And he took all their kings, and struck 3 and from the Arabah to the sea of
them, and killed them. Chinneroth on the east, and to the sea
18 And Yahoshua made war many of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea,
days with all those kings. eastward, the way to Beth-Jeshimoth;
19 There was not a city that made and on the south under the Slopes of
peace with the sons of Israel except the Pisgah;
Hivites, ones living in Gibeon. They 4 and the border of Og the king of
took all in battle. Bashan, of the rest of the giants, who
20 For it was of YAHWEH to harden lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
their hearts, so that they should come 5 and reigned in Mount Hermon and
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of YAHWEH has given to them; rulers of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and
9 from Aroer on the lip of the river Zur, and Hur, and Reba, chiefs of
Arnon, and the city which is in the Sihon, those living in the land.
middle of the valley, and all the plain 22 And the sons of Israel killed
of Medeba, to Dibon; Balaam the son of Beor, the one
10 and all the cities of Sihon the king divining, with the sword, among their
of the Amorites, who reigned in slain.
Heshbon, to the border of the sons of 23 And the border of the sons of
Ammon; Reuben was from the Jordan, and its
11 and Gilead, and the border of the border. This was the inheritance of the
Geshurites, and of the Maachathite, sons of Reuben for their families, the
and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan cities and their villages.
to Salcah; 24 And Moses gave to the tribe of
12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, Gad, to the sons of Gad, for their
who reigned in Ashtaroth and in families:
Edrei; he remained of the remnant of 25 And their border was to Jazer,
the giants. And Moses struck them and and all the cities of Gilead, and half of
dispossessed them. the land of the sons of Ammon, to
13 But the sons of Israel did not Aroer, which is before Rabbah;
dispossess the Geshurites and the 26 and from Heshbon to Ramath-
Maachathite, but Geshur and Mizpeh, and Betonim, and from
Maachath live in the midst of Israel Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
until today. 27 and in the valley, Beth-Aram, and
14 Only, he has not given an Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and
inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of
fire offerings of YAHWEH the Elohim Sihon the king of Heshbon; the Jordan
of Israel are its inheritance, as He has and its border, to the edge of the Sea
spoken to it. of Chinnereth, beyond the Jordan,
15 And Moses gave to the tribe of the eastward.
sons of Reuben, for their families; 28 This is the inheritance of the sons
16 and their border was from Aroer of Gad, for their families, the cities and
on the lip of the river Arnon, and the their villages.
city which is in the middle of the 29 And Moses gave inheritance to
valley, and all the plain by Medeba; the half tribe of Manasseh. And it was
17 Heshbon, and all its cities in the to the half of the tribe of the sons of
tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-Baal, Manasseh, for their families:
and Beth-Baal-Meon; 30 and their border was from
18 and Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the
Mephaath; kingdom of Og the king of Bashan, and
19 and Kirjath-Aim, and Sibmah, all the small towns of Jair in Bashan,
and Zareth-Shahar in the mountain of sixty cities;
the valley; 31 and the half of Gilead, and
20 and Beth-Peor, and the Slopes of Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the
Pisgah, and Beth-Jeshimoth; kingdom of Og in Bashan, belonged to
21 and all the cities of the tableland, the sons of Machir, the son of
and all the kingdom of Sihon the king Manasseh, to the half of the sons of
of the Amorites, who reigned in Machir for their families.
Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the 32 These are they whom Moses
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23 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and villages; Gaza with its daughter-
Ithnan, villages, to the river of Egypt, and the
24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, Great Sea, and its coast.
25 and Hazor, Hadattah, and 48 And in the hills: Shamir, and
Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, Jattir, and Socoh,
26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 49 and Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah,
27 and Hazar-Gaddah, and which is Debir,
Heshmon, and Beth-Palet, 50 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and
28 and Hazar-Shual and Beer-Sheba Anim,
and Bizjothjah, 51 and Goshen, and Holon, and
29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, Giloh; eleven cities and their villages,
30 and Eltolad, and Chesil, and 52 Arab and Dumah, and Eshean,
Hormah, 53 and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah,
31 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and and Aphekah,
Sansannah, 54 and Humtah, and the City of
32 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine
Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities are cities and their villages,
twenty nine and their villages. 55 Maon, Carmel and Ziph, and
33 In the Lowlands were: Eshtaol, Juttah,
and Zoreah, and Ashnah, 56 and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and
34 and Zanoah, and En-Gannim, Zanoah,
Tappuah, and Enam, 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten
35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, cities and their villages;
and Azekah, 58 Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor,
36 and Sharaim, and Adithaim, and 59 and Maarath, and Beth-Anoth,
Gederah, and Gederoth-Aim fourteen and Eltekon; six cities and their
cities and their villages; villages;
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and 60 Kirjath-Baal, which is Kirjath-
Migdal-Gad, Jearim, and Rabbah; two cities and
38 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and their villages.
Joktheel, 61 In the wilderness, Beth-Arabah,
39 Lachish and Bozkath, and Eglon, Middin, and Secacah,
40 and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and 62 and Nibshan, and the city of Salt,
Kithlish, and En-Gedi; six cities and their
41 and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and villages.
Naamah, and Makkedah, sixteen cities 63 As for the Jebusites, the ones
and their villages; living in Jerusalem, the sons of Judah
42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, could not drive them out. But the
43 and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Jebusites dwell with the sons of Judah
Nezib, at Jerusalem to this day.
44 and Keilah, and Achzib, and
Mareshah; nine cities and their Chapter 16
villages
45 Ekron with its daughter-villages; 1 And the lot of the sons of Joseph
46 from Ekron even to the sea, all went out from the Jordan at Jericho,
that were at hand by Ashdod, and their to the waters of Jericho eastward, to
villages; the wilderness which went from
47 Ashdod with its daughter- Jericho to the hills of Bethel.
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2 And it went from Bethel to Luz, families, for the sons of Abiezer, and
and passed on to the border of the for the sons of Helek, and for the sons
Archites, to Ataroth; of Asriel, and for the sons of Shechem,
3 and went down westward to the and for the sons of Hepher, and for the
border of the Japhletites, to the border sons of Shemida; these being the sons
of Beth-Horon the lower, and to Gezer, of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their
and its boundary line was at the sea. families.
4 And Manasseh and Ephraim, the 3 But Zelophehad the son of Hepher,
sons of Joseph, inherited. the son of Gilead, the son of Machir,
5 And the border of the sons of the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but
Ephraim was by their families; the daughters. And these were the names
border of their inheritance on the east of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah,
was Ataroth-Addar to Beth-Horon the Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
upper. 4 And they drew near before Eleazar
6 And the border went out at the sea the priest, and before Yahoshua the
to Michmethah on the north; and the son of Nun, and before the rulers,
border went around eastward to saying, YAHWEH commanded Moses
Taanath-Shiloh, and passed by it to give to us an inheritance among our
eastward to Janohah; brothers; and at the mouth of
7 and went down from Janohah to YAHWEH he gave to them an
Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched inheritance among their father's
on Jericho, and went out at the brothers.
Jordan. 5 And ten portions fell to Manasseh,
8 From Tappuah, the border went besides that from the land of Gilead
westward to the river Kanah, and its and Bashan beyond the Jordan;
boundary line was at the sea. This is 6 because the daughters of Manasseh
the inheritance of the tribe of the sons had inherited an inheritance among
of Ephraim, for their families. his sons; and the land of Gilead
9 And the separate cities of the sons belonged to the sons of Manasseh who
of Ephraim were in the midst of the remained.
inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, 7 And the border of Manasseh was
all the cities and their villages. from Asher to Michmethah, which
10 And they did not expel the fronts on Shechem. And the border
Canaanite who lived in Gezer. And the went up to the right to the ones living
Canaanite lives in the midst of in En-Tappuah.
Ephraim to this day, and is serving 8 The land of Tappuah belonged to
under tribute. Manasseh, but Tappuah on the border
of Manasseh belonged to the sons of
Chapter 17 Ephraim.
9 And the border went down to the
1 And the lot came for the tribe of river Kanah, south of the river; these
Manasseh, for he was the first-born of cities of Ephraim were in the midst of
Joseph, to Machir the first-born of the cities of Manasseh, and the border
Manasseh, father of Gilead, for he had of Manasseh was on the north of the
been a man of battle, and he had river, and its boundary line was at the
Gilead and Bashan. sea.
2 And there was a lot remaining for 10 Southward, it was Ephraim's. And
the sons of Manasseh, for their northward, it was Manasseh's, and the
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sea was its border. And they met in shall dispossess the Canaanite, even
Asher on the north, and in Issachar on though it has chariots of iron; even
the east. though it is strong.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar
and in Asher, Beth-Shean and its Chapter 18
daughter-villages, and Ibleam and its
daughter-villages, and the ones living 1 And all the company of the sons of
in Dor and its daughter-villages, and Israel were gathered at Shiloh. And
the ones living in Endor and its they established the tabernacle of the
daughter-villages, and the ones living congregation there. And the land had
in Taanach and its daughter-villages, been subdued before them.
and the ones living in Megiddo and its 2 And seven tribes were left among
daughter-villages; three regions. the sons of Israel who had not shared
12 But the sons of Manasseh had not their inheritance.
been able to dispossess these cities, for 3 And Yahoshua said to the sons of
the Canaanite determined to live in Israel, Until when will you fail to go in
this land. to possess the land which He,
13 And it happened, when the sons YAHWEH the Elohim of your fathers,
of Israel became strong, they put the has given to you?
Canaanites to tribute, but did not 4 Give from among you three men of
completely dispossess them. a tribe, and I shall send them. And
14 And the sons of Joseph spoke they shall go up and down through the
with Yahoshua, saying, Why have you land, and map it according to their
given to me one lot and one portion as inheritance; and then come to me.
an inheritance, since I am a numerous 5 And they shall divide it into seven
people? For YAHWEH has blessed me parts. Judah shall stay within their
until now. border on the south, and the house of
15 And Yahoshua said to them, If Joseph shall stay within their border
you are a numerous people, go up to on the north.
the forest for yourself, and you shall 6 And you shall map the land in
cut down for yourself there in the land seven parts, and shall bring it to me
of the Perizzite, and of the giants, if here. And I shall cast a lot for you here
Mount Ephraim is too narrow for you. before YAHWEH our Elohim.
16 And the sons of Joseph said, The 7 For there shall be no portion to the
hills will not be acquired for us. And Levites among you, for the priesthood
every Canaanite who lives in the land of YAHWEH is their inheritance. And
of the valley has a chariot of iron, Gad, and Reuben, and the half tribe of
those that are of Beth-Shean and its Manasseh have received their
daughter-villages, and of him who is in inheritance beyond the Jordan
the valley of Jezreel. eastward, which Moses the servant of
17 And Yahoshua spoke to the house
YAHWEH gave to them.
of Joseph, to Ephraim and to
8 And the men rose up and went.
Manasseh, saying, You are a numerous
And Yahoshua commanded those who
people, and have great power; you
were going to map out the land,
shall not have one lot,
saying, Go, and walk up and down
18 because the hill is yours; because
through the land, and map it, and
it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and
return to me. And I will cast a lot for
its outer limits shall be yours; for you
you here before YAHWEH at Shiloh.
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9 And the men passed through the and went down to the stone of Bohan
land, and mapped it by cities into the son of Reuben,
seven parts, in a book. And they came 18 and passed on to the side
to Yahoshua, to the camp at Shiloh. opposite to the Arabah northward, and
10 And Yahoshua cast lots for them went down to the Arabah.
in Shiloh before YAHWEH. And 19 And the border passed on to the
Yahoshua apportioned the land to the side of Beth-Hoglah northward, and
sons of Israel there, according to their the boundary line was at the north
divisions. tongue of the Salt Sea, to the extreme
11 And the lot of the tribe of the sons south of the Jordan; this was the
of Benjamin came up, according to southern border.
their families, and the border of their 20 And the Jordan borders it on the
lot went out between the sons of Judah east side. This was the inheritance of
and the sons of Joseph. the sons of Benjamin, according to its
12 And their border was at the north borders all around, according to their
side from the Jordan, and the border families.
went up to the side of Jericho on the 21 And the cities for the tribe of the
north, and went up through the hills sons of Benjamin, by their families,
westward; and its boundary line was at were Jericho, Beth-Hoglah, and the
the wilderness of Beth-Aven; valley of Keziz,
13 and the border went up from 22 and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim,
there to Luz, to the side of Luz (it is and Bethel,
Bethel) southward, and the border 23 and Avvites, and Parah, and
went down to Ataroth-Adar, near the Ophrah,
hill that is on the south of the lower 24 and Chephar-Haammonai, and
Beth-Horon; Ophni and Gaba; twelve cities and
14 and the border was drawn and their villages;
went around to the sea coast 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
southward, from the hill which fronts 26 and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and
on Beth-Horon southward; and its Mozah,
boundary line was at the city of Baal; it 27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and
is Kirjath-Jearim, a city of the sons of Taralah,
Judah; this is the west side. 28 and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi,
15 And the south side was from the which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and
end of Kirjath-Jearim; and the border Kirjath; fourteen villages. This is the
went out westward, and went out to inheritance of the sons of Benjamin,
the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. by their families.
16 And the border went down to the
end of the mountain that is before the Chapter 19
valley of the son of Hinnom, which is
in the Valley of the Giants northward, 1 And the second lot came forth to
and went down the valley of Hinnom Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of
to the side of the Jebusite on the Simeon according to their families.
south, and went down to En-Rogel. And their inheritance was inside the
17 And it was drawn from the north inheritance of the sons of Judah.
and went out to En-Shemesh, and 2 And they had for their inheritance,
went out toward Geliloth, which is Beer-Sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
across from the ascent of Adummim, 3 and Hazar-Shual, and Balah, and
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of Naphtali, for the sons of Naphtali by Leshem Dan, after the name of their
their families. father Dan.
33 And their border was from 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe
Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and of the sons of Dan by their families,
Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakum. these cities and their villages.
And its boundaries were at Jordan. 49 When they had made an end of
34 And the border turns west toward dividing the land for inheritance by
Aznoth-Tabor, and goes out from their borders, the sons of Israel gave
there to Hukkok, and reached to an inheritance to Yahoshua the son of
Zebulun on the south side, and Nun among them.
reaches to Asher on the west side, and 50 According to the mouth of
to Judah on Jordan toward the rising YAHWEH, they gave him the city
of the sun; which he asked, Timnath-Serah in
35 and the fortified cities are Mount Ephraim. And he built the city
Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and lived in it.
and Chinnereth, 51 These are the inheritances which
36 and Adamah, and Ramah, and Eleazar the priest, and Yahoshua the
Hazor, son of Nun, and the heads of the
37 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and fathers of the tribes of the sons of
Enhazor, Israel divided for an inheritance by lot
38 and Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, in Shiloh before YAHWEH, at the door
and Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh; of the tent of meeting. So they finished
nineteen cities and their villages. dividing the land.
39 This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the sons of Naphtali by their Chapter 20
families, the cities and their villages.
40 The seventh lot came out for the
1 And YAHWEH spoke to Yahoshua,
tribe of the sons of Dan by their
saying,
families.
2 Speak to the sons of Israel, saying,
41 And the border of their
appoint cities of refuge for you, as I
inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol,
have spoken to you by the hand of
and Irshemesh,
Moses,
42 and Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and
3 that the manslayer who in
Jethlah,
innocence strikes anyone mortally,
43 and Elon, and Timnah, and
without knowing, may flee there. And
Ekron,
they shall be your refuge from the
44 and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and
avenger of blood.
Baalath,
4 And he shall flee to one of those
45 and Jehud, and Beneberak, and
cities and shall stand at the entrance of
Gath-Rimmon,
the gate of the city, and shall declare
46 and Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with
his matter in the ears of the elders of
the border before Japho.
that city. And they shall take him into
47 And the border of the sons of Dan
the city to themselves, and shall give
came out too little for them. And the
him a place, and he shall live with
sons of Dan went up to fight against
them.
Leshem, and took it, and struck it with
5 And if the avenger of blood pursues
the mouth of the sword, and possessed
him, then they shall not deliver the
it, and lived in it. And they called
manslayer into his hand, for he has
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struck his neighbor without knowing, sons of Aaron the priest, of the Levites,
and did not hate him yesterday and had by lot out of the tribe of Judah,
the day before. and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out
6 And he shall live in that city until of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen
he stands before the congregation for cities.
judgment, until the death of the high 5 And the rest of the sons of Kohath
priest who is in those days. Then the had by lot out of the families of the
manslayer shall return and come to his tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe
city, and to his house, to the city from of Dan, and out of the half tribe of
where he fled. Manasseh, ten cities.
7 And they set apart Kadesh in 6 And the sons of Gershon had by lot
Galilee, in the hills of Naphtali; and out of the families of the tribe of
Shechem in the hills of Ephraim; and Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher,
Kirjath-Arba; (it is Hebron) in the hills and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and
of Judah. out of the half tribe of Manasseh in
8 And beyond the Jordan, at Jericho Bashan, thirteen cities.
eastward, they gave Bezer in the 7 The sons of Merari by their families
wilderness, on the tableland out of the had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out
tribe of Reuben; and Ramoth in Gilead of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe
out of the tribe of Gad; and Golan in of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 8 And the sons of Israel gave by lot
9 These were the appointed cities for to the Levites these cities with their
all the sons of Israel, and for the alien open land, as YAHWEH commanded
who was living in their midst, that he by the hand of Moses.
who had struck anyone mortally 9 And they gave out of the tribe of
without knowing might flee there, and the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe
not die by the hand of the avenger of of the sons of Simeon, these cities
blood, until he stood before the which are called by name,
congregation. 10 which the sons of Aaron had,
being of the families of the Kohathites,
Chapter 21 who were of the sons of Levi. For
theirs was the first lot.
1 And the heads of the fathers of the 11 And they gave them the City of
Levites came near to Eleazar the Arba, the father of Anak (which is
priest, and to Yahoshua the son of Hebron) in the hills of Judah, with its
Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of open lands around it.
the tribes of the sons of Israel. 12 But the fields of the city, and its
2 And they spoke to them in Shiloh, villages, they gave to Caleb the son of
in the land of Canaan, saying, Jephunneh for his own.
YAHWEH commanded by the hand of 13 So they gave Hebron and its open
Moses to give cities to us to live in, and lands to the sons of Aaron the priest as
their open land for our livestock. a city of refuge for the slayer, and
3 And the sons of Israel gave to the Libnah and its open lands,
Levites out of their inheritance these 14 and Jattir and its open lands, and
cities and their open land, at the Eshtemoa and its open lands,
mouth of YAHWEH: 15 and Holon and its open lands, and
4 And the lot came out for the Debir and its open lands,
families of the Kohathites. And the 16 and Ain and its open lands, and
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Juttah and its open lands, and Beth- 30 And out of the tribe of Asher,
Shemesh and its open lands; nine Mishal and its open lands, Abdon and
cities out of those two tribes. its open lands,
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, 31 Helkath and its open lands,
Gibeon and its open lands, Geba and Rehob and its open lands; four cities.
its open lands, 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali,
18 Anathoth and its open lands, and Kedesh in Galilee and its open lands as
Almon and its open lands; four cities. a city of refuge for the manslayer, and
19 And all the cities of the sons of Hammoth-Dor and its open lands, and
Aaron the priest were thirteen cities Kartan, and its open lands; three
and their open land. cities.
20 And the families of the sons of 33 All the cities of the Gershonites
Kohath, the Levites who were left of according to their families were
the sons of Kohath, even they had the thirteen cities and their open land.
cities of their lot out of the tribe of 34 And to the families of the sons of
Ephraim. Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of
21 And they gave them Shechem and the tribe of Zebulun, they gave
its open land in Mount Ephraim as a Jokneam and its open lands, and
city of refuge for the manslayer, and Kartah and its open lands,
Gezer and its open lands, 35 Dimnah and its open lands,
22 and Kibzaim and its open lands, Nahalal and its open lands; four cities.
and Beth-Horon and its open lands; 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben,
four cities. Bezer and its open lands, and Jahazah
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, and its open lands,
Eltekeh and its open lands, Gibbethon 37 Kedemoth and its open lands, and
and its open lands, Mephaath and its open lands; four
24 Aijalon and its open lands, Gath- cities.
Rimmon and its open lands; four 38 And out of the tribe of Gad,
cities. Ramoth in Gilead and its open lands
25 And out of the half tribe of as a city of refuge for the manslayer,
Manasseh, Taanach and its open and Mahanaim and its open lands,
lands, and Gathrimmon and its open 39 Heshbon and its open lands,
lands; two cities. Jazer and its open lands; four cities in
26 All the cities were ten, and their all.
open land, for the families of the sons 40 All the cities for the sons of
of Kohath that were left. Merari by their families, those left of
27 And to the sons of Gershon, of the the families of the Levites, were by
families of the Levites from the half their lot twelve cities.
tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in 41 All the cities of the Levites within
Bashan and its open lands as a city of the possession of the sons of Israel
refuge for the manslayer, and Be- were forty eight cities and their open
Eshterah and its open lands; two land.
cities. 42 These cities were every one with
28 And from the tribe of Issachar their open land around them. So it was
they gave Kishon and its open lands, to all these cities.
and Daberath and its open lands, 43 And YAHWEH gave to Israel all
29 Jarmuth and its open lands, En- the land which He swore to give to
Gannim and its open lands; four cities. their fathers. And they possessed it,
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build an altar for burnt offering, for its judges, and for its officers, and said
food offering, and for sacrifice, apart to them, I have become old, I have
from the altar of YAHWEH our gone on in days;
Elohim, which is before His 3 and you have seen all that
tabernacle! YAHWEH your Elohim has done to all
30 And Phinehas the priest, and the these nations because of you, for
rulers of the congregation and the YAHWEH your Elohim was He who
heads of the thousands of Israel with was fighting for you.
him heard the words which the sons of 4 Behold, I have caused to fall to you
Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the these nations that are left to be an
sons of Manasseh had spoken. And it inheritance for your tribes, from
was good in their eyes. Jordan, with all the nations that I have
31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar cut off, as far as the Great Sea, toward
the priest said to the sons of Reuben, the setting of the sun.
and to the sons of Gad, and to the sons 5 And YAHWEH your Elohim, He
of Manasseh, Today we have known will thrust them out from before you,
that YAHWEH is among us, because and will expel them from before you,
you have not betrayed this treachery and you shall possess their land, as
against YAHWEH. Now you have YAHWEH your Elohim has spoken to
delivered the sons of Israel out of the you.
hand of YAHWEH. 6 And you shall be very strong to
32 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar keep and to do all that is written in the
the priest, and the rulers, returned book of the Law of Moses, so as not to
from the sons of Reuben, and from the turn aside from it to the right or to the
sons of Gad out of the land of Gilead to left;
the land of Canaan, to the sons of 7 so as not to go in among these
Israel, and brought word back to them. nations, these who are left with you;
33 And the thing was good in the and that you do not give glory to the
eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons name of their gods, nor shall you
of Israel blessed Elohim and none said swear, nor shall you serve them, nor
to go up against them to war, to shall you bow yourselves to them.
destroy the land which the sons of 8 But you shall cling to YAHWEH
Reuben and the sons of Gad were your Elohim, as you have done until
living in. today.
34 And the sons of Reuben, and the 9 And YAHWEH has expelled from
sons of Gad proclaimed regarding the before you great and mighty nations.
altar, that it was a witness between us And as for you no one has stood before
that YAHWEH is Elohim. you until today.
10 One man of you shall pursue a
Chapter 23 thousand; for YAHWEH your Elohim
is He who is fighting for you, as He has
1 And it happened many days after spoken to you.
YAHWEH had given rest to Israel from 11 And you shall be very watchful for
all their enemies all around, that yourselves to love YAHWEH your
Yahoshua was old, going on in days. Elohim.
2 And Yahoshua called for all Israel, 12 But if you at all turn away and
for its elders, and for its heads, and for cleave to the remnant of the nations,
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Balaam the son of Beor to curse you. 18 And YAHWEH has cast out all the
10 And I was not willing to listen to peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting
Balaam, and he greatly blessed you. the land before us. We also will serve
And I delivered you out of his hand. YAHWEH, for They are a holy Elohim.
11 And you crossed over the Jordan 19 And Yahoshua said to the people,
and came to Jericho. And the masters
You cannot serve YAHWEH, for They
of Jericho fought against you, the
are a holy Elohim1; He is a jealous El.
Amorite and the Perizzite, and the
He will not lift up from you your
Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the
transgressions or your sins.
Girgashite, the Hivite, and the
Jebusite; and I gave them into your 20 When you forsake YAHWEH, and
hand. shall serve strange gods then He will
12 And I sent the hornet before you, turn away and do evil to you, and
and it cast them out before you, two consume you, after He has done good
kings of the Amorites, not by the to you.
sword nor by your bow. 21 And the people said to Yahoshua,
13 And I have given you a land for No, but we will serve YAHWEH.
which you have not labored, and cities 22 And Yahoshua said to the people,
which you have not built, and you live You are witnesses against yourselves,
in them. You are eating of vineyards that you have chosen YAHWEH for
and olive-yards which you did not yourselves, to serve Him (for they said,
plant. We are witnesses).
14 Now, then, fear YAHWEH, and 23 And now turn away from the
serve Him in sincerity and truth, and strange gods among you, and incline
turn away from the gods which your your heart to YAHWEH the Elohim of
fathers served Beyond the River, and Israel.
in Egypt; and you serve YAHWEH. 24 And the people said to Yahoshua,
15 And if it seems evil in your eyes to We will serve YAHWEH our Elohim,
serve YAHWEH, choose for yourselves and we will listen to His voice.
today whom you will serve, whether 25 And Yahoshua cut a covenant
the gods whom your fathers served with the people on that day, and laid
Beyond the River, or the gods of the on them a law and a statute in
Amorites in whose land you are living. Shechem.
But as for me and my house, we will 26 And Yahoshua wrote these words
serve YAHWEH. in the book of the Torah of Elohim,
16 And the people replied and said, and took a great stone and raised it up
Far be it from us to forsake YAHWEH, there under the oak by the sanctuary
to serve other gods. of YAHWEH.
17 For YAHWEH our Elohim is He 27 And Yahoshua said to all the
people, Behold, this stone shall be a
who has brought us and our fathers
out of the land of Egypt, out of the
1 The word Elohim is a plural noun and here
house of slaves, and who has done the pronoun “they” is also plural. Yahweh in
these great signs before our eyes, and Scripture is a family name. More than 50
has preserved us in all the way in times we see the Father referred to as Yah
which we have gone, and among all Yahweh, and His Son is Yahshua Yahweh
the people through whom we have (Pro 30:4). When a new believer is baptized
passed. to join the covenant of Yahweh, he is
immersed in the family name of Yahweh.
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witness against us, for it has heard all prolonged after Yahoshua, and who
the sayings of YAHWEH which He has knew all the work of YAHWEH which
spoken with us. And it shall be against He did to Israel.
you for a witness, that you not lie 32 And the bones of Joseph which
against your Elohim1. the sons of Israel brought up out of
28 And Yahoshua sent the people Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the
away, each to his inheritance.2 portion of the field which Jacob
29 And it happened after these bought from the sons of Hamor the
things, the servant of YAHWEH, father of Shechem, for a hundred
Yahoshua the son of Nun died, being a silver pieces. And they were for an
son of a hundred and ten. inheritance to the sons of Joseph.
30 And they buried him in the 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron
border of his inheritance, in Timnath- died, and they buried him in the hill of
Serah, which is in the hills of Ephraim, Phinehas his son, which was given to
on the north of the Hill of Gaash. him in the hills of Ephraim.
31 And Israel served YAHWEH all
the days of Yahoshua, and all the days
of the elders whose days were
the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem land, for they did not expel them.
until this day. 33 Naphtali did not expel the ones
22 And the house of Joseph went up, living in Beth-Shemesh, and the ones
they also against Bethel. And living in Beth-Anath, and they lived
YAHWEH was with them. among the Canaanites, the ones living
23 And the house of Joseph scouted in the land. But the ones living in
around Bethel, and the name of the Beth-Shemesh and Beth-Anath
city formerly was Luz. became forced-laborers to them.
24 And those keeping watch saw a 34 And the Amorites pressed the
man coming out from the city and said sons of Dan into the hills, for they
to him, Let us see the entrance of the would not allow them to come down to
city, and we will deal with you with the valley.
mercy. 35 But the Amorites were
25 And he showed them the entrance determined to live in Mount Heres, in
of the city. And they struck the city Aijalon, and in Shaalbim. Yet the hand
with the mouth of the sword; and they of the house of Joseph prevailed, so
sent away the man and all his family. that they became forced-laborers.
26 And the man went to the land of 36 And the border of the Amorites
the Hittites and built a city, and called was from the ascent of Akrabbim,
its name Luz; it is its name to this day. from the rock and upward.
27 And Manasseh had not expelled
Beth-Shean and its daughter-villages, Chapter 2
or Taanach and its daughter-villages,
nor struck the ones living in Dor and 1 And the Messenger of YAHWEH
its daughter-villages, nor the ones came up from Gilgal to The Place of
living in Ibleam and its daughter- Weeping, and said, I caused you to
villages; or the ones living in Megiddo come up out of Egypt and brought you
and its daughter-villages. For the into the land which I had sworn to
Canaanites desired to live in that land. your fathers, and said, I will not break
28 But it happened when Israel My covenant with you forever.
became strong, it happened that they 2 And you, you shall cut no covenant
put the Canaanites to tribute, but did with the ones living in this land. You
not completely expel them. shall break down their altars. Yet you
29 And Ephraim did not expel the have not listened to My voice. What is
Canaanites who lived in Gezer, and the this you have done?
Canaanites lived among them in 3 And I also have said, I shall not
Gezer. expel them before you, and they shall
30 Zebulun did not expel the become adversaries to you; and their
inhabitants of Kitron, and the gods shall become a snare to you.
inhabitants of Nahalol; but the 4 And it happened when the
Canaanites lived among them, and Messenger of YAHWEH spoke these
they became forced-laborers. words to all the sons of Israel, the
31 And Asher did not expel the ones people lifted up their voice and wept.
living in Accho, and the ones living in 5 And they called the name of that
Sidon, and Ahlab, and Achzib, and place Bochim (The place of weeping);
Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob. and sacrificed to YAHWEH there.
32 And the Asherites lived among 6 And Yahoshua sent the people
the Canaanites, the ones living in the away, and the sons of Israel each went
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to his inheritance, to possess the land. 17 But they also did not listen even to
7 And the people served YAHWEH all their judges, but went whoring after
the days of Yahoshua, and all the days other gods, and bowed themselves to
of the elders who prolonged their days them. They quickly turned aside out of
after Yahoshua, who saw all the great the way in which their fathers walked
work of YAHWEH which He had done to obey the commands of YAHWEH.
for Israel. They did not do so.
8 And Yahoshua the son of Nun, the 18 And when YAHWEH raised up
servant of YAHWEH, died, being a son judges to them, then YAHWEH was
of a hundred and ten years. with the judge, and rescued them out
9 And they buried him in the border of the hand of their enemies all the
of his inheritance, in Timnath-Heres, days of the judge. For YAHWEH took
in the hills of Ephraim on the north of pity because of their groaning before
Mount Gaash. their oppressors, and those that
10 And also all that generation was crushed them.
gathered to their fathers, and another 19 And at the death of the judge, it
generation arose after them who had happened that they would turn and act
not known YAHWEH, nor yet the more corruptly than their fathers, to
works which He had done for Israel. go after other gods, to serve them, and
11 And the sons of Israel did evil in to bow themselves to them. And they
the sight of YAHWEH, and served the did not fall away from their own
Baals. practices, and from their stubborn
12 And they forsook YAHWEH, the way.
Elohim of their fathers, who brought 20 And the anger of YAHWEH
them out from the land of Egypt. And glowed against Israel. And He said,
they went after other gods, of the gods Because this nation has transgressed
of the peoples who were around them, My covenant which I commanded
and bowed themselves to them, and their fathers, and has not listened to
angered YAHWEH. My voice,
21 I also from now on will not drive
13 Yea, they forsook YAHWEH, and
out any from before them of the
served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
nations that Yahoshua left when he
14 And the anger of YAHWEH died;
glowed against Israel, and He gave 22 so that by them I may test Israel,
them into the hand of plunderers; and whether they are keeping the way of
they plundered them. And He sold YAHWEH, to go in it, as their fathers
them into the hand of their enemies all
kept it, or not.
around, and they were not able to
stand before their enemies any longer. 23 And YAHWEH left those nations
15 Wherever they went, the hand of without dispossessing them quickly.
And He did not deliver them into the
YAHWEH was against them for evil, as
hand of Yahoshua.
YAHWEH had spoken, and as
YAHWEH had sworn to them. And it Chapter 3
distressed them very much.
16 And YAHWEH raised up judges, 1 And these are the nations which
and they saved them from the hand of YAHWEH left in order to test Israel by
their plunderers. them, all who did not know all the
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feet. And Deborah went up with him.1 a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.
11 And Heber the Kenite had broken And she opened a skin of milk, and
away from the Kenites, he being of the gave him drink, and covered him.
children of Hobab, the father-in-law of 20 And he said to her, Stand at the
Moses. And he pitched his tent by the door of the tent, and it shall be if
oak in Zaanaim, near Kedesh. anyone comes in and asks you, and
12 And they told Sisera that Barak says, Is there a man here? Then you
the son of Abinoam had gone up to shall say, There is not.
Mount Tabor. 21 And Jael the wife of Heber took a
13 And Sisera mustered all his tent peg, and took a hammer in her
chariots, nine hundred chariots of hand, and went to him secretly. And
iron, and all the people with him, from she drove the peg into his temple, and
Harosheth of the nations, to the she beat it into the ground. And he had
Kishon River. been fast asleep, and faint; and he
14 And Deborah said to Barak, Rise died.
up, for this is the day in which 22 And, behold, as Barak followed
YAHWEH has given Sisera into your Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and
hand. Has not YAHWEH gone out said to him, Come, and I will show you
before you? And Barak went down the man whom you are seeking. And
from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand he came in to her, and, behold! Sisera
men after him. had fallen dead with the peg in his
temple.
15 And YAHWEH routed Sisera, and
23 And on that day Elohim humbled
all the chariots, and all the army, by
Jabin the king of Canaan before the
the mouth of the sword, before Barak.
sons of Israel.
And Sisera came down from the
24 And the hand of the sons of Israel
chariot and fled on his feet.
went on, going on and pressing hard
16 And Barak pursued the chariots
on Jabin the king of Canaan, until they
and went after the army, to Harosheth
had cut off Jabin the king of Canaan.
of the nations. And all the army of
Sisera fell by the mouth of the sword;
Chapter 5
there was not even one left.
17 And Sisera fled on his feet to the
1 And Deborah and Barak, the son of
tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the
Abinoam, sang on that day, saying:
Kenite. For there was peace between
2 For the absolving of the leadership
Jabin the king of Hazor and the house
of Israel; for the volunteering of the
of Heber the Kenite.
18 And Jael went out to meet Sisera, people, bless YAHWEH!
and said to him, Turn aside, my 3 Listen, O kings; give ear, O princes.
master; turn aside to me; do not fear. I, even I, will sing to YAHWEH; I will
And he turned in to her into the tent; sing praise to YAHWEH the Elohim of
and she covered him with a rug. Israel.
19 And he said to her, Please give me 4 O YAHWEH, when You went forth
out of Seir, when You marched out of
1 According to Yahweh's judicial order, the fields of Edom, the earth trembled,
women are not to be in a position of
and the heavens dropped. Yea, the
authority over a man and it would have
clouds dropped water.
been a shame on Israel that a woman would
have been the leader of the victory. Gen 5 The mountains quaked before the
3:16, 1Tim 2:11-14. face of YAHWEH, this Sinai quaked
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30 Do they not find and divide the So says YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel,
plunder? A womb, two wombs to each I have brought you up out of Egypt;
man's head; a plunder of dyed and I have brought you out from a
garments to Sisera, a plunder of house of slaves.
embroidered dyed garments, two 9 And I have delivered you out of the
embroidered dyed garments for the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the
necks of the plunderers? hand of all your oppressors; and I have
31 So all Your enemies shall perish, driven them out before you; and I have
O YAHWEH, and those who love Him given you their land.
shall be as the sun when it goes forth 10 And I said to you, I am YAHWEH
in its might. And the land had rest your Elohim. You shall not fear the
forty years. gods of the Amorite among whom you
are dwelling in their land. But you
Chapter 6 have not listened to My voice.
11 And the Messenger of YAHWEH
1 And the sons of Israel did evil again came and sat under the oak which is in
in the sight of YAHWEH, and Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the
YAHWEH gave them into the hand of Abiezrite. And his son Gideon was
Midian seven years. beating out wheat in the winepress, to
2 And the hand of Midian was strong hide it from the eyes of Midian.
against Israel. And the sons of Israel 12 And the Messenger of YAHWEH
made dens for themselves before the appeared to him, and said to him,
faces of Midian, in the mountains, and YAHWEH is with you, mighty warrior
the caves, and the strongholds. of valor.
3 And it happened after Israel had 13 And Gideon said to Him, Oh my
sown crops, Midian, and Amalek, and
master, if YAHWEH is with us, then
the sons of the east came; and they
why has all this happened to us? And
came against them,
where are all His wonders which our
4 and camped against them, and
fathers recounted to us, saying, Did
destroyed the produce of the land until
you enter Gaza. And they left no food not YAHWEH bring us up out of
in Israel, either sheep, or ox, or Egypt? And now YAHWEH has
donkey. abandoned us, and has given us into
5 For they came up with their the hands of Midian.
livestock, and with their tents. They 14 And YAHWEH1 turned to him and
came in like locusts for number, and said, Go in this strength of yours, and
there was no number to them, to their you shall deliver Israel out of the hand
camels. And they came into the land to of Midian. Have I not sent you?
destroy it. 15 And he said to Him, Oh
6 And Israel was brought very low YAHWEH, with what shall I deliver
before Midian. And the sons of Israel Israel? Behold, my family is the
cried to YAHWEH. weakest in Manasseh, and I the least
7 And it happened when the sons of in my father's house.
Israel had cried to YAHWEH about 16 And YAHWEH said to him,
Midian, Because I am with you, you shall strike
8 YAHWEH sent a man, a prophet, to
the sons of Israel. And he said to them, 1 The Messenger of Yahweh is Yahshua
Yahweh, the Son of Yahweh.
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Manasseh, and it also was called after thousand of the people returned. And
him. And he sent messengers to Asher ten thousand were left.
and Zebulun, and to Naphtali. And 4 And YAHWEH said to Gideon, The
they came up to meet them. people are still too many. Bring them
36 And Gideon said to Elohim, If down to the water, and I will refine
You are to deliver Israel by my hand, them for you there. And it shall be, he
as You have spoken, of whom I say to you, this one shall go
37 behold, I am placing the fleece of with you, he shall go with you. And
wool on the grain floor; if the dew is any of whom I shall say to you, This
on the fleece only, and dryness on all one shall not go with you, he shall not
the ground, then I will know that You go.
will deliver Israel by my hand, as You 5 And he brought the people down to
have spoken. the water. And YAHWEH said to
38 And it was so. And he rose early Gideon, Everyone who laps of the
on the next day and wrung the fleece, water with his tongue, as a dog laps,
and drained dew out of the fleece, a you shall set him apart. And everyone
bowl full of water. who bows on his knees to drink, set
39 And Gideon said to Elohim, Let apart.
not Your anger glow against me, and I 6 And the number of those lapping
shall speak only this time. Please let with their hand to their mouth was
me try only this time with the fleece; three hundred men. And all the rest of
please let there be dryness on the the people bowed down on their knees
fleece alone; and let there be dew on to drink water.
all the ground.
7 And YAHWEH said to Gideon, I
40 And Elohim did so on that night,
will deliver you by the three hundred
and there was dryness only on the
men who lapped, and shall give
fleece, and there was dew on all the
Midian into your hand. And all the
ground1.
people shall go, each to his place.
8 And the people took the food in
Chapter 7
their hand, and their rams' horns; and
he sent away every man of Israel, each
1 And Jerubbaal (he is Gideon) rose
to his tent. But he kept hold2 on the
early, and all the people with him. And
three hundred men. And the camp of
they camped by the spring of Harod,
Midian was below him in the valley.
and the army of Midian was north of
9 And it happened on that night,
him on Mount Moreh, in the valley.
YAHWEH said to him, Rise up, go
2 And YAHWEH said to Gideon, The
down to the camp, for I have given it
people with you are too many for Me
into your hand.
to give Midian into their hands, that
10 And if you are afraid to go down,
Israel not glorify itself against Me,
you and your young man Purah go
saying, My hand has delivered me.
down to the camp.
3 And now then, cry in the ears of
11 And you shall hear what they say.
the people, saying, Whoever is fearful
And afterward your hand shall be
and trembling, let him return and
made stronger, and you shall go down
leave Mount Gilead. And twenty two
against the army. And he went down,
he and his young man Purah, to the
1 Verses 38-40: There was nothing wrong
with Gideon putting out a fleece to confirm 2 The Hebrew indicates they were kept but
his conviction. didn't willingly volunteer. Jdg 19:4.
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3 Elohim has given the rulers of returned from the battle, at the ascent
Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, into your of Mount Heres.
hand. And what was I able to do like 14 And he captured a young man of
you? Then their spirit was abated the men of Succoth, and questioned
toward him when he said this word. him; and he wrote out to him the
4 And Gideon came to the Jordan, he rulers of Succoth, and its elders,
crossing over, and three hundred who seventy seven men.
were with him, being weary, yet 15 And he came in to the men of
pursuing. Succoth, and said, Behold, Zebah and
5 And he said to the men of Succoth, Zalmunna, about whom you taunted
Please give loaves of bread to the me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and
people at my feet, for they are weary; Zalmunna now in your hand that we
and I am chasing Zebah and should give bread to your weary men?
Zalmunna, the kings of Midian. 16 And he took the elders of the city,
6 And the rulers of Succoth said, Is and the thorns of the wilderness, and
the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now the briers, and taught the men of
in your hand, that we should give Succoth with them.
bread to your army? 17 And he broke down the tower of
7 And Gideon said, Because of this, Penuel, and killed the men of the city.
when YAHWEH has given Zebah and 18 And he said to Zebah and to
Zalmunna into my hand, I shall thresh Zalmunna, How were the men whom
your flesh with thorns of the you killed in Tabor? And they said, As
wilderness and with briers. you are, so they; each one as a king's
8 And he went up from there to son in appearance.
Penuel, and spoke to them in this 19 And he said, They were my
same way. And the men of Penuel brothers, sons of my mother. As
answered him as the men of Succoth YAHWEH lives, if you had kept them
had answered. alive, I would not have killed you.
9 And he also spoke to the men of 20 And he said to his first-born,
Penuel, saying, When I come back in Jether, Rise up, kill them. But the
peace, I will break down this tower. young man did not draw his sword, for
10 And Zebah and Zalmunna were in he was afraid, for he was still a youth.
Karkor, and their armies with them, 21 And Zebah and Zalmunna said,
about fifteen thousand, all who were You rise up and fall on us, for as the
left of all the army of the sons of the man, so is his might. And Gideon rose
east. And those who fell were a up and killed Zebah and Zalmunna,
hundred and twenty thousand men and took the moon crescents which
drawing sword. were on the necks of their camels.
11 And Gideon went up the way of 22 And the men of Israel said to
those who live in tents, on the east of Gideon, rule over us, both you and
Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the your son, and your son's son, for you
army; for the army was at ease. have delivered us from the hand of
12 And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; Midian.
and he chased them and captured the 23 And Gideon said to them, I shall
two kings of Midian, Zebah and not rule over you, nor shall my son
Zalmunna. And he caused all the army rule over you; YAHWEH shall rule
to tremble.
13 And Gideon the son of Joash
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7 And they told Jotham, and he went 19 yea, if in truth and in integrity you
and stood on the top of Mount have acted toward Jerubbaal and his
Gerizim. And he lifted up his voice and house this day, rejoice in Abimelech;
cried, and said to them, Listen to me, and he shall rejoice, he and you.
leaders of Shechem, and Elohim shall 20 If not, fire shall come out from
listen to you. Abimelech and consume the leaders of
8 Going the trees went forth to Shechem and the house of Millo. And
anoint a king over them. And they said fire shall come out from the leaders of
to the olive, Reign over us. Shechem and from the house of Millo
9 And the olive said to them, Should and consume Abimelech.
I cease from my fatness, by which they 21 And Jotham hurried and fled, and
honor Elohim and man, and go to hold went to Beer and lived there, away
sway over the trees? from the face of his brother
10 And the trees said to the fig, You Abimelech.
come, reign over us. 22 And Abimelech ruled over Israel
11 And the fig said to them, Should I three years.
cease from my sweetness and my good 23 And Elohim sent an evil spirit
fruit, and go to hold sway over the between Abimelech and the leaders of
trees? Shechem. And the leaders of Shechem
12 And the trees said to the vine, You dealt deceitfully with Abimelech;
come, reign over us. 24 that the violence against
13 And the vine said to them, Should Jerubbaal's seventy sons, even their
I cease from my new wine, which blood, might be put on their brother
rejoices Elohim and men, and go to Abimelech who killed them, and on
hold sway over the trees? the leaders of Shechem, who made his
14 And all the trees said to the hands strong to kill his brothers.
bramble bush, You come, reign over 25 And the leaders of Shechem set
us. men in ambush at the tops of the
15 And the bramble bush said to the mountains; and they robbed all who
trees, If you truly anoint me king over passed by them on the highway. And it
you, come seek refuge in my shade. was told to Abimelech.
And if not, let fire come out of the 26 And Gaal, the son of Ebed, and
bramble bush and burn up the cedars his brothers came. And they passed on
of Lebanon. into Shechem. And the leaders of
16 And now if you have acted in Shechem trusted in him.
truth and integrity when you made 27 And they went out into the fields
Abimelech king; and if you have done and gathered their vineyards, and trod
well with Jerubbaal and his house; and out, and made a festival, and went into
you have done to him as his hands did, the house of their god and ate and
17 in which my father fought for you, drank, and cursed Abimelech.
and cast aside his life, and delivered 28 And Gaal, the son of Ebed, said,
you from the hand of Midian; Who is Abimelech, and who is
18 and you have today risen against Shechem, that we should serve him? Is
my father's house and have killed his he not the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul
sons, seventy men on one stone, and his commander? Serve the men of
have made Abimelech the son of his Hamor the father of Shechem! And
slave-girl king over the leaders of why should we serve him?
Shechem, because he is your brother, 29 And who will give this people in
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12 And the Sidonians, and Amalek, 5 And it happened when the sons of
and Maon have oppressed you, and Ammon fought with Israel, the elders
you cried to Me, and I saved you out of of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from
their hand. the land of Tob.
13 Yet you have forsaken Me, and 6 And they said to Jephthah, Come,
served other gods; therefore, I did not and you shall be our commander, that
save you again. we may fight against the sons of
14 Go and cry to the gods which you Ammon.
have chosen; let them save you in the 7 And Jephthah said to the elders of
time of your distress. Gilead, Have you not hated me? Yea,
15 And the sons of Israel said to you threw me out from my father's
YAHWEH, We have sinned. Do to us house. Why have you come to me
whatever may be good in Your eyes; when you are in distress?
only please deliver us this day. 8 And the elders of Gilead said to
16 And they removed the gods of the Jephthah, For this reason we have
alien from among them, and served come back to you now; and you shall
YAHWEH. And His soul was grieved go with us and fight against the sons of
with the misery of Israel. Ammon. And you shall be our head, to
17 And the sons of Ammon were all the people of Gilead.
called together, and camped in Gilead. 9 And Jephthah said to the elders of
And the sons of Israel were gathered, Gilead, If you take me back to fight
and camped in Mizpeh. against the sons of Ammon, and
18 And the people said, The chief YAHWEH gives them up before me,
men of Gilead, each man to his shall I be your head?
neighbor, Who will be the man who 10 And the elders of Gilead said to
will begin to fight against the sons of Jephthah, YAHWEH shall be witness
Ammon? He shall be head over all the between us; surely we will do
people of Gilead. according to your word.
11 And Jephthah went with the
Chapter 11 elders of Gilead, and the people
appointed him head over them, and as
1 And Jephthah the Gileadite was a commander. And Jephthah spoke all
mighty warrior. And he was the son of his words before YAHWEH in Mizpeh.
a harlot woman; and Gilead fathered 12 And Jephthah sent messengers to
Jephthah. the king of the sons of Ammon, saying,
2 And the wife of Gilead bore sons to What have you to do with me, that you
him. And the sons of the wife grew up, have come in to me to fight in my
and they threw Jephthah out, and said land?
to him, You shall not inherit in the 13 And the king of the sons of
house of your father, for you are the Ammon said to the messengers of
son of another woman. Jephthah, Because Israel took my land
3 And Jephthah fled from the face of when he came up out of Egypt, from
his brothers, and lived in the land of Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the
Tob. And worthless men were Jordan. And now, restore them in
gathered to Jephthah, and went out peace.
with him. 14 And Jephthah again sent
4 And it happened after some time, messengers to the king of the sons of
the sons of Ammon fought with Israel. Ammon,
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15 and said to him, So says possess it? And all that which
Jephthah, Israel did not take the land YAHWEH our Elohim has expelled
of Moab, and the land of the sons of from before us, we will possess!
Ammon. 25 And now, are you at all any better
16 For when they came up out of than Balak the son of Zippor, the king
Egypt, Israel went in the wilderness to of Moab? And striving, did he strive
the Red Sea, and came in at Kadesh. with Israel? Did he ever fight against
17 And Israel sent messengers to the them?
king of Edom, saying, Please let me 26 When Israel lived in Heshbon
pass on through your land, and the and its towns, and in Aroer and in its
king of Edom did not listen. And Israel towns, in all the cities by the sides of
sent also to the king of Moab, and he Arnon three hundred years, then why
was not willing. And Israel remained have you not delivered them in that
in Kadesh. time?
18 And he went through the 27 So I have not sinned against you,
wilderness, and went around the land and you are doing me wrong to fight
of Edom, and the land of Moab, and against me. YAHWEH the Judge shall
came in at the rising of the sun to the judge today between the sons of Israel
land of Moab. And they camped and the sons of Ammon.
beyond Arnon, and did not come into 28 And the king of the sons of
the border of Moab, for Arnon was the Ammon did not listen to the words of
border of Moab. Jephthah which he sent to him.
19 And Israel sent messengers to
29 And the Spirit of YAHWEH was
Sihon, the king of the Amorites the
on Jephthah. And he passed through
king of Heshbon, and Israel said to
Gilead and Manasseh, and passed
him, Please let us pass on through
through Mizpeh of Gilead, and from
your land, to my place.
Mizpeh of Gilead he passed on to the
20 And Sihon did not trust Israel to
sons of Ammon.
pass on through his border. And Sihon
30 And Jephthah vowed a vow to
gathered all his people and they
camped in Jahaz, and fought with YAHWEH, and said, If You will indeed
Israel. give the sons of Ammon into my hand,
21 And YAHWEH the Elohim of 31 then it shall be that the thing
which comes out from the doors of my
Israel gave Sihon and all his people
house to meet me when I return in
into the hand of Israel, and they struck
peace from the sons of Ammon, it shall
them. And Israel took possession of all
the land of the Amorites, the belong to YAHWEH; and I will offer it
inhabitants of that land. a burnt offering1.
22 And they took possession of all 32 And Jephthah passed over to the
the border of the Amorites from Arnon sons of Ammon to fight against them.
and to the Jabbok, and from the 1 This verse shows two things. First that
wilderness, and to the Jordan. vows to Yahweh are binding and number
23 And now, YAHWEH our Elohim two: one should be very careful when
has expelled the Amorite from before making a vow as Yahweh expects us to keep
His people Israel. And would you our vows that we make (Ecc 5:1-6). This
possess it? vow was extremely costly and was paid
24 Whatever Chemosh your god with the life of his daughter. Human
causes you to possess, do you not sacrifice was common during these times.
Jdg 10:6.
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15 And Manoah said to the offering and a food offering from our
Messenger of YAHWEH, Please let us hands, nor made us see all these
keep You, and prepare before You a things; nor would He now have caused
kid of the goats. us to hear things like these.
16 And the Messenger of YAHWEH 24 And the woman bore a son, and
said to Manoah, If you detain Me, I called his name Samson. And the
will not eat of your bread. And if you youth grew, and YAHWEH blessed
prepare a burnt offering, you shall him.
offer it to YAHWEH. For Manoah did 25 And the Spirit of YAHWEH began
not know that He was the Messenger to move him in the camp of Dan
of YAHWEH. between Zorah and Eshtaol.
17 And Manoah said to the
Chapter 14
Messenger of YAHWEH, What is Your
name? So when Your words come
1 And Samson went down to
about, then we shall honor You.
Timnath and saw a woman in
18 And the Messenger of YAHWEH Timnath, of the daughters of the
said to him, Why do you ask this about Philistines.
My name? Yea, it is Wonderful1. 2 And he came up and told his father
19 And Manoah took the kid of the and mother, and said, I have seen a
goats, and the food offering, and woman in Timnath, of the daughters
offered on the rock to YAHWEH. And of the Philistines. And now get her for
He did wonderfully, and Manoah and me for a wife.
his wife were watching. 3 And his father and his mother said
20 And it happened as the flame to him, Is there not a woman among
from off the altar was going up to the the daughters of your brothers, and
heavens, that the Messenger of among all my people, that you must go
YAHWEH went up in the flame of the to take a woman from the
altar. And Manoah and his wife were uncircumcised Philistines? And
watching. And they fell on their faces Samson said to his father, Get her for
to the ground. me, for she is pleasing in my eyes.
21 And the Messenger of YAHWEH 4 And his father and his mother did
did not appear any more to Manoah, not know that it was from YAHWEH,
or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that that He was seeking an occasion
He was the Messenger of YAHWEH. against the Philistines. For at that time
22 And Manoah said to his wife, the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
surely we shall die, because we have 5 And Samson and his father and his
seen Elohim2. mother went down to Timnath. And
23 And his wife said to him, If they came to the vineyards of
YAHWEH desired to put us to death, Timnath. And, behold, a young lion
He would not have received a burnt roaring to meet him.
6 And the Spirit of YAHWEH came
1 The Hebrew word used here “pelay” is the mightily on him. And he tore it as the
same word used in Isa 9:6 in giving the
names of the Messiah of Israel. Clearly, the 2 The Messenger of Yahweh, who is defined
Messenger of Yahweh is the being later to as the being who later became Yahshua, the
become Yahshua, the Son of Yahweh. The Son of Yahweh is also Elohim and clearly
Messenger also appeared as a man, was preexisted before the virgin birth to Mariam
called Elohim and ascended up to heaven. in Mat 1.
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cleaving of a kid. And there was called for us to make us poor? Is it not
nothing in his hand; and he did not so?
tell his father and his mother what he 16 And Samson's wife wept before
had done. him, and said, You only hate me, and
7 And he went down and talked with do not love me. You have riddled the
the woman. And she was pleasing in riddle to the sons of my people, and
the eyes of Samson. you have not declared it to me. And he
8 And some days later he returned to said to her, Behold, I have not
take her, and turned aside to see the declared it to my father and to my
remains of the lion. And, behold, a mother, and shall I declare it to you?
bee-swarm was in the carcass of the 17 And she wept before him the
lion, and honey. seven days on which they feasted. And
9 And he took it out on his hands, it was on the seventh day, he told her,
and went on, eating and walking. And for she distressed him. And she told
he went to his father and to his the riddle to the sons of her people.
mother, and gave some to them. And 18 And the men of the city said to
they ate, but he did not tell them that him on the seventh day, before the sun
he took the honey out of the body of went in, What is sweeter than honey?
the lion. And what is stronger than a lion? And
10 And his father went down to the he said to them, Unless you had
woman, and Samson made a feast plowed with my heifer, you would not
there, for so the young men usually have found out my riddle.
did. 19 And the Spirit of YAHWEH came
11 And it happened when they saw upon him. And he went down to
him, they took thirty companions, and Ashkelon and struck thirty men of
they were with him. them, and took their plunder. And he
12 And Samson said to them, Please gave the changes to those who told the
let me riddle a riddle to you. If riddle; and his anger glowed. And he
declaring you declare it to me in the went up to his father's house.
seven days of the feast, and find it out, 20 And Samson's wife became his
then I shall give you thirty linen companion's, who had been his flock
garments and thirty changes of watcher.
clothing.
13 And if you are not able to tell me, Chapter 15
then you shall give me thirty linen
garments and thirty changes of 1 And it happened afterward, in the
clothing. And they said to him, Riddle days of wheat harvest, that Samson
your riddle, and we shall hear it. visited his wife with a kid of the goats.
14 And he said to them, Out of the And he said, I will go in to my wife, to
eater came forth food, and out of the the inner room. And her father would
strong came forth sweetness. And they not allow him to go in.
were not able to declare the riddle in 2 And her father said, I certainly said
three days. that hating you would hate her, and I
15 And it happened on the seventh gave her to your companion. Is not her
day, they said to Samson's wife, Entice sister, the young one, better than she?
your husband, that he may declare to Please let her belong to you, instead of
us the riddle, lest we burn you and her.
your father's house with fire. Have you 3 And Samson said to them, This
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time I will be blameless regarding the certainly will not cause you to die. And
Philistines, though I am doing evil they bound him with two thick cords,
with them. new ones, and brought him up from
4 And Samson went and caught the rock.
three hundred foxes, and took torches, 14 He came to Lehi, and the
and turned tail to tail, and put a torch Philistines shouted to meet him, And
between the two tails, in the middle. the Spirit of YAHWEH came upon him,
5 And he kindled fire on the torches, and the thick cords which were on his
and sent them out into the grain-stalks arms were as flax which they burn
of the Philistines, and burned from the with fire. And his bonds melted from
stacks and the grain-stalks, and to the his hands.
vineyard and the olive grove. 15 And he found a fresh jawbone of a
6 And the Philistines said, Who has donkey, and put out his hand and took
done this? And they said, Samson, the it. And he struck a thousand men with
son-in-law of the Timnite, because he it.
took away his wife and gave her to his 16 And Samson said, With the
companion. And the Philistines went jawbone of a donkey, a heap, two
and burned her and her father with heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I
fire. have killed a thousand men.
7 And Samson said to them, Though 17 And it happened when he finished
you do this, yet I shall be avenged on speaking, he threw the jawbone out of
you; and afterwards I will stop. his hand. And he called that place
8 And he struck them hip on thigh, a Ramath-Lehi1.
great slaughter, and went down and 18 And he was exceedingly thirsty,
lived in the cleft of the rock Etam. and called to YAHWEH and said,
9 And the Philistines went up and Surely You have given this great
pitched in Judah, and were spread out deliverance by the hand of Your
in Lehi. servant. And now I am dying with
10 And the men of Judah said, Why thirst, and will fall into the hand of the
have you come up against us? And uncircumcised.
they said, We have come up to bind 19 And Elohim broke open the
Samson, to do to him as he has done to hollow place which is in Lehi, and
us. water came out of it. And he drank,
11 And three thousand men of Judah and his spirit returned, and he revived.
went down to the cleft of the rock Therefore its name is called the
Etam, and said to Samson, Do you not Fountain of the calling One, which is
know that the Philistines are rulers in Lehi to this day.
over us? And what is this that you have 20 And he judged Israel twenty
done to us? And he said to them, As years in the days of the Philistines.
they did to me, so I did to them.
12 And they said to him, We have Chapter 16
come down to bind you, to give you
into the hands of the Philistines. And 1 And Samson went to Gaza, and saw
Samson said to them, Swear to me that a woman there, a harlot, and went in
you will not fall on me yourselves. to her.
13 And they spoke to him, saying, 2 The Gazites were told, saying,
No, but we will certainly bind you, and Samson has come here. And they
will give you into their hand. But we
1 “Ramath-Lehi” means jawbone height.
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encircled and set a trap for him all the weak and shall be as any man.
night at the gate of the city, and kept 12 And Delilah took new ropes and
quiet all night, saying, Until the light bound him with them, and said to
of the morning, then we will kill him. him, Samson, the Philistines are upon
3 And Samson lay down until the you! And the ambush was sitting in the
middle of the night, and rose up in the inner room. And he tore them off his
middle of the night. And he took hold arms like thread.
on the leaves of the gate of the city, 13 And Delilah said to Samson, Until
and on the two side posts, and plucked now you have trifled with me, and
them up with the bar, and put them on have told me lies. Tell me with what
his shoulders and took them up to the you may be bound. And he said to her,
top of the mountain that is before If you weave the seven braids of my
Hebron. head with a web.
4 And it happened afterward that he 14 And she fastened it with a pin,
loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, and said to him, Samson, the
and her name was Delilah. Philistines are upon you! And he
5 And the Philistine rulers came to awoke out of his sleep and pulled out
her and said to her, Entice him, and the pin, the hand-loom, and the web.
see in what lies his great strength, and 15 And she said to him, How can you
by what we may prevail against him, say, I love you, and your heart is not
so that we may bind him, to afflict with me. These three times you have
him. And we will surely each give to trifled with me, and have not told me
you eleven hundred pieces of silver. where your great strength lies.
6 And Delilah said to Samson, Now 16 And it happened, because she
tell me in what your great strength distressed him with her words all the
lies, and with what you may be bound days, and urged him; and his soul was
in order to afflict you. grieved to death,
7 And Samson said to her, If they 17 that he told her all his heart, and
bind me with seven green bowstrings said to her, No razor has come on my
which have not been dried, then I shall head, for I am a Nazarite to Elohim
be weak and shall be as any man. from my mother's womb. If I were
8 And Philistine rulers brought to shaved, my strength would go away
her seven fresh bowstrings which had from me, and I would be weak, and be
not been dried, and she bound him like any one of men.
with them. 18 And Delilah saw that he had told
9 And the ambush was sitting for her her all his heart. And she sent and
in an inner room. And she said to him, called for the Philistine rulers, saying,
The Philistines are upon you, Samson! Come, for this time he has told me all
And he snapped the bowstrings like a his heart. And the Philistine rulers
thread of tow when it smells fire. And came up to her, and brought the silver
his strength was not known. in their hand.
10 And Delilah said to Samson, 19 And she made him sleep on her
Behold, you have trifled with me, and knees, and called for a man, and had
have told me lies. Now, please tell me him shave seven braids of his head,
with what you may be bound. and began to afflict him. And his
11 And he said to her, If binding they strength departed from him.
bind me with new ropes, by which no 20 And she said, Samson, the
work has been done, then I shall be Philistines are upon you! And He
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right in his own eyes. (Jdg 21:25) Micah, and they recognized the young
7 And there was a young man of man's voice, the Levite. And they
Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of turned in there, and said to him, Who
Judah; and he was a Levite. And he has brought you here? And what are
resided there. you doing in this place? And what
8 And the man went out of the city, have you here?
out of Bethlehem-Judah, to live where 4 And he said to them, This and this
he might find a place. And he came to Micah has done to me. And he hired
the hills of Ephraim, to the house of me, and I am a priest to him.
Micah, to work his way. 5 And they said to him, Please ask of
9 And Micah said to him, From Elohim and we will know whether our
where do you come? And he said to way in which we are going will be
him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem- prosperous.
Judah, and I am going to live where I 6 And the priest said to them, Go in
may find a place. peace. Your way in which you go is
10 And Micah said to him, Live with before YAHWEH.
me, and be a father and a priest to me. 7 And the five men departed, and
I will give you ten silver pieces for the came to Laish. And they saw the
days, and an order of garments, and people living securely in its midst,
your upkeep. And the Levite went in.1 according to the custom of the
11 And the Levite was willing to live Sidonians, quiet and secure. And there
with the man, and the young man was were none to put them to shame in a
to him as one of his sons. thing, nor possessing authority. And
12 And Micah filled the hand of the they were far away from the Sidonians,
Levite and the young man was a priest and they had no word with any men.
to him; and he was in Micah's house. 8 And they came to their brothers at
13 And Micah said, Now I know that Zorah and Eshtaol. And their brothers
YAHWEH will do me good, for the said to them, What did you do?
Levite is a priest to me. 9 And they said, Rise up, and we
shall go against them, for we have seen
Chapter 18 the land, and, behold, it is very good.
And would you be silent? Do not
1 In those days there was no king in hesitate to go to enter in to possess the
Israel. And in those days the tribe of land.
the Danites was seeking an inheritance 10 When you go you shall come to a
for itself to inhabit. For to that day it secure people, and the land is large on
had not fallen to them by inheritance both hands; for Elohim has given it
among the tribes of Israel. into your hand, a place in which there
2 And the sons of Dan sent out of is no lack of anything which is in the
their family five men from their whole land.
number, men, sons of valor, from 11 And six hundred men of the
Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the family of the Danites from Zorah and
land, and to search it. And they said to from Eshtaol girded themselves with
them, Go, search the land. And they weapons of war.
came to the hills of Ephraim, to 12 And they went up and camped in
Micah's house, and lodged there. Kirjath-Jearim, in Judah. Therefore
3 They were near the household of they called that place a camp of Dan
until this day. Behold, it is behind
1 The Levite was a hireling.
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18 And he said to him, We are door of the man's house where her
passing from Bethlehem-Judah to the master was, till it was light.
other side of the hills of Ephraim. I am 27 And her master rose up in the
from there, and I am going to morning, and opened the door of the
Bethlehem-Judah. And I am going to house, and went out to go his way. And
the house of YAHWEH. Yet there is no behold, the woman, his concubine,
man to take me into the house. had fallen at the door of the house,
19 But there is straw and food for and her hands were on the threshold.
our donkeys, and also there is bread 28 And he said to her, Rise up, and
and wine for me, and for your slave we will go. But there was no answer.
girl, and for the young man with your And he took her on the donkey, and
servants; there is no lack of anything. the man rose up and went to his place.
20 And the old man said, Peace to 29 And he came to his house, and
you. Only, all that you lack shall be on took the knife and lay hold on his
me. Only, do not spend the night in concubine. And he cut her in pieces to
the open. her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent
21 And he brought him to his house, her into all the borders of Israel.
and mixed fodder for the donkeys. 30 And it was so: all who saw it said,
And they washed their feet and ate and There has never been, and never was
drank. seen, a thing like this from the day the
22 They were making their hearts sons of Israel came up out of the land
merry. And, behold, men of the city, of Egypt until this day. Set yourselves
sons of worthless men, went around on it, take counsel. Then speak.
the house, beating on the door. And
they spoke to the old man, the Chapter 20
housemaster, saying, Bring out the
man who has come into your house, 1 And all the sons of Israel went out,
and we shall know him. and the congregation was assembled
23 And the man, the house-master, as one man, from Dan even to Beer-
went out to them and said to them, Sheba, and the land of Gilead, to
No, my brothers, please do not do evil, YAHWEH at Mizpeh.
since this man has come into my 2 And the leaders of all the people of
house; do not do this grave sin. all the tribes of Israel, presented
24 Behold, my daughter, a virgin, themselves in the assembly of all the
and his concubine. Please let me bring people of Elohim, four hundred
them out, and you humble them. And thousand footmen drawing sword.
do to them that which is good in your 3 And the sons of Benjamin heard
eyes but do not do this wicked thing to that the sons of Israel had gone up to
this man. Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel said,
25 And the men were not willing to Speak up. How did this evil happen?
listen to him, and the man took hold 4 And the man, the Levite, husband
on his concubine and brought her out of the woman who had been
to them outside. And they knew her, murdered, answered and said, I came
and abused her all night, until the into Gibeah which is to Benjamin, I
morning. And they sent her away at and my concubine, to lodge.
the dawning of the day. 5 And the men of Gibeah rose up
26 And the woman came in at the against me. And they went around the
dawning of the morning, and fell at the house against me at night; they had in
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mind to kill me, and they raped my 16 Among all this people were seven
concubine, and she died. hundred chosen men who were left
6 And I took hold on my concubine, handed, each of these able to sling a
and cut her in pieces, and sent her into stone at a hair. And he did not miss!
all the land of the inheritance of Israel. 17 And the men of Israel numbered
For they have done evil and folly in themselves, besides Benjamin, four
Israel. hundred thousand men drawing
7 Behold, you are the sons of Israel. sword, each of these a man of war.
Give here your word and counsel. 18 And they rose up and went up to
8 And all the people rose up as one Bethel and asked of Elohim. And the
man, saying, Not one of us shall go to sons of Israel said, Who shall go up for
his tent, and not one of us shall return us at the beginning of the battle with
to his house. the sons of Benjamin? And YAHWEH
9 And now, this is the thing which said, Judah, at the beginning.
we shall do to Gibeah, going against it 19 And the sons of Israel rose up in
by lot. the morning and camped against
10 And we shall take ten men of a Gibeah.
hundred of all the tribes of Israel, and 20 And the men of Israel went to
a hundred of a thousand, and a battle with Benjamin; and the men of
thousand of ten thousand, to take food Israel set themselves in order against
for the people, that they may act when them, to battle against Gibeah.
they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, 21 And the sons of Benjamin came
according to all the folly which it has out from Gibeah. And on that day they
done in Israel. destroyed twenty two thousand to the
11 And every man of Israel was earth in Israel.
gathered to the city, knit together as 22 And the people, the men of Israel,
one (echad) man. took courage, and again set the battle
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men in order in the place where they set
to all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, themselves on the first day.
What is this evil which has happened 23 And the sons of Israel went up
among you? and wept before YAHWEH until the
13 And now, give up the men, sons of
evening, and asked of YAHWEH,
worthlessness, which are in Gibeah,
saying, Shall I again draw near to
and let us execute them. And we shall
battle with the sons of my brother
consume evil from Israel. But
Benjamin was not willing to listen to Benjamin? And YAHWEH said, Go up
the voice of their brothers, the sons of against him.
Israel. 24 And the sons of Israel drew near
14 And the sons of Benjamin were to the sons of Benjamin on the second
gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to day.
go out to battle with the sons of Israel. 25 And Benjamin came out to meet
15 And the sons of Benjamin counted them from Gibeah on the second day,
themselves on that day. Out of the and again destroyed to the earth
cities were twenty six thousand men eighteen thousand men of the sons of
drawing sword, besides the Israel; all these were drawers of sword.
inhabitants of Gibeah who counted 26 And all the sons of Israel went up,
themselves seven hundred chosen even all the people, and came to
men. Bethel, and wept. And they sat there
before YAHWEH, and fasted on that
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day until the evening, and caused 36 And the sons of Benjamin saw
burnt offerings and peace offerings to that they were stricken. And the men
ascend before YAHWEH. of Israel had given place to Benjamin,
27 And the sons of Israel asked of for they trusted to the ambush which
YAHWEH (and the ark of the covenant they had set against Gibeah.
of Elohim was there in those days, 37 And the ambush hurried and
28 and Phinehas the son of Eleazar came against Gibeah, and the ambush
the son of Aaron was standing before drew itself out and struck all of the city
it in those days) saying, Shall I again by the mouth of the sword.
go out to battle with the sons of my 38 And there was a set time to the
brother Benjamin, or shall I cease? men of Israel with the ambush, to
make it great, their causing a rising of
And YAHWEH said, Go up, for
smoke to go up from the city.
tomorrow I will give him into your
39 And the men of Israel turned in
hand.
battle, and Benjamin had begun to
29 And Israel set ambushers against
strike, causing some to be slain of the
Gibeah all around.
men of Israel, about thirty men. For
30 And the sons of Israel went up
they said, Surely they are stricken
against the sons of Benjamin on the
down before us, as at the first battle.
third day, and set themselves in order
40 And the rising of smoke began to
against Gibeah, as at other times.
go up from the city, a pillar. And
31 And the sons of Benjamin came
Benjamin turned around, and, behold,
out to meet the people. They were
the whole city had gone up toward the
drawn away out of the city, and began
heavens.
to strike the people down wounded as
41 And the men of Israel turned, and
at other times, in the highways, of
the men of Benjamin were troubled.
which one goes up to Bethel, and one
For they had seen that evil had struck
to Gibeah in the field, about thirty
them.
men of Israel.
42 And they turned before the men
32 And the sons of Benjamin said,
of Israel toward the way of the
They are destroyed before us as at the
wilderness. And the battle followed
beginning. But the sons of Israel said,
them. And those who were from the
Let us flee and draw them away out of
city were destroying them in their
the city, into the highways.
midst.
33 And all the men of Israel rose
43 They surrounded Benjamin, and
from their place and set themselves in
they pursued them without rest. And
order at Baal-Tamar. And Israel's
they trod them down until they were
ambush came out of its place, out of
opposite Gibeah, at the rising of the
the meadow of Gibeah.
sun.
34 And they came in across from
44 And eighteen thousand men of
Gibeah, ten thousand chosen men out
Benjamin fell, all of these mighty men.
of all Israel. And the battle was heavy.
45 And they turned and fled toward
And they did not know that evil was
the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon.
striking against them.
And they gleaned five thousand men of
35 And YAHWEH struck Benjamin them in the highways, and caught
before Israel. And the sons of Israel them, to Gidom. And they struck two
destroyed twenty five thousand, one thousand men of them.
hundred men on that day in Benjamin; 46 And all the ones of Benjamin who
all these were drawers of sword.
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fell were twenty five thousand men 8 And they said, What one out of the
drawing the sword on that day; all of tribes of Israel did not come up to
these mighty men. YAHWEH to Mizpeh? And, behold, no
47 And six hundred men turned and one had come into the camp from
fled into the wilderness, to the rock of Jabesh-Gilead to the assembly.
Rimmon. And they lived in the rock of 9 And the people numbered
Rimmon four months. themselves. And, behold, there was
48 And the men of Israel turned not a man of those living in Jabesh-
back to the sons of Benjamin, and Gilead.
struck them by the mouth of the 10 And the assembly sent twelve
sword, from the entire city to live- thousand men there of the mighty
stock, to all that was found. Also they sons, and commanded them, saying,
set fire to all the cities which were Go, and you shall strike the
found. inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead with the
mouth of the sword, even the women
Chapter 21 and the little ones.
11 And this is the thing which you
1 And the men of Israel had sworn in shall do. You shall destroy every male
Mizpeh, saying, Not one of us shall and every woman who has been
give his daughter to Benjamin for a known by lying with a male.
wife. 12 And out of all the inhabitants of
2 And the people came to Bethel, and Jabesh-Gilead they found four
sat there before Elohim until the hundred young women, virgins, who
evening. And they lifted up their voices had not known a man by lying with a
and wept a great weeping. male. And they brought them into the
3 And they said, O YAHWEH, Elohim camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of
of Israel, Why has this happened in Canaan.
Israel, to be lacking one tribe today 13 And all the assembly sent and
from Israel? spoke to the sons of Benjamin who
4 And it happened on the next day, were in the rock of Rimmon, and
the people rose early and built an altar called out peace to them.
there, and offered burnt offerings and 14 And Benjamin came again at that
peace offerings. time. And they gave the women whom
5 And the sons of Israel said, Who is they had kept alive, of the women of
he that did not come up in the Jabesh-Gilead. But they did not find
assembly out of all the tribes of Israel enough for them.
to YAHWEH? For a great oath had 15 And the people repented as to
been undertaken concerning him that Benjamin, for YAHWEH had made a
did not come up to YAHWEH to breach among the tribes of Israel.
Mizpeh saying, surely he shall die. 16 And the elders of the assembly
6 And the sons of Israel repented said, What shall we do to the remnant
concerning their brother Benjamin. for wives for the women have been
And they said, One tribe from Israel destroyed out of Benjamin?
has been cut off today. 17 And they said, The one who
7 What shall we do for them, for escaped shall be a legacy of Benjamin,
those who are left, for wives? For we that a tribe may not be blotted out
surely have sworn by YAHWEH not to from Israel.
give them of our daughters for wives. 18 And we surely are not able to give
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21 And the man Elkanah and all his 2 There is none holy like YAHWEH,
house went up to sacrifice to YAHWEH for there is none except You; yea, there
a sacrifice of the days, and to vow his is no rock like our Elohim.
vow. 3 Do not multiply your haughty
22 And Hannah did not go up, for words; let not arrogance go out from
she said to her husband, Until the your mouth; for YAHWEH is a Elohim
child is weaned, then I will bring him, of knowledge, and by Him actions are
that he may appear before YAHWEH weighed.
and remain there forever. 4 Bows of the mighty are broken;
23 And her husband Elkanah said to and they that stumble gird on
her, Do that which is good in your strength.
eyes. Remain until you wean him. 5 They that were full have hired
Only, may YAHWEH confirm His themselves out for bread; and the
Word. And the woman remained, and hungry have ceased, while the barren
suckled her son until she had weaned has borne seven; yea, she who had
him. many sons has languished.
24 And when she had weaned him, 6 YAHWEH kills and keeps alive; He
she brought him up with her, along brings down and causes to go to Sheol.
with three bulls, and one ephah of 7 YAHWEH brings down, and He
flour, and a skin of wine. And she gives riches; He brings low; yea, He
brought him to the house of YAHWEH lifts up high.
at Shiloh. And the child was a young 8 He raises the poor from the dust;
one. He lifts up the needy from the
25 And they slaughtered the bull, dunghill, to cause them to sit with
and brought the boy to Eli. nobles; yea, He causes them to inherit
26 And she said, O my master, may a throne of honor; for to YAHWEH are
your soul live! My master, I am the the pillars of the earth; and He sets the
woman who stood with you here to habitable world on them.
pray to YAHWEH. 9 He keeps the feet of His saints, and
27 I prayed for this boy, and the wicked are silenced in darkness;
YAHWEH has given my petition to me for man does not become mighty by
which I asked of Him. power.
28 And I have asked him to be given 10 They who strive with YAHWEH
to YAHWEH all the days which he will be smashed; He thunders in the
shall be, he is loaned for YAHWEH. heavens against him. YAHWEH judges
And he worshiped there before the ends of the earth and gives
YAHWEH. strength to His king; and He exalts the
horn of His Messiah.
Chapter 2 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah, to
his house. And the child served
1 And Hannah prayed and said: My YAHWEH before Eli the priest.
heart has exulted in YAHWEH; my 12 And the sons of Eli were sons of
worthlessness; they did not know
horn has been high in YAHWEH. My
mouth has been large over my YAHWEH.
enemies; for I have rejoiced in Your 13 And the custom of the priests with
salvation. the people was: any man offering a
sacrifice and the priest's young man
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came when the flesh was boiling with of your evil doings from all these
the three-toothed hook in his hand, people.
14 even he stuck it into the pan, or 24 No my sons, for the report which
kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the I am hearing is not good, causing the
hook brought up, the priest took for people of YAHWEH to transgress.
himself. So they did to all Israel who 25 If a man sins against a man, then
came in there to Shiloh. Elohim shall judge him. But if a man
15 Yea, before they made the fat to sins against YAHWEH, who shall pray
smoke, then the priest's young man for him? But they did not listen to the
came in. And he said to the man who
voice of their father because YAHWEH
was sacrificing, Give meat to roast for
desired to put them to death.
the priest; and he will not take boiled
26 And the boy Samuel went on,
meat from you, but raw.
growing both in stature and in
16 And if the man said to him, Let
the fat be made to smoke as the day, goodness, both with YAHWEH and
and then take as much as your soul also with men. (Luk 2:52)
desires; then he would say, No, but 27 And a man of Elohim came to Eli,
you shall give now. And if not, I will and said to him, So says YAHWEH:
take it by force. Did I reveal Myself plainly to the
17 And the sin of the young men was house of your father when they were in
very great before YAHWEH, for the Egypt, at the house of Pharaoh,
men had despised the offering of 28 even to choose him out of all the
YAHWEH.
tribes of Israel to be priest to Me, to go
up on My altar, to cause incense to
18 And Samuel was serving before
smoke, to bear an ephod before Me?
YAHWEH, a boy girded with an ephod And did I give to your father's house
of linen. all the fire offerings of the sons of
19 And his mother made a small coat Israel?
for him, and she brought it up to him 29 Why do you kick at My sacrifice
from year to year, as she came up with and at My offering which I
her husband to offer the sacrifice of commanded in My habitation? And
the days. why do you honor your sons above Me,
20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his to make yourselves fat with the best of
wife, and said, YAHWEH shall give you all the offerings of My people?
seed of this woman, because of the 30 So says YAHWEH the Elohim of
petition she prayed to YAHWEH. And Israel, I said indeed that your house
they went away to their place. and your father's house should walk
21 So YAHWEH visited Hannah, and before Me until forever. But now
she conceived and bore three sons and YAHWEH says, Be it far from Me! For
two daughters. And the boy Samuel those who honor Me I will honor; and
grew up with YAHWEH. those despising Me will be despicable.
22 And Eli was very old and had 31 Behold, days come when I shall
heard all that his sons did to Israel, cut off your arm, and the arm of your
and how they lay with the women who father's house, that no old man shall
assembled by troops at the door of the be in your house.
tent of meeting. 32 And you shall see an adversary in
23 And he said to them, Why do you My habitation, in all the good that he
do things like these? For I am hearing does with Israel. And there shall not
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be an old man in your house all the And he said, Behold me.
days. 5 And he ran to Eli and said, Behold,
33 And the man of yours that I shall I am here. For you have called to me.
not cut off from My altar shall be to And he said, I did not call. Go back
cause your eyes to fail, and to grieve and lie down. And he went and lay
your soul. And all the increase of your down.
house shall die young men. 6 And YAHWEH again called
34 And this shall be the sign to you, Samuel. And Samuel rose up and went
that which shall come on your two to Eli and said, Behold me, for you
sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one have called me. And he said, I have not
day the both of them shall die. called, my son. Go back and lie down.
35 And I shall raise up for Myself a 7 And Samuel did not yet know
faithful priest. He shall do all that is in YAHWEH, and the Word of YAHWEH
My heart and in My soul. And I shall had not yet been revealed to him.
build for him a sure house; and he
8 And YAHWEH again called Samuel
shall walk before My Messiah all the
the third time. And he rose up and
days.1 (2Sam 6:12, Eze 37:23-24)
went to Eli and said, Behold me, for
36 And it shall be, everyone who is
you have called me. And Eli
left in your house shall come in to bow
to him for a wage of silver and a loaf of understood that YAHWEH was calling
bread. And they shall say, please admit the boy.
me into one of the priest's offices to 9 And Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie
eat a bit of bread. down; and it shall be, if One calls you,
even you shall say, Speak, O
Chapter 3 YAHWEH, for Your servant hears. And
Samuel lay down in his place.
1 And the boy Samuel was 10 And YAHWEH came and stood,
ministering to YAHWEH before Eli. and called as the other times, Samuel,
And the Word of YAHWEH was rare in Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for
those days. There was no breaking- Your servant hears.
through vision. 11 And YAHWEH said to Samuel,
2 And it happened at that time, Eli Behold! I am doing a thing in Israel at
was lying down in his place, and his which the two ears of every one
eyes had begun to be dim; he was not hearing it shall tingle.
able to see. 12 In that day I will confirm to Eli all
3 And the lamp of Elohim had not that I have spoken to his house,
yet gone out. And Samuel was lying beginning and making an end.
down in the sanctuary of YAHWEH, 13 And I declare to him that I am
where the ark of Elohim was. judging his house forever, for the
4 And YAHWEH called to Samuel. iniquity which he has known; for his
sons have been making themselves
1 Because King David had a heart to build a vile, and he has not restrained them.
house for YHWH, Yahweh said that He 14 And so I have sworn to the house
would build an eternal house for David of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli
(2Sam 7:8-13, 26-29). This is speaking of shall not be atoned for, by sacrifice or
an everlasting dynasty with a physical by offering, until forever.
sanctuary for Yahshua, the son of David. 15 And Samuel lay until the
Yahshua will be king and David will reign morning. And he opened the doors of
with Him Jer 30:9, Eze 37:23-24.
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10 And they sent the ark of the off you and from off your gods, and
Elohim around to Ekron. And it from off your land.
happened as the ark of Elohim came 6 And why do you harden your heart
into Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh
saying, They have brought around the hardened their heart? When He dealt
ark of the Elohim of Israel to me to ruthlessly with them, did they not
cause me and my people to die. send them away? And they went.
11 And they sent and gathered all the 7 And now, take and make one new
rulers of the Philistines, and said, Send cart, and two suckling cows, on which
away the ark of the Elohim of Israel, a yoke has never gone up. And you
and let it return to its place, and it may shall tie the cows to the cart, and cause
not cause me and my people to die. their young ones to return home from
For there had been a great destruction them.
throughout all the city. The hand of 8 And you shall take the ark of
the Elohim had been very heavy there. YAHWEH and put it on the cart, and
12 And the men who had not died the vessels of gold which you shall
were stricken with hemorrhoids. And return to Him for a guilt offering. Put
the cry of the city went up to the them in a coffer in its side and send it
heavens. away; and let it go.
9 And watch; if it goes up by way of
Chapter 6 its own border, to Beth-Shemesh, He
has done this great evil to us. And if
1 And the ark of YAHWEH was in the not, then we shall know that it is not
field of the Philistines seven months. His hand that touched us; it was an
2 And the Philistines called for accident to us. (Ecc 9:11)
priests and for those divining, saying, 10 And the men did so. And they
What shall we do to the ark of took two suckling cows and tied them
YAHWEH? Let us know with what we to the cart. And they shut their young
shall send it to its place. ones in the house.
3 And they said, If you send away the 11 And they placed the ark of
ark of the Elohim of Israel, you shall YAHWEH on the cart, and the coffer
not send it away empty. For turning with the golden mice and the images
back you shall return a guilt offering of their hemorrhoids.
back to Him. Then you shall be healed, 12 And the cows went straight in the
and it shall be known to you why His way, on the way to Beth-Shemesh.
hand has not turned away from you. They went on one highway, going and
4 And they said, What shall be the lowing. And they did not turn to the
guilt offering which we shall send back right or to the left. And the rulers of
to Him? And they said, The number of the Philistines went after them to the
the rulers of the Philistines, five border of Beth-Shemesh.
golden hemorrhoids, and five golden 13 And those of Beth-Shemesh were
mice. For one plague has been on all of reaping their wheat harvest in the
you, and on your rulers. valley. And they lifted up their eyes
5 And you shall make images of your and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
hemorrhoids, and images of your mice 14 And the cart had come to the field
that are corrupting the land, and shall of Yahoshua the Beth-Shemite, and
give honor to the Elohim of Israel. It stood there. And there was a great
may be that He will lift His hand from stone. And they cut the wood of the
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offered a whole burnt offering to 2 And the name of his first-born was
YAHWEH. And Samuel cried to Joel, and the name of his second,
YAHWEH for Israel. And YAHWEH Abiah, judges in Beer-Sheba.
answered him. 3 And his sons did not walk in his
10 And it happened as Samuel made ways, and turned aside after dishonest
a whole burnt offering to go up, the gain, and took a bribe, and perverted
Philistines drew near to battle against judgment.
4 And all the elders of Israel
Israel. And YAHWEH thundered with
gathered and came in to Samuel, to
a great noise on that day, on the
Ramah.
Philistines, and troubled them. And
5 And they said to him, Behold, you
they were stricken before Israel.
have become old, and your sons have
11 And the men of Israel went out
not walked in your ways. Now appoint
from Mizpah and pursued the
a king to us, to judge us, like all the
Philistines, and struck them as far as
nations.
below Beth-Car.
6 And the thing was evil in Samuel's
12 And Samuel took a stone and set
eyes when they said, Give to us a king
it between Mizpah and Shen, and
to judge us. And Samuel prayed to
called its name Stone of Help, saying,
YAHWEH.
YAHWEH has helped us until now.
13 And the Philistines were subdued 7 And YAHWEH said to Samuel,
and did not yet again come into the Listen to the voice of the people, to all
border of Israel. And the hand of that they say to you. For they have not
rejected you, but they have rejected
YAHWEH was on the Philistines all the
Me from reigning over them.1
days of Samuel.
8 According to all the works that
14 And the cities which the
they have done from the day I brought
Philistines had taken from Israel were
them up out of Egypt, even to this day,
restored to Israel, from Ekron even to
when they forsook Me and served
Gath. And Israel delivered their border
other Elohim, so they are also doing to
out of the hand of the Philistines. And
you.
there was peace between Israel and
9 And now listen to their voice. Only,
the Amorites.
protesting you shall protest to them,
15 And Samuel judged Israel all the
and shall declare to them the privilege
days of his life.
of the king who shall reign over them.
16 And He went from year to year
10 And Samuel spoke all the words
even in a circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal,
and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all of YAHWEH to the people who were
these places. asking a king from him.
17 And he returned to Ramah, for his 11 And he said, This is the privilege
house was there. And there he judged of the king who shall reign over you.
Israel; and he built an altar to He shall take your sons and shall
appoint them for himself among his
YAHWEH there.
chariots, and among his horsemen.
And they shall run before his chariots.
Chapter 8
1 Israel had rejected Yahweh and His
1 And it happened when Samuel was governmental system and wanted to govern
old, he made his sons judges over themselves. Many today have the same
Israel. mindset and syndrome in the Laodicean
congregation, Rev 3:17-18.
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12 And he will appoint for himself 2 And he had a young and handsome
heads of thousands, and heads of son, and his name was Saul. And there
fifties; and to plow his plowing, and to was not a man among the sons of
reap his reaping; and to make Israel more handsome than he, being
weapons for war for him, and weapons taller than any of the people from his
for his charioteer. shoulder and upward.
13 And he will take your daughters 3 And the donkeys of Kish, Saul's
for perfumers, and for cooks, and for father, were lost. And Kish said to his
bakers. son Saul, Please take with you one of
14 And he will take your fields, and the young men, and rise up, go seek
your vineyards, and your olive-yards, the donkeys.
the best, and give them to his servants. 4 And he passed through the hills of
15 And he will tithe your seed and Ephraim, and passed through the land
your vineyards, and will give them to of Shalisha. And they did not find
his eunuchs and to his servants. them. And they passed through the
16 And he will take your male slaves land of Shaalim, and they were not
and your slave-girls, and the best of there. And he passed through the land
your young men, and your donkeys, of the Benjamites, and they did not
and will use them for his own work. find them.
17 He will tithe your flock, and you 5 And they came to the land of Zuph,
will be servants to him. and Saul said to his young man with
18 And you will cry out in that day him, Come and we shall turn back, lest
because of your king whom you have my father give up the donkeys and
chosen for yourselves. And YAHWEH become anxious for us.
will not answer you in that day. 6 And he said to him, Behold now, a
19 And the people refused to listen to man of Elohim is in this city, and the
the voice of Samuel, and said, No, but man is held in honor. All that he
a king shall be over us. speaks certainly comes to pass. Now
20 And we shall be, even we, like all let us go there. It may be he will
the nations. And our king shall judge declare our way to us on which we
us and shall go out before us and fight should go.
our battles. 7 And Saul said to his young man,
21 And Samuel heard all the words Yea, behold, we will go. But what will
of the people, and spoke them in the we bring in to the man? For the bread
ears of YAHWEH. from our vessels is gone, and there is
no present to bring to the man of the
22 And YAHWEH said to Samuel,
Elohim. What is with us?
Listen to their voice, and you shall
8 And the young man answered Saul
cause a king to reign over them. And
again and said, Behold, I have found a
Samuel said to the men of Israel, Each
fourth of a shekel of silver; and I shall
of you go to his city.
give it to the man of the Elohim, and
he shall declare our way to us.
Chapter 9
9 Before in Israel, a man who was
going to seek Elohim said this, Come
1 And there was a man of Benjamin,
and we shall go to the seer; for the
and his name was Kish, the son of
prophet of today, before, was called
Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of
the seer.
Bechorath the son of Aphiah, a man of
10 And Saul said to his young man,
Benjamin, a mighty warrior.
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Your word is good; come and we shall lost to you three days ago, do not set
go. And they went into the city where your heart on them, for they have been
the man of the Elohim was. found. And to whom is all the desire of
11 They were going up the ascent to Israel? Is it not to you and to all the
the city, and found young women house of your father?
going out to draw water, and said to 21 And Saul answered and said, Am I
them, Is the seer in this place? not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the
12 And they replied to them and tribes of Israel? And my family is the
said, He is. See, he is before you. least of all the families of the tribe of
Hurry now, for today he will come into Benjamin. And why have you spoken
the city, for the people have a sacrifice to me according to this word?
in the high place. 22 And Samuel took Saul and his
13 As you go into the city, so you young man and brought them into the
shall find him, before he goes up to the room, and gave to them a place at the
high place to eat. For the people will head of the invited ones. And they
not eat until he comes, for he shall were about thirty men.
bless the sacrifice. Afterward they who 23 And Samuel said to the cook, Give
are called will eat. And now, go up, for the portion which I gave to you, of
this day you will find him. which I said to you, Set it beside you.
14 And they went up to the city. They 24 And the cook lifted up the leg,
were coming into the middle of the and that on it, and set it before Saul.
city, and, behold, Samuel was coming And he said, Behold that which is
out to meet them, to go up to the high reserved. Set it before you, eat. For it
place. has been kept for you for this
15 And YAHWEH revealed in appointed time, saying, I have invited
Samuel's ear one day before Saul the people. And Saul ate with Samuel
came, saying, on that day.
16 At this time tomorrow I will send 25 And they came down from the
to you a man out of the land of high place to the city. And he spoke
Benjamin. And you shall anoint him with Saul on the roof.
for the leader over My people Israel. 26 And they rose up early, and about
And he shall save My people out of the the going up of the dawn it happened
hand of the Philistines; for I have seen that Samuel called to Saul on the roof,
My people, for his cry has come to Me. saying, Rise up, and I will send you
17 When Samuel saw Saul, then away. And Saul rose up, and they went
YAHWEH answered him, Behold, the out, both of them, he and Samuel, to
man of whom I spoke to you. This one the outside.
shall rule over My people. 27 They were going down to the edge
18 And Saul drew near to Samuel of the city, and Samuel said to Saul,
amidst the gate, and said, Please tell Say to the young man that he should
me where is the seer's house? pass on before us and cross over. And
19 And Samuel answered Saul and you stand still at this time, and I will
said, I am the seer. Go up before me cause you to hear the Word of Elohim.
into the high place, and you shall eat
with me today. And I will send you Chapter 10
away in the morning, and all that is in
your heart, I will declare to you. 1 And Samuel took the flask of oil
20 And as to the donkeys which were and poured on his head, and kissed
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him, and said, Is it not because all these signs came on that day.
YAHWEH has anointed you for a 10 And they came there to the hill.
leader over His inheritance? And behold! A band of prophets were
2 As you go from me today even you there to meet him. And the Spirit of
will find two men by Rachel's tomb, in Elohim pushed on him, and he
the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. And prophesied in their midst.
they will say to you, The she donkeys 11 And it happened, all who knew
that you went to seek have been found. him from yesterday and the third day,
And, behold, your father has left off and saw him, even behold, he
the matters of the she donkeys and is prophesied with prophets. And the
anxious for you, saying, What shall I people said, each one to his neighbor,
do for my son? What is this happening to the son of
3 And you will go on from there even Kish? Is Saul also among the
further, and you will come to the great prophets?
tree of Tabor. And you will find three 12 And a man from there answered
men going up to Elohim at Bethel, one and said, And who is their father? On
carrying three kids, and one carrying account of this it is for a proverb: Is
three loaves of bread, and one carrying Saul also among the prophets?
a skin of wine. 13 And he finished from
4 And they will ask you of your prophesying, and he came to the high
welfare and give to you two loaves of place.
bread, and you will take them from 14 And the uncle of Saul said to him
their hand. and to his young man, Where did you
5 Afterward you will come to the hill go? And he said, To seek the she
of Elohim where there is a fort of the donkeys. And we saw that they were
Philistines. And it will happen as you not, and we went to Samuel.
come there to the city even you will 15 And the uncle of Saul said, Please
meet a band of prophets going down tell me what Samuel said to you.
from the high place; and before them 16 And Saul said to his uncle, He
will be a harp, and a tambourine, and told us plainly that the she donkeys
a flute, and a lyre. And they will be were found. But he did not tell what
prophesying. Samuel said about the matter of the
6 And the Spirit of YAHWEH will be kingdom.
powerful on you, and you will 17 And Samuel called the people to
prophesy with them; and you will be YAHWEH, to Mizpah.
turned into another man. 18 And he said to the sons of Israel,
7 And it will be, when these signs So says YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel,
come to you, do for yourself what your I caused Israel to go up from Egypt
hand finds, for the Elohim is with you. and delivered you from the hand of the
8 And you will go before me to Egyptians, and from the hand of all
Gilgal. And, behold! I will come down the kingdoms who oppressed you.
to you to offer burnt offerings, to 19 But today you have rejected your
sacrifice peace offerings. You will wait Elohim who Himself is your deliverer
seven days until I come to you and from all your evils and your distresses;
make known to you what you shall do. yet you say to Him, But set a king over
9 And it happened when he turned us! And now present yourselves before
his back to go from Samuel, Elohim the face of YAHWEH, by your tribes
changed him with another heart. And and by your families.
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11 And it happened, on the next day from the hand of any man. (1Sam 8:3)
Saul put the people in three heads, and 5 And he said to them, YAHWEH is
they came into the midst of the camp witness against you, and His anointed
in the morning watch and they struck is witness this day, that you have not
Ammon until the heat of the day. And found anything in my hand. And they
it was, the ones left were scattered; in said, He is witness.
them were not two left together. 6 And Samuel said to the people, It is
12 And the people said to Samuel, YAHWEH who made Moses and
Who is he saying, Shall Saul reign over Aaron, and who caused your fathers to
us? Give the men and we will execute go up from the land of Egypt.
them. 7 And now stand, and I will contend
13 And Saul said, Not a man shall be
with you before the face of YAHWEH
executed on this day, for today
regarding all the righteous acts of
YAHWEH worked deliverance in
YAHWEH which He did with you and
Israel.
with your fathers.
14 And Samuel said to the people,
8 When Jacob came into Egypt, and
Come, and let us go to Gilgal and
renew the kingdom there. your fathers cried to YAHWEH, then
15 And all the people went to Gilgal YAHWEH sent Moses and Aaron; and
and made Saul to reign there in Gilgal, they brought your fathers out from
before the face of YAHWEH. And they Egypt and made them dwell in this
offered Sacrifices of peace offerings place.
there before YAHWEH. And Saul and 9 And they forgot YAHWEH their
all the men of Israel greatly rejoiced Elohim. And He sold them into the
there. hand of Sisera, commander of the
army of Hazor, and into the hand of
Chapter 12 the Philistines, and into the hand of
the king of Moab; and they fought
1 And Samuel said to all Israel, against them.
Behold, I have heard your voice, to all 10 And they cried to YAHWEH and
that you said to me, and I made a king said, We have sinned, for we forsook
to reign over you. YAHWEH and served the Baals and
2 And now, behold, the king is the Ashtoroth, but now deliver us from
walking before you, but I am old and the hand of our enemies and we will
gray. And, behold, my sons, they are serve You.
with you. And I have walked before 11 And YAHWEH sent Jerubbaal,
your face from my youth until this day. and Bedan, and Jephthah, and
3 Behold, I am here! Testify against Samuel, and delivered you from the
me before YAHWEH and before His hand of your enemies from all around;
anointed: Whose ox have I taken, and and you lived in safety.
whose donkey have I taken, and whom 12 And you saw that Nahash the king
have I offended? Whom have I of the sons of Ammon came against
crushed, and from whose hand have I you, and you said to me, No, for a king
taken a bribe that I might hide my eyes shall reign over us even though
with it; and I will give back to you. YAHWEH your Elohim was king over
4 And they said, You have not you.
oppressed us, and you have not 13 And now, behold the king whom
crushed us, and you have not taken you chose, whom you requested. And
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behold YAHWEH gave a king over you. name. For YAHWEH resolves to make
14 If you will fear1 YAHWEH and you a people for Himself.
serve Him, and listen to His voice, and 23 Also I, far be it from me from
do not rebel against the mouth of sinning against YAHWEH, from
YAHWEH, then you, both you and also ceasing to pray for you. But I will
the king who reigns over you, shall instruct you in the good and the right
follow YAHWEH your Elohim. way.
15 But if you will not listen to the 24 Only fear YAHWEH and serve
voice of YAHWEH, and you rebel Him in truth with all your heart, for
seeing that He has done great things
against the mouth of YAHWEH, then
for you.
the hand of YAHWEH shall be against 25 But if you still do evilly, both you
you and against your fathers. and your king will be swept away.
16 Also, now present yourselves and
see this great thing that YAHWEH will Chapter 13
do before your eyes.
17 Is it not wheat harvest today? I 1 It was one year since Saul became
will call to YAHWEH and He will give king, then he reigned two more years
sounds and rain. And know and see over Israel.
that your evil is great, that which you 2 And Saul chose for himself three
have done in the eyes of YAHWEH, to thousand out of Israel. And two
ask a king for yourselves.2 thousand were with Saul in Michmash,
18 And Samuel called to YAHWEH. and in the hills of Bethel. And a
thousand were with Jonathan in
And YAHWEH gave sounds and rain in
Gibeah of Benjamin. And he sent the
that day. And all the people greatly
rest of the people each to his tent.
feared YAHWEH and Samuel. 3 And Jonathan struck the fort of the
19 And all the people said to Samuel, Philistines in Geba. And the Philistines
Pray to YAHWEH your Elohim for heard. And Saul blew with the ram's
your servants, that we may not die, for horn throughout all the land, saying,
we have added this evil to all our sins Let the Hebrews hear.
to ask a king for ourselves. 4 And all Israel heard, saying, Saul
20 And Samuel said to the people, has struck a fort of the Philistines; and
Do not fear. You have done all this also Israel has made himself stink to
evil, only do not turn aside from the Philistines. And all the people were
following YAHWEH, and serve called after Saul, to Gilgal.
YAHWEH with all your heart. 5 And the Philistines gathered to
21 And do not turn aside to go after fight with Israel, with thirty thousand
worthless things which do not profit chariots and six thousand horsemen,
and do not deliver, for they are and people as the sand which is on the
worthless. lip of the sea for multitude. And they
22 For YAHWEH will not abandon came up and pitched in Michmash,
His people, for the sake of His great east of Beth-Aven.
6 And the men of Israel saw that
1 To fear: not only to minister to, but also to they were distressing to them, for the
worship. people were distressed. And the people
2 Usually there is no rain at wheat harvest, so hid themselves in caves, and in
this was a sign and a warning as the rain
crevices, and in crags, and in tombs,
could have destroyed the crop.
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the son of Saul said to the young man Philistines said, See, Hebrews coming
bearing his armor, Come, and we will out from the holes there where they
go over to the fort of the Philistines on hid themselves!
the other side. But he did not tell his 12 And the men of the fort answered
father. Jonathan and his armor bearer, and
2 And Saul was waiting at the edge of said, Come up to us, and we will teach
Gibeah, under the pomegranate in you a thing. And Jonathan said to his
Migron; also the people with him, armor bearer, Come up after me, for
about six hundred men. YAHWEH has given them into the
3 And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, the hand of Israel.
brother of Ichabod, the son of 13 And Jonathan went up on his
Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of hands and on his feet, and the armor
YAHWEH in Shiloh, was wearing the bearer after him. And they fell before
ephod. And the people did not know Jonathan, and the armor bearer made
that Jonathan had left. them die behind him.
4 And between the passes by which 14 And this was the first blow, when
Jonathan sought to go over to the Jonathan and his armor bearer struck
Philistine fort, there was a rocky crag about twenty men in about half of a
on the one side, and the rocky crag furrow of an acre of a field.
opposite this; and the name of the one 15 And there was trembling in the
was Bozez, and the name of the other, camp in the field, and among all the
Seneh. people; the fort and those ravaging
5 The one crag was a pillar on the trembled, even them. And the ground
north in front of Michmash, and the quaked, and it was for a trembling of
one on the south in front of Gibeah. Elohim.
6 And Jonathan said to the young 16 And the watchmen of Saul in
man bearing his weapons, Come, we Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and
shall cross over to the fort of these behold, the multitude had melted
uncircumcised ones. It may be away; and they went, even here and
YAHWEH will work for us, for there is there.
no hindrance to YAHWEH, to save by 17 And Saul said to the people with
many or by few. him, Make a count now and see who
7 And his armor bearer said to him, has gone from us. And they counted,
Do all that is in your heart; turn and, behold, Jonathan and the armor
yourself. Behold, I am with you bearer were not there.
according to your heart. 18 And Saul said to Ahijah, Bring the
8 And Jonathan said, Behold, we will ark of Elohim here, for the ark of
cross over to the men and show Elohim was with the sons of Israel on
ourselves to them. that day.
9 If they say this to us, Stand still 19 And it happened while Saul spoke
until we reach you, then we will stand to the priest, that the turmoil which
in our place and not go up to them. was in the camp, even the Philistines
10 But if they say this, Come up to went on, going and increasing. And
Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your
us, then we will go up, for YAHWEH
hand.
has given them into our hand; and this
20 And Saul and all the people with
will be the sign for us.
him gathered together and went to the
11 And both of them were revealed to
battle. And, behold, every man's sword
the fort of the Philistines. And the
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was against his fellow, a very great Philistines have been great?
panic! 31 And they struck the Philistines on
21 Then the Hebrews who were for that day from Michmash to Aijalon,
the Philistines before, who had gone and the people were very weak.
with them to the camp all around, 32 And the people fell on the spoil,
even they turned to be with Israel, and took sheep, and oxen, and sons of
with Saul and Jonathan. the herd, and slaughtered them to the
22 And all the men of Israel who had ground. And the people ate with the
been hiding themselves in the hills of blood.
Ephraim heard that the Philistines had 33 And they told Saul, saying,
fled. And they also pursued them in Behold, the people are sinning against
battle. YAHWEH, to eat with the blood. And
23 And YAHWEH saved Israel that he said, You have acted treacherously.
day. And the battle passed over to Now roll me a great stone today.
Beth-Aven. 34 And Saul said, Disperse
24 And the men of Israel were yourselves among the people and say
distressed on that day, for Saul took an to them, Each one bring his ox near to
oath of the people, saying, Cursed me, and each his sheep, and you
shall be the man who eats food until slaughter here, and eat; and you shall
the evening, when I have been avenged not sin against YAHWEH, to eat with
on my foes. And none of the people the blood. And each of all the people
tasted food. brought near his ox in his hand that
25 And all those of the land came night, and they slaughtered there.
into a forest, and there was honey on 35 And Saul built an altar to
the ground. YAHWEH. With it he began to build an
26 And the people came into the
altar to YAHWEH.
forest; and behold, a flow of honey!
36 And Saul said Let us go down
But no man put his hand to his mouth,
after the Philistines by night and
for the people feared the oath.
plunder them until the morning light,
27 And Jonathan did not hear when
and not a man remains among them.
his father made the people swear. And
And they said, Do all that is good in
he put out the tip of the staff in his
your eyes. And the priest said, Let us
hand and dipped it into the
draw near here to Elohim.
honeycomb. And he put his hand to
37 And Saul asked of Elohim, Shall I
his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
go down after the Philistines? Will You
28 And one of the people answered
give them into the hand of Israel? But
and said, Swearing your father made
He did not answer him on that day.
the people swear, saying, Cursed shall
38 And Saul said, All leaders of the
be the man who eats food today. And
people draw near here, and know and
the people were weak.
see how this sin has happened today.
29 And Jonathan said, My father has
troubled the land. See, now, that my 39 For as YAHWEH lives, who
eyes became bright, for I tasted this delivers Israel, surely if it is my son
little honey. Jonathan, surely he shall die. And no
30 How much more if the people one answered him from all the people.
had eaten freely today of this spoil of 40 And he said to all Israel, You be
its enemies which it has found. For on one side, and my son Jonathan and
now would not the blow among the I will be on another side. And the
people said to Saul, Do that which is
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and of the herd, and the seconds, and the spoil, and did the evil in the eyes of
the lambs, and all that was good, and YAHWEH.
were not willing to exterminate them. 20 And Saul said to Samuel, I did
But they exterminated every despised obey the voice of YAHWEH, and I went
and worthless thing.
in the way which YAHWEH sent me,
10 And the Word of YAHWEH was to and brought Agag the king of Amalek,
Samuel, saying, and I exterminated Amalek.
11 I repent that I made Saul reign as 21 And the people took from the
king, for he has turned back from spoil of the flock, and the first of the
following Me, and he has not risen to herd, that devoted, to sacrifice to
do My Words. And Samuel was angry,
YAHWEH your Elohim in Gilgal.
and he cried to YAHWEH all night.
22 And Samuel said, Does YAHWEH
12 And Samuel rose early to meet
delight in burnt offerings and
Saul in the morning. And it was told to
sacrifices as in obeying the voice of
Samuel, saying, Saul has come to
Carmel. And behold, he has set up a YAHWEH? Behold! Obeying is better
place to himself, and has gone around, than sacrifice; to give attention is
and has passed over and gone down to better than the fat of rams.1
Gilgal. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of
13 And Samuel came to Saul. And divination;2 and stubbornness is both
Saul said to him, Blessed are you of iniquity and idolatry. Because you
YAHWEH. I have risen to do the Word have rejected the Word of YAHWEH,
of YAHWEH. so He has rejected you from being
king.
14 And Samuel said, What then is
24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have
this noise of the flock in my ears, and
sinned, for I have transgressed the
the sound of the herd that I hear?
15 And Saul said, They have brought mouth of YAHWEH and your word,
them from Amalek, because the people because I feared the people, and I
had pity on the best of the flock, and of listened to their voice.
the herd, in order to sacrifice to 25 And now please lift up my sin,
YAHWEH your Elohim. And the rest
and return with me that I may worship
we have exterminated. YAHWEH.
16 And Samuel said to Saul, Stop, 26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will
and I will declare to you that which not return with you, for you have
YAHWEH spoke to me tonight. And he rejected the Word of YAHWEH and
said to him, Speak. YAHWEH has rejected you from being
17 And Samuel said, Were you not, king over Israel.
even you, little in your own eyes before 27 And Samuel turned around to go.
becoming leader of the tribes of Israel? And he took hold on the edge of his
And YAHWEH anointed you as king robe3, and it tore.
over Israel. 28 And Samuel said to him,
18 And YAHWEH sent you on the 1 Yahweh is looking for humble, obedient
way, and said, Go, and exterminate the servants that will be loyal to Him
sinners, Amalek; and fight against throughout eternity. Faith is simply undying
them until they finish them. loyalty and to trust and obey YAHWEH
19 Why then did you not listen to the under any circumstance.
2 Rebellion = bitterness and divination =
voice of YAHWEH? But did fly upon
sorcery or witchcraft.
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YAHWEH has torn the kingdom of 2 And Samuel said, How can I go?
Israel from you today, and has given it When Saul hears, then he will kill me.
to your neighbor who is better than And YAHWEH said, You shall take a
you. heifer from the herd in your hand, and
29 And also the Glory of Israel will shall say, I have come to sacrifice to
not lie nor repent, for He is not a man YAHWEH.
that He should repent. 3 And you invite Jesse to the
30 And he said, I have sinned. sacrifice. And I will make you know
Honor me now, please, before the what you shall do. And you shall
elders of my people, and before Israel, anoint for Me whomever I say to you.
and return with me. And I shall 4 And Samuel did what YAHWEH
worship YAHWEH your Elohim. said, and came to Bethlehem. And the
31 And Samuel turned back away elders of the city trembled to meet
from Saul, and Saul worshiped him, and said, Do you come in peace?
YAHWEH. 5 And he said, Peace! I have come to
32 And Samuel said, Bring near to sacrifice to YAHWEH. Sanctify
me Agag the king of Amalek. And Agag yourselves and you shall come with me
came to him cheerfully. And Agag said, to the sacrifice. And he sanctified
Surely the bitterness of death has Jesse and his sons, and called them to
passed. the sacrifice.
33 And Samuel said, As your sword 6 And it happened as they came in,
has bereaved women of children, so that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely
shall your mother be bereft among before YAHWEH is His Messiah.
women. And Samuel cut Agag in
7 And YAHWEH said to Samuel, Do
pieces before YAHWEH in Gilgal. not look on his appearance, nor to the
34 And Samuel went to Ramah, and height of his stature, for I have
Saul went to his house, to Gibeah of rejected him. For man does not see
Saul. what He sees. For man looks for the
35 And Samuel never again saw Saul
eyes, but YAHWEH looks for the heart.
until the day of his death, for Samuel
8 And Jesse called to Abinadab, and
mourned for Saul. And YAHWEH he passed him before Samuel but he
repented that He had caused Saul to
said, Also YAHWEH has not chosen
reign over Israel.
this one.
9 And Jesse passed Shammah by,
Chapter 16
but he said, Also YAHWEH has not
1 And YAHWEH said to Samuel, chosen this one.
10 And Jesse passed seven of his
Until when will you mourn for Saul,
sons before Samuel, but Samuel said
for I have rejected him from reigning
over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and to Jesse, YAHWEH has not chosen
go. I will send you to Jesse the among these.
Bethlehemite, for I have seen a king 11 And Samuel said to Jesse, Are
for Me among his sons. these all the young men? And he said,
There yet remains the youngest; and
3 This was the tzitzeet (tassel), which
behold, he is feeding the flock. And
represents the authority of a male. By
ripping his tzitzeet it showed that due to his
Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring
lack of judicial order Saul's authority was him, for we will not sit until he comes
being ripped away from him. here.
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12 And he sent and brought him in. he has found grace in my eyes.
And he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes 23 And it happened, when the spirit
and good form. And YAHWEH said, of adversity from Elohim was on Saul,
Rise up, anoint him, for this is he. then David would take the harp and
13 And Samuel took the horn of oil play with his hand. And there was
and anointed him in the midst of his relief for Saul, and it was well with
brothers. And the Spirit of YAHWEH him. And the spirit of adversity would
came upon David from that day and depart from him.
onward. 1And Samuel rose up and
went to Ramah. Chapter 17
14 And the Spirit of YAHWEH
1 And the Philistines2 had gathered
departed from Saul, and a spirit of
their armies for battle, and were
adversity from YAHWEH terrified him. gathered at Socoh which is to Judah.
15 And Saul's servants said to him, And they camped between Socoh and
Behold, now a spirit of adversity from Azekah in Ephes-Dammim.
Elohim is terrifying you. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel
16 Please let our master say to your were gathered, and camped in the
servants before you, let them seek out valley of Elah. And they set the battle
a man who knows how to play on the in order to meet the Philistines.
harp. And it shall be, when the spirit of 3 And the Philistines stood on the
adversity from Elohim is upon you, mountain on this side, and Israel
then he shall play with his hand, and it stood on the mountain on that side,
shall be well with you. and the valley between them.
17 And Saul said to his servants, 4 And a champion came out from the
Now look for a man who is good at armies of the Philistines, Goliath was
playing for me, and bring him to me. his name, from Gath; his height was
18 One of the servants answered and six cubits and a span.
said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse 5 And a copper helmet was on his
the Bethlehemite who is skillful in head, and he was clothed with scaled
playing, and a mighty warrior, and a body armor; and the weight of the
man of battle, and skillful in speech, armor was five thousand shekels of
and a man of form. And YAHWEH is copper.
with him. 6 And a covering of copper was on
19 And Saul sent messengers to his legs, and a javelin of copper
Jesse and said, Send your son David to between his shoulders.
me, who is with the flock. 7 And the wood of his spear was like
20 And Jesse took a donkey, with a weaver's beam; and the blade of his
bread, and a skin of wine, and one kid spear weighed six hundred shekels of
of the goats; and he sent by the hand iron. And the shield bearer went
of his son David to Saul. before him.
21 And David came to Saul and stood 8 And he stood and called to the
before him. And he loved him greatly; ranks of Israel, and said to them, Why
and he became one who bore his
2 The Philistines were an Indo-European,
armor for him. maritime people who invaded Egypt in the
22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, 12th century B.C.E. and were driven out and
Please let David stand before me, for went to southwest Canaan, and other parts
of the land, by this time they had a foothold
1 David had YHWH's Holy Spirit, Psa 51:11. on the whole southern portion of Israel.
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do you come out to set in order the Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
battle? Am I not the Philistine, and 20 And David rose up early in the
you Saul's servants? Choose one of morning and left the sheep with a
yourselves, and let him come to me. keeper, and got up and went, as Jesse
9 If he is able to fight with me and commanded him. And he came to the
strike me, then we shall become slaves barricade, and to the army which was
to you. But if I prevail over him, and going out to the battle array. And they
strike him, then you shall become were shouting for battle.
slaves to us and shall serve us. 21 And Israel and the Philistines set
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the up in battle array for rank to meet
ranks of Israel this day; give me a rank.
man, and we will fight together. 22 And David left the goods on him
11 And Saul and all Israel heard into the hands of the keeper of the
these words of the Philistine. And they goods, and he ran to the army. And he
were dismayed and greatly afraid. came and asked his brothers of their
12 And David was the son of an welfare.
Ephrathite of Bethlehem-Judah 23 And as he was speaking to them,
named Jesse. And to him were eight even, behold! The man between the
sons. And the man was old among two, Goliath the Philistine was his
men in the days of Saul. name, came up out of the ranks of the
13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse Philistines. And he spoke according to
went out; they went after Saul to the these words. And David heard.
battle. And the name of his three sons 24 And when they saw the man, all
who went into the battle: Eliab, the the men of Israel ran from him, and
first-born; and his second, Abinadab; were very much afraid.
and the third, Shammah. 25 And the men of Israel said, Have
14 And David was the youngest. And you seen this man who comes up? For
the three eldest had gone after Saul. he has come to defy Israel. And it shall
15 And David went and returned be, the man who strikes him, the king
from Saul, to feed his father's flock at will enrich him with great riches, and
Bethlehem. he will give his daughter to him. And
16 And the Philistine drew near he will make his father's house free in
morning and evening, and presented Israel.
himself forty days.1 26 And David spoke to the men who
17 And Jesse said to his son David, were standing with him, saying, What
Please take to your brothers an ephah shall be done to the man who strikes
of this roasted grain and these ten this Philistine, and turns aside
loaves, and run to the camp, to your reproach from Israel? For who is this
brothers. uncircumcised Philistine that he
18 And you shall take these ten should reproach the armies of the
cuttings of cheese to the commander living Elohim?
of the thousand, and you shall visit 27 And the people spoke to him
your brothers, as to their welfare. And according to this word, saying, So shall
you shall bring their token. it be done to the man who strikes him.
19 And Saul, and they, and all the 28 And his eldest brother, Eliab,
men of Israel were in the valley of heard when he spoke to the men. And
Eliab's anger glowed against David.
1 40 in Scripture is the number of trial or And he said, Why is it you have come
overcoming.
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down? And with whom have you left his apparel, and started to go. But he
those few sheep in the wilderness? I had not tested these. And David said
know your pride and the evil of your to Saul, I am not able to go with these,
heart, for you have come down to see for I have not tested them. And David
the battle. took them off him.
29 And David said, What have I 40 And he took his staff in his hand,
done now? Was it not only a word? and chose for himself five smooth
30 And he turned around from him stones from the valley. And he put
to another and said according to this them in the shepherd's bag which he
word. And the people answered him a had, even in his pouch. And his sling
word like the first word. was in his hand, and he drew near to
31 And the words which David had the Philistine.
spoken were heard. And they were told 41 And the Philistine came on,
before Saul, and he received him. coming and drawing near to David;
32 And David said to Saul, Let no and the shield bearer was before him.
man's heart fail because of him. Your 42 And the Philistine looked, and he
servant will go and will fight with this saw David, and disdained him, for he
Philistine. was a youth, even ruddy, with a
33 And Saul said to David, You are handsome form.
not able to go to this Philistine, to fight 43 And the Philistine said to David,
with him, for you are a youth, and he Am I a dog that you have come to me
is a man of war from his youth. with sticks? And the Philistine cursed
34 And David said to Saul, Your David by his Elohim.
servant has been a shepherd among 44 And the Philistine said to David,
sheep for his father. And the lion Come to me, and I will give your flesh
came, and the bear, and took away a to the birds of the heavens and to the
sheep out of the flock. beasts of the field.
35 And I went out after him and 45 And David said to the Philistine,
struck him, and delivered out of his You are coming to me with sword, and
mouth. And he rose against me, and I with spear, and with javelin. But I am
took hold of his beard and struck him, coming to you in the name of
and killed him. YAHWEH of Hosts, the Elohim of the
36 Your servant has struck both the armies of Israel, which you have
lion and the bear, and this reproached.
uncircumcised Philistine shall be as 46 Today YAHWEH shall shut you
one of them, for he has taunted the up into my hand, and I shall strike
armies of the living Elohim. you, and take off your head from you
37 And David said, YAHWEH, who and give the carcasses of the Philistine
has delivered me out of the paw of the army to the birds of the heavens and to
lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He the beasts of the earth today. And all
shall deliver me from the hand of this the earth shall know that there is an
Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, Elohim for Israel.
and YAHWEH be with you. 47 And all this company shall know
38 And Saul clothed David with his that YAHWEH does not save by sword
apparel, and put a copper helmet on and by spear, but that the battle
his head, and clothed him with body belongs to YAHWEH, and He has
armor. given you into our hand.
39 And David girded his sword on 48 And it happened, when the
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Philistine arose and went, and drew 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son
near to meet David, David hurried and are you, boy? And David said, The son
ran toward the ranks to meet the of your servant Jesse, the
Philistine. Bethlehemite.
49 And David put his hand into the
pouch and took a stone from there. Chapter 18
And he slung it and struck the
Philistine in his forehead. And the 1 And it happened, when he finished
stone sank into his forehead, and he speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan
fell on his face to the earth. was knitted with the soul of David;
50 And David was stronger than the and Jonathan loved him as his own
Philistine with the sling and with the soul.1
stone. And he struck the Philistine and 2 And Saul took him that day, and
killed him. And there was no sword in would not let him return to his father's
David's hand. house.
51 And David ran and stood over the 3 And Jonathan and David cut a
Philistine, and took his sword; and he covenant, because he loved him as his
drew it out of its sheath and killed own soul.
him. And he cut off his head with it. 4 And Jonathan stripped off the robe
And the Philistines saw that their on him and gave it to David; also his
warrior was dead, and they fled. apparel, even to his sword and to his
52 And the men of Israel and Judah bow and to his belt.
rose up and shouted, and pursued the 5 And David went out wherever Saul
Philistines until you enter the valley, sent him. And he acted wisely. And
even to the gates of Ekron. And the Saul set him over the men of war. And
wounded of the Philistines fell in the it was good in the eyes of all the
way of Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to people, and also in the eyes of the
Ekron. servants of Saul.
53 And the sons of Israel returned 6 And it happened as they came in,
from hotly pursuing the Philistines; as David returned from striking the
and they pillaged their camps. Philistine, the women came out from
54 And David took the head of the all the cities of Israel to sing with the
Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem; dancers, to meet Saul the king with
and he put his weapons in his own tambourines and with joy and three-
tent. stringed instruments.
55 And when Saul saw David going 7 And the women who were playing
out to meet the Philistine, he said to answered and said, Saul has slain his
Abner, the army commander, Whose thousands, but David his ten
son is this youth, Abner? And Abner thousands.
said, As your soul lives, O king, I do 8 And it very much burned Saul, and
not know. this thing was evil in his eyes. And he
56 And the king said, You ask whose said, They have given ten thousands to
son this young man is. David, and to me they have given
57 And when David returned from thousands. And is there more to him,
striking the Philistine, then Abner took except the kingdom?
him and brought him before Saul; and
the head of the Philistine was in his 1 Jonathan and David's relationship is one of
hand. the greatest examples in Scripture of a true,
covenant friendship.
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9 And from that day forward Saul be on him. And Saul said to David a
was watching David. second time, You shall be my son-in-
10 And on the next day it happened law today.
that the spirit of adversity from 22 And Saul commanded his
Elohim came on Saul. And he servants, Speak to David secretly,
prophesied in the midst of the house; saying, Behold the king delights in
and David was playing with his hand, you, and all his servants love you. And
as he did day by day. And Saul's spear now, be son-in-law to the king.
was in his hand. 23 And Saul's servants spoke these
11 And Saul threw the spear, and words in David's ears. And David said,
said, I will strike David, even to the Is it a light thing in your eyes to be
wall. And David twice drew back from son-in-law to the king? And I am a
his face. poor man, and lightly esteemed.
12 And Saul feared David, because 24 And Saul's servants spoke to him,
YAHWEH was with him, and had saying, David has spoken according to
departed from Saul. these words.
13 And Saul separated him from 25 And Saul said, So you shall say to
himself and set him as his commander David, There is no delight to the king
over a thousand. And he went out and in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of
came in before the people. the Philistines, to be avenged on the
14 And David acted wisely in all his king's enemies. And Saul thought to
ways, and YAHWEH was with him. cause David to fall by the hand of the
15 And Saul saw that he was acting Philistines.
wisely, and was afraid of him. 26 And his servants told David these
16 And all Israel and Judah loved words. And the thing was right in
David, for he went out and came in David's eyes, to be son-in-law to the
before them. king. And the days had not been
17 And Saul said to David, Behold fulfilled.
my elder daughter Merav! I will give 27 And David rose up and went out,
her to you for a wife; only, you be a he and his men. And they struck two
brave son for me and fight the battles hundred men of the Philistines. And
David brought their foreskins, and he
of YAHWEH. And Saul said, Let not
gave them in full to the king, in order
my hand be on him, but let the hand of
to be son-in-law to the king. And Saul
the Philistines be on him.
gave him his daughter Michal for a
18 And David said to Saul, Who am
wife.
I, and what is my life, and the family of
28 And Saul saw and knew that
my father in Israel, that I should be
son-in-law to the king? YAHWEH was with David, and that
19 And it happened at the time Saul Saul's daughter Michal loved him.
was to give his daughter Merav to 29 And Saul was still more afraid of
David, she was given to Adriel the David. And Saul was an enemy to
Meholathite for a wife. David continually.
20 And Saul's daughter Michal loved 30 And the rulers of the Philistines
David. And they told Saul, and the came out. And it happened from the
thing was right in his eyes. time they came out, David acted more
21 And Saul said, I will give her to wisely than all the servants of Saul.
him, and she shall be a snare to him. And His name was greatly esteemed.
And the hand of the Philistines shall
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other messengers. And they also the king to eat. And you shall send me
prophesied. And again Saul sent away, and I shall be hidden in the field
messengers, a third time. And they until the third evening.
also prophesied. 6 If looking your father looks for me,
22 And he went, he also, to Ramah, then you shall say, David asked
and came to the great well in Sechu. earnestly of me to run to his city Beth-
And Saul asked and said, Where are Lehem; for the yearly sacrifice is there
Samuel and David? And one said, for all the family.
Behold, in Naioth in Ramah. 7 If he shall say so, Good! Peace shall
23 And he went there, to Naioth in be for your servant. But if it burns him
Ramah, and the Spirit of Elohim was greatly, know that evil has been
on him, him also. And going on, he determined by him.
went and prophesied until he came 8 And you shall do kindness to your
into Naioth in Ramah. servant, for you have brought your
24 And he stripped off his garments, servant with you into a covenant of
he also, and he prophesied before YAHWEH. And if there is iniquity in
Samuel, even he. And he fell down me, you kill me. For why is this, that
disrobed all that day and all that night. you bring me to your father?
Because of this they say, Is Saul also 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from
among the prophets? you! For if I knew with certainty that
evil was determined by my father to
Chapter 20 come on you, would I not tell it to you?
10 Then David said to Jonathan,
1 And David fled from Naioth in Who shall tell me? Or what if your
Ramah, and came and said before father answers harshly?
Jonathan, What have I done? What is 11 And Jonathan said to David,
my iniquity, and what is my sin before Come, and we shall go out to the field;
your father, that he is seeking my life? and both of them went out to the field.
2 And he said to him, Far be it! You 12 And Jonathan said to David,
shall not die. Behold, my father shall YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel be
not do anything great or small, and witness when I search my father about
not reveal it to my ear. And why this time tomorrow, or the third day,
should my father hide this thing from and behold, there is good toward
me? It is not so. David and I do not send to you and do
3 And David again swore and said, not reveal it in your ear,
Your father has certainly known that I
13 so may YAHWEH do to Jonathan
have found grace in your eyes; and he
and do much more than this. If it
said, Do not let Jonathan know this,
should seem good to my father to do
that he not be grieved. And yet, as
evil to you, then I will reveal it in your
YAHWEH lives, and your soul lives, ear and send you away. And you shall
there is only a step between me and
go in peace; and may YAHWEH be
death.
with you, as He was with my father.
4 And Jonathan said to David, What
14 And not only while I live, even
your soul may say, I also will do for
you shall do with me the kindness of
you.
5 And David said to Jonathan, YAHWEH, that I not die,
Behold, the new moon is tomorrow. 15 but you shall not cut off your
And sitting I should certainly sit with kindness from my house forever, not
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even when YAHWEH cuts off the empty. And Saul said to his son
enemies of David, each one from off Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse
the face of the earth. not come to the meal, either yesterday
16 And Jonathan covenanted with or today?
the house of David, that YAHWEH 28 And Jonathan answered Saul,
should seek it from the hand of David earnestly asked of me to go to
David's enemies. Bethlehem.
17 And Jonathan again made David 29 And he said, Please send me
swear, because he loved him; for he away, for we have a family sacrifice in
loved him as he loved his own soul. the city, and my brother commanded
18 And Jonathan said to him, me. And now, if I have found favor in
Tomorrow is the new moon, and you your eyes, please let me be released,
shall be expected, for your seat will be and to see my brothers. So he has not
empty. come to the table of the king.
19 And on the third day you shall 30 And the anger of Saul glowed
quickly come down, and shall come against Jonathan. And he said to him,
there to the place where you were Son of a perverse rebelliousness! Do I
hidden in the day of the deed. And you not know that you have chosen the son
shall remain near the stone Ezel. of Jesse to your shame, and to the
20 And I will shoot three arrows to shame of the nakedness of your
the side, shooting at a mark for myself. mother?
21 And, behold, I shall send a boy, 31 For as long as the son of Jesse
saying, Find the arrows! If I expressly lives on earth you shall not be
say to the boy, Behold, the arrows are established, you and your kingdom.
on this side of you, take them; then And now send and bring him to me,
you come, for peace shall be to you, for he is a son of death.
32 And Jonathan answered his
and there is nothing, as YAHWEH
father Saul, and said to him, Why
lives.
should he die? What has he done?
22 But if I say to the young man,
33 And Saul threw the spear at him,
Behold, the arrows are away from you
to strike him. And Jonathan knew that
and onwards; go, for YAHWEH has it had been determined by his father to
sent you away. kill David.
23 As to the thing which we have 34 And Jonathan rose up from the
spoken, you and I; behold, YAHWEH table in the heat of anger. And he did
is between you and me forever. not eat food on the second day of the
24 And David was hidden in the new moon, for he was grieved for
field. And it was the new moon. And David. For his father had put him to
the king sat down by the food to eat. shame.
25 And the king sat on his seat, as 35 And it happened in the morning
from time to time, on the seat by the that Jonathan went out in the field for
wall. And Jonathan rose up, and the meeting with David. And a little
Abner sat at Saul's side. And David's boy was with him.
place was empty. 36 And he said to the boy, Now run
26 But Saul did not say anything on and find the arrow which I am
that day, for he said, It is an accident; shooting. The boy ran, and he shot the
he is not clean; he is surely not clean. arrow, causing it to pass over him.
27 And it happened on the day after 37 And the boy came to the place of
the new moon, David's place was
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the arrow which Jonathan had shot. my hand, but only holy bread, if the
And Jonathan called after the boy and young men have only been kept from a
said, Is the arrow not away from you woman.
and onwards? 5 And David answered the priest and
38 And Jonathan called after the said to him, Surely, a woman has been
boy, Hurry, make haste, do not stand! kept from us as yesterday and the
And Jonathan's boy gathered the third day, since I came out, and the
arrow and came to his master. vessels of the young men are holy. And
39 And the boy did not know in a way the holy bread is common;
anything. Only Jonathan and David also surely today it is sanctified in the
knew the matter. vessels.
40 And Jonathan gave his weapons 6 And the priest gave the holy bread
to the boy with him, and said to him, to him, for there was no bread there
Go, bring them to the city. except the Bread of the Presence
41 The boy left, and David rose up which is taken from the presence of
from the south side. And he fell on his YAHWEH in order to put hot bread in
face to the ground. And he bowed on the day it is taken away.
three times. And they each one kissed 7 And a man was there on that day,
his friend. And they each wept on his of the servants of Saul, detained before
friend, until David was overcome. YAHWEH. And his name was Doeg the
42 And Jonathan said to David, Go Edomite, the chief of Saul's shepherds.
in peace, because we have sworn, the 8 And David said to Ahimelech, Is
two of us, in the name of YAHWEH, there not here under your hand a
saying, YAHWEH shall be between you spear or sword? For I have taken
and me, and between my seed and neither my sword or my weapons, for
your seed forever. And he rose up and the king's matter was urgent.
went. And Jonathan went into the city. 9 And the priest said, The sword of
Goliath the Philistine, whom you
Chapter 21 struck in the valley of Elah; behold, it
is wrapped in the cloak behind the
1 And David came to Nob, to ephod. If you desire, take it for
Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech yourself; for there is no other here
trembled at meeting David, and said to except it. And David said, There is
him, Why are you by yourself, and no none like it. Give it to me.
man with you? 10 And David rose up and fled from
2 And David said to Ahimelech the the face of Saul on that day, and he
priest, The king has commanded me a came to Achish the king of Gath.
matter; and he said to me, Do not let a 11 And the servants of Achish said to
man know anything of the matter him, Is this not David the king of the
about which I am sending you, and land? Is it not of this one they sang in
which I told you. And I have directed dances, saying, Saul killed his
the young men to such and such a thousands, and David his myriads?
place. 12 And David put these words in his
3 And now, what is there under your heart, and was very much afraid of the
hand? Give five loaves into my hand, face of Achish the king of Gath.
or whatever is found. 13 And he changed his behavior
4 And the priest answered David and before their eyes, and pretended
said, There is no common bread under himself to be insane in their hand, and
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scribbled on the doors of the gate, and vineyards? Will he make each of you
let his spittle fall onto his beard. commanders of thousands and
14 And Achish said to his servants, commanders of hundreds,
Behold, you see the man is showing 8 that all of you have conspired
madness. Why do you bring him to against me, and no one was revealing
me? in my ear when my son cut a covenant
15 Am I in need of madmen that you with the son of Jesse? And not one of
have brought this one in to show you is sorry for me, even to reveal in
madness beside me? Shall this one my ear that my son has stirred up my
come into my house? servant against me, to lie in wait, as at
this day.
Chapter 22 9 And Doeg the Edomite, even he
was set over Saul's servants, answered
1 And David left there and escaped to and said, I saw the son of Jesse
the cave of Adullam. And his brothers coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son
heard, and all his father's house, and of Ahitub.
they went down to him there. 10 And he asked for him of
2 And every man in distress, and YAHWEH, and gave provisions to him,
every man who had a creditor, and and gave him the sword of Goliath the
every man bitter of soul, gathered Philistine.
themselves to him. And he became 11 And the king sent to call
commander over them. And about Ahimelech the priest, the son of
four hundred men were with him. Ahitub, and all his father's house, the
3 And David went from there to priests in Nob. And they came, all of
Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the them, to the king.
king of Moab, Please let my father and 12 And Saul said, Now hear, son of
my mother come and be with you, Ahitub. And he said, I am here, my
until I know what Elohim will do to master.
me. 13 And Saul said to him, Why have
4 And he settled them before the you conspired against me, you and the
king of Moab; and they lived with him son of Jesse by your giving bread and a
all the days David was in the sword to him, and to ask of Elohim for
stronghold. him, to rise up against me, to lie in
5 And Gad the prophet said to David, wait, as at this day?
You shall not remain in the 14 And Ahimelech answered the king
stronghold. Go, and you come into the and said, And who among all your
land of Judah. And David left and servants is as David the faithful, and
came into the forest of Hareth. son-in-law of the king; who does your
6 And Saul heard that David had bidding, and is honorable in all your
been discovered, and the men with house?
him. And Saul was staying in Gibeah 15 Have I today begun to ask of
under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, Elohim for him? Far be it from me! Do
with his spear in his hand. And all his not let the king lay anything against
servants were standing by him. his servant, against any of my father's
7 And Saul said to his servants who house, for your servant has known
were standing by him, Now hear, nothing of this, more or less.
Benjamites. Will the son of Jesse also 16 And the king said, surely you shall
give to any of you fields and die, Ahimelech, you and your father's
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it was told to Saul that David had out through all the thousands of
escaped from Keilah. And he ceased to Judah.
go out. 24 And they rose up and went to
14 And David stayed in the Ziph before Saul. But David and his
wilderness, in the strongholds. And he men were in the wilderness of Maon,
stayed in the hill, in the wilderness of in the Arabah on the south of the
Ziph. And Saul sought him all his days. desert.
And Elohim did not give him into his 25 And Saul and his men went to
hand. search. And they told David. And he
15 And David saw that Saul had went down to the rock, and stayed in
come out to seek his life; and David the wilderness of Maon. And Saul
was in the wilderness of Ziph, in the heard, and pursued David in the
forest. wilderness of Maon.
16 And Jonathan the son of Saul rose 26 And Saul went on this side of the
up and went out to David, to the mountain, and David and his men on
forest. And he made his hand strong in that side of the mountain. And David
Elohim, was hurrying to go away from the face
17 and said to him, Do not fear, for of Saul. And Saul and his men were
the hand of my father Saul shall not encircling David and his men, to catch
find you; and you shall reign over them.
Israel; and I shall be second to you. 27 And a messenger came to Saul,
And my father Saul knows it is so. saying, Hurry, and come, for the
18 And they cut a covenant, both of Philistines have made a raid on the
them, before YAHWEH. And David land.
stayed in the forest, and Jonathan 28 And Saul turned back from
went to his house. pursuing David, and went to meet the
19 And the men of Ziph went to Saul, Philistines. On account of this they
to Gibeah, saying, Is not David hiding have called that place, The Rock of the
himself with us in strongholds, in the Division.
forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is 29 And David went up from there
south of the wilderness? and stayed in the strongholds at En-
20 And now, come down according Gedi.
to all the desires of your soul, O king.
Come down, and our duty is to deliver Chapter 24
him up into the king's hand.
21 And Saul said, You are blessed of 1 And it happened, when Saul had
YAHWEH, for you have had pity on returned from after the Philistines,
me. they told him, saying, Behold, David is
22 Please go, make yet more sure, in the wilderness of En-Gedi.
and know, and see his place where his 2 And Saul took three thousand
foot is; who has seen him there, for chosen men out of all Israel, and went
one has said to me, He is being very to seek David and his men on the front
crafty. of the rocks of the wild goats.
23 And see and know of all the 3 And on the way he came in to the
hiding places where he hides himself. folds of the flock. And there was a
And you shall return to me ready, and cave. And Saul went in to cover his
I shall go with you, and it shall be, if he feet.1 And David and his men were
is in the land, that I shall search him
1 Saul was relieving himself.
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staying in the recesses of the cave. me of you. But my hand shall not be
4 And David's men said to him, on you.
Behold, the day of which YAHWEH 13 As the proverb of the ancients
said to you, Behold, I will deliver your says, Wickedness proceeds from the
enemy into your hand, and you shall wicked. But my hand shall not be on
do to him as it is good in your eyes. you.
But David rose up and quietly cut off 14 After whom has the king of Israel
the tassel of Saul's robe. come out? After whom are you
5 And it happened afterward, the pursuing? After a dead dog? After a
heart of David struck him, because he flea?
had cut off Saul's tassel. 15 Yea, YAHWEH shall be judge, and
6 And he said to his men, Far be it shall judge between you and me. Yea,
from me, by YAHWEH. I shall not do He shall see and contend for my cause,
this thing to my master, to the and shall deliver me out of your hand.1
anointed of YAHWEH, to put out my 16 And it happened, when David
hand against him. For he is the finished speaking these words to Saul,
Saul said, Is this your voice, my son
anointed of YAHWEH.
David? And Saul lifted up his voice
7 And David held back his men by
and wept.
words, and did not allow them to rise
17 And he said to David, You are
up against Saul. And Saul rose up from
more righteous than I. For you have
the cave and went in the way.
done good to me, and I have rewarded
8 And David rose up afterward and
you with evil.
went out from the cave and called after
18 And you have today shown that
Saul, saying, My master the king! And
you have dealt well with me, in that
Saul looked behind him. And David
was bowing face to the earth and YAHWEH shut me up into your hand,
prostrated himself. and you did not kill me.
9 And David said to Saul, Why do 19 For if a man finds his enemy, will
you listen to the words of man, saying, he let him go on his way well? And
Behold, David seeks to do you evil? YAHWEH will repay you good for that
10 See, this day your eyes have seen which you have done to me today.
how YAHWEH has delivered you today 20 And now, behold, I know that you
into my hand in the cave. And one said shall certainly reign, and the kingdom
to kill you, but I had pity on you. And I of Israel shall be established in your
said, I shall not put out my hand hand.
against my master, for he is the 21 And now, swear to me by
anointed of YAHWEH. YAHWEH that you shall not cut off my
11 And my father, behold! Yes, see seed after me, nor shall you destroy
the tassel of your robe in my hand. For my name from the house of my father.
in that I cut off the tassel of your robe, 22 And David swore to Saul. And
and did not kill you, know and see that Saul went to his house, and David and
there is neither evil nor transgression his men went up into the stronghold.
in my hand, and I have not sinned
against you. Yet you are lying in wait
for my soul, to take it. 1 One does not need to take matters into his
12 YAHWEH shall judge between you own hands but to simply trust in YHWH
and me, and YAHWEH shall avenge who will avenge those who fight against
His elect.
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on the donkey and coming down by been found in you all your days.
the cover of the mountain. And, 29 And if a man rises up to pursue
behold, David and his men were you and to seek your soul, the soul of
coming down to meet her; and she met my master will be bound up in the
them. bundle of life with YAHWEH your
21 And David had said, Surely, in Elohim; and the souls of your enemies,
vain I have guarded all that belongs to He shall sling them from the hollow of
this fellow in the wilderness, so that the sling.
not anything was missed of all that 30 And it shall be, when YAHWEH
was his. And he has returned to me does to my master according to all the
evil for good. good which He has spoken concerning
22 So may Elohim do to the enemies you, and has commanded you to be
of David, and may He do more so, if I ruler over Israel,
leave any of all that is to him to the 31 that this shall not be for a cause of
light of the morning, of one who staggering, or of stumbling of heart to
urinates against a wall. my master, either to shed blood for
23 And Abigail saw David, and she nothing, or that my master saved
hurried, and she dismounted from the
himself. And may YAHWEH do good
donkey and fell on her face before
to my master, and you remember your
David and bowed to the earth.
handmaid.
24 And she fell at his feet and said,
32 And David said to Abigail,
On me, even me, my master, be the
iniquity. And please, let your Blessed is YAHWEH the Elohim of
handmaid speak in your ears; and hear Israel, who has sent you to meet me
the words of your handmaid. today.
25 Please, do not let my master set 33 And blessed is your discernment.
his heart toward this man of And blessed are you in that you have
worthlessness, on Nabal. For as his kept me from coming in with blood
name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, this day, and from delivering myself
and foolishness is with him. And I, with my own hand.
your handmaid, did not see the young 34 And, indeed, as YAHWEH the
men of my master whom you sent. Elohim of Israel lives, who has kept
26 And now, my master, as me back from doing evil to you, for
YAHWEH lives, and as your soul lives, unless you had hurried and had come
in that YAHWEH has withheld you to meet me, surely there would not
have been left to Nabal one who
from coming in with blood, and
urinates against the wall till the light
delivering your hand for you; even
of morning.
now let your enemies be as Nabal,
35 And David received from her
even those seeking evil to my master.
hand what she had brought to him.
27 And now this blessing which your
And he said to her, Go in peace to your
handmaid has brought to my master,
house. See, I have heard your voice,
even let it be given to the young men
and have accepted your face.
who go after my master.
36 And Abigail came to Nabal. And,
28 Please, bear with the sin of your
behold, he was at a feast in his house,
handmaid, for YAHWEH shall like the feast of the king. And Nabal's
certainly make a sure house for my heart felt good within him, and he was
master. For my master has fought the drunk to excess. And she did not tell
battles of YAHWEH, and evil has not him a word, more or less, until the
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please take the spear at his head-place, Go, serve other gods.
and the jar of water, and we will go. 20 And now, let not my blood fall to
12 And David took the spear and the the earth before the face of YAHWEH,
jar of water at the head-place of Saul, for the king of Israel has come out to
and they went away. And no one was seek a flea, as one hunts the partridge
seeing; and no one knew; and no one in the mountains.
was awake; for all of them were 21 And Saul said, I have sinned.
sleeping because a deep sleep from Return, my son David, for I shall not
YAHWEH had fallen on them. do evil to you any more, because my
13 And David crossed over to the life has been precious in your eyes
other side and stood on the top of the today. Behold, I have acted foolishly,
hill far away, the distance between and I have erred exceedingly much.
them being great. 22 And David answered and said,
14 And David called to the people, Behold, the king's spear! And let one
and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, of the young men cross over and
Do you not answer, Abner? And Abner receive it.
replied and said, Who are you, the one 23 And YAHWEH will return to each
calling to the king? his righteousness and his faithfulness,
15 And David said to Abner, Are you in that YAHWEH has delivered you
not a man? And who is like you in into my hand, and I have not been
Israel? But why have you not watched willing to put forth my hand against
over your master the king? For one of
the anointed of YAHWEH.
the people came in to destroy your
24 And behold, as your life has been
master the king.
highly esteemed in my eyes today, so
16 This thing which you have done is
let my soul be highly esteemed in the
not good. As YAHWEH lives, you also
eyes of YAHWEH. And may He deliver
are sons of death, in that you have not
me out of all distress.
watched over your master, over the
25 And Saul said to David, Blessed
anointed of YAHWEH. And now, see be you, my son David. Both you shall
where the king's spear is, and the jar of surely do, also you shall surely be able.
water which was at his head-place? And David went on his way. And Saul
17 And Saul recognized the voice of returned to his place.
David, and said, Is this your voice, my
son David? And David said, My voice, Chapter 27
my master, O king!
18 And he said, Why is this, that my 1 And David said in his heart, I shall
master is pursuing his servant? For now perish one day by the hand of
what have I done, and what in my Saul. Nothing is better for me than
hand is evil? that escaping I escape to the land of
19 And now, please let my master the Philistines. And Saul will despair
the king hear the words of his servant. of me, to still seek me in all the border
If YAHWEH has moved you against of Israel. And I shall escape out of his
me, let Him accept an offering. And if hand.
the sons of men, they are cursed 2 And David rose up and crossed
before YAHWEH; for they have driven over, he and six hundred men who
me out today from joining myself with were with him, to Achish the son of
the inheritance of YAHWEH, saying, Maoch, the king of Gath.
3 And David lived with Achish in
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25 You know Abner the son of Ner, Elohim do to me, and still more, if I
that he came to deceive you, and to taste bread or anything before the sun
know your going out and your coming goes in.1
in, and to know all that you are doing. 36 And all the people took notice,
26 And Joab left David, and sent and it was good in their eyes. As to all
messengers after Abner. And they the king did, it was good in the eyes of
brought him back from the well of all the people.
Sirah. But David did not know it. 37 And all the people, even all Israel,
27 And Abner returned to Hebron. knew in that day that it was not from
And Joab turned him aside into the the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
middle of the gate, to speak with him 38 And the king said to his servants,
privately. And he struck him in the Do you not know that a commander,
belly there, and he died, because of the even a great one has fallen this day in
blood of his brother Asahel. Israel?
28 And afterward David heard, and 39 And I am weak today, though
said, I and my kingdom are guiltless anointed king. And these men, the
before YAHWEH forever from the sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for me.
blood of Abner the son of Ner. May YAHWEH reward the doer of the
29 May it whirl about the head of evil according to his evil!
Joab, and on all his father's house; and
let there not fail from the house of Chapter 4
Joab one that has an issue, or that is a
leper, or that leans on a staff, or who 1 And the son of Saul heard that
falls by the sword, or that lacks bread! Abner was dead in Hebron. And his
30 And Joab and his brother Abishai hands dropped; and all those in Israel
killed Abner because he had killed were terrified.
their brother Asahel in Gibeon, in 2 And Saul's son had two men, troop
battle. commanders, one's name being
31 And David said to Joab, and to all Baanah, and the other's name Rechab,
the people with him, Tear your the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of
garments and gird on sackcloth, and the sons of Benjamin (for Beeroth also
mourn before Abner. And King David is counted to Benjamin.
was following after the bier. 3 And the Beerothites fled to
32 And they buried Abner in Gittaim, and are aliens there to this
Hebron. And the king lifted up his day.)
voice and wept at the grave of Abner; 4 And Jonathan the son of Saul had
and all the people wept. a crippled son, he was a son of five
33 And the king lamented for Abner, years when the news of Saul and
and said, Should Abner die as it were Jonathan came out of Jezreel; and his
like a fool? nurse lifted him up and fled; and it
34 Your hands were not bound, nor happened as she hurried to flee, that
your feet put into fetters. As one falls he fell and became crippled; and his
before sons of evil, you have fallen! name was Mephibosheth.
And all the people wept again over 5 And the sons of Rimmon the
him. Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went
35 And all the people came to cause and came at the heat of the day to the
David to eat food while it was yet day. house of Ishbosheth. And he was lying
But David swore, saying, So may
1 The new day began at sunset, Lev 23:32.
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10 And David went on and became 22 And the Philistines again came up
great. And YAHWEH the Elohim of and were spread out in the Valley of
Hosts was with him. the Giants.
11 And Hiram the king of Tyre sent 23 And David asked of YAHWEH,
messengers to David, and cedar trees, and He said, You shall not go up. Turn
and carpenters, and masons; and they around to their rear, and come to them
built a house for David. in front of the weeping trees.
12 And David knew that YAHWEH 24 And it shall be, when you hear the
had established him for king over sound of the marching in the tops of
Israel, and that He had lifted up his the weeping trees, then you shall
kingdom because of His people Israel. strike. For then YAHWEH shall go out
13 And David again took concubines before you to strike the army of the
and wives out of Jerusalem after he Philistines.
came from Hebron. And again sons 25 And David did so, as YAHWEH
and daughters were born to David. commanded him. And he struck the
14 These are the names of those born Philistines from Geba until you come
to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and to Gezer.
Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
15 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Chapter 6
Nepheg, and Japhia,
16 and Elishama, and Eliada, and 1 And David again gathered every
Eliphalet. chosen one in Israel, thirty thousand.
17 And the Philistines heard that 2 And David rose up and went, and
they had anointed David for king over all the people with him, from Baal-
Israel. And all the Philistines came up Judah, to bring up the ark of the
to seek David. And David heard and Elohim from there which is called by
went down to the stronghold. the Name, the Name of YAHWEH of
18 And the Philistines came and Hosts, who dwells above the cherubs
were spread out in the Valley of the over it.
Giants. 3 And they made to ride the ark of
19 And David asked of YAHWEH, the Elohim on a new cart, and took it
saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? from the house of Abinadab, which is
Will You give them into my hand? And in the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio the
YAHWEH said to David, Go up, for I sons of Abinadab were leading the new
will certainly give the Philistines into cart.
your hand. 4 And they took it from the house of
20 And David came to Baal Perazim. Abinadab, which is in the hill, with the
And David struck them there, and ark of the Elohim. And Ahio was going
said, YAHWEH has broken forth on before the ark.
my enemies before me as the breaking 5 And David and all the house of
forth of waters. On account of this he Israel were dancing before YAHWEH
called the name of that place The with all instruments of fir wood, with
Breaches of Baal.1 lyres and with harps, and with
21 And they abandoned their idols tambourines, and with cornets, and
there; and David and his men took with cymbals.
them away. 6 And when they came to the
threshing floor of Nachon, and Uzzah
1 Baal perazim in Hebrew. reached out to the ark of the Elohim,
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and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly saw King David leaping and dancing
upset it. before YAHWEH, she despised him in
7 Then the anger of YAHWEH her heart.
burned against Uzzah. And the Elohim 17 And they brought the ark of
struck him there for the fault. And he YAHWEH in, and set it up in its place,
died there by the ark of the Elohim. in the midst of the tent that David had
8 And it angered David because pitched for it. And David caused burnt
YAHWEH broke out a break against offerings to be offered before
Uzzah. And one calls that place The YAHWEH, and peace offerings.
Breaking of Uzzah to this day. 18 And David finished offering the
9 And David feared YAHWEH on burnt offerings, and the peace
that day, and said, How shall the ark offerings, and blessed the people in
of YAHWEH come to me? the name of YAHWEH of Hosts.
10 And David was not willing to 19 And he shared out to all the
bring the ark of YAHWEH to himself, people, to all the multitude of Israel,
to the city of David. And David turned from man even to woman, to each one
it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the cake of bread and one date cake and
Gittite. one raisin cake. And all the people left,
11 And the ark of YAHWEH each one to his house.
remained in the house of Obed-Edom 20 And David returned to bless his
the Gittite three months. And house. And Michal the daughter of
Saul went out to meet David, and said,
YAHWEH blessed Obed-Edom and all
How glorious was the king of Israel
his house.
today, who was uncovered today
12 And it was told to King David,
before the eyes of the slave-girls of his
saying, YAHWEH has blessed the servants, as one of the vain ones
house of Obed-Edom and all that is shamelessly uncovers himself.
his, because of the ark of the Elohim. 21 And David said to Michal, Before
And David went and brought up the YAHWEH, who chose me over your
ark of the Elohim from the house of
father and over all your father's house,
Obed-Edom to the city of David with
to command me to be leader over the
joy.
13 And it happened, when those people of YAHWEH, and over Israel,
bearing the ark of YAHWEH had gone so I danced before YAHWEH.
six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a 22 And I will be yet lighter than this,
fatling. and shall be lowly in my own eyes. But
14 And David was dancing with all with the slave-girls of whom you
spoke, with them I will be honored.
his might before YAHWEH. And David
23 And there was no child to Michal
was girded with a linen ephod.
the daughter of Saul until the day of
15 And David and all the house of
her death.
Israel were bringing up the ark of
YAHWEH with shouting, and with the
Chapter 7
sound of a ram's horn.
16 And it happened, when the ark of 1 And it happened, when the king
YAHWEH had come to the city of lived in his house, and YAHWEH had
David, and Michal the daughter of given him rest from all his enemies all
Saul looked through the window and around,
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11 King David also dedicated them to a son to Jonathan, lame in both feet.
YAHWEH, with the silver and the gold 4 And the king said to him, Where is
which he dedicated of all the nations he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold,
which he subdued: he is in the house of Machir, the son of
12 from Syria, and from Moab, and Ammiel in Lo-Debar.
from the sons of Ammon, and from the 5 And King David sent and took him
Philistines, and from Amalek, and out of the house of Machir the son of
from the plunder of Hadadezer the son Ammiel, of Lo-Debar.
of Rehob, the king of Zobah. 6 And Mephibosheth the son of
13 And David made a name for Jonathan the son of Saul came to
himself when he returned, after he had David and fell on his face, and bowed
struck the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, himself. And David said,
eighteen thousand men. Mephibosheth! And he said, Behold,
14 And he put garrisons in all Edom; your servant.
and all Edom became servants to 7 And David said to him, Do not be
David. And YAHWEH saved David in afraid, for I will certainly show
all places in which he went. kindness to you because of your father
15 And David reigned over all Israel, Jonathan. And I will give back to you
and David executed justice and all the land of your father Saul. And
righteousness to all his people. you shall eat bread at my table
16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was continually.
over the army; and Jehoshaphat the 8 And he bowed and said, What is
son of Ahilud was the historian; your servant, that you should look
17 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and upon such a dead dog as I am?
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were 9 And the king called to Ziba the
priests; and Seraiah was scribe; servant of Saul, and said to him, All
18 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada that belonged to Saul and to all his
was over both the Cherethites and the house, I have given to the son of your
Pelethites; and the sons of David were master.
priests.1 10 And you shall till the land for
Chapter 9 him, you and your sons and your
servants. And you shall bring in the
1 And David said, Is there yet any left fruits, so that your master's son may
to the house of Saul, that I may show have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth
him kindness because of Jonathan? your master's son shall eat bread
2 And the house of Saul had a continually at my table. And Ziba had
servant, and his name was Ziba. And fifteen sons, and twenty servants.
they called him to David. And the king 11 And Ziba said to the king,
said to him, Are you Ziba? And he According to all that my master the
said, Your servant! king commands his servant, so your
3 And the king said, Is there not yet a servant will do. And Mephibosheth
man to the house of Saul, that I may was eating at my table like one of the
show the kindness of Elohim to him? king's sons.
And Ziba said to the king, There is yet 12 And Mephibosheth had a young
son, and his name was Micha. And
1 David's sons were priests or cohen, however everyone living in Ziba's house were
they were not Levites, so this must be servants to Mephibosheth.
referring to the Melchizedek priesthood, 13 And Mephibosheth lived in
Heb 7:14-17.
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Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the Tob, and Maacah were by themselves
table of the king. And he was lame in in the field.
both his feet. 9 And Joab saw that the front of the
battle was against him before and
Chapter 10 behind. And he chose from all the
chosen in Israel, and set them in order
1 And it happened afterward, the to meet the Syrians.
king of the Ammonites died. And his 10 And the rest of the people he gave
son Hanun reigned in his place. into the hand of his brother Abishai,
2 And David said, I will show and he set in order to meet the sons of
kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, Ammon.
as his father showed kindness to me. 11 And he said, If the Syrians are
And David sent to comfort him stronger than I, then you shall be for
concerning his father by the hand of me; and if the sons of Ammon are
his servants. And David's servants stronger than you, then I will come to
came into the land of the sons of help you.
Ammon. 12 Be strong, and let us be strong for
3 And the leaders of the sons of our people, and for the cities of our
Ammon said to their master Hanun. Is Elohim. And may YAHWEH do that
David honoring your father in your which seems good in His eyes.
eyes, because he has sent comforters 13 And Joab and the people with him
to you? Has not David sent his drew near to battle against the
servants to you to search the city, and Syrians. And they fled before him.
to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 14 And the sons of Ammon saw that
4 And Hanun took David's servants the Syrians fled, and they fled before
and shaved off half of their beards, Abishai, and went into the city. And
and cut off their long robes in the Joab returned from the sons of
center, to their buttocks; and he sent Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
them away. 15 And Syria saw that it was stricken
5 And they told David, and he sent to before Israel. And they assembled.
meet them; for the men were greatly 16 And Hadarezer sent and brought
ashamed. And the king said, Remain out the Syrians which were beyond the
in Jericho until your beard grows; River. And they came to Helam, and
then you shall return. Shobach was the commander of the
6 And the sons of Ammon saw that army of Hadarezer before them.
they were odious to David. And the 17 And it was told to David. And he
sons of Ammon sent and hired Syrians gathered all Israel, and passed over
from Beth-Rehob, and Syrians from the Jordan, and came to Helam. And
Zobah, twenty thousand footmen; and the Syrians set themselves in order to
the king of Maacah with a thousand meet David. And they fought with him.
men; and the men of Tob with twelve 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel.
thousand men. And David killed from Syria seven
7 And David heard, and he sent Joab hundred in chariots, and forty
and all the army, the mighty men. thousand horsemen. And he struck
8 And the sons of Ammon came out Shobach the commander of the army,
and set the battle in order at the and he died there.
opening of the gate. And the Syrians of 19 And all the kings, the servants of
Zobah, and Rehob, and the men of Hadarezer, saw that they had been
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stricken before Israel. And they made 10 And they told David, saying,
peace with Israel, and served them. Uriah did not go down to his house.
And Syria feared to help the sons of And David said to Uriah, Have you not
Ammon any more. come from a journey? Why have you
not gone down to your house?
Chapter 11 11 And Uriah said to David, The ark,
and Israel, and Judah dwell in booths.
1 And it happened at the return of And my master Joab, and my master's
the year, at the time when the kings go servants are camping on the face of the
out, David sent Joab and his servants field. And I, shall I go into my house to
with him, and all Israel. And they eat and to drink, and to lie with my
destroyed the sons of Ammon, and lay wife? As you live, and as your soul
siege to Rabbah. But David remained lives, I will not do this thing.
at Jerusalem. 12 And David said to Uriah, Remain
2 And it happened at evening time, here today also, and tomorrow I will
David rose up from his bed and send you away. And Uriah remained in
walked up and down on the roof of the Jerusalem on that day, and on the next
king's house. And he saw from the roof day.
a woman bathing. And the woman was 13 And David called for him, and he
very good of form. ate and drank before him. And he
3 And David sent and asked about made him drunk, and he went out in
the woman. And one said, Is this not the evening to lie on his bed with the
Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the servants of his master. And he did not
wife of Uriah the Hittite? go down to his house.
4 And David sent messengers and 14 And it happened in the morning
took her. And she came to him, and he David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent
lay with her. And she purified herself it by the hand of Uriah.1
from uncleanness, and she returned to 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying,
her house. Place Uriah in the front of the
5 And the woman conceived, and strongest battle, and withdraw from
sent, and told David. And she said, I him, that he may be struck, and die.
am with child. 16 And it happened, as Joab watched
6 And David sent to Joab, Send the city, that he sent Uriah to the place
Uriah the Hittite to me. And Joab sent where he knew there would be mighty
Uriah to David. men.
7 And Uriah came to him. And David 17 And the men of the city went out
asked the peace of Joab, and the peace and fought with Joab, and some of the
of the people, and of the success of the people fell of David's servants. And
war. Uriah the Hittite also died.
8 And David said to Uriah, Go down 18 And Joab sent and told David all
to your house and wash your feet. And the matters of the war.
Uriah went out of the king's house, 19 And he commanded the
and a gift from the king went out after messenger, saying, As you finish all
him. the matters of the war, speaking to the
9 Uriah lay down at the entrance of 1 A letter sent by the King had a small wax
the king's house, with all the servants seal closing it, and if someone other than
of his lord. And he did not go down to the recipient opened it, it would mean
his house. death. David also trusted Uriah, which is a
sad irony to the story.
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sharp tools of iron, and to axes of iron. down. And she took the dough, and
And he caused them to go over into kneaded it, and made cakes before his
the brick kiln. And so he did to all the eyes, and baked the cakes.
cities of the sons of Ammon. And 9 And she took the baking pan and
David and all the people returned to poured out before him. But he refused
Jerusalem. to eat, and Amnon said, Cause every
man to go out from me. And every one
Chapter 13 of them went out from him.
10 And Amnon said to Tamar, Bring
1 And afterward it happened that the food into the inner room, and I
Absalom the son of David had a shall eat from your hand. And Tamar
beautiful sister, and her name was took the cakes that she had made and
Tamar. And Amnon the son of David brought them in to her brother
loved her. Amnon, into the inner room.
2 And Amnon was distressed, even 11 And she brought near to him to
to becoming sick, because of his sister eat. And he lay hold on her, and said to
Tamar. For she was a virgin, and it was her, Come lie with me, my sister.
hard in the eyes of Amnon to do 12 And she said to him, No, my
anything to her. brother, do not humble me, for it is
3 And Amnon had a friend, and his not done so in Israel. Do not do this
name was Jonadab the son of foolishness.
Shimeah, David's brother. And 13 And I, where should I cause my
Jonadab was a very shrewd man. disgrace to go? And you, you shall be
4 And he said to him, Why are you, as one of the fools in Israel. But now,
the king's son, so lean morning by please speak to the king; for he shall
morning? Will you not tell me? And not withhold me from you.
Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my 14 But he was not willing to listen to
brother Absalom's sister. her voice. And he was stronger than
5 And Jonadab said to him, Lie down she, and humbled her, and lay with
on your bed and pretend to be ill. And her.
your father will come in to see you, 15 And Amnon hated her with a very
and you shall say to him, Please let my great hatred, so that the hatred with
sister Tamar come in and give me food which he hated her was greater than
to eat. And she shall make the food the love with which he had loved her.
before my eyes, so that I may see and And Amnon said to her, Get up and
may eat from her hand. go!
6 And Amnon lay down and 16 And she said to him, No, for this
pretended to be ill. And the king came evil is greater than the other that you
to see him. And Amnon said to the have done to me, to send me away. But
king, Please let my sister Tamar come, he was not willing to listen to her.
and she shall make two cakes before 17 And he called his young man who
my eyes, and I shall eat from her hand. attended him, and said, Now put this
7 And David sent home to Tamar, one out from me, and bolt the door
saying, Please go to the house of your after her.
brother Amnon and make food for 18 And a long tunic was on her, for
him. so the virgin daughters of the king
8 And Tamar went to her brother usually dressed. And his attendant
Amnon's house. And he was lying brought her robes outside, and bolted
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the door after her. commanded. And all the king's sons
19 And Tamar put ashes on her rose up, and they each rode on his
head, and tore the long tunic on her, mule, and fled.
and put her hand on her head, and 30 And it happened while they were
left; going on and crying out. in the highway, even the report had
20 And her brother Absalom said to come to David, saying, Absalom has
her, Has your brother Amnon been stricken all the sons of the king, and
with you? But now, my sister, keep not one of them is left.
silent. He is your brother. Do not set 31 And the king rose up and tore his
your heart on this thing. And Tamar garments, and lay on the earth; and all
lived in the house of her brother his servants were standing by with
Absalom, but she was desolate. torn garments.
21 And King David heard all these 32 And Jonadab the son of Shimeah,
things, and it angered him very much. David's brother, answered and said,
22 But Absalom did not speak either Do not let my master say, They have
good or evil with Amnon, for Absalom killed all of the young men, the king's
hated Amnon, because he had sons; for only Amnon is dead. For it
humbled his sister Tamar. has been settled by Absalom's
23 And after two years it happened command from the day of his
that Absalom had shearers in Baal- humbling of his sister Tamar.
Hazor, which is beside Ephraim. And 33 And now, do not let my master
Absalom called to all the sons of the the king lay the word to heart, saying,
king. All the king's sons have died; for only
24 And Absalom came to the king Amnon has died.
and said, Behold, your servant now 34 And Absalom fled. And the young
has shearers. Please let the king and man who was watching lifted up his
his servants go with your servant. eyes and looked. And, behold! Many
25 And the king said to Absalom, No, people were coming by the highway
my son, let us not all go now, and we behind him, by the side of the hill.
shall not be too burdensome on you. 35 And Jonadab said to the king,
But he urged him, and he was not See, the sons of the king have come; as
willing to go, but he blessed him. the word of your servant, so it has
26 And Absalom said, If not, please been.
let my brother Amnon go with us. And 36 And it happened as he finished
the king said to him, Why should he go speaking, behold, the king's sons
with you? came. And they lifted up their voice
27 And Absalom urged him, and he and wept. And also the king and all his
sent Amnon with him, and all the servants wept with a very great
king's sons. weeping.
28 And Absalom commanded his 37 And Absalom fled, and went to
young men, saying, Now watch when Talmai the son of Ammihud, the king
Amnon's heart is glad with wine, and of Geshur. And David mourned for his
when I say to you, Strike Amnon, you son all the time.
shall kill him. Do not fear. Did not I 38 And Absalom had fled, and had
command you? Be strong, and be gone to Geshur, and was there three
valiant. years.
29 And the young men of Absalom 39 And King David determined to go
did to Amnon as Absalom out to Absalom, for he had been
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comforted for Amnon, for he had died. 10 And the king said, Whoever
speaks to you, you also shall bring him
Chapter 14 to me, then he shall not touch you any
more.
1 And Joab the son of Zeruiah knew 11 And she said, Please let the king
that the king's heart was on Absalom. remember YAHWEH your Elohim,
2 And Joab sent to Tekoah and took that the avenger of blood not destroy
a wise woman from there, and said to any more, and that they may not
her, Pretend yourself to be a mourner destroy my son. And he said, As
now, and please put on garments of YAHWEH lives, not one hair of your
mourning. And do not anoint yourself son shall fall to the earth.
with oil, and you shall be a woman 12 And the woman said, Please let
mourning for one who died these your servant speak a word to my
many days. master the king. And he said, Speak.
3 And you shall go to the king and 13 And the woman said, And why
speak with him according to this word. have you thought in this way about the
And Joab put the words into her people of Elohim? Yea, the king is
mouth. speaking this thing as a guilty one, in
4 And the woman of Tekoah spoke to that the king has not brought back his
the king, and fell on her face to the outcast one.
earth, and bowed and said, Save, O 14 For surely we do die and are as
king! water which is spilled on the ground,
5 And the king said to her, What which cannot be gathered up. And
shall be to you? And she said, Truly I Elohim does not take a life, but has
am a widow woman, and my husband devised plans so that the outcast is not
died. cast out from Him.
6 And your servant had two sons. 15 And now that I have come to
And the two of them fought in the speak this word to my master the king,
field, and there was no deliverer because the people made me afraid;
between them. And the one struck the and your servant said, Please let me
other, and killed him. speak to the king; it may be the king
7 And, behold, the whole family has shall do the word of his servant.
risen against your servant, and said, 16 For the king has listened, to
Give up him who struck his brother, deliver his servant out of the hand of
and we shall kill him for the life of his the man seeking to destroy me and my
brother whom he has slain. And we son together, out of the inheritance of
shall also destroy the heir. And they Elohim.
shall quench my coal which is left, so 17 And your servant said, Please let
as not to set to my husband a name the word of my master the king be
and remnant on the face of the earth. comforting. For as a messenger of
8 And the king said to the woman, Elohim, so is my master the king, to
Go to your house, and I will give understand the good and the evil. And
command concerning you.
YAHWEH your Elohim shall be with
9 And the woman of Tekoah said to
you.
the king, My master, O king, let the
18 And the king answered and said
iniquity be on me, and on my father's
to the woman, Please do not hide from
house; and the king and his throne
me the thing that I am asking you. And
shall be guiltless.
the woman said, Then let my master
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there is no listener to you from the who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise
king. up, and we will flee; for we have no
4 And Absalom said, Who shall make escape from the face of Absalom.
me a judge in the land, that every man Hurry to leave, that he not overtake us
who has a dispute, I will then declare and bring evil down on us, and strike
him right, even with justice? the city with the edge of the sword.
5 And it happened, when a man drew 15 And the king's servants said to the
near to bow himself to him, he put out king, According to all that my master
his hand and laid hold on him, and the king desires, behold, your servants
gave him a kiss. will do.
6 And Absalom acted this way to all 16 And the king went out, and all his
Israel who came in to the king for household at his feet. And the king left
judgment. And Absalom stole the ten women, concubines, to keep the
heart of the men of Israel. house.
7 And at the end of forty years1, it 17 And the king went out, and all the
happened, Absalom said to the king, people at his feet. And they stood still
Please let me go and I shall pay my at the house farthest away.
vow that I have vowed to YAHWEH, in 18 And all his servants were passing
Hebron. on by his side, and all the Cherethites,
8 For your servant has vowed a vow and all the Pelethites, and all the
when I lived in Geshur in Syria, Gittites, six hundred men who came at
saying, If YAHWEH bringing shall his feet from Gath. These were passing
bring me back to Jerusalem, then I on before the king.
19 And the king said to Ittai the
shall serve YAHWEH.
Gittite, Why do you go, even you with
9 And the king said to him, Go in
us? Turn back and remain with the
peace. And he rose up and went to
king, for you are an alien, and also you
Hebron.
are an exile. Go to your place.
10 And Absalom sent spies among
20 You came in yesterday and today.
all the tribes of Israel, saying, When
Should I make you roam with us, to go
you hear the sound of the ram's horn,
while I go, where I go? Turn back, and
then you shall say, Absalom is king in
turn your brothers to go with you in
Hebron.
kindness and truth.
11 And two hundred men went out of
21 And Ittai replied to the king and
Jerusalem with Absalom, invited ones.
And they went out in their simplicity said, As YAHWEH lives, and my
and did not know anything. master the king lives, surely in the
12 And Absalom sent Ahithophel a place where my master the king is,
Gilonite, a counselor of David, out of there your servant shall be, whether
his city, out of Giloh, as he offered the for death or for life.
sacrifices. And the conspiracy was 22 And David said to Ittai, Go on
strong. And the people were going on and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite
and increasing with Absalom. passed over, and all his men, and all
13 And a messenger came to David, the little ones with him.
saying, The hearts of the men of Israel 23 And all the land was weeping
have gone after Absalom. with a loud voice. And all the people
14 And David said to all his servants were passing over. And the king was
passing over through the torrent
1 This is a copyist error and should read 4 Kidron, and all the people passed over,
yrs.
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toward the way of the wilderness. pass on with me, then you shall be a
24 And, behold, Zadok also came, burden to me.
and all the Levites with him, bearing 34 But if you return to the city, and
the ark of the covenant of Elohim. And shall say to Absalom, I also will be
they set the ark of Elohim down. And your servant, O king; I was servant of
Abiathar went up until all the people your father before now; and now I am
finished passing on out of the city. also your servant. Then you can break
25 And the king said to Zadok, Take down the counsel of Ahithophel for
the ark of Elohim back to the city. If I me.
find grace in the eyes of YAHWEH, 35 And do you not have there with
then He will bring me back and make you Zadok and Abiathar, the priests?
me see it and His dwelling place. And it shall be, you shall declare
26 And if He says this, I have not everything that you hear from the
delighted in you, behold, I am here. He house of the king; you shall report to
shall do to me as seems good in His Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests.
eyes. 36 Behold, there are with them their
27 And the king said to Zadok the two sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok, and
priest, Are you a seer? Return to the Jonathan to Abiathar. And you shall
city in peace, and your two sons with send to me by their hand anything that
you, your son Ahimaaz, and Jonathan you hear.
the son of Abiathar. 37 And David's friend Hushai came
28 Behold, I will wait in the plain of into the city. And Absalom came into
the wilderness until word comes from Jerusalem.
you to report to me.
29 And Zadok and Abiathar took the Chapter 16
ark of Elohim back to Jerusalem. And
they remained there. 1 And David had passed on a little
30 And David was going up in the from the top. And behold, Ziba, the
ascent of the olives, going up and servant of Mephibosheth, came to
weeping. And his head was covered, meet him with a couple of saddled
and he was going barefooted.1 And all donkeys, and on them two hundred
the people who were with him each loaves and a hundred bunches of
had covered his head, and had gone raisins, and a hundred of summer
up, going up and weeping. fruit, and a skin of wine.
31 And one told David, saying, 2 And the king said to Ziba, What are
Ahithophel is among the conspirators these to you? And Ziba said, The
with Absalom. And David said, O donkeys are for the king's household
YAHWEH, I pray You, make the to ride on, and the bread and the
counsel of Ahithophel foolish. summer fruit for the young men to eat;
32 And it happened as David had and the wine for the wearied to drink
come to the top, there where he bowed in the wilderness.
to Elohim. And, behold, Hushai the 3 And the king said, And where is the
Archite came to meet him, his tunic son of your master? And Ziba said to
torn, and earth on his head. the king, Behold, he is staying in
33 And David said to him, If you Jerusalem, for he said, Today the
house of Israel will give back to me the
1 These were signs of mourning and humility kingdom of my father.
as it is a shame for a man to cover his head, 4 And the king said to Ziba, Behold,
1Cor 11:14.
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Absalom. And they went on, both of into Mahanaim, Shobi the son of
them in haste, and came into the Nahash, from Rabbah of the sons of
house of a man in Bahurim. And he Ammon, and Machir the son of
had a well in his court, and they went Ammiel, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai
down there. the Gileadite, from Rogelim,
19 And the woman took and spread 28 brought beds, and basins, and
the covering over the well, and spread earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley,
ground grain on it. And the thing was and flour, and roasted grain, and
not known. beans, and lentils, and roasted grain,
20 And the servants of Absalom 29 and honey, and curds and sheep,
came in to the woman, to the house, and cheese from the herd, for David,
and said, Where are Ahimaaz and and for the people who were with him
Jonathan? And the woman said to to eat. For they said, The people are
them, They passed over the river of hungry and weary and thirsty in the
water. And they looked and did not wilderness.
find them. And they returned to
Jerusalem. Chapter 18
21 And it happened after they left,
they came up out of the well and went 1 And David mustered the people
and told King David. And they said to who were with him, and he set over
David, Rise up and quickly pass over them commanders of hundreds.
the waters, for Ahithophel has 2 And David sent one third of the
counseled this against you. people by the hand of Joab, and one
22 And David and all the people with third by the hand of Abishai the son of
him rose up, and they passed over the Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third
Jordan until the light of the morning, by Ittai the Gittite. And the king said
until there was not one lacking who to the people. Going out I will go with
had not crossed the Jordan. you, I also.
23 And Ahithophel saw that his 3 And the people said, You shall not
counsel was not done. And he saddled go out, for if we flee they will not set
the donkey and rose up and went to their heart on us even if half of us die;
his house, to his city. And he gave for now you are like ten thousand to
command to his household, then us. And now it is good that you be a
hanged himself, and died. And he was helper for us from the city.
buried in the burying place of his 4 And the king said to them, I will do
father. that which is good in your eyes. And
24 And David came to Mahanaim. the king stood at the side of the gate,
And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the people went out by
and all the men of Israel with him. hundreds and by thousands.1
25 And Absalom had set Amasa over 5 And the king commanded Joab,
the army instead of Joab. And Amasa and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, For my
was the son of a man whose name was sake deal gently with the young man,
Ithra the Israelite, who had gone in to with Absalom. And all the people
Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, the heard as the king commanded the
sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab. 1 Due to David's great leadership ability his
26 And Israel camped with Absalom life was worth 10,000 others, as without
in the land of Gilead. him all the army would be discouraged and
27 And it happened as David came fall. This truly shows how important true
leadership really is.
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out of the hand of our enemies. Yea, he shall you remember that which your
himself delivered us out of the hand of servant perversely did in the day that
the Philistines. And now he has fled my master the king went out from
out of the land because of Absalom. Jerusalem, for the king to take it to his
10 And Absalom whom we anointed heart.
over us is dead in battle. And now why 20 For your servant knows that I
are you silent as to bringing back the have sinned; and behold, I come
king? today, the first of the house of Joseph,
11 And King David sent to Zadok and to go down to meet my master the
Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to king.
the elders of Judah, saying, Why are 21 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah
you the last to bring back the king to answered and said, Shall not Shimei
his house? For the word of all Israel be put to death for this, because he
had come to the king, to his house. cursed the messiah of YAHWEH?
12 You are my brother; you are my 22 And David said, What have I to
bone and my flesh. And why are you do with you, O sons of Zeruiah, that
the last to bring back the king? you are as my foe today? Shall any
13 And say to Amasa, Are you not my man be executed today in Israel? For
bone and my flesh? So shall Elohim do do I not know that today I am king
to me, and more so He shall do, if you over Israel?
are not commander of the army before 23 And the king said to Shimei, You
me all the days, instead of Joab. shall not die. And the king swore to
14 And he inclined the heart of all him.
the men of Judah as one man, and 24 And Mephibosheth the son of
they sent to the king, Return, you and Saul had come down to meet the king.
all your servants. And he had not dressed his feet, nor
15 And the king returned and came had shaved his upper lip. Yea, he had
in to the Jordan. And Judah had come not washed his garment, even from the
to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to day that he went away till the day that
bring the king over the Jordan. he came in peace.
16 And Shimei, the son of Gera, the 25 And it happened when he had
Benjamite, from Bahurim, hastened come to Jerusalem to meet the king,
and came down with the men of Judah the king said to him, Why did you not
to meet King David. go with me, Mephibosheth?
17 And a thousand men were with 26 And he said, My master, O king,
him from Benjamin; also Ziba, the my servant deceived me. For your
servant of the house of Saul, and his servant said, I will saddle the donkey
thirteen sons and his twenty servants for myself and ride on it and go with
with him. And they had rushed over the king, for your servant is lame.
the Jordan before the king. 27 And he spoke slander against
18 And they had crossed over the your servant to my master the king.
ford to carry over the king's And my master the king is as a
household, and to do the good in his messenger of the Elohim; yet you do
eyes. And Shimei the son of Gera had that which is good in your eyes.
fallen before the face of the king as he 28 For all the house of my father
crossed over the Jordan. would be nothing except men of death
19 And he said to the king, Do not let before my master the king, and you
my master charge iniquity to me, nor have set your servant among those
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eating at your table. And what right is all that you shall choose of me I will do
there to me any more, even to cry any for you.
more to the king? 39 And all the people crossed over
29 And the king said to him, Why do the Jordan, and the king crossed over.
you speak any more of your matters? I And the king gave a kiss to Barzillai
have said, You and Ziba share the and blessed him. And he returned to
land. his place.
30 And Mephibosheth said to the 40 And the king crossed over to
king, Yes, let him take all, since my Gilgal. And Chimham crossed over
master the king has come in peace to with him, and all the people of Judah.
his house. And they brought the king over, and
31 And Barzillai the Gileadite had also half of the people of Israel.
gone down from Rogelim and had 41 And, behold, all the men of Israel
crossed over the Jordan with the king, were coming to the king. And they said
to send him away over the Jordan. to the king, Why have they, our
32 And Barzillai was very old, a son brothers, the men of Judah, stolen you
of eighty years, and he had sustained away? For they brought the king and
the king as he abode in Mahanaim, for his household over the Jordan, and all
he was a very great man. the men of David with him.
33 And the king said to Barzillai, You 42 And, behold, all the men of Judah
pass over with me and I will sustain answered against the men of Israel,
you with me in Jerusalem. Because the king is near to us. And
34 And Barzillai said to the king, why is this that you are angry about
How many are the days of the years of this matter? Have we at all eaten from
my life, that I should go up with the the king, or has he given a gift to us?
king to Jerusalem? 43 And the men of Israel answered
35 I am a son of eighty years today. the men of Judah and said, We have
Can I distinguish between good and ten hands in the king, and we also
evil? Can your servant taste that which have more in David than you. Why
I am eating, and that which I drink? then did you despise us, that our word
Can I any more listen to the voice of was not first to bring back our king?
singing men and singing women? And And the word of the men of Judah was
why should your servant be any more more fierce than the word of the men
as a burden to my master the king? of Israel.
36 Just a little way your servant shall
cross over the Jordan with the king. Chapter 20
And why should the king repay me
with this reward? 1 And a man of worthlessness
37 Please let your servant return, happened to be there, and his name
and I shall die in my own city, near the was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a man of
burying place of my father and my Benjamin. And he blew the ram's horn
mother. And, behold your servant and said, We have no part in David,
Chimham! Let him cross over with my and we have no inheritance in the son
master the king, and you do to him the of Jesse. Each man to his tents, O
good in your eyes. Israel.
38 And the king said, Chimham shall 2 And every man of Israel went up
go over with me, and I shall do to him from following David, going after
that which is good in your eyes. Yea, Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men
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of Judah clung to their king, from the Whoever delights in Joab, and
Jordan even to Jerusalem. whoever is for David follow after Joab!
3 And David came into his house at 12 And Amasa was wallowing in
Jerusalem. And the king took the ten blood in the middle of the highway.
women, the concubines whom he had And the man saw that all the people
left to guard the house, and fed them. stood still. And he turned Amasa away
But he did not go in to them, and they from the highway to the field, and
were shut up to the day of their death threw a garment over him, when he
in widowhood. saw that all who came beside him
4 And the king said to Amasa, Call stood still.
for me the men of Judah within three 13 When he was taken from the
days; and you stand here. highway, every man passed on after
5 And Amasa went to call Judah, but Joab to pursue Sheba the son of
delayed beyond the set time which he Bichri.
had set for him. 14 And he went through all the tribes
6 And David said to Abishai, Now of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-
Sheba the son of Bichri will do more Maachah, and to all the Berites. And
evil to us than Absalom. You take the they were gathered, and went after
servants of your master and pursue him also.
him, that he not find fortified cities for 15 And they went in and lay siege
himself, and deliver himself from our against him in Abel-Beth-Maachah,
eye. and mounded up a siege-mound
7 And the men of Joab went out after against the city. And it stood against
him, and the Cherethites, and the the outermost wall, and all the people
Pelethites, and all the mighty men. with Joab were undermining, to cause
And they went out from Jerusalem to the wall to fall.
pursue Sheba the son of Bichri. 16 And a wise woman called out of
8 They were near the great stone in the city, Hear! Hear! Please say to
Gibeon, and Amasa had gone before Joab, Come near here and I will speak
them. And Joab was girded with his to you.
war coat as his clothing; and over it 17 And he came near to her. And the
was a belt with a sword fastened on his woman said, Are you Joab? And he
loins in its sheath. And as he went out, said, I am. And she said to him, Hear
it fell out. the words of your handmaid. And he
9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well said, I am hearing.
with you, my brother? And Joab's 18 And she spoke, saying, They
right hand took hold of Amasa's beard spoke often in days gone by, saying,
to give a kiss to him. Asking they will ask at Abel, and so
10 And Amasa was not on guard they ended all dispute.
against the sword in Joab's hand. And 19 I am of the peaceful, faithful ones
he struck him with it in the fifth rib, of Israel. You are seeking to destroy a
and poured out his bowels to the city, and a mother in Israel. Why will
ground, and did not strike him again. you swallow up the inheritance of
And he died. And Joab and his brother YAHWEH?
Abishai pursued Sheba the son of 20 And Joab answered and said, Far
Bichri. be it! Far be it from me that I should
11 And a man stood beside him, of swallow up or destroy.
the young men of Joab; and he said, 21 The case is not such. For a man of
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the hills of Ephraim, Sheba the son of We will have neither silver nor gold by
Bichri is his name, has lifted up his Saul and by his house. Also, we will
hand against the king, against David. have no man in Israel put to death.
If you will give him up by himself, then And he said, What you say, I will do
I will go away from the city. And the for you.
woman said to Joab, Behold, his head 5 And they said to the king, The man
will be thrown over the wall to you. who destroyed us and schemed against
22 And the woman came to all the us that we be wasted from standing in
people in her wisdom. And they cut off all the border of Israel was Saul.
the head of Sheba the son of Bichri 6 Let be given to us seven men of his
and threw it to Joab. And he blew the sons to us. And we will expose them to
ram's horn, and they were dispersed YAHWEH in Gibeah of Saul, the
from the city, each man to his tents. chosen of YAHWEH. And the king
And Joab went back to Jerusalem to said, I will deliver them.
the king. 7 But the king spared Jonathan's son
23 And Joab was over all the army of Mephibosheth the son of Saul because
Israel, and Benaiah the son of
of the oath of YAHWEH that was
Jehoiada over the Cherethites and
between them, between David and
over the Pelethites.
Jonathan, the son of Saul.
24 And Adoram was over the forced
8 And the king took the two sons of
labor, and Jehoshaphat the son of
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom
Ahilud was the recorder.
she bore to Saul, Armoni and
25 And Sheva was the scribe, and
Mephibosheth. And he took the five
Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
sons of Michal the daughter of Saul,
26 And also Ira the Jairite was a
whom she brought up for Adriel the
priest to David.
son of Barzillai the Meholathite.1
9 And he gave them into the hands of
Chapter 21
the Gibeonites. And they exposed
them in the mountain before
1 And there was a famine in the days
of David, three years, year after year. YAHWEH. And the seven fell together.
And David sought the face of And they were executed in the days of
YAHWEH. And YAHWEH said, It is for
harvest, in the first days, in the
beginning of barley harvest.
Saul and for his bloody house, because
10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah
he killed the Gibeonites.
took sackcloth and stretched it out for
2 And the king called for the
herself on the rock, from the
Gibeonites and said to them (as to the
beginning of harvest until water
Gibeonites, they were not of the sons
poured on them out of the heavens.
of Israel, but of the remnant of the
And she did not allow a bird of the
Amorites, and the sons of Israel had
heavens to rest on them by day nor the
sworn to them) and Saul sought to
strike them in his zeal for the sons of 1 Michal is the sister of Merab who was
Israel and Judah. married to Adriel. (1Sam 18:19).
3 And David said to the Gibeonites, Apparently, Merab died and Michal raised
What shall I do for you? And with her 5 sons. Michal had no children of her
what shall I atone, and you bless the own due to the curse for despising David
inheritance of YAHWEH? for his worship of YHWH when they
4 And the Gibeonites said to him, brought up the ark of the covenant, 2Sam
6:16, 20-23.
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beast of the field by night.1 19 And again the battle was in Gob
11 And that which Rizpah the with the Philistines, and Elhanan the
daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine, son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite
had done was told to David. struck one of Goliath the Gittite2, and
12 And David went and took the the wood of his spear was like a
bones of Saul, and the bones of his son weaver's beam.
Jonathan from the rulers of Jabesh- 20 And again the battle was in Gath,
Gilead, who had stolen them from the and there was a man of stature, and
plaza of Beth-Shean, there where the the fingers of his hands were six, and
Philistines hanged them in the day the the fingers of his feet six, twenty four
Philistines struck Saul in Gilboa. in number. And he also had been born
13 And he brought up the bones of to Rapha.
Saul and the bones of his son 21 And he cursed Israel; and
Jonathan from there, and they Jonathan, the son of David's brother
gathered up the bones of those Shimeah, struck him.
hanged. 22 These four here born to the giant
14 And they buried the bones of Saul in Gath. And they fell by the hand of
and of his son Jonathan in the land of David, by the hand of his servants.
Benjamin, in Zelah, in the burying
place of his father Kish, and did all Chapter 22
that the king had commanded. And
afterward Elohim heard prayer for the 1 And David spoke to YAHWEH the
land. words of this song in the day
15 And again the Philistines warred YAHWEH delivered him out of the
with Israel. And David went down, and hand of all his enemies, and out of the
his servants with him. And they fought hand of Saul.
with the Philistines. And David was
2 And he said: YAHWEH is my rock
weary.
and my fortress, and my Deliverer.
16 And Ishbibenob, who was of the
3 My Elohim is my rock; I shall take
sons of Rapha the giant, the weight of
refuge in Him; my shield, and the horn
his spear being three hundred copper
of my Y’shua*, my high tower, and my
shekels in weight, and was girded with
refuge! My Savior, You shall save me
a new sword, even he said to strike
from violence (Hamas).
David.
17 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah 4 I call on YAHWEH, the One to be
helped him, and struck the Philistine, praised; and I shall be saved from my
and killed him. Then the men of David enemies.
swore to him, saying, You shall not 5 When the waves of death surround
again go out with us to battle, that you me, the floods of wickedness terrify
not cause the lamp of Israel to go out. me,
18 And it happened after this that 6 the cords of Sheol are all around
the battle was again in Gob of the me, the snares of death confronted me.
Philistines. Then Sibbechai the 7 In my distress I called on
Hushathite struck Saph, who was YAHWEH, and I called to my Elohim.
among the sons of Rapha. And He heard my voice from His
sanctuary, and my cry was in His ears.
1 This is April at the beginning of the harvest
and she defended the corpses until Nov-Dec 2 The one struck was Lahmi, the brother of
when the first real rain would fall. Goliath, 1Chr 20:5.
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8 And the earth shook and trembled, me. As to His statutes, I did not turn
the foundations of the heavens were away from them.
troubled, and were shaken; for He was 24 And I was blameless before Him,
angry. and I kept myself from my iniquity.
9 Smoke rose up in His nostrils, and 25 And YAHWEH returned to me
fire devoured out of His mouth; coals according to my righteousness,
were kindled by it. according to my cleanness in His eyes.
10 And He bowed the heavens and 26 With the faithful You show
came down, and thick darkness was Yourself kind. With the upright man,
under His feet. You will show Yourself upright.
11 And He rode on a cherub, and did 27 With the pure, You will show
fly, and was seen on the wings of the Yourself pure, and with the perverted
wind. You will appear perverse.
12 And He made darkness pavilions 28 And You shall save the afflicted
all around Him, the gathering of people, and Your eyes are on the
waters, thick clouds of the skies. haughty, whom You bring low.
13 From the brightness before Him 29 For You are my lamp, O
were kindled coals of fire! YAHWEH; and YAHWEH shall light up
14 YAHWEH thundered from the my darkness.
heavens, and the Most High gave forth 30 For by You I have run through a
His voice. troop; by my Elohim I have leaped
15 And He sent forth arrows and over a wall.
scattered them; lightning, and 31 The El, blameless is His way; the
troubled them; Word of YAHWEH is tested; He is a
16 and the channels of the sea were shield to all those who seek refuge in
seen; the world's foundations were Him.
revealed by the rebuke of YAHWEH, 32 For who is El except YAHWEH?
from the blast of the breath of His And who is a rock except our Elohim?
nostrils. 33 The El is my strong fortress; and
17 He sent from above; He took me; He sets the blameless free in his way,
He drew me out of many waters. 34 making my feet like hinds' feet,
18 He delivered me from my strong even causing me to stand on my high
enemy, from those who hated me; for places;
they were stronger than me. 35 teaching my hands for battle, so
19 They confronted me in the day of that my hands may bend a bow of
my calamity, and YAHWEH was my copper.
support; 36 And You have given to me the
20 and He brought me out to a large shield of Your Y'Shua*; and Your
place; He delivered me, for He lowliness has made me great.
delighted in me. 37 You have enlarged my steps
21 YAHWEH rewarded me according under me, and my feet have not
to my righteousness; according to the slipped.
cleanness of my hands, He has repaid 38 I have pursued my enemies and
me. destroyed them; and I did not turn
22 For I have kept the ways of until they were consumed.
YAHWEH, and have not acted 39 And I consumed them, and struck
wickedly against my Elohim. them, and they did not rise; but fell
23 For all His judgments were before under my feet.
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40 Yea, You girded me with might 3 The Elohim of Israel said, the Rock
for battle; You caused those rising of Israel spoke to me: One ruling over
against me to bow under me. man righteously, who rules in the fear
41 And You gave to me the necks of of Elohim,
my enemies; those hating me I 4 is as the light of the morning, as
silenced. the sun shines; a morning without
42 They looked, and there was none clouds; through shining after rain the
to save; to YAHWEH, and He did not tender grass sprouts from the earth.
answer them. 5 For is not my house so with El? For
43 And I beat them as the dust of the He has made an everlasting covenant
earth; I crushed them small as the with me, ordered in all things, and
mire of the streets; I spread them out. sure; for all my salvation, and all my
44 And You delivered me from the desire, will He not make it grow?
quarrels of my people; You kept me as 6 As to the wicked, all of them shall
the head of the nations; a people I be as a thorn driven away; for they
have not known served me. cannot be taken by the hand; (Isa
45 The sons of strangers submit to 27:4)
me; at the hearing of the ear they 7 but the man who shall touch them
listen to me. must be armed with iron and the shaft
46 The sons of strangers wither, and of a spear; they shall be utterly burned
shall come trembling out of their with fire in their place.
dungeons. 8 These are the names of the mighty
47 YAHWEH lives! And blessed be ones who were called to David: He
my Rock, and is exalted the Elohim of who sits in the seat of the Tachmonite,
the Rock of my Y’shua*. chief of the captains; He was called
48The Elohim who gives vengeance Adino the Eznite, because of the eight
for me, and brings down peoples hundred he killed at one time.
under me, 9 And after him was Eleazar the son
49 and brings me forth from my of Dodo, the son of the Ahohite. He
enemies; yea, You raise me up above was of the three mighty men with
those rising up against me; You deliver David when they taunted the
me from the men of violence. Philistines, when they were gathered
50 On account of this I will confess there to battle; and the men of Israel
went up;
You, YAHWEH, among nations; and I
10 he rose up and struck the
will sing praise to Your name.
Philistines until his hand was weary,
51 A tower to Y’shua* His King; even
and his hand clung to the sword. And
doing mercy to His Messiah; to David
and to his seed, until forever! YAHWEH worked a great salvation on
that day, and the people returned after
Chapter 23 him only to plunder.
11 And next was Shammah the son of
1 And these are the last words of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines
David, the saying of David the son of had gathered into a company, and
Jesse, and the saying of the man raised there was a plot of the field full of
on high, the Messiah of the Elohim of lentils, and the people had fled before
Jacob, and the sweet singer of Israel: the Philistines.
12 And he set himself in the midst of
2 The Spirit of YAHWEH has spoken
the plot, and delivered it, and struck
by me, and His Word is on my tongue.
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the Philistines. And YAHWEH worked killed him with his own spear.
out a great salvation. 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did
13 And three of the thirty these things, and had a name among
commanders went down and came to three mighty ones.
the harvest, to David, to the cave of 23 He was more honored than the
Adullam. And the company of the thirty, but he did not come to the first
Philistines was camping in the Valley three. And David set him over his
of the Giants. guard.
14 And David was then in a 24 Asahel the brother of Joab was of
stronghold, and the garrison of the the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of
Philistines was then in Bethlehem. Bethlehem;
15 And David longed, and said, Who 25 Shammah the Harodite; Elika the
shall give me drink from the water of Harodite;
the well of Bethlehem beside the gate? 26 Helez the Paltite; Ira the son of
16 And the three mighty ones cut Ikkesh, the Tekoite;
through the camp of the Philistines, 27 Abiezer the Anathothite;
and drew water out of the well of Mebunnai the Hushathite;
Bethlehem beside the gate, and took it 28 Zalmon the Ahohite; Maharai the
up, and brought it to David. But he Netophathite;
was not willing to drink it, and poured 29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a
it out to YAHWEH; Netophathite; Ittai the son of Ribai out
17 and said, Far be it from me, O of Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin;
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite; Hiddai
YAHWEH, to do this; is it not the
of the torrents of Gaash;
blood of the men who went with their
31 Abialbon the Arbathite; Azmaveth
lives? And he was not willing to drink
the Barhumite;
it. The three mighty ones did these
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the
things.
sons of Jashen; Jonathan;
18 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah,
33 Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam
the brother of Joab, was the
the son of Sharar, the Hararite;
commander of three. And he raised up
34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the
his spear against three hundred, and
son of the Maachathite; Eliam the son
killed them. And to him was a name
of Ahithophel, the Gilonite;
among the three.
35 Hezrai the Carmelite; Paarai the
19 With honor he was honored more
Arbite;
than the three. And he was the
36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah;
commander to them, but he did not
Bani of Gad;
come to the first three.
37 Zelek of Ammon; Naharai the
20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
Beerothite, armor-bearer to Joab the
from Kabzeel, a son of a mighty man,
son of Zeruiah;
great in deeds; he killed two lion like
38 Ira the Ithrite; Gareb, an Ithrite;
men of Moab. And he went down and
39 Uriah the Hittite; thirty seven in
killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a
all.
day of snow.
21 And he killed an Egyptian, a man
Chapter 24
of form; and a spear was in the
Egyptian's hand; and he went down to
him with a staff and tore away the 1 And again the anger of YAHWEH
spear from the Egyptian's hand, and glowed against Israel, and moved
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David against them, to say, Go, done. And now, O YAHWEH, I pray,
number Israel and Judah. take away the iniquity of your servant,
2 And the king said to Joab, the for I have acted very foolishly.
commander of the army with him, Go 11 And David rose up in the
now to and fro through all the tribes of morning; and the Word of YAHWEH
Israel, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, came to Gad the prophet, David's seer,
and number the people, that I may saying,
know the number of the people. 12 Go and you shall speak to David,
3 And Joab said to the king, Yea,
So says YAHWEH, I am setting up
may YAHWEH your Elohim add to the three things for you; you choose one of
people, however many they may be, a them and I will do it for you.
hundredfold. And may the eyes of my 13 And Gad came in to David and
master the king see it. But why does told him, and said to him, Shall seven
my master the king delight in this years of famine come to you in your
thing? land? Or shall you flee before your
4 But the word of the king prevailed adversary three months, and they
against Joab, and against the army pursue you? Or shall three days'
commanders. And Joab and the army plague come into your land? Now
commanders went out from the consider, and see what I shall take
presence of the king to number the back to Him who sent word to me.
people of Israel. 14 And David said, Because of this it
5 And they crossed over the Jordan is great distressing to me. Let us fall
and camped in Aroer, on the right of
now into the hand of YAHWEH, for
the city, in the middle of the Valley of
many are His mercies; and do not let
Gad, and to Jazer.
me fall into the hand of man.
6 And they came into Gilead, and to
the land of Tahtim-Hodshi. And they 15 And YAHWEH sent a plague on
came to Dan-Jaan, and around to Israel from the morning even to the
Sidon. time appointed. And from Dan even to
7 And they came into the fortress of Beer-Sheba seventy thousand of the
Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, people died.
and of the Canaanite. And they went 16 And the Messenger of YAHWEH
out to the south of Judah, to Beer- put forth his hand to Jerusalem, to
Sheba. destroy it. And YAHWEH had pity as
8 And they went to and fro through to the evil, and said to the Messenger
all the land, and came in to Jerusalem who was destroying among the people,
at the end of nine months and twenty Enough! Now drop your hand. And the
days. Messenger of YAHWEH was near the
9 And Joab gave the count from the threshing-floor of Araunah the
numbering of the people to the king. Jebusite.
And Israel was eight hundred 17 And when he saw the Messenger
thousand mighty men drawing sword; who was striking among the people,
and the men of Judah five hundred David spoke to YAHWEH and said,
thousand men. Behold, I have sinned. Yea, I have
10 And after he had numbered the acted perversely. And these, the flock,
people, the heart of David struck him. what have they done? Now let your
And David said to YAHWEH, I have hand be on me, and on my father's
sinned greatly in that which I have house.
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behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar 53 And King Solomon sent, and they
the priest came in. And Adonijah said, brought him down from the altar. And
Come in, for you are a mighty man and he came in and bowed to King
bear good news. Solomon. And Solomon said to him,
43 And Jonathan answered and said Go to your house.
to Adonijah, Truly our master, King
David, has caused Solomon to reign. Chapter 2
44 And the king sent Zadok the
priest and Nathan the prophet with 1 And the days of David drew near
him, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, for him to die. And he commanded his
and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. son Solomon, saying,
And they caused him to ride on the 2 I am going in the way of all the
king's mule. earth. And you be strong, and be a
45 And they anointed him, Zadok man,
the priest and Nathan the prophet, as 3 and keep the charge of YAHWEH
king in Gihon. And they have come up your Elohim, to walk in His ways, to
from there rejoicing. And the city was keep His statutes, His commands, and
roaring. It is the noise that you heard. His judgments, and His testimonies,
46 And also Solomon has sat on the as it is written in the Torah of Moses,
throne of the kingdom. so that you may do wisely all that you
47 And also the king's servants have do, and there wherever you may turn,
come in to bless our master, King 4 so that YAHWEH may establish
David, saying, Your Elohim shall make His Word which He spoke to me,
the name of Solomon better than your saying, If your sons take heed to their
name, and his throne greater than way, to walk before me in truth, with
your throne. And the king bowed all their heart, and with all their soul,
himself on the bed. saying, There shall not be a man to you
48 And also the king has said, cut off from the throne of Israel.1
Blessed is YAHWEH the Elohim of 5 And also, you know that which
Israel who has today given one sitting Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, that
on my throne, and my eyes seeing it. which he did to the two army
49 And they trembled and rose up, commanders of Israel, to Abner the
all those who were invited by son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of
Adonijah, and left, each to his way. Jether, that he murdered them, and
50 And Adonijah was afraid because shed the blood of war in peace, and
of Solomon, and he rose up and went put the blood of war on his girdle, on
and lay hold on the horns of the altar. his loins and in his sandals on his feet;
51 And it was told to Solomon, 6 and you shall do according to your
saying, Adonijah is afraid of King wisdom, and shall not let his gray hair
Solomon. And, behold, he has laid go down to Sheol in peace.
hold on the horns of the altar, saying, 7 You shall be merciful to the sons of
Let King Solomon swear to me as of Barzillai the Gileadite, and they shall
today that he will not put his servant be among those eating at your table,
to death by the sword.
52 And Solomon said, If he becomes 1 The promise to have a son be on the throne
a son of virtue, not a hair of his head of Israel for eternity was conditional on
shall fall to the earth. But if evil is obedience to the Torah. Solomon failed, but
found in him, then he shall die. Yahshua, the eternal king did not fail, Mat
5:17.
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for so they drew near to me when I Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah.
fled from the face of your brother And the king rose up to meet her, and
Absalom. bowed to her, and sat on his throne,
8 And, behold, with you is Shimei and placed a throne for the king's
the son of Gera, the Benjamite of mother. And she sat at his right hand.
Bahurim. And he cursed me with a 20 And she said, I ask one small
grievous cursing in the day I went to petition of you. Do not turn away my
Mahanaim. And he came down to face. And the king said to her, Ask, my
meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to mother, for I will not turn away your
him by YAHWEH, saying, I will not face.
cause you to die by the sword. 21 And she said, let Abishag the
9 And now, do not acquit him, for Shunammite be given to your brother
you are a wise man, and you know that Adonijah for a wife.
which you shall do to him and shall 22 And King Solomon answered and
bring his old age down with blood to said to his mother, And why are you
Sheol. asking Abishag the Shunammite for
10 And David lay with his fathers, Adonijah? Will you also ask the
and was buried in the city of David. kingdom for him, for he is my older
11 And the days that David reigned brother; yea, for him, and for Abiathar
over Israel were forty years. He the priest, and for Joab the son of
reigned seven years in Hebron, and he Zeruiah.
reigned thirty three years in 23 And King Solomon swore by
Jerusalem. YAHWEH, saying, So shall Elohim do
12 And Solomon sat on the throne of to me, and so shall He do more, if
his father David, and his kingdom was Adonijah has not spoken this word
firmly established. against his life.
13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith 24 And now, as YAHWEH lives, who
came in to Bathsheba, the mother of has established me and caused me to
Solomon. And she said, Do you come sit on the throne of my father David,
in peace? And he said, Peace. and who has made a house for me, as
14 And he said, may a word be to you He spoke, surely today Adonijah shall
and to me? And she said, Speak. be made to die.
15 And he said, You know that the 25 And King Solomon sent by the
kingdom was mine, and all Israel had hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
set their faces toward me to reign. Yet and he fell on him, and he died.
the kingdom has been turned around 26 And the king said to Abiathar the
and is my brother's, because it was his priest, Go to Anathoth, to your fields.
from YAHWEH. For you are a man of death. But I will
16 And now I am asking one petition not at this time cause you to die,
of you. Do not turn away your face. because you have borne the ark of
And she said to him, Speak. Adonai YAHWEH before my father
17 And he said, Please speak to King David, and because you were afflicted
Solomon, for he will not turn away in all the things with which my father
your face, that he give to me Abishag was afflicted.
the Shunammite for a wife. 27 And Solomon drove Abiathar
18 And Bathsheba said, Well! I will from being priest to YAHWEH, to
speak to the king for you.
fulfill the Word of YAHWEH which He
19 And Bathsheba came in to King
spoke concerning the house of Eli in
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turned back your evil on your head. instead of my father David. And I am
45 And King Solomon shall be but a young boy; I do not know to go
blessed, and the throne of David shall out and to come in.
be established before YAHWEH 8 And Your servant is in the midst of
forever. Your people whom You have chosen, a
46 And the king commanded numerous people that cannot be
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he numbered or counted for multitude.
went out and fell on him, and he died. 9 Therefore, give to Your servant an
And the kingdom was established in understanding heart, to judge Your
the hand of Solomon. people to discern between good and
evil. For who is able to judge this, Your
Chapter 3 great people?
10 And the word was good in the
1 And Solomon made an alliance by eyes of YAHWEH, that Solomon had
marriage with Pharaoh the king of asked this thing.
Egypt. And he took Pharaoh's 11 And Elohim said to him, Because
daughter and brought her into the city you have asked this thing, and have
of David, until he finished building his not asked for yourself many days, nor
own house, and the house of asked riches for yourself, nor asked
YAHWEH, and the wall of Jerusalem the life of your enemies, and have
all around. asked for discernment for yourself, to
2 Only, the people were sacrificing in understand judgment,
high places, for a house for the name 12 behold, I have done according to
of YAHWEH had not been built until your words. Behold, I have given to
those days. you a wise and understanding heart,
so that there was none like you before
3 And Solomon loved YAHWEH, to
you, and after you none shall rise up
walk in the statutes of his father
like you.
David. Only, he was sacrificing in high
13 And also, I have given you that
places and burning incense.
which you have not asked, both riches
4 And the king went to Gibeon to
and honor, that there shall not be a
sacrifice there; for it was the great high
man like you among the kings all your
place. Solomon offered a thousand
days.
burnt offerings on that altar.
14 And if you walk in My ways, to
5 YAHWEH appeared to Solomon in keep My statutes and My commands,
Gibeon in a dream of the night. And as your father David walked, then I
Elohim said, Ask. What shall I give to will prolong your days.
you? 15 And Solomon awoke, and behold,
6 And Solomon said, You have done it was a dream! And he came into
great kindness to Your servant, my Jerusalem and stood before the ark of
father David, as he walked before You the covenant of YAHWEH, and offered
in truth and in righteousness and in
burnt offerings, and made peace
uprightness of heart with You. And
offerings. And he made a banquet for
You have kept for him this great
all his servants.
kindness, and have given to him a son
16 Then two women, harlots, came
sitting on his throne, as today.
in to the king and stood before him.
7 And now, O YAHWEH my Elohim, 17 And the one woman said, O my
You have caused Your servant to reign master, this woman and I were living
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in one house. And I gave birth, with for they saw that the wisdom of
her in the house. Elohim was in him to do judgment.
18 And it happened on the third day
after I gave birth, this woman also Chapter 4
gave birth. And we were together; no
stranger was with us in the house, only 1 And King Solomon was king over
we two in the house. all Israel.
19 And the son of this woman died at 2 And these were the rulers he had:
night, because she laid on it. Azariah the son of Zadok was the
20 And she rose up in the middle of priest.
the night and took my son from beside 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of
me and laid it in her bosom; and your Shisha, were the scribes, Jehoshaphat
handmaid was asleep. And she laid her the son of Ahilud the recorder.
dead son in my bosom. 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
21 And I rose up in the morning to was over the army. And Zadok and
suckle my son; and behold! It was Abiathar were priests.
dead. And I looked at it in the 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was
morning; and, behold, it was not my over the officers. And Zabud the son of
son whom I had borne. Nathan was the minister and friend of
22 And the other woman said, No, the king.
but my son is the living, and your son 6 And Ahishar was over the
the dead. And this one said, No, but household. And Adoniram the son of
your son is dead, and my son the Abda was over the forced labor.
living. And they spoke before the king. 7 And Solomon had twelve officers
23 And the king said, This one says, over all Israel. And they sustained the
This is my son, the living one, and king and his household. Each man had
your son the dead. And that one says, one month in the year to provide.
No, but your son is the dead, and my 8 And these are their names: Ben-
son the living. Hur in the hills of Ephraim;
24 And the king said, Bring a sword 9 the son of Dekar in Makaz and in
to me. And they brought the sword Shaalbim, and Beth-Shemesh, and
before the king. Elon-Beth-Hanan;
25 And the king said, Divide the 10 the son of Hesed, in Aruboth (to
living child into two, and give the half him was Sochoh and all the land of
to the one, and the half to the other. Hepher);
26 And the woman whose son was 11 the son of Abinadab in all the
the living one said to the king (for her height of Dor, Taphath the daughter of
womb yearned over her son) yea, she Solomon was his wife;
said, O my master, give her the living 12 Baana the son of Ahilud to whom
child, and do not at all put it to death. was Taanach and Megiddo, and all
And this one said, Let it be neither Beth-Shean (which is by Zartanah
yours or mine, divide it. below Jezreel, from Beth-Shean to
27 And the king answered and said, Abel-Meholah, to the place that is
Give to her the living child, and do not beyond Jokneam);
put it to death at all; she is its mother. 13 the son of Geber in Ramoth-
28 And all Israel heard of the Gilead (to him were the towns of Jair,
judgment that the king had judged, Manasseh's son, which are in Gilead;
and feared from the face of the king; and to him was the region of Argob,
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which is in Bashan, sixty great cities stalls of horses for his chariots, and
with walls and copper bars); twelve thousand horsemen.
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had 27 And those officers provided food
Mahanaim; for King Solomon, and for all who
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also came to King Solomon's table, a man
took Basemath the daughter of in his month: they did not lack
Solomon for a wife; anything.
16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in 28 They also brought barley and
Asher and in Aloth; straw for the horses and mules to the
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah place where the officers were, each
was in Issachar; man according to his charge.
18 Shimei the son of Elah was in 29 And Elohim gave Solomon
Benjamin; exceeding great wisdom and under-
19 Geber the son of Uri was in the standing, and largeness of heart, even
land of Gilead, the land of Sihon king as the sand that is on the lip of the sea.
of the Amorites, and Og king of 30 And Solomon's wisdom was
Bashan; and there was one officer who greater than the wisdom of all the sons
was in the land; of the east, and than all the wisdom of
20 Judah and Israel were many, as Egypt.
the sand by the sea in multitude; 31 For he was wiser than all men;
eating and drinking and rejoicing. wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and
21 And Solomon reigned over all the Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the
kingdoms from the River to the land of sons of Mahol. And his name was in all
the Philistines, and to the border of nations all around.
Egypt. They brought presents and 32 And he spoke three thousand
served Solomon all the days of his life. proverbs, and his songs were a
22 And Solomon's food for one day thousand and five.
was thirty measures of fine flour, and 33 And he spoke of trees, from the
sixty measures of meal, cedar tree in Lebanon, even to the
23 ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out hyssop that springs out of the wall. He
of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, spoke also of beasts and of birds, and
besides deer and gazelles, and of creeping things, and of fish.
roebucks, and fattened fowl. 34 And there came some from all the
24 For he had the rule over all on people to hear the wisdom of
this side of the River, from Tiphsah Solomon, from all the kings of the
even to Azzah, over all the kings on earth who had heard of his wisdom.
this side of the River. And he had
peace on all sides from around him. Chapter 5
25 And Judah and Israel lived
securely, every man under his vine and 1 And Hiram the king of Tyre sent
under his fig tree; from Dan even to his servants to Solomon, for he heard
Beer-Sheba all the days of Solomon 1. that they had anointed him king
(Mic 4:4, Zec 3:10) instead of his father. For Hiram was a
26 And Solomon had forty thousand lover of David all his days.
2 And Solomon sent to Hiram,
1 Solomon was a type of Messiah, and peace saying,
was granted during his reign. The true 3 You knew my father David, that he
Messiah will have everlasting peace, Jer was not able to build a house to the
23:6, Mat 5:35, Heb 7:1-2, Isa 9:6-7.
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name of YAHWEH his Elohim because measures of beaten oil. This Solomon
of the warfare that was around him, gave to Hiram year by year.
until YAHWEH had put them under 12 And YAHWEH gave wisdom to
the soles of his feet. Solomon, as He had spoken to him.
4 And now YAHWEH my Elohim has And there was peace between Hiram
given me rest all around; there is no and Solomon; and they cut a covenant,
adversary nor evil happening. the two of them.
5 And, behold, I am commanding a 13 And King Solomon caused a labor
house to be built to the name of force to go out of all Israel; and the
labor force was thirty thousand men.
YAHWEH my Elohim, as YAHWEH
14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten
spoke to my father David, saying, Your
thousand a month by courses. They
son, whom I will appoint in your place
were a month in Lebanon, two months
on your throne, he shall build the
in their own house. And Adoniram was
house for My name.1 (1Chr 3:5)
over the labor force.
6 And now, command and they shall
15 And Solomon had seventy
cut down for me cedars out of
thousand bearing burdens, and eighty
Lebanon. And my servants shall be
thousand hewing in the mountain;
with your servants. And I will give you
16 besides the rulers of Solomon's
hire for your servants according to all
overseers who were over the work,
that you say. For you know that there
three thousand and three hundred,
is not a man among us knowing to cut
those ruling over the people who were
timber like the Sidonians.
working in the work.
7 And it happened, when Hiram
17 And the king commanded, and
heard the words of Solomon, he
they brought great stones, costly
rejoiced exceedingly, and said, Blessed
stones, quarried stones, to lay the
be YAHWEH today, who has given to foundation of the house.
David a wise son over this great 18 And Solomon's builders and
people. Hiram's builders, and the Giblites, cut
8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, and prepared the wood and the stones
saying, I have heard that for which you to build the house.
have sent to me. I will do all your will
as to cedar wood and fir wood. Chapter 6
9 My servants will bring it down
from Lebanon to the sea. And I will 1 And it happened in the four
make floats for them in the sea to go to hundred and eightieth year from the
the place that you tell me. And I will going out of the sons of Israel from the
spread them out there; and you shall land of Egypt, in the fourth year, in the
take them up. And you shall do what I month of Zif, it is the second month, in
desire, to give food for my house. the reigning of Solomon over Israel he
10 And Hiram gave Solomon cedar built the house for YAHWEH.
trees and fir trees, all his desire.
2 As to the house that King Solomon
11 And Solomon gave to Hiram
twenty thousand measures of wheat, built for YAHWEH, its length was sixty
food for his house; and twenty cubits, its breadth twenty, and its
height thirty cubits.
1 The Hebrew word for “appoint” is 3 As to the porch on the front of the
“Nathan” and this is a prophecy showing temple of the house, its length was
that the Messiah will be born from the
twenty cubits according to the breadth
lineage of Nathan NOT Solomon, Luk 3:31.
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other court was within the porch, as with the pomegranates. And so he did
this work was. Solomon also made a for the other capital.
house for Pharaoh's daughter whom 19 And the capitals on the top of the
he had taken, like this porch. pillars in the porch were lily-work,
9 And these were of costly stones four cubits.
according to the measures of hewn 20 And the capitals were on the two
stones, sawed with a saw, inside and pillars, also above, over against the
out, even from the foundation to the belly which was by the grating; and the
coping, and from the outside, to the pomegranates were two hundred in
great court. rows all around on the other capital.
10 And the foundation was of costly 21 And he set up the pillars in the
stones, huge stones, stones of ten porch of the sanctuary. And he set up
cubits and stones of eight cubits. the right pillar and called its name
11 And above were costly stones, Jachin. And he set up the left pillar,
according to the measures of hewn and called its name of Boaz.
stone and cedar. 22 And on the top of the pillars was
12 And the great court all around lily-work. So the work of the pillars
was three rows of hewn stone and a was finished.
row of cedar beams, even for the inner 23 And he made a cast sea of ten
court of the house of YAHWEH, and cubits from brim to brim; it was round
for the porch of the house. all about. And its height was five
13 And King Solomon sent and cubits; and a line of thirty cubits went
brought Hiram out of Tyre. around it all about.
14 He was the son of a widow 24 And gourds were below its brim
woman of the tribe of Naphtali, and all around, going around it, ten by the
his father a man of Tyre, an engraver cubit, circling the sea all around; the
in copper. And he was filled with the gourds were cast in two rows when it
wisdom and understanding and was cast.
knowledge to do all work in copper. 25 It stood on twelve oxen: Three
And he came to King Solomon and did facing the north, and three facing the
all his work. west, and three facing the south, and
15 And he formed the two pillars of three facing the east. And the sea was
copper; eighteen cubits was the height above on them; and all their hinder
of the one pillar, and a line of twelve parts were inward.
cubits went around the second pillar. 26 And its thickness was one hand
16 And he made two capitals to put wide; and its brim was fashioned like
on the tops of the pillars, cast in the brim of a cup, with a bud of a lily.
copper; five cubits was the height of It contained two thousand baths.
the one capital, and five cubits the 27 And he made ten bases of copper;
height of the second capital. four cubits the length of the one base,
17 He made gratings of network with and four cubits the breadth, and three
twisted threads of chain-work, for the cubits the height.
capitals on the top of the pillars; seven 28 And this was the work of the
for the one capital, and seven for the base: They had borders; and there
other capital. were borders between the stays.
18 And he made the pillars. And two 29 And on the borders that were
rows were all around on the one between the stays were lions, oxen,
grating, to cover the capitals on the top and cherubs. And a pedestal was on
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the stays above. And below the lions the shovels, and the bowls. And Hiram
and oxen were wreaths of hanging finished all the work that he made for
work. King Solomon for the house of
30 And the one base had four wheels YAHWEH:
of copper, and axles of copper. And its 41 Two pillars, and two bowls of the
four feet were supports to them; under capitals that were on the top of the
the basin were cast supports with pillars; and the two gratings to cover
wreaths at each side. the two bowls of the capitals that were
31 And its mouth within and above on the top of the pillars;
the capital was a cubit; and its mouth 42 and the four hundred
was round like the work of a pedestal, pomegranates for the two gratings,
a cubit and half of the cubit. And also two rows of pomegranates for each
on its mouth were carvings; and their grating, to cover the two bowls of the
borders were square, not round. capitals that were on the pillars;
32 And the four wheels were under 43 and ten bases, and ten basins on
the borders. And the hands of the the bases;
wheels were in the base; and the 44 and one sea, and twelve oxen
height of the one wheel was a cubit under the sea;
and a half. 45 and the pots, and the shovels, and
33 And the work of the wheels was the basins. And all these vessels which
as the work of a chariot wheel, their Hiram made for King Solomon for the
hands, and their rims, and their house of YAHWEH were of burnished
spokes, and their hubs were all cast. copper.
34 And there were four supports to 46 The king cast them in the plain of
the four corners of one base; the the Jordan, in the thick soil of the
supports were of the base itself. ground between Succoth and
35 And in the top of the base was a Zarethan.
round compass of half a cubit high. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels
And on the top of the base its sides unweighed because they were very,
and its borders were from it. very many; the weight of the copper
36 And he engraved cherubs, lions, was not searched out.
and palm trees on the plates of its 48 And Solomon made all the
sides, and on its borders, as the place vessels that were in the house of
of each, with wreaths all around.
YAHWEH: The altar of gold; and the
37 So he made the ten bases, one
table of gold on which was the Bread
casting, one measure, one form was to
of the Presence;
them all.
49 and the menorahs, five on the
38 And he made ten basins of
right and five on the left before the
copper; the one basin contained forty
Holy of Holies, of refined gold, and the
baths. The one basin was four cubits,
flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs
one basin on the one base, to the ten
were of gold;
bases.
50 and the basins, and the snuffers,
39 And he put the five bases on the
and the bowls, and the spoons, and the
right side of the house, and five on the
firepans were of refined gold; and the
left side of the house. And he put the
hinges for the doors of the inner
sea on the right side of the house,
house, for the Holy of Holies, for the
eastward, across from the south.
doors of the house of the sanctuary
40 And Hiram made the basins, and
were of gold.
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51 And it was complete, all the work 9 Nothing was in the ark, only the
that King Solomon had made for the two tables of stone which Moses put
house of YAHWEH. And Solomon there in Horeb, when YAHWEH cut a
brought in the sanctified things of his covenant with the sons of Israel as
father David: The silver, and the gold, they went out of the land of Egypt.
and the vessels he had put into the 10 And it happened as the priests
treasuries of the house of YAHWEH. went out from the Holy of Holies, that
the cloud filled the house of YAHWEH,
Chapter 8 11 and the priests were not able to
stand to minister because of the cloud,
1 Then Solomon gathered the elders for the glory of YAHWEH had filled the
of Israel, and all the heads of the house of YAHWEH.
tribes, the chief of the fathers of the
12 And Solomon said, YAHWEH has
sons of Israel, to King Solomon in
said that He would dwell in the thick
Jerusalem, that they might bring up
darkness.
the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH 13 Building I have built a house of
out of the city of David, which is Zion. loftiness for You, a settled place for
2 And all the men of Israel were You to abide in forever.
gathered to King Solomon, in the 14 And the king turned around his
month of Ethanim, at the feast, which face and blessed the whole assembly of
is the seventh month. Israel; and all the assembly of Israel
3 And all the elders of Israel came in, was standing.
and the priests lifted up the ark, 15 And he said, Blessed be
4 and brought up the ark of
YAHWEH, Elohim of Israel, who spoke
YAHWEH, and the tabernacle of the by His mouth with my father David,
congregation, and all the holy vessels and by his hand has fulfilled it, saying,
that were in the tabernacle, even those 16 From the day that I brought out
the priests and the Levites brought. My people, even Israel, from Egypt, I
5 And King Solomon and all the have not chosen a city out of all the
company of Israel who had assembled tribes of Israel to build a house for My
to him were with him before the ark, name to be there; but I chose David to
sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could be over My people Israel.
not be counted or numbered for 17 And it was in the heart of my
multitude. father David to build a house for the
6 And the priests brought in the ark
name of YAHWEH, Elohim of Israel;
of the covenant of YAHWEH to its
18 and YAHWEH said to my father
place, to the holy place of the house,
David, Because it has been in your
into the Holy of Holies, to the place of
heart to build a house for My name,
the wings of the cherubs;
you have done well that it has been in
7 for the cherubs were spreading
your heart;
forth their wings to the place of the
19 only, you shall not build the
ark, and the cherubs covered over the
house, but your son who shall come
ark, and over its staves from above.
out from your loins, he shall build the
8 And they lengthened the staves,
house for My name.
and the heads of the staves were seen
from the holy place on the front of the 20 And YAHWEH has lifted up His
Holy of Holies, and were not seen Word that He spoke; for I have risen
outside; and they are there to this day. up instead of my father David and sit
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on Your land which You have given to people Israel, and to know that Your
Your people for an inheritance.1 name has been called on this house
37 When there is famine in the land; which I have built.2
when there is pestilence, blasting, 44 If Your people shall go out to
mildew, locusts; when there is the battle against its enemy, in the way
stripping locust; when its enemy has that You have sent them, and they
distressed it in the land in its gates; have prayed to YAHWEH the way of
any plague, any sickness, the city which You have chosen, and of
38 any prayer, any supplication that the house which I have built for Your
shall come from any man of all of Your name,
people Israel, who shall each know the 45 then hear their prayer and their
plague of his own heart, and shall supplication in Heaven, and perform
spread his hands toward this house, their cause.
39 then You shall hear in Heaven 46 When they sin against You (for
Your dwelling place and shall forgive there is not a man who does not sin)
and shall act, and shall give to each and You have been angry with them,
according to all his ways, whose heart and have given them up before an
You know (for You have known, You enemy, and they have been led away
alone, the heart of all the sons of into captivity to the land of the enemy,
Adam), far off or near;
40 so that they shall fear You all the 47 and they have turned their heart
days that they are living on the face of back in the land where they have been
the land that You have given to our taken captive, and have repented, and
fathers. made supplication to You in the land
41 And also, to the stranger who is of their captors, saying, We have
not of Your people Israel, and has sinned and done perversely; we have
come from a land afar off for Your done wickedly;
name's sake, 48 and, they have turned back to
42 (for they shall hear of Your great You with all their heart, and with all
name, and of Your strong hand, and of their soul, in the land of their enemies
Your stretched out arm, and he shall who have taken them captive, and
have come in and prayed toward this have prayed to You the way of their
house,) land which You gave to their fathers,
43 You shall hear in Heaven, Your the city which You have chosen, and
dwelling place, and shall do according the house which I have built for Your
to all that the stranger calls to You for, name,
so that all the peoples of the earth may 49 then You shall hear their prayer
know Your name, to fear You like Your and their supplication in Heaven Your
dwelling place, and shall perform their
1 Verse 29, 33, 36. The sanctuary of YHWH
cause,
had to do with drawing close to Him
through sacrificing animals, where in the
50 and shall forgive Your people who
NT it is through believe in His Son (Joh have sinned against You, even all their
4:21-24). This has nothing to do with the transgressions which they have
command of going up to Jerusalem at feast transgressed against You, and shall
time to receive the reward for obedience give them mercy before their captors,
throughout the year. Appearing in Jerusalem
for the feast had to do with the blessing of 2 Verses 41-43: YHWH also hears the voice
obedience and bringing the harvest fruits of the stranger if he is pure-hearted and
for celebration. sincere.
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and they shall have mercy on them. 60 for all the peoples of the earth
51 For they are Your people and know that YAHWEH, He is the
Your inheritance, whom You brought Elohim; there is no other;
out of Egypt, out of the midst of the 61 let your heart therefore be perfect
furnace of iron; with YAHWEH our Elohim, to walk in
52 for Your eyes shall be open to the His statutes, and to keep His
supplication of Your servant, and to commandments, as at this day.
the supplication of Your people Israel, 62 And the king and all Israel with
to listen to them in all that they call to him were offering a sacrifice before
You for;
YAHWEH;
53 for You have separated them to
63 and Solomon offered the sacrifice
Yourself for an inheritance out of all
of peace offerings, which he had
the peoples of the earth, as You spoke
by the hand of Your servant Moses offered to YAHWEH: Twenty two
when You brought out our fathers thousand oxen, and a hundred and
from Egypt, O Adonai YAHWEH. twenty thousand sheep; and the king
and all the sons of Israel dedicated the
(Amo 3:2, Deu 9:29)
54 And it happened as Solomon house of YAHWEH.
finished praying to YAHWEH all this 64 On that day the king sanctified
the middle of the court that was before
prayer and supplication, he arose from
the house of YAHWEH, for he had
before the altar of YAHWEH, from
made the burnt offering there, and the
bending on his knees, and his hands
food offering, and the fat of the peace
spread out to Heaven;
offerings; because the copper altar that
55 and he stood and blessed all the
congregation of Israel with a loud was before YAHWEH was too small to
voice, saying, contain the burnt offering, and the
56 Blessed be YAHWEH who has food offering, and the fat of the peace
offerings.
given rest to His people Israel,
65 And at that time Solomon made a
according to all that He has spoken;
feast, and all Israel with him, a great
not one word of all His good Word has
congregation, from the entering in of
fallen, which He spoke by the hand of
Hamath to the river of Egypt, before
His servant Moses.
YAHWEH our Elohim, seven days and
57 YAHWEH our Elohim is with us
seven days, fourteen days.
as He has been with our fathers; He
66 On the eighth day he sent the
shall not forsake us or leave us,
people away, and they blessed the
58 to incline our heart to Himself, to
king, and went to their tents rejoicing
walk in all His ways, and to keep His
and joyous of heart for all the good
commandments, and His statutes, and
His judgments, which He commanded that YAHWEH had done to His servant
our fathers; David, and to His people Israel.
59 and these words of mine which I
have prayed before YAHWEH be near Chapter 9
to YAHWEH our Elohim by day and by 1 And it happened, as Solomon
night, to perform the cause of His finished building the house of
servant, and the cause of His people
YAHWEH, and the house of the king,
Israel, the matter of each day in its
and all the desire of Solomon that he
day;
delighted to do,
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21 their sons left behind them in the very great company, camels bearing
land, whom the sons of Israel had not spices, and very much gold, and
been able to exterminate, Solomon precious stones. And she came to
even caused to go on them a burden of Solomon and spoke with him all that
forced labor to this day. had been in her heart.
22 But Solomon did not give as a 3 And Solomon told her all her
slave out of the sons of Israel, for they matters; there was not one thing
were the men of war, and his servants, hidden from the king that he did not
and his rulers, and his commanders, declare to her.
and the commanders of his chariots, 4 And the queen of Sheba saw the
and his horsemen. wisdom of Solomon, and the house
23 These were the commanders of that he built,
the officers who were over the work of 5 and the food of his table, and the
Solomon: Five hundred and fifty, sitting of his servants, and the
those ruling among the people who standing of his ministers, and their
were working in the work. clothing, and his cupbearers and his
24 But the daughter of Pharaoh went burnt offering that he offered in the
up out of the city of David to her house house of YAHWEH; and there was no
that he built for her; then he built more spirit in her.
Millo. 6 And she said to the king, The word
25 And three times in a year that I heard in my land was true as to
Solomon offered burnt offerings and your matters and your wisdom.
peace offerings on the altar that he 7 And I did not believe the words
built to YAHWEH, and he burned until I had come and my eyes had
incense on the altar before YAHWEH, seen; and behold, the half was not told
and finished the house. to me. You have wisdom and
26 And King Solomon built a navy in prosperity exceeding the fame which I
Ezion-Geber, which is beside Eloth, on heard.
the lip of the Red Sea, in the land of 8 Oh the happiness of your men! Oh
Edom.1 (Deu 1:1, Exo 13:18) the happiness of your servants, these
27 And Hiram sent his servants in who stand before you continually, who
the navy, shipmen who knew the sea, hear your wisdom!
with the servants of Solomon; 9 Blessed be YAHWEH your Elohim
28 and they came to Ophir and took who delighted in you, putting your
gold from there, four hundred and person on the throne of Israel, because
twenty talents, and brought it in to YAHWEH loved Israel forever,
King Solomon. therefore He appointed you king, to do
judgment and righteousness.
Chapter 10 10 And she gave to the king a
hundred and twenty talents of gold,
1 And the queen of Sheba2 heard of and very many spices, and precious
the fame of Solomon as to the name of stones; no spice like that came any
YAHWEH, and she came to test him more for abundance, that the queen of
with hard questions. Sheba gave to King Solomon.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a 11 And also, the navy of Hiram that
bore gold from Ophir brought in from
1 This is at the Gulf of Aqaba. Ophir almug trees, a great many, and
2 She was most likely from east of Arabia in
precious stones;
Yemen.
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12 and the king made the almug 22 For the king had a navy of
trees a support for the house of Tarshish at sea with a navy of Hiram;
YAHWEH, and for the king's house, once in three years the navy of
and harps and lyres for singers; no Tarshish would come bearing gold,
such almug trees have come, nor have and silver, and ivory, and apes, and
there been seen such to this day. peacocks.
13 And King Solomon gave to the 23 And King Solomon was greater
queen of Sheba all her desire that she than any of the kings of the earth for
asked, apart from that which he gave riches and for wisdom;
to her as a memorial of King Solomon. 24 and all the earth was seeking the
And she turned and went to her land, presence of Solomon, to hear his
she and her servants. wisdom that Elohim had put into his
14 And the weight of the gold that heart;
came to Solomon in one year was six 25 and they were each one bringing
hundred and sixty six talents of gold1, his present, vessels of silver, and
15 apart from the merchant men, vessels of gold, and garments, and
and from the traffic of the traders, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules,
from all the Arabian kings, and from a year by year matter.
the governors of the lands. 26 And Solomon gathered chariots
16 And King Solomon made two and horsemen, and he had a thousand,
hundred targets of beaten gold: six four hundred chariots, and twelve
hundred shekels of gold went to one thousand horsemen; and he placed
target; them in the cities of the chariots, and
17 and three hundred shields of with the king in Jerusalem.
beaten gold: Three minas of gold went 27 And the king made silver in
to one shield; and the king put them in Jerusalem as stones, and he made
the house of the forest of Lebanon. cedars as the sycamores that are in the
18 And the king made a great throne Shefalah (low-country), for
of ivory and overlaid it with refined abundance.
gold. 28 And the horses that King
19 The throne had six steps, and the Solomon had were brought from
top of the throne was round behind; Egypt, and from Kue; the king's
and stays were on either side on the merchants received them from Kue at
place of the seat, and two lions stood a price;
beside the stays; 29 and a chariot came up and went
20 and twelve lions were standing on out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of
the six steps, on this side and on that; silver, and a horse for a hundred and
there was not the like made in any fifty; and so for all the kings of the
kingdom. Hittites, and for the kings of Syria they
21 And all the drinking vessels of brought them out by their means.
King Solomon were of gold, and all the
vessels of the house of the forest of Chapter 11
Lebanon were of refined gold; there
was none of silver; it was not counted 1 And King Solomon loved many
for anything in the days of Solomon; foreign women, even the daughter of
Pharaoh, Moabites, Ammonites,
1 Six is the number of man and 666 shows Edomites, Sidonians, Hittites;
man's government in rebellion to YHWH, 2 of the nations which YAHWEH said
Rev 13:16-18.
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to the sons of Israel, You shall not go and My statutes that I charged on you,
in to them, and they shall not go in to I shall surely tear the kingdom from
you; they shall turn aside your heart you and shall give it to your servant.
after their elohim; Solomon clung to 12 Only, I will not do it in your days,
these in love. for the sake of your father David; I
3 And he had seven hundred wives, shall tear it out of your son's hand.
princesses, and three hundred 13 Only I will not tear away all the
concubines; and his wives turned away kingdom; I will give one tribe to your
his heart. son for my servant David's sake, and
4 And it happened, at the time for the sake of Jerusalem that I have
Solomon was old, his wives turned chosen. (1Kgs 11:32,36, 1Kgs 14:21)
away his heart after other elohims, and 14 And it happened, YAHWEH
his heart was not perfect with raised an adversary to Solomon,
YAHWEH his Elohim, like the heart of Hadad the Edomite; he was of the seed
his father David. of the king in Edom.
5 And Solomon went after Ashtoreth, 15 And it happened when David was
goddess of the Sidonians, and after in Edom, and Joab the commander of
Milcom, the abomination of the the army had gone up to bury the ones
Ammonites;1 who died, after he had stricken every
6 and Solomon did evil in the sight male in Edom;
of YAHWEH, and did not go fully after 16 Joab and all Israel remained there
YAHWEH like his father David. six months until every male in Edom
7 Then Solomon built a high place was cut off.
for Chemosh, the abomination of 17 And Hadad fled, he and certain
Moab, in the hill that is before Edomites of his father's servants with
Jerusalem, and for Molech, the him, to go into Egypt; and Hadad was
abomination of the sons of Ammon; a little child.
8 and so he did for all his foreign 18 And they rose up out of Midian
wives, who burnt incense and and came to Paran, and they took men
sacrificed to their elohims. with them out of Paran and came into
Egypt, to Pharaoh the king of Egypt.
9 And YAHWEH was angry with
And he gave him a house and
Solomon, for his heart had bent away
commanded bread for him, and gave
from YAHWEH, Elohim of Israel who land to him.
had appeared to him twice, 19 And Hadad found much favor in
10 and had given a charge to him the eyes of Pharaoh, and he gave him a
concerning this thing, not to go after wife, the sister of his own wife, the
other elohim; and he did not keep that sister of Tahpenes the queen.
which YAHWEH commanded.2 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bore
11 And YAHWEH said to Solomon, him a son, Genubath, and Tahpenes
Because this has been done by you, weaned him in Pharaoh's house
and you have not kept My covenant among Pharaoh's sons.
21 And Hadad had heard in Egypt
1 Solomon worshiped false deities. Ashtoreth that David had slept with his fathers,
is the same goddess as “Istar” or “Easter”. and that Joab the commander of the
2 Yahweh gave Solomon a great opportunity army was dead. And Hadad said to
but it was conditional on his obedience and Pharaoh, Send me away and I will go
due to his failure the kingdom would be to my land.
taken from him and divided 1Chr 28:1-9.
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22 And Pharaoh said to him, But 32 And he shall have the one tribe
what are you lacking with me, that, lo, for my servant David's sake, and for
you are seeking to go to your land? Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have
And he said, Nothing. However, you chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
shall certainly send me away. 33 Because they have forsaken Me,
23 And Elohim raised up an and bow themselves to Ashtoreth the
adversary to him, Rezon the son of goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh
Eliadah, who fled from his master the god of Moab, to Milcom the god of
Hadadezer the king of Zobah. the sons of Ammon; and have not
24 And he gathered men to himself, walked in My ways, to do the right in
and was head of a troop when David My eyes, and My statutes and My
killed them. And they went to judgments, as his father David did.
Damascus and lived in it, and reigned 34 But I will not take the whole
in Damascus. kingdom out of his hand, but I will
25 And he was an adversary to Israel make him ruler all the days of his life,
all the days of Solomon, besides the for My servant David's sake, whom I
evil that Hadad did; and he despised chose, because he kept My
Israel and reigned over Syria. commandments and My statutes.
26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 35 But I will take the kingdom out of
an Ephrathite of Zereda, a servant of his son's hand, and will give it to you,
Solomon (and his mother's name was ten tribes.
Zeruah, a widow woman) he also lifted 36 And I will give one tribe to his
up a hand against the king. son, that there may be a lamp to My
27 And this was the thing for which servant David before Me all the days in
he lifted up his hand against the king: Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen
Solomon built Millo, and closed up the to Myself, to put My name there.
breaks of the city of his father David. 37 And I will take you, and you shall
28 And the man Jeroboam was a reign according to all that your soul
mighty warrior. And Solomon saw the desires, and shall be king over Israel.
young man, that he was doing work. 38 And it shall be, if you shall hear
And he appointed him to all the all that I command you, and shall walk
burden of the house of Joseph. in My ways, and do that which is right
29 And at that time it happened that in My eyes, to keep My statutes and
Jeroboam had gone out from My commandments, as My servant
Jerusalem, and Ahijah the Shilonite, David did, then I shall be with you and
the prophet, found him in the way. shall build a sure house for you, as I
And he covered himself with a new built for David, and shall give Israel to
garment, and both of them were by you.
themselves in a field. 39 And for this I will afflict the seed
30 And Ahijah laid hold on the new of David; but not forever.
garment on him and tore it into twelve 40 And Solomon sought to put
pieces. Jeroboam to death, and Jeroboam
31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take rose up and fled to Egypt, to Shishak
ten pieces for yourself. For so says the king of Egypt; and he was in Egypt
YAHWEH, Elohim of Israel, Behold, I until the death of Solomon.
am tearing the kingdom from the hand 41 And the rest of the matters of
of Solomon and giving to you the ten Solomon, and all that he did, and his
tribes. wisdom, are they not written in the
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Book of the Acts of Solomon? Lighten some of the yoke that your
42 And the days that Solomon father put upon us?
reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel 10 And they spoke to him, the young
were forty years; men who had grown up with him,
43 and Solomon lay with his fathers saying, So you shall say to this people
and was buried in the city of his father who have spoken to you, saying, Your
David; and his son Rehoboam reigned father made our yoke heavy, and you
in his place. make it light on us; so you shall speak
Chapter 12 to them, My little finger is thicker than
the loins of my father,
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, 11 and now my father laid a heavy
for all Israel had come to Shechem to yoke on you, and I will add to your
make him king. yoke; my father chastised you with
2 And it happened, when Jeroboam whips, and I will surely chastise you
the son of Nebat heard (and he was with scorpions.
still in Egypt where he had fled from 12 And they came, Jeroboam and all
the face of Solomon the king, and the people, to Rehoboam on the third
Jeroboam lived in Egypt) day, as the king had spoken, saying,
3 that they sent and called for him; Come back to me on the third day.
and they came, Jeroboam and all the 13 And the king replied to the people
assembly of Israel, and spoke to harshly, and forsook the counsel of the
Rehoboam, saying, elders which they advised him,
4 Your father made our yoke hard; 14 and spoke to them according to
and now you should lighten some of the counsel of the young men, saying,
the hard service of your father, and his My father made your yoke heavy, and I
heavy yoke that he put upon us, and shall add to your yoke; my father
we will serve you. chastised you with whips, and I will
5 And he said to them, Go; yet in surely chastise you with scorpions.
three days come back to me. And the 15 And the king did not listen to the
people went. people, for the turn of events was from
6 And King Rehoboam consulted YAHWEH, in order to lift up His Word
with the elders who had been standing that YAHWEH spoke by the hand of
before the face of his father Solomon Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the
while he was alive, saying, How do you son of Nebat.
advise in order to answer this people? 16 And all Israel saw that the king
7 And they spoke to him, saying, If did not listen to them, and the people
you are servant to this people today, sent the king back word, saying, What
and will serve them, and answer them portion do we have in David? Yea,
and speak to them good words, then there is no inheritance in the son of
they will be servants to you forever. Jesse; to your tents, O Israel; now see
8 But he forsook the counsel of the to your house, O David! And Israel
elders which they advised him, and went to its tents. (1Kgs 12:28)
consulted with the young men who 17 As to the sons of Israel, those
had grown up with him, who were living in the cities of Judah,
standing before him. Rehoboam reigned over them.
9 And he said to them, What do you 18 And King Rehoboam sent
advise, and we shall answer the people Adoram who was over the tribute, and
who have spoken to me, saying, all Israel threw stones at him, and he
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died. And King Rehoboam made haste to them, It is too much for you to go
to go up into a chariot to flee to up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O
Jerusalem. Israel, which brought you up out of the
19 And Israel rebelled against the land of Egypt!
house of David to this day. 29 And he set the one in Bethel, and
20 And it happened when all Israel the other he put in Dan.1
heard that Jeroboam had returned, 30 And this thing became a sin, for
that they sent and called him to the the people went before the one, to
company, and caused him to reign Dan.
over all Israel; none followed after the 31 And he made a house of high
house of David except the tribe of places, and made priests of the lowest
Judah only. of people, who were not of the sons of
21 And Rehoboam came to Levi.
Jerusalem, and gathered all the house 32 And Jeroboam made a feast in
of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a the eighth month, in the fifteenth day
hundred and eighty thousand chosen of the month, like the feast that is in
makers of war to fight with the house Judah; and he offered on the altar, so
of Israel, to bring back the kingdom to he did in Bethel, to sacrifice to the
Rehoboam the son of Solomon, calves which he made; and he made
22 then the Word of Elohim came to stand in Bethel the priests of the high
Shemaiah a man of Elohim, saying, places that he made.
23 Speak to Rehoboam the son of 33 And he offered up on the altar
Solomon the king of Judah, and to all that he made in Bethel, on the
the house of Judah, and Benjamin, fifteenth day of the eighth month, in
and the rest of the people, saying, the month that he devised out of his
24 So says YAHWEH, You shall not own heart; and he made a feast for the
go up nor fight with your brothers the sons of Israel, and offered on the altar,
sons of Israel. Each turn back to his to burn incense.2
house, for this thing has been from
Me. And they heard the Word of Chapter 13
YAHWEH, and turned to go back,
1 And, behold, a man of Elohim had
according to the Word of YAHWEH.
25 And Jeroboam built Shechem in
the hills of Ephraim and lived in it, 1 Verses 28-29: Jeroboam tried to prevent the
Northern tribes from going back to
and went out from there and built
Jerusalem and maybe turning on him. So he
Penuel.
set 2 places of worship one at the southern
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, border in Bethel and one at the northern
Now the kingdom shall turn back to border in Dan. He then went on to change
the house of David; the feast to the 8th month from the 7th month
27 if this people go up to do sacrifice thinking it would be more convenient for
in the house of YAHWEH at those in the north as in northern Israel the
Jerusalem, then the heart of this harvest can be a little later than in the south.
people shall turn again to their master, He thought this might appeal to the people
to Rehoboam the king of Judah, and who may rather have a later feast and be
able to care for their harvest first.
they will kill me and go again to
2 Yahweh's calendar is set in the heaven's
Rehoboam the king of Judah. (Gen 1:14) by the moon and the sun and
28 And the king took counsel and stars. It is a grave sin to purposely change
made two calves of gold. And he said the set apart time of YHWH.
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come from Judah to Bethel, by the king, If you would give me the half of
Word of YAHWEH, and Jeroboam was your house, I would not go in with you,
standing by the altar to burn incense. nor will I eat bread, nor will I drink
2 And he cried against the altar, by water in this place.
the Word of YAHWEH, and said, Altar! 9 For so He commanded me by the
Altar! So says YAHWEH, Behold, a son Word of YAHWEH, saying, You shall
shall be born to the house of David, his not eat bread nor drink water, nor turn
name Josiah, and he shall sacrifice on back in the way that you have come.
you the priests of the high places who 10 And he went on another way, and
are burning incense on you, and they did not turn back in the way in which
shall burn the bones of man on you.1 he came into Bethel.
3 And on that day he gave a sign, 11 And a certain aged prophet was
living in Bethel, and his son came and
saying, This is the sign that YAHWEH
told him all the deeds that the man of
has spoken, Behold, the altar is torn,
Elohim had done that day in Bethel,
and the ashes that are on it poured
the words that he had spoken to the
out.
king; yea, they told them to their
4 And it happened when the king
father.
heard the saying of the man of Elohim
12 And their father said to them,
which he had cried against the altar in
Where is this man, what way did he
Bethel, Jereboam put out his hand
go? And his sons saw the way that the
from the altar, saying, Seize him. And
man of Elohim from Judah had gone.
his hand which he put out against him
13 And he said to his sons, Saddle
withered, and he was not able to bring
the donkey for me. And they saddled
it back to him.
the donkey for him, and he rode on it,
5 And the altar was torn, and the
14 and went after the man of Elohim,
ashes poured out from the altar,
and found him sitting under an oak
according to the sign that the man of
tree. And he said to him, are you the
Elohim had given by the Word of
man of Elohim who has come from
YAHWEH. Judah? And he said, I am. (Psa 108:8)
6 And the king answered and said to 15 Then he said to him, Come home
the man of Elohim, Please entreat the with me and eat bread.
face of YAHWEH your Elohim, and 16 And he said, I am not able to go
pray for me, and my hand shall come back with you, and to go in with you,
back to me. And the man of Elohim nor may I eat bread or drink water
entreated the face of YAHWEH, and with you in this place;
the hand of the king came back to him, 17 for a word came to me by the
and it was as at the beginning. Word of YAHWEH, You shall not eat
7 And the king spoke to the man of bread nor drink water there; you shall
Elohim, Come home with me, and not turn back to go in the way in which
refresh yourself, and I will give you a you came.
gift. 18 And he said to him, I also am a
8 And the man of Elohim said to the prophet like yourself, and a cherub
spoke to me by the Word of YAHWEH,
1 This most amazing prophecy was fulfilled saying, Bring him back with you into
exactly according to the word of YAHWEH your house, and he shall eat bread and
almost 300 years later, even naming the
king Josiah who would fulfill it, 2Kgs
23:15-16.
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from off the face of the earth. 1 to you, and you have not been as My
servant David who kept My
Chapter 14 commandments, and who walked after
Me with all his heart, to do only that
1 At that time Abijah the son of which is right in My eyes;
Jeroboam was sick. 9 and you did evil above all who have
2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, been before you, and went and made
Please rise up and disguise yourself, for yourself other Elohim and cast
that you may not be known to be the images to provoke Me to anger; and
wife of Jeroboam. And you shall go to you have cast Me behind your back
Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is 10 therefore, behold, I am bringing
there. He spoke to me of being king evil to the house of Jeroboam, and will
over this people. cut off from Jeroboam him who
3 And you shall take ten loaves in urinates against the wall, bound and
your hand, and biscuits, and a flask of free in Israel; and will sweep away the
honey, and come to him. He will tell rest of the house of Jeroboam as a
you what shall become of the boy. man sweeps away the dung, until it is
4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and all gone.
rose up and went to Shiloh and 11 The dogs shall eat those of
entered the house of Ahijah. And Jeroboam who die in the city. And the
Ahijah was not able to see, for his eyes birds of the heavens shall eat those
were set because of his age. who die in a field; for YAHWEH has
5 And YAHWEH said to Ahijah, spoken.
Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is 12 And you, rise up, go to your
coming to ask a thing of you for her house. When your feet enter the city,
son, for he is sick. You shall say this the boy shall die.
and this to her, and it shall be when 13 And all Israel shall mourn for
she comes in, she will act as a him, and bury him, for only this one of
foreigner. Jeroboam shall come to the grave
6 And it happened when Ahijah because there has been found in him a
heard the sound of her feet as she good thing toward YAHWEH, Elohim
came in the door, he said, Come in, of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
wife of Jeroboam. Why are you acting 14 And YAHWEH shall raise up a
as a foreigner? And I am sent to you king over Israel for Himself, who shall
with a hard thing. cut off the house of Jeroboam this day.
7 Go, say to Jeroboam, So says And what? Even now!
YAHWEH, Elohim of Israel, Because I 15 And YAHWEH shall strike Israel
have exalted you from among the as the reed waves in the water, and
people, and have appointed you leader shall pluck up Israel from off this good
over My people Israel; land that He gave to their fathers. And
8 and have torn the kingdom from He shall scatter them beyond the
the house of David, and have given it River, because they have made their
Asherahs, provoking YAHWEH to
1 This was a great sin in the eyes of YHWH.
When someone takes the role of leadership
anger.
over others in Yahweh's congregation there 16 And He shall give up Israel
is a great responsibility to follow YHWH's because of the sins of Jeroboam that
judicial order and grave consequences not he sinned, and that he caused Israel to
to, 1Kgs 15:28-30. sin.
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7 And the rest of the acts of Abijam, of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, the
and all that he did, are they not king of Syria, who lived at Damascus,
written in the Book of the Matters of saying,
the Days of the Kings of Judah? And 19 A treaty between you and me,
there was war between Abijam and between my father and your father!
Jeroboam. Behold, I have sent you a present of
8 And Abijam lay with his fathers, silver and gold. Go, break your treaty
and they buried him in the city of with Baasha the king of Israel, that he
David. And his son Asa reigned in his go up from me.
place. 20 And Ben-Hadad listened to King
9 And in the twentieth year of Asa, and sent his army commanders
Jeroboam the king of Israel Asa against the cities of Israel. And he
reigned over Judah. struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-Beth-
10 And he reigned forty one years in Maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all
Jerusalem, and his grandmother's the land of Naphtali.
name was Maachah the daughter of 21 And it happened, when Baasha
Abishalom. heard, he ceased building Ramah, and
11 And Asa did that which was right dwelt in Tirzah.
in the eyes of YAHWEH, like his father 22 And King Asa proclaimed to all
David. Judah (no one was exempt) and they
12 And he removed the sodomites carried away the stones of Ramah, and
out of the land, and removed all the its timber with which Baasha had
idols that his fathers made. built. And King Asa built with it Geba
13 And he also removed his mother of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
Maachah from being queen, in that 23 And the rest of all the acts of Asa,
she made a horrid thing for Asherah. and all his might, and all that he did,
And Asa cut down her horrid thing and the cities he built, are they not
and burned it by the torrent Kidron. written in the Book of the Matters of
14 But they did not remove the high the Days of the Kings of Judah? Only,
places. Only the heart of Asa was at the time of his old age he was
perfect with YAHWEH all the days. diseased in his feet.
15 And he brought in the things 24 And Asa lay with his fathers, and
which his father had dedicated and his was buried with his fathers in the city
holy things, into the house of of his father David. And his son
Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
YAHWEH, silver and gold and vessels.
25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam
16 And there was war between Asa
began to reign over Israel in the
and Baasha king of Israel all their
second year of Asa the king of Judah.
days.
And he reigned over Israel two years.
17 And Baasha king of Israel went up
26 And he did evil in the eyes of
against Judah, and built Ramah, to
keep anyone from going out and YAHWEH, and walked in the way of
coming in to Asa the king of Judah. his father, and in his sin with which he
18 And Asa took all the silver and made Israel to sin.
gold that remained in the treasures of 27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of
the house of Issachar, conspired
the house of YAHWEH, and the
against him And Baasha struck him at
treasures of the king's house, and gave
Gibbethon which belonged to the
them into his servants' hand; and King
Philistines. For Nadab and all Israel
Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad, the son
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his first-born Abiram, and he set up its a bit of bread in your hand.
doors in Segub his youngest, according 12 And she said, As YAHWEH your
to the Word of YAHWEH that He Elohim lives, I do not have a cake, only
spoke by the hand of Yahoshua the son a handful of meal in a pitcher, and a
of Nun. little oil in a jar; and behold, I am
gathering two sticks and will go in and
Chapter 17 prepare for myself and for my son; and
we shall eat it, and die.
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the 13 And Elijah said to her, Do not
sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As fear, go, do according to your word,
YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel lives, only first make me a little cake of it,
before whom I stand, there shall be no and bring to me and afterward prepare
dew nor rain these years, except for you and for your son.
according to my word. 14 For so says YAHWEH the Elohim
2 And the Word of YAHWEH came to of Israel, The pitcher of meal shall not
him, saying, be consumed, and the jar of oil shall
3 Go away from here; and you shall not fail, until the day that YAHWEH
turn eastward and shall hide by the sends rain on the land.
torrent Cherith, that is before Jordan. 15 And she went and did according
4 And it shall be, you shall drink of to the word of Elijah, and she ate, she
the torrent; and I shall command the and he and her household, many days;
ravens to feed you there. 16 the pitcher of meal was not
5 And he went and did according to consumed, and the jar of oil did not
the Word of YAHWEH; for he went fail, according to the Word of
and lived by the torrent Cherith, that YAHWEH that He spoke by the hand
is before Jordan. of Elijah. (Deu 29:5-6)
6 And the ravens brought him bread 17 And it happened after these
and flesh in the morning, and bread things, that the son of the woman, the
and flesh in the evening; and he drank mistress of the house became sick; and
of the torrent. his illness was very severe until he had
7 And it happened after a while, that no breath left to him.
the torrent dried up, because there 18 And she said to Elijah, What have
was no rain in the land. I to do with you, O man of Elohim?
8 And the Word of YAHWEH came Have you come to me to cause my
to him, saying, iniquity to be remembered, and to
9 Rise up, go to Zarephath that cause my son to die?
belongs to Sidon; and you shall live 19 And he said to her, Give me your
there. Behold, I have commanded a son; and he took him out of her
widow woman there to sustain you. bosom, and caused him to go up into
10 And he rose up and went to the upper room where he was staying,
Zarephath, and came in to the and laid him on his own bed.
entrance of the city; and, behold, a 20 And he cried to YAHWEH and
widow woman was gathering sticks. said, YAHWEH my Elohim, have You
And he called to her and said, Please also brought evil on the widow with
bring to me a little water in a vessel, whom I am staying by slaying her son?
and I shall drink. 21 And he stretched himself on the
11 And she went to bring it. And he child three times, and called to
called to her and said, Please bring me
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YAHWEH and said, O YAHWEH my and behold, Elijah came to meet him.
Elohim, I pray, let the soul of this boy And he recognized him, and he fell on
return to him. his face, and said, Are you this one, my
22 And YAHWEH listened to the master Elijah?
voice of Elijah, and the soul of the boy 8 And he said to him, I am; Go, say
returned to him, and he lived. to your master, Behold, Elijah!
23 And Elijah took the boy and 9 And he said, What have I sinned,
brought him down from the upper that you are giving your servant into
room of the house, and gave him to his the hand of Ahab to kill me?
mother; and Elijah said, See your son 10 As YAHWEH your Elohim lives,
lives!1 there is no nation or kingdom where
24 And the woman said to Elijah, my master has not sent to seek you;
Now I know this, that you are a man of and when they said, He is not here,
Elohim, and the Word of YAHWEH then he caused the kingdom and the
that is in your mouth is truth. nation to swear that it did not find
you.
Chapter 18 11 And now, you are saying, Go, say
to your master, Behold, Elijah.
1 And it happened after many days 12 And it shall be, I will go away
the Word of YAHWEH came to Elijah from you, and the Spirit of YAHWEH
in the third year, saying, Go, show will lift you up, where I do not know,
yourself to Ahab, and I will give rain and I will come to tell Ahab, and he
on the face of the ground. will not find you, and he will kill me.
2 And Elijah went to appear to Ahab. And your servant has feared YAHWEH
And the famine in Samaria was severe. from my youth.2
3 And Ahab called to Obadiah, who 13 Was it not told to my master that
was over the house (and Obadiah which I did when Jezebel killed the
greatly feared YAHWEH; prophets of YAHWEH, that I hid a
4 and it happened, when Jezebel cut hundred men of the prophets, fifty by
off the prophets of YAHWEH, that fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread
Obadiah had taken a hundred and water?
prophets and had hidden them, fifty 14 And now you are saying, Go, say
men in a cave, and had fed them with to your master, Behold, Elijah, and he
bread and water) will kill me!
5 and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go 15 And Elijah said, As YAHWEH of
through the land to all the fountains of Hosts lives, before whom I stand,
water, and to all the torrents; perhaps surely today I will be seen by him.
we may find grass and keep alive horse 16 And Obadiah went to meet Ahab
and mule, and will not cut off any of and told him: And Ahab went to meet
the livestock. Elijah.
6 And they divided the land to 17 And it happened when Ahab saw
themselves, to pass over into it; Ahab Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Are you
went in one way by himself, and this one, the disturber of Israel?
Obadiah went in another way by 18 And he answered, I have not
himself. disturbed Israel, but you and the
7 And Obadiah was in the highway; 2 Apparently, Elijah had been translated
before this occurrence of being taken up in
1 Verses 17-23: See story in Luk 7:11-17. the chariot of fire. 2Kgs 2:11, 15-17.
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house of your father, in that you have 26 And they took the bull that was
forsaken the commandments of given to them, and prepared, and
YAHWEH, and you have gone after the called on the name of Baal from the
Baals. morning even until noon, saying, O
19 And now send, gather all Israel to Baal, answer us! And there was no
me, to Mount Carmel and four sound, and no one was answering; and
hundred and fifty of the prophets of they hopped about the altar that had
Baal, and four hundred of the prophets been made.
of the Asherah, who eat at the table of 27 And it happened at noon, that
Jezebel. Elijah taunted them and said, Call
20 And Ahab sent among all the with a loud voice, for he is an Elohim;
sons of Israel and gathered the for he is meditating, or he is relieving
prophets to Mount Carmel. himself, or on a journey; it may be he
21 And Elijah came near all the is asleep and must be awakened.
people and said, Until when are you 28 And they called with a loud voice,
limping over two opinions? If and cut themselves, according to their
YAHWEH is Elohim, follow Him; and custom, with swords and with spears
if Baal, follow him. But the people did until blood gushed out on them.2
not answer him a word.1 29 And it happened as noon passed
22 Then Elijah said to the people, I, I by, that they prophesied madly until
am the only one of who remains a the offering up of the offering; and no
sound came, and no one was
prophet of YAHWEH; but the prophets
answering, and no one was paying
of Baal are four hundred and fifty
attention.
men.
30 And Elijah said to all the people,
23 Then let them give us two bulls;
Come near to me. And all the people
and let them choose one bull for
came near to him; and he healed the
themselves, and cut it in pieces, and
place it on the wood, and place no fire. altar of YAHWEH that had been
And I, I will prepare the other bull and broken down.
will put it on the wood, and I will not 31 And Elijah took twelve stones,
place fire. according to the number of the tribes
24 And you shall call on the name of of the sons of Jacob, to whom the
your Elohim; and I, I will call on the Word of YAHWEH came, saying, Israel
name of YAHWEH; and it shall be, the shall be your name.
Elohim who answers by fire, he is the 32 And he built an altar with the
Elohim. And all the people answered stones in the name of YAHWEH3, and
and said, The word is good. made a trench as large as two seahs of
25 And Elijah said to the prophets of seed4 in space around the altar.
Baal, Choose the one bull for yourself, 33 And he arranged the wood, and
and prepare first, for you are many; cut the bull in pieces, and placed it on
and you call on the name of your the wood, and said, Fill four water jars
Elohim, but place no fire.
2 This was a pagan ritual of self-mutilation
1 A striking challenge by Elijah to the and strictly forbidden in the Torah, Lev
lukewarm people. It would be interesting to 19:28, Deu 14:1.
see what Elijah would say to people today 3 The altar was arranged in the Hebrew letters
who read their Bibles but call Yahweh by of the name of YHWH to show which
the names of “god” and “lord”; names of Elohim was the only true Elohim.
false pagan deities. 4 This was about 15 liters.
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of water and pour it on the burnt 43 and said to his young man, Now
offering and on the wood. go up, look closely to the way of the
34 And he said, Do it twice; and they sea. And he went up and looked
did it twice; and he said, Do it a third closely, and said, There is nothing; and
time; and they did it a third time. he said, Go back seven times.
35 And the water went around the 44 And it happened at the seventh
altar, and also he filled the trench with time, he said, Behold, a little cloud like
water. the hand of a man is coming up out of
36 And it happened at the offering of the sea. And he said, Go up and say to
the sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet Ahab, Bind up and go down, that the
came near and said, O YAHWEH, the rain may not stop you.
Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, 45 And until this and this, it
let it be known today that You are happened that the heavens became
Elohim in Israel, and I am Your black with thick clouds and wind, and
servant, that by Your Word I have the rain was heavy; and Ahab rode and
done all these things. went to Jezreel;
37 Answer me, O YAHWEH, answer 46 and the hand of YAHWEH was on
me; and this people shall know that Elijah, and he girded up his loins and
You are YAHWEH Elohim; and You ran before Ahab until you come to
shall turn their hearts back again.1 enter Jezreel.3
38 And fire fell from YAHWEH and
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consumed the burnt offering, and the
wood, and the stones, and the dust,
1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that
and the water that was in the trench it
Elijah did, and all, that he killed all the
was licked up.
prophets by the sword.
39 And all the people saw, and fell
2 And Jezebel sent a messenger to
on their faces, and said, YAHWEH, He Elijah, saying, So let the gods do, and
is the Elohim; YAHWEH, He is the more so, if at this time tomorrow I will
Elohim!2 not cause your life to be as the life of
40 And Elijah said to them, Seize the one of them.
prophets of Baal; do not let a man of 3 And he saw, and rose up and went
them escape. And they caught them, for his life, and came to Beer-Sheba of
and Elijah brought them down to the Judah, and left his young man there;4
torrent of the Kishon and killed them 4 and he himself went into the
there. wilderness a day's journey, and came
41 And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, and sat under one broom tree.5 And he
eat and drink, because of the sound of begged for his life, that he might die,
abundance of rain. and said, Enough, now, O YAHWEH;
42 And Ahab went up to eat, and to take my life, for I am no better than
drink; and Elijah went up to the top of
Carmel, and he stretched himself out
3 Jezreel was a winter residence of Ahab and
on the earth, and he put his face about 17 miles from Mount Carmel.
between his knees; 4 It is quite striking that after just having such
great courage to fight and defeat 450 priests
1 It was part of the job of Elijah to turn the of Baal that Elijah would be so afraid of the
people's heart back to YAHWEH, the only woman Jezebel.
true Elohim, Mal 4:5-6. 5 This was a desert shrub that could grow up
2 Elijah won the victory for YAHWEH. to 10 feet tall.
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from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall 5 And the messengers came again
kill; and he who escapes from the and said, So says Ben-Hadad, saying,
sword of Jehu, Elisha shall kill. Surely I sent to you, saying, Your silver
18 And I have left in Israel seven and your gold and your wives and your
thousand, all the knees that have not sons you shall give to me;
bowed to Baal, and every mouth that 6 I will send my servants to you
has not kissed him.1 tomorrow about this time, and they
19 And he left there and found Elisha shall search your house, and your
the son of Shaphat; and he was servants' houses; and it shall be that
plowing; twelve pairs were before him, whatever is pleasing in your eyes, they
and he was with the twelfth. And will put it in their hand and take it
Elijah passed over to him, and threw away.
his robe upon him. 7 And the king of Israel called all the
20 And he left the oxen and ran after elders of the land, and said, Please
Elijah, and said, Please let me kiss my note, and see the evil this one is
father and my mother, and then I will seeking, for he sent to me for my
follow you. And he said to him, Go wives, and for my sons, and for my
back; for what have I done to you? silver, and for my gold, and I did not
21 And he returned from following withhold from him.
him, and took the pair of oxen, and 8 And all the elders and all the
sacrificed them, and boiled their flesh people said to him, Do not listen nor
with the yoke of the oxen, and gave to consent.
the people, and they ate. Then he 9 And he said to the messengers of
arose and went after Elijah and Ben-Hadad, Say to my master the
ministered to him. king, All that you sent for to your
servant at the first, I will do; but this
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messengers went and took word back
1 And Ben-Hadad the king of Syria to him.
gathered all his army together; and 10 And Ben-Hadad sent to him, and
there were thirty-two kings with him, said, So shall the Elohim do to me and
and horses and chariots; and he went more also if the dust of Samaria shall
up and besieged Samaria, and fought be enough for handfuls for all the
against it. people that follow me.
2 And he sent messengers to Ahab 11 And the king of Israel answered
the king of Israel, to the city, and said and said, Tell him, Do not let him that
to him, So says Ben-Hadad, girds on his armor boast himself,, like
3 Your silver and your gold are mine, one who loosens his armor.
and your wives and your sons, the 12 And it happened when this word
best, are mine. was heard, and he was drinking, he
4 And the king of Israel answered and the kings, in the booths, that he
and said, According to your word, my said to his servants, Set in order; and
master, O king, I am yours, and all they set in order against the city.
that I have. 13 And behold, a certain prophet
1 Many times a prideful person will think that came near to Ahab the king of Israel,
they are the only one serving YHWH, when and said, So says YAHWEH, Have you
in reality YHWH always has others to seen all this great multitude? Behold I
replace someone who is not fit for their am going to give it into your hand
position. This should be quite humbling.
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today, and you shall know that I am we shall be stronger than them,
YAHWEH. 24 And do this thing: Take away the
14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he kings, each out of his place, and set
said, So says YAHWEH, by the young commanders in their place.
men of the rulers of the provinces. 25 And number to yourself an army
Then he said, Who shall begin the like the army that was lost from you,
battle? And he answered, You. even, horse for horse and chariot for
15 Then he called up the young men chariot; and we shall fight with them
of the rulers of the provinces, and they in the plain. Are we not stronger than
were two hundred and thirty two; and them? And he listened to their voice
after them he called up all the people, and did so.
even all the sons of Israel, being seven 26 And it happened at the turn of the
thousand. year, Ben-Hadad called up the Syrians,
16 And they went out at noon, and and went up to Aphek to fight against
Ben-Hadad was drinking himself Israel.
drunk in the booths, he and the kings, 27 And the sons of Israel were called
the thirty two kings helping him. up, and were supplied. And they went
17 And the young men of the rulers to meet them. And the sons of Israel
of the provinces went out at first; and camped before them, like two flocks of
Ben-Hadad sent, and they told him, goats. And the Syrians filled the land.
saying, Men have come out of 28 And a man of Elohim came near
Samaria. to the king of Israel and said, So says
18 And he said, If they have come YAHWEH, Because the Syrians have
out for peace, seize them alive; and if said, YAHWEH is Elohim of the hills
they have come to battle, seize them and not Elohim of the valleys,
alive. therefore I will deliver all this great
19 And these went out of the city, the multitude into your hand, and you
young men of the rulers of the shall know that I am YAHWEH.
provinces, and the army which 29 And they pitched, these against
followed them. those, seven days. And it happened in
20 And each struck his man, and the seventh day, the battle came up.
Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; And the sons of Israel struck Syria, a
and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria hundred thousand footmen in one day.
escaped on a horse, also the horsemen. 30 And those remaining fled to
21 And the king of Israel went out Aphek, to the city. And the wall fell on
and struck the horses, and the twenty seven thousand of those left.
chariots, and struck the Syrians with a And Ben-Hadad fled, and came into
great blow. the city, into an inner room.
22 And the prophet came to the king 31 And his servants said to him,
of Israel and said to him, Go, make Behold now, we have heard that the
yourself strong, and look and see what kings of the house of Israel are
you do; for at the return of the year the merciful kings. Please let us put
king of Syria will come up against you. sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on
23 And the king of Syria's servants our heads, and we shall go to the king
said to him, Their Elohim is a Elohim of Israel. It may be he will keep alive
of the hills; on account of this they your life.
were stronger than us; but let us fight 32 And they girded sackcloth on
against them in the plain, and surely, their loins, and ropes on their heads.
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And they came in to the king of Israel You have decided it.
and said, Your servant Ben-Hadad has 41 And he hurried and took the
said, Please let me live. And he said, Is ashes from his eyes. And the king of
he yet alive? He is my brother. Israel saw him, that he was of the
33 And the men keenly observed, prophets.
and quickly caught it from him, and 42 And he said to him, So says
said, Your brother, Ben-Hadad. And YAHWEH, Because you have sent away
he said, Go, bring him. And Ben- the man I had devoted from your
Hadad came out to him. And he took hand, therefore your life shall go for
him up on the chariot. his life, and your people for his people.
34 And he said to him, The cities 43 And the king of Israel went to his
that my father took from your father, I house sullen and angry, and came to
give back. And you shall make streets Samaria.
for yourself in Damascus, as my father
did in Samaria. Then, I will let you go Chapter 21
with a covenant. And he cut a
covenant with him and sent him away. 1 And it happened after these things,
35 And a certain man of the sons of Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard
the prophets said to his neighbor, By in Jezreel, close by the palace of Ahab
the Word of YAHWEH, please strike the king of Samaria.
me. And the man refused to strike 2 And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying,
him. Give me your vineyard, and it shall be
36 And he said to him, Because you a garden of green herbs for me, for it is
have not listened to the voice of near my house. And I will give to you
YAHWEH, behold, you shall go from in its place a better vineyard than it. If
me, and a lion shall kill you. And he it is good in your eyes, I will give silver
left him, and a lion found him and to you, the price of this one.
killed him. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, Far be it
37 And he found another man and from me, by YAHWEH, that I should
said, Please strike me. And the man give the inheritance of my fathers to
struck him, striking and wounding. you.
38 And the prophet went and stood 4 And Ahab came into his house
for the king on the highway, and sullen and angry over the word which
disguised himself with ashes on his Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken. For
eyes. he had said, I will not give the
39 And as the king passed by, it inheritance of my fathers to you. And
happened that he cried to the king, he lay on his bed and turned away his
and said, Your servant went out into face, and would not eat food.
the middle of the battle, and behold, a 5 And his wife Jezebel came in to
man turned aside and brought a man him, and said to him, Why is your
to me, and said, Keep this man. If he is spirit sullen that you are not eating
at all missing, then your life shall be food?
for his life; or you shall weigh out a 6 And he said to her, Because I spoke
talent of silver. to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to
40 And it happened, your servant him, Give me your vineyard for silver,
was working here and there, and he or if you desire, I will give you a
was not there. And the king of Israel vineyard in its place. And he said, I
said to him, Your judgment is right. will not give you my vineyard.
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27 And it happened, when Ahab YAHWEH by him. But I hate him, for
heard these words, he tore his he does not prophesy good concerning
garments, and put sackcloth on his me, but evil, Micaiah the son of Imlah.
flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, And Jehoshaphat said, let not the king
and went softly. say so.
28 And the Word of YAHWEH came 9 And the king of Israel called to a
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, certain eunuch and said, Cause
29 Have you seen that Ahab has Micaiah the son of Imlah to hurry
been humbled before Me? Because he here.
was humbled before Me, I will not 10 And the king of Israel and
bring the evil in his days. I will bring Jehoshaphat the king of Judah each
the evil on his house in the days of his was sitting on his throne having put on
son. their robes, in a threshing-floor in the
entrance of the gate of Samaria. And
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them.
1 And they continued three years; 11 And Zedekiah the son of
there was no war between Syria and Chenaanah made horns of iron for
Israel. himself. And he said, So says
2 And it happened in the third year, YAHWEH, With these you shall push
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came the Syrians until you have consumed
down to the king of Israel. them.
3 And the king of Israel said to his 12 And all the prophets were
servants, Have you known that prophesying so, saying, Go up to
Ramoth-Gilead is ours? And we Ramoth-Gilead, and prosper. For
remain still from taking it from the YAHWEH shall give it into the king's
king of Syria's hand. hand.
4 And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will 13 And the messenger that had gone
you go to battle with me, to Ramoth- to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying,
Gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the Behold now, the words of the prophets
king of Israel, I am as you, my people with one mouth are good to the king.
as your people; my horses as your Please let your word be as the word of
horses. one of them, and speak good. (Isa
5 And Jehoshaphat said to the king 30:10)
of Israel, Please inquire at the Word of
14 And Micaiah said, As YAHWEH
YAHWEH today.
lives, Surely that which YAHWEH says
6 And the king of Israel gathered the
to me, that I will speak.
prophets, about four hundred men,
15 And he came in to the king. And
and said to them, Shall I go to battle
the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we
against Ramoth-Gilead, or shall I
go to battle to Ramoth-Gilead, or shall
forbear? And they said, Go up, that
we forbear? And he said to him, Go up,
YAHWEH may give it into the hand of
and prosper, and YAHWEH shall give
the king.
it into the king's hand.
7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not
16 And the king said to him, How
here a prophet of YAHWEH besides, many times have I adjured you that
that we might inquire of him? you shall speak nothing to me but
8 And the king of Israel said to
truth in the name of YAHWEH?
Jehoshaphat, Yet one man, to seek
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17 And he said, I have seen all Israel 28 And Micaiah said, If you at all
scattered on the hills like sheep that return in peace, YAHWEH has not
have no shepherd. And YAHWEH said, spoken by me. And he said, Hear, O
These have no masters; they shall each people, all of them.
return to his house in peace. 29 And the king of Israel and
18 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
Jehoshaphat, Did I not say to you, He up to Ramoth-Gilead.
will not prophesy good of me, but evil? 30 And the king of Israel said to
19 And he said, Therefore, hear the Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself
Word of YAHWEH: I saw YAHWEH and enter into the battle. But you put
sitting on His throne, and all the host on your robes. And the king of Israel
of Heaven were standing by Him, on disguised himself and went into the
His right and on His left. battle.
20 And YAHWEH said, Who shall 31 And the king of Syria commanded
entice Ahab, and he shall go up and the thirty two captains of the chariots,
fall in Ramoth-Gilead? And this one saying, You shall not fight with small
said this, and this one said that. or great, but with the king of Israel.
21 And a spirit came forth and stood 32 And it happened when the
captains of the chariots saw
before YAHWEH, and said, I surely
Jehoshaphat, they said, Surely he is
will entice him.
the king of Israel. And they turned
22 And YAHWEH said to him, By aside to fight with him. And
what means? And he said, I will go out Jehoshaphat cried out.
and shall be a spirit of falsehood in the 33 And it happened when the
mouth of all his prophets. And He captains of the chariots saw that he
said, You shall entice him, and also was not the king of Israel, they turned
you are able. Go out and do so. back from following him.
23 And now, behold, YAHWEH has 34 And a man drew a bow in his
put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth simplicity, and he struck the king of
of all these prophets of yours; and Israel between the joints and the
YAHWEH has spoken evil as to you! breastplate. And he said to his
24 And Zedekiah the son of charioteer, Turn your hand and take
Chenaanah came near and struck me out from the host, for I have been
Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Where wounded.
did the Spirit of YAHWEH pass over 35 And on that day the battle went
from me to speak with you? on, and the king was caused to stand
25 And Micaiah said, Behold, You up in the chariot against Syria. And he
shall see on that day when you go into died in the evening, and the blood of
the innermost room to be hidden. the wound poured out into the middle
26 And the king of Israel said, Take of the chariot.
Micaiah and return him to Amon the 36 And the cry passed through the
ruler of the city, and to Joash the camp when the sun went, saying, Each
king's son, to his city, and each to his land.
27 and say, So says the king, Put this 37 And the king died, and came to
one in the prison house, and cause Samaria. And they buried the king in
him to eat the bread of oppression, Samaria.
and the water of oppression, until I 38 And they rinsed the chariot by
come in peace. the pool of Samaria; and the dogs
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licked up his blood when they had fathers, and was buried with his
washed the armor, according to the fathers in the city of his father David.
Word of YAHWEH that He spoke. And his son Jehoram reigned in his
39 And the rest of the acts of Ahab, place.
and all that he did, and the house of 51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to
ivory that he built, and all the cities reign over Israel in Samaria the
that he built, are they not written in seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat the
the Book of the Matters of the Days of king of Judah, and reigned two years
the Kings of Israel? over Israel.
40 And Ahab lay with his fathers. 52 And he did evil in the eyes of
And his son Ahaziah reigned in his YAHWEH, and walked in the way of
place. his father, and in the way of his
41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa mother, and in the way of Jeroboam
reigned over Judah in the fourth year the son of Nebat, who made Israel to
of Ahab the king of Israel. sin.
42 He was a son of thirty five years 53 For he served Baal, and bowed to
when he began to reign. And he it, and provoked to anger YAHWEH
reigned twenty five years in the Elohim of Israel, according to all
Jerusalem. And his mother's name his father had done.
was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he walked in all the ways of
his father Asa. He did not turn aside
from it, doing right in the eyes of
YAHWEH. But the high places were
not taken away; the people offered and
burned incense yet in the high places.
44 And Jehoshaphat made peace
with the king of Israel.
45 And the rest of the acts of
Jehoshaphat, and his might that he
showed, and how he warred, are they
not written in the Book of the Matters
of the Days of the Kings of Judah?
46 And the rest of the sodomites
which remained in the days of his
father Asa he consumed out of the
land.
47 No king was in Edom; a deputy
was king.
48 Jehoshaphat had ten ships of
Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold. But
they did not go, for the ships were
broken at Ezion -Geber.
49 Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab
said to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants
go with your servants in the ships. But
Jehoshaphat was not willing.
50 And Jehoshaphat lay with his
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15 And when they saw him, the sons came out of the forest and tore forty
of the prophets across in Jericho, then two boys of them.
they said, The spirit of Elijah has 25 And he went from there to Mount
rested on Elisha. And they came to Carmel, and from there he returned to
meet him, and bowed to the earth to Samaria.
him.
16 And they said to him, Behold, Chapter 3
now, there are with your servants fifty
men, mighty sons. Please let them go, 1 And Jehoram the son of Ahab
and they shall seek your master, lest reigned over Israel in Samaria, in the
the Spirit of YAHWEH has taken him eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat the
up and has cast him on one of the king of Judah; and he reigned twelve
mountains, or into one of the valleys. years.
And he said, You shall not send. (1Kgs 2 And he did that which was evil in
18:12) the eyes of YAHWEH; only not like his
17 And they urged him until he was father and his mother. For he put away
ashamed. And he said, Send. And they the pillar of Baal that his father had
sent fifty men, and they sought three made.
days and did not find him. 3 But he clung to the sins of
18 And they returned to him, and he Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
was staying in Jericho. And he said to Israel to sin. He did not turn aside
them, Did I not say to you, Do not go? from it.
19 And the men of the city said to 4 And Mesha the king of Moab was a
Elisha, Behold, now, the site of the city sheep-breeder. And he paid a hundred
is good, as my master sees, but the thousand lambs to the king of Israel
waters are bad; and the ground causes and a hundred thousand rams with
barrenness. wool.
20 And he said, Bring a new dish to 5 And it happened when Ahab died,
me, and put salt there. And they took the king of Moab rebelled against the
it to him. king of Israel.
21 And he went out to the source of 6 And King Jehoram went out in that
the waters and threw salt there, and day from Samaria, and called up all
said, So says YAHWEH, I have given Israel.
healing to these waters; there shall not 7 And he went and sent to
be death and barrenness there any Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying,
more. The king of Moab has rebelled against
22 And the waters were healed to me. Will you go with me to Moab to
this day, according to the word of battle? And he said, I will go up. I am
Elisha that he spoke. as you; my people as your people; my
23 And he went up from there to horses as your horses.
Bethel. And he was going up in the 8 And he said, Which way shall we
highway. And little boys came out go up? And he answered, The way
from the city and mocked him, and through the wilderness of Edom.
said to him, Go up, bald head! Go up, 9 And the king of Israel went, and
bald head! the king of Judah, and the king of
24 And he turned behind him and Edom. And they made a circuit of
saw them, and cursed them in the seven days' journey. And there was no
name of YAHWEH. And two bears water for the army, and for the
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livestock that were at their feet. water. And every good piece you shall
10 And the king of Israel said, Alas, ruin with stones.
that YAHWEH has called these three 20 And it happened in the morning,
kings to deliver them into the hand of when the food offering was caused to
Moab! go up, behold, water came by the way
11 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there of Edom; and the country was filled
not here a prophet of YAHWEH, that with water.
21 And all Moab had heard that the
we may inquire of YAHWEH by him?
kings had come up to fight against
And one of the servants of the king of
them. And they were called together,
Israel answered and said, Here is
everyone able to gird on a girdle, and
Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured
upward. And they stood by the border.
water on the hands of Elijah.
22 And they rose up early in the
12 And Jehoshaphat said, The Word
morning. And the sun was shining on
of YAHWEH is with him. And the king the water, and the Moabites saw the
of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the water on the opposite side as red as
king of Edom went down to him. blood.
13 And Elisha said to the king of 23 And they said, This is blood. The
Israel, What have I to do with you? Go kings fighting have fought one
to the prophets of your father, and to another, and they each man struck his
the prophets of your mother. And the neighbor. And now to the spoil, Moab!
king of Israel said to him, No, for 24 And they came to the camp of
YAHWEH has called these three kings Israel. And the Israelites rose up and
in order to give them into the hand of struck the Moabites. And they fled
Moab. from before them. And striking they
14 And Elisha said, As YAHWEH of struck Moab.
Hosts lives, before whom I stand, 25 And they broke down the cities;
surely, if I did not regard the face of and they each man cast his stone on
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah I would every good piece of land, and filled it.
not look toward you, nor see you. And they stopped every fountain of
15 And now, bring a minstrel to me. water. And they felled every good tree,
And it happened when the minstrel until there was left only Kir-Haraseth
played, the hand of YAHWEH was on with its stones. But the slingers
him. surrounded it and struck it.
16 And he said, So says YAHWEH, 26 And when the king of Moab saw
Make this valley full of ditches. that the battle was too strong for him,
then he took with him seven hundred
17 For so says YAHWEH, You shall
men who drew swords to break
not see wind nor shall you see rain. Yet
through to the king of Edom. And they
that stream bed shall be filled with
were not able.
water, so that you may drink, both you
27 And he took his son, the firstborn
and your livestock, and your animals.
who would reign in his place and
18 But this is a light thing in the eyes
caused him to go up for a burnt
of YAHWEH; He also has given Moab offering on the wall. And there was
into your hand. great wrath against Israel. And they
19 And you shall strike every left him and returned to the land.
fortified city, and every choice city.
And you shall fell every good tree, and
you shall stop all the fountains of
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people, and they may eat. man of The Elohim heard that the king
43 And his servant said, What? of Israel had torn his garments, he
Should I set this before a hundred sent to the king, saying, Why have you
men? And he said, Give to the people, torn your garments? Let him come
and they shall eat. For so says now to me, and he shall know that
YAHWEH, Eat and have some left. there is a prophet in Israel.
44 And he set before them, and they 9 And Naaman came with his horses
ate, and left some of it, according to and with his chariot, and stood at the
the Word of YAHWEH. (Joh 6:5-14) door of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger to
Chapter 5 him, saying, Go, and you shall wash
seven times in the Jordan. And your
1 And Naaman the commander of flesh shall return to you, and you shall
the army of the king of Syria was a be clean.
great and exalted man before his 11 And Naaman was angry, and went
master, for YAHWEH had given on, and said, Behold, I said, He will
deliverance to Syria by him. And he certainly come out to me and will
was a brave warrior, but leprous. stand and call on the name of
2 And the Syrians had gone out in YAHWEH his Elohim, and will wave
bands, and they seized from the land his hand over the place, and remove
of Israel a little girl. And she was the leprosy.
before Naaman's wife. 12 Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the
3 And she said to her mistress, Oh rivers of Damascus, better than all the
that my master were before the waters of Israel? Shall I not wash in
prophet who is in Samaria! Then he them and be clean? And he turned and
would recover him from his leprosy. went on in fury.
4 And one went in and told his 13 And his servants came near and
master, saying, This and this she said, spoke to him, and said, My father, if
the girl who is from the land of Israel. the prophet had spoken a great thing
5 And the king of Syria said, Go, go to you would you not do it? How much
in, and I will send a letter to the king rather then when he says to you,
of Israel. And he went and took in his Wash, and be clean?
hand ten talents of silver, and six 14 And he went down and dipped in
thousand of gold, and ten changes of the Jordan seven times, according to
garments. the word of the man of The Elohim.
6 And he came to the king of Israel And his flesh returned like the flesh of
with the letter, saying, And now when a little boy, and he was clean.
this letter comes to you, behold, I have 15 And he went back to the man of
sent to you my servant Naaman. And The Elohim, he and all his company,
you shall remove from him his leprosy. and came in and stood before him, and
7 And it happened, when the king of said, Behold, now I know that there is
Israel read the letter, he tore his not an Elohim in all the earth except in
garments and said, Am I the Elohim, Israel. And now, please take a blessing
to kill and to keep alive, that this one from your servant.
is sending to me to recover a man from 16 And he said, As YAHWEH lives,
his leprosy? For consider now, and see before whom I stand, I shall not take.
for he is seeking an occasion with me. And he pressed on him to take, but he
8 And it happened, when Elisha the
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refused.1 (Mat 10:8, Pro 23:23) took them out of their hand, and put
17 And Naaman said, If not, please them away in the house, and sent away
let a couple of mules' burden of earth the men. And they went.
be given to your servant. For your 25 And he went in and stood by his
servant shall not make any more burnt master. And Elisha said to him, Where
offering and sacrifice to other Elohim, from Gehazi? And he said, Your
only to YAHWEH. servant did not go here or there.
18 May YAHWEH pardon your 26 And he said to him, Did not my
servant for this thing, when my master heart go out when the man turned
goes to the house of Rimmon to bow from his chariot to meet you? Is it a
there, and he is supported by my hand, time to take silver, and to take
and I bow myself in the house of garments and olives, and vineyards,
Rimmon; when I bow myself in the and flock, and herd, and male slaves,
and slave-girls?2(Isa 55:1-2, Mat 10:8)
house of Rimmon, may YAHWEH
27 Yea, the leprosy of Naaman shall
pardon your servant in this thing.
cling to you, and to your seed forever.
19 And he said to him, Go in peace.
And he went out from him as leprous
And he went away a little way from
as snow.
him.
20 And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha
Chapter 6
the man of The Elohim, said, Behold,
my master has spared this Syrian,
1 And the sons of the prophets said
Naaman, not to receive from his hand
to Elisha, See, now, the place where we
that which he has brought. As
are living with you is too narrow for
YAHWEH lives, surely I will run after us.
him. Then I shall take something from 2 Please let us go to the Jordan, and
him. we each one shall take a beam from
21 And Gehazi ran after Naaman. there. And we shall make for ourselves
And Naaman saw one running after a place there, to live there. And he
him, and got down from the chariot to said, Go.
meet him, and said, Is there Peace? 3 And the one said, Please be willing,
22 And he said, Peace. My master and go with your servants. And he
has sent me, saying, Behold this now, said, I will surely go.
two young men from the hills of 4 And he went with them. And they
Ephraim have come to me, of the sons came to the Jordan, and cut down
of the prophets. Please give to them a trees.
talent of silver, and two changes of 5 And it happened that one was
garments. felling the log, and the iron fell into
23 And Naaman said, Be pleased, the water. And he cried out and said,
take two talents. And he forced these Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.
on him, and bound two talents of 6 And the man of The Elohim said,
silver and two purses, and two changes Where did it fall? And he made him
of garments, and gave to two of his see the place. And he cut a stick and
young men, and they carried before threw it in there, and made the iron
him.
2 In these last days, it is not a time to be
24 And he came into the hill, and
marketing the good news of Yahshua, but it
1 Yahweh's truth has no price tag and is a free is the time to be making the word of
gift from Him. No true man of Elohim will YHWH available to all those who want to
market the word of YHWH. receive it.
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morning light, then punishment will him down in the gate, and he died, as
find us. And now come and we will go the man of The Elohim spoke, which
and tell the house of the king. he spoke when the king came down to
10 And they came in and called to him.
the gatekeeper of the city, and spoke 18 And it happened according to the
for themselves, saying, We have come saying of the man of The Elohim to the
to the camp of Syria. And, behold, king, saying, Two measures of barley
there is not a man there, nor voice of at a shekel, and a measure of fine flour
man, but horses tied, and donkeys at a shekel; this shall be at this time
tied, and the tents as they were. tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.
11 And he called the gatekeepers, 19 And the third officer had
and they told the house of the king answered the man of The Elohim, and
inside. said, And behold, if YAHWEH should
12 And the king rose up by night and make windows in the heavens, could it
said to his servants, Let me show you be according to this word? And he
now that which the Syrians have done said, Behold, you shall see with your
to us. They know that we are famished, eyes, but you shall not eat from there.
and they have gone out from the camp 20 And it happened to him in this
to hide in the field, saying, When they way; yea, the people trampled him in
come out of the city, then we will catch the gate, and he died.
them alive and we shall come into the
city. Chapter 8
13 And one of his servants answered
and said, Let men take now five of the 1 And Elisha spoke to the woman
horses that remain, which are left in whose son he had revived, saying, Rise
the city. Behold, they are as all the up and go, you and your household.
multitude of Israel who have been left And stay where you can stay, for
in it. Behold, they are as all the YAHWEH has called for a famine. And
multitude of Israel who have perished. also, it shall come on the land seven
And we will send and see. years.
14 And they took two chariots with 2 And the woman rose up and did
horses, and the king sent after the according to the word of the man of
Syrian army, saying, Go and see. The Elohim. And she and her
15 And they went after them to the household went and stayed in the land
Jordan. And, behold, all the way was of the Philistines seven years.
full of garments and vessels that the 3 And it happened at the end of
Syrians had thrown away in their seven years that the woman returned
haste. And the messengers returned from the land of the Philistines, and
and told the king. went to cry to the king for her house,
16 And the people went out and and for her field.
plundered the Syrian camp. And it 4 And the king was speaking to
happened, a measure of fine flour sold Gehazi, the servant of the man of The
at a shekel, and two measures of Elohim, saying, Please tell me all of
barley at a shekel, according to the the great things that Elisha has done.
Word of YAHWEH. 5 And it happened as he was telling
17 And the king appointed the third the king how he had revived the dead,
officer over the gate, he on whose then, behold, the woman whose son he
hand he leaned. And the people trod had revived was crying to the king for
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her house and for her field. And 14 And he left Elisha and came to his
Gehazi said, My master, O king, this is master, and he said to him, What did
the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha say to you? And he said, He said
Elisha revived. to me, You shall surely recover.
6 And the king asked the woman, 15 And it happened on the next day,
and she told him. And the king he took a plaited cloth and dipped it in
appointed to her a certain eunuch, water, and spread it on his face, and he
saying, Give back all that she has, and died. And Hazael reigned in his place.
all the increase of the field from the 16 And in the fifth year of Jehoram
day she left the land even until now. the son of Ahab the king of Israel, and
7 And Elisha came to Damascus. And Jehoshaphat was king of Judah,
Ben-Hadad the king of Syria was sick. Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat, the
And he was told, saying, The man of king of Judah, reigned.
The Elohim has come here. 17 And he was a son of thirty two
8 And the king said to Hazael, Take a years when he began his reign. And he
present in your hand and go to meet reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
the man of The Elohim. And you shall 18 And he walked in the way of the
seek YAHWEH by him, saying, Shall I kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab
revive from this sickness? had done, for a daughter of Ahab was
9 And Hazael went to meet him and his wife. And he did that which was
took a present in his hand, even of evil in the eyes of YAHWEH.
every good thing from Damascus, a 19 And YAHWEH was not willing to
burden of forty camels. And he came destroy Judah, for His servant David's
in and stood before him, and said, sake, as He had said to give him a
Your son Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria lamp to his sons forever.
has sent me to you, saying, Shall I 20 In his days Edom revolted from
revive from this sickness? under the hand of Judah, and they
10 And Elisha said to him, Go, say to caused a king to reign over them.
him, surely, you shall live. But 21 And Jehoram passed over to Zair,
YAHWEH has shown me that surely, and all the chariots with him. And it
he shall die. happened, he rose up by night and
11 And he fixed his face; yea, he struck Edom, who had encircled him,
settled it until he was ashamed. And and the commanders of the chariots.
the man of The Elohim wept. And the people fled to their tents.
12 And Hazael said, Why is my 22 Yet Edom revolted from under
master weeping? And he said, Because the hand of Judah to this day. Then
I know the evil that you will do to the Libnah revolted at the same time.
sons of Israel. You will send their 23 And the rest of the acts of
fortified places into fire and you will Jehoram, and all that he did, are they
slay their young men with the sword. not written in the Book of the Matters
And you will dash their sucklings to of the Days of the Kings of Judah?
pieces; and you will rip up their 24 And Jehoram lay with his fathers,
pregnant women. and was buried with his fathers in the
13 And Hazael said, But what! Is city of David. And his son Ahaziah
your servant a dog that he should do began to reign in his place.
this great thing? And Elisha said, 25 In the twelfth year of Jehoram the
YAHWEH has shown me that you will son of Ahab, the king of Israel,
be king over Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, the king
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Syria. And Jehu said, If it is in your heart. And he sank down in his
minds, do not let one escapee leave the chariot.
city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 25 And Jehu said to his third officer,
16 And Jehu rode and went to Bidkar, Take up, throw him in the
Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And portion of the field of Naboth the
Ahaziah the king of Judah had gone Jezreelite. For, remember, you and I
down to see Joram. were riding together after his father
17 And the watchman was standing Ahab, and YAHWEH laid this burden
on the tower in Jezreel. And he saw on him:
the troop of Jehu as he came. And he 26 Surely yesterday I have seen the
said, I see a troop. And Jehoram said, blood of Naboth, and the blood of his
Take a rider, and send to meet them, sons, says YAHWEH. And I will repay
and let him say, is there peace?
you in this portion, says YAHWEH.
18 And the rider on the horse went
Now, then, take him up, throw him
to meet him, and said, So says the
into the portion of Naboth, according
king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What
have you to do with peace? Turn to the Word of YAHWEH.
behind me. And the watchman spoke, 27 And Ahaziah the king of Judah
saying, The messenger came to them, saw, and he fled the way of the garden
and he has not returned. house. And Jehu pursued him, and
19 And he sent a second rider on a said, Strike him, him also, in the
horse. And he came to them, and said, chariot, in the ascent to Gur, that is,
So says the king, is there to be peace? Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and
And Jehu said, What have you to do died there.
with peace? Turn behind me. 28 And his servants carried him in a
20 And the watchman spoke, saying, chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him
He came to them, and he has not in his burying place, with his fathers in
returned. And the driving is like the the city of David.
driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for 29 And in the eleventh year of
he drives madly. Jehoram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah
21 And Jehoram said, Harness up! reigned over Judah.
And his chariot was harnessed. And 30 And Jehu came to Jezreel. And
Jehoram the king of Israel and Jezebel had heard, and had painted
Ahaziah the king of Judah went out, her eyes and adorned her head, and
each in his chariot. And they went out looked down through the window.
to meet Jehu, and found him in the 31 And Jehu came to the gate. And
portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. she said, Was it peace to Zimri the
22 And it happened, when Jehoram slayer of his master?
saw Jehu, he said, is it peace, Jehu? 32 And he lifted his face to the
And he said, What peace, so long as window, and said, Who is with me?
the harlotries of your mother Jezebel Who? And two or three eunuchs
and her sorceries are so many? looked down to him.
23 And Jehoram turned his hands 33 And he said, Throw her down!
and fled, and said to Ahaziah, And they threw her down. And some
Treachery, O Ahaziah! of her blood was splashed on the wall,
24 And Jehu filled his hand with a and on the horses. And he trampled
bow and struck Jehoram between his her.
arms. And the arrow went out from his 34 And he came in and ate and
drank, and said, Now look after this
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cursed woman and bury her, for she is heads of the men, the sons of your
a king's daughter. master, and come to me about this
35 And they went to bury her, but time tomorrow, to Jezreel. And the
did not find any of her except the king's sons, seventy persons, were with
skull, and the feet, and the palms of the great men of the city, who reared
the hands. them.
36 And they came back and told 7 And it happened, when the letter
him. And he said, It is the Word of came to them, they took the sons of
YAHWEH that He spoke by the hand the king and killed them, seventy
of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, persons, and put their heads in
saying, In the portion of Jezreel, the baskets, and sent to him in Jezreel.
dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel. 8 And the messenger came and told
37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall him, saying, They have brought the
be as dung on the face of the field in heads of the king's sons. And he said,
the portion of Jezreel, so that they Make them two heaps at the entrance
shall not say, This is Jezebel. of the gate until the morning.
9 And it happened in the morning,
Chapter 10 he went out and stood, and said to all
the people, You are righteous. Behold,
1 And Ahab had seventy sons in I have conspired against my master,
Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and and have killed him. But who struck all
sent to Samaria, to the rulers of these?
Jezreel, the elders, and to the 10 Then know that nothing of the
supporters of Ahab, saying, Word of YAHWEH shall fall to the
2 And now when this letter comes to earth, that which YAHWEH spoke
you, and you have with you the sons of against the house of Ahab. For
your master, and chariots and horses YAHWEH has done that which He
are with you, and a fortified city, and spoke by the hand of His servant
armor; Elijah.
3 and you shall look out the best and 11 And Jehu killed all those left to
the most upright of the sons of your the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and his
master, and you shall set him on the great men, and his friends, and his
throne of his father. And you shall priests, until he did not leave a
fight for the house of your master. survivor to him.
4 And they were greatly afraid, and 12 And he rose up and came in, and
said, Behold, the two kings have not went to Samaria. He was at the
stood before him, and how shall we shepherds' shearing house in the way.
stand? 13 And Jehu met the brothers of
5 And he who was over the house, Ahaziah the king of Judah, and said,
and he over the city, and the elders, Who are you? And they said, We are
and the supporters, sent to Jehu, brothers of Ahaziah, and we are going
saying, We are your servants, and all down to ask the welfare of the sons of
that you say to us we will do. We will the king, and the sons of the queen.
not make anyone king. Do what is 14 And he said, Capture them alive!
good in your eyes. And they captured them alive, and
6 And he wrote a letter to them a killed them at the pit of the shearing
second time, saying, If you are for me, house, forty men. And he did not leave
and are listening to my voice, take the a man of them.
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15 And he left there and found sacrifices and burnt offerings. And
Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming Jehu had set for himself eighty men on
to meet him, and he blessed him. And the outside. And he said, The man who
he said to him, Is your heart right, as lets any of the men escape whom I am
my heart is with your heart? And bringing into your hands, his life for
Jehonadab said, It is. If it is, give your the life of him.
hand. And he gave his hand, and he 25 And it happened, when he
made him come up to him into the finished offering the burnt offering,
chariot. Jehu said to the runners and the third
16 And he said, Come with me and officers, Go in, strike them. Do not let
see my zeal for YAHWEH. And they any man come out. And they struck
made him ride in the chariot. them by the edge of the sword. And
17 And he came to Samaria and the runners and the third officers
killed all those left of Ahab in Samaria, threw them out. And they went into
until he had destroyed him, according the city to the house of Baal,
to the Word of YAHWEH that He 26 and brought out the pillars of the
spoke to Elijah. house of Baal and burned them.
18 And Jehu gathered all the people 27 And they broke down the pillar of
and said to them, Ahab served Baal a Baal, and broke down the house of
little; Jehu shall serve him much. Baal, and made it an outhouse to this
19 And now call to me all the day.
prophets of Baal, all his servants, and 28 And Jehu destroyed Baal out of
all his priests. Do not let a man be Israel.
lacking, for I shall have a great 29 Only, from the sins of Jeroboam
sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who is the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to
lacking, he shall not live. And Jehu sin, Jehu did not turn from following
was acting with cunning in order to them, the calves of gold at Bethel, and
destroy the servants of Baal. in Dan.
20 And Jehu said, consecrate an 30 And YAHWEH said to Jehu,
assembly for Baal. And they Because you have done well, to do
proclaimed it. what is right in my eyes, and you have
21 And Jehu sent to all Israel, and all done to the house of Ahab according to
the servants of Baal came in. And all that was in My heart, the sons of
there was not a man left who did not the fourth generation shall sit for you
come in. And they came into the house on the throne of Israel.
of Baal, and the house of Baal was full 31 And Jehu did not take heed to
from mouth to mouth. walk in the Torah of YAHWEH, the
22 And he said to the one over the Elohim of Israel, with all his heart. He
wardrobe, Bring out garments to all did not turn from the sins of
the servants of Baal. And he brought Jeroboam, who caused Israel to sin.
out the garments to them. 32 In those days YAHWEH began to
23 And Jehu and Jehonadab the son cut off in Israel, and Hazael struck
of Rechab went in to the house of Baal them in all the border of Israel,
and said to the servants of Baal, 33 from the Jordan eastward, the
Search and see that there are none of whole land of Gilead, of the Gadites,
the servants of YAHWEH here with and the Reubenites, and the
you; but only the servants of Baal. Manassites, from Aroer by the Arnon
24 And they came in to offer River, even Gilead and Bashan.
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34 And the rest of the matters of 6 A third shall be at the Sur Gate. A
Jehu, and all that he did, and all his third shall be at the gate behind the
might, are they not written in the Book runners. And you shall keep the watch
of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of the house, alternately.
of Israel? 7 And two parts of you, all who go
35 And Jehu lay with his fathers, and out on the Sabbath, they shall keep the
they buried him in Samaria. And his watch of the house of YAHWEH about
son Jehoahaz reigned in his place. the king.
36 And the days that Jehu reigned 8 And you shall fully surround the
over Israel were twenty eight years, in king, each with his weapons in his
Samaria. hand. And he that comes within the
ranks shall be put to death. And they
Chapter 11 shall be with the king as he goes in and
comes out.
1 And Athaliah1 was the mother of 9 And the rulers of the hundreds did
Ahaziah. And when she saw that her according to all that Jehoiada the
son was dead, then she rose up and priest commanded. And each man
destroyed all the seed of the kingdom. took his men, going in on the Sabbath,
2 But Jehosheba the daughter of with those going out on the Sabbath,
King Jehoram, the sister of Ahaziah, and came in to Jehoiada the priest.
took Joash the son of Ahaziah and 10 And the priest gave to the rulers
stole him from among the king's sons of the hundreds King David's spears
who were put to death, him and his and the shields, that were in the house
nurse, in the sleeping room. And they of YAHWEH.
hid him from the face of Athaliah, and 11 And the runners stood, each with
he was not killed. his weapons in his hand, from the
3 And he was with her in the house right side of the house to the left side
of YAHWEH, hiding himself six years. of the house, beside the altar and
And Athaliah reigned over the land. beside the house, by the king all
4 And in the seventh year, Jehoiada around.
sent and called the rulers of the 12 And he brought out the son of the
hundreds, with the Carites2 and the king, and put the crown on him, and
runners. And he brought them to him the testimony. And they made him
into the house of YAHWEH, and cut a king, and anointed him, and clapped
covenant with them, and took an oath their hands, and said, Let the king live!
of them in the house of YAHWEH. And 13 And Athaliah heard the sound of
he revealed the king's son to them. the runners of the people. And she
5 And he commanded them, saying, came to the people, to the house of
This is the thing that you shall do. A YAHWEH.
third of you shall go in on the Sabbath 14 And she looked, and, behold, the
for keepers of the watch of the king's king was standing by the pillar,
house.
according to the custom.1 And the they had slain Athaliah by the sword in
rulers and the trumpeters were beside the king's house.
the king. And all the people of the land 21 Joash was a son of seven years
were rejoicing, and blowing with when he began to reign.
trumpets. And Athaliah tore her
clothes, and cried, Treason! Treason! Chapter 12
15 And Jehoiada the priest
commanded the commanders of the 1 Joash reigned in the seventh year
hundreds who were set over the army, of Jehu. And he reigned forty years in
and said to them, Bring her out to the Jerusalem; and the name of his
outside of the ranks; and he who mother was Zibiah of Beer-Sheba.
comes after her put to death by the 2 And Joash did that which was good
sword. For the priest had said, Do not in the eyes of YAHWEH all his days in
let her be killed in the house of which Jehoiada the priest guided him;
YAHWEH. 3 only, the high places were not
16 And they laid hands on her, and destroyed; the people still sacrificed
she entered the way of the horse gate and offered incense in high places.
to the house of the king, and was 4 And Joash said to the priests, All
executed there. the silver of the devoted things that is
17 And Jehoiada cut a covenant brought into the house of YAHWEH,
between YAHWEH and the king and the silver coming over, each man the
the people to be for a people to silver of his valuation, all the silver
YAHWEH, and between the king and that comes upon any man's heart to
the people. bring into the house of YAHWEH,
18 And all the people of the land 5 even the priests shall take to
went into the house of Baal and broke themselves, each man from his friend;
it down. They completely smashed its and they shall repair the breach of the
altars and its images. And they killed house, in all places where a breach
Mattan the priest of Baal before the may be found.
altars. And the priest set guards over 6 And it happened, in the twenty
the house of YAHWEH. third year of King Joash, that the
19 And he took the commanders priests had not repaired the breach of
over the hundreds, and the Carites, the house.
and the runners, and all the people of 7 And King Joash called to Jehoiada
the land. And they brought the king the priest, and the priests, and said to
down from the house of YAHWEH, them, Why have you not repaired the
and came by the way of the Runners' breach of the house? And now, do not
Gate to the king's house. And he sat on receive any silver from your friends,
the throne of the kings. but give it for the breach of the house.
20 And all the people of the land 8 And the priests consented not to
rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And receive silver from the people, nor to
strengthen the breach of the house.
1 The custom started with King Solomon 9 And Jehoiada the priest took a
being coronated at the stone pillars at the chest and cut a hole in its lid, and put
entrance to the sanctuary of YHWH at the it near the altar, on the right side, as
Gihon spring in the southwestern tip of the
one comes into the house of YAHWEH,
city of David. This entrance with stone
pillars has been excavated in recent times and the priests who kept the door put
by archaeologists in Jerusalem. in it all the silver brought into the
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7 For he did not leave to Jehoahaz eastward. And he opened. And Elisha
any of the people except fifty said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said,
horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten The arrow of deliverance of YAHWEH,
thousand footmen; for the king of and the arrow of deliverance from
Syria had destroyed them, and had Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians
made them like dust by threshing. in Aphek, until it is finished.
8 And the rest of the acts of 18 And he said, Take the arrows.
Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his And he took them up. And he said to
might, are they not written in the Book the king of Israel, Strike the earth. And
of the Matters of the Days of the Kings he struck three times, and stopped.
of Israel? 19 And the man of The Elohim was
9 And Jehoahaz lay with his fathers, angry with him, and said, By striking
and they buried him in Samaria. And five or six times, then you would have
his son Joash reigned in his place. smitten Syria until it was finished; but
10 In the thirty seventh year of Joash now, you shall strike Syria three times.
the king of Judah, Jehoash the son of 20 And Elisha died, and they buried
Jehoahaz reigned over Israel, in him. And the bands of Moab came into
Samaria, sixteen years. the land, at the beginning of the year;
11 And he did the evil in the eyes of 21 and it happened, they were
YAHWEH; he did not turn aside from burying a man; and, behold, they saw
all the sins of Jeroboam the son of the band, and threw the man into the
Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; he grave of Elisha. And the man fell and
walked in it. touched the bones of Elisha, and came
12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, alive, and rose on his feet.
and all that he did, and his might with 22 And Hazael the king of Syria
which he fought with Amaziah the oppressed Israel all the days of
king of Judah, are they not written in Jehoahaz.
the Book of the Matters of the Days of 23 And YAHWEH was gracious to
the Kings of Israel? them, and pitied them, and turned
13 And Joash lay with his fathers; toward them, for the sake of His
and Jeroboam sat on his throne; and covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and
Joash was buried in Samaria with the Jacob, and was not willing to destroy
kings of Israel. them, nor to cast them out from His
14 And Elisha had become sick with presence as yet.
his illness in which he died; and Joash 24 And Hazael the king of Syria
the king of Israel came down to him, died, and his son Ben-Hadad reigned
and wept on his face, and said, My in his place.
father, my father, the chariot of Israel, 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz
and its horsemen! returned and took the cities out of the
15 And Elisha said to him, Take bow hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael
and arrows. And he took bow and that he had taken out of the hand of
arrows to himself. his father Jehoahaz in battle. Jehoash
16 And he said to the king of Israel, struck him three times, and he
Cause your hand to ride on the bow. brought back the cities of Israel.
And he caused his hand to ride. And
Elisha placed his hand on the hands of Chapter 14
the king,
17 and said, Open the window 1 In the second year of Joash the son
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of Jehoahaz the king of Israel, and why should you stir yourself up to
Amaziah the son of Joash the king of evil so that you may fall, you and
Judah reigned. Judah with you?
2 He was a son of twenty five years 11 But Amaziah would not listen, and
when he began to reign; and he Jehoash the king of Israel went up;
reigned twenty nine years in and they looked one another in the
Jerusalem; and his mother's name was face, he and Amaziah the king of
Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. Judah, in Beth-Shemesh of Judah.
3 And he did right in the eyes of 12 And Judah was stricken before
YAHWEH, but not like his father Israel, and they each fled to his tent.
David; he did according to all that his 13 And Jehoash the king of Israel
father Joash did; caught Amaziah the king of Judah, the
4 however, the high places were not son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, in
taken away; the people still sacrificed Beth-Shemesh. And they came in to
and offered in the high places. Jerusalem, and he broke through the
5 And it happened, when the wall of Jerusalem at the Gate of
kingdom was strong in his hand, he Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four
struck his servants, those who struck hundred cubits.
his father, the king. 14 And he took all the gold and the
6 But he did not cause to die the sons silver, and all the vessels that were
of those who struck him, as it is found in the house of YAHWEH, and
written in the book of the Law of in the treasures of the king's house,
Moses that YAHWEH commanded, and the sons of the hostages, and
saying, The fathers are not to be returned to Samaria.
caused to die for the sons, and the 15 And the rest of the acts of Jehoash
sons are not to be caused to die for the which he did, and his might, and how
fathers, but each shall be caused to die he fought with Amaziah the king of
for his own sin. Judah, are they not written in the
7 He struck Edom in the Valley of Book of the Matters of the Days of the
Salt, ten thousand, and captured the Kings of Israel?
Rock by war, and called its name 16 And Jehoash lay with his fathers,
Joktheel1 to this day. and was buried in Samaria with the
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to kings of Israel. And his son Jeroboam
Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz, the son reigned in his place.
of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, 17 And Amaziah the son of Joash the
Come, we shall look one another in the king of Judah lived fifteen years after
face. the death of Jehoash the son of
9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent Jehoahaz the king of Israel.
to Amaziah the king of Judah, saying, 18 And the rest of the acts of
The thorn that was in Lebanon sent to Amaziah, are they not written in the
the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give Book of the Matters of the Days of the
your daughter to my son as wife; and a Kings of Judah?
beast of the field in Lebanon passed by 19 And they made a conspiracy
and trampled the thorn. against him in Jerusalem, and he fled
10 You have certainly stricken to Lachish; and they sent after him to
Edom, and your heart has lifted you
up. Glory in it and stay in your house;
1 “Joktheel” means the rocky height.
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Lachish and killed him there.1 fathers, with the kings of Israel. And
20 And they lifted him up on the his son Zechariah reigned in his place.
horses, and he was buried in
Jerusalem with his fathers in the city Chapter 15
of David.
21 And all the people of Judah took 1 In the twenty seventh year of
Azariah (and he was a son of sixteen Jeroboam the king of Israel Azariah
years), and they made him king the son of Amaziah the king of Judah
instead of his father Amaziah. began to reign.
22 He built Elath and restored it to 2 He was a son of sixteen years when
Judah after the king slept with his he began to reign, and he reigned fifty
fathers. two years in Jerusalem; and the name
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah of his mother was Jecholiah of
the son of Joash the king of Judah, Jerusalem.
Jeroboam the son of Jehoash the king 3 And he did right in the eyes of
of Israel reigned in Samaria, forty one YAHWEH, according to all that his
years. father Amaziah did;
24 And he did the evil in the eyes of 4 however, the high places were not
YAHWEH; he did not turn aside from taken away; the people still sacrificed
all the sins of Jeroboam the son of and burned incense in the high places.
Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin. 5 And YAHWEH touched the king,
25 He restored the border of Israel and he was a leper to the day of his
from the entering in of Hamath to the death; and he lived in a separate
sea of the Arabah, according to the house, and Jotham the son of the king
Word of YAHWEH, the Elohim of was over the house, judging the people
Israel which He spoke by the hand of of the land.
his servant Jonah the prophet, the son 6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah,
of Amittai of Gathhepher. and all that he did, are they not
26 For YAHWEH had seen the written in the Book of the Matters of
affliction of Israel to be very bitter; the Days of the Kings of Judah?
and none was bound, and none free, 7 And Azariah lay with his fathers,
and there was no helper for Israel. and they buried him with his fathers in
27 And YAHWEH had not spoken the city of David. And his son Jotham
that He would blot the name of Israel reigned in his place.
from under the heavens, but saved 8 In the thirty eighth year of Azariah
them by the hand of Jeroboam the son the king of Judah, Zechariah the son of
of Joash. Jeroboam reigned over Israel, in
28 And the rest of the acts of Samaria, six months.
Jeroboam, all that he did, and his 9 And he did evil in the eyes of
might with which he fought, and with YAHWEH, as his fathers did; he did
which he recovered Damascus and not turn aside from the sins of
Hamath of Judah for Israel, are they Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who
not written in the Book of the Matters caused Israel to sin.
of the Days of the Kings of Israel? 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh
29 And Jeroboam lay with his conspired against him and struck him
before the people, and killed him, and
1 Lachish was about 25 miles southwest of reigned in his place.
Jerusalem and was the summer palace of
11 And the rest of the acts of
several kings and a fortress city.
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Zechariah, behold, they are written in not written in the Book of the Matters
the Book of the Matters of the Days of of the Days of the Kings of Israel?
the Kings of Israel. 22 And Menahem lay with his
12 This was the Word of YAHWEH fathers. And his son Pekahiah reigned
that He spoke to Jehu, saying, Your in his place.
son of the fourth generation shall sit to 23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah the
you on the throne of Israel; and it was king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of
so. Menahem reigned over Israel two
13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began years in Samaria.
to reign in the thirty ninth year of 24 And he did evil in the eyes of
Uzziah the king of Judah, and he YAHWEH; he did not turn aside from
reigned a full month in Samaria. the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
14 And Menahem the son of Gadi who caused Israel to sin.
from Tirzah went up and came into 25 And Pekah the son of Remaliah,
Samaria and struck Shallum the son of his general, conspired against him and
Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him, and struck him in Samaria, in the high
reigned in his place. place of the house of the king, with
15 And the rest of the acts of Argob and Arieh, and fifty men of the
Shallum, and his conspiracy that he sons of the Gileadites with him; and he
conspired, behold, they are written in killed him and reigned in his place.
the Book of the Matters of the Days of 26 And the rest of the acts of
the Kings of Israel. Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold,
16 Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, they are written in the Book of the
and all who were in it, and its borders Matters of the Days of the Kings of
from Tirzah, for it did not open, and Israel.
he struck it; he ripped up all its 27 In the fifty second year of Azariah
pregnant women. the king of Judah, Pekah the son of
17 In the thirty ninth year of Azariah Remaliah began to reign over Israel,
the king of Judah, Menahem the son twenty years in Samaria.
of Gadi began to reign over Israel, ten 28 And he did evil in the eyes of
years in Samaria. YAHWEH; he did not turn aside from
18 And he did evil in the eyes of the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
YAHWEH; he did not turn aside from who caused Israel to sin.
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 29 In the days of Pekah the king of
who caused Israel to sin, all his days. Israel, Tiglath-Pileser the king of
19 Pul the king of Assyria came Assyria came and took Ijon, and Abel-
against the land, and Menahem gave a Beth-Maachah, and Janoah, and
thousand talents of silver to Pul, that Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and
his hand might be with him to confirm Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and
the kingdom in his hand. removed them to Assyria.
20 And Menahem brought out the 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah
silver from Israel, on all the mighty conspired a conspiracy against Pekah
men of wealth, to give to the king of the son of Remaliah, and struck him,
Assyria, fifty shekels of silver for each and killed him, and reigned in his
one; and the king of Assyria turned place, in the twentieth year of Jotham
back and did not stay there in the land. the son of Uzziah.
21 And the rest of the acts of 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah
Menahem, and all that he did, are they and all that he did, behold, they are
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of the kings of Israel that they made. divined divination, and used
9 And the sons of Israel secretly did incantations, and sold themselves to
the things which were not right against do the evil in the eyes of YAHWEH, to
YAHWEH their Elohim, and built high provoke Him,
places for themselves in all their cities, 18 so that YAHWEH was very angry
from the tower of the watchmen to the against Israel, and turned them away
fortified city, from His face; not one was left, only
10 and set up for themselves pillars the tribe of Judah by itself.1
and Asherahs on every high hill, and 19 Also Judah did not keep the
under every green tree; commands of YAHWEH their Elohim,
11 and burned incense there in all and they walked in the statutes of
high places, like the nations that Israel that they had made.
YAHWEH had removed from their 20 And YAHWEH rejected all the
face; and did evil things to provoke seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and
YAHWEH, gave them into the hand of the
12 and served the idols, of which plunderers, until He had cast them out
YAHWEH had said to them, You shall from His presence.
not do this thing. 21 For He tore Israel from the house
13 And YAHWEH testified against of David, and they made Jeroboam the
Israel, and against Judah, by the hand son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam
of all His prophets, and every seer, lured Israel from following YAHWEH,
saying, Turn back from your evil ways, and caused them to sin a great sin.
and keep My commandments, My 22 And the sons of Israel walked in
statutes, according to all the Torah all the sins of Jeroboam that he did;
that I commanded your fathers, and they did not turn aside from them;
that I sent to you by the hand of My 23 until YAHWEH turned away
servants the prophets. Israel from His face, as He spoke by
14 And they did not listen, and the hand of all His servants the
hardened their necks, like the necks of prophets; and Israel was exiled from
their fathers, who did not remain off its land to Assyria to this day.
faithful to YAHWEH their Elohim. 24 And the king of Assyria brought
15 And they rejected His statutes and men in from Babylon, and from
His covenant that He cut with their Cuthah, and from Ava, and from
fathers, and His testimonies that He Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and made
testified against them, and went after them live in the cities of Samaria
the vain thing, and became vain, and instead of the sons of Israel; and they
after the nations that were around possessed Samaria and lived in its
them, of whom YAHWEH had cities.
commanded them not to do like them. 25 And it happened at the beginning
16 And they forsook all the of their living there, they did not fear
commandments of YAHWEH their YAHWEH, and YAHWEH sent lions
Elohim and made for themselves cast 1 Verses 7-18: although YHWH has great
images, two calves, and made an patience and never-ending mercy and love,
Asherah, and bowed to all the host of there is a point when people give
the heavens, and served Baal, themselves over to evil and sin that their
17 and caused their sons and hearts will be hardened and they will be
daughters to pass through the fire and unable to ever repent and only judgment for
their pride and sin awaits, Heb 3:10-13.
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YAHWEH, and in the treasures of the 24 And how will you turn back the
house of the king. face of one prefect of the least of the
16 At that time Hezekiah cut off the servants of my master, that you trust
doors of the Sanctuary of YAHWEH, for yourself upon Egypt for chariots
and the pillars that Hezekiah the king and for horsemen?
of Judah had overlaid, and gave them 25 Now, have I come up against this
to the king of Assyria. place to destroy it without YAHWEH?
17 And the king of Assyria sent YAHWEH said to me, Go up against
Tartan, and the chief of the eunuchs, this land, and you shall destroy it.1
and the chief of the cupbearers from 26 And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
Lachish, to King Hezekiah with a and Shebna, and Joah said to the chief
heavy force, to Jerusalem. And they of the cup-bearers, Please speak
went up and came to Jerusalem, and Aramaic to your servants, for we
they went up and came in and stood by understand; and do not speak with us
the conduit of the upper pool that was in Jewish, in the ears of the people on
in the highway of the Fuller's Field. the wall.
18 And they called to the king, and 27 And the chief of the cupbearers
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was said to them, Has my master sent me
over the house, and Shebna the scribe, to speak these words to your master,
and Joah the son of Asaph the and to you, and not to the men that sit
recorder went out to them. on the wall, to eat their own dung, and
19 And the chief of the cupbearers to drink the water of their feet with
said to them, Now say to Hezekiah, So you?
says the great king, the king of Assyria, 28 And the chief of the cupbearers
What is this hope in which you have stood and called with a great voice in
trusted? Jewish, and spoke and said, Hear the
20 Do you say that a mere word of word of the great king, the king of
the lips is counsel and strength for Assyria;
war; now, on whom have you trusted 29 So says the king, Do not let
that you have rebelled against me? Hezekiah delude you, for he is not able
21 Now, behold, you have trusted for to deliver you out of his hand;
yourself on the staff of this broken 30 and do not let Hezekiah make
reed, on Egypt, which if a man lean on you trust to YAHWEH, saying,
it, it will go into his hand and pierce it! YAHWEH surely shall deliver us; and,
So is Pharaoh the king of Egypt to all This city shall not be given into the
those who trust in him. hand of the king of Assyria.
22 And when you say to me, We have 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for so
trusted to YAHWEH our Elohim, is it says the king of Assyria, Make with me
not He whose high places and whose a peace treaty and come out to me;
altars Hezekiah has removed, and has and you each shall eat of his vine, and
said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before each of his fig tree, and you each shall
this altar you shall bow yourselves in drink of the waters of his own well,
Jerusalem? 32 until I come; and I will take you
23 And, now, I ask you, exchange to a land like your own land, a land of
pledges for yourself to my master the grain and new wine, a land of bread
king of Assyria, and I will give to you and vineyards, a land of olive oil, and
two thousand horses if you are able to honey; and live, and do not die; and do
give for yourself riders on them.
1 Obviously, he was lying.
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not listen to Hezekiah, when he reproach the living Elohim, and will
persuades you, saying, YAHWEH shall rebuke the words which YAHWEH
deliver us. your Elohim has heard; and you shall
33 Have the gods of the nations at all lift up prayer for the remnant that is
delivered each his land out of the hand found.
of the king of Assyria? 5 And the servants of King Hezekiah
34 Where are the gods of Hamath came to Isaiah.
and Arpad? Where are the gods of 6 And Isaiah said to them, You shall
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah, that they say this to your master: So says
have delivered Samaria out of my YAHWEH, Do not be afraid because of
hand? the words that you have heard, with
35 Who among all the gods of the which the servants of the king of
lands have delivered their land out of Assyria have reviled Me.
my hand, that YAHWEH should 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him,
deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? and he shall hear a rumor and shall
36 But the people kept silent and did turn back to his land; and I will cause
not answer him a word, for the him to fall by the sword in his land.
command of the king was, saying, Do 8 And the chief cupbearer returned
not answer him. and found the king of Assyria fighting
37 And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, against Libnah, for he had heard that
who was over the house, and Shebna he had traveled from Lachish.
the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph 9 And when he heard it said of
the recorder, came in to Hezekiah, Tirhakah the king of Ethiopia, Behold,
having torn their garments; and they he is coming out to fight against you,
told him the words of the chief of the he sent messengers again to Hezekiah,
cupbearers. saying,
10 So you shall speak to Hezekiah
Chapter 19 the king of Judah, saying, Do not let
your Elohim in whom you trust delude
1 And it happened, when King you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be
Hezekiah heard, that he tore his given into the hand of the king of
garments and covered himself with Assyria.
sackcloth and went in to the house of 11 Behold, you have heard what the
YAHWEH; kings of Assyria have done to all lands,
2 and he sent Eliakim, who was over by utterly destroying them; and shall
the house, and Shebna the scribe, and you be delivered?
the elders of the priests, covering 12 Have the gods of the nations
themselves with sackcloth, to Isaiah delivered them, which my fathers have
the prophet the son of Amoz. destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and
3 And they said to him, So says Rezeph, and the sons of Eden in
Hezekiah, it is a day of distress, and of Telassar?
rebuke, and of disgrace today; for the 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and
sons have come to the birth, and there the king of Arpad, and the king of the
is no power to bring forth. city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
4 It may be that YAHWEH your 14 And Hezekiah took the letters out
Elohim will hear all the words of the of the hand of the messengers, and
chief cupbearer, with which his master read them, and went up to the house
the king of Assyria has sent him to of YAHWEH. And Hezekiah spread it
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33 By the way that he came in, in it prayer; I have seen your tears; behold,
he shall return; and he shall not come I will heal you; you shall go up to the
into this city, says YAHWEH. house of YAHWEH the third day.
34 For I will defend this city, to save 6 And I have added fifteen years to
it, for My own sake, and for My your days; and I will deliver you and
servant David's sake. this city out of the hand of the king of
35 And it happened in that night, Assyria, and shall defend this city for
that the Messenger of YAHWEH went My own sake, and for My servant
out and struck a hundred and eighty David's sake.
five thousand in the camp of Assyria; 7 And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs;
and they rose up early in the morning, and they took and laid it on the boil;
and behold, all of them were dead and he revived.
bodies. 8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What
36 And Sennacherib the king of will be the sign that YAHWEH will heal
Assyria moved, and went and me, that I will go up on the third day
returned, and lived in Nineveh. to the house of YAHWEH? (Isa 38:8)
37 And it happened, as he was 9 And Isaiah said, This will be the
bowing himself in the house of his sign to you from YAHWEH, that
Elohim Nisroch, his sons
YAHWEH will do the thing that He has
Adrammelech and Sharezer struck
spoken: Shall the shadow advance ten
him with the sword; and they escaped
steps, or shall it return ten steps?
into the land of Ararat. And his son
10 And Hezekiah said, It would be a
Esarhaddon reigned in his place.
light thing for the shadow to go down
ten steps; no, but let the shadow go
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back ten steps.
11 And Isaiah the prophet cried to
1 In those days Hezekiah was sick to
death, and Isaiah the prophet, the son YAHWEH; and He brought back the
of Amoz, came to him and said to him, shadow by the steps the shadow had
So says YAHWEH, Order your house, gone down on the sundial stairs of
Ahaz, ten steps backward.
for you are dying, and shall not live.
12 At that time Berodach-Baladan,
2 And he turned his face to the wall,
the son of Baladan the king of
and prayed to YAHWEH, saying, Babylon, sent letters and a present to
3 I pray to You, O YAHWEH, please Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah
remember how I have walked always had been ill.
before your face in truth, and with a 13 And Hezekiah listened to them,
perfect heart, and I have done the and showed them all the house of his
good in Your eyes. And Hezekiah wept treasury, the silver and the gold, and
with a great weeping. the spices, and the precious ointment,
4 And it happened when Isaiah had and all the house of his weapons, and
not gone out to the middle court, the all found in his treasure house; there
Word of YAHWEH came to him, was not a thing that Hezekiah did not
saying, show them in his house and in all his
5 Return, and you shall say to dominion.
Hezekiah the leader of My people, So 14 And Isaiah the prophet came in to
says YAHWEH, the Elohim of your King Hezekiah and said to him, What
father David, I have heard your did these men say? And where did
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into the house of YAHWEH that the because our fathers have not listened
keepers of the door have gathered to the Words of this Book, to do
from the people. according to all that which is written
5 And they will give into the hand of concerning us.
the workers, those who oversee in the 14 And Hilkiah the priest, and
house of YAHWEH; and they shall give Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan,
it to the doers of the work who are in and Asahiah, went to Huldah the
prophetess the wife of Shallum, the
the house of YAHWEH, to repair the
son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the
breaks of the house;
keeper of the wardrobe (and she lived
6 to the carpenters, and to the
in Jerusalem, in the second quarter).
builders, and to the masons, and to
And they spoke with her.
buy wood and cut stone to strengthen
15 And she said to them, So says
the house;
7 only, the silver that is given into YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, Tell
their hand shall not be reckoned with the man that sent you to me,
them, for they are acting in 16 So says YAHWEH, Behold, I will
faithfulness. bring evil on this place, and on its
8 And Hilkiah the high priest said to inhabitants, even all the Words of the
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the Book which the king of Judah has
Book of the Torah in the house of read;
YAHWEH; and Hilkiah gave the book 17 because they have forsaken Me
to Shaphan, and he read it. and have burned incense to other
9 And Shaphan the scribe came to gods, that they might provoke Me to
the king and brought back word to the anger with all the works of their
king, and said, Your servants have hands; therefore My wrath shall be
poured out the silver that has been kindled against this place, and shall
found in the house, and have given it not be quenched.
into the hand of the doers of the work, 18 And to the king of Judah who sent
those who oversee in the house of you to inquire of YAHWEH, you shall
YAHWEH. say this to him, So says YAHWEH, the
10 And Shaphan the scribe told the Elohim of Israel, the words that you
king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has have heard,
given a book to me; and Shaphan read 19 (because your heart was tender,
it before the king. and you have bowed before YAHWEH
11 And it happened when the king when you heard what I spoke against
heard the Words of the Book of the this place, and against those living in
Torah, he tore his garments. it, to become a desolation and a curse,
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah and have torn your clothes, and have
the priest, and Ahikam the son of wept before Me;) even also I have
Shaphan, and Achbor the son of heard, says YAHWEH.
Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and 20 Behold! Even so I will gather you
Asahiah the king's servant, saying, to your fathers, and you shall be
13 Go, inquire of YAHWEH for me, gathered into your grave in peace; and
and for the people, and for all Judah, your eyes shall not see all the evil
as to the Words of this Book that has which I will bring on this place. And
been found; for great is the wrath of they brought back this word to the
YAHWEH that burns against us, king.
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which Solomon the king of Israel had people, saying, Perform a Passover to
built for Ashtoreth the idol of the YAHWEH your Elohim, as it is written
Sidonians, and for Chemosh the idol of in this Book of the covenant.
the Moabites, and for Milcom the idol 22 Surely none has been performed
of the sons of Ammon, the king like this Passover from the days of the
defiled. Judges who judged Israel even to all
14 And he broke the images in the days of the kings of Israel, and of
pieces, and cut down the Asherahs, the kings of Judah;
and filled their places with the bones 23 but in the eighteenth year of King
of men. Josiah, this Passover was prepared to
15 And also the altar that was in YAHWEH in Jerusalem.
Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam 24 And also the mediums, and the
the son of Nebat had made by which spirit-knowers, and the family gods,
he made Israel to sin, both that altar and the idols, and all the detestable
and the high place he broke down, and things that were seen in the land of
burned the high place; he ground it Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah put
into powder, and burned the Asherah. away in order to fulfill the Words of
16 And Josiah turned and saw the the Torah that were written in the
graves that were there in the mount, Book that Hilkiah the priest had found
and sent and took the bones out of the
in the house of YAHWEH.
graves and burned them on the altar,
25 And there was no king before him
and defiled it according to the Word of
like him, who turned to YAHWEH with
YAHWEH that the man of Elohim had
all his heart, and with all his soul, and
proclaimed, who had proclaimed these
with all his might, according to all the
things.
Torah of Moses; and after him none
17 And he said, What is this
rose up like him.
monument that I see? And the men of
the city said to him, The grave of the 26 However, YAHWEH did not turn
man of the true Elohim who came away from the fury of His great anger
from Judah and proclaimed these with which His anger glowed against
things that you have done concerning Judah, because of all the provocations
the altar of Bethel. with which Manasseh had provoked
18 And he said, Let him alone, let no Him.
one touch his bones. And they let his 27 And YAHWEH said, I will also
bones escape with the bones of the turn away Judah from My face, as I
prophet that came out of Samaria. turned Israel away, and I will reject
19 And also all the houses of the high this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem,
places in the cities of Samaria, that the and the house of which I have said, My
kings of Israel had made to provoke to name shall be there.
anger, Josiah took away, and he did to 28 And the rest of the acts of Josiah,
them according to all the acts that he and all that he did, are they not
had done in Bethel. written in the Book of the Matters of
20 And he slaughtered all the priests the Days of the Kings of Judah?
of the high places who were there by 29 In his days Pharaoh-Necho the
the altars, and burned the bones of king of Egypt came up against the king
man upon them, and returned to of Assyria by the river Euphrates; and
Jerusalem. King Josiah went out to meet him, and
21 And the king commanded all the he killed him in Megiddo, when he saw
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burned every great house with fire. the city, and the chief scribe of the
10 And all the army of the Chaldeans army who mustered the people of the
who were with the chief of the land, and sixty men of the people of
executioners broke down the wall of the land found in the city.
Jerusalem all around. 20 And Nebuzaradan chief of the
11 And the rest of the people, those executioners took them and made
left in the city, and those that had them go to the king of Babylon, to
fallen away, that fell to the king of Riblah.
Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, 21 And the king of Babylon struck
Nebuzaradan the chief of the them, and killed them in Riblah, in the
executioners exiled. land of Hamath; and he exiled Judah
12 But the chief of the executioners from its land.
left of the poorest of the land for 22 And the people that were left in
vinedressers and farmers. the land of Judah, whom Nebuchad-
13 And the copper pillars in the nezzar the king of Babylon had left, he
house of YAHWEH, and the bases, and appointed over them Gedaliah the son
the copper sea in the house of of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan.
YAHWEH, the Chaldeans broke in 23 And all the commanders of the
pieces and lifted up their copper to army, they and the men, heard that
Babylon. the king of Babylon had appointed
14 And they took the pots, and the Gedaliah. And they came to Gedaliah,
shovels, and the snuffers, and the to Mizpeh, even Ishmael the son of
spoons, and all the vessels of copper Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of
with which they ministered. Careah, and Seraiah the son of
15 And the chief of the executioners Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and
took the firepans, and the sprinkling Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite,
basins, all of gold and silver. they and their men.
16 There was no weighing of the 24 And Gedaliah swore to them, and
copper of all these vessels, the two to their men, and said to them, Do not
pillars, the one sea, and the bases that be afraid of the servants of the
Solomon had made for the house of Chaldeans; live in the land and serve
the king of Babylon, and it shall be
YAHWEH.
well with you.
17 Eighteen cubits was the height of
25 And it happened in the seventh
the one pillar, and the capital on it was
month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah,
of copper, and the height of the capital
the son of Elishama of the seed of the
was three cubits, and the grating and
kingdom, and ten men with him came,
the pomegranates were on the capital
and they struck Gedaliah, and he died,
all around; all was of copper. And the
and the Jews and the Chaldeans who
second pillar was like these with the
were with him in Mizpah.
grating.
26 And all the people rose up, from
18 And the chief of the executioners
the small even to the great, and the
took Seraiah the head priest, and
commanders of the armies, and came
Zephaniah the second priest, and the
into Egypt, for they were afraid of the
three keepers of the gate;
face of the Chaldeans.
19 and he took out of the city a
27 And it happened in the thirty
certain eunuch who was appointed
seventh year of the captivity of
over the men of war, and five men of
Jehoiachin the king of Judah, in the
those who saw the king's face, found in
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companions of thieves. Everyone loves 2 And it shall be in the last days, the
a bribe, and is pursuing rewards. They mountain4 of the house of YAHWEH
do not judge the orphan, nor does the shall be established in the top of the
cause of the widow come to them, mountains, and shall be exalted above
24 and says the Master, YAHWEH of the hills; and all nations shall flow into
Hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Alas! I it.
will be eased of My foes, and avenge 3 And many people shall go and say,
Myself of My enemies. Come and let us go up to the mount of
25 And I will return My hand on you, YAHWEH, to the house of the Elohim
and refine your dross, as with lye, and of Jacob. And He will teach from His
turn aside all your alloy. ways, and we will walk in His paths.
26 And I will return your judges as For out of Zion the Torah will go forth,
at the first; and your advisers, as at the and the Word of YAHWEH from
beginning; then you shall be called the Jerusalem5.
city of righteousness, a faithful city1. 4 And He shall judge among the
27 Zion shall be redeemed with nations and shall rebuke many people.
justice, and her returning ones with And they shall beat their swords into
righteousness.2 plowshares, and their spears into
28 And the ruin of the transgressors pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up
and of the sinners shall be together. sword against nation, nor shall they
And those who forsake YAHWEH shall learn war any more.
be consumed. 5 Oh house of Jacob, come and let us
29 For they shall be ashamed of the walk in the light of YAHWEH.
trees which you lusted after; and you 6 For You have forsaken Your
shall be ashamed of the gardens that people, the house of Jacob, because
you have chosen.3 they are filled from the east, and are
30 For you shall be like a tree whose fortunetellers like the Philistines. And
leaf fades, and like a garden that has they clap hands with children of
no water in it. foreigners.
31 And the strong shall be for tow, 7 And his land is filled with silver
and his work for a spark; and they and gold. There is no end of his
shall burn both together and no one treasures. And his land is full of
shall quench them. (Mat 3:12) horses; his chariots also do not have
an end.
Chapter 2 8 And his land is full of idols; they
worship the work of their own hands,
1 The Word that Isaiah the son of that which their own fingers have
Amoz saw concerning Judah and made.
Jerusalem: 9 And man bowed down; and man
1 It was never the intention of YHWH to have was humbled, but You do not lift them
an earthly king over Israel. The original up.
system set up under Moses was for judges
in each area and captains over 1,000's, over 4 Mountain is synonymous in Scripture with
100's and 50's and over 10's. YAHWEH a kingdom or large land mass, Rev 17:9.
would have been King over them. 1Sam 5 Jerusalem is where the Garden of Eden was
8:4-9. and has been set apart for YHWH from
2 Isa 35:9-10, 51:10-11, 52:9, 59:20. creation as His headquarters and will be
3 These were used for cultic worship. 2Kgs restored as His eternal dwelling place when
16:4, Hos 4:13. Yahshua returns. Mic 4:2.
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10 Enter into the rock and hide in from the dread of YAHWEH, and from
the dust from fear of YAHWEH, and the glory of His majesty, when He rises
from the glory of His majesty. up to make the earth quake.
11 The lofty eyes of the proud man 22 Cease yourself from man, whose
shall be humbled, and the pride of breath is in his nostril; for in what is
men shall be bowed down; but he to be esteemed?
YAHWEH, He alone, will be exalted in
that day. Chapter 3
12 For the day of YAHWEH of Hosts
shall be on all the proud and lofty 1 For, behold, the Master, YAHWEH
ones, and on all that is lifted up; and it of Hosts, takes away the stay and the
will be abased; staff from Jerusalem and from Judah;
13 and against all Lebanon's cedars, the whole stay of bread and the whole
high and lifted up; and against all the stay of water;
oaks of Bashan1; 2 the mighty man and the man of
14 and against all the high war; the judge, the prophet and the
mountains; and against all the lifted one divining and the elder;
up hills; 3 the commander of fifty and the
15 and against every tall tower; and exalted of face; the counselor and the
against every fortified wall; skilled craftsman; and the expert
16 and against all the ships of enchanter.
Tarshish2; and on all desirable craft. 4 And I will give young boys to be
17 And the pride of man shall be their rulers, and a tyrant shall rule
humbled; and the loftiness of men over them.
shall be abased; and YAHWEH alone 5 And the people shall be crushed,
will be exalted in that day. man against man, and a man on his
18 And the idols shall completely neighbor. The boy will be insolent
vanish. against the elder, and the despised
19 And they shall go into the caves of against the honorable.
the rocks, and into the holes of the 6 When a man shall take hold of his
brother, at his father's house, saying, A
earth, for dread of YAHWEH, and from
cloak! Come, you be a ruler for us; let
the glory of His majesty; when He
this ruin be under your hand.
rises up to make the earth quake.
7 In that day he shall swear, saying, I
20 In that day a man shall throw his
will not be one who binds up; for there
silver and his golden idols which they
is no bread nor a cloak in my house;
made for him to worship to the hole of
you shall not make me a ruler of the
the burrower and to bats;
people.
21 To go into the crevices of the
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled, and
rocks, and into the clefts of the cliffs,
Judah has fallen; because their tongue
1 An analogy on pride, which is lifted up with and their doings toward YAHWEH are
the large cedar trees of Lebanon. The oak to rebel against the eyes of His glory.
tree is one of the strongest and longest 9 The expression of their faces
lasting, showing the contrast of the strength witnesses against them; they have
of Yahweh, which is greater than the longest declared their sin like Sodom; they do
lasting trees. not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they
2 These were especially large ships that have dealt evil to themselves.
carried smelted metal to Tarshish.
10 Say to the righteous that it is well;
“Tarshish” means smelted metal.
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flaming fire by night, over all the site 7 For the vineyard of YAHWEH of
of Mount Zion, and over her Hosts is the house of Israel, and the
assemblies; for over all the glory will man of Judah is His delightful plant.
be a canopy. And He waited for justice, but behold,
6 And there shall be a booth for a bloodshed; for righteousness, but
shade from the heat, and for a refuge, behold, a cry!
and for a hiding place from storm and 8 Woe to those touching house to
rain1. house, bringing near field to field until
the end of space, and you are made to
Chapter 5 dwell alone in the middle of the land4!
9 YAHWEH of Hosts has sworn in
1 Now I will sing to my Beloved a my ears, If not, many houses shall be a
song of my Beloved concerning His waste, large and beautiful ones
vineyard: My Beloved has a vineyard without one living in them.
in a fruitful horn2. (Isa 27:2) 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall
2 And He dug it, and cleared it of yield one bath, and the seed of a
stones, and planted it with the choicest homer shall yield an ephah.
vine, and built a tower in its midst, 11 Woe to those who rise early in the
and also hewed out a wine vat in it. morning to pursue fermented drink,
And He waited for it to produce tarrying in the twilight while wine
grapes, but it produced rotten grapes. inflames them!
3 And now, O people of Jerusalem 12 And the lyre and the harp, the
and men of Judah, I ask you, judge timbrel and flute, and wine are at their
between Me and My vineyard. feasts; but they do not regard the work
4 What more could have been done
of YAHWEH; yea, they do not see the
to My vineyard that I have not done in
work of His hands.
it? Who knows? I waited for it to yield
13 For this My people go into exile
grapes, but it yielded rotten grapes3.
without knowledge, and his men of
5 And now I will make known to you
glory into famine; and his multitude is
what I will do then to My vineyard. I
parched with thirst.
will take away its hedge, and it will be
14 So Sheol has enlarged its appetite,
burned. I will breach its wall, and it
and opened its mouth without
will become a trampling ground.
measure, and her glory and her
6 And I will lay it waste; it shall not
multitude, and her uproar, he who
be pruned nor hoed; but briers and
exults in her, shall come down in it.
thorns shall come up. And I will
15 And man is bowed down, and
command the clouds from raining rain
man is humbled, and the eyes of the
on it.
proud are humbled.
1 Showing a heavenly security that will 16 But YAHWEH of Hosts is exalted
follow the judgment. in judgment, and Elohim the Holy One
2 Isa 5:1-12, Israel in other places (Jer 12:10, is proven holy in righteousness.
Mat 21:33-45) has been pictured as a 17 Then the lambs shall feed as in
vineyard to whom YHWH had nurtured but their pasture, and strangers shall eat
which yielded very little fruit. the waste places of the fatlings.
3 The patience of YHWH with the nation
through antiquity shows His unending 4 YHWH created mankind to have land to
mercy, and long-suffering, and love. The cultivate and to be blessed by and it is a
Hebrew word for rotten, “beosheen” can curse to bring house on house and put so
literally mean poison. many people condensed into a small area.
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18 Woe to those who draw iniquity among them; none will slumber nor
with cords of vanity, and sin as with sleep; nor shall the waist cloth of their
ropes of a cart; loins be opened, nor the thong of their
19 who say, Let Him hurry and sandals broken;
hasten His work, so that we may see; 28 whose arrows are sharp, and all
and let the purpose of the Holy One of their bows bent; their horses' hooves
Israel draw near and come, so that we shall appear as flint, and their wheels
may know!1 like a hurricane.
20 Woe to those who say to evil, 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion;
good; and to good, evil; who put they shall roar like young lions. Yea,
darkness for light, and light for they roar and seize the prey and carry
darkness; who put bitter for sweet, it away; and no one shall deliver.
and sweet for bitter! 30 And in that day they shall roar
21 Woe to those wise in their own against them like the roaring of the
eyes, and discerning in their own sea; when one looks to the land, and
sight! lo, darkness! Distress! And light shall
22 Woe to those mighty to drink be darkened by its clouds.
wine, and men of strength to mix
fermented drink; Chapter 6
23 who justify the wicked for a bribe,
and turn aside the righteousness of the 1 In the year that King Uzziah died,
righteous from him! then I saw YAHWEH sitting on a
24 So, as the tongue of fire devours throne, high and lifted up. And His
the stubble, and the flame burns up train filled the temple.
the chaff; their root shall be like 2 Above it stood the seraphim 2. Each
rottenness, and their blossoms shall go one had six wings; with two he covered
up like dust, because they have his face; and with two he covered his
rejected the Torah of YAHWEH of feet; and with two he flew.
Hosts; and despised the Word of the 3 And one cried to the other and
Holy One of Israel. said, Holy, holy, holy is YAHWEH of
25 On account of this the anger of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory!
YAHWEH is kindled on His people, 4 And the doorposts shook from the
and He has stretched out His hand voice of the one who cried; and the
against them, and has struck them; house was filled with smoke.
and the mountains quaked, and their 5 Then I said, Woe is me! For I am
dead bodies were as filth in the midst cut off; for I am a man of unclean lips,
of the streets. In all this His anger does and I live amongst a people of unclean
not turn away, but His hand is lips; for my eyes have seen the King,
stretched out still. YAHWEH of Hosts.
26 And He will lift up a banner to 6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me
distant nations, and will hiss to them with a live coal in his hand, snatched
from the ends of the earth; and, with tongs from the altar.
behold, it shall come with swift speed! 7 And he touched it on my mouth,
27 None shall be weary nor stumble and said, See, this has touched your
1 A curse on those who want prophecy to 2 “Seraphim” were angelic beings such as
happen simply to see the excitement of it cherubs. The word seraph comes from the
not knowing that there are grave times verb to burn and these were representatives
coming in the end of days, Amo 5:18-20. of YHWH used for cleansing, Num 21:6.
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lips; and your iniquity is taken away, not able to do battle against it.
and your sin is covered.1 2 And the house of David was told,
8 And I heard the voice of YAHWEH, saying, Syria is allied with Ephraim,
saying, Whom shall I send, and who and his heart and the heart of his
will go for Us? Then I said, Here I am. people shook, as the trees of the forest
Send me! shake from the wind.
9 And He said, Go and say to this 3 And YAHWEH said to Isaiah, Go
people, Hearing you hear, but do not out to meet Ahaz, you and your son
understand; and seeing you see, but do Shear-Jashub, at the end of the
not know. conduit of the upper pool, to the
10 Make the heart of this people fat, highway of the Fuller's Field.
and make his ears heavy, and shut his 4 And say to him, Be on guard and
eyes, that he not see with his eyes, and be calm. Do not fear nor be timid of
hear with his ears, and understand heart because of the two tails of these
with his heart, and turn back, and one smoking firebrands, because of the
heals him. (Mat 13:13-15) fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of
11 Then I said, Until when, O the son of Remaliah.
YAHWEH? And He said, Until cities lie 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the
desolate without inhabitant, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil
houses without man, and the land is against you, saying,
laid waste, a desolation; 6 Let us go up against Judah and
12 and until YAHWEH has sent make her to dread, and break her for
mankind far away, and the desolation ourselves, and set a king in her midst,
in the midst of the land is great. the son of Tabeal4.
13 But yet a tenth2 shall be in it, and 7 So says Adonai YAHWEH, It shall
it shall return and be burned like the not rise, nor shall it happen.
terebinth and like the oak that in being 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus,
felled yet has its stump, the holy seed and the head of Damascus is Rezin;
is its stump.3 and within sixty five years Ephraim
shall be broken from being a people.
Chapter 7 9 And the head of Ephraim is
Samaria, and the head of Samaria is
1 And it happened in the days of Remaliah's son. If you will not believe,
Ahaz: the son of Jotham, the son of surely you will not be established.
Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king 10 And YAHWEH spoke again to
of Syria, and Pekah the son of Ahaz, saying,
Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to 11 Ask a sign from YAHWEH your
Jerusalem to war against it, but were Elohim; make deep the request, or
1 The sin was covered as on Yom Kippur make it high above.
(“kippur” means to cover), but were not 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, nor
removed. They can only be removed when will I tempt YAHWEH.
the penalty is paid. This was done when 13 And He said, Hear now, O house
Messiah was crucified on the Mount of
of David, is it too little that you weary
Olives right above the Mikphad altar where
all ashes of every sin sacrifice was brought.
men, but will you also weary my
2 It is a pattern in Scripture of the set apart Elohim?
10% always remaining. 4 This is a play on words whereas “Tabeal”
3 It will be purified by trial but the root will means good for Elohim, he was going to be
remain. Isa 11:1, Gen 17:1, Gen 12:3. “good for nothing”.
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14 So, YAHWEH Himself will give in the end of the rivers of Egypt and
you a sign: Behold1! The virgin2 will for the bee in the land of Assyria.
conceive and will bring forth a son; 19 And they shall come, and they
and she shall call His name shall all rest in the steep ravines, and
ImmanuEl3. in the clefts of the rocks, and in all the
15 He shall eat curds and honey until thorn bushes, and in all the pastures.
He knows to refuse the evil and choose 20 In that day YAHWEH will shave
the good. with a razor that is hired, beyond the
16 For before the boy shall know to River, by the king of Assyria, the head,
refuse the evil and choose the good, and the hair of the feet, and also it
the land that you hate will be forsaken shall sweep away the beard.
before both her kings4. 21 And it shall be in that day, a man
17 YAHWEH shall bring the king of shall keep alive a heifer of the herd,
Assyria on you, and on your people, and two sheep.
and on your father's house, days which 22 And it shall be, he shall eat curds
have not come since the days Ephraim from the plenty of milk making; for
turned aside from Judah. everyone who is left in the land shall
18 And it shall be in that day eat curds and honey.5
YAHWEH shall hiss for the fly that is 23 And it shall be in that day, every
place where there were a thousand
1 Where ever the word behold “hineh” in the vines worth a thousand pieces of
Hebrew, appears with the present participle silver, it shall be for briers and thorns.
it always refers to a future event. 24 With arrows and with the bow, he
2 This word in Hebrew is “almah” and can shall come there; because all the land
only mean a women or young women who shall be briers and thorns.
has never had sexual relations with a man. 25 And all the hills which were hoed
3 “Emmanuel” means ‘Elohim is with us’ and with the hoe, you shall not come there
clearly shows that although the Messiah
for fear of briers and thorns; but it
will be born from a virgin He will also be
Elohim. The situation is that YHWH has shall be for the sending out of the ox,
already promised that the Messiah would and for trampling of sheep.
come through the seed of David and now
Syria is threatening to destroy Judah. Chapter 8
Yahweh is giving a sign to show that Judah
will not be destroyed before the Messiah 1 And YAHWEH said to me, Take a
will be born and to show He is the Messiah big tablet and write in it with a man's
He will be born of a virgin. If this was
pen: Make haste to plunder! Hurry to
simply a statement about a young woman
the spoil6!
having a baby where would be the sign?
Also, in English the word “you” is 2 And I took faithful witnesses to
ambiguous and can mean one person or record for me, Uriah the priest, and
multiple people. In Hebrew this is not the Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
case and in verse 9, 11, 16 and 17 the “you” 3 And I drew near the prophetess.
is in the singular speaking to Ahaz. And she conceived, and bore a son.
However in verse 13 and 14, which are
insertion prophetic verses about Messiah, 5 This is because of the devastation of the
the “you” is plural speaking to the nation. land by Assyria.
4 This verse speaking about Ahaz son was 6 The Hebrew word for this phrase to hurry
fulfilled as within 12 yrs of this prophecy the spoil and haste to plunder is “Maher-
Damascus was captured by Assyria (732) shalal-hash-baz”. This was the name of
and Israel had also fallen (721). Isaiah's second son.
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Then YAHWEH said to me, Call his Israel; for a trap and for a snare to the
name, Make haste to plunder! Hurry ones living in Jerusalem.
to the spoil1! 15 And many among them shall
4 For before the boy knows to cry, stumble and fall, and be broken, and
My father, or, My mother, the riches of be snared, and be taken.
Damascus and the plunder of Samaria 16 Bind up the Testimony and seal
shall be lifted up before the king of the Torah among My disciples2.
Assyria. 17 And I will wait on YAHWEH, who
5 YAHWEH also spoke to me again, hides His face from the house of
saying, Jacob; and I will look for Him.
6 Because this people has refused the 18 Behold, I and the children whom
waters of Shiloah that flow softly, and YAHWEH has given to me are for signs
rejoices in Rezin and Remaliah's son, and wonders in Israel from YAHWEH
7 Behold, therefore YAHWEH also of Hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
brings on them the waters of the River, 19 And when they say to you, Seek to
mighty and many, the king of Assyria the mediums, and to fortunetellers
and all his glory. And he shall come up who peep and mutter; should not a
over all its channels and go over all its people seek to its Elohim, rather than
banks. for the living to seek to the dead?
8 And he shall pass through Judah. 20 To the Torah and to the
He shall overflow and go over. He Testimony! If they do not speak
shall reach to the neck; and his wings according to this Word, it is because
will be stretching out, filling the there is no light to them!3
breadth of your land, O Immanuel. 21 And they shall pass through it,
9 O peoples, suffer evil, and be hard pressed and hungry. And it shall
broken! And listen, all from the far be, they shall be hungry; he will rave
places of the earth; gird yourselves, and curse his king and his Elohim, and
and be broken. Gird yourselves and be face upward.
broken! 22 And they shall look to the land.
10 Counsel a plan, and it is And, behold, distress and darkness
frustrated; speak a word, and it shall and gloom of anguish; and they are
not rise; for El is with us (ImmanuEl). driven to darkness.
11 For so YAHWEH spoke to me with
a strong hand, and taught me against Chapter 9
walking in the way of this people,
saying, 1 Yet there shall not be gloom for
12 Do not say, A conspiracy, to which anguish is to her; as in the
everything of which this people says, A former time when He degraded the
conspiracy! And do not fear its fear, land of Zebulun, and the land of
and do not dread. Naphtali, so afterwards He will glorify
13 Sanctify YAHWEH of Hosts the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Himself, and let Him be your fear; and Galilee of the nations.
let Him be your dread. 2 The people who walk in darkness
14 And He shall be for a sanctuary, 2 The true disciples of YHWH would have
and for a stone of stumbling, and for a the Torah written on their hearts Jer 31:33.
rock of falling to the two houses of 3 Any true servant of YHWH will teach only
what is scripturally sound according to the
1 “Maher-shalal-hash-baz” Torah.
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have seen a great light. The ones who foes against him, and join together his
dwell in the land of the shadow of enemies;
death, light has shone on them1. 12 Syrians in front, and the
3 You have not multiplied the Philistines behind; and they shall
nation; You have not increased the joy. devour Israel with all the mouth. In all
They rejoice before You as in the joy of this His anger does not turn away, but
harvest, as men shout when they His hand is still stretched out.
divide the plunder. 13 For the people do not turn to Him
4 For You have broken his who strikes them, and they do not seek
burdensome yoke and the staff of his YAHWEH of Hosts.
shoulder, the rod of his taskmaster, as 14 And YAHWEH will cut off from
in the day of Midian. Israel head and tail, branch and rush,
5 For every boot of the trampler is in one day.
with shaking, and a coat rolled in 15 The elder and the exalted of face;
blood shall be burning fuel for the fire. he is the head. And the prophet who
6 For unto us a Child is born; to us a teaches lies, he is the tail.
Son is given; and the government is on 16 For this people's leaders led them
His shoulder; and His name is called astray, and its guided ones are
Wonderful Counselor, The Mighty El, swallowed up.
The Prince of Peace, The one who
17 For this, YAHWEH shall not
Fathered Everlasting life.2
rejoice over their young men, nor have
7 There is no end to the increase of
pity on their orphans and widows; for
His government and of peace on the
everyone is a hypocrite and an
throne of David, and on His kingdom,
evildoer; and every mouth speaks
to order it, and to sustain it with
foolishness. In all this His anger does
justice and with righteousness, from
not turn away, but His hand is still
now and forever. The zeal of YAHWEH stretched out.
of Hosts will do this. 18 For wickedness burns like a fire;
8 YAHWEH sent a Word into Jacob, it shall devour the briers and thorns
and it has fallen into Israel. and shall kindle the thickets of the
9 And all the people shall know, forest; and they shall roll upward, like
Ephraim and the ones living in the going up of smoke.
Samaria, who say in pride and 19 The land is scorched by the wrath
greatness of heart, of YAHWEH of Hosts, and the people
10 Bricks have fallen, but we will shall be as the fuel of the fire; no man
build with cut stones; the sycamores shall spare his brother.
are cut down, but we will substitute 20 And he shall cut off on the right
with cedars instead.3 hand, yet be hungry. And he shall eat
11 And YAHWEH will set up Rezin's on the left, but not be satisfied. Each
man shall eat the flesh of his own arm;
1 Mat 4:15-16. 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and
2 This scripture shows that the Messiah Ephraim, Manasseh; together they are
would be born as a human, but also 3 out of against Judah. In all this His anger
the 4 titles mentioned also show that He does not turn away, but His hand is
will be Elohim.
still stretched out.
3 Instead of repenting for their sin and
looking toward Elohim, the people are
saying that they will merely rebuild and
move on as if nothing has happened.
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Chapter 10 eyes.
13 For he says, I have worked by the
1 Woe to those who decree decrees of strength of my hand and by my
injustice, and writers who write toil; wisdom; for I am wise. And I take
2 to turn aside the poor from away the borders of peoples, and have
judgment, and to steal justice from the robbed their treasures. And like a
poor of My people; that widows may mighty one, I have subdued the
be their prey; that they may rob inhabitants.
orphans. 14 And my hand has found the riches
3 And what will you do in the day of of the people. Like a nest, I also have
visitation and of destruction? It comes gathered all the earth, as forsaken eggs
from far away. To whom will you flee are gathered. And there was not one
for help? And where will you leave moving a wing, or opening a mouth, or
your glory? one chirping.
4 Surely, he will grovel under the 15 Shall the axe glorify itself over
prisoners, and they will fall under the him chopping with it? Or shall the saw
slain. In all this His anger does not magnify itself over him moving it? As
turn away, but His hand is still if a rod could wave those who lift it. As
stretched out. if a staff could raise what is not wood!
5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My 16 Therefore the Master, YAHWEH
anger! And My fury is the staff in their of Hosts shall send leanness among his
hand. fat ones. And under His glory will
6 I will send him against a profane kindle a burning like the burning of
nation, and against the people of My fire.
wrath. I will command him to plunder, 17 And the Light of Israel shall be for
and to strip off spoil, and to trample a fire, and his Holy One for a flame;
them like the mud of the streets. and it shall burn and devour his thorns
7 Yet he does not purpose this, nor and briers in one day.
does his heart think so. For it is in his 18 And He shall consume the glory
heart to destroy, and to cut off not a of his forest and his fruitful field, even
few nations. from soul to flesh; and it shall be as a
8 For he says, Are not my sick man melts away.
commanders all like kings? 19 And the rest of the trees of the
9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is forest shall be few, so that a boy might
Hamath not like Arpad? Is Samaria write them.
not like Damascus? 20 And it shall be in that day, the
10 As my hand has found the remnant of Israel, and the escaped
kingdoms of the idols (for their carved ones from the house of Jacob, shall
images excelled those of Jerusalem not any more lean on him who struck
and Samaria); him. But they will truly lean on
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and YAHWEH, the Holy One of Israel.
her idols as I have done to Samaria 21 The remnant shall return, the
and her idols? remnant of Jacob, to the mighty El.
12 And it will be, when YAHWEH has 22 For though Your people Israel is
broken off all His work on Mount Zion like the sand of the sea, only a
and on Jerusalem, I will visit on the
fruit of the proud heart of the king of
Assyria, and on the glory of his lofty
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shall put his hand on the viper's den.1 shoulder of the Philistines to the west;
9 They shall not do evil, nor destroy together they shall plunder the sons of
in all My holy mountain2. For the the east, the stretching of the hand on
earth shall be full of the knowledge of Edom and Moab and the sons of
YAHWEH, as the waters cover the sea. Ammon; they will obey them.
10 And it shall be in that day, the 15 And YAHWEH shall utterly
Root of Jesse stands as a banner 3 of destroy the tongue of the sea of Egypt;
His people; nations shall seek to Him; and with His scorching wind He shall
and His resting place shall be glorious. wave His hand over the River, and
11 And it shall be in that day, shall strike it into seven torrents, and
YAHWEH shall again set His hand, the make one tread it with shoes.8
second time, to recover the remnant of 16 And there shall be a highway for
His people that remains4, from the remnant of His people, those left
Assyria, and from Egypt, and from from Assyria, as it was to Israel in the
Pathros, and from Ethiopia, and from day when he came up out of the land
Elam, and from Shinar, and from of Egypt.
Hamath, and from the coasts of the
sea.5 Chapter 12
12 And He shall lift up a banner for
the nations, and shall gather the 1 And in that day you shall say, O
outcasts of Israel, and gather those YAHWEH, I will thank You. Though
dispersed from Judah, from the four You were angry with me, turn away
wings of the earth.6 Your anger and You shall comfort me.
13 And the envy of Ephraim shall 2 Behold, El is Y’shua*9! I will trust
turn off; and Judah's foes shall be cut and not be afraid, for my strength and
off. Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and song is Yah YAHWEH10; yea, He has
Judah shall not trouble Ephraim.7 become to me Y’shua*11.
14 But they shall fly onto the 3 And you shall draw waters out of
the wells of salvation with joy12.
1 Verse 6-9 is showing the peaceful nature 4 And in that day you shall say,
during the Millennial Kingdom.
2 Speaking of Jerusalem, Isa 2:3. 7 Since the days right after king Solomon
3 In ancient Israel there was a specific banner there has been a vexation between the
for each of the 12 tribes and this is a divided kingdom of Judah and Israel
messianic phrase showing that when the (Ephraim). This is indicating in the
Messiah is here all 12 tribes will be restored messianic age that vexation will be
once again. removed through the presence of Messiah.
4 “In that day” refers to the time period that 8 If you look at an aerial view of the Red Sea
the Messiah will be returning, and at that crossing it looks like a lip and this is stating
time Yahweh will regather Israel 2 times. Yahweh in that day will divide it into 7
One has already happened with Judah channels for the returning exiles.
getting a homeland in 1948, and there will 9 “Y'shua” = My salvation.
be a second regathering of the rest of the 10 Yahweh is a family name with the Father
remnant of the tribes of Israel in the future. being Yah Yahweh and the Son Yahshua
5 Many of these areas are where the northern Yahweh.
tribes of Israel were dispersed in 721-718 11 Yahshua, when He came to earth was the
B.C.E. exact representation of Yahweh the Father
6 The Messiah is gathering both the House of (Col 1:15, Heb 1:3) although They are not
Judah and the House of Israel. the same being They have the same spirit.
Eze 37:15-28. 12 Joh 7:38.
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Praise YAHWEH! Call on His name; 7 On account of this all hands shall
declare His doings among the peoples; droop, and every heart of man shall
make mention that His name is melt;
exalted.1 8 and they shall be afraid. Pangs and
5 Sing to YAHWEH2, for He has done sorrows shall take hold of them; they
majestically; this is known in all the shall be in pain like one giving birth;
earth. they shall be amazed, each man to his
6 Cry and shout, O dweller of Zion! neighbor; faces of flames shall be their
For great is the Holy One of Israel in faces.
your midst. 9 Behold, the day of YAHWEH
comes, cruel and with wrath and fierce
Chapter 13 anger, to lay the land waste. And He
shall destroy its sinners out of it.
1 The burden of Babylon which 10 For the stars of the heavens and
Isaiah the son of Amoz saw: their constellations shall not give light;
2 Lift up a banner3 on a bare the sun shall be darkened in its going
mountain; make the voice rise to forth, and the moon shall not reflect
them; wave the hand that they may its light. (Joe 2:10)
enter the gates of nobles. 11 And I will visit evil on the world,
3 I have commanded My holy ones; I and their iniquity on the wicked. And I
have also called My warriors for My will cause the arrogance of the proud
anger, those who rejoice in My to cease; and I will humble the pride of
Majesty. tyrants.
4 The noise of a multitude in the 12 I will make a man more rare than
mountains, as of a great people! A fine gold; even a man more than the
noise of tumult of the kingdoms of carvings of Ophir.
nations gathered together; YAHWEH 13 So I will shake the heavens, and
the earth shall move out of its place, in
of Hosts is calling up an army for the
battle. the wrath of YAHWEH of Hosts, and in
5 They come from a distant land, the day of His fierce anger. (Isa 24:1-
from the end of the heavens, YAHWEH 6)
14 And it shall be as a gazelle driven
and the weapons of His wrath, to
away, and as a sheep no one gathers;
destroy all the land.
each man shall look to his own people,
6 Howl! For the day of YAHWEH is and each one shall flee to his land.
at hand. It shall come as a destruction 15 Everyone who is found shall be
from the Almighty.4 pierced through; yea, everyone who is
swept away shall fall by the sword.
1 In the Millennial Kingdom all people will
honor the one true name of the Creator 16 And their children shall be dashed
Yahweh. in pieces before their eyes; their
2 It is commanded in Scripture to exult the houses shall be robbed, and their
name of YHWH, to sing to His name, to wives raped.
praise His name, glorify His name etc. How 17 Behold! I stir up the Medes5
could one do this without recognizing His against them, who shall not value
true name Yahweh? silver. And they shall not delight in
3 Isa 11:12.
4 This is the end time period of YHWH's 5 The Persians and the Medes are prophesied
wrath on mankind for their sin and to destroy Babylon. These nations today are
rebellion. geographically Iran and Russia.
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tomb for yourself here, as one having to them from the land of Kittim1.
cut out his tomb on high, having 2 Be silent, ones living in the coast,
carved out a home for himself in the trader of Sidon crossing the sea; they
rock? have filled you.
17 Behold, YAHWEH hurls you with 3 And by great waters, the seed of
a hurling, O man, and grasps you with Sihor and the harvest of the river Nile
a grasping. was her revenue; and she was the mart
18 Surely, He will violently whirl you of nations.
like a ball, into a land wide of hands. 4 Be ashamed, Sidon, for the sea has
You shall die there, and there are the spoken, the strength of the sea, saying,
chariots of your glory, the shame of I have not travailed, nor brought forth,
your master's house. I have not nourished young men nor
19 And I will drive you from your raised up virgins.
position, and he will pull you from 5 As the report comes to Egypt, so
your station. they shall be grieved at the report of
20 And in that day it shall be, even I Tyre.
will call to My servant Eliakim the son 6 Pass over Tarshish; howl, people of
of Hilkiah. the coast!
21 And I will clothe him with your 7 Is this your exulting city from days
robe and will fasten your sash on him. of her old age? Her own feet carry it
And I will give your authority into his far away to stay.
hand. And he shall be a father to the 8 Who has counseled this against
ones living in Jerusalem and to the Tyre, the crowning city, whose
house of Judah. merchants are rulers, whose traders
22 And the key of the house of David are the weighty of the earth?
I will lay on his shoulder, so that he 9 YAHWEH of Hosts has counseled
opens, and no one shuts; and he shuts, it, to stain the pride of all glory, to
and no one opens. (Rev 3:7) bring all the honored of the earth into
23 And I will drive him as a nail in a contempt.
sure place; and he shall be for a throne 10 Pass through your land as the
of glory to his father's house. Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is
24 And they shall hang on him all no more strength.
the glory of his father's house, the 11 He stretched His hand over the
offspring and the offshoots, all small sea; He shook kingdoms. YAHWEH
vessels, from vessels of cups even to all has made a decree against the
vessels of jars. merchant city, to destroy its forts.
25 In that day, says YAHWEH of 12 And He said, You shall rejoice no
Hosts, the nail that is driven in the more, oppressed one, virgin daughter
sure place shall be removed, and be of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Cyprus,
cut down, and fall. And the burden even there is no rest to you.
that was on it shall be cut off. 13 Behold, the land of the
YAHWEH has spoken. Chaldeans! This people did not exist!
Assyria founded it for those who live in
Chapter 23 the desert. They set up their siege
towers; they lay bare its palaces; they
1 The burden of Tyre: Howl, ships of appointed it to be a ruin.
Tarshish! For it is ruined, without 14 Howl, ships of Tarshish! For your
house, without entrance. It is revealed
1 Modern day Cyprus.
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will lay low, touch to the earth, even to 13 YAHWEH our Elohim, masters
the dust. beside You have governed us; only in
You we will mention Your name.
Chapter 26 14 Dead ones do not live; departed
spirits do not rise; because of this You
1 In that day this song shall be sung visited and destroyed them, and
in the land of Judah: Y’shua* is a caused all memory of them to perish.
strong city to us; He sets up our walls 15 You have added to the nation,
and rampart. YAHWEH; You have added to the
2 Open the gates so the righteous nation, You are glorified; You have
nation may come in, keeping extended it to the ends of the earth.
faithfulness.
16 YAHWEH, they visited You in
3 You will keep in perfect peace the
distress; they poured out a whisper;
mind stayed on You, for he trusts in
Your chastening was to them.
You.
17 As a woman with child draws near
4 Trust in YAHWEH forever, for in to bear, she writhes and cries out in
Yah YAHWEH1 is an everlasting rock. her pangs. So are we before You,
5 For He bows the dwellers on high; YAHWEH.
He lays low the lofty city; He lays it 18 We conceived; we writhe; as it
low to the ground; He makes it touch were, we gave birth to wind. We have
even to the dust. not worked salvation for the earth; and
6 The foot shall trample it, the feet of those living in the world have not
the poor, steps of the weak. fallen.
7 The path for the just is uprightness. 19 Your dead ones shall live, my
Upright One, level the track of the just. dead body, they shall rise up. Awake
8 Yea, YAHWEH, in the path of Your and sing, those that dwell in the dust 2;
judgments we awaited You; for Your for the dew of lights is your dew; and
name and for Your memory is the the earth shall cast out departed
desire of our soul. spirits.
9 With my soul I desire You in the 20 Come, My people, go in your
night; yea, with my spirit within me I rooms and shut your doors behind
diligently seek You. For when Your you. Hide for a little moment, until the
judgments are in the earth, those fury passes.3
living in the world learn righteousness. 21 For, behold, YAHWEH comes out
10 The wicked finds favor; he does of His place to visit his iniquity on
not learn righteousness; he deals those dwelling on the earth. The earth
perversely in the land of honesty, and shall also reveal her blood, and shall
does not see the majesty of YAHWEH. no more cover over her slain ones.
11 YAHWEH, Your hand is high; they
do not see; they see and are ashamed Chapter 27
of the zeal of the people. Yea, the fire
of Your foes devours them. 1 In that day YAHWEH shall visit the
12 YAHWEH, You will ordain peace sea monster, the fleeing serpent, with
for us; for also You have worked all 2 The dead are asleep in the dust awaiting the
our works for us. resurrection. 1Cor 15:50-51, 1The 4:13-17,
Job 14:10, 12-14.
1 The Father's name is Yah Yahweh. Yahweh 3 Speaking to the remnant during this time of
being a family name. tribulation to be hidden from the fury.
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His great and fierce and strong sword; by one, sons of Israel.
even on the sea monster, the twisting 13 And it shall be in that day, the
serpent; and He shall slay the monster great ram's horn shall be blown; and
that is in the sea. those perishing in the land of Assyria
2 In that day sing to it, A vineyard of and the outcasts in the land of Egypt
desire; shall come and shall worship
3 I, YAHWEH, keep it; I will water it YAHWEH in the holy mountain in
every moment, that no one punish it; I Jerusalem.
will guard it night and day.
4 Fury is not in Me. Who will give Chapter 28
Me briers and thorns in the battle? I
will step through it; I would burn it at 1 Woe to the crown of pride of the
once. drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious
5 Or will he lay hold of My strength beauty is a fading flower on the head
that he may make peace with Me? Let of the fat valley of those who are
him make peace with Me. overcome with wine!
6 Those coming in shall take root; 2 Behold, might and strength are to
Jacob shall blossom and Israel shall YAHWEH; like a hailstorm, a
bud, and they will fill the face of the destroying storm; like a storm of
world with fruit. mighty waters overflowing; He sets
7 As the striking of His striker, did down to the earth with His hand.
He strike him? Or as the slaying of His 3 The crown of pride of the
slain, is he slain? drunkards of Ephraim shall be
8 You will contend with her by trampled down by His feet.
driving her away, by sending her away. 4 And the glorious beauty which is
He shall take away by His harsh wind, on the head of the fat valley shall be a
in the day of the east wind. fading flower, like the first ripe fig
9 By this, then, the iniquity of Jacob before summer which the seeing one
will be covered, and this is all the fruit, sees; while it is yet in his hand, he
to take away his sin; when he makes swallows it.
all the stones of the altar as chalk- 5 In that day YAHWEH of Hosts shall
stones that are beaten in pieces; become a crown of splendor and a
Asherahs and sun pillars shall not rise. crown of beauty to the rest of His
10 For the fortified city shall be people,
lonely, a forsaken pasture, and left like 6 and a spirit of justice to him who
a wilderness. The calf shall feed there, sits on the judgment seat; and for
and he shall lie there, and eat up its might to those turning back the battle
branches. toward the gate.
11 When its boughs dry up, they are 7 But they also have gone astray by
broken off. Women shall come and wine, and have erred through liquor;
kindle them, for it is a people with no priest and prophet have erred through
understanding. On account of this His fermented drink; they have been
Maker shall not pity him, and His swallowed by wine; they strayed from
Former will not show him grace. liquor; they err in vision; they stumble
12 And it shall be in that day, in judgment;
YAHWEH shall thresh from the 8 for all tables are full of vomit and
channel of the River to the torrent of filth, without a clean place.
Egypt; and you shall be gathered one 9 To whom shall He teach
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knowledge? And to whom shall He the hail shall sweep away the refuge of
explain the message? Those weaned the lie; and the waters shall overflow
from milk, those moving from breasts? the hiding place.
10 For precept must be on precept, 18 And your covenant with death
precept on precept; line on line, line shall be atoned for; and your vision
on line; here a little, there a little.1 with Sheol shall not rise up. When the
11 For with stammering lip and overwhelming whip passes through,
another language, He will speak to this then you shall be for a trampling to it.
people;2 19 As often as it passes, it shall take
12 to whom He said, This is the rest; you; for morning by morning it shall
cause the weary to rest. Also, This is pass; and by day and by night, it shall
the repose. But they willed not to hear. only be a terror to understand the
13 Yet the Word of YAHWEH was to message.
them, precept on precept, precept on 20 For the bed is shorter than one
precept; line on line, line on line; here can stretch himself on; and the cover
a little, there a little; that they might is narrower than one can wrap himself
go, and stumble, and be broken, and in.
snared, and taken. 21 For YAHWEH shall rise up, as at
14 Therefore hear the Word of Mount Perazim; He shall be stirred as
YAHWEH, scornful men, rulers of this in the Gibeon Valley; to do His work,
people in Jerusalem. His strange work; and to perform His
15 Because you have said, We have task, His foreign task.
cut a covenant with death; and, We 22 So, then, do not be mockers, that
have made a vision with Sheol, when your bonds not be made strong. For I
the overwhelming rod passes through have heard from Adonai YAHWEH of
it will not come to us for we have made Hosts that a full end is decreed on all
the lie our refuge, and we have hidden the earth.4
in falsehood. 23 Listen and hear My voice; pay
16 So, Adonai YAHWEH says this: attention and hear My Word:
Behold, I place in Zion a Stone for a 24 Does the plowman plow all day to
foundation, a tried Stone, a precious sow? Does he open and break the
Cornerstone, a sure Foundation;3 he clods of his ground?
who believes shall not hurry. 25 When he has leveled its surface,
17 And I will lay justice for a line, does he not strew black cummin, and
and righteousness for a plummet; and scatter cummin, and place wheat in
rows, and barley in its place, and spelt
1 There is no private interpretation to in its border?
Scripture (2Pet 1:20), but you must go from
26 And He instructs him for the
scripture to scripture and let the Bible
interpret itself. right; his Elohim teaches him.
2 All throughout Scripture Yahweh spoke to 27 For black cummin is not threshed
Israel through His servants who spoke with the sledge; nor is a cartwheel
Hebrew or Aramaic, a close dialect of turned on cummin. But black cummin
Hebrew. However, this prophecy is saying is beaten out with the staff, and
to Ephraim they will be taught by non- cummin with the rod.
Hebrew speaking people showing this is 28 Bread is crushed, but not always
due to their Diaspora and the penalty of does one thresh it with threshing; and
losing the language, due to their rejection of
Torah and dispersion from the land. 4 Speaking of the “day of YHWH” and His
3 Speaking of Messiah. wrath in the end time.
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11 You shall conceive chaff; you shall be pulled up forever, nor shall any of
bear stubble1; your fiery breath shall its cords be pulled off.
devour you. 21 But majestic YAHWEH will place
12 And peoples shall be as burnings there for us a place of rivers and
of lime; as thorns cut away, they shall streams, broad on both hands; a ship
be burned in fire. with oars shall not go in it, and a
13 Distant ones, hear what I have majestic boat shall not pass through it.
done; and you near ones, know My 22 For YAHWEH is our judge;
might.
YAHWEH is our lawgiver; YAHWEH is
14 The sinners of Zion are afraid;
our king; He will save us.
terror has seized profane ones2; who of
23 Your ropes are loosened; they do
us shall tarry with consuming fire?
not hold the base of their mast; they
Who of us shall tarry with everlasting
could not spread the sail. Then the
burnings3?
prey of much plunder shall be divided;
15 He who walks righteously and
the lame shall seize on the spoil.
speaks uprightly; he who despises the
24 And an inhabitant shall not say, I
gain of oppressions, who shakes his
am sick; the people who live in it;
hands free from taking the bribe, who
iniquity is taken away.
stops his ear from hearing of blood,
and shuts his eyes from looking at
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evil.4
16 He shall live on high; strongholds
1 Nations, come near to hear; and
of rocks will be his retreat; his bread
peoples, listen! Let the earth hear, and
shall be given; his waters are faithful.
its fullness, the world and all its
17 Your eyes shall see the king in his
offspring.
beauty; they shall see a land that is
very far off. 2 For the wrath of YAHWEH is on all
18 Your heart shall ponder terror: the nations, and fury on all their army;
Where is he counting? Where is he He has devoted them; He gave them to
weighing? Where is he counting the slaughter.
towers? 3 And their slain shall be thrown out;
19 You shall not see the fierce and the stench from their carcasses
people, from hearing a people of a shall go up; and the mountains shall
deep lip, of a foreign tongue, that none be melted with their blood.
understands. 4 And all the host of the heavens
20 Behold, Zion, the city of our Holy shall be dissolved, and the heavens
Day meetings! Your eyes shall see shall be rolled together like a scroll.
Jerusalem, a quiet home, a tent that Then all their host shall droop, as a
shall not be moved; its stakes shall not leaf drooping from the vine, and as the
drooping from a fig tree.
1 Compare this barren forecast to the blessing 5 For My sword is drenched in the
of Isa 32:20. heavens. Behold, it shall come down
2 The righteous who keep the Torah of on Edom, and on the people of My
YHWH are blessed but the sinners are curse, for judgment.
afraid when the wrath of YHWH comes,
6 A sword is to YAHWEH; it is filled
Mat 7:21-23.
3 Heb 10:26-32. with blood; it is made fat with fatness,
4 Whatever you focus on is most real to you with the blood of lambs and goats,
and a true believer is not to look upon evil. with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For
Pro 20:8.
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YAHWEH has a sacrifice in Bozrah, them, and His hand divided it to them
and a great slaughter in the land of by line. They shall possess it until
Edom. (Isa 63:1-6) forever, from generation to generation
7 And wild oxen shall come down they shall live in it.
with them, and bulls with strong bulls;
and their land is drenched with blood, Chapter 35
and their dust made fat with fatness.
8 For the day of vengeance is to 1 The wilderness and dry land shall
YAHWEH1, the year of repayments for rejoice for them; and the desert shall
Zion's cause. exult and bloom like the crocus.
9 And its torrents shall be turned to 2 Surely, it shall bloom and exult,
pitch, and its dust to brimstone; and even with joy and singing. Lebanon's
its land shall become burning pitch. glory shall be given to it, the honor of
10 It shall not be put out night or Carmel and Sharon; they shall see the
day; its smoke shall go up forever. glory of YAHWEH, the majesty of our
From generation to generation, it shall Elohim.2
lie waste; no one shall pass through it 3 Make the weak hands strong, and
forever and forever. firm up the stumbling knees.
11 But the owl and the hedgehog 4 Say to those of a hasty heart, Be
shall possess it; and the eared owl and strong! Do not fear! Behold, your
the raven shall live in it. And He shall Elohim will come with vengeance;
stretch out on it the line of shame, and with the full dealing of Elohim, He will
the stones of emptiness. come (Y’shua*) and save you.
12 They shall call its nobles to a 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be
kingdom, but none shall be there; and opened, and the ears of the deaf
all her rulers shall be nothing. opened.
13 And thorns shall grow in her 6 Then the lame shall leap like a
palaces, nettles and thistles in its deer, and the tongue of the dumb shall
fortresses; and it shall be a home for sing3. For waters shall break out in the
jackals, a court for daughters of wilderness, and streams in the desert4.
ostriches. 7 And the mirage shall become a
14 The desert creatures shall also pool, and the thirsty land shall become
meet with the howlers; and the shaggy springs of waters, in the home of
goat shall cry to his fellow. The screech jackals, in its lair, and a place for the
owl shall also settle there, and find a reed and rush.
place of rest for herself. 8 And a highway shall be there, and
15 The snake shall nest there, and
2 Showing the glory in the kingdom given to
shall lay, and hatch, and shall gather
YHWH even by His creation and nature.
in her shadow. Vultures shall also be 3 In the Kingdom there will be total healing
gathered together, each with its mate. to sickness and as a sign that He was the
16 Search and read from the Book of Messiah and King of that Kingdom,
YAHWEH; not one of these misses, Yahshua opened the eyes of the blind and
each not lacking her mate; for He has healed the deaf and the lame fulfilling this
commanded my mouth, and by His scripture.
Spirit He has assembled them. 4 Over the last 20 yrs in the southern Israeli
17 And He has made fall a lot for desert, from artesian underground wells,
this scripture has literally come to past and
1 Yahweh's wrath on the earth is called “The there is much vegetation now growing in
Day of YHWH” in Scripture. the desert.
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a way, and it shall be called, The Way 7 But if you say to me, We trust in
of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass YAHWEH our Elohim; is it not He
over it1. And it is for them, the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah
going in the way; yea, fools shall not has removed? And He said to Judah
go astray. and Jerusalem, You shall worship
9 No lion shall be there; and no before this altar. (2Kgs 18:1-5)
violent beast shall go up on it; it shall 8 Now, then, please exchange
not be found there. But redeemed ones pledges with my master the king of
shall walk there. Assyria, and I will give you two
10 And the ransomed of YAHWEH thousand horses, if you are able to set
shall return and enter Zion, with riders on them for you.
singing and everlasting joy on their 9 How then will you turn away the
head; gladness and joy shall reach face of one commander of the least of
them; and sorrow and sighing shall my master's servants, and put your
flee. (Rev 21:4, Isa 51:11) trust in Egypt for chariotry and
horsemen?
Chapter 36 10 And now have I come up against
this land to destroy it without
1 And it happened in the fourteenth YAHWEH? YAHWEH said to me, Go
year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, up to this land and destroy it.
king of Assyria, came against all the 11 And Eliakim and Shebna and Joah
fortified cities of Judah, and took said to the chief of the cupbearers,
them. Please speak to your servants in
2 And the king of Assyria sent the Aramaic, for we hear. But do not speak
chief of the cupbearers from Lachish to us in Judean, in the ears of the
to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a people on the wall.
great army. And he stood by the 12 But the chief of the cupbearers
conduit of the upper pool, in the said, Has my master sent me to your
highway of the Fuller's Field. master and to you to speak these
3 And Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, who words? Is it not on the men who sit on
was over the house, and Shebna the the wall, to eat their own dung, and to
scribe, and Asaph's son Joah, the drink the water of their feet with you?
recorder, came out to him. 13 And the chief of the cupbearers
4 And the chief of the cupbearers stood and cried with a loud voice in
said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Judean, and said, Hear the words of
The great king says this, the king of the great king, the king of Assyria.
Assyria, What trust is this in which 14 So says the king, Do not let
you trust? Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not
5 I say, Are only words of the lips be able to save you.
counsel and strength for war? Now, in 15 And let not Hezekiah make you
whom have you trusted that you trust in YAHWEH, saying, YAHWEH
rebelled against me? saving will save us; this city shall not
6 Behold, you trust on the staff of be given into the hand of the king of
this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a Assyria.
man leans on it, it goes into his hand 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah. For the
and pierces it; so is Pharaoh king of king of Assyria says this, Make peace
Egypt to all who trust in him. with me and come out to me. Then let
each eat of his own vine, and each of
1 Heb 12:14.
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his own fig tree, and each drink the will hear the words of the chief of the
waters of his own well, cupbearers whom his master the king
17 until I come and take you to a of Assyria has sent to reproach the
land like your own land, a land of living Elohim, and rebuke against the
grain and new wine, a land of bread words which YAHWEH your Elohim
and vineyards. has heard. And you shall lift up prayer
18 Let not Hezekiah persuade you, for the remnant that is found.
saying, YAHWEH will deliver us. Have 5 So the servants of King Hezekiah
the gods of the nations delivered a came to Isaiah.
man of his land from the king of 6 And Isaiah said to them, You shall
Assyria's hand? say this to your master, So says
19 Where are the gods of Hamath, YAHWEH: Do not fear the words
and Arpad? Where are the gods of which you have heard, with which the
Sepharvaim? And when have they followers of the king of Assyria have
delivered Samaria out of my hand? blasphemed Me
20 Who among all the gods of these 7 Behold, I am giving into him a
lands has delivered their land out of spirit, and he shall hear a rumor, and
my hand, that YAHWEH should keep return to his own land. And I will
Jerusalem out of my hand? cause him to fall by the sword in his
21 But they were silent, and did not own land.
answer him a word; for this was the 8 So the chief of the cupbearers
king's order, saying, Do not answer returned and found the king of Assyria
him. warring against Libnah1; for he had
22 And Eliakim, Hilkiah's son who heard that he had pulled up stakes
was over the house, and Shebna the from Lachish.
scribe, and Asaph's son Joah, the 9 And he heard about Tirhakah the
recorder, came to Hezekiah with their king of Ethiopia, saying, He has come
garments torn. And they reported to out to fight with you. And he heard
him the words of the chief of and sent messengers to Hezekiah,
cupbearers. saying,
10 So you shall say to Hezekiah, king
Chapter 37 of Judah, saying, Do not let your
Elohim in whom you trust deceive you,
1 And it happened when King saying, Jerusalem shall not be given
Hezekiah heard, he tore his garments into the king of Assyria's hand.
and was covered with sackcloth. And 11 Behold, you have heard what the
he went into the house of YAHWEH. kings of Assyria have done to all lands,
2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over to destroy them utterly. And shall you
the house, and Shebna the scribe, and be delivered?
the elders of the priests, covered with 12 Have the gods of the nations
sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the saved those whom my fathers have
son of Amoz. destroyed, Gozan and Haran, and
3 And they said to him, So says Rezeph, and the sons of Eden in
Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, Telassar2?
and reproach, and contempt. For sons 13 Where is Hamath's king, and
have come to the breach and there is Arpad's king, and the king of the city
no strength to give birth.
1 1Chr 6:57.
4 It may be YAHWEH your Elohim 2 These cities were in Mesopotamia.
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1 This is referring to the captives returning 2 From Biblical times the Bible revealed that
from Babylon. Isa 52:11-12. the earth was round.
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look: Who has created these? Who (Aleph/Tav) and the last; I am He2.
brings out their host by number? By 5 The coasts have seen and fear; the
greatness of vigor, and might of power, ends of the earth tremble; they have
He calls them all by names; not one is drawn near; yea, they come.
lacking. 6 Each man helps his neighbor, and
27 Why will you say, O Jacob, and says to his brother, Be strong.
speak, O Israel; My way is hidden from 7 So the carver strengthens the
YAHWEH, and my judgment is passed refiner; and he smoothing with the
over by my Elohim? hammer, him who struck the anvil,
28 Have you not known? Have you saying of the soldering, It is good. And
not heard? YAHWEH, the everlasting he made it strong with nails; it will not
Elohim, the Creator of the ends of the totter.
earth; He is not faint, nor does He 8 But you Israel are My servant,
grow weary; there is no searching to Jacob whom I have elected; the seed of
His understanding. My friend Abraham3;
29 He gives power to the faint, and 9 whom I have made strong from the
to him with no vigor He increases ends of the earth, and called you from
might. its sides; and I said to you, You are My
30 Even youths are faint and servant. I chose you, and have not
fatigued, and young men stumbling rejected you.
shall stumble; 10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do
not gaze about, for I am your Elohim; I
31 but the ones waiting for YAHWEH
will make you strong; yea, I will help
shall renew1 power; they shall go up
you; yes, I will uphold you with the
with wings as the eagles; they shall run
right hand of My righteousness.
and not be weary; they shall walk and
11 Behold, they all shall be
not be faint!
humiliated, all who are provoked with
you; they shall be as nothing; men who
Chapter 41 contend with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them and shall not
1 Be quiet before Me, O coasts; and find them; men of your strife shall be
let peoples renew their power. They as nothing, even men of your battle as
come near; then they speak: Let us ceasing.
draw near together for judgment.
13 For I, YAHWEH your Elohim am
2 Who raised up the righteous one
strengthening your right hand, who
from the east? He called him to His
says to you, Do not fear I will help you.
foot; He gives nations before him, and
14 Fear not, worm of Jacob, men of
subdues kings; He gives them as dust
Israel; I will help you, states
to his sword, as driven stubble to his
bow; YAHWEH, and your Redeemer4, the
3 He pursues them; he passes on in Holy One of Israel.
peace; he does not go by the way with 2 Rev 21:6.
his feet. 3 Abraham is called friend of YHWH,
4 Who has planned and done it, Ja 2:21-23.
calling forth the generations from the 4 'Redeemer' This word means someone who
is an obligated family protectorate, who
beginning? I YAHWEH am the first
redeems lost land, and is showing that
YHWH is the family leader and
1 This is an exchange of power from physical protectorate of Israel and the one who will
to Yahweh's power. restore their heritage.
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15 Behold! I have made you a new 25 I have raised up one from the
sharp threshing sledge1, a master of north; and he shall come from the
teeth; you shall thresh mountains and east; he will call on My name. And he
beat them small, and shall make hills shall come upon rulers as on mortar,
like the chaff. and as a potter tramples clay.
16 You shall winnow them, and the 26 Who has declared from the
wind will carry them away, and the beginning, that we may know; and
tempest will scatter them. And you before, that we may say, He is right?
shall rejoice in YAHWEH; you shall Yea, no one declares; yea, no one
glory in the Holy One of Israel. proclaims; yea, there is no one who
17 The poor and the needy seek hears your words.
water, and there is none; their tongue 27 At first to Zion, I say, Behold!
is parched for thirst. I, YAHWEH will Behold them! And I will give to
hear them; the Elohim of Israel will Jerusalem one proclaiming good news.
not leave them. 28 But I saw, and there was not a
18 I will open rivers in bare places, man; and of these, there was not a
and fountains in the midst of valleys; I counselor, that I may ask them, and
will make the desert for a pool of they could return a word.
water, and the dry land springs of 29 Behold, they are all evil; their
water. works are nothing; their images are
19 I will plant cedar in the wind and vanity.
wilderness, acacia, and myrtle, and the
oil tree; I will set fir, pine and Chapter 42
boxwood together in the desert;
20 so that they may see, and know, 1 Behold My Servant; I will support
and set up, and understand together, Him; My Elect in whom My soul
delights2! I have put My Spirit on Him;
that the hand of YAHWEH has done
He shall bring forth justice to the
this; and the Holy One of Israel has
nations.3
created it.
2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor
21 Bring your cause, says YAHWEH; cause His voice to be heard in the
let your strong reasons come near, street4.
says the King of Jacob. 3 A bruised reed He shall not break,
22 Let them draw near and tell us and a smoking wick He shall not
what shall happen; the former things, quench5; He shall bring forth justice to
let them reveal what they are, that we truth.
may set our heart and know their end; 4 He shall not fail nor be crushed
or declare to us the coming things.
23 Reveal the near things hereafter, 2 From this point of Isaiah until the end of the
so that we may know that you are book it becomes about the Messiah of Israel
Elohim. Yea, do good, or do evil, that and the millennial rule of the Kingdom of
we may gaze and see together. YHWH.
24 Behold, you are of nothing; and 3 Whereas before when speaking about the
your work of nothing; he who chooses promised messiah it referred to the
you is an abomination. redemption of the nation, now it becomes
broader that the Messiah would be the
1 A threshing sledge had sharp stones, and redeemer of all mankind.
metal on the bottom to crush the grain. 4 The Messiah would not be a street preacher
YHWH is metaphorically stating that they looking for followers but people would be
will have much new grain and food. coming to hear Him.
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until He has set justice in the earth; warrior; and He shall stir up His zeal
and the coasts shall wait for His like a man of war; He shall shout, yea,
Torah1. roar; He shall act mightily on His
5 So says YAHWEH The El, creating enemies.
the heavens and stretching them out; 14 I have forever kept silence; I have
spreading out the earth and its been quiet and refrained Myself; I will
offspring, giving breath to the people groan like a woman in travail; I will
on it, and spirit to those walking in it. pant and gasp at once.
6 I, YAHWEH, have called You in 15 I will make mountains and hills
righteousness2, and will hold Your become a waste, and dry up all their
hand, and will keep You, and give You plants. And I will make the rivers
for a covenant of the people, for a coastlands, and I will dry up pools.
Light of the nations; 16 And I will make the blind go by a
7 to open blind eyes, to lead out the way that they did not know. I will
prisoner from the prison; those who make them go in paths they never
sit in darkness from the prison3. knew. I will make darkness go into
light before them, and crooked places
8 I am YAHWEH; that is My name;
a level place. I do these things to them
and I will not give My glory to another,
and do not forsake them;
nor My praise to engraved images.4
17 they are turned back; they are
9 Behold, the former things have
ashamed with shame, those trusting in
come to pass, and I declare new things
the carved image, who say to cast
before they happen, I cause you to
images, You are our gods.
hear.
18 O deaf ones, hear! And O blind
10 Sing a new song to YAHWEH; His ones, look to see!
praise from the end of the earth, you 19 Who is blind but My servant? Or
who go to sea, and all that is in it; the deaf, as My messenger whom I send?
coasts and their people. Who is blind as he who is at peace, and
11 Let the wilderness and its cities blind as the servant of YAHWEH?5
lift up, the villages where Kedar lives.
20 You see many things, but do not
Let those dwelling in the rock sing; let
observe; your ears are open, but not
them shout from the top of the
any hears.6
mountains.
21 YAHWEH is delighted for His
12 They give glory to YAHWEH and
righteousness' sake; He will magnify
declare His praise in the coastlands.
the Torah and make it honorable.7
13 YAHWEH shall go out as a mighty 22 But it is a people robbed and
spoiled; they shall all be snared in
5 This shows the tenderness of the Messiah,
holes; they were hidden in prison
as He is careful not to break or lose the
littlest part, Joh 6:10-12. houses. They were for spoil, and no
1 The Messiah will uphold the Torah, one delivers; a prey, and no one says,
Mat 5:17. 5 He has one purpose and vision to serve
2 Yahweh the Father had called His servant YHWH and fulfill His will, but He has no
personally and clearly they are not the same vision to anything else, His only trust is in
being, although He will come in the YHWH. Isa 50:4, Psa 38:12-15, Jer 5:21.
authority of His Father. 6 Showing He is not speaking about
3 Referring to the darkness that each human physically being deaf and blind in verse 19.
being sits in due to their sins. 7 Far be it from doing away with the Torah,
4 The Creator (named Yahweh) will not give the Messiah will bring the spiritual intent,
the glory of His name to pagan deities. Mat 5:17-18.
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do not profit; and they are their own discernment to say, I have burned half
witnesses. They do not see, nor know, of it in the fire; and I also have baked
that they may be ashamed. bread on its coals. I have roasted flesh
10 Who has formed an El, or poured and have eaten it; and I have made the
out an image to no profit? rest of it into an idol. Shall I bow to a
11 Behold, all his companions shall product of a tree?2
be ashamed; and the craftsmen, they 20 Feeding on ashes, a deceived
are from men. They shall assemble, all heart turns him aside, and he does not
of them shall stand; they shall dread; deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a
they shall be shamed together. lie in my right hand?
12 He carves iron with a tool; he 21 Remember these, O Jacob, and
works in the coals and forms it with Israel. For you are My servant; I have
hammers, and works it with his formed you; you are My servant, O
powerful arm; then he is hungry, and Israel; you shall not forget Me.
has no strength; he drinks no water 22 I have blotted out your
and is weary.1 transgressions like a thick cloud; and
13 The carpenter fashions the wood, your sins like a cloud. Return to Me,
and stretches a line; he marks it with a for I have redeemed you.
chisel; he shapes it with a carving tool, 23 Sing, O heavens, for YAHWEH
and he marks it with a compass. And has done it. Shout, O lower parts of the
he makes it according to the figure of a earth; burst forth into praise, O
man, as the beauty of a man, to sit in mountains. O forest and every tree in
the house. it, sing praise, because YAHWEH has
14 He cuts down cedars and takes redeemed Jacob, and He glorifies
cypress and oak, and he makes the Himself in Israel.
trees of the forest strong for him. He
24 So says YAHWEH, your
plants a tree, and rain makes it grow.
Redeemer and your Former from the
15 And it shall be for a man to burn;
yea, he takes of them and is warmed; womb; I am YAHWEH who makes all
and he kindles it and bakes bread. Yea, things; stretching out the heavens,
he makes a god and worships; he Everything comes from me, even
makes a carved image and bows to it. spreading out the earth. Who was with
16 He burns half of it in the fire; he Me? (Isa 48:16, Pro 30:4)
eats flesh on half of it; he roasts roast, 25 Frustrating the signs of liars; yea,
and is satisfied. Then he warms He makes divining ones mad, turning
himself and says, Ah, I am warm; I wise ones backward, and making their
have seen the fire. knowledge foolish.
17 And he makes a god of the rest, 26 He confirms the word of His
his carved image; he bows to it and servant, and completes the counsel of
worships, and prays to it, and says, His messengers. He says to Jerusalem,
Deliver me, for you are my El. You will be filled; and to the cities of
18 They do not know nor discern; for Judah, You shall be built; and, I will
He has smeared their eyes from raise up its ruins.
seeing, their hearts from 27 He says to the deep, Be a waste!
understanding. And I will dry up your rivers!
19 And not one turns back to his 28 He says to Cyrus, You are My
heart, nor has knowledge nor shepherd; and he shall complete all
2 If one would just think of the process in
1 Showing how fruitless it is to make an idol. creating an idol it is most ridiculous.
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My pleasure, even for Me to say to will clothe you, though you do not
Jerusalem, You are built; and to the know Me,
temple, your foundation shall be laid.1 6 that they may know from the rising
of the sun, and to its going down, that
Chapter 45 there is none besides Me; I am
YAHWEH, and there is none else;4
1 So says YAHWEH to His anointed, 7 forming light, and creating
to Cyrus, whom I have seized by his darkness; making peace, and creating
right hand, to subdue nations before evil. I, YAHWEH, do all these things.5
him. Yea, I will open the loins of kings, 8 Drop down from above, O heavens;
to open the two leaved doors before and let the clouds pour down
him, and the gates shall not be shut.2 righteousness. Let the earth open and
2 I will go before you and make hills let Y'shua* bear fruit; and let
level; I will tear apart the copper righteousness spring up together. I,
doors, and cut the iron bars in two. YAHWEH have created it.
3 And I will give you the treasures of 9 Woe to him who fights with the
darkness, even riches in secret places, One who formed him! A potsherd
that you may know that I am among the potsherds of the earth!
YAHWEH, who calls you by your Shall the clay say to its former, What
name, the Elohim of Israel. are you making? Or does your work
4 For My servant Jacob's sake, and say, He has no hands?
for Israel My elect, I even call you by 10 Woe to him who says to a father,
your name. I name you, but you do not What are you fathering? Or to the
know Me.3 woman, What are you laboring over?
5 I am YAHWEH, and there is none 11 So says YAHWEH, the Holy One of
else; there is no Elohim except Me. I Israel, and the One who formed him,
1 This is a most amazing prophecy written Do you ask Me of the things to come?
about King Cyrus of Persia more than 200 Do you give command to Me about My
years before his birth, stating that he would sons, and about the work of My
be a servant of YHWH. It states that he hands?
would allow the rebuilding of Jerusalem 12 I have made the earth, and
after the destruction by the Babylonians created man on it. I stretched out the
exactly as he did. He was so amazed that
the one true Elohim named him 200 yrs 4 In Hebrew, this verse means that all life
before his birth that he gave a royal decree comes from YHWH, there is no other
to help with gold, money and even a royal source of life but Him, but does not mean
escort to go back and rebuild the sanctuary that He is alone in the vast universe as we
of YHWH. know that He had Yahshua with Him at
2 When King Cyrus overtook Babylon they creation (Gen 1:1, 26, Ecc 12:1, Isa 48:16,
diverted the great River that ran under the Pro 30:4, Joh 1:1-5) and also there were
wall and then went under the wall in the dry cherubs and other elders in Heaven,
river bed and opened the 2 great doors of Rev 4:4.
Babylon, exactly as the prophecy predicts. 5 Darkness is simply the absence of light, so
Dan 4:7, Ezr 1:1-7. by creating light, you give the possibility
3 Although YHWH named Cyrus by name for darkness. In the same way evil is simply
before birth and Cyrus carried out the will the absence of peace, so by creating peace
of YHWH, according to Scripture, Cyrus you give the ability for evil in its absence,
never turned to YHWH from his false, but YHWH does not make the evil itself, it
pagan, deities and never personally knew is simply a by product from the rejection of
YHWH. Him and His Torah.
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heavens with My hands; and I have set ones who pray to an El who is not
all their host in order. Y’shua*; they know nothing.
13 I raised him up in righteousness, 21 Declare and bring near; yea, let
and have made straight all his ways. them consult together. Who has
He shall build My city, and he will revealed this of old; who has told it
release My captives; not for price, nor from then? Is it not I, YAHWEH? And
for reward, says YAHWEH of Hosts. there is no Elohim other than Me; a
14 So says YAHWEH, The labor of just El and a Savior; compared to Me
Egypt, and the goods of Ethiopia, and they are nothing.
of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall 22 Turn to Me and be saved, all the
come to you; and they shall be yours. ends of the earth; for I am El, and
They shall come after you; they shall besides Me there is nothing else.2
cross in chains; and they shall bow to 23 I have sworn by Myself, the Word
you; they shall plead to you. Surely El has gone out of My mouth in
is in you, and there is none else, no righteousness, and shall not return,
other Elohim. that to Me every knee shall bow, every
15 Truly, You are a El who hides tongue shall swear.3
Himself, O Elohim of Israel, the 24 He shall say, Only in YAHWEH
Savior. do I have righteousness and strength;
16 They shall be ashamed, and also to Him he comes; and they are
are disgraced, all of them. Together ashamed, all who are angry with Him.
they go into disgrace, carvers of 25 In YAHWEH all of the seed of
images. Israel shall be justified, and shall
17 Israel is saved in YAHWEH with glory.
everlasting salvation (Y’shua*). You
shall not be ashamed nor disgraced to Chapter 46
the forevers of eternity.
18 For so says YAHWEH, Creator of 1 Bel has bowed; Nebo stoops; their
the heavens; He is The Elohim, idols are for the beast, and for the
forming the earth and making it; He cattle; your things carried are loads; a
makes it stand, not creating it empty1, burden for the weary.
but forming it to be lived in. I am 2 They stoop; they bow together;
YAHWEH, and compared to Me there they are not able to deliver the burden;
is none else. (Deu 4:35) and their soul has gone into captivity.
19 I have not spoken in secret, in a 3 Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
dark place of the earth. I did not say to and all the remnant of the house of
Jacob's seed, Seek Me in vain. I Israel; who are borne from the belly,
who are lifted from the womb:
YAHWEH speak righteousness,
4 Even to old age I am He; and I will
declaring right things.
bear to gray hair; I made, and I will
20 Gather yourselves and come;
carry; and I will bear and deliver.
draw near together, escaped ones of
5 To whom will you compare and
the nations; the ones who set up the
wood of their carved image, and the 2 The comparisons are always to false deities
1 Empty - This Hebrew word from Gen 1:2, not to His heavenly Kingdom nor His Son
does not mean that the original earth was who reigns at His right hand under Him.
not created void or empty as it states, but Psa 110:1, 1Pet 3:22, Heb 1:3, Heb 8:1, Heb
that it was made with the intent to be 10:10-13, Heb 12:2, Act 2:33, Act 7:55-56.
created and inhabited. 3 Rom 14:11, Phi 2:10.
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earth, and My right hand has stretched open the rock and the water gushed
out the heavens1; I called to them, they out.
stood up together. 22 There is no peace, says YAHWEH,
14 All of you gather and hear: Who to the wicked.
among them has declared these
things? YAHWEH has loved him2. He Chapter 49
will do His pleasure on Babylon; yea,
His arm shall be on the Chaldeans. 1 Hear Me, coastlands, and you
15 I, I have spoken; yea, I have called people from afar, and prick up your
him, I brought him, and he causes his ear, YAHWEH called Me from the
way to prosper.3 womb; He mentioned My name from
16 Come near to Me; hear this: I My mother's belly.5
have not spoken in secret from the 2 And He made My mouth like a
beginning. From its existence, I was sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow
there; and now Adonai YAHWEH, and of His hand, and made Me a polished
His Spirit, has sent Me.4 arrow; He hid Me in His quiver;
17 So says YAHWEH, your 3 and said to Me, You are My servant
Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I to Israel, You in whom I shall be
am YAHWEH your Elohim, who glorified.
teaches you to profit, who leads you in 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain;
the way you should go. I have spent My strength for nothing,
18 Oh that you had listened to My and in vain; yet surely My judgment is
commandments! Then your peace with YAHWEH, and My work with My
would have been like the river, and Elohim.
your righteousness like the waves of 5 And now, says YAHWEH who
the sea. formed Me from the womb to be His
19 And your seed would have been servant, to bring Jacob back to Him:
like the sand, and your offspring of Though Israel is not gathered, yet I am
your bowels like its grain; his name honored in the eye of YAHWEH, and
would not have been cut off nor My Elohim is My strength6.
destroyed from My presence. 6 And He said, It is too little that You
20 Go out of Babylon; flee from the should be My servant to raise up the
Chaldeans. Tell this with the voice of tribes of Jacob, and to restore the
rejoicing; let this be heard, let it go out preserved ones of Israel; I will also
to the end of the earth; say, YAHWEH give You, my Y’shua*, to be for a light
has redeemed His servant Jacob
21 And they did not thirst; He led
them in the deserts; He made waters 5 Just as YHWH named the pagan king Cyrus
flow out of rock for them. And He cut to fulfill His will with allowing Israel to
return after the Babylonian exile, the
1 Yahshua is the right hand of YHWH, Messiah is also called by name by
Isa 63:1-5, Isa 59:16, Psa 110:1-5. YAHWEH and He will bring the Israelites
2 Speaking of the Messiah who was with Him back to the land a second time at His return.
at creation. Gen 1:1, 26, Joh 1:1-4. Isa 11:13, Eze 37:15-28, Exo 23:21,
3 Yah Yahweh the Father speaking here. Mat 1:21, Act 4:12.
4 Yahshua Yahweh the Son answering in this 6 Even though Israel would have to wait for
verse and clearly showing the duality of the their redemption till the latter days, the
one Yahweh family at Creation. Ecc 12:1, Servant of YHWH is still honored
Isa 54:5, Psa 149:2, Isa 44:24. throughout the earth until that time.
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sons in the bosom, and your daughters away for your trespasses.
shall be carried on the shoulder. 2 Who knows why I have come, and
23 And kings shall be supporting no one is here? I called, and not one
you, and their princesses your nurses. answered. Is My hand truly cut short
They shall bow to you, faces down to from ransom? Or is there not power in
the earth, and lick up the dust of your Me to deliver? Behold, at My rebuke I
feet. And you shall know that I am dry up the sea; I make rivers a
YAHWEH, by whom they who wait for wilderness; their fish stink because of
Me shall not be ashamed. no water, and die in thirst.
24 Shall the plunder be taken from 3 I clothe the heavens with
the warrior, or the righteous captive blackness, and sackcloth makes their
escape? covering.
25 But so says YAHWEH, Even the 4 Adonai YAHWEH has given to Me
captives of the warrior shall be taken, the tongue of learned ones, to know to
and the plunder of the terrifying ones help the weary with a word. He
shall be delivered. For I will strive with awakens me in the morning; He
him who contends with you; and I will wakens the ear to Me, to hear as the
save your sons. learned.
26 And those who oppress you, I will 5 Adonai YAHWEH has opened My
feed with their own flesh: and they ear and I did not rebel; I did not turn
shall be drunk by their own blood, as away backwards.
with fresh wine. And all flesh shall 6 I gave My back to strikers, and My
know that I am YAHWEH, and your cheeks to them that plucked off the
Savior (Y’shua*), the Kinsman hair; I did not hide My face from
Redeemer1, the Mighty One of Jacob. shame and spitting.3
7 And Adonai YAHWEH will help
Chapter 50 Me. On account of this I was not
ashamed. On account of this I set My
1 So says YAHWEH, Where is the face like flint, and I know that I shall
writing of the severing of your not be ashamed.
mother's matrimonial bond, whom I 8 My Justifier is near. Who will
have put away2? Or who of My contend with Me? Let us stand up
creditors that I have sold you to him? together. Who is master of My
Behold, you were sold for your judgment? Let him come near to Me.
iniquities, and your mother was put 9 Behold, Adonai YAHWEH will help
1 Yahshua is the kinsman redeemer, who is in Me; who is He who will condemn Me?
Scripture the legal close relative who is able Behold, like a garment they shall wear
to redeem a relative from debt and to out; the moth shall eat them.
restore to them property that was lost. 10 Who among you fears YAHWEH,
Messiah is showing that Israel had more obeying the voice of His Servant; who
than a physical debt to pay, but a spiritual
debt for their sins that only He could pay as 3 Yahweh is completely with His Messiah
their kinsman redeemer. Isa 50:1, 53:6, 12. and His Messiah has fully yielded to the
2 This is a severing of the engagement call of YHWH even to be subject to
agreement as when Moses went up to physical torture and humiliation. The beard
Mount Sinai to receive the contract of was a sign of respect and for someone to
marriage, Israel greatly sinned with the pluck it out on someone else was utterly
golden calf and the marriage covenant contemptible. Mat 26:67, 27:30, Mar 15:19,
agreement was broken. Luk 22:63.
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walks in darkness, and no light is in and look to the earth beneath; for the
him? Let him trust in the name of heavens vanish like smoke, and the
YAHWEH, and lean on his Elohim. earth shall wear out like a garment;
11 Behold, all of you who kindle fire, and those living in it shall die in the
who are surrounded by sparks; walk in same way, but my Y’shua* shall be
the light of your fire and in the sparks forever, and My righteousness shall
you are burning. This shall be to you not be broken.
from My hand; you shall lie down in 7 Hear Me, those knowing
pain. righteousness, the people of My Torah
Chapter 51 in their heart; do not fear the reproach
of man, and do not be bowed from
1 Hear Me, pursuers of their blaspheming.
righteousness, seekers of YAHWEH: 8 For the moth shall eat them like a
Look to the rock from which you were garment; yea, the moth worm shall eat
cut, and to the hollow of the pit from them4 like wool. But My righteousness
which you were dug.1 shall be forever, and my Y’shua* shall
2 Look to your father Abraham, and be from generation to generation.
to Sarah who bore you. For he being 9 Awake! Awake! Arm of YAHWEH,
but one, I called him and blessed him put on strength. Awake, as in days of
and increased him. old, everlasting generations. Was it
3 For YAHWEH comforts Zion. He not You cutting in pieces Rahab5, and
comforts all her desolations, and He piercing the sea monster?
makes her wilderness like Eden, and 10 Was it not You drying up the sea,
her desert like the garden of the waters of the great deep, who set
the depths of the sea a way for the
YAHWEH2; joy and gladness shall be
redeemed to pass? (Exo 14:21)
found in it, thanksgiving and the voice
of singing praise. 11 Yea, the ransomed of YAHWEH
4 Hear Me, My people; yea, give ear shall return and come to Zion with
to Me, My nation. For the Torah shall singing, and everlasting joy shall be on
go out from Me, and My justice I will their head; gladness and joy shall
make rest as light to peoples.3 overtake them; sorrow and sighing
5 My righteousness is near; My shall flee.6
salvation (Y’shua*) went out; and My 12 I, I am He comforting you. Who
arms shall judge peoples; coastlands are you, that you should fear from
shall wait on Me, and they shall hope man? He shall die! And from the son
on My arm. of man? He is given as grass.
6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, 13 And you forget your Maker
YAHWEH, who has stretched out the
1 Telling them to go back to their beginnings heavens and founded the earth. And
and learn the wonderful lessons of the
rewards of faith in YHWH. 4 Isa 50:9.
2 Going back to the beginning would bring 5 In Isa 30:7, the word for strength is “rahab”
them to The Garden of Eden, which was in and this may be a metaphor for how YHWH
Jerusalem and will literally be restored in destroyed Egypt, or it could be a creature
the Millennial Kingdom. Eze 47:1-12, that this verse here indicated but otherwise
Rev 22:1-3, Joe 2:3. is not mentioned in Scripture.
3 At the core of peace and harmony in the Psa 87:4, 89:9-10.
Millennial Kingdom will be the obedience 6 Speaking of the second exodus.
by all to the Torah. Mic 4:2, Jer 31:33. Isa 11:11-16, Jer 31:1-17.
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10 YAHWEH has bared His holy arm to whom is the arm of YAHWEH
in the eyes of all the nations; and all revealed?5
the ends of the earth shall see (Aleph / 2 For He comes up as a shoot before
Tav) Y’shua* from our Elohim.1 Him, and as a root out of dry ground. 6
11 Turn! Turn! Go out from there! He has no form nor majesty that we
Touch not the unclean! Go out of her should see Him; nor form that we
midst, purify yourselves, bearers of the should desire Him.7
vessels of YAHWEH.2 3 He is despised and abandoned of
12 For you shall not go out with men, a Man of pains, and acquainted
haste, nor will you go by flight; for with sickness.8 And as it were hiding
YAHWEH is going before you, and the our faces from Him, He being
Elohim of Israel gathers you.3 despised, and we did not value Him.9
13 Behold, My Servant shall rule 4 Surely He has borne our
wisely; He shall be exalted and lifted sicknesses, and He carried our pain;
up and be very high. (Joh 3:14) yet we esteemed Him plagued, smitten
14 Just as many were astonished by Elohim, and afflicted.10
over You, so much was the 5 But He was wounded for our
disfigurement from man, His transgressions; He was bruised for our
appearance and His form from sons of iniquities; the chastisement of our
mankind.4 (Mar 14:65) peace was upon Him; and with His
15 So He sprinkles from many wounds we ourselves are healed.11
nations. At Him kings shall shut their 6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
mouths; for they will see that which we have each one turned to his own
was not told to them; yea, what they way; and YAHWEH made meet in Him
had not heard, they will understand. the iniquity of all of us.12
7 He was oppressed, and He was
Chapter 53 afflicted, but He did not open His
mouth. He was led as a lamb to the
1 Who has believed our report? And 5 A prophecy showing that the nation would
not accept the servant at this time.
1 When Yahshua returns on the Mount of 6 Isa 11:1, showing the humble beginnings of
Olives (Zec 14:1-5) all eyes will see Him, King Messiah.
Mat 24:30. 7 It is not physical beauty that attracts people
2 This is addressed to those in Babylon and to the Servant but His being filled with the
they are told that they must leave the spirit of Elohim.
immoral filth of Babylon and return to their 8 Indicating the sufferings that the Servant
homeland, Rev 18:4. went through early in His life to be able to
3 This is to those that take the early warning have empathy on others.
of leaving Babylon in faith. To those who 9 At His first coming the nation would not
wait for the last minute they are told to run truly understand the great blessing being
in haste for their lives, Jer 51:6, 45. brought to them by King Messiah.
4 Starting with this verse and going through 10 Mat 27:39-44.
all of chapter 53 the Messiah is pictured as 11 The substitutionary sacrifice that the
a willing suffering servant that gave His life Messiah will make for the people is due to
for exchange of the sins of the people. Isa their sin. 1Pet 2:23-25.
53 is the only chapter of the entire Tanach 12 Every human being has sinned sins worthy
that is not read in the Torah cycle of of death and only by excepting the sacrifice
readings in the Synagogue. The of Yahshua to pay the penalty of those sins
disfigurement is from the scourging that He can someone have them paid for,
took, Mat 27:26. Rom 3:10-26.
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discern; they all look to their own way, lowered yourself to Sheol.
each one for his own gain, from his 10 You were wearied in the length of
own end, saying: your way; you did not say, Despair!
12 Come, and let me bring wine, and You found the life of your hand, so you
let us gulp down fermented drink; and were not sick.
tomorrow shall be as this day, great, 11 And whom have you dreaded and
exceedingly abundant. feared? You have lied and have not
remembered Me, not laying it on your
Chapter 57 heart. Have I not been silent, even
from forever, and you have not feared
1 The righteous one perishes, and no Me?
one lays it to heart; yea, merciful men 12 I will reveal your righteousness
are gathered, with no one discerning and your works, and they will not
that the righteous is gathered from the benefit you.
face of evil. 13 When you cry, let your assembly
2 He shall enter peace; they shall rest deliver you; but the wind shall bear
on their couches, walking in his away all of them; vanity takes them.
uprightness. But he who takes refuge in Me shall
3 But you, draw near here, sons of inherit the land and possess My holy
the sorceress, seed of the adulterer mountain1.
and the harlot. 14 And he shall say, Raise up! Raise
4 On whom are you making sport? up! Clear the way! Make the stumbling
On whom do you make a wide mouth block rise from the way of My people.
and draw out the tongue? Are you not 15 For so says the high and lofty One
children of transgression, a lying seed, who inhabits eternity, and His name is
5 being inflamed with idols under Holy: I dwell in the high and holy
every green tree, slaughtering the place, even with the contrite and
children in the torrent beds, under the humble of spirit; to make live the spirit
clefts of the rocks? of the humble and to make live the
6 In the torrent's smoothness is your heart of the contrite ones.
portion; they, they are your lot; even 16 For I will not contend forever, nor
to them you have poured a drink will I always be angry, for the spirit
offering; you have offered a food would faint before Me, even the
offering. Should I be consoled over breaths I have made.
these? 17 For I was angry and struck him
7 You have set your couch on a lofty for the iniquity of his gain; I hid
and high mountain; yea, you went up Myself and was angry; yet he went,
there to sacrifice a sacrifice. turning in his heart's way.
8 And you have set up your 18 His ways I have seen, but I will
memorial behind the door and post. heal him, and will lead him and
For you uncovered yourself from Me complete comforts to him and to his
and went up; you enlarged your couch; mourners.
and you cut covenant with them; you 19 I create the fruit of the lips: peace,
loved their couch; at a hand you peace, to the ones far off and near,
looked. says YAHWEH, and I will heal him.
9 And you went to the king with oil 20 But the wicked are like the driven
and multiplied your perfume. And you
sent your messengers far away, and 1 Must have total faith in YHWH to be
blessed to possess the Holy Land.
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sea, which cannot be quiet, and its will not hide yourself from your flesh?
waves cast up mire and dirt. 8 Then your light shall break as the
21 There is no peace to the wicked, dawn, and your healing shall spring up
says my Elohim. (Isa 48:22) quickly; and your righteousness shall
go before you; the glory of YAHWEH
Chapter 58 shall gather you.
9 Then you shall call, and YAHWEH
1 Call out with the throat! Do not will answer; you shall cry, and He shall
spare. Lift up your voice like the ram's say, Here I am. If you put the yoke
horn! And declare to My people their away from among you, the pointing of
rebellion, and their sins to the house the finger, and the speaking of vanity3;
of Jacob. 10 and if you let out your soul to the
2 Yet they seek Me day by day, and hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul;
desire knowledge of My ways. As a then your light shall rise in the
nation that has done right, and not darkness, and your gloom shall be as
forsaking the judgment of their the noonday4.
Elohim, they ask Me about judgments
11 And YAHWEH shall always guide
of righteousness; they desire to draw
you, and satisfy your soul in dry
near to Elohim.
places, and make strong your bones.
3 They say, Why have we fasted, and
And you shall be like a watered
You did not see? We have afflicted our
garden, and like a spring of water
soul, and You did not acknowledge.
whose waters do not fail. (Psa 1:3)
Behold, on the day of your fast you
12 And those who come of you shall
find pleasure; and you drive all your
build the old ruins; you shall rear the
laborers hard.
foundations of many generations5; and
4 Look! You fast for strife, and for
you shall be called, The repairer of the
debate, and to strike with the fist of
breach, the restorer of paths to live in.
wickedness. Do not fast as today, to
13 If you turn your foot away
sound your voice in the high place.
because of the Sabbath, from doing
5 Is this like the fast I will choose, a
what you please on My holy day, and
day for a man to afflict his soul? To
call the Sabbath a delight, to the
bow his head down like a bulrush, and
he spreads sackcloth and ashes? Will holiness of YAHWEH, glorified; and
you call to this as a fast and a day of shall glorify Him, to the holiness of not
delight to YAHWEH1? doing your own ways, from finding
your own pleasure or speaking your
6 Is this not the fast I have chosen:
own words;6
to open bands of wickedness, to undo
14 then you shall delight yourself in
thongs of the yoke, and to send out the
oppressed ones free; even that you pull YAHWEH. And I will cause you to ride
off every yoke2? on the heights of the earth, and make
7 Is it not to break your bread to the 3 Pro 15:29, Joe 2:12-19.
hungry, that you should bring the 4 Luk 23:44-45.
wandering poor home? When will you 5 Psa 102:14.
see the naked and cover him, and you 6 The Sabbath day is more than simply
resting, but it is a day sanctified to YHWH
1 Unless someone is humbling himself and and a covenant believer should refrain on
truly dedicating their fast to YHWH, they the Sabbath from personal entertainment
are simply going hungry. and self motivated pleasure seeking,
2 Mat 11:27-30, Isa 61:1. Neh 13:15-22.
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you eat with the inheritance of your 9 For this reason justice is far from
father Jacob. For the mouth of us; and righteousness does not
YAHWEH has spoken.1 overtake us. We wait for light, but,
behold, dimness; for brightness, but
Chapter 59 we walk in gloom.
10 We grope for the wall like the
1 Behold, the hand of YAHWEH is blind, and we grope as if we had no
not shortened from saving, nor is His eyes; we stumble at noonday as in the
ear heavy from hearing. (Isa 50:2) twilight, in deserted places like ones
2 But your iniquities are separating dying.
between you and your Elohim; and 11 We all of us roar like bears, and
your sins have hidden His face from moaning we moan like doves. We wait
you, from hearing. for justice, but there is none; for
3 For your hands are defiled by Y’shua*, but He is far from us.
blood; yea, your fingers with iniquity. 12 For our rebellions are multiplied
Your lips have spoken falsehood; your before You, and our sins testify against
tongue murmurs perverseness. us. For our transgressions are with us,
4 No one calls for righteousness; and and we know our iniquities; (Isa 58:1)
no one pleads with truth. Trusting 13 transgressing and lying against
emptiness, and speaking vanity, they YAHWEH, and turning back from our
conceive mischief, and give birth to Elohim, speaking oppression and
iniquity. revolt, conceiving and murmuring
5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave words of falsehood from the heart.
the spider's web; he who eats their 14 And justice is driven back; and
eggs dies; and that which is crushed righteousness stands far off; for truth
hatches out a viper. stumbles in the plaza, and right is not
6 Their webs shall not become able to enter.
clothing, nor shall they cover 15 And the truth is lacking; and
themselves with their works. Their whoever turns from evil makes himself
works are works of evil, and the act of a prey. And YAHWEH saw; and it was
violence2 is in their hands. evil in His eyes, that there was no
7 Their feet run to evil, and they justice.
hurry to pour out innocent blood. 16 And He saw that there was no
Thoughts of iniquity are their man, and He was astonished that
thoughts; wasting and ruin are in their there was no intercessor. And His own
ways. (Pro 6:17, Rom 3:15-17) arm saved for Him; and His
8 They do not know the way of righteousness sustained Him.4
peace; and no justice is in their tracks. 17 For He put on righteousness like
They have made crooked paths for armor, and a helmet of Y’shua* He put
themselves; everyone going in them on His head. And He put on robes of
does not know peace.3 vengeance as clothing; and He put on
zeal like a mantle.5
1 There are great rewards involved with
keeping the Sabbath day sanctified to 4 Since man was too corrupt, Yahweh needed
YHWH. His own right arm Yahshua (Isa 62:8, Psa
2 The word here for violence is “Hamas”, the 110:1) to pay the penalty for sin. Isa 63:5,
same as the Palestinian terror group. Eze 22:27-30, Jer 5:1, Psa 98:1, Isa 40:10,
3 Although not the primary meaning of the Isa 51:5, 8, 53:12.
verse, this defines "Hamas" exactly. 5 Rom 12:19.
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13 The glory of Lebanon shall come your everlasting light; and the days of
to you: the juniper, the box tree, and your mourning shall end. (Rev 22:5,
the cypress together, to beautify the Rev 21:4)
place of My sanctuary; yea, I will 21 And your people shall all be
glorify the place of My feet. (Isa 35:2- righteous; they shall possess the earth
3) forever, a branch of My planting, a
14 Also the sons of ones afflicting work of My hands, to beautify Myself3.
you shall come bowing to you. And all 22 A little one shall become a
who despised you shall fall at the soles thousand and a small one a strong
of your feet. And they shall call you, nation. I, YAHWEH, will hasten it in
The City of YAHWEH, the Zion of the its time4.
Holy One of Israel. (Isa 62:12) Chapter 61
15 Instead of your being forsaken
and hated, so that no one passes 1 The Spirit of Adonai YAHWEH is
through, I will make you for on Me, because YAHWEH has
everlasting majesty, a joy of many anointed Me to preach the good news
generations. to the meek. He has sent Me to heal
16 You shall also suck the milk of the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty
nations, and you shall suck the breast to captives, and recovery of sight to the
of kings. And you shall know that I, blind, and complete opening to the
YAHWEH, am your Savior and your bound ones;
Kinsman Redeemer, the mighty One of 2 to proclaim the acceptable year of
Jacob. (Isa 54:5, Lev 25:25) YAHWEH5, and the day of vengeance
17 Instead of copper, I will bring of our Elohim; to comfort all who
gold; and instead of iron, I will bring mourn;
silver. And instead of timber, copper; 3 to appoint to those who mourn in
and instead of stones, iron. And I will Zion, to give them beauty instead of
make your governors peace, and your ashes, the oil of joy instead of
oppressors righteousness. mourning, the mantle of praise instead
18 Violence shall not still be heard in of the spirit of infirmity, so that one
your land, or wasting and ruin within calls them trees of righteousness, the
your borders; but you shall call out1 to
planting of YAHWEH, in order to
Y’shua* by name as your wall of
beautify Himself.
protection, and your gates, Praise.2
4 And they shall build old ruins; they
19 The sun shall not still be your
shall raise up former desolations; and
light by day, or the brightness of the
they shall restore the waste cities,
moon give you light; but YAHWEH
shall be for everlasting light to you, 3 Rev 5:10.
and your Elohim for your beauty. (Rev 4 Luk 18:17, Mat 13:31-32, Isa 51:2, 54:3.
21:23) 5 This is the Jubilee year when the Kinsman
20 Your sun shall not go in any redeemer will restore back to His own that
more, and your moon shall not be which was lost (Lev 25:25-29). The very
removed; for YAHWEH will become first time Yahshua read in the synagogue
(Luk 4:16-20), He read verses 1 & 2, but
1 To call out - The Hebrew word “Qara” has stopped in the middle of verse two as verse
the idea of approaching a person and calling 1 and part of 2 was about His first mission
Him out by name. This word is also used to on earth and the rest of verse 2 and verse 3
invite a famous guest. is about judgment on the day of YHWH at
2 Isa 26:1, Isa 42:7, Isa 49:9, Isa 54:14. His return.
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1 For Zion's sake, I will not be silent; 5 Rev 3:12, Rev 19:12.
and for Jerusalem's sake, I will not 6 Means forsaken.
7 Means desolate.
rest; until her righteousness goes forth
8 Means my delight is in her.
9 Means married.
1 Exo 19:5-6, 1Pet 2:5, 9-10, Rev 1:6, 5:10. 10 Jerusalem is the wedding dowry from
2 Jer 31:31-34. Yahweh the Father to Yahshua His Son and
3 Psa 132:9,16, Rev 19:7-8. His bride. Rev 21:2.
4 Isa 45:8, 25, Isa 55:10-11, Isa 11:9. 11 See note Isa 59:16.
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it in My holy courts. (Isa 65:13, 21-23) anger, and trample them in My fury;
10 Pass! Pass through the gates; and their juice shall be spattered on
prepare the way of the people! Raise My garments; and I will pollute all My
up! Raise up the highway; clear it from clothes. (Rev 14:15-20)
stones; lift up a banner 1 over the 4 For the day of vengeance is in My
peoples. heart, and the year of My redeemed6
11 Behold, YAHWEH has made it to has come.
be heard to the end of the earth; Tell 5 And I looked, and no one was
the daughter of Zion, Behold! helping. And I was astonished that no
Y’shua* comes! Behold! His reward2 one was upholding. Then My own arm
is with Him, and His work before Him. saved for Me7, and My fury upheld Me.
12 And they shall call them, The 6 And I tread down peoples in My
Holy People, the Redeemed3 of anger, and made them drunk in My
YAHWEH. And to you it shall be fury. And I poured their juice to the
called, Sought Out, A City Not earth. (Psa 75:8, Isa 51:17, 21-22)
Forsaken. 7 I will mention the mercies of
YAHWEH, the praises8 of YAHWEH,
Chapter 63 according to all that YAHWEH has
benefited us, and the great good to the
1 Who is this who comes from Edom house of Israel, by which He benefited
with crimson4 garments from Bozrah, them according to His mercies, and
this One adorned in His clothing, according to the multitude of His
inclining in His great power? It is I, to loving-kindness.
speak in righteousness the Great 8 For He said, Surely they are My
Y’shua*!5 (Jos 5:13-15, Mic 2:12-13) people, sons that do not lie, and He
2 Why is Your clothing red, and Your became to them a Savior.
garments like one who treads in the 9 In all their affliction, He was not a
winepress? (Rev 19:11-13) foe; and the Messenger of his Face
3 I have trodden the winepress, I saved them9. In His love and in His
alone, and no man of the peoples was pity He was their kinsman-redeemer.
with Me. And I will tread them in My And He bore them up, and lifted them
up all the days of old.
1 Messianic phrase showing the Messiah and 10 But they rebelled, and provoked
redeemer of Israel is near. His Holy Spirit, so He was turned to
2 This Hebrew word “sakar” means payment be their enemy; He fought against
of contract. Col 2:14, Heb 9:27-28, Isa them. (Psa 78:40, Act 7:51, Neh 9:20)
40:10. 11 Then His people remembered the
3 Redeemed by the kinsman redeemer. 1Pet
days past of Moses and His people,
2:9.
4 There is a play on words here as “Edom” saying, Where is He who brought us
means red, Bozrah is similar to the word for up from the sea with the shepherd of
grape gatherer and Messiah has crimson 6 This is speaking of the Jubilee year, Isa
garments, all highlighting Messiah's return 61:2.
and His judgment, Rev 14:15-20, Rev 7 See note on Isa 59:16.
19:13. 8 Praises - “Tehilot” the word used for
5 The Hebrew Reads “Rab Yahshua”. In Psalms.
Aramaic “Raboni” means my great one and 9 Yahshua is the Messenger of Yahweh that
that is why Yahshua stated not to call any was at Mount Sinai, with Israel in the desert
man Raboni, my great one, but Him. Mat and came to them as a human being later
23:8. Exo 23:2-23, 1Cor 10:4, Joh 1:1-3,14.
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13 So Adonai YAHWEH says this: 23 They shall not labor in vain, nor
Behold, My servants shall eat, but you bring forth for terror. For they are the
shall be hungry. Behold, My servants seed of the beloved ones of YAHWEH,
shall drink, but you shall be thirsty. and their offspring with them.
Behold, My servants shall rejoice, but 24 And it will be, before they call, I
you shall be ashamed. will answer. While they are speaking,
14 Behold, My servants shall sing for then I will hear.
joy of heart, but you shall cry from 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed
heartbreak, and howl from breaking of as one; and the lion shall eat straw like
spirit. the ox. And dust is the food of the
15 And you shall leave your name for snake. They shall not do evil nor
a curse to My elect. And Adonai destroy in all My holy mountain, says
YAHWEH shall kill you; and He shall YAHWEH. (Isa 11:6)
call His servants by another name.
16 He who blesses himself in the Chapter 66
earth shall bless himself in the Elohim
of truth. And he who swears in the 1 So says YAHWEH: Heaven is My
earth shall swear by the Elohim of throne, and earth the footstool of My
truth; because the former distresses feet. Where then is the house that you
are forgotten; and because they are build for Me? And where then is the
hidden from My eyes. place of My rest?
17 For, behold, I create new heavens 2 And My hand has made all these
and new earth. And the former things things, even all these things exist,
shall not be recalled, and they shall declares YAHWEH. But I will look
not go up on the heart. toward this one, to the humbled one,
18 However, be glad and rejoice and to the contrite of spirit, even
forever in what I create. For, behold, I trembling at My Word.
create in Jerusalem a rejoicing, and 3 He who slaughters an ox is as if he
her people a joy. (Zec 8:3-6) struck a man; he who sacrifices a lamb
19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, is as if he broke a dog's neck; he who
and joy in My people. And the voice of offers a present is as if it were swine's
weeping and the voice of crying shall blood; he making mention of incense
no longer be heard in her. is as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they
20 There shall not still be an infant have chosen their way, and their soul
of days, or an old man that has not delights in their abominations.1
filled his days. For the youth shall die 4 I also will choose their vexations;
the son of a hundred years, but the and I will bring their fears to them;
sinner the son of a hundred years shall because I called, and no one answered;
be accursed. I spoke, and they did not hear. But
21 And they shall build houses and they did the evil in My eyes, and chose
live in them; and they shall plant that in which I had no pleasure.
vineyards and eat their fruit.
5 Hear the Word of YAHWEH, those
22 They shall not build, and another
who tremble at His Word. Your
live in them; they shall not plant, and
brothers who hate you, who drive you
another eat. For like the days of the
out for My name's sake, have said,
tree are the days of My people; and My
elect shall grow old to the work of their
hands. 1 YHWH will not accept the man-made false
temple in the end times.
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you, declares Adonai YAHWEH of arise, if they can save you in the time
Hosts. of your evil; for according to the
20 For long ago you broke your yoke number of your cities are your gods, O
and tore up your bonds. And you said, Judah.
I will not transgress, when on every 29 Why do you contend with Me? All
high hill and under every green tree of you, you have rebelled against Me,
you lay down like a harlot. says YAHWEH.
21 Yet I planted you a choice vine, 30 In vain I have stricken your sons;
wholly a true seed. How then have you they received no correction. Your own
turned into the deteriorating shoots of sword has devoured your prophets,
a foreign vine to Me? like a destroying lion.
22 Though you wash yourself with 31 O generation, see the Word of
potash, and multiply soap for yourself, YAHWEH. Have I been a wilderness to
your iniquity is stained before Me, Israel, or a land of darkness? Why do
declares Adonai YAHWEH. My people say, We roam; we will come
23 How can you say, I am not no more to You.
defiled; I have not gone after Baals? 32 Can a virgin forget her
See your way in the valley; know what ornaments, a bride her attire? Yet My
you have done! You are a swift camel people have forgotten Me days without
crisscrossing her ways; number.
24 a wild donkey used to the 33 What? Do you trim your ways to
wilderness. In the passion of her seek love? For this reason you have
desire she snuffs up the wind in her even taught the evil women your ways.
time. Who can turn her away? All 34 Also on your skirts is found the
those who seek her will not tire blood of the souls of the poor
themselves; in her month they will innocents; I did not find them by
find her1. breaking in, but on all these.
25 Withhold your foot from being 35 Yet you say, Because I am
bare and your throat from thirst. But innocent, surely His anger shall turn
you said, It is hopeless! For I love from me. Behold, I will judge with you,
strangers, and after them I will go. because you say, I have not sinned.
26 As the thief is ashamed when he 36 Why do you go about so much to
is found, so is the house of Israel change your way? You also shall be
ashamed. They, their kings, their ashamed of Egypt, as you were
princes, and their priests, and their ashamed of Assyria.
prophets are 37 Yes, you shall go out from this
27 saying to a tree, You are my place, and your hands on your head.
father; and to a stone, You gave us For YAHWEH has rejected those in
birth2. For they turned their back to whom you trust, and you will not
Me, and not the face. But in the time of prosper by them.
their evil, they will say, Arise, and save
us! Chapter 3
28 But where are your gods that you
have made for yourselves? Let them 1 They say, If a man lets go his wife,
and she goes from him and will be for
1 YHWH is comparing Israel's idolatry and another man, will he return to her
promiscuity to an animal in heat. again? Would not that land be greatly
2 Israel was following the Canaanite deities
defiled? But you play the harlot with
made out of wood and stone.
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many lovers; yet would you come back 12 Go and cry these words toward
to Me, says YAHWEH. (Deu 24:1-4) the north, and say, Return, O apostate
2 Lift up your eyes on the bare Israel, says YAHWEH. I will not cause
heights and see. Where have you not My face to fall on you, for I am
been lain with? By the highways you merciful, says YAHWEH; I will not
have sat for them, like an Arab in the keep anger forever.
desert. And you have defiled the land 13 Only acknowledge your iniquity,
with your fornications and with your that you have rebelled against
evil. YAHWEH your Elohim and have
3 And the showers are withheld, and scattered your ways to the strangers
there has been no latter rain. And the under every green tree, and you have
forehead of a woman, a harlot, was to
not obeyed My voice, says YAHWEH.
you; you refused to be ashamed.
14 Return, O apostate sons, declares
4 Have you not just now called to
Me, saying, My father, You are the YAHWEH; for I am Adonai over you.
friend of my youth? And I will take you, one from a city,
5 Will He keep His anger forever? Or and two from a family, and I will bring
will He guard it to the end? Behold, you to Zion1.
you have spoken, and you have done 15 And I will give you shepherds
all the evil things that you could. according to My heart, who will feed
6 YAHWEH also said to me in the you with knowledge and
understanding2.
days of Josiah the king, Have you seen
16 And it will be, when you multiply
what the apostate Israel has done? She
and increase in the land in those days,
has gone up on every high hill and
under every green tree, and has says YAHWEH, they will no longer say,
fornicated there. (Jer 17:2-3) The ark of the covenant of YAHWEH!
7 And after she had done all these, I Nor shall it come to the heart, nor
said, She will return to Me; but she did shall they remember it, nor shall they
not return. And her treacherous sister miss it, nor shall it be made any more3.
Judah saw it. 17 At that time they shall call
8 And I watched. When for all the Jerusalem the throne of YAHWEH.
causes for which the apostate Israel
committed adultery, I sent her away 1 There is always only a remnant being
and I gave the writ of her divorce to redeemed as the majority of the people will
her. Yet her treacherous sister Judah always continue in their sinful ways and
did not fear, but she also went and refuse to repent.
fornicated. 2 In the end time YHWH will give true
shepherds that will teach His people
9 And it happened, from the
properly according to His Torah. Isa 8:20,
wantonness of her harlotry she defiled Eph 4:10-14.
the land, and committed adultery with 3 The ark of the covenant represented
stones and with pieces of wood. YHWH's presence with His people, but in
10 And yet for all this her the last days His spirit will be with His
treacherous sister Judah has not remnant and they will not even think about
turned to Me with her whole heart, but the ark of the covenant. The ark was only in
with falsehood, says YAHWEH. the first sanctuary built by Solomon, but not
in the Herodian sanctuary in the days of
11 And YAHWEH said to me, The
Yahshua. Yahshua's presence in person
apostate Israel has justified herself superseded the need for the ark of the
more than treacherous Judah. covenant.
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And all nations shall be gathered to it, even to this day. And we have not
to the name of YAHWEH, to obeyed the voice of YAHWEH our
Jerusalem1. And they shall not walk Elohim. (Jer 22:21)
any more after the stubbornness of
their evil heart. Chapter 4
18 In those days the house of Judah
shall walk with the house of Israel, and 1 If you will return, O Israel, says
they shall come together out of the YAHWEH, return to Me. And if you
land of the north, to the land that I will turn away from your hateful idols
have given for an inheritance to your out of My face and will not waver,
fathers2. 2 and you will swear, As YAHWEH
19 But I said, How gladly would I put lives, in truth, in justice, and in
you among the sons, and give you a righteousness; even the nations shall
pleasant land, a beautiful inheritance bless themselves in Him, and in Him
among the multitudes of nations! And they will glory.
I said, You shall call Me, My Father;
3 For so says YAHWEH to the men of
and you shall not turn away from Me.
Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up
20 Surely as a wife treacherously
your fallow ground, and do not sow to
departs from her lover, so you have
the thorns. (Hos 10:12-13, Mat 13:22)
dealt treacherously with Me, O house
4 Circumcise yourselves to
of Israel, declares YAHWEH.
YAHWEH, and take away the foreskin
21 A voice was heard weeping on the
of your heart4, O men of Judah and
bare heights, pleadings of the sons of
those living in Jerusalem, that My fury
Israel; for they have perverted their
not go forth like fire and burn, so that
way; they have forgotten YAHWEH no one can put it out; because of the
their Elohim. evil of your doings.
22 Return, O apostate sons; I will 5 Declare in Judah, and make it
heal your apostasies. Behold, we come heard in Jerusalem, and say, Blow the
to You, for You are YAHWEH our ram's horn in the land5. Cry, the end
Elohim3. and say, Assemble yourselves and go
23 Truly, for delusion comes from into the cities of defense.
the hills, tumult on the mountains. 6 Lift up a banner toward Zion 6. Flee
Truly, in YAHWEH our Elohim is the for safety and do not wait. For I will
salvation of Israel. bring evil from the north and a great
24 For the shameful thing has eaten ruin7. (Jer 6:1)
up the labor of our fathers from our 7 The lion has come up from his
youth, their flocks and their herds, thicket, and a destroyer of nations has
their sons and their daughters. set out. He has left his place to make
25 We lie down in our shame, and your land a waste. Your cities will fall
our confusion covers us. For we have into ruins without one living in them.
sinned against YAHWEH our Elohim, 8 Clothe yourselves with sackcloth
we and our fathers, from our youth 4 Jer 9:25-26, Deu 10:16, Rom 2:28-29.
1 Isa 2:3, Eze 43:7, Mic 4:2, Zec 14:16-17. 5 A ram's horn would be blown to warn the
2 Eze 37:15-28, Eze 36:24, Isa 11:12-13, Jer people of imminent war.
31:1, 50:4-5, Verses 5-18 are written in the 6 A plea for messianic help.
present tense showing the judgment is sure 7 Verse 5-18 is a vivid description of the
and irreversible. invasion of Jerusalem comparing it to a lion
3 Jer 30:17, 33:6, Hos 6:1, 14:4. chasing his prey.
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for this, wail and howl. For the fierce she has rebelled against Me, says
anger of YAHWEH has not turned YAHWEH.
back from us. 18 Your way and your doings have
9 And it will be in that day, says done these things to you; this is your
YAHWEH, the king's heart and the evil, because it is bitter, because it
heart of the rulers shall perish. And reaches to your heart.
the priests shall be amazed; and the 19 My bowels! My bowels! I convulse
prophets shall be astounded. in pain. O walls of my heart! My heart
10 Then I said, Ah, Adonai is restless within me. I cannot be
YAHWEH! Surely You have greatly silent, for I have heard, O my soul, the
deceived this people and Jerusalem, sound of the ram's horn, the alarm of
saying, You shall have peace, but the war3!
sword reaches to the soul. 20 Call Out, Ruin upon ruin; for the
11 At that time it shall be said to this whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my
people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind tents are laid waste, my curtains in a
from the bare hills in the desert moment.
toward the daughter of My people, not 21 How long must I see the banner
to sift nor to cleanse!1 and hear the sound of the ram's horn?
12 A wind more full than these shall 22 For My people are foolish. They
come for Me. Now I also will speak do not know Me. They are stupid
judgments against them. children, and they have no
13 Behold, he shall come up like understanding. They are wise to do
clouds, and his chariots like a evil, but they do not know to do good.
windstorm. His horses are swifter than 23 I looked on the earth, and,
eagles. Woe to us, for we are behold! It was without form and void;
devastated! and to the heavens, and they had no
14 O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart light. (Gen 1:2)
from evil so that you may be saved. 24 I looked on the mountains, and,
Until when will your vain thoughts behold! They quaked, and all the hills
lodge within you? were shaken.
15 For a voice announces from Dan, 25 I looked, and, behold! There was
and proclaims evil from Mount no man, and all the birds of the skies
Ephraim.2 had fled.
16 Tell it to the nations: Behold, 26 I looked, and, behold! The fruitful
proclaim against Jerusalem, Besiegers place was a wilderness, and all its
are coming from a distant land and cities were broken down before the
will set their voice against the cities of face of YAHWEH, before His glowing
Judah. anger.
17 Like the ones watching a field, 27 For so YAHWEH has said, The
they are against her all around because whole earth shall be a desolation; yet I
will not make a full end.
1 In summer with no rain for at least 7 28 The earth shall mourn for this,
months this scorching hot wind with sand and the heavens above shall grow
withers vegetation. The purpose is not to black, because I have seen, I have
cleanse but to destroy.
2 Mount Ephraim is the southern border of 3 Jeremiah is distressed to the inner most
the Israelite kingdom and Dan is the being of his soul over the impending
northern border with modern day Lebanon invasion and the complete devastation that
and Syria. it will bring.
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purposed and I will not repent, nor they have refused to return.
will I turn back from it. 4 So I said, Surely they are poor;
29 Every city shall flee from the they are foolish, for they do not know
noise of the horsemen and shooters of the way of YAHWEH, the judgment of
the bow. They shall go into thickets their Elohim.
and go up in the rocks. Every city shall 5 I will go up for myself to the great
be forsaken, and not a man shall live men and will speak to them. For they
in them. (Jer 16:14-21) have known the way of YAHWEH, the
30 And you, O desolate one, what ordinances of their Elohim. Surely
will you do? Though you clothe these have joined in breaking the yoke;
yourself with crimson, though you they have torn off the bonds.
adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, 6 On account of this a lion out of the
though you make large your eyes with forest shall strike them; a wolf of the
paint, you beautify yourself in vain. desert shall destroy them; a leopard is
Lovers despise you; they will seek your watching over their cities. Everyone
life1. who goes out from them shall be torn
31 For I have heard a voice as of a in pieces, because their transgressions
sick woman, the anguish as one are many; their rebellions are
bearing her first child, the voice of multiplied3.
Zion's daughter gasping and spreading 7 Why should I pardon you for this?
her hands, saying, Woe is to me now, Your sons have forsaken Me and have
for my soul faints because of sworn by ones who are Not Elohim.
murderers. When I fed them to the full, they then
committed adultery and gathered
Chapter 5 themselves by troops in a harlot's
house.
1 Roam around in Jerusalem's 8 They were like lusty, well fed
streets and see now, and know, and stallions in the morning, everyone
seek in her plazas if you can find a neighing after the wife of his neighbor.
man, if there is one who does justice, 9 Shall I not judge for these things,
who seeks truth; and I will pardon
says YAHWEH? And shall not My soul
her2.
be avenged on such a nation as this?
2 And though they say, As YAHWEH 10 Go up on her vine rows and
lives, surely they swear falsely. (Isa destroy, but do not make a full end.
48:1) Take away her branches, for they are
3 O YAHWEH, are not Your eyes for not of YAHWEH.
the truth? You struck them, but they 11 For the house of Israel and the
felt no pain. You consumed them, yet house of Judah have been very devious
they refused to take correction. They
with Me, declares YAHWEH.
made their faces harder than rock;
12 They have lied against YAHWEH
1 The root of this word is only used
and said, It is not He; and, No evil
elsewhere in Eze 23, showing that the
nations that Israel has aligned themselves shall come on us; and, We shall not
with, have only wanted to destroy her. The see sword or famine.
wearing of make-up is also equated with
harlotry. 3 A stark contrast to where in the kingdom of
2 It is a sad state of affairs when there is not YHWH these same animals will bless the
even one righteous man left in all people, here, due to their sin they will
Jerusalem, Gen 18:26-32. destroy them, Isa 11:6.
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13 And the prophets shall become eternal decree, so that it cannot cross
wind, and the Word is not in them; so over it? And though they toss
it shall be done to them. themselves, yet they cannot prevail;
14 Therefore YAHWEH Elohim of though its waves roar, yet they cannot
Hosts says this: Because you spoke cross over it.
this word, behold! I will make My 23 But to this people there is a
Words fire in your mouth, and these revolting and a rebellious heart; they
people wood; and it shall consume have turned and are gone2.
them. 24 And they do not say in their
15 Behold, I will bring a nation on heart, Let us now fear YAHWEH our
you from far away, O house of Israel, Elohim who gives both the former and
declares YAHWEH. It is an enduring the latter rain in its season; He keeps
nation; it is an ancient nation, a nation for us the appointed weeks of the
whose language you do not know, nor harvest3.
understand what they say. 25 Your iniquities have turned away
16 Their quiver is as an open grave; these things, and your sins have
they are all mighty men. withheld good from you. (Psa 84:11)
17 And they will eat up your harvest 26 For among My people are found
and your food, and they will devour wicked ones. They lie in wait, as one
your sons and your daughters. They who sets snares. They set a trap, they
will eat up your flocks and your herds; catch men.
they will eat up your vines and your fig 27 Like a cage full of birds, so their
trees. One shall beat down your houses are full of treachery. On
fortified cities with the sword, those in account of this they have become great
which you trust. and grown rich.
18 Yet even in those days, declares 28 They have become fat; they shine.
YAHWEH, I will not make a full end Yes, they pass over the deeds of the
with you1. evil; they do not judge the cause of the
19 And it will be when you shall say, orphan, that they may prosper. And
they do not vindicate the right of the
Why does YAHWEH our Elohim do all
needy.
these things to us? Then you shall
29 Shall I not visit for these things,
answer them, Just as you have
forsaken Me and served foreign declares YAHWEH? Shall not My soul
Elohim in your land, so you shall serve be avenged on such a nation as this?
strangers in a land that is not yours. 30 There is an appalling and
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob horrible thing that has happened in
and cry it in Judah, saying, the land.
21 Now hear this, O foolish people, 2 Yahweh shows in verse 22 His judicial
even you without heart, who have eyes order over nature and the sea and yet states
and do not see, who have ears and do in verse 23 that Israel has rebelled against
not hear. (Isa 6:10) Yahweh's judicial order by their
22 Do you not fear Me, declares stubbornness, pride, and selfish ways.
YAHWEH? Will you not tremble 3 The Holy days and whole Biblical calendar
depend on the harvest in Israel and YHWH
before My face, that I have placed the providing the early rain for the germination
sand as the limit for the sea by an of the seed and the latter rain for its fruition.
These people stopped relying on YHWH for
1 Although the devastation will be heavy their substance and had no fear before Him
YHWH will not completely destroy her. for their sinful nature and idolatry.
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17 Also I raised watchmen over you, mourning for yourself, as for an only
saying, Listen to the sound of the son, most bitter mourning; for the
ram's horn. But they said, We will not ravager shall suddenly come on us.
listen. 27 I have given you as a tower, a
18 So hear, O nations, and know, O fortress among My people, that you
congregation, that which is coming on may know and examine their way.
them. 28 They are all rebellious revolters,
19 Hear, O earth, behold! I will bring walkers in slander. All of them are as
evil on this people, the fruit of their copper and iron; they are corrupters.
thoughts. For they have not listened to 29 The bellows blow, the lead is
My Words, and My Torah; they also consumed from the fire, the refiner
rejected it1. refines in vain; for the evil is not
20 Why is this to Me? Frankincense separated.
comes from Sheba, and the good cane 30 Men will call them reprobate
from a far land? Your burnt offerings silver, for YAHWEH has rejected them.
are not for acceptance, nor are your
sacrifices sweet to Me2. Chapter 7
21 So YAHWEH says this, Behold! I
am giving stumbling blocks to this 1 The Word that came to Jeremiah
people, and the fathers and the sons from YAHWEH, saying,
together shall stumble on them; a 2 Stand in the gate of the house of
neighbor and his friend shall perish. YAHWEH and call out there this
22 So says YAHWEH, Behold! A Word, and say, Hear the Word of
people comes from the north country; YAHWEH all Judah, who enter in at
and a great nation shall be stirred
these gates to worship YAHWEH.
from the sides of the earth.
23 They shall lay hold on bow and 3 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, the
javelin; they are cruel and have no Elohim of Israel, Amend your ways
mercy. Their voice roars like the sea; and your doings, and I will let you
and they ride on horses, arrayed like a dwell in this place.
man for the battle against you, O 4 Do not trust yourself to lying
daughter of Zion. words, saying, The sanctuary of
24 We have heard the rumor of it. YAHWEH! The sanctuary of
Our hands have dropped down; YAHWEH! This is the sanctuary of
anguish has seized us, pain like one YAHWEH!
giving birth. 5 For if you thoroughly amend your
25 Do not go out into the field or ways and your doings; if you truly
walk by the way, because of the sword practice justice between a man and his
of the enemy and terror from every neighbor;
side. 6 if you do not oppress the stranger,
26 O daughter of My people, put on the orphan, and the widow; and do not
sackcloth and roll in ashes. Make pour out innocent blood in this place,
or walk after other Elohim to your evil;
1 Rejection of the Torah and pride is always 7 then I will let you dwell in this
the core to misery and destruction. place, in the land that I gave to your
2 These spices came from Arabia and the fathers, from forever and to forever.
ancient spice routes. Cane (calamus) was an
8 Behold, you trust for yourself on
ingredient of the sacred anointing oil Exo
30:23, SoS 4:14.
lying words without being of use.
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bow their ear, but they stiffened their shall be food for the birds of the
neck. They did more evil than their heavens, and for the beasts of the
fathers. (Jer 11:8) earth; and no one shall frighten them
27 And you shall speak all these away.4
Words to them, but they will not listen 34 Then I will cause the voice of
to you. And you will call to them, but gladness to cease from the cities of
they will not answer you. Judah and from the streets of
28 But you shall say to them, This is Jerusalem, even the voice of joy, and
the nation that does not obey the voice the voice of the bridegroom, and the
of YAHWEH their Elohim, nor receive voice of the bride. For the land shall
instruction. Truth has perished, and it become a waste.
is cut off from their mouth.
29 Cut off your crown1 and throw it Chapter 8
away, and lift up a dirge on the
heights. For YAHWEH has rejected 1 At that time, declares YAHWEH,
and forsaken the generation of His they will bring out the bones of the
wrath. kings of Judah, and the bones of its
30 For the sons of Judah have done rulers, and the bones of the priests,
evil in My eyes, says YAHWEH. They and the bones of the prophets, and the
have set their idols in the house on bones of those living in Jerusalem, out
which is called by My name, in order of their graves.
to defile it. 2 And they shall spread them before
31 They have built the high places of the sun and the moon and all the host
Tophet in the valley of the son of of the heavens whom they have loved,
Hinnom, to burn their sons and their and whom they have served, and after
daughters in the fire, which I did not whom they have walked, and whom
command, nor did it come into My they have sought, and whom they have
heart. worshiped. They shall not be gathered
32 So, behold, the days come, or buried; they shall be dung on the
face of the ground5.
declares YAHWEH, when it shall no
3 And death shall be chosen rather
more be called Tophet2, or the valley
than life by all the rest of those who
of the son of Hinnom3, but the Valley
remain of this evil family, who remain
of Slaughter. For they shall bury in
there in all the places where I have
Tophet from lack of a place.
33 And the bodies of this people driven them, says YAHWEH of Hosts.
4 And you shall say to them, So says
1 Referring to the top of the head or hair. And
YAHWEH, Shall they fall and not rise
this word originally referred to the crown
that the high priest wore. The word is up? Or shall one turn away and not
related to the Hebrew for Nazerite who cut return?
off his hair if he was defiled. In like manner 5 Why has this people, Jerusalem,
YHWH is telling them to shave their heads turned away to a never-ending
and repent and mourn. apostasy? They hold fast to deceit.
2 Meaning fireplace and the place where
child sacrifice would take place. 4 Rev 19:17-18, Eze 39:17-18.
3 Northwest of and connecting to the Kidron 5 In ancient philosophy, desecrating the dead
valley and the place where garbage would was a grave insult. They spread them out
be burned and also where Yahshua will before the sun and moon and host of heaven
judge at His return (valley of Gehenna), as a defiant action to show the gods were
Mat 10:28. helpless against their actions.
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has ended, and we are not delivered1. his neighbor with his mouth, but in his
21 For the breaking of the daughter heart he sets his ambush2.
of my people, I am broken. I mourn; 9 Shall I not visit them for these
horror has taken hold on me. things? says YAHWEH. Or shall not
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is My soul be avenged on such a nation
there no healer there? Why then has as this?
the healing of the daughter of my 10 I will take up a weeping and a
people not come? wailing for the mountains and a
mourning for the pastures of the
Chapter 9 wilderness. For they are burned up,
without a man passing through. Yea,
1 Oh, that my head were waters and they do not hear the voice of cattle.
my eyes a fountain of tears, that I From the fowl of the heavens and to
might weep day and night for the slain the beast, they have fled; they are
of the daughter of my people! gone.
2 Oh, that I had a lodging place for 11 And I will make Jerusalem ruins,
travelers in the wilderness, that I a den of jackals; and I will make the
might leave my people and go away cities of Judah a desolation without
from them! For they are all adulterers, inhabitant.
an assembly of treacherous ones. 12 Who is the wise man that can
3 And they bend their tongues, their understand this? And he to whom the
bow is a lie. And they are not mighty mouth of YAHWEH has spoken, that
for the truth on the earth, for they go he may declare it? Why does the land
from evil to evil. They also do not perish? It is burned up like the
know Me, says YAHWEH. wilderness, so that no one passes
4 Let everyone be on guard against through.
his neighbor, and do not trust any 13 And YAHWEH says, Because they
brother. For every brother will have forsaken My Torah, which I set
supplant, and every neighbor will walk before them, and have not obeyed My
as a slanderer. voice, and have not walked in it3;
5 And everyone will deceive his 14 but have walked after the
neighbor, and they will not speak the stubbornness of their own heart, and
truth. They have taught their tongue to after the Baals, which their fathers
speak lies. They weary themselves to taught them;
commit iniquity.
15 so YAHWEH of Hosts, the Elohim
6 Your home is in the midst of
of Israel, says this: Behold, I will feed
deceit; through deceit they refuse to
them, this people with wormwood,
know Me, says YAHWEH. and make them drink poison waters.
7 For this reason, so says YAHWEH (Jer 23:15)
of Hosts, Behold, I will refine them 16 I will also scatter them among the
and test them. For what else can I do nations which they have not known,
because of the daughter of My people? nor their fathers. And I will send the
8 Their tongue is a murdering arrow; sword after them until I have
it speaks deceit. One speaks peace with consumed them.
1 Showing the circular feast cycle of YHWH 17 So says YAHWEH of Hosts,
has ended with no harvest festival for 2 Ja 3:5-10.
Sukkot, no planting for the next year, but 3 The main reason for Judah going into
only captivity awaits Judah. captivity was that they rejected the Torah.
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Consider and call for the wailers, that and all those trimmed on the edges of
they may come. And send for the wise their beards2, who dwell in the
women, that they may come. wilderness. For all the nations are
18 And let them make haste and take uncircumcised, and all the house of
up a lament over us, so that our eyes Israel, those uncircumcised of heart3.
may run down with tears, and waters
flow from our eyelids. Chapter 10
19 For the voice of lament is heard
from Zion. How we are ravaged! We 1 Hear the Word which YAHWEH
are greatly ashamed because we have speaks to you, O house of Israel.
forsaken the land; because they have 2 So says YAHWEH, Do not learn the
thrown down our dwellings. way of the nations4; and do not be
20 Yet hear the Word of YAHWEH, terrified at the signs of the heavens;
women. And let your ear receive the for the nations were terrified at them.
Word of His mouth, and teach your 3 For the customs of the people are
daughters a lament, and each one her vanity. For one cuts a tree out of the
neighbor a lamentation. forest with the axe, the work of the
21 For death has come into our hands of the craftsman.
windows, entering into our fortresses, 4 They adorn it with silver and with
to cut off the children from the street, gold; they fasten it with nails and
the young men from the plazas. hammers, so that it will not wobble.
22 Speak, So says YAHWEH, Even 5 They are upright as the palm tree,
the bodies of men shall fall as dung on and they cannot speak; carrying they
the open field, and as the swath after must be carried, because they cannot
the reaper, and no one shall gather walk. Do not be afraid of them, for
them. they cannot do evil, neither is it in
23 So says YAHWEH, Do not let the them to do good5.
wise glory in his wisdom, and do not 6 There is none like You, O
let the mighty glory in his might. Do YAHWEH; You are great, and Your
not let the rich glory in his riches. name is great in might6.
24 But let him who glories glory in 7 Who would not fear You, O King of
this, that he understands and knows
Me, that I am YAHWEH, doing 2 YHWH commanded against trimming the
edge of the beard (Lev 21:5) making what
kindness, justice and righteousness in is called a goat tee beard, as it was a cultic
the earth; for I delight in these, says practice, which some pagan deities looked
YAHWEH. like a devil goat and YHWH did not want
25 Behold, the days come, says His people to resemble a devil goat deity.
YAHWEH, that I will punish all the 3 Physical circumcision is meaningless if
circumcised with foreskin1: there is not circumcision of the heart,
26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, Rom 2:25-29.
4 Deu 12:29-32.
and the sons of Ammon, and Moab,
5 Verse 3-5 is primarily speaking of making a
1 Circumcision was the sign of being in wooden totem pole for pagan worship, but
covenant relationship with YHWH. He is one can also easily equate these verses with
stating here that He will take these people the Christmas tree, which is not a Biblical
who are disobedient and idol worshipers out custom but originated in paganism and was
of covenant relationship with Him. Possibly a phallic symbol to the ancient, pagan,
why also He changed the sign of the New people during the pagan Brumalia festival
Covenant to baptism from circumcision. at the winter solstice (Dec 20-22).
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brought to the slaughter; and I did not The beasts and the birds are swept
know that they had plotted schemes away, because they said, He will not
against me, saying, Let us destroy the see our last end.
tree with its fruit; and let us cut him 5 If you have run with footmen, and
off from the land of the living so that they wore you out, then how can you
his name may be remembered no compete with the horses? And if you
more. feel secure in the land of peace, then
20 But, O YAHWEH of Hosts who how will you do in the swelling of
judges with righteousness, who tries Jordan?
the reins and the heart, let me see 6 For even your brothers and the
Your vengeance on them. For to You I house of your father, even they have
have laid open my cause. dealt treacherously with you; even
21 For this reason, so says YAHWEH they have fully called after you. Do not
concerning the men of Anathoth who believe them, though they speak good
seek your life, saying, Do not prophesy things to you.
7 I have forsaken My house; I have
in the name of YAHWEH, that you do
left My inheritance. I have given the
not die by our hand.
beloved of My soul into the hand of
22 So YAHWEH of Hosts says this: her enemies.
Behold, I will punish them. The young 8 My inheritance has become as a
men shall die by the sword; their sons lion in the forest to Me; she gave out
and their daughters shall die by her voice against Me; on account of
famine. this I hated her.
23 And there shall be no survivor of 9 My inheritance is like a speckled
them, for I will bring evil on the men bird to Me; the birds all around are
of Anathoth, even the year of their against her. Come, gather all the
punishment. beasts of the field, bring them to
devour.
Chapter 12 10 Many shepherds have destroyed
My vineyard; they have trampled My
1 Righteous are You, O YAHWEH, portion under foot; they have made
when I might complain to You, yet let My pleasant portion a desolate
me speak with You of Your judgments. wilderness.
Why does the way of the wicked 11 One has made it desolate; it
prosper? Why are all those who deal mourns to Me. The whole land is a
treacherously at ease? desolation, but no man lays it to heart.
2 You planted them; yea, they take 12 The ravagers have come on all
root, they grow, they even make fruit. bare heights through the wilderness,
You are near in their mouth, and far for the sword of YAHWEH devours
from their reins. from one end of the land even to the
3 But You know me, O YAHWEH. other end of the land. There is no
You have seen me and tried my heart peace for any flesh.
toward You. Pull them out like sheep 13 They have sown wheat, but they
for the slaughter, and devote them to have reaped thorns. They are worn
the day of slaughter. out, but they do not profit. And they
4 Until when shall the land mourn, shall be ashamed of your harvests,
and the plant of every field wither because of the glow of the anger of
from the evil of those who dwell in it? YAHWEH.
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14 So says YAHWEH against all My up, go to Euphrates and take the girdle
evil neighbors who touch the from there, which I commanded you
inheritance which I have caused My to hide there.
people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will 7 And I went to Euphrates and dug,
tear them from their land, and I will and I took the girdle from the place,
tear the house of Judah from among there where I had hidden it. And
them. behold, the girdle was rotted! It was
15 And it shall be, after I have torn not useful for anything.
them out, I will return and have pity 8 Then the Word of YAHWEH came
on them and will bring them again, to me, saying,
each man to his inheritance and each 9 So says YAHWEH, So I will spoil
man to his land. the pride of Judah, and the great pride
16 And it shall be, if they will of Jerusalem.
diligently learn the ways of My people, 10 This evil people who refuse to
to swear by My name, As YAHWEH hear My Words, who walk in the
lives, as they taught My people to stubbornness of their heart, and walk
swear by Baal (Lord), then they will be after other gods, to serve them and to
built in the midst of My people. worship them, shall even be like this
17 But if they will not obey, then I girdle which is not useful for anything.
will tear out that nation, I will tear and 11 For as this girdle holds fast to the
destroy it says YAHWEH. loins of a man, so I have caused the
whole house of Israel and the whole
Chapter 13 house of Judah to cling to Me, says
YAHWEH, to be to Me for a people,
1 So says YAHWEH to me, Go and and for a name, and for praise, and for
buy for yourself a linen girdle, and put glory; but they would not listen.
it on your loins, and do not put it in 12 So you will speak to them this
water. Word: So says YAHWEH, Elohim of
2 So I bought a girdle according to Israel, Every skin shall be filled with
the Word of YAHWEH and put it on wine. And they shall say to you, Do we
my loins. not know full well that every skin shall
3 And the Word of YAHWEH came to be filled with wine?
me a second time, saying, 13 Then you shall say to them, So
4 Take the girdle that you bought, says YAHWEH, Behold, I will fill all
which is on your loins, and rise up. Go those living in this land, even the kings
to Euphrates1 and hide it there in the that sit on David's throne, and the
cleft of the rock. priests, and the prophets, and all those
5 So I went and hid it by Euphrates, living in Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
as YAHWEH commanded me. 14 And I will smash them one
6 And it happened at the end of against another, even the fathers and
many days, YAHWEH said to me, Rise the sons together, declares YAHWEH;
I will not pity nor spare nor have
1 This could either refer to the Euphrates compassion, to keep them from their
River or the city of Parah which is about 3
miles from Anathoth, in Hebrew the words
are the same and probably referring to the
latter as a sign to the Babylonian influence
that Judah was under.
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take the precious from the worthless, 6 Both the great and the small shall
you shall be as My mouth. Let them die in this land. They shall not be
turn back to you, but do not return to buried, nor shall men mourn for them,
them. nor cut himself, nor shave himself bald
20 And I will make you a fortified for them3.
wall of copper to this people. And they 7 Nor shall anyone break bread4 for
shall fight against you, but they shall them in mourning, to comfort him for
not overcome you; for I am with you to ones who died. Nor shall they give
save you and to deliver you, says them the cup of comfort to drink for
YAHWEH. one's father or one's mother5.
21 And I will deliver you out of the 8 Also you shall not go into the
hand of the wicked, and I will redeem house of feasting, to sit with them to
you out of the hand of the evil ones. eat and drink.
9 For so says YAHWEH of Hosts the
Chapter 16 Elohim of Israel: Behold I will cause to
cease out of this place, before your
1 The Word of YAHWEH came to me, eyes, and in your days, the voice of joy
saying, and the voice of gladness, the voice of
2 You shall not take a wife for the bridegroom and the voice of the
yourself, nor shall you have sons or bride6. (Jer 7:34, Jer 25:10, Jer
daughters in this place1. 33:10-11)
3 For so says YAHWEH concerning 10 And it shall be, when you declare
the sons and concerning the daughters to this people all these Words, they
who are born in this place, and will say to you, Why has YAHWEH
concerning their mothers who bore spoken all this great evil against us?
them, and concerning their fathers Or what is our iniquity, or what is our
who fathered them in this land: sin that we have committed against
4 They shall die of deadly diseases; YAHWEH our Elohim?
they shall not be mourned nor shall 11 Then you shall say to them,
they be buried; they shall be as dung Because your fathers have forsaken
on the face of the earth. And they shall Me, says YAHWEH, and have walked
be consumed by the sword and by after other gods, and have served
famine, and their bodies shall be food them, and have worshiped them, and
for the birds of the heavens, and for have forsaken Me, and have not kept
the beasts of the earth. (Jer 19:7)
5 For so says YAHWEH, Do not enter
into the house of mourning. Do not go 3 These acts were pagan and therefore
to weep or moan for them. For I have forbidden in the Torah (Lev 19:28, 21:5,
removed My peace with loving- Deu 14:1-2). However, some Israelites were
kindness and compassions from this still practicing these pagan rituals,
people says YAHWEH2. Jer 41:4-5.
4 Breaking bread was an ancient Semitic term
1 Due to the grave situation that was coming for eating. Act 2:46, Act 20:11.
Jeremiah was restricted by YHWH in his 5 Food and drink were customarily given to
own personal life. mourners (2Sam 3:35). In later Judaism a
2 Jeremiah was restricted from contact with special cup of drink was set out for the chief
those that Yahweh had cut off relationship mourner.
with as a sign of loyalty to Him. 6 Jerusalem's punishment will ultimately be
2Joh 1:9-11. transferred to Babylon, Rev 18:20, 24.
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a fire in My anger; it will burn forever. 14 Heal me, O YAHWEH, and I will
5 So says YAHWEH, Cursed is the be healed; save me, and I will be
man who trusts in man, and who saved; for You are my praise.
makes flesh his arm, and who turns 15 Behold, they say to me, Where is
aside his heart from YAHWEH1. the Word of YAHWEH? Let it come
6 For he shall be like a juniper in the now.
desert, and shall not see when good 16 And I have not hurried away from
comes. But he shall live in dried places shepherding after You, nor have I
in the wilderness, in a salt land that is desired the woeful day. You surely
not inhabited2. know that the utterance of my lips was
7 Blessed is the man who trusts in before Your face.
YAHWEH, and YAHWEH is his refuge. 17 Do not be a terror to me; You are
(Psa 146:5, Psa 26:1, 34:8, 40:4) my refuge in the day of evil.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted 18 Let those who persecute me be
by the waters. It sends out its roots by ashamed, but do not let me be
the stream, and it will not fear when ashamed. Let them be terrified, but do
the heat comes; but its foliage will be not let me be terrified. Bring on them
green; and it is not anxious in the year the day of evil, and break them with
of drought, nor will it cease from double breaking.
yielding fruit. (Psa 1:1-3) 19 So said YAHWEH to me, Go and
9 The heart is deceitful above all stand in the gate of the sons of the
things, and it is incurable; who can people, that by which the kings of
know it? (Ecc 9:3, Mar 7:21-22) Judah come in, and by which they go
10 I, YAHWEH, search the heart, I out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem.4
try the reins, even to give to each man 20 And say to them, Hear the Word
according to his ways, according to the of YAHWEH, kings of Judah, and all
fruit of his doings. (2Chr 6:30, Rev Judah, and all the residents of
2:23) Jerusalem who enter in by these gates.
11 As a partridge broods and does 21 So says YAHWEH, Take heed for
not hatch, so is he who makes riches, the sake of your lives, and do not carry
and not by right; it will leave him in a burden on the Sabbath day, nor
the middle of his days, and in his end bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.
he will be a fool. 22 And do not carry a burden from
12 A glorious high throne from the your houses on the Sabbath day, nor
beginning is the place of our do any work, but keep the Sabbath day
sanctuary. holy, as I commanded your fathers.5
13 O YAHWEH, the Hope of Israel, 23 But they did not obey nor bow
all who forsake You shall be ashamed. down their ear, but they made their
Those who depart from Me shall be neck stiff, not to hear, nor to receive
written in the earth, because they have instruction.6
forsaken YAHWEH, the Fountain of 24 And it shall be, if you carefully
living waters3. (Jer 14:8) listen to me, says YAHWEH, to bring
1 Israel did not turn to Yahweh in faith during in no burden through the gates of this
their distress, but continually looked toward 4 The word for people, indicates the common
human sources of either Egypt, Syria and people, as the city gate was where business
Babylon Isa 2:22. was transacted, things were traded and
2 Job 39:6, Deu 29:23, Psa 107:34. judges sat to hear disputes and secure legal
3 See note on Jer 2:13. documents in front of the people.
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city on the Sabbath day, but keep the 3 Then I went down to the potter's
Sabbath day holy, to do no work in it, house, and behold, he was working a
25 even kings and rulers sitting on work on the wheel.
the throne of David shall enter into the 4 And the vessel that he made in clay
gates of this city, riding on chariots was ruined in the hand of the potter.
and on horses, they and their rulers, So repeating he made it, another
the men of Judah, and those living in vessel, as it seemed good in the
Jerusalem. And this city will be potter's eyes to make it.
inhabited forever. (Jer 22:2-4, Isa 5 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
9:6) me, saying,
26 And they will come from the 6 O house of Israel, can I not do to
cities of Judah, and from the places you as this potter? says YAHWEH.
about Jerusalem, and from the land of Behold, as the clay in the potter's
Benjamin, and from the Shephelah, hand, so are you in My hand, O house
and from the mountains, and from the of Israel. (Isa 29:16)
south, bringing burnt offerings, and 7 The instant I speak concerning a
sacrifices, and grain offerings, and nation, and concerning a kingdom, to
incense, and bringing sacrifices of pluck up, or to break down, or to
thanksgiving to the house of destroy;
YAHWEH. (Jer 32:44, Jer 33:13) 8 if that nation against whom I have
27 But if you will not listen to Me to spoken will turn from their evil, I will
keep the Sabbath day holy, and to not repent of the evil that I thought to do
carry a burden and enter at the gates to it.
of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then 9 And the instant I speak concerning
I will kindle a fire in her gates. And it a nation, and concerning a kingdom,
shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem; to build and to plant it;
yea, it shall not be put out. (1Kgs 9:6- 10 if it does evil in My eye, not to
7) obey My voice, then I will repent of the
good which I had said to do good to it.
Chapter 18 11 Now then, please speak to the
men of Judah and to those living in
1 The Word which was to Jeremiah Jerusalem, saying, So says YAHWEH,
from YAHWEH, saying, Behold, I am forming evil against you,
2 Rise up and go down to the potter's and devising a plan against you. Now
house, and there I will cause you to each one turn from his evil way, and
hear My Words. make your ways and your doings good.
5 The Hebrew implies carrying a “load” as 12 And they say, It is hopeless. For
someone who was coming through the gates we will walk after our own thoughts,
to trade and work, which would be violating and we will each one do according to
the Sabbath command. Also, since most the stubbornness of his evil heart.
worked 6 days in the field, some were using 13 Therefore YAHWEH says this: Ask
the Sabbath day to gather in their fruit from now among the nations, Who has
the countryside. The ultra religious have heard things like these? The virgin of
wrongly interpreted this to not even carry a Israel has done a very horrible thing.
horn to blow on Yom Teruah, or a Bible to
14 Does the snow of Lebanon forsake
synagogue. See Mat 12:1.
from the rock of the field? Or are the
6 Sabbath breaking was one of the main
violations why Yahweh allowed Israel to go cold flowing waters that come from
into captivity Eze 20:13, 16, 21, 24.
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their life. And I will give their dead in order not to hear My Words.
bodies for food to the birds of the
heavens, and for the animals of the Chapter 20
earth. (Jer 16:4)
8 And I will make this city a waste 1 When Pashur the son of Immer, the
and a hissing. Everyone who passes by priest (he also was chief officer in the
shall be amazed and shall hiss because house of YAHWEH), heard Jeremiah
of all its plagues. (Jer 18:16) prophesying these things,
9 And I will cause them to eat the 2 then Pashur struck Jeremiah the
flesh of their sons and the flesh of their prophet and put him in the stocks in
daughters1. And they shall each one the upper Benjamin Gate, which was
eat the flesh of his friend in the siege by the house of YAHWEH.
and distress with which their enemies 3 And it was on the next day that
and those who seek their life shall Pashur made Jeremiah go out from
oppress them. the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him,
10 And you shall break the jar before
YAHWEH has not called your name
the eyes of the men who go with you,
Pashur, but Terror2 from All Around.
11 and shall say to them, So says
4 For so says YAHWEH, Behold, I
YAHWEH of Hosts, Even so I will
will make you a terror to yourself and
break this people and this city, as one
to all your friends. And they shall fall
breaks the potter's vessel that cannot
by the sword of their enemies, and
be restored again. And they shall bury
your eyes shall see. And I will give all
in Tophet, since no place is left to
Judah into the hand of the king of
bury. (Psa 2:9, Isa 30:14)
Babylon, and he shall exile them into
12 I will do this to this place, says
Babylon and kill them with the sword.
YAHWEH, and to those living in it, and 5 And I will give all the wealth of this
give this place to be as Tophet. city, and all its produce, and all its
13 And the houses of Jerusalem and precious things, and all the treasures
the houses of the kings of Judah shall of the kings of Judah, even I will give
be defiled as the place of Tophet, them into the hand of their enemies
because of all the roofs of the houses who will strip them and take them,
on which they have burned incense to and carry them to Babylon.
all the host of the heavens, and have 6 And you, Pashur, and all who live
poured out drink offerings to other in your house, shall go into captivity.
gods. And you shall come to Babylon; and
14 Then Jeremiah came from you shall die there. And you shall be
Tophet, where YAHWEH had sent him buried there, you and all those loving
there to prophesy. And he stood in the you to whom you have prophesied lies.
court of the house of YAHWEH, and he 7 O YAHWEH, You have deceived3
said to all the people, me; yea, I was deceived. You are
15 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, the stronger than I, and You have
Elohim of Israel: Behold, I will bring prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day
to this city, and on all its towns, all the long and everyone mocks me.
evil that I have spoken against it, 8 For whenever I speak, I cry out, I
because they have stiffened their necks proclaim violence and ruin; for the
2 In Hebrew the word is “magor- missabib”
1 One of the curses for disobedience to the and means terror on all sides.
covenant, Deu 28:53-57. 3 To entice.
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Word of YAHWEH has been to me a have been my grave, and her womb
reproach and mockery all day long. always great with me.
9 And I said, I will not mention Him 18 Why did I come forth from the
or speak any more in His name. But womb to see toil and sorrow, and my
His Word was in my heart like a days consumed in shame?
burning fire shut up in my bones, and
I was grieved of holding in, and I was Chapter 21
not able to1.
10 For I heard the slanders of many, 1 The Word which was to Jeremiah
Terror is all around! Expose! Yea, let from YAHWEH, when King Zedekiah
us expose him! Every man of my peace sent Pashur the son of Melchiah, and
watched for my fall, saying, Perhaps Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the
he will be lured away, and we shall priest to him, saying,
prevail against him; and we shall take 2 Please inquire of YAHWEH for us.
revenge on him. For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
11 But YAHWEH is with me like a is warring against us. Perhaps
mighty, awesome one. On account of YAHWEH will deal with us according
this my persecutors shall stumble and to all His wonderful works, that he
will not prevail. And they shall be may go up from us.
greatly ashamed. For they have not 3 Then Jeremiah said to them, You
acted wisely; they are an everlasting shall say this to Zedekiah,
disgrace that will not be forgotten. 4 So says YAHWEH, the Elohim of
12 But, O YAHWEH of Hosts, who Israel: Behold, I will turn back the
tries the righteous, who sees the reins weapons of war in your hand, with
and the heart, let me see Your which you fight against the king of
vengeance on them; for I have Babylon, and against the Chaldeans
revealed my cause to You. who besiege you outside the wall. And
13 Sing to YAHWEH. Praise I will gather them together in the
YAHWEH. For He has delivered the middle of the city.
soul of the poor from the hand of 5 And I Myself will fight against you
evildoers. with an outstretched arm and with a
14 Cursed is the day in which I was strong arm, even in anger, and in fury,
born; let not the day in which my and in great wrath.
mother bore me be blessed. (Job 3:3) 6 And I will strike the people of this
15 Cursed is the man who brought city, both man and beast. They shall
news to my father, saying, A man child die of a great plague.
is born to you, making him very glad. 7 And afterward, says YAHWEH, I
16 And let that man be as the cities will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah,
which YAHWEH overthrew and did and his servants, and the people, and
not repent. And let him hear a cry in those who remain in this city from the
the morning and the shouting at plague, from the sword, and from the
noontime; famine, into the hand of Nebuchad-
17 because he did not kill me from nezzar king of Babylon and into the
the womb; and that my mother would hand of their enemies, and into the
hand of those who seek their life. And
1 When someone is filled with the spirit of he shall strike them with the mouth of
YHWH they cannot help but to speak the the sword; he shall not spare them,
truth. nor have pity, nor have compassion.
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8 And you shall say to this people, So righteousness, and deliver the one
says YAHWEH, Behold, I set before robbed from the oppressor's hand.
you the way of life and the way of And do not oppress the foreigner, the
death. (Deu 30:15) widow, or the orphan, and do not do
9 He who remains in this city shall violence nor shed innocent blood in
die by the sword, and by the famine, this place.
and by the plague. But he who goes out 4 For if you indeed do this thing,
and falls to the Chaldeans who are then there shall enter in by the gates of
besieging you, he shall live, and his life this house kings sitting on the throne
shall be for a prize to him. (Jer 14:12) of David, riding in chariots and on
10 For I have set My face against this horses, he and his servants and his
city for evil, and not for good, says people. (Jer 17:25)
YAHWEH. It shall be given into the 5 But if you will not hear these
hand of the king of Babylon, and he Words, I swear by Myself, says
shall burn it with fire. (2Kgs 25:9) YAHWEH, that this house shall
11 And concerning the house of the become a ruin.
king of Judah, say, Hear the Word of 6 For so says YAHWEH concerning
YAHWEH, the king of Judah's house, You are
12 O house of David, so says Gilead to Me, the head of Lebanon; yet
YAHWEH: Do justice in the morning, surely I will make you a wilderness,
and deliver the plundered one out of cities not inhabited.
the hand of the oppressor, that My 7 And I will consecrate destroyers
fury not go out like fire and burn so against you, each one with his
that none can put it out, because of the weapons; and they will cut down your
evil of your doings. choice cedars and make them fall into
13 Behold, I am against you, one the fire.
dwelling in the valley, rock of the 8 And many nations shall pass by
this city, and they shall each say to one
plain, says YAHWEH, those who say,
Who can come down against us? Or, another, Why has YAHWEH done this
Who can enter our dwellings? to this great city?
14 But I will punish you according to 9 Then they will answer, Because
the fruit of your doings, says they have forsaken the covenant of
YAHWEH. And I will kindle a fire in its YAHWEH their Elohim and worshiped
forest, and it shall devour all things other gods and served them.
around it. 10 Weep not for the ones who died
nor moan for him; weep bitterly for
Chapter 22 him who goes away, for he shall return
no more, nor see the land of his birth.
1 So says YAHWEH, Go down to the 11 For so says YAHWEH concerning
house of the king of Judah and speak Shallum1 the son of Josiah, king of
this Word there, Judah, who reigned in his father
2 and say, Hear the Word of Josiah's place, who went forth from
this place: he shall not return there
YAHWEH, O king of Judah who sits on
any more.
the throne of David, you and your
12 But he shall die there in the place
servants, and your people who enter in
by these gates.
1 Shallum was his personal name, Jehoahaz
3 So says YAHWEH, Do justice and
his throne name 1Chr 3:15.
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where they have exiled him, and he pangs come to you, the pain as of a
will see this land no more. woman in labor!
13 Woe to him who builds his house 24 As I live, says YAHWEH, though
without righteousness, and his upper Coniah (Jeconiah) the son of
rooms without justice. His neighbor Jehoiakim, king of Judah were the
serves without pay, and he does not signet on My right hand, yet I would
give him for his work; tear you out of there!
14 who says, I will build myself a 25 And I will give you into the hand
wide house and large upper rooms. of those who seek your life, and into
And he cuts out windows for it and the hand of those whose face you fear,
covers with cedar, and paints with even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
vermilion. king of Babylon, and into the hand of
15 Do you reign because you lust to the Chaldeans.
excel in cedar? Did not your father eat 26 And I will cast you and your
and drink and do justice and mother who bore you into another
righteousness? Then it was well for country, there where you were not
him. born; and there you shall die.
16 He judged the cause of the poor 27 But concerning the land which
and needy, then it was well. Was this they lift up with their soul, to return
not to know Me, says YAHWEH? there, they shall not return there.
17 But your eyes and your heart lust 28 Is this man Coniah (Jeconiah) a
for nothing but your unjust gain, and despised, broken jar, or a vessel in
to shed innocent blood, and which is no pleasure? Why are they
oppression, and to do violence. hurled, he and his seed, and are cast
18 So YAHWEH says this concerning into the land which they do not know?
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of 29 O earth, earth, earth! Hear the
Judah, They shall not mourn for him, Word of YAHWEH!
saying, Ah, my brother! Or, Ah, sister! 30 So says YAHWEH, Write this man
They shall not mourn for him, saying, childless, a man who will not prosper
Ah, master! Or, Ah, his glory! in his days. For not one from his seed
19 He shall be buried with the burial will succeed, a man sitting on the
of a donkey, drawn beyond the gates of throne of David and ruling any more
Jerusalem and thrown out. in Judah1.
20 Go up to Lebanon and cry. And
lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry Chapter 23
out from the other side of the Jordan;
for all those loving you are destroyed. 1 Woe to shepherds who destroy and
21 I spoke to you in your prosperity, scatter the sheep of My pasture, says
but you said, I will not hear. This has
been your way from your youth, for 1 This prophecy does not mean that Jeconiah
you have not obeyed My voice. would not have physical children, but that
22 Those feeding you shall feed the he would never again have a son to sit on
wind, and those loving you shall go and prosper on the throne of King David.
into captivity. Surely then you will be The lineage in the book of Matthew has
ashamed and will blush for all your Jeconiah in it (Mat 1:11-12) and therefore
wickedness. shows that the lineage in Matthew is from
23 One dwelling in Lebanon, nested Joseph (the step father of Yahshua) and
in the cedars, how you will groan when Luke's genealogy is from Miriam,
Yahshua's biological mother.
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38 But if you say, The utterance of Israel, Like these good figs, so I will
YAHWEH, therefore so says YAHWEH: acknowledge the exiles of Judah whom
Because you say this word, the I have sent out of this place into the
utterance of YAHWEH; and I have sent land of the Chaldeans for good.
to you saying, You shall not say, The 6 For I will set My eyes on them for
good, and I will bring them again to
utterance of YAHWEH;
this land. And I will build them and
39 therefore, behold! I, even I will
not tear down; and I will plant them,
utterly forget you and cast you off and
and will not pluck up2.
the city that I gave to you and your
7 And I will give them a heart to
fathers, away from My face.
40 And I will put on you an know Me, that I am YAHWEH. And
everlasting reproach and never-ending they shall be My people, and I will be
disgrace on you, which shall not be their Elohim. For they shall return to
forgotten. Me with their whole heart. (Jer 31:33,
Heb 8:10)
Chapter 24 8 And like the bad figs which cannot
be eaten from badness, so says
1 YAHWEH caused me to see, and YAHWEH: So I shall make Zedekiah
behold, two baskets of figs set before the king of Judah, and his rulers, and
the remnant of Jerusalem who remain
the sanctuary of YAHWEH, after
in this land, and those who dwell in
Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babylon had
the land of Egypt;
exiled Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim,
9 I will even make them a horror
king of Judah, and the rulers of Judah,
among all the kingdoms of the earth
and the craftsmen, and the smiths
for evil, for a reproach, and a proverb,
from Jerusalem, and had brought
a gibe, and a curse, there in all places
them to Babylon. (2Kgs 24:16)
where I will drive them.
2 One basket had very good figs, like
10 And I will send the sword, the
first ripe figs. And the other basket
famine, and the plague among them
had very bad figs which could not be
until they are consumed from being
eaten from their badness1.
upon the land that I gave to them and
3 And YAHWEH said to me, What do to their fathers. (Jer 9:16, 15:2, 21:9)
you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs.
The good figs are very good, and the Chapter 25
bad are very bad, so that they cannot
be eaten from their badness. 1 The Word that was to Jeremiah
4 Again the Word of YAHWEH came concerning all the people of Judah in
to me, saying, the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
5 So says YAHWEH, the Elohim of Josiah, king of Judah. It was the first
4 Verses 32-36 is stating that Yahweh gives us year of Nebuchadnezzar king of
His will in His word and not by the false Babylon3.
utterances of false prophets. The false 2 This Jeremiah the prophet spoke
prophecy will be the burden only to the to all the people of Judah and to all the
false prophet and not to the people. residents of Jerusalem, saying,
1 Israel is equated as a fig tree (Mat 24:32) as
there were good and bad figs; so was the 2 Isa 10:22 and repeated in Rom 9:27 clearly
nation with its inhabitants. The Hebrew shows that although Israel will grow into
word for first ripe fig is 'bekoorah', which is mighty numbers in their Diaspora that only
a special juicy early fig. a remnant would return.
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3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah 10 And I will take from them the
the son of Amon, king of Judah, even voice of rejoicing, and the voice of
to this day, this twenty three years, the gladness, the voice of the bridegroom,
Word of YAHWEH has come to me, and the voice of the bride, the sound of
and I have spoken to you, rising up the millstones, and the light of the
early and speaking; but you have not lamp2.
listened1. 11 And this whole land shall be a
4 And YAHWEH has sent to you all waste and a horror; and these nations
His servants the prophets, rising early shall serve the king of Babylon seventy
and sending, but you have not listened years.
nor bowed your ear to hear, 12 And it shall be, when seventy
5 saying, Now turn each one from his years are fulfilled, I will punish the
evil way and from the evil of your king of Babylon and that nation, and
doings, and live on the land which the land of the Chaldeans, for their
YAHWEH has given to you and to your iniquity, says YAHWEH; and I will
fathers from forever even to forever. make it everlasting ruins3.
6 And do not go after other gods to 13 And I will bring on that land all
serve them and to worship them, and My Words which I have spoken
do not provoke Me to anger with the against it, all that is written in this
works of your hands; and I will do you book which Jeremiah has prophesied
no harm. against all the nations4.
7 Yet you have not listened to Me, 14 For many nations and great kings
will lay service on them, even they.
says YAHWEH, so that you might
And I will repay them according to
provoke Me to anger with the works of
their deeds, and according to the work
your hands, for evil to you.
of their own hands.
8 So YAHWEH of Hosts says this:
15 For so says YAHWEH, the Elohim
Because you have not obeyed My
of Israel, to me. Take the wine cup of
Words,
this wrath from My hand and cause all
9 behold! I will send and take all the
the nations to whom I shall send you
families of the north, says YAHWEH, to drink it.
and Nebuchadnezzar the king of 16 And they shall drink, and reel to
Babylon, My servant; and I will bring and fro, and be maddened, because of
them against this land, and against the sword that I will send among
those living in it, and against all these them.
nations all around. And I will 17 Then I took the cup from the hand
completely destroy them, and make
them a horror, and a hissing, and 2 See note on Rev 18:20. Rev 18:23.
everlasting ruins. 3 Whereas Judah and Jerusalem will be
redeemed and restored (Zec 2:7-12) in the
3 In Israel the accession yr is counted as yr end time, Babylon will take Judah's
one of the reign whereas in Babylon the punishment and be destroyed forever.
next yr was considered the first yr of Rev 18:20, Jer 50:39-40.
reigning. Daniel dates this from the 4 Jeremiah chapter 50 and 51 is solely on the
Babylon way of recording, Dan 1:1. destruction of end time Babylon. These
1 Jeremiah prophesied about Judah's chapters are not historical as none of the
punishment and captivity for 23 yrs before destruction spoke about in those chapters
the actual destruction happened. Yahweh in have ever happened historically in the past
His mercy gives warning of repentance nor was there ever any great fleeing by
before the actual destruction will come. Judah and Israel out of Babylon.
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of YAHWEH and made all the nations because of the sword which I will send
drink, those to whom YAHWEH had among you.
sent me: 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to
18 Jerusalem, and the cities of take the cup from your hand to drink,
Judah, and their kings, and their then you shall say to them, So says
rulers, to make them a ruin, a horror, YAHWEH of Hosts, surely you shall
a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; drink.
19 Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and his 29 For, behold, I begin to bring evil
servants, and his rulers, and all his on the city on which is called My
people; name, and shall you be found entirely
20 and all the mixed people, and all without guilt? You shall not be without
the kings of the land of Uz 1, and all the guilt. For I will call for a sword on all
kings of the land of the Philistines2, those living in the earth, says
and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, YAHWEH of Hosts.
and the remnant of Ashdod, 30 And now you prophesy against
21 Edom, and Moab, and the sons of them all these Words, and say to them,
Ammon, YAHWEH shall roar from on high and
22 and all the kings of Tyre3, and all give forth His voice from His holy
the kings of Sidon, and the coastal habitation9; He shall mightily roar
kings beyond the sea4, over His dwelling place. He answers
23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and with a shout, like those who tread out
all who cut the corners of their the grapes, against all those living in
beards5, the earth10.
24 and all the kings of Arabia, and 31 A roaring will go to the ends of
all the kings of the mixed people who the earth, for YAHWEH has a
dwell in the desert, controversy with the nations. He will
25 and all the kings of Zimri, and all enter into judgment with all flesh; He
the kings of Elam 6, and all the kings of will give the wicked to the sword, says
Media,
YAHWEH.
26 and all the kings of the north, far
and near7, each one to his brother, and 32 So says YAHWEH of Hosts,
all the kingdoms of the world which 9 In the end time, YHWH will punish Judah
are on the face of the earth; and the first for their sin and rebellion, but then will
king of Sheshach8 shall drink after punish Babylon who acquiesced to Israel's
them. full destruction if YHWH did not intervene.
27 So you shall say to them, So says Zec 2:10-13, Jer 51:35, 49.
10 In the end time, first, YHWH is punishing
YAHWEH of Hosts, the Elohim of
Judah for not relying on Him and for their
Israel: Drink, and be drunk, and breaking of the Torah, and then He is
vomit, and fall, and do not rise up, punishing Babylon who caused Judah's
destruction and then He is punishing all the
1 Jordan. earth who participated in these events due
2 Palestinians. to global governance; verse 31-38 is
3 Lebanon. describing this worldwide judgment called
4 Possibly referring to Cyprus, Turkey, and the day of YHWH. Cross reference this
the Greek Islands. with Joe 2:1-11 and Isa 24:1-6. Even though
5 Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan. there is worldwide calamity YHWH still
6 Iran. allows people to repent and be saved, (Joe
7 Ukraine, Georgia and Russian provinces. 2:12-14, 18-32). Those who refuse, will
8 Iraq, Jer 51:41. perish, Jer 38:2-6.
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this house and against this city all the 20 And there was also a man who
Words that you have heard. prophesied in the name of YAHWEH,
13 So now make good your ways and Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-
your doings, and obey the voice of Jearim, who prophesied against this
YAHWEH your Elohim, and YAHWEH city and against this land according to
will repent toward the evil that He has the words of Jeremiah.
spoken against you. 21 And when Jehoiakim the king,
14 As for me, behold, I am in your with all his mighty men, and all the
hands; do with me as seems good and rulers, heard his words, the king tried
right to you. to put him to death. But Urijah heard,
15 But know for certain that if you and he was afraid, and fled, and went
put me to death, you shall surely bring to Egypt.
innocent blood on yourselves, and on 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men
this city, and on those living in it. For to Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor,
truly YAHWEH has sent me to you, to and men with him into Egypt.
speak all these Words in your ears. 23 And they brought Urijah out of
16 Then the rulers, and all the Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim
people, said to the priests and to the the king, who struck him with the
prophets, There is not a sentence of sword, and threw his dead body into
death for this man, for he has spoken the graves of the sons of the people.
to us in the name of YAHWEH our 24 But the hand of Ahikam the son
Elohim. of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that
17 Then some of the elders of the they should not give him into the hand
land rose up and spoke to all the of the people to put him to death.
assembly of the people, saying,
18 Micah of Moresheth1 prophesied Chapter 27
in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
And he spoke to all the people of 1 In the beginning of the reign of
Jehoiakim2 the son of Josiah, king of
Judah, saying, So says YAHWEH of
Judah, this Word came to Jeremiah
Hosts: Zion shall be plowed like a
field, and Jerusalem shall become from YAHWEH, saying,
heaps, and the mountain of the house 2 So says YAHWEH to me, Make
like the high places of a forest. bonds and yokes for yourself, and put
19 Did Hezekiah, king of Judah and them on your neck.
all Judah indeed put him to death? 3 And send them to the king of
Did he not fear YAHWEH and entreat Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to
the king of the sons of Ammon, and to
the face of YAHWEH? And did not
the king of Tyre, and to the king of
YAHWEH repent of the evil which He Sidon, by the hand of the messengers
had spoken against them? So we are who came to Jerusalem to Zedekiah,
doing great evil against our souls. king of Judah.
2 Human nature is to always strike the 4 And command them to go to their
messenger instead of adhering to the masters, saying, So says YAHWEH of
message of repentance. When one rejects Hosts, the Elohim of Israel: So you
the messenger that Yahweh sent with His
shall say to your masters,
message they are rejecting Yahweh who
5 I have made the earth, the man,
gave the message. Exo 16:2-8, Joh 5:30.
1 “Micah” The prophet with the book after and the animals on the face of the
his name. 2 Some manuscripts read Zedekiah.
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18 And I will pursue them with the instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be
sword, with the famine, and with the officers in the house of YAHWEH, over
plague. And I will make them a horror every raving man who prophesies, that
to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be you should put him into the stocks and
a curse, and a terror, and a hissing, into the torture collar.
and a reproach among all the nations, 27 And now why have you not
there where I have driven them. reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, who
19 For they have not listened to My prophesies to you?
Words, says YAHWEH, which I sent to 28 On account of this he sent to us in
them by My servants the prophets, Babylon, saying, This exile is long;
rising up early and sending; but you build houses and live; and plant
would not hear, says YAHWEH. gardens and eat their fruit.
20 And now you hear the Word of 29 And Zephaniah the priest read
YAHWEH, all you exiles whom I have this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the
sent from Jerusalem to Babylon. prophet.
21 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, the 30 Then the Word of YAHWEH
Elohim of Israel concerning Ahab the came to Jeremiah, saying,
son of Kolaiah, and concerning 31 Send to all the exiles, saying, So
Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who says YAHWEH concerning Shemaiah
prophesy a lie to you in My name: the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah
Behold, I will give them into the hand has prophesied to you, and I did not
of Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babylon, send him; and he caused you to trust
and he shall strike them before your in a lie;
eyes. 32 therefore so says YAHWEH,
22 And a curse shall be taken up Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the
from them for all the exiles of Judah Nehelamite and his seed. There shall
who are in Babylon, saying, May not be to him a man living among this
YAHWEH make you like Zedekiah and people; nor shall he behold the good
like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon which I shall do for My people, says
roasted in the fire, YAHWEH, because he has uttered
23 because they have committed rebellion against YAHWEH.
disgraceful folly in Israel, and have
committed adultery with their Chapter 30
neighbor's wives, and have spoken a
lying word in My name, which I have 1 The Word that came to Jeremiah
not commanded them. For I am a from YAHWEH, saying,
witness and He who knows, says
2 So speaks YAHWEH, Elohim of
YAHWEH. Israel, saying, Write for yourself all the
24 You shall also speak to Shemaiah Words that I have spoken to you in a
the Nehelamite, saying, book.
25 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, the 3 For, lo, the days come, says
Elohim of Israel, saying, Because you YAHWEH, that I will turn the captivity
have sent letters in your name to all of My people Israel and Judah, says
the people in Jerusalem, and to
YAHWEH; and I will cause them to
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the
return to the land that I gave to their
priest, and to all the priests, saying,
26 YAHWEH has made you priest
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you shall be devoured. And all your who is he who pledged his heart to
foes, every one of them, shall go into come near to Me, says YAHWEH?
captivity. And those plundering you I 22 And you shall be My people, and I
will give up to plunder, and all preying will be your Elohim. (Jer 32:38)
on you I will give up for prey1. 23 Behold, the tempest of YAHWEH:
17 For I will give health back to you, fury goes forth, a sweeping whirlwind;
and I will heal you of your wounds2, it shall whirl on the head of the
says YAHWEH, because they called wicked.
you, Outcast; saying, This is Zion; no 24 The glow of the anger of
one is seeking for her. (Isa 56:8) YAHWEH will not turn back until He
18 So says YAHWEH, Behold I will has executed, and until He has
turn the captivity of Jacob's tents and established the purposes of His heart.
will have mercy on his dwelling places. In latter days you will understand it4.
And the city shall be built on her ruin 3
heap; and the palace shall remain on Chapter 31
its own divine place.
19 And out of them shall come 1 At that time, says YAHWEH, I will
thanksgiving and the voice of those be the Elohim of all the families of
who are merry. And I will multiply Israel, and they shall be My people5.
them, and they shall not be few. I also
2 So says YAHWEH, Israel, the
will honor them, and they shall not be
people, the survivors of the sword,
small. (Jer 33:11, Psa 126:1-2, Isa
have found grace in the wilderness, I
35:10)
will go to give rest to him6.
20 Also, his sons shall be as before,
and his congregation shall be 3 YAHWEH has appeared to me from
established before Me; and I will far away, saying, Yes, I have loved you
punish all who oppress them. with an everlasting love! On account of
21 And his leader shall be from him, this, with loving kindness I have
and his ruler shall come from among drawn you.
him. And I will cause him to draw 4 Again I will build you, and you
near, and he shall approach Me. For shall be built again, O virgin of Israel.
You will again put on your
1 Although Israel is getting her punishment tambourines7 and go forth in the
during the time of Jacob's trouble, the dance of those making merry. (Jer
nations that caused her demise, such as 30:19)
Babylon, will also be punished during the 5 You shall yet plant vineyards on
wrath of YHWH on earth. the mountains of Samaria, the
2 Although Israel will go through a harsh
chastisement for their sins, ultimately, their 4 Most of this chapter as well as the next few
punishment is put on Babylon and Babylon are mostly about things that will take place
is destroyed forever as where Jerusalem in the end times. Jer 3:18.
will be the eternal capital of the Kingdom 5 In the millennial setting all 12 tribes will be
of YHWH. Rev 18:20, 23, Jer 50:39-40, restored, Rom 11:26-27.
Mic 4:2. 6 Yahweh always brings those to the
3 The Hebrew word for ruin here is “tel”. wilderness who are being prepared and here
There are currently more than 30,000 such YHWH Yahshua will meet this remnant in
archaeological tels in Israel. The science of the wilderness, Eze 20:33-44.
Archeology is only about 140 years old, 7 Tambourines were used on a joyful
which even makes this scripture more occasion, especially a military victory.
amazing. Isa 58:12, Psa 102:14. Psa 68:24-25, Exo 15:20-21.
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planters shall plant and shall treat far away, and say, He who scattered
them as common1. Israel will gather him and keep him, as
6 For there shall be a day when the a shepherd his flock.
watchmen on the hills of Ephraim 11 For YAHWEH has redeemed
shall call out, Arise and let us go up to Jacob, and redeemed him from the
Zion, to YAHWEH our Elohim2. hand of the one stronger than him.
7 For so says YAHWEH, Sing with 12 And they shall come and sing in
gladness for Jacob, and shout among the height of Zion, and be radiant over
the head of the nations. Cry out, give the goodness of YAHWEH, for grain,
praise and say, O YAHWEH, save Your and for wine, and for oil, and for the
people3, the remnant of Israel. sons of the flock and the herd. And
8 Behold! I will bring them from the their life shall be as a watered garden;
North Country, and gather them from and they shall not continue to languish
the recesses of the earth. Among them any more6.
the blind, and the lame, the pregnant 13 Then the virgin shall rejoice in the
one, and the travailing one together, a dance, both young men and elders
great company shall return here4. together. For I will turn their
9 They shall come with weeping, and mourning into joy, and will comfort
I will lead them with prayers. I will them and make them rejoice from
cause them to walk by rivers of waters, their sorrow.
in a right way; they will not stumble in 14 And I will fill the soul of the
it. For I am a Father to Israel, and priests with fatness, and My people
Ephraim is My first-born5. shall be satisfied with My goodness,
10 Hear the Word of YAHWEH, O says YAHWEH.
nations, and declare in the coastlands 15 So says YAHWEH, A voice was
heard in Ramah, wailing, bitter
1 Wine is associated in Scripture with joy and weeping: Rachel weeping for her sons;
feasting. Here YHWH is showing that in she refuses to be comforted for her
Israel's redemption it will be with great joy.
Also, Samaria was the Capital of the 5 There were two great promises that YHWH
northern kingdom. This area has some of gave to Israel in the Bible. One was the
the best grapevines in Israel. The fact that promise of the scepter, which is to reign on
they are treated as common infers a great the throne of Israel; this was given to Judah
abundance of harvest. and King David (Gen 49:10). The other is
2 A wonderful scenario is being played out in the promise of the birthright given to the
chapter 31 of the redemption and return of firstborn and this was given to Ephraim
Ephraim and the northern tribes of Israel. through his father Joseph (1Chr 5:1-2). The
Here it is prophesying about the wonderful right of the firstborn was also a double
time when Judah and Israel together will be portion (Deu 21:15-17). “Ephraim” means
going up to Jerusalem at feast time to double blessing.
worship YAHWEH. (Psa 122:1-4). This had 6 A beautiful poetic verse showing the
not happened since the days of Solomon as completeness of all of Israel's needs in that
Jeroboam built an altar in Dan in the north day. The grain is for bread, the oil for
and had the northern tribes coming there at cooking and health and anointing and the
the feast that he had made to replace wine for joy and happiness (Ecc 10:19, Psa
Sukkot, 1Kgs 12:26-33. 104:15). These circumstances make life like
3 The Hebrew is “Hoshanna” Mat 21:9, Psa a watered garden. As where normal harvests
118:25, Psa 20:9. depended solely on the rain of season, here
4 Isa 35:5-6, Jer 3:18, Psa 106:47, Eze 34:12- Israel will be like a watered garden having
14, Mic 4:6, Amo 9:14-15. water whenever it is needed.
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sons for they are not here1. this Word in the land of Judah, and in
16 So says YAHWEH, Hold back your its cities, when I turn again their
voice from weeping, and your eyes captivity, saying, YAHWEH bless you,
from tears. For there will be a reward O home of righteousness, O holy
for your work, says YAHWEH, and mountain!
they shall come again from the land of 24 And Judah and all its cities shall
the enemy. live in it together, the tenant farmers
17 And there is hope for you in the and those who travel with flocks.
end time, says YAHWEH, that your 25 For I satisfy the weary soul, and I
sons will come again to their own have filled every sorrowful soul.
territory. 26 On this I awoke and looked up,
18 Hearing I have heard Ephraim and my sleep was sweet to me4.
moaning over himself, saying, You 27 Behold, the days come, says
have chastised me, and I was YAHWEH, even I will sow the house of
chastised, as a bull not broken in. Turn Israel and the house of Judah with the
me, and I shall be turned; for You are seed of man, and the seed of animal.
YAHWEH my Elohim. 28 And it shall be, as I have watched
19 For after I had turned away, I over them to pluck up, and to break
repented; and after I knew, I slapped down, and to throw down, and to
on my thigh. I was ashamed; yea, I destroy, and to bring calamity; so I
even blushed, because I bore the will watch over them to build and to
reproach of my youth. plant, says YAHWEH.
20 Is Ephraim My dear son? Or is he 29 In those days they shall not any
a delightful child? For as often as I more say, The fathers have eaten sour
spoke against him, I will earnestly grapes, and the teeth of the sons are
remember him still. So My bowels are dull5. (Eze 18:2)
groaning for him; surely, I will have 30 But every man will die in his
pity on him, declares YAHWEH. iniquity. Every man who eats the sour
21 Set up road marks for yourself; grapes, his teeth will be dull6.
make sign posts for yourself. Set your 31 Behold, the days come, says
heart toward the highway, even the YAHWEH, that I will cut a new
way you went. Turn again, O virgin of covenant with the house of Israel and
Israel; turn again to these cities of with the house of Judah,
yours2. 32 not according to the covenant
22 Until when will you turn to and 3 It implies in Hebrew that a weak woman
fro, O faithless daughter? For will encompass a strong man. Where in the
YAHWEH has created a new thing in past tiny Israel was at the mercy of her
the land: a woman shall enclose a enemies, now this tiny nation, Israel, would
man3. be the center of the earth and the strength of
the kingdom.
23 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, the 4 This whole chapter was a revelation to
Elohim of Israel: Again they will speak Jeremiah given in a dream by Elohim.
1 Rachel was the mother of Joseph, and as 5 In times past the people excused their own
this chapter is referencing end time sin by claiming the punishment at hand was
fulfillment, Rachel will not be happy until due to their father’s sins. In this day true
the northern tribes of Israel are also repentance will prevail and each person will
redeemed in the end time. Mat 2:18. take responsibility for their own sins.
2 Yahweh's promise to redeem all 12 tribes of 6 People will reap what they sow for their
Israel in the end time Jer 31:1. own actions and sins, Eze 18:20.
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that I cut with their fathers in the day I YAHWEH, that the city will be built to
took them by the hand to bring them YAHWEH, from the Tower of
out of the land of Egypt (which Hananeel to the Corner Gate.
covenant of Mine they broke, although 39 And the measuring line4 shall yet
I was to be a husband to them, says go before it to the hill Gareb, and shall
YAHWEH). go around to Goath.
33 But this shall be the covenant that 40 And the whole valley of the dead
I will cut with the house of Israel: bodies and the ashes and all the fields
After those days, declares YAHWEH, I to the torrent Kidron, to the corner of
will put My Torah in their inward the Horse Gate east, shall be holy to
parts, and I will write it on their YAHWEH. It shall not be torn up, nor
hearts; and I will be their Elohim, and demolished any more, forever.
they shall be My people.
34 And they shall no longer each Chapter 32
man teach his neighbor, and each man
his brother, saying, Know YAHWEH. 1 The Word that came to Jeremiah
For they shall all know Me, from the from YAHWEH in the tenth year of
least of them even to the greatest of Zedekiah, king of Judah, which was
them, declares YAHWEH. For I will the eighteenth year of Nebuchad-
forgive their iniquity, and I will nezzar5.
remember their sins no more1. 2 For then the king of Babylon's
35 So says YAHWEH, who gives the army was besieging Jerusalem. And
sun for a light by day, the laws of the Jeremiah the prophet was shut in the
moon, and the stars for a light by court of the guard, which was in the
night, who stirs up the sea so that its king of Judah's house.
waves roar, YAHWEH of Hosts is His 3 For Zedekiah, king of Judah, had
name2. shut him up, saying, Why do you
36 If these ordinances depart from prophesy and say, So says YAHWEH,
before Me, says YAHWEH, the seed of Behold, I will give this city into the
Israel also shall cease from being a hand of the king of Babylon, and he
nation before Me forever. will take it?
4 And Zedekiah, king of Judah, shall
37 So says YAHWEH, If the heavens
not escape out of the hand of the
above can be measured, and the
Chaldeans, but delivering shall be
foundations of the earth below can be
delivered into the hand of the king of
searched out, I will also reject all the
Babylon, and he will speak with him
seed of Israel for all that they have
mouth to mouth, and will see his eyes
done, declares YAHWEH3. with his eyes.
38 Behold, the days come, says 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah into
Babylon, and there he shall be until I
1 Jer 31:31-34 is a promise of the New
Covenant and is repeated in Heb 8:8-12. 3 A poetic way of saying that Israel will
The Torah is the same but in the New continue to exist even though they will go
Covenant there would be a different through much hardships.
priesthood (Melchizedek) and the 4 The measuring line is connected with
agreement about sin has changed through restored Jerusalem. Eze 40:3, Zec 1:16,
the blood of Messiah paying the penalty of Zec 2:1, Isa 28:16-17, Rev 11:1-2.
sin. See Hebrews chapter 7 through 10. 5 This was the year before Israel was
2 It is YAHWEH making this covenant. destroyed. See Jer 52:3-4, 12-13, Jer 39:1.
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visit him, says YAHWEH. Though you 12 And I gave the purchase
fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not document to Baruch the son of Neriah
succeed. the son of Maaseiah, before the eyes of
6 And Jeremiah said, The Word of my uncle's son, Hanameel, and before
YAHWEH was to me saying, the eyes of the witnesses who wrote in
7 Behold, Hanameel the son of the purchase document before the eyes
Shallum, your uncle, shall come to of all the Jews who sat in the court of
you, saying, Buy my field in Anathoth the guard.
for yourself, for the right to redeem is 13 And I commanded Baruch4 before
yours, to buy it1. their eyes, saying,
8 So Hanameel, my uncle's son, 14 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, the
came to me in the court of the guard, Elohim of Israel: Take these books, the
according to the Word of YAHWEH, purchase document, the one sealed,
and said to me, Please buy my field in and the open book, and put them in an
Anathoth, which is in the land of earthen vessel so that they may stand
Benjamin; for the right of inheritance many days.
is yours, and the right of redemption is 15 For so says YAHWEH of Hosts,
yours. Buy it for yourself. Then I knew the Elohim of Israel: Houses and fields
that this was the Word of YAHWEH. and vineyards will again be bought in
9 And I bought the field in Anathoth this land.
from my uncle's son, Hanameel, and 16 And after I gave the document of
weighed him the silver, seventeen the purchase to Baruch the son of
shekels of silver2. Neriah, I prayed to YAHWEH, saying,
10 And I wrote it in the document, 17 Ah, Adonai YAHWEH! You have
and sealed it, and called witnesses, made the heavens and the earth by
and weighed the silver on the scales3. Your great power and Your
11 So I took the document of the outstretched arm; nothing is too
purchase, that which was sealed difficult for You,
according to the law and the statutes, 18 who acts with loving-kindness to
and the open copy. thousands, and repays the iniquity of
the fathers into the bosom of their
1 This was Jeremiah's hometown (Jer 1:1) sons after them. The great, El, the
and he was the nearest kinsman redeemer
(Lev 25:23-25). Yahweh was using this as a mighty YAHWEH of Hosts, is His
sign to show that His word that Israel would name.
return was sure. Symbolically, The Messiah 19 He is great in counsel and mighty
is the true kinsman redeemer and will return in work. For Your eyes are open on all
the land to all the tribes of Israel at His the ways of the sons of men, to give to
return. Eze 48. each man according to his ways, and
2 The field was worthless at this time since according to the fruit of his doings.
the Babylonians had already taken captive 20 For You have set signs and
this area and showed Jeremiah's great faith wonders in the land of Egypt until this
in Yahweh. day, and in Israel, and among men;
3 This was the normal mode of making a
and You have made a name for
transaction in that day. The scale would
have weighted measures on one side against
Yourself, as at this day.
the silver on the other side. Some dishonest 21 And You have brought Your
people would have false weighted measures
to gain more silver than what was legally 4 “Baruch” means blessed and he was the
agreed upon, Pro 11:1, Pro 16:11, Isa 46:6. faithful secretary and friend of Jeremiah.
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people Israel out of the land of Egypt of Israel have only provoked Me to
with signs, and with wonders, and anger with the work of their hands,
with a strong hand, and with an declares YAHWEH.
outstretched arm, and with great 31 For this city has been to Me a
terror. cause of My anger and My wrath from
22 And You have given them this the day that they built it even to this
land which You swore to their fathers day, that I should remove it from My
to give to them, a land flowing with face;
milk and honey. 32 because of all the evil of the sons
23 And they came in and possessed of Israel and of the sons of Judah
it, but they did not obey Your voice nor which they have done to provoke Me
did they walk in Your Torah. They to anger, they, their kings, their rulers,
have not done all that You their priests, and their prophets, and
commanded them to do, so You have the men of Judah, and those living in
caused all this evil to meet them. Jerusalem.
24 Behold, the siege mounds have 33 And they have turned the back to
come to the city, to capture it. And the Me, and not the face; though I taught
city is given into the hand of the them, rising up early and teaching, yet
Chaldeans who fight against it, they have not listened to receive
because of the sword, and the famine, instruction.
and the plague. And what You have 34 But they set their abominable
spoken has happened. And, behold, idols in the house on which My name
You see it. has been called, to defile it.
25 O Adonai YAHWEH, And You 35 And they built the high places of
have said to me, buy for yourself the Baal in the valley of the son of
field with silver, and call witnesses; for Hinnom, to cause their sons and their
the city is given into the hand of the daughters to pass through the fire to
Chaldeans. Molech, which I did not command
26 And the Word of YAHWEH was to them, nor did it come into My heart,
Jeremiah, saying, that they should do this detestable
27 Behold, I am YAHWEH, the thing, to cause Judah to sin1.
Elohim of all flesh. Is anything too 36 And so now YAHWEH, Elohim of
difficult for Me? Israel, says this concerning this city, of
28 So YAHWEH says this: Behold, I which you say, It is given into the hand
will give this city into the hand of the of the king of Babylon by the sword,
Chaldeans, and into the hand of and by the famine, and by the plague;
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and 37 Behold, I will gather them out of
he shall take it. all the lands, there where I have driven
29 And the Chaldeans who fight them in My anger, and in My fury, and
against this city shall enter and set this in great indignation. And I will bring
city on fire, and burn it, with the them again to this place, and I will
houses where they offered incense on cause them to live in safety.
their roofs to Baal, and poured out 38 And they shall be My people, and
drink offerings to other gods, to I will be their Elohim. (Jer 31:33)
provoke Me to anger. 39 And I will give them one heart
30 For the sons of Israel and the and one way, that they may fear Me all
sons of Judah have only done evil in the days, for good to them and to their
My eyes from their youth. For the sons 1 Lev 18:21, Lev 20:2, 2Kgs 23:10.
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gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell in
and the voice of the bride, the voice of safety. And this is the name that shall
those saying, Praise (Aleph/Tav) be called on her: YAHWEH
YAHWEH of Hosts, for YAHWEH is TZADEKENU3.
good, for His mercy endures forever; 17 For so says YAHWEH, Not a man
those who shall bring the sacrifice of sitting on the throne of the house of
thanks-giving into the house of Israel will be cut off to David4.
YAHWEH. For I will bring back the 18 And for the Levitical priests, they
captivity of the land, as at the first, shall not have a man cut off before Me
says YAHWEH1. to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle
12 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, Again food offerings, and to do sacrifice
in this place which is a waste without continually5.
man or even beast, and in all its cities 19 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
shall be a home of shepherds causing Jeremiah, saying,
flocks to lie down. 20 So says YAHWEH, If you can
13 In the cities of the mountains, in break My covenant of the day, and My
the cities of the Shephelah, and in the covenant of the night, and there
cities of the Negev, and in the land of should not be day and night in their
Benjamin, and in the places around time,
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, 21 then My covenant with My
the flocks shall pass again under the servant David may also be broken, that
hands of him who tallies2, says he should not have a son to reign on
YAHWEH. his throne, and with the Levitical
14 Behold, the days come, says priests, My attendants.
YAHWEH, that I will fulfill the good 22 As the host of the heavens cannot
thing which I have promised to the be numbered, nor the sand of the sea
house of Israel and to the house of measured, so I will multiply the seed
Judah. of My servant David, and the Levites
15 In those days, and at that time, I who minister to Me.
will cause a Branch of Righteousness 23 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
to grow up to David. And He shall do Jeremiah, saying,
judgment and righteousness in the 24 Have you not observed what
land. these people have spoken, saying, The
16 In those days Judah shall be
two families1 that YAHWEH has shall behold the eyes of the king of
chosen, has He also rejected them? Babylon, and he shall speak, his
And they despise My people, no more mouth with your mouth; and you shall
to be a nation before them. go to Babylon.
25 So says YAHWEH, If My covenant 4 Yet hear the Word of YAHWEH, O
is not with day and night, and if I have Zedekiah, king of Judah: So says
not appointed the ordinances of the YAHWEH concerning you, You shall
heavens and earth, not die by the sword.
26 then I also will reject the seed of 5 You shall die in peace. And as the
Jacob, and My servant David, not to burnings of spices for your fathers, the
take of his seed to be rulers over the former kings who were before you, so
seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For they shall burn spices for you, saying,
I will bring back their captivity and Ah, master! They will wail for you. For
have pity on them2. I have spoken the Word, says
YAHWEH3.
Chapter 34 6 And Jeremiah the prophet spoke
all these Words to Zedekiah, king of
1 The Word which was to Jeremiah Judah, in Jerusalem,
from YAHWEH when Nebuchadnezzar 7 when the king of Babylon's army
king of Babylon and all his army, and fought against Jerusalem and against
all the kingdoms of the earth (because all the cities of Judah that remained;
his hand rules), and all the peoples against Lachish, and against Azekah;
fought against Jerusalem, and against for these fortified cities remained of
all its cities, saying, the cities of Judah.
2 So says YAHWEH, the Elohim of 8 The Word that was to Jeremiah
Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah, king from YAHWEH after King Zedekiah
of Judah, and tell him, So says had cut a covenant with all the people
YAHWEH, Behold, I will give this city in Jerusalem, to proclaim freedom to
into the hand of the king of Babylon, them,
and he will burn it with fire. 9 that each man should release his
3 And you shall not escape out of his male slave, and each man his female
hand, but surely shall be captured and slave, if a Hebrew man or a Hebrew
delivered into his hand. And your eyes woman, to go free, that not any should
enslave a Jew, a man, his brother
1 Since right after the reign of king Solomon, among them.
Israel was divided into two kingdoms. The 10 And all the rulers obeyed, and all
Northern Kingdom called the House of the people who had entered into the
Israel (Ephraim), which consisted of the 10 covenant allowed them to go free, each
northern tribes and the southern kingdom man his male slave, and each man his
was called the House of Judah and female slave; so that not any should
consisted of Judah and Benjamin. Levi was enslave among them any more; and
also with Judah due to the sanctuary being they obeyed and let them go.
in Jerusalem but Levites also lived in cities 11 But afterward they turned and
among the other tribes and acted as judges caused to return the male slaves and
and priests.
the female slaves whom they sent
2 Unless Yahweh would keep His promise
away. And they subjected them for
and redeem all 12 tribes, He could not keep
His promise to David to rule over all of 3 He would have a proper burial as his fore-
Israel. fathers did, 2Chr 16:14, 21:19.
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male slaves and for female slaves. priests, and all the people of the land
12 For this reason the Word of who passed between the pieces of the
YAHWEH came to Jeremiah from calf;
YAHWEH, saying, 20 I will even give them into the
hand of their enemies, and into the
13 So says YAHWEH, the Elohim of
hand of those seeking their life. And
Israel: I cut a covenant1 with your
their dead bodies shall be for food to
fathers in the day I brought them forth
the birds of the heavens, and to the
out of the land of Egypt, out of the
beasts of the earth.
house of slavery, saying,
21 And I will give Zedekiah, king of
14 At the end of seven years each
Judah, and his rulers, into the hand of
man should let go his brother who is a
their enemies, and into the hand of
Hebrew, who has been sold to him.
those seeking their life, even into the
When he has served you six years, you
hand of the king of Babylon's army
shall let him go free from you. But
that has gone up from you.
your fathers did not listen to Me nor
22 Behold, I will command and
stretch out their ear. (Exo 21:1-2)
cause them to return to this city, says
15 And you had turned today, and
you did right in My eyes, to call for YAHWEH. And they shall fight against
freedom, each man to his neighbor. it, and take it, and burn it with fire.
And you cut a covenant before Me in And I will make the cities of Judah a
the house on which is called My name. desolation, so that no inhabitant can
16 But you turned and profaned My live in it.
name, and each man caused his male
slave, and each man his female slave, Chapter 35
to return whom you had sent away
according to their desire. And you 1 The Word which was to Jeremiah
subjected them to be slaves and female from YAHWEH in the days of
slaves to you. Jehoiakim3, the son of Josiah, king of
17 So YAHWEH says this: You have Judah, saying,
not listened to Me, to call for liberty, 2 Go to the house of the Rechabites 4
each man to his brother, and each man and speak to them, and bring them to
to his neighbor. Behold, I call for the house of YAHWEH, into one of the
freedom to you, says YAHWEH: to the rooms, and give them wine to drink.
sword, to the plague, and to the 3 Then I took Jaazaniah, the son of
famine. And I will give you for a terror Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and
to all the kingdoms of the earth. his brothers, and all his sons, and the
18 And I will give the men who have 2 After cutting the animal in two, the 2 parties
transgressed My covenant, who have stand back to back and do a figure 8
not stood on the words of the covenant through the pieces and wind up facing each
which they have cut with Me when other to take their covenant vows.
they cut the calf in two, and passed 3 Chapter 35 & 36 are a flashback to
between its pieces2, (Psa 50:5, Gen Jehoiakim's reign which was 609 to 598
B.C.E.
15:10)
4 The Rechabites were a nomadic tribal group
19 the rulers of Judah and the rulers related to the Kenites (1Chr 2:55). Some of
of Jerusalem, the eunuchs and the this group lived near the Israelites (Jdg
1 The ancient blood covenant ceremony had 9 4:11). This group originated with Jonadab,
steps and cutting the animal in 2 was the son of Recab in Israel about 842 B.C.E.
third step of the process. 2Kgs 10:15-23.
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18 And Jeremiah said to the house of on the day of fasting. And also you
the Rechabites, So says YAHWEH of shall read them in the ears of all Judah
Hosts, the Elohim of Israel: Because who come out from their cities.
you have obeyed your father Jonadab's 7 Perhaps their pleading will fall
command, and have kept all his before YAHWEH, and each man will
commands, and have done according turn from his evil way. For great is the
to all that he has commanded you, anger and the wrath that YAHWEH
19 so YAHWEH of Hosts, the Elohim has spoken against this people3.
of Israel, says this: Jonadab, the son of 8 And Baruch, the son of Neriah, did
Rechab, shall not have a man cut off according to all that Jeremiah the
from standing before Me all the days1. prophet commanded him, reading in
the book the Words of YAHWEH in the
Chapter 36 house of YAHWEH.
9 And it happened in the fifth year of
1 And it happened in the fourth year Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of
of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, they called
Judah, this Word was to Jeremiah
a fast before YAHWEH, to all the
from YAHWEH, saying, people of Jerusalem, and to all the
2 Take a scroll of a book for yourself people who came from the cities of
and write in it all the Words that I Judah to Jerusalem.
have spoken to you against Israel, and 10 And Baruch read in the book the
against Judah, and against all the words of Jeremiah in the house of
nations, from the day I spoke to you,
YAHWEH, in the room of Gemariah,
from the days of Josiah even to this
the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the
day2.
upper court, at the entrance to the
3 It may be the house of Judah will
hear all the evil which I plan to do to New Gate of the house of YAHWEH, in
them, that they may each man turn the ears of all the people.
from his evil way, and I may forgive 11 When Micaiah, the son of
their iniquity and their sin. Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had
4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch, the heard all the Words of YAHWEH out
son of Neriah. And Baruch wrote from of the book,
the mouth of Jeremiah all the Words 12 then he went down into the king's
of YAHWEH that He had spoken to house, into the scribe's room. And,
him, on a scroll of a book. behold, all the rulers were sitting
5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, there, Elishama the scribe, and
saying, I am shut up; I cannot go to Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and
the house of YAHWEH. Elnathan the son of Achbor, and
Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, and
6 So you go and read in the scroll the
Zedekiah, the son of Hananiah, and all
Words of YAHWEH that you have the rulers.
written from my mouth, in the house 13 And Micaiah declared to them all
of YAHWEH, in the ears of the people the words that he had heard when
Baruch read the book in the ears of the
1 The Jewish Mishnah states that the people.
Rechabites were later given special duties 14 And all the rulers sent Jehudi, the
to perform related to the 2nd temple. son of Nethaniah, the son of
2 Showing the origin on the writing of the
scroll of Jeremiah. 3 Deu 31:17-18.
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said, There is. For He said, You shall and the hands of all the people, in
be delivered into the hand of the king speaking these words to them. For this
of Babylon. man does not seek the peace of this
18 And Jeremiah said to King people, but the evil.
Zedekiah, What have I sinned against 5 And Zedekiah the king said,
you, or against your servants, or Behold, he is in your hand. For the
against this people, that you have put king cannot do anything against you.
me into the prison house? 6 And they took Jeremiah and threw
19 Where now are your prophets him into the pit of Malchiah, the king's
who prophesied to you, saying, The son, which was in the court of the
king of Babylon shall not come against guardhouse. And they let Jeremiah
you, or against this land? down with ropes. But no water was in
20 And now hear, I beg you, O my the pit, only mud. So Jeremiah sank
master the king, please let my plea fall into the mud1.
before you, so that you do not make 7 And Ebed-Melech2, the Ethiopian
me return to the house of Jonathan man, of the eunuchs in the king's
the scribe, that I not die there. house, heard that they had put
21 And Zedekiah the king Jeremiah into the pit (the king then
commanded, and they committed sitting in the gate of Benjamin).
Jeremiah into the court of the 8 Ebed-Melech went out of the king's
guardhouse, and that they should give house and spoke to the king, saying,
him a piece of bread out of the baker's 9 My master the king, these men
street daily, until all the bread of the have done evil in all that they have
city was gone. And Jeremiah remained done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom
in the court of the guardhouse. they have thrown into the pit. And it
will be that he has died in his place
Chapter 38 because of the famine, for there is no
more food in the city.
1 And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, 10 And the king commanded Ebed-
and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take in
Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and your hand thirty men from here and
Pashur, the son of Malchiah, heard the bring up Jeremiah the prophet out of
words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the pit before he dies.
the people, saying, 11 And Ebed-Melech took the men in
2 So says YAHWEH, He who remains his hand and went into the king's
in this city shall die by the sword, by house, to under the treasury. And he
the famine, and by the plague. But he took worn out clothes and worn out
who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall rags from there. And he let them down
live; and his life shall be a prize; and by ropes into the pit to Jeremiah.
he shall live. 12 And Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian
3 So says YAHWEH, This city giving said to Jeremiah, Now put these worn
shall be given into the hand of the king out clothes and rags under the armpits
of Babylon's army, and he shall of your hands, under the ropes. And
capture it. Jeremiah did so3.
4 And the rulers said to the king, 1 This cistern was found in the City of David.
Please cause this man to die. For in 2 Means “king's servant”
this way he weakens the hands of the 3 Ebed-Melech showed kindness to Jeremiah
men of war who remain in this city, because he was a servant of YHWH and
was rewarded for it later Jer 39:15-18.
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13 And they drew Jeremiah up with rulers of the king of Babylon1. And
ropes and brought him up out of the they will say, The men who look after
pit. And Jeremiah dwelt in the court of your welfare have seduced you and
the guardhouse. have prevailed against you; your feet
14 And Zedekiah the king sent and have sunk in the mire, and they turned
took Jeremiah the prophet to him, into back. (Psa 69:14)
the third entrance in the house of 23 And they shall bring out all your
YAHWEH. And the king said to wives and your sons to the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah, I will ask you a thing; do not And you shall not escape out of their
hide a thing from me. hand, but shall be seized by the hand
15 And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If of the king of Babylon. And this city
I declare it to you, surely will you not shall be burned with fire.
cause me to die? And if I counsel you, 24 And Zedekiah said to Jeremiah,
you will not listen to me. Let not a man know of these words,
16 And Zedekiah the king swore and you shall not die.
secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As 25 But if the rulers hear that I have
YAHWEH lives, who made us this soul, talked with you, and they come to you
I will not cause you to die, nor will I and say to you, Now tell us what you
give you into the hand of these men said to the king; do not hide it from us
who seek your life. and we will not put you to death; also,
17 And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, What did the king say to you?
26 Then you shall say to them, I was
So says YAHWEH, the Elohim of
causing my plea to fall before the king,
Hosts, the Elohim of Israel: If surely
that he should not return me to the
you will go out to the rulers of the king
house of Jonathan, to die there.
of Babylon, then your soul shall live,
27 And all the rulers came to
and this city shall not be burned with
Jeremiah and asked him. And he told
fire. And you and your house shall live.
them according to all these words that
18 But if you will not go out to the
the king had ordered. And they were
rulers of the king of Babylon, even this
silent with him, for the matter was not
city shall be given into the hands of the
heard.
Chaldeans, and they will burn it with
28 And Jeremiah dwelt in the court
fire. And you shall not escape out of
of the guardhouse until the day
their hand.
Jerusalem was captured. And he was
19 And Zedekiah the king said to
there when Jerusalem was captured2.
Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who
have fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they
Chapter 39
give me into their hand and they abuse
me.
1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah, king
20 And Jeremiah said, They will not
of Judah, in the tenth month,
give. Please obey the voice of
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and
YAHWEH which I am speaking to you, all his army came against Jerusalem,
and it will be well with you and your and they besieged it. (Jer 52:4-5)
soul will live. 2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in
21 But if you refuse to go out, this is the fourth month, the ninth of the
the Word YAHWEH has made me see:
22 Even, behold, all the women who 1 Women who are captured from the king's
are left in the house of the king of quarters became property of the conquerors.
Judah shall be brought out to the 2 Jer 37:21.
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of Nethaniah, to strike your soul. But incense in their hand, to bring to the
Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, did not house of YAHWEH.
believe them. 6 And Ishmael, the son of
15 And Johanan, the son of Kareah, Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah to
spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, meet them, walking as he walked and
saying, Please let me go, and I will was weeping. And it happened, as he
strike Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, met them, he said to them, Come to
and a man shall not know. Why should Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.
he strike your soul, and all the Jews 7 And it happened when they came
who are gathered to you be scattered, into the middle of the city, Ishmael,
and the remnant of Judah perish? the son of Nethaniah, killed them, he
16 But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, and the men with him, throwing them
said to Johanan, the son of Kareah, into the middle of the pit.
You shall not do this thing. For you 8 But ten men were found among
speak falsely concerning Ishmael. them who said to Ishmael, Do not kill
us, for we have treasures in the field,
Chapter 41 of wheat, and barley, and oil, and
honey. So he held back, not killing
1 And it happened in the seventh them with their brothers.
month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, 9 And the pit there in which Ishmael
the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, had thrown all the dead bodies of the
and of the chief ones of the king, and men, whom he had struck because of
ten men with him, came to Gedaliah, Gedaliah, was the one which Asa the
the son of Ahikam, to Mizpah. And king had made from the face of
they ate bread together there in Baasha, king of Israel. Ishmael, the
Mizpah. son of Nethaniah, filled it with the
2 And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, slain. (1Kgs 15:22, 2Chr 16:6)
and the ten men with him rose up and 10 And Ishmael took captive all the
struck Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, rest of the people who were in Mizpah,
the son of Shaphan, with the sword. the king's daughters, and all the
And they killed him whom the king of people who stayed in Mizpah, whom
Babylon had appointed over the land. Nebuzaradan, the chief of the
3 Ishmael also struck all the Jews executioners, had entrusted to
who were with him, with Gedaliah at Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam. And
Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, took
found there, the men of war. captive and went to go over to the sons
4 And it happened, the second day of Ammon.
after he had killed Gedaliah; and no 11 But when Johanan, the son of
one knew, Kareah, and all the army heads with
5 men from Shechem came from him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael,
Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, the son of Nethaniah, had done,
having their beards shaved, and their 12 then they took all the men and
clothes torn, and having cut went to fight with Ishmael, the son of
themselves1, and with offerings and Nethaniah. And they found him by the
many waters that are in Gibeon.
1 They did this as a sign of mourning for the 13 And it happened when all the
destruction of the sanctuary of YHWH, people with Ishmael saw Johanan, the
although cutting the flesh was cultic and son of Kareah, and all the army heads
forbidden according to Torah Lev 19:28.
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with him, then they were glad. them, I have heard. Behold, I will pray
14 And all the people that Ishmael to YAHWEH your Elohim according to
had taken captive from Mizpah turned your words; and it shall be, all the
around and came back, and went to word YAHWEH shall answer, I will
Johanan, the son of Kareah. declare to you. I will not keep back a
15 But Ishmael, the son of thing from you.
Nethaniah, escaped from Johanan 5 And they said to Jeremiah, Let
with eight men, and went to the sons
YAHWEH be a true and faithful
of Ammon.
witness between us if not according to
16 Then Johanan, the son of Kareah,
and all the army heads with him, took all things YAHWEH your Elohim shall
all the remnant of the people whom he send you to us, so we will do.
had recovered from Ishmael, the son 6 Whether it is good, or whether evil,
of Nethaniah, from Mizpah (after he we will obey the voice of YAHWEH our
had killed Gedaliah, the son of Elohim, to whom we send you; so that
Ahikam), mighty men of war, and the it may be well with us when we obey
women, and the children, and the the voice of YAHWEH our Elohim.
eunuchs, whom he had brought again 7 And it happened at the end of ten
from Gibeon. days, the Word of YAHWEH was to
17 And they departed and lived in Jeremiah.
the inn of Chimham1, which is by 8 And he called Johanan, the son of
Bethlehem, to go to enter Egypt, Kareah, and all the army heads with
18 because of the Chaldeans; for they him, and all the people, from the least
were afraid of them, because Ishmael, even to the greatest.
the son of Nethaniah, had struck 9 And he said to them, So says
Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, to
the king of Babylon had appointed in whom you sent me to cause to fall your
the land. petition before Him.
10 If you will still remain in this
Chapter 42 land, then I will build you up, and will
not tear you down. And I will plant
1 And all the army heads, and you, and will not pluck you up. For I
Johanan, the son of Kareah, and repent as to the evil that I have done to
Jezaniah, the son of Hoshaiah, and all you.
the people, from the least even to the 11 Do not be afraid of the king of
greatest, came near. Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Do
2 And they said to Jeremiah the not be afraid of his face, declares
prophet, We beg you, let our plea fall
YAHWEH, for I am with you to save
before you; and pray for us to
you and to deliver you from his hand.
YAHWEH your Elohim, for all this
12 And I will show mercies to you, so
remnant, (for we are left but a few of that he may have pity on you, and
many, as your eyes see us), cause you to return to your own land.
3 that YAHWEH your Elohim may 13 But if you say, We will not live in
show us the way in which we may this land or obey the voice of
walk, and the thing that we may do. YAHWEH your Elohim,
4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said to 14 saying, No, but we will go into the
1 This was part of a parcel of land given by land of Egypt, where we shall see no
King David, 2Sam 19:37-40. war or hear the sound of the ram's
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Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd
Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, covers himself with his robe. And he
and Baruch the son of Neriah. shall go forth from there in peace.
7 And they came into the land of 13 He shall also break the obelisks of
Egypt, for they did not obey the voice The House of the Sun3 which is in the
of YAHWEH. And they came to land of Egypt; and he shall burn the
Tahpanhes. houses of the gods of the Egyptians
8 And the Word of YAHWEH was to with fire.
Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
9 Take great stones to your hand and Chapter 44
hide them in the mortar in the
brickwork which is at the entrance to 1 The Word which was to Jeremiah
Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes1, in the concerning all the Jews who were
sight of the men of Judah. living in the land of Egypt 4, those
10 And say to them, So says living at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes,
and at Noph, and in the land of
YAHWEH of Hosts, the Elohim of
Pathros, saying,
Israel, Behold I will send and take
Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, 2 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, the
My servant, and will set his throne on Elohim of Israel, You have seen all the
these stones that I have hidden. And evil that I have brought on Jerusalem,
he shall spread his royal pavilion over and on all the cities of Judah. And,
them. behold! This day they are a ruin, and
11 And when he comes, he shall no one lives in them,
strike the land of Egypt. And whoever 3 because of the evil which they have
is for death shall go to death; and done, by provoking Me to anger, by
whoever is for captivity shall go into going to burn incense, by serving other
captivity; and whoever is for the gods that they did not know, they, you
sword, to the sword2. (Jer 15:2) nor your fathers. (Deu 13:6-11, 29:26)
12 And I will kindle a fire in the 4 And, I sent to you all my servants
houses of the gods of Egypt. And he the prophets, rising early and sending,
shall burn them, and take them saying, Oh, do not do this abominable
captive. And he shall adorn himself thing which I hate!
5 But they did not listen nor bow
3 Some folk law exists that claim that these their ear, to turn from their evil, not to
daughters of the king eventually wound up burn incense to other gods.
in Britain and that the Royal family today 6 For this reason My fury and My
are descendants of these women.
1 Tahpanhes is in NE Egypt. In excavations 3 In Hebrew “Bet Shemesh” and in Israel, Bet
there was such a pavement that has been Shemesh was the place were the ark of the
found in front of the entrance to the Royal Covenant once dwelt. This is a contrast to
Palace. This was not Pharaoh's main palace show that if they had stayed in Israel that is
but as the Elephantine papyri states was a where YHWH truly dwells but going into
smaller residence used when Pharaoh was Egypt there is only a counterfeit that will be
visiting this area. destroyed.
2 This is the same punishment YHWH gave 4 This is the last message of Jeremiah from
in Jer 15:2 to those who did not follow His YHWH to the exiles living in Egypt and it
will before the captivity and this shows that was the same message that he always
He is teaching the people that He never preached that you cannot serve YHWH
changes and sin and rebellion will always through paganism and any form of idolatry
bring punishment. will only bring punishment.
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anger poured out and burned in the curse, a horror, and a shame, and a
cities of Judah, and in the streets of reproach.
Jerusalem. And they are for a waste 13 For I will punish those who dwell
and for a desolation as at this day. in the land of Egypt, as I have
7 And now so says YAHWEH, the punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by
Elohim of Hosts, the Elohim of Israel: the famine, and by the plague,
Why do you work great evil against 14 so that none of the remnant of
your souls, to cut off from you man Judah which has gone into the land of
and woman, child and suckling, out of Egypt, to reside there, will be a
Judah, not leaving to yourselves a refugee, or a survivor, or turn back to
remnant, the land of Judah to which they are
8 to provoke Me to wrath with the lifting up their soul to return back to
works of your hands, burning incense live there, for none shall return, except
to other gods in the land of Egypt, those who escape.
there where you have gone to reside, 15 Then all the men who knew that
that I might cut you off, and that you their wives had burned incense to
might be a curse and a reproach other gods, and all the women who
among all the nations of the earth? stood by, a great assembly, even all the
9 Have you forgotten the evilness of people who lived in the land of Egypt,
your fathers, and the evilness of the in Pathros, answered Jeremiah saying,
kings of Judah, and the evilness of his 16 As for the Word that you have
wives, and your own evilness, and the spoken to us in the name of YAHWEH,
wickedness of your wives, which they we will not listen to you.
have done in the land of Judah and in 17 But we will certainly do whatever
the streets of Jerusalem? thing goes out of our own mouth, to
10 They are not crushed to this day, burn incense to the queen of heaven,
nor have they feared, nor walked in and to pour out drink offerings to her,
My Torah1, nor in My statutes which I as we have done, we and our fathers,
have set before you and before your our kings, and our rulers, in the cities
fathers. of Judah and in the streets of
11 So YAHWEH of Hosts, the Elohim Jerusalem2. And we had plenty of
of Israel says this: Behold, I will set food, and were well, and saw no evil.
My face against you for evil, and to cut 18 But when we stopped burning
off all Judah. incense to the queen of heaven, and
12 And I will take the remnant of pouring out drink offerings to her, we
Judah who have set their faces to go have lacked all things, and have been
into the land of Egypt, to reside there; devoured by the sword and by the
and they shall all be consumed and fall famine.
in the land of Egypt. They shall be 19 And when we burned incense to
consumed by the sword, and by the the queen of heaven and poured out
famine. They shall die, from the least drink offerings to her, and did we also,
even to the greatest, by the sword, and without our men make her cakes to
by the famine, and they shall be a worship her image, and pour out drink
offerings to her3?
1 Even though they now resided in Egypt 20 Then Jeremiah said to all the
Yahweh still required them to obey the people; to the men, and to the women,
Torah, which teaches how to love and and to all the people who were
worship Elohim and how to love our
neighbor as ourselves. 2 Eze 8:9-18.
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YAHWEH has added grief to my pain; 6 Do not let the swift flee away, nor
I fainted in my groaning, and I find no the mighty man escape. They
rest. stumbled and fell to the north, by the
4 So you shall say to him, YAHWEH side of the river Euphrates.
says this: Behold, I am tearing down 7 Who is this rising up like the Nile,
what I have built; and I am pulling up whose waters surge about like the
what I have planted, even all the land rivers?
itself to Me. 8 Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his
5 And do you seek great things for waters surge about like the rivers. And
yourself? Do not seek them. For, he says, I will go up and will cover the
behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, earth; I will destroy the city and its
people.
declares YAHWEH. But I will give your
9 Come up, horses; and rage,
soul to you for a prize, there on all the
chariots! And let the mighty men come
places where you go1.
forth, the Ethiopians and the Libyans
who handle the shield, and the
Chapter 46
Lydians who handle and tread the
bow.
1 The Word of YAHWEH which was 10 For this is the day of Adonai,
to Jeremiah the prophet against the YAHWEH of Hosts, a day of
nations2:
vengeance, that He may avenge
2 against Egypt, against the army of
Himself of His foes. And the sword
Pharaoh-Necho, king of Egypt, which
shall devour, and be filled to
was by the river Euphrates in
satisfaction, and made drunk with
Carchemish3, which Nebuchadnezzar,
their blood, for there is a sacrifice to
the king of Babylon, struck in the
fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Adonai, YAHWEH of Hosts in the
Josiah, king of Judah: north country by the river Euphrates.
3 Set in order the buckler and shield, 11 Go up into Gilead and take balm,
and draw near to battle. O virgin daughter of Egypt. In vain you
4 Harness the horses, and mount, O shall use many remedies; healing is
horsemen. Yea, stand with helmets, not for you.
polish the spears, put on coats of 12 The nations have heard of your
armor. shame, and your cry has filled the
5 Why have I seen that they are land. For the mighty man has
afraid and turned backward? And their stumbled against the mighty; they
mighty ones are beaten down, and have fallen together, both of them.
have fled for refuge, and do not look 13 The Word that YAHWEH spoke to
back. Terror is all around, says Jeremiah the prophet of the coming of
YAHWEH. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon,
to strike the land of Egypt4.
1 Baruch is told not to have self-pity for 14 Declare it in Egypt, and make it
himself, but to think about the great heard in Migdol, and make it heard in
heartache that Judah's sins have brought and Noph and in Tahpanhes; say, Stand
that he was spared by YHWH's grace. fast and get yourself ready, for the
2 Jeremiah 46-49 are prophecies against the sword shall devour all around you.
nations around Israel whose purpose was to 15 Why is your mighty one swept
destroy her.
3 Means fortress of Chemosh who was the 4 Nebuchadnezzar attacked and conquered
main false deity of Moab 2Kgs 23:13. Egypt in 568-67 B.C.E.
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away? He did not stand because the hand of the people of the north4.
YAHWEH thrust him down. 25 YAHWEH of Hosts, the Elohim of
16 He made many stumble; yea, one Israel, says, Behold, I am punishing
fell on his neighbor. And they said, the multitudes of No, and Pharaoh,
Arise, and let us go again to our own and Egypt, with her gods and her
people, and to the land of our birth, kings, even Pharaoh and those who
away from the oppressing sword. trust in him.
17 They cried there, Pharaoh, king of 26 And I will deliver them into the
Egypt, is an empty roar; he has passed hand of those who seek their lives, and
the appointed time1. into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the
18 As I live, says the King whose king of Babylon, and into the hand of
name is YAHWEH of Hosts, Surely as his servants. And afterward it will be
Tabor is among the mountains, and as inhabited, as in the days of old,
Carmel2 is by the sea, he shall come. declares YAHWEH5.
19 O daughter dwelling in Egypt, get 27 But you, do not fear, O My
ready to go into captivity. For Noph servant Jacob; and do not be afraid, O
shall be a waste, and set afire, without Israel. For, behold, I am saving you
inhabitant. from afar off, and your seed from the
20 Egypt is a beautiful heifer3, but land of their exile. And Jacob shall
coming a stinger comes out of the return and be in rest and at ease, and
north. none shall make afraid.
21 Also her hired ones are in the 28 You shall not fear, O Jacob My
midst of her like calves of the stall; for servant, says YAHWEH, for I am with
they also have turned back, fleeing you. For I will make a full end of all
together. They did not stand because the nations there where I have driven
the day of their calamity had come on you. But I will not make a full end of
them, the time of their punishment. you, but I will correct you justly, and
22 Its sound is like a serpent's going, by no means will I leave you
for they shall go in force, and come unpunished6. (Jer 30:10-11)
against her with axes, like
woodcutters. Chapter 47
23 They have cut down her forest,
says YAHWEH, though it cannot be 1 The Word of YAHWEH that was to
searched, because they are more than Jeremiah the prophet against the
the locusts, and there is no number to Philistines, before Pharaoh struck
them. Gaza7.
24 The daughter of Egypt shall be 2 So says YAHWEH, Behold, waters
ashamed. She shall be delivered into
4 Many times in Scripture where the phrase
1 The word used for appointed time is “the daughter of” appears it is referencing a
“moed” and is the word used for the dual prophecy and many times has end time
Hebrew Holy Days. implications.
2 Mount Tabor located just north of the 5 A clear messianic reference to the future
Jezreel valley, and Mount Carmel on the glory of Egypt in the Kingdom of YHWH
northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea is Isa 19:19-25.
where many miracles and battles of Israel 6 Clearly showing the end time reference of
took place. the chapter as it ends with Israel's
3 An idiomatic expression to Egyptian bull restoration to the land of Israel and peace
worship. with Egypt.
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rise up out of the north and shall put to shame and captured. The
become an overflowing torrent. And it fortress is put to shame and razed.
shall overflow the land and all its 2 Moab shall not still be praised. In
fullness; the city, and those who dwell Heshbon they have plotted evil against
in it. Then the men shall cry, and all it, saying, Come and let us cut it off as
the people of the land shall wail. a nation. And you shall be silenced, O
3 At the noise of the stamping of the madmen; a sword will go after you,
hooves of his strong horses, at the 3 a voice of crying from Horonaim,
rushing of his chariots, the rumbling plundering and great ruin!
of his wheels, the fathers shall not look 4 Moab is broken up; her little ones
back to their sons, because of have caused a cry to be heard.
feebleness of hands; 5 For in the ascent to Luhith, they
4 because of the day that comes to shall go up with great weeping. For in
destroy all the Philistines, to cut off the descent to Horonaim, the enemies
from Tyre and Sidon every survivor have heard a cry of ruin.
who helps. For YAHWEH will plunder 6 Flee! Save your lives, and be like a
the Philistines, the rest of the coast of bare juniper in the wilderness.
Caphtor. 7 For because you have trusted in
5 Baldness has come on Gaza; your works and in your treasures, you
Ashkelon is ruined. O remnant of their shall also be captured. And Chemosh
valley, until when will you cut off shall go into exile; both his priests and
yourself1? his rulers.
6 O sword of YAHWEH, until when 8 And a plunderer shall come on
will you not be quiet? Put yourself into every city, and no city shall escape.
your sheath; rest, and be still2. Also the valley shall perish, and the
7 How can you be quiet, since plain shall be destroyed, as YAHWEH
YAHWEH has given it a command? He has spoken.
has set it there against Ashkelon, and 9 Give wings to Moab, for it will fly
against the seashore. away; and its cities shall be a desert,
without an inhabitant in them.
Chapter 48 10 Cursed is he who does the work of
YAHWEH deceitfully, and cursed is he
1 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, the who keeps back his sword from blood.
Elohim of Israel, against Moab3: Woe 11 Moab has been at ease from his
to Nebo, for it is ravaged! Kiriathaim is youth, and he has settled on his lees
and has not been emptied from vessel
to vessel. He has not gone into
7 The literal fulfillment of this happened with
captivity. So his taste remains in him,
Pharaoh Necho in around 609 B.C.E.
However, there could also be a dual end and his scent is not changed.
time meaning to the modern day 12 So, behold, the days come,
Palestinians living in Gaza. declares YAHWEH, that I will send
1 If this is relating to the first destruction by pourers to him, who shall pour him
Pharaoh Necho then the baldness is self
made as a sign of mourning. If it is referring 3 Josephus states (Antiquities 10.9.7) that this
to an end time fulfillment it could be prophecy concerning Moab's judgment
referencing some sort of nuclear device happened by Nebuchadnezzar in the 23rd yr
being detonated. of his reign in 582 B.C.E. Nebo and
2 Eze 21:3-5, 9-11, 14-16 Showing end time Kiriathaim are 2 cities that were allotted to
implications. Reuben. Num 32:3, 37-38.
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off, and shall empty his vessels, and 24 and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah,
break their jars in pieces. and on all the cities of the land of
13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Moab, far and near.
Chemosh, as the house of Israel was 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and
ashamed of their confidence in his arm is broken, says YAHWEH.
Bethel1. 26 Make Him drunk, for he
14 How do you say, We are mighty magnified himself against YAHWEH.
and strong men for war? Moab also shall wallow in his vomit,
15 Moab is ravaged, and her cities and he also shall be a mockery.
have come up. And his chosen young 27 For was not Israel a mockery to
men have gone down to the slaughter2, you? Was he found among thieves?
says the King whose name is YAHWEH Forever since you spoke of him, you
of Hosts3. lamented.
16 The calamity of Moab is near to 28 Dwellers of Moab, leave the
come, and his evil hurries fast. cities, and live in the rock, and be like
17 All who are around him mourn for the dove who makes her nest in the
him. And all who know his name, say, sides of the mouth of the pit.
How the strong staff is broken, the 29 We have heard the pride of Moab,
beautiful rod4! he is exceeding proud; his loftiness,
18 O dweller, daughter of Dibon, and his pride, and his arrogance, and
come down from glory and sit in thirst. his elevated heart.
For a ravager of Moab shall come on 30 I have known, declares
you; he has ruined your strongholds. YAHWEH, his wrath, and it is not so;
19 O dweller of Aroer, stand by the his lie, they have not done so.
way and watch. Ask him who flees and 31 On account of this I will wail for
her who escapes; say, What has Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab,
happened? and he shall mourn for the men of
20 Moab is put to shame, for it is Kirheres.
torn down. Wail and cry! Tell it in 32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for
Arnon that Moab is ravaged. you more than the weeping of Jazer.
21 And judgment has come to the Your plants have crossed the sea; they
plain country, on Holon, and on reach to the sea of Jazer. A ravager has
Jahazah, and on Mephaath, fallen on your harvest, and on your
22 and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and grape crop.
on Beth-Diblathaim, 33 And joy and gladness is taken
23 and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth- from the plentiful field, and from the
Gamul, and on Beth-Meon, land of Moab. And I have caused wine
1 Chemosh was the national deity of Moab as to cease from the winepresses. None
where Jeroboam put a golden calf in Bethel. shall tread the grapes with shouting;
1Kgs 12:28-29. their shouting shall be no shouting.
2 War here is compared to a sacrificial animal 34 From the city of Heshbon to
going to be slaughtered, Isa 34:6. Elealeh, to Jahaz, they have given their
3 This chapter names the false deities of voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, like a
Moab compared to the only true Elohim heifer three years old. For the waters
whose name is referenced almost 7,000 of Nimrim also shall be desolate.
times in Scripture as YAHWEH. 35 Also I will cause him who offers
4 The staff and rod is referring to a scepter, in the high places to cease in Moab,
which is a symbol of authority and
dominion. says YAHWEH, and he who burns
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grass, and neigh like strong ones1, his own land5. (Isa 13:14)
12 your mother shall be deeply 17 Israel is a scattered sheep, driven
ashamed, she who bore you shall turn away by lions. First, the king of Assyria
pale. Behold, the last of the nations devoured him. And last, this King
shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon crunched
desert2. his bones.
13 Because of the wrath of YAHWEH, 18 So YAHWEH of Hosts, the Elohim
it shall not be inhabited, but all of it of Israel, says this: Behold, I am
shall be a waste. Everyone who goes by punishing the king of Babylon and his
Babylon shall be amazed and hiss at all land as I have punished the king of
her plagues3. Assyria.
14 Put yourselves in order against 19 And I will again bring Israel to his
Babylon all around. All you who tread home, and he shall feed on Carmel and
a bow, shoot at her. Do not spare Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied
arrows, for she has sinned against on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.
YAHWEH. (Isa 13:18) 20 In those days, and at that time,
15 Shout against her all around. She states YAHWEH, the iniquity of Israel
has given her hand, her foundations shall be sought for, and it is not; and
have fallen, her walls have been the sins of Judah, and they will not be
thrown down, for it is the vengeance of found; for I will pardon those whom I
YAHWEH. Take vengeance on her. As leave as a remnant6.
she has done, do to her4. (Rev 18:6) 21 Go up against the land of
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, Merathaim7, against it and against the
and the one handling the sickle in the dwellers of Pekod8. Waste and destroy
time of harvest. They shall turn from a after them, says YAHWEH, and do
sword of the oppressor, each one to his according to all that I have
people. And they shall flee, each one to commanded you.
22 A sound of battle is in the land
1 Because of end time Babylon's wealth and and of great ruin.
military might she has become lazy and 23 How the hammer9 of all the earth
overweight. is cut off and broken! How Babylon
2 Contrary to ancient Babylon, end time has become a ruin among the nations!
Babylon is not an ancient country, but is a 24 I have laid a trap for you, and you
relatively new superpower of the world. also are captured, Babylon, and you
3 Whereas all of the other countries around did not know. You were found and also
Israel (Jer chapters 45-49) even including
caught, because you stirred up yourself
Jerusalem are promised restoration in the
end times, end time Babylon is not, but is 5 Babylon is a great melting pot made up of
prophesied to be desolate forever. This immigrants (Rev 17:15) of many nations,
cannot be speaking of ancient Babylon as in but as she is being destroyed most are
the Millennial Kingdom the borders will go leaving and going back to their original
as far as ancient Iraq, Gen 15:18. home lands.
4 Babylon although always a physical land is 6 Clearly an end time fulfillment as due to the
also represented by world democracy and a scattering of the kings of verse 17, Judah
trading system inspired by Satan to gain and Israel had been in Diaspora for more
physical wealth but oppress most in the than 2500 and 2700 yrs respectively.
process. In the end time YHWH will take 7 “Merathaim” means double bitterness as
the combined punishment throughout time Babylon's punishment is doubled to her,
and condense it all into the full destruction Rev 18:6.
of end time Babylon, Rev 18:20, 23. 8 “Pekod” means visitation or punishment.
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38 A drought is on her waters, and against the home of the brave. But I
they shall be dried up. For it is the will make them suddenly run away
land of idols, and they boast from it. And who is a chosen one I will
themselves in idols1. appoint over it? For who is like Me?
39 So the beasts of the desert shall And who will summon Me? And who
dwell there with jackals. And the is a shepherd who will stand before
daughters of the ostrich shall dwell in Me?
her again. And it shall not again have 45 So hear the counsel of YAHWEH
anyone in it forever; it shall not be that He has planned against Babylon,
lived in from generation and and His purposes which He has
generation. purposed against the land of the
40 As Elohim overthrew Sodom and Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag
Gomorrah and their neighbors, states them, the least of the flock. Surely He
YAHWEH, so no man shall live there, will make their dwelling desolate over
nor shall a son of man stay in it. 2 (Isa them.
13:19-20) 46 At the sound of Babylon's
41 Behold, a people shall come from capture, the earth shall tremble, and a
the north, and a great nation, and cry is heard among the nations4.
many kings shall be stirred up from
the farthest parts of the earth. (Jer Chapter 51
50:3, 9)
42 They lay hold of a bow and a 1 So says YAHWEH, Behold, I am
javelin, they shall be cruel and will arousing a destroying wind against
show no mercy. Their voice shall roar Babylon and against those dwelling in
like the sea, and arrayed like a man for the heart of My foes.
the battle, they shall ride on horses 2 And I will send foreigners to
against you, O daughter of Babylon3. Babylon who will sift her and shall
43 The king of Babylon has heard empty her land5. For in the day of evil
their report, and his hands became they shall be against her all around.
limp; anguish took hold of him, pangs 3 Do not let the one treading fully
like a woman giving birth. tread his bow, nor go up in his armor.
44 Behold, he shall come up like a And do not spare her young men;
lion from the swelling of Jordan utterly destroy all her army.
4 So the slain shall fall in the land of
1 Idolatry with pride are the 2 great sins of the Chaldeans, yea, pierced through in
end time Babylon. As where in the USA her streets.
people think freedom of religion is a good 5 For neither Israel nor Judah has
thing it is an abomination to YHWH to
been widowed by his Elohim, by
bring in and freely allow all the false deities
of every pagan religion into your nation. 4 Since Babylon is the world policeman and
There is also great idolatry in the USA to sole superpower and also the economic
mammon and wealth. On the US dollar bill steam engine of the world economy (Rev
it states “In god we trust”. God is the name 18:9-18) there will be great fear and anxiety
of the Babylonian deity of fortune, see Isa throughout the world at her fall. This never
65:11. happened when ancient Babylon fell.
2 Babylon's destruction is sure and complete. 5 Literally, she is being winnowed as one
3 Whenever the phrase “daughter of” is used separates wheat and chaff. As she lived in
in Scripture it shows that it is not referring luxury (Rev 18:7) where most of the world
to the original entity but another entity with lived in poverty, now her attackers are
similar characteristics. going to pillage her wealth and resources.
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weapons of war, for with you I will 28 Consecrate nations against her,
shatter nations and with you I will with the kings of the Medes4, her
destroy kingdoms. governors and all her rulers, and all
21 And with you I will shatter the the land of his dominion. (Dan 8:20)
horse and his rider, and with you I will 29 And the land trembles and
shatter the chariot and his charioteer. writhes in pain. For every purpose of
22 And I will shatter man and YAHWEH shall be done against
woman with you, and with you I will Babylon, to make the land of Babylon
shatter old and young, and with you I a waste without one living in it. (Jer
will shatter the young man and the 50:26, 40, Jer 51:37,43,62)
girl. 30 The mighty men of Babylon have
23 And I will shatter the shepherd stopped fighting. They have dwelt in
and his flock with you. And I will their strongholds; their might has
shatter the farmer and his team with withered; they became as women; they
you, and with you I will shatter heads have burned their houses, her bars are
and rulers. broken.
24 And I will give to Babylon, and to 31 A runner shall run to meet a
all the people of Chaldea all the evil runner, and a herald to meet a herald,
that they have done in Zion, before to announce to the king of Babylon
your eyes, declares YAHWEH1. that his city5 is captured from end to
25 Behold, I am against you, O end,
destroying mountain2, declares 32 and that the fords are captured.
YAHWEH, who destroys all the earth. And they have burned the reeds with
And I will stretch out My hand on you, fire, and the men of war are terrified.
and will roll you down from the rocks, 33 For so says YAHWEH of Hosts,
and I will make you a burned the Elohim of Israel, The daughter of
mountain, Babylon is like a grain floor, it is time
26 and they shall not take a stone to trample her. Yet a little while, and
from you for a corner, or a stone for the time of her harvest will come.
foundations, but you shall be a waste 34 Nebuchadnezzar, the king of
forever, says YAHWEH. Babylon, has devoured us. He has
27 Set up a banner in the land. Blow crushed us. He has made us an empty
a rams horn among the nations; vessel. He has swallowed us like a
consecrate nations against her. Make jackal. He has filled his belly with
to hear the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, delicacies. He has thrown me out.
and Ashkenaz together against her 3, 35 The violence done to me and to
set a marshal against her. Cause the my flesh is on Babylon, the one living
horses to come up like rough locusts. in Zion shall say. And Jerusalem shall
say, My blood shall be on those living
1 Babylon's destruction in part comes by their in Chaldea6. (Jer 51:24, 49-50)
turning on Israel and causing their harm.
Jer 51:35, 49-50. 4 The Persians and the Medes are the second
2 Mountains in Scripture are compared to entity of the beast of Dan 2:31-33. The
large land masses and power, Rev 17:9. lands coincide with modern Iran and
3 Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz are lands that Russia.
were north of Babylon and today comprise 5 Many times in Scripture a capital city is
the area of Russia and its break off interchangeable with the nation such as
provinces as well as Armenia and possibly Babylon, Rome, Nineveh.
part of Turkey. 6 See note on Jer 51:24.
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53 Though Babylon should ascend it, from man to animal, but it shall be a
up to the heavens, and though she ruin forever. (Jer 25:12-13, Jer 50:26)
should fortify her strong height, 63 And it shall be, when you have
plunderers shall come from Me to her, finished calling out this book, you
states YAHWEH. (Jer 51:9) shall tie a stone to it and throw it into
54 A sound of a cry from Babylon, the middle of the Euphrates.
and great ruin from the land of 64 And you shall say, In this way
Chaldeans! Babylon shall sink and shall not rise
55 For YAHWEH is stripping from the evil that I am bringing on
Babylon, and the great voice will her. And they shall be weary. So far are
perish out of her. And her waves will the words of Jeremiah. (Rev 18:21)
roar like many waters, the noise of
their voice is given. Chapter 52
56 Because the plunderer is coming
on her, on Babylon, and her mighty 1 Zedekiah was a son of twenty-one
men are captured, their bows are years when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
shattered; for YAHWEH the El of
And the name of his mother was
vengeance, surely shall repay.
Gametal, the daughter of Jeremiah of
57 And I will make her rulers drunk,
Libnah. (2Kgs 24:18)
also her wise ones, her governors, and
2 And he did evil in the eyes of
her rulers, and her prefects; and they
shall sleep a never-ending sleep, and YAHWEH, according to all that
not awaken, says the King whose name Jehoiakim had done.
3 For it was because of the anger of
is YAHWEH of Hosts.
YAHWEH in Jerusalem and Judah
58 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, The
that Zedekiah rebelled against the king
broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly
laid bare, and her high gates shall be of Babylon, until YAHWEH had cast
burned with fire. And the peoples shall them out from His face.
labor as for vanity, and the peoples as 4 And in the ninth year of his reign,
for fire; and they shall be weary. in the tenth month, in the tenth day of
59 The word which Jeremiah the the month, King Nebuchadnezzar of
prophet commanded Seraiah, the son Babylon came, he and all his army
of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when against Jerusalem, and pitched against
he went with Zedekiah, the king of it, and built a siege wall against it all
Judah, to Babylon in the fourth year of around. (2Kgs 25:8)
his reign. And Seraiah was a chief 5 And the city came under siege until
official. the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all 6 And in the fourth month, in the
the evil that should come on Babylon, ninth of the month, the famine was
all these words that are written against severe in the city, so that there was no
Babylon. food for the people of the land.
61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, 7 Then the city was breached, and all
When you come to Babylon and shall the men of war fled, and went out of
see and shall cry all these words, the city by night by the way of the gate
between the two walls, which was by
62 then you shall say, O YAHWEH,
the king's garden. And the Chaldeans
You have spoken against this place to
lay all around the city. And they went
cut it off so that none shall remain in
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by the way of the Arabah1. the land for vinedressers and for
8 But the army of the Chaldeans farmers.
pursued the king and overtook 17 Also the Chaldeans broke the
Zedekiah in the Arabah of Jericho. pillars of copper that were in the house
And all his army was scattered from of YAHWEH, and the bases, and the
him. copper sea in the house of YAHWEH,
9 And they took the king and carried and carried all the copper from them
him up to the king of Babylon, to to Babylon.
Riblah in the land of Hamath, where 18 They also took away the pots, and
he gave judgments against him. the shovels, and the snuffers, and the
10 And the king of Babylon bowls, and the spoons, and all the
slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah vessels of copper with which they
before his eyes. He also slaughtered all served.
the rulers of Judah in Riblah. 19 And the chief of the executioners
11 And he blinded the eyes of took away the basins, and the fire-
Zedekiah. And the king of Babylon pans, and the bowls, and the pots, the
bound him in copper fetters and lampstands, and the spoons, and the
carried him to Babylon. And he put cups; what was gold, in gold, and what
him in prison until the day of his was silver, in silver,
death. 20 the two pillars, one sea, and
12 And in the fifth month, in the twelve copper bulls that were under
tenth of the month, which was the the bases, which King Solomon had
nineteenth year of King Nebuchad-
made in the house of YAHWEH. The
nezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the
weight of the copper of all these
chief of the executioners, who stood
vessels was not known.
before the king of Babylon, came into
21 And the pillars: the height of one
Jerusalem.
pillar was eighteen cubits, and a line of
13 And he burned the house of
twelve cubits went around it, and its
YAHWEH and the king's house. And thickness was four fingers; it was
he burned all the houses of Jerusalem hollow.
with fire, and all the houses of the 22 And a capital of copper was on it;
great ones. (2Kgs 25:9) and the height of one capital was five
14 And all the army of the Chaldeans cubits, with grating and pomegranates
with the chief of the executioners on the capitals all around, all of
broke down all the walls of Jerusalem copper. And like these was the second
all around. pillar, and the pomegranates.
15 Then Nebuzaradan, the chief of 23 And ninety-six pomegranates
the executioners, exiled some of the were on a side; all the pomegranates
poor of the people, and the rest of the on the grating were a hundred all
people who remained in the city, and around.
those who fell away, who fell to the 24 And the chief of the executioners
king of Babylon, and the rest of the took Seraiah the head priest, and
multitude. Zephaniah the second priest, and the
16 But Nebuzaradan, the chief of the three doorkeepers.
executioners, left some of the poor of 25 He also took out of the city one
eunuch who was in charge of the men
1 The Arabah was a dry river bed that led of war, and seven men who saw the
south east to the Dead Sea area and Jericho
king's face, who were found in the city,
before it.
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sides in their going, they did not turn 27 And I saw Him, like the color of
in their going. polished copper, looking like fire
18 And also their rims were high to within it all around. From the
them, even awesome to them. And appearance of His loins and upward,
their rims were full of eyes all around and from the appearance of His loins
the four of them. and downward, I saw Him looking like
19 And in the going of the living fire; and brightness to it all around1.
creatures the wheels went beside 28 As the appearance of the bow that
them. And in the lifting up of the living is in the cloud in the day of the rain, so
creatures from on the earth, the appeared the brightness all around.
wheels were lifted up. This was the appearance of the
20 There where the spirit was to go, likeness of the glory of YAHWEH. And
there they went; there their spirit was I saw, and I fell on my face, and I
to go, and the wheels were lifted up heard a voice of One speaking2.
along with them. For the spirit of the
living creature was in the wheels. Chapter 2
21 In their going, these went; and in
their standing still, these stood still. 1 And He said to me, Son of man,
And in their being lifted up from the stand on your feet, and I will speak to
earth, the wheels were lifted up along you.
with them. For the spirit of the living 2 And the Spirit entered into me as
creature was in the wheels. He spoke to me, and He made me
22 And a likeness was over the heads stand on my feet, and I heard Him
of the living creature, an expanse like speaking to me.
the color of awesome crystal, stretched 3 And He said to me, Son of man, I
out over their heads from above. am sending you to the sons of Israel,
23 And under the expanse their to the nations, the rebelling ones who
wings were straight, the one toward have rebelled against Me. They and
the other, to each, two wings covering their fathers have transgressed against
on this side, and to each two covering Me to this day3.
on that side of their bodies. 4 And the sons are stiff of face and
24 And I heard the sound of their hard of heart. I am sending you to
wings like the sound of great waters, them. And you shall say to them, So
like the voice of the Almighty. In their says Adonai YAHWEH.
going was the sound of tumult, like the 5 And they, whether they will hear or
sound of an army. In their standing whether they will forbear (for they are
still, they let down their wings. a rebellious house), yea, they shall
25 And there was a voice from the know that a prophet has been among
expanse that was over their heads. In them4.
their standing still, they let down their 6 And you, son of man, do not be
wings.
1 Eze 8:2, Rev 1:14-15.
26 And from above the expanse that
2 The rainbow was a sign of YHWH's
was over their heads was an covenant with the earth (Gen 9:13) Also see
appearance like a stone of lapis Rev 10:1.
sapphire, the likeness of a throne. And 3 Ezekiel lived at the time of Judah's captivity
on the likeness of the throne was a to Babylon, yet YHWH is sending Ezekiel
likeness in appearance like a man on it not to Judah but to the dispersed Israelites
from above. living in Diaspora, who went captive
around 130 yrs earlier.
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afraid of them and of their words. Do make your belly eat, and fill your
not be afraid, though briers and thorns bowels with the roll, this that I give to
are with you1, and though you are you. And I ate, and it was in my mouth
living among scorpions. Do not be like honey for sweetness. (Rev 10:9-
afraid of their words, and do not be 10)
frightened by their faces, though they 4 And He said to me, Son of man,
are a house of rebellion. Go! Come to the house of Israel and
7 And you shall speak My Words to speak with My Words to them.
them, whether they will hear, or 5 For you are not sent to a people of
whether they will forbear, for they are deep lip and difficult of language, but
rebellious2. to the house of Israel;
8 But you, son of man, hear what I 6 not to many peoples of deep lip
am saying to you. Do not be like that and of a difficult language, whose
rebellious house of rebellion. Open words you cannot hear. If I had sent
your mouth and eat what I am giving you to them, they would have listened
to you. to you. (Isa 28:11)
9 And I looked, and behold, a hand 7 But the house of Israel is not
was extended to me. And behold, a roll willing to listen to you, for they are not
of a book3 was in it. willing to listen to Me, for all the house
10 And He spread it before me, and of Israel are strong of forehead and
it was written on the face and the hard of heart.
back4. And written on it were 8 Behold, I have made your face
weepings, and mourning, and woe5. strong over against their faces, and
your forehead strong over against their
Chapter 3 foreheads.
9 I have made your forehead as an
1 And He said to me, Son of man, eat adamant harder than flint. Do not fear
what you find. Eat this roll, and go them, and do not be frightened by
speak to the house of Israel. their faces, though they are a house of
2 So I opened my mouth, and He rebellion.
made me eat that roll. 10 And He said to me, Son of man,
3 And He said to me, Son of man, all My Words which I speak to you,
4 Ezekiel's message is primarily to the receive into your heart, and hear with
prideful stiff-necked house of Israel living your ears.
in Diaspora around the world and much of 11 And go! Come to the exiles, to the
the message in the book is for the end sons of your people, and speak to
times. them, and say to them, So says Adonai
1 Mar 4:18-19. YAHWEH, whether they will hear, or
2 The messages by the prophets of YHWH whether they will forbear.
were not necessarily to change the people,
12 And the Spirit lifted me up, and I
as most times they were greatly prideful and
stubborn, but it was a warning message of
heard behind me a sound of a great
the judgment to come. tumult, saying, Blessed be the glory of
3 This was a scroll that is rolled up before YAHWEH from His place!
reading. 13 And there was the sound of the
4 Most scrolls were only written on one side, wings of the living creatures touching
this one was written front and back possibly each one to the other, and the sound of
showing its dual fulfillment Rev 5:1. the wheels along with them, and the
5 Much of Ezekiel's imagery parallel’s the sound of a great tumult.
book of Revelation, Rev 8:13.
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14 So the Spirit lifted me up and 21 But you, because you warned him,
took me, and I went bitterly in the heat the righteous, so that the righteous
of my spirit, but the hand of YAHWEH should not sin, and he does not sin,
was strong upon me. surely he shall live because he is
15 Then I came to the exiles at Tel- warned. And you have delivered your
Aviv1, those dwelling by the river soul.
Chebar. And I sat there where they 22 And the hand of YAHWEH was on
were sitting. I also dwelt there seven me there. And He said to me, Arise, go
days, being appalled among them. forth into the plain, and I will speak
16 And it happened at the end of the with you there.
seven days, even it happened that the 23 And I rose up and went forth into
Word of YAHWEH came to me, saying, the plain. And, behold, there the glory
17 Son of man, I have made you a of YAHWEH was standing, like the
watchman2 for the house of Israel. glory which I saw by the river Chebar.
And hear the Word of My mouth, and And I fell on my face.
warn them from Me. 24 And the Spirit entered into me
18 In My saying to the wicked, surely and stood me on my feet and spoke
you shall die; and you do not warn with me. And He said to me, Come,
him, and you do not speak to warn the shut yourself within your house.
wicked from his wicked way, to save 25 But you, son of man, behold, they
his life, he, the wicked, shall die in his shall put on you cords and shall bind
iniquity. But I will require his blood at you with them, and you shall not go
your hand. out among them.
19 And you, because you have 26 And I will make your tongue cling
warned the wicked, and he does not to your palate, and you shall be dumb.
turn from his wickedness or from his And there shall not be to them a
way, he, the wicked, shall die in his reproving man. For they are a
iniquity. But you have delivered your rebellious house.
soul. 27 But in My speaking with you, I
20 And when the righteous turns will open your mouth, and you shall
from his righteousness and does say to them, So says Adonai YAHWEH.
injustice, and I lay a stumbling-block He who hears, let him hear; and he
before him, he shall die. Since you rejects, let him reject. For they are a
have not warned him, he shall die in rebellious house.
his sin, and his righteousness which he
has done shall not be remembered. Chapter 4
But I will require his blood at your
hand. 1 And you, son of man, take a brick
1 Not the modern Israeli city but a city in to yourself, and lay it before you, and
Babylon. The name Tel Aviv means “tel” engrave on it a city, Jerusalem.
which is an ancient mount and “aviv” is 2 And lay a siege on it, and build a
young; so it is the place where the ancient fort on it, and pour out a ramp on it.
and the new come together. And place a camp on it, and set
2 Ezekiel was a watchman who warned of the battering rams all around on it.
coming judgment. In ancient times they 3 And you, take a griddle of iron to
were stationed at the top of the city watch yourself, and place it as a wall of iron
tower so they saw the invasion coming first. between you and the city. And place
A “watch”- man also tells time and Ezekiel
your face against it, and it shall be
has more dates than any other prophet.
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under siege, and thrust upon it. It is a measure: the sixth part of a hin. From
sign to the house of Israel. time to time you shall drink2.
4 And you, lie down on your left side, 12 And you shall eat cakes of barley,
and lay the iniquity of the house of and you shall bake it with dung of the
Israel on it. The number of the days excrement of man, in their sight.
that you shall lie down on it, you shall 13 And YAHWEH said, Even so the
bear their iniquity. sons of Israel shall eat their defiled
5 For I have laid on you the years of bread among the nations there where I
their iniquity, according to the number will drive them3.
of days: three hundred and ninety 14 Then I said, Adonai YAHWEH!
days. And you shall bear the house of Behold, my soul has not been defiled. I
Israel's iniquity1. (Num 14:34) have not even eaten a carcass or a torn
6 And when you complete them, animal, from my youth even until now.
even lie on your right side, the second. And unclean flesh has not come into
And you shall bear the house of my mouth.
Judah's iniquity forty days; a day for a 15 Then He said to me, See, I have
year. I have given it for you, a day for a given to you the dung of cattle in place
year. of the dung of man. And you shall
7 And you shall set your face toward make bread over it4.
the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm 16 And He said to me, Son of man,
bared; and you shall prophesy over it. behold, I am breaking the staff of
8 And, behold, I will put cords on bread in Jerusalem. And they shall eat
you, and you cannot turn from your bread by weight, and with anxiety.
side to your other side until you have And they shall drink water by
completed the days of your siege. measure, and in horror,
9 And you, take to yourself wheat, 17 because they will lack bread and
and barley, and beans, and lentils, and water, and each one be stunned with
millet, and spelt, and place them in a his brother. And they will waste away
single vessel; and make them for in their iniquity.
yourself into bread, to the number of
days that you are lying on your side. Chapter 5
You shall eat it three hundred and
ninety days. 1 And you, son of man, take to
10 And your food which you shall eat
shall be by weight: twenty shekels a 2 Verse 9-10 shows the meager vegetarian
day. From time to time you shall eat it. diet that Ezekiel was to eat daily showing
11 And you shall drink water by the hardship that would be coming on the
besieged city. This equated to about 2 pints
1 Many times in Scripture the principle of a of water and about 8 ounces of bread daily.
day for a yr exists especially in correlation 3 Since many Israelites were breaking kosher
of punishment (Num 14:34). Also, though laws of Lev 11, YHWH was going to have
YHWH stated in Lev 26:18,24 that Israel's Ezekiel make his food from fire made with
punishment would be 7 times duration for human excrement to show them the
their great sins. So if you take the 390 day blessing they had in Israel of being able to
for a yr principle and multiple it by the 7 eat kosher that would not be in the nations
times duration you come up with 2,730 yr of their captivity.
duration that the Northern tribes of Israel 4 Since Ezekiel was faithful to keeping all
would be in captivity among the nations aspects of the kosher laws, Elohim had
before being able to return to the Promised mercy on him to use cow dung (a clean
Land of Israel. animal) compared to human dung.
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yourself a sharp sword, the razor of a the nations, and defiled My Torah
barber. Take it to yourself and make it more than the lands that are all
pass over your head and over your around her. For they have rejected My
beard1. And take to yourself scales to judgments and My Torah; they have
weigh, and to divide them out2. not walked in them.
2 You shall burn a third part in the 7 Therefore, so says Adonai
fire, in the midst of the city, when the YAHWEH: Because you rebelled more
days of the siege are fulfilled. And you than the nations that are all around
shall take the third part and beat with you, not having walked in My statutes,
a sword all around it. And you shall and not having performed My
scatter the third part into the wind, judgments, and you have not done
and I will draw out a sword after them. according to the judgments of the
3 Also you shall take from there a nations all around you;
few in number and bind them in your 8 therefore, so says Adonai
skirts3. YAHWEH: Behold! I, even I am
4 And take from them again, and against you, and will execute
throw them into the middle of the fire judgments in your midst in the sight of
and burn them in the fire. From it the nations.
shall come forth a fire into all the 9 And I will do in you that which I
house of Israel4. have not done, and which I will not do
5 So says Adonai YAHWEH: This is the like again, for all your
Jerusalem. I have set her in the midst abominations5.
of the nations, and all around her are 10 Therefore, the fathers shall eat
the lands. the sons in your midst, and the sons
6 And she has changed My shall eat their fathers. And I will
judgments for wickedness more than execute judgments against you, and I
1 Ezekiel finished this final act of defilement will scatter the whole remnant of you
by shaving his head and beard, which was a into every wind. (Lev 26:29)
pagan ritual for the dead (Eze 27:31, Isa 11 Therefore, as I live, says Adonai
22:12) which the Torah forbade (Deu 14:1). YAHWEH, surely because you have
This whole process was extremely defiled My sanctuary with all your
humiliating and disqualifying from serving idolatries and with all your
Elohim. Lev 21:5. abominations, so I also will withdraw.
2 What Isaiah had used as a metaphor (Isa And My eye shall not spare, and I will
7:20) of punishment Ezekiel was actually not have pity.
acting out.
12 A third part of you shall die by the
3 Verse 2-3: A third of the people would die
immediately, a third would die in the plague and shall be consumed by the
fighting and a third would be scattered into famine in your midst. And a third part
Diaspora, in which out of this last third their
would be a small remnant (usually 10%, so 5 It is quite interesting when you look at the
10% of only the last third) and they would first 9 chapters of Ezekiel as they are
be left in the land, 2Kgs 25:12, Jer 39:10. written to the House of Israel who has been
4 There is always a purification of the in captivity for almost 130 yrs already, but
remnant through fire, which is symbolic of yet it speaks about destruction on Jerusalem
being purified through trials and suffering which was already prophesied much by
(Luk 12:49, 50). Water baptism is for Jeremiah to this point. When you look at the
repentance, spirit baptism is for becoming a prophecies here with the punishment it
first-fruit, and fire baptism is for seems that Ezekiel chapters 1-9 definitely
purification. Rev 3:18-19. have a dual end time fulfillment in mind.
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shall fall by the sword all around you. a sword on you, and I will destroy your
And a third part I will scatter into high places.
every wind, and I will draw out a 4 And your altars shall be ruined,
sword after them1. (Eze 5:2) and your pillars shall be broken. And I
13 And My anger shall be spent, and will cast down your slain before your
I will make My fury rest on them, and idols.
I will be eased. And they shall know 5 And I will put the dead bodies of
that I, YAHWEH, have spoken in My the sons of Israel before their idols,
zeal, in My fulfilling My fury among and I will scatter your bones around
them. your altars.
14 And I will make you into a waste 6 In all your dwelling places the
and a reproach among the nations that cities shall be laid waste, and the high
are around you, in the eyes of all who places shall be deserted, so that your
pass by. altars may be laid waste and become
15 And it shall be a reproach and a guilty, and that your idols may be
taunt, an example and a horror, to the broken and brought to an end, and
nations which are all around you, your pillars may be cut down, and your
when I shall execute against you works wiped out.
judgments in anger and in fury and in 7 And the slain shall fall in your
chastisements among them. I, midst, and you shall know that I am
YAHWEH, have spoken it. YAHWEH.
16 When I shall send the arrows of 8 Yet I will leave a remainder, so that
evil famine among them, which shall may be left to you those who escape
be for ruin, for which I will send them the sword among the nations, in your
to destroy you, even I will increase the scattering among the lands2.
famine on you and break the staff of 9 And those who escape shall
bread to you. remember Me among the nations
17 Yea, I will send famine and evil where they will be made captive,
beasts on you, and you will be because I was broken by their whoring
bereaved. And pestilence and blood heart which has turned away from Me,
shall pass among you, and I shall bring and by their whoring eyes which go
a sword on you. I, YAHWEH, have after their idols. And they shall loathe
spoken. against their faces for the evils which
they have done in all their
Chapter 6 abominations. (Eze 20:43-44, 36:31)
10 And they shall know that I am
1 And it happened, the Word of YAHWEH; and not in vain have I said
YAHWEH came to me, saying, to do this evil to them.
2 Son of man, set your face towards 11 So says Adonai YAHWEH: Strike
the mountains of Israel and prophesy with your hand, and stamp with your
against them. foot, and say, Alas, for all the evil
3 And say, Mountains of Israel, hear abominations of the house of Israel!
the Word of Adonai YAHWEH: So says For they shall fall by the sword, by the
famine, and by the plague. (Eze 25:6)
Adonai YAHWEH to the mountains,
12 He who is far off shall die by the
and to the hills, to the ravines, and to
the valleys, Behold, I, even I will bring 2 However bad Israel's prognostication may
be, they are always promised a remnant for
1 See note on Eze 5:3. restoration in the end time.
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sword. And he who is in the city, 25 Anguish comes! And they shall
famine and plague shall devour him. seek peace, but none shall be.
16 But if their fugitives shall escape, 26 Disaster on disaster shall come,
then they shall be on the mountains and rumor to rumor shall be. And they
like doves of the valleys, all of them shall seek a vision from the prophet,
mourning, each for his iniquity. but the Torah shall perish from the
17 All hands shall be feeble, and all priest, and counsel from the elders.
knees shall go as water. 27 The king shall mourn, and the
18 They shall also gird on sackcloth, ruler shall be clothed with despair.
and trembling shall cover them. And And the hands of the people of the
shame shall be on all faces, and land shall be terrified. According to
baldness on all heads. their way, I will do to them, and
19 They shall throw their silver in according to their judgments, I will
the streets, and their gold shall be an judge them. And they shall know that I
impure thing. Their silver and their am YAHWEH.
gold shall not be able to deliver them
in the day of the wrath of YAHWEH. Chapter 8
They shall not satisfy their soul, and
they shall not fill their bowels, for their 1 And it was in the sixth year, in the
iniquity has become a stumbling-block sixth month, on the fifth of the
for them1. (Zep 1:18, Pro 11:4) month3, I was sitting in my house. And
20 And the beauty of His ornament, the elders of Judah were sitting before
He set it in majesty. But they made it me. And the hand of Adonai YAHWEH
the images of their abominations, and fell on me there.
of their hateful things. Therefore, I 2 And I looked, and behold, a
have put it to them as an impure thing. likeness as the appearance of fire,
21 And I will also give it into the from the appearance of His loins and
hand of the strangers for a prize, and downward, like fire, and from His
to the wicked of the earth for a spoil. loins and upward, as the appearance
And they shall defile it. of brightness, like the color of polished
22 I also will turn My face from copper. (Dan 10:5-6, Rev 1:12-15)
them, and they shall defile My hidden 3 And He put forth the form of a
place. And violent ones shall enter into hand and took me by a lock of my
it and defile it. head. And the Spirit lifted me up
23 Take the chain, for the land is full between the earth and the heavens
of bloody judgments, and the city is and brought me to Jerusalem (in the
full of violence2. visions of Elohim), to the opening of
24 And I will bring the most evil of the inner gate facing north, where
the nations, and they shall possess there was a seat of the image of
their houses. And I will make cease the jealousy, which causes jealousy.
pomp of the strong ones, and their 4 And, behold! The glory of the
holy places shall be defiled. Elohim of Israel was there, like the
1 Since almost time, immemorial, gold and appearance which I saw in the plain.
silver have been the most secure means of 5 And He said to me, Son of man, lift
exchange. However, in the end as war, up your eyes now to the way of the
famine, and pestilence will be rampant,
even gold will not be able to help them. 3 This is the second of 13 dates that are
2 Verse 21-23 is referring to Jerusalem and mentioned in Ezekiel and is 14 months from
YHWH's sanctuary. his calling.
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a throne, like a stone of sapphire, faces, after it they went. They did not
above them. turn in their going.
2 And He spoke to the man clothed 12 And all their flesh, and their
with linen, and said, Go in among the backs, and their hands, and their
wheels, under the cherub, and fill your wings, and the wheels, were full of
hands with coals of fire from between eyes all around, even their wheels
the cherubs, and sprinkle on the city. which the four of them had.
And he went in before me. (Isa 6:6) 13 As for the wheels, it was cried to
3 And the cherubs were standing on them in my hearing, Whirling wheel!
the right side of the house when he, 14 And four faces were to each. The
the man, went in. And the cloud filled first face was the face of a cherub 1, and
the inner court. the second face the face of a man, and
4 And the glory of YAHWEH lifted up the third the face of a lion, and the
from the cherub, over the threshold of fourth the face of an eagle. (Eze 1:10)
the house. And the house was filled 15 And the cherubs rose up. This is
with the cloud. And the court was full the living creature that I saw by the
of the radiance of the glory of river Chebar.
YAHWEH. 16 And in the going of the cherubs,
5 And the sound of the wings of the wheels went beside them. And
cherubs was heard over the outer when the cherubs lifted their wings to
court, as the voice of El Shaddai when soar from the earth, the wheels did not
He speaks. turn from beside them, even they.
6 And it happened, when He had 17 When they stood still, these stood
commanded the man clothed with still. And when they rose up, these also
linen, saying, Take fire from between lifted up. For the spirit of the living
the wheels, from between the cherubs. creature was in them.
Then he went and stood beside the 18 And the glory of YAHWEH went
wheels. from the threshold of the house and
7 And one cherub stretched out his stood over the cherubs.
hand from between the cherubs, to the 19 And the cherubs lifted their wings
fire between the cherubs. And he lifted and rose up from the earth in my
and put it into the hands of the one sight. When they went out, the wheels
clothed with linen. And he took it and also were with them. And he stood at
went out. the door of the gate of the house of
8 And the form of a man's hand was YAHWEH, the eastern gate And the
seen under the wings of the cherubs. glory of the Elohim of Israel was over
9 And I looked, and, behold, the four them from above2.
wheels were beside the cherubs: one 20 This is the living creature that I
wheel beside one cherub, one wheel saw under the Elohim of Israel by the
beside one cherub. And the river Chebar, and I knew that they
appearance of the wheels was like the were cherubs.
color of a stone of Tarshish.
10 And their appearance was as one, 1 This verse is identical to Eze 1:10 except
the four of them, as if the wheel were that the face of the ox is now the face of a
in the midst of the wheel. Cherub.
11 In their going on their four sides, 2 The glory of YHWH or the “Shekinah” was
they went. They did not turn in their moved from over the throne to the eastern
going. For to the place where the head gate and then, later, to the Mount of Olives
Eze 11:23.
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21 Four, even four faces are to each, forth out of her midst.
and four wings to each. And the form 8 You have feared the sword, but I
of a man's hands was under their will bring a sword on you, says Adonai
wings. YAHWEH.
22 And the form of their faces, they 9 And I will bring you out of her
are the faces that I saw by the river midst and will give you into the hand
Chebar, their appearances, even theirs. of strangers. And I will execute
They each went straight forward. judgments against you.
10 You shall fall by the sword. I will
Chapter 11 judge you to the border of Israel, and
you shall know that I am YAHWEH.
1 And the Spirit lifted me up and 11 This city shall not be for a pot to
brought me to the eastern gate of the you, nor shall you be in its midst for
house of YAHWEH, the gate which flesh. But I will judge you in the
faces eastward. And, behold, at the border of Israel,
opening of the gate were twenty five 12 and you shall know that I am
men. And I saw among them YAHWEH in whose statutes you have
Jaazaniah1 the son of Azzur, and not walked. Yea, you have not done My
Pelatiah, the son of Benaiah, leaders of judgments. Yea, as the judgments of
the people. the nations who are around you, you
2 And He said to me, Son of man, have done.
these are the men who plot evil and 13 And it happened when I
advise wicked advice in this city, prophesied, Pelatiah, the son of
3 who say, It is not near, let us build Benaiah, died. Then I fell on my face
houses; she is the pot, and we are the and cried with a loud voice and said,
flesh2.
Ah, Adonai YAHWEH! Will you make
4 So prophesy against them,
a full end of the remnant of Israel?
prophesy, son of man!
14 And the Word of YAHWEH came
5 And the Spirit of YAHWEH fell on
to me, saying,
me and said to me, Speak, So says
15 Son of man, your brothers, your
YAHWEH: So you have said, house of brothers, the men of your redemption,
Israel, for I Myself know the steps of and all the house of Israel, all of them
your spirit. who have said to those living in
6 You have multiplied your dying Jerusalem, Go far away from
ones in this city, and you have filled
YAHWEH, this land is given to us for a
her streets with the dying.
possession.
7 So Adonai YAHWEH says this: 16 Therefore, say, So says Adonai
Your dying ones whom you have laid
YAHWEH: Though I have sent them
in her midst, they are the flesh, and
far off among the nations, and though
she is the pot. But I will bring you
I scattered them among the lands, yet
1 Possibly the brother of Jeremiah's opponent I was to them as a little sanctuary in
in Jer 28:1. the countries there where they had
2 The advice of these men to build houses in
the city showed they did not believe in
YHWH's coming judgment. They felt the
ones already in Babylon had been judged
and they were the choice meat in the pot not
to go into captivity.
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8 And in the morning the Word of Israel: They shall eat their bread with
YAHWEH came to me, saying, anxiety and drink their water with
9 Son of man, has not the house of horror, so that her land may be
Israel, that rebellious house, said to desolated of her fullness, because of
you, What are you doing? the violence of all those who live in
10 Say to them, So says Adonai her.
YAHWEH: This burden is to the prince 20 And the cities that have people
in Jerusalem, and to all the house of shall be laid waste, and the land shall
Israel who are among them. be desolate. And you shall know that I
11 Say, I am your wonder. As I have am YAHWEH.
done, so it shall be done to them. They 21 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
shall go into exile, into captivity. me, saying,
12 And the prince who is among 22 Son of man, what is this proverb
them shall carry on his shoulder in the to you on the land of Israel, saying,
dark and go forth through the wall. The days are long, and every vision
They shall dig to bring out by it. He shall perish?
shall cover his face so that he does not 23 Therefore, tell them, So says
look with the eye on the earth1. Adonai YAHWEH: I will make this
13 And I will spread My net on him, proverb cease, and they shall not use it
and he shall be taken in My snare. And again in Israel. However, say to them,
I will bring him to Babylon, the land of The days draw near, and the matter of
the Chaldeans. Yet he will not see it, every vision.
and he shall die there. 24 For there shall not again be every
14 And all who are around him, his vain vision, nor smooth divination,
help and all his bands, I will scatter to within the house of Israel.
every wind, and I will draw out a 25 For I, YAHWEH, will speak. The
sword after them. Word which I shall speak shall be
15 And they shall know that I am done; it shall not be drawn out again.
YAHWEH when I shall scatter them For in your days, O house of rebellion,
among the nations and disperse them I will say "The Word" and (He) will
throughout the earth. do it2, declares Adonai YAHWEH.
16 But of them I will leave a number
26 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
of men from the sword, from the
me, saying,
famine, and from the plague, so that
27 Son of man, behold, the house of
they may declare all their
Israel is saying, The vision that he is
abominations among the nations,
seeing is for many days, and he
there where they go. And they shall
prophesies for times far off.
know that I am YAHWEH. 28 So say to them, So says Adonai
17 And the Word of YAHWEH came YAHWEH: Not any of My Words will
to me, saying, be drawn out any longer. What I have
18 Son of man, eat your bread with spoken, that Word shall be done,
quaking, and drink your water with
declares Adonai YAHWEH3.
trembling and with anxiety.
19 And say to the people of the land,
Chapter 13
So says Adonai YAHWEH to those
living in Jerusalem, to the land of
1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
1 Jer 39:4 is the fulfillment of this. 2 Joh 1:1-3, 14.
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16 The prophets of Israel who are so that he should not turn from his evil
prophesying concerning Jerusalem, way, to keep him alive.
and who see visions of peace for her, 23 So you shall not see vanity, and
even there is no peace, declares you shall not divine any divination.
Adonai YAHWEH. (Jer 6:14) And I will deliver My people out of
17 And you, son of man, set your face your hand. And you shall know that I
against the daughters of your people am YAHWEH.
who prophesy out of their heart, and
prophesy against them, Chapter 14
18 and say, So says Adonai
YAHWEH: Woe to those sewing 1 Then came the men of the elders of
amulets to all joints of my hands, and Israel and sat before me.
make long veils for the head of every 2 And the Word of YAHWEH came to
man of stature, to hunt souls1! Will me, saying,
you hunt the souls of My people, and 3 Son of man, these men have caused
will you save alive the souls for their idols to go up in their hearts, and
yourselves? have put the stumbling-block of their
19 And will you profane Me among iniquity before their faces. Should I at
My people for handfuls of barley, and all be sought by them?
for bits of bread, to cause to die the 4 Therefore, speak to them and say
souls that should not die, and to save to them, So says Adonai YAHWEH:
alive the souls that should not live, by Every man of the house of Israel who
your lying to My people who listen to causes idols to go up in his heart, and
lies2? who puts the stumbling-block of his
20 So Adonai YAHWEH says this: iniquity before his face, and comes to
Behold, I am against your amulets the prophet, I, YAHWEH, will answer
with which you are hunting the souls him in it by the host of his idols,
there, to make them fly. And I will tear 5 so that I may capture the house of
them from your arms, and will send Israel in their own heart, who are
out the souls, souls which you are turned aside from Me by their idols, all
hunting, to make them fly. of them.
21 Also I will tear your long veils and 6 Therefore, say to the house of
deliver My people out of your hand. Israel, So says Adonai YAHWEH: turn,
And they shall not again be in your and be turned from your idols, and
hand to be hunted. And you shall from all your abominations turn away
know that I am YAHWEH. your faces.
22 Because you have saddened the 7 For every man of the house of
heart of the righteous with lies, and I Israel, or of the foreigner who resides
have not pained him, and you have in Israel, who is separated from after
made the hands of the wicked strong, Me and causes his idols to go up in his
heart, and puts the stumbling-block of
1 Referring to women using the occult to his iniquity before his face, and comes
curse the innocent and bless those doing
to the prophet to inquire of him
evil. All such practices are condemned by
the Torah. concerning Me, I, YAHWEH, will
2 Apparently, these false wicked people were answer him Myself.
lying for gaining small bits of food not 8 And I will set My face against that
caring whose lives they were destroying man, and I will make him desolate for
with their lying words Mat 12:33-37.
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a sign and for proverbs. And I will cut deliver themselves1, but the land
him off from the midst of My people. would be desolate. (Eze 18:14-20)
And you shall know that I am 17 Or if I bring a sword on that land
YAHWEH. and say, Let a sword go through the
9 And the prophet, if he is deceived, land, and I will cut off man and beast
and he speaks a word, I, YAHWEH, from it;
have deceived that prophet. And I will 18 even though these three men were
stretch out My hand on him and will in its midst, as I live, declares Adonai
destroy him from the midst of My YAHWEH, they should not deliver
people Israel. sons or daughters, but they only would
10 And they shall bear their iniquity. deliver themselves.
As the iniquity of the inquirer, so the 19 Or if I send a plague into the land
iniquity of the prophet shall be. and pour out My fury on it in blood, to
11 So that the house of Israel may cut off from it man and beast;
not stray any more from after Me, and 20 though Noah, Daniel, and Job
not be defiled again with all their were in its midst, as I live, declares
transgressions; but they are to Me for Adonai YAHWEH, they would deliver
a people, and I will be to them for neither son nor daughter; they by their
Elohim, declares Adonai YAHWEH. righteousness would deliver only their
12 And the Word of YAHWEH came souls.
to me, saying, 21 For so says Adonai YAHWEH,
13 Son of man, when a land sins How much more when the four of My
against Me, by traitorous betraying, evil judgments: sword, and famine,
then I will stretch out My hand on it, and evil beast, and plague I send on
and I will shatter the staff of bread to Jerusalem, to cut off from it man and
it, and I will send famine on it. And I beast! (Jer 15:1-3, Rev 6:8)
will cut off from it man and beast. 22 Yet, behold, there shall be left in
14 And though these three men were it escaping ones that shall be brought
in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job, by out, sons and daughters. Behold, they
their righteousness they should deliver shall come to you, and you shall see
only their souls, declares Adonai their way and their doings. And you
YAHWEH. will be comforted for the evil which I
15 If I make evil beasts go through have brought against Jerusalem, for all
the land, and they bereave it, and it is which I have brought upon it.
desolate, so that no one would go 23 And they will comfort you when
through because of the beasts, you see their way and their doings.
16 though these three men were in 1 Noah, Job and Daniel were 3 of the most
its midst, as I live, declares Adonai righteous people who ever lived, yet if they
YAHWEH, they would deliver neither were there they would only save themselves
sons nor daughters; they would only because each person will die for their own
sins (Eze 18:20) and according to Torah
“eye for eye and life for life” (Deu 19:21).
Even a righteous person can only save his
own life, not others. Only by Yahshua being
the eternal Creator of all things (Col 1:16,
Joh 1:1-3) can His life be worth more than
everything He created. This proves Yahshua
was Elohim and eternal and was not a
created being.
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And you will know that not in vain I 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to
have done all that I did in it, declares know her abominations,
Adonai YAHWEH. 3 and say, So says Adonai YAHWEH
to Jerusalem: Your origin and your
Chapter 15 birth is of the land of Canaan. Your
father was an Amorite and your
1 And the Word of YAHWEH came to mother a Hittite2.
me, saying, 4 As for your birth, in the day you
2 Son of man, how is the vine tree were born, your navel was not cut, and
more than any other tree, or than a you were not washed with water to
branch that is among the trees of the cleanse you. And you were not salted,
forest1? and you were not at all swaddled3.
3 Shall wood be taken from it to do 5 An eye did not have pity on you to
work? Or will men take from it for a do to you one of these, to have
peg to hang every vessel on it? compassion on you. But you were
4 Behold, it is put in the fire for fuel. thrown into the face of the field, for
The fire devours both its ends, and its your person was loathed in the day
middle is charred. Will it prosper for you were born.
work? 6 And when I passed by you and saw
5 Behold, when it was whole it was you squirming in your blood, I said to
not made for work. How much less you in your blood, Live! Yea, I said to
when the fire has devoured it, and it is you in your blood, Live4!
charred! Shall it yet be made to work? 7 As a myriad, as a field shoot, I have
6 Therefore, so says Adonai made you, and you are grown and are
YAHWEH: As the vine tree among the great. And you come in the finest
trees of the forest, it which I have ornaments. Your breasts are formed,
given to the fire for fuel, so I will give and your hair is grown, yet you were
those living in Jerusalem. naked and bare.
7 And I will set My face against them. 8 And I passed by you, and I looked
They shall go out from the fire, and the on you, and, behold, your time was the
fire shall devour them. And you shall time of love. And I spread My skirt
over you and covered your nakedness.
know that I am YAHWEH when I set
And I swore to you and entered into a
My face against them.
covenant with you, declares Adonai
8 And I will give the land to be
desolate because they have done YAHWEH. And you became Mine.
9 And I washed you with water; I
treachery, declares Adonai YAHWEH.
washed away your blood from you,
and I anointed you with oil.
Chapter 16
10 And I dressed you with
embroidered work, and gave you
1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
me, saying,
1 Judah is being compared to a wild vine of 2 Showing the pre-Israelite origin of
the forest that is useless (verse 3) and not a Jerusalem before they entered the Promised
cultivated vineyard that will bring much Land.
fruit (Isa 5:1-7). The only purpose of the 3 An ancient practice that was supposed to
wild vine is for fuel for burning (verse 5-6), make the body firm, clean and fight
which will be Judah's judgment. Israel is infection.
also compared to a vine in Psa 80:8-15. 4 As an abandoned child, YHWH saved them.
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tachash sandals to wear.1 And I and My incense you have given to their
wrapped you in fine linen, and I face.
covered you with silk. 19 Also My food which I gave you,
11 And I adorned you with fine flour and oil and honey which I
ornaments, and I put bracelets on your fed you, you have given it to their face
hands and a chain on your neck. for a soothing aroma. And it
12 And I gave a jewel for yourself happened, declares Adonai YAHWEH.
and rings for your ears and a crown of 20 And you have taken your sons
beauty on your head2. and your daughters whom you have
13 And you were adorned with gold borne to Me, and you sacrificed these
and silver. And your clothing was fine to them for food. Are your fornications
linen and silk and embroidered work. small?
Fine flour and honey and oil you ate. 21 You have slaughtered My sons,
And you were very, very beautiful. And and you gave them to cause these to
you advanced to regal estate. pass through the fire for them4.
14 And your name went out among 22 And in all your abominations and
the nations, because of your beauty, your fornications you have not
for it was perfect by My splendor remembered the days of your youth,
which I had set on you, declares when you were naked and bare, when
Adonai YAHWEH. you were squirming in your blood.
15 But you trusted in your beauty, and 23 Woe, woe to you, says Adonai
you played the harlot because of your YAHWEH! For it happened, after all
name, and poured out your your evil,
fornications3 on all who passed by; it 24 Woe to you that you have also
was to him! built yourself a mound, and you have
16 And you took from your clothes made yourself a high place in every
and made for you high places of open place!
various colors, and fornicated on 25 At the head of every highway you
them, such as had not come, nor shall have built your high place, and have
be. made your beauty despised. And you
17 And you have taken beautiful have parted your feet to all who passed
things of My gold and of My silver, by, and have multiplied your
which I had given to you, and you fornications.
made images of males, and fornicated 26 You have whored with the sons of
with them. Egypt, your neighbors, great of flesh.
18 And you took your embroidered And you have multiplied your
clothes and covered them. And My oil fornications to provoke Me to anger.
27 And behold, I have stretched out
1 “Tachash” an unknown archaic Hebrew
word that could be a blue shaded animal My hand over you, and I drew back
skin, or the verb of this root means to move your portion. And I gave you to the
quickly and could describe the type of will of those hating you, the daughters
animal that tachash represents. (Exo 25:5) of the Philistines, who are ashamed of
2 Verses 9-13 are figuratively speaking. your wicked way.
“Rings for your ears” an expression for 28 You have fornicated with the sons
their hearing. of Assyria without being satisfied. Yea,
3 The charge of prostitution was both turning
spiritually away from YHWH, but also for 4 Verses 20-21: Children were offered as a
physical involvement in Canaanite fertility sacrifice to Molech, Jer 7:30-32. Jdg 11:30-
rites. 31, 39.
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you fornicated and yet you were not hand, and they will tear down your
satisfied. mound, and will demolish your high
29 And you have multiplied your places. They shall also strip you of
fornication in the land of Canaan, to your clothes and shall take your
the Chaldean, and yet you were not beautiful things, and leave you naked
satisfied with this. and bare.
30 How weak is your heart, declares 40 And they will raise an assembly
Adonai YAHWEH, since you do all to come up against you, and they shall
these, the work of a woman, an stone you with stones, and cut you
overbearing prostitute, with their swords.
31 in that you built your mound in 41 And they shall burn your houses
the head of every highway, and you with fire and make judgments against
make your high place in every open you in the sight of many women. And I
place; yet you have not been as a will make you stop fornicating; and,
prostitute, even scorning wages. also, you shall not give hire again.
32 Like the adulterous wife, instead 42 So I will make My fury to rest
of her husband, she takes strangers. against you, and My jealousy shall
33 They give a gift to all harlots, but depart from you. And I will be quiet
you give your gifts to all your lovers and will not be angry any more.
and bribe them to come to you from all 43 Because you have not
around for your fornication. remembered the days of your youth,
34 And in you was the opposite from but have troubled Me in all these, so,
those women in your fornications, behold, I also will give your way back
since no one whores after you, and in on your head, declares Adonai
your giving wages, and hire is not YAHWEH. And you shall not commit
given to you. In this you are opposite. the wickedness above all your
35 Therefore, O harlot, hear the abominations.
Word of YAHWEH, 44 Behold, all who use proverbs
36 So says Adonai YAHWEH: shall use this proverb against you,
Because your lewdness was poured saying, As the mother, so is the
out, and your nakedness was bared in daughter.
your fornications with your lovers and 45 You are your mother's daughter
with the idols of your abominations, who despises her husband and her
and by the blood of your sons whom sons. And you are the sister of your
you gave to them; sisters who despise their husbands
37 therefore, behold, I will gather all and their sons. Your mother was a
your lovers with whom you have been Hittite and your father was an
pleased, even all whom you have Amorite.
loved, with all whom you have hated, I 46 And your older sister is Samaria,
will even gather them against you from she and her daughters who are
all around, and will uncover your dwelling on your left. And your
nakedness to them. Yea, they will see younger sister from you who dwells on
all your nakedness. the right is Sodom and her daughters.
38 And I will judge you with 47 Yet you have not walked in their
judgments of adulteresses, and with ways nor have done according to their
shedders of blood. And I will give you abominations. As if it were only a little
blood of fury and jealousy. thing, you were even more corrupted
39 And I will give you into their than they in all your ways.
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of Israel. And it will bear boughs and covered the naked with clothing.
produce fruit and will become a 8 He has not given on interest, and
majestic cedar. And every bird of every he has not taken increase3; he has
wing shall dwell under it; they shall turned his hand from injustice, having
dwell in the shadow of its branches. done true justice between man and
24 And all the trees of the field shall man.
know that I, YAHWEH, have brought 9 He has walked in My statutes and
down the high tree, and have exalted has kept My judgments to deal truly;
the low tree, and have dried up the he is righteous. Surely, he shall live,
green tree, and have made the dry tree declares Adonai YAHWEH.
flourish. I, YAHWEH, have spoken and 10 And if he fathers a violent son,
acted. (Dan 5:21, 1Sam 2:7-8) who sheds blood and does to a brother
any of these;
Chapter 18 11 even if he does not do any of these
himself; that also the son he has eaten
1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to on the mountains, and has defiled his
me, saying, neighbor's wife;
2 What is it to you that you use this 12 he has oppressed the poor and
proverb concerning the land of Israel, needy; he has robbed violently; he has
saying, The fathers have eaten sour not returned the pledge, and has lifted
grapes and the teeth of the sons are up his eyes to the idols; he has
dull1? (Jer 31:29) committed abomination;
13 he has given on interest and has
3 As I live, states Adonai YAHWEH,
taken increase; shall he also live? He
there is not any longer occasion to you
shall not live. He has done all these
to use this proverb in Israel.
abominations; surely, he shall die; his
4 Behold, they are all My souls. As
blood shall be on him.
the soul of the father, also the soul of
14 Now, behold! If he fathers a son
the son, they are Mine. The soul that
who sees all his father's sins which he
sins, it shall die2.
has done, and sees, and does not do
5 But a man that is righteous and
like them;
does what is just and right,
15 he has not eaten on the
6 who has not eaten on the
mountains, and has not lifted up his
mountains, and his eyes have not lifted
eyes to the idols of the house of Israel;
up to the idols of the house of Israel,
he has not defiled his neighbor's wife,
and has not defiled his neighbor's wife,
16 and has not oppressed a man, has
and has not come near to a
not withheld the pledge, and he has
menstruating woman,
not robbed violently; he has given his
7 and has not oppressed a man (he
bread to the hungry, and he has
returns his pledge to the debtor and
covered the naked with clothing,
has not robbed by robbery), has given
17 has turned back his hand off the
his bread to the hungry, and he has
poor, and has not received interest and
1 See note on Jer 31:29. increase. He has done My judgments,
2 Man does not have a soul, but “is” a living has walked in My statutes. He shall
soul (Gen 2:7), by having the breath of life not die for the iniquity of his father.
from YHWH. Clearly, here this scripture Surely, he shall live.
shows that souls are not immortal, which is
a medieval doctrine out of paganism, but a 3 To charge a fellow Israelite interest, was
soul can die and sin will bring eternal death. unlawful Exo 22:25, Lev 25:35-37.
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18 His father, because he did cruelly YAHWEH, is not fair. Hear now, O
oppress, he has robbed his brother house of Israel. Is My way not fair?
violently, and did what is not good Are your ways not unfair?
among his people, behold, even he 26 When a righteous one turns from
shall die in his iniquity. his righteousness and does injustice
19 Yet you say, Why? Does not the and dies in them, he shall die for his
son bear the iniquity of the father? injustice which he has done.
When the son has done justice and 27 And when the wicked turns from
righteousness, he has kept all My his wickedness that he has done and
statutes and has done them, surely, he does justice and righteousness, he
shall live. shall keep his soul alive.
20 The soul that sins, it shall die. A 28 Because he sees and turns from
son shall not bear the iniquity of the all his transgressions that he has done,
father. And a father shall not bear the surely, he shall live; he shall not die.
iniquity of the son. The righteousness 29 But the house of Israel says, The
of the righteous shall be upon him, way of YAHWEH, is not fair. Are My
and the wickedness of the wicked shall ways not fair, O house of Israel? Is it
be on him1. (Eze 18:4, Mat 10:28) not your ways that are not fair?
21 But the wicked, if he will turn 30 I will judge you, each man by his
from all his sins which he has done, ways, O house of Israel, declares
and keep all My statutes, and do
Adonai YAHWEH. Turn and be made
justice and righteousness, living he
to turn from all your transgressions,
shall live; he shall not die.
and iniquity shall not be a stumbling-
22 All his transgressions that he has
block to you.
done, they shall not be mentioned to
31 Cast away all your transgressions
him in his righteousness which he has
from you by which you have
done; he shall live.
transgressed in them, and make for
23 Do I take pleasure and delight in
yourselves a new heart and a new
the death of the wicked? Declares
spirit; for why will you die, O house of
Adonai YAHWEH. Is it not that he Israel? (Jer 31:31-34, Eze 36:24-26)
should turn from his ways and live2? 32 For I do not have delight in the
24 But when the righteous turns death of him who dies, declares
from his righteousness and does
Adonai YAHWEH. So turn and live.
injustice, according to all the
abominations that the wicked do, he
Chapter 19
also does, shall he live? All his
righteousness that he has done shall
1 And you lift up a lament for the
not be remembered in his treason 3
rulers of Israel,
that he has betrayed, and in his sin
2 and say, What is your mother? A
that he has sinned, in them he shall
lioness, she lay down among lions,
die.
among young lions she multiplied her
25 Yet you say, The way of
3 This scripture is a good example why good
1 Each person will either be rewarded or works alone cannot earn salvation, as a
punished for his own actions, 2Cor 5:10. good deed cannot equal a bad deed (sin). To
2 YHWH is all merciful and any person, no turn from Yahweh, even if one had done
matter how grave the sin, if they have true many good deeds is considered treason.
heartfelt repentance, then YAHWEH will Loyalty is an extreme prerequisite to enter
forgive them, Mat 9:12-13, Psa 103:8-13. the Kingdom, Mat 7:21-23.
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and do not defile yourselves with the not walk in My statutes, and they
idols of Egypt; I am YAHWEH your despised My judgments, which if a
Elohim. man does them he will even live by
8 But they rebelled against Me and them. And they greatly profaned My
would not listen to Me. They did not Sabbaths. Then I said, I will pour out
each man throw away the filthy idols My fury on them in the wilderness, to
of their eyes, and they did not forsake consume them.
the idols of Egypt. Then I said, I will 14 But I worked for My name's sake,
pour out My fury against them, to that it should not be profaned in the
complete My anger against them in the eyes of the nations, before whom I
midst of the land of Egypt. brought them out, in their eyes.
9 But I worked for My name's sake, 15 And I also lifted up My hand to
that it should not be profaned in the them in the wilderness, that I would
eyes of the nations among whom they not bring them into the land flowing
were1, for I made Myself known to with milk and honey which I had
them in their eyes, by bringing them given; it is the glory to all the lands4,
out of the land of Egypt. (Jer 44:26) 16 because they despised My
10 I caused them to go out from the judgments, and they did not walk in
land of Egypt, and brought them into My statutes, and they profaned My
the wilderness. Sabbaths; for their heart went after
11 And I gave them My statutes, and their idols.
I made them know My judgments, 17 And My eye spared them, from
which if a man does them, he will even destroying them, and I did not make
live by them2. an end of them in the wilderness.
12 And I also gave them My 18 But I said to their sons in the
Sabbaths3 to be a sign between Me and wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes
them, that they might know that I am of your fathers and do not keep their
YAHWEH who sets them apart. judgments, and do not defile
13 But the house of Israel rebelled yourselves with their idols.
against Me in the wilderness. They did 19 I am YAHWEH your Elohim, walk
in My statutes, and keep My
5 Israel went as shepherds in Egypt to farmers judgments, and do them.
in Israel. Here, showing a land of “milk and 20 And guard My Sabbaths to keep
honey” is showing the abundance of food them holy, and they shall be a sign
and drink for both them and their animals, a between Me and you, that you may
shepherds dream. know that I am YAHWEH your
1 The Creator's name is YAHWEH and He Elohim5.
states He will not give His glory to idols
21 But the sons rebelled against Me.
(Isa 42:8). When Judah went into captivity
in Babylon from that time they stopped They did not walk in My statutes, and
using the true name of the Creator they did not keep My judgments, to do
YAHWEH, and in doing so caused the them, which if a man does them, he
nations and ultimately Christianity later to
adopt the personal name of the Babylonian 4 Deu 11:11-12.
deity “god” or “gawd” instead of 5 Israel was commanded to guard Yahweh's
YAHWEH. Sabbath day to keep it set apart, instead
2 Keeping Torah only gives life and they greatly defiled it. The Sabbath is the
blessings. very sign between Yahweh and His children
3 The Sabbath goes back to creation (Gen that He is their Creator and sustainer. Exo
2:1), and is Yahweh's not Israel's. 31:12-19.
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shall live by them. They profaned My Are you being defiled in the way of
Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out your fathers? And do you go whoring
My fury on them, to fulfill My anger after their filthy idols?
against them in the wilderness. 31 For when you lift up your gifts,
22 But I withdrew My hand and when you pass your sons through the
acted for My name's sake, that it fire2, you defile yourselves with all
should not be profaned in the eyes of your idols, even to this day. And I will
the nations, from whom I brought not be inquired of by you, O house of
them out in their eyes. Israel. As I live, declares Adonai
23 And I lifted up My hand to them YAHWEH, I will not be inquired of by
in the wilderness, to scatter them you.
among the nations and sow them 32 And what comes up on your spirit
among the lands, shall surely not occur, that you say, We
24 because they had not done My will be like the nations, like the
judgments and had despised My families of the lands, to serve wood
statutes and had profaned My and stone3.
Sabbaths. And their eyes were after 33 As I live, says Adonai YAHWEH,
their fathers' idols. Surely with a mighty hand, and with
25 Therefore I also gave them an outstretched arm, and with fury
statutes that were not good, and poured out, I will reign over you4.
judgments by which they could not 34 And I will bring you out from the
live. peoples and gather you from the lands
26 And I defiled them by their own in which you are scattered among
gifts, by making all that open the them with a mighty hand and with an
womb to cross the fire, so that I might outstretched arm, and with fury
waste them, to the end that they might poured out5.
know that I am YAHWEH. 35 And I will bring you into the
27 So speak to the house of Israel, wilderness of the peoples, and I will be
son of man, and say to them, So says judging with you there face to face6.
Adonai YAHWEH: Yet in this your 36 Just as I was judging your fathers
fathers have blasphemed Me, by
covering up their trespass against Me. 2 Referring to human sacrifice of their
28 When I had brought them into children.
the land for which I lifted up My hand, 3 The Israelites had a real living relationship
to give it to them, then they saw every with YAHWEH, the Sovereign Creator and
high hill and every leafy tree; and they they were willing to disregard this
offered their sacrifices there. And they relationship for false deities made of wood
and stone simply to be like the nations
have their provoking offering there.
around them. This is similar today, many
They also made their soothing aroma will choose false man-made religion over
there and poured out their drink repentance and a true relationship with
offerings there. YAHWEH.
29 Then I said to them, What is the 4 From verse 33 to the end of the chapter it
high place to which you go there? And becomes prophetic of Israel's redemption in
its name is called Bamah1 to this day. the end time.
30 For this reason, say to the house 5 Once again YHWH foretells His
of Israel, So says Adonai YAHWEH: regathering of Israel from the lands they
were scattered showing this for all 12 tribes.
1 Means “High Place” where false worship Here however, He states He will do it with
took place. fury. Jer 16:11-21.
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in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, 41 I will accept you with a soothing
so I will be judging you, declares aroma when I bring you from the
Adonai YAHWEH. peoples and gather you from the lands
37 And I will cause you to pass under where you have been scattered in
the rod, and I will bring you into the them. And I will be sanctified among
bond of the covenant1. you in the eyes of the nations.
38 And I will purge from among you 42 And you shall know that I am
the rebels and the transgressors YAHWEH when I bring you into the
against Me. I will bring them out of the land of Israel, to the land for which I
land where they reside, and they shall lifted up My hand to give it to your
not enter into the land of Israel. And fathers.
you shall know that I am YAHWEH2. 43 And you shall remember there
39 And you, O house of Israel, so your ways and all your evils by which
says Adonai YAHWEH: Every man go, you have been defiled in them. And
serve his idols, even hereafter, if you you will hate yourselves to your faces
will not listen to Me. But you will not for all your evils which you have
still profane My holy name with your done4.
gifts and with your idols. 44 And you shall know that I am
40 For in My holy mountain in the YAHWEH when I have worked with
mountain height of Israel, declares you for My name's sake, and not by
Adonai YAHWEH, all the house of your evil ways, nor by your evil doings,
Israel shall serve Me there, all of them O house of Israel, declares Adonai
in the land. There I will accept them, YAHWEH.
and there I will seek your heave 45 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
offerings and the first-fruits of your me, saying,
offerings, with all your holy things3. 46 Son of man, set your face the way
of the south, and drop a word toward
6 In the end time YHWH will redeem Israel the Negev, and prophesy against the
first by revealing their identity to them, and forest of the field of the Negev.
then taking them out of the nations again to 47 And say to the forest of the
the wilderness where their fore-fathers Negev, Hear the Word of YAHWEH. So
failed to teach them. He will teach them
“face to face”. says Adonai YAHWEH: Behold, I will
1 A shepherd would literally count each of his kindle a fire in you, and it will eat up
sheep by having them pass under a rod. every moist tree and every dry tree
This showed ownership to the shepherd and among you. The glowing of the flame
he would discard any sheep that did not shall not be put out, and by it shall be
belong to him. He would also check each scorched all the faces from the Negev
one as they passed under the rod for their to the north5.
welfare and safety. It is interesting to note 48 And all flesh shall see that I,
as this scripture denotes a counting of the
YAHWEH, have kindled it; it shall not
chosen by YHWH and Rev 7:3-8 shows the
sealing of exactly 144,000. be put out.
2 No one in the end time who has a rebellious 4 True repentance can only come when a
Laodicean attitude and refuses to follow the person realizes and repents not simply for
leadership and judicial order that YAHWEH an act that they did but for their very
has ordained will be accounted to be chosen wicked human nature and who they are.
as a vessel to Elohim, nor will they enter 5 This phrase “from the Negev to the north”
the Promised Land of Israel. is showing a totality of the fire more than a
3 Jer 31:1-9. actual direction.
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49 Then I said, Ah, Adonai that there may be a flash to it. Or shall
YAHWEH! They are saying of me, we rejoice? You are despising the rod
Does he not speak in parables? of My son, as if it were every tree.
11 And He has given it to be
Chapter 21 polished, to be taken by the hand. The
sword, it is sharpened, and it is
1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to polished, to give it into the hand of the
me, saying, slayer.
2 Son of man, set your face against 12 Cry out and howl, son of man. For
Jerusalem and drop a word toward the it shall be on My people. It shall be on
holy places, and prophesy against the all the rulers of Israel; they are thrown
land of Israel. to the sword with My people, so slap
3 And say to the land of Israel, So your thigh,
13 because it is a test. And what if
says YAHWEH: Behold, I am against
even the despising rod2 shall not be?
you and My sword goes out from its
sheath, and I will cut off from you the declares Adonai YAHWEH.
righteous and the wicked. 14 And you, son of man, prophesy
4 Because I will cut off the righteous and strike hand to hand. And let the
and the wicked from you, therefore, sword be doubled the third time, the
My sword shall go out from its sheath sword of the slain. It is the sword of
against all flesh, from the Negev to the the slain, the great one that surrounds
north. (Eze 20:47) them,
5 And all flesh shall know that I, 15 so that their heart may melt and
many stumble at all their gates. I have
YAHWEH, have brought out My sword
given the slaughter by the sword. Ah!
from its sheath; it shall not return any
It is made like lightning, it is wrapped
more.
for a slaughter.
6 And you, son of man, groan with
16 Sharpen yourself on the right! Set
the breaking of your loins, and groan
yourself on the left, wherever your face
with bitterness before their eyes.
is appointed.
7 And it will be, when they say to
17 And also I, I will strike My hand
you, For what do you groan? Then you
to My hand, and I will cause My fury
shall say, Because of the news that is
coming. And every heart will melt, and to rest. I, YAHWEH, have spoken.
all hands will become feeble. And 18 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
every spirit will faint and all knees will me, saying,
go down as water. Behold, it comes, 19 And you, son of man, set for
and it shall be, declares Adonai yourself two ways, that the sword of
YAHWEH. the king of Babylon may come. Both of
them shall come out from one land.
8 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
And create a hand at the head of the
me, saying,
way to the city, create it.
9 Son of man, prophesy and say, So
20 You shall set a way that the sword
says Adonai: Say, A sword! A sword is
may enter into Rabbah3 of the sons of
sharpened and also is polished!1
10 It is sharpened in order to 2 “Rod” referring to the king's scepter. The
slaughter a slaughter. It is polished so statement is saying what will Judah do if a
king is no longer there to rule the people?
1 This is the sword of YHWH to be used for 3 “Rabbah” modern day Amman, the capital
judgment. of Jordan.
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reproach to the nations, and a nations and sow you in the lands. And
mocking to all the lands. I will destroy your uncleanness out of
5 Those who are near and those far you.
from you shall mock against you, O 16 And you will be profaned in you
defiled of name, abounding in tumult. in the eyes of the nations. And you
6 Behold, the rulers of Israel, each shall know that I am YAHWEH.
man by his might, have been in you in 17 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
order to pour out blood. me, saying,
7 In you they have despised father 18 Son of man, the house of Israel
and mother. In your midst they have has become dross to Me. All of them
dealt with the alien by oppression. In are copper and tin, and iron and lead,
you they oppressed the widow and the in the middle of the furnace; they are
orphan. (Isa 1:17, Ja 1:27) the dross of silver.
8 You have despised My holy things
19 So Adonai YAHWEH says this:
and have profaned My Sabbaths1.
Because all of you have become for
9 In you are men of slander in order
dross, therefore, behold, I will gather
to shed blood, and in you they eat on
you into the midst of Jerusalem.
the mountains. In your midst they do
20 As they gather silver, and copper,
unchaste acts.
and iron, and lead, and tin, into the
10 In you he has uncovered the
middle of the furnace, to blow the fire
nakedness of the father; in you they
on it to melt it; so I will gather you in
humbled the defiled by her impurity.
My anger and in My fury. And I will
11 And a man has done abomination
leave you there and melt you.
with his neighbor's wife, and a man
21 And I will collect you and blow on
has defiled his daughter-in-law in
you in the fire of My wrath, and you
unchaste acts. And in you a man has
shall be melted in its midst.
humbled his sister, his father's
22 As silver is melted in the midst of
daughter2.
the furnace, so you shall be melted in
12 In you they have taken bribes in
its midst. And you shall know that I,
order to pour out blood. You have
taken interest and increase, and you YAHWEH, have poured out My fury on
have gained by extortion of your you.
neighbor. And you have forgotten Me, 23 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
declares Adonai YAHWEH3. me, saying,
13 And behold! I have struck My 24 Son of man, speak to her: You are
hand against your unjust gain which a land, she is not being cleansed, you
you have made, and at your blood are not rained on in the day of disgust.
which has been in your midst. 25 A plot by her prophets is in her
14 Can your heart stand, or can your midst, like a roaring lion tearing prey.
hands be strong, in the days that I They have devoured souls and they
shall work with you? I, YAHWEH, have have taken the riches and gems. They
multiplied her widows in her midst.
spoken, and I will work.
26 Her priests have violated My
15 And I will scatter you among the
Torah and have profaned My holy
1 One of the gravest sins that Israel
things. They have not divided between
committed was to defile the Sabbath day the holy and the common, and
Eze 20:13, 21, 24. between the unclean and clean they
2 All violations of the Torah Lev 18:7-20. have not taught. And they have hidden
3 Lev 25:35-37. their eyes from the Sabbaths, and I am
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profaned among them1. (Eze 44:23) And she lusted on her lovers, to
27 Her rulers in her midst are like Assyrian neighbors,
wolves tearing prey, to pour out blood, 6 clothed with purple, governors and
to destroy souls, in order to gain rulers, all of them desirable young
unjust gain. men, horsemen riding horses.
28 And her prophets have smeared 7 And she bestowed her harlotries on
themselves with lime, a seer of empty them, the choice sons of Assyria, with
visions, and divining lies to them, all of them, and with all after whom
saying, So says Adonai YAHWEH, she lusted. She defiled herself with all
when YAHWEH has not spoken2. their idols.
29 The people of the land have used 8 And she did not leave her
oppression and practiced robbery. And fornications from Egypt. For they lay
they troubled the poor and the needy, with her in her youth, and they worked
and they have oppressed the stranger her virgin nipples and poured their
without justice. fornications on her.
30 And I sought among them a man 9 So I have given her into the hand
to wall up a wall and stand in the gap of her lovers, into the hand of the sons
before Me for the land, that I should of Assyria on whom she lusted.
not destroy it, but I found none. (Jer 10 They uncovered her nakedness.
5:1) They took her sons and her daughters.
31 So I have poured out on them My And they killed her with the sword.
disgust. With the fire of My wrath I And she was notorious among women,
consumed them. I have given their and they executed judgments on her.
way on their heads, states Adonai 11 And her sister Oholibah saw. And
she was more corrupt in her
YAHWEH.
lustfulness than she, and her
fornications were greater than her
Chapter 23
sister's whoredom.
12 She lusted to the sons of Assyria,
1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to neighboring governors and rulers
me, saying, clothed most perfectly, horsemen
2 Son of man, there were two riding horses, all of them desirable
women, daughters of one mother. young men.
3 And they played the harlot in 13 Then I saw that she was defiled,
Egypt; in their youth they fornicated. one way was to both of them.
Their breasts were handled, and there 14 And she added to her
their virgin nipples were worked. fornications. And she saw men carved
4 And their names were Oholah, the on the wall, images of the Chaldeans
oldest, and Oholibah, her sister. And engraved with red color,
they were Mine, and they bore sons 15 girded with girdles on their loins,
and daughters. And their names: with overflowing turbans on their
Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is heads, the appearance of rulers, all of
Oholibah3. them, like the sons of Babylon in
5 And Oholah whored under Me. Chaldea, the land of their birth.
1 It was the responsibility of the priests to be 16 And she lusted after them, to the
teaching the Torah to the people. sight of her eyes, and sent messengers
2 Eze 13:2, 6-7, 10. to them into Chaldea.
3 “Oholah” means she who has a tent and 17 And the sons of Babylon came to
“Oholibah” means my tent is in her.
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her, to the bed of love. And they 25 And I will give My jealousy
defiled her with their fornications. against you, and they will deal with
And she was defiled with them, and you in fury. Your nose and your ears
her soul was alienated from them. they will take, and the rest of you shall
18 And she uncovered her fall by the sword. They will take your
fornications and uncovered her sons and your daughters, and the rest
nakedness. Then My soul was of you shall be devoured by the fire.
alienated from her, just as My soul was 26 And they will strip you of your
alienated from her sister. clothes, and take the articles of your
19 And she multiplied her beauty.
fornications to recall the days of her 27 And I will cause your wickedness
youth, in which she had fornicated in to cease from you, and your
the land of Egypt. fornication from the land of Egypt.
20 And she lusted on their lovers of And you shall not lift up your eyes to
whom the flesh of donkeys resembles them, and Egypt shall not be
their flesh, and as the issue of horses remembered by you any more.
was their issue. 28 For so says Adonai YAHWEH:
21 And you longed for the Behold, I will give you into the hand of
wickedness of your youth, when from those whom you hate, into the hand of
Egypt they worked your nipples, for whom your soul was alienated from
the sake of the breasts of your youth. them.
22 Therefore, O Oholibah, Adonai 29 And they shall deal with you in
YAHWEH says this: Behold, I will hatred and take all your labor, and
arouse your lovers against you, from shall leave you naked and bare. And
whom your soul is alienated. And I will the nakedness of your adulteries will
bring them against you from all be bared, even your lewdness and your
around1, fornications.
23 Babylon's sons and all the 30 These will be done to you because
Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and you have whored after the nations,
Koa,2 all the sons of Assyria with them, because you are defiled with their
desirable young men, governors and idols.
rulers, all of them, third heads and 31 You have walked in the way of
called ones, all of them riding horses. your sister, and I will give her cup into
24 And they shall come against you your hand.
with weapons, chariots, and wheels, 32 So says Adonai YAHWEH: You
and with an assembly of peoples; shall drink your sister's cup deep and
buckler and shield and helmet shall set wide; you shall be laughed at and
against you all around. And I will give mocked, for it holds much.
before them judgment, and they will 33 With drunkenness and sorrow
judge you by their judgments. you are filled, the cup of horror and
1 Verse 3-22 is poetically showing how ruin, the cup of your sister Samaria.
unfaithful both the House of Israel and the 34 And you shall drink it and drain
House of Judah were and how they sought it. And you shall break its fragments
the corrupt pagan nations around them and tear off your breasts. For I have
instead of seeking YHWH and these very spoken, declares Adonai YAHWEH.
nations whom they sought alliance with will
35 Therefore Adonai YAHWEH says
destroy them.
2 These are all tribes east of the Tigris River this: Because you have forgotten Me
and in alliance with Babylon. and cast Me behind your back, so also
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set it on a shining rock. She did not morning. And my wife died in the
pour it on the ground, to cover it with evening. And I did in the morning as I
dust. was commanded.
8 In order to cause fury to come up 19 And the people said to me, Will
to take vengeance, I have put her you not tell us what the things you are
blood on a shining rock, that it should doing are to us?
not be covered. 20 Then I said to them, The Word of
9 So Adonai YAHWEH says this: YAHWEH was to me, saying,
Woe to the bloody city! I also shall 21 Speak to the house of Israel, So
make great the pile, says Adonai YAHWEH: Behold, I will
10 and heap on the wood, kindle the profane My sanctuary, the pride of
fire, consume the flesh, and mix in the your strength, the desire of your eyes,
spice, and let the bones be burned. and that which your soul pities. And
11 Then make it stand on its coals your sons and your daughters whom
empty, so that it may be hot and its you have forsaken shall fall by the
copper may glow, and its defilement sword.
be melted in its midst, that its rust 22 And you shall do as I have done.
may be consumed. You shall not cover over the mustache,
12 She is wearied with toil, and the and you shall not eat the bread of men.
increase of her rust did not go out, her 23 And your turbans shall be on your
rust will be in the fire. heads and your sandals on your feet.
13 In your defilement is wickedness. You shall not wail nor weep, but you
Because I have cleansed you, yet you shall rot away in your iniquities, and
are not cleansed, you shall not be each man groan to his brother.
cleansed from your defilement any 24 So Ezekiel is for a sign to you. As
more until I have caused My fury to all that he has done, you shall do. And
cease on you. when it comes, then you shall know
14 I, YAHWEH, have spoken; it shall that I am Adonai YAHWEH.
come, and I will do it. I will not let go, 25 And you, son of man, will it not
and I will not spare, I will not pity. By be on the day when I take from them
your ways and by your doings they their strength, the joy of their beauty,
shall judge you, declares Adonai the desire of their eyes, and the lifting
YAHWEH. up of their soul, their sons and their
15 And the Word of YAHWEH was to daughters?
me, saying, 26 He will come in that day, he who
16 Son of man, behold, I am taking escaped to you, to cause you to hear
from you the desire of your eyes with a with your ears.
stroke. Yet you shall not wail nor 27 In that day your mouth shall be
weep, and your tears shall not come1. opened to the escaped one, and you
17 Groan, but be silent; do not make shall speak and not be dumb any
a mourning for her who died. Bind longer. And you shall be to them a
your turban on you, and put your sign, and they shall know that I am
sandals on your feet, and do not cover YAHWEH.
the mustache nor eat the bread of
men. Chapter 25
18 And I spoke to the people in the
1 Elohim is about to take Ezekiel's wife by a 1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
sudden stroke.
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she has turned to me, I shall be filled, destroy your desirable houses. And
she is laid waste. they shall set your stones and your
3 So Adonai YAHWEH says this, timber and your dust in the midst of
Behold, I am against you, O Tyre. And the water.
I will cause many nations to go up 13 And I will make cease the noise of
against you, as the sea causes its waves your songs. And the sound of your
to go up. harps shall not be heard any more.
4 And they shall destroy the walls of 14 And I will make you like a shining
Tyre and break down her towers. I will rock. You shall be a spreading place
also scrape her dust from her and for nets, you shall not be built any
make her like a shining rock. more. For I, YAHWEH, have spoken,
5 It shall be a spreading place for declares Adonai YAHWEH.
nets in the middle of the sea. For I 15 So says Adonai YAHWEH to Tyre:
have spoken, declares Adonai Shall not the coast lands shake at the
YAHWEH. And she shall be a prize to sound of your fall, when the slain
the nations. groan, in the slaying of the slaughter
6 And her daughters who are in the in your midst?
field shall be killed by the sword. And 16 And all the rulers of the sea shall
they shall know that I am YAHWEH. come down from their thrones and lay
7 For so says Adonai YAHWEH: aside their robes and strip off their
Behold, I will bring on Tyre from the embroidered garments. They shall be
north, Nebuchadnezzar, king of clothed with trembling. They shall sit
Babylon, a king of kings, with horses on the ground and shall tremble at
and with chariots and with a company every moment and be appalled at you.
of horsemen, even many people. 17 And they shall lift up a lament for
8 He shall kill your daughters in the you and say to you, How you are
field with the sword. And he shall give perished, who lived by the seas, the
siege walls against you and pour out a city well praised, which was strong in
mound against you, and raise a the sea, she and her dwellers, who put
buckler against you. their terrors on all living in her!
9 And he will set the blow of his ram 18 Now the coastlands shall tremble
against your walls, and he will break in the day of your fall. Yea, the
down your towers with his axes. coastlands by the sea shall be troubled
10 From the multitude of his horses at your going down.
their dust shall cover you. From the 19 For so says Adonai YAHWEH:
sound of the horsemen, and the When I shall make you a ruined city,
wheels, and the chariots, your walls like the cities that do not have ones
shall shake when he goes into your living in them, when I shall bring up
gates, as they enter a city that is on you the deep and great waters shall
breached. cover you.
11 With the hoofs of the horses, he 20 And I will make you go down
will trample all your streets. He shall with those going down into the Pit,
kill your people by the sword, and the with the people of old time, and I shall
pillars of your strength shall go down set you in the earth's lowest parts, in
to the ground. places ruined from days of old, with
12 And they shall strip your wealth ones who go to the Pit, so that you
and plunder your merchandise. And have no one living in you. But I gave
they shall tear down your walls and glory in the land of the living.
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21 I will give you terrors, and you and their seamen were with you, to
will not be. Though you are sought, yet exchange your merchandise.
you shall not be found any more 10 Persia and Lud and Lydia were in
forever, declares Adonai YAHWEH. your army, men of war to you; they
hung the shield and the helmet in you.
Chapter 27 They gave your splendor.
11 The sons of Arvad and your army
1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to were on your walls all around, and
me, saying, warriors were in your towers. They
2 And you, son of man, lift up a hung their weapons on your walls all
lament in Tyre1. around, they have perfected your
3 And say to Tyre, Oh you who dwell beauty.
at the entrances of the sea, a merchant 12 Tarshish6 was your trader from
of the peoples for many coast lands, so the multitude of your wealth. With
silver, iron, tin, and lead, they gave for
says Adonai YAHWEH: O Tyre, you
your wares.
have said, I am perfect of beauty.
13 Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they
4 In the heart of the seas are your
were your merchants, they gave the
borders, your builders have perfected
souls of men and vessels of copper for
your beauty.
your goods.
5 They have made for you all your
14 From the house of Togarmah they
planks of fir trees of Senir2. They have
gave horses and war horses and mules
taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a
for your wares.
mast for you.
15 The sons of Dedan were your
6 They have made your oars of the
merchants, many coast lands were the
oaks of Bashan. They made your deck
traffic of your hand. Tusks of ivory and
with ivory from the coasts of Kittim,
ebony they brought as your gift.
daughter of Assyria3.
16 Syria was your trader from the
7 Your sail was of fine linen with
multitude of your works; with jewels,
embroidered work from Egypt, an
purple, and embroidered work, and
ensign for you, violet and purple from
fine linen, and coral, and rubies they
the coasts, of Elishah was your
gave for your wares.
covering.
17 Judah and the land of Israel were
8 The residents of Sidon and Arvad4
your merchants; with wheat from
were rowers to you. Your wise ones, O
Minnith and Pannag, and honey and
Tyre, they were your sailors.
oil and balm they gave for your goods.
9 The elders of Gebal5 and her wise
18 Damascus was your trader in the
ones were with you, making strong
multitude of your works, from the
your seams. All the ships of the sea
multitude of all your wealth, in the
wine of Helbon, and white wool.
1 An ancient trading city between Acre and 19 And Dan and Javan going about
Sidon located in modern Lebanon.
gave for your wares; smooth iron,
2 Senir is Mount Hermon.
3 Bashan is an area in the Golan Heights and
cassia, and cane were among your
Kittim is modern day Cyprus. Tyre being a goods.
great trading city in ancient times is 20 Dedan was your merchant in
depicted as a magnificent ship. loose cloths for riding.
4 An island city north of Tripoli.
5 “Gebal” ancient Byblos where the first 6 Another ancient trading city located on the
Bible was bound. southern coast of Spain.
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YAHWEH when I have done rivers, who has said, My river is mine,
judgments in her and shall be and I, even I, have made it.
sanctified by her. 4 But I will put hooks in your jaws,
23 And I will send a plague into her, and I will cause the fish of your rivers
and blood into her streets. And the to stick to your scales. And I will bring
slain will fall in her midst by the you up from the midst of your rivers,
sword, on her from all around. And and all the fish of your rivers shall
they shall know that I am YAHWEH. stick to your scales.
24 And there will not be a pricking 5 And I will leave you to the
brier or a painful thorn to the house of wilderness, you and all the fish of your
Israel any more from all who surround rivers. You shall fall on the face of the
them, those who hate them. And they field, you shall not be removed or
shall know that I am Adonai gathered. I have given you to the
beasts of the field and to the birds of
YAHWEH.
the heavens for food.
25 So says Adonai YAHWEH: When I 6 And all those living in Egypt shall
have gathered the house of Israel from know that I am YAHWEH, because
the peoples among whom they are
they have been a staff of reed to the
dispersed, and have been sanctified in
house of Israel.
them in the sight of the nations, then
7 When they took hold of you by your
they shall dwell on their land which I
hand, you crushed and tore off all their
have given to My servant Jacob.
shoulder. And when they leaned on
26 And they shall dwell in it securely
you, you shattered and made all their
and shall build houses and plant
loins stand.
vineyards. Yes, they shall dwell
securely, when I have done judgments 8 So Adonai YAHWEH says this:
on all those who hate them round Behold, I will bring on you a sword
about them. And they shall know that I and cut off from you man and beast.
9 And the land of Egypt shall become
am YAHWEH their Elohim1. (Isa
for a desolation and a waste, and they
65:21)
shall know that I am YAHWEH,
Chapter 29 because he has said, The river is mine,
and I have made it.
1 In the tenth year, in the tenth 10 So, behold, I am against you and
month, in the twelfth of the month, against your rivers, and I will give the
land of Egypt for an utter waste and a
the Word of YAHWEH was to me,
desolation, from Migdol to Syene, even
saying,
to the border of Ethiopia3.
2 Son of man, set your face against
11 The foot of man shall not pass
Pharaoh king of Egypt2, and prophesy
through it, and the foot of beast shall
against him and against Egypt, all of it.
not pass through it, and you shall not
3 Speak and say, So says Adonai
dwell forty years4.
YAHWEH: Behold, I am against you, 12 And I will make the land of Egypt
Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great a desolation in the midst of the lands
monster who lies in the midst of his that are desolate, and her cities shall
be desolate among the wasted cities
1 Jeremiah chapters 45-49 mentions many of
these judgments on the nations around 3 This is from North to south indicating a full
Israel. destruction.
2 The Pharaoh at this time was named Hopra. 4 40 is the number of trial in Scripture.
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forty years. And I will disperse Egypt will give to you the opening of the
among the nations and disperse them mouth in their midst. And they shall
among the lands. know that I am YAHWEH.
13 For so says Adonai YAHWEH: At
the end of forty years, I will gather Chapter 30
Egypt from the peoples there where
they are scattered. 1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
14 And I will return the captivity of me, saying,
Egypt and will make them return to 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, So
the land of Pathros, to the land of their says Adonai YAHWEH: Howl, Alas for
origin. And they shall be a lowly the day! (Joe 2:1)
kingdom there1. 3 For the day is near, even the Day of
15 It shall be the lowest of the
YAHWEH is near, a day of clouds; it
kingdoms, and it shall not lift itself
shall be the time of the nations2.
any more above the nations. And I will
4 And the sword shall come on
diminish them so that they will not
Egypt3, and anguish shall be in
rule over the nations.
Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in
16 And it shall not be any more as
Egypt. And they shall take her host,
confidence for the house of Israel,
and her foundations shall be razed.
recalling the iniquity of their turning
5 Ethiopia, and Lydia, and Lud, and
after them. And they shall know that I
all the mixed people, and Chub, and
am Adonai YAHWEH. the sons of the land of the covenant
17 And it happened in the twenty- with them, shall fall by the sword.
seventh year, in the first month, in the
6 So says YAHWEH: Even those
first of the month, the Word of
leaning on Egypt shall fall, and the
YAHWEH was to me, saying, pride of her power shall go down.
18 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king From Migdol to Syene they shall fall
of Babylon made his army to serve a with her by the sword, declares Adonai
great service against Tyre. Every head
YAHWEH.
was made bald, and every shoulder
7 And they will be ruined amidst the
was rubbed bare. Yet there was no hire
lands being wasted. And her cities
to him or to his army from Tyre, for
shall be in the midst of the desolated
the service that he had served against
cities.
it.
8 And they shall know that I am
19 So Adonai YAHWEH says this:
YAHWEH when I set a fire in Egypt,
Behold, I will give to Nebuchadnezzar
and all her helpers shall be crushed.
king of Babylon the land of Egypt. And
9 In that day messengers shall go out
he shall lift up her host and plunder
from before Me in ships, to terrify the
her plunder, and seize her prey. And it
confident Ethiopia, and anguish shall
shall be hire for his army.
20 For his labor which he served 2 As with Jeremiah and also other parts of
against it, I have given him the land of Ezekiel you can see the current crisis being
Egypt, because they worked for Me, overlaid with a dual prophecy for the end
time.
declares Adonai YAHWEH.
3 This can both be referring to physical Egypt
21 In that day I will make a horn in an attack, and also at times in Scripture
spring up to the house of Israel, and I in dual fulfillment, Egypt is symbolized as
any entity that has enslaved Israel in some
1 Persia allowed them to return after 40 years. way spiritually or physically.
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be on them as on the day of Egypt. For 21 Son of man, I have shattered the
behold it is coming. arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And
10 So says Adonai YAHWEH: I will behold, it shall not be bound up to give
make the multitude of Egypt cease by healing, to set a bandage to bind it, to
the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of make it strong to handle the sword.
Babylon. 22 So Adonai YAHWEH says this:
11 He and his people with him, Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of
awesome of the nations, shall be Egypt, and I will shatter his arms, the
brought to ruin the land. And they strong one, and the shattered one. And
shall draw their swords against Egypt I will cause the sword to fall out of his
and fill the lands with the slain. hand.
12 And I will make the rivers dry and 23 And I will scatter Egypt among
sell the land into the hand of evil ones. the nations, and will sow them
And I will waste the land and her through the lands.
fullness by the hand of strangers. I, 24 And I will strengthen the arms of
YAHWEH, have spoken. the king of Babylon and put My sword
13 So says Adonai YAHWEH: I will in his hand. But I will shatter the arms
also destroy the idols, and I will make of Pharaoh, and he will groan with the
vanities cease from Noph. And there groaning of the slain before him.
shall not any longer be a ruler of the 25 But I will make the arms of the
land of Egypt. And I will put fear in the king of Babylon stronger, and the arms
land of Egypt. of Pharaoh shall fall. And they shall
14 And I will make Pathros desolate, know that I am YAHWEH when I put
and I will set a fire in Zoan, and I will My sword into the king of Babylon's
do judgments in Thebes. hand. And he will stretch it against the
15 And I will pour my fury on Sin, land of Egypt.
the strength of Egypt. And I will cut off 26 And I will scatter Egypt among
the multitude of Thebes. the nations and disperse them among
16 And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin the lands. And they shall know that I
agonizing shall agonize, and Thebes am YAHWEH.
shall be broken through, and Noph
shall have daily woes. Chapter 31
17 The young men of Aven and
Pibeseth shall fall by the sword, and 1 And it happened in the eleventh
they shall go into captivity. year, in the third month, on the first of
18 At Tahpanhes, the day has been the month, the Word of YAHWEH was
dark when I shatter there the yokes of to me, saying,
Egypt. And the pride of her strength 2 Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king
shall cease in her, a cloud shall cover of Egypt and to his host: To whom are
her, and her daughters shall go into you like in your greatness?
captivity. 3 Behold, Assyria was like a cedar in
19 And I will do judgments in Egypt. Lebanon with fair branches and forest
And they shall know that I am shade and exalted in height, and his
YAHWEH. top was among the thick boughs.
20 And it happened in the eleventh 4 The waters made him great and the
year, in the first month in the seventh deep made him high with her rivers,
of the month, the Word of YAHWEH going all around her planting, and she
was to me, saying, sent out her channels to all the trees of
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with your feet and fouled their rivers1. host shall be destroyed.
3 So says Adonai YAHWEH: And I 13 I will also destroy all her beasts
will spread out My net over you with from on the great waters, and the foot
an assembly of many peoples, and they of man shall not stir them any longer,
will make you go up in My net. and the hoofs of beasts shall not stir
4 Then I will leave you on the land; I them up.
will hurl you on the face of the field 14 Then I will make their waters sink
and will make all the birds of the and cause their rivers to go down like
heavens to dwell on you, And I will fill oil, says Adonai YAHWEH.
the beasts of all the earth from you. 15 When I shall make the land of
5 And I will put your flesh on the Egypt a ruin, and the land shall be
mountains and fill the valleys with wasted of its fullness when I shall
your heap. strike all those who dwell in it; then
6 And I will water the land with the they shall know that I am YAHWEH.
discharge of your blood, to the 16 This is a lamentation, and they
mountains, and the ravines shall be shall lament her; the daughters of the
full of you. nations shall lament her. Over Egypt
7 And I will cover the heavens when I and over all her multitude, they shall
quench you, and I will darken their lament her, declares Adonai
stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, YAHWEH.
and the moon shall not give its light. 17 And it happened in the twelfth
8 I will darken all the luminaries of year, in the fifteenth of the month, the
light in the heavens over you and will
Word of YAHWEH was to me, saying,
give darkness on your land, declares
18 Son of man, wail over the host of
Adonai YAHWEH2. Egypt, and bring it down, her and the
9 I will also vex the heart of many daughters of the majestic nations, to
peoples when I bring your breaking the earth's lowest parts, with those
among the nations, to the lands which going down to the Pit.
you have not known. 19 Than whom are you more lovely?
10 And I will make many people Go down and be laid with the
appalled at you, and their kings will be uncircumcised.
horribly afraid at you, when I make 20 They shall fall in the midst of the
My sword fly before their faces. And slain of the sword. She is given to the
they shall quake at every moment, sword; they draw her and all her
each man for his own life, in the day of multitudes.
your fall. 21 The strong of the mighty shall
11 For so says Adonai YAHWEH: The speak to him from the midst of Sheol,
sword of the king of Babylon shall they went with his helpers; they, the
come on you. uncircumcised, lie slain by the sword.
12 By the swords of the mighty I will 22 There is Assyria and all her
make your host fall, by the fearful of assembly. All around him are his
the nations, all of them. And they shall graves, all of them are slain, fallen by
spoil the pride of Egypt, and all its the sword;
23 of whom are given her graves in
1 Isa 27:1.
the recesses of the Pit, and her
2 Verses 2-8 are giving Egypt's judgment.
assembly is all around her grave, all of
When you compare verse 7-8 it seems to
also be a dual, end time fulfillment Joe 2:2, them slain, fallen by the sword,
10, 31, Joe 3:15, Zep 1:14-15. because they gave terror in the land of
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27 Say this to them, So says Adonai shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say
YAHWEH: As I live, surely, those in to them, to the shepherds, So says
the ruins shall fall by the sword? And I Adonai YAHWEH: Woe to the
will give the one who is on the face of shepherds of Israel who are feeding
the field to the beasts to be eaten, and themselves! Should not the shepherds
those in the forts and in the caves shall feed the flock?
die by the plague. 3 You eat the fat and clothe
28 For I shall make the land desolate yourselves with the wool, you sacrifice
and a waste, and the pride of her the fat ones, and you do not feed the
strength shall cease. And the heights flock.
of Israel shall be a waste that none will 4 You have not strengthened the
go through. weak; and you have not healed the
29 And they shall know that I am sick, and you have not bound up the
YAHWEH, when I have made the land broken. And the banished have not
desolate and a waste because of all been brought back, and you have not
their abominations which they have sought the lost, but you rule them with
done. force and with harshness.
30 And you, son of man, the sons of 5 And they were scattered for lack of
your people are speaking about you a shepherd. And they became food to
beside the walls, and in the doors of all the beasts of the field when they
the houses. And one speaks to were scattered.
another, each man with his brother, 6 My sheep strayed through all the
saying, Come now and hear what the mountains and on every high hill. And
Word coming from YAHWEH is. My sheep were scattered on all the
31 And they come to you as people face of the earth, and none searched,
come, and they sit before you as My and none sought for them.
people. And they hear your words, but 7 For this reason, shepherds, hear
they do not do them. For they produce the Word of YAHWEH:
much love with their mouth, but their 8 As I live, declares Adonai
heart goes after their unjust gain1. YAHWEH, surely because My sheep
32 And, behold, you are to them as a became a prey, and My sheep became
singer of love songs with a beautiful food for all the beasts of the field, from
voice, and playing well on an not having a shepherd, and because
instrument. For they hear your words, My shepherds did not search for My
but they are not doing them. sheep, but the shepherds fed
33 So when it comes (behold, it is themselves and did not feed the flock,
coming!), then they will know that a 9 so, O shepherds, hear the Word of
prophet has been in their midst2. YAHWEH:
10 So says Adonai YAHWEH:
Chapter 34 Behold, I am against the shepherds,
and I will require My sheep from their
1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to hand and cause them to cease from
me, saying, pasturing the flock. And the shepherds
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shall no longer feed themselves, for I
1 Isa 29:13, Eze 22:13, 27, Psa 78:36-37. will deliver My sheep from their
2 Jer 28:9, The word of Yahweh will come to mouth, and they will not be food to
pass exactly as Scripture states by His devour.
prophets in YHWH's timing Isa 55:10-11.
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11 For so says Adonai YAHWEH: and with shoulder, and have pushed
Behold, I Myself will search for My all the weak with your horns until you
sheep, and seek them out. have scattered them to the outside.
12 As a shepherd seeks his flock in 22 I also will save My flock, and they
the day that he is among his scattered shall no longer be for a prey. And I will
sheep, so I will seek out My sheep and judge between lamb and lamb.
will deliver them from all the places 23 And I will raise up over them one
where they were scattered in a day of Shepherd. And He shall feed them. My
cloud, and thick cloud. servant David, He shall feed them, and
13 And I will bring them out from He shall be their Shepherd.
the peoples, and gather them from the 24 And I, YAHWEH, will be their
lands, and I will bring them to their Elohim, and My servant David shall be
land and feed them on the mountains a ruler among them. I, YAHWEH, have
of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the spoken.
dwelling places of the land. 25 And I will cut a covenant of peace
14 I, even I, will feed them in a good with them and make evil beasts cease
pasture, and on the high mountains of out of the land. And they shall live in
Israel their fold shall be. They shall lie the wilderness securely and sleep in
there in a good fold, and they shall the forests.
feed in a fat pasture, all the mountains 26 And I will make them and the
of Israel. places around My hill a blessing. And I
15 I will feed My sheep, and I will will bring down the shower in its
make them lie down, declares Adonai season, there shall be showers of
YAHWEH. blessing.
16 I will seek the lost, and I will 27 And the tree of the field shall give
return the banished. And I will bind its fruit, and the earth shall yield its
up the broken, and I will make the increase. And they shall be securely on
weak strong. But I will destroy the fat their land. And they shall know that I
and the strong, I will feed them with am YAHWEH when I have broken the
judgment. staffs of their yoke, and have rescued
17 And you, My flock, so says Adonai them from the hand of those who
YAHWEH: Behold, I judge between enslaved them.
lamb and lamb, between rams and he- 28 And they shall not any more be a
goats. prey to the nations, and the beast of
18 Is it a small thing to you to have the land shall not eat them. But they
fed on the good pasture, but you must shall live securely, and no one shall
trample the rest of your pastures with terrify them.
your feet? And have you drunk of the 29 And I will raise up for them a
clear waters, but the rest you must foul planting place of name, and they shall
with your feet? not any more be of those gathered by
19 And My sheep, what your feet famine in the land. And they shall not
have trampled, they must feed on, and any more bear the shame of the
they drink what your feet have fouled. nations.
20 So Adonai YAHWEH says this to 30 And they shall know that I,
them: Behold, I, even I, will even judge YAHWEH their Elohim, am with them,
between the fat lamb and the lean and they are My people, the house of
lamb. Israel, declares Adonai YAHWEH.
21 Because you have thrust with side 31 And you, My sheep, the sheep of
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My pasture, you are men. I am your done out of your hatred against them,
Elohim, declares Adonai YAHWEH. and I will be known among them when
I have judged you.
Chapter 35 12 And you shall know that I am
YAHWEH. I have heard all your
1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to revilings2 which you have spoken
me, saying, against the mountains of Israel,
2 Son of man, set your face against saying, Desolation! They are given to
Mount Seir1, and prophesy against it. us for food!
3 And say to it, So says Adonai 13 And you magnified with your
YAHWEH: Behold, I am against you, mouth against Me and have multiplied
Mount Seir, and I will stretch My hand your words against Me; I have heard.
against you, and I will make you a ruin 14 So says Adonai YAHWEH: As all
and a waste. the earth rejoices, I will make you a
4 I will lay your cities waste, and you ruin.
shall be a ruin. And they shall know 15 As you rejoiced at the inheritance
that I am YAHWEH. of the house of Israel because they
5 Because there was to you never- were a ruin, so I will do to you. You
ending hatred, and you poured out the shall be a ruin, O Mount Seir, and all
sons of Israel to the hands of the Edom, all of it! And they shall know
sword in the time of their calamity, in that I am YAHWEH.
the time of the iniquity of the end.
6 Therefore, As I live, declares Chapter 36
Adonai YAHWEH, surely for blood I
appoint you, and blood shall pursue 1 And you, son of man, prophesy to
you. Since you have not hated blood, Israel's mountains and say, O
so blood shall pursue you. mountains of Israel, hear the Word of
7 And I will make Mount Seir a ruin YAHWEH3.
and a waste, and cut off from it the one 2 So says Adonai YAHWEH: Because
passing through, and the one the enemy has spoken against you,
returning. saying, Aha! Everlasting heights have
8 And I will fill his mountains with become a possession to us.
his slain. In your hills and in your 3 So prophesy and say, So says
valleys, and in all your torrents, the Adonai YAHWEH: Because, yea,
slain by the sword shall fall in them. because of the wasting and crushing of
9 I will make you ruins forever, and you from all around, that you might be
your cities shall not be inhabited. And a possession to the rest of the nations,
you shall know that I am YAHWEH. and you ascended on the tip of the
10 Because you have said, These two tongue, and the whispering of the
nations and these two lands will be people.
mine, and we shall possess it (yet 4 Therefore, mountains of Israel,
YAHWEH was there), hear the Word of Adonai YAHWEH: So
11 Therefore, As I live, declares
Adonai YAHWEH, I will act by your 2 Can also mean blasphemies.
anger, and by envy which you have 3 Mountains in Scripture indicate large land
masses, so here they are showing Ezekiel
1 The Biblical land of Edom and modern day prophesying to Israelites in many different
Jordan. lands.
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them all around. And, behold, very says Adonai YAHWEH: Behold, I will
many were on the face of the valley. open your graves and cause you to
And, behold! They were very dry. come up out of your graves, O My
3 And He said to me, Son of man, people, and I will bring you to the land
can these bones live? And I said, O of Israel4.
Adonai YAHWEH, You know. 13 And you shall know that I am
4 And He said to me, Prophesy to YAHWEH when I have opened your
these bones and say to them, O dry graves and have brought you up out of
bones, hear the Word of YAHWEH: your graves, O My people.
5 So says Adonai YAHWEH to these 14 And I shall put My Spirit within
bones, Behold, I will make breath to you, and you shall live; and I will put
enter into you, and you shall live, you on your own land. And you shall
6 and I will put on you sinews and know that I, YAHWEH, have spoken
will bring flesh on you and spread skin and have done it, says YAHWEH.
over you and put breath in you, and 15 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
you shall live. And you shall know that me,
I am YAHWEH1. 16 saying, And you, son of man, take
7 So I prophesied as I was one stick to yourself and write on it,
commanded. And as I prophesied, For Judah, and for his companions,
there was a noise. And, behold, a the sons of Israel. And take another
shaking! And the bones drew near, a stick and write on it, For Joseph, the
bone to its bone. stick of Ephraim and all the house of
8 And I saw. And, behold! The Israel, his companions.
sinews and the flesh came up on them, 17 And draw them one to one for
and the skin spread over them from yourself, into one (echad) stick. And
above. But there was no breath in they shall become one (echad) in your
them. hand5.
9 Then He said to me, Prophesy to 18 And when the sons of your people
the Spirit. Prophesy, son of man, and shall speak to you, saying, Will you not
say to the Spirit, So says Adonai declare to us what these mean to you?
YAHWEH: Come from the four winds, 19 Say to them, So says Adonai
O Spirit, and breathe on these slain YAHWEH: Behold, I will take the stick
ones, that they may live2. (Eze 36:27) of Joseph which is in the hand of
10 So I prophesied as He
commanded me, and the Spirit came 3 They have no hope because all of Israel
into them. And they lived and stood on entered a covenant, which they could not
their feet, a very great army. Dan 12:2. keep and each person died with a death
11 Then He said to me, Son of man, penalty of judgment for their sins, Jos
these bones are all the house of Israel. 24:19-27.
Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, 4 When Messiah returns He will resurrect the
and our hope is perished; we are cut whole house of Israel and give them a
off to ourselves3. chance for salvation through His sacrifice.
5 Not since the days of King Solomon was
12 So prophesy and say to them, So
the whole house of Israel with all 12 tribes
1 Clearly a prophesy of a physical united. One major role of King Messiah in
resurrection. the end time is to re-unite the House of
2 At this resurrection Yahweh will give Israel Judah with the Northern Tribes of Israel
His Ruach H'Chodesh (Holy Spirit) which called the House of Ephraim, who was
they refused in ancient times, Act 7:51. Joseph's son.
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Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his with them, an everlasting covenant it
companions. And I will put them with shall be with them, And I will place
him, with the stick of Judah, and I will them and multiply them, and I will put
make them one stick, and they shall be (Aleph/Tav) My sanctuary in their
one (echad) in My hand. midst forever. (Eze 34:24-25)
20 And the sticks shall be in your 27 And My tabernacle shall be with
hand, the ones on which you write them, and I will be their Elohim, and
before their eyes. they shall be My people. (Eze 34:30)
21 And say to them, So says Adonai 28 And when My sanctuary shall be
YAHWEH: Behold, I will take the sons in their midst forever, the nations shall
of Israel from among the nations, know that I, YAHWEH, sanctify Israel.
there where they have gone, and will
gather them from all around, and will Chapter 38
bring them into their own land.
22 And I will make them one 1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
(echad) nation in the land, on the me, saying,
mountains of Israel, and one King 2 Son of man, set your face against
shall be for a king to all of them. And Gog, the land of Magog, the prince of
they shall not be two nations anymore. Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and
And they will not be split into two prophesy against him. (Gen 4:22)
kingdoms any more. 3 And say, So says Adonai YAHWEH:
23 And they will not still be defiled
Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the
with their idols, even with their filthy
prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.
idols, nor with all of their
4 And I will turn you back and put
transgressions. But I will save them
hooks into your jaws. And I will bring
out of all their dwelling places where
you and all your army out: horses and
they have sinned in them, and I will
horsemen, all of them clothed most
cleanse them. So they shall be for a
perfectly; a great assembly with
people to Me and I will be for Elohim
buckler and shield, all of them
to them.
swordsmen.
24 And My servant, David, shall be
5 Persia, Ethiopia2, and Libya are
King over them. And there shall be one
with them, all of them with shield and
Shepherd to all of them. And they shall
helmet;
walk in My judgments and keep My
6 Gomer and all its bands; the house
statutes, and do them1.
of Togarmah from the recesses of the
25 And they shall dwell on the land
north, and all its bands; many peoples
that I have given to My servant, to
are with you.
Jacob, there where your fathers dwelt
7 Be prepared; yea, prepared for
in it. And they shall dwell on it, they
yourself, you and all your assembly
and their sons, and the sons of their
that are assembled to you, and be a
sons, forever. And My servant David
guard to them.
shall be a ruler to them forever.
8 After many days you shall be
26 And I will cut a covenant of peace
visited. In the after years3 you shall
1 King David will be resurrected at this time 2 This is the area of the upper Nile and would
and ruling under Yahshua Yahweh who will include N Sudan.
be ruling on earth under the authority of 3 This term “after years” seems to be a time
Yahweh the Father from Heaven, 1Cor after the coming tribulation but before the
15:21-28. Millennium kingdom.
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come into the land turned back from 16 And you shall come up on My
the sword, gathered out of many people Israel like a cloud, to cover the
peoples, on the mountains of Israel land. It shall be in the after days, and I
which have been for a continual waste. will bring you against My land so that
But he has been brought out of the the nations may know Me, when I
peoples, and they shall dwell securely, shall be sanctified in you before their
all of them. eyes, Gog. (Rev 16:12-16)
9 And you shall go up, you shall 17 So says Adonai YAHWEH: Are you
come like a storm; you shall be like a he of whom I have spoken in former
cloud to cover the land, you and all days by the hand of My servants, the
your bands, and many peoples with prophets of Israel, who prophesied in
you. those days and years, to bring you
10 So says Adonai YAHWEH: And it against them?
shall be in that day, words shall come 18 And it shall be on that day, when
up into your heart, and you shall Gog comes against the land of Israel,
devise an evil plan. declares Adonai YAHWEH, My fury
11 And you shall say, I will go up to shall come up in My face.
the land of open spaces. I will go to 19 And in My jealousy, in the fire of
those at ease, who live securely, all of My wrath, I have spoken. Surely, in
them living with no walls, and there that day there shall be a great quaking
are no bars and gates to them1, in the land of Israel.
12 in order to spoil a spoil, and to 20 And the fish of the sea, and the
steal a prize, to turn your hand on the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of
inhabited waste places, and on the the field, and all creeping things that
people gathered out of the nations, creep on the earth, and all men on the
producing livestock and goods, who face of the earth, shall quake at My
dwell in the center of the earth. face. And the mountains shall be
13 Sheba and Dedan and the thrown down, and the steep places
merchants of Tarshish, and all its shall fall, and every wall shall fall to
young lions, shall say to you, Have you the ground. (Nah 1:5-6)
come to plunder a plunder? Have you 21 And I shall call a sword against
gathered your assembly to steal a him on all My mountains, declares
prize, to lift up silver and gold, to take Adonai YAHWEH. Each man's sword
away livestock and goods, to spoil a shall be against his brother.
great spoil? 22 And I will judge him with a
14 So prophesy, son of man, and say plague and with blood, and an
to Gog, So says Adonai YAHWEH: overflowing shower, and hailstones. I
Shall you not know in that day when will rain fire and brimstone on him,
My people Israel dwells securely? and on his bands, and on the many
15 And you shall come from your peoples who are with him. (Rev 9:7,
place out of the recesses of the north, 16:21)
you and many peoples with you, all of 23 And I will magnify Myself and
them riding on horses, a great sanctify Myself. And I will be known in
assembly, a mighty army. the eyes of the many nations, and they
shall know that I am YAHWEH. (Eze
1 Lev 25:18-19, 31 This seems to be the time
20:42, Eze 36:23)
after Yom Teruah when Yahshua returns but
before the actual millennium will begin 7
months from then in the month of Aviv.
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My sacrifice which I sacrifice for you, a the hand of their enemies, and am
great sacrifice on the mountains of sanctified in them in the sight of many
Israel, so that you may eat flesh and nations,
drink blood. (Rev 19:17-18) 28 then they shall know that I am
18 You shall eat the flesh of the YAHWEH their Elohim who exiled
mighty, and drink the blood of the them among the nations. But I have
rulers of the earth, of rams, lambs, gathered them to their own land and
goats, and bulls, all of them fatlings of have not left any of them there.
Bashan. 29 And I will not any more hide My
19 And you shall eat fat until you are face from them, for I have poured out
full, and drink blood until My Spirit on the house of Israel,
drunkenness, of My sacrifice which I declares Adonai YAHWEH.
have sacrificed for you.
20 And you shall be satisfied at My Chapter 40
table with horses and chariots, and
mighty men, all the men of war, 1 In the twenty fifth year of our exile,
declares Adonai YAHWEH. (Rev in the beginning of the year, in the
19:19) tenth of the month2, in the fourteenth
21 And I will put My glory among the year after the city was struck, on that
nations, and all the nations shall see same day the hand of YAHWEH was
My judgments which I have done, and on me, and He brought me there.
My hand that I have laid on them. 2 In the visions of Elohim He
22 So the house of Israel shall know brought me into the land of Israel and
that I am YAHWEH their Elohim, from made me rest on a very high
that day and onward1. mountain. And it was as the structure
23 And the nations shall know that of a city on the south.
the house of Israel was exiled for their 3 And He brought me there; and,
iniquity. Because they betrayed Me, so behold, a man whose appearance was
I hid My face from them and gave as the appearance of copper, and a line
them into the hand of their enemies. of flax and a measuring reed in his
And they fell by the sword, all of them. hand. And he stood in the gate3.
24 According to their uncleanness 4 And the man said to me, Son of
and according to their sins, I have man, look with your eyes, and hear
done to them, and have hidden My with your ears, and set your heart on
face from them. all that I shall make you see. For in
25 So Adonai YAHWEH says this: order to make you see, you are
Now I will return the captivity of Jacob brought here. Declare to the house of
and will have mercy on all the house of Israel all that you see4.
Israel. And I will be jealous for My 5 And, behold, a wall on the outside
holy name. of the house all around. And a
26 And also after they have borne measuring reed was in the man's
their shame, and all their treachery
which they have done against Me, 2 The phrase “beginning of the year” is
when they dwell on their land “Rosh Hashaneh”. The only time Rosh
securely, and no one terrifies; Hashaneh is on the 10th day of 7th month is
27 when I have returned them from in a Jubilee, Lev 25:9.
the peoples, and gathered them out of 3 Rev 1:15, Rev 11:1.
4 He was now going to see and give
1 Clearly end time but before the Millennium. measurements for the sanctuary of YHWH.
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hand, six cubits, with a cubit1 and a porches; and windows were all around
span. So he measured the breadth of inside; and to a pillar were palm trees.
the building, one reed2; and the 17 And he brought me into the outer
height, one reed. court. And, behold, rooms, and a
6 And he came to the gate which pavement made for the court all
faced eastward, and he went up its around. Thirty rooms were on the
steps and measured the threshold of pavement.
the gate, one reed wide, even the one 18 And the pavement by the side of
threshold, one reed wide. the gates to equal the length of the
7 And a room, one reed long and one gates was the lower pavement.
reed wide, and between the rooms 19 And he measured the breadth
were five cubits. And the threshold of from the face of the lower gate to the
the gate from beside the porch of the face of the inner court, on the outside,
gate, from the house, was one reed. a hundred cubits eastward and
8 And he measured the porch of the northward.
gate from the house, one reed. 20 And the gate which faces the way
9 And he measured the porch of the of the north of the outer court, he
gate, eight cubits; and its pillars, two measured its length and its breadth.
cubits, also the porch of the gate from 21 And its rooms were three from
the house. here, and three from there. And its
10 And the gate rooms eastward pillars and its porches were as the first
were three from here, and three from measure: its length was fifty cubits and
there, one measure to the three of its breadth twenty five cubits.
them; and one measure was to the 22 And its windows, and its porches,
pillars, from here and from there. and its palm trees were as the measure
11 And he measured the breadth of of the gate that faces eastward. And
the gate opening, ten cubits; the length they went up to it by seven steps, and
of the gate was thirteen cubits. its porches were before them.
12 And the border in front of the 23 And the gate of the inner court
rooms was one cubit; and the border was across from the gate toward the
from here, one cubit. And the room north and toward the east. And he
was six cubits from here, and six measured from gate to gate, a hundred
cubits from there. cubits.
13 And he measured the gate of the 24 And he led me southward. And
room from roof to roof, twenty five behold, a gate southward! And he
cubits wide, door to door. measured its pillars and its porches
14 He also made the pillars, sixty according to these measures.
cubits, even to the court pillar, from 25 And windows were in it, and its
the gate all around. porches all around like these windows.
15 And on the face of the entrance Fifty cubits were the length, and
gate, to the face of the porch of the twenty five cubits the breadth.
inner gate, was fifty cubits; 26 And seven steps were going up to
16 and latticed windows were to the it, and its porches were before them.
rooms and to their pillars inside the And palm trees were to it, one from
gate all around; and so for the here and one from there, to its pillars.
27 And a gate was to the inner court
1 A cubit was either 18 or 21 inches. (46- southward. And he measured from
53cm). gate to gate, southward, a hundred
2 A reed was 10 ⅓ feet (3.15m).
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pillars, one from here, and one from cubits, and that which was left
there. between the side chambers that were
of the house.
Chapter 41 10 And between the rooms was the
width of twenty cubits circling the
1 And he brought me to the house all around.
sanctuary and measured the pillars, 11 And the door of the side chamber
six cubits wide from here, and six was toward the open space, one door
cubits wide from there, the width of northward, and one door southward.
the tent. And the width of the place of the open
2 And the door was ten cubits wide. space was five cubits all around.
And the sides of the door were five 12 And the building that was before
cubits from here and five cubits from the separate area at the end of the way
there. And he measured its length, of the west was seventy cubits wide.
forty cubits, and twenty cubits wide. And the wall of the building was five
3 And he went inside and measured cubits wide all around; and its length,
the pillars of the door, two cubits. And ninety cubits.
the door was six cubits, and the width 13 And he measured the house, a
of the door, seven cubits. hundred cubits long. And the separate
4 And he measured its length, twenty area and the building and its wall were
cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, to a hundred cubits long.
the face of the temple. And he said to 14 And the width of the face of the
me, This is the Holy of Holies. house, and the separate area toward
5 And he measured the wall of the the east, a hundred cubits.
house, six cubits, and the width of 15 And he measured the length of
each side room was four cubits all the building to the face of the separate
around the house. area which was on its rear; and its
6 And the side rooms were a side gallery from here and from there was a
chamber over a side chamber, three hundred cubits, also the inner
stories, and thirty times. And they sanctuary, and the porches of the
entered the wall of the house for the court,
side rooms all around, that they may 16 the thresholds, and the latticed
be fastened. But they were not windows, and the galleries all around,
fastened in the wall of the house. their three stories opposite the
7 And there was a widening and a threshold, were paneled with wood all
winding upwards and upwards for the around, and from the ground up to the
side chambers, for the winding around windows, and the windows were
of the house went upward and upward, covered
all around the house. On account of 17 to that above the door, even to the
this the width of the house went up, inner house, and outside, and to all the
and so from the lowest it went up to wall all around inside and outside by
the highest by the middle story. measure.
8 I also saw the height of the house 18 And it was made with cherubs
all around, the foundations of the side and palm trees, and a palm tree was
rooms were a full reed, six cubits by between cherub and cherub. And two
joining. faces were to a cherub,
9 The width of the wall which was for 19 the face of a man toward the palm
the side room to the outside was five tree from here, and a young lion's face
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toward the palm tree from there. It 4 And before the rooms was a walk
was made to all the house all around. ten cubits wide, to the inside, a way of
20 From the ground to above the one cubit. And their doors were
door, cherubs and palm trees were toward the north.
made, and on the wall of the 5 And the upper rooms were shorter,
sanctuary. for the galleries used up more space
21 The sanctuary doorposts were than the lower and middle ones in the
squared, and the face of the sanctuary, building.
the appearance of the one as the 6 For they were in three stories, and
appearance of the other. there were no columns to them like the
22 The altar of wood was three columns of the courts. So the third was
cubits high, and its length two cubits. made narrower than the lower and
And its corners, and its length, and its middle stories from the ground.
walls were wood. And he said to me, 7 And the wall that was outside near
This is the table that is before the rooms the way of the outer court,
YAHWEH. on the face of the rooms, its length was
23 And two doors were to the fifty cubits.
sanctuary and the Holy Place. 8 For the length of the rooms that
24 And two doors were to each of the were in the outer court was fifty cubits.
doors, two turning doors, two for the And, behold, in the face of the
one door, and two for the other door. sanctuary was a hundred cubits.
25 And cherubs and palm trees were 9 And under these rooms was the
made on them, on the doors of the entrance on the east side as one goes
sanctuary, like those made on the into them from the outer court.
walls; and thick wood was on the face 10 In the width of the wall of the
of the porch outside. court eastward, to the face of the
26 And latticed windows and palm separate area, and to the face of the
trees were from here and from there building were rooms.
on the sides of the porch, and the side 11 And the way before them looked
chambers of the house, and wooden like the rooms which were northward,
canopies. as their length, so their width. And all
their exits were as their patterns and
Chapter 42 as their doors.
12 And as the doors of the rooms
1 And he brought me out into the that were southward, there was a door
outer court northward. And he in the head of the way, the way directly
brought me into the chamber that was in the face of the wall, the way of the
across from the separate area, which east, as one enters them.
was in front of the building to the 13 And he said to me, The north
north. chambers, the south chambers which
2 To the face of its length was a are to the face of the separate area,
hundred cubits, toward the north they are holy chambers, there where
door, and fifty cubits wide. the priests shall eat, who approach to
3 Across from the twenty cubits YAHWEH in the holy of the holies.
which were to the inner court, and There they shall lay the holiest of the
opposite the pavement which was to holy things, even the food offering and
the outer court, was gallery on the face the sin offering, and the guilt offering.
of gallery, in three stories. For the place is holy.
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and a span, even the base shall be a bring a buck of the goats without
cubit, and the width a cubit, and its blemish for a sin offering. And they
border on its edge all around shall be shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed
one span. And this is the upper part of it with the bull.
the altar.1 23 When you have finished
14 And from the base on the ground cleansing, you shall bring a bull
to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, without blemish, a son of the herd,
and the width one cubit. And from the and a ram without blemish out of the
smaller ledge to the greater ledge shall flock.
be four cubits, and the width a cubit. 24 And you shall bring them before
15 And the altar hearth shall be four YAHWEH, and the priests shall throw
cubits, and from the altar hearth and salt on them, and they shall offer them
upward shall be four horns. for a burnt offering to YAHWEH.
16 And the altar hearth shall be 25 For seven days you shall daily
twelve cubits long, and twelve wide, prepare a he goat for a sin offering.
square in its four sides. And they shall prepare a bull, a son of
17 And the ledge shall be fourteen the herd, and a ram out of the flock,
long, fourteen wide, in its four sides. ones without blemish.
And the border around it shall be a 26 They shall atone seven days for
half cubit, and the base for it a cubit all the altar, and cleanse it, and
around. And its steps shall face the consecrate it.
east. 27 And when the days are
18 And He said to me, Son of man, completed, it shall be on the eighth
so says Adonai YAHWEH: These are day and forward, the priests shall
the statutes of the altar in the day of its make your burnt offerings, and your
being made to offer on it burnt peace offerings, on the altar. And I will
offerings, and to sprinkle on it blood. accept you, declares Adonai YAHWEH.
19 And you shall give to the priests
of the Levites, (they who are from the Chapter 44
seed of Zadok, who approach to Me),
declares Adonai YAHWEH, to minister 1 And he brought me back the way of
to Me, a bull, a son of the herd, for a the gate of the outer sanctuary, facing
sin offering. east. And it was shut.
20 And you shall take of its blood 2 And YAHWEH said to me, This
and put it on its four horns, and on the gate shall be shut; it will not be
four corners of the ledge, and on the opened. And a man shall not enter by
border all around. And you shall
it, because YAHWEH, the Elohim of
cleanse it and atone for it.
Israel, has entered by it; so it shall be
21 And you shall take the bull of the
shut.
sin offering, and he shall burn it at the
3 As for the prince, as prince he shall
appointed place of the house outside
the sanctuary.
22 And on the second day you shall
sit in it to eat bread before YAHWEH1. of My holy things, but you have set
He shall enter by the way of the porch them as keepers of My charge in My
of the gate, and by his way shall go sanctuary, for themselves.
out. 9 So says Adonai YAHWEH: No son
4 And he brought me by the way of of a foreigner, uncircumcised of heart
the north gate, to the face of the house. and uncircumcised of flesh, shall enter
And I looked, and, behold, the glory of into My sanctuary, or any son of a
YAHWEH filled the house of foreigner who is among the sons of
YAHWEH! And I fell on my face. Israel3.
10 But the Levites who have gone far
5 And YAHWEH said to me, Son of
from Me, when Israel went astray, who
man, set your heart and see with your
went astray from Me, going after their
eyes, and hear with your ears all that I
idols, even they shall bear their
say to you of all the statutes of the
iniquity.
house of YAHWEH, and of all its laws. 11 Yet they shall do the menial tasks
And set your heart to the entrance of in My sanctuary, overseers at the gates
the house, with all the exits of the of the house, and serving in the house.
sanctuary. They shall slaughter the burnt offering
6 And you shall say to the rebellious and the sacrifice for the people, and
ones, to the house of Israel, So says they shall stand before them, to serve
Adonai YAHWEH: Enough to you, of them.
all your abominations, O house of 12 Because they attended to them
Israel, before their idols, and became a
7 when you brought in the sons of stumbling-block of iniquity to the
strangers, uncircumcised of heart and house of Israel, therefore I have lifted
uncircumcised of flesh, to be in My up My hand against them, declares
sanctuary, to profane it, even My Adonai YAHWEH. And they shall bear
house2, when you bring near My their iniquity.
bread, the fat and the blood. And they 13 And they shall not come near to
have broken My covenant by all your Me to serve as priest to Me, nor come
abominations. near to any of My holy things, to the
8 And you have not kept the charge holiest of the holy things, but they
1 Referring to Elohim's presence coming in shall bear their shame and their
from this gate from the Mount of Olives. abominations which they have done.
Eze 43:1-2. This is the gate that Yahshua 14 But I will give them to be keepers
entered when He cleansed the sanctuary of the charge of the house to be bond-
right before His crucifixion Luk 19:37-45. servants for all labour, and for all that
Yahshua will also return to the Mount of
shall be done in it4.
Olives in the east and enter Mount Zion by
the eastern gate Act 1:11-12, Zec 14:1-4. 15 But the priests, the Levites, the
The prince spoken about in these chapters is 3 Yahweh is referring to the above offense of
not the Messiah, but is King David Eze the Levites allowing gentile slaves into the
34:23-24. Yahshua Yahweh, the Son is the sanctuary to do the menial tasks that they
presence of Yahweh in this sanctuary. did not want to. He is stating in this coming
2 This is referring to the Levites bringing into sanctuary that no non-covenant person will
Yahweh's sanctuary gentile, non Israelite enter His sanctuary only those who are
slaves as in Jos 9:27, to do the menial tasks qualified as priests. Whenever the term
of cleaning, sweeping etc. No non Levitical 'uncircumcised' is used in Scripture it is
person should have entered Yahweh's referring to non-covenant Israelites, and
sanctuary, never mind gentile slaves. not speaking about physical circumcision.
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sons of Zadok1, who kept the charge of heads, and they shall not send forth
My sanctuary when the sons of Israel long hair; trimming they shall trim
went astray from Me, they shall come their heads. (1Cor 11:14)
near to Me to minister to Me. And they 21 And every priest shall not drink
shall stand before Me to bring near to wine when they enter into the inner
Me the fat and the blood, declares court. (Lev 10:9)
Adonai YAHWEH. 22 And they shall not take a widow
16 They shall enter into My or a divorcee, for wives for themselves,
sanctuary, and they shall come near to but they shall only take virgins of the
My table, to minister to Me. And they seed of the house of Israel, or a widow
shall keep My charge. who is the widow of a priest3.
17 And it shall be when they enter in 23 And they shall teach My people
the gates of the inner court, they shall between the holy and the common,
be clothed with linen garments2. And and between the unclean and the
wool shall not come upon them while clean, to make them known4.
they minister in the gates of the inner 24 And in a dispute, they shall stand
court, and in the house. (Rev 19:8) to judge, they shall judge it by My
18 Turbans of bleached linen shall be judgments. And they shall observe My
on their heads, and linen under- Torah and My statutes in My
garments shall be on their loins. They appointed feasts, and they shall
shall not gird with sweat. sanctify My Sabbaths5.
19 And when they go out into the 25 And he shall not come to a dead
outer court, to the outer court to the man, to defile himself; but for father,
people, they shall put off their or for mother, or for a son, or for a
garments by which they ministered daughter, for a brother, or for a sister
and lay them in the holy chambers. who has not had a husband, they may
And they shall put on other garments, defile themselves. (Lev 21:1-3)
and they shall not sanctify the people 26 And after he is cleansed, they
with their own garments. shall count seven days for him.
20 And they shall not shave their 27 And in the day he goes into the
sanctuary, to the inner court, to
4 Verses 10-14, The Levites punishment for minister in the sanctuary, he shall
bringing gentiles into Yahweh's sanctuary
will be that they will be demoted in the 3 The priest was not allowed to take a
future sanctuary to be doing the menial divorced woman as a wife (Lev 21:6-7). As
tasks. Melchizedek priests in the New Covenant,
1 The regular priests in this sanctuary will be Yahshua clearly stated that to divorce a
only the sons of “Zadok”. The high priestly spouse and marry another is adultery, Mar
order in the Millennium will be Melchi- 10:11-12.
Zedek, or king of righteousness. “Zadok” 4 The Melchizedek priests in this sanctuary
means righteous, and this verse is showing will accomplish what the Levites failed to
the changeover from the Levitical order to do in the first sanctuary Mal 2:6-9, to teach
the Melchizedek order. See all of Hebrews the people true Holiness.
7. Also look at what John the baptist, who 5 The priests will be the judges as originally
was the last true Levitical High priest laid out in the Torah in Deu 17:8-13, and
through the line of his father, said to the people will honor and listen to Yahweh's
Yahshua who was the eternal Melchizedek set apart leaders at this time. The priests
priest in John 3:30 “It is necessary for Him will teach the people how to honor
to increase and I must decrease.” Yahweh's Torah and His plan of salvation
2 Linen represents righteousness Rev 19:8. through the Holy Days.
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bring his sin offering, declares Adonai thousand cubits, and the width, ten
YAHWEH. thousand. And in it shall be the
28 And it shall be to them for an sanctuary, the holy of holies.
inheritance; I am their inheritance; 4 It is the holy portion of the land for
and you shall not give them possession the priests, it shall be for the ministers
in Israel; I am their possession1. of the sanctuary who come near to
29 They shall eat the food offering minister to YAHWEH. And it shall be
and the sin offering and the guilt for them a place for their houses, and a
offering. And every devoted thing in holy place for the sanctuary.
Israel shall be theirs. (Num 18:9, 14) 5 And twenty five thousand cubits in
30 And the first of all the first-fruits length, and ten thousand in width
of all, and every one of the heave shall be for the Levites, the ministers
offerings of all, of all your heave of the house, for them for a
offerings, shall be for the priests. And possession, twenty rooms.
you shall give to the priest the first of 6 And you shall give the possession
your dough, to cause a blessing to rest of the city, five thousand cubits wide
on your house2. (Num 18:12-13) and twenty five thousand long, beside
31 The priests shall not eat of every the heave offering of the holy lot. It
corpse and torn thing, of birds, or of shall be for the whole house of Israel.
beasts. (Lev 7:24) 7 And a portion shall be for the
prince from here, and from there, for
Chapter 45 the heave offering of the holy place
and of the possession of the city, to the
1 And when you shall divide the land face of the heave offering of the holy
by lot for an inheritance, you shall place, from the west side westward,
offer a heave offering to YAHWEH, a and from the east side eastward. And
holy portion of the land. The length the length shall be alongside one of the
shall be twenty five thousand cubits portions, from the west border to the
long and the width ten thousand 3. It east border.
shall be holy in all its borders all 8 It shall be for a land to him, for a
around. possession in Israel, and My rulers
2 Of this there shall be for the shall not oppress My people any more.
sanctuary five hundred by five And they shall give the land to the
hundred cubits, square all around, and house of Israel according to their
fifty cubits of open space shall be all tribes.
around. 9 So says Adonai YAHWEH: Enough
3 And from this measure you shall for you, O rulers of Israel! Turn away
measure the length, twenty five violence and oppression, and do
1 The priests were not to own property (Num justice and righteousness. Lift away
18:20, 23-24, Deu 10:9). The possession of your acts of violence from My people,
the priest was Yahweh Himself. In the declares Adonai YAHWEH.
Millennium, the true believers who are the 10 Just balances and a just ephah,
bride of Yahshua will also be His and a just bath, let there be to you.
possession (1Cor 6:19-20) and with Him in 11 The ephah and the bath shall be
His sanctuary and cared for, Rev 7:13-17. one measure, that the bath may
2 First-first are Holy to YHWH and His contain the tenth of the homer, and
firstborn will partake in the first-fruits. the tenth of the homer the ephah. Its
3 Verses 1-8. This is about 8 miles square
surrounded by the priests' quarters.
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measure shall be to the homer1. son of the herd, and cleanse the
12 And the shekel shall be twenty sanctuary. (Exo 12:2)
gerahs: Twenty shekels, twenty five 19 And the priest shall take of the
shekels, fifteen shekels shall be a blood of the sin offering and put it on
maneh to you. the door posts of the house, and on the
13 This is the heave offering that you four corners of the ledge of the altar,
shall offer: the sixth of an ephah of a and on the gateposts of the inner
homer of wheat, and the sixth of an court.
ephah of a homer of barley. 20 And so you shall do on the
14 And the statute of oil, the bath of seventh of the month for each man
oil, the tenth of the bath out of the cor; who goes astray, and for the simple.
(ten baths, a homer, for ten baths are a And you shall atone for the house.
homer); 21 In the first month, in the
15 and one lamb out of the flock, out fourteenth day of the month, the
of two hundred, out of the watered Passover shall be to you; a feast of
land of Israel for a food offering, and seven days, unleavened bread is
for a burnt offering, and for peace eaten4.
offerings, to atone for them, declares 22 And the prince shall make ready
Adonai YAHWEH2. on that day for himself and for the
16 All the people of the land shall be people of the land, a bull for a sin
at this heave offering for the prince in offering.
Israel. 23 And seven days of the feast he
17 And responsibility for burnt shall make ready a burnt offering to
offerings shall be on the prince, and a YAHWEH, seven bulls and seven rams,
food offering, and drink offerings, in without blemish, daily for the seven
the feasts and on the new moons and days, and for a sin offering a kid of the
on the Sabbaths, in all the appointed he-goats daily.
feasts of the house of Israel 3. He shall 24 And a food offering of an ephah
make the sin offering, and the food for a bull, and an ephah for a ram, he
offering, and the burnt offering, and shall make ready; also of oil, a hin for
the peace offerings, to atone for the an ephah.
house of Israel. 25 In the seventh month, in the
18 So says Adonai YAHWEH: In the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast,
first month, on the first of the month, he shall make ready like these seven
you shall take a bull without blemish, a days as the sin offering, as the burnt
offering, as the food offering, and as
1 An ephah is a dry measurement of about 2/3 the oil. (Exo 23:16, 34:22, Deu 16:16)
of a bushel and a bath is a liquid one of
about 6 gallons, and a homer is about 6
bushels.
2 If this is happening in the millennial
sanctuary there is no contradiction to the 4 True believers in Yahshua today observe
believer in Yahshua, as sacrifice and and keep the Holy days of Lev 23, as some
offering of ones wealth and prized of them such as Passover shows the
possessions was a way to draw near to his redemptive work that Yahshua already did
Creator and was a practice since the days of and some look forward to the redemptive
Adam and Eve, Gen 4:3-4. work that is still ahead. It will be the same
3 It should be noted that the Sabbath, Holy here in this sanctuary, as these days will
Days and New Moons will all be observed mirror the great redemptive work of
in this sanctuary. Yahweh, through Yahshua His Son.
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inheritance to one of his servants, then the face of the house is east, and the
it shall be his until the year of liberty 1, water came down from under the right
then it shall return to the prince. His side of the house, at the south from the
inheritance is only his sons'; it shall be altar. (Rev 22:1-2, Psa 46:4)
theirs. 2 And he led me out by way of the
18 And the prince shall not take of north gate, and led me around the way
the people's inheritance, oppressing outside to the outer gate, by the way
them from their possession. He shall facing east. And, behold, water was
give inheritance to his sons from his dropping out of the right side.
possession, so that My people shall not 3 When the man went out eastward,
be dispersed, each man from his and the line in his hand, he measured
possession. a thousand cubits. And he passed me
19 And he brought me through the through the water, water to the ankles.
entry which was at the side of the gate, 4 And he measured a thousand and
into the holy rooms for the priests, passed me through the water, water to
facing north. And, behold, there was a the knees. And he measured a
place on the two sides westward. thousand, and passed me through
20 And he said to me, This is the water to the loins.
place, there where the priests shall boil 5 And he measured a thousand, and
the guilt offering, and the sin offering, there was a torrent which I was not
where they shall bake the food able to pass, for the water had risen,
offering, so as not to bring them out to water to swim in, a torrent that could
the outer court to sanctify the people. not be passed.
21 And he led me out to the outer 6 And he said to me, Have you seen,
court. And he made me pass by the son of man? And he led me and made
four corners of the court. And, behold, me return to the lip of the torrent.
a court in each corner of the court, a 7 When I returned, then, behold, on
court in each corner of the court. the lip of the torrent were many trees
22 In the four corners of the court on this side and on that side.
were enclosed courts forty cubits long 8 And he said to me, These waters go
and thirty wide, one measure to the out toward the eastern circuit, and go
four of them, being made in corners. down into the Aravah, and enter the
23 And a row was around in them, sea. They are brought out into the sea,
around the four of them, and boiling and the waters shall be healed.
places were made under the rows 9 And it shall be, every soul that
round about. lives, which swarms in every place,
24 And he said to me, These are the there where the two torrents go, that
houses of those who boil, there where soul shall live. And there shall be very
the servants of the house shall boil the many fish, because these waters shall
sacrifice of the people. come there. And they shall be healed.
And all shall live there where the
Chapter 47 torrent goes2.
10 And it will be, the fishermen shall
1 And he made me turn back to the stand on it; from En-Gedi even to En-
opening of the house. And, behold, 2 Verse 1-9 shows the redeeming force of
water came out from under the Yahweh going back to the Garden of Eden
threshold of the house eastward. For type scenario with healing waters to the
people. Gen 2:10, Rev 22:1-2, Psa 36:8-9,
1 This is the Jubilee year, Lev 25:8-14. Psa 46:4, Joe 3:18.
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Eglaim, a spreading place for nets side from between Hauran, and
shall be there; their fish shall be by its Damascus, and Gilead, and the land of
kind, like the fish of the Great Sea, Israel; shall be the Jordan, from the
very many. border to the Eastern Sea, and this is
11 Its swamps and its marshes shall the east side.
not even be healed, they shall be given 19 And the south side southward
to salt. from Tamar to the waters of Meriboth-
12 And all trees for food shall go up Kadesh, the torrent to the Great Sea.
by the torrent, on its lip on this side And this is the south side to the Negev.
and on that. Its leaf shall not fade, and 20 And the west side is the Great Sea
its fruit shall not fail; it will bear by its from the border until beside the
months, because its waters come out entrance of Hamath; this is the west
from the sanctuary. And its fruit shall side.
be for food, and its leaf for healing 21 And you shall divide this land for
medicine1. yourselves by the tribes of Israel.
13 So says Adonai YAHWEH: This 22 And it will be, you shall divide by
shall be the border by which you shall lot for an inheritance to yourselves,
inherit the land, by the twelve tribes of and to the foreigners who reside
Israel. Joseph shall have two among you, who shall father sons
portions2. among you. And they shall be to you as
14 And you shall inherit it, each man native born among the sons of Israel.
like his brother, that I lifted up My They shall have an inheritance fall
hand to give it to your fathers, even among the tribes of Israel.
this land shall fall to you for an 23 And it shall be, in the tribe in
inheritance. which the foreigner resides, there you
15 And this is the border of the land shall give his inheritance, declares
to the north side, from the Great Sea, Adonai YAHWEH.
the way of Hethlon to the entrance of
Zedad: (Num 34:1-12) Chapter 48
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim,
which is between the border of 1 And these are the names of the
Damascus and the border of Hamath; tribes: From the north end, at the
Hazarhatticon, which is by the border hand of the way of Hethlon, to the
of Hauran. entrance of Hamath, Hazarenan, the
17 And the border shall be from the border of Damascus northward, at the
sea to Hazarenan, at the border of hand of Hamath; and there shall be to
Damascus; and the north northward, it an east side and a west: To Dan, one
even the border of Hamath. And this is part.
the north side. 2 And by the border of Dan, from the
18 And you shall measure the east east side to the west side, Asher, one
1 During the millennial reign things will be
part.
more naturally set as in the garden of Eden 3 And by the border of Asher, from
with people using the healing power of the east side to the west side, Naphtali,
extracted oils from the trees that Yahweh one part.
has created, Rev 22:2. 4 And by the border of Naphtali,
2 Yahweh continues to give the kingdom from the east side even to the west
borders of land for the restored 12 tribes side, Manasseh, one part.
with Joseph getting the double portion as 5 And by the border of Manasseh,
the right of the first born, Deu 21:17.
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from the east side to the west side, the land. For it is holy to YAHWEH1.
Ephraim, one part. 15 And the five thousand being left
6 And by the border of Ephraim, in the width in front of the twenty five
from the east side even to the west thousand, it is common for the city, for
side, Reuben, one part. dwelling and for open land. And the
7 And by the border of Reuben, from city shall be in its midst.
the east side even to the west side, 16 And these shall be its measures:
Judah, one part. the north side, four thousand and five
8 And by the border of Judah, from hundred; and the south side, four
the east side to the west side, shall be thousand and five hundred cubits; and
the heave offering which you shall the east side, four thousand and five
offer, twenty five thousand cubits wide hundred; and the west side, four
and long, as one of the parts, from the thousand and five hundred.
east side to the west side. And the 17 And the open land shall be of the
sanctuary shall be in its midst. city northward, two hundred and fifty
9 The heave offering that you shall cubits; and southward, two hundred
offer to YAHWEH shall be twenty five and fifty; and eastward, two hundred
thousand cubits long and ten thousand and fifty; and westward, two hundred
cubits wide. and fifty cubits.
10 And for these shall be the holy 18 And the remainder in length
heave offering for the priests: alongside the heave offering of the
northward, twenty five thousand; and holy parts shall be ten thousand
westward, ten thousand cubits wide; eastward, and ten thousand westward.
and eastward, ten thousand wide; and And it shall be alongside the heave
southward, twenty five thousand offering of the holy part. And its
cubits long. And the sanctuary of produce shall be for bread to those
YAHWEH shall be in its midst, who serve the city.
11 for the priests who are sanctified, 19 And he who serves the city shall
of the sons of Zadok, who have kept serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
My charge, who did not go astray 20 All the heave offering shall be
when the sons of Israel went astray, as twenty five thousand by twenty five
the Levites went astray. thousand cubits, foursquare. You shall
12 And the heave offering shall be offer the holy heave offering to the
theirs, from the heave offering of the possession of the city.
land, the holiest of the holy places, by 21 And the remainder is for the
the border of the Levites. prince, on this side and on that of the
13 And the Levites shall have holy heave offering, and of the
alongside the border of the priests possession of the city in the front of
twenty five thousand cubits long and the twenty five thousand of the heave
ten thousand wide. All the length shall offering to the east border, and
be twenty five thousand, and the width westward in the front of the twenty
ten thousand. five thousand to the west border;
14 And they shall not sell any of it, alongside the parts of the prince. And
and shall not trade, and shall not
cause to pass away the first-fruits of 1 Mat 10:8, Isa 55:1-3, Pro 23:23, Yahweh's
truth, word and land are all part of His
wonderful gift of blessings and His grace
and cannot be bought and should not be
sold.
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it shall be a holy heave offering, and 34 The west side, four thousand and
the sanctuary of the house in its midst. five hundred, their gates three: the
22 And to the prince shall be from gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher,
the possession of the Levites, and from one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
the city's possession, amidst that for 35 All around it shall be eighteen
the prince, between the border of thousand cubits. And the name of the
Judah and the border of Benjamin. city from that day shall be YAHWEH
23 And the rest of the tribes: From IS THERE1.
the east side to the west side,
Benjamin, one part.
24 And by the border of Benjamin,
from the east side to the west side,
Simeon, one part.
25 And by the border of Simeon,
from the east side to the west side,
Issachar, one part.
26 And by the border of Issachar,
from the east side to the west side,
Zebulun, one part.
27 And by the border of Zebulun,
from the east side to the west side
Gad, one part.
28 And by the border of Gad to the
south side southward, from Tamar to
the waters of Meriboth-Kadesh, to the
torrent to the Great Sea.
29 This is the land which you shall
make fall by lot for an inheritance to
the tribes of Israel, and these their
parts, declares Adonai YAHWEH.
30 And these are the exits of the city
on the north side, four thousand and
five hundred measures.
31 And the gates of the city shall be
by the names of the tribes of Israel:
three gates northward, the gate of
Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one;
the gate of Levi, one.
32 And at the east side four
thousand five hundred, and three
gates: even the gate of Joseph, one; the
gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan,
one.
33 And the south side, four thousand
and five hundred measures, and three
gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the
gate of Issachar, one; the gate of
Zebulun, one.
1 The Hebrew is “Yahweh Shammah”
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Book of Daniel 537 B.C.E.
Chapter 1 himself3.
9 And the Elohim had given Daniel
1 In the third year of the reign of kindness and compassion before the
Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchad- chief of the eunuchs. (Gen 39:4,21)
nezzar king of Babylon came to 10 And the chief of the eunuchs said
Jerusalem and besieged it.1 to Daniel, I fear my master the king,
2 And YAHWEH gave Jehoiakim, who has appointed your food and your
king of Judah, into his hand, with part drink. For why should he see your
of the vessels of the house of Elohim, faces worse looking than the boys who
which he carried into the land of are in your age group? Then you would
Shinar2 to the house of his god. And he forfeit my head to the king.
brought the vessels into the treasure 11 And Daniel said to Melzar, whom
house of his god. the chief of the eunuchs had set over
3 And the king spoke to Ashpenaz, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
the chief of his eunuchs that he should Azariah,
bring some of the sons of Israel, and of 12 Please, test your servants ten
the king's seed, and of the nobles, days. And let vegetables be given to us
4 young men in whom was no that we may eat, and water that we
blemish, but who were of good may drink.
appearance and having understanding 13 Then let be seen before you, our
in all wisdom, having knowledge and look and the look of the boys who eat
understanding learning, even those of the king's food. And as you see, do
with strength in them to stand in the so with your servants.
king's palace, and to teach them the 14 And he listened to them in this
writing and the language of the matter and tested them for ten days.
Chaldeans. 15 And at the end of ten days their
5 And the king set to them the appearance looked better and fatter of
portion of a day in its day, from the flesh than all the boys who were eating
king's food, and the wine of his the king's food.
drinking, even to rear them three 16 So Melzar took away their food
years, so that at their end they may and the wine that they were to drink,
stand before the king. and he gave them vegetables.
6 And there were among them of the 17 As for these four boys, the Elohim
sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, gave them knowledge and skill in all
Mishael, and Azariah, writing and wisdom. And Daniel had
7 to whom the chief of the eunuchs understanding in all visions and
gave names. For he called Daniel, dreams.
Belteshazzar; and Hananiah, 18 Now at the end of the days that
Shadrach; and Mishael, Meshach; and the king had said to bring them in, the
Azariah, Abednego. chief of the eunuchs brought them in
8 And Daniel laid on his heart that before Nebuchadnezzar.
he would not defile himself with the 19 And the king talked with them.
king's food, or with the wine of his And among them all was found none
drinking. So he asked of the chief of like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and
the eunuchs that he might not defile
3 The first portion of the meat was offered to
1 This would be about the year 609B.C.E.. Jer an idol and the drink also poured on a pagan
25:1-10. altar. Also some meat would have been
2 Another name for Babylonia. unclean according to Lev 11.
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Azariah. So they stood before the king. and we will reveal its meaning.
20 And in any matter of wisdom and 8 The king answered and said, For I
understanding that the king asked know that you buy time, that on
from them, he found them ten times account of all, you see the thing is
better than all the magicians and the certainly gone from me.
conjurers who were in all his kingdom. 9 But if you will not make the dream
(Eze 28:3) known to me, there is one law for you.
21 And Daniel continued to the first For you have agreed upon lying and
year of King Cyrus1. deceiving words to speak before me
until the time has changed. Therefore,
Chapter 2 tell me the dream, then I shall know
that you can reveal the meaning to me.
1 And in the second year of the reign 10 The Chaldeans replied before the
of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar king and said, There is not a man on
was dreaming dreams, and his spirit the earth who can reveal the king's
was troubled, and his sleep was matter, because not any king, master,
finished on him. or ruler has asked such a thing from
2 And the king said to call to the any magician, or conjurer, or
magicians, and to the astrologers, and Chaldean.
to the sorcerers and to the Chaldeans, 11 And the thing that the king asks is
to declare to the king his dreams. And rare. And there is no other who may
they came and stood before the king. reveal it before the king, except the
3 And the king said to them, I have Elohim, whose dwelling is not with
dreamed a dream, and my spirit was flesh. (Gen 41:38)
troubled to know the dream. 12 Then the king was enraged and
4 And the Chaldeans spoke to the angered. And he commanded all the
king in Aramaic2: O king, live forever! wise men of Babylon to be destroyed.
Tell your servants the dream, and we 13 And the law went out that the
will reveal the meaning. wise men should be killed. And they
5 The king answered and said to the looked for Daniel and his companions,
Chaldeans, The word is certainly gone to be killed.
from me. If you will not make known 14 Then Daniel answered with
the dream and its meaning to me, you counsel and insight to Arioch the chief
will be cut into pieces, and your of the king's bodyguard, who had gone
houses shall be made an outhouse. out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
6 But if you make known the dream, 15 He answered and said to Arioch,
you shall receive gifts and a present the king's officer, Why is the decree so
and great honor from before me. urgent from before the king? And
Therefore, reveal the dream and its Arioch made the thing known to
meaning to me. Daniel.
7 They again replied and said, Let 16 And Daniel went in and asked of
the king tell his servants the dream, the king that he would give him time,
1 Daniel was alive though in Cyrus's third
and he would show the king the
year of reign Dan 10:1. meaning.
2 Aramaic, which is a dialect of Hebrew, was 17 Then Daniel went to his house
the common language of the east at this and declared the thing to Hananiah,
time. Starting here until the end of chapter 7 Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,
it is used. From chapters 8-12, Hebrew is 18 that they might pray for the
used as in chapter 1 and 2:1-3.
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threshing floors. And the wind carried crushes and smashes all things, and as
them away so that no place was found the iron that shatters all these, it will
for them. And the stone that struck the crush and shatter4.
image became a great mountain1 and 41 And as to that you saw, the feet
filled the whole earth. and the toes were partly of potters'
36 This is the dream, and we will tell clay and partly of iron, the kingdom
the meaning of it before the king. shall be divided. But there shall be in it
37 You O king are the king of kings. the strength of iron, because you saw
For the Eloh of Heaven has given you the iron mixed with clay of the potter.
the kingdom, the power, and the 42 And as the toes of the feet were
strength, and the honor. partly of iron and partly of clay, so the
38 And wherever the sons of men, kingdom shall be partly strong and
the animals of the field, and the birds partly fragile.
of the sky dwell, He has given them 43 And as you saw the iron mixed
into your hand, and has made you with the clay of the clay, they shall be
ruler over them all. You are the head mixed with the seed of men. But they
of gold2. shall not adhere to one another, even
39 And in your place shall arise as iron does not mix with clay5.
another kingdom lower than yours, 44 And in the days of these kings,
and another third kingdom of copper, the Eloh of Heaven shall set up a
which shall rule in all the earth3. kingdom which shall never be
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be destroyed. And the kingdom shall not
as strong as iron. Inasmuch as iron be left to other people. It shall crush in
pieces and make an end all these
4 There is one image made up of 4 different kingdoms, and it shall stand forever6.
entities. This is showing that in the end time 45 Because you saw that the stone
there will be one global world empire but was cut out of the mountain without
with 4 different entities leading it at hands, and that it broke the iron, the
different periods until the end. The fact that copper, the clay, the silver, and the
the empire will go from gold, to silver, to
gold in pieces. The great Eloh has
copper, to iron shows that as the end time
will progress things will physically and
made known to the king what shall
economically get worse and worse until the 4 This fourth entity of this global
end. government, although not rich with wealth,
1 Mountains in Scripture represent large land will be fierce and brutal.
masses and power, Rev 17:9, Mic 4:1, Isa 5 Verses 41-43: When this end time global
11:9, Isa 49:6. government was established by the United
2 End time Babylon is the head of gold. Nations after WW2, Dwight Eisenhower
During the 70 years of Babylon's reign in from the USA, sat with Nikita Khrushchev
the end time (Jer 25:12) the earth will be the and divided Europe. The socialist part
most prosperous in its history and when became strong and the communist part was
Babylon falls so will the exuberant lifestyle weak and eventually fell, but they did not
of living that took place during this time. mix with each other. Eisenhower means
Also reference Jer chapters 50 & 51, and 'iron' and Khrushchev means 'clay'.
Rev chapters 17 & 18. 6 This verse clearly shows that this beast is a
3 The second kingdom is Medio- Persia single world empire system in the end times
(modern Russia and Iran) and the third led by 4 different entities. It cannot simply
kingdom Greece (representative of modern be a historical account from Daniel's day as
European Union) and the fourth kingdom is the Kingdom will clearly be set up during
world empire which was represented by the reign of this beast in Nebuchadnezzar's
ancient Rome. Dan 8:19-22. dream.
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occur after this. And the dream is Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
certain, and the meaning of it is 3 Then were gathered the satraps,
trustworthy1. the prefects, the governors, the
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell counselors, the treasurers, the judges,
on his face and worshiped Daniel. And the justices, and all the officials of the
he commanded an offering, even to provinces, to the dedication of the
offer incense to him. image that Nebuchadnezzar the king
47 The king answered Daniel and had set up. And they stood before the
said, Your Elohim truly is a Eloh of image that Nebuchadnezzar had set
Elohim and a master of kings, and a up.
Revealer of secrets, since you could 4 Then the herald shouted with
reveal this secret. strength: To you it is commanded O
48 Then the king made Daniel great peoples, nations, and languages,
and gave many great gifts to him. And 5 at the time you hear the sound of
he made him ruler over all the the horn, the pipe, cornet, the lyre,
province of Babylon, and chief of the harp, bagpipe, and all kinds of music,
prefects over all the wise men of you shall fall down and worship the
Babylon. (Gen 41:39-44) golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the
49 And Daniel asked of the king, and king has set up.
he set Shadrach, Meshach, and 6 And whoever does not fall down
Abednego over the affairs of the and worship, at that moment they will
province of Babylon. But Daniel sat in be thrown into the middle of a
the gate of the king. burning, fiery furnace.
7 Then at that time when all the
Chapter 3 people heard the sound of the horn,
the pipe, cornet, the lyre, harp, and all
1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an kinds of music, all the peoples, the
image of gold whose height was sixty nations, and the languages fell down,
cubits; its breadth, six cubits. He set it worshiping the image of gold that
up in the plain of Dura, in the province Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
of Babylon2. 8 Then at that time men, Chaldeans,
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king came near and accused and slandered
sent to gather the satraps, the the Jews.
prefects3, the governors, the 9 They answered and said to king
counselors, the treasurers, the judges Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!
and the justices. And all the officials of 10 You, O king, have made a decree
the provinces were ordered to come to that every man who shall hear the
the dedication of the image that sound of the horn, the pipe, cornet, the
lyre, harp, and the bagpipe, and all
1 When the 70 yrs of Babylon are over there kinds of music, shall fall down and
will be a short reign of Medio-Persia and worship the golden image.
then, Greece and then, world government
11 And whoever does not fall down
and then, the Kingdom of YHWH will be
established forever.
and worship, he should be thrown into
2 There is much imagery in Daniel of the end the mist of a burning, fiery furnace.
time, Rev 13:4-5, 11-15. The image was 90 12 There are men, Jews, whom you
feet by 9 feet and made to the false god have set over the business of the
Nabu. Dan 2:38. province of Babylon: Shadrach,
3 Satraps ruled large areas and prefects where Meshach, and Abednego. These men,
Lieutenant Governors.
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O king, do not pay attention to you. 21 Then these men were tied up in
They do not serve your gods or their coats, their gowns, and their
worship the golden image which you hats, and their other clothes, and were
have set up. (Est 3:12-14) thrown into the middle of the burning,
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in anger fiery furnace.
and wrath commanded to bring 22 Then, because the king's
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. command was urgent, and the furnace
Then they brought these men before exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire
the king. killed those men who took up
14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, 23 And these three men, Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego that you are Meshach, and Abednego, fell down
not serving my gods, nor worshiping bound into the middle of the burning,
the golden image which I have set up? fiery furnace.
15 Now if you are ready, at the time 24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king
you hear the sound of the horn, the was amazed. And he rose up in haste;
pipe, cornet, the lyre, harp, and he spoke and said to his royal officials,
bagpipe, and all kinds of music, fall Did we not throw three men bound
down and worship the image which I into the mist of the fire? They replied
have made. But if you do not worship, and said to the king, True, O king.
in that moment you shall be thrown 25 He answered and said, Behold! I
into the middle of a burning, fiery see four men loose, walking in the
furnace. And who is that Eloh who middle of the fire, and there is no
shall deliver you out of my hand? harm among them. And the form of
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and the fourth is like a son of Elohim2.
Abednego answered and said to the 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near
king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no to the door of the burning, fiery
need to return a word to you on this furnace. He answered and said,
matter. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
17 If it is so that our Elohim whom servants of the Most High Eloha, come
we serve is able to deliver us from the out and come here. Then Shadrach,
burning, fiery furnace, then He will Meshach, and Abednego came out of
deliver out of your hand, O king. the mist of the fire.
18 And if not, let it be known to you, 27 And the satraps, the prefects, the
O king, that we will not serve your governors, and the king's royal
gods or worship the golden image officials assembled. And they saw the
which you have set up. 1 fire had no power over the bodies of
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled these men, and the hair of their head
with fury, and the expression of his was not scorched, nor were their coats
face was changed against Shadrach, changed, nor had the smell of fire
Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke clung on them.
and directed to heat the furnace seven 28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said,
times more than it was usual to heat it. 2 There is a great lesson that trusting
20 And he ordered mighty men of completely in YHWH without compromise
valor in his army to tie up Shadrach, will always lead to YHWH sending His
Meshach, and Abednego, and to throw messenger to protect the believer, even if
them into the burning, fiery furnace. they must go through trial. This is also
extremely symbolic of YHWH sending His
1 Act 4:18-19, Mat 10:28. Son to those who trust in His word.
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be given to him. And let seven times with a band of iron and copper, in the
pass over him.1 grass of the field. And let him be wet
17 This matter is by the decree of the with the dew of the heavens, and his
guarding cherubs, and the command lot be with the beasts of the field, until
by the word of the holy ones, so that seven times pass over him.
the living may know that the Most 24 This is the meaning, O king, and
High rules in the kingdom of men and this the decree of the Most High,
gives it to whomever He will. And He which has come on my master the
sets up over it the lowest of men2. king:
18 I, Nebuchadnezzar, have seen this 25 And you shall be driven from
dream. Now you, O Belteshazzar, men, and your dwelling shall be with
declare its meaning, since all the wise the beasts of the field. And you shall be
men of my kingdom are not able to fed with grass like oxen. And you shall
reveal the meaning to me. But you are be wet with dew of the heavens; and
able, for the spirit of the holy Elohim seven years3 shall pass over you until
is in you. you know that the Most High is Ruler
19 Then Daniel, whose name was in the kingdom of men, and He gives it
Belteshazzar, was stunned for one to whomever He desires.
hour, and his thoughts troubled him. 26 And in that they commanded to
The king spoke and said, O leave the stump of the tree roots, Your
Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or kingdom shall be enduring to you after
its meaning trouble you. Belteshazzar you have realized that Heaven rules.
answered and said, My master, the 27 So, O king, let my advice be
dream is to those who hate you, and its pleasing to you: Even break off your
meaning is to your adversaries. sins by righteousness, and your
20 The tree that you saw, which iniquities by pitying the poor, whether
became great and strong, whose height there will be duration to your
reached to the heaven and its prosperity.
appearance to all the earth, 28 All this came on the king,
21 and its leaves being beautiful, and Nebuchadnezzar.
its fruit plentiful, and food for all being 29 At the end of twelve months, he
in it, under which the beasts of the walked in the palace of the kingdom of
field lived, and in its branches the Babylon.
birds of the sky had their home: 30 The king spoke and said, Is this
22 It was you, O king, for you have not great Babylon that I have built for
become great and strong. For your the house of the kingdom, by the
greatness has grown and reaches to might of my power, and for the honor
the sky, and your rule is to the end of of my majesty?
the earth. 31 The word was still in the king's
23 And as the king saw a guarding mouth when a voice fell from the
Cherub and a holy one coming down heavens, saying, O king Nebuchad-
from the heavens, and saying, Cut the nezzar, to you it is declared: The
tree down, and destroy it. Yet leave the kingdom has been taken from you!
stump of its roots in the earth, even 32 And you shall be driven from
1 As Nebuchadnezzar had made the fire 7 men, and your dwelling shall be with
times hotter in 3:19, now he would would the beasts of the field. You shall be fed
be like an animal for 7 years.
2 This verse shows the supremacy that 3 This word can mean 7 literal years or
YHWH has in setting up rulers. cycles.
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with the grass like oxen, and seven he drank wine before the thousand.
times shall pass over you until you 2 When tasting the wine, Belshazzar
know that the Most High is Ruler in commanded the golden and silver
the kingdom of men, and that He gives vessels brought, those his father
it to whomever He desires. Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the
33 In that moment, the thing was sanctuary in Jerusalem, that the king
fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar. And he and his nobles, his wives, and his
was driven from men, and he ate the concubines might drink with them.
grass like oxen, and his body was wet 3 Then they brought the golden
with the dew of the heavens, until his vessels that were taken out of the
hair had grown like eagles' feathers, sanctuary of the house of Eloha in
and his nails like birds' claws. Jerusalem. And the king, his nobles,
34 And at the end of the days, I, his wives, and his concubines drank
Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to with them.
the heaven, and my understanding 4 They drank wine and praised the
returned to me, and I blessed the Most gods of gold, and of silver, and of
High. And I praised and honored Him copper, of iron, wood, and stone.
who lives forever, whose kingdom is 5 At that moment fingers of a man's
an everlasting kingdom, and His rule hand came out and wrote on the
from generation to generation. plaster of the wall of the king's palace
35 And all those living in the earth across from the lampstand. And the
are counted as nothing. And He does king saw the part of the hand that
according to His will among the army wrote.
of Heaven, and among those living in 6 Then the king's color was changed,
the earth. And no one is able to strike and his thoughts troubled him, so that
His hand or say to Him, What are You the joints of his loins shook, and his
doing? knees knocked one against the other.
36 At that time my reason returned 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the
to me, and the glory of my kingdom, conjurers, the Chaldeans, and the star
my majesty, and my brightness gazers. The king spoke and said to the
returned to me. And my advisers and wise men of Babylon, Any man who
my nobles sought to me. And I was can read this writing and reveal its
reestablished in my kingdom, and meaning shall be clothed with purple,
excellent greatness was added to me. and have a chain of gold around his
37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise neck. And he shall rule third in the
and exalt and honor the King of kingdom.
Heaven, for all His works are truth, 8 Then all the king's wise men came
and His ways are justice. And He is in. But they could not read the writing
able to humble those who walk in or make the meaning known to the
pride. king.
9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly
Chapter 5 terrified, and his face was changing on
him, and his nobles were perplexed.
1 Belshazzar1 the king made a great 10 The queen came in to the banquet
feast to a thousand of his nobles. And house because of the words of the king
and his nobles. The queen spoke and
1 This was the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, said, O king, live forever, do not let
the son of Nabonidus who was 2nd in your thoughts terrify you, and do not
Kingdom.
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let your face be changed. before the king, Let your gifts be to
11 There is a man in your kingdom in yourself, and give your rewards to
whom is the spirit of the holy Elohin. another. Yet I will read the writing to
And in the days of your father, light the king, and make the meaning
and understanding and wisdom was known to him.
found in him, like the wisdom of the 18 O king, the Most High Eloha gave
Elohin. Your father, king Nebuchad- your father Nebuchadnezzar a
nezzar, your father the king, appointed kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and
him chief of the magicians, conjurers, honor.
Chaldeans and stargazing ones, 19 And for the majesty that He gave
12 because an excellent spirit, and him, all peoples, nations, and
knowledge, and understanding, languages trembled and feared before
explaining of dreams, and revealing of him. He killed whom he desired, and
riddles, and the unraveling of knots, whom he desired he kept alive. And
were found in this Daniel, whom the whom he would, he set up; and whom
king named Belteshazzar.1 Now let he desired, he put down.
Daniel be called, and he will reveal the 20 But when his heart was lifted up,
meaning. and his mind hardened in pride, he
13 Then Daniel was thrust in before was put down from the throne of his
the king. The king spoke and said to kingdom, and they took his glory from
Daniel, Are you that Daniel who is of him.
the sons of the exiled of Judah, whom 21 And he was driven from the sons
my father the king brought out of of men. And his heart was made like
Judah? the animals, and his home was with
14 I have even heard of you, that the the wild donkeys. They fed him with
spirit of the Elohin is in you, and light, grass like oxen, and his body was wet
and excellent wisdom, and under- with the dew of the heavens, until he
standing are found in you. knew that the Most High Eloha is
15 And now the wise men and the Ruler in the kingdom of men, and that
conjurers have been thrust in before He appoints over it whomever He
me, so that they might read this desires.
writing and make the meaning known 22 And you, his son, O Belshazzar,
to me. But they were not able to have not humbled your heart, though
declare the meaning of the thing. you knew all this.
16 And I have heard of you, that you 23 But you have exulted yourself up
can interpret meanings, and unravel against the Master of Heaven. And
knots. Now if you can read the writing they have brought the vessels of His
and reveal its meaning to me, you shall house before you. And you, and your
be clothed with purple and have a nobles, your wives, and your
golden chain around your neck, and concubines have drunk wine with
you will rule third in the kingdom. them. And you have praised the gods
17 Then Daniel answered and said of silver, and gold, copper, iron, wood,
1 Daniel taught these stargazers about the
and stone, which do not see, nor hear,
prophesied star of the Messiah from Num and do not know. And you have not
24:17 who in turn taught others in each glorified the Eloha in whose hand your
proceeding generation. That is why when life, breath, and all your ways is.
Yahshua is born the magi come from the 24 Then the part of the hand was
east to see the prophesied King Messiah, sent from Him, and this writing was
Mat 2:1-2.
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decree, saying, Have you not signed a 21 Then Daniel said to the king, O
decree that every man who shall ask of king, live forever.
any Eloha or man within thirty days, 22 My Eloha has sent His
except of you, O king, that he shall be Messenger, and He has shut the
thrown into the lions' den? The king mouths of the lions. And they have not
answered and said, The thing is harmed me, because in His sight
certain, according to the law of the innocence was found in me. And also
Medes and Persians, which does not before you, O king, I have done no
pass away. harm.
13 Then they answered and said 23 Then the king was exceedingly
before the king, Daniel, who is of the glad over him. And he commanded to
sons of the exile of Judah, has not set bring up Daniel from the den. And
attention on you, O king, or the decree Daniel was brought out of the den, and
that you have signed, but he makes his no harm was found on him, because
prayer three times in the day. he trusted in his Eloha.
14 Then the king, when he heard the 24 And the king commanded, and
word, was very displeased with they brought those men who had
himself, and he set his heart on Daniel, accused and slandered Daniel. And
to deliver him. And until the going of they threw them into the lions' den,
the sun he was striving to deliver him. them, their sons and their wives. And
15 Then these men met before the the lions overpowered them and
king and said to the king, O king, know crushed all their bones before they
that the law of the Medes and Persians reached to the bottom of the pit.
is that every decree or law which the 25 Then king Darius wrote to all the
king enacts may not be changed. peoples, the nations, and the
16 And the king commanded. And languages who were living in all the
they brought Daniel, and they threw earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
him into the lions' den. The king spoke 26 A decree was given from before
and said to Daniel, Your Eloheh whom me that in all the domain of my
you constantly serve will deliver you. kingdom there shall be trembling and
17 And a stone was brought and laid fear before the Eloheh of Daniel. For
on the mouth of the den. And the king He is the living Eloha and endures
sealed it with his own signet, and with forever, and His kingdom is the one
the signet of his nobles, that the affair which shall not be destroyed. And His
may not change concerning Daniel. dominion shall be to the end.
18 Then the king went to his palace 27 He delivers and rescues, and He
and spent the night fasting; and works signs and wonders in the
diversions were not brought before heavens and in the earth, He who has
him; and his sleep fled from him. delivered Daniel from the hand of the
19 Then the king rose up in the lions.
dawn, in the daylight, and hurried to 28 And this Daniel was made to
the lions' den. prosper in the reign of Darius, and in
20 And when he came to the den, he the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
cried with a sorrowful voice to Daniel.
The king spoke and said to Daniel, O Chapter 7
Daniel, servant of the living Eloha,
your Eloha whom you always serve, is 1 In the first year of Belshazzar1, king
He able to deliver you from the lions?
1 This precedes chapter 5
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of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and Days sat, whose robe was white as
visions of his head on his bed. Then he snow and the hair of His head like
related the dream, giving the sum of pure wool. His throne was like flames
the matters. of fire, its wheels like burning fire2.
2 Daniel spoke and said, In my 10 A stream of fire went out and
vision by night I was looking. And, came out from before Him. A
behold, the four winds of the heavens thousand thousands served Him, and
were stirring up the Great Sea. ten thousand by ten thousand stood
3 And four great beasts came up before Him. The judgment was set and
from the sea, different from one the books were opened. (Rev 20:11-15)
another1. 11 Then I was looking because of the
4 The first was like a lion and had voice of the great words which the
eagle's wings. I watched until its wings horn spoke. I was looking until the
were torn off. And it was lifted up from beast was killed, and his body was
the earth and made to stand on two destroyed and given to the burning
feet like a man, and a man's heart was flame. (Rev 19:20)
given to it. (Dan 2:41-43) 12 And the rest of the beasts, their
5 And, behold, another beast, a rulership was taken away. Yet length
second, like a bear. And it was of life was prolonged for them for a
established on one side, and three ribs season and a time.
were in its mouth between its teeth. 13 I was looking in the night visions.
And they said this to it, Rise up, eat And behold! One like the Son of Man
much flesh. came with the clouds of the heavens.
6 After this I was looking, and, And He came to the Ancient of Days.
behold, another like a leopard, and to And they brought Him near before
it were four wings of a bird on its side. Him.3
And also to the beast were four 14 And dominion was given to Him,
leaders. And rulership was given to it. and glory, and a kingdom, that all
7 And after this I was looking in the peoples, nations, and languages
night visions. And, behold, the fourth should serve Him. His dominion is an
beast was frightening and terrifying, everlasting dominion which shall not
and exceedingly strong! And to it were pass away, and His kingdom that
huge iron teeth. It devoured, and which shall not be destroyed. (Psa
crushed, and stamped what was left 72:11, Phi 2:9-11, Dan 2:44)
with its feet. And it was different from 15 I, Daniel, was distressed in my
all the beasts before it; and it had ten spirit amidst my body, and the visions
horns. (Rev 13:1-2, Rev 17:12-13) of my head alarmed me.
8 I was thinking about the horns. 16 And I came near one of those who
And behold! Another little horn came stood by and asked him the truth of all
up among them, and three of the first this. And he told me and made me
horns were uprooted before it. And know the meaning of the things.
behold! In this horn were eyes like the 17 These great beasts are four, four
eyes of the man, and a mouth speaking kings; they shall rise up out of the
domineering things. (Dan 8:8-9) earth. (Dan 2:37-40,44)
9 I was looking until the thrones 18 But the saints of the Most High
were cast down, and the Ancient of shall receive the kingdom and possess
1 These are the 4 rulers of the end time global 2 Rev 1:14, Eze 1:13-21, 26-27.
beast from Dan 2:31-40. 3 Showing the duality of the YHWH family.
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the kingdom forever, even forever and exterminate and to destroy until the
ever. (Rev 20:4-6, Rev 5:10, Rom end.
8:17) 27 And the kingdom and rulership,
19 Then I wanted to know the truth and the greatness of the kingdom
of the fourth beast, which was under all the heavens shall be given to
different from all of them, very the people of the saints of the Most
frightening, whose teeth were of iron High, whose kingdom is an everlasting
and its nails copper; who devoured kingdom. And all kingdoms shall serve
and crushed, and trampled what was and obey Him. (Dan 7:18, 22)
left with its feet, 28 Here is the end of the matter. As
20 also of the ten horns that were on for me, Daniel, my thoughts terrified
its head, and the other which came up, me much, and my face changed on me.
and before whom three fell, even that But I kept the matter in my heart.
horn that had eyes, and a mouth
speaking great things, and its Chapter 8
appearance was greater than his
fellows. 1 In the third year of the reign of
21 I was looking, and that horn made King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to
war with the saints and overcame me, Daniel, after that which appeared
them, (Rev 13:7) to me at the first2.
22 until the Ancient of Days came. 2 And I looked in the vision, and it
And judgment was given to the saints happened when I looked that I was at
of the Most High, and the time came Shushan, the palace, which is in the
that the saints possessed the kingdom. province of Elam3. And in a vision I
23 And he said, The fourth beast looked, and I was by the Ulai Canal.
shall be the fourth kingdom on earth, 3 Then I lifted up my eyes and
which shall be different from all looked. And behold! A ram was
kingdoms, and shall devour all the standing before the canal, having two
earth, and shall trample it down and horns. And the two horns were high,
crush it. but one was higher than the other, and
24 And the ten horns out of this the higher one came up last4.
kingdom are ten kings; they shall rise, 4 I saw the ram butting westward
and another shall rise after them. And and northward and southward, so that
he shall be different from the first, and no beasts could stand before him, and
he shall humble three kings. none could deliver out of his hand. But
25 And he shall speak commands he did according to his will and
against the Most High, and he shall became great.
wear out the saints of the Most High. 5 And I was considering. And
And he intends to change times and behold! A male of the goats came from
law. And they shall be given into his the west, over the face of all the earth
hand until a time and times and one and did not touch the ground. And the
half time1. he goat had an outstanding horn
26 But the court shall sit, and they between his eyes.
shall take away his rulership, to 6 And he came to the ram with two
1 This is speaking of Anti-messiah in the last 2 Starting in Dan 8:1 till the end of the book
days who is given 42 months to reign (Rev it is written again in Hebrew.
13:4-5). He will greatly persecute believers 3 This is in modern day Iran.
in Yahshua who will not take his mark nor 4 The 2 Rams are the kings of Media and
give him homage, Rev 13:7, 16-17. Persia, Dan 8:20.
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horns which I had seen standing that one who spoke, Until when is the
before the canal. And he ran to it in vision, the continual sacrifice and the
the fury of his power. devastating rebellious revolt, to give
7 And I saw him touched beside the both the sanctuary and the massive
ram. And he was moved with anger crowd to be trampled? (2The 2:3-4)
against him. And he struck the ram 14 And he said to me, For two
and shattered his two horns. And there thousand, three hundred evenings and
was no power in the ram to stand mornings, then the sanctuary will be
before him. But he threw him down to made righteous4.
the ground and trampled him. And no 15 And it happened when I, Daniel,
one could deliver the ram from his had seen the vision, then I sought the
hand. meaning. And, behold, the form of a
8 Then the he-goat became very man stood before me.
great. And when he was mighty, the 16 And I heard a man's voice
great horn was shattered. And in its between the banks of Ulai, and he
place came up four notable ones called and said, Gabriel, make this one
toward the four winds of the heavens. understand the vision.
9 And out of one of them came a 17 And he came beside my place.
little horn which became very great, And when he came, I feared and fell on
toward the south, and toward the east, my face. But he said to me, O son of
and toward the bountiful land1. man, understand, for the vision is for
10 And it became great, even to the the time of the end. (Dan 2:44, 10:14)
host of the heavens. And it caused 18 And while he was speaking with
some of the host and of the stars to fall me, I lay stunned and was on my face
to the ground, and it trampled them2. toward the ground. But he touched me
11 Yea, he magnified himself even to and made me stand.
the leader of the host. And the 19 And he said, Behold, I will make
continual sacrifice was taken away by you know what shall happen in the last
him, and the place of his sanctuary end of the indignation. For it is for the
was cast down. (Heb 10:14) time appointed for the end5.
12 And a massive army was given 20 The ram which you saw with two
him against the continual sacrifice horns are the kings of Media and
because of sin. And it threw the truth
down to the ground, and it worked and
pushed forward. (Heb 10:12-14)3 4 There was 2 daily sacrifices in YHWH's
13 Then I heard a certain holy one sanctuary (Exo 29:38-42). So 2,300
speaking, and another holy one said to morning and evening sacrifices would equal
1,150 days. This was fulfilled in type when
1 “Bountiful land” is Israel. Antiochus Epiphanies set up a pagan altar
2 Rev 12:4. for worship in Kislev 25, 168 B.C.E. And
3 The daily or continual sacrifice never the destroying of that altar and
ceased but continues every day by the blood reconstruction of the altar of YHWH by
of Yahshua. His one eternal sacrifice is in Judas Maccabeus on Kislev 25, 165 B.C.E.,
perpetuity, it is ongoing and keeps Yahweh's exactly 1,150 days later on what is known
grace active in this evil world. However, at as Hanukah. “Hanukah” means
this time, due to sin and wickedness, rededication. There will also be a dual
Yahweh's grace is removed from the world fulfillment of this in the end time.
setting up His wrath on the earth called 5 Although some of Daniel's prophecy had a
“The Day of YHWH” in Scripture, fulfillment in type to show an example,
Joe 2:1-2. most of it is clearly stated to be for the end.
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Persia1. Chapter 9
21 And the shaggy goat is the king of
Greece2. And the great horn between 1 In the first year of Darius, the son
his eyes is the first king. of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,
22 And as for that which was who was made king over the empire of
shattered, and four stood up in its the Chaldeans,
place, four kingdoms shall stand up 2 in the first year of his reign, I,
out of the nation, but not in its power. Daniel, understood in the books the
23 And in the latter time of their number of the years, which came as
kingdom, when the apostasy has been the Word of YAHWEH to Jeremiah the
complete, a king, strong of face and prophet, that He would accomplish
understanding dark sentences, shall seventy years in the desolations of
stand up. Jerusalem4.
24 And his power shall be mighty, 3 And I set my face toward
but not by his own power. And he shall YAHWEH, the Elohim, to seek by
destroy wondrously, and he shall prayer and holy desires, with fasting,
prosper, and work, and destroy the and sackcloth, and ashes. (Neh 1:4)
powerful, and the holy people.
4 And I prayed to YAHWEH my
25 And also through his policy he
Elohim, and made my confession,
will make deceit succeed in his land.
And he will lift himself up in his heart, saying, O YAHWEH, the great and
and by peace; he shall destroy many. awesome El, keeping the covenant and
He shall also stand up against the loving kindness to those who love
Prince of Princes, but he shall be Him, and to those who keep His
shattered without a hand3. (Dan 2:44) commandments, (Deu 7:9)
26 And the morning and evening 5 we have sinned and have
vision that was told is true. But you committed iniquity and have done
shall shut up the vision, for it shall be evilly, and we have rebelled, even by
for many days. departing from Your commandments
27 And I, Daniel, was faint. And I and from Your judgments.
was sick for days. Afterward, I got up 6 And we have not listened to Your
and did the king's business. And I was servants the prophets, who spoke in
amazed at the vision. But there was no Your name to our kings, our rulers,
understanding. (Isa 21:3) and our fathers, and to all the people
of the land.
7 O YAHWEH, righteousness belongs
to You, but to us the shame of our
faces, as it is this day to the men of
1 Modern day Russian provinces and Iran. Judah, and to those living in
2 Greece is the third entity to control the end Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are
time global beast power and more than near and who are afar through all the
likely represents the European Union. When lands where You have driven them for
Greece was a mighty empire under their unfaithfulness which they have
Alexander the Great they controlled almost
done against You.
all of what is called the European Union
today. 8 O Adonai YAHWEH, shame of face
3 Verses 22-25 is speaking about anti-messiah
who will lead the fourth part of this beast, 4 70 years was the number given that both
which will be a worldwide global Babylon would fall (Jer 25:12) and that
government. Judah would be allowed to return Jer 29:10.
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did not anoint myself at all until three your words were heard. And I have
weeks of days were fulfilled. come because of your words3.
4 And in the twenty fourth day of the 13 But the king of the kingdom of
first month, as I was by the side of the Persia withstood Me twenty one days.
great river, which is Tigris, But, lo, Michael, one of the first rulers,
5 then I lifted up my eyes and came to help Me. And I stayed there
looked: And behold! A certain man with the kings of Persia4.
was clothed in linen, whose loins were 14 Now I have come to make you
wrapped in fine gold from Uphaz. understand what shall happen to your
6 His body was also like the beryl, people in the latter days5. For the
and His face looked like lightning. And vision is yet for many days.
His eyes were like torches of fire; and 15 And when He had spoken such
His arms and His feet in color like words to me, I set my face to the
polished copper; and the sound of His ground, and I became speechless.
words were as the noise of a 16 And, behold, one in form as the
multitude1. sons of men touched my lips. And I
7 And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision. opened my mouth and spoke and said
For the men who were with me did not to Him who stood before me, O
see the vision. But a great trembling Adonai, my pangs have come over me
fell on them so that they fled to hide because of the vision, and I have no
themselves. strength left6.
8 Then I was left alone, and I saw 17 For how can the servant of this my
this great vision, and there remained Adonai speak with this my Adonai?
no strength in me. For my glory was For as for me, there is no power left in
turned within me into corruption, and me; yea, there is no breath left in me.
I kept no strength. 18 And He added, and touched me,
9 Yet I heard the sound of His words. one in form as a man, and made me
And when I heard the sound of His strong.
words, then I was on my face, stunned, 19 And He said, O man greatly
and my face was toward the ground. beloved, do not fear. Peace to you. Be
10 And, behold, a hand touched me strong. Yea, be strong! And when He
and set me shaking on my knees and had spoken to me I was made strong.
the palms of my hands. And I said, Speak, my Adonai, for You
11 And He said to me, O Daniel, a have made me strong.
man greatly beloved, understand the 20 And He said, Do you know why I
words that I speak to you and stand have come to you? And now I will
up. For I am now sent to you. And
when He had spoken this to me, 3 Humility is a prerequisite for Yahweh's
(Aleph/Tav) The Word2, I stood presence in our life, Ja 4:6.
trembling. 4 Some have falsely claimed that Yahshua is
12 And He said to me, Do not fear, Michael the arch-cherub, but here we can
clearly see that they are two totally separate
Daniel. For from the first day that you
beings and Michael is a ruler under
set your heart to understand and to Yahshua.
humble yourself before your Elohim, 5 As most of the book of Daniel, the
prophecy is for the latter days.
1 This was Yahshua Rev 1:13-16. 6 Daniel called Yahshua “Adonai” a term
2 Yahshua is both called the First and the Last only used for Yahweh and never a cherub
(aleph/tav) Rev 22:13, and the Word (Joh and shows that Yahshua is Elohim with
1:1-2) in Scripture. Yahweh the Father Psa 110:1.
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return to fight with the ruler of Persia. who brought her shall be given up,
And when I have gone out, then, lo, also her begetter and her supporter in
the ruler of Greece shall come1. these times.
21 But I will tell you what is recorded 7 But the shoots of her roots will
in the Scripture of Truth. And no one stand in his place, and he shall come
makes himself strong with Me in these to the army and will enter into the
things except Michael your ruler. fortress of the king of the north. And
he will act against them and will show
Chapter 11 strength.
8 And he will also bring their gods
1 And I, in the first year of Darius the with their molten images, with silver
Mede,2 I was standing for a supporter and gold vessels of their possessions,
and for a fortress for him. into exile to Egypt. And for years he
2 And now I will declare the truth to will stand away from the king of the
you: Behold!3 Three kings shall stand north.
up in Persia; and the fourth shall be 9 And the king of the south will come
rich in all greater riches. And when he into his kingdom and will return to his
is strong through his riches, he shall own land.
stir up all against the kingdom of 10 But his sons shall be stirred up
Greece. and shall gather a multitude of great
3 And a mighty king shall stand up forces. And one certainly shall come
and shall rule with great authority and and overflow and pass through. And
do according to his will. he will return to his fortress and be
4 And when he stands up his stirred up.
kingdom shall be shattered and shall 11 And the king of the south will be
be divided to the four winds of the bitter and will go out and fight with
heavens, and not to his posterity, nor him, with the king of the north. And he
according to his authority with which shall raise a great multitude, but the
he ruled. For his kingdom shall be multitude shall be given into his hand.
pulled up and given to others besides 12 And having carried away the host,
these. (Dan 8:8-9) his heart will be lifted up. And he will
5 And the king of the south shall be cause myriads to fall, but he shall not
strong. And one of his rulers, even he be strong.
will be strong on him, and he will rule. 13 For the king of the north shall
His rule shall be a great rule. return and raise a greater host than
6 And at the end of the years they the former. And at the end of times,
shall join together, and the king of the years, coming he shall come with a
south's daughter shall come to the great army and with much equipment.
king of the north to make an 14 And in those times many shall
agreement. But she shall not keep the stand up against the king of the south.
power of the arm. And he will not And the sons of the violent ones of
stand, nor his arm. But she and those your people shall rise up to establish
1 You can see here that even though these
the vision, but they shall stumble.
men will be human rulers that Satan and his 15 And the king of the north shall
demons are inspiring them. come and pour out a siege mound and
2 This is before chapter 10 but after the fall of seize a fortified city. And the arms of
Babylon. the south shall not stand, nor his
3 Yahshua continues to give Daniel an choice people, for there will be no
extreme detailed prophecy for the end time.
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among the people will instruct many, come against him like a whirlwind,
yet they will stumble by the sword and with chariots and with horsemen and
by flame, by exile and spoil for days1. with many ships. And he shall go into
34 And when they shall stumble, the lands and shall overflow and pass
they will be helped with a little help. over.
But many will join them with 41 And he shall enter into the
hypocrisy. glorious land, and many will be
35 And many of those who stumbled. But these shall escape out of
understand shall stumble, to refine his hand: Edom and Moab, and the
and to purge them, and to make white chief of the sons of Ammon4.
to the time of the end. For it is yet for 42 And his hand will stretch out
the appointed time. 2 against the lands, and the land of
36 And the king shall do according Egypt shall not escape.
to his will. And he shall exalt and 43 But he will rule over the treasures
magnify himself above every El; he of gold and silver, and over all Egypt's
shall even speak marvelous things desirable things. And the Libyans and
against the El of Elohim and shall the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
prosper until the fury is completed. 44 But news shall trouble him from
For that which is decreed shall be the east and from the north. And he
done. (2The 2:3-4, Rev 13:4-8) will go out with great fury to destroy
37 He shall not regard the Elohim of and to devote many to destruction.5
his fathers, nor the desire of women; 45 And he shall plant his palace
yea, he will not come to any Elohim. tents between the seas, in the glorious
For he shall magnify himself above all. holy mountain6. Yet he shall come to
38 But in his place he shall honor his end, and there is not a helper for
the Elohim of forces3, and he shall him. (Rev 19:19-20)
honor a Elohim whom his fathers did
not know, with gold and silver and Chapter 12
with precious stones, and desirable
things. 1 And at that time, Michael shall
39 And he shall act in the stand up7, the great ruler who stands
strongholds of the fortresses with a for the sons of your people8. And there
foreign Eloha, whom he shall shall be a time of distress, such as has
acknowledge. He shall increase in not been from the being of a nation
glory, and he shall cause them to rule until that time. And at that time, your
over many and shall divide the land people shall be delivered, everyone
for a price. that shall be found written in the
40 And at the end time, the king of Book9. (Psa 9:5)
the south will engage in butting with 2 And many of those sleeping in the
him. And the king of the north shall
4 For whatever reason these 3 areas escape
5 Even though the anti-messiah will have the anti-messiah at this time, but we see all
global world dominion, the true people of three areas are judged before the end,
Elohim who are walking in faith will be Jeremiah chapters 48 & 49.
strong and doing great works at this time. 5 Rev 16:12.
1 There will also be great martyrdom to the 6 The anti-messiah will put his sanctuary in
true believers, Dan 7:21, Rev 6:9, Rev 13:7. Jerusalem.
2 Rev 7:13-17, Dan 11:29. 7 A Jewish idiom meaning to protect.
3 This seems to indicate some sort of New 8 Michael the arch cherub is a special cherub
Age nature worship. that protects Israel.
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earth's dust shall awake, some to words are closed up and sealed until
everlasting life, and some to the end time4. (Dan 2:44, 8:17, 10:14)
reproaches and to everlasting 10 Many shall be purified and made
loathing1. (Job 14:14, Eze 37:1-14) white and refined. But the wicked shall
3 And those who act wisely shall do wickedly. And not one of the
shine as the brightness of the wicked shall discern, but the wise shall
firmament, and those turning many to discern.
righteousness as the stars forever and 11 And from the time the continual
ever. sacrifice shall be taken away, and the
4 But you, O Daniel, shut up the abomination that desolates set up,
words and seal the book, to the end there shall be a thousand, two
time. Many shall travel back and forth, hundred and ninety days5.
and knowledge shall be increased. 12 Blessed is he who waits and
5 And I, Daniel, looked. And, behold! reaches to the thousand, three
Another two stood there, the one on hundred and thirty five days.
this side of the edge of the river and 13 But you go on to the end, for you
one on that side of the river's edge. shall rest and stand for your lot at the
6 And one said to the man clothed in end of the days. (Eze 37:1-14)
linen, who was on the waters of the
river, Until when is the end of the
wonders2? (Dan 10:5-6)
7 And I heard the man clothed in
linen, who was on the waters of the
river, when He held up His right and
His left hand to the heavens and swore
by Him who lives forever, that it shall
be a feast, feasts, and half to the next
feast3. And when they have made an
end of scattering the power of the holy
people, all these things shall be
finished.
8 And I heard, but I did not
understand. And I said, O my master,
what shall be the end of these things?
9 And He said, Go, Daniel! For the
adultery; she who conceived them has to them. Yea, she adorned herself with
acted shamefully. For she said, I will her nose rings, and her jewels, and she
go after my lovers who give my bread went after her lovers and forgot Me,
and my water, my wool and my flax, says YAHWEH.
my oil and my drink. 14 Therefore, behold, I will lure her
6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge and bring her to the wilderness, and
your way with thorns, and I will wall speak to her heart. (Eze 20:35)
up her wall, that she shall not find her 15 And from there I will give her
paths. vineyards to her, and the valley of
7 And she shall follow after her Achor3 for a door of hope. And she
lovers, but she shall not overtake shall answer there as in the days of her
them. And she shall look for them, but youth, and as in the day when she
she shall not find them. Then she shall came up out of the land of Egypt.
say, I will go and return to my first 16 And at that day, says YAHWEH,
husband, for then it was better with you shall call Me, My husband; and
me than now. you shall no more call Me, My Baal4.
8 For she did not know that I gave 17 For I will take away the names of
her grain and wine and oil, and I the Baals out of her mouth; and they
multiplied her silver and the gold they shall no more be remembered by their
made for Baal. name.
9 So I will return and take My grain 18 And in that day I will cut a
in its time, and My wine in its season. covenant for them with the beasts of
And I will take back My wool and My the field, and with the birds of the
flax she uses to cover her nakedness1. heavens, and the creepers of the
10 And now I will reveal her ground. And I will break the bow and
shamefulness to the eyes of her lovers, the sword, and the battle out of the
and not a man shall deliver her out of earth, and I will make them to lie
My hand. down securely.
11 I will also cause all her joy to 19 And I will betroth you to Me
cease, her feast days, her new moons, forever. Yes, I will betroth you to Me
and her Sabbaths, and all her solemn in righteousness, and in judgment,
feasts2. and in mercy, and in compassions.
12 And I will destroy her vines and 20 I will even betroth you to Me in
her fig trees, of which she has said, faithfulness. And you shall know
They are my rewards that my lovers
(Aleph/Tav) YAHWEH.
have given me. And I will set them for
21 And it shall be in that day, I will
a forest, and the beasts of the field
shall eat them. answer, says YAHWEH. I will answer
13 And I will visit on her the days of the heavens, and they shall answer the
the Baals in which she burned incense earth.
22 And the earth shall hear the
1 Verses 1-9: are showing Israel's grain, and the wine, and the oil; and
unfaithfulness to YHWH and since she did
not recognize the blessings that were given 3 “Valley of Achor” is the valley of trouble
to her by Elohim He would remove them where Achan died, Jos 7:26.
from her. 4 The Hebrew word Baal can mean husband
2 New moons, Sabbaths and feast days are (Jer 31:32), but most times means lord or
many times in Scripture put on par together master. It is interesting to note that many
as important set apart time to Yahweh. people today call Elohim “Lord” instead of
Isa 1:13, Isa 66:23, Neh 10:33. His true personal name of YAHWEH.
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near like an oven, while they lie in from the rage of the tongue. This shall
wait. Their baker sleeps all night; in be their scorn in the land of Egypt.
the morning it burns like a flaming
fire. Chapter 8
7 They are all hot as an oven, and
devour their judges. All their kings 1 Put a horn to your mouth. He
have fallen1; not one among them calls comes like an eagle against the house
to Me. of YAHWEH, because they have
8 Ephraim mixed himself among the broken My covenant and have sinned
peoples. Ephraim is a cake not against My Torah3.
turned2. 2 Israel shall cry to Me, My Elohim,
9 Strangers have eaten up his we know You.
strength, yet he does not know. Yea, 3 Israel has thrown off good; the
gray hairs are sprinkled here and there enemy shall pursue him.
on him, yet he does not know. 4 They have set up kings, but not by
10 And the pride of Israel testifies to Me. They have made rulers, but I did
his face. And they do not return to not know. They made idols for
YAHWEH their Elohim, nor seek Him themselves with their silver and their
in all this. gold, so that they may be cut off.
11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove 5 O Samaria, your calf has cast you
without heart; they call to Egypt; they off. My anger is kindled against them.
go to Assyria. Until when will they not attain purity?
12 When they go, I will spread My 6 For it also came from Israel. The
net over them; I will bring them down craftsman made it, but it is not
like the birds of the heavens; I will Elohim. For the calf of Samaria shall
chastise them, as a report to their be splinters.
congregation. 7 For they sow the wind, and they
13 Woe to them! For they have fled reap the whirlwind. He has no stalk;
from Me. Ruin to them! For they have the bud shall make no flour. If it does
transgressed against Me. Though I make it, strangers will swallow it up.
would redeem them, yet they have 8 Israel is swallowed up. They are
spoken lies against Me. (Mat 13:15) now among the nations as a vessel in
14 And they have not cried to Me which is no pleasure.
with their heart, when they howled on 9 For they have gone up to Assyria, a
their beds. They gather themselves for wild donkey alone by himself.
grain and wine; they turn against Me. Ephraim has hired lovers.
15 Though I bound, I made their 10 Also, though they have hired
arms strong; yet they think evil against among the nations, now I will gather
Me. them. And they began to be few, from
16 They return, but not to the Most the burden of the king of rulers.
High. They are like a treacherous bow. 11 Because Ephraim has made many
Their rulers shall fall by the sword altars to sin, they are altars to him to
sin.
1 4 out of the last 6 Israel kings at this time 12 I will write for him the great
were murdered. things of My Torah. They were
2 Due to her alliances Israel became useless
to Elohim. “Cake half baked” burned on the 3 The Torah is the eternal, moral, standard
bottom and raw on the top, which was good that is actually part of Elohim's character
for nothing. and abides forever Psa 111:7-8.
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8 I will meet them like a bereaved may repay with the calves of our lips.
bear, and I will tear the lining of their 3 Assyria shall not save us; we will
heart; and as a lion, I will devour them not ride on horses. We shall not say
there; the beast of the field shall tear any more to the work of our hands,
them. Our gods! For in You the fatherless
9 O Israel, you are destroyed, but finds mercy. (Hos 1:6, 10)
your help is in Me. 4 I will heal their backslidings; I will
10 Where is your king now, that he love them freely; for My anger has
may save you in all your cities? And turned away from him. (Jer 31:31-34)
where are your judges of whom you 5 I will be as the dew to Israel; he
said, Give to me a king and rulers? shall blossom as the lily and cast out
11 I gave to you a king in My anger, his roots like Lebanon.
and took him away in My fury. 6 His branches shall go out, and his
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound beauty shall be like the olive tree, and
up; his sin is hidden. his scent as Lebanon to him.
13 The pangs of a woman giving 7 They who live under his shadow
birth shall come to him; he is not a shall return; they shall live like the
wise son, for he cannot stand still in grain, and blossom like the vine; their
the time of the breaking forth of sons. memorial shall be as the wine of
14 I will ransom them from the hand Lebanon.
of Sheol; I will redeem them from 8 Ephraim shall say, What is it to me
death. O death, where are your any more with idols? I answered him,
plagues? O Sheol, where is your ruin? and I surveyed him. I am as a green
Repentance is hidden from My eyes1. cypress tree; your fruit is found from
15 Though he is fruitful among Me. (Jer 16:19, Eze 17:23)
brothers, an east wind shall come. The 9 Who is wise and discerns these
wind of YAHWEH shall come up from things? Who is discerning and knows
the wilderness, and his spring shall be them? For the ways of YAHWEH are
dried, and his fountain shall be dried right, and the righteous shall walk in
up. He shall plunder the treasure of all them; but transgressors shall stumble
desirable vessels. (Gen 41:6) in them.3
16 Samaria shall be desolate, for she
has rebelled against her Elohim. They
shall fall by the sword, their infants
shall be dashed in pieces, and their
pregnant women shall be ripped up2.
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19 Yea, YAHWEH will answer and has dealt wondrously with you. And
say to His people, Behold, I will send My people shall not be ashamed
you grain, and wine, and oil1, and you forever.
shall be satisfied with it. And I will no 27 And you shall know that I am in
more make you a disgrace among the the midst of Israel, and that I am
nations. YAHWEH your Elohim, and there is no
20 But I will remove the northern other. And My people shall not be
army far from you, and I will drive him ashamed forever.
into a dry and desolated land with his 28 And it shall be afterward, I will
face toward the eastern sea, and his pour out My Spirit on all flesh. And
rear toward the western sea. And his your sons and your daughters shall
stench shall come up, and his ill odor prophesy, your old men shall dream
shall come up, because he was doing dreams, your young men shall see
great things. visions.
21 Fear not, O land, be glad and 29 And also I will pour out My Spirit
rejoice, for YAHWEH is doing great on the slaves and on the slave-girls in
things. those days. (Act 2:15-21)
22 Fear not, beasts of the field, for 30 And I will give signs in the
the pastures of the wilderness grow heavens and in the earth: blood, and
green, for the tree bears its fruit, the fire, and columns of smoke. (Exo
fig tree and the vine give their 14:19)
strength. 31 The sun shall be turned to
23 Then be glad, sons of Zion, and darkness and the moon to blood,
rejoice in YAHWEH your Elohim. For before the coming of the great and
He has given to you the early rain awesome day of YAHWEH. (Isa 13:10)
according to righteousness, and He 32 For it shall be, all who shall call
will cause the rain to come down for on the name of YAHWEH shall be
you, the early rain and the latter rain saved. For salvation shall be in Mount
in the first month. Zion, and in Jerusalem, as YAHWEH
24 And the floors shall be full with has said, and among the survivors
grain, and the wine vats shall overflow whom YAHWEH shall call2.
with wine and oil.
25 And I will restore to you the years Chapter 3
which the swarming locust has eaten,
the locust larvae, and the stripping 1 For, behold, in those days and in
locust, and the cutting locust, My great that time, when I bring again the exiles
army which I sent among you. of Judah and Jerusalem3,
26 And you shall eat fully and be 2 I will also gather all nations, and
satisfied; and you shall praise the
name of YAHWEH your Elohim, who 2 Two points here for the end time that are
very important: 1) Whoever calls on the
1 The grain for bread, the oil for healing and name YAHWEH will be saved, and 2)
light, and the wine for blessing and Salvation is in Jerusalem, where Yahweh is
happiness. All three of these elements in dwelling.
Scripture show Yahweh's completeness in 3 “In those days and at that time” a Hebrew
caring for His people. In the New Covenant idiom that means the end times. We are
the grain and wine represents the Passover living in this amazing time to see this
symbols of the bread and wine, and the oil scripture being fulfilled as Judah is a nation
represents the Holy Spirit. again after more than 2,500 yrs.
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will bring them down into the valley of swords, and your pruning hooks into
Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong3.
judgment with them there, for My 11 Gather yourselves and come, all
people and My inheritance, Israel, you nations; and gather yourselves
whom they have scattered among the together all around. O YAHWEH, bring
nations; and they divided My land1. down Your mighty ones.
3 And they have cast lots for My 12 Let the nations be awakened and
people. And they have given a boy for come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
a prostitute and sold a girl for wine, For there I will sit to judge all the
and they drank. nations all around. (Zec 14:1-4)
4 And also, what are you to Me, Tyre 13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is
and Sidon, and all the regions of ripe. Come, go down, for the press is
Philistia? Are you restoring repayment full, the vats overflow, for their
to Me? And if you are repaying Me, I wickedness is great. (Rev 14:15-20)
will swiftly and speedily turn your 14 Multitudes, multitudes in valley
reward on your own head, of decision! For the day of YAHWEH is
5 in that you have taken My silver near in the valley of decision4.
and My gold and have carried My good 15 The sun and the moon shall be
treasures to your temples. darkened, and the stars shall gather in
6 You have also sold the sons of their light. (Joe 2:10)
Judah and the sons of Jerusalem to
16 And YAHWEH roars from Zion,
the sons of the Javanites (Greeks), that
and He gives His voice from
you might remove them far from their
Jerusalem. And the heavens and the
border.
7 Behold, I am arousing them from earth quake. But YAHWEH is a refuge
the place where you have sold them, for His people and a fortress to the
and will return your reward on your sons of Israel.
own head. 17 And you shall know that I am
8 And I will sell your sons and your YAHWEH your Elohim dwelling in
daughters into the hand of the sons of Zion, My holy mountain. And
Judah, and they shall sell them to the Jerusalem shall be a holy thing, and
Sabeans2, to a nation far off. For strangers shall no more pass through
YAHWEH has spoken it. her.
9 Proclaim this among the nations: 18 And it shall be in that day, the
Sanctify a war; awaken the mighty mountains shall drop down new wine,
men; let all the men of war draw near; and the hills shall flow with milk, and
let them come up. all the streams of Judah shall flow
10 Beat your plowshares into with waters. And a fountain shall come
forth from the house of YAHWEH, and
1 “Valley of Jehoshaphat”, also called the it shall water the Valley of Shittim.
valley of decision. This is the Kidron valley 19 Egypt shall be a ruin, and Edom
east of the sanctuary of YHWH where King
shall be a desolate wilderness, from
Jehoshaphat showed great faith in YHWH
against Sennacherib king of Assyria. The 3 Whereas in the kingdom they will be doing
“Day of YHWH” and His wrath is coming the exact opposite (Mic 4:3), here there is a
due to the nations forcing the dividing of spirit of war that will come on the people.
the Holy Land and Jerusalem. 4 The valley of Jehoshaphat is also called the
2 “Sebeans” are people from Sheba. Their valley of decision, as deciding on faith in
queen visited King Solomon. The area is YHWH or the system of the beast will
located in modern day Yemen. decide ones eternal life.
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they were not satisfied; yet you have city that goes out by a thousand shall
not returned to Me, declares have a hundred left. And that which
YAHWEH. goes out by a hundred shall have ten
9 I have struck you with blasting and left in the house of Israel2.
mildew. The multitude of your gardens 4 For so says YAHWEH to the house
and your vineyards, and your figs, and of Israel, Seek Me, and live.
your olives are devoured by the 5 But do not seek Bethel, and do not
creeping locust; yet you have not enter Gilgal, and do not cross over to
returned to Me, declares YAHWEH. Beer-Sheba; for Gilgal going shall go
10 I have sent a plague among you in into exile, and Bethel shall be for
the way of Egypt; I have killed your nothing.
young men with the sword and your 6 Seek YAHWEH, and live, that He
horses with captivity. And I have made not break out like a fire on the house
the stench of your camps to come up of Joseph, and consume, and no one is
even into your nostrils; yet you have putting it out for Bethel.
not returned to Me, declares 7 He abandoned those who turn
YAHWEH. justice and righteousness into
11 I have overturned among you, as wormwood on the earth.
Elohim overthrew Sodom and 8 He who created the Pleiades and
Gomorrah, and you were like a Orion, and turns the deep darkness
firebrand plucked out of the burning; into the morning, and He darkened
yet you have not returned to Me, the day into night; who calls for the
declares YAHWEH. waters of the sea and pours them out
12 So I will do this to you, O Israel: on the face of the earth, YAHWEH is
Because of this I will do to you, His name; (Job 9:9, Exo 3:15, Isa
prepare to meet your Elohim, O Israel. 42:8)
13 For, behold, He who forms 9 who flashes out with destruction
mountains and creates the wind and on the strong; yea, destruction comes
declares to man what His thought is, on the fortress.
He who makes the dawn darkness, and 10 They hate him who rebukes in the
treads on the high places of the earth; gate, and they despise him who speaks
YAHWEH, the Elohim of Hosts, is His uprightly.
name1. 11 So, because of your trampling on
the poor, and you take tribute of grain
Chapter 5 from him; you have built houses of
hewn stones, but you shall not dwell in
1 Hear this word which I am lifting them; you have planted desirable
up against you, a dirge, O house of vineyards, but you shall not drink wine
Israel. from them.
2 The virgin of Israel has fallen, and 12 For I know your many
will not arise again; she lies forsaken transgressions, and your many sins:
on her land; there is no one raising her Distressing the just, taking of a bribe,
up. and turning aside the poor in the gate.
13 So the understanding ones shall
3 For so says Adonai YAHWEH, The
keep silent in that time, for it is an evil
time.
1 Verse 12-13 Due to Israel's grave sin they
would be meeting their maker whose name 2 Many times in Scripture a remnant is 10%
is YAHWEH, Exo 3:15. or a tithe.
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1 The feast days were meant to remind Israel 2 Some have tried to equate this with the
all yr long of YHWH's redemption through modern star of David, but the modern Star
His promised Messiah; instead it became of David only goes back to medieval times.
nothing more than a ritualistic time for 3 The Hebrew word used here for violence is
drunkenness and immorality. “Hamas”.
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8 Adonai YAHWEH has sworn by concerning this: It shall not be, says
Himself, declares YAHWEH, the YAHWEH.
Elohim of Hosts: I abhor the pride of 4 Adonai YAHWEH made me to see
Jacob, and hate his palaces; and I will this: And behold, Adonai YAHWEH
shut up the city and its fullness. was calling to contend by fire. And it
9 And it shall be, if ten men remain consumed the great deep, and it was
in one house, then they shall die. devouring part of it.
10 And his uncle shall lift him up, 5 Then I said, Adonai YAHWEH, I
and he who burns him, to bring out beg You, stop. How can Jacob rise up?
the bones from the house; and he shall For he is small.
say to that one left in the recesses of
6 YAHWEH changed His mind
the house, Are any still with you? And
concerning this: It shall not be, says
he shall say, No. Then he shall say,
Hush! For no one shall mention the Adonai YAHWEH.
name of YAHWEH. 7 He made me see this: And behold,
YAHWEH was standing by the plumb
11 For behold, YAHWEH commands,
line wall, and a plumb line1 in His
and He will strike the great house into
hand.
pieces, and the little house into cracks.
12 Shall horses run on the rock? Or 8 And YAHWEH said to me, Amos,
will one plow there with oxen? For you what do you see? And I said, A plumb
have turned justice into poison, and line. And YAHWEH, said, Behold, I
the fruit of righteousness into will set a plumb line in the midst of My
wormwood, people Israel. I will not again pass over
13 those rejoicing for nothing, those him any more. (Isa 28:17, 2Kgs 21:13)
saying, Have we not taken horns to 9 And the high places of Isaac shall
ourselves by our own strength? be desolated, and the holy places of
14 For, behold, I will raise a nation Israel shall be laid waste; and I will
up against you, O house of Israel, rise against the house of Jeroboam
declares YAHWEH, the Elohim of with the sword.
Hosts. And they shall oppress you 10 Then Amaziah, the priest of
from the entrance of Hamath to the Bethel, sent to Jeroboam, the king of
torrent of the Arabah. Israel, saying, Amos has plotted
against you in the midst of the house
Chapter 7 of Israel. The land is not able to
endure all his words.
1 Adonai YAHWEH made me see 11 For so Amos says: Jeroboam shall
die by the sword, and Israel going shall
this: And, behold, He is forming
go into exile out of his land.
locusts at the beginning of the coming
12 And Amaziah said to Amos,
up of the late grass; even behold, the
Prophet, go! Flee for yourself into the
after crop after the mowings of the
land of Judah, and eat bread there,
king.
and prophesy there.
2 And it happened when it had made
13 But do not again prophesy at
an end of eating the vegetation of the
Bethel any more, for it is the king's
land, then I said, Adonai YAHWEH, I holy place, and it is the royal house.
pray, forgive. How can Jacob stand? 14 Then Amos answered and said to
For he is small.
3 YAHWEH changed His mind 1 A plumb line is a standard by which a wall's
vertical accuracy is tested.
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Amaziah, I was not a prophet, nor was 4 Hear this, you who swallow up the
I a prophet's son, but I was a poor, even to make the humble of the
herdsman and a pincher of sycamore earth to cease,
trees1. 5 saying, When will the new moon
15 And YAHWEH took me from have passed, so that we may buy
behind the flock, and YAHWEH said to grain? Or the Sabbath, so that we may
me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel. open the wheat, making smaller the
16 Now then, hear the Word of ephah, and making greater the shekel,
and to falsify the deceitful balances,4
YAHWEH: You say, Do not prophesy
6 in order to buy the helpless with
against Israel, and do not drop words
silver, and the poor for a pair of
against the house of Isaac.
sandals, and sell the chaff of the
17 So YAHWEH says this, Your wife wheat?
shall be a harlot in the city, and your 7 YAHWEH has sworn by the Pride
sons and your daughters shall fall by
of Jacob, Surely I will not ever forget
the sword, and your land shall be
all their works.
divided by a line. And you shall die in
8 Shall not the land tremble for this,
a defiled land. And Israel going shall
and all who dwell in it mourn? And all
go into exile from his land.
of it shall go up like the light, and it
shall overflow and sink like the Nile of
Chapter 8
Egypt.
9 And it shall be in that day, declares
1 Adonai YAHWEH showed me this:
Adonai YAHWEH, that I will cause the
And behold, a basket of summer fruit2!
sun to go down at noon, and I will
2 And He said, Amos, what do you
darken the earth in light of the day5.
see? And I said, A basket of summer
10 And I will turn your feasts to
fruit. And YAHWEH said to me, The mourning, and all your songs into a
end has come on My people Israel; I dirge. And I will bring up sackcloth on
will not again pass over him any all loins, and baldness on every head.
more3. And I will make it like the mourning
3 And they will howl the songs of the for an only one; and the end of it shall
sanctuary in that day, declares Adonai be like a bitter day.
YAHWEH. The dead bodies shall be 11 Behold, the days are coming,
many; in every place one shall throw declares Adonai YAHWEH, that I will
them out, saying, Hush! send a famine into the land, not a
famine for bread, nor a thirst for
1 Amos was a shepherd and animal herder
and in chapter 7 he pleads for Israel with a water, but rather a famine for hearing
shepherd's heart. In tending sycamore trees the Words of YAHWEH.
Amos would have had to diligently take 12 And they shall stagger from sea to
each fig like fruit and put a slit in the top to sea, and from the north even to east;
ensure good fruit. The Hebrew word for they shall roam about to seek the
Sycamore “Shickma” means redemption Word of YAHWEH, and they shall not
and shows Amos's purpose. See Luk 19:1-
10. 4 Most store owners lived in their shops and
2 Probably they were ripe figs. would open for business in the evening after
3 There is a word play here on summer fruit the sun set and the Sabbath was over.
“kahyitz” and end “kahtes”, showing 5 Mat 27:45 This is one possible explanation
Israel's ripeness for their soon coming for the darkness at the crucifixion of
destruction. Yahshua.
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even a man and his inheritance. commotion because of men. (Isa 63:1-
3 So YAHWEH says this: Behold, I 6)
am plotting an evil against this family, 13 He breaking up has come before
from which you shall not remove your them; they have broken up and have
necks; nor shall you go exalted, for it is passed through the gate and have gone
an evil time. out of it. And their king shall pass
4 In that day one shall lift up a before them, and YAHWEH at their
parable against you and lament a head1.
lament of lamenting. He says, surely,
we shall be destroyed. He has Chapter 3
exchanged the portion of my people.
How He has removed it for me! To the 1 And I said, Heads of Jacob and
apostate He has divided the fields. magistrates of the house of Israel,
5 So there shall not be for you one please hear. Is it not for you to know
casting a line by lot in the justice?
2 Those hating good and loving evil,
congregation of YAHWEH.
who pull their skin off them, and their
6 Do not drop words as they drop!
flesh from their bones;
They shall not drop words about these;
3 who also eat the flesh of My
they shall not draw back reproaches.
people, and cause their skin to come
7 House of Jacob, it is said, The
off from them; yea, they break their
Spirit of YAHWEH is limited, if these bones and shatter, like that in the pot,
are His doings. Do not My Words do and as flesh in the midst of the kettle.
good with the one who walks upright? 4 Then they shall cry out to
8 Even yesterday My people have YAHWEH, but He will not answer
risen up like an enemy. You strip off
them. He will even hide His face from
an inner robe from before an outer
them in that time, as they have done
garment, from those who pass by
evil in their doings.
confidently, those returning from war.
9 You have thrown the wives of My 5 Thus says YAHWEH concerning
people out from the house of her the prophets those causing My people
delight; you have taken away My to err, who bite with their teeth and
majesty forever from her children. call out, Peace! And whoever does not
10 Arise and go! For this is not your give for their mouth, they even
rest, because of uncleanness, it shall sanctify a war against him.
destroy you, even a painful 6 So a night shall be for you apart
destruction. from vision; and darkness apart from
11 If a man walks with wind, and he divining. And the sun shall go down on
lies in deceit, saying, I will drop words the prophets, and the day shall be dark
to you for wine and for fermented over them.
drink, he shall even be a dropper of 7 And the seers shall be ashamed,
words for this people. and those divining shall blush, all of
12 Surely, I will gather Jacob; Surely, them; yea, they shall cover over their
I will gather all of you, the remnant of mustache, for there is no answer from
Israel. I will set him together like the Elohim.
sheep of Bozrah, like a flock in the 1 A prophecy predicting the return of the
midst of its fold. They shall be in captives by the Messiah.
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10 Be in pain and deliver, daughter until the time the one giving birth has
of Zion, like one giving birth. For now given birth. Then the rest of His
you shall go out from the city, and you brothers shall return to the sons of
shall live in the field. And you shall Israel. (Eze 36:24-28, Jer 31:1, 30:3)
come to Babylon. There you shall be 4 And He shall stand and pasture us
delivered. There YAHWEH shall in the strength of YAHWEH, in the
redeem you from the hand of your majesty of the name of YAHWEH His
enemies1. Elohim5. And they shall dwell securely,
11 Now also many nations are for now He is great to the ends of the
gathered against you, saying, Let her earth. (Eze 38:8)
be defiled, and let our eyes look on 5 And this One shall be peace. When
Zion. Assyria shall come into our land, and
12 But they do not know the plans of when he shall walk in our palaces,
YAHWEH, nor do they understand His then we shall raise against him seven
counsel. For He has gathered them shepherds and eight princes of man.
like the sheaf to the threshing floor. 6 And they shall depasture the land
13 Rise up and thresh, O daughter of of Assyria with the sword, and the land
Zion, for I will make your horn iron, of Nimrod at her entrances. And He
and I will make your hoofs copper, and shall deliver us from Assyria, when he
you shall crush many peoples. And I comes into our land, and when he
will devote their gain to YAHWEH, and treads within our border.
their wealth to the Master of all the 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be
earth2. in the midst of many peoples as dew
from YAHWEH, as showers on a blade
Chapter 5 of grass, which does not wait for man,
nor delay for the sons of men.
1 Now gather yourself in troops, 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be
daughter of a troop; one sets a siege among the nations, in the midst of
against us. They shall strike the Judge many peoples, like a lion among the
of Israel with a rod on the cheek. beasts of the forest, like a young lion
2 And you, Bethlehem Ephratah, among the flocks of sheep (who both
being least among the thousands of tramples and tears in pieces if he
Judah, out of you He shall come forth passes through) and there is no one to
to Me to become One ruling in Israel; deliver.
and His goings forth3 have been from 9 Your hands shall be high above
of old, from the days of eternity4.
3 Therefore, He will give them over 4 The Messiah is prophesied to be born in
Bethlehem, the city of king David and He is
1 It was prophesied that Israel would go to Elohim and eternal as “His goings forth
Babylon (Jer 29:4-10), but also that He have been from the days of eternity”. In the
would rescue them after 70 yrs. Hebrew “H'Olam”, the strongest wording
2 Verses 11-13, Even after YHWH brings possible to show He has no beginning but is
Israel back to their homeland in the end an eternal being. Psa 90:2, Heb 7:3.
time, the nations still will not see YHWH's 5 Even though the Messiah is eternal (verse
blessing on them and will be punished for 2) we see that Yahweh is His Elohim; again
their treatment of Israel in the latter days. showing a duality to the one YAHWEH
3 The Hebrew here has military connotations. family.
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your foes, and all your enemies shall so that you may know the
be cut off. righteousness of YAHWEH.
10 And it shall be in that day, I will 6 With what shall I come before
cut off your horses out of your midst, YAHWEH, to bow myself before the
and I will destroy your chariots, loftiness of Elohim? Shall I come
declares YAHWEH. before Him with burnt offerings, with
11 And I will cut off the cities of your calves, sons of a year?
land and pull down all your fortresses. 7 Will YAHWEH be pleased with
12 And I will cut off sorceries out of thousands of rams, with ten thousands
your hand, and there shall not be of torrents of oil? Shall I give my first-
sorcerers among you. born for my transgression, the fruit of
13 And I also will cut off your graven my body for the sin of my soul?2
images and your pillars from your 8 O man, He has declared to you
midst. And you shall not any more
what is good. And what does YAHWEH
worship the work of your hands.
require of you, but to do justice, and to
14 And I will pluck your shrines from
love grace, and to walk humbly with
your midst, and I will destroy your
your Elohim? (Deu 10:12, Ja 4:6-7)
cities.
15 And I will execute vengeance in 9 The voice of YAHWEH calls out to
anger and in fury on the nations, such the city; and one of sound wisdom will
as they have not heard. see Your name. Hear the rod, and Him
who appointed it.
Chapter 6 10 Are there yet in the house of the
wicked the treasures of wickedness,
1 Hear now what YAHWEH says: and a cursed ephah of leanness?
11 Shall I declare wicked balances to
Rise up, contend with the mountains,
be pure, or a bag of stones of fraud? 3
and let the hills hear your voice.
12 For her rich ones are full of
2 Mountains, and you enduring
violence, and ones living in her speak a
foundations of the earth, hear the
lie, and their tongue is deceit in their
contention of YAHWEH, for YAHWEH mouth.
has a quarrel with His people, and He 13 And I also have made you sick, to
will dispute with Israel. strike you, making you desolate
3 My people, what have I done to because of your sins.
you? And how have I made you weary? 14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
Answer against Me. and your hunger shall be in your
4 For I brought you up out of the midst; and you will move back, but
land of Egypt and redeemed you out of shall not keep safe; and that which you
the house of slaves; and I sent Moses, do save, I will give to the sword.
Aaron, and Miriam before you. (Hag 1:6)
5 My people, remember now what 15 You shall sow, but you shall not
Balak, king of Moab, planned; and reap. You shall tread the olive, but you
what Balaam, the son of Beor, shall not anoint with oil; and also new
answered him from Shittim to Gilgal1,
1 Shittim was the last camp of the Israelites 2 It is a rhetorical question but child sacrifice
east of the Jordan River and Gilgal was the was actually being done at this time.
first camp in Israel after passing the Jordan. 3 Pro 20:10, Pro 11:1, Deu 25:13-16.
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wine, but you shall not drink wine. for if I fall, I shall arise. For if I sit in
16 And one has kept himself as to the darkness, YAHWEH is a light to me.
statutes of Omri and all the works of 9 I will bear the rage of YAHWEH
the house of Ahab. And you walk in because I have sinned against Him,
their counsels, so that I may give you until He contends my case and brings
for a horror, and her inhabitants for a forth justice for me. He will bring me
hissing. And you shall bear the out to the light; I shall see His
disgrace of My people. (1Kgs 16:25, righteousness.
30) 10 And my enemy shall see; and
shame shall cover her, the one saying
Chapter 7
to me, Where is He, YAHWEH your
Elohim? My eyes shall see her. Now
1 Woe to me! For I am like the
she shall be for a trampling, as the
gatherings of ripe fruit, like the
mud of the streets.
gleanings of the vintage. There is no
11 A day of building your stone walls,
cluster to eat; my soul desires the early
that day the limit shall be far removed.
fig. (Amo 8:1)
12 That day he shall come even to
2 The pious has perished from the
you from Assyria and the besieged
earth, and the upright is not among
cities, and from the siege even to the
mankind. All of them lie in wait for
River, and from sea to sea, and
blood; each one hunts his brother with
mountain to mountain.
a net.
13 But the land shall become a
3 Both hands are on evil, to do it
desolation because of those dwelling in
well. The ruler is asking for a bribe,
it, from the fruit of their doings.
also the judge. And the great one
14 Pasture Your people with Your
speaks the lust of his soul; he acts, and
rod, the flock of Your possession,
they weave it together. (Amo 5:12, Eze
dwelling alone in the thicket, amidst
22:12)
Carmel. Let them pasture in Bashan
4 The best of them is like a thorn;
and Gilead, as in days of old.
the upright more than a hedge of
15 As the days of your coming out
thorns. The day of your watchers, your
from the land of Egypt, I will cause
visitation is coming; now shall be their
him to see extraordinary things.
confusion.
16 The nations shall see and be
5 Put no faith in a companion; put
ashamed from all their might. They
no trust in a friend; guard the door of
shall set the hand on their mouth;
your mouth from her who lies in your
their ears shall be deaf.
bosom; (Jer 9:4)
17 They shall lick the dust like a
6 for a son despises his father; a
snake; they shall tremble out of their
daughter rises up against her mother;
holes like crawlers of the earth; they
the daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law; a man's enemies are shall dread YAHWEH our Elohim; they
the men of his house. (Mat 10:36) shall fear from You.
7 But I will look to YAHWEH; I will 18 Who is an El like You, forgiving
iniquity and passing by the
wait for the Elohim of my salvation
transgression of the remnant of His
(Y’shua*). My Elohim will hear me.
possession? He does not make strong
8 Rejoice not against me, my enemy;
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the plazas. Their appearance is like lie, all of plunder; the prey is not
torches; they dart about like the withdrawn.
lightning. 2 The sound of a whip, and the
5 He shall remember its nobles; they sound of rattling of a wheel, and a
shall stumble in their walking; they galloping horse, and of a bounding
shall hurry to its wall, and the covering chariot.
shall be set up. 3 The horseman lifts up both the
6 The gates of the rivers shall be gleam of the sword and the lightning
opened, and the palace shall be of the spear, and many are slain, and
melted. there are a mass of dead bodies, and
7 And she who stood firm is no end of corpses; they stumble on
uncovered and caused to go away; and their dead bodies,
her slave-girls are moaning like the 4 because of the many harlotries of
sound of doves, beating on their the well favored harlot, the mistress of
breast. sorceries who sells nations by her
8 And Nineveh is like a pool of water harlotries, and families by her
from her days; yet they are fleeing. sorceries.
They cry, Stand! Stand! But no one 5 Behold, I am against you, declares
turns himself. YAHWEH of Hosts, and I will uncover
9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the your skirts over your face, and I will
gold! For there is no end to the cause the nations to see your
treasures, riches from all precious nakedness, and the kingdoms your
objects. shame.
10 She is empty, even waste, even 6 And I will cast filth on you and will
devastated. And the heart is melted, disgrace you. And I will set you as a
and the knees knocking; and spectacle.
trembling is in all the loins; and all of 7 And it shall be that all those who
their faces collect heat. look on you shall flee from you and
11 Where is the den of the lions and shall say, Nineveh is laid waste; who
the feeding place of the young lions, shall weep for her? From where shall I
where the lion, and the lioness, and seek comforters for you?
the lion's cub walked, and none shall 8 Are you better than No Amon that
terrify them? dwelt among the Nile branches, waters
12 The lion tears in pieces, enough surrounding her, whose rampart was
for his cubs, and strangles for his the sea, the waters her wall?
lionesses, and has filled his holes with 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her
prey, even his lairs with torn prey. strength, yea, without end; Put and
13 Behold, I am against you, declares Lubim were among your helpers.
YAHWEH of Hosts; and I will burn her 10 Yet she went into exile; she went
chariots in the smoke, and the sword into captivity. Also her young ones
shall devour your young lions. And I were dashed to pieces at the head of all
will cut off your prey from the earth, the streets, and they cast lots for her
and the voice of your messengers shall honored ones, and all her great ones
not be heard any more. were bound in chains.
11 You also shall be drunken; you
Chapter 3 shall be hidden; you also shall seek a
fortress from the enemy.
1 Woe to the bloody city! All of it is a 12 All your fortresses are fig trees
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Book of Habakkuk 607 B.C.E.
Chapter 1 sand4.
10 And he shall scoff against the
1 The burden which Habakkuk the kings, and officials shall be a scorn to
prophet saw1: him. He shall scorn every fortress, and
2 O YAHWEH, until when shall I cry he shall heap up dirt and capture it.
for help, and You will not hear? I cry 11 Then he sweeps on like a wind;
out to You, Violence! But You do not and he passes on and is guilty,
save. crediting this power of his to his god5.
3 Why do You make me see evil, and 12 Are You not from of old,
You look upon toil? For destruction YAHWEH our Elohim, my Holy One?
and violence are before me; and there We shall not die, YAHWEH, for You
is strife, and contention rises up. have appointed him for judgment.
4 On account of this the Torah has And, my Rock, You have established
become helpless, and justice does not him for correction.
continually go forth. For the wicked 13 You are of purer eyes than to
surrounds the righteous, so justice behold evil, and You are not able to
goes forth, being perverted2. look upon vexation. Why do you look
5 Look among the nations and on those who deal deceitfully? Will
behold, and be amazed. Be amazed! You be silent when the wicked
For a work is working in your days swallows one more righteous than he?
which you will not believe, though it 14 For You make man like the fish of
be told to you3. the sea, like creeping things with no
6 For, behold, I raise up the ruler over him.
Chaldeans, the bitter and impetuous 15 He takes up all of him with the
nation which is going into the broad hook; he drags him with his net and
spaces of the land, to possess gathers him with his fishnet. On
dwellings not his own. account of this he rejoices and exults.
7 He is terrible and fearful; his 16 So he sacrifices to his net, and
judgment and his glory goes forth burns incense to his fishnet; because
from himself. by them his portion is fat, and his food
8 His horses also are swifter than rich.
leopards and are fiercer than the 17 Shall he therefore empty his net,
evening wolves. And their horsemen and shall he not spare to continually
spread themselves; yea, their slay nations?6
horsemen come from afar; they shall
fly as the eagle hurrying to eat.
9 All of him shall come for violence; 4 This happened in the desert storm war,
the gathering of their faces is forward; where 500,000 soldiers were captured.
and they gather captives like the 5 Verses 6-11 is describing end time Babylon
who due to their military and economic
power they literally mock other world
1 Habakkuk was a contemporary of Jeremiah. leaders who try to get in their way. On the
2 Verses 2-4, things have gotten so morally US dollar it states in “god we trust”. Gawd
corrupt that the Torah had become was the Babylonian deity of fortune who
irrelevant due to the people ignoring it and was relied on for wealth and prosperity.
no punishment seemed imminent. 6 End time Babylon will conquer any nation
3 YHWH's answer is that the people must that she sees as a threat to her and since she
have patience as YHWH will be doing an is the only world superpower (Jer 50:23) no
amazing work at this time. one can do much to stop her verse 10.
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stringed instruments.
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Chapter 1 9 And I will punish all those who
leap on the threshold in that day, who
1 The Word of YAHWEH which was fill their masters' houses with violence
to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son and deceit.
of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the 10 And it shall be in that day,
son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah declares YAHWEH, the sound of a cry
the son of Amon, king of Judah1: from the Fish Gate, and a howling
2 I will completely consume all from from the Second, and a great breaking
on the face of the ground, declares from the hills.
YAHWEH. 11 Howl, those living in Maktesh, for
3 I will gather away man and beast: I all the people of Canaan have
will gather away the birds of the perished; all those carrying silver are
heavens and the fish of the sea, and cut off.
the stumbling-blocks, even the wicked. 12 And it shall be in that time, I will
And I will cut off man from the face of search Jerusalem with lamps, and
the ground, declares YAHWEH. punish the men being settled on their
4 I will also stretch out My hand on lees3; who say in their heart, YAHWEH
Judah and on all those dwelling in will not do good, nor will He do evil.
Jerusalem. And I will cut off the 13 And their goods shall become a
remnant of Baal from this place, the prize, and their houses a waste. They
name of the idol worshipers, with the shall also build houses, but not live
priests; there. And they shall plant vineyards,
5 and those bowing to the host of the but not drink their wine4.
heavens on the housetops; and those 14 The Great Day of YAHWEH is
bowing, swearing to YAHWEH, also near; It is near and rushing greatly,
swearing by Malcham, the sound of the day of YAHWEH. The
6 and those drawing back from after mighty man shall cry out bitterly
YAHWEH, and who have not sought there.
YAHWEH, nor asked of Him.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day
of trouble and distress, a day of waste
7 Be silent before the face of Adonai
and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom,
YAHWEH, for the day of YAHWEH is a day of clouds and thick darkness5,
near.2 For YAHWEH has appointed a 16 a day of the ram's horn and alarm
sacrifice; He has consecrated ones He against the fortified cities, and against
called. the high towers.
8 And it shall be in the day of the
sacrifice of YAHWEH, I will punish the 3 Lees – The Hebrew word “Shemer” means
rulers and the king's sons, and all something preserved as the settlings of
those clothed in foreign clothing. wine. Meaning they think everything will
continue as is without YHWH's intervention
1 “Zephaniah”, which means Yahweh will for the sin being done.
hide, was a prophet of noble birth and the 4 Elohim is showing the great contrast to His
great grandson of king Hezekiah. wrath in the end time, where there will be
2 Although the book is written about Judah's famine, pestilence and death everywhere on
soon coming captivity, the underlining earth; to the joy of His Kingdom when all
message throughout the book is the end people will enjoy the fruit of their labor, Isa
time period called “The Day of YHWH”. 65:21-24.
Many prophecies are written this way with 5 Verses 14-15, Clearly referencing the end
dual fulfillments. time, Amo 5:18-20, Joe 2:1-2.
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17 And I will bring distress to men, shall feed on them. In the houses of
and they shall walk like the blind, Ashkelon, they shall lie down in the
because they have sinned against evening, for YAHWEH their Elohim
YAHWEH. And their blood shall be shall visit them and return their
poured out as dust, and their flesh like captivity.
dung. 8 I have heard the contempt of
18 Their silver and their gold shall Moab, and the curses of the sons of
not be able to deliver them in the day Ammon, with which they have reviled
of the wrath of YAHWEH. But all the My people and have magnified
earth shall be consumed by the fire of themselves on their border.
His jealousy. For He shall make a 9 Therefore, as I live, declares
complete, yea, a speedy end of all YAHWEH of Hosts, the Elohim of
those living in the earth. (Eze 7:19, Jer Israel, surely Moab shall be as Sodom,
25:31) and the sons of Ammon like
Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and
Chapter 2 a pit of salt, and a ruin forever. The
remnant of My people shall plunder
1 Gather yourselves, even gather, O them, and the rest of the nation shall
nation not being longed for; possess them.
2 before the birth of the decree, the 10 They shall have this for their
day shall pass like the chaff, yet not pride, because they have cursed and
before the hot anger of YAHWEH magnified themselves against the
comes on you, yet not before the day of people of YAHWEH of Hosts2.
the anger of YAHWEH comes on you. 11 YAHWEH will be frightening to
3 Seek YAHWEH, all the meek of the them, for He will famish all the gods of
earth who have done His justice; seek the earth. Each man from his place
righteousness; seek meekness. It may and all the coastlands of the nations
be you shall be hidden in the day of will bow to Him.
the anger of YAHWEH. 12 You also, O Ethiopians, shall be
4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and pierced by My sword.
Ashkelon a desolation. They shall 13 And He will stretch out His hand
drive Ashdod out at the noonday, and against the north, and destroy Assyria,
Ekron shall be rooted up. and will make Nineveh a desolation,
5 Woe to those living in the seacoast, dry like the desert.
the nation of the Cherethites!1 The 14 And flocks shall lie down in her
midst; all the beasts of a nation; both
Word of YAHWEH is against you,
the pelican and the bittern shall lodge
Canaan, the land of the Philistines; I
in the capitals of its pillars. A voice
will destroy you so there shall not be
shall sing at the window; ruin shall be
an inhabitant.
at the doorsill; for the cedar work He
6 And the seacoast shall be pastures,
will bare.
meadows of shepherds, and folds for
15 This is the joyful city, dwelling
the flock.
confidently, who says in her heart, I
7 And the coast shall be for the
am, and there is yet no other. How she
remnant of the house of Judah; they
2 It is a common theme in the end time to see
1 These were occupants of the southern coast the nations around Israel being cursed for
of the Philistines who had their roots in their treatment of her and their continual
Crete. threat to try to destroy her.
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has become a ruin, a resting place for 9 For then I will give a clear lip1 to
animals! Everyone who passes near the peoples, to call all of them by the
her shall hiss; he shall shake his hand! name of YAHWEH, to serve Him with
one shoulder.
Chapter 3 10 From beyond the rivers of
Ethiopia, My worshipers, the daughter
1 Woe to her rebelling and being of My scattered ones, shall bring My
defiled, to the oppressing city! food offering.
2 She did not listen to the voice; she 11 In that day you shall not be
did not receive correction; she did not ashamed from all your doings in which
trust in YAHWEH; she did not draw you have transgressed against Me. For
near to her Elohim. then I will take away those who rejoice
3 Her rulers within her are roaring in your pride out of your midst, and
lions; her judges are evening wolves; you shall not again be proud 2 any
they do not gnaw bones for the more in My holy mountain.
morning. 12 I will also leave a people, poor and
4 Her prophets are proud, men of weak in your midst, and they shall
deceit; her priests have profaned the trust in the name of YAHWEH.
sanctuary; they have done violence to 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do
the Torah. injustice, nor speak lies. And a
5 The righteous YAHWEH is in her deceitful tongue shall not be found in
midst; He will not act perversely. their mouth. For they shall feed and lie
Every morning He gives His justice to down, and no one shall frighten them.
the light; He does not fail, but the 14 Shout for joy, daughter of Zion;
unjust knows no shame. shout, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with
6 I have cut off nations; their towers all the heart, daughter of Jerusalem!
are ruined. I made their streets waste, 15 YAHWEH has turned off your
so that none passes by. Their cities are judgments; He has turned away your
laid waste, without a man, from there enemy. YAHWEH, the King of Israel, is
being not one living there. in your midst; you shall not fear evil
7 I said, Surely you will fear Me; you any more.
will receive instruction; then her 16 In that day it shall be said to
dwelling shall not be cut off, all that I Jerusalem, Fear not! Zion, do not let
appointed for her. But they rose up your hands droop.
early; they corrupted all their doings.
8 Therefore, wait for Me, declares
1 “clear lip” or a pure language. The original
YAHWEH, for the day I rise up to the
Hebrew language is implied. In the original
prey. For My judgment is to gather the Hebrew alphabet there are 22 letters and 5
nations, for Me to gather the letters that have a different writing if they
kingdoms, to pour My fury out on appear at the end of a word. In verse 9-10,
them, all My hot anger. For all the amazingly, all 27 letter variants are listed.
earth shall be burned up with the fire 2 Proud - The Hebrew word “gabah” literally
of My jealousy. (Psa 79:6, Rev 16:1) means to mount up or to add height.
Interesting enough Mount Zion was
lowered by Simon the Hasmonian in the 2nd
century B.C.E. and has not been raised to
date. However, in the Millennial Kingdom
it will once again be the highest mountain
in Jerusalem Mic 4:1.
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2 Now speak to Zerubbabel, the son the Word of YAHWEH came to Haggai
of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the prophet, saying,
Yahoshua, the son of Jehozadak, the 11 So says YAHWEH of Hosts: Now
high priest, and to the remnant of the ask the priests the Torah, saying,
people, saying, 12 Behold, one bears holy flesh in the
3 Who is left among you who saw wing of his garment, and touches his
this house in her former glory? And wing to the bread, or boiled food, or
how do you see it now? When wine, or oil, or any food, will it become
compared to it, is it not as nothing in holy? And the priests answered and
your eyes1? said, No.
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, 13 And Haggai said, If the unclean of
says YAHWEH. And be strong, O body touches these, is it unclean? And
Yahoshua, son of Jehozadak, the high the priests answered and said, It is
priest. And be strong and work, all unclean.
people of the land, says YAHWEH. For 14 And Haggai answered and said,
I am with you, declares YAHWEH of So is this people, and so is this nation
Hosts, before Me, declares YAHWEH. And so
5 with the Word by whom I is every work of their hands; and that
covenanted with you when you came which they offer there is unclean.4
out of Egypt, so My Spirit stands 15 And now set your heart on it.
among you; do not fear. From this day and onward: before the
6 For so says YAHWEH of Hosts: Yet placing of a stone on a stone in the
once, it is a little while, and I will sanctuary of YAHWEH;
shake the heavens and the earth and 16 from then onward, one came to a
the sea and the dry land. heap of twenty measures, and there
7 And I will shake all the nations; were but ten. One came to the wine vat
and the desire of all nations shall to draw out fifty from the wine trough,
come. And I will fill this house with and there were but twenty.
glory, says YAHWEH of Hosts. 17 I struck you with blight, and with
8 The silver is Mine, and the gold is mildew, and with hail, in all the labors
Mine, says YAHWEH of Hosts.2 of your hands; yet you did not turn to
9 The glory of this latter house shall Me, says YAHWEH.
be greater than that of the former, says 18 Now set your heart from this day
YAHWEH of Hosts. And in this place I and forward, from the twenty-fourth
day of the ninth month, from the day
will give peace, says YAHWEH of
Hosts.3 that the sanctuary of YAHWEH was
10 In the twenty-fourth of the ninth established. Set your heart:5
month, in the second year of Darius, 19 Is the seed still in the barn? Yes,
as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and
1 Solomon's sanctuary had been overtaken by
Nebuchadnezzar about 65 years earlier, so 4 Verses 11-14, If something is holy or set
some of the people alive here actually saw apart by Elohim it can not make something
Solomon's' temple and now they were else that is defiled become holy. However,
weeping as they saw this sanctuary that was if something is holy to Elohim and touches
much smaller and less in grandeur than the something defiled, then the holy item
previous one. becomes defiled. The parallel was that the
2 Psa 24:1. set apart nation had mixed with the defiled
3 A prophecy of the glory that will be in the things of the other nations and now had
Messianic sanctuary. become completely defiled.
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His holy habitation.1 (Deu 26:15) clean turban on his head and clothed
him with clothing. And the Messenger
Chapter 3 of YAHWEH stood by.
6 And the Messenger of YAHWEH
1 And he made me see Yahoshua the repeated again saying to Yahoshua,
high priest standing before the
7 So says YAHWEH of Hosts: If you
Messenger of YAHWEH, and Satan will walk in My ways, and if you will
standing at his right hand to accuse keep My charge, then you shall also
him.2 (Psa 109:6, Job 1:6, Rev 12:10) judge My house, and shall also keep
2 And YAHWEH said to Satan, My courts, and I will give you access to
YAHWEH rebuke you, Satan! And, walk among these who stand by. (Deu
YAHWEH who has chosen Jerusalem 10:12-13)
rebuke you!3 Is this not a brand 8 Hear now, O Yahoshua the high
plucked out of the fire? priest, you and your associates who
3 And Yahoshua was clothed with are sitting before you; for they are men
filthy garments, and he stood before of symbol. For, behold, I will bring
the Messenger of YAHWEH. forth My Servant, THE BRANCH.6
4 And He answered and spoke to 9 For behold, the stone which I have
those who stood before Him, saying, given before Yahoshua, on the one
Take away the filthy garments from stone are seven eyes. I will engrave its
him. And He said to him, Behold, I engraving, says YAHWEH of Hosts,
have caused your iniquity to pass from and I will remove the iniquity of that
you, and I will clothe you with land in one day.7
ceremonial robes.4 (Rev 19:7-9) 10 In that day, says YAHWEH of
5 And I said, Let them set a clean Hosts, you shall invite each man to his
turban on his head.5 And they set a neighbor to sit under the vine and
under the fig tree. (Mic 4:4)
1 For much of the 6,000 yr history of
mankind YHWH has allowed man to make Chapter 4
his own decisions and then reap what he has
sowed. However, in the end time due to
1 And the angel who was speaking
man's wickedness and Satan’s intervention
of trying to thwart YHWH's plan of
with me returned and awakened me,
redeeming the nation and people of Israel, as a man is awakened out of his sleep.
YHWH is now directly involved in world 2 And he said to me, What do you
affairs and His wrath will shortly follow. see? And I said, I see, and behold, a
2 Satan is the accuser of the brethren and his Menorah, all of it gold, and a bowl on
very name in Hebrew means “adversary”. its top, and its seven lamps on it, and
3 It is YHWH who has the power to rebuke seven spouts each to the seven lamps
Satan not man, and this must be on its top; (Rev 1:20)
remembered when dealing with the spirit 3 and two olive trees are beside it,
world, Jud 1:9, Act 19:15-16. one on the right of the bowl, and one
4 All human being have sinned (Rom 3:23), on its left. (Rev 11:4)
and this is symbolic of those who have
washed their garments with the blood of 6 The servant of YHWH is Yahshua His Son,
Yahshua being made clean and reigning Zec 6:12-13, Isa 42:1-7, Isa 53, Psa 2:7-12,
with Him at His return, Rev 19:7-9, Rev Isa 9:6-7, Pro 30:4.
7:13-17. 7 “Seven eyes” see Rev 4:5. To remove the
5 The crown of the priestly garment, iniquity of the nation in a day see Isa 66:7-
Rev 5:10. 10.
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10 And I said to the angel who was 9 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
speaking with me, Where are they me, saying,
going with the ephah? 10 Take from the exiles, from Heldai,
11 And he said to me, To build a from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah, and
house for it in the land of Shinar1; and in that day you go and enter into the
it shall be erected and set there on its house of Josiah, the son of Zephaniah
own base. who have come from Babylon.
11 And take silver and gold, and
Chapter 6 make crowns, and set on the head of
Yahoshua, the son of Jehozadak, the
1 And again my eyes lifted up and high priest.
looked, and, behold, four chariots 12 And speak to him, saying, So says
were coming from between two YAHWEH of Hosts, saying, Behold!
mountains; and the mountains were The Man whose name is THE
mountains of copper. (Dan 2:39) BRANCH! And He shall spring up out
2 With the first chariot were red of His place, and He shall build the
horses, and with the second chariot
sanctuary of YAHWEH.
black horses, (Rev 6:4-6)
13 Even He shall build the sanctuary
3 and with the third chariot white
horses, and with the fourth dappled of YAHWEH; and He shall bear the
and strong colored horses. (Rev 6:2,8) majesty, and shall sit and rule on His
4 And I answered and said to the throne. And He shall be a priest on His
angel who was talking with me, What throne; and the counsel of peace shall
are these, my master? be between the two of them2.
5 And the angel answered and said to 14 And the crowns3 shall be for a
me, These are the four spirits of memorial in the sanctuary of
Heaven who go forth from standing YAHWEH, to Helem, and to Tobijah,
before the Master of all the earth. and to Jedaiah, and to Hen, the son of
6 The black horses in it go into the Zephaniah.
north country, and the white go after 15 And the distant ones shall come
them; and the dappled ones go toward and build in the sanctuary of
the south country. YAHWEH4. And you shall know that
7 And the strong colored ones went YAHWEH of Hosts has sent me to you.
forth and sought to go, to walk to and And this shall be, if diligently, you will
fro in the earth. And he said, Go! Walk
to and fro in the earth. So they walked 2 Verses 12 & 13 are referring to the Messiah
to and fro in the earth. returning and building the sanctuary of
8 And he cried out to me, and spoke YHWH. “Between the two of them” is
to me, saying, Behold, these who go referring to the office of king and priest.
toward the north country have caused Whereas in the earthly sanctuary the priests
My Spirit to rest in the north country. were from the tribe of Levi and the king
from Judah in this millennial sanctuary
1 Shinar is Babylon (Gen 11:2). It is Messiah Yahshua will be both king and
interesting to note that 2 women come out priest from the Melchizedek order who was
of the ephah and the Hebrew word picture a king and priest.
for Babylon is “when there are two heads of 3 Not the word used earlier for turban (3:5),
the family”, which brings “confusion”, the but a kingly crown, Rev 19:12.
very definition of Babylon. Judicial order 4 These would be resurrected Israelites (Eze
has been mostly forgotten in USA/Babylon 37:1-14) who will partake with Messiah in
in these end times. the rebuilding of the sanctuary of YHWH.
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listen to the voice of YAHWEH your 10 And do not oppress the widow, or
Elohim. the fatherless, the stranger, or the
poor. And do not devise evil in your
Chapter 7 heart, of a man against his brother.
(Ja 1:27)
1 And in the fourth year of King 11 But they refused to listen, and
Darius, the Word of YAHWEH was to gave a stubborn shoulder, and they
Zechariah, in the fourth day of the made their ears heavy from hearing.
ninth month, in Chislev. 12 And they made their heart
2 And Sharezer and Regem-Melech, adamant from hearing the Torah and
and his men, had sent to Bethel to seek the Words which YAHWEH of Hosts
the favor of the face of YAHWEH, has sent by the former prophets
3 to speak to the priests who belong through His Spirit. And great wrath
to the house of YAHWEH of Hosts, was from YAHWEH of Hosts.
and to the prophets, saying, Should I 13 And it will be, just as He called,
weep in the fifth month, consecrating and they did not listen; so they called,
myself as I have done these many and I did not listen, says YAHWEH of
years? Hosts. (Pro 1:24-31)
4 The Word of YAHWEH of Hosts 14 And I stormed them away on all
was to me, saying, the nations whom they did not know.
5 Speak to all the people of the land, So the land is desolated behind them,
and to the priests, saying, When you from passing and from returning; for
fasted and mourned in the fifth and they made the land of desire a waste.
seventh months, even those seventy
years, did you truly fast to Me, even to Chapter 8
Me?1 (Isa 58:3-7)
6 And when you ate, and when you 1 And the Word of YAHWEH was to
drank, was it not for those eating, and me, saying,
for those drinking? 2 So says YAHWEH of Hosts: I was
7 Are not these the Words which jealous for Zion with great jealousy,
YAHWEH proclaimed by the former and I was jealous for her with great
prophets, when Jerusalem was wrath.
inhabited, and prosperous with her 3 So says YAHWEH: I have returned
cities all around her, and the Negev to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of
and the Shefelah were inhabited? Jerusalem. And Jerusalem shall be
8 And the Word of YAHWEH was to called a City of Truth, and the
Zechariah, saying, mountain of YAHWEH of Hosts, the
9 So says YAHWEH of Hosts, saying, Holy Mountain. (Mic 4:2)
Judge true judgment, and practice 4 So says YAHWEH of Hosts: Again,
kindness and pity, each man with his there shall be old men and old women
brother. sitting in the streets of Jerusalem; and
each man with his staff in his hand
1 During the 70 yrs that Israel was captive in because of their many days.
Babylon they fasted on the 9th day of the 5 And the streets of the city shall be
fifth month of Av when the Sanctuary of full of boys and girls playing in its
YHWH was destroyed and also on Yom streets.
Kippur in the 7th month, but there hearts
6 So says YAHWEH of Hosts: If it is
were not truly toward YHWH.
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marvelous in the eyes of the remnant Do not fear; let your hands be made
of this people in those days, will it also strong.
be marvelous in My eyes? says 14 For so says YAHWEH of Hosts, As
YAHWEH of Hosts. I purposed to punish you when your
7 So says YAHWEH of Hosts: Behold, fathers provoked Me to wrath, says
I will save My people from the land of YAHWEH of Hosts, and I did not turn
the rising sun and from the land of the back from it,
setting sun. 15 so again I have purposed in these
8 And I will bring them, and they days to do good to Jerusalem, and the
shall live in the midst of Jerusalem. house of Judah. Do not fear.
And they shall be for a people to Me, 16 These are the things that you shall
and I will be their Elohim, in truth and do. Let each man speak the truth with
in righteousness. his neighbor. Judge with truth and
9 So says YAHWEH of Hosts: Let justice for peace in your gates,
your hands be made strong, you who 17 and let each devise no evil in your
hear in these days these words by the heart against his neighbor, and do not
mouth of the prophets, that in the day love a false oath. For all these I hate,
the house of YAHWEH of Hosts is says YAHWEH.
founded, the sanctuary is to be rebuilt. 18 And the Word of YAHWEH of
10 For before those days there was Hosts was to me, saying,
no payment for man, nor was there 19 So says YAHWEH of Hosts: The
payment for animal; and there was no fast of the fourth month, and the fast
peace to him from the adversary who of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh,
went out or came in. For I sent every and the fast of the tenth, shall become
man, a man against his neighbor1. for joy and gladness and cheerful
11 But now I will not be to the feasts to the house of Judah.
remnant of this people as in former Therefore, love truth and peace3.
days, says YAHWEH of Hosts. 20 So says YAHWEH of Hosts: Again
12 For there shall be peace for the there shall come peoples, and
seed: the vine shall give its fruit, and residents of many cities.
the ground shall give its produce, and 21 And those living in one shall go to
the heavens shall give their dew; and I another, saying, Let us go at once to
will cause the remnant of this people seek the favor of the face of YAHWEH,
to inherit all these2.
and to seek YAHWEH of Hosts; I will
13 And it shall be, as you were a
go also.
curse among the nations, O house of
Judah and house of Israel, so I will 2 Whenever you see the millennial covenant
save you, and you shall be a blessing. blessings laid out in Scripture, you always
see the blessing of the land and the cyclical
1 Verses 1-10, Jerusalem is Yahweh's eternal harvest of abundance of food, Lev 26:9-11,
capital and He will dwell there forever with Joe 2:18-27.
His people. Yahshua will be reigning during 3 Fast of the 4th month was to commemorate
the Millennium and then, Yahweh the Nebuchadnezzar breaching the walls, the 5th
Father will come to earth after that and be month was for the burning of the sanctuary,
with the people from Jerusalem, 1Cor the 7th month was Yom Kippur, and the 10th
15:23-24, Rev 21:1-4. Verse 10, today all of month was to mourn for the beginning of
Israel's neighbors are against them, but that Nebuchadnezzar's first attack. In the
spirit will change when Messiah appears, Millennial Kingdom these fasts will be
Isa 19:23-25. turned into feast days.
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22 And many peoples and strong in Judah, and Ekron, like a Jebusite.
nations shall come to seek YAHWEH 8 And I will camp around My house
of Hosts in Jerusalem, and to seek the from an army, from one passing by,
favor of the face of YAHWEH1. and from one returning. And an
oppressor shall not pass through them
23 So says YAHWEH of Hosts: In
again. For now I have seen with My
those days ten men out of all
eyes.
languages of the nations2 shall take
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of
hold, and will seize the wing of the
Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
garment of a man, a Jew, saying, Let
Behold, your King comes to you! He is
us go with you, for we have heard that
righteous and being victorious,
Elohim is with you.
humble, and riding on a donkey, even
on a colt, the son of a donkey3.
Chapter 9
10 And I will cut off the chariot from
Ephraim and the horse from
1 The burden of the Word of
Jerusalem. And the battle bow shall be
YAHWEH against the land of Hadrach, cut off, and He shall speak peace to the
and its resting place, Damascus, (when nations. And His dominion shall be
the eye of man, and all the tribes of from sea to sea, and from the River to
Israel shall be toward YAHWEH), the ends of the earth4.
2 and Hamath also borders on it; 11 Also you, by the blood of your
Tyre and Sidon, though they are very covenant I have freed your prisoners
wise. from the pit; no water is in it. (Isa
3 And Tyre shall build a fortress for 61:1)
herself, and shall pile up silver like the 12 Turn to the stronghold, O
dust, and gold like the mud of the prisoners of hope! Even today I
streets. declare I will return double to you5.
4 Behold! YAHWEH will expel her, 13 For I have bent Judah for Me as a
and He will strike her wealth in the bow; I filled it with Ephraim. And I
sea, and she shall be devoured with will stir up your sons, O Zion, against
fire. your sons, O Yavan, (Greece), and
5 Ashkelon shall see and fear; Gaza make you as the sword of a mighty
also shall writhe in great pain; and man.
Ekron shall be ashamed for her hope. 14 Then YAHWEH will appear over
And the king shall perish from Gaza, them, and His arrow shall go out as
and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. lightning; and Adonai YAHWEH shall
6 And a bastard shall dwell in
Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of 3 Some equate chapter 9:1-8 with Alexander
the Philistines. the Great who rode a large white horse
7 And I will take away his blood out when he went to conquer nations. Here in
of his mouth, and his abominations verse 9 though, the Messiah is reckoned
with riding a donkey, a sign of humility.
from between his teeth. But the
Yahshua fulfilled this scripture in Mat 21:4-
remnant, even he, shall be for our 5.
Elohim. And he shall be as a governor 4 The Messiah's reign would be worldwide
1 In the Millennium all nations will worship with universal peace.
YHWH, Isa 2:2-3, Psa 86:9, Zec 2:11, Zec 5 Verses 10-11: Through hope in the Messiah
14:16, Mic 4:2. both Judah and Ephraim would be saved
2 Representation of the Northern Tribes of from the spiritual prison house that their
Israel returning with Judah. sins had brought them to. Isa 61:1, 49:8-9.
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blow the ram's horn and shall go forth 5 And they shall be like mighty ones
with the windstorms of the south. who trample the mud of the streets in
15 YAHWEH of Hosts shall defend the battle. And they shall fight because
them. And they shall devour and YAHWEH is with them, and they shall
trample the slingstones. And they shall make the riders of horses ashamed.
drink and be boisterous, as with wine. 6 And I will make stronger the house
And they shall be full like a bowl, like of Judah, and I will save the house of
the corners of the altar. Joseph. And I will return to save them,
16 And YAHWEH their Elohim shall for I have pity on them. And they shall
save them in that day as the flock of be as though I had not cast them off,
His people; for they are as stones of a for I am YAHWEH their Elohim, and I
crown, lifted up as an ensign over His will answer them. (Jer 31:1, Eze 37:15-
land. 19)
17 For how great is its goodness, and 7 And Ephraim shall be like a mighty
how great its beauty! Grain shall make one, and their heart shall be glad as by
the young men flourish, and new wine wine. And their sons shall see and be
the virgins. glad; their heart shall rejoice in
YAHWEH. (Jer 31:3-9)
Chapter 10 8 I will whistle for them and gather
them, for I have redeemed them. And
1 Ask rain from YAHWEH in the time they shall be many as they were many.
of the latter rain. YAHWEH shall make 9 And I will sow them among the
thunder bolts. And He gives them peoples, and they shall remember Me
showers of rain, grass to each man in in far countries, and they shall live
the field. (Joe 2:23, Ja 5:7) with their sons and return.
2 For the family idols speak iniquity, 10 And I will return to save them out
and the divining ones have seen a lie of the land of Egypt and gather them
and have told false dreams. They out of Assyria. And I will bring them
comfort in vain. On account of this, into the land of Gilead and Lebanon,
they wandered like a flock. They were for room shall not be found for them.
troubled because there was no 11 And He shall pass through the sea
shepherd.1 of distress and strike the waves in the
3 My anger is kindled against the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall
shepherds, and I will punish the he- dry up. And the pride of Assyria shall
goats. For YAHWEH of Hosts has be brought down, and the scepter of
visited His flock, the house of Judah, Egypt shall go away.
and made them as His splendid horse 12 And I will make them strong in
in battle. YAHWEH, and they shall walk in His
4 From him came the cornerstone, name, says YAHWEH.
from him the nail, from him came the
battle bow, and from him every ruler Chapter 11
together2.
1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, so
1 This is speaking of household deities called
teraphim that were used in divination and
that the fire may devour your cedars.
strictly forbidden according to the Torah 2 Howl, fir tree, for the cedar has
Deu 18:9-14, Hos 3:4-5. fallen, because the majestic trees have
2 “From him” speaking of Judah out of which been destroyed. Howl, O oaks of
the Messiah would come. Bashan, for the inaccessible forest has
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mountains shall reach to Azal. And they stand on their feet, and their eyes
you shall flee as you fled from before will rest in their sockets, and their
the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, tongues shall rot in their mouths.
king of Judah. And YAHWEH my 13 And it shall be in that day, a great
Elohim shall come, and all the saints panic of YAHWEH shall be among
with You. (Mat 24:30-31) them; and they shall each one lay hold
6 And it will be in that day, there of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise
shall not be light; the glorious ones up against the hand of his neighbor2.
will shrink. 14 And Judah also shall fight at
7 And it will be one day which shall Jerusalem. And the wealth of the
be known to YAHWEH; not day and surrounding nations shall be gathered,
not night, but it will be, there will be gold, and silver, and clothing, very
light at evening time. much.
8 And it shall be in that day, living 15 And so shall be the plague of the
waters shall go out from Jerusalem, horse, the mule, the camel, and the
half of them shall go toward the donkey, and all the beasts which shall
eastern sea, and half of them toward be in those camps, like this plague.
the western sea; in summer and in 16 And it shall be, everyone who is
winter it shall be. (Rev 22:1-2, Eze left from all the nations which came up
47:1-9) against Jerusalem shall go up from
9 And YAHWEH shall be King over year to year to worship the King,
all the earth. In that day YAHWEH YAHWEH of Hosts, and to keep the
shall be united (echad), and His name Feast of The Sukkot.
united (echad).1 17 And it shall be, whoever will not
10 All the land shall be turned as a go up from the families of the earth to
plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem to worship the King,
Jerusalem. And it shall rise and dwell YAHWEH of Hosts, there shall even be
in its place, from Benjamin's Gate to no rain on them.
the place of the First Gate, to the 18 And if the family of Egypt does
Corner Gate, and from the Tower of not go up, nor come in, then the rain
Hananeel to the king's winepresses. shall not be on them, but the plague
11 And they shall live in it. And there with which YAHWEH shall strike the
shall not again be a shutting in, but nations who do not come up to keep
Jerusalem shall dwell safely. (Lev the Feast of the Sukkot3.
25:18-19) 19 This shall be Egypt's offense, and
12 And this shall be the plague with the offense of all nations who do not
which YAHWEH will strike all the come up to keep the Feast of Sukkot.
peoples who have fought against 20 In that day there shall be on the
Jerusalem: Their flesh shall rot while
2 This is due to the wrath of YHWH on the
6 This is Yahshua Yahweh returning to earth, world for sin and iniquity and their
to the Mount of Olives, from where He continual oppressing of Israel, Isa 24:1-6.
ascended from (Act 1:9-12). Yah Yahweh 3 Verses 16-19: During the Millennium,
the Father does not come to earth till after representatives from all nations will come
the Millennium is over, 1Cor 15:23-24, Rev up to Jerusalem and worship Yahweh during
21:1-4. the feast of Sukkot. This is also called the
1 Yahshua Yahweh the Son will be reigning feast of Ingathering (Exo 23:16), and
for Yahweh the Father during the 1,000 year represents the re-gathering of all Israel in
millennial Kingdom. Psa 110:1-5. the Messianic Kingdom. Jer 16:14-16.
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Chapter 1 table of YAHWEH, it is to be despised.
8 And if you offer the blind for
1 The burden of the Word of sacrifice, is it not evil? And if you offer
YAHWEH to Israel by the hand of the lame and the sick, is it not evil?
Malachi1: Bring it now to your governor. Will he
2 I have loved you, says YAHWEH. accept you or lift up your face? says
But you say, In what way have You YAHWEH of Hosts.3
loved us? Was not Esau the brother to 9 And now entreat the face of
Jacob? Yet YAHWEH declares, I loved Elohim, that He favor us. This has
Jacob, been by your hands; will He lift up
3 and I have hated Esau and have your faces? says YAHWEH of Hosts.
made his mountains a desolation, and 10 Who is even among you that will
his inheritance to be for the jackals of shut the doors, and you not kindle fire
the wilderness. on My altar in vain? There is no
4 If Edom says, We are beaten down, delight to Me in you, says YAHWEH of
but we will return and build the ruined Hosts. I will not accept a food offering
places; so says YAHWEH of Hosts: from your hand.
They shall build, but I will tear down. 11 For from the rising of the sun to
And they shall call them the region of its going down, My name shall be great
wickedness, and the people whom among the nations, and everywhere
YAHWEH is enraged with until incense shall be offered to My name;
forever. and a pure food offering; for My name
5 And your eyes shall see, and you shall be great among the nations, says
shall say, YAHWEH will be magnified YAHWEH of Hosts.4
beyond the border of Israel. 12 But you are profaning it when you
6 A son honors his father, and a say, The table of YAHWEH, it is
servant his master. If then I am a polluted; and its fruit, His food is to be
father, where is My honor? And if I am despicable.
a master, where is My fear? says 13 And you have said, Behold, what
YAHWEH of Hosts to you, O priests weariness! And you have sniffed at it,
who despise My name. But you say, In says YAHWEH of Hosts. And you bring
what have we despised Your name?2 the stolen, and the lame, and the sick;
7 You are offering defiled food on My and you bring the grain offering.
altar, and you say, In what have we Should I accept it from your hand?
defiled You? It is in your saying, The says YAHWEH.
14 But cursed be a deceiver and
1 “Malachi” means my messenger and is the there is a male in his flock, and he
last book of the Tanach written around 450- vows it, but he sacrifices a blemished
400 B.C.E. The book starts by telling why one to YAHWEH. For I am a great
YHWH had punished His people but then
turns and gives prophesies for the end time 3 The priests were promising to Elohim an
including that a second Eliyahu would offering but in the end exchanging it with
appear before the Messianic Kingdom. something defiled. Yahweh states that they
2 The name of YAHWEH has been despised would not do this to a worldly leader and it
in the end times by exchanging the Creator's is also unacceptable to Him.
true name with pagan names such as “god”. 4 In the Millennial Kingdom all will worship
Gawd is the personal name of the the Creator by His true family name of
Babylonian deity, see Isa 65:11. YAHWEH.
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King, says YAHWEH of Hosts, and My and low to all the people, just as you
name is feared among the nations.1 have not kept My ways, but are lifting
up faces in the Torah.
Chapter 2 10 Is there not one father to us all?
Has not one El created us united? Why
1 And now, O priests, this command do we act deceitfully, each man with
is to you. his brother, to profane the covenant of
2 If you will not hear, and if you will our fathers?
not set it on your heart to give glory to 11 Judah has dealt treacherously,
My name, says YAHWEH of Hosts, and has done an abomination in Israel
then I will send the curse2 on you, and and in Jerusalem; for Judah has
I will curse your blessings. And profaned the holy place of YAHWEH,
indeed, I have cursed it, because you which He loves and has married a
are not setting it on your heart. daughter of a heathen god.3
3 Behold, I am rebuking your seed, 12 YAHWEH will cut off from the
and I will spread dung on your faces, tents of Jacob the man who does it, he
the dung of your solemn feasts; and waking and answering, or offering a
one will lift you up to it. grain offering to YAHWEH of Hosts.
4 And you shall know that I have 13 And this is a second thing you
sent this command to you, to be My have done: covering the altar of
covenant with Levi, says YAHWEH of YAHWEH with tears, with weeping
Hosts. and groaning; yet not facing toward
5 My covenant with him was life and the grain offering, and taking it with
peace, and I gave them to him for fear; delight from your hand.
and he feared Me, and he is put in awe 14 Yet you say, On what cause?
before My name. Because YAHWEH has been witness
6 The Law of truth was in his mouth, between you and the wife of your
and iniquity was not found in his lips. youth, against whom you have dealt
In peace and in uprightness he walked treacherously; and she is your
with Me, and he turned many from companion and your covenant wife.
iniquity. 15 And has He not made you one
7 For the lips of the priest should (echad)? Yet the remainder of the
guard knowledge, and they should Spirit is in him. And what of the one?
seek the Torah from his mouth; for he He was seeking a seed of Elohim. Then
is the messenger of YAHWEH of guard your spirit, and do not deal
Hosts. treacherously with the wife of your
8 But you have turned out of the youth.
way; you have caused many to stumble 16 YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel,
at the Torah. You have corrupted the says, He hates divorce, and to cover
covenant of Levi, says YAHWEH of with violence on his garment, says
Hosts.
9 So I have also made you despised
1 The people were doing the same as the 3 Upon Judah's return to the land under Ezra
priests and vowing one thing but in the end some were intermarrying with pagan
bringing another. Once one vows something women which was strictly forbidden
to Elohim it is then set apart and cannot be according to the Torah. Ezr 9:1-2, Neh
changed. 13:23-29, Exo 34:15-16, Deu 7:3-4, Jos
2 The Hebrew word here for curse is “Allah”. 23:12-13,1Kgs 11:1-6.
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YAHWEH of Hosts.1 Then guard your purifier of silver; and He shall purify
spirit and do not act treacherously. the sons of Levi and purge them like
17 You have wearied YAHWEH with gold and like silver, that they may be
your words. Yet you say, In what have presenters of a food offering in
we wearied Him? When you say, Every righteousness to YAHWEH.
evildoer is good in the eyes of 4 Then the food offering of Judah
YAHWEH, and He delights in them; and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to
or, Where is the Elohim of justice?2 YAHWEH, as in the days of old, and as
in former years.
Chapter 3 5 And I will draw near to you for
judgment; and I will be a swift witness
1 Behold, I am sending My against the sorcerers, and against the
messenger, and He will clear the way adulterers, and against those swearing
before Me. And the Master whom you to a lie; and against those who extort
are seeking shall suddenly come to His from the hired laborer's pay; and
sanctuary, even the Messenger of the turning away the widow, and the
Covenant, in whom You delight. fatherless, and the foreigner, and not
Behold, He comes, says YAHWEH of fearing Me, says YAHWEH of Hosts.
Hosts.3 6 For I am YAHWEH, I do not
2 But who can endure the day of His change. Because of this, you sons of
coming? And who will be standing Jacob are not destroyed.
when He appears? For He is like a 7 From the days of your fathers, you
refiner's fire and like fuller's soap.4 have turned aside from My statutes
3 And He shall sit as a refiner and and have not kept them. Return to Me,
and I will return to you, says YAHWEH
1 Verses 14-16, Elohim is also rebuking the of Hosts. But you say, In what shall we
people for divorcing their spouses, in which return?
He states that He hates divorce. Marriage is 8 Will a man rob Elohim? Yet you
a sacred covenant that once entered into have robbed Me. But you say, In what
only the death of one partner can dissolve have we robbed You? In the tithe and
the agreement, Mar 10:2-12, Gen 2:24.
the offering!5 (Gen 28:20-22)
2 Not only were the people exchanging good
for evil, but they also said Elohim must be
9 You are cursed with a curse, for the
pleased with this since immediate judgment nation, all of it, you are robbing Me,.
did not come, Isa 5:18-20, Ecc 8:11. 10 Bring all the tithe into the
3 In ancient times a messenger would go storehouse, so that there may be food
before a kingly delegation and fix the road in My house. And test Me now with
of any potholes, etc, to make the path this, says YAHWEH of Hosts, whether
smooth for the king. John the Baptist I will not open the windows of the
fulfilled this scripture (Mat 11:10) by going
before Yahshua preaching repentance to 5 The tithe is Holy to Yahweh and set apart
make the path to salvation smoother and for His work. Here, the people were not
there will also be a fore-runner before paying Yahweh's tithe and in essence
Yahshua's second coming Rev 11:3-4. The stealing from Him. Until Yahweh's 10% is
Messenger of YHWH was Yahshua, who given the other 90% does not belong to the
will rebuild the sanctuary of YHWH at His person either. Also, offerings were
return, Zec 6:12-13. See note on Mal 1:1. commanded on the pilgrim feasts, (Deu
4 Both water and fire purify and there is a 16:16). Verses 8-10 also show that the tithe
water and fire baptism. Luk 12:49, Rev should come to the sanctuary for the
19:11-16, Rev 1:7, 13-18. working of the ministry.
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man have strength; let the nations be Elohim? He has said in his heart, You
judged before Your face. will not require it.
20 O YAHWEH, put fear in them; let 14 You have seen, for You take note
the nations know they are but men. of mischief and vexation, to pay back
Selah. with Your hand. The poor leaves
himself to You; You are the helper of
Psalm 10 the orphan.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and
1 Why, O YAHWEH, do You stand far evil one; search out his wickedness
away? Will You hide in times of until You find none.
trouble? 16 YAHWEH is King forever and
2 The wicked in his pride will pursue ever; the nations have perished out of
the poor; they will be caught in the His land.
schemes which they have devised. 17 O YAHWEH, You have heard the
3 For the wicked boasts of his soul's desire of the humble; You will fix their
desire, and the covetous he has heart; Your ear will hear.
blessed; scorning YAHWEH. 18 Judge the orphan and the hurt
4 Through pride of his face, the one. No more shall the man of the
wicked will not seek; there is no earth continue to terrify.
Elohim in all of his schemes.
5 His ways are perverted at all times. Psalm 11
Your judgments are high from his
sight; as for all distressing him, he 1 To the chief musician. A Psalm of
puffs at them. David.
6 He has said in his heart, I shall not I sought refuge in YAHWEH; how
be moved! From generation to can you say to my soul, Flee like a bird
generation never will I be in evil. to your hill.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and 2 For behold! The wicked will tread
deceit and fraud; under his tongue are the bow; they fixed their arrow on the
mischief and vanity. string, in order to shoot with it at the
8 He sits in the hiding places of the upright of heart in the dark.
villages; in the secret places he 3 When the foundations are
murders the innocent; his eyes watch destroyed, what can the righteous do?
against the poor. 4 YAHWEH is in His holy sanctuary;
9 He lies in wait secretly like a lion in YAHWEH, His throne is in the
his den; he lies in ambush to catch the heavens; His eyes see; His eyelids will
poor; he seizes the poor, drawing him examine the sons of man.
into his net;
5 YAHWEH tries the righteous, but
10 and the poor being crushed, he
His soul hates the wicked and the one
bows; yea, the poor have fallen by his
loving violence.
strong ones.
6 He shall rain snares on the wicked;
11 He has said in his heart, El has
fire and brimstone and a scorching
forgotten; He hides His face; He will
wind shall be the portion of their cup.
not see forever.
7 For YAHWEH is righteous; He
12 Arise, O YAHWEH! O El, lift up
loves righteous deeds; the upright look
your hand; do not forget the lowly
upon His face.
ones.
13 Why does the wicked one despise
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mightiness of Y’shua*, His right hand.1 10 You shall destroy their fruit from
7 These trust in chariots, and these the earth, and their seed from the sons
in horses, but we will make mention in of men.
the name of YAHWEH our Elohim.2 11 For they stretched forth evil
8 They have bowed down and have against You; they imagined a plot; they
fallen, but we have risen and stand cannot prevail,
upright. 12 for You shall make them turn the
9 O YAHWEH, Hoshua, The King, back; against their faces You shall
answer us in the day of our calling. make ready Your arrows on Your
strings.
Psalm 21 13 Be exalted, O YAHWEH, in Your
strength; we will sing, and sing psalms
1 To the chief musician. A Psalm of of Your power.
David.
O YAHWEH in Your strength rejoices Psalm 22
the king; and in your Y’shua*, how he
greatly rejoices. 1 To the Chief Musician, on the deer
2 You have given him his heart's of the dawn. A Psalm of David.
desire and have not withheld the My El, My El, why have You forsaken
prayer of his lips. Selah. Me, and are far from My deliverance,
3 For You will precede him with the from the words of My groaning?
blessings of goodness; You set a crown 2 O my Elohim, I cry by day, but You
of pure gold on his head. do not answer; and in the night, and
4 He asked life from You: You gave there is no silence to Me.
to him length of days forever and ever. 3 But You are holy, sitting to judge
(Psa 16:10-11) the praises of Israel.
5 His glory is great in Your Y'shua*; 4 Our fathers trusted in You; they
You have laid honor and majesty on trusted, and You delivered them.
him. (Mat 27:46) 5 They cried to You, and were
6 For You have set blessings for him delivered; they trusted in You, and
forever; You have made him rejoice in were not ashamed.
the joy of Your face. 6 But I am a worm, and no man; a
reproach of mankind, and despised by
7 For the king trusts in YAHWEH,
the people. (Isa 53:3)
and in the mercy of the Most High; he
7 All who see Me scornfully laugh at
will not be shaken.
Me; they open the lip; they shake the
8 Your hand shall find out all Your
head, saying,
enemies; Your right hand shall find
out those who hate You.3 8 He rolled on YAHWEH, let Him
9 You shall set them as a fiery deliver Him; let Him rescue Him,
furnace in the time of Your presence; since He delights in Him.4
YAHWEH will swallow them up in His
wrath, and the fire will devour them. 3 The right hand in ancient times was the
hand of strength and the right hand of
1 There is a word play here with “saves” Yahweh is His Messiah, Yahshua who will
which is “hoshua” and “Y'shua”, YHWH's fight for Him against all enemies Exo 15:6,
Messiah and right hand Man. Psa 110:1, 5. Psa 110:1, 5, Isa 63:5, 8-10. Psa 98:1-3.
2 Yahweh is a family name consisting of Yah 4 Verses 6-8 shows the rejection of the
Yahweh the Father (Psa 68:4) and Yahshua Messiah and the blasphemy that He was
Yahweh the Son. subject to, even at His death. Mat 27:39-43.
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9 For You are He who took me out 20 Deliver My soul from the sword,
from the womb; causing Me to trust on My only one from the paw of the dog.
My mother's breasts. 21 Save Me from the lion's mouth;
10 I was cast on You from the womb, and from the horns of the wild oxen.
from My mother's belly, You are My You have answered Me.
El. 22 I will declare Your name to My
11 Be not far from Me; for trouble is brothers; I will praise You in the midst
near; because no one is there to help. of the assembly. (Psa 35:18, Heb 2:12)
12 Many bulls have circled around 23 You who fear YAHWEH, praise
Me; strong bulls of Bashan have Him; all the seed of Jacob, glorify
surrounded Me. Him; and all the seed of Israel, fear
13 They opened their mouth on Me, Him.
like a lion ripping and roaring. 24 For He has not despised nor
14 I am poured out like waters, and hated the affliction of the afflicted; and
all My bones are spread apart; My He has not hidden His face from Him,
heart is like wax; it is melted in the but when He cried to Him, He heard.
midst of My bowels. 25 My praise shall be of You in the
15 My strength is dried up like a great assembly; I will pay My vows
potsherd; and My tongue clings to My before those fearing Him.
jaws;1 (Joh 19:28) 26 The meek shall eat and be
16 and You appoint Me to the dust of satisfied; those who seek YAHWEH
death; for dogs have encircled Me; a shall praise Him; your heart shall live
band of spoilers have hemmed Me in, forever.
piercing My hands and My feet.2 27 All the ends of the earth shall
17 I count all My bones; they look,
remember and turn back to YAHWEH;
they stare at Me.
and all the families of the nations shall
18 They divide My garments among
worship before You.
them, and they made fall a lot for My
28 For the kingdom belongs to
clothing. (Mat 27:35)
YAHWEH; and He is the ruler among
19 But You, O YAHWEH, be not far
the nations.
off; O My Strength, hurry to help Me!
29 All the fat ones of the earth have
eaten, and have worshiped; all those
1 This condition would have been very
going down to the dust shall bow
common considering the amount of blood
that Yahshua lost in 2 scourgings and being
before Him; and He kept not His own
crucified. soul alive.
2 The Masoretic text takes the word for 30 A seed shall serve Him; it shall be
pierced in Psa 22:16 (a clear crucifixion spoken of YAHWEH to the coming
Psalm) “kaaru” and changes the last letter generation;
from a vav to a yud. The change of letter 31 they shall come and shall declare
changes the meaning from pierced my His righteousness to a people that
hands, and feet, to lion, as in “as a lion they shall yet be born; for He has done it.
are at my hands and feet”. The Septuagint
has pierced from the original Hebrew
Psalm 23
“kaaru” not ‘kaari”. According to the Dead
Sea Scrolls dated about 100 B.C.E., the
Hebrew Word in verse 16 is “kaaru” 1 A Psalm of David.
(pierced and not lion). Not only that but the YAHWEH is my shepherd; I shall not
Aramaic Peshitta Targum also agrees with
the Septuagint.
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those deceiving without cause. 20 Keep my soul and deliver me; let
4 Make me know Your ways, O me not be ashamed, for I have sought
YAHWEH; teach me Your paths; refuge in You.
5 lead me in Your truth and teach 21 Let purity and uprightness keep
me; for You are the Elohim of my me, for I wait on You.
Y’shua*; on You I wait all the day long. 22 Redeem Israel, O Elohim, out of
6 Remember, O YAHWEH, Your all his distresses.
compassions and Your mercies; for
they are from eternity. Psalm 26
7 Do not remember the sins of my
youth, or my transgressions. 1 A Psalm of David.
According to Your mercy, remember Judge me, O YAHWEH, for I have
me, for Your goodness' sake, O walked in my integrity; I also have
YAHWEH. trusted in YAHWEH; I shall not slide.
8 Good and upright is YAHWEH; 2 Examine me, O YAHWEH, and
therefore He will teach sinners in the prove me; purify my reins and my
way. heart.
9 He will guide the meek in justice; 3 For Your mercy is before my eyes;
and He will teach the meek His way. and I have walked in Your truth.
10 All the paths of YAHWEH are 4 I have not sat with lying men; and I
mercy and truth to those keeping His will not go in with hypocrites;
covenant and His testimonies. 5 I have hated the assembly of
11 For Your name's sake, O evildoers, and I will not sit with the
wicked.
YAHWEH, even pardon my iniquity for
6 I will wash my hands in innocence;
it is great.
so I will go around Your altar, O
12 What man is he who fears
YAHWEH,
YAHWEH? He teaches him the way he
7 to cause to hear with the voice of
should choose.
thanksgiving and recount all Your
13 His soul shall abide in good, and
wonderful works.
his seed shall inherit the earth.1
8 O YAHWEH, I have loved the place
14 The secret of YAHWEH is with
of Your house, and the place where
those who fear Him; and He will make
Your glory dwells.
them know His covenant. (Pro 9:10)
9 Do not gather up my soul with
15 My eyes are ever toward
sinners, nor my life with men of blood,
YAHWEH; for He shall bring my feet 10 in whose hand is a plot, and their
out of the net. right hand is full of a bribe.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, 11 But I will walk in my integrity;
for I am lonely and afflicted. redeem me and be gracious to me.
17 The straits of my heart are 12 My foot stands in an even place;
enlarged; O bring me out from my in the assemblies I will bless
straits. YAHWEH.
18 Look on my affliction and my
pain, and lift up all my sins.
19 Look on my enemies, for they are
many; they hate me with violent2
hating.
2 The Hebrew word used here for violent is
1 Mat 5:5. “Hamas”.
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24 Be strong, and He will make your finding; surely, when great floods
heart stronger, all you who hope in come they will not reach him.
YAHWEH. 7 You are my hiding place; You
preserve me from trouble; You
Psalm 32 surround me with songs of
deliverance. Selah.
1 Psalm of David. A Contemplation. 8 I will instruct you and teach you in
Blessed is he whose transgression is the way which you should go; I will
lifted, whose sin is covered. counsel you, My eye shall be on you.
2 Blessed is the man to whom 9 Be not like the horse, like the mule,
YAHWEH does not charge iniquity, with no understanding; with bit and
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.1 bridle his gear to be held in, that they
3 When I kept silence, then my do not come near you.
bones became old, through my 10 Many sorrows are to the wicked;
howling all day. but he who trusts in YAHWEH, mercy
4 For by day and by night Your hand embraces him.3
was heavy on me; my sap was turned 11 Be glad in YAHWEH and rejoice,
into the droughts of summer. Selah. you righteous ones; and all the upright
5 I confessed my sin to You, and I in heart, shout for joy.
have not hidden my iniquity; I said, I
will confess over my transgression to Psalm 33
YAHWEH; and You forgave the
iniquity of my sin. Selah.2 1 Rejoice in YAHWEH, O righteous
6 On account of this let every ones; praise is becoming to the
righteous one pray to You, at a time of upright.
1 Lev 17:11 states there is no forgiveness of 2 Give thanks to YAHWEH with the
sin without the shedding of blood. Eze lyre; sing to Him with a harp of ten
18:23 states that Yahweh takes no pleasure strings.
in the death of the wicked but that they turn 3 Sing to Him a new song; play
from their way and repent. The problem skillfully, with shouts of joy.
being since all humans have committed 4 For the Word of YAHWEH is right,
crimes worthy of death, according to the
heavenly court only by accepting the shed
and all His works are in truth.
blood of Yahshua Messiah to pay the 5 He loves righteousness and
penalty of those sins can one have the judgment; the mercy of YAHWEH fills
penalty of those sins paid for and receive the earth.
eternal life. 6 Through the Word of YAHWEH the
2 There are 2 steps to atonement with heavens were made; and all their host
YHWH. One is the forgiveness of the sin were made by the breath of His
and the second (according to Torah) is
mouth. (Psa 104:29-30)
restitution for what was taken by the sin.
Since Yahshua magnified the Torah and 7 The waters of the sea were
shows that anger is murder and lust is gathered like a heap, setting the
adultery, He showed all humans have depths in storehouses.
committed sins that carry the death penalty 8 Let all the earth fear YAHWEH; let
and since Torah shows “eye for eye” and all those living in the world stand in
“life for life”, one must accept the shed awe of Him.
blood of Yahshua Messiah to redeem their 9 For He spoke, and it came into
life from the death penalty that their sins
have brought them. 3 Faith is a prerequisite for salvation.
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1 Israel had the blessing of being the nation 3 The Messenger of YHWH in the Old
out of all the earth that YHWH had chosen Testament is the being who became the
for Himself, Amo 3:1-2. salvation of YHWH or Yahshua His Son,
2 To pray to or trust in any other personal Exo 23:20-21.
name for Elohim than YAHWEH is 4 The fear of YHWH is not just simply being
unacceptable, Exo 22:20, Exo 23:13. afraid but is also being in awe and in
Elohim has many titles El Shaddai, El reverence to Him and His Torah and also
Elyone, but only one personal name. The being obedient to His servants that He
name “god” is the personal name of the administers on the earth. It is a total
Babylonian deity and is NOT Yahweh's surrender to the will of YAHWEH and
name. dying to our own human nature.
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12 Who is the man who desires life, wind, and the Messenger of YAHWEH
who loves days in order to see good? driving them away.
13 Keep your tongue from evil, and 6 Let their way be dark and slippery,
your lips from speaking guile; and the Messenger of YAHWEH their
14 Turn from evil and do good; seek pursuer.
peace and pursue it. 7 For they have hidden their pit-net
15 The eyes of YAHWEH are on the for me without cause; without cause
righteous; and His ears are open to they have dug for my soul.
their cry. 8 Let destruction come on him; he
16 The face of YAHWEH is against will not know; and let his net which he
those who do evil, to cut off their concealed catch him; let him fall in it,
memory from the earth. into destruction.
17 The righteous cry, and YAHWEH 9 And my soul shall be joyful in
hears; and He saves them out of all YAHWEH; it will rejoice in His
their distresses. Y’shua*.
18 YAHWEH is near to the broken of 10 All my bones shall say: O
heart; and He saves the crushed of YAHWEH, who is like You, who
spirit. delivers the poor from those stronger
19 Many are the evils of the than he; yes, the poor and needy from
righteous, but YAHWEH delivers him his plunderer?
out of them all, 11 Witnesses of violence rise up; they
20 keeping all His bones; not one of asked me what I did not know;
them is broken. (Joh 19:36, Exo 12 they rewarded me evil for good,
12:46) bereaving my soul.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked; yea, 13 But in their sickness, my clothing
those who hate the righteous shall was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with
become guilty. fastings; and my prayer returned to
22 YAHWEH is redeeming the soul my bosom.
of His servants; and none of those who 14 I walked as a friend, as to my
seek refuge in Him shall perish. brother; as one who mourns a mother,
I was bowed down mourning.
15 But they rejoiced in my limping;
Psalm 35
and assembling the defamers
assembled themselves against me; and
1 A Psalm of David.
I did not know; they tore and were not
O YAHWEH, contend with those who silent;
strive against me; fight those who fight 16 with the wicked they were
against me. mockers for a cake, gnashing their
2 Take hold of a shield and buckler, teeth on me.
and arise as my help.
17 O YAHWEH, how long will You
3 Draw out the spear and close ranks
look on? Bring back my soul from their
to meet my pursuers; say to my soul, I
desolations, my only one from the
am your Y’shua*.
lions.
4 Let those who seek my soul be
18 I will thank You in the great
ashamed and disgraced; let them be
assembly, and I will praise You among
turned back and brought to confusion,
a mighty people. (Psa 22:22, Heb
those who plot evil to me.
2:12)
5 Let them be as chaff before the
19 Let not my lying enemies rejoice
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over me; do not let those who hate me wickedness and deceit; he ceases to act
without cause wink the eye. wisely, to do good.
20 For they do not speak peace; but 4 He plots iniquity on his bed; he
they devise deceitful things against the sets himself on a way that is not good;
quiet ones of the earth. he does not hate evil.
21 And they open their mouth wide 5 Your mercy, O YAHWEH, is in the
against me; they say, Aha! Aha! Our heavens, Your faithfulness to the
eyes have seen. clouds.
22 You have seen, O YAHWEH; do 6 Your righteousness is like the hills
not keep silence, O YAHWEH do not of El; Your judgments are a great
be far from me. deep; O YAHWEH, You preserve
23 Stir Yourself and awaken to my animal and man.
judgment, to my cause, my Elohim 7 How precious is Your mercy, O
and my Adonai. Elohim! And the sons of men take
24 Judge me, O YAHWEH my refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
Elohim, according to Your 8 They shall be satisfied from the
righteousness; and do not let them fatness of Your house; and You make
rejoice over me. them drink the torrent of Your
25 Let them not say in their hearts, pleasures.
Aha! Our soul! Let them not say, We 9 For with You is the fountain of life;
have swallowed him up. in Your light we see light.
26 Let them be ashamed and be 10 O continue Your mercy to the
confounded together, the ones who ones knowing You, and Your
rejoice at my evil; let them be clothed righteousness to the upright of heart.
with shame and dishonor, the ones 11 Do not let the foot of pride come
who magnify themselves against me. to me; and let not the hand of the
27 Let those who delight in my wicked move me.
justification shout and rejoice; 1 and 12 There the workers of evil have
they shall say continually, YAHWEH fallen; they are cast down and are not
be magnified, delighting in the peace able to rise.
of His servant.
28 And my tongue will speak of Your Psalm 37
righteousness and of Your praise all
the day. 1 A Psalm of David.
Do not inflame yourself with
Psalm 36 evildoers; and do not be envious
against workers of perversity;
1 To the chief musician; of the 2 for they soon wither like grass and
fade like the green herb.
servant of YAHWEH; of David.
The oracle utters transgression to the 3 Trust in YAHWEH and do good;
wicked within my heart, There is no live in the land and feed on
fear of Elohim before his eyes. faithfulness.
2 For he flatters himself in his own 4 And delight yourself in YAHWEH,
eyes, to find his iniquity to be hated. that He may give you your heart's
3 The words of his mouth are desire.
5 Roll your way on YAHWEH and
1 Those who accept the sacrifice of YHWH's trust in Him; and He will work.
Servant have great reason to rejoice. 6 And He will bring forth your
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righteousness like the light; and your the enemies of YAHWEH shall be like
judgment like the noon day. the beauty of pastures; they are
7 Rest in YAHWEH and wait consumed; like smoke, they vanish.
patiently for Him; inflame not yourself 21 The wicked borrows and never re-
with him who prospers in his way, pays, but the righteous is gracious and
with the man practicing evil wiles. giving.3
8 Abstain from anger and cease from 22 For His blessed ones inherit the
fury; also do not inflame yourself to do earth; and those cursed by Him shall
evil. be cut off.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off; and 23 The steps of a good man are
the ones waiting on YAHWEH, they established from YAHWEH; and He
shall inherit the land.1 will delight in his way.
10 It is but a little while and the 24 Though he falls, he is not cast
wicked shall not be; yea, you shall down; for YAHWEH upholds his hand.
consider his place, and he is not. 25 I have been young and am old, yet
11 But the meek shall inherit the I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
earth;2 yea, they shall delight or his seed begging bread.
themselves in abundant peace. 26 All the day he is gracious and
12 The wicked plots against the lends; and his seed is for a blessing.
righteous and gnashes on him with his 27 Turn away from evil and do good
teeth; and live forever.
13 YAHWEH laughs at him, for He 28 For YAHWEH loves judgment
sees that his day is coming. (Psa 2:4) and does not forsake His saints; they
14 The wicked have drawn out the are preserved forever; but the wickeds'
sword and they have bent their bow, to seed shall be cut off.
cause the poor and needy to fall, to 29 The righteous shall inherit the
slaughter those who walk uprightly. land and live on it forever.
15 Their sword shall enter into their 30 The mouth of the righteous utters
heart, and their bows shall be broken. wisdom, and his tongue speaks
16 A little to the righteous is better judgment.
than the abundance of many wicked. 31 The Torah of his Elohim is in his
17 For the arms of the wicked shall heart; his steps do not slide.4
be broken; but YAHWEH upholds the 32 The wicked spies on the righteous
righteous. and seeks to kill him.
18 YAHWEH knows the days of the 33 YAHWEH does not leave him in
upright; yea, their inheritance shall be his hand; nor does He allow him to be
forever. found guilty in his judgment.
19 They shall not be ashamed in an 34 Wait on YAHWEH and keep His
evil time; and they shall be full in days way; and He shall exalt you to inherit
of famine. the land; you shall see when the
20 But the wicked shall perish; yea, wicked are cut off.
1 Being in the physical land of Israel was 35 I have seen the wicked ruthless,
synonymous with being in covenant 3 Good hearted people will always help the
relationship in the Tanach. Even when poor, but evil people will borrow and give
Israel went into Diaspora their hope was the commitment to repay, but will never do
always in being restored to the land of so. Their word is useless.
Israel. 4 To a righteous man, the Torah is written on
2 Mat 5:5. his heart, Psa 119:172.
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the fire burned I was meditating; I our Elohim in my mouth; many shall
spoke with my tongue, see and shall fear and shall trust in
4 O YAHWEH, make me to know my YAHWEH.
end and the limit of my days, what it 4 Blessed is the man who sets
is. Let me know how lacking I am.1 YAHWEH as his trust, and does not
5 Behold, like a hand breadth You turn to the proud, or to those who turn
gave my days; even my life was to a lie.
nonexistence before You; 5 Many things have You done, O
6 surely every man walks about in YAHWEH my Elohim; Your works of
shadow; surely they are in an uproar wonder and Your purposes toward us;
in vain; he heaps up and does not there is none to set them in order to
know who is gathering them. You; I will declare and I will speak;
7 And now what do I await, they are more than can be counted.
YAHWEH? My hope is in You. 6 Sacrifice and offering You did not
8 Deliver me from all my desire; But a body You have prepared
transgressions; do not set me forth as for Me.2 You have not asked burnt
the reproach of the fool. offering and sin offering.
9 I was mute; I did not open my 7 Then I said, Lo, I come, in the roll
mouth, because You had done it. of the Book it is written of Me;
10 Turn away Your plague from me; 8 I delight to do Your will, O My
I am consumed by the blow of Your Elohim; and Your Torah is within My
hand. inmost soul.
11 You correct a man with rebukes 9 I have announced righteousness in
over perversity; and as a moth You the great assembly; behold, I will not
melt away what he desires. Surely restrain My lips; O YAHWEH You
every man is vanity. Selah. know.
12 Hear my prayer, O YAHWEH, and 10 I have not concealed Your
give ear to my cry. Do not be silent at righteousness in My heart; I speak
my tears, for I am an alien with You, a Your faithfulness and Your salvation
pilgrim, as were all my fathers. (Heb (Y'shua*). I have not hidden Your
11:9) loving-kindness and Your truth from
13 Look away from me and I will be the great assembly.3
cheerful before I go away and be no 11 Do not withhold Your tender
more.
2 Verses 6-8: verse 6 correctly states that
Psalm 40
Yahweh did not delight in sacrifices of
animals (Jer 7:21-23), but they were a mere
1 To the chief musician. A Psalm of shadow of the sacrifice of His servant, the
David. Messiah. Both the Septuagint and New
Waiting I have waited on YAHWEH; Testament (Heb 10:5-10) have this verse
and He turned to me and heard my correctly translated as it is here, but the
cry. Masoretic text changed this verse to say
2 And He drew me up from the pit of “you have opened up my ears” clearly a
tumult, out of the miry clay; He lifted mistranslation of the older texts mentioned.
3 Verses 9-10: The servant of Yahweh here is
my feet on a rock; He directed my
stating that His job will be to speak the truth
steps. of Yahweh to the congregation and bring
3 And He put a new song of praise to Yahweh's salvation to Israel; that is why His
1 Psa 90:9-12. name will be “Yah-shua” or Yah's salvation.
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were shaken; He gave forth His voice are Elohim's; He is greatly lifted up.1
and the earth melted.
7 YAHWEH of Hosts is with us; the Psalm 48
Elohim of Jacob is a refuge for us.
Selah. 1 A Song, A Psalm for the Sons of
8 Come, behold the works of Korah.
YAHWEH, who sets ruins on the earth, Great is YAHWEH, and exceedingly
9 causing wars to cease to the end of to be praised in the city of our Elohim,
the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts His holy mountain.
apart spears; He burns the chariots in 2 Beautiful on high, the joy of all the
the fire. (Mic 4:3) earth, is Mount Zion, in the sides of
10 Be still and know that I am the north, the city of the great King.2
Elohim! I will be exalted among the 3 Elohim is known in her
nations; I will be exalted in the earth. strongholds for a refuge.
11 YAHWEH of Hosts is with us; the 4 For, lo, the kings met together;
Elohim of Jacob is a refuge for us. they passed by together;
Selah. 5 they saw, so they marveled; they
Psalm 47 were troubled and fled away.
6 Trembling and pain seized them
1 To the chief musician. A Psalm for there, like a woman in labor.
the Sons of Korah. All the peoples clap 7 You break the ships of Tarshish
with an east wind.
the hand; shout aloud with a ringing
8 As we have heard, so we have seen
cry of shouting.
in the city of YAHWEH of Hosts, in the
city of our Elohim. Elohim establishes
2 For YAHWEH Most High is
it forever. Selah.
awesome, a great King over all the 9 We have thought on Your loving-
earth. kindness, O Elohim, in the midst of
3 He shall speak peoples under us, Your sanctuary.
even nations under our feet. 10 According to Your name, O
4 He chooses our inheritance for us, Elohim, so is Your praise to the ends
the majesty of Jacob whom He loved. of the earth; Your right hand is full of
Selah. righteousness.
5 Elohim has gone up with a shout, 11 Mount Zion shall be glad; the
YAHWEH with the sound of a ram's daughters of Judah shall shout for joy
horn. because of Your judgments.
6 Sing praise; sing praise; sing praise 12 Walk around Zion; yea, go all
to our King, sing praise!
7 For Elohim is the King of all the 1 Psa 47 continues with the theme of Psa 45
earth; sing a psalm for understanding. and 46 of the Messiah being Elohim and
coming to earth to reign over Israel and
8 Elohim reigns over the nations;
protect them.
Elohim sits on the throne of His 2 Now it is even being more specific of
holiness. Yahweh reigning in Jerusalem in His Holy
9 The nobles of peoples gather Mountain, Mount Zion in the city of David
together, the people of the Elohim of (2Chr 5:2). “The City of the Great King”
Abraham. For the shields of the earth Mat 5:35, speaking of Jerusalem, where
Yahshua also known by the title
Melchizedek is called “King of Jerusalem”,
Heb 7:1-2.
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around it; count its towers; they call lands after their own names.2
13 set your heart on its ramparts; 12 But man shall not remain high in
pass between its strongholds; in order honor; he is like the animals; they
that you may report to the coming shall be cut off.
generation. 13 This way of theirs is folly to them,
14 For this Elohim is our Elohim yet their followers shall be pleased by
forever and ever; He will be our guide their mouth. Selah.
even unto death. 14 Like sheep, they are appointed to
Sheol. Death shall reign for them. And
Psalm 49 upright ones shall rule over them in
the morning; and their strength is for
1 To the chief musician, A Psalm for rotting; Sheol is home for him.
the Sons of Korah. 15 But Elohim will redeem my soul
Hear this, all peoples, give ear, all from the hand of Sheol, for He will
those living in the world, take me. Selah. (Psa 16:10-11)
2 both sons of mankind and sons of 16 Do not be afraid when one
man together, rich and poor: becomes rich, when the glory of his
3 My mouth shall speak wisdom, and house increases;
the thoughts of my heart shall be of 17 for when he dies he shall take
understanding. nothing; his glory shall not go down
4 I will bow down my ear to a after him.
parable; I will open my dark saying on 18 For in his life he blessed his soul;
the harp. (Psa 78:1-2, Mat 13:34-35) yea, men praise you when you do well
5 Why should I fear in the days of for yourself.
evil, when the perversity of my 19 He shall go to the generation of
ambushers will surround me? his fathers; they shall not see light
6 Those who trust in their wealth forever.
and in their many riches boast 20 Man, though high in honor, but
themselves. not understanding, is like the animals;
7 A man cannot at all redeem a they shall be cut off.3
brother, nor give to Elohim a ransom
for him, Psalm 50
8 for the redemption of their soul is
precious, and it ceases forever,1 1 A Psalm of Asaph.
9 for he shall yet live forever; he El, YAHWEH Elohim, has spoken,
shall never see corruption. and calls to the earth from the rising of
10 For he sees wise men die; the sun to its going in.
together the fool and the animal-like
ones perish and leave their riches to 2 Even though all humans that have ever
others. lived have died, man in his vanity somehow
11 Their inward thought is that their avoids the thought of death and gathers
mammon on this earth as if he is going to
houses shall last forever, their
live forever.
dwelling-places to all generations; 3 Verses 16-20, the point being made is there
is no need to be jealous of people when they
accumulate riches as they will shortly die
1 Yahweh does not take pleasure in the death and cannot take it with them. The much
of the wicked, but rather that they would better road is to build a righteous character
turn from their wicked way and repent, Eze that will follow into the resurrection and
18:20-23. eternal life.
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2 Out of Zion, the perfection of 17 And you hate discipline and toss
beauty, Elohim has shone. My Words behind you. (Pro 5:12, 12:1)
3 Our Elohim comes, and He is not 18 When you saw a thief, you were
silent; a fire shall devour before Him; pleased with him; and with adulterers
and it shall be very stormy around is your part.
Him. 19 You give your mouth to evil, and
4 He shall call to the heavens from your tongue frames deceit.
above, and to the earth, to judge His 20 You sit; you speak against your
people. brother; you give fault to the son of
5 Gather My saints together to Me, your mother.
those who cut My covenant by 21 You have done these things, and I
sacrifice.1 (Jer 34:18, Exo 24:8) have kept silence; you thought that
6 And the heavens shall declare His surely I would be like you; but I will
righteousness, for Elohim Himself is rebuke you and set in order before
judge. Selah. your eyes.
7 Hear, My people, and I will speak, 22 Now think of this, you who forget
O Israel, and I will testify against you; Eloah, lest I tear, and there not be any
I am Elohim, your Elohim. to deliver:
8 Not for your sacrifices do I reprove 23 Whoever sacrifices thanks
you; yea, your burnt offerings are glorifies Me; and he who determines
continually before Me; his course of life, I will show him
9 I will take no bull out of your Y’shua* Elohim.2
house, nor he-goats out of your folds,
10 for every beast of the forest is Psalm 51
Mine; the cattle on a thousand hills;
11 I know all the birds of the 1 To the chief musician, A Psalm of
mountains; and all moving in My David when Nathan the prophet came
fields are Mine; to him, after he had gone in to
12 if I were hungry, I would not tell Bathsheba.
you, for the world is Mine, and the Let your grace be to me, O Elohim,
fullness of it. according to Your loving-kindness,
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, and according to the multitude of Your
will I drink the blood of he-goats? tender mercies; blot out my
14 Sacrifice thanksgiving to Elohim, transgressions.
and repay your vows to the Most High. 2 Wash me completely from my
(Psa 22:25, Psa 66:13) iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
15 And call on Me in the day of 3 For I know my transgressions; and
distress, and I will save you; and you my sin is ever before me.
shall glorify Me. 4 Against You, You only, I have
16 But to the wicked, Elohim says, sinned, and done evil in Your eyes;
What is it to you to proclaim My that You might be justified in Your
statutes, and to take up My covenant
on your mouth? 2 It is those who are humble and correctable
1 The ancient blood covenant had nine steps; and give thanksgiving to Elohim that
the third step was cutting an animal in two YHWH will reveal Yahshua to in their life.
and walking through the pieces in a figure The Septuagint has this verse slightly
eight and then standing face to face to give different as ““Whoever sacrifices thanks
your vows to your covenant partner, Gen glorifies Me and there/then will I show him
15:10, 17-18. a way in Yahshua Elohim”.
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evil, and save me from bloody men. I will sing of Your mercy in the
3 For lo, they lie in wait for my soul, morning. For You have been my
mighty ones gather against me; not for strong tower, and my hiding place in
my transgression, and not for my sin, the day of my trouble.
O YAHWEH. 17 To You, O my strength, I will sing;
4 Without my fault they run and for Elohim is my strong tower, the
prepare themselves; awaken to help Elohim of my mercy.
me, and look on me.
5 And You, O YAHWEH Elohim of Psalm 60
Hosts, the Elohim of Israel: Awake to
visit all the nations; be not merciful to 1 To the chief musician. On the Lily
any slyly plotting evil. Selah. of Testimony. A secret treasure of
6 They return at evening; they howl David, to teach; when he struggled
like a dog, and go around the city. with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-
7 Behold, they bellow with their Zobah; when Joab returned, and
mouth; swords are in their lips; for struck twelve thousand of Edom in the
they say, Who hears? Valley of Salt. O Elohim! You cast us
8 But You, O YAHWEH, shall laugh off; You broke us; You who were
at them; you shall mock at all the angry; take us back.
nations. 2 You made the earth tremble; You
9 O my Strength, let me look to You; tore it; heal its breaks, for it is shaking.
for Elohim is my strong tower. 3 You have shown Your people
10 The Elohim of my mercy shall go hardship; You made us drink the wine
before me; Elohim shall let me see my of trembling.
desire on my enemies. 4 You have given a banner to those
11 Do not kill them, lest my people who fear You, to lift it up because of
forget; scatter them by Your power the truth. Selah.
5 Save with Your right hand and
and bring them down, O YAHWEH our
answer me, that Your beloved may be
shield. delivered.
12 For the sin of their mouth is the 6 Elohim has spoken in His holiness;
word of their lips, even let them be I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,
captured in their pride, and for cursing and measure out the valley of Succoth.
and the lying which they speak.1 7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is
13 Consume them that they may not Mine; Ephraim is the strength of My
be in Your anger; consume, so that head; Judah is My lawgiver;
they may not be; and they shall know 8 Moab is My washpot; over Edom I
that Elohim is ruling in Jacob, to the will cast out My shoe; Philistia, shout
ends of the earth. Selah. in triumph.
14 Yes, they shall return at evening; 9 Who will bring me into the strong
let them howl like the dog and go city? Who will lead me into Edom?
around the city; 10 Have not You, O Elohim, cast us
15 let them wander up and down for aside? And will You not go forth with
food, and growl if they are not our armies, O Elohim?
satisfied. 11 Give us help against our
16 But I will sing of Your power; yes, oppressor, for vain is the deliverance
1 David is asking for punishment for the of man.
wicked sins of pride and evil speaking, Mat 12 Through Elohim we shall do
12:34-37, Psa 39:1, Ja 3:2, 5-10.
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parts are afraid of Your signs; You greatness of Your power, Your
make the outgoings of the morning enemies pretend obedience to You.
and the evening to rejoice. 4 All the earth shall worship You;
9 You visit the earth and water it; and they sing to You; they shall praise
You greatly enrich it; the river of Your name. Selah.
Elohim is full of water. You provide 5 Come and see Elohim's works, who
their grain, for in this way You have is feared in His acts toward the sons of
prepared it. men.
10 You fill its terraces with water. 6 He turns the sea into dry land; they
You deepen its furrows. You make it go through the river on foot; there we
soft with showers. You bless the will rejoice with Him.
sprouting of it. 7 He rules by His power forever; His
11 You crown the year of Your eyes search out the nations; let not the
goodness, and Your paths drip with rebels exalt themselves. Selah.
fatness. 8 Bless our Elohim, O peoples, and
12 The pastures of the wilderness make heard the voice of His praise;
drop, and the little hills gird 9 Who holds our soul in life and does
themselves with joy. not allow our foot to slide.
13 The meadows are outfitted with 10 For You, O Elohim, have proved
flocks; the valleys are also covered us; You have tested us as silver is
with grain; they shout for joy and refined.
sing.1 11 You have brought us into the net;
You laid afflictions on our loins.
Psalm 66 12 You have let men ride at our
head; we went through fire and
1 To the chief musician. A Song. A through water, but You brought us out
Psalm. Make a joyful noise to Elohim, to plenty. (Psa 78:21, Isa 43:2)
all the earth; 13 I will go into Your house with
2 Sing out the honor of His name; burnt offerings; I will pay You my
give glory to His praise.2 vows, (Psa 96:8)
3 Say to Elohim, How much to be 14 which my lips have opened, and
feared are Your works! Through the my mouth has spoken in my trouble.
15 I will offer burnt sacrifices of
1 Verses 9-13 show the circular pattern of the fatlings to You, with the incense of
presence of Elohim throughout the year. rams; I will offer bulls with goats.
The year begins after the sun makes its Selah. (Psa 51:18-19)
complete circle past the equator at the 16 Come, hear, and let me recount,
spring equinox and then because of the all you who fear Elohim, what He has
winter rains from Elohim the grain harvest done for my soul.
is ready, and the flower buds turn into the 17 I cried to Him with my mouth,
fall fruit. Even the animals are benefiting. and exaltations were under my tongue.
2 It is a most wonderful honor to sing and
18 If I had regarded iniquity in my
give glory to the personal name of
YAHWEH. How sad that most have been heart, YAHWEH would not have
deceived by religious authorities to call the heard.
Creator by the name “god”, which is the 19 Surely, Elohim has heard; He has
personal name of the Babylonian deity. See attended to the voice of my prayer.
note on Isa 65:11. Yahweh will not give the 20 Blessed be Elohim, who has not
glory due to His name to pagan deities, Isa turned away my prayer and His mercy
42:8, Psa 96:8, Psa 68:4.
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13 But as for me, my prayer is to 28 Blot them out from the Book of
You, O YAHWEH, at a time of favor, O Life; yea, let them not be written with
Elohim! In the plenitude of Your the righteous.1
mercy answer me, in the truth of Your 29 But I am poor and in pain; O
Y'shua*. Elohim, Your salvation (Y’shua*) shall
14 Deliver me out of the mire, that I set me on high.
may not sink; let me be delivered from 30 I will praise Elohim's name in a
those who hate me, and out of the song; and I will magnify Him with
deep waters. thanks. (Psa 66:2, Psa 28:7)
15 Let not the flood waters overflow 31 And it shall please YAHWEH
me, nor let the deep swallow me up; more than an ox, horned or hoofed
and let not the pit shut its mouth on bull.
me. 32 The humble have seen and are
16 Hear me, O YAHWEH, for Your glad; you who seek Elohim, your heart
mercy is good; in the plenitude of Your shall live.
tender mercies, turn toward me. 33 For YAHWEH hears the needy,
17 And do not hide Your face from and He does not despise His prisoners.
Your servant; for it is distressing to 34 Let the heavens and the earth
Me; answer Me quickly; praise Him, the seas, and everything
18 draw near My soul; redeem it; that moves in them.
ransom Me because of My enemies. 35 For Elohim will save Zion; and
19 You have known My reproach, He will build the cities of Judah, and
and My shame, and My dishonor; and they shall live there and possess it.2
you are before all my enemies. 36 And His servants' seed shall
20 Reproach has broken My heart, inherit; and they who love His name
and I am full of heaviness; and I shall live in it.3
waited for one to show pity, but there
was none; and for comforters, but I Psalm 70
found none.
21 They also gave Me gall in My 1 To the chief musician. A Psalm of
food; and in My thirst they gave Me David, to bring to remembrance.
vinegar to drink. (Mat 27:34,48) O Elohim, deliver me! O YAHWEH,
22 Let their table be a trap before Hurry to help me!
them, and to those at ease a snare. 2 Let those who seek after my soul be
23 Let their eyes be darkened from ashamed and turned pale; let them be
seeing, and cause their loins to quiver turned backward and shamed, those
continually. who desire my evil.
24 Pour out Your wrath on them; 3 Let them be turned back for a
and let the glow of Your anger reward of their shame, those who say,
overtake them. Aha, aha!
25 Let their home be made desolate; 4 Let all those who seek You rejoice,
let no one dwell in their tents. and be glad in You; and let them say
26 For whom You have given stripes,
they have persecuted; and they gossip 1 Rev 13:8, Rev 20:12, 15, Exo 32:33,
to the pain of those You pierced. 2 Zec 1:12-17.
27 Put iniquity to their iniquity, and 3 Dan 7:18, Psa 5:11, Isa 56:6, Those who
do not let them enter into Your love the set apart name of YAHWEH will
righteousness. inherit the land of Israel and dwell in it
forever. Mal 3:16.
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works salvation in the midst of the enemies, the noise of your foes is going
land. up continually.
13 You broke the sea by Your
strength; You burst the heads of sea- Psalm 75
monsters in the waters. (Isa 51:9)
14 You cracked open the heads of 1 To the chief musician. Do not
leviathan; You gave him to be food for destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
the people of the wilderness. (Job 3:8) We have given thanks to You, O
15 You divided the fountain and the Elohim; we have given thanks; for
torrent; You dried up mighty rivers. Your name is near; Your wonderful
16 The day is Yours, the night is also works have been told.
Yours. You have established the light1 2 When I take the appointed time, I
and the sun. shall judge in uprightness.
17 You have fixed the boundaries of 3 The earth and all those living in it
the earth; You have formed the are melting away; I set firm its pillars.
summer and winter.2 Selah.
18 Remember this: the enemy has 4 I said to the boastful, Do not boast;
blasphemed, O YAHWEH; and a and to the wicked, Do not lift up the
foolish people have despised Your horn.
name. 5 Do not lift up your horn on high;
19 Do not give the soul of Your do not speak with a stiff neck.
turtledove to the wild beasts; You will 6 For exaltations are not from the
not forever forget the life of Your east, nor from the west, nor from the
afflicted ones. desert;
20 Look to Your covenant; for the 7 but Elohim is the judge; He puts
dark places of the earth are full, the down this one and lifts up this other.
abodes of violence. 8 For a cup is in the hand of
21 O let not the ill-treated ones turn YAHWEH; and the wine foams; it is
back ashamed; let the poor and needy fully mixed, and He pours out from it;
praise Your name. surely all the wicked of the earth must
22 Arise, O Elohim, contend for Your drain its dregs and drink. (Rev 17:4)
cause; remember Your reproach from 9 But I will witness forever; I will
the fool all the day. sing praises to the Elohim of Jacob.
23 Do not forget the voice of your 10 And I will cut off all the horns of
the wicked; but the horns of the
1 The Hebrew here is referring to a small righteous shall be lifted up.
light or the moon.
2 In Scripture there are only 2 seasons, winter Psalm 76
and summer (Gen 8:22). The seasons are
separated by the sun revolving around the
1 To the chief musician. For stringed
earth and passing the equator on the day of
the vernal equinox Psa 19:1-6. In Hebrew
instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A
the word for equinox is “Tekufah” and is the Song of Praise.
turning of the year, Exo 34:22. The Elohim is known in Judah; His name
agricultural year comes in at the spring is great in Israel.
equinox (tekufah) and goes out at the fall 2 And His abode is in Salem; and His
equinox at harvest time before Sukkot. The dwelling-place in Zion. (Psa 48:1-2,
first day of Aviv and also Passover could Joe 2:32, 3:17, 21)
not be before the spring equinox and the fall 3 There He broke the fiery arrows of
Holy days had to be after the fall equinox.
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the bow, the shield, and the sword, night; I will speak with my own heart,
and the battle. Selah. and my spirit carefully searches.
4 You are glorious, more excellent 7 Will YAHWEH cast off forever; and
than the mountains of prey. will He not add, to be pleased any
5 The stouthearted have been more?
stripped; they slept their sleep; and 8 Is His mercy gone forever? Has His
none of the men of might have found Word failed for all generations?
their hands. 9 Has El forgotten to be gracious;
6 By Your rebuke, O Elohim of has He in anger shut up His tender
Jacob, both the horse and chariot have mercies? Selah.
sunk into a sleep. 10 And I said, This is my sickness,
7 You, even You, are terrifying; and the years of the right hand of the Most
who can stand before You when You High;
are angry? 11 I will remember the works of Yah;
8 You have caused judgment to be surely I will remember Your wonders
heard from Heaven; the earth feared of old.
and was stilled; 12 I will also meditate on all Your
9 when Elohim arose to judgment, to works and muse of Your doings.
save all the meek of the earth. Selah. 13 O Elohim, your way is in holiness;
10 For the wrath of man thank You; who is a El, great like Elohim?
You encircle Yourself with the wrath 14 You are the El who does wonders;
left over. You have revealed Your strength
11 Vow and pay to YAHWEH your among the peoples.
Elohim; let all that are around Him 15 You have redeemed Your people
bring presents to the Fearful One. with Your arm, the sons of Jacob and
12 He shall cut off the spirit of Joseph. Selah.
princes; He is feared by the kings of 16 The waters saw You, O Elohim,
the earth. (Psa 2:1-4) the waters saw You; they were afraid;
yea, the deeps trembled.
Psalm 77 17 The clouds poured out water; the
skies uttered a voice; and Your arrows
1 To the chief musician. On flew out.
Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. 18 The voice of Your thunder in the
My voice is to Elohim, and I cry; my tempest; lightnings lit up the world;
voice is to Elohim, and He gave ear to the earth trembled and quaked!
me. 19 Your way is in the sea; and Your
2 In the day of my distress I sought path is in the great waters; and Your
YAHWEH; my hand was open in the footsteps are not known.
night and did not grow numb; my soul 20 You led Your people like a flock
refused to be comforted. by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
3 I remember Elohim and am
troubled; I meditate and my spirit Psalm 78
faints. Selah.
4 You seized the watches of my eyes; 1 A Lesson of Asaph.
I am troubled and I cannot speak. O my people, give ear to my Torah;
5 I thought upon the days of old, the bow your ears to the words of my
years of bygone ages. mouth.
6 I will remember my song in the 2 I will open my mouth in a parable;
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their camp, all around to their tents. His wonders in the field of Zoan.
29 They ate and were filled full; for 44 He turned their rivers into blood,
their own lust He brought to them. also their streams that they might not
30 They were not estranged from drink.
their lust; their food was still in their 45 He sent swarms of flies against
mouths, them, and they devoured them; also
31 and Elohim's wrath came on them frogs, and they destroyed them.
and killed the fattest of them; and He 46 He also gave their crops to the
struck down the choice ones of Israel. stripping locust, and their labor to the
32 In all this they sinned still; and locust.
they did not believe in His wonderful 47 He killed their vines with hail,
works;1 and their sycamore trees with sleet.
33 and He ended their days in 48 He gave their cattle up to the hail,
vanity, and their years in sudden and their flocks to bolts of fire.
terror. 49 He sent the heat of His anger on
34 When He killed them, then they them, fury and indignation and
sought Him; and they turned and distress, a sending of messengers of
searched for El. evils.
35 So they remembered that Elohim 50 He leveled a path for His anger;
was their Rock, and the Most High He did not keep back their soul from
Elohim their Redeemer. death, but gave their life over to the
36 But they deceived Him with their plague.
mouths, and with their tongues lied to 51 And he struck all the first-born in
Him. Egypt, the first-fruits of strength in the
37 For their heart was not steadfast tents of Ham;
with Him; and they were not faithful 52 and He led His people forth like
in His covenant. sheep; and He led them like a flock in
38 But He being merciful, atoned for the wilderness.
their iniquity and did not destroy; and 53 And he led them on safely, and
He added to turn away His anger, and they did not fear; but the sea flooded
did not stir up all his wrath. over their enemies.
39 For He remembered that they 54 He brought them to the border of
were flesh, a breath passing away, and His holy place; this mountain that His
not returning. right hand had gained.
40 How often they disobeyed Him in 55 And He cast out the nations
the wilderness, angering Him in the before them; and by a line He made a
desert! possession fall to them; and He made
41 Yea, they turned back and tested the tribes of Israel to live in their tents.
El, and pained the Holy One of Israel. 56 Yet they tested and provoked the
42 They did not remember His hand, Most High Elohim; and they did not
on the day He redeemed them from keep His testimonies;
the enemy; 57 but they turned back and
43 who set His signs in Egypt, and betrayed, like their fathers; they
1 The keeping of the Torah is an act of faith veered aside like a deceitful bow.
for belief in the word of Yahweh and a 58 For they enraged Him with their
requirement for eternal life (Mat 19:17). In high places; and they provoked Him to
a kingdom setting the law of the king is jealousy with their molten images.
binding and eternal and is for the well being 59 When Elohim heard, and He was
and protection of the king's citizens.
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provoked to anger, and He utterly defiled Your holy sanctuary; they have
rejected Israel. (Num 32:14, Deu laid Jerusalem in heaps.1
32:19) 2 They have given the bodies of Your
60 And He left the tabernacle of servants as food for the birds of the
Shiloh, the tent He dwelt in among heavens; the flesh of Your saints to the
men; (Jos 18:1, 1Sam 4:2-4, 10-11) beasts of the earth.
61 and delivered His strength into 3 They have shed their blood like
captivity, and His glory into the water all around Jerusalem, and there
enemy's hands. is no one burying.
62 And He gave His people to the 4 We have become a shame to our
sword, and was angry with His neighbors a scorn and a mockery to
inheritance. those who are around us.
63 The fire burned up their young 5 Until when, O YAHWEH? Will You
men; and their virgins were not be angry with us forever? Shall Your
praised. jealousy burn like fire?
64 Their priests fell by the sword; 6 Pour out Your wrath on the nations
and their widows were not able to who have not known You, and on the
weep. kingdoms who have not called on Your
65 Then YAHWEH awoke, as one name.
asleep, like a mighty man rejoicing 7 For they have eaten up Jacob, and
with wine. laid waste to his dwelling-place.
66 And He beat His enemies 8 Do not remember for us the former
backward; He put them to a never- sins of our fathers; let Your tender
ending shame. mercies meet us speedily, for we have
67 And He refused the tabernacle of been brought very low.
Joseph, and He did not choose the 9 Help us, O Elohim of our salvation
tribe of Ephraim; (Y’shua*), for the matter of the glory of
68 but He elected the tribe of Judah, Your name; and deliver us and atone
the Mount Zion which He loved. for our sins, for Your name's sake.2
69 And He built His sanctuary like 10 Why should the nations say,
high places, like the earth He has Where is their Elohim? Let Him be
founded it forever. known among the nations before our
70 He also chose His servant David, eyes, the avenging of the blood of Your
and took him from the folds of the servants that has been poured out.
flock; 11 Let the groaning of the prisoner
71 He brought him in from the come before You. According to the
suckling ewes; He brought him to feed greatness of Your arm, preserve the
His people Jacob, and His inheritance, sons of death.
Israel. 12 And reward our neighbors seven-
72 And he fed them in the integrity
1 This psalm is depicting the invasion by
of his heart; and guided them in the Babylon.
skillfulness of his hands. 2 The plea here is not because of the
righteousness of Israel to intervene for help,
Psalm 79 but because of the promises that Yahweh
made to Abraham to intervene for His Holy
1 A Psalm of Asaph. name sake, Eze 36:16-24. It also shows that
O Elohim, the nations have come only Yahshua (Yah's salvation) can qualify
into Your inheritance; they have to atone for the people's sins and redeem
them.
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fold. Give into their bosom their curse 8 You have led a vine out of Egypt;
with which they have cursed You, O You have cast out the nations, and
YAHWEH.1 have planted it.
13 Then we Your people, and the 9 You cleared before it, and You have
sheep of Your pasture, will give thanks rooted its roots, and it has filled the
to You forever; we will declare Your land.
praise from generation to generation.2 10 The hills were covered with its
shadow, and its boughs were as the
Psalm 80 cedars of El.
11 It was sending its boughs out to
1 To the chief musician. A the sea, and its branches to the River.4
Testimony. Concerning the Lilies. A 12 Why have You broken down its
Psalm of Asaph. walls, so that it is plucked by all who
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You pass by the way?
leading Joseph like a flock; shine 13 A boar out of the forest wastes it,
forth, You dwelling between the and the beast of the field feeds on it.
cherubs. 14 O Elohim of Hosts, we beg You,
2 Stir up Your might before return! Look down from Heaven and
Ephraim, and Benjamin, and see and visit this vine,
Manasseh, and come to us for 15 and the vineyard which Your right
salvation. hand has planted, and on the son You
3 O Elohim, turn us again, and make made strong for Yourself.5
Your face shine, and we will be saved!3 16 It is burned with fire, cut down;
4 O YAHWEH Elohim of Hosts, until they perish at the rebuke of Your face.
when will You smoke against the 17 Let Your hand be on the man of
prayer of Your people? Your right hand; on the son of man
5 You made them eat with the bread whom You have made strong for
of tears; yea, You made them drink Yourself. (Psa 110:1, Heb 1:3, 10:10-
with tears a third time. 13)
6 You make us a strife for our 18 So we will not backslide from
neighbors, and our enemies laugh to You; make us live, and we will call on
themselves. Your name.
7 O Elohim of Hosts, turn us again, 19 O YAHWEH, Elohim of Hosts,
and cause Your face to shine, and we turn us again! Cause Your face to
will be saved. shine, and we will be saved.6
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wonderful things; You are Elohim all 6 In recording the peoples YAHWEH
comes from you. shall mark down, This man was born
11 Teach me Your way, O YAHWEH; there. Selah.2
I will walk in your truth; unite my 7 And the singers, the players of the
heart to fear Your name. pipe: all my springs are in You.
12 With all my heart I will thank
You, O YAHWEH my Elohim; and I Psalm 88
will glorify Your name forevermore.1
13 For Your mercy toward me is 1 A Song. A Psalm for the Sons of
great; and You have delivered my soul Korah, to the chief musician on
from the lowest Sheol. Mahalath, to make humble. A Poem of
14 O Elohim, the proud have risen Heman the Ezrahite.
against me; and the troop of the O YAHWEH Elohim of my Y’shua*, I
violent have sought after my life, and have cried in the day, in the night
have not set You before their eyes. before You.
15 But You, O YAHWEH, our El, full 2 Let my prayer come before You;
of pity; and gracious, longsuffering bow down Your ear to my cry.
and rich in mercy and truth. 3 For my soul is full with evils, and
16 O turn to me and be gracious to my life touches Sheol.
me; give Your strength to Your 4 I am counted with those who go
servant, and save the son of Your down to the Pit; I have been like a man
handmaid. without strength,
17 Make me a sign for good, that 5 free among the dead, as pierced
those who hate me may see and be ones lying in the grave, whom You
ashamed, O YAHWEH, because You remember no more; yea by Your hand
have helped me and comforted me. they are cut off.
6 You have laid me in the lowest pit,
Psalm 87 in dark places, in the deeps.
7 Your fury has lain hard upon me,
1 For the Sons of Korah. A Psalm. A and You afflict me with all Your waves.
Song. Selah.
His foundation is in the mountains 8 You have taken ones knowing me
of holiness. away from me; You have made me a
hateful thing to them; I am shut up, I
2 YAHWEH loves the gates of Zion
will not go out.
more than all the tents of Jacob.
9 My eye mourns because of
3 Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of The Elohim. Selah. affliction; O YAHWEH, I have called
4 I will mention Rahab and Babylon on You every day; I have spread out
to those who know me; behold, my hands to You.
Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia; this 10 For will You do wonders for those
man was born there. dying? Or shall the departed spirits
5 And it shall be said to Zion, This
2 Verses 5-6: In this most royal psalm of
man and that man was born in her;
Yahweh's eternal inheritance being Mount
and the Highest Himself shall Zion, He states that those who are blessed
establish her. to be citizens of this royal city will be
1 All those in Scripture who were servants of enjoying all the blessings and privileges
Yahweh and had a humble heart gave glory that go along with the security of such an
to His name YAHWEH. honor to be named to an eternal standing.
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rise and thank You? Selah. of Elohim is like YAHWEH? (Job 5:1)
11 Shall Your mercy be declared in 7 El is greatly to be feared in the
the grave, Your faithfulness amidst council of the Holy ones, and to be
ruin? adored by all around Him.
12 Shall Your wonders be known in 8 O YAHWEH Elohim of Hosts, who
the dark, and Your righteousness in is a strong Yah like You? And Your
the land of forgetfulness? faithfulness is all around You.
13 But to You I have cried, O 9 You rule the pride of the sea; when
YAHWEH; and in the morning my its waves rise high, You still them.
prayer shall go before You. 10 You have crushed Rahab in
14 O YAHWEH, why do You cast off pieces, as one slain; You have
my soul; why do You hide Your face scattered Your enemies with Your
from me? mighty arm. (Isa 51:9)
15 I am afflicted and dying from 11 The heavens are Yours, and the
childhood; I suffer Your terrors; I am earth is Yours; the world and its
distracted. fullness, You founded them. (Isa 24:1)
16 Your fierce wrath goes over me; 12 You have created the north and
Your terrors have cut me off. the south; Tabor and Hermon rejoice
17 They surrounded me like waters in Your name.
all the day; they have come together 13 You have a mighty arm; Your
around me. hand is strong, Your right hand is
18 You have taken lover and friend high.
far from me, he who knows me, into 14 Justice and righteousness are
darkness. Your throne's foundation; mercy and
truth go before Your face.
Psalm 89 15 Blessed is the people knowing the
joyful sound; O YAHWEH, they shall
1 A Poem of Ethan the Ezrahite. walk in the light of Your face.
I will sing of the mercies of YAHWEH 16 They shall rejoice in Your name
forever; I will speak with my mouth always; and they are exalted in Your
Your faithfulness to all generations. righteousness.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be 17 For You are the glory of their
built up forever; You shall establish strength; and by Your favor You lift up
Your faithfulness in the heavens. our horn.
3 I have cut a covenant with My 18 For YAHWEH is our shield, yea,
elect; I have sworn to David My the Holy One of Israel our King.
servant, 19 Then You spoke in a vision to
4 I will establish your Seed forever, Your holy one; and You said, I have
and build up your throne to all laid help on a mighty one. I have
generations. Selah. (2Sam 7:16, 1Kgs exalted a chosen one from the people.
8:16) 20 I have found My servant David; I
5 And the heavens shall thank Your have anointed him with My holy oil.
wonders, O YAHWEH; also Your 21 My hand shall be fixed with him;
faithfulness in the assembly of the and My arm shall make him strong.
saints. 22 An enemy will not exact against
6 For who in the sky shall be ranked him; nor the son of iniquity afflict him.
with YAHWEH, who among the sons 23 And I will beat down his foes
before him, and plague those hating
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the world, even from everlasting to the works of our hands upon us; yea,
everlasting You are El. the work of our hands, establish it!
3 You turn man to dust, and say,
return, O sons of men. Psalm 91
4 For a thousand years in Your eyes
are as a day, yesterday, when it passes, 1 He who dwells in the secret place of
and as a watch in the night. (2Pet 3:8) the Most High shall abide in the shade
5 You flooded them away; they are as of the Almighty.2 (Psa 57:1)
a sleep; in the morning they are like 2 I will say to YAHWEH: My Refuge
grass growing; and my Fortress, my Elohim; I will
6 in the morning it sprouts and trust in Him.
shoots up; in the evening it is cut off 3 For He delivers you from the
and dries up. fowlers snare, from destruction's
7 For we are consumed by Your plague.
anger, and we are troubled by Your 4 With His feathers He will cover
wrath. you, and under His wings you shall
8 You have set our iniquities before seek refuge; His truth is a shield and
You, our secret sins in the light of Your buckler.
face. 5 You shall not fear the terror of
9 For all our days pass away in Your night, nor of the arrow that flies by
wrath; we finish our years like a sigh. day;
10 The days of our years are seventy; 6 of the plague that walks in
and if any by strength live eighty years, darkness, nor of the destruction laying
yet their pride is labor and vanity; for waste at noon.
it soon passes, and we fly away. 7 A thousand shall fall by your side,
11 Who knows the power of Your and ten thousand at your right hand; it
anger? And as Your fear is, so is Your shall not come near you.
fury. 8 Only with your eyes you shall look,
12 So teach us to number our days, and see the reward of the wicked.
so that we may bring a heart of 9 Because You, O YAHWEH, are My
wisdom.1 refuge; You make the Most High Your
13 Return, O YAHWEH! Until when? habitation,
And give pity to Your servants. 10 no evil shall happen to You, nor
14 O satisfy us in the morning with shall any plague come near Your tent.
Your mercy, and we will be glad and 11 For He shall give His cherubs
rejoice all our days. charge over You, to keep You in all
15 Make us glad according to the Your ways.
days of our affliction, the years in 12 They shall bear You up in their
which we have seen evil. hands, that You not dash Your foot on
16 Let Your work be seen in Your a stone.3 (Mat 4:6, Luk 4:10-11)
servants, and Your majesty to their 13 You shall tread on the lion and
sons.
17 And let the delight of YAHWEH 2 Psalm 91 is a wonderful testimony to those
our Elohim be upon us; and establish who fully trust in YHWH in times of
trouble.
1 Verses 9-12: Moses pointedly shows here 3 Verses 11-12: Yahshua used this Psalm as
the vanity of life and that since it passes so well as other scriptures to fight Satan who
quick that all effort by man should be to twisted scripture to try to pervert his view
serve Elohim. Psa 49:11-14, Ecc 1:1-4,14. on Yahshua, Mat 4:6.
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adder; the young lion and the serpent 10 But You will lift up my horn3 as
You shall trample under foot. the wild ox, and I will be anointed with
14 Because He has set His love on fresh oil.
Me, therefore I will deliver Him; I will 11 And my eye shall look on my
set Him on high because He has enemies; my ears shall hear the
known My name. evildoers who rise up against me.
15 He shall call on Me and I will 12 The righteous shall flourish as the
answer Him; I will be with Him in palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in
distress; I will rescue Him and honor Lebanon.
Him.1 13 Those planted in the house of
16 I will satisfy him with length of YAHWEH, in the courts of our Elohim,
days, and will make Him see My shall flourish.
Y’shua*. 14 They shall bear fruit in old age;
they shall be fat and fresh,
Psalm 92 15 to declare that YAHWEH is
upright, my Rock! And in Him is no
1 A Psalm, A Song for the Sabbath evil.
Day.
It is good to give thanks to YAHWEH, Psalm 93
and to sing praises to Your name, O
Most High; 1 YAHWEH reigns! He is clothed
2 to make Your mercy known in the
with majesty; YAHWEH is clothed
morning, and Your faithfulness every
with strength; He girded Himself; and
night;
the world is established; it shall not be
3 on the ten strings, and on the harp;
shaken.
on the lyre with sounding music.2
2 Your throne is established from
4 For You have rejoiced me with
then; You are from everlasting.
Your work, O YAHWEH; I will shout in 3 The floods have lifted up; O
the works of Your hands.
YAHWEH, the floods have lifted up
5 How great are Your works! O
their voice; the floods have lifted their
YAHWEH, Your intentions are very roaring waves.
deep.
4 YAHWEH on high is mightier than
6 An animal-like man does not
the noise of many waters, than the
know; a fool does not understand this.
mighty waves of the sea.
7 When the wicked flourish like
5 Your testimonies are very sure;
grass, and all the evildoers blossom, it
holiness becomes Your house to length
is for them to be destroyed forever.
of days, O YAHWEH.
8 But You, O YAHWEH, are exalted
forever.
Psalm 94
9 For, lo, Your enemies, O YAHWEH;
for, lo, Your enemies shall perish; all
1 O, El of vengeance; O YAHWEH, El
the evildoers shall be scattered.
of vengeance, shine forth!
1 Verses 14-15: The protection of the believer 2 Lift up Yourself, O Judge of the
comes by calling on the name of
YAHWEH. 3 The Hebrew word for horn “keren”
2 The mention of such instruments shows that indicates a horn like a shofar that oil would
this is speaking about congregational be held in. This word is also used to radiate
worship on the Sabbath day. as the rays of the sun radiate up to heaven.
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earth; give a just recompense on the people; nor will He forsake His
proud. inheritance.
3 Until when shall the wicked, O 15 For judgment shall turn to
YAHWEH, until when shall the wicked righteousness; and all the upright in
exult? heart shall follow after it.3
4 They sputter, they speak impudent 16 Who will rise up for Me against
things; all the workers of evil speak the evildoers? Who will stand up for
proudly. Me against the workers of evil?
5 O YAHWEH, they crush Your 17 Unless YAHWEH had been my
people and afflict Your inheritance. help, my soul would almost have dwelt
6 They kill the widow and the in silence.
stranger, and murder the orphan.1 18 If I said, My foot slides, O
7 Yet they say, YAHWEH shall not YAHWEH, Your mercy has held me
see, nor shall the Elohim of Jacob up.4
observe. 19 In the multitude of my inward
8 Understand you beastly ones thoughts, Your comforts delight my
among the people; yea, you fools, soul.
when will you be wise? 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have
9 He who planted the ear, shall He fellowship with You, forming mischief
not hear? He who formed the eye, for a statute?
shall He not see? 21 They crowd themselves together
10 He who chastises the nations, against the soul of the righteous, and
shall He not punish, He who teaches condemn the blood of the innocent.
man knowledge? 22 But YAHWEH is my tower of
11 YAHWEH knows the thoughts of defense; and my Elohim is the rock of
man, that they are vain. my refuge.
12 Blessed is the man You chasten, O 23 And He shall turn their own
Yah, You teach him out of Your iniquity upon them; and He shall
Torah;2 (Psa 19:7-11, Psa 111:7-10) destroy them in their own evil,
13 to give him rest from troubled YAHWEH our Elohim shall cut them
days, until the pit is dug for the off!5 (Hab 1:1-5)
wicked.
14 For YAHWEH will not leave His
1 Ja 1:27. 3 Judgment simply means giving a just
2 The Torah is a lamp to one’s feet (Psa recompense for actions committed. So
119:105) and a guide to righteous living. It where in times past that decision was
was never meant to give salvation as man punishment due to sin, here it will be
has a fallen nature and can only be reward due to obedience to the Torah.
redeemed by having their sins paid for by 4 Even though one will reap what he sows,
the blood of Yahshua. However, after ultimately all humans need the grace of
immersion and entering the New Covenant, YHWH for eternal life as all have sinned
Yahweh also gives His set apart spirit to the and fallen short of the glory of YHWH,
believer so that he can perform the Rom 3:23.
righteous demand of the Torah in the 5 The psalm starts by crying for justice
everyday decisions that are made to serve against evil men, and then shows that the
Elohim and his fellow man (Rom 8:1-10). righteous who obey Torah will be rewarded
Apart from Yahweh’s spirit and the Torah it and then shows Yahweh's judgment on the
is man’s vain attempt to do good instead of wicked. In the end, one will reap what he
being good. Mat 19:17. sows and there is a day of judgment for all.
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Psalm 95 people.
4 For YAHWEH is great and greatly
1 O come, let us sing to YAHWEH; let to be praised; He is to be feared above
us shout to the Rock of our salvation all gods.
(Y’shua*). (1Cor 10:4) 5 For all the gods of the peoples are
2 Let us come before His face with idols; but YAHWEH made the heavens.
praise; let us shout for joy to Him with 6 Honor and majesty are before
songs. (Psa 100:2, Mic 6:6, Eph 5:19) Him; strength and beauty are in His
3 For YAHWEH is a great El, and a sanctuary.
great King above all elohim. 7 Give to YAHWEH, O families of the
4 The deep places of the earth are in people; give to YAHWEH glory and
His hand; the summits of the might.
mountains also are His.
8 Give to YAHWEH the glory due His
5 The sea is His, and He made it, and
name; bring an offering and come into
His hands formed the dry land.
His courts.2 (Psa 100:4)
6 O come, let us worship and bow
9 Oh worship YAHWEH in the
down; let us kneel before YAHWEH
beauty of holiness; tremble before
our Maker. (Dan 6:10-11, 2Sam 12:16)
Him, all the earth.
7 For He is our Elohim; and we are
the people of His pasture, and the 10 Say among the nations, YAHWEH
sheep of His hand. Today, if you will reigns; and, The world shall be
hear His voice, established, it shall not be moved; He
8 do not harden your heart as in the shall judge the peoples in uprightness.
day of strife, as in the day of testing in 11 Let the heavens be glad, and let
the wilderness. the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and
9 When your fathers tried Me, they the fullness of it.
tested Me and they saw My work. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that
10 For forty years I was disgusted is in it; then the trees of the forest
with that generation; and I said, They shall rejoice
are a people who err in heart; and they 13 before YAHWEH; for He comes;
do not know My ways, for He comes to judge the earth; He
11 to whom I swore in My anger, shall judge the world with
They shall not enter into My rest.1 righteousness, and the people with His
truth.
Psalm 96
Psalm 97
1 O sing to YAHWEH a new song;
sing to YAHWEH, all the earth. 1 YAHWEH reigns! Let the earth
2 Sing to YAHWEH; bless His name, rejoice; let the multitude of islands be
glad.
bear news of His salvation (Y’shua*)
2 Clouds and darkness are all around
day by day.
Him; righteousness and judgment are
3 Tell of His glory among the
the foundation of His throne.
nations, His wonders among all
3 A fire goes before Him and burns
up His enemies all around.
1 Verses 7-11 These verses are quoted 4 His lightnings lit up the world; the
verbatim in Heb 3:7-11, showing that
without faith one cannot enter the Kingdom 2 The praise of our lips to give glory to the
of YHWH. Heb 11:6. true name of YAHWEH is our offering.
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9 Exalt YAHWEH our Elohim and 7 He who works deceit shall not live
worship at His holy hill; for YAHWEH inside my house; he who speaks lies
our Elohim is holy. shall not be established before my
eyes.1
Psalm 100 8 In the mornings I will cut off all
the wicked of the land, so that I may
1 A Psalm of Thanksgiving. cut off all the evil workers from the
Shout joyfully to YAHWEH, all the city of YAHWEH.
land.
Psalm 102
2 Worship YAHWEH with gladness;
come before His face with joyful
1 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is
singing.
faint and pours out his complaint
3 Know that YAHWEH, He is
before YAHWEH.2
Elohim; He has made us, and not we
ourselves, His people and the sheep of Hear my prayer, O YAHWEH, and let
His pasture. (Gen 1:26-27) my cry come to You.
4 Enter into His gates with 2 Do not hide Your face from me in
thanksgiving, into His courts with the day of my trouble; bow down Your
praise; be thankful to Him; bless His ear to me in the day I call; answer me
name. (Psa 96:8) quickly.
3 For my days are finished in smoke,
5 For YAHWEH is good; His mercy is
and my bones are burned like a
everlasting, and His faithfulness to
hearth.3
generation and generation.
4 My heart is stricken and dried like
grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
Psalm 101
5 Because of the voice of my sighing,
my bones cleave to my flesh.4
1 A Psalm of David.
6 I am like a pelican of the
I will sing of mercy and judgment; to
wilderness; I am like an owl of the
You O YAHWEH, I will sing praise. desert.
2 I will behave myself wisely in a 7 I watch and am like a sparrow
perfect way; O when will You come to alone on the housetop.
me? I will walk in the integrity of my 8 My enemies curse me all the day
heart in the midst of my house. long; my very name has been used as
3 I will set no worthless thing before
my eyes; I have hated the work of
those who turn aside; it shall not 1 Verses 1-7 parallel Psalm 15.
fasten upon me. 2 This psalm starts by foretelling the horrific
4 A perverse heart shall depart from experience that Judah will undertake in the
Holocaust and then finishes with showing
me; I will not know evil.
that after the Holocaust, that Israel will be a
5 Whoever secretly slanders his nation again at the appointed time in the last
neighbor, I will cut him off; I will not days and then, the Messiah will appear.
endure him who has high eyes and a 3 This is exactly what happened in the
proud heart. crematoriums.
6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of 4 Verses 4-5:The prisoners in the
the land, so that they may dwell with concentration camps were so deprived of
me; he who walks in a perfect way food that many were skin and bones and
shall serve me. one could not even tell if it were a man or
woman.
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forget not all His rewards; on those who fear Him; yea, His
3 He who forgives all your iniquities; righteousness is to the sons of sons;
who heals all your diseases; 18 to those who keep His covenant,
4 who redeems your life from and to those who remember His
destruction; who crowns you with commandments, to do them.3
kindness and tender mercies;1 19 YAHWEH has prepared His
5 who satisfies your desire with throne in Heaven, and His kingdom
good; your youth is renewed like the rules over all.
eagle's. 20 Bless YAHWEH, O angels of His;
6 YAHWEH works righteous deeds mighty in strength; doing His Word;
and judgments for all the oppressed. listening to the voice of His Word.
7 He made known His ways to 21 Bless YAHWEH, all His hosts,
Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. ministers of His, doing His will.4
8 YAHWEH is merciful and gracious, 22 Bless YAHWEH, all His works in
slow to anger, and of abundant mercy. all the places of His dominion; bless
9 He will not always strive, nor will
YAHWEH, O my soul.
He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not done to us according
Psalm 104
to our sins, nor rewarded us according
to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are above the 1 Bless YAHWEH, O my soul! O
earth, so is His mercy mighty over YAHWEH my Elohim, You are very
those who fear Him. great; You have put on honor and
12 As far as the east is from the west, majesty,
so far has He removed our 2 covering Yourself with light like a
transgressions from us. cloak, and stretching out the heavens
13 As the pity of a father over his like a curtain;
sons, so YAHWEH pities those who 3 who lays beams in the waters of
fear Him. His upper rooms; setting thick clouds
14 For He knows how we are made, as His chariots; walking on the wings
remembering that we are dust. of the wind.
15 As for man, his days are as grass; 4 He makes His cherubs spirits, His
as the flower of the field, so he
flourishes.2 2 Verses 8-13: Show the beautiful mercy and
grace of a most loving Creator even in
16 For the wind passes over it, and it
man's inability to be righteous in the flesh.
is not; and its place never knows it
Yahshua came to earth as a human to know
again. the exact feelings and weaknesses that
17 But the mercy of YAHWEH is humans go through to be a most merciful
from everlasting, even to everlasting, High Priest to us, Heb 2:16-18, 4:14-16.
3 The promise is to those who not only
1 Verses 1-4: This is a beautiful psalm of believe in His commandments but to those
YHWH's grace and mercy and healing who keep them. To say that one loves
power. Verse 3 - Yahweh promises to heal YHWH, but they do not keep His
His chosen and forgives upon repentance, commandments, Scripture calls them a liar
but when He takes away the human 1Joh 2:3-5.
sickness as a result of the sin is fully His 4 Both the cherubs of heaven and the true
prerogative, whether it is immediate, later ministers of Yahshua on earth bless only the
or even when the Kingdom arrives. This is name of YAHWEH and not the name of
where faith for healing comes in. pagan deities, Isa 42:8.
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1 Verses 8-11 Gen 13:14-5, 15:18, 17:7-8. 2 Verses 13-16 Gen 12:10-20, 20:1-18, 26:11.
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the land; yea, ate the fruit of their we did iniquity; we did evil.
ground. 7 Our fathers did not ponder Your
36 He also struck all the first-born in wonders in Egypt; they did not
their land, the first-fruit of all their remember Your many mercies, and
vigor. they rebelled at the sea, at the Red
37 And He led them out with silver Sea.
and gold; and among their tribes, not 8 But He saved them for His name's
one was weak in their legs. sake, to make known His might.
38 Egypt was glad when they went 9 And He rebuked the Red Sea; and
out, for their dread had fallen on them. it dried up; and He made them go
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; through the depths as through the
and fire to give light in the night. wilderness.
40 He asked, and He brought quail; 10 And He saved them from the
and satisfied them with the food from hand of the one hating, and ransomed
the heavens. him from the hand of the enemy;
41 He opened the rock, and waters 11 and waters covered their enemies;
gushed out; they went in the dry places not one of them was left.
like a river. 12 Then they believed His Words;
42 For He remembered His holy they sang His praise.
promise and His servant Abraham; 13 They hurried and forgot His
43 and He brought His people out works; they did not wait for His
with joy; His chosen ones with counsel;
gladness. 14 and they greedily lusted in the
44 And He gave to them the lands of wilderness, and tested El in the desert.
the nations; and they inherited the 15 And He gave their request to
labor of the peoples; them, but sent wasting into their soul.
45 so that they might observe His 16 And they were jealous of Moses
statutes and keep His Torah. Praise the holy one of YAHWEH in the camp
YAHWEH! of Aaron;
17 the earth opened up and
Psalm 106 swallowed Dathan; and covered the
company of Abiram.
1 Halleluyah! Give thanks to 18 And a fire burned in their
YAHWEH, for He is good; for His company; the flame burned up the
mercy endures forever. wicked.
2 Who can express the mighty works 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and
of YAHWEH, or cause all His praise to fell down before the casted image;
be heard? 20 and they changed their Glory into
3 Blessed are those keeping the image of an ox eating grass.1
judgment, he who does righteousness 21 They forgot El their deliverer,
at all times. who was doing great things in Egypt;
22 wonders in the land of Ham,
4 Remember me, YAHWEH, with the
awesome things by the Red Sea.
favor of Your people; O visit me with
23 And He said to destroy them;
Your Y'Shua*,
except Moses His chosen had stood
5 to see the good of Your chosen, to
before Him in the breach, to turn away
rejoice in the joy of Your nation, to
His wrath from destroying them.
glory with Your inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers; 1 Rom 1:21-25.
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causes them to wander in a desert; off? And, O Elohim, will You not go
there is no path. out with our armies?
41 But He raises the poor up from 12 Give help to us from distress; for
affliction, and He sets families like a the deliverance of man is vanity.
flock. 13 In Elohim we shall do mighty
42 The upright shall see and be glad; things, for He shall trample ones
and all iniquity shuts its mouth. oppressing us.
43 Whoever is wise and will observe
these things, they shall discern the Psalm 109
mercies of YAHWEH.
1 To the chief musician, A Psalm of
Psalm 108 David.
O Elohim of my praise, do not be
1 A Song. A Psalm of David. silent;
O Elohim, my heart is fixed; I will 2 for the mouth of the wicked, and
sing; yea, I will sing songs even with the deceitful mouth, are opened
my glory. against me; they spoke against me
2 Awake, harp and lyre! I will awake with a lying tongue. (Pro 6:16-19)
early; 3 And they hemmed me in with
3 I will thank You, O YAHWEH, words of hating; and they fought
among the peoples; and I will sing to against me without a cause. (Psa 69:4)
You among the nations. 4 In return for my love, they are my
4 For Your mercy is great above the enemies; but I am in prayer.
heavens; and Your truth reaches to the 5 And they put on me evil for good,
clouds. and hating for my love. (Joh 7:7)
5 Be lifted up, O Elohim, above the 6 Set a wicked man over him; and let
heavens; and Your glory above all the an adversary stand at his right hand;
earth; 7 when he is judged, let him go out
6 O that Your beloved may be wicked; and let his prayer become sin;
delivered; save by Your right hand and 8 let his days be few; and let another
answer me. take his office;
7 Elohim has spoken in His holiness; 9 his sons be orphans, and his wife a
I will rejoice; I will portion out widow;
Shechem; and I will measure out the 10 and let his sons always beg and
valley of Succoth. wander, and seek food out of their
8 Gilead is Mine; and Manasseh is ruins;
Mine; and Ephraim is the refuge of My 11 let the moneylender lay a snare for
head; Judah is My lawgiver; all that is his; and let strangers
9 Moab is My washpot; I will throw plunder his labor;
My shoe out over Edom; I will shout in 12 let there be none giving mercy to
triumph over Philistia.1 him; nor any to have pity on his
10 Who will lead me into the orphans;
fortified city? Who will lead me over 13 let his posterity be cut off; let
Edom? their name be blotted out in the
11 O Elohim, have You not cast us following generation;
14 let the iniquity of his fathers be
1 Verses 7-9: Compare Psa 60:6-8 showing remembered to YAHWEH; and let not
the supremacy of Israel compared to their the sin of his mother be blotted out;
neighbors.
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He shall fill with dead bodies; He shall forever; holy and awesome is His
shatter heads over much land.1 name.
7 He shall drink out of the torrent on 10 The fear of YAHWEH is the
the way; therefore, He shall lift up the beginning of wisdom; a good
head. understanding to all those who are
practicing them;4 His praise is
Psalm 111 standing forever!
vexed; he shall gnash his teeth and 3 The sea looked and fled; the
melt; the desire of the wicked shall Jordan turned back;
perish. 4 the mountains skipped like rams;
the little hills like lambs!
Psalm 113 5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
1 HalleluYah! Praise, O servants of 6 O mountains, that you skip like
YAHWEH; praise the name of rams? O little hills, like lambs?
YAHWEH. 7 Tremble, O earth, from the face of
the master, from the face of the
2 Blessed is the name of YAHWEH Elohim of Jacob;
from now on and forevermore. 8 who turned the rock into a pool of
3 From the rising of the sun to its water, the flint into a fountain of
going, the name of YAHWEH is to be waters.
praised.1
4 YAHWEH is high above all nations; Psalm 115
His glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like YAHWEH our Elohim, 1 Not to us, O YAHWEH, not to us,
who sit on high to dwell; but to Your name give glory; on
6 Who humbles Himself to consider account of Your mercy, on account of
all in the earth and the heavens! Your truth.
7 He raises up the poor from the 2 Why do the nations say, Where is
dust; He lifts the needy out of the their Elohim now?
dunghill, (1Sam 2:8, Psa 35:10, 3 But our Elohim is in Heaven; He
107:41) has done all that He has pleased.
8 in order to make him sit with 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the
nobles, with the nobles of his people. work of man's hands;
9 He causes the barren to live in the 5 they have mouths, but they do not
house as the joyful mother of sons. speak; they have eyes, but they do not
HalleluYah! (1Sam 2:5, 2Kgs 4:14-17) see;
6 they have ears, but they do not
Psalm 114 hear; they have a nose, but they do not
smell;
1 When Israel came out of Egypt, the 7 their hands do not feel; their feet
house of Jacob from a people of do not walk; they do not mutter
strange language; (Isa 28:11, Zep 3:9) through their throat.
2 Judah became His sanctuary, 8 The ones who make them are like
Israel His kingdom. them, and everyone trusting in them.
9 O Israel, trust in YAHWEH; He is
1 It is one of the most amazing enigmas in all
the scriptures that the personal name of their help and their shield.
YAHWEH, which is in Scripture almost 10 O house of Aaron, trust in
7,000 times and it is commanded to praise YAHWEH; He is their help and their
this name, glorify this name and honor this shield.
name that almost every translator since the 11 Ones fearing YAHWEH, trust in
printing press has taken out the personal
name of YAHWEH and replaced it with the YAHWEH; He is their help and their
personal name of the Babylonian deity shield.
called “god”. Please see note on Exo 3:15 12 YAHWEH remembers us; He will
and Isa 65:11.
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bless; He will bless the house of Israel; YAHWEH in the lands of the living.
He will bless the house of Aaron; (Psa 27:13)
13 He will bless those who fear 10 I believed; so I speak; I was
YAHWEH, the small and the great. greatly afflicted;
14 YAHWEH will add on to you; on 11 I said in my alarm, Every man is a
you and on your sons. liar. (Rom 3:4, Num 23:19)
15 You are blessed to YAHWEH, He 12 What shall I return to YAHWEH
who makes heavens and earth. for His benefits to me?
16 The heavens; the heavens belong 13 I will lift up the cup of (Y'shua*)
to YAHWEH, but He has given the salvation, and I will call on the name
earth to the sons of men. (Isa 66:1, of YAHWEH.3
Gen 1:26-27) 14 I will pay my vows to YAHWEH
17 The dying do not praise now in the presence of all His people.
YAHWEH, nor all those who go down (Psa 22:25)
into silence;1 (Ecc 9:5, Psa 88:10-12) 15 Precious in the eyes of YAHWEH
18 but we will bless YAHWEH, from is the death of His saints. (Psa 72:14)
now on and forever. HalleluYah!2 16 O YAHWEH, truly I am Your
servant now; I am Your servant, the
Psalm 116 son of Your handmaid; You have
loosed my bonds. (Isa 42:1-4)
1 I love YAHWEH because He hears 17 I will sacrifice to You the sacrifice
my voice, my earnest prayers. of thanks and will call on the name of
2 Because He has bowed His ear to YAHWEH.
me, I will also call in my days. 18 I will pay my vows to YAHWEH
3 The cords of death encompassed now in the presence of all His people,
me; and the pains of Sheol found me; I 19 in the courts of the house of
find distress and sorrow; (Psa 18:4-5) YAHWEH; in your midst, O Jerusalem.
4 then I call on the name of HalleluYah! (Luk 13:33)
YAHWEH: O YAHWEH, I beseech You,
deliver my soul! (Psa 18:6) Psalm 117
5 YAHWEH is gracious and
righteous; yea, our Elohim is merciful. 1 Praise (Aleph/Tav) YAHWEH, all
6 YAHWEH watches over the simple;
3 Psa 113-118 is called the “great hallel” or
I was low, but He saved me. praise and is sung each Passover by Jews
7 Return to your rest, O soul; for for more than 2,000 yrs. Much of these
YAHWEH has dealt bountifully with verses are also Messianic as here in Psalm
you. 116. There were 4 wine cups that were
8 For You have delivered my soul drunk on Passover. The first was the cup of
from death, my eye from tears, my feet blessing when the meal started (Luk 22:17),
from stumbling. then was the 2nd cup with the meal, then the
9 I will walk before the face of third cup was called the cup of Grace, this
is the cup that represented Messiah's blood
1 In Scripture the dead are equated as (Luk 22:20) and then the fourth cup was
sleeping in the earth (1The 4:15, Act 7:60). called the cup of salvation (Yahshua) that
Nowhere in Scripture is it ever stated that only the Messiah could drink because it was
the reward of the dead is heaven; heaven is the cup of His martyrdom, which is
Yahweh’s throne, Isa 66:1. mentioned here. Also see Mat 20:22, Joh
2 Indicating hope in a resurrection. 19:28-30.
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good; let not the proud oppress me. Testimonies as righteous and very
123 My eyes faint for Your Y'shua*, faithful.
and for the Word of Your 139 My zeal has eaten me up, for my
righteousness. enemies have forgotten Your Word.
124 Deal with Your servant by Your 140 Your Word is pure and Your
mercy; and teach me Your Statutes. servant loves it.
125 I am Your servant; make me 141 I am small and despised; I do
consider, and I will know Your not forget Your Precepts.
Testimonies. 142 Your righteousness is forever,
126 It is time for YAHWEH to work; and Your Torah is truth.
they have broken Your Torah.1 143 Distress and anguish have found
127 Therefore, I have loved Your me; Your Commandments are my
Commandments, more than gold, even delight.
fine gold. 144 The righteousness of Your
128 Therefore, I count wholly right Testimonies is everlasting; make me
all the Precepts; I have hated every understand and I will live.
false way.2
QOPH:
PAY: 145 I cried with my whole heart; O
129 Your Testimonies are wonderful; YAHWEH, answer me; I will keep Your
so my soul keeps them. Statutes.
130 The entering of Your Word gives 146 I cried to You; save me, and I
light, giving instruction to the simple. will keep Your Testimonies.
131 I opened my mouth and panted; 147 I go before the dawn of day and
for I longed for Your Commandments. cry; I hope in Your Word.
132 Turn to me and give me your 148 My eyes go before the night
grace, as is the way to those who love watches, to meditate on Your Word.
Your name. 149 Hear my voice by Your mercy, O
133 Fix my steps in Your Word; and YAHWEH; give me life by Your
let no evil rule over me. judgment.
134 Redeem me from the oppression 150 The pursuers of mischief draw
of man; and I will keep Your Precepts. near; they are far from Your Torah.
135 Make Your face shine on Your 151 You are near, O YAHWEH, and
servant, and teach me Your Statutes. all Your Commandments are truth.
136 Rivers of waters run down my
eyes, for they do not keep Your Torah.3 3 The psalmist is saddened at the penalties
being brought due to the people breaking
TZADDI: the Torah. If you just think for one moment
how different the world would be if all
137 O YAHWEH, You are righteous, people even kept one commandment, such
and Your judgments upright. as “do not steal”. There would be no locks
138 You have enjoined Your on doors, their would be no robberies of
homes or children kidnapped. There would
1 Yahweh will repay all those who have be no one stealing the spouse of another
rebelliously disobeyed Him in the judgment person. Does this sound like freedom or
day. Num 14:31, Isa 24:1-6, Rev 20:11-15. bondage? Shame on any false teacher who
2 Due to the coming judgment, the psalmist has ever said that Yahweh's Torah is
loves the Torah of Yahweh because irrelevant and done away with. They are
obedience to it leads to eternal life, Deu false teachers and liars and there is no truth
10:12-13. in them, Isa 8:20.
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152 Of old I have known from Your Your Torah, and there is no stumbling
Testimonies, for You have founded block to them.3
them forever. 166 O YAHWEH, I have hoped for
Your salvation (Y’shua*), and have
RESH: done Your Precepts.
153 Look on my affliction and 167 My soul has kept Your
deliver me; for I do not forget Your Testimonies, and I love them very
Torah. much.
154 Contend for my cause and 168 I have kept Your
redeem me; give me life according to Commandments and Your
Your Word. Testimonies, for all my ways are
155 Salvation is far from the wicked, before You.
for they do not seek Your Statutes.1
156 O YAHWEH, Your tender TAV:
mercies are great; give me life 169 Let my cry come near You, O
according to Your judgments. YAHWEH; give me wisdom according
157 My persecutors and enemies are to Your Word.
many; I do not turn from Your 170 Let my prayer come before You;
Testimonies. deliver me according to Your Word.
158 I saw the traitors and was 171 My lips shall pour forth praise
grieved, because they did not keep when You have taught me Your
Your Word.2 Statutes.
159 See how I love Your Precepts, O 172 My tongue shall answer Your
YAHWEH; give me life according to Word, for all Your Commandments
Your mercy. are righteousness.4
160 The sum of Your Word is true; 173 Let Your hand help me; for I
every one of Your righteous judgments have chosen Your Precepts.
endures forever. 174 I have longed for Your salvation
(Y’shua*), O YAHWEH; and Your
SHIN: Torah is my delight.
161 Princes have persecuted me 175 Let my soul live and it will praise
without cause; but my heart has feared You; and let Your judgments help me.
at Your Word. 176 I have gone astray like a lost
162 I rejoice at Your Word, as one sheep; seek for Your servant; for I do
who finds great spoil. not forget Your Commandments.
163 I hate and despise lying; but I
love Your Torah. Psalm 120
164 I praise You seven times a day
because of Your righteous judgments. 1 A Song of Ascents.
165 Great peace is to those who love In my distress I cried to YAHWEH,
and He answered me.
1 Sin is the transgression of the Torah (I Joh 2 O YAHWEH, deliver my soul from
3:4). If one does not recognize the Torah,
lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
then how will they recognize that they are a
sinner in need of salvation? 3 To those who truly love the Torah they will
2 Those who purposely break the Torah and not be offended very easily, except by
teach men to do so are called traitors and injustice and sin.
will not be in the Kingdom of YHWH. See 4 Righteous living before Yahweh is to keep
note on Mat 5:19. His commandments.
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quieted my soul, like one weaned by dwell here; I have desired it.1
its mother; my soul on me is like one 15 Surely, I will bless her poor with
weaned. provisions; I will satisfy her poor with
3 Let Israel hope in YAHWEH, from food.
now and till forever. 16 And I will clothe her priests;
Y’shua* and her saints shall surely
Psalm 132 shout.2 (Rev 19:7-9)
17 I will make the horn of David to
1 A Song of Ascents. sprout; I have arranged a lamp for My
O YAHWEH, remember David with Messiah.
18 I will clothe his enemies with
all his afflictions;
shame, but His crown shall flourish
2 how he swore to YAHWEH; he upon him.
vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
3 If I will go into the tent of my Psalm 133
house, if I go up on the couch of my
bed, 1 A Song of Ascents. Of David.
4 if I give sleep to my eyes, slumber Behold! How good and how pleasant
to my eyelids, it is, for brethren living together, even
5 until I search out a place for in unity.
YAHWEH, dwellings for the Mighty 2 It is like the precious oil on the
One of Jacob. head that ran down on the beard,
6 Lo, we have heard of it at Aaron's beard, going down to the
Ephratah; we found it in the fields of mouth of his garments; (Lev 8:12)
the forest; 3 like the dew of Hermon coming
7 we will enter into His tabernacles; down on the mountains of Zion; for
we will worship at His footstool. there YAHWEH commanded the
8 Arise, O YAHWEH, into Your rest; blessing: life forevermore.3
You, and the ark of Your strength.
9 Let Your priests be clothed with Psalm 134
righteousness, and let Your saints
shout for joy. 1 A Song of Ascents.
10 For Your servant David's sake do Behold, bless YAHWEH, all servants
not turn away the face of Your
of YAHWEH; who stand in the house
anointed.
of YAHWEH at night.
11 YAHWEH has sworn to David in
2 Lift up your hands in the holy
truth; He will not turn from it; I will
set one of the fruit of your body on the place, and bless YAHWEH.
throne for you. 3 May YAHWEH bless you out of
12 If your sons will keep My Zion, He who made the heavens and
covenant and My testimonies which I earth.
will teach them, their sons shall also 1 Jerusalem is the eternal capital and
sit on the throne for You forever. headquarters of YAHWEH. Psa 125:1-2,
13 YAHWEH has chosen Zion; He Psa 48:1-2, Psa 122:1-2, Mic 4:2, Jer 3:17,
has desired it for His dwelling-place. 2Chr 12:13, and Isa 33:20.
14 This is My rest till forever; I will 2 Those who are first-fruits to Yahweh and
Yahshua will reign with Him during the
Millennium as kings and priests under His
rule. Rev 14:4, Rev 5:10, Rev 20:4-6.
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my joy.1 great.
7 O YAHWEH, remember for the 6 Though YAHWEH is exalted, yet
sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem; He looks upon the lowly; but the
who said, Make it bare! Make it bare proud He knows from afar.
even to its foundation! 7 If I walk in the midst of distress,
8 O daughter of Babylon, O You give me life; You send out Your
destroyed one! Blessed is he who shall hand against the wrath of my enemies,
repay to you your recompense which and Your right hand delivers me.
you dealt to us. 8 YAHWEH will perfect His work in
9 Blessed is he who seizes your little me; O YAHWEH, Your mercy endures
ones and dashes them against the forever; You will not forsake the works
stone!2 of Your hands.
Psalm 138 Psalm 139
1 A Psalm of David. 1 To the chief musician. A Psalm of
I will thank You with my whole David.
heart; I will sing praise to You before
O YAHWEH, You have searched me
the Elohim;
and known me.
2 I will worship toward Your holy
2 You know my sitting down, and my
sanctuary, and give thanks to Your
rising up; You understand my thought
name for Your mercy, and for Your
from afar off.
truth; for You have magnified Your
3 You sift my path and my lying
Word above all Your name.
down, and are acquainted with all my
3 You answered me in the day that I
ways.
called out; You made me bold in my
4 For not a word is on my tongue,
soul with strength.
4 All the kings of the earth shall but, lo, O YAHWEH, You know it all.
thank You, O YAHWEH, because they 5 You have closed me in behind, and
in front, and Your hand is laid on me.
have heard the Words of Your mouth.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful
5 Yes, they shall sing in the ways of
for me; it is set on high; I am not able
YAHWEH; for the glory of YAHWEH is to reach it.
1 Verses 1-6: This is a very poetic psalm 7 Where shall I go from Your Spirit?
describing the agony of the people being Or where shall I flee from Your face?
away from Jerusalem, the very place that is 8 If I go up to Heaven, You are there;
YAHWEH's eternal headquarters and where if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You
He dwells (1Kgs 14:21, Psa 135:21). Today are there!
in western society the special relationship 9 If I take the wings of the morning,
that Jerusalem has to the true believer has dwelling in the uttermost part of the
all but been forgotten and this psalm should sea,
be read every feast by those in Diaspora 10 even there Your hand shall lead
with tears for the returning to Yahweh's me; and Your right hand shall seize
eternal capital and dwelling place.
me.
2 Verses 8-9 is a prayer of cursing of Babylon
for destroying YHWH's heritage. Today in
11 If I say: Surely the darkness shall
modern Babylon (USA) Yahweh's people cover me; even the night shall be light
are being spiritually destroyed, (Jer 50:28) around me.
and this will bring the destruction of end 12 Even the darkness will not be
time Babylon. dark from You, but the night shines as
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9 He gives the animals their food, to and ever; He gave a decree that they
the young ravens that cry. not pass away.
10 He takes no delight in the 7 Let the sea-monsters and all deeps
strength of the horse, nor any pleasure praise YAHWEH from the earth,
in the legs of a man. 8 fire and hail, snow and smoke,
11 YAHWEH takes pleasure in those stormy wind fulfilling His Word,
who fear Him, those who hope in His 9 mountains and all hills, fruitful
mercy. trees and all cedars,
12 Shout Praise O, Jerusalem Praise 10 beasts and all livestock, creeping
YAHWEH; praise your Elohim, O Zion. things and birds of the wing,
13 For He has made strong the bars 11 kings of the earth and all people,
of your gates; He has blessed your princes and all judges of the earth,
sons within you. 12 young men and virgins too, old
14 He sets up peace in your border, men and youths:
He satisfies you with the fat of the 13 Let them praise the name of
wheat. YAHWEH; for His name alone is
15 He sends His command out on exalted; His glory is above the earth
the earth; His Word runs very swiftly; and heavens.
16 He gives snow like wool; He 14 He also lifts up the horn of His
scatters the white frost like ashes; people, the praise of all His saints, of
17 He casts out His ice like crumbs; the sons of Israel, a people near to
who can stand before His cold? Him, HalleluYah.1
18 He sends out His Word and melts
them; He causes His wind to blow, and Psalm 149
the waters flow.
19 He declares His Word to Jacob, 1 HalleluYah! Sing to YAHWEH a
His statutes and His judgments to new song, His praise in the
Israel. congregation of the saints.
20 He has not done so with any 2 Let Israel rejoice in his Creators; 2
other nation; and they have not known let the sons of Zion be joyful in their
His judgments. HalleluYah! Kings.
3 Let them praise His name in the
Psalm 148 dance; let them sing praise to Him
with the timbrel and lyre.
1 HalleluYah! Praise (Aleph/Tav) 4 For YAHWEH takes pleasure in His
YAHWEH from the heavens; praise people; He adorns the humble in
Him in the heights. Y’shua*. (Ja 4:6)
2 Praise Him, all His angels; praise 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory; let
Him, all His hosts. them sing aloud on their beds.
3 Praise Him, sun and moon; praise 6 Let the exaltation of El be in their
Him, all you stars of light. throat, and a two-edged sword in their
4 Praise Him, O heavens of heavens;
and O waters that are above the 1 Psa 149 shows the great creative power of
heavens. YAHWEH and why His name alone is to be
5 Let them praise the name of praised as Creator of the universe.
2 The word creators in Hebrew is plural and
YAHWEH; for He commanded, and
shows that both Yahweh the Father and
they were created. Yahshua the Son were co-creators, Gen
6 And He established them forever 1:26-27, Ecc 12:1.
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hand,
7 to execute vengeance on the
nations, punishment on the peoples;
8 to bind their kings with chains and
their nobles with iron bands;
9 to execute on them the judgment
written; this is an honor for all His
saints. HalleluYah!
Psalm 150
and chose not the fear of YAHWEH.1 and He protects the way of His saints.
30 They did not desire my counsel; 9 Then you shall understand
they despised all my reproof, righteousness and judgment and
31 and they shall eat of the fruit of honesty, and every good path.
their own way and be filled with their 10 When wisdom enters into your
own lusts. heart, and knowledge is pleasant to
32 For the going astray of the simple your soul,
kills them, and the ease of fools 11 discretion shall keep you,
destroys them. understanding shall watch over you,
33 But he who listens to me shall live 12 to deliver you from the evil way,
securely and shall be at ease from the from the man who speaks perverse
fear of evil.2 (Pro 3:24-26, Psa 91:1-2) things,
13 those who leave the paths of
Chapter 2 uprightness to walk in the ways of
darkness,
1 My son, if you will receive my 14 who rejoice to do evil, they delight
words, and shall protect my in the perversities of the wicked,
commandments with you, 15 whose paths are crooked, who are
2 so that you attend to wisdom, you devious in their tracks;
shall extend your heart to 16 these will deliver you from the
understanding. strange woman, from the foreigner
3 For if you cry for discernment, who flatters with her words,
lifting up your voice for 17 who forsakes the friend of her
understanding; youth and forgets the covenant of her
4 if you seek her as silver, and search Elohim.
for her as hidden treasures, 18 For her house leads down to
5 then you shall understand the fear death, and her tracks to the departed
of YAHWEH and find knowledge of spirits.
Elohim.3 19 All going in to her do not return,
nor do they reach the ways of life.
6 For YAHWEH gives wisdom; out of
20 In order that you may walk in the
His mouth are knowledge and
ways of the good and keep the paths of
understanding.
the righteous.
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the
21 For the upright shall live in the
upright; He is a shield to the ones who
land, and the blameless shall remain
walk in integrity,
in it.
8 to guard the paths of judgment,
22 But the wicked shall be cut off
1 Proverbs consistently calls those who hate from the earth, and the transgressors,
instruction and Yahweh's judicial order as who try to hide their sins, shall be
“fools”. Pro 12:15, 15:5. rooted out of it. (Pro 10:30, Psa
2 Whereas the fool is not willing to take 37:38)
instruction and only relies on his own pride,
the humble of heart who trust in Yahweh as
their refuge will always be protected. Chapter 3
3 Verses 1-5: The fear of YHWH comes from
obedience to His commandments. Those 1 My son, do not forget my Torah,
who accept a lawless false grace are but let your heart guard and keep my
prideful and don't have the fear of YHWH. commandments,
However, they will not escape His 2 for they shall add length of days
judgment, 2Cor 5:10.
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and long life and peace to you.1 not to be compared with her.
3 Mercy and truth will not forsake 16 Length of days is in her right
you, tie them on your neck, write them hand, riches and honor in her left
on the tablet of your heart, hand. (Pro 8:18, 22:4)
4 and you shall find favor and good 17 Her ways are ways of
understanding in the sight of Elohim pleasantness, and all her paths peace.
and man. 18 She is a tree of life to the ones
5 Trust in YAHWEH with all your who lay hold on her, and happy are the
heart, and lean not to your own ones holding her fast.
understanding. 19 YAHWEH founded the earth by
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, wisdom; He founded the heavens by
and He shall direct your paths. understanding;
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; 20 the depths were broken up by His
fear YAHWEH and depart from evil. knowledge, and the clouds dropped
8 Healing shall be to your navel and down the dew.
marrow to your bones. 21 My son, do not let them depart
9 Honor YAHWEH with your from your eyes; keep sound wisdom
substance, and with the first-fruits of and judgment,
all your increase, 22 and they shall be life to your soul,
10 and your barns shall be filled with and grace to your neck;
plenty, and your wine vats shall burst 23 then you shall walk in your way
with new wine.2 safely, and your foot shall not stumble.
11 My son, do not reject the 24 When you lie down, you shall not
dread; yea, you shall lie down and your
chastening of YAHWEH, and do not
sleep shall be sweet.
hate His correction; (Heb 12:5-6)
25 Do not be afraid of sudden terror,
12 for whom YAHWEH loves He nor of the destruction of the wicked
corrects, even as a father corrects the when it comes.
son with whom he is pleased. 26 For YAHWEH shall be at your
13 Happy is the man who finds
side, and He shall keep your foot from
wisdom, and the man who gets
being caught.
understanding.
27 Do not withhold good from those
14 For its profit is better than the
to whom it is due, when it is in the
gain from silver, and its increase more
power of your hand to do it.
than fine gold;
28 Do not say to your neighbor, Go
15 she is more precious than rubies,
and come back again, or, Tomorrow I
and all the things you can desire are
will give, when you have it beside you.
29 Do not plot evil against your
1 In life each person will reap what he sows
and by keeping Yahweh's commandments neighbor, since he dwells securely with
they will lead to long life and protection you.
from evil. 30 Do not strive with a man without
2 Verses 9-10: The tithe (first 10%) of one’s cause, if he has done you no harm.
increase belongs to YHWH Gen 28:20-22. 31 Do not be envious of the violent
If someone does not tithe to YHWH he is man, and choose not among all his
robbing from YHWH (Mal 3:8) and will not ways.
be blessed. YHWH challenges the skeptic to 32 For the perverse one is hateful to
test Him and see if by being faithful with YAHWEH, but His intimacy is with the
the tithe he will not be blessed abundantly.
righteous.
Mal 3:9-10.
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33 The curse of YAHWEH is in the 12 when you go, your tracks shall not
house of the wicked, but He blesses be narrowed, and when you run, you
the abode of the righteous. shall not stumble.
34 Surely He scorns the scorners, 13 Take fast hold of instruction, do
but He gives grace to the lowly. not let her go; keep her, for she is your
35 The wise inherit honor, but fools life.
exalt shame. 14 Do not enter the path of the
wicked, and do not go in the way of
Chapter 4 evildoers. (Pro 1:15, Psa 1:1)
15 Avoid it, do not pass by it; turn
1 Sons, hear the instruction of a from it and pass on.
father, pay attention to know 16 For they do not sleep if they have
understanding, (Pro 19:20) done no evil, and their sleep is taken
2 for I give you good teaching; do not away unless they cause some to fall.
forsake my Torah. 17 For they eat the bread of
3 For I was my father's son, tender wickedness, and drink the wine of
and an only one in the sight of my violence.
mother. 18 But the path of the righteous is as
4 And he taught me and said to me, a bright light going on and shining till
Let your heart cling to my words; keep the day is established. (Dan 12:3, Mat
my commandments and live. 5:14, Joh 8:12, Phi 2:15)
5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do 19 The way of the wicked is as
not forsake and do not turn away from darkness; they do not know at what
the words of my mouth. they stumble.
6 Do not forsake her, and she will 20 My son, pay attention to my
preserve you; love her, and she will words; stretch your ear to what I say;
guard you.1 21 let them not depart from your
7 Wisdom is the first thing; get eyes; keep them in the center of your
wisdom, and with all your getting, get heart;
understanding. (Pro 8:23, 23:23) 22 for they are life to those who find
8 Exalt her, and she will lift you up; them, and healing to all his flesh.2
she shall bring you to honor when you 23 Keep your heart with all
embrace her. diligence, for out of it are the issues of
9 She shall give a wreath of grace to life.
your head; she shall shield you with a 24 Turn away from you the crooked
crown of glory. mouth, and put perverse lips far from
10 Oh my son, hear and receive my you.
sayings, and the years of your life shall 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,
be many. (Psa 34:11-16, Deu 30:15- and let your eyelids look straight
20) before you.
11 I have taught you in the way of 26 Ponder, the track of your feet,
wisdom; I have led you in the right then all your ways will be established.
tracks; 27 Do not bend to the right hand or
to the left; turn your foot aside from
1 Verses 1-6: As any good father would give evil. (Deu 5:32)
sound advice to their children, here the
most sound advice is to keep the Torah of
YHWH for happiness, wisdom and life,
Deu 10:12- 13, Pro 3:1, Psa 119. 2 Verses 20-22: Deu 30:15-20.
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delights day by day, rejoicing before not hate you; rebuke a wise man, and
Him at every time; he will love you. (Pro 15:12, 10:8)
31 rejoicing in the world, His earth; 9 Give to a wise one, and he will be
and my delight was with the sons of more wise; teach a just one, and he
men. will increase in learning. (Pro 12:15)
32 And now listen to me, O sons, for 10 The fear of YAHWEH is the
blessed are those who keep my ways. beginning of wisdom; and the
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, knowledge of the Holy One is
and do not refuse it. understanding.3 (Pro 1:7, 15:33)
34 Blessed is the man listening to 11 For by me your days shall be
me, watching daily at my gates, multiplied, and the years of your life
waiting at the posts of my doors. shall be increased.
35 For whoever finds me finds life, 12 If you are wise, you shall be wise
and he shall obtain favor from for yourself, but if you scorn, you
YAHWEH. alone shall bear it.
36 But he who sins against me does 13 A foolish woman is noisy; she is
violence to his own soul; all who hate thoughtless, and she knows not what.
me love death.1 14 And she sits at the door of her
house, in a seat in the high places of
Chapter 9 the city,
15 to call those who pass by, who are
1 Wisdom has built her house; she going straight on their ways,
has carved out her seven pillars;2 16 The simple one, let him turn in
2 she has slaughtered her slaughter; here; and to the one lacking heart, she
she has mixed her wine; she has also says to him,
set her table. 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and
3 She has sent out her maidens; she bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
cries on the highest places of the city; 18 But he does not know that the
4 The simple one, turn in here; and departed spirits are there; her guests
to one lacking heart, she says to him, are in the depths of hell.
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink
of the wine I have mixed. Chapter 10
6 Forsake the foolish, and live, and
go in the way of understanding. 1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise
7 He who reproves a scorner gets son makes a father rejoice, but the
shame to himself; and he who rebukes foolish son is sorrow and depression to
a wicked man gets his own blemish. his mother.4
8 Do not reprove a scorner, that he 2 Treasures of wickedness profit
nothing, but righteousness delivers
1 Verses 27-36: Wisdom is spoken of
from death.
poetically that to find it you will find life.
How true this is as in this world you can 3 YAHWEH will not allow the soul of
find such great, smart people who can the righteous to go hungry, but He
invent computers, space crafts that can go
to the moon and every type of 3 It is the fear of YHWH that will lead one to
telecommunication, yet how many of these heartfelt repentance that will in turn lead to
men with worldly education have the knowledge, wisdom understanding and
wisdom to seek YHWH and His grace in instruction. Without the fear of YHWH, the
their lives? pride of man will rule in his heart, Pro
2 Rev 1:20, Zec 4:2. 16:18, Pro 29:23.
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pushes away the desire of the wicked.1 17 On the way of life is He who heeds
4 He who works with a lazy hand instruction, but he who refuses reproof
becomes poor, but the hand of the is going astray. (Pro 6:23, 15:5, 5:12)
hard worker makes him rich. (Pro 18 He who hides hatred with lying
6:6-8) lips, and he who sends out slander, he
5 He who gathers in summer is a is a fool. (Psa 31:18, Pro 26:24)
prudent son; he who sleeps in harvest 19 In the abundance of words sin
is a son who causes shame. (Pro does not cease, but one restraining his
24:30-34) lips is prudent.2 (Ecc 5:2, Pro 18:21)
6 Blessings are on the head of the 20 The tongue of the just is as choice
just, but violence covers the mouth of silver; the heart of the wicked is as a
the wicked. little.
7 The memory of the just is blessed, 21 The lips of the righteous feed
but the name of the wicked shall rot. many, but fools die for lack of heart.
8 The wise in heart accepts 22 The blessing of YAHWEH, it
commandments, but the foolish of lips makes rich, and he adds no pain with
shall be thrust away. it.
9 He who walks in integrity walks 23 To work out evil devices is as
securely, but he who perverts his ways laughter to the foolish; so wisdom is to
shall be found out. a man of understanding.
10 He who winks the eye causes 24 That which the wicked fears shall
sorrow, but the foolish of lips shall be come upon him, but the desire of the
thrust away. righteous is granted.
11 The mouth of the righteous is a 25 As the storm passes, so the
fountain of life, but violence covers the wicked is not; but the righteous is an
mouth of the wicked. everlasting foundation.
12 Hatred stirs up fights, but love 26 Like vinegar to the teeth, and like
covers over all transgressions. (Pro smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy man
17:9, 1Cor 13:4-7, 1Pet 4:8) to those who send him.3
13 Wisdom is found in the lips of 27 The fear of YAHWEH prolongs
him who has understanding, but a rod days, but the years of the wicked shall
is waiting for the back of him who be cut short. (Pro 3:2, 9:11, Deu 11:9)
lacks heart. (Pro 26:3, 19:29, 10:31) 28 The hope of the righteous is joy,
14 The wise store up knowledge, but but the hope of the wicked shall
the mouth of the foolish is near ruin. perish.
15 The rich man's wealth is his
29 The way of YAHWEH is strength
strong city; the ruin of the poor is their
to the upright, but ruin is to doers of
poverty. (Pro 18:11, Pro 19:7)
iniquity.
16 The labor of the righteous is for
30 The righteous shall never be
life; the gain of the wicked is for sin.
moved, and the wicked shall not dwell
4 This is referencing YHWH's judicial order,
for a son who respects his father will listen 2 The wise are commanded to be quick to
to his mother while the father is away hear and slow to speak (Ja 1:19). Due to the
working on a daily basis. However, the son evil nature of man, those who continually
who has no respect for his father will have are talkers, usually will be saying negative
less respect for his mother while the father things and gossiping, Mat 12:33-37.
is away and will be most uncorrectable and 3 As bitterness and pain is from vinegar and
impossible for a mother to handle. smoke so is the result of a lazy man that is
1 Pro 13:25, Pro 28:25. sent with no good results.
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24 The hand of the hard worker shall wisdom is with those who take advice.1
rule, but the lazy ones will become 11 Wealth from vanity shall dwindle
forced labor. (Gen 49:15, Pro 10:4) away, but he who gathers by labor
25 Heaviness in a man's heart makes shall increase.
it droop, but a good word makes it 12 Hope deferred makes the heart
glad. (Pro 15:13) sick, but a tree of life is desire
26 The righteous searches out with fulfilled.2
his friend, but the way of the wicked 13 He who despises the Word shall
misleads them. be destroyed, but he who fears the
27 A person of laziness does not start Commandment shall be rewarded.
after his prey, but the wealth of a (Num 15:31, Psa 19:7-11)
working man is precious. 14 The Torah to the wise is a
28 In the way of righteousness is life, fountain of life, to turn away from the
and in that pathway is no death. snares of death. (Pro 10:11, 14:27)
15 Good sense gives grace, but the
Chapter 13 way of traitors is continual.
16 Every prudent one deals with
1 A wise son hears his father's knowledge, but a fool lays open his
instruction, but a scorner does not folly.
hear rebuke. (Pro 10:1, 12:1, 15:5, 20) 17 A wicked messenger falls into evil,
2 From the fruit of his mouth a man but a faithful ambassador is healing.
eats good, but the desire of the 18 Poverty and shame shall be to
treacherous is violence. (Pro 12:14) him who refuses instruction, but he
3 He who guards his mouth keeps who keeps to correction shall be
his life; he who opens his lips wide is honored.
ruined. (Pro 18:21, 21:23, 18:7, Ja 19 The desire coming to pass is sweet
3:2) to the soul, but to depart from evil is
4 The sluggard's soul is craving, but hateful to fools.
is not getting, but the soul of the hard 20 He who walks with the wise shall
workers shall be made fat. be wise, but a companion of fools shall
5 The righteous hates even a word of be broken. (1Cor 15:33, 2Chr 10:8)
falsehood, but the wicked is odious 21 Evil pursues sinners, but the
and acts shamefully. righteous shall be rewarded with good.
6 Righteousness keeps the upright 22 A good man leaves an inheritance
one in the way, but wickedness to his son's sons, but the wealth of the
perverts a sinner. sinner is laid up for the just. (Job
7 There are those who act rich, yet 27:16-17, Ecc 2:26)
have nothing at all; and those who act 23 The tilled ground of the poor
poor, yet have great wealth. yields much food, but without justice,
8 The ransom of a man's life is his it is swept away.
riches, but the poor man does not hear 24 He who holds back his rod hates
rebuke. his son, but he who loves him seeks
9 The light of the righteous rejoices, him with correction.3
but the lamp of the wicked shall be put 25 The righteous eats to the
out. (Pro 4:18, Pro 24:20, Mat 5:14- 1 Arguments come many times by those who
16) are not willing to be corrected, Pro 9:9.
10 Arguing only comes by pride, but 2 It takes great faith in the word of YHWH to
stay focused and not get discouraged in this
present wicked, end time, generation.
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satisfying of his soul, but the belly of sorrowful, and the end of that joy is
the wicked shall lack. grief. (Ecc 2:1-2, Ecc 7:3)
14 The backslider in heart shall be
Chapter 14 filled with his own ways, but a good
man from himself.
1 A wise woman builds her house, 15 The simple believes every word,
but the foolish pulls it down with her but the wise considers his step.2
own hands. 16 The wise fears and departs from
2 He who walks in his uprightness evil, but the fool rages and is sure.
fears YAHWEH, but the perverse in his 17 He who is short of temper acts
ways despises Him. foolishly; and a man of evil plots is
3 A rod of pride is in the mouth of a hated.3
fool, but the lips of the wise shall keep 18 The simple inherit foolishness,
them. but the wise are crowned with
4 The stall is clean where there are knowledge.
no cattle, but much gain is by the 19 The evil bow before the good; yea,
strength of an ox. the wicked at the gates of the just.
5 A faithful witness will not lie, but a 20 The poor is hated even by his own
false witness breathes lies. (Pro 12:17) neighbor, but the rich has many
6 A scorner seeks wisdom, but finds friends.
it not, yet knowledge is swift to the 21 He who despises his neighbor
discerning. sins, but he who has mercy on the
7 Go from before a foolish man, or poor, Oh how happy is he!
you will not know the lips of 22 Do not those who think evil go
knowledge. (Pro 23:9) astray? But mercy and truth will be to
8 The wisdom of the wise is to those who think of good.
understand his way, but the 23 In all labor there is profit, but the
foolishness of fools is deceit. talk of the lips tends only to poverty.
9 Fools laugh at guilt offering, but 24 The crown of the wise is their
among the righteous is favor. riches; the foolishness of fools is folly.
10 The heart knows the bitterness of 25 A true witness delivers souls, but
its own soul, and a stranger does not a deceitful witness speaks lies.
mix in its joy.1 26 In the fear of YAHWEH is strong
11 The wicked's house shall be trust, and His sons shall have a hiding
thrown down, but the tent of the place.
upright will flourish. 27 The fear of YAHWEH is a fountain
12 There is a way that seems upright of life, to turn away from snares of
to a man, but the end of it is the ways death.
of death. (Pro 16:25, Pro 12:15) 28 In the multitude of people is the
13 Even in laughter the heart is
2 Naïve people many times will rashly
3 Correction to a child is showing love believe something without proving it to be
teaching them discipline (Heb 12:5-8), but true and then, later, change to something
the parent that does not take the time to else. The prudent person will prove the truth
correct his child is not showing love, Pro to himself and then, hold on to it forever,
19:18, Pro 22:15, Pro 23:13-14, Pro 29:15, 1The 5:21.
17, Pro 3:12. 3 Self control is evidence of the Holy Spirit
1 No one can really understand the sorrow or (Gal 5:23) and someone who bursts with
joy that an individual is going through anger is no better than a demon possessed
throughout their life, 1Sam 1:10. person. Pro 16:32, Pro 14:29.
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king's glory, but in the lack of people is 7 The lips of the wise disperse
the ruin of a prince. knowledge, but the heart of the fool is
29 One slow to anger is of great not so.
understanding, but he who is short of 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is a
spirit exalts folly. (Pro 16:32, Ecc 7:9) hateful thing to YAHWEH, but the
30 A healthy heart is the life of the prayer of the upright is His delight.
flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the (Psa 51:17, Pro 21:27, 29, Job 35:12-
bones. (Pro 17:22, Pro 12:4) 13)
31 He who oppresses the poor curses 9 The way of the wicked is hateful to
his Maker, but he who honors Him YAHWEH, but He loves him who
gives grace to the needy. (Pro 19:17) pursues righteousness.
32 The wicked is thrust out in his 10 Correction is grievous to him who
wickedness, but the righteous has forsakes the way, he who hates reproof
hope in his death. shall die. (Pro 1:30-32, 10:17, 13:1,
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of the 15:5)
intelligent, but among fools it is 11 Sheol and destruction are before
revealed.
YAHWEH; even more the hearts of the
34 Righteousness exalts a nation,
sons of men!
but sin is a shame to any people.
12 A scorner does not love one who
35 The king's favor is toward a
corrects him, nor will he go to the
servant who acts prudently, but his
wise. (Amo 5:10, Pro 9:8)
wrath takes place on one causing
13 A joyful heart makes a good face,
shame.
but by grief of heart the spirit is
stricken.
Chapter 15
14 The heart of the wise one seeks
knowledge, but the mouth of fools
1 A soft answer turns away wrath,
feeds on folly.
but a hurtful word stirs up anger.1
15 All the days of the depressed are
2 The tongue of the wise uses
evil, but gladness of heart is a
knowledge rightly, but the mouth of
continual feast.
fools pours out foolishness.
16 Better is a little with the fear of
3 The eyes of YAHWEH are in every
YAHWEH than great treasure and
place watching the evil and the good.
destruction with it. (Pro 16:8, Psa
4 A tongue that can heal is a tree of
37:16)
life, but perverseness in it is a break of
17 Better is a dinner of vegetables
the spirit. (Pro 10:11, Pro 18:21)
where love is, than a stalled ox and
5 A fool despises his father's
hatred with it. (Pro 17:1)
instruction, but he keeping correction
18 A furious man stirs up strife, but
is sensible. (Pro 10:17, Pro 12:1, Pro
he who is slow to anger calms fighting.
13:1)
(Pro 14:17, 16:28, 26:21, 29:22)
6 In the house of the righteous is
19 The way of the lazy one is like a
much treasure, but in the gain of the
hedge of thorns, but the path of the
wicked is tumult.
righteous is exalted. (Pro 20:4, 22:5)
20 A wise son makes a glad father,
1 A spirit led individual will ponder his words
but a foolish man despises his mother.
and season them with salt before answering
(Pro 10:1, Pro 29:3, Pro 30:17)
even in dire conditions. However, rash
harsh words will only cause more 21 Foolishness is joy to him who
contention, Pro 15:28. lacks understanding, but a man of
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matter separates friends. (Pro 16:28, 26 And it is not good to punish the
18:8, 20:19, 26:20-22) just, to strike leaders for uprightness.
10 A reproof enters more into one 27 He who restrains his words
discerning than a hundred stripes into knows knowledge, and of a rare spirit
a fool. is a man of understanding.
11 Rebellion seeks evil, so a cruel 28 Even a fool who is silent is
messenger is sent against him. counted wise, he who shuts his lips is
12 Let a bear bereaved of her cubs counted as discerning.1
meet a man, rather than a fool in his
foolishness. Chapter 18
13 Whoever returns evil for good,
evil shall not depart from his house. 1 He who separates himself seeks his
(Pro 13:21, Psa 35:12, 1Sam 19:4) own desire, he breaks out against all
14 The beginning of strife is like the sound wisdom.2
releasing of water, therefore leave off 2 A fool has no delight in
fighting before it breaks out. understanding, but only in uncovering
15 He who justifies the wicked, and his heart. (Pro 12:23, 13:16, Ecc 10:3)
he who condemns the just, even both 3 When the wicked comes, scorn also
of them are hateful to YAHWEH. comes, and with shame comes
16 Why is there hire in a fool's hand reproach.
to get wisdom, and there is no heart 4 The words of a man's mouth are
for it? like deep waters, the fountain of
17 A friend loves at all times, but a wisdom like a flowing stream.
brother is born for distress. (Pro 5 To lift up the face of the wicked is
18:24) not good, nor to turn aside the
18 A man lacking heart strikes the righteous in judgment.
hand, he pledges in the presence of his 6 A fool's lips enter into strife, and
friend. his mouth calls for strokes. (Pro 26:3)
19 He loving strife loves rebellion, he 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction,
who exalts his gate seeks destruction. and his lips are a snare of his soul.
20 One crooked of heart does not 8 The words of a slanderer are as
find good, and he who is perverse in wounds; yea, they go down into the
his tongue falls into evil. innermost chambers of the belly. (Pro
21 He who fathers a fool has sorrow 16:28, 18:8, 26:20-22, 19:9)
for it; yea, the father of a fool has no 9 And he who is slack in his work, he
joy. (Pro 10:1, Pro 13:1, Pro 19:23) is a brother to a master destroyer.
22 A cheerful heart makes good 10 The name of YAHWEH is a tower
healing, but a stricken spirit dries the of strength, the righteous runs into it
bone. (Pro 15:13, Pro 14:30) and is set on high.
23 The wicked takes a bribe out of 11 The rich man's wealth is his
the bosom to pervert the paths of strong city, and as a high wall in his
justice. 1 Better to stay quiet and be thought the fool,
24 With the face of the wise is than to open the mouth and remove all
wisdom, but a fool's eyes are in the doubt.
ends of the earth. 2 The body of Messiah is a unified effort with
25 A foolish son is a vexation to his judicial order and accountability to YHWH
father, and bitterness to her who bore and each other. Those who set themselves
him. (Pro 10:1, Pro 13:1, Pro 19:23) up outside of YHWH's judicial order do so
with pride and self interest.
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16 He who keeps the Commandment not wise. (Pro 23:29-32, Gen 9:21)
keeps his own soul, he who despises 2 The fear of a king is as the roar of a
His ways shall die. (Deu 30:15-20) lion, he who stirs him up to anger
17 He who has pity on the poor lends wrongs his own soul. (Pro 19:12)
to YAHWEH, and He will repay his 3 For a man to cease from strife is an
dealing to him. (Pro 14:31, Mat 25:40) honor, but every fool exposes himself.
18 Chasten your son, for there is 4 The lazy man will not plow, after
hope, and do not set your soul on winter he begs at harvest, and nothing
making him die. (Pro 13:24, 22:6, is there. (Pro 6:6, Ecc 10:18)
29:17) 5 Counsel in a man's heart is like
19 A man great of fury will bear the deep water, and a man of
penalty, for if you deliver him, then understanding will draw it out.
you must do it again. 6 Most men will proclaim each his
20 Hear advice and receive own kindness, but who can find a
instruction, that you may be wise in faithful man?
your latter end. (Pro 4:1, Pro 12:15) 7 The just one walks in his integrity,
21 Many purposes are in a man's blessed are his sons after him!
heart, but the counsel of YAHWEH 8 A king who sits on the throne of
shall stand. (Pro 16:9) judgment does not look upon any evil
22 The desirableness of a man is his with his eyes.1
kindness, and a poor man is better 9 Who can say, I have made my
than a liar. heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
(Psa 32:1-2)
23 The fear of YAHWEH tends to
10 A stone and a smaller stone, an
life, and he shall rest satisfied, he shall
ephah and an unequal ephah, both are
not be visited with evil. (Pro 14:27)
24 A lazy one puts his hand in a dish, hateful to YAHWEH. (Deu 25:23-26)
and he will not return it to his mouth. 11 Even a child is known by his acts,
25 Strike a scorner and the simple whether his work is pure, or upright.
will be shrewd; reprove a discerner, 12 The hearing ear and the seeing
and he will discern knowledge. eye, YAHWEH has even made both of
26 He who assaults his father and them. (Exo 4:11, Joh 9:1-3 )
chases his mother away, he is a son 13 Do not love sleep, lest you become
who causes shame and brings poor; open your eyes, be satisfied with
reproach. (Pro 28:24, Deu 21:18-21) bread. (Pro 6:9-11, 19:15)
27 My son, cease to hear the 14 Bad! Bad! says the buyer, but
discipline, and you will stray from the when it is left to him, then he boasts.
words of knowledge. 15 There is gold and a multitude of
28 A worthless witness scorns gems, but the lips of knowledge are a
justice, and the mouth of the wicked rare vessel.
devours evil. (Job 20:12-13) 16 Take the garment of the one who
29 Judgments are prepared for is surety for a stranger, and take a
scorners, and blows for the backs of pledge from one who guarantees for
fools. (Pro 26:3, Pro 10:13, Pro 18:6) strangers. (Exo 22:26-27)
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man,
Chapter 20 but afterwards his mouth shall be
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is 1 If this was said of an ancient king how
much more for the covenant believer in
noisy, and each one straying by it is
Yahshua, including TV and Internet.
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and advance your heart in the way. sick! They beat me, yet I did not know.
20 Be not among heavy drinkers of When I awaken I will add to it, I will
wine, with gluttons, flesh to still seek it.2
themselves,
21 for the drunkard and the glutton Chapter 24
lose all, and sleepiness shall clothe one
with rags. (Pro 23:29-20) 1 Do not envy evil men, nor desire to
22 Listen to your father, this one be with them.
fathered you, and do not despise your 2 For their heart meditates on
mother when she is old. (Exo 20:12) violence, and their lips talk of
23 Obtain the truth, and sell it not, mischief.
also wisdom, and instruction and 3 Through wisdom a house is built,
understanding.1 (Mat 10:8) and it is established by understanding,
24 The father of the righteous shall 4 and by knowledge the rooms shall
greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a be filled with precious and pleasant
wise one shall even be glad in him. riches.
25 Your father and your mother shall 5 A wise warrior is in strength: yes, a
be glad, and she who bore you shall man of knowledge firms up power.
rejoice. 6 For you shall make war for yourself
26 My son, give me your heart, and by wise advice, and deliverance is in
let your eyes watch my ways. the great counselor.
27 For a harlot is a deep pit, and a 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool, he
strange woman is a narrow well. does not open his mouth in the gate.
28 Surely she lies in wait, as for prey, 8 He who plots to do evil shall be
and she increases the treacherous called a master of evil plots.
among men. 9 The plot of foolishness is sin, and
29 Who has woe, who sorrow? Who the scorner is hateful to men.
has contentions, who has babbling? 10 Your strength is narrow if you
Who has wounds without cause? Who faint in the day of distress,
has dullness of eyes? 11 if you hold back to deliver those
30 Those who stay long at the wine, being taken to death, and those
those who go to seek mixed wine. stumbling for killing.
31 Do not look at the wine when it is 12 For you say, Behold, we did not
red, when it gives its color in the cup, know this. Does not He who weighs
when it goes down smoothly, the heart consider it? And the One
32 at its last it bites like a snake, and who keeps your soul, does He not
it stings like an adder. know? Yea, He repays to a man
33 Your eyes shall look on strange according to his work.
women, and your heart shall speak 13 My son, eat honey because it is
perverse things; good, and the honeycomb is sweet to
34 yes, you shall be as one who lies your palate;
down in the middle of the sea, or as he 14 so shall knowledge of wisdom be
who lies on the top of a mast, to your soul when you have found
35 saying, They struck me! I was not there is a future reward and your hope
2 The drunkard is so inebriated that he does
1 YHWH's truth is freely provided by His not even realize that he is being abused, and
true servants throughout the world. Anyone yet when he awakens the next day he will
selling the word of YHWH is committing a go right back to his drunken stupor, Pro
grave sin. 26:11, 2Pet 2:22.
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10 lest he who hears put you to with a contentious woman. (Pro 21:9)
shame, and your evil report not turn 25 Like cold waters to a weary soul,
back. so is a good report from a far country.
11 A word rightly spoken is like (Rom 10:18)
apples of gold in settings of silver. 26 The righteous falling down before
(Pro 16:24) the wicked is like a fouled fountain
12 As a ring of gold, and an and a ruined spring.
ornament of fine gold, so is a wise 27 It is not good to eat much honey,
reprover on an obedient ear. and to search out their own honor is
13 Like the cold of snow in harvest not honor. (Pro 25:16, Pro 27:2)
time, so is a faithful messenger to 28 A man to whom there is no
those sending him, for he refreshes the control to his spirit is like a broken
soul of his masters. (Pro 10:26, 13:17) down city without a wall. (Pro 16:32)
14 A man boasting himself of a false
gift is like clouds and wind, but with Chapter 26
no rain. (Jer 5:13, Mic 2:11)
15 In being slow to anger, a ruler is 1 As snow in summer, and as rain in
persuaded; and a soft tongue shatters harvest, so honor is not right for a fool.
the bone. (Pro 15:1, Ecc 10:4) 2 As the wandering bird, as the
16 Have you found honey? Eat only swallow in its flying, so the causeless
your fill lest you be satiated and vomit curse shall never come. (Pro 27:8)
it out. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for
17 Make your foot rare from your the donkey, and a rod for the back of
neighbor's house, lest he be full of you fools. (Pro 10:13, 19:29)
and hate you. 4 Answer not a fool according to his
18 A man who gives false witness foolishness, lest you become like him,
against his neighbor is a maul, and a even you.
sword and a sharp arrow. (Pro 12:18) 5 Answer a fool according to his
19 Confidence in a traitor in time of foolishness, that he not be wise in his
distress is like a bad tooth and a own eyes.2
slipping foot. 6 He that sends a message by a fool's
20 As he who takes away a garment hand cuts off his own feet and drinks
in cold weather, and as vinegar on violence. (Pro 10:26)
soda, so is he who sings songs on a 7 As the legs of the lame are weak, so
heart in misery. is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him 8 As he binding a stone on a sling, so
bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give is he giving honor to a fool.
him water to drink, 9 As a thorn goes up into the
22 for you shall heap coals of fire on drunkard's hand, so is a proverb in the
his head, and YAHWEH shall reward mouth of fools.
you.1 10 Great is the Former of all things,
23 The north wind brings rain, so but he who hires a fool is like one who
does a secret tongue an angry face. hires those passing by.
24 It is better to dwell in the corner 11 As a dog that returns to his own
of the housetop than to share a house
2 Verses 4-5: It takes wisdom to know
1 By showing kindness to an enemy, will whether to answer a fool, to quiet him or to
shame him and bring blessing to the giving ignore him if his intention is to merely
person, Mat 5:44, Rom 12:20. entice a circular argument.
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11 My son, become wise and give joy clothing, and the he-goats the price for
to my heart, so that I may return a a field,
word to him that taunts me. 27 and there will be goat's milk
12 A prudent man sees the evil and enough for your food, for the food of
hides himself; the simple go on and your household, and for the life of
are punished. (Pro 22:3) your maidens.2
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14 a generation whose teeth are like good in a march; yea, four that do
swords, and its jaw teeth like knives, to good in walking:
devour the poor from the earth, and 30 A lion is mighty among beasts,
the needy from among men. and he does not turn away from facing
15 The leech has two daughters all;
crying, Give! Give! Three things are 31 one girded in loins, and a he-goat,
not satisfied, four never have said, and a king – there is no rising up with
Enough! him.
16 Sheol, and the barren womb, the 32 If you have been foolish in lifting
earth not filled with water, and the yourself up, or if you have plotted evil,
fire, these never said, Enough! lay your hand on your mouth!
17 The eye that mocks its father and 33 Surely, the squeezing of milk
despises to obey its mother, the ravens brings curds, and the squeezing of the
of the valley shall pick it out, the sons nose brings blood, so the squeezing of
of the eagle shall eat it. wrath brings out strife.1
18 Three things are too wonderful
for me; yea, I do not know the way of Chapter 31
four:
19 The way of an eagle in the 1 The words of King Lemuel, the
heavens, the way of a snake on a rock, burden that his mother taught him:
the way of a ship in the heart of the 2 What, my son? And what, the son
sea, and the way of a man with a of my womb? And what, the son of my
virgin. vows?
20 So is the way of an adulterous 3 Do not give your strength to
woman: she eats, and wipes her women, or your ways to that which
mouth, and says, I have done no evil. wipes out kings.
21 The earth quakes under three 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is
things; yea, it is not able to bear up not for kings to drink wine, nor for
under four: princes to lust for fermented drink,
22 Under a servant when he reigns, (Ecc 10:17, Pro 20:1)
and a fool when he is filled with food, 5 that they not drink and forget what
23 under a hated one when she is is decreed, and pervert the right of the
married, under a slave-girl when she is sons of affliction. (Lev 10:8-11, Deu
heir to her mistress. 16:19)
24 Four things are little on the earth, 6 Give fermented drink to one
but they are the wise ones of those perishing, and wine to the bitter of
made wise: soul,
25 The ants are a people not strong, 7 let him drink and forget his
yet they prepare their food in summer; poverty, and remember his misery no
(Pro 6:6-8) more.
26 rock badgers are not a powerful 8 Open your mouth for the dumb, in
people, yet they make their houses in the cause of all the sons of those
the rock; passing away.
27 the locusts have no king, yet they 9 Open your mouth, judge
go out in a swarm, all of them; righteously, and defend the poor and
28 the lizard you can take with the needy. (Lev 19:15, Pro 29:7)
hands, yet it is in king's palaces.
29 There are three things that do 1 Someone prone to anger must show self-
control or pay the consequences.
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10 Who can find a woman of virtue? 20 She spreads out her hands to the
For her value is far above jewels.1 poor, yea, she stretches out her hands
(Pro 12:4) to the needy.9
11 The heart of her husband trusts in 21 She is not afraid of the snow for
her, so that he has no lack of gain. her household, for all her household
12 She deals good with him, and not are clothed with scarlet.
evil, all the days of her life. 22 She makes herself coverings of
13 She seeks wool and flax, and she tapestry; her clothing is fine linen and
works with her hands with delight.2 purple.10
14 She is like the merchant ships, 23 Her husband is known in the
she brings in her food from afar.3 gates, when he sits with the elders of
15 She also rises while it is still night the land.11
and gives game to her household, and 24 She makes fine linen garments,
a portion to her maidens.4 and sells, and she delivers belts to the
16 She has examined a field and merchant.12
takes it; she plants a vineyard from the 25 Strength and dignity are her
fruit of her hands.5 clothing, and she shall rejoice at the
17 She has girded her loins with day to come.13
strength, and has made her arms 26 She opens her mouth in wisdom,
strong.6 and the law of kindness is on her
18 She tastes whether her gain is tongue.
good, her lamp is not put out by 27 She watches the ways of her
night.7 household, and does not eat the bread
19 She has sent forth her hands on of idleness.14
the distaff, and her hands have held 28 Her children rise up and call her
the spindle.8 blessed, her husband also, for he
praises her:15
1 Verses 10-29 speaks about the true Biblical 29 Many are the daughters who
woman. She is one that takes care of her work with virtue, but you rise above
home, including her husband and children.
them all!
This does not restrict her from running
businesses from her home, preparing for the
30 Charm may be deceitful, and
future and making household goods. beauty vain, but a woman who fears
2 The Proverbs 31 woman is not afraid to
work with her hands and get them dirty. 9 Even though she is extremely busy and
3 She is one that diligently finds the best successful she still has a heart for the poor.
deals on daily provisions and knows how to 10 Fine linen and purple, showing the dignity
get them. and honor that she has earned, Rev 19:8.
4 She is an early riser and even has household 11 You cannot have a Proverbs 31 woman
servants that she cares for. without having a Proverb 31 man.
5 Preparing a field was an extremely hard 12 She not only makes the clothing for the
task. Not only does she know how to household, but even sells these quality
negotiate the price of purchase but she also clothes for income.
knows how to prepare it to produce fruit. 13 The Proverbs 31 woman has no anxiety for
6 Strength comes internally from knowing the future because she is living a righteous
what one wants to accomplish and life and can only have anticipation of her
externally from hard work and exercise. reward in the kingdom to come.
7 She not only talks the talk, but she walks 14 The Proverbs 31 woman is many things, but
the walk. one of them is NOT idle.
8 She has many talents and one is knowing 15 We reap what we sow and a woman of such
how to make her own clothes for the family. dignity is upheld by her family members.
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13 And a day came when his sons return there. YAHWEH gave, and
and his daughters were eating and YAHWEH has taken away. Blessed be
drinking wine in their brother's house,
the name of YAHWEH. (Gen 3:19, Ecc
the first-born.
5:15, 1Sam 2:7-8)
14 And a messenger came to Job and
22 In all this Job did not sin, nor
said, The oxen were plowing, and the
charge wrong to Elohim.
donkeys were feeding beside them.
15 And the Sabeans1 fell on them and
Chapter 2
took them away. And they killed the
young men with the mouth of the
1 And it happened that a day came
sword; and I, I alone have escaped to
when the sons of The Elohim came to
tell you.
16 While this one was still speaking, present themselves before YAHWEH.
this other also came and said, The fire And Satan also came among them to
of Elohim has fallen from the heavens present himself before YAHWEH.
and has burned up the sheep and the 2 And YAHWEH said to Satan, From
young men. And it has consumed where have you come? And Satan
them; and I, I alone have escaped to answered YAHWEH and said, From
tell you. going to and fro in the earth, and
17 While this one was still speaking, walking up and down in it.
this other also came and said, The 3 And YAHWEH said to Satan, Have
Chaldeans made out three bands and you set your heart on My servant Job,
swooped down on the camels. And that there is none like him in the earth,
they have taken them away. And they a perfect and upright man, fearing
have killed the young men with the Elohim, and turning away from evil?
mouth of the sword; and I, I alone And he is still holding to his integrity,
have escaped to tell you. although you incited Me against him,
18 While this one was still speaking, to swallow him for nothing.
this other came and said, Your sons
4 And Satan answered YAHWEH and
and your daughters were eating and
said, Skin for skin. Yea, all that a man
drinking wine in the house of their
has he will give for his life.
brother, the first-born.
5 But indeed put out Your hand now
19 And, behold! A great wind came
and touch his bone and his flesh, and
from the wilderness and touched the
he will curse You to Your face.
four corners of the house. And it fell
on the young men and they died; and 6 And YAHWEH said to Satan,
I, I alone have escaped to tell you. Behold, he is in your hand; but
20 And Job rose up and tore his preserve his life.
robe, and shaved his head. And he fell 7 And Satan went out from before
down on the ground and worshiped. the face of YAHWEH. And he struck
21 And he said, I came naked out of Job with bad burning ulcers from the
my mother's womb, and naked I shall sole of his foot to the top of his head.
8 And he took a broken piece of
1 Sabeans were a nomadic tribe that fits the
pottery with which to scrape himself.
time-frame of the patriarchs. Job 6:19 called
them traveling merchants and their And he sat down among the ashes.
descendants later made up the spice trade 9 And his wife said to him, Are you
routes coming from Sheba in south Arabia. still holding fast to your integrity?
Also see 1Kgs 10:1-13, Psa 72:10-15, Isa Curse Elohim and die!
60:6, Eze 27:22, Joe 3:8. 10 But he said to her, You speak like
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the foolish ones speak. Also, shall we day, those ready to stir up Leviathan.2
receive good at the hand of The 9 Let the stars of its twilight be dark;
Elohim, and shall we not receive evil? let it look for light, but have none, let it
In all this Job did not sin with his lips. wait for eyelids of the dawn.
11 And three friends of Job heard of 10 For it did not shut up the doors of
all this evil that had come on him. And my mother's womb; nor did it hide toil
they each one came from his own from my eyes.
place: Eliphaz the Temanite1; Bildad 11 Why did I not die from the womb,
the Shuhite; and Zophar the come from the womb and give up the
Naamathite. And they had met spirit?
together to come to lament with him, 12 Why did the knees go before me;
and to comfort him. or why the breasts, that I should suck?
12 And when they lifted up their eyes 13 For now I would have lain down
from a distance and did not recognize and have been quiet; I would have
him, they lifted up their voice and slept. Then I would have been at rest,
wept then. And each one tore his robe. 14 with kings and wise men of the
And they sprinkled dust on their heads earth, who built ruins for themselves;
toward the heavens. 15 or with chiefs; they had gold, they
13 And they sat down with him on filled their houses with silver;
the ground seven days and seven 16 or as a hidden miscarriage, I
nights. And no one was speaking a would not have been, like infants who
word to him, for they saw that his pain never saw light.
was very great. 17 There the wicked cease from
turmoil, and there the weary are at
Chapter 3 rest;
18 the prisoners are at ease together,
1 After this Job opened his mouth they hear not the voice of the slave
and cursed the day of his birth. (Ecc driver;
7:1) 19 the small and the great, he is
2 And Job answered and said: there, and the slave free from his
3 Let the day perish in which I was master.
born, and the night which said, A 20 Why is light given to the
man-child has been conceived. miserable one, and life to him who is
4 Let that day be darkness! Let not bitter in soul;
Elohim look on it from above, nor let 21 who is waiting for death, but it is
the light shine on it. not; and they dig for it more than for
5 Let darkness and the shadow of treasures?
death seize upon it. Let a cloud dwell 22 They are rejoicing to exultation.
on it. Let all that blackens the day They are glad when they find the
terrify it. grave.
6 As for that night, let darkness seize 23 To a man whose way is hidden,
it! Let it not be joined to the days of Elohim has made a hedge about him.
the year. Let it not come into the 24 For my sighing comes before my
number of the months. food; and my groanings are poured out
7 Behold, let that night be barren; let like the waters.
no joyful voice come in it.
8 Let those curse it who curse the 2 Leviathan is a sea creature created by
YHWH. Psa 74:14, Psa 104:26, Job 41:1,
1 A descendant of Esau Gen 36:10,15. Isa 27:1.
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25 For the dreadful thing I dreaded face; the hair of my flesh stood up;
has come on me; and that which I 16 it stood still, but I could not
feared has come to me. discern its form; an image was before
26 I am not at ease, nor am I at rest; my eyes; there was silence; then I
nor am I quiet; yet turmoil comes. heard a voice:
17 Is man more righteous than
Chapter 4 Elohim? Or a strong man more pure
than his Maker?
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite 18 Behold, He puts no trust in His
answered and said: servants; and He charges His
2 Shall one try a word with you, you messengers with error!
who are weary? But who can hold back 19 How much more those that dwell
with words? in houses of clay; whose foundation is
3 Behold, you have instructed many; in the dust; they crush them before the
and you have made weak hands moth!
strong. 20 They are shattered from morning
4 Your words have upheld him who till evening; they perish forever with
was stumbling, and you have made no one regarding.
feeble knees strong. 21 Is not their tent cord pulled up
5 But now it has come upon you, and within them? They die, but not with
you faint. It touches you, and you are wisdom.
dismayed.
6 Is not your fear of Elohim your Chapter 5
confidence; your hope the integrity of
your ways? 1 Call now. Is there anyone
7 I beg you, remember, he who was answering you? And to which of the
being innocent, perished? Or where Holy ones will you turn?
were the righteous cut off? 2 For vexation kills the fool, and
8 As I have seen, the ones who plow passion causes the simple to die.
iniquity and sow misery reap the 3 I have seen the fool taking root, but
same. suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
9 They perish from the breath of 4 His sons are far from safety; yea,
Elohim, and by the blast of His anger they are crushed in the gate; nor is
they are consumed. there any deliverer.
10 The lion roars; and the voice of 5 The hungry eat his harvest, and
the lion and the teeth of the young take him to the thorns, and the snare
lions are broken; snuffs up their wealth.
11 the old lion is perishing for lack of 6 For affliction does not come forth
prey; and the lioness' offspring are from the dust, nor does trouble spring
scattered. up out of the ground;
12 Now a word was stolen to me, and 7 for man is born to trouble, and the
my ear received a whisper of it. sons of the flame rise, flying upward.
13 In thoughts from the visions of 8 Truly, I would seek El, and to
the night, when deep sleep falls on Elohim I would put my plea,
men, 9 who is doing great things, and
14 fear and trembling met me, and there is no searching them; marvelous
made my many bones dread. things to which is no numbering,
15 Then a spirit passed before my 10 giving rain on the face of the
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earth and sending water on the face of it out; it is so. Hear it, and know it for
the field; yourself.
11 to set the lowly on high; yea, the
mourners become very high in safety; Chapter 6
12 breaking the plots of the crafty,
nor did their hands perform the 1 And Job answered and said:
undertaking. 2 Oh that my vexation were carefully
13 He takes the wise in their weighed, and my ruin lifted in the
craftiness, and the counsel of the wily balances together!
ones is hastened. 3 For now it would be heavier than
14 They meet with darkness by day, the sand of the seas; on account of this
and grope in the noonday as in the my words have been rash.
night. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are
15 But He saves the needy from the within me; their fury is drinking my
sword, from their mouth, and from the spirit; the terrors of Elohim are set
hand of the mighty. against me.
16 And there is hope for the weak; 5 Does the wild donkey bray over
and injustice shuts her mouth. tender grass? Or does the ox low over
17 Behold, happy is the man whom his fodder?
Elohim corrects; and despise not the 6 Are tasteless things eaten without
chastisement of the Almighty. (Heb salt? Or is there taste in the slime of an
12:5-11, Psa 94:12, Pro 3:11) egg?
18 For He wounds, and He binds up. 7 My soul refuses to touch them;
He shatters, and His hands heal. they are sickening food to me.
19 He will deliver you in six troubles; 8 Who will give it that my desire
yea, in seven no evil shall touch you. might come, and Elohim would grant
20 In famine He will redeem you my longing;
from death; and in war from the hand 9 and Elohim would be willing and
of the sword. crush me; let loose His hand and cut
21 You shall be hidden from the me off?
whip of the tongue; and you shall not 10 And it is yet my comfort; and I
be afraid of violence when it comes. would exult in pain not spared; for I
22 You shall laugh at violence and at have not hidden the words of the Holy
famine; and you shall not be afraid of One.
the beasts of the earth. 11 What is my strength that I should
23 For you shall be in covenant with wait? And what is my end that I
the stones of the field; and the beasts should prolong my life?
of the field will be at peace with you. 12 Is my strength the strength of
24 And you shall know that your tent stones? Or is my flesh copper?
is in peace; and you shall visit your 13 Is not my help within me? And is
home and shall miss nothing. wisdom driven from me?
25 And you shall know that your 14 To the faint, mercy is due from
seed will be numerous, and your his friend; for he forsakes the fear of
offspring as the grass of the earth. the Almighty.
26 You shall come to the grave in full 15 My brothers have dealt
vigor, like a stack of grain comes up in deceitfully, like the torrent, like the
its season. streams of torrents, they pass away;
27 Consider this. We have searched 16 those darkened from ice, in which
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pass away? For now I shall lie down in 16 He is moist before the sun, and
the dust, and You shall seek me; but I his tender plants shoot forth on his
will not be. garden.
17 His roots are wrapped around a
Chapter 8 heap; he sees a house of stones.
18 If one swallows him from his
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered, place, then it shall deny him, saying I
saying: have not seen you!
2 Until when will you speak these 19 Behold this is the joy of His way,
things, since the words of your mouth and out of the earth others shall grow.
are like a mighty wind? 20 Behold, El will not cast away the
3 Or does The El pervert judgment? innocent, and He will not help the
Or does the Almighty pervert the evildoers,
right? 21 until He fills your mouth with
4 If your sons have sinned against laughter and your lips with rejoicing.
Him, and if He has sent them away in 22 Those who hate you shall be
the hand of their transgression, clothed with shame; and the tent of
5 if you would seek earnestly to El, the wicked shall not be.
and make your prayer to the Almighty,
6 if you were pure and upright, Chapter 9
surely now He would rise for you, and
make whole the abode of your 1 And Job answered and said:
righteousness. 2 Truly I know it is so; but how can
7 And your beginning was small, yet man be just with El?
your end would greatly increase. 3 If he would argue with Him, he
8 For now ask of the former cannot answer Him one of a thousand.
generation, and prepare to the search 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in
of their fathers; strength; who has been hard against
9 for we are but of yesterday, and we Him and been at peace?
know nothing because our days on 5 He who moves the mountains, and
earth are a shadow. they do not know; when He overturns
10 Shall they not teach you, speak to them in His anger;
you, and bring forth words out of their 6 who shakes the earth out of its
heart? place, and its pillars tremble;
11 Can the rush grow up without 7 the One speaking to the sun and it
mire? Can the reed grass grow without does not rise; and He sets a seal
water? around the stars;
12 While it is yet in its greenness, 8 stretching out the heavens by
and not cut down, it dries out before Himself, and walking on the waves of
every plant. the sea;
13 So are the paths of all those 9 who made the Bear, Orion, and
forgetting El; yea, the hope of the Pleiades, and the chambers of the
unrighteous shall perish, south;
14 whose hope is cut off, and his 10 who is doing great things past
trust as a spider's house. finding out; yea, marvelous things
15 He shall lean on his house, but it without number?
shall not stand; he shall hold fast to it, 11 Behold, He goes by me, and I do
but it shall not endure. not see Him; and He passes on, but I
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far away and do not let wickedness 10 in whose hand is the soul of every
dwell in your tents; living thing, and the breath of all flesh,
15 surely then you shall lift up your even of man?
face without blemish; and you will be 11 Does the ear not try words, and
steadfast, and you will not fear; the mouth taste food for itself?
16 for you shall forget your misery, 12 With the aged is wisdom, and
and shall remember it as waters that understanding is in the length of days.
have passed; 13 With Him is wisdom and
17 and your lifetime shall rise more strength; He has forethought and
than the noonday; you shall fly; you understanding.
shall be as the morning. 14 Behold, He breaks down, and no
18 And you shall trust, because there one builds; He shuts against a man,
is hope. Yea, you shall look about and and no one opens.
you shall lie down in safety. 15 Behold, He holds back the waters,
19 You shall recline, and no one will and they dry up; and He sends them
be frightening; yea, many shall seek out, and they overflow the earth.
your favor. 16 With Him is strength and sound
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver
be consumed, and escape shall perish are His.
from them; and their hope shall be like 17 He causes wise men to go
the breathing out of the soul. stripped; and He makes judges fools.
18 He loosens the bonds of kings,
Chapter 12 and He binds their loins with a girdle;
19 making priests walk away
1 And Job answered and said: stripped; and He overthrows the
2 For truly you are the people, and mighty;
wisdom will die with you. 20 turning aside the lip of the
3 I also have a heart as well as you; I trusted men; and He takes away the
do not fall short of you. And with reason of the aged.
whom are not things like these? 21 He pours scorn on nobles, and He
4 I am a laughingstock to his friend; loosens the girdle of the mighty;
he calls on Eloah, and He answers 22 revealing deep things out of
him; the just, the upright one is a darkness; and He brings the shadow of
mockery; death to light.
5 a torch is despised in the thoughts 23 He gives greatness to the nations,
of him who feels secure; it is ready for and He destroys them; spreading out
those with slipping feet. the nations, and He leads them out.
6 The tents of plunderers and those 24 He takes away the heart of the
provoking El are at ease, to whomever heads of the people of the land; and
Eloah, brings into his hand. He causes them to wander in a waste
7 But now please ask the animals, in which is no path.
and they will teach you; and the birds 25 They grope in the dark, and there
of the heavens, and they will tell you; is no light; and He makes them stagger
8 or speak to the earth, and it will like a drunkard.
teach you; and the fish of the sea will
recount to you;
9 who of all these does not know that
the hand of YAHWEH has done this,
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10 But man dies and is cut off, and answered and said:
man expires; and where is he? 2 Should a wise man answer with
11 As the waters go away from the windy knowledge, and fill his belly
sea, and a river wastes away and dries with the east wind?
up, 3 Should he reason with speech that
12 even so man lies down and does is not useful, or with words having no
not rise until the heavens are no more, profit in them?
they shall not awake, nor be roused 4 Yea, you do away with fear, and
out of their sleep. take away devotion before El.
13 Who will grant that You would 5 For your iniquity teaches your
hide me in Sheol; You would conceal mouth; and you choose the tongue of
me until Your anger turns back; that the crafty.
You would set a limit for me and 6 Your mouth condemns you, and
remember me? not I; yea, your own lips testify against
14 If a man dies, shall he revive? All you.
the days of my warfare I will wait, 7 Were you the first man born? Or
until my change comes.1 were you made before the hills?
15 You shall call, and I will answer 8 Have you heard the secret counsel
You; You shall long to do the work of of Eloah? And do you limit wisdom to
Your hands. yourself?
16 For now You number my steps; 9 What do you know that we do not
do You not watch over my sin? know? Or understand, that is not with
17 My transgression is sealed up in a us?
bag, and You cover over my iniquity. 10 With us are both the gray headed
18 And surely a falling mountain and very aged men, mightier than your
crumbles away, and the rock moves father as to days.
out of its place. 11 Are the comforts of El small with
19 The waters wear away stones; its you, and a word that deals gently with
outpouring washes the dust of the you?
earth; and You cause the hope of man 12 Why does your heart carry you
to perish. away? And why do your eyes flash,
20 You overpower him forever, and 13 that you turn your spirit against
he goes. You change his face and send El and let such words go out of your
him away. mouth?
21 His sons come to honor, and he 14 What is man that he should be
does not know; they fail, but he does clean? And he born of a woman, that
not mark it. he should be righteous?
22 But his flesh is pained within 15 Behold, He puts no trust in His
him; and his soul mourns over him. holy ones; yea, the heavens are not
clean in His eyes.
Chapter 15 16 How much more loathed and
corrupted is man who drinks injustice
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite like water!
17 I will tell you; hear me, and I will
1 Verses 13-14 clearly show that in the declare this that I have seen;
ancient world people knew the dead were 18 that which wise men have told
sleeping in the earth without and have not hidden from their
conscientiousness (Ecc 9:5), and believed in fathers;
a resurrection from the dead.
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first-born of death eats his parts. and He has taken the crown from my
14 His hope shall be rooted out of his head.
tent, and you marched to the king of 10 He has broken me on every side,
terrors. and I go; and He has uprooted my
15 What is not his shall dwell in his hope like a tree.
tent; brimstone is scattered on his 11 And also His wrath glows against
home. me, and to Himself He counts me as
16 His roots are dried up beneath, His foe.
and his branch shall wither above. 12 His troops come together and
17 His memory perishes from the they heap up their way against me;
earth, and there is no name to him on and they camp around my tent.
the face of the street. 13 He has put my brothers from me;
18 They push him from light to and ones knowing me are truly
darkness, and they make him flee from alienated from me.
the world. 14 My near ones have fallen away,
19 He shall have no son nor kinsman and ones knowing me have forgotten
among his people, nor any remnant in me.
his dwellings. 15 The sojourners in my house, even
20 Those after him shall be amazed my slave-girls, count me as a
at his day; and those before were foreigner; I am an alien in their eyes.
seized with horror. 16 I called my servant, but he does
21 Surely these are the tents of the not answer; I must beg him with my
perverse, and this the place that has mouth.
not known El. 17 My breath is strange to my wife,
and I must beg to the sons of my
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18 Even young children despise me;
1 And Job answered and said: I rise, and they speak against me.
2 How long will you torment my soul 19 All the men of my counsel detest
and break me in pieces with words? me; even this one I loved has turned
3 This ten times you have shamed against me.
me; you are not ashamed that you 20 My bone clings on my skin and
have wronged me. on my flesh; and I have escaped by the
4 And if indeed I have erred, my skin of my teeth.
error remains with me. 21 Have pity on me! Have pity on
5 If truly you magnify yourself me, you my friends! For the hand of
against me, and plead my misery Eloah has touched me.
against me, 22 Why do you pursue me, as El
6 know now that Eloah has does, and are not satisfied with my
overthrown me and His net has closed flesh?
on me. 23 Oh that my words were now
7 Behold, I cry out, Violence! And I written! Oh that they were engraved in
am not answered; I cry aloud, but a book!
there is no justice. 24 Oh that they were cut with an
8 He has fenced up my path so that I iron pen and lead in the rock forever!
cannot pass; and He has set darkness 25 For I know my Redeemer is
on my paths. living, and He shall rise on the earth at
9 He has stripped me of my honor, the last;
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26 and after my skin has been struck 11 His bones are full of his youthful
off from my flesh, yet this, I shall see vigor, but it lies down on the dust with
Eloah1, (1Cor 15:50-53) him.
27 whom I shall see for myself, and 12 Even if evil is sweet in his mouth
my eyes shall behold, and no stranger; (he hides it under his tongue,
though my reins be exhausted in my 13 he spares it, and he will not leave
bosom. it; yea, he keeps holding it in his
28 For you may say, Why do we mouth);
persecute him? And the root of the 14 yet his food in his belly shall be
matter is found in me. turned; the gall of asps is within him.
29 Fear for yourselves because of the 15 He swallows wealth, but vomits it;
sword; for fury brings punishments of El drives it out from his belly.
the sword, that you may know there is 16 He shall suck the poison of asps;
a judgment. the viper's tongue shall slay him.
17 He shall not see the rivers, the
Chapter 20 flowing of torrents of honey and curd;
18 giving back his gain, and he will
1 And Zophar the Naamathite now swallow. In the wealth of his
answered and said: trading he will not enjoy it.
2 So my thoughts cause me to 19 For he crushed and forsook the
answer, even because of my haste in poor; he stole a house, but he had not
me. built it.
3 I have heard the instruction of my 20 Surely he shall not know ease in
chastisement; and the spirit from my his belly; he will not escape with his
understanding makes me reply. things of desire.
4 Do you know this from of old, from 21 There is no residue for his eating;
the setting of man on earth, because of this, his good will not last.
5 that the exulting of the wicked is 22 In the fullness of his scorn, it is
near an end, and the joy of the strait for him; the hand of every
unrighteous is for a moment? wretched one shall come upon him.
6 Though his height mounts up to 23 It shall happen at the filling of his
the heavens, and his head touches to belly, He shall cast on him the fury of
the clouds, His wrath, and He shall rain on him
7 he shall perish forever like his while he is eating.
dung; they who see him shall say, 24 He may flee from the iron
Where is he? weapon, a bow of copper shall pierce
8 He flies off like a dream, and is not him.
found; and is driven away like a night 25 One draws it, and treads it from
vision. behind, even lightning from his gall;
9 An eye glimpsed him, but will not terrors come upon him.
again; yea, his place shall not again see 26 All darkness is hidden for secret
him. treasuring; fire not blown shall
10 His sons seek the poor's favors; consume him; those left in his tent
and his hands shall restore his wealth. shall be broken.
27 The heavens shall expose his
1 Verses 25-26 shows that Job knew about iniquity; and the earth shall be raising
Yahshua as redeemer and also that at the up itself against him.
resurrection, that there will be a new 28 The fruit of his house shall move,
spiritual body given.
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flowing away in the day of His wrath. comes on them! He shares out pangs
29 This is the evil man's portion in His anger;
from Elohim, and the inheritance of 18 they are as straw before the wind,
his word from El. and as chaff that the tempest steals
away.
Chapter 21 19 Eloah stores up his iniquity for
his sons; He repays him, and he
1 And Job answered and said: knows.
2 Listen carefully to my speech, and 20 His eyes shall see his destruction,
let this be your comfort. and he shall drink of the wrath of the
3 Bear with me and I shall speak; Almighty.
then after I have spoken, you may 21 For what is his delight in his
mock. house after him, and his number of
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? months is cut off.
And why should not my spirit be 22 Shall any teach knowledge to The
short? El, since He shall judge those exalted?
5 Turn toward me and be astonished, 23 One dies in his full strength,
and put your hand on your mouth. wholly secure and at ease;
6 And if I remember, I am dismayed; 24 his sides are full of milk, and his
and trembling seizes on my flesh. bones are wet with marrow.
7 Why do the wicked live? They grow 25 And another dies with bitter soul,
old, and become mighty in power. and never eats with pleasure;
8 Their seed is established with them 26 they lie down together on the
before their face, and their offspring dust, and the worms shall cover over
before their eyes. them.
9 Their houses are in peace, without 27 Behold, I know your thoughts,
fear; nor is the rod of Eloah on them. and the plots you would wrongfully do
10 His bull passes semen and does against me;
not fail; his cow calves and does not 28 for you say, Where is the house of
miscarry. the noble, and where is the tent, the
11 They send their little ones out as a dwellings of the wicked?
flock; and their children dance. 29 Did you not ask those who pass
12 They lift up a voice at the timbrel along the highway; and do you not
and lyre, and rejoice at the sound of know their signs?
the flute. 30 For the wicked is kept for the day
13 They spend their days in good, of calamity; they shall be brought to
and in a moment go down to Sheol. the day of wrath.
14 And they say to El, Depart from 31 Who shall declare his way to his
us, for we do not desire the knowledge face? And who repays him for what he
of Your ways. has done?
15 What is the Almighty, that we 32 Yet he shall be brought to the
should serve Him? And what do we grave, and watch shall be kept over his
profit if we entreat Him? tomb.
16 Behold, their good is not in their 33 And the clods of the valley shall
hand! The counsel of the wicked is far be sweet to him; and every man shall
from me. draw after him; and there is not any
17 How often is the lamp of the number before him.
wicked put out, and their calamity 34 How then do you comfort me
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waters, and Sheol those who have 2 How have you helped the
sinned. powerless, or saved the arm with no
20 The womb shall forget him; the strength?
worm shall suck on him; he shall be 3 How have you advised the ones not
remembered no more; and injustice wise or fully declared wise plans?
shall be broken like a tree. 4 With whom have you spoken
21 He ill treats the barren that bear words? And whose breath came forth
not, and does no good to the widow. from you?
22 He also draws the mighty with his 5 The departed spirits are made to
strength; He rises up, and no one is writhe from beneath the waters, and
sure of life. their inhabitants.
23 He gives security to him, and he 6 Sheol is naked before Him, and the
leans on it; yet His eyes are on their Pit has no covering.
ways. 7 He stretched out the north over the
24 They are lifted up for a little empty place; and He hung the earth on
while, but they are not; and they are nothing.
brought low; they are gathered in like 8 He binds up the waters in His thick
all others, and wither like the heads of clouds; and the cloud does not burst
ears of grain. under them.
25 And if not, then who will prove 9 He covers the face of His throne,
me a liar, and make my speech into spreading His cloud over it.
nothing? 10 He has described a circle on the
surface of the waters to the boundary
Chapter 25 of light with darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens tremble
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and are stunned at His rebuke.
and said: 12 With His power He quiets the sea,
2 Rule and fear are with Him. He and by His understanding He shatters
makes peace in His high places. pride.
3 Is there any number of His armies? 13 By His Spirit the heavens were
And on whom does His light not rise? beautiful; His hand pierced the fleeing
4 How then can man be justified snake.
with El? Or how can one who is born 14 Lo, these are the edges of His
of a woman be pure? ways; yea, what a whisper of a word
5 Behold, even the moon, and it is we hear of Him! And the thunder of
not bright; and the stars are not pure His might who can understand?2
in His eyes;
6 how much less man who is a Chapter 27
maggot; and the son of man who is a
worm!1 (Psa 22:6) 1 And Job continued the uplifting of
his discourse, and said:
Chapter 26 2 As El lives, He has taken away my
judgment; yea, the Almighty has made
1 And Job answered and said: my soul bitter.
1 Verses 4-6: These scriptures are showing 3 As long as my breath is in me, and
that man being evil in nature does not have
the ability to redeem himself (Rom 3:10-23) 2 Job rightly concludes that in fleshly form no
and needs the Son of YHWH for payment human can truly understand the greatness
of sin and redemption. and amazing creative power of YHWH.
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taken away; I will not pervert? 10 But no one says, Where is Eloah
32 Besides what I see, You teach me; my Maker, who gives songs in the
if I have done iniquity, I will not do it night,
again. 11 teaching us more than the animals
33 Must He repay you because you of the earth, and makes us wiser than
rejected it? For you must choose, and the birds of the heavens?
not I; therefore, speak what you know. 12 There they cry, but He does not
34 Men of heart will say to me, and a answer, because of the pride of
wise man who hears me will say, evildoers.
35 Job has spoken without 13 Surely, El will not hear vanity, nor
knowledge, and his words are not with will the Almighty look upon it.
insight. 14 How much less when you say you
36 Would that Job may be tried to do not regard Him! Judgment is
the end, because his answers are like before Him, and you are waiting for
men of iniquity. Him.
37 For he adds rebellion to his sin; 15 And now, because He has not
he claps his hands among us, and visited His anger, and He does not
multiplies his words against El.1 recognize great stupidity,
16 So Job vainly opens his mouth; he
Chapter 35 multiplies words without knowledge.
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guidance, so that they may do for I will question you; and you teach
whatever He commands them on the Me.
face of the world of the earth. 4 Where were you when I founded
13 Whether as a whip, or for His the earth? Declare if you know
land, or for mercy, He finds it. understanding. (Gen 1:1, Pro 30:4)
14 Listen to this, O Job; stand still 5 Who has set its dimensions, for you
and consider the wonderful works of know? Or who has stretched a line on
El. it? (Pro 8:29)
15 Do you know when Eloah placed 6 On what were its bases sunk? Or
them, and caused the lightning of His who cast its cornerstone,
cloud to shine? 7 when the morning stars sang
16 Do you know the balance of the together, and all the sons of Elohim
clouds, the wonderful works of Him shouted for joy? (Job 1:6, Gen 6:2)
who is perfect in knowledge, 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors,
17 you whose garments are warm when it burst out; it came forth from
when the earth is still from the south the womb?
wind? 9 When I made the clouds for a
18 Can you beat out the expanse with garment, and darkness its navel-band;
Him, hard like a cast mirror? 10 and I broke My limit on it and set
19 Make us know what we shall say bars and doors;
to Him; for we cannot arrange our 11 and I said, You shall come to here,
case because of darkness. but no further; and here your proud
20 Shall it be told to Him that I waves shall be set?
would speak? If a man speaks, surely 12 Have you commanded the
he will be swallowed up. morning from your days, and caused
21 And now men cannot look upon the dawn to know its place,
the light when it is bright in the 13 that it might take hold of the
clouds; when the wind has passed and wings of the earth; that the wicked
cleared them. might be shaken out of it?
22 Golden splendor comes out of the 14 It is turned like clay under a seal;
north; Eloah is awesome in His and they stand out like a garment.
majesty. 15 And their light is withheld from
23 We cannot find Him, the the wicked, and the high arm shall be
Almighty; He is exalted in power; and broken.
He does not violate justice and 16 Have you gone to the springs of
abundant righteousness. the sea; or have you walked in
24 So, men, fear Him; He does not searching of the deep?
see any who are wise of heart. 17 Have death's gates been opened to
you; or have you seen the gates of the
Chapter 38 shadow of death?
18 Have you comprehended the
1 And YAHWEH answered Job out of breadth of the earth? Declare, if you
the whirlwind and said:1 know it all!
2 Who is this that darkens counsel 19 Where is this, the way light
by words without knowledge? dwells; and where is the place of
3 Now gird up your loins like a man, darkness,
20 that you should take it to its
1 Now YHWH will answer Job in a most boundary, and that you should
pointed way.
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10 Can you tie the wild ox in the understanding? Will he spread his
furrow with his rope? Or will he wings toward the south?
harrow the valleys for you? 27 Or does the eagle mount up at
11 Will you trust him because his your mouth, and make his nest on
strength is great; or will you leave your high?
labor to him? 28 He lives and stays on the rock, on
12 Or will you have faith in him, that the crag of the rock and the
he will return your seed, and gather it stronghold.
to your grain-floor? 29 From there he seeks food; his
13 The wing of the ostriches flap eyes see afar off.
joyously, though not like the stork's 30 And his young brood also sucks
pinions for flight. up blood; and where the pierced ones
14 For she leaves her eggs to the are, there he is.
earth, and lets them warm on the dust;
15 and forgets that a foot may crush Chapter 40
it, or the beast of the field may trample
it; 1 And YAHWEH answered Job and
16 she treats her young roughly, as if said:
they are not hers; for her labor is 2 Shall a reprover contend with the
vanity without fear; Almighty? He who reproves Eloah, let
17 because Eloah has made her him answer it.
forget wisdom; and He has not given 3 Then Job answered YAHWEH and
to her a share in understanding. said:
18 At the time she lifts up on high, 4 Behold, I am vile! What shall I
she laughs at the horse and its rider. answer You? I will put my hand to my
19 Have you given the horse its mouth.
strength: have you clothed its neck 5 Once I have spoken, but I will not
with a mane? answer; yea, twice, but I will go no
20 Can you make him leap like a further.1
locust; the majesty of his snorting is
6 And YAHWEH answered Job out of
terrifying?
the whirlwind and said:
21 He paws in the valley and he
7 Now gird up your loins like a man,
rejoices in his strength; he goes out to
and I will question you; and you make
meet the weapons;
Me to know.
22 he mocks at fear and is not
8 Will you also set aside My
terrified; and he does not turn back
judgment; will you condemn Me so
from the sword.
that you may be justified?
23 The quiver rattles against him,
9 And have you an arm like El; or
the flashing spear and the javelin.
can you thunder with a voice like His?
24 He swallows the ground with
10 Adorn yourself with majesty now,
quivering and trembling, and he does
and with grandeur, and clothe yourself
not stand still for the sound of the
ram's horn. 1 Verses 3-5: Finally Job gets it that all men
25 When the ram's horn sounds, he are vile and evil compared to the great
says, Aha! And he smells the battle eternal, perfect, loving, Creator. He shuts
from a distance, the thunder of the his mouth in shame, which fully contrasts
captains, and the shouting. the self-righteous person who always has an
26 Does the hawk soar from your answer no matter what, due to their pride
and self righteousness. Rom 3:10-23.
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23 The folds of flesh cleave together, have repented on dust and ashes.1
cast firm on him; he cannot be moved. 7 And it happened, after YAHWEH
24 His heart is cast hard as a stone, spoke these words to Job, YAHWEH
even cast hard as a piece of a lower said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My
millstone. anger glows against you and your two
25 The mighty are afraid from his friends. For You have not spoken the
arising; from the crashings they miss right about Me, as My servant Job.
the way. 8 And now take for you seven young
26 The sword overtakes him, but will bulls and seven rams and go to My
not hold firm, nor the spear, the dart, servant Job, and offer a burnt offering
or the javelin. for yourselves. And My servant Job
27 He counts iron as straw, copper will pray for you. Surely I will lift up
as rotten wood. his face so as not to do with you
28 A son of a bow cannot make him according to your folly, in that you
flee; slingstones are turned to stubble have not spoken the right about Me, as
by him; My servant Job. (Job 1:5)
29 darts are counted as stubble; he 9 And Eliphaz the Temanite, and
laughs at the shaking of a javelin. Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the
30 Points of potsherds are under
Naamathite went and did as YAHWEH
him; he spreads sharp marks on the
mire. spoke to them. And YAHWEH lifted
31 He makes the deep boil like a pot; the face of Job.
he makes the sea like a pot of 10 And when he prayed for his
ointment; friends, YAHWEH turned the captivity
32 he makes a path to shine after of Job; and YAHWEH added to Job all
him; one would think the deep to be which had been his, to double.
gray headed. 11 And all his brothers and all his
33 There is nothing like him on sisters came to him; and all knowing
earth, one made without fear. him before. And they ate bread with
34 He beholds all high things; he is him in his house and consoled him
king over all the sons of pride. and comforted him as to all the evil
that YAHWEH had brought on him.
Chapter 42 And they each gave him a piece of
money, and each one a ring of gold.
1 And Job answered YAHWEH and 12 And YAHWEH blessed the latter
said: days of Job more than the earlier days.
2 I know that You can do all, and no And to him were fourteen thousand
purpose is withheld from You. sheep and six thousand camels, and a
3 Who is this hiding counsel without thousand yoke of oxen, and a
knowledge? So I declared, but did not thousand she-donkeys.
understand things too wonderful for 13 And he had seven sons and three
me; yea, I did not know. daughters.
4 I pray, Listen, and I will speak; I will 14 And he called the name of the
ask You, and You will make me know. first, Jemima; and the name of the
5 I have heard of You by hearing of
the ear, but now my eye has seen You; 1 Job finally realizes that only humility and
6 Therefore, I despise myself, and I repentance will lead to a true relationship
with YAHWEH. Our self-justification is
simply filthy rage to Him, Isa 64:6.
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and His right hand embraces me.1 young deer, the stag, on the cleft
7 I charge you by the gazelles, and by mountains.
the does of the field, O daughters of
Jerusalem, that you do not stir up and Chapter 3
do not awaken (Aleph/Tav) the
Beloved until it pleases.2 (Zec 1:13-17, 1 By night on my bed I sought Him
Amo 5:18-20, Luk 21:8) (Aleph/Tav) whom my soul loves. I
8 The voice of my Beloved! Behold, sought Him, but I did not find Him.
He comes leaping on the mountains, 2 I will rise now and go about in the
skipping on the hills. city, in the streets and in the broad
9 My Beloved is likened to a gazelle, places. I will seek Him whom my soul
or to a young deer, the stag. Behold, loves. I sought Him, but I did not find
He stands behind our wall, looking Him.
from the windows, peering from the 3 The one watching going about in
lattice. the city found me. I said, Have you
10 My Beloved answered and said to seen Him whom my soul loves?
me, rise up yourself, My love, My 4 When I had passed on from them,
beautiful one, and come away yourself. it was a little while until I found Him
11 For, behold, the winter has whom my soul loves. I seized Him, and
passed, the rain has passed, it goes to I did not let Him go until I had
itself.3 brought Him into my mother's house,
12 The flowers are seen on the earth; and into the room of her who
the time of singing has come, and the conceived me.
voice of the turtledove is heard in our 5 O daughters of Jerusalem, swear
land. the oath, swear it seven times, by the
13 The fig tree spices her unripe figs gazelles or by the does of the field, that
and the vines give a fragrance by the you do not stir up, even that you not
blossom. Arise, My love; come, My awaken (Aleph/Tav) the Beloved until
beautiful one, and come yourself. it pleases.
(Mat 24:32-35) 6 Who is this who comes up out of
14 O, My dove, in the clefts of the the wilderness like columns of smoke,
rock, in the secrecy of the steep place, sacrificing as incense myrrh and
let Me see your form. Let Me hear your frankincense, from all powders of the
voice; for your voice is sweet, and your merchant?6 (Exo 13:21-22)
form is beautiful.4 7 Behold his bed, Solomon's! Sixty
15 Take for us the foxes, the little mighty men are around it, of the
foxes that spoil the vineyards, even our mighty men of Israel.
vineyards with blossoms. 8 They all hold the sword, instructed
16 My Beloved is mine, and I am in war; each man has his sword on his
His. He feeds among the lilies.5 thigh from dread in the night.
17 Until when does the day blow, and 9 King Solomon made himself a
the shadows flee away? Turn, my litter bed of the trees of Lebanon.
Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a 10 He made its poles of silver; its
1 Showing full security in her bridegroom. 5 This shows the closeness of the bride and
2 This is symbolic of not seeking Yahshua's bridegroom. They are found in the “lilies”
return before it's time. because the name comes from it's whiteness
3 This is spring and Passover time. from it's purity.
4 The bride is hidden in the rocks, Isa 33:14- 6 The bride comes out of the wilderness, Rev
17, Isa 26:1, 20-21. 12:14, Exo 20:34-35.
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back of gold; its seat of purple; its 9 You have ravished My heart, My
middle was paved with love by the sister, My spouse; you have ravished
daughters of Jerusalem. My heart with one of your eyes, with
11 Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and one chain of your neck.
see The King of Peace with the crown 10 How beautiful are your loves, My
with which his mother crowned him sister, My spouse! How much better
on his wedding day, even on the day of are your loves than wine, and the scent
the gladness of his heart.1 of your ointments than all spices!
11 Your lips, My spouse, drip like the
Chapter 4 honeycomb; honey and milk are under
your tongue. And the scent of your
1 Behold, you are beautiful, My love. garments is like the scent of Lebanon.
Behold, you are beautiful;2 your eyes 12 A locked garden is My sister, My
are as doves' from behind your veil. spouse; a spring locked up, a sealed
Your hair is like a flock of goats which fountain.
lie down from Mount Gilead. 13 Your plants are an orchard of
2 Your teeth are like a flock of shorn pomegranates with excellent fruits,
sheep which come up from the with henna and spikenard;
washing place; of which they all are 14 spikenard and saffron, calamus
bearing twins; and a bereaved one is and cinnamon; with all trees of
not among them. frankincense, myrrh and aloes; with
3 Your lips are like a cord of scarlet, all the chief balsam spices;
and your speech is becoming; your 15 a fountain of gardens, a well of
temples are like a piece of living waters; even flowings from
pomegranate behind your veil. Lebanon.3 (Rev 22:1-2)
4 Your neck is like the tower of 16 Awake, north wind; yea, come,
David, built for an armory; a thousand south wind; blow on my garden; let its
bucklers hang on it, all the shields of spices flow out. Let my Beloved come
the mighty men. into His garden and eat its excellent
5 Your two breasts are like two fruits.4
fawns, twins of a gazelle, feeding
among the lilies. Chapter 5
6 Until when the day blows, and the
shadows flee away, I myself will go to 1 I have come into My garden, My
the mountain of myrrh, and to the hills sister, My spouse; I have gathered My
of frankincense. myrrh with My spice. I have eaten My
7 You are all beautiful, My love. honeycomb with My honey; I have
There is no blemish on you. drunk My wine with My milk. Eat and
8 Come with Me from Lebanon, My drink, O friends; yea, drink fully,
spouse; with Me from Lebanon. Look beloved ones.
from the top of Amana, from the top of 2 I sleep, but my heart is awake. It is
Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' the sound of my Beloved that knocks,
dens, from the mountains of the saying, Open to Me, My sister, My
leopards. love, My dove, My undefiled. For My
1 The bride is marrying the King of Peace, 3 Verses 12-15: Showing imagery like the
Isa 9:6-7, Mat 5:35, Heb 7:1-2. Garden of Eden.
2 Verses 1-15 show how much the 4 Verse 16 the bride calls out to her
bridegroom is in love with His bride. bridegroom to come.
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head is filled with dew, My locks with appearance is like Lebanon, excellent
the drops of the night. (Mat 25:1-13) as the cedars.
3 I have put off My coat; how shall I 16 His mouth is most sweet, and He
put it on? I have washed My feet; how is altogether lovely. This is my
shall I defile them? Beloved, and this is my Friend, O
4 My Beloved sent His hand from the daughters of Jerusalem.
opening, and my inner being sighed
for Him. Chapter 6
5 I rose up to open to my Beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh; 1 Where has your Beloved gone,
yea, my fingers flowing with myrrh on most beautiful among women? Where
the handles of the bolt.1 has your Beloved turned? For we seek
6 I opened to my Beloved, but my Him along with you.
Beloved had left; He passed on. My 2 My Beloved has gone down to His
soul went out when He spoke; I sought garden, to the terraces of spices, to
Him, but I could not find Him. I called feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
Him, but He did not answer me.2 3 I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved
7 The watchmen who went about the is mine. He feeds among the lilies.
city found me and struck me; they (SoS 2:16, 7:10)
wounded me; those keeping the walls 4 O My love, you are as beautiful as
lifted my veil from me. Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem,
8 I charge you, O daughters of awesome as bannered armies.
Jerusalem, if you find my Beloved, 5 Turn away your eyes from Me,
what do you tell Him? That I am sick because they have overcome Me. Your
with love. hair is like a flock of goats that lie
9 What is your Beloved more than down from Gilead.
another beloved, most beautiful 6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
among women? What is your Beloved which come up from the washing
more than another beloved, that you place, of which they all are bearing
adjure us so? twins, and a bereaved one is not
10 My Beloved is bright and rosy, among them.
standing out among ten thousand. 7 Your temples behind your veil are
11 His head is like refined gold; His like a piece of pomegranate.
locks are bushy and black as a raven. 8 Sixty of them are queens, and
12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves eighty concubines, and virgins without
on the rivers of waters, washed with number.
milk, sitting on a setting. 9 But My dove, My perfect one is
13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, united (echad). She is the only one to
a raised bed of aromatic herbs. His lips her mother; she is the choice of the
are like lilies dropping flowing myrrh. one who bore her. The daughters saw
14 His hands are like rings of gold her and called her blessed; the queens
filled with jewels; His body an ivory and the concubines saw her, and they
plate overlaid with sapphires. praised her. (Joh 17:23)
15 His legs are like pillars of marble 10 Who is she who looks down like
founded on bases of fine gold; His the dawn, beautiful as the moon, clear
as the sun, awesome as bannered
1 The myrrh is showing the sacrifice and armies?
suffering it took for His bride. 11 I went down to the garden of nut
2 The bridegroom is here but not visible yet.
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trees, to see the greenery of the ravine, is toward me. (SoS 2:16, 6:3)
to see whether the vine flowered and 11 Come, my Beloved, let us go forth
the pomegranates budded. into the field; let us stay in the villages.
12 I did not know, but My soul set 12 Let us rise up early to the
Me on the chariots of My princely vineyards; let us see if the vine flowers
people. and the blossom opens, and the
13 Return, return, O Peaceful one! pomegranates bud forth. There I will
Return, return, that we may gaze upon give my loves to You.2
you. What will you see in the 13 The love apples give a scent, and
Shulamite? As it were the dance of two over our doors are all excellent fruits;
army camps. new, also old, I have laid up for You,
my Beloved.
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
1 How beautiful are your feet in
sandals,1 O prince's daughter! The 1 Who can give You to me, as my
curves of your thighs are like jewels, brother, who sucked the breasts of my
the work of the hands of an artisan. mother? When I find You outside, I
2 Your navel is like a round goblet; it would kiss You. They also would not
never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is despise me.
like a heap of wheat set about with 2 I would lead You; I would bring
lilies. You into my mother's house, that You
3 Your two breasts are like two might instruct me; I would cause You
fawns, twins of a gazelle. to drink the spiced wine from the juice
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower; of my pomegranate.
your eyes like the fishpools in 3 His left hand would be under my
Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. head, and His right hand embraces
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, me.
peering toward the face of Damascus. 4 I adjure you, O daughters of
5 Your head is like Carmel, and the Jerusalem; why do you awaken; yea,
hair of your head like purple cloth; the why do you awaken (Aleph/Tav) my
King is held captive in its tresses. Love until it pleases?
6 How beautiful and how pleasant 5 Who is this that comes up from the
you are in delights, O love! wilderness, leaning on her Beloved?3 I
7 Your stature compares to a palm awakened you under the apple tree;
tree, and your breasts to clusters of there your mother travailed with you;
grapes. there she travailed; she bore you.
8 I said, I will go up in the palm tree; 6 Set me as a seal on Your heart, as a
I will take hold of its stalk. And please seal on Your arm. For love is strong as
let your breasts be like clusters of the death; jealousy is cruel as Sheol; its
vine, and the scent of your nose like flames are flames of fire, a flame of
apples, Yah.
9 and your palate like the best wine 2 Comparing the agriculture of this verse with
going down for my Beloved in SoS 2:12, we can see that ½ a year has
smoothness, flowing softly over the passed.
lips of sleeping ones. 3 The bride although unprepared and not
10 I am my Beloved's, and His desire ready in chapter one, now comes out of the
wilderness ready for the bridegroom and the
1 Rom 10:15. wedding supper, Rev 19:7-8, Rev 12:1-2,14.
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ceased to speak to her. 6 And the young man who had been
19 And they went, both of them, set over the reapers replied and said,
until they came into Bethlehem. And it She is a young woman of Moab who
happened as they came into came with Naomi from the fields of
Bethlehem, all the city was moved at Moab.
them. And they said, Is this Naomi? 7 And she said, Please let me glean,
20 And she said to them, Do not call and I shall gather among the sheaves
me Naomi. Call me Bitterness, for the after the reapers. And she came and
Almighty (Shaddai) has dealt bitterly has remained since morning, even
with me. until now. She sat in the house a little
21 I went out full, and YAHWEH has while.
brought me back empty. Why do you 8 And Boaz said to Ruth, Do you not
call me Naomi, since YAHWEH has set hear, my daughter? Do not go to glean
His eye against me, and the Almighty another field, and also do not pass
(Shaddai) has done evil to me? through this. And you shall stay close
22 And Naomi returned, and Ruth to my young women.
the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law 9 Your eyes shall be on the field
with her, who returned from the fields which they shall reap, and you shall go
of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem after them. Have I not commanded the
at the beginning of barley harvest.1 young men not to touch you? When
you are thirsty, then you shall go to the
Chapter 2 vessels and shall drink from that
which the young men draw.
1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her 10 And she fell on her face and
husband, a mighty man of the family bowed to the earth, and said to him,
of Elimelech. And his name was Boaz. Why have I found grace in your eyes,
2 And Ruth of Moab said to Naomi, that you should notice me, and I a
Let me now go to the field and glean stranger?
among the ears of grain after him in 11 And Boaz answered and said to
whose sight I shall find favor. 2 And she her, It has been fully revealed to me all
said to her, Go, my daughter. that you have done with your mother-
3 And she went. And she came and in-law after the death of your husband.
gleaned in the field after the reapers. And you left your father and your
And she happened by chance on the mother, and the land of your birth,
part of the field belonging to Boaz, and came to a people which you had
who was of Elimelech's family. not known before.
4 And, behold, Boaz came from 12 May YAHWEH repay your work3,
Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, and your wages shall be complete from
YAHWEH be with you. And they YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel, under
answered him, YAHWEH bless you. whose wings you have come to take
5 And Boaz said to his young man refuge.
who had been set over the reapers, 13 And she said, Let me find grace in
Whose is this young woman? your eyes, my master, because you
have comforted me, and because you
1 This started at Passover and continued until have spoken to the heart of your
Shavuot.
2 The word used here can also mean grace, 3 The son of Boaz and Ruth was named
and Ruth in this story is typical of the bride “Obed”, which means one who
and Boaz the Bridegroom. works/serves.
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you that which you are to do. lives, then I will redeem you. Lie down
5 And she said to her, All that you until the morning.
say, I will do. 14 And she lay at his feet until the
6 And she went down to the morning, and rose up before anyone
threshing floor and did according to all could discern a man with his neighbor.
that her mother-in-law commanded And he said, Let it not be known that a
her. woman has come to the grain floor.
7 And Boaz ate and drank, and his 15 And he said, Give me the covering
heart felt good. And he went to lie which is on you, and hold on to it. And
down at the end of the heap. And she she kept hold on it, and he measured
came secretly and uncovered his feet, six measures of barley, and lay it on
and lay down. her. And she went in to the city.
8 And it happened in the middle of 16 And she came in to her mother-
the night, that the man trembled and in-law. And she said, Who are you, my
turned himself. And, behold, a woman daughter? And she told her all that the
was lying at his feet! man had done to her.
9 And he said, Who are you? And she 17 And she said, He gave me these
said, I am your handmaid Ruth, and six measures of barley, for he said, You
you shall spread your skirt over your shall not go empty to your mother-in-
handmaid,1 for you are a kinsman law.
redeemer. (Eze 5:3, 16:8, Rev 7:15) 18 And she said, Sit, my daughter,
10 And he said, Blessed be you of until you shall know how the matter
YAHWEH, my daughter. You have falls, for the man shall not rest until he
dealt more kindly at the latter end has completed the matter today.
than at the beginning, not to go after
the young men, either poor or rich. Chapter 4
11 And now, my daughter, do not
fear. All that you say I will do to you, 1 And Boaz went up to the gate and
for all the gate of my people know that sat there.2 And, behold, the near
you are a woman of virtue. (Rev 14:4) kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken
12 And now, surely it is true that I was passing by. And he said, Such a
am a kinsman redeemer. But there one, turn aside, sit down. And he
also is a redeemer closer to you than I. turned aside and sat down.
13 Stay tonight, and it shall be in the 2 And he took ten men of the elders
morning, if he will redeem you, well; of the city, and said, Sit down here.
he will redeem. And if he does not And they sat down.
delight to redeem you, as YAHWEH 3 And he said to the near kinsman,
Naomi, who has returned from the
1 Spreading the skirt over one was a symbolic fields of Moab, will sell a portion of the
act of stating they were under their field which belonged to our brother, to
protection. In a Jewish traditional wedding Elimelech.
the couple is married under a tallit with the
4 And I said I would uncover your
tassels hanging down on all four sides
showing that the woman is coming under
ear, saying, Buy it before those sitting,
the covering of her bridegroom. It would be and before the elders of my people. If
totally outside of judicial order and an act 2 The city gate in ancient times was the most
of rebellion for a woman to wear the tassel important point in the city where Kings sat,
on her own and it would show that she and official business was conducted as well
refuses the covering of her true bridegroom as judges ruling on important legal matters,
(Yahshua). Deu 22:15, 2Sam 19:8.
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you will redeem, redeem. But if you Judah, of the Seed which YAHWEH
will not redeem, tell me so that I may shall give to you of this young woman.
know. For there is no one besides you 13 And Boaz took Ruth, and she
to redeem, and I after you. And he became his wife. And he went in to
said, I will redeem it. her, and YAHWEH gave her
5 And Boaz said, In the day you buy conception, and she bore a son.
the field from Naomi's hand, even you 14 And the women said to Naomi,
have bought from Ruth of Moab, the
Blessed be YAHWEH, who has not left
wife of the dead, to raise up the name
you this day without a kinsman-
of him who died over his inheritance.
redeemer; and may his name be called
6 And the near kinsman said, I am
in Israel.
not able to redeem for myself, that I
15 And may he be to you a restorer of
not ruin my own inheritance. You
life, and a nourisher of your old age,
redeem for yourself my right of
for your daughter-in-law who loves
redemption, for I am not able to
you has borne him, who is better to
redeem.
you than seven sons.
7 And this formerly was done in
16 And Naomi took the child, and
Israel for redemption, and as for an
laid him in her bosom, and became
exchange, to confirm every matter. A
nurse to him.
man would draw off his sandal and
17 And the neighboring women gave
gave to his neighbor. And this was the
him a name, saying, This is a son born
attestation in Israel.
to Naomi; and they called his name
8 And the near kinsman said to
Obed1. He is the father of Jesse, the
Boaz, Buy for yourself, and drew off
father of David.
his sandal.
18 And these are the generations of
9 And Boaz said to the elders, and all
Pharez: Pharez fathered Hezron;
the people, You are witnesses today
19 and Hezron fathered Ram; and
that I have bought all that belonged to
Ram fathered Amminadab;
Elimelech, and all that was to Chilion
20 and Amminadab fathered
and Mahlon, from the hand of Naomi.
Nahshon; and Nahshon fathered
10 And also Ruth of Moab, the wife
Salmon;
of Mahlon, I have bought for myself
21 and Salmon fathered Boaz; and
for a wife, to raise up the name of him
Boaz fathered Obed;
who died over his inheritance. And the
22 and Obed fathered Jesse; and
name of him who died shall not be cut
Jesse fathered David.
off from among his brothers, and from
the gate of his place. You are witnesses
today.
11 And all the people who were in the
gate and the elders, said, We are
witnesses. May YAHWEH make the
woman who is coming into your house
to be as Rachel and as Leah, both of
whom built the house of Israel. And
may you do worthily in Ephratah, and
proclaim the Name in Bethlehem.
12 And let your house be as the
house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore to
1 “Obed” means one serving.
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Chapter 1 nakedness. Also, she groans and turns
backward.
1 How alone sits the city that was full 9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts.
of people! She has become like a She did not remember her end and has
widow, once great among the nations; gone down astoundingly. She had no
a noblewoman among the provinces comforter. O YAHWEH, behold my
has become a payer of tribute.1 affliction, for the enemy has magnified
2 She bitterly weeps in the night, and himself.
her tears are on her cheeks. She has no 10 The enemy has spread out his
comforter among all her lovers. All her hand on all her desirable things.
friends dealt deceitfully with her; they Indeed, she has seen the nations enter
became enemies to her. into her holy place, whom You
3 Judah went captive from affliction, commanded that they not enter into
and from great slavery. She dwells Your congregation.
among the nations; she finds no rest. 11 All her people sigh from seeking
All her pursuers have overtaken her bread. They gave their desirable things
between the straits. for food to revive the soul. See, O
4 The roads of Zion are in mourning YAHWEH, and look on me, for I have
without any going to the appointed become vile.
feasts. All her gates are deserted; her 12 Is it nothing to you, all you who
priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted; pass by? Behold, and see if there is any
and she is in bitterness. sorrow like my sorrow which is done
5 Her foes have become as chief; her to me, with which YAHWEH has
enemies are at ease. For YAHWEH has afflicted me in the day of His burning
afflicted her for the multitude of her anger.
trespasses. Her children have gone 13 From on high He has sent fire
captive before the foe. into my bones and subdued them. He
6 And from the daughter of Zion all spread a net for my feet; He has
her splendor has departed. Her rulers turned me back; He gave me
have become like bucks; they find no desolation. All the days I faint.
pasture; and they have gone without 14 The yoke of my transgressions is
strength before the pursuer. bound by His hand, they intertwine,
7 In the days of her affliction and her they rise on my neck. He caused my
wandering, Jerusalem remembers all strength to falter. YAHWEH gave me
her desirable things from previous into their hands. I am not able to rise
days, when her people fell into the up.
hand of the foe; and there is no ally for
15 YAHWEH has trampled all my
her. The foes saw her; they laughed at
mighty ones in my midst. He called a
her annihilations.
gathering against me to crush my
8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned;
on account of this, she has been young men. As a winepress, YAHWEH
removed. All the ones knowing her trod the virgin daughter of Judah.
despise her, for they saw her 16 I weep for these; my eye, my eye
runs down with water, because a
1 The book of Lamentations is a book of the comforter who could be reviving my
grieving over the destruction of Yahweh's soul is far from me. My sons are
set apart city Jerusalem. The authorship of desolated because the enemy prevails.
the book is attributed to the weeping 17 Zion spreads forth her hands;
prophet, Jeremiah.
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there is not one comforting to her; right hand from the face of the
YAHWEH has commanded concerning enemies, and He burned in Jacob as a
Jacob that his enemies should be all flaming fire; it consumes all around.
around him. Jerusalem has become as 4 He trod His bow like an enemy,
an impure thing among them. and set His right hand like a foe; and
18 YAHWEH is righteous, for I killed all who were desirable to the eye
rebelled against His mouth. I beseech in the tent of the daughter of Zion. He
you, all peoples, hear and see my poured out His fury like fire.
sorrow. My virgins and my young men 5 YAHWEH was like an enemy; He
went into exile. swallowed up Israel; He swallowed up
19 I called for my lovers; they all his palaces and destroyed his
deceived me. My priests and my elders strongholds; and He increased
expired in the city, while they sought mourning and weeping in the
food for them to bring back their life. daughter of Judah.
20 Behold, O YAHWEH, for I am 6 And He violated his booth like a
distressed. My inward parts ferment; garden and destroyed his set apart
my heart is overturned within me; for meetings. YAHWEH made Holy Days
I have grievously rebelled. On the and Sabbaths forgotten in Zion, and
outside the sword bereaves; in the He rejected king and priest in the fury
house it is as death. of His anger.
21 They hear that I sigh; there is no 7 YAHWEH has cast off His altar; He
comforter to me. All my enemies have rejected His holy place. He has
heard my evil; they rejoice that You delivered the walls of her palaces into
have done it. You will bring the day the hand of the enemy. They gave a
that You have called, and they shall be noise in the house of YAHWEH, as a
like me. day of meeting.
22 Let all their evil come before You; 8 YAHWEH willed to destroy the
and do to them as You have done to wall of the daughter of Zion; He has
me for all my transgressions. For my stretched out a line. He has not
sighs are many, and my heart is faint. withdrawn His hand from swallowing;
and He made rampart and wall
Chapter 2 lament; they languish together.
9 Her gates have sunk in the ground;
1 How YAHWEH has clouded over He has dispersed and shattered her
the daughter of Zion in His anger! He bars. Her kings and her rulers are
cast the beauty of Israel down from the among the nations. The Torah is not.
heavens to the earth, and did not Also her prophets have not found a
remember His footstool in the day of vision from YAHWEH.
His wrath. 10 They sit on the ground; the elders
2 YAHWEH swallowed up all of of Zion's daughters are silent. They
Jacob's dwelling-places, and did not make dust go up on their heads, they
pity. In His wrath He has thrown gird on sack cloths. The virgins of
down the strongholds of the daughter Jerusalem let their heads go down to
of Judah. He made them touch to the the ground.
earth. He has defiled the kingdom and 11 And my eyes are at an end with
its rulers. tears, my inward parts ferment; my
3 He cut off all the horn of Israel in liver is poured on the ground for the
hot anger. He has turned back His
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up as a mark for the arrow. 31 For YAHWEH will not cast off
13 He caused the sons of His quiver forever.
to enter into my inward parts. 32 For though He causes grief, He
14 I was a mockery to all my people, will have pity according to His many
their song all the day. kindnesses.
15 He has filled me with bitterness 33 For He does not afflict from His
and made me drunk with wormwood. heart, nor does He grieve the sons of
16 And He broke my teeth with man,
gravel; He has covered me in the 34 to crush all the prisoners of earth
ashes. under His feet,
17 And You cast off my soul from 35 to turn aside the justice of a man
peace; I have forgotten goodness. before the face of the Most High,
18 And I said, my strength and my 36 to wrong a man in his cause. This,
hope have perished from YAHWEH. YAHWEH does not see.
19 Remember my affliction and my 37 Who is this speaking, and it
roaming, as wormwood and bitterness. happens when YAHWEH does not
20 My soul vividly remembers and command it?
bows down on me. 38 Both the evil and the good do not
21 I bring back this to my heart. On go out from the mouth of the Most
account of this I hope. High.
22 It is by the kindnesses of 39 What? Should mankind
YAHWEH that we are not consumed, complain, living warriors, because of
for His mercies are not ended. his sins?
23 They are new by mornings; great 40 Let us search and examine our
is Your faithfulness. ways, and turn again to YAHWEH.
24 YAHWEH is my portion, says my 41 Let us lift up our heart and hands
soul. On account of this I shall hope to to El in Heaven.
Him. 42 We have transgressed and
25 YAHWEH is good to those waiting rebelled; You, You have not forgiven.
on Him, to the soul seeking Him.1 43 You have wrapped Yourself with
26 It is good that a man hopes for anger and pursued us; You have slain;
the salvation (Y’shua*) of YAHWEH, You have not pitied.
even in silence.2 44 You have covered for You with a
27 It is good for a man that he bear a cloud, from any prayer passing
yoke in his youth. through.
28 He sits alone and is silent, for He 45 You have made us sweepings and
laid it on him. garbage in the midst of the peoples.
29 He puts his mouth in the dust, if 46 All our enemies have opened
perhaps there is hope. their mouths against us.
30 He gives his cheek to Him who 47 Dread and a pit is ours,
strikes him; he is filled with reproach. devastation and ruin.
(Isa 50:6) 48 Streams of water go down from
my eye for the ruin of the daughter of
1 Faith is constituted in one's patience that he my people.
has to wait on YHWH even in times of long
49 My eye flows out and does not
trials or distress.
cease, from there not being any
2 The only true hope of any grave trial is the
appearance of Yahshua and the Kingdom of relaxing,
YHWH being established on the earth. 50 until YAHWEH shall look down
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as of old,
22 for You have utterly rejected us;
You are exceedingly angry against us.
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Chapter 1 things; yea, nor is there any memory
for them of things which will be
1 The words of the Preacher, the son afterward, with those who will be at
of David, king in Jerusalem: the last.4
2 Vanity of vanities, says the 12 I, the Preacher, was king over
Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is Israel in Jerusalem.
vanity!1 13 And I gave my heart to seek and
3 What is the profit to a man in all to investigate by wisdom concerning
his labor which he labors under the all which is done under the heavens. It
sun? is an evil task Elohim has given to the
4 A generation passes away, and sons of men, to be afflicted by it.
another generation comes; but the 14 I have seen all the works which
earth stands forever. are done under the sun; and, behold,
5 The sun also arises, and the sun all is vanity and striving after wind!
goes even panting to its place; it arises 15 What is crooked cannot be made
there again. straight, and that lacking cannot be
6 The wind goes toward the south, weighed out.
and turning around to the north; the 16 I spoke with my heart, saying, Lo,
wind is going around and around. And I have become great and have
the wind returns on its circuits. increased wisdom over all that have
7 All the rivers are going to the sea; been over Jerusalem before me. Yea,
yet the sea is not full. To the place my heart has seen much wisdom and
where the rivers are going, there they knowledge.
are returning to go again.2 17 And I gave my heart to know
8 All words are wearisome; a man is wisdom, and to know madness, and
not able to say it. The eye is not folly. I know that this also, it is striving
satisfied to see, nor is the ear filled after wind.
from hearing. 18 For in much wisdom is much
9 That which has been, it is that grief; and he who increases knowledge
which shall be. And that which has increases pain.
been done, it is that which will be
done. And there is no new thing under Chapter 2
the sun.3
10 Is there a thing of which one 1 I said in my heart, Come now, I will
might say, See this, it is new? It has test you with mirth. Therefore,
already been for the ages which were consider with goodness. And behold,
before us. this also is vanity.
11 There is no memory of former 2 I said of laughter, It is madness,
and of mirth, What does it
1 The book of Ecclesiastes was written by
Solomon at the end of his life and shows the 3 Verses 8-9: To most people, human, secular
great lesson that if your life goals are only goals will keep one busy a lifetime, but to
focused on fleshly wealth and pleasure Solomon who has done and accomplished
seeking, then in the end it will be quite all secular pleasures, yet had no spiritual
empty with no lasting spiritual fulfillment. goals or accomplishments, he sees life as
2 Verses 4-7 show YHWH's circular pattern pure vanity.
to life. Solomon took this pattern as vanity, 4 To one who merely seeks physical pleasure
but in reality it shows the Eternal Creator's in this life, there is no future hope, but for
unending cycle of life and stability to His those who are seeking first the Kingdom of
creation. YHWH there is hope for eternity, Mat 6:33.
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his labor, and in striving of his heart, time of war, and a time of peace.1
which he labored under the sun? 9 What advantage has he who works
23 For all his days are sorrows, and in that which he did as a laborer?
his task is grief; yea, his heart does not 10 I have seen the task which Elohim
even take rest in the night. This is also has given to the sons of men, to be
vanity to him. humbled by it.
24 Is it not good that he should eat 11 He has made everything beautiful
and drink, and that he should make in its time. Also, He has set eternity in
his soul see good in his labor. This also their heart, without which man cannot
I saw, that it was from the hand of The find out the work that The Elohim
Elohim. makes from the beginning even to the
25 For who can eat, or who else can end. (Joh 6:44, Job 11:7)
enjoy apart from me? 12 I know that there is no good in
26 For Elohim gives wisdom, and them, but for a man to rejoice to do
knowledge, and joy to a man that is good in his life.
good in his sight: but to the sinner he 13 And also every man that eats and
gives the task of gathering and drinks, and sees good in his labor, it is
collecting, that he may give to the one the gift of Elohim.
who is good before The Elohim. This 14 I know that whatever The Elohim
also is vanity and striving after wind. does, it shall be forever; nothing is to
(Pro 2:6, Ecc 1:18, Job 15:20) be added to it, and nothing is to
diminish from it. And The Elohim
Chapter 3 does it so that they fear before Him.
15 That which has been, it already is;
1 To all there is an appointed time, and that which is to be, it already has
even a time for every purpose under been. And The Elohim seeks what has
the heavens: gone by.
2 a time to be born, and a time to 16 And again I saw under the sun at
die; a time to plant, and a time to pull the place of justice: wickedness is
up what is planted; there; and at the place of
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a righteousness, wickedness is there.
time to tear down, and a time to build 17 I said in my heart, The Elohim
up; shall judge the righteous and the
4 a time to weep, and a time to wicked; for there is a time there for
laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to every good purpose and for every
dance; work. (Ecc 11:9)
5 a time to throw away stones, and a 18 I said in my heart concerning the
time to gather stones; a time to issue of the sons of men, that the
embrace, and a time to refrain from Elohim may test them and see that
embracing; they by themselves are beasts.
6 a time to seek, and a time to let 19 For that which happens to the
wander away; a time to keep, and a sons of men, and that which happens
time to throw away; to beasts, even one event is to them. As
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew this one dies, so that one dies; yea, one
together; a time to keep silence, and a 1 Verses 1-8: Emotions are trigger points and
time to speak; there is a time for each emotion in its proper
8 a time to love, and a time to hate; a setting. Self-control and temperance helps
one to be stable through life and each time
setting given.
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breath is to all; so that there is to the 6 Better is a hand filled with rest,
man no advantage over the beast; for than two fists with labor and striving
all is vanity. after wind.
20 All go to one place; all are of the 7 Then I returned and saw vanity
dust, and all return to the dust.1 under the sun.
21 Who knows the spirit of the sons 8 There is one alone, and there is not
of the man, whether it goes upward; a second; yea, he has neither son nor
and the spirit of the beast, whether it brother; and there is no end to all his
goes downward to the earth?2 labor; even his eyes are not satisfied
22 And I have seen that nothing is with riches; and he says, For whom do
better than that the man should I labor, and deprive my soul? This is
rejoice in his works; for that is his also vanity. Yes, it is an evil task.
portion; for who can bring him to see 9 Two are better than one; because
what shall be after him? they have a good reward for their
labor. (Pro 18:1, Pro 17:17, Pro 18:24)
Chapter 4 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up
his companion. But woe to him, the
1 So I returned and considered all one that falls, and there is not another
the oppressions that are done under to lift him up.
the sun. And behold the tears of those 11 Also if two lie together, then they
who were oppressed, and they had no have warmth; but for one, how is he
comforter! And at the hand of those warm?
who oppressed them was power; but 12 And if one overthrows him, two
there was no comforter to them. shall withstand him; and a threefold
2 And I commended the dead who cord is not quickly torn apart.3
already have died, more than the living 13 A poor and a wise child is better
who are alive until now. than the old and foolish king who does
3 But, better than both is he who has not know to be warned any more.
not yet been, who has not seen the evil 14 For from the house of the
work that is done under the sun. imprisoned he goes forth to reign,
4 And I saw every labor, and every although in his kingdom he was born
success of the work, that it is the envy poor.
of a man against his neighbor; this is 15 I saw all the living who walk about
also vanity and striving after wind. under the sun, with the second child
5 The fool folds his hands together who shall stand up in his place.
and eats his own flesh. 16 There is no end to all the people,
to all who have been before them; they
1 Verses 19-20: The word in the Bible used also who come after shall not rejoice
for “soul” is “nephesh” and both animals with him. Surely this is also vanity and
and humans have a nephesh, which is not striving after wind.
immortal but upon death the body goes
back to the dust that it came from,
Chapter 5
Gen 3:19.
2 The breath of Yahweh's spirit made man a
living soul (Gen 2:7), so when man dies the 1 Guard your feet when you go to the
spirit, which is one and belongs to YHWH
goes back to Him. Please reference Lesson 3 Verses 9-12: Show the great benefit of the
6 in the correspondence course called 'The law of synergy. Yahweh made His elect to
Reward of the Saved' at www.coyhwh.com be fully dependent on Him and co-
in the study section. dependent on each other.
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wisdom gives life to those who have it. the foolishness of madness:
13 Consider at the work of The 26 and I found more bitter than
Elohim; for who can make that death the woman whose heart is
straight which He has bent? (Ecc 1:15) snares and nets; her hands are bonds.
14 In the good day, be in good spirit, He who is good before The Elohim
but also see in the evil day, that The shall escape from her; but the sinner
Elohim has made one along with the shall be captured by her.
other, so that man should not find 27 Behold, I have found this, says
anything after him. the Preacher, counting one by one to
15 All things I have seen in the days find out the sum,
of my vanity; there is a just man who 28 that my soul still seeks, but I have
perishes in his righteousness, and not found; one man among a thousand
there is a wicked one who prolongs his I have found, but a woman among all
life in his evil. (Job 21:7, Hab 1:4) those I have not found.2 (1Kgs 11:1-3)
16 Do not be too much righteous, 29 See, this only I have found, that
nor make yourself overly wise; why The Elohim has made man upright,
destroy yourself?1 but they have sought out many
17 Do not be very evil, and do not be inventions.
a fool; why should you die and it is not
your time? Chapter 8
18 It is good that you should take
hold of this; yea, also from this do not 1 Who is as the wise? And who
let your hand rest; for he who fears knows the interpretation of a thing? A
Elohim shall come forth with all of man's wisdom makes his face shine,
them. and the strength of his face is changed.
19 Wisdom makes the wise stronger 2 I say, Keep the king's word, even
than ten rulers who are in the city. on the matter of the oath of Elohim;
20 For there is not a just man on the 3 do not be hasty to go from before
earth who does good, and does not sin. him. Do not take a stand in an evil
(Rom 3:23, Mat 19:17) thing, for he does whatever he pleases.
21 Also, do not give your heart to all 4 Because the king's word is that
the words they speak, that you not which has power; who then will say to
hear your servant cursing you. him, What are you doing?
22 For also your own heart knows 5 Whoever keeps the commandment
that you yourself have also cursed shall know no evil thing. A wise man's
others many times. heart knows both time and judgment.
23 All this I have tested by wisdom: I 6 Because there is a time and
said, I will be wise; but it was far from judgment to every purpose, in this the
me. evil of man is great upon him.
24 That which is far off and 7 For he does not know what shall
exceeding deep, who can find it out? be. For who can tell him when it shall
25 And I turned my heart about, to be?
know, and to search, and to seek out 8 Man is not a ruler over the spirit,
wisdom, and the reason of things, and to restrain the spirit; nor has he power
to know the wickedness of folly, and 2 Solomon directly disobeyed YHWH by not
only heaping up for himself hundred's of
1 Speaking of either self-righteousness or wives and concubines (Deu 17:17), but also
worldly wisdom. One cannot be too many of these women were foreign women
righteous in obedience to YHWH. who pulled him away from YAHWEH.
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in the day of death. And there is no The Elohim, that a man cannot find
discharge in that war, nor shall out the work that is done under the
wickedness deliver its masters. sun; because though a man labors to
9 All this I have seen. I gave my seek it out, yet he shall not find it. And
heart to every work that is done under even if the wise speaks of knowing, he
the sun. There is a time in which a shall not be able to find it.
man rules over a man for his evil.
10 And so I saw the wicked buried; Chapter 9
and they came and went from the holy
place, and were forgotten in the city, 1 For all this I gave to heart, even to
these things that they had done. This explain all this, that the righteous and
is also vanity. the wise and their works are in the
11 When sentence on an evil work is hand of The Elohim. Whether love or
not executed speedily, on account of hatred, man does not know all that is
this the heart of the sons of men is before them.
fully set in them to do evil.1 2 All happens alike to all; one event
12 Though a sinner does evil a to the righteous, and to the wicked; to
hundred times, and his days are the good, and to the clean, and to the
prolonged to him, yet surely I know unclean; to him who sacrifices, and to
that it shall be well to those who fear him who does not sacrifice. As is the
The Elohim, who fear before Him. good, so is the sinner; he who swears
13 But it shall not be well for the is as he that fears an oath.
wicked; and he shall not lengthen his 3 This is an evil among all things that
days like a shadow, because he does are done under the sun, that there is
not fear before Elohim. one event to all. Yea, also the heart of
14 There is a vanity which is done on the sons of men is full of evil, and
the earth: There are just ones to whom madness is in their heart while they
it happens according to the work of the are alive, and after that they go to the
wicked; and there are wicked men to dead.
whom it happens according to the 4 For one who is chosen to be among
work of the righteous. I said that this all the living, there is hope. For a living
also is vanity. dog is better than a dead lion.
15 Then I praised mirth, because 5 For the living know that they shall
nothing is good for man under the sun die; but the dead do not know
except to eat and to drink and to be anything; nor do they have any more a
glad. For that shall go with him in his reward, for their memory is forgotten. 2
labor for the days of his life which The (Psa 115:17, Psa 146:3-4)
Elohim gives him under the sun. 6 Also their love, their hatred, and
16 When I gave my heart to know their envy has now perished; nor do
wisdom, and to see the business that is they any longer have a part forever in
done on the earth; for even by day and all that is done under the sun.
by night he does not see sleep in his 7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and
eyes. drink your wine with a merry heart,
17 Then I looked at all the work of for The Elohim is already pleased with
1 When punishment for a wicked act is not your works.
given quick retribution, then the person who
did the evil act thinks he got away with 2 The dead are sleeping in the grave with no
something and will do more evil, consciousness, Act 7:60, Joh 11:11,
Deu 17:8-13. 1The 4:15, 1Cor 15:51, Psa 146:3-4.
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12 The words of a wise mouth give the place where the tree falls, there it
grace, but the lips of a stupid one shall be.
swallow him; 4 He who watches the wind shall not
13 the beginning of the words of his sow. And he who looks at the clouds
mouth is foolishness; and the end of shall not reap.
his mouth is evil madness. 5 As you do not know what is the
14 Yet the stupid one makes many way of the wind, as the bones in the
promises; a man knows not what they pregnant woman's womb, even so you
shall be; and what shall be after him, do not know the works of The Elohim
who can tell him? who makes all things.
15 The labor of fools wearies him, 6 Sow your seed in the morning, and
because he does not know how to go to do not rest your hand until evening;
the city. for you do not know what shall be
16 Woe to you, O land, when your blessed, this or that; or whether they
king is a boy, and your leaders eat in both shall be good as one.
the morning. 7 Also the light is sweet; yea, it is
17 Blessed are you, O land, when good for the eyes to behold the sun.
your king is the son of nobles, and 8 But if the man lives many years, let
your leaders eat in due time, in him rejoice in them all, and remember
strength, and not in drinking. the days of darkness, for they shall be
18 The framework tumbles through many. All that may come is vanity.
laziness; and through lowering of 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your
hands, the house leaks. (Pro 24:30- youth. And make your heart glad in
34) the days of your youth, and walk in the
19 Bread is made for laughter, and ways of your heart, and in the sight of
wine gladdens life; but silver answers your eyes; but know that for all these
all things. things The Elohim will bring you into
20 Also, do not curse a king in your judgment.
thought; and do not curse the rich in 10 So then remove vexation from
your bedrooms; for a bird of the your heart, and put away evil from
heavens may carry the voice; yea, the your flesh. For childhood and youth
master of wings may tell the matter.1 are vanity.
Chapter 11 Chapter 12
1 Send out your bread on the face of 1 Remember now your Creators4 in
the waters, for in many days you shall the days of your youth, while the evil
find it.2 days do not come, or the years strike
2 Give a share to seven, or even to when you shall say, I have no pleasure
eight; for you do not know what evil in them; (Gen 1:26-27, Isa 54:5)
may be on the earth.3 2 while not yet the sun, or the light,
3 If the clouds are full of rain, they or the moon, or the stars, are
empty on the earth. And if the tree darkened, or the clouds return after
falls in the south, or in the north, in rain;
1 Watch what you say as you never know
who may be listening. 4 The word for “Creators” here is in the
2 The more seeds you plant the better chance plural, indicating the creation by the Father
you have of one of them sprouting. and Son, and one should seek Yahweh
3 Diversity in investment is sound wisdom. young in life to avoid much grief.
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that Vashti come no more before King Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
Ahasuerus. And let the king give her 6 who had been exiled from
royal estate to another one, who is Jerusalem with the captivity which
better than she is.1 had been led away with Jeconiah king
20 And when the king's decree of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king
which he shall make shall be published of Babylon had exiled.
throughout all his empire, for it is 7 And he was rearing Hadassah (she
great, all the wives shall give their is Esther) his uncle's daughter, for she
husbands honor, both the small and had no father nor mother. And the
the great. young woman was fair of appearance
21 And the saying pleased the king, and beautiful of form. And at the death
and the rulers. And the king did of her father and mother, Mordecai
according to the word of Memucan. took her for his daughter.
22 And he sent letters into all the 8 And it happened, when the king's
kings provinces, into every province command and his order was heard,
according to its writing, and to peoples and when many young women had
and peoples according to language. So been gathered to Shushan the palace,
that every man should be ruling in his into the hand of Hegai, Esther was
house, and speaking according to the taken into the king's house, into the
language of his people. hand of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9 And the young woman was good in
Chapter 2 his eyes, and she rose in favor before
him. And he hastened her purifiers,
1 After these things, when King and her portions, to give them to her.
Ahasuerus' anger had calmed down, And seven young women were seen to
he remembered Vashti, and what she be given to her out of the king's house.
had done, and what he had decreed And he moved her and her maids to
against her. the best place in the house of the
2 And the king's servants who served women.
him said, Let beautiful young virgins 10 Esther had not revealed her
be sought for the king. people or her kindred, for Mordecai
3 And let the king appoint overseers had commanded her that she should
in all the provinces of his kingdom, so not tell of it.
that they may gather together every 11 And Mordecai walked to and fro
beautiful young virgin to Shushan the every day in front of the court of the
palace, to the house of the women, to women's house in order to know
the hand of Hegai the king's eunuch, Esther's welfare, and what would be
keeper of the women, to give their done with her.
purifications. 12 And when the turn of each young
4 And let the young woman who woman had come to go in to King
pleases the king rule instead of Vashti. Ahasuerus, at the end of her being
And the thing pleased the king, and he purified twelve months according to
did so. the law of the women, for so were
5 In Shushan the palace there was a fulfilled the days of their cleansing; six
certain Jew, and his name was months with oil of myrrh, and six
Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of months with fragrances and with
perfumes of the women.
1 Vashti's lack of judicial order lost her the 13 And in this way the young woman
kingdom.
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goes in to the king. All she says is eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, of those
given to her to go with her out of the who guarded the threshold, were
house of the women to the king's angry, and sought to stretch out a
house. hand against King Ahasuerus.
14 She goes in the evening, and on 22 And the thing was known to
the morning she returns to the second Mordecai, who told it to Esther the
house of the women, into the hand of queen. And Esther told the king in the
Shaashgaz the king's eunuch who kept name of Mordecai.
the concubines. She does not come in 23 And when the matter was
to the king any more, unless the king searched into, it was found out; and
delights in her, and she is called by the two of them were hanged on a tree.
name. And it was written in the Book of the
15 And when the turn of Esther had Matters of the Days before the king.
come (she being the daughter of
Abihail, Mordecai's uncle, whom he Chapter 3
had taken to himself for his daughter)
to go in to the king, she did not seek a 1 After these things King Ahasuerus
thing except what Hegai the king's promoted Haman the son of
eunuch, the keeper of the women, Hammedatha the Agagite, and raised
said. And Esther had favor in the sight him, and set his seat above all the
of all who saw her. rulers with him.
16 And Esther was taken to King 2 And all the king's servants who
Ahasuerus into his royal house in the were in the king's gate were bowing
tenth month, which is the month and worshiping Haman, for the king
Tebeth, in the seventh year of his had so commanded for him. But
reign. Mordecai did not bow nor worship.
17 And the king loved Esther above 3 And the king's servants who were
all the women, and she rose in grace at the gate of the king said to
and favor in his sight more than all the Mordecai, Why do you disobey the
virgins. And he set the royal crown on king's command?
her head, and made her to rule instead 4 And it happened, when they spoke
of Vashti. daily to him, and he did not listen to
18 And the king made a great them, they told Haman, to see if
banquet for all his rulers and his Mordecai's matters would stand. For
servants, Esther's banquet. And he he had told them that he was a Jew.
ordered a rest for the provinces, and 5 And when Haman saw that
gave gifts, according to the state of the Mordecai did not bow nor worship
king. him, then Haman was filled with fury.
19 And when the virgins were 6 And it was light in his eyes to reach
gathered together the second time, forth a hand against Mordecai alone;
then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. for they had revealed to him
20 Esther had not revealed her Mordecai's people. And Haman sought
kindred or her people, as Mordecai to destroy all the Jews in all the
had commanded her. For Esther kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of
obeyed Mordecai's command, as she Mordecai.
did when she was brought up by him. 7 In the first month, it is the month
21 In those days, while Mordecai sat Nisan, in the twelfth year of King
in the king's gate, two of the king's Ahasuerus, they made fall Pur, that is,
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the lot, before Haman day by day, and burned by the king's word. And the
from month to month, to the twelfth decree was given in Shushan the
month, the month Adar. palace. And the king and Haman sat
8 And Haman said to King down to drink. But the city, Shushan,
Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered was perplexed.
abroad and dispersed among the
people in all the provinces of your Chapter 4
kingdom. And their laws are different
from every people, and they are not 1 And Mordecai understood all that
doing the king's laws. And it is not for was done, and Mordecai tore his
the king's gain to let them alone. clothes and put on sackcloth with
9 If it pleases the king, let it be ashes, and went out into the middle of
written to destroy them; and I will pay the city, and cried with a loud and
ten thousand talents of silver to the bitter cry.
hands of those who do the work, to 2 And he came until he was before
bring it into the king's treasuries. the king's gate; for there was no
10 And the king took his ring from entering into the king's gate in
his hand, and gave it to Haman the clothing of sackcloth.
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the 3 And in every province, wherever
one distressing the Jews. the king's word and his decree came,
11 And the king said to Haman, The there was great mourning among the
silver is given to you, also the people, Jews, and fasting, and weeping and
to do with them as seems good to you. wailing. Sackcloth and ash were
12 Then the king's scribes were spread on many.
called on the thirteenth day of the first 4 And Esther's maids and her
month, and it was written according to eunuchs came and told her. And the
all that Haman had commanded to the queen was exceedingly writhed in
king's satraps, and to the governors pain. And she sent clothing to clothe
who were over every province, and to Mordecai, and to take away his
the rulers of every people of every sackcloth from him. But he did not
province, according to its writing, and accept.
to every people according to their 5 And Esther called for Hathach, of
language. It was written in the name of the king's eunuchs, who was made to
King Ahasuerus, and sealed with the stand before her. And she charged him
king's ring. as to Mordecai, to know what this was
13 And the documents were sent by and why this was.
the runners into all the king's 6 And Hathach went out to
provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to Mordecai, to the city street in front of
cause to perish, all Jews, both young the king's gate.
and old, little children and women, in 7 And Mordecai told him of all that
one day, on the thirteenth of the had happened to him, and of the sum
twelfth month, which is the month of the silver which Haman had said to
Adar, and to take what they owned for weigh into the king's treasuries for the
a prize. Jews in order to destroy them.
14 A copy of the writing to be given 8 Also he gave him a copy of the
as law in every province was published writing of the law which was given at
to all people to be ready for that day. Shushan in order to destroy them, to
15 The runners went out, being show it to Esther, and to reveal to her,
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and to command her that she should that Esther put on royal clothing and
go in to the king to make supplication stood in the inner court of the king's
to him, and to seek from him help for house, before the king's inner house.
her people. And the king was sitting on his royal
9 And Hathach came and told Esther throne in the royal house, in front of
the words of Mordecai. the gate of the house.
10 Again Esther spoke to Hathach, 2 And it happened, when the king
and ordered him to go to Mordecai, saw Esther the queen standing in the
11 for all the king's servants and the court, she was lifted up in grace in his
people of the king's provinces know eyes. And the king held out the golden
that whoever, whether man or woman, scepter that was in his hand to Esther.
shall come to the king into the inner And Esther drew near and touched the
court, who is not called, there is one top of the scepter.
law of his, to die; except such to whom 3 And the king said to her. What
the king shall hold out the golden shall be done to you, O Queen Esther,
scepter so that he may live. But I have and what is your request? It will be
not been called to come into the king given to you also, even up to half of the
these thirty days. kingdom.
12 And they told Mordecai Esther's 4 And Esther answered, If it seems
words. good to the king, let the king and
13 And Mordecai said to take back to Haman come today to the banquet
Esther, Do not imagine within yourself which I have prepared for him.
to deliver yourself in the king's house 5 And the king said, Cause Haman to
more than all the Jews. hurry to do the word of Esther. And
14 For if you are completely silent at the king and Haman came to the
this time, relief and deliverance shall banquet which Esther had prepared.
rise up to the Jews from another place, 6 And the king said to Esther at the
but you and your father's house shall banquet of wine, What is your
perish. And who knows if you have petition, and it shall be granted to
attained to the kingdom for such a you? And what is your wish? And it
time as this? will be done, even up to half of the
15 And Esther said to take back to kingdom.
Mordecai, 7 And Esther replied and said, As to
16 Go, gather all the Jews being my petition and my request,
found in Shushan, and fast for me. 8 if I have found grace in the eyes of
And do not eat or drink three days, the king, and if it pleases the king to
night or day. My maidens and I will grant my petition and to perform my
also fast in this way. And so I will go in request, let the king and Haman come
to the king, which is not according to to the banquet which I shall prepare
the law. And if I have perished, I have for them, and I will do tomorrow
perished. according to the word of the king.
17 And Mordecai passed over and 9 And Haman went out that day
did according all that Esther had joyful and good of heart. But when
commanded him. Haman saw Mordecai in the gate of
the king, that he did not stand up or
Chapter 5 move for him, he was full of fury
against Mordecai.
1 And it happened on the third day 10 But Haman restrained himself,
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and came to his house, and sent for the wooden gallows which he had
and brought in his friends, and his prepared for him.
wife Zeresh. 5 And the king's servants said to
11 And Haman told them of the glory him, Behold, Haman stands in the
of his riches, and his many sons, and court. And the king said, Let him come
all to which the king had promoted in.
him, and how he lifted him up above 6 And Haman came in. And the king
the rulers and the servants of the king. said to him, What shall be done to the
12 And Haman said, Also, Esther the man whom the king delights to honor?
queen did not let anyone come in with And Haman thought in his heart, To
the king to the banquet that she had whom would the king delight to do
prepared, except me. And also honor more than to myself?
tomorrow I am called to it with the 7 And Haman answered the king,
king. For the man whom the king delights to
13 Yet all this is no gain to me as honor,
long as I am seeing Mordecai the Jew 8 let the royal clothing be brought,
sitting at the king's gate. which the king puts on himself, and
14 And his wife Zeresh and all his the horse on which the king rides, and
friends said to him, Make a wooden the royal crown which is set on his
gallows fifty cubits high, and head;
tomorrow speak to the king and let 9 and let this clothing and horse be
them hang Mordecai on it; and go given into the hand of men, one of the
rejoicing in with the king to the king's most noble rulers, and let them
banquet. And the thing was good in dress the man whom the king delights
Haman's eyes. And he caused the to honor, and cause him to ride on the
wooden gallows to be made. horse through the street of the city,
and call out before him, In this way
Chapter 6 shall be done to the man whom the
king delights, in honoring him!
1 On that night the king's sleep fled, 10 And the king said to Haman,
and he said to bring in the Book of the Hurry! Take the clothing and the
Records of the Matter of the Days. And horse, as you have said, and do so to
they were being read before the king. Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the
2 And it was found written that king's gate. Do not fail to do any of all
Mordecai had told of Bigthana and the things you have spoken.
Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, the 11 And Haman took the clothing and
guards of the threshold, who sought to the horse, and dressed Mordecai, and
send forth a hand against King caused him to ride through the street
Ahasuerus. of the city, and called out before him,
3 And the king said, What honor and In this way shall be done to the man
dignity was done to Mordecai for this? whom the king delights, in honoring
And the king's young servants of his him!
ministers said, Nothing has been done 12 And Mordecai came again to the
for him. king's gate, but Haman hurried to his
4 And the king said, Who is in the house mourning, and his head
court? And Haman had come into the covered.
outer court of the king's house to 13 And Haman told his wife Zeresh
speak to the king to hang Mordecai on and all his friends everything that had
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happened to him. Then his wise men 8 And the king returned out of the
and his wife Zeresh said to him, If garden to the place of the banquet of
Mordecai is of the seed of the Jews, wine. And Haman had fallen on the
before whom you have begun to fall, couch on which Esther was laying
you shall not prevail against him, but upon. And the king said, Will he also
shall surely fall before him. ravish the queen with me in the
14 And while they were still talking house? The word went from the king's
with him, the king's eunuchs arrived, mouth, and they covered Haman's
and they hurried to bring Haman to face.
the banquet which Esther had 9 And Harbonah, one of the
prepared. eunuchs, said before the king, Also,
look! The wooden gallows which
Chapter 7 Haman made for Mordecai, who had
spoken good toward the king, is
1 And the king and Haman came to standing at Haman's house. And the
the banquet of Queen Esther. king said, Hang him on it!
2 And the king said again to Esther 10 And they hanged Haman on the
on the second day of the banquet of wooden gallows which he had
wine, What is your petition, Queen prepared for Mordecai. And the king's
Esther, and it shall be given to you. wrath was ceased.
And what is your request? It shall be
done, to the half of the kingdom. Chapter 8
3 And Esther the queen answered
and said, If I have found grace in your 1 On that day King Ahasuerus gave
eyes, O king, and it pleases the king, the house of Haman, the adversary of
let my life be given me at my petition, the Jews, to Esther the queen. And
and my people at my request. Mordecai came before the king, for
4 For we are sold, my people and I, Esther had told what he was to her.
for destruction, for murder and for 2 And the king took off his ring,
perishing. But if we had been sold for which he had taken from Haman, and
male slaves and slave-girls, I would gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set
have kept silent, though the adversary Mordecai over the house of Haman.
could not make up for the king's loss. 3 And Esther spoke yet again before
5 And King Ahasuerus answered and the king and fell down at his feet. And
said to Esther the queen, Who is he, she begged him with tears to put away
this one? And where is this one, he the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his
who is filled with pride in his heart to purpose which he had plotted against
do so? the Jews.
6 And Esther said, A man, an enemy, 4 Then the king held out the golden
and a hating one, Haman! This evil scepter to Esther, and Esther rose up
one! And Haman was afraid before the and stood before the king,
king and the queen. 5 and said, If it pleases the king, and
7 And the king, rising from the if I have found grace before him, and
banquet of wine in his wrath, went the thing is right before the king, and I
into the palace garden. And Haman am pleasing in his eyes, let it be
stood to beg for his life from Esther written to bring back the documents (a
the queen, for he saw that evil was sly plot by Haman the son of
determined against him by the king. Hammedatha the Agagite) which he
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wrote to destroy the Jews who are in the twelfth month, which is the month
all the king's provinces. Adar.
6 For how shall I be able to look on 13 The copy of the writing to be
the evil that shall find my people? Or made law in every province was openly
how shall I be able to look on the revealed to all people, even to the Jews
slaughter of my kindred? being ready for this day, to avenge
7 And King Ahasuerus said to Esther themselves on their enemies.
the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, 14 The runners, riders on stallions,
Behold, I have given Haman's house to mules, went out, being hurried and
Esther, and they have hanged him on pressed on by the king's command.
the wooden gallows because he put And the order was given at Shushan
forth his hand against the Jews. the palace.
8 And you write to the Jews 15 And Mordecai went out from
according to the good in your eyes, in before the king in apparel of the
the king's name, and seal it with the kingdom, of blue and white, and with a
king's ring. For the writing which is great crown of gold, and with a
written in the king's name, and sealed garment of fine linen and purple. And
with the king's ring, there is no taking the city of Shushan rejoiced and was
back. glad.
9 And the king's scribes were called 16 For the Jews it was light and
at that time, in the third month, that gladness and joy and honor.
is, the month Sivan, on the twenty 17 And in every province and in
third of it. And it was written every city, the place wherever the word
according to all that Mordecai of the king and his law touched, the
commanded to the Jews, and to the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and
satraps, and the governors, and the a good day. And many of the people of
rulers of the provinces which were the land became Jews, for the fear of
from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and the Jews fell on them.
twenty seven provinces, to every
province according to its writing, and Chapter 9
to every people in their language, and
to the Jews; according to their writing 1 And in the twelfth month, that is
and according to their language. the month Adar, on the thirteenth day
10 And he wrote in the name of King of the same, when the king's command
Ahasuerus, and sealed with the king's and his order came to be done, in the
ring. And he sent letters by riders on day that the enemies of the Jews
horses, riders on stallions, mules, even hoped to take power over them
sons of mares. (though it was turned around, so that
11 In them the king gave to the Jews the Jews ruled, they over the ones
in every single city the right to be hating them),
assembled, and to stand for their life, 2 the Jews assembled in their cities
to destroy, to kill, and to cause to in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus
perish, all the power of the people and to stretch out a hand against those
province, the ones compressing them, seeking their evil. And no man stood
little ones and women, and to take in their presence, for their fear fell on
what they owned for a prize, all the people.
12 on one day in all the provinces of 3 And all the rulers of the provinces,
King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of and the satraps, and the governors,
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and those doing the king' business, 15 And the Jews in Shushan also
were lifting up the Jews, because the assembled on the fourteenth day of the
fear of Mordecai fell on them. month Adar and killed three hundred
4 For Mordecai was great in the men at Shushan; but they did not lay
king's house and his fame went out their hands on the spoil.
into all the provinces, for this man 16 But the rest of the Jews in the
Mordecai was going on and growing king's provinces gathered and stood
greater. for their lives, and a rest from their
5 And the Jews struck against all enemies, and to kill seventy five
their enemies with a stroke of the thousand of their foes. But they did
sword, and slaughter, and destruction, not lay their hands on the spoil.
and did what they desired to those 17 On the thirteenth day of the
who hated them. month Adar, and on the fourteenth
6 And in Shushan the palace the day of the same, they rested and made
Jews killed and destroyed five it a day of feasting and gladness.
hundred men. 18 And the Jews at Shushan
7 And they killed Parshandatha, and assembled on the thirteenth day of it,
Dalphon, and Aspatha, and on the fourteenth day of it, and to
8 and Poratha, and Adalia, and rest on the fifteenth of the same, and
Aridatha, to make it a day of feasting and
9 and Parmashta, and Arisai, and gladness.
Aridai, and Vajezatha, 19 On account of this the Jews of the
10 the ten sons of Haman the son of villages who lived in the unwalled
Hammedatha, the one distressing the villages made the fourteenth day of the
Jews. But they did not lay their hands month Adar a day of gladness and
on the spoil. feasting, and a good day, and a day of
11 On that day the number of those sending portions to one another.
who were killed in Shushan the palace 20 And Mordecai wrote these things,
was brought before the king. and sent letters to all the Jews in all
12 And the king said to Esther the the provinces of King Ahasuerus, near
queen, The Jews have killed and and far,
destroyed five hundred men in 21 to cause to rise among them to
Shushan the palace, and the ten sons make a feast the fourteenth day of the
of Haman. What have they done in the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of
rest of the provinces of the king? And the same, yearly;
what is your petition, and it is given to 22 as the days in which the Jews
you? And what further request, and it rested from their enemies, and the
will be done? month which was turned to them from
13 And Esther said, If it pleases the sorrow to joy, and from mourning into
king, let it be given to the Jews in a good day, to make them days of
Shushan to do tomorrow also feasting and joy, and of sending
according to this day's decree; and let portions to one another, and gifts to
Haman's ten sons be hanged on the the poor.
wooden gallows. 23 And the Jews undertook to do as
14 And the king commanded it to be they had begun, and as Mordecai had
done so. And the order was given at written to them,
Shushan, and they hanged Haman's 24 because Haman the son of
ten sons. Hammedatha the Agagite, the
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month they began to offer burnt Levites, and heads of the fathers, the
offerings to YAHWEH. But the aged men who had seen the first
foundation of the sanctuary of house, when the foundation of this
YAHWEH was not laid. house was laid before their eyes, wept
7 They also gave silver to the hewers with a loud voice. And many shouted
and to the craftsmen; and food and aloud for joy,
drink and oil to the Sidonians and to 13 so that the people could not
the Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from recognize the sound of the shout of joy
Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, from the sound of the weeping of the
according to the grant which they had people. For the people shouted with a
from Cyrus king of Persia. loud shout and the noise was heard
8 Now in the second year of their afar off.
coming to the house of The Elohim at
Jerusalem, in the second month, Chapter 4
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Yeshua the son of Jozadak, and the 1 And when the enemies of Judah
rest of their brothers the priests, and and Benjamin heard that the sons of
the Levites, and all they who had come the exile built the sanctuary to
out of the captivity to Jerusalem YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel,
began. And they made to stand the 2 then they came to Zerubbabel and
Levites from a son of twenty years and to the head of the fathers and said to
over, to watch over the work of the them, Let us build with you, for we
house of YAHWEH. seek your Elohim, as you. And we have
9 Then Yeshua stood up together not sacrificed to Him since the days of
with his sons and his brothers, Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who
Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of brought us up here.
Judah, to oversee the workmen in the 3 But Zerubbabel, and Yeshua, and
house of The Elohim, the sons of the rest of the heads of the fathers of
Henadad with their sons, and their Israel said to them, It is not for you
brothers the Levites. and for us to build a house to our
10 And when the builders laid the Elohim. But we ourselves will together
foundation of the sanctuary of build to YAHWEH the Elohim of
YAHWEH, they made stand the priests Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia
in their robes with trumpets, and the has commanded us.
Levites, the sons of Asaph, with 4 Then the people of the land
weakened the hands of the people of
cymbals to praise YAHWEH, according
Judah and frightened them in
to the ordinance of David king of
building.
Israel.
5 And they hired counselors against
11 And they sang, praising and giving
them to break their purpose all the
thanks to YAHWEH, because He is days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until
good, for His mercy endures forever the reign of Darius king of Persia.
toward Israel. And all the people 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in
shouted with a great shout when they the beginning of his reign, they wrote
praised YAHWEH because the an accusation against the people of
foundation of the house of YAHWEH Judah and Jerusalem.
was laid. 7 And in the days of Artaxerxes,
12 But many of the priests and Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the
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rest of their companions wrote to is built, and its walls completed, then
Artaxerxes the king of Persia. And the you shall have no portion Beyond the
letter was written in Aramaic, and River.
translated from Aramaic. 17 The message the king sent to
8 Rehum, the master of counsel in Rehum the master of counsel, and to
charge, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of
a letter against Jerusalem to their associates who dwell in Samaria,
Artaxerxes the king, thus: and to the rest Beyond the River:
9 Then Rehum the master of Peace! And now,
counsel, and Shimshai the scribe, and 18 the letter which you sent to us has
the rest of their associates, the judges been plainly read before me.
and the emissaries, the consuls, the 19 And I gave a decree, and search
officials, the Erechites, the has been made, and it is found that
Babylonians, the men of Susa, (that is, this city has lifted up itself against
the Elamites), kings in the past, and rebellion and
10 and the rest of the nations whom revolt have been made in it.
the great and noble Asnappar exiled 20 There have been mighty kings
and set in the cities of Samaria, and also over Jerusalem, who have ruled
the rest of the province Beyond the over all Beyond the River. And tax,
River, and now, tribute, and forced labor were paid to
11 this is the copy of the letter which them.
they sent to him, to Artaxerxes the 21 Now make a decree to cause these
king: Your servants, the men of the men to cease, and that this city not be
province Beyond the River, and now, rebuilt until the decree shall be given
12 let it be known to the king that the from me.
Jews who came up from you to us have 22 And beware of being negligent, to
come to Jerusalem. They are act on this. Why increase damage to
rebuilding the rebellious and the evil the injury of the kings?
city and are completing its walls, and 23 Then as soon as the copy of the
have joined the foundations. letter of Artaxerxes the king was read
13 Now let it be known to the king before Rehum, and Shimshai the
that if this city is rebuilt, and the walls scribe, and their associates, they
completed, they will not give tax, hurried to Jerusalem to the Jews, and
tribute, and forced labor, and it will made them stop working by force and
cause the king's revenue to suffer. power.
14 Now because we have eaten of the 24 Then the work of the house of
palace salt, and it is not right for us to Elohoi in Jerusalem stopped. So it
see the king's dishonor, therefore we ceased until the second year of the
have sent and notified the king, reign of Darius king of Persia.
15 so that he may search in the book
of the records of your fathers, and you Chapter 5
shall discover in the book of the
records and shall know that this city is 1 And the prophets, Haggai the
a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings prophet, and Zechariah the son of
and to provinces; and insurrection was Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah
stirred up in it in the past; for which and Jerusalem in the name of the Elah
reason this city was destroyed. of Israel who was over them.
16 We notify the king that if that city 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of
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Shealtiel, and Yeshua the son of king of Israel built it and finished it.
Jozadak rose up and began to build 12 But because our fathers had
the house of Elohoi in Jerusalem. And provoked to wrath the Elohoi of
with them were the prophets of Heaven, He gave them into the hand
Elohim helping them. of Nebuchadnezzar the king of
3 At that time Tatnai, governor of the Babylon, the Chaldean, and he tore
province Beyond the River, and down this house, and he exiled its
Shethar-Boznai, and their associates, people to Babylon.
came to them, and said this to them: 13 But in the first year of Cyrus the
Who has commanded you to build this king of Babylon, King Cyrus placed an
house and to complete this structure? order to build this house of Elohoi.
4 Then we spoke to them in this way, 14 And also the vessels of gold and
What are they, the names of the men silver from the house of Elohoi, which
building this building? Nebuchadnezzar took out of the
5 But the eye of their Elohoi was on sanctuary in Jerusalem, and brought
the elders of the Jews, and they could them into the temple of Babylon, those
not cause them to stop until the matter Cyrus the king took out of the temple
came to Darius. And then they sent of Babylon, and they were delivered to
back a letter concerning this. one whose name was Sheshbazzar,
6 The copy of the letter which Tatnai, whom he had made governor.
governor of the province Beyond the 15 And he said to him, Take these
River, and Shethar-Boznai, and his vessels and go. Deposit them in the
associates the officials who were temple in Jerusalem, and let the house
Beyond the River, sent to Darius the of Elohoi be built on its place.
king: 16 Then that Sheshbazzar came and
7 They sent a letter to him, and this laid the foundation of the house of
was written in it: To Darius the king, Elohoi in Jerusalem. And from then
all peace. even until now it has been building,
8 Let it be known to the king that we but is not finished.
went into the province of Judah, to the 17 Now, therefore, if it is good to the
house of the great Elohoi, and it is king, let there be a search made in the
being built with rolling stones, and king's treasure house which is there at
timber is being laid in the walls, and Babylon, whether it is so that a decree
that work is being done perfectly, and was given from Cyrus the king to build
is prospering in their hands. this house of Elohoi at Jerusalem. And
9 Then we asked those elders, saying let the will of the king concerning this
this to them, Who commanded you to be sent to us.
rebuild this house, and to complete
this structure? Chapter 6
10 And we also asked their names in
order to inform you so that we might 1 Then Darius the king made a
write the names of the men who are at decree, and they searched in the house
their heads. of the scrolls, where the treasures were
11 And they returned the answer to laid up in Babylon.
us this way, saying, We are servants of 2 And there was found in Achmetha,
the Elah of Heaven and earth. And we in the palace that is in the province of
are rebuilding the house that was built the Medes, a scroll. And in it was a
many years before this, and the great record written thus:
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3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, let him be impaled and hanged on it.
Cyrus the king placed a decree And let his house be made an
concerning the house of Elohoi in outhouse for this.
Jerusalem: Let the house be built, the 12 And may the Elohoi who has
place where they offered sacrifices and caused His name to dwell there
let the foundations of it be strongly destroy any kings and people who
laid. Its height shall be sixty cubits; its shall put their hand to change or to
breadth sixty cubits; destroy this house of Elohoi in
4 with three layers of rolling stones, Jerusalem. I, Darius, have placed a
and a layer of new timber. And let the decree. Let it be done exactly.
expenses be given out of the king's 13 Then Tatnai, governor of the
house. province Beyond the River, Shethar-
5 And also let the gold and silver Boznai, and their associates exactly
vessels of the house of Elohoi, that did so, according to that which Darius
Nebuchadnezzar took out of the the king had sent.
temple in Jerusalem, and brought to 14 And the elders of the Jews were
Babylon, be given back and go to the building. And they were succeeding
temple in Jerusalem, to their place. through the prophesying of Haggai the
And put them in the house of Elohoi. prophet, and Zechariah the son of
6 Now, Tatnai, governor of the Iddo. And they built, and finished,
province Beyond the River, Shethar- according to the commandment of the
Boznai, and your associates, the Elah of Israel and according to the
officials who are Beyond the River, you command of Cyrus, and Darius, and
be far from there. Artaxerxes the king of Persia.
7 Let the work of this house of Elohoi 15 And this house was finished on
alone. Let the governor of the Jews, the third day of the month Adar, which
and the elders of the Jews, build this was in the sixth year of the reign of
house of Elohoi in its place. Darius the king.
8 Also I make a decree as to what 16 And the sons of Israel, the priests,
you shall do to the elders of these Jews and the Levites, and the rest of the
for the building of that house of sons of the captivity, kept the
Elohoi, that the exact expense be given dedication of this house of Elohoi with
to these men from the king's property, joy.
out of the tax Beyond the River, so that 17 And they offered at the dedication
they may not have to cease working. of this house of Elohoi a hundred
9 And that which they need, both bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred
young bulls and rams and lambs, for lambs, and twelve male goats, for a sin
the burnt offerings of the Elah of offering for all Israel, according to the
Heaven; wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as number of the tribes of Israel.
say the priests in Jerusalem, let it be 18 And they raised up the priests in
given them day by day without fail, their sections, and the Levites in their
10 so that they may offer sacrifices of divisions, for the service of Elohoi
sweet odor to the Elah of Heaven, and which is in Jerusalem, as it is written
pray for the life of the king and of his in the book of Moses.
sons. 19 And the sons of the exile
11 Also I have given a decree that performed the Passover on the
whoever shall change this word, let
timber be torn out from his house, and
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fourteenth of the first month.1 and the singers, and the gatekeepers,
20 For the priests and the Levites and the temple-slaves to Jerusalem in
were purified together; all of them the seventh year of Artaxerxes the
were pure. And they slaughtered the king.
Passover lamb for all the sons of the 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the
exile, and for their brothers the fifth month, in the seventh year of the
priests, and for themselves. king.
21 And the sons of Israel ate, those 9 For on the first of the first month,
who had returned from the captivity, he laid the foundation in order to go
and who had all separated themselves up from Babylon, and on the first of
to them from the impurity of the the fifth month he came to Jerusalem,
nations of the land, to seek YAHWEH for the good hand of his Elohim was
the Elohim of Israel. on him.
22 And they performed the Feast of 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart
Unleavened Bread seven days with joy. to seek the Torah of YAHWEH, and to
For YAHWEH had made them joyful, do it, and to teach statutes and
and had turned the heart of the king of judgments in Israel.2
Assyria to them, to make their hands 11 And this is the copy of the letter
strong in the work of the house of which the king, Artaxerxes, gave to
Elohim, the Elohim of Israel. Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of
the words of the commandments of
Chapter 7 YAHWEH, and of His statutes to
Israel:
1 And after these things, in the reign 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra
of Artaxerxes the king of Persia, Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Torah of the
the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, Elohim of Heaven, perfect peace, and
the son of Hilkiah, now:
2 the son of Shallum, the son of 13 From me was made a decree that
Zadok, the son of Ahitub, any one of the people of Israel, and
3 the son of Amariah, the son of their priests and Levites in my
Azariah, the son of Meraioth, kingdom who volunteers to go up to
4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Jerusalem, may go with you;
Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 14 since you have been sent by the
5 the son of Abishua, the son of king, and by his seven counselors to
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son ask about Judah and Jerusalem,
of Aaron the head priest: according to the Law of your Elohim in
6 This Ezra went up from Babylon. your hand;
And he was a skilled scribe in the 15 and to carry the silver and gold
Torah of Moses, which YAHWEH the which the king and his counselors
Elohim of Israel had given. And the have freely offered to the Elohim of
king granted him all he asked, Israel, whose house is in Jerusalem:
according to the hand of YAHWEH his 16 Even all the silver and gold which
Elohim on him. you can find in all the province of
7 And of the sons of Israel went up
2 Ezra knew that the forsaking of the Torah
some of the priests, and the Levites,
and YHWH's Sabbaths was what sent the
1 The Passover is to be eaten on the 14th day Israelites into captivity (Eze 20:13,16). He
of the month and the 15th day is the feast of had planned to instill the Torah in the hearts
Unleavened Bread. of the people.
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Babylon, with the free offering of the Beyond the River; all who know the
people, and of the priests, freely laws of your Elohoi; and those who do
offering for the house of their Elohim not know, you cause to know.
in Jerusalem. 26 And whoever will not do the Law
17 Therefore of this you shall of your Elohoi, and the law of the king,
diligently buy with this silver: Bulls, let judgment be executed diligently on
rams, lambs, with their food offerings, him, whether to death, or for
and their drink offerings, and offer banishment, or to confiscation of
them on the altar of the house of your goods, or imprisonment.
Elohim in Jerusalem. 27 Blessed be YAHWEH, the Elohim
18 And whatever shall seem good to of our fathers, who has put this in the
you and to your brothers to do with king's heart, to beautify the house of
the rest of the silver and the gold, do YAHWEH in Jerusalem.
that after the will of your Elohim. 28 And He has extended mercy to
19 Also the vessels which are given me before the king and his counselors,
to you for the service of the house of and before all the king's mighty
your Elohim, deliver before the Elah of leaders. And I was made strong, as the
Jerusalem.
hand of YAHWEH my Elohim was on
20 And the rest of the needs of the
me. And I gathered out of Israel chief
house of your Elohim which falls to
men to go up with me.
you to give, give it out of the king's
treasure house.
Chapter 8
21 And I, Artaxerxes the king, made
a decree to all the treasurers who are
1 Now these are the heads of the
Beyond the River, that whatever Ezra
fathers, and the genealogy of those
the priest, the scribe of the Law of the
who went up with me from Babylon, in
Elah of Heaven, shall ask of you, it
the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
shall be done exactly,
2 From the sons of Phinehas,
22 to a hundred talents of silver, and
Gershom. From the sons of Ithamar,
to a hundred kors of wheat, and to a
Daniel. From the sons of David,
hundred baths of wine, and to a
Hattush.
hundred baths of oil, and salt without
3 From the sons of Shechaniah, from
stipulation.
the sons of Parosh, Zechariah. And
23 Whatever is commanded by the
with him were counted by genealogy a
Elah of Heaven, let it be carefully done
hundred and fifty of the males.
for the house of the Elah of Heaven.
4 From the sons of Pahathmoab,
For why should there be wrath against
Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and two
the realm of the king and his sons?
hundred males with him.
24 Also, we notify you that in regard
5 From the sons of Shechaniah, the
to any of the priests and the Levites,
son of Jahaziel, and three hundred
singers, gatekeepers, temple-slaves, or
males with him.
ministers of this house of Elohoi, it
6 And from the sons of Adin, Ebed
shall not be lawful to impose toll,
the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty
taxes, or forced labor on them.
males.
25 And you, Ezra, according to the
7 And from the sons of Elam,
wisdom of your Elohoi in your hand,
Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and
you appoint judges and magistrates
seventy males with him.
who may judge all the people who are
8 And from the sons of Shephatiah,
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Zebadiah the son of Michael, and his brothers and their sons, twenty.
eighty males with him. 20 Also came of the temple-slaves
9 From the sons of Joab, Obadiah whom David and the leaders had
the son of Jehiel, and two hundred chosen for the service of the Levites,
and eighteen males with him. two hundred and twenty temple-
10 And from the sons of Shelomith, slaves. All of them were called by
the son of Josiphiah, and a hundred name.
and sixty males with him. 21 Then I called a fast there at the
11 And from the sons of Bebai, river Ahava, so that we might humble
Zechariah the son of Bebai, and twenty ourselves before our Elohim, in order
eight males with him. to seek from Him a right way for us,
12 And from the sons of Azgad, and for our little ones, and for all our
Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and a goods.
hundred and ten males with him. 22 For I was ashamed to ask of the
13 And from the last sons of king troops and horsemen to help us
Adonikam, these: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and against the enemy of the way, because
Shemaiah, and sixty males with them. we had spoken to the king, saying, The
14 And from the sons of Bigvai, hand of our Elohim is on all those who
Uthai, Zabbud, and seventy males with seek Him for good; but His power and
them. His wrath are against all those who
15 And I gathered them to the river forsake Him.
which runs to Ahava. And we camped 23 So we fasted and prayed to our
there in tents three days. And I Elohim for good. And He was pleased
considered the people and the priests, to hear us.
and did not find there any of the sons 24 Then I separated twelve of the
of Levi. chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah,
16 Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers
for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and with them.
for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for 25 And I weighed to them the silver,
Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for and the gold, and the vessels, the
Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib offering of the house of our Elohim,
and for Elnathan, men of which the king and his counselors, and
understanding. his officials, and all Israel who were
17 And I sent them with command to there had lifted up.
Iddo, the chief of the place Casiphia, 26 I even weighed into their hands
and I put in their mouth words to say six hundred and fifty talents of silver,
to Iddo, to his brothers the temple- and silver vessels of a hundred talents,
slaves, at the place Casiphia; that they a hundred talents of gold,
should bring to us ministers for the 27 also twenty basins of gold of a
house of our Elohim. thousand drams, and two vessels of
18 And by the good hand of our shining copper as precious as gold.
Elohim on us, they brought us a man 28 And I said to them, You are holy
of understanding from the sons of to YAHWEH, and the articles also are
Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of holy. And the silver and the gold are a
Israel, and Sherebiah, with his sons free gift to YAHWEH, the Elohim of
and his brothers, eighteen. your fathers.
19 Also came Hashabiah, and with 29 Watch and keep them until you
him Jeshaiah from the sons of Merari, weigh before the chief of the priests
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and the Levites, and the chief of the lands, as to their abomination, even
fathers of Israel in Jerusalem, in the the Canaanites, the Hittites, the
rooms of the house of YAHWEH. Perizzites, the Jebusites, the
30 So the priests and the Levites Ammonites, the Moabites, the
accepted the weight of the silver, and Egyptians, and the Amorites.
the gold, and the articles, to bring 2 For they have taken from their
them to Jerusalem, to the house of our daughters for themselves, and for their
Elohim. sons. So the holy seed have mixed
31 And we departed from the river themselves with the people of the
Ahava on the twelfth of the first lands. Yes, the hand of the leaders and
month, to go to Jerusalem. And the the overseers has been foremost in this
hand of our Elohim was on us, and He treachery.
delivered us from the hand of the 3 And when I heard this thing, I tore
enemy, and ambushers along the way. my garments and my robe, and pulled
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and off the hair of my head and of my
remained there three days. beard, and sat down stunned.
33 And on the fourth day the silver 4 Then were gathered to me
and the gold and the articles were everyone who trembled at the Words
weighed in the house of our Elohim by of the Elohim of Israel because of the
the hand of Meremoth the son of treachery of the exiles. And I remained
Uriah the priest. And with him was stunned until the evening sacrifice.
Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with 5 And at the evening offering I rose
them was Jozabad the son of Yeshua, up from my fasting, and with my
and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the garment and my robe torn, I even fell
Levites. on my knees and spread out my hands
34 By number, or by weight of all, to YAHWEH my Elohim.
and all the weight was written at that 6 And I said, O my Elohim, I am
time. ashamed and wounded to lift up my
35 Those who came out of the face to You, O my Elohim. For our
captivity of the sons of exile offered iniquities have increased over our
burnt offerings to the Elohim of Israel: head, and our guiltiness has grown to
Twelve young bulls for all Israel, the heavens.
ninety six rams, seventy seven lambs, 7 Since the days of our fathers we
twelve he-goats for a sin offering. All have been in great guilt until this day.
was a burnt offering to YAHWEH. And for our iniquities we, our kings,
36 And they delivered the king's our priests, have been delivered into
edicts to the king's satraps, and to the the hand of the kings of the lands, to
governors of the province Beyond the the sword, to captivity, and to plunder,
River. And they supported the people and to shame of faces to this day.
and the house of Elohim. 8 And now, for a little time grace has
been shown from YAHWEH our
Chapter 9 Elohim to leave us a remnant to
escape, and to give us a nail in His
1 And at the end of these things, the holy place, so that our Elohim may
leaders came near to me, saying, The enlighten our eyes and give us a little
people of Israel, and the priests, and reviving in our bondage.
the Levites, have not separated 9 For we were slaves, yet our Elohim
themselves from the people of the has not left us in our bondage, but has
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given mercy to us in the sight of the children gathered to him out of Israel.
kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to For the people wept with a great
raise up the house of our Elohim, and weeping.
to make stand its ruins, and to give to 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel,
us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. of the sons of Elam, answered and said
10 And now, O our Elohim, what to Ezra, We have sinned against our
shall we say after this? For we have Elohim, and have dwelt with foreign
forsaken Your commandments women from the peoples of the land.
11 which You have commanded by Yet now there is hope in Israel
Your servants the prophets, saying, concerning this thing.
The land into which you go, to possess 3 And now let us cut a covenant with
it, it is an unclean land with the our Elohim to put away and cause to
impurity of the people of the lands, leave all the women, and those born of
with their abominations with which them, according to the counsel of
they have filled it, from mouth to YAHWEH and of those who tremble at
mouth with their uncleanness. the commandment of our Elohim. And
12 And now do not give your let it be done according to the Torah.
daughters to their sons, and do not 4 Rise up, for the matter is on you.
take their daughters to your sons, or We also will be with you. Be strong
seek their peace, or their wealth and act.
forever, so that you may be strong and 5 Then Ezra rose up and made the
eat the good of the land, and leave it chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel
for an inheritance to your sons forever. to swear that they would do according
13 And after all that has come on us to this word. And they swore.
for our evil deeds, and for our great 6 Then Ezra rose up from before the
guilt, since You our Elohim have held house of The Elohim and went into the
back the rod on our iniquities, and room of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
have given us such an escape as this, And he went there, and he did not eat
14 shall we again turn back to break food, nor did he drink, for he mourned
Your commandments and intermarry for the transgression of the exiles.
with the people of these 7 And they passed a call throughout
abominations? Would You not be Judah and Jerusalem to all the sons of
angry with us until You had destroyed the exile, to assemble at Jerusalem;
us, until there is no remnant or 8 and that whoever would not come
survivor? within three days according to the
15 O YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel, counsel of the leaders and the elders,
You are righteous. For we are left as a all his property would be forfeited, and
survivor, as it is this day. Behold, we he would be excluded from the
are before You in our guilt, for none is congregation of the exiles.
able to stand before You because of 9 Then all the men of Judah and
this. Benjamin gathered to Jerusalem
Chapter 10 within three days. It was the ninth
month, on the twentieth of the month.
1 And while Ezra was praying and And all the people sat in the plaza of
making his confession, weeping and the house of The Elohim, trembling
casting himself down before the house because of the matter, and because of
of The Elohim, a very great the heavy rain.
congregation of men and women and 10 And Ezra the priest stood up and
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said to them, You have trespassed and And being guilty they offered a ram of
have dwelt with foreign women, to the flock for their sin.
increase the guilt of Israel. 20 And from the sons of Immer were
11 And now make confession to Hanani and Zebadiah.
YAHWEH, Elohim of your fathers and 21 And from the sons of Harim:
do His will. And separate yourselves Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah,
from the peoples of the land and from and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
the foreign women. 22 And from the sons of Pashur:
12 Then all the congregation Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,
answered and said with a loud voice, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
Right! According to your word it is on 23 Also from the Levites: Jozabad,
us to do. and Shimei, and Kelaiah (he was
13 But the people are many, and it is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
a time of heavy rain. And we are not 24 From the singers also were
able to stand outside. And the work is Eliashib; and from the gatekeepers,
not of one or two days. For we have Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
greatly sinned in this thing. 25 And from Israel: From the sons of
14 Please let our rulers for all the Parosh: Ramiah, and Jeziah, and
congregation stand, and let all those Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar,
who have dwelt with foreign women in and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
our cities come at a set time, and with 26 And from the sons of Elam:
them the elders of every city, and its Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and
judges, until the fierce wrath of our Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
Elohim for this matter has turned 27 And from the sons of Zattu:
from us. Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah and
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel, Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah made a 28 And from the sons of Bebai:
stand against this. And Meshullam Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.
and Shabbethai the Levite supported 29 And from the sons of Bani:
them. Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah,
16 And the sons of the exile did so. Jashub, and Sheal, Jeremoth.
And Ezra the priest with men, heads of 30 And from the sons of Pahath-
the fathers, according to the house of Moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah,
their fathers, and all of them by Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and
names, were separated. And they sat Binnui, and Manasseh.
down in the first day of the tenth 31 And from the sons of Harim:
month to examine the matter. Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah,
17 And they finished with all the men Shimeon,
who had dwelt with foreign women by 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and
the first day of the first month. Shemariah.
18 And among the sons of the 33 From the sons of Hashum:
priests, these were found who had Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,
dwelt with foreign women: From the Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
sons of Yeshua the son of Jozadak and 34 From the sons of Bani: Maadai,
his brothers: Maaseiah, and Eliezer, Amram, and Uel,
and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
19 And they gave their hands that 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
they would put away their women. 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
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Book of Nehemiah.
Chapter 1 outermost part of the heavens, yet I
will gather them from there, and will
1 The words of Nehemiah the son of bring them to the place that I have
Hachaliah. And it happened in the chosen, to set My name there.1
month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, 10 And these are Your servants and
as I was in Shushan the palace, Your people whom You have
2 Hanani came, one of my brothers, redeemed by Your great power and by
he and men of Judah. And I asked Your strong hand.
them about the Jews who had escaped, 11 O YAHWEH, I beg You, let Your
who were left of the captivity, and ear be open to the prayer of Your
about Jerusalem. servant, and to the prayer of Your
3 And they said to me, the remnant servants who delight to fear Your
that are left of the captivity there in name. And I beg You, bless Your
the province are in great evil and servant today and grant him mercy
shame. The wall of Jerusalem also is before this man. For I was cupbearer
broken down, and its gates are burned to the king.2
with fire.
4 And it happened, when I heard Chapter 2
these words, I sat down and wept, and
mourned for days, and fasted, and 1 And it happened in the month
prayed before the Elohim of Heaven. Nisan, in the twentieth year of
5 And I said, I beseech You, Artaxerxes the king, that wine was
YAHWEH Elohim of Heaven, the great before him. And I took the wine and
and awesome El, keeping the covenant gave to the king. And I had never been
and mercy to those loving Him, and to sad to his face.
keepers of His commandments, (Deu 2 And the king said to me, Why is
7:9, Dan 9:4, Rev 22:14) your face sad, since you are not sick?
6 let Your ear now be open, and Your This is nothing but sorrow of heart.
eyes open, so that You may hear the Then I was very much afraid.
prayer of Your servant which I pray 3 And I said to the king, let the king
before You today, day and night, for live forever. Why should not my face
Your servants the sons of Israel; and be sad when the place of my fathers'
confessing the sins of the sons of Israel tombs, the city, lies waste and its gates
which we have sinned against You. are consumed with fire?
Both I and my father's house have 4 Then the king said to me, For what
sinned. do you ask? So I prayed to the Elohim
7 Utterly we have acted wickedly of Heaven,
against You, and have not kept the 5 and I said to the king, If it please
commandments and the statutes and the king, and if your servant has found
the judgments which You commanded favor in your sight, that you would
Your servant Moses. send me to Judah to the city of my
8 I beseech You, remember the Word fathers' tombs, so that I might build it.
that You commanded Your servant 1 This is Jerusalem, Yahweh's eternal capital.
Moses, saying, If you act unfaithfully, I 2 Chapter 1shows that Nehemiah knew as
will scatter you among the peoples. Ezra also did, that disobedience to the Torah
9 But if you will turn to Me and keep is what caused Israel's captivity, and
My commandments, and do them, repentance and turning back to the Torah is
though you were cast out to the what would bring them back to the
Promised Land.
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6 And the king said to me, the queen under me to pass.2 (Jer 39:8)
also sitting beside him, For until when 15 Then I went up in the night by the
shall your journey be? And when will torrent, and examined the wall, and
you return? So it pleased the king, and turned back, and entered by the Valley
he sent me; and I set him a time. Gate, and returned.3
7 And I said to the king, If it is good 16 And the rulers did not know
to the king, let letters be given me to where I had gone, or what I was doing.
the governors Beyond the River, so Nor had I told it yet to the Jews, or to
that they may let me go through until I the priests, or to the nobles, or to the
come to Judah; rulers, or to the rest that did the work.
8 also a letter to Asaph the keeper of 17 Then I said to them, You see the
the king's forest, so that he may give evil that we are in, how Jerusalem is
me timber to make beams for the gates wasted, and its gates are burned with
of the temple which is for the house, fire. Come and let us build up the wall
and for the city wall, and for the house of Jerusalem, so that we may no
into which I shall enter. And the king longer be a reproach.
granted it to me, according to the good 18 Then I told them of the hand of
hand of my Elohim on me. my Elohim which was good on me,
9 Then I came to the governors of and also the king's words that he had
the province Beyond the River, and spoken to me. And they said, Let us
gave them the king's letters. And the rise up and build. So they made their
king had sent army commanders and hands strong for good.
horsemen with me.1 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite,
10 And Sanballat the Horonite and and Tobiah the servant, the
Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian,
heard. And it grieved them greatly that heard, then they mocked us and
a man had come to seek the good of despised us. And they said, What is
the sons of Israel. this that you are doing? Will you rebel
11 So I came to Jerusalem and was against the king?
there three days. 20 Then I answered them and said
12 And I rose up in the night, I and a to them, The Elohim of Heaven, He
few men with me. And I told no man will prosper us, and we, His servants,
what my Elohim had put in my heart will arise and build. But you have no
to do at Jerusalem. And there was no portion or right or memorial in
animal with me except the animal that Jerusalem.
I rode on.
13 And I went out by night by the Chapter 3
Valley Gate, even before the Jackal
Fountain, and to the Dung Gate. And I 1 And Eliashib the high priest rose
examined the walls of Jerusalem up with his brothers the priests. And
which were broken down, and its gates they built the Sheep Gate. They
which were burned with fire. sanctified it and made stand its doors.
14 Then I passed on to the Fountain Even to the Tower of Meah they
Gate, and to the King's Pool. But there sanctified it, to the Tower of Hananeel.
was no place for the animal that was
2 This is the result of Jer 39:8.
3 Verses 11-15: show that Nehemiah went
1 These letters given to Nehemiah concerning around the city of David and the pool of
Jerusalem form the decree of Dan 9:25. Siloam.
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2 And next to his hand the men of part of Jerusalem, he and his
Jericho built. And next to his hand daughters made strong.
Zaccur the son of Imri built. 13 Hanun, and the dwellers of
3 But the sons of Hassenaah built the Zanoah, made strong the Valley Gate.
Fish Gate, who laid its beams, and They built it and made stand its doors,
made stand its doors, its locks and its its locks, and its bars, and a thousand
bars. cubits on the wall to the Dung Gate.1
4 And next to their hand Meremoth 14 And the Dung Gate was made
the son of Urijah, the son of Koz made strong by Malchiah the son of Rechab,
strong. And next to their hand the ruler of part of Beth-Haccerem. He
Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the built it, and made stand its doors, its
son of Meshezabeel made strong. And locks, and its bars.
next to their hand Zadok the son of 15 And the Fountain Gate was made
Baana made strong. strong by Shallun the son of Colhozeh,
5 And next to their hand the Tekoites the ruler of part of Mizpah. He built it
made strong. But their nobles did not and covered it, and made stand its
put their necks to the work of their doors, its locks, and its bars, and the
master. wall of the Pool of Shiloah by the
6 And the Old Gate was made strong King's Garden, and to the stairs that
by Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and go down from the City of David.
Meshullam the son of Besodeiah. They 16 After him Nehemiah the son of
laid its beams, and made stand its Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of
doors, and its locks, and its bars. Beth-Zur, made strong in front of the
7 And next to their hand Melatiah of Tombs of David, and to the pool that
Gibeon made strong, and Jadon of was made, and to the house of the
Meron, the men of Gibeon and of mighty men.
Mizpah, to the throne of the governor 17 After him the Levites, Rehum the
Beyond the River. son of Bani made strong. On his hand
8 And next to his hand Uzziel the son Hashabiah the ruler of the half part of
of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths, made Keilah made strong in his part.
strong. And next to his hand Hananiah 18 After him their brothers Bavai the
the son of one of the perfumers made son of Henadad, the ruler of the half
strong. And they left Jerusalem safe to part of Keilah, made strong.
the Broad Wall. 19 And next to his hand Ezer the son
9 And next to their hand Rephaiah of Yeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, made
the son of Hur, the ruler of the half strong another section before the
part of Jerusalem, made strong. going up to the armory at the corner.
10 And next to their hand Jedaiah 20 After him Baruch the son of
the son of Harumaph made strong, Zabbai earnestly made strong the
even across from his house. And next other section from the corner to the
to his hand Hattush the son of door of the house of Eliashib the high
Hashabniah made strong. priest.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and 21 After him Meremoth the son of
Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab made Urijah the son of Koz made strong
strong the other section, and the 1 This is not the area of the modern Dung
Tower of the Furnaces. Gate today. The original Dung gate was
12 And next to his hand Shallum the near the entrance to the valley of Gehenna
son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half where the garbage used to be burned on the
south western corner of the Kidron valley.
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another section, from the door of the merchants, before the Miphkad Gate1,
house of Eliashib even to the end of and to the going up of the corner.
the house of Eliashib. 32 And between the going up of the
22 And after him the priests, the corner to the Sheep Gate, the
men of the plain, made strong. goldsmiths and the merchants made
23 After them Benjamin and Hashub strong.
made strong across from their house.
After them Azariah the son of Chapter 4
Maaseiah the son of Ananiah made
strong by his house. 1 And it happened, when Sanballat
24 After him Binnui the son of heard that we built the wall, he was
Henadad made strong another section, angry, and it was greatly enraging to
from the house of Azariah to the him, and he mocked the Jews.
corner, even to the tower. 2 And he spoke before his brothers
25 Palal the son of Uzai made strong and the army of Samaria and said,
across from the corner, and the tower What are these feeble Jews doing?
which sticks out from the king's high Will they fortify themselves? Will they
house, that was by the court of the sacrifice? Will they make an end in a
prison. After him Pedaiah the son of day? Will they bring to life the stones
Parosh made strong. out of the heaps of the rubbish which
26 And the temple-slaves lived in are burned?
Ophel, across from the Water Gate 3 And Tobiah the Ammonite was
toward the east, and the tower that beside him, and he said, Even that
sticks out. which they build, if a fox goes up, he
27 After him the Tekoites made will even break down their stone wall.
strong another section, opposite the 4 O our Elohim, hear. For we are
great tower that sticks out, even to the despised. And turn their curse on their
wall of Ophel. own head, and give them for a prey in
28 The priests made strong from the land of captivity.
above the Horse Gate, each before his 5 And do not cover their iniquity,
house. and do not let their sin be blotted out
29 After them Zadok the son of from before You. For they have
Immer made strong across from his provoked You to anger before the
house. After him Shemaiah the son of builders.
Shechaniah, the keeper of the East 6 So we built the wall, and all the
Gate, strengthened. wall was joined together to the half of
30 After him Hananiah the son of it. For the people had a heart to work.
Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of 7 And it happened, when Sanballat
Zalaph made strong another section. and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the
After him Meshullam the son of Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard
Berechiah made strong across from his that repairing of the walls of
room. Jerusalem had gone up, that the
31 After him Malchiah the breaks were being closed up, it was
goldsmith's son made strong the place very angering to them.
of the temple-slaves, and of the
1 This gate on the eastern side of the
sanctuary led across the Kidron Valley to
the Miphkad Altar where the Red heifer was
sacrificed.
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8 And all of them conspired together worker in the work, and one, a holder
to come and fight against Jerusalem, of the weapon.
and do harm to it. 18 For each man of the builders had
9 But we made our prayer to our his sword tied by his side, and built.
Elohim, and set a watch against them And he who sounded the ram's horn
day and night, because of them. was beside me.
10 And Judah said, The strength of 19 And I said to the nobles and to the
the load carriers is weakening, and rulers, and to the rest of the people,
there is much rubbish, so that we are The work is great and large, and we
not able to build the wall. are separated on the wall, far from one
11 And our foes have said, They shall another.
not know or see until we come in the 20 In whatever place you hear the
middle of them and kill them, and sound of the ram's horn, gather there
cause the work to cease. to us. Our Elohim will fight for us.
12 And it happened when the Jews 21 So we worked in the work. And
who lived near them came in, they said half of them held the spears from the
to us ten times, From all places where rising of the morning until the stars
you shall return, they will be against came out.
us. 22 Likewise at the same time I said
13 So I stationed from the lowest to the people, Let each man with his
parts of the place, from the back of the servant stay inside Jerusalem, so that
wall, in the higher places; even, I in the night they may be a guard to us,
stationed the people according to their and labor in the day.
families, with their swords, their 23 So neither I, nor my brothers, nor
spears, and their bows. my servants, nor the men of the guard
14 And I saw. And I rose up and said who followed me, none of us put off
to the nobles and to the rulers, and to our clothes, though each had his vessel
the rest of the people, Do not be afraid of water.
of them. Remember YAHWEH, who is
great and fearful, and fight for your Chapter 5
brothers, your sons, and your
daughters, your wives, and your 1 And there was a great cry of the
houses. people, and of their wives, against
15 And it happened, when our their brothers the Jews.
enemies heard that it was known to us, 2 For some were saying, With our
and that The Elohim had broken their sons and our daughters, we are many.
counsel, all of us returned to the wall, Let us take up grain for them, so that
each one to his work. we may eat and live.
16 And it happened, from that time 3 Some also were saying, We have
on, half of my servants worked in the mortgaged our fields, and our
work, and the other half of them were vineyards, and our houses; let us take
holding the spears, the shields, and the up grain because of the famine.
bows, and the scale-armor. And the 4 And some were saying, We have
rulers were behind all the house of borrowed silver for the king's tax, on
Judah, our fields, and our vineyards,
17 the ones who built on the wall, 5 yet now our flesh is like the flesh of
and the ones who carried a load; our brothers; as their sons, so are our
bearing with one of his hands, a sons; and, behold, we are bringing our
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were seven hundred and twenty one. Sophereth, the sons of Perida,
38 The sons of Senaah were three 58 the sons of Jaala, the sons of
thousand, nine hundred and thirty. Darkon, the sons of Giddel,
39 The priests: The sons of Jedaiah, 59 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons
of the house of Jeshua: Nine hundred of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth of
and seventy three. Zebaim, the sons of Amon.
40 The sons of Immer were a 60 All the temple slaves and the sons
thousand and fifty two. of Solomon's servants were three
41 The sons of Pashur were a hundred and ninety two.
thousand, two hundred and forty 61 And these were they who went up
seven. from Tel-Melah, Tel-Haresha, Cherub,
42 The sons of Harim were a Addon, and Immer. But they were not
thousand and seventeen. able to manifest their father's house,
43 The Levites: The sons of Jeshua, nor their seed, whether they were of
of Kadmiel, and of the sons of Israel:
Hodevah, were seventy four. 62 The sons of Delaiah, the sons of
44 The singers: The sons of Asaph Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six
were a hundred and forty eight. hundred and forty two;
45 The gatekeepers: The sons of 63 and of the priests, the sons of
Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Koz, the sons of
Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Barzillai, who took one of the
Hatita, the sons of Shobai were a daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to
hundred and thirty eight. wife, and was called after their name.
46 The temple-slaves: The sons of 64 These sought their register
Ziha, the sons of Hashupha, the sons among those who were reckoned by
of Tabbaoth, genealogy, but it was not found. And
47 the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, they were polluted from the
the sons of Padon, priesthood.
48 the sons of Lebana, the sons of 65 And the governor said to them
Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai, that they should not eat of the most
49 the sons of Hanan, the sons of holy things until there stood up a
Giddel, the sons of Gahar, priest with Urim and Thummim.
50 the sons of Reaiah, the sons of 66 All the congregation together was
Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, forty thousand, three hundred and
51 the sons of Gazzam, the sons of sixty.
Uzza, the sons of Paseah, 67 Besides the male slaves and their
52 the sons of Besai, the sons of slave-girls, these were seven thousand,
Meunim, the sons of Nephishesim, three hundred and thirty seven. And
53 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of they had two hundred and forty-five
Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, singing men and singing women.
54 the sons of Bazlith, the sons of 68 Their horses were seven hundred
Mehida, the sons of Harsha, and thirty six. Their mules were two
55 the sons of Barkos, the sons of hundred and forty five;
Sisera, the sons of Tamah, 69 their camels, four hundred and
56 the sons of Neziah, the sons of thirty five; their donkeys, six
Hatipha. thousand, seven hundred and twenty.
57 The sons of Solomon's servants, 70 And some of the heads of the
the sons of Sotai, the sons of fathers gave to the work. The governor
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gave to the treasury a thousand darics Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on
of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and his left hand were Pedaiah, and
thirty priests' garments. Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum,
71 And some of the heads of the and Hash-Badana, Zechariah, and
fathers gave to the treasury of the Meshullam.
work twenty thousand drachmas of 5 And Ezra opened the book to the
gold, and two thousand, two hundred eyes of all the people, for he was above
pieces of silver. all the people. And when he opened it,
72 And what the rest of the people all the people stood up.
gave was twenty thousand drachmas 6 And Ezra blessed YAHWEH, the
of gold, and two thousand pieces of great Elohim. And all the people
silver, and sixty seven priests' answered, Amen, Amen, lifting up
garments. their hands. And they bowed and
73 So the priests, and the Levites, worshiped to YAHWEH with their
and the gatekeepers, and the singers, noses to the ground.3
and some of the people, and the 7 And Yeshua, and Bani, and
temple-slaves, and all Israel, lived in Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai,
their cities. And when the seventh Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah,
month came, the sons of Israel were in Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the
their cities. Levites, caused the people to
understand the Torah. And the people
Chapter 8 were in their place.
8 And they read aloud clearly in the
1 And all the people gathered as one Book, in the Torah of The Elohim, and
man into the plaza of the sanctuary they gave the sense, and caused them
before the Water Gate.1 And they to discern the reading.
spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the 9 And Nehemiah the governor, and
Book of the Torah of Moses, which Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the
YAHWEH had commanded to Israel. Levites who taught the people, said to
2 And Ezra the priest brought the all the people, This day is holy to
Torah before the congregation, both of YAHWEH your Elohim. Do not mourn
men and women, and all that could or weep, For all the people wept when
hear with understanding, on the first they heard the Words of the Torah.
day of the seventh month.
3 And he read in it before the wide 2 Ezra and Nehemiah knew that it was the
sanctuary plaza, before the Water breaking of the Torah that sent them into
Gate, from the morning until noon, exile and they were determined now that
before the men and the women, and they were back in the land to teach the
those who could understand. And the people the Torah and to obey it. In doing so
they actually put many fences around the
ears of all the people listened to the
Torah that later became known as the oral
Book of the Torah.2 law.
4 And Ezra the scribe stood on a 3 The people knew that it was YAHWEH the
pulpit of wood which they had made only true Elohim who redeemed them back
for the purpose. And beside him stood to the Promised Land. However, in not
Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, wanting to over use the name, later Judaism
and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and stopped using the name YAHWEH
altogether and started calling the Creator
1 This gate was above the Gihon Spring in “Ha Shem”, which simply means “The
the city of David, Neh 12:37. name”.
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10 Then he said to them, Go eat the And there was very great gladness.
fat, and drink of the sweet, and send 18 Also day by day, from the first day
portions to him for whom nothing is until the last day, he read in the Book
prepared. For this day is holy to our of the Torah of The Elohim. And they
Master. And do not be grieved for the performed the feast seven days, and on
joy of YAHWEH, for He is your the eighth day was an assembly
fortress. according to the Torah. (Lev 23:36)
11 And the Levites were silencing all
the people, saying, Be quiet, for today Chapter 9
is holy, and do not be grieved.
12 And all the people went to eat, 1 And on the twenty fourth day of
and to drink, and to send portions, this month the sons of Israel were
and to make great rejoicing, because gathered with fasting and with
they had understood the Words which sackcloth, and with earth on them.
were made known to them. 2 And the seed of Israel separated
13 And on the second day the chief of themselves from all the sons of aliens,
the fathers of all the people, the and they stood and confessed their
priests, and the Levites, were gathered sins and the sins of their fathers.
to Ezra the scribe even to intelligently 3 And they stood up in their place
understand and draw near to the and read in the Book of the Torah of
Words of the Torah. YAHWEH their Elohim a fourth part of
14 And they found written in the the day. And a fourth part they
Torah which YAHWEH had confessed and worshiped YAHWEH
commanded by Moses, that the sons of their Elohim.
Israel should dwell in booths in the 4 Then Yeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel,
feast of the seventh month: (Lev Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani
23:34, 40-42) and Chenani, of the Levites stood on
15 And that they should make heard the stairs and cried with a loud voice
and cause to pass the call in all their to YAHWEH their Elohim.
cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go 5 Then the Levites, Yeshua, and
forth to the mountain and bring olive Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah,
leaves and wild olive leaves, and Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and
myrtle leaves, and leaves of palm, and Pethahiah said, Stand up! Bless
leaves of thick trees, to make booths, YAHWEH your Elohim forever and
as it is written. ever. And blessed be the Name of Your
16 And the people went out and Glory, even He being exalted above all
brought in, and made booths for blessing and praise.1
themselves, each man on his roof and 6 All life comes from you, O
in their courts, and in the courts of the
YAHWEH; You are He, who has made
house of The Elohim, and in the plaza
the heavens, and Heaven of the
of the Water Gate, and in the plaza of
heavens, and all their host; the earth
the Ephraim Gate.
and all which is on it; the seas, and all
17 And all the congregation of those
that is in them; and You preserve all of
who had come again out of the
them alive. And the host of the
captivity made Sukkoths, and sat
under the Sukkoths. For since the days 1 Verses 3-6 clearly show that the people
of Yahoshua the son of Nun until that would have thought it blasphemy to praise
day, the sons of Israel had not done so. and glorify any other name but the true
name of YAHWEH, Exo 22:20.
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them into the land which You had their neck, and would not hear.1
promised to their fathers, that they 30 But many years You had patience
should go in and possess it. with them, and testified against them
24 And the sons went in and by Your Spirit, by Your prophets. Yet
possessed the land, and You humbled they would not give ear. And You gave
the people of the land before them, the them into the hand of the peoples of
Canaanites. And You gave them into the lands.
their hands, with their kings and the 31 But for Your great mercies, You
people of the land, to do with them as did not consume nor forsake them; for
they desired. You are a gracious and merciful
25 And they seized strong cities and Elohim.
a rich land, and occupied houses full of 32 And now our Elohim, the great,
all goods, wells already dug, vineyards the mighty and the fearful Elohim,
and oliveyards and fruit trees in keeping the covenant and the mercy,
abundance. And they ate, and were let it not seem little before You, all the
filled, and became fat, and lived trouble which has found us, to our
luxuriously in Your great goodness. kings, to our rulers, and to our priests,
26 But they were disobedient, and and to our prophets, and to our
rebelled against You, and cast Your fathers, and to all Your people, since
Torah behind their backs. And they the time of the kings of Assyria to this
killed Your prophets who testified day.
against them, to turn them to You. 33 And You are just as to all that
And they worked great blasphemies. came on us, for You have done right;
27 And You gave them into the hand but we have done evilly.
of their enemies, who distressed them. 34 And our kings, our rulers, our
And in the time of their distress, they priests, and our fathers have not kept
cried to You; and You heard from Your Torah, nor attended to Your
Heaven. And according to Your commandments and Your testimonies
abundant mercies, You gave them with which You testified against them.
deliverers, who saved them out of the 35 And they have not served You in
hand of their enemies. their kingdom, and in Your great
28 But after a rest to them, they goodness which You gave to them, and
turned to doing evil before You. And in the large and rich land which You
You left them in the hand of their gave before them. And they did not
enemies, and they ruled over them. turn from their evil works.
But they came back and cried to You, 36 Behold, we are slaves today, even
and You heard them from Heaven, and in the land that You gave to our fathers
You saved them according to Your to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we
mercies. are slaves in it.
29 And You testified against them to 37 And it yields much increase to the
bring them again to Your Torah, but kings whom You have given to be over
they acted proudly, and did not listen us because of our sinning. And they
to Your commandments, but were rule over our bodies, and over our
against Your judgments; they sinned cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in
in them, which if a man does, he shall great distress.
live in them. And they gave a 38 And because of all this, we are
rebellious shoulder, and hardened
1 One must adhere to obedience to the Torah
for eternal life, Mat 19:17.
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atonement for Israel, and all the work Jerusalem. The rest of the people also
of the house of our Elohim. cast lots, to bring one of the ten to live
34 And we made fall the lots among in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine
the priests, and the Levites, and the parts in other cities.
people, for the wood offering, to bring 2 And the people blessed all the men
it into the house of our Elohim, who willingly offered themselves to
according to the houses of our fathers, live in Jerusalem.
at times appointed year by year, to 3 And these are the rulers of the
burn on the altar of YAHWEH our province who lived in Jerusalem; but
Elohim, as it is written in the Torah; in the cities of Judah, a man lived in
35 also to bring the first-fruits of our his possession in their cities; Israel,
ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit the priests, and the Levites, and the
of all trees, year by year, to the house temple-slaves, and the sons of
of YAHWEH; (Exo 23:19) Solomon's servants.
36 also to bring the first-born of our 4 And in Jerusalem lived some of the
sons, and of our cattle, as it is written sons of Judah, and of the sons of
in the Torah; and the firstlings of our Benjamin. From the sons of Judah
herds and of our flocks to the house of were Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the
our Elohim, to the priests who son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah,
minister in the house of our Elohim. the son of Shephatiah, the son of
37 And that we should bring the Mahalaleel, of the sons of Perez;
first-fruits of our dough, and our 5 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch,
offerings, and the fruit of all kinds of the son of Colhozeh, the son of
trees, of wine, and of oil, to the priests, Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of
to the rooms of the house of our Jolarib, the son of Zechariah, the son
Elohim; and the tithes of our ground of Shiloni.
to the Levites; and they, the Levites, 6 All the sons of Perez who lived in
might have the tithes in all the cities Jerusalem were four hundred and
we worked. (Lev 23:17, Lev 27:30) sixty eight mighty men.
38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, 7 And these are the sons of
shall be with the Levites, tithing the Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam,
Levites; and the Levites shall bring up the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah,
the tithes of the tithes to the house of the son of Kolaiah, the son of
our Elohim to the rooms, into the Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of
treasure house. (Deu 14:27-29) Jesaiah.
39 For the sons of Israel, and the 8 And after him were Gabbai, Sallai,
sons of Levi, shall bring the offering of nine hundred and twenty eight.
the grain, of the new wine, and the oil, 9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their
to the rooms, and there shall be the overseer. And Judah the son of
vessels of the sanctuary, and the Hassenaah was second over the city.
priests ministering, and the gate- 10 From the priests were Jedaiah the
keepers and the singers. And we will son of Joiarib, Jachin,
not forsake the house of our Elohim. 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son
(Deu 14:23) of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the
son of Meraiah, the son of Ahitub, the
Chapter 11 ruler of the house of Elohim.
12 And their brothers who did the
1 And the rulers of the people lived at work of the house were eight hundred
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and twenty two. And Adaiah the son of portion should be for the singers, the
Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son matter of the day in his day.
of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son 24 And Pethahiah the son of
of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, Meshezabeel, of the sons of Zerah the
13 and his brothers, rulers of the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in
fathers, two hundred and forty two. all matters concerning the people.
And Amashai the son of Azareel, the 25 And for the villages, with their
son of Ahasai, the son of fields some of the sons of Judah lived
Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, at Kirjath-Arba, and in its villages; and
14 and their brothers, mighty men, at Dibon, and in its villages; and at
were a hundred and twenty-eight. And Jekabzeel, and its villages;
their overseer was Zabdiel, a son of 26 and at Yeshua, and at Moladah,
one of the great men. and at Beth-Palet;
15 Also from the Levites were 27 and at Hazar-Shual, and at Beer-
Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son Sheba, and its daughter-villages;
of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the 28 and at Ziklag; and at Mekonah,
son of Bunni. and in its daughter-villages;
16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of 29 and at Enrimmon; and at Zareah;
the rulers of the Levites, had the and at Jarmuth;
oversight of the outward work of the 30 Zanoah; Adullam, and their
house of Elohim. villages; at Lachish, and its fields; at
17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, Azekah, and its daughter-villages. And
the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was they camped from Beer-Sheba to the
the leader of the beginning, he gave valley of Hinnom.
thanks with prayer. And Bakbukiah 31 And the sons of Benjamin from
the second from his brothers, and Geba were at Michmash; and Aija; and
Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Bethel, and their daughter-villages;
Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 32 and at Anathoth; Nob; Ananiah;
18 All the Levites in the holy city 33 Hazor; Ramah; Gittaim;
were two hundred and eighty four. 34 Hadid; Zeboim; Neballat;
19 And the gatekeepers: Akkub, 35 Lod and Ono, the Valley of
Talmon, and their brothers who kept Craftsmen.
the gates, a hundred and seventy two. 36 And of the Levites, the divisions
20 And the rest of Israel, of the of Judah were for Benjamin.
priests, the Levites, were in all the
cities of Judah, each one in his Chapter 12
inheritance.
21 But the temple-slaves lived in 1 And these are the priests and the
Ophel; and Ziha and Gispa were over Levites who went up with Zerubbabel
the temple-slaves. the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua:
22 And the overseer of the Levites at Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,1
Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
the son of Hashabiah, the son of 3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the 4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
sons of Asaph, the singers were over 5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
the work of the house of The Elohim. 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,
23 For it was the king's command 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah.
concerning them, that a certain
1 1Chr 3:17-19.
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These were the rulers of the priests Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Yeshua the
and their brothers in the days of son of Kadmiel, with their brothers
Yeshua. next to them, to praise, to give thanks
8 And the Levites were Yeshua, according to the command of David
Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah. the man of The Elohim, watch by
Mattaniah was over the thanksgiving, watch.
he and his brothers. 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah,
9 And Bakbukiah and Unni, their Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and
brothers, were next to them in the Akkub were guards of the gates, the
watches. guard at the thresholds of the gates.
10 And Jeshua fathered Joiakim, 26 These were in the days of Joiakim
and Joiakim fathered Eliashib; and the son of Yeshua, the son of Jozadak,
Eliashib fathered Joiada; and in the days of Nehemiah the
11 and Joiada fathered Jonathan; governor, and of Ezra the priest, the
and Jonathan fathered Jaddua. scribe.
12 And in the days of Joiakim were 27 And at the dedication of the wall
priests, the rulers of the fathers, from of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites
the house of Seraiah was Meraiah; out of all their places to bring them to
from Jeremiah was Hananiah; Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with
13 from Ezra was Meshullam; from gladness, and with thanksgiving, and
Amariah was Jehohanan; with singing, with cymbals, harps, and
14 from Melicu was Jonathan; from with lyres.
Shebaniah was Joseph; 28 And the sons of the singers
15 from Harim was Adna; from gathered themselves, both out of the
Meraioth was Helkai; plain country around Jerusalem, and
16 from Iddo was Zechariah; from from the villages of the inhabitants of
Ginnethon was Meshullam; Netophah,
17 from Abijah was Zichri; from 29 and from the house of Gilgal, and
Miniamin, of Moadiah was Piltai; out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth
18 from Bilgah was Shammua; from (for the singers had built themselves
Shemaiah was Jehonathan; villages all around Jerusalem).
19 and from Joiarib was Mattenai; 30 And the priests and the Levites
from Jedaiah was Uzzi; purified themselves. And they purified
20 from Sallai was Kallai; from the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Amok was Eber; 31 Then I brought up the rulers of
21 from Hilkiah was Hashabiah; Judah on the wall, and chose two great
from Jedaiah was Nethaneel. thanksgiving choirs. One went to the
22 The Levites in the days of right on the wall toward the Dung
Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Gate,
Jaddua, were written rulers of the 32 and after them went Hoshaiah,
fathers and the priests until the reign and half the rulers of Judah;
of Darius the Persian. 33 even Azariah, Ezra, and
23 The sons of the Levites, the rulers Meshullam,
of the fathers, are written in the Book 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and
of the Matters of the Days, even until Shemaiah, and Jeremiah;
the days of Johanan the son of 35 and many of the priests' sons with
Eliashib. trumpets, Zechariah the son of
24 And the rulers of the Levites were Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the
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23 These were the potters, and those 40 And they found pasture, fertile
who lived among plants and hedges. and good, for the land was wide, and
They lived there with the king for his quiet, and peaceable; for those of Ham
work. who lived there were of old.
24 The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and 41 And these written by name came
Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,
25 Shallum was his son; Mibsam, his and struck their tents, and the homes
son; Mishma, his son. found there, and completely destroyed
26 And the sons of Mishma: Hamuel them until this day. And they lived in
his son; Zacchur, his son; Shimei, his their places, because there was pasture
son. there for their flocks.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and 42 And some of them, five hundred
six daughters. But his brothers did not men of the sons of Simeon, went to
have many sons, nor did all their Mount Seir. And they had as their
family multiply like the sons of Judah. commanders, Pelatiah, and Neariah,
28 And they lived at Beer-Sheba, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the son of
and Moladah, and Hazar-Shual, Ishi.
29 and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and 43 And they struck the rest which
at Tolad, escaped to Amalek, and lived there
30 and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, until this day.
and at Ziklag,
31 and at Beth-Marcaboth, and at Chapter 5
Hazar-Susim, and at Beth-Birei, and at
Shaaraim. These were their cities until 1 And the sons of Reuben the
the reign of David. firstborn of Israel (for he was the
32 And their villages were Etam, and firstborn; but since he defiled his
Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, father's bed, his birthright was given
five cities. to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel;
33 And all their villages were all and the genealogy is not to be counted
around these cities, to Baal. This is according to the birthright;
their family line and their dwellings, 2 for Judah prevailed among his
34 and Meshobab; and Jamlech; and brothers, and the chief ruler comes
Joshah, the son of Amaziah; from him, but the birthright belongs to
35 and Joel; and Jehu the son of Joseph);1
Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of 3 the sons of Reuben the firstborn of
Asiel; Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron,
36 and Elioenai; and Jaakobah; and and Carmi.
Jeshohaiah; and Asaiah; and Adiel; 4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah, his
and Jesimiel; and Benaiah; son; Gog, his son; Shimei, his son;
37 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the 5 Micah, his son; Reaiah, his son;
son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the Baal, his son;
son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; 6 Beerah, his son, whom Tilgath-
38 these going by name were rulers 1 Verses 1-2: There were 2 great promise
in their families. And the house of blessings in Yahweh’s covenant
their fathers increased to a multitude. relationship. One was the birthright in
39 And they went to the entrance of which the firstborn had predominance and
Gedor, to the east side of the valley to double blessing (Deu 21:17), and the
look for pasture for their flocks. second was the scepter, which was where
the kingly line would come from.
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Pilneser king of Assyria exiled. He was bow, and skillful in war were forty four
ruler of the men of Reuben. thousand, seven hundred and sixty,
7 And his brothers by their families, going out to war.
in the genealogy of their generations: 19 And they made war with the
Jeiel the chief; also Zechariah; Hagarites, and Jetur, and Nephish,
8 and Bela, the son of Azaz, the son and Nodab.
of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in 20 And they were helped against
Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal-Meon. them. And the Hagarites were given
9 And he lived as far to the east as to into their hand, and all who were with
the entrance of the wilderness from them. For they cried to Elohim in the
the Euphrates River, because their battle, and He was entreated for them,
cattle were multiplied in the land of because they trusted in Him.
Gilead. 21 And they took away their
10 And in the days of Saul they made livestock: their camels, fifty thousand;
war with the Hagarites, and they fell and sheep, two hundred and fifty
by their hand. And they lived in their thousand; and donkeys, two thousand;
tents, to all the face of the east of and souls of men, a hundred thousand.
Gilead. 22 For many fell down slain, because
11 And the sons of Gad lived across the war was of Elohim. And they lived
from them, in the land of Bashan, to in their places until the exile.
Salchah: 23 And the sons of the half tribe of
12 Joel the chief; and Shapham, the Manasseh lived in the land. They
next; and Jaanai; and Shaphat in increased from Bashan to Baal-
Bashan. Hermon, and Senir, and Mount
13 And their brothers from the house Hermon.
of their fathers were Michael, and 24 And these were the heads of the
Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and house of their fathers, even Epher, and
Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and
14 These are the sons of Abihail, the Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel,
son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son mighty men of war, famous men,
of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son heads of their fathers' house.
of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son 25 And they sinned against the
of Buz; Elohim of their fathers, and went
15 Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of lusting after the gods of the people of
Guni, chief of the house of their the land, whom Elohim destroyed
fathers. before them.
16 And they lived in Gilead in 26 And the Elohim of Israel stirred
Bashan, and in her daughter-villages, up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and
and in all the open lands of Sharon, on the spirit of Tilgath-Pilneser, king of
their borders. Assyria, and he exiled them; even the
17 All these were enrolled by Reubenites; and the Gadites; and the
genealogy in the days of King Jotham half tribe of Manasseh. And he
of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam brought them to Halah, and Habor,
king of Israel. and Hara, and to the Gozan River, to
18 The sons of Reuben, and the sons this day.
of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh,
even sons of valor, men lifting up
shield and sword, and shooting with
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warriors, seventeen thousand and two Resheph, and Telah, his son; and
hundred going out to war for battle. Tahan, his son;
12 And Shuppim and Huppim, the 26 Laadan, his son; Ammihud, his
sons of Ir; Hushim the son of Aner. son; Elishama, his son;
13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and 27 Non, his son; Yahoshua, his son.
Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the 28 And their possessions and
sons of Bilhah. dwelling places: Bethel and its towns;
14 The sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, and eastward to Naaran; and
the child born to his Syrian concubine westward to Gezer and its towns; and
with Machir the father of Gilead. Shechem and its towns; to Gaza and
15 And Machir took a wife for its towns.
Huppim and for Shuppim; and the 29 And by the borders of the sons of
name of his sister was Maachah; and Manasseh: Beth-Shean and its towns;
the name of the second was Taanach and its towns; Megiddo and
Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had its towns; Dor and its towns. In these
daughters. lived the sons of Joseph, the son of
16 And Maachah the wife of Machir Israel.
bore a son, and she called his name 30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, and
Peresh. And the name of his brother Ishuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and
was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam Serah their sister.
and Rakem. 31 And the sons of Beriah: Heber
17 And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. and Malchiel; he is the father of
These were the sons of Gilead the son Birzavith.
of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 32 And Heber fathered Japhlet, and
18 And his sister Hammoleketh bore Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their
Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. sister.
19 And the sons of Shemida: Ahian, 33 And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach,
and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these are
20 And the sons of Ephraim: the sons of Japhlet.
Shuthelah, and Bered, his son, and 34 And the sons of Shamer: Ahi, and
Tahath, his son, and Eladah, his son; Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
and Tahath, his son; 35 And the sons of his brother
21 and Zabad, his son; and Helem: Zophah, and Imna, and
Shuthelah, his son; and Ezer, and Shelesh, and Amal.
Elead, and the men of Gath, natives in 36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, and
the land, killed them, because they Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and
came down to take away their cattle. Imrah,
22 And their father Ephraim 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma,
mourned many days, and his brothers and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
came to comfort him. 38 And the sons of Jether:
23 And he went in to his wife. And Jephunneh and Pispah, and Ara.
she conceived and bore a son. And he 39 And the sons of Ulla: Arah,
called his name Beriah, because his Haniel, and Rezia.
house was in evil. 40 All these were the sons of Asher,
24 And his daughter was Sherah; heads of their fathers' house, choice,
and she built Beth-Horon the lower mighty warriors, heads of the rulers.
and the upper, and Uzzensherah. And their enrollment in the warfare in
25 And Rephah was his son; also the battle, their number was twenty six
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2 And the Philistines pursued Saul YAHWEH that he did not keep, and
and his sons; and the Philistines also for asking of a medium, to
struck Jonathan, and Abinadab, and inquire;
Malchishua, the sons of Saul. 14 and did not inquire of YAHWEH.
3 And the battle was heavy on Saul, And He caused him to die, and turned
and the archers found him with the the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
bow; and he was wounded by the
archers. Chapter 11
4 And Saul said to his armor-bearer,
Draw your sword and pierce me with 1 And all Israel gathered to David, to
it, that these uncircumcised ones not Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your
come and abuse me. And the armor- bone and your flesh.
bearer was not willing, for he 2 And also in time past, even when
exceedingly feared. And Saul took the Saul was king, you were he that led out
sword and fell on it.
and brought in Israel. And YAHWEH
5 And the armor-bearer saw that
your Elohim said to you, You shall
Saul was dead, and he also fell on the
feed My people Israel, and you shall be
sword and died.
ruler over My people Israel.
6 And Saul and his three sons died,
3 And all the elders of Israel came in
and all his house; they died together.
to the king at Hebron. And David cut a
7 And all the men of Israel in the
covenant with them in Hebron before
valley saw that they had fled, and that
Saul and his sons had died. And they YAHWEH. And they anointed David as
forsook their cities and ran away. And king over Israel, according to the
the Philistines came and lived in them. Word of YAHWEH, by the hand of
8 And it happened on the next day, Samuel.
the Philistines came to strip those 4 And David and all Israel went to
pierced. And they found Saul and his Jerusalem (it is Jebus) and the
sons fallen in Mount Gilboa. Jebusites the ones living in the land,
9 And they stripped him, and carried were there. (2Sam 5:6-7)
his head and his weapons, and sent 5 And the ones living in Jebus said to
into the land of the Philistines all David, You shall not come in here. But
around to proclaim the news to their David captured the fortress of Zion; it
idols and the people. is the city of David.1
10 And they put his weapons in the 6 And David said, Whoever strikes
house of their gods; and they fastened the Jebusites first shall become head
his skull in the house of Dagon. and commander. And Joab the son of
11 And all Jabesh-Gilead heard of all Zeruiah went up first and became
that the Philistines had done to Saul. head.
12 And all the valiant men arose and 7 And David lived in the fortress; on
carried away Saul's body, and the this account they called it the City of
bodies of his sons, and brought them David.
to Jabesh. And they buried their bones 8 And he built the city all around,
under the oak in Jabesh; and fasted from Millo even all around. And Joab
seven days. restored the rest of the city.
13 And Saul died because of his 9 And David was going on and
trespass that he trespassed against
YAHWEH, against the Word of 1 Mount Zion where the sanctuary of YHWH
dwelt was the City of David.
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increasing, for YAHWEH of Hosts was blood of these men with their lives?
with him. For they have brought it with their
10 And these were the heads of the lives. And he was not willing to drink
mighty men who were to David, it. The three mighty ones did these
making themselves strong with him in things.
his kingdom, with all Israel, to cause 20 And Abishai the brother of Joab,
him to reign over Israel, according to he was the chief of the three. And he
the Word of YAHWEH. lifted up his spear against three
11 And this is the number of the hundred, and killed, and had a name
mighty men who were to David: among the three.
Jashobeam the son of a Hachmonite, 21 Of the three, he was honored by
the head of the thirty; he lifted up his the two, and became their head. But
spear against three hundred, killing he did not come to the first three.
them at one time. 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the
12 And after him was Eleazar the son son of a valiant man of great deeds,
of Dodo, the Ahohite; he was among from Kabzeel, he killed the two lion-
the three mighty ones; like Moabites. And he went down and
13 he was with David in killed a lion in the midst of a pit in the
Pasdammim, and the Philistines had snowy day.
gathered there to battle; and a portion 23 And he killed an Egyptian man, a
of the field was full of barley, and the man of five cubits stature; and in the
people had fled from before the Egyptian's hand was a spear like the
Philistines; weaver's beam; and he went down to
14 and they set themselves in the him with a staff and wrenched the
midst of that portion, and delivered it, spear out of the Egyptian's hand; and
and struck the Philistines, and killed him with his own spear.
24 These things Benaiah the son of
YAHWEH saved by a great
Jehoiada did, and had a name among
deliverance.
the three mighty ones.
15 And three of the thirty heads went
25 Behold, he was honored by the
down to the rock to David, to the cave
thirty, but to the first three he did not
of Adullam. And the army of the
come. And David set him over his
Philistines was pitched in the Valley of
court.
the Giants.
26 And the mighty ones of the army
16 And David was then in the
were Asahel the brother of Joab,
stronghold, and the command post of
Elhanan the son of Dodo of
the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
Bethlehem,
17 And David longed, and said, Who
27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez
shall give me drink, water from the
the Pelonite,
well of Bethlehem that is by the gate?
28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
18 And the three broke through the
Abiezer the Anethothite,
army of the Philistines, and drew
29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the
water out of the well of Bethlehem at
Ahohite,
the gate, and took it and brought to
30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled
David. But David was not willing to
the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
drink it, and poured it out to
31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of
YAHWEH, sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the
19 and said, Far be it from me by my Pirathonite,
Elohim, to do this. Shall I drink the
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32 Hurai of the torrents of Gaash, 3 The head was Ahiezer, and Joash,
Abiel the Arbathite, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite
33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu
34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, the Anethothite;
Jonathan the son of Shage the 4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty
Hararite, one among the thirty, and over the
35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel,
Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, and Johanan, and Jozabad the
36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah Gederathite;
the Pelonite, 5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah,
37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the
son of Ezbai, Haruphite;
38 Joel the brother of Nathan, 6 Elkanah, and Jesaiah, and Azarael,
Mibhar the son of Haggi, and Joezer, and Jashobeam the
39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Korhites;
Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab 7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons
the son of Zeruiah, of Jeroham of Gedor.
40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 8 And of the Gadites, there were
41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son separated to David, to the stronghold
of Ahlai, in the wilderness, valiant warriors,
42 Adina the son of Shiza the men of the army for battle, setting
Reubenite, the head of the Reubenites, shield and spear in order, and their
and thirty with him; faces as the face of a lion, and as
43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and gazelles on the heights for swiftness:
Joshaphat the Mithnite, 9 Ezer the chief, Obadiah, the
44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shamma second; Eliab, the third;
and Jehiel the sons of Hotham the 10 Mishmannah, the fourth;
Aroerite, Jeremiah, the fifth;
45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and 11 Attai, the sixth; Eliel, the seventh;
Joha his brother, the Tizite, 12 Johanan, the eighth; Elzabad, the
46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai ninth;
and Joshaviah, sons of Elnaam, and 13 Jeremiah, the tenth; Machbanai,
Ithmah the Moabite, the eleventh.
47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the 14 These were of the sons of Gad,
Mesobaite. heads of the army. The least was equal
to a hundred, and the greatest as a
Chapter 12 thousand.
15 These were they who crossed over
1 And these were those coming to the Jordan in the first month; and it
David to Ziklag, while banned from was full, over all its banks; and put to
the face of Saul the son of Kish. And flight all those of the valleys, to the
they were among the mighty ones, east and to the west.
helping the battle; 16 And some of the sons of Benjamin
2 right and left-handed, armed with and Judah came to the stronghold of
bows, with stones, and with arrows, David.
with the bow from the brothers of 17 And David went out before them,
Saul, of Benjamin. and answered and said to them, If you
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have come to me for peace, to help me, 28 and Zadok, a young man mighty
I have a heart to unite with yours. But in valor; and of the house of his father
if to betray me to my foe, there is no were twenty two leaders.
violence in my hand; the Elohim of our 29 And of the sons of Benjamin,
fathers shall see and reprove. Saul's brothers, were three thousand.
18 And the Spirit enwrapped For before, the most of them had kept
Amasai, the head of the thirty: To you, their allegiance to the house of Saul.
O David, and with you, O son of Jesse, 30 And of the sons of Ephraim were
peace! Peace to you, and peace to your twenty thousand, eight hundred,
helpers, for your Elohim has helped mighty men of valor, famous men to
you. And David received them, and put the house of their fathers.
them among the heads of the band. 31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh
19 And some from Manasseh fell to were eighteen thousand who were
David as he came with the Philistines designated by name, to come to make
to battle against Saul. And they did not David king.
help them, for by counsel the rulers of 32 And of the sons of Issachar,
the Philistines sent them away, saying, having understanding of the times, to
He will fall to his master Saul with our know what Israel should do. Their
heads. heads were two hundred, and all their
20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to brothers were at their command.
him from Manasseh, Adnah, and 33 Of Zebulun, going forth to the
Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, army, that could set the battle in array
and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, with all kinds of weapons of war, fifty
heads of the thousands that were of thousand; and keeping rank without a
Manasseh. double heart.
21 And they helped David against the 34 And of Naphtali, a thousand
raiding band, for they all were valiant chiefs; and with them with shield and
warriors; and they were commanders spear were thirty seven thousand.
in the army; 35 And of the Danites arraying the
22 for at the time they came daily to battle were twenty eight thousand, six
David, to help him, until it was a great hundred.
army, like an army of Elohim. 36 And of Asher, going out to the
23 And these were the numbers of army to set in order the battle were
the heads of those that were armed for forty thousand.
war, who came to David to Hebron, to 37 And from beyond the Jordan: of
turn the kingdom of Saul to him, the Reubenites, and of the Gadites,
according to the mouth of YAHWEH. and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with
24 The sons of Judah, bearing shield all of the weapons of war for battle
and spear, were six thousand, eight were a hundred and twenty thousand.
hundred, armed for war. 38 All these were men of war,
25 Of the sons of Simeon, mighty keeping rank; they came to Hebron
ones of valor for the war, seven with a perfect heart, to make David
thousand, one hundred. king over all Israel. And also all the
26 Of the sons of Levi were four rest of Israel was of one heart, to make
thousand, six hundred. David king.
27 And Jehoiada was the leader of 39 And they were there with David
the Aaronites and with him three three days, eating and drinking. For
thousand, seven hundred; their brothers had prepared for them.
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Japhia, Chapter 15
7 and Elishama, and Beeliada, and
Eliphalet. 1 And he built houses for himself in
8 And the Philistines heard that the City of David, and prepared a place
David had been anointed king over all for the ark of The Elohim, and pitched
Israel. And all the Philistines went up a tent for it.
to seek David. And David heard, and 2 Then David said, None should bear
went out before them. the ark of The Elohim except the
9 And the Philistines came and made Levites, for YAHWEH had chosen
a raid in the Valley of the Giants. them to bear the ark of The Elohim,
10 And David asked of Elohim, and to serve Him forever.
saying, Shall I go up against the 3 And David gathered all Israel to
Philistines; and, Have You given them Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of
into my hand? And YAHWEH said to YAHWEH to its place that he had
him, Go up, and I will give them into prepared for it.
your hand. 4 And David gathered the sons of
11 And they went up to Baal-Perzim 1, Aaron and the Levites.
and David struck them there. And 5 Of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the
David said, The Elohim has broken my chief, and his brothers, a hundred and
enemies by my hand, like the breaking twenty.
of the waters; so they called the name 6 Of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the
of that place The Breach of Baal. chief, and his brothers, two hundred
12 And they forsook their gods there. and twenty.
And David commanded, and they were 7 Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the
burned with fire. chief, and his brothers, a hundred and
13 And yet again the Philistines thirty.
raided in the valley. 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan,
14 And David again inquired of Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers,
Elohim. And The Elohim spoke to him, two hundred.
You shall not go up after them; turn 9 Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the
away from them and come to them chief, and his brothers, eighty.
across from the weeping trees. 10 Of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab
15 And it shall be, when you hear the the chief, and his brothers, a hundred
sound of marching in the tops of the and twelve.
weeping trees, then you shall go out in 11 And David called to Zadok and to
the battle; for Elohim has gone out Abiathar the priests, and to the
before you to strike the army of the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel,
Philistines. Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
16 And David did as The Elohim 12 and said to them, You are the
commanded him. And they struck the heads of your fathers of the Levites;
army of the Philistines from Gibeon sanctify yourselves, you and your
even to Gezer. brothers, and you shall bring up the
17 And the name of David went out ark of YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel,
into all the lands; and YAHWEH put to the place I have prepared for it.
the dread of him on all the nations. 13 Because you did not do so at the
first, YAHWEH our Elohim broke in
1 “Baal Perzim” - The Lord of breaking against us, for we did not seek Him
through. 2Sam 5:20, Isa 28:21. according to the ordinance.
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14 And the priests and the Levites Jehiah were gatekeepers for the ark.
sanctified themselves to bring up the 25 And it was David, and the elders
ark of YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel. of Israel, and the commanders of the
15 And the sons of the Levites thousands, who were going to bring up
carried the ark of The Elohim, as the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH
Moses commanded, according to the from the house of Obed-Edom with
Word of YAHWEH, by staves above on joy.
the shoulders. 26 And it happened, as The Elohim
16 And David commanded the chiefs helped the Levites carrying the ark of
of the Levites to appoint their brothers the covenant of YAHWEH, they
the singers with instruments of song, sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
psalteries, and harps, and sounding 27 And David was clothed with a
cymbals, to lift up the voice for joy. robe of fine linen, and all the Levites
17 And the Levites appointed Heman that carried the ark, and the singers,
the son of Joel; and of his brothers, and Chenaniah, the master of the song
Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the with the singers. David also had an
sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan ephod of linen on him.
the son of Kushaiah. 28 And all Israel was bringing up the
18 And with them were their ark of the covenant of YAHWEH with
brothers of the second rank, shouting, and with the sound of a
Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and horn, and with trumpets, and cymbals,
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, sounding aloud with lyres and harps.
Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and 29 And it happened, as the ark of the
Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and covenant of YAHWEH came to the City
Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, of David, Michal the daughter of Saul
the gatekeepers. looked out through the window and
19 And the singers were Heman, saw King David dancing and laughing.
Asaph, and Ethan, to sound with And she despised him in her heart.
cymbals of copper;
20 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Chapter 16
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,
and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, 1 And they brought in the ark of The
with harps set to Alamoth; Elohim, and set it down in the middle
21 and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, of the tent that David had pitched for
and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and it. And they offered burnt offerings
Jeiel, and Azaziah with lyres on the and peace offerings before The
octave, to oversee. Elohim.
22 And Chenaniah the chief of the 2 And when David finished offering
Levites led in the song, instructing in the burnt offering and the peace
the song, because he was skillful. offering, and he blessed the people in
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were
the name of YAHWEH;
gatekeepers for the ark.
3 even he passed out to every one of
24 And Shebaniah, and
Israel, both man and woman, to each a
Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and
loaf of bread, a portion, and a raisin
Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah,
cake.
and Eliezer the priests were blowing
4 And he set before the ark of
with the trumpets before the ark of
The Elohim. And Obed-Edom and YAHWEH ministers from the Levites,
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even to celebrate and to thank and to 19 when you were few in number,
give praise to YAHWEH the Elohim of even very few, and sojourners in it,
Israel: 20 and they went up and down, from
5 Asaph the head, and Zechariah his nation to nation, and from one
second; Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and kingdom to another people.
Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and 21 He has not allowed any to oppress
Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, them; yea, for their sake He has
with instruments of harps, and with reproved kings:
lyres; and Asaph was sounding with 22 Touch not My anointed ones, and
the cymbals. do My prophets no evil. (Gen 20:7)
6 And Benaiah and Jahaziel the 23 Sing to YAHWEH, all the earth,
priests were continually with trumpets proclaim the news from day to day of
before the ark of the covenant of The His salvation (Y’shua*).
Elohim. 24 Declare His glory among the
7 Then on that day David first gave nations, His wonders among all the
by the hand of Asaph and his brothers peoples.
to give thanks to YAHWEH. 25 For great is YAHWEH, and
8 O give thanks to YAHWEH; call on greatly to be praised; and He is to be
His name; make known His deeds feared above all the Elohim.
among the peoples. 26 For all the gods of the peoples are
9 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; worthless; yea, YAHWEH has made
tell of all His marvelous works. the heavens.
10 Glory in His holy name; let the 27 Splendor and majesty are before
heart of those seeking YAHWEH Him; strength and joy are in His place.
rejoice.1 28 Give to YAHWEH, O families of
11 Seek YAHWEH and His strength, the people, give to YAHWEH glory and
seek His face continually. strength.
12 Remember His wonders that He 29 Give to YAHWEH the glory of His
has done, His signs, and the name; bring an offering and come
judgments of His mouth, before Him; worship YAHWEH in the
13 O seed of Israel, His servant; O adornment of holiness.
sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. 30 Tremble before Him, all the
14 He is YAHWEH our Elohim, His earth; yea, the earth is established, it
judgments are in all the earth. shall not be moved!
15 Remember His covenant forever, 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let
the Word He gave to a thousand the earth rejoice; and let them say
generations, among nations, YAHWEH2 reigns.
16 which He has cut with Abraham, 32 Let the sea roar, and the fullness
and His oath to Isaac; of it; let the fields rejoice, and all in
17 and He established it to Jacob for them.
a statute, to Israel as a covenant 33 Then the trees of the forest will
forever,
18 saying, I will give you the land of 2 The family name of YAHWEH is the most
Canaan, the portion of your glorious name in all the universe (Deu
inheritance; (Gen 13:14-17) 28:58) and all true covenant believers
should be glorifying Yahweh's name that is
1 We are commanded to sing praise to the listed almost 7,000 times in the Old
name of YAHWEH. Testament or Tanach alone.
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sing out before YAHWEH, for He has for those making a sound, and
come to judge the earth. instruments of the song of The
34 O Give thanks to YAHWEH, for Elohim; and the sons of Jeduthun
He is good; for His mercy endures were at the gate.
forever. 43 And all the people departed, each
35 And say, O save us, Elohim of our to his house; and David returned to
Y’shua*; and gather us, and deliver us bless his house.
from the nations, that we may give
thanks to Your holy name, that we Chapter 17
may glory in Your praise.1
1 And it happened, as David sat in
36 Blessed be YAHWEH, the Elohim
his house, that David said to Nathan
of Israel, from everlasting even to
the prophet, Behold, I am living in a
everlasting. And all the people said,
house of cedars, and the ark of the
Amen, and gave praise to YAHWEH.
covenant of YAHWEH is under
37 And he left there before the ark of
curtains.
the covenant of YAHWEH, for Asaph 2 And Nathan said to David, Do all
and for his brothers, to minister before that is in your heart, for The Elohim is
the ark continually to the matter of a with you.
day in its day; 3 And it happened on that night, the
38 also, Obed-Edom and their Word of Elohim came to Nathan,
brothers, sixty-eight; and Obed-Edom saying,
the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, as 4 Go, and you shall say to My servant
gatekeepers; David, So says YAHWEH, You shall
39 and Zadok the priest, and his
not build a house for Me to dwell in;
brothers the priests, before the
5 for I have not dwelt in a house
tabernacle of YAHWEH, in the high from the day that I brought Israel up
place that was in Gibeon;2 until this day, but I have gone from
40 to offer the burnt offerings to tent to tent, and from one tabernacle
YAHWEH on the altar of the burnt to another.
offering continually, to the morning, 6 Wherever I have walked up and
and to evening, even to all that was down among all Israel, have I spoken a
written in the Torah of YAHWEH, word with any of the judges of Israel,
which He commanded Israel; whom I commanded to feed My
41 and with them Heman and people, saying, Why have you not built
Jeduthun, and the rest that were a house of cedars for Me?
chosen, who were designated by name, 7 And now you shall say this to My
to give thanks to YAHWEH, because servant, to David, So says YAHWEH of
His mercy endures forever; Hosts, I have taken you from the
42 and with them Heman and pasture from following the sheep, to
Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals be ruler over My people Israel;
8 and I have been with you wherever
1 In the end times as YHWH gathers His elect you have walked; and I have cut off all
from the 4 corners of the earth back to the your enemies from before you; and
Promised Land (Mat 24:31) they will be have made for you a name like the
praising Yahshua, the salvation of YHWH. name of the great ones in the earth.
2 Although the Ark of the Covenant was 9 And I will prepare a place for My
moved to Jerusalem, the tabernacle was still
people Israel, and he will plant, and he
in Gibeon.
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will dwell in his place, and shall not be me as a type of the Man who is on
made to tremble any more; nor shall high, O YAHWEH Elohim! (Psa 110:1-
the sons of wickedness waste him any 2)
more, as at the first; 18 What can David add still more to
10 yea, even from the day that I You concerning the honor being put
appointed judges over My people on Your servant? For You know Your
Israel. And I will humble all your servant.
enemies; and I declare to you that 19 O YAHWEH, for Your servant's
YAHWEH shall build a house for you; sake, and according to Your own heart,
11 and it shall be, when your days You have done all this greatness, to
have been fulfilled to go away with make known all these great things.
your fathers, that I shall raise up your 20 O YAHWEH, there is none like
seed after you, who shall be of your You; and there is no Elohim except
sons, and I shall establish his You, according to all that we have
kingdom.1 (2Sam 7:12-13) heard with our ears.
12 He shall build a house for Me, and 21 And what one nation in the earth
I shall establish his throne forever; is as Your people Israel, whom The
13 I shall become a Father to him, Elohim has brought out to ransom to
and he shall become a son to Me; and I Himself for a people, to make for
will not take My mercy away from Yourself a great and fearful name, to
him, as I took it away from him who cast out the nations from before Your
was before you; (Mat 3:17) people, whom You have ransomed out
14 and I will establish Him in My of Egypt.
house and in My kingdom forever; and 22 Yea, You have chosen Your
his throne shall be made to stand people Israel for Yourself, for a people
forever.2
forever, and You, O YAHWEH, have
15 According to all these words, and
been Elohim to them.
according to all this vision, so Nathan
spoke to David. 23 And now, O YAHWEH, the Word
16 And David the king came in and that You have spoken as to Your
sat before YAHWEH, and said, Who servant, and as to his house, let it be
established forever, and do as You
am I, O YAHWEH, Elohim, and what is have spoken;
my house, that You have brought me 24 let it even be established, and
thus far? Your name be great forever, saying,
17 And this was a small thing in Your
YAHWEH of Hosts, the Elohim of
eyes, O Elohim; but You have spoken
Israel is Elohim to Israel; and the
to Your servant's house for a great
house of Your servant David shall be
while to come, and have looked upon
made to stand before You.
25 For You, O my Elohim, You have
1 The promise of an eternal king in the uncovered the ear of Your servant, to
Messianic Kingdom is not that king David
build a house for him; on this account
would be that king Messiah spoken of here,
but that the King Messiah would be Your servant has found to pray before
someone who was born from his very loins You.
and was a physical descendant of his. 26 And now, O YAHWEH, You are
2 Verses 12-14: It is King Messiah that will Elohim Himself, and You speak this
build the sanctuary of YHWH (Zec 6:12- goodness concerning Your servant.
13) and He (Yahshua) will be established on 27 And now, You have been pleased
His throne forever. Psa 110:1-5.
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to bless the house of Your servant, to to bless him because he had fought
be forever before You; for You, O against Hadarezer, and had struck
YAHWEH, have blessed; yea, it is him; for Hadarezer had been a man of
blessed forever! war with Tou; and he sent all vessels of
gold and silver and copper.
Chapter 18 11 Also these King David sanctified
to YAHWEH, with the silver and the
1 And it happened, after this, that gold that he had taken from all the
David struck the Philistines, and nations, from Edom, and from Moab,
humbled them, and took Gath and its and from the Ammonites, and from
towns out of the hand of the the Philistines, and from Amalek.
Philistines. 12 And Abishai the son of Zeruiah
2 And he struck Moab, and the had killed eighteen thousand of the
Moabites became servants to David, Edomites in the Valley of Salt;
bringing a tribute. 13 and he put command posts in
3 And David struck Hadarezer the Edom, and all the Edomites were
king of Zobah at Hamath, as he went servants to David. And YAHWEH
to establish his hand by the Euphrates preserved David wherever he went.
River; 14 And David reigned over all Israel,
4 and David captured from him a and he executed justice and
thousand chariots, and seven righteousness among all his people.
thousand horsemen, and twenty 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was
thousand footmen; and David over the army; and Jehoshaphat the
hamstrung all the chariot horses, but son of Ahilud was recorder;
left of them a hundred chariots. 16 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and
5 And when the Syrians of Damascus Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were
came to help Hadarezer the king of priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
Zobah, then David struck twenty two 17 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
thousand men of the Syrians. was over the Cherethites and the
6 And David placed men in Syria of Pelethites; and the sons of David were
Damascus, and the Syrians became first in power at the hand of the king.
servants to David, bringing a tribute.
And YAHWEH preserved David Chapter 19
wherever he went.
7 And David took the shields of gold 1 And it happened after this, that
that were on the servants of King Nahash of the Ammonites died,
Hadarezer, and brought them to and his son reigned in his place.
Jerusalem. 2 And David said, I will show
8 And from Tibhath and from Chun, kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash,
cities of Hadarezer, David brought for his father acted with kindness
very much copper (with it Solomon toward me; and David sent
made the copper sea, and the pillars, messengers to comfort him concerning
and the vessels of copper). his father. And the servants of David
9 And Tou the king of Hamath heard came to the land of the Ammonites, to
that David had struck the whole army Hanun, to comfort him.
of Hadarezer the king of Zobah, 3 And the chiefs of the sons of
10 and he sent his son Hadoram to Ammon said to Hanun, Is David
King David, to ask peace of him, and honoring your father, in your eyes,
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because he has sent comforters to you? courage for our people and for the
Have not his servants come in to you cities of our Elohim; and YAHWEH
in order to search out and to will do that which is good in His eyes.
overthrow, and to spy out the land? 14 And Joab and the people with
4 And Hanun took David's servants, him drew near before Syria to do
and shaved them, and cut their long battle; and they fled before him.
robes in half, to the buttocks, and sent 15 And the Ammonites saw that
them away. Syria had fled, and they ran away, they
5 And some went and told David also, from before his brother Abishai,
about the men; and he sent to meet and went into the city. And Joab came
them, for the men were greatly to Jerusalem.
humiliated. And the king said, Remain 16 And Syria saw that they had been
in Jericho until your beard has grown, stricken before Israel, and sent
then return. messengers and brought out Syria that
6 And the Ammonites saw that they was beyond the river; and Shophach,
had made themselves odious to David; Hadarezer's army commander, was
and Hanun and the Ammonites sent a before them.
thousand talents of silver in order to 17 And it was told to David, and he
hire to themselves chariots and gathered all Israel and crossed the
horsemen from Syria of Naharaim and Jordan, and came to them and set in
Syria of Maachah and from Zobah. order against them; yea, David set the
7 And they hired thirty two thousand battle in order to meet Syria, and they
chariots to themselves, and the king of fought with him;
Maachah and his people. And they 18 and Syria fled before Israel, and
came in and pitched before Medeba; David killed seven thousand
and the Ammonites had gathered out charioteers of Syria, and forty
of their cities and had come to the thousand footmen, and he killed
battle. Shophach, the army commander.
8 And David heard, and sent Joab 19 And the servants of Hadarezer
and all the army of the mighty men. saw that they had been stricken before
9 And the Ammonites came out and Israel, and they made peace with
set the battle in order at the entrance David and served him; and Syria was
to the city; and the kings who had not willing to help the Ammonites any
come were by themselves in the field. more.
10 And Joab saw that the face of the
battle was against him before and Chapter 20
behind; and he chose out all the choice
ones in Israel, and set in order to meet 1 And it happened, at the time of the
Syria; return of the year, at the time when
11 and the rest of the people he gave kings go forth, that Joab led out the
into the hand of his brother Abishai; power of the army and wasted the
and they set in order to meet the sons country of the Ammonites and came
of Ammon. and besieged Rabbah. But David
12 And he said, If Syria is stronger remained at Jerusalem. And Joab
than I, then you shall help me; but if struck Rabbah and overthrew it.
the Ammonites are too strong for you, 2 And David took the crown of their
then I will help you. king from his head, and found it a
13 Be strong, even let us take talent of gold in weight, and a precious
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stone in it; and it was set on David's 4 But the word of the king was
head. And he also brought out the strong against Joab; and Joab went
spoil of the city, a very great amount. out and went up and down all Israel,
3 And he brought out the people in and came to Jerusalem.
it; and they sawed with saws, and with 5 And Joab gave the tally of the
sharp tools of iron, and with the axes. census of the people to David; and all
And so David did to all the cities of the Israel was a million and one hundred
Ammonites. And David and all the thousand men drawing sword; and
people returned to Jerusalem. Judah was four hundred and seventy
4 And it happened after this, that thousand drawing sword.
there stood a battle again with the 6 And Levi and Benjamin he did not
Philistines in Gezer; then Sibbechai number among them, for the word of
the Hushathite killed Sippai of the the king was loathsome to Joab.
children of the giant, and they were 7 And it was evil in the eyes of
humbled. Elohim as to this thing, and He struck
5 And there was a battle again with Israel.
the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of 8 And David said to The Elohim, I
Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of have sinned exceedingly in that I have
Goliath, the Gittite, the wood of whose done this thing; and now, I pray You
spear was like the weavers' beam.1 to cause the iniquity of Your servant to
6 And there was a battle again in pass away, for I have acted very
Gath; and a man of stature was there, foolishly.
and his fingers and toes were six and 9 And YAHWEH spoke to Gad, the
six, twenty four; and also he had been seer of David, saying,
born to the giant. 10 Go; and you shall speak to David,
7 And he taunted Israel. And saying, So says YAHWEH, I am
Jonathan the son of Shimea, the extending to you three things; choose
brother of David, killed him. one of these for yourself, that I may do
8 These were born to the giant in to you.
Gath, and they fell by the hand of 11 And Gad came to David and said
David, and by the hand of his servants.
to him, So says YAHWEH, Choose for
yourself:
Chapter 21
12 either for three years of famine, or
three months to be wasted before your
1 And Satan stood up against Israel
adversaries, even to be overtaken by
and moved David to number Israel.
the sword of your enemies; or the
2 And David said to Joab and to the
rulers of the people, Go, number Israel sword of YAHWEH three days, even
from Beer-Sheba even to Dan; and pestilence in the land, and the
bring to me, and I will know their Messenger of YAHWEH destroying
number. throughout all the borders of Israel.
3 And Joab said, May YAHWEH add And now, see what answer I shall
to His people as if they were a hundred return to Him that sent me.
times; my master, O king, are they not 13 And David said to Gad, It is great
all of them servants to my master? distressing to me; now let me fall into
Why does my master desire this? Why the hand of YAHWEH, for His mercies
will he be a cause of guilt to Israel? are very many; but do not let me fall
into the hand of man.
1 See 2Sam 21:19.
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14 And YAHWEH sent a pestilence for full silver give it to me, and the
into Israel, and seventy thousand men plague will be restrained from the
of Israel fell. people.
15 And The Elohim sent a messenger 23 And Ornan said to David, Take it
to Jerusalem to destroy it. And as he for yourself, and my master the king
was destroying, YAHWEH saw, and do that which is good in his eyes; see, I
had pity as to the evil, and said to the have given the oxen for burnt
destroying Messenger, Enough! Now offerings, and the threshing
let your hand drop. And the instruments for wood, and the wheat
for the food offering; I give it all.
Messenger of YAHWEH stood by the
24 And King David said to Ornan,
threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
No, for surely I will buy it for full
16 And David lifted up his eyes and
silver, for I will not lift up what is
saw the Messenger of YAHWEH
yours to YAHWEH, so as to offer a
standing between the earth and the
burnt offering without cost.
heavens, and his sword drawn in his
25 And David gave to Ornan six
hand, stretched out over Jerusalem;
hundred shekels of gold in weight for
and David and the elders fell on their
the place.
faces, covered with sackcloth.
26 And David built an altar there to
17 And David said to The Elohim,
Was it not I, I who said to number the YAHWEH, and offered burnt offerings
people? Yea, it was I who sinned, and and peace offerings, and called to
truly have done evil; and these, the YAHWEH; and He answered him with
flock, what have they done? O fire from the heavens on the altar of
YAHWEH, my Elohim, I pray You, let the burnt offering.
Your hand be on me and on my 27 And YAHWEH commanded the
father's house, and not on Your Messenger, and he returned his sword
people, to be plagued. to its sheath.
18 And the Messenger of YAHWEH 28 At that time, when David saw
spoke to Gad, saying to David, Surely that YAHWEH had answered him in
David shall go up to raise an altar to the threshing-floor of Ornan the
YAHWEH in the threshing-floor of Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
Ornan the Jebusite. 29 And the tabernacle of YAHWEH
19 And David went up by the word of that Moses had made in the
Gad, that which he spoke in the name wilderness, and the altar of the burnt
of YAHWEH. offering, were at that time in the high
20 And Ornan turned back, and saw place in Gibeon;
the Messenger; and his four sons with 30 and David was not able to go
him hid themselves; and Ornan was before it to seek Elohim, for he was
threshing wheat. terrified from the face of the sword of
21 And as David came to Ornan, The Messenger of YAHWEH.
Ornan looked and saw David, and
went out of the threshing-floor and Chapter 22
bowed down to David, with his face to
the ground. 1 And David said, This is the house of
22 And David said to Ornan, Give YAHWEH The Elohim, and this altar
me the site of the threshing-floor, and for burnt offering for Israel.
I will build an altar to YAHWEH in it; 2 And David commanded the aliens
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18 The eleventh was Azareel his sons seventh, Peulthai the eighth (for
and his brothers, twelve. Elohim blessed him).
19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, his 6 Also sons were born to Shemaiah,
sons and his brothers, twelve. who ruled for the house of their father;
20 The thirteenth to Shubael his for they were mighty warriors.
sons and his brothers twelve. 7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and
21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, his Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose
sons and his brothers, twelve. brothers, mighty sons, were Elihu and
22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, his Semachiah.
sons and his brothers, twelve. 8 All these were the sons of Obed-
23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, his Edom. They and their sons and their
sons and his brothers, twelve. brothers were mighty men with
24 The seventeenth to strength for service. Sixty two were of
Joshbekashah, his sons and his Obed-Edom.
brothers, twelve. 9 And to Meshelemiah were sons
25 The eighteenth to Hanani, his and brothers, mighty sons: eighteen.
sons and his brothers, twelve. 10 Also to Hosah, of the sons of
26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, his Merari, were sons: Simri the head,
sons and his brothers, twelve. though not the first-born, yet his
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, his father made him the head;
sons and his brothers, twelve. 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the
28 The twenty first to Hothir, his third, Zechariah the fourth. All the
sons and his brothers, twelve. sons and brothers of Hosah: thirteen.
29 The twenty second to Giddalti, 12 To these were the divisions of the
his sons and his brothers, twelve. gatekeepers for the heads of the men,
30 The twenty third to Mahazioth, having charges like their brothers, to
his sons and his brothers, twelve. minister in the house of YAHWEH.
31 The twenty fourth to 13 And he made fall lots; as the
Romamtiezer, his sons and his small, as the great, for the house of
brothers, twelve. their fathers, for gate and gate.
14 And the lot eastward fell to
Chapter 26 Shelemiah. And for his son Zechariah,
a wise counselor, they made fall lots;
1 For the divisions of the gate- and his lot came out northward;
keepers: of the Korhites was 15 and to Obed-Edom, southward;
Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the and to his sons the house of the stores;
sons of Asaph. 16 Shuppim and Hosah westward,
2 And to Meshelemiah were sons: with the gate of Shallecheth, going up
Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the by the highway, guard corresponding
second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel to guard.
the fourth, 17 Eastward were six Levites,
3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the northward, four a day; southward,
sixth, Elioenai the seventh. four a day, and toward the storehouse,
4 And to Obed-Edom were sons: two by two.
Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad 18 At the Parbar, westward, four at
the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the highway; two at the Parbar.
the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, 19 These are the divisions of the
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the gatekeepers among the sons of Kore
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and among the sons of Merari. reign, they were sought, and were
20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was found among them mighty warriors at
over the treasures of the house of Jazer of Gilead.
Elohim, and to the treasures of the 32 And his brothers, mighty sons,
dedicated things. were two thousand, seven hundred
21 The sons of Laadan, sons of the heads of the fathers. And King David
Gershonites; heads of the fathers of made them overseers over the
Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli; Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half
22 the sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and tribe of Manasseh for every matter of
his brother Joel, who were over the The Elohim and matter of the king.
treasures of the house of YAHWEH,
23 for the Amramites, for the Chapter 27
Izharites, for the Hebronites, for the
Uzzielites. 1 And the sons of Israel, according to
24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, their number, the heads of the fathers,
the son of Moses was ruler over the and commanders of thousands and
treasures. hundreds, and their scribes who
25 And his brothers by Eliezer were served the king in every matter of the
his son Rehabiah, and his son divisions which came in and went out
Jeshaiah, and his son Joram, and his month by month for all the months of
son Zichri, and his son Shelomith. the year, the one division had twenty
26 Of Shelomith, he and his brothers four thousand.
were over all the treasures of the holy 2 Over the first division for the first
things that David the king, and the month was Jashobeam the son of
heads of the fathers, the commanders Zabdiel. And over his division, twenty
over thousands and hundreds, and the four thousand.
commanders of the army had 3 The head of all the commanders of
dedicated. the army for the first month was of the
27 They dedicated from the battles sons of Perez.
and the plunder, to maintain the 4 And over the division of the second
house of YAHWEH, month was Eleazar the son of Dodo of
28 and all that Samuel the seer, and Ahoah, and of his division, Mikloth
Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the was also the ruler; and in his division
son of Ner, and Joab the son of were twenty four thousand.
Zeruiah, all who dedicated, was at the 5 The third commander of the army
hand of Shelomith and his brothers. for the third month was Benaiah the
29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and son of Jehoiada, a head priest; and in
his sons were for the outward business his division were twenty four
over Israel, for officers and for judges. thousand.
30 Of the Hebronites: Hashabiah 6 He was that Benaiah who was
and his brothers, sons of might; a mighty among the thirty, and above
thousand and seven hundred over the the thirty; and in his division was his
oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan son Ammizabad.
westward, for all the work of 7 The fourth for the fourth month
was Asahel the brother of Joab, and
YAHWEH, and for the king's service.
Zebadiah his son after him; and in his
31 Of Hebron: Jerijah the head of the
division were twenty four thousand.
Hebronites, for his generations to his
8 The fifth for the fifth month was
fathers. In the fortieth year of David's
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chief Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in 21 Iddo the son of Zechariah was
his division were twenty four over the half tribe of Manasseh in
thousand. Gilead. Jaasiel the son of Abner was
9 The sixth for the sixth month was over Benjamin.
Ira the son of Ikkesh of Tekoa; and in 22 Azareel the son of Jeroham was
his division were twenty four over Dan. These were the leaders of
thousand. the tribes of Israel.
10 The seventh for the seventh 23 But David did not take the
month was Helez the Pelonite, of the number of them from the son of
sons of Ephraim; and in his division twenty years and under, because
were twenty four thousand. YAHWEH had said He would increase
11 The eighth for the eighth month Israel like the stars of the heavens.
was Sibbechai of Husah, of the 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to
Zarchites; and in his division were number, but he did not finish. And
twenty four thousand. wrath was on Israel for this. And the
12 The ninth for the ninth month number did not go up in the account of
was Abiezer of Anethoth, of Benjamin; the Matters of the Days of King David.
and in his division were twenty four 25 And over the king's treasures was
thousand. Azmaveth the son of Adiel. And
13 The tenth for the tenth month was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah was over
Maharai of Netophah, of the Zarchites; the storehouses in the fields, in the
and in his division were twenty four cities, and in the villages, and in the
thousand. strongholds.
14 The eleventh for the eleventh 26 Ezri the son of Chelub was over
month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of those who did the work of the field for
the sons of Ephraim; and in his working the ground.
division were twenty four thousand. 27 Shimei of Ramah was over the
15 The twelfth for the twelfth month vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was
was Heldai of Netophah, of Othniel; over the increase of the vineyards for
and in his division were twenty four the wine cellars.
thousand. 28 And Baal-Hanan of Geder was
16 And over the tribes of Israel, the over the olive trees and sycamore trees
ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the in the lowlands. And Joash was over
son of Zichri. Shephatiah the son of the oil cellars.
Maachah was over the Simeonites. 29 And Shitrai of Sharon was over
17 Hashabiah the son of Kemuel was the herds that fed in Sharon. And
over the Levites; Zadok over the Shaphat the son of Adlai was over the
Aaronites. herds in the valleys.
18 Elihu, of the brothers of David, 30 And Obil the Ishmaelite was over
was over Judah. Omri the son of the camels. And Jehdeiah the
Michael was over Issachar. Meronothite was over the donkeys.
19 Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah was 31 And Jaziz the Hagerite was over
over Zebulun. Jerimoth the son of the flocks. All these were the rulers of
Azriel was over Naphtali. the possessions which King David had.
20 Hoshea the son of Azaziah was 32 And Jonathan, David's uncle, was
over the sons of Ephraim. Joel the son an adviser, a wise man and a scribe.
of Pedaiah was over the half tribe of And Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was
Manasseh. with the king's sons.
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by weight for all vessels of service and young and tender. And the work is
service; great, for the magnificent house is not
15 and by weight, for the menorahs for man, but for YAHWEH Elohim.
of gold, and their lamps of gold, with 2 And with all my power I have
the weight of each menorah and its prepared for the house of my Elohim,
lamps. Also for the menorahs of silver the gold for things of gold, and the
by weight, with the weight of each silver for silver, and the copper for
menorah, and its lamps, according to copper, the iron for iron things, and
the service of each menorah. the wood for wood, onyx stones, and
16 And he gave by weight gold for settings, and also stones of antimony
the tables of the Bread of and of different colors, and every
Arrangement, for table and table; precious stone, and stones of
silver for the tables of silver; alabaster, in abundance.
17 and pure gold for the fleshhooks, 3 And also, because I delighted in the
and the bowls, and the cups; and for house of my Elohim, I have treasure of
the golden basins by weight for every gold and silver which I give for the
basin; for the silver basins by weight house of my Elohim, even more than
for basin and basin; all that I have prepared for the house
18 and for the altar of incense, of the sanctuary:
refined gold by weight, and for the 4 three thousand talents of gold, of
pattern of the chariot of the cherubs of the gold of Ophir; and seven thousand
gold, spreading out and covering over talents of refined silver, to overlay the
the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH. walls of the houses;
19 All was in writing from the hand 5 even gold for things of gold, and
of YAHWEH. He caused me to silver for silver, and for all the work of
understand all the work of the pattern. the hands of the skilled workers. And
20 And David said to his son who is he that will willingly offer to
Solomon, Be strong and brave, and consecrate his hand today to
act. Do not fear, nor be afraid, for YAHWEH?
YAHWEH Elohim, my Elohim, shall be 6 And the chiefs of the fathers, and
with you. He will not fail you nor the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, and
forsake you until you have finished all the commanders of the thousands, and
the work of the service of the house of the hundreds, even the chiefs of the
YAHWEH. king's work, offered willingly,
21 And behold, the courses of the 7 and gave for the service of the
priests and the Levites shall be for all house of The Elohim of gold five
the service of the house of The Elohim. thousand talents, and a myriad of
And with you in all work shall be every darics; and ten thousand talents of
willing one with wisdom, for every silver, and eighteen thousand talents
service. And the rulers and all the of copper, and one hundred thousand
people shall be according to all your talents of iron.
words. 8 And he having stones gave them to
the treasury of the house of YAHWEH,
Chapter 29 by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
9 And the people rejoiced because of
1 And David the king said to all the their willing offering, for they offered
congregation, My son Solomon, the willingly to YAHWEH with a perfect
one whom Elohim has chosen, is heart; and David the king also rejoiced
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Chapter 1 come in before this people; for who
can judge this, Your great people?
1 And Solomon the son of David 11 And Elohim said to Solomon,
made himself strong over his Because this has been in your heart,
kingdom, and YAHWEH his Elohim that you have not asked riches, wealth,
was with him, and made him and honor, and the life of those who
exceedingly great. hate you, and also have not asked
2 And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to many days, but have asked wisdom
the commanders of the thousands, and and knowledge for yourself that you
of the hundreds, and to judges, and to may judge My people, over whom I
every honorable one of all Israel, have made you reign;
heads of the fathers; 12 the wisdom and the knowledge
3 and they went, Solomon and all the are given to you, and riches, and
congregation with him, to the high wealth, and honor I will give to you,
place that was in Gibeon, for there was such as none of the kings who were
The Elohim's tent of meeting that before you has had, and after you it
Moses, the servant of YAHWEH, had shall not be so.
13 And Solomon came to Jerusalem
made in the wilderness.
from the high place in Gibeon, from
4 But David had brought up the ark
before the tent of meeting, and reigned
of The Elohim from Kirjath-Jearim,
over Israel.
when David made ready for it, for he
14 And Solomon gathered chariots
had stretched out a tent for it in
and horsemen; and he had a thousand,
Jerusalem;
four hundred chariots, and twelve
5 and the altar of copper that
thousand horsemen; and he placed
Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur,
them in the chariot cities, and with the
had made, he put it before the
king in Jerusalem.
tabernacle of YAHWEH; and Solomon 15 And the king made the silver and
and the congregation sought to it. the gold in Jerusalem as stones, and
6 And Solomon went up there on the he made the cedars as sycamores that
copper altar before YAHWEH, that was are in the low country for abundance.
at the tabernacle of the congregation, 16 And the horses which Solomon
and offered on it a thousand burnt had were brought out of Egypt and out
offerings. of Kue, the king's merchants took
7 In that night Elohim appeared to them from Kue at a price;
Solomon and said to him, Ask what I 17 and they came up and brought out
shall give to you. from Egypt a chariot for six hundred
8 And Solomon said to Elohim, You silver pieces, and a horse for a
have acted with great kindness with hundred and fifty; and so for all the
my father David, and have made me kings of the Hittites, and the kings of
king in his place. Syria, they brought them out by their
9 Now, O YAHWEH Elohim, Your hand.
Word with my father David is
confirmed, for You have made me to Chapter 2
reign over a people as many as the
dust of the earth. 1 And Solomon said to build a house
10 Now give to me wisdom and for the name of YAHWEH, and a house
knowledge, that I may go out and for his kingdom.
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thousand hewers in the mountain, and made two cherubs of image work, and
three thousand, six hundred to oversee he overlaid them with gold.
to cause the people to work. 11 And the wings of the cherubs,
their length was twenty cubits: the
Chapter 3 wing of the one was five cubits,
touching the wall of the house, and the
1 And Solomon began to build the other wing was five cubits, touching
house of YAHWEH at Jerusalem, in the wing of the other cherub;
Mount Moriyah, where He appeared to 12 and the wing of the other cherub
his father David, in the place that was five cubits, touching the wall of
David had prepared, in the grain floor the house, and the other wing was five
of Ornan the Jebusite.1 cubits, touching the wing of the other
2 And he began to build on the cherub.
second, in the second month, in the 13 The wings of these cherubs spread
fourth year of his reign. out twenty cubits, and they were
3 And these are the foundations standing on their feet, and their faces
Solomon laid, to build the house of were inward.
The Elohim: the length by cubits 14 And he made the veil of violet,
according to the ancient measure, and purple, and crimson, and fine
sixty cubits; and the breadth twenty linen, and caused to go on it cherubs.
cubits. 15 And at the front of the house, he
4 As to the porch on the front, the made two pillars thirty five cubits
length, according to the breadth of the high, and the capital on their tops was
house in front, was twenty cubits, and five cubits.
the height a hundred and twenty; and 16 And he made chains, as in the
he overlaid it inside with pure gold. oracle, and put them on the capitals of
5 And the greater house he covered the pillars; and made a hundred
with cypress wood, and he covered it pomegranates and put them on the
with good gold, and caused to go on it chains.
palms and chains. 17 And he set up the pillars before
6 And he overlaid the house with the sanctuary, one on the right, and
precious stones for beauty, and the one on the left, and called the name of
gold was gold from Parvaim. that on the right Yachin, and the name
7 And he covered the house, the of that on the left Boaz.2
beams, the threshold, and the walls,
and its doors with gold; and engraved Chapter 4
cherubs on the walls.
8 And he built the Most Holy House, 1 And he made an altar of copper, its
its length was the same as the front, as length twenty cubits and its breadth
of the breadth of the house, twenty twenty cubits, and its height ten
cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; cubits.
and he covered it with good gold, to six 2 And he made the molten sea of ten
hundred talents; cubits from its brim to its brim,
9 and the weight of the nails was fifty circular all around; and its height was
shekels of gold, and he covered the five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits
upper rooms with gold. compassed it all around.
10 And in the Most Holy House he
2 “Yachin” means He establishes and “Boaz”
1 Gen 22:1, 1Chr 21:18, 1Chr 22:1. means in Him is strength.
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that You have given to their fathers, house and they bowed their noses to
and toward the city that You have the earth, on the pavement, and
chosen, and toward the house that I worshiped, and gave thanks to
have built for Your name; YAHWEH: for He is good, for His
39 then You shall hear from Heaven, mercy endures forever.
from Your dwelling place their prayer 4 And the king and all the people
and their supplications, and shall were offering a sacrifice before
maintain their cause, and forgive Your YAHWEH;
people who have sinned against You.1 5 and King Solomon offered the
40 Now, My Elohim, I beseech You, sacrifice from the herd, twenty two
let Your eyes be open and Your ears thousand, and from the flock, a
attentive to the prayer of this place; hundred and twenty thousand; all the
41 and now, O YAHWEH Elohim, people dedicated the house of The
rise to Your rest; You, and the ark of Elohim. (1Kgs 8:54-62)
Your strength; O YAHWEH Elohim, 6 And the priests were standing over
Your priests are clothed with salvation their charges, and the Levites with
(Y'shua*), and Your saints rejoice in instruments of music to YAHWEH,
goodness. that David the king had made to give
42 O YAHWEH Elohim, do not turn thanks to YAHWEH (for His mercy
away the face of Your Messiah; endures forever) when David praised
remember the good deeds of Your by their hand; and the priests were
servant David. blowing trumpets before them, and all
Israel was standing.
Chapter 7 7 And Solomon dedicated the middle
of the court that was before the house
1 And when Solomon finished of YAHWEH; for he had offered there
praying, then fire came down from the burnt offerings, and the fat of the
Heaven and consumed the burnt peace offerings; for the copper altar
offering and the sacrifices; and the that Solomon had made was not able
glory of YAHWEH filled the house;2 to contain the burnt offering, and the
2 and the priests were not able to go food offering, and the fat.
into the house of YAHWEH, because 8 And Solomon at that time kept the
the glory of YAHWEH had filled the feast seven days, and all Israel with
house of YAHWEH. him, a great company, from the
3 And all the sons of Israel were entering in of Hamath to the river of
watching, when the fire came down, Egypt.
9 And they made a solemn assembly
and the glory of YAHWEH was on the
on the eighth day, because they kept
1 Verses 36-39: The land of Israel is always the dedication of the altar seven days,
the land of Israel. Because they went into and the feast seven days.3
Diaspora it does not make the land of their 10 And on the twenty third day of
captivity the new land of Israel. Some today the seventh month, he sent the people
have a false perception that America is the
to their tents, rejoicing and glad of
new land of Israel, which is not grounded
anywhere in Scripture. heart, for the goodness that YAHWEH
2 Lev 9:23-24: A similar occurrence had done to David, and to Solomon,
happened with Moses and Aaron. Also, the
house was finished in the 8th month, but 3 This is the feast of Sukkot and The Last
dedicated in the 7th at Sukkot, 1Kgs 6:38. Great Day.
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gold, and garments, weapons, and your father, and his heavy yoke that he
spices, horses and mules, a rate year put on us, and we shall serve you.
by year. 5 And he said to them, Come again
25 And Solomon had four thousand to me in three days; and the people
stalls for horses and chariots, and went away.
twelve thousand horsemen. And he 6 And King Rehoboam consulted
put them in the chariot cities, and with with the aged men who had stood
the king in Jerusalem. before his father Solomon when he
26 And he ruled over all the kings was alive, saying, How do you advise
from the River even to the land of the to answer this people a word?
Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 7 And they spoke to him, saying, If
27 And the king made silver in you will be good to this people, and
Jerusalem as the stones. And he made will please them, and will speak good
the cedars as the sycamores in the words to them, then they will be your
Shefelah for abundance. servants forever.
28 And they brought out horses 8 But he left the counsel of the aged
from Egypt to Solomon, and from all men who had advised him, and
the lands. consulted with the young men who
29 And the rest of the acts of had grown up with him, those
Solomon, the first and the last, are standing before him.
they not written in the words of 9 And he said to them, What do you
Nathan the prophet, and in the advise that we shall answer this people
prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and that have spoken to me, saying,
in the visions of Iddo the seer Lighten the yoke that your father put
concerning Jeroboam the son of on us?
Nebat? 10 And the young men who had
30 And Solomon reigned in grown up with him spoke to him,
Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. saying, You shall say this to the people
31 And Solomon lay with his fathers, who have spoken to you, saying, Your
and they buried him in the city of his father made our yoke heavy, and you
father David. And his son Rehoboam lighten our yoke, this you shall say to
reigned in his place. them, My little finger is thicker than
the loins of my father;
Chapter 10 11 and now, my father laid a heavy
yoke on you, and I will surely add to
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, your yoke; my father chastised you
for all Israel had come to Shechem to with whips, and I with scorpions.
make him king. 12 And Jeroboam and all the people
2 And it happened, when Jeroboam came to Rehoboam on the third day,
the son of Nebat heard in Egypt, as the king commanded, saying,
because he had fled from the face of Return to me on the third day.
Solomon the king, Jeroboam returned 13 And the king answered them
from Egypt. sharply, and King Rehoboam left the
3 And they sent and called for him. counsel of the aged men,
And Jeroboam and all Israel came and 14 and spoke to them according to
spoke to Rehoboam, saying, the counsel of the young men, saying,
4 Your father made our yoke hard; My father made your yoke heavy, and I
and now lighten the hard service of will surely add to it; my father
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chastised you with whips, and I with 5 And Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem,
scorpions. and built cities for defense in Judah.
15 And the king did not listen to the 6 And he built Bethlehem, and Etam,
people, for the revolution was from and Tekoa,
The Elohim, so that YAHWEH might 7 and Beth-Zur, and Shoco, and
lift up His Word that He spoke by the Adullam,
hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to 8 and Gath, and Mareshah, and
Jeroboam the son of Nebat. Ziph,
16 And all Israel saw that the king 9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and
did not listen to them, and the people Azekah,
sent back to the king, saying, What 10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and
part do we have in David? Yea, there is Hebron. These were in Judah and in
no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Benjamin as cities of defense.
Each to your tents, O Israel! Now see 11 And he made the strengthened the
to your house, David! And all Israel fortifications, and put commanders in
went to their tents. them, and treasures of food and oil
17 As to the sons of Israel who lived and wine.
in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam 12 And he put in every single city
reigned over them. shields and spears, and made them
18 And King Rehoboam sent exceedingly strong. And Judah and
Hadoram who was over the forced Benjamin were his.
labor. And the sons of Israel threw 13 And the priests and the Levites in
stones at him, and he died. And King all Israel stationed themselves by him,
Rehoboam was alerted to mount up out of all their territory.
into a chariot to flee to Jerusalem. 14 For the Levites had abandoned
19 And Israel rebelled against the their pasture land and their property.
house of David to this day. And they came to Judah and to
Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons
Chapter 11 had cast them out from acting as
priests to YAHWEH.
1 And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem 15 And he made stand priests for
and called up the house of Judah and himself for the high places, and for the
Benjamin, a hundred and eighty demon he-goats, and for the calves
thousand chosen warriors, to fight that he made.1
with Israel, to bring back the kingdom 16 And after them, out of all the
to Rehoboam. tribes of Israel, those who gave their
2 And the Word of YAHWEH came to heart to seek YAHWEH the Elohim of
Shemaiah, a man of The Elohim, Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice
saying, to YAHWEH, the Elohim of their
3 Speak to Rehoboam the son of fathers.
Solomon the king of Judah, and to all
Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 1 It was a cultic practice to worship devil-like
4 So says YAHWEH, You shall not go he-goats and there was even a half/man
up, nor fight with your brothers. Each half/goat deity called Pan. This is why
return to his house, for this thing has YHWH restricted the Israelites from
come from Me. And they heard the shaving the corner of their beards and
having a devil-like goat tee, as He did not
Words of YAHWEH, and turned back want Israel to resemble false pagan deities.
from going against Jeroboam. Lev 17:1-7, Lev 19:27, 21:5, Jer 9:25-26.
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17 And they made the kingdom of counting the people who came with
Judah stronger, and made Rehoboam him out of Egypt: Lubim, Sukkiim,
the son of Solomon stronger, for three and Ethiopians.
years, because they walked in the way 4 And he captured the cities of
of David and Solomon for three years. defense in Judah and came to
18 And Rehoboam took a wife for Jerusalem.
himself, Mahalath, the daughter of 5 And Shemaiah the prophet came to
Jerimoth, the son of David, and Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah
Abihail the daughter of Eliab, the son who had gathered to Jerusalem from
of Jesse. the face of Shishak. And he said to
19 And she bore to him sons: Jeush, them, So says YAHWEH, You have
and Shamariah, and Zaham. forsaken Me; and I also have forsaken
20 And after her, he took Maachah you in the hand of Shishak.
the daughter of Absalom, and she bore 6 And the leaders of Israel and the
to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and king were humbled. And they said,
Shelomith. YAHWEH is righteous.
21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah
7 And when YAHWEH saw that they
the daughter of Absalom above all his
wives and his concubines (for he had were humbled, the Word of YAHWEH
taken eighteen wives, and sixty came to Shemaiah, saying, They have
concubines; and he fathered twenty been humbled. I will not destroy them,
eight sons and sixty daughters). and I will give to them a little
22 And Rehoboam appointed Abijah deliverance. And I will not pour out
the son of Maachah the head, as ruler My fury on Jerusalem by the hand of
among his brothers, in order to cause Shishak.
him to reign. 8 But they shall become his servants,
23 And he had understanding, and and they shall know My service, and
spread out all his sons to all the lands the service of the kingdoms of the
of Judah and Benjamin, to all the lands.
cities of defense, and gave them 9 And Shishak the king of Egypt
provision in abundance. And he came up against Jerusalem, and took
demanded a multitude of wives. the treasures of the house of
YAHWEH, and the treasures of the
Chapter 12 king's house. He took all, and he took
the golden shields that Solomon had
1 And it happened, when the made.
kingdom of Rehoboam was settled, 10 And King Rehoboam made
and when he was strong, he forsook copper shields in their place, and
the Torah of YAHWEH, and all Israel deposited them into the hand of the
with him. chiefs of the runners who kept the gate
2 And it happened in the fifth year of of the king's house.
King Rehoboam, Shishak the king of 11 And it happened, from the time
Egypt came against Jerusalem because the king went to the house of
they had acted unfaithfully against YAHWEH, the runners came in and
YAHWEH. lifted them up, and brought them back
3 He came with a thousand and two to the guard room.
hundred chariots, and with sixty 12 And when he was humbled, the
thousand horsemen. And there was no wrath of YAHWEH turned away from
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against you. O sons of Israel, do not And his son Asa reigned in his place.
fight with YAHWEH, the Elohim of In his days the land was quiet ten
your fathers, for you shall not prosper. years.
13 But Jeroboam had made the 2 And Asa did the good and the right
ambush circle to come in behind them, in the eyes of YAHWEH his Elohim.
and they were before Judah, and the 3 And he removed the altars of the
ambush was behind them. alien, and the high places, and broke
14 And Judah turned. And, behold, down the pillars, and cut down the
the battle was against them before and Asherahs.
behind. And they cried to YAHWEH, 4 And he commanded Judah to seek
and the priests were blowing with YAHWEH the Elohim of their fathers,
trumpets. and to do the Torah and the
15 And the men of Judah shouted. commandment.
And it was, at the shouting of the men 5 And he removed the high places
of Judah, and The Elohim struck and the images out of all the cities of
Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah Judah. And the kingdom was quiet
and Judah. before him.
16 And the sons of Israel fled from 6 And he built fenced cities in Judah,
the face of Judah, and Elohim gave for the land had quiet. And there was
them into their hand. no war with him in these years,
17 And Abijah and his people struck because YAHWEH had given him rest.
them with a great blow, and five 7 And he said to Judah, Let us build
hundred thousand chosen men of these cities, and walls around them,
Israel fell slain. and towers, two leaved gates, and bars,
18 And the sons of Israel were while the land is before us, because we
humbled at that time, and the sons of have sought YAHWEH our Elohim. We
Judah were strong. For they leaned on have sought, and He has given rest to
YAHWEH the Elohim of their fathers. us all around. And they built and
19 And Abijah pursued Jeroboam prospered.
and captured cities from him: Bethel 8 And Asa had an army bearing
and its villages, and Jeshanah and its shields and spears three hundred
villages, and Ephrain and its villages. thousand out of Judah, and two
20 And Jeroboam did not regain hundred eighty thousand out of
power any more in Abijah's days. And Benjamin, bearing shields and
YAHWEH struck him, and he died. drawing bows; all these were mighty
21 And Abijah became mighty, and men of valor.
he took fourteen wives to himself. And 9 And Zerah the Ethiopian came out
he fathered twenty two sons and against them with an army of a
sixteen daughters. thousand thousands, and three
22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, hundred chariots. And he came to
and his ways, and his words, are Mareshah.
written in the inquiry of the prophet 10 And Asa went out before him and
Iddo. they set the battle in the valley of
Zephathah at Mareshah.
Chapter 14 11 And Asa called to YAHWEH his
Elohim, and said, O YAHWEH, it is
1 And Abijah lay with his fathers, and nothing to You to help between the
they buried him in the city of David.
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mighty and him with no strength. they sought Him, and He was found by
Help us, O YAHWEH our Elohim; for them.
we rest on You, and in Your name we 5 And in those days there was no
come against this host. O YAHWEH, peace to him going out, or to him
You are our Elohim. Do not let man coming in, for much tumult was on all
hold out against You. those living in the lands.
6 And they were broken in pieces,
12 And YAHWEH struck the
nation against nation, and city against
Ethiopians before Asa and before
city. For Elohim troubled them with
Judah. And the Ethiopians fled.
every distress.
13 And Asa and the people with him
7 But you, you be strong, and do not
pursued them even to Gerar. And all of
let your hands be feeble, for there is a
the Ethiopians fell, for there was not
reward for your work.
one left alive to them; because they
8 And when Asa heard these words,
had broken before YAHWEH, and and the prophecy of Oded the prophet,
before His army. And they carried he made himself strong and removed
away very much plunder. the hateful idols out of the land of
14 And they struck all the cities Judah and Benjamin; and out of the
around Gerar, for the fear of YAHWEH cities that he had captured from the
had come on them. And they hills of Ephraim. And he restored the
plundered all the cities, for there was altar of YAHWEH that was before the
much booty in them. porch of YAHWEH.
15 And also they struck the tents of
9 And he gathered all Judah and
cattle, and they captured sheep and
Benjamin, and the strangers with
camels in abundance. And they
them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh,
returned to Jerusalem.
and out of Simeon. For they had fallen
to him in abundance from Israel when
Chapter 15
they saw that YAHWEH his Elohim
1 And the Spirit of Elohim came on was with him.
Azariah the son of Oded. 10 And they were gathered to
2 And he went out before Asa, and Jerusalem in the third month of the
said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
Judah and Benjamin. YAHWEH is 11 And they sacrificed to YAHWEH
with you while you are with Him. And on that day, from the plunder they had
if you seek Him, He will be found by brought in, seven hundred oxen and
you. But if you forsake Him, He will seven thousand sheep.
forsake you.1 12 And they entered into the
3 Yea, Israel has been without a true covenant to seek YAHWEH the Elohim
Elohim many days, and without a of their fathers with all their heart and
teaching priest, and without The with all their soul.
Torah. 13 And everyone who did not seek
4 And they turned in their distress to after YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel
YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel, and was put to death, from the small to the
great, from man and to woman.
1 As long as someone is obedient and trusting 14 And they swore to YAHWEH with
in YHWH, He will be with them, but if they a loud voice, and with shouting, and
pridefully forsake His Torah and way, then with trumpets, and with rams' horns.
He will also forsake them.
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which he had filled with sweet all the cities of Judah, and taught
perfumes and kinds of aromatic herbs, among the people.
with a mixture of ointments by art. 10 And the fear of YAHWEH was on
And they burned a great burning for all the kingdoms of the lands around
him. Judah; and they did not fight with
Jehoshaphat.
Chapter 17 11 And from the Philistines, they
were bringing in a present to
1 And his son Jehoshaphat reigned Jehoshaphat, and silver as tribute.
in his place. And he made himself Also, the Arabians were bringing
strong against Israel. flocks to him, seven thousand, seven
2 And he put an army in all the hundred rams; and seven thousand,
fortified cities in Judah, and placed seven hundred he-goats.
command posts in the land of Judah, 12 And Jehoshaphat went on to be
and in the cities of Ephraim which his greater, exceedingly. And he built
father Asa had captured. fortresses and store cities in Judah.
3 And YAHWEH was with 13 And there was much work for him
Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first in the cities of Judah. And the men of
ways of his father David; and he did war, mighty men of valor, resided in
not seek to the Baals. Jerusalem.
4 For he sought to the Elohim of his 14 And these were their numbers, for
father, and he walked in His the house of their fathers: Of Judah,
commandments, and not according to the commanders of thousands, Adnah
the deeds of Israel. the chief, and with him three hundred
5 And YAHWEH confirmed the thousand mighty men of valor.
kingdom in his hand. And all of Judah 15 And on his hand, Jehohanan the
gave a present to Jehoshaphat. And he chief, and two hundred and eighty
had riches and honor in abundance. thousand with him.
6 And his heart was exalted in the 16 And on his hand, Amasiah the son
ways of YAHWEH. And he again of Zichri, who volunteered himself to
removed the high places and the YAHWEH; and with him two hundred
Asherahs out of Judah. thousand mighty men of valor.
7 And in the third year of his reign, 17 And of Benjamin, Eliada a mighty
he sent for his leaders, for Ben-Hail, man, and two hundred thousand
and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, armed men with bow and shield with
and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, him.
in order to teach in the cities of Judah. 18 And on his hand, Jehozabad; and
8 And with them were the Levites: with him a hundred and eighty
Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and thousand ready for war.
Zebadiah, and Asahel, and 19 These waited on the king, besides
Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and those whom the king put in the
Adonijah, and Tobijah, and fortified cities in all Judah.
Tobadonijah, the Levites. And with
them were Elishama and Jehoram, the Chapter 18
priests.
9 And they taught in Judah; and 1 And Jehoshaphat had riches and
with them was the book of the Torah honor in abundance, and contracted a
of YAHWEH. And they went around to marriage with Ahab.
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with you in the matter of judgment; 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set
7 and now, let the fear of YAHWEH his face to seek to YAHWEH, and
be upon you; watch and act, for there proclaimed a fast over all Judah.
is no perverseness with YAHWEH our 4 And Judah was gathered to inquire
Elohim, nor lifting up of faces, nor of YAHWEH; also they came in to seek
taking of a bribe. YAHWEH from all the cities of Judah.
8 And also in Jerusalem 5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the
Jehoshaphat caused to stand from the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem,
Levites and from the priests, and from in the house of YAHWEH, at the front
the heads of the fathers of Israel, for of the new court,
the judgment of YAHWEH, and for 6 and said, O YAHWEH, the Elohim
strife; and they returned to Jerusalem. of our fathers, are not You the Elohim
9 And he charged them, saying, So in Heaven? Yea, You rule over all the
shall you do in the fear of YAHWEH, kingdoms of the nations, and in Your
faithfully, and with a perfect heart. hand is power and might; and there is
10 And when any contention shall none able to withstand You.
come to you from your brothers who 7 Are You not our Elohim? You have
are living in their cities, between blood driven out the inhabitants of this land
and blood, between law and from before Your people Israel, and
commandment, statutes and have given it to the seed of Abraham,
judgments, then you shall warn them, Your friend, forever;
and they shall not be guilty before 8 and they have lived in it, and have
YAHWEH; and wrath shall not be on built in it a sanctuary to You for Your
you and on your brothers; so you shall name, saying,
do, and you shall not be guilty. 9 If evil shall come upon us, whether
11 And, behold, Amariah the chief sword, judgment, or pestilence and
priest shall be over you for every famine, we shall stand before this
matter of YAHWEH, and Zebadiah the house and before You, for Your name
son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house is in this house, and shall cry to You
of Judah, shall be for every matter of out of our distress, and You shall hear
the king; and the Levites shall be and save.
officers before you. Be strong and act; 10 And now, behold, the sons of
and YAHWEH shall be with the good. Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir,
whom You did not allow Israel to go
Chapter 20 against when they came out of the land
of Egypt, (for they turned away from
1 And after this it happened that the them and did not destroy them)
sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon 11 yea, behold, they are repaying us
came in, and with them from the by coming in to drive us out of Your
Ammonites, to battle against possession, that You have caused us to
Jehoshaphat. possess.
2 And they came in and spoke to 12 O our Elohim, shall You not
Jehoshaphat, saying, A great execute judgment upon them? For
multitude has come against you from there is no power in us before this
beyond the sea, from Syria; and, great multitude that has come against
behold, they are in Hazazon-Tamar, us, and we do not know what we shall
which is En-Gedi. do; but our eyes are on You.
13 And all Judah was standing
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before YAHWEH, and their infants and armed, and said, Give thanks to
their wives and their sons. YAHWEH, for His mercy endures
14 And on Jahaziel the son of forever.
Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son 22 And at the time they began with
of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the rejoicing and praise, YAHWEH set
Levite, of the sons of Asaph, the Spirit ambushes against the sons of Ammon,
of YAHWEH came on him in the midst Moab, and Mount Seir, that had come
of the assembly; against Judah; and they were beaten.
15 and He said, Listen, all Judah, 23 And the sons of Ammon stood up,
and you living in Jerusalem, and King and Moab, against the people of
Jehoshaphat; so says YAHWEH to you, Mount Seir, to devote and destroy; and
You shall not fear nor be terrified of when they finished with the ones
the face of this great multitude, for the living in Seir, they helped, each man
battle is not yours, but Elohim's. against his neighbor, to destroy.
16 Tomorrow, go down against 24 And when Judah had come to the
them; behold, they are coming up by watchtower, to the wilderness, then
the ascent of Ziz, and you shall find they looked toward the multitude; and
them in the end of the valley, at the behold, they were dead bodies fallen to
front of the wilderness of Jeruel. the earth, and there was no survivor.
17 You shall not fight in this: station 25 And Jehoshaphat and his people
yourselves; stand and see the Y'shua* came to seize their plunder; and they
of YAHWEH with you, O Judah and found among them in abundance both
Jerusalem; do not be terrified nor fear; riches and valuable things on the dead
tomorrow go out before them, and bodies; and they stripped off for
themselves until there was no carrying
YAHWEH shall be with you.
it; and they were three days
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his nose
plundering the spoil; for it was much.
to the earth, and all Judah and the
26 And on the fourth day they
ones living in Jerusalem fell down
gathered at the Valley of Blessing, for
before YAHWEH, to bow themselves to
they blessed YAHWEH there; on
YAHWEH. account of this they have called the
19 And the Levites, of the sons of the name of that place the Valley of
Kohathites, and of the sons of the Blessing to this day.
Korahites, rose to give praise to 27 And they returned, every man of
YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel with a Judah and Jerusalem, and
loud voice on high. Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back
20 And they rose early in the to Jerusalem with joy; for YAHWEH
morning and went out to the had made them rejoice over their
wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went enemies.
out Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear 28 And they entered Jerusalem with
me, O Judah and the inhabitants of harps and with lyres, and with
Jerusalem. Trust in YAHWEH, stand trumpets, to the house of YAHWEH.
firm; trust in His prophets and 29 And there was a fear of Elohim on
prosper. all kingdoms of the lands when they
21 And he consulted with the people, heard that YAHWEH had fought with
and appointed singers to YAHWEH, the enemies of Israel.
and those giving praise to the glory of 30 And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat
holiness, when going out before those
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was quiet, and his Elohim gave him 3 And their father gave to them
rest all around. many gifts of silver and gold, and of
31 And Jehoshaphat was king over precious things, with fortified cities of
Judah, a son of thirty five years when Judah; but he gave the kingdom to
he began to reign, and he reigned Jehoram, for he was the first-born.
twenty five years in Jerusalem; and 4 And Jehoram rose up over the
the name of his mother was Azubah kingdom of his father and made
the daughter of Shilhi. himself strong. And he killed all his
32 And he walked in the way of his brothers with the sword, and also of
father Asa, and did not turn aside from the leaders of Israel.
it, to do the right in the eyes of 5 Jehoram was a son of thirty two
YAHWEH. years when he began to reign, and he
33 Only, the high places were not reigned in Jerusalem eight years.
removed, and the people still had not 6 And he walked in the way of the
settled their hearts for the Elohim of kings of Israel, as did the house of
their fathers. Ahab, for a daughter of Ahab was his
34 And the rest of the acts of wife; and he did the evil in the eyes of
Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, YAHWEH.
behold, they are written in the words 7 And YAHWEH was not willing to
of Jehu the son of Hanani, which were destroy the house of David, for the
taken up in the Book of the Kings of sake of the covenant that He made
Israel. with David, and as He had spoken, to
35 And after this Jehoshaphat the give a lamp to him and to his sons
king of Judah joined himself with forever.
Ahaziah the king of Israel; he did 8 In his days Edom revolted from
wickedly to do so. (1Cor 15:33) under the hand of Judah, and made a
36 And he joined himself with him king to reign over them.
to make ships to go to Tarshish; and 9 And Jehoram passed over with his
they made the ships in Ezion-Geber. chiefs, and all the chariots with him;
37 And Eliezer the son of Dodavah of and it happened that he rose up by
Mareshah prophesied against night and struck the Edomites who
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you were coming all around him; and the
have joined yourself with Ahaziah, commanders of the chariots.
YAHWEH has broken your works. And 10 And Edom revolted from under
the ships were broken, so that they did the hand of Judah to this day. Then
not hold to go to Tarshish. Libnah revolted at that time from
under his hand, because he had
Chapter 21 forsaken YAHWEH, the Elohim of his
fathers.
1 And Jehoshaphat lay with his 11 Also, he had made high places in
fathers and was buried with his fathers the mountains of Judah, and caused
in the city of David. And his son the people of Jerusalem to commit
Jehoram reigned in his place. fornication, and led astray Judah.
2 And he had brothers, the sons of 12 And a writing came to him from
Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Elijah the prophet1, saying, So says
Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael,
and Shephatiah; all these were the 1 This was after Elijah had been translated
sons of Jehoshaphat the king of Israel. and proves that he was not in heaven but
still on the earth.
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they captured him (and he was hiding with the king, and he said to them,
himself in Samaria) and brought him Behold, the king's son shall reign, as
to Jehu, and put him to death, and YAHWEH has spoken of the sons of
buried him; for they said, He is the son David.
of Jehoshaphat, who sought YAHWEH 4 This is what you shall do: the third
with all his heart. And there was none of you going in on the Sabbath, of the
in the house of Ahaziah to retain priests, and of the Levites, shall be
power for the kingdom. keepers of the doors;
10 And Athaliah the mother of 5 and a third shall be at the king's
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, house, and a third at the gate of the
and she rose up and spoke to destroy foundation; and all the people shall be
all the seed of the kingdom of the in the courts of the house of YAHWEH.
house of Judah. 6 And no one shall enter the house of
11 And Jehoshabeath the daughter of YAHWEH except the priests and those
the king took Joash the son of Ahaziah ministering of the Levites; they may go
and stole him from among the sons of in, for they are holy; and all the people
the king who were put to death, and
shall keep the watch of YAHWEH.
put him and his nurse into the store
7 And the Levites shall surround the
room of the bedroom. And
king, each with his weapon in his
Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king
hand; and he who goes into the house
Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the
shall be caused to die; and you be with
priest, because she was the sister of
the king in his coming in and in his
Ahaziah, hid him from the face of
going out.
Athaliah; and she did not put him to
8 And the Levites and all Judah did
death.
according to all things that Jehoiada
12 And he was with them in the
the priest had commanded. And every
house of The Elohim hiding himself
man took his men who were to come
six years, and Athaliah reigned over
in on the Sabbath, the ones who were
the land.
to go out on the Sabbath. For Jehoiada
the priest did not dismiss the
Chapter 23
divisions.
9 And Jehoiada the priest gave to the
1 And in the seventh year Jehoiada
commanders of the hundreds the
made himself strong and took the
spears, and the shields, and the
commanders of the hundreds, even
bucklers that were King David's, that
Azariah the son of Jeroham, and
were in the house of The Elohim.
Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and
10 And he stationed all of the people,
Azariah the son of Obed, and
and each had his weapon in his hand,
Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and
from the right side of the house to the
Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into
left side of the house, at the altar, and
covenant with him.
by the king at the house all around.
2 And they went around in Judah
11 And they brought out the son of
and gathered the Levites out of all the
the king, and put the crown on him,
cities of Judah, and the chiefs of the
and the testimony, and made him
fathers of Israel, and came to
king; and Jehoiada and his sons
Jerusalem.
anointed him, and cried, Let the king
3 And all the congregation made a
live!
covenant in the house of The Elohim
12 And Athaliah heard the sound of
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the people who were running and who 20 And he took the captains of the
were praising the king; and she came hundreds, and the nobles, and the
to the people in the house of rulers among the people, and all the
YAHWEH, people of the land, and brought the
13 and looked; and behold, the king king down from the house of
was standing by his pillar in the YAHWEH; and they came in through
entrance, and the commanders and the Upper Gate to the king's house,
the trumpets were by the king; and all and made the king sit on the throne of
the people of the land were rejoicing the kingdom.
and sounding with trumpets; and the 21 And all the people of the land
singers with instruments of song, and rejoiced, and the city was quiet. And
giving signals to praise; and Athaliah they executed Athaliah by the sword.
tore her garments and cried,
Conspiracy! Conspiracy! Chapter 24
14 And Jehoiada the priest brought
out the commanders of the hundreds, 1 Joash was a son of seven years
those over the army, and said to them, when he became king, and he reigned
Bring her out from inside the ranks, forty years in Jerusalem; and the
and he coming after her shall be name of his mother was Zibiah of
caused to die by the sword; for the Beer-Sheba.
priest said, Do not put her to death in 2 And Joash did the right in the eyes
the house of YAHWEH. of YAHWEH all the days of Jehoiada
15 And they put hands on her, and the priest.
she came into the entrance of the Gate 3 And Jehoiada took two wives for
of Horses, beside the king's house, and him, and he fathered sons and
they caused her to die there. daughters.
16 And Jehoiada made a covenant 4 And after this it happened; it had
between himself and between all the been in the heart of Joash to renew the
people, and between the king, to be a house of YAHWEH;
people to YAHWEH; 5 and he gathered the priests and the
17 and all the people went into the Levites, and said to them, Go out to
house of Baal and broke it down; yea, the cities of Judah, and gather from all
they broke down his altars and his Israel money to repair the house of
images; and they killed Mattan the your Elohim fully from year to year;
priest of Baal before the altars. and you shall do the matter quickly.
18 And Jehoiada put the offices of But the Levites did not act quickly.
the house of YAHWEH into the hand 6 And the king called for Jehoiada
of the Levitical priests, whom David the head, and said to him, Why have
had allotted over the house of you not required the Levites to bring
in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem
YAHWEH, to offer the burnt offerings
the offering of Moses, the servant of
of YAHWEH, as it is written in the
YAHWEH, and of the congregation of
Torah of Moses; with joy, and with
Israel, for the tabernacle of the
singing, by the hands of David.
testimony?
19 And he stationed the keepers at
7 For the sons of Athaliah, the
the gates of the house of YAHWEH; wicked one, have broken up the house
and the unclean could not in any way of The Elohim, and also they have
go in. prepared all the holy things of the
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house of YAHWEH for the Baals. 16 And they buried him in the city of
8 And the king commanded, and David with the kings, for he had done
they made one chest, and put it at the good in Israel, and with The Elohim,
gate of the house of YAHWEH outside; and his house.
9 and they gave a call in Judah and 17 And after the death of Jehoiada,
the leaders of Judah came in and
in Jerusalem to bring in to YAHWEH
bowed themselves to the king; then
the tribute of Moses, the servant of
the king listened to them.
The Elohim, laid on Israel in the
18 And they forsook the house of
wilderness.
10 And all the leaders, and all the YAHWEH, the Elohim of their fathers,
people rejoiced; and they brought in and served the Asherahs and the idols;
and threw into the chest until it was and there was wrath on Judah and
finished. Jerusalem because of this guilt.
11 And it happened, at the time one 19 And He sent prophets among
brought in the chest to the king's them to bring them back to YAHWEH;
overseers, by the hand of the Levites, and they testified against them, but
and when they saw that the silver was they did not give ear.
much a scribe of the king came in, and 20 And the Spirit of Elohim came
an officer of the head priest, and they upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
emptied the chest and took it up and the priest, and he stood before the
returned it to its place; so they did day people and said to them, So says The
by day, and gathered much silver. Elohim, Why do you transgress the
12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it commandments of YAHWEH, and do
to those who did the work of the not prosper? Because you have
service of the house of YAHWEH; and forsaken YAHWEH, He has forsaken
they hired stone cutters and you.
carpenters to repair the house of 21 And they conspired against him,
YAHWEH; and also skilled workers in and stoned him with stones by the
iron and copper to strengthen the command of the king, in the court of
house of YAHWEH. the house of YAHWEH.
13 And the workmen did the work 22 And Joash the king did not
and the repair work prospered in their remember the kindness that Jehoiada
hands; and they set up the house of his father had done to him, and killed
The Elohim by its proper measure, and his son. And at his death he said, May
made it strong. YAHWEH see to it, and seek you out.
14 And when they had finished, they 23 And it happened, at the turn of
brought the rest of the silver in before the year, that the army of Syria came
the king and Jehoiada; and they made up against him; and they came into
vessels of it for the house of YAHWEH, Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed
vessels of serving, and of offering, and all the leaders of the people from
spoons, even vessels of gold and silver; among the people; and they sent all
and they offered burnt offerings in the their spoil to the king of Damascus.
house of YAHWEH continually all the 24 For with few men the army of
days of Jehoiada. Syria came in, and YAHWEH gave into
15 And Jehoiada was old and their hand an army for great
satisfied with days, and died, a son of a multitude, because they left YAHWEH,
hundred and thirty years at his death. the Elohim of their fathers. And they
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came in from smiting the Edomites, 22 And Judah was beaten before
that he brought in the gods of the sons Israel; and they fled, each to his tent.
of Seir and made them stand as gods 23 And Amaziah the king of Judah,
for himself; and bowed himself before the son of Joash, was captured by
them, and burned incense to them. Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, the king
15 And the anger of YAHWEH of Israel in Beth-Shemesh; and he
glowed against Amaziah, and he sent a carried him to Jerusalem, and broke
prophet to him; and he said to him, down the wall of Jerusalem from the
Why have you sought the gods of the gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate,
people that have not delivered their four hundred cubits.
people out of your hand? 24 And he took all the gold, and the
16 And it happened, as he spoke with silver, and all the vessels that were
him, that he said to him, as an advisor found in the house of The Elohim with
to the king we have chosen you? Stop Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the
yourself! Why should they strike you? king's house, and the hostages, and
And the prophet stopped, and said, I returned to Samaria.
know that Elohim has counseled to 25 And Amaziah the son of Joash,
destroy you because you have done the king of Judah, lived fifteen years
this, and have not listened to my after the death of Jehoash the son of
counsel. Jehoahaz, the king of Israel.
17 And Amaziah the king of Judah 26 And the rest of the acts of
took counsel and sent to Jehoash the Amaziah, the first and the last, behold,
son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, the are they not written in the Book of the
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us Kings of Judah and Israel?
look one another in the face. 27 And after the time that Amaziah
18 And Jehoash the king of Israel had turned aside from following
sent to Amaziah the king of Judah, YAHWEH, they made a conspiracy
saying, The thorn that was in Lebanon against him in Jerusalem; and he fled
sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, to Lachish, but they sent after him to
Give your daughter to my son for a Lachish and killed him there.
wife; and a beast of the field that was 28 And they lifted him up on the
in Lebanon passed by and trampled horses, and buried him with his
down the thorn. fathers in the city of Judah.
19 You have said, behold, I have
struck Edom, and your heart has lifted Chapter 26
you up to boast; now, stay in your
house; why should you stir yourself up 1 And all the people of Judah took
to evil, that you should fall, you and Uzziah; and he was a son of sixteen
Judah with you? years; and made him king instead of
20 And Amaziah would not listen, his father Amaziah.
for it was from The Elohim, in order to 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to
give them into their hand, because Judah, after the king lay with his
they had sought to the gods of Edom. fathers.
21 And Jehoash the king of Israel 3 Uzziah was a son of sixteen years
went up, and they looked one another when he began to reign, and he
in the face, he and Amaziah the king of reigned fifty two years in Jerusalem;
Judah, at Beth-Shemesh that was and the name of his mother was
Judah's. Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
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4 And he did the right in the eyes of 14 And Uzziah prepared for them,
YAHWEH, according to all that his for all the army, shields and spears
father Amaziah did. and helmets, and breastplates, and
5 And he sought Elohim in the days bows, even to stones for the slings.
of Zechariah, who had understanding 15 And he made engines in
in the visions of The Elohim; and in Jerusalem, the inventions of skillful
the days he sought YAHWEH, The men, to be on the towers and on the
Elohim made him prosper. corners, with which to shoot arrows
6 And he went out and fought with and great stones. And his name spread
the Philistines, and broke down the far abroad; for he was wonderfully
wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, helped until he was strong.
and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities 16 And when he became strong, his
around Ashdod, and among the heart was lifted up to act corruptly;
Philistines. and he trespassed against YAHWEH
7 And The Elohim helped him his Elohim, and went in to the
against the Philistines and against the sanctuary of YAHWEH to burn incense
Arabians who lived in Gurbaal, and on the altar of incense.
the Meunim. 17 And Azariah the priest went in
8 And the Ammonites paid tribute to after him, and eighty priests of
Uzziah; and his name spread abroad to YAHWEH with him, sons of valor;
the entrance of Egypt; for he became 18 and they stood up against Uzziah
exceedingly strong. the king, and said to him, It is not for
9 And Uzziah built towers in you, O Uzziah, to burn incense to
Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, and at YAHWEH, but to the priests, the sons
the Valley Gate, and at the Turning, of Aaron, who are sanctified to burn
and fortified them. incense; go out of the sanctuary, for
10 And he built towers in the you have trespassed; and it is not to
wilderness, and dug many wells, for he
your honor from YAHWEH Elohim.
had many cattle, both in the low
19 And Uzziah was angry, and in his
country and in the plain; also he had
hand was a censer to burn incense;
farmers and vinedressers in the
and when he was angry with the
mountains, and in Carmel; for he was
priests, the leprosy rose in his
a lover of the earth.
forehead, before the priests, in the
11 And Uzziah had an army making
war, going out to the battle by troops, house of YAHWEH, beside the altar of
according to the number of their incense.
account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe, 20 And Azariah the head priest and
and Maaseiah the superintendent all the priests turned toward him, and
under the hand of Hananiah, of the behold, he was leprous in his forehead.
king's leaders. And they hurried him from there, and
12 The whole number of the heads of he also himself hurried to leave, for
the fathers of the mighty men was two YAHWEH had touched him.
thousand, six hundred. 21 And Uzziah the king was a leper
13 And under their hand was a to the day of his death, and lived in a
strong arm, three hundred and seven separate house as a leper, for he had
thousand, five hundred, that made war been cut off from the house of
with mighty power, to help the king YAHWEH; and his son Jotham was
against the enemy. over the king's house, judging the
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9 And a prophet of YAHWEH was and struck Judah, and had seized a
there, Oded his name; and he went out captivity.
before the army that had come in to 18 And the Philistines had raided
Samaria, and said to them, Behold, in against the cities of the low country,
the fury of YAHWEH, the Elohim of and of the south of Judah, and
your fathers, against Judah, He has captured Beth-Shemesh and Aijalon,
given them into your hand, and you and Gederoth, and Shocho and its
have slain among them in rage. It has daughter villages, and Timnah and its
touched to the heavens. daughter villages, and Gimzo and its
10 And now you are planning to daughter villages, and dwelt there.
tread down the sons of Judah and 19 For YAHWEH had humbled
Jerusalem for male slaves, and for girl Judah because of Ahaz the king of
slaves to yourselves; but are not with Israel, for he loosed immorality in
you causes of guilt, solely yours, before Judah, and dealt slyly and betrayed
YAHWEH your Elohim? YAHWEH.
11 And now, hear me, and return the 20 And Tilgath-Pilneser the king of
captives you have seized from your Assyria came against him and
brothers, for the heat of the anger of distressed him, but did not help him,
YAHWEH is on you. 21 though Ahaz had taken a lot from
12 And men of the leaders of the the house of YAHWEH and from the
Ephraimites: Azariah the son of house of the king, and from the rulers,
Johanan, Berechiah, Meshillemoth's and had given to the king of Assyria,
son, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and it was not for help to him.
and Amasa the son of Hadlai, rose up 22 And in the time of his distress, he
against those coming in from the added to act more slyly against
army. YAHWEH, this King Ahaz.
13 And they said to them, You shall 23 And he sacrificed to the gods of
not bring the captives here, for guilt Damascus who had struck him, and
against YAHWEH is on us; you are said, Because the gods of the kings of
planning to add to our sin and to our Syria are helping them, I will sacrifice
guilt, for plenty of guilt is ours, and the to them that they may help me. But
glow of anger on Israel. they were to cause him and all Israel to
14 And the armed men left the stumble.
captives and the spoil before the 24 And Ahaz gathered all the
leaders and all the congregation. utensils of the house of The Elohim,
15 And the men who had been called and he cut up the utensils of the house
by name rose and took the captives, of The Elohim and shut the doors of
and they clothed all the naked ones the house of YAHWEH. And he made
from the plunder; yea, they clothed altars for himself in every corner of
them and shod them, and made them Jerusalem.
eat and drink, and anointed them, and 25 And in every city, even the cities
led them out on donkeys, even every of Judah, he made high places to burn
feeble one, and brought them to incense to other gods, and angered
Jericho, the city of palms, near their YAHWEH the Elohim of his fathers.
brothers, and returned to Samaria. 26 And the rest of his acts, and all
16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the his ways, the first and the last, behold,
king of Assyria to help him. they are written in the Book of the
17 And again the Edomites had come
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Kings of Judah and Israel. 9 For, behold, our fathers have fallen
27 And Ahaz lay with his fathers, and by the sword, and our sons and our
they buried him in the city, in daughters and our wives are in exile
Jerusalem, but did not bring him to for this.
the graves of the kings of Israel. And 10 Now it is in my heart to cut a
his son Hezekiah reigned in his place. covenant with YAHWEH, the Elohim
of Israel, and the glow of His anger
Chapter 29 shall turn back from us.
11 Now, my sons, do not be
1 Hezekiah was a son of twenty five negligent, for YAHWEH has chosen
years when he began to reign, and he you to stand before His face, to serve
reigned twenty nine years in Him and to be ministers and incense
Jerusalem. And the name of his burners for Him.
mother was Abijah, the daughter of 12 And the Levites rose up: Mahath
Zechariah. the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of
2 And he did the right in the eyes of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites;
YAHWEH, according to all that his and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son
father David did. of Abdi, and Azariah the son of
3 In the first year of his reign, in the Jehalelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah
first month, he opened the doors of the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son
the house of YAHWEH and repaired of Joah;
them. 13 and of the sons of Elizaphan,
4 And he brought in the priests and Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of
the Levites, and he gathered them to Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
the plaza on the east. 14 and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel
5 And he said to them, Hear me, O and Shimei; and of the sons of
Levites, now consecrate yourselves. Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
And consecrate the house of 15 And they gathered their brothers
YAHWEH, the Elohim of your fathers, and sanctified themselves, and came
and bring out the uncleanness from in, according to the commandment of
the holy place. the king in the matters of YAHWEH, to
6 For our fathers have acted slyly cleanse the house of YAHWEH.
and did the evil in the eyes of 16 And the priests went into the
YAHWEH our Elohim, and they have inner part of the house of YAHWEH to
forsaken Him and turned their faces clean, and brought out all the
away from the sanctuary of YAHWEH, uncleanness that they found in the
and have given their backs. sanctuary of YAHWEH to the court of
7 And they have shut the doors of the the house of YAHWEH; and the
porch, and put out the lamps, and they Levites received and took it out to the
have not burned incense, and burnt torrent Kidron outside.
offering has not ascended in the 17 And they began to sanctify on the
sanctuary to the Elohim of Israel. first of the first month, and on the
8 And the wrath of YAHWEH is on eighth day of the month they came to
Judah and Jerusalem, and He has the porch of YAHWEH; and they
given them for a trembling, for a
sanctified the house of YAHWEH in
horror, and for hissing, as you see with
eight days, and on the sixteenth day of
your eyes.
the first month they had finished.
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18 And they came inside to Hezekiah 26 And the Levites stood with the
the king, and said, We have cleansed instruments of David, and the priests
all the house of YAHWEH, and the with the trumpets.
altar of the burnt offering, and all its 27 And Hezekiah commanded to
vessels, and the table of the offer burnt offering on the altar; and at
showbread, and all its utensils; the time the burnt offering began, the
19 and all the utensils that King Ahaz song of YAHWEH began, and of the
cast aside in his reign, in his treachery, trumpets, even by the hand of the
we have prepared and sanctified; and instruments of David the king of
behold, they are before the altar of Israel.
YAHWEH. 28 And all the congregation were
20 And Hezekiah the king rose early bowing, and the singers singing, and
and gathered the heads of the city, and the trumpeters blowing; all until the
went up to the house of YAHWEH. completion of the burnt offering.
21 And they brought in seven bulls, 29 And at the completion of the
and seven rams, and seven lambs, and offering the king and all those found
seven young he-goats for a sin offering with him bowed and worshiped.
for the kingdom, and for the holy 30 And Hezekiah the king and the
place, and for Judah. And he leaders commanded the Levites to give
commanded the sons of Aaron, the praise to YAHWEH in the words of
priests, to offer on the altar of David, and of Asaph the seer; and they
YAHWEH. praised with joy, and they bowed and
22 And they killed the oxen, and the worshiped.
priests received the blood, and 31 And Hezekiah answered and said,
sprinkled the blood on the altar. And Now you have consecrated your hand
they killed the rams, and sprinkled the to YAHWEH; come near and bring
blood on the altar. And they killed the sacrifices and thank offerings to the
lambs and sprinkled the blood on the house of YAHWEH. And the
altar. congregation brought in sacrifices and
23 And they brought the he-goats of thank offerings, and every willing
the sin offering before the king and the hearted one brought burnt offerings.
congregation, and they laid their 32 And the number of the burnt
hands on them; offerings that the congregation
24 and the priests slaughtered them, brought was seventy oxen, a hundred
and made a sin offering with their rams, two hundred lambs; all these for
blood on the altar, to atone for all a burnt offering to YAHWEH.
Israel; for the king said, The burnt 33 And the dedicated things were six
offering and the sin offering are for all hundred oxen and three thousand
Israel. sheep.
25 And he made the Levites stand in 34 Only, the priests had become few,
the house of YAHWEH with cymbals, and were not able to skin all of the
with harps, and with lyres, by the burnt offerings; and their brothers the
command of David, and of Gad, the Levites strengthened them until the
seer of the king, and of Nathan the work was ended, and until the priests
prophet; for the command was by the sanctified themselves; for the Levites
hand of YAHWEH, by the hand of His were more upright of heart to sanctify
prophets. themselves than the priests.
35 And also, there were many burnt
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offerings with fat of the peace fathers; and He made them for a
offerings, and with drink offerings for horror, as you see.
the burnt offering; and the service of 8 Now do not stiffen your necks like
the house of YAHWEH was your fathers. Give a hand to YAHWEH
established. and come to His holy place that He has
36 And Hezekiah and all the people sanctified forever; and serve YAHWEH
rejoiced, because The Elohim had your Elohim. And the fierceness of His
given preparation to the people; for anger will turn away from you.
the thing had happened suddenly. 9 For when you return to YAHWEH,
your brothers and your sons will have
Chapter 30 mercies before their captors, even to
return to this land. For YAHWEH your
1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and
Elohim is gracious and merciful, and
Judah, and he also wrote letters to
He will not turn His face away from
Ephraim and Manasseh, to come to
you, if you turn back to Him.
the house of YAHWEH in Jerusalem, 10 And the runners passed from city
to make a Passover to YAHWEH the to city in the land of Ephraim, and
Elohim of Israel. Manasseh, even to Zebulun. And they
2 And the king and his leaders, and were laughing at them, and mocking
all the congregation in Jerusalem, took them.
counsel to keep the Passover in the 11 However, certain men from Asher,
second month; and Manasseh, and from Zebulun
3 since they could not do it at that were humbled, and came to
time, for the priests had not cleansed Jerusalem.
themselves enough. And the people 12 Also, in Judah the hand of The
had not been gathered to Jerusalem. Elohim was to give to them one heart
4 And the thing was right in the eyes to do the king's command, and of the
of the king, and in the eyes of the leaders, by the Word of YAHWEH.
congregation. 13 And many people gathered to
5 And they established a decree to Jerusalem, to keep the Feast of
pass through a call to all Israel, from Unleavened Bread in the second
Beer-Sheba even to Dan, to come to month, a very great multitude.
make a Passover to YAHWEH the 14 And they rose up and took away
Elohim of Israel in Jerusalem. For not the altars in Jerusalem, and all the
many of them had done it as it is incense altars they removed, and
written. threw them into the torrent Kidron.
6 And the runners went with letters 15 And they killed the Passover
from the king's hand, and his leaders, offering on the fourteenth of the
to all Israel and Judah; even by the second month. And the priests and the
king's command, saying, O sons of Levites were ashamed, and sanctified
Israel return to YAHWEH, the Elohim themselves, and brought in burnt
of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. And He offerings to the house of YAHWEH.
shall return to the remnant left of you 16 And they stood in their place
from the hand of the king of Assyria. according to their ordinance,
7 And do not be like your fathers, according to the Law of Moses the
and like your brothers, who trespassed man of The Elohim. The priests were
against YAHWEH the Elohim of their sprinkling the blood out of the hand of
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fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and Elohim, to distribute the heave
honey, and of all the produce of the offerings of YAHWEH, and the most
field, and the tithe of all; they brought holy things.
very much. 15 And by his hand, Eden, and
6 And the sons of Israel and Judah, Miniamin, and Yeshua, and Shemaiah,
those living in the cities of Judah, also Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities
they tithed of the herd and the flock, of the priests, acted faithfully to give to
even a tithe of the holy things that their brothers by divisions, as to the
were sanctified to YAHWEH their great, so to the small;
Elohim, were brought in. And they 16 apart from their genealogy, to
gave heaps of heaps. males from a son of three years and
7 They began to lay the foundation of upward, to everyone who had gone
the heaps in the third month, and in into the house of YAHWEH, the proper
the seventh month they finished. portion of a day in its day, for their
8 And Hezekiah and the leaders service in their duties, according to
came in and saw the heaps, and their divisions;
blessed YAHWEH and His people 17 and enrolled genealogically the
Israel. priests by the house of their fathers,
9 And Hezekiah asked the priests and of the Levites from a son of twenty
and the Levites about the heaps. years and upward, and their duties,
10 And Azariah the chief priest, of and their divisions;
the house of Zadok, spoke to him and 18 and the enrollment by genealogy
said, From the beginning of the with all their infants, their wives, and
bringing of the heave offering to the their sons and their daughters, to all
house of YAHWEH, it was eaten, and it the assembly, for in their faithfulness
satisfied, and abundance was left; for they sanctified themselves in holiness.
YAHWEH has blessed His people, and 19 And to the sons of Aaron, the
this abundance is left. priests, in the fields of the suburbs of
11 And Hezekiah ordered them to their cities in every separate city, were
men who were called by name to give
build rooms in the house of YAHWEH;
portions to every male among the
and they prepared,
priests, and to all enrolled
12 and they brought in the heave
genealogically among the Levites.
offering, and the tithes, and the holy
20 And Hezekiah did this in all
things, faithfully. And over them was a
Judah, and did the good and the right
leader, the Levite Cononiah, and his
second brother, Shimei; and true before YAHWEH his Elohim.
13 and Jehiel, and Azaziah, and 21 And in every work that he began
Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, for the service of the house of The
and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Elohim, and in the Torah, and in the
Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, commandment, to seek his Elohim
were overseers under the hand of with all his heart, he worked and
Cononiah and his brother Shimei, by prospered.
the appointment of Hezekiah the king,
and Azariah the ruler of the house of Chapter 32
Elohim.
14 And Kore the son of Imnah the 1 After these things and this
Levite, the gatekeeper at the east, was faithfulness, Sennacherib the king of
over the freewill offerings of The Assyria came; yea, he came into Judah
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they might capture the city. stalls for all kinds of animals, and
19 And they spoke against the flocks for the stalls;
Elohim of Jerusalem as against the 29 and he made cities for himself,
gods of the peoples of the land, the and had stocks of flocks and very
work of the hands of man. many herds, for Elohim had given him
20 And Hezekiah the king and Isaiah very much property.
the son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed 30 And Hezekiah himself had
about this, and they cried to Heaven. stopped the outlet of the upper water-
21 And YAHWEH sent a Messenger, course of Gihon, and had directed
and destroyed every mighty one of them beneath the west of the city of
valor, both the leader, and the officer David; and Hezekiah prospered in all
in the camp of the king of Assyria; and his work. (2Kgs 20:20, Isa 22:11)
he returned with shame of face to his 31 Even so with the envoys of the
land. And he entered the house of his rulers of Babylon, those sent to him to
god, and those from his bowels caused inquire of the wonder that had been in
him to fall there by the sword. the land, The Elohim left him to test
22 And YAHWEH saved Hezekiah him, to know all his heart.
and the people of Jerusalem from the 32 And the rest of the acts of
hand of Sennacherib the king of Hezekiah, and his good deeds toward
Assyria, and from the hand of all; and Elohim, behold, they are written in the
He guided them on every side. vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, the
23 And many brought an offering to prophet, and in the Book of the Kings
of Judah and Israel.
YAHWEH, to Jerusalem, and precious
33 And Hezekiah lay with his
things to Hezekiah the king of Judah;
fathers, and they buried him in the
and he was lifted up before the eyes of
uppermost of the graves of the sons of
all the nations after this.
David; and all Judah and the people of
24 In those days Hezekiah was sick
Jerusalem honored him at his death.
even to death, and he prayed to
And his son Manasseh reigned in his
YAHWEH, and He spoke to him, and place.
gave a sign for him.
25 And Hezekiah did not return Chapter 33
according to the benefit done to him,
for his heart had been lifted up, and 1 Manasseh was a son of twelve years
there was wrath on him and on Judah when he began to reign, and he
and Jerusalem. reigned in Jerusalem fifty five years.
26 And Hezekiah was humbled for 2 And he did evil in the eyes of
the pride of his heart, he and the YAHWEH, like the filthy acts of the
people of Jerusalem, and the wrath of
nations that YAHWEH had driven out
YAHWEH did not come on them in the
from before the sons of Israel.
days of Hezekiah.
3 For again he rebuilt the high places
27 And Hezekiah had great riches
that his father Hezekiah had broken
and honor, and he had very many
down, and raised up altars for the
treasures of silver for himself, and of
Baals, and made Asherahs and bowed
gold, and of precious stones, and of
himself to all the host of the heavens,
spices, and of shields, and of all
and served them.
desirable vessels,
4 And he built altars in the house of
28 and storehouses for the increase
of grain, and new wine, and oil, and YAHWEH, of which YAHWEH had
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reigned two years in Jerusalem. 7 And he broke down the altars and
22 And he did evil in the eyes of the Asherahs, and he had beaten down
YAHWEH, as his father Manasseh did; the graven images very small; and he
and Amon sacrificed to all the graven had cut down all the images in all the
images that his father Manasseh had land of Israel, and returned to
made, and served them. Jerusalem.
23 And he did not humble himself 8 And in the eighteenth year of his
before YAHWEH, like the humbling of reign, when he had purified the land
his father Manasseh, for Amon himself and the House, he sent Shaphan the
multiplied guilt. son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the head
24 And his servants conspired of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz
against him and killed him in his own the recorder, to repair the house of
house; YAHWEH his Elohim.
25 and the people of the land killed 9 And they came to Hilkiah the high
all those who conspired against King priest, and they gave the silver brought
Amon and the people of the land made into the house of Elohim, that the
his son Josiah to reign in his place. Levites who guarded the threshold had
gathered from the hand of Manasseh
Chapter 34 and Ephraim, and from all the
remnant of Israel, and from all Judah
1 Josiah was a son of eight years and Benjamin, and the ones living in
when he began to reign, and he Jerusalem.
reigned in Jerusalem thirty one years. 10 And they gave it into the hand of
2 And he did the right in the eyes of the ones doing the work, those called
YAHWEH, and walked in the ways of out in the house of YAHWEH; and they
his father David, and did not turn gave it to the doers of the work who
aside to the right or to the left. were working in the house of
3 And in the eighth year of his reign, YAHWEH to repair and to make strong
and he was still a boy, he began to seek the house.
to the Elohim of his father David; and 11 And they gave to skilled workers,
in the twelfth year he began to cleanse and to builders, to buy quarried stones
Judah and Jerusalem from the high and wood for couplings, to make
places, and the Asherahs, and the beams for the houses that the kings of
graven images, and the casted images. Judah had destroyed.
4 And they broke down before him 12 And the men were working
the altars of the Baals, and the images faithfully in the work. And over them
that were on high above them, and he were given the oversight: Jahath and
cut down the Asherahs, and the graven Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of
images, and the molten images he Merari, and Zechariah, and
broke down and beat small, and Meshullam, of the sons of the
scattered on the surface of the grave of Kohathites; and of the Levites all who
those who sacrificed to them. were skilled in musical instruments;
5 And he burned the bones of the 13 and over the load carriers and
priests on their altars, and cleansed overseers of everyone doing work for
Judah and Jerusalem, each separate service; and of the
6 and in the cities of Manasseh, and Levites were scribes and officers and
Ephraim, and Simeon, even to gatekeepers.
Naphtali, with their tools all around. 14 And when they brought out the
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silver brought into the house of YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, Say to
YAHWEH, Hilkiah the priest found the the man who has sent you to Me,
Book of the Torah of YAHWEH by the 24 So says YAHWEH, Behold, I will
hand of Moses. bring evil on this place, and on the
15 And Hilkiah answered and said to ones living in it, all the curses that are
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the written in the Book that they have read
Book of the Torah in the house of before the king of Judah;
YAHWEH. And Hilkiah gave the book 25 because they have forsaken Me
to Shaphan. and have burned incense to other gods
16 And Shaphan brought the Book in so as to anger Me with all the works of
to the king, and brought the king back their hands; and My wrath shall be
word again, saying, All that has been poured out on this place, and it shall
given into the hand of your servants, not be quenched.
they are doing. 26 And to the king of Judah who is
17 And they poured out the silver sending you to inquire of YAHWEH,
found in the house of YAHWEH, and you shall say this to him, So says
gave it into the hands of those YAHWEH the Elohim of Israel, whose
appointed, and into the hands of those Words you have heard,
doing the work. 27 Because your heart is tender, and
18 And Shaphan the scribe told the you were humbled before Elohim
king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has when you heard His Words concerning
given a book to me; and Shaphan read this place, and concerning the ones
it before the king. living in it, and were humbled before
19 And it happened, when the king Me, and have torn your garments and
heard the Words of the Torah, that he wept before Me; I have even heard
tore his garments. also, says YAHWEH.
20 And the king commanded 28 Behold I will gather you to your
Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of fathers, and you shall be gathered to
Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, your grave in peace, and your eyes will
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah not look upon all the evil I shall bring
the servant of the king, saying, upon this place, and on the ones living
21 Go, seek YAHWEH for me and for in it. And they brought the king word
him who is left in Israel and in Judah, again.
as to the Words of the book that has 29 And the king sent and gathered
been found, for great is the wrath of all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
YAHWEH that is poured out on us, 30 And the king went up to the
because our fathers have not kept the house of YAHWEH and every man of
Word of YAHWEH, to do according to Judah, and the people of Jerusalem,
all that is written in this book. and the priests, and the Levites, and
22 And Hilkiah and those of the king all the ones living there from the great
went to Huldah the prophetess, the to the small; and he read in their ears
wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the all the Words of the Book of the
son of Hasrah, the keeper of the robes; Covenant found in the house of
and she was living in Jerusalem in the YAHWEH.
Second. And they spoke to her about 31 And the king stood in his place
this. and cut the covenant before YAHWEH,
23 And she said to them, So says to walk after YAHWEH, and to keep
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fat until nightfall; and the Levites fight against him, and did not listen to
prepared for themselves and for the the words of Necho from the mouth of
priests; the sons of Aaron. Elohim; and came to fight in the valley
15 And the singers, the sons of of Megiddo.
Asaph, were in their place, according 23 And the archers shot at King
to David's command, and Asaph, and Josiah. And the king said to his
Heman, and Jeduthun the seer of the servants, Carry me out, for I am
king; and the gatekeepers were at each severely wounded.
gate; it was not for them to depart 24 And his servants carried him out
from their service, for their brothers from the chariot, and caused him to
the Levites prepared for them. ride in a second chariot of his, and
16 And all the service of YAHWEH brought him to Jerusalem. And he
was prepared on that day, to perform died and was buried in the graves of
the Passover, and to offer burnt his fathers. And all Judah and
offerings on the altar of YAHWEH, Jerusalem were mourning for Josiah.
according to the command of King 25 And Jeremiah lamented for
Josiah. Josiah; and all the singers and the
17 And the sons of Israel who were songstresses speak in their
found performed the Passover at that lamentations of Josiah to this day, and
time, and the Feast of Unleavened gave them as a statute in Israel; and
Bread, seven days. behold, they are written in the
18 And there had not been a Lamentations.
Passover performed like it in Israel 26 And the rest of the acts of Josiah,
from the days of Samuel the prophet; and his goodly deeds to Elohim, are
yea, none of the kings of Israel according as it is written in the Torah
performed such a Passover as Josiah of YAHWEH.
performed, and the priests, and the 27 And his acts, the first and the last,
Levites and all Judah and Israel who behold, they are written in the Book of
were found, and the inhabitants of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
Jerusalem.
19 In the eighteenth year of the reign Chapter 36
of Josiah, this Passover was
performed. 1 And the people of the land took
20 After all this, when Josiah had Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made
prepared the house, Necho the king of him king instead of his father in
Egypt came up to fight against Jerusalem.
Carchemish by the Euphrates; and 2 Jehoahaz was a son of twenty three
Josiah went out to meet him. years when he began to reign, and he
21 And he sent messengers to him, reigned three months in Jerusalem.
saying, What do I have to do with you, 3 And the king of Egypt deposed him
O king of Judah? I am not coming in Jerusalem, and fined the land a
against you today, but toward the hundred talents of silver, and a talent
house with which I have war; and of gold.
Elohim said for me to hasten; stop 4 And the king of Egypt made his
yourself from opposing Elohim, who is brother Eliakim king over Judah and
with me, and He shall not destroy you. Jerusalem, and turned about his name
22 Josiah would not turn his face to Jehoiakim; and Necho took his
from him, but disguised himself to brother Jehoahaz and brought him to
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14 And rising up, Joseph took along called a Nazarene.2 (Isa 11:1)
the child and His mother by night and
withdrew into Egypt. Chapter 3
15 And he was there until the end of
Herod, that might be fulfilled that 1 Now in those days John the Baptist
spoken by YAHWEH through the came preaching in the deserted places
prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I have of Judea,
called My Son." (Hos 11:1) 2 and saying, Repent! For the
16 Then seeing that he was mocked kingdom of Heaven has drawn near.
by the magi, Herod was greatly 3 For this is He spoken of by Isaiah
enraged, and having sent, he killed all the prophet, saying "The voice of one
the boys in Bethlehem and in all its crying in the wilderness, Prepare the
districts, from two years old and way of YAHWEH! Make smooth His
under, according to the time which he paths!" (Isa 40:3)
exactly asked from the magi. 4 And John himself had his clothing
17 Then was fulfilled that spoken by from hairs of a camel, and a belt of
Jeremiah the prophet, saying leather about his loin. And his food
18 "A voice was heard in Ramah, was locusts and wild honey.
lamenting and bitter wailing, and 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea went
great mourning, Rachel weeping for out to him, and all the neighborhood
her children and would not be of the Jordan,
comforted, because they were not." 6 and were baptized by him in the
(Jer 31:15) Jordan, confessing their sins.
19 But when King Herod was dead, 7 But seeing many of the Pharisees
behold, a Cherub of YAHWEH and Sadducees coming to his baptism,
appeared to Joseph by a dream in he said to them, Offspring of vipers!
Egypt, Who has informed you to flee from the
20 saying, rising up, take along the wrath to come?
child and His mother and pass over 8 Therefore, bring forth fruits
into the land of Israel; for those worthy of repentance.
seeking the life of the child have died. 9 And do not suppose to say within
21 And rising up, Joseph took along yourselves, we have a father,
the child and His mother and came Abraham. For I say to you that
into the land of Israel. YAHWEH is able to raise up children
22 But hearing that Archelaus to Abraham from these stones.
reigned over Judea in place of his 10 But already the ax is even laid at
father Herod, he feared to go there. the root of the trees; therefore, any
And being warned by a dream, he tree not bringing forth good fruit is cut
departed into the land of Galilee. off and is thrown into fire.
23 And coming, he lived in a city 11 I indeed baptize you in water to
called Nazareth1, so as to fulfill that repentance; but He who is coming
spoken by the prophet, He shall be after me is stronger than me, of whom
Naphtali, Chapter 5
14 so that might be fulfilled that
spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying 1 But seeing the crowds, He went up
15 "Land of Zebulun and land of into the mountain, and seating
Naphtali, way of the sea, the crossings Himself, His disciples came near to
of the Jordan, Galilee of the nations Him.
16 the people sitting in darkness saw 2 And opening His mouth, He taught
a great Light; and to those sitting in them, saying
the land and shadow of death, Light 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit! For
sprang up to them." (Isa 9:1,2) theirs is the kingdom of the Heavens.
17 From that time Yahshua began to 4 Blessed are the ones mourning!
preach and to say, Repent! For the For they shall be comforted.
kingdom of Heaven has drawn near. 5 Blessed are the meek! For they
18 And walking beside the Sea of shall inherit the earth. (Ja 4:6,10)
Galilee, Yahshua saw two brothers, 6 Blessed are they who hunger and
Simon being called Peter and his thirst after righteousness! For they
brother Andrew, casting a net into the shall be satisfied.
sea; for they were fishers. 7 Blessed are the merciful! For they
19 And He says to them, Come after shall obtain mercy.
Me, and I will make you fishers of the 8 Blessed are the pure in heart! For
sons of men. they shall see YAHWEH.
20 And leaving the nets, they 9 Blessed are the peacemakers! For
immediately followed Him. they shall be called sons of YAHWEH.
21 And going on from there, He saw 10 Blessed are they who have been
two other brothers, Jacob the son of persecuted for righteousness' sake!
Zebedee and his brother John in the For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.
boat with their father Zebedee, 11 Blessed are you when they shall
mending their nets. And He called curse you, and persecute you, and
them. shall say every evil word against you,
22 And at once leaving the boat and lying, on account of Me.
their father, they followed Him. 12 Rejoice and leap for joy, for your
23 And Yahshua went around all reward is great in Heaven; for in this
Galilee teaching in their synagogues way they persecuted the prophets who
and proclaiming the good news of the were before you.
kingdom, and healing every disease 13 You are the salt of the earth 1, but
and every sickness among the people. if the salt becomes tasteless, with what
24 And the report of Him went out shall it be salted? For it has strength
into all Syria. And they brought to for nothing any more but to be thrown
Him all the ones being badly ill, out and to be trampled under by men.
suffering various diseases and 14 You are the light of the world. It is
torments, also those being demon- not possible to hide a city that is built
possessed, and those being lunatics, on a mountain.
and paralytics; and He healed them.
25 And many crowds followed Him 1 In ancient times salt had great value due to
from Galilee and Decapolis, and its ability to preserve food for long periods
Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the and even keep the animals healthy. At times
Jordan. in history salt was even used to pay
employees and that is where the term “he is
worth his weight in salt” comes from.
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15 Nor do they light a lamp and put be condemned to the Judgment. (Exo
it under the bushel, but on the lamp 21, Deu 5:17)
stand; and it shines for all those in the 22 But I say to you that anyone who
house. provokes to anger his brother without
16 So let your light shine before men, cause, is condemned to judgment and
so that they may see your good works, anyone who should say to his brother,
and may glorify your Father in I spit on you is condemned to the
Heaven. assembly, and anyone who should say,
17 Do not think that I came to annul you are a coward, is condemned to the
the Torah or the Prophets; I did not Gehenna of fire.
come to annul, but to fulfill1. 23 Then if you offer your gift on the
18 Truly I say to you, Until the altar, and remember there that your
heaven and the earth pass away, in no brother has a grudge against you,
way shall one yod or one stroke2 pass 24 leave your gift there before the
away from the Torah until all comes to altar, and go. First, be reconciled to
pass. your brother, and then coming, offer
19 Therefore, whoever loosens one of your gift.
these commandments, the least, and 25 Be in agreement with your
shall teach men so, he shall be called adversary at law while you are with
the worst in the kingdom of Heaven3. him on the way, lest your adversary at
But whoever does and teaches them, law deliver you to the judge and the
this one shall be called great in the judge deliver you to the officer and you
kingdom of Heaven. be thrown into the prison.
20 For I say to you, If your 26 Truly, I say to you, In no way
righteousness shall not exceed that of shall you come out from there until
the scribes and Pharisees, you shall you pay the last coin.
not enter into the kingdom of 27 You have heard that it was said to
YAHWEH, never4! the ancients "Do not commit
21 You have heard that it was said to adultery." (Exo 20:14, Deu 5:18)
the ancients "Do not commit murder!" 28 But I say to you, Everyone
And, whoever commits murder shall looking at a woman to lust after her
has already committed adultery with
1 Verses 17-20 are extremely clear that her in his heart.
Yahshua's intention was NEVER to abolish 29 But if your right eye offends you,
the eternal Torah of YHWH, but to magnify take it out and throw it from you, for it
the intent. is profitable to you that one of your
2 To write the name Yahshua in Aramaic it members should perish and all your
begins with the letter 'Yod' and a stroke or body not be thrown into Hell.
line. It is interesting today that most have 30 And if your right hand causes you
abolished the true name of our Savior to offend, cut it off and throw it from
Yahshua for a hybrid Greek name. you, for it is profitable to you that one
3 Some have wrongly thought this verse
of your members should perish and all
simply means that the ones who teach that it
is permissible to break the Torah will be in
your body not be thrown into Hell5.
the Kingdom but will have the lowest 31 It was also said, Whoever puts
position, but this verse is stating to teach 4 The Pharisees strictly kept their oral
against the Torah in the Kingdom is the traditions above the Torah and unless a true
absolute worst thing that could be thought believer not only keeps the letter of the
of, and those who did so would NOT be Torah but the true intent of the spirit he will
there. Mat 7:23. not be in the Kingdom of YHWH.
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away his wife, "let him give her a bill of tooth;" (Exo 21:24, Lev 24:20, Deu
divorce." (Deu 24:1) 19:21)
32 But I say to you, Whoever 39 but I say to you, Do not stand
divorces his wife, even in a matter of against the evil; but whoever strikes
fornication1, causes her to commit you on the right cheek, turn the other
adultery. And whoever shall marry a to him also5.
divorced one commits adultery2. 40 And to him desiring to sue you,
33 Again, you have heard that it was and to take your coat, allow him also
said to the ancients "You shall not lie to have the cloak.
in your oaths, but shall give your oaths 41 And whoever shall compel you to
to YAHWEH.3" (Lev 19:12, Num go one mile, go two with him.
30:12) 42 He asking you to give, and he
34 But I say to you, Do not swear at wishing to borrow from you, do not
all, neither by Heaven, because it is the turn away.
throne of Elohim; (Isa 66:1) 43 You have heard that it was said,
35 nor by the earth, because it is the "You shall love your neighbor" and
footstool of His feet; nor by Jerusalem, hate your enemy; (Lev 19:18)
because it is the city of the great King. 44 but I say to you, Love your
(Psa 48:2) enemies; bless those cursing you, do
36 Nor shall you swear by your head, well to those hating you6; and pray for
because you are not able to make one those who take you by force and
hair white or black. (Ja 5:12) persecute you,
37 But let your word be Yes, yes; No, 45 so that you may become sons of
no. Anything more than these is from your Father in Heaven. Because He
evil.4 causes the sun to rise on the evil and
38 You have heard that it was said the good, and sends rain on the just
"An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a and unjust.
46 For if you love those loving you,
5 This is an Aramaic idiomatic phrase which
means whatever is causing you to sin you 4 Verse 34-37, Swearing and taking a vow are
must put it out of your life. two separate issues (Num 30:2). If one
1 This phrase can be inclusive or exclusive could not take vows, then how could one
but taking into consideration the context get married to a spouse or even take the
and that nowhere in Scripture does YHWH baptism vow to join the New Covenant? In
ever condone divorce “even in a matter of essence what Yahshua is saying is that
fornication” would be the correct rendering. every word out of our mouth is a vow and
2 Nowhere in Scripture does YHWH condone should be accomplished as we say.
divorce and Yahshua clearly states that if 5 This Aramaic idiomatic phrase is not
one leaves their covenant spouse and condoning evil, but is saying if someone
marries another it is considered adultery hurts you and repents, then forgive them
and if someone marries a divorced person and in doing so and restoring the
both parties are committing adultery. relationship you are giving opportunity to
3 What was happening was that people in this hurt you again in the future. When one
time period felt that if they swore by the shows true Elohim guided love and
name of YHWH that they were bound to forgiveness they make themselves
keep their word, but if they did not swear vulnerable to being hurt.
using the name of YHWH, then they were 6 A believer does this by obeying the
not bound to keep their commitment. What commandments to all people even their
Yahshua is saying is that one does not need enemies. A believer will not lie or steal
to swear at all, but should always keep their from his enemy and this is how he is
word; period! showing love for him.
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what reward do you have? Do not even Father knows what things you have
the tax-collectors do the same? need of before you ask Him.
47 And if you only greet your 9 So, then, you should pray this way,
brothers, what exceptional thing do Our Father who is in Heaven,
you do? Do not the tax-collectors do Hallowed be Your name2.
so? 10 Your kingdom come; Your will be
48 Therefore, you become perfect done, as it is in Heaven, also on the
(complete), even as your Father in earth.
Heaven is perfect. 11 Give us the bread of our need this
day,
Chapter 6 12 and forgive us our offenses as we
also have forgiven those who have
1 Take care not to do your alms offended us.
giving before men in order to be seen 13 And do not lead us into trial, but
by them. But if not, you have no deliver us from the evil one, for Yours
reward from your Father in Heaven. is the kingdom and the power and the
2 Therefore, when you do your alms glory forever and ever.
giving, do not trumpet before you as 14 For if you forgive men their
the hypocrites do in the synagogues transgressions, your heavenly Father
and in the streets, so that they may be will also forgive you.
glorified by men. Truly I say to you, 15 But if you will not forgive men
they have their reward. their transgressions, neither will your
3 But you doing your alms giving, do Father forgive your transgressions.
not let your left know what your right 16 And when you fast, do not be as
hand does, the hypocrites, with sullen face, for
4 so that your merciful deeds may be they disfigure their faces so that they
in secret. And your Father seeing in may appear to men to be fasting. Truly
secret Himself will repay you in the I say to you that they have their
open. reward.
5 And when you pray, you shall not 17 But you in fasting, anoint your
be as the hypocrites, for they love to head and wash your face,
pray standing in the synagogues and in 18 so as not to appear to men to be
the corners of the open streets so that fasting, but to your Father in secret.
they may be seen of men. Truly I say to And your Father seeing in secret will
you, they have their reward. repay you in the open.
6 But you, when you pray, enter into 19 Do not treasure up for you
your room and shutting your door, treasures on the earth, where moth
pray to your Father in secret. And your and rust cause to corrupt, and where
Father seeing in secret will repay you thieves dig through and steal.
in the open. 20 But treasure up for you treasures
7 And when you pray, you should not in Heaven, where neither moth nor
be chatterers like the pagans for they rust cause to corrupt, and where
hope that by many words they will be thieves do not dig through and steal.
heard.1 2 Again, we see the importance of the name
8 Then do not be like them, for your of the Heavenly Father, Yahweh, and that
every prayer should start by glorifying His
1 Prayer is meant to be a solemn dialogue name. What Yahshua outlines in verses 9-15
from the heart, not a memorized repetitious is not a repetitious prayer to recite word for
chanting that many still do today. word but an outline to be used in prayer.
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21 For where your treasure is, there all these things will be added to you.
your heart will be also. 34 Then do not be anxious for
22 The lamp of the body is the eye. tomorrow. For the morrow will be
Then if your eye is pure, all your body anxious of itself. Sufficient to each day
is light. is its own trouble.
23 But if your eye is evil, all your
body is dark. If, then, the light in you Chapter 7
is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 No one is able to serve two 1 Do not condemn, that you may not
masters; for either he will hate the be condemned1;
one, and he will love the other; or he 2 for with whatever condemnation
will cleave to the one, and he will you judge, you will be judged; and
despise the other. You are not able to with whatever measure you measure,
serve YAHWEH and wealth. it will be measured again to you.
25 Because of this, I say to you, Do 3 But why do you see the twig that is
not be anxious for your soul, what you in the eye of your brother, but do not
eat and what you drink, nor for your see the log in your own eye?
body, what you put on. Is not life more 4 Or how will you say to your
than the food and the body than the brother, Allow me to cast out the twig
clothing? from your eye; and behold, the log is
26 Observe the birds of the heaven, in your eye!
that they do not sow, nor do they reap, 5 Hypocrite, first remove the log out
nor do they gather into barns, yet your of your own eye, and then you will see
heavenly Father feeds them. Do you clearly to remove the twig out of the
not rather excel them? eye of your brother.
27 But who of you by being anxious 6 Do not hang earrings on dogs, nor
is able to add one cubit onto his throw your pearls before the pigs, that
stature? they should not trample them with
28 And why are you anxious about their feet, and turning they charge you.
clothing? Consider the lilies of the 7 Ask, and it will be given to you;
field, how they grow. They do not seek, and you will find; knock, and it
labor nor do they spin, will be opened to you.
29 but I say to you that not even 8 For each one that asks receives,
Solomon in all his glory was clothed as and the one that seeks finds; and to
one of these. the one knocking, it will be opened.
30 If YAHWEH so enrobes the grass 9 Or what man of you is there, if his
of the field, which is today, and is son should ask of him for bread, will
thrown into a furnace tomorrow, will he give him a stone?
He not much rather you, little-faiths? 10 And if he should ask a fish from
31 Then do not be anxious, saying, him, why would he hold out a snake?
What may we eat? Or, what may we 11 Therefore, if you, who are
drink? Or, what may clothe us? imperfect, know how to give good gifts
32 For after all these things the 1 Most translations put the word judge which
nations seek. For your heavenly Father is improper as we make 100's of judgments
knows that you have need of all these every day of life. A judgment is simply a
things. decision, as where this verse is stating not
33 But seek first the kingdom of to condemn, which is the position of
Yahweh alone. We merely make our
YAHWEH and His righteousness, and
judgments based on His written Torah.
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5 And Yahshua, entering into saying, "He took upon Himself our
Capernaum, a centurion came near to sorrows, and bore our sicknesses."
Him, begging Him, (Isa 53:4)
6 and saying, Master, my child has 18 And seeing great crowds around
been laid in the house, paralyzed and Him, Yahshua gave orders to go away
seriously in pain. to the other side.
7 And Yahshua said to him, I will 19 And one scribe, coming near, said
come and heal him. to Him, Rabboni, I will follow You
8 And answering, the centurion said, wherever you may go.
Master, I am not worthy that You 20 And Yahshua said to him, The
should enter under my roof, but only foxes have holes, and the birds of the
speak a word and my child will be heaven have nests, but the Son of Man
healed. has nowhere He may lay His head.
9 For I am also a man under 21 And another of His disciples said
authority, having soldiers under my to Him, Master, allow me first to go
hand. And I say to this one, Go; and he away and bury my father.
goes; and to another, Come; and he 22 But Yahshua said to him, Follow
comes; and to my slave, do this; and Me, and leave the dead to bury their
he does it. dead.
10 And hearing, Yahshua marveled, 23 And He entering into the boat,
and said to those following, Truly I say His disciples followed Him.
to you, not even in Israel did I find 24 And, behold, a whirlwind
such faith. occurred in the sea, so that the boat
11 But I say to you that many will was covered by the waves; but He was
come from east and west, and will sleeping.
recline with Abraham and Isaac and 25 And coming near, His disciples
Jacob in the kingdom of Heaven, aroused Him, saying, Master, save us!
12 but the sons of the kingdom shall We are perishing.
be cast out into the outer darkness. 26 And He said to them, Why are
There shall be weeping and gnashing you afraid, you of little-faith? Then
of the teeth. rising up, He rebuked the winds and
13 And Yahshua said to the the sea. And a great calm occurred.1
centurion, Go, and as you have 27 And the men marveled, saying,
believed, so let it be to you. And his What kind of man is this, that even the
child was healed in that moment. winds and the sea obey Him?
14 And coming into the house of 28 And He coming to the other side,
Peter, Yahshua saw his mother-in-law into the country of the Gadarenes. Two
laid out and burning with fever. very evil possessed ones met him who
15 And He touched her hand, and were coming out from the cemetery, so
her fever left her. And she rose up and that no man was able to cross over by
served them. that way.
16 And evening having come on, 29 And, behold! They cried out,
they brought to Him many having saying, what is to us and to You,
been possessed by demons. And He Yahshua, Son of Elohim? Have You
cast out the spirits by a word, and He come here before the time to torment
healed all those having illness, us?
17 so that it might be fulfilled that 30 And far off from them there was a
spoken through Isaiah the prophet,
1 Psa 65:7.
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daughter has just now died; but 32 And as they were going out,
coming lay Your hand on her, and she behold, they brought to Him a dumb
will live. man having been possessed by a
19 And rising up, Yahshua and His demon.
disciples followed him. 33 And the demon being cast out,
20 And behold, a woman who had a the dumb one spoke. And the crowds
flow of blood for twelve years came marveled, saying, Never was it seen
near behind Him, and touched the this way in Israel.
fringe1 of His robe. 34 But the Pharisees said, He casts
21 For she said within herself, If only out the demons by the ruler of the
I shall touch His robe, I will be cured. demons.
22 But turning and seeing her, 35 And Yahshua went about all the
Yahshua said, Be comforted, daughter; cities and the villages teaching in their
your faith has healed you. And the synagogues, and proclaiming the good
woman was healed from that moment. news of the kingdom, and healing
23 And Yahshua coming into the every sickness and every weakness of
house of the ruler, and seeing the body among the people.
flute-players and the crowd causing a 36 And seeing the crowds, He was
tumult, moved with pity concerning them,
24 He says to them, Go back, for the because they were weary and
little girl has not died, but she sleeps. scattered, like sheep having no
And they laughed at Him. shepherd.
25 But when the crowd had been put 37 Then He said to His disciples, The
out, entering He took hold of her harvest truly is great, but the workers
hand, and the little girl rose up. few.
26 And this report went out into all 38 Pray then that The Master of the
that land. harvest may send out workers into His
27 And Yahshua passing on from harvest.
there, two blind ones followed Him,
crying and saying, Have pity on us, Chapter 10
Son of David.
28 And coming into the house, the 1 And having called His twelve
blind ones came near to Him. And disciples, He gave them authority over
Yahshua says to them, Do you believe unclean spirits, so as to cast out, and
that I am able to do this? And they to heal every affliction and disease.
said to Him, Yes, Master. 2 And the names of the twelve
29 Then He touched their eyes, apostles are these First, Simon who is
saying, According to your faith let it be called Peter and his brother Andrew,
to you. Jacob the son of Zebedee and his
30 And their eyes were opened. And brother John,
Yahshua strictly ordered them, saying, 3 Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas,
see that no man should know. and Matthew the tax-collector, Jacob
31 But going out, they made Him the son of Alpheus, and Lebbaeus,
known in all that land. whose last name was Thaddaeus,
4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas
1 The outer edge or tassel. The tassel was an Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
identity mark to an Israelite and only worn 5 Yahshua sent these twelve out,
by males. The blue thread was a sign of the charging them, saying do not go into
Messiah to come.
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the way of the heathen, and do not go 17 But beware of men; for they will
into a Samaritan city. deliver you to the house of judgment,
6 But rather go to the lost sheep of and they will scourge you in their
the house of Israel1. assemblies.
7 And going on, proclaim, saying, the 18 And also you will be brought
kingdom of Heaven has drawn near. before governors and kings for My
8 Heal sick ones, cleanse lepers, sake, for a testimony to them and to
raise dead ones, cast out demons. the gentiles.
Freely you have received, freely give2. 19 But when they deliver you up, do
9 Do not accumulate gold, nor silver, not be anxious how or what you
nor copper in your belts, should say, for it is given to you in that
10 nor a wallet for the road, nor two hour what you should say.
coats, nor sandals, nor staff, for the 20 For you are not the ones
worker is worthy of his food. speaking, but the Spirit of your Father
11 And into whatever city or village who speaks in you.
you enter, search out who in it is 21 But brother will betray brother to
worthy; and remain there until you go death, and the father his child. And
out. children will rise up against parents
12 But entering into the house, greet and will put them to death.
it; 22 And you will be hated by all on
13 and if the house truly is worthy, account of My name, but the one
let your peace come upon it. But if it is enduring to the end shall be saved.
not worthy, let your peace return to 23 But when they persecute you in
you. this city, flee to another. For truly I say
14 And whoever will not receive you, to you, In no way will you have
nor will hear your words, having gone finished all the cities of the House of
out of that house or city, shake off the Israel until the Son of Man will come.
dust from your feet. 24 A disciple is not above the
15 Truly I say to you, It will be more teacher, nor a slave above his Master.
tranquil to the land of Sodom and 25 It is enough for the disciple to
Gomorrah in Judgment Day than for become as his teacher, and the slave as
that city. his Master. If they called the master of
16 Behold, I send you out as sheep in the house Beelzebub, how much more
the midst of wolves. Therefore, be wise those of his household?
as serpents and harmless as doves. 26 Therefore, you should not fear
them, for nothing is covered which will
1 The disciples were sent to The House of not be uncovered; and hidden, which
Israel. Later, when the Apostles were going will not be made known.
worldwide looking for the tribes of Israel in 27 What I say to you in the darkness,
Diaspora, then also gentiles were able to speak in the light. And what you hear
join the covenant of YHWH with Israel. in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
There is no separate covenant in Scripture
28 And you should not fear the ones
with only gentiles. That was a false doctrine
made up later by the Apostate church.
killing the body, but not being able to
2 The Good News message of the Kingdom kill the soul. But rather fear Him being
of YHWH did not have a price tag on it and able to destroy both soul and body in
was entirely different than the commercial, Gehenna.
money making message of today. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for an
Pro 23:23, Eze 48:14, Zec 14:21, assarion? Yet not one of them shall fall
2Kgs 5:15-16,26-27.
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the least in the kingdom of Heaven is thrown down to Hades." For if the
greater than he is. powerful acts happening in you had
12 But from the days of John the taken place in Sodom, it would remain
Baptist until now, the kingdom of until today. (Isa 14:13, 15)
Heaven suffers violence, and the 24 But I say to you, It will be more
violent are robbing it.1 tranquil for the land of Sodom in
13 For all the Prophets and the Law Judgment Day than for you.
prophesied until John. 25 Answering at that time, Yahshua
14 And if you are willing to receive, said, I praise You, Father, Master of
this is Elijah, who was to come. Heaven and of earth, because You hid
15 The one having ears to hear, let these things from the sophisticated
him hear. and intelligent and revealed them to
16 But to what shall I compare this babes.
generation? It is like little children 26 Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing
sitting in the markets, and calling to before You.
their mates, 27 All things were yielded up to Me
17 and saying, We sang to you, and by My Father; and no one knows the
you did not dance; we mourned to you, Son except the Father; nor does
and you did not lament. anyone know the Father, except the
18 For John came neither eating nor Son, and the one to whom the Son
drinking, and they say, He has a purposes to reveal Him.
demon. 28 Come to Me, all those laboring
19 The Son of Man came eating and and being burdened, and I will give
drinking, and they say, Behold, a you rest.
gluttonous man and a wine drinker, 29 Bear my yoke upon you and learn
and a friend of tax collectors, and of from me. That I am tranquil and I am
sinners; but wisdom is justified by its meek, and in my heart you will find
works2. tranquility in your souls. (Jer 6:16)
20 Then He began to reproach the 30 For My yoke is pleasant, and My
cities in which most of His powerful burden is light.
acts had occurred, for they did not
repent. Chapter 12
21 Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you,
Bethsaida! For if the powerful acts 1 At that time on the Sabbath,
which have taken place in you had Yahshua went through the grain fields.
happened in Tyre and Sidon, perhaps And His disciples were hungry, and
they would have repented in sackcloth began to pluck heads of grain and to
and ashes. eat.
22 But I say to you, It shall be more 2 But seeing, the Pharisees said to
tranquil for Tyre and Sidon in Him, Behold, your disciples are doing
Judgment Day than for you. what it is not lawful to do on the
23 And you, Capernaum, who "have Sabbath.3
been exalted to the heaven, you will be 3 But He said to them, Have you not
1 The Pharisees in Yahshua's day and read what David did, when he and
Emperor Constantine later tried to hijack those with him hungered?
the Good News of Yahshua and deceive the
people using violent methods. 3 It was lawful to pick grain if hungry, but not
2 The Greek mistranslates this word as lawful to be harvesting your grain on
children. Shabbat, Deu 23:25.
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Him, so that having entered the boat, people, and with their ears they were
He sat down. And all the crowd stood hard of hearing, and their eyes are
on the shore. blinded that they should not see with
3 And He spoke to them many things their eyes and hear with their ears and
in parables, saying, Behold the sower should understand in their heart and
went out to sow. return and I heal them. (Isa 6:9, 10,
4 And in his sowing, some fell by the Isa 29:11)
roadside, and the birds came and ate 16 But your eyes are blessed because
them. they see; and your ears because they
5 And other fell on the stony places hear.
where they did not have much earth, 17 For truly I tell you that many
and it immediately sprang up because prophets and righteous ones desired to
it had no deepness of earth. see what you see and did not see, and
6 And the sun rising, it was to hear what you hear and did not
scorched; and because of having no hear.
root, it was dried up. 18 But you hear the parable of the
7 And other fell on the thorn-bushes, seed,
and the thorn-bushes grew up and 19 everyone hearing the Word of the
choked them. kingdom, and not understanding, then
8 And other fell on the good ground the evil one comes and catches away
and yielded fruit; indeed, one a that which was sown in his heart. This
hundredfold, and one sixty, and one is that sown by the roadside.
thirty. 20 And that sown on the stony
9 The one having ears to hear, let places is this, the one hearing the
him hear. Word, and immediately receiving it
10 And coming near, the disciples with joy,
said to Him, Why do You speak to 21 But he has no root in him but is
them in parables? temporal. And when trouble or
11 And answering, He said to them, persecution comes, he is quickly
Because it has been given to you to offended because of the word.
know the mysteries of the kingdom of 22 And that sown into the thorn
Heaven, but it has not been given to bushes1 is this the one hearing the
those. Word, and the cares of this world, and
12 For whoever has, to him will be the deceit of riches, choke the Word,
given, and he will have and it becomes unfruitful.
overabundance. But whoever does not 23 But that sown on the good ground
have, even what he has will be taken is this the one hearing the Word, and
from him. understanding it, who indeed bears
13 Because of this, I speak to them in and yields fruit, one truly a
parables, because seeing they do not hundredfold, and one sixty, and one
see, and hearing they do not hear, nor thirty.
do they understand. 24 He put before them another
14 And the prophecy of Isaiah is parable, saying The kingdom of
fulfilled on them, which says, "In Heaven is compared to a man sowing
hearing you will hear and in no way good seed in his fields.
understand, and seeing you will see 25 But while the men were sleeping,
yet in no way perceive. an enemy came and sowed tares in the
15 For hardened is the heart of this
1 Jer 4:3, Hos 10:12-13.
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midst of the wheat, and went away. disciples came to Him saying, Explain
26 And when the blade sprouted and to us the parable of the tares of the
produced fruit, then the tare also field.
appeared. 37 And answering, He said to them,
27 And coming near, the slaves of The One sowing the good seed is the
the house Master said to him, Sir, did Son of Man.
you not sow good seed in your field? 38 And the field is the world; and
Then from where does it have the the good seed, these are the sons of the
tares? kingdom; but the tares are the sons of
28 And he said to them, A man, an the evil one.
enemy did this. And the slaves said to 39 And the enemy who sowed them
him, do you desire, then, that going is the Devil, and the harvest is the end
out we should gather them? of the age, and the cherubs are the
29 But he said, No, lest gathering the reapers.
tares you should uproot the wheat 40 Then as the tares1 are gathered
with them. and are consumed in the fire, so it will
30 Allow both to grow together until be in the completion of this age.
the harvest. And in the time of the 41 The Son of Man will send forth
harvest I will say to the reapers, First His cherubs, and they will gather out
gather the tares, and bind them into of His kingdom all stumbling blocks,
bundles to burn them, but gather the and those who practice lawlessness2.
wheat into my granary. 42 And they will throw them into the
31 He spoke another parable furnace of fire; there will be weeping
figuratively to them and said. The and gnashing of the teeth.
kingdom of Heaven is compared to a 43 Then the righteous will shine out
grain of mustard, which taking, a man like the sun in the kingdom of their
sowed in his field; (Isa 60:22) Father. The one having ears to hear,
32 And it is smaller than all the let him hear. (Mal 4:2)
small seeds, but when it grows, it is 44 Again, the kingdom of Heaven is
greater than all the small herbs, and compared to treasure being hidden in
becomes a tree so that the birds of the field, which finding, a man hid;
heaven come and nest in its branches. and for the joy of it, he goes and sells
33 He spoke another parable to all things, as many as he has, and buys
them, The kingdom of Heaven is that field.
compared to leaven, which taking, a 45 Again, the kingdom of Heaven is
woman hid in three measures of meal compared to a man, a merchant
until the whole was leavened. seeking excellent pearls;
34 Yahshua spoke all these things in 46 who finding one very precious
parables to the crowds, and He did not pearl, going away has sold all things,
speak to them without a parable,
35 So might be fulfilled the thing 1 Wheat and tares look alike when they are
small but when they come to maturity the
which was spoken through the prophet
stalk filled with grain will bow in
who said. "I will open my mouth with reverence, where the empty tare will stand
parables and will bring out secrets that straight up, showing the difference of
were from before the foundation of the humility and pride.
world." (Psa 78:2,3) 2 All those who are against the Torah and
36 Then sending away the crowds, practice lawlessness will be removed from
Yahshua came into the house. And His the Kingdom and thrown into the Lake of
Fire.
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came near to Him saying, The place is come to You on the waters.
deserted, and the hour is already gone 29 And He said, Come! And going
by. Dismiss the crowds, that going down from the boat, Peter walked on
away into the villages they may buy the waters to go to Yahshua.
food for themselves. 30 But seeing the wind strong, he
16 But Yahshua said to them, They was afraid, and beginning to sink, he
have no need to go away. You give cried out, saying, Master, save me!
them food to eat. 31 And immediately stretching out
17 But they said to Him, We have the hand, Yahshua took hold of him,
nothing here except five loaves and and said to him, Oh you of little-faith,
two fish. why did you doubt me?
18 And He said, Bring them here to 32 And coming into the boat, the
Me. wind quieted down.
19 And commanding the crowds to 33 And those in the boat came and
recline on the grass, and taking the worshiped Him, saying, Truly, You are
five loaves and two fish, gazing up to the Son of Elohim.
Heaven, He blessed. And breaking, He 34 And having passed over, they
gave the loaves to the disciples, and came to the land of Gennesar.
the disciples gave to the crowds. 35 And recognizing Him, the men of
20 And all ate and were satisfied. that place sent to all that region, and
And they took up the remnant of the brought to Him all those badly ill.
fragments, twelve baskets full. 36 And they begged Him that they
21 And the ones eating were about might touch the fringe (tassel) of His
five thousand men, besides women robe. And as many as touched were
and children. cured.
22 And immediately Yahshua made
His disciples get into a boat and to go Chapter 15
before Him to the other side until He
should dismiss the crowds. 1 Then the scribes and Pharisees
23 And having dismissed the crowds, came to Yahshua from Jerusalem,
He went up into the mountain alone to saying,
pray. And evening coming on, He was 2 Why do Your disciples transgress
there alone. the tradition of the elders? For they do
24 But the boat was now in the not wash their hands when they eat
middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, bread1.
for the wind was against it. 3 But answering He said to them,
25 But in the fourth watch of the Why do you also transgress the
night, Yahshua went out to them, commandment of YAHWEH on
walking on the sea. account of your tradition?
26 And seeing Him walking on the 4 For YAHWEH commanded, saying,
sea, the disciples were troubled, "Honor your father and mother," (Exo
saying, It is a false vision! And they 20:12, Deu 5:16) and, "The one
cried out from the fear. speaking evil of father or mother, let
27 But immediately Yahshua spoke him be put to death." (Exo 21:17)
to them, saying, Be comforted! I AM! 5 But you say any one who says to a
Do not fear.
28 And answering Him, Peter said, 1 The Pharisees had a specific way of
Master, if it is You, command me to washing the hands up to the elbow that was
merely a tradition.
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reveal it to you, but My Father in man to come in the glory of his Father.
Heaven. And then with his holy cherubs he will
18 And I also say to you that you are reward each man according to his
Peter1, and on this rock I will build My work. (Psa 62:12)
assembly, and the gates of Hades will 28 Truly I say to you, There are men
not prevail against her. standing here who will not taste of
19 And I will give to you the keys of death, never, until they see the Son of
the kingdom of Heaven. And whatever Man coming in His kingdom2.
you bind on earth shall occur, having
been bound in Heaven. And whatever Chapter 17
you may loose on the earth shall be,
having been loosed in Heaven. 1 And after six days, Yahshua took
20 Then He warned His disciples Peter and Jacob, and his brother John,
that they should tell no one that He is and brought them up into a high
Yahshua the Messiah. mountain3 privately. (Mar 9:1-9)
21 From that time onward, Yahshua 2 And He was transfigured before
began to show to His disciples that it them, and His face shone like the sun,
was necessary for Him to go away to and His clothing became white as the
Jerusalem, and to suffer many things light.
from the elders and chief priests and 3 And, behold! Moses and Elijah
scribes, and to be killed, and to be appeared to them, talking with Him.
raised on the third day. 4 And answering, Peter said to
22 And having taken Him near, Yahshua, Master, it is good for us to be
Peter began to rebuke Him, saying, here. If You desire, let us make three
Far be it from you, my Master that this shelters here, one for You, one for
should happen to you. Moses, and one for Elijah.
23 But turning He said to Peter, Go 5 While he was yet speaking, behold,
behind Me, Satan! You are an offense a radiant cloud overshadowed them.
to Me, for you do not think of the And, behold, a voice out of the cloud
things of YAHWEH, but the things of saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, in
men. whom I have been delighting; hear
24 Then Yahshua said to His Him. (Psa 2:7, Gen 22:2, Isa 42:1,
disciples, If anyone desires to come Deu 18:15)
after Me, let him deny himself, and let 6 And hearing, the disciples fell on
him bear his torture stake, and let him their face and were greatly terrified.
follow Me. 7 And coming near, Yahshua touched
25 For whoever may desire to save them and said, Rise up, and do not be
his life will lose it. But whoever may terrified.
lose his life for My sake will find it. 8 And lifting up their eyes, they did
26 For what will a man be benefited not see anyone except Yahshua alone.
if he should gain the whole world, but 2 The very next thing that happens is the
forfeits his soul? Or what will a man transfiguration where the disciples got to
give as an exchange for his soul? see a vision of Yahshua coming in The
27 For it is necessary for the Son of Kingdom of YHWH.
3 This story is told right after coming from
1 Peter means small pebble and Petra means Caesarea Phillipi, which is on the northern
rock. The rock referred to is Yahshua and border, so the High mountain for the
the assembly is built on the belief of Him transfiguration is most likely Mount
being the Messiah and Son of YHWH. Hermon.
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9 And as they were coming down say to you, If you have faith as a grain
from the mountain, Yahshua charged of mustard, you will say to this
them, saying, Tell the vision1 to no one mountain, Move from here to there!
until the Son of Man is raised from the And it will move. And not a thing shall
dead. prevail over you.
10 And His disciples asked Him, 21 But this kind does not go out
saying, Why then do the scribes say except by prayer and fasting.
that Elijah must come first? 22 And while they were walking in
11 And answering, Yahshua said to Galilee, Yahshua said to them, The
them, Elijah indeed will come first so Son of Man is about to be delivered
that all things might be fulfilled2. into the hands of men.
12 But I say to you, behold, Elijah 23 And they will kill Him, and on the
has come, and they did not know him, third day He will be raised. And they
but did to him whatever they desired. grieved exceedingly. (Mat 20:18-19)
So also the Son of Man is about to 24 And when they came to
suffer by them. Capernaum, those who were collecting
13 Then the disciples understood two coins for each head for the head
that He spoke to them about John the tax said to Peter, Your master did not
Baptist. give his two coins.
14 And they having come toward the 25 He said, Yes. And when he
crowd, a man came near to Him, entered into the house, Yahshua
kneeling down to Him, and saying, anticipated him, saying, What do you
15 Master, pity my son. For he has a think, Simon? From whom do the
demon and is afflicted. For he often kings of the earth receive tribute and
falls into the fire, and often into the head tax? From their sons or from
water. strangers?
16 And I brought him to Your 26 Peter said to Him, From
disciples, and they were not able to strangers. Yahshua said to him, Then
heal him. truly the sons are free.
17 And answering, Yahshua said, O 27 But that we may not offend them,
faithless and crooked generation! going to the sea, throw in a hook and
Until when shall I be with you? Until take the first fish coming up. And
when shall I bear with you? Bring him opening its mouth, you will find a coin.
here to Me. Taking that, give to them for you and
18 And Yahshua rebuked it, and the Me.
demon came out from him; and the
boy was healed from that moment. Chapter 18
19 Then coming up to Yahshua
privately, the disciples said, Why were 1 In that hour the disciples came to
we not able to cast him out? Yahshua, saying, Who then is greater
20 And Yahshua said to them, in the kingdom of Heaven?
Because of your unbelief. For truly I 2 And having called forward a little
1 Clearly this was only a vision and Moses
child, Yahshua set him in their midst.
and Eliyah were not really with Yahshua. 3 And He said, Truly I say to you,
2 Yahshua both confirms that someone later Unless you are converted and become
in the end times will come in the power and as the little children, not at all can you
spirit of Eliyah (Mal 4:5) and also that John enter into the kingdom of Heaven.
the Baptist also fulfilled being the for- 4 Then whoever will humble himself
runner for Yahshua's first coming.
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as this little child, this one is the fault, go rebuke him, between you and
greater in the kingdom of Heaven. him alone. If he listens to you, you
5 And whoever will receive one such have won your brother. (Lev 5:1)
little child in My name receives Me. 16 But if he does not hear, take one
6 But whoever causes one of these or two more with you, "so that on the
little ones believing in Me to offend, it mouth of two or three witnesses every
is better for him that a millstone of a word may be established2." (Deu
donkey1 be hung on his neck, and he 19:15)
be sunk in the depth of the sea. 17 But if he fails to hear them, tell it
7 Woe to the world from its offenses! to the congregation. And if he also fails
It is a necessity for the offenses to to hear the congregation, let him be to
come, yet woe to that man through you as a tax collector and a heathen3.
whom the offense comes! 18 Truly I say to you, Whatever you
8 And if your hand or your foot cause bind on the earth will be, having been
to stumble, cut it off and cast it away bound in Heaven. And whatever you
from you. For it is better to enter into loose on the earth will be, having been
life lame, or while you are maimed, loosed in Heaven.
than while you have two hands or two 19 Again I say to you, If two of you
feet to fall into the fire that is agree4 on earth as to anything,
everlasting. whatever they shall ask, it shall be to
9 And if your eye causes you to them from My Father in Heaven.
stumble, pluck it out and cast it away 20 For where two or three are
from you, for it is better for you that assembled together in My name, there
with one eye you enter into life than I am also among them.
while you have two eyes to fall into the 21 Then, Peter drew near to Him and
fire of Gehenna. said, My Master, how many times
10 See that you do not despise one of should I forgive my brother with me
these little ones, for I tell you that their who is at fault. Should I forgive him up
cherubs in Heaven continually look on to seven times?
the face of My Father in Heaven. 22 Yahshua said to him, I do not say
11 For the Son of Man has come to to you, until seven times, but rather
save that which was lost. 2 The witnesses are people who have actually
12 What do you think? If there be to witnessed the fault. If we have not
any man a hundred sheep, and one of physically witnessed something, then we
them strays away, will he not leave the should not give idle opinions as this is
ninety-nine on the mountains, and gossip and condemned in Scripture.
having gone he seeks the one having 3 This is not a democratic process, but since
strayed? the person has refused to listen to the first
13 And if he happens to find it, truly person and also the witnesses, now it is
I say to you that he rejoices over it simply the formality to inform the
more than over the ninety-nine not congregation that the person has been
separated until repentance is made. The
having gone astray.
separation is both to protect the
14 So it is not the will before your congregation from the sinful, unrepentant
Father in Heaven that one of these person, and also an act of love toward the
little ones should perish. sinner, as if he is not held accountable for
15 And if your brother with you is at the sin and does not repent, then he is in
danger of losing his eternal life.
1 Donkeys were used to turn millstones for 4 In Aramaic this word can also mean to be
crushing grain as well as olives for oil. worthy.
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charge of adultery, and shall marry Yahshua said, "You shall not commit
another, that one commits adultery. murder, nor commit adultery, nor
And the one who marries the divorced steal, nor give false witness,
woman commits adultery1. 19 honor your father and your
10 His disciples said to him, "If such mother," and, "You shall love your
is the difficulty between husband and neighbor as yourself." (Exo 20:12-16,
wife, it is not worthwhile to take a Lev 19:18, Deu 5:16-20)
wife2. 20 The young man said to Him, All
11 But He said to them, Not every these things I have kept from my
man can apply this Word to himself, youth. What do I still lack?
but only he to whom it is given. 21 Yahshua said to him, If you desire
12 For there are eunuchs who were to be perfect, go sell your property and
born thus from their mother's womb, give to the poor, and you will have
and there are eunuchs who were made treasure in Heaven; and come, follow
eunuchs by men, and there are Me4.
eunuchs who made eunuchs of 22 But having heard the Word, being
themselves for the sake of the grieved, the young man went away, for
kingdom of Heaven. He who is able to he had many possessions.
understand, let him understand it. 23 And Yahshua said to His
13 Then little children were brought disciples, Truly I say to you that a rich
to Him, that He might lay hands on man will with great difficulty enter
them and might pray. But the disciples into the kingdom of Heaven.
rebuked them. 24 And again I say to you, It is easier
14 But Yahshua said, Allow the little for a heavy rope5 to pass through a
children and do not hinder them to needle's eye, than for a rich man to
come to Me, for of such is the kingdom enter the kingdom of YAHWEH.
of Heaven. 25 And His disciples were
15 And laying hands on them, He exceedingly astonished when they
went away from there. heard this, saying, Who then is able to
16 And, behold, coming near, one gain eternal life?
said to Him, Good Teacher, what good 3 The question and answer are very simple: in
thing shall I do that I may have eternal order to receive eternal life one is required
life? to keep and obey the 10 commandments.
17 And He said to him, Why do you 4 In a Kingdom, the King owns everything
call Me good? No one is good except and although someone need not have guilt
One, YAHWEH! But if you desire to for being blessed with physical possessions,
enter into life, keep the they must also realize that those possessions
commandments3. are not theirs and are only in their
18 He said to Him, Which? And possession for the furtherance of the
Kingdom of YHWH. Psa 24:1.
1 Nowhere in Scripture does YHWH condone 5 In Aramaic the words for camel and heavy
divorce and Yahshua clearly states that if rope are similar “Gamla” and “Gamala”,
one leaves their covenant spouse and only differentiated by a vowel point which
marries another it is considered adultery the Greek translator missed. Yahshua was
and if someone marries a divorced person making the point that a heavy rope could
both parties are committing adultery. not go through the needle but if you took it
2 To the disciples, Yahshua's view was so apart strand by strand one strand could go
rigid that they thought it better not to marry. through, showing the rich man that he
This clearly shows that He was not teaching needed to distribute his possessions for the
a watered down, easy out divorce policy. Kingdom.
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Yahshua said to them, Truly I say to wonder in our eyes?" (Psa 118:22, 23)
you, the tax collectors and the harlots 43 Because of this I say to you, The
go before you into the kingdom of kingdom of YAHWEH will be taken
YAHWEH. from you, and it will be given to a
32 For John came to you in the way people who produce fruits. (Joh 15:8)
of righteousness, and you did not 44 And he who falls on this Stone
believe him. But the tax-collectors and will be broken; but on whomever It
the harlots believed him. And having falls, It will destroy him. (Dan 2:44)
seen you did not repent afterward to 45 And hearing His parables, the
believe him. chief priests and the Pharisees knew
33 Hear another parable, There was that He was speaking about them.
a certain man, a house Master, who 46 And seeking to lay hold of Him,
planted a vineyard and placed a hedge they feared the crowds, because they
around it; and He dug a winepress in held Him as a prophet.
it, and built a tower. And He rented it
to vinedressers and left the country. Chapter 22
(Isa 5:1- 2)
34 And when the season of the fruits 1 And answering, Yahshua again
came, He sent His slaves to the spoke to them in parables, saying
vinedressers to receive His fruits. 2 The kingdom of Heaven is
35 And the vinedressers, taking His compared to a man, a king, who made
slaves, they beat this one, and they a wedding feast for his son.
killed one, and they stoned another. 3 And he sent his slaves to call those
36 Again He sent other slaves, more being invited to the wedding feast, but
than the first. And they did the same they did not desire to come.
to them. 4 Again, he sent other slaves, saying,
37 And lastly, He sent His Son to Tell the ones invited, behold, I have
them saying perhaps they might be prepared my supper; my oxen, and the
ashamed before my Son. fatlings are killed, and all things ready;
38 But seeing the Son, the come to the wedding feast.
vinedressers said among themselves, 5 But they sneered at it and they
This is the heir. Come, let us kill Him went away, one to his own field, and
and possess His inheritance. one to his trading.
39 And taking Him, they threw Him 6 And the rest, seizing his slaves,
out of the vineyard and killed Him. mocked and killed them.
40 Therefore, when the Master of 7 And hearing the king became
the vineyard comes, what will He do to angry. And sending his armies, he
those vinedressers? destroyed those murderers and
41 They were saying to Him, "He will burned their city.
savagely destroy them and He will 8 Then he said to his slaves, Indeed,
lease the vineyard to other laborers, the wedding feast is ready, but those
those who will give to Him the fruit in invited were not worthy.
its season." 9 Then go onto the exits of the
42 Yahshua said to them, Did you highways and call to the wedding feast
never read in the Scriptures, "the as many as you may find.
Stone which the builders rejected, this 10 And going out into the highways,
One became the Head of the Corner? those slaves gathered all, as many as
This was from YAHWEH, and it is a they found, both evil and good. And
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the wedding feast was filled with 22 And hearing, they marveled. And
reclining guests. leaving Him, they went away.
11 And the king coming in to look 23 On that day, Sadducees, who say
over those reclining, he saw a man there is no resurrection, came to Him.
there not having been dressed in a And they questioned Him,
wedding garment. 24 saying, Teacher, Moses said, if
12 And he said to him, Friend, how any should die not having children, his
did you come in here, not having a brother shall marry his wife, and shall
wedding garment? But he was raise up seed to his brother. (Deu
speechless. (Rev 19:7-8) 25:5)
13 Then the king said to the servants, 25 Now there were among us seven
Binding his feet and hands, take him brothers. The first took a wife and
away and throw him out into the outer died. And because he had no sons, he
darkness. There shall be weeping and left his wife to his brother.
gnashing of the teeth. 26 In the same way also the second,
14 For many are called, but few and the third, until the seven.
chosen. 27 And last of all, the woman also
15 Then going, the Pharisees took died.
counsel so as they might trap Him in 28 Then in the resurrection, of
words. which of the seven will she be wife?
16 And they sent to Him their For all had her.
disciples with the Herodians, saying, 29 And answering, Yahshua said to
Teacher, we know that You are true, them, You err, not knowing the
and teach the way of YAHWEH in Scriptures nor the power of YAHWEH.
truth, and it does not concern You 30 For in the resurrection of the
about anyone, for You do not look to dead, men do not marry women, nor
the face of men. are women given to husbands. Rather,
17 Then tell us, what do You think? they are as the cherubs of YAHWEH in
Is it lawful to give the head tax to Heaven.
Caesar, or not? 31 But concerning the resurrection
18 But knowing their wickedness, of the dead, have you not read that
Yahshua said, Why do you tempt Me, spoken to you by YAHWEH, saying
hypocrites1? 32 "I am the Elohim of Abraham,
19 Show Me the tribute coin. And and the Elohim of Isaac, and the
they brought a denarius to Him.
Elohim of Jacob?" YAHWEH is not
20 And He said to them, Whose
Elohim of the dead, but of the living.
image and inscription is this?
(Exo 3:6)
21 They said to Him, Caesar's. Then
33 And hearing, the crowds were
He said to them, then give to Caesar
astonished at His teaching.
the things of Caesar, and to Elohim the
34 But hearing that He had silenced
things of Elohim.
the Sadducees, the Pharisees were
1 This was a trick question that seemed to gathered together.
condemn Yahshua with any answer, for if 35 And one of them, a lawyer,
He said to pay Caesar, then the Jews would questioned Him, testing Him, and
have condemned Him for paying to aid the
saying,
fight against fellow Jews. As where if He
36 Teacher, which is the great
said do not pay Caesar, then he is being set
up to be causing insurrection against the commandment in the Torah?
state. His answer was the perfect answer. 37 And Yahshua said to him, "You
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shall love YAHWEH your Elohim with works, for they talk, and do not do1.
all your heart, and with all your soul, 4 For they bind heavy and hard to
and with all your mind." (Deu 6:5) bear burdens, and lay them on the
38 This is the first and great shoulders of men, but they do not
commandment. desire to move them with their finger.
39 And the second is like it "You 5 And they do all their works to be
shall love your neighbor as yourself." seen by men. And they widen their
(Lev 19:18) tefillin2 and lengthen the tekhelet
40 On these two commandments all (blue string in the tassel) of their
the Torah and the Prophets hang. robes.
41 But the Pharisees having been 6 And they love the chief places at
gathered, Yahshua questioned them, festivals and the chief seats at the
42 saying, What do you think about synagogue.
the Messiah? Whose son is He? They 7 And the greetings in the markets,
say to Him, David's. and to be called by men, Rabboni,
43 He said to them, Then how does Rabboni.
David in Spirit call Him Adonai, 8 But do not you be called Rabboni 3
saying, for One is your Great One, the
44 "YAHWEH said to my Adonai, sit Messiah, and you are all brothers.
off My right until I should put Your 9 And call no one your father on
enemies as a footstool under Your earth, for One is your Father, the One
feet?" (Psa 110:1) in Heaven.
45 Then if David calls Him Adonai, 10 Nor be called master, for One is
how is He, His Son? your Master, the Messiah.
46 And no one was able to answer 11 But he who is greater of you, let
Him a word, nor did anyone dare from him be your servant.
that day to question Him any more. 12 And whoever will exalt himself
shall be humbled, and whoever will
Chapter 23 humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But woe to you, scribes and
1 Then Yahshua spoke to the crowd 1 The seat of Moses was a chair that was
and to His disciples, stationed in the center of the Synagogue and
2 saying, The scribes and the used by the person who was teaching from
Pharisees have sat down on Moses' the Torah. What Yahshua is saying is when
seat. the scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’s seat
3 Then all things, whatever he and read the Torah, listen to Moses, whom
(Moses) tells you to keep, keep and do. they are reading, but do not follow their
actions as they do not practice what they are
But do not do according to their
teaching. They have actually uncovered a
seat of Moses from ancient times in the
Synagogue in Korazim.
2 The Hebrew root of this word is prayer. In
the Greek translation they use the word
Phylactery, which became a borrowed word
from Greek to Hebrew about the 3rd to 4th
century. By the Aramaic using this word
here proves the Aramaic must have been
written before the Greek translation.
3 In Hebrew Rabbi means teacher, but in
Aramaic “Raboni” means my great one.
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Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up 24 Blind guides, straining out the
the kingdom of Heaven before men; gnat, but swallowing the camel!
for you do not enter, nor do you allow 25 Woe to you, scribes and
those entering to go in. Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse
14 Woe to you, scribes and the outside of the cup and of the dish,
Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour but within they are full of extortion
the houses of widows, and pray at and iniquity.
length as a pretext. Because of this you 26 Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the
will receive more abundant judgment. inside of the cup and of the dish, that
15 Woe to you, scribes and the outside of them may become clean
Pharisees, hypocrites! For you go also.
about the sea and the dry land to make 27 Woe to you, scribes and
one proselyte; and when he has Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like
become so, you make him twofold whitened graves which outwardly
more a son of Gehenna than indeed appear beautiful, but within
yourselves. are full of bones of the dead, and of all
16 Woe to you, blind guides, who uncleanness.
say, Whoever swears by the Holy 28 So you also indeed outwardly
Place, it is nothing; but whoever appear righteous to men, but within
swears by the gold of the Holy Place is are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
a debtor. 29 Woe to you, scribes and
17 Fools and blind! For which is Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build
greater, the gold, or the Holy Place the tombs of the prophets, and adorn
that sanctifies the gold? the tombs of the righteous.
18 And you say, Whoever swears by 30 And you say, If we had been in
the altar, it is nothing; but whoever the days of our fathers, we would not
swears by the gift on it, he is a debtor. have been partakers with them in the
19 Fools and blind! For which is blood of the prophets.
greater, the gift, or the altar that 31 So you witness to yourselves that
sanctifies the gift? you are the sons of those who
20 Then the one swearing by the murdered the prophets.
altar swears by it, and by all things on 32 And you fill up the measure of
it. your fathers.
21 And the one swearing by the Holy 33 Serpents! Offspring of vipers!
Place swears by it, and by the One How shall you escape the judgment of
dwelling in it. Gehenna?
22 And the one swearing by Heaven 34 Because of this, behold, I send to
swears by the throne of YAHWEH, and you prophets and wise ones and
by the One sitting on it. scribes. And some of them you will kill
23 Woe to you, scribes and and crucify, and some of them you will
Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay scourge in your synagogues and will
tithes of mint and dill and cumin, and persecute from city to city;
you have left aside the weightier 35 so that should come on you all the
matters of the Torah, judgment, and righteous blood poured out on the
mercy, and faith. And these things earth, from the blood of righteous Abel
were necessary for you to have done, to the blood of Zechariah the son of
and these things you should not have Berechiah whom you murdered
forgotten.
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between the Holy Place and the altar1. nation and kingdom against kingdom;
36 Truly I say to you, All these things and there will be famines and plagues
will come on this generation. and earthquakes against many places.
37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one 8 But all these are a beginning of
killing the prophets and stoning those sorrows.
sent to her. How often I desired to 9 Then they will deliver you up to
gather your children in the way a bird affliction, and will kill you, and you
gathers her chicks under her wings! will be hated by all nations because of
And you did not desire it. My name.
38 Behold, "your house is left to you 10 And then many will be offended,
desolate." (Jer 22:5) and they will deliver up one another
39 For I say to you, In no way shall and will hate one another.
you see Me from now on, until you say, 11 And many false prophets will be
"Blessed is He who comes in the name raised and will deceive many.
of YAHWEH." (Psa 118:26) 12 And because lawlessness shall
have been multiplied, the love of the
Chapter 24 many will grow cold.
13 But the one who endures to the
1 And going out, Yahshua left the end, that one will have eternal life.
sanctuary. And His disciples came to 14 And this good news of the
show Him the construction of the Kingdom shall be published in all the
sanctuary. earth for a testimony to all the nations,
2 But Yahshua said to them, Do you and then the end will come.
not see all these things? Truly I say to 15 And when you see the sign of
you, There will not at all be left one uncleanness and desolation, that was
stone on a stone which in no way will spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
not be thrown down. which will stand in the holy place. He
3 And as He was sitting on the that reads let him understand. (Dan
Mount of Olives, the disciples came to 11:31, Dan 12:11)
Him privately, saying, Tell us, when 16 Then let those in Judea flee into
will these things be? And, what is the the mountains;
sign of Your coming and of the end of 17 the one on the roof, let him not go
the age? down to take anything out of his
4 And answering, Yahshua said to house;
them, See that no man deceives you. 18 and the one in the field, let him
5 For many will come in My name, not turn back to take his garment.
saying, I am the Messiah. And they 19 But woe to the ones having a child
will cause many to be deceived. in womb, and to those nursing in those
6 For you are bound to hear of days!
revolutions and rumor of wars. Watch 20 And pray that your flight will not
out and do not be disturbed, for it is occur in winter nor on the Sabbath.
necessary that all these things happen, 21 For there will be great suffering,
but it is not yet the end. such as has not happened from the
7 For nation will be raised against beginning of the world until now, no,
nor ever will be.
1 This is a reference from Genesis, the first 22 And except those days were
book of the Bible to 2 Chronicles, the last shortened, not any flesh would live.
book of the Old Testament in the original But on account of the chosen, those
order.
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servant whom his Master has set over 10 But they going away to buy, the
His household, to give to them the bridegroom came1. And those ready
food in season? went in with him to the wedding feast,
46 Blessed is that servant whom his and the door was shut.
Master shall find so doing when He 11 And afterwards, the rest of the
comes. virgins also came, saying, Master,
47 Truly I say to you, He will set him Master, open to us.
over all He owns. 12 But answering, he said, Truly I
48 But if that wicked slave says in say to you, I do not know you.
his heart, My Master delays to come, 13 Therefore, be alert, for you do not
49 and begins to beat his fellow know the day nor the hour in which
servants, and to eat and to drink with the Son of Man comes.
the ones drinking, 14 For it is like a man who went on a
50 The master of that slave will journey. He called his servants and
come in a day in which he does not delivered his possessions to them.
expect and in an hour which he does 15 And to one indeed he gave five
not know, talents, and to another, two, and to
51 and will cut him in two, and will another, one, to each according to his
appoint his portion with the ability. And he went immediately on
hypocrites. There will be weeping and his journey.
gnashing of the teeth. 16 And going, the one who received
the five talents worked with them and
Chapter 25 made another five talents.
17 In the same way, the one with the
1 Then the kingdom of Heaven shall two also did; he also gained another
be compared to ten virgins who taking two.
their lamps, went out to a meeting of 18 But going away, the one who
the bridegroom and the bride. received the one dug in the earth and
2 And five of them were wise, and hid his Master's silver.
five foolish. 19 And after much time, the master
3 Those being foolish, taking their of those slaves came and took account
lamps, did not take oil with them. with them.
4 But the wise took oil in their 20 And coming up, the one who
vessels with their lamps. received five talents brought another
5 But the bridegroom delaying all five talents near, saying, Master, you
nodded and slept. delivered five talents to me. Behold, I
6 And at midnight, a cry occurred, gained another five talents above
Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go out them.
to meet him. 21 And his Master said to him, Well
7 Then all those virgins were aroused done, good and faithful slave. You
and prepared their lamps. were faithful over a few things; I will
8 And the foolish said to the wise, set you over many. Enter into the joy
Give us some of your oil, for our lamps 1 Today, many have gotten entangled with
are gone out. religious commercialism and have missed
9 But the wise answered, saying, No, the true Good News message of Yahshua. It
lest there not be enough for us and is interesting to note while the virgins with
you. But rather, go to those who sell no oil (Holy Spirit) are going out to buy
and buy for yourselves. from the marketers, the Bridegroom comes
and shuts them out.
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42 For I hungered, and you did not 8 But seeing, His disciples were
give Me a thing to eat. I thirsted and indignant, saying, For what is this
you did not give Me a thing to drink; waste?
43 I was a stranger, and you did not 9 For this ointment could have been
take Me in; naked, and you did not sold for much and be given to the
clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you poor.
did not visit Me. 10 But knowing, Yahshua said to
44 Then they also will answer Him, them, Why do you cause trouble to the
saying, Master, when did we see You woman? For she worked a good work
hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, toward Me.
or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did 11 For you always have the poor with
not minister to You? you, but you do not always have Me.
45 Then He will answer them, 12 For in putting this ointment on
saying, Truly I say to you, in so far as My body, she did it in order to bury
you did not do it to one of these, the Me.
least, neither did you do it to Me. 13 Truly I say to you, Wherever this
46 And these shall go away into good news is proclaimed in all the
everlasting punishment, but the world, what she did will be spoken of
righteous into everlasting life. for a memorial of her.
14 Then one of the twelve going to
Chapter 26 the chief priests, the one called Judas
Iscariot
1 And it happened, when Yahshua 15 said, What will you give to me,
finished all these sayings, He said to and I will deliver Him up to you? "And
His disciples, they weighed to him thirty silver
2 You know that the Passover is pieces." (Zec 11:12)
coming after two days, and the Son of 16 And from then he sought
Man is betrayed to be crucified. opportunity that he might betray Him.
3 Then the chief priests and the 17 And on the first day of the Feast of
scribes and the elders of the people Unleavened, the disciples came to
were assembled to the court of the Yahshua, saying to Him, Where do you
high priest, the one named Caiaphas. desire we should prepare for You to
4 And they plotted together in order eat the Passover?
that they might seize Yahshua by guile 18 And He said, Go into the city to a
and kill Him. certain one and say to him, our Master
5 But they said, Not during the Feast, says, My time has arrived; with you I
that there be no turmoil among the will prepare the Passover with My
people. disciples.
6 And Yahshua being in Bethany, in 19 And the disciples did as Yahshua
Simon the potter's house1, ordered them, and prepared the
7 a woman came to Him having an Passover.
alabaster vial of ointment, very 20 And evening having come, He
precious. And she poured it on His reclined with the Twelve.
head as He reclined. 21 And as they were eating, He said,
Truly I say to you that one of you will
1 The Aramaic word for potter is betray Me.
mistranslated for leper in the Greek, but a 22 And grieving exceedingly, they
leper could not own property, live in began to say to Him, each of them,
Jerusalem, or have guests at his house.
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clubs, from the chief priests and elders for false testimony against Yahshua, so
of the people. that they might put Him to death,
48 And the traitor gave them a sign, 60 but did not find any, even though
saying, Whomever I may kiss, it is He; there were many false witnesses
seize Him. coming forward, they did not find any.
49 And coming up at once to But at last, coming up two false
Yahshua, he said, Hail, Rabbi. And he witnesses
ardently kissed Him. 61 said, This One said, I am able to
50 But Yahshua said to him, Is it for destroy the sanctuary of Elohim, and
this reason you have come my friend? in three days to rebuild it.
Then coming up, they laid hands on 62 And standing up, the high priest
Yahshua and seized Him. said to Him, Do you answer nothing?
51 And, behold, one of those with What do these witness against you?
Yahshua, stretching out the hand, 63 But Yahshua kept silent. And
drew his sword and struck the slave of answering, the high priest said to Him,
the high priest and took off his ear1. I put You on oath by the living Elohim
52 Then Yahshua said to him, Put that You tell us if You are the Messiah,
your sword back into its place. For all the Son of Elohim.
who take the sword shall perish by a 64 Yahshua said to him, You said it.
sword. I tell you more. From this time you
53 Or do you think that I am not able shall see the Son of Man sitting off the
now to call on My Father, and He will right hand of YAHWEH in power, and
place beside Me more than twelve coming on the clouds of the heaven2.
legions of cherubs? (Psa 110:1, Dan 7:13)
54 How then should the Scriptures 65 Then the high priest tore his
be fulfilled, that it must happen this garments, saying, He blasphemed!
way? Why do we have any more need of
55 In that hour, Yahshua said to the witnesses? Behold, now you have
crowds, Have you come out to take Me heard His blasphemy.
with swords and clubs, as against a 66 What does it seem to you? And
bandit? I sat with you daily teaching in answering, they said, He is deserving
the sanctuary, and you did not lay of death3.
hands on Me. 67 Then they spat upon his face and
56 But all this is happening that the they were striking him on his head,
Scriptures of the prophets may be
fulfilled. Then all the disciples ran 2 This verse also proves the duality of the
away, forsaking Him. Yahweh family, as Yahshua right now today
57 And those who had seized is seated in heaven at the right hand of
Yahshua led Him away to Caiaphas the Yahweh the Father. Clearly, there are 2
high priest, where the scribes and the thrones with each sitting on a separate
elders were assembled. throne. Act 2:33, 1Pet 3:22, Act 7:55-56,
Heb 1:3. Heb 8:1, Heb 10:12, Eph 1:19-20.
58 And Peter followed Him from a
3 According to the Oral laws of the Jews if
distance, even to the court of the high Yahshua had blasphemed, then the penalty
priest. And going inside, he sat with would have been scourging, but if He
the under-officers to see the end. blasphemed using the sacred name YHWH,
59 And the chief priests and the then the penalty would be death. The fact
elders and the whole Sanhedrin looked that they quickly said He deserves death
shows the sacred name was uttered by
1 Joh 18:10 tells us this was Simon Peter. Yahshua in verse 64.
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and others were beating him. them into the treasury, since it is the
68 saying, Prophesy to us, Messiah. price of blood.
Who is the one striking You? 7 And taking counsel, they bought of
69 And Peter sat outside in the them the field of a potter, for burial for
courtyard. And one girl came near to strangers.
him, saying, And you were with 8 So that field was called Field of
Yahshua the Galilean. Blood until today.
70 But he denied before all, saying, I 9 Then was fulfilled that spoken
do not know what you say. through the prophet1, saying, And I
71 And he, going out into the porch, took the thirty pieces of silver, the
another saw him and said to those price of Him who had been priced, on
there, And this one was with Yahshua whom they of the sons of Israel set a
the Nazarene. price,
72 And again he denied with an oath, 10 and gave them for the field of a
I do not know the man. potter, as YAHWEH directed me. (Zec
73 And after a little, coming near, 11: 12, 13)
those standing by said to Peter, Truly 11 And Yahshua stood before the
you also are of them, for even your governor. And the governor
speech makes you known. questioned Him, saying, Are You the
74 Then he began to curse and to King of the Jews? And Yahshua said to
swear, I do not know the man. And him, You have said it.
immediately a cock crowed. 12 And when He was accused by the
75 And Peter recalled the word of chief priests and the elders, He
Yahshua, saying to him, Before a cock answered nothing.
crows, you will deny Me three times. 13 Then Pilate said to Him, Do You
And going out, he wept bitterly. not hear how many things they testify
against You?
Chapter 27 14 And He did not answer him, not
even to one word, so that the governor
1 And early morning occurring, all greatly marveled.
the chief priests and the elders of the 15 And at a feast, the governor
people took counsel together against customarily released one prisoner to
Yahshua, so as to put Him to death. the crowd, whom they wished.
2 And binding Him, they led Him 16 And they had then a notable
away and delivered Him to Pontius prisoner, Bar-Abba.2
Pilate the governor. 17 Then they, having been
3 Then Judas, the traitor, seeing that assembled, Pilate said to them, Whom
He was condemned, repenting, do you wish I may release to you,
returned the thirty pieces of silver to Barabbas, or Yahshua being called
the chief priests and the elders,
4 saying, I sinned, betraying 1 The Greek translation inadvertently puts the
name of the prophet as Jeremiah, but the
innocent blood. But they said, What is
Aramaic original simply says “the prophet”
it to us? You see to it. as this verse comes from Zec 11:12-13.
5 And tossing the silver pieces into 2 “Bar-Abbas” means son of the father and he
the sanctuary, he left. And going away was an earthly insurrectionist who wanted
he hanged himself. to take the kingdom by force. Interesting
6 And taking the pieces of silver, the enough his first name was also Yeshua and
chief priests said, It is not lawful to put the crowd chose him over Yahshua, the true
Son of the Father Yahweh.
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For He said, I am Son of Elohim. many bodies of the saints who had
44 And also the bandits crucified fallen asleep were raised.
with Him defamed Him, saying the 53 And coming forth out of the
same. tombs after His resurrection, they
45 And from the sixth hour there entered into the holy city and were
was darkness over all the land until seen by many3.
the ninth hour. 54 But the centurion and those with
46 And about the ninth hour, him guarding Yahshua, seeing the
Yahshua cried out with a loud voice, earthquake and the things taking
saying, Eli, Eli, lama shabakthani; that place, they feared exceedingly, saying,
is, My El, My El, why did You honor Truly this One was Son of Elohim.
Me to be here1? 55 And many women were there,
47 And hearing, some of those watching from afar off, those who
standing there said, This one calls followed Yahshua from Galilee,
Elijah. ministering to Him;
48 And at once, one of them running 56 among whom was Mariam
and taking a sponge, and filling it with Magdalene, and Mariam the mother of
"vinegar," put it on a reed and "gave Jacob and Hosea, and the mother of
drink to Him." (Psa 69:21) the sons of Zebedee.
49 But the rest said, Let it be; let us 57 And late afternoon having come, a
see if Elijah is coming to save Him. rich man from Arimathea (Joseph by
50 And crying again with a loud name) who also himself was a disciple
voice, Yahshua released His spirit. of Yahshua,
51 And, behold! The veil of the 58 coming up to Pilate, this one
sanctuary was torn into two from asked for the body of Yahshua. Then
above as far as below2. And the earth Pilate commanded the body to be
quaked, and the rocks were sheared! given.
52 And the tombs were opened, and 59 And taking the body, Joseph
wrapped it in a shroud of fine linen,
1 This verse has been greatly misquoted as
60 and he laid it in his new tomb
the original Aramaic can mean to forsake in
a bad way, but also can mean to leave in a
which was hewn in rock. And they
good way, such as if you were an owner of rolled a large boulder and they placed
a company and had to go away and left it upon the entrance of the tomb. And
someone very trusted to care for your they departed.
business while you were gone. From Isa 61 And there was Mariam
63:1-9, we see that only Messiah qualified Magdalene and the other Mariam,
to redeem Israel and it is stating here the sitting across from the grave.
honor given to Him for His perfect life and
sacrifice. 3 These were people who believed in Yahshua
2 In the first covenant only Levi was able to as the Messiah but died during His 3 year
enter the sanctuary of Yahweh as they were ministry. Since only those who have the
priests representing the other tribes, but spirit of YHWH will be first-fruits in the
now by the death of Messiah and fulfilling first resurrection (Rom 8:9-11) and the Holy
the payment of sin in the first covenant, it Spirit had not been given yet, these people
opened the way for the new covenant where were simply resurrected the same as
all are training to be Melchizedek priests Lazarus was as a physical being so they
and now have access to the throne of could receive the Holy Spirit on Shavuot
YHWH by their prayers, which are and then, they died later (Heb 9:27) and are
represented by the altar of incense, awaiting the Resurrection as all other true
Rev 8:3-4. believers.
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26 And the unclean spirit threw him nearby, for I will also preach there. I
down, and crying out with a loud have come for this reason.
voice, came out of him. 39 And He was proclaiming in their
27 And all of them were astonished synagogues in all Galilee, and casting
and were asking each other and out the demons.
saying, And what is this new teaching? 40 And a leper came to Him,
For with authority He even commands begging Him, and falling on his knees
unclean spirits, and they obey Him. to Him, and saying to Him, If You
28 And His fame went out at once desire, You are able to make me clean.
into all the Galilean neighborhood. 41 And being moved with pity,
29 And at once going out of the reaching out the hand, Yahshua
synagogue, they came into the house touched him, and said to him, I am
of Simon and Andrew, with Jacob and willing. Be made clean!
John. 42 And He having spoken, instantly
30 And the mother-in-law of Simon the leprosy departed from him, and he
was ill with a fever. And at once they was made clean.
spoke to Him about her. 43 And strictly warning him, He at
31 And coming near, He raised her once put him out,
up, holding her hand. And the fever 44 and said to him, See, tell no one a
left her instantly, and she served them. thing, but go show yourself to the
32 And evening coming, when the priest, and offer what Moses directed
sun set1, they brought to Him all those concerning your cleansing, for a
having illness and those having been testimony to them.
demon-possessed. 45 But going out he began to
33 And the whole city was gathered proclaim much, and to spread about
at the door. the matter, so that He no longer could
34 And He healed many who had openly enter into a city. But He was
illness of various diseases. And He cast outside in deserted places. And they
out many demons, and He did not came to Him from every place.
allow the demons to speak, because
they knew Him. Chapter 2
35 And rising up quite early in the
night, He went out and went away into 1 And again He entered into
a deserted place. And He was praying Capernaum after some days. And it
there. was heard that He was in the house.
36 And Simon and those with Him 2 And at once many were gathered,
searched for Him. so as none any longer had room, not
37 And finding Him, they said to even to the door. And He spoke the
Him, All are seeking You. Word to them.
38 And when they found Him they 3 And they came to Him carrying a
said to Him, All the people are looking paralytic, being carried by four.
for you. He said to them, Walk into the 4 And not being able to draw near to
villages and into the cities that are Him, due to the crowd, they unroofed
1 The Biblical day is from sunset to sunset the roof where He was. And digging
(Lev 23:32), so since the Pharisees were through, they lowered the cot on
rebuking the people for being healed on the which the paralytic was lying.
Sabbath day, they waited till after sunset, 5 And seeing their faith, Yahshua
which would have been the beginning of the said to the paralytic, Child, your sins
first day of the week.
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priest and he ate of the bread of the 9 And He spoke to His disciples that
table of YAHWEH which was not a small boat should stay near to Him
lawful to eat except for the priests. 1 because of the crowd that they might
And he even gave to those who were not press upon Him.
with him? 10 For He healed many, so that they
27 And He said to them, The fell on Him, that they might touch
Sabbath came into being for man's Him, as many as had plagues.
sake, not man for the Sabbath’s sake. 11 And when the unclean spirits saw
28 So then the Son of Man is Master Him, they fell down before Him, and
of the Sabbath also. cried out, saying, You are the Son of
Elohim!
Chapter 3 12 And He warned them very much
that they should not reveal Him.
1 And again He entered into the 13 And He went up into the
synagogue. And there was a man who mountain, and He called near whom
had a withered hand. He desired. And they went to Him.
2 And they watched Him, whether 14 And He ordained twelve, that they
He will heal him on the Sabbath, that might be with Him; and that He might
they might accuse Him. send them to proclaim,
3 And He said to the man who had 15 and to have authority to heal
the withered hand, Rise up into the diseases, and to cast out the demons.
middle. 16 And He put on Simon the name
4 And He said to them, Is it lawful to Peter.
do good on the Sabbath or to destroy 17 And on Jacob the son of Zebedee,
that which is evil or to give life to a and John the brother of Jacob, He put
soul? But they were silent. on them the names B’nai Raghshee2,
5 And having looked around on them which is, Sons of Thunder.
with anger, being greatly grieved over 18 Also He appointed Andrew, and
the hardness of their heart, He said to Philip, and Bartholomew, and
the man, Stretch out your hand! And Matthew, and Thomas, and Jacob the
he stretched out, and his hand was son of Alpheus, and Thaddaeus, and
restored sound as the other. Simon the zealot,
6 And going out, the Pharisees at 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also
once took counsel with the Herodians betrayed Him. And He came into a
against Him, how they might destroy house.
Him. 20 And again a crowd came
7 And Yahshua withdrew to the sea together, so as they were not able even
with His disciples; and a great to eat bread.
multitude from Galilee and from 21 And when His own family heard,
Judea followed Him, they went out to take hold of Him; for
8 also some from Jerusalem, and they said, He is crazy.
from Edom, and beyond the Jordan, 22 And coming down from
also those around Tyre and Sidon. A Jerusalem, the scribes said, He has
great multitude came to Him, hearing Beelzebub; and He casts out demons
how much He was doing. 2 The Greek transliterates “B'nai Ragshee”
an Aramaic term as “Boaner'ges”, which is
1 David was a Melchizedek priest (Psa a word that does not exist in Greek, which
110:1,4). He also wore an ephod and clearly shows the Aramaic had to be the
sacrificed animals, 2Sam 6:14-17. original.
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by the ruler of the demons. Him, so that He entered into the boat
23 And calling them near, He spoke in order to sit in the sea. And all the
to them in parables, saying, How can crowd were on the land toward the
Satan cast out Satan? sea.
24 And if a kingdom is divided 2 And He taught them many things
against itself, that kingdom cannot in parables, and said to them in His
stand. teaching:
25 And if a house is divided against 3 Listen! Behold, the sower went out
itself, that house is not able to stand. to sow.
26 And if Satan rises upon himself, 4 And as he sowed, it happened that
and has been divided, he is not able to one indeed fell by the side of the road;
stand, but he has an end. and the birds of the heaven came and
27 No one, not any, having entered devoured it.
into his house, is able to plunder the 5 And another fell on the stony place
vessels of the strong one, unless he where it did not have much earth. And
first tie up the strong one; and then he it sprang up at once, due to not having
will plunder his house. deepness of earth.
28 Truly I say to you, All the sins will 6 And the sun rising, it was scorched.
be forgiven to the sons of men, and And through not having root, it was
whatever blasphemies they have dried out.
blasphemed; 7 And another fell into the thorn-
29 but whoever blasphemes against bushes, and the thorn-bushes grew up
the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness unto and choked it; and it did not yield
the age, but is liable to eternal fruit.
judgment 8 And another fell into the good
30 (because they said, He has an ground, and yielded fruit, going up
unclean spirit). and increasing; and one bore thirty,
31 Then His mother and brothers and one sixty, and one a hundredfold.
came. And standing outside, they sent 9 And He said to them, The one
to Him, calling Him. having ears to hear, let him hear.
32 And a crowd sat around Him. 10 And when He was alone, those
And they said to Him, Behold, Your around Him, with the Twelve, asked
mother and Your brothers seek You Him as to the parable.
outside. 11 And He said to them, To you it has
33 And He answered them, saying, been given to know the mystery of the
Who is My mother or My brothers? kingdom of YAHWEH. But to these,
34 And having looked around on those outside, all things are being
those sitting around Him in a circle, given in parables,
He said, Behold, My mother and My 12 that seeing they may see and not
brothers! perceive; and hearing they may hear,
35 For whoever does the will of and not understand, lest they should
Elohim, this one is My brother, and be converted, and the sins be forgiven
My sister, and My mother. to them. (Isa 6:9, 10)
13 And He said to them, Do you not
Chapter 4 know this parable? And how will you
know all parables?
1 And again He began to teach by the 14 The sower sows the Word1.
sea. And a large crowd was gathered to
1 The seed is the word of YHWH.
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Be still! And the wind ceased, and 13 And He permitted them, and
there was a great calm. those unclean spirits departed and
40 And He said to them, Why are attacked the pigs. And that herd ran to
you fearful in this manner? And why is a steep place and fell into the sea, and
there no faith in you? about two thousand were drowned in
41 And they feared a great fear and the water.
said to one another, Who then is this, 14 And those who fed the pigs fled,
that even the wind and the sea obey and they told it to the city, and to the
Him? fields. And they came out to see what
was happening.
Chapter 5 15 And they came to Yahshua, and
stared at the one who had been demon
1 And they came to the other side of possessed, sitting and being clothed,
the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes. and being in his senses, the one who
2 And He coming out from the boat, had the legion. And they feared.
immediately out of the cemetery a 16 And those seeing it related to
man with an unclean spirit met Him, them how it happened to the one who
3 who had his abode among the had been demon possessed, and about
tombs; and no one was able to bind the pigs.
him, not even with chains. 17 And they began to beg Him to go
4 Because he had often been bound away from their borders.
with fetters and chains, and the chains 18 And He having entered into the
had been torn by him, and the fetters boat, the former demoniac begged
had been shattered. And no one was Him, that he be with Him.
able to subdue him. 19 But He did not allow him, rather
5 And continually night and day in He said to him, Go to your house to
the hills, and in the tombs, he was your people and relate to them what
crying and cutting himself with stones. YAHWEH did for you and how He had
6 And seeing Yahshua from afar, he mercy on you.
ran and bowed the knee to Him. 20 And he went and began to
7 And crying with a loud voice, he proclaim in Decapolis what Yahshua
said, What is to me and to You, did to Him. And all marveled.
Yahshua, Son of the most high El? I 21 And Yahshua having crossed over
adjure You by YAHWEH, do not in the boat again to the other side, a
torment me. large crowd gathered upon Him; and
8 For He said to him, Unclean spirit, He was by the sea.
come out of the man! 22 And, behold, one of the
9 And He asked him, What is your synagogue rulers named Yoarash
name? And he answered, saying, My came. And seeing Him, he fell at His
name is Legion, because we are many. feet.
10 And he begged Him very much 23 And he begged Him very much,
that He would not send them outside saying, My daughter is at the last end.
the country. I pray that You will come and lay
11 And a great herd of pigs were hands on her, that she may be cured
feeding there near the mountain. and live.
12 And those devils were entreating 24 And He went with him. And a
Him and saying, Send us upon those large crowd was following, and they
pigs that we might attack them. were pressing on Him.
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25 And a certain woman being with The child has not died, but is sleeping.
an issue of blood twelve years, 40 And they laughed at Him. But
26 who had suffered much from the having put all out, He took along the
many doctors and had spent father and the mother of the child, and
everything she had and was not helped those with Him, and passed on into
at all, but was even more afflicted. where the child was lying.
27 Hearing about Yahshua, coming 41 And taking hold of the child's
in the crowd behind Him, she touched hand, He said to her, Talitha kumi1;
His garment. which is, being translated, Little girl, I
28 For she said, If I may but touch say to you, Rise up!
His garment, I will be cured. 42 And at once the girl arose and
29 And instantly the fountain of her was walking, for she was a daughter of
blood was dried up, and she knew in twelve years. And they were amazed
her body that she was healed of the with great amazement.
plague. 43 And He much commanded them
30 And knowing instantly within to tell no man, and He said that they
Himself that power had gone forth out should give her something to eat.
of Him, turning in the crowd, Yahshua
said, Who touched My garments? Chapter 6
31 And His disciples said to Him,
You see the crowd pressing on You, 1 And He went out from there and
and do You say, who touched Me? came to His fatherland. And His
32 And He looked around to see the disciples followed Him.
one who had done this. 2 And a Sabbath having come, He
33 And the woman, being afraid and began to teach in the synagogue. And
trembling, knowing what had hearing, many were amazed, saying,
happened on her, she came and fell From where came these things to this
down before Him and told Him all the One? And what is the wisdom given to
truth. Him that even such works of power
34 And He said to her, Daughter, come about through His hands?
your faith has healed you. Go in peace 3 Is this One not the carpenter, the
and be healed from your plague. son of Mariam, and brother of Jacob
35 As He was speaking, they came and Joseph and Judas and Simon?
from the synagogue ruler saying, Your And are not His sisters here with us?
daughter has died. Why do you still And they were offended in Him.
trouble the Teacher? 4 And Yahshua said to them, There
36 But hearing the word spoken, is no prophet who is dishonored
Yahshua said to the synagogue ruler at except in his own city and with his
once, Do not fear, only believe. own kinsmen and in his own house.
37 And He did not allow anyone to 5 And He could do no work of power
go with Him except Peter and Jacob there, except He performed healing on
and John, the brother of Jacob. a few infirm ones laying on His hands.
38 And they came into the 6 And He marveled because of their
synagogue ruler's house. And He saw unbelief. And He went around the
that they were troubled, and weeping
and wailing much. 1 In the Greek translation the words “which is
39 And going in, He said to them, being translated” are added, but are not in
Why are you troubled and weeping? the original Aramaic, clearly showing
which was the translation of the original.
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1 An idiom meaning a complete break in 2 Josephus states this was after their divorce
fellowship and any renunciation of further showing that John considered divorce and
responsibility. remarriage as adultery.
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Yahshua. And they told Him all things, giving out to His disciples, that they
even what they did and what they might set before them. And He divided
taught. the two fish to all.
31 And He said to them, You 42 And all ate, and were satisfied.
yourselves come apart into a deserted 43 And they took up twelve hand
place, and rest a little. For those baskets full of fragments, also from the
coming and those going were many, fish.
and they did not even have 44 And those eating the loaves were
opportunity to eat. about five thousand men.
32 And they departed by boat into a 45 And at once He constrained His
deserted place apart. disciples to enter into the boat, and to
33 And the crowds saw them going, go before to the other side, to
and many recognized Him. And they Bethsaida, until He should dismiss the
ran together on foot there, from all the crowd.
cities, and came before them, and 46 And taking leave of them, He
came together to Him. went away to the mountain to pray.
34 And going out, Yahshua saw a 47 And it becoming evening, the
large crowd, and had pity on them, boat was in the middle of the sea, and
because they were as sheep having no He alone on the land.
shepherd. And He began to teach them 48 And he saw them straining while
many things. rowing, for the wind was against them.
35 And now a late hour occurring, And in the fourth watch2 of the night,
drawing near to Him, the disciples Yahshua came to them while walking
said, The place is deserted, and it is on the water. And He had desired to
now a late hour. pass by them.
36 Send them away, that going away 49 But seeing Him walking on the
to the surrounding fields and villages sea, they thought it to be a false vision.
they may buy bread for themselves. And they cried out.
For they do not have what they may 50 For all saw Him, and were
eat. troubled. And immediately He spoke
37 And answering, He said to them, to them and said to them, Have
You give them food to eat. And they courage. I AM! Do not fear.
said to Him, Going, should we buy two 51 And He went up to them into the
hundred denarii1 of bread and give boat, and the wind was cut off. And
them to eat? they were amazed, exceedingly beyond
38 And He said to them, How many measure within themselves, and
loaves do you have? Go and see. And marveled.
knowing, they said, Five and two fish. 52 For they had neither gained
39 And He ordered them all to insight from the miracle of the bread
recline, group by group on the green because that their heart was confused.
grass. 53 And crossing over, they came into
40 And they sat, group by group, by the land of Gennesar and drew to
hundred and by fifty. shore.
41 And taking the five loaves and the 54 And they, coming out of the boat,
two fish, looking up to Heaven, He at once knowing Him,
blessed, and broke the loaves, and 55 they ran around all that
neighborhood. And they began to
1 A denarii was an average workers day
wage. 2 Between 3 am to 6 am.
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the man, it is the thing that defiles the under the table eat from the crumbs of
man. the children.
21 For from within, out of the heart 29 And He said to her, Because of
of men, pass out the evil thoughts, this word, go. The demon has gone out
adulteries, fornications, murders, from your daughter.
22 thefts, greedy desires, iniquities, 30 And going away to her house, she
deceit, lustful desires, a wicked eye, found the demon had gone out, and
blasphemy, pride, recklessness. her daughter was laid on the couch.
23 All these evil things pass out from 31 And again going out from the
within and defile the man. (Mat 15:16- borders of Tyre and Sidon, He came to
20) the Sea of Galilee, in the midst of the
24 And rising up from there, He borders of Decapolis.
went away into the borders of Tyre 32 And they brought a deaf one to
and Sidon. And entering into the Him, hardly speaking. And they
house, He desired no one to know, but begged Him, that He put His hand on
He could not be hidden. him.
25 For hearing about Him, a woman 33 And taking him away from the
came up, one whose daughter had an crowd privately, He put His fingers
unclean spirit. And she fell down at into his ears; and spitting, He touched
His feet. his tongue;
26 And the woman was a heathen, 34 and looking up into Heaven, He
from Phoenicia in Syria. And she groaned and said to him, Ephphatha2!
asked Him, that He would cast out the (which is, Be opened!)
demon from her daughter. 35 And instantly his ears were
27 And Yahshua said to her, First, opened, and the bond of his tongue
allow the children to be satisfied, for it was loosened, and he spoke correctly.
is not good to take the childrens' bread 36 And He ordered them that they
and to throw it to the dogs1. should tell no one. But as much as He
28 But she answered and said to ordered them, much more abundantly
Him, Yes, Master; for even the dogs they proclaimed.
3 Some English translations have added the
37 And they were most exceedingly
words “making all foods clean”, which are amazed, saying, He has done all things
NOT in any original manuscript, Aramaic well. He makes even the deaf to hear,
or Greek. In the first century pork was not and the dumb to speak.
even considered food, and it is unthinkable
in a completely Jewish environment to Chapter 8
think that Yahshua is telling His disciples
that they can eat pork and the Pharisees 1 The crowd being very great in those
would simply let it pass and not even days, and not having anything they
condemn Him for it. It is clear from the may eat, Yahshua, calling His disciples
context and also the cross reference of Mat near, said to them,
15:16-20 that the subject is eating without
2 I have compassion on the crowd
washing according to Rabbinical tradition
and not even about meat at all.
because now three days they remain
1 There is judicial order to salvation. Right with Me and they do not have what
now Yahweh is redeeming His covenant they may eat.
with Israel and anyone who is a gentile 3 And if I send them away fasting to
must join the covenant of Israel, but in the
Millennium Yahshua will make covenant 2 This is another Aramaic word showing the
with all nations. Isa 42:1-4, Zec 14:16. original origin of the New Testament.
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their house, they will faint in the way, have no bread? Do you not yet
for some of them come from afar. perceive nor realize? Have you still
4 And His disciples answered Him, hardened your heart?
From where will anyone here be able 18 Having eyes, do you not see? And
to satisfy these with loaves in the having ears, do you not hear? And do
wilderness? you not remember?
5 And He asked them, How many 19 When I broke the five loaves to
loaves do you have? And they said, the five thousand, how many full
Seven. baskets of fragments did you take up?
6 And He ordered the crowd to They said to Him, Twelve.
recline on the ground. And taking the 20 And when the seven to the four
seven loaves, giving thanks, He broke thousand, how many lunch baskets did
and gave to His disciples that they you take up with the fillings of
might serve. And they served the fragments? And they said, Seven.
crowd. 21 And He said to them, How do you
7 And they had a few fish. And not understand?
blessing, He said for these also to be 22 And He came to Bethsaida. And
served. they carried a blind one to Him, and
8 And they ate, and were satisfied. begged Him that He would touch him.
And they took up over and above 23 And having taken hold of the
seven lunch-baskets of fragments. blind one's hand, He led him forth
9 And those eating were about four outside the village. And spitting into
thousand. And He sent them away. his eyes, laying His hands on him, He
10 And at once entering into the boat asked him if he saw anything.
with His disciples, He came into the 24 And having looked up, he said, I
region of Dalmanutha. see men as trees walking.
11 And the Pharisees went out and 25 Then He placed His hands on his
began to argue with Him, seeking from eyes again, and made him look up.
Him a sign from Heaven, tempting And he was restored and saw all
Him. clearly.
12 And groaning in His spirit, He 26 And He sent him to his house,
said, Why does this generation seek a saying, You may not go into the
sign? Truly I say to you, As if this village, nor may tell anyone in the
generation will be given a sign? village.
13 And leaving them, again entering 27 And Yahshua and His disciples
into the boat, He went away to the went out to the villages of Caesarea of
other side. Philip. And in the way, He questioned
14 And the disciples forgot to take His disciples, saying to them, Whom
loaves. And they did not have any with do men say Me to be?
them, except one cake in the boat. 28 And they answered, John the
15 And He charged them, saying, Baptist, and others say Elijah; but
See! Beware of the leaven of the others, one of the prophets.
Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 29 And He said to them, And you,
16 And they reasoned with one whom do you say Me to be? And
another, saying, Because we have no answering, Peter said to Him, You are
bread. the Messiah.
17 And knowing, Yahshua said to 30 And He warned them that they
them, Why do you reason because you may tell no one about Him.
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31 And He began to teach them that very white like snow, so much that the
it is necessary for the Son of Man to sons of men are not able to make this
suffer many things and to be rejected white.
of the elders and chief priests and 4 And Elijah with Moses was seen by
scribes, and to be killed, and within them, and they were speaking with
three days to rise again. Yahshua.
32 And He spoke the Word openly. 5 And answering, Peter said to
And taking Him aside, Peter began to Yahshua, Rabbi, it is good for us to be
rebuke Him. here; and, Let us make three booths,
33 But turning around and seeing one for You, and one for Moses, and
His disciples, He rebuked Peter, one for Elijah.
saying, Go behind Me, Satan, because 6 For he did not know what he was
you do not mind the things of saying, for they were in fear.
YAHWEH, but the things of men. 7 And a cloud was overshadowing
34 And calling near the crowd with them, and a voice came out of the
His disciples, He said to them, cloud, saying, This is My Son, the
Whoever desires to come after Me, let Beloved; 1 hear Him. (Psa 2:7, Gen
him deny himself and take his torture 22:2, Deu 18:15)
stake, and let him follow Me. 8 And suddenly, having looked
35 For whoever desires to save his around, they saw no one any longer,
life, he shall lose it. But whoever shall but Yahshua alone with themselves.
lose his soul for My sake and the good 9 And as they were coming down
news, that one shall save it. from the mount, He commanded them
36 For what shall it profit a man if that they should tell no one what they
he gain the whole world, yet forfeit his saw, except when the Son of Man
soul? should rise from the dead.
37 Or what shall a man give as an 10 And they held the saying in
exchange for his soul? themselves, and were inquiring what
38 For whoever may be ashamed of this saying is "when He is raised from
Me and My Words in this adulterous the dead."
and sinful generation, the Son of Man 11 And they asked Him, saying, Why
will also be ashamed of him when He Do the scribes say that Eliyahu must
comes in the glory of His Father, along come first?
with the holy angels. 12 And answering, He said to them,
Indeed, Eliyahu coming first prepares
Chapter 9 all things. And how it has been written
of the Son of Man that He must suffer
1 And He said to them, Truly I say to many things and be despised!
you, There are some of those standing 13 But I say to you, Eliyahu also has
here who in no way shall taste of death come and they did to him whatever
until they see the kingdom of they desired, even as it has been
YAHWEH coming in power. written of him.
2 And after six days Yahshua takes 14 And coming to the disciples, He
along Peter and Jacob and John, and saw a great crowd around them, and
leads them into a high mount apart, scribes arguing with them.
alone. And He was transfigured before 15 And at once all the crowd seeing
their eyes.
3 And His clothes became shining, 1 The beloved in Hebrew is “H’Daveed”, the
name of David the King.
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Him were greatly amazed. And 27 But taking hold of his hand,
running up, they greeted Him. Yahshua raised him up, and he stood
16 And He questioned the scribes, up.
What are you arguing with them? 28 And He entering into a house,
17 And one answered out of the His disciples questioned Him
crowd, saying, Teacher, I brought my privately, Why were we not able to
son to You, having a spirit that does cast it out?
not speak. 29 And He said to them, This kind
18 And whenever it overtakes him, it can go out by nothing except by prayer
knocks him down and he foams at the and fasting.
mouth and gnashes his teeth and 30 And going forth from there, they
becomes paralyzed. And I asked your passed by through Galilee. And He
disciples to cast him out, and they desired that no one know.
were not able to. 31 For He taught His disciples, and
19 And answering them, He said, O said to them, The Son of Man is
generation that is unfaithful! How betrayed into the hands of men, and
long will I be with you? How long shall they will kill Him. And being killed, He
I endure you? Bring him to Me. will rise up on the third day.
20 And they brought him to him and 32 But they did not realize the
when the spirit saw him, it knocked meaning of it, and feared to question
him down at once, and he fell on the Him.
ground and violently shaken and he 33 And they came to Capernaum.
was foamed at the mouth. And having come into the house, He
21 And He questioned his father, questioned them, What were you
How long a time is it while this has disputing to yourselves on the road?
happened to him? And he said, From 34 And they were silent, for they
childhood. argued with one another on the road
22 And often it threw him both into as to who was greater among them.
fire and into water, that it might 35 And sitting, He called the Twelve
destroy him. But if You are able to do and said to them, If anyone desires to
anything, help us, having pity on us. be first, he shall be last of all and
23 And Yahshua said to him, If you servant of all.
are able to believe, all things are 36 And taking a child, He set it in
possible to the ones believing. their midst, and having embraced it,
24 And at once the father of the boy He said to them,
cried out while mourning and said, I 37 Whoever receives one of such
believe my Master. Help the lack of my children on My name receives Me. And
faith! whoever receives Me does not receive
25 And seeing that a crowd is Me, but the One having sent Me.
running together, Yahshua rebuked 38 And John answered Him, saying,
the unclean spirit, saying to it, Dumb Rabbi, we saw someone casting out
and deaf spirit, I command you, Come demons in Your name, who does not
out from him, and you may no more follow us. And we stopped him,
go into him! because he does not follow us.
26 And crying out, and convulsing 39 But Yahshua said, Do not stop
him very much, it came out. And he him. For there is no one who shall do a
became as if dead, so as for many to miracle in My name, yet be able to
say that he died. speak evil of Me quickly.
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40 For who is not against us is for came together to Him, and He again
us. taught them as they were accustomed.
41 For whoever gives you a cup of 2 And coming near, the Pharisees
cold water to drink in My name, asked Him if it is lawful for a man to
because you are of the Messiah, truly I put away a wife, tempting Him.
say to you, In no way he will lose his 3 But answering, He said to them,
reward. What did Moses command you?
42 And whoever causes one of these 4 And they said, Moses allowed to
little ones that believe in Me to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.
stumble, it is good for him if rather a (Deu 24:1)
millstone of a donkey be laid about his 5 And answering, Yahshua said to
neck, and he be thrown into the sea. them, With respect to your
43 And if your hand offend you, cut hardheartedness he wrote this
it off. For it is better for you to enter command to you.
into life maimed, than having two 6 But from the beginning of creation
hands to go away into Gehenna, into YAHWEH made them male and
the unquenchable fire, (Mat 5:29-30) female. (Gen 1:27)
44 where their worm does not die, 7 "Because of this, a man shall leave
and the fire is not put out. his father and mother and shall be
45 And if your foot causes you to joined to his wife,
offend, cut it off, for it is profitable for 8 and the two shall be one flesh;" so
you to enter into life lame, than having that they no longer are two, but one
two feet to be thrown into Hell, into flesh. (Gen 2:24)
the unquenchable fire, 9 Therefore, what YAHWEH has
46 where their worm does not die, yoked together, man cannot put apart.
and the fire is not quenched. 10 And again, in the house His
47 And if your eye offends you, cast disciples asked Him about the same.
it out. For it is better for you to enter 11 And He said to them, Whoever
into the kingdom of YAHWEH one- divorces his wife and marries another
eyed, than having two eyes to be commits adultery against her.
thrown into the fire of Gehenna, 12 And if a woman divorces her
48 "where their worm does not die husband and marries another, she
and the fire is not quenched." (Isa commits adultery2.
66:24, Rev 19:3) 13 And they brought children to
49 For with fire everything will be Him, that He might touch them. But
vaporized and every sacrifice will be the disciples rebuked those carrying
seasoned with salt. them.
50 Salt is good, but if the salt should 14 And Yahshua saw it and was
become bland, with what will it be offended and He said to them, Allow
seasoned? Let salt be in you and be in the children to come to me and do not
harmony among each other.1 hinder them. For because of those who
are as these, the Kingdom of YAHWEH
Chapter 10
2 Nowhere in Scripture does YHWH condone
1 And rising up from there, He came divorce and Yahshua clearly states that if
into the borders of Judea by the other one leaves their covenant spouse and
side of the Jordan. And again crowds marries another it is considered adultery
and if someone marries a divorced person
1 See note on Mat 5:13. both parties are committing adultery.
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that we may sit one off the right of You 50 And the blind man, throwing
and one off the left of You in Your away his garment1, rising up, he came
glory. to Yahshua.
38 But Yahshua said to them, You do 51 And answering, Yahshua said to
not know what you ask. Are you able him, What do you desire I should do to
to drink the cup which I drink, and to you? And the blind one said to Him,
be baptized with the baptism I am My Rabboni that I may see again.
baptized with? 52 And Yahshua said to him, Go,
39 And they said to Him, We are your faith has healed you. And
able. But Yahshua said to them, instantly he saw again, and followed
Indeed you will drink the cup which I Yahshua in the highway.
drink, and you will be baptized with
the baptism with which I am baptized. Chapter 11
40 But to sit off My right and off My
left is not Mine to give, but for whom it 1 And when they drew near to
has been prepared. Jerusalem, to Bethphage2and Bethany,
41 And hearing, the ten began toward the Mount of Olives, He sent
murmuring about Jacob and John. two of His disciples,
42 But having called them near, 2 and said to them, Go to that village
Yahshua said to them, You know that that is opposite to us, and at once
those who are reckoned as chiefs of when you enter it you will find a colt
nations are their masters and their that is tied up which no man has
great men are in authority over them. ridden. Loose it and bring it to me.
43 But it shall not be so among you, 3 And if anyone should say to you,
but whoever desires to become great Why are you doing this? say to him
among you shall be your servant. that Our Master requires it. And
44 And whoever of you desires to immediately he will send him here.
become first, he shall be slave of all. 4 And they departed and found the
45 For even the Son of Man did not colt tied at the door outside, by the
come to be served, but to serve, and to crossway; and they untied it.
give His life as a ransom for the sake 5 And some of those standing there
of many. said to them, What are you doing,
46 And they came into Jericho. And untying the colt?
He and His disciples and a large crowd 6 And they said to them as Yahshua
having gone out from Jericho, a son of commanded, and they let them go.
Timaeus, Bartimaeus the blind sat 7 And they led the colt to Yahshua.
beside the highway begging. And they threw their garments on it,
47 And hearing that it was Yahshua and He sat on it.
the Nazarene, he began to cry out and 8 And many spread their garments
to say, Son of David, Yahshua, have on the highway, and others were
mercy on me! cutting branches from the trees and
48 And many warned him that he be were spreading them on the highway.
quiet. But he much more cried out, 9 And those going before, and those
Son of David, have mercy on me! following after, were crying out,
49 And standing still, Yahshua said
for him to be called. And they called 1 Throwing away his beggar’s coat before
the blind one, saying to him, have being healed was a true act of faith as he
courage, rise up, He calls you. was not legally able to beg without it.
2 “Bethphage” means 'House of Figs'
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saying, Hosanna! "Blessed is the One which You cursed has withered.
coming in the name of YAHWEH!" 22 And answering, Yahshua said to
(Psa 118:26 ) them, Let the faith of YAHWEH be in
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of you.
our father David! Hosanna in the 23 For truly I say to you, that he who
highest! says to this mountain, "Be lifted up
11 And Yahshua entered into and fall into the sea." And does not
Jerusalem, and into the sanctuary. become divided in his heart but
And having looked around at all believes that it will happen. That thing
things, the hour already being late, He which he said it will happen.
went out to Bethany with the Twelve. 24 Therefore I say to you, All things,
12 And on the morrow, they going whatever you ask, praying, believe that
out from Bethany, He hungered. you will receive, and it will be to you.
13 And He saw a certain fig tree from 25 And when you stand praying, if
afar that had leaves on it. And He you have anything against anyone,
came towards it to see if he could find forgive it, so that your Father in
anything on it. And when He arrived, Heaven may also forgive your
He did not find anything on it except transgressions.
leaves. For the time of figs had not yet 26 But if you do not forgive, neither
arrived. will your Father in Heaven forgive
14 And answering, Yahshua said to your deviations.
it, Let no one eat fruit of you any more 27 And they come again to
forever. And His disciples heard. Jerusalem. And as He was walking in
15 And they came to Jerusalem. And the sanctuary, the chief priests and the
entering into the sanctuary, Yahshua scribes and the elders came to Him.
began to throw out those selling and 28 And they said to Him, By what
buying in the sanctuary; also He authority do You do these things? And
overturned the tables of the money who gave You this authority that You
changers and the seats of those selling do these things?
the doves. 29 And answering, Yahshua said to
16 And He did not allow any to carry them, I will also ask you one thing,
possessions through the sanctuary. and answer Me, and I will tell you by
17 And He taught, saying to them, what authority I do these things:
Has it not been written, "My house 30 The baptism of John, From
shall be called a house of prayer for all where is it from, heaven or from the
the nations." "But you have made it a sons of man1? Tell me!
den of robbers?" (Isa 56:7, Jer 7:11) 31 And they argued to themselves,
18 And the scribes and the chief saying, If we say, From Heaven, He
priests heard. And they sought how will say, Why then did you not believe
they might destroy Him, for they him?
feared Him, because all the crowd was 32 But if we say, From men, they
astonished at His doctrine. feared the people. For all held that
19 And when evening came, He went 1 John was actually in line to be high priest
outside the city. but left his position for the wilderness,
20 And passing along early, they saw whereas some of the priests at that time
the fig tree withered from the roots. were not even Levites, but bought into the
21 And remembering, Simon Peter priesthood. So if they condemned John,
said to Him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree they feared the people would maul them for
their hypocrisy.
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she be the wife? For the seven had her oneself" is more than all the burnt
as wife. offerings and the sacrifices. (Lev
24 And answering, Yahshua said to 19:18)
them, Do you not err because of this, 34 And seeing that he answered
not knowing the Scriptures nor the intelligently, Yahshua said to him, You
power of YAHWEH? are not far from the kingdom of
25 For when they rise again from the YAHWEH. And no one dared to
dead, they neither marry nor are given question Him any more.
in marriage, but are as the angels in 35 And teaching in the sanctuary,
Heaven. answering, Yahshua said, How do the
26 But concerning the dead, that scribes say that Messiah is the son of
they are raised, have you not read in David?
the book of Moses, as YAHWEH spoke 36 For David himself said by the
to him at the Bush, saying, "I am the Holy Spirit, "YAHWEH said to my
Elohim of Abraham, and the Elohim of Adonai, Sit off My right until I place
Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob?" (Exo Your enemies as a footstool under
3:6) Your feet." (Psa 110:1)
27 He is not the Elohim of the dead, 37 Then David himself calls Him
but Elohim of the living. Therefore, Adonai. And from where is He his
you greatly err. son? And the large crowd heard Him
28 And coming up, one of the gladly.
scribes, hearing them arguing, 38 And He said to them in His
knowing that He answered them well, teaching, Beware of the scribes, those
he questioned Him, What is the first desiring to walk about in long robes,
commandment of all? and greetings in the markets,
29 And Yahshua answered him, The 39 and chief seats in the synagogues,
first of all the commandments is: and chief places in the banquets,
"Hear Israel. YAHWEH our Elohim is 40 those devouring the houses of
YAHWEH echad (united). widows, and for a pretense praying at
length. These will receive more
30 and you shall love YAHWEH your
abundant judgment.
Elohim with all your heart, and with
41 And sitting down opposite the
all your soul and with all your mind,
treasury, Yahshua watched how the
and with all your strength." This is the
crowd threw copper coins into the
first commandment. (Deu 6:4, 5)
treasury. And many rich ones threw in
31 And the second is like this, "You
much.
shall love your neighbor as yourself."
42 And coming, one poor widow
There is not another commandment
threw in two lepta (which is a
greater than these. (Lev 19:18)
kodrantes).
32 And the scribe said to Him, You
43 And having called His disciples
say well, Teacher. You have spoken
near, He said to them, Truly I say to
according to truth, "that YAHWEH is you that this poor widow has thrown
echad, and there is no other besides in more than all of those casting into
Him;" (Deu 4:35) the treasury.
33 "and to love Him from all the 44 For all of them gave from their
heart, and from all the understanding, abundance, but this one cast in from
and from all the soul, and from all the her need. She had cast in everything
strength; and to love one's neighbor as that she had, all her goods!
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1 The word in Aramaic used for the Good 2 This shows that winters will be more severe
News is “Sevartha” which means hope. in the end time.
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Him, Where do You desire that going thanks, He gave to them. And they all
we may prepare that You may eat the drank out of it.
Passover? 24 And He said to them, This is My
13 And He sent two of His disciples, blood, that of the New Covenant,
and said to them, Go into the city. And which is poured out concerning many.
you will meet a man carrying a vessel 25 I say truly to you that I will not
of water. Follow him1. drink from the fruit of the vine again
14 And wherever he goes in, say to until that day in which I will drink it
the housemaster, The Master says, anew in the Kingdom of YAHWEH.
Where is the guest room where I may 26 And singing a hymn, they went to
eat the Passover with My disciples? the Mount of Olives.
15 And behold he will show you a 27 And Yahshua said to them, All of
large upper room that is furnished. you will be made to stumble at Me in
Make ready and prepare that place for this night. For it is written that, "I will
us. strike the shepherd and His lambs will
16 And His disciples went out and be scattered." (Zec 13:7)
came into the city and found it as He 28 But after My rising up, I will go
told them. And they prepared the before you into Galilee.
Passover. 29 But Peter said to Him, Even if all
17 And evening having come, He of them are being stumbled, I will not
came with the Twelve. stumble.
18 And as they were reclining and 30 And Yahshua said to him, Truly I
eating, Yahshua said, Truly I say to say to you that today, in this night,
you, One of you will betray Me, the before a cock crows twice, you will
one eating with Me. deny Me three times.
19 And they began to be grieved, and 31 But he said more fervently, If I
to say to Him one by one, Not at all I, must die with You, I will not deny You,
is it? And another, Not at all I, is it? my Master, never! And all said
20 But answering, He said to them, likewise.
It is one from the Twelve, the one 32 And they came to a place which
dipping in the dish with Me. was named Gethsemane2. And He said
21 Truly the Son of Man goes as it to His disciples, Sit here while I pray.
has been written concerning Him, but 33 And He took along Peter and
woe to that man through whom the Jacob and John with Him. And He
Son of Man is betrayed! It were good began to be much amazed and to be
for him if that man had never been deeply troubled.
born. 34 And he said to them, Grievous,
22 And as they were eating, Yahshua even unto death is this situation to my
took bread, and blessed it and broke soul. Remain here and be alert.
and gave to them. And He said, Take, 35 And going forward a little, He fell
eat, this is My body. on the ground and prayed that if it
23 And taking the cup, giving were possible, the hour might pass
1 Since women were the bearers of water pots from Him.
this could only be in the Essene quarter, 36 And He said, Abba, Father, all
where men carried pots due to the things are possible to You; take this
restriction of women being in that area, due cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but
to them being priests. In Jerusalem today, what You will.
the traditional spot of the Last Supper room
is in the Essene quarter. 2 “Gethsemane” means olive oil press.
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37 And He came and found them 51 And one, a certain young man,
sleeping. And He said to Peter, Simon, was following Him, having thrown a
do you sleep? Were you not strong linen cloth about his naked body. And
enough to watch one hour? the young men seized him.
38 Watch and pray, that you may not 52 But forsaking the linen cloth, he
enter into temptation. The spirit truly fled from them naked.
is willing, but the flesh is weak. 53 And they led Yahshua away to
39 And going away again, He Caiaphas, the high priest. And all the
prayed, saying the same thing. chief priests and the elders and the
40 And returning, He found them scribes came together to him.
sleeping again, for their eyes were 54 And Peter followed Him from a
heavy. And they did not know what to distance, to the inside of the courtyard
answer Him. of the high priest. And he was sitting
41 And He came a third time, and with the under-officers, also warming
said to them, Sleep on now, and rest. It himself toward the light.
is enough. The hour has come. Behold, 55 And the chief priests and the
the Son of Man is betrayed into the whole Sanhedrin sought testimony
hands of sinners. against Yahshua, to put Him to death.
42 Rise up, let us go. Behold, the one And they found none.
betraying Me has drawn near. 56 For many falsely testified against
43 And at once, He yet speaking, Him, but the testimonies were not
Judas comes up, being one of the identical.
Twelve. And with him was a great 57 And standing up, some falsely
crowd with swords and clubs, from the testified against Him, saying,
chief priests and the scribes and the 58 We heard Him saying, I will
elders. throw down this sanctuary made with
44 And the one traitor, betraying hands, and in three days I will build
Him had given them a sign, saying, another not made with hands.
Whomever I kiss, it is He; seize Him 59 And neither in this was their
and lead Him away safely. testimony identical.
45 And coming, at once drawing 60 And standing in the middle, the
near to Him, he said, Rabbi, Rabbi! high priest questioned Yahshua,
And he kissed Him. saying, Do You not answer? Nothing?
46 And they laid their hands on Him What do these testify against You?
and seized Him. 61 But He was silent and answered
47 But a certain one of those nothing. Again the high priest
standing by, drawing a sword, struck questioned Him, and said to Him, Are
the slave of the high priest and took off you the Messiah, the Son of the
his ear. Blessed?
48 And answering, Yahshua said to 62 And Yahshua said, I AM! And
them, Have you come out with swords you will see the Son of Man sitting off
and clubs to take Me, as against a the right hand of power, and coming
robber? with the clouds of the heaven. (Psa
49 I was with you daily teaching in 110:1, Dan 7:13)
the sanctuary, and you did not seize 63 And tearing his garments, the
Me. But it is that the Scriptures may high priest said, Why do we still have
be fulfilled. need of witnesses?
50 And leaving Him, all fled. 64 You heard the blasphemy. What
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reed, and spat at Him. And placing the Him defamed Him.
knees, they bowed to Him. 33 And it being the sixth hour,
20 And when they had mocked Him, darkness came over all the land until
they took the purple off Him, and put the ninth hour.
His own garments on Him. And they 34 And at the ninth hour Yahshua
led Him out, that they might crucify cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi,
Him. Eloi, lama sabachthani? (Which being
21 And they compelled one passing translated is, "My El, My El, why did
by, Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from a You honor Me to be here?" (Psa 22:1)
field, the father of Alexander and 35 And hearing, some of those
Rufus, that he might carry His cross standing by said, Behold, He calls
beam. Elijah.
22 And they brought Him to 36 And one running up, and filling a
Golgotha Place, which is, being sponge with "vinegar," and putting it
translated, Place of a Skull (head). on a reed, "gave Him to drink." But
23 And they gave Him wine spiced they said, Leave alone, let us see if
with myrrh to drink. But He did not Elijah comes to take Him down. (Psa
take it. 69:21)
24 And having crucified Him, they 37 And letting out a great cry,
divided His garments, casting a lot on Yahshua died.
them, who and what each should take. 38 And the veil of the Holy Place was
(Psa 22:18) torn into two, from top to bottom.
25 And it was the third hour and 39 And standing off across from
they crucified Him. Him, seeing that He had cried out so,
26 And the inscription of His charge and He died, the centurion said, Truly,
was written over Him, THE KING OF this Man was Son of Elohim.
THE YEHUDIM. 40 And also women were watching
27 And they crucified two robbers from a distance, among whom also
with Him, one off the right, and one was Mariam Magdalene; also Mariam
off the left of Him. the mother of Jacob the less, and of
28 And the Scripture was fulfilled Hosea, and Salome
which says, "He was numbered with 41 who also followed Him and
the lawless." (Isa 53:12) ministered to Him when He was in
29 And also those who were passing Galilee; and many other women who
by were blaspheming against Him and came up to Jerusalem with Him.
nodding their heads and saying, "He 42 And it becoming late afternoon
will tear down the temple and build it already, since it was the preparation,
in three days. Indeed! that is, the day before a Sabbath,
30 Save Yourself and come down 43 Joseph of Arimathea came, an
from the torture stake. honorable councilor, who himself was
31 And also the chief priests and the also waiting for the kingdom of
scribes mocking to one another said YAHWEH. And taking courage, he
likewise, He saved others; He is not went in to Pilate and begged the body
able to save Himself. of Yahshua.
32 The Messiah, the king of Israel? 44 And Pilate marveled if He had
Let Him now come down from the already died. And calling the centurion
torture stake that we may see and near, he asked him if He died already.
believe. And the ones crucified with 45 And knowing from the centurion,
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delay in the sanctuary. and the power of the Highest will rest
22 But coming out, he was not able upon you. Because of this, He who is
to speak to them, and they recognized to be born of you is holy and will be
that he had seen a vision in the called the Son of YAHWEH.
sanctuary. And he was making signs to 36 And behold, your kinswoman
them and continued dumb. Elizabeth! She also conceived a son in
23 And it happened when the days of her old age, and this is the sixth month
his service were fulfilled, he went away to her who was called barren;
to his house. 37 for nothing shall be impossible
24 And after these days his wife with YAHWEH.
Elizabeth conceived. And she hid 38 Mariam said, Behold I am the
herself five months, saying,
handmaid of YAHWEH. Let it be to me
25 So has YAHWEH done to me in according to your word! And the
the days in which He looked on me to cherub departed from her presence.
take away my reproach among men. 39 And rising up in these days,
26 And in the sixth month, the Mariam went into the hill country with
cherub Gabriel was sent from the haste to a city of Judah.
presence of Elohim to Galilee to the 40 And she entered into the house of
city whose name is Nazareth, Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
27 to a virgin who had been 41 And it happened, as Elizabeth
betrothed to a man whose name was heard Mariam's greeting, the babe in
Joseph, of the house of David and the her womb leaped, and Elizabeth was
virgin's name was Mariam. filled of the Holy Spirit.
28 And entering, the cherub said to 42 And she cried out with a loud
her, Peace to you full of grace! Our voice and said, You are being blessed
Adonai is with you. You are blessed among women and blessed is the fruit
among women! of your womb!
29 And seeing this, she was 43 And why is this to me that the
disturbed at his word, and considered mother of my Adonai comes to me?
what kind of greeting this might be. 44 For behold, as the sound of your
30 And the cherub said to her, Do greeting came to my ears, the babe in
not fear, Mariam, for you have found my womb leaped in exultation.
grace from YAHWEH. 45 And blessed is she believing,
31 For behold you will receive because there will be a fulfillment to
conception and bear a son and you will the things spoken to her from
call His name Yahshua. YAHWEH.
32 This One will be great and will be 46 And Mariam said, My soul
called Son of the Most High. And
magnifies YAHWEH,
YAHWEH Elohim will give Him the 47 and my spirit exulted in Elohim
throne of His father David. My Savior.
33 And He will reign over the house 48 Because He has looked at the
of Jacob to the ages, and of His meekness of His handmaid for behold
kingdom there will be no end. from now on He will give me blessings
34 But Mariam said to the cherub, to all generations. (1Sam 1:11)
How will this be since I do not know a 49 Because He has done great things
man? for me, He who is mighty and Holy is
35 And the cherub answered and His Name.
said to her, The Holy Spirit will come 50 And His mercy is to generations
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of generations to those fearing Him. in their hearts, saying, What then will
(Psa 103:17) this child be? And the hand of
51 He performed mightily with His YAHWEH was with him.
arm; He scattered proud ones in the 67 And his father Zachariah was
thought of their heart. filled of the Holy Spirit and
52 He put down powerful ones from prophesied, saying,
thrones, and exalted lowly ones. 68 Blessed be YAHWEH, the Elohim
53 He filled the hungry with good of Israel, because He visited and
things, and He sent the rich away worked salvation for His people.
empty. 69 And He raised up a Horn of
54 He helped His servant Israel in salvation for us in the house of His
order to remember mercy, servant David;
55 even as He spoke to our fathers, 70 even as He spoke through the
to Abraham, and to his seed to the age. mouth of His holy prophets from the
56 And Mariam remained with her age before:
about three months, and returned to 71 That He would save us from our
her house. enemies and from the hand of all who
57 And the time was fulfilled to hate us,
Elizabeth for her to bear, and she bore 72 to execute mercy with our fathers,
a son. and to remember His holy covenant,
58 And the neighbors and her 73 the oath which He swore to our
relatives heard that Elohim magnified father Abraham,
His mercy with her, and they rejoiced 74 that we would be delivered from
with her. the hand of our enemies. And we
59 And it happened on the eighth might serve before Him without fear.
day, they came to circumcise the child 75 In holiness and righteousness
and were calling it by his father's before Him all the days of our life.
name, Zachariah. 76 And you, child, will be called
60 And his mother answered, Prophet of the Most High, for you will
saying, Not so, but he shall be called
go before the face of YAHWEH to
Yochanan1.
prepare His way, (Mal 3:1)
61 And they said to her, No one is
77 to give a knowledge of salvation
among your kindred who is called by
(Yahshua) to His people by the
this name.
removing of their sins,
62 And they signaled to his father,
78 through the tender heart of mercy
what he might desire him to be called.
of our Elohim, in which the Dayspring
63 And asking for a writing tablet, he
from on high will visit us,
wrote, saying, Yochanan is his name.
79 to appear to those sitting in
And all marveled.
darkness and in shadow of death, to
64 And instantly his mouth was
direct our feet into the way of peace.
opened and his tongue loosed, and he
(Isa 9:2)
spoke, blessing Elohim.
80 And the child grew, and became
65 And fear came on all those living
strong in spirit. And he was in the
around them. And in all the hill
wilderness until the day of his showing
country of Judea all these things were
to Israel.
talked about.
66 And all who heard laid them up
sandals. He will baptize you in the 28 the son of Melchi, the son of
Holy Spirit and fire, Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of
17 He who holds a winnowing fan in Elmodam, the son of Er,
His hand and has cleansed His 29 the son of Joses, the son of
threshing floor, He will gather the Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of
wheat into His granaries, but the chaff Matthat, the son of Levi,
He will burn in the fire that can not be 30 the son of Simeon, the son of
put out. Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of
18 And then indeed exhorting many Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
different things, he preached the good 31 the son of Melea, the son of
news to the people. Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being Nathan2, the son of David,
reproved by him concerning Herodias, 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed,
the wife of his brother Philip and the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the
concerning all the evil things Herod son of Nahshon,
did, 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of
20 he also added this above all, he Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of
even shut up John in the prison. Pharez, the son of Judah,
21 And it happened, in the baptizing 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac,
of all the people, Yahshua also being the son of Abraham, the son of Terah,
baptized, and praying, the heaven was the son of Nahor,
opened; 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu,
22 and the Holy Spirit descended the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the
upon Him in the likeness of the form son of Salah,
of a dove. And there was a voice out of 36 the son of Cainan, the son of
Heaven, saying, You are My Son, the Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of
Beloved, in whom I am pleased. (Psa Noah, the son of Lamech,
2:7, Gen 22:2, Isa 42:1) 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of
23 And Yahshua Himself was Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of
beginning to be about thirty years old, Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan;
being (who was thought to be Son of 38 son of Enos, the son of Seth, the
Joseph), the son of Heli1, son of Adam, the son of YAHWEH.
24 the son of Matthat, the son of
Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Chapter 4
Janna, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of 1 And full of the Holy Spirit, Yahshua
Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of returned from the Jordan, and was led
Esli, the son of Naggai, by the Spirit into the wilderness,
26 the son of Maath, the son of 2 forty days being tempted by the
Mattathias, the son of Semei, the son Devil. And He ate nothing in those
of Joseph, the son of Judah, days, and they being ended, He
27 the son of Joannas, the son of afterwards hungered.
Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son 3 And the Devil said to Him, If You
of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
1 This is Mariam’s genealogy as the Talmud 2 Yahshua's true lineage through His mother
tells us that Heli or Eli was Mariam’s father. Mariam is through King David to his son
Since women are not named in a legal Nathan, as where Joseph’s genealogy in the
genealogy, Yahshua goes next to son of Heli book of Matthew is through King Solomon.
as father of Mariam and His grandfather. This was prophesied in 1Kgs 5:5.
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are Son of Elohim, speak to this stone synagogues, being glorified by all.
that it become bread. 16 And He came to Nazareth where
4 And Yahshua answered to him, He was brought up. And as was His
saying, It has been written: "Man shall custom, He went in on the day of the
not live by bread alone, but by every Sabbath, into the synagogue, and He
Word of YAHWEH." (Deu 8:3) stood up to read.
5 And leading Him up into a high 17 And the scroll of Isaiah the
mountain, Satan showed Him all the prophet was handed to Him. And
kingdoms of the world in a moment of unrolling the book, He found the place
time. where it was written:
6 And the Devil said to Him, I will 18 "The Spirit of YAHWEH is upon
give all this authority and their glory Me and because of this, He has
to You, because it has been delivered anointed Me to declare the good news
to me, and I give it to whomever I to the poor. And He has sent Me to
wish. heal the brokenhearted and to preach
7 Then if You worship before me, all release to the captives and sight to the
will be Yours. blind. And to free those who are
8 And answering, to him, Yahshua oppressed with forgiveness,
said, Go behind Me, Satan! For it has 19 to preach the acceptable year of
been written: You shall worship YAHWEH." (Isa 61:1, 2)
YAHWEH your Elohim, and Him only 20 And rolling up the scroll,
you shall serve. (Deu 6:13) returning it to the attendant, He sat
9 And he led Him to Jerusalem, and down. And the eyes of all in the
stood Him on the wing of the synagogue were fixed on Him.
sanctuary, and said to Him, If You are 21 And He began to say to them,
the Son of Elohim, throw Yourself Today this Scripture has been fulfilled
down from here; in your ears.
10 for it has been written: "He will 22 And all bore witness to Him, and
command His cherubs about You, marveled at the gracious words
even to protect You, coming out of His mouth. And they
11 that on their hands they shall bear said, Is this not the son of Joseph?
You, that You not strike Your foot 23 And He said to them,
against a stone." (Psa 91:11, 12) Undoubtedly you will speak this
12 And answering, Yahshua said to parable to Me, Physician, heal
him, It has been said: "You shall not yourself. What things we heard were
tempt YAHWEH your Elohim1." (Deu happening in Capernaum, do also here
6:16) in your city.
13 And when the accuser had 24 But He said, Truly I say to you
finished all his temptations, he that no prophet is accepted in his own
departed from His presence for a city.
while. 25 But truthfully I say to you, Many
14 And Yahshua returned in the widows were in Israel in the days of
power of the Spirit to Galilee. And a Elijah when the heaven was shut up
report went out through the entire over three years and six months, when
neighborhood about Him. a great famine came on all the land;
15 And He taught in their 26 and yet Elijah was sent to none of
them except to Zarephath of Sidon, to
1 Each time Yahshua fought Satan by quoting a widow woman.
the Torah.
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27 And many lepers were in Israel 40 And the sun sinking, all, as many
during the time of Elisha the prophet, as had sick ones with various diseases,
and none of them was made clean brought them to Him. And laying
except Naaman the Syrian. hands on each one of them, He healed
28 And all were filled with anger, them.
hearing these things in the synagogue. 41 And also demons came out from
29 And they rose up and cast Him many, crying out and saying, You are
outside of the city and they brought the Messiah, the Son of Elohim! And
Him up to the ridge of a mountain that rebuking them, He did not allow them
which their city was built upon to cast to speak, for they knew Him to be the
Him down from a cliff. Messiah.
30 But He passed between them and 42 And day having come, going out,
departed. He went into a deserted place. And the
31 And He went down to crowds looked for Him, and came up
Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And He to Him, and held Him fast, not to pass
was teaching them on the Sabbaths. away from them.
32 And they were astonished at His 43 And Yahshua said to them that, It
doctrine, because His message was is necessary for Me to preach to other
with authority. cities the kingdom of YAHWEH, for
33 And in the synagogue was a man because of this reason, I have been
who had a spirit of an unclean demon. sent.
And he cried out with a loud voice, 44 And He was proclaiming in the
34 saying, Aha! What is to us and to synagogues of Galilee.
You, Yahshua, Nazarene? Did You
come to destroy us? I know You, who Chapter 5
You are, the Holy One of Elohim.
35 And Yahshua rebuked him, 1 And it happened that the crowd
saying, Shut your mouth, and come was pressing on Him to hear the Word
out from him! And throwing him into of YAHWEH. And He was standing by
the midst, the demon came out from Lake Gennesar.
him, not harming him. 2 And He saw two boats standing by
36 And astonishment came on all. the lake, but the fishermen had left
And they spoke with one another, them and were washing the nets.
saying, What word is this, that He 3 And entering into one of the boats,
commands the unclean spirits with which was Simon Peter’s, He asked
authority and power, and they come him to put out a little from the land.
out? And sitting down, He taught the crowd
37 And a report about Him went out from the boat.
into every place of the neighborhood. 4 And as He quit speaking, He said
38 And rising up from the to Simon, row out into the deep water
synagogue, He went into the house of and let down your nets for a haul.
Simon. And the mother-in-law of 5 And answering, Simon said to
Simon was being seized with a great Him, Rabbi, laboring all through the
fever. And they asked Him concerning night we took nothing. But at Your
her. word I will let down the net.
39 And standing over her, He 6 And doing this, they netted a great
rebuked the fever; and it left her. And multitude of fish; and their net was
rising up instantly, she served them. being torn.
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7 And they signaled the partners, were sitting by, who were coming out
those in the other boat, to come and of every village of Galilee and Judea,
help them. And they came and filled and Jerusalem. And the power of
both the boats, so that they were YAHWEH was there, to heal them.
sinking. 18 And, behold, men carrying on a
8 And seeing, Simon Peter fell at the cot a man who was paralyzed. And
knees of Yahshua, saying, Depart from they sought to bring him in, and to lay
me, for I am a sinful man, Master. him before Him.
9 For astonishment took hold of him, 19 And not finding a way through
and all those with him, at the haul of which they might bring him in through
fish which they took; the crowd, going up on the housetop,
10 and in the same way also, Jacob they let him down through the tiles
and John, the sons of Zebedee, who with the cot, into the midst, in front of
were partners with Simon. And Yahshua.
Yahshua said to Simon, Do not fear. 20 And seeing their faith, He said to
From now on you will be catching men him, Man, your sins have been
alive. forgiven you.
11 And bringing the boats down onto 21 And the scribes and Pharisees
the land, forsaking all things, they began to reason, saying, Who is this
followed Him1. who speaks blasphemies? Who is able
12 And it happened, in His being in to forgive sins except Elohim alone?
one of the cities, even behold, a man 22 But knowing their thoughts,
full of leprosy! And seeing Yahshua, answering Yahshua said to them, Why
falling on his face, he begged Him, do you reason in your hearts?
saying, Master, if You be willing, You 23 Which is easier, to say, Your sins
are able to cleanse me. have been forgiven you, or to say, Rise
13 And stretching out the hand, He up and walk? (Exo 23:21)
touched him, saying, I will! Be 24 But that you may know that the
cleansed! And instantly the leprosy Son of Man has the authority on the
departed from him. earth to forgive sins, He said to the
14 And He commanded him, Do not paralytic, I say to you, Rise up, and
tell to anyone, rather go show yourself take your cot and go to your house.
to the priests and offer an offering for 25 And rising up at once before
your purification, as Moshe them, taking up that on which he was
commanded for their testimony. lying, he went to his house glorifying
15 But the word about Him spread YAHWEH.
even more. And large crowds were 26 And amazement seized all, and
coming to hear and to be healed from they glorified Elohim, and were filled
their infirmities by Him. with fear, saying, We saw wonderful
16 But He was drawing back in a things today.
deserted place, and praying. 27 And after these things, He went
17 And it happened on one of the out and saw a tax collector named
days, even He was teaching. And Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He
Pharisees and teachers of the torah said to him, Follow Me!
1 Amazingly enough a 2,000 year old fishing 28 And leaving all, rising up he
boat was found in 1986 in this very spot on followed Him.
the Sea of Galilee, showing us that the same 29 And Levi made a great feast for
faith that Peter, Jacob and John had to show Him in his house. And there was a
back then, we also have to show today.
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them all, He said to the man, Stretch your name as evil, on account of the
out your hand! And he did so. And his Son of Man;
hand was restored sound as the other. 23 rejoice in that day, and leap for
11 But they were filled with joy; for, behold, your reward is much
bitterness and talked to one another as in Heaven! For their fathers did
to what they might do to Yahshua. according to these things to the
12 And it happened in these days, He prophets.
went out into the mountain to pray. 24 But woe to you, rich ones, for you
And He was spending the night in have your comfort!
prayer to YAHWEH. 25 Woe to you, those having been
13 And when it became day, He filled, for you will hunger! Woe to you,
called His disciples, also choosing out those laughing now, for you will weep
twelve from them, whom He also and mourn!
named apostles: 26 Woe to you when all men speak
14 Simon, whom He also named well of you, for their fathers did
Keefa (Peter); and his brother according to these things to the false
Andrew; Jacob and John; Philip and prophets.
Bartholomew; 27 But I say to you, Those hearing:
15 Matthew and Thomas; Jacob the Love your enemies, do good to those
son of Alpheus, and Simon, the one hating you,
being called Zealot; 28 bless those cursing you and pray
16 Judas brother of Jacob; and for those insulting you.
Judas Iscariot, who also became the 29 To those striking you on the
betrayer. cheek, turn the other also. And from
17 And coming down with them, He those taking your garment, do not
stood on a level place. And a crowd of keep back the coat also.
His disciples and a great multitude of 30 And to everyone asking you, give.
the people were there from all Judea And from him who takes your
and Jerusalem, and from the coast property, do not demand your
country of Tyre and Sidon. These came property back.
to hear Him, and to be healed from 31 And according as you desire that
their diseases, men should do to you, you also do the
18 also those who had been same to them.
tormented by unclean spirits. And they 32 And if you love those who love
were healed. you, what thanks is there to you? For
19 And all the crowd sought to touch even sinners love those who love them.
Him, because power went out from 33 And if you do good to those who
Him and healed all. do good to you, what is your blessing?
20 And lifting up His eyes to His For even the sinners do the same.
disciples, He said: Blessed are the 34 And if you lend to those from
poor, for the kingdom of YAHWEH is whom you hope to receive, what is
yours. your blessing? For the sinners lend to
21 Blessed are those hungering now, sinners so that they may receive the
for you will be satisfied. Blessed are equal things.
those weeping now, for you will laugh. 35 But love your enemies, and do
22 Blessed are you when men hate good, and lend, and do not cut off the
you, and when they cut you off, and hope of man; and your reward will be
will reproach you, and will cast out great; and you will be sons of the Most
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High, for He is kind to the evil and the 47 Everyone coming to Me and
cruel ones. hearing My Words, and doing them, I
36 Therefore, be merciful, even as will show you to whom he is like:
your Father also is merciful. 48 He is likened to a man who built
37 Judge not, and in no way be a house and dug and went deep and
judged. Do not condemn, and in no placed its foundations upon rock. And
way you will be condemned. Forgive, when a flood occurred, the flood beat
and you will be forgiven. against that house and was not able to
38 Give and it will be given to you in shake it. For its foundations were
good measure and pressed down and placed on rock.
abundant it will pour into your robe in 49 And he who hears but does not is
that measure. For the measure with likened to a man who built his house
which you measure, it will be on soil without a foundation. And
measured to you. when the river beat upon it, it fell at
39 And He spoke a parable to them: once and great was the fall of that
Why are the blind not able to lead the house.
blind? Because both of them would fall
into a ditch. Chapter 7
40 There is no disciple that is
greater than his master. For everyone 1 And when He completed all the
who is perfect should be as his master. sayings for the hearing of the people,
41 And why do you see the straw that Yahshua entered Capernaum.
is in the eye of your brother, but the 2 And the servant of a certain
beam that is in your eye is not seen by centurion was badly ill, one who was
you? dear to him and he was close to dying.1
42 Or how can you say to your 3 And having heard about Yahshua,
brother, Brother, allow me to take out he sent elders of the Jews to Him,
the straw in your eye, not yourself asking Him that He might come to
seeing the beam in your eye? restore his servant.
Hypocrite! First take the beam out of 4 And coming to Yahshua, they
your eye, and then you will see clearly earnestly begged Him, saying, He to
to take out the straw in your brother's whom You give this is worthy.
eye. 5 For he loves our nation and he
43 For there is not a good tree that built the synagogue for us.
produces bad fruit, nor a bad tree that 6 And Yahshua went with them. But
produces good fruit. He being yet not far away from the
44 For each tree is known from its house, the centurion sent friends to
own fruit. For they do not gather figs Him, saying to Him, Master, do not
from thorns, nor do they gather grapes trouble yourself, for I am not worthy
from a thorn bush. that You come under my roof.
45 The good man brings forth good 7 For this reason I did not count
out of the good treasure of his heart. myself worthy to come to You. But
And the evil man brings forth evil out speak with a word, and my boy will be
of the evil treasure of his heart, for his healed.
mouth speaks out of the abundance of 8 For I also am a man having been
his heart. set under authority, having soldiers
46 And why do you call Me Master, under myself. And I say to this one,
Master, and do not do what I say?
1 Mat 8:5.
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Go! And he goes. And to another, many from diseases and plagues and
Come! And he comes. And to my slave, evil spirits. And He gave to many blind
Do this! And he does it. ones ability to see.
9 And hearing these things, Yahshua 22 And answering, Yahshua said to
marveled at him. And turning to the them, Going, report to John what you
crowd following Him, He said, I say to saw and heard; that the blind see
you, I did not find such faith in Israel. again, the lame walk, the lepers are
10 And those sent, returning to the cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are
house, found the servant who was ill raised, and the poor are preached the
made whole. Good news. (Isa 35:5, 6, 61:1)
11 And it happened on the next day, 23 And blessed is he who is not
He went into a city being called Nain. offended in Me.
And many of His disciples went with 24 And John's messengers going
Him; also a great crowd. away, He began to speak to the crowds
12 And when He approached the about John: What did you go out to
gate of the city He saw a dead man the deserted places to see? A reed
while being escorted, who was the only being shaken by the wind?
son of his mother, and his mother was 25 But what did you go out to see? A
a widow. And a large crowd of the sons man who had been dressed in soft
of the city was with her. garments? Behold, those in expensive
13 And Yahshua saw her and had clothing and being in luxury are in the
compassion on her and said to her, Do house of king's.
not cry. 26 But what did you go out to see? A
14 And coming up, He touched the prophet? Yes, I say to you, Even more
coffin; and those carrying it stood still. than a prophet.
And He said, Young man, I say to you, 27 This is he about whom it has been
Arise! written: "Behold, I send My messenger
15 And the dead one sat up and before Your face, who will prepare
began to speak. And He gave him to Your way before You." (Mal 3:1)
his mother. 28 For I say to you, Among those
16 And fear took hold of all; and they born of a woman, no prophet is greater
glorified YAHWEH, saying, A great than John the Baptist. But the least
prophet has risen up among us; and, one in the kingdom of YAHWEH is
YAHWEH has visited His people. greater than he is.
17 And this word about Him went 29 And all the people who heard,
out in all Judea, and in all the even the publicans, Elohim declared to
neighborhood. be just for they had been baptized.
18 And his disciples reported to 30 But the Pharisees and the scribes
John about all these things. rejected in themselves the will of
19 And having called near a certain Elohim because they were not
two of his disciples, John sent to immersed by him.
Yahshua, saying, Are You the One 31 And the Master said, Then to
coming? Or should we expect another? what shall I compare the men of this
20 And having come to Him, the generation? And to what are they like?
men said, John the Baptist sent us to 32 They are like children sitting in a
You, saying, Are You the One coming, market and calling to one another, and
or should we expect another? saying, We sung to you, and you did
21 And in the same hour He healed not dance; we mourned to you, and
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you did not weep. woman? I came into your house. You
33 For John the Baptist has come did not give water for My feet, but she
neither eating bread nor drinking washed My feet with tears and wiped
wine, and you say, He has a demon. off with the hairs of her head.
34 The Son of Man came eating and 45 You gave Me no kiss, but she
drinking and you say, Behold a from when I entered did not stop
gluttonous man and one drinking wine fervently kissing My feet.
and a friend of publicans and sinners. 46 You did not anoint My head with
35 But wisdom is justified by all its oil, but this woman has anointed My
works. feet with oil of incense.
36 And a certain one of the Pharisees 47 For I say this to you. Because her
asked Him that He eat with him. And sins that are forgiven her are many,
going into the Pharisee's house, He she has loved much. But he that is
reclined. forgiven little loves Him little.
37 And, behold, a woman who was a 48 And He said to her, Your sins are
sinner in the city, knowing that He forgiven.
reclined in the Pharisee's house, taking 49 And those reclining with Him
an alabaster vial of ointment, began to say within themselves, Who
38 And stood behind Him and was is this who even forgives sins?
crying at His feet. And she began 50 But Yahshua said to the woman,
washing His feet with her tears and Your faith has given you life. Go in
then wiping with the hair of her head. peace.
And she was kissing His feet and
anointing them with ointment.1 Chapter 8
39 And when that Pharisee who had
invited Him saw that, he reasoned 1 And it happened afterwards, even
within himself and said that if this He traveled in every city and village,
man was a prophet, He would realize preaching and announcing the good
who she is and what her reputation is. news of the kingdom of YAHWEH2.
That woman, she is a sinner that who And the Twelve were with Him;
touched Him. 2 also certain women who were
40 And answering, Yahshua said to healed from evil spirits and
the man, Simon, I have a thing to say infirmities: Mariam, having been
to you. And he said, speak, Rabbi. called Magdalene, from whom seven
41 There were two debtors to a demons had gone out
certain creditor: the one owed five 3 and Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod's
hundred denarii and the other fifty. steward, and Susanna, and many
42 But because they did not have a others, who were ministering to Him
thing to pay, he freely forgave them of their wealth.
both. Then which of them do you say 4 And a great crowd coming together
will love him most? and those in each city coming to Him,
43 And answering, Simon said, I He spoke through a parable:
suppose the one to whom he freely 5 A sower went out to sow his seed,
forgave the most. And He said to him, and as he sowed there were some that
You have judged rightly.
44 And turning to the woman, He 2 Christianity today has replaced the message
said to Simon, Do you see this of Yahshua about the Kingdom of Yahweh,
but we can clearly see that this was the
1 2Kgs 4:27, Joh 12:3. message that Yahshua always preached.
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fell on the side of the road and was 17 For nothing is hidden which will
trampled and a bird ate it. not be revealed, nor secret which will
6 And other fell on the rock; and not be known and come to be revealed.
growing, it dried up because of not 18 Then take heed how you hear; for
having moisture. whoever may have, it will be given to
7 And other fell in the middle of the him; and whoever may not have, even
thorn bushes, and growing up with the what he seems to have will be taken
thorn bushes, they choked it. from him.
8 And other fell on the good earth, 19 And His mother and His brothers
and growing it produced fruit a came to Him, and were not able to
hundredfold. Saying these things, He come up with Him through the crowd.
cried out, The one having ears to hear, 20 And it was told to Him, saying
let him hear. Your mother and Your brothers are
9 And His disciples questioned Him, standing outside wishing to see You.
saying, What might this parable be? 21 And answering, He said to them,
10 And He said, To you it has been My mother and My brothers are these:
given to know the mysteries of the the ones hearing the Word of Elohim,
kingdom of YAHWEH, but to the rest and doing it.
of them it is spoken in parables, that 22 And it happened on one of the
seeing they might not see, and days that He and His disciples entered
hearing, they might not understand. into a boat. And He said to them, Let
(Isa 6:9) us go over to the other side of the lake.
11 And this is the parable: The seed And they put out to sea.
is the Word of YAHWEH. 23 And as they sailed He fell asleep.
12 And those by the roadside are And a storm of wind came onto the
those who hear, then the Devil comes lake, and they were being filled and
and takes away the Word from their were in danger.
heart, lest believing they may be saved. 24 And coming up they awakened
13 And those on the rock are those Him, saying, Master! Master! We are
who, when they hear, receive the Word perishing! And being aroused, He
with joy; and these have no root, who rebuked the wind and the roughness of
believe for a time, and in time of trial the water; and they ceased, and there
draw back. was a calm.
14 And those falling in the thorn 25 And He said to them, Where is
bushes, these are those hearing, but your faith? And being afraid, they
under cares and riches and pleasures marveled, saying to one another, Who
of life, moving along, they are choked, then is this One, that He commands
and do not produce fruit to maturity. even the wind and the water, and they
15 And that seed which fell on good obey Him?
ground, they are those who with an 26 And they sailed down to the
honest and good heart hear the Word country of the Gadarenes1, which is
and retain it and bear fruit with across from Galilee.
patience. 27 And when He went out onto land,
16 No man lights a lamp and covers a certain man from the city caught up
it with a vessel or places it under the to Him. In him had been a demon a
bed, rather he places it on a lamp long time. And he would not wear
stand so that all who enter will see its clothing and he would not dwell in a
light.
1 On the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee.
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house, but would be in a cemetery. demons had gone out begged Him,
28 And seeing Yahshua, and crying desiring to be with Him. But Yahshua
out, he fell down before Him, and with sent him away, saying,
a loud voice said, What have we to do 39 Go back to your house and report
with each other, Yahshua, the Son of what Elohim has done for you. And he
the Most High Elohim? I beseech you, went away proclaiming through all the
do not torment me. city what things Yahshua did to him.
29 For He charged the unclean spirit 40 And it happened as Yahshua
to come out of the man. For many returned, the crowd gladly received
times it had seized him, and he was Him, for they were all waiting for Him.
bound with chains and bonds, being 41 And, behold, a man named Jairus
guarded. And tearing apart the bonds, came, and this one was a synagogue
he was driven by the demons into the ruler. And falling at the feet of
desert. Yahshua, he begged Him to come into
30 And Yahshua asked him, saying, his house,
What is your name? And he answered, 42 because an only daughter was
Legion (because many demons born to him, about twelve years old;
entered into him). and she was dying. And in His going,
31 And they begged Him that He not the crowd pressed on Him.
order them to go away into the abyss. 43 And a woman being in a flow of
32 And there was a herd of many blood from twelve years, who had
pigs feeding there in the mount. And spent her whole living on physicians,
they begged Him that He would allow and could not be cured by anyone,
them to enter into those. And He 44 coming up behind she touched
allowed them. the tassel of His garment. And
33 And out went the devils from the instantly the flow of her blood
man and entered into the swine. And stopped.
that whole herd rushed to a cliff and 45 And Yahshua said, Who was
fell into the lake and they drowned. touching Me? And all denying it, Peter
34 And seeing the thing, those and those with Him said, Master, the
feeding the pigs fled. And leaving, they crowds press and push on You. And do
reported to the city and to the villages. You say, Who was touching Me?
35 And they went out to see the 46 But Yahshua said, Someone
thing happening, and came to touched Me, for I knew power went
Yahshua. And they found the man out from Me.
from whom the demons had gone out, 47 And seeing that she was not
sitting at the feet of Yahshua, clothed hidden, the woman came trembling
and of sound mind. And they were and kneeled down before Him and
afraid. told Him before all the people for what
36 And also those who had seen reason she touched Him, and how she
related to them how the one having was instantly cured.
been demon-possessed was healed. 48 And He said to her, Daughter, be
37 And all the multitude of the comforted. Your faith has given you
neighborhood of the Gadarenes were life. Go in peace.
seized with a great fear. And they 49 As He was yet speaking, someone
asked Him to depart from them. And came from the synagogue ruler, saying
entering into the boat, He returned. to him, Your daughter has died. Do
38 And the man from whom the not trouble the Teacher.
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50 But hearing, Yahshua answered the things happening by Him, and was
him, saying, Do not fear; only believe puzzled, because of the saying by some
and she will be healed. that John had been raised from the
51 And coming into the house, He dead
did not allow anyone to enter, except 8 and by some that Elijah had
Peter and Jacob and John, and the appeared. And others said, A prophet
father and mother of the girl. of the ancients rose again.
52 And all were weeping and 9 And Herod said, I beheaded John,
bewailing her. But He said, Stop but who is this about whom I hear
weeping. She has not died, but is such things? And he sought to see
sleeping. Him.
53 And they scoffed at Him, knowing 10 And having returned, the
that she died. disciples told Him what things they
54 But putting all outside, and did. And taking them, He went out
taking hold of her hand, He called out, privately to a deserted place of a city
saying, young girl rise up! called Bethsaida.
55 And her spirit returned, and she 11 But knowing this, the crowds
rose up immediately. And He ordered followed Him. And having received
something to eat be given to her. them, He spoke to them about the
56 And her parents were amazed. kingdom of YAHWEH. And He cured
But He charged them to tell no one of those having need of healing.
that which occurred. 12 But the day began to decline. And
coming up, the Twelve said to Him,
Chapter 9 Let the crowd go that going to the
surrounding villages and farms they
1 And having called together His may lodge and find food supplies,
twelve disciples, He gave them power because here we are in a deserted
and authority over all the demons, and place.
to heal all sicknesses. 13 But He said to them, You give
2 And He sent them to proclaim the them to eat. But they said, there are
kingdom of YAHWEH, and to heal the not to us more than five loaves and
ones being sick. two fish, unless we go and buy food for
3 And he said to them, Do not take all this people.
anything with you on the road, neither 14 For they were about five thousand
a staff nor a wallet not bread nor men. But He said to His disciples;
money nor should you have two coats. Make them recline in groups, by
4 And into whatever house you fifties.
enter, remain there, and go out from 15 And they did so, and made all
there. recline.
5 And as many as may not receive 16 And taking the five loaves and the
you, going out from that city even two fish, looking up to Heaven, He
shake off the dust from your feet, for a blessed them, and broke, and gave to
testimony against them. the disciples to set before the crowd.
6 And going out, the apostles passed 17 And they ate and were all filled.
through the villages, having And twelve hand-baskets of fragments
announced the good news, and healing of that left over to them were taken up.
everywhere. 18 And it happened as He was
7 And Herod the tetrarch heard all praying alone, the disciples were with
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Him. And He questioned them, saying, Him, who were Moses and Elijah.
Whom do the crowds say Me to be? 31 Appearing in glory, they spoke of
19 And answering, they said, John His departure, which He was about to
the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and accomplish in Jerusalem.
others that some prophet of the 32 Simon and those with Him were
ancients has risen again. heavy with sleep and barely awake.
20 And He said to them, But whom And they saw His glory and those two
do you say Me to be? And answering, men who were standing with Him.
Peter said, The Messiah of YAHWEH. 33 And when they began to leave,
21 And strictly warning them, He Simon said to Yahshua, "Rabbi, it is
ordered to tell this to no one, good for us that we stay here and we
22 saying, The Son of Man must make three shelters: one for You, one
suffer many things and be rejected by for Moshe and one for Elijah," and he
the elders and chief priests and did not know what he was saying!
scribes, and be killed, and be raised on 34 And he saying these things, a
the third day. cloud came and overshadowed them.
23 And He said to all, If anyone And they were afraid when they saw
desires to come after Me, let him deny Moshe and Eliyah enter into the cloud.
himself and take up his torture stake 35 And a Voice came out of the
daily. And let him follow Me. cloud, saying, This is My Son, the
24 For whoever desires to save his Beloved; hear Him! (Psa 2:7, Isa 42:1,
life1, he will destroy it. But whoever Deu 18:15)
loses his life for My sake, this one will 36 And as the Voice came, Yahshua
save it. was found alone. And they were quiet.
25 For what is a man profited And they reported to no one in those
gaining the whole world but days, nothing which they had seen.2
destroying himself or suffering loss? 37 And it happened on the next day,
26 For whoever is ashamed of Me they coming down from the mountain,
and My Words, the Son of Man will be a huge crowd met Him.
ashamed of that one when He comes 38 And, behold, a man called aloud
in His glory, and that of the Father, from the crowd, saying, Teacher, I beg
and of the holy cherubs. You to look at my son, because he is
27 Truly I say to you that there are my only child.
men who stand here who will not taste 39 And a spirit seizes him and
death until they see the Kingdom of suddenly he cries out and gnashes his
Elohim. teeth and foams and with difficulty it
28 And about eight days after these departs from him when it has
sayings, it happened, also taking Peter tormented him.
and John and Jacob, He went into the 40 And I begged Your disciples, that
mountain to pray. they cast it out. And they were not
29 And in His praying, the able.
appearance of His face became 41 And Yahshua answered and said,
different, and His clothing was Oh generation that is not faithful and
dazzling white. is perverse! How long must I be
30 And, behold, two men talked with among you and endure you? Bring
your son here.
1 This is the same word used at times for soul
and again shows the soul is not immortal 2 Verses 29-36: Mat 17:9 tells us this was a
but can die, Eze 18:4. vision.
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42 But as he was yet coming up, the and John, said Master, do You desire
demon cast him down and violently that we tell fire to come down from
convulsed him. But Yahshua rebuked Heaven, and to destroy them even as
the unclean spirit and healed the child, Elijah did? (2Kgs 1:10)
and gave him back to his father. 55 But turning He rebuked them.
43 And all were astonished at the And He said, You do not know of what
majesty of Elohim. And as all were spirit you are.
marveling at all things which He did, 56 For the Son of Man did not come
Yahshua said to His disciples, to destroy men's souls, but to make
44 You lay into your ears these them live. And they went to another
sayings, for the Son of Man is about to village.
be betrayed into the hands of men. 57 And it happened as they were
45 And they did not comprehend going in the way, one said to Him, I
these words because it was hidden will follow You everywhere You may
from them so that they would not go, Master.
know it. And they were afraid to ask 58 And Yahshua said to him, The
Him about this word. foxes have holes, and the birds of the
46 But a reasoning came in among heaven have nests, but the Son of Man
them, who might be the greater of has nowhere He may lay His head.
them. 59 And He said to another, Follow
47 And seeing the argument of their Me. But he said, Master, allow me to
heart, taking a child, Yahshua stood it go first to bury my father.
beside Himself, 60 But Yahshua said to him, Leave
48 and said to them, Whoever the dead to bury their dead, but going
receives this child on My name out, you announce the kingdom of
receives Me. And whoever receives Me YAHWEH.
receives Him who sent Me. For the one 61 And also another said, I will
being least among you all, this one follow You, Master, but first allow me
shall be great. to take leave of those in my house.
49 And answering, John said, 62 But Yahshua said to him, No man
Master, we saw someone casting out places his hand upon the handle of a
demons in Your name, and we stopped plough and looks backwards and is
him because he does not follow with useful to the kingdom of Elohim1.
us.
50 And Yahshua said to them, Do Chapter 10
not forbid, for whoever is not against
us is for us. 1 And after these things, Yahshua
51 And it happened in the fulfilling also appointed seventy others from
of the days of His taking up, even He His disciples, and sent them two by
set His face to go to Jerusalem. two before His face into every city and
52 And He sent messengers before region, where He was about to go.
His face. And going they went into a 2 Therefore He said to them, Indeed,
village of Samaritans, so as to make the harvest is much but the laborers
ready for Him. are few. Therefore, pray to the Master
53 And they did not receive Him,
because His face was going toward 1 If one looked back while ploughing, the ox
Jerusalem. would take him in all directions and so is
54 And seeing, His disciples, Jacob the person who constantly doubts his
calling, he is unstable in all his ways Ja 1:8.
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of the harvest, that He send out also rejects the One having sent Me.
workers into His harvest. 17 And the seventy returned with joy,
3 Go! Behold, I send you out as saying, Master, even the demons are
sheep in the midst of wolves. subject to us through Your Name.
4 Do not take purses with you, nor 18 And He said to them, I saw Satan
wallets, nor shoes, and do not ask a falling out of Heaven as lightning!
greeting of a man on the road. 19 Behold I give authority to you to
5 And into whatever house you may tread on snakes and scorpions and all
enter, first say, Peace to this house. the power of the enemy, and nothing
6 And if a son of peace is truly there, will harm you.
your peace shall rest on it; but if not 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in
so, it shall return to you. this, that the demons submit to you.
7 And remain in the same house, But rather rejoice that your names are
eating and drinking the things shared written in Heaven.
by them; for the laborer is worthy of 21 In the same hour Yahshua
his hire. Do not move from house to rejoiced in the Spirit, and said, I praise
house. You, Father, Master of Heaven and of
8 And into whatever city you enter, earth, that You hid these things from
and they receive you, eat the things set the wise and prudent and revealed
before you. them to children; yes, Father, because
9 And heal the sick in it, and say to so it was pleasing before You.
them, The kingdom of YAHWEH has 22 All things were delivered to Me by
drawn near to you. My Father, and no one knows who the
10 But into whatever city you enter, Son is except the Father; and who is
and they do not receive you, going out the Father, except the Son, and he to
into its streets, say, whom the Son may desire to reveal
11 Even the dust clinging to our feet, Him.
out of your city, we shake off against 23 And having turned to the
you! Yet know this that the kingdom of disciples alone, He said, Blessed are
YAHWEH has drawn near to you! the eyes seeing what you see.
12 And I say to you that it shall be 24 For I say to you that many
more peaceful for Sodom in that day prophets and kings desired to see what
than for that city! you see, and did not see, and to hear
13 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to what you hear, and did not hear.
you, Bethsaida! For if the works of 25 And behold, a certain scribe stood
power which have been occurring in up, tempting Him and saying,
you had occurred in Tyre and Sidon, Teacher, What shall I do that I may
maybe they would have repented long inherit eternal life?
ago sitting in sackcloth and ashes! 26 And He said to him, What has
14 But it will be more tranquil for been written in the Torah? How do
Tyre and Sidon in the Judgment than you read it?
for you. 27 And answering, he said, "You
15 And you, Capernaum, who are shall love YAHWEH your Elohim with
exalted up to heaven, you will be all your heart, and with all your soul,
lowered down to Sheol. and with all your strength, and with all
16 The one listening to you listens to your mind," and "your neighbor as
Me, and the one rejecting you also yourself." (Deu 6:5, Lev 19:18)
rejects Me, and the one rejecting Me 28 And He said to him, You have
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answered rightly; do this, and you name, received Him into her house.
shall live. 39 And to this one was a sister being
29 But desiring to justify himself, he called Mariam, who also was sitting
said to Yahshua, And who is my alongside, at the feet of Yahshua, and
neighbor? heard His Word.
30 And taking it up, Yahshua said, A 40 But Martha was distracted about
certain man was going down from much serving. And coming on she
Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell in with said, Master, is it not a care to You
robbers, who both stripping him and that my sister left me alone to serve?
beating him, leaving him being barely Then tell her that she should help me.
alive, and they left. 41 But answering Yahshua said to
31 And it so happened, a certain her, Martha, Martha, you are anxious
priest was going on that road; and and troubled about many things,
seeing him, he passed on the opposite 42 But there is need of only one; and
side. Mariam chose the good part, which
32 And in the same way, a Levite, shall not be taken from her.
also being at the place, coming and
seeing him, he passed on the opposite Chapter 11
side1.
33 But a certain traveling Samaritan 1 And it happened as He was praying
came upon him, and seeing him, he in a certain place, when He finished,
had compassion on him. one of His disciples said to Him,
34 And coming near, he bound up Master teach us to pray, as John also
his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. taught his disciples.
And putting him on his donkey, he 2 And He said to them: When you
brought him to an inn and cared for pray, say, Our Father who is in
him. Heaven, hallowed be Your name, let
35 And on the dawn of the day he Your kingdom come, let Your will be
departed, taking out two denarii, he done on earth as it also is in Heaven.
gave them to the innkeeper, and said 3 Give us our needed bread day by
to him, Care for him, and whatever day;
more you spend, on my return I will 4 and forgive us our sins, for we
repay to you. ourselves also forgive everyone who
36 Who, then, of these three seems offended us. And lead us not into trial,
to you to have become a neighbor to but save us from the evil one.
the one having fallen among the 5 And He said to them, Who of you
bandits? shall have a friend, and will come to
37 And he said, The one doing the him at midnight and say to him,
deed of mercy with him. Then Friend, lend me three loaves.
Yahshua said to him, Go, and you do 6 For a friend of mine arrived to me
likewise. from a journey, and I do not have what
38 And as they went on, it happened, I may set before him.
He also entered into a certain village. 7 And answering from within that
And a certain woman, Martha by one may say, Do not cause me
troubles. The door has already been
1 The priest and the Levite feared that if the shut, and my children are in bed with
man were dead they would be ceremonially me. I cannot rise up to give to you.
unclean by coming near him, instead of 8 I say to you, Even if rising up he
being encouraged to try to save his life.
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will not give to him because he is a 21 When a strong man while armed
friend, yet because of his urgent keeps watch over his courtyard, his
insisting, rising up he will give him as property is in peace.
many as he needs. 22 But if one comes who is stronger
9 And I say to you, Ask, and it will be than him and overcomes him, he will
given to you; seek, and you will find; take away all his armor, that which he
knock, and it will be opened to you. had trusted in. And he will divide his
10 For everyone asking receives, and spoil.
the one seeking finds, and to the one 23 The one not being with Me is
knocking, it will be opened. against Me. And the one not gathering
11 And who among you if he is a with Me scatters.
father, if his son asks for bread, will he 24 When the unclean spirit goes out
give him a stone? And if he asks a fish, from the man, he goes through places
will he give him a snake instead of a without water seeking rest. And not
fish? finding, he says, I will return to my
12 And if he should ask an egg, will house from where I came out.
he give him a scorpion? 25 And coming, he finds it having
13 And if you who are evil, you know been swept and having been
to give good gifts to your children, how decorated.
much more your Father from Heaven 26 Then he goes and takes seven
will give the Holy Spirit to those who other spirits more wicked than
ask Him. himself, and entering he dwells there.
14 And He was casting out a demon, And the last things of that man
and it was mute. And it happened as become worse than the first.
the demon was going out, the mute 27 And it happened in His saying
one spoke. And the crowds marveled. these things, lifting up her voice out of
15 But some of them said, He casts the crowd a certain woman said to
out the demons by Beelzebub the chief Him, Blessed is the womb having
of the demons. borne You and the breasts which
16 And tempting Him, others were nursed you.
seeking a sign from Heaven from Him. 28 But He said, No; rather, blessed
17 But Yahshua who was aware of are those hearing the Word of Elohim,
their thoughts said to them, Every and keeping it.
kingdom that is divided against itself 29 And when the crowds were
will become desolate, and a house that gathered He began to say, This evil
is against its own nature will fail. generation seeks a sign, and a sign will
18 And also if Satan is divided not be given to it except the sign of the
against himself, how shall his kingdom prophet Jonah.
stand? Because you say I cast out the 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the
demons by Beelzebub. Ninevites, thus will also be the Son of
19 And if I cast out the demons by Man be a sign to this tribe.
Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast 31 The queen of the south will be
them out? Because of this they shall be raised in the Judgment with the men
your judges. of this generation and will condemn
20 But if I cast out the demons by them because she came from the ends
the finger of Elohim, then the of the earth to hear the wisdom of
Kingdom of YAHWEH is drawing near Solomon. And, behold, a Greater than
to you. Solomon is here.
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32 The men of Nineveh will rise up love the chief seat in the synagogues
in the Judgment with this generation, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
and will condemn it, because they 44 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees.
repented at the preaching of Jonah. Hypocrites! For you are like graves
And, behold, a Greater than Jonah is that are not known, and men walk
here. over them and do not realize it.
33 No man lights a lamp and sets it 45 And answering, one of the
in a hidden place, or under a basket, scribes3 said to Him, Teacher, saying
rather upon a lampstand so that those these things you also insult us.
who enter may see its light. 46 And He said, Woe to you also,
34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. scribes! Because you burden men with
Therefore, when your eye is true, all burdens hard to bear, and you
your body will also be bright. But if it yourselves do not touch the burdens
should be evil, your body will also be with one of your fingers.
dark. 47 Woe to you! Because you build
35 Watch, then, that the light in you the tombs of the prophets, and your
is not darkness. fathers killed them.
36 And if all your body is light and 48 So you bear witness and consent
does not have any dark portion, it will to the works of your fathers; for they
be enlightened. All of it as a lamp by indeed killed them, and you build their
its flame enlightens you. tombs.
37 And as He was speaking, a certain 49 Also because of this the wisdom
Pharisee asked Him that He would of Elohim said, Behold that I will send
dine with him. And going in, He prophets to them, and apostles of
reclined. whom they will persecute and kill
38 But watching, the Pharisee was some,
amazed that He did not first wash 50 that the blood of all the prophets
before the dinner.1 which has been shed from the
39 But Yahshua said to him, Now foundation of the world may be
you Pharisees cleanse the outside of required from this generation,
the cup and of the dish, but your 51 from the blood of Abel until the
inside is full of extortion and iniquity. blood of Zechariah who perished
40 Fools! Did not He who made the between the altar and the House. Yea,
outside also make the inside? I say to you, It will be required from
41 But give alms of the things which this generation.
are within, and behold, all things are 52 Woe to you, scribes4! Because you
clean to you. took the key of knowledge; you
42 But woe to you Pharisees, yourselves did not enter, and you kept
because you tithe mint and dill and out the ones entering.
every herb, and you pass over justice 53 And while He was speaking these
and the love of Elohim. Now these things to them, the scribes and the
things were necessary for you to have Pharisees began to be displeased and
done, while not forsaking these other they were enraged and criticized His
things2. words.
43 Woe to you, Pharisees! For you 2 Although justice and love take precedence,
tithing is not to be neglected or one is
1 Not that He did not wash at all but that He stealing from YHWH, Mal 3:8-10.
did not wash according to the oral tradition 3 Some translations use lawyers.
of the rabbis. 4 Some translations use lawyers.
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54 And they plotted against Him in word against the Son of Man, it shall
many ways while seeking to seize be forgiven Him; but the ones
something from His mouth in order to blaspheming against the Holy Spirit, it
be able to accuse Him1. will not be forgiven.
11 And when they bring you into the
Chapter 12 assemblies before chiefs and
authorities, do not be anxious about
1 At which time a multitude of many how your breath should depart, or
crowds being gathered together, so as what you should say.
to trample on one another, He began 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you
to say to His disciples, First of all be in that moment what is worthy that
wary inside yourselves of the leaven of you should say.
the Pharisees which is hypocrisy. 13 And one from the crowd said to
2 And there is not anything that is Him, Teacher, tell my brother to
covered that will not be revealed, or divide the inheritance with me.
that is hidden that will not be known. 14 But He said to him, Man, who
3 Therefore, whatever you said in the appointed Me a judge or a divider over
darkness will be heard in the light; and you?
whatever you whispered in the ear in 15 And He said to his disciples,
the closets will be proclaimed on the Beware of all the greediness, because
housetops life is not in the abundance of wealth.
4 But I say to you, My friends, stop 16 And He spoke a parable to them,
being afraid of the ones killing the saying, A certain rich man produced
body, and after these things not having well from the land.
anything more they can do. 17 And he reasoned within himself,
5 But I will warn you whom you saying, What may I do, for I have
should fear; fear the One who after the nowhere I may gather my fruits?
killing has authority to cast into 18 And he said, I will do this; I will
Gehenna; yea, I say to you, Fear that tear down my barns and I will build
One! (Mat 10:28) larger; and I will gather there all my
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two produce and my goods.
coins? And not one of them has been 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul,
forgotten before YAHWEH. you have many goods laid up for many
7 But even the hairs of your head years; take rest, eat, drink, and be
have all been numbered. Then stop glad.
being afraid; you are more valuable 20 But Elohim said to him, Fool!
than many sparrows. Your soul will be required from you in
8 But I say to you, Everyone who this night; and that which you
may confess Me before men, the Son prepared, to whom will it be?
of Man will also confess him before the 21 Such is he who lays up treasures
cherubs of Elohim. for himself, and does not abound in
9 But he that denies Me before man Elohim.
shall be denied before the cherubs of 22 And He said to His disciples,
Elohim. Because of this I say to you, Do not be
10 And everyone who shall say a anxious as to your life, what you
should eat; nor as to the body, what
1 More than almost anything else YHWH you should put on.
hates people with a false accusing spirit. 23 The life is more than the food and
Pro 6:16-19.
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have been freed from your infirmity. 25 From the hour that the Master of
13 And He laid hands on her. And the house rises and secures the door,
instantly she straightened herself and then they will stand outside and knock
glorified Elohim. on the door and begin to say, Our
14 But answering, being angry that Master! Our Master! Open to us! And
Yahshua healed on the Sabbath, the He will answer and He will say, I say
synagogue ruler said to the crowd, to you that I do not know you from
There are six days in which it is right where you are.
to work. Therefore, coming in these, 26 Then you will begin to say, We ate
be healed, and not on the Sabbath day. and drank in Your presence, and You
15 Then the Master answered him taught in our streets.
and said, Hypocrite! Each one of you 27 And He will say, I tell you I do not
on the Sabbath, does he not untie his know you, from where you are.
ox or his donkey from the manger, and "Depart from Me all workers of
goes and waters it? falsehood1!" (Psa 6:8)
16 And this one being a daughter of 28 There will be weeping and
Abraham, whom Satan has bound, lo, gnashing of the teeth when you see
eighteen years, ought she not to be Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all
freed from this bond on the Sabbath the prophets in the kingdom of
day? Elohim, but yourselves being thrust
17 And on His saying these things, all outside2.
who were opposed to Him were 29 And they will come from east and
ashamed. And all the crowd rejoiced west, and from north and south, and
over all the glorious things taking will recline in the kingdom of
place by Him. YAHWEH.
18 And Yahshua said, What is the 30 And, behold, there are last ones
kingdom of Elohim like? And what who will be first, and there are first
shall I compare it to? ones who will be last. (Luk 16:25)
19 It is like a grain of mustard seed 31 In the same day, certain Pharisees
that which a man took and cast it into came saying to Him, Go out and go on
his garden and it grew and became a from here, for Herod desires to kill
large tree, and a bird of heaven nested You.
in its branches. 32 And He said to them, Going, say
20 And again He said, To what shall to that fox, Behold, today and
I compare the Kingdom of Elohim? tomorrow I cast out demons and I
21 It is like leaven, which taking, a complete cures, and the third day I
woman buried in three measures of will be finished.
flour until all was leavened. 33 Nevertheless, it is necessary for
22 And He would travel in the Me that today and tomorrow I work,
villages and cities while teaching. And and the day following I will go,
He went to Jerusalem. because it is not possible that a
23 And a man asked Him, Master, prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.
are the ones being saved few? But 34 Jerusalem! Jerusalem! The one
Yahshua said to them, killing the prophets, and stoning those
24 Labor to enter in through the having been sent to her, how often I
narrow gate, for I say to you that many desired to gather your children in the
will seek to enter in and will not have
strength. 1 Can also mean iniquity.
2 Dan 12:1-2, Mat 8:11-12.
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way a hen gathers her chicks under her come, he may say to you, Friend, go up
wings, and you did not want it. higher. Then glory will be to you
35 Behold, "your house is left to you before those reclining with you.
desolate." And truly I say to you, You 11 For everyone exalting himself will
shall not at all see Me again until it be humbled, and the one humbling
you say, "Blessed is He who comes in himself will be exalted.
the name of YAHWEH.1" (Jer 22:5, 12 And He also said to him who had
Psa 118:26) invited Him, When you make a dinner
or supper, do not call your friends, nor
Chapter 14 your brothers, nor your relatives, nor
rich neighbors, lest they also should
1 And it occurred, on His going into a invite you in return, and it become a
house of one of the Pharisee leaders on repayment to you.
a Sabbath to eat bread, even they were 13 But when you make a banquet,
closely observing Him. call the poor, the crippled, the lame,
2 And behold, a certain man who the blind;
had dropsy was before Him. 14 and then you will be blessed, for
3 And answering, Yahshua spoke to they have nothing to repay you. For it
the scribes and Pharisees, asking will be repaid to you in the
whether it is lawful to heal on the resurrection of the just.
Sabbath. 15 And one of those reclining with
4 And they were silent. And taking Him, hearing these things, he said to
the man, He cured him and let him go. Him, Blessed are those eating bread in
5 And answering to them He said, the kingdom of Elohim.
Which of you if his son or his ox shall 16 But He said to him, A certain man
fall into a pit, and he will not at once made a great supper and invited many.
pull it up on the Sabbath day? 17 And he sent his slave at the
6 And they were not able to reply to supper hour to say to those who had
Him against these things. been invited, Come, for now all is
7 And He was speaking a parable to ready.
them who were invited there, because 18 And all with one mind began to
He was seeing those who were beg off. The first said to him, I have
choosing places among the front seats. bought a field, and I have need to go
8 When you are invited by anyone to out and see it; I ask you, have me
wedding feasts, do not recline at the excused.
chief seat lest one more honorable 19 And another said, I bought five
than you be invited by him, yoke of oxen and I am going to try
9 and coming, he who invited you them out; I ask you, have me excused.
will say to you, Give this one place. 20 And another said, I married a
And then you begin with shame to take wife, and for this reason I am not able
the last place. to come.
10 But when you are invited, going 21 And having come up that slave
in, recline at the last place, so that reported these things to his Master.
when he who has invited you may Then being angry, the housemaster
said to his slave, Go out quickly into
1 The Good News today is primarily to the the streets and lanes of the city, and
Northern tribes of Israel (Mat 10:5-6), but bring in here the poor and maimed
in the end time YHWH will also work with and lame and blind ones.
Judah again, Zec 12:10.
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22 And the slave said, Sir, it has becomes bland, with what will it be
been done as you ordered, and still seasoned?
there is room. 35 It is not fit for soil nor for
23 And the Master said to the slave, manure; they throw it out. The one
Go out into the highways and hedges having ears to hear, let him hear.
and compel them to come in, so that
my house may be filled. Chapter 15
24 For I say to you that not one of
those men who had been invited shall 1 And all the tax collectors and
taste of my supper. sinners were coming near to Him, to
25 And great crowds came together hear Him.
to Him. And turning, He said to them, 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes
26 If anyone comes to Me and does murmured, saying, This one receives
not love less than Me, his father, and sinners and eats with them.
mother, and wife, and children, and 3 And He spoke to them this parable,
brothers and sisters, and besides, even saying,
his own life, he cannot be My disciple. 4 What man of you having a hundred
27 And whoever does not bear his sheep, and losing one of them, does
torture stake and come after Me, he not leave the ninety nine in the open
cannot be My disciple. and go after the lost one until he finds
28 For who of you desiring to build a it?
tower does not first sit down and 5 And finding it, he puts it on his
count the cost, whether he has the shoulders, rejoicing.
things to finish; 6 And coming to the house, he calls
29 that having laid a foundation, and together the friends and neighbors,
not having strength to finish, all those saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I
seeing begin to mock him, have found my sheep that had been
30 saying, This man began to build, lost.
and did not have strength to finish. 7 I say to you that so is joy in Heaven
31 Or what king going to attack over one sinner repenting, than over
another king in war does not first sit ninety nine righteous ones who have
down and take counsel whether he is no need of repentance.
able with ten thousand to meet those 8 Or what woman having ten
coming upon him with twenty drachmas, if she loses one drachma
thousands? does not light a lamp and sweep the
32 But if not, he being still far off, house, and look carefully until she
sending a delegation, he asks the finds it?
things for peace. 9 And finding it, she calls together
33 So then every one of you who the friends and neighbors, saying,
does not forsake all his possessions is Rejoice with me, for I have found the
not able to be My disciple1. drachma which I lost.
34 Salt is good, but if the salt 10 I say to you, So there is joy before
1 There is a great cost to discipleship that has
the cherubs of Elohim over one sinner
been mostly lost in the watered down false repenting.
gospel message being preached today. This 11 And Yahshua would say to them
verse is not saying that you cannot have again, A certain man had two sons.
physical things in your possession, but that 12 And his younger son said to him,
you must realize all belongs to YHWH and My father, give to me the portion that
use anything you have for the Kingdom.
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is coming to me from your estate. And 26 And having called one of the
he divided to them his possessions. boys, he inquired what this may be.
13 And not many days after, 27 And he said to him, Your brother
gathering up all things, the younger came, and your father killed the
son went away to a distant country. fattened calf, because he received him
And there he wasted his property, back in health.
living lavishly. 28 But he was angry and did not
14 But having spent all his things, a desire to go in. Then coming out, his
severe famine came throughout that father begged him.
country, and he began to be in need. 29 But answering, he said to the
15 And going, he was joined to one of father, Behold, so many years I have
the citizens of that country. And he served you, and I have never
sent him into his fields to feed pigs. transgressed your commandments.
16 And he longed to fill his stomach And you never gave a goat to me, so
from the husks which the pigs ate, but that I might be merry with my friends.
no one gave to him. 30 But when this son of yours came,
17 But coming to himself he said, the one devouring your living with
How many servants of my father have harlots, you killed the fattened calf for
plenty of bread, and I am perishing him.
with famine. 31 But he said to him, My son, you
18 Rising up, I will go to my father, are with me at all times, and
and I will say to him, Father, I sinned everything that is mine is yours.
against Heaven and before you, 32 But to be merry and to rejoice
19 and I am no longer worthy to be was right, for this brother of yours was
called your son. Make me as one of dead, and lives again; and being lost,
your hired servants. also he was found.
20 And rising up, he came to his
father. But he yet being far away, his Chapter 16
father saw him and was moved with
compassion. And running, he fell on 1 And He also said to His disciples, A
his neck and kissed him. certain man was rich; and he had a
21 And the son said to him, Father, I steward, and this one was accused to
have sinned against Heaven and him as squandering his wealth.
before you, and no longer am I worthy 2 And his master called him and said
to be called your son. to him, What is this that I hear
22 But the father said to his slaves, concerning you? Give to me an
Bring out the best robe and clothe account of your stewardship, for you
him, and give a ring for his hand and are not able any longer to be a steward
sandals for his feet. for me.
23 And bring the fattened calf, 3 And the steward said within
slaughter and let us eat and be merry; himself, What shall I do, for my
24 for this son of mine was dead, Master is taking away the stewardship
and lives again, and was lost, yet was from me? I am not able to dig, and I
found. And they began to be merry. am ashamed to beg.
25 But the older son was in a field. 4 I know what I will do, that when I
And having come, as he drew near to am removed from the stewardship,
the house, he heard the sound of they will receive me into their houses.
singing of many. 5 And having called to him each one
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of the debtors of his Master, he said to until John; from then the Kingdom of
the first, How much do you owe my YAHWEH is being preached, and
Master? everyone is pressing into it to enter.
6 And he said, A hundred baths of 17 But it is easier for the heaven and
oil. And he said to him, Take your the earth to pass away than one letter
statements and sitting quickly write of the Torah to pass away1.
fifty. 18 Everyone divorcing his wife, and
7 Then he said to another, And you, marrying another, commits adultery.
how much do you owe? And he said, a And everyone marrying her who has
hundred bushels of wheat. And he said been divorced from a husband
to him, Take your statement and write commits adultery.
eighty. 19 And there was a certain rich man;
8 And the Master applauded the and he was accustomed to don a
unrighteous steward, because he acted purple robe and fine linen, making
prudently. For the sons of this age are merry in luxury day by day. (Rev 17:4)
more prudent than the sons of light 20 And there was a certain poor one
themselves are in their generation. named Eliazar2 and he would lay at the
9 And I also say to you, if you make gate of that rich man, while being
for yourself friends from their wealth afflicted with sores. (1The 1:4-6)
of injustice, when it is consumed, they 21 and longing to be filled from the
will receive you into their everlasting crumbs that were falling from the
habitations. table of the rich one. But coming, even
10 He faithful in the least is also the dogs licked his sores.
faithful in much. And he unrighteous 22 And it happened, the poor one
in the least is also unrighteous in died and was carried away by the
much. cherubs into the bosom of Abraham.
11 Then if you were not faithful in And the rich one also died and was
the unrighteous mammon, who will buried3.
entrust the true to you? 23 And being in torments4 in
12 And if you were not faithful in
that of another, who will give to you 1 It is stunning with verses as clear as this
that which is yours? that Christian ministers can still try to claim
13 No servant is able to serve two the Torah is done away with.
Masters; for either he will hate the 2 Eliazar was the servant of Abraham (Gen
one, and he will love the other; or he 15:1-2) and this parable is about gentiles
will cling to one, and he will despise having the same covenant promises as
the other. You are unable to serve Israelites. The Greek calls this man
YAHWEH and wealth. “Lazarus” which means without help
14 And being lovers of money, the whereas the Aramaic calls him “Eliazar”
meaning my help is El.
Pharisees also heard all these things;
3 Neither of these men were taken to heaven
and they mocked Him. upon death, but both were buried. Being in
15 And Yahshua said to them, You Abraham’s bosom simply meant to be in his
are those justifying yourselves before protection and have the same covenant
men, but YAHWEH knows your promises that he did. Num 11:12 shows
hearts; for the thing highly prized Moses using the same terminology to Israel.
among men is abominable before Also see Joh 1:18. Abraham did not go to
Elohim. heaven upon his death (Gen 25:8), but is
16 The Law and the Prophets were still lying in the tomb of Machpelah in
Hebron.
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sheyul1, lifting up his eyes, he sees 29 Abraham said to him, They have
Abraham afar off and Eliazar in his Moses and the Prophets, let them hear
bosom. them.4
24 And calling he said, Father 30 But he said, No, father Abraham,
Abraham, have pity on me and send but if one should go from the dead to
Eliazar that he may dip the tip of his them5, they will repent.
finger in water and moisten my 31 And he said to him, "If they do
tongue, for I am tormented by this not listen to Moses and the prophets,
flame2. they would also not listen and believe
25 But Abraham said, My Son, him if a man from the dead should rise
remember that you fully received your they still would not believe him.6"
good things in your lifetime, and
Eliazar likewise the bad things. But Chapter 17
now he is comforted, and you are
tormented. (Luk 16:9, Luk 13:30) 1 And Yahshua said to the disciples,
26 And besides all these things, a It is impossible that the offenses
great chasm has been fixed between us should not come, but woe to him by
and you, so that those desiring to pass whose hand they come!
from here to you are not able, nor can 2 It is better for him if a millstone
they pass from there to us3. turned by a donkey is put around his
27 And he said, Then I beg you, neck, and he be thrown into the sea,
father, that you send him to my than that he should cause to stumble
father's house; one of these little ones.
28 (for I have five brothers, so that 3 Take heed to yourselves. And if
he may witness to them, that they not your brother sins against you, rebuke
also come to this place of torment). him; and if he repents, forgive him.
4 And if seven times of the day he
4 The Aramaic word means mental anguish sins against you, and seven times of
and comes from the root word to pace. the day turns to you saying, I repent,
1 This word “sheyul” simply means the grave
you shall forgive him.
or dirt that he was buried in. When he lifts
his eyes, there is no time element explained
5 And the apostles said to our
but clearly this is the second resurrection, Master, Give us more faith.
Rev 20:11-13. 6 He said to them, If you had faith as
2 He is having mental anguish as he realizes a grain of mustard, you may say to this
that he is not in Yahweh's Kingdom and is sycamore tree, Be rooted up and be
about to be thrown into the Lake of Fire. If planted in the sea! And it would obey
he was already burning in the fire, then it you.
would be most odd that he is only asking 7 But which of you having a servant
for Eliazar to give him a drop of water and plowing or tending a flock will
not buckets to put the fire out. The analogy immediately say to him coming out of
is the water is representing the Holy Spirit
and the rich man was not seeking the Holy 4 Rev 20:11-12, Ecc 12:13, Joh 5:42-47.
Spirit from Yahweh. The Judgment is final. 5 The parable is about the resurrection.
3 Since there is no consciousness in death, the 6 Another strong verse giving the authority to
rich man has no idea that thousands of years receive eternal life based on obeying the
has passed since he died to the resurrection, Torah. Clearly, if one is not prepared to
and he has no idea the great gulf that is obey the Torah and prophets, then they are
mentioned is the people inside the Kingdom not a true believer in Messiah who rose
to those who were cast out. Luk 13:27-28, from the dead. Joh 14:15,21, Mal 4:4-6,
Rev 22:14-15, Mat 25:46, Psa 36:5-6. Luk 24:13-16, 24-27.
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the field, Come, recline? 21 nor will they say, Lo, here! Or, Lo,
8 But will he not say to him, Prepare there! For behold the kingdom of
something what I may eat, and having YAHWEH is in your midst.
girded yourself, serve me until I eat 22 And He said to the disciples, Days
and drink, and after these things you will come when you will long to see
shall eat and drink? one of the days of the Son of Man, and
9 What thanks does he receive, that will not see.
servant, because he did the thing that 23 And they will say to you, Lo, here!
he was commanded? I don't think so! Or, Lo, there! Do not go away, nor
10 Likewise even you, when you have follow.
done all the things that are 24 As for flashes lightning from
commanded, you say that we are idle heaven, and all that is under heaven is
servants because we have done only lit. Such will be the Son of Man in His
what we ought to do. day.
11 And it happened in His going to 25 But first it is necessary that He
Jerusalem even He passed through the suffer many things and be rejected by
midst of Samaria and Galilee. that generation.
12 And He entering into a certain 26 And as it was in the days of Noah,
village, ten leprous men met Him, who so also it will be in the days of the Son
stood from a distance. of Man.
13 And they lifted their voice, saying, 27 They were eating, drinking,
Yahshua, our Master, have mercy on marrying, giving in marriage, until the
us. day Noah went into the ark. And the
14 And when He saw them He said flood came and destroyed all.
to them, Go show yourselves to the 28 And likewise, as it was in the days
priests, and they were cleansed while of Lot, they were eating, drinking,
they were going. buying, selling, planting, building;
15 But one of them, when he saw 29 but on the day Lot went out from
that he was cleansed returned and Sodom, YAHWEH rained down fire
with a loud voice was giving praise to and brimstone from the heaven and
YAHWEH. destroyed all of them.
16 And he fell on his face at His feet, 30 According to those things, it will
thanking Him. And he was a be in the day the Son of Man is
Samaritan. revealed.
17 And answering, Yahshua said, 31 In that day, he who will be on the
Were not the ten cleansed? But where housetop, let him not go down to take
are the nine? his goods from the house. And
18 For what did they separate that likewise, he in the field, let him not
they should come and give praise to return to the things behind.
Elohim? Only this man did, who is 32 Remember Lot's wife.
from a foreign people. 33 Whoever seeks to save his life, he
19 And He said to him, Rising up, will lose it. And whoever will lose it, he
go! Your faith has given you life. will preserve it.
20 And being questioned by the 34 I say to you, In that night two will
Pharisees as to when the kingdom of be on one bed; the one will be taken
YAHWEH comes, He answered them and the other will be left.
and said, The kingdom of YAHWEH 35 Two will be grinding together;
does not come with observation; one will be taken and the other will be
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23 But having heard these things, he 37 And they reported to him that
became very sad, for he was Yahshua the Nazarene is passing by.
exceedingly rich. 38 And he cried out, saying,
24 And having seen him becoming Yahshua, Son of David, have mercy on
very sad, Yahshua said, How hardly me!
those having riches shall enter into the 39 And those going before rebuked
kingdom of YAHWEH! him, that he be quiet. But he much
25 For it is easier for a heavy rope to more cried out, Son of David, have
go in through a needle's eye than for a mercy on me!
rich one to enter into the kingdom of 40 And Yahshua stood still and
YAHWEH.1 commanded that they bring him to
26 And those hearing said, And who Him. And when He was near to him,
is able to be saved? He asked him
27 But He said, The things 41 saying, What do you desire I do to
impossible with men are possible with you? And he said, Master that I may
see again.
YAHWEH.
42 And Yahshua said to him, See
28 And Peter said, Behold, we left all
again! Your faith has healed you.
and followed You.
43 And instantly he saw again. And
29 And He said to them, Truly I say
to you, There is no one who has left he followed Him, glorifying YAHWEH.
house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, And seeing, all the people gave praise
or children, for the sake of the to YAHWEH.
kingdom of YAHWEH,
30 who shall not receive many times Chapter 19
more in this time, and in the age that
is coming, everlasting life. 1 And going in, He passed through
31 And having taken aside the Jericho.
Twelve, Yahshua said to them, Behold, 2 And, behold, a man called by name
we are going up to Jerusalem, and all Zaccheus; and he was a chief tax
things will be fulfilled which have been collector, and he was rich.
written through the prophets to the 3 And he was seeking to see
Son of Man. Yahshua, who He is. And he was not
32 For He will be delivered up to the able, because of the crowd, and he was
Gentiles, and will be mocked, and will little in stature.
be insulted, and will be spat upon. 4 And running ahead, he went up
33 And scourging Him, they will kill onto a sycamore tree2, so that he
Him. And on the third day He will rise might see Him; for He was going to
again. pass through that way.
34 And they did not comprehend 5 And as He came to the place,
these things, nothing! And this saying looking up, Yahshua saw him, and said
had been hidden from them, and they to him, Zaccheus, hurry, come down,
did not know the things being said. for today I must stay in your house.
35 And it happened as He drew near 6 And having hastened, he came
to Jericho, a certain blind one sat by down and welcomed Him, rejoicing.
the highway, begging. 7 And having seen, all murmured,
36 And a crowd passing through, he 2 The Hebrew word for Sycamore is
asked what this might be. “Shickma” and means redemption, showing
1 See note on Mat 19:24. about the change that was to come.
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35 And they led it to Yahshua. And might do; for all the people were
throwing their garments on the colt, clinging to hear Him.
they put Yahshua on it.
36 And as He went, they were Chapter 20
spreading their garments in the
highway. 1 And it happened on one of those
37 And as He was already drawing days, as He was teaching the people
near to the descent of the Mount of and proclaiming the good news in the
Olives, all the multitude of the sanctuary, the chief priests and the
disciples began rejoicing, to praise scribes rose against Him,
YAHWEH with a loud voice concerning 2 and spoke to Him, saying, Tell us
all the works of power which they saw, by what authority You do these things,
38 saying, "Blessed is the One or who is it who gave to You this
coming in the name of YAHWEH," the authority?
King. Peace in Heaven, and glory in 3 And answering, He said to them, I
the highest! (Psa 118:26) will also ask you one thing, and you
39 And some of the Pharisees from tell me:
the crowd said to Him, Rabbi, rebuke 4 The baptism of John, was it from
your disciples. Heaven, or from men?
40 And answering, He said to them, 5 And they reasoned with
I say to you, If these should be silent, themselves, saying, If we say, From
the stones will cry out. Heaven, He will say, Then why did you
41 And as He drew near, seeing the not believe him?
city, He wept over it, 6 But if we say, From men, all the
42 saying, If you had known, even people will stone us, for they are being
you, even at least in this day of yours, convinced that John was a prophet.
the things for your peace! But now 7 And they answered; they did not
they were hidden from your eyes. know from where it is.
43 But to you will come the days 8 And Yahshua said to them, Neither
when your enemies will surround you, do I tell you by what authority I do
and will oppress you from all sides. these things.
44 And will overthrow you and your 9 And He began to speak this parable
children within you, and they will not to the people: A certain man planted a
leave in you a stone upon another, vineyard and let it out to vinedressers.
because you did not know the time of And He left the country for long
your visitation. periods of time. (Isa 5:1, 2)
45 And entering into the sanctuary, 10 And in season, He sent a servant
He began to throw out those selling to the vinedressers, that they might
and buying in it, give him the fruit of the vineyard. But
46 saying to them, It has been the vinedressers sent him away empty,
written, 'My house is a house of beating him.
prayer," but you made it "a den of 11 And He again sent another
robbers." (Isa 56:7, Jer 7:11) servant. But they also sent that one
47 And He was teaching day by day away empty, beating and insulting
in the sanctuary. But the chief priests him.
and the scribes and the chief men of 12 And He again sent a third. But
the people sought to kill Him. they also threw this one out, wounding
48 And they did not find what they him.
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13 And the Master of the vineyard back the things of Caesar to Caesar,
said, What shall I do? I will send My and the things of Elohim to Elohim.
beloved Son. Perhaps they will see 26 And they were not able to get one
Him and be ashamed. word from Him before the people. And
14 And having seen Him, the vine- they marveled at His answer, and they
dressers reasoned with themselves, kept silent.
saying, This is the heir. Come let us 27 And some of the Sadducees
kill Him so that the inheritance may coming up, those speaking against a
become ours. resurrection, that it was not to be, they
15 And throwing Him out of the questioned Him,
vineyard, they killed Him. Therefore, 28 saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to
what will the Master of the vineyard us, If anyone's brother dies having a
do to them? wife, and this one should die childless,
16 He will come and will destroy that his brother should take the wife
these vinedressers and will give the and raise up seed to his brother. (Deu
vineyard to others. And hearing this, 25:5)
they said, This will not happen! 29 Then there were seven brothers.
17 But He stared at them and said, And having taken a wife, the first died
And what is that which is written, "The childless.
stone that the builders rejected has 30 And the second took the wife, and
become the cornerstone." (Psa 118:22) this one died childless.
18 Everyone falling on that Stone 31 And the third took her, and
will be broken in pieces but on likewise also the seven did not leave
whomever It falls, It will destroy him. children, and died.
(Dan 2:44) 32 And last of all the woman died.
19 And the chief priests and the 33 Then in the resurrection, of which
scribes sought to lay hands on Him in of them does she become wife? For the
that hour. And they feared the people, seven had her as wife.
for they knew that He told this parable 34 And answering, Yahshua said to
against them. them, The sons of this world marry
20 And they sent spies to Him who and are given in marriage.
appeared to be righteous men to catch 35 But those counted worthy to
Him in discourse and to deliver Him obtain that world, and the resurrection
to the judge and to the authority of the from the dead, neither marry nor are
governor. given in marriage.
21 And they asked Him and said to 36 For they are not able to die any
Him, Teacher we know that you speak more; they are as to the cherubs, and
and teach rightly, and You are not a are sons of YAHWEH, being sons of
hypocrite. Rather, You teach the way the resurrection.
of Elohim in truth. 37 But that the dead are raised, even
22 Is it lawful to give the head tax to Moses pointed out at the Bush, when
Caesar, or not? he calls YAHWEH "the Elohim of
23 But perceiving their slyness, He Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the
said to them, Why do you tempt Me? Elohim of Jacob." (Exo 3:6)
24 Show Me a denarius. Whose 38 But He is not Elohim of the dead,
image and superscription does it have? but of the living, for all live to Him.
And answering, they said, Caesar's. 39 And answering, some of the
25 And He said to them, Then give scribes said, Teacher, You speak well.
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40 And they did not dare to question be? And what will be the sign when
Him any more, not a thing. these things are about to happen?
41 And He said to them, How do 8 And He said, Watch that you are
they say the Messiah is David's son? not deceived. For many will come on
42 Even David himself said in the My name, saying, I AM the Messiah!
Book of Psalms, "YAHWEH said to my Also, the time has come! Do not go
Adonai, Sit at My right hand after them.
43 until I place the enemies to You 9 And when you hear of wars and
as a footstool under Your feet." (Psa revolutions, do not have fear, for they
110:1) are necessary first to happen, but the
44 Then David calls Him Adonai. end is not at once.
And how is He His son? 10 Then He said to them, Nation will
45 And as all the people were be lifted up against nation, and
listening, He said to His disciples, kingdom against kingdom.
46 Beware of the scribes, those 11 And there will be severe
desiring to walk about in long robes, earthquakes from place to place and
and liking greetings in the markets, famine and plagues. And there will be
and chief seats in the synagogues, and fears and terrorist acts and great signs
chief places at banquets. will be seen from Heaven. And the
47 Those who devour the houses of winters will be severe.
widows with the pretense of 12 But before these things, they will
prolonging their prayers, they will lay hands upon you and persecute you.
receive a greater judgment. And they will deliver you to the
assemblies and to the prisons. And
Chapter 21 they will bring you before kings and
governors because of My name.
1 And having looked up, He saw the 13 But it will return to you for a
rich ones putting their gifts into the testimony.
treasury. 14 Then put into your hearts not to
2 And He also saw a certain poor premeditate to make a defense.
widow putting two lepta there. 15 For I will give you a mouth and
3 And He said, Truly I say to you, wisdom which all those opposing you
This poor widow put in more than all. will not be able to withstand or
4 For all of them have cast into the contradict.
house of offering of Elohim from what 16 And your parents and your
was in excess to them, but this one brothers and your relatives and your
from her poverty. She has cast in all friends will betray you. And they will
that she had owned. kill some of you.
5 And as some were speaking about 17 And you will be hated by all
the sanctuary, that it had been because of My name.
adorned with beautiful stones and 18 And a hair of your head shall in
gifts, He said, no way perish.
6 These things that you see, the days 19 By your patience1 you will gain
will come in which not one stone will your souls.
be spared. There will not be one stone 20 And when you see Jerusalem
upon another that is not pulled down. being encircled by armies, then
7 And they asked Him, saying,
Teacher, then when will these things 1 This word means cheerful endurance,
constancy.
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your faith may not weaken. Also in 46 And He said to them, Why do you
time you will turn and strengthen your sleep? Rising up, pray that you do not
brothers. enter into temptation.
33 And he said to Him, Master, I am 47 And as He was yet speaking,
ready to go both to prison and to death behold, a crowd! And the one called
with You. Judas, one of the Twelve, came in
34 And He said, Peter, I say to you, A front of them and drew near to
cock will not crow today before you Yahshua in order to kiss Him.
will deny knowing Me three times. 48 And Yahshua said to him, Judas,
35 And He said to them, When I sent do you betray the Son of Man with a
you without a purse, or a wallet, or kiss?
sandals, did you lack anything? And 49 And those around Him seeing
they said, Nothing. that about to occur, they said to Him,
36 Then He said to them, But now, Master, shall we strike with the sword?
the one having a purse, let him take it; 50 And a certain one of them struck
likewise also a wallet. And the one not the slave of the high priest and cut off
having, let him sell his garment, and his right ear.
let him buy a sword. 51 And answering, Yahshua said,
37 For I say to you that this that has Allow it until this. And touching his
been written must yet be fulfilled in ear, He healed him.
Me: "And He was numbered with the 52 And Yahshua said to those
wicked." For the things concerning Me coming upon Him, chief priests, and
will be fulfilled. (Isa 53:12) commanders of the sanctuary, and
38 And they said, Master, behold, elders, Have you come out with
here are two swords. And He said to swords and clubs as against a robber?
them, It is sufficient. 53 I was among you everyday in the
39 And going out, according to His sanctuary, and you did not lay hands
custom, He went to the Mount of upon Me, but this is your hour and the
Olives; and His disciples also followed power of darkness.
Him. 54 And laying hold of Him, they led
40 And having come on the place, Him away and led Him into the house
He said to them, Pray that you do not of the high priest. And Peter followed
enter into temptation. at a distance.
41 And He was withdrawn from 55 And lighting a fire in the middle
them, about a stone's throw. And of the courtyard, and they sitting
having placed the knees, He prayed, down, Peter sat in their midst.
42 saying, Father, if You purpose it, 56 And a certain female slave seeing
take away this cup from Me; but not him sitting near the light, and looking
My will be done, but let Yours be done. intently at him, she said, And this one
43 And a cherub from Heaven was with Him.
appeared to Him, strengthening Him. 57 But he denied Him, saying,
44 And being in an agony, He prayed Woman, I do not know Him.
more intently. And His sweat became 58 And after a while, another seeing
as drops of blood falling down onto the him said, You also are of them. But
earth. Peter said, Man, I am not.
45 And rising up from the prayer, 59 And about an hour intervening, a
coming to His disciples, He found certain other one boldly charged,
them sleeping from grief. saying, Truly this one also was with
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17 And he had to release to them one dry1? (Act 5:30, 1Pet 2:24)
at the Feast. 32 And coming with Him were two
18 And they all together shouted, others, doers of evil to be killed.
saying, Take this one, and release 33 And when they came to a certain
Barabbas to us place, which is called "Skull", they
19 (he who was thrown into prison crucified Him there and those doers of
due to some revolt and murder evil, one at His right and one at His
occurring in the city.) left.
20 Then Pilate again called out, 34 And Yahshua said, Father, forgive
desiring to release Yahshua. them, for they do not know what they
21 But they shouted, saying, Crucify! are doing. And dividing His garments,
Crucify Him! they cast a lot. (Psa 22:18)
22 And a third time he said to them, 35 And the people stood watching.
For what evil did this One do? I found And the rulers with them also scoffed,
no cause of death in Him. Therefore, saying He saved others; let Him save
chastising Him, I will release Him. Himself, if this One is the Messiah, the
23 But with loud voices they chosen of Elohim.
insisted, asking for Him to be 36 And coming near, the soldiers
crucified. And their voices, and that of also mocked Him and were offering
the chief priests, prevailed. vinegar to Him,
24 And Pilate commanded their 37 and saying, If You are the king of
request to be granted. the Jews, save Yourself.
25 And he released to them the one 38 And also an inscription was
thrown into prison due to revolt and written over Him, in Greek, Latin and
murder, whom they asked. But he Hebrew letters:
delivered Yahshua to their will. THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
26 And as they led Him away, having 39 And one of the hanged criminals
laid hold on a certain Simon, a blasphemed Him, saying, If You are
Cyrenian, coming from a field, they the Messiah, save Yourself and us.
put the cross beam on him, to bear it 40 And his companion rebuked him
behind Yahshua. and said to him, You are not even
27 And a great multitude of people afraid of Elohim, because even you are
were following Him, and of women in that judgment.
who also were bewailing and 41 And we are deserving justly, for as
lamenting Him. we have done we have been repaid.
28 And turning to them, Yahshua But that which is hateful has not been
said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not
weep over Me, but weep over 1 Yahshua was crucified in a living tree, not
yourselves and over your children. on a dead piece of wood. The wood He
29 For behold, days will come in carried to the crucifixion was the cross
which they will say, Blessed are the beam in which the sentence of the criminal
was written and hung above him.
barren, and the wombs that did not
Crucifixions on crosses were done in Rome,
bear, and breasts that did not nurse. but Jerusalem had no hard wood forests for
30 "Then they will begin to say to the such death sentences as Josephus tells us at
mountains, Fall on us! And to the hills, times there were up to 500 Jews a day being
Cover us!" (Hos 10:8) crucified during this time. The crucifixions
31 For if they do these things in a live took place on trees and actually several
green tree, what may take place in the trees were found in Israel that were used for
ancient crucifixions at this time period.
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6 He is not here, but was raised. Nazarene, who was a man, a prophet
Remember how He spoke to you, yet mighty in deed and word before
being in Galilee, Elohim and all the people;
7 saying, The Son of Man must be 20 and how the chief priests and our
delivered into the hands of sinful men, rulers delivered Him to the judgment
and to be crucified, and on the third of death, and crucified Him.
day He will rise again. 21 But we were hoping that He is the
8 And they remembered His Words. One going to redeem Israel. But then
9 And returning from the tomb, they with all these things, this third day
reported all these things to the Eleven, comes today since these things
and to all the rest. happened1.
10 And they were Mariam 22 And also some of our women
Magdalene, Joanna, and Mariam astounded us, having been early at the
mother of Jacob, and the rest with tomb,
them, who told these things to the 23 and not finding His body, they
apostles. came saying to have seen a vision of
11 And their words seemed like cherubs also, who say Him to be alive.
foolishness to them, and they did not 24 And some of those with us went
believe them. to the tomb, and found it so, even as
12 But rising up, Peter ran to the the women also said; but they did not
tomb, and stooping down he saw the see Him.
linen lying alone. And he went away 25 And He said to them, O foolish
wondering to himself at what had ones, and slow of heart to believe on
happened. all things which the prophets spoke!
13 And, behold, two of them were 26 Was it not necessary for the
going on the same day to a village Messiah to suffer these things, and to
being sixty stadia distant from enter into His glory?
Jerusalem, which was named 27 And beginning from Moses, and
Emmaus. from all the prophets, He explained to
14 And they talked to each other them the things about Himself in all
about all these things taking place. the Scriptures.
15 And it happened, as they talked 28 And they drew near to the village
and reasoned, coming near, Yahshua
Himself traveled with them. 1 If this is the third day since the crucifixion,
16 But their eyes were held so as not then it would be impossible for the
to recognize Him. crucifixion to be on a Friday. Counting back
17 And He said to them, What are 3 days from the afternoon of the first day of
these words that you speak one with the week brings us to a crucifixion on week
the other while you are walking and day 5 (Thursday) afternoon and then, there
you are sad? was a Holy day on Friday and then, the
18 And answering, one of them Sabbath to follow and Yahshua was
resurrected on Saturday evening, the
whose name was Cleopas, said to Him,
beginning of the first day of the week and
Are You the only One who resides in the feast of First-fruits as He was the first of
Jerusalem and do not know the things the first-fruits (1Cor 15:23). He perfectly
happening in it in these days? fulfilled the first-fruit ceremony and that is
19 And He said to them, What why He could not be touched by Mariam
things? And they said to Him, The Magdalene until He ascended to heaven to
things concerning Yahshua the officially be accepted as the first-fruit
offering for Israel. Joh 20:17.
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where they were going, and He seemed 44 And He said to them, These are
to be going further. the Words which I spoke to you yet
29 And they constrained Him, being with you, that all the things
saying, Stay with us, for it is toward must be fulfilled having been written
evening, and the day has declined. And in the Torah of Moses, and the
He went in to stay with them. Prophets, and the Psalms, concerning
30 And it happened as He reclined Me.
with them, having taken bread, He 45 Then He opened up their mind to
blessed, and having broken He gave to understand the Scriptures,
them. 46 and said to them, So it is written,
31 And their eyes were opened, and and so the Messiah must suffer, and to
they knew Him. And He became rise from the dead on the third day.
invisible from them. 47 And repentance and remission of
32 And they said to one another, sins must be preached on His name to
Was not our heart burning in us as He all the nations, beginning from
spoke to us in the highway, and as He Jerusalem.
opened up to us the Scriptures? 48 And you are witnesses of these
33 And rising up in the same hour, things.
they went back to Jerusalem, and they 49 And, behold, I send forth the
found the Eleven, and those with promise of My Father on you. But you
them, having been gathered, sit in the city of Jerusalem until you
34 saying, The Master really was are clothed with power from on high.
raised and appeared to Simon. 50 He led them out as far as to
35 And they related the things in the Bethany. And lifting up His hands, He
highway, and how He was known to blessed them.
them in the breaking of the bread. 51 And it happened that while He
36 And as they were telling these blessed them, He was separated from
things, Yahshua Himself stood in their them and ascended into Heaven.
midst, and said to them, Peace to you! 52 And worshiping Him, they
37 But being terrified, and being returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
filled with fear, they thought they saw 53 and were continually in the
a ghost. sanctuary, praising and blessing
38 And He said to them, Why are YAHWEH. Amen.
you troubled? And why do doubts
come up in your hearts.
39 See My hands and My feet, that I
am He? Feel Me and see, because a
ghost does not have flesh and bones,
as you see Me having.
40 And saying this, He showed them
His hands and feet.
41 But yet they not believing from
the joy, and marveling, He said to
them, Have you any food here?
42 And they handed a broiled part of
a fish to Him, and from a honeycomb.
43 And taking these before them, He
ate.
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Book of John.
Chapter 1 11 He came to His own, and His own
did not receive Him.
1 In the beginning1 was the Word, 12 But as many as received Him, to
and the Word was with Elohim, and them He gave authority to become
the Word was Elohim. sons of Elohim, to the ones believing
2 He was in the beginning with into His name4,
Elohim. 13 Those who neither by blood nor
3 Everything existed through His by the will of the flesh nor by the will
hands, and without Him, not even one of a man, rather were begotten by
thing existed of the things, which have Elohim5.
existed2. 14 And the Word became flesh and
4 In Him was life, and the life was tabernacled among us6. And we beheld
the light of men; His glory, glory as of an only begotten
5 and the light shines in the one from the Father, full of grace and
darkness, and the darkness did not of truth.
overtake it. 15 John witnessed concerning Him,
6 There was a man sent from and has cried out, saying, This One
Elohim; his name was John. was He of whom I said, He coming
7 He came for a witness, that he after me has been before me, for He
might witness concerning the Light, was preceding me.
that all might believe through Him. 16 And out of His fullness we all
8 He was not that Light, but that he received, and grace on top of grace.
might witness concerning the Light. 17 For the Torah was given through
9 He was the true Light; He Moses, but grace and truth came
enlightens every man coming into the through Yahshua Messiah7.
world. 18 No one has seen YAHWEH at any
10 He was in the world, and the 4 This clearly shows mans' wonderful
world came into being through His potential from Yahweh to become a literal
hand3, yet the world did not know child of His (Rom 8:11-17). It also shows
Him. that to reach this potential one must
surrender his will to YHWH and accept the
1 In the beginning in Hebrew is “B'resheet” sacrifice of Yahshua and enter covenant
and John is paralleling the book of Genesis through His name, Act 4:12.
and showing Yahshua being a part of the 5 Showing that this sonship process does not
creation process with Yahweh the Father. come through physical birth, but through
The Aramaic word for 'word' is “miltha” joining covenant with YHWH.
and is not easily translated but can also be 6 John wrote this last Good News message in
manifestation or substance. the mid 90's C.E. At this time Gnostics were
2 John is clearly pointing to Yahshua's claiming that all flesh is evil and the
preexistence with the Father and also that Messiah could not have been born in a
Yahshua was with the Father creating all human body. That is why John starts by
things. If you look at all creation accounts showing the divinity and eternal existence
in Scripture there is always a duality to of Yahshua with the Father, and then, also
Elohim in creation consisting of Yah shows that He put aside His divinity (Phi
Yahweh the Father and Yahshua Yahweh 2:5-8) and was born in human form.
His Son. Yahweh is a family name. Elohim 7 The purpose of the Torah was never to give
is a plural word also. Gen 1:26, Ecc 12:1, salvation but to teach us how to live (Psa
Psa 149:1, Isa 54:5. 119:105). Only the shed blood of Yahshua
3 Again, showing Yahshua being a part of the can justify someone and pay the penalty of
creation process in Genesis. their sins.
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time; the only begotten Son, who is in 29 On the morrow, John saw
the bosom of the Father, that One Yahshua coming toward him and said,
declares Him1. Behold! The Lamb of Elohim4, who
19 And this is the witness of John, takes away the sin of the world!
when the Jews sent priests and Levites 30 This is He whom I spoke
that they might ask him, Who are you? concerning that, After me will come a
20 And he confessed and did not man, yet He was before me5 because
deny; yea, he acknowledged, I am not He is earlier than me.
the Messiah. 31 And I did not know Him except
21 And they asked him, What, then? that He be made known first to Israel.
Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Because of this, I have come that I
Are you the Prophet2? And he might baptize with water.
answered, No. 32 And John witnessed, saying, I
22 Then they said to him, Who are have seen the Spirit coming down as a
you, that we may give an answer to dove6 out of Heaven, and He rested on
those sending us? What do you say Him.
about yourself? 33 And I did not know Him, but the
23 He said, "I am a voice crying in One sending me to baptize in water,
the wilderness: Make straight the way that One said to me, On whomever you
of YAHWEH," as Isaiah the prophet see the Spirit coming down and
said. (Isa 40:3) abiding on Him, this is the One
24 And those who had been sent baptizing in the Holy Spirit.
were of the Pharisees. 34 And I have seen and have
25 And they asked him and said to witnessed that this One is the Son of
him, Why then do you baptize, if you YAHWEH.
are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor 35 Again on another day, John and
the Prophet? two from his disciples stood.
26 John answered them, saying, I 36 And looking at Yahshua walking,
baptize in water, but One stands in he said, Behold, the Lamb of
your midst whom you do not know; YAHWEH!
27 This One it is who has come after 37 And the two disciples heard him
me, who has existed before me3, of speaking, and they followed Yahshua.
whom I am not worthy that I should 38 But having seen them following,
loosen the strap of His sandal. Yahshua said to them, What do you
28 These things took place in seek? And they said to Him, Rabbi
Bethabara at the crossing of the (which being translated is called
Jordan, where John was baptizing. Teacher), where do You live?
39 He said to them, Come and see.
1 Clearly showing that the Father Yahweh and
the Son Yahshua are two different beings, 4 This term, which is almost used exclusively
but are united by the one spirit of Yahweh. in Revelation is also used by John the
They have fully submitted their wills to one Baptist here.
another in love, goal and purpose. This also 5 This comes from the Hebrew verb “hayah”
shows that the one whom Moses saw in which means to exist and John is clearly
Exodus was Yahshua, the Messenger of making a connection to Yahshua being the
YHWH (Exo 3:2), but not the Father “I am” of Exodus.
Himself. Joh 3:13, 5:37, 6:46, 1Joh 4:12. 6 In Hebrew “Jonah” means dove and
2 Deu 18:17-19. Yahshua also stated the only sign that He
3 Another clear scripture showing the was the Messiah was the sign of Jonah, Mat
preexistence of Yahshua. 12:39-40.
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They went and saw where He stayed, under the fig tree, do you believe? You
and they remained with Him that day. will see greater things than these.
And the hour was about the tenth. 51 And He says to him, Truly, truly, I
40 Andrew the brother of Simon say to you, From now on you will see
Peter was one of the two who heard Heaven opened, and "The cherubs of
from John and was following Him. Elohim ascending and descending" on
41 This one first found his own the Son of Man. (Gen 28:12)
brother Simon and tells him, We have
found the Messiah1. Chapter 2
42 And he led him to Yahshua. And
looking at him, Yahshua said, You are 1 And on the third day a marriage
Simon the son of Jonah; you shall be took place in Cana of Galilee, and the
called Kepha (which translated is mother of Yahshua was there.
rock). 2 And Yahshua and His disciples also
43 And on the morrow, Yahshua were invited to the marriage.
desired to go out into Galilee. And He 3 And being short of wine, the
found Philip, and says to him, Follow mother of Yahshua said to Him, They
Me! have no wine3.
44 And Philip was from Bethsaida2, 4 Yahshua said to her, What do you
of the city of Andrew and Peter. want from Me to you, woman? My
45 Philip finds Nathaniel and said to hour has not yet come.
him, We have found the One of whom 5 His mother said to the servants,
Moses wrote in the Torah and the Whatever He says to you, do.
Prophets, Yahshua the son of Joseph, 6 And there were six stone waterpots
from Nazareth. standing, according to the purification
46 And Nathaniel said to him, Can of the Jews, each containing two or
any good thing be out of Nazareth? three measures4.
Philip said to him, Come and see. 7 Yahshua said to them, Fill the
47 Yahshua saw Nathaniel coming waterpots with water. And they filled
toward Him and said concerning him, them to the top.
Behold, truly an Israelite in whom is 8 And He said to them, Now draw
no guile! out and take it to the master of the
48 Nathaniel said to Him, from feast. And they took it.
where do You know me? Yahshua 9 But when the master of the feast
answered and said to him, Before tasted the water that had become
Philip called, you being under the fig wine, and did not know from where it
tree, I saw you.
49 Nathaniel answered and said to 3 Wine was a part of every day life in ancient
Him, Rabbi, You are the Son of Israel as mixing water with some wine
YAHWEH; You are the King of Israel. would kill the bacteria in the water. In
Scripture it is also a sign of happiness and
50 Yahshua answered and said to joy and blessing and was used in the daily
him, Because I said to you I saw you temple rituals. Of course over indulgence
1 The Greek manuscript then has the words, and drunkenness were forbidden by
“which is being interpreted the Christ”. Scripture.
This clearly shows that the Aramaic was 4 Accordingly to the priestly rule only stone
written first and the Greek translated from water-pots could be used for religious
it. washings as they are natural, whereas clay
2 In Hebrew “Bethsaida” means House of the were man-made and would not be able to be
fishermen. used in religious ceremony.
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was (but the servants drawing the 20 Then the Jews said, This
water knew), the master of the feast sanctuary was forty six years being
called the bridegroom, built, and do You raise it up in three
10 and he said to him, Every man days?
first sets on the good wine, and when 21 But He spoke about the sanctuary
they have drunk freely, then the of His body.
inferior one. You have kept the good 22 Then when He was raised from
wine until now. the dead, His disciples recalled that He
11 This beginning of the miraculous said this to them. And they believed
signs Yahshua did in Cana of Galilee 1. the Scripture, even the Word that
And it revealed His glory, and His Yahshua spoke.
disciples believed into Him. 23 And as He was in Jerusalem, at
12 After this He went down to the Passover, at the Feast, many
Capernaum, He and His mother and believed into His name, seeing the
His brothers and His disciples. And He miracles which He did.
remained there a few days. 24 But Yahshua did not entrust
13 And the Passover of the Jews was Himself to them, because He
near. And Yahshua went up to understood every man.
Jerusalem2. 25 And He did not rely on men to
14 And He found those selling oxen testify to Him concerning anyone, for
and sheep and doves in the sanctuary, He knew what was in man.
and the money changers sitting.
15 And making a whip out of ropes, Chapter 3
He threw all out of the sanctuary, both
the sheep, and the oxen, and the 1 But there was a man from the
money changers, pouring out the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a
money and overturning the tables. ruler of the Jews.
16 And to the ones selling the doves, 2 This one came to Yahshua by night
He said, Take these things from here! and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that
Do not make My Father's house a You have come as a teacher from
house of merchandise3. Elohim. For no one is able to do these
17 And His disciples remembered miraculous signs which You do, except
that it was written, "The zeal of Your Elohim be with Him4.
house has consumed Me." (Psa 69:9) 3 Yahshua answered and said to him,
18 Then the Jews answered and said Truly, truly I say to you, that if a man
to Him, What sign do You show to us, is not born again, he is not able to see
since You do these things? the Kingdom of YAHWEH5.
19 Yahshua said to them, tear down 4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How is it
this sanctuary, and in three days I will possible to enter the womb of his
raise it up. mother the second time and be born?"
1 A small village just north of Nazareth and
5 Yahshua answered, Truly, truly I
known for pomegranates. This wine could say to you, that if a man is not born
have been pomegranate wine. 4 The Pharisees knew that Yahshua had come
2 Yahshua always went to Jerusalem at feast from YHWH, but due to their selfish
time according to Scripture, Deu 16:16. ambitions to keep power they totally
3 If Yahshua were here today He would be rejected His authority from YHWH. Many
appalled at the marketing of the Good News so-called ministers are doing like-wise
message by Babylonian greedy ministries today. Isa 8:20 is a clear litmus test to who
today. is a true servant of YHWH.
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from water and spirit, he is not able to Son of Man be lifted up,
enter into the kingdom of YAHWEH. 15 that everyone believing into Him
6 The thing, which is born from should not be destroyed, but have
flesh, is flesh, and the thing, which is everlasting life.
born from spirit, is spirit1. 16 For YAHWEH so loved the world
7 Do not wonder because I said to that He gave His only begotten Son,
you, You must be born from above. that everyone believing into Him
8 The wind will blow where it should not perish, but have everlasting
desires, and you hear its voice. But you life4.
do not know from where it comes or to 17 For YAHWEH did not send His
where it goes. Likewise is everyone Son into the world that He might
who is born from spirit2. condemn the world, but that the world
9 Nicodemus answered and said to might have life through Him.
Him, How are these things able to 18 The one believing into Him is not
occur? condemned; but the one not believing
10 Yahshua answered and said to has already been condemned, for he
him, You are the teacher of Israel, and has not believed into the name of the
you do not know these things? only begotten Son of YAHWEH5.
11 Truly, truly, I say to you, That 19 And this is the judgment, that the
which we know, we speak; and that Light has come into the world, and
which we have seen, we testify. And men loved the darkness more than the
you do not receive our testimony. Light, for their works were evil.
12 If I tell you earthly things, and 20 For everyone practicing
you do not believe, how will you wickedness hates the Light, and does
believe if I tell you heavenly things? not come to the Light, that his works
13 And no one has gone up into may not be exposed.
Heaven, except He having come down 21 But the one doing the truth comes
out of Heaven, The Son of Man is He to the Light, that his works may be
who is in Heaven3. revealed, that they exist, having been
14 And even as Moses lifted up the worked in Elohim.
serpent in the wilderness, so must the 22 After these things Yahshua and
His disciples came into the land of
5 This is referring to being born again from Judea. And He continued there with
the dead into a glorified spiritual body as them and baptized.
Yahshua was when He was the firstborn 23 And John was also baptizing in
resurrected from the dead. Being baptized
Ain-Yon, near Salim6, for many waters
into covenant relationship is merely when
we are begotten and is the beginning of this were there. And they came and were
process, but one is not truly born again till being baptized.
the resurrection. 1Cor 15:48-53, 1Joh 3:2, 24 For John had not yet been
Col 1:18. thrown into the prison.
1 This clearly proves point 5 above. 25 Then a question from John's
2 When one is born of the Ruach Ha Chodesh disciples arose with the Jews about
(Spirit) then he would not be bound by the
degenerating human body or the wicked 4 The way to receive this everlasting life is to
nature that it personifies. fully surrender one's life to Messiah as King
3 The dead are not in heaven but are sleeping of the universe and master over our lives.
in the grave awaiting the resurrection. Joh 5 This name is Yahshua meaning Yahweh's
1:18, Act 2:29, 34, 1Cor 15:50-52, Act 7:60, salvation.
Joh 11:11, 1The 4:13-15, Job 14:13-14. 6 This is just south-east of Beth-Shean.
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for the harvest already1. one went out to Him and asked Him
36 And he that reaps receives a wage that He would come and heal his son,
and gathers fruit unto life that is for he was about to die.
eternal. And the sower and the reaper 48 Then Yahshua said to him, If you
together will rejoice. do not see miracles and wonders, you
37 For in this the word is true, that will not believe!
another is the one sowing, and another 49 That servant of the king said to
the one reaping. him, My Master come down before the
38 I sent you to reap what you have boy dies.
not labored over. Others have labored, 50 Yahshua said to him, Go! Your
and you have entered into their labor. son lives. And the man believed the
39 And many of the Samaritans out word which Yahshua said to him, and
of that city believed into Him, because went away.
of the word of the woman testifying, 51 And while he was going down, his
He told me all things, whatever I did. servants met up with him and brought
40 Then as the Samaritans came to him hope, and said to him, Your son
Him, they asked Him to remain with lives!
them. And He remained there two 52 He then asked from them the
days. hour in which he had gotten better.
41 And many more believed through And they said to him, Yesterday, at the
His Word. seventh hour, the fever left him.
42 And they said to the woman, We 53 Then the father knew that it was
no longer believe because of your at that hour in which Yahshua said to
saying; for we ourselves have heard, him, Your son lives. And he himself,
and we know that this One is truly the and his whole house, believed.
Messiah, the Life-Giver of the world. 54 Again, this second miracle
43 But after the two days, He went Yahshua did, coming from Judea into
out from there, and went away into Galilee.
Galilee.
44 For Yahshua Himself testified Chapter 5
that a prophet has no honor in his own
fatherland. 1 After these things, there was a feast
45 Therefore, when He came into of the Jews, and Yahshua went up to
Galilee, the Galileans received Him, Jerusalem.
seeing all things which He did in 2 Now there was a certain place of
Jerusalem at the Feast. For they also immersion there in Jerusalem, which
went to the Feast. is called Bethesda, and there were five
46 Then Yahshua came again to porches in it.
Cana of Galilee where He made the 3 In these was a great multitude of
water, wine. And there was a servant the infirm lying, blind ones, lame ones,
of a certain king, whose son was sick in crippled ones, awaiting the stirring of
Capernaum. the water.
47 Hearing that Yahshua was 4 For from time to time a cherub
coming from Judea into Galilee, this would descend to it, to the place of
1 The only time that the fields would be white immersion and would stir them the
(harvest ready) at summer and yet not waters, and whoever would first
harvest-able still for 4 months would be in a descend after the movement of the
Sabbatical year. 27 C.E. to 28 C.E. was a waters would be made whole of every
Sabbatical year.
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pain, which he had. Jews lusted the more to kill Him, for
5 But a certain man was there, being not only did He break the Sabbath, but
in infirmity thirty eight years.