Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 Adonaispoke to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt; he said, 2 “You are to begin your calendar with this month; it will be the first month of the year for you. 3 Speak to all the assembly of Isra’el and say, ‘On the tenth day of this month, each man is to […]

1 (vii)Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “Set aside for me all the firstborn. Whatever is first from the womb among the people of Isra’el, both of humans and of animals, belongs to me.” 3 Moshe said to the people, “Remember this day, on which you left Egypt, the abode of slavery; becauseAdonai, by the strength of […]

1 Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “Tell the people of Isra’el to turn around and set up camp in front of Pi-Hachirot, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Ba‘al-Tz’fon; camp opposite it, by the sea. 3 Then Pharaoh will say that the people of Isra’el are wandering aimlessly in the countryside, the desert has […]

1 Then Moshe and the people of Isra’el sang this song toAdonai: “I will sing toAdonai, for he is highly exalted: the horse and its rider he threw in the sea. 2 Yahis my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God: I will glorify him; my father’s God: […]

1 They traveled on from Eilim, and the whole community of the people of Isra’el arrived at the Seen Desert, between Eilim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after leaving the land of Egypt. 2 There in the desert the whole community of the people of Isra’el grumbled against Moshe and […]

1 (vii)The whole community of the people of Isra’el left the Seen Desert, traveling in stages, asAdonaihad ordered, and camped at Refidim; but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 The people quarreled with Moshe, demanding, “Give us water to drink!” But Moshe replied, “Why pick a fight with me? Why are […]

Parashah 17: Yitro (Jethro) 18:1–20:23(26) 1 Now Yitro the priest of Midyan, Moshe’s father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moshe and for Isra’el his people, howAdonaihad brought Isra’el out of Egypt. 2 After Moshe had sent away his wife Tzipporah and her two sons, Yitro Moshe’s father-in-law had taken them back. 3 […]

1 (iv)In the third month after the people of Isra’el had left the land of Egypt, the same day they came to the Sinai Desert. 2 After setting out from Refidim and arriving at the Sinai Desert, they set up camp in the desert; there in front of the mountain, Isra’el set up camp. 3 […]

1 Then God said all these words: א 2 “I amAdonaiyour God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the abode of slavery. ב 3 “You are to have no other gods before me. 4 You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of […]

Parashah 18: Mishpatim (Rulings) 21:1–24:18 1 “These are the rulings you are to present to them: 2 “If you purchase a Hebrew slave, he is to work six years; but in the seventh, he is to be given his freedom without having to pay anything. 3 If he came single, he is to leave single; […]