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1 Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “Speak to the entire community of Isra’el; tell them, ‘You people are to be holy because I,Adonaiyour God, am holy. 3 “‘Every one of you is to revere his father and mother, and you are to keep myShabbats; I amAdonaiyour God. 4 “‘Do not turn to idols, and do not […]

1 (LY: v)Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “Say to the people of Isra’el, ‘If someone from the people of Isra’el or one of the foreigners living in Isra’el sacrifices one of his children to Molekh, he must be put to death; the people of the land are to stone him to death. 3 I too will […]

Parashah 31: Emor (Speak) 21:1–24:23 1 Adonaisaid to Moshe, “Speak to thecohanim, the sons of Aharon; tell them: ‘Nocohenis to make himself unclean for any of his people who dies, 2 except for his close relatives — his mother, father, son, daughter and brother; 3 he may also make himself unclean for his virgin sister […]

1 Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “Tell Aharon and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the people of Isra’el which they set apart as holy for me, so that they will not profane my holy name; I amAdonai. 3 Tell them, ‘Any descendant of yours through all your generations who approaches the […]

1 (iv)Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “Tell the people of Isra’el: ‘The designated times ofAdonaiwhich you are to proclaim as holy convocations are my designated times. 3 “‘Work is to be done on six days; but the seventh day is aShabbatof complete rest, a holy convocation; you are not to do any kind of work; it […]

1 (vii)Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “Order the people of Isra’el to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, to keep lamps burning always. 3 Outside the curtain of the testimony in the tent of meeting, Aharon is to arrange for the light to be kept burning always from evening until morning beforeAdonai; […]

1 Adonaispoke to Moshe on Mount Sinai; he said, 2 “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘When you enter the land I am giving you, the land itself is to observe aShabbatrest forAdonai. 3 Six years you will sow your field; six years you will prune your grapevines and gather their produce. 4 But in the […]

1 “‘You are not to make yourselves any idols, erect a carved statue or a standing-stone, or place any carved stone anywhere in your land in order to bow down to it. I amAdonaiyour God. 2 “‘Keep myShabbats, and revere my sanctuary; I amAdonai. Haftarah B’har: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 32:6–27 B’rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah […]

1 (RY: vi; LY: iv)Adonaisaid to Moshe, 2 “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘If someone makes a clearly defined vow toAdonaito give him an amount equal to the value of a human being, 3 the value you are to assign to a man between the ages of twenty and sixty years is to be fiftyshekels […]